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Splitting them up will make it easier for mods to process the applications. Thank you!
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Name:
Esteban Maturin y Domanova (Stephen Maturin)
Fandom:
Master and Commander: Far Side of the World (with knowledge from the Aubrey/Maturin book series thrown in)
Gender:
Male
Age:
34
Time Period:
post-movie
Wing Color:
Green
History:
General
Movie
Personality:
Stephen Maturin is a man of many lives.
He is a French Republican. In Stephen's eyes, every man has the right to be free, which makes him devoted to the abolitionist cause as well. He believes in order (though he sometimes seems not to), but a representative order where men are equal despite their wealth or family name. He promotes education and free will, men acting of their own accord rather than under orders. "I'm rather understanding of mutinies," he tells Captain Jack Aubrey, "men pressed from their homes and chosen occupations, confined for months aboard a wooden prison." The ideals of the Republic are close to his heart-- liberty, equality, fraternity. Even after being torture by French soldiers under the accusation of spying-- torture that included the use of thumbscrews on both his hands-- he calls France "the nation I love best."
He is a United Irishman. "What do you carry? A branch. Of what? The Tree of Liberty. Where did it grow? In America. Where did it bloom? In France. Where did the seed fall? In Ireland." Stephen quotes the catechism of the United Irishmen with a former fellow, James Dillon. Half Irish and devoted to freedom, Stephen holds his father's homeland close to his heart and does believe in the right of Ireland to establish its own republic.
He is a spy. Despite the attempts of Sir Joseph, head of British Naval Intelligence, and various First Lords of the Admiralty, Maturin takes no payment for the information he provides. The reports he gives are always useful and accurate, but there can be questions about the completeness. He may withhold information, playing his own game by his own rules. His sources are many, from all walks of life, and his occupation and hobby give him cover to move about as he desires. A warm smile and energetic scientific explanations conceal a ruthless determination to out the truth in any matter. He makes a show of ignorance in regards to political and military matters, but he asks questions that probe deeper than they seem to, usually by sparking discussion. When gathering information, Stephen relies on casual conversation more than interrogation and intimidation.
He is a rebel. "I for one am opposed to authority; it is the egg of misery and oppression." Stephen defies any authority he feels is unjust. When a lieutenant inflicts the punishment of forcing a bit into a man's mouth, Stephen shouts the officer down, despite Stephen's lower position on the ship's hierarchy. When Jack points out that "men must be governed," Stephen replies sharply "That is the excuse of every tyrant in history-- from Nero to Bonaparte." The imposed order on board a ship is often at odds with Stephen's revolutionary ideals.
He is a pacifist. Stephen has an opposition to war. He believes in change, but he does not want to see people butchered to achieve it. Though part of the storming of the Bastille, he became disillusioned with the French Revolution when the executions of the Reign of Terror became too much to bear. He saw the hopelessness of the situation of the United Irishmen and spoke against the uprising of 1798, though he still counts himself among their number. Though he works on a Navy ship, it is as a noncombatant.
He is a duelist. While Stephen does not like war, he is not afraid of duels. Personal honour is a matter worth fighting or dying for, in his mind. With a weapon in his hand, Stephen's warm demeanour melts away. He becomes cold, calculating, focused, and ruthless. Aubrey likens his look and air to a reptile.
He is a naturalist. Stephen is enamoured with the study of all animals, and plants are a secondary fascination. He collects insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Many of them, he eventually dissects after they die. Where Jack Aubrey is at home at sea and comfortable in social circles, Stephen is extremely happy amongst wildlife. His habits make him ill-suited for most company; he is messy and unconcerned with his appearance, surprising Jack when he is more than content to go days without shaving.
He is a physician. Stephen's love of life and knowledge of the human body mean that he fights his hardest to save every man who comes before him, and he considers every loss a personal failure. He is firm about his orders but sympathetic to his patients. After removing a young midshipman's arm, Stephen comforts the boy by saying, "I've never seen a braver patient." Every patient gets all the attention Stephen can give. However, his experience in medicine makes him a poor patient when the tables are turned. He refuses tonics, knowing their uselessness, and he stubbornly refuses most medical help save what he has deemed necessary. After being accidentally shot, Stephen refuses to allow his surgeon's mate Higgins to operate on him and remove the fragment of shirt the bullet took in, instead doing the thing himself. He also self-medicates, giving himself laudanum to sleep.
He is a music lover. Playing his cello, Spanish flute, or piano relaxes Stephen, sets him at ease when little else can. He calls himself an amateur hobbyist, but he is quite skilled.
He is a friend. "I have no loyalty to causes or nations, only to individuals." For all the masks Stephen wears, all the roles he plays, one thing is certain: nothing is dearer to his heart than Jack Aubrey. The rebel French Republican and United Irishman duelist sails as a surgeon for the British Royal Navy. The unpaid spy calls in favours to advance the military man. While the man is affectionate to most of those he might call a friend, often using terms of endearment only days after a first meeting, he keeps them at an arm's distance from knowing how he truly feels about most things. It does not take most people long to realize one important thing: there is nothing Stephen Maturin would not do for Jack Aubrey.