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CHARACTER
Character Name: Handsome Jack
Character Age: Unconfirmed; approximately late thirties, early forties.
Canon: Borderlands
Canon Point: Post-ending of Borderlands 2 ― spoilers in application for those that haven't played the game.
History: Jack's wiki
Personality:
Handsome Jack is synonymous to the word leader. He is the epitome of heroism, and any being with even a semblance of a brain cell will know that the best thing they should do is to look up to him for salvation. He is the CEO of the galaxy's largest company, and he definitely got there by climbing the ladder and by not killing the former holder of that position with his own bare hands. Attractive, suave and full of so much love that he cannot give it all to just one woman, there is absolutely no flaw that can be pinned to him.
Except for, well, the fact that he is a compulsive liar.
Don't get him wrong. He thinks all of the above-mentioned are the absolute truth. Anyone else that has so much as held a conversation with Jack would know it is quite the opposite. He is cold, calculating, vindictive, sarcastic, cruel... There are more adjectives to describe what is wrong with him than what may possibly be right. Jack truly believes himself to be the hero of the story, and he considers any horrible acts that have to be taken in order to complete his goals as both justified and necessary. People have been killed, cities razed, hearts stolen and crushed. ―And he doesn't feel a damn thing about doing any of it.
There are probably a few things one could blame all of these terrible traits for. With Jack's father dying early in his life and his mother having abandoned him to his abusive-as-hell grandmother, he has a sob story to fall back on when anyone ever asks what makes him tick. Said grandmother was a target of bandits that he had hired to kill, only to have Vault Hunters kill them instead so that he did not have to waste a dime on her death. He also shows that romance (or sex, at the very least) is a hobby he enjoys in-between pursuits for power and glory, and his track record indicates he is often not successful. He has been married at least twice and has had long, eventful relationships with a former hodunk and a crazy cowgirl that he had heart eyes for. At least one of those marriages led to a child named Angel, showing that he is a family man to an extent. That extent is keeping his daughter safe by locking her up in a secure facility and forcing her to power a key to opening a Vault so that he can continue to do more "heroic" stuff. Yeeeeah.
But! Once upon a time, Handsome Jack was known as simply Jack, a lowly employee of Hyperion that did nothing but program. He still somehow possessed enough sway to recruit four Vault Hunters ― one of them being the aforementioned cowgirl ― to assist him in reclaiming Helios, a moon-base belong to Hyperion, and to also search for a Vault for, uh, Reasons. During this time, he was less insane and more ambitious to his cause, which has always been to save the planet of Pandora so that the people there can live a peaceful life. He had shown acts of actual heroism when saving the Vault Hunters' lives by helping them escape from Helios with a rocket to the moon. Literally, that is a thing that happened. Jack is still shown as manipulative even before his mental health had started to decline further, having planned to use the Vault Hunters to ensure he could obtain the power of the Vault for himself and himself only.
Betrayal is a key factor in what can be blamed for his transformation into Handsome Jack. The first time involves the busty hodunk, goddamn her to hell, stabbing him in the back when destroying the Eye of the Destroyer in an attempt to keep him from becoming drunk with power. The second is the kicker; after having seen visions of The Warrior and being horrifically scarred by another Vault Hunter just before obtaining the weapon he needed to save the day, he had officially lost any remaining sanity he had clung to. His thirst for blood had increased tenfold, and he declared vengeance on all those that had stopped him from being the hero. Thus, the signature mask used to hide his scars had been adorned, and he strangled his superior to become head of Hyperion.
The End! But not really. There are so many other things to explore with Jack, like how he prefers to avoid direct confrontation because he is kind of a big coward that prefers to talk instead of act. He often ridicules and provokes others from the safety of his office whilst sending a legion of robots to attack whomever needed to be taught a lesson. This also shows that he is just about as smart as he makes himself out to be, as it takes an idiot to believe a head-on fight with heavily armed Vault Hunters would ever be a good idea. As one would expect, he considers his own life to be precious and he is prepared to make sure others lose theirs for the greater good.
