App for He Waits Dreaming
✢ The Player
Player Name: Katie
Age: 24
LJ: superkappa
AIM / MSN / Y!M: AIM: moongodesssSK
E-mail: mostlyverytired@gmail.com
Other Characters: None
✢ The Character
Character Name: Cordelia Chase
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Canon Point: Post 5x11, "You're Welcome"
Age: 22
Appearance:
Cordelia's hair changes a lot but it's currently cut in a shoulder length, curly style. She’s about five feet and five inches in height. She has a pretty normal build and generally wears the most fashionable clothes possible. Cordelia would never be found wearing last year's things, you know? She carries herself in a very proud, upright manner because Cordelia is nothing if not confident in herself and how she presents herself. Her body has a slightly athletic tone to it from years of being a cheerleader and running after demons and vampires and stuff.
Abilities / Powers:
Cordelia currently has no special abilities other than her visions. Though she gained some when she was demonized in season 3 of Angel, she seems to be without them in You're Welcome.
Her visions are from the Powers that Be. They always involve people being hurt, usually by supernatural means. Obviously, this can cause a sort of godmoddy situation in games where they want to keep things a secret, and it would be easy enough to say her Powers That Be just can't reach her here.
She's a pretty capable fighter, for a regular human. She's been fighting vampires since the end of her Sunnydale days, and throughout her stint in L.A. She's also been trained by Angel, and has great reflexes and muscle memory due to her years as a cheerleader. She's particularly apt with swords and crossbows.
Inventory:
Everything she was wearing at the end of You're Welcome, and that's it. She wouldn't have any weapons or anything on her.
Personality:
Cordelia Chase is, above everything else, confident. She thinks very highly of herself; she always has and she always will, and while she may doubt things in life, one thing she won't doubt is her worth. The few times she has have been very hard on her, and often result in cold grudges (like when Xander cheated on her with Willow and acted like he did nothing wrong; this may be the prime example of her behavior when her sense of self has been shattered.)
When she was younger, she was a very typical high school queen: she was self-absorbed and only cared about herself. But as time went on and she became more aware of what was really going on in Sunnydale, she also became more willing-- though still very reluctant-- to help. Her relationship with Xander Harris, and how it falls apart, ends up humbling her greatly, as does her family losing everything. She no longer has the world at her fingertips, but she finds a way to come above it, and doesn't let it knock her down. But it does help teach her to not look down on other people like the way she always used to. She's still pretty judgmental at this point, but she's definitely stepping in the right direction.
Her relationship with Xander and the fact that he cheats on her (and with Willow, someone she sees as beneath her) is important because despite herself, she had really fallen for Xander. And being used to getting whatever she wants, it becomes very clear to her by his callous behavior after they break up that he never cared about her the way she did about him. She's not used to rejection.
But the real turning point in Cordy's personality is when she comes to live in Los Angeles. She helps Angel turn his work into a business, and befriends both him and a demon named Doyle. She dislikes Doyle at first, dismissing him and thinking he's a loser, but as she gets closer to him, she realizes there's a lot more to him. She begins to consider a relationship with him despite the fact that he's part demon. This is particularly important because before this she had been very prejudiced against all demons, and she had considered them to be nothing but evil. Her friendship and almost-romance with Doyle help expand her world view, much like her relationship with Xander did, but on a much larger scale.
When Doyle dies and passes his visions onto her, she's frightened and scared at first. They're painful, and she doesn't want the responsibility that comes along with them. But she soon realizes just how many people in the world are suffering, and becomes determined to help them. Despite the fact that the visions hurt her, she refuses to give them up, though she is given several opportunities to do so. She knows that they make her who she is: a hero. And even when she knew they might kill her, she also knew that if she accepted Skip's offer to live in a world where she never got them, her friends, specifically Angel, would suffer greatly, and she couldn't do that to them. So instead, she insisted on being turned into a half demon, despite her previous prejudices against demons, so she could help her friends and not die.
Another big aspect of Cordelia's personality is that she says what she's thinking more often than not. Being tactful is not a skill she uses often. She doesn't believe in beating around the bush or sugar-coating things, and she says what she means and means what she says. Even if you're a friend or loved one, she's not afraid of telling you you're wrong. She's honest to a fault.
