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sith_happened) wrote2007-05-09 11:28 am
sith_happened) wrote2007-05-09 11:28 am
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OOC: Care and feeding of my pups
Barbossa: Arr.
Barbossa (first name possibly Hector, though he’ll never admit it) is a pirate from The Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Originally a student, he dropped out of Fandom High in the Spring of 2006 because a pirate really has naught to do with a high school education. Now he’s the IG boss of the radio station and pays (okay “pays”) the on-air talent and keeps the squirrels (the IG explanation for where many of the news reports come from) in line.
His interests include wenches, rum, things that are shiny, rum, watching people make idiots of themselves, and rum.
Also? Rum.
He is easily bribable (see also: rum), though his interests revolve around what’s good for Barbossa, and he doesn’t give a damn about what anyone thinks of him. Threats of physical violence don’t phase him, either (so if your character’s unhappy by misrepresentations on the radio, Barbossa’s view is “well, get o’er yerself.”) He’s been in Fandom for two years—not a lot can scare him any more.
He also dresses up like a shrub occasionally and goes out to get the news himself. Just go with it.
Josh Lyman: “I wanna mock people.”
Josh was popped out of his West Wing canon right after Bartlet was re-elected President (neatly avoiding the atrocities that were seasons 5 and 6 *spits*) and sent to Fandom by Chief of Staff Leo McGarry who thought Josh needed somewhere to relax.
Sometimes Leo is very evil.
That was a year and a half ago and since then Josh has taught classes on US history, US government, and campaign management and been the advisor of two rounds of Student Council. He refers to vampires as “Undead Americans” and thinks of them as the next great untapped voting resource, looks at alien students with something like wary amusement, thinks all British students should be held accountable for Lord John Marbury, and in general has settled quite happily into life at Fandom.
That he just watched his girlfriend (the lovely Alianne of the Copper Islands)’s mother (the heavily armed Alanna) graduate high school gave him a bit of pause, though.
Josh used to be the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the United States and has all of the competence (and ego) that such a position would imply. He graduated from Harvard and Yale, has groupies (who show up to cheer him at major events and have set up websites and chatrooms and no, I’m not talking about the out-of-canon types) and a serious lack of anything resembling a filter when he thinks he’s right and you’re not.
And guess how many times he ever thinks he’s wrong.
He makes up for this incredible arrogance by being brilliant at his job and funny about his snark. This summer he’ll be teaching “How to Deal With Stupid People,” and if you think it’s going to be in a way that involves making sure no one’s feelings are hurt, well…no.
That being said, Josh loves to talk. Interacting with him isn’t hard. Getting a word in edgewise might be ;)
Anakin & Luke Skywalker: Chock-full of wtf.
Anakin started out at Fandom as an 18-year-old senior, graduated in the Spring of 2006 and after a summer of angst, moved back to that galaxy far, far away. There he went through the events of Episodes II & III, turned into Darth Vader and went around killing things and blowing up stuff for the next 18 years.
He returned to Fandom after discovering his son Luke was coming to school after destroying the Death Star as part of the Rebellion’s plan to 1) get him out of the reach of the Emperor and Vader (whoops) and 2) teach him a little about things that weren’t vaporator farm related.
Vader was also disappointed to learn that while almost twenty-five years had passed for him, about…four days had passed in Fandom. So all of his friends (and the first real love of his life, Rory Gilmore) were still around. Sucked to be him.
During the school year, the events of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi took place (look here and here if you’re interested), leading eventually to the redemption of Vader and the return of Anakin to Fandom, now in a shiny new cloned body.
Here’s the important part: very, very few people IG know about the link between Vader and Anakin. So far, (other than the IG administration) that list is just Luke, Anakin, Rory, Molly, Sam Carter, Alanna, Angel, Aeryn & John. If you feel it is hugely important to your character to know, drop me a line, but this isn’t exactly something Luke or Anakin are spreading around and for good reason.
As far as interacting goes, Luke is by far the easier Skywalker to get to know. He’s a complete doof and despite all of the traumaI put him through that happened in the last year, he’s still fairly optimistic and open. He’s going into his senior year, has finally started feeling like he has earned the lightsaber he built and would love to meet new people.
