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deeplorable) wrote2024-07-25 02:39 pm
deeplorable) wrote2024-07-25 02:39 pm
Application | Lab of Nature
SPOILERS for The Boys! Content Warnings related to this character: child experimentation, misogyny, sexual harassment/assault, violence and murder, (consensual) bestiality with aquatic animals, animal harm/death, dysphoria related to body horror
OOC INFORMATION
Name: Meowzy
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Permissions: Here
Age: 36
Other characters?: N/A
Who Invited you?: N/A, mod
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Kevin Moskowitz, aka The Deep
Assigned Nickname: Scum
Age: Mid 30s
Canon: The Boys
Canon point: Post season 4
Character Information: A Wiki link, but please be cautious. The canon deals with a lot of hefty subject matter, so apart from the warnings at the top of this application, there may be some other stuff referenced in the Wiki.
Personality:
► Power
In the world of The Boys, power is everything. What The Deep learns early on is that "violence is power", because when you physically assault someone, they respect you. They can't laugh when you knock their teeth into the back of their skull. But it's more than that. Power is not just super powers, but the respect and influence that comes with it. There's an incredible amount of talk about approval numbers, social media influences, political games... The Deep's default hero powers (durability, strength, speed) are all decidedly mid-tier, and his unique hero powers are nothing impressive when compared to other heroes either. But what he can do? Is look pretty, flash his biceps for the camera, and suck up to just the right people. He will find the most powerful person in the room and ally himself with them, even if it means degrading himself in the worst ways possible. He would never try to be the most powerful man in the room, because he doesn't believe in himself enough to reach those heights, but he'll shout to anyone who will listen that he's definitely number two on the ranking scale. (And then he can hide behind number one in the face of danger.) This man's a sycophant through and through.
► Family
The Deep's real family is never detailed in the series. All we have so far is one brief mention of his mother, who told him his ability to hear the thoughts of aquatic creatures was a gift when this first began to develop. That he was born that way. This was a lie, of course. Just like all other parents who had their babies subjected to Compound V, they said what Vought wanted them to say: religious propaganda. The Deeper and Deeper audiobook interview elaborates on his parents a little further, making it clear that despite the agreement with Vought, they weren't prepared for Compound V's outcome, assuming that young Deep's gills were just 'a genetic defect'. In present day, Deep doesn't seem to be in touch with his parents anymore. Instead, the only thing he has that's close to a family is The Seven. Much like a group of siblings, he got chummy with some of them (or so he claims) while others consider him a joke. In the audiobook, he refers to Maeve as being like an aunt to him, but like 'that younger smokeshow who marries your uncle.' By now, the amount of members in The Seven who get along with Deep has dwindled. The original Black Noir is dead, Deep himself recovered Translucent's remains from the ocean with a porpoise's help, and Lamplighter... Well. Let's not mention Lamplighter. All he's got left now is a friendship with Black Noir II and a thirst for Homelander's approval.
► Science
One of the main plot points in The Boys is that nearly every single superhero was lied to by their parents, who agreed to have their newborn babies injected with an experimental drug, only to perpetuate the myth that Supe powers were a gift from god. That they were chosen. This is revealed to the world in season 2 and while we don't see how Deep reacts to this in the series, the audiobook elaborates on his feelings. He claims that his world was shattered in that moment, and refers to himself as an amphibious lab rat. Deep was able to accept himself and his body to some degree with the notion that it was all a gift from a higher power, only to have that notion ripped away from him. He lamented the life he could've had if he hadn't been subjected to Compound V, and how he's become a laughing stock instead. He openly admits to harboring a lot of resentment over this, and it may very well be why he doesn't seem to be in touch with his family anymore. In his eyes, his parents ruined his life by turning him into an ugly freak, and then lying about the part they played in it. If his powers had been rooted in the religious myth, it would've been ineffable and part of a greater cause; a destiny to help save the world. The fact that his powers are instead rooting in science, which is subject to human whims with little foresight, has dealt another blow to his self esteem.
