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devilzrighthand) wrote2018-09-26 11:40 pm
devilzrighthand) wrote2018-09-26 11:40 pm
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Name: Lloyd Henreid Door: Door Pass Canon: The Stand (Stephen King novel) Canon Point: The night after Nadine's "suicide", specifically after his conversation with Whitney here. Age: Late twenties Appearance: Feast your eyes! History: A summary of the events of the Stand, and Lloyd's dubious part in it. Personality: You know that infamous question your parent or your teacher might ask you if they wanted to be a pain in the ass: "If your all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?" Well, Lloyd Henreid sure would. With bells on. Growing up with no guidance, no prospects and no future to speak of, the one thing Lloyd has excelled at is following his friends into trouble. That's what friends are for, after all, and thinking for yourself is such a hassle. Especially since Lloyd's never fancied himself much of a thinker. Hell, he's never fancied himself much of anything, really. Self-esteem? Eh, whatever. That's for nerds and rich people. This attitude has served him well, bowling him on the fast and easy lane from high-school dropout, to small-time criminal, to accomplice to a "tri-state kill-spree", to starving to near-death in prison full of corpses, forced to snack on roaches, rats and worse to survive. That's what they call going places. With newspaper headlines calling him catchy names such as the "unrepentant baby-faced killer", it's easy to imagine Lloyd as a monster or a sociopath, when really, he's nothing that elaborate. Lloyd is more of an overgrown kid playing at cops and robbers, a habitual dumbass who never quite managed to learn that actions had consequences. Not until he was forced to practically drown in the consequences. And the last of those consequences, the cherry on top of Lloyd's shit Sundae of a life? Why, it's landing the job of anybody's dreams: the right-hand man to the devil. (Well, sort of the devil. The nearest Stephen King equivalent, at any rate. We'll hereby refer to him as the "demon boss".) The sad thing about Lloyd (and there are many sad things about Lloyd) is that he isn't quite the talentless, worthless loser that most everybody, himself included, believes him to be. When given the opportunity, he can be amiable guy with a knack for diplomacy, a fun friend with a sense of humor that bounces from dumb and childish to dry and world-weary, and a capable troubleshooter, who for a while has managed to keep afloat a whole post-apocalyptic community, playing middle-man between a capricious demon boss and the common people. Lloyd ain't no nice guy, but there is some real decency in him, buried underneath layers of fear and resentment, of self-interest, denial and rationalization. His moral compass might be slightly out of tune, and nine times out of ten, he'll pick the easy thing over the right thing, but he's rarely purposely mean or cruel. He can lash out and act like a violent thug, but he's just as capable of showing kindness and compassion. He's done a lot of bad shit, but he does actually have a conscience, which is a real bummer -- a conscience isn't the nicest thing to live with when you've got all of that bad shit hanging over you. Most of all, Lloyd is deeply loyal, even if his loyalty is often misplaced; he won't forget a kindness, and he'll do whatever he can to repay his debts. And if that means giving up his life, or his soul? Well, what the hell. Not like they're worth much anyway. For a simple guy, Lloyd is pretty complicated. He's the guy who's gone his whole life hungry for respect, approval, any kind of validation, who has so little sense of his own self-worth that he'll take any scraps thrown his way, not caring one bit about the fine print. He's the guy who's nursing a hell of a grudge against the type of people who think they're better than him, the high-up assholes who left him to starve in prison like a rabid animal -- even if sometimes, he thinks he'd be better off dead. He's the guy who's seen too much, done too much, and just wants some peace and for nobody to get hurt, for a goddamn change. The sad thing about Lloyd (told ya there's a lot of sad things) is that for all the growing up he's managed to do in a short time, for all the lessons he's learned the hard way, he's still the guy who's more likely than not to jump off a bridge, or throw away his soul, if his demon boss told him to. Powers and Abilities: Nothing special. Lloyd's your typical, ordinary human dude! Inventory: A black stone amulet given to him by Randall Flagg. Samples: From the TDM |