Anakin? Is a mess. Unless he knows you really, really well, he’ll tell you all about his cover story of being pulled from his own timeline (where he’d be 25—so right at the end of Revenge of the Sith) by his son to defeat the Emperor in Luke’s and doesn’t really care that it doesn’t hold together on close inspection. Or, you know, work at all given his universe and their lack of time-travel.
He doesn’t have much resembling a sense of humor (it’s there, but it’s very dry), is enormously prickly when it comes to his pride and what he believes is the respect due to him, and despite the fact that it took him down the dark and twisty path to the Very Bad Side of the Force, will hold a grudge forever. I’m serious. Don’t mess with the people he cares about (admittedly, a short list) if you don’t want an incredibly pissed offMarty Stu Chosen One on your ass. Specifically, if you hurt Luke or Rory (their relationship is long and headdesky and I’m sure you’re bored already), or Jaina and Qui-Gon once he knows that they’re around, he’ll hate you. Full stop.
Yeah, he’s still working on that particular part of being a Jedi.
In terms of power, Anakin’s the greatestMarty Stu ever created Jedi from an Order that can use telekinesis, telepathy, enhanced senses, and the general ability to see the past, present and future and alter it according to the will of the Force. Being the traumatized former Sith Lord that he is, Anakin’s still feeling his way slowly back towards using those powers and will never mindwhammy or Force-throw a character without OOC permission. If you want him to pick up emotions, please hint at them in your narrative—he’s the mind reader, not me. He’s also pretty much awesome with a lightsaber, but he hasn’t used one since breaking out of the cloning facility back at Spring Break and is more than a little skittish about picking it back up.
Luke’s not far behind him in terms of raw power, but his Jedi education has left some pretty gaping holes in terms of what he knows how to do. Obi-Wan and Yoda were more concerned with the martial aspects of Jedi training (pointy end of lightsaber towards the Emperor, here’s how you throw big ol’ starships, away you go) than the cultural stuff. He and Anakin have started filling in some of the blanks (in off-camera training sessions because talking to myself isn’t that much fun, frankly), but a lot of things his father thinks of as commonplace use of power are aspects Luke’s never thought about.
Both of them are also insanely good pilots—fearless bordering on suicidal. Anakin’s teaching Flight and Flying and will be doing his best to set a bar that no one will be able to match (did I also mention his charming competitive alpha-male streak?), but he’s surprisingly patient as a teacher with students who want to learn. Give him attitude and he’ll drop you in detention faster than you can blink. He might look 25, but he’s not actually 25, after all, and out of workshop friendships don’t matter when he’s running a class where not paying attention will get you killed messy.
Luke’s not nearly thatmuch of a pain hard core. He’s focused when he wants to be and can whine like it’s his job, but he gives people second (and third and fourth and fifth) chances.
Questions, comments, sand cookies, rum, muffins & bagels?
Barbossa (first name possibly Hector, though he’ll never admit it) is a pirate from The Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Originally a student, he dropped out of Fandom High in the Spring of 2006 because a pirate really has naught to do with a high school education. Now he’s the IG boss of the radio station and pays (okay “pays”) the on-air talent and keeps the squirrels (the IG explanation for where many of the news reports come from) in line.
His interests include wenches, rum, things that are shiny, rum, watching people make idiots of themselves, and rum.
Also? Rum.
He is easily bribable (see also: rum), though his interests revolve around what’s good for Barbossa, and he doesn’t give a damn about what anyone thinks of him. Threats of physical violence don’t phase him, either (so if your character’s unhappy by misrepresentations on the radio, Barbossa’s view is “well, get o’er yerself.”) He’s been in Fandom for two years—not a lot can scare him any more.
He also dresses up like a shrub occasionally and goes out to get the news himself. Just go with it.
Josh Lyman: “I wanna mock people.”
Josh was popped out of his West Wing canon right after Bartlet was re-elected President (neatly avoiding the atrocities that were seasons 5 and 6 *spits*) and sent to Fandom by Chief of Staff Leo McGarry who thought Josh needed somewhere to relax.
Sometimes Leo is very evil.
That was a year and a half ago and since then Josh has taught classes on US history, US government, and campaign management and been the advisor of two rounds of Student Council. He refers to vampires as “Undead Americans” and thinks of them as the next great untapped voting resource, looks at alien students with something like wary amusement, thinks all British students should be held accountable for Lord John Marbury, and in general has settled quite happily into life at Fandom.
