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pandoricas) wrote2013-07-02 03:52 pm
pandoricas) wrote2013-07-02 03:52 pm
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Character Information:
Name: RoryPond Willams
Canon: Doctor Who
Canon Point: Post 7.05, The Angels Take Manhattan
Age: Physcially late 30s, mentally most likely somewhere around 2000
Reference: Ba dum dum dum!
Setting: Everywhere and anywhere. Imagine almost any point of time in anywhere within the universe. That's pretty much Doctor Who in a nutshell. Sure, there's a usual inclination for modern/present day London, but there's also other planets and places beyond one's imagination. Some of the major points to note are:
Personality: Where the Doctor is the storm and Amy is fire, Rory is the solid rock that stands between the two of them. You need a dependable, reliable guy? Then Rory Williams is your man. He's the kind of guy every woman wishes they'd have as their husband, especially after knowing all the (impossible) things that Rory has done for the sake of his (would-be and then actual) wife, Amy Pond.
Indeed, his love for Amy is what defines Rory above almost everything else; at first one could consider it a foolishness, the fallacy of a man who finds himself smitten with a woman who never truly appreciates him - but yet it is that love that allows Rory to literally move mountains and raise the earth for. From protecting her within the Pandorica for nearly two thousand years or fighting through an army in order to save her (and their daughter), Rory will do just about anything for Amy's sake. For Rory, a life without Amy is not one worth living, and it's a fact he's lived with for his entire life, choosing death over a life without her more without a moment's hesitation. (And in the end, at the very end, it's clear that his love is rewarded; for between the Doctor and him Amy still chose to live her live out with him, a decision that speaks volumes.)
Beyond Amy though, Rory is still very much a man who loves and loves unconditionally. He has passion and drive in everything he does and lives in - even those he became a nurse at first to try and impress Amy it is clear that he does hold the love for the profession, never giving up on the job even after all the travelling and adventuring he's done with Amy and the Doctor. It's shown as well with the relationship he has with his father, Brian; it's clear that he genuinely cares and loves his father, even going so far as to write him a letter to be delivered so many years later when he's trapped back in the past.
Attempting to keep one's sanity and logical reasoning around the Doctor and Amy is a near impossible task, but Rory is the one man who has managed it somehow and keeps his place as the Only Sane Man within their trio. More often than not it never really works out for him, but sometimes his practicality does help him when others are lost, being able to keep himself cool so long as Amy isn't in any danger (which is when all logic goes out of the window and Rory throws himself into anything so long as he can keep her from harm).
Unlike most of the other companions of the past, Rory is unique in the case in where he doesn’t put the Doctor up on a pedestal as most of the others had. He doesn’t see the Doctor as somebody fantastic and amazing (although Rory does admit that the Doctor has his moments) and isn’t afraid to call the Time Lord out on where, when and how he exactly screwed up as and when needed, and point out on his mistakes and flaws without a hint of doubt. The attitude stems from a bit of initial jealously from Amy electing to run off with the Doctor (on the night before their wedding, no less), but eventually just out of concern for her and the reckless things she does under the Doctor’s influence.
Still, in the end Rory is very much human, and in a way he represents the innate good that all humans have in them. Because no matter how bad things may get, and no matter how impossible the odds may be—no matter how terrified and scared and uncertain he is about anything Rory still pushes forward and keeps on trying to do what is the right thing for him. It’s nearly impossible for him to hate anybody or anything, and in any situation Rory will try to understand both sides of the issue as much as he can. Just like any human, when the days are good he is equally fascinated with some of the places and things that the Doctor shows them. He tries his best to understand them (just as he read up on the possibility of how the TARDIS is ‘bigger on the inside’ after meeting the Doctor properly) and it’s clear that he does have genuine curiosity about the things that he has seen. But of course, there’s always that underlying sarcasm and pessimism that doesn’t quite leave—not that anybody can blame him, since he’s died nearly ten times, has memories of about two or three other alternate realties (where he mostly ends up being a soldier) and has literally gone through hell and back. Things like that tend to not do well with your psyche—
—but still, Rory manages. It’s maybe one of the greatest things about him, to still be Rory even after all that has happened to him. He could be a Roman soldier, or an army officer, or even an old man dying on his bed alone, but he’s still Rory through and through and doesn’t let anything else change who he is fundamentally. And that fundamental fact is that under all his cynicism and pessimism and everything else Rory is a good, kind, loyal, hardworking and passionate man who never falters in the things that makes him up as to who he is and doesn’t let anything sway him. Despite his very ordinary appearance outside Rory is in truth an amazing man, even though he doesn’t believe it himself.
