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Ruby City does allow previous game history/CR to be brought over on a case by case basis. If you want to include this in your application please add additional sections for PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT and PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY beneath the Personality and Background/History sections.
In these additional sections we would like to see a brief outline of your character's previous game history and how it potentially impacted on and altered their canon personality.
{ [CANON] DEAN WINCHESTER || Supernatural || RESERVED || 1 of X }
PLAYER
Name: Katana
Age: Twenty-seven
Personal Journal:
E-mail: phantomblues at gmail dot com
AIM/MSN/etc: PMs to journals or emails are preferred
CHARACTER
Name: Dean Winchester
Canon: Supernatural
Age: Late twenties. Dean is 29 from his canon point.
Timeline: Season 3, Episode 9: “Malleus Maleficarum.”
Dean made a deal with a crossroads demon to trade his soul for his brother's life, giving himself one year to live before the ticket's cashed in on his eternity. His brother found out and they have been alternating between hunting baddies and Sam trying to find a way to get Dean out of his deal. Dean doesn't want Sam to save him, as he was told that fudging the demon deal would put Sam back in the ground.
In this episode, the brothers are hunting witches who are killing people around a town. At his canon point, Dean was just stabbing the demon that was the heart of the issue.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
{ [CANON] DEAN WINCHESTER || Supernatural || RESERVED || 2 of X }
When he was four years old, Dean used to play t-ball (noted in his dad's journal). Later, while he was still four, Dean's mother burned to a supernatural death on the ceiling of their home. During this time, Dean's father put his baby brother in his arms and sent him out of their house as the flames grew. This event resulted in his father obsessively hunting for the creature that murdered Mary Winchester, and killing monsters along the way, effectively changing the Winchesters' lives forever.
Dean and his brother were raised as children of a strict, ex-marine, sometimes-alcoholic hunter. When Dean was between the age of 6 and 7, his father gave him his first hands-on lesson with firearms. At age ten, he was already being left alone to protect Sam, and practicing with a shotgun. Two years later, he made his first sawed-off shotgun - something he is proud of years later. Fun and games were severely lacking in his life as a boy. Circumstances forced him to grow up at a very early age in order to take care of both his little brother and his father, but it's noted by John that Dean never complained. He took the cards he was dealt and he made the best of it, keeping any resentment he felt locked inside.
Despite the obvious flaws of John after Mary's death, Dean idolized his father, hanging onto his every word. He is described as a "good soldier" for always doing as his father ordered. While Sam began to rebel against John's poor parenting at a young age, Dean persistently justified John's neglect. As John spent more and more time away from the brothers hunting, Dean constantly worked to make up for their father's absence. When he was twelve, he tried to provide a makeshift Christmas for Sam that involved stealing presents, lights, and a sad-looking branch for a tree. Though Dean realized their dad wasn't going to show up for Christmas with them, Dean swore he would, and then tried to convince Sam that the gifts and tree were set up by John while Sam was asleep.
When they were young, Dean told Sam that their dad was a superhero; that monsters were real and he fought them. In typical child fashion, he believed his father to be invincible, even though his mother was killed by the things his father hunted. He tried to protect Sam from the "truth" (monsters are real) for as long as possible, and went above and beyond to take care of his brother. From the time he was four, Sam had been the priority given to him by his father and he had embraced it. Watching out for his brother was burned into his personality so deeply that he didn't hesitate to sell his soul in order to save Sam's life. At an earlier point, he admitted to Sam that there were times the things he was willing to do for his family scare him. After Sam started to change and act more careless and similar to Dean, Dean wanted his brother to continue to protest killing, be the sympathetic, gentle one, and was concerned by this loss of innocence.
The love for his family is the very core of Dean's being. It's why he feels guilt so strongly when he believes he has let them down, and it's why he makes sacrifices without complaint. Though he tries to portray himself as a rough-around-the-edges "cool guy" type who doesn't do emotional "chick-flick moments," he is sensitive and feels things deeply, carefully hidden away. A girl in highschool psychoanalyzed Dean, saying his attitude was his way of hiding his loneliness and she wasn't entirely wrong. Dean told Sam once that he believed everyone would leave him, at some point. Their mom did (though her death wasn't her choice), Sam had left him and John to attend college on his own (noted as one of the worst days of Dean's life), and Dean felt abandoned by John when John left him to hunt, saying that he "did everything Dad asked and still got ditched." After his father left to hunt solo, Dean went to get Sam because he didn't want to look for John alone. All said and done, he continues to want his brother by his side as the seasons pass. Although he is very capable of taking care of himself in even the worst situations, he is very co-dependent on his dad and brother, wanting nothing more than to have them united and getting along as a family.
