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Are you over 18: Y
Characters in The Box Already: The Lone Wanderer, Vaas
Character Information
Character Name: John Murphy
Canon: The 100
Canon Point: "Camp You is that way," 2x10
History: Wiki!
Personality:
Murphy comes off as brash and rude, first and foremost. First opinions are normally that he's an asshole, extremely bitter and a complete and utter sleazeball. For the most part? It's right. Because of these immediate traits, Murphy fits and blends in well with the other 100 delinquents. While we don't know his crime just yet, we do know that whatever he did as a crime was incredibly dangerous and serious. Reflecting that, Murphy is incredibly violent and aggressive in nature. He definitely isn't an alpha male, however--he's much more of a pariah.
Murphy's attitude is what normally gets under people's skin: He's snippy, and he's not afraid to go below the belt when it comes to verbal conversations. If he knows a weakness and he's setting you up--or even if he's just incredibly irritated--he'll immediately bring it up. Murphy holds some incredible grudges and while most of them justified, he'll never let go. He's tenacious and incredibly stubborn, and is more likely to go down swinging or taking other people out with him if he's going to go out at all.
He also fights just as dirty physically: he has no regrets, and in fact seems to take pleasure and get his kicks when he threatens or bullies people. He doesn't do something without expecting something in return, either--he works on the system of favours, and thinks that's how the world works. Even on the ground. It's partly because of this that he often gets straight to the point when talking or planning: he has no room for bullshit unless it's his own personal vendetta, and even then he's not likely to fill other people in on why. For the most part, he keeps to himself, seems closed off, and only says something when he’s snarking or needs to remind someone they’re being an idiot. It’s mostly the latter.
Unless something suits his needs, he doesn't really seem to give much of a shit--ultimately it's not worth caring about people unless he can get something from them, and even then, it's not caring so much as 'putting up with.' A good example of this whenever he helps Finn or Bellamy in the later season--it's out of necessity, not because he wants to.
He is extremely wary of mob mentality, despite using it at times to benefit him. A hypocrite to his core, he was all for doing whatever the hell he wants--and still actually prefers said motto--but the moment the crowd turned against him and strung him up in a kangaroo court, he changed his own tune pretty quick. Despite this, there's no doubt that if given the chance, he'd do the exact same thing with positions switched. It’s an interesting aspect of Murphy’s personality--the hypocritical duality that none of the the 100 have to the same degree.
Murphy has a distinct type of rage, but it's less hot and explosive than someone like Octavia. Because Murphy has closed himself off so much, he comes across as incredibly cold and cynical. His version of lashing out is a quick jab, verbally or physically, and makes snap remarks or movements: anything from 'your psycho little sister,' to Bellamy, to going up behind Wells and nearly breaking his kneecap in the first episode. They're both snap movements based on snap judgements, something Murphy is incredibly good at. He reacts instead of waiting passively, though most members of the crew deems his remarks as ultimately unhelpful.
He's the type to bring a knife to a fist fight--literally, in poor Wells' case--and he's not afraid to fight dirty or below the belt. He listens to leaders, but only a specific type--Bellamy is someone Murphy normally follows without question, and continues to do so despite trying to kill him. This changes over the course of the two seasons, but Murphy is essentially the Dragon archetype and he seems to be fully aware of this: he is no where near capable of being a leader, in his eyes, but he can certainly enforce other people’s words, especially if he gets a large chunk of the leftover assets. Again: there has to be something in it for him.
Murphy is, without a doubt, ruthless. He is not afraid to kill people just because he's annoyed. He literally tries to murder a wounded Jasper because he can't sleep and is sick of his moaning, with an incredibly weak justification: "The kid's dying anyway, I'm just getting it over with." He's fully aware his quips can get him into trouble, as well. For all of the ammo he gathers up on people to dispense if someone wrongs him, he has a habit of using them a little too early and running his mouth. This gets him into a whole lot of trouble often but he doesn't seem to care--he does try to bite his tongue, but a lot of his cynical, sarcastic remarks float to the surface anyway. While Monty or Jasper’s sarcasm still seems somewhat lighthearted, it's extremely difficult to tell if Murphy is sarcastic or just being an asshole. He never, ever apologizes and sounds like he means it--a lot of times, he's just smoothing things over so he can survive.