In regards to the news of being the In Between of everything, Rory will of course be sceptical and not really believe it, but at the very end not really think too much on it too. He’s gone through more than his fair share of things, and honestly it hardly matters to him now. Rory isn’t really one to believe in anything partly deep and philosophical and will mostly just take things as they come—it’s just how he’s always rolled. There will be that innate curiosity of course, but in the end that is at best negligible. He’ll be more concerned about the fact that they’re living on a giant turtle.
Appearance:
(potrayed, of course, by the magnificent Arthur Darvill)
Abilities:Dying a lot of times and returning to life due to plot. No, seriously. He dies like 9 times or something in his run.
Nearly 2000 years worth of memories about a universe (and then another reality as well to add on to that later) that has been since rewritten, along with its history and everything he did there. This (mostly) includes his somewhat badass fighting skills, knowledge as well as the experiences he gained through that time while protecting the Pandorica. In order to prevent himself from getting a constant headache from that, he's also sort of figured out a way to 'lock' the memories away in his mind, kind of like a standard trauma reaction. However he can access the memories and knowledge as and when he needs to, although he tries not to do it if he can manage.
Besides that Rory is also a very qualified and well-practiced nurse, knowledgeable and well-versed in the ways of care and medicine. When it comes to injuries and health-related things, he's good at it and Rory knows this. It is a skill he's rather proud off and isn't afraid to use it as and when he has to.
He's also able to retain his sanity and be the sensible one despite being with the Doctor and his wife for god-knows-how-long. That's something of an accomplishment too.
Inventory: Nothing besides the clothes that were on him, which for the purposes of hilarity would be sleepwear from the 1930s. Nothing ever goes right for him.
Suite: Considering Rory's usual calm and steady nature (and the fact that his character is pretty constant through his time in the show), I believe that the Earth Sector would be the best place for him to be in. He'll most likely be okay with something simple too, as long as he has a reasonable amount of space for himself and isn't hassled too much by others. The Doctor kind of does that enough to make up for everyone else he knows.
In-Character Samples:
Third Person: So.
A giant turtle.
Rory Willams had been through many things - becoming plastic, living alternate lives, going through all of time and space, dying - but giant turtle? That was a new one. Giant turtle with a city on top of it in some strange 'In Between' realm? Very new. It was one thing to resign yourself to the fate of being stuck in the 1930s, but this was really a whole new level of weird - which was really saying something, considering Rory's personal experience with the strange and the weird.
He heard the explanation from that Kedan person (...persons? Rory wasn't sure), of course, but it hadn't been much help at all. All that Rory really got was that he wasn't in the New York of the 1930s, Amy wasn't with him too and the Doctor...
Well.
Rory sighed as he glanced at the contact list at the console, all too easily noticing the name standing out from his gaze. The Doctor. Well, surely there couldn't be any other person who'd just randomly call themselves The Docto now, could they? Rory was pretty sure he knew who he was looking at on that list, but even with that...
