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Player Name: KnuxieChan E-mail: knuxiechan @ gmail.com Preferred Contact:knuxiechan | KnuxieChan #9429 @ Discord Timezone: EST Current Characters in Victory Road: Marik Ishtar | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters | thetombkeeper
Character Name: Monsoon Series: Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Timeline: Post-Death (Raid At Denver) Canon Resource Links:Metal Gear Wiki
Personality:
Monsoon is a true product of his upbringing. Having grown up under the Khmer Rouge he spent his childhood immersed in a hellscape of humanity's worst aspects, and was irreparably formed by the things he had to do in order to survive. Being made to work as an executioner in what came to be known as "The Killing Fields" Monsoon had been forced to take human life on dozens if not hundreds of occasions by the time he'd grown into a man. Dealing with such a horrific process for years on end resulted in him developing a very grim view on the world in general, adopting a hardcore nihilistic outlook that the one rule that existed in the world was to "kill or be killed." Even after being liberated from the persecution of Pol Pot's regime he would continue to hold this view, becoming further galvanized by discovering Richard Dawkins' book "The Selfish Gene."
Learning about Meme Theory introduced Monsoon to the notion that people are merely the byproduct of the memes that are passed-on to them, and this would only contribute towards his nihilistic outlook. The subsequent treatment he received after the fall of the Khmer Rouge further reinforced this idea and firmly established the that free will was well and truly a myth. Viewing himself as nothing more than the result of the memes passed on to him by others he moved through jobs that suited the skills he'd picked up in his role as executioner, blowing from criminal outfit to criminal outfit. As the years passed he would become more and more fixed in his views that existence is meaningless, growing versed enough in his this that he could even debate and poke holes in the fallacies of other's viewpoints. Despite how committed he'd become to this well-weathered exterior of uncaring callousness, beneath all the nihilism lay a sliver of the young man that could have been.
Outwardly espousing that nothing in life mattered Monsoon secretly maintained a part of himself that yearned for something to matter despite it all. He invested himself heavily into the arts of Ninjitsu and Okinawan Kobudō and seemed to take genuine joy in the skill with which he wielded them, however much this conflicted with his own ethics. The most telling example that a piece of himself that valued his own life still remained (or that he still possessed instincts of self-preservation at least) would be seen after he received mortal injuries in a shootout. Rather than just "returning to the Earth" as he so often claimed is the fate of all living things he would instead undertake a costly cybernetic augmentation process, saving himself from his extensive injuries and being reborn as exactly the sort of super-powered Ninja kids idolize. This sliver of hope would be further pulled-upon when he met with Steven Armstrong, who's ironclad beliefs and wish to tear down the post-Patriots corruption that gripped the world resounded with Monsoon on a deep level. Despite his best efforts to remain jaded these ideals perfectly touched on those aspects of Nihilism that he truly believed-in while also showing a way towards a future that he could genuinely prescribe to.
Further adding to the enigma that Monsoon had become was the fact that he was quite well-spoken, and seemingly quite well-educated and well-read. While many of his compatriots within Desperado expressed themselves through frequent vulgarity and no small amount of swearing Monsoon kept an almost squeaky-clean vocabulary. Preferring to debate his opponents rather than simply insult them he took an obvious joy in picking people apart, but in a way that suggested an enjoyment of the back-and-forth rather than simple bullying. Likely due to his time learning martial arts Monsoon modeled his cyborg after traditional Ninja clothing and equipment, suggesting he held an appreciation for both Japanese culture and architecture (further supported by him seemingly feeling defensive when someone expressed negative views towards either.) Whether through his own education or through his experiences after becoming a cyborg, Monsoon also seems to possess a significant understanding of magnetism. His wargear is masterfully crafted to both implement cutting-edge electromagnetic technology as well as to be molded after the arts he himself wielded, and all of it had the definite feeling of having been tailored to his exact tastes.
