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Over 18? Y
Characters Played: Also apped Simon Lewis.
Character Name: Johnny Jaqobis
Series: Killjoys
Canon Point: 3x01
Character Age: Mid 30s
Background: Wiki
Personality:
"YOU LEAD. I SHOOT. JOHNNY GIVES A SHIT."
Johnny serves as an emotional anchor for his team, and most of the time it's a role he's happy to fill. Johnny's a giver, and he's good at sitting back and untangling complicated emotions — next to D'avin and Dutch, both of whom are more likely to shoot at problems or indulge in distractions, he might as well be the team therapist. He's good at knowing what to say and when to say it, and he has a knack for reading other people and fine-tuning his emotional honesty to keep it within their comfort levels. Usually. He obviously isn't perfect, and his patience isn't infinite. It cracks more often with D'av, and their tumultuous family history means Johnny's more ruthlessly and aggressively honest with him (which, to be fair, might be the only way to get D'av to listen). His dynamic with Dutch speaks to a lot more stability and a healthier, supportive bond, and it's one he seems to thrive in.
He says more than once that he only wants to be a Killjoy (space bounty hunter, basically) if he can be a Killjoy with her, which explains how he got into the gig. He enjoys adventure and the relative freedom the job offers, but he isn't driven by the code; he's driven by his connection to Dutch, and the desire to stay by her side and keep her safe. As soon as the two of them start to break off and find emotional independence, his interest in the job crumbles quickly. Johnny's a good guy, and he believes in doing Good Things, but in the end he's motivated by personal connections over everything else. When he kills one of the show's bad guys, for example, he says outright that he isn't a hero. He isn't doing it because of what that bad guy represents, or the potential galactic disaster they might stir up — he does it because the bad guy killed a woman he loved, full stop.
On a slightly related note, Johnny is developing some pretty intense abandonment issues, or simply an intense fear of being left behind. The trend started with his brother D'av taking off to join the military and never coming back, and after that, a pattern of loss has started to develop: the loss of his mother to addiction, D'av being kidnapped a while after they'd been reunited, Johnny's wife being killed, and most recently his new partner going missing during a routine job. While Johnny states outright that he's afraid that this will continue to happen, it doesn't seem to keep him from remaining open to forming attachments with new people. He shares this concern with someone whom he's just met — and someone with whom he's already managed to form a bond. Grief has hardened him in some ways, and he has become more jaded, but his empathy for other people will always be a weak spot.
The flip-side of Johnny being such a great shoulder to cry on is his habit of keeping his own problems to himself. It isn't that he's bad at communication — he's actually great at it, but he is prone to prioritizing other people's concerns over his own. With D'av, for example, Johnny spent so much energy trying to fix D'av's problems and bottling up his feelings of resentment and grief that it eventually exploded, leaving them briefly estranged. With Dutch, he's gotten into a bad habit of lying to her so she won't feel obligated to help him fix his problems. It's a stunt he pulls early on when he keeps her in the dark about his plans to break D'av out of jail, and not much has changed since then.
In the back half of the second season, he lies to her multiple times: once because he's going against Killjoy code to help his girlfriend, Pawter Simms, and later because he commits a crime and doesn't want Dutch and D'av to get heat for it. In the first case, he's lying just as much because he wants to have something that's just his — something that isn't for Dutch, or the Killjoys. Falling in love with Pawter brings out Johnny's selfish streak, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's okay to want things for himself, but he's clearly out of practice and bad at balancing it with the other aspects of his life.
Johnny can also be pretty vicious. This ties directly into his empathy and his ability to feel things deeply, and arguably an inability to cut those feelings off. When he's put in intense emotional situations, his reaction is to lock it down — despite constantly encouraging others to talk through problems, he doesn't give himself the same luxury. Instead he lets it simmer, and the results tend to be catastrophic. After a particularly rough week involving his brother getting brainwashed, the team breaking up, and a hostage situation, he shoots three men point blank without flinching. When Pawter is brutally killed as part of a political play, Johnny retaliates by luring her murderer to a back alley and shooting her in the gut. While catastrophic, though, these aren't impulsive decisions; they're choices he's thought out, at length. He's calm in both situations, and he later states that he doesn't even feel particularly guilty about it.
In summary: Johnny's kind, but he isn't always nice. He's great at taking care of other people and reasonably crappy at taking care of himself, and while he comes off as surprisingly well-adjusted, it's kind of a farce. When he does bad things it's always for a very valid reason, but it's still a line he's willing to cross without regret. First impressions will peg him as arrogant, witty and (usually) charming, and he's quick to empathize and engage with strangers. If he doesn't like someone, he's open about that, too; he doesn't hold back on insults. If talking about his problems will help someone cope with theirs, he's pretty likely to be open about it. Past that, he can get cagey and reserved.
Powers/Abilities:
- Just a normal human.
- Does have a mod installed, but it's basically a tiny laser knife on one of his fingers, so not that impressive.
- Very smart. He's best with engineering/electronics, but he's been shown to be savvy with other fields of science after a bit of research.
- As a RAC agent, he's well-trained in combat and firearms.
Inventory:
- Standard Killjoy gear/jacket.
- A standard (fancy space) pistol. Normal bullets.
- A small PDD (used for video, audio, communications, storage, etc; basically a smart phone, can integrate with other systems in canon).
Incentives: The protection of his friends and loved ones. He'd be a little difficult to convince, but more in the sense that he'd remain skeptical for a while, not that he'd be uncooperative.
1. TDM Top-Level.
2. Two short threads.
OOC
Handle: Melissa
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Over 18? Y
Characters Played: Also apped Simon Lewis.
