☞ Player Information;
Name: Kay
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dragon8writer (although I don’t use it much).
Age: 21
Contact: I’m dragon8writer on AIM and plurk.
Other characters currently played at Ryan's Gulch: N/A
☞ Character Information;
Character Name: Charlie Bradburry
Canon: Supernatural
OU or AU?: original canon universe
Canon point: The end of her episode – The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons tattoo – after she gets on the bus.
Setting: The world of Supernatural is – in short – our own; except for the small fact that the supernatural stories are real. The myths, the stories – even the old gods – all have some basis in reality.
Most of this, however, does not relate to Charlie in the slightest. Unlike the Winchesters, who fought the monsters on a daily basis, Charlie was a computer programmer and IT expert; like most who lived her life like most of the population – in ignorance.
This only changed for her when the Leviathan were released from their prison in purgatory; these monsters were prepared to turn human into cattle; to make them docile by agents in the food, and engineer them into becoming the perfect herd.
Shape shifters, they had taken the form of various people with influence - including one Dick Roman, Charlie’s boss, who had engineered a plan to drug the various foods in order to ensure docility among humans; not to mention the weeding off of those with unwanted traits.
It was when Charlie hacked into a disk drive, and discovered information about these Leviathan – most explicitly her boss – that she entered the world of the supernatural for the first time. (That said, she only discovered the Leviathan – she remains ignorant of all the rest.)
History: As Charlie appeared in only one episode, her history is rather short - http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Charlie_Bradbury - though I am willing to build upon it if needed.
Personality: Charlie appears to be, at first glance, something of a stereotypical geek. She surrounds herself in paraphernalia from her fandom, dances energetically to music when she doesn’t think anyone’s watching, and uses words like “frak” on a regular basis. She acts somewhat timid when afraid, and sings to herself when nervous. All of that, however, is just her on the surface.
For starters, Charlie is a liberal – a firm believer in reproductive rights, she attended a function the night before her first episode; she also stole money from the conservative party in order to donate to a charity - showing that, at the very least, she isn’t fond of one party.
She’s brave, as well; despite initial reluctance, she volunteered to head into enemy territory – both to wipe an important hard drive of information, and to hack into Dick Roman’s’s email account in order to find out what the shape shifter was looking for. She panicked, she protested that it was beyond her abilities – but she did it; and in so doing she helped the Winchesters get their hands on information that would help them save the world.
She’s loyal in her own way, too; if more to her ideals than to individual people. She said she was doing this, after all, because she wasn’t simply willing to sit back as monsters ate everyone she knew. in her words, “What sort of douchebag stands back for that?” But she isn’t the super girl who fights crime; she’s the tech support, preferring the safety of her computer when she thumbs her nose at authority. In fact, she came very close to backing out from fear – and if not for a pep talk from Sam, might just have ran.
That brings us to one of the darker sides of Charlie’s personality; the girl who needs control of her environment; who’s confidence in part hinges upon this. This can be seen, for starters, in her work space – decorated with objects from her fandom, Charlie made it to look as much as possible like her own home, her own environment, rather than the company’s. She downplayed her boss’s importance, and hacked on company property, as if saying that it was her environment and she could do what she wanted. Within it, her voice rang with confidence – joking and teasing with her neighboring co-worker. When pulled out of it, and faced with an authority figure who had power over her, that confidence was lost – she became just another nervous girl. This was shown again when Charlie set to work for the Winchesters, trying to wipe the hard drive. She set up everything herself – the cameras, the computers – and minimized what the boys would have to do.
None of this is to say that she is a control freak – she never tried to tell anyone else how to do their jobs, for example, or screamed that a certain thing had to be a certain way. But it is to say that Charlie’s confidence and determination – insurmountable in her own environment, where she would willingly spend the night in order to crack open the hard drive – is reliant upon her environment.
This undoubtedly contributes to Charlie’s stated issues with authority – her dislike of having control taken from her, and put in someone else’s hands, which leads to trying to downplay the authority figures in her life. She would callher supervisor “teddy bear Pete,” for example, implying that his displeasure couldn’t possibly be a real threat to her.