Growing up, he adopted part of the idolization towards his father into himself and used to consider himself a hero who saved people. Despite growing colder with age and more prone to killing (example being killing possessed victims instead of taking the time to exorcize the demons), Dean feels guilt for every innocent life he takes, a fact that is brought up as a reoccurring theme for his character. In a way, he feels responsible to take action against the supernatural world, since he knows it exists while others are oblivious. This thought was engrained into him by his father, who considered their happiness in exchange for the lives of others to be an obvious choice. Though he will rarely admit it, Dean finds it unfair that he should have to sacrifice everything he has ever had and questions why it has to be his job to fight everyone else's battles and not have a normal life with his family. It becomes apparent by what he admits that he finds it unfair that he was the one comforting his father instead of vice versa, that he had to stay and give up his dreams while Sam went to college because John needed him, that he had to protect their family, struggling to hold them together in place of John who was too obsessed with revenge to manage it. There are times when he feels broken down under the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and wants to be out of the "family business," but, as he doesn't see an out for himself, he always gets back up and carries on.
While both John and Sam are capable of heading in their own directions with direct intent, Dean is lost without them. He considers them selfish for focusing single-mindedly on their revenge and not thinking about the remaining, living family that is hurt as a result. His sense of self most often doesn't extend beyond his family and he is unable to see himself changing his ways or ignoring hunting. At one point, Dean tells Sam that his family is all he has and he is nothing without them, which shows that he feels no sense of purpose if he is alone. Taking this into consideration, it is easy to see how Dean would sell his soul for Sam. It is noteworthy to mention that Dean's idolization of his father also led to him adopting a similar style; he wears his father's coat, drives his father's car, listens to the same music as his father, and often preaches to Sam in the same manner about hunting, as it was drilled into his head more successfully than it was in Sam's.
{ [CANON] DEAN WINCHESTER || Supernatural || RESERVED || 3 of X }
Although he is still young, Dean dismisses the concept of a "normal" life for himself, believing he is only good at what he grew up to be: a hunter of supernatural creatures. It was when he was 16, after killing a creature and watching its corpse burn to ash, that Dean embraced the fact that monster hunting was his life; he saw and knew things that would never cross the minds of other kids his age, and he knew he would never have the same, simpleminded worries as them. That said, it doesn't mean a buried part of Dean doesn't wish he could have a normal, peaceful life, a family with kid(s), he just doesn't think it is a life meant to work for him. After growing attached to a girl he dated for weeks and getting dumped for confessing what he did for a living, Dean thought it best to remain unattached and stick to one-night stands, of which he has had plenty.
When faced with emotional situations, Dean tries to turn the other way to avoid facing it. Once emotion rises to the surface in him, he becomes an open book and he doesn't want people reading into his fears and weaknesses. Often times, he will drink to cope with ugly situations. It's difficult for him to talk about his mother, as he still has tiny, precious memories of her. He would outright grow angry if Sam asked about her as a child because missing her was painful. Rather than respond in an acceptable or expected way to emotion, Dean regularly reacts with anger as a defense mechanism for being uncomfortable. Growing distant and cocky is another way that he will respond when he is feeling guilty or hurt. An example of this is seen in how he coldly talks back to a man damned to death by hellhound for selling his soul for his wife. He is upset by this because he has figured out that John gave his life to save him, and stonily harasses the man about not considering how the one left behind would feel, knowing what was given up for them. This is now ironic, as Dean has done the same for Sam and his tune has pulled a 180 flip. As Dean tells a friend, however, he feels he was supposed to be dead and selling his soul for Sam gives meaning to his otherwise empty life.
Though he basically stepped into his father's shoes and took over responsibility for taking care of his family, he also treated Sam like an older brother should, meaning he teased and tormented Sam at every good opportunity. He plays his music purposefully too loud, tries to embarrass Sam in public, pulls childish pranks on him. A hard life hasn't removed Dean's goofy sense of humor or given him the ability to form a proper insult. When he's not required to be serious on a job or with his brother, Dean is immature in many of his words and actions. He is also knowledgeable in the area of pop culture, most specifically in television shows from the 80s like Transformers and Star Trek, and often makes references to old movies, songs, and TV programs. He is resourceful and, despite what he will argue, quite clever. He develops his own weapons and devices to help him hunt, such as the homemade EMF reader to detect ghosts, the base of which was an old Walkman.
Though Dean struggles with self-worth, it doesn't stop him from being a strong, caring individual. May heaven help any person who threatens his family or friends. He is trained to kill and he will hurt anyone who does. He is fiercely loyal once he lets someone into his life enough that he becomes attached to them, and will jump to help anyone who is in danger. He will always be there if needed, but if he feels betrayed it will take effort on the other party's part to repair the damaged relationship. Even with all the bumps in his life, he does generally express an attitude that is surprisingly upbeat. For a small semblance of happiness, Dean Winchester is a man of simple needs: pie, women, and rock and roll.
