3) I'm going full rambling on this one because I have too many to pick one so I'm gonna choose three that I feel sum up my idea of him pretty well
Sweet song that I interpret as someone going out of their way to make their own family despite what obstacles they face, with a pretty major hint of romance. For those who've read my fics, this one might seem obvious since I characterize Roark as cripplingly lonely in a majority of them. I can't help but feel like one of his major aspirations in life is to come home to a family of his own one day and the man is pretty stubborn, so he'll work through whatever hell he needs to to reach that goal.
Melancholic song with soft percussion and strong— as I like to call them— electric noises. Once again, for those who've read my fics, it's a little obvious I characterize him as a lonely bastard and a miserable one at that. He doesn't really talk during the rare moments when the state of his life gets to him; he just cries. Can't help but think of him whenever I listen to that song.
...it's Roark. He digs holes as both a hobby and for a living. He embodies this song both fanonically and canonically.
...he also digs holes because people depend on him for it and he needs to pay off crippling student debt
Which allows me to make a warframe reference and, by golly, I'll always take the opportunity to reference warframe
16) The reason he's spiritually sensitive is because he came into contact with a mysterious ghost-type deep in the iron islands during a lock down when he was a kid. No one believes him when he tells them what he saw and what led him to safety, because apparently the species of pokemon he claims to have met have been extinct for over a hundred years now. Ever since that event, however, he's consistently gotten bloody noses whenever near a supernatural presence.
20) He watches arceus awful romcoms to make himself feel better about his communication skills
