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Player Information
Name: Mel
Age: 26
AIM SN: TheAngstMonkey
email: Just use Murphy's LJ inbox, Blaine's LJ inbox or my personal LJ inbox (theangstmonkey) to communicate with me.
Have you played in an LJ based game before? Yes
Currrently Played Characters: Blaine Anderson
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Character Information
General
Canon Source: The Boondock Saints
Canon Format: Film
Character's Name: Murphy MacManus
Character's Age: 27
What form will your character's NV take? A smart phone. Murphy is from 1999 so he will be amused by it.
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: Great aim despite being an amateur. The ability to survive being shot at even while not ducking. Vague visions that he shares with his brother. They aren't really considered "superhuman" abilities in canon, just dumb luck and religious fervor.
Conditional: If your character has no superhuman canon abilities, what dormant ability will you give them? Judgment. Murphy will have the ability to look at a person and be able to tell if they are "bad" or "good". Obviously this will have to be worked out with the mun (I'll have a permissions post up for it too, once the ability is approved). He'll get a "sense" about someone. He'll have to be in person to get that sense from others (It wouldn’t work over the NV). He'd just "have a feeling" about people at first, and then as it develops he'd basically be able to tell where someone's morality lies by spending time with them. He’ll also get visions of the good or evil they have done when he touches them but only after he’s spent enough time around them, but that will be something that will develop over time. As far as what I mean about “evil” and “good”, “bad" people will include certain things, murders/rapists/sadists/etc will all be included. What I mean is, despite being Catholic, he won't consider you "evil" if you're gay or if your sins are minor ones. He tends to find evil in what people do, not who they are, and the brothers list “rape, steal, murder” as the three major sins they are focused on. In the films the brothers tend to focus on the mob, gang members or other organized crime, so what happens will depend on the morality of the character in question. If there's a gray area about the character's morality, then the sense of what he gets off the character will be discussed with a mun.
Weapons: Two guns that were on Murphy's person when he was pulled into the Port.
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History:
Murphy and his twin brother Connor were born in a small Irish town outside of the big cities in the country. Their father was never really part of their childhoods, but they developed a very close relationship with their mother, Annabelle. Annabelle knew her sons and understood them better than anyone else.
She sent them to Catholic school, where they learned several languages because she ‘insisted on it’. Despite their obvious intelligence neither of the brothers really devoted themselves to school. They got the marks that made their mother happy, not because they had any real desire to learn (though knowing languages most people didn’t know set them even more apart from their classmates). They also became fiercely devoted to the Catholic religion. Their shared understanding of the faith and the way they carried it about themselves caused even the nuns and priests that knew them to treat them with respect and reverence, and this stuck with them even into adulthood.
Despite the love they shared for their Ma and for Ireland, Connor and Murphy figured they might be able to do more if they moved to America. As soon as they were old enough they left their Ma’s house and moved to Boston. They both got jobs at a meatpacking plant where they quickly became liked by all of their co-workers and their boss, all of who tolerated their antics and enjoyed their humor. They attended church every week and obtained the same respect and reverence from the priests in America that they had earned back home. If they saw fit they could stand up in the middle of a sermon and walk out they could do so without a fuss being made (and this happens in the beginning of the movie, the only priest who attempts to stop them is the one visiting from another church). The boys had their own way, but their devotion to the faith was unquestionable. Murphy and Connor also made quick friends with many people. Their shared best friend was a man named Rocco, who was known for his wit and humor and nicknamed “The Funnyman”.
Rocco was a ‘package boy’ for the mob but had always had dreams of working his way up the ranks of the family. Connor and Murphy quietly disagreed with his profession but their love and devotion to their friends were just as strong as their love and devotion to their Church. Rocco and the twins spent a lot of time together, wasting the hours after work at Doc’s pub, where they would get thoroughly smashed every once and a while but no day more so than St. Patrick’s Day.
One St. Patrick’s Day, some years after they had arrived in America, the twins were celebrating at the pub when Doc informed them that he would have to close the bar because the Russian mafia was buying all the businesses on the block and forcing him out of his property. The pub would be no more the next day. The boys and their friends were disheartened by the news but wouldn’t let it ruin their St. Paddy’s celebration. Later in the night the Russian mafia appeared early and told Doc they wanted him to shut down that night. A bar fight ensued and ended with one of the mobsters tied to the bar as Connor lit his arse on fire.
