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CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Jean Kirstein
Character Canon: Attack on Titan
History: wiki link or or my own
AU History: Jean's whole "being Enlightened" thing was obvious the day he was born. For as long as he can remember, Jean has had two small, fluffy wings poking out of his lower back-- never strong enough for him to fly with, but noticeable enough that they would've caused him a fair amount of grief if he wasn't such a show-offy little shit. With his Enlightenment showing so early, his parents lauded him with praise and affection. He could grow up and do whatever he wanted. He was special.He was a spoiled brat.
Thus, ever since he was little, Jean dreamed of joining the Swords of the Saviour--he dreamt of all that prestige and glory, of staying safe within the walls, and being respected by all. He was Enlightened, so he knew he could do it, too. Still, in school his attitude was so poor that he made very few friends when it came right down to it, and his teachers thought he was a nuisance, always flaunting his Enlightened status.
Unnnnfortunately for Jean, what wasn't obvious at first was that he was only half-Flying, half-Normal. He always showed off and talked about how one day his wings would grow and he'd be able to fly and be super cool but... he kept getting older and that day wasn't getting any closer. Jean's boasts soon rang hollow with most of the people who knew him, and after a while, his shitty attitude was all he had. Sure, he studied and even excelled in one or two subjects, but... Saviour material, he wasn't.
And so, while he showed talent at bonding with Pokemon and was a pretty good student, with that attitude and no signs of growth as far as his Enlightened abilities go, his superiors couldn't recommend him for anything more than the Guard.
Some of this Academy/early Guard stuff might change/get more detailed depending on Marco's AU History (since Jean mellows out after "losing" him) but otherwise it's safe to assume that Jean made next to no friends at all.Unless you count his so-called rivalry with Eren, which does totally count in a "I'm going to scream louder than you because I hate you" kind of way.
Canon Personality: Jean is in many ways a typical guy; the standard everyman to Eren's crazy-dedicated shounen protagonist. He undergoes some pretty major character development, but he starts off as your typical annoying brat. He always, always tries too hard; to look cool, to seem smart, to make sure ~*~everyone~*~ knows how intelligent he is because he's not wasting his time like the other kids cause he's so ~*~mature~*~. He's just completely unafraid to speak his mind, even when he knows he'll get reprimanded for it, and even though he knows it won't make him many friends. Screw that, people who can't handle his honesty are obviously stupid, anyway.
You gotta give the guy some credit though, he's dedicated when it comes to this whole honesty thing. Even complimenting girls or picking fights with Eren Yaeger, he'll shamelessly admit he's super jealous before trying to start a fight that can only end with him getting flipped face-first into the ground. Petty, rash, and with no mouth-to-brain filter, 12-year-old Jean was that kid no one could stand but he's not actually mean, so you end up laughing at his expense when he messes up from trying too hard.
Jean may not be stupid, but he can be kind of an idiot. That idiocy comes from him being endlessly stubborn-- He works hard at whatever he sets his mind to, even things he wouldn't consider important. (Like picking up hand-to-hand combat, not because he believes the skill is useful, but so that he can beat up Eren the next time they fight.) After all, all that talk has to go somewhere, right? He wouldn't boast about his skills if he didn't have them.
Still, he is actually intelligent. He just applies that intelligence for himself, and no one else because he thinks helping others is what dorks and weak people do. (Or so he says; more often than not, he does the right the thing, he just hates being called out on it because that's so uncool.) But he is smart and he knows it, he's just the kind of guy who thinks "fuck it, I worked hard for this, why shouldn't I show off?"
A lot of that changes after the attack on Trost, though. Thrust into the chaos and horror of the Titan onslaught, Jean is forced to mature very quickly. To save the other kids, he assumes a position of leadership after realizing that if he doesn't, no one else will. In that sense, he believes he has a duty to his comrades, and doesn't take leadership lightly. When his actions lead to the deaths of others, he feels the weight of their deaths and the guilt of his decisions. He's not naive enough to think he can save everyone, but seeing death hurts all the same. After Trost, he's not the bratty kid who shrugs off other people's problems anymore.