It is also, no doubt, connected to her past. We know from the episode that Charlie has disappeared at least time before, and the effects of this are evident. Beyond Charlie’s dislike of authority there is the implication that she has avoided true attachment, either to her setting or the people in it. Following the events of Dick Roman, after all, she was able to pack up her life and disappear overnight – telling the only two humans in the world who knew her full situation never to contact her again. Sensible, of course, considering Dick might try to kill her – but nevertheless saying something about Charlie as a person.
She is a girl who has run before, and who knows she may have to run again; she appears to avoid attachments she can’t break, and stays in control of her environment to help her do this. Something that shines through in the way she lives her life – and evidenced even by her choice in idols = Hermione Granger; while a strong female character, and a good choice, she is nevertheless fictional. Yet Charlie put a bobble head of the woman on her desk, spoke to it when working through difficult situations, and drew upon her for strength when going after the hard drive.
Rather than a human, someone who could surprise her or respond in a way she didn’t like, Charlie chose as her companion a plastic toy of a fictional being. Rather than field work with unknown dangers, she sticks to computer hacking – doing her Robin Hood maneuvers from a place of safety, where she can feel in control.
That doesn’t mean she never voyages into the real world, or mistakes fiction for reality – she attended a function for reproductive rights prior to the show, and doubted what she read about Leviathans until she saw evidence. But she is undeniably more comfortable in a world of her own control, with predictable variables – and limited risks.
Put Charlie in a room with a computer, something she sees as her territory, and she won’t give in. Her determination, her pride in what she does and the control she has over it, leads to an unwillingness to back down – she spent all night hacking into Frank’s hard drive, refusing to give in. Take that away from her, put her in a situation of danger, and – while she will go through with it – and that confidence can take a hit.
Abilities: Charlie is a hacker; a brilliant one, at that – she claims she’s never found anything she can’t hack into (and judging by what we see of her, it’s probably true.) She will try to use hacking to get information if she thinks it’ll be useful; and she isn’t beyond stealing for a good cause – particularly from big corporations. Also likely if she thinks she can get away with it.
How did your character arrive in Rapture? A teleportation plasmid went awry, and she ended up appearing in a random clothing shop.
Network sample:
[The video flails a moment; vibrates, bounces, and most certainly jumps. Charlie, everyone; dancing. Not to mention singing along with the music. When she realizes it, she of course freezes solid.] …Hi. People. Don’t judge me.
[Right. Not the best of beginnings. Quick, Charlie, think of something to talk about…] Coffee. I kind of need it. You’ve got shops for that, right? I mean, of course you do; it’s a city. There’s got to be coffee. There’s always coffee. Why wouldn’t there be coffee…
[Stop talking Charlie.] …I’m Charlie. By the way. You know. If anyone’s wondering. [Oooh, this is embarrassing.]
There is also this, although it’s not quite large enough - http://rapturecrack.dreamwidth.org/465.html?thread=19921#cmt19921
Log sample: An example prose post of at least 300 words.
The coffee swirled down her throat, sweet and hot and oh so good; her eyes closed in response; heavenly bliss; until it went down the wrong pipe. She choked, nearly dropping the cup in one violent spasm before managing to calm down; glaring at the cup… she took another sip. More carefully of course.
“Frak, that’s good…”
Another, draining half the cup before she could force herself to stop and put it down, firmly away from the computer. Cracking her fingers for show, she studied the screen through blurry eyes, ignoring their desire to close as she scanned the jumble of letters and numbers for progress at cracking the password and hacking into this odd drive.
She needed to know what this man was up to; and maybe skim a little money off the top of their funds while she was at it. But primarily she needed to stay awake, while her programs worked at making this a reality.
She took another sip; enjoying the potent drink as the numbers flew by. A grin flew across her face when she saw something click; a window opening. She automatically looked for her Hermione doll – and noticing its absence sent a flicker of disappointment through her. But no. Cracking her fingers, she set them to flashing across the keyboard, working deeper into the system. Windows flashed across the screen as she went to work. Almost done.
She took another sip of coffee, though the urge to sleep had fled. Saw a security measure and broke through it, a little smirk on her lips; nothing was going to get in her way here; she was in control. “Boo yah.”
She grinned, leaning back with her coffee for a final sip. She drained it in a few gulps, letting the warmth of it settle in her stomach along with the heady feeling of triumph. Now she just had to call her friends.
