application for route_29
Player
Name: kosy
Livejournal Username: fhroe
E-mail: singancy @ gmail.com
AIM/MSN: singancy@gmail.com
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: Aigis, Hiccup, Teddie, Remi Altava
Character
Name: Ragna ("the Bloodedge")
Series: Blazblue
Timeline: Post-Continuum Shift
Canon Resource Links: Huur.
Affiliation: Breeder.
Personality:
Meet Ragna the Bloodedge. Well-known opponent of the NOL, wielder of an oversized sword, wanted criminal with the largest bounty in history (apparently enough to “buy a small country” with) … and hotheaded shounen hero, whose main hobbies include cooking, running around being angry and, admittedly, being kind of a derp.
A prerequisite to being the protagonist in a 2D-fighting game, Ragna's past (and current life, really) pretty much sucked. His arm was chopped off by his... uh, brother, home burnt down, and sister kidnapped, all in the duration of one day. From that moment, Ragna had resolved himself to "hate everything"--and it shows in his later personality. He comes off as abrasive, rude, and distant to other people; he's a bit of a lone wolf, though not silent by any means. In fact, he's not afraid to dissuade others from tagging along by saying, quite outright, he doesn't want companions. However, heartless as he tries to portray himself, there's a guy with rather obvious emotions underneath. He'll lament if he comes off as too 'harsh', admit (with frustration) that he's being too 'soft', and, really, be a bit of a big brother. Which he is.
Being the protagonist, Ragna has the distinct honor of being the bait for pretty much everyone's taunts, teases, and freeloading. Lots. Of freeloading. And, of course, Ragna responds by... screaming. Or fighting. Or, in the case of freeloading, reluctantly paying up. In some cases, he doesn't mind. In most cases... he does. Characters like Rachel and Hazama have no trouble rousing him to action. Chances are, if you taunt him towards raising his sword, he will do so. On the other hand, he can be tolerant to characters like Jin and Taokaka--though the former jumps depending on the situation and his mood at the moment. More often than not Ragna's "blessed" with a short-temper; he's got his level-headed moments, though these seem to pop up when a) he's not overwhelmed or b) relatively in control of the situation.
Ragna does, however, have a habit of overestimating his own abilities. He seems to be in constant 'fight' mode for those he deems dangerous or dislikes, and, when he sets his mind to something, he won't be easily dissuaded from it. Stubborn as a mule, there are several instances where Ragna, despite various warnings, will go ahead and fight whoever the hell he wants to (see: Terumi). He's been beaten down and reprimanded for such behaviour, but even then he doesn't seem to stop. To put it in broad terms, he's a very 'my pace' kind of guy. Ragna will not conform to others; he'll do things how he likes, and that's all there is to it.
Despite his shortcomings, Ragna is quite capable of being... pleasant. Those who plead their case and are of the, uh, saner type... will often find themselves on his sympathetic side. Ragna's a softy at heart, though he'd rather not be. Though he'll do what's necessary, there are times when he finds himself hesitating due to familial links or memories. He makes distancing himself a priority, however, he sometimes finds that he is unwillingly protective of someone. He's casual, can run along with jokes, buys you lunch if he loses a bet and is, really, a cool guy to be around. When he's not screaming, calling you bastard, telling you to GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HIM, or just plain ignoring you.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths✗ Cooking → This is so a skill okay. Ragna's hobby is cooking. He's really good at barbecue... or something. But he's got good survival skills.
✗ Physical Strength → With that sword he carries around? Yeah, you bet he's strong. He's not as physical-only heavy as say, Tager, but he's capable of fending for himself in a fight (considering the fact he's capable of defeating a mini-army of NOL agents on his own).
✗ Determination → Ragna is so stubborn. He is so stubborn for real. Once he sets his mind to a goal it's hard to... take him off of it. Trust me. You can't.
✗ SHOUNEN SPIRIT!!!! → Ragna has a lot of potential for growth, and, throughout the series, overcomes fear through SHEER DETERMINATION AND FLAMING SPIRIT!!! That's pretty badass.
✗ Fearless → There's not a lot that gets Ragna frightened. In fact, he can pretty much stand steadfast in the face of most adversity. Almost stupidly so.
Weaknesses✗ Impatient → Ragna's often doing jobs quickly and rushing headfirst without much strategy or thought. If he has his sword, that's all he really needs or thinks about.
✗ Impulsive → When a thought goes into Ragna's mind, he'll most likely act on it. If he wants to fight someone, regardless of that person's POWER LEVELS!!1 he'll probably fight them. (hi terumi)
✗ Prideful → He never really thinks 'I can't beat this guy', even when the situation is extremely grim. He's often saying he can make it through things with his own strength, regardless of whether or not it's enough.
✗ Dense → Sometimes Ragna... doesn't get it. It's not that he's unintelligent... he just sometimes misses crucial details by acting solely on reactions / insticts rather than intellect or strategy. He often complains about being "left out in the dark", and even Jin expresses surprise that he just doesn't get it, in some instances.
