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consultingbishop) wrote2016-09-09 11:42 am
consultingbishop) wrote2016-09-09 11:42 am
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Player Name: Leon
Player Age: 18
Character Name: Peter Bishop
Character Canon: Fringe
Character Age: 33
Inventory:
1x Comm Unit (Similar to a cell phone.)
1x Pistol (Designed to kill Observers, but can still harm humans, ammo is accelerated. clip half empty)
Wedding ring
Clothing (Black peacoat, dark grey t-shirt, black pants, heavy-duty boots)
History: Peter @ Fringe Wiki
Canon Point: Episode 05x13 - An Enemy of Fate
Personality: Peter Bishop is a complex human being.
This Peter Bishop is the son of Walter Bishop from "The Other Side." The Peter Bishop from the prime universe died of an uncurable, unknown disease. The Walter from this universe was distraught, but had a window into the alternate universe. He watched as that Walter Bishop, dubbed Walternate, got closer and closer to a vaccine, but was distracted when it came to fruition. Walter, however, saw this. He completed the vaccine and headed to the alternate universe, shattering through the barrier in the process.
He stole the young Peter Bishop from the other universe, but couldn't return him. It's this act that caused Peter to start to distrust, and caused the spiral of his personality.
Peter knew that he didn't belong and believed he came from a world beneath Lake Reiden. He tied a brick to himself and attempted to return, plunging himself into the lake before being rescued by his mother from the prime universe.
By the time he grew up, it seems he had forgotten all of this, but it seems to have factored in his personality. Peter is mistrusting, usually only looking out for himself, and only seems to trust himself and what he knows is true. He joined Fringe Division being extremely skeptical, especially since Walter was a condition.
Peter dropped out of high school, despite his above-average IQ. He hopped from job to job aimlessly, likely echoing the feeling that he doesn't belong. He becomes a jack-of-all-trades, his list of previous occupations includes being a fireman, a cargo pilot, and a college chemistry professor - a position he gained by falsifying a degree from MIT. Despite this he managed to have papers published before he was exposed as a fraud.
Peter slowly has his mind and emotions opened whilst working for the FBI and Fringe Division, even managing to reconcile with Walter, after discovering his true origins. Since working with Fringe Division, Peter has shown he is capable of great compassion, love, and loyalty, and will defend those he loves to the death.
...It has also shown the extreme lengths he will go to for the same. Peter has a snap temper when you get him riled up, and the best way to do that is to mess with his family and friends. Peter Bishop is not above trickery and torture to get what he needs, even going to the extreme of extracting and implanting Observer tech from a prisoner directly into him in order to avenge the death of his daughter.
He can often get locked into one path, stubbornly trying to bull his way through obstacles instead of trying to get around them, but he's also shown being incredibly versatile and strategic when his mind is clear and he can think. It all depends on the situation, and how cornered he feels.
It is correct to assume that Peter Bishop's initial trust issues stem from his childhood. After all, he assumed, correctly, that he wasn't where he belonged to be and attempted to return there, even if that attempt was wrong and risked his life. If it wasn't for his mother, Elizabeth Bishop, he likely would have died.
However, saying that, it was also because of the prime universe's Elizabeth that he wasn't returned home. She and Walter couldn't bear to return this boy, this child that looked and acted so much like their own. They lied and deceived Peter, and did everything to convince him he was from their universe. Peter believed them.
Peter's relationship with Walter was strained; his new father was rarely home, either at Harvard or Jacksonville, conducting Cortexiphan trials with William Bell. A few years after bringing Peter over, a fire in the Harvard lab killed Walter's lab assistant. He was convicted of manslaughter and mental instability and sentanced to St. Claire's Psychiatric Institution. It's clear that, initially, Peter believed that his father's mental instability had killed someone, that, and the impact his incarceration had on his mother.
