Personality: Jake English is a gentleman -slash- explorer -slash- massive dork -slash- all around good guy with a few ridiculous quirks. He likes movies of the two-star-action-comedy variety, skulls, guns, and women who are an unnatural shade of—can you guess?--blue. Now, if that were all there were to Jake, this would be easy, but lucky for us, Jake is no simpleton. We’ll start off with his more gentlemanly nature.
Jake considers himself a gentleman, which is really not far off! Jake is kind to girls, as he should be, so when he speaks with uranianUmbra (also: UU), Jade, or Roxy, Jake is courteous and well-mannered. When “learning” that Jane has “no romantic” interest in him, Jake’s approach (though extremely mislead) is kind and humble. He lets Jane know he’s alright with it and even apologizes for assuming that she DID like him before the “big reveal”!! He lets her know it’s alright that she’s turned him down, and assures her she’s a lovely lady by all standards. With Roxy he’s game for silliness, and maintains his good nature. As a gentleman, Jake tries not to be too boisterous or proud, and keeps his massive hoards of energy down to a chill that he might seem collected and humble. Mind, Jake wouldn’t take away all of his merits; he has some pride as a gentleman!
Now, don’t get me wrong, he’s not up there talking in some whack job high-classed British accent like he just popped out of Oxford with a degree in the English language!! Heck, Jane even corrects him on his grammar at one point. Think more like Bert from Mary Poppins: unrefined and friendly. Jake is friendly, open, somewhat bubbly about things. He uses RIDICULOUS words that fall into a ‘lesser used’ category: “Phew, this room is lousy with smoke!!” or “He’s the cat’s pajamas!” More or less, he talks like he’s someone’s grandpa (ha ha), and even admits to Dirk that yes, he does in fact talk as such. Jake likely adapted much of his lingo from his grandma, and watching movies and talking to his friends keeps his speech pattern somewhat modernized. A lot of folks would say he “talks funny”.
Jake is not all prim and proper, OH NO!!!! You’re forgetting that Jake is also an EXPLORER -slash- ADVENTURER!!! And shit son, he CANNOT be stopped. Jake loves loves l o v e s adventure, and talks about it almost constantly. Adventure is, in fact, a driving factor of his personality. One such example is when Jake is exploring around the ruins near his island. Two transportalizers sat there, and regardless of the Auto-responder’s (henceforth AR) insistence that he NOT jump on one of them, Jake screams out that he just HAS TO GET ON ONE OF THEM, WHAT IF ADVENTURE AWAITS ON THE OTHER SIDE?????? Meanwhile he probably should have been working on getting Dirk into their session; if it’s not obvious, Jake can be kind of a moron. Jake’s love for adventure can also be a good way to manipulate him, which is definitely not a good thing. AR does so in more recent updates, challenging his adventure-ly nature and telling him that a REAL explorer would definitely kiss that decapitated head. Totally gross, right? But after being challenged, Jake could NOT back down, and the results were cosmically ridiculous.
Jake’s love of adventure shows also in his love for movies and comic books. For comic books there isn’t nearly as much to say; he seems to love super hero comics for the most part, such as the Hulk and Spiderwoman. Movies, however, are something he greatly enjoys talking about, and to be very frank, his taste in movies can be hideous. Fortunately, it’s hard to find an action movie truly hideous when the action scenes are just SO DANGNAB COOL!!!! If you’ve never seen Ghost Rider with our beloved Nic Cage, you cannot grasp the truthiness of his movie love. Jake seems to “acknowledge” when a movie is mediocre, but that doesn’t stop him from loving it. He loves mediocre films BECAUSE they’re mediocre, and nobody can deny the quality of a bad action movie. He also seems to like bad comedies. Weekend at Bernie’s, anyone?
No doubt, his love of movies and comics brings about a few other strange adorations. His love of blue women is mind boggling; it’s not even that he finds Mystic from X-men attractive: it’s all blue chicks. He’s even got a picture of a Smurf on his bedroom wall; upon SEEING Arenea he developed a sudden crush!!! The kid is ridiculous, true facts. Additionally, he is a great listener, especially when it comes to stories. Both Dirk and Arenea explain long stories to Jake regarding the past, present, and future, and for both of them Jake is highly attentive, inquisitive, and interested in both of their tales. In short, Jake loves stories of all shape and form, and would gladly listen to anyone if they had a story to tell.