There is also the mask itself, which is as much a part of Jack as his actual skin. He is deeply protective over his own image, narcissistic to a fault and considering his scarred face to be something so tragic that he had a protective covering grafted onto his face to keep him as perfect as he believes himself to be. So adamant in his belief system, he even transforms himself from Jack to Handsome Jack after the mask is worn, an effort to make sure any and all that refer to him agree that he is just that ― handsome.
Let us not forget his penchant for using humor to hide his malicious intent. He often relies on punch lines, obnoxious laughter and an unprecedented level of confidence to drive his point home. Jack is a very, very violent man, spurring entire monologues about what he would do or has done to particular individuals that have crossed his path. As a hero, it wouldn't do any good to talk like a villain, which is exactly why his goal is to always come up with ridiculous statements to help hide the fact that he really wants to hurt someone at all times.
And then there is Angel. His daughter is the one thing tethered to him that shows he is capable of actual, genuine attachment. Jack's treatment of her is hardly Dad of the Year material, but his possessiveness over her and her safety leads to some rather unsettling changes in his demeanor when he believes said safety has been compromised. After Angel's voluntary death (to escape her father's clutches, nonetheless) by the hands of the Vault Hunters, he takes less than two minutes to appear physically for the first time, place a gun against the back of their leader's head and kill him like he was nothing in return. Every moment after is spent pursuing the murder of the others, and he loses the above-mentioned humor for cold, scathing remarks regarding how they will all in-fact die. Just as he told them the moment Angel had killed, the worst thing to do is to start a fight with a man who has nothing to lose.
In regards to him being taken post-Borderlands 2, he is not going to retain any memories from Tales from the Borderlands, where Jack had been a form of AI developed posthumously. Any interactions with stupid janitors from Hyperion or knowledge of con-artists with an obsession of hats will not be known to him, meaning that he will just have to learn to bully any and all of them anew.
Inventory: His mask and the clothes on his back. A Hyperion pistol that was destined to be used by him.
Abilities: Other than being the universe's biggest douchebag, no substantial abilities to be noted about.
Flaws: His entire personality section would likely fall under "flaws", but here's a TL;DR version:
― killed lots of people
― manipulated lots of people
― killed more people
― tortured lots of people for no reason
― killed his grandmother
― lots of more killing
― thinks that he has absolutely no flaws whatsoever
SAMPLES
Action Log Sample:
[ huh. who woulda thought that a Vault Key of all things would be hung up as a grand prize at this ridiculously stupid carnival? Jack's immediate thought is to scoff and shrug it off, considering it all to be one big sham. what's a Vault Key going to do for him here of all places? hell, what did it even do for him back in Pandora? oh, that's right. it got him killed. that was... ah, that was quite the humbling experience. except not. dying fucking sucks.
after an hour of walking around and trying his best to ignore the large object dangling precariously like a carrot on a stick, he has succumbed to the temptation that someone had clearly and intentionally laid out for him. they ask that he just play and win a game of darts, with a wall of assorted colored balloons standing in front of him. pop just the right amount, and the prize is his. simple as that. ] You and I both know it's not that simple. This? This is as rigged as can be. What― did you dull the tips of the darts? Heat 'em, maybe? Naaah, clearly the balloons have been half inflated. But that's coo'. I know I gotta play with what the house gives me. [ a whistle as he slicks his hair back, all-too confident that he is about to school this poor sap into thinking he has outwitted the Handsome Jack. the first dart is placed in between his fingers and is hurled at its target...
... about an hour passes and Jack's wrist is throbbing. how? HOW? why is he still throwing darts at this stupid board!? the owner of the game keeps filling the cup back up, but the balloons just bounce the darts back like they are nothing. he would understand two or three of them, but every single one? his anger has been a rising tide since he's started, and right as the sun begins to set, he is absolutely fuming. one look at the stupid, innocent-looking grin on the other guy sets him off. ]
Wipe that damn look off your face, kiddo.
[ a flick is all it takes for the dart to soar through the air and towards its destined target. spoiler: it's not one of the balloons. it pierces the other individual right between the eyes and stays there, turning the guy into a unicorn. ahhh, yes. Butt Stallion, you have returned to him! ]
Huh. Guess that means the darts aren't dulled after all! ―Now how's about you be a pal and get that prize for me before I start aiming lower? I'm reeeal good at smaller targets, lemme tell ya.
