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Jean Grey (fire_and_life) wrote in academy_x_ooc,
@ 2010-06-22 22:22:00

JEEEEEEEAAAAAAN!
Howdy, y'all! Amanda here, showing yet again how very weak I am. Sigh.

For your consideration, I present Ms. Jean Grey, played by the lovely Sophia Bush. You can find her full bio here, but here's a brief rundown. She turned 29 last month, she likes to cook, and she and Scott are meant to be, yo. Since Movieverse!Jean didn't really have much of a personality (~~to go along with her equally personality-less boyfriend~~), the only thing I've really kept from that incarnation is that she's on the school's medical staff. She's not a surgeon or anything so if you get that effed up she's hauling your clumsy ass to the hospital, but she's good with mild injuries, common illnesses, checkups, that kind of thing.

That said, Jean is friendly, soft spoken, levelheaded, and more than a little bit of a den mother. As one of the older residents at the school, she's more or less taken on the role of surrogate mom to the younger kids and big sister to the older ones. If you ever need extra help outside of class, she'll be happy to accommodate you; likewise, if you need an extra person to fill out your bowling team, she could probably be talked into that, too. She's often the one who has to scold students (okay, and the occasional coworker) who get too rowdy, so some of the students probably think she's as much of a stick-in-the-mud as ~~SCOOOOOOOTTTTTTT!~~ Scott. Really, though, Jean's just a peacemaker and she likes to maintain that peace. She's not a total buzzkill, however, as she loves to have fun and just be silly now and then, regardless of how much of an authority figure she's supposed to be. She takes her job seriously, but she plays hard, too. So, yeah. Just remember that.

As for plot ideas and potential scenes, obviously anything with Scott would be appreciated. Scenes with Alex, plz? She hates that he and Scott don't get along well (her sister's her best friend! Why can't Scott and Alex act that way?), so now and then she takes it upon herself to play mediator between them. But she also genuinely likes Alex in his own right, too, so she wants to hang out with him sometimes.

She and Betsy, I think, could get along marvelously. They're both former models (except Jean's totally ~~jealous~~ starstruck because Betsy got to do all the awesome couture stuff) and they're both telepaths. And, as I pointed out in her bio, they both have great hair! Yeah. Totally a bonding point.

Would be pretty awesome if she worked with Julian on his telekinesis (and really, where's he gonna find a better teacher?), and if she just so happens to steal one of Emma's prized students from her, well, so be it. :P

Ideas? Thoughts? Let me know!

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nomoremriceguy
2010-06-23 09:40 am UTC (link)

Emma Frost. Mwaha. I feel like any time Jean speaks in a faculty meeting Emma is rolling her eyes and flapping her arms over dramatically on the astral plane. She's just TOO cookie cutter and sweet and still believes the best in people. She's only in the early stages of playing games with Scott. Emma hasn't quite fallen for the stick in the mud yet but she will soon; she'll be messing with her man in some form so let the homewrecking begin.

Sam Guthrie says, "Howdy, yur purty." Don't know that they have much interaction.

Warren Worthington III acts like the faculty are his peers and always have. That being said, he's likely to be both his most casual and most formal around Jean. He wants to impress her in more ways than one and I imagine he's flirted with her before. War's well aware he's a student and it will never happen though, so I imagine it's more of the charming variety and he doesn't over invest in it. If that makes any sense. He puts on the act but then lets it go until he sees her next; he doesn't obsess and dwell on her after.

Rahne Sinclair would relate to Jean's peacekeeping ways if she knew about them. Really, Rahne respects Jean anyway just for being so nice and apparently stable from her perspective. Redheads have to stick together? I'm not toying in my head of Jean being an example for Rahne; she's at that age where she needs to start planning her life and staying at the school to teach could be more enticing through Jean's example.

Bobby Drake with Jean is probably just like their earliest canon days (which despite the fact she's older here isn't actually all that creepy for once). He's constantly trying to show off around her and thinks she's the hottest teacher. Of course, he also thinks Frost and her fakeness is hot so he's not the best judge but he has a lot of loyalty to Jean. She's been here since he first arrived years ago and likely patched up plenty of injuries on him before his tote bag of a nurse Josh came along.

Sofia Mantega will tell her how pretty she is and is jealous of her hair.

I miss talking to you, clearly!

