Aug. 11th, 2017 11:52 pm
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mastodonut↠ THE PLAYER
Name: Sera
Contact: draconicseraphim on plurk and DW
Over 18? further over than I care to admit most days
Other characters: None
↠ THE CHARACTER
Name | Alias: Zack Taylor
Journal:
Age: 17
Canon: Power Rangers (2017 movie)
Canon point: Post- AfterShock
History: Wiki
There is not currently a Wiki for the AfterShock graphic novel but this "review" breaks the entire plot down.
Personality:
At first blush Zack seems to just be your stereotypical teenage delinquent. He ignores authority figures, skips school, drinks, and pulls stupid reckless stunts without a care in the world for damage caused or who gets hurt, especially when that person is himself.
Zack accepted a long time ago that the future has no meaning. He lives every moment for the moment. It's not that he doesn't care about school he just doesn't expect to be around to use it so why should he go? There's a time limit on everyone and he has more important things to do with his time than go to school and learn things that have no practical application in his life. Probably, they never will.
A large part of the reason Zack is so reckless is because he honestly doesn't care if he lives or dies. Well, he kinda cares a little bit for now but if he's known for pulling stupid stunts no one will think twice when he does finally end up killing himself with it one of these days. The adrenaline rush is totally worth it too. It's fun and exhilirating and makes death a little less scary.
Because death is fucking terrifying.
His mother, the most important person in his world, is dying. She's going to die. He has to accept that, sure, but there's nothing saying he has to accept it gracefully. School doesn't matter because it's pretty much guaranteed that she won't be around to see him graduate. She is so important, so vital to his life that he doesn't even know how to conceptualize a future without her.
So he doesn't.
He ignores it, he runs away from it and avoids it and does stupid things so he doesn't have to think about what he'll do when she's gone because maybe he just won't be here when it happens. He can't face the reality of what that means so he hides up in the mountains at night because he's afraid of the moment when she finally stops breathing. He spends his days commiting general delinquency or working odd jobs under the table to pay for her medication.
The least he can do is make sure she stays as comfortable as she can be. Which is a core component of his personality that hasn't been hidden away under reckless bravado. Zack is a caretaker. He worries about his mom, about his friends, about the people that he considers his. He wants to help, he wants to look after them and feed them and make sure everyone has basic comforts.
Zack is a creature of passion and he feels everything with an intensity that is sometimes a little scary. He's an adrenaline junkie and he's reckless and loud but on the other side of that he's not afraid to feel, to give himself wholeheartedly to his friends and their cause with only a few days between them. He's not too proud to cry and he's not too proud to admit his failings. Even if sometimes it comes with a level of misdirected anger at the person who calls him out on it.
It's hard, emotionally draining, caring for an ill family member for even the best and most qualified of people. Zack is not the best or most qualified and his stupid adrenaline fueled stunts sometimes go too far but it's a release for him and he doesn't like admitting that he was in the wrong. Not until he's had time to come to terms with it himself.
Abilities and Nerfs:
As a normal kid Zack's skills primarily consist of cooking, some basic martial arts, a fair bit of first aid training/medical knowledge from caring for his mother, and speaking mandarin. Being bilingual totally counts.
As a power ranger things get way more interesting. He has built in armor that he can morph into at any time, at will. He has highly increased speed, strength, and stamina as well as superior healing abilities. There's some indication that the power coins would allow the rangers to do other things, such as manipulating elements (the whole melting half the lunch line scene) but that is unclear how it works or if it only works in conjunction with others.
His ability to morph is likely going to be severely limited being so far from his team and the morphing grid. I would like him to still have his power coin and a very limited elemental influence (primarily for temperature play to be honest).
Inventory:
Everything Zack has on him is his usual grungy Salvation Army attire. Jeans, t-shirt, sneakers. He has the dress jacket of his dad's old Air Force uniform and an assortment of jewelry that he never takes off (spinner ring for fidgeting, skull ring cause it's cool, dad's Air Force ring, long necklace with an "angel" wing that he wears for his mom). Wallet with a couple fake IDs and a sad three dollars to his name. And his power coin, of course. It's not like he's physically capable of leaving it behind.
Appearance: Classic Zack
Five Desires:
1. Fancy restaurant vouchers. Boy is trailer trash and the fanciest he's ever been able to afford is like... Applebees.
2. He's not so secretly sentimental so being able to buy nice things for his friends (new or for when he can "go home"), or jewelry that reminds him of his important people.
3. Gaming systems. He loves gaming but he's always about 2 generations behind and with the new stuff available on the station? He is all about that.
4. VR Experiences that will give him that kind of adrenaline rush he lives for.
5. Food in general? He's used to getting by on a monster and poptarts for pretty much every meal. The accelerated metabolism thing has been rough.
Samples:
Both of these are from awhile ago because I was in a murder game for the last few months. If you want newer stuff I can throw something together.