The next morning, as the brothers battled their hangovers, the Russians busted into their small, illegal flat. The leader bound Connor to their toilet and told him that as punishment for what he had done he was going to take Murphy outside and shoot him in the head. Connor, horrified at the idea, ripped the toilet from the wall and hauled it up to the roof. He dropped it on one of the men and jumped on top of the other. Connor collapsed on the ground but Murphy reacted quickly, he picked up the biggest piece of the toilet and killed the second of the men. Then he grabbed an old gift bag from the trash and put all of the cash, jewels, guns and wallets from the Russian guys into it. Afterwards, he picked his brother up and went to the hospital.
After Connor was awake and the doctors had seen them, the brothers called Doc and asked him to come to the hospital. They gave him the gift bag and told him to hide it for them. He gave them a card from an FBI agent that was investigating the murders of the Russian mob guys. Doc told them that the agent had been by the pub and that he said he believed the murders had been in self-defense.
The agent’s name was Paul Smecker and the boys were impressed by him. He was an obvious homosexual but that didn't stop the brothers from finding him to be an intelligent, entertaining and good man. He told them they would not be charged with any crimes and allowed them to stay overnight in one of the spare holding cells to avoid being mauled by the press.
That night the twins experienced their first shared religious dream. It started to rain and cracks in the ceiling leaked the water onto their bodies. They woke and had the same epiphany; in order to protect all that was good they would have to destroy all that was evil.
They embarked on their mission of retribution and eventually recruited Rocco into their cause. Using Rocco's intimate knowledge of the mob in town, the brothers hunted down the worst of the worst and killed them using guns they had purchased with the money they had taken off the Russians' bodies from the Irish underground in Boston. Smecker investigated the murders as they happened and became increasingly frustrated with figuring out who was behind the crimes.
Terrified by the killings, the Italian mob boss hired an assassin named “Il Duce” or “The Duke” to kill Rocco, as he believed that Rocco was the only one behind the murders. The Duke was known for ‘getting off’ on murdering mobsters who had gone against their family and for being a complete psychopath. It was after The Duke's first attack on the trio that Smecker was finally able to figure out who had been assassinating all of the mobsters in town. The knowledge crushed the agent because he knew that the twins were ‘good’ people. After a crisis of conscious he made the choice to join the brothers and support them by controlling the investigation and keeping tabs for them about the mob's movements.
Because of this knowledge, Connor contacted Smecker and let the agent know about the Duke and that they were planning on leaving the city, but first they were going to take down the mob boss.
When the trio entered the boss’s house they were discovered, beaten and bound to steel chairs. The mobsters quickly realized that Rocco was not the main brains behind the murders so the boss shot him in front of the twins.
Murphy and Connor started screaming and crying, Murphy fell to the ground and moved close to Rocco. His last gasping words to tell the twins to never stop. Murphy had Connor break his arm so that he could escape the handcuffs then they attacked and murdered the mobsters that entered the room. Before they left the room, they placed pennies on Rocco’s eyes and started to recite their family prayer. The Duke appeared at the door and instead of killing the boys finished the prayer for them.
The brothers realized that this was their long lost father, no other person would know the prayer. He went to them and placed loving and proud hands on their bloody faces.
Months later the three of them, with the help of Smecker and the police who had been trying to catch them, went to the court where the mob boss was standing trial. They entered the room without masks and delivered a message to all those who were watching. They shot the mob boss in front of the crowded court room as a warning to all evil men.
Point in Canon: Right after the first movie. I love the sequel, don’t get me wrong, but I have more experience playing the character after the first movie and prefer playing him in that timeline.
Character Personality: Though the brothers have long asked their mother who is the oldest (and have yet to get a satisfactory answer) Murphy has a tendency to take on the ‘younger brother’ role. His personality is more of the joker, while Connor is the one who is likely to think of the plans and plot courses of action with the knowledge that Murphy will back him up (just to point out, when the twins walk if they aren’t exactly side by side Murphy walks a little bit behind Connor). Because Connor has the responsibility of actually making the plans Murphy is free to joke and play.
