Ah, misread Jewelia as Jade because... er, my brain does that sometimes.
Wow, you headcannon is both very like and unlike mine in various ways. Weird.
My thoughts, if you're curious:
Jade: 1. Total opposite in my head; Jade was born into Quarrior family. The determination, stubbornness and occasional wild-streak stemming from her frustration that everyone expected her to grow up into a carbon copy of her mother and also become a leading general. The relationship between she and her mother was strained at times (mostly because they were both piss stubborn), but her home life was stable and the two were close despite the occasional headbutting. Her mother was killed prior to the series, during a Bone raid (was taken out by one of their sneaky explosives)... the central reason Jade develops a severe life-long bias against the planet (though befriending Sternum does help ease this post-series).
It might seem an obvious route, and I can certainly understand why some fans would develop a differing backstory to accentuate Jade's individuality. But her desensitization to violence/death, strong identification as a soldier of Rock and her unquestioned (for a while anyway) and unshakable loyalty to the crown indicate to me someone who was Quarrior-conditioned from the get-go. Is she a typical Rock soldier? Yes. But I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing and I always viewed Jade as being a well-rounded example of the Quarrior mindset - strengths, weaknesses and all. And giving her a non-military background in my mind somewhat depreciates that.
(BTW, don't take all the above as a critique against your fanon... it's not. Just an explanation my views and the reasoning behind them. Every fan interprets the source material differently and often comes up with opposing theories. And that's awesome, not bad. :)
That said, I completely agree with #3. #2 is very interesting and I like it. What do you suppose she did during that time away?
Graveheart: 1. Similar, only in mine both their parents were killed and they were raised by their mothers' family. However, he became somewhat estranged from them when the resource wars broke out again and he opted to join Jade in the military (both out of genuine concern for the welfare of his planet and because he's an incurable romantic; a decision they never entirely agreed with.
It's damned harsh, but Graveheart strikes me as a man who puts huge emphasis on the importance of family. And I somehow doubt he would have accepted his exile in "On the Rocks" quite so easily if he had any immediate family still living. (It also nicely explains his epic freak-out when Mica was killed... losing the last remaining member of your immediately family to yet another tragedy is enough to make anyone go nuts)
Again, completely agree with #2 and #3. He and Sternum did actually click very quickly once the the misunderstanding was cleared up, despite the jealousy issues. I can see them easily becoming the gender-flipped version of the Dot/Mouse friendship in ReBoot.
Also, GH was shy and reclusive as hell as a wee little thing. Though he grew out of it quickly... mainly because Mica was ridiculously cheery and made him grow out of it. ;)
Also, a strong part of my Rock fanon revolves around the idea that the planet had a very strong commoner/solider caste tradition in its past. But the growing resource shortages and increasing outbreaks of war with the rest of the Cluster took a toll on the population and the class divide was abolished as a matter of necessity. (However, the tensions are definitely still there...) Jade and GH's friendship is thus seen as more of a bizarre oddity than anything else.
Annnnnd that ended up way longer than I had intended. Er, oops.
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Wow, you headcannon is both very like and unlike mine in various ways. Weird.
My thoughts, if you're curious:
Jade:
1. Total opposite in my head; Jade was born into Quarrior family. The determination, stubbornness and occasional wild-streak stemming from her frustration that everyone expected her to grow up into a carbon copy of her mother and also become a leading general. The relationship between she and her mother was strained at times (mostly because they were both piss stubborn), but her home life was stable and the two were close despite the occasional headbutting. Her mother was killed prior to the series, during a Bone raid (was taken out by one of their sneaky explosives)... the central reason Jade develops a severe life-long bias against the planet (though befriending Sternum does help ease this post-series).
It might seem an obvious route, and I can certainly understand why some fans would develop a differing backstory to accentuate Jade's individuality. But her desensitization to violence/death, strong identification as a soldier of Rock and her unquestioned (for a while anyway) and unshakable loyalty to the crown indicate to me someone who was Quarrior-conditioned from the get-go. Is she a typical Rock soldier? Yes. But I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing and I always viewed Jade as being a well-rounded example of the Quarrior mindset - strengths, weaknesses and all. And giving her a non-military background in my mind somewhat depreciates that.
(BTW, don't take all the above as a critique against your fanon... it's not. Just an explanation my views and the reasoning behind them. Every fan interprets the source material differently and often comes up with opposing theories. And that's awesome, not bad. :)
That said, I completely agree with #3. #2 is very interesting and I like it. What do you suppose she did during that time away?
Graveheart:
1. Similar, only in mine both their parents were killed and they were raised by their mothers' family. However, he became somewhat estranged from them when the resource wars broke out again and he opted to join Jade in the military (both out of genuine concern for the welfare of his planet and because he's an incurable romantic; a decision they never entirely agreed with.
It's damned harsh, but Graveheart strikes me as a man who puts huge emphasis on the importance of family. And I somehow doubt he would have accepted his exile in "On the Rocks" quite so easily if he had any immediate family still living. (It also nicely explains his epic freak-out when Mica was killed... losing the last remaining member of your immediately family to yet another tragedy is enough to make anyone go nuts)
Again, completely agree with #2 and #3. He and Sternum did actually click very quickly once the the misunderstanding was cleared up, despite the jealousy issues. I can see them easily becoming the gender-flipped version of the Dot/Mouse friendship in ReBoot.
Also, GH was shy and reclusive as hell as a wee little thing. Though he grew out of it quickly... mainly because Mica was ridiculously cheery and made him grow out of it. ;)
Also, a strong part of my Rock fanon revolves around the idea that the planet had a very strong commoner/solider caste tradition in its past. But the growing resource shortages and increasing outbreaks of war with the rest of the Cluster took a toll on the population and the class divide was abolished as a matter of necessity. (However, the tensions are definitely still there...) Jade and GH's friendship is thus seen as more of a bizarre oddity than anything else.
Annnnnd that ended up way longer than I had intended. Er, oops.