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Name: Shannon
LJ: Don't have one
Contact: DiverseCity112 // AIM
Other Characters Played: Guy Cecil
Series: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character: Toph Bei Fong
Timeline: the day before the Day of Black Sun
Personality: Toph is a stubborn, strong willed girl. She doesn't give up on what she wants, unless it's impossible. Even then, she tries to her furthest extent. She thinks herself to be right most of the time, which has made her butt heads with some of her friends. Really, she doesn't take well to people wanting to correct her. Most of that stubborness probably comes from the fact that she wants to prove her parents wrong; she's not the innocent, delicate flower they portray her as. In reality, she's a tomboy, who can very well take care of herself.
She's also rude, selfish, and sarcastic. It doesn't matter who you are, and what position you're in, you won't be spared from Toph's remarks. Especially if you're a fighter in the ring; she digs into them hard enough to make them make the first move. Usually, it's a stupid move the fighters make. Even her friends are chewed out every once in a while.
Though she was born and raised as a noble, she doesn't take care of her appearance or have any manners. Toph tells Katara one time that because she can't see, she doesn't see a use in bothering about what she looks like. Really, she's used to being covered in a "healthy coating of earth" as she calls it. To prove this, she usually walks barefooted, and loves to sleep on the ground. She's also been seen spitting, breaking wind, or belching rather loudly.
Toph is blind, but she's not past making blind jokes of herself. Her friends even tended to forget that she was blind. An example would be when they were looking for a library in the desert, Toph pointed out that it was "there", making her friends rush to look at where she pointed. After not seeing anything, she points out her sight problem.
Background: Toph was born blind to a wealthy family, and was raised as an only child. They coddled her and treated her like she was useless, making the extreme that not a whole lot of people knew that the Bei Fong family had a child. Of course, she hated such coddling, and she ran away when she was six. She stumbled on a cave that was inhabited by badgermoles, who were blind as well. They ended up teaching her how to Earthbend. Her father haired a private teacher when she got back, but she hid these abilities from both him and her family.
She became an extremely powerful bender, and entered herself into underground Earthbending tournaments. It was there that Toph met Aang. He tells her that he's the Avatar and had seen her in a dream, and she shrugs him off for a time. She challenges him to a match in the tournament, and when he beats her, she storms off, embarrassed and angry. Aang goes after her again, this time showing up at her house, and Toph still refuses to go. It wasn't after her and Aang get kidnapped, and in a show of her Earthbending power in front of her father, saves him after getting free, that she decides to join them. But, her parents put her under even stricter rules and forebade her to go, resulting in her running away.
Everying didn't start smoothly for Toph and the rest, though. She clashed with Katara over how much work needed to be done, and after Aang's intervention, she gets mad enough to leave. She met a man on the road named Iroh, who invited her to tea and a chance to talk about what had happened. (She didn't know until later that he was an enemy of the Avatar's gang.) After both of them talking about what was troubling them, they split up, feeling lots better about their situations. Toph went back to Aang and his friends, just in time to help them fight a Firebending princess named Azula. She evacuated the area, and Toph rejoined the Avatar's group.
Then, it was time to teach him. Unlike Katara, a Waterbender who had gently taught Aang how to use his Waterbending abilities, Toph was tough and expected a lot out of him. Another fight ensues in between the two and after another chain of events he finally starts learning how to Earthbend to her satisfaction.
When the group got to Ba Sing Se, a large Earthbending city, they realized that things were worse than they appeared. A giant Fire Nation drill was attempting to burrow its way into the wall of the city, and Aang and his friends aided in destroying it. But even then, they weren't entirely welcome there. They were forbidden to talk about certain things, to keep the town's "peace". While there, they uncover a conspiracy against the King. They uncover a friend from the past and find out he'd been brainwashed. He ends up dying trying to defend them, and they go to the King to tell him of Sokka's plan. It was a plan to attack the Fire Nation on the solar eclipse.
When they got there, however, they got resistance. They took down the conspiracy agents and Aang talked to the King of what was really going on. After showing him proof, he was shocked at the things his advisor had been telling him, and fired him.
Toph gets a letter after all of this happens, from her mother, saying that she wanted her home. Believing it, she went to meet her, only to get kidnapped by the people her parents had sent after her. They stuffed her in a metal box, and this is where she learned Metalbending. She slammed her hands and wrists against the box, feeling the earth in it and eventually using it to escape.