Murphy is extremely playful because of this and is very friendly. For example, he makes friends with the police that had previously been looking for the brothers for the murders of the Russian mob guys and jokes with them. When the police show him that the twins have been dubbed the ‘Saints’ by the newspapers, Murphy takes his coffee and pretends to bless the men as if with Holy Water. Many times this playfulness is to counter Connor’s seriousness, as in one of the deleted scenes on the DVD. Connor takes his frustration towards Rocco a step too far and hits him, Murphy, in order to break the tension after the action, hits Rocco a second time as a joke.
That’s not to say that Murphy cannot be serious. He understands the importance of what he and his brother are doing. Though he does joke about it before and after they have done their work, during it he is serious and focused. He would never disrespect their mission by making light of it in such a way. He will also not tolerate joking about hurting the innocent or betraying the ones that he loves. He did not joke about Rocco’s life and he will not joke at all about Rocco’s sacrifice for their cause.
Religion and faith are extremely important to Murphy. God and devotion to Him are literally the driving forces behind Murphy’s will to survive, but loyalty and brotherhood are almost just as important. I don’t just mean ‘Connor’ when I say ‘brotherhood’, but anyone that Murphy finds himself devoted to. This includes Il Duce, who has the added loyalty of being Murphy’s father, Rocco and any friends he might make in the Port. Murphy will also have an automatic affection for anyone from Ireland, as he is also loyal to his country and the people from it (this also means that he’ll have an automatic distrust of anyone British... oh the joy of politics). Of course if any Irishman falls under his definition of ‘wicked’ then he’ll lose all affection for them and feel pretty betrayed. (As as side note, this doesn't seem to apply to the IRA, which probably falls under "freedom fighters" to him and Connor, rather than "mobsters").
Murphy might be extremely religious but that doesn’t mean his life is a prime example of morality. He curses A LOT (the word ‘fuck’ is used like over three hundred times in the film) and smokes. Even before he and his brother killed the Russians they were well known for getting drunk and getting into bar fights (something that their mother chastises them for in the best deleted scene that should never have been deleted, seriously there’s naked flopping around on the ground and a very drunk Irish mother in it). Murphy loves beer and good Irish alcohol. His playfulness translates into complete rowdiness when he’s drunk as he as so much bent-up energy. While drunk, he and his brother will not allow the slightest offense to those that they care about and will react violent to anyone who dares to do it. Taking on the calling of God’s Wrath has not taken away Murphy’s desire for alcohol, in fact after he and his brother wiped out eight important Russian mobsters, they returned to Rocco’s apartment to get thoroughly drunk on beer and stuffed with pizza.
The twins might make a lot of noise but they are extremely cold when it comes to their actual work. Murphy feels no regret at all about the men they have killed as he thinks what he did was the work of God. He also has no qualms taking any money or other valuables away from his victims. There is nothing that will ever make him lose his faith in God and therefore nothing will ever make Murphy feel guilty for the murders he has committed.
Despite the fierce devotion that Murphy has to the Catholic Church, he will not ever try and preach to anyone else; though he would probably enjoy open discussion of faith he doesn’t feel the need to convert others. That’s the job of priests after all. Every Sunday in game time Murphy will be at a church, praying. He is dutiful in his devotion and would get angry if anyone tried to stop him from worshiping in his own way. Murphy’s faith is palpable when he is focusing on it. He’s got a certain kind of ‘aura’ about him which is basically what the priests and nuns that knew him responded to.
Murphy's role as one of the ‘Saints’ has sparked controversy in America as people debate the morality of taking the law into your own hands. Murphy will not be open about what he and his brother have done, as he knows that the laws of men are against them. He will, however, always be thinking about it and making a list of men deemed wicked enough. He will not kill without his brother or father around, but he’ll be prepared for when/if Connor or Noah ever do show up.
Murphy is in the process of mourning his friend Rocco, but he will refuse to let the man’s death be in vain. Rocco died telling the twins to never stop what they are doing, and Murphy intends to do just that. That being said though, he believes in his father’s creed ‘No women, no kids’. Murphy will never kill any woman or child, even if they do prove to be very wicked. Its wicked men he’s worried about. He’s a bit of a sexist as far as that, but does respect strong women. He does, however, have issues respecting extremely masculine women.