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fire_and_life
2010-06-23 12:08 pm UTC (link)

Likewise, anytime Emma speaks, Jean is going to be making a fist and digging her nails into her palm to stifle any, ah, less than pleasant remarks she might have. But nuh uh, you do not screw around with her man, 'cause it'll get straight up Jerry Springer in here. *snap*

D'awwww. Jean thinks Sam's adorable, and while I'm not sure either if they'd interact that much, I'm sure they'd get along just fine. They could bond over books or something, I dunno.

Jean's kind of conflicted about Warren. On the one hand, she knows she needs to treat him like any other student and she should respect his apparent wish that the faculty maintain some level of distance, but at the same time she can't help but treat him more like a friend than a student. I think it'd be pretty neat to explore that a little, maybe as Warren starts to progress from student to equal, you know? As for the flirting, I'm sure Jean is flattered and isn't above some very mild flirting of her own, but she also realizes they both know it's just a casual, friendly thing and is treated accordingly. So yeah, that totally makes sense. Is also considerably less unsettling than Jamie's more, um, direct approach to spending time with her. :P

Rahne, obviously, will also need to become a founding member of Jean's and Terry's Ginger Appreciation Club. And since Rahne has a natural talent for teaching, Jean could totally relate to that, from the thrill of students showing honest interest in their work to the frustration of students cutting class and not paying the slightest bit of attention. And while Jean's a little hesitant about anyone using her as a role model, she's deeply flattered and considers it an honor. :)

Ha! I figure Bobby's really kind of a teacher's pet for Jean; he's a sweet kid and she's known him longer than a lot of the other kids, so she probably lets him get by with more than other students, or even more than other teachers would put up with. Still, she has to just roll her eyes and bite her tongue when Bobby spends more time building giant useless ice sculptures on the lawn than he does actually pushing his powers to find out what their limits are. Yes, yes, he's a teenage boy and as such isn't the smartest, most mature creature on the planet, but still.

Aw, Sofia. <3 She kills Jean because of how sweet and bubbly she is, and more than likely Jean will naturally gravitate toward that. I can def. see her adopting Sofia as kind of a mini-me, going shopping with her and such. Fun times! :)

Clearly I have missed you, too! lol I'm shutting up now, honest. :)

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nomoremriceguy
2010-06-23 09:10 pm UTC (link)

Even if Emma were to suddenly find Scott the most unexciting person in the world (which she wouldn't for some reason; damn her libido), she would still flirt and muck with Scott just to get Jean's reaction. It's not like nice little girls like Jean would ever dare get their hands dirty anyway - right?

Poor Sam has nothing going for him. Maybe when Pete Wisdom makes him badass people will remember he's there. I imagine Sam and Jean could always have a discussion about Jay re: his suicides if that ever came up. Sam was in the dark for a long, long time on that and might be kind of out-of-character mad about the fact Jean kept it from him too. Unless you want to say she tried cluing him in and he was just dense. "Go check on your brother!" "Aw'ight Mizz Grey, mebbe inna mornin'!"

Bobby would totally realize, appreciate, and inadvertently take advantage of all the leeway that Jean gives him. If she ever called him out he'd be much more likely to apologize or settle down in a situation because he respects her; it may not be for long, but it's longer than it would be for Scott right now. "Scooter was mean to me!" etc.

Sofia would die to have Jean or really any adult as a shopping partner. She loves to get various peoples feedback and would LOVE, yes LOVE the opportunity to shop and pick out things for someone of Jean's build and complexion - not to mention that hair. Sofia will gladly help her with her hair and everything. It seems overly girly, but Sofia is excited by most anything. She'll be inappropriate and invite Jean to go dancing with her and some of the other girls as if she was a student from time to time too.

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fire_and_life
2010-06-24 02:17 am UTC (link)

Ordinarily, no, Jean is pretty non-confrontational...except when it comes to things she's willing to fight for. And that's when it can get nasty. Threaten her students and friends or touch her man, and it's on like Donkey Kong.

Hmm. I don't know, I think it might actually be more interesting if she knew but hadn't told Sam because of that whole confidentiality thing. I don't think it'd be OOC for Sam to get mad, either; he's mild-mannered and easygoing, sure, but he's also super protective of his family and if he thought someone was putting them in danger, yeah.

"Inadvertently" my ass, lol. But yes, by all means, if she's going to give him that slack, he should take full advantage of it.

Ha! Jean's already in love with Sofia a little bit, lol. Sometime over summer break, they need to make a trip into New York to go shopping and get mani-pedis and just have a general girls' day out. As for going out dancing, ehhh...Jean's tempted, but wondering if there's some kind of teacher/student line she'd be crossing. Plus, dancing. In public. o_O

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ex_blastoff35
2010-06-24 02:47 am UTC (link)

I'm excited to see how Jean and Emma play out. I feel like it could go a thousand different ways and they'll all be entertaining ... as well as lead to disaster.

