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Character: Jaime Reyes
Series: Blue Beetle (v.2)
Character Age: 16
Canon: Once upon a time, Jaime found a rock. Except it wasn't a rock -- it was a sentient hunk of alien technology that grafted itself to his spine and gave him superpowers. Predictably, he was immediately called upon to save the world from the newest crisis (IN SPACE!), then unintentionally left behind as everyone else fled the scene. One year later, Jaime has finally made it back to El Paso and is left both picking up the pieces from where he left off and trying to deal with new scarabs in places there weren't scarabs before. It's a learning process.
Essentially, Jaime is a good kid who wants to do what's right -- something that's become a lot more complicated since the scarab came into his life. Stuck with a voice in his head that's more a little more homicidal than helpful, he is constantly at odds with the true nature of his powers and left fighting to override the scarab's basic instincts...which can be a little awkward when he forgets that nobody else can hear who he's arguing with. While reluctant to go so far as to call himself a superhero, Jaime suffers from no lack of courage when it comes to protecting others...even though he might not have the coolest head in a crisis. Because, really, it's not how you got there -- it's the end result that matters.
Sample Post:
Is there, like, some kind of protocol I'm supposed to follow for zombies? Somebody I need to go call or something? 'Cause I'm pretty sure undead plague's gotta qualify as a national emergency, and coming home to 28 Days Later: El Paso was nowhere near the top of the list of things I wanted to do this summer. I mean, I know the apocalypse is pretty much a regular occurrence lately, but this kind of qualifies as a whole new level of weird. It's almost like they've started running out of ideas.
Not that this isn't still fundamentally wrong all across the board. See, I could be wrong, but I was kinda under the impression that when people talked about the 'watchful eye of the moon,' it was supposed to be a little less literal. Man, that thing is creepy. And that's not really even scraping the surface. They've got that spooky reenactment of The Birds going on, the not-so-friendly forest animals all over the place...it's like it's straight out of some terrible B-movie horror flick. I swear the only thing that's missing is some sorta crazed monster-god come to wreak havoc on the -- what do you mean, look...
...Oh. That's...yeah, okay. I really think we need to leave now.
No, we are not going to stay and fight it. If that's anything like what I think it is, there is no way I'm gonna take that on alone. We are going to turn around, fly away in the opposite direction from the scary tentacle thing and its friends, find someone, and let them know that the world is ending. Again. Yeah, 'hostile detected.' I know. I don't know if you noticed, but there's kind of a lot of hostile to detect. Just please stop arguing and get us out of heaaAA--
...Somehow I should have known I was forgetting the trees. Something makes me doubt that this kind of thing ever happens to Superman.
Poll Vote!
Character: Matt
Series: Death Note
Character Age: 19
Canon: Death Note is a manga about -- yes, a death note.
Yagami Light happens to find a notebook with the power to murder whomever's
name is written in it; things go downhill as the power goes to Light's head.
To end Light's reign of crazy, successors to L (a.k.a. best detective
ever) are trained.
Matt is, above all, Mello's loyal follower: though not seen often in the
manga, every one of Matt's few seconds of fame is spent working with him.
The strength of his personal bond with Mello is exemplified in how easily he
can joke on the job and tell Mello he assigns boring tasks.
Though somewhat of a recluse, Matt is the most normal of L's potential
successors, often seen with a video game and cigarette, which can't be very
healthy, but he's not one to worry about that. He's a laid-back cynic, able
to match Mello's temper with happy indifference -- he's known for hating
going out, loving video games, and being tech-savvy in general; yet, perhaps
due to his apathy, he's prone to overlooking important details.
Sample Post:
Wait, shit. I'd kinda rather be dead than end up in a
place so -- natural. Okay, I'm lying, but you know what I mean.
This Fresh Pine Scent's making me dizzy, and where are the paved roads? And
that's a freaking huge mosquito flying my way. And the hell, House of the
Dead -- check your high scores list; you'll find I already owned your ass in
that one movie theatre like three years ago. Yeah, and I'm actually not an
animal-loving type; thought I'd gotten gorillas out of my life when I beat
Donkey Kong like.... eight years ago, maybe? Don't feel like combing
through my memory when it's easier to just christen this land Stuff of
Nightmares.