She comes back to Ba Sing Se to realize that...well, all heck is breaking loose. They find out that three Fire Nation had infiltrated the palace, and a fight ensues. Azula, the head of the girls, had turned the King's advisor and his agents to her side, and used them against everybody. Sokka and Toph proceed to fight the women, but they eventually had to surrender when Azula threatened the King. They get thrown into a metal prison, and Toph, with her newfound ability, breaks them out. Sokka, the King, and Toph make it back to the palace, where Toph dispatches one of the girls, and the other just lets them walk free.
However, not everyone had it so easily. Aang was gravely wounded, and they escaped after this. He was asleep for several weeks. When he got up, he found out that the group had comandeered a Fire Nation ship and were hiding in the waters. They were attacked shortly after he got up, and a giant serpent saved them, swallowing up their enemy's ship. Aang leaves after this, telling them that only he can defeat the Fire Lord.
Of course, his friends follow, and they meet up with him on Fire Nation territory. They change their clothes and start somewhat living in the community, killing time until the Day of Black Sun.
While they were doing this, they were getting short on money. So Toph went and started scamming the people on the streets for money. Eventually Toph and Katara, who had been with her, got caught and thrown into a cell by an enemy of theirs. They were in a wooden cage, one that neither of them could get out of. It was then, talking to Katara, that Toph realized she actually didn't hate her parents. Finally Katara realizes she can bend her own sweat, and they break loose. As this was happening, the enemy that caught them was fighting Aang and Sokka. They caught up with the two just in time to defeat him, and after that, Toph wrote a letter to her parents. She used Sokka's hawk to send it, without his permission of course. After that, it was time to wait.
Abilities/Additional Notes: Toph can sense movement in the ground. As she says it, she "sees with her feet". The vibrations that people and things, and even herself let her "feel" around where she's going. This gives her advantage over other Earthbenders, because she can predict their attacks.
However, she does have weaknesses. Being on the ground, obviously she can't tell what's happening in the air. Even though she can hear it, it's not a whole lot of times that she tell where it's coming from and how to react to it. There was a point in the series where she was literally moved in the direction of airborne assailants and told where to hit them. Other than that, it's hard for her to know what's going on. She also has problems with sand, as she says that it makes her "seeing" "fuzzy".
Toph has acute hearing, and states once that she "never forgets a voice". She can also sense when a person is lying by their bloodpressure and breathing, if it gets rapid.
Lastly, Toph can "metal bend". She feels the small shards of earth in the substance, and essentially make it to her liking.
Advocate Note:: Toph doesn't play well with authority, so I would assume she wouldn't want to do that.
Sample Journal Post:
[voice]
Hey, where the heck am I?! This isn't home! I don't feel anything familiar! [There's a bit of unintelligable grumbling, and the device takes on a lot of noise. It's Toph, feeling around the thing and trying to get a good feel of it.] Twinkle Toes is going to be fighting the Fire Lord tomorrow, and I can't bail on him now!
[More grumbling.]
Whoever sent me here, it's not funny! Now just...let me go home!
Sample RP:
"And the winner is...the Blind Bandit!" The announcer cried, and Toph grinned, holding up both of her fists in happiness. It was the first time she had come to this arena, looking for an outlet. A way out of the house. Sometimes her parents did have their uses; such as not telling anybody that she even existed. It would have been troublesome if people had known who she really was.
Anyway, the people here were wimps, and it was almost child's play to dispatch them. The last one was the only one that really gave her any trouble.
She sensed a woman come and put the champion's belt in her hands and she held it up, along with the prize money. What would she do with the money, you ask? She would figure it out later. Really, she had no use for it so it would just end up in the trash or the gutter. She was part of the wealthiest family in the town, after all.
"Thank you, thank you!" The small female said, and then started to march off. The applause was music to her ears. Here, she was appreciated, even if it was to beat on other people. She could actually be herself. Not some prissy, pampered, soft girly-girl that her parents so desired her to be. It would be easy to come up with excuses for her absences, if it came up.
"You're such a lovely crowd!" She cried into the stands, and winked. "You better bet that the Blind Bandit will be back with a vengeance!"
The crowd went wild, and one side of her lip curled upwards in a sort of smirk. She already had them wrapped around her finger.
