Milly Thompson (Tilda) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
millyfeuille) wrote2015-12-17 10:44 pm
millyfeuille) wrote2015-12-17 10:44 pm
Entry tags:
Forest Covered - Application
( PLAYER INFORMATION )
Name: Elaine
Contact: Plurk
Are you over 17?: Yes! 25yrs old!
Characters in Forest Covered: Nope!
( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Milly Thompson/Tilda
Canon: Trigun
Canon Point: End of Episode 26: Under the Sky so Blue
AU/CRAU: N/A
Age: 23yrs old
History: This is a good analysis of Milly’s role in the series, and for comparison, here is an episode guide (I suggest copy-pasting the text onto a doc, it’s a bit hard on the eyes).
Personality: Upon first glance, and many glances afterward, Milly comes off as a rather simple person. Loyal, diligent, and trusting, she always seems to find the positive in everything, and quite nearly always has a genuine smile on her face. However, she’s also quite intuitive, noticing things that others overlook and stating them aloud. In this respect, she’s quite sharp – sharper than even she realizes. This is exemplified right away in her recognizing Vash for who he is – Vash the Stampede – and not blowing him off like her partner Meryl does. Well before he draws his gun in the anime, Milly observes that he not only fit the most common descriptors of the Humanoid Typhoon (tall, blond, red coat, big gun), but he would often get into massive amounts of trouble, the kind that would end in insurance disasters. That, and he responded to his name when she called to him. Obviously.
Another thing that could be noted about Milly is her willingness to work and adapt. During many parts of the anime, Milly has worked temp jobs in order to pay for living expenses or for passage on transportation alongside Meryl. These jobs include being a cook, a bodyguard, a salesclerk, and helping to dig a well. Even with insurance society duties, she’s not one to turn her nose up at hard work when it’s needed. She also, as illustrated later in the series by Wolfwood’s death, has incredible emotional strength. Though clearly grieving for the man she loved, Milly is still able to live her life and hope for better things to come, and even ends up providing some much-needed support to both Meryl and Vash.
Milly’s primary motivator is her family. Having so very many siblings at home and being the youngest of all of them, she looks up to each one for their own reasons and takes the time to write long letters to them while out in the field. These letters are lovingly referred to as “The Milly Monthly”, detailing the misadventures she ends up part of, and she often loses sleep writing them. Just that very act speaks volumes of how much her family means to her: how she wants them to know she’s safe and how she’s doing. With all that importance, it’s no surprise she’d become very upset at the idea of betraying one’s family. She has even come to blows with minor characters for their actions against their own families. She is always willing to give someone another chance, but betraying one’s kin (and the waste of pudding) is something she is unable to forgive.
Debt: For Milly’s debt, I choose for her to work off an enormous monetary debt incurred by her family back home – for irony’s sake, let’s say it’s worth the in-anime currency of 60 billion double dollars. Since it would be to help out her family, Milly would be more than willing to sign her name away.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory: On her person, Milly has one (1) stungun, a multi-barrel monster of a machine that fires projectiles that expand into cross-shapes to incapacitate their targets, which have included grown men, robots, trucks, and sheets of solid metal. For clothes she has a green and yellow duster jacket, boots, and a pair of brown slacks, a white button-down shirt, yellow suspenders, and a reddish tie underneath.
Abilities: For an average human, Milly is exceptionally physically strong, able to conceal and carry her large, bulky stungun underneath her jacket while traveling – and at one point, a teenage girl. She also has one heck of a right hook, though she would rarely come to blows with someone unless they made her truly angry over matters of family. She’s also noticeably tall, nearly matching heights with grown men, and would be seen as intimidating if not for her demeanor.
