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[Canon] Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel | Marel 616 | No reserve
Name: Sabra
Age: 21
Personal Journal: NA
E-mail: earth_dragon_alchemist@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: bespectacledlioness
CHARACTER
Name: Carol Danvers
Canon: Marvel comics 616
Age: 33 (Never stated in-canon, doing my best guestamate)
Timeline: Right after the events of Issue 6 of Captain Marvel
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: Don’t know if Loki would count seeing as they’re from separate Marvel universes. If he isn’t causing problems she’ll leave him alone. She never liked messing with Aagardian affairs that much. Earth has to many problems of its own.
Personality:
Carol is an incredibly strong individual, both physically and mentally. Growing up she had to fight to be recognized as equal to her brothers, and that determination carried over into her adult life. Even before to the accident that gave her her powers she showed extreme determination, helping SHIELD with many undercover missions as a spy. Even her powers come from her extreme force of will meeting with an exploding wishing machine and her desire to help a friend. Some might consider her outgoing nature a bit much at times. Her strong character and assertive nature means she is always one to speak her mind, sometimes coming off as rather blunt. Those who count her as a friend know this, and are able to see past it to the kind individual she is. Still she knows when it is time to dial it back some. She can stay calm and quiet when needed, but has no problem yelling in your face if that’s what it takes.
There are many times in the comics she wishes she could just hit all of her problems and make them go away. She is intelligent and more than capable when it comes to solving most of her problems with her brain rather than her muscle, but she would much rather leave the critical thinking to others in the Avengers. Her independent nature means she is very unlikely to ask for help with any problem, be it of a super or personal nature. After a long series of events that left Carol in a weakened emotional state she turned to alcohol instead of telling others of her turmoil. This eventually forced the Avengers to remove her from their ranks. She rejoined them later, more powerful, confident, and sober. Several years later she takes up the mantle of Captain Marvel after the death of the original Captian Marvel. She now works as second in command in one of the many branches of the Avengers. Though she does a lot of independent work, she is always there when the Avengers need her.
Carol has a life beyond her work as an Avenger. In her personal life is where Carol’s softer side can be seen. Instead of living in the manor like many of the heros, she has an apartment in New York. Living with her is her cat, Chewie (short for Chewbacca), who receives the best care Carol can manage. Down the hall is a young girl, Kit, and her mother. Carol is Kit’s idol and Carol has given Kit the loving knickname of Lieutenant Trouble. In the most recent issued of Avengers: Enemy Within (a Carol-centric storyline) Carol displayed tact when clearing out her apartment building after learning of a possible attack. She calmly told Kit that it was her job to make sure people stayed at the corner while she cleared the building. The job was actually given to Kit’s mother, but this shows that Carol knows how to handle people in a swift and efficient way.
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Here! Ignore the Age of Ultron Section. Has not been updated to reflect the new Captain Marvel series so I will summarize briefly what you are missing:
After taking the name of Captain Marvel under the suggestion of Captain America Carol goes on to spread the ashes of her role model and friend, Helen Cobb. As it turns out Helen left Carol the old plane she claims she broke a world record in. Due to instrument malfunctions the record was invalidated so Carol sets off to prove that Helen could have done it. The plane turns out to be some sort of time machine that takes her through several temporal rifts until finally she meets a young Helen in the middle of WW2. Certain events lead Carol to find a piece of the wishing machine that gave her her powers and that, plus the plane, lead both her and Helen to the exact time and place of the same explosion. Helen is caught in the explosion and also receives Captain Marvel like powers. The two do battle until the plane is seen over head and they race to see who will get to it first, get back to the future, and be Captain Marvel. Carol of course wins and she awakes in the cockpit to find a note left from Helen explaining that she knew who Carol was the minute she walked into her bar (back when Carol was in her 20’s, before she got her powers) and that she left her the plane because of that. During all of this a good friend of Carol’s is battling cancer with Carol doing her best to help her through the difficult treatments. Luckily Carol makes it back to the hospital just in time to see her off to surgery (which is successful, btw). This is where I’m taking her from. If you would like a complete, up to date canon history let me know.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths
Courageous
Intelligent
Thinks well on her feet
Strong sense of responsibility
Self-control (most of the time)
Weaknesses
Can become too single-minded
Alcoholic (sober, but still a thing)
Can become over-confident
Sometimes underestimates enemies
Reluctant to accept/ask for help
Abilities:
Superhuman:
Strength
Endurance
Durability
Speed
Reflexes
Energy Absorption (Heat)
Energy Projection
Flight
Minor Molecular control (She can change her clothes into her superhero uniform and vice-versa)
Multilingual (Many Earth languages including Russian, as well as Kree and Shi’ar.)
