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greenhoodPlayer Information
Player name: Zan
Contact: thezandroid @ Gmail / misseviltwin @ AIM / zandroid @ Plurk
Other characters in the game: None
Reserve Link: (Link to Reserve)
Character Information
Character Name: Oliver Queen
Canon: Arrow
Canon Point: Post Season 4, Episode 23
Species: Human
History: Oliver's History on Wikia
Personality: It took five years and the death of his father for Oliver Queen to turn into the man in the green hood and another four years to turn into the hero that was known as the Green Arrow. But he didn't start out as anyone's hero. First he was just a boy in a man's body. He was the person who ran from his responsibilities and simply lived his life without regard for other people. More than a little reckless, he lived the party boy life with his best friend Tommy and girlfriend Laurel. But he wasn't always faithful to her and that ultimately led him to the turning point in his life.
Lian Yu forced Oliver to take a hard look at himself and what was important to him. More than that, it forced him to care about himself and his own survival. Within those first few months, he was shot with an arrow, tortured, and had to start to learn how to fight and hunt. Over time, he gained more combat skills but was also equally abused. His body was very literally altered in his time away from home, a symbol of the inner changes he would undergo.
Despite having a very flexible sense of personal morality, Oliver still believed in doing the right thing. He also believed in the general good nature of the world, a belief that was quickly challenged and destroyed. His world became one where truth and justice were in short supply. If he wanted things to be right, he had to make them right. He also learned that sometimes the end justified the means. For a long time, he'd believe that the ends always justified the means. It was what turned him into the killer that returned to Starling City and it was only seeing himself reflected in his friends, only by actually having friends, that he pulled back from the precipice of that line. That he stopped being merely a killer with good if twisted motives and started being a hero that other people would follow.
Trust was another thing which was in short supply during his time away and hiding the truth became a way of life. Most of the time, he thought he was doing the other person a favor and no matter how many times it was proved that concealing things was worse than revealing them, it's become one habit that's hard to break, even at the point he comes from. From hiding the truth of Shado's death from Slade to hiding how Taiana's brother died to even something more recent like the existence of his son.
Of all the habits that Oliver has been learning to get rid of, this is one of the last and most pervasive. In order to tell the truth, he has to trust. Trust that they can handle the truth, trust that they won't react badly, even trust in himself that he can handle it if they handle it poorly. And though he has taken strides towards being able to trust the people in his life, it is still the thing that can put walls between him and the people he cares about.
To sum up, Oliver is still very much a work in progress. Once upon a time, he was a typical college dropout in the making, but he has turned into something more and his story is very much not a fairy tale. It's one full of heartbreak, of losing the people he cares about because of dangers he's faced or because of his own stupidity. But it's also one about a man who is struggling to live up to the myth that has become the Green Arrow.
Specialty Skills: Refer to the Specialty Skills post and list the traits that your character has shown in canon out beside each subheading
Action Skills
Knowledge Skills
Other Skills (not listed) - Multiple languages, including Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic.
Mutant Abilities: None.
Service Firm and Position: Gray Ops. He lives in the gray.
Samples
Action Spam Samples: Sample 1, Sample 2
Prose Log Sample: Sample 1, Sample 2
Almost Done!
Is fourth walling acceptable for your character? Absolutely. He's used to a bit of the uncanny.
If yes, are there any restrictions or notes you'd like other players to know? I'd just like a heads up beforehand.
Would you like to volunteer your character to be a selected target of the Anti-Special Society (ASS)? Sure. Oliver lives for other people hunting him down.
Due to past trouble with Specials, some have been given specific trigger phrases to assist in controlling their traitorous tendencies. Does your character have a trigger phrase and if so, what is it? The death of a loved one in Russian. (смерть близкого человека or smert' blizkogo cheloveka)
Do you agree that your character will be held accountable to the terms of Treason and Punishment if they are found to be guilty of treason? I agree.
