i. “the dead can’t testify” - billy talent // ii. friedrich nietzsche & aristotle // iii. “puritan dirt song” - envy on the coast
( DANIEL KALUUYA, CIS MAN, HE/HIM ) — Look who it is! If you take a look at our database, you’ll find that MARK JENSEN is a thirty-six year old CONSPIRACY THEORIST that’s been in Chicago for TEN YEARS. According to the file, they’re a mutant on LEVEL THREE with the power of SNAKE MAGIC. That must be why they’re CHARMING and RECLUSIVE. If you ask me, they remind me of country roads turning into cityscapes, a cluttered apartment separated from a house on a hill, lies off the tip of a forked tongue. They are affiliated with THE DAMNED.
QUICK FACTS:
full name: mark thomas jensen
date of birth: april 18th, 1987
zodiac big three: aries sun, scorpio moon, taurus rising
gender & pronouns: cis man & he/him
sexual orientation: bisexual
ethnicity: black ( ugandan )
nationality: american
religion: atheist, raised hardcore christian (pentecostal)
languages spoken: english, some latin, some spanish
enneagram: 8w7
mbti: istj
temperament: choleric-phlegmatic
alignment: true neutral (mark) / neutral evil (snark)
ability: snake magic (snagic) (lmao at how outdated this graphic is)
affiliation: the damned
alias: leviathan
BACKSTORY:
triggers: murder (he’s the one that does it, though!), religious fuckery (the pentecostalist version!), briefly implied abuse
mark hasn’t diverged too much from the mark we once abhorred... except he’s a little less sinister when unprovoked. anyway, let’s get into it!
he was born in west virginia, his family very into the magic that was pentecostalism. they partook in every tradition in the book -- from healers to snake handling to drinking the snake venom. if you’ve seen it in a documentary, they partook in it.
that said, as far as they knew, there were no mutants in their midst. only folks who God’s spirit flowed through.
a stroke of luck for 10y/o mark who, after months of feeling like his ribs were breaking from the inside, found snakes burst forth from his chest during one of their ceremonies. the snakes were calm, peaceful -- perfect for handling. mark was officially a child sent from God.
it was a bit strange. he was worshiped, but he didn’t know why. the more he felt connected to whatever was blossoming in his chest, the less he felt connected to his Father.
however, 13y/o mark found his stroke of luck running out. instead of expelling the evil, he looked as though he was a part of it. in the middle of a ceremony, his eyes were locked with a snake’s, thinking about what it must be like... and, before he knew it, he had scales, slit pupils, a forked tongue with thin teeth, etc. etc. etc.
and a new soul possessed him -- one that caused him to strike at various members of the church. the copperheads all turned against the parishioners, as well, wounding many and even causing a few fatalities.
mark had no clue what happened, what had possessed him. one second, he was wondering if the snakes were okay; the next, he basically was one and had all but given the others free-will.
after that, he was not worshiped. he was feared by many, hated by even more. in the end, they drove him out of the community, afraid that they had been accepting a child of Satan into their lives the entire time.
from 14-17, he wandered, living off of the kindness of strangers and necessary thievery. but he began to realize... if he thought various things, they would, in some way, come to fruition.
at 18, he was taken in by a priest. empty promises were made in exchange for favors mark preferred not offering. but once mark finally found his footing? finally found a target audience in the priest’s church as he spewed falsehoods? this was a moment that required experimentation: he considered the cycle of life and death. when he touched the priest’s pulse point, the man collapsed. nothing was said.
from there on out, mark realized he possessed great power -- something that could manipulate the world as they knew it, something that could manipulate cycles -- and he knew what he could do with that and how gullible folks could be.
at twenty-five, he wound up in chicago for unknown reasons (adlhksjfad). he began using social media as a broadcast tool for his own agenda: mutant supremacy. general conspiracy videos and podcasts soon turned to mutant-specific. before he knew it, he had amassed a cult following and became an official ‘personality’ -- asked to do speeches, asked to go to cons, asked to be a guest star. overall, he was just as worshipped by his followers as he had been as a kid in hancock.
he joined the damned, intent on founding a world based off of mutant supremacy. after all the humans who had wronged him -- his family, his community, the priest -- everyone he had trusted, really -- what were they good for?
fin !
TIMELINE:
BORN -- hancock, wv. heavy pentecostal community with heavy pentecostal parents.
AGE 3- – began regularly attending pentecostal ceremonies with his family. faith healing, baptisms of fire, snake handling…
AGE 9 – felt an inexplicable connection to the serpents during the ceremonies. they were unhappy, to say the least. thought of it as just… a passing feeling, never said anything of it.
AGE 10 – after weeks, if not months, of feeling like something was trying to break his ribs from within, snakes burst forth from his chest during a ceremony.
AGE 10-12 – he was treated as a gift of sorts. the snakes, the evil, had expelled themselves from him and would never dare bite into him.
AGE 13 – out of his control, he transformed into a large version of a copperhead after staring at one and wondering how it felt. in addition, it was as though he gave them free-will for a second. they all struck -- many fatalities, many injuries.
AGE 13 – he was cast out of the church. the better portion of his family treated him with fear, the worse portion treated him with violence.
AGE 14 – he was all but exiled.
AGE 14-17 – he wandered around the states, breaking commandments to survive.
AGE 17 – he was taken in by a priest in new york city. the priest promised him careers unknown to him before if he would repay him with unspecified favors.
AGE 18 – the priest was, of course, a liar. but mark found, on his own, that the masses were greatly gullible. thus, to test a theory about cycles and subjective reality, he placed a hand on the priest’s pressure point and just thought of the cycle of life ending for the man. and the man didn’t wake up.
AGE 20- – began a career that was, essentially, televangelism under the guise of conspiracy theory videos.
AGE 23-PRESENT – turned his videos and podcasts into something much more overt in their mutant supremacy nature. he gained a cult following and became somewhat of a symbol.
AGE 25 – moved to chicago and joined the damned. took on the codename ‘leviathan.’
AGE 28 -- became an officer of the damned
HEADCANONS:
he’s no longer 6′5 because i don’t think daniel can pass as that :( he is 6′3, though... gotta keep him a little tall for The Bit™.
his power really has nothing to do with snakes! however, from a young age, he felt such a deep connection to the serpents that he often uses them in battle and/or becomes one. and, like snark, they all love him <3
um um um
CONNECTION IDEAS:
guest stars ! mutants willing to face possible scrutiny by coming on his videos/podcasts and showcasing their ability – the ‘miracles’ they can work.
folks who only know him as a conspiracy theorist ! idk it would just be funny to me if they knew his name, but didn’t know anything about the content of his sermons. ‘so you’re that conspiracy weirdo…’
be hot, do crime !
get that snick, laid ease and gentlemen !
again, i’m so tired <3 but most of y’all know mark...