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Characters Played: N/A
Character Name: Wanda Maximoff
Series: MCU
Canon Point: Immediately post-Age of Ultron
Character Age: Wanda's age isn't given in canon, but it's heavily implied from several statements that she's in her early 20s. For this canon point I've set her age at 21.
Background: Here! It's left out the tie-in comics but is mostly accurate.
Personality: Wanda is the generally calmer, more responsible half of the Maximoff twins. At her best, she is perceptive, caring, and protective of both her loved ones and the innocent. However, when properly angered, she can be extremely vengeful and is sometimes blind to the potential negative consequences of her actions.
Wanda has had a drive to take her personal tragedy and turn it into something better since losing her parents at the age of 10 when their apartment building was bombed. She and Pietro participated in protests and riots against foreign powers occupying and destabilizing Sokovia before Strucker and List approached them. Where others may have collapsed into depression and apathy, Wanda and Pietro supported each other and became the other's rock. Neither sibling is the ringleader - Pietro had to convince Wanda to participate in Strucker's experiments and Wanda had to convince Pietro to let Tony go early in Age of Ultron.
Wanda demonstrates her resilience again after losing Pietro by officially joining the Avengers. She was greatly moved by SHIELD's efforts to rescue her people, and I'm sure there is no small amount of wanting to atone for helping Ultron and accidentally putting Pietro in a fatal situation. Now, Wanda feels a need to prove that she can be better. See: volunteering to protect the key and insisting multiple times that Pietro rescue everyone else first before he came back for her. Even in Civil War, she doesn't beg Steve to stay and help the rest of Team Cap even though she likely knows better than anyone else what Ross has planned for them. It was more important that he be able to stop what they saw as a global threat.
Basically, her home is gone. Her family is gone. Joining the Avengers gave her a way to find purpose and a place she might be able to belong someday. Wanda will still be looking for that sense of belonging and those who show her genuine kindness will find her receptive to their efforts to befriend her. She's lost so much that she will cling to whatever true friends she finds and will enact horrible vengeance on anyone who harms them (like ripping out Ultron's "heart"). Wanda definitely can get blinders where the people she loves are concerned - while she's normally not the impulsive twin, she completely abandoned her post after Pietro's death to track Ultron down. Angry, she is at her most dangerous. While she struggles with doubt from time to time, anger and protectiveness will always override it. Wanda may be horrified after the fact at what she's done, but in the moment, she simply will not care as long as 'her' people are safe.
Although she can be extremely vengeful, she has clearly moved beyond her issues with the Avengers during the timeskip between the Battle of Sokovia and the final scene of Age of Ultron. Seeing what SHIELD really is, instead of the distorted version HYDRA presented, helped shift her perception. They went out of their way to minimize civilian casualties, and she won't forget that. She and Tony also seem to have come to enough of an understanding that they can be on the same team. It's not always easy, but they can work together. And of course, after Pietro sacrificed himself to save Clint, she has become extremely protective of him (and his family) as well.
Having her brother and new friends here in stasis is going to be both hard and a relief. She never thought she'd see Pietro again, so knowing he's alive will give her the strength to bounce back from learning her world was destroyed much quicker than she would otherwise. She will do anything to keep him safe, so the Orbiters don't really need to worry about her causing trouble. It's hard not to feel grateful when they've given Pietro a second chance.
Despite her destructive potential, Wanda is still learning how to hero and deal with failure. She had a breakdown midway through the fight for Sokovia and was paralyzed by guilt and fear of her own abilities in Civil War after the disaster in Lagos. She is quick to blame herself, regardless of whether or not it's entirely justified. What is the point of her power if she cannot protect anyone?
Usually, a pep talk from Clint or Steve will snap her out of it, and once Wanda's made up her mind, she acts decisively. But at this current canon point, Wanda is terrified of how destructive her powers can be...and of how many times someone else has used her as a living weapon. She can't hide anything from the Natha, since they already know everything about her, but on El Nysa, Wanda will be more cautious. She won't want the general public to know the full extent of her abilities unless there's a crisis that will force her to reveal them. She won't let people get hurt, but everyone not automatically being wary around her will be freeing.
Conversely, Wanda's not used to being around anyone like her, and she'd be incredibly excited to meet another psychic or a 'real' magic-user. She'd be even more excited to find someone willing to help her learn to better control her powers. Under their influence, she may become less frightened of her abilities and return to the overall confidence level we see in Age of Ultron.
