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xiaolindragon) wrote2012-03-24 06:59 pm
xiaolindragon) wrote2012-03-24 06:59 pm
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Name: Jami
Personal Journal:thegogglesdonothing
Contact Info: AIM: Jamadadayo Plurk: golgothas
Character Name: Raimundo Pedrosa
Character Series: Xiaolin Showdow
Background: Rai specifically aanndd an overview of the show by season.
Point in Canon: End of season three
Personality:
Rai is a pretty complex dude. Over the course of the series he is one of the characters that's grown the most in terms of maturity and skill.
At first Rai was the usual teenager. He was a bit lazy, materialistic and kind of a jerk. He was the sort to find a shortcut through chores or training or complain about how small his room was at the temple. He was also the one to de-pants Omi upon first meeting him for a couple of laughs and pick fun at Clay because he didn't have a fast martial arts style. He has a very sarcastic sense of humor and can be quite underhanded too when he wants to be. Growing up in Rio made him very street smart and one of the least naive of the group.
But a lot of that is just surface. Under all the joking around and snarkiness Rai is determined and a serious fighter. He's someone who hates backing down from a challenge and hates anyone getting the better of him. He's headstrong and stubborn and that often has him biting off more than he can chew. He also easily butts heads with authority and he'll often go against orders if he feels that doing so will be for the greater good. He is someone who wants to do his best and prove he's good enough to be one of the Xiaolin Dragons.
For a long time Rai battled against a lot of his own insecurities and it was one of the leading things holding him back from the others. He didn't take well to anyone belittling him no matter the circumstance and often seriously lashed out at others for giving him sympathy (or whatever it was Omi called 'helping'.) His inferiority complex was one of the things that caused him to switch over to the Heylin side for a short time, for example. But in very recent episodes it's shown that he's been able to admit and come to terms with this side of himself and because of that, Rai was really able to improve and step up.
So much so that he was elected team leader of the group in the final episode and promoted to the next level of Xiaolin Warrior first above the others. Rai was shown to have a huge talent in strategy and planning that wasn't shown much in the rest of the series. (Though it was revealed he played chess and played well.) That combined with some new found confidence in his own fighting ability impressed Master Fung so much that he was given leadership and surpassed even Omi.
A lot of the old!Rai is still there so to speak, but not to the extent that it was at the beginning. His confidence being boosted with his new title and abilities irons a lot of his laziness and impatience out but that doesn't mean he won't still yank down Omi's pants from time to time.
Sample Entry: LINK I was told this was okay so here you go.
Personal Journal:
thegogglesdonothingContact Info: AIM: Jamadadayo Plurk: golgothas
Character Name: Raimundo Pedrosa
Character Series: Xiaolin Showdow
Background: Rai specifically aanndd an overview of the show by season.
Point in Canon: End of season three
Personality:
Rai is a pretty complex dude. Over the course of the series he is one of the characters that's grown the most in terms of maturity and skill.
At first Rai was the usual teenager. He was a bit lazy, materialistic and kind of a jerk. He was the sort to find a shortcut through chores or training or complain about how small his room was at the temple. He was also the one to de-pants Omi upon first meeting him for a couple of laughs and pick fun at Clay because he didn't have a fast martial arts style. He has a very sarcastic sense of humor and can be quite underhanded too when he wants to be. Growing up in Rio made him very street smart and one of the least naive of the group.
But a lot of that is just surface. Under all the joking around and snarkiness Rai is determined and a serious fighter. He's someone who hates backing down from a challenge and hates anyone getting the better of him. He's headstrong and stubborn and that often has him biting off more than he can chew. He also easily butts heads with authority and he'll often go against orders if he feels that doing so will be for the greater good. He is someone who wants to do his best and prove he's good enough to be one of the Xiaolin Dragons.
For a long time Rai battled against a lot of his own insecurities and it was one of the leading things holding him back from the others. He didn't take well to anyone belittling him no matter the circumstance and often seriously lashed out at others for giving him sympathy (or whatever it was Omi called 'helping'.) His inferiority complex was one of the things that caused him to switch over to the Heylin side for a short time, for example. But in very recent episodes it's shown that he's been able to admit and come to terms with this side of himself and because of that, Rai was really able to improve and step up.
So much so that he was elected team leader of the group in the final episode and promoted to the next level of Xiaolin Warrior first above the others. Rai was shown to have a huge talent in strategy and planning that wasn't shown much in the rest of the series. (Though it was revealed he played chess and played well.) That combined with some new found confidence in his own fighting ability impressed Master Fung so much that he was given leadership and surpassed even Omi.
A lot of the old!Rai is still there so to speak, but not to the extent that it was at the beginning. His confidence being boosted with his new title and abilities irons a lot of his laziness and impatience out but that doesn't mean he won't still yank down Omi's pants from time to time.
Sample Entry: LINK I was told this was okay so here you go.