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BLINDSPOT
Introduction:
BLINDSPOT is one of my favorite shows on TV right now. Although it is an FBI drama, it is unique in that its main character is a female lead who is tattooed from head to toe. The show's premise is very simple: "Blindspot focuses on a mysterious tattooed woman who has lost her memory and does not know her own identity. The FBI discovers that her tattoos contain clues to crimes they will have to solve." This mysterious woman is named "Jane Doe" by FBI, a first name she would later adopt as a permanent identity.
* For those familiar with the show, you can skip my "Summary of Season 1 and Season 2" and go straight to looking over characters, pairings and plot ideas.
Summary of Season 1 and Season 2:
* Please note: I am highlighting the parts of the show that will be significant for the roleplay. There are many characters in the show, and I will not be going into detail of storylines for secondary characters! *
~ WARNING: This contains MAJOR SPOILERS! ~
At the start of the show, a woman appears in Time Square in a suspicious black duffle bag labeled "FOR THE FBI". When she is taken into custody, the FBI soon discovers Jane has has virtually NO recollection or memories of any sort. Her mind has been completely wiped of any memories by a rare serum (called ZIP), however all of her skills (including cognitive and motor - such as walking, talking, etc.) are retained. She has no idea who she is, the tattoos covering her neck down to her toes the only source of information into her past. She is initially held captive by the FBI, as the FBI's lead Agent, Kurt Weller, has his name tattooed in big on her back. As the FBI scope and analyze Jane's tattoos, they come to realize that each tattoo is a clue to a case the FBI needs to solve. The cases, consisting of preventing terror attacks and harm, normally center around the theme of government corruption.
As time progresses, Jane develops sporadic memory flashes, giving her clues to her identity. Despite intense psychotherapy, however, she is unable to retrieve her mind and memories - the damage of the drug used on her permanent. Jane later discovers a series of skills that she has, including exceptional acrobatics, combat and martial arts, extensive knowledge of military and weaponry, as well as fluency in over a dozen languages. The FBI later discover that Jane was a former Navy SEALS which is why her identity is so difficult to distinguish, as she was involved in a top-secret, classified series of missions. This would explain her extensive skill set and spy tactics. Despite the identity frustration, Jane decides to build a new identity for herself as a valuable member of the FBI. Throughout this process, she develops a complicated romance with FBI lead, Agent Kurt Weller. Despite an undeniable connection, the two never fully act on their feelings for one another.
Near the end of the season, the FBI discover that Jane's tattoos and amnesia are caused by a terrorist organization called Sandstorm. Sandstorm, in essence, is the code name given by the NSA to a powerful terrorist organization whose main goal is to end corruption in the United States at all costs. These cost includes murdering innocent people, something they refer to as a "sacrifice for the greater good and cause". Their members are highly trained and skilled in combat and weaponry, some of the best killers and spies the government has ever seen. The organization is lead by a woman named Shepherd, who is also the adoptive mother of Jane (formerly known as "Remi"), and her brother known as "Roman".
The season concludes with the reveal of Jane's true, pre-serum identity: the adopted daughter of the LEADER of the terrorist organization Sandstorm, and one of the co-leaders of this violent organization. The FBI team lead by Kurt Weller feel betrayed in this discovery - believing that Jane is a spy being used by Sandstorm and that her intentions with the FBI are wicked, not good. Jane attempts to relay important information about Sandstorm to Kurt Weller, though when she goes to confront him, he turns on her and has her arrested. She is taken from the custody of the FBI and given to the CIA for questioning. Suspecting she is a terrorist, the CIA torture Jane for months trying to retrieve information. Their efforts fail, and Jane overpowers her torturer, escapes CIA capture and goes into hiding. She ends up returning to Sandstorm, pretending to remember her identity as Remi in order to gain intel and penetrate their organization. In this effort she learns that she has a brother named Ian, but known currently as Roman. The two spend an extensive time together, with Roman trying to "bring Remi back" to her pre-serum self. His efforts unfortunately fail, and instead, Jane comes to learn that Roman is not the sociopathic killer than he thinks he is (and that in fact, he has compassion, it has just been lost to Sandstorm). Despite efforts to convince Roman to permanently turn against Sandstorm, Roman believes he has done too much bad to ever go back (killed too many people).