On a final note, although she's nowhere near the level of her brother or some of the other Avengers, Wanda does have a dry sense of humor that escapes in the occasional quip. She briefly snarks at Steve in South Africa and shows a teasing side in a rare unguarded moment with Pietro. It seems to be the twins' main coping mechanism - if they weren't able to inject even a small amount of humor into the dark situations they often found themselves in, it would probably be a lot harder to keep going.
Powers/Abilities: Telepathy/empathy, mental manipulation, telekinesis, energy projection and manipulation. Wanda can fly through a constant output of energy similar to the Iron Man suit.
Power Nerfs (if applicable): I don't think any nerfs will be needed with the abilities Wanda has displayed so far.
Inventory: Wanda will be arriving in her New Avengers outfit.
Incentives: Literally all the Orbiters need to tell her is that they have Pietro in a pod and she'd pretty much do anything they asked to guarantee his safety. Wanda can also be motivated by the safety of her fellow Avengers and any Sokovians they might have picked up, but Pietro is definitely their trump card.
An Orbiter feeling especially generous (or one who wants to garner extra good will) could also offer assistance with controlling her existing powers or the lure of learning some sort of healing magic in the future.
OOC
Handle: Callie
Contact:
Over 18? Yep.
Characters Played: N/A
THE CHARACTER
Character Name: Wanda Maximoff
Series: MCU
Canon Point: Immediately post-Age of Ultron
Character Age: Wanda's age isn't given in canon, but it's heavily implied from several statements that she's in her early 20s. For this canon point I've set her age at 21.
Background: Here! It's left out the tie-in comics but is mostly accurate.
Personality: Wanda is the generally calmer, more responsible half of the Maximoff twins. At her best, she is perceptive, caring, and protective of both her loved ones and the innocent. However, when properly angered, she can be extremely vengeful and is sometimes blind to the potential negative consequences of her actions.
Wanda has had a drive to take her personal tragedy and turn it into something better since losing her parents at the age of 10 when their apartment building was bombed. She and Pietro participated in protests and riots against foreign powers occupying and destabilizing Sokovia before Strucker and List approached them. Where others may have collapsed into depression and apathy, Wanda and Pietro supported each other and became the other's rock. Neither sibling is the ringleader - Pietro had to convince Wanda to participate in Strucker's experiments and Wanda had to convince Pietro to let Tony go early in Age of Ultron.
Wanda demonstrates her resilience again after losing Pietro by officially joining the Avengers. She was greatly moved by SHIELD's efforts to rescue her people, and I'm sure there is no small amount of wanting to atone for helping Ultron and accidentally putting Pietro in a fatal situation. Now, Wanda feels a need to prove that she can be better. See: volunteering to protect the key and insisting multiple times that Pietro rescue everyone else first before he came back for her. Even in Civil War, she doesn't beg Steve to stay and help the rest of Team Cap even though she likely knows better than anyone else what Ross has planned for them. It was more important that he be able to stop what they saw as a global threat.
Basically, her home is gone. Her family is gone. Joining the Avengers gave her a way to find purpose and a place she might be able to belong someday. Wanda will still be looking for that sense of belonging and those who show her genuine kindness will find her receptive to their efforts to befriend her. She's lost so much that she will cling to whatever true friends she finds and will enact horrible vengeance on anyone who harms them (like ripping out Ultron's "heart"). Wanda definitely can get blinders where the people she loves are concerned - while she's normally not the impulsive twin, she completely abandoned her post after Pietro's death to track Ultron down. Angry, she is at her most dangerous. While she struggles with doubt from time to time, anger and protectiveness will always override it. Wanda may be horrified after the fact at what she's done, but in the moment, she simply will not care as long as 'her' people are safe.
Although she can be extremely vengeful, she has clearly moved beyond her issues with the Avengers during the timeskip between the Battle of Sokovia and the final scene of Age of Ultron. Seeing what SHIELD really is, instead of the distorted version HYDRA presented, helped shift her perception. They went out of their way to minimize civilian casualties, and she won't forget that. She and Tony also seem to have come to enough of an understanding that they can be on the same team. It's not always easy, but they can work together. And of course, after Pietro sacrificed himself to save Clint, she has become extremely protective of him (and his family) as well.
