Mayfield Application

[afterthesky]

Name: Yubsie
Personal LJ: yubsie
Contact Info: AIM: Yubs42
Other Characters Played: Hajime, Death/Didi
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Sarah Jane Smith
Character Series: Doctor Who/The Sarah Jane Adventures
Character Age: Roughly 58. Who continuity is fuzzy.
Background: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Jane_Smith

Personality: Sarah Jane is at her heart a reporter. She has never been able to resist investigating any mystery that comes her way. She initially met the Doctor because she was certain that the mysterious think tank her aunt had been invited to would yield a good story. This driving curiosity has stayed with her ever since. Though it took her a bit of time to figure out what to do with herself after being left back on Earth, she eventually fell back on investigation and finding that there were plenty of alien goings on right under her nose to keep her busy. She is likely to dive quite quickly into investigating the mysteries of Mayfield. She is accustomed to strange things happening, it’s only natural that she shake off any initial confusion and set to work trying to determine what’s really going on.

In her youth Sarah Jane was very physically demonstrative, with a tendency to hold hands with everyone who wasn’t actively trying to kill her. After being left on Earth and getting involved in her personal alien dealings, she tended to be a bit more withdrawn. Given the dangerous nature of her work, she was unwilling to involve others. However, after Maria involved herself in her life whether she wanted her to or not, leading to Sarah Jane adopting Luke, she began letting people back in. And hugging a lot. That said, she is constantly aware of the danger her work presents to her young companions and is rather protective of all of them.

Sarah Jane has a great distaste for resorting to violent resolution of problems. Although this is partially motivated by the youth of her companions, it goes back further than that. She simply believes that there is a better way. Whenever possible, she prefers to find a peaceful solution to conflict. In her experience, there are considerably more aliens who are simply lost and confused than who actually mean the Earth harm. Even when faced with violent opponents, she usually manages to find a clever way of sending them packing without resorting to heavy firepower. However, there have been occasions where, despite her best efforts, she has needed to resort to lethal force. These occasions do not sit easily with her.

Sarah Jane is a staunch feminist, as demonstrated by the fact that one her first adventure, she attempted to spark women’s lib in a medieval kitchen. Admirable, though probably not the best thing for the timeline. This is rooted in the simple fact that she knows herself to be every bit as competent as a man. This does not stop her from forming close friendships with old fashioned men such as Harry Sullivan, but she doesn’t let their friendship mean he can get away with being patronizing. She is not going to be particularly pleased with the sexism exhibited by the drones in Mayfield or her limited employment options. Although she will somewhat expect it given her time travel experience, that doesn’t mean she has to like it.

Abilities: Nothing supernatural, though she does have a whole attic full of alien technology and is quite adept at using it.