Player Name: Fiona Contact: PM journal, hardtostarboard, hardtostarboard#7737 Invited by: TF (also I used to go here LETMEIN.GIF) Other Characters: n/a
Canon Personality: Jane is a woman of high class and education who, despite the lifestyle lived by she and her father in their zoological explorations, still manages to maintain a certain level of standards. She has an idea of how people ought to behave and does not see herself as ‘lesser’ simply for being a woman, quickly standing up to the likes of Tarzan when he oversteps, and the brutish Clayton when he doubts her ability. Her idea of what is ‘proper’ is a fairly lax one given the standards of the day, but she is quite firm about not stretching those boundaries too far, particularly with those she does not know very well.
She is a bright, adventurous young woman who will boldly set foot where no one has gone before with little fear for the consequences to herself. Her general fearlessness (to a point) can manifest as a kind of prideful arrogance which feeds very much into her habit of getting herself into trouble, but her curiosity is genuine and she takes great care in respecting the new places in which she finds herself. After all, they don’t belong to her.
Despite her upbringing, Jane is undeniably eccentric, though big-hearted and with an artistic soul that is implied to make her very similar to her mother. She has an ambitious, spontaneous streak which has taken her all over the world and driven her to become an accomplished zoologist as well as to develop impressive artistic skills which allow her to draw detailed sketches even from memory. Her intelligence is not only in what she knows and what skills she has developed, but also emotionally. Jane is an empathetic individual who cares deeply about others, be they human or animal, and she maintains a level of open-mindedness that lends itself well to being quick to adapt to new situations.
Compassion is something which comes easily to Jane, and her openness to attempting to understand new things is something that ties into how well she expresses it. She would not be one to turn away from someone who was hurt or distressed, even if they had caused her harm before. Though she can be more wary of those she sees as not aligning with her own values, she will not pre-emptively turn away from them, but will let their actions speak for themselves. She does have a certain naivete, however. Her upbringing has not been sheltered by usual definition, but her absorption into the world she and her father create in their travels and studies together has closed her off slightly to always being able to ascertain the motivations of other people.
Jane is a talkative individual who sometimes over-shares, with a sense of humour that is as eccentric as she is. Her various flaws make her far from perfect despite her talents, but her sunny disposition, will to soldier on even when everything seems stacked against her, and her ability to follow her heart to the things she truly desires (despite what she knows is expected of her) make her a delightful young woman to be around.
AU History: Jane comes from a fairly well-off family even in the modern era. Her father is a prominent university professor and researcher and her mother an accomplished artist, and she has lived what most people would consider to be a charmed life. When she was in her late teens she decided to try and strike out on her own and moved away from her family home to start up somewhere entirely new, though she never did quite learn what it was like to truly be on her own (she has always had her parents' generosity to fall back on).
Despite her privileged upbringing, Jane has always been generous and charitable to a fault and when she eventually settled on starting a business in Kaisou she did so with the idea that if she could make even one person's life better then everything would have been worth it.
With this in mind she opened an art and literary store in town and holds free painting classes one night a week that anyone can drop in on if they want to learn something new. Though she hasn't quite reached the point of considering herself a pillar of the community she does cherish each and every person that comes in through the doors! She's even considering putting some of the books in the store aside to use as a library.
AU Personality Differences: Honestly, not many! The kind of life that Jane has lived in her alternate timeline has allowed her to develop many of the same personality traits that are seen in canon. Her spirit and adventurousness are intact, as well as her occasionally troublesome sense of pride and her tendency to stick her nose into things that she shouldn't be involving herself in. The main difference would be the difference between the sensibilities of a Victorian woman and a modern-day woman - Jane does not have the same societal concerns as someone living in 1912 would, and a woman at that, and thus she is far more confident when it comes to matters of gender roles/expression, personal fashion and her 'place' in society. She would be far less likely to take being spoken down to or bossed around... though it could be argued she wasn't really putting up with that to begin with.
