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Player Information:
Name or Handle: Laura
LJ: geekyshoelaces
Email: Can I PM it to you guyssss?
AIM/ MSN / Plurk name: msLmccool
Any current characters here?: nope!
Character Information:
Character Name: Willow Rosenberg
Age: 18
Canon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Appearance:
Willow wears her red hair shoulder length, has a fondness for fluffy sweaters and strange hats. She is petite with blue eyes and the phrase 'cute as a button'? That phrase is about Willow Rosenberg.
Personality:
At the beginning of the series one the most noticeable things about Willow is her innocent nativity, the fact she's painfully shy, despite being friendly and sweet, has the whole unrequited love thing with Xander, her best friend. Not to mention she dresses in clothes that come from “the softer side of Sears”. While extremely book smart, she seems to be a bit clueless about the ways of the world. Most of the time 'dirty jokes' and darker things tend to go over her head. Willow's friendship with Buffy changes her life forever, introducing her to whats out there, the darkness of the world. Of course, the friendship helps to pull Willow from her social awkwardness, some. As the series progresses, she comes out of her shell, more and more. With her growing confidence, thanks to being friends with Buffy and having a purpose besides studying, she's able to speak up when she had something to say, stand up for herself, and give her opinion in decisions the Scooby Gang have to make. When Willow is pushed (and she has been pushed) she'll give her opinion and she'll give it strongly. (And yet still manage to be adorable doing it) She's able to adapt her studious nature and excellent computer skills to help the Scooby Gang vanquish demons, vampires, and fight off general evil. She was able to funnel her nerdiness into in a wider range of topics that didn't involve school but in fact, demons and magic, appealing to the scholar in her.
While Buffy and Willow have had their ups and downs, they are each other's closest confidantes. They talk about typical teenage things, dating, boys, school, with a little bit (okay a lot of bit) of demons and slaying mixed in. Willow takes Buffy's disappearance after season two very personally, feeling abandoned and lost. And while it helped her to take charge and try her best to fight off the evil while Buffy was gone, Willow struggled with the fact that she didn't have Buffy around to talk to. A perfect example of it is when Willow confronted Buffy about her trying to run away again and said-- "I'm having all sorts of... I'm dating, I'm having serious dating with a werewolf, and I'm studying witchcraft and killing vampires, and I didn't have anyone to talk to about all this scary life stuff. And you were my best friend."
Buffy isn't the only important person in her life. There's Xander, of course. Her BFF4L, the boy she had a crush on forever. Xander is her safety blanket, the one who knows her best, looks out for her and ready to deliver the advice she needs to hear, rather than what she wants to hear. She has a brief 'affair' with him while dating Oz but it helps her to realize that her love for him is more one of friendship than romantic. Next to Xander there's Oz, her first real relationship, her first love, her first. Thanks to Oz (and her success in learning witchcraft), Willow really blossomed, became more confident in herself. Of course, Giles is important to her as well, he's like a father-figure to her (considering her parents are uninterested and usually MIA), guiding her in her studies, helping her when she needs it, worrying about her, and scolding her when she does something wrong. And of course, Willow's got a friend named Jolee Bindo, except not.
When she's nervous, gets flustered, or is trying to fill an awkward moment, she tends to babble. And by babble, I mean, she opens her mouth and the words just keep coming, even if they don't really make a lot of sense or even relevant. She just rambles and once she starts she usually doesn't stop until someone stops her. It's like a floodgateAll the fear, the worry, the heart of her comes out in those drawn out sentences that never seem to end. But a lot of the time in those moments you can really see her heart and how she truly feels about something. And while she can be a 'goody two shoes', Willow also can be okay with breaking the rules. Sometimes, in fact, she gets a little giddy. (As long as it's nothing major). She can get a thrill from doing something she shouldn't so long as in the end it's for the greater good. Although she did get a thrill from cheating on Oz with Xander but ultimately her guilt took over and she regretted that decision.
