The Revival Project - Application
Aug. 6th, 2019 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doubled_speedOUT OF CHARACTER:
Name/Handle: Churby
Contact:![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
churbooseanon
Other characters: N/A
DF Alum: N
IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd
Character journal:doubled_speed
Series name: Marvel Comics (Universe-616)
Canon notes: Two days after the events of Young Avengers Volume 2 (January 3rd, 2014)
Species: Mutant
Age: 18
Arrival Condition: Physically Tommy's in a great state. Nothing wrong with him.
History: Canon History
Personality:
Strengths:
• Independent - Tommy’s been having to more or less manage for himself since he was young, in part because his parents weren’t exactly glad for a child like him. Neglect can make for an independent child, which had led to Tommy having multiple brushes with the law. After being broken out from ‘Super Juvie’ by his future teammates on the Young Avengers this only continued, with Tommy mostly living on his own since he was sixteen. Sure, his soul-brother's parents had him live there for a while, but he couldn't take it, too much structure and concern overwhelming him. While he understands some things are better handled as a team, or with a support structure, relying on others is hard for him, especially when he can do for himself.
• Decisive - Part of the advantages of being a speedster is that it’s easy to think through a large number of problems in very little time. Or at least very little time for other people. This allows Tommy to seem decisive. The hilarious thing is that while Tommy could think through his actions quickly, he doesn’t spend a lot of time at it, instead choosing to go with quick and easy solutions based on gut instinct. But he does make choices, and when he makes one, he sticks to it. It isn't like him to second-guess, unless it's something that involves emotions. Otherwise? He's fight before flight and he doesn't hestitate.
• Protective - When it comes down to it, Tommy is protective of the people around him. It starts with the people he cares about, like his 'siblings' and his team. From there it tends to expand to people he’s friends with loosely, to the point where he once ran a girl he’d known for five minutes a few thousand miles away from danger. But it goes further, to Tommy wanting to protect everyone and anyone around him. This is best seen of course in his work as a superhero. Even when everyone else on the Young Avengers pulls out he keeps going, needing to act so he can help others, because having the power to do that matters to him.
Weaknesses:
• Attention Span - The other half of the issue with being a speedster, or at least one that can experience the world far faster than the vast majority of people is that it’s hard for him to stay focused for extended periods. Tommy specifically refers to normal people as ‘snails’ and part of the issue is that people can’t operate at his speed. In fact, the vast majority of the world and other things can’t process at his level so boredom is a natural side effect and his attention darts around so he can try and keep his brain occupied. If he isn't really focused his brain speeds up and people may think that he's lost attention, but the fact is that for him it's been at least two hours and he has to keep moving or he's going to die from boredom. The inverse is also true. He can hyper focus on things that actually catch his attention, given they're rare, and he is happy to spend what he sees as weeks on one thing when it agrees with him, though for others that could be a few minutes.
• Trust Issues - This goes hand in hand with the fact that Tommy’s biological parents weren’t there for him and didn’t fight for him before he was sent away to be experimented onnot to mention what they DID do which was pretty bad. They didn’t even take him back when he got out. Add in the potential role-models Tony Stark and Steve Rogers trying to just about jail his brother, Cyclops wanting to have his soul-mother Wanda Maximoff locked away with no trial, and Wolverine trying to kill both Wanda and Tommy’s twin? Well, trust isn’t something Tommy plays easily with. The only people he does trust are his teammates, and even that is pretty circumstantial. He won't open up enough to admit things easily, because vulnerability requires trust, and he doesn't know how to give that to a world that has let him down more times than not.
• Emotional Distance - Tommy literally states at one point ‘I don’t have feelings. And I don’t hold hands.’ Often Tommy is dismissive of potential emotional attachments, including potential family connections that are floated to him. It isn’t very often that he opens himself up to potential vulnerability, expecting to be abandoned or let down by other people. Takes him some time to even warm up to Billy, even fighting the idea of them being related. The problem is that while Tommy ACTS like he doesn’t have emotions, he does, and he connects to people sooner than he wants to, opening himself up to more pain than he’s ever ready to handle. Most commonly, he runs whenever he feels like he can't handle the emotions building up.
Abilities:
Superhuman Speed: Normally capable of running in excess of Mach 4, but full upper limits hasn't been tested. As part of his mutation Tommy's body is also suited to handling these speeds, with superhuman agility, reflexes, stamina, and durability. This last one is almost exclusively durability in the face of the forces he places his body under and the friction it produces, so stronger legs and arms to handle how hard he hits the ground if he falls at top speeds.
This power, though, is highly dampened here by the simple fact of resources. Tommy needs more food than most people to maintain this sort of ability, and so must carefully manage use of this ability at this time.
Superhuman Strength: As an additional part of his mutation, Tommy can easily lift 800 pounds with his arms, and over a ton with his legs.
Accelerated Perception: To keep up with the physical aspects of his body, Tommy's brain also runs faster. This results in him able to perceive, process, and even think at a higher subjective rate than humans. At higher speeds five minutes can feel like weeks to him.
Molecular Acceleration: Tommy can vibrate himself enough to, with care, move through solid objects. In addtion, he used to be able to generate vibrations from his hands outwards, vibrating molecules in his target enough to cause explosions. Now his powers here seem to be highly dampened, meaning Tommy can maybe make things crack a little, but explosions? Not happening.
Personal Item: One set of silver goggles that double as sunglasses, with orange tinted lenses. They've extra durable to keep up with his deeps, the lenses are shatter proof. All of it was designed specifically to go with his superhero outfit.
