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daddytexas) wrote2014-07-22 11:23 am
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application//Ryslig
OOC INFORMATION
Name: Lindsay
Contact: PM or Disasterkins on plurk
Other Characters: N/A
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Texas (no real name given)
Age: 18
Canon: Disney's Motorcity
Canon Point: about a month post-finale
Character Information: Wikipedia is useless so I'll provide you with some context:
In the year 2160, thereabouts, the good ol' US of A isn't as free as it used to be. We don't know why or how but totalitarianism is alive and kicking in Detroit, Michigan. Abraham Kane rules unopposed thanks to his use (or abuse) of technology to beat (or buy) all opposition into submission in order to build his own idealized utopian city, Detroit Deluxe, upon the ruins of old Detroit, redubbed Motorcity. Outside the metropolis bubble of safety lies a barren, post-apocalyptic wasteland. But the "safety and security" of living in clean, futuristic Deluxe comes at a price. That price is freedom: freedom of self expression, freedom of beliefs, freedom to privacy, even freedom to wear colors other than the standard silver and white of the mandatory KaneCo unitard. Kane controls every aspect of his citizens' lives right down to the food they eat (bland nutrition cubes). If it isn't KaneCo approved, it isn't allowed. This includes forms of personal transportation that might give Deluxians even the slightest illusion of independence. Kane has a serious beef with cars. He hates them as much as he hates Motorcity.
However, the world Kane tried to sweep out of sight beneath Deluxe is still home to a large population of citizens who refuse to give up their freedom even if it means living poor, in the dark and at the daily risk of Kane's attacks. It's also home to the Burners, a small rebel car gang led by ex-KaneCo commander, Mike Chilton. With the help of his fellow Burners, Chuck, Julie, Dutch and Texas, Mike has made it the Burners' responsibility to protect Motorcity and show the people of Deluxe who Kane really is. When they aren't fighting Kane's bots or transporting refugees seeking freedom from Deluxe, the Burners have their hands full with other threats coming from within Motorcity itself: rival car gangs, the chaotic Duke of Detroit, the mutinous bioterrorist Terra Dwellers and Mike's mysterious nemesis, Red.
Entwined in all of this is Texas' personal history, which remains a mystery to this day up to and including his real name. The only solid evidence of background info we're given is that Texas has lived in Motorcity for the entirety of his life and has been a Burner for about a year. He has two living parents, both of which are talented and intelligent people (nothing at all like the son they produced), as well as a living and very fit grandmother. They presumably live in Motorcity as well.
As a Burner, Texas spends his days driving around at ridiculous speeds in his car fighting Kane and doing good-guy hero stuff with his gang. Cars are his life and he knows how to build and repair them after having done so over and over after totaling his car or helping his friends rebuild theirs. Aside from cars, it's clear from his appearance that Texas spends considerable time body-building and is proud of his muscular physique (which he will gladly show off for anyone, male or female.) His other hobbies include watching movies, waxing his car, mini-car racing, playing video games, boxing, eating voraciously, being a stupid teenager, yelling loudly, practicing fight moves and pretending to be a martial artist. He may not be a true expert in martial arts but he's agile and has some effective kicks and punches.
Personality:
Just to be clear, Texas has never been to the state of Texas in his life and he knows virtually nothing about it. He gave himself the alias because he thinks it's the biggest state in the USA and being BIG is what Texas is all about. At 5'8" he isn't exactly large in stature (he's the shortest dude in the gang) but his personality packs a huge punch. Texas will be the first person to tell you that he's AWESOME then proceed to flex his muscles and blow you away with his ridiculous ego. Naturally, he's the dumb muscle and main source of comedy on his team but for a moron he's pretty complex.
