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Pseudonym: Viki
Age: 27
Time Zone: EST (GMT-5)
Email: whenyoufindme@gmail.com
AIM: MuseWriter44
MSN: lunalovegoodisok@hotmail.com
RPG experience: I've been writing 3rd person storybook style for about five years. I started in a game called babysit here on LJ, then played in several games, both original and fandom, on GJ before we made the move over to Insane Journal where I'm currently still playing in 2 active games and a few PSLs.
Your Fandoms: I started off RPing the Baby-Sitters Club. No, I'm not kidding! These days it's primarily Harry Potter but I've started to step into panfandom where I've played characters from Doctor Who, Primeval, Pushing Daisies, and High School Musical so far. There's a few others I enjoy and I'd like to try out sometimes, mainly Glee, but we're working towards that!
How did you find the game: Your beautiful and wonderful Ianto Jones is a good friend of mine and rambled about your awesomeness the whole way home from Sea World
Who Do You Respect?: Aretha, baby, R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
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Fandom: Primeval
Name: Connor Temple
Birthdate: August 29, 1986
Age: 23
Physical Appearance:
Physically, Connor's a bit average looking. He's not exceptionally tall, coming in at barely five feet ten. His hair is on the longer side, falling to just over his shoulders, and his eyes are a dark brown. Though he doesn't work out, he's also not a major junk food eater, so his build isn't anything extraordinary, either. Not that he's out of shape, either. With all the running the team does, Connor's kept relatively fit. He's also somewhat pale, which has a lot to do with being inside so much.
Fashion wise, Connor sits on that fine line between geek and punk. His clothing style doesn't vary a great deal. He tends to dress in layers. A screen-print tee with a character or a clever saying to start, a vest here, a hooded jacket there, topped with a jumper if it's chilly out. The gloves he wears have no fingertips, and he owns several pairs in various colours. The other accessory that Connor is rarely without is his fedora. He has a few, though the basic black is his favourite and most trusted. It keeps that shaggy hair out of his eyes, and gives him what he likes to think is a mysterious element.
On a more superficial note, Connor isn't typically handsome or sexy, but he does have a solid good-look to him. His smile, though somewhat shy, is usually very bright and inviting. There's typically a trace of stubble caused by the need to hurry from job to job. Overall, he can look like a slob one moment and the height of punk-fashion the next.
Education: Public schooling until he was twelve, then a private college. He sat his A-levels and then moved on to Central Metropolitan University, where he technically still attends. His teachers offered to move him ahead several times, but he always refused, not wanting to be any different from his peers than he already was.
Occupation: DINOSAUR HUNTER!! Which, in more proper terms, equals university student and technology wiz for the Anomaly Research Center, an underground government run operation that studies rips in time.
Significant Other: None. He's madly, desperately in love with his best friend and flatmate, Abby Maitland, but he's relatively certain it's never going to happen.
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
History:
Connor Temple was born on a not exactly sunny day in Manchester, England in 1986. From the time he was little he liked exploring and getting into things. As a toddler, his mother, Angie, was always chasing him down. He was the typical little boy, climbing, getting dirty, and jumping off of furniture far too high for a child his size to have even gotten to.
From childhood on, Connor had a fascination with fantasy and mystery. His room as a small boy was done in dragons, and then in comic book characters as he became a teenager. Spiderman became a near obsession for him and when talks of making the movie came out, he was the first in line for tickets to the midnight showing. He made friends who were equally as...well, nerdy, which helped when the more popular crowd didn't accept him. It didn't, however, stop Connor and his friends from trying to get in with those popular kids. They all ended up fancying girls who were far out of their league and trying to get them interested just the same. It never actually worked, but it did wonders for their levels of confidence just to have had the courage to pursue them.
When Connor was fourteen, he began taking a serious interest in dinosaurs. They'd become his replacement for dragons, once he'd convinced himself they weren't real. To get his dragon fix, he played dungeons and dragons and had dragon and wizard figurines in his room. Dinosaurs, however, were much easier. He went to museums with his classmates and without them. He read books, watched television programs and movies, and studied things online as soon as the net became available to him. When he started to learn more about computers and programming, he made his own software for detecting various sorts of dinosaurs based on characteristics. That software eventually proved to be incredibly valuable to him.
