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James Bond ([personal profile] doubleoohbaby) wrote2010-01-18 05:10 pm
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[PLAYER INFO]
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[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME: James Bond
FANDOM: James Bond, movie and book canon, but to save on the confusion and continuity and such, this Bond will mostly be based on Daniel Craig's Bond, and therefore basically just involve the movies Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
CHRONOLOGY: From sometime after Quantum of Solace.
CLASS: Vaguely a hero, but not always. He's kind of chaotic neutral or something. He will occasionally help others, but it's generally to do with the grander scale of things or self preservation. Basically, he's a bit of a bastard sometimes. As for dogtags, they'll be gone straight away.
SUPERHERO NAME: 007.
ALTER EGO: No chance of being anyone other than James Bond. xD

BACKGROUND:
For all intents and purposes, many would assume James Bond to be a well-educated man of money, a womaniser, a smooth talker and possibly even an occasional gentleman, born of a Scottish father and Swiss mother, and a traveller of the world. But life hasn't always been quite so kind to him.

The biggest event in his life happened during his childhood, when at only eleven years old, both his parents were killed in a mountain climbing accident in the South East of France, leaving Bond orphaned. Previously he was educated in Switzerland and Germany, though after his parents death, he was to live with his aunt (who he later lost during his late-teens) in a small English village where he continued his education from home for some time, privately tutored by her. He was later briefly sent to Eton College, a boarding school near Windsor, but after constant curfew violations and 'trouble' with one of the maids, he was promptly expelled. Not long after, he was sent to Fettes college in Edinburgh, where he excelled in both educational and athletic involvements. James even took up boxing for the school, as well as forming a school league for judo.

At the age of seventeen, he joined the Navy, once again excelling in his training though stumbling upon some trouble due to his unconventional methods and his approach to his superiors. Though he started his early service as an intelligence officer, he soon moved on to the Special Forces Unit, besting his colleagues with his techniques and sailing through assignments with little difficulty while climbing the rank structure. After more than proving himself, James was rewarded the rank of Commander and recruited by the RNR Defence Intelligence Group, where he was to aid in gathering intelligence.

By the time he was in the MI6 and only thirty years old, Bond was known to be more than capable of performing any task, though rather less capable of strictly following orders despite his military background. His need to push himself had him rising to the challenge of becoming a 00, and that's where his real story begins.

After being given 00 status, James' first assignment seems simple enough: find an international bomb-maker within Madagascar. Simple, unfortunately, doesn't seem to appear all too often in James' life and instead of apprehending, Bond gets ahead of himself and ends up chasing and killing his target, though taking his phone in the process. The phone holds the clues he needs to pursue and, without M's permission, he continues his assignment to his next lead in the Bahama's where he uncovers a totally evil scheme to blow up a new prototype airliner. Naturally Bond thwarts such plans, thus resulting in making one man, Le Chiffre, lose a hell of a lot of money (that wasn't his to lose) after betting against the airliners stocks.

Suspicious, ey?

After Bond's success, M decides to allow him on the next step of the mission, following through with chasing down this Le Chiffre bloke and offering him protection in exchange for everything he knows about the organisation he works for. All achieved with… A POKER GAME. All Bond has to do is win this poker game that Le Chiffre has set up in attempt to regain his funds, and then all will be right with the world.

So off Bond goes to Montenegro, meeting up with one of MI6's very own accountants that's sent to keep an eye on Bond and his funds. James resignation at her presence diminishes all too quickly after laying eyes on her, and soon he and Vesper form a love/hate partnership. But mostly hate/hate as far as Vesper is concerned. They also meet Rene Mathis, who has Bond's back like a real brother from another mother.

Poker starts and after being far too smug for his own good, Bond loses all his stake and Vesper, still hating his guts, refuses to give him the buy-in money. Thankfully, Felix Leiter, a CIA agent also in the game, gives Bond the money he needs and James slips back to the table as smug as ever. After more drama of fighting and poisoning, James eventually beats all odds and manages to win the game on the most ridic and unlikely hand ever known to man. That's how he rolls.