Having her brother and new friends here in stasis is going to be both hard and a relief. She never thought she'd see Pietro again, so knowing he's alive will give her the strength to bounce back from learning her world was destroyed much quicker than she would otherwise. She will do anything to keep him safe, so the Orbiters don't really need to worry about her causing trouble. It's hard not to feel grateful when they've given Pietro a second chance.
Despite her destructive potential, Wanda is still learning how to hero and deal with failure. She had a breakdown midway through the fight for Sokovia and was paralyzed by guilt and fear of her own abilities in Civil War after the disaster in Lagos. She is quick to blame herself, regardless of whether or not it's entirely justified. What is the point of her power if she cannot protect anyone?
Usually, a pep talk from Clint or Steve will snap her out of it, and once Wanda's made up her mind, she acts decisively. But at this current canon point, Wanda is terrified of how destructive her powers can be...and of how many times someone else has used her as a living weapon. She can't hide anything from the Natha, since they already know everything about her, but on El Nysa, Wanda will be more cautious. She won't want the general public to know the full extent of her abilities unless there's a crisis that will force her to reveal them. She won't let people get hurt, but everyone not automatically being wary around her will be freeing.
Conversely, Wanda's not used to being around anyone like her, and she'd be incredibly excited to meet another psychic or a 'real' magic-user. She'd be even more excited to find someone willing to help her learn to better control her powers. Under their influence, she may become less frightened of her abilities and return to the overall confidence level we see in Age of Ultron.
On a final note, although she's nowhere near the level of her brother or some of the other Avengers, Wanda does have a dry sense of humor that escapes in the occasional quip. She briefly snarks at Steve in South Africa and shows a teasing side in a rare unguarded moment with Pietro. It seems to be the twins' main coping mechanism - if they weren't able to inject even a small amount of humor into the dark situations they often found themselves in, it would probably be a lot harder to keep going.
Powers/Abilities: Telepathy/empathy, mental manipulation, telekinesis, energy projection and manipulation. Wanda can fly through a constant output of energy similar to the Iron Man suit.
Power Nerfs (if applicable): I don't think any nerfs will be needed with the abilities Wanda has displayed so far.
Inventory: Wanda will be arriving in her New Avengers outfit.
Incentives: Literally all the Orbiters need to tell her is that they have Pietro in a pod and she'd pretty much do anything they asked to guarantee his safety. Wanda can also be motivated by the safety of her fellow Avengers and any Sokovians they might have picked up, but Pietro is definitely their trump card.
An Orbiter feeling especially generous (or one who wants to garner extra good will) could also offer assistance with controlling her existing powers or the lure of learning some sort of healing magic in the future.
SAMPLES
TDM thread
I have other samples if that's insufficient.
I have other samples if that's insufficient.
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OOC
Handle: Callie
Contact:
Over 18? Yep.
Characters Played: N/A
THE CHARACTER
Character Name: Wanda Maximoff
Series: MCU
Canon Point: Immediately post-Age of Ultron
Character Age: Wanda's age isn't given in canon, but it's heavily implied from several statements that she's in her early 20s. For this canon point I've set her age at 21.
Background: Here! It's left out the tie-in comics but is mostly accurate.
Personality: Wanda is the generally calmer, more responsible half of the Maximoff twins. At her best, she is perceptive, caring, and protective of both her loved ones and the innocent. However, when properly angered, she can be extremely vengeful and is sometimes blind to the potential negative consequences of her actions.
Wanda has had a drive to take her personal tragedy and turn it into something better since losing her parents at the age of 10 when their apartment building was bombed. She and Pietro participated in protests and riots against foreign powers occupying and destabilizing Sokovia before Strucker and List approached them. Where others may have collapsed into depression and apathy, Wanda and Pietro supported each other and became the other's rock. Neither sibling is the ringleader - Pietro had to convince Wanda to participate in Strucker's experiments and Wanda had to convince Pietro to let Tony go early in Age of Ultron.
Wanda demonstrates her resilience again after losing Pietro by officially joining the Avengers. She was greatly moved by SHIELD's efforts to rescue her people, and I'm sure there is no small amount of wanting to atone for helping Ultron and accidentally putting Pietro in a fatal situation. Now, Wanda feels a need to prove that she can be better. See: volunteering to protect the key and insisting multiple times that Pietro rescue everyone else first before he came back for her. Even in Civil War, she doesn't beg Steve to stay and help the rest of Team Cap even though she likely knows better than anyone else what Ross has planned for them. It was more important that he be able to stop what they saw as a global threat.