When it comes to expressing himself, Texas exercises very little self control. If he's feeling a strong emotion, the whole world will know it. He's physically and aggressively expressive, sometimes to the point of violence. When Mike goes missing in an artificially generated blizzard and the Burners fail to find him, Texas picks up a table and smashes it to splinters in a fit of frustration, then drops to his knees with tears gushing from his eyes. However, his usual demeanor is upbeat, obnoxiously energetic and confident to the point of recklessness. He's not especially quick to anger unless you know what buttons to push, and most insults tend to roll off his shoulders. Insult his friends though and he'll get genuinely pissed. Despite some "macho" behavior, Texas is hardly ashamed of expressing his feelings. He's the only character openly moved to tears when his friends do something thoughtful for him and he's also the only character to have hugged all of his friends at least once through the course of the (short) series. He's unabashedly affectionate toward his friends and is a known hugger and invader of personal space.
Texas has a wildly vivid imagination but lacks artistic/writing skill so he finds an outlet for his creative energy by dumping it all over anyone who will listen to his theatrical tellings of completely absurd ideas. Getting carried away with his imagination is a daily occurrence and it is often accompanied with a hefty helping of fantasy wish-fulfillment. The longer he talks, the more animated he gets and if no one intervenes, it will end with Texas karate-chopping to pieces everything you hold dear. He doesn't mean to be destructive, he just gets excited and things happen and stuff starts breaking.
Mike is widely known as the leader of the Burners, which Texas accepts, but he still considers himself the "other leader of the Burners" and, on more than one occasion, has ignored or outright defied Mike's orders. While he may come off as a stubborn jerk sometimes, it's that defiance that led him to become a rebel in the first place; he's not afraid to aggressively pursue what he thinks is right no matter who or what tries to stand in his way. He has some potential to be a leader as demonstrated when he helps the Terra Dwellers organize an attack against Kane. More often, he's in need of guidance and will usually accept it when the holes in his ideas are explained to him. This is where Mike's patience and levelheaded negotiation pays off in keeping Texas from constantly getting himself ballsdeep in trouble.
He's brave, and stupidly so. When captured by Kane, Texas shows no fear, not even in the face of almost certain torture. He places every ounce of faith in his fellow Burners to come to his rescue or he simply doesn't care about his own safety. After being caught infiltrating another gang's turf, he and Mike narrowly escape gunfire and explosions. While Mike looks appropriately concerned as he runs for his life, Texas is wearing a big ol' smile as if this is the type of thing he lives and breathes for. Explosions and Kanebots firing laser cannons at his head don't faze him in the slightest. He lives his life as if he's the big damn hero of his own b-rated action adventure film. Like all Motorcitizens, he's lived a rough life growing up with the constant threat of attacks from above and became accustomed to violence and danger. He isn't jaded—it's more like he's found a coping mechanism that works for him and lets him have fun and stay positive.
But if there is one thing Texas does fear, it's failure. Specifically, failure to prove to himself (and his peers) how AWESOME he is at things he thinks he should be able to accomplish. When challenged to an annual robot rodeo by a rival gang, Texas charges into it hoping to redeem himself after years of failure and ridicule in past competitions. Unable to rope a single robot along with losing the Burners' valuable bot-friend, R.O.T.H., to settle a debt, he lets down his friends and makes a huge mess of things. It isn't until he sets aside his ego and instead focuses on saving a friend that he's able to succeed. He enters the competition again and performs spectacularly, winning every round except the finale, which he chooses to lose in order to steal R.O.T.H. back for the Burners. It all comes down to proof that Texas has the capacity to overcome failure where it really counts, and what really counts are his friends.
Texas has a burning desire to be important, respected and appreciated. It's no secret that he wants to be the leader of the Burners and constantly exaggerates his own abilities to look more AWESOME. In his own retelling of past events faced by the Burners, Texas makes himself the hero who leads the Burners to victory with his brilliant ideas and his entirely non-existent superpowers. It's not hard to imagine that Texas harbors deep-seated feelings of personal inadequacy for which he overcompensates by acting overly confident. He wants to be useful and make valuable contributions to his team but when his ideas are repeatedly shot down, he can be more than a little sensitive about it. After first meeting the Terra Dwellers, an isolated group of Motorcitizens whose homes became a dumping site for toxic chemicals, Texas jumps at the chance to help them seek revenge on Kane and is ecstatic when they actually put his ideas to use (until he finds out they're evil and drops it like it's hot.)