The closest she gets to really lying are lies of omission. If something is wrong with her (like when her visions were slowly killing her), she's likely to just keep it to herself and not tell her friends about it. Part of this comes from the belief that she can overcome things without help, but part of this also comes from the fact that she doesn't want to cause her friends worry.
Despite the fact that Cordelia develops and becomes a true Champion of good, she never loses her femininity. She still gets excited about new clothes, the chance to dress up, and the idea of a whirlwind romance (like the one she has with Groo). She becomes a strong balance between hero and woman, and wears both roles like a glove. Despite becoming a much deeper person throughout the two series, some of her old shallowness still shines through, like getting super excited over presents for her birthday, or new clothes being a means to mending her friendship with Angel.
She also develops very maternal instincts later on in the series. We see it with Connor, Angel's son, but we also see it with her relationship with Fred. She puts a lot of effort into helping the other girl assimilate back into the real world. This probably is due to her own time in Pylea helping her to empathize with Fred's situation.
One of Cordelia’s biggest fears and insecurities is the fact that she has them at all. She’s done a very good job all her life to appear to be tough as nails, like nothing gets to her. In reality, this isn’t true at all. She doesn’t care what nameless others think of her, but what her friends think of her? That’s vitally important to her. This is why she is so hurt when she hears Angel talking about her being too weak to handle things in the episode “Birthday”-- because she likes to think that her friends think better of her, and that she’s become more than the cheerleader who would scream and run away from monsters back in Sunnydale. It bothers her so much that she overcompensates and accepts Skip’s offer, just to prove to herself that she didn’t need them. But it also seemed like a part of her also thought they didn’t need her, which is why the events of that episode are so important to her.
Another big insecurity of hers is being second best. A lot of this stems from her relationship with Xander, which is still probably the only long term, real relationship she’s had. Even though she really had strong feelings for him, she always felt like he cared about Buffy and Willow more. This was reinforced by the fact that she found him cheating on her with not just anyone, but Willow of all people. Willow was someone she used to tease and make fun of, then here’s this guy she really cared about, who she had once also seen as beneath her, cheating on her with the object of her teasing. Though she never talks about Xander or that relationship once she moves over to the series Angel, I think it left a rather large scar in her psyche, even if she doesn’t want to admit it. As she develops feelings for Angel throughout the series, it always seemed like that same insecurity built up inside about Buffy. Even if he ever returned her feelings, he’d always love Buffy more and Buffy would always come first.
Cordelia also wonders sometimes if the things that have happened to her since she’s been in L.A. are punishment for what a bitch she was in Sunnydale. This is best examined in the episode “Room With A View” where she feels like being tortured by a ghost is her punishment, and that she deserves it. Although by the end of the episode, she accepts that being a bitch is part of who she is, it really shone some light on her deeper insecurities. Even when she doesn’t show it, she does bear regret over the things she’s done in the past, and the person she’s been in the past. This is also revisited in "That Vision Thing" in season three, when she thinks she is being punished for the type of person she's been.
Also, Cordelia is the type of person who keeps everything from people around her, almost to a fault. She refuses to ask for help. This is shown first in the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when she doesn’t tell anyone else about her family losing money. Xander only finds out because he discovers her working to save up for her prom dress. She doesn’t want anyone’s pity, and refuses to give them the chance to help; she’d rather just handle it herself. This is also seen in the third season of Angel, when she goes unconscious due to one of her visions. What Angel and the others discover is that she’s been taking heavy duty painkillers for her pain. Not only that, but she had seen doctors, had CAT scans, and had found out that she was dying from the visions, but she still didn’t tell anyone about it. The way she saw it, it was her burden to carry, not anybody else’s. She also knows from the beginning of "You're Welcome" that her return was only temporary but doesn't tell anyone until the end, and even then she only tells Angel. Though she has grown a lot through the series this action shows that she can still be rather selfish and is still not really good at admitting things that would make her appear vulnerable to other people.
History:
http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Cordelia_Chase
First Person Sample:
http://betenoire-rp.livejournal.com/813463.html#comments
http://scorched.livejournal.com/696089.html#comments
Third Person Sample:
http://betenoire-logs.livejournal.com/484501.html#comments
http://betenoire-logs.livejournal.com/647526.html#cutid1
Other:
I'm excited to play here, it's a great concept for a game.