► Love
Love is a complicated matter for The Deep. He would like to be with a woman, but holds such distrust towards them that he could never care about them. Instead, he demeans them 'before they can demean him'. Ultimately, he lets himself get talked into a sham marriage with a woman which is really more of a business deal than anything else. Cassandra boosts his damaged reputation and he does as she tells him, but cares so little for her that the marriage goes down in flames after a while. He makes a more genuine attempt to love aquatic animals (on uhhh... all levels of love), but even that is doomed to fail because The Deep is far too self-serving to take their needs into account, or even protect them from harm. He pretends he cares, but the amount of times a sea creature dies as a direct result of The Deep's actions is high. Stupid high. He even lets Ambrosius, his octopus girlfriend of sorts, die after getting into an argument with her. It feeds a vicious cycle, as Deep will hate himself even more than he already does in the aftermath, and there lies the precise problem of his relationship to the concept of love: He can't learn to love anyone else until he learns to love himself, and he doesn't. He won't. He's too cowardly and self-centered to stop doing disgusting things.
► Responsibility
If there's one thing you don't have to do as a high-ranking superhero, it's take responsibility for your actions. The Deep is very much subscribed to Homelander's philosophy of 'I can do whatever I want', which gets worse as the series progresses but is already shown in the early seasons. There's the sexual assault incident with Starlight, breaking a dolphin out of the aquarium and getting it killed, the 'getting intoxicated and terrorizing children at Splash Zone' incident... There will always be someone to bail him out in the end, and as a result, he doesn't repent. Even when Vought made him apologize in public for what he did to Starlight, he didn't mean it. He didn't have to mean it, and he tells her later on he's got no remorse for what he did. He may have been punished for a little while, but now it's like the exposure of his crime never mattered. Deep's back in the Seven, and Starlight isn't, so who cares? He won. He may feel bad for a hot second when he does something terrible, like letting Ambrosius die after smashing her tank, but then he just doubles down on his bullshit anyway.
Roommates?: One or two!
Triggers/sensitive topics you'd like to avoid?: None.
RP SAMPLES: TDM top-level
OOC INFORMATION
Name: Meowzy
Contact:
Permissions: Here
Age: 36
Other characters?: N/A
Who Invited you?: N/A, mod
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Kevin Moskowitz, aka The Deep
Assigned Nickname: Scum
Age: Mid 30s
Canon: The Boys
Canon point: Post season 4
Character Information: A Wiki link, but please be cautious. The canon deals with a lot of hefty subject matter, so apart from the warnings at the top of this application, there may be some other stuff referenced in the Wiki.
Personality:
► Power
In the world of The Boys, power is everything. What The Deep learns early on is that "violence is power", because when you physically assault someone, they respect you. They can't laugh when you knock their teeth into the back of their skull. But it's more than that. Power is not just super powers, but the respect and influence that comes with it. There's an incredible amount of talk about approval numbers, social media influences, political games... The Deep's default hero powers (durability, strength, speed) are all decidedly mid-tier, and his unique hero powers are nothing impressive when compared to other heroes either. But what he can do? Is look pretty, flash his biceps for the camera, and suck up to just the right people. He will find the most powerful person in the room and ally himself with them, even if it means degrading himself in the worst ways possible. He would never try to be the most powerful man in the room, because he doesn't believe in himself enough to reach those heights, but he'll shout to anyone who will listen that he's definitely number two on the ranking scale. (And then he can hide behind number one in the face of danger.) This man's a sycophant through and through.
