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Player's Name: Cat
Are you over 16? Yep
Characters Played Here: Brigid Finn, Dwalin
Character: James Rogers
Series/Canon: Marvel’s Next Avengers
From When? End of the movie
History:
James Rogers @ Marvel Wiki
Personality: James is not just innocent, but ignorant in many ways. Raised above the Arctic Circle with only Tony Stark (the father figure) and three others about his age, he doesn’t understand people and can come across as arrogant, self-centered as well as overly friendly at times. Most of the technology in New Dodge will be familiar to him, but things like movies? Completely going to throw him for a loop.
James loves Tony Stark. The man hung the stars, the moon and the sun – actually he literally did in their world, what with the biodome they grew up in. With that, though, came a lot of hero worship. But when they discovered that Tony Stark created Ultron – the robot that had killed his parents – the image was tarnished, ever so slightly. However, James is old enough to know that people make mistakes; and a student of history enough to know that sometimes, those mistakes are deadly.
Being the son of Captain America and Black Widow carries its own burdens. In James’s mind he has to be stronger, faster, kinder, better than the other kids. He pushes himself to be so. But it also means that sometimes his true feelings get sublimated under that need to be the good son, the good leader. And others….
See, James is still a fourteen-year-old boy. Sometimes, those feelings spill out in passive aggressive ways (such as not cleaning his room or refusing to train or do chores… or fighting with his siblings). But for his siblings, he hides some of his deepest fears, wanting them to know that everything will be okay. In that, he is his mother’s son.
James is also, now, always on edge. During the fight with Ultron, and the aftermath, and then another fight with Ultron, James found out some things that have rocked his foundation a little. Not just about Tony, but about his parents. Those things still chew at his mind and he hasn’t had time to process them yet. If he has his way, he never will.
James believes in the inherent goodness of people. He doesn’t suspect that they are out to get him, or up to no good. Now, his deep-seated morality and the knowing of right from wrong won’t let him get lead too far down the garden path, but he could be convinced “for the greater good” into a few grey areas. It’s this thought of people’s innate goodness that lead to him letting Francis – a boy he’d just met – lead them into Ultron’s citadel to rescue Tony.
When he first arrives, James is going to be too exhausted to be scared much. But as people reveal their names, he might just cling to the first one that accepts him. And if he’s rejected by those that have familiar names, he might just crack a little.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting?
James fluxed in; so there was no offer to ‘accept’. But he knows how to work hard, and work without things from time to time. He doesn’t mind hardship. Also, I plan on getting him a job, something after school, so he can do something “worthwhile” with his time.
James is not going to like being here at first. He’s going to want to go home and angst about it a little, and really badger someone about it. But he’ll settle. Whether he stays or not depends on if his brothers and sister show up.
He will be looking for people to help. James isn’t one to sit idle. And when he finds out that sometimes people put out that they need help with this that or the other thing, he’ll be one of the first to volunteer. He might even teach a self-defense class for those that want to take it if he’s allowed to.
Between Schooling and any job that he’s allowed to get, he’ll have plenty of options to talk to people around the town.
What will your character do for work?
School, mostly. But he’ll be working part time at the sport complex, since that will let him meet people and help people, both things that he wants to do.
Inventory:
Black jacket with stylized star on it.
Blue pants
Shield generator (broken, with three bullet holes in it) – emits a hard-light projection of the Captain America Shield
Captain America’s actual shield – beaten, battered with a couple of chips missing and the paint dinged to hell and back.
Samples:
Third-Person Sample:
James slams the book closed. All the 'thees' and 'thous' remind him of Torrun and that's an ache that he's unwilling to face right now. Reaching up, he puts the book back and truns down the aisles, looking for something that might actually be useful in getting out of this place. He needs to get home, to help the others.
But six months, they said. Six months, when the others will be… no. They won’t be. Time won’t pass. They won’t have to take on Ultron’s hoards without him.
Fingers trail over the spine of the books as he walks through the aisles, the shield strapped to his back. That, he's never letting go of. Not only had it been his father's, but he doesn't trust this place not to take it from him too.
His fingers find a book - There and Back Again. Maybe this will tell him how to get out of here and back to the others. Grabbing it, he pulls the shield off to rest against his legs while he reads.
By the time he realizes it's not showing him the way home, James is engrossed in the story. So engrossed that when someone speaks behind him, he dives forward, rolling and coming up with the shield at the ready. "Oh, uh, sorry..."
Here too
First-Person Sample:
[ He’s a kid, alright. But he looks exhausted and beaten down. Things have been explained to him. He understands. He does. Really. Tony had warned him about aliens when he was a child. ]
I guess the word is ‘fluxed’? I did that. A couple hours ago. They explained everything to me, but I don’t…
[ His voice trails off. He looks down at something just off camera. There’s the soft rasp of leather against metal. ]
I need somewhere to stay, they said. There’s yurt assignments, which I understands to be like my bungalow back at home. But, I was wondering… Is there a Tony here? Tony Stark? He raised us, back home. If he’s here, I’d appreciate being able to stay with someone familiar.
