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newcombers2024-06-08 05:51 am
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Player Pronouns: she/her
Player Contact: PM or you can find me on
Player Interests: hello hello! i love writing, reading, music, language learning, video games, diy and cosplay, all things sci-fi, and the everchanging special interest of the month (right now it's trying to get into 3D printing)
Character Name: John Sheppard
Character Pronouns: he/him
Character Canon: Stargate: Atlantis
Intended Housing: Townhomes
Intended Position: Professor for Military Science (bad idea) and/or Aviation (good idea); Student of Mathematics
Summary of Character:
Imagine a guy who's part action hero, part wisecracking pilot, part secret nerd and part reluctant leader – that’s John Sheppard in a nutshell. Picture a guy with a laid-back attitude, a rebellious streak, and hair that always looks like he just rolled out of bed, even in the middle of an alien invasion. That's John.
He's a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, but isn't exactly a by-the-book guy. He'll bend or break the rules if it means doing the right thing - or what he thinks is the right thing and then he screws up half a galaxy shhh what - which often drives his superiors nuts. Because of a special gene that lets him use alien technology, John unexpectedly became part of the Atlantis expedition in the Pegasus Galaxy where he was catapulted into the role of military leader after he had to mercy kill his CO (Everyone on Earth disliked that.). He is fiercely loyal and quickly becomes the guy everyone looks to when things go sideways – which is pretty much all the time.
He's an expert pilot, capable of flying anything from helicopters to alien spacecraft. He's got an uncanny knack for finding trouble (or maybe it finds him), but he's also pretty good at getting out of it. He's a crack shot, quick thinker, and has the kind of luck that's either really good or really bad, depending on the day.
In that wake, he also struggles with bad decisions. So many bad decisions. They're all bad decisions. He's bad at this. Starting with the fact that John is the one who woke up the Wraith, their number one enemy (think space vampires that suck the life out of a person with their hand), every time something goes wrong in Pegasus or on Atlantis, it can often be traced back to him and his team. They screw up so much. But of course it's not their fault because they're the heroes.
John's usually pretty laid back, a bit flippant, charming, good at small talk and easy to get to know so I'm hoping he'll be out there meeting characters left and right very quickly. On a deeper level, his emotional walls are higher and it's hard for him to form connections. Once things become too real he might become awkward, emotionally stunted and helluva awkward because he's a disaster in this field. There's a lot of repression and he carries the weight of decisions that didn't go as planned, especially those that cost lives. He's driven by a massive guilt complex and self-loathing so bonus points if someone manages to get this boy some therapy.
Really looking forward to this game and y'all and throwing him at everybody!!
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