Claire Redfield (![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} claire_redfield) wrote,@ 2008-11-28 12:25:00 |
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Fandom: Resident Evil
Age: 22
PB: Julie McNiven
Occupation: Graduate Student/Teacher's Assistant
Sexual Orientation: Straight.
Appearance: Claire is tall, somewhat wiry, and fairly attractive, with reddish-brown hair and blue eyes. She tends to keep her hair in a trademark ponytail. Generally tomboyish in nature, Claire wears pants far more often than skirts, and is only rarely seen in a dress. Makeup is not a typical part of her daily routine, though she will apply a little bit for special occasions. She is never without a lighter
Personality: Claire Redfield is yet another child genius of the Resident Evil fandom. At the tender age of twenty-two, she can already use high-powered weaponry like a pro, pick locks, and skip school for ages without her teachers or her parents yelling at her. She is also terribly talented at solving nonsensical puzzles involving emblems and musical notes and any other random objects found strewn around. She must have been a blast in Logic class. She is hopelessly attached to her big brother Chris to the point where she is willing to go haring off to various locations around the world in an attempt to find him when he’s been quiet for all of a week.
She has a big heart and a possibly hidden desire to be a hero. When she came across a frightened Sherry Birkin in Raccoon City, she insisted on finding and rescuing the child despite the additional danger to her own life. She even managed to grow attached to Steve Burnside – though part of that might have been triggered by him saving her life – and likely feels some guilt regarding his death. She is brave to a fault and refuses to harm those she cares about, even when her own life is at risk. She also dreams of when Wesker kicked the hell out of her, dragged her around by her ponytail, and called her “dear heart” in front of her brother. Likely they are nightmares, but also fueled by his taunting that he retrieved Steve’s corpse and could potentially bring him back. Claire has enough emo in her life.
History: Though Claire is probably best known for her over-the-top antics in her attempt to find Chris that landed her inevitably in Antarctica, she had a brief stint in Raccoon City where she met up with Leon S. Kennedy on his first day as a police officer. Having not learned the lesson of actually calling or e-mailing her brother, she instead decided to ride right into the city to discover that it was overrun with zombies. She soon learned that she was a decent shot with a gun, and between her and Leon, solved a number of insidiously pointless fetch quests and emblem collecting in order to escape in one piece. She was heard declaring at one point that, if she was ever in another city when a zombie outbreak occurred, she would set random things on fire, scatter all keys and weaponry, including ammunition, and set into motion self-destruct systems just to blow things up.
Claire has never had much of a sense of humor, much akin to her brother. Probably why she got along with Leon so well.
After finding Chris’ desk but not her brother himself, Claire continued her technologically lacking search and wound up overcoming her fear of computers to e-mail Leon to get ahold of her brother to come and save her. Why she couldn’t do that in the first place never entered the picture. However, if she hadn’t, she never would have met the emo-riffic teenager Steve Burnside, or gotten jerked around by Albert Wesker, or been dramatically reunited with her brother, and she wouldn’t have been the capable woman she is today.
In-Game History: Born and raised in Harmony, Claire has led a rather unremarkable life. Having always had an independent spirit, she appreciated that both of her parents worked hard to provide for their child. She has always had a close relationship with her mother, who doted on her and strived to instill a confidence in Claire that she herself lacked. To this day, Claire can call her mother in the middle of the night and talk to her about anything. Her father? Not so much. Too similar to get along well, they bickered constantly, and though Claire loves him dearly, she can’t spend much time in the same room as him. She still remembers the day he refused to let her leave the house because she was showing just a touch of cleavage. Over-protective much?
As soon as she was able to become financially independent, Claire moved out so as not to be a burden on her parents. She worked odd jobs to pay her way through undergraduate college, emerging with a rather useless degree in English. Somewhere along the line, an idea got lodged in her brain and simply wouldn’t move: get a Masters, and maybe, from there, a Doctorate. It meant more years in school, more years puttering around the same apartment and unable to afford a house or a fancy car, but the very concept made her feel more secure in her autonomy. No one in her family had ever attained a higher degree.
For as long as she can remember, she and Seto Kaiba have been – oddly enough – extremely close friends. He was always the one she cried to when boyfriends rejected her and she had an especially bitter (and childish) argument with her parents. The friendship never made much sense to outsiders – Claire was rather social, Kaiba not so much – but to Claire, it has always been the most important aspect of her life, made only moreso once they breached the line between friends and friends with benefits.
Currently, Claire is pursuing her Master’s degree while working as a TA for the university.
Please note: this is subject to future revision. Much of this is a blend of canon and AU to fit with the RPG.
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