Jean Grey

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Character Information
Name: Jean Grey
Age: 18
Fandom: Marvel Comics
Major: undecided
Dorm Room Desired: Tudor Suite 104
Class: Freshman
Occupation: sales clerk at Silhouette
Point In Fandom Taken From: The end of X-men First Class Finals, after she's left to go to college
Brief History: Jean has been through a lot for a girl her age. She grew up in a small suburb in New York, and led a normal, somewhat priveldged life. Everything seemed to be perfect for her, and she was perfect in response.

This changed when her best friend was killed in a car accident, right in front of her. As the girl died, Jean's mind instinctually connected with her, and Jean's telepathy caught every last second of the other girl's death.

The trauma alone would have been enough to ruin Jean, who was only eleven. But her telepathy was strong, and all consuming, never letting her rest for a moment, even her dreams were people with the minds around her.

She stopped eating, then she stopped coming out of her room. Her parents were frantic, trying everything they could think of, calling in every professional psychiatrist they could imagine.

It was the time that Jean went to the hospital for dehydration that she first encountered Professor Xavier. It was on the Astral Plane, and he promised to help her. Jean accepted his help, but thought the dream had simply been a hallucination when she woke up.

That is, until Xavier contacted her parents. She was wary at first, but came to trust Xavier as he proved to be able to help her. Slowly, her telepathy faded, leaving her only with her secondary gift, that of telekinesis. While this power was still hard to control, it was not wild. When he spoke of opening a school for gifted students like Jean, she jumped at the chance.

The only other student at the time was Scott Summers, a shy boy who seemed engrossed in his schoolwork. Jean made it her mission to pull him out of his shell.

A year after she joined, Jean's telepathy was completely repressed, and more mutants began to show up. There were only three more, but each was like a brother to her.

The transition from student to superhero was quick for Xavier's students, happening in the blink of an eye, or so it seemed. They helped a lot of people, and grew close to each other. Jean and Scott began to tentatively date. Things grew stranger by the day as the X-men formed, blazing the trail for something bigger than any of them could imagine.

Krakoa was the thing that broke them all apart. Jean could not continue her life as an X-man, knowing that she might face something like that again. Though she still keeps contact with Scott, she has left the Xavier mansion, and is eager to graduate college and pursue a normal career.

PB: Alicia Witt

Writing Sample
Jean was lounging on the stairs, reading a book. Despite the proliferation of places to read elsewhere, she hadn't managed to find a single one that was quiet. Scott was playing video games with Bobby in one, Warren was preening in another, and the Professor was in the library on the phone with someone.

It was a little frustrating, especially for someone who'd been an only child. It wasn't all that much fun living in a house full of boys. They smelled bad most of the time, and Warren kept hitting on her. The only one she could have a reasonable conversation with was Henry, but he was either too serious or too flippant most of the time.

She loved them all. She really did. But sometimes she wished they would go away and take their stupid loudness with them.

First everyone goes crazy. Then I have a headache so bad it feels like an aneurysm. I can barely stand to be conscious. It got so bad I went home last night. This morning when my parents went to work I drank alcohol just so I could get some sleep. I keep hearing voices and I'm afraid I'm going insane too.

God, when will this end?

So, I finally got my dorm! It took so long to convince my parents to let me move out, but I'm soooo glad they did. It's not like I'm moving that far away, anyway. It just sucks that it took the housing board so long to find someone who can pass a drug screening. Being deadly allergic to pot is a bad thing when you're in college. I can't even stand the smell of it on people, it makes me vomit. Which I found out at a cast party after my first play freshman year. I was grounded for a month afterward.

Anyway, so I've got a dorm. It's nothing super fancy, but I've got one of those suite things where I get my own room and we share a common kitchen and living room. It's kind of nice, like having a roommate that I don't have to see except in Advance Spanish class.

We speak Spanish to each other whenever we talk. Truly we are the queens of dorktasticness.

Which actually reminds me of my original intention with this post. I'm allowed to have a small, caged animal in my dorm. Well, allowed is a strong word, but you know what I mean. I was thinking of getting a guinea pig, but I'm not sure. Anyone want to talk about their favorite caged pet ever? I'm really curious, but the people at Petsmart tend to be too busy to ask about stuff.

Oh, hey! A whole new networking thingy! I thought this was more Facebook stuff.

Hi everyone! I'm Jean Grey. Some of you probably know me, I've lived here all my life. Those of you I don't know, I'm sure I'll get to know soon.

Character

Name: Jean Grey
Fandom: X-men
Desired Age: 20
Desired PB: Alicia Witt
Desired Job: Model/college student

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual, with bicuriosity

Appearance: Jean has red hair and blue eyes. She is very slim, and in great physical condition. She usually wears skirts, having a preference for very short ones that show off her long, muscular legs. She wears her hair long, and usually down, though she'll put it in a pony tail when she's doing something active.

Personality: Jean is a very caring person. She is empathetic and usually mild tempered. However, she's no saint. She may champion the rights of animals to have good shelter and care, but she'll still eat meat. Though she is often slow to get angry, when she does get there, very few things can stand between her and what she wants.

Despite being a sunny, cheerful girl, she is stubborn, determined, and very smart. When she sets her sights on a goal, she usually attains it.

History: Jean was born to a professor and a socialite in 1975. She grew up as a child of the eighties, sideways ponytail and florescent sneakers and all. She had a peaceful childhood, without any strange incidents.

At least until she was ten. She was walking home from school with her best friend Anne. A car was speeding down the street, and ran over Anne. In her shock and horror, Jean's mutation activated, and she linked with Anne's mind as she died. The stress nearly killed Jean, and left her in a coma.

Experts were called in by the dozens, but Charles Xavier was the only one who could help her, with the use of his Cerebro machine. It was Jean who first found Scott, in fact, and she appeared to him in the form a golden bird of prey.

Xavier realized her undeveloped psyche couldn't deal with her telepathy, so he constructed a telepathic shield around it, to hold that ability in. When her telepathy had been suitably blocked, Jean awoke from her coma, and began working on rebuilding a normal life.

She joined Xavier's school at the age of fourteen, and fought a lot of monsters, villains, and a living island called Krakoa.

Krakoa was the last straw for Jean, and she left the Xavier Institute to pursue a career in modeling and a college degree in psychology.

In game history
Jean is the only daughter of a professor and a nurse. She has been in Harmony her whole life. She's always aspired to greatness, and nothing has ever stopped her from being a straight A student with perfect attendance and starched ironed shirts everyday.

If it weren't for her social skills, Jean would be a total geek, but she made friends easily, especially in extracurricular activities.

She graduated from high school as a National Honor Student, in the top ten of her class for GPA. She's been working in a Blockbuster for the past few months, and enjoys the people, if not the work. She's not sure about her major at the moment, but she's considering being a veterinarian.