I saw this quote and thought it was really too perfect not to cite: "Willow is part of a powerful quartet: she represents the spirit, Giles intelligence, Xander heart, and Buffy strength of the Scoobies. Although they often drift apart, they are forced to come together and work in these roles to defeat forces they are unable to fight individually."
Background:
Here is her wiki! http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Willow_Rosenberg
Canon point:
The end of season 3! It's where I'm most comfortable playing her from. I've only seen past season three once or twice and I'm a lot more familiar with the first three seasons. Plus I really, really love derpy-still-learning-magic Willow.
Special Abilities:
For one? Willow is extremely book smart. She makes good grades, works hard, is a big study nerd. She's good with computers, including some hacking and programming skills. And she was talented enough to take over classes for the computer teacher, Ms. Calendar, when she was killed.
Willow also has the gift of magic. The canon point I bring her from, she's still very much a student, still learning and practicing. She can do the basic beginners stuff like levitate pencils, make fire out of ice, but has performed major spells like re-cursing Angel with a soul and revoking a vampire's invitation into a home. She's got a lot of potential to be a lot more powerful like she does in later seasons of the show. I saw it once said that "she saw magic as a way of hacking the universe, and an extension of her computer hacking skills." Which I think is very accurate. I think she at this point she uses magic to help her friends and expand her knowledge more than anything.
She also has the ability to make blue milk.
Sect:
Civilian Sect!
Job:
If you guys have any job ideas for her, let me know!
Samples:
First Person:
[The video clicks on to show a very confused, very sorta-kinda naked Willow. She's trying desperately to keep the camera above her shoulders so she doesn't flash the free world. Those goods? Those goods are only for Oz to see, you hear that?]
Ha-ha. Very funny. Is this a pre-college-y prank or something? One of those initiation-you-better-get-ready-for-college-life things? Because this can't be a roofie thing. This isn't a roofie thing, right? Because I'm not the kind of girl who just wakes up in random, strange places without any clothes. Well, okay, so I have some clothes but don't get any ideas.
Third Person:
Willow Rosenberg had never cheated in her whole life. A cheater! She'd never needed to and now she was sneaking around behind Oz's back. It was dirty. And wrong. It was dirty a whole bunch of wrong. But sexy too. But, but the wrong kind of sexy, the thrilling kind you don't write home to your mother about. Heck, you don't write to anyone about it.
Sure, Buffy always told her to carpe diem… Actually, she never used those words. Willow was still pretty sure Buffy though it mean Fish Day. But still, this wasn't the sort of thing you seized, not a good girl, not girl who never does anything bad. Besides, the last time she'd listened to Buffy's 'do it today, because tomorrow you could be dead', she ended up in a cemetery with a guy who'd turned out really creepy.
Speaking of creepy, Willow was scared of herself. She couldn't trust herself anymore, not when Xander was around. Her palms went all sweaty, she stammered (more than usual), and she felt different. Wrong. Most of all, she was terrified of her friends finding out. Of Oz finding out. How would they react to it? Images of rejection, rejection with lots mocking were running through her mind. Actually, that wasn't the only thing she was worried about. She was convinced that they'd one day wake up and smell the nerd, remember that she was just geeky, old, ramblin' Willow. (That sounded like a really bad name for a villain or a crazy cat lady) The way she used to be, and deep down still was. Not that she was as insecure as she was pre-Buffy-and-Slayer-things any more, it was more just the fear of her going back to that that caused her concern.
But she wasn't like that anymore. Gone were the days of her silly, childish clothes, hiding behind books or a computer (all the time), and boring long hair, Willow was different. And maybe that's why she was doing this, maybe it was because she knew it was wrong, maybe Willow didn't like being 'old reliable'. Maybe for once, she wanted to be unpredictable! Spontaneous! 'Unpredictable, Spontaneous Willow'! That sounded much better than 'Old Reliable Willow'. Hey, couldn't she have her cake and eat it too?
Though, when Willow thought about it, cake was kind of overrated...
Anything Else:
Well anyone from the scooby gang would be a great roommate! I'd need to ask OOCly of course! But for fun shenanigans sake a random roommate might be fun too! I can go either way.