Geez, Mello's gonna skin me alive when he finds out I'm slacking off inside
a... video game. Well, screw it, not like I'm enjoying myself or whatever in
this letdown.
....Three dollars that I inexplicably no longer have in my pocket says that
some of the more lively creeps wandering around this place took my DS. And
my three dollars. Which makes sense, I guess -- about the DS, I mean; I'm
sure there are awesome video game world versions of it here. Well, how
about this: three invisible bucks to anyone who gets me some Mild Sevens and
rescues me from here. I'll even make nice if you're a cute video game
princess and shit! ♥
But hey, I'm serious about the cigarettes. I understand there's gotta be a
ciggie shortage here; you can't manufacture this many walking dead without a
world-shaking calamity. Nothing else'll explain their -- twitching and
falling-off fingers and their, uh, throes-of-withdrawal faces. So
this is what happens when you go too long without, huh? I never
knew; I take good care of myself, y'see. Hey you guys, I may get there
sometime, myself! I support you -- the fuck, you're invading my personal
bubble. You oughtta know I beat that part of House of the Dead where you're
in the sewer and you gotta shake the damn gun like a mofo to stop the
monsters. And I'll do the same to you when they invent guns you shake to
reload.
It's plain unsettling when Mello's not around, so if there's anyone
possessing all their extremities who wants to, like -- keep me company (not
that I need it), I have cheats for Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Just lend
me your DS and I'll take it and run set you up with friggin' awesome
advantages. It may even distract us from all our poison ivy rashes.
Poll Vote!
Character: Kamui Shiro
Series: X
Age: 16
Canon: Following the last request of his mother, Kamui returns to Tokyo while others involved in the End of the World gather in the city as well. When things start looking like the traditional apocalyptic manga with religious overtones, the tables quickly change as Fuuma, a childhood friend of Kamui, kills his sister, Kotori. Fuuma then sides with the Dragons of Earth with the promise to kill Kamui. Kamui overcomes his grief, and vows to return Fuuma to his former self.
Kamui first appears as a cocky, smart-mouthed teenager with little care for others. He is cold and ruthless, throwing around threats he can certainly back up. While Kamui can be antagonistic, he also keeps to himself and doesn't involve himself with others. He hides a gentler, caring side of himself that is reserved for those he trusts.
Sample App:
Lifting a person off of the street, sticking them in a white van, and dropping them off in the middle of a swamp with zombies to fight is not how you give "badass lessons". I should have gone by building like usual. The notice saying I failed to meet the height requirement for the complimentary topping lessons is a nice touch. I'll kill whoever did this. These zombies are weak anyway. It's not badass if you can take them down this easily. What loser would have trouble with them.
What are you zombies doing now? Destroying yourselves before I have to? How nice of you. Yes, you can pull your own organs out, but that isn't badass since you're already dead. --H-Hey! I don't want them! Keep your organs to yourself.
Do you not get the message? Stay away from me! Are you trying to spell something out? There's an eye, a heart, and a hand... Don't touch me with that! Fine, "me", not hand. Eye heart me --What the hell. Is this one of those therapy things? How does this have anything to do with being badass, and don't throw your hearts at me! I don't need your love either! Get lost!
Damn it. Where the hell am I? Those promoters were heavy with the chloroform, but they couldn’t have knocked me out for long. There isn’t a swamp anywhere in Japan except Okinawa, and it would take a long time to get from Tokyo to here. I need to get back to Tokyo...
What? Are you guys back for more? Fine, I'll make sure not even your hand can crawl back. What are you spelling now. Another hand pointing towards a camp. What's nex-- Stop that! I didn't need to see that, and you're falling apart in... Never mind. Now, me again. Isn't dropping dead redundant? So, what is it? Camp Fuck Me Die? ...Camp Fuck Me Die?! If this is some joke on me dying a virgin, I'll kill you again.
Poll Vote!
Character: Catherine Dollanganger
Series: The Dollanger Series by V.C. Andrews
Age: 18 (She's being taken mid Petals on the Wind.)
Canon: At age 12, Catherine has what seems like the perfect family. Until her father dies, sending her mother running to wealthy relatives to pay off her enormous debts. But, oops! Mommy and Daddy were related. So to lessen the scandal, Mommy dearest locks up Cathy and her siblings in an attic. They stay there for three years before giving up on their mother and breaking out.
