Dragon Called Application
May. 2nd, 2016 03:18 pmThe Basics
Canon: One Punch Man
Character Name: Genos
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Player Name: Kippie
Best contact method: Plurk or Discord, username is fancyfennekin on both!
Character Details
Canon Point: Amidst the Hero Hunter arc (current arc in the manga).
Species: Cyborg, remaining organic tissue (the brain) is human.
Timeline of Important Events in Canon History:
At age 15, a cyborg supposedly driven mad by faulty implants rampaged through his home town, destroying the whole area and killing all of his neighbors, friends, and family. He shortly thereafter met Dr. Kuseno, who gave him a cyborg body. He began his quest for vengeance against the Mad Cyborg.
At age 19, he encounters a monster called simply the Mosquito Lady, and anticipates failure. Before he can self-destruct, a man named Saitama swats her in a single effortless blow and utterly destroys her. This single act of awe-inspiring power leads Genos to become Saitama's (self-proclaimed) disciple in an effort to become powerful enough to defeat the Mad Cyborg.
He joins the Hero's Association with Saitama and is settled in the S-Rank heroes, the strongest rank of heroes. Saitama flippantly suggests he work to reach the top of the S-Rank heroes, so Genos engulfs himself in proper hero work.
The Sea King incident. Genos has been doing hero work, and has been willing to throw his life on the line every time - this time, he fails because he takes the death blow meant for a little girl. He witnesses Saitama as the man lets the general public believe that he is a liar and a cheat, and decides at that moment to follow Saitama no matter what happens.
The Alien Invasion, though he did not actively fight against the space ship or the ship's guard, Genos does learn from a fellow cyborg named Drive Knight that he needs to be wary of Bofoi or "Metal Knight", and is told that Bofoi is his enemy.
Personality: Genos’ first most defining moment, and the moment in his life that set the course for how he would live afterwards, was the destruction of his home town and slaughter of his family by the “Mad Cyborg” - a cyborg that had gone violently rogue, theoretically from a faulty implant between its technology and its brain. When most fifteen year olds were concerned about fitting in at school or getting a date with their first crush, every ounce of normalcy in Genos’ life was utterly shattered as he lost everything and swore himself to vengeance. He only let in Dr. Kuseno, who offered to help him and who was the one to make him into a cyborg as well. He was cold, cruel, hateful… he stopped caring about having a normal social life, and pushed everything out that wasn’t his revenge plot or destroying monsters that threatened human life. Even at his cruelest, Genos was always willing to die in order to kill a monster before it could hurt anyone else.
In one such moment, when he was prepared to self destruct in order to destroy a mosquito woman monster, he was saved by Saitama’s unfathomable power and almost immediately he began to fixate on that unbelievable, impossible strength. Though his initial goal was to learn the secrets to it in order to defeat the Mad Cyborg, Genos gradually settled down and learned to live and behave more normally as he eventually moved in with Saitama. Even so, Genos has a relatively distinct amount of social awkwardness - from his tendency to rambling for several minutes at a time about a single topic to his general distrust and foul disrespect of strangers, Genos doesn’t give anybody the time of day if they aren’t Dr. Kuseno or Saitama. Though not properly translated in English, Genos’ language in Japanese is very informal and rude, said with an air of impatience and angry indifference towards other people. He cares nothing for his fans, cares even less about wasting strangers’ time with his own affairs (and tendency to talk at sufferingly detailed length about his day), and takes joy in seeing people that irritate him or speak poorly of his ‘sensei’ get humiliated by being defeated by Saitama. His attitude comes from a lack of respect for others, which is reflected in battle as well - he will often assume an enemy is weaker than they really are, or are defeated without following up and making sure that they are crushed, which often leads to his body being severely damaged due to him dropping his guard. Even when he acknowledges this weakness of his, he still has a hard time correcting for it.
He initially is fairly callous towards Saitama, as well, taking advantage of the man’s desperate need for money to convince the man to let him move in with him. He also takes every joke to comment passively at Saitama’s baldness in very subtle ways, often couching it as an offer to get him a hair transplant with Dr. Kuseno or even just staring at it during certain moments, eliciting a rise out of his teacher. Even though he is very polite to Saitama and apologizes for overstepping boundaries or being pushy, he still did them again and again regardless. And though he initially suspected that Saitama was a wise and intelligent man, he soon started to realize that he wasn’t quite that bright… he still only rates Saitama’s intelligence as a 4 out of 10.
