player information ● name: Nao ● age: 18+ ● contact: PM, or my plurk is @ naonith ● other characters: n/a
character information ● name: Carl Grimes ● canon: The Walking Dead ● canon point: 7x07 - after spending the day with his new frenemy. ● age: 14 thereabouts, maybe 15.
● abilities: Gunmanship - He has basic knowledge of firearm maintenance and safety, as well as moderate to considerable aim for someone his age given his experience shooting walkers (aka zombies). Since losing an eye though, the change in his depth perception has put him back a little, but it's nothing he hasn't been teaching himself to adjust to by practicing or throwing darts when he can.
Melee Weapons - At some point, he picked up how to handle all size types and the basic idea of how to use them to defend himself by watching other people. His skill in this area is only moderate considering his size and physical strength.
Farmhand Experience - He is capable of doing simple tasks from planting seed to feeding or grooming livestock.
Making Runs (Scavenging) - He knows how to safely clear an area of walkers when necessary and search places from top to bottom for supplies.
And he knows other less lethal, basic life skills such as trapping wild game, building fires, cooking out of cans or in the kitchen, and driving...probably. He didn't crash the car the first time he got behind the wheel or anything. Nope. Not even if it "was" technically to stop a walker from eating his friend.
● strengths: Adaptable - Some may say that he still young enough to learn and change with the way the world changes, and that's true, but it has as much to do with Carl's strength of character and willingness and ability to quickly learn. He realizes quite early on in the world's transition into the apocalypse that he can't just be a kid anymore and turns away from childish things to show the adults he can be one of them. It's through the hardships he experiences over two or so years that he pushes himself to learn everything he can to stand on his feet.
Good Intentions - Carl's most defining trait is his willingness to help people. Even though his world has turned upside down, he manages to keep a moral compass that steers him to do whatever will be most beneficial for his friends no matter the cost. If there's medicine they need, he'll go off on his own to get it. If a tyrant is bullying them for half their supplies, he'll attempt to assassinate the man for their sake no matter what happens to him. At the end of the day, he cares about his friends and acts on what he perceives their best interests are. He won't stand there and watch when there's something he can do.
Honest - Carl is honest, straight forward even, with himself and others. He always says what he is thinking, does what he believes he should do, and tells it like he sees it. Telling the truth is important to him, not only because it's the right thing to do but because people deserve the truth to make up their own minds. He knows it's better not to spare people from the truth even if it will only hurt them.
● weaknesses: Impulsive - The downside to his good intentions come in the form of his carelessness to think things over for himself. Carl can be rather blind to his own safety when he's thinking about the collective good of others and will impulsively react to any situation he sees in front of him. This trait has on the occasion put him at risk of getting in harms way and even once gotten himself to fall into the hands of the enemy, though he's been really lucky to skate by with his life so far.
Teenage Temper - Like any teenager, the kid is at that awkward stage where his temper can spill out for any reason. Granted his life is much harder than average and his temper only really rises to feelings of helplessness or loss or when there's something he wholeheartedly disagrees with. He's been shown to take his frustrations out on his own father with the cold shoulder when he disagreed with him or gotten argumentative and thrown comments at him when he thought they lost his baby sister. Once he loses his temper, it's hard for him to cool down until he's had some time to himself.
Bossy - We know he cares his people and will do anything to protect them, but that doesn't mean he never crosses the line. His honesty and good intentions can sometimes turn into a mixture that causes him to come across as bossy. This is usually when he is with people his age. He sees himself as the one that should protect them. So if he thinks they shouldn't get involved in something, he will tell them that straight to their face, and try to block them if need be. He has gone so far to lock a friend in a closet even.
● skills (optional): same as his abilities. ● housing (optional): feel free to place him anywhere to start.
carl grimes | the walking dead | unreserved
● name: Nao
● age: 18+
● contact: PM, or my plurk is @ naonith
● other characters: n/a
character information
● name: Carl Grimes
● canon: The Walking Dead
● canon point: 7x07 - after spending the day with his new frenemy.
● age: 14 thereabouts, maybe 15.
● (canon) background: link
● (original) world: n/a
● abilities:
Gunmanship - He has basic knowledge of firearm maintenance and safety, as well as moderate to considerable aim for someone his age given his experience shooting walkers (aka zombies). Since losing an eye though, the change in his depth perception has put him back a little, but it's nothing he hasn't been teaching himself to adjust to by practicing or throwing darts when he can.
Melee Weapons - At some point, he picked up how to handle all size types and the basic idea of how to use them to defend himself by watching other people. His skill in this area is only moderate considering his size and physical strength.
Farmhand Experience - He is capable of doing simple tasks from planting seed to feeding or grooming livestock.
Making Runs (Scavenging) - He knows how to safely clear an area of walkers when necessary and search places from top to bottom for supplies.
And he knows other less lethal, basic life skills such as trapping wild game, building fires, cooking out of cans or in the kitchen, and driving...probably. He didn't crash the car the first time he got behind the wheel or anything. Nope. Not even if it "was" technically to stop a walker from eating his friend.
● strengths:
Adaptable - Some may say that he still young enough to learn and change with the way the world changes, and that's true, but it has as much to do with Carl's strength of character and willingness and ability to quickly learn. He realizes quite early on in the world's transition into the apocalypse that he can't just be a kid anymore and turns away from childish things to show the adults he can be one of them. It's through the hardships he experiences over two or so years that he pushes himself to learn everything he can to stand on his feet.
Good Intentions - Carl's most defining trait is his willingness to help people. Even though his world has turned upside down, he manages to keep a moral compass that steers him to do whatever will be most beneficial for his friends no matter the cost. If there's medicine they need, he'll go off on his own to get it. If a tyrant is bullying them for half their supplies, he'll attempt to assassinate the man for their sake no matter what happens to him. At the end of the day, he cares about his friends and acts on what he perceives their best interests are. He won't stand there and watch when there's something he can do.
Honest - Carl is honest, straight forward even, with himself and others. He always says what he is thinking, does what he believes he should do, and tells it like he sees it. Telling the truth is important to him, not only because it's the right thing to do but because people deserve the truth to make up their own minds. He knows it's better not to spare people from the truth even if it will only hurt them.
● weaknesses:
Impulsive - The downside to his good intentions come in the form of his carelessness to think things over for himself. Carl can be rather blind to his own safety when he's thinking about the collective good of others and will impulsively react to any situation he sees in front of him. This trait has on the occasion put him at risk of getting in harms way and even once gotten himself to fall into the hands of the enemy, though he's been really lucky to skate by with his life so far.
Teenage Temper - Like any teenager, the kid is at that awkward stage where his temper can spill out for any reason. Granted his life is much harder than average and his temper only really rises to feelings of helplessness or loss or when there's something he wholeheartedly disagrees with. He's been shown to take his frustrations out on his own father with the cold shoulder when he disagreed with him or gotten argumentative and thrown comments at him when he thought they lost his baby sister. Once he loses his temper, it's hard for him to cool down until he's had some time to himself.
Bossy - We know he cares his people and will do anything to protect them, but that doesn't mean he never crosses the line. His honesty and good intentions can sometimes turn into a mixture that causes him to come across as bossy. This is usually when he is with people his age. He sees himself as the one that should protect them. So if he thinks they shouldn't get involved in something, he will tell them that straight to their face, and try to block them if need be. He has gone so far to lock a friend in a closet even.
● skills (optional): same as his abilities.
● housing (optional): feel free to place him anywhere to start.
● network username: c.grimes
● network sample: inboxes (text) count, right?
● prose/action sample: here