Post by Cordelia Chase on Mar 20, 2011 15:56:50 GMT -5
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Cordelia Caroline Chase
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LIKE MAYBE I'M AN ANGEL UNDERNEATH; INNOCENT AND SWEET
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- Photographic Reflexes - Cordelia mightn't have the raw strength of a Slayer, or the speed of a Vampire but the school girl does possess potential as a fighter. Possessing photographic reflexes it is not very widely known that Cordelia only has to be shown a physical action once and she will be able to duplicate it perfectly. It is believed this ability comes from years of Cheerleader training.
- Intelligent - Although she hates to show it afraid of being grouped with those she considers lower than herself. Cordelia is a rather intelligent young woman often "testing well" much to her dismay. This side of her isn't usually shown hidden behind her usual girly and superficial mask.
- Keen sense of fashion - Cordelia is to put it frankly one of the vainest people you could ever possibly meet. The girl likes to look good and she certainly knows how to go about doing it. Unfortunately for those around her she also has an almost Supernatural ability to hunt down those wearing last seasons outfit.
- Loving- She mightn't show it very often usually preferring to keep an aloof distance from those around her, but Cordelia can be one of the most loving people you've ever met. When she falls for someone she falls hard and though she may often struggle with her feelings if they prove against the norm. It's fair to say that she would pick those few she truly cares for over her popularity any day.
- Charismatic - Cordelia may be a bitch, vapid, insecure but she's also Charismatic. While she does work hard to maintain her popularity Cordelia also has an innate ability to draw others to her. She's the type of person who could treat you like dirt, but you'd still find yourself coming back to her doing everything in your power to earn her approval.
WEAKNESSES
- Spoiled - Cordelia is the epitome of the spoiled little princess. Often overindulged by her parents Cordelia is used to always getting what she wants whether its the latest purse, clothing or shoes. This means that Cordelia for the moment lacks street smarts and would find herself in trouble in a situation which required her to fend for herself.
- Easily frightened - While Cordelia can be within her element one scary lady possessing an ability to put others down and hit right at the core. When thrown into danger she has a tendency to forget herself and either remains frozen in panic, or starts screaming playing out the role of the damsel in distress perfectly.
- Insecure - Although she doesn't let it show beneath the surface Cordelia is a bundle of insecurity and often craves the approval of others. Whether it's her parents who never seem to want to spend time with her instead choosing to support her with expensive gifts (something she has mixed feelings about) or her 'friends' in high school and as a result often fears losing her popularity.
- A bitch - This weaknesses derives from her insecurity. In order to feel better about herself and maintain her popularity. She can often be found putting down others preferring to pick on those who lack the innate the innate fashion sense she possesses, or those generally deemed as geekish. She particularly enjoys picking on Willow, Xander and Jesse feeling a certain relish for the fact that the two boys despite how mean she is to them would clearly do anything to win her favour. While Willow, well she's just fun to pick on... I mean have you seen her outfits?
- Boys - Like any teenage girl Cordelia has a certain weakness for the opposite sex. She has an unfortunate habit of falling for the 'bad boy' those boys with a certain sense of danger around them and in a town like Sunnydale... Well that's just asking for trouble. In addition to this they can also bring out the worse in the Sunnydale high school queen often causing her to be competitive with those girls she perceives as a threat often scheming against them in order to get rid of said threat.
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I can understand how you'd be so confused
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She has slightly tanned skin and prefers to wear bright clothing, which will draw attention to her. She can usually be seen in the most expensive clothing and even more expensive accessories. When she's in her domain acting as Queen of Sunnydale Cordelia presents to the world a cold façade. She walks head held high, shoulders back, body perfectly straight. Her movements are graceful often giving the impression that everything is planned perfectly. When around boys or her popular clique alone however her mannerisms are that of the girly girl constantly giggling and acting as though there is nothing between her ears.
PERSONALITY Cordelia is a multi-faceted character who possesses many defining characteristics several of which are almost contradictory. The most obvious of these traits and the one that Cordelia has no problems showing to the rest of the world is that she is blunt. She has a tendency to say the first thing that comes to mind without any thought to the feelings of others. Unless of course you have managed to incur her wrath in which case you can be sure the comment was made with the intention to hurt. Indeed never let it be said that Cordelia Chase is incapable of sticking up for herself at least in the arena of high school battles for supremacy at any rate.
Cordelia is a self absorbed prima donna and has a tendency to act like it’s the end of the world if things don’t go her way. Indeed she can occasionally be found bemoaning the fact that her style isn’t styled in exactly the way it was and don’t even get her started on how she feels when she finds herself with a broken nail. But watch out folks with that vicious tongue of hers I’d be very wary of letting her catch you rolling your eyes at such antics. She is spoiled and hates it when things don’t go her way often becoming vengeful and determined to get her own back at those she perceives as getting in her way.
Beneath this hard exterior however Cordelia does have some redeeming characteristics. When she allows someone to get through her defences the high school socialite is extremely loyal and loving and will do anything in her power to help those that she cares about. She is extremely over protective of them and though it may take her a while to get there Cordelia would give up the material things she covets so much to be with them. But you’d have to be a very close friend, or a particularly special other half for her to reach that point.