She eventually returns to the FBI, who now (somewhat) believe her allegiance is with the FBI, not Sandstorm, to which the FBI proceed to use Jane's connection to Sandstorm to retrieve intel. They use Jane as a mole/ puppet in order to attempt to bring down the terrorist group. Although the mission fails (Sandstorm discovers Jane is playing them), Jane does retrieve enough information to jeopardize Sandstorm's major mission [to black out the entire United States, cease all power from the government and start the country anew]. An attempt to take Sandstorm down goes horribly wrong when Kurt Weller's FBI team are lead directly into an explosive trap. Meanwhile, Jane is captured by Sandstorm, and her adoptive mother Shepherd orders Roman (her brother) to end her. Although Roman raises a gun to Jane's head, he is unable to bring himself to kill her, having too much love for her. He instead turns on his mother, a woman he comes to realize is a manipulative, psychological tormentor. He instead shoots Shepherd and a gun fire battle ensues. In the fight, Roman is detrimentally shot, and Shepherd escapes injured, but alive. Jane and Roman escape her Sandstorm headquarters and flee to a safe house where Jane convinces Roman to allow her to tend to his wounds. In an effort to give Roman a "second chance at life" like she was given, Jane tricks Roman, and instead of aiding his injuries, she instead stabs him with a needle, injecting a huge dose of the ZIP serum. Subsequently, Roman loses all of his memories, like Jane.
This is the point the show is at currently (show is in the middle of Season 2).
As time progresses, Jane develops sporadic memory flashes, giving her clues to her identity. Despite intense psychotherapy, however, she is unable to retrieve her mind and memories - the damage of the drug used on her permanent. Jane later discovers a series of skills that she has, including exceptional acrobatics, combat and martial arts, extensive knowledge of military and weaponry, as well as fluency in over a dozen languages. The FBI later discover that Jane was a former Navy SEALS which is why her identity is so difficult to distinguish, as she was involved in a top-secret, classified series of missions. This would explain her extensive skill set and spy tactics. Despite the identity frustration, Jane decides to build a new identity for herself as a valuable member of the FBI. Throughout this process, she develops a complicated romance with FBI lead, Agent Kurt Weller. Despite an undeniable connection, the two never fully act on their feelings for one another.
Near the end of the season, the FBI discover that Jane's tattoos and amnesia are caused by a terrorist organization called Sandstorm. Sandstorm, in essence, is the code name given by the NSA to a powerful terrorist organization whose main goal is to end corruption in the United States at all costs. These cost includes murdering innocent people, something they refer to as a "sacrifice for the greater good and cause". Their members are highly trained and skilled in combat and weaponry, some of the best killers and spies the government has ever seen. The organization is lead by a woman named Shepherd, who is also the adoptive mother of Jane (formerly known as "Remi"), and her brother known as "Roman".
The season concludes with the reveal of Jane's true, pre-serum identity: the adopted daughter of the LEADER of the terrorist organization Sandstorm, and one of the co-leaders of this violent organization. The FBI team lead by Kurt Weller feel betrayed in this discovery - believing that Jane is a spy being used by Sandstorm and that her intentions with the FBI are wicked, not good. Jane attempts to relay important information about Sandstorm to Kurt Weller, though when she goes to confront him, he turns on her and has her arrested. She is taken from the custody of the FBI and given to the CIA for questioning. Suspecting she is a terrorist, the CIA torture Jane for months trying to retrieve information. Their efforts fail, and Jane overpowers her torturer, escapes CIA capture and goes into hiding. She ends up returning to Sandstorm, pretending to remember her identity as Remi in order to gain intel and penetrate their organization. In this effort she learns that she has a brother named Ian, but known currently as Roman. The two spend an extensive time together, with Roman trying to "bring Remi back" to her pre-serum self. His efforts unfortunately fail, and instead, Jane comes to learn that Roman is not the sociopathic killer than he thinks he is (and that in fact, he has compassion, it has just been lost to Sandstorm). Despite efforts to convince Roman to permanently turn against Sandstorm, Roman believes he has done too much bad to ever go back (killed too many people).
She eventually returns to the FBI, who now (somewhat) believe her allegiance is with the FBI, not Sandstorm, to which the FBI proceed to use Jane's connection to Sandstorm to retrieve intel. They use Jane as a mole/ puppet in order to attempt to bring down the terrorist group. Although the mission fails (Sandstorm discovers Jane is playing them), Jane does retrieve enough information to jeopardize Sandstorm's major mission [to black out the entire United States, cease all power from the government and start the country anew]. An attempt to take Sandstorm down goes horribly wrong when Kurt Weller's FBI team are lead directly into an explosive trap. Meanwhile, Jane is captured by Sandstorm, and her adoptive mother Shepherd orders Roman (her brother) to end her. Although Roman raises a gun to Jane's head, he is unable to bring himself to kill her, having too much love for her. He instead turns on his mother, a woman he comes to realize is a manipulative, psychological tormentor. He instead shoots Shepherd and a gun fire battle ensues. In the fight, Roman is detrimentally shot, and Shepherd escapes injured, but alive. Jane and Roman escape her Sandstorm headquarters and flee to a safe house where Jane convinces Roman to allow her to tend to his wounds. In an effort to give Roman a "second chance at life" like she was given, Jane tricks Roman, and instead of aiding his injuries, she instead stabs him with a needle, injecting a huge dose of the ZIP serum. Subsequently, Roman loses all of his memories, like Jane.