That he just watched his girlfriend (the lovely Alianne of the Copper Islands)’s mother (the heavily armed Alanna) graduate high school gave him a bit of pause, though.
Josh used to be the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the United States and has all of the competence (and ego) that such a position would imply. He graduated from Harvard and Yale, has groupies (who show up to cheer him at major events and have set up websites and chatrooms and no, I’m not talking about the out-of-canon types) and a serious lack of anything resembling a filter when he thinks he’s right and you’re not.
And guess how many times he ever thinks he’s wrong.
He makes up for this incredible arrogance by being brilliant at his job and funny about his snark. This summer he’ll be teaching “How to Deal With Stupid People,” and if you think it’s going to be in a way that involves making sure no one’s feelings are hurt, well…no.
That being said, Josh loves to talk. Interacting with him isn’t hard. Getting a word in edgewise might be ;)
Anakin & Luke Skywalker: Chock-full of wtf.
Anakin started out at Fandom as an 18-year-old senior, graduated in the Spring of 2006 and after a summer of angst, moved back to that galaxy far, far away. There he went through the events of Episodes II & III, turned into Darth Vader and went around killing things and blowing up stuff for the next 18 years.
He returned to Fandom after discovering his son Luke was coming to school after destroying the Death Star as part of the Rebellion’s plan to 1) get him out of the reach of the Emperor and Vader (whoops) and 2) teach him a little about things that weren’t vaporator farm related.
Vader was also disappointed to learn that while almost twenty-five years had passed for him, about…four days had passed in Fandom. So all of his friends (and the first real love of his life, Rory Gilmore) were still around. Sucked to be him.
During the school year, the events of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi took place (look here and here if you’re interested), leading eventually to the redemption of Vader and the return of Anakin to Fandom, now in a shiny new cloned body.
Here’s the important part: very, very few people IG know about the link between Vader and Anakin. So far, (other than the IG administration) that list is just Luke, Anakin, Rory, Molly, Sam Carter, Alanna, Angel, Aeryn & John. If you feel it is hugely important to your character to know, drop me a line, but this isn’t exactly something Luke or Anakin are spreading around and for good reason.
As far as interacting goes, Luke is by far the easier Skywalker to get to know. He’s a complete doof and despite all of the trauma
Anakin? Is a mess. Unless he knows you really, really well, he’ll tell you all about his cover story of being pulled from his own timeline (where he’d be 25—so right at the end of Revenge of the Sith) by his son to defeat the Emperor in Luke’s and doesn’t really care that it doesn’t hold together on close inspection. Or, you know, work at all given his universe and their lack of time-travel.
He doesn’t have much resembling a sense of humor (it’s there, but it’s very dry), is enormously prickly when it comes to his pride and what he believes is the respect due to him, and despite the fact that it took him down the dark and twisty path to the Very Bad Side of the Force, will hold a grudge forever. I’m serious. Don’t mess with the people he cares about (admittedly, a short list) if you don’t want an incredibly pissed off
Yeah, he’s still working on that particular part of being a Jedi.
In terms of power, Anakin’s the greatest
Luke’s not far behind him in terms of raw power, but his Jedi education has left some pretty gaping holes in terms of what he knows how to do. Obi-Wan and Yoda were more concerned with the martial aspects of Jedi training (pointy end of lightsaber towards the Emperor, here’s how you throw big ol’ starships, away you go) than the cultural stuff. He and Anakin have started filling in some of the blanks (in off-camera training sessions because talking to myself isn’t that much fun, frankly), but a lot of things his father thinks of as commonplace use of power are aspects Luke’s never thought about.
Both of them are also insanely good pilots—fearless bordering on suicidal. Anakin’s teaching Flight and Flying and will be doing his best to set a bar that no one will be able to match (did I also mention his charming competitive alpha-male streak?), but he’s surprisingly patient as a teacher with students who want to learn. Give him attitude and he’ll drop you in detention faster than you can blink. He might look 25, but he’s not actually 25, after all, and out of workshop friendships don’t matter when he’s running a class where not paying attention will get you killed messy.
Luke’s not nearly that
Questions, comments, sand cookies, rum, muffins & bagels?