Their parting had been... well, Rory supposed he couldn't even consider it a parting. The angel had just grabbed him and dropped him back to the 1930s after all that he and Amy had did to get out of there. He knew right there and then that his fate was sealed, and he had resigned himself to it when Amy had appeared after him - and honestly, he couldn't believe it. The Doctor had always been one of the biggest thing in Amy's life, after all, and Rory did respect that. He wouldn't have blamed her, of course, if she chose to keep on going with the Doctor, but she had chosen to be with him. To stay here with him. And words were not enough to express how much Rory adored her for that, because he knew better than anybody else how hard it must have been to make that choice. To choose him over her Raggedy Doctor, her saviour for so many years.
Of course, now none of that really mattered right now. He was here, on this giant turtle city without Amy, and the Doctor's name was staring back at him almost mockingly from the console of his room.
Rory gave himself a minute more to stare at the name before he sighed and rubbed his face. Even if he didn't do it, the Doctor would eventually find him, and Rory would honestly rather have things happen on his terms here for the moment rather than let himself be dragged in. Rip off the band aid and all that, as they say.
Sucking in a deep breath, Rory steeled himself before he reached over to the console and started to make a post.
Network: [Hello residents of turtleland, have one (1) Rory Willams looking at you through these console things. He's looking decisively uncertain about this, possibly wondering if making this post is even a good idea in the first place, considering one name he saw on the list...
But well, he's already started the recording, so stopping it now is kind of redundant. Rory gives another unsure look through the screen for a moment more before he pointedly clears his throat and starts to speak.]
Uh... hello, I guess. My name's Rory, I'm from Leadworth, and I'm... married.
[Yeah, good job there Rory. Real smooth. Can you see how out of his depth he feels right now?]
So, um. From what I understand, we're not-dead... and on a giant turtle. [Quiet mutter at this point.] Why a giant turtle? Space whales are one thing, but... I guess not being dead is good. I mean, it's not fun being dead. I don't like being dead.
[Rory, you're not making things better for yourself.]
Anyway--hello, I guess? Looks like I'm going to be stuck here no matter what, so I suppose its nice to meet the rest of you who are stuck here too. [Beat.] Here's to being stuck together? Or something like that.
Name: Rory
Canon: Doctor Who
Canon Point: Post 7.05, The Angels Take Manhattan
Age: Physcially late 30s, mentally most likely somewhere around 2000
Reference: Ba dum dum dum!
Setting: Everywhere and anywhere. Imagine almost any point of time in anywhere within the universe. That's pretty much Doctor Who in a nutshell. Sure, there's a usual inclination for modern/present day London, but there's also other planets and places beyond one's imagination. Some of the major points to note are:
- Time/Space Travel: Space travel is of course something that's already been around since the time of the moon, but time travel is another thing altogether, and something Rory has experienced for himself. The concept that Rory is familiar with is quite far from what the rest of humanity is aware of, with the ability to go into different points in time as well as different galaxies entirely, millions of light years away from Earth itself.
- TARDIS: An acronym for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. Simply put, it a space/time machine disguised as an old 1950s British police box that's bigger on the inside and piloted by an alien only known as—
- The Doctor: The last of a species of aliens known as the Time Lords, the species hailing from the planet Galifrey. Extremely long lived and has acute senses in regards to time as well as space, and widely knowledgeable in many things related to them. While looking human on the outside, he's very much not on the inside, possessing two hearts, a respiratory bypass system and the ability to 'regenerate' into an entirely new body and personality when sustaining a fatal wound. The incarnation that Rory is familiar with is pointedly excitable and acts more like a seven year old than an actual thirteen hundred year old most of the time, but who burns with a rage much stronger and darker than his previous self. He was Amy's imaginary childhood friend who suddenly became quite not-imaginary, and then she ran off with him on the night before their wedding. Things happened, and Rory joined a bit later, and then a lot more things happened because when you're with the Doctor things always happen.
- Aliens: A thing that is also real in Rory's universe. As he has discovered, Earth and humans are very much not alone, and more often than not aliens have been around humans in many points of history. From the Silurians, the species that inhabited Earth before humans, to the fish aliens that attempted to take over olden Venice and then the Weeping Angels that inhaibtated Manhattan in the 1930s. A few species in particular have a lasting impression on Rory: The Silent, a race of aliens that have been subtly steering humans since the dawn of time in order for their own causes (which involved the apparent death of the Doctor), the Daleks, a race of which the Doctor has had a long lasting hatred towards; and the Autons, a living plastic organism of which Rory had been turned into one in one particular reality.