Strengths and Weaknesses: Milly’s strengths are as follows:
* Exceptional physical strength
* A kind of simple cleverness that even she’s not aware of, at least completely
* Strong sense of family and loyalty, caring deeply for the plights of folks she just met if they’re in trouble
* A near unending work ethic
* Authentic and true to herself
Milly’s weaknesses are as follows:
* She is rarely suspicious of what she sees, even when it’s blatant suspicious behavior
* Can be easily tricked due to her airheaded nature
* She has a tendency to be tardy to work; in canon, she’d been made to do cleaning work as punishment for this reason.
* Not loud or forceful with her opinions or observations, perhaps because she believes them to be just as obvious to others as they are to her
* Pudding. Seriously, the girl loves the stuff. She beat up a guy for carelessly stepping on and breaking a pudding cup. Girl needs to chill.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample: HERE is a bracket text thread from Dear_Player, and below is a prose sample:
It’s early in the morning, early enough to still be dark, and the bathhouse is, for a rare span of time, without patrons. The baths sit empty and dry, waiting for employees to come with scrub brushes and soap, and the only sound one can hear is the steadily approaching sound of…footsteps?
The sliding door to the biggest of the baths is thrown open, and in rushes a rather tall girl, panic written all over her face, eyes squeezed shut in exhaustion. With her footsteps comes a rush of words as she runs to the edge of the bath, grasping onto it tightly.
“I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to sleep in but when I woke up nobody was around, and I couldn’t find my apron and then I did find it but it was all tangled up in the wash and-”
The girl pauses to take a breath, and as she does, her eyes open, and she sees for the first time that the bathhouse is empty. Namely, the biggest bath is also empty – devoid of patrons and workers. She blinks, looking around in confusion.
“Huh? But it’s time to clean the baths, isn’t it?” She asks herself, then peers into the tub. It’s clearly still dirty, with grime and bits of herbs stuck in the cracks and mineral stains all around the sides. With little effort she heaves herself over the edge to get a closer look. “This one doesn’t look clean…does that mean no one’s taken care of it yet?”
Well, that won’t do, will it? Again she heaves herself over the edge of the bath, picking up one of the large brushes left aside for workers, and goes back in to start the job. She doesn’t think that, perhaps, everyone had gone to breakfast before heading to work, but then again, it’s her first day and there’s a debt to be paid. Might as well get started!
Name: Elaine
Contact: Plurk
Are you over 17?: Yes! 25yrs old!
Characters in Forest Covered: Nope!
( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Milly Thompson/Tilda
Canon: Trigun
Canon Point: End of Episode 26: Under the Sky so Blue
AU/CRAU: N/A
Age: 23yrs old
History: This is a good analysis of Milly’s role in the series, and for comparison, here is an episode guide (I suggest copy-pasting the text onto a doc, it’s a bit hard on the eyes).
Personality: Upon first glance, and many glances afterward, Milly comes off as a rather simple person. Loyal, diligent, and trusting, she always seems to find the positive in everything, and quite nearly always has a genuine smile on her face. However, she’s also quite intuitive, noticing things that others overlook and stating them aloud. In this respect, she’s quite sharp – sharper than even she realizes. This is exemplified right away in her recognizing Vash for who he is – Vash the Stampede – and not blowing him off like her partner Meryl does. Well before he draws his gun in the anime, Milly observes that he not only fit the most common descriptors of the Humanoid Typhoon (tall, blond, red coat, big gun), but he would often get into massive amounts of trouble, the kind that would end in insurance disasters. That, and he responded to his name when she called to him. Obviously.
Another thing that could be noted about Milly is her willingness to work and adapt. During many parts of the anime, Milly has worked temp jobs in order to pay for living expenses or for passage on transportation alongside Meryl. These jobs include being a cook, a bodyguard, a salesclerk, and helping to dig a well. Even with insurance society duties, she’s not one to turn her nose up at hard work when it’s needed. She also, as illustrated later in the series by Wolfwood’s death, has incredible emotional strength. Though clearly grieving for the man she loved, Milly is still able to live her life and hope for better things to come, and even ends up providing some much-needed support to both Meryl and Vash.