Cathy seems to move on quite well. She works hard at dance, eventually finding work in a small ballet company. But emotionally, the attic never really stops affecting her. She has enormous trust issues, a shared lust with her older brother, and an enormous desire for vengeance. Of course, she manages to hide these and other dark secrets under a semi-charming personality (occassional frustrations with stupidity go). Not that she's a bad person. She genuinely loves her siblings and will do nearly anything to protect them and the few others she cares about.
Sample Post:
Hello. I've just recently arrived here and was wondering if you could help me with where "here" actually is. Aside from a swamp apparently full of contagious skin diseases. And poor hygiene.
Oh? A pamphlet on "camp" would be helpful, yes. Let's see, camp is over the top, often including drag queens, outlandish musical performances, and humor of an obvious and unsubtle nature. Sometimes at the same time. ...You gave me information on the wrong kind of camp. Just what the world needs, more people obsessed with poorly done musicals.
--What's that? Another pamphlet? And this one will be helpful? Thank you. Let's see... "Twincest is Best"? Twincest, what's-- Oh. That doesn't interest me, thanks. I'm not even a twin. --No, that isn't the reason why I don't like the pamphlet.
Well, if you'll excuse me I'm going to find some information.
...that gorilla is wearing a lot of make-up. Maybe that first pamphlet was correct.
Poll Vote!
Character: Link
Series: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Character Age: 10
Canon: Link is the Hero of Time. This means he has saved all of Hyrule by traveling seven years into the future to fight Ganondorf and save Princess Zelda. He was then returned to his original time, and traveled to Termina, where he stopped the Moon from falling and killing everybody. He is fantastically loyal to his princess and his land, but this is by no means all there is to him.
Perhaps first and foremost, Link is a Good Guy ™. Possessing the Triforce of Courage, he is incredibly brave. If he sees somebody being hurt, he isn't going to stand for it (although he might hesitate if he doesn't like you-but in the end, he'll help out). Link is only human, and still ten years old at heart. He's still curious, capable of skepticism, and can trip over his own two feet and fall flat on his face. Lastly… mention feeding him, and his soul is all but yours.
NOTE: Link is being taken from after both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. His personality is based off of the manga interpretation.
Sample Post:
It's starting to seem like everywhere I go, I get thrown into a big adventure where I have to save somebody. Not that I'm complaining, because if the Director from this place has been kidnapped by evil campers, I can't just do nothing when she needs help. But I think I wanna hurry up and save her quickly. Then I can leave here to keep exploring the rest of the world!
I mean, I'm not in a big rush to leave here because I don't like it or anything. It's not a really bad place, and I'm sure that bad smell in the air isn't normally there. The guys who wanna help save the Director have been really nice, even if they don't say much and they look like walking corpses! Looks like they need to start drinking more milk. And that big purple monkey who explained everything to me was just giving me a pat on the back, he didn't mean to push me so hard I ended up falling down that hill and hitting my head on a tree. The tree was all right. After she helped me up, she asked if I could do some weeding around her roots while I was there. But those people who look like walking corpses need to know that when somebody's got a bump on the head, you're supposed to give 'em ice for it, not put your mouth on it. I bet I've still got slobber on my hat! They're all okay guys where it counts, but I can kinda see why they'd need some help saving their Director.
I just wish I could save the Director without going along with their plan. I mean, they know this place a lot better than me, so I guess they're probably right when they say I should disguise myself as a camper and sneak through their base to save the Director. But … why'd my disguise have to be as a girl? I tried to tell them I was wearing a tunic, not a skirt, but they were singing some song about "tight men" or "men in tights" or something and they didn't hear me. I'm no good at acting or things like that, either. I'd just wanna go up to a camper head on and tell 'em to let the Director go!
Well, whatever. If dressing like a girl is what it takes to set the Director free, I can handle it. But I'm kinda wondering if I've been lead on a little. That bird yelling "it's a trap!" isn't encouraging!
Poll Vote!
Remember!
- Applicants, respond anonymously.
- If you're going to do the whole "ask me if I voted you out!" thing, please state who you voted out.
