He Waits Dreaming
✢ The Player
Player Name: Al
Age: 24
LJ: morgian_le_faye
AIM / MSN / Y!M: AIM notrosesshadow
E-mail: ajstudz@gmail.com
Other Characters: Martha Jones
✢ The Character
Character Name: Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Fandom: Firefly
Canon Point: After Jubal Early knocks him out and locks him in his room in "Objects in Space"
Age: Good Question: According to an information screen of him in Serentity, his birthday is September 20, 2468 which would make him 49 at the time of Firefly and Serenity. However, he does not look like he’s 49. The same screen misspells his name as Malcom, so there is some question as to whether the screen is correct and that maybe there was a number transposition making him born in 2486. If he were born in 2486, he would be 31, an age that looks much more appropriate to him onscreen. Thus, I will play him as age 31 based off this explanation.
Appearance: Mal is tall (around 6’1”) and relatively solidly built. Brown hair, blue eyes. His eyes can either hold a twinkle of merriment or a look of the deepest anger, hurt, and sorrow. It really depends on his mood.
Abilities / Powers: Ace shot. Good in a brawl. Decent hand to hand combat... not quite so good with a sword. Able to make up plans on the spot... Great at kicking people through the engine intake of his ship. He's read a poem (try not to faint.) Excellent leader
Inventory:
-The clothes he's wearing (Brown coat from the War, tan pants with a brown stripe, boots, dusty red shirt, and suspenders)
-Gun holster
-Moses Brothers Self-Defense Engine Frontier Model B Pistol
-Capture of the members of his crew (in coat pocket)
-A VERY small amount of money
-A capture of just Inara (in coat pocket)
-An earring he stole from Inara’s cabin (in coat pocket)
Personality: Mal is a very complicated person. On the surface, he strikes one as a common thief. He does “jobs” regardless of the legality of them for money to keep his ship running and his crew fed. As one delves deeper into his character though, one cannot call Mal a bad person.
He clearly cares deeply for his ship and crew. In the episode “Out of Gas,” he sends his entire crew away on the shuttles while he works by himself to keep the ship in the sky. During the episode, we see flashbacks as he brings new crew members on board. He chose each person for a specific reason, and moreso, he refuses to let them die just because Serenity ain’t working. The last flashback is probably the most revealing though. A salesman tries to sell Mal a sturdy ship that’ll keep flying forever, but Mal is caught in a trance looking at another ship. A firefly class transport.
The ship itself is an important part of Mal’s character. The ship represents his freedom from the Anglo-Sino Alliance. We know he fought on the side of the independents in the War against Unification. We also know that during that time, he did believe in a God of some sort. And we know that at Serenity Valley, he unofficially became the leader of the entire army, only to watch as his army was slaughtered and the Alliance completely massacred the Independents. The Battle of Serenity broke the Independents and was the deciding battle in the war. This battle clearly meant a lot to Mal as he named his ship Serenity. Furthermore, in the whole series, we see that he has lost his belief in God. Mal lost his faith in the people in charge that day and did everything in his power to avoid the government.
He flies to stay free, away from the Alliance’s prying eyes. He takes jobs where he can in order to keep flying. These jobs are sometime legal, sometimes not. However, we find that he does not just take any job. When he finds out the goods he steals for a man named Niska are actually medicine that will save the lives of downtrodden miners, he gives the cargo back, even at the risk of angering Niska.
Niska also illustrates how hard Mal can be. During an intense torture scene, Mal refused to break, instead cracking jokes at Niska even after he dies. No matter how many times Mal gets knocked down, he keeps getting back up. He tells his soldiers that “When you can’t walk, you crawl. An’ when you can’t crawl, you find someone to carry you.” Never. Give. Up.
On a somewhat related note, he definitely believes in sticking up for oneself. Mal has no qualms about killing in self defence. Or if someone’s threatening his crew. As he tells Saffron, “When someone tries to kill you, you try and kill ‘em right back.” There is no need to let anyone walk all over you.
Mal cares deeply about the downtrodden. He routinely helps River and Simon Tam even though the siblings cause more grief for his ship than they seem to help. He even goes so far as to save them from burning at the stake when villagers on a planet kidnap them.
