Board Thread:Fanon Canon - Character Applications/@comment-3403804-20141118193148

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Njalm2)

◾Role: Canonically, Grimmjow serves as Ichigo's dark counterpart, he represents everything that Ichigo -could- have been. Far from being your typical rival, he exists more to advance Ichigo's personal development than he exists to further the original story. In the Fanon Canon, Grimmjow's role would be up in the air, he's a chaotic being after all, he could serve as an immensely powerful secondary antagonist, and he could also potentially serve as an ally. Most importantly though, he'd have a score to settle with Ichigo, and might even be the one who does him in.

◾How would you briefly describe their personality? To me, Grimmjow is the living embodiment of a large feline. He's wicked, destructive, lustful and immensely territorial. He doesn't give a fuck about anyone other than himself, although if neccessary he'll lie, cheat and claim otherwise. Somewhat paradoxically however, he's also got something close to honor, although this code is not unbreachable by any means. He's an assassin first and foremost, an ambitious being intending to do pretty much whatever it takes to claw his way to the top. Everything is secondary to that. As the only remaining Espada alive, he's basically without any true competition at this stage, and he refuses to back down.

◾'''What personal motives drive them to accomplish whatever tasks and/or duties they may have? Why do they do the things that they do?''' The above post touches upon some of these questions, but in the end, I think Grimmjow does it primarily for himself. He feels a need to dominate and destroy others, it's in his nature, to him, that is what being the King is all about. I don't even think he cares about having subjects or ruling something. It's probably enough for him that he's acknowledged across all the realms as the King of Hueco Mundo. If he has followers, those will obey him out of a sense of reverence. He could probably care less about them though.

◾How would you describe their abilities and fighting style? My interprentation of Grimmjow is as an extremely speed-centric fighter who rather than vaporizing or striking you down would much prefer to go straight for the jugular. As my own personal Grimmjow was specifically designed to be one of the fastest characters on the site at the time, I think he'd be an assassin-type character. His immense speed and defense-shredding abilities is intended to make him capable of killing beings much more powerful than himself, even if he's got no way to fight them in a straight up battle. Against weaker opponents though, he'd probably be inclined to toy around with them for his own amusement and delay the finishing blow until he's had his share of fun.

◾What areas of the canon character's abilities does the canon itself touch upon, that you yourself wish to improve upon with your rendition of the character? I'm putting greater emphasis on Grimmjow's feline nature, hand-to-hand combat and of course his immense mastery of Sonido. But more importantly, I'm expanding heavily on Grimmjow's observed affinity towards his own spiritual energy, which is seen numerous times in the actual series. Manifesting as pinpoint directing of his own Reiatsu, as well as coating the blade of his Zanpakuto to presumeably achieve greater range. All of these traits are increased exponentially with my own Grimmjow.

◾What plans do you have for them in terms of character growth, involvement in the plot, and power/ability growth throughout the story? As previously noted, I'd consider it very fitting if Grimmjow was the one to end up killing Ichigo, both as a fitting conclusion to their canon story but also as a way to make him seem relevant right from the very beginning. As for the improvement of his abilities, I don't intend him to have much of that, from my point of view, he's reached his pinnacle at this point and it's unlikely that he can improve much more than he already has. Even if he does get stronger, it's quite unlikely it will happen anytime soon. Rest assured that he should be more than a match for even the most powerful characters in the FC. As for personal Development that Depends upon what happens. Although it might be interesting to have him go through a personal shift somewhere along the way. 