Application for realityshifted
Player Name: Nikki
Player LJ: another_myself
Email and/or AIM: pink.glitter@gmail.com // miss rose tyler
Timezone: CST
Other Characters: None! This is my first!
Character: Rose Tyler
Series/Fandom: Doctor Who
Deviance: 1 (Show's main canon)
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Species: Human
Canon Used: I'll be taking Rose from the Doctor Who show's main canon, what aired on the BBC and excluding the novels and supplemental material that was released. She will be coming from the second season of Doctor Who after the episode "the Idiot's Lantern" and will consequently know nothing about what happened at Canary Wharf and onward. To Rose, everything will be something close to as fine as it could possibly be. She will know nothing about Martha Jones or Donna Noble, and will be more carefree than she was in season four. But Rose's canon is the show's canon, so there should be no drastic differences for her with other canon mates from the show.
Appearance: http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/650/turnleftpromopicturesro.jpg
Psychology: Rose, prior to meeting the Doctor and beginning her travels with him, had the personality and liveliness of a carefree teenager. Her life was not what she would consider to be exciting but it was simple and comfortable, beginning in the day with a job and ending with meeting her boyfriend, then returning to the flat she shares with her mother. She has always been seen as caring and warm by those around her, the kind of girl most people have watched growing up from a young age and believe her to be making the transition successfully from a girl into a woman. Her relationship with her mother was what could be considered relatively normal, with their occasional arguing and subsequent outings together. Rose's father died when she was an infant and so she has no real memory of him, yet still thinks of him frequently. Missing her father becomes a greater and more apparent emotion when she begins to travel with the Doctor, as she realizes the possibility of moving through space and time to see her father again. Rose wants to try and make things that have gone wrong in the past into right again, and must come to terms with the reality that she is unable to without facing dire consequences. Her heart is strong and resolute, and she has a genuine care for the world around her, wanting to make it a better place as much as she can.
Emotionally, Rose is fiercely committed to those she loves. Her attachment to the Doctor comes almost immediately upon their meeting, and she is willing to put herself into the immediate way of harm and danger to help him, to keep him safe. After meeting Jack Harkness in the middle of an air raid she invites him to come along with her and the Doctor, and the attachment becomes similar, but not exactly the same. Rose is willing to put her life in danger to save the Doctor from the Daleks and Davros even after she is given a safe way back to her own home and time. She cannot stand by idly and allow something bad to happen when she thinks she can do something to help. Rose has a good, strong heart and a passionate desire to fight for the things she believes are worthwhile and right.
Rose is a dreamer by nature and holds her dreams close and precious to her. She believes in impossible things and refuses to give up or surrender if she encounters a proverbial bump in the road. When she wants something, she wants it with her entire heart and won't let go of that desire, even if it means being selfish in her endeavors. This is further expressed in her relationship with the Doctor as it develops, as their bond becomes closer and stronger. She wants nothing more than his own safety and doesn't care what that entails, has no real care for what adverse consequences might come. Her desire to stay with him encompasses all else, goes as far as to bring her to leave her family and the life she had before behind, in return for traveling with him as long as she's able. Rose follows her heart and isn't afraid to do so, doesn't mind severing and breaking ties with her past to move on into the future she wants to have. She lives in the moment, loves without regret, and believes nothing is out of her reach if she can dream of it.
Other Skills/Abilities: Rose had gymnastics training when she was in high school, which allows her to move in a more athletic fashion. She can run quickly and has a physical amount of endurance, as well as a sharp mind and problem solving abilities which make her a strong companion to the Doctor both physically and emotionally.
Other Weaknesses: Rose's greatest weakness is her inability to allow someone she loves to face any kind of harm. She will stop at nothing to do what she can to protect someone she cares about, even if that involves putting herself into the line of danger. Her own safety becomes irrelevant to her, and as long as someone she cares for is safe and well, she considers that the most important thing. Rose also has a horrible tendency for getting herself into trouble, often finding herself in situations where she needs the Doctor's help to get back to safety. She places her trust in people that she meets too easily and finds herself in troublesome situations because of that willingness to believe the immediate best in others.
History: Rose Marion Tyler was born to parents Peter and Jacqueline on the 27th of April in the year 1987. A few months after her birth, Peter Tyler was killed while crossing the street by an automobile, leaving Rose to be brought up by her mother (Jackie) in their flat #48, Bucknall House, the Powell Estate. Never wanting to leave their flat after the death of her husband, Jackie Tyler supported herself and her daughter by working as a hairdresser from within the flat itself.
In Rose's teenage years she met and dated Mickey Smith, and their relationship lasted for over a year but was brought to an end after being suspended from Jericho Street Comprehensive school as a result of her convincing the student choir to take part in a strike. When Rose passed her GCSEs she moved out of her mother's flat and in with her boyfriend of the time, twenty year-old Jimmy Stone. The two lived together for a time but the relationship ended badly, leaving Rose with a great deal of debt she was unable to pay off. After moving back in with her mother, Rose secured a job at Henricks clothing store and began to pay off the bills. She also regained contact with Mickey at this time and the two began dating again, only to resume a relationship.
Rose's life changed when she met the Doctor, who was capable of showing her places and things beyond any of which she could imagine. She traveled with him through time and space as his companion, leaving behind the world that she knew and taking up a new life which she embraced fully. Her attachment to the Doctor grew not only from the time they spent together but from a bond that was more deeply rooted than she was aware of at the time.