Name or Handle: Laura
LJ: geekyshoelaces
Email: Can I PM it to you guyssss?
AIM/ MSN / Plurk name: msLmccool
Any current characters here?: nope!
Character Information:
Character Name: Willow Rosenberg
Age: 18
Canon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Appearance:
Willow wears her red hair shoulder length, has a fondness for fluffy sweaters and strange hats. She is petite with blue eyes and the phrase 'cute as a button'? That phrase is about Willow Rosenberg.
Personality:
At the beginning of the series one the most noticeable things about Willow is her innocent nativity, the fact she's painfully shy, despite being friendly and sweet, has the whole unrequited love thing with Xander, her best friend. Not to mention she dresses in clothes that come from “the softer side of Sears”. While extremely book smart, she seems to be a bit clueless about the ways of the world. Most of the time 'dirty jokes' and darker things tend to go over her head. Willow's friendship with Buffy changes her life forever, introducing her to whats out there, the darkness of the world. Of course, the friendship helps to pull Willow from her social awkwardness, some. As the series progresses, she comes out of her shell, more and more. With her growing confidence, thanks to being friends with Buffy and having a purpose besides studying, she's able to speak up when she had something to say, stand up for herself, and give her opinion in decisions the Scooby Gang have to make. When Willow is pushed (and she has been pushed) she'll give her opinion and she'll give it strongly. (And yet still manage to be adorable doing it) She's able to adapt her studious nature and excellent computer skills to help the Scooby Gang vanquish demons, vampires, and fight off general evil. She was able to funnel her nerdiness into in a wider range of topics that didn't involve school but in fact, demons and magic, appealing to the scholar in her.
While Buffy and Willow have had their ups and downs, they are each other's closest confidantes. They talk about typical teenage things, dating, boys, school, with a little bit (okay a lot of bit) of demons and slaying mixed in. Willow takes Buffy's disappearance after season two very personally, feeling abandoned and lost. And while it helped her to take charge and try her best to fight off the evil while Buffy was gone, Willow struggled with the fact that she didn't have Buffy around to talk to. A perfect example of it is when Willow confronted Buffy about her trying to run away again and said-- "I'm having all sorts of... I'm dating, I'm having serious dating with a werewolf, and I'm studying witchcraft and killing vampires, and I didn't have anyone to talk to about all this scary life stuff. And you were my best friend."
Buffy isn't the only important person in her life. There's Xander, of course. Her BFF4L, the boy she had a crush on forever. Xander is her safety blanket, the one who knows her best, looks out for her and ready to deliver the advice she needs to hear, rather than what she wants to hear. She has a brief 'affair' with him while dating Oz but it helps her to realize that her love for him is more one of friendship than romantic. Next to Xander there's Oz, her first real relationship, her first love, her first. Thanks to Oz (and her success in learning witchcraft), Willow really blossomed, became more confident in herself. Of course, Giles is important to her as well, he's like a father-figure to her (considering her parents are uninterested and usually MIA), guiding her in her studies, helping her when she needs it, worrying about her, and scolding her when she does something wrong. And of course, Willow's got a friend named Jolee Bindo, except not.
When she's nervous, gets flustered, or is trying to fill an awkward moment, she tends to babble. And by babble, I mean, she opens her mouth and the words just keep coming, even if they don't really make a lot of sense or even relevant. She just rambles and once she starts she usually doesn't stop until someone stops her. It's like a floodgateAll the fear, the worry, the heart of her comes out in those drawn out sentences that never seem to end. But a lot of the time in those moments you can really see her heart and how she truly feels about something. And while she can be a 'goody two shoes', Willow also can be okay with breaking the rules. Sometimes, in fact, she gets a little giddy. (As long as it's nothing major). She can get a thrill from doing something she shouldn't so long as in the end it's for the greater good. Although she did get a thrill from cheating on Oz with Xander but ultimately her guilt took over and she regretted that decision.
