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takethereigns) wrote2015-07-14 05:29 pm
takethereigns) wrote2015-07-14 05:29 pm
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CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Jean Kirstein
CANON: Shingeki no Kyojin / Attack on Titan
CANON POINT: After finding out that Annie is the female titan and being unsuccessful at capturing her.
CHARACTER AGE: 15
HISTORY: Wikia
PERSONALITY: What can be said of Jean Kirstein? Well, he's a fairly straightforward kind of guy. The one who will tell it like it is, from his perspective or based on the situation he finds himself in. It doesn't really earn him any merits most of the time, but he's a realist and won't sugarcoat something for another person's benefit. They live in a grim world, so why delude himself and others with optimism? He's smarter than that, and knows it can get him killed one day. Evidence of his honesty can be seen several times throughout the series. First, when he speaks to Eren about being crazy for enlisting in the Survey Corps. It's a known fact that most of the people who do end up dead, and here is a guy freely saying that's where he wants to go. It's like signing your own death certificate. But he was willing to be the bigger man and apologize first, actually saying that he didn't mean to dismiss Eren's opinion. Another instance is when they're stuck on the rooftops without gas, calling the supply squad spineless for being too scared of the titans to refill the troops gas, even though he sympathized with their fear.
That, however, is also a nice show of his realism as well. Despite Connie's words, which can only be described as a "get off your ass and do something" speech, Jean goes on to point out that their chances aren't that good. Even most of their seniors are gone, leaving inexperienced rookies to fend for themselves in an already low chance of survival, with no one to take charge of the situation. Reluctantly, he finds himself in that very position later on. As leader of their mismatched squad, stranded on yet another rooftop not far from the supply depot, Jean is faced with watching his comrades die horribly. He questions his credibility to lead them and asks why he wasn't able to stop them, or even try to. But he quickly realizes that his comrades sacrifice was the kind of thing the rest of them needed to survive, and takes advantage of it, leading those who made it to the safety of headquarters. And, it's with horror that he realizes that so many more died based on his decision. It's something that he can easily digest, though. Being the realist he is, he knows that someone would have had to do it. Another instance of him taking charge, is when they were mounted on horses and had to fight the female titan. It was Armin's prompting to put their hoods down, but it was Jean's prompting that they fight her, whether it ended in success or not. It was also Jean that, while he was whistling for his horse to come back, that knew if Bufpart didn't then one of them would have to be left behind. Jean is fairly good at assessing the situation and moving from there, which shows in just how he leads, especially with his willingness to try keeping those in his care safe.
Jean is sometimes a little unwittingly confrontational in his honesty, such as when Eren was offended by Jean calling him a scardycat hiding behind brave words. But in times of desperation, he can be pretty motivational in the same way. After Mikasa learned of Eren's 'death' and she delivered her speech, the first one to fall in line was Jean. Of course, he blamed Eren but it was his sentiment echoing through Mikasa that was the nice kick in the pants Jean needed. Though his speech wasn't really in the same vein, he called everyone cowards if they couldn't rally behind their comrade, because they weren't taught to leave one person to fight their battles for them.
His temper, however, is not so nice. He's fairly levelheaded most of the time, but there have been times where he let lose and had to be held back somehow. The first instance of this is when himself and Eren get into a fight in the canteen, and Mikasa steps in to stop it. Their respective tempers had already flared, but the moment he saw Mikasa favoring Eren he instantly grabbed Eren's shirt and expressed his jealousy toward him. Of course, he ended up getting his ass handed to him in that encounter, and held a small grudge for a while, but got over it later on down the line. Another instance is when Marco had to physically hold him back from attacking the cowards at the supply squad for abandoning the troops outside, condemning many of them to die needlessly. He even gets angry at Annie after she's encased in crystal, saying that she needs to come out and own up to her actions. Once again, someone has to stop him from trying to rail at someone. This time, it was Levi telling him that it was pointless, and thus diffused some of his temper.
