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awolfandamanFull Name: Luke Talbot
Nicknames: The Wolfman
Birthplace: British Columbia.
Gender: Male
Species:Canadian. Werewolf.
Fandom: Monster Force (and by extension Universal Monsters). Yes, this was really an animated sequel to the classic Universal Monster movies. They had the rights to most things including some music motifs.
Journal: http://awolfandaman.dreamwidth.org/profile
PB: Justin Bartha. Because while this was an animated series, it was a 1994 animated series where characters spent half their time in robot fighting suits and the result was not a wide range of facial expressions.
Appearance:
Luke is very average looking. He has straight brown hair which is neither short, nor long, and neither overly neat nor overly messy. He has brown eyes behind dark-rimmed glasses. He's a little short (5'9). He isn't pale, but he isn't overly tanned either. He's a little stocky. He tends to slouch. He's the kind of guy a lot of people might pass by on the street without giving a second glance to.
And then sometimes he's a hideous monster. Luke's werewolf form is bipedal, and although he gains several inches in height, he loses them visually due to a hump in his back and appears approximately the same height as he does in human form. He's bulkier (enough to rip his clothing, but in a G-rated way), his hands and feet are clawed, and his ears are long and pointed. His face is unrecognizable, with a heavy ridged forehead and nose, jutting cheekbones, a much squarer jawline, and a mouth full of fangs. His fur is grey, with a brown mane that was his hair. His eyes are yellow. His face is just on the verge of sprouting a muzzle, but never does. The over-all result is ugly.
He wears fairly plain, utilitarian clothes, which are over-sized both to deal with transformations and out of low self-esteem. Clothing in the year 2020 seems to have approximately 30% more pockets, but is otherwise similar enough to 2014 fashions. He has a pair of black leather fingerless gloves he always wears due to the mark of the werewolf on his right palm.
History:
In 1941, Lawrence "Larry" Talbot returned after an eighteen year estrangement to his ancestral home in Llanwelly, Wales, following the death of his brother. While there, he was attacked by a werewolf and subsequently suffered the curse of the werewolf. And then he was killed. And then he came back to life. And then he was frozen. And then he was thawed. And then he was killed again. And then he came back to life again. And then he was cured! And then he wasn't, but he did meet Abbott and Costello (a cold comfort).
And then at some point he had a son, and that son had a son, and that son was Luke Talbot.
Luke's history isn't really explored deeply on screen: Monster Force begins with all members of the team present (Dr. Reed "Doc" Crawley, leader and inventor of the power suits, or EMACS used by the human members of the team, Tripp Hansen, a martial arts specialist, Lance McGruder, expert marksman, Shelley Frank, relative of Dr. Frankenstein and psychic, Luke, and part time member Frankenstein's Monster, called Frank or FM). Over the course of thirteen episodes they fight (but don't kill; Monster Force is about containing and studying and against killing if at all possible) against Dracula, attempt to track down Bela, the werewolf who originally cursed the Talbot family, fight against Dracula, fight against the Creature from the Black Lagoon, fight against, um, Dracula..., fight Imhotep the Mummy, fight a man eating city, fight an ancient order of werewolf fighting monks by mistake, try to get Frank and his bride back together (by fighting), fight the Mummy again, fight Bela again, fight Dracula, and, of course fight Dracula. Luke also manages to get kidnapped by Dracula three times.
The personal lives of the Monster Force are left pretty vague (I'm going to blame Dracula), but the pertinent Luke facts that do get mentioned or can be reasonably assumed are as follows: Luke did not grow up on the Talbot family estate, and had never been there before the episode which is set there, and it is in deep enough disrepair that it is possible his father did not call the place home either. He is, however, aware of a secret chamber within/underneath the house in a way that implies it has been drilled into him (and he mentions having been instructed never to reveal the location of the contents of this chamber to anyone). He is also aware of the events of The Wolfman and recounts them with such detail and in a way that implies he has read and committed to memory a first person written account from Larry's point of view. His only mention of his parents is the explanation that Larry's curse was "passed down from father to son, and then finally to me", so it would seem that Luke's father was also a werewolf, but does not appear to be around any longer (since as a werewolf he's something the Force would be at least keeping an eye on, if not actively dealing with). Luke is also most likely the newest member of Monster Force. He and his teammates are close, and they are comfortable enough to crack jokes at one another's expenses, even about Luke's condition, but he still has to explain to them how his curse came about in the first place, and what being a werewolf is like. At one point, Lance explains to him that another character (a professor at the college Lance, Trip, and Shelley attend) has had it out for the Force since it was formed. Lance, Trip, and Shelley also discuss being students at Lovecraft University (where Reed also teaches), and how this lead to their joining Monster Force. Luke is not part of or mentioned in these conversations, and so presumably is not a student.