- No speculating about the identity of the applicants!
Now VOTE. Closed!
Character: Jaime Reyes
Series: Blue Beetle (v.2)
Character Age: 16
Canon: Once upon a time, Jaime found a rock. Except it wasn't a rock -- it was a sentient hunk of alien technology that grafted itself to his spine and gave him superpowers. Predictably, he was immediately called upon to save the world from the newest crisis (IN SPACE!), then unintentionally left behind as everyone else fled the scene. One year later, Jaime has finally made it back to El Paso and is left both picking up the pieces from where he left off and trying to deal with new scarabs in places there weren't scarabs before. It's a learning process.
Essentially, Jaime is a good kid who wants to do what's right -- something that's become a lot more complicated since the scarab came into his life. Stuck with a voice in his head that's more a little more homicidal than helpful, he is constantly at odds with the true nature of his powers and left fighting to override the scarab's basic instincts...which can be a little awkward when he forgets that nobody else can hear who he's arguing with. While reluctant to go so far as to call himself a superhero, Jaime suffers from no lack of courage when it comes to protecting others...even though he might not have the coolest head in a crisis. Because, really, it's not how you got there -- it's the end result that matters.
Sample Post:
Is there, like, some kind of protocol I'm supposed to follow for zombies? Somebody I need to go call or something? 'Cause I'm pretty sure undead plague's gotta qualify as a national emergency, and coming home to 28 Days Later: El Paso was nowhere near the top of the list of things I wanted to do this summer. I mean, I know the apocalypse is pretty much a regular occurrence lately, but this kind of qualifies as a whole new level of weird. It's almost like they've started running out of ideas.
Not that this isn't still fundamentally wrong all across the board. See, I could be wrong, but I was kinda under the impression that when people talked about the 'watchful eye of the moon,' it was supposed to be a little less literal. Man, that thing is creepy. And that's not really even scraping the surface. They've got that spooky reenactment of The Birds going on, the not-so-friendly forest animals all over the place...it's like it's straight out of some terrible B-movie horror flick. I swear the only thing that's missing is some sorta crazed monster-god come to wreak havoc on the -- what do you mean, look...
...Oh. That's...yeah, okay. I really think we need to leave now.
No, we are not going to stay and fight it. If that's anything like what I think it is, there is no way I'm gonna take that on alone. We are going to turn around, fly away in the opposite direction from the scary tentacle thing and its friends, find someone, and let them know that the world is ending. Again. Yeah, 'hostile detected.' I know. I don't know if you noticed, but there's kind of a lot of hostile to detect. Just please stop arguing and get us out of heaaAA--
...Somehow I should have known I was forgetting the trees. Something makes me doubt that this kind of thing ever happens to Superman.
Poll Vote!
Character: Matt
Series: Death Note
Character Age: 19
Canon: Death Note is a manga about -- yes, a death note.
Yagami Light happens to find a notebook with the power to murder whomever's
name is written in it; things go downhill as the power goes to Light's head.
To end Light's reign of crazy, successors to L (a.k.a. best detective
ever) are trained.
Matt is, above all, Mello's loyal follower: though not seen often in the
manga, every one of Matt's few seconds of fame is spent working with him.
The strength of his personal bond with Mello is exemplified in how easily he
can joke on the job and tell Mello he assigns boring tasks.
Though somewhat of a recluse, Matt is the most normal of L's potential
successors, often seen with a video game and cigarette, which can't be very
healthy, but he's not one to worry about that. He's a laid-back cynic, able
to match Mello's temper with happy indifference -- he's known for hating
going out, loving video games, and being tech-savvy in general; yet, perhaps
due to his apathy, he's prone to overlooking important details.
Sample Post:
Wait, shit. I'd kinda rather be dead than end up in a
place so -- natural. Okay, I'm lying, but you know what I mean.
This Fresh Pine Scent's making me dizzy, and where are the paved roads? And
that's a freaking huge mosquito flying my way. And the hell, House of the
Dead -- check your high scores list; you'll find I already owned your ass in
that one movie theatre like three years ago. Yeah, and I'm actually not an
animal-loving type; thought I'd gotten gorillas out of my life when I beat
Donkey Kong like.... eight years ago, maybe? Don't feel like combing
through my memory when it's easier to just christen this land Stuff of
Nightmares.