Strong as he may be, Jean is aware that he ultimately human, and while he can train and become strong and act cocky like the best of 'em, he'll always have that bottom point to start from. He knows what it's like to be afraid, and he's the kind of guy that knows that failure is always a very real possibility that spells death more often than not. This is what makes him a good leader; he understands the burden of being in charge, even if he doesn't like it, and he understands that everyone else is just as afraid to die as he is. Scared people need someone to believe in-- someone just like them.
Of course, when it comes to all those selfless thoughts and all those doubts and worries; he keeps that stuff on the inside. Part of what makes him somewhat compelling is the fact that he looks like he knows what he's doing, when in reality he's second-guessing himself all the way. He'll complain about orders he knows are dangerous, but he'll follow them anyway if that's his duty. With the memory of Marco's corpse haunting him, the only thing Jean fears more than dying, is dying uselessly.
To sum it up, the biggest difference between early Jean and post-Trost Jean is that post-Trost Jean thinks "hey, I might not look cool, but at least I'm doing the right thing, right?" whereas young Jean would find that attitude "juvenile" and disgusting. Ah, character growth.
AU Deviation: Jean is a bit less tense, thanks to the whole world-not-being-under-threat-by-Titans thing. His bad attitude and all-around disagreeableness comes from him being a spoiled child now, and his ineptitude with dealing with people is due largely to the fact that he grew up rather sheltered as an only child. He makes friends-- with Pokemon, fairly easily due to his straightforwardness, but otherwise he grew up as more of an angry loner than just plain angry. Additionally, his dream of joining the Swords of the Saviour is more driven by his desire to prove himself than his desire to live an easy life.
Canon Abilities: Jean is, to put it simply, very good at whirring around on cables and wires to get around in midair. (That's 3D Maneuvering Gear in a nutshell.) They say the hardest part of mastering the gear isn't so much gaining the strength to move around in it, but obtaining the mental aptitude needed to accept that you're moving in a third dimension; being aware of your placement not just in relation to what's next to you, but also aware of the space above and below you. Jean's good a natural at that. On top of that, he is a natural leader, one who, despite his failings is able to motivate and inspire people, not through his strength, but through his ability to understand and empathize with weakness.
Enlightened Abilities: Mastery of Battle, to match his leadership skills in canon. Jean will be Normal/Flying, with cute little wings on his lower back that cause him no end of grief. He can't yet fly with them, but thanks to his being normal, aside from the wings, the worst he'll get are embarrassing stuff like feathers in his hair.
Starter Pokémon: a regular Fletchling, named Apollo ('Pollo for short.)
Notes/Special Considerations: I'm interested in having Jean eventually join the Rangers, as well as possibly losing a pokemon that he was close with (to match him losing Marco.) This will spur him into really switching over. Additionally his wings will grow larger and all that, but I dunno if that counts as a special consideration...?
SAMPLES
First-Person: At the test drive.
Third-Person: ((Wrote this for another game lemme know if it's not ok.))
Why baking? Fuck if he knew. They didn't have the resources to waste like this back home-- sugar and flour that you can just use? What the hell was that about?
Well, being here, Jean supposed this was as close as he'd get to the cushy life he'd once dreamed of. No Titans to worry about, no spies or obvious threats of death. Instead he ended up with his hands covered in flour-- hands used to holding swords, but he couldn't make a damned cake mix without catching half of it in his hair and on his face. If Marco were here, he would laugh. Anyone else would too, but they'd also get a piece of Jean's mind.
Glaring at dry ingredients like maybe this so-called cookbook lied to him, Jean emptied the rest of the flour into a large bowl. He was pretty sure batter was supposed to be rolled up into a ball, but... If only the book came with like, an in-depth guide or something. Hand-mixing this thing was gonna be a pain.
Jean double-checked the page. It was a language he knew he can't understand and that still freaked the crap out of him, but the words quickly changed into letters he recognized, so according to the cook book, he was doing alright.
He grumbled, pulling out a few eggs from the fridge and cracking them deftly on the edge of the bowl. Compared to 3D gear? He could crack a few damn eggs. Whatever came next, well... not so much. He wasn't a baker, how the hell was he supposed to know the difference between stirring and whisking? And what the hell was a whisk supposed to look like, anyway?
Jean sighed, pouring another egg into the flour-filled bowl. He promised Mikasa a cake, so was gonna make a damned cake. Asking for help would be pathetic. And he was most certainly, definitely, not pathetic.
"Augh, dammit!"
