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Age of Miracles: Moderators (miraculous_mods) wrote in miracles_ooc,
@ 2008-03-11 01:22:00

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Sunday Special #35: Tragic Flaw

Okay, so I know this isn't really Sunday, but I didn't come up with it until now, so.. pretend it's a Sunday Special instead of a, like.. Early Early Tuesday Morning Special. :D

For the newbies, this is how it works: I pose a question or a task, and you answer in a comment for your characters. This used to be done every week but people weren't answering them all that much and it was hard to come up with that many questions. So, nowadays, I just do them when I'm inspired.

This Sunday Special is inspired by this thread with Arla and David, in which Arla says: I'm just curious. Insatiably so. Every question that's posed, I have to find an answer. That's just how I am. Work out the variables and solve the equation. Even when the answer's not worth finding out and not nearly as complicated as you thought it was... it's... It's my tragic flaw.

So, your questions are:

What is your character's tragic flaw? What's the one main thing in your character's personality that could destroy him/her?
Has that flaw been exploited in game? If so, how? If not, would you like it to be? Any thoughts as to how you'd like it to go down?

Arla Lawrence

What is your character's tragic flaw? : The obsessive need to find answers, particularly through measured, mathematical means. No question can be left unsolved or unanswered or it eats at her incessantly.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? : Oh, yes! Last year, Arla vowed on her thirtieth birthday to hunt down the people who slaughtered the Morlocks and get answers from them as to why they killed her adoptive family. The trail led straight to Mr. Sinister, who told her there was no reason for it----and she was subsequently tortured by Jack Bantock (shocked with electricity and held underwater with her gills covered). Unable to be satisfied with that answer, Arla started trying to work out Sinister's reasoning through mathematics, and in her incredibly warped state of mind she continued to come up with more and more twisted ways of making mathematical nonsense. She was driven genuinely insane with her own obsession and only in recent months has she started to return back to a somewhat normal state.

Just for kicks. :D

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memoria_rasa
2008-03-11 08:08 pm UTC (link)

Ooh, you're making us think.

David de Souza

What is your character's tragic flaw? No matter what he does, David is incapable of getting over or even facing up to the guilt of having destroyed his wife. This has spiralled into guilt and then loathing of his mutation in general, and a deep-seeded hatred of having to use his full powers.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? Since almost no one knows what David's powers are yet, no, it hasn't been eploited. Me being me, I would absolutely love to see him in a situation where he's forced to vegetable-ize someone. Or several someones. It's sort of unlikely, though, both because of David's extreme unwillingness to do that to anyone and because it would effectively kill a character.

Cait Kincaid

What is your character's tragic flaw? Self-doubt based on her mutation; a constant worrying about the difference between inorganic and not-alive, and a subsequent perpetual fear of never being able to really have a place anywhere.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? The death of her father and her continued rejection by her mother helped to secure those fears in Cait's mind, and finding the Lair and the environment changed isn't helping things, but it's never been directly addressed. It's a theme I would enjoy playing with, but have no idea what that would look like.

Hisako Ichiki

What is your character's tragic flaw? Hisako is really too young to have a fatal flaw, since she'll likely grow out of most things. However, at the moment - her autimatic value judgement on anything she doesn't agree with or understand, bisecting the world into very clear blacks and whites that she had no desire to change.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? No, and I'm not entirely sure how it would come about.

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	miraculous_mods 2008-03-11 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. Oh oh oh. Oh. I need to e-mail you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	memoria_rasa 2008-03-11 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. Oh oh oh. Oh. Do it! I'm on the edge of my seat and about to go buy train tickets and I will be in suspense!! (Reply to this) (Parent)

wolven
2008-03-11 11:46 pm UTC (link)

Rahne's tragic flaw is MATHS and it's ability to KICK HER ASS.

Actually, no. It's that she's convinced she's evil just because she's a mutant. Her logic being, if God made Man in his own image, then Homo Sapiens must be perfect. That being the case, God can't have made Mutants since you can't improve on perfection which means they must be Evil.

