Post by Janelle O'Hara on Jun 14, 2018 2:05:54 GMT -5
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Character's full name: Janelle Kate O'Hara
Age: 23
Group Species: Slayer (Potential)
Gender: Female
Alignment: Good
Features: At only five feet tall she is very short, and has a petite frame.
Model's name: Hayden Panettiere
Personality:
Janelle has that 'girl next door' appeal. She can give off the impression of someone that would actually remember your birthday and might bake you cookies for no particular reason on a random Sunday. Always smiling and very approachable she could easily be seen as a potential new best friend or a potential target depending on your intentions. Soft-hearted she hates to see other's in pain and might miss obvious hints that someone has devious intentions. As a result she has been taken advantage of many times in the past for her kindness. The years have made her wiser and wary of new people after being manipulated one too many times. However, she can be easily played once you know just the right card. She is an even mix of girly and tomboy. As the only daughter of a homicide detective that had witnessed the worst in humanity she was raised to be tough and was capable of defending herself long before she was activated as a slayer. Her father was a survival expert that always liked to push his limits. Camping, hiking, and surviving in the wild with next to nothing were common occurrences. Even now she is content just being outdoors.
Janelle has always tried to find the positive side in situations or at least remain hopeful but after discovering that she was a slayer that sparkled has started to dull. She used to believe that the sun will always come back up if you wait long enough but knowing a vampire could kill her on any given night makes that increasingly more difficult to believe. Loyal, and brutally honest you might not always like what she has to say but you can always believe it. Usually. Her honesty takes a nose-dive when she sees an opportunity for amusement. She will talk a lot of bullshit and make up increasingly stupid things just to see how far she can take it to make someone believe something. Sometimes she will just say crazy shit for a shock factor if she is bored. For Janelle it is always about finding the game in situations, however she would never lie about something serious. Her word is solid and when she makes a promise she means it. She is someone that can always be counted on and is dependable, a trait she hates about herself. It means people are more likely to count on her. It is one thing if she is trying to mend a broken person, it is another case entirely if it means getting involved in other people's problems or drama.
She is stubborn, determined, and usually tends to find a way to get what she wants. Sacrifice and hard work is nothing new to her. Janelle likes to fix things, be it objects or people. This makes her attracted to broken people and usually tears herself down to build other's back up. She is also quite handy. Janelle possesses a strong empathy and suffers when she sees other's in pain. She is always looking for a project or a challenge for better or for worse, and can be competitive to a fault. She has an eye for detail and is creative when feeling inspired. Her fatal flaw is her heart, she loves with everything she has and only wants to be loved equally in return. She suffers from some abandonment issues and has gone looking for love in the wrong places in the past. Every bad experience or past mistake has just been a lesson that has tempered her into becoming a stronger woman.
Before becoming a slayer she didn't take herself or anything too seriously refusing to let little things bother her. Usually if something doesn't directly concern her she ignores it. When she isn't fearing for her life she has a playful side that is up for games, adventures, or new experiences. Her sense of humor can be surprisingly a bit dark and twisted, as well as enjoying extremely dumb puns or jokes. Janelle is still a bit traumatized from her first encounter with a vampire, and is increasingly angry at the fact that her life has been stolen from her. She feels like just one of countless young women that have been randomly selected like lambs for the slaughter and only given a bit of a fighting chance for sport. To her a slayer is just a girl chosen to die like a sacrifice. Still she feels a sense of duty and views any vampire or monster as evil with no confusing gray areas. Janelle has an unusually high tolerance for pain even for a slayer. A survivor to her core she doesn't have a death wish and always finds a way to keep going. Janelle will always bend but never break.
Likes: When it rains, coloring (it's not just for kids!), 80s rock, video games, animals, organizing/improving things, baking, cooking, reading, camping. Her black cat named Loki. Pirates, ninjas, dinosaurs, unicorns, dragons, bubble wrap. the color pink, tacos!