This is the point the show is at currently (show is in the middle of Season 2).
Main Characters:
(That I'm interested in incorporating)
JANE
- Actress Jaimie Alexander as Alice "Remi" Kruger aka "Jane Doe", an unidentified woman found naked and amnesiac in Times Square, who is kept in FBI protective custody as an investigation proceeds into her identity. Despite lacking conscious memories, Jane occasionally has flashbacks to her past life and retains a wide variety of combat and language skills. It is suspected she is a former Navy SEAL, whose identity is classified due to involvement in special operations. Based on a familiar scar on the back of her neck and a DNA test, Jane was believed to be Taylor Shaw, Kurt Weller's neighbor and childhood friend, who vanished 25 years ago and was presumed deceased, but the real Taylor Shaw was confirmed to be dead when Agent Weller's father confessed to her murder on his deathbed. Kurt subsequently found Taylor's remains in an old campsite they stayed in as children; the DNA test results confirming the remains are of Taylor Shaw. It is later revealed that Jane was born Alice Kruger in South Africa, then orphaned and trained as a child soldier by the apartheid regime. Shepherd eventually adopted her and raised her as a daughter. In the show, Jane discovers that she was a member of Sandstorm, and that her tattoos and wiping of memory was all part of an elaborate plan to take down the American government. Despite discovering the truth, she rejects the past and continues to work with the FBI, using her role in Sandstorm to act like a mole within the terrorist organization. There she discovers she has a brother named Roman, to which she develops and recovers a deep bond with.
ROMAN
- Actor Luke Mitchell as Ian "Roman" Kruger (season 2), Remi/Jane's brother and a CRITICAL member of Sandstorm. As a child, he was troubled and traumatized by the abuse of a black market orphanage in South Africa that trained him to be a violent child soldier. He ends up developing into a borderline sociopath and exceptional combatant. He is known to have killed hundreds of people in the name of Sandstorm with little sympathy or empathy for the lives he's taken. Despite his lack of compassion, he has a deep love for his sister, Jane. He even betrays his mother Shepherd and shoots her in order to save Jane from execution. In season two, his sister Jane surprises Roman by injecting him with the same formula used to wipe her memory. Knowing Roman would never cross to the good side (since he's done so much bad already), Jane uses the formula to give Roman a new chance at life, like the new chance she received as a result of her own amnesia.
* Additional information: Roman has a big scar on the right side of his face, over his right eye. The scar was obtained while in the torturous orphanage him and Jane were held in as children. He received the scar during a fight with another orphan - and if I remember correctly (don't hold me to it) - it was as a result of Roman protecting Jane.
KURT
- Actor Sullivan Stapleton as Supervisory Special Agent Kurt Weller, an FBI agent and head of the FBI Critical Incident Response Group, who is called into the investigation into Jane when his name is found mysteriously tattooed on Jane's body. He comes to recognize Jane as his missing childhood friend Taylor Shaw and becomes very protective, due to having never recovered from the pain and guilt he suffers from her disappearance. However, it is later revealed that Jane is in fact NOT Taylor Shaw, and that Taylor Shaw was murdered by his father over 25 years ago. He is later promoted to the head of the FBI Critical Incident Response Group, where he works alongside an NSA agent called Nas Kamal. With Kurt's relationship with Jane severed after the discovery that Jane is a Sandstorm Agent, Kurt develops a secret romance with Nas, instead.
Additional characters:
- Actress Michelle Hurd as Shepherd (season 2), Remi's (Jane's) and Roman's adoptive mother and leader of the terrorist group. She is the true sociopath in this show, pretended to love her two adoptive children, Jane and Roman, when she is actually just manipulating them and using their skills to her advantage.