Sadly, this seems to piss off the loser, Le Chiffre, who lures Bond into a trap with the typical damsel in distress act of 'kidnapping' Vesper. Bond chases, flips his car and rolls it a record breaking amount of times without managing to have the airbag deploy. Bond doesn't need safety to survive. Barely conscious, he's dragged to some remote area and tortured in an attempt to acquire his winnings from the poker game, but even with his most prized family jewels in jeopardy, James holds true to his stubbornness and refuses, almost losing Bond Jr in the process, though having a lucky escape after Le Chiffre is assassinated by a superior half way through the torture.

Bond recovers at a fancy hospital, Vesper keeping him company the whole time and apparently warming to his constant smug arrogance. The two fall in looooove~ and decide to prance away hand in hand into the sun set. Lots of lovey dovey stuff follows, Bond quits the service and they end up sailing around in a yacht in Venice, while blaming Mathis for the whole torture ordeal and getting him interrogated. While in Venice James finds out Vesper has been a backstabbing bitch all along and steals his money. Pissed at being pwned by a woman, he chases her and some other dudes and lots of gun-fighting goes down. Vesper locks herself inside an elevator of a collapsing building and despite Bond's attempts to rescue her, she drowns. To death. Bond cries. It's very moving.

After a monosyllabic phone discussion with his mother-- I mean M, James rejoins the service, bitter and twisted though learning that Vesper killed herself to save him. She even leaves him a clue to the next step up in the evil organisations ladder.

Following said clue, Bond shoots a guy in the knee smugly quotes his famous 'The name's Bond. James Bond.' stuffs the guy in the boot of his fancy car and then drives off, perused by lots of guys shooting at him from cars. Not that James struggles with that, and after disposing of them, he drives his captor to M where they proceed to interrogate him in a totally threatening fashion. Sadly, M's personal bodyguard turns out to be working for their captor and allows him to escape with plenty of shooting. Bond chases down this double agent and, unsurprisingly, kills him. There's a theme going on here.

After a lead concerning tagged banknotes and still wanting revenge for Vespers death, Bond heads to Haiti and… wait for it… kills the lead.

Taking on the role of said lead, Bond meets up with a female called Camille and realises he (as the lead) was sent to kill her. Surprisingly, he doesn't kill her, and instead lets her escape. Probably something to do with her being an attractive woman with boobs. He follows her and gets his first sighting of a man named Dominic Greene, who's obviously very evil because he's French. Stuff happens and Bond ends up 'rescuing' Camille, despite her not needing it, and escaping from more gun fights.

Bond tracks Dominic to an opera, mostly just giving him an excuse to strut in a tux. There he finds out there's a secret meeting going on with this evil organisation named Quantum, who are so evil that they talk in a theatre. More chasing and gun fights and killing where Greene escapes and Bond is told off by M more. Pissed off with his constant path of destruction and his possible murder of a British bodyguard to an important bloke, M revokes Bond's passports and credit cards, making it difficult for him to travel.

Not giving up, Bond finds Mathis (who has since been pronounced innocent and was given a nice villa as compensation) and asks for his help. Being total bffls, all past problems are forgotten and the two of them strike out after Greene like total awesome GQMFs.

They end up in Bolivia to attend one of Greene's parties, where Bond is yet again the reason for a females death and the death of his close friend, Mathis. There's more sadness but he gets over it, determined to follow Greene into the desert with Camille at his side. On their journey they discover numerous sinkholes that have been dammed and realise Greene is taking control of the water. How very eeeeviiiilll.

The chase ends at a hotel, where Bond yet again kills lots of people, destroys an entire hotel and consequently captures Greene, leaving him out in the middle of the desert to die.

To finish off, Bond heads to Russia to find Vespers old boyfriend, only to uncover that he's a total a-hole who preys on women in secret services. Having apparently grown in maturity or something, James restrains himself from killing the guy and instead allows him to be interrogated properly by the MI6. M's happy with this and gives him verbal cuddles.

Since James' last presence within the City, Bond has been through one more mission, displayed in the short story The Living Daylights, where he's sent to Berlin on a counter sniper mission to aid another British agent to escape. A simple stake-out operation that only covers a few days, where he doesn't even kill the sniper after realising she's a young woman.

