Main Cast Opinions

This page is open for the main cast (and NPCs) to list thoughts in or out of character regarding their fellow player characters. Thoughts should be directed only toward the actions of the character (not the actions of his/her player). For example: Listing how your character feels about each other PC and any NPCs you'd like to mention is appropriate. Noting that a player needs to stop taking off his shoes at the game is NOT appropriate.

Jack Bennet OPINIONS

• On Brian Jaffe: Brians cool, I mean for a suit and all. Sure hes a bit of a school principle tell me your problems and let me give you the benifet of some "guidance" type. But hes not to liberal and not to conservative and seems to have taken his job out of a true passion for Law and peoples rights, I can relate to that. I can say if I had my choice of any kind of lawyer it'd be his kind. Sorta reminds me of my dad only not an asshole. Now if hed stop trying to be everyones big brother... Well I guess I dont blame him. Still hes good people.

• On Arthur Redford: YEah one word for you "Psycho" I mean damnd! Arthur isnt a bad guy mind you I like him hes got style and a great sense of humour but the Boy needs to do a little slam dancing and get the testosterone out of his system. Why is it exmilitary guys allways seem to run hot on a hair trigger? set off so easy? what happens to all that discipline? Oh well In the end given everything hes going through he keeps his cool pretty good. I think if the world decides to go to war with us that ill just hide behind authur and make faces at them. Id much reather be on his side then aginst him you know?

• On Mandy Smith: Mandy? Wow I mean she runs into burning buildings for a living. Fuck you wana talk X-treem?!! Shit i couldnt do that shit. Shes a genuine bonified hero did you see the way she took charge and kept people alive on the plane? I mean if theres any one of us that its inevitable will become some kinda Super hero its gotta be her. Saving lives has got to be like second nature to her, I wish I ever felt so strongly about something in my life so as to cleary know what I wanted to do with my life as she does.. But shes had some rough times what with loosing her family, Some might say shes better prepared to handle it as a firefighter used to the idea of loosing friends and family. But I think it makes it harder for her I mean amn she lost her family and friends in a huge desaster she wasnt therefore and shes suposed to be tough so she cant talk about it. I know if I was her id feel like it was my fault I wasnt there and that had I been I coulda done something and even if i coulda savefd just one it would have madea diferance can you imagine how heavy that kinda shit would be to carry around?

• Beth Manley: Beth.. poor beth, She umm Shes not so well after everything that happened got no family and that fuckin Psychopath Booth craved up her baby and cloned it.. I think hes alive somewhere I mean the rest of us all lived I think Booth stole her kid. Im not saying it in front of her but Ill make it my mission to find out the truth and when im done Ill ruin booth he wont have enough change for a bigmac meal when im done with that sick perverted little fucker, I mean you can hind behind science but Beth is just a kid her self Damn and thats her baby, What the hell! she most of all needs us right now, I mean without us to look after her whos she got?

Brian Jaffe OPINIONS

• On Jack Bennet: "He's a good kid, but I think he's lead a sheltered life. He's too used to letting his name and his money speak for him; it'd be nice to see him speak for himself, instead. Because the field he's playing in now, there are people with more money than him and his name doesn't count for a whole lot. It's going to take something more to keep us out of the messes we're about to get into."
  •      "'The messes we're about to get into.' I really didn't know the half of it, did I? And super powers didn't even come into play; Jack's alive because of dumb luck and the space of half an inch, and even that's not certain. The doctors can't say right now if his body will last the night.
         "From what I know of Jack's powers, I think he'll be able to live on even if his body dies. If you can still call him alive at that point. Body or not, I hope Jack gets to keep going. The kid gets on my nerves a lot, but I'd miss him if he weren't around.
         "Jack deserves better than he got. But someone out there, through intention or accident, kept him from getting it. There are a lot of other Survivors who could be in that situation way too easily. I can stop it. I was right in front of Jack. The bullet wouldn't have hurt me. If I were faster, if I were better with these powers...
         "I've been taking things slow since we woke up, getting my feet back under me, feeling out the climate of the world. That's amateur hour, and I'm done with it. Now it's time to play hard-ball. Jack deserves it."

• On Arthur Redford: "Out of everyone I've met since I got on that plane, Arthur's the one I'm happiest to have around. I know a bit about his life before our flight together and I can see how hurt it's left him, but when I look at him, I can see how hard he's fighting to be a better man. Maybe it's that old pain, that old danger, still sitting inside him, but so far it seems like he's been dealing the best with everything we've been hit with... A level head, a good sense of humor... I think what it comes down to is that Arthur's a guy I'm willing to trust."

• On Mandy Smith: "She's been so all over the map that she scares me just a little; sometimes she's mothering, sometimes she's angry and sometimes she just shuts down. Not that she doesn't have a reason for it. Out of all of us, I think Mandy's going to have the longest road back to normal. I wish I could do something to help her get there."
  •      "Mandy killed a boy today. I want to be angry with her. I want to stand on some high ground and condemn what she did as a moral failure, as a step backwards in keeping us all safe. But the truth is, if I'd found the dead girl first, instead of Mandy, I probably would've done the same thing.
         "Me being angry wouldn't help her, anyway. The look she gave me on the way to meet Arthur, what she said to me, 'if you want to drop me off, I'll understand,' she knows that she did something wrong. I'm just not sure she knows how to stop herself. She needs help, and I'm not qualified to give it to her. I hope Arthur can say something."