Milly’s primary motivator is her family. Having so very many siblings at home and being the youngest of all of them, she looks up to each one for their own reasons and takes the time to write long letters to them while out in the field. These letters are lovingly referred to as “The Milly Monthly”, detailing the misadventures she ends up part of, and she often loses sleep writing them. Just that very act speaks volumes of how much her family means to her: how she wants them to know she’s safe and how she’s doing. With all that importance, it’s no surprise she’d become very upset at the idea of betraying one’s family. She has even come to blows with minor characters for their actions against their own families. She is always willing to give someone another chance, but betraying one’s kin (and the waste of pudding) is something she is unable to forgive.
Debt: For Milly’s debt, I choose for her to work off an enormous monetary debt incurred by her family back home – for irony’s sake, let’s say it’s worth the in-anime currency of 60 billion double dollars. Since it would be to help out her family, Milly would be more than willing to sign her name away.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory: On her person, Milly has one (1) stungun, a multi-barrel monster of a machine that fires projectiles that expand into cross-shapes to incapacitate their targets, which have included grown men, robots, trucks, and sheets of solid metal. For clothes she has a green and yellow duster jacket, boots, and a pair of brown slacks, a white button-down shirt, yellow suspenders, and a reddish tie underneath.
Abilities: For an average human, Milly is exceptionally physically strong, able to conceal and carry her large, bulky stungun underneath her jacket while traveling – and at one point, a teenage girl. She also has one heck of a right hook, though she would rarely come to blows with someone unless they made her truly angry over matters of family. She’s also noticeably tall, nearly matching heights with grown men, and would be seen as intimidating if not for her demeanor.
Strengths and Weaknesses: Milly’s strengths are as follows:
* Exceptional physical strength
* A kind of simple cleverness that even she’s not aware of, at least completely
* Strong sense of family and loyalty, caring deeply for the plights of folks she just met if they’re in trouble
* A near unending work ethic
* Authentic and true to herself
Milly’s weaknesses are as follows:
* She is rarely suspicious of what she sees, even when it’s blatant suspicious behavior
* Can be easily tricked due to her airheaded nature
* She has a tendency to be tardy to work; in canon, she’d been made to do cleaning work as punishment for this reason.
* Not loud or forceful with her opinions or observations, perhaps because she believes them to be just as obvious to others as they are to her
* Pudding. Seriously, the girl loves the stuff. She beat up a guy for carelessly stepping on and breaking a pudding cup. Girl needs to chill.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample: HERE is a bracket text thread from Dear_Player, and below is a prose sample:
It’s early in the morning, early enough to still be dark, and the bathhouse is, for a rare span of time, without patrons. The baths sit empty and dry, waiting for employees to come with scrub brushes and soap, and the only sound one can hear is the steadily approaching sound of…footsteps?
The sliding door to the biggest of the baths is thrown open, and in rushes a rather tall girl, panic written all over her face, eyes squeezed shut in exhaustion. With her footsteps comes a rush of words as she runs to the edge of the bath, grasping onto it tightly.
“I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to sleep in but when I woke up nobody was around, and I couldn’t find my apron and then I did find it but it was all tangled up in the wash and-”
The girl pauses to take a breath, and as she does, her eyes open, and she sees for the first time that the bathhouse is empty. Namely, the biggest bath is also empty – devoid of patrons and workers. She blinks, looking around in confusion.
“Huh? But it’s time to clean the baths, isn’t it?” She asks herself, then peers into the tub. It’s clearly still dirty, with grime and bits of herbs stuck in the cracks and mineral stains all around the sides. With little effort she heaves herself over the edge to get a closer look. “This one doesn’t look clean…does that mean no one’s taken care of it yet?”
Well, that won’t do, will it? Again she heaves herself over the edge of the bath, picking up one of the large brushes left aside for workers, and goes back in to start the job. She doesn’t think that, perhaps, everyone had gone to breakfast before heading to work, but then again, it’s her first day and there’s a debt to be paid. Might as well get started!