ROBOT HELL APP

[auramatic]

OOC INFO
Name: madi
Contact: must we really
Other characters: mouth fart noises

IC INFO
Name: Drift
Canon/Continuity: IDW Transformers
Reference: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_%28G1%29#IDW_Generation_1_continuity
Canon Point: between MTMTE #3 & #4
Personality: let me give this to you in bullet points because i am supremely lazy

• on the surface Drift appears pretty chipper and cheerful -- at first glance he’s basically a giant sword-toting hippy who’s super into his newly discovered spirituality and that is basically his go-to solution for everything. fucking auras, man
  
• he’s given to the pretty regular snarky quip, but he’s pretty friendly in general, and tends to exhibit a positive, never-say-die attitude all the time, to the point where his relentless optimism honestly gets on other people’s nerves. he seems about as carefree and going with the flow as a guy who carries no less than 3 swords at all times can possibly be
  
• here’s the thing though
  
• Drift is the biggest faker on the fuckin planet
  
• he’s got a complicated and not very pretty history; before he defected and became an Autobot, he was the Decepitcon Deadlock, one of the most brutal warriors in their ranks, because if it turns out there’s one thing he’s SUPER GOOD AT it’s killing people. what a winning talent, buddy
  
• and before that he was homeless and had a debilitating drug addiction that nearly killed him
  
• under the smiling face, Drift is actually hugely insecure -- not just about his own self-worth, but especially how other people perceive him. he’s keenly aware that he’s not very well liked or trusted by most Autobots because of his history as a Decepticon, and as much as he acts like he doesn’t care, Drift cares sssssoooo much
  
• Drift is basically in a massive identity crisis all of the time. when he left the Decepticons, he left his identity as Deadlock the killer behind and he’s been trying on different hats ever since. for a while he played the part of the wandering warrior, only out to do good in order to make up for his past mistakes (thanks, robot ronin); recently, he’s taken up the mantle of spirituality, in part because he hopes this will help people like him more -- but way, way more than that, because he thinks that if he plays the part for long enough, it’ll become who he really is
  
• that’s right, the spirituality thing is all sort of a sham, Drift is not the mindful and enlightened dude he claims to be
  
• Drift’s entire motto is pretty much “fake it til you make it”
  
• that isn’t to say it isn’t important to him -- all of these are INCREDIBLY important to him, he doesn’t choose these identities lightly. his spirituality is actually super important to him -- not because it’s something he really believes in his heart spark, but because he wants desperately to. he really thinks that if he can make his faith real for himself, it’ll redeem him from his past
  
• would he ever openly admit any of this? haha over his dead body
  
• also, dude really loves swords

Sample: http://escafil.dreamwidth.org/1149.html?thread=978813#cmt978813