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lovesbitch) wrote2018-03-02 02:26 pm
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OOC:
Player Name: Ca
Age: 28
Contact: hotdoge @ plurk
IC:
Name: Spike
Canon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Canon Point: 7x22
Age: 129
Spoken language(s): English; Latin; Fyarl & other demonic languages.
Username: bigbad
To the Mods: no & no! he is good as is. I'll go into how his powerset will be modified for the setting in the abilities section.
History: HERE.
Personality: Two of the most important elements of Spike's character, pre-soul and post are, without question, love and violence. For him, the two often go hand-in-hand. He and Drusilla tortured each other, and Buffy and he were very rough with each other which eventually led to his attempting to rape her. He never completely forgives himself for that. Violence drives his character, no matter which side he's on. When he has the chip, the moment he discovers he can hurt demons his drive is reinignited. He tried to commit suicide when he thought he couldn't fight. Though Spike is intelligent, because of the ridicule he faced for his intellectualism and poetry in his human life (and beyond), he hides it more comfortably behind the dumb brute Spike. Without the fight, he feels useless, and it's when he starts being a hero and fighting along Buffy's side that he truly finds his calling.
Regarding love, he falls easy and hard like a rock, but once he's in he's in and he doesn't let go. Even to the end with Drusilla, when he chose Buffy over her, it caused him a great deal of turmoil and pain. He never truly loses love for someone, no matter what they've done. And though it's odd to say of a vampire, he has and will forgive almost anything. In Buffy 3x8 “A Lover's Walk,” he says what I think are some of the most pivotal lines in his character anywhere in canon. To Buffy and Angel he says: "Love isn't brains, children, it's blood -- blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." He knows how hopeless he is when the day is done, but he has a lot of feelings, and a genuinely big heart.
Buffy is so important to Spike because she was the one person who didn't turn her back on him when he was chipped. He asks the Scoobies to help him, and though he'd been trying to kill them for years Buffy agrees to keep him fed if he fights alongside them. Over the following months he falls in love with her, and this realization leads into his redemption. After they begin sleeping together in Season 6, Spike becomes even more desperate for her approval. The tragically memorable "almost-rape" scene haunts him even still. He proclaims that he doesn't want to be the sort of man who does something like that. This is the catalyst for reacquiring his soul. He returns to Sunnydale sometime later to gain Buffy's love and trust with his shiny new soul, and in Season 7 he at least gets the latter. She has his chip removed by the Initiative when it begins misfiring in a way that may kill him. While this only makes him love her more, he doesn't believe he deserves to be with her, and settles for their unwieldy friendship.
Though he initially seems self-interested, even now, his motivations often prove to be altruistic. He cares for women especially, not necessarily in a romantic fashion but also in a caretaker role. When he was human, he took care of his mother as she died of consumption, and that carries over into his unlife (even before his soul). He shows in taking care of Dawn, befriending Joyce, and later on with Fred and even Illyria. He takes a really serious beating from Glory in Buffy Season 5 in order to save Dawn, and no one asked him to, nor was he getting anything out of it. This is where his redemption arc truly begins. He feels a degree of triumph from being needed, even from Angel whom he claims to hate. He feels this especially from love interests such as Dru and Buffy, and even Harmony. He needs to feel useful in the eyes of others or he quickly loses his self-worth. Though his swagger is apparent, it's also unmistakable overcompensation for his low self-esteem.
Overall Spike is a self-sacrificing character, and will not hesitate to help those in need. He's struggling with himself and wanting to make amends to the world, and he's really taking this fate thing to heart. Even though he's a vampire, he knows how temporary life is. He feels his own mortality but it doesn't make him less likely to stick his neck out. If anything, it's just the opposite. He knows the First is coming and he knows he will be pivotal in bringing about its end. And besides, he'll do anything for Buffy, as aforementioned.
It is often implied that Spike is "different" from all the other vampires. In Darkhorse's Spike & Dru series, it's inferred that not only Drusilla but Angel also actively sired William. While it's unclear, either because of how fractured Dru herself is, or because Angelus too is within him, Spike does often diverge from other vampires even before his soul and even long before the chip. He enjoys human pleasures like warm showers and hot food. He loves pizza and hot wings and beer and all manner of gross junk food. Most vampires find human food tasteless or simply a waste of their time since it doesn't actually give them energy or do anything for them biologically. In "I will remember you" Angel gains his humanity back briefly and is suddenly struck with the desire to eat the most food ever, but as a vampire he often sideeyes Spike's choice to eat things that aren't blood. And though a lot of other vampires do drink alcohol, it's usually for the effect and not for the taste.
