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May. 15th, 2014 12:44 amYour name or online alias: CarnivorousGiraffe
Your email: taiiiver@hotmail.com
Another preferred means of contact: PM here on DW (personal or character account is fine) or Taiiiver @ AIM
Character's Full Name: Micah Sanders
Character's Canon: Heroes
Character's Journal Name: rebel_hero
What would you like your character's tag to be?: micah sanders
In 300-500 words total, tell us your...
Character's background (their past and present): Micah and his parents developed superpowers, roughly at the same time, and at first this mainly caused problems, leading his father to escape from prison (where he was wrongly imprisoned), either causing or worsening his mother’s identity issues* and multiple deals between his parents and mobster Linderman which eventually culminates in Micah being kidnapped and forced to use his powers to help Linderman rig an election.
After this his parents rescue him and finally manage to settle back into normal life again, despite Micah’s hopes that they would fight crime as a super family. Instead, his father became a firefighter, proving to Micah that he could use his powers to help people without putting on a cape, but then died shortly afterwards in a frankly random shooting incident. His mother left him with a great-aunt so she could safely figure out her identities and while there he realized his cousin also had a power and very nearly succeeded in convincing her to become a superhero. Unfortunately she overreached herself too soon and Micah's mother died saving her from a fire.
After briefly meeting one of his mother's long lost triplet sisters, Traci Strauss, Micah stays with his surviving family until the government starts rounding up people with ablities. Micah finally sees a chance to be the kind of hero his parents were and runs away to become Rebel, the technologically focused leader of an underground movement helping people with abilities escape before they're caught.
He watches Traci seemingly die to protect him, after betraying him not knowing he was Rebel, and briefly meets the serial killer Sylar, urging him to use his powers to help people before leaving to continue saving the people with abilities until the manhunt is finally ended and his task, for the moment, is over.
*which are never clearly defined in the show as mundane or supernatural, so from Micah's point of view I'm going to assume he doesn't know either but errs on the side of powers because psychology doesn't involve tattoos that appear and disappear with multiple personalities. And then I'm probably going to avoid the subject as much as possible because the show was pretty terrible and vague in its handling of the subject and I'm not qualified to do it much better.
Character's personality: Micah’s a strongly idealistic kid, the tragedies of his life and his parents’ deaths only strengthening his belief in the power of a hero. His constant dream is be a superhero, costume or no costume. to make a difference in the world with his powers and help people. Aside from wanting to be a ‘hero’ he doesn’t have a real goal in life, so focused in the last few years on surviving day to day or bracing himself for the next crisis.
He tends to give people who apparently share his beliefs the benefit of the doubt, such as trusting that Traci’s patriotic and idealistic autobiography was her real world view, but views the misanthropic ideals of people like Linderman, who wanted to ‘heal the world’ with the liberal application of explosions, with more suspicion.
Despite this he’s quite willing to bend the rules for his own purposes if it means contributing to the greater good, like convincing an ATM to give him money for his family or the countless laws he broke as Rebel. He also firmly believes in people’s abilities to change, witnessing this in both his parents and Traci, even trying to convince known mass-murder Sylar that he could overcome his issues and help people, as well as aiding even those who used their powers for genuinely awful causes to escape the government.
Character's skills/abilities/powers: Micah can communicate and manipulate technology. He doesn’t need to touch it to do so but he does need to be close. He’s also learned to use one piece of technology, like his cell phone, to boost his range, such as working through the phone to control traffic lights. If something is broken he can still force it to work, though that depends on what the issue is (if there’s no power, for example, he can’t do anything with it).
From Micah’s point of view this is more a form of communication than anything. The machines aren’t really sentient but rather than forcing them to do as he asks he coaxes them and his ability seems to make them more malleable to his requests, along with allowing the communication at all.
He’s also extremely bright, possibly a prodigy, even when it comes to matters not related to technology (though he does have the ability to physically upgrade his tech’s hardware which is not entirely due to his power),which includes his skill at the piano.
Any special equipment your character is bringing along? This includes weaponry, magic items, etc.: As an experienced traveler by now he keeps everything he needs in backpack, which aside from some basic supplies that won’t be an issue on the ship, carries his phone and laptop, both highly customized for his needs as Rebel and a photo of him and his parents.
