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This is the RPG of John Sheppard for Aternaville RPG. Not affiliated in any way with Stargate: Atlantis, Joe Flanigan, Martin Gero, USAF, etcetera, etcetera, and so forth!



Character Demographics:
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Name: John Sheppard (that’s Lieutenant Colonel Errand Boy to you)
Age: 39
Physical Appearance: skinny (some *ahem* Rodney *ahem* might say scrawny, but not everyone scarfs down pudding cups and power bars like they’re fattening themselves for the Wraith), crazy black hair (no, it’s not hair gel, it just comes that way), green/hazel eyes, admittedly kinda pointy ears
Religion: nope
Education: Air Force ROTC or OTS, haven’t decided yet. Bachelor’s degree, of course. I’m also thinking he has a master’s, maybe even in some mathy field, because, you know, “could have been Mensa!”
Occupation: Air Force pilot/military leader of Atlantis Expedition on convalescent leave
Significant Other: Rodney McKay, but…well, um...he lives in John's head? At least for now. There's Jack, too, of course.

Character Biography:
History: Father was military, didn’t think he was going to follow in those exalted footsteps, but ended up joining the Air Force because he just loved flying so much—anything is worth that thrill when you tear through the air at more than 200mph, free and light, the whole sky open and beckoning. Still, the whole problem with authority thing always caused a lot of trouble for him in the military. Sometimes he just saw things differently than his commanding officers, and he was always compelled to act on his own point of view. This is how he ended up with the black mark that sent him to Antarctica. It was Afghanistan, he was trying to rescue some men who were down behind enemy lines, and, well, if he had succeeded he might not have been banished to an icy wasteland where the weather made for very few days when helicopter pilots (and, yes, it was pretty damned unusual for an Air Force pilot instead of an Army pilot to fly helicopters, but these things happen) could actually fly. But he didn’t, and the memory of that failure hurts a lot more than the memory of being reprimanded and sent away. At least they didn’t discharge him. At least he still got to fly. And the thing was, he kinda liked McMurdo. Of course, if he hadn’t been in Antarctica, he would never have sat down in the Ancient control chair, and he wouldn’t have ended up lightyears away in another frickin’ galaxy. But he loved Atlantis, would do anything for the Expedition, and fell in love with one snarky, hypoglycemic, self-important astrophysicist by the name of Rodney McKay. So what if he had had to kill his CO on the first day? So what if there were life-sucking space vampires and bomb-happy natives with personal vendettas against him? Atlantis was home, it was the first place he had ever felt he really belonged, and it wasn’t even because the city lit up for him and murmured in his ear as he fell asleep at night. He had needed Atlantis, maybe even more than the Expedition had ever needed him. It healed him, gave him purpose, and a family he had never really had.
Personality: At first glance, completely friendly, a gracious, cheerful guy you’d want to watch the game and have a beer with. But he doesn’t let most people in all that far. He grew up a military brat, so he was already used to losing friends almost quicker than he could make them. And then he grew up, and he’d lose friends because they died and not because he was moving, and that called for more walls to protect himself with. He’ll tell you the second he meets you that he likes college football, ferris wheels, and anything that goes faster than 200 mph, but most people aren’t going to find out much more about him anytime soon. On the other hand, if you’re lucky enough to become part of his flock, he’ll watch over you and protect you and even bring you meals to make sure you eat when you’re working for two days straight trying to save the city, and if anything happens to you, he’ll go to the gates of hell and back to save you. John is also lightning quick, tends to slouch, looking relaxed even when he’s completely alert and ready to attack at the slightest hint of danger, looks for the best side in people, uses teasing and snark to show affection, loves kids, never gives up, and has a tendency to try to sacrifice himself for the greater good when he sees it as necessary. He’s a lot smarter than he pretends to be, though he did take that Mensa test once. He’s kind of a sucker for pretty girls, but he’s not Captain Kirk, no matter what Rodney says. He likes guns, it’s true. He doesn’t know if that’s a matter of circumstance or if he would have liked them anyway.
Personality in seven words or less: easy-going, private, hurt, protective, loyal, adorkable
How Others Perceive Your Character: They think he’s the kinda guy you call your buddy. They also see someone who’s been injured in some accident or war or something, so they might be a little careful of him. They feel an inexplicable desire to hang out with him, and some might even want to get to know him, but when they stop to think about it, they realize he seems awfully alone. Then again, everyone’s kind of alone and running from something in Aternaville, aren’t they?
Beliefs, Convictions, Morals: He’ll kill if he has to, without hesitation, and he doesn’t miss, but he always regrets that it has to be. For instance, he’s pretty angry at the Wraith, but if someone shows him a way to be free of them without having to kill them all, he’ll welcome it. He’ll do anything for his team/people/friends because he believes they’re more important than he is. He’s a little upset at the military/government right now because of what happened in Atlantis (to land him in the situation he’s in now, a little sick in some tiny Canadian town). He trusts himself more than he trusts anybody else, but even that trust feels a little misplaced sometimes. He truly does just want everybody to be happy, and if he can be a little happy too, that’d be great. But he knows that there are a lot of pretty dark things out there in the world and the universe, and he’s resigned to just doing the best he can, always on the lookout for anything dangerous that might try to hurt him or his people.
Reason for Escaping to Canada: So why did he leave? Well, some things happened, worse things than usual. He was badly wounded and put on indefinite convalescent leave until he felt up for returning to Atlantis. The thing is, he’s been hurt pretty badly, psychologically, too, and he worries that they’re never actually going to let him go back. He chose Aternaville because he’s not sure he could stand to be home, if there even is any place in the States he could call home, and he’s had a…thing…about Canada for a while now. Having been in Pegasus for so long, and in Antarctica before that, he’s not used to being around a lot of people anymore, so he went for a small town rather than a city. Besides, peace and quiet, it’s what the SGC shrink prescribed, right? So what if he misses the buzz and hum of Atlantis that had nothing to do with the people living on it, and the ocean, and the sky? Every day he says to himself, it’s only temporary. He hobbles down to the town store and buys himself all the papers that are available and scours them for news that might hide some mention of what’s going on back in Colorado, in space, in Pegasus. He won’t find anything for a long time. But he’s not going to stop looking.
Their DHAs [Dreams, Hopes, and Aspirations] for Canada: He just wants to get better so that he can go back to Atlantis. Barring that, maybe he could get to know his neighbors, try to forget about stargates and aliens and beautiful men with expressive blue eyes and crooked mouths, that’d be good. He wouldn’t mind getting a fast car or a little private plane. And he could, too, what with the money from the SGC and the part of Rodney’s very-important-scientist stash he’s been given.

