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Jeremy Gilbert | The Vampire Diaries | Unreserved
Name: Shia
Age: 26
Contact Info:
Other Characters: N/A
Character Information
Name: Jeremy Gilbert
Canon: The Vampire Diaries
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Canon Point: 6x22 I'm Thinking of You All the While
Background Link: Here
Inventory:
- 1 Outfit (Jeans, T-Shirt, Leather Jacket, Socks, Boots), Worn
- 1 Ring, Worn (has the ability to bring a non-supernatural creature, i.e. a human, back to life if they were killed by supernatural means -- but Jeremy is considered supernatural and the ring is stripped of its powers anyway so it's just a family heirloom at this point)
- 2 small-ish Duffel Bags (wallet with identification, a few changes of clothes, tennis shoes, vervain, 1 vial of wolfsbane, art supplies, toiletries, a flashlight, water bottle/canteen, travel-sized pillow, deck of cards, cellphone, med kit, tool/repair kit, sewing kit, pocket chainsaw, tactical grip gloves, some snacks, a hobo/swiss army knife, lighter, matches, a pack of hand-rolled joints hidden in a regular cigarette box, a couple of books/magazines, sunglasses, chewing gum, a kendama he picked up somewhere for shits and giggles, a leather journal/notebook, and chapstick) a.k.a. most of his worldly possessions which I've extrapolated based on his canon point and what he's presumably been doing which is being a traveling vampire hunter.
If the hobo/swiss army knife, pocket chainsaw, or anything else in his inventory counts as a weapon then feel free to confiscate it!
- 1 bus ticket
Personality:
Jeremy has matured significantly over the course of the last several years from when we're first introduced to him as Elena's brooding younger teenaged brother. Now he's a grown man in his own right, who is more than capable of making his own decisions and striking it out on his own for the first time. He lets Elena operate under the assumption that he is going to art school in Santa Fe rather than cause her unnecessary anxiety over the truth which is that he's accepted his destiny as a hunter. It's interesting to see this exchange of roles as Elena is usually the one hiding information from him with the excuse that it's for his own good and protection. Secrecy is very much a part of the culture Jeremy's had to adopt and while he used to find no good excuse for the truth being withheld from him, it seems that he's slowly been indoctrinated into that way of thinking himself.
Even before being gifted with his own set of supernatural powers to help level the playing field, Jeremy has always been exceptionally brave. He's put his life on the line a number of times for the greater good and fear has never stopped him from doing what he perceives to be the right thing.
Jeremy is also incredibly smart although he has a history of struggling in school. But even then, when he's pushed by people with a vested interest in his success, he's been shown to rise to the occasion. Generally speaking however, he is very streetwise. As a younger teenager he was always chasing after the attention of Vicki Donovan, who was known to run with a rougher crowd and was a bit of a delinquent herself. Therefore, he had exposure to a lifestyle that his family wasn't necessarily in approval of. It's implied that Jeremy began casually using drugs both to cope with the death of his parents and as a means of connecting with Vicki (they would get high together and have sex). However, at the end of the day Jeremy didn't struggle long-term with addiction and seemed after awhile to want to help Vicki with hers, although he is still occasionally shown to smoke marijuana on a recreational basis.
However, just because he's grown past a lot of his pain and heartbreak doesn't mean that it's something he's ever really forgotten. Even when Damon literally compelled away his memories, he still struggled with feeling empty and alone all the time. He's never really been shown to have a lot of friends and the overwhelming majority of the friends that he does have are Elena's friends first and foremost. When he dies and comes back to life, he has to invent a pretty outrageous story about faking his own death in order to re-integrate into Mystic Falls society. However, his transition back to high school is not a smooth one whatsoever as he ends up getting bullied by some of his peers.
Becoming a Hunter has given Jeremy a lot of power and purpose that he was previously lacking which is presumably why he decides to continue this way of life in spite of how dangerous it is. He has very protective instincts as well as a lot of willpower to be able to overcome the hardwired hatred of vampires that those in the Brotherhood of the Five apparently feel. And although he makes bad and/or selfish decisions on occasion like anyone else, he is shown to have one of the strongest moral compasses on the show as he's much less willing than his sister or the Salvatore brothers to play hard and fast with other people's lives. Which is probably at least in part because he's had his own self-agency ripped away on so many occasions that it's not something he likes to see happening to others if he can help it. By the same token, he appears to heavily struggle with guilt when others are hurt -- however indirectly or unintentionally -- because of him. The fact that Bonnie essentially gave up her own life so he could return is something that he's never been okay with... Despite the fact that if their situations were reversed then he would have undoubtedly made the same choice to save her.
All in all, Jeremy is fairly relaxed and easy to get along with due to his very down-to-earth upbringing. However, he still bears the burden of having been chronically exposed to trauma these last few years and as a result he can have some difficulty regulating his emotions. Occasionally, he still is known for lashing out with bursts of intense anger and aggression in response to stressful or otherwise difficult situations.
Flavor Abilities:
Jeremy has tattoos that are only visible to other members of the Brotherhood of the Five. But they've already served their purpose in canon as a road map to the (single-dose) cure for vampirism.
Suitability: Jeremy first became immersed into the world of the supernatural at the tender age of 15. He's experienced tremendous amounts of grief and loss over the next several years as a result. Not to mention he's died and been brought back to life on more than one occasion himself. Thus, one thing is clear -- he's a born survivor, even in the face of some very incredible odds. That kind of tenacity will likely serve him well in Norfinbury. Not to mention, he eventually leaves his hometown to become a traveling vampire hunter. Thus, this won't be the first time he's been pushed outside of his comfort zone and needed to quickly adapt to new and dangerous situations. It will be interesting to explore that side of him more in-depth since his leaving Mystic Falls marked his departure from the show altogether.
RP Samples:
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ACCEPTED, NOTE
This house has collapsed, but some miracle of coincidence has led to it to collapse around an intact wall with an intact door, forming a single very dark sealed room to stay in overnight if you wish. The inside is covered in dust, debris, and rusting nails, of course, and there's no light inside that you don't bring in yourself, with not even a single window remaining (though there's broken glass implying some must have existed), but it's better than being outside.
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NOTE: Jeremy cannot have the med kit, pocket chainsaw, swiss army knife, snacks, joints, gum, pillow, or extra outfits. He can have either the matches or the lighter, and either the tool kit or the sewing kit, but not both.
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This is the journal I'll be using for him.