Cape and Cowl Application
[PLAYER INFO]
NAME: Kay
AGE: 24
JOURNAL: none
IM: krymsez
E-MAIL: xrivstyx @ yahoo . com
RETURNING: Play Booga and Lion-O currently
[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME: The Monarch
FANDOM: TV; The Venture Bros
CHRONOLOGY: Right after Season 4 vol 2
CLASS: Villain
SUPERHERO NAME: The Monarch
ALTER EGO: Malcolm McCulloch
BACKGROUND:
Malcolm was the child of two very rich parents, who died when their private plane crashed in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Being the only survivor from the crash, Malcolm was "raised" by a colony of Monarch butterflies. He stayed with the Monarch colony for three months before the butterflies left the Pine Barrens due to their migration patterns. The Monarch was heart broken, saying it was like losing his parents all over again- only quieter.
He then hitch hiked to the nearest city and claimed a nice fat inheritance. He spent the rest of his adolescence in New York, up until he was ready for college- looking to get his BA in Creative Writing. By some freak chance, he went to the same college as Thaddeus Venture, Ünderbheit, Pete White, and Mike Sorayama.It was here in college that he had his first run-in with Venture during one of his creative writing classes. Though it was never explained, it is implied that it was sometime during these years in college that The Monarch developed intense hate for Venture.. to the point he wanted him dead.
His first attempt went awry as the explosion he caused failed in maiming Venture and became the reason for Ünderbheit's disfigurement instead (by happy chance Ünderbheit is convinced it was Venture's fault). Not too long after that, Venture dropped out of college when the late Dr. Venture died, and The Monarch got his degree in school. Unfortunately, his trust fund was still on escrow, and so he had to find something to occupy his time. The deep ingrained hate that developed within him only pointed to one direction.
He joined the Guild of Calamitous Intent as a low-level henchman- The Monarch would justify, he only joined because of the health plan and benefits. After plenty of henching gigs, he was also moonlighting illegally as The Monarch to arch a young Dr. Venture on the side. It wasn't until he was working as Shadowman 9 under Phantom Limb that he started using his Monarch persona for an alternate reason. Phandom Limb's new Number 2, Queen Etheria was smoking hot and it was practically love at first sight. At a Guild's Ball, Shadowman 9 decided to introduce The Monarch, and to take Queen Etheria as his own. The Monarch successfully seduced Queen Etheria, "sealing the deal" at his car parked out in front of the party. Phantom Limb found out, they argued, and Queen Etheria left with The Monarch- becoming Dr. Girlfriend. The Monarch gave up his henching career to arch Venture full-time. His trust fund kicked in and the two of them built the Cocoon together.
The Monarch's arching history of Dr. Venture was one that could be described as strange, unusual, and... crude. His plots to arch Venture ranged from turning him into a worm-creature, kidnapping his kids, attempting to have the candirú fish to penetrate his urethra to feast on his junk to kicking him in the balls and stealing money from him. Any way that he can torture Dr. Venture or otherwise make his life a living hell... he will do it, with great enthusiasm and loathing hatred.
During the series The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend have a falling out after two of his henchmen release a tell-all book about him, which brought to light Dr. Girlfriend's questionable relationships with past villains. The Monarch called her a whore, kicked her out, and practically pushed her back into the arms of Phantom Limb. The Monarch was later sent to jail after being accused and being wrongfully found guilty of killing a police officer during a "domestic dispute" on Phantom Limb's property. Later, the Monarch orchestrated his escape, reorganized his henchmen, and started Operation Get Dr. Girlfriend Back. After many failures, he finally succeeded and married her by the beginning of Season 3... in exchange, having to end his relentless arching of Dr. Venture.
Throughout Season 3, The Monarch was adjusting to his marriage with Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, and his depression over not arching Venture. In effect, The Monarch killed multiple new assigned protagonists, and nearly ruined his marriage by trying to arch Dr. Venture on the sly... or at least wrecking the Venture Compound when he wasn't home. Finding a loophole in the Guild's system, The Monarch was able to legally arch Dr. Venture again. His return was christend by an outright clusterfuck battle between him, his henchmen and the OSI.
