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Player information
What should we call you?: Bex
Your age? 18
How did you hear about us? From the Castle mun.
AIM/Email: plurk, "bexxen" or by PM
Character Information
Character's name: Katherine "Kate" Beckett
Character's LJ : "morethanwhoiam"
What fandom is your character from? Castle
Character age: 32
Character Stuffing
There is a heck of a lot more to Kate Beckett than meets the eye. She's a serious and devoted homicide detective, dedicated to her job and her team. She also has a pretty harsh “origin” story; her freshman year of college her mother was murdered, and the killer was never caught. Saddled with grief, Kate dropped everything and joined the police force, desperate to find justice and closure.
Kate's obsessive personality, while often an asset in terms of her ability to solve murders and close cases, was apparent in her desperate need to solve her mother's murder. Although, as a beat cop, she wasn't even allowed to look at the homicide files, she was caught digging through her mother's file by Captain Montgomery, who saw her fierce potential as a homicide detective early on and later on became her boss. While her obsessive drive did allow her advance of her career path quickly (youngest woman on the NYPD to make detective? Anyone?), it was also had it's negative side-effects.
After her mother's death, her father's choice addiction became alcohol; Kate's addiction was the case. She let it take her over for a while, before she went into therapy, read a bunch of books by this author named Richard Castle, and forced herself to finally put the case away and move on. Of course, this happened to be the same Richard Castle who later on decided to shadow her on the job so that she could be an inspiration for his new series, which (besides being ironic), proves to also be a little bit awkward.
It's also the same Richard Castle who, after learning Kate's mother was murdered, decided to dig out the file and open the case. Beckett tried ignore him as long as possible, but Castle's determination not only uncovered an old wound, but new leads.
Unfortunately, while the two of them working as the epic cop/writer team they are do make some advancements in the case, it ultimately ends in heartbreak; Kate finds that her boss and mentor was in on her mother's murder (however inadvertently it might have been), and in an attempt to save her life, he was killed. To add insult to injury, Kate was taken down by a sniper at his funeral service. But because Kate has the kind of spirit that being clinically dead for a couple minutes can't quell, and she survives.
But Kate dwells on everything. Because of the trauma she suffered by her mother's death and her constantly stressful job, she's learned to keep her own monsters at bay. Not by fighting them head on, but by pretending like they aren't actually there. She compartmentalizes her work life and personal life so fiercely that even her teammates notice, but what they don't know is that as often as she hides things from them, she hides even more from herself. Because of her ability to simply submerge her real feelings about her experiences, she easily forgets she hasn't come to peace with them.
Although serious, haunted, and extremely dedicated to her job, Kate is still full of personality and fun when the mood strikes her. For a TV cop, she has a lot of hobbies; she a voracious reader, very well-versed in comic books, apparently enjoys going to the theater, has a motorbike that she worked through school to pay for, and she even has time to date. She has one hell of a sweet tooth, and her favorite foods consist of coffee, Chinese, hamburgers, and bear claws. She's the type who keeps M&Ms on her desk at work and popcorn in the break-room. And she's a little bit of a tomboy, although Kate also proves pretty early on that she can clean up very nicely.
She's also snarky. So snarky that she can even troll Castle, who is, basically, the king of trolls. Because of her usual srs bsnss face, she seems far too straight-laced to be the type who could take on a personality like Castle but she does, she leaves him speechless. Even if she is all prickly and off-putting on the outside, Castle brings out a childish side of Kate that, over a couple years, learns how to have fun.
Brief character history: I covered most of her notable history with her personality, but I'll cover the basics here as well.
A born and bred New Yorker, Kate grew up in a family that is sometimes hinted to have been affluent, although chances are they were more middle class. She attended Stanford for college until, at the age of 19, her mother was brutally attacked and stabbed to death in an alley. The murder was attributed to "random gang violence" and the case was never solved.
Kate left Stanford and moved back to New York to finish college and take care of her father who, in the wake of his wife's death, succumbed to alcoholism. Vowing to find out who killed her mother, she joined the NYPD and worked her way up, becoming the youngest woman to ever make homicide detective.
During this time, Kate began to see a therapist and wrestle down the trauma of her mother's death that had spent so long controlling her life. Both Kate and her father became "sober" in their own ways; her dad quit drinking, and Kate put down her mother's case and moved on with her life. She is the best and the brightest, and runs a great team with her detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito.
