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[series]: Supernatural
[character]: Bela Talbot
[character history / background]: Born to a wealthy family, it would seem that Bela had everything she needed in her life. Comfortable lifestyle, wonderful parents, and a future where she would likely have a rather large inheritance. However, all wasn't as it seemed. While on the surface, no one else would understand why Bela hated this life, anyone with a keener eye could take a closer look and see why she was rather unhappy. Her father, after all, was abusing her-likely sexually-and any options to get away from that could be freeing.
Even if "freedom" would come in the form of selling her soul. Ten years of freedom would be enough. Ten years away from that. Bela willingly took the deal, damning herself, but gaining an inheritance and all the freedom with it. She would only have ten years to live, ten years to hold on to, but she didn't care: or so she would later say. No one would understand, no one would look upon her the right way, and she wouldn't ever tell anyone else why.
After all, it didn't matter, would it? She would live her life to the fullest. She would live as she wanted to live, and she would live surviving. On her own.
For the next ten years, Bela earned a fair bit of a reputation for herself. For surviving, for being selfish, and for being a great thief. On top of the money she inherited from her family, it's implied that she has even more, and continues it for an unspoken reason. It's easy to assume she does much of this to survive, perhaps even to find a way to keep living. Though she slips in and out of identities with ease and precise behavior, she never makes a point of growing close to others, earning only a reputation for herself for being untrustworthy. But she does get things buyers want, so while she may be a survivor, there are many who use her for her skills.
In a way, she would have likely continued like this, until she met the Winchester brothers. Through them, she sought a way to save herself. Through deceiving them, though messing with them, and little did she know that her own selfish, think for herself goals would end up possibly making her impossible to save. But it wasn't like she started out realizing how parallel her situation was to Dean's.
And it wasn't like she was going to start asking for help.
The details of her interactions with the Winchester are in further detail here.
[character abilities]: For the most part, Bela is what would be deemed as normal, without any special talent. However, she does do a fair amount of witchcraft and channels spirits, revealing that she has some other talents. Though it would seem that Bela's true skills lie in what she uses to survive. Manipulation, thievery, and business ventures. She's good at lying, good at seeing the opportunities in a situation, and very good at being selfish. It's notable that all of Bela's infamy and actions were her own doing, without the assistance of others.
[character personality]: Survival is the most important thing to Bela Talbot. Not being manipulative, not being a thief, not doing anything for the thrill or how it may turn out: she wishes to survive. Her life is about surviving. Either it's surviving her abusive father or surviving after she's sold her soul, a contract that will end in ten years (along with her life). As a result, it would make sense that she would do anything necessary, anything at all, and that in order to survive, she would only rely upon herself.
Of course, this isn't how others would perceive her.
Bela, to others, has a reputation for being conniving, for being deceiving, and generally not being the type of person you want around. She cares little for others, lying without a care, and generally presenting herself as someone who shouldn't be trusted. And in her eyes, this hardly matters. Her behavior on the surface is very cunning, like she's always out to further her wallet, always out to make things better for herself. She doesn't appear to think of the consequences of her actions, just so long as she gets out of something alive. Rarely does she help others without having something in it for herself. It's not without reason that others rarely trust her, unless they, too, are getting something out of it. She doesn't make herself to be that type.
As Bela approaches others, she lies, manipulates, and uses her wiles as best she can. Since she is twenty-four-years-old, she is hardly well into her years, and though she is good at what she does, she is not without her mistakes or flaws, nor is she without her self-conscious behavior. A lot of this has to do with the fact that she doesn't want to die, but some of it is because she is hardly actualized at her age. If she had more time, it could even be discerned that she's still finding her footing in the world, and thusly doesn't want to depend on others. She's fiercely independent, of course, and things always play by her rules. Even so, she still has her desires, her things she enjoys, and they're pretty normal for someone her age.
Of course, who would trust her with these normal desires? Who knows if it's not a lie?
But there is one thing that isn't a lie, not that she'd ever let on. It's her fear of death. All her fierce independence is because she needs to survive, and she doesn't want to rely on anyone else. She needs to convince herself that her way of living is correct. In some ways, she's living it up because she has no choice. Ten years isn't a very long time to have to live, and she's going to do as much as possible to secure her place in the world. It's obvious that she doesn't want to bite the bullet before her time ends, and she doesn't want to bite the bullet when it ends. The idea of someone killing her actually frightens her into helping them, even if it's a passing threat from a phone call. She is unsettled and scared, even if she doesn't let on easily. Even when the answer to her problems is right before her, her fear wins over and keeps her from doing the right thing. Especially if that's relying on others and needing their assistance.
Much of this adds up to a rather reckless, untrustworthy person who's unable to go back on her mistakes.
[point in timeline you're picking your character from]: "Time is On My Side," after her death.