Also, ‘lesser’ sins don’t take his notice. The main ones he worries about are murder, rape and theft, though drug dealing gets on his bad side. However, for example, neither Murphy nor Connor held it against Smecker that he was gay (and Smecker was making no effort to hide it), despite the Catholic teachings about homosexuality, and they called him a ‘good man’ when Rocco suggesting killing him as he was a ‘lia-fucking-bility'.
Despite the fact that Murphy is a murderer, he seems open and sincere. He jokes and is as friendly as anyone can be. He loves people, good people anyway, and likes being around friends and having a good time. He thinks of himself as a good person; even his killing is done with a twisted idea of right and wrong in mind.
Character Plans: I would like Murphy to learn how to deal with living without his brother constantly around to start off with (though I wouldn't mind someone apping Connor :D). To be honest, I wanted a character to balance Blaine, who is too nice and lets things affect him. Murphy is made from much harder stuff and while losing his twin being around will affect him, he's much less likely to let the Port bother him too much, plus he has no qualms about punching people in the mouth. He probably learn to hate the companies, especially AGI since they have the whole sex slaves issue, and could be used against them. I don't see him taking up his mantle right away, unless something happens to stir him in that direction. Like I said, he's really more of the follower so without Connor or his father around to make the plans he'll just be observing and taking notes. Unless he meets someone he absolutely has to take down right away, and even that would be worked out with the mun and plotted.
Appearance/PB: Dark brown hair, bright blue eyes, wide smile. Fit, but not ripped. He has several tattoos, including a saint on his neck, the word "AEQUITAS" on his hand (Latin for "Justice/Equality"), a cross on his arm, and a few others. He is played by Norman Reedus.
Writing Samples
First Person Sample
[Murphy has been at the Port for a couple of days now to get used to the whole idea of being on his own in a strange new place, but today he finally feels comfortable enough with the network to use it. When he speaks he has an Irish accent.]
I got three questions I want to ask.
One - Has anyone seen my brother? He’s 5’11”. Has brown hair, ugly as fuck, tats like mine. [He tugs the collar down on his neck to expose the Saint on his neck and shows off the cross on his arm. The word on his hand gets exposed as he brings a cigarette up to his lips and breathes it in] His name is Connor. I don’t know if he came over with me but if he’s here he’d want to know that I’ve arrived.
Two - Is there a decent church that holds service every Sunday? I’d rather go to a Catholic church but given the situation any Christian service will do.
Three - I need bullets. And fucking guns. I don’t have a lot of cash to pay right now but if there’s some kind of supplier I could use bullets right away.
[He’s quiet for a moment, and rubs his chin with his thumb thoughtfully. His cigarette gives off smoke around his face.]
Oh, and fucking smokes. I’m almost out.
Third Person Sample
Murphy was riding out the Darkness tucked away safely in a bar. They had good whiskey and let him sit at the bar all night and tell jokes to the people around him. He was itching to be out there being useful but he was out of commission as long as he didn’t have ammo. It was such a stupid thing to be without. He and Connor had had such a reliable stock pile back home. The problem was that he wasn’t home and he wasn’t with Connor.
He felt like he was missing a limb. He kept looking to his side expecting to see his brother there only to see an empty space. It was an empty space that could never be filled but he could distract himself with alcohol, some new friends, and a hell of a lot of gratuitous violence.
The Darkness provided more than enough violence. It gave him targets to kill that no one cared to save. There were no bleeding hearts or laws stopping him from taking the monsters down. Hell, it made him a fucking hero.
He tapped his empty glass on the counter, asking the bartender for more.
No bullets meant that he wasn’t going to be a hero tonight. Instead he was just another Newcomer getting wasted in a bar. He just also happened to be a Newcomer getting drunk with a lot of bent up energy, repressed feelings of loneliness, and a hankering for a good fight. Anything was likely to set him off tonight. Even without Connor around, he could get into a decent bar fight. It wasn’t like the bar was nice enough to worry about being banned from the premises.
