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APPLICANT INFO.
NAME: Ruthi
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CHARACTER INFO.
NAME: Poe Dameron
CANON: Star Wars
AGE: 32
APPEARANCE: he looks like this
CANON POINT: the middle of last jedi, after (highlight for spoilers) poe commits mutiny and takes over the bridge of the resistance ship.
BACKGROUND: wookieepedia
PERSONALITY:
Poe is blessed and cursed with an intense sense of morality and righteousness. He always wants to do the right thing because it's been instilled in him from a young age by his parents, who both enlisted and fought for the Rebels in the Galactic Civil War. He hero worships his mother, who was also a pilot with a sense for adventure and believed the best in everything and everyone. She died (presumably) of natural causes when he was young, but she had a huge hand in shaping the person he is today.
He's an idealist and wants to believe the best in people. When Finn pulled him out of First Order prison, he could have treated him with contempt or only helped him so far as getting them both out of the Starkiller base, but he immediately started treating him like a friend instead, giving him a name instead of a number
The problem with Poe, however, is that he can get so obsessed with doing the right thing that he doesn't think ahead to the consequences of his actions. He is impulsive and reckless, which sometimes helps him take big risks that end up paying off in the end (such as the mission he decided to go on that ended in Leia recruiting him to Resistance— going after a First Order freighter while "on patrol"), but other times this can blow up in this face (such as The Last Jedi. The entire movie. Just trust me.) He gets so caught up in the big picture, sometimes he overlooks the details. His entire arc of The Last Jedi was about learning to understand the consequences of his actions— e.g., just because they were in a good position to take out a First Order dreadnought doesn't mean it was worth the losses they sustained because he wouldn't pull back.
He also has a problem with authority, meaning … if they aren't doing what he deems to be the right thing, he will kick down the door and do it his damn self. As you can imagine, that doesn't always go well in a military setting.
Not to mention, he has a mouth that gets him in trouble. Not only will he speak out (and probably make a scene) if he disagrees with literally anything, he's a bit of a smartass and can't resist having the last word or making some stupid quip. Literally not even being tortured will stop him. He is non-stop.
It's an understatement to say that Leia is important to Poe. In Before the Awakening, when he first meets her, he recognizes that they both carry the same losses. Him his mother, and her Ben Solo (presumably?). I think he leans on her as a surrogate mother much in the same way she probably uses him as a surrogate son because he is a lot like Ben Solo tbf. In the sense that they're both reckless as hell and All About The Drama.
But. BUT. He's also highly charismatic; Leia recognizes his potential to be a leader early on. In the comics, there are moments where she's clearly mentoring him to be a leader in the Resistance for when the time comes that she won't be there anymore — e.g., when a member of his squadron dies, she grounds him until he realizes that the war just isn't "his" fight, he has to think about everyone else involved, too. Furthermore, his squadron trusts him thoroughly. They didn't have to choose to follow him into the Resistance from the Republic or to follow him further on dire missions in the comics. He gives them the option to opt out frequently, but they choose to stay out of faith in him.
Basically, he has the foundation to be a really great leader and all-around great person, but he's real rough around the edges and Doing the Best He Can.
ABILITIES: He's a pilot, first and foremost. Some might even say (and have said) the best in the galaxy. He prides himself on being able to "fly anything."
In Poe Dameron's Flight Log, he talks about jury-rigging pod racer engines to farm equipment, so he has some level of mechanical aptitude and is presumably able to do repairs and modifications to ships.
He has a military background, so he's competent with strategy and fighting (with a blaster).
INVENTORY:
+ Glie-44 blaster pistol
+ his outfit (leather resistance jacket, white shirt, pants, his mom's wedding ring on a chain around his neck)
+ a cloaked binary beacon on a bracelet that's basically his friendship bracelet with rey. that's how that works.
HATHAWAY.
SUITABILITY:
Poe is more than capable of working as part of a team to complete an objective, since that's more or less always what he's doing back home. He throws himself into any and everything with vigorous enthusiasm. Especially since his incentive is related to the Resistance, and the Resistance is literally all he cares about to the point of being a little ridiculous, he would participate in Hathaway missions wholeheartedly. Additionally he is an amazing pilot and fights real good.
INCENTIVE:
Poe would ask for aid for the Resistance. Supplies, ships, jesus, whatever. They need it.
SPECIALIZATION:
1. BRUISER: Poe is the epitome of a Bruiser, tbh. His favorite thing in the galaxy is to hop into his ship and shoot away his problems — something he's pretty good at, too, tbh. He has the military background to back up HIS FIGHTING SPIRIT.
2. NEGOTIATOR: Alternatively, he's charismatic and capable of getting people (such as his squadron) to rally behind him with inspirational speeches and his generally open, friendly nature.
WRITING SAMPLES.
NETWORK SAMPLE:
tdm thread
ACTION SAMPLE:
tdm thread dos