Elizabeth wasn't able to contain her greif and sorrow over having to constantly lie to Peter, so she took to alcohol abuse and developed severe depression. Peter blamed this on Walter and, when she committed suicide, also blamed this on him. His relationship with Walter was incredibly strained, leading him to never visit him once in 17 years of being held in St. Claire's, not even when his mother died.
At the start of the series, Peter was very closed-minded, thinking his father's dabbling in fringe science was that of a deranged mind. Agent Olivia Dunham had to blackmail him into releasing Walter to help on the case that killed her partner and lover, Agent Scott. Since Walter could only be discharged by a family member, Peter was her only way to investigate the Fringe event and start finding answers.
Peter was exasperated, reluctant to be his father's carer, but Olivia managed to convince him to keep Walter free after the case. She didn't do it through coercion or anything like that, showing that during the course of their first fringe case, Peter and Olivia started to bond.
Initially, it was just friendship, but soon Peter and Olivia started developing further feelings for each other, especially as Olivia managed to get over Agent Scott's death. Meanwhile, Peter was starting to open his mind further. Whilst still exasperated by Walter's idiosynchrosies, brought on by his years in Psychiatric care, he was starting to accept Walter and trust him more.
This all came crashing down as Peter found out about his origins. Olivia, as a by-product of the Cortexiphan trials, can detect when an object is from their universe or Over There. When looking at Peter after finally tapping into her given abilities, she found out. She told Walter, but not Peter, at Walter's request, but was very torn about this.
Peter found out, but not by being told. When people from this universe were obliterated by a device, and he wasn't, he put two and two together and assumed. He was unable to face Walter, or Olivia, and left Boston and took to the road. It was here he finally met his real father, and was taken over to the Other Side. There, he was convinced to help his real father with a plan to destroy the other universe.
He was taken advantage of, his feelings of not belonging fuelling Walternate's plan. He made Peter feel at home, convinced him that he belonged there, and tried to get him to activate a machine that would have destroyed the other universe. When Olivia and Walter crossed over to convince him to come back, he came back willingly, not wanting to destroy one universe over the other.
Unbeknownst to everyone, the Olivia from the other universe swapped places with the other in order to infiltrate and enact Walternate's plan from this side. She became romantically involved with Peter, misunderstanding their relationship from the prime universe's Olivia. When her façade is exposed, Peter is furious with himself and her for deceiving him. He's also heartbroken, but understanding, when Olivia returns but doesn't wish to start a relationship due to her feelings about her doppleganger living her life.
During this time, Peter seems to either forgive or forget Walter's part in taking him, realising that he belongs on this side with the people who love him and understand him; with his friends and family.
Eventually, Peter and Olivia manage to get together and form a relationship, one that transcends timelines. When the Machine is activated, forming a bridge between universes, Peter is temporarily erased from time, everyone forgetting about him. Olivia, however, is heavily dosed with Cortexiphan to kick her abilities into overdrive in order to destroy both universes and create a new one with William Bell as it's progenitor. Because of the Cortexiphan dosage, Olivia somehow remembers her alternate timeline memories and starts a relationship with Peter again.
They marry and have a daughter, Henrietta, and seem to be very happy... until the Observers invade. In the series of events leading to the Observers' downfall, we see Peter lose again and again, and get more and more desperate. He tortured and killed an Observer when Etta was killed by Captain Windmark, becoming so obsessed with revenge that he was willing to implant Observer technology into himself and, in essence, become one to kill Windmark.
Olivia manages to pull him back, convinces him to remove the implant and return to normal, that revenge isn't everything. He, in turn, manages to keep Olivia grounded when she begins to lose hope. When he discovers Walter's plan, to travel to the genesis of the Observers to change history, and, in turn, be erased from history, he has trouble accepting this. It's clear that their relationship has healed considerably, even as far as Peter mouthing "I love you, dad" as he watches Walter enter the wormhole.
