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osakastrut) wrote2013-02-28 09:07 pm
osakastrut) wrote2013-02-28 09:07 pm
APPLICATION
» PLAYER INFORMATION
Player NAME: Kelly
Current AGE: 22
Player TIME ZONE: +7.00 MST
Personal JOURNAL:godspeedimpulse
IM & SERVICE: AIM: grindelboo
Player PLURK: grindelboo
Current CHARACTERS: None
» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Suzuhara Touji
Canon & MEDIUM: Evangelion // Manga
Canon PULL-POINT: At his death (Chapter 33)
Character AGE: 14
Character ABILITIES: Nothing out of the ordinary for your average 14 year old student.
Character HISTORY: This touches on just about every appearance he has in the series.
Character PERSONALITY:
One of the things that makes Touji stand out in Evangelion is that compared to the two main male characters his age, Touji is incredibly normal for a teenaged boy. No sulking, depressed personality or complete lack of understanding of the human condition here, Touji is loud and simple and more concerned with boobs than the fate of the human race.
Very much an Osakan stereotype, Touji is a brash, macho-minded guy whose mouth moves faster than his brain. He's straight to the point, and he's not going to mince words if he has something to say to you--this "talk first think second" attitude has resulted in him coming off as rather tactless at times, but he doesn't mean anything by it. Really. To be malicious would mean he would actually have to understand the full repercussion of his own words, and he doesn't think nearly fast enough for that. He's not stupid by any means, he's just... fourteen. He's a fourteen year old boy with fourteen year old boy priorities, and why bother fighting with words when he's got two perfectly good fists for the job? All that communication stuff is for girls, anyway.
Which brings us to that part of the teenaged boy psyche. Touji has an incredibly strong sense of pride, which just so happens to run on the more 'traditional' side of things. If asked, Touji would call himself chivalrous. Other sources would call him misogynistic. His intentions are good, but the flip side of the noble "never hit a lady" coin is the not-so-noble "women are too weak to fight along side men" school of thought. ("What? The new Eva pilot is a girl?! No way!") Most of Touji's actions throughout the series are motivated by this Men's Pride. When he's first introduced and punches Shinji for indirectly (and completely accidentally) getting his sister hurt, it's because it's his job as a man and her brother to protect her honour. When he gets defensive and denies caring about Shinji's well-being after Shinji saves him, it's because worrying over their friends is what girls do. And when he makes the decision to pilot the Evangelion despite the fact that it scares the crap out of him, it's because it's a man's duty to protect his family, his friends, and the world.
Because as misguided as his pride can be, he does have a good heart. He loves his family and friends deeply, especially his younger sister Sakura, for whom he makes time every week to visit in the hospital. He'd do just about anything for the people he cares about, (including, you guessed it, piloting a giant death robot.) He doesn't like to talk about it, but the feelings are there.
Call it emotional constipation if you will, but much like everything else his feelings are sorted into 'manly' or 'not-manly', and anything in the 'not-manly' category is kept strictly to himself. He's very stubborn like this, refusing even to speak to his best friend about any stresses he may be going through. Strong men carry their burdens on their own, after all. Only once does he admit to being scared, and it takes having to pilot the Eva and a very real risk of death to get it out of him. Even then, Shinji is already out the door and about to leave before Touji can bring himself to tell him what's wrong.
» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON:
Touji is going to go with his own body as a weapon, so he might be able to protect the people he cares for with his own hands. (He briefly considered a sweet broadsword or something, but quickly decided the whole knight in shining armour thing was too childish and a little bit embarrassing.)
He'll start out with his basic physical strength, improving in an predictable manner with training, ie. his punches get stronger, his cardio is improved. Later on his strength may improve past the human limit, things like being able to punch through brick without breaking his hand, or being able to run half way across the city without passing out part way through. The majority of his improvement will be centred around upper body strength, with the rest taking a back seat unless the situation happens to encourage it.
Character INVENTORY: Just his ever stylish plug-suit.