Mal seems to struggle with his lack of belief. While he does devoutly deny the existence of a god, he seems relatively aimless. It’s as though when he lost his belief in God, he lost his belief in everything.
Furthermore, there is an emotional connection between Mal and Inara that he tends to dance around and ignore. He does recognize that it’s there, but he doesn’t seem to want to let her in, and argues with her most of the time they talk.
History: The Earth as we know it does not exist anymore. Humans used up all her resources and eventually had to set off into space to find new planets to inhabit. They terraformed what they found into livable homes. Thus, Earth-That-Was is somewhat legendary to Mal and his crew. Two superpowers came into power to form the Anglo-Sino Alliance, shortened to the Alliance
Mal was born in the latter half of the 25th century on the planet Shadow. He grew up on his mother’s ranch where he got his education from her and about forty ranch hands. In the earliest part of the 26th century, the Alliance moved to unify all the planets. A fair amount of people did not appreciate the notion of Unification and formed the Independents, informally known as Browncoats due to the brown coats they wore as a uniform.
Around the year 2510, Mal volunteered with the Browncoats in the Unification War against the Alliance. It was there he met his loyal second in command Zoe, who would later become first mate on Serenity. Mal rose to the rank of sergeant, and ended up as captain of over 2000 men at the Battle of Serenity Valley when all the Independent leaders were carefully picked off by the Alliance. The Battle of Serenity effectively defeated the Browncoats.
After the War, Mal went in search of escape and found it in the form of a ship: more specifically, a 03-K64 Firefly class transport ship. He named the ship after the battle that broke the Independents’ spirit: Serenity. Mal then built a crew maintaining Zoe as his second in command and gaining a pilot, mechanic, and muscle. He also allowed a registered Companion (a sort of future geisha) to rent a shuttle to help their credibility. They started taking jobs that were less than legal, but Mal never accepted a job that would hurt those in need. He preferred stealing from the Alliance anyway. In the course of these proceedings, the crew took on some passengers, who became rather permanent. These included Shepherd Book a minister, and the siblings Simon and River Tam. The siblings were fugitives running away from the Alliance. The Alliance wanted to take River back and continue experimenting on her. Mal refused to hand the two over, and they soon became part of the Ship’s crew.
First Person Sample: Gorramit Why don't it ever go smooth! Can anyone hear me? Wash? Zoe! [Sounds of scuffling and then] Mǔ shānyáng tuófēng fèifèi (Mother of a goat-humping baboon!) Zoe! You'd better turn that ship right around and save me from the gorram Reavers or I'll dock your pay forever!
Third Person Sample: Today was a good day. Kaylee was keeping the ship running. Jayne and the Shepherd were keeping each other quiet while lifting weights. Zoe and Wash were doing... he didn't want to know what in their bunk. Inara was not egging him on to a fight. And somehow the Doc had managed to get River quiet. The ship was running smooth (for once in her life.) Mal ran a loving hand along the wall as he made his way to the bridge. His ship. His beautiful ship.
Mal sat in the pilot's chair and turned off the autopilot. They were just in the black for now. Nothing for him to hit. And with the old girl acting so nicely, it would be wonderful flying.
And then the proximity meter started blinking. "Érzi hóuzi (Son of a monkey) he swore as the other ship came into view on the scanners. He flipped on the comms. "Attention everyone. We've got Reavers. And they look to be mighty hungry..." The screen blipped again. "Reavers AND an alliance cruiser. Kaylee, I need you to shut down power. Wash, come on up here. We may need your piloting skills. The main goal everyone is to be quiet. If we're lucky, they'll focus on each other and we can just skate on by as though nothing's happening.
Hopefully. Wash and Zoe joined him on the bridge, as did Jayne wearing what looked like every weapon he owned. For once Mal didn't barb him about it. They all stared out the window as the two ships came into view. Wash inched the ship every so quietly past... and then the fireworks started. "Get her outta here now!" Mal called, placing a hand on the wall. "Come on Serenity. Don't fail us now," he murmured. It would be a cold day in hell before he let Reavers take her.
