User blog:Izunna Nwogbo/My OC: Latke

"So, how long do you reckon we have until another monster jumps out and shows us it’s 'little-kids-in between-my-teeth' collection?"

- Latke "Latke" K. is a young boy (13 or 14 years old) in Gravity Falls that lives with his parents who promote their popular breakfast cereal Sugarfrosted UFOats™. He doubles as a superhero in Gravity Falls.



























 History

Early Life
Latke earned his nickname "Latke" due to an incident during his school’s potluck in the fifth grade involving potato pancakes. The details of the matter are his darkest secret and he doesn't like to talk about it.

Growing up in Gravity Falls
Latke gave his parents, Ace and Lolo, the idea of putting prizes at the bottom of their cereal boxes and they put him in charge of that job. Latke uses this opportunity as an excuse to go searching for strange and wondrous curios in the forest. He also promotes the cereal by dressing up in a polyester costume of the mascot: a short light-blue alien with multicolor spots and a singular purple eye. <h3 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Mystery Shack employment Latke first came to the Mystery Shack as a detective to get some answers out of Mr. Mystery since he was one of the only few residents in town that knew of Stan's con-artist exploits. Fearing that he might get busted, Stan tried to deny all of Latke's suspicions but gave in and bribed the boy not to tell anyone by giving him a job at the shack.

Personality
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Daring, kind-hearted, restless, overly-curious, and selfless; Latke aspires to be a superhero in his hometown. Latke often breaks the fourth wall, and is prone to flights of fancy. He can also miss the point sometimes, even to the degree of appearing dim-witted. Despite this, Latke is perceptive and no slouch in the brains department when it comes to exhibiting resourcefulness in sticky situations. Along with his big heart, witty and wry and sense of humor, and arsenal of supernatural mind-boggling curios he finds day-to-day in the forest; Latke is never down for the count against the unknown mysteries that Gravity Falls has in store.

Appearance
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Latke is a good-looking young man with shaggy black hair, brown eyes, and light skin. He wears a dark blue t-shirt with the Dusk-2-Dawn logo on it, yellow shorts with orange wave designs on the cuffs, a shiny silver belt with a square buckle displaying an "L", and coffee-brown shoes with white undersides.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">He is of average height for his age with a slim build. He inherited his hair and eye color from his mother, and is said to have gotten his sharp looks from his father.

Hangout
The water tower is really Latke's hangout. Though the tower looks normal on the outside, there is a hidden door that leads to the inside which looks like a big rec room/observatory. Not only does it contain beanbag chairs, a refrigerator, and a flat-screen TV; but there is also a large computer with a triangular monitor and trapezoidal keyboard along with a built-in surveillance system of the town so Latke can keep track of things he's discovered in Gravity Falls.

The entire roof of the water tower is able to open up like a hatch, in response to Latke's ejecting-chair function.

Abilities
Latke is proficient in the arts of jujutsu and archery, as he took classes at a young age. His mystery-solving talents stem from video-games, television, and comic books all in which he garners logic from to calculate puzzles.

Luna Raine Ellos
Latke and Luna are best friends who have been through a lot together. They both like adventures and are highly aware of the weirdness in their town. Latke thinks Luna's lycanthrope/witch background is 'neat'.

Willow
Willow is a close friend of Latke's.

Latke's Parents
Lolo and Ace K. Lolly is very protective of her son.

Latke's Siblings
Latke has younger 10-year-old twin siblings, Waverly (girl) and Abe (boy). Abe is innocently insensitive and Waverly likes being cute on purpose to get her way. While occasional disputes arise, Latke truly does love his brother and sister and is very protective of them.

Mystery Shack employees

 * Latke K. and Dipper Pines are good friends and they both crave adventure. Dipper, like Latke, is clever, but he usually prefers carefully calculating mysteries rather than Latke's riskier hands-on approach.


 * Mabel Pines and Latke are good friends. He thinks she's a walking soapbox of sugar, spice, and everything nice.


 * While Latke occasionally butts heads with Stan, he knows that his boss is truly a <strike style="font-style:inherit;">twisted cantankerous cold-hearted ogre-faced numbskull sweet old man with a heart of <strike style="font-style:inherit;">bronze gold.


 * Soos started working at the shack around Latke's age, so he often gives Latke pointers on working in the Mystery Shack.


 * Wendy and Latke are close friends. They both enjoy fooling around and share a dislike for Grunkle Stan's cheap ploys and crusty attitude. However, Latke is usually a more competent worker who is more committed to keeping his job.

Trivia

 * Latke has a big sweet tooth.
 * Latke tends to (more or less) incessantly break the fourth wall.
 * Latke sometimes misses the point.
 * Stan often gets Latke's name wrong; calling him by other dessert variants (e.g. waffle). 
 * Similarly to Stan, Latke likes to use smoke bombs.

Quotes
"Hi, the name's Latke. By this point you might be wondering why I'm named after a fried potato dessert. Well, pull up a chair and I'll explain as much as I can..."

- Latke narrating

"Why do vending machines feel the need to eat people's money? I mean, they're already full of food. What's the point?"

- Latke

"I'm allergic to bees! And unlike them, you're not gonna enjoy the stuff that comes out of MY hives."

- Latke

"At first glance I don't look like much. Look again."

- Latke

"We'd love to hear more of your interesting story, but Disney only gave us a 22-minute running time"

- Latke breaking the fourth wall