Editing Tristan Vera (section)

==Personality==
Tristan is a twin of Hispanic origin.<ref name="P2">'''3A::u@T_Enki''': can we maybe not talk about commemorative plates? maybe action figures? plates make me think of my abuela - [[Glow-worm P.2]]</ref> His family is Christian and he continues to attend Church with them.<ref>Cap: shoot. would love to chat but am being asked to go to church.<br/>Heart_Shaped_Pupil: at noon?<br/>Cap: family is asking. church gets overcrowded these days so we attend during certain blocks of time. - [[Glow-worm P.7]]</ref>

Tristan and Byron take two-hour shifts in controlling the body, while the other twin is conscious within.<ref>Tristan was strong, and he spent half of his life locked away in a lightless, motionless prison, only a window that looked out through his brother’s eyes and listened through his brother’s ears.  It would be so easy for him to go off the deep end. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/20/glare-3-5/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.5]]</ref><!-- It is unknown what effect this has--> Tristan has a proclaimed interest in becoming a super-hero again for the money..<!-- does he? he seems to be skeptical of _that_ particular group-->

The twins have contrasting personalities. Tristan is more positive overall and more of a go-getter. Byron is more passive and is known for complaining about things without offering concrete solutions.<ref name="II3.2 e6">Tristan’s face was at an angle that saw him looking down at the ground.  At first I thought he was trying to keep the water out of his face.  Then, as he changed the angle of his head a little, I saw his face.<br/><br/>“For the record,” Tristan said, “If it’s my two hours and I ask you a question and then pass the baton, I’d ''really'' appreciate it if you didn’t take up extra time and use it to try and sabotage me.”<br/><br/>“I did say hi to him,” I said.<br/><br/>Tristan shrugged.  “He didn’t have to say all that.  He’s quick to say there’s a problem but he doesn’t suggest alternatives.  He whines about the circumstances but he won’t attend the therapy and he doesn’t want to work on figuring out better courses of action.  It pisses me off sometimes, especially when he elbows into my time to make what I’m trying to accomplish harder.”<br/><br/>His tone was hard.  Pissed off seemed like an apt description.  I’d seen Tristan, casual and smiling some before he’d changed, and now this felt like a complete, sudden shift.<br/><br/>It was easy to forget that he was in there while Byron was out here, feeling things, thinking, his mood changing during that short conversation. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/01/09/glare-3-2/ Excerpt] from [[Glare 3.2]]</ref> Tristan is buoyed by conflict while Byron is drained by it.<ref>[[Shade 4.4]]</ref> They even have different ways of speaking.<ref name="II5.7 e2">I was bewildered on two counts.  That I heard Tristan’s voice but it sounded off, in a way that made me think someone had died or something had gone wrong.  The other half of it was that I thought he meant the villains.  Tattletale.  Here somehow at the same time they were clearly elsewhere, on the video on my laptop.<br/><br/>It wasn’t Tristan speaking oddly, but Byron speaking normally.  His armor was the same general style as Tristan’s, but it had a blue tint, and it was scale, not plate, with fins and conch spirals instead of spiraling horns. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/20/shadow-5-7/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.7]]</ref>

Tristan is gay.<ref>“Look me in the eye,” Tristan said.  “Say something like, ‘hey Tristan, I used to be the kind of guy who’d call you a f***** or look down on you because you really like the dick.'" [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/06/shade-interlude-4a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 4a II]]</ref><ref>[[Shadow 5.6]]</ref>

===Relationships===
The twins live with family in [[The City]].

====[[Byron Vera]]====
The twins relationship with each other is highly fractious though they do still love each other. Prior to their trigger event, Byron felt that Tristan's competitive nature was squandering his own relationships, while Tristan felt that Byron was too passive.<ref>“I’ve been trying to make a point!  You need to walk your own path!”<br/><br/>“You’re the fucking parasite!  You’re the one who follows me!  You’re the one who’s walking on my path and calling me the copycat!  You’ve been doing it for years and there’s nothing left for me!  That’s what’s destroying me!” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/09/13/gleaming-interlude-9-x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.x II]]</ref> This unhealthy dynamic was exacerbated by their situation as a Case 70 throughout their time on Team Reach.

Following Gold Morning, their relationship had improved significantly. Byron had forgiven Tristan for what he had done, although Tristan continued to be confused by Byron's attitude towards him.<ref>Byron shook their head.  “You punished yourself enough.  I don’t want to dwell in that time, so I’m letting it go.  I forgive you, little brother.”<br/><br/>“Little?  Don’t be that fucking cliche, By.  Minutes.”<br/><br/>“I thought it’d get your goat.”<br/><br/>“Uuugh.  Torture, torture.  How is it that we get along best when everything’s gone most thoroughly to shit?  Gold Morning and we reconcile.  You decide to give me this weird pseudo-forgiveness.  Tonight, prison breakout, mind control, and we have a nice chat.”<br/><br/>Tristan swapped.  There was a moment of thought before Byron shrugged their shoulders, then switched back.<br/><br/>“So vague,” Tristan grumbled.<br/><br/>“It’s not pseudo-forgiveness, Tristan.  I have days when I’m angry and days I’m not dealing at all.  You know I have nightmares, I freak out.  But that doesn’t make it pseudo.  It’s forgiveness, little brother.  I might have hated actually going to church, but that doesn’t mean I hated the lessons.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/16/gleaming-interlude-9-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9.z II]]</ref>

====[[Team Reach]]====
Tristan was close with [[Furcate]] before leaving.

====[[Moonsong]]====
Tristan and Brianna have an antagonistic relationship with one another.

====[[Reconciliation]]====
Tristan's crush.

===Parents===
Tristan has strained relationships with his parents, due to his previous run-in with the law.<ref name="Torch7.3">“It goes back to what happened with Reach.  I tried to do it all and when I couldn’t do it anymore I let something slip, I became a villain and didn’t even realize it.  I got arrested, I lost most of my friends from back then, my team, my academic record, and I lost my family.  My dad doesn’t want to do dad things with me.  My mom is really careful around me, like it’s all forced.  They don’t call me, it’s always me calling them.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/05/22/torch-7-3/ Excerpt] from [[Torch 7.3]]</ref>

===[[Rain]]===
Out of the [[Breakthrough]] Rain is the closest to them. Rain goes out of his way to hang out with both of brothers.

===[[Weld]]===
Tristan knows [[Weld]] well enough to defend him on [[PHO]].<ref name="P.8">[[Glow-worm P.8]]</ref> He is a  long term fan of his.