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About You - The Player
Name: Ella
Age: 23
Contact: lovelyrosethorns@gmail.com
Past Role Playing Experience: 2 years + here in BTR come July :3
The Character
Name: Sam Winchester
Age/Birthdate: Sam's in his early twenties. He was born May 2, 1983.
Species: Human
*Type: Wanderer
Canon: The TV series, Supernatural. His exact canon point is directly after episode 2.13, Houses of the Holy.
*Pre-existing powers: Sam's got demon blood in him thanks to the demon Azazel paying him a visit while he was a newborn. It's important to note he has to consciously tap into the demon powers to be able to use them to his full advantage--exorcising demons with his mind, telekinesis, controlled precognition. The canon point I'm taking him from begins with him having visions and dreams that are precognitive, but since he will not be drinking demon blood (Rift demons are different, in any case), he won't be gaining any of these powers. He won't be looking to gain these powers and they will remain dormant, more importantly, and this will not be a focus within his development.
*Rift Change, if applicable: Elasticity! Chicago will make him its resident Reed Richards. That means, once he has learned to control the extent of his elasticity, he has the ability to convert his entire body into a highly malleable state, allowing him to stretch, deform, and reform himself into virtually any shape.
Livejournal: enoughtocarry
Played By: Jared Padalecki
Icon: http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/108711269/31590174
Appearance: Sam is tall. He gets called a Sasquatch by his brother because of the fact he's a little over 6'4. Aside from the height, he's also a bit on the lanky side, just starting to fill out when it comes to his body. He's got shaggy brown hair and hazel eyes. He carries himself the way a hunter would when he's on the job, with purpose and alertness. Outside of the hunter domain, he can be something of an awkward puppy. Sam usually dresses down in jeans and button down or plaid shirts, along with a jacket and his work boots.
Personality: Sam Winchester is many things to those that meet him. He's the more responsible, serious, and sensitive of the two Winchester brothers (it's why he often plays the good cop and emotionally appeals to the victims in their investigations). He's one of Azazel's chosen ones to become the Antichrist--and the favored one, at that. He's the Boy King to those that know of the fate that's fallen upon the Winchester family and upon Sam, in particular. And for the blissful few years Sam went to college on his own and had a normal life (or so he thought), he was the go-to guy for his friends. He fit right in because he kept things on a surface level. And on the surface Sam is reliable, somewhat geeky, fully committed to his beautiful girlfriend, and smart enough to go to law school. He's the voice of reason and sincere in his intentions. Gullible, really, when it comes down to it.
All of these things aren't a lie, but they come at the expense of the full truth. If he fit in well with his friends at college and managed a long term relationship with Jessica Moore, it was because he kept from them the truth about his family and the supernatural world he grew up fighting against. There's much more to Sam than meets the eye. There's also much more to Sam than he's willing to admit to himself, because he is not comfortable with it.
Internally, Sam has always felt like he was different, while wanting to be anything but. He's marked by these differences, whether they come from his reluctance to embrace the hunter lifestyle and the choices he made because of this reluctance, or whether they come from the fact he's got demon blood in him. He hated the hunter's life and wanted nothing to do with it. Sam wanted normalcy precisely because he's not normal.
Dean's the good soldier that welcomes the responsibility of the hunt and takes his job of looking after Sam very seriously. He's fully accepting of the life John taught them and doesn't question his father's choices. Sam, on the other hand, has always wanted more than that and resented John for the way he raised them. In this sense, Sam isn't as selfless as Dean truly is, sacrificing himself for his family when Sam chooses to leave it. He is, however, fully capable of hunting. It's what he knows best. He has an extensive knowledge of supernatural lore and he was trained as a soldier.
Make no mistake--he loves his brother, but Sam has a mind of his own and wouldn't follow his father's orders blindly. He hated his father and loved him too, but wouldn't let him become his controlling drill sergeant. Sam craved normalcy and something other than a life on the road and nondescript motel rooms. This led to him applying to Stanford without telling his brother or his father, not until the night he was ready to leave. The fight he had with John that very night alluded to the deep-seated resentment he carries for his father and to a certain extent, toward Dean for always idolizing their father when Sam found him so sorely lacking. The life John gave them was not the life he wanted, but it's also not the kind of life you can leave behind.
The denial thing? Wasn't going to work. Sam had to face the fact the life would always follow him, and if he was going to go along with it, he could at least help save people. What fuels him isn't vengeance the way it fueled John, though it did at first. He wanted to find the demon that killed Jess, which made him a lot more similar to his father than he'd like. But what really fuels him is guilt and a desire to be saved. It's anger against the inevitable, guilt over the death of his loved ones, and the need to prove that maybe, just maybe, the good he does can compensate for the fact there's something in him that's evil.