Then he went and dropped one of the eggs. This was gonna take a while...
Name: Jan
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Time Zone: EST
Characters Played: n/a
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Jean Kirstein
Character Canon: Attack on Titan
History: wiki link or or my own
AU History: Jean's whole "being Enlightened" thing was obvious the day he was born. For as long as he can remember, Jean has had two small, fluffy wings poking out of his lower back-- never strong enough for him to fly with, but noticeable enough that they would've caused him a fair amount of grief if he wasn't such a show-offy little shit. With his Enlightenment showing so early, his parents lauded him with praise and affection. He could grow up and do whatever he wanted. He was special.
Thus, ever since he was little, Jean dreamed of joining the Swords of the Saviour--he dreamt of all that prestige and glory, of staying safe within the walls, and being respected by all. He was Enlightened, so he knew he could do it, too. Still, in school his attitude was so poor that he made very few friends when it came right down to it, and his teachers thought he was a nuisance, always flaunting his Enlightened status.
Unnnnfortunately for Jean, what wasn't obvious at first was that he was only half-Flying, half-Normal. He always showed off and talked about how one day his wings would grow and he'd be able to fly and be super cool but... he kept getting older and that day wasn't getting any closer. Jean's boasts soon rang hollow with most of the people who knew him, and after a while, his shitty attitude was all he had. Sure, he studied and even excelled in one or two subjects, but... Saviour material, he wasn't.
And so, while he showed talent at bonding with Pokemon and was a pretty good student, with that attitude and no signs of growth as far as his Enlightened abilities go, his superiors couldn't recommend him for anything more than the Guard.
Some of this Academy/early Guard stuff might change/get more detailed depending on Marco's AU History (since Jean mellows out after "losing" him) but otherwise it's safe to assume that Jean made next to no friends at all.
Canon Personality: Jean is in many ways a typical guy; the standard everyman to Eren's crazy-dedicated shounen protagonist. He undergoes some pretty major character development, but he starts off as your typical annoying brat. He always, always tries too hard; to look cool, to seem smart, to make sure ~*~everyone~*~ knows how intelligent he is because he's not wasting his time like the other kids cause he's so ~*~mature~*~. He's just completely unafraid to speak his mind, even when he knows he'll get reprimanded for it, and even though he knows it won't make him many friends. Screw that, people who can't handle his honesty are obviously stupid, anyway.
You gotta give the guy some credit though, he's dedicated when it comes to this whole honesty thing. Even complimenting girls or picking fights with Eren Yaeger, he'll shamelessly admit he's super jealous before trying to start a fight that can only end with him getting flipped face-first into the ground. Petty, rash, and with no mouth-to-brain filter, 12-year-old Jean was that kid no one could stand but he's not actually mean, so you end up laughing at his expense when he messes up from trying too hard.
Jean may not be stupid, but he can be kind of an idiot. That idiocy comes from him being endlessly stubborn-- He works hard at whatever he sets his mind to, even things he wouldn't consider important. (Like picking up hand-to-hand combat, not because he believes the skill is useful, but so that he can beat up Eren the next time they fight.) After all, all that talk has to go somewhere, right? He wouldn't boast about his skills if he didn't have them.
Still, he is actually intelligent. He just applies that intelligence for himself, and no one else because he thinks helping others is what dorks and weak people do. (Or so he says; more often than not, he does the right the thing, he just hates being called out on it because that's so uncool.) But he is smart and he knows it, he's just the kind of guy who thinks "fuck it, I worked hard for this, why shouldn't I show off?"
A lot of that changes after the attack on Trost, though. Thrust into the chaos and horror of the Titan onslaught, Jean is forced to mature very quickly. To save the other kids, he assumes a position of leadership after realizing that if he doesn't, no one else will. In that sense, he believes he has a duty to his comrades, and doesn't take leadership lightly. When his actions lead to the deaths of others, he feels the weight of their deaths and the guilt of his decisions. He's not naive enough to think he can save everyone, but seeing death hurts all the same. After Trost, he's not the bratty kid who shrugs off other people's problems anymore.
Strong as he may be, Jean is aware that he ultimately human, and while he can train and become strong and act cocky like the best of 'em, he'll always have that bottom point to start from. He knows what it's like to be afraid, and he's the kind of guy that knows that failure is always a very real possibility that spells death more often than not. This is what makes him a good leader; he understands the burden of being in charge, even if he doesn't like it, and he understands that everyone else is just as afraid to die as he is. Scared people need someone to believe in-- someone just like them.