I saw this quote and thought it was really too perfect not to cite: "Willow is part of a powerful quartet: she represents the spirit, Giles intelligence, Xander heart, and Buffy strength of the Scoobies. Although they often drift apart, they are forced to come together and work in these roles to defeat forces they are unable to fight individually."
Background:
Here is her wiki! http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Willow_Rosenberg
Canon point:
The end of season 3! It's where I'm most comfortable playing her from. I've only seen past season three once or twice and I'm a lot more familiar with the first three seasons. Plus I really, really love derpy-still-learning-magic Willow.
Special Abilities:
For one? Willow is extremely book smart. She makes good grades, works hard, is a big study nerd. She's good with computers, including some hacking and programming skills. And she was talented enough to take over classes for the computer teacher, Ms. Calendar, when she was killed.
Willow also has the gift of magic. The canon point I bring her from, she's still very much a student, still learning and practicing. She can do the basic beginners stuff like levitate pencils, make fire out of ice, but has performed major spells like re-cursing Angel with a soul and revoking a vampire's invitation into a home. She's got a lot of potential to be a lot more powerful like she does in later seasons of the show. I saw it once said that "she saw magic as a way of hacking the universe, and an extension of her computer hacking skills." Which I think is very accurate. I think she at this point she uses magic to help her friends and expand her knowledge more than anything.
She also has the ability to make blue milk.
Sect:
Civilian Sect!
Job:
If you guys have any job ideas for her, let me know!
Samples:
First Person:
[The video clicks on to show a very confused, very sorta-kinda naked Willow. She's trying desperately to keep the camera above her shoulders so she doesn't flash the free world. Those goods? Those goods are only for Oz to see, you hear that?]
Ha-ha. Very funny. Is this a pre-college-y prank or something? One of those initiation-you-better-get-ready-for-college-life things? Because this can't be a roofie thing. This isn't a roofie thing, right? Because I'm not the kind of girl who just wakes up in random, strange places without any clothes. Well, okay, so I have some clothes but don't get any ideas.
Third Person:
Willow Rosenberg had never cheated in her whole life. A cheater! She'd never needed to and now she was sneaking around behind Oz's back. It was dirty. And wrong. It was dirty a whole bunch of wrong. But sexy too. But, but the wrong kind of sexy, the thrilling kind you don't write home to your mother about. Heck, you don't write to anyone about it.
Sure, Buffy always told her to carpe diem… Actually, she never used those words. Willow was still pretty sure Buffy though it mean Fish Day. But still, this wasn't the sort of thing you seized, not a good girl, not girl who never does anything bad. Besides, the last time she'd listened to Buffy's 'do it today, because tomorrow you could be dead', she ended up in a cemetery with a guy who'd turned out really creepy.
Speaking of creepy, Willow was scared of herself. She couldn't trust herself anymore, not when Xander was around. Her palms went all sweaty, she stammered (more than usual), and she felt different. Wrong. Most of all, she was terrified of her friends finding out. Of Oz finding out. How would they react to it? Images of rejection, rejection with lots mocking were running through her mind. Actually, that wasn't the only thing she was worried about. She was convinced that they'd one day wake up and smell the nerd, remember that she was just geeky, old, ramblin' Willow. (That sounded like a really bad name for a villain or a crazy cat lady) The way she used to be, and deep down still was. Not that she was as insecure as she was pre-Buffy-and-Slayer-things any more, it was more just the fear of her going back to that that caused her concern.
But she wasn't like that anymore. Gone were the days of her silly, childish clothes, hiding behind books or a computer (all the time), and boring long hair, Willow was different. And maybe that's why she was doing this, maybe it was because she knew it was wrong, maybe Willow didn't like being 'old reliable'. Maybe for once, she wanted to be unpredictable! Spontaneous! 'Unpredictable, Spontaneous Willow'! That sounded much better than 'Old Reliable Willow'. Hey, couldn't she have her cake and eat it too?
Though, when Willow thought about it, cake was kind of overrated...
Anything Else:
Well anyone from the scooby gang would be a great roommate! I'd need to ask OOCly of course! But for fun shenanigans sake a random roommate might be fun too! I can go either way.