In addition to this although she doesn’t make it obvious Cordelia is insecure and has a certain paranoia that unless she manages to remain the most popular and beautiful girl in school. She will be completely unlovable. It is this insecurity that leads her to putting down others using the particularly sharp puts down the sophomore has become renowned throughout Sunnydale high for. Although she’s known as something of a tough cookie when it comes down to it Cordelia is in all honestly a coward. Sure if you have a battle that involves a wits, verbal and legal sparring then she’s a girl. But if you need someone to defend you from the Supernatural, or even a particularly angry and violent human then don't be turning to her for help. No Cordelia’s most likely to freeze up in panic or start screaming until she’s either dead, or been rescued by someone else.
In terms of her attitude to life Cordelia is a firm believer that you only live once and it’s up to you to make as big a splash as possible during the chance you got. It’s for this reason that ever since she was a little girl Cordelia has always aspired to move to Los Angeles when she graduates and pursue a career as a famous actress. After all in her opinion when you considered her looks and obvious talent they’d be fools to overlook her, right? She has at present absolutely no interest in helping other people and only cares about school enough to consider how it affects her popularity. “After all the only thing worse than being an over aspiring geek is being a failing loser with no future to look forward to.”
LIKES
- Expensive Outfits & Designs - Cordelia loves fashion and completely looks her nose up at anyone who doesn't share the same interest. She loves wearing pretty outfits, which help to emphasis her good looks and being the bitch she is. She particularly loves wearing clothing that the other girls in her crowd couldn't possibly afford. Green on others after all is really in this season.
- Boys - Cordelia like any other teenage girl is boy crazy and has a tendency to go for the tall, dark and handsome type. Although she will go for any boy that she considers good looking convinced the eye candy on her arm will only add to her popularity. She has a particular thing for those boys that have an aura of mystery and danger around them.
- Being Paid attention to - To put it frankly she's an attention seeker. The high school beauty queen is at her happiest when all eyes in the room are turned to her. She particularly loves those rare few times when her parents appear interested in what is going on in her life beyond checking up on what she is spending their money on.
- Gymnastics/Cheerleading - Cordy just loves everything about this particular extra curricular activity. Whether it's the calories it quickly burns allowing her to eat whatever she wants without having to worry about putting on weight, or the attention the tight outfit and difficult movements attract from males.
- Strawberry flavoured ice cream - The high school beauty just loves strawberry ice cream and has been known to demand that the guy she's with buy it for her on many a date. Having the sense to do this out of your own initiative is certainly one way of winning her over early in the relationship.
DISLIKES
- The Darker elements of Sunnydale - Having grown up in Sunnydale and not being completely stupid. Cordelia is fully aware of the fact that far more murders and mysteries occur in that little town than normal. Being unaware of the supernatural however she thinks its the work of gangs and hates them for at times ruining her idyllic life. Seriously the police in Sunnydale needed to get off their asses.
- Geeks & Dorks - Eww just eww! Not only do they tend to represent all that the superficial beauty queen hates; ugliness and unfashionable outfits. But just being in the room with them and not taking the time out of her busy schedule to deliver a cutting put down could potentially cause irrevocable damage to her reputation.
- Computers - Cordy completely detests computers finding that anything beyond browsing the web and checking her emails completely confuses her. It also doesn't help that she's failing Computer Lab due to mistaking the 'delete' key for a 'deliver' key.
- Guys who try and treat her like dirt - She's Cordelia Chase. You should be completely honoured by the fact that she's even considered letting you near her in the first place. For that reason she detests it when the people she's dating blow off their dates, or show the slightest interest in other girls while she's with them.
- Cheap Knockoffs - Seriously the people who even dare present this to her. Do you not know Cordy by now? She likes to think of herself as the best and won't wear anything less. She also considers such options a complete insult to her and those like her who can afford the legitimate merchandise. Why on earth should they have to share the limelight with such cheap skates?
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Cordelia was born in Sunnydale, California to Lorraine and Michael Chase. It was agreed by both her parents shortly after her birth that she was going to be an only child. Cordelia lived a rather normal childhood sheltered from the horrors that lurked in the dark of the seemingly perfect little town and was spoiled by both her parents from a young age. Despite this however Cordelia never grew overly close to either of her parents; her father choosing to work, while her mother conquered the socialite scene only ever talking to Cordelia in depth when she wanted to show ‘her beautiful little girl’ to her equally pretentious friends.
From the moment she started school it was quite clear that Cordelia possessed some natural intelligence despite the fact that neither of her parents ever encouraged interests that didn’t involve clothes and accessories. She quickly suppressed this part of her nature while in the company of her classmates however instead choosing to focus on the social element of school. Even as a young child Cordy displayed the natural charisma that would allow her to go on to become the Queen bee during her high school years.
