Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (imadoctornota_) wrote, @ 2009-07-08 12:44:00 |
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Fandom Character Character Name: Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy Character Age: 32 Point in Canon: Shortly following the beginning of his tenure as chief medical officer under Captain James T. Kirk Birthday: July 22, 2227 Brief History: Leonard McCoy may be out of this world now, but he wasn't always. Bones was born on the hottest day Meridian, MS had seen in over more than 80 years - July 22, 2227 - to David and Joanna McCoy. They opted for a home birth, since David was a doctor and more than capable of successfully delivering a baby, but this was a decision they soon regretted when the air conditioning went out in their restored anti bellum home. Somehow (and by somehow, I mean by surrounding the already-overheated Joanna with icepacks) David and Joanna managed to keep it together long enough to deliver their firstborn child, Leonard Mccoy. Leonard was a precocious young child, very outgoing, friendly and creative, making friends easily and never hesitating to talk to other kids about his new star ship model that he made ALL BY HIMSELF or adult acquaintances about how HIS DADDY IS A DOCTOR AND SOMEDAY HE'S GOING TO BE ONE TOO AND HE CAN TAKE YOUR TEMPERATURE AND EVERYTHING. As you now may have gathered, McCoy's interest in the medical field is very long-standing - he estimates that it started sometime around his fourth birthday, when his dad got him his own bandaids and a stethescope and forceps and a hyposprayer and a couple of other things that looked medical but didn't actually do anything. Which, of course, didn't stop him from using them on the local kids whenever they got banged up. His resolve only increased with age - Bones was a very hard worker in both high school and college - though, in spite of his Ivy League aspirations and aptitude, his father fell ill early in the college decision process with a slow-moving, but incurable disease, and Bones ended up at he University of Mississippi instead so that he could help take care of his father and mother. Well, and because most of the other good, affordable medical schools are only accessible by shuttle craft, and Bones has been absolutely terrified of flying since he was a kid on a turbulent flight to visit his grandparents and the plane lost an engine over Lake Michigan. He's a bit of a technophobe, especially for someone in a technologically advanced career, which is one of the reasons why he initially chose NOT to join Starfleet after his graduation from Medical School. He instead chose to work as a surgeon, physician, psychologist, and exobiologist, in Jackson, MS. Notably, Med School was also where he met his wife. They fell in love almost instantly - Bones, at this time, was young and inexperienced, and as a man who rarely takes the logical option over his gut reaction, he thought he love would last. They were married shortly after, right around the date of Bones's graduation from Med School in 2253. Which... was also about the time when things started to go south. Bones started working long hours (as doctors so often do), they disagreed about when they wanted kids (and how many), she nagged too much, he drank too much, the sex was infrequent and unimaginative, they fought constantly, it was a disaster. Three years after their marriage, they were very messily divorced. Unfortunately, his wife had an excellent lawyer. And without two red cents to rub together, McCoy did what so many poor kids with no options do: he boarded the Starfleet shuttle for new recruits. Because of his aviophobia, he attempted to hide in the shuttle's bathroom during the flight, as there were no windows, but, a flight officer discovered him and forced him to sit with the other passengers and buckle up. He sat next to James T. Kirk, who assured McCoy of the shuttle's safety, to no avail; the nervous doctor kept ranting to Kirk about the health hazards of flying in a shuttle in a manner that SOME might have viewed as a tad melodramatic. When Kirk questioned his reasons for joining starfleet, given his phobia, McCoy confided that, following his divorce, all he had left were his "bones." He and Kirk then introduced each other and shared some good old Tennessee whisky from McCoy's pewter hip flask as the shuttle took off for Starfleet Academy. During their three years at star fleet, Kirk and Bones became best friends, almost brotherly as has been noted. And as such, Kirk was now calling him "Bones" in reference to his initial statement about what his ex had left him. Bones served as a good friend and maybe just a little bit of an enabler - he thought Kirk was mad for wanting to retake the Kobayashi Maru test (and knew Kirk well enough not to believe him when he claimed he was going to "study") but still participated in Kirk's third attempt to beat the Kobayashi Maru simulation, serving at the helm station. McCoy believed Kirk would fail miserably as he had done the first two times, but he was surprised when his friend somehow defeated the simulation. Shortly thereafter, however, McCoy was among the cadets in attendance in the Academy assembly hall when the ruling council accused Kirk of cheating. As it turned out, Kirk reprogrammed the simulation to make it possible to win. McCoy watched as Kirk faced off against his accuser, Commander Spock, the programmer of the Kobayasi Maru test. Kirk's hearing was interrupted when the ruling council received word of a distress call from Vulcan. All cadets, including McCoy, were ordered to report to Hangar 1 for assignment. McCoy was assigned to the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise, which