Dislikes: Vampires! Monsters, anything not human or evil generally. Nightmares. Some birds freak her out. Has a bit of ocd and can't stand when things are just a tiny bit off. General rudeness. Irrationally afraid of horses. Being hot. Coffee. Damsels. Dramatic people. Mornings.
Strengths:
* Natural slayer abilities and advantages.
* Not afraid to run if it means she will survive when faced with certain death.
* Janelle doesn't appear to be intimidating at all which could occasionally present her with an advantage
* Resourceful and dedicated to her training and staying alive.
* Her temper is the one thing that can help her overcome her fear. She is lethal when she is mad - or hungry.
Weaknesses:
* Lack of experience
* Terrified of vampires and has nightmares constantly involving them.
* Would most likely go in on suicide missions when her judgment is impaired by her emotions.
* All basic human weaknesses.
* Her fear occasionally hinders her abilities and her concentration.
* Willing to die in the place of someone she loves. / Easily manipulated into traps.
History:
As a child it was easier to just pretend that her world wasn't falling down around her. Smile, find ways to make others smile, and desperately keep searching for the positives in the middle of the chaos. At first Janelle didn't understand that her parents had gotten married far too young, and all the stresses that came with having a child before finishing high school. The magic of love was dimmed by the harsh truths of reality leaving the couple to often fight while their two children suffered for the mistakes of their parent's youth. Janelle's true comfort as her world dissolved around her was her older brother. Andy was strong and patient and had the ability to always find a way to make Janelle laugh. Janelle was seven when her mother left for her fantasy of fame and fortune. Instead she only brought shame to the family by appearing nude in several low budget movies.
Unable to understand why her mother would leave Janelle blamed it all on herself. She told herself that if she did everything right and was good her mother would come back. By the age of nine Janelle was successfully taking care of everything including her father and older brother. Cooking, cleaning, household repairs, it all mostly fell to her. Their father was a homicide detective and often worked long hours. His mother, Janelle's grandmother, died shortly after the divorce and it seemed to be more than he could handle and he finally broke. The answer to the divorce, the loss of his mother, a difficult job along with raising two kids was copious amounts of alcohol as often as possible. This was a dark time for Janelle. Home wasn't great but school was even worse. Word (and pictures) got around about their mom's failed attempt in Hollywood. Matters were made even worse by the fact that Janelle looked almost identical to her mother. Janelle and Andy were teased mercilessly for years over it.
Her sanctuary was the woods and the long camping trips her father took her and her brother on. He was more at peace outside; it was as if he could forget it all for just a moment. The homicide detective was also a survival enthusiast, often pushing himself and his children on new and occasionally dangerous challenges. Most of her summers were spent deep in the California forest with little more than the bare essentials. Hiking taught her endurance, hunting taught her patience, distance from civilization taught her self-reliance. It was often the break she needed from everything bad about her life to allow her some clarity.
It wasn't until Janelle was a teenager that things finally started to take a turn for the better. People had largely gotten bored with teasing her or either they had completely forgotten about Janelle's mother's nude scenes entirely. Her bubbly personality made it easy for her to make a solid circle of friends, many of them her older brother's buddies. Andy got involved in a band that never went anywhere but he learned to play the guitar, a skill he passed on to Janelle. Her brother and father often fought and Andy moved out as soon as he was able, leaving Janelle with no choice but to remain at home and take care of their father. He had grown too dependent on her over the years and she worried he wouldn't be able to take care of himself without her. Truth be told he guilted her in to staying, he had lost everyone he cared about and was terrified of losing her too. Janelle kept herself busy working several jobs to save up enough money to find a better life for herself. Her dreams were shattered just when they were beginning to look within reach.