While instantly popular and seemingly loveable while in the presence of authority figures, it would also be fair to say that Cordelia was a mean child and had the ability to inspire strong emotions in those who didn’t like her just as strong as the emotions she stirred in those who admired her. So much so that her nasty ways even led Willow Rosenburg and Xander Harris to create a club exclusively for those who hated her. Needless to say due to her popularity this club had very few members. When Cordelia arrives in high school her popularity only continues to soar particularly when she quickly becomes the head of the cheerleading squad. She was the first freshmen to ever gain such a student position of authority. It is at this point that the other popular and superficial girls that hung around Cordy began to be officially known as ‘the Cordettes’.
During her freshman year Cordelia along with her then best friend Harmony were forced to take a Spanish remedial class. It was during these classes where one of her classmates a boy called Donnie Wray develops a crush on her. This would have been ok if he hadn’t proceeded to write an embarrassing poem about her. In order to save face Cordelia while slightly touched was forced to pretend she was disgusted by the whole thing and turned him down brutally in front of the whole school.
Other notable incidents which have affected Cordelia’s high school career to date include the high school cheerleading queen being one of the many students who ignore classmate Marcie Ross so completely that she literally faded from sight, and she also began to notice boys properly during her freshman year. In fact she spent half her freshman year crushing on senior athlete Daryl Eeps until he died in a rock climbing accident. On the plus side Cordelia did receive her first kiss that year while she started dating some of the popular boys in her year feeling that dating at this point was needed if she were to maintain her popularity.
So far the Queen of Sunnydale high’s sophomore year has been rather quiet. The biggest change to date is that she has now found a new best friend in the newcomer Buffy Summers. Although she’d never admit to it Cordelia feels quite close to Buffy already admiring the blonde’s keen sense of fashion and sensing that Buffy also possess that inner spark required to be Queen Bee. Of course she’s glad Buffy hasn’t to date to steal her place of prominence because in all honesty she’d hate to have to put her down. Because rather than feeling threatened she hopes that in Buffy she might be able to find a kindred spirit. Someone who understands that despite how much she might need and crave her popularity that sometimes being the centre of attention is the loneliest place of all...
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Providing the other players agree I figure the Cordelia on this board will be slightly different than in canon. Given time to bond with Buffy rather than automatically hating each other. I figure maybe like on the show Cordelia can find out about Buffy Slayer hood and while sorry for her friend doesn’t shun her and tries to help Buffy remain popular. In addition to this maybe she could be a little bit of help and learn some basic stuff about swords and crap because of the whole photographic reflexes she’s got going for her. So she’s not completely useless while not Buffy capable.
In terms of her relationship with others well she’s still going to be generally the Queen bee of Sunnydale and a bitch to those she considers beneath herself and generally tolerant to the other popular girls ready to ridicule them if they do something to cross her.[/size]
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5-6 Years| None | Queen Bee screw the PTB
As she walked to Sunnydale high the image Cordelia Chase presented to the world was one of her usual perfection. Clad in a lovely blue sweater which emphasised her cleavage and wearing a matching mini skirt that just about met regulation. This bright and attractive appearance along with the huge smile plastered on her face was enough to make anyone think that she didn’t have a care in the world. Oh no the life of Cordelia Chase was carefree it wasn’t like her parents hadn’t just spent the previous night arguing with one another yet again, or that she and her mother didn’t always have a niggling worry that her father was going to get caught fiddling his books one of these days.
Walking up the steps that led to the high school Cordelia took off the fashionable sun glasses that she had been wearing. Smiling happily she took a few moments to look at the crowds outside the school grinning when she spotted the Cordette’s waiting patiently just outside the front door with her. It seemed that in high school at least all was right with the world. Her girls still continued to follow her lead like little puppy dogs, the jocks and the cheerleaders still hung around together and the dweebs knew to stay out of their way unless they happened to be needed to fulfil some task only dorks like them could – like setting up sound speakers.
Walking up to the gang with a huge grin on her face she leaned over and started whispering to them. “Hey did you guys see Courtney this morning?” At the clueless looks on the other girls face she grinned delightfully. “She has a zit the size of a mountain.” At this point she paused smirking when the other girls predictably started making eew and other disgusted sounds “Yeah I know. I’m surprised. She was willing to even show her face. If I had a thing like that I wouldn’t be near school until it was surgically removed. Not that I would ever be faced with such hideousness.”
Eyeing the girl’s darkly for a moment she gave them a look that suggested they’d better agree with her statement, or there would be hell to deal with. Grinning in satisfaction as each of them in turn proceeded to compliment her blemish free complexion. “Come on guys let’s get to class.” Grinning she walked as the other girls in her clique followed her walking on their way to French occasionally pausing to criticize some loser or others outfit. Honestly couldn’t these people at least read a magazine if they didn’t have a natural instinct for fashion. I mean hello big flowery designs that were so last year. Indeed she might have had her problems at home and occasionally with boys, but here in Sunnydale high surrounded by her girls Cordelia is so in her element.
Stepping into the room of the classroom and taking her seats she quickly started whispering to the girl beside her not intending to pay the slightest attention to the lesson. “So what time are we all meeting at the bronze tonight?”
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