5 August 2015

Game Guest Star: Michael De Santa

Game Guest Star: Michael De Santa 

"You forget a thousand things everyday. Make sure this is one of them." - Michael De Santa 

 

Michael De Santa, Formerly known as Michael Townley,  was probably born in either 1965 or 1968,
possibly in the Midwest. As a child, he didn't have the advantages his children have. He grew up in the poor environment of a trailer park with his parents. Like Trevor Philips and Franklin Clinton, Michael had a tough upbringing due to his father being an alcoholic and physically abusive. Michael's father soon abandoned him and his mother. He was told an exaggerated amount of stories of why his father left, some of which are -  being hit by an oncoming train or even joining the navy. 
Back in high school,  Michael was a well known quarterback and often had his pictures displayed in local newspapers, but he quit the team due to his temperament and injuries.  He then took up a life of crime and at the age of 20, he had been imprisoned twice.  He committed his first robbery in the outskirts of Carcer City in 1988, where he managed to steal $10,000 from a small franchise. While in prison, Michael learned many skills, including learning how to use a tattoo gun by tattooing his name on his cellmate's buttocks. He eventually turned out to be a good marksman and an able leader.
 He met Trevor Philips in 1993 while he was escorting cargo across the border. While Trevor waited on the runway to meet his unknown employer, he noticed not one, but two dust trails coming up the road, despite the fact that he was told there would be one person meeting him with the exact cargo. Michael exited the first vehicle, while an older civilian exited the second. As it turned out, the older civilian had been carjacked by Michael. As Michael tried to make a hasty escape on foot, the older civilian attempted to get Trevor's attention as to what just happened. Trevor approached the civilian and fired off a flare gun into the man's eye, brutally killing him. He and Michael both dumped the body into a lake after landing the plane. Trevor stated that the experience was horrible, as the flare was still burning from the inside of his skull as they dropped him off into a lake. Trevor and Michael both threw up after landing the plane since the dead man's stench was still inside the cockpit. After noticing how well they work with each other, Michael brought an aimless Trevor along as a partner for various crimes he would commit.
He met his future wife,  Amanda,  who was a stripper at a strip joint.  They both fell in love after which Michael  bought her some breast implants.  Amanda later bore two children, Tracey and Jimmy.  His family later fell apart when his wife lost interest in their relationship and his children cared less about him (though he later reunites with them).



Michael is a Caucasian male, aged either 45 or 48, with grayish black hair and light green eyes. Michael is of heavy build and is six foot two (188 cm) tall and weighs 210 lbs (95 kg).
In official artwork, he is shown to have blue eyes. His default appearance is a cleft chin with a Lexington hairstyle and a short stubble around his face. Michael's physique is thicker and more heavily built than the likes of Trevor and Franklin, having burly and veiny arms and legs. This most certainly comes from his time as a quarterback and his stint in prison. Although Michael isn't obese or out of shape, many people around him will occasionally make fun of his rather large midsection, such as Jimmy and Trevor or even himself at many times.



Michael's movement is also much more slower than Franklin and Trevor's, as he's much older and on top of the fact that his ten year retirement from crime has forced him to not be as physically active as the other two. During Pack Man Trevor tells Lamar that when he met Michael he was "kinda fat, but strong underneath". Michael's initial wardrobe sets him with gray two-piece suit without tie and casual attires like beach shorts with sandals or polo shirts. His gray suit is his default outfit used in most of his artworks and concept arts. He shows approval as he's trying out outfits at Ponsonby's, opposite to the clear disdain of buying items from Suburban or Binco. His Prologue appearance has him with shorter, shaven hair.
Michael's personality is a mix of good and bad. He spends an uncommon amount of time on the inside of his head, where he can comfortably think or reminisce about certain things or aspects that give him a brief moment of nostalgia from his glory days. Nevertheless, it also constrains him into a world of wistfulness and bewilderment as he ponders at the reason why things aren't going in the direction he planned it would. Michael has an obsession for materialistic appearance and images, making it the main reason for why he dreamt of living out his Vinewood Dream with his family. He claims to Franklin that he has lived a repeated pattern of Chase things, get em', hate em'.



Michael holds a deep-seated amount of self-hatred, due to him wanting to live a life that's a falsehood rather than coming to the conclusion that his troubling mistakes has garnished a great deal of misfortune upon himself, his family, and old friends and associates of his.  Michael is a highly egotistical and narcissistic person. He'll only be concerned about the issues he's being pulled through, instead of the situations that he constantly puts his family or his friends through and will often get unfairly defensive when someone rightfully criticizes him. Michael's Special Ability is called, "Area Kill." While active, Michael enters a bullet-time-like effect, allowing him to slow time and gain the advantage in shootouts. He is Michael De Santa, a former bank robber now living under the Witness Protection Program.



Published with excerpts from gta wiki.

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