As it does for all students, the time eventually came to pick a university. He decided on Central Metropolitan University for its programs in ancient civilizations, archaelogy, and most of all, paleontology. He remained close to his 'geek' friends, but found himself deeply involved in his studies. It was there, under Professor Nick Cutter, that Connor would find himself in a situation he never would've imagined. His interest in conspiracy theories led him to the Forest of Dean, where Professor Cutter was studying an 'anomaly', or a rip in time. By hanging around and using his famed levels of persistence, Connor wound up on the small team assigned to study these rips.
There were times when Connor felt less than useful. He was proven to be incapable of handling firearms, and was rarely, if ever, given a gun to use. He was actually suspended once when he told his friends what they were researching and almost got himself and Abby, a team member who he fancied, attacked because of it. There was even a period where he almost quit. One of his closest friends, Tom, died due to a parasite implanted in him from the bite of a dodo bird. But Connor was already proving to be a valuable team member, and Nick Cutter didn't allow him to quit. He convinced him to stay and continue the research they'd been doing. It was Connor's dinosaur and primeval creature database that the team used to figure out which species were coming through the anomalies.
Connor took a backseat for the majority of his time with the team, but his level of necessity grew as the work did. It wasn't long before even Cutter started displaying a more intense level of trust in him. After their coworker Stephen died, Connor moved up in the ranks, both in Cutter's trust and in everyone else's faith in him and his abilities. He went from being the nerdy tag-a-long guy to having a true place as a trusted teammate. When they were attacked, he showed his loyalty and chivalry by making sure everyone was safe before he was. And it was in his arms that Nick Cutter died after being murdered, and Connor was the one who carried him out to his teammates. Before he died, Cutter's last words to Connor were that he was in charge now, and it was up to him to finish the anomaly research. Though Cutter was eventually replaced, Connor remains a valued member of the team, and one of its only remaining original members.
All isn't just work for Connor, though. There's still a level of play for him. He's fallen head-over-heels for Abby Maitland. When he most needed it, she offered him a place at her flat temporarily, and he still hasn't left over a year later. They've become close friends and secret crushes despite some rocky points. When Connor dated Caroline Steel, Abby showed definite signs of dislike and jealousy. Though Caroline turned out to be a spy working against the team, Abby didn't rub it in Connor's face, despite having misgivings about the girl to begin with. The pair are also 'parents' to Rex, a Coelurosauravus who escaped through an anomaly and wasn't returned by the time it closed. They've also just adopted a pair of prehistoric animals who missed a return to the anomaly and have been dubbed Sid and Nancy. Since the arrival of Abby's little brother Jack, however, the duo has been split up, as Abby needed the room for Jack. He's been living in the spare apartment of the ARC's leader, Lester. Just recently, the pair shared their first snog, but they haven't been able to bring themselves to take anything to the next level. And Connor's sick of it.
Personality in seven words or less: Geeky, brilliantly intelligent, honest, desperate to please. (OOH seven exactly!)
How Others Perceive Your Character: Awkward is the first word that comes to mind. Though he's a genius in his own right and can solve most any problem that comes his way, he's got no people skills and it comes across when you're talking to him. The other word that comes to mind is geek. His idea of a pick-up line is to compare a woman to X-Men's Storm, what do you think?
Beliefs, Convictions, Morals: Connor is still very undecided on the subject of faith and spirituality. Though he was raised a Protestant, his scientific nature wants something he can physically grasp to understand. Mostly, though, he tries to live a good and honest lifestyle and is pretty selfless when it comes to it. He'll have a drink with his friends when invited, but he's not a smoker and he's only tried drugs once.
Reason(s) for Escaping to Canada: Girl troubles, though he's loathe to admit that. Abby knows how he feels, she's gone and kissed him, and yet nothing's changed between them. Time to get the hell out before things can get anymore awkward. That and he's just plain tired of watching people die.