Unfortunately, being a pariah means being the group's scapegoat--something that's followed him since episode 4 to his current canon point. It's difficult to tell whether or not he's constantly blamed for everything because he acts a certain way, or if he acts a certain way because he might as well if he's going to be blamed for everything anyway.
If Murphy feels wronged or cheated he will literally do anything for revenge. Killing, torturing, and taking people hostage are not at all above him. He's surprisingly tough, and while he's a bit of a coward and constantly hiding behind someone, it's more of an instinctual pull for him to do that. It takes a lot for him to trust, as well--he doesn't even fully trust Bellamy during the first few episodes while he works with him. In the end, he was right to--Bellamy nearly kills him just before he's banished from the colony. He only really trusts himself, and there's plenty of reasons why. Most people treat him like shit. It's well deserved, and Murphy's lived through enough to know just how truck through it.
The next time we see him after being banished, his duality gets even worse. Tortured by the Grounders, everyone insists he was sneaking back into camp, not trusting a word out of Murphy's mouth despite the truth: he was running from them. What he thinks is sincere is only a setup from the Grounders in that they literally wanted Murphy to run back to camp.
He's very clearly not as strong as some of the other members of the camp--he is strong enough to withstand ages of torture, including getting his fingernails ripped off, but eventually crumbles and tells the Grounders absolutely everything. It's important to note that he himself doesn't think he's necessarily weak for doing this, though everyone in the camp does. He has no qualms pointing out how stupidly hypocritical this is, either, since most of the camp would have told them, too. It's extremely difficult to tell when he's lying and when he's not, which predictably gets him into even more trouble.
The biggest turning point in season 2 that really bears noting is when his tarnished personality begins to shine. He continues to fester in his negative aspects--the vindictive, cold vengeance as he tries to hang Bellamy in anger--are actually somewhat explained, though his actions are not by any means excused. Murphy only trusts this information with Raven because he's sure they're both going to die alone, not because he actually trusts her: his father was floated for getting him medicine when he was sick as a child, and his mom had always blamed him for it. To the point where even as she died her last words were blaming him. A pariah in his own house.
The problem with telling Raven this--and Raven covering for him, Murphy taking this as an act of forgiveness--is that Murphy makes the mistake of finally trusting someone. Still the outcast, he finds solace in the fact that since the crew has Raven's word, they're slowly warming up to Murphy.
Murphy doesn't take this for granted, either--he makes a genuine effort to stop solving his problems with violence or with stinging words, though it's still rather difficult. He's even trusted enough to get a gun at one point, a slow trek up to being a wanted member of the Ark society. This feeling is incredibly new to him and something he visibly does not want to fuck up--he even somehow (absurdly) winds up being Finn's moral compass, trying to stop the guy from gunning down 18 innocent Grounder villagers. The fact that he tried to help and intervene would eventually be his undoing. Ironically, it’s one girl he trusted in a fit of delirium is the one that screws him over..
The grounders, naturally, demanded a sacrifice in return for the innocents slaughtered. Raven immediately sets Murphy up to take the fall for Finn, and that's when the tentative trust he had for and those taking him back in crumbles. Raven betrays him, setting him up to go in Finn's place: something Murphy will never, ever forgive and never forget. The metaphorical carpet is yanked from under his feet, and Murphy's left with more cold rage and cynicism than ever.
At his canon point, Jaha is attempting to reach out to Murphy. Murphy, however, still blames Jaha for the death of his father, along with getting him into this entire mess. It's unlikely his opinion is going to change now, especially since he's in the Box. One thing's for certain: he's going to watch who he trusts and what he says even more now. Especially with the rest of the 100.
Items on your character at canon point: -The knife Charlotte used to kill Wells
-Clothes
-Backpack filled with supplies (rations, emergency tent for acid fog, water, light medical supplies (the average first aid kit))
Abilities: SCRAPPER: Murphy is a very skilled fighter, despite getting his ass kicked by Bellamy a number of times. He fights like he talks: quick, dirty, and using other people's weight to his advantage.
BASIC SURVIVAL: He, like the rest of the 100 on the ground, knows how to hunt, fish, and find shelter. Essentially, he has the abilities of someone who paid attention in boyscouts, but he's had to learn that under the stress of a bunch of natives trying to kill him.
