#eternal punishment is 👎👎

[m-art77]

Do you guys ever think about how if redeemed!Durge pulls out of Gortash’s alliance after returning with Orin’s Netherstone that Gortash literally cannot rationalize their betrayal (and them now trying to kill him) by blaming their urge? Like how much of a complete mindfuck that would be for him. The Dark Urge just told him they’re 100% cured and now they’re trying to kill him? You know, the person who’s always been by their side, their partner in crime, their equal, and their (potential) lover; and now they’re trying to murder him. And prior to the amnesia, Gortash could always rationalize that if The Dark Urge tried to kill him one day that he could hand wave it as “they just couldn’t help themselves anymore” because of Bhaal’s hold on them. It doesn’t mean they wanted to.

But now, Bhaal is gone and The Dark Urge is moving in to kill him. There’s no way to rationalize it as anything else. The only person who ever cared about him is going to kill him, and he’ll die knowing everything they once had is completely gone. The Dark Urge doesn’t remember him. Their love for him died the moment Orin split their skull. The urge isn’t the reason they’re doing this. He’ll die knowing that they hate him.

[fusion-ego]

ALL OF THEM WITH EVAN

this is so, so, so many months late. it may be years late. i don't remember what ask game this was i have had this in my drafts for SO LONG

👪 Family

Evan’s biological family isn’t much to talk about - his father, Trent Bannister, is a wealthy-esque, well-known man in Henrico County and the surrounding areas, and his mother, Vivian Harper-Bannister, was a gentle and kind soul also well-known until her ‘disappearance’ when Evan was very young. Evan still loves his mother very much, but has nothing but a cold, festering contempt for his father.

His chosen family, on the other hand, is one he adores with all his heart. There are Tobi and Lochlier, who he regards as older siblings moreso than parents, but still does regard in that manner at times, particularly when he’s feeling particularly vulnerable. There is also his wife, Ash, who he has all the love and respect in the world for and would happily leave the rest of the world to die for the sake of. Later, there are the additions of Ava and Aiden Lyall, who he regards as his niece and nephew and loves as much as he loves their parents, and also the addition of River, his child who he would also leave the rest of the world to die for the sake of, although raising them is also somewhat difficult for him as he attempts to properly manage his anger and tries to keep from being too harsh in spite of the way he was raised.

👶 Childhood

Evan’s childhood wasn’t standard, nor was it healthy. He spent the years his mother was around in a somewhat normal family arrangement, although his father began to become abusive not long after his third birthday. After his mother’s death at the hands of his father, things only got worse, leading to him spending his adolescence having to live off of scraps he got from friends or managed to steal out of his father’s cabinets as withholding food became a common punishment. This combined with the physical altercations they had, well... It led to an angry young man who likely would have snapped if not for the intervention of Loch and Ash.

🎓 Education

Evan did well in school despite his shitty home life, and his worst problems usually came from having an issue with authority figures and getting into fights with the ones who set him off badly enough. Despite eventually running away from his father’s home, he did manage to graduate high school on time from JR Tucker High School (commonly nicknamed Tucker), and though he planned on attending a trade school, he never ended up doing it as life inevitably got in the way.

🏠 Hometown

Evan grew up in Henrico County, Virginia. He doesn’t think much of the place and doesn’t really have any connections to it aside from the friends that still live there or still live in the area after he moved. He is eternally amused by and never gets over the fact that Henrico County has no real towns in it, just Census-Designated areas with names.

🙏 Religious views

Evan isn’t religious, and is mostly agnostic rather than atheist as he chooses to acknowledge there’s probably a higher power somewhere in charge of this shit and is accepting and supportive of his wife’s spirituality. Personally, however, he believes that whatever higher power there is shouldn’t be worshipped because whatever is in control clearly doesn’t care about the world it created or the people in it. Alternatively, he also sometimes imagines that whatever higher power there is probably died millennia ago.

👍 Strengths

Evan has many strengths - including physical strength. In spite of the way he was raised and how he was treated, he manages to maintain a mostly-calm demeanor most times, if not a totally blank one, and this takes effort and is done in order to avoid snapping. He is skilled in wood-carving and metal-working, and is a very quick study when he has to learn new things. He's very good at following orders, provided he respects you enough to take orders in the first place.

