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comminatory) wrote2015-02-17 08:58 pm
comminatory) wrote2015-02-17 08:58 pm
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OUT OF CHARACTER
Name: Tiffany
Personal Journal:
Age: 23
Contact:protects
Characters Played: Skye (MCU)
IN CHARACTER
Name: Bellamy Blake
Canon: The 100
Age: 23
Timeline: 2x12
Age Up?: N
Background:A lot of sad things happened once. And then more sad things.
Personality:Powers:
Pessimistic Asshole
A natural cynic, Bellamy often comes across as negative and disparaging. Usually, he uses brusque wit and sarcasm to convey his general pessimism. On the one hand, his pessimism means constant preparation: he's always thinking three steps ahead into a contingency plan when things get FUBAR. On the other hand, it makes him highly reluctant to consider the ideas of others, too easily poking holes in the strategies and alternatives presented. In the same vein, he's stubborn and bull-headed, stuck in his own ideas and highly reluctant to give them up.
But of course, he wouldn't be a good, antagonistic male lead if he didn't have some redeeming qualities. Bellamy radiates charisma, confidence, and power. He has a knack for getting people to listen to (and follow) him, a winning smile, and a six-pack. All of his negative traits can often be overlooked for this simple fact. His rebellious side tends to build him into the bad boy archetype on the surface, presenting as someone who detests rules on sheer warrant of them being confining. His devil-may-care attitude about breaking them may seem, at first glance, audacious and intriguing.
#SaveOctavia22XX
Ever since he was a child, Bellamy has been tasked with looking out for his little sister. Despite their mother's presence in their life, Bellamy took on considerable responsibility in their small household. Octavia's simple existence so completely altered the track of his life that it pushed him to join the guard aboard the Ark so they'd be better able to keep her hidden. He took this role as her protector very seriously, building it into a natural part of his identity; for the most part, he celebrated that, found joy in it. Though the responsibility was taxing, particularly for someone so young, it was rewarding, as well. He was delighted to, as a guardsman, offer Octavia the chance to get out of their room and go to the masquerade.
Unfortunately, that night ultimately constituted one of his greatest failures in life. Bellamy is haunted by guilt for getting their mother floated, worries that Octavia blames him as much as he blames himself, and constantly seeks a means of making up for it by sheltering her again as she once had been. When they hit Earth, Octavia, changed by imprisonment, immediately rebels, and it takes him considerable adjustment to accept her self-actualization. Losing the part of his identity that was so codependent and centered upon Octavia that he'd compromise his own morality to get on the drop ship with her broke him before it bettered him. Luckily, their relationship has come out the other side as one of mutual respect and protection.
Octavia will always be his first priority, unquestionably: Clarke understands this, and it's why she manipulates him by lying about Octavia's safety via the walkie-talkies while Bellamy is in Mount Weather. Even when he's being his usual, mission-oriented self, even after releasing some of that codependent death-grip he held, he would still throw everything away to do what he could to protect his sister; she's his world.
But being a big brother means more than just his relationship with Octavia. Those protective instincts follow him in many of his relationships. He immediately rallies a gang when they hit the ground, as if it's West Side Story, building himself up as their leader and garnering their respect, but more than that, he takes Charlotte under his wing. When he meets someone that strikes a cord with him, someone who he can connect to, he immediately seeks to steward and protect them. Even when it means endangering himself or throwing himself on the grenade, he'll do it. This self-sabotaging protective instinct ties back into his pathological self-loathing in many ways because Bellamy believes himself to be worth less than those he looks out for.
For this same reason, he's not used to others looking out for him. Bellamy's experiences entirely center on being forced to look out for himself and others without having a strong figure to care for him. As a result, when confronted with genuine care and affection, Bellamy has a tendency to be speechless and have a hard time processing it as a.) genuine, and b.) true. All the same, if someone can persist beyond the instinctual distrust and suspicion that it provokes, it's a good way to earn Bellamy's blind loyalty.
Nobody Hates Bellamy Blake More Than Bellamy Blake
At his core, Bellamy is a survivor. Initially, this presents as prioritizing his own survival over that of everyone else (including some 300 people aboard the Ark who were being culled for population control). He'll do whatever it takes to survive, adapting to whatever environment he must.
