Somehow, I seem to have written dark!Jack into a corner in Part II; maybe --- just maybe! --- telling you a bit about him will help me figure out what the hell he's going to do next.
Anyway, I'm going to begin with three main points, some of which you may already know from what you've read.
Here goes:
1. On January 31, 5015, Jack was born on Arcadia, a remote colony plagued by political instability and civil war. He joined up with the Rebel army as a young teen along with his best friend Jeff. Only Jack survived the war, after which an aid organization placed him with a foster family living in the capital city of his system's largest colony. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Time Agency.
2. He worked as a Field Agent for three years, visiting all sorts of different times and places. The job excited him, and, for a while, he was happy there. Then he broke the rules. He doesn't know what it was he did, because once the Time Agency caught up with him they removed the relevant events from his memory. After that, Jack decided to leave. He waited until the right moment; then he seized his chance and escaped.
3. Jack fell through a Rift and ended up in the BSG universe while attempting to run from a team of Time Agents, all of whom had been relentlessly pursuing him since he departed. He thus never got a chance to meet Rose and the Doctor or have crazy stuff happen to him on space stations. As a result, he ages normally and is not immortal.
And now, five random facts:
1. Jack was 12 years old when he saw two men kissing for the first time while waiting outside Arcadia's most notorious bar. His parents never found out where he and Jeff had gone, but they were certainly scolded for having run off when they caught him trying to sneak back into his house in the morning. If they had found out, Jack would have been in real trouble; the small village in which he grew up, needless to say, was not particularly tolerant.
2. Jack is very good with technology. He loves tinkering with things, though he hasn't had much time to do it lately.
3. If he could have his choice of professions, he'd probably choose to be a pilot. He also adores singing and is pretty damn good at it, and has consequently contemplated trying to make a career out of that as well. Alas, he's not exactly in a position to go for either possibility at present.
4. Jack hasn't cried in three years. He often wants to; he simply can't. This inability actually makes him feel even worse when he's at a low point.
5. Above all else, Jack wants to feel connected. He wants all the experiences that he's had to come together, and he wants to feel close to the people that surround him. But he's moved about so many times --- and feels like such an outsider in BSG land --- that he feels very detached, as a result, rather depressed. What first drew him to the drug to which he's addicted is that it creates exactly the feeling of connection he so craves.
And that's all! I hope that I haven't bored you too much. If I can manage to get dark!Jack out of his current predicament, I should be done with Part II soon. If you'd like to give it a read-through, just let me know!
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on dark!Jack
Date: 2007-05-20 05:28 am (UTC)Anyway, I'm going to begin with three main points, some of which you may already know from what you've read.
Here goes:
1. On January 31, 5015, Jack was born on Arcadia, a remote colony plagued by political instability and civil war. He joined up with the Rebel army as a young teen along with his best friend Jeff. Only Jack survived the war, after which an aid organization placed him with a foster family living in the capital city of his system's largest colony. Upon graduating from college, he joined the Time Agency.
2. He worked as a Field Agent for three years, visiting all sorts of different times and places. The job excited him, and, for a while, he was happy there. Then he broke the rules. He doesn't know what it was he did, because once the Time Agency caught up with him they removed the relevant events from his memory. After that, Jack decided to leave. He waited until the right moment; then he seized his chance and escaped.
3. Jack fell through a Rift and ended up in the BSG universe while attempting to run from a team of Time Agents, all of whom had been relentlessly pursuing him since he departed. He thus never got a chance to meet Rose and the Doctor or have crazy stuff happen to him on space stations. As a result, he ages normally and is not immortal.
And now, five random facts:
1. Jack was 12 years old when he saw two men kissing for the first time while waiting outside Arcadia's most notorious bar. His parents never found out where he and Jeff had gone, but they were certainly scolded for having run off when they caught him trying to sneak back into his house in the morning. If they had found out, Jack would have been in real trouble; the small village in which he grew up, needless to say, was not particularly tolerant.
2. Jack is very good with technology. He loves tinkering with things, though he hasn't had much time to do it lately.
3. If he could have his choice of professions, he'd probably choose to be a pilot. He also adores singing and is pretty damn good at it, and has consequently contemplated trying to make a career out of that as well. Alas, he's not exactly in a position to go for either possibility at present.
4. Jack hasn't cried in three years. He often wants to; he simply can't. This inability actually makes him feel even worse when he's at a low point.
5. Above all else, Jack wants to feel connected. He wants all the experiences that he's had to come together, and he wants to feel close to the people that surround him. But he's moved about so many times --- and feels like such an outsider in BSG land --- that he feels very detached, as a result, rather depressed. What first drew him to the drug to which he's addicted is that it creates exactly the feeling of connection he so craves.
And that's all! I hope that I haven't bored you too much. If I can manage to get dark!Jack out of his current predicament, I should be done with Part II soon. If you'd like to give it a read-through, just let me know!