[CENTER][COLOR=SLATEGRAY][B]C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L[/B][/COLOR][h1][color=ROYALBLUE][b]S P I D E R - M A N [/b][/color][/h1][hr] [img]https://i.imgur.com/NiNae8T.jpg[/img][h3][sup][sub][color=LightBlue]P E T E R B E N J A M I N P A R K E R [color=ROYALBLUE]♦[/color] S T U D E N T [color=ROYALBLUE]♦[/color] N E W Y O R K C I T Y [color=ROYALBLUE]♦[/color] M I D T O W N H I G H[/color][/sub][/sup][/h3][img]IMAGE/BANNER[/img] [/CENTER][COLOR=ROYALBLUE][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR] [CENTER][sup][color=ADD8E6]"... Define 'witty'?"[/color][/sup][/CENTER] [INDENT][INDENT][i] [hider= Original Concept]Peter Benjamin Parker was born to Richard and Mary Parker, out of an unassuming home in Queens. What would be a fairly ordinary childhood was cut short when his parents were killed in a random car accident. The other driver was never caught, but such as it is with New York City. The young Peter, only six at the time, quickly found himself in the care of his aunt and uncle, May and Ben Parker. Peter has found himself in their care for the better part of ten years, now. Though the Parker family was never wealthy, they found their happiness in other ways -- Peter was always fascinated with little tinker toys Ben brought for him, content to fidget and experiment his days away, while Ben and May would dance in the living room to old records. It was never perfect, but Peter always found it a certain kind of idyllic. His parents' deaths were long behind him, and he took comfort in his life with Ben and May. Along the way, he made a fledgling group of friends in and around Queens: Gwen Stacy, child of a cop and a personal confidant, Harry Osborn, son a veritable super genius and still the only man alive to beat Peter at Mario Kart, and Mary Jane Watson, a girl with a fire in her heart like nothing else. Even Flash Thompson palled around with them in Elementary School, but he'd grown to be something of a bully in recent years. Peter always knew that High School changed people, but he never really found out how much until the day of the Oscorp field trip. Thanks to some wheedling from the Osborn heir apparent, a school field trip brought Peter's entire sophomore class for a day at Oscorp Industries. They were touring the genetics lab, but anyone who was anyone knew what Oscorp was really interested in; an extra-planetary substance that seemed somehow capable of enhancing whatever it was applied to. It was largely inert, but the substance did seem to move on its own troublingly often. Such behavior was chalked up to residual static discharge by Oscorp Weapons Mechanics, an error in judgment they would come to regret. On the day of the field trip, the substance gathered enough energy to breach containment and escape into the wider world, riding whatever host it deemed appropriate. As the visitors from Midtown High were being evacuated amid the breach, Peter spotted an unusually large, black arachnid, not of any species known to him. Concluding the spider must be playing host to the escaped creature, Peter attempted to capture and return it. He reached for it, and -- Peter awoke the next day in his bedroom, Aunt May and Uncle Ben at either side. He'd suddenly collapsed at Oscorp, evidently from stress, and was brought straight back home. The following weeks were full of revelations for Peter -- he found he had enhanced strength, speed, and even the ability to shoot webbing from his wrists or crawl on walls. On top of it all, he'd gained the ability to seemingly transform the clothes on his body to any shape he desired. Somehow, he'd gained the abilities of a spider and more, and he wasn't about to let them go to waste. It was about time the Parkers had another source of income. A three-match wrestling career as "The Black Spider" was cut short when Peter allowed an armed robber to flee the arena. The man had an armful of cash stolen from the Tournament Organizer who refused Peter what he was owed, suspecting he had stacked the deck by being a "metahuman". Once allowed him to get away, the man shot his Uncle Ben in a carjacking; nearly fatally, too. Ben suffered permanent spinal damage. Doctors suspected he'd never walk again, and none of them could tell Peter anything useful that he could do. So he decided to make his own way, and hunt down the man who shot his Uncle, as... THE INDOMITABLE SPIDER-MAN![/hider] The Indomitable Spider-Man is on the hunt. Bit by bit, Peter's world is settling into a boil. Obligations with Gwen and Doctor Connors' Lab are piling up, Michael Morbius is only getting sicker from his encounter with Peter's suit, Uncle Ben is pressuring him even more at home as The Daily Bugle publishes more and more hit pieces, and the Enforcers have arrived on the scene, hellbent on stopping Peter from putting an end to Tombstone -- not to mention the decidedly confusing signals he's been getting from Liz Allan... Every day his costume weighs on his mind, as Peter waits for the chance to be enveloped in its darkness and become Spider-Man once more. Peter is ready to assault the Thompson Memorial Hospital and come out on the other side with Uncle Ben's shooter in hand. But sinister forces lie in wait for our young hero... [/i][/indent][/indent] [COLOR=ROYALBLUE][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i][hider=Absolute Comics Season 1]My Peter is very different from the vanilla