His past shaped his future. As he learned to open his mind, he accepted friends and family into his heart. He became accepting, loving and willing to mend relationships previously severely damaged. He's been hurt, devastated, and shown that he still has a long way to go, his emotional balance a bit unstable due to the amount of trauma he has been put through. He is capable of being exceptionally cruel and sadistic when pushed to that limit.
Skills: Peter has a genius-level intellect, but is described by the actor as "a really dumb smart guy... and he's kind of aware of the fact that he's a dumb smart guy. He has this native intelligence to him where he's probably a couple of steps ahead of everybody else in the room, but he still makes incredibly stupid choices at every step along the way."
Skills he's exhibited include, but are not limited to:
Mechanical engineering
Medical Knowledge (Including autopsies, surgical skills, and some advanced technologies)
Chemistry (Even managing to get a few papers published)
Piloting skills
Forensic science
"Fringe" science (Things that seem supernatural or highly advanced that can be explained scientifically)
Supernatural Abilities: Not any more.
Samples: Sample 1
Peter Bishop jolts uncomfortably into consciousness.
He instantly tries to sit up, only to be pushed back down by the EMH as she bustles over. He blinks around, confusedly, a familiar sinking sensation in his stomach as realisation sets in, coupled with the woman's confirmation.
He's not where he was five minutes ago.
What now? Another Observer trick? Had they somehow managed to take control of the gateway again? But... none of this looked like Observer tech. Even the people around looked a lot more human-like than the uniform appearance of the Observers.
He takes in what's being said about being zapped to the future, but he's not that interested. There are priorities.
"Please." He interrupts. "I'm fine with the temporal bullshit explanation. I need to know... My dad. Walter Bishop, older guy, crazy hair, crazier personality... Then my wife... Olivia. Tall, blonde... Damn... and the boy... Michael. Small... Bald. Doesn't speak." He pauses, managing to calm himself down after a moment. "I... I need to know if they're here or not."
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Sample 2
Aspirations: This doesn't have to be long, but please let us know what you hope to accomplish with your character or why you want to play them here. This not only lets us know you actually have an interest here beyond New Shiny, but it also gives us mods a chance to try and facilitate making things that people are interested in happen.
Player Age: 18
Character Name: Peter Bishop
Character Canon: Fringe
Character Age: 33
Inventory:
1x Comm Unit (Similar to a cell phone.)
1x Pistol (Designed to kill Observers, but can still harm humans, ammo is accelerated. clip half empty)
Wedding ring
Clothing (Black peacoat, dark grey t-shirt, black pants, heavy-duty boots)
History: Peter @ Fringe Wiki
Canon Point: Episode 05x13 - An Enemy of Fate
Personality: Peter Bishop is a complex human being.
This Peter Bishop is the son of Walter Bishop from "The Other Side." The Peter Bishop from the prime universe died of an uncurable, unknown disease. The Walter from this universe was distraught, but had a window into the alternate universe. He watched as that Walter Bishop, dubbed Walternate, got closer and closer to a vaccine, but was distracted when it came to fruition. Walter, however, saw this. He completed the vaccine and headed to the alternate universe, shattering through the barrier in the process.
He stole the young Peter Bishop from the other universe, but couldn't return him. It's this act that caused Peter to start to distrust, and caused the spiral of his personality.
Peter knew that he didn't belong and believed he came from a world beneath Lake Reiden. He tied a brick to himself and attempted to return, plunging himself into the lake before being rescued by his mother from the prime universe.
By the time he grew up, it seems he had forgotten all of this, but it seems to have factored in his personality. Peter is mistrusting, usually only looking out for himself, and only seems to trust himself and what he knows is true. He joined Fringe Division being extremely skeptical, especially since Walter was a condition.
Peter dropped out of high school, despite his above-average IQ. He hopped from job to job aimlessly, likely echoing the feeling that he doesn't belong. He becomes a jack-of-all-trades, his list of previous occupations includes being a fireman, a cargo pilot, and a college chemistry professor - a position he gained by falsifying a degree from MIT. Despite this he managed to have papers published before he was exposed as a fraud.
