PLAYER Name: Abby Age: 22 Personal Journal:xherrdoktor E-mail: senpainoticesyou [at] gmail AIM/MSN/etc: xherrdoktor
CHARACTER Name: Jefferson Canon: Once Upon a Time Age: 29 Timeline: post Hat Trick If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a
Personality: Jefferson is much more than a tea-drugging, gun-toting kidnapping madman.
Like many who live in Storybrooke, he has a fairytale land counterpart. Essentially, he has three. In chronological order, there is dapper and self-serving 19-year-old Jefferson, who was in cahoots with Rumplestiltskin and involved with manipulating Regina, single parent Jefferson, and Jefferson trapped in Wonderland. These parts all influence how he is when we see him in Storybrooke.
When Jefferson was a portal jumper, he is young and cares for no one but himself. He dresses flashy and even his body language is elaborate. He has no concept of personal space, and even upon meeting Regina for the first time, he has no issue with positioning himself far too close. While he isn’t a bad guy, he knowingly works for the scariest mofo Fairytale Land has to offer. Unlike many people Rumple works with, Jefferson apparently doesn’t have a fixed price for their dealings. It boils down to ‘take however much gold you think your time was worth’, and in turn, Jefferson was able to mass some kind of fortune.
He has extremely lax morals; not only does he not have a problem with aligning himself with notorious bad folks, but he doesn’t mind being an active participant in devious things as long as he gets what he wants out of it. Thus he’s partially responsible for Regina getting toward the path of becoming the evil queen.
As a parent, we see an entirely different side to Jefferson. A lot has happened since his portal hopping days, and he’s not only learned a lot but he’s lost a lot as well. He lives in poverty and puts all his time and energy in being a good father for his daughter, Grace. It’s safe to assume she’s the only thing he’s ever cared about with the exception of himself. She makes him selfless, and he would do anything for her.
That includes going against his better judgement. Jefferson has always been weak, and if someone knows what buttons to press, he’s easy to manipulate. Of course, there’s no better person to do the manipulating than Regina. There’s a shared history implied, that we don’t get to see, but it’s safe to assume that he worked with her some until he had Grace. It’s thanks to his foolishness in trusting her just a little that gets him trapped in Wonderland. Then again, it’s easy to say it’s not trust so much as a combination of reluctance and the drive to be able to provide for his daughter and give Grace anything she’d ever want, which Regina promised.
The “Mad Hatter” aspect comes into play while he’s in Wonderland. A combination of mercury and being forced to repeatedly make a hat to get him back home- which he knew to begin with wouldn’t work- was enough to drive him mad. All he wanted was to get back home to his daughter, and that was his only driving force. Without her, he lost everything that ever mattered. It’s also Wonderland where he gets the scar around his neck, from being decapitated by the Queen during his questioning.
In Storybrooke, the Jefferson we see is different from all the others. Like everyone else, he is cursed, but his curse is to remember his real life. He has a double consciousness, so to speak, for twenty-eight years, while the rest of Storybrooke is functioning like the folks from Groundhog’s Day without any recollection of who they are.
He’s there because Regina wants him to be, and he remembers for the same reason. He’s given a huge home, filled with everything he ever wanted to provide for Grace. Every day, he’s had to watch his daughter be raised by another family, by another man. There’s a great deal of possessiveness there, and he can’t stand the thought of being replaced.
By the time Emma arrives in town, he’s bitter, lonely, and absolutely desperate, firmly believing if he can just get a hat to work, he can take his daughter to their real home and she’ll remember him. It’s desperation that leads him to kidnap Mary Margaret and Emma. (And yes, he genuinely was trying to save MM as well, in a roundabout way. He at least prevented her from getting herself hurt or killed, and as a bonus he got Emma where he wanted her.)
He’s still good at making the best decisions ever, and his desperation only fuels that. Hence why he felt like he had no choice but to drug and kidnap to get Emma to help. He’s still as sassy and sarcastic as he was when he was younger, and operates in grey areas even if he is a bit unhinged at times.
He doesn’t have it in him to actually kill anyone, but he isn’t above manipulating things in his favour to get someone else to do the dirty work for him.
Abilities:ten times world sass champion He has the ability to travel to other worlds when he has his hat. Also talented at making hats, sewing, and other crafty things.