History: Sam was born in Lawrence, Kansas on May 2nd, 1983. He is the youngest son of Mary and John Winchester. At the mere age of six months, a yellow-eyed demon named Azazel shows up in Sam's nursery and feeds him its demon blood. It marks him as one of the Chosen ones in line to become the Anti-Christ. One could easily say the curse of the Winchesters begins here, but the curse starts with events taking place earlier than that, unbeknownst to the brothers at the time. Azazel was, after all, the demon Sam's mother Mary made a deal with to save John's life. And from thhen on, he'd be a fixture in their lives and all its tragedies.
Whatever else Azazel was going to do to Sam is interrupted by Mary. She is pinned to the ceiling of the nursery, fire upon it, and immediately killed. The house burned down, destroying everything in it, and John decides to get the hell otu of Lawrence along with his two sons. John, who'd been a loving and good husband, loses himself to the grief and is fueled only by the desire to find Azazel and kill him. He'd been a mechanic up to that point, completely unaware of the supernatural. From then on, however, he commits to becoming a hunter--and teaches boys everything deemed necessary to survive that world. He gave Sam a gun when he was young enough to be in kindergarten.
John's only reason to go on is seeking revenge for Mary's death, and Dean and Sam are brought along for the ride. Sam's childhood is not a normal one. They never stayed in one place for too long. 'Home' was motel rooms and whatever place they could rest in before they had to move on to the next hunt, the next town, the next step that would lead them closer to Azazel. The hunter's life consumed John, and Sam never knew anything else for the first eighteen years of his life--and largely resented him for it.
This is why Sam applies to college, fully intending to leave that lifestyle while craving a more normal life. His letter of acceptance is a key turn of events in Sam's life, and he doesn't let his brother or his father know abotu it until the night before he is going to leave. John and Sam have one of their legendary fights and Sam does end up leaving. He starts anew in California, pursuing a college degree in Stanford. Life for those four years were as blissful as he'd ever know them--he has a beautiful girlfriend named Jess, he has his circle of friends he can count on, and he's preparing himself to go to law school.
Name: Ella
Age: 23
Contact: lovelyrosethorns@gmail.com
Past Role Playing Experience: 2 years + here in BTR come July :3
The Character
Name: Sam Winchester
Age/Birthdate: Sam's in his early twenties. He was born May 2, 1983.
Species: Human
*Type: Wanderer
Canon: The TV series, Supernatural. His exact canon point is directly after episode 2.13, Houses of the Holy.
*Pre-existing powers: Sam's got demon blood in him thanks to the demon Azazel paying him a visit while he was a newborn. It's important to note he has to consciously tap into the demon powers to be able to use them to his full advantage--exorcising demons with his mind, telekinesis, controlled precognition. The canon point I'm taking him from begins with him having visions and dreams that are precognitive, but since he will not be drinking demon blood (Rift demons are different, in any case), he won't be gaining any of these powers. He won't be looking to gain these powers and they will remain dormant, more importantly, and this will not be a focus within his development.
*Rift Change, if applicable: Elasticity! Chicago will make him its resident Reed Richards. That means, once he has learned to control the extent of his elasticity, he has the ability to convert his entire body into a highly malleable state, allowing him to stretch, deform, and reform himself into virtually any shape.
Livejournal: enoughtocarry
Played By: Jared Padalecki
Icon: http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/108711269/31590174
Appearance: Sam is tall. He gets called a Sasquatch by his brother because of the fact he's a little over 6'4. Aside from the height, he's also a bit on the lanky side, just starting to fill out when it comes to his body. He's got shaggy brown hair and hazel eyes. He carries himself the way a hunter would when he's on the job, with purpose and alertness. Outside of the hunter domain, he can be something of an awkward puppy. Sam usually dresses down in jeans and button down or plaid shirts, along with a jacket and his work boots.
Personality: Sam Winchester is many things to those that meet him. He's the more responsible, serious, and sensitive of the two Winchester brothers (it's why he often plays the good cop and emotionally appeals to the victims in their investigations). He's one of Azazel's chosen ones to become the Antichrist--and the favored one, at that. He's the Boy King to those that know of the fate that's fallen upon the Winchester family and upon Sam, in particular. And for the blissful few years Sam went to college on his own and had a normal life (or so he thought), he was the go-to guy for his friends. He fit right in because he kept things on a surface level. And on the surface Sam is reliable, somewhat geeky, fully committed to his beautiful girlfriend, and smart enough to go to law school. He's the voice of reason and sincere in his intentions. Gullible, really, when it comes down to it.
