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▸PLAYER
Name: Owen
Means of Contact: AIM: Aircommanderp, Plurk is "Jolta"
Age: 27
Other Characters Played: n/a
▸CHARACTER
Name: Drift
Journal: butwonderful
Canon: Transformers
Age: 4.5 million-ish.
Canon Point: Post Empire-Of-Stone #3
Background Information:
Right here!
Personality:
At the very immediate first impression, Drift seems like a really nice guy. He's so bubbly cheerful that it's almost downright offensive to everyone else around him, seeing no boundaries before him as he brings up his overly religious and New Age theories into the fold. Feeling stressed out? Oh man, it must be your aura! You really need to get around to getting that cleansed! Maybe if we do some robot-styled feng shui, we can get that fixed for you! Others have remarked upon his demeanor as being a "happy hippy" guy, and frankly that's a great description... of his surface personality. All of the obnoxious optimism that Drift portrays? You can bet it's all an act. Drift has the perpetual need to play this out and go over the top in attempting to impress people around him, particularly Rodimus and Ratchet. He's not very well loved in the Autobot ranks, so he tries to make what friendship he can get stick. This isn't to say that Drift is completely unkind, but it's horribly exaggerated most of the time. He's spent almost his entire life as a relentless Decepticon soldier who has killed thousands of Autobots, and now he's eager to prove himself and live a completely different life, even if that means going over the top for people whose respect he's trying to earn.
Beneath the facade Drift is very clearly insecure with who he is. Often times, Drift finds himself emulating people he's admired in the past instead of trusting his own instincts. During his time in the Decepticons, he readily adopted their violent mannerisms and eventually found the life to be one he no longer wishes to have any part of, then very quickly adapted his life to try to match how his mentor Wing acted and behaved since he'd come to admire the knight so much. Bottom line with this factor is that Drift, throughout his entire life, has had a hard time trying to find his place in the universe. At the moment, he seems to have taken to imitating people he's looked up to with varying degrees of instant karma and disappointment. The biggest complication that Drift seems to have with himself is that he can't seem to trust himself to make his own decisions. This likely links back to the fact that so many of his closer friends have died right in front of him, and his past regrets about joining the Decepticons in the first place. Being a Decepticon didn't work, so he tried being an Autobot Wrecker. This almost got him killed, so Drift next had been trying to be an overly optimistic spiritual warrior. Now he's been kicked out of the Autobots. Basically, Drift is someone who is always trying to find himself and find a role he can commit to because he's never felt happy about himself. While he most commonly tries to emulate Wing in most of his actions (particularly by looking at the silver lining in things and attempting to adopt Wing's more knightly behaviors), Drift does show that he will attempt to emulate Rodimus's boldness, such as when he claims he isn't afraid of the Decepticon Justice Division and is quick to throw himself into dangerous situations. There are other times in which Drift will imitate Ratchet, particularly the medic's sarcasm. This was known to come out when he's harshly cynical at Rewind for a moment, then immediately realizes what he's said and takes it back, mentioning that it's different with Ratchet.
Despite his flaws, Drift is incredibly loyal to those who even give the slightest implication of being his friend or, at the very least, are part of his crew. He will go out of his way for someone who gives him the time of day, and he will do everything in his power to protect them. This could almost be to the point of being nearly overly protective, though. Some people are a tad "trigger happy" and Drift can definitely become a slight bit "slash happy" in regards to keeping people well protected, such as when he dices Dent into several pieces out of the slim possibility that he was going to attack Pipes even though Dent was moving at an absurdly low pace. Another good example of his protectiveness is when he cuts off Pharma's hands to protect Ratchet, and when he takes the blame for a tragic event in Rodimus's stead. This is in conjunction to the fact that there's a language that Drift is fluent in due to his history: he knows violence, and he knows it well. At times, it is almost the only thing he can express fluidly, which is why he enjoys a good battle and teaching others how to defend themselves. Drift has very few friends in the Autobots, and you can imagine how people in the Decepticons feel about him being a traitor and all. So, if someone shows him any kind of kindness, it will definitely be remembered; this is shown by how during his short time as an Autobot, Rodimus (then known as Hot Rod) stood up for Drift, defending him from the other Autobots. Much, much earlier in his life, Drift had been saved by Ratchet. Even though there are times in which Rodimus can take advantage of the friendship and Ratchet is rude to Drift, he remembers their actions readily and tries to honor them.