Their DHAs [Dreams, Hopes, and Aspirations] for Canada: FIND A WOMAN! ...erm. No, not exactly. He wants to become an adult, really. Learn to be self-functioning, prove he can be someone without an entire team to back him, and hopefully finish his degree without being eaten in the process.
Twenty-Questions for the Characters:
1. What turns them on: Spunky women who can take care of themselves, know what they want, and could kick my arse if asked nicely.
2. What turns them off: Blokes. No, seriously! You get called gay a lot when you dress and act like I do and I'm not trying to be offensive, really I'm not, but I'm not touching a guy. Ever!
3. Would they see a shrink: I actually did when I was a kid. My parents and their 'marital issues' prompted them to send me to one. They also wanted to see if I was sane enough to be moved ahead in school. Tested okay for that but they're having issues with my insistence that there is life on other planets.
4. Worst Childhood experience: My parents bitched and griped around every corner. Between fighting with each other and pressing me to be perfect, it kind of blew.
5. Favorite Film: Bit cliche to say Jurassic Park, isn't it? Which is okay, because it's actually Star Wars, Episode IV. Otherwise known as the first one.
6. Favorite Song: Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me by The White Stripes. I think that's obvious.
7. Favorite Word: Onomatopoeia. How freaking awesome is that word?
8. Least Favorite Word: Phonetic. It should be spelled like it sounds!
9. Favorite Curse Word: Bugger. It's not only bad, but it's fun to say.
10. Best gift ever received: Abby got me a glow-in-the-dark ant farm last Christmas. It's pretty freaking cool, not gonna lie.
11. Sound or Noise they hate: FINGERNAILS ON A CHALKBOARD!!!! And power drills. You know, like the dentist ones?
12. Sound or Noise they love: The sweet swooning sound of a pteranadon. I'm only half-kidding there.
13. Do they know the answer to 64 million dollar question: Hell yeah, I'm a bona fide genius, but I'm not telling you because then you'll get the money!
14. [Complete the sentence] ... All the world's a stage... So where is the audience sitting?
15. Did Yoko Ono really break up the Fab Four: Hell yeah! Homewrecker. Not just the Fab Four but the greatest creative duo in all the world!
16. Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee: Bruce Lee, hands down. Chuck Norris wishes he were that brill.
17. Half full or half empty: It's empty, I drank it all. Clearly.
18. Coke or Pepsi: Coke.
19. If they were a Jellybean flavor, which one: Buttered popcorn.
20. And, finally, if Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? What's up? Seriously, how cool would it be if God had this major sense of humor and was just like, "How YOU doin?" like in that commercial?
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Sample Journal Entry :
What's up? No, that sounds like I'm trying too hard, doesn't it? How's it going? Greetings? Good God, I swear, I'm usually only half this awkward. So um. Right. It's me. That doesn't help you at all, does it? My name is Connor Temple. Christ, now I sound like I'm writing an essay! What I did on my vacation, by Connor Temple, Mr. Langston's class. It all started when a bunch of people died. And then I almost got eaten by a giant creature of unknown proportions and then this girl I've been in love with for ages finally kissed me but it was apparently nothing and good god could I ramble any more?
I think what I was trying to go for was 'hi'. I'm new. And now we've met. Sort of. I'm relatively harmless, but if one of you would be so kind as to point in the direction of the nearest Discovery Store, it'd be appreciated, thanks. After that, I make no promises about my harmlessness. I'll do my best not to blow anything up. At least not till I'm settled somewhere! Okay, no, after that, too. Right. Um. Hi? Said that already. Well, anyway, you get the basic idea.
Sample RPG :
I actually wrote this for a game where I play Connor who was sent back in time from the time I took him from. It should give you an idea of his internal voice, the way he interacts, and of course, my writing!
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/vas_captio_rpg/128917.html#cutid1
Anything Non-Canon that's Going Down with your character:
Other than the fact that he never just got pissed off and left? Nope. He has developed a history of not-so-great parents on me over time and he does still keep in touch with Caroline the evil ex from time to time, but not entirely because he wants to. He just feels guilty. Nothing earth-shattering though!