Combat Expert
Expert Pilot
First Person:
I’m not sure how I got here and I don’t really care. I’m going to tell you now that it’d be in your best interest to bring that train back around, let me back on, and take me back to New York.
[Carol’s no longer in the train station. As soon as she came to her senses she began doing recon. She did a few laps around the city and went as far out as she could in the cardinal directions. Each time the passed out at some point and woke back in the city.
Saying she’s frustrated right now is a bit of an understatement. Hovering just over the oblisk she scowls at the camera, face mask still in place.]
I saw the posters in the train station, but I’d like a bit more information than that. Where exactly am I, who brought me here, why did you bring me here and what direction is civilization in? You’ve got five minutes.
Third Person:
Okay, so being held captive in this strange city with werewolves and Harry Potter characters and other such strange individuals wasn’t as bad as she first thought. Really, the werewolves were all pretty nice and who wouldn’t want to meet a real life Harry Potter character? If it weren’t for the captive part she probably wouldn’t mind too much. The others had told her that things could get a little hairy at times, but so far it was like a vacation. The knowledge that time didn’t move back home helped alleviate some of the tension set in her shoulders, but not all of it.
Yeah, vacations were great but 1) she never asked for a vacation and 2) she couldn’t fly past the cloud cover.
Again, after she was told she wasn’t going to miss anything at home she relaxed just a little, but she still felt like she was letting everyone down the longer she stayed here. She had a duty to the people of her Earth to protect them. There were plenty of people to protect around here as well but it just wasn’t the same
The second point was bothering her more at the moment. She just woke up after her third attempt to make it into low orbit. Every time she blacked out around the cloud layer, no matter how fast she went, no matter if she held her breath or kept her mask on. This last time she even flew up with the StarkTech material around her waist acting as a shield wrapped around her just in case it was some sort of projectile. No luck. She pounded the ground in frustration, leaving a dent where her fist landed. Standing up she readies herself to try again.
The first three times she actually just wanted to get into space, do some more recon, feel the wonderful weightlessness that could only be found in low orbit. Now it’s about pride.
She takes off again, a loud boom echoes through the city as she breaks the sound barrier just before blacking out again.
[REVISION REQUESTED]
At this time we would like to request a revision, specifically of your "Personality" section. We would like to see a more comprehensive look at her personality, as what has been written here hardly seems sufficient given the events in her history.
Revised personality
Carol is an incredibly strong individual, both physically and mentally. Growing up she had to fight to be recognized as equal to her brothers by her father, and that determination carried over into her adult life. When her father decided to send her brother to college instead of her (even though her performance in school was better) she bided her time until she turned 18 and was able to join the Air Force to help her pay her way through school. Carol’s natural intelligence and insane levels of determination meant she not only excelled at school and also swiftly rose through the ranks of the military. Her talents were such that she caught the eye of the CIA who recruited her. It was in both the Air Force and the CIA that she received the training that made her such a formidable super. She has been able to hold her own against even the Black Widow (long before she had obtained any superhuman powers), and even held off a Skrull invasion from taking Manhattan all by herself (after obtaining super powers).
Carol has many jobs over the years: NASA’s youngest head of security, leader of at least one group of Avengers, writer, head editor for a woman’s magazine, ace pilot for the X-men, spy, and many more jobs through her youth. She excelled at all of them. During her time at NASA she ended up in the middle of a conflict between two Kree warriors who were fighting over a weaponized wishing machine. When the machine exploded it turned Carol’s wishes to be helpful and her strong will into power, giving her the powers of the Kree who was protecting her.
The circumstances with which she was brought to the spotlight showcase some of her personality. For a while after she was introduced she stayed a background character. Then in the late 1970s Marvel decided they needed a strong female super hero to represent the “modern woman”. The writers thought Carol was perfect for the role and wrote the storyline where she received her powers. In her different runs she is always portrayed as very independent, very rarely having a love interest.
