[OOC] Character Info
Name: Eerie/Athena
Personal LJ: jarate
Contact Info: hplovemachine @ AIM | ghostlights @ Plurk
Character Name: Dr. Raymond Stantz
Character Series: Ghostbusters (movieverse)
Character Age: Mid to late 30s.
Background: Here.
Personality: The first thing to note about Ray is that he is a person with intentions that you can tell right off the bat are sincere. He is neither a person who takes advantage of others to further his own gain, nor is he clinically detached and stoic to the point of being emotionless. In fact, his problem is that he’s too emotional for his own good. He’s easy to read, easy to excite, and easy to get along with. Much like a puppy, he aims to please; he’s the kind of guy who not only doesn’t take no for an answer, but also will go out of his way to make others happy and expect nothing for it in return. He’s a very simple person with a whole lot of innocence to his name - a naïve person - that, for some, the idea that there’s a genius scientist below that childish exterior isn’t just ridiculous - it’s laughable.
Still, if there’s one thing he’s great at that doesn’t fall within the realms of academia, it’s breaking conventions. He doesn’t fit the traditional definition of a cold, pragmatic man of science (that would be Egon’s area anyway), although he does have the manic personality traits and the quirkiness squared away. If you’re attacked by a ghost, that’s great - the residue from that gooey ectoplasm could really come in handy later on! It’d be pretty awful if you were possessed by some awful eldritch abomination, but hey, if you get out of this intact you’ll be one of a minority of people who’ve experienced this kind of brush with the other side! That would make you special, right? Ray certainly seems to think it would. Even when it doesn’t seem particularly appropriate, he’s always looking at the upside of things and has a positive thing to say for every negative situation, especially when it comes to the paranormal. There’s a genuine fascination for the supernatural that isn’t rooted in a desire for self-gain or an obsessive need for knowledge - for Ray, it’s just an area he truly loves and wants to learn more about, even if some of the phenomena he indulges is questionable at best…like an undersea mass sponge migration where the sponges barely moved about a foot and a half. If there’s an opportunity for research and experimentation, he’s one of the first ones to jump at the call, and with his brand of enthusiasm, it’s very easy to get dragged along for the ride. For an area of science as strange as his is, he does conduct himself with an air of professionalism and tries to save the silliness for when he’s off the clock.
If one half of Ray is devoted to his duties as a Ghostbuster, the other belongs to his friends. When we’re first introduced to him, the foundation of his character is slowly built through his interactions with Peter Venkman and Egon Spengler, to whom he regards as his best friends. He’s very patient with Venkman despite the other man’s sarcasm and unrestrained ridicule for Ray’s eccentricities, but there’s never any impression that it’s serious; despite having next to nothing in common with Peter, it doesn’t stop Ray from sharing his theories and confiding in him. He shares more similarities with Egon even if he can come across as a little too rigid and creepily driven to the pursuit of science, but he’s grounded and sensible and makes terrific company to discuss particle acceleration with over junk food. And despite initially only knowing Winston Zeddemore for less than five minutes, Ray eagerly accepts him into the team with open arms and immediately bonds with him during their nightly drives across the city.
He does have his limits, though; even if he isn’t as sharp-tongued as Venkman, he’s perfectly capable of dishing out a cynical - even horribly blunt - comment or two when the situation calls for it, and he’s not nearly gullible enough to shrug off harsh insults. He’s brave and resolute to see things through, but not unshakeable or immune to the worst excesses of the paranormal - the horrifying, ugly stuff that the Ghostbusters put up with so the rest of New York doesn’t have to - and it’s not at all uncommon for his emotions to get him into trouble, especially with the malicious entities he encounters that have a knack for manipulating them. It's rare to see him angry, but when he is, it's a surreal sight that leaves anyone on the receiving end of it very unfortunate indeed.
Overall, Ray is a sweet person with a good head on his shoulders who fits snugly into the role as the team’s heart. What he lacks in social skills he makes up with well-meaning intentions, and his knack of thinking outside the box has benefited the Ghostbusters well over the years be it through the construction of necessary (but outlandish) equipment or tactics to take down some of their weirder enemies. His optimism is contagious and it’s very hard not to feel like smiling after you’ve caught it.
Abilities: Ray is an ordinary human with no powers or special abilities. However, he has a genius intellect and a complex understanding of machines. He’s canonically capable of repairing cars and is the one who, along with Egon, engineered the equipment the Ghostbusters use on their missions, including having a hand in creating the containment grid they use to hold captured ghosts and other malicious entities. To give a higher sense of scale, the proton packs they use are more or less miniature nuclear accelerators.