As it is in Season 4, The Monarch and his henchmen become something more of a threat. Going to his old methods, he goes as far as killing Venture's therapist so there would be no excuse to turn any ongoing attacks away, and still took some underhanded approaches such as holding the Venture boys ransom and attempting to legally screw Venture. The Monarch is almost something to be feared. He is shown dipping his feet into different modes of technology to antagonize his enemies. Butterglider, robocaterpillars, puppetmaster hands with monofillament rope, butterfly themed hover cars, and an unapproved by the Guild Monarch Mind Infractor.
PERSONALITY:
The Monarch, as Dr. Mrs. The Monarch would describe is the "real deal". Unlike many of his fellow costumed villains in the Guild, The Monarch has true, unforgiving, deep malicious hate for Dr. Venture. His hatred for him, despite his failures of actually killing him, is a work of art. The Monarch is surprisingly successful in destroying or otherwise stinging anyone in his path... save for when that someone is Dr. Venture. With matters of Dr. Venture and his family, The Monarch is mostly an annoyance. It wasn't until recently he became something to be concerned about- but even then Guild law keeps everything contained. He is without a doubt passionate about his hate for the washed up former boy adventurer, and he wants nothing more than to make his life miserable. If anything else, he wants to kick his ass, build a machine to kick his ass, to even building an empire to house the machine to kick his ass.
The Monarch, though a joke of a costumed villain at times, is highly respected by his henchmen and has gained outright loyalty from them. This could be either from his pure villainous instinct or even the strange rapport he has with them. He is comfortable enough to show weakness, and admit to fits of crying and adolescent behavior... probably because his henchmen know that if they make one false move, that could mean death by dart or death by getting their blood replaced with acid and being thrown into a shark tank.... or something along those lines and equally as colorful.
The Monarch is also deeply in love with his wife Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. Much of his softer, somewhat sensitive side is shown through his relationship with her. He loves her enough to give up arching Dr. Venture, and a lot of his personal flaws are also obvious when it comes to her. He hates being betrayed, he hates being lied to, and he also appears to have some deep ingrained insecurities about himself and at times his relationship with her. They also have an adventurous sex life- his reasoning being that they are super villains and they swing, which is what villains do.
Number 21 would be one of the few to know that The Monarch, though he has moderate success, wealth, and an unbelievably hot wife, still hates the world and hates himself most of all. He trusts Number 21 the most, believing that he is beyond loyal.
The Monarch also has a very creative, devious, twisted personality... which can be seen through his sex life, his long, drawn out, dramatic speeches and his plots against Venture. He's crass, blunt, sarcastic, quick on his feet, diabolical, sensitive, and driven.
POWER:
Besides supposedly developing toxicity from his 3 month long diet of milkweed as a child (has not been confirmed) he has no super powers.
Arriving to the City, The Monarch will be able to fly. He will also have an unnatural ability to gain henchmen... at times, it borders creepy as it wont be entirely explained where they come from.
[CHARACTER SAMPLES]
COMMUNITY POST (FIRST PERSON) SAMPLE:
[Video]
What the- OH hell- This is- YOU GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME.
[He rubs his temples. So annoyed] I swear, if someone tells me this is the same LAME ASS city that sucked me right in to its less than satisfactory hero-suckling teat, heads will roll. YES. HEADS WILL ROLL and will possibly erupt into vengeful FLAMES. FLAMES THAT WILL BURST AND SPREAD THROUGH THE CITY IN RAMPANT CHAOTIC WILD FIRE.
[He sighs heavily]..Seriously. Ruin my day.
LOGS POST (THIRD PERSON) SAMPLE:
There he was, in the same worthless coffee shop as he was sitting at the last time he was in this hero-infested city. Hate and absolute befuddlement enveloped his entire being. What the FUCK was he doing back here?? God this was annoying.
Not that he hated this place that much, but it definitely threw him off his game. His sole purpose and utter drive for life was to make Dr. Venture's life a living and breathing hell. He got to feel displaced all over again, and frankly- like he forgot to wear pants or something and all the stores in proximity was fresh out.
Standing up quick, coffee in hand, his expressive eyebrows knit together as he took an enthusiastic drink from the beverage... and then had a gigantic spit-take. "FUCK!" He glared at the cashier, pointing in accusation. "Who's the dead man that served searing hot molten LAVA in my cup??!!" He screamed. Before anyone could answer, he shot a lethal dart at him and scoffed, storming out, sticking his tongue out as if to cool it off. "Same shitty town, same shitty ass coffee. Reeeal progress here."
He was now on the street, with fuming villainous adrenaline coursing through his veins.
FINAL NOTES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:
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