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Baelfire ([personal profile] hisinnerlight) wrote in [personal profile] rubycitymods 2013-01-27 01:13 am (UTC)

{ [CANON] Baelfire || Once Upon a Time| no reserve || 1 of 2 }

PLAYER
Name: Mouse
Personal Journal: [personal profile] mouseguin
E-mail: mouseguin@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: mouseofguin

CHARACTER
Name: Baelfire
Canon: Once Upon a Time
Timeline: Just after he leaves the Enchanted Forest for the Land Without Magic, but before he gets there.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?:
Henry and Baelfire have no current canon connections besides being around the same age and the same sort of magic. They would not need to interact without a third person, most likely Regina or Rumplestiltskin, and therefore there will be no need for playercesting. That said; if they were played by two different muns, then their relationship would be interesting. But as it is, it does not need to happen and can be avoided.

Personality: We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, as well as your understanding of them.

Baelfire, or Bae for short, is a caring soul. Despite his parentage, he cares for everyone else as much as himself and only wants the best for people. Because of this and many other traits, he has been described as the light inside Rumplestiltskin. The love his father has for him is what keeps him human. Sadly, this is only seen a lot later when Bae was gone. Rumplestiltskin acts much less human, with much less remorse for his actions, and tends to use everyone else in the Enchanted Forest and beyond like a giant chess board. This is relevant to note as it shows Bae was Rumplestiltskin’s anchor to humanity and despite the problems his power created, Bae’s happiness was what his father wanted most of all.

Though Rumplestiltskin wanted his son to be happy, Bae attempts to help others were mostly futile as his father generally disregarded his pleas and irritation at his acts which generally ended other people dying for no reason. This is shown very obviously in Bae’s second appearance on the show as he realises his father has killed the maid they had. Despite the fact she was mute, she was still killed and Bae argues about it with Rumplestiltskin even if it was in vain. Another unless attempt to save a person’s life came when Rumplestiltskin killed the man he turned into a snail. Bae pleaded with his father but nothing changed.

He doesn’t like the idea of his father being The Dark One and refuses to let him use his magic to help him. For example; to heal his wounds, preferring to use ointments and water like everyone else even if it took longer to heal and hurt more. He also tries to stop his friend Morraine from seeing him as he believes himself to be dangerous even though it’s his father they are afraid of, not him. This is another example of his ability to care about so many others instead of himself.

He is also very brave. He seeks out the Reul Ghorm alone so as to try and help his father be the person used to be. She turns out to be the Blue Fairy and after she gives him a way to another world, he is then willing to leave everything behind for the unknown on the premise he will get his father back before he gained the powers of the Dark One. Sadly Rumplestiltskin doesn’t honour this deal and Bae calls his father a coward before disappearing into the land without magic.

Another one of Bae’s greatest traits is his hope and belief. Something he shares with Henry. Not only does he believe in himself, he believes in other and especially his father. He believes there must be a way to be with his father before the power overtook him and that belief is rewarded.

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