- Alternate Realties: Also can be described as a parallel universe. Just as how time can change, so can the universe entirely, and Rory is not a stranger to that, having had to live through two different ones himself. One was when the explosion of the TARDIS ceased all of creation, leaving Earth alone as the one planet left hanging by a thread and where Rory was brought back as an Auton due to Amy. The other one would be where all of time was broken and splintered after River had refused to kill the Doctor, which was supposed to be a fixed point in time.
- Fixed Point: There are many things in time that can be changed, but there are some which must remain constant for Time to keep flowing, and that is what the Fixed Points are. A Fixed Point is a 'fact' in time, a certainity that can never change no matter what or it risks breaking all of time entirely, fracturing it into pieces with the possibility of destroying Time itself.
- River Song: Also known as Melody Pond, otherwise also known as Rory's daughter. Conceived on the TARDIS itself, the powers of the Time Vortex and the TARDIS itself flowed into her, giving her the powers of a Time Lord and thus making her part human, part Time Lord. Immediately after her birth she was kidnapped by The Silence and raised to be the would-be killer of the Doctor, but a series of events ended with her marrying him instead, so now techinally Rory is the Doctor's father in law.
- The Silence: A movement dedicated to the death of the Doctor, in order to prevent him from 'answering the question that must never be answered', for according to their beliefs 'Silence will fall when the question is asked'. For the sake of that mission they have done countless things, including the kidnapping of River Song and brainwashing her to be the Doctor's assassin. Ultimately they were stopped when the Doctor managed to foil their plans to murder him.
- The Teselecta: Desginated as Justice Department Vehicle Number 6018, the Teselecta is essentially a humanoid space/time machine managed by crew which had been miniaturized by a compression field. The function of the Teselecta was to locate people guilty of crimes throughout history and had managed to escape their punishment (such as Hitler). The Teselecta would then come around the end of the criminal's personal timeline (so as to prevent diverging from history), take the person in and adminster their own brand of punnishment - which more often than not would be some form of non-lethal but very painful torture. After that the criminal would then continue to die in the way as recorded by history. Rory encountered the Teselecta during an entirely accidental trip to Nazi-occupied Germany back in World War II, where the crew attempted to capture and punish River for her crime of murdering the Doctor. That was stopped at the end, and later on the Doctor made use of the Teslecta in order to stage and escape his own written death.
Death:The state of not being alive. Also something Rory is very familiar with and has returned from many many times one way or another because the universe somehow likes/hates him for that. Even he is sadly used to it by now.
Personality: Where the Doctor is the storm and Amy is fire, Rory is the solid rock that stands between the two of them. You need a dependable, reliable guy? Then Rory Williams is your man. He's the kind of guy every woman wishes they'd have as their husband, especially after knowing all the (impossible) things that Rory has done for the sake of his (would-be and then actual) wife, Amy Pond.
Indeed, his love for Amy is what defines Rory above almost everything else; at first one could consider it a foolishness, the fallacy of a man who finds himself smitten with a woman who never truly appreciates him - but yet it is that love that allows Rory to literally move mountains and raise the earth for. From protecting her within the Pandorica for nearly two thousand years or fighting through an army in order to save her (and their daughter), Rory will do just about anything for Amy's sake. For Rory, a life without Amy is not one worth living, and it's a fact he's lived with for his entire life, choosing death over a life without her more without a moment's hesitation. (And in the end, at the very end, it's clear that his love is rewarded; for between the Doctor and him Amy still chose to live her live out with him, a decision that speaks volumes.)