In the world of Monster Force, more people believe in monsters than in, say, our world, but they still aren't widely accepted as real, particularly by the scientific community. Luke is also technically much too young to be Larry Talbot's grandson. Please see "Special facts/special abilities" section for an explanation.
Personality: Luke is surprisingly normal for a guy who turns into a hideous beast: he's well but softly spoken, he likes sports, he's good with computers, he's easily distracted by girls, and he's managed to develop close relationships with multiple people who know what he is but don't think of him as anything less than a man and a friend. Luke, however, is incapable of seeing himself as normal. He's never not aware of the fact that he is cursed, and that he is different. While he's unfailingly loyal and willing to risk his life (or at least bodily harm) for others, he can also be pretty self absorbed. His life's goal is to become human, and he's very single minded in the pursuit of it, not exactly to the point of putting others in harm's way, but certainly to the point of pushing them away emotionally. Sometimes he does this consciously, and sometimes he does this subconsciously by getting too wrapped up in his own issues to communicate effectively, or by getting so wrapped up in his own issues that he becomes maudlin and whiny. He isn't bitter about his condition, but he can be a little snarky in general in the way that a lot of twenty-somethings are. It doesn't usually come from a cruel place, and is instead bravado. He accepts jokes about his condition from people he considers friends good natured-ly, but reacts angrily when they are made by people he does not consider friends, and it's likely that these comments actually hurt him on some level no matter who makes them. He struggles with self-doubt and self-hatred centered entirely around his lycanthropy and whether or not it makes him some sort of weak link. He worries that his friends actually do see him as a monster, and is deeply ashamed whenever he loses control. But most of the time he's good-natured, and easy to get along with.
Luke is pretty genre blind (as he comes from a world where classic monster movies happened for realsies, and therefore presumably doesn't have any pop culture related to monsters), but not socially stunted or culture blind and does occasionally make pop culture jokes or references (he and Tripp have a running 'Indiana Jones' joke). He is also not a particularly good judge of character, or at least is easily fooled by people feigning kindness, particularly women. He's also brave enough to mouth off to Dracula, yet is easily startled; he falls for the jump scare almost every time.
During non-full moon transformations, Luke remains himself, but slightly grumpier. It's sort of like he's suffering from PMS or a hangover: he's more easily annoyed and brisk with people; less likely to think before acting. He has canine instincts to deal with and usually tries very hard to suppress them. During full moon transformations, or those rare occasions when he loses control due to extenuating circumstances, it's a different story. He is overtaken by a separate personality that seems entirely mindless and animalistic, but is actually capable of rational thought and communication, just governed by a wild animal's instincts and morals combined with man's capacity for violence and rage. This personality is even at times eerily similar to Luke's, and he can sometimes manage to break through it and assert control briefly, but the bottom line is that during the full moon you can't be entirely sure which one of them you are speaking to.
Special facts/special abilities about your character: Werewolf? Here wolf. Luke is a werewolf, and his lycanthropy functions according to a set of very strict rules as laid out in Universal's 1941 film The Wolf Man and its sequels. During a full moon he transforms uncontrollably into a werewolf (at any other time he can transform at will). In this form he has enhanced senses, speed, strength, and agility. Other werewolves in series transform into a more lupine appearance than Luke does, but none of them ever attain a full wolf's form. In human form, Luke does not have enhanced senses, speed, or agility, and any enhanced strength he has is restricted to durability; he's able to walk away from events that would kill or badly injure a regular human, and he heals more quickly than a regular human would. He cannot sense other non-humans in human form.
Luke also cannot die, at least: not permanently. Only a mortal wound made by silver can "kill" him, and even then exposure to moonlight will revive him with no ill effects other than mild confusion. He would, however, at this point technically be one of the undead and cease to age. This is how Luke is able to be Lawrence Talbot's grandson despite there being room in the family line for at least one more generation: Lawrence Talbot ceased to age in 1941 and did not father a child until much later. It's likely Luke's father suffered the same fate at some point, and this would not be something Luke would want to happen to him, or be forthcoming about. Bela, the werewolf from whom the Talbot family curse originated is also a member of the undead club, and so unbeknownst to Luke, his long held belief that killing the werewolf who attacked his grandfather could cure him of his lycanthropy is incorrect, as Bela cannot be killed.
Luke is not completely invincible in werewolf form: he can be restrained and injured by energy/plasma weapons, and overwhelmed by stronger opponents (for reference: he is evenly matched with Frankenstein's monster, but four other werewolves at once are too many for him, and Dracula is still able to put him under a thrall). There does not seem to be a time limit on controlled transformations, but he can exhaust himself into unconsciousness and back into human form.
As far as human abilities Luke is good with computers and machines (although he's technically not the team's tech guy; that's Reed), and has a pilot's license. Dogs tend to dislike him.