Due to the laundry list of crimes he's committed and bad calls he's made in his lifetime in pursuit of that survival, Bellamy harbors a deep well of self-loathing within him. Not only does he blame himself for the death of his mother, but he believes himself irredeemable for the death of the Exodus passengers, the air-starved Ark passengers, Octavia's imprisonment, Wells' death, and more. This swath of blood and misery that he's paved has led him to view himself as a monster, unable to be saved and unworthy of love or mercy.
Bellamy's self-image is a warped case of confirmation bias. He believes himself to be a monster and a coward for the things that he's done, the moments he hasn't stood up to choose the right thing over the easy thing, the times he's chosen self-preservation over preservation of another. Because of this belief, he isn't capable of seeing the positives in himself. He doesn't consider himself as apt of a leader as Clarke, and he certainly wouldn't claim to be the loving, caring, protective brother that he is.
Motivational Speeches
Despite any belief that Bellamy has to the contrary, he's a capable and inspiring leader. The natural instinct to rally others to his cause is part of what makes it so difficult for him to follow the rules of others. Passionate and driven, Bellamy has his own ideas of how the world should be, and his commitment to those ideals is precisely what motivates others to follow him (even if they're following him off a bridge).
In the beginning of the series, these ideas were very self-indulgent: Bellamy wanted to avoid responsibility for what he'd done on the Ark (and to get off of it), and he was self-centered enough to do whatever it took to insure that he didn't face punishment for it. However, as he grew and developed, confronted his self loathing, and became inspired by The 100's co-captain, Clarke Griffin, he's spun these talents to better use. Now, his priorities are almost always in the interest of preserving the lives of as many people as possible.
A cynic at heart, Bellamy never deludes himself into believing there are out comes that involve everyone surviving and living happily ever after, but he's a strategist who will think through a situation to find what he believes is most tactically beneficial for the group.
Weapons Hot
Generally speaking, Bellamy is the shoot-first, ask-questions-later kind of guy. He values a violent approach because it gets things done and because he's already resigned himself to monstrous actions, making it easier for him to consider further monstrous actions than perhaps Clarke. He's happy to make himself the bad guy, to own what he perceives are the tough or brutal decisions for the good of The 100.
Often, in practice, this means being quicker on the draw than he needs to be and suggesting violence over a diplomatic solution. Bellamy's predisposition to search for a black and white enemy aggravates this inclination toward the violent, as he becomes highly reluctant to trust or treaty with the Grounders despite the practical value of such an approach. Where some (particularly Octavia and Clarke) are readily willing to view the Grounders as people, Bellamy divorces himself from those ideas so that he can make himself a soldier, ready to torture, fight, and kill them as needed.Bellamy has no super- or preternatural abilities of any sort requiring limitation. Any abilities he has are skill-based (weapons training, for example) and will carry forward into the hotel with him. Worthy of note is the fact that the Ark passengers were artificially selected and genetically engineered to be able to survive space radiation. As a result, Bellamy has special radiation resistant blood and bone marrow. Hot commodity in a hotel, I know.Do you want a power wipe? Nope
Humanization: That sounds unnecessary.
Suitcase:Surprise? Yes!
- 2 walkie-talkies (without batteries)
- 3 outfits, to include one fake-guardsman outfit from Mount Weather, two form-fitting t-shirts, and a Bad Boy leather jacket
- 1 clip of ammo with no gun
- 4 classic works of literature (Julius Caesar, Heart of Darkness, Paradise Lost, The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- Melissa
Other Notables: N/A
SAMPLES
Network Sample:[ Well, he's managed to deduce that this isn't Mount Weather (good work, Sherlock), which means there's a new player on the scene. Or on the planet, more accurately. That's worse news than if the Mountain Men had drugged him and left him in some weird psychological torture experiment, honestly. ]Threads:
I want to know everything we've got about how we got here and who's responsible for it. If that's you, and you're reading this, I should warn you: I'm going to find my people, and we're coming for you. I promise, you're not going to like it when we do.
Clarke. Octavia. Raven. If you're receiving this, respond immediately.( optional ) Third Person Sample: Nah, bro.
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no batteries means no kiss i guess sigh we can't have nice things
jk she's going to be weirdly pleased to have him on board just don't use the hair gel
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i'll be super smooth in your ooc intro post however you won't even notice
(like you're not noticing me readding you on plurk wb??)
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smooth