KNIFE FIGHT: Murphy specializes in knives or shanks of any kind, and can and will cut a bitch. He can use guns, but is generally not a good shot since they hardly let him use them.
DELINQUENCY: He's not an idiot, he's a 16 year old criminal. It's pretty safe to assume from his time locked in Skybox and with others that he's picked up little tricks like lockpicking, bargaining for things, and the like since he's been in the system for a while.
Strengths and Weaknesses: +FIGHT As stated in the ability section, Murphy knows how to fight. He'd much rather use his flight instincts, but he can hold his own if he needs to.
+PLAN Murphy's used to setting people up and while he's somewhat impulsive, he also knows how to plan for the right moment at the right time. Normally this isn't war situations or anything, however--just when to put the metaphorical knife into someone's back when they least expect it.
-UNTRUSTWORTHY The epitome of shady backstabber. He tried climbing that redemption hill already and from his canon point, he doesn't see himself doing it ever again.
-BOOKSMARTS Quite possibly even dyslexic due to his horrendous spelling in canon, Murphy is under educated and doesn't seem to care. A delinquent.
-HUMANBECAUSE IM ONLY HUMAAAAAAN Asides from being semi-immune to radiation, not only is Murphy just a teenage kid, he's not even a particularly strong one. Whoops.
Samples
Network/Action Spam Sample: [ Awesome, another strange place where everything is new. At least the forest looks like the one in DC, though it's still a whole lot of bullshit to him. When he finds the video feed on the phone, he's looking less like a new arrival and more like he's just bored. He's actually semi-worried about his whole predicament, but that's not going to leave his lips. There's no way Murphy's admitting weakness. So for now? He keeps his tone as dry and uninterested as ever. ]
I'm not expecting a welcome wagon, but the direction of the nearest barrel of moonshine would be a pretty good way to say hello.
[No name, no introduction. Murphy just inhales sharply and addresses the network once more:] If anyone's seen Chancellor Jaha, it would be great to know. If he's dead I'd rather not get blamed for it.
Prose Log Sample: Test drive with Raven!
Player name: Chasekat
Contact:
Are you over 18: Y
Characters in The Box Already: The Lone Wanderer, Vaas
Character Information
Character Name: John Murphy
Canon: The 100
Canon Point: "Camp You is that way," 2x10
History: Wiki!
Personality:
Murphy comes off as brash and rude, first and foremost. First opinions are normally that he's an asshole, extremely bitter and a complete and utter sleazeball. For the most part? It's right. Because of these immediate traits, Murphy fits and blends in well with the other 100 delinquents. While we don't know his crime just yet, we do know that whatever he did as a crime was incredibly dangerous and serious. Reflecting that, Murphy is incredibly violent and aggressive in nature. He definitely isn't an alpha male, however--he's much more of a pariah.
Murphy's attitude is what normally gets under people's skin: He's snippy, and he's not afraid to go below the belt when it comes to verbal conversations. If he knows a weakness and he's setting you up--or even if he's just incredibly irritated--he'll immediately bring it up. Murphy holds some incredible grudges and while most of them justified, he'll never let go. He's tenacious and incredibly stubborn, and is more likely to go down swinging or taking other people out with him if he's going to go out at all.
He also fights just as dirty physically: he has no regrets, and in fact seems to take pleasure and get his kicks when he threatens or bullies people. He doesn't do something without expecting something in return, either--he works on the system of favours, and thinks that's how the world works. Even on the ground. It's partly because of this that he often gets straight to the point when talking or planning: he has no room for bullshit unless it's his own personal vendetta, and even then he's not likely to fill other people in on why. For the most part, he keeps to himself, seems closed off, and only says something when he’s snarking or needs to remind someone they’re being an idiot. It’s mostly the latter.
Unless something suits his needs, he doesn't really seem to give much of a shit--ultimately it's not worth caring about people unless he can get something from them, and even then, it's not caring so much as 'putting up with.' A good example of this whenever he helps Finn or Bellamy in the later season--it's out of necessity, not because he wants to.
