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May. 20th, 2012 02:55 am
( stats and permissions )As an aside, there are also movie verse comics that I'll be using to supplement my backstory for Natasha. These are, as far as I can tell, canon. They detail why she's uncomfortable about Bruce/The Hulk (it's actually a pre-movie thing), her backstory, her reputation, and so forth. Her backstory is generally similarish to her comics one as far as I can tell. She's from the same area and so forth. But the small details are ones I don't know yet. I am pretty familiar with 616 Natasha, for what it's worth, but this is definitely MCU!her.
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May. 20th, 2012 02:27 amCharacter: Natasha Romanoff / “Black Widow”
Series: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Character Age: Late twenties
Job: Undercover Operations Advisor
Canon: When the world needs different types of protectors, an unusual bunch of heroes comes out of the woodwork to answer the call. This bunch isn’t obviously heroic: some are egotistical, some are war-happy, some are assassins, and one just turns into an angry green man. They’re an eclectic bunch and wild cards to be sure, but they’re the contingency plan that a secret government agency decides to depend upon to face a new strand of dangerous enemies. As this group adjusts to their roles, they come to rely on each other in their own ways.
Natasha can be just about anything: a secretary, a woman in an evening gown, a waitress, and more. The difficult task is knowing what’s real and what’s fake—that is, if anything is real at all. As an assassin and spy trained from her childhood, Natasha moves from role to role and interrogation to interrogation spilling lies like it’s nothing. She’s not easy to read and any vulnerabilities might just be another lie—after all, she knows what people expect from a woman who looks like her and she uses it to her advantage. Professional in all situations, she tackles each one head on because it’s her job, and even if she’s in over her head, she finds a way to adapt. This professionalism means she holds most things close to the chest and doesn’t bother with sentimentalities; she’s pointed, dry, a little sarcastic, and always on top of things. Because of her cleverness, she’s smart enough to outsmart a trickster god. What drives her and helps her focus is her guilt; though she is always aware of it, it doesn’t hold her back.
Sample Post:
It’s about time I got taken off shower duty. If I never had to clean another bloody shower again, it would be too soon. At least I had your company, which is great, because now we’re moving up together. I had a few misgivings about having toucans help me scrub walls, but you did your best. You splashed water when it was needed. You squawked encouragingly. But let’s cut to the part where we’re being honest. The real reason why you were there was to watch me, because we both know there were better hired hands for shower duty, and even if they’re barbaric and purple, they do better work at keeping things clean. Your boss has known why I’m here, and that’s why she reassigned us to this undercover mission. Then again, you’ve been on one all along—getting inside my head, making sure I’m up for the task, making sure I’m trustworthy to work with. And maybe we have slightly different motivations, but you know we’ve had the same end goal the whole time: find out what the carnies are up to and deal with it. Everyone trapped here thinks Elizabeth is the real unknown variable, but we know differently.
Making me your advisor was smart. Elizabeth excels at many things, but subtlety isn’t one of them. All of this has always been a game to her. Who she can mess with. Whose mind she can alter. What bonds can be created. What situations people can be forced into against their wills. Of course, there are always limitations. She’s never as bad as her enemies—Masque, possibly the carnies, others who show up here and threaten her lab rats. Everything she has accomplished here rides on the assumption that there is always a greater evil. Some of the people gathered here think she’s gone idle. That maybe she’s finally happy. But we know otherwise. She’s still invested. That transfer back in January is proof. Sure, it could be an algorithm to make sure things run smoothly when it gets too bad, but Elizabeth isn’t really a hands off type of person.
That’s why she hired me and that’s why she’s kept you around. You’re her eyes and ears of camp. Big things are coming, but everyone’s prepared for that. My people are worried about what comes after that. What happens when the carnies utilize the trust they’ve gathered for other, more selfish goals? After all, we’ve always thought it to be pretty suspicious how they showed up just when the World Eater was on its way. Who knows if they led it here, knowing people could take care of it—and knowing that these people would trust them afterward. It’s not a baseless accusation, because we already know they’re capable of a lot of damage. The dinosaur last summer was just the beginning. Sure, it looked ludicrous on all the footage, but the damage it unleashed could have been catastrophic on a larger scale. That’s what I’m here to stop. That damage could get to any world once it passes through here.