THE CHARACTER
Character Name: Johnny Jaqobis
Series: Killjoys
Canon Point: 3x01
Character Age: Mid 30s
Background: Wiki
Personality:
"YOU LEAD. I SHOOT. JOHNNY GIVES A SHIT."
Johnny serves as an emotional anchor for his team, and most of the time it's a role he's happy to fill. Johnny's a giver, and he's good at sitting back and untangling complicated emotions — next to D'avin and Dutch, both of whom are more likely to shoot at problems or indulge in distractions, he might as well be the team therapist. He's good at knowing what to say and when to say it, and he has a knack for reading other people and fine-tuning his emotional honesty to keep it within their comfort levels. Usually. He obviously isn't perfect, and his patience isn't infinite. It cracks more often with D'av, and their tumultuous family history means Johnny's more ruthlessly and aggressively honest with him (which, to be fair, might be the only way to get D'av to listen). His dynamic with Dutch speaks to a lot more stability and a healthier, supportive bond, and it's one he seems to thrive in.
He says more than once that he only wants to be a Killjoy (space bounty hunter, basically) if he can be a Killjoy with her, which explains how he got into the gig. He enjoys adventure and the relative freedom the job offers, but he isn't driven by the code; he's driven by his connection to Dutch, and the desire to stay by her side and keep her safe. As soon as the two of them start to break off and find emotional independence, his interest in the job crumbles quickly. Johnny's a good guy, and he believes in doing Good Things, but in the end he's motivated by personal connections over everything else. When he kills one of the show's bad guys, for example, he says outright that he isn't a hero. He isn't doing it because of what that bad guy represents, or the potential galactic disaster they might stir up — he does it because the bad guy killed a woman he loved, full stop.
On a slightly related note, Johnny is developing some pretty intense abandonment issues, or simply an intense fear of being left behind. The trend started with his brother D'av taking off to join the military and never coming back, and after that, a pattern of loss has started to develop: the loss of his mother to addiction, D'av being kidnapped a while after they'd been reunited, Johnny's wife being killed, and most recently his new partner going missing during a routine job. While Johnny states outright that he's afraid that this will continue to happen, it doesn't seem to keep him from remaining open to forming attachments with new people. He shares this concern with someone whom he's just met — and someone with whom he's already managed to form a bond. Grief has hardened him in some ways, and he has become more jaded, but his empathy for other people will always be a weak spot.
The flip-side of Johnny being such a great shoulder to cry on is his habit of keeping his own problems to himself. It isn't that he's bad at communication — he's actually great at it, but he is prone to prioritizing other people's concerns over his own. With D'av, for example, Johnny spent so much energy trying to fix D'av's problems and bottling up his feelings of resentment and grief that it eventually exploded, leaving them briefly estranged. With Dutch, he's gotten into a bad habit of lying to her so she won't feel obligated to help him fix his problems. It's a stunt he pulls early on when he keeps her in the dark about his plans to break D'av out of jail, and not much has changed since then.
In the back half of the second season, he lies to her multiple times: once because he's going against Killjoy code to help his girlfriend, Pawter Simms, and later because he commits a crime and doesn't want Dutch and D'av to get heat for it. In the first case, he's lying just as much because he wants to have something that's just his — something that isn't for Dutch, or the Killjoys. Falling in love with Pawter brings out Johnny's selfish streak, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's okay to want things for himself, but he's clearly out of practice and bad at balancing it with the other aspects of his life.
Johnny can also be pretty vicious. This ties directly into his empathy and his ability to feel things deeply, and arguably an inability to cut those feelings off. When he's put in intense emotional situations, his reaction is to lock it down — despite constantly encouraging others to talk through problems, he doesn't give himself the same luxury. Instead he lets it simmer, and the results tend to be catastrophic. After a particularly rough week involving his brother getting brainwashed, the team breaking up, and a hostage situation, he shoots three men point blank without flinching. When Pawter is brutally killed as part of a political play, Johnny retaliates by luring her murderer to a back alley and shooting her in the gut. While catastrophic, though, these aren't impulsive decisions; they're choices he's thought out, at length. He's calm in both situations, and he later states that he doesn't even feel particularly guilty about it.
In summary: Johnny's kind, but he isn't always nice. He's great at taking care of other people and reasonably crappy at taking care of himself, and while he comes off as surprisingly well-adjusted, it's kind of a farce. When he does bad things it's always for a very valid reason, but it's still a line he's willing to cross without regret. First impressions will peg him as arrogant, witty and (usually) charming, and he's quick to empathize and engage with strangers. If he doesn't like someone, he's open about that, too; he doesn't hold back on insults. If talking about his problems will help someone cope with theirs, he's pretty likely to be open about it. Past that, he can get cagey and reserved.
Powers/Abilities:
- Just a normal human.
- Does have a mod installed, but it's basically a tiny laser knife on one of his fingers, so not that impressive.
- Very smart. He's best with engineering/electronics, but he's been shown to be savvy with other fields of science after a bit of research.
- As a RAC agent, he's well-trained in combat and firearms.
Inventory:
- Standard Killjoy gear/jacket.
- A standard (fancy space) pistol. Normal bullets.
- A small PDD (used for video, audio, communications, storage, etc; basically a smart phone, can integrate with other systems in canon).
Incentives: The protection of his friends and loved ones. He'd be a little difficult to convince, but more in the sense that he'd remain skeptical for a while, not that he'd be uncooperative.
SAMPLES
1. TDM Top-Level.
2. Two short threads.