However, Genos starts showing signs of attachment to Saitama after a time. It seems likely that a combination of Saitama saving his life and listening to his issues (at least to some degree) were enough for Genos to feel indebted to the man, responding with an overdramatic extreme like he always does; cleaning Saitama’s apartment from top to bottom, crying (tears of oil) for Saitama when the man told him about the emptiness he felt towards fighting, and getting overly aggressive and defensive over people bad-mouthing Saitama. The overly defensive behavior is probably another sign of how poorly socialized Genos is, as well as possibly a sign that he has a tendency to be possessive over loved once due to losing so many of them when he was younger. Though Genos started out very stilted and awkward and WAY too over dramatic about every little thing, he gradually mellowed out and began to live rather domestically and calmly with Saitama. As the series progresses, Genos shows more and more acts of genuine kindness towards Saitama. While it appears to be intended to butter his sensei up initially, as time progresses he expresses a heartfelt admiration for Saitama’s heroic strength and heroic acts, and he has sworn himself to always follow Saitama no matter who sides against the man.
Ultimately, Genos is a man that is utterly and entirely devoted to whatever he deems worthy - his initial devotion was revenge and by extension his quest for power from Saitama, but it then became a faithful devotion to the man Saitama himself. And for Genos’ devotions, he will do anything and give up everything.
Abilities, Magic and Supernatural Skills/Afflictions:
Cyborg physiology: Genos' body is designed with immense physical prowess and speed in mind, able to deliver immensely powerful punches and kicks and to take hits that would kill a human with ease. He certainly seems to fall apart a lot, but that is less a product of his design and more a product of just how powerful everyone around him is - also because it's funny that he gets torn apart regularly, since he's from a comedy. He presumably is able to manage or shut off signals for damage on his form, as initial blows seem to hurt but never send Genos into shock, nor do missing limbs hinder him in a fight. He is built to be extremely fast, able to keep up with some of the fastest characters in the series (much to their chagrin). He is fueled primarily by a Core, which can be moved elsewhere to enhance his other weaponry.
Incineration Cannons: Genos' arms have ports in the palms that can shoot either extended gouts of flame or extremely explosive fireballs at a target. These arms can also create huge electrical blasts. He can also reduce the output of these blasts to be similar to a breeze, using them to dry dishes.
Boosters in his shoulders allow him to get a burst of speed or to propel him forward for a punch or to meet a foe head-on.
Sensors present in Genos' eye allow him to scan and analyze his environment, limited primarily by Genos' reaction time.
Dragon & Magical Element
Elemental Alignment:
Dragon: Full post with art here.
Personality traits inherited from Character Bond:
Distrustful of strangers
Loyal
Stubborn
Likes oily fish (ok that's a joke)
Writing Samples
First Sample: Test Drive threads (Genos' thread, tagged responses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Second Sample: The sensation of being compelled was a very surreal one. Entering a world that was so dramatically different from the reality he knew was already stressful - there appeared to be absolutely no technology present, which did not bode well given his almost entirely technological body. Genos found himself walking towards an area in the city without knowing what he was trying to find, but he kept a steady gaze out to try and locate who would be able to repair him if he experienced any damage if not Dr. Kuseno.
After an hour of walking silently, glaring at anyone that attempted to stop or impede him for nonsensical reasons, he finally saw what he didn't know he was looking for. A black, egg-shaped stone roughly the size of a large watermelon was sitting out in plain site along other stones. Genos approached, looking at the brilliant blue shimmering like cracks along the surface of the stone. A gemstone of some sort, he wondered? Though if it was a gemstone, then it was much larger than any he'd ever seen or heard of. Genos' gaze narrowed as his eyes suddenly detected movement in the 'rock', and he scanned it, noting that it was emitting heat. Curiously, Genos finally fell to his compulsion and touched the false rock.