Jake can be something of a moron; take for example his sylladex. For whatever reason, Jake thought it was a good idea to captchalogue bullets one at a time and shove into his sylladex. Later this proves to be problematic in some respect, seeing as when he tries to shove something into his sylladex, many of the bullets fall out and make a mess around his room. He also mistakenly shoots a Tinkerbull while wandering the jungle. In another case, when Jane is epically FAILING to admit that she may have a Thing for Jake, her obviously half-hearted attempts go unrecognized by Jake. He wouldn’t notice anything was fishy in the moment. Jake is a “act first, think later” sort of person, for the most part, which is probably a good thing for a guy like him! He has smarts enough to know that, when he’s falling from the sky, Jake is quick on his feet to throw on his skullcap, which more than likely saved his life!! Jake thinks on his toes, then, so complex plans and what have you are not his thing- -that would be something more of Dirk’s tastes.
But, of course, as all Homestuck characters are, Jake has those EXTRA layers that don’t come up nearly as much. Jake isn’t Full Moron like it might otherwise seem; Jake can be in-tune to things that seem fishy, like being somewhat aware that both Dirk and Jane perhaps really do/did have a thing for him! He admits to Jane that he’s had the suspicion for some time that Dirk was making flirtatious advances, and may be subconsciously aware that his conversation with Jane about “not liking him” also had something suspicious to it. Tying back into the “act first, think later” Jake would likely not read between the lines on a matter until it has long since passed.
One could also infer that ALL of the Homestuck kids are VERY dedicated to their friends, and Jake is just the same as them all! He loves his friends a lot and really likes them. Ironically, though, Jake is probably the LEAST prepared for the adventure that he’s about to take one, despite being the one who’s so gungho about adventure. Not totally sure what I mean? In the Beta series, when John is killed, Rose flips and attacks, trying to Get Shit Done. In the alpha series, when Jane is impaled by the red miles, Jake is completely petrified, still, and mostly useless; meanwhile Dirk is Getting Shit Done. This likely has a lot to do with his role as a Page, and his potential as a hero have yet to shine through, but in the beginning, the hardships of adventure will definitely put him in many tight spots he isn’t ready for.
Jake also has a huge imagination, which quite frequently takes on a more perverted state. If he catches himself saying something with some sexual innuendo, he flips out from embarrassment. At the prospect of a romantic relationship, he tempts the idea. He’s tense on such manners, but he doesn’t break his good nature; he’ll become awkward and unsure. Jake is also easily distracted from things he ought to be doing or talking about, and without a little arm twisting, often won’t do it at all.
Powers: Jake has no real super powers, at least none that have come into light yet; if anything, he’s probably just got above average strength due to living in the jungle.
Jake English | Homestuck | Reserved
Jake English is a gentleman -slash- explorer -slash- massive dork -slash- all around good guy with a few ridiculous quirks. He likes movies of the two-star-action-comedy variety, skulls, guns, and women who are an unnatural shade of—can you guess?--blue. Now, if that were all there were to Jake, this would be easy, but lucky for us, Jake is no simpleton. We’ll start off with his more gentlemanly nature.
Jake considers himself a gentleman, which is really not far off! Jake is kind to girls, as he should be, so when he speaks with uranianUmbra (also: UU), Jade, or Roxy, Jake is courteous and well-mannered. When “learning” that Jane has “no romantic” interest in him, Jake’s approach (though extremely mislead) is kind and humble. He lets Jane know he’s alright with it and even apologizes for assuming that she DID like him before the “big reveal”!! He lets her know it’s alright that she’s turned him down, and assures her she’s a lovely lady by all standards. With Roxy he’s game for silliness, and maintains his good nature. As a gentleman, Jake tries not to be too boisterous or proud, and keeps his massive hoards of energy down to a chill that he might seem collected and humble. Mind, Jake wouldn’t take away all of his merits; he has some pride as a gentleman!
Now, don’t get me wrong, he’s not up there talking in some whack job high-classed British accent like he just popped out of Oxford with a degree in the English language!! Heck, Jane even corrects him on his grammar at one point. Think more like Bert from Mary Poppins: unrefined and friendly. Jake is friendly, open, somewhat bubbly about things. He uses RIDICULOUS words that fall into a ‘lesser used’ category: “Phew, this room is lousy with smoke!!” or “He’s the cat’s pajamas!” More or less, he talks like he’s someone’s grandpa (ha ha), and even admits to Dirk that yes, he does in fact talk as such. Jake likely adapted much of his lingo from his grandma, and watching movies and talking to his friends keeps his speech pattern somewhat modernized. A lot of folks would say he “talks funny”.
