Name: Aave Age: 24 Contact Info:aaveolio Other Characters: None!
Character Information
Name: Jay Merrick Canon: Marble Hornets Age: 28 Gender: Male Canon Point: Entry #80, right before being taken by the Operator Background Link:Here! Inventory: -clothes (hoodie, jeans, sneakers, hat) -kitchen knife -small compact mirror -petroleum jelly -comb -framed photo of small boy riding a horse -large backpack -child's umbrella -child's drawing of shadowy figures surrounding a small crouched figure -blanket full of holes -two unused taper candles -yellow fitted sheet (twin-sized)
Personality: Jay's driving force is his curiosity and inquisitiveness. When he's faced with questions, he wants to dig out the answers no matter how long it might take. Even when the answers turn out to be nasty and dangerous, as they often do during his investigations, he keeps wanting to uncover the truth and share it with the world. There's something almost obsessive to his stubbornness; it goes past the point of determination and reaches unhealthy, unreasonable levels. Indeed, Jay's search for the truth is what eventually creates a rift in his friendship with Tim, beginning the chain of events that leads to his death.
Unfortunately, he's not a very good investigator. He can be very naive and doesn't have an especially good sense of judgement, which often leads him to make terrible decisions that put himself and others in danger. He also tends to be very trusting of others, even when he knows he shouldn't be. It's not that he doesn't know that he's putting himself in potentially dangerous situations, he simply wants to believe the best of others to the very end. This is especially obvious in his interactions with Alex; despite seeing him acting aggressively and otherwise suspiciously, even after receiving evidence that he'd committed murder before, Jay continues doing things like following Alex into secluded woods. He simply does not want to think that someone he considers a friend would actually betray him.
That is because, simply put, Jay is a good person. He cares about others. He's highly empathetic and hates seeing people in distress. Of course, quite often that distress is unintentionally caused by his own thoughtless actions and social awkwardness, but he tries. When he makes mistakes, he endeavours to fix hem, even if he's not very good at it. And most importantly, he never hesitates for a second to run to the help of someone who needs it. He'll risk his life without a second thought even for someone he barely even knows; he only spoke with Jessica a couple of twice and didn't even know if she was alive or dead, but dedicated years to looking for her simply because he might be able to help her.
Though his courage does largely stem from truly selfless altruism, he does also have an unconscious desire to be recognised for his actions. He has a background in film studies and has the idea of the heroic movie protagonist deeply steeped in his brain. Though he knows perfectly well that in real life there's no hero who defeats the villains and saves the day for everyone, and that he certainly wouldn't fit that role anyway, deep inside he still harbours the desire to be the protagonist of his story. Even if he can't be a real hero, he wants to be important and do important things. The one time he reminisces about his life before the Operator, he implies that he feels all the danger and terror is worth it because at least now he's "doing something".
Regardless, there's no doubt that the changes in his life have been almost exclusively for the worse. He might have been directionless and somewhat unpopular before, but he still had friends and a normal life. After years of running and hiding from supernatural forces and semi-human stalkers, Jay's become a paranoid wreck barely capable of normal social interaction. He's so used to obsessively filming everything and assuming that he's being followed that his behaviour doesn't even register as strange to him. Though he retains his trusting and empathetic nature, it's tempered by cynicism and weariness.
Flavor Abilities: None! He's just a normal human nerd with normal human nerd abilities.
Suitability: Jay has spent the last five or so years of his life investigating paranormal happenings while running from people and things that want him harm. That's gained him fairly good survival skills to balance out his intense lack of self-preservation instinct. That should do him some good in Snowblind, at least until cabin fever starts to kick in.
Speaking of which, as the symptoms of cabin fever happen to be very similar to ones caused by the Operator's influence, Jay will find them extremely unnerving and be worried that the Operator is still after him. He'll be stressed and paranoid, but still willing to work with others because that's just his nature.