Carol's compassion and strong sense of justice mean that while she is a powerful combatant, she is also merciful. This is never more aptly demonstrated than when she faces off against Mystique, the woman who killed her boyfriend, turned Rogue against her, and targeted her when she was weakened. Though she does enjoy punching things she is not needlessly violent. Later on another Carol from an alternate universe (who was using the codename Warbird) made her way to the main continuity's earth (Earth-616) Warbird was incredibly hostile, something Carol found disdainful.
Her past is not without its due level of comic-grade trouble, each taking its toll on her. First was the brutal murder of her boyfriend. Then shortly after that a series of strange events lands her trapped in Limbo. Using her ingenuity and intellect she manages to Macgyver her way back to Earth using what little technology was left behind by the man that had lured her there. Shortly after she made it back to Earth Carol lost not only her powers but also many of her memories in a fight with the mutant Rouge. Her memories were restored by Professor X, but her powers could not be, nor the emotional attachments to her memories. During her time as the X-Men’s pilot she was captured by and alien race and experimented on. She was saved by the X-Men, but some of the experiments had taken effect. She attained the power to channel the energy of a white hole, giving her near god-like power level. She regained all of her previously lost abilities, as well as some new powers (namely energy absorption and projection, minor molecular control). This did not last forever though as eventually the white hole closed, leaving her with her with all her powers, but severely decreased power level.
All of this came crashing onto Carol all at once when her Binary powers left her. With her restored powers came all of the emotions Professor X had been unable to give her. Her independence back-fired on her. Instead of seeking help she turned to alcohol to numb the pain she was feeling and quickly spiraled into alcoholism. After going on several missions intoxicated and making many mistakes while under the influence the Avengers had no choice but to kick her out. This prompted Carol to do some serious soul searching. Finally swallowing her pride she got the help she needed and was able to get cleaned up. After a while off the team she was offered her old spot back. She eventually left the Avengers again to go work with SHIELD and the Department of Defense, showing her willingness to go where she was needed rather than where was most comfortable. During her time at SHIELD and the DoD her lengthy resume, history in handling supervillains, and general no-nonsense attitude landed her the job of one of the Thunderbolts’ parole officer.
She did join the pro-registration side of Marvel’s Civil War out of loyalty to the American government and her good friend Tony Stark (who was heading the pro-registration movement). Her loyalty was tested when her friend was found to be a spy from the Anti-Registration movement. Carol stayed true to her personal convictions and attempted to bring her in (even though she was unsuccessful).
After the Skrull invasion she was given the choice to either join a new group of corrupt Avengers (comprised of mostly supervillians disguised as heros) under Norman Osborn’s replacement for SHIELD or become a fugitive. She refused to compromise her own moral standing to join and went into hiding with the other Avengers. Osborn replaced her when events lead most to believe she died, but Carol defeated the imposter rather easily reclaiming her title from someone who most perceived to be her equal. This went to show many that Carol’s powers are still evolving, and that she grows stronger as time goes on.
After the Phoenix was dealt with Carol got back to a semi-normal life of superheroing. After one particular battle Captain America urged her to take on the Captain Marvel name. She was hesitant at first, not wanting to replace or disrespect the memory of Mar-Vell. After reassurance from Captain America she decided to take the name.
The most recent series Carol stars in, Captain Marvel, we get to see a lot more of Carol when she’s not in super-hero mode. We see her at home with her cat, Chewie (named after Chewbacca), we see her living in her own apartment, being friends with the neighbor lady and her small girl. We see her sitting with an old lady in the park who keeps calling her Captain America (she remembers eventually). The Captain Marvel series lets us see another side to Carol that isn’t looked at when you spend issues upon issues of nothing but her in battle. We also see that her independence and determination has not died down over the years when her doctor diagnoses her with a dangerous brain lesion and orders her not to fly. She, once more, does not ask for help, but luckily her fellow Avengers know when best to step in. She reluctantly uses the flying motorcycle thing Captain America brings her, but declines his offer for anymore help. When her loved ones are threatened by an old foe she does put her pride aside and calls in help keeping them safe.
Carol Danvers is a head-strong, intelligent, independent woman
who don’t need no manwho has, and will continue to push through all of the challenges that are thrown her way. Time and time again she proved herself in every aspect, not only as a super hero, but also as one of the best people you could ever meet.ACCEPTED
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