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Other Characters Played: I play Hajime Aikawa from Kamen Rider Blade with chalicejoker and I’ve just apped Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with party_hard. Preferred Housing: N/A. Put Ted wherever!
Character Name: Ted Kord Character Series: DC Comics Character Age: Ted is in his mid 30s. Background:Here and here. Beetle’s canon point will be at some point between Formerly Known as the Justice League and Countdown to Infinite Crisis. He ain’t dead yet.
Personality: Ted can be somewhat of a goofball. In his earliest days with the Justice League, he, along with his frequent partner in crime, Booster Gold, caused no end of practical jokes for the team. This included and wasn’t limited to ill-advised financial ventures, such as the ill-fated Club JLI, a casino on the island of Kooey Kooey Kooey. If something went wrong, he and Booster were usually blamed. Ted’s a lot more mature now, and while he has maintained his sense of humor, he’s got a better handle on the proper time and place for things.
Even if he’s just a guy in a bug suit in a universe full of super-powered people, Ted won’t let that stop him from doing what’s right. He’s determined to fight for justice even without any special powers, and he’s spent a great deal of his life honing his skills and his equipment so that he can at least make a stab at standing with the big boys. Ted is a man of science, and science has allowed him to accomplish a great deal. Ted’s quick to get excited over new bits of technology, and he’s also quick to start breaking those down and learning from them.
Ted isn’t one to stop doing what he thinks is right just because it might turn dangerous. He’s also unafraid to stand on his own if that’s what it takes. In one instance, it becomes evident that funds have been stolen from his company, Kord Industries, and that whoever has stolen the money will be using it for nefarious purposes. No one, save for Booster Gold, believes him, but Booster is injured before they can really do much of anything. Ted takes up the investigation alone, eventually coming to confront Maxwell Lord over the theft. He’s exposed a much bigger plan than anyone could have imagined…and he’s ultimately powerless to do much to stop it. Still, Ted never gives up, and his persistence and refusal to give in earns him a bullet to the head. He goes out fighting, and he never once decides to back down.
Ted is very loyal to his friends. Even if they drive him crazy sometimes, the members of the JLI are pretty much his family, and he would do anything for them. They, moreso than any other incarnation of the Justice League, were seen as screwups and failures. The team has formed a bit of a bond over that, and it is not one that is easily broken. If the JLI needs him, he’ll be there…even if meeting up again looks like it’s going to end up in disaster. He allows himself to be swept into the team’s reunion as the “Superbuddies,” even though operating a supergroup out of a strip mall just seems like a really bad idea. He tries a bit too hard to prove he’s matured, which has less-than-ideal results.
In recent years, Ted has moved away from being the Blue Beetle. He’s developed a bit of a heart condition, and so he’s got to watch his physical activity. He also has a bit of a weight problem that he’s constantly fighting, which goes hand-in-hand with the heart condition. At the moment he’ll be pulled from, he’s in good enough shape that he can go out and take action, even if he feels like he might regret it. He’s bad about pointing out the heart condition as a get-out-of-jail card if he’s feeling like a proposed activity (like the Superbuddies) is going to be a bad idea or a waste of his time, but when push comes to shove, he’s right there as the Blue Beetle.
Ted has historically had a way with the ladies. In the past, this has resulted in no end of rejection (and, on one occasion, getting himself turned into a chipmunk by an angry sorceress he wouldn’t marry). Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time seemed to be a special skill of his. As he’s matured, he’s also moved away from youthful expressions of perviness, and consequentially, he’s finding himself getting slapped way less often. He’s actually managed to strike up a good friendship (and maybe more) with Oracle, Barbara Gordon. They started out as online friends, but they soon realized who each other was out in the real world. There’s a mutual attraction there, and Ted’s taking things way more maturely than he might have when he was younger.
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Contact Info: airdra 400 at yahoo dot com for email, or you can hit me on plurk at
Other Characters Played: I play Hajime Aikawa from Kamen Rider Blade with
Preferred Housing: N/A. Put Ted wherever!
Character Name: Ted Kord
Character Series: DC Comics
Character Age: Ted is in his mid 30s.
Background: Here and here. Beetle’s canon point will be at some point between Formerly Known as the Justice League and Countdown to Infinite Crisis. He ain’t dead yet.
Personality: Ted can be somewhat of a goofball. In his earliest days with the Justice League, he, along with his frequent partner in crime, Booster Gold, caused no end of practical jokes for the team. This included and wasn’t limited to ill-advised financial ventures, such as the ill-fated Club JLI, a casino on the island of Kooey Kooey Kooey. If something went wrong, he and Booster were usually blamed. Ted’s a lot more mature now, and while he has maintained his sense of humor, he’s got a better handle on the proper time and place for things.
Even if he’s just a guy in a bug suit in a universe full of super-powered people, Ted won’t let that stop him from doing what’s right. He’s determined to fight for justice even without any special powers, and he’s spent a great deal of his life honing his skills and his equipment so that he can at least make a stab at standing with the big boys. Ted is a man of science, and science has allowed him to accomplish a great deal. Ted’s quick to get excited over new bits of technology, and he’s also quick to start breaking those down and learning from them.
Ted isn’t one to stop doing what he thinks is right just because it might turn dangerous. He’s also unafraid to stand on his own if that’s what it takes. In one instance, it becomes evident that funds have been stolen from his company, Kord Industries, and that whoever has stolen the money will be using it for nefarious purposes. No one, save for Booster Gold, believes him, but Booster is injured before they can really do much of anything. Ted takes up the investigation alone, eventually coming to confront Maxwell Lord over the theft. He’s exposed a much bigger plan than anyone could have imagined…and he’s ultimately powerless to do much to stop it. Still, Ted never gives up, and his persistence and refusal to give in earns him a bullet to the head. He goes out fighting, and he never once decides to back down.
Ted is very loyal to his friends. Even if they drive him crazy sometimes, the members of the JLI are pretty much his family, and he would do anything for them. They, moreso than any other incarnation of the Justice League, were seen as screwups and failures. The team has formed a bit of a bond over that, and it is not one that is easily broken. If the JLI needs him, he’ll be there…even if meeting up again looks like it’s going to end up in disaster. He allows himself to be swept into the team’s reunion as the “Superbuddies,” even though operating a supergroup out of a strip mall just seems like a really bad idea. He tries a bit too hard to prove he’s matured, which has less-than-ideal results.
In recent years, Ted has moved away from being the Blue Beetle. He’s developed a bit of a heart condition, and so he’s got to watch his physical activity. He also has a bit of a weight problem that he’s constantly fighting, which goes hand-in-hand with the heart condition. At the moment he’ll be pulled from, he’s in good enough shape that he can go out and take action, even if he feels like he might regret it. He’s bad about pointing out the heart condition as a get-out-of-jail card if he’s feeling like a proposed activity (like the Superbuddies) is going to be a bad idea or a waste of his time, but when push comes to shove, he’s right there as the Blue Beetle.
Ted has historically had a way with the ladies. In the past, this has resulted in no end of rejection (and, on one occasion, getting himself turned into a chipmunk by an angry sorceress he wouldn’t marry). Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time seemed to be a special skill of his. As he’s matured, he’s also moved away from youthful expressions of perviness, and consequentially, he’s finding himself getting slapped way less often. He’s actually managed to strike up a good friendship (and maybe more) with Oracle, Barbara Gordon. They started out as online friends, but they soon realized who each other was out in the real world. There’s a mutual attraction there, and Ted’s taking things way more maturely than he might have when he was younger.