All of the other Burners are amazingly talented people in their own ways who use their skills to protect Motorcity. Understandably, it's easy to feel inadequate around them, especially when you're Texas and you're not very bright and you have no exceptional skills worth noting. While he doesn't harbor resentment toward his friends, Texas is certainly a huge attention-seeker. Even his speech patterns reflect a longing for acknowledgment: he thinks speaking in 3rd person will make him sound (or at least feel) more important and his speech patterns frequently alternate between 3rd and 1st person. It's just another way of trying to draw attention to himself.
While it's true he's had his incredibly dense moments, like when he mistook a hallucinogenic smoke bomb for Halloween candy and ate it, he's also had moments of sheer brilliance. Sometimes he knows exactly what to say to help a friend out of their funk or put two and two together to fix a mistake he's made. When captured and interrogated by Kane for intel about the Burners, Texas recounts (the entire season) every challenge the Burners overcame and all without giving away a single detail that might benefit Kane. Texas is capable of being clever when he needs to be, though he vastly prefers to use might over mind. It's suggested that he's academically challenged and may be dyslexic. Mostly he just lacks the patience and the interest to focus on things unless it's something he's passionate about.
This app seems to focus more heavily on his flaws so before I wrap it up, I think it’s worth pointing out that Texas is a hero at heart and always has good intentions in mind. It's in his nature to help and protect the innocent and he risks his life almost daily to do that. He has a strong sense of right and wrong and when he fights for what he believes in, he fights hard and does not give up. Eager to help out however he can, his efforts are unwarranted and sometimes unwanted, like when he steals his buddy's wrench and slaps a burger in his hand because he thinks he should eat something. Or when he brings home a beat up old truck so his friend can fix it up and use it for his business. It doesn't always happen but now and then, Texas does have a really good idea.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
aggressive (not just violent but generally forceful and energetic when conveying emotions)
headstrong
show-off
reckless
confident
imaginative
dense (just a little...)
strong
brave
outgoing
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? FITS, please!
Opt-Outs: Faerie, Nymph, Harpy, Naga, Arachne
Roleplay Sample:
UNO | DOS
Name: Lindsay
Contact: PM or Disasterkins on plurk
Other Characters: N/A
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Texas (no real name given)
Age: 18
Canon: Disney's Motorcity
Canon Point: about a month post-finale
Character Information: Wikipedia is useless so I'll provide you with some context:
In the year 2160, thereabouts, the good ol' US of A isn't as free as it used to be. We don't know why or how but totalitarianism is alive and kicking in Detroit, Michigan. Abraham Kane rules unopposed thanks to his use (or abuse) of technology to beat (or buy) all opposition into submission in order to build his own idealized utopian city, Detroit Deluxe, upon the ruins of old Detroit, redubbed Motorcity. Outside the metropolis bubble of safety lies a barren, post-apocalyptic wasteland. But the "safety and security" of living in clean, futuristic Deluxe comes at a price. That price is freedom: freedom of self expression, freedom of beliefs, freedom to privacy, even freedom to wear colors other than the standard silver and white of the mandatory KaneCo unitard. Kane controls every aspect of his citizens' lives right down to the food they eat (bland nutrition cubes). If it isn't KaneCo approved, it isn't allowed. This includes forms of personal transportation that might give Deluxians even the slightest illusion of independence. Kane has a serious beef with cars. He hates them as much as he hates Motorcity.
However, the world Kane tried to sweep out of sight beneath Deluxe is still home to a large population of citizens who refuse to give up their freedom even if it means living poor, in the dark and at the daily risk of Kane's attacks. It's also home to the Burners, a small rebel car gang led by ex-KaneCo commander, Mike Chilton. With the help of his fellow Burners, Chuck, Julie, Dutch and Texas, Mike has made it the Burners' responsibility to protect Motorcity and show the people of Deluxe who Kane really is. When they aren't fighting Kane's bots or transporting refugees seeking freedom from Deluxe, the Burners have their hands full with other threats coming from within Motorcity itself: rival car gangs, the chaotic Duke of Detroit, the mutinous bioterrorist Terra Dwellers and Mike's mysterious nemesis, Red.