👎 Weaknesses

He has issues admitting it when he needs help, and he has bottled up all of his trauma and shoved it so far out of his mind that the occasions that he remembers it without a buffer will usually lead to a full-fledged breakdown he has no control over. He blocks out what he can and processes what very little he can stomach very slowly and doesn’t make a whole lot of effort towards resolving his issues.

👀 Physical appearance

Evan is a tall, fairly healthy man. He is not visibly muscular, although he does have great physical strength on his side and far more muscle than it appears he does, hidden very well under a protective layer of fat. He is sort of pale, with a smattering of freckles across his cheeks and the bridge of his nose. His hair is sort of shaggy and chocolate brown like his eyes.

💕 Orientation

Evan is bisexual and demiromantic.

😍 Love interest

He only has eyes for his wife, at this stage. He could potentially, however, fall for anyone who shares enough traits with her, personality-wise.

👋 Friends

Loch, Tobi, his high school buddies Raleigh Jett and Kris Anderson, and eventually Eddie, Ryan, and Rufus.

🐶 Pets

He has... Several cats as well as Ash’s foster pups and their dog Mirage.

😳 Most controversial opinion

That pineapple is an acceptable pizza topping lmao

😖 Most difficult decision faced

Joining Lochlier despite knowing what he was getting himself into.

✈️ Travel history

Evan has been to all 48 of the continental United States, as well as Alaska, once. As this was primarily for the sake of Lochlier he didn’t do much other than go there, wait around, finish his job, and then go home. He’d like to actually go visit some of the places he’s been again and have a proper look around, preferably with his wife at his side.

🏀 Hobbies

Wood-carving and metalworking!

🩺 General level of health

Evan is generally healthy at his current age - while he was prone to sickness when he was younger and he is eternally concerned that he could tear a lung or break a rib if he overexerts himself due to injuries he received while living with his abusive father, he’s in very good shape and doesn’t often get sick or injured. He’s a bit of a baby when he does get sick, though!

🍏 Favourite food

After the way he was raised, Evan couldn’t pick a favorite food even on pain of death.

Anything Ash or Loch or Tobi cooks is his favorite, no matter what it is.

🎨 Favourite colour

Red and/or purple! He’s also a fan of silver.

🗺 Favourite place

Home, where his wife is.

💭 Favourite memory

His high school graduation! He spent the whole day giddy, knowing that his graduation marked a new chapter of his life as he and Ash could finally join up with Loch and Tobi and hopefully get the chance to really have a life.

😨 Least favourite memory

The first time he stood up to his dad. He broke a couple of ribs and nearly punctured a lung, as well as bruised most of his body and got a concussion.

❄️ Favourite season or weather

He loves autumn and winter because when it’s cold he has an excuse to wear hoodies and cuddle up to Ash, and it’s more common for him to find Ash stealing one of his sweaters or hoodies to wear since they’re oversized and comfortable, which he finds adorable and endearing.

He’s also a fan of rainy weather in general, and he’ll sit out in a downpour if given the chance to do so without Ash worrying over him for it.

📅 Future plans

As of his current place in the series, his future plans mostly involve continuing to help Lochlier and loving on his wife without much else going on. By the end of the series he’s moved toward planning for his own self-improvement as a husband and father, and planning for the life of his child, who he hopes will have a better life than he did. He doesn’t have any specifics planned, but he wants nothing more than to get old with Ash while their kid thrives.

🔮 Opinion on (choose something!)

I entered the cast of Manipulatore into a random chooser and then spammed the button for this. So, Evan’s opinion on... Rufus!

Evan and Rufus get along disturbingly well considering their history as criminal and detective working to stop said criminal. The two of them certainly had their fights during Rufus’ tenure as a proxy, and before and after that as well, but overall the two of them found a kindred spirit in one another given their anger issues and desire to stop having those issues. They’re not close during the series since Rufus grows a healthy hatred for anything closely related to Lochlier. Post-series they become fairly good friends and Rufus (with Eddie) is considered one of River’s uncles.