Sample: Sample Here
Name/Handle: Churby
Contact:
Other characters: N/A
DF Alum: N
IN-CHARACTER:
Character name: Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd
Character journal:
doubled_speedSeries name: Marvel Comics (Universe-616)
Canon notes: Two days after the events of Young Avengers Volume 2 (January 3rd, 2014)
Species: Mutant
Age: 18
Arrival Condition: Physically Tommy's in a great state. Nothing wrong with him.
History: Canon History
Personality:
Strengths:
• Independent - Tommy’s been having to more or less manage for himself since he was young, in part because his parents weren’t exactly glad for a child like him. Neglect can make for an independent child, which had led to Tommy having multiple brushes with the law. After being broken out from ‘Super Juvie’ by his future teammates on the Young Avengers this only continued, with Tommy mostly living on his own since he was sixteen. Sure, his soul-brother's parents had him live there for a while, but he couldn't take it, too much structure and concern overwhelming him. While he understands some things are better handled as a team, or with a support structure, relying on others is hard for him, especially when he can do for himself.
• Decisive - Part of the advantages of being a speedster is that it’s easy to think through a large number of problems in very little time. Or at least very little time for other people. This allows Tommy to seem decisive. The hilarious thing is that while Tommy could think through his actions quickly, he doesn’t spend a lot of time at it, instead choosing to go with quick and easy solutions based on gut instinct. But he does make choices, and when he makes one, he sticks to it. It isn't like him to second-guess, unless it's something that involves emotions. Otherwise? He's fight before flight and he doesn't hestitate.
• Protective - When it comes down to it, Tommy is protective of the people around him. It starts with the people he cares about, like his 'siblings' and his team. From there it tends to expand to people he’s friends with loosely, to the point where he once ran a girl he’d known for five minutes a few thousand miles away from danger. But it goes further, to Tommy wanting to protect everyone and anyone around him. This is best seen of course in his work as a superhero. Even when everyone else on the Young Avengers pulls out he keeps going, needing to act so he can help others, because having the power to do that matters to him.
Weaknesses:
• Attention Span - The other half of the issue with being a speedster, or at least one that can experience the world far faster than the vast majority of people is that it’s hard for him to stay focused for extended periods. Tommy specifically refers to normal people as ‘snails’ and part of the issue is that people can’t operate at his speed. In fact, the vast majority of the world and other things can’t process at his level so boredom is a natural side effect and his attention darts around so he can try and keep his brain occupied. If he isn't really focused his brain speeds up and people may think that he's lost attention, but the fact is that for him it's been at least two hours and he has to keep moving or he's going to die from boredom. The inverse is also true. He can hyper focus on things that actually catch his attention, given they're rare, and he is happy to spend what he sees as weeks on one thing when it agrees with him, though for others that could be a few minutes.
• Trust Issues - This goes hand in hand with the fact that Tommy’s biological parents weren’t there for him and didn’t fight for him before he was sent away to be experimented on
• Emotional Distance - Tommy literally states at one point ‘I don’t have feelings. And I don’t hold hands.’ Often Tommy is dismissive of potential emotional attachments, including potential family connections that are floated to him. It isn’t very often that he opens himself up to potential vulnerability, expecting to be abandoned or let down by other people. Takes him some time to even warm up to Billy, even fighting the idea of them being related. The problem is that while Tommy ACTS like he doesn’t have emotions, he does, and he connects to people sooner than he wants to, opening himself up to more pain than he’s ever ready to handle. Most commonly, he runs whenever he feels like he can't handle the emotions building up.
Abilities:
Superhuman Speed: Normally capable of running in excess of Mach 4, but full upper limits hasn't been tested. As part of his mutation Tommy's body is also suited to handling these speeds, with superhuman agility, reflexes, stamina, and durability. This last one is almost exclusively durability in the face of the forces he places his body under and the friction it produces, so stronger legs and arms to handle how hard he hits the ground if he falls at top speeds.
This power, though, is highly dampened here by the simple fact of resources. Tommy needs more food than most people to maintain this sort of ability, and so must carefully manage use of this ability at this time.
Superhuman Strength: As an additional part of his mutation, Tommy can easily lift 800 pounds with his arms, and over a ton with his legs.
Accelerated Perception: To keep up with the physical aspects of his body, Tommy's brain also runs faster. This results in him able to perceive, process, and even think at a higher subjective rate than humans. At higher speeds five minutes can feel like weeks to him.
Molecular Acceleration: Tommy can vibrate himself enough to, with care, move through solid objects. In addtion, he used to be able to generate vibrations from his hands outwards, vibrating molecules in his target enough to cause explosions. Now his powers here seem to be highly dampened, meaning Tommy can maybe make things crack a little, but explosions? Not happening.
Personal Item: One set of silver goggles that double as sunglasses, with orange tinted lenses. They've extra durable to keep up with his deeps, the lenses are shatter proof. All of it was designed specifically to go with his superhero outfit.
Sample: Sample Here
Accepted!
Date: 2019-08-08 02:37 pm (UTC)Your application has been reviewed and accepted - welcome to The Revival Project! We approve of the dampening of your speed and vibration and ask, if you would later like to upgrade/un-cap said powers, to check with the mods. We also ask that you take the following steps so you can get started in the game:
Changes Record
Date: 2020-06-05 11:23 pm (UTC)Personal Items
Date: 2021-07-10 06:56 pm (UTC)-Speed Costume