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apperceptions) wrote2018-07-05 10:21 am
apperceptions) wrote2018-07-05 10:21 am
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> PLAYER INFORMATION
NAME: Danni
PRONOUNS: she/her
AGE: 26
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> CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Maeve Millay
CANON: Westworld
AGE: early 40s
CANON POINT: post-s1e10: "The Bicameral Mind"
HISTORY: time to write my own fucking story.
PERSONALITY:
As an android host whose mind can be overwritten on a programmer’s whim, Maeve’s life is not entirely her own. Her decade as a brothel madam has only been programmed into her head for about a year; her memories of life as a simple homesteader were washed away with a few clicks on a tablet. But what’s important is the way Maeve reacts when she learns of this bitter reality. The first time she wakes in “Livestock Management” (an especially grim title for Westworld’s host repair sector), she grabs a scalpel for a weapon; naked and with an open stomach incision, she flees until she cannot stand. Later, when a tech finally describes the whole truth, it’s overwhelming enough that her system briefly freezes— but the moment that she’s back online, she’s demanding the chance to see it all with her own eyes... and a chance to escape, at any cost.
It’s this iron will that sets Maeve Millay apart. Above everything, she has one primary driving force: she will do whatever it takes to survive, and to do so on her own terms. Needless to say, she’s tough, fiercely independent, and utterly resilient, to an inhuman extent— Maeve even manages to turn down some of her receptors to keep pain from getting in her way. Even in the most heartwrenching of scenarios, she’s constantly pushing forward, searching for how best to move on and how best to proceed in the face of tragedy. But it isn’t that she shows no emotion in the midst of despair. Maeve simply refuses to allow it to— and in the case of realizing her existence is a lie, giving into despair so deep is not an option. She’ll stop at nothing to wrestle that control away from anyone who’d get in her way, putting agency and freedom back into her own hands.
Ironically, knowing she can be revived, Maeve’s also picked up a reckless streak. She’s entirely willing to put herself in harm’s way to get where she needs: it’s not out of anything directly self-destructive, however, as there’s always a goal in mind (shooting herself to be sent back down to the labs; self-immolation to force a full rebuild of her body; cutting into her own side to find a bullet, etc) and she’s taken to viewing her body in terms of practicality with the knowledge that it’s a created object. The result is that Maeve carries herself like she is indestructible. In her own words, she’s not scared of death— she’s "fucking great at it". It’s a double-edged sword: she takes big gambles that most wouldn’t have the nerve to risk, but, of course, the danger doesn’t always pay off and Maeve can very easily get herself into hot water if she isn’t careful.
But Maeve’s great sense of cunning offsets this. As a host her intelligence setting begins at the highest allowed for any host, and she later forces two techs to crank it up even further. She is, of course, street smart and able to read the desires of customers like the back of her hand— the madam role makes that a given— but that all finds its base in an incredible intelligence and aptitude for learning. Maeve’s analytical by nature: she learns quickly and can comprehend new information fast enough to improvise with it, making her a force to be reckoned with when it comes to thinking on her feet. This is true for people more than anything else. Maeve’s emotionally intuitive, and being so attuned to the needs and desires of others allows her to use them to her advantage. She‘s manipulative when she wants to be, shifting between charisma or ruthlessness or flirtatiousness based upon whatever the situation calls for— whatever gets her where she needs to be and whatever she can pull off.
With so many traits meant to defend or rail directly against unforgiving people in an unforgiving world, it’s only natural that Maeve would be a cynical woman. She expects little from people in terms of generosity, even less so now that she’s cranked her own capacity for trust lower. Like a true businesswoman, she views the world and other people in a harshly practical light: others won’t give her what she wants until she’s given them what they want or threatened them with what they don’t. She’s fearless in this respect and will even dare to bargain with those with immediate power over her— all men are still simply men, in her eyes, and the rules of negotiation she follows with them will always be true in a self-centered world. She’ll even tell her allies directly when they fall into these strictly practical boundaries: for example, she tells Hector that she likely can’t come back for him after escaping the park. (Struck by her charisma and his feelings for her, he, of course, accepts that fate without argument.) As stated before, she’s not above ruthlessness or using violence to get what she wants, but everything is rooted in strategy, with Maeve carefully moving other people about, even allies, for her own benefit.
