[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/XV1PIyT.jpg?2[/img][/center] [b]Character You're Applying for:[/b] [center][color=deeppink]Gwen Stacy the [b]Spectacular Spider-Woman[/b][/color][/center] [b]Powers and Abilities:[/b] Spider-Woman has the ability to cling to walls, superhuman strength, speed, and agility, a "spider-sense" that alerts her to danger, as well as perfect balance and equilibrium. Being the daughter of a detective, Gwen has a keen eye and analytical mind. While she is not the equal of the likes of Batman when it comes to detective work, she's no slouch. She possesses an above average intellect, but is not a genius like 616 Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Her friend Peter Parker has used his genius to create the tech she uses as Spider-Woman, including a carbon fiber weave suit, and in-suit communicator, and webshooters. [b]Origin and Backstory:[/b] [u]Before the Bite[/u] Born to Captain George Stacy of the NYPD and Helen Stacy in 2001 in Queens, New York, Gwen Stacy was instantly the apple of her parents' eye. Their first born, she was doted upon endlessly. She showed her father's sharp mind and her mother's beauty, becoming the child they had always dreamed of after having difficulty conceiving. Growing up in Queens, she was happy, healthy, and surrounded by a loving family. It was in Queens where she also met her best friends in Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, and Mary Jane Watson. The four were inseparable, even if they were all from drastically different socioeconomic backgrounds. Pete was the orphaned super-genius, Harry the richest kid in Queens, MJ the kid from the wrong side of the tracks trying to better herself, and Gwen the leader of the group. It was a full, happy life until Gwen's teenage years. Her mother was diagnosed with an aggressive strain of breast cancer, throwing Gwen's life into a spiral. Helen's only chance was experimental treatments that the family's insurance would not cover. Gwen went with her father and mother to bank after bank looking for a loan to cover the treatment, but they were rejected time and time again. The family just didn't make enough money. So Gwen watched as her mother wasted away and died within months. Her and her father mourned, and neither of them was ever the same again. There was always a hole in their lives from that day forward, and Gwen felt like her home had crumbled around her. [u]Oscorp[/u] Her friends never knew how much she was suffering, however. In school she was still one of the brightest in her class, eclipsed only by Peter, and being friends with MJ and Harry, the hottest couple in school, certainly helped her on the popularity front. She knew Peter had feelings for her, but she wasn't sure if she felt the same way, and was worried about losing the best friend she had. Her and Peter even managed to score a high school internship helping out at Harry's dad's company, Oscorp. It was there her life changed forever. An experimental spider escaped its enclosure and bit Gwen. The bite rewrote her genetic code, giving her the abilities of a spider. The company had been experimenting on making genetically altered animals to fill in for animals lost to extinction. The idea was they would adapt to an ecosystem and fill in the gaps that were left by the extinct creatures. With Gwen, the spider's DNA seemed to create its own effect, enhancing her instead of killing her. [u]Great Responsibility[/u] Gwen spent months learning to hone and learn all about her new abilities, while around the world other metahumans and vigilantes began to appear. Her father, being the cop that he was, railed against the men and women who were taking the law into their own hands. Still, the draw was too strong for Gwen, and she began patrolling the city at night in a makeshift costume. One evening, she came across a bank robbery. While the bank was closing up, a man in a mask broke in and held the manage at gunpoint for a duffle bag full of money. This wasn't any bank, however. It was one of the ones that refused to give the Stacy family a loan, and the manager was the one that had personally rejected them. Instead of stopping the robber, Gwen watched as he got the money and ran. A few minutes later, she heard a shot ring out. When she found its source, she discovered Peter's Uncle Ben lying in the street. The robber had car jacked the man outside the Parkers' home, and left him for dead. Gwen watched in horror from the rooftops as her best friend had his surrogate father die in his arms. [u]Becoming the Spider[/u] After Ben Parker's funeral, Gwen and Peter were hanging out at his house alone. The guilt had built up in Gwen so much that she felt like she was going to burst. Rather than telling him what really happened that night, she instead merely told him about her powers and how she wished she could have been there to help Uncle Ben. Peter, desperate to live up to his uncle's legacy of decency, offered his help to make Gwen the best superhero she could be. He took her rudimentary suit and began development of a carbon fiber weave replacement. He also set his genius to making a way for Gwen to traverse the city with ease. With her new life as Spider-Woman beginning, Gwen finally filled the hole in her life her mother left, while also hoping she could heal the damage done to her friend by allowing him to help her. [b]What Makes This Character "Ultimate"?:[/b] Well, first off, it's Gwen instead of Peter. I want to bring new dynamics into it, with Gwen's inaction leading to Uncle Ben's death rather than Peter's. It will be an interesting dynamic to see playout, and opens up a lot of opportunities when it comes to longer-term story beats. I've also made Peter Gwen's "Guy in the Chair", to steal a line from Homecoming. She may be intelligent, but he's the super genius getting her what she needs to really be a hero. Them working in such close proximity to one another, again, opens up the door for all kinds of drama. I have some plans for the Rogues Gallery as well, but I'm still fleshing that out. [b]Supporting Characters:[/b] [u]Peter Parker[/u] - Gwen's best friend and the only other person who knows she is Spider-Woman. Peter has loved Gwen since as long as they've known each other, but Gwen's always been more confused on the matter, especially since Uncle Ben's death. Peter supplies Gwen with all her tech thanks to his genius level intellect. [u]Captain George Stacy[/u] - Gwen's father and a captain in the NYPD. George is protective and loves his daughter, but he has