Basically, her home is gone. Her family is gone. Joining the Avengers gave her a way to find purpose and a place she might be able to belong someday. Wanda will still be looking for that sense of belonging and those who show her genuine kindness will find her receptive to their efforts to befriend her. She's lost so much that she will cling to whatever true friends she finds and will enact horrible vengeance on anyone who harms them (like ripping out Ultron's "heart"). Wanda definitely can get blinders where the people she loves are concerned - while she's normally not the impulsive twin, she completely abandoned her post after Pietro's death to track Ultron down. Angry, she is at her most dangerous. While she struggles with doubt from time to time, anger and protectiveness will always override it. Wanda may be horrified after the fact at what she's done, but in the moment, she simply will not care as long as 'her' people are safe.
Although she can be extremely vengeful, she has clearly moved beyond her issues with the Avengers during the timeskip between the Battle of Sokovia and the final scene of Age of Ultron. Seeing what SHIELD really is, instead of the distorted version HYDRA presented, helped shift her perception. They went out of their way to minimize civilian casualties, and she won't forget that. She and Tony also seem to have come to enough of an understanding that they can be on the same team. It's not always easy, but they can work together. And of course, after Pietro sacrificed himself to save Clint, she has become extremely protective of him (and his family) as well.
Having her brother and new friends here in stasis is going to be both hard and a relief. She never thought she'd see Pietro again, so knowing he's alive will give her the strength to bounce back from learning her world was destroyed much quicker than she would otherwise. She will do anything to keep him safe, so the Orbiters don't really need to worry about her causing trouble. It's hard not to feel grateful when they've given Pietro a second chance.
Despite her destructive potential, Wanda is still learning how to hero and deal with failure. She had a breakdown midway through the fight for Sokovia and was paralyzed by guilt and fear of her own abilities in Civil War after the disaster in Lagos. She is quick to blame herself, regardless of whether or not it's entirely justified. What is the point of her power if she cannot protect anyone?
Usually, a pep talk from Clint or Steve will snap her out of it, and once Wanda's made up her mind, she acts decisively. But at this current canon point, Wanda is sometimes terrified of how destructive her powers can be...and of how many times someone else has used her as a living weapon. She is continually torn between the confidence that comes from knowing she's one of the most dangerous people on the planet and the fear of what that entails.
She can't hide anything from the Natha, since they already know everything about her, but on El Nysa, Wanda will be more cautious. She won't want the general public to know the full extent of her abilities unless there's a crisis that will force her to reveal them. She won't let people get hurt, but everyone not automatically being wary around her will be freeing.
Conversely, Wanda's not used to being around anyone like her, and she'd be incredibly excited to meet another psychic or a 'real' magic-user. She'd be even more excited to find someone willing to help her learn to better control her powers. Under their influence, she may become less frightened of her abilities and return to the overall confidence level we see in Age of Ultron.
On a final note, although she's nowhere near the level of her brother or some of the other Avengers, Wanda does have a dry sense of humor that escapes in the occasional quip. She briefly snarks at Steve in South Africa and shows a teasing side in more unguarded moments with Pietro or Vision. It seems to be the twins' main coping mechanism - if they weren't able to inject even a small amount of humor into the dark situations they often found themselves in, it would probably be a lot harder to keep going.
Powers/Abilities: Telepathy/empathy, mental manipulation, telekinesis, energy projection and manipulation. Wanda can fly through a constant output of energy similar to the Iron Man suit.
I always create a permissions post for her powers so people can opt-out.
Power Nerfs (if applicable): I don't think any nerfs will be needed with the abilities Wanda has displayed so far.
Inventory: Wanda will be arriving in her New Avengers outfit.
Incentives: Literally all the Natha need to tell her is that they have Pietro in a pod and she'd pretty much do anything they asked to guarantee his safety. Wanda can also be motivated by the safety of her fellow Avengers and any Sokovians they might have picked up, but Pietro is definitely their trump card.
Someone feeling especially generous (or one who wants to garner extra good will) could also offer assistance with controlling her existing powers or the lure of learning some sort of healing magic in the future. But Wanda will be inclined to help anyway - she lost her home before the Storm devoured her Earth, and she wouldn't want something like that to happen to other people if there was something she could do to prevent it.
SAMPLES
I have other samples if that's insufficient.