» PREVIOUS GAME INFORMATION ( IF APPLICABLE )
(N/A)
» SAMPLES
First PERSON:
Okay. I'm not gonna pretend I understood halfa what they just told me, but they said they bring a lot of people here, right? From different times and worlds and all that. So that means maybe it's a long shot, but there could be someone here I know.
[Hold on. Someone might misinterpret that. Touji decides to clarify a little, looking just the tiniest bit flustered.]
Not that I need anyone here holdin my hand or nothin, I'm just sayin it'd be nice to see a familiar face.
[A few more moments of deliberation, and Touji changes his mind entirely.]
You know what, forget I asked. Can someone tell me where I can get some new clothes in this place? Wearin this plug suit everywhere is gettin embarrassing.
Third PERSON:
By the time Touji was shooed out the door with his Initiative assigned goodies his brain was going a mile a minute, trying to make sense of everything he had just been told. Like, how did that whole transporting thing work, anyhow? Everything had seemed normal enough right before he got there--okay, that wasn't completely true, he had been just about to pilot a giant killer robot for the first time, but besides that. Last thing he could remember he was in the Evangelion, going through all the test precedures and doing his best to prepare mentally, and then... After that, his memories got murky and confusing, and right at the back of his mind there was a little voice telling him that maybe it was better if it stayed that way for now.
Then, bam, he was here in Exsilium being walked through something that felt suspiciously like an intro from the beginning of a video game. And as long as he was here, he wasn't in Tokyo-3. And as long as he wasn't in Tokyo-3, he couldn't pilot Evangelion 03.
Wait.
No more Evas.
Touji wasn't sure if he wanted to laugh or throw up. A huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders, but on the other hand it had been replaced by a huge guilty knot in the pit of his stomach, insisting that he was a bad person for leaving Shinji and Asuka and Rei to deal with the remaining Angels on their own. They're capable, he tried to tell himself, more capable than you,he insisted, they'll be fine on their own, and the guilt went down a little, enough for him to ignore it for the time being.
Maybe later he would be able to get rid of it for good, but for now he'd settle for this.
Player NAME: Kelly
Current AGE: 22
Player TIME ZONE: +7.00 MST
Personal JOURNAL:
godspeedimpulseIM & SERVICE: AIM: grindelboo
Player PLURK: grindelboo
Current CHARACTERS: None
» CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character NAME: Suzuhara Touji
Canon & MEDIUM: Evangelion // Manga
Canon PULL-POINT: At his death (Chapter 33)
Character AGE: 14
Character ABILITIES: Nothing out of the ordinary for your average 14 year old student.
Character HISTORY: This touches on just about every appearance he has in the series.
Character PERSONALITY:
One of the things that makes Touji stand out in Evangelion is that compared to the two main male characters his age, Touji is incredibly normal for a teenaged boy. No sulking, depressed personality or complete lack of understanding of the human condition here, Touji is loud and simple and more concerned with boobs than the fate of the human race.
Very much an Osakan stereotype, Touji is a brash, macho-minded guy whose mouth moves faster than his brain. He's straight to the point, and he's not going to mince words if he has something to say to you--this "talk first think second" attitude has resulted in him coming off as rather tactless at times, but he doesn't mean anything by it. Really. To be malicious would mean he would actually have to understand the full repercussion of his own words, and he doesn't think nearly fast enough for that. He's not stupid by any means, he's just... fourteen. He's a fourteen year old boy with fourteen year old boy priorities, and why bother fighting with words when he's got two perfectly good fists for the job? All that communication stuff is for girls, anyway.
Which brings us to that part of the teenaged boy psyche. Touji has an incredibly strong sense of pride, which just so happens to run on the more 'traditional' side of things. If asked, Touji would call himself chivalrous. Other sources would call him misogynistic. His intentions are good, but the flip side of the noble "never hit a lady" coin is the not-so-noble "women are too weak to fight along side men" school of thought. ("What? The new Eva pilot is a girl?! No way!") Most of Touji's actions throughout the series are motivated by this Men's Pride. When he's first introduced and punches Shinji for indirectly (and completely accidentally) getting his sister hurt, it's because it's his job as a man and her brother to protect her honour. When he gets defensive and denies caring about Shinji's well-being after Shinji saves him, it's because worrying over their friends is what girls do. And when he makes the decision to pilot the Evangelion despite the fact that it scares the crap out of him, it's because it's a man's duty to protect his family, his friends, and the world.
