Abner Pothos

Abner Pothos
Basic Information
Team	Seattle Garages
Former Team(s)	Antarctic Fireballs (Pre-History I), Rising Stars
Status	Incinerated
Batting	(1.6)
Pitching	(5.0)
Defense	(2.6)
Running	(3.7)
Modifications	Ego+++This Player has a boosted boosted boosted Ego.  UnstablePlayer: Unstable Players have a much higher chance of being incinerated in a Solar Eclipse. Team: Unstable Teams have a chance of being incinerated in a Solar Eclipse.  ReturnedAt the end of each season, this Player has a chance of being called back to the Void. See also: Glossary
Items	Smokey Ring of Stamina ●●●
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Evolution	Base
Peanut Allergy	Not Allergic
Pregame Ritual	Levitating
Coffee Style	Cream & Sugar
Blood Type	Psychic
Fate	9
Biographical Details
Pronouns	it/its
Other Background Information
Instrument	Glockenspiel

Abner Pothos is a player in the Shadows for the Seattle Garages and has been with the team since the Season 23 ILB Semi-Centennial game. Pothos has played for the Rising Stars, and was on the Antarctic Fireballs during Season A of Ultra League Blaseball.

Official League Records

History

During the ILB Semi-Centennial, Pothos played for the Rising Stars. Pothos then fell to the Seattle Garages as a lineup player.

On Season 24, Day 4, Pothos retreated to the Garages' Shadows in exchange for Parker Parra at The Hotdogfingers Memorial Climate Pledge Garage and Parking Facility via the Ratified Voicemail.

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

Background

The aftermath of the ILB Semi-Centennial was a difficult time for the Garages. Not only had they witnessed the Forgery of Jaylen Hotdogfingers, but Parker MacMillan's impending Roam around the league caused much worry. Castillo Turner's return to the rotation was something they expected. Finding two new players on the lineup, however, was not.

Abner Pothos ranks among the Garages' oldest players, although its exact age is unknown. When asked, it claimed that as a player from Pre-History, it was "technically about two thousand" years old. Pothos's teammates provided the immensely helpful clarification that Pothos is indeed "pretty old." Abner Pothos and Wyatt Pothos are distant relatives; Wyatt Pothos has explained the relationship as "I don't know. I think I'm its great-great-second-cousin or something. All I know is that it's even less sure than I am." Both are left-handed and share a blood type. Given the considerable turmoil in the league at the time, the two have agreed to remain at a distance for the time being.

Career on the Garages

Seattle news outlets have described Pothos's style of dress as "eccentric," "trendsetting," and "a little weird but kind of killing it?" Its usual jacket has a high collar, long coattails, and is heavily padded for warmth. It also has a collection of top hats, likewise modified for cold weather. Its outfit somewhat resembles that of a stage magician. This is likely intentional, as Pothos has displayed psychic powers on occasion. Although it was only part of the lineup for four games, attendees reported seeing it telekinetically lifting bats and bat-shaped objects in lieu of swinging them manually. Other mentions of supposed psychic powers and levitation are the subject of debate, as Pothos has also displayed a propensity for stage magic and sleight of hand.

Community

Pothos is Ashkenazi Jewish, and has been an active member of the Seattle-area Jewish community since its return to the world of the living. It frequently offers organizational support to local synagogues' community assistance programs in the Seattle area, and eventually helped establish the Big Garage Tzedakah Fund, a nonprofit that helps members of the community manage donations to others in need. Pothos has also provided translation services in Yiddish and Hebrew for the Seattle Garages Lil' Roadies Lil' Readers Language Workshops.

It is a noted socialist and has supported the Garages' mission as an anarcho-syndicalist collective. Shortly after joining the team, it re-established the Magicians' Union it claims to have run during its time as a Fireball. Members include Betsy Trombone, Nandy Fantastic, Mint Shupe, Borg Ruiz, Yeong-Ho Garcia, Scores Baserunner, Chorby Short, and several others, both Blaseball players and not. Meeting attendees agree that the union is "a really important tool for organizing and understanding each other" and also "a great place to go argue about random crap for like an hour," and as such, it fulfills the two main aims of anarcho-syndicalist meetings. Band members cited Pothos's influence when asked about the subsequent uptick in covers of union-themed folk songs in the band's discography.

Abner Pothos Reports

Pothos is a private person; as active as it is in the local community, it has requested that its personal life remain personal. Only a few sources around Seattle have managed to land a rare interview or otherwise learned something of Pothos from it or its teammates. This time, the Interdimensional Rumor Mill reveals a Rumor from IF-66.409 out of its Rumor Registry...

KGAR Report

Excerpt from the postgame recap broadcast by Garages radio station KGAR, hosted by Demilade Dasaolu and Kevin Park. The interview aired after the game on Day 19, Season 24.

PARK: Hi, I'm Kevin Park with KGAR. Fans in Seattle and across the league have speculated as to the relationship between Abner Pothos and Parker MacMillan the First, who arrived in Seattle late yesterday. As a member of the Pre-Historic Antarctic Fireballs, it was Pothos's team that hexed MacMillan with the Firewalker modification. And, of course, it was that same modification that led to the Hawai'i Fridays' incineration just days ago — right, Demilade?

DASAOLU: That's right, Kevin. The city's decision to remain open to MacMillan's Super Roamin' raised some eyebrows, especially in the wake of two team incinerations in as many weeks. But the team affirmed their commitment to staying open after MacMillan's arrival last night. So far, Pothos hasn't been willing to comment on the matter — one of our junior reporters visited the Seattle Shadows Co-op to request an interview with Pothos. It reportedly muttered something about "having union work to do," tied our correspondent's shoelaces together telekinetically, and shuffled away while they were distracted. That's blaseball players for you! Kevin, you were down in the Big Garage today; were you able to get a hold of Parker?

PARK: Nope! A few reporters were invited into the dugout at the end of the game, but he declined to answer our questions. The only quote we got was, "I, uh, I gotta, uh, you know, theremin practice." The Seattle Theremin Appreciation Club will be happy to hear some new sounds in the band, but I'm sorry to say there's no gossip to be had about Pothos and MacMillan yet.

DASAOLU: Further requests for comment were rebuffed by the Garages' recent recruit Marion Shriffle. She explained that the team was unlikely to hold press conferences until Mike Townsend and Oliver Mueller were safely free of Observation. Indeed, today's game has left Seattle fans worried, with two team mainstays hit by Niq Nyong'o's Debt. Sources on the ground say…

[end of excerpt]

Fan Works

Art

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  Abner's mini blaseballer by @HetreaSky

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  Abner and Aurora by @AAppariton

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  Abner by Cori

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  Abner and its familiar, Aurora Australis, by Cori

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  Abner and its familiar, Aurora Australis, by Cori