player information
● name: dani
● age: 26
● contact: comatoseroses, t.fantasyfan@gmail.com
● other characters: finn | bythehand

character information
● name: Elizabeth Weir
● canon: Stargate Atlantis
● canon point: Season 3, Episode 18
● age: 33

● (canon) background: relevant links are here and here!
● abilities: Elizabeth has no superhuman abilities to speak of! She has some basic firearm proficiency, but unlike many characters on the show, has no extensive combat training or military experience to speak of. She is also not a scientist, although she's heading up a scientific expedition. She's known on Earth as an expert in international politics, having brokered dozens of treaties over the span of her career (straight up into mediating for the UN), has 2 PhDs, and is fluent in five languages. Elizabeth is intelligent and well-spoken, with a knack for navigating tense/tricky political situations.

● strengths:

+ compassionate: elizabeth is compassionate and kind by nature, something commonly noted by others (even adversaries). she strives to listen to her people's problems and to solve them, and is fiercely loyal to them. in season one, when the opportunity to send a message back to earth presented itself, elizabeth filmed videos for the families of every single individual who'd died to date during the expedition (no small number). while pragmatic when she needs to be, her moral compass is very firm and she can be emotionally driven. she has a knack for understanding the position someone is in, the way that it might make them feel, especially if it's a difficult one. she treats others with respect until such time as they might do something to lose it.

+ diplomatic: diplomacy is more or less her specialty! she's well-known on earth for her skill in political situations. she's collected, poised, and eloquent, but she also doesn't stand for being disrespected or manipulated. establishing diplomatic alliances is one of her primary goals in new planets/civilizations that the team comes across.

+ leader: as the head of the atlantis expedition, elizabeth has earned the trust and respect of most everyone in the city. authority figures who arrive and try to brush her off, or who are sent to effectively audit her standing as head of the expedition, often come out the other end with a measure of respect and trust of their own. she takes her responsibilities with the utmost seriousness, and makes decisions she thinks will best benefit everyone working with her. or, you know, keep them alive.

● weaknesses:

- stubborn: while not always necessarily a bad thing, given her career path, elizabeth can be extremely stubborn. i would venture to say occasionally to the point of outright belligerence. elizabeth will dig in her heels and go verbally toe-to-toe with anybody if she feels that she needs to. she did so with the oversight committee in the s2 finale/s3 premiere when they were reviewing all the decisions she'd made as head of the atlantis expedition, and then proceeded to outright refuse to continue her debriefing with them later.

- wartime perspective: the unfortunate thing about living at war with the wraith (and other powerful enemies) is that, sometimes, kindness is forced to take a backseat in order to ensure survival. elizabeth has had to make very tough calls, some of which involved knowing that she may be sending good people to their deaths. she's lied, formed questionable alliances, and authorized decisions for the sake of the many over the few that were ethically ambiguous at best (including but not limited to biological warfare and allying themselves with a cruiser full of wraith). they're effectively dealing with the fate of the universe, and that can cause some views to shift.

- suspicion: hand in hand with that shift in perspective comes a shift in trusting new people or situations. elizabeth works to try to establish friendly, trusting alliances with other civilizations as they discover them, but even then there are necessary precautions and great deals of information that need to be withheld for the simple matter of security. at the end of the day, they've extended a collective hand to others and been double-crossed more often than not. elizabeth can't afford to take that lightly.

● job skills: diplomat, leadership experience. responsible for a large-scale scientific expedition back home (which she sadly can't get into detail about for Security Reasons).
● housing: would prefer a private room!

● network username: e.weir

● network sample: here + here!

● prose/action sample: here!