Player Name: Al
Age: 24
LJ: morgian_le_faye
AIM / MSN / Y!M: AIM notrosesshadow
E-mail: ajstudz@gmail.com
Other Characters: Martha Jones
✢ The Character
Character Name: Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Fandom: Firefly
Canon Point: After Jubal Early knocks him out and locks him in his room in "Objects in Space"
Age: Good Question: According to an information screen of him in Serentity, his birthday is September 20, 2468 which would make him 49 at the time of Firefly and Serenity. However, he does not look like he’s 49. The same screen misspells his name as Malcom, so there is some question as to whether the screen is correct and that maybe there was a number transposition making him born in 2486. If he were born in 2486, he would be 31, an age that looks much more appropriate to him onscreen. Thus, I will play him as age 31 based off this explanation.
Appearance: Mal is tall (around 6’1”) and relatively solidly built. Brown hair, blue eyes. His eyes can either hold a twinkle of merriment or a look of the deepest anger, hurt, and sorrow. It really depends on his mood.
Abilities / Powers: Ace shot. Good in a brawl. Decent hand to hand combat... not quite so good with a sword. Able to make up plans on the spot... Great at kicking people through the engine intake of his ship. He's read a poem (try not to faint.) Excellent leader
Inventory:
-The clothes he's wearing (Brown coat from the War, tan pants with a brown stripe, boots, dusty red shirt, and suspenders)
-Gun holster
-Moses Brothers Self-Defense Engine Frontier Model B Pistol
-Capture of the members of his crew (in coat pocket)
-A VERY small amount of money
-A capture of just Inara (in coat pocket)
-An earring he stole from Inara’s cabin (in coat pocket)
Personality: Mal is a very complicated person. On the surface, he strikes one as a common thief. He does “jobs” regardless of the legality of them for money to keep his ship running and his crew fed. As one delves deeper into his character though, one cannot call Mal a bad person.
He clearly cares deeply for his ship and crew. In the episode “Out of Gas,” he sends his entire crew away on the shuttles while he works by himself to keep the ship in the sky. During the episode, we see flashbacks as he brings new crew members on board. He chose each person for a specific reason, and moreso, he refuses to let them die just because Serenity ain’t working. The last flashback is probably the most revealing though. A salesman tries to sell Mal a sturdy ship that’ll keep flying forever, but Mal is caught in a trance looking at another ship. A firefly class transport.
The ship itself is an important part of Mal’s character. The ship represents his freedom from the Anglo-Sino Alliance. We know he fought on the side of the independents in the War against Unification. We also know that during that time, he did believe in a God of some sort. And we know that at Serenity Valley, he unofficially became the leader of the entire army, only to watch as his army was slaughtered and the Alliance completely massacred the Independents. The Battle of Serenity broke the Independents and was the deciding battle in the war. This battle clearly meant a lot to Mal as he named his ship Serenity. Furthermore, in the whole series, we see that he has lost his belief in God. Mal lost his faith in the people in charge that day and did everything in his power to avoid the government.
He flies to stay free, away from the Alliance’s prying eyes. He takes jobs where he can in order to keep flying. These jobs are sometime legal, sometimes not. However, we find that he does not just take any job. When he finds out the goods he steals for a man named Niska are actually medicine that will save the lives of downtrodden miners, he gives the cargo back, even at the risk of angering Niska.
Niska also illustrates how hard Mal can be. During an intense torture scene, Mal refused to break, instead cracking jokes at Niska even after he dies. No matter how many times Mal gets knocked down, he keeps getting back up. He tells his soldiers that “When you can’t walk, you crawl. An’ when you can’t crawl, you find someone to carry you.” Never. Give. Up.
On a somewhat related note, he definitely believes in sticking up for oneself. Mal has no qualms about killing in self defence. Or if someone’s threatening his crew. As he tells Saffron, “When someone tries to kill you, you try and kill ‘em right back.” There is no need to let anyone walk all over you.
Mal cares deeply about the downtrodden. He routinely helps River and Simon Tam even though the siblings cause more grief for his ship than they seem to help. He even goes so far as to save them from burning at the stake when villagers on a planet kidnap them.