At times, he's probably one of the more courageous of them all. Instead of things like Eren's will to fight, Mikasa's natural ability, or Armin's determination... Jean corrals his courage and fights for the sake of living, and living honorably. He knows that he could be killed and he's afraid of it every step of the way. He's willful enough that he fights for the survival of himself and his friends, and will even put himself in the line of fire for them. He has, on several occasions, once keeping Connie from being eaten by drawing the attention of a titan onto himself. But on the other side of things, the deaths of people he grew close to are not easy for him to swallow. When he discovers Marco, Jean becomes shell-shocked and disbelieving. It's obvious that he's shaken up, when the woman prompting him for the fallen soldier's name has to harshly put things into perspective for him. Even then, he tells her in great detail what rank, squad, and what his name was. Not that death is an easy thing for Jean to accept, even if as a realist he has to since he knows their world is grim. It just doesn't mean that he likes how easily lives amount to nothing in the grand scheme of things, and higher ups allow their sacrifice to happen as a part of their plan. In fact, he voices this very thing to Armin, saying that was why a lot of leaders end up being stabbed in the back. They're too careless with the lives they hold in their hands, and Jean understands why someone would do it to their leaders. It prompts Armin to ask him what he was thinking, to which Jean responds with he wasn't planning on anything, he just understands. There's even a part before that, where he says that he doesn't want to disappoint the undistinguished scorched bones of their fallen comrades, meaning he fights on in their honor.
Despite Jean's flaws, he's a pretty good guy and will nearly always do the right thing, even if the right thing isn't necessarily something he would like to do. He joined the Survey Corps despite his better judgement to join the Military Police instead. That decision was made out of knowing what was out there and had he chosen to join the Military Police, it would have let his cowardice win. Not only that, he's a good soldier that will follow orders no matter how absurd they might seem or what he thinks of those giving them.
ABILITIES: Although he never particularly saw the point in hand to hand combat, he is trained and can take an opponent down if he was up against someone of his own skill level. Jean is also fairly agile and knows how to wield a blade (albeit meant for cutting flesh off of titans). On top of that, he's fairly smart and tactical. He's able to take charge if and when needed.
SINS & VIRTUES: Wrath is Jean's most major offense, tipped with a little sloth on the side. Though he keeps it in check most times, Jean is not afraid to let his temper fly when people are deserving of it. Such as when he feels adamant about something (like being Eren's decoy), when someone isn't doing their job (and ends up getting people needlessly killed because of it), or someone grates on his nerves so badly that he yells at them (on more than one occasion Eren has done this). Where sloth comes in, is that Jean doesn't particularly feel strongly for doing something that feels needless to him. Like learning hand to hand combat, back in training.
As for virtues, Jean possesses humility, diligence, and to a small extent patience. Despite the horrors that he's seen, he remains fairly strong willed enough to withstand it all, in order to survive. Humility in knowing that he has faults and owns up to them, and the small piece of patience? Well, that comes with understanding and focusing on understanding.
SAMPLES
One thread is with a friend's Eren while the other is on the MS TDM here.
NAME: Jean Kirstein
CANON: Shingeki no Kyojin / Attack on Titan
CANON POINT: After finding out that Annie is the female titan and being unsuccessful at capturing her.
CHARACTER AGE: 15
HISTORY: Wikia
PERSONALITY: What can be said of Jean Kirstein? Well, he's a fairly straightforward kind of guy. The one who will tell it like it is, from his perspective or based on the situation he finds himself in. It doesn't really earn him any merits most of the time, but he's a realist and won't sugarcoat something for another person's benefit. They live in a grim world, so why delude himself and others with optimism? He's smarter than that, and knows it can get him killed one day. Evidence of his honesty can be seen several times throughout the series. First, when he speaks to Eren about being crazy for enlisting in the Survey Corps. It's a known fact that most of the people who do end up dead, and here is a guy freely saying that's where he wants to go. It's like signing your own death certificate. But he was willing to be the bigger man and apologize first, actually saying that he didn't mean to dismiss Eren's opinion. Another instance is when they're stuck on the rooftops without gas, calling the supply squad spineless for being too scared of the titans to refill the troops gas, even though he sympathized with their fear.
That, however, is also a nice show of his realism as well. Despite Connie's words, which can only be described as a "get off your ass and do something" speech, Jean goes on to point out that their chances aren't that good. Even most of their seniors are gone, leaving inexperienced rookies to fend for themselves in an already low chance of survival, with no one to take charge of the situation. Reluctantly, he finds himself in that very position later on. As leader of their mismatched squad, stranded on yet another rooftop not far from the supply depot, Jean is faced with watching his comrades die horribly. He questions his credibility to lead them and asks why he wasn't able to stop them, or even try to. But he quickly realizes that his comrades sacrifice was the kind of thing the rest of them needed to survive, and takes advantage of it, leading those who made it to the safety of headquarters. And, it's with horror that he realizes that so many more died based on his decision. It's something that he can easily digest, though. Being the realist he is, he knows that someone would have had to do it. Another instance of him taking charge, is when they were mounted on horses and had to fight the female titan. It was Armin's prompting to put their hoods down, but it was Jean's prompting that they fight her, whether it ended in success or not. It was also Jean that, while he was whistling for his horse to come back, that knew if Bufpart didn't then one of them would have to be left behind. Jean is fairly good at assessing the situation and moving from there, which shows in just how he leads, especially with his willingness to try keeping those in his care safe.