Jane Porter | Disney's Tarzan | Normal Modern AU
Contact: PM journal,
Invited by: TF (also I used to go here LETMEIN.GIF)
Other Characters: n/a
Character Name: Jane Porter
Canon: Disney's Tarzan
Canon History: And I was saved! Saved by a flying wild man in a loin cloth.
Canon Personality: Jane is a woman of high class and education who, despite the lifestyle lived by she and her father in their zoological explorations, still manages to maintain a certain level of standards. She has an idea of how people ought to behave and does not see herself as ‘lesser’ simply for being a woman, quickly standing up to the likes of Tarzan when he oversteps, and the brutish Clayton when he doubts her ability. Her idea of what is ‘proper’ is a fairly lax one given the standards of the day, but she is quite firm about not stretching those boundaries too far, particularly with those she does not know very well.
She is a bright, adventurous young woman who will boldly set foot where no one has gone before with little fear for the consequences to herself. Her general fearlessness (to a point) can manifest as a kind of prideful arrogance which feeds very much into her habit of getting herself into trouble, but her curiosity is genuine and she takes great care in respecting the new places in which she finds herself. After all, they don’t belong to her.
Despite her upbringing, Jane is undeniably eccentric, though big-hearted and with an artistic soul that is implied to make her very similar to her mother. She has an ambitious, spontaneous streak which has taken her all over the world and driven her to become an accomplished zoologist as well as to develop impressive artistic skills which allow her to draw detailed sketches even from memory. Her intelligence is not only in what she knows and what skills she has developed, but also emotionally. Jane is an empathetic individual who cares deeply about others, be they human or animal, and she maintains a level of open-mindedness that lends itself well to being quick to adapt to new situations.
Compassion is something which comes easily to Jane, and her openness to attempting to understand new things is something that ties into how well she expresses it. She would not be one to turn away from someone who was hurt or distressed, even if they had caused her harm before. Though she can be more wary of those she sees as not aligning with her own values, she will not pre-emptively turn away from them, but will let their actions speak for themselves. She does have a certain naivete, however. Her upbringing has not been sheltered by usual definition, but her absorption into the world she and her father create in their travels and studies together has closed her off slightly to always being able to ascertain the motivations of other people.
Jane is a talkative individual who sometimes over-shares, with a sense of humour that is as eccentric as she is. Her various flaws make her far from perfect despite her talents, but her sunny disposition, will to soldier on even when everything seems stacked against her, and her ability to follow her heart to the things she truly desires (despite what she knows is expected of her) make her a delightful young woman to be around.
AU History: Jane comes from a fairly well-off family even in the modern era. Her father is a prominent university professor and researcher and her mother an accomplished artist, and she has lived what most people would consider to be a charmed life. When she was in her late teens she decided to try and strike out on her own and moved away from her family home to start up somewhere entirely new, though she never did quite learn what it was like to truly be on her own (she has always had her parents' generosity to fall back on).
Despite her privileged upbringing, Jane has always been generous and charitable to a fault and when she eventually settled on starting a business in Kaisou she did so with the idea that if she could make even one person's life better then everything would have been worth it.
With this in mind she opened an art and literary store in town and holds free painting classes one night a week that anyone can drop in on if they want to learn something new. Though she hasn't quite reached the point of considering herself a pillar of the community she does cherish each and every person that comes in through the doors! She's even considering putting some of the books in the store aside to use as a library.
AU Personality Differences: Honestly, not many! The kind of life that Jane has lived in her alternate timeline has allowed her to develop many of the same personality traits that are seen in canon. Her spirit and adventurousness are intact, as well as her occasionally troublesome sense of pride and her tendency to stick her nose into things that she shouldn't be involving herself in. The main difference would be the difference between the sensibilities of a Victorian woman and a modern-day woman - Jane does not have the same societal concerns as someone living in 1912 would, and a woman at that, and thus she is far more confident when it comes to matters of gender roles/expression, personal fashion and her 'place' in society. She would be far less likely to take being spoken down to or bossed around... though it could be argued she wasn't really putting up with that to begin with.