http://makethingsright.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] makethingsright.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] ddd_news 2010-11-14 04:20 am (UTC)

Nathan Petrelli - Heroes

Player nickname: Christina
Player LJ: Lollobrigida
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Email: lollobrigida [gmail that]
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Are you at least 15?: Yes.
Current Characters: None.

Character: Nathan Petrelli
Fandom: Heroes
Character Notes: He is coming into DDD from the current location/timeline of Claire Bennet. Viva Mexico!

History/Commentary on Nathan's Arc:

Raised into a family that had quite a reputation for being pretty high on the food chain, Nathan had aspirations of one day being the President. He was well on his way to starting his strong political career when a change in his brother's life forced him to admit things to himself that he had kept hidden for years. Nathan, like his brother (and unknown to him, at the time, - his Mother and Father), had an ability that set him apart from the rest of the human population. His ability was unique to him within his family - Flight, and it manifested when he was in a car accident with his wife, Heidi. Unlike the rest of his family, Nathan's ability was not natural born to him, but it was given to him through a serum that altered his DNA on a genetic level, giving him additional genetic traits that allowed him to develop an ability.

His ability manifested and he kept it hidden until his brother forced him to use it. From that point on, Nathan's life was tangled up in the mystery of how these abilities work, where they came from, and who else has them. He learns that his daughter and her mother have abilities and they too get tied up into the mess that is this conspiracy against people that want to expose these abilities.

It's a constant battle for Nathan of whether or not to do the right thing or the smart thing, and most times those two are interchangeable. He loses his brother and nearly dies trying to save him - which sends him on a downward spiral. He climbs out of the dark hole, wanting to prove to the world that there are different ways we can help and when he's about to expose abilities to the world he gets shot. He nearly dies again and this time when he's rescued from the brink of death (possibly actually dead) he's renewed with this new sense of worth and destiny. This changes again though, when he realizes that he's being manipulated by his own father, making him see things that aren't there and gaining his trust through nefarious means.

Nathan is always a pawn in someone else's game. The election, his isolation from his own family, his brother, his parents giving him an ability to test their plan, his father tricking him into his allegiance... it's always a horrible cycle that ends with Nathan finally deciding to do the right thing, on his own, and then feeling the horrible wrath for it. Usually - near death/death-like situations.

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