Post by Maximum Ride on Mar 22, 2009 6:10:41 GMT -7
Maximum Ride, commonly known as Max.
The leader of the flock and no nonsense chick.
Between 14-15 years of age, however, she looks much older.
Avian/Human Hybrid.
For the sake of this roleplay, her wings are currently nine feet and colored snowy white lol.
History as of the series(Angel Experiment etc. Thanks Wikipedia lol)
Max is short for Maximum (Maximum Ride). She chose her own name upon her escape from "The School" (see below). It is unknown why she chose 'Maximum' although it is speculated that it relates to her need to do everything to the best of her abilities. Her last name 'Ride' comes from Sally Ride, the astronaut. This shows her connection to both the sky (reaching that which is impossible for most) and her lean towards feminism. She is the protagonist of the series. Max is humorous and has a sharp tongue. She is fourteen years old at the start of Book One: the oldest of the avian-human hybrids and the leader of the Flock. She is the half sister of Ari, daughter of Jeb and Dr. Valencia Martinez and the half-sister of Ella. On the cover of the first book, she is shown as having dark curly hair, but in the second is described as blond. In the fourth book, she is said to have brown hair, but is white-blond on the cover. She has brown eyes, is 5ft. 8 inches with a few freckles and has wings that are 13ft wide and are tan with white streaks and light brown spots, and is a skilled fighter. She has the ability to fly at speeds of around 200-280mph-warp drive(her newly found super-speed, which she uses to 'get away from it all' sometimes) revealing the possibility of having peregrine falcon DNA, the ability to track scent (although she has only used this once to track her flock, and mentioned that it might have been because they were smellier than usual), can temporarily shut down her organs to "play dead", and has a seemingly omniscient "Voice" (which may be father, Jeb) in her head which she believes is caused by a tracer chip in her arm which she tried to remove unsuccessfully in School's Out Forever by cutting it out. She eventually had the chip taken out by Dr. Martinez, but she lost the use of her arm for a while and the Voice didn't go away. She has been told repeatedly that her destiny is to save the world (mainly by Jeb).
Max is also very nurturing and acts as a maternal figure to the younger children of the flock; she's very protective of everyone. She is in love with her fellow flock member, Fang (she kissed him in the first book and he kissed her in the third)(Also in the fourth her and Fang makeout on a dock under the moon). She became very jealous when Fang kissed a girl named Lissa in the second book. She always reacts whenever Fang smiles, saying that his quick, rare smiles "brighten her world" or "light up the immediate area." When she sees Iggy with a girl, she hopes that the girl is nice (and not an Eraser). However, when she sees Fang with a girl (Lissa) she is extremely annoyed. When Fang kisses her in the third book, her mind "shorted out" but runs off confused the second time he tries to kiss her. Also, later on in the third book, while attached to a Valium IV, she admits that she 'loves [him] soooo much.' and that she 'doesn't know what she'd do without him'. But being stubborn, Max is in denial of this obvious love. At the beginning of the fourth book, they seem more relaxed with each other, but this quickly changes when Fang takes her for a "spin"; they fly to an empty dock and he kisses her again. She seems to like this, thinking to herself that "she loved it" and "she loved him", then changes her mind and flies away again.
In The Final Warning, Fang is still very protective of Max, covering her when a bomb goes off in their hotel, and saving her from falling into a crevasse in Antarctica. Dr. Martinez also seems to suspect something going on between them. When questioned about this, Max blushes and denies it. Her mom then tells her that "There are other kinds of pain besides physical."
The idea that Max is the daughter of Jeb Batchelder and the sister of Ari is discussed in both books, mainly after Max accidentally kills Ari and Jeb yells "You killed your own brother!". In the first book, Max meets a kind woman named Dr. Martinez and her daughter Ella, who she saves from a few school bullies. Max wishes she could keep in touch with them, even though she knows she cannot. She wishes sometimes she could be normal and live with them, like they were her mother and sister. It is then revealed at the end of Maximum Ride three that Maximum is the sister of Ella and the daughter of Dr. Martinez. It is also revealed she is indeed Jeb's daughter, and the "voice" in inside her head may be Jeb as well.