Jake is not all prim and proper, OH NO!!!! You’re forgetting that Jake is also an EXPLORER -slash- ADVENTURER!!! And shit son, he CANNOT be stopped. Jake loves loves l o v e s adventure, and talks about it almost constantly. Adventure is, in fact, a driving factor of his personality. One such example is when Jake is exploring around the ruins near his island. Two transportalizers sat there, and regardless of the Auto-responder’s (henceforth AR) insistence that he NOT jump on one of them, Jake screams out that he just HAS TO GET ON ONE OF THEM, WHAT IF ADVENTURE AWAITS ON THE OTHER SIDE?????? Meanwhile he probably should have been working on getting Dirk into their session; if it’s not obvious, Jake can be kind of a moron. Jake’s love for adventure can also be a good way to manipulate him, which is definitely not a good thing. AR does so in more recent updates, challenging his adventure-ly nature and telling him that a REAL explorer would definitely kiss that decapitated head. Totally gross, right? But after being challenged, Jake could NOT back down, and the results were cosmically ridiculous.
Jake’s love of adventure shows also in his love for movies and comic books. For comic books there isn’t nearly as much to say; he seems to love super hero comics for the most part, such as the Hulk and Spiderwoman. Movies, however, are something he greatly enjoys talking about, and to be very frank, his taste in movies can be hideous. Fortunately, it’s hard to find an action movie truly hideous when the action scenes are just SO DANGNAB COOL!!!! If you’ve never seen Ghost Rider with our beloved Nic Cage, you cannot grasp the truthiness of his movie love. Jake seems to “acknowledge” when a movie is mediocre, but that doesn’t stop him from loving it. He loves mediocre films BECAUSE they’re mediocre, and nobody can deny the quality of a bad action movie. He also seems to like bad comedies. Weekend at Bernie’s, anyone?
No doubt, his love of movies and comics brings about a few other strange adorations. His love of blue women is mind boggling; it’s not even that he finds Mystic from X-men attractive: it’s all blue chicks. He’s even got a picture of a Smurf on his bedroom wall; upon SEEING Arenea he developed a sudden crush!!! The kid is ridiculous, true facts. Additionally, he is a great listener, especially when it comes to stories. Both Dirk and Arenea explain long stories to Jake regarding the past, present, and future, and for both of them Jake is highly attentive, inquisitive, and interested in both of their tales. In short, Jake loves stories of all shape and form, and would gladly listen to anyone if they had a story to tell.
Jake can be something of a moron; take for example his sylladex. For whatever reason, Jake thought it was a good idea to captchalogue bullets one at a time and shove into his sylladex. Later this proves to be problematic in some respect, seeing as when he tries to shove something into his sylladex, many of the bullets fall out and make a mess around his room. He also mistakenly shoots a Tinkerbull while wandering the jungle. In another case, when Jane is epically FAILING to admit that she may have a Thing for Jake, her obviously half-hearted attempts go unrecognized by Jake. He wouldn’t notice anything was fishy in the moment. Jake is a “act first, think later” sort of person, for the most part, which is probably a good thing for a guy like him! He has smarts enough to know that, when he’s falling from the sky, Jake is quick on his feet to throw on his skullcap, which more than likely saved his life!! Jake thinks on his toes, then, so complex plans and what have you are not his thing- -that would be something more of Dirk’s tastes.
But, of course, as all Homestuck characters are, Jake has those EXTRA layers that don’t come up nearly as much. Jake isn’t Full Moron like it might otherwise seem; Jake can be in-tune to things that seem fishy, like being somewhat aware that both Dirk and Jane perhaps really do/did have a thing for him! He admits to Jane that he’s had the suspicion for some time that Dirk was making flirtatious advances, and may be subconsciously aware that his conversation with Jane about “not liking him” also had something suspicious to it. Tying back into the “act first, think later” Jake would likely not read between the lines on a matter until it has long since passed.
One could also infer that ALL of the Homestuck kids are VERY dedicated to their friends, and Jake is just the same as them all! He loves his friends a lot and really likes them. Ironically, though, Jake is probably the LEAST prepared for the adventure that he’s about to take one, despite being the one who’s so gungho about adventure. Not totally sure what I mean? In the Beta series, when John is killed, Rose flips and attacks, trying to Get Shit Done. In the alpha series, when Jane is impaled by the red miles, Jake is completely petrified, still, and mostly useless; meanwhile Dirk is Getting Shit Done. This likely has a lot to do with his role as a Page, and his potential as a hero have yet to shine through, but in the beginning, the hardships of adventure will definitely put him in many tight spots he isn’t ready for.
Jake also has a huge imagination, which quite frequently takes on a more perverted state. If he catches himself saying something with some sexual innuendo, he flips out from embarrassment. At the prospect of a romantic relationship, he tempts the idea. He’s tense on such manners, but he doesn’t break his good nature; he’ll become awkward and unsure. Jake is also easily distracted from things he ought to be doing or talking about, and without a little arm twisting, often won’t do it at all.
Powers: Jake has no real super powers, at least none that have come into light yet; if anything, he’s probably just got above average strength due to living in the jungle.