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APP: Marco // Route
Jan. 10th, 2011 04:30 pmPlayer
Name: Cassie
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tokyocentricity
E-mail: tokyocentricity@gmail
AIM/MSN: tokyocentricity (AIM)
Timezone: CST (GMT-6)
Current Characters in Route: Sebastian Michaelis, Quistis Trepe, Niou Masaharu.
Character
Name: Marco
Series: Animorphs
Timeline: Between books #28 and #29.
Canon Resource Links: Wiki! There is no Animorphs Wiki, sadly, but Wikipedia did a decent job.
Affiliation: Trainer.
Personality: At first brush, Marco seems to be a decent guy; a little annoying sometimes, always a joker, usually friendly. This isn't completely untrue. He's the kind of person who'd rather laugh than cry; he tries to joke about anything he can, even some things that shouldn't be joked about. In a lot of respects, he's a normal teenager: flirting with girls (and getting shot down), self-conscious about his height, only half-attentive in class. That part of him hasn't gone away, but it's been relegated to the backseat in the last year.
Since the war started, other aspects of Marco's personality, some less pleasant than others, have come to surface. He's pragmatic, highly intelligent, with the ability to see from Point A to Point B, disregarding moral or ethical complications. When the need arises, he can be perfectly ruthless, willing to make the small sacrifices, however personal, in favour of the bigger picture. He finds himself growing more impassive, more violent, more willing to do what has to be done, regardless of the consequences, with every battle he and his friends fight.
That said, it's not as though the war has turned him into a bad person. He still cares for his family and friends deeply; he's even inclined, at times, to put them before the 'greater good,' or at least to try. The fact that he can ignore moral conflicts doesn't mean that he always does. He's quite capable of factoring in the morality of a situation and strategizing around it. The things that the war has illuminated in him aren't exactly things he's comfortable with, but he's learning to accept them, because they are a part of him, and they're not going away.
Strengths:
— Highly intelligent; strategic mind.
— Capable of being merciless when necessary.
— Able to find humour in most situations.
— Really cute. (Or so he says.)
Weaknesses:
— Ants give him the heebie-jeebies. (Yes, really.)
— His mother. (This isn't a joke.)
— Tends to give in to violence when seriously angered.
Pokemon
Starter: Rhyhorn.
Password: Deviled eggs!
Samples
(Please note that both samples must take place in Route_29’s setting.)
First Person Sample:
Third Person Sample: The minimum is 300 words. Please note that what we are looking for is an inner working into the character’s thoughts and actions, and not something that could be taken as a fanfic. You may use other characters to bounce your characters actions off of, but everything should still be from their point of view.
Name: Cassie
Livejournal Username:
tokyocentricityE-mail: tokyocentricity@gmail
AIM/MSN: tokyocentricity (AIM)
Timezone: CST (GMT-6)
Current Characters in Route: Sebastian Michaelis, Quistis Trepe, Niou Masaharu.
Character
Name: Marco
Series: Animorphs
Timeline: Between books #28 and #29.
Canon Resource Links: Wiki! There is no Animorphs Wiki, sadly, but Wikipedia did a decent job.
Affiliation: Trainer.
Personality: At first brush, Marco seems to be a decent guy; a little annoying sometimes, always a joker, usually friendly. This isn't completely untrue. He's the kind of person who'd rather laugh than cry; he tries to joke about anything he can, even some things that shouldn't be joked about. In a lot of respects, he's a normal teenager: flirting with girls (and getting shot down), self-conscious about his height, only half-attentive in class. That part of him hasn't gone away, but it's been relegated to the backseat in the last year.
Since the war started, other aspects of Marco's personality, some less pleasant than others, have come to surface. He's pragmatic, highly intelligent, with the ability to see from Point A to Point B, disregarding moral or ethical complications. When the need arises, he can be perfectly ruthless, willing to make the small sacrifices, however personal, in favour of the bigger picture. He finds himself growing more impassive, more violent, more willing to do what has to be done, regardless of the consequences, with every battle he and his friends fight.
That said, it's not as though the war has turned him into a bad person. He still cares for his family and friends deeply; he's even inclined, at times, to put them before the 'greater good,' or at least to try. The fact that he can ignore moral conflicts doesn't mean that he always does. He's quite capable of factoring in the morality of a situation and strategizing around it. The things that the war has illuminated in him aren't exactly things he's comfortable with, but he's learning to accept them, because they are a part of him, and they're not going away.
Strengths:
— Highly intelligent; strategic mind.
— Capable of being merciless when necessary.
— Able to find humour in most situations.
— Really cute. (Or so he says.)
Weaknesses:
— Ants give him the heebie-jeebies. (Yes, really.)
— His mother. (This isn't a joke.)
— Tends to give in to violence when seriously angered.
Pokemon
Starter: Rhyhorn.
Password: Deviled eggs!
Samples
(Please note that both samples must take place in Route_29’s setting.)
First Person Sample:
Third Person Sample: The minimum is 300 words. Please note that what we are looking for is an inner working into the character’s thoughts and actions, and not something that could be taken as a fanfic. You may use other characters to bounce your characters actions off of, but everything should still be from their point of view.