Peter slowly has his mind and emotions opened whilst working for the FBI and Fringe Division, even managing to reconcile with Walter, after discovering his true origins. Since working with Fringe Division, Peter has shown he is capable of great compassion, love, and loyalty, and will defend those he loves to the death.
...It has also shown the extreme lengths he will go to for the same. Peter has a snap temper when you get him riled up, and the best way to do that is to mess with his family and friends. Peter Bishop is not above trickery and torture to get what he needs, even going to the extreme of extracting and implanting Observer tech from a prisoner directly into him in order to avenge the death of his daughter.
He can often get locked into one path, stubbornly trying to bull his way through obstacles instead of trying to get around them, but he's also shown being incredibly versatile and strategic when his mind is clear and he can think. It all depends on the situation, and how cornered he feels.
It is correct to assume that Peter Bishop's initial trust issues stem from his childhood. After all, he assumed, correctly, that he wasn't where he belonged to be and attempted to return there, even if that attempt was wrong and risked his life. If it wasn't for his mother, Elizabeth Bishop, he likely would have died.
However, saying that, it was also because of the prime universe's Elizabeth that he wasn't returned home. She and Walter couldn't bear to return this boy, this child that looked and acted so much like their own. They lied and deceived Peter, and did everything to convince him he was from their universe. Peter believed them.
Peter's relationship with Walter was strained; his new father was rarely home, either at Harvard or Jacksonville, conducting Cortexiphan trials with William Bell. A few years after bringing Peter over, a fire in the Harvard lab killed Walter's lab assistant. He was convicted of manslaughter and mental instability and sentanced to St. Claire's Psychiatric Institution. It's clear that, initially, Peter believed that his father's mental instability had killed someone, that, and the impact his incarceration had on his mother.
Elizabeth wasn't able to contain her greif and sorrow over having to constantly lie to Peter, so she took to alcohol abuse and developed severe depression. Peter blamed this on Walter and, when she committed suicide, also blamed this on him. His relationship with Walter was incredibly strained, leading him to never visit him once in 17 years of being held in St. Claire's, not even when his mother died.
At the start of the series, Peter was very closed-minded, thinking his father's dabbling in fringe science was that of a deranged mind. Agent Olivia Dunham had to blackmail him into releasing Walter to help on the case that killed her partner and lover, Agent Scott. Since Walter could only be discharged by a family member, Peter was her only way to investigate the Fringe event and start finding answers.
Peter was exasperated, reluctant to be his father's carer, but Olivia managed to convince him to keep Walter free after the case. She didn't do it through coercion or anything like that, showing that during the course of their first fringe case, Peter and Olivia started to bond.
Initially, it was just friendship, but soon Peter and Olivia started developing further feelings for each other, especially as Olivia managed to get over Agent Scott's death. Meanwhile, Peter was starting to open his mind further. Whilst still exasperated by Walter's idiosynchrosies, brought on by his years in Psychiatric care, he was starting to accept Walter and trust him more.
This all came crashing down as Peter found out about his origins. Olivia, as a by-product of the Cortexiphan trials, can detect when an object is from their universe or Over There. When looking at Peter after finally tapping into her given abilities, she found out. She told Walter, but not Peter, at Walter's request, but was very torn about this.
Peter found out, but not by being told. When people from this universe were obliterated by a device, and he wasn't, he put two and two together and assumed. He was unable to face Walter, or Olivia, and left Boston and took to the road. It was here he finally met his real father, and was taken over to the Other Side. There, he was convinced to help his real father with a plan to destroy the other universe.
He was taken advantage of, his feelings of not belonging fuelling Walternate's plan. He made Peter feel at home, convinced him that he belonged there, and tried to get him to activate a machine that would have destroyed the other universe. When Olivia and Walter crossed over to convince him to come back, he came back willingly, not wanting to destroy one universe over the other.