It hasn't been exploited in game, no, but I wouldn't mind if it was. I would imagine it would involve headpokery of some sort.

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	armor_up 2008-03-12 01:13 am UTC (link)
	... ooh. I adore this! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wolven 2008-03-12 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	... uh oh... did this plant a plot-seed? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	armor_up 2008-03-13 01:16 am UTC (link)
	Haha, I don't actually think I have the wherewithall to exploit it even if I wanted to. It would be interesting to have her and Hisako chat, though -- Hisako doesn't think that she's a mutant, she thinks that she has an ancestral gift, so I'd be interested to hear Rahne's opinions on that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

mirror_mad
2008-03-12 12:49 am UTC (link)

| Dr. Nathaniel Essex |

Tragic Flaw: The pursuit of knowledge to the detriment of all interpersonal relationships.

Exploited in game: I have no idea how anyone would manage such a thing, but if someone wants to point out something it would be interesting for character development. He can be something beyond Mr. 2-D bad guy.

| Sarena Alexander |

Tragic Flaw: I couldn't figure out if it was fear of her powers or her feelings about her self-worth regarding her background/education/previous behavior in life.

Exploited in game: Both are coming up in game at the moment in some fashion, though they haven't been anything major.

| Madonna Kikyuko-Richards |

Tragic Flaws: Valuing life through use value (secondary needing a purpose in order to consider her life worthwhile).

Exploited in game: It came up in several conversations with Callum and Iggy. It is one of the reasons that she follows Exodus so passionately. I'm sure it will come up again at some point.

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	mathemafishian 2008-03-12 12:52 am UTC (link)
	.. The irony of Sinister and Arla having scarily similar flaws is cracking me up right now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	livingnsin 2008-03-12 12:54 am UTC (link)
	I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds that both entertaining and really kinda creepy cause is this was Arla could be given the correct stimulus? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mathemafishian 2008-03-12 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Dude, I was just thinking about that. Given the correct stimulus, the scary thing is that she MIGHT have the potential to end up the same way. It's a big might, but you shuffle the puzzle pieces of her life experience around and you could get something similar. XD They're more alike than they think. Those crazy cats. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	livingnsin 2008-03-12 01:06 am UTC (link)
	-snerk- Mermaid turns into a Marauder later in life...but for what? What could he offer her to get her into his clutches...this is a bad AU plot and I should stop thinking about it right now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mathemafishian 2008-03-12 01:11 am UTC (link)
	I have NO IDEA what he could offer her XD Not... not that I'm thinking about that. At all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	armor_up 2008-03-12 01:14 am UTC (link)
	David is making growly noises. Which makes me giggle. (Reply to this) (Parent)

mirror_mad
2008-03-12 01:15 am UTC (link)

Well, there's always Remy leading her down the flowery path. Or him offering to let her keep her life in exchange for a favor, which then turns into several favors along with a few gifts to keep her coming back...

If he were a romantic, he would be awesome, you know? Cause he likes to pick up details of what people want and give them little tailored surprises.

Wow, that was a bizarre thought.

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shadowed_cat
2008-03-12 02:50 am UTC (link)

Kitty's tragic flaw is her need to protect those she loves. This includes her friends as well as her family.

It hasn't really been deeply exploited; she's worried about her family, and she was worried when Aubrey and Kasey were disappeared for a while, but nobody's been using it specifically to get to her, if that's what this means. I suspect that if anybody tried, she'd go off ready to kick some ass... in what could turn out to be a spectacularly stupid move. :3

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dizzying
2008-03-12 04:48 am UTC (link)

Valerie Reed

What is your character's tragic flaw? : Ambition. Vertigo reaches for money, power, and eternal beauty and will do just about anything in order to get it. She will sell out friends, degrade herself, break the law, sleep around, commit murder. Connected to this is her constant need to prove herself, especially toward more powerful men. She doesn't want to be stepped on, but in her desire to seem more impressive than she probably is, she will put herself in dangerous situations and get herself hurt... which is how she lost her hand.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? : Sort of. Remy ended up blowing off her hand in their first in-game standoff, and she got her ass beaten by the Carol Danvers clone because she insisted on going by herself. However, her desire to climb the power ladder hasn't really been explored.

