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garyoutensei) wrote2018-03-28 11:06 pm
garyoutensei) wrote2018-03-28 11:06 pm
melodies app
Player
Name: gsai
Age: old enough
Personal Journal: n/a
Contact:![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
gsai
Other In-Game Characters: n/a
Character
Name: Baiken
Age: Unknown. Assumed to be in her late 20s/early 30s
Gender: for the most part, female.
Canon: Guilty Gear
Canon Point: Post Revelator
History: http://guilty-gear.wikia.com/wiki/Baiken fair warning, the GG wikia has issues with regards to readability, but the info should all be there
Personality: Baiken is a very broken person. The trauma she suffered at the hands of the Gears and That Man has left her physically and mentally scarred to a degree that is likely irreparable. It has left her wrathful and brutal to those around her, quick to anger and to violent action in most situations. In canon she routinely loses patience with others and goes on the attack when she doesn't get the response she wants or needs.
Her desire for revenge guides her life almost completely, leading her down a dark and bloody path. She makes very few friends, feeling like they will only either get in the way, or refuse to accept her for who she is (the aforementioned broken person). She keeps Anji, probably the person she's closest to in life, at a constant arm's length, in spite of his constant attempts at affection. She coldly shrugs off any attempts at friendship, and will even threaten to kill people who push it too far (though Anji is still alive...)
Baiken also has an unusual relationship with her identity beyond her all-fueling desire to kill That Man. In terms of national pride, she has a deep resentment to the idea of the Japanese race being exceptional just because they faced genocide. But on the other side, she also has tremendous pride in Japanese identity and refuses to hide the Japanese parts of her personality or appearance like most colony escapees would. The same comes to her gender. While not explicitly agender, Baiken does not really consider herself a woman, feeling that her path of bloodshed and revenge exists beyond the concepts of gender.
While Baiken insists she's not capable of affection or humanizing herself beyond the cold-blooded killer, there are moments in canon where she genuinely accepts the concerns and feelings of others, and shoes a willingness to help others or even show affection. Anji stands out as the chief example, as she allows him to travel with her and humors his attempts at "protecting" her (though she is clearly far more capable). She briefly works alongside Venom and Chipp as part of an anti-corruption hit squad helping out the disenfranchised and oppressed. While she's not fond of May's youthful enthusiasm, she refuses to be directly cold or cruel to her, choosing to humor her and even impart advice and guidance.
Baiken is a person constantly struggling against what she lost, what that loss made her into, and how she can reconcile all of that with her humanity. It's a struggle that either leads her to accept the presence of and need for companionship and to live for something besides chasing death, or to go completely mad and seek only to kill and kill until her life comes to a violent end.
Samples: 1, 2
Vaikuntha
Moogle Name: Suzuran
Moogle Gender: Female
First Job: Swordmaster
Second Job: Dark Knight
Name: gsai
Age: old enough
Personal Journal: n/a
Contact:
Other In-Game Characters: n/a
Character
Name: Baiken
Age: Unknown. Assumed to be in her late 20s/early 30s
Gender: for the most part, female.
Canon: Guilty Gear
Canon Point: Post Revelator
History: http://guilty-gear.wikia.com/wiki/Baiken fair warning, the GG wikia has issues with regards to readability, but the info should all be there
Personality: Baiken is a very broken person. The trauma she suffered at the hands of the Gears and That Man has left her physically and mentally scarred to a degree that is likely irreparable. It has left her wrathful and brutal to those around her, quick to anger and to violent action in most situations. In canon she routinely loses patience with others and goes on the attack when she doesn't get the response she wants or needs.
Her desire for revenge guides her life almost completely, leading her down a dark and bloody path. She makes very few friends, feeling like they will only either get in the way, or refuse to accept her for who she is (the aforementioned broken person). She keeps Anji, probably the person she's closest to in life, at a constant arm's length, in spite of his constant attempts at affection. She coldly shrugs off any attempts at friendship, and will even threaten to kill people who push it too far (though Anji is still alive...)
Baiken also has an unusual relationship with her identity beyond her all-fueling desire to kill That Man. In terms of national pride, she has a deep resentment to the idea of the Japanese race being exceptional just because they faced genocide. But on the other side, she also has tremendous pride in Japanese identity and refuses to hide the Japanese parts of her personality or appearance like most colony escapees would. The same comes to her gender. While not explicitly agender, Baiken does not really consider herself a woman, feeling that her path of bloodshed and revenge exists beyond the concepts of gender.
While Baiken insists she's not capable of affection or humanizing herself beyond the cold-blooded killer, there are moments in canon where she genuinely accepts the concerns and feelings of others, and shoes a willingness to help others or even show affection. Anji stands out as the chief example, as she allows him to travel with her and humors his attempts at "protecting" her (though she is clearly far more capable). She briefly works alongside Venom and Chipp as part of an anti-corruption hit squad helping out the disenfranchised and oppressed. While she's not fond of May's youthful enthusiasm, she refuses to be directly cold or cruel to her, choosing to humor her and even impart advice and guidance.
Baiken is a person constantly struggling against what she lost, what that loss made her into, and how she can reconcile all of that with her humanity. It's a struggle that either leads her to accept the presence of and need for companionship and to live for something besides chasing death, or to go completely mad and seek only to kill and kill until her life comes to a violent end.
Samples: 1, 2
Vaikuntha
Moogle Name: Suzuran
Moogle Gender: Female
First Job: Swordmaster
Second Job: Dark Knight