Unbeknownst to everyone, the Olivia from the other universe swapped places with the other in order to infiltrate and enact Walternate's plan from this side. She became romantically involved with Peter, misunderstanding their relationship from the prime universe's Olivia. When her façade is exposed, Peter is furious with himself and her for deceiving him. He's also heartbroken, but understanding, when Olivia returns but doesn't wish to start a relationship due to her feelings about her doppleganger living her life.
During this time, Peter seems to either forgive or forget Walter's part in taking him, realising that he belongs on this side with the people who love him and understand him; with his friends and family.
Eventually, Peter and Olivia manage to get together and form a relationship, one that transcends timelines. When the Machine is activated, forming a bridge between universes, Peter is temporarily erased from time, everyone forgetting about him. Olivia, however, is heavily dosed with Cortexiphan to kick her abilities into overdrive in order to destroy both universes and create a new one with William Bell as it's progenitor. Because of the Cortexiphan dosage, Olivia somehow remembers her alternate timeline memories and starts a relationship with Peter again.
They marry and have a daughter, Henrietta, and seem to be very happy... until the Observers invade. In the series of events leading to the Observers' downfall, we see Peter lose again and again, and get more and more desperate. He tortured and killed an Observer when Etta was killed by Captain Windmark, becoming so obsessed with revenge that he was willing to implant Observer technology into himself and, in essence, become one to kill Windmark.
Olivia manages to pull him back, convinces him to remove the implant and return to normal, that revenge isn't everything. He, in turn, manages to keep Olivia grounded when she begins to lose hope. When he discovers Walter's plan, to travel to the genesis of the Observers to change history, and, in turn, be erased from history, he has trouble accepting this. It's clear that their relationship has healed considerably, even as far as Peter mouthing "I love you, dad" as he watches Walter enter the wormhole.
His past shaped his future. As he learned to open his mind, he accepted friends and family into his heart. He became accepting, loving and willing to mend relationships previously severely damaged. He's been hurt, devastated, and shown that he still has a long way to go, his emotional balance a bit unstable due to the amount of trauma he has been put through. He is capable of being exceptionally cruel and sadistic when pushed to that limit.
Skills: Peter has a genius-level intellect, but is described by the actor as "a really dumb smart guy... and he's kind of aware of the fact that he's a dumb smart guy. He has this native intelligence to him where he's probably a couple of steps ahead of everybody else in the room, but he still makes incredibly stupid choices at every step along the way."
Skills he's exhibited include, but are not limited to:
Mechanical engineering
Medical Knowledge (Including autopsies, surgical skills, and some advanced technologies)
Chemistry (Even managing to get a few papers published)
Piloting skills
Forensic science
"Fringe" science (Things that seem supernatural or highly advanced that can be explained scientifically)
Supernatural Abilities: Not any more.
Samples: Sample 1
Peter Bishop jolts uncomfortably into consciousness.
He instantly tries to sit up, only to be pushed back down by the EMH as she bustles over. He blinks around, confusedly, a familiar sinking sensation in his stomach as realisation sets in, coupled with the woman's confirmation.
He's not where he was five minutes ago.
What now? Another Observer trick? Had they somehow managed to take control of the gateway again? But... none of this looked like Observer tech. Even the people around looked a lot more human-like than the uniform appearance of the Observers.
He takes in what's being said about being zapped to the future, but he's not that interested. There are priorities.
"Please." He interrupts. "I'm fine with the temporal bullshit explanation. I need to know... My dad. Walter Bishop, older guy, crazy hair, crazier personality... Then my wife... Olivia. Tall, blonde... Damn... and the boy... Michael. Small... Bald. Doesn't speak." He pauses, managing to calm himself down after a moment. "I... I need to know if they're here or not."
---
Sample 2
Aspirations: This doesn't have to be long, but please let us know what you hope to accomplish with your character or why you want to play them here. This not only lets us know you actually have an interest here beyond New Shiny, but it also gives us mods a chance to try and facilitate making things that people are interested in happen.