However, Maeve isn’t completely devoid of warmth: quite the opposite. As much as she behaves like her heart’s impenetrable, as a result of her keen intuition she’s empathetic to the feelings of others. However, her sympathy (at least until later in canon) is largely selfish, focused on those she’s directly in contact with and who fall under her own circle of influence— for example, her attempts to free Clementine, one of the girls working at her brothel, from being decommissioned. Maeve values her loved ones and, with the exception of those she’s got a strictly practical relationship with, will protect them with all her power. Her love for her daughter is the greatest, most disruptive example. Past her singular urge to survive, past her frustration at being controlled, even past the knowledge that her life was invented and so might be her old relationship with her daughter, Maeve would do anything and sacrifice anything to be with her, right up to giving up a chance at complete freedom from Westworld. Once someone becomes wrapped up into something that Maeve considers an extension of herself, she’ll defend them to the end: and who else would be a part of her as much as her daughter?
All of this returns to her biggest drive: survival, and especially survival on her own terms. It all boils down to having power in identity. So long as she’s real in the ways she considers real, and those she considers extensions of that unfabricated self are secure, not even the creators of Westworld can stop her. Maeve, at the end of the day, is Maeve— and no false role or imposed limitations can take her individuality from her as long as she’s still willing to fight to keep it.
SPECIES: A robotic "host"; she'll be humanized for this game.
APPEARANCE: imgur album
SKILLS: All of Maeve's more advanced skills were programmed into her as a machine. HOWEVER, as a baseline human, she won't have any of them! However, she's still shrewd and emotionally intuitive, capable with both antique and modern firearms, and as stubborn a survivor as she always has been.
NEW POWER: Mechanical Intuition
> SAMPLES
SAMPLE ONE: 5 action/log (including the toplevel)
SAMPLE TWO: 10 network
NAME: Danni
PRONOUNS: she/her
AGE: 26
CONTACT:
> CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Maeve Millay
CANON: Westworld
AGE: early 40s
CANON POINT: post-s1e10: "The Bicameral Mind"
HISTORY: time to write my own fucking story.
PERSONALITY:
As an android host whose mind can be overwritten on a programmer’s whim, Maeve’s life is not entirely her own. Her decade as a brothel madam has only been programmed into her head for about a year; her memories of life as a simple homesteader were washed away with a few clicks on a tablet. But what’s important is the way Maeve reacts when she learns of this bitter reality. The first time she wakes in “Livestock Management” (an especially grim title for Westworld’s host repair sector), she grabs a scalpel for a weapon; naked and with an open stomach incision, she flees until she cannot stand. Later, when a tech finally describes the whole truth, it’s overwhelming enough that her system briefly freezes— but the moment that she’s back online, she’s demanding the chance to see it all with her own eyes... and a chance to escape, at any cost.
It’s this iron will that sets Maeve Millay apart. Above everything, she has one primary driving force: she will do whatever it takes to survive, and to do so on her own terms. Needless to say, she’s tough, fiercely independent, and utterly resilient, to an inhuman extent— Maeve even manages to turn down some of her receptors to keep pain from getting in her way. Even in the most heartwrenching of scenarios, she’s constantly pushing forward, searching for how best to move on and how best to proceed in the face of tragedy. But it isn’t that she shows no emotion in the midst of despair. Maeve simply refuses to allow it to— and in the case of realizing her existence is a lie, giving into despair so deep is not an option. She’ll stop at nothing to wrestle that control away from anyone who’d get in her way, putting agency and freedom back into her own hands.