Geez, Mello's gonna skin me alive when he finds out I'm slacking off inside
a... video game. Well, screw it, not like I'm enjoying myself or whatever in
this letdown.
....Three dollars that I inexplicably no longer have in my pocket says that
some of the more lively creeps wandering around this place took my DS. And
my three dollars. Which makes sense, I guess -- about the DS, I mean; I'm
sure there are awesome video game world versions of it here. Well, how
about this: three invisible bucks to anyone who gets me some Mild Sevens and
rescues me from here. I'll even make nice if you're a cute video game
princess and shit! ♥
But hey, I'm serious about the cigarettes. I understand there's gotta be a
ciggie shortage here; you can't manufacture this many walking dead without a
world-shaking calamity. Nothing else'll explain their -- twitching and
falling-off fingers and their, uh, throes-of-withdrawal faces. So
this is what happens when you go too long without, huh? I never
knew; I take good care of myself, y'see. Hey you guys, I may get there
sometime, myself! I support you -- the fuck, you're invading my personal
bubble. You oughtta know I beat that part of House of the Dead where you're
in the sewer and you gotta shake the damn gun like a mofo to stop the
monsters. And I'll do the same to you when they invent guns you shake to
reload.
It's plain unsettling when Mello's not around, so if there's anyone
possessing all their extremities who wants to, like -- keep me company (not
that I need it), I have cheats for Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Just lend
me your DS and I'll take it and run set you up with friggin' awesome
advantages. It may even distract us from all our poison ivy rashes.
Poll Vote!
Character: Kamui Shiro
Series: X
Age: 16
Canon: Following the last request of his mother, Kamui returns to Tokyo while others involved in the End of the World gather in the city as well. When things start looking like the traditional apocalyptic manga with religious overtones, the tables quickly change as Fuuma, a childhood friend of Kamui, kills his sister, Kotori. Fuuma then sides with the Dragons of Earth with the promise to kill Kamui. Kamui overcomes his grief, and vows to return Fuuma to his former self.
Kamui first appears as a cocky, smart-mouthed teenager with little care for others. He is cold and ruthless, throwing around threats he can certainly back up. While Kamui can be antagonistic, he also keeps to himself and doesn't involve himself with others. He hides a gentler, caring side of himself that is reserved for those he trusts.
Sample App:
Lifting a person off of the street, sticking them in a white van, and dropping them off in the middle of a swamp with zombies to fight is not how you give "badass lessons". I should have gone by building like usual. The notice saying I failed to meet the height requirement for the complimentary topping lessons is a nice touch. I'll kill whoever did this. These zombies are weak anyway. It's not badass if you can take them down this easily. What loser would have trouble with them.
What are you zombies doing now? Destroying yourselves before I have to? How nice of you. Yes, you can pull your own organs out, but that isn't badass since you're already dead. --H-Hey! I don't want them! Keep your organs to yourself.
Do you not get the message? Stay away from me! Are you trying to spell something out? There's an eye, a heart, and a hand... Don't touch me with that! Fine, "me", not hand. Eye heart me --What the hell. Is this one of those therapy things? How does this have anything to do with being badass, and don't throw your hearts at me! I don't need your love either! Get lost!
Damn it. Where the hell am I? Those promoters were heavy with the chloroform, but they couldn’t have knocked me out for long. There isn’t a swamp anywhere in Japan except Okinawa, and it would take a long time to get from Tokyo to here. I need to get back to Tokyo...
What? Are you guys back for more? Fine, I'll make sure not even your hand can crawl back. What are you spelling now. Another hand pointing towards a camp. What's nex-- Stop that! I didn't need to see that, and you're falling apart in... Never mind. Now, me again. Isn't dropping dead redundant? So, what is it? Camp Fuck Me Die? ...Camp Fuck Me Die?! If this is some joke on me dying a virgin, I'll kill you again.
Poll Vote!
Character: Catherine Dollanganger
Series: The Dollanger Series by V.C. Andrews
Age: 18 (She's being taken mid Petals on the Wind.)
