Post by Slug on Aug 9, 2009 21:05:37 GMT -5
Viral~ *
Theme Song - Numb by Linkin Park
"I am NOT bitchy. It just comes naturally to me."
Stars
I am a star drowning in my own glow. All around me, others laugh at me. They stay in place, while I continue on, shooting towards nowhere. I am lost. I am hopeless. Yet I am wished upon. But these are worthless words whispered to me, and I realize I am crying. Is there anything worth living for? Is there anything that can stop me? What is to become of me, now that I have been doomed to forever walk this darkened path?
- Slug
Basics
Personal Information
Dislikes: Germs, cyberninjas, and nature.
Fears: Pain, deactivation, and decepticons.
Ultimate Phobia: Necrophobia - Fear of Death or Dead Things
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As I see it, Viral, no matter how hard he may tell you he isn't, is desperately searching for some kind of purpose. Some role or niche to fill.
Being kicked out of the Decepticons must have come as a very severe blow to him.
Why did he go to the Autobots instead of just going neutral and not getting caught up in the war anymore?
Here's why I think that happened.
He did that out of spite.
You don't want me? I'll go over to the side you consider enemies, then!"
How do ya like them apples, huh?"
What he wasn't expecting, however, was what becoming an Autobot meant.
And he's confused and angry about how the very nature of Autobots is at odds with his own.
I don't think Viral was always such a meanie.
In fact, I can picture him as a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, eager young Decepticon during his earliest years. Desperately wanting to prove himself
I think the rejection from the Con ranks was what turned him sour.
I don't know if you actually thought this over, but Viral's scratched-out Con emblem actually says a lot about him.
Crossing out the Con symbol with an 'X' seems like a very spur-of-the-moment, impulsive thing to do.
Kind of like something you do in a fit of anger/helplessness/sadness. Which Viral probably had when he got kicked out.
The X symbolizes that he's not a Con anymore. But the Con logo is still there underneath the X. He's still a Con at heart. Not a true Autobot - more an X'd out Con.
It's going to take a while before he can truly scrub off that X'd out Con logo and replace it with a proper, full-fledged Autobot symbol.
So yeah. The still-present Con symbol doesn't just symbolize his former allegiance - it also symbolizes his residual Con nature.
That he'll need to scrub off.
He doesn't like company. Why? I think he's afraid of being rejected again.
As much as he wants to fit in, he's also afraid of rejection. Paradoxical, I know
And regarding why he acts like he's royalty...
I won't deny that being kicked out was a traumatic experience for the young Viral. But...
I think Viral might act all high and mighty and entitled because he thinks his experiences justify being treated nice.
Like I said, I'm not denying that it was traumatic. But Viral might be wallowing a bit too much in self-pity.
And expect to be pitied and treated nice