● abilities: SQUISHY NORMAL HUMAN like everyone else I play apparently
● strengths: compassion/empathy: Carson cares about people universally, showing an affection for life that stretches even to Atlantis's enemies. He dedicates a portion of his research to a retrovirus designed to "cure" the life-sucking Wraith of their need for human fodder, believing wholeheartedly at the beginning of the project that it will help the Wraith and their victims both. He even tries to protect his Wraith patients after one of them tortured him, and is horrified when the Atlantis team fires on the unarmed Wraith camp. He also makes a habit of checking in with his friends and colleagues, making sure they're able to sleep and manage depression, anxiety, and other concerns. He's a caretaker and always more concerned about the wellbeing of others than he is about his own.
dedication: Carson can be very single-minded in his pursuit of both medical advancements and medical solutions when his friends are in harm's way. He's regularly portrayed as willing to work himself into exhaustion for the benefit of others, and regularly in canon puts himself at risk to help his patients against the advice of his peers. He firmly believes in providing medical attention to anyone who needs it, regardless of who they are or what they might have done. At one point he tries to render assistance to an injured Wraith, and the only thing that stops him is a teammate opening fire and killing the Wraith.
courage: Carson is shown as being decidedly meek outside of crisis situations, but put him in the middle of a disaster and his courage shines. He doesn't hesitate to dive for his medical kit in the middle of a firefight, is on the forefront with a weapon when things start to go wrong off-world, and stands up to the leaders of other world's governments without hesitation when they try to implement dangerous medical procedures on a population unaware of the risks.
● weaknesses: indecision/uncertainty: Outside of a medical context, Carson can be indecisive and hesitant. He has the one particular area in which he excels, one area in which he acts as an authority, but in any other context he's inclined to let someone else call the shots and give him direction rather than trying to assert himself. He's also very wary of trying new things, particularly if those new things have to do with alien technology. He hates having the Ancient gene that allows him to operate Ancient technology, because it places a burden of responsibility on him that he'd rather not deal with, in spite of regularly taking peoples' lives in his literal hands. At least in a hospital setting, he knows what he's doing.
low self-value: Carson frequently downplays his own value, referring to himself as "just a medical doctor," as not important enough to know sensitive information, and as under-qualified for his position. He's frequently assured by characters in canon that he has and is valued, but it never quite seems to stick. It's clearly something he ruminates on in bad moments, and it's very likely he labors under the yoke of imposter syndrome. The only times he forgets his self-consciousness is when he's actually at work.
insecurity: Tied to his low self-value is his insecurity outside of a clinical setting. He tends to have far more faith in others than he expects them to have in him, though this particular phenomenon seems limited to the people he counts as friends. His friends are, to his mind, infinitely more capable than he is in every respect outside of the medical field. …Except maybe Rodney. They're about equal when it comes to military stuff. But the point is, as far as friends are concerned, he's never quite free of the need to prove to himself that he's worthy of their help and affection. He gives both those things without thinking about it; he can't take them without feeling a debt.
● job skills (optional): He is the discoverer and a carrier of the Ancient Technology Activation gene, which allows humans to interact with specialized Ancient technology. He became chief surgeon and Chief Medical Officer on Atlantis thanks to his overall medical skill and cool head in a crisis, and he is a leading researcher in either galaxy when it comes to genetic manipulation and gene therapies. He a kickass doctor dude who probably has like five phds idk.
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● name: Jae
● age: 31
● contact: ninjae @ plurk
● other characters: Poe Dameron, Chyler Silva
character information
● name: Carson Beckett
● canon: Stargate Atlantis
● canon point: Post-Sateda (S3)
● age: 35
● (canon) background: here
● abilities: SQUISHY NORMAL HUMAN like everyone else I play apparently
● strengths:
compassion/empathy: Carson cares about people universally, showing an affection for life that stretches even to Atlantis's enemies. He dedicates a portion of his research to a retrovirus designed to "cure" the life-sucking Wraith of their need for human fodder, believing wholeheartedly at the beginning of the project that it will help the Wraith and their victims both. He even tries to protect his Wraith patients after one of them tortured him, and is horrified when the Atlantis team fires on the unarmed Wraith camp. He also makes a habit of checking in with his friends and colleagues, making sure they're able to sleep and manage depression, anxiety, and other concerns. He's a caretaker and always more concerned about the wellbeing of others than he is about his own.
dedication: Carson can be very single-minded in his pursuit of both medical advancements and medical solutions when his friends are in harm's way. He's regularly portrayed as willing to work himself into exhaustion for the benefit of others, and regularly in canon puts himself at risk to help his patients against the advice of his peers. He firmly believes in providing medical attention to anyone who needs it, regardless of who they are or what they might have done. At one point he tries to render assistance to an injured Wraith, and the only thing that stops him is a teammate opening fire and killing the Wraith.
courage: Carson is shown as being decidedly meek outside of crisis situations, but put him in the middle of a disaster and his courage shines. He doesn't hesitate to dive for his medical kit in the middle of a firefight, is on the forefront with a weapon when things start to go wrong off-world, and stands up to the leaders of other world's governments without hesitation when they try to implement dangerous medical procedures on a population unaware of the risks.
● weaknesses:
indecision/uncertainty: Outside of a medical context, Carson can be indecisive and hesitant. He has the one particular area in which he excels, one area in which he acts as an authority, but in any other context he's inclined to let someone else call the shots and give him direction rather than trying to assert himself. He's also very wary of trying new things, particularly if those new things have to do with alien technology. He hates having the Ancient gene that allows him to operate Ancient technology, because it places a burden of responsibility on him that he'd rather not deal with, in spite of regularly taking peoples' lives in his literal hands. At least in a hospital setting, he knows what he's doing.
low self-value: Carson frequently downplays his own value, referring to himself as "just a medical doctor," as not important enough to know sensitive information, and as under-qualified for his position. He's frequently assured by characters in canon that he has and is valued, but it never quite seems to stick. It's clearly something he ruminates on in bad moments, and it's very likely he labors under the yoke of imposter syndrome. The only times he forgets his self-consciousness is when he's actually at work.
insecurity: Tied to his low self-value is his insecurity outside of a clinical setting. He tends to have far more faith in others than he expects them to have in him, though this particular phenomenon seems limited to the people he counts as friends. His friends are, to his mind, infinitely more capable than he is in every respect outside of the medical field. …Except maybe Rodney. They're about equal when it comes to military stuff. But the point is, as far as friends are concerned, he's never quite free of the need to prove to himself that he's worthy of their help and affection. He gives both those things without thinking about it; he can't take them without feeling a debt.
● job skills (optional):
He is the discoverer and a carrier of the Ancient Technology Activation gene, which allows humans to interact with specialized Ancient technology. He became chief surgeon and Chief Medical Officer on Atlantis thanks to his overall medical skill and cool head in a crisis, and he is a leading researcher in either galaxy when it comes to genetic manipulation and gene therapies. He a kickass doctor dude who probably has like five phds idk.
● housing (optional): N/A
● network username: c.beckett
● network sample: here
● prose/action sample: here