Player Name: Katie
Age: 24
LJ: superkappa
AIM / MSN / Y!M: AIM: moongodesssSK
E-mail: mostlyverytired@gmail.com
Other Characters: None
✢ The Character
Character Name: Cordelia Chase
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series
Canon Point: Post 5x11, "You're Welcome"
Age: 22
Appearance:
Cordelia's hair changes a lot but it's currently cut in a shoulder length, curly style. She’s about five feet and five inches in height. She has a pretty normal build and generally wears the most fashionable clothes possible. Cordelia would never be found wearing last year's things, you know? She carries herself in a very proud, upright manner because Cordelia is nothing if not confident in herself and how she presents herself. Her body has a slightly athletic tone to it from years of being a cheerleader and running after demons and vampires and stuff.
Abilities / Powers:
Cordelia currently has no special abilities other than her visions. Though she gained some when she was demonized in season 3 of Angel, she seems to be without them in You're Welcome.
Her visions are from the Powers that Be. They always involve people being hurt, usually by supernatural means. Obviously, this can cause a sort of godmoddy situation in games where they want to keep things a secret, and it would be easy enough to say her Powers That Be just can't reach her here.
She's a pretty capable fighter, for a regular human. She's been fighting vampires since the end of her Sunnydale days, and throughout her stint in L.A. She's also been trained by Angel, and has great reflexes and muscle memory due to her years as a cheerleader. She's particularly apt with swords and crossbows.
Inventory:
Everything she was wearing at the end of You're Welcome, and that's it. She wouldn't have any weapons or anything on her.
Personality:
Cordelia Chase is, above everything else, confident. She thinks very highly of herself; she always has and she always will, and while she may doubt things in life, one thing she won't doubt is her worth. The few times she has have been very hard on her, and often result in cold grudges (like when Xander cheated on her with Willow and acted like he did nothing wrong; this may be the prime example of her behavior when her sense of self has been shattered.)
When she was younger, she was a very typical high school queen: she was self-absorbed and only cared about herself. But as time went on and she became more aware of what was really going on in Sunnydale, she also became more willing-- though still very reluctant-- to help. Her relationship with Xander Harris, and how it falls apart, ends up humbling her greatly, as does her family losing everything. She no longer has the world at her fingertips, but she finds a way to come above it, and doesn't let it knock her down. But it does help teach her to not look down on other people like the way she always used to. She's still pretty judgmental at this point, but she's definitely stepping in the right direction.
Her relationship with Xander and the fact that he cheats on her (and with Willow, someone she sees as beneath her) is important because despite herself, she had really fallen for Xander. And being used to getting whatever she wants, it becomes very clear to her by his callous behavior after they break up that he never cared about her the way she did about him. She's not used to rejection.
But the real turning point in Cordy's personality is when she comes to live in Los Angeles. She helps Angel turn his work into a business, and befriends both him and a demon named Doyle. She dislikes Doyle at first, dismissing him and thinking he's a loser, but as she gets closer to him, she realizes there's a lot more to him. She begins to consider a relationship with him despite the fact that he's part demon. This is particularly important because before this she had been very prejudiced against all demons, and she had considered them to be nothing but evil. Her friendship and almost-romance with Doyle help expand her world view, much like her relationship with Xander did, but on a much larger scale.
When Doyle dies and passes his visions onto her, she's frightened and scared at first. They're painful, and she doesn't want the responsibility that comes along with them. But she soon realizes just how many people in the world are suffering, and becomes determined to help them. Despite the fact that the visions hurt her, she refuses to give them up, though she is given several opportunities to do so. She knows that they make her who she is: a hero. And even when she knew they might kill her, she also knew that if she accepted Skip's offer to live in a world where she never got them, her friends, specifically Angel, would suffer greatly, and she couldn't do that to them. So instead, she insisted on being turned into a half demon, despite her previous prejudices against demons, so she could help her friends and not die.
Another big aspect of Cordelia's personality is that she says what she's thinking more often than not. Being tactful is not a skill she uses often. She doesn't believe in beating around the bush or sugar-coating things, and she says what she means and means what she says. Even if you're a friend or loved one, she's not afraid of telling you you're wrong. She's honest to a fault.