On a personal level, I’m sure you can see the advantage of us working together. I could use some extra eyes and ears myself. We might have our own allegiances, but your only role here isn’t as Elizabeth’s security cameras. You like to have fun. You like to be nuisances. If we work something out, you can keep annoying people in peace and I can keep chaotic forces from crossing into dimensions where they don’t belong. Maybe I should have a big heart and look out for the people here, but let’s be honest, it could be worse. So as far as I’m concerned, it’s a win-win.
52/1 (98.1%)
Series: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Character Age: Late twenties
Job: Undercover Operations Advisor
Canon: When the world needs different types of protectors, an unusual bunch of heroes comes out of the woodwork to answer the call. This bunch isn’t obviously heroic: some are egotistical, some are war-happy, some are assassins, and one just turns into an angry green man. They’re an eclectic bunch and wild cards to be sure, but they’re the contingency plan that a secret government agency decides to depend upon to face a new strand of dangerous enemies. As this group adjusts to their roles, they come to rely on each other in their own ways.
Natasha can be just about anything: a secretary, a woman in an evening gown, a waitress, and more. The difficult task is knowing what’s real and what’s fake—that is, if anything is real at all. As an assassin and spy trained from her childhood, Natasha moves from role to role and interrogation to interrogation spilling lies like it’s nothing. She’s not easy to read and any vulnerabilities might just be another lie—after all, she knows what people expect from a woman who looks like her and she uses it to her advantage. Professional in all situations, she tackles each one head on because it’s her job, and even if she’s in over her head, she finds a way to adapt. This professionalism means she holds most things close to the chest and doesn’t bother with sentimentalities; she’s pointed, dry, a little sarcastic, and always on top of things. Because of her cleverness, she’s smart enough to outsmart a trickster god. What drives her and helps her focus is her guilt; though she is always aware of it, it doesn’t hold her back.
Sample Post:
It’s about time I got taken off shower duty. If I never had to clean another bloody shower again, it would be too soon. At least I had your company, which is great, because now we’re moving up together. I had a few misgivings about having toucans help me scrub walls, but you did your best. You splashed water when it was needed. You squawked encouragingly. But let’s cut to the part where we’re being honest. The real reason why you were there was to watch me, because we both know there were better hired hands for shower duty, and even if they’re barbaric and purple, they do better work at keeping things clean. Your boss has known why I’m here, and that’s why she reassigned us to this undercover mission. Then again, you’ve been on one all along—getting inside my head, making sure I’m up for the task, making sure I’m trustworthy to work with. And maybe we have slightly different motivations, but you know we’ve had the same end goal the whole time: find out what the carnies are up to and deal with it. Everyone trapped here thinks Elizabeth is the real unknown variable, but we know differently.
Making me your advisor was smart. Elizabeth excels at many things, but subtlety isn’t one of them. All of this has always been a game to her. Who she can mess with. Whose mind she can alter. What bonds can be created. What situations people can be forced into against their wills. Of course, there are always limitations. She’s never as bad as her enemies—Masque, possibly the carnies, others who show up here and threaten her lab rats. Everything she has accomplished here rides on the assumption that there is always a greater evil. Some of the people gathered here think she’s gone idle. That maybe she’s finally happy. But we know otherwise. She’s still invested. That transfer back in January is proof. Sure, it could be an algorithm to make sure things run smoothly when it gets too bad, but Elizabeth isn’t really a hands off type of person.
That’s why she hired me and that’s why she’s kept you around. You’re her eyes and ears of camp. Big things are coming, but everyone’s prepared for that. My people are worried about what comes after that. What happens when the carnies utilize the trust they’ve gathered for other, more selfish goals? After all, we’ve always thought it to be pretty suspicious how they showed up just when the World Eater was on its way. Who knows if they led it here, knowing people could take care of it—and knowing that these people would trust them afterward. It’s not a baseless accusation, because we already know they’re capable of a lot of damage. The dinosaur last summer was just the beginning. Sure, it looked ludicrous on all the footage, but the damage it unleashed could have been catastrophic on a larger scale. That’s what I’m here to stop. That damage could get to any world once it passes through here.
On a personal level, I’m sure you can see the advantage of us working together. I could use some extra eyes and ears myself. We might have our own allegiances, but your only role here isn’t as Elizabeth’s security cameras. You like to have fun. You like to be nuisances. If we work something out, you can keep annoying people in peace and I can keep chaotic forces from crossing into dimensions where they don’t belong. Maybe I should have a big heart and look out for the people here, but let’s be honest, it could be worse. So as far as I’m concerned, it’s a win-win.
52/1 (98.1%)
