player info Player name: Carolyn Player pronouns: she/her Contact(s): Really challenging me to learn how to actually code this...smugfrog, PM is cool too!
character info Character Name: Ricky “Jupe” Park Character Age: 35 Character Role: Husband Canon:Nope Canonpoint: After the final Star Lasso Experience. 1 paragraph summary of character/canon:
Nope is a horror movie about—in the broadest sense—the perils of seeing and being seen, and the exploitation inherent in spectatorship. On a more concrete level, it's about a giant flying alien that devours any living creature that looks at it too long. When Jupe, a former child actor who survived a grisly incident where a chimpanzee killed and mutilated several cast members of a sitcom he was on, learns about the alien, he thinks he understands how this works. He thinks if he feeds this voracious looming entity and puts on a show for it, it'll spare or even bond with him. Needless to say, he's wrong, but part of what makes Jupe such a compelling character is his inability to conceive of an alternative. He assumes the alien is a ship and imagines “viewers” aboard it because to him, every relationship is a performance. Almost his entire life has been shaped—warped—by the public eye, and it results in his literally being consumed.
event plans A Thought is Haunting Me: In general Jupe will be Out and About—since that seems like the point of this! being seen!—participating in seasonally appropriate activities and mingling whenever he can. He will also indulge in moderate goofiness (as befits a sitcom husband) which means: HELL YEAH HE'S WEARING THOSE GLASSES and will also (jokingly) try to make other chars wear them, or at least try them on.
He's also getting hit with a memory (currently leaning toward #3) and will be thoroughly fucked up about it—as much by the numbing sensation that precedes it as the memory itself, because, well. He died 🤙 He's probably gonna shut down or dissociate (and will NOT want to talk about it), so I don't know how much I can offer in the way of engagement, but I'm down for someone attempting to comfort (or question!) him, or following up with him later. Also happy to cap off an otherwise fun/normalish NYE thread with this AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
In The Valley of the Dolls We Sleep: I'm gonna have Jupe sit this one out, since 48 hours of running and hiding is a lot, and the man's already dealing with SNOW and other people's memories. That said, I'm down to get him peripherally involved—maybe noticing something's up at the store after it's closed and trying (and failing, naturally) to break people out, or potentially seeing a message or something left in a window by an enterprising char and trying to get help, which I'm sure will go great.
I'm ALSO into the idea of him missing the whole thing and someone having to describe it to him afterwards, if that sounds fun/logistically feasible!
Drill It In Like J. Paul Getty: He'll be assimilating like his life depends on it, so Jupe will probably be spared (for now), but I'd love for him to hear about THE TORTURE in some way or another—the creepier the better. Maybe he stumbles across another char in a semi-catatonic state or hears about what's going on third-hand. (Or maybe he comes across a freshly tortured char who doesn't trust him and they put up a fight! Would love that!)
...And I Am Watching You Shovel Snow: He's from California. What is happening.
BUT SERIOUSLY—his power's going to go out and I'm sure Maureen'll be resourceful about it but he'll be sooooo out of his depth. I personally find this hilarious and would be thrilled to play anything from low-stakes “let me show you what an ice scraper is/pretend I didn't just see you slip on ice and fall on your ass” to him sheltering at someone's house. Also a good excuse to poke around HIS house if your char is nosy!
Also: you'd better believe he doesn't know how to skate—at first he'd feel obligated to learn (gotta use those props!!) but ultimately I think he'd find it really fun! If anyone can muster the patience/torture-free time to teach him.
Carolyn | Ricky "Jupe" Park | Nope | Husband
Player name: Carolyn
Player pronouns: she/her
Contact(s): Really challenging me to learn how to actually code this...
character info
Character Name: Ricky “Jupe” Park
Character Age: 35
Character Role: Husband
Canon: Nope
Canonpoint: After the final Star Lasso Experience.
1 paragraph summary of character/canon:
“Family” members: Maureen Robinson, wife
Links: OOC intro Half-assed Permissions
event plans
A Thought is Haunting Me: In general Jupe will be Out and About—since that seems like the point of this! being seen!—participating in seasonally appropriate activities and mingling whenever he can. He will also indulge in moderate goofiness (as befits a sitcom husband) which means: HELL YEAH HE'S WEARING THOSE GLASSES and will also (jokingly) try to make other chars wear them, or at least try them on.
He's also getting hit with a memory (currently leaning toward #3) and will be thoroughly fucked up about it—as much by the numbing sensation that precedes it as the memory itself, because, well. He died 🤙 He's probably gonna shut down or dissociate (and will NOT want to talk about it), so I don't know how much I can offer in the way of engagement, but I'm down for someone attempting to comfort (or question!) him, or following up with him later. Also happy to cap off an otherwise fun/normalish NYE thread with this AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
In The Valley of the Dolls We Sleep: I'm gonna have Jupe sit this one out, since 48 hours of running and hiding is a lot, and the man's already dealing with SNOW and other people's memories. That said, I'm down to get him peripherally involved—maybe noticing something's up at the store after it's closed and trying (and failing, naturally) to break people out, or potentially seeing a message or something left in a window by an enterprising char and trying to get help, which I'm sure will go great.
I'm ALSO into the idea of him missing the whole thing and someone having to describe it to him afterwards, if that sounds fun/logistically feasible!
Drill It In Like J. Paul Getty: He'll be assimilating like his life depends on it, so Jupe will probably be spared (for now), but I'd love for him to hear about THE TORTURE in some way or another—the creepier the better. Maybe he stumbles across another char in a semi-catatonic state or hears about what's going on third-hand. (Or maybe he comes across a freshly tortured char who doesn't trust him and they put up a fight! Would love that!)
...And I Am Watching You Shovel Snow: He's from California. What is happening.
BUT SERIOUSLY—his power's going to go out and I'm sure Maureen'll be resourceful about it but he'll be sooooo out of his depth. I personally find this hilarious and would be thrilled to play anything from low-stakes “let me show you what an ice scraper is/pretend I didn't just see you slip on ice and fall on your ass” to him sheltering at someone's house. Also a good excuse to poke around HIS house if your char is nosy!
Also: you'd better believe he doesn't know how to skate—at first he'd feel obligated to learn (gotta use those props!!) but ultimately I think he'd find it really fun! If anyone can muster the patience/torture-free time to teach him.