We'll talk a little bit about his time as a Decepticon, but we'll need to hop back into his backstory first. Before the infamous war between the Autobots and Decepticons, there were people. You were either a high class citizen, or scrounging to get by. Many were homeless. Among the many homeless citizens in the gutters, there was a homeless Cybertronian named Drift. There were ways he got by, such as stealing energon or letting himself get high on drugs available on the streets. After a particularly bad episode and being beaten, Drift was taken by a well-meaning officer named Orion Pax to a nearby clinic owned by a young doctor known as Ratchet. Quick to repair the drifter, Ratchet told Drift that he was special and to make something of himself. This point, as you know, made a large impact on Drift's life and the memory has been kept to him ever since. Drift left the clinic, and eventually ran into another homeless citizen named Gasket, who was kind and optimistic and helped guide Drift. Over the course of time, the lower citizens began their revolt and times became more violent. Gasket, his best friend at the time, ended up shot and killed by an Autobot law officer after Gasket tried to protect another person. In a fit of rage at his friend being murdered, Drift killed the officers, and found he had a knack for violence. Eventually, after deciding it was the best thing to do, Drift joined the rebel Decepticons in their revolution and was renamed Deadlock, which then began into a full scale global war between Autobots and Decepticons and then eventually crawled across the galaxy and several planets.
Millions of years passed and Deadlock became second-in-command under a general named Turmoil. Eager to end the war as quickly as possible, Deadlock continuously disobeyed orders and slaughtered hundreds of Autobots, trying to lead the Decepticons to a swift victory. Sick of his traitorous second-in-command, Turmoil attempted to execute Deadlock and failed as the warrior escaped. Deadlock was then found by Wing, a knight under the Circle of Light, a group of religious Cybertronians who chose to be neutral to the war. Wing took in Deadlock, telling him that he could leave if he could defeat Wing in combat without guns. Deadlock was incapable. Gradually, Wing found out more about Deadlock and his motivations, how Deadlock wanted the war to be done and what he always wanted, ultimately, was peace and equality among all Cybertronians. Wing was able to convince Deadlock and tell him that the peace he sought was with the Circle of Light in New Crystal City. It was at this moment at Wing truly inspired him and has been one of the biggest impacts on his life, truly motivating him into turning a new leaf.
But not everyone has been so quick to forgive Drift when he decided to join the Autobots. It's a bit hard to look at the face of someone who's killed hundreds of Autobots and is now fighting on your side. While no one has taken out their doubts on Drift physically, there are several distrustful Autobots who of course have no problem sliding a snarky remark his way more than a few times. Few are his friends, which impacts Drift; it causes him to cling onto a friendship fiercely when it's given to him, much in the way Rodimus did. Ratchet, in particular, finds himself in a mixed situation of being furious with Drift and throwing him more than a few nasty remarks but also remembering when he had saved him back before the war. With Ratchet's behavior in mind, this is part of why Drift is motivated to work hard to impress him.
Appearance:
Link Here!
Abilities:
Well, he can change into a car, has exceedingly good sword skills and writes a nice speech. He also has a holomatter, which allows him to project himself as solid, convincing human avatar. It works like a digital puppet, however unlike a hologram, can interact with it's surroundings.
His Wiki also covers this extensively.
▸SAMPLES:
First Person:
[ Well, here's a giant robot, looking very unsure of himself. Cautious and a little apprehensive as he waves awkwardly. ]
Uh. Hi there! My name is Drift. First I'd like to say, it's not my intention to be on this planet, wherever it is, so if you're going to call the council please reconsider long enough for me to leave. I don't want to be here as much as I expect you don't want me to be here.
I do need your assistance however, in order to leave I need to find my- my friend. He looks kind of like me, has a chevron here [ He makes a little V on his head with his fingers. ] and is probably angry. Not to say he's hostile! He's not, I mean... unless you're me. Sorry, I digress, his name is Ratchet. If you see him, please contact me immediately.
The sooner we find him the sooner we'll be getting ourselves out of here.
Third Person:
Here!
