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athingwithfeathersUser Name/Nick: Sy
User DW: N/A
AIM/IM: anstaar @plurk
E-mail: Perola1882@gmail.com
Other Characters: Erskine Ravel
Character Name: Hope Summers
Series: X-Men Comics
Age: ~17
From When?: Near the beginning of Cable & X-Force
Inmate/Warden:
Warden. Hope is generally not the most overtly compassionate person but beneath a businesslike demeanor she cares deeply and intensely. She’s empathetic, able to forgive and looks for the best in people. She won’t ignore or dismiss past but it doesn’t stop her from believing in people or in their potential. She’s screwed up and has grown from it, she extends the same chance to others. She’s also fiercely loyal and will defend people she cares about or feels responsible for to the fullest of her ability.
Item: A cellphone
Abilities/Powers:
Hope can mimic the powers of mutants physically near her, to their utmost capacity. Something that isn’t fully under her control and can mean generating power levels that are potentially danger to people and environment around her. She can also, at this point mostly unconsciously, boost other mutants’ powers. Although she needs to be near another mutant she doesn’t have to physically touch them. Her using a mutant’s power doesn’t deplete their own power levels. She can duplicate multiple powers concurrently with seemingly no limit. However, her duplicated powers fade due to time, distance, and usage. She is only able to duplicate mutant powers, not those of other meta-humans.
Hope is part of the Phoenix. It’s unclear what this means apart from the fact she was made to be an avatar for the Phoenix. She does appear to have some natural telekinesis and telepathy, even without mimicking; for example, her ability to become undetectable to mutant-detecting equipment. This might also explain why she doesn't suffer from any chrono-anomalies or any other residual damage from time travel.
Hope has also been tutored in survival techniques, various hand-held firearms and blades, stealth, combat first-aid, warfare strategy and other lessons required when you grow up being hunted across various post-Apocalyptic futures.
Personality:
On first meeting, it’s generally easy to pick up on certain aspects of Hope’s personality: she’s straightforward, sometimes to the point of bluntness; headstrong; self-confident; and maybe even callous. Depending on the circumstances, her tactical thinking and businesslike attitude are just as easy to see. None of this is untrue. It’s also not close to the full picture. Considering her life, it’s not too surprising that it can take a while to see that she’s also loyal, protective and quick to care about people. It can take even longer to realize that she’s afraid: of not living up to expectations; of being caught in a greater destiny; and, most of, of losing people.
Hope is seventeen and less mature for her age than someone who never really had a chance to be a child. For her own protection, as a baby she was brought into a harsh, dystopian future and raised to be a soldier. The only constants in her life her father and the man hunting her down to kill her; and the fact that she was being hunted because of some vague, ill-defined destiny. But she was also raised knowing that this wasn’t the only life, that they would eventually return to something better.
When she finally does return to the time she was born into, it’s not quite what she was expecting. She had hoped that the threat to her was dealt with, that she would finally be free of others get hurt or killed while trying to protect her. She wanted to find a place where she wouldn’t be surround by death. Instead, she’s immediately attacked and forced, again, to watch people get hurt or killed in order to protect her. Thus, it’s not particularly surprising that she throws herself into the purpose that they sacrificed themselves for. But it’s not just trying to live up to expectations.
Hope has lost a lot and she’s looking for a purpose. Moreover, she fundamentally wants to help people. She doesn’t embrace the idea of being a mutant messiah because she thinks she’s more important than others or because of power. Her definition is that she’ll help new mutants cope and come to terms with who and what they are. She’s scared. She wants to curl up in a ball but she has to go forward. She has to believe it’s worth going forward and she derives that belief from helping people.
Hope is very protective. This is most clear in her relationship with her adoptive father Cable, the one constant in her erratic childhood. Which also directs how her protectiveness manifests; teaching people how to fight, how to survive, trying to keep them as close to her as possible. Her idea of protectiveness doesn’t involve keeping people away from danger, partly because that’s not something that’s possible. She just wants to be with them. This can be seen in how her anger manifests. Nothing gets her as angry as perceiving someone as abandoning their responsibilities. She’s more angry that someone would have no problem killing one of his own men than that he has no problem trying to kill her.