Mal seems to struggle with his lack of belief. While he does devoutly deny the existence of a god, he seems relatively aimless. It’s as though when he lost his belief in God, he lost his belief in everything.
Furthermore, there is an emotional connection between Mal and Inara that he tends to dance around and ignore. He does recognize that it’s there, but he doesn’t seem to want to let her in, and argues with her most of the time they talk.
History: The Earth as we know it does not exist anymore. Humans used up all her resources and eventually had to set off into space to find new planets to inhabit. They terraformed what they found into livable homes. Thus, Earth-That-Was is somewhat legendary to Mal and his crew. Two superpowers came into power to form the Anglo-Sino Alliance, shortened to the Alliance
Mal was born in the latter half of the 25th century on the planet Shadow. He grew up on his mother’s ranch where he got his education from her and about forty ranch hands. In the earliest part of the 26th century, the Alliance moved to unify all the planets. A fair amount of people did not appreciate the notion of Unification and formed the Independents, informally known as Browncoats due to the brown coats they wore as a uniform.
Around the year 2510, Mal volunteered with the Browncoats in the Unification War against the Alliance. It was there he met his loyal second in command Zoe, who would later become first mate on Serenity. Mal rose to the rank of sergeant, and ended up as captain of over 2000 men at the Battle of Serenity Valley when all the Independent leaders were carefully picked off by the Alliance. The Battle of Serenity effectively defeated the Browncoats.
After the War, Mal went in search of escape and found it in the form of a ship: more specifically, a 03-K64 Firefly class transport ship. He named the ship after the battle that broke the Independents’ spirit: Serenity. Mal then built a crew maintaining Zoe as his second in command and gaining a pilot, mechanic, and muscle. He also allowed a registered Companion (a sort of future geisha) to rent a shuttle to help their credibility. They started taking jobs that were less than legal, but Mal never accepted a job that would hurt those in need. He preferred stealing from the Alliance anyway. In the course of these proceedings, the crew took on some passengers, who became rather permanent. These included Shepherd Book a minister, and the siblings Simon and River Tam. The siblings were fugitives running away from the Alliance. The Alliance wanted to take River back and continue experimenting on her. Mal refused to hand the two over, and they soon became part of the Ship’s crew.
First Person Sample: Gorramit Why don't it ever go smooth! Can anyone hear me? Wash? Zoe! [Sounds of scuffling and then] Mǔ shānyáng tuófēng fèifèi (Mother of a goat-humping baboon!) Zoe! You'd better turn that ship right around and save me from the gorram Reavers or I'll dock your pay forever!
Third Person Sample: Today was a good day. Kaylee was keeping the ship running. Jayne and the Shepherd were keeping each other quiet while lifting weights. Zoe and Wash were doing... he didn't want to know what in their bunk. Inara was not egging him on to a fight. And somehow the Doc had managed to get River quiet. The ship was running smooth (for once in her life.) Mal ran a loving hand along the wall as he made his way to the bridge. His ship. His beautiful ship.
Mal sat in the pilot's chair and turned off the autopilot. They were just in the black for now. Nothing for him to hit. And with the old girl acting so nicely, it would be wonderful flying.
And then the proximity meter started blinking. "Érzi hóuzi (Son of a monkey) he swore as the other ship came into view on the scanners. He flipped on the comms. "Attention everyone. We've got Reavers. And they look to be mighty hungry..." The screen blipped again. "Reavers AND an alliance cruiser. Kaylee, I need you to shut down power. Wash, come on up here. We may need your piloting skills. The main goal everyone is to be quiet. If we're lucky, they'll focus on each other and we can just skate on by as though nothing's happening.
Hopefully. Wash and Zoe joined him on the bridge, as did Jayne wearing what looked like every weapon he owned. For once Mal didn't barb him about it. They all stared out the window as the two ships came into view. Wash inched the ship every so quietly past... and then the fireworks started. "Get her outta here now!" Mal called, placing a hand on the wall. "Come on Serenity. Don't fail us now," he murmured. It would be a cold day in hell before he let Reavers take her.