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Name: Ruthi
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Are You Over 18?: yes
Other Characters: Abigail Hobbs
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Poe Dameron
Age: 33
Canon: Star Wars
Canon Point: TROS, during the Battle of Exegol
Character Information: Poe on Wookieepedia.
Personality:
Poe is blessed and cursed with an strong 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 in battle when he was young, and losing her made him even more obsessed with following in her footsteps.
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.) 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 smart-ass 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 with his mother, and her with Ben Solo (presumably?). 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.
It's a good thing 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.
And, finally, when she dies in The Rise of Skywalker, she leaves him as general, having proved himself by the end of The Last Jedi and within the year-long time gap between the two movies. He does the best he can — which also means realizing that he can't do it alone, making Finn his co-general.
More or less: he has the charisma and leadership skills required to be a good leader… but is also a little temperamental and rough around the edges. He's doing the best he can out there, okay.
5-10 Key Character Traits: fearless, loyal, idealistic, charismatic, headstrong, reckless, stubborn, temperamental, self-righteous
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? fits please
Opt-Outs: goblin, troll, arachne, pooka, kelpie
Roleplay Sample: tdm top level & threads
Name: Ruthi
Contact: pm,
Are You Over 18?: yes
Other Characters: Abigail Hobbs
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Poe Dameron
Age: 33
Canon: Star Wars
Canon Point: TROS, during the Battle of Exegol
Character Information: Poe on Wookieepedia.
Personality:
Poe is blessed and cursed with an strong 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 in battle when he was young, and losing her made him even more obsessed with following in her footsteps.
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.) 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 smart-ass 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 with his mother, and her with Ben Solo (presumably?). 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.
It's a good thing 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.
And, finally, when she dies in The Rise of Skywalker, she leaves him as general, having proved himself by the end of The Last Jedi and within the year-long time gap between the two movies. He does the best he can — which also means realizing that he can't do it alone, making Finn his co-general.
More or less: he has the charisma and leadership skills required to be a good leader… but is also a little temperamental and rough around the edges. He's doing the best he can out there, okay.
5-10 Key Character Traits: fearless, loyal, idealistic, charismatic, headstrong, reckless, stubborn, temperamental, self-righteous
Would you prefer a monster that FITS your character’s personality, CONFLICTS with it, EITHER, or opt for 100% RANDOMIZATION? fits please
Opt-Outs: goblin, troll, arachne, pooka, kelpie
Roleplay Sample: tdm top level & threads