The closest she gets to really lying are lies of omission. If something is wrong with her (like when her visions were slowly killing her), she's likely to just keep it to herself and not tell her friends about it. Part of this comes from the belief that she can overcome things without help, but part of this also comes from the fact that she doesn't want to cause her friends worry.
Despite the fact that Cordelia develops and becomes a true Champion of good, she never loses her femininity. She still gets excited about new clothes, the chance to dress up, and the idea of a whirlwind romance (like the one she has with Groo). She becomes a strong balance between hero and woman, and wears both roles like a glove. Despite becoming a much deeper person throughout the two series, some of her old shallowness still shines through, like getting super excited over presents for her birthday, or new clothes being a means to mending her friendship with Angel.
She also develops very maternal instincts later on in the series. We see it with Connor, Angel's son, but we also see it with her relationship with Fred. She puts a lot of effort into helping the other girl assimilate back into the real world. This probably is due to her own time in Pylea helping her to empathize with Fred's situation.
One of Cordelia’s biggest fears and insecurities is the fact that she has them at all. She’s done a very good job all her life to appear to be tough as nails, like nothing gets to her. In reality, this isn’t true at all. She doesn’t care what nameless others think of her, but what her friends think of her? That’s vitally important to her. This is why she is so hurt when she hears Angel talking about her being too weak to handle things in the episode “Birthday”-- because she likes to think that her friends think better of her, and that she’s become more than the cheerleader who would scream and run away from monsters back in Sunnydale. It bothers her so much that she overcompensates and accepts Skip’s offer, just to prove to herself that she didn’t need them. But it also seemed like a part of her also thought they didn’t need her, which is why the events of that episode are so important to her.
Another big insecurity of hers is being second best. A lot of this stems from her relationship with Xander, which is still probably the only long term, real relationship she’s had. Even though she really had strong feelings for him, she always felt like he cared about Buffy and Willow more. This was reinforced by the fact that she found him cheating on her with not just anyone, but Willow of all people. Willow was someone she used to tease and make fun of, then here’s this guy she really cared about, who she had once also seen as beneath her, cheating on her with the object of her teasing. Though she never talks about Xander or that relationship once she moves over to the series Angel, I think it left a rather large scar in her psyche, even if she doesn’t want to admit it. As she develops feelings for Angel throughout the series, it always seemed like that same insecurity built up inside about Buffy. Even if he ever returned her feelings, he’d always love Buffy more and Buffy would always come first.
Cordelia also wonders sometimes if the things that have happened to her since she’s been in L.A. are punishment for what a bitch she was in Sunnydale. This is best examined in the episode “Room With A View” where she feels like being tortured by a ghost is her punishment, and that she deserves it. Although by the end of the episode, she accepts that being a bitch is part of who she is, it really shone some light on her deeper insecurities. Even when she doesn’t show it, she does bear regret over the things she’s done in the past, and the person she’s been in the past. This is also revisited in "That Vision Thing" in season three, when she thinks she is being punished for the type of person she's been.
Also, Cordelia is the type of person who keeps everything from people around her, almost to a fault. She refuses to ask for help. This is shown first in the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, when she doesn’t tell anyone else about her family losing money. Xander only finds out because he discovers her working to save up for her prom dress. She doesn’t want anyone’s pity, and refuses to give them the chance to help; she’d rather just handle it herself. This is also seen in the third season of Angel, when she goes unconscious due to one of her visions. What Angel and the others discover is that she’s been taking heavy duty painkillers for her pain. Not only that, but she had seen doctors, had CAT scans, and had found out that she was dying from the visions, but she still didn’t tell anyone about it. The way she saw it, it was her burden to carry, not anybody else’s. She also knows from the beginning of "You're Welcome" that her return was only temporary but doesn't tell anyone until the end, and even then she only tells Angel. Though she has grown a lot through the series this action shows that she can still be rather selfish and is still not really good at admitting things that would make her appear vulnerable to other people.
History:
http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Cordelia_Chase
First Person Sample:
http://betenoire-rp.livejournal.com/813463.html#comments
http://scorched.livejournal.com/696089.html#comments
Third Person Sample:
http://betenoire-logs.livejournal.com/484501.html#comments
http://betenoire-logs.livejournal.com/647526.html#cutid1
Other:
I'm excited to play here, it's a great concept for a game.