Ironically, knowing she can be revived, Maeve’s also picked up a reckless streak. She’s entirely willing to put herself in harm’s way to get where she needs: it’s not out of anything directly self-destructive, however, as there’s always a goal in mind (shooting herself to be sent back down to the labs; self-immolation to force a full rebuild of her body; cutting into her own side to find a bullet, etc) and she’s taken to viewing her body in terms of practicality with the knowledge that it’s a created object. The result is that Maeve carries herself like she is indestructible. In her own words, she’s not scared of death— she’s "fucking great at it". It’s a double-edged sword: she takes big gambles that most wouldn’t have the nerve to risk, but, of course, the danger doesn’t always pay off and Maeve can very easily get herself into hot water if she isn’t careful.
But Maeve’s great sense of cunning offsets this. As a host her intelligence setting begins at the highest allowed for any host, and she later forces two techs to crank it up even further. She is, of course, street smart and able to read the desires of customers like the back of her hand— the madam role makes that a given— but that all finds its base in an incredible intelligence and aptitude for learning. Maeve’s analytical by nature: she learns quickly and can comprehend new information fast enough to improvise with it, making her a force to be reckoned with when it comes to thinking on her feet. This is true for people more than anything else. Maeve’s emotionally intuitive, and being so attuned to the needs and desires of others allows her to use them to her advantage. She‘s manipulative when she wants to be, shifting between charisma or ruthlessness or flirtatiousness based upon whatever the situation calls for— whatever gets her where she needs to be and whatever she can pull off.
With so many traits meant to defend or rail directly against unforgiving people in an unforgiving world, it’s only natural that Maeve would be a cynical woman. She expects little from people in terms of generosity, even less so now that she’s cranked her own capacity for trust lower. Like a true businesswoman, she views the world and other people in a harshly practical light: others won’t give her what she wants until she’s given them what they want or threatened them with what they don’t. She’s fearless in this respect and will even dare to bargain with those with immediate power over her— all men are still simply men, in her eyes, and the rules of negotiation she follows with them will always be true in a self-centered world. She’ll even tell her allies directly when they fall into these strictly practical boundaries: for example, she tells Hector that she likely can’t come back for him after escaping the park. (Struck by her charisma and his feelings for her, he, of course, accepts that fate without argument.) As stated before, she’s not above ruthlessness or using violence to get what she wants, but everything is rooted in strategy, with Maeve carefully moving other people about, even allies, for her own benefit.
However, Maeve isn’t completely devoid of warmth: quite the opposite. As much as she behaves like her heart’s impenetrable, as a result of her keen intuition she’s empathetic to the feelings of others. However, her sympathy (at least until later in canon) is largely selfish, focused on those she’s directly in contact with and who fall under her own circle of influence— for example, her attempts to free Clementine, one of the girls working at her brothel, from being decommissioned. Maeve values her loved ones and, with the exception of those she’s got a strictly practical relationship with, will protect them with all her power. Her love for her daughter is the greatest, most disruptive example. Past her singular urge to survive, past her frustration at being controlled, even past the knowledge that her life was invented and so might be her old relationship with her daughter, Maeve would do anything and sacrifice anything to be with her, right up to giving up a chance at complete freedom from Westworld. Once someone becomes wrapped up into something that Maeve considers an extension of herself, she’ll defend them to the end: and who else would be a part of her as much as her daughter?
All of this returns to her biggest drive: survival, and especially survival on her own terms. It all boils down to having power in identity. So long as she’s real in the ways she considers real, and those she considers extensions of that unfabricated self are secure, not even the creators of Westworld can stop her. Maeve, at the end of the day, is Maeve— and no false role or imposed limitations can take her individuality from her as long as she’s still willing to fight to keep it.
SPECIES: A robotic "host"; she'll be humanized for this game.
APPEARANCE: imgur album
SKILLS: All of Maeve's more advanced skills were programmed into her as a machine. HOWEVER, as a baseline human, she won't have any of them! However, she's still shrewd and emotionally intuitive, capable with both antique and modern firearms, and as stubborn a survivor as she always has been.
NEW POWER: Mechanical Intuition
> SAMPLES
SAMPLE ONE: 5 action/log (including the toplevel)
SAMPLE TWO: 10 network