He is extremely wary of mob mentality, despite using it at times to benefit him. A hypocrite to his core, he was all for doing whatever the hell he wants--and still actually prefers said motto--but the moment the crowd turned against him and strung him up in a kangaroo court, he changed his own tune pretty quick. Despite this, there's no doubt that if given the chance, he'd do the exact same thing with positions switched. It’s an interesting aspect of Murphy’s personality--the hypocritical duality that none of the the 100 have to the same degree.
Murphy has a distinct type of rage, but it's less hot and explosive than someone like Octavia. Because Murphy has closed himself off so much, he comes across as incredibly cold and cynical. His version of lashing out is a quick jab, verbally or physically, and makes snap remarks or movements: anything from 'your psycho little sister,' to Bellamy, to going up behind Wells and nearly breaking his kneecap in the first episode. They're both snap movements based on snap judgements, something Murphy is incredibly good at. He reacts instead of waiting passively, though most members of the crew deems his remarks as ultimately unhelpful.
He's the type to bring a knife to a fist fight--literally, in poor Wells' case--and he's not afraid to fight dirty or below the belt. He listens to leaders, but only a specific type--Bellamy is someone Murphy normally follows without question, and continues to do so despite trying to kill him. This changes over the course of the two seasons, but Murphy is essentially the Dragon archetype and he seems to be fully aware of this: he is no where near capable of being a leader, in his eyes, but he can certainly enforce other people’s words, especially if he gets a large chunk of the leftover assets. Again: there has to be something in it for him.
Murphy is, without a doubt, ruthless. He is not afraid to kill people just because he's annoyed. He literally tries to murder a wounded Jasper because he can't sleep and is sick of his moaning, with an incredibly weak justification: "The kid's dying anyway, I'm just getting it over with." He's fully aware his quips can get him into trouble, as well. For all of the ammo he gathers up on people to dispense if someone wrongs him, he has a habit of using them a little too early and running his mouth. This gets him into a whole lot of trouble often but he doesn't seem to care--he does try to bite his tongue, but a lot of his cynical, sarcastic remarks float to the surface anyway. While Monty or Jasper’s sarcasm still seems somewhat lighthearted, it's extremely difficult to tell if Murphy is sarcastic or just being an asshole. He never, ever apologizes and sounds like he means it--a lot of times, he's just smoothing things over so he can survive.
Unfortunately, being a pariah means being the group's scapegoat--something that's followed him since episode 4 to his current canon point. It's difficult to tell whether or not he's constantly blamed for everything because he acts a certain way, or if he acts a certain way because he might as well if he's going to be blamed for everything anyway.
If Murphy feels wronged or cheated he will literally do anything for revenge. Killing, torturing, and taking people hostage are not at all above him. He's surprisingly tough, and while he's a bit of a coward and constantly hiding behind someone, it's more of an instinctual pull for him to do that. It takes a lot for him to trust, as well--he doesn't even fully trust Bellamy during the first few episodes while he works with him. In the end, he was right to--Bellamy nearly kills him just before he's banished from the colony. He only really trusts himself, and there's plenty of reasons why. Most people treat him like shit. It's well deserved, and Murphy's lived through enough to know just how truck through it.
The next time we see him after being banished, his duality gets even worse. Tortured by the Grounders, everyone insists he was sneaking back into camp, not trusting a word out of Murphy's mouth despite the truth: he was running from them. What he thinks is sincere is only a setup from the Grounders in that they literally wanted Murphy to run back to camp.
He's very clearly not as strong as some of the other members of the camp--he is strong enough to withstand ages of torture, including getting his fingernails ripped off, but eventually crumbles and tells the Grounders absolutely everything. It's important to note that he himself doesn't think he's necessarily weak for doing this, though everyone in the camp does. He has no qualms pointing out how stupidly hypocritical this is, either, since most of the camp would have told them, too. It's extremely difficult to tell when he's lying and when he's not, which predictably gets him into even more trouble.
The biggest turning point in season 2 that really bears noting is when his tarnished personality begins to shine. He continues to fester in his negative aspects--the vindictive, cold vengeance as he tries to hang Bellamy in anger--are actually somewhat explained, though his actions are not by any means excused. Murphy only trusts this information with Raven because he's sure they're both going to die alone, not because he actually trusts her: his father was floated for getting him medicine when he was sick as a child, and his mom had always blamed him for it. To the point where even as she died her last words were blaming him. A pariah in his own house.