Why do you want to play this character in Ten Forward, and what do you plan to do with them? I love Micah, he was one of the best characters on the show and with potential that was terribly squandered. Most of his plot, especially as Rebel, was offscreen and I want him to have a chance to actually grow and develop as a character, interact with people he’s not related to. I want to give him a chance at a happy ending and see what he can become without his canon holding him back.
Writing Sample #1:
Micah had almost started to believe nothing could surprise him anymore. He should have known. He’d read enough comic books, watched enough television to know that the instant you started suspecting you’d seen it all, the universe came along to prove you wrong.
There was a whole universe outside the window, an endless expanse of stars proving him wrong. He’d seen his mother rip a steel pole from concrete, seen his father walk through walls and it was this sight that left him breathless. He wished with a sudden, sharp stab of grief he had someone to share it with.
It took a surprising amount of effort to tear himself away from the view, but Micah managed it, the allure of the humming ship another temptation awaiting him. He wasn’t sure if anyone knew what he could do, exactly, most of the ship’s crew seemed just as confused as everyone else, if a lot more organized about their confusion.
It was possible they wouldn’t look too kindly on him snooping through their computers, not to the extent he planned at least, but they had freely given him a ‘padd’ to use, to get up to speed with this time period, and a brief rundown of the ship’s basic voice commands. Obviously they wanted him to feel comfortable.
Well, he thought, clearing away his few personal items so he had room to sit on the bed, padd in hand. Well, this was how he got comfortable. Knowledge was power, children’s cartoon motto turned survivor’s mantra in Micah’s life.
He closed his eyes to concentrate, something he hadn’t needed to do for months now. He’d grown so accustomed to using his powers automatically, sometimes without even thinking about it, without even meaning to, it had been jarring to arrive on the ship and reach out to a ‘mind’ more vast and intimidating than his first days realizing his power.
Now Micah had to adjust for centuries of advances, not to mention the entirely and quite literally alien additions, and a ship with more personality than anything he’d ever encountered before. What had taken him days.to learn might take him weeks now, not to mention all the data he’d have to sift through aside from everything else.
He smiled to himself, eyes still closed, a world only vaguely familiar racing through the space behind his eyelids. At least that was the nice thing about time travel. There was no rush.
Barring any super villains, of course.
Your email: taiiiver@hotmail.com
Another preferred means of contact: PM here on DW (personal or character account is fine) or Taiiiver @ AIM
Character's Full Name: Micah Sanders
Character's Canon: Heroes
Character's Journal Name: rebel_hero
What would you like your character's tag to be?: micah sanders
In 300-500 words total, tell us your...
Character's background (their past and present): Micah and his parents developed superpowers, roughly at the same time, and at first this mainly caused problems, leading his father to escape from prison (where he was wrongly imprisoned), either causing or worsening his mother’s identity issues* and multiple deals between his parents and mobster Linderman which eventually culminates in Micah being kidnapped and forced to use his powers to help Linderman rig an election.
After this his parents rescue him and finally manage to settle back into normal life again, despite Micah’s hopes that they would fight crime as a super family. Instead, his father became a firefighter, proving to Micah that he could use his powers to help people without putting on a cape, but then died shortly afterwards in a frankly random shooting incident. His mother left him with a great-aunt so she could safely figure out her identities and while there he realized his cousin also had a power and very nearly succeeded in convincing her to become a superhero. Unfortunately she overreached herself too soon and Micah's mother died saving her from a fire.
After briefly meeting one of his mother's long lost triplet sisters, Traci Strauss, Micah stays with his surviving family until the government starts rounding up people with ablities. Micah finally sees a chance to be the kind of hero his parents were and runs away to become Rebel, the technologically focused leader of an underground movement helping people with abilities escape before they're caught.
He watches Traci seemingly die to protect him, after betraying him not knowing he was Rebel, and briefly meets the serial killer Sylar, urging him to use his powers to help people before leaving to continue saving the people with abilities until the manhunt is finally ended and his task, for the moment, is over.
*which are never clearly defined in the show as mundane or supernatural, so from Micah's point of view I'm going to assume he doesn't know either but errs on the side of powers because psychology doesn't involve tattoos that appear and disappear with multiple personalities. And then I'm probably going to avoid the subject as much as possible because the show was pretty terrible and vague in its handling of the subject and I'm not qualified to do it much better.