A spark of electricity arced through the egg from the creature residing within, the jolt racing up Genos' arm and through his body - a spark of energy that might've knocked a normal person on their ass was absorbed easily by his sophisticated systems. Genos stared hard at the egg, gently stroking it as if it were a pet, hearing a slight reptilian chirping sound from behind the shell. Genos watched patiently as the egg began to split, a mysterious creature emerging and spilling its slimy self into Genos hand. He took off his shirt and used it to towel the creature off before he even really thought about what it was or what sort of thing was actually happening... he looked the squeaking creature over, noting the odd fins and serpentine body, as well as the nearly crocodilian head. Nearly the size of a smaller dog, he realized, holding it close to his chest. It resumed sparking with electricity, looking as content as a little reptile could. Genos quietly looked at it, and tried to think of a name for this little creature.
"If I'm stuck here, then I should name you," he said quietly, thoughtfully. If he really did lose his old world, then his only choice was to try and live in this one... possibly, completely alone with no one but this newly born life curled in his arms. A little creature almost symbolic of his own life's death and rebirth. "You are named Rebas," he said decisively. The dragon whelp did nothing but spark and chirp back.
Canon: One Punch Man
Character Name: Genos
Character Journal:
armsmodePlayer Name: Kippie
Best contact method: Plurk or Discord, username is fancyfennekin on both!
Character Details
Canon Point: Amidst the Hero Hunter arc (current arc in the manga).
Species: Cyborg, remaining organic tissue (the brain) is human.
Timeline of Important Events in Canon History:
Personality: Genos’ first most defining moment, and the moment in his life that set the course for how he would live afterwards, was the destruction of his home town and slaughter of his family by the “Mad Cyborg” - a cyborg that had gone violently rogue, theoretically from a faulty implant between its technology and its brain. When most fifteen year olds were concerned about fitting in at school or getting a date with their first crush, every ounce of normalcy in Genos’ life was utterly shattered as he lost everything and swore himself to vengeance. He only let in Dr. Kuseno, who offered to help him and who was the one to make him into a cyborg as well. He was cold, cruel, hateful… he stopped caring about having a normal social life, and pushed everything out that wasn’t his revenge plot or destroying monsters that threatened human life. Even at his cruelest, Genos was always willing to die in order to kill a monster before it could hurt anyone else.
In one such moment, when he was prepared to self destruct in order to destroy a mosquito woman monster, he was saved by Saitama’s unfathomable power and almost immediately he began to fixate on that unbelievable, impossible strength. Though his initial goal was to learn the secrets to it in order to defeat the Mad Cyborg, Genos gradually settled down and learned to live and behave more normally as he eventually moved in with Saitama. Even so, Genos has a relatively distinct amount of social awkwardness - from his tendency to rambling for several minutes at a time about a single topic to his general distrust and foul disrespect of strangers, Genos doesn’t give anybody the time of day if they aren’t Dr. Kuseno or Saitama. Though not properly translated in English, Genos’ language in Japanese is very informal and rude, said with an air of impatience and angry indifference towards other people. He cares nothing for his fans, cares even less about wasting strangers’ time with his own affairs (and tendency to talk at sufferingly detailed length about his day), and takes joy in seeing people that irritate him or speak poorly of his ‘sensei’ get humiliated by being defeated by Saitama. His attitude comes from a lack of respect for others, which is reflected in battle as well - he will often assume an enemy is weaker than they really are, or are defeated without following up and making sure that they are crushed, which often leads to his body being severely damaged due to him dropping his guard. Even when he acknowledges this weakness of his, he still has a hard time correcting for it.
He initially is fairly callous towards Saitama, as well, taking advantage of the man’s desperate need for money to convince the man to let him move in with him. He also takes every joke to comment passively at Saitama’s baldness in very subtle ways, often couching it as an offer to get him a hair transplant with Dr. Kuseno or even just staring at it during certain moments, eliciting a rise out of his teacher. Even though he is very polite to Saitama and apologizes for overstepping boundaries or being pushy, he still did them again and again regardless. And though he initially suspected that Saitama was a wise and intelligent man, he soon started to realize that he wasn’t quite that bright… he still only rates Saitama’s intelligence as a 4 out of 10.
