[1/∞] list of Original Characters: Jr. Deputy Joanne Burton → Far Cry 5
Despite the cheap, suffocating polyester of her shirt, the misspelled embroidery of her name ( Burton, not Barton. Geez, Nance; should have asked for Deputy instead— ), Joanne doesn’t mind her uniform. After all, to Jo, getting on the force had always seemed like an unattainable goal. For no matter how good or sharp she was, nor how well her Police Academy results came out, her track record was forever-stained with past, juvenile mistakes—DUIs and parties and, worst of all, drugs. Despite being rejected by nearly every agency in the Northwest, Joanne had persevered and pushed and shoved, until her speckled case finally lands into the hands of one Sheriff Earl Whitehorse up in Hope County, Montana.
Nearly empty-handed and in dire need of new recruits who could hold their own against the growing menace inside his county, Sheriff Whitehorse decides to give Joanne Burton a chance.
And Jo, not fully comprehending what she is getting herself into, jumps at the opportunity.
( Having said that, with this post, and with the current events taking place in America, I implore you to help out the black community if you are able to! For internationals like me, here are some zip codes. No money? No problem! Have some to spare? Go at it! I think all of us, in the Far Cry 5 fandom especially, with our playable character being who they are, and a lot of our OCs presented as law enforcement like Jo over here is, we need to stay aware of the brutal mistreatment of POC by and in the hands of people who are supposed to protect us. Of course, I am aware this is just a video game, and we’re all just having fun and are trying to escape the horrors outside, but writing this bio had left a bitter taste in my mouth, regardless, and for good reason. #blacklivesmatter, ya’ll. )