She’s strong willed. She’s confident in her own skills. She confident in her judgment. Together that means that if she feels she’s right she’ll argue with anybody. Defend her point with everything she has. It also means that, at times, she’ll ignore orders meant to keep her safe in order to take part in fighting. Not because she particularly enjoys fighting, though she does get a certain thrill out of victory, but because she doesn’t want people getting hurt for her and because she won’t leave people behind.
The fear that she’ll be left behind, that people will die for her, is a huge one. Hope naturally connects quickly to people. She cares deeply about them. But she believes that people she cares about will be hurt and so she does her best to distance herself, to treat them like weapons, to avoid that pain. But she’s realized that that is both impossible and the wrong way to lead. The fact that she cares, that she has a lot of empathy for others, and that she can be kind are all qualities that she’s learning to use more.
Her other biggest fear is not living up to expectations. Especially that she won’t live up to the expectations of people who have died for her. She works to take charge of her own destiny but that doesn’t stop the fear that she really is destined to do terrible things.
She wants to be normal. But Hope’s concept of normality means not being targeted because of some destiny. She still wants to have a purpose. She still wants to help people. As she says, ‘Bouncing around half a step in front of the gun, saving the future for a present that won’t ever appreciate it. That’s what I want. That’s my normal.’
Barge Reactions:
In general, Hope will probably adapt to the barge and its people quite quickly. She’s spent most of her life adapting to new places. She’s used to time travel and alternate universes. She’s known aliens, robots, post-humans, insect-human hybrids, cyborgs… Not to mention clones, comic forces and a large number of superheroes. In fact, she’d probably struggle most with people from ‘normal’ universes as she’ll have a much harder time understanding baseline comparisons. Meeting people she knows would be more awkward for her but she’s good at maintain a professional attitude while on a mission.
Hope will have a harder time adapting to floods and breaches. She’s used to dealing with stressful, high risk situations and changes to her body (such as being turned into an animal or even being de-aged) would be, at worse, annoying. Floods that mess with her mind or feelings, on the other hand, have the potential to make her far more uncomfortable. Breaches that offer her a look into a different life or in which she makes connections with people only to find they’re not exactly real will be extremely painful.
Deal: Hope wants her father restored to full health
History:
Link
Sample Journal Entry: TDM thread
Sample RP: TDM thread
Special Notes:
User DW: N/A
AIM/IM: anstaar @plurk
E-mail: Perola1882@gmail.com
Other Characters: Erskine Ravel
Character Name: Hope Summers
Series: X-Men Comics
Age: ~17
From When?: Near the beginning of Cable & X-Force
Inmate/Warden:
Warden. Hope is generally not the most overtly compassionate person but beneath a businesslike demeanor she cares deeply and intensely. She’s empathetic, able to forgive and looks for the best in people. She won’t ignore or dismiss past but it doesn’t stop her from believing in people or in their potential. She’s screwed up and has grown from it, she extends the same chance to others. She’s also fiercely loyal and will defend people she cares about or feels responsible for to the fullest of her ability.
Item: A cellphone
Abilities/Powers:
Hope can mimic the powers of mutants physically near her, to their utmost capacity. Something that isn’t fully under her control and can mean generating power levels that are potentially danger to people and environment around her. She can also, at this point mostly unconsciously, boost other mutants’ powers. Although she needs to be near another mutant she doesn’t have to physically touch them. Her using a mutant’s power doesn’t deplete their own power levels. She can duplicate multiple powers concurrently with seemingly no limit. However, her duplicated powers fade due to time, distance, and usage. She is only able to duplicate mutant powers, not those of other meta-humans.
Hope is part of the Phoenix. It’s unclear what this means apart from the fact she was made to be an avatar for the Phoenix. She does appear to have some natural telekinesis and telepathy, even without mimicking; for example, her ability to become undetectable to mutant-detecting equipment. This might also explain why she doesn't suffer from any chrono-anomalies or any other residual damage from time travel.
Hope has also been tutored in survival techniques, various hand-held firearms and blades, stealth, combat first-aid, warfare strategy and other lessons required when you grow up being hunted across various post-Apocalyptic futures.
Personality:
On first meeting, it’s generally easy to pick up on certain aspects of Hope’s personality: she’s straightforward, sometimes to the point of bluntness; headstrong; self-confident; and maybe even callous. Depending on the circumstances, her tactical thinking and businesslike attitude are just as easy to see. None of this is untrue. It’s also not close to the full picture. Considering her life, it’s not too surprising that it can take a while to see that she’s also loyal, protective and quick to care about people. It can take even longer to realize that she’s afraid: of not living up to expectations; of being caught in a greater destiny; and, most of, of losing people.