Entwined in all of this is Texas' personal history, which remains a mystery to this day up to and including his real name. The only solid evidence of background info we're given is that Texas has lived in Motorcity for the entirety of his life and has been a Burner for about a year. He has two living parents, both of which are talented and intelligent people (nothing at all like the son they produced), as well as a living and very fit grandmother. They presumably live in Motorcity as well.
As a Burner, Texas spends his days driving around at ridiculous speeds in his car fighting Kane and doing good-guy hero stuff with his gang. Cars are his life and he knows how to build and repair them after having done so over and over after totaling his car or helping his friends rebuild theirs. Aside from cars, it's clear from his appearance that Texas spends considerable time body-building and is proud of his muscular physique (which he will gladly show off for anyone, male or female.) His other hobbies include watching movies, waxing his car, mini-car racing, playing video games, boxing, eating voraciously, being a stupid teenager, yelling loudly, practicing fight moves and pretending to be a martial artist. He may not be a true expert in martial arts but he's agile and has some effective kicks and punches.
Personality:
Just to be clear, Texas has never been to the state of Texas in his life and he knows virtually nothing about it. He gave himself the alias because he thinks it's the biggest state in the USA and being BIG is what Texas is all about. At 5'8" he isn't exactly large in stature (he's the shortest dude in the gang) but his personality packs a huge punch. Texas will be the first person to tell you that he's AWESOME then proceed to flex his muscles and blow you away with his ridiculous ego. Naturally, he's the dumb muscle and main source of comedy on his team but for a moron he's pretty complex.
When it comes to expressing himself, Texas exercises very little self control. If he's feeling a strong emotion, the whole world will know it. He's physically and aggressively expressive, sometimes to the point of violence. When Mike goes missing in an artificially generated blizzard and the Burners fail to find him, Texas picks up a table and smashes it to splinters in a fit of frustration, then drops to his knees with tears gushing from his eyes. However, his usual demeanor is upbeat, obnoxiously energetic and confident to the point of recklessness. He's not especially quick to anger unless you know what buttons to push, and most insults tend to roll off his shoulders. Insult his friends though and he'll get genuinely pissed. Despite some "macho" behavior, Texas is hardly ashamed of expressing his feelings. He's the only character openly moved to tears when his friends do something thoughtful for him and he's also the only character to have hugged all of his friends at least once through the course of the (short) series. He's unabashedly affectionate toward his friends and is a known hugger and invader of personal space.
Texas has a wildly vivid imagination but lacks artistic/writing skill so he finds an outlet for his creative energy by dumping it all over anyone who will listen to his theatrical tellings of completely absurd ideas. Getting carried away with his imagination is a daily occurrence and it is often accompanied with a hefty helping of fantasy wish-fulfillment. The longer he talks, the more animated he gets and if no one intervenes, it will end with Texas karate-chopping to pieces everything you hold dear. He doesn't mean to be destructive, he just gets excited and things happen and stuff starts breaking.
Mike is widely known as the leader of the Burners, which Texas accepts, but he still considers himself the "other leader of the Burners" and, on more than one occasion, has ignored or outright defied Mike's orders. While he may come off as a stubborn jerk sometimes, it's that defiance that led him to become a rebel in the first place; he's not afraid to aggressively pursue what he thinks is right no matter who or what tries to stand in his way. He has some potential to be a leader as demonstrated when he helps the Terra Dwellers organize an attack against Kane. More often, he's in need of guidance and will usually accept it when the holes in his ideas are explained to him. This is where Mike's patience and levelheaded negotiation pays off in keeping Texas from constantly getting himself ballsdeep in trouble.
He's brave, and stupidly so. When captured by Kane, Texas shows no fear, not even in the face of almost certain torture. He places every ounce of faith in his fellow Burners to come to his rescue or he simply doesn't care about his own safety. After being caught infiltrating another gang's turf, he and Mike narrowly escape gunfire and explosions. While Mike looks appropriately concerned as he runs for his life, Texas is wearing a big ol' smile as if this is the type of thing he lives and breathes for. Explosions and Kanebots firing laser cannons at his head don't faze him in the slightest. He lives his life as if he's the big damn hero of his own b-rated action adventure film. Like all Motorcitizens, he's lived a rough life growing up with the constant threat of attacks from above and became accustomed to violence and danger. He isn't jaded—it's more like he's found a coping mechanism that works for him and lets him have fun and stay positive.