Name: Mel
Age: 26
AIM SN: TheAngstMonkey
email: Just use Murphy's LJ inbox, Blaine's LJ inbox or my personal LJ inbox (theangstmonkey) to communicate with me.
Have you played in an LJ based game before? Yes
Currrently Played Characters: Blaine Anderson
Conditional: Activity Check Link: here.
Character Information
General
Canon Source: The Boondock Saints
Canon Format: Film
Character's Name: Murphy MacManus
Character's Age: 27
What form will your character's NV take? A smart phone. Murphy is from 1999 so he will be amused by it.
Abilities
Character's Canon Abilities: Great aim despite being an amateur. The ability to survive being shot at even while not ducking. Vague visions that he shares with his brother. They aren't really considered "superhuman" abilities in canon, just dumb luck and religious fervor.
Conditional: If your character has no superhuman canon abilities, what dormant ability will you give them? Judgment. Murphy will have the ability to look at a person and be able to tell if they are "bad" or "good". Obviously this will have to be worked out with the mun (I'll have a permissions post up for it too, once the ability is approved). He'll get a "sense" about someone. He'll have to be in person to get that sense from others (It wouldn’t work over the NV). He'd just "have a feeling" about people at first, and then as it develops he'd basically be able to tell where someone's morality lies by spending time with them. He’ll also get visions of the good or evil they have done when he touches them but only after he’s spent enough time around them, but that will be something that will develop over time. As far as what I mean about “evil” and “good”, “bad" people will include certain things, murders/rapists/sadists/etc will all be included. What I mean is, despite being Catholic, he won't consider you "evil" if you're gay or if your sins are minor ones. He tends to find evil in what people do, not who they are, and the brothers list “rape, steal, murder” as the three major sins they are focused on. In the films the brothers tend to focus on the mob, gang members or other organized crime, so what happens will depend on the morality of the character in question. If there's a gray area about the character's morality, then the sense of what he gets off the character will be discussed with a mun.
Weapons: Two guns that were on Murphy's person when he was pulled into the Port.
History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History:
Murphy and his twin brother Connor were born in a small Irish town outside of the big cities in the country. Their father was never really part of their childhoods, but they developed a very close relationship with their mother, Annabelle. Annabelle knew her sons and understood them better than anyone else.
She sent them to Catholic school, where they learned several languages because she ‘insisted on it’. Despite their obvious intelligence neither of the brothers really devoted themselves to school. They got the marks that made their mother happy, not because they had any real desire to learn (though knowing languages most people didn’t know set them even more apart from their classmates). They also became fiercely devoted to the Catholic religion. Their shared understanding of the faith and the way they carried it about themselves caused even the nuns and priests that knew them to treat them with respect and reverence, and this stuck with them even into adulthood.
Despite the love they shared for their Ma and for Ireland, Connor and Murphy figured they might be able to do more if they moved to America. As soon as they were old enough they left their Ma’s house and moved to Boston. They both got jobs at a meatpacking plant where they quickly became liked by all of their co-workers and their boss, all of who tolerated their antics and enjoyed their humor. They attended church every week and obtained the same respect and reverence from the priests in America that they had earned back home. If they saw fit they could stand up in the middle of a sermon and walk out they could do so without a fuss being made (and this happens in the beginning of the movie, the only priest who attempts to stop them is the one visiting from another church). The boys had their own way, but their devotion to the faith was unquestionable. Murphy and Connor also made quick friends with many people. Their shared best friend was a man named Rocco, who was known for his wit and humor and nicknamed “The Funnyman”.
Rocco was a ‘package boy’ for the mob but had always had dreams of working his way up the ranks of the family. Connor and Murphy quietly disagreed with his profession but their love and devotion to their friends were just as strong as their love and devotion to their Church. Rocco and the twins spent a lot of time together, wasting the hours after work at Doc’s pub, where they would get thoroughly smashed every once and a while but no day more so than St. Patrick’s Day.
One St. Patrick’s Day, some years after they had arrived in America, the twins were celebrating at the pub when Doc informed them that he would have to close the bar because the Russian mafia was buying all the businesses on the block and forcing him out of his property. The pub would be no more the next day. The boys and their friends were disheartened by the news but wouldn’t let it ruin their St. Paddy’s celebration. Later in the night the Russian mafia appeared early and told Doc they wanted him to shut down that night. A bar fight ensued and ended with one of the mobsters tied to the bar as Connor lit his arse on fire.
