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breakingtheice) wrote2013-06-28 12:19 am
breakingtheice) wrote2013-06-28 12:19 am
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Character Name: Jack Frost
Canon: Rise of the Guardians
Reference: Wiki!
Appearance: Picture!
Character Info: Jack Frost used to be an ordinary kid with a little sister and family he adored and always sought to entertain or play with. Unfortunately for him, he lost his life in the process of saving his sister from falling into an icy lake, but this wouldn't be much of a story if it ended there, now would it? Jack was chosen by a mysterious figure, The Man in the Moon, to become Jack Frost, the bringer of winter and all its most fun-filled days. Jack unfortunately forgot all of his past life and, now that he was Jack Frost was rendered invisible to anyone who didn't believe in him. Which was literally everyone.
Fast forward 300 years. Pitch, a.k.a. The Bogeyman, reappears and launches an attack against the children of the world in an attempt to stamp out the Light--hope, joy, dreams, wonder--that reside in them all so he can bring about a new Dark Age. Jack is recruited into the ranks of the Guardians, other myth figures tasked with guarding the Light of the children of the world, and in spite of his initial reluctance finds himself swept up in helping them. There's a pretty serious snag when Pitch lures him away from the group with his own memories, giving Pitch a chance to Ruin Everything For Everyone, but in the end Jack manages to move past the crushing guilt of that debacle and returns to have a last stand against Pitch, finally managing to both save the day and realize what his center is--the reason he was made into Jack Frost, into a Guardian, and the thing he most wants to share with the world--
Which is never directly named in the movie. However, he realizes his center after recalling how he kept his sister's mind off of the fact that she was literally a step from plunging to her death in an icy lake by getting her to think of the situation as a game instead. He fights fear with laughter and delight, a very cheerful kind of bravery. It's safe to say that his center is something along the lines of "joy" or "fun" or "delight". One of those! It's what he lived and lives to inspire in other people--one of his abilities is even inflicting the desire to have fun on other people. Something he usually uses to help them better engage or interact with others.
Aside from that, Jack is very playful and carefree. He loves games and good-humored tricks. He loves people so much, especially kids, and one of his favorite things to do is to bring a smile to someone's face. He's eager to make friends and to meet people, and not just because it's been so long since he could. One of the very first things he did after becoming Jack Frost, while he had no memories at all, was to find the nearest town and try to cheerfully introduce himself to people and learn where he was. It's just in his nature to be friendly.
He isn't without darker feelings though, and by darker I just mean he's capable of feeling sad or lonely or even hopeless. He spent three hundred years unable to be seen by anyone but other spirits, and the movie has some implications that even those meetings were rare if they happened at all. Before his story in the movie begins, he's desperately pleading with The Man in the Moon to tell him why he exists like this, what his purpose is, why he's destined to remain invisible--! It's a very depressing existence he'd been living even if he'd done his best to make the most of it.
Later in the movie, he also says to North, a.k.a. Santa Claus, that he can't know who he is without knowing who he was. Having an understanding of the person he used to be, once he knows there's a person he used to be, is very important to him. So important that he risks the success of the Guardian's last ditch plan for a chance at being able to remember. He deeply regrets that action, of course, and spends some time being miserable and angry with himself. It's only once he's able to remember saving his sister that he finds the determination to ignore the fact that he just helped ruin everything and do whatever he can to protect the children of the world.
In summary, Jack's a friendly, fun-loving guy who loves being around people. He has some doubts about himself in a position of authority or protection; just is not sure he's well suited to a role like that. And he might make mistakes because of a determination to learn about himself or other misguided, human reasons. Reasons anyone might be lured into making a bad choice! But in the end he's a person who can and will rise to the occasion and do whatever it takes to protect those who need protecting.
Memory Loss Considerations: He won't be quite so desperate for human contact, for one thing. Without the memories of 300 years being invisible to everyone ever, he just won't see it as such a valuable, treasured thing to be able to just talk to someone. He also won't have as intense a doubt about his ability to act as a figure of authority or security since, again, he'll lack all the memories of behaving in a way opposite to that. No memories of screwing around giving kids snowdays all the time! As a blank slate, he'll be much more open to being told "this is the role you have you will be good at this role :|b". Finally, he'll be very gung ho about getting his memories since knowing who he was has been shown to be one of the most important things to him. He'll always do his absolute best in games, unless it's a game that requires him to act against his morals. He . . . He won't be able to stomach doing harm to people very well, but I think that will play out in interesting ways or else I wouldn't be apping him.
Skills:
❆ Inflict joy/playfulness: uses his breath to do this.
Suited To Be A Knight? Jack's entire arc in the movie is about realizing he is in fact suited to being a Guardian--a protector of the hope and light of the world, particularly that of children. It's stated pretty outright that the last time there were no Guardians, the Dark Ages fell upon the Earth. His purpose is to protect and bring light into the world, and the very core of his personality is driven to bring cheer and fun and joy to people in the darkest of times and to keep them from being frozen by their fears. Although he does rebel against that purpose because he simply doesn't believe he can accomplish it, he embraces it and is happy to have the role in the end.