Name: Kay
Player Journal:
dragon8writer (although I don’t use it much).Age: 21
Contact: I’m dragon8writer on AIM and plurk.
Other characters currently played at Ryan's Gulch: N/A
☞ Character Information;
Character Name: Charlie Bradburry
Canon: Supernatural
OU or AU?: original canon universe
Canon point: The end of her episode – The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons tattoo – after she gets on the bus.
Setting: The world of Supernatural is – in short – our own; except for the small fact that the supernatural stories are real. The myths, the stories – even the old gods – all have some basis in reality.
Most of this, however, does not relate to Charlie in the slightest. Unlike the Winchesters, who fought the monsters on a daily basis, Charlie was a computer programmer and IT expert; like most who lived her life like most of the population – in ignorance.
This only changed for her when the Leviathan were released from their prison in purgatory; these monsters were prepared to turn human into cattle; to make them docile by agents in the food, and engineer them into becoming the perfect herd.
Shape shifters, they had taken the form of various people with influence - including one Dick Roman, Charlie’s boss, who had engineered a plan to drug the various foods in order to ensure docility among humans; not to mention the weeding off of those with unwanted traits.
It was when Charlie hacked into a disk drive, and discovered information about these Leviathan – most explicitly her boss – that she entered the world of the supernatural for the first time. (That said, she only discovered the Leviathan – she remains ignorant of all the rest.)
History: As Charlie appeared in only one episode, her history is rather short - http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/index.php?title=Charlie_Bradbury - though I am willing to build upon it if needed.
Personality: Charlie appears to be, at first glance, something of a stereotypical geek. She surrounds herself in paraphernalia from her fandom, dances energetically to music when she doesn’t think anyone’s watching, and uses words like “frak” on a regular basis. She acts somewhat timid when afraid, and sings to herself when nervous. All of that, however, is just her on the surface.
For starters, Charlie is a liberal – a firm believer in reproductive rights, she attended a function the night before her first episode; she also stole money from the conservative party in order to donate to a charity - showing that, at the very least, she isn’t fond of one party.
She’s brave, as well; despite initial reluctance, she volunteered to head into enemy territory – both to wipe an important hard drive of information, and to hack into Dick Roman’s’s email account in order to find out what the shape shifter was looking for. She panicked, she protested that it was beyond her abilities – but she did it; and in so doing she helped the Winchesters get their hands on information that would help them save the world.
She’s loyal in her own way, too; if more to her ideals than to individual people. She said she was doing this, after all, because she wasn’t simply willing to sit back as monsters ate everyone she knew. in her words, “What sort of douchebag stands back for that?” But she isn’t the super girl who fights crime; she’s the tech support, preferring the safety of her computer when she thumbs her nose at authority. In fact, she came very close to backing out from fear – and if not for a pep talk from Sam, might just have ran.
That brings us to one of the darker sides of Charlie’s personality; the girl who needs control of her environment; who’s confidence in part hinges upon this. This can be seen, for starters, in her work space – decorated with objects from her fandom, Charlie made it to look as much as possible like her own home, her own environment, rather than the company’s. She downplayed her boss’s importance, and hacked on company property, as if saying that it was her environment and she could do what she wanted. Within it, her voice rang with confidence – joking and teasing with her neighboring co-worker. When pulled out of it, and faced with an authority figure who had power over her, that confidence was lost – she became just another nervous girl. This was shown again when Charlie set to work for the Winchesters, trying to wipe the hard drive. She set up everything herself – the cameras, the computers – and minimized what the boys would have to do.
None of this is to say that she is a control freak – she never tried to tell anyone else how to do their jobs, for example, or screamed that a certain thing had to be a certain way. But it is to say that Charlie’s confidence and determination – insurmountable in her own environment, where she would willingly spend the night in order to crack open the hard drive – is reliant upon her environment.
This undoubtedly contributes to Charlie’s stated issues with authority – her dislike of having control taken from her, and put in someone else’s hands, which leads to trying to downplay the authority figures in her life. She would callher supervisor “teddy bear Pete,” for example, implying that his displeasure couldn’t possibly be a real threat to her.