The next morning, as the brothers battled their hangovers, the Russians busted into their small, illegal flat. The leader bound Connor to their toilet and told him that as punishment for what he had done he was going to take Murphy outside and shoot him in the head. Connor, horrified at the idea, ripped the toilet from the wall and hauled it up to the roof. He dropped it on one of the men and jumped on top of the other. Connor collapsed on the ground but Murphy reacted quickly, he picked up the biggest piece of the toilet and killed the second of the men. Then he grabbed an old gift bag from the trash and put all of the cash, jewels, guns and wallets from the Russian guys into it. Afterwards, he picked his brother up and went to the hospital.
After Connor was awake and the doctors had seen them, the brothers called Doc and asked him to come to the hospital. They gave him the gift bag and told him to hide it for them. He gave them a card from an FBI agent that was investigating the murders of the Russian mob guys. Doc told them that the agent had been by the pub and that he said he believed the murders had been in self-defense.
The agent’s name was Paul Smecker and the boys were impressed by him. He was an obvious homosexual but that didn't stop the brothers from finding him to be an intelligent, entertaining and good man. He told them they would not be charged with any crimes and allowed them to stay overnight in one of the spare holding cells to avoid being mauled by the press.
That night the twins experienced their first shared religious dream. It started to rain and cracks in the ceiling leaked the water onto their bodies. They woke and had the same epiphany; in order to protect all that was good they would have to destroy all that was evil.
They embarked on their mission of retribution and eventually recruited Rocco into their cause. Using Rocco's intimate knowledge of the mob in town, the brothers hunted down the worst of the worst and killed them using guns they had purchased with the money they had taken off the Russians' bodies from the Irish underground in Boston. Smecker investigated the murders as they happened and became increasingly frustrated with figuring out who was behind the crimes.
Terrified by the killings, the Italian mob boss hired an assassin named “Il Duce” or “The Duke” to kill Rocco, as he believed that Rocco was the only one behind the murders. The Duke was known for ‘getting off’ on murdering mobsters who had gone against their family and for being a complete psychopath. It was after The Duke's first attack on the trio that Smecker was finally able to figure out who had been assassinating all of the mobsters in town. The knowledge crushed the agent because he knew that the twins were ‘good’ people. After a crisis of conscious he made the choice to join the brothers and support them by controlling the investigation and keeping tabs for them about the mob's movements.
Because of this knowledge, Connor contacted Smecker and let the agent know about the Duke and that they were planning on leaving the city, but first they were going to take down the mob boss.
When the trio entered the boss’s house they were discovered, beaten and bound to steel chairs. The mobsters quickly realized that Rocco was not the main brains behind the murders so the boss shot him in front of the twins.
Murphy and Connor started screaming and crying, Murphy fell to the ground and moved close to Rocco. His last gasping words to tell the twins to never stop. Murphy had Connor break his arm so that he could escape the handcuffs then they attacked and murdered the mobsters that entered the room. Before they left the room, they placed pennies on Rocco’s eyes and started to recite their family prayer. The Duke appeared at the door and instead of killing the boys finished the prayer for them.
The brothers realized that this was their long lost father, no other person would know the prayer. He went to them and placed loving and proud hands on their bloody faces.
Months later the three of them, with the help of Smecker and the police who had been trying to catch them, went to the court where the mob boss was standing trial. They entered the room without masks and delivered a message to all those who were watching. They shot the mob boss in front of the crowded court room as a warning to all evil men.
Point in Canon: Right after the first movie. I love the sequel, don’t get me wrong, but I have more experience playing the character after the first movie and prefer playing him in that timeline.
Character Personality: Though the brothers have long asked their mother who is the oldest (and have yet to get a satisfactory answer) Murphy has a tendency to take on the ‘younger brother’ role. His personality is more of the joker, while Connor is the one who is likely to think of the plans and plot courses of action with the knowledge that Murphy will back him up (just to point out, when the twins walk if they aren’t exactly side by side Murphy walks a little bit behind Connor). Because Connor has the responsibility of actually making the plans Murphy is free to joke and play.