Canon: At age 12, Catherine has what seems like the perfect family. Until her father dies, sending her mother running to wealthy relatives to pay off her enormous debts. But, oops! Mommy and Daddy were related. So to lessen the scandal, Mommy dearest locks up Cathy and her siblings in an attic. They stay there for three years before giving up on their mother and breaking out.
Cathy seems to move on quite well. She works hard at dance, eventually finding work in a small ballet company. But emotionally, the attic never really stops affecting her. She has enormous trust issues, a shared lust with her older brother, and an enormous desire for vengeance. Of course, she manages to hide these and other dark secrets under a semi-charming personality (occassional frustrations with stupidity go). Not that she's a bad person. She genuinely loves her siblings and will do nearly anything to protect them and the few others she cares about.
Sample Post:
Hello. I've just recently arrived here and was wondering if you could help me with where "here" actually is. Aside from a swamp apparently full of contagious skin diseases. And poor hygiene.
Oh? A pamphlet on "camp" would be helpful, yes. Let's see, camp is over the top, often including drag queens, outlandish musical performances, and humor of an obvious and unsubtle nature. Sometimes at the same time. ...You gave me information on the wrong kind of camp. Just what the world needs, more people obsessed with poorly done musicals.
--What's that? Another pamphlet? And this one will be helpful? Thank you. Let's see... "Twincest is Best"? Twincest, what's-- Oh. That doesn't interest me, thanks. I'm not even a twin. --No, that isn't the reason why I don't like the pamphlet.
Well, if you'll excuse me I'm going to find some information.
...that gorilla is wearing a lot of make-up. Maybe that first pamphlet was correct.
Poll Vote!
Character: Link
Series: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Character Age: 10
Canon: Link is the Hero of Time. This means he has saved all of Hyrule by traveling seven years into the future to fight Ganondorf and save Princess Zelda. He was then returned to his original time, and traveled to Termina, where he stopped the Moon from falling and killing everybody. He is fantastically loyal to his princess and his land, but this is by no means all there is to him.
Perhaps first and foremost, Link is a Good Guy ™. Possessing the Triforce of Courage, he is incredibly brave. If he sees somebody being hurt, he isn't going to stand for it (although he might hesitate if he doesn't like you-but in the end, he'll help out). Link is only human, and still ten years old at heart. He's still curious, capable of skepticism, and can trip over his own two feet and fall flat on his face. Lastly… mention feeding him, and his soul is all but yours.
NOTE: Link is being taken from after both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. His personality is based off of the manga interpretation.
Sample Post:
It's starting to seem like everywhere I go, I get thrown into a big adventure where I have to save somebody. Not that I'm complaining, because if the Director from this place has been kidnapped by evil campers, I can't just do nothing when she needs help. But I think I wanna hurry up and save her quickly. Then I can leave here to keep exploring the rest of the world!
I mean, I'm not in a big rush to leave here because I don't like it or anything. It's not a really bad place, and I'm sure that bad smell in the air isn't normally there. The guys who wanna help save the Director have been really nice, even if they don't say much and they look like walking corpses! Looks like they need to start drinking more milk. And that big purple monkey who explained everything to me was just giving me a pat on the back, he didn't mean to push me so hard I ended up falling down that hill and hitting my head on a tree. The tree was all right. After she helped me up, she asked if I could do some weeding around her roots while I was there. But those people who look like walking corpses need to know that when somebody's got a bump on the head, you're supposed to give 'em ice for it, not put your mouth on it. I bet I've still got slobber on my hat! They're all okay guys where it counts, but I can kinda see why they'd need some help saving their Director.
I just wish I could save the Director without going along with their plan. I mean, they know this place a lot better than me, so I guess they're probably right when they say I should disguise myself as a camper and sneak through their base to save the Director. But … why'd my disguise have to be as a girl? I tried to tell them I was wearing a tunic, not a skirt, but they were singing some song about "tight men" or "men in tights" or something and they didn't hear me. I'm no good at acting or things like that, either. I'd just wanna go up to a camper head on and tell 'em to let the Director go!
Well, whatever. If dressing like a girl is what it takes to set the Director free, I can handle it. But I'm kinda wondering if I've been lead on a little. That bird yelling "it's a trap!" isn't encouraging!
Poll Vote!