Max's leadership skills keep the Flock together, and she cares for her friends as she would her own family. She makes a point of trying not to cry in front of them: "They need me to be strong. Invincible Max." Max is often overwhelmed by all of the cryptic mysteries of her life, but tries to deal with it for the sake of her Flock.
Amongst other comical but endearing qualities Max possesses is her great fondness for chocolate-chip cookies, especially homemade. This began in Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, when Max was recovering from a bullet wound with Ella & Valencia Martinez, when Dr. Martinez made chocolate-chip cookies.
Despite Max's tough-as-nails personality, she does have a few fears. One of them is claustrophobia, which is also shared by the rest of the Flock as well, especially in elevators and in tight, enclosed spaces; which is believed to originate when they lived at the School in cramped dog cages. Another is a fear of snakes, observed when she was escaping from Itex Headquarters after being imprisoned in Maximum Ride: School's Out--Forever, when high-tech holograms of snakes appeared crawling all over her, making her scream. She also Fears crowds of "normal" humans, as show in all the books.
Max has exceeded two hundred miles an hour straight on and upward of two hundred and sixty miles an hour in a steep dive. Max has been documented of flying at altitudes of approximately thirty-one thousand feet for short periods of time but her normal cruising altitude is usually between fifteen thousand feet and twenty-two thousand feet. Max like the rest of the flock can carry up to four-fifths of her own body weight for periods of up to an hour and one-half of her body weight almost indefinitely. Max and the rest of the flock have normal swimming abilities but with greatly increased endurance. Max and the rest of the flocks body fat is extremely low and most of their body weight is made of muscle. And Max and the rest of the flock's bones are extremely light and are filled with tiny air pockets also in addition to their lungs they have peripheral air sacs along each side , Marian Janssen found out all of these facts amount the flock from the chip in Max's arm.
The leader of the flock and no nonsense chick.
Between 14-15 years of age, however, she looks much older.
Avian/Human Hybrid.
For the sake of this roleplay, her wings are currently nine feet and colored snowy white lol.
History as of the series(Angel Experiment etc. Thanks Wikipedia lol)
Max is short for Maximum (Maximum Ride). She chose her own name upon her escape from "The School" (see below). It is unknown why she chose 'Maximum' although it is speculated that it relates to her need to do everything to the best of her abilities. Her last name 'Ride' comes from Sally Ride, the astronaut. This shows her connection to both the sky (reaching that which is impossible for most) and her lean towards feminism. She is the protagonist of the series. Max is humorous and has a sharp tongue. She is fourteen years old at the start of Book One: the oldest of the avian-human hybrids and the leader of the Flock. She is the half sister of Ari, daughter of Jeb and Dr. Valencia Martinez and the half-sister of Ella. On the cover of the first book, she is shown as having dark curly hair, but in the second is described as blond. In the fourth book, she is said to have brown hair, but is white-blond on the cover. She has brown eyes, is 5ft. 8 inches with a few freckles and has wings that are 13ft wide and are tan with white streaks and light brown spots, and is a skilled fighter. She has the ability to fly at speeds of around 200-280mph-warp drive(her newly found super-speed, which she uses to 'get away from it all' sometimes) revealing the possibility of having peregrine falcon DNA, the ability to track scent (although she has only used this once to track her flock, and mentioned that it might have been because they were smellier than usual), can temporarily shut down her organs to "play dead", and has a seemingly omniscient "Voice" (which may be father, Jeb) in her head which she believes is caused by a tracer chip in her arm which she tried to remove unsuccessfully in School's Out Forever by cutting it out. She eventually had the chip taken out by Dr. Martinez, but she lost the use of her arm for a while and the Voice didn't go away. She has been told repeatedly that her destiny is to save the world (mainly by Jeb).