[X] Proton Pack
[] Slime Blower
[] PKE meter
[] Ecto goggles
[] Ecto-1
[] Ghostbuster uniform
Personal LJ: jarate
Contact Info: hplovemachine @ AIM | ghostlights @ Plurk
Character Name: Dr. Raymond Stantz
Character Series: Ghostbusters (movieverse)
Character Age: Mid to late 30s.
Background: Here.
Personality: The first thing to note about Ray is that he is a person with intentions that you can tell right off the bat are sincere. He is neither a person who takes advantage of others to further his own gain, nor is he clinically detached and stoic to the point of being emotionless. In fact, his problem is that he’s too emotional for his own good. He’s easy to read, easy to excite, and easy to get along with. Much like a puppy, he aims to please; he’s the kind of guy who not only doesn’t take no for an answer, but also will go out of his way to make others happy and expect nothing for it in return. He’s a very simple person with a whole lot of innocence to his name - a naïve person - that, for some, the idea that there’s a genius scientist below that childish exterior isn’t just ridiculous - it’s laughable.
Still, if there’s one thing he’s great at that doesn’t fall within the realms of academia, it’s breaking conventions. He doesn’t fit the traditional definition of a cold, pragmatic man of science (that would be Egon’s area anyway), although he does have the manic personality traits and the quirkiness squared away. If you’re attacked by a ghost, that’s great - the residue from that gooey ectoplasm could really come in handy later on! It’d be pretty awful if you were possessed by some awful eldritch abomination, but hey, if you get out of this intact you’ll be one of a minority of people who’ve experienced this kind of brush with the other side! That would make you special, right? Ray certainly seems to think it would. Even when it doesn’t seem particularly appropriate, he’s always looking at the upside of things and has a positive thing to say for every negative situation, especially when it comes to the paranormal. There’s a genuine fascination for the supernatural that isn’t rooted in a desire for self-gain or an obsessive need for knowledge - for Ray, it’s just an area he truly loves and wants to learn more about, even if some of the phenomena he indulges is questionable at best…like an undersea mass sponge migration where the sponges barely moved about a foot and a half. If there’s an opportunity for research and experimentation, he’s one of the first ones to jump at the call, and with his brand of enthusiasm, it’s very easy to get dragged along for the ride. For an area of science as strange as his is, he does conduct himself with an air of professionalism and tries to save the silliness for when he’s off the clock.
If one half of Ray is devoted to his duties as a Ghostbuster, the other belongs to his friends. When we’re first introduced to him, the foundation of his character is slowly built through his interactions with Peter Venkman and Egon Spengler, to whom he regards as his best friends. He’s very patient with Venkman despite the other man’s sarcasm and unrestrained ridicule for Ray’s eccentricities, but there’s never any impression that it’s serious; despite having next to nothing in common with Peter, it doesn’t stop Ray from sharing his theories and confiding in him. He shares more similarities with Egon even if he can come across as a little too rigid and creepily driven to the pursuit of science, but he’s grounded and sensible and makes terrific company to discuss particle acceleration with over junk food. And despite initially only knowing Winston Zeddemore for less than five minutes, Ray eagerly accepts him into the team with open arms and immediately bonds with him during their nightly drives across the city.
He does have his limits, though; even if he isn’t as sharp-tongued as Venkman, he’s perfectly capable of dishing out a cynical - even horribly blunt - comment or two when the situation calls for it, and he’s not nearly gullible enough to shrug off harsh insults. He’s brave and resolute to see things through, but not unshakeable or immune to the worst excesses of the paranormal - the horrifying, ugly stuff that the Ghostbusters put up with so the rest of New York doesn’t have to - and it’s not at all uncommon for his emotions to get him into trouble, especially with the malicious entities he encounters that have a knack for manipulating them. It's rare to see him angry, but when he is, it's a surreal sight that leaves anyone on the receiving end of it very unfortunate indeed.
Overall, Ray is a sweet person with a good head on his shoulders who fits snugly into the role as the team’s heart. What he lacks in social skills he makes up with well-meaning intentions, and his knack of thinking outside the box has benefited the Ghostbusters well over the years be it through the construction of necessary (but outlandish) equipment or tactics to take down some of their weirder enemies. His optimism is contagious and it’s very hard not to feel like smiling after you’ve caught it.
Abilities: Ray is an ordinary human with no powers or special abilities. However, he has a genius intellect and a complex understanding of machines. He’s canonically capable of repairing cars and is the one who, along with Egon, engineered the equipment the Ghostbusters use on their missions, including having a hand in creating the containment grid they use to hold captured ghosts and other malicious entities. To give a higher sense of scale, the proton packs they use are more or less miniature nuclear accelerators.
[X] Proton Pack
[] Slime Blower
[] PKE meter
[] Ecto goggles
[] Ecto-1
[] Ghostbuster uniform