It is also, no doubt, connected to her past. We know from the episode that Charlie has disappeared at least time before, and the effects of this are evident. Beyond Charlie’s dislike of authority there is the implication that she has avoided true attachment, either to her setting or the people in it. Following the events of Dick Roman, after all, she was able to pack up her life and disappear overnight – telling the only two humans in the world who knew her full situation never to contact her again. Sensible, of course, considering Dick might try to kill her – but nevertheless saying something about Charlie as a person.
She is a girl who has run before, and who knows she may have to run again; she appears to avoid attachments she can’t break, and stays in control of her environment to help her do this. Something that shines through in the way she lives her life – and evidenced even by her choice in idols = Hermione Granger; while a strong female character, and a good choice, she is nevertheless fictional. Yet Charlie put a bobble head of the woman on her desk, spoke to it when working through difficult situations, and drew upon her for strength when going after the hard drive.
Rather than a human, someone who could surprise her or respond in a way she didn’t like, Charlie chose as her companion a plastic toy of a fictional being. Rather than field work with unknown dangers, she sticks to computer hacking – doing her Robin Hood maneuvers from a place of safety, where she can feel in control.
That doesn’t mean she never voyages into the real world, or mistakes fiction for reality – she attended a function for reproductive rights prior to the show, and doubted what she read about Leviathans until she saw evidence. But she is undeniably more comfortable in a world of her own control, with predictable variables – and limited risks.
Put Charlie in a room with a computer, something she sees as her territory, and she won’t give in. Her determination, her pride in what she does and the control she has over it, leads to an unwillingness to back down – she spent all night hacking into Frank’s hard drive, refusing to give in. Take that away from her, put her in a situation of danger, and – while she will go through with it – and that confidence can take a hit.
Abilities: Charlie is a hacker; a brilliant one, at that – she claims she’s never found anything she can’t hack into (and judging by what we see of her, it’s probably true.) She will try to use hacking to get information if she thinks it’ll be useful; and she isn’t beyond stealing for a good cause – particularly from big corporations. Also likely if she thinks she can get away with it.
How did your character arrive in Rapture? A teleportation plasmid went awry, and she ended up appearing in a random clothing shop.
Network sample:
[The video flails a moment; vibrates, bounces, and most certainly jumps. Charlie, everyone; dancing. Not to mention singing along with the music. When she realizes it, she of course freezes solid.] …Hi. People. Don’t judge me.
[Right. Not the best of beginnings. Quick, Charlie, think of something to talk about…] Coffee. I kind of need it. You’ve got shops for that, right? I mean, of course you do; it’s a city. There’s got to be coffee. There’s always coffee. Why wouldn’t there be coffee…
[Stop talking Charlie.] …I’m Charlie. By the way. You know. If anyone’s wondering. [Oooh, this is embarrassing.]
There is also this, although it’s not quite large enough - http://rapturecrack.dreamwidth.org/465.html?thread=19921#cmt19921
Log sample: An example prose post of at least 300 words.
The coffee swirled down her throat, sweet and hot and oh so good; her eyes closed in response; heavenly bliss; until it went down the wrong pipe. She choked, nearly dropping the cup in one violent spasm before managing to calm down; glaring at the cup… she took another sip. More carefully of course.
“Frak, that’s good…”
Another, draining half the cup before she could force herself to stop and put it down, firmly away from the computer. Cracking her fingers for show, she studied the screen through blurry eyes, ignoring their desire to close as she scanned the jumble of letters and numbers for progress at cracking the password and hacking into this odd drive.
She needed to know what this man was up to; and maybe skim a little money off the top of their funds while she was at it. But primarily she needed to stay awake, while her programs worked at making this a reality.
She took another sip; enjoying the potent drink as the numbers flew by. A grin flew across her face when she saw something click; a window opening. She automatically looked for her Hermione doll – and noticing its absence sent a flicker of disappointment through her. But no. Cracking her fingers, she set them to flashing across the keyboard, working deeper into the system. Windows flashed across the screen as she went to work. Almost done.
She took another sip of coffee, though the urge to sleep had fled. Saw a security measure and broke through it, a little smirk on her lips; nothing was going to get in her way here; she was in control. “Boo yah.”
She grinned, leaning back with her coffee for a final sip. She drained it in a few gulps, letting the warmth of it settle in her stomach along with the heady feeling of triumph. Now she just had to call her friends.