[ He leans forward to shut off the TC, but the camera dips for a moment and there is a battered shield, much like Captain America’s. ]
Are you over 16? Yep
Characters Played Here: Brigid Finn, Dwalin
Character: James Rogers
Series/Canon: Marvel’s Next Avengers
From When? End of the movie
History:
James Rogers @ Marvel Wiki
Personality: James is not just innocent, but ignorant in many ways. Raised above the Arctic Circle with only Tony Stark (the father figure) and three others about his age, he doesn’t understand people and can come across as arrogant, self-centered as well as overly friendly at times. Most of the technology in New Dodge will be familiar to him, but things like movies? Completely going to throw him for a loop.
James loves Tony Stark. The man hung the stars, the moon and the sun – actually he literally did in their world, what with the biodome they grew up in. With that, though, came a lot of hero worship. But when they discovered that Tony Stark created Ultron – the robot that had killed his parents – the image was tarnished, ever so slightly. However, James is old enough to know that people make mistakes; and a student of history enough to know that sometimes, those mistakes are deadly.
Being the son of Captain America and Black Widow carries its own burdens. In James’s mind he has to be stronger, faster, kinder, better than the other kids. He pushes himself to be so. But it also means that sometimes his true feelings get sublimated under that need to be the good son, the good leader. And others….
See, James is still a fourteen-year-old boy. Sometimes, those feelings spill out in passive aggressive ways (such as not cleaning his room or refusing to train or do chores… or fighting with his siblings). But for his siblings, he hides some of his deepest fears, wanting them to know that everything will be okay. In that, he is his mother’s son.
James is also, now, always on edge. During the fight with Ultron, and the aftermath, and then another fight with Ultron, James found out some things that have rocked his foundation a little. Not just about Tony, but about his parents. Those things still chew at his mind and he hasn’t had time to process them yet. If he has his way, he never will.
James believes in the inherent goodness of people. He doesn’t suspect that they are out to get him, or up to no good. Now, his deep-seated morality and the knowing of right from wrong won’t let him get lead too far down the garden path, but he could be convinced “for the greater good” into a few grey areas. It’s this thought of people’s innate goodness that lead to him letting Francis – a boy he’d just met – lead them into Ultron’s citadel to rescue Tony.
When he first arrives, James is going to be too exhausted to be scared much. But as people reveal their names, he might just cling to the first one that accepts him. And if he’s rejected by those that have familiar names, he might just crack a little.
Why do you think your character would work in this setting?
James fluxed in; so there was no offer to ‘accept’. But he knows how to work hard, and work without things from time to time. He doesn’t mind hardship. Also, I plan on getting him a job, something after school, so he can do something “worthwhile” with his time.
James is not going to like being here at first. He’s going to want to go home and angst about it a little, and really badger someone about it. But he’ll settle. Whether he stays or not depends on if his brothers and sister show up.
He will be looking for people to help. James isn’t one to sit idle. And when he finds out that sometimes people put out that they need help with this that or the other thing, he’ll be one of the first to volunteer. He might even teach a self-defense class for those that want to take it if he’s allowed to.
Between Schooling and any job that he’s allowed to get, he’ll have plenty of options to talk to people around the town.
What will your character do for work?
School, mostly. But he’ll be working part time at the sport complex, since that will let him meet people and help people, both things that he wants to do.
Inventory:
Black jacket with stylized star on it.
Blue pants
Shield generator (broken, with three bullet holes in it) – emits a hard-light projection of the Captain America Shield
Captain America’s actual shield – beaten, battered with a couple of chips missing and the paint dinged to hell and back.
Samples:
Third-Person Sample:
James slams the book closed. All the 'thees' and 'thous' remind him of Torrun and that's an ache that he's unwilling to face right now. Reaching up, he puts the book back and truns down the aisles, looking for something that might actually be useful in getting out of this place. He needs to get home, to help the others.
But six months, they said. Six months, when the others will be… no. They won’t be. Time won’t pass. They won’t have to take on Ultron’s hoards without him.
Fingers trail over the spine of the books as he walks through the aisles, the shield strapped to his back. That, he's never letting go of. Not only had it been his father's, but he doesn't trust this place not to take it from him too.
His fingers find a book - There and Back Again. Maybe this will tell him how to get out of here and back to the others. Grabbing it, he pulls the shield off to rest against his legs while he reads.
By the time he realizes it's not showing him the way home, James is engrossed in the story. So engrossed that when someone speaks behind him, he dives forward, rolling and coming up with the shield at the ready. "Oh, uh, sorry..."
Here too
First-Person Sample:
[ He’s a kid, alright. But he looks exhausted and beaten down. Things have been explained to him. He understands. He does. Really. Tony had warned him about aliens when he was a child. ]
I guess the word is ‘fluxed’? I did that. A couple hours ago. They explained everything to me, but I don’t…
[ His voice trails off. He looks down at something just off camera. There’s the soft rasp of leather against metal. ]
I need somewhere to stay, they said. There’s yurt assignments, which I understands to be like my bungalow back at home. But, I was wondering… Is there a Tony here? Tony Stark? He raised us, back home. If he’s here, I’d appreciate being able to stay with someone familiar.
[ He leans forward to shut off the TC, but the camera dips for a moment and there is a battered shield, much like Captain America’s. ]