Great.
LJ: Don't have one
Contact: DiverseCity112 // AIM
Other Characters Played: Guy Cecil
Series: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character: Toph Bei Fong
Timeline: the day before the Day of Black Sun
Personality: Toph is a stubborn, strong willed girl. She doesn't give up on what she wants, unless it's impossible. Even then, she tries to her furthest extent. She thinks herself to be right most of the time, which has made her butt heads with some of her friends. Really, she doesn't take well to people wanting to correct her. Most of that stubborness probably comes from the fact that she wants to prove her parents wrong; she's not the innocent, delicate flower they portray her as. In reality, she's a tomboy, who can very well take care of herself.
She's also rude, selfish, and sarcastic. It doesn't matter who you are, and what position you're in, you won't be spared from Toph's remarks. Especially if you're a fighter in the ring; she digs into them hard enough to make them make the first move. Usually, it's a stupid move the fighters make. Even her friends are chewed out every once in a while.
Though she was born and raised as a noble, she doesn't take care of her appearance or have any manners. Toph tells Katara one time that because she can't see, she doesn't see a use in bothering about what she looks like. Really, she's used to being covered in a "healthy coating of earth" as she calls it. To prove this, she usually walks barefooted, and loves to sleep on the ground. She's also been seen spitting, breaking wind, or belching rather loudly.
Toph is blind, but she's not past making blind jokes of herself. Her friends even tended to forget that she was blind. An example would be when they were looking for a library in the desert, Toph pointed out that it was "there", making her friends rush to look at where she pointed. After not seeing anything, she points out her sight problem.
Background: Toph was born blind to a wealthy family, and was raised as an only child. They coddled her and treated her like she was useless, making the extreme that not a whole lot of people knew that the Bei Fong family had a child. Of course, she hated such coddling, and she ran away when she was six. She stumbled on a cave that was inhabited by badgermoles, who were blind as well. They ended up teaching her how to Earthbend. Her father haired a private teacher when she got back, but she hid these abilities from both him and her family.
She became an extremely powerful bender, and entered herself into underground Earthbending tournaments. It was there that Toph met Aang. He tells her that he's the Avatar and had seen her in a dream, and she shrugs him off for a time. She challenges him to a match in the tournament, and when he beats her, she storms off, embarrassed and angry. Aang goes after her again, this time showing up at her house, and Toph still refuses to go. It wasn't after her and Aang get kidnapped, and in a show of her Earthbending power in front of her father, saves him after getting free, that she decides to join them. But, her parents put her under even stricter rules and forebade her to go, resulting in her running away.
Everying didn't start smoothly for Toph and the rest, though. She clashed with Katara over how much work needed to be done, and after Aang's intervention, she gets mad enough to leave. She met a man on the road named Iroh, who invited her to tea and a chance to talk about what had happened. (She didn't know until later that he was an enemy of the Avatar's gang.) After both of them talking about what was troubling them, they split up, feeling lots better about their situations. Toph went back to Aang and his friends, just in time to help them fight a Firebending princess named Azula. She evacuated the area, and Toph rejoined the Avatar's group.
Then, it was time to teach him. Unlike Katara, a Waterbender who had gently taught Aang how to use his Waterbending abilities, Toph was tough and expected a lot out of him. Another fight ensues in between the two and after another chain of events he finally starts learning how to Earthbend to her satisfaction.
When the group got to Ba Sing Se, a large Earthbending city, they realized that things were worse than they appeared. A giant Fire Nation drill was attempting to burrow its way into the wall of the city, and Aang and his friends aided in destroying it. But even then, they weren't entirely welcome there. They were forbidden to talk about certain things, to keep the town's "peace". While there, they uncover a conspiracy against the King. They uncover a friend from the past and find out he'd been brainwashed. He ends up dying trying to defend them, and they go to the King to tell him of Sokka's plan. It was a plan to attack the Fire Nation on the solar eclipse.
When they got there, however, they got resistance. They took down the conspiracy agents and Aang talked to the King of what was really going on. After showing him proof, he was shocked at the things his advisor had been telling him, and fired him.
Toph gets a letter after all of this happens, from her mother, saying that she wanted her home. Believing it, she went to meet her, only to get kidnapped by the people her parents had sent after her. They stuffed her in a metal box, and this is where she learned Metalbending. She slammed her hands and wrists against the box, feeling the earth in it and eventually using it to escape.