✗ Short-tempered → Sometimes he's extremely easy to set off, though it seems to be dependent on the person. Rachel and Terumi have no difficulty with this, though other characters he seems a lot more tolerant of.
✗ Ghosts → He is scared of them. Terrified, as demonstrated in his gag reel. Even when he himself was a ghost.
Pokemon
Starter: ♂ Larvitar; also known as “HEY YOU”
Password: Devilled eggs.
Samples
(Please note that both samples must take place in Route_29’s setting.)
First Person Sample:
[those who have the pleasure of being outside might find an angry looking man punching at a wall.
he does indeed look ANGRY.]
... Where the hell is this place? Is this someone's idea of a joke?! And where the hell's my sword?!
Oi, Rachel! I know you can hear me, you damn rabbit! This isn't funny.
[when he gets no response, he visibly deflates. Ragna's sitting in the snow, now, quite obviously annoyed with everything ever.]
Tch. Give me a break. I don't have time for this shit anymore.
Third Person Sample:
His patience was slipping, to say the least. None of this was working. He considered just letting it starve, but somehow Ragna couldn’t bring himself do that. It was… just staring. Expectantly. And it’s face bothered him. It bothered him a lot.
Ragna turned around, his back to that strange green… animal… thing… that had been following him around the past few weeks. It was weird having someone else tagging along for such a long time, and it was even weirder to have one as picky as it was. It wouldn’t eat any of the stuff he bought for it, and most of the time he ended up having to cook for it…
… Which he didn’t mind, as much as he complained about it, but it was still a pain.
He looked over his shoulder. The Larvitar was still there, eyeing the food on top of the table with hunger. Intensely. For a moment, Ragna thought otherwise. And then he didn’t.
“… That’s not for you.”
The thing blinked again. Looked up expectedly. For a moment Ragna considered just letting the damn thing have it so it might leave him alone, but then what was he proving? That was just asking for repeat behaviour. Begging for his food over. And over.
“That’s not going to work,” he said, simply, and then turned back to his cooking. Like hell he was going to fall for that kind of look. What the hell did that Pokémon… thing… think he was?
There was a silence. It seemed like the Pokémon had stopped…. Until a shifting plate caught his attention, and he turned to find his food… partly devoured. The Pokémon… nowhere to be found.
Ragna paused. Put down the knife… and screamed.
“W-What the hell! You damn animal… thing… Get the hell back here!”
Name: kosy
Livejournal Username: fhroe
E-mail: singancy @ gmail.com
AIM/MSN: singancy@gmail.com
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: Aigis, Hiccup, Teddie, Remi Altava
Character
Name: Ragna ("the Bloodedge")
Series: Blazblue
Timeline: Post-Continuum Shift
Canon Resource Links: Huur.
Affiliation: Breeder.
Personality:
Meet Ragna the Bloodedge. Well-known opponent of the NOL, wielder of an oversized sword, wanted criminal with the largest bounty in history (apparently enough to “buy a small country” with) … and hotheaded shounen hero, whose main hobbies include cooking, running around being angry and, admittedly, being kind of a derp.
A prerequisite to being the protagonist in a 2D-fighting game, Ragna's past (and current life, really) pretty much sucked. His arm was chopped off by his... uh, brother, home burnt down, and sister kidnapped, all in the duration of one day. From that moment, Ragna had resolved himself to "hate everything"--and it shows in his later personality. He comes off as abrasive, rude, and distant to other people; he's a bit of a lone wolf, though not silent by any means. In fact, he's not afraid to dissuade others from tagging along by saying, quite outright, he doesn't want companions. However, heartless as he tries to portray himself, there's a guy with rather obvious emotions underneath. He'll lament if he comes off as too 'harsh', admit (with frustration) that he's being too 'soft', and, really, be a bit of a big brother. Which he is.
Being the protagonist, Ragna has the distinct honor of being the bait for pretty much everyone's taunts, teases, and freeloading. Lots. Of freeloading. And, of course, Ragna responds by... screaming. Or fighting. Or, in the case of freeloading, reluctantly paying up. In some cases, he doesn't mind. In most cases... he does. Characters like Rachel and Hazama have no trouble rousing him to action. Chances are, if you taunt him towards raising his sword, he will do so. On the other hand, he can be tolerant to characters like Jin and Taokaka--though the former jumps depending on the situation and his mood at the moment. More often than not Ragna's "blessed" with a short-temper; he's got his level-headed moments, though these seem to pop up when a) he's not overwhelmed or b) relatively in control of the situation.
Ragna does, however, have a habit of overestimating his own abilities. He seems to be in constant 'fight' mode for those he deems dangerous or dislikes, and, when he sets his mind to something, he won't be easily dissuaded from it. Stubborn as a mule, there are several instances where Ragna, despite various warnings, will go ahead and fight whoever the hell he wants to (see: Terumi). He's been beaten down and reprimanded for such behaviour, but even then he doesn't seem to stop. To put it in broad terms, he's a very 'my pace' kind of guy. Ragna will not conform to others; he'll do things how he likes, and that's all there is to it.