Jason trying to take care of Zack
Zack getting adopted by a Cain (Starfighter)
Name: Sera
Contact: draconicseraphim on plurk and DW
Over 18? further over than I care to admit most days
Other characters: None
↠ THE CHARACTER
Name | Alias: Zack Taylor
Journal:
Age: 17
Canon: Power Rangers (2017 movie)
Canon point: Post- AfterShock
History: Wiki
There is not currently a Wiki for the AfterShock graphic novel but this "review" breaks the entire plot down.
Personality:
At first blush Zack seems to just be your stereotypical teenage delinquent. He ignores authority figures, skips school, drinks, and pulls stupid reckless stunts without a care in the world for damage caused or who gets hurt, especially when that person is himself.
Zack accepted a long time ago that the future has no meaning. He lives every moment for the moment. It's not that he doesn't care about school he just doesn't expect to be around to use it so why should he go? There's a time limit on everyone and he has more important things to do with his time than go to school and learn things that have no practical application in his life. Probably, they never will.
A large part of the reason Zack is so reckless is because he honestly doesn't care if he lives or dies. Well, he kinda cares a little bit for now but if he's known for pulling stupid stunts no one will think twice when he does finally end up killing himself with it one of these days. The adrenaline rush is totally worth it too. It's fun and exhilirating and makes death a little less scary.
Because death is fucking terrifying.
His mother, the most important person in his world, is dying. She's going to die. He has to accept that, sure, but there's nothing saying he has to accept it gracefully. School doesn't matter because it's pretty much guaranteed that she won't be around to see him graduate. She is so important, so vital to his life that he doesn't even know how to conceptualize a future without her.
So he doesn't.
He ignores it, he runs away from it and avoids it and does stupid things so he doesn't have to think about what he'll do when she's gone because maybe he just won't be here when it happens. He can't face the reality of what that means so he hides up in the mountains at night because he's afraid of the moment when she finally stops breathing. He spends his days commiting general delinquency or working odd jobs under the table to pay for her medication.
The least he can do is make sure she stays as comfortable as she can be. Which is a core component of his personality that hasn't been hidden away under reckless bravado. Zack is a caretaker. He worries about his mom, about his friends, about the people that he considers his. He wants to help, he wants to look after them and feed them and make sure everyone has basic comforts.
Zack is a creature of passion and he feels everything with an intensity that is sometimes a little scary. He's an adrenaline junkie and he's reckless and loud but on the other side of that he's not afraid to feel, to give himself wholeheartedly to his friends and their cause with only a few days between them. He's not too proud to cry and he's not too proud to admit his failings. Even if sometimes it comes with a level of misdirected anger at the person who calls him out on it.
It's hard, emotionally draining, caring for an ill family member for even the best and most qualified of people. Zack is not the best or most qualified and his stupid adrenaline fueled stunts sometimes go too far but it's a release for him and he doesn't like admitting that he was in the wrong. Not until he's had time to come to terms with it himself.
Abilities and Nerfs:
As a normal kid Zack's skills primarily consist of cooking, some basic martial arts, a fair bit of first aid training/medical knowledge from caring for his mother, and speaking mandarin. Being bilingual totally counts.
As a power ranger things get way more interesting. He has built in armor that he can morph into at any time, at will. He has highly increased speed, strength, and stamina as well as superior healing abilities. There's some indication that the power coins would allow the rangers to do other things, such as manipulating elements (the whole melting half the lunch line scene) but that is unclear how it works or if it only works in conjunction with others.
His ability to morph is likely going to be severely limited being so far from his team and the morphing grid. I would like him to still have his power coin and a very limited elemental influence (primarily for temperature play to be honest).
Inventory:
Everything Zack has on him is his usual grungy Salvation Army attire. Jeans, t-shirt, sneakers. He has the dress jacket of his dad's old Air Force uniform and an assortment of jewelry that he never takes off (spinner ring for fidgeting, skull ring cause it's cool, dad's Air Force ring, long necklace with an "angel" wing that he wears for his mom). Wallet with a couple fake IDs and a sad three dollars to his name. And his power coin, of course. It's not like he's physically capable of leaving it behind.
Appearance: Classic Zack
Five Desires:
1. Fancy restaurant vouchers. Boy is trailer trash and the fanciest he's ever been able to afford is like... Applebees.
2. He's not so secretly sentimental so being able to buy nice things for his friends (new or for when he can "go home"), or jewelry that reminds him of his important people.
3. Gaming systems. He loves gaming but he's always about 2 generations behind and with the new stuff available on the station? He is all about that.
4. VR Experiences that will give him that kind of adrenaline rush he lives for.
5. Food in general? He's used to getting by on a monster and poptarts for pretty much every meal. The accelerated metabolism thing has been rough.
Samples:
Both of these are from awhile ago because I was in a murder game for the last few months. If you want newer stuff I can throw something together.
Jason trying to take care of Zack
Zack getting adopted by a Cain (Starfighter)