#gaits

Commission! I tried to really combine horse and feline gaits and get a good feel between them.

Name: Josephine “Jo” Cooper

Alias: Gaits ((G.A.I.T.S.) Guardian Angel In The Sky)

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Origin: Earthrealm (Boston, Massachusetts)

Resides: Earthrealm (Black Dragon Compound)

Species: Human

Weapons: Various firearms and knives

Specialties: Expert pilot, including air combat

Portrayer: Ruby Rose

Alliance:

Black Dragon Clan

Alex Demir (@chadillacboseman)

Echo (@roofgeese)

Biography

Josephine was born into poverty in Boston, Massachusetts. A victim of childhood abuse, Josephine got herself out of it the day she turned 18 by joining the US military where she fell in love with flying and transferred into the Air Force. However, Josephine had issues with taking orders she didn’t agree with. During her last tour in Iraq, Josephine disobeyed a direct order to shoot down an “unregistered” aircraft which turned out to be harmless, but Josephine was reprimanded despite her correct judgement. As orders became more paranoid and hostile towards civilians, and COs dismissed her concerns, Josephine abandoned her duty by faking her death when she intentionally crashed her jet. She then ran and hid in England. Eventually she came across the Black Dragon Clan, which she was vaguely familiar with, and originally tried to stop a crime, only to realize in the midst that the victim she was trying to help was a child trafficker. She promptly shot the guy in the head without remorse and left the Black Dragon Clansmen to their business. She was found some time later and offered a job with the clan. She took it, and she’s stuck with the Black Dragon Clan ever since.

Just a bunch of headcanons

Drinks a lot of Coke.

And beer.

Pansexual.

More comfortable in the air than on the ground.

"You think I give a flying fuck?"

Sarcasm. So much sarcasm.

Barrel rolls? Barrel rolls.

Ketchup on everything.

Easy to talk to.

Gets along with just about anybody.

Even Kano.

Still wants to shoot him in the face though.

Casual fucks.

Actually a fan of Johnny Cage.

Listens to A LOT of rock music.

And "emo" music.

“HEADOBANG! HEADOBANG! HEADOBANG! HEADOBANG!”

Red velvet cake.

It better have cream cheese frosting.

Might shoot you or kiss you. Who knows.

Lead foot.

Cats.

Big Red gum.

Spicier the better.

Total gearhead.

Guns are her religion.

Name: Josephine “Jo” Cooper

Alias: Gaits ((G.A.I.T.S.) Guardian Angel In The Sky)

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Song Lyrics and Allusions: Foreshadowing the Afterlife

On the left, the song playing during our heroes’ reunion on Sanctum is “Other Side” by GAITS. “The other side” is the one Jasper spoke of in his last words to Monty. The “fields of gold” are the Elysian Fields, the paradise where great warriors and heroes spend eternity in Hades. “It’s not the end,” echoes “It doesn’t end here” from the Season 7 promo poster. 

On the right, the title of Episode 14 is “A Sort of Homecoming,” an allusion to the song of the same name by U2. I’ve found so many layers to this achingly beautiful song over the years: returning to one’s childhood home, the return of the refugee, ghosts of soldiers streaming home from war. A final reading is the triumphant journey to one’s “true” home, the final entry to the Kingdom of Heaven after a life of tribulations.