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shinybaldhead) wrote2013-08-09 01:26 am
shinybaldhead) wrote2013-08-09 01:26 am
APPLICATON: ASGARD
Character Name; Charles Gunn
Canon; Angel the Series
Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_%281999_TV_series
A little more explicit background information on Gunn (written for another game, hurr):
Gunn grew up on the streets on Los Angeles in a crime- and demon-infested neighborhood. He was part of a street gang that focused on trying to eliminate (or at least reduce) the amount of demons that made the town even more dangerous than it already was. They didn't tag overpasses or identify themselves by wearing identifying colors, either. Though there was a definite sense of brotherhood, it wasn't united and allied against other gangs -- just vampires. For a long time, the gang and its members were his life, and Gunn funneled every bit of energy he had and almost every cent he came by into it.
The only other thing that Gunn had any real concern with was his little sister, Alonna, who he had taken care of since they were both young. She was a perfect representation of everything that he was fighting to keep safe, up until the day that she was bitten by and turned into a vampire. Years later, that is still something that bothers him, though hell if he will admit that to anyone. The realization that one gang of slightly over-zealous demon fighters in the Badlands of L.A. couldn't do everything was what finally led Gunn to working on the side with Angel and his crew.
As he began to work more and more frequently with Angel Investigations (a team composed at that point of two humans and a vampire), Gunn's stark black-and-white viewpoints were drawn into question again and again. He wasn't used to moral gray areas, and he wasn't used to the existence of demons who weren't trying to eat him. Initially, he regarded work with the vampire as a paying side-job, but the gigs let him feel like he was making an actual difference when it came to fighting evil, and Gunn got a little hooked on the rush. He was jumpy and distrustful around even the most benign demons for a long time, and still often is, but he no longer has the desire to slaughter everything that isn't human. Eventually, he was integrated as an actual member of the team, not just a dude who worked for them when they needed some extra muscle.
Canon Point; Near the end of summer between seasons three and four.
Age; Late twenties.
House; Thor. Gunn, especially at this point in time, has spent a lot of time focused on being “the muscle.”
Power; Strength.
Personality;
Charles Gunn has always been a little bit on the hasty side. Having grown up in the midst of poverty, crime, and violence – both supernatural and the regular old kind -- he tends to make decisions with little deliberation, since time spent waffling between choices is time that's been wasted. When he began working with Angel, saw things through distinct black and white lenses: good things were good and bad things were bad, with little distinction between them. This mindset has evolved, but slowly, almost painfully. Employment at Angel Investigations has forced him to deal with a lot of morally ambiguous situations and he has grappled with these one at a time.
Typically, Gunn is incredibly in confident in himself and his abilities. As stated before, his formative years were spent fighting vampires and the occasional other spook; such an environment does not afford much self-doubt, especially not if one plans on living long. Physically fit, quick on his feet, and able to keep his head in tense and violent situations, he knows that he is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to actual fights. He has no formal training, but he has a depth of knowledge about a variety of weapons. (Muscle and aptitude for fighting aside, his proficiency with different types of weapons comes from the fact that he can sort of be an enormous fanboy at times. Weapons are just really cool, and that same sort of enthusiasm exhibits itself sometimes re: comic books. Gunn is a badass normal, with no supernatural skill or ability to speak of, and despite the fact that he’s surrounded by the extraordinary every day, he still finds something kind of awesome about comics.)
As confident as he is in his own skills and usefulness, especially from the canon point I’m bringing him from, he does have the occasional uncomfortable feelings of inadequacy. Wesley and Fred (and even Angel, to an extent) sometimes talk over his head. He doesn’t have the research skills or a fraction of the patience required to be useful when it comes to hitting the books about whatever mystery demon or prophecy is plaguing LA that week.
Fiercely protective, Gunn will do whatever it takes to protect the people that he cares about. It’s hard not to grow attached to people with whom you regularly risk your life, and as the ‘muscle,’ he will do whatever it takes to keep them safe and keep them ‘clean.’ As assured as he is in his own skill, he has always sort of seen himself as disposable: at seventeen, he sold his soul for a truck, because on the streets of LA, warring vampires and other nasties? A vehicle could mean the difference between life and death for his crew, and compared to that, his own soul was justa drop in the bucket. Gunn’s sense of self worth is slowly built up through the course of the series, but at this point in canon, he hasn’t gotten there yet. When it comes to it, he is still willing to kill the person who trapped Fred in Pylea – not out of a personal need for vengeance, but just to keep her from doing that. The blood on his hands is despicable, but it doesn’t matter; he can’t bear the thought of her carrying that.
In short, Charles Gunn is a good man, if sometimes a little hot headed. He is brave, strong, sometimes self-deprecating, ridiculously stubborn, but likewise determined to do what he can to help fight for the forces of good.