Of course, when it comes to all those selfless thoughts and all those doubts and worries; he keeps that stuff on the inside. Part of what makes him somewhat compelling is the fact that he looks like he knows what he's doing, when in reality he's second-guessing himself all the way. He'll complain about orders he knows are dangerous, but he'll follow them anyway if that's his duty. With the memory of Marco's corpse haunting him, the only thing Jean fears more than dying, is dying uselessly.
To sum it up, the biggest difference between early Jean and post-Trost Jean is that post-Trost Jean thinks "hey, I might not look cool, but at least I'm doing the right thing, right?" whereas young Jean would find that attitude "juvenile" and disgusting. Ah, character growth.
AU Deviation: Jean is a bit less tense, thanks to the whole world-not-being-under-threat-by-Titans thing. His bad attitude and all-around disagreeableness comes from him being a spoiled child now, and his ineptitude with dealing with people is due largely to the fact that he grew up rather sheltered as an only child. He makes friends-- with Pokemon, fairly easily due to his straightforwardness, but otherwise he grew up as more of an angry loner than just plain angry. Additionally, his dream of joining the Swords of the Saviour is more driven by his desire to prove himself than his desire to live an easy life.
Canon Abilities: Jean is, to put it simply, very good at whirring around on cables and wires to get around in midair. (That's 3D Maneuvering Gear in a nutshell.) They say the hardest part of mastering the gear isn't so much gaining the strength to move around in it, but obtaining the mental aptitude needed to accept that you're moving in a third dimension; being aware of your placement not just in relation to what's next to you, but also aware of the space above and below you. Jean's good a natural at that. On top of that, he is a natural leader, one who, despite his failings is able to motivate and inspire people, not through his strength, but through his ability to understand and empathize with weakness.
Enlightened Abilities: Mastery of Battle, to match his leadership skills in canon. Jean will be Normal/Flying, with cute little wings on his lower back that cause him no end of grief. He can't yet fly with them, but thanks to his being normal, aside from the wings, the worst he'll get are embarrassing stuff like feathers in his hair.
Starter Pokémon: a regular Fletchling, named Apollo ('Pollo for short.)
Notes/Special Considerations: I'm interested in having Jean eventually join the Rangers, as well as possibly losing a pokemon that he was close with (to match him losing Marco.) This will spur him into really switching over. Additionally his wings will grow larger and all that, but I dunno if that counts as a special consideration...?
SAMPLES
First-Person: At the test drive.
Third-Person: ((Wrote this for another game lemme know if it's not ok.))
Why baking? Fuck if he knew. They didn't have the resources to waste like this back home-- sugar and flour that you can just use? What the hell was that about?
Well, being here, Jean supposed this was as close as he'd get to the cushy life he'd once dreamed of. No Titans to worry about, no spies or obvious threats of death. Instead he ended up with his hands covered in flour-- hands used to holding swords, but he couldn't make a damned cake mix without catching half of it in his hair and on his face. If Marco were here, he would laugh. Anyone else would too, but they'd also get a piece of Jean's mind.
Glaring at dry ingredients like maybe this so-called cookbook lied to him, Jean emptied the rest of the flour into a large bowl. He was pretty sure batter was supposed to be rolled up into a ball, but... If only the book came with like, an in-depth guide or something. Hand-mixing this thing was gonna be a pain.
Jean double-checked the page. It was a language he knew he can't understand and that still freaked the crap out of him, but the words quickly changed into letters he recognized, so according to the cook book, he was doing alright.
He grumbled, pulling out a few eggs from the fridge and cracking them deftly on the edge of the bowl. Compared to 3D gear? He could crack a few damn eggs. Whatever came next, well... not so much. He wasn't a baker, how the hell was he supposed to know the difference between stirring and whisking? And what the hell was a whisk supposed to look like, anyway?
Jean sighed, pouring another egg into the flour-filled bowl. He promised Mikasa a cake, so was gonna make a damned cake. Asking for help would be pathetic. And he was most certainly, definitely, not pathetic.
"Augh, dammit!"
Then he went and dropped one of the eggs. This was gonna take a while...
Additional AU History things: