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Player Info:
Name: Ni
Timezone: EST
Contact: papirini @ plurk, cookirini @ AIM
Character Info:
Name: Donatello Hamato
Age: ~23 (18 physically)
AU/PG/CANON/OC: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Kon Ran/The Games/My Little Jamjar CRAU; his most recent point being The Games' Arena 15, post-Lightning Strikes Twice in Weeks 4/5)
Key Points:
History:
As mentioned above, Donatello's canon deviates after he was unknowingly infected with a mutagen virus, partly created from the TMNT's blood. Since then, he's spent approximately ~6-7 years in several different universes.
He was brought into Kon Ran, a city on an AU Earth where, among other things, China was still a monarchy. The government told him his memories were lies, and that he was in fact Tristan Carino, a playboy law student. The government also put social harmony above individual rights, and people could be wrongly arrested and brutally interrogated - which happened to Don. His injuries from his arrest helped worsened his condition, as the virus in him also slowly sickened him. Eventually, he unwittingly spread the virus to the point where it became an epidemic that threatened Earth, and mutated into a monster. This confirmed that the government was lying about his memories.
In reality, Kon Ran's leader had brought them because they were the AU versions of the Kon Ran citizens the government had claimed they were, in order to aid and fight multi-dimensional energy creatures that threatened the multiverse. They succeeded, and Don was sent home to the moment when he was taken from canon. About an hour passed canonically, and then he was brought to Panem.
He was brought in as a Tribute for the Never-Ending Quell, representing District 9. Using multi-dimensional technology that the Capitol had uncovered and perfected from the old world, the Hunger Games could be played in perpetuity, the Tributes killed and brought back repeatedly, without having to use native Panemites. His Kon Ran memories suppressed, Don was forced into a world far more oppressive than Kon Ran, forced to play in multiple Arenas, die multiple times, kill multiple people and watch friends he tried to save from the Arena be killed and tortured. He was even made to believe, at one point, that he was a clone with downloaded memories, and he lost his mind
Him breaking would have serious consequences in the next universe. An entity calling itself the "Pale Pony" would pull him back and forth from Panem and into Equestria, a land of ponies. The Pale Pony - after bringing him into Equestria - returned him to Panem, and then brought him back during his psychotic break, to "observe" him. Don believed he was just "hallucinating" Equestria and Panem and the Hunger Games was his only existence. He murdered Nemo Vantas, and Princess Luna performed a dream walk which shattered his mind. He ended up in a coma as his mind fixed itself, and was confined to Satyagraha Farm as punishment for the death. He lived there for the rest of his time in Equestria, tending to the artichokes and performing maintenance, though the "Pale Pony" did send him back to Panem occasionally to continue studying him.
After the "Pale Pony" was defeated with new Elements, he ended up back in Panem. Currently, he lives and works in District 13, alongside the rebels, after they rescued him.
Personality:
On first impression, in comparison to his brothers, Donatello's own personal qualities may not seem as noticeable. Indeed, on the surface its easy to dismiss him as just another tech-obsessed nerd, given that he seems to prefer spending time tinkering with technology rather than perfecting his ninja skills. This type of assessment, however, ignores many of the things that make Donatello who he is. Donatello, while a capable ninja, never found real fulfillment from fighting. Indeed, back home he was the turtle closest to being a pacifist of the four. He was what his friend Leatherhead called a 'kind and gentle soul', intelligent, easygoing, contemplative and inquisitive. His mind was his weapon and greatest asset. Though his brothers sometimes made fun of him over it, they were aware of how much they owed to his work, and how it helped improve their lives in the sewers and in battle. On his end, Donatello almost never let his work go to his head; once he finished one project, he was working on something else.
Not that Donatello was perfect or completely without darker impulses or secrets. Indeed, before his travels, he could become obsessive, impatient and frustrated easily over problems he couldn't solve, especially ones which required immediate resolution. When this happened, he tended to shut himself in, letting his desire to figure out the solution to whatever is bothering him control him until its solved - or until said solution or problem has gone beyond his control. And while he rarely got enraged, pushing him all the way to that point was a particularly bad idea - for when he snapped, he could be brutal.
Most troubling was Donatello's inclination to not speak up about anything bothering him. Even now, he rarely voices personal problems unless pushed, either deeming his own problems and struggles as unimportant in comparison and devaluing his own worth - or fearing that his problems are too overwhelming for others to handle. Indeed, most of Donatello's true insecurities, feelings of guilt and fears in canon were implied to not even be known by anyone else. Even after finding out just how important he was to his family due to a certain time-traveling event, he was never shown talking about what happened, even to Splinter. Whether he was worried about being judged or whether he felt he failed his friends and family and is too ashamed to talk of it, is uncertain. However, it would not be a surprise if both points were true.
Needless to say, universe-hopping changed Donatello. The effect it had on his mind, especially, shook him to his very core. He was made to question who he was, if he was even a person, much less even real to begin with. He was tortured physically and mentally, killed and died repeatedly, watched people he cared for be destroyed, was little more than an "experiment", and nearly caused the end of Earth. At his lowest, he snapped and lost his mind completely. The possibility of a relapse into those moments where he felt nothing but despair and emptiness - becoming little more than an animal, abandoning his humanity and simply not caring anymore - scares him. Even after putting his own mind back together from within, it worries him that he might one day slip back into that madness, hard as he fights it and restrains himself, now that he has once experienced it. Killing is so easy now for him, after all - he's numb to it, as well as to his own death. These fears have gone so far as to affect his work at points, such as when he mentally blocked his own strongest magical abilities in Equestria for...reasons.
It also filled him with a great deal of anger, guilt and shame. Before, he had his family backing and supporting him. For many years now, however, he's been apart from his universe and those people, and the turtles he's met have been alternates. Friends he's made in other universe have disappeared, been killed, or simply return to their worlds, never to be seen again. His greatest fear, alongside losing his mind again, is that if he finally went home that his family would hate him for violating everything they believed in, by killing and hurting so many. Even around alternates of himself and his family, he feels he can't look them in the eye for what's happened to him. He is, in many ways, alone.
Still, he continues to exist, and isn't alone. He does have friends who understand, and he's learned of other good people who've done completely terrible things like him. He even had a girlfriend who he could confide his fears and nightmares in. He struggles to be more open in general, but with those people he can be more forthright and honest. He doesn't know if he'll ever be the turtle he was before, or if he can ever go home. But he's doing his best to try to make everything worth it - that one day his wounds will fully turn into tough scars that he might be comfortable to wear on his skin. Its his clawing himself out slowly from the weight of his years in the open multiverse to try and make another chance for himself, which ultimately became his Element in Equestria - Resilience. So he'll continue to keep trying.
Gem Considerations: Taaffeite! An incredibly rare gem with a hardness of 8.5, and a composition of beryllium, magnesium and aluminum. It was and is often confused for spinel, and is an intermediate mineral between spinel and chrysoberyl, of which it shares several symbolic aspects in root and crown chakras. Primarily, chrysoberyl and spinel represents interdimensional travel and ascension, and spiritual and physical healing and meditation, respectively. Taaffeite also represents independent thinking and creativity.
While he'd certainly still retain his desire to work and tinker, Don would definitely find himself weirdly relaxing, more likely to zone off and lose track of things, be more meditative, even fall asleep, because of his gem's properties. He would also struggle with his independent streak from the gem properties alongside them, randomly walking off just because, even when he's not upset or wanting to keep his distance.
Power considerations:
List Three Powers You Would Like Your Character To Have:
While Don did have talismans of power, and in Equestria had unicorn abilities, he was otherwise normal power-wise. Given his CRAU, he tends to be...wary about powers he gets granted by his new settings. Especially at first, and especially the knowledgebending. He won't commit to fully using his power/mentally block stronger aspects of his power until (admittedly partly due to his gem's properties loosening him psychologically) he's more comfortable with himself/sure he won't snap and go ax crazy because aaaaaah.
Sample: Don really needs to stop meeting Donnie like this
Name: Ni
Timezone: EST
Contact: papirini @ plurk, cookirini @ AIM
Character Info:
Name: Donatello Hamato
Age: ~23 (18 physically)
AU/PG/CANON/OC: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Kon Ran/The Games/My Little Jamjar CRAU; his most recent point being The Games' Arena 15, post-Lightning Strikes Twice in Weeks 4/5)
Key Points:
- Donatello's story is canon, up until the near the end of the episode Outbreak, after he was unwittingly infected by a mutagen virus.
- Then he was brought into Kon Ran, in an alternate universe Earth, where he was told his life was a lie and that he was someone else entirely. He at times believed it to be a possibility, until an outbreak of the mutagen virus from his own world (caused by him) made him realize otherwise.
- He was in Kon Ran for a year, before being transported back to his world. However, he was yanked into Panem soon after, for the 75th Hunger Games - the Never-Ending Quell. He memories of Kon Ran - and later, Equestria - were suppressed by a chip implanted into his brain when he was brought in.
- For two years, Don was forced to participate in multiple Arenas in Panem, kill multiple people, die multiple times, sacrifice his own life several times only to have those he sacrificed for be executed or simply disappear, and at one point was made to believe he was actually a clone of the real Donatello.
- Don eventually had a psychotic break over this, which spilled over into Equestria, having been pulled in and out of Panem by an entity calling itself the Pale Pony. During this break he believed his entire life was a lie, including his memories of Kon Ran and Equestria, and killed Nemo Vantas as a result.
- His mind was then shattered via a dream walk led by the Princess Luna who'd been in Kon Ran with him, forcing him to restore his own mind to a more balanced state. He ended up "jailed" on Namo's farm, where he became the farm handyman and one of the artichoke tenders.
- Throughout the two years he stayed in Equestria, the Pale Pony kept sending him back and forth to Panem, until he finally went back to Panem after the defeat of the Equinnity.
- Donatello gained an Element during the final battle against the Euinnity - Resiliance.
- In Panem, Don was eventually picked up by the rebels in District 13, where he's lived ever since, ultimately assigned to engineering and facility maintenance. He's not allowed outside because he's too decent at fixing stuff.
- The status of Donatello's mutagen virus varies depending on the world. In Kon Ran and Equestria, it was suppressed and cured by a vaccine and magic. In Panem, the cures are suppressed by the chip, so there is always the danger of a secondary mutation in Panem.
History:
As mentioned above, Donatello's canon deviates after he was unknowingly infected with a mutagen virus, partly created from the TMNT's blood. Since then, he's spent approximately ~6-7 years in several different universes.
He was brought into Kon Ran, a city on an AU Earth where, among other things, China was still a monarchy. The government told him his memories were lies, and that he was in fact Tristan Carino, a playboy law student. The government also put social harmony above individual rights, and people could be wrongly arrested and brutally interrogated - which happened to Don. His injuries from his arrest helped worsened his condition, as the virus in him also slowly sickened him. Eventually, he unwittingly spread the virus to the point where it became an epidemic that threatened Earth, and mutated into a monster. This confirmed that the government was lying about his memories.
In reality, Kon Ran's leader had brought them because they were the AU versions of the Kon Ran citizens the government had claimed they were, in order to aid and fight multi-dimensional energy creatures that threatened the multiverse. They succeeded, and Don was sent home to the moment when he was taken from canon. About an hour passed canonically, and then he was brought to Panem.
He was brought in as a Tribute for the Never-Ending Quell, representing District 9. Using multi-dimensional technology that the Capitol had uncovered and perfected from the old world, the Hunger Games could be played in perpetuity, the Tributes killed and brought back repeatedly, without having to use native Panemites. His Kon Ran memories suppressed, Don was forced into a world far more oppressive than Kon Ran, forced to play in multiple Arenas, die multiple times, kill multiple people and watch friends he tried to save from the Arena be killed and tortured. He was even made to believe, at one point, that he was a clone with downloaded memories, and he lost his mind
Him breaking would have serious consequences in the next universe. An entity calling itself the "Pale Pony" would pull him back and forth from Panem and into Equestria, a land of ponies. The Pale Pony - after bringing him into Equestria - returned him to Panem, and then brought him back during his psychotic break, to "observe" him. Don believed he was just "hallucinating" Equestria and Panem and the Hunger Games was his only existence. He murdered Nemo Vantas, and Princess Luna performed a dream walk which shattered his mind. He ended up in a coma as his mind fixed itself, and was confined to Satyagraha Farm as punishment for the death. He lived there for the rest of his time in Equestria, tending to the artichokes and performing maintenance, though the "Pale Pony" did send him back to Panem occasionally to continue studying him.
After the "Pale Pony" was defeated with new Elements, he ended up back in Panem. Currently, he lives and works in District 13, alongside the rebels, after they rescued him.
Personality:
On first impression, in comparison to his brothers, Donatello's own personal qualities may not seem as noticeable. Indeed, on the surface its easy to dismiss him as just another tech-obsessed nerd, given that he seems to prefer spending time tinkering with technology rather than perfecting his ninja skills. This type of assessment, however, ignores many of the things that make Donatello who he is. Donatello, while a capable ninja, never found real fulfillment from fighting. Indeed, back home he was the turtle closest to being a pacifist of the four. He was what his friend Leatherhead called a 'kind and gentle soul', intelligent, easygoing, contemplative and inquisitive. His mind was his weapon and greatest asset. Though his brothers sometimes made fun of him over it, they were aware of how much they owed to his work, and how it helped improve their lives in the sewers and in battle. On his end, Donatello almost never let his work go to his head; once he finished one project, he was working on something else.
Not that Donatello was perfect or completely without darker impulses or secrets. Indeed, before his travels, he could become obsessive, impatient and frustrated easily over problems he couldn't solve, especially ones which required immediate resolution. When this happened, he tended to shut himself in, letting his desire to figure out the solution to whatever is bothering him control him until its solved - or until said solution or problem has gone beyond his control. And while he rarely got enraged, pushing him all the way to that point was a particularly bad idea - for when he snapped, he could be brutal.
Most troubling was Donatello's inclination to not speak up about anything bothering him. Even now, he rarely voices personal problems unless pushed, either deeming his own problems and struggles as unimportant in comparison and devaluing his own worth - or fearing that his problems are too overwhelming for others to handle. Indeed, most of Donatello's true insecurities, feelings of guilt and fears in canon were implied to not even be known by anyone else. Even after finding out just how important he was to his family due to a certain time-traveling event, he was never shown talking about what happened, even to Splinter. Whether he was worried about being judged or whether he felt he failed his friends and family and is too ashamed to talk of it, is uncertain. However, it would not be a surprise if both points were true.
Needless to say, universe-hopping changed Donatello. The effect it had on his mind, especially, shook him to his very core. He was made to question who he was, if he was even a person, much less even real to begin with. He was tortured physically and mentally, killed and died repeatedly, watched people he cared for be destroyed, was little more than an "experiment", and nearly caused the end of Earth. At his lowest, he snapped and lost his mind completely. The possibility of a relapse into those moments where he felt nothing but despair and emptiness - becoming little more than an animal, abandoning his humanity and simply not caring anymore - scares him. Even after putting his own mind back together from within, it worries him that he might one day slip back into that madness, hard as he fights it and restrains himself, now that he has once experienced it. Killing is so easy now for him, after all - he's numb to it, as well as to his own death. These fears have gone so far as to affect his work at points, such as when he mentally blocked his own strongest magical abilities in Equestria for...reasons.
It also filled him with a great deal of anger, guilt and shame. Before, he had his family backing and supporting him. For many years now, however, he's been apart from his universe and those people, and the turtles he's met have been alternates. Friends he's made in other universe have disappeared, been killed, or simply return to their worlds, never to be seen again. His greatest fear, alongside losing his mind again, is that if he finally went home that his family would hate him for violating everything they believed in, by killing and hurting so many. Even around alternates of himself and his family, he feels he can't look them in the eye for what's happened to him. He is, in many ways, alone.
Still, he continues to exist, and isn't alone. He does have friends who understand, and he's learned of other good people who've done completely terrible things like him. He even had a girlfriend who he could confide his fears and nightmares in. He struggles to be more open in general, but with those people he can be more forthright and honest. He doesn't know if he'll ever be the turtle he was before, or if he can ever go home. But he's doing his best to try to make everything worth it - that one day his wounds will fully turn into tough scars that he might be comfortable to wear on his skin. Its his clawing himself out slowly from the weight of his years in the open multiverse to try and make another chance for himself, which ultimately became his Element in Equestria - Resilience. So he'll continue to keep trying.
Gem Considerations: Taaffeite! An incredibly rare gem with a hardness of 8.5, and a composition of beryllium, magnesium and aluminum. It was and is often confused for spinel, and is an intermediate mineral between spinel and chrysoberyl, of which it shares several symbolic aspects in root and crown chakras. Primarily, chrysoberyl and spinel represents interdimensional travel and ascension, and spiritual and physical healing and meditation, respectively. Taaffeite also represents independent thinking and creativity.
While he'd certainly still retain his desire to work and tinker, Don would definitely find himself weirdly relaxing, more likely to zone off and lose track of things, be more meditative, even fall asleep, because of his gem's properties. He would also struggle with his independent streak from the gem properties alongside them, randomly walking off just because, even when he's not upset or wanting to keep his distance.
Power considerations:
List Three Powers You Would Like Your Character To Have:
- Knowledgebending - Creating literal energy constructs and attacks from Don's knowlege, memory, and emotions. Ropes made of the decimals of pi! Laser eye beams of Einstein's papers! Shields constructed from passages of the Treaty of Treason! At the Gala Shoryukens and concussive blasts made of blueprints for a coffee machine! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER (and it also tires Don out because he's literally picking his own brain for this power, ow ow ow ow)!
- Weapon Summoning - His bo. Naturally. And if a knowledge bender its an energy bo made of...KNOWLEDGE!
- Dream walking - He himself has become a vivid dreamer, and his gem would certainly enhance that, after all.
While Don did have talismans of power, and in Equestria had unicorn abilities, he was otherwise normal power-wise. Given his CRAU, he tends to be...wary about powers he gets granted by his new settings. Especially at first, and especially the knowledgebending. He won't commit to fully using his power/mentally block stronger aspects of his power until (admittedly partly due to his gem's properties loosening him psychologically) he's more comfortable with himself/sure he won't snap and go ax crazy because aaaaaah.
Sample: Don really needs to stop meeting Donnie like this