▸PLAYER
Name: Owen
Means of Contact: AIM: Aircommanderp, Plurk is "Jolta"
Age: 27
Other Characters Played: n/a
▸CHARACTER
Name: Drift
Journal: butwonderful
Canon: Transformers
Age: 4.5 million-ish.
Canon Point: Post Empire-Of-Stone #3
Background Information:
Right here!
Personality:
At the very immediate first impression, Drift seems like a really nice guy. He's so bubbly cheerful that it's almost downright offensive to everyone else around him, seeing no boundaries before him as he brings up his overly religious and New Age theories into the fold. Feeling stressed out? Oh man, it must be your aura! You really need to get around to getting that cleansed! Maybe if we do some robot-styled feng shui, we can get that fixed for you! Others have remarked upon his demeanor as being a "happy hippy" guy, and frankly that's a great description... of his surface personality. All of the obnoxious optimism that Drift portrays? You can bet it's all an act. Drift has the perpetual need to play this out and go over the top in attempting to impress people around him, particularly Rodimus and Ratchet. He's not very well loved in the Autobot ranks, so he tries to make what friendship he can get stick. This isn't to say that Drift is completely unkind, but it's horribly exaggerated most of the time. He's spent almost his entire life as a relentless Decepticon soldier who has killed thousands of Autobots, and now he's eager to prove himself and live a completely different life, even if that means going over the top for people whose respect he's trying to earn.
Beneath the facade Drift is very clearly insecure with who he is. Often times, Drift finds himself emulating people he's admired in the past instead of trusting his own instincts. During his time in the Decepticons, he readily adopted their violent mannerisms and eventually found the life to be one he no longer wishes to have any part of, then very quickly adapted his life to try to match how his mentor Wing acted and behaved since he'd come to admire the knight so much. Bottom line with this factor is that Drift, throughout his entire life, has had a hard time trying to find his place in the universe. At the moment, he seems to have taken to imitating people he's looked up to with varying degrees of instant karma and disappointment. The biggest complication that Drift seems to have with himself is that he can't seem to trust himself to make his own decisions. This likely links back to the fact that so many of his closer friends have died right in front of him, and his past regrets about joining the Decepticons in the first place. Being a Decepticon didn't work, so he tried being an Autobot Wrecker. This almost got him killed, so Drift next had been trying to be an overly optimistic spiritual warrior. Now he's been kicked out of the Autobots. Basically, Drift is someone who is always trying to find himself and find a role he can commit to because he's never felt happy about himself. While he most commonly tries to emulate Wing in most of his actions (particularly by looking at the silver lining in things and attempting to adopt Wing's more knightly behaviors), Drift does show that he will attempt to emulate Rodimus's boldness, such as when he claims he isn't afraid of the Decepticon Justice Division and is quick to throw himself into dangerous situations. There are other times in which Drift will imitate Ratchet, particularly the medic's sarcasm. This was known to come out when he's harshly cynical at Rewind for a moment, then immediately realizes what he's said and takes it back, mentioning that it's different with Ratchet.
Despite his flaws, Drift is incredibly loyal to those who even give the slightest implication of being his friend or, at the very least, are part of his crew. He will go out of his way for someone who gives him the time of day, and he will do everything in his power to protect them. This could almost be to the point of being nearly overly protective, though. Some people are a tad "trigger happy" and Drift can definitely become a slight bit "slash happy" in regards to keeping people well protected, such as when he dices Dent into several pieces out of the slim possibility that he was going to attack Pipes even though Dent was moving at an absurdly low pace. Another good example of his protectiveness is when he cuts off Pharma's hands to protect Ratchet, and when he takes the blame for a tragic event in Rodimus's stead. This is in conjunction to the fact that there's a language that Drift is fluent in due to his history: he knows violence, and he knows it well. At times, it is almost the only thing he can express fluidly, which is why he enjoys a good battle and teaching others how to defend themselves. Drift has very few friends in the Autobots, and you can imagine how people in the Decepticons feel about him being a traitor and all. So, if someone shows him any kind of kindness, it will definitely be remembered; this is shown by how during his short time as an Autobot, Rodimus (then known as Hot Rod) stood up for Drift, defending him from the other Autobots. Much, much earlier in his life, Drift had been saved by Ratchet. Even though there are times in which Rodimus can take advantage of the friendship and Ratchet is rude to Drift, he remembers their actions readily and tries to honor them.