Enter Richard Castle. Rich bestselling novelist, playboy extraordinaire and author of a the very series of books that Kate had, years ago, read to help her cope with her mom's death. Originally, he was brought in to be the consult on a case involving a serial killer copycat-ing his own fictional murders; however, struck by something he saw in Beckett, Castle managed to finagle his way into the department through his friendship with the mayor. He began to shadow Beckett, who would now be the "muse" for his new series of novels, and his new character, Nikki Heat. But his arrival changed her life completely in ways she could have never predicted.
After a while, it wasn't about the books anymore. Castle and Beckett formed a bond that, while antagonistic in nature, became a friendship. When Castle found out Beckett's tragic backstory, he dug up the case file of her mother's murder and began his own investigation behind his partner's.
Discovering what happened to Beckett's mother was not "random" but instead a professional hit, Castle admits what he's done to Beckett. Although she initially freaks out and pushes him away, she begins to understand that he did because he really wanted to help her, and they find some common ground.
The two worked together; through various murder cases, through their own traumas and trials, through a number of relationships and tragedies, and all the while fighting against their deeper feelings for one another. It took a couple years, but they finally pieced together the chain of events that ended Johanna Beckett's life.
Kate was devastated to find out that Captain Mongomery, the man who has supported her so loyally through her years in homicide, was part of the initial group of dirty cops who started the events that led to her mother's murder. In the final episode of season 3, Montgomery died protecting Kate's life and the lives of his family, but Kate was able to give him the forgiveness he needed before she lost him forever.
But just when they thought it was over, Kate was shot down at Montgomery's funeral by a sniper. As she began to bleed to death on the grass, Castle finally admitted to her that he loved her.
Character's appearance:
Beckett is a beautiful cop with a presence. She's commanding, dresses for success, and wears heels that are totally inappropriate for her work place. She has a tattoo somewhere, but she's not telling. Also, she sports a scar on her chest from when she was shot, and an operation scar on her left side. It still hurts sometimes.
What sort of extra powers/abilities does your character have, if any?
Beckett is a homicide detective through and through. Tenacious, intelligent, stubborn, and with an obsessive attention to detail, she's a staple in the force, having even gone as far to be the youngest woman in the NYPD to make detective, because she's awesome like that. And she's way more awesome than Castle. She can also shoot guns better than Castle, beat up suspects better than Castle, get confessions better than Castle, and she looks better in a dress than Castle. Did I mention she's better than Castle? At everything? Well, everything except making up insane stories about murders based on no evidence, but that's why she's the cop and he's the writer.
Also, she's really good at running in heels.
Samples:
First person: Here's a 1st person thread from another game.
Third Person:
It's just another grey Monday morning in New York City.
At least it's not raining yet, Beckett thinks to herself as she hangs up the phone. She's not really sure when it became almost instinct to call him. When Castle was assigned to her, the last thing she wanted on her plate was some narcissistic lover's boy who thought the world revolved around him following her every move. And now, she can't imagine solving a case without him.
Castle was like that. Annoying and arrogant and he had this really unappealing way of wiggling his way into your life and never leaving. She wondered if he would ever get tired of crawling around homicides and driving her up the wall. And she hated herself for sort of hoping he never would.
She was a damn good cop, and she knew that. One of the best, actually, which was exactly why she'd been saddled with Castle to begin with. But she couldn't deny that he helped her. Even if he didn't make her a better cop, he made her feel like she was. And even if she found his somewhat unhealthy obsession with murder to be kind of creepy, it also made her feel like she was making a difference. In his own, weird way, he cared. Seeing the look on his face when they solved a murder together reminded her of why she spent her days kneeling over broken bodies in alleyways. She always understood that every life was important to someone, somewhere. But Castle had helped her feel like her life was important to someone too, even if it was really only for the sake of his next bestseller. Regardless, it was a nice feeling.
“Castle's on his way,” she told her team, pausing to look down at the body in front of her. Some poor guy who'd been in the wrong place at the wrong time, and now he was dead. But only a few hours before, he'd been someone's husband, someone's son, or someone's father. He'd been loved. And someone had ended all of that. Now it was up to her, her detectives, and a writer to find out why.
The sky broke, and a few drops of rain began to fall around the crime scene. Beckett smiled.
Just another grey morning in New York City.
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What should we call you?: Bex
Your age? 18
How did you hear about us? From the Castle mun.