Background: Wikia and Wiki
Abilities: Dean is adept with lock picking, weapons of all types, including guns, knives, homemade explosives, and flame throwers. His alcohol tolerance is quite high. He possesses a growing knowledge of supernatural nasties and the monsters that go bump in the night, and ways to dispatch them (often including salt, iron, or exorcism). He can trick the average person into giving him information with some sweet, fabricated lies.
Fundamentally, he's good at assessing a bad situation, and real good at killing things. He's good with mechanics and fixing cars. Since a young age, he has had to patch wounds for himself and his family, which means he has a strong basic knowledge of first aid. He is resourceful, be it closing a wound with a needle and dental floss or using items in his surroundings as makeshift weapons if he is caught unarmed. Dean's most prominent skill is likely his ability to feel guilt in nearly any affair, and then soldier on with that weight on his shoulders. He's a hunter (of supernatural creatures), and, most of the time, he has himself convinced that it's the only thing he is good at.
{ [CANON] DEAN WINCHESTER || Supernatural || RESERVED || 4 of 4 }
This thing on? [Dean's voice is accompanied by the sound of tapping as he taps a finger against the watch front repeatedly. It's totally weird talking to a watch and expecting something to happen, but he's been here long enough to know that it does. Or, that it is supposed to, at least. It doesn't always do what he wants. This would be so much easier if it was a communicator from The Original Series.
He clears his throat, puts on his game face, though it can't be seen.]
Look--whoever's listening out there? This is Dean Winchester. If you're livin' here then you know by now the boogie man is real. What's out there goin' bump in the night isn't good. Thing is, huntin' evil's what I do. Seen some of these things before, but now I'm lookin' for information on a monster.
[He pauses and almost audibly shifts his stance. It's strange to say this to the public and think the majority will get it.]
Hellhounds. They serve demons. Now, I've seen several uglyass dogs in town but they don't quite fit the bill for these pooches and I'm wondering if any are around.
[His voice is calm, level, displaying none of the anxiety he feels with the questioning. Only a few months separate him from the end of his deal. He isn't about to get his hopes up that being dropped off the map in "Ruby City" was going to stop the clock from ticking down. Simple matter is that his time will be up and hellhounds will come for him.]
Anything you, uh, know about it, I'd like to hear. Leave a message at the watch.
[There's a loud click as he snaps the pocket watch closed and ends his call.]
Third Person:
The transition wasn’t exactly smooth. At least, it should not have been. Stabbing a demon in the heart didn't usually put you on a train... right? All Dean knew was he was killing the demon-witch one moment, blinking his mind out of a haze on a moving train the next, and that the shift was too coincidental to be unrelated.
Friggin' witches. Friggin' demons!
It would be his luck to be devil-mojo'd to Timbuktu before he ganked her, not that it made him curse any less about it. Arrival by train was apparently common entrance to the city, but Dean was certain the demon-witch had sent him here before she died. One last laugh from the hellbitch, and all that. Hilarious. He would remember to laugh later, after he found his way back to Sam and made sure the demon was good and dead.
Considering the life he lived, it was no surprise to Dean that he fit into this dysfunctional city so well. Ruby City was dangerous. Ironic, considering the name. He'd issued a bitter laugh after learning the name. Ruby was bad news as a demon chick; he figured there was no reason to expect a city to be any different. The worst part was that he was mojo'd off here solo. Samless. He wanted to keep hunting, yeah, but he wanted to do it with his brother at his side where he could keep an eye on Sam. Who knew what trouble the kid would get into without Dean around. He'd make a joke that this time there would be no soul for him to sell in order to save Sam from his stupidity, but no one would be there to listen to the poor crack and give him a bitchface so he kept it to himself. At the very start of all this, a very small part of Dean wondered if the demon had found a way to cash his ticket early and he was on a one-way train ride to the Pit. He would not admit aloud that in that brief moment he had been afraid, and had buried the thought deep inside himself soon after, marking it off as absurd to think that Ruby City, or the train for that matter, could be Hell. Hell it was not, though the supernatural were clearly active.
Monsters were a'plenty for him to hunt, a task Dean Winchester easily accepted as a side-duty, but his number one priority was finding a way back to Sam with the time he had left. He refused to be unsettled by the fact that the city wasn't on the map, but it was just freaking weird how he couldn't seem to leave. He tried, and how hard was it to leave a city? Pick a direction and walk; however, it didn't quite work here, and there were monsters and ghouls and... other things he hadn't had the chance to identify lurking everywhere. He had to be careful without his little brother at his six. It was reminiscent to the period of time after Dad went hunting by himself up until Dean went to selfishly drag Sam out of his perfect apple pie Stanford life. A stab of guilt often accompanied this line of thought hand-in-hand so Dean would take the hardass path and not think about it. Not now. Now, he had a job to do, and that was to get his ass the hell out of Dodge.
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