Beyond Amy though, Rory is still very much a man who loves and loves unconditionally. He has passion and drive in everything he does and lives in - even those he became a nurse at first to try and impress Amy it is clear that he does hold the love for the profession, never giving up on the job even after all the travelling and adventuring he's done with Amy and the Doctor. It's shown as well with the relationship he has with his father, Brian; it's clear that he genuinely cares and loves his father, even going so far as to write him a letter to be delivered so many years later when he's trapped back in the past.
Attempting to keep one's sanity and logical reasoning around the Doctor and Amy is a near impossible task, but Rory is the one man who has managed it somehow and keeps his place as the Only Sane Man within their trio. More often than not it never really works out for him, but sometimes his practicality does help him when others are lost, being able to keep himself cool so long as Amy isn't in any danger (which is when all logic goes out of the window and Rory throws himself into anything so long as he can keep her from harm).
Unlike most of the other companions of the past, Rory is unique in the case in where he doesn’t put the Doctor up on a pedestal as most of the others had. He doesn’t see the Doctor as somebody fantastic and amazing (although Rory does admit that the Doctor has his moments) and isn’t afraid to call the Time Lord out on where, when and how he exactly screwed up as and when needed, and point out on his mistakes and flaws without a hint of doubt. The attitude stems from a bit of initial jealously from Amy electing to run off with the Doctor (on the night before their wedding, no less), but eventually just out of concern for her and the reckless things she does under the Doctor’s influence.
Still, in the end Rory is very much human, and in a way he represents the innate good that all humans have in them. Because no matter how bad things may get, and no matter how impossible the odds may be—no matter how terrified and scared and uncertain he is about anything Rory still pushes forward and keeps on trying to do what is the right thing for him. It’s nearly impossible for him to hate anybody or anything, and in any situation Rory will try to understand both sides of the issue as much as he can. Just like any human, when the days are good he is equally fascinated with some of the places and things that the Doctor shows them. He tries his best to understand them (just as he read up on the possibility of how the TARDIS is ‘bigger on the inside’ after meeting the Doctor properly) and it’s clear that he does have genuine curiosity about the things that he has seen. But of course, there’s always that underlying sarcasm and pessimism that doesn’t quite leave—not that anybody can blame him, since he’s died nearly ten times, has memories of about two or three other alternate realties (where he mostly ends up being a soldier) and has literally gone through hell and back. Things like that tend to not do well with your psyche—
—but still, Rory manages. It’s maybe one of the greatest things about him, to still be Rory even after all that has happened to him. He could be a Roman soldier, or an army officer, or even an old man dying on his bed alone, but he’s still Rory through and through and doesn’t let anything else change who he is fundamentally. And that fundamental fact is that under all his cynicism and pessimism and everything else Rory is a good, kind, loyal, hardworking and passionate man who never falters in the things that makes him up as to who he is and doesn’t let anything sway him. Despite his very ordinary appearance outside Rory is in truth an amazing man, even though he doesn’t believe it himself.
In regards to the news of being the In Between of everything, Rory will of course be sceptical and not really believe it, but at the very end not really think too much on it too. He’s gone through more than his fair share of things, and honestly it hardly matters to him now. Rory isn’t really one to believe in anything partly deep and philosophical and will mostly just take things as they come—it’s just how he’s always rolled. There will be that innate curiosity of course, but in the end that is at best negligible. He’ll be more concerned about the fact that they’re living on a giant turtle.
Appearance:
(potrayed, of course, by the magnificent Arthur Darvill)
Abilities:
Nearly 2000 years worth of memories about a universe (and then another reality as well to add on to that later) that has been since rewritten, along with its history and everything he did there. This (mostly) includes his somewhat badass fighting skills, knowledge as well as the experiences he gained through that time while protecting the Pandorica. In order to prevent himself from getting a constant headache from that, he's also sort of figured out a way to 'lock' the memories away in his mind, kind of like a standard trauma reaction. However he can access the memories and knowledge as and when he needs to, although he tries not to do it if he can manage.