Character's personality: Micah’s a strongly idealistic kid, the tragedies of his life and his parents’ deaths only strengthening his belief in the power of a hero. His constant dream is be a superhero, costume or no costume. to make a difference in the world with his powers and help people. Aside from wanting to be a ‘hero’ he doesn’t have a real goal in life, so focused in the last few years on surviving day to day or bracing himself for the next crisis.
He tends to give people who apparently share his beliefs the benefit of the doubt, such as trusting that Traci’s patriotic and idealistic autobiography was her real world view, but views the misanthropic ideals of people like Linderman, who wanted to ‘heal the world’ with the liberal application of explosions, with more suspicion.
Despite this he’s quite willing to bend the rules for his own purposes if it means contributing to the greater good, like convincing an ATM to give him money for his family or the countless laws he broke as Rebel. He also firmly believes in people’s abilities to change, witnessing this in both his parents and Traci, even trying to convince known mass-murder Sylar that he could overcome his issues and help people, as well as aiding even those who used their powers for genuinely awful causes to escape the government.
Character's skills/abilities/powers: Micah can communicate and manipulate technology. He doesn’t need to touch it to do so but he does need to be close. He’s also learned to use one piece of technology, like his cell phone, to boost his range, such as working through the phone to control traffic lights. If something is broken he can still force it to work, though that depends on what the issue is (if there’s no power, for example, he can’t do anything with it).
From Micah’s point of view this is more a form of communication than anything. The machines aren’t really sentient but rather than forcing them to do as he asks he coaxes them and his ability seems to make them more malleable to his requests, along with allowing the communication at all.
He’s also extremely bright, possibly a prodigy, even when it comes to matters not related to technology (though he does have the ability to physically upgrade his tech’s hardware which is not entirely due to his power),which includes his skill at the piano.
Any special equipment your character is bringing along? This includes weaponry, magic items, etc.: As an experienced traveler by now he keeps everything he needs in backpack, which aside from some basic supplies that won’t be an issue on the ship, carries his phone and laptop, both highly customized for his needs as Rebel and a photo of him and his parents.
Why do you want to play this character in Ten Forward, and what do you plan to do with them? I love Micah, he was one of the best characters on the show and with potential that was terribly squandered. Most of his plot, especially as Rebel, was offscreen and I want him to have a chance to actually grow and develop as a character, interact with people he’s not related to. I want to give him a chance at a happy ending and see what he can become without his canon holding him back.
Writing Sample #1:
Micah had almost started to believe nothing could surprise him anymore. He should have known. He’d read enough comic books, watched enough television to know that the instant you started suspecting you’d seen it all, the universe came along to prove you wrong.
There was a whole universe outside the window, an endless expanse of stars proving him wrong. He’d seen his mother rip a steel pole from concrete, seen his father walk through walls and it was this sight that left him breathless. He wished with a sudden, sharp stab of grief he had someone to share it with.
It took a surprising amount of effort to tear himself away from the view, but Micah managed it, the allure of the humming ship another temptation awaiting him. He wasn’t sure if anyone knew what he could do, exactly, most of the ship’s crew seemed just as confused as everyone else, if a lot more organized about their confusion.
It was possible they wouldn’t look too kindly on him snooping through their computers, not to the extent he planned at least, but they had freely given him a ‘padd’ to use, to get up to speed with this time period, and a brief rundown of the ship’s basic voice commands. Obviously they wanted him to feel comfortable.
Well, he thought, clearing away his few personal items so he had room to sit on the bed, padd in hand. Well, this was how he got comfortable. Knowledge was power, children’s cartoon motto turned survivor’s mantra in Micah’s life.
He closed his eyes to concentrate, something he hadn’t needed to do for months now. He’d grown so accustomed to using his powers automatically, sometimes without even thinking about it, without even meaning to, it had been jarring to arrive on the ship and reach out to a ‘mind’ more vast and intimidating than his first days realizing his power.
Now Micah had to adjust for centuries of advances, not to mention the entirely and quite literally alien additions, and a ship with more personality than anything he’d ever encountered before. What had taken him days.to learn might take him weeks now, not to mention all the data he’d have to sift through aside from everything else.
He smiled to himself, eyes still closed, a world only vaguely familiar racing through the space behind his eyelids. At least that was the nice thing about time travel. There was no rush.
Barring any super villains, of course.