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snowblindmods) wrote2015-04-06 10:43 pm
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Rocket Raccoon | GotG2
Name: Spencer
Age: Late 20s
Contact Info: PM this journal, or Plurk me
Other Characters: N/A
Character Information
Name: 89P13 (or as he decided: Rocket)
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe: Guardians of the Galaxy
Age: Unknown
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Post GotG Vol. 2
Background Link: MCU Wikia
Inventory:
I'm more than happy for any (and if needed, all) of the tech items to be surprisingly non-functional upon arrival. Though, Rocket will die a little that he can't figure out why.
- 1 x Leather shirt and pants, with an opening for his tail
- 1 x Leather tool belt with an empty small pouch and no tools
- 2 x Aero-Rigs, small thick disks Rocket invented, which basically turns into an expandable jetpack that gives a user the ability to fly
- 1 x Holographic Space Suit, which encases the wearer in a hologram-like suit that protects them from the void of space, and gives limited time breathable air, a commonly used item in the Guardians universe
- 1 x Gravity Mine, another Rocket invention that pulses into the ground and disables gravity for a while (he definitely used this as a weapon to raise people up high and then let them fall to the ground)
- 1 x Emergency Shield, when activated it provides a force field around Rocket briefly, preventing him from being say, crushed by large gods and their planetary tentacles
- 1 x Sladon, which repairs metal on a molecular level, and returns it back to it's original strength and shape. Rocket used this to fix the hull of Peter Quill's ship, the Milano, and this tool definitely can't work in Snowblind, but I'd still love for him to have a useless version of it.
Personality:
"Ain't nothin' like me, 'cept me."
Rocket is bitter about too many things in his life, and it all starts with the very beginning: how he was made. The scientists who gave him self-awareness, language, and hell, even his special abilities, were looking for a shortcut — a cheap way out of a situation they didn't want to be in — and their experiments left Rocket with scars he can never be rid of, and technology inside his body that he can never rip out.
He knows that he was a means to an end. That his life meant nothing to the humans that created him, and that if he was a failure, they would have just as soon chucked him out with the rest of the garbage.
He also knows that because they were successful, he lives as an anomaly. Never in his life has Rocket seen another creature like himself, which means that he's never met anyone who could relate to anything he's gone through. No one else feels as alone, as isolated, and as completely other as Rocket does. No one except maybe Groot, Rocket's best friend, and another creature who is the last of his kind. But in Rocket's view, at least Groot had a species to belong to. Even if Rocket meets another animal that looks like himself, he knows he's been morphed into something so different that he could never be one of them.
So yeah, on the inside, he's terrified. Which means he has to hide it. To shove that feeling down and use it to protect himself. Because he's convinced that he'll never be able to belong, Rocket has spent his entire life proving that he doesn't need to belong, or more specifically, that he doesn't need anyone.
Cue: "You like a professional asshole or what"
When it comes to friends, enemies, or anyone who isn't Groot, Rocket never lets go of the name-calling, the pushing away, the doing things to sabotage his friendships. Partially, it's because he doesn't believe that anyone other than Groot could think of him as a friend, and partially it's because he's protecting himself. He needs to be the biggest jerk, the biggest gun, and the king of the hill, so that people respect him, even if they won't ever accept him.
It isn't until risking his life with the Guardians — Groot, Peter, Drax, Gamora — that Rocket finally found family, and even then, his self-sabotage didn't stop. Rocket was dishing out snide remarks, family insults, and cheap shots based on people's appearances. But in an unexpected turn of events, it was Yondu, a Centaurian he'd never cared much about, who saw right through him and told him that they were one and the same. Yondu had joined a family and betrayed them, but in the end, when Yondu died trying to make up for his mistakes, his family forgave him.
It was that moment that changed something inside Rocket, and he finally was willing to accept that people who aren't family could become family. That despite the fighting, there could be forgiveness. That despite there being things they don't like about each other, they would never give up on each other.
Now, at this particular moment in his life, Rocket has grown — but markers of his past haven't been erased. Those feelings of bitterness and aloneness will forever be a presence in his life, and in Snowblind, whether or not he can survive will be based entirely on whether he can survive himself.
(Putting suitability next since I think it flows well with the personality section.)
Suitability:
In a way, Snowblind is exactly what Rocket expects the world to be like: isolating, harsh, unpredictable. And surviving in Snowblind requires all the things Rocket hates doing: working with others, communicating, and trusting people. His natural tendency to push others away might push him deep into the isolation (and cabin fever) aspects of the game, but on the flip side, the very realness of life and death here is a fantastic opportunity for Rocket to save others, or for others to save him — an act that makes him owe someone something, which will help him build connections in the game.
His natural bitterness and brazenness won't make him shy though (Rocket's laughing at the thought), and he'll flourish in events designed to drive a wedge between characters, or cause miscommunication between them.
At the end of the day though, what I'm looking forward to playing most is the constant push and pull of complex relationships. Things aren't going to be easy in Snowblind for my triangle faced monkey, but even as the environment and his own actions drive him down to his own nadir, I hope that somehow, finally, he'll be able to pulled back from it. I hope that in addition to all the negative CR that I'm sure he'll build, a few positive ones will be able to bring him back, and to show him in a real, longstanding way, that people could genuinely care about a thing like him.
Flavor Abilities:
Since Rocket isn't human, most of his flavor abilities involve being a similar creature to a raccoon. He can run faster on all fours, has a better sense of smell, can self-groom through licking (aren't you jealous already), and has claws that dig deeper than human nails.
Separately, due to the augmentations that have been forced onto him, Rocket is able to do things that would normally be difficult for small animals, but not humans. For example, he can hold heavy objects that humans can hold, walk like a human can walk, and can take a punch as easily (or not) as a human.
One of Rocket's biggest abilities though, is his engineering talent. I'm not sure to what extent he'll be able to use those here, but I'd love for him to actually be able to make things, even if they're small.
RP Samples:
- Sample #1: Murdertexts on the TDM
- Sample #2: How in the world is Rocket bonding
ACCEPTED, NOTE
A very small shop, yellow on the Geiger counter. The signs have long-since worn away, but going inside, it looks like they specialize in shoe repair! No wonder it's so small--nowadays, that's gotta be a niche market.
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NOTE: Rocket will not have his aero-rigs, gravity mine, emergency shield, or sladon. He can keep his space suit, but it will be nonfunctional (except as a snazzy outfit).
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