► Family
The Deep's real family is never detailed in the series. All we have so far is one brief mention of his mother, who told him his ability to hear the thoughts of aquatic creatures was a gift when this first began to develop. That he was born that way. This was a lie, of course. Just like all other parents who had their babies subjected to Compound V, they said what Vought wanted them to say: religious propaganda. The Deeper and Deeper audiobook interview elaborates on his parents a little further, making it clear that despite the agreement with Vought, they weren't prepared for Compound V's outcome, assuming that young Deep's gills were just 'a genetic defect'. In present day, Deep doesn't seem to be in touch with his parents anymore. Instead, the only thing he has that's close to a family is The Seven. Much like a group of siblings, he got chummy with some of them (or so he claims) while others consider him a joke. In the audiobook, he refers to Maeve as being like an aunt to him, but like 'that younger smokeshow who marries your uncle.' By now, the amount of members in The Seven who get along with Deep has dwindled. The original Black Noir is dead, Deep himself recovered Translucent's remains from the ocean with a porpoise's help, and Lamplighter... Well. Let's not mention Lamplighter. All he's got left now is a friendship with Black Noir II and a thirst for Homelander's approval.
► Science
One of the main plot points in The Boys is that nearly every single superhero was lied to by their parents, who agreed to have their newborn babies injected with an experimental drug, only to perpetuate the myth that Supe powers were a gift from god. That they were chosen. This is revealed to the world in season 2 and while we don't see how Deep reacts to this in the series, the audiobook elaborates on his feelings. He claims that his world was shattered in that moment, and refers to himself as an amphibious lab rat. Deep was able to accept himself and his body to some degree with the notion that it was all a gift from a higher power, only to have that notion ripped away from him. He lamented the life he could've had if he hadn't been subjected to Compound V, and how he's become a laughing stock instead. He openly admits to harboring a lot of resentment over this, and it may very well be why he doesn't seem to be in touch with his family anymore. In his eyes, his parents ruined his life by turning him into an ugly freak, and then lying about the part they played in it. If his powers had been rooted in the religious myth, it would've been ineffable and part of a greater cause; a destiny to help save the world. The fact that his powers are instead rooting in science, which is subject to human whims with little foresight, has dealt another blow to his self esteem.
► Love
Love is a complicated matter for The Deep. He would like to be with a woman, but holds such distrust towards them that he could never care about them. Instead, he demeans them 'before they can demean him'. Ultimately, he lets himself get talked into a sham marriage with a woman which is really more of a business deal than anything else. Cassandra boosts his damaged reputation and he does as she tells him, but cares so little for her that the marriage goes down in flames after a while. He makes a more genuine attempt to love aquatic animals (on uhhh... all levels of love), but even that is doomed to fail because The Deep is far too self-serving to take their needs into account, or even protect them from harm. He pretends he cares, but the amount of times a sea creature dies as a direct result of The Deep's actions is high. Stupid high. He even lets Ambrosius, his octopus girlfriend of sorts, die after getting into an argument with her. It feeds a vicious cycle, as Deep will hate himself even more than he already does in the aftermath, and there lies the precise problem of his relationship to the concept of love: He can't learn to love anyone else until he learns to love himself, and he doesn't. He won't. He's too cowardly and self-centered to stop doing disgusting things.
► Responsibility
If there's one thing you don't have to do as a high-ranking superhero, it's take responsibility for your actions. The Deep is very much subscribed to Homelander's philosophy of 'I can do whatever I want', which gets worse as the series progresses but is already shown in the early seasons. There's the sexual assault incident with Starlight, breaking a dolphin out of the aquarium and getting it killed, the 'getting intoxicated and terrorizing children at Splash Zone' incident... There will always be someone to bail him out in the end, and as a result, he doesn't repent. Even when Vought made him apologize in public for what he did to Starlight, he didn't mean it. He didn't have to mean it, and he tells her later on he's got no remorse for what he did. He may have been punished for a little while, but now it's like the exposure of his crime never mattered. Deep's back in the Seven, and Starlight isn't, so who cares? He won. He may feel bad for a hot second when he does something terrible, like letting Ambrosius die after smashing her tank, but then he just doubles down on his bullshit anyway.
Roommates?: One or two!
Triggers/sensitive topics you'd like to avoid?: None.
RP SAMPLES: TDM top-level