Hand-waved Capitol CR Chart

[makingitwayne]

Bruce has been living in the Capitol for 25 years. He's been high-profile since birth, on every who's who list. He is also both outspoken about his disdain for the Games AND very, very, very generous with his money and investments.

This is a place for me to gather up where he stands with people who live in the Capitol!

Comment below with thoughts on what your character's relationship should be with Bruce, and I will add your character to the chart! Positive and negative hand-waved CR welcome.


Azula, Mentor - Knows of him, has not personally met him. Bruce knows of her, but has been too busy to meet her.

Jolie, Stylist - Acquaintances. They get along fairly well and have run across each other at parties.

Stephen Reagan, Escort - childhood acquaintances in that way where your parents are friends and you keep ending up in the same place. Casual friends in adulthood, but never really close.

Cyrus Reagan, Politician - casual acquaintances with a good business understanding. Bruce funded some of Cyrus's projects, while Cyrus helped soften the edges of his public image.

Comments

[currupted]

Cyrus Reagan, politician - Similar to Stephen in that they probably ran in the same circles while they were growing up, and see each other at parties exclusively for the wealthy and influential.

I don't know how you feel about this - but it might be that Bruce and Cyrus have a business history, as well as a casual personal one. Cyrus's personal feelings about the Games are neutral-negative (though he never lets this become apparent in his public persona); knowing that they had that somewhat in common, he might have approached Bruce in the past either to back some political project of his financially (something intended to benefit the Districts that lacked government funding, for example), or just to use his influence on Cyrus' behalf for a similar purpose.

Bruce may or may not have gone along with this; but how do you feel about the idea of their having had professional dealings in the past? If that sounds interesting to you, do you think they would have ended in a cordial business acquaintance, or some kind of bad feeling?

[makingitwayne]

I'm down for a business history. I think if they had professional dealings, it probably ended pretty all right - Bruce is easygoing publicly, but has a lot of business smarts. he's open to new ventures and funding the underdogs.

[currupted]

Cyrus' actual job on the cabinet is as head of Capitol-District relations - he's funded projects and passed laws in the past that, on the surface, have been sympathetic to the Districts' needs and even been directly helpful. So I think it's safe to say they've collaborated at least once!

Cyrus would, of course, have offered Bruce substantial political favors in exchange for this help - he is probably willing to step pretty far in support of Bruce's interests, if that's the case.

[makingitwayne]

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Maybe he's gotten Bruce out of a little trouble? He tends to be mouthy, and especially when he was younger he didn't censor himself as well.

[currupted]

I like that idea! Cyrus helped soften the media response to it, helped him craft a statement, found a way to spin it in a more positive way; they have an understanding.

[makingitwayne]

That works beautifully.

So - casual acquaintances with a good business understanding.

[currupted]

Perfect. B)