IC Survey
Introduce yourself in a few sentences.
Canon: Rise of the Guardians
Reference: Wiki!
Appearance: Picture!
Character Info: Jack Frost used to be an ordinary kid with a little sister and family he adored and always sought to entertain or play with. Unfortunately for him, he lost his life in the process of saving his sister from falling into an icy lake, but this wouldn't be much of a story if it ended there, now would it? Jack was chosen by a mysterious figure, The Man in the Moon, to become Jack Frost, the bringer of winter and all its most fun-filled days. Jack unfortunately forgot all of his past life and, now that he was Jack Frost was rendered invisible to anyone who didn't believe in him. Which was literally everyone.
Fast forward 300 years. Pitch, a.k.a. The Bogeyman, reappears and launches an attack against the children of the world in an attempt to stamp out the Light--hope, joy, dreams, wonder--that reside in them all so he can bring about a new Dark Age. Jack is recruited into the ranks of the Guardians, other myth figures tasked with guarding the Light of the children of the world, and in spite of his initial reluctance finds himself swept up in helping them. There's a pretty serious snag when Pitch lures him away from the group with his own memories, giving Pitch a chance to Ruin Everything For Everyone, but in the end Jack manages to move past the crushing guilt of that debacle and returns to have a last stand against Pitch, finally managing to both save the day and realize what his center is--the reason he was made into Jack Frost, into a Guardian, and the thing he most wants to share with the world--
Which is never directly named in the movie. However, he realizes his center after recalling how he kept his sister's mind off of the fact that she was literally a step from plunging to her death in an icy lake by getting her to think of the situation as a game instead. He fights fear with laughter and delight, a very cheerful kind of bravery. It's safe to say that his center is something along the lines of "joy" or "fun" or "delight". One of those! It's what he lived and lives to inspire in other people--one of his abilities is even inflicting the desire to have fun on other people. Something he usually uses to help them better engage or interact with others.
Aside from that, Jack is very playful and carefree. He loves games and good-humored tricks. He loves people so much, especially kids, and one of his favorite things to do is to bring a smile to someone's face. He's eager to make friends and to meet people, and not just because it's been so long since he could. One of the very first things he did after becoming Jack Frost, while he had no memories at all, was to find the nearest town and try to cheerfully introduce himself to people and learn where he was. It's just in his nature to be friendly.
He isn't without darker feelings though, and by darker I just mean he's capable of feeling sad or lonely or even hopeless. He spent three hundred years unable to be seen by anyone but other spirits, and the movie has some implications that even those meetings were rare if they happened at all. Before his story in the movie begins, he's desperately pleading with The Man in the Moon to tell him why he exists like this, what his purpose is, why he's destined to remain invisible--! It's a very depressing existence he'd been living even if he'd done his best to make the most of it.
Later in the movie, he also says to North, a.k.a. Santa Claus, that he can't know who he is without knowing who he was. Having an understanding of the person he used to be, once he knows there's a person he used to be, is very important to him. So important that he risks the success of the Guardian's last ditch plan for a chance at being able to remember. He deeply regrets that action, of course, and spends some time being miserable and angry with himself. It's only once he's able to remember saving his sister that he finds the determination to ignore the fact that he just helped ruin everything and do whatever he can to protect the children of the world.
In summary, Jack's a friendly, fun-loving guy who loves being around people. He has some doubts about himself in a position of authority or protection; just is not sure he's well suited to a role like that. And he might make mistakes because of a determination to learn about himself or other misguided, human reasons. Reasons anyone might be lured into making a bad choice! But in the end he's a person who can and will rise to the occasion and do whatever it takes to protect those who need protecting.
Memory Loss Considerations: He won't be quite so desperate for human contact, for one thing. Without the memories of 300 years being invisible to everyone ever, he just won't see it as such a valuable, treasured thing to be able to just talk to someone. He also won't have as intense a doubt about his ability to act as a figure of authority or security since, again, he'll lack all the memories of behaving in a way opposite to that. No memories of screwing around giving kids snowdays all the time! As a blank slate, he'll be much more open to being told "this is the role you have you will be good at this role :|b". Finally, he'll be very gung ho about getting his memories since knowing who he was has been shown to be one of the most important things to him. He'll always do his absolute best in games, unless it's a game that requires him to act against his morals. He . . . He won't be able to stomach doing harm to people very well, but I think that will play out in interesting ways or else I wouldn't be apping him.
Skills:
❆ Inflict joy/playfulness: uses his breath to do this.
❆ UNDER THE CAP: limited to 3-4 people at once and only by player consent❆ Various freezing/chilling abilities: icing over bodies of water, spreading frost across an object/landscape
❆ UNDER THE CAP: Limited to smaller areas. A hillside for frosting or portion of a lake for freezing if he uses max power; enough to have some fun on but not enough to, say, ice over an entire battleground on the enemy's side or anything.❆ Flight
❆ UNDER THE CAP: Limited in a way where he can give people rides a lot but still potentially hit a cap during fights or plot instances. If that is okay. Basically COOL TO USE FOR POINTLESS FUN not cool to use to zip over everyone's heads to the super cool post-fight prize❆ Attack The Darkness (where Darkness = Fear, Rage, other "dark" emotions)
❆ UNDER THE CAP: Obviously he's not going to be able to do something like FREEZE A WAVE OF DARKNESS TURNING THE ENTIRE TIDE OF A BATTLE ALL BY HIMSELF!11 but he might be more capable than an average hero/knight of taking on a single warrior/monster/whatever of the darkness by using that skill. This is assuming the darkness is fueled by dark emotions which is probably not always the case (or even often? idk! It's just an "if it is" thing. I'd go case by case with whoever was running the thing Jack's fighting for this power.)❆ Acrobatics, ice skating, balance, other average level athletic skills
❆ UNDER THE CAP: Within range of average human ability so the cap doesn't apply❆ Inability to be seen by anyone who doesn't believe in him
❆ UNDER THE CAP: Unaffected by cap. I'll be starting him off without his "Be Jack Frost" skill so he'll be a human visible to anyone and arrange ways for people to be able to believe in him before giving that back instead since this could be a lot of fun to play with.❆ Various snow/blizzard/cold weather causing abilities
❆ UNDER THE CAP: Able to cause localized storms--maybe in the area of one or two cabins depending on how much energy he puts into it. Enough to give people enough snow for a few snowmen or one really good snowball fight. And while Camelot is still covered in snow he might be able to boost a storm that already exists, but that's only in the event he'd want to in the first place. There's not really much motivation to do that. Even boosting an existing storm would run him right up into the power cap too, so he'd be useless afterwards.
Suited To Be A Knight? Jack's entire arc in the movie is about realizing he is in fact suited to being a Guardian--a protector of the hope and light of the world, particularly that of children. It's stated pretty outright that the last time there were no Guardians, the Dark Ages fell upon the Earth. His purpose is to protect and bring light into the world, and the very core of his personality is driven to bring cheer and fun and joy to people in the darkest of times and to keep them from being frozen by their fears. Although he does rebel against that purpose because he simply doesn't believe he can accomplish it, he embraces it and is happy to have the role in the end.
IC Survey
Introduce yourself in a few sentences.
The name's Jack Frost--yes, that Jack Frost. No, I'm not joking--look! You have to believe since you can see me. Look, I'll freeze something to prove it!"The suffering of a few is okay if it benefits a great many." Do you agree with this sentiment? Why or why not?
That's . . . wow. That's a serious question. Does there really have to be any suffering? I think you should find a way to benefit people that isn't going to hurt anyone.What event from your past has impacted you the most? Please describe.
Well . . . that'd be the day I became Jack Frost. I mean, becoming a Guardian was pretty important, but I wouldn't have been able to become one if I hadn't become Jack Frost first. I would've just been a normal kid like anyone else.How would you control a large rioting crowd?
Ehh, those are messy . . . If I needed to stop it I guess I'd use a heavy snowstorm. They'd have a hard time fighting if they couldn't see each other.If someone screwed you over, how would you get back at them? If you would not get back at them, please describe a prank or surprise party you would construct for a friend.
The last guy that did that is trapped under his bed for . . . hopefully forever now. Buuut that's a pretty unique case. Usually I'd just hit them with a snowball or ice up their walkways.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Why would I want to change anything? Have you seen what I can do? I wouldn't give this up for the world. Besides, the kids need a Guardian.Do you believe in soulmates or love at first sight?
Uh. That's a weird question. I've never really thought about it but . . . I guess . . ? Why does this matter again?"Killing criminals is okay if they've committed a grave crime." Do you agree with this? Why or why not?
What? No! We didn't have to kill Pitch to beat him! Killing is just--it's just not how you win!Do you consider yourself a strong person? Why or why not?
Well, I don't have the biggest muscles around, but I'm pretty strong in other ways. I've . . . been through a lot, and I've made some pretty big mistakes. But I think being able to keep from giving up in spite of that makes me strong. It isn't like I forgot about any of it . . . I just don't let it weigh me down and keep me from what I need to do.What is the most important thing in the world to you, and what would you do in order to protect it?
Ah . . . this is almost a tough question. A while ago I might have said it's my past, but now I think--even more than knowing who I was--protecting the children in this world is the most important thing to me. I'd do anything it took to keep them safe. And anyway, it's not like I can lose my past a second time, right?If you met a stranger, and were allowed to ask one single question in order to get to know them better, what question would you ask? And, if somebody asked you this question, how would you answer?
Ah, that's simple! I'd ask them what their favorite thing in the world is. You can tell a lot about a person with a question like that. For example, my answer is the way a kid laughs over the first snowday of the season. So relieved to be missing out on school and so excited to get to have another day to do nothing but play! It says a lot about the kind of person I have to be, right?Free section:
[a snowball goes flying at the survey taker]