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thewhitequeen
2008-03-12 06:41 am UTC (link)

Emma Frost
What is your character's tragic flaw? Perfection. Emma's desire has always been to be on top. She craves perfection, although she'd never admit to that. She hates the very idea she might make a mistake of any sort, proving her to be an fallible and human as the rest of her family. This has also manifested itself in her physical perfection as well.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? Only minutely. There is plenty of avenue for it, though. The death of her former students has proven that she isn't flawless, although not many people know about it. She fears losing others.

Felicia Hardy
What is your character's tragic flaw? Fearless obliviousness. Felicia has yet to realize her own mortality. Even being a superhero is a game for her, as is everything in her life.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? Not really. Felicia has been lucky up until this point. She's never run across anything she can't handle. She's never lost anyone or experienced anything really negative more than what she can shake off.

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thwip
2008-03-12 02:43 pm UTC (link)

I'm wondering if I even NEED to dp this with Peter. XD What the hell.

What is your character's tragic flaw? : His guilt complex -- or, as it were, toxic shame. Peter blames himself for nearly everything that happens in his personal life -- and, unfortunately, he's earned that, since a lot of the bad things that happen kind of ... actually are his fault somehow.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? : Oh, definitely. Harry Osborn, anybody? And we're not done with him yet. :D

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optic_nerd
2008-03-12 03:07 pm UTC (link)

Aubrey Ryan

What is your character's tragic flaw? : His stubborn temper. Despite being on a pretty even keel most of the time, there are still traces of his childhood as a frustrated, angry boy. His bitterness revolves mostly around his choice not to speak, and he can get incredibly defensive and rude. His blackest moods rarely come out but they have the potential to be harmful toward others and himself. He's also incredibly work-obsessed and can run himself ragged. Aubrey's really not tragic enough to have a flaw any worse than those. XD

Has that flaw been exploited in game? : Aubrey's had his angry moods, most recently illustrated in his fight with Kasey, but he gave in and now he's working on learning to speak... he's self-conscious and in an awkward, uncomfortable place right now, but it might get him over his primary problem and get him to discover all kinds of NEW problems. :D

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gartered_stars
2008-03-12 05:07 pm UTC (link)

Hank McCoy

What is your character's tragic flaw? : Hank puts far too much stock in his own intelligence. He isn't necessarily outwardly arrogant, but he assumes that he always knows what he's doing, to potentially harmful consequences.

Has that flaw been explored in game? : Nope :( I'd like it to be, though! However, prior to the game's start, Hank did have that nasty lab accident thanks to his own "I know what I'm doing" hubris... and... that's why he's blue.

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just_went_bamf
2008-03-12 05:12 pm UTC (link)

Kurt Wagner

What is your character's tragic flaw? : His faith is a flaw as much as it is a virtue----not just his faith in his religion, but in other people as well. He trusts too easily, he believes in the good in people, so whenever he gets a jolt to realize that people aren't actually as good and kind as he thinks they are, it makes him incredibly angry. He is, perhaps, rather gullible and easy to take advantage of if you appeal to his better nature.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? : Somewhat----when the FOH bombed St. Patrick's Church, Kurt was in for a rude awakening and was very upset/angry for a long time, but it wasn't OMGawful.

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Bobby Drake

chilled
2008-03-12 06:37 pm UTC (link)

What is your character's tragic flaw?: Bobby's tragic flaw is that, despite having the ability to battle with John (and now Rogue), he knows he could never find it in himself to kill either of them. Hurting them is hard enough on him, but he knows that it's part of the job. The same goes with his younger brother, Ronnie, who has come out as part of the FoH. Bobby isn't feeling good about the thought his brother may end up dead because of his new affiliation. Sure, he can beat on him, but, again, he's pretty sure he could never kill his brother.