Nicknames: The Wolfman
Birthplace: British Columbia.
Gender: Male
Species:
Fandom: Monster Force (and by extension Universal Monsters). Yes, this was really an animated sequel to the classic Universal Monster movies. They had the rights to most things including some music motifs.
Journal: http://awolfandaman.dreamwidth.org/profile
PB: Justin Bartha. Because while this was an animated series, it was a 1994 animated series where characters spent half their time in robot fighting suits and the result was not a wide range of facial expressions.
Appearance:
Luke is very average looking. He has straight brown hair which is neither short, nor long, and neither overly neat nor overly messy. He has brown eyes behind dark-rimmed glasses. He's a little short (5'9). He isn't pale, but he isn't overly tanned either. He's a little stocky. He tends to slouch. He's the kind of guy a lot of people might pass by on the street without giving a second glance to.
And then sometimes he's a hideous monster. Luke's werewolf form is bipedal, and although he gains several inches in height, he loses them visually due to a hump in his back and appears approximately the same height as he does in human form. He's bulkier (enough to rip his clothing, but in a G-rated way), his hands and feet are clawed, and his ears are long and pointed. His face is unrecognizable, with a heavy ridged forehead and nose, jutting cheekbones, a much squarer jawline, and a mouth full of fangs. His fur is grey, with a brown mane that was his hair. His eyes are yellow. His face is just on the verge of sprouting a muzzle, but never does. The over-all result is ugly.
He wears fairly plain, utilitarian clothes, which are over-sized both to deal with transformations and out of low self-esteem. Clothing in the year 2020 seems to have approximately 30% more pockets, but is otherwise similar enough to 2014 fashions. He has a pair of black leather fingerless gloves he always wears due to the mark of the werewolf on his right palm.
History:
In 1941, Lawrence "Larry" Talbot returned after an eighteen year estrangement to his ancestral home in Llanwelly, Wales, following the death of his brother. While there, he was attacked by a werewolf and subsequently suffered the curse of the werewolf. And then he was killed. And then he came back to life. And then he was frozen. And then he was thawed. And then he was killed again. And then he came back to life again. And then he was cured! And then he wasn't, but he did meet Abbott and Costello (a cold comfort).
And then at some point he had a son, and that son had a son, and that son was Luke Talbot.
Luke's history isn't really explored deeply on screen: Monster Force begins with all members of the team present (Dr. Reed "Doc" Crawley, leader and inventor of the power suits, or EMACS used by the human members of the team, Tripp Hansen, a martial arts specialist, Lance McGruder, expert marksman, Shelley Frank, relative of Dr. Frankenstein and psychic, Luke, and part time member Frankenstein's Monster, called Frank or FM). Over the course of thirteen episodes they fight (but don't kill; Monster Force is about containing and studying and against killing if at all possible) against Dracula, attempt to track down Bela, the werewolf who originally cursed the Talbot family, fight against Dracula, fight against the Creature from the Black Lagoon, fight against, um, Dracula..., fight Imhotep the Mummy, fight a man eating city, fight an ancient order of werewolf fighting monks by mistake, try to get Frank and his bride back together (by fighting), fight the Mummy again, fight Bela again, fight Dracula, and, of course fight Dracula. Luke also manages to get kidnapped by Dracula three times.
The personal lives of the Monster Force are left pretty vague (I'm going to blame Dracula), but the pertinent Luke facts that do get mentioned or can be reasonably assumed are as follows: Luke did not grow up on the Talbot family estate, and had never been there before the episode which is set there, and it is in deep enough disrepair that it is possible his father did not call the place home either. He is, however, aware of a secret chamber within/underneath the house in a way that implies it has been drilled into him (and he mentions having been instructed never to reveal the location of the contents of this chamber to anyone). He is also aware of the events of The Wolfman and recounts them with such detail and in a way that implies he has read and committed to memory a first person written account from Larry's point of view. His only mention of his parents is the explanation that Larry's curse was "passed down from father to son, and then finally to me", so it would seem that Luke's father was also a werewolf, but does not appear to be around any longer (since as a werewolf he's something the Force would be at least keeping an eye on, if not actively dealing with). Luke is also most likely the newest member of Monster Force. He and his teammates are close, and they are comfortable enough to crack jokes at one another's expenses, even about Luke's condition, but he still has to explain to them how his curse came about in the first place, and what being a werewolf is like. At one point, Lance explains to him that another character (a professor at the college Lance, Trip, and Shelley attend) has had it out for the Force since it was formed. Lance, Trip, and Shelley also discuss being students at Lovecraft University (where Reed also teaches), and how this lead to their joining Monster Force. Luke is not part of or mentioned in these conversations, and so presumably is not a student.