had yet to have its maiden voyage. Kirk, however, was on academic suspension, which prohibited him from being assigned to a starship. McCoy decided to smuggle his friend aboard the Enterprise; to do so, he injected Kirk with a vaccine to protect against a viral infection from Melvaran mud fleas. The injection caused Kirk to experience the symptoms of the infection, allowing McCoy to bring Kirk aboard the Enterprise as a patient. After successfully sneaking Kirk aboard the Enterprise, McCoy brought him to the ship's medical bay, sedated him, and prepared for duty. Kirk awoke as the Enterprise neared Vulcan, and McCoy was horrified to find that Kirk's hands had swollen, a side effect of the Melvaran mud flea vaccine. Kirk, however, was preoccupied with the notion that the Enterprise was heading into a trap, a deduction he reached after hearing Ensign Chekov's announcement over the intercom. McCoy chased Kirk through the ship, injecting him with various medications while Kirk searched for Uhura to confirm his theory. Afterwards, McCoy and Uhura chased after Kirk as the seemingly delusional officer ran onto the ship's bridge to warn Captain Christopher Pike that they were heading into a Romulan trap. McCoy attempted to explain Kirk's presence to Pike, accepting full responsibility for his actions, but Kirk was ultimately able to convince the crew that there were indeed Romulans waiting for them at Vulcan. McCoy later replaced Doctor Puri as the Enterprise's chief medical officer when Puri was killed in battle with the Romulan ship, Narada. He later treated the injuries Kirk sustained while attempting to deactivate the Narada's drilling platform, and also saw to the survivors of the Narada's destruction of Vulcan. With Captain Pike captured by the Romulans, McCoy joined Kirk, Acting Captain Spock, and the rest of the bridge crew in discussing the continuing threat of Nero, the captain of the Narada. Kirk argued with Spock over their next course of action, with McCoy siding with Spock's decision to rendezvous with the rest of the Federation fleet in the Laurentian system. McCoy then laid witness to Kirk's attempt – and failed – mutiny. Later, in a private discussion with Spock, McCoy voiced his extreme displeasure with the acting captain's decision to maroon Kirk on Delta Vega. Spock disagreed with McCoy's assertions, and when Spock left, an infuriated McCoy referred to the acting captain as a "green-blooded hobgoblin." Shortly thereafter, McCoy was on the bridge when Kirk – who had returned to the Enterprise via transwarp beaming – instigated a brawl between himself and Spock, proving that Spock was emotionally compromised by the mission at hand, having lost his planet and his mother, and could not continue commanding the Enterprise. After coming to his senses, Spock reported to McCoy that he was emotionally compromised and that he was resigning his command as a result. In spite of his obvious support of Kirk, McCoy was still vocally incredulous when Kirk became Acting Captain of the Enterprise following Spock's resignation, crying out "you've gotta be kidding me!" when his friend sat in the command chair. He reacted much the same way towards Ensign Chekov and his idea for beaming onto the Narada without being noticed after learning that Chekov was only 17 years old. Chekov's calculations proved to be correct, however, and Kirk and Spock were able to rescue Captain Pike and stop Nero before he destroyed Earth. McCoy continued serving aboard the Enterprise after Kirk received full command of the ship. McCoy was on the bridge when Kirk assumed command for the first time. With a slap on the shoulder, Kirk informed McCoy to "buckle up", referring back to the first time they met aboard the recruitment shuttle. (some parts are from Star Trek Memory Alpha article on Leonard McCoy) Play By: Karl Urban Journal Name: imadoctornota_ Do you want to have them join Starfleet? I'm fairly certain that he's already a member. What do you think your character's potential home planet should be? Earth - specifically, the deep (and old) South, in the city of Meridian, Mississippi. | ||||
SAMPLES Please include a first person or third person. Previous logs of character are preferred! If this is your second character, please disregard this! Bones was not amused. I mean, sure, he wasn't exactly worried about Kirk - the man who didn't believe in the no-win situation had usually proven his disbelief to be correct, at least in his case - but he was rather concerned that Kirk's admonition had been a valid one. Sure, Kirk had stepped out of line - raced across line, leaped over the line, run away screaming from the line, danced on the grave of the line - but that crazy kid was usually not way off base. And Spock, that pointy-eared green-blooded hyper-logical pain in his ass, was just going to leave Kirk on Delta-fucking-Vega. That, Bones knew for certain, was the dumbest thing he'd ever heard of. Since when had everyone decided that making the "logical" choice was the same as making the right one? When Spock approached Bones to acknowledge the "difficulty" of his decision not to mutiny when Kirk had attempted to start a coup, Bones was understandably irritated. What did that Vulcan want from him now? A statement of support? Well, if that's what he thought he was getting, he had another thing coming to him. http://texmas.insanejournal.com/ - this journal has sample applications for characters I've played before, and links to the actual journals of some of those characters. So you can get a sense of how I write generally, if you want to. My experience is virtually all in Harry Potter RPG's, but I've been doing that for four years. http://otemporaomoony.insanejournal.c | ||||