She comes back to Ba Sing Se to realize that...well, all heck is breaking loose. They find out that three Fire Nation had infiltrated the palace, and a fight ensues. Azula, the head of the girls, had turned the King's advisor and his agents to her side, and used them against everybody. Sokka and Toph proceed to fight the women, but they eventually had to surrender when Azula threatened the King. They get thrown into a metal prison, and Toph, with her newfound ability, breaks them out. Sokka, the King, and Toph make it back to the palace, where Toph dispatches one of the girls, and the other just lets them walk free.
However, not everyone had it so easily. Aang was gravely wounded, and they escaped after this. He was asleep for several weeks. When he got up, he found out that the group had comandeered a Fire Nation ship and were hiding in the waters. They were attacked shortly after he got up, and a giant serpent saved them, swallowing up their enemy's ship. Aang leaves after this, telling them that only he can defeat the Fire Lord.
Of course, his friends follow, and they meet up with him on Fire Nation territory. They change their clothes and start somewhat living in the community, killing time until the Day of Black Sun.
While they were doing this, they were getting short on money. So Toph went and started scamming the people on the streets for money. Eventually Toph and Katara, who had been with her, got caught and thrown into a cell by an enemy of theirs. They were in a wooden cage, one that neither of them could get out of. It was then, talking to Katara, that Toph realized she actually didn't hate her parents. Finally Katara realizes she can bend her own sweat, and they break loose. As this was happening, the enemy that caught them was fighting Aang and Sokka. They caught up with the two just in time to defeat him, and after that, Toph wrote a letter to her parents. She used Sokka's hawk to send it, without his permission of course. After that, it was time to wait.
Abilities/Additional Notes: Toph can sense movement in the ground. As she says it, she "sees with her feet". The vibrations that people and things, and even herself let her "feel" around where she's going. This gives her advantage over other Earthbenders, because she can predict their attacks.
However, she does have weaknesses. Being on the ground, obviously she can't tell what's happening in the air. Even though she can hear it, it's not a whole lot of times that she tell where it's coming from and how to react to it. There was a point in the series where she was literally moved in the direction of airborne assailants and told where to hit them. Other than that, it's hard for her to know what's going on. She also has problems with sand, as she says that it makes her "seeing" "fuzzy".
Toph has acute hearing, and states once that she "never forgets a voice". She can also sense when a person is lying by their bloodpressure and breathing, if it gets rapid.
Lastly, Toph can "metal bend". She feels the small shards of earth in the substance, and essentially make it to her liking.
Advocate Note:: Toph doesn't play well with authority, so I would assume she wouldn't want to do that.
Sample Journal Post:
[voice]
Hey, where the heck am I?! This isn't home! I don't feel anything familiar! [There's a bit of unintelligable grumbling, and the device takes on a lot of noise. It's Toph, feeling around the thing and trying to get a good feel of it.] Twinkle Toes is going to be fighting the Fire Lord tomorrow, and I can't bail on him now!
[More grumbling.]
Whoever sent me here, it's not funny! Now just...let me go home!
Sample RP:
"And the winner is...the Blind Bandit!" The announcer cried, and Toph grinned, holding up both of her fists in happiness. It was the first time she had come to this arena, looking for an outlet. A way out of the house. Sometimes her parents did have their uses; such as not telling anybody that she even existed. It would have been troublesome if people had known who she really was.
Anyway, the people here were wimps, and it was almost child's play to dispatch them. The last one was the only one that really gave her any trouble.
She sensed a woman come and put the champion's belt in her hands and she held it up, along with the prize money. What would she do with the money, you ask? She would figure it out later. Really, she had no use for it so it would just end up in the trash or the gutter. She was part of the wealthiest family in the town, after all.
"Thank you, thank you!" The small female said, and then started to march off. The applause was music to her ears. Here, she was appreciated, even if it was to beat on other people. She could actually be herself. Not some prissy, pampered, soft girly-girl that her parents so desired her to be. It would be easy to come up with excuses for her absences, if it came up.
"You're such a lovely crowd!" She cried into the stands, and winked. "You better bet that the Blind Bandit will be back with a vengeance!"
The crowd went wild, and one side of her lip curled upwards in a sort of smirk. She already had them wrapped around her finger.
Great.