AIM/Email: plurk, "bexxen" or by PM
Character Information
Character's name: Katherine "Kate" Beckett
Character's LJ : "morethanwhoiam"
What fandom is your character from? Castle
Character age: 32
Character Stuffing
There is a heck of a lot more to Kate Beckett than meets the eye. She's a serious and devoted homicide detective, dedicated to her job and her team. She also has a pretty harsh “origin” story; her freshman year of college her mother was murdered, and the killer was never caught. Saddled with grief, Kate dropped everything and joined the police force, desperate to find justice and closure.
Kate's obsessive personality, while often an asset in terms of her ability to solve murders and close cases, was apparent in her desperate need to solve her mother's murder. Although, as a beat cop, she wasn't even allowed to look at the homicide files, she was caught digging through her mother's file by Captain Montgomery, who saw her fierce potential as a homicide detective early on and later on became her boss. While her obsessive drive did allow her advance of her career path quickly (youngest woman on the NYPD to make detective? Anyone?), it was also had it's negative side-effects.
After her mother's death, her father's choice addiction became alcohol; Kate's addiction was the case. She let it take her over for a while, before she went into therapy, read a bunch of books by this author named Richard Castle, and forced herself to finally put the case away and move on. Of course, this happened to be the same Richard Castle who later on decided to shadow her on the job so that she could be an inspiration for his new series, which (besides being ironic), proves to also be a little bit awkward.
It's also the same Richard Castle who, after learning Kate's mother was murdered, decided to dig out the file and open the case. Beckett tried ignore him as long as possible, but Castle's determination not only uncovered an old wound, but new leads.
Unfortunately, while the two of them working as the epic cop/writer team they are do make some advancements in the case, it ultimately ends in heartbreak; Kate finds that her boss and mentor was in on her mother's murder (however inadvertently it might have been), and in an attempt to save her life, he was killed. To add insult to injury, Kate was taken down by a sniper at his funeral service. But because Kate has the kind of spirit that being clinically dead for a couple minutes can't quell, and she survives.
But Kate dwells on everything. Because of the trauma she suffered by her mother's death and her constantly stressful job, she's learned to keep her own monsters at bay. Not by fighting them head on, but by pretending like they aren't actually there. She compartmentalizes her work life and personal life so fiercely that even her teammates notice, but what they don't know is that as often as she hides things from them, she hides even more from herself. Because of her ability to simply submerge her real feelings about her experiences, she easily forgets she hasn't come to peace with them.
Although serious, haunted, and extremely dedicated to her job, Kate is still full of personality and fun when the mood strikes her. For a TV cop, she has a lot of hobbies; she a voracious reader, very well-versed in comic books, apparently enjoys going to the theater, has a motorbike that she worked through school to pay for, and she even has time to date. She has one hell of a sweet tooth, and her favorite foods consist of coffee, Chinese, hamburgers, and bear claws. She's the type who keeps M&Ms on her desk at work and popcorn in the break-room. And she's a little bit of a tomboy, although Kate also proves pretty early on that she can clean up very nicely.
She's also snarky. So snarky that she can even troll Castle, who is, basically, the king of trolls. Because of her usual srs bsnss face, she seems far too straight-laced to be the type who could take on a personality like Castle but she does, she leaves him speechless. Even if she is all prickly and off-putting on the outside, Castle brings out a childish side of Kate that, over a couple years, learns how to have fun.
Brief character history: I covered most of her notable history with her personality, but I'll cover the basics here as well.
A born and bred New Yorker, Kate grew up in a family that is sometimes hinted to have been affluent, although chances are they were more middle class. She attended Stanford for college until, at the age of 19, her mother was brutally attacked and stabbed to death in an alley. The murder was attributed to "random gang violence" and the case was never solved.
Kate left Stanford and moved back to New York to finish college and take care of her father who, in the wake of his wife's death, succumbed to alcoholism. Vowing to find out who killed her mother, she joined the NYPD and worked her way up, becoming the youngest woman to ever make homicide detective.
During this time, Kate began to see a therapist and wrestle down the trauma of her mother's death that had spent so long controlling her life. Both Kate and her father became "sober" in their own ways; her dad quit drinking, and Kate put down her mother's case and moved on with her life. She is the best and the brightest, and runs a great team with her detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito.