version. He's got the symbiote suit to start, and his Uncle Ben isn't dead, at least not yet. This is a Peter who hasn't quite gotten "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility" through his head yet, and is hell-bent on bringing the man that shot his Uncle to justice, by any means necessary. On top of it all, he's very, very green to his job and has no idea what he's doing. To be clear, these changes aren't made to have an angstier or edgier Peter, though there will be a sprig of that as is the nature of the symbiote. I want to tell a story about a struggling Peter, his family is sinking in debt under Hospital bills, he's unraveling the case of his Uncle's shooting while contesting a Police Department that refuses to work with him, all while dealing with the trials and tribulations of High School. This will be a story about Peter being pushed to his limitations and confronting them, a story about family and expectations, and above all else, a story about what Great Responsibility really means. He's going to make a lot of bad choices, and be thoroughly punished for them, to force him to truly become The Indomitable Spider-Man. In terms of my grander aspirations, I'm certainly starting Peter in the black suit for a reason. In time, the symbiote will come to tinge everything Peter touches. His life, his work, his villains, and especially those closest to him. This version of Spider-Man will eventually take heavy horror cues, showing a Spider-Man on the run from an encroaching array of symbiote-enhanced villains coming for his head, and secretly infecting those closest to him. Peter won't know who he can trust, and he needs to stay on his toes at every moment. He's just a kid that's been thrust into this terrifying body-horror situation with an alien being that has literally fused to his body, and this run will explore the consequences of that.[/hider] The Indomitable Spider-Man will not be defeated! The explosive events of Season One were fairly quiet for Spider-Man, but things are starting to heat up in the face of new foes. Tracking Uncle Ben's shooter has forced Peter to come face to face with a deadly squad of Enforcers, high-rent superpowered mercenaries, who have their sights set on Peter's head. Their boss, the mysterious Tombstone, lurks in the shadows. Peter got beaten down pretty hard last season, and he's got an anger building in his belly that makes him more than ready to fight back. Last game my productivity fell off due to assorted school responsibilities, but my schedule now is looking clearer than ever -- which means its time for Spider-Man to return to form. I've got a lot planned for our favorite arachnid, but it'll be a slow burn. Now, with the Enforcers on the scene, things are set to start heating up for Peter -- supervillains are becoming a serious threat for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and Uncle Ben's shooter seems to be slipping away faster by the moment. Will Peter and the suit be able to keep his head? Will he survive the onslaught of the Enforcers? Only time will tell.[/i][/indent][/indent] [COLOR=ROYALBLUE][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i][hider= Supporting Cast] [b]Ben Parker:[/b] Peter's Uncle. Ben's always been a father figure to Peter, trying to instill him with his values, but still letting the kid be a kid. He's been one of the biggest enablers for Peter's love of science. He's currently paralyzed from the waist down, and needs a hell of a lot of rest. [b]May Parker:[/b] Peter's Aunt. The old lady's always been a little coddling for Peter's taste, but her heart's in the right place. She's been a greater partner to Ben and a great mother figure for Peter over the years, but she does occasionally have a tendency to clutch her pearls. [b]Gwen Stacy:[/b] One of Peter's closest friends in the world, and one of the most vocal supporters of Spider-Man, despite her Police Captain father's protests. Gwen's always been a science geek like him, but she ended up getting more into the arts and activism than he ever did. She's the drummer in MJ's band, The Mary Janes. [b]Mary Jane Watson:[/b] One of Peter's closest friends. She comes from a bad home, and she's got an anti-establishment streak a mile wide. Harry's girlfriend. Singer, Frontwoman, and Lead Guitarist of The Mary Janes. [b]Harry Osborn:[/b] Son of Norman Osborn and aspiring coder. He doesn't have the head for it, but he wants to make his Dad proud, and maybe use it to make games on the side or something. Also, one of Peter's closest friends, although he can be brash at times, he's always right there when you need him. [b]Glory Grant:[/b] Guitarist of The Mary Janes. Peter isn't very close to her, but she's a friend to MJ and Gwen. She's got the skinny on Flash Thompson's whole deal, and Peter finds it entertaining to listen to every now and again. [b]Betty Brant:[/b] Bassist of The Mary Janes. Peter was never very close to her, but she's a friend to MJ and Gwen. She's very close with Glory. She doesn't seem it on the surface, but she's got a thing for Death Metal. [b]Flash Thompson:[/b] Six feet of raw muscle and not an ounce of sense to fill that head of his. He's the QB of the Midtown High Football team, which he thinks gives him the right to lord over everyone at the school. He tends to pick on Peter more than other kids, Peter thinks its because he still remembers the story of the time