However, Genos starts showing signs of attachment to Saitama after a time. It seems likely that a combination of Saitama saving his life and listening to his issues (at least to some degree) were enough for Genos to feel indebted to the man, responding with an overdramatic extreme like he always does; cleaning Saitama’s apartment from top to bottom, crying (tears of oil) for Saitama when the man told him about the emptiness he felt towards fighting, and getting overly aggressive and defensive over people bad-mouthing Saitama. The overly defensive behavior is probably another sign of how poorly socialized Genos is, as well as possibly a sign that he has a tendency to be possessive over loved once due to losing so many of them when he was younger. Though Genos started out very stilted and awkward and WAY too over dramatic about every little thing, he gradually mellowed out and began to live rather domestically and calmly with Saitama. As the series progresses, Genos shows more and more acts of genuine kindness towards Saitama. While it appears to be intended to butter his sensei up initially, as time progresses he expresses a heartfelt admiration for Saitama’s heroic strength and heroic acts, and he has sworn himself to always follow Saitama no matter who sides against the man.
Ultimately, Genos is a man that is utterly and entirely devoted to whatever he deems worthy - his initial devotion was revenge and by extension his quest for power from Saitama, but it then became a faithful devotion to the man Saitama himself. And for Genos’ devotions, he will do anything and give up everything.
Abilities, Magic and Supernatural Skills/Afflictions:
Dragon & Magical Element
Elemental Alignment:
- Energy - Genos' fighting style is most compatible with Energy and Fire, as both forces are much more impactful and destructive (and offensive rather than defensive) as Genos highly prefers in his fighting style. Genos is brash, hot, and explosive as a fighter and as an individual.
Fire - Same rationale as Energy.
Light - Genos may have revenge as one of his biggest motivators, but he is a man that still seeks justice at heart. With the theme of unicorns, banishing evil, etc, Light suits Genos (and very neatly and interestingly contrasts with the "Demon Cyborg" title he has)
Dragon: Full post with art here.
Personality traits inherited from Character Bond:
Writing Samples
First Sample: Test Drive threads (Genos' thread, tagged responses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Second Sample: The sensation of being compelled was a very surreal one. Entering a world that was so dramatically different from the reality he knew was already stressful - there appeared to be absolutely no technology present, which did not bode well given his almost entirely technological body. Genos found himself walking towards an area in the city without knowing what he was trying to find, but he kept a steady gaze out to try and locate who would be able to repair him if he experienced any damage if not Dr. Kuseno.
After an hour of walking silently, glaring at anyone that attempted to stop or impede him for nonsensical reasons, he finally saw what he didn't know he was looking for. A black, egg-shaped stone roughly the size of a large watermelon was sitting out in plain site along other stones. Genos approached, looking at the brilliant blue shimmering like cracks along the surface of the stone. A gemstone of some sort, he wondered? Though if it was a gemstone, then it was much larger than any he'd ever seen or heard of. Genos' gaze narrowed as his eyes suddenly detected movement in the 'rock', and he scanned it, noting that it was emitting heat. Curiously, Genos finally fell to his compulsion and touched the false rock.
A spark of electricity arced through the egg from the creature residing within, the jolt racing up Genos' arm and through his body - a spark of energy that might've knocked a normal person on their ass was absorbed easily by his sophisticated systems. Genos stared hard at the egg, gently stroking it as if it were a pet, hearing a slight reptilian chirping sound from behind the shell. Genos watched patiently as the egg began to split, a mysterious creature emerging and spilling its slimy self into Genos hand. He took off his shirt and used it to towel the creature off before he even really thought about what it was or what sort of thing was actually happening... he looked the squeaking creature over, noting the odd fins and serpentine body, as well as the nearly crocodilian head. Nearly the size of a smaller dog, he realized, holding it close to his chest. It resumed sparking with electricity, looking as content as a little reptile could. Genos quietly looked at it, and tried to think of a name for this little creature.
"If I'm stuck here, then I should name you," he said quietly, thoughtfully. If he really did lose his old world, then his only choice was to try and live in this one... possibly, completely alone with no one but this newly born life curled in his arms. A little creature almost symbolic of his own life's death and rebirth. "You are named Rebas," he said decisively. The dragon whelp did nothing but spark and chirp back.