Enter Richard Castle. Rich bestselling novelist, playboy extraordinaire and author of a the very series of books that Kate had, years ago, read to help her cope with her mom's death. Originally, he was brought in to be the consult on a case involving a serial killer copycat-ing his own fictional murders; however, struck by something he saw in Beckett, Castle managed to finagle his way into the department through his friendship with the mayor. He began to shadow Beckett, who would now be the "muse" for his new series of novels, and his new character, Nikki Heat. But his arrival changed her life completely in ways she could have never predicted.
After a while, it wasn't about the books anymore. Castle and Beckett formed a bond that, while antagonistic in nature, became a friendship. When Castle found out Beckett's tragic backstory, he dug up the case file of her mother's murder and began his own investigation behind his partner's.
Discovering what happened to Beckett's mother was not "random" but instead a professional hit, Castle admits what he's done to Beckett. Although she initially freaks out and pushes him away, she begins to understand that he did because he really wanted to help her, and they find some common ground.
The two worked together; through various murder cases, through their own traumas and trials, through a number of relationships and tragedies, and all the while fighting against their deeper feelings for one another. It took a couple years, but they finally pieced together the chain of events that ended Johanna Beckett's life.
Kate was devastated to find out that Captain Mongomery, the man who has supported her so loyally through her years in homicide, was part of the initial group of dirty cops who started the events that led to her mother's murder. In the final episode of season 3, Montgomery died protecting Kate's life and the lives of his family, but Kate was able to give him the forgiveness he needed before she lost him forever.
But just when they thought it was over, Kate was shot down at Montgomery's funeral by a sniper. As she began to bleed to death on the grass, Castle finally admitted to her that he loved her.
Character's appearance:
Beckett is a beautiful cop with a presence. She's commanding, dresses for success, and wears heels that are totally inappropriate for her work place. She has a tattoo somewhere, but she's not telling. Also, she sports a scar on her chest from when she was shot, and an operation scar on her left side. It still hurts sometimes.
What sort of extra powers/abilities does your character have, if any?
Beckett is a homicide detective through and through. Tenacious, intelligent, stubborn, and with an obsessive attention to detail, she's a staple in the force, having even gone as far to be the youngest woman in the NYPD to make detective, because she's awesome like that. And she's way more awesome than Castle. She can also shoot guns better than Castle, beat up suspects better than Castle, get confessions better than Castle, and she looks better in a dress than Castle. Did I mention she's better than Castle? At everything? Well, everything except making up insane stories about murders based on no evidence, but that's why she's the cop and he's the writer.
Also, she's really good at running in heels.
Samples:
First person: Here's a 1st person thread from another game.
Third Person:
It's just another grey Monday morning in New York City.
At least it's not raining yet, Beckett thinks to herself as she hangs up the phone. She's not really sure when it became almost instinct to call him. When Castle was assigned to her, the last thing she wanted on her plate was some narcissistic lover's boy who thought the world revolved around him following her every move. And now, she can't imagine solving a case without him.
Castle was like that. Annoying and arrogant and he had this really unappealing way of wiggling his way into your life and never leaving. She wondered if he would ever get tired of crawling around homicides and driving her up the wall. And she hated herself for sort of hoping he never would.
She was a damn good cop, and she knew that. One of the best, actually, which was exactly why she'd been saddled with Castle to begin with. But she couldn't deny that he helped her. Even if he didn't make her a better cop, he made her feel like she was. And even if she found his somewhat unhealthy obsession with murder to be kind of creepy, it also made her feel like she was making a difference. In his own, weird way, he cared. Seeing the look on his face when they solved a murder together reminded her of why she spent her days kneeling over broken bodies in alleyways. She always understood that every life was important to someone, somewhere. But Castle had helped her feel like her life was important to someone too, even if it was really only for the sake of his next bestseller. Regardless, it was a nice feeling.
“Castle's on his way,” she told her team, pausing to look down at the body in front of her. Some poor guy who'd been in the wrong place at the wrong time, and now he was dead. But only a few hours before, he'd been someone's husband, someone's son, or someone's father. He'd been loved. And someone had ended all of that. Now it was up to her, her detectives, and a writer to find out why.
The sky broke, and a few drops of rain began to fall around the crime scene. Beckett smiled.
Just another grey morning in New York City.
By filling out this application you are saying you've read and understand fully the rules of the community. You are also saying that you understand that this community may contain some mature content and ideas, and you're okay with this. Please type I agree at the end of your application. Please keep in mind if this is not done your application will be rejected. Keep in mind the mods reserve the right to reject any application with out explanation, although you are welcome to request one if you wish.
I agree.