- Actress Ashley Johnson as Special Agent Patterson, head of the FBI Forensic Science Unit and responsible for studying and identifying Jane's tattoos. She's a wicked computer and tech nut and exceptional hacker and decoder. She deals with guilt from the death of her lover, who was assassinated as a result of trying to crack a case for her. Additionally, Patterson has a romance with the FBI psychiatrist Dr. Borden, who ends up being a mole and terrorist working for Sandstorm. In the second season, he ends up capturing Patterson in which she ends up being tortured by Sandstorm's leader, Shepherd. In the show, Borden is ordered to kill Patterson. Although he struggles with his love for her, he does attempt to murder her via lethal injection.
- Actor Ukweli Roach as Dr. Robert Borden, real name Nigel Thornton, an FBI psychiatrist who helps Jane in retrieving and understanding her past memories. He is revealed to be a mole for Sandstorm within the FBI and is secondly responsible for Patterson's torture.
- Actor Rob Brown as Special Agent Edgar Reade, an FBI agent and member of Kurt's team, who has doubts about Jane's inclusion on the team and expresses skepticism of Kurt's willingness to follow the information from Jane's tattoos so quickly. He is in love with Kurt's sister, Sarah, but broke up with her both on Kurt's request and because Reade feared for Sarah's safety after one of the group behind Jane's tattoos threatened Sarah when Reade was trying to investigate Jane's background.
- Actress Audrey Esparza as Special Agent Natasha "Tasha" Zapata, an FBI agent and member of Kurt's team, previously an NYPDofficer at the 96th District for five years. Secretly, she has a gambling addiction, caused by guilt from the death of her partner while with the NYPD, and is in severe debt, which she hides from her coworkers.
- Actress Archie Panjabi as Nas Kamal (season 2), head of Zero Division, a secret department of the NSA. She is currently in a discreet relationship with Kurt Weller, head of FBI.
PAIRINGS AND IDEAS:
JANE X ROMAN:
In the show, Jane and Roman have a deep bond and love for each other. However, they are portrayed as BIOLOGICAL siblings (as far as we know). According to the show, the two are brother and sister who are kidnapped and sold to a black market in South Africa. They are turned into child soldiers as part of the apartheid regime. A woman named Shepherd soon adopts them/ rescues, taking them under her wing where she raises them as her own. From what we understand, the three of them grew up in the US and are American citizens. A long set of tragic events transpire involving the United States and its corrupted government which eventually leads to Shepherd, and her two children Roman and Jane, to form Sandstorm – a terrorist organization set on bringing down the entire government and “restarting” the United States.
I am open to both biological siblings and adoptive (no blood relation) siblings as well. Either way, their pairing is very complicated. Because Jane has had her memory wiped by ZIP, she has little to no recollection of Roman as her brother. She knows him only by the strange bond she feels to him, as through the limited interactions she'd had with Roman within Sandstorm. Additionally, if we explore and option where Roman's memory is ALSO wiped by ZIP, the two of them would have an especially difficult time differentiating a sibling bond from a romantic connection.
OPTION ONE:
In the season season, Roman's memory is wiped by Jane and Roman is detained by FBI in order to keep Sandstorm from getting their hands on him. He is kept in a less-than-pleasant glass cell where he is subjected to hours and hours in the day of psychological evaluation, testing, and probing. Although the FBI is trying to get him to remember details of Sandstorm, Roman is a blank slate, only remembering torturous aspects of his childhood. A reputable psychiatrist diagnoses him with crippling PTSD and psychopathy, deeming him too damaged and too sociopathic to be released or rehabilitated. She instead recommends that he is placed in a mental health institution (psych ward) to be cared for, as he is too dangerous to be reintegrated back into society. This is point the season is at currently.
Jane would be furious at this diagnosis, knowing full-well that Roman was not a “lost-cause”, and that he was capable of compassion and love. Rather than allowing the FBI to transfer Roman to a psych ward, instead, Jane helps Roman escape government custody. The two become fugitives together, while also simultaneous investigating Sandstorm on their own.
OPTION TWO:
We RETAIN Roman's memories, and set this roleplay to the period right BEFORE he has his memory wiped. So, rather than Roman escaping with Jane from Sandstorm and Jane taking him to a safe house where she injects him with ZIP, Jane instead continues to try and convince him to switch sides. Additionally, I'm thinking perhaps Jane DOES attempt to inject him, but Roman is quick and overpowers her, subsequently slamming the needle to the ground and destroying it. I'd image Roman would be like “What the fuck, Jane?” and Jane would be like “I'm giving you a second chance at life.” - A tension-filled, passion-fueled argument would ensue (or something along these lines).
