G.I. Joe Head Canon & Fanfic Filecards

BTW, Ru and I did a count last night: nine named Joes left in Classified to catch the cards, up, one Cobra other than CC himself. Plenty of generics to put some sauce on, but we need some reveals soon! (Or I gotta get my ass in gear and write non-Classified characters more often. Kinda tempted to just get the existing figures done first and then expand from there.)
 
If it's a concern that you write a non classified character, then they do a figure that surprises you and makes you wish you'd done their card differently... You could always go after the less-likely-to-get-a-figure characters from comics and the cartoon.
 
While I kinda want that too, some of them... Tiger Force for example, there could be some kinda new idea behind that unit, like Python Patrol being the president's secret police, but with Tiger Force, its members are spread all over the world currently so having a themed uniform may take some work. UNLESS... Tiger Force is what those particular individuals are when they're all united.
 
All the Night Force guys could be part of stage 2 as well, Falcon leading them on active missions. Ones like Quarrel and Big Ben will have to settle for piggy backing in someone else's card. Shit, i better make a list of repaints.
 
Code Name: Crazylegs (Disavowed)
File Name: Thomas, David O.
Primary Military Specialty: Infantry
Secondary Military Specialty: Parachute Rigger
Birthplace: Fort Dodge, Iowa
Rank: E-4

Subject left military life and returned to his previous career as a classical organist and pianist after retiring voluntarily from the GI Joe Unit. He seemingly entered into a quiet post-military career, performing at high society events and becoming a musical staple among the wealthy and elite. This was, however, before "the incident," involving a posh event hosted by the Paoli twins, Following "the incident," a warrant has been issued for the subject's arrest as he is wanted for questioning by both law enforcement and members of the Lewis administration.

"Look, the man's code name is Crazylegs, not Sanelegs, right? We knew this plan had a shelf life. But Crazylegs was always this brilliant musician, and you know who pays to have a classical pianist at their event? RICH people. So he starts playing for these events. Galas, fundraisers, places where the rich and powerful schmooze and hobnob. And Crazylegs listens to EVERYTHING. Sometimes he's wearing a wire, but usually not, it would mess with the sound systems used to project his piano or whatever, but he always takes note of what he hears and reports back to Hawk and team. Real inside man stuff. He's a charming little lunatic, people like talking to him, the ladies love a man who can tickle the ivories. But then he's at that party with the twins and he hears something he just can't tolerate. Mind you, this is on the 56th floor of a luxury Manhattan high rise, right? And Crazylegs just snaps, throws a drink in some rich guy's face, gives the double bird to Tomax and Xamot, grabs his briefcase, in which he has a PARACHUTE, runs out to the roof deck and JUMPS. Anyway, we scooped him up in Central Park and got him to a safe house. His musical career is over. But this lunatic laughed the whole way down..."
 
Number 2 for the night - jesus Hit & Run's backstory is DEPRESSING, though it also makes his name so stupid. Like naming someone who lose their mom during child birth Bleed Out.

Code Name: Hit & Run (Disavowed)
File Name: Scott, Brent
Primary Military Specialty: Infantry
Secondary Military Specialty: Mountaineering
Birthplace: Sioux City, Iowa
Rank: E-4

This subject was one of several Joes who had particularly strange reactions following the disbandment of their unit. We expected rebellion, we expected rage, we suspected sabotage. But Scott got into his personal vehicle after leaving the Pit and fled. At this point none of the members of the team were officially under surveillance - out teams had not yet had time to set up their protocols. Due to his relative low and lack of importance in the Joe leadership structure, a quiet APB was put out for the subject's whereabouts, though one lost trooper seemed relatively unimportant at the time. However, our agents suspect he has reconnected with several former teammates and is engaging in guerrilla tactics against off-the-books targets - assets the Lewis administration cannot publicly discuss and therefore cannot blame any damage on the Joes. We consider this subject armed and dangerous.

"Man, you know Hit & Run's story, yeah? Dude was orphaned at three years old. Ward of the state after that, nobody to take care of him. He used to escape from the county institution where he was mostly raised all the time, mostly because they couldn't place him in a home. He'd run. he's always run. Anything resembling a barrier to his freedom, he hates it. I'm honestly shocked he joined the military because it's one big set of rules, but that's also how he ended up with us - the Joes are all damned misfits, just like him. We're all running from something, and we were people he could run beside instead of away from. So of course when Lewis tried to put the screws on us he rabbited. No way he was going to let people put him in a box again. But he found us, and now we're running together again, just like the old days."
 
Holy shit on Crazylegs, and ah man with Hit & Run. Really really outstanding additions!
Crazylegs: What the fuck do I do with... a piano-playing... parachute expert. Wait. OH.

Hit & Run: There's nothing special or unique about this guy's design, what the fuck do I... holy shit Larry, that's DARK. Hit & Run has been running his whole life from himself.
 
Crazylegs is a pure stroke of genius putting those pieces together like that.
H&R just makes me kind of sad. In a different way from the usual 'these bios make me sad.'
I always loved the OG Crazylegs so I didn't want his card to be too ordinary, and I couldn't decide between him being a piano playing spy or a lunatic, so... why not both!

I didn't even know I'd do Hit & Run til I saw his OG file card and it literally says he's named after what killed his parents. DUDE, HAMA
 
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