And then he shows up back at the City, ready for more adventures. Whoopwhoop.

PERSONALITY:
Since the loss of his parents at a young age, plus the death of his guardian in his teens and the disappearance of his second father figure, James Bond has tended to steer clear of any and all commitments, be they friendships or relationships. His abandonment issues lead to him displaying no interest in the concept of a long-lasting relationship and the idea of love, while his friendships tend to never last, or be somewhat irregular. He's a lone wolf, if you'll forgive the phrase, far more attracted to solitary approaches, even in the form of hobbies, of which he has many, including climbing despite his family tragedy. And yet he carries himself with a casual ease, interacting with people comfortably and often attracting many with his attitude and lone personality, even if he doesn't purposefully seek out companionship. Unless, of course, it's for sexual activity.

Despite encountering death from an early age, he doesn't pretend to have much interest in it, refusing to put any fear into the idea of death and all too often endangering his own life for the sake of risk-taking. Bond likes to push himself, mentally and physically, and isn't happy unless he's being exceptionally challenged or is at a high risk. In fact, without those factors, he tends to lead himself into boredom and depression. He needs something to focus on at all times, and enjoys seeking and setting goals that he can approach and achieve without letting his emotions get in the way.

For those that get to know him for more than just his easy approach and dry wit will no doubt find him to have a fairly developed sense of humour, of which he tends to use for most situations to cover for any insecurities or uncomfortable moments. Though when he's at a loss for words, he can have quite the opposite reaction, withdrawing from the outer world and watching it from within a cynical and unimpressed bubble, making him unwilling to co-operate. His casual attitude often puts him in trouble with his superiors, as he not only fails to follow direct orders that differ from his own ideas, but he also finds amusement in pushing the boundaries of rank and structure, even if his attempts at rebelling are often subtle.

As for relationships, they tend to be few and far between with James and the ones he keeps are generally strained or complicated. His approach to women is old fashioned and considered misogynistic at times, though his sexism isn't quite as extensive as some assume. Despite his constant womanising and apparent disregard for women in general, James' superior and to some extent parental figure, M, is not only female, but someone Bond looks up to and respects, even if with an obvious resentment at times. Even his one serious relationship with Vesper displays his ability to regard women (and others) in an equal light rather than an air of superiority and proves that he's easily pussy whipped. Oooh yeah. However, Vesper's death affected him greatly and made him a more stubborn and bitter man because of it, taking the death as a personal failure. After such a blow to his ego and libido, Bond even manages to approach some women without the need for sex and proves such when he encounters Camille, immediately forming a somewhat professional relationship and never actually sleeping with her. Amazing, innit?

And yet despite all his faults, his failings, and his habit of coming across as a total bastard, James Bond is loyal through and through to not only Queen and Country, but also those close to him.

POWER:
Enhanced endurance, making Bond a human punching bag, meaning he can withstand a hell of a beat down and still keep going, very close to his determination and stamina in canon. Sharp implements will still slice in precisely the same way as before, but drop him off an apartment block and he's likely to get up after it. Even with life threatening wounds, this power will enable James to continue for that bit longer than should be humanly possible, which is both a blessing and a curse. Pain and injuries will still be sustained, he's just harder wearing now and a lot more stubborn.

Poker face makes Bond extremely resistant to telepathy, psychics and other 'reading' type powers, though this will be more on a case by case basis as he would be in no way completely impervious. Most will find it difficult to get any sort of read on anything ticking around in his head and he will be a lot more conscious of anything prodding around in there, as he develops this, James will be even better at building up his defences and blocking people out.

Shapeshifting does exactly what it says. But. Only into his other official selves, both movie and book. Mostly it'll likely be used for little else but trolling, and maybe some hiding away. The list of forms is limited to Sean Connery, George Lazenby (why would he even...), Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, his own self Daniel Craig (duh), aaaaand his book self. Bond will only be shifting forms and voices, not personalities.


[CHARACTER SAMPLES]
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FINAL NOTES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:
James Bond returns, just like in the movies.