Janelle escaped and was able to get in her car and drive away. The cops said she had been lucky to survive when she went to the station to give her report. The nightmares remained with her, only becoming more vivid as the weeks passed. It was a while before the watcher's council found her. Even longer before she allowed herself to believe what the watcher told her. Vampires, a destiny? She was a dog walker in L.A what did she know about slaying vampires? Janelle was implored to move to Sunnydale and begin her training, carry out her destiny, and discover her power. Janelle had remained positive all during her parent's divorce, the death of her grandmother, and her isolation during her childhood. However, she believed this was too much to ask of her. She resented whatever powers that be that had decided she would make a good protector of humanity when she was barely able to take care of herself and her father let along the world. It made her bitter, but for the sake of surviving she moved to the hellmouth.
After learning a bit more about slayers and vampires she understood that she was to blame for Rick's death. She had a simple cut on her arm that evening; she couldn't even remember how she got it. The smell of her blood had lured the vampire into the dimly lit parking lot for the promise of a meal. Janelle had already blamed herself, and relived the moment over and over in her nightmares. The fear that she will put other's at risk just by being around them still weighs heavily on her mind. Lately Janelle has been repressing her bubbly and friendly nature, fearing what might happen if anyone gets too close. Janelle puts her everything into her training but still can't quite match the other slayers and is always falling behind. Her fear makes her freeze and her nerves make her miss the subtle signs of danger that should be obvious. However, she does have potential and has shown it on occasion, particularly when she is frustrated. Currently Janelle is living in a small apartment in Sunnydale with her cat, Loki, and is just trying to survive from one day to the next.
How many characters do you already have here? Zero
Character's full name: Janelle Kate O'Hara
Age: 23
Group Species: Slayer (Potential)
Gender: Female
Alignment: Good
Features: At only five feet tall she is very short, and has a petite frame.
Model's name: Hayden Panettiere
Personality:
Janelle has that 'girl next door' appeal. She can give off the impression of someone that would actually remember your birthday and might bake you cookies for no particular reason on a random Sunday. Always smiling and very approachable she could easily be seen as a potential new best friend or a potential target depending on your intentions. Soft-hearted she hates to see other's in pain and might miss obvious hints that someone has devious intentions. As a result she has been taken advantage of many times in the past for her kindness. The years have made her wiser and wary of new people after being manipulated one too many times. However, she can be easily played once you know just the right card. She is an even mix of girly and tomboy. As the only daughter of a homicide detective that had witnessed the worst in humanity she was raised to be tough and was capable of defending herself long before she was activated as a slayer. Her father was a survival expert that always liked to push his limits. Camping, hiking, and surviving in the wild with next to nothing were common occurrences. Even now she is content just being outdoors.
Janelle has always tried to find the positive side in situations or at least remain hopeful but after discovering that she was a slayer that sparkled has started to dull. She used to believe that the sun will always come back up if you wait long enough but knowing a vampire could kill her on any given night makes that increasingly more difficult to believe. Loyal, and brutally honest you might not always like what she has to say but you can always believe it. Usually. Her honesty takes a nose-dive when she sees an opportunity for amusement. She will talk a lot of bullshit and make up increasingly stupid things just to see how far she can take it to make someone believe something. Sometimes she will just say crazy shit for a shock factor if she is bored. For Janelle it is always about finding the game in situations, however she would never lie about something serious. Her word is solid and when she makes a promise she means it. She is someone that can always be counted on and is dependable, a trait she hates about herself. It means people are more likely to count on her. It is one thing if she is trying to mend a broken person, it is another case entirely if it means getting involved in other people's problems or drama.
She is stubborn, determined, and usually tends to find a way to get what she wants. Sacrifice and hard work is nothing new to her. Janelle likes to fix things, be it objects or people. This makes her attracted to broken people and usually tears herself down to build other's back up. She is also quite handy. Janelle possesses a strong empathy and suffers when she sees other's in pain. She is always looking for a project or a challenge for better or for worse, and can be competitive to a fault. She has an eye for detail and is creative when feeling inspired. Her fatal flaw is her heart, she loves with everything she has and only wants to be loved equally in return. She suffers from some abandonment issues and has gone looking for love in the wrong places in the past. Every bad experience or past mistake has just been a lesson that has tempered her into becoming a stronger woman.