Player name: Ray
Contact:
Characters currently in-game: n/a.
CHARACTER
Character Name: Handsome Jack
Character Age: Unconfirmed; approximately late thirties, early forties.
Canon: Borderlands
Canon Point: Post-ending of Borderlands 2 ― spoilers in application for those that haven't played the game.
History: Jack's wiki
Personality:
Handsome Jack is synonymous to the word leader. He is the epitome of heroism, and any being with even a semblance of a brain cell will know that the best thing they should do is to look up to him for salvation. He is the CEO of the galaxy's largest company, and he definitely got there by climbing the ladder and by not killing the former holder of that position with his own bare hands. Attractive, suave and full of so much love that he cannot give it all to just one woman, there is absolutely no flaw that can be pinned to him.
Except for, well, the fact that he is a compulsive liar.
Don't get him wrong. He thinks all of the above-mentioned are the absolute truth. Anyone else that has so much as held a conversation with Jack would know it is quite the opposite. He is cold, calculating, vindictive, sarcastic, cruel... There are more adjectives to describe what is wrong with him than what may possibly be right. Jack truly believes himself to be the hero of the story, and he considers any horrible acts that have to be taken in order to complete his goals as both justified and necessary. People have been killed, cities razed, hearts stolen and crushed. ―And he doesn't feel a damn thing about doing any of it.
There are probably a few things one could blame all of these terrible traits for. With Jack's father dying early in his life and his mother having abandoned him to his abusive-as-hell grandmother, he has a sob story to fall back on when anyone ever asks what makes him tick. Said grandmother was a target of bandits that he had hired to kill, only to have Vault Hunters kill them instead so that he did not have to waste a dime on her death. He also shows that romance (or sex, at the very least) is a hobby he enjoys in-between pursuits for power and glory, and his track record indicates he is often not successful. He has been married at least twice and has had long, eventful relationships with a former hodunk and a crazy cowgirl that he had heart eyes for. At least one of those marriages led to a child named Angel, showing that he is a family man to an extent. That extent is keeping his daughter safe by locking her up in a secure facility and forcing her to power a key to opening a Vault so that he can continue to do more "heroic" stuff. Yeeeeah.
But! Once upon a time, Handsome Jack was known as simply Jack, a lowly employee of Hyperion that did nothing but program. He still somehow possessed enough sway to recruit four Vault Hunters ― one of them being the aforementioned cowgirl ― to assist him in reclaiming Helios, a moon-base belong to Hyperion, and to also search for a Vault for, uh, Reasons. During this time, he was less insane and more ambitious to his cause, which has always been to save the planet of Pandora so that the people there can live a peaceful life. He had shown acts of actual heroism when saving the Vault Hunters' lives by helping them escape from Helios with a rocket to the moon. Literally, that is a thing that happened. Jack is still shown as manipulative even before his mental health had started to decline further, having planned to use the Vault Hunters to ensure he could obtain the power of the Vault for himself and himself only.
Betrayal is a key factor in what can be blamed for his transformation into Handsome Jack. The first time involves the busty hodunk, goddamn her to hell, stabbing him in the back when destroying the Eye of the Destroyer in an attempt to keep him from becoming drunk with power. The second is the kicker; after having seen visions of The Warrior and being horrifically scarred by another Vault Hunter just before obtaining the weapon he needed to save the day, he had officially lost any remaining sanity he had clung to. His thirst for blood had increased tenfold, and he declared vengeance on all those that had stopped him from being the hero. Thus, the signature mask used to hide his scars had been adorned, and he strangled his superior to become head of Hyperion.
The End! But not really. There are so many other things to explore with Jack, like how he prefers to avoid direct confrontation because he is kind of a big coward that prefers to talk instead of act. He often ridicules and provokes others from the safety of his office whilst sending a legion of robots to attack whomever needed to be taught a lesson. This also shows that he is just about as smart as he makes himself out to be, as it takes an idiot to believe a head-on fight with heavily armed Vault Hunters would ever be a good idea. As one would expect, he considers his own life to be precious and he is prepared to make sure others lose theirs for the greater good.