Canon; Angel the Series
Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_%281999_TV_series
A little more explicit background information on Gunn (written for another game, hurr):
Gunn grew up on the streets on Los Angeles in a crime- and demon-infested neighborhood. He was part of a street gang that focused on trying to eliminate (or at least reduce) the amount of demons that made the town even more dangerous than it already was. They didn't tag overpasses or identify themselves by wearing identifying colors, either. Though there was a definite sense of brotherhood, it wasn't united and allied against other gangs -- just vampires. For a long time, the gang and its members were his life, and Gunn funneled every bit of energy he had and almost every cent he came by into it.
The only other thing that Gunn had any real concern with was his little sister, Alonna, who he had taken care of since they were both young. She was a perfect representation of everything that he was fighting to keep safe, up until the day that she was bitten by and turned into a vampire. Years later, that is still something that bothers him, though hell if he will admit that to anyone. The realization that one gang of slightly over-zealous demon fighters in the Badlands of L.A. couldn't do everything was what finally led Gunn to working on the side with Angel and his crew.
As he began to work more and more frequently with Angel Investigations (a team composed at that point of two humans and a vampire), Gunn's stark black-and-white viewpoints were drawn into question again and again. He wasn't used to moral gray areas, and he wasn't used to the existence of demons who weren't trying to eat him. Initially, he regarded work with the vampire as a paying side-job, but the gigs let him feel like he was making an actual difference when it came to fighting evil, and Gunn got a little hooked on the rush. He was jumpy and distrustful around even the most benign demons for a long time, and still often is, but he no longer has the desire to slaughter everything that isn't human. Eventually, he was integrated as an actual member of the team, not just a dude who worked for them when they needed some extra muscle.
Canon Point; Near the end of summer between seasons three and four.
Age; Late twenties.
House; Thor. Gunn, especially at this point in time, has spent a lot of time focused on being “the muscle.”
Power; Strength.
Personality;
Charles Gunn has always been a little bit on the hasty side. Having grown up in the midst of poverty, crime, and violence – both supernatural and the regular old kind -- he tends to make decisions with little deliberation, since time spent waffling between choices is time that's been wasted. When he began working with Angel, saw things through distinct black and white lenses: good things were good and bad things were bad, with little distinction between them. This mindset has evolved, but slowly, almost painfully. Employment at Angel Investigations has forced him to deal with a lot of morally ambiguous situations and he has grappled with these one at a time.
Typically, Gunn is incredibly in confident in himself and his abilities. As stated before, his formative years were spent fighting vampires and the occasional other spook; such an environment does not afford much self-doubt, especially not if one plans on living long. Physically fit, quick on his feet, and able to keep his head in tense and violent situations, he knows that he is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to actual fights. He has no formal training, but he has a depth of knowledge about a variety of weapons. (Muscle and aptitude for fighting aside, his proficiency with different types of weapons comes from the fact that he can sort of be an enormous fanboy at times. Weapons are just really cool, and that same sort of enthusiasm exhibits itself sometimes re: comic books. Gunn is a badass normal, with no supernatural skill or ability to speak of, and despite the fact that he’s surrounded by the extraordinary every day, he still finds something kind of awesome about comics.)
As confident as he is in his own skills and usefulness, especially from the canon point I’m bringing him from, he does have the occasional uncomfortable feelings of inadequacy. Wesley and Fred (and even Angel, to an extent) sometimes talk over his head. He doesn’t have the research skills or a fraction of the patience required to be useful when it comes to hitting the books about whatever mystery demon or prophecy is plaguing LA that week.
Fiercely protective, Gunn will do whatever it takes to protect the people that he cares about. It’s hard not to grow attached to people with whom you regularly risk your life, and as the ‘muscle,’ he will do whatever it takes to keep them safe and keep them ‘clean.’ As assured as he is in his own skill, he has always sort of seen himself as disposable: at seventeen, he sold his soul for a truck, because on the streets of LA, warring vampires and other nasties? A vehicle could mean the difference between life and death for his crew, and compared to that, his own soul was justa drop in the bucket. Gunn’s sense of self worth is slowly built up through the course of the series, but at this point in canon, he hasn’t gotten there yet. When it comes to it, he is still willing to kill the person who trapped Fred in Pylea – not out of a personal need for vengeance, but just to keep her from doing that. The blood on his hands is despicable, but it doesn’t matter; he can’t bear the thought of her carrying that.
In short, Charles Gunn is a good man, if sometimes a little hot headed. He is brave, strong, sometimes self-deprecating, ridiculously stubborn, but likewise determined to do what he can to help fight for the forces of good.