Manuel
Manuel "Manny" Gomez
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Portrayed By Daniel Louis Rivas
Gender Male
Date of Birth October 25, 1990
Age 19
Zodiac Sign Libra
Aliases Manny (preferred name)
Place of Birth New York City, NY, USA
Current Location New York City, NY, USA
Occupation Unknown
Known Relatives Ramon Gomez (father), Catalina Gomez (mother, deceased), Elena Gomez (older sister), Luis Gomez (brother), Juanita Gomez (sister)
Significant Other Ophelia Hunter
Known Abilities Degeneration
First Appearance Watching, Always Watching

The black sheep of the Gomez family, Manny is known to be more rebellious than his elder sister, Elena, or any of the other Gomez children. A skilled driver at even his young age, Manny is known to race cars, both legally and illegally…among other shady activities that have his family wondering about him.

History

Manuel "Manny" Gomez was born to Ramon and Catalina Gomez on October 25, 1990, a strong, healthy baby boy. It was a sort of strength that would carry him through most of his young life. Both parents were proud of their first son, and his sister, Elena, did her best to help her mother take care of him growing up. Like all the other Gomez children, Manny grew up well-loved by both his parents and his siblings. Like his older sister, he excelled in school, and while he wasn't as active with extracurricular activities as she was, he was extremely active with his public school's competitive programs. A social creature by heart, he turned down a scholarship to go to a prestigious private school in favor of a lower-tiered school so he could be with his friends who he had known since elementary school. All in all, his early life was quiet, with little complaints, and he was a happy child.

The family dynamic changed when Catalina allegedly committed suicide. Having been extremely close to his mother, his outlook in life started to change. While the death of Catalina affected everyone in his family, it could be arguably said that Manny took it the hardest. His grades started slipping, he started getting into fights, and he started running with a rough crowd. He would fight with his father, often and loudly, and his sister, Elena, was forced to play peacekeeper between them most of the time. He started growing closer to Ramon's brother, Gonzalo, who often used the boy's enthusiasm for his get-rich-quick schemes. It was his influence that drove Manny into committing more than his fair share of illegal dealings, and unlike Gonzalo, given his age he was caught more often than not.

While he started doing drugs as early as thirteen, his abilities manifested in such a shocking way that, unbenownst to his own father, discovering them had driven him to quit them. While doing experimental drugs in a friend's basement, his ability manifested due to the sudden change in his body's chemistry. He watched his friends deteriorate before his eyes, and he was so horrified by what he saw that he bolted from the basement and never looked back. A few months later, he had managed to convince himself that it had only been a "bad high" until he managed to make a neighbor's rosebush wilt while storming out after a fight with his father. This was when he realized that he had the power to cause a living thing to deteriorate, and quickly, and he has been aware of his devastating ability ever since. He has used this ability more than once against those who he thought did him wrong….and Manny has a prickly temper.

He continued running with a rough crowd, mostly other latino kids that he grew up with in his rough neighborhood. A rebellious kid by nature, he is a constant source of exasperation and frustration with his father and his older sister. And while deep inside he does have a conscience, he goes through great lengths to appear ambivalent towards almost everything, not unlike Ramon's infamous stoicism.

Timeline

OOC Note: Dates in IC time

Quotes

  • Ophelia: (What, you mean that's not your girlfriend?) // Manny: (Well, she offered, but after she hooked up with John and Roberto on the same day, I passed.)
  • Manny: If…you EVER…put your hands on my sister again…I swear to god, I'll rip your head off faster than anything you've ever seen.
  • Elena: Hence….the plant. If it works….this would be the safest way to get you started, Manny. // Manny: So, what? I try and destroy the plant?
  • Ramon: <Dezi sees the future, Manuel. It is through this that she saved my life twice.> // Manny: <How could I have known that, Papa? All I've gotten out of this is she has images of food.>
  • Manny: Grieving? Ella wouldn't be grieving. She'd be pissed.
  • Manny: I'm not LOOKING to fight with her…just…she's trying to play hero for some things that don't need one…
    • From Work It Out on Desiree's prediction that a bad fight between Elena and Manny will break out.
  • Ramon: Manuel I said /not/ to hurt her. // Manny: She's stopped, ain't she?
  • Manny: You missed the /thud/?
  • Manny: "Ya know…sometimes, there's people that make your life…I dunno, the way it should be…Stable, I guess? Normal?" // Desiree: "Yeah… sure, I got a few of those." // Manny: "Sometimes…those people mean a little more to you than just that kind of thing, though…And in some cases, you can't think to lose 'em…"
  • Ramon: (Jesus. Put that thing in the freezer or something until we're sure its not a bomb). // Manny: (I know it's better to be safe, papa…but do we really think someone like her's handin' Ella a bomb?)
  • Elena: You're telling me the only way to get you back-up that won't ruin the deal is me to stand-in as collateral again? // Manny: No. I'm telling you I won't have backup. You're NOT going, Elena. That's it.
    • From Para Ti about the only way to get Manny out of Armando's gang for good.
  • Manny: Yeah…I rode shotgun with him in a race with that same old friend of mine I won the transmission from…Course…it got me in hot water with the rest of his gang, but let's not get into that…
    • From More Cars to explain to Trina how Manny knows Jack.
  • Manny: Fuck…fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck…MOVE
    • From Te Amo Mi Hijo when Manny realizes there's a bomb strapped to his car.
  • Elena: Does it hurt too much? // Manny: Physically? Only when Nita jumps on me.
  • Manny: (You always plannin' on stealin' my food, Ella?) // Elena: (Would I do that?)
    • From Her Own Power when Manny comments about the constant war between the Gomez family over the last bit of food in the house — in this case, pizza.
  • Ophelia: At least you still know how to be somewhat of a gentleman. // Manny: Now, if only I had a lady.
  • Manny: Now listen…to me. Whether you care or not, I could give a damn; I don't know how you managed to get a wife, but I'd wager on her not being in much better shape.. *referring to Ophelia* I'm taking her out of your house. You don't get to argue this…you don't get to say anything. And if she decides she wants to come back here, and you so much as look at her wrong, believe me when I say I will find out…and there ain't a damn thing your boy, your bat…nothin' can do for you. Got me?"
    • From Manny's Got a Gun, proving Manny is at his most eloquent when shit's goin' down.

Car

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Manny is very, very proud of his car. It's a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT350. It's his baby, to put it lightly. He gets pissed if it's so much as scratched, and when someone keyed it one time? Umm…hell was unleashed. When he was involved more directly with Armando's gang, this was the car he used to race for them. Recently, though, he's stopped racing as often, but he's never given up working on it, and is more than confident that if he ever does race again, he'll still smoke everyone.

The first picture is the way Manny bought the car; the second is what he's turned it into.

His car was recently blown up by John Carter.

Power Information

Personality Analysis

Trivia

  • Like his father, Manny doesn't stop for small animals.
    • Dead squirrel count: 3
  • Phone Number: 283-4639
  • Despite fairly consistently defying his sister's or father's wishes, Manny has a fierce attachment to his family. If he feels that something has put any of them in danger, he's the first to jump to action over it.
    • He also, despite being younger than Elena, fiercely defies the notion of her having any kind of boyfriend that Manny doesn't approve of.

Nicknames

  • Manny — What he usually goes by
  • Manchild — From Jack
  • Nanel — From Juanita
  • Manners — From Ophelia. He HATES this one.

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