Twenty-Questions for the Characters:

1. What turns them on: being snarked at
   
2. What turns them off: random space bimbos who drop their clothes at him and try to manipulate him into fathering their baby with the ATA gene
   
3. Would they see a shrink: he used to grudgingly go to Heightmeyer, and he’s been ordered to the base shrink more than once during his career, but, really, he’s not going to go unless he’s either really desperate and the shrink seems intelligent enough, or he’s forced
   
4. Worst Childhood experience: it’s hard to choose, with so many, but one lovely memory that stands out was the birthday when, instead of cake and presents, he got an offhand remark from his dad about how he was never going to be man enough to make it in the military
   
5. Favorite film: Top Gun; also really liked Back to the Future, but only talked about it so much because it annoyed Rodney. The Right Stuff?
   
6. Favorite Song: Man in Black/Johnny Cash
   
7. Favorite Word: ‘puddlejumper’ (helps that he coined it, to describe something that flies. through space!)
   
8. Least Favorite Word: ‘Wraith’
   
9. Favorite Curse Word: ‘McKay!’ Oh, wait, that’s not a curse word. Damn.
   
10. Best gift ever received: I'm changing this and going more canon. The best present he's ever received wasn't even meant to be a gift, but--when they first arrived in Atlantis and Colonel Sumner and others were taken by the Wraith, it looked John wasn't going to get to go after them because the address that the darts went through turned out to be for a gate in high orbit around a planet on the other side of Pegasus from Atlantis. But THEN, but then...Rodney took him down to the jumper bay and showed him the spaceships the Ancients used to go through these space gates. And so he got to fly a very cool, ultrafast, mindreading spaceship AND rescue his men (well, most of them). Yes, John was in love.
    
11. Sound or Noise they hate: the sound of an incoming Wraith dart (a sort of high pitched drone)
    
12. Sound or Noise they love: Whining Canadian Scientist
    
13. Do they know the answer to 64 million dollar question: it’s somewhere in the Ancient database, probably, but the geeks haven’t found it yet
    
14. [Complete the sentence] ... All the world's a stage... so smile and keep up the act
    
15. Did Yoko Ono really break up the Fab Four: used to think so, but then he learned about love in the person of one blue eyed, thin haired, whining astrophysicist
    
16. Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee: Bruce Lee. Much as he loves Chuck Norris, of two, only Bruce Lee could hold his own against zen, stick-fighting warrior women.
    
17. Half full or half empty: half full, but you can’t be too careful, so, guard it carefully and double check that it hasn’t been tampered with since you last drank from it
    
18. Coke or Pepsi: beer?
    
19. If they were a Jellybean flavor, which one: well, NOT a citrus flavored one..buttered popcorn…actually, there’s a new kind of jellybelly called “sports beans”, packed with…electrolytes and stuff…the fruit punch flavor of those.
    
20. and, finally, if Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? don’t worry, it might look like it, but this isn’t like that planet M5S-224. the mist isn’t an entire sentient race being killed off by your ‘gate usage, it’s just fog from all these damned clouds. and you’re supposed to see your dead friends. it’s heaven. so relax already and watch some football.
    

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