Murphy is extremely playful because of this and is very friendly. For example, he makes friends with the police that had previously been looking for the brothers for the murders of the Russian mob guys and jokes with them. When the police show him that the twins have been dubbed the ‘Saints’ by the newspapers, Murphy takes his coffee and pretends to bless the men as if with Holy Water. Many times this playfulness is to counter Connor’s seriousness, as in one of the deleted scenes on the DVD. Connor takes his frustration towards Rocco a step too far and hits him, Murphy, in order to break the tension after the action, hits Rocco a second time as a joke.
That’s not to say that Murphy cannot be serious. He understands the importance of what he and his brother are doing. Though he does joke about it before and after they have done their work, during it he is serious and focused. He would never disrespect their mission by making light of it in such a way. He will also not tolerate joking about hurting the innocent or betraying the ones that he loves. He did not joke about Rocco’s life and he will not joke at all about Rocco’s sacrifice for their cause.
Religion and faith are extremely important to Murphy. God and devotion to Him are literally the driving forces behind Murphy’s will to survive, but loyalty and brotherhood are almost just as important. I don’t just mean ‘Connor’ when I say ‘brotherhood’, but anyone that Murphy finds himself devoted to. This includes Il Duce, who has the added loyalty of being Murphy’s father, Rocco and any friends he might make in the Port. Murphy will also have an automatic affection for anyone from Ireland, as he is also loyal to his country and the people from it (this also means that he’ll have an automatic distrust of anyone British... oh the joy of politics). Of course if any Irishman falls under his definition of ‘wicked’ then he’ll lose all affection for them and feel pretty betrayed. (As as side note, this doesn't seem to apply to the IRA, which probably falls under "freedom fighters" to him and Connor, rather than "mobsters").
Murphy might be extremely religious but that doesn’t mean his life is a prime example of morality. He curses A LOT (the word ‘fuck’ is used like over three hundred times in the film) and smokes. Even before he and his brother killed the Russians they were well known for getting drunk and getting into bar fights (something that their mother chastises them for in the best deleted scene that should never have been deleted, seriously there’s naked flopping around on the ground and a very drunk Irish mother in it). Murphy loves beer and good Irish alcohol. His playfulness translates into complete rowdiness when he’s drunk as he as so much bent-up energy. While drunk, he and his brother will not allow the slightest offense to those that they care about and will react violent to anyone who dares to do it. Taking on the calling of God’s Wrath has not taken away Murphy’s desire for alcohol, in fact after he and his brother wiped out eight important Russian mobsters, they returned to Rocco’s apartment to get thoroughly drunk on beer and stuffed with pizza.
The twins might make a lot of noise but they are extremely cold when it comes to their actual work. Murphy feels no regret at all about the men they have killed as he thinks what he did was the work of God. He also has no qualms taking any money or other valuables away from his victims. There is nothing that will ever make him lose his faith in God and therefore nothing will ever make Murphy feel guilty for the murders he has committed.
Despite the fierce devotion that Murphy has to the Catholic Church, he will not ever try and preach to anyone else; though he would probably enjoy open discussion of faith he doesn’t feel the need to convert others. That’s the job of priests after all. Every Sunday in game time Murphy will be at a church, praying. He is dutiful in his devotion and would get angry if anyone tried to stop him from worshiping in his own way. Murphy’s faith is palpable when he is focusing on it. He’s got a certain kind of ‘aura’ about him which is basically what the priests and nuns that knew him responded to.
Murphy's role as one of the ‘Saints’ has sparked controversy in America as people debate the morality of taking the law into your own hands. Murphy will not be open about what he and his brother have done, as he knows that the laws of men are against them. He will, however, always be thinking about it and making a list of men deemed wicked enough. He will not kill without his brother or father around, but he’ll be prepared for when/if Connor or Noah ever do show up.
Murphy is in the process of mourning his friend Rocco, but he will refuse to let the man’s death be in vain. Rocco died telling the twins to never stop what they are doing, and Murphy intends to do just that. That being said though, he believes in his father’s creed ‘No women, no kids’. Murphy will never kill any woman or child, even if they do prove to be very wicked. Its wicked men he’s worried about. He’s a bit of a sexist as far as that, but does respect strong women. He does, however, have issues respecting extremely masculine women.