All of these things aren't a lie, but they come at the expense of the full truth. If he fit in well with his friends at college and managed a long term relationship with Jessica Moore, it was because he kept from them the truth about his family and the supernatural world he grew up fighting against. There's much more to Sam than meets the eye. There's also much more to Sam than he's willing to admit to himself, because he is not comfortable with it.
Internally, Sam has always felt like he was different, while wanting to be anything but. He's marked by these differences, whether they come from his reluctance to embrace the hunter lifestyle and the choices he made because of this reluctance, or whether they come from the fact he's got demon blood in him. He hated the hunter's life and wanted nothing to do with it. Sam wanted normalcy precisely because he's not normal.
Dean's the good soldier that welcomes the responsibility of the hunt and takes his job of looking after Sam very seriously. He's fully accepting of the life John taught them and doesn't question his father's choices. Sam, on the other hand, has always wanted more than that and resented John for the way he raised them. In this sense, Sam isn't as selfless as Dean truly is, sacrificing himself for his family when Sam chooses to leave it. He is, however, fully capable of hunting. It's what he knows best. He has an extensive knowledge of supernatural lore and he was trained as a soldier.
Make no mistake--he loves his brother, but Sam has a mind of his own and wouldn't follow his father's orders blindly. He hated his father and loved him too, but wouldn't let him become his controlling drill sergeant. Sam craved normalcy and something other than a life on the road and nondescript motel rooms. This led to him applying to Stanford without telling his brother or his father, not until the night he was ready to leave. The fight he had with John that very night alluded to the deep-seated resentment he carries for his father and to a certain extent, toward Dean for always idolizing their father when Sam found him so sorely lacking. The life John gave them was not the life he wanted, but it's also not the kind of life you can leave behind.
The denial thing? Wasn't going to work. Sam had to face the fact the life would always follow him, and if he was going to go along with it, he could at least help save people. What fuels him isn't vengeance the way it fueled John, though it did at first. He wanted to find the demon that killed Jess, which made him a lot more similar to his father than he'd like. But what really fuels him is guilt and a desire to be saved. It's anger against the inevitable, guilt over the death of his loved ones, and the need to prove that maybe, just maybe, the good he does can compensate for the fact there's something in him that's evil.
History: Sam was born in Lawrence, Kansas on May 2nd, 1983. He is the youngest son of Mary and John Winchester. At the mere age of six months, a yellow-eyed demon named Azazel shows up in Sam's nursery and feeds him its demon blood. It marks him as one of the Chosen ones in line to become the Anti-Christ. One could easily say the curse of the Winchesters begins here, but the curse starts with events taking place earlier than that, unbeknownst to the brothers at the time. Azazel was, after all, the demon Sam's mother Mary made a deal with to save John's life. And from thhen on, he'd be a fixture in their lives and all its tragedies.
Whatever else Azazel was going to do to Sam is interrupted by Mary. She is pinned to the ceiling of the nursery, fire upon it, and immediately killed. The house burned down, destroying everything in it, and John decides to get the hell otu of Lawrence along with his two sons. John, who'd been a loving and good husband, loses himself to the grief and is fueled only by the desire to find Azazel and kill him. He'd been a mechanic up to that point, completely unaware of the supernatural. From then on, however, he commits to becoming a hunter--and teaches boys everything deemed necessary to survive that world. He gave Sam a gun when he was young enough to be in kindergarten.
John's only reason to go on is seeking revenge for Mary's death, and Dean and Sam are brought along for the ride. Sam's childhood is not a normal one. They never stayed in one place for too long. 'Home' was motel rooms and whatever place they could rest in before they had to move on to the next hunt, the next town, the next step that would lead them closer to Azazel. The hunter's life consumed John, and Sam never knew anything else for the first eighteen years of his life--and largely resented him for it.
This is why Sam applies to college, fully intending to leave that lifestyle while craving a more normal life. His letter of acceptance is a key turn of events in Sam's life, and he doesn't let his brother or his father know abotu it until the night before he is going to leave. John and Sam have one of their legendary fights and Sam does end up leaving. He starts anew in California, pursuing a college degree in Stanford. Life for those four years were as blissful as he'd ever know them--he has a beautiful girlfriend named Jess, he has his circle of friends he can count on, and he's preparing himself to go to law school.