• On David Jaffe: "It's not that David and Miriam got divorced that bothers me. It's not that David remarried, or even that he had another son. They're my parents and if they're happier apart than they are together then I'm happy for them. What bothers me is that things changed at all. Maybe it's naive of me, but after more than thirty years I'd just sort of assumed that, no matter how much things changed for me, they'd stay basically the same. But now, with things changed, if I'd have to get to know these two people from scratch. I don't know if I can do that now."

• On Vivian Janell: "I have the world's best secretary. I really hate her, sometimes. Vivian's insanely competent at her job, too good to work for me; if she has any sense at all, she'll jump ship for a management position somewhere else within a year, or at least demand one at Hopewell. But, of course, Vivian hasn't got any sense. That's what makes her so frustrating; she can keep track of the positions of a hundred Senators on a thousand issues, but it's a wonder if she doesn't lock herself out of her apartment every morning. If there's anything out there that can kill me, it'd have to be her."

• On Beth Manly: "I'm not even going to pretend that I can understand the pain that Beth's going through right now; I've never lost anything as big, as important, as she has. I don't know her story - if she has a boyfriend out there, parents who are looking for her; right now, we're all she's got and we're going to have to do our best to take care of her.
       "But right now, much as I hate to even think this, Beth is our worst enemy. She may be getting control over her powers, but she doesn't have control over her mind. Her reaction at the Lincoln Memorial... we should've seen that coming, we should've been fast enough to stop her. We weren't, and look what happened to Jack. We can do a better job of it in the future, but if we always have to have one eye on Beth, what else is out there that we're going to miss?"

• On Julie Young: "Julie's the reason I got into politics. Or people just like her, at least. People who have kids to raise, jobs and relationships to worry about; who don't have time to follow every bit of bullshit that goes through Washington; real people. The sort of people who can get by in life, but just wish things could be a little easier. That's why I want Julie on Hopewell's board so badly; she's the only one of us who has any real perspective on what's normal."

Arthur Redford OPINIONS

• On Jack Bennet: "It's hard to get a real take on Jack. I think that Jack himself hasn't figured himself out yet. He's brash and impulsive and just a little arrogant, which considering that he is an 18 year old boy in a 22 year old body is understandable. Out of all of us I think he is the one who will be the first to take a stand against something he feels is wrong. I just wish that he'd learn to pick his fights a little better. So far I see him as adapting to our situation the best...at least on the surface. He's a good kid, just needs to grow up a bit.
• On Brian Jaffe: A true oxymoron. He appears to be an honest lawyer. If asked to describe Brian the only phrase that comes to mind is "middle of the road". He dosen't seem to have an extreme view on any subject (except when it came to our personal rights). Neither very liberal nor conservative. I like him. He is one of those rare people who would prefer to have a situation be resolved as a win-win. Instead of going for the throat. The only time that he seems to lose his cool is when the really wierd shit with our new "abilities" manifest.
• On Mandy Smith: Tough as nails and highly adaptable. Unfortunatly that adaptability has been pushed over the edge this last week. In one blow she lost her Father, two brothers, her livelihood, most of the friends she worked with, four years of her life, and most of her freedom. That is enough to push anybody over the edge. Now add on the fact that she's got some very destructive powers that are partially linked to her emotional state, and this is a dangerous mix. A meltdown is inevitable, and I just hope that we are able to help contain the damage, both physically and to Mandy's psyche. I think we need to sit down and have a long chat one of these days soon.
• On Agent Marx: If there is anybody in this whole mess that I will have a problem liking and getting along with it'll be him. He's a good man, and very competant at his job. He is not lacking in the courage department nor is he undisiplined. However, there has always been a longstanding rivaly and bad blood between Secret Service and the Militart service. Part of it is the mentality. Both of us are trained very similarly. Only his job is to protect a single person or family, and mine is to protect the whole country. Plus in general the SS has a bit of a superiority complex about their job and tend to think of themselves as above a regular serviceman. His parting line said it all. "Rein in your dog Jack." *Yes, I know Arthur is being a little hypecritical about this* He's a good man, we just won't get along.

Mandy Smith OPINIONS

• On Jack Bennet: "He's one caring young man who seems to hate everything to do with authority. He's rich, but I can't take advantage of that. I hope he stays a good friend."
• On Brian Jaffe: "Very articulate lawyer, one who seems to buck the stereotype. He's a good leader and all, but I think he needs to lighten up on the whole 'don't mess up anything' attitude."
• On Arthur Redford: "I don't really know anything about him, but he's giving me room and board, he can't be all bad."
• On Julia Lee: "Waste of good female space."

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The AMERICAN GODS