Despite his shortcomings, Ragna is quite capable of being... pleasant. Those who plead their case and are of the, uh, saner type... will often find themselves on his sympathetic side. Ragna's a softy at heart, though he'd rather not be. Though he'll do what's necessary, there are times when he finds himself hesitating due to familial links or memories. He makes distancing himself a priority, however, he sometimes finds that he is unwillingly protective of someone. He's casual, can run along with jokes, buys you lunch if he loses a bet and is, really, a cool guy to be around. When he's not screaming, calling you bastard, telling you to GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HIM, or just plain ignoring you.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths✗ Cooking → This is so a skill okay. Ragna's hobby is cooking. He's really good at barbecue... or something. But he's got good survival skills.
✗ Physical Strength → With that sword he carries around? Yeah, you bet he's strong. He's not as physical-only heavy as say, Tager, but he's capable of fending for himself in a fight (considering the fact he's capable of defeating a mini-army of NOL agents on his own).
✗ Determination → Ragna is so stubborn. He is so stubborn for real. Once he sets his mind to a goal it's hard to... take him off of it. Trust me. You can't.
✗ SHOUNEN SPIRIT!!!! → Ragna has a lot of potential for growth, and, throughout the series, overcomes fear through SHEER DETERMINATION AND FLAMING SPIRIT!!! That's pretty badass.
✗ Fearless → There's not a lot that gets Ragna frightened. In fact, he can pretty much stand steadfast in the face of most adversity. Almost stupidly so.
Weaknesses✗ Impatient → Ragna's often doing jobs quickly and rushing headfirst without much strategy or thought. If he has his sword, that's all he really needs or thinks about.
✗ Impulsive → When a thought goes into Ragna's mind, he'll most likely act on it. If he wants to fight someone, regardless of that person's POWER LEVELS!!1 he'll probably fight them. (hi terumi)
✗ Prideful → He never really thinks 'I can't beat this guy', even when the situation is extremely grim. He's often saying he can make it through things with his own strength, regardless of whether or not it's enough.
✗ Dense → Sometimes Ragna... doesn't get it. It's not that he's unintelligent... he just sometimes misses crucial details by acting solely on reactions / insticts rather than intellect or strategy. He often complains about being "left out in the dark", and even Jin expresses surprise that he just doesn't get it, in some instances.
✗ Short-tempered → Sometimes he's extremely easy to set off, though it seems to be dependent on the person. Rachel and Terumi have no difficulty with this, though other characters he seems a lot more tolerant of.
✗ Ghosts → He is scared of them. Terrified, as demonstrated in his gag reel. Even when he himself was a ghost.
Pokemon
Starter: ♂ Larvitar; also known as “HEY YOU”
Password: Devilled eggs.
Samples
(Please note that both samples must take place in Route_29’s setting.)
First Person Sample:
[those who have the pleasure of being outside might find an angry looking man punching at a wall.
he does indeed look ANGRY.]
... Where the hell is this place? Is this someone's idea of a joke?! And where the hell's my sword?!
Oi, Rachel! I know you can hear me, you damn rabbit! This isn't funny.
[when he gets no response, he visibly deflates. Ragna's sitting in the snow, now, quite obviously annoyed with everything ever.]
Tch. Give me a break. I don't have time for this shit anymore.
Third Person Sample:
His patience was slipping, to say the least. None of this was working. He considered just letting it starve, but somehow Ragna couldn’t bring himself do that. It was… just staring. Expectantly. And it’s face bothered him. It bothered him a lot.
Ragna turned around, his back to that strange green… animal… thing… that had been following him around the past few weeks. It was weird having someone else tagging along for such a long time, and it was even weirder to have one as picky as it was. It wouldn’t eat any of the stuff he bought for it, and most of the time he ended up having to cook for it…
… Which he didn’t mind, as much as he complained about it, but it was still a pain.
He looked over his shoulder. The Larvitar was still there, eyeing the food on top of the table with hunger. Intensely. For a moment, Ragna thought otherwise. And then he didn’t.
“… That’s not for you.”
The thing blinked again. Looked up expectedly. For a moment Ragna considered just letting the damn thing have it so it might leave him alone, but then what was he proving? That was just asking for repeat behaviour. Begging for his food over. And over.
“That’s not going to work,” he said, simply, and then turned back to his cooking. Like hell he was going to fall for that kind of look. What the hell did that Pokémon… thing… think he was?
There was a silence. It seemed like the Pokémon had stopped…. Until a shifting plate caught his attention, and he turned to find his food… partly devoured. The Pokémon… nowhere to be found.
Ragna paused. Put down the knife… and screamed.
“W-What the hell! You damn animal… thing… Get the hell back here!”