Name: Dee Contact Info:floodplain or AIM as dawnnamira Other Characters Played: None Preferred Apartment: None.
Character Name: Joanna Beth "Jo" Harvelle Canon: Supernatural Canon Point: Season 5, episode 10; when they arrive in Carthage Background/History:Jo @ The Supernatural Wiki
Personality: Jo is no stranger to a rough life. She grew up all too aware of the things hiding in the dark and this has shaped her in a profound manner. Some of the adults in her life tried to shelter her by keeping her from learning about the things they didn't want her to know about, and this only served to increase her curiosity and rebellion from a young age.
When her father was killed only a few weeks after her tenth birthday, she was left alone with her mother, Ellen. Jo definitely takes after her, but idolizes her father completely. Jo learns to be tough and to take care of herself, in most situations, though she definitely maintains a playful and innocent cover to throw people off. If they underestimate her? Wonderful. She'll just kick their ass faster, whether it's at poker or winning a bet.
For most of her life, Jo has shunned being normal. Life wasn't like the movies. Good didn't always win, but she would try her damned hardest to make sure that it did. There was evil in the world, and that just meant there were people who needed to be protected. All she wanted was to follow her father's footsteps and do exactly that. Her mother kept her at the Roadhouse for years, but Jo finally rebelled and ran away to hunt a ghost with the Winchester boys. Once that ghost is defeated, Ellen shows up and escorts her back home with the Winchesters' help. After this first adventure, Ellen reveals that she is most upset with Jo because Jo allowed herself to be used as bait for the ghost (which, to be honest, was the entire reason she ran to help them).
At some point during this argument, it's revealed that Jo's father died on a hunt with John Winchester and that Ellen kept the details of his death from Jo. This revelation sends Jo out onto her own, apparently to think things over and hunt on her own, just like her father. Eventually she does return to her mother, and they hunt together, with Jo more mature and serious.
Jo can seem like a cold bitch if you catch her at the wrong time, but she does have a softer side, along with a large bit of sarcasm and ego. She tries to portray herself as completely calm and in control in dangerous situations, but sometimes she isn't in control of herself and it shows – sometimes she loses control of her emotions for a time. It doesn't take her long to regain control of herself, and she comes back with a vengeance to kick ass and solve problems where she can, but it does happen, and she's less strong than she'd like to admit.
Jo's softer side usually only comes out for those she deeply cares for, and for them she'll do anything they need. Even if it comes at a great personal sacrifice to herself – nothing is too much. She is at her strongest when fighting for others. This is why she wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become a hunter. She wants to keep people from suffering as she has, even strangers.
This is probably in some small part because of what she's gone through in her own life because of the supernatural. The death of her father, the loss of friends over the years, even her own experiences with monsters have all shown her that it can be overwhelming to be faced with things that one can't quite explain. She also learned that when one knows there are others who have experienced the same thing, and are doing good in the world because of those experiences, it does help. That's all she wants, to make a difference just like her father did, by taking out monsters.
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Character Name: Joanna Beth "Jo" Harvelle
Canon: Supernatural
Canon Point: Season 5, episode 10; when they arrive in Carthage
Background/History: Jo @ The Supernatural Wiki
Personality: Jo is no stranger to a rough life. She grew up all too aware of the things hiding in the dark and this has shaped her in a profound manner. Some of the adults in her life tried to shelter her by keeping her from learning about the things they didn't want her to know about, and this only served to increase her curiosity and rebellion from a young age.
When her father was killed only a few weeks after her tenth birthday, she was left alone with her mother, Ellen. Jo definitely takes after her, but idolizes her father completely. Jo learns to be tough and to take care of herself, in most situations, though she definitely maintains a playful and innocent cover to throw people off. If they underestimate her? Wonderful. She'll just kick their ass faster, whether it's at poker or winning a bet.
For most of her life, Jo has shunned being normal. Life wasn't like the movies. Good didn't always win, but she would try her damned hardest to make sure that it did. There was evil in the world, and that just meant there were people who needed to be protected. All she wanted was to follow her father's footsteps and do exactly that. Her mother kept her at the Roadhouse for years, but Jo finally rebelled and ran away to hunt a ghost with the Winchester boys. Once that ghost is defeated, Ellen shows up and escorts her back home with the Winchesters' help. After this first adventure, Ellen reveals that she is most upset with Jo because Jo allowed herself to be used as bait for the ghost (which, to be honest, was the entire reason she ran to help them).
At some point during this argument, it's revealed that Jo's father died on a hunt with John Winchester and that Ellen kept the details of his death from Jo. This revelation sends Jo out onto her own, apparently to think things over and hunt on her own, just like her father. Eventually she does return to her mother, and they hunt together, with Jo more mature and serious.
Jo can seem like a cold bitch if you catch her at the wrong time, but she does have a softer side, along with a large bit of sarcasm and ego. She tries to portray herself as completely calm and in control in dangerous situations, but sometimes she isn't in control of herself and it shows – sometimes she loses control of her emotions for a time. It doesn't take her long to regain control of herself, and she comes back with a vengeance to kick ass and solve problems where she can, but it does happen, and she's less strong than she'd like to admit.
Jo's softer side usually only comes out for those she deeply cares for, and for them she'll do anything they need. Even if it comes at a great personal sacrifice to herself – nothing is too much. She is at her strongest when fighting for others. This is why she wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become a hunter. She wants to keep people from suffering as she has, even strangers.
This is probably in some small part because of what she's gone through in her own life because of the supernatural. The death of her father, the loss of friends over the years, even her own experiences with monsters have all shown her that it can be overwhelming to be faced with things that one can't quite explain. She also learned that when one knows there are others who have experienced the same thing, and are doing good in the world because of those experiences, it does help. That's all she wants, to make a difference just like her father did, by taking out monsters.