Flash pissed himself in the 6th grade. [b]Liz Allan:[/b] Flash Thompson's girlfriend and aspiring journalist -- Liz's trajectory is slowly aligning with Peter's, in ways neither teenager realize. [b]Doctor Curt Connors:[/b] One of Peter's idols, a brilliant geneticist, chemical engineer, and biologist working out of his labs at Empire State University. Peter and Gwen were lucky enough to score an internship with him. He's abandoned most of his lizard-research in exchange for a stem cell-based design co-authored by Michael Morbius. [b]Doctor Martha Connors:[/b] Lab assistant and wife to Curt Connors, but a brilliant geneticist in her own right. [b]Michael Morbius:[/b] One of the Connors' closest lab assistants. Peter had a run-in with him in costume, when Morbius was unexpectedly sneaking around the good Doctor's lab. Peter's suit reacted to him and hit him with something Peter couldn't rightly identify, and things only seem to be getting worse for the Markovian scientist. [b]J. Jonah Jameson:[/b] Local News editor at the Daily Bugle working his way to Editor-In-Chief. JJ hasn't caught wind of the Spider-Man yet, but Peter's more than seen some of his work in the papers; he seems at least a little competent.[/hider] [hider= Enemies] [b]Tombstone:[/b] An enigmatic mob boss known only in whispers to Peter's ears. What little Peter can piece together is that he's the head honcho in New York, and that he's hired a gang of Enforcers to get in Spider-Man's way... [b]The Enforcers:[/b] A three-man squad of metahuman goons rented out from Enforcers Inc., a 'security' company dedicated to providing mercenaries to crime lords. In Peter's case, he's run afoul of Megawatt, Speed Demon, and Kangaroo, who are all dead set on turning him into a Spider-themed stain on the ground. [/hider][/i][/indent][/indent] [COLOR=ROYALBLUE][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]S E A S O N O N E S Y N O P S I S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT] [/indent][indent] [i]SPIDER-MAN: THE DISTANCE The Story So Far... A lab accident at a New York-based Oscorp Facility has imbued Peter Parker with powers beyond his wildest dreams, and a black costume that bends to his will. After an attempt to use his newfound abilities to make money goes awry, Peter's Uncle Ben is shot, leaving the gunman on the lose and his Uncle in critical condition. Desprate for answers, Peter uses his newfound abilities to become the one, the only, Indomitable Spider-Man, and launches on a tear through the city. His exploits lead him into encounters with news editor J. Jonah Jameson, elements of the NYPD, a full SWAT deployment, and even members of the X-Men. But with a new lead in hand, Spider-Man made his way to the Thompsom Memorial Hospital, where he encountered The Enforcers, a deadly squad of mercenaries intent on protecting their boss's interests. After licking his wounds, Peter is more than ready to launch an assault on the Hospital, and show The Enforcers just what he's made of...[/i] [/indent][/indent] [COLOR=1E90FF][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]P O S T C A T A L O G:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][i] [hider= Issues] [b][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cno20onK9dY]SPIDER-MAN: THE DISTANCE[/url][/b] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4862827]Issue 0[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4867189]Issue 1[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4868090]Issue 2[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4869389]Issue 3[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4871866]Issue 4[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4874757]Issue 5[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4875769]Issue 6[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4878186]Issue 7[/url] [hider=X-Men Crossover] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4878296]Issue #1[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4890306]Issue #2[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4890972]Issue #3[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4895107]Issue #4[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4895124]Issue #5[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4895399]Issue #6[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4895978]Issue #7[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4897132]Issue #8[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4897394]Issue #9[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4901486]Issue #10[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4904025]Issue #11[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4904786]Issue #12[/url] [/hider] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4909023]Issue #8[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4912668]Issue #9[/url] [hider=Crisis 1] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4915703]Issue #1[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4925177]Issue #2[/url] [/hider] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4963905]Issue #10[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5003817]Issue #11[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5040992]Issue #12[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/181167-absolute-comics-justice-rising/ic?page=4#post-5091060]Issue #13[/url] [/hider][/i][/indent][/indent]