Monsoon is, by everything that we can see, a man eternally torn in two directions. On the one hand is the side of him that has come to exist through decades of blood, death, and trauma: A deeply callous and hardened man, espousing and feeling that nothing matters, who seems to yearn for the eventual death that will come to him but lacks the nerve to end his existence through his own means. On the flip side of that is the man he could and would have been had it not been for the Khmer Rouge: A sharp and capable man with a deep appreciation for both science and tradition and a hope to see the world bettered. Both these exist at all times within Monsoon, but the memes that have been so cruelly passed to him prevent him from ever being able to be able to rectify one with the other.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Team Rocket Starter: Magnemite (Dystopia), Croagunk (Hanzo)
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples RP Sample: Musebox - Meeting Armstrong, IV
Victory Road Sample: TDM Top Level - Ryou Bakura, IV, Chazz Princeton
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Monsoon | Metal Gear Rising Revengeance | Reserved
Name: KnuxieChan
E-mail: knuxiechan @ gmail.com
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Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road:
Marik Ishtar | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters |
Character
Name: Monsoon
Series: Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Timeline: Post-Death (Raid At Denver)
Canon Resource Links: Metal Gear Wiki
Personality:
Monsoon is a true product of his upbringing. Having grown up under the Khmer Rouge he spent his childhood immersed in a hellscape of humanity's worst aspects, and was irreparably formed by the things he had to do in order to survive. Being made to work as an executioner in what came to be known as "The Killing Fields" Monsoon had been forced to take human life on dozens if not hundreds of occasions by the time he'd grown into a man. Dealing with such a horrific process for years on end resulted in him developing a very grim view on the world in general, adopting a hardcore nihilistic outlook that the one rule that existed in the world was to "kill or be killed." Even after being liberated from the persecution of Pol Pot's regime he would continue to hold this view, becoming further galvanized by discovering Richard Dawkins' book "The Selfish Gene."
Learning about Meme Theory introduced Monsoon to the notion that people are merely the byproduct of the memes that are passed-on to them, and this would only contribute towards his nihilistic outlook. The subsequent treatment he received after the fall of the Khmer Rouge further reinforced this idea and firmly established the that free will was well and truly a myth. Viewing himself as nothing more than the result of the memes passed on to him by others he moved through jobs that suited the skills he'd picked up in his role as executioner, blowing from criminal outfit to criminal outfit. As the years passed he would become more and more fixed in his views that existence is meaningless, growing versed enough in his this that he could even debate and poke holes in the fallacies of other's viewpoints. Despite how committed he'd become to this well-weathered exterior of uncaring callousness, beneath all the nihilism lay a sliver of the young man that could have been.
Outwardly espousing that nothing in life mattered Monsoon secretly maintained a part of himself that yearned for something to matter despite it all. He invested himself heavily into the arts of Ninjitsu and Okinawan Kobudō and seemed to take genuine joy in the skill with which he wielded them, however much this conflicted with his own ethics. The most telling example that a piece of himself that valued his own life still remained (or that he still possessed instincts of self-preservation at least) would be seen after he received mortal injuries in a shootout. Rather than just "returning to the Earth" as he so often claimed is the fate of all living things he would instead undertake a costly cybernetic augmentation process, saving himself from his extensive injuries and being reborn as exactly the sort of super-powered Ninja kids idolize. This sliver of hope would be further pulled-upon when he met with Steven Armstrong, who's ironclad beliefs and wish to tear down the post-Patriots corruption that gripped the world resounded with Monsoon on a deep level. Despite his best efforts to remain jaded these ideals perfectly touched on those aspects of Nihilism that he truly believed-in while also showing a way towards a future that he could genuinely prescribe to.
Further adding to the enigma that Monsoon had become was the fact that he was quite well-spoken, and seemingly quite well-educated and well-read. While many of his compatriots within Desperado expressed themselves through frequent vulgarity and no small amount of swearing Monsoon kept an almost squeaky-clean vocabulary. Preferring to debate his opponents rather than simply insult them he took an obvious joy in picking people apart, but in a way that suggested an enjoyment of the back-and-forth rather than simple bullying. Likely due to his time learning martial arts Monsoon modeled his cyborg after traditional Ninja clothing and equipment, suggesting he held an appreciation for both Japanese culture and architecture (further supported by him seemingly feeling defensive when someone expressed negative views towards either.) Whether through his own education or through his experiences after becoming a cyborg, Monsoon also seems to possess a significant understanding of magnetism. His wargear is masterfully crafted to both implement cutting-edge electromagnetic technology as well as to be molded after the arts he himself wielded, and all of it had the definite feeling of having been tailored to his exact tastes.
Monsoon is, by everything that we can see, a man eternally torn in two directions. On the one hand is the side of him that has come to exist through decades of blood, death, and trauma: A deeply callous and hardened man, espousing and feeling that nothing matters, who seems to yearn for the eventual death that will come to him but lacks the nerve to end his existence through his own means. On the flip side of that is the man he could and would have been had it not been for the Khmer Rouge: A sharp and capable man with a deep appreciation for both science and tradition and a hope to see the world bettered. Both these exist at all times within Monsoon, but the memes that have been so cruelly passed to him prevent him from ever being able to be able to rectify one with the other.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Team Rocket
Starter: Magnemite (Dystopia), Croagunk (Hanzo)
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample:
Musebox - Meeting Armstrong, IV
Victory Road Sample:
TDM Top Level - Ryou Bakura, IV, Chazz Princeton
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