Hope is seventeen and less mature for her age than someone who never really had a chance to be a child. For her own protection, as a baby she was brought into a harsh, dystopian future and raised to be a soldier. The only constants in her life her father and the man hunting her down to kill her; and the fact that she was being hunted because of some vague, ill-defined destiny. But she was also raised knowing that this wasn’t the only life, that they would eventually return to something better.
When she finally does return to the time she was born into, it’s not quite what she was expecting. She had hoped that the threat to her was dealt with, that she would finally be free of others get hurt or killed while trying to protect her. She wanted to find a place where she wouldn’t be surround by death. Instead, she’s immediately attacked and forced, again, to watch people get hurt or killed in order to protect her. Thus, it’s not particularly surprising that she throws herself into the purpose that they sacrificed themselves for. But it’s not just trying to live up to expectations.
Hope has lost a lot and she’s looking for a purpose. Moreover, she fundamentally wants to help people. She doesn’t embrace the idea of being a mutant messiah because she thinks she’s more important than others or because of power. Her definition is that she’ll help new mutants cope and come to terms with who and what they are. She’s scared. She wants to curl up in a ball but she has to go forward. She has to believe it’s worth going forward and she derives that belief from helping people.
Hope is very protective. This is most clear in her relationship with her adoptive father Cable, the one constant in her erratic childhood. Which also directs how her protectiveness manifests; teaching people how to fight, how to survive, trying to keep them as close to her as possible. Her idea of protectiveness doesn’t involve keeping people away from danger, partly because that’s not something that’s possible. She just wants to be with them. This can be seen in how her anger manifests. Nothing gets her as angry as perceiving someone as abandoning their responsibilities. She’s more angry that someone would have no problem killing one of his own men than that he has no problem trying to kill her.
She’s strong willed. She’s confident in her own skills. She confident in her judgment. Together that means that if she feels she’s right she’ll argue with anybody. Defend her point with everything she has. It also means that, at times, she’ll ignore orders meant to keep her safe in order to take part in fighting. Not because she particularly enjoys fighting, though she does get a certain thrill out of victory, but because she doesn’t want people getting hurt for her and because she won’t leave people behind.
The fear that she’ll be left behind, that people will die for her, is a huge one. Hope naturally connects quickly to people. She cares deeply about them. But she believes that people she cares about will be hurt and so she does her best to distance herself, to treat them like weapons, to avoid that pain. But she’s realized that that is both impossible and the wrong way to lead. The fact that she cares, that she has a lot of empathy for others, and that she can be kind are all qualities that she’s learning to use more.
Her other biggest fear is not living up to expectations. Especially that she won’t live up to the expectations of people who have died for her. She works to take charge of her own destiny but that doesn’t stop the fear that she really is destined to do terrible things.
She wants to be normal. But Hope’s concept of normality means not being targeted because of some destiny. She still wants to have a purpose. She still wants to help people. As she says, ‘Bouncing around half a step in front of the gun, saving the future for a present that won’t ever appreciate it. That’s what I want. That’s my normal.’
Barge Reactions:
In general, Hope will probably adapt to the barge and its people quite quickly. She’s spent most of her life adapting to new places. She’s used to time travel and alternate universes. She’s known aliens, robots, post-humans, insect-human hybrids, cyborgs… Not to mention clones, comic forces and a large number of superheroes. In fact, she’d probably struggle most with people from ‘normal’ universes as she’ll have a much harder time understanding baseline comparisons. Meeting people she knows would be more awkward for her but she’s good at maintain a professional attitude while on a mission.
Hope will have a harder time adapting to floods and breaches. She’s used to dealing with stressful, high risk situations and changes to her body (such as being turned into an animal or even being de-aged) would be, at worse, annoying. Floods that mess with her mind or feelings, on the other hand, have the potential to make her far more uncomfortable. Breaches that offer her a look into a different life or in which she makes connections with people only to find they’re not exactly real will be extremely painful.
Deal: Hope wants her father restored to full health
History:
Link
Sample Journal Entry: TDM thread
Sample RP: TDM thread
Special Notes:
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