Archetype-Avatar of the day time again! Today we have The Veteran!
I could build this one up with hype but you all know who it is so why bother? I mean, come on! One of the Veteran’s moves is a direct quote of his.
Shadows of the city, I give you Abraham ‘smoke a cigarette while messily pumping gas’ Whistler!
Just try and beat that one.
enlistee Felix from Steakley’s Armor (even though it is not a urban fiction book at all)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor_(novel)
Grandpa from The Lost Boys
Ohh Abraham Setrakian from the Strain
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Ambrose (played by Nick Damici) in Late Phases
Eric, you need to play a Veteran, stat! 😀
Yeah. I got a big place in my heart for them although I would like to have some more diversity on my list needs more women and PoC
Giles from Buffy! Especially S5 Giles and later. (Although his badass past is never made explicit…)
Bobby from Supernatural is also an excellent Veteran model!
For me there’s a clear winner here:
Bruce Wayne, Batman Beyond
I haven’t read the books, but would Dumbledore be a good example?
I don’t think Dumbledore is as clear-cut as Giles or Bobby, but certainly he fits in that he’s a complete fucking badass whom EVERYBODY has heard of. Maybe where he doesn’t fit is that he notably only gets into two fights, not to mention that he knowingly sets up plans that puts Harry in horrific danger. Repeatedly.
You don’t find this out for a while, but if you’ve seen Gravity Falls, you know exactly the character who fits this.
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Sir Malcolm in Penny Dreadful is a pretty solid Veteran as well, methinks.
Oh! And if you’re following JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders…
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Munroe from Grimm is a Veteran (though you shouldn’t let him use a lab without supervision)! Once a Wolf, now the guy who knows stuff about the supernatural and advises caution.
The grandfather from Lost Boys.