1. Player Information
Name (or internet handle): Kurumi
Current characters in Bete Noire: evilismygood & fuckoingoboingo

2. Character Information
Name: Walter Kovacs (ALIAS: Rorschach)
Livejournal Username: amessinside
Fandom: Watchmen (movieverse)
Image: http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/98507078/25642425

3. Character Information II
Age/Appearance: Rorschach's 35 years old in the movie universe. He's heavily freckled and has short red hair. He's only 5'3", and he's generally very lean, muscled and sinewy without being disproportionate. He's dirty, with... possibly not the best hygiene, and he wears the same basic outfit time after time. As Walter, he generally wears his alter-ego's trenchcoat, but forgoes the pinstripe pants, mask and hat. His psychologist in prison actually once called him "fascinatingly ugly," which is a pretty good descriptor of him.

History: Watchmen Wiki - hope you like lots of history :|

Personality:
Rorschach is a very blunt, straightforward character who's more than a little socially awkward. He tends to speak only when it's necessary, and rarely participates in smalltalk. Rorschach's primary conversational skills come from his vigilante acts, and therefore he has trouble handling interactions that don't involve exchanging information or punching people in the face. He has no trouble stating his opinion, however; this is most likely because his opinions consist of moral absolutism and he generally regards them as fact. If someone is a criminal, they are always a criminal and should be the first suspects on the list; if someone voted liberally in the past, they are a liberal and possibly a socialist; if someone has sex with more than one person, they are a whore. It's pretty basic, with him - things are one way or another, and it's easy to move from being a "good" person to a "bad" one in Rorschach's books. (Of course, some people can slip back from being "bad" to "good," but nobody hedges their bets on it.)

Rorschach, however, is somewhat influenced by Walter's feelings in these matters; for example, though his partner Nite Owl (Daniel) "abandons" their cause when the Keene Act was passed, and though Rorschach often questions his loyalties and his proclivities (especially when it comes to Laurie), he still considers him his partner and trusts him implicitly. He even goes so far as to apologize to Dan when he ticks him off, indicating that even though Rorschach attempts to be emotionless and impartial, he does still have a "softer" side ("softer" being used extremely liberally here).

Rorschach's philosophy can be easily understood simply from looking at his mask. He's a right-wing extremist who views the world through a very limited, black-and-white moral fiber. Good and evil are clearly defined, and there is no overlap; justice will be served to those who commit crimes (even crimes that seem petty) and the good will prevail. He's paranoid and his theories can often veer wildly into the realm of conspiracy; he tends to believe that the more outlandish explanations are more likely to be true, and while he does seem to acknowledge that mundane situations do occur more often than the improbable, he is never satisfied with the easiest explanation.

There is some divergence between "Rorschach" and "Walter" as far as personality goes; while both share all these traits, Walter is considered the "weaker" of the two egos. He is more prone to compromise than Rorschach, though not by much; he's more likely to be influenced by his emotions and allow some things to slide just a bit more than Rorschach ever would. Walter believes that he is Rorschach, however, and that any soft or emotional side of him died during his fateful investigation of the Blair Roche case. This is seen to be untrue as canon progresses, because there are several times where Walter does seem to bleed into Rorschach's decisions (especially by the end of his canon, and in parts stated above).

Sexual Preferences/Orientation: Rorschach's views on sex are puritanical, to say the absolute least. Sex is a dirty thing for him - this is in part influenced by his childhood; his mother was a prostitute, and he came to associate all of her negative aspects (of which there were many) and her job with sex in general, making it a shameful act. He's extremely homophobic and erotophobic, and he resists any and all advances that might come his way. He's extremely repressed, to say the least.

Because of how intensely against sex Rorschach is, it's hard to pinpoint any sort of sexual orientation. His mother affected him so greatly that it's hard to think that Rorschach would ever feel comfortable with a woman, as he generally believes that any sexual advances by a woman, including makeup or clothing choices (and possibly even briefly touching an arm or something similar), mean that they're sexually promiscuous and a prostitute. Meanwhile, he calls homosexuality a deviancy and as an extremely right-wing character, it's hard to believe that he would fall into that particular orientation. It does stand to note that his relationship with Daniel does tend to have homoromantic undertones, but this can be attributed to Rorschach's social awkwardness just as much as it could be attributed to some underlying romantic affection for his partner. Chances are, though, he's straight.

Powers: He's an excellent fighter, but he's not supernaturally strong.

Reason for playing: Bete Noire is like Watchmen's NYC on crack, and it's exactly the kind of place that Rorschach would be able to integrate himself into flawlessly. More crime than he's ever seen before makes it a "fun" place for him - more temptation and more chances to make him fall apart makes it a fun (note the lack of quotation marks) for me. Rorschach will probably want to continue exactly as he had been in New York, with the added bonus of also wanting to get back to his world to tell people the Truth about their world peace. It'd be interesting to see how much his persona will save him from the temptations of Bete Noire, and I'd like to see if I can't find a way to break him down in an in character way. His black/white perception will be especially fun to mess with. (So, yeah. I want to play him just to see if I can crack him. That's what's fun about this kind of character, though!)