Before becoming a slayer she didn't take herself or anything too seriously refusing to let little things bother her. Usually if something doesn't directly concern her she ignores it. When she isn't fearing for her life she has a playful side that is up for games, adventures, or new experiences. Her sense of humor can be surprisingly a bit dark and twisted, as well as enjoying extremely dumb puns or jokes. Janelle is still a bit traumatized from her first encounter with a vampire, and is increasingly angry at the fact that her life has been stolen from her. She feels like just one of countless young women that have been randomly selected like lambs for the slaughter and only given a bit of a fighting chance for sport. To her a slayer is just a girl chosen to die like a sacrifice. Still she feels a sense of duty and views any vampire or monster as evil with no confusing gray areas. Janelle has an unusually high tolerance for pain even for a slayer. A survivor to her core she doesn't have a death wish and always finds a way to keep going. Janelle will always bend but never break.
Likes: When it rains, coloring (it's not just for kids!), 80s rock, video games, animals, organizing/improving things, baking, cooking, reading, camping. Her black cat named Loki. Pirates, ninjas, dinosaurs, unicorns, dragons, bubble wrap. the color pink, tacos!
Dislikes: Vampires! Monsters, anything not human or evil generally. Nightmares. Some birds freak her out. Has a bit of ocd and can't stand when things are just a tiny bit off. General rudeness. Irrationally afraid of horses. Being hot. Coffee. Damsels. Dramatic people. Mornings.
Strengths:
* Natural slayer abilities and advantages.
* Not afraid to run if it means she will survive when faced with certain death.
* Janelle doesn't appear to be intimidating at all which could occasionally present her with an advantage
* Resourceful and dedicated to her training and staying alive.
* Her temper is the one thing that can help her overcome her fear. She is lethal when she is mad - or hungry.
Weaknesses:
* Lack of experience
* Terrified of vampires and has nightmares constantly involving them.
* Would most likely go in on suicide missions when her judgment is impaired by her emotions.
* All basic human weaknesses.
* Her fear occasionally hinders her abilities and her concentration.
* Willing to die in the place of someone she loves. / Easily manipulated into traps.
History:
As a child it was easier to just pretend that her world wasn't falling down around her. Smile, find ways to make others smile, and desperately keep searching for the positives in the middle of the chaos. At first Janelle didn't understand that her parents had gotten married far too young, and all the stresses that came with having a child before finishing high school. The magic of love was dimmed by the harsh truths of reality leaving the couple to often fight while their two children suffered for the mistakes of their parent's youth. Janelle's true comfort as her world dissolved around her was her older brother. Andy was strong and patient and had the ability to always find a way to make Janelle laugh. Janelle was seven when her mother left for her fantasy of fame and fortune. Instead she only brought shame to the family by appearing nude in several low budget movies.
Unable to understand why her mother would leave Janelle blamed it all on herself. She told herself that if she did everything right and was good her mother would come back. By the age of nine Janelle was successfully taking care of everything including her father and older brother. Cooking, cleaning, household repairs, it all mostly fell to her. Their father was a homicide detective and often worked long hours. His mother, Janelle's grandmother, died shortly after the divorce and it seemed to be more than he could handle and he finally broke. The answer to the divorce, the loss of his mother, a difficult job along with raising two kids was copious amounts of alcohol as often as possible. This was a dark time for Janelle. Home wasn't great but school was even worse. Word (and pictures) got around about their mom's failed attempt in Hollywood. Matters were made even worse by the fact that Janelle looked almost identical to her mother. Janelle and Andy were teased mercilessly for years over it.
Her sanctuary was the woods and the long camping trips her father took her and her brother on. He was more at peace outside; it was as if he could forget it all for just a moment. The homicide detective was also a survival enthusiast, often pushing himself and his children on new and occasionally dangerous challenges. Most of her summers were spent deep in the California forest with little more than the bare essentials. Hiking taught her endurance, hunting taught her patience, distance from civilization taught her self-reliance. It was often the break she needed from everything bad about her life to allow her some clarity.