An encounter with the Dalek fleet, believed to be extinct, placed Rose in inexplicable harm's way, and in spite of her protests to do otherwise the Doctor tricked her into going aboard the TARDIS, where he could send her back home to her own time period, allowing her to be safe. Adamantly refusing to sit by and do nothing, Rose convinced her mother and Mickey to help her find a way back. Ripping open the TARDIS console, Rose was able to look into the heart of the TARDIS and thus see the whole of time and space - a dangerous and fatal thing for a human girl. Rose was taken back to Satellite Five and defeated the Daleks with the power of the TARDIS inside of her, also bringing Jack Harkness back to life who had been killed in battle by a Dalek's ray. The Doctor took the time vortex back into himself to save Rose's life, an act which cost him his own and led him to the need to regenerate.
The regeneration of the Doctor from his ninth form into his tenth became a jolting situation for Rose, as she believed him to be initially lost to her after the change. Immediately after the regeneration Rose and the Doctor found themselves in London on Christmas Eve, wheren it was Rose's responsibility to help him through the change. When the Sycorax invaded London it was Rose who had to initially face them while the Doctor was still in the final parts of the regeneration process. In spite of her fears about what the change would mean for him, Rose's faith in the Doctor was restored after the Sycorax left and she once again left her mother and Mickey behind to travel with the Doctor.
Their new travels took them to New Earth and then to Scotland where Rose and the Doctor came to the aid of Queen Victoria and her problem with a werewolf. Out of gratitude for their help to her, the Queen knighted Rose the title of Dame Rose of the Powell Estate. Because of the devil may care attitude the Doctor and Rose expressed towards the idea of danger from alien threats, the Queen soon banished them from the British Empire. After their departure, the Queen decided to start the Torchwood Institute, an organization dedicated to protecting the Earth from alien threat which would continue to develop through the future years to come.
Returning to the present time and joined by Mickey Smith on their travels, Rose was forced to contend with her own degree of jealousy when she and the Doctor encountered one of his past companions, Sarah Jane Smith. In spite of how many years had passed since they last met, Rose felt threatened by Sarah Jane's presence again. The reality of her own mortality compared to the Doctor's extended alien life set in and Rose realized she could only be with the Doctor as long as she was able, that dwelling on anything further was futile. Sarah Jane offered her own insight on Rose's feelings, insisting that Rose should follow her heart and stay with the Doctor as long as she could because “some things are worth getting your heart broken” for.
Mickey continued to travel with Rose and the Doctor, and found themselves in a parallel world which existed along their own, one in which Rose's father was still alive but Rose herself had never been born. Overcome with the desire to at least see her father, Rose went against the Doctor's insistence and went to the home of Peter and Jackie Tyler to see him just once, at Jackie's birthday party. The event ended abruptly when the Cybermen came to take the humans and convert them into Cybermen. Jackie Tyler was caught and made into a Cyberman in spite of Rose's efforts to save her, and Peter Tyler was faced with the realization Rose was his daughter in another universe. Rose and the Doctor left to return to their own universe, but Mickey stayed behind because he wanted to help fight against the Cybermen there, and to live a new, better life. Rose was upset to let him go, but Mickey had realized that Rose's attachment to the Doctor was greater than their relationship, and that the change had been there for some time.
After leaving the parallel world behind, Rose and the Doctor traveled to 1950's London.
Canon Point: Rose will come from the second season of Doctor Who, after the episode
the Idiot's Lantern.
Reality Description: Rose's universe is that of 21st century Earth, where aliens exist and the world around is filled with creatures beyond the comprehension of most humans. The Doctor travels between time and space in this universe (by means of the TARDIS, an acronym standing for Time And Relative Dimension In Space), doing what he can to protect it from any potential alien threat. Because of this there are often strange happenings on Earth which are later explained away by the media and public appearances. Time travel is possible across time and space in that universe, but crossing to parallel worlds only happens when moving across and through the void (also called the rift), something dangerous to the fabric of space and time. Torchwood still exists after its founding by Queen Victoria, an underground organization continuing to defend the Earth from alien threat.
Rose will be leaving the setting of London in the 1950s, just after the coronation of the Queen. She and the Doctor rode around the streets on a Vespa and the atmosphere was very festive, especially after they saved the souls of the people of London from a creature that would have consumed them. Rose's own attire is definitely that of the period they were in, a bright pink fifties style dress with matching pumps and her hair twisted into a beehive style.
First Person Speaking Sample: [Finding herself on the plane is Rose Marion Tyler, arriving from 1950's London and her own universe. Her gaze is lifted, fixed and unwavering to the sky and is riveted to the large, gaping hole above her. Several seconds pass, uncounted, in silence with her lips slightly parted in shock.]
Well, this is...different.
Can't imagine where I've ended up, or how I've made it here for that matter. Sure didn't come by TARDIS, and if..
[Her speech pauses as a hitched, startled sound comes from her throat, prompting a wild look cast over her shoulder. The same repeats in the other direction, and then twice more, frantic. A little breath comes roughly from her lips again, now filled with a note of panic.]
...and if I didn't come by TARDIS, then that means the Doctor's not here, either.
Right, then that's...well, didn't expect it, really. In London just a second ago, middle of the crowd after the coronation and then I'm just...here. Still haven't any idea where here is, but it's definitely not London. Not any place I've seen before, either, or heard about. The Doctor talked about..vortexes and things, but seeing one...
...don't...really have words for it.
[Another few moments pass and then Rose blinks twice, as if to pull herself mentally away from the hole overhead. A slightly strained smile twitches at the corners of her lips, in an attempt to be confident but falling short.]
Right, then! Well, am I alone here? Got to be someone else around, right? Someone who can tell me what's going on?
Anyone? Hello!
Third Person Writing Sample: Previous prompt! - http://roseoflegend.livejournal.com/16738.html
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