Max is also very nurturing and acts as a maternal figure to the younger children of the flock; she's very protective of everyone. She is in love with her fellow flock member, Fang (she kissed him in the first book and he kissed her in the third)(Also in the fourth her and Fang makeout on a dock under the moon). She became very jealous when Fang kissed a girl named Lissa in the second book. She always reacts whenever Fang smiles, saying that his quick, rare smiles "brighten her world" or "light up the immediate area." When she sees Iggy with a girl, she hopes that the girl is nice (and not an Eraser). However, when she sees Fang with a girl (Lissa) she is extremely annoyed. When Fang kisses her in the third book, her mind "shorted out" but runs off confused the second time he tries to kiss her. Also, later on in the third book, while attached to a Valium IV, she admits that she 'loves [him] soooo much.' and that she 'doesn't know what she'd do without him'. But being stubborn, Max is in denial of this obvious love. At the beginning of the fourth book, they seem more relaxed with each other, but this quickly changes when Fang takes her for a "spin"; they fly to an empty dock and he kisses her again. She seems to like this, thinking to herself that "she loved it" and "she loved him", then changes her mind and flies away again.
In The Final Warning, Fang is still very protective of Max, covering her when a bomb goes off in their hotel, and saving her from falling into a crevasse in Antarctica. Dr. Martinez also seems to suspect something going on between them. When questioned about this, Max blushes and denies it. Her mom then tells her that "There are other kinds of pain besides physical."
The idea that Max is the daughter of Jeb Batchelder and the sister of Ari is discussed in both books, mainly after Max accidentally kills Ari and Jeb yells "You killed your own brother!". In the first book, Max meets a kind woman named Dr. Martinez and her daughter Ella, who she saves from a few school bullies. Max wishes she could keep in touch with them, even though she knows she cannot. She wishes sometimes she could be normal and live with them, like they were her mother and sister. It is then revealed at the end of Maximum Ride three that Maximum is the sister of Ella and the daughter of Dr. Martinez. It is also revealed she is indeed Jeb's daughter, and the "voice" in inside her head may be Jeb as well.
Max's leadership skills keep the Flock together, and she cares for her friends as she would her own family. She makes a point of trying not to cry in front of them: "They need me to be strong. Invincible Max." Max is often overwhelmed by all of the cryptic mysteries of her life, but tries to deal with it for the sake of her Flock.
Amongst other comical but endearing qualities Max possesses is her great fondness for chocolate-chip cookies, especially homemade. This began in Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, when Max was recovering from a bullet wound with Ella & Valencia Martinez, when Dr. Martinez made chocolate-chip cookies.
Despite Max's tough-as-nails personality, she does have a few fears. One of them is claustrophobia, which is also shared by the rest of the Flock as well, especially in elevators and in tight, enclosed spaces; which is believed to originate when they lived at the School in cramped dog cages. Another is a fear of snakes, observed when she was escaping from Itex Headquarters after being imprisoned in Maximum Ride: School's Out--Forever, when high-tech holograms of snakes appeared crawling all over her, making her scream. She also Fears crowds of "normal" humans, as show in all the books.
Max has exceeded two hundred miles an hour straight on and upward of two hundred and sixty miles an hour in a steep dive. Max has been documented of flying at altitudes of approximately thirty-one thousand feet for short periods of time but her normal cruising altitude is usually between fifteen thousand feet and twenty-two thousand feet. Max like the rest of the flock can carry up to four-fifths of her own body weight for periods of up to an hour and one-half of her body weight almost indefinitely. Max and the rest of the flock have normal swimming abilities but with greatly increased endurance. Max and the rest of the flocks body fat is extremely low and most of their body weight is made of muscle. And Max and the rest of the flock's bones are extremely light and are filled with tiny air pockets also in addition to their lungs they have peripheral air sacs along each side , Marian Janssen found out all of these facts amount the flock from the chip in Max's arm.