Because as misguided as his pride can be, he does have a good heart. He loves his family and friends deeply, especially his younger sister Sakura, for whom he makes time every week to visit in the hospital. He'd do just about anything for the people he cares about, (including, you guessed it, piloting a giant death robot.) He doesn't like to talk about it, but the feelings are there.
Call it emotional constipation if you will, but much like everything else his feelings are sorted into 'manly' or 'not-manly', and anything in the 'not-manly' category is kept strictly to himself. He's very stubborn like this, refusing even to speak to his best friend about any stresses he may be going through. Strong men carry their burdens on their own, after all. Only once does he admit to being scared, and it takes having to pilot the Eva and a very real risk of death to get it out of him. Even then, Shinji is already out the door and about to leave before Touji can bring himself to tell him what's wrong.
» EXSILIUM INFORMATION
Chosen WEAPON:
Touji is going to go with his own body as a weapon, so he might be able to protect the people he cares for with his own hands. (He briefly considered a sweet broadsword or something, but quickly decided the whole knight in shining armour thing was too childish and a little bit embarrassing.)
He'll start out with his basic physical strength, improving in an predictable manner with training, ie. his punches get stronger, his cardio is improved. Later on his strength may improve past the human limit, things like being able to punch through brick without breaking his hand, or being able to run half way across the city without passing out part way through. The majority of his improvement will be centred around upper body strength, with the rest taking a back seat unless the situation happens to encourage it.
Character INVENTORY: Just his ever stylish plug-suit.
» PREVIOUS GAME INFORMATION ( IF APPLICABLE )
(N/A)
» SAMPLES
First PERSON:
Okay. I'm not gonna pretend I understood halfa what they just told me, but they said they bring a lot of people here, right? From different times and worlds and all that. So that means maybe it's a long shot, but there could be someone here I know.
[Hold on. Someone might misinterpret that. Touji decides to clarify a little, looking just the tiniest bit flustered.]
Not that I need anyone here holdin my hand or nothin, I'm just sayin it'd be nice to see a familiar face.
[A few more moments of deliberation, and Touji changes his mind entirely.]
You know what, forget I asked. Can someone tell me where I can get some new clothes in this place? Wearin this plug suit everywhere is gettin embarrassing.
Third PERSON:
By the time Touji was shooed out the door with his Initiative assigned goodies his brain was going a mile a minute, trying to make sense of everything he had just been told. Like, how did that whole transporting thing work, anyhow? Everything had seemed normal enough right before he got there--okay, that wasn't completely true, he had been just about to pilot a giant killer robot for the first time, but besides that. Last thing he could remember he was in the Evangelion, going through all the test precedures and doing his best to prepare mentally, and then... After that, his memories got murky and confusing, and right at the back of his mind there was a little voice telling him that maybe it was better if it stayed that way for now.
Then, bam, he was here in Exsilium being walked through something that felt suspiciously like an intro from the beginning of a video game. And as long as he was here, he wasn't in Tokyo-3. And as long as he wasn't in Tokyo-3, he couldn't pilot Evangelion 03.
Wait.
No more Evas.
Touji wasn't sure if he wanted to laugh or throw up. A huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders, but on the other hand it had been replaced by a huge guilty knot in the pit of his stomach, insisting that he was a bad person for leaving Shinji and Asuka and Rei to deal with the remaining Angels on their own. They're capable, he tried to tell himself, more capable than you,he insisted, they'll be fine on their own, and the guilt went down a little, enough for him to ignore it for the time being.
Maybe later he would be able to get rid of it for good, but for now he'd settle for this.