Player name: Zan
Contact: thezandroid @ Gmail / misseviltwin @ AIM / zandroid @ Plurk
Other characters in the game: None
Reserve Link: (Link to Reserve)
Character Information
Character Name: Oliver Queen
Canon: Arrow
Canon Point: Post Season 4, Episode 23
Species: Human
History: Oliver's History on Wikia
Personality: It took five years and the death of his father for Oliver Queen to turn into the man in the green hood and another four years to turn into the hero that was known as the Green Arrow. But he didn't start out as anyone's hero. First he was just a boy in a man's body. He was the person who ran from his responsibilities and simply lived his life without regard for other people. More than a little reckless, he lived the party boy life with his best friend Tommy and girlfriend Laurel. But he wasn't always faithful to her and that ultimately led him to the turning point in his life.
Lian Yu forced Oliver to take a hard look at himself and what was important to him. More than that, it forced him to care about himself and his own survival. Within those first few months, he was shot with an arrow, tortured, and had to start to learn how to fight and hunt. Over time, he gained more combat skills but was also equally abused. His body was very literally altered in his time away from home, a symbol of the inner changes he would undergo.
Despite having a very flexible sense of personal morality, Oliver still believed in doing the right thing. He also believed in the general good nature of the world, a belief that was quickly challenged and destroyed. His world became one where truth and justice were in short supply. If he wanted things to be right, he had to make them right. He also learned that sometimes the end justified the means. For a long time, he'd believe that the ends always justified the means. It was what turned him into the killer that returned to Starling City and it was only seeing himself reflected in his friends, only by actually having friends, that he pulled back from the precipice of that line. That he stopped being merely a killer with good if twisted motives and started being a hero that other people would follow.
Trust was another thing which was in short supply during his time away and hiding the truth became a way of life. Most of the time, he thought he was doing the other person a favor and no matter how many times it was proved that concealing things was worse than revealing them, it's become one habit that's hard to break, even at the point he comes from. From hiding the truth of Shado's death from Slade to hiding how Taiana's brother died to even something more recent like the existence of his son.
Of all the habits that Oliver has been learning to get rid of, this is one of the last and most pervasive. In order to tell the truth, he has to trust. Trust that they can handle the truth, trust that they won't react badly, even trust in himself that he can handle it if they handle it poorly. And though he has taken strides towards being able to trust the people in his life, it is still the thing that can put walls between him and the people he cares about.
To sum up, Oliver is still very much a work in progress. Once upon a time, he was a typical college dropout in the making, but he has turned into something more and his story is very much not a fairy tale. It's one full of heartbreak, of losing the people he cares about because of dangers he's faced or because of his own stupidity. But it's also one about a man who is struggling to live up to the myth that has become the Green Arrow.
Specialty Skills: Refer to the Specialty Skills post and list the traits that your character has shown in canon out beside each subheading
Action Skills
Management - Chutzpah, Interrogation, Intimidation, Moxie, Oratory
Stealth - Concealment, High Alert, Security Systems (minor talent, rusty), Shadowing, Sneaking, Surveillance (minor talent, rusty)
Violence - Agility, Fine Manipulation, Hand Weapons, Projectile Weapons, Thrown Weapons, Unarmed Combat
Knowledge Skills
Hardware - Mechanical engineering, specialty in bow tips
Software - Data Search, Financial Systems, Hacking (minor talent, rusty)
Wetware - Medical (better-than-average first aid and minor surgery), Outdoor Life, Pharmatherapy, specialty in natural medicines
Other Skills (not listed) - Multiple languages, including Russian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic.
Mutant Abilities: None.
Service Firm and Position: Gray Ops. He lives in the gray.
Samples
Action Spam Samples: Sample 1, Sample 2
Prose Log Sample: Sample 1, Sample 2
Almost Done!
Is fourth walling acceptable for your character? Absolutely. He's used to a bit of the uncanny.
If yes, are there any restrictions or notes you'd like other players to know? I'd just like a heads up beforehand.
Would you like to volunteer your character to be a selected target of the Anti-Special Society (ASS)? Sure. Oliver lives for other people hunting him down.
Due to past trouble with Specials, some have been given specific trigger phrases to assist in controlling their traitorous tendencies. Does your character have a trigger phrase and if so, what is it? The death of a loved one in Russian. (смерть близкого человека or smert' blizkogo cheloveka)
Do you agree that your character will be held accountable to the terms of Treason and Punishment if they are found to be guilty of treason? I agree.