In the world of Monster Force, more people believe in monsters than in, say, our world, but they still aren't widely accepted as real, particularly by the scientific community. Luke is also technically much too young to be Larry Talbot's grandson. Please see "Special facts/special abilities" section for an explanation.
Personality: Luke is surprisingly normal for a guy who turns into a hideous beast: he's well but softly spoken, he likes sports, he's good with computers, he's easily distracted by girls, and he's managed to develop close relationships with multiple people who know what he is but don't think of him as anything less than a man and a friend. Luke, however, is incapable of seeing himself as normal. He's never not aware of the fact that he is cursed, and that he is different. While he's unfailingly loyal and willing to risk his life (or at least bodily harm) for others, he can also be pretty self absorbed. His life's goal is to become human, and he's very single minded in the pursuit of it, not exactly to the point of putting others in harm's way, but certainly to the point of pushing them away emotionally. Sometimes he does this consciously, and sometimes he does this subconsciously by getting too wrapped up in his own issues to communicate effectively, or by getting so wrapped up in his own issues that he becomes maudlin and whiny. He isn't bitter about his condition, but he can be a little snarky in general in the way that a lot of twenty-somethings are. It doesn't usually come from a cruel place, and is instead bravado. He accepts jokes about his condition from people he considers friends good natured-ly, but reacts angrily when they are made by people he does not consider friends, and it's likely that these comments actually hurt him on some level no matter who makes them. He struggles with self-doubt and self-hatred centered entirely around his lycanthropy and whether or not it makes him some sort of weak link. He worries that his friends actually do see him as a monster, and is deeply ashamed whenever he loses control. But most of the time he's good-natured, and easy to get along with.
Luke is pretty genre blind (as he comes from a world where classic monster movies happened for realsies, and therefore presumably doesn't have any pop culture related to monsters), but not socially stunted or culture blind and does occasionally make pop culture jokes or references (he and Tripp have a running 'Indiana Jones' joke). He is also not a particularly good judge of character, or at least is easily fooled by people feigning kindness, particularly women. He's also brave enough to mouth off to Dracula, yet is easily startled; he falls for the jump scare almost every time.
During non-full moon transformations, Luke remains himself, but slightly grumpier. It's sort of like he's suffering from PMS or a hangover: he's more easily annoyed and brisk with people; less likely to think before acting. He has canine instincts to deal with and usually tries very hard to suppress them. During full moon transformations, or those rare occasions when he loses control due to extenuating circumstances, it's a different story. He is overtaken by a separate personality that seems entirely mindless and animalistic, but is actually capable of rational thought and communication, just governed by a wild animal's instincts and morals combined with man's capacity for violence and rage. This personality is even at times eerily similar to Luke's, and he can sometimes manage to break through it and assert control briefly, but the bottom line is that during the full moon you can't be entirely sure which one of them you are speaking to.
Special facts/special abilities about your character: Werewolf? Here wolf. Luke is a werewolf, and his lycanthropy functions according to a set of very strict rules as laid out in Universal's 1941 film The Wolf Man and its sequels. During a full moon he transforms uncontrollably into a werewolf (at any other time he can transform at will). In this form he has enhanced senses, speed, strength, and agility. Other werewolves in series transform into a more lupine appearance than Luke does, but none of them ever attain a full wolf's form. In human form, Luke does not have enhanced senses, speed, or agility, and any enhanced strength he has is restricted to durability; he's able to walk away from events that would kill or badly injure a regular human, and he heals more quickly than a regular human would. He cannot sense other non-humans in human form.
Luke also cannot die, at least: not permanently. Only a mortal wound made by silver can "kill" him, and even then exposure to moonlight will revive him with no ill effects other than mild confusion. He would, however, at this point technically be one of the undead and cease to age. This is how Luke is able to be Lawrence Talbot's grandson despite there being room in the family line for at least one more generation: Lawrence Talbot ceased to age in 1941 and did not father a child until much later. It's likely Luke's father suffered the same fate at some point, and this would not be something Luke would want to happen to him, or be forthcoming about. Bela, the werewolf from whom the Talbot family curse originated is also a member of the undead club, and so unbeknownst to Luke, his long held belief that killing the werewolf who attacked his grandfather could cure him of his lycanthropy is incorrect, as Bela cannot be killed.
Luke is not completely invincible in werewolf form: he can be restrained and injured by energy/plasma weapons, and overwhelmed by stronger opponents (for reference: he is evenly matched with Frankenstein's monster, but four other werewolves at once are too many for him, and Dracula is still able to put him under a thrall). There does not seem to be a time limit on controlled transformations, but he can exhaust himself into unconsciousness and back into human form.
As far as human abilities Luke is good with computers and machines (although he's technically not the team's tech guy; that's Reed), and has a pilot's license. Dogs tend to dislike him.