Jean is sometimes a little unwittingly confrontational in his honesty, such as when Eren was offended by Jean calling him a scardycat hiding behind brave words. But in times of desperation, he can be pretty motivational in the same way. After Mikasa learned of Eren's 'death' and she delivered her speech, the first one to fall in line was Jean. Of course, he blamed Eren but it was his sentiment echoing through Mikasa that was the nice kick in the pants Jean needed. Though his speech wasn't really in the same vein, he called everyone cowards if they couldn't rally behind their comrade, because they weren't taught to leave one person to fight their battles for them.
His temper, however, is not so nice. He's fairly levelheaded most of the time, but there have been times where he let lose and had to be held back somehow. The first instance of this is when himself and Eren get into a fight in the canteen, and Mikasa steps in to stop it. Their respective tempers had already flared, but the moment he saw Mikasa favoring Eren he instantly grabbed Eren's shirt and expressed his jealousy toward him. Of course, he ended up getting his ass handed to him in that encounter, and held a small grudge for a while, but got over it later on down the line. Another instance is when Marco had to physically hold him back from attacking the cowards at the supply squad for abandoning the troops outside, condemning many of them to die needlessly. He even gets angry at Annie after she's encased in crystal, saying that she needs to come out and own up to her actions. Once again, someone has to stop him from trying to rail at someone. This time, it was Levi telling him that it was pointless, and thus diffused some of his temper.
At times, he's probably one of the more courageous of them all. Instead of things like Eren's will to fight, Mikasa's natural ability, or Armin's determination... Jean corrals his courage and fights for the sake of living, and living honorably. He knows that he could be killed and he's afraid of it every step of the way. He's willful enough that he fights for the survival of himself and his friends, and will even put himself in the line of fire for them. He has, on several occasions, once keeping Connie from being eaten by drawing the attention of a titan onto himself. But on the other side of things, the deaths of people he grew close to are not easy for him to swallow. When he discovers Marco, Jean becomes shell-shocked and disbelieving. It's obvious that he's shaken up, when the woman prompting him for the fallen soldier's name has to harshly put things into perspective for him. Even then, he tells her in great detail what rank, squad, and what his name was. Not that death is an easy thing for Jean to accept, even if as a realist he has to since he knows their world is grim. It just doesn't mean that he likes how easily lives amount to nothing in the grand scheme of things, and higher ups allow their sacrifice to happen as a part of their plan. In fact, he voices this very thing to Armin, saying that was why a lot of leaders end up being stabbed in the back. They're too careless with the lives they hold in their hands, and Jean understands why someone would do it to their leaders. It prompts Armin to ask him what he was thinking, to which Jean responds with he wasn't planning on anything, he just understands. There's even a part before that, where he says that he doesn't want to disappoint the undistinguished scorched bones of their fallen comrades, meaning he fights on in their honor.
Despite Jean's flaws, he's a pretty good guy and will nearly always do the right thing, even if the right thing isn't necessarily something he would like to do. He joined the Survey Corps despite his better judgement to join the Military Police instead. That decision was made out of knowing what was out there and had he chosen to join the Military Police, it would have let his cowardice win. Not only that, he's a good soldier that will follow orders no matter how absurd they might seem or what he thinks of those giving them.
ABILITIES: Although he never particularly saw the point in hand to hand combat, he is trained and can take an opponent down if he was up against someone of his own skill level. Jean is also fairly agile and knows how to wield a blade (albeit meant for cutting flesh off of titans). On top of that, he's fairly smart and tactical. He's able to take charge if and when needed.
SINS & VIRTUES: Wrath is Jean's most major offense, tipped with a little sloth on the side. Though he keeps it in check most times, Jean is not afraid to let his temper fly when people are deserving of it. Such as when he feels adamant about something (like being Eren's decoy), when someone isn't doing their job (and ends up getting people needlessly killed because of it), or someone grates on his nerves so badly that he yells at them (on more than one occasion Eren has done this). Where sloth comes in, is that Jean doesn't particularly feel strongly for doing something that feels needless to him. Like learning hand to hand combat, back in training.
As for virtues, Jean possesses humility, diligence, and to a small extent patience. Despite the horrors that he's seen, he remains fairly strong willed enough to withstand it all, in order to survive. Humility in knowing that he has faults and owns up to them, and the small piece of patience? Well, that comes with understanding and focusing on understanding.
SAMPLES
One thread is with a friend's Eren while the other is on the MS TDM here.