It wasn't until Janelle was a teenager that things finally started to take a turn for the better. People had largely gotten bored with teasing her or either they had completely forgotten about Janelle's mother's nude scenes entirely. Her bubbly personality made it easy for her to make a solid circle of friends, many of them her older brother's buddies. Andy got involved in a band that never went anywhere but he learned to play the guitar, a skill he passed on to Janelle. Her brother and father often fought and Andy moved out as soon as he was able, leaving Janelle with no choice but to remain at home and take care of their father. He had grown too dependent on her over the years and she worried he wouldn't be able to take care of himself without her. Truth be told he guilted her in to staying, he had lost everyone he cared about and was terrified of losing her too. Janelle kept herself busy working several jobs to save up enough money to find a better life for herself. Her dreams were shattered just when they were beginning to look within reach.
It was a regular Tuesday. That was the first date she had with Rick. He was handsome but exceptionally boring and there was no connection. She had used the excuse that she had an early job walking dogs the following morning and needed to leave early to go home and go to bed. Rick walked her to her car. Janelle had insisted she was fine but Rick followed her anyways. Maybe he was just trying to be a gentleman, or maybe he was hoping for kiss at the end of the evening. Janelle had always believed the term "it all happened so fast," was just something people said in movies to add to the tension. But it all happened so fast!
Rick's throat was torn out before she could scream and his lifeless body fell to the pavement before her mind could even catch up to what she had just witnessed. When the attacker moved towards her she responded more out of reflex than on thought. Years of her overprotective homicide detective father teaching her self-defense moves saved her life as she acted purely on instinct. At the time she didn't notice anything was abnormal, and tossed it up to adrenaline giving her an advantage to keep the attacker off her. The fangs, golden eyes, and unusual way the monster killed Rick didn't exactly shock her. Her father told stories when he got home from work sometimes after he had a few beers. Sometimes they were odd stories, and he got that distant and cold look in his eye. A crazy cult, at least that was what her father had told her when he explained the odd details of the murders. Contacts in the eyes, fake fangs, and some weird makeup to make them look like demons. The idea that the killer was anything but human never even crossed her mind.
Janelle escaped and was able to get in her car and drive away. The cops said she had been lucky to survive when she went to the station to give her report. The nightmares remained with her, only becoming more vivid as the weeks passed. It was a while before the watcher's council found her. Even longer before she allowed herself to believe what the watcher told her. Vampires, a destiny? She was a dog walker in L.A what did she know about slaying vampires? Janelle was implored to move to Sunnydale and begin her training, carry out her destiny, and discover her power. Janelle had remained positive all during her parent's divorce, the death of her grandmother, and her isolation during her childhood. However, she believed this was too much to ask of her. She resented whatever powers that be that had decided she would make a good protector of humanity when she was barely able to take care of herself and her father let along the world. It made her bitter, but for the sake of surviving she moved to the hellmouth.
After learning a bit more about slayers and vampires she understood that she was to blame for Rick's death. She had a simple cut on her arm that evening; she couldn't even remember how she got it. The smell of her blood had lured the vampire into the dimly lit parking lot for the promise of a meal. Janelle had already blamed herself, and relived the moment over and over in her nightmares. The fear that she will put other's at risk just by being around them still weighs heavily on her mind. Lately Janelle has been repressing her bubbly and friendly nature, fearing what might happen if anyone gets too close. Janelle puts her everything into her training but still can't quite match the other slayers and is always falling behind. Her fear makes her freeze and her nerves make her miss the subtle signs of danger that should be obvious. However, she does have potential and has shown it on occasion, particularly when she is frustrated. Currently Janelle is living in a small apartment in Sunnydale with her cat, Loki, and is just trying to survive from one day to the next.