Jefferson | Once Upon a Time | Not Reserved
Name: Abby
Age: 22
Personal Journal:
E-mail: senpainoticesyou [at] gmail
AIM/MSN/etc: xherrdoktor
CHARACTER
Name: Jefferson
Canon: Once Upon a Time
Age: 29
Timeline: post Hat Trick
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a
Personality: Jefferson is much more than a tea-drugging, gun-toting kidnapping madman.
Like many who live in Storybrooke, he has a fairytale land counterpart. Essentially, he has three. In chronological order, there is dapper and self-serving 19-year-old Jefferson, who was in cahoots with Rumplestiltskin and involved with manipulating Regina, single parent Jefferson, and Jefferson trapped in Wonderland. These parts all influence how he is when we see him in Storybrooke.
When Jefferson was a portal jumper, he is young and cares for no one but himself. He dresses flashy and even his body language is elaborate. He has no concept of personal space, and even upon meeting Regina for the first time, he has no issue with positioning himself far too close. While he isn’t a bad guy, he knowingly works for the scariest mofo Fairytale Land has to offer. Unlike many people Rumple works with, Jefferson apparently doesn’t have a fixed price for their dealings. It boils down to ‘take however much gold you think your time was worth’, and in turn, Jefferson was able to mass some kind of fortune.
He has extremely lax morals; not only does he not have a problem with aligning himself with notorious bad folks, but he doesn’t mind being an active participant in devious things as long as he gets what he wants out of it. Thus he’s partially responsible for Regina getting toward the path of becoming the evil queen.
As a parent, we see an entirely different side to Jefferson. A lot has happened since his portal hopping days, and he’s not only learned a lot but he’s lost a lot as well. He lives in poverty and puts all his time and energy in being a good father for his daughter, Grace. It’s safe to assume she’s the only thing he’s ever cared about with the exception of himself. She makes him selfless, and he would do anything for her.
That includes going against his better judgement. Jefferson has always been weak, and if someone knows what buttons to press, he’s easy to manipulate. Of course, there’s no better person to do the manipulating than Regina. There’s a shared history implied, that we don’t get to see, but it’s safe to assume that he worked with her some until he had Grace. It’s thanks to his foolishness in trusting her just a little that gets him trapped in Wonderland. Then again, it’s easy to say it’s not trust so much as a combination of reluctance and the drive to be able to provide for his daughter and give Grace anything she’d ever want, which Regina promised.
The “Mad Hatter” aspect comes into play while he’s in Wonderland. A combination of mercury and being forced to repeatedly make a hat to get him back home- which he knew to begin with wouldn’t work- was enough to drive him mad. All he wanted was to get back home to his daughter, and that was his only driving force. Without her, he lost everything that ever mattered. It’s also Wonderland where he gets the scar around his neck, from being decapitated by the Queen during his questioning.
In Storybrooke, the Jefferson we see is different from all the others. Like everyone else, he is cursed, but his curse is to remember his real life. He has a double consciousness, so to speak, for twenty-eight years, while the rest of Storybrooke is functioning like the folks from Groundhog’s Day without any recollection of who they are.
He’s there because Regina wants him to be, and he remembers for the same reason. He’s given a huge home, filled with everything he ever wanted to provide for Grace. Every day, he’s had to watch his daughter be raised by another family, by another man. There’s a great deal of possessiveness there, and he can’t stand the thought of being replaced.
By the time Emma arrives in town, he’s bitter, lonely, and absolutely desperate, firmly believing if he can just get a hat to work, he can take his daughter to their real home and she’ll remember him. It’s desperation that leads him to kidnap Mary Margaret and Emma. (And yes, he genuinely was trying to save MM as well, in a roundabout way. He at least prevented her from getting herself hurt or killed, and as a bonus he got Emma where he wanted her.)
He’s still good at making the best decisions ever, and his desperation only fuels that. Hence why he felt like he had no choice but to drug and kidnap to get Emma to help. He’s still as sassy and sarcastic as he was when he was younger, and operates in grey areas even if he is a bit unhinged at times.
He doesn’t have it in him to actually kill anyone, but he isn’t above manipulating things in his favour to get someone else to do the dirty work for him.
Background: here
Abilities:
ten times world sass championHe has the ability to travel to other worlds when he has his hat. Also talented at making hats, sewing, and other crafty things.First Person: from entranceway
Third Person: and from a psl