Also to be noted is Spike's empathy which is much stronger than any other demons' seem to be. He just generally cares where other creatures of the night would not. He falls in love with Buffy long before he ever gets his chip or even starts defecting to the good side. And it's often heavily implied that vampires don't so much feel love as they do devotion and codependency. While Spike obviously is skilled in the art of both, he also loves and always has done. This is revealed in full in "Lies My Parents Told Me" when shortly after being turned, William turns his mother so that she can be healthy and they can stay together always. Her personality obviously did not remain as well intact as his, and he is forced to stake her. All-in-all, Spike is a self-flagellating dumbass who uses sarcasm and deflection to cover up the many many feelings he hides just below the surface.
Spike acts before thinking and can be extremely rash, especially to save the day or to intervene when someone or something he cares about is threatened. He can also be very prideful and his low self-esteem can cause trouble for him. Basically, 98% of all of his trouble starts within. But there is still a good 2% that is just people out to kill him and what not, and his famously bad luck. He is also very cliche in that if ever there is a woman in danger he is so all over that even if he makes fun of Angel when he does the same. Though most of the time Spike's intentions are entirely pure when it comes to Buffy that all goes out the window. That is because Buffy Summers is Spike's greatest weakness of all. He would do anything anything for her, and no matter how much pain or conflict she inspires within him he will always be on her side and stand up for her.
It should also be noted that anyone who pays attention to Spike or is generally nice to him also he is almost guaranteed to develop a weakness for, especially if they are female and even more especially if they are younger girls. This isn't creepy I swear (Okay it's a little creepy tho.) Basically Spike is a weenie.
Abilities/Skills:
highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat armed & unarmed
immune to mind-control/telepathy; other psych-based powers
he doesn't age and and the only way to kill him is wood thru the heart, beheading or fire to complete burnination
superstrength & faster-than-human speed
jumping high & far and landing like a kitten
in order to keep operating at full capacity he needs blood though it doesn't have to be human or from a live source
when feeding or in battle, the vampires of his world "vamp out" (disabled) *
vampires need to be invited into a place where humans reside in order to enter (disabled) *
vampires burn in direct sunlight, eventually catching aflame and dying if all of them burns up (disabled) *
* based on this episode it is known that vampires abilities can differ from universe to universe. in this hell dimension spike & angel didn't burn in the sun so i will be carrying that over here. he will not have his "game face" because it makes noise (crunching/rearranging bones). and because nothing truly belongs to any of them here, he won't need an invite to enter private houses.
Samples: log & text
Player Name: Ca
Age: 28
Contact: hotdoge @ plurk
IC:
Name: Spike
Canon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Canon Point: 7x22
Age: 129
Spoken language(s): English; Latin; Fyarl & other demonic languages.
Username: bigbad
To the Mods: no & no! he is good as is. I'll go into how his powerset will be modified for the setting in the abilities section.
History: HERE.
Personality: Two of the most important elements of Spike's character, pre-soul and post are, without question, love and violence. For him, the two often go hand-in-hand. He and Drusilla tortured each other, and Buffy and he were very rough with each other which eventually led to his attempting to rape her. He never completely forgives himself for that. Violence drives his character, no matter which side he's on. When he has the chip, the moment he discovers he can hurt demons his drive is reinignited. He tried to commit suicide when he thought he couldn't fight. Though Spike is intelligent, because of the ridicule he faced for his intellectualism and poetry in his human life (and beyond), he hides it more comfortably behind the dumb brute Spike. Without the fight, he feels useless, and it's when he starts being a hero and fighting along Buffy's side that he truly finds his calling.
Regarding love, he falls easy and hard like a rock, but once he's in he's in and he doesn't let go. Even to the end with Drusilla, when he chose Buffy over her, it caused him a great deal of turmoil and pain. He never truly loses love for someone, no matter what they've done. And though it's odd to say of a vampire, he has and will forgive almost anything. In Buffy 3x8 “A Lover's Walk,” he says what I think are some of the most pivotal lines in his character anywhere in canon. To Buffy and Angel he says: "Love isn't brains, children, it's blood -- blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." He knows how hopeless he is when the day is done, but he has a lot of feelings, and a genuinely big heart.
Buffy is so important to Spike because she was the one person who didn't turn her back on him when he was chipped. He asks the Scoobies to help him, and though he'd been trying to kill them for years Buffy agrees to keep him fed if he fights alongside them. Over the following months he falls in love with her, and this realization leads into his redemption. After they begin sleeping together in Season 6, Spike becomes even more desperate for her approval. The tragically memorable "almost-rape" scene haunts him even still. He proclaims that he doesn't want to be the sort of man who does something like that. This is the catalyst for reacquiring his soul. He returns to Sunnydale sometime later to gain Buffy's love and trust with his shiny new soul, and in Season 7 he at least gets the latter. She has his chip removed by the Initiative when it begins misfiring in a way that may kill him. While this only makes him love her more, he doesn't believe he deserves to be with her, and settles for their unwieldy friendship.
Though he initially seems self-interested, even now, his motivations often prove to be altruistic. He cares for women especially, not necessarily in a romantic fashion but also in a caretaker role. When he was human, he took care of his mother as she died of consumption, and that carries over into his unlife (even before his soul). He shows in taking care of Dawn, befriending Joyce, and later on with Fred and even Illyria. He takes a really serious beating from Glory in Buffy Season 5 in order to save Dawn, and no one asked him to, nor was he getting anything out of it. This is where his redemption arc truly begins. He feels a degree of triumph from being needed, even from Angel whom he claims to hate. He feels this especially from love interests such as Dru and Buffy, and even Harmony. He needs to feel useful in the eyes of others or he quickly loses his self-worth. Though his swagger is apparent, it's also unmistakable overcompensation for his low self-esteem.
Overall Spike is a self-sacrificing character, and will not hesitate to help those in need. He's struggling with himself and wanting to make amends to the world, and he's really taking this fate thing to heart. Even though he's a vampire, he knows how temporary life is. He feels his own mortality but it doesn't make him less likely to stick his neck out. If anything, it's just the opposite. He knows the First is coming and he knows he will be pivotal in bringing about its end. And besides, he'll do anything for Buffy, as aforementioned.
It is often implied that Spike is "different" from all the other vampires. In Darkhorse's Spike & Dru series, it's inferred that not only Drusilla but Angel also actively sired William. While it's unclear, either because of how fractured Dru herself is, or because Angelus too is within him, Spike does often diverge from other vampires even before his soul and even long before the chip. He enjoys human pleasures like warm showers and hot food. He loves pizza and hot wings and beer and all manner of gross junk food. Most vampires find human food tasteless or simply a waste of their time since it doesn't actually give them energy or do anything for them biologically. In "I will remember you" Angel gains his humanity back briefly and is suddenly struck with the desire to eat the most food ever, but as a vampire he often sideeyes Spike's choice to eat things that aren't blood. And though a lot of other vampires do drink alcohol, it's usually for the effect and not for the taste.
Also to be noted is Spike's empathy which is much stronger than any other demons' seem to be. He just generally cares where other creatures of the night would not. He falls in love with Buffy long before he ever gets his chip or even starts defecting to the good side. And it's often heavily implied that vampires don't so much feel love as they do devotion and codependency. While Spike obviously is skilled in the art of both, he also loves and always has done. This is revealed in full in "Lies My Parents Told Me" when shortly after being turned, William turns his mother so that she can be healthy and they can stay together always. Her personality obviously did not remain as well intact as his, and he is forced to stake her. All-in-all, Spike is a self-flagellating dumbass who uses sarcasm and deflection to cover up the many many feelings he hides just below the surface.
Spike acts before thinking and can be extremely rash, especially to save the day or to intervene when someone or something he cares about is threatened. He can also be very prideful and his low self-esteem can cause trouble for him. Basically, 98% of all of his trouble starts within. But there is still a good 2% that is just people out to kill him and what not, and his famously bad luck. He is also very cliche in that if ever there is a woman in danger he is so all over that even if he makes fun of Angel when he does the same. Though most of the time Spike's intentions are entirely pure when it comes to Buffy that all goes out the window. That is because Buffy Summers is Spike's greatest weakness of all. He would do anything anything for her, and no matter how much pain or conflict she inspires within him he will always be on her side and stand up for her.
It should also be noted that anyone who pays attention to Spike or is generally nice to him also he is almost guaranteed to develop a weakness for, especially if they are female and even more especially if they are younger girls. This isn't creepy I swear (Okay it's a little creepy tho.) Basically Spike is a weenie.
Abilities/Skills:
* based on this episode it is known that vampires abilities can differ from universe to universe. in this hell dimension spike & angel didn't burn in the sun so i will be carrying that over here. he will not have his "game face" because it makes noise (crunching/rearranging bones). and because nothing truly belongs to any of them here, he won't need an invite to enter private houses.
Samples: log & text