There is also the mask itself, which is as much a part of Jack as his actual skin. He is deeply protective over his own image, narcissistic to a fault and considering his scarred face to be something so tragic that he had a protective covering grafted onto his face to keep him as perfect as he believes himself to be. So adamant in his belief system, he even transforms himself from Jack to Handsome Jack after the mask is worn, an effort to make sure any and all that refer to him agree that he is just that ― handsome.
Let us not forget his penchant for using humor to hide his malicious intent. He often relies on punch lines, obnoxious laughter and an unprecedented level of confidence to drive his point home. Jack is a very, very violent man, spurring entire monologues about what he would do or has done to particular individuals that have crossed his path. As a hero, it wouldn't do any good to talk like a villain, which is exactly why his goal is to always come up with ridiculous statements to help hide the fact that he really wants to hurt someone at all times.
And then there is Angel. His daughter is the one thing tethered to him that shows he is capable of actual, genuine attachment. Jack's treatment of her is hardly Dad of the Year material, but his possessiveness over her and her safety leads to some rather unsettling changes in his demeanor when he believes said safety has been compromised. After Angel's voluntary death (to escape her father's clutches, nonetheless) by the hands of the Vault Hunters, he takes less than two minutes to appear physically for the first time, place a gun against the back of their leader's head and kill him like he was nothing in return. Every moment after is spent pursuing the murder of the others, and he loses the above-mentioned humor for cold, scathing remarks regarding how they will all in-fact die. Just as he told them the moment Angel had killed, the worst thing to do is to start a fight with a man who has nothing to lose.
In regards to him being taken post-Borderlands 2, he is not going to retain any memories from Tales from the Borderlands, where Jack had been a form of AI developed posthumously. Any interactions with stupid janitors from Hyperion or knowledge of con-artists with an obsession of hats will not be known to him, meaning that he will just have to learn to bully any and all of them anew.
Inventory: His mask and the clothes on his back. A Hyperion pistol that was destined to be used by him.
Abilities: Other than being the universe's biggest douchebag, no substantial abilities to be noted about.
Flaws: His entire personality section would likely fall under "flaws", but here's a TL;DR version:
― killed lots of people
― manipulated lots of people
― killed more people
― tortured lots of people for no reason
― killed his grandmother
― lots of more killing
― thinks that he has absolutely no flaws whatsoever
SAMPLES
Action Log Sample:
[ huh. who woulda thought that a Vault Key of all things would be hung up as a grand prize at this ridiculously stupid carnival? Jack's immediate thought is to scoff and shrug it off, considering it all to be one big sham. what's a Vault Key going to do for him here of all places? hell, what did it even do for him back in Pandora? oh, that's right. it got him killed. that was... ah, that was quite the humbling experience. except not. dying fucking sucks.
after an hour of walking around and trying his best to ignore the large object dangling precariously like a carrot on a stick, he has succumbed to the temptation that someone had clearly and intentionally laid out for him. they ask that he just play and win a game of darts, with a wall of assorted colored balloons standing in front of him. pop just the right amount, and the prize is his. simple as that. ] You and I both know it's not that simple. This? This is as rigged as can be. What― did you dull the tips of the darts? Heat 'em, maybe? Naaah, clearly the balloons have been half inflated. But that's coo'. I know I gotta play with what the house gives me. [ a whistle as he slicks his hair back, all-too confident that he is about to school this poor sap into thinking he has outwitted the Handsome Jack. the first dart is placed in between his fingers and is hurled at its target...
... about an hour passes and Jack's wrist is throbbing. how? HOW? why is he still throwing darts at this stupid board!? the owner of the game keeps filling the cup back up, but the balloons just bounce the darts back like they are nothing. he would understand two or three of them, but every single one? his anger has been a rising tide since he's started, and right as the sun begins to set, he is absolutely fuming. one look at the stupid, innocent-looking grin on the other guy sets him off. ]
Wipe that damn look off your face, kiddo.
[ a flick is all it takes for the dart to soar through the air and towards its destined target. spoiler: it's not one of the balloons. it pierces the other individual right between the eyes and stays there, turning the guy into a unicorn. ahhh, yes. Butt Stallion, you have returned to him! ]
Huh. Guess that means the darts aren't dulled after all! ―Now how's about you be a pal and get that prize for me before I start aiming lower? I'm reeeal good at smaller targets, lemme tell ya.