become aloof ever since the passing of his wife. He is vehemently anti-superhero, which could lead to serious conflict if he was ever to learn that Gwen is Spider-Woman. [u]Mary Jane Watson[/u] - One of Gwen's good friends and the most popular girl at school. Mary Jane comes from a broken home and a ner-do-well father, but she is working hard overcoming her upbringing to be more than that. She is currently dating Harry Osborne. [u]Harry Osborn[/u] - The final member of Gwen's tight group of friends as well as the son of one of New York's richest and most successful men. Harry is laid back and a bit of a slacker, owing to his upbringing. Still, he has an exceptionally loving heart, and no one dislikes him. [u]Norman Osborn[/u] - Harry's father and the CEO of Oscorp, Norman is a scientific genius. His company focuses on biological research. [u]J. Jonah Jameson[/u] - Owner, operator, and producer of independent, online media company INFO BUGLE. Jameson also hosts his own daily podcast. One of the most notorious media personalities in the country, Jameson is often seen as a conspiracy theorist, though he has amassed quite a following. [u]Dr. Ashley Kafka[/u] - Director of Ravenscroft Institute for the Criminally insane, located adjacent to Ryker's Island prison in Queens. [b]Character Picture:[/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/K0H8A3w.jpg?2[/img] [b]Sample Post:[/b] I stand on the roof of some still-under-construction, swanky Manhattan apartment building pacing back and forth. The wind whips across my face, rustling the hood of my costume, This is absolutely crazy. There's no other explanation for what I'm about to do. It's crazy. I must have a death wish. I mean, I know Peter is a genius and all, but trusting him with something like this makes no rational sense. Hell, getting bit by a radioactive spider and becoming a superhero makes more sense then jumping off a thirty story building for fun. [color=dodgerblue]"What are you waiting for?"[/color] Peter's impatient voice filters through the in-suit communicator he installed when he made the costume. His help certainly has been welcomed, that's for sure. I wouldn't be able to hang with bad guys like Batman or the other superheroes do without him. The fact that it gives him something to distract him from Uncle Ben and soothes my own crushing guilt doesn't hurt either. [color=dodgerblue]"Gwen, I told you it's going to work. When have I ever steered you wrong?"[/color] The question hangs in the air for a few moments before I answer, [b][color=deeppink]"Remember when you told me crayons taste like candy?"[/color][/b] [color=dodgerblue]"I was five!"[/color] he yells back in his own defense. [color=dodgerblue]"And I mean watching you pick blue out of your teeth was hilarious."[/color] [b][color=deeppink]"Yea well, my mom nearly had a cow when a blue turd showed up in the toilet,"[/color][/b] I respond with a chuckle. Mentioning mom still brings a twinge of pain to my heart. It's lessened over the years, but I'm not convinced it's ever really going to fully go away. I'm also not really sure I want it to. If that happens, it might mean I don't miss her anymore, and I never want to feel what that feels like. [color=dodgerblue]"Stop stalling and jump,"[/color] Pete breaks me out of my own thoughts. [b][color=deeppink]"Fine,"[/color][/b] I sigh before adding, [b][color=deeppink]"but if I die I'm haunting you. You'll never sleep again without your closet door creaking open and closed constantly, and parts of your room being abnormally cold."[/color][/b] I take a deep breath before backing up a few steps. It's not that I need a running start or anything. My legs are strong enough for me to jump clear cross to the building across the street without so much as a bend of the knee. Benefits of super strength and all that. But subconsciously I feel the need to run. Hell, maybe it's my brain telling me to runaway...but I'm gonna choose to ignore that. After another sigh and shrug of my shoulders to no one in particular, I take off towards the drop-off. As my toes curl around the edge of the building, I push off and corkscrew through the New York night. The air rushes around me like a hurricane as I free fall towards the street below. When I'm halfway down, I say a prayer and let loose with Peter's new invention. A thin line of web-like fluid erupts from the device on my wrist and sticks to the wall of the building closest to me. I hold my breath as the line goes taught, but all the worry is for nothing. The substance holds my weight perfectly, and sends me swinging in an arc higher above the street. I let go of the line, do a back flip, and shoot another line to swing from. [b][color=deeppink]"Wahoo!"[/color][/b] the scream escapes my lips, surprising even me as I come in low, towards the street and land on a bus moving down the avenue. A stupid, wide, infections grin is painted on my face under the mask. Pete really outdid himself this time. [color=dodgerblue]"I told you it'd work,"[/color] the tech genius says, self satisfied. [b][color=deeppink]"I can't hear you, Parker,"[/color][/b] I respond, jumping off the bus, swinging around the top of a light pole to gain momentum, before launching myself into the sky and swinging along the skyscrapers. [b][color=deeppink]"I'm too busy being a superhero."[/color][/b] [color=dodgerblue]"What does it feel like?"[/color] he asks longingly. [b][color=deeppink]"Like I'm Tarzan!"[/color][/b] I laugh back, before catching myself. [b][color=deeppink]"You know, without the white savior tropes and implied racism."[/color][/b] Suddenly, I hear sirens explode in the distance. [b][color=deeppink]"Well, Pete, they're calling our number. Time to see how these babies handle in a fight!"[/color][/b] [b]Posts[/b] [hider=Friendly, Neighborhood Spider-Woman] https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4698391 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4698834 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4699572 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4700708 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4701459 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4703606 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4706334 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4707176 [/hider] [hider=Punisher] https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4707776[/hider] [hider=Enter the Enforcers]https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4709023 https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4710010[/hider]