But if there is one thing Texas does fear, it's failure. Specifically, failure to prove to himself (and his peers) how AWESOME he is at things he thinks he should be able to accomplish. When challenged to an annual robot rodeo by a rival gang, Texas charges into it hoping to redeem himself after years of failure and ridicule in past competitions. Unable to rope a single robot along with losing the Burners' valuable bot-friend, R.O.T.H., to settle a debt, he lets down his friends and makes a huge mess of things. It isn't until he sets aside his ego and instead focuses on saving a friend that he's able to succeed. He enters the competition again and performs spectacularly, winning every round except the finale, which he chooses to lose in order to steal R.O.T.H. back for the Burners. It all comes down to proof that Texas has the capacity to overcome failure where it really counts, and what really counts are his friends.
Texas has a burning desire to be important, respected and appreciated. It's no secret that he wants to be the leader of the Burners and constantly exaggerates his own abilities to look more AWESOME. In his own retelling of past events faced by the Burners, Texas makes himself the hero who leads the Burners to victory with his brilliant ideas and his entirely non-existent superpowers. It's not hard to imagine that Texas harbors deep-seated feelings of personal inadequacy for which he overcompensates by acting overly confident. He wants to be useful and make valuable contributions to his team but when his ideas are repeatedly shot down, he can be more than a little sensitive about it. After first meeting the Terra Dwellers, an isolated group of Motorcitizens whose homes became a dumping site for toxic chemicals, Texas jumps at the chance to help them seek revenge on Kane and is ecstatic when they actually put his ideas to use (until he finds out they're evil and drops it like it's hot.)
All of the other Burners are amazingly talented people in their own ways who use their skills to protect Motorcity. Understandably, it's easy to feel inadequate around them, especially when you're Texas and you're not very bright and you have no exceptional skills worth noting. While he doesn't harbor resentment toward his friends, Texas is certainly a huge attention-seeker. Even his speech patterns reflect a longing for acknowledgment: he thinks speaking in 3rd person will make him sound (or at least feel) more important and his speech patterns frequently alternate between 3rd and 1st person. It's just another way of trying to draw attention to himself.
While it's true he's had his incredibly dense moments, like when he mistook a hallucinogenic smoke bomb for Halloween candy and ate it, he's also had moments of sheer brilliance. Sometimes he knows exactly what to say to help a friend out of their funk or put two and two together to fix a mistake he's made. When captured and interrogated by Kane for intel about the Burners, Texas recounts (the entire season) every challenge the Burners overcame and all without giving away a single detail that might benefit Kane. Texas is capable of being clever when he needs to be, though he vastly prefers to use might over mind. It's suggested that he's academically challenged and may be dyslexic. Mostly he just lacks the patience and the interest to focus on things unless it's something he's passionate about.
This app seems to focus more heavily on his flaws so before I wrap it up, I think it’s worth pointing out that Texas is a hero at heart and always has good intentions in mind. It's in his nature to help and protect the innocent and he risks his life almost daily to do that. He has a strong sense of right and wrong and when he fights for what he believes in, he fights hard and does not give up. Eager to help out however he can, his efforts are unwarranted and sometimes unwanted, like when he steals his buddy's wrench and slaps a burger in his hand because he thinks he should eat something. Or when he brings home a beat up old truck so his friend can fix it up and use it for his business. It doesn't always happen but now and then, Texas does have a really good idea.
5-10 Key Character Traits:
aggressive (not just violent but generally forceful and energetic when conveying emotions)
headstrong
show-off
reckless
confident
imaginative
dense (just a little...)
strong
brave
outgoing
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, or EITHER? FITS, please!
Opt-Outs: Faerie, Nymph, Harpy, Naga, Arachne
Roleplay Sample:
UNO | DOS