[character]: Bela Talbot
[character history / background]: Born to a wealthy family, it would seem that Bela had everything she needed in her life. Comfortable lifestyle, wonderful parents, and a future where she would likely have a rather large inheritance. However, all wasn't as it seemed. While on the surface, no one else would understand why Bela hated this life, anyone with a keener eye could take a closer look and see why she was rather unhappy. Her father, after all, was abusing her-likely sexually-and any options to get away from that could be freeing.
Even if "freedom" would come in the form of selling her soul. Ten years of freedom would be enough. Ten years away from that. Bela willingly took the deal, damning herself, but gaining an inheritance and all the freedom with it. She would only have ten years to live, ten years to hold on to, but she didn't care: or so she would later say. No one would understand, no one would look upon her the right way, and she wouldn't ever tell anyone else why.
After all, it didn't matter, would it? She would live her life to the fullest. She would live as she wanted to live, and she would live surviving. On her own.
For the next ten years, Bela earned a fair bit of a reputation for herself. For surviving, for being selfish, and for being a great thief. On top of the money she inherited from her family, it's implied that she has even more, and continues it for an unspoken reason. It's easy to assume she does much of this to survive, perhaps even to find a way to keep living. Though she slips in and out of identities with ease and precise behavior, she never makes a point of growing close to others, earning only a reputation for herself for being untrustworthy. But she does get things buyers want, so while she may be a survivor, there are many who use her for her skills.
In a way, she would have likely continued like this, until she met the Winchester brothers. Through them, she sought a way to save herself. Through deceiving them, though messing with them, and little did she know that her own selfish, think for herself goals would end up possibly making her impossible to save. But it wasn't like she started out realizing how parallel her situation was to Dean's.
And it wasn't like she was going to start asking for help.
The details of her interactions with the Winchester are in further detail here.
[character abilities]: For the most part, Bela is what would be deemed as normal, without any special talent. However, she does do a fair amount of witchcraft and channels spirits, revealing that she has some other talents. Though it would seem that Bela's true skills lie in what she uses to survive. Manipulation, thievery, and business ventures. She's good at lying, good at seeing the opportunities in a situation, and very good at being selfish. It's notable that all of Bela's infamy and actions were her own doing, without the assistance of others.
[character personality]: Survival is the most important thing to Bela Talbot. Not being manipulative, not being a thief, not doing anything for the thrill or how it may turn out: she wishes to survive. Her life is about surviving. Either it's surviving her abusive father or surviving after she's sold her soul, a contract that will end in ten years (along with her life). As a result, it would make sense that she would do anything necessary, anything at all, and that in order to survive, she would only rely upon herself.
Of course, this isn't how others would perceive her.
Bela, to others, has a reputation for being conniving, for being deceiving, and generally not being the type of person you want around. She cares little for others, lying without a care, and generally presenting herself as someone who shouldn't be trusted. And in her eyes, this hardly matters. Her behavior on the surface is very cunning, like she's always out to further her wallet, always out to make things better for herself. She doesn't appear to think of the consequences of her actions, just so long as she gets out of something alive. Rarely does she help others without having something in it for herself. It's not without reason that others rarely trust her, unless they, too, are getting something out of it. She doesn't make herself to be that type.
As Bela approaches others, she lies, manipulates, and uses her wiles as best she can. Since she is twenty-four-years-old, she is hardly well into her years, and though she is good at what she does, she is not without her mistakes or flaws, nor is she without her self-conscious behavior. A lot of this has to do with the fact that she doesn't want to die, but some of it is because she is hardly actualized at her age. If she had more time, it could even be discerned that she's still finding her footing in the world, and thusly doesn't want to depend on others. She's fiercely independent, of course, and things always play by her rules. Even so, she still has her desires, her things she enjoys, and they're pretty normal for someone her age.
Of course, who would trust her with these normal desires? Who knows if it's not a lie?
But there is one thing that isn't a lie, not that she'd ever let on. It's her fear of death. All her fierce independence is because she needs to survive, and she doesn't want to rely on anyone else. She needs to convince herself that her way of living is correct. In some ways, she's living it up because she has no choice. Ten years isn't a very long time to have to live, and she's going to do as much as possible to secure her place in the world. It's obvious that she doesn't want to bite the bullet before her time ends, and she doesn't want to bite the bullet when it ends. The idea of someone killing her actually frightens her into helping them, even if it's a passing threat from a phone call. She is unsettled and scared, even if she doesn't let on easily. Even when the answer to her problems is right before her, her fear wins over and keeps her from doing the right thing. Especially if that's relying on others and needing their assistance.
Much of this adds up to a rather reckless, untrustworthy person who's unable to go back on her mistakes.
[point in timeline you're picking your character from]: "Time is On My Side," after her death.