We'll talk a little bit about his time as a Decepticon, but we'll need to hop back into his backstory first. Before the infamous war between the Autobots and Decepticons, there were people. You were either a high class citizen, or scrounging to get by. Many were homeless. Among the many homeless citizens in the gutters, there was a homeless Cybertronian named Drift. There were ways he got by, such as stealing energon or letting himself get high on drugs available on the streets. After a particularly bad episode and being beaten, Drift was taken by a well-meaning officer named Orion Pax to a nearby clinic owned by a young doctor known as Ratchet. Quick to repair the drifter, Ratchet told Drift that he was special and to make something of himself. This point, as you know, made a large impact on Drift's life and the memory has been kept to him ever since. Drift left the clinic, and eventually ran into another homeless citizen named Gasket, who was kind and optimistic and helped guide Drift. Over the course of time, the lower citizens began their revolt and times became more violent. Gasket, his best friend at the time, ended up shot and killed by an Autobot law officer after Gasket tried to protect another person. In a fit of rage at his friend being murdered, Drift killed the officers, and found he had a knack for violence. Eventually, after deciding it was the best thing to do, Drift joined the rebel Decepticons in their revolution and was renamed Deadlock, which then began into a full scale global war between Autobots and Decepticons and then eventually crawled across the galaxy and several planets.
Millions of years passed and Deadlock became second-in-command under a general named Turmoil. Eager to end the war as quickly as possible, Deadlock continuously disobeyed orders and slaughtered hundreds of Autobots, trying to lead the Decepticons to a swift victory. Sick of his traitorous second-in-command, Turmoil attempted to execute Deadlock and failed as the warrior escaped. Deadlock was then found by Wing, a knight under the Circle of Light, a group of religious Cybertronians who chose to be neutral to the war. Wing took in Deadlock, telling him that he could leave if he could defeat Wing in combat without guns. Deadlock was incapable. Gradually, Wing found out more about Deadlock and his motivations, how Deadlock wanted the war to be done and what he always wanted, ultimately, was peace and equality among all Cybertronians. Wing was able to convince Deadlock and tell him that the peace he sought was with the Circle of Light in New Crystal City. It was at this moment at Wing truly inspired him and has been one of the biggest impacts on his life, truly motivating him into turning a new leaf.
But not everyone has been so quick to forgive Drift when he decided to join the Autobots. It's a bit hard to look at the face of someone who's killed hundreds of Autobots and is now fighting on your side. While no one has taken out their doubts on Drift physically, there are several distrustful Autobots who of course have no problem sliding a snarky remark his way more than a few times. Few are his friends, which impacts Drift; it causes him to cling onto a friendship fiercely when it's given to him, much in the way Rodimus did. Ratchet, in particular, finds himself in a mixed situation of being furious with Drift and throwing him more than a few nasty remarks but also remembering when he had saved him back before the war. With Ratchet's behavior in mind, this is part of why Drift is motivated to work hard to impress him.
Appearance:
Link Here!
Abilities:
Well, he can change into a car, has exceedingly good sword skills and writes a nice speech. He also has a holomatter, which allows him to project himself as solid, convincing human avatar. It works like a digital puppet, however unlike a hologram, can interact with it's surroundings.
His Wiki also covers this extensively.
▸SAMPLES:
First Person:
[ Well, here's a giant robot, looking very unsure of himself. Cautious and a little apprehensive as he waves awkwardly. ]
Uh. Hi there! My name is Drift. First I'd like to say, it's not my intention to be on this planet, wherever it is, so if you're going to call the council please reconsider long enough for me to leave. I don't want to be here as much as I expect you don't want me to be here.
I do need your assistance however, in order to leave I need to find my- my friend. He looks kind of like me, has a chevron here [ He makes a little V on his head with his fingers. ] and is probably angry. Not to say he's hostile! He's not, I mean... unless you're me. Sorry, I digress, his name is Ratchet. If you see him, please contact me immediately.
The sooner we find him the sooner we'll be getting ourselves out of here.
Third Person:
Here!
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