The problem with telling Raven this--and Raven covering for him, Murphy taking this as an act of forgiveness--is that Murphy makes the mistake of finally trusting someone. Still the outcast, he finds solace in the fact that since the crew has Raven's word, they're slowly warming up to Murphy.
Murphy doesn't take this for granted, either--he makes a genuine effort to stop solving his problems with violence or with stinging words, though it's still rather difficult. He's even trusted enough to get a gun at one point, a slow trek up to being a wanted member of the Ark society. This feeling is incredibly new to him and something he visibly does not want to fuck up--he even somehow (absurdly) winds up being Finn's moral compass, trying to stop the guy from gunning down 18 innocent Grounder villagers. The fact that he tried to help and intervene would eventually be his undoing. Ironically, it’s one girl he trusted in a fit of delirium is the one that screws him over..
The grounders, naturally, demanded a sacrifice in return for the innocents slaughtered. Raven immediately sets Murphy up to take the fall for Finn, and that's when the tentative trust he had for and those taking him back in crumbles. Raven betrays him, setting him up to go in Finn's place: something Murphy will never, ever forgive and never forget. The metaphorical carpet is yanked from under his feet, and Murphy's left with more cold rage and cynicism than ever.
At his canon point, Jaha is attempting to reach out to Murphy. Murphy, however, still blames Jaha for the death of his father, along with getting him into this entire mess. It's unlikely his opinion is going to change now, especially since he's in the Box. One thing's for certain: he's going to watch who he trusts and what he says even more now. Especially with the rest of the 100.
Items on your character at canon point: -The knife Charlotte used to kill Wells
-Clothes
-Backpack filled with supplies (rations, emergency tent for acid fog, water, light medical supplies (the average first aid kit))
Abilities: SCRAPPER: Murphy is a very skilled fighter, despite getting his ass kicked by Bellamy a number of times. He fights like he talks: quick, dirty, and using other people's weight to his advantage.
BASIC SURVIVAL: He, like the rest of the 100 on the ground, knows how to hunt, fish, and find shelter. Essentially, he has the abilities of someone who paid attention in boyscouts, but he's had to learn that under the stress of a bunch of natives trying to kill him.
KNIFE FIGHT: Murphy specializes in knives or shanks of any kind, and can and will cut a bitch. He can use guns, but is generally not a good shot since they hardly let him use them.
DELINQUENCY: He's not an idiot, he's a 16 year old criminal. It's pretty safe to assume from his time locked in Skybox and with others that he's picked up little tricks like lockpicking, bargaining for things, and the like since he's been in the system for a while.
Strengths and Weaknesses: +FIGHT As stated in the ability section, Murphy knows how to fight. He'd much rather use his flight instincts, but he can hold his own if he needs to.
+PLAN Murphy's used to setting people up and while he's somewhat impulsive, he also knows how to plan for the right moment at the right time. Normally this isn't war situations or anything, however--just when to put the metaphorical knife into someone's back when they least expect it.
-UNTRUSTWORTHY The epitome of shady backstabber. He tried climbing that redemption hill already and from his canon point, he doesn't see himself doing it ever again.
-BOOKSMARTS Quite possibly even dyslexic due to his horrendous spelling in canon, Murphy is under educated and doesn't seem to care. A delinquent.
-HUMAN
Samples
Network/Action Spam Sample: [ Awesome, another strange place where everything is new. At least the forest looks like the one in DC, though it's still a whole lot of bullshit to him. When he finds the video feed on the phone, he's looking less like a new arrival and more like he's just bored. He's actually semi-worried about his whole predicament, but that's not going to leave his lips. There's no way Murphy's admitting weakness. So for now? He keeps his tone as dry and uninterested as ever. ]
I'm not expecting a welcome wagon, but the direction of the nearest barrel of moonshine would be a pretty good way to say hello.
[No name, no introduction. Murphy just inhales sharply and addresses the network once more:] If anyone's seen Chancellor Jaha, it would be great to know. If he's dead I'd rather not get blamed for it.
Prose Log Sample: Test drive with Raven!