Jay Merrick | Marble Hornets (Re-app)
Name: Aave
Age: 24
Contact Info:
Other Characters: None!
Character Information
Name: Jay Merrick
Canon: Marble Hornets
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Entry #80, right before being taken by the Operator
Background Link: Here!
Inventory:
-clothes (hoodie, jeans, sneakers, hat)
-kitchen knife
-small compact mirror
-petroleum jelly
-comb
-framed photo of small boy riding a horse
-large backpack
-child's umbrella
-child's drawing of shadowy figures surrounding a small crouched figure
-blanket full of holes
-two unused taper candles
-yellow fitted sheet (twin-sized)
Personality:
Jay's driving force is his curiosity and inquisitiveness. When he's faced with questions, he wants to dig out the answers no matter how long it might take. Even when the answers turn out to be nasty and dangerous, as they often do during his investigations, he keeps wanting to uncover the truth and share it with the world. There's something almost obsessive to his stubbornness; it goes past the point of determination and reaches unhealthy, unreasonable levels. Indeed, Jay's search for the truth is what eventually creates a rift in his friendship with Tim, beginning the chain of events that leads to his death.
Unfortunately, he's not a very good investigator. He can be very naive and doesn't have an especially good sense of judgement, which often leads him to make terrible decisions that put himself and others in danger. He also tends to be very trusting of others, even when he knows he shouldn't be. It's not that he doesn't know that he's putting himself in potentially dangerous situations, he simply wants to believe the best of others to the very end. This is especially obvious in his interactions with Alex; despite seeing him acting aggressively and otherwise suspiciously, even after receiving evidence that he'd committed murder before, Jay continues doing things like following Alex into secluded woods. He simply does not want to think that someone he considers a friend would actually betray him.
That is because, simply put, Jay is a good person. He cares about others. He's highly empathetic and hates seeing people in distress. Of course, quite often that distress is unintentionally caused by his own thoughtless actions and social awkwardness, but he tries. When he makes mistakes, he endeavours to fix hem, even if he's not very good at it. And most importantly, he never hesitates for a second to run to the help of someone who needs it. He'll risk his life without a second thought even for someone he barely even knows; he only spoke with Jessica a couple of twice and didn't even know if she was alive or dead, but dedicated years to looking for her simply because he might be able to help her.
Though his courage does largely stem from truly selfless altruism, he does also have an unconscious desire to be recognised for his actions. He has a background in film studies and has the idea of the heroic movie protagonist deeply steeped in his brain. Though he knows perfectly well that in real life there's no hero who defeats the villains and saves the day for everyone, and that he certainly wouldn't fit that role anyway, deep inside he still harbours the desire to be the protagonist of his story. Even if he can't be a real hero, he wants to be important and do important things. The one time he reminisces about his life before the Operator, he implies that he feels all the danger and terror is worth it because at least now he's "doing something".
Regardless, there's no doubt that the changes in his life have been almost exclusively for the worse. He might have been directionless and somewhat unpopular before, but he still had friends and a normal life. After years of running and hiding from supernatural forces and semi-human stalkers, Jay's become a paranoid wreck barely capable of normal social interaction. He's so used to obsessively filming everything and assuming that he's being followed that his behaviour doesn't even register as strange to him. Though he retains his trusting and empathetic nature, it's tempered by cynicism and weariness.
Flavor Abilities: None! He's just a normal human nerd with normal human nerd abilities.
Suitability: Jay has spent the last five or so years of his life investigating paranormal happenings while running from people and things that want him harm. That's gained him fairly good survival skills to balance out his intense lack of self-preservation instinct. That should do him some good in Snowblind, at least until cabin fever starts to kick in.
Speaking of which, as the symptoms of cabin fever happen to be very similar to ones caused by the Operator's influence, Jay will find them extremely unnerving and be worried that the Operator is still after him. He'll be stressed and paranoid, but still willing to work with others because that's just his nature.
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