AGENT PATTERSON X ROMAN:
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This is a kind of random pairing I'm throwing in for fun. I ADORE Agent Patterson - she is my favorite female character on the show aside from Jane, and has a spunky personality. She is a computer and analytically genius, capable of deciphering nearly any puzzle/ riddle. She is a very kind, gentle, and sweet individual, though when provoked, can be a total, ballsy bad-ass. She has standard FBI training but is not as skilled as Jane and Kurt (and the rest of the team, for that matter) as she works mainly in the FBI office and not on the front-lines. Additionally, the show has yet to reveal her FIRST name. There are rumors that perhaps her first name is actually Patty, short for Patricia, and that she hates it so everyone calls her Patterson, instead.
Similarly, I also LOVE Roman's character. He's like an onion, you have to peel back all the layers to see who he really is. He's one of the most complex characters on the show, with a complicated moral compass. He is a NOTORIOUS killer, capable of bringing down a troupe of armed men with nothing but a fork (no joke, this happens in the show). He will never hesitate to kill, and his instincts are totally opposite to Patterson's, who carries a "logic/reasoning over violence" approach to everything.
OPTION ONE:
In the season season, Roman's memory is wiped by Jane and Roman is detained by FBI in order to keep Sandstorm from getting their hands on him. He is kept in a less-than-pleasant glass cell where he is subjected to hours and hours in the day of psychological evaluation, testing, and probing. Although the FBI is trying to get him to remember details of Sandstorm, Roman is a blank slate, only remembering torturous aspects of his childhood. A reputable psychiatrist diagnoses him with crippling PTSD and psychopathy, deeming him too damaged and too sociopathic to be released or rehabilitated. She instead recommends that he is placed in a mental health institution (psych ward) to be cared for, as he is too dangerous to be reintegrated back into society. This is point the season is at currently.
To pair them together, I'm thinking Jane (not willing to lose Roman to the FBI) enlists in the help of her only trusted friend, Patterson, to help Roman escape. Patterson would stage the escape to make it look like Roman got out on his own, without the help of Jane, in order to protect Jane and allow her to continue working within the FBI. I'd imagine Patterson would use her hacking skills to FAKE a cyber attack on the FBI office, making it look like it was Sandstorm attacking them in order to free Roman. Additionally, I'm thinking maybe Patterson volunteers her home as a safe-house for Roman to live in while things get figured out. OR, if we want to make this more dramatic and potentially more up Roman's field, we can have Roman steal Patterson's ID in the process of escaping, providing him with her full information, including her ADDRESS. He would break into her house and surprise her/ potentially hold her hostage in an effort to get more information out of her. He could also be interested in using her clearance and job at the FBI to retrieve all the files and information about his identity and Sandstorm. We can discuss!
OPTION TWO:
We RETAIN Roman's memories, and set this roleplay to the period right BEFORE he has his memory wiped. So, rather than Roman escaping with Jane from Sandstorm and Jane taking him to a safe house where she injects him with ZIP, I'm thinking instead, Jane takes Roman to Patterson for help. With Patterson the only person Jane feels she can trust, she enlists the help of Patterson in order to protect her and Roman from the FBI. Patterson provides them with safe shelter, initially only agreeing to help tend for Roman's wounds. Perhaps a connection could develop between Roman and Patterson, to which Patterson decides to further help them. The options are endless, here, and we can discuss where this goes.
JANE X KURT WELLER:
When the show first started, I had a complete lady-boner for Kurt Weller. He is your stereotypical macho-man. He's buff, he's rugged, and he's rough around the edges. A highly skilled FBI agent, amazing combatant and of extensive military background. He's very much the conservative-type, not the one to normally be attracted to someone literally covered in tattoos. He struggles with his attraction to Jane, not only because it interferes with his position in the FBI but also because of her affiliation with a terrorist group. Admittedly, I've been quite annoyed with Kurt in Season 2, because he has pulled away from Jane and instead pursued a (obviously easier) relationship with another agent named Nas. However, I'm still open to discussing a pairing between the two of them.
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THE SPECIFICS:
1) I roleplay in FIRST person, not in third. THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU MUST ALSO ROLEPLAY IN FIRST PERSON. Third person role players are more than welcomed!
2) I do not roleplay over IM (Instant Messengers). ONLY on BlueMoon PM (Private Message) and/or BlueMoon threads.
3) I am very limited when it comes to time. BlueMoon is a hobby, not a job for me, so although I am committed, I will not be able to provide multi-daily responses. I'm looking for a partner who is very patient, and who doesn't mind my posts rolling in every couple of days (and sometimes even up to a week).
4) ROMANCE and SEX is a MUST. I prefer plot-heavy roleplays that focus more on character development and couple dynamic OVER pure smut. Without quality story, I will lose interest almost immediately.
5) Additionally, here is my F-List. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!