the_real_mccoy

Name: Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy
Door: Right

Canon: Star Trek Reboot
Canon Point: After Beyond

Age: About 36
Appearance: Here and here!

History: Wiki
Personality:

Opinionated - Whether you want to hear it or not, McCoy is going to have his say. About everything. All the time. If there's a question, he'll give you his answer. If you're mumbling to yourself, he'll have a comment. If you specifically state that no input is wanted or needed, he'll still go on and on about how what you're doing is a terrible idea and it's going to get everyone killed. He can't help himself, he must tell the world his opinion on everything! It's often obnoxious, usually pointless, and only a small portion of the time is he at all helpful. Bitching about everyone else's plans and ideas is his mission in life, especially if he can throw in a few clichés and metaphors.

Pessimistic - McCoy is a man who always expects the worst but is often disappointed. That's a good thing. If you plan for the worst, you can be pleasantly surprised when you don't die! One of the first things he ever said to Kirk was, "Don't pander to me, kid. One tiny crack in the hull and our blood boils in thirteen seconds. A solar flare might crop up, cook us in our seats. And wait 'til you're sitting pretty with a case of Andorian shingles. See if you're still so relaxed when your eyeballs are bleeding! Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence." Basically, he was implying that going into space was the stupidest idea ever, from a potentially medically apocalyptic viewpoint, even as he sat there on a shuttle about to take off. McCoy always looks on the dark side of things and as a doctor, he knows just how bad things can get. He doesn't look for the sunshine, he looks for the rainclouds, and he always has his umbrella.

Cranky / Hot-Headed - McCoy never does things halfway. Most of the time he's rude and sarcastic, and he's prone to going off on emotional tangents at the drop of a hat. People get on his nerves, especially when they disagree with him or outright refuse to do what he suggests. He's the doctor! He only makes absolute pronouncements for a patient's health! And when his patients go out and do exactly the opposite of what he told them, it makes him angry. He's not above forcing people to do what he thinks best either, usually with rolled eyes and a muttered insult. More than once he doses Kirk with various hyposprays to both get him on the Enterprise when he'd otherwise be left on Earth and to keep him there (and hidden) once the ship was in space. And he wasn't happy about doing it. Or kind.

Dependable - McCoy doesn't give up. Ever. No matter what happens, he just keeps going. When the chief medical officer was killed in the first movie, instead of letting someone else take over, he stepped up. When someone needs help, he's the first one to volunteer. When it looked like Kirk was dead in the second movie, he kept searching for a solution, for some way to save him. A revived Tribble gave him a clue and the quick thinking to put Kirk in one of the cryotubes gave him the time he'd need. Because he didn't give up, eventually he managed to bring Kirk back. No matter what the situation, or how much he complains about it, McCoy won't leave until everyone is safe and the mission is over.

Powers and Abilities: He's a doctor! He knows how to heal humans and use all kinds of medical technology that exists in his world. He also has lots of experience with alien races too. McCoy is excellent in a crisis and has no trouble improvising, although he usually bitches up a storm no matter how nice his surroundings might be. He has years of in-the-field experience as well as time on Earth before he joined Starfleet in a normal clinic. Other than skills learned, McCoy is just a plain old human. He has basic self-defense skills he doesn't often practice, but beyond that, he's fairly vulnerable.
Inventory: A tricorder, a hypospray full of a general analgesic, and a cortical stimulator.

Samples:

Log Style

[The screen showed his face. McCoy looked worried, as per his usual, but also a little annoyed. Again, pretty much his usual expression. At least talking to a handheld device wasn't something completely new, though his communicator had never had a face-to-face feature before. He hadn't decided if he liked it yet or not.]


So who's the joker that thought putting drugs in the water was a good idea? Do you have any idea how many people I've been treating? Just in the last few hours alone? What the hell kinda place is this where it's normal to drug the residents and then just . . . just let them wander around with no supervision!? This place is a nightmare! If anyone out there wants to help, I'm in the clinic and I could sure use another pair or five of hands. God, this place is terrible . . .


[His attention wandered and then sharpened on something offscreen. McCoy jumped up and ran out of frame, the table holding the device shaking as he knocked into it. Shouting and the sounds of crashes floated to the device for a while before the video timed out.]