zetabetabrat | OOC: Info Post, Spring 2012 (Reply)

Look at me, infoposting like a champ.

…I have four students. I have the maximum possible students. When did that happen? Oh, right. Just now.

First, my newbie:

Rebecca Logan (Greek),

zetabetabrat

"I want you to know that I rarely try to sleep with the same ex twice."

Rebecca Logan? Is a bitch.

She will cut you down to your face and somehow manage to nab your boyfriend all in one breath. She will hurt your feelings without shame and toss her hair and somehow have you doing favors for her by the next morning. She doesn't care if you like her -- in fact, she goes into most situations fully anticipating that you won't -- but you'd better know that she holds the cards, or there's going to be a problem.

Of course, that's if you're on her bad side.

Rebecca is the very wealthy, ambitious as hell, politically-minded daughter of Ohio state senator Ken Logan from the ABC Family dramedy Greek. She learned cutthroat politics at a very young age, but isn't terribly bothered by real-world government elections beyond how they affect her livelihood. Instead, she uses her political smarts to get what she wants in areas that interest her. Like, say, student council. Being popular. Hooking up with the hottest boys (and sometimes girls) on campus. Recruiting cronies.

You know, fun stuff.

The Rebecca Logan School Of Getting Her Way is simple. If she likes you, or if she thinks you're an easy target, she starts with sweet-talk, because she's very verbally persuasive and can make just about anything sound damn good. Maybe she'll take her top off, too, if she thinks that'll have an effect. If she's got a reason to be more hostile, then she opts for other strategies instead. Gossip. Rumors. She isn't against smear campaigns. She'll find leverage, work it to her advantage effortlessly, and walk out smiling.

Or if she's feeling lazy, she might just volley insults back and forth with you until everyone in the room is on her side and you want to cry. Just for fun.

She's also sexy and confident to a fault, and could care less if she's breaking social norms or the girl code in the process. In canon, in order to get into a class that's already full, she puts on tight jeans and a sports bra and leans on the professor's car all afternoon, waiting for him to come by. And the guy she's grinding with here? Her sorority chapter president's boyfriend. Who she's already slept with. (And her response to being called out on it by the president of her chapter? "Oh my god, how awkward for you!") Here at Fandom, with the relatively small student body, she won't be quite as outlandish as she is in canon on a campus of thousands -- she can't really afford to alienate so many people -- but she will be looking to get noticed, be desired, and have fun.

Which means sex. Natch.

In her romantic life, Rebecca has no interest in sustaining a relationship. Friends with benefits, she could maybe do. But really, though, she's a bit jaded as far as relationships go. Her father has never been a paradigm of fidelity, and she's slept with enough people's boyfriends to know that a lot of guys her age aren't either. Long-term relationships just seem like drama to her -- codependent, idiotic, greeting-card-style, sappy drama. She'll take hot hookups over that any day, thanks.

She's also entitled, and being the charismatic daughter of a senator, she's used to having people fall over themselves to give her things. It'll be a bit surprising to her to lose a bit of that power here at Fandom. However, she is, as she reminds herself often, "Rebecca freaking Logan," and just because her dad isn't famous and influential here doesn't mean she can't be. Rebecca has money, she has a fake ID, and she throws excellent parties. She'll make do.

By, you know, gathering ~~friends~~ ~~minions~~ followers and acing her classes and getting boys to fawn over her. The usual.

Rebecca hasn't had a ton of friends before. Allies, minions, definitely. But she doesn't see the value in keeping people around who aren't doing something for her. If she sees a skill or resource that can be exploited in her favor, she'll go for it, maybe buy you a couple of drinks. But she isn't exactly going to be jumping at the chance to do others any favors in return unless she thinks it might be valuable, and she certainly isn't going to be confiding her deepest darkest secrets in anyone for a while.

And okay, yes, if there's someone worth impressing, she'll be nice and rein in her brattiness in favor of putting on her politician face and winning that person's favor. But the second that person turns out to be boring or rude or in any way less than satisfying, Rebecca loses interest and goes to play somewhere else instead. She has no problem showing that she doesn't like someone. She's picky and elitist and hard to impress, and she wants you to know it.

And sure, she will hang out. Make friends, get drinks, go to dances -- because that's fun. But her friendships are about what can be done for her. As far as she's concerned, just getting to be seen out in public with her is a privilege, and one that people had better be prepared to work for.

In other words? She's a bitch and a mean girl and has a serious superiority complex, and she acts out because she wants her daddy to notice her.

It goes without saying that, like a certain other kid of mine, Rebecca can be pretty caustic and mean. I am, of course, okay with any kind of reactions to that, whether it's a catfight or throwing a drink in her face or calling her out on it or whathaveyou. Girl's gotta learn somehow.

Also, attractive boys? Prepare to be hit on. She has no shame. I'm not used to playing the, uh, go-getter type, so I'm going to make sure to be OOCly clear about what she's after, but totally poke me if she makes you or uncomfortable or she's heading in an awkward direction and I'll dial it down.

And the non-newbies!

Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (Angel),

wesleynotponcy

"As a point of courtesy, I like to get to know my opponents before I engage them in mortal combat. Do, ah, do you have any hobbies?"

Is 18 years old and a senior, 6'1", and from Southampton, England
Trained to be a Watcher, or a guardian of sorts to the superpowered young women known as Vampire Slayers whose job it is to wipe out vampires and demons
Was fired from that after failing miserably
Currently calls himself a rogue demon hunter, and spends time away from school assisting the Angel Investigations team back home with cases on the paranormal
Is a total sharpshooter with a gun, and passable with swords and knives and the like
Speaks ALL THE LANGUAGES. Dead, demonic, whatever you want. He's got this.
Has been dating thegirl_onfire for just about a year now
Co-runs Reserves on Thursdays, is one of the senior Student Council representatives, and works in the library on Fridays
Is a huge nerd who sometimes gets it into his head that he's a badass
Will hate me with a burning passion by the end of this year, oh yes
Pretty much always wants to help with whatever might be going on. Isn't always great at it. Oops.

Christopher "Topher" Brink (Dollhouse),

dollpocalypse

"The human mind is like Van Halen. If you just pull out one piece and keep replacing it, it just degenerates."

Is 15 years old and a sophomore, 5'11", and from Los Angeles, California
Is a genius, which he has no shame about informing you at every possible opportunity
Is capable of advanced hacking and computer programming, including the super-secret spy robots he cranks out for lockestheway
Always wears a bracelet on his left wrist that says "Kill your idols"
Has a tattoo on his left ankle that reads ~~meta for~~ "NCC-1701," the serial number of the ship from Galaxy Quest
Is borderline addicted to ~~meta for~~ Skyrim, D&D and a whole wide world of other games (though okay, at least he isn't this guy)
Chugs Mountain Dew like it's the last sugary beverage on earth
Gets punched kind of a lot
Works at Stark Industries on Saturdays
Has a laundry list of phobias, including: rats and other rodents, the dark (especially when he's already stressed), wide open spaces (ditto), ladyparts, and being rejected by the friends he's built up since coming here
Is an enormous nerd. Way more of one than I am. Seriously. He's also way too curious for his own good, which means poking around the internet for people's personal information. Let me know if you want him to dig something up on your character and I'll be happy to work something out!
Has... never really had friends before, and doesn't always know exactly how to go about being a friend
When there are people who can stand to be around him? He clings. A lot.
Pisses most people off. Will probably piss your character off. If he reaches a point of offending you on an OOC basis, please let me know so I can dial him back.
Will eventually pretty much end the world. You can totally see why he gets the "genius" title, right? No? Huh.

Miley Ray Stewart (Hannah Montana),

its_theclimb

"Oversized sweatshirt-buying daddy who just said three-time Academy Award-winning director-producer of Jaws, Jurassic Park, ET, Men and Black 1 and 2 wants me to star in his next big blockbuster opposite Mission Impossible hunky-hunk Tom Cruise say what?"

Is 17 years old and a senior, 5'5", and from Los Angeles, California (and originally Crowley Corners, Tennessee)
Is a perfectly ordinary Southern girl... who doubles as the enormously famous pop star Hannah Montana by donning a wig and nicer clothes
Is actually fairly terrible at keeping secrets; as of 12/24, the people in Fandom who know her secret identity are regretiz4suckas, puppywithatutu, lockestheway, iwishiwasbig and apocalipped. If you aren't one of those people, you don't know about it -- but I'm always good to have more people find out if you talk to me first and we work something out.
Abuses catchphrases like "Say what?" and "Oh, sweet niblets" enough to drive anyone crazy, and will sometimes use colloquialisms that make little to no sense and frequently involve possums
Has a horse named BlueJeans who she keeps up at the stables
Is dating iwishiwasbig as of about two months ago
Schemes like whoa, and concocts no end of hijinks in order to maintain a normal life that is... really not that normal
Is incredibly naive, due to that whole Disney thing
Is bubbly most of the time, but can deadpan with the best of them when she deems it necessary
Fails at honesty and upfrontness. Sorry.

And finally, me!

Michelle, @callsyapastries

I'm 19, 4'11, and from New York (but currently going to school outside Chicago, so YAY CST)
I joined FH just about a year and a half ago, holy crap
I'm a college freshman and have way too much time on my hands -- my availability's pretty much wide open outside of classes and extracurriculars and the inevitable social time. The one thing is that, cards on the table, I'm gonna do my best to cut back on pinging during class this semester. JUST AS AN EXPERIMENT. But outside of class, I'm pretty much good for a thread whenever.
I am attached to my Blackberry. Seriously. I will phone-ping the crap out of you and you will like it.
Yep, looks like I have a type. That type is "rich kids who have no idea how to sustain healthy and honest friendships." Not sure what this says about me. (Or, if you prefer: spoiled, ambitious, self-centered girls, and intelligent, psychologically unstable, sexually unfulfilled guys that Joss Whedon kills horribly in series finales.)
I don't like bacon, chocolate or caramel. Deal with it.