Very true on Sam and his family protectiveness. I guess it felt weird to type out just because off all the "yay Jean is so nice and sweet" followed up with "HOW COULD YOU...!" Luckily Sam of all people holding a grudge or resentment doesn't ultimately mean much and he'd try to make amends if he crossed a line, but he'd still feel like he should know. Clearly he is Lucinda Guthrie when she's not actually around to play ma.

Also, Bobby would like to retroactively apologize for making Jean hang with him when he was infirmary bound when he got shot in the head a few months ago. Because I imagine her and Hank got him yammering in their ears and following them everywhere. Not to mention begging to be free from observation or get more ice cream.

Sofia would love it. Of course, she'd love it even if Logan took her for mani-pedis, but that's for completely different reasons. She has a really positive view of all the teaching staff given her limited encounters and loves living at the mansion with them. She doesn't even understand what the fuss about Emma is all about. "Look how perfectly ironed her suits are!" As for dancing in public, Sofia thinks it's silly to have such inhibitions. Sofia might be worse than the Hellfire Club in getting Jean to throw her checks and balances out the door on her desires.

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fire_and_life
2010-06-24 05:18 am UTC (link)

I wanna see Jean try a "kill her with kindness" approach to Emma. For a while, anyway, before the claws come out. Epic.

hahaha aw, poor Sam. But it's understandable. I mean, Jean would probably be surprised (as surprised as a good telepath ever is, I guess) but she wouldn't hold a grudge against him or anything, since she can understand where he's coming from. BUT. She'd also make it a point to try to get him to understand that he needs to do the same for her. Jay confides in her because she's the school counselor, yes, but she's also not related to him and not in a position to judge him, so he probably feels more comfortable talking to her than he would even his own family. If he says or does something to upset her, not a huge deal, she's just a teacher, right? But if he says or does something to mess up his family dynamics, then that's something he's going to have to live with for a long time. So yeah, basically I think Jean will simultaneously try to reassure Sam that there really are some things families can't share, and at the same time tell him that she's keeping an eye on Jay and he should really relax a little before that vein in his neck explodes. ;)

bwahaha no worries. I imagine Jean fussed over Bobby lyke wo at first, but quickly grew tired of his annoying little dog routine -- you know, the kind who have those shrill little yaps who never shut up and who stay right under your feet so you're always in danger of stepping on them and sometimes you really want to because oh my God they just won't shut up but you can't because they look up at you with those cute little faces and big eyes and you instantly feel guilty for ever thinking such a thing so you immediately buy their affections with treats and then do penance by pretending they don't really annoy you at all.

Yeah. Bobby's totally like that.

Jean's trying really hard to keep her thoughts to herself right now. "Yes, yes, her suits are perfectly ironed, just as flat and smooth as can be. But just like her face, they didn't get that way naturally."

And...and oh God, now I'm just imagining Sofia and Creepy Ass Wyngarde (seriously, I'm going to just start calling him that from now on) working their magic on Jean's poor psyche until she finally snaps and either turns into a power-hungry, merciless god or auditions for So You Think You Can Dance. As you do.

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howshedances
2010-06-24 09:52 am UTC (link)

The kindness may not kill her but it'll certainly pain her a great deal, like sunlight to a vampire. The number of actions Emma might do against Jean out of spite may rise after that phase, much like she does with Raven but that's more due to her being One Suspicious Bitch.

When it comes to family, Sam definitely overreacts and finds ways to blame himself ultimately. Jay confiding in Jean, no matter how big the font is on her name plate that says "guidance counselor" still translates in his head as a failure for him to be an approachable brother. I imagine he'll mostly grumble and sulk accordingly than take it out on Jean ever, though. At least while he's still in his fumbling stage of life. There may be cartoon-like steam out the ears, though.

This Bobby example is completely true. At least to compensate for never shutting up he actually compliments her endlessly; sometimes without actually needing something!

Sofia is a great looking girl and likes to think so, but she'd totally admit up front that she'd totally want to have plastic surgery too when she got confirmation about Emma. Sofia's endless energy and intrigue unfortunately doesn't come with a lot of rationality. As for Wynstache, Sofia would ... probably be too distracted with the porn'stache and wanting to shave it for him. "May I? Please? You are ruining a good ruffled shirt look for nothing!"

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