Also, ‘lesser’ sins don’t take his notice. The main ones he worries about are murder, rape and theft, though drug dealing gets on his bad side. However, for example, neither Murphy nor Connor held it against Smecker that he was gay (and Smecker was making no effort to hide it), despite the Catholic teachings about homosexuality, and they called him a ‘good man’ when Rocco suggesting killing him as he was a ‘lia-fucking-bility'.
Despite the fact that Murphy is a murderer, he seems open and sincere. He jokes and is as friendly as anyone can be. He loves people, good people anyway, and likes being around friends and having a good time. He thinks of himself as a good person; even his killing is done with a twisted idea of right and wrong in mind.
Character Plans: I would like Murphy to learn how to deal with living without his brother constantly around to start off with (though I wouldn't mind someone apping Connor :D). To be honest, I wanted a character to balance Blaine, who is too nice and lets things affect him. Murphy is made from much harder stuff and while losing his twin being around will affect him, he's much less likely to let the Port bother him too much, plus he has no qualms about punching people in the mouth. He probably learn to hate the companies, especially AGI since they have the whole sex slaves issue, and could be used against them. I don't see him taking up his mantle right away, unless something happens to stir him in that direction. Like I said, he's really more of the follower so without Connor or his father around to make the plans he'll just be observing and taking notes. Unless he meets someone he absolutely has to take down right away, and even that would be worked out with the mun and plotted.
Appearance/PB: Dark brown hair, bright blue eyes, wide smile. Fit, but not ripped. He has several tattoos, including a saint on his neck, the word "AEQUITAS" on his hand (Latin for "Justice/Equality"), a cross on his arm, and a few others. He is played by Norman Reedus.
Writing Samples
First Person Sample
[Murphy has been at the Port for a couple of days now to get used to the whole idea of being on his own in a strange new place, but today he finally feels comfortable enough with the network to use it. When he speaks he has an Irish accent.]
I got three questions I want to ask.
One - Has anyone seen my brother? He’s 5’11”. Has brown hair, ugly as fuck, tats like mine. [He tugs the collar down on his neck to expose the Saint on his neck and shows off the cross on his arm. The word on his hand gets exposed as he brings a cigarette up to his lips and breathes it in] His name is Connor. I don’t know if he came over with me but if he’s here he’d want to know that I’ve arrived.
Two - Is there a decent church that holds service every Sunday? I’d rather go to a Catholic church but given the situation any Christian service will do.
Three - I need bullets. And fucking guns. I don’t have a lot of cash to pay right now but if there’s some kind of supplier I could use bullets right away.
[He’s quiet for a moment, and rubs his chin with his thumb thoughtfully. His cigarette gives off smoke around his face.]
Oh, and fucking smokes. I’m almost out.
Third Person Sample
Murphy was riding out the Darkness tucked away safely in a bar. They had good whiskey and let him sit at the bar all night and tell jokes to the people around him. He was itching to be out there being useful but he was out of commission as long as he didn’t have ammo. It was such a stupid thing to be without. He and Connor had had such a reliable stock pile back home. The problem was that he wasn’t home and he wasn’t with Connor.
He felt like he was missing a limb. He kept looking to his side expecting to see his brother there only to see an empty space. It was an empty space that could never be filled but he could distract himself with alcohol, some new friends, and a hell of a lot of gratuitous violence.
The Darkness provided more than enough violence. It gave him targets to kill that no one cared to save. There were no bleeding hearts or laws stopping him from taking the monsters down. Hell, it made him a fucking hero.
He tapped his empty glass on the counter, asking the bartender for more.
No bullets meant that he wasn’t going to be a hero tonight. Instead he was just another Newcomer getting wasted in a bar. He just also happened to be a Newcomer getting drunk with a lot of bent up energy, repressed feelings of loneliness, and a hankering for a good fight. Anything was likely to set him off tonight. Even without Connor around, he could get into a decent bar fight. It wasn’t like the bar was nice enough to worry about being banned from the premises.