Besides that Rory is also a very qualified and well-practiced nurse, knowledgeable and well-versed in the ways of care and medicine. When it comes to injuries and health-related things, he's good at it and Rory knows this. It is a skill he's rather proud off and isn't afraid to use it as and when he has to.
He's also able to retain his sanity and be the sensible one despite being with the Doctor and his wife for god-knows-how-long. That's something of an accomplishment too.
Inventory: Nothing besides the clothes that were on him, which for the purposes of hilarity would be sleepwear from the 1930s. Nothing ever goes right for him.
Suite: Considering Rory's usual calm and steady nature (and the fact that his character is pretty constant through his time in the show), I believe that the Earth Sector would be the best place for him to be in. He'll most likely be okay with something simple too, as long as he has a reasonable amount of space for himself and isn't hassled too much by others. The Doctor kind of does that enough to make up for everyone else he knows.
In-Character Samples:
Third Person: So.
A giant turtle.
Rory Willams had been through many things - becoming plastic, living alternate lives, going through all of time and space, dying - but giant turtle? That was a new one. Giant turtle with a city on top of it in some strange 'In Between' realm? Very new. It was one thing to resign yourself to the fate of being stuck in the 1930s, but this was really a whole new level of weird - which was really saying something, considering Rory's personal experience with the strange and the weird.
He heard the explanation from that Kedan person (...persons? Rory wasn't sure), of course, but it hadn't been much help at all. All that Rory really got was that he wasn't in the New York of the 1930s, Amy wasn't with him too and the Doctor...
Well.
Rory sighed as he glanced at the contact list at the console, all too easily noticing the name standing out from his gaze. The Doctor. Well, surely there couldn't be any other person who'd just randomly call themselves The Docto now, could they? Rory was pretty sure he knew who he was looking at on that list, but even with that...
Their parting had been... well, Rory supposed he couldn't even consider it a parting. The angel had just grabbed him and dropped him back to the 1930s after all that he and Amy had did to get out of there. He knew right there and then that his fate was sealed, and he had resigned himself to it when Amy had appeared after him - and honestly, he couldn't believe it. The Doctor had always been one of the biggest thing in Amy's life, after all, and Rory did respect that. He wouldn't have blamed her, of course, if she chose to keep on going with the Doctor, but she had chosen to be with him. To stay here with him. And words were not enough to express how much Rory adored her for that, because he knew better than anybody else how hard it must have been to make that choice. To choose him over her Raggedy Doctor, her saviour for so many years.
Of course, now none of that really mattered right now. He was here, on this giant turtle city without Amy, and the Doctor's name was staring back at him almost mockingly from the console of his room.
Rory gave himself a minute more to stare at the name before he sighed and rubbed his face. Even if he didn't do it, the Doctor would eventually find him, and Rory would honestly rather have things happen on his terms here for the moment rather than let himself be dragged in. Rip off the band aid and all that, as they say.
Sucking in a deep breath, Rory steeled himself before he reached over to the console and started to make a post.
Network: [Hello residents of turtleland, have one (1) Rory Willams looking at you through these console things. He's looking decisively uncertain about this, possibly wondering if making this post is even a good idea in the first place, considering one name he saw on the list...
But well, he's already started the recording, so stopping it now is kind of redundant. Rory gives another unsure look through the screen for a moment more before he pointedly clears his throat and starts to speak.]
Uh... hello, I guess. My name's Rory, I'm from Leadworth, and I'm... married.
[Yeah, good job there Rory. Real smooth. Can you see how out of his depth he feels right now?]
So, um. From what I understand, we're not-dead... and on a giant turtle. [Quiet mutter at this point.] Why a giant turtle? Space whales are one thing, but... I guess not being dead is good. I mean, it's not fun being dead. I don't like being dead.
[Rory, you're not making things better for yourself.]
Anyway--hello, I guess? Looks like I'm going to be stuck here no matter what, so I suppose its nice to meet the rest of you who are stuck here too. [Beat.] Here's to being stuck together? Or something like that.