Has that flaw been exploited in the game?: Yes! Very recently, actually. Bobby and John's meeting to fight, which ended up more verbal than anything. And Bobby's confrontation with his brother. Despite basically torturing his brother and shooting him in the shoulder, Bobby didn't do much to try and hurt him or kill him.

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octoped_ingenue
2008-03-12 08:40 pm UTC (link)

What is your character's tragic flaw? : MJ is constantly battling between two sides of her personality----the scared little girl whose father told her she was worthless, and the independent woman who can make her own decisions. She loves Peter and wants to be his wife and a good mother to his daughter, but there's a huge part of her that feels like that kind of life is selling out her independence before she had a chance to find out who she was on her own. In a sense she's constantly sabotaging her own potential happiness with self-doubt and resentment.

Has that flaw been exploited in the game? : Peter and MJ had a big fight because of it a while back, but it's since been resolved ... and yet I'm sure it will continue to come up. :) And of course MJ resents the fact that all her problems and motivations revolve around Peter----she hates that so much. XD She needs stuff that has nothing to do with Peter.

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kissmypafs
2008-03-12 09:27 pm UTC (link)

JUBILEE

What is your character's tragic flaw?
Her complete, utter and total inability to look (or think) before she leaps. She's seriously going to go running off a cliff one day and not realize it until she's on her way down. And her absolute inability not to help when someone she cares about is in trouble.

Has that flaw been exploited in game?
Not with my version of her and I don't think with past versions. It'd probably really come up in a battle situation (which I haven't been playing her for long enough to have her in and she's getting shipped off for the BNW battle anyway so my head doesn't explode). But Jubes is definitely the type to stupidly throw away an entire battle for someone being held hostage (it's a good thing she's not the one calling the shots on Scott) or to do something stupid during a battle that ends with major phail.

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saint_johnny
2008-03-13 02:24 pm UTC (link)

What is your character's tragic flaw? : John's flaw is his bravado to hide his inferiority complex. In private, John is really an intelligent, brooding kind of guy, but he always has to act like he's bigger and stronger than he is. He's got huge inferiority issues based around the fact that he's not able to create his own flames, and is constantly trying to make up for that----usually pushing himself to the point of breaking or biting off more than he can chew. He's got excellent control of his powers and is actually an incredibly powerful mutant, but he can't see it.

Has that flaw been exploited in the game? : Way, way back, John took K-Delta and had a fight with Bobby where he completely blew out his powers and was rendered essentially human for a couple of months. And now, after being in prison, and being abducted by the FOH, he's dealing with a LOT of shit right now that's making him a little nuts and quick to snap. Having his lighter taken away for long periods of time while he was routinely abused really... did a number on him.

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paigeguthrie
2008-03-14 05:13 am UTC (link)

Paige Guthrie

What is your character's tragic flaw?
The sheer need to prove herself and become an X-(wo)Man and a hero. This will drive her to do stupid things in the name of progress on a personal and physical level. Sam Guthrie, in her mind, did not live up to his potential. She'll live up to hers and make up for what her brother can no longer accomplish as he is, well, deceased.

Has that flaw been exploited in game?
Not as of yet. I'm really not sure how this could be exploited as it's really more on a personal level. She can work herself into exhaustion and then what? Pass out? Her greatest fear is losing control and not being able to form a solid layer to Husk to. But could that happen in a state of sheer exhaustion? *shrug* who knows?

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absorptions
2008-03-15 11:59 pm UTC (link)

ROGUE

What is your character's tragic flaw? The instability of her mind, personality, memories, powers, etc. as a result of using her absorption power. Her own 'base' personality has sort of gotten lost in the shuffle and there's a good deal of questions about what that base personality consists of.

Has that flaw been exploited in game? It's pretty much always an issue, sometimes more than others. Especially now that Jubilee's been a bitch and brought up the brainwashing bit, it's questionable how much John's psyche affected Rogue's decisions between the beginning of game time and the present. And, obviously, the Max situation was a major exploitation of this flaw. It's also being exploited by having powers pop up out of nowhere, thanks to her having absorbed too many people. And I'm always cool with plotting to make her life miserable by giving her weird personality quirks/power problems/memory issues.

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