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Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

With the thing about Hawkeye that was his canonical inspiration and I couldn't really figure out if I wanted to change it or not so I decided to just leave it as well as they are only an hour away from each other so I thought it'd be funny if something happened that caused Iron Man to come after Hawkeye thinking he was a criminal. That thought just made me chuckle so I left it in in case something like that ever occurred.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

Wanted to go ahead and get this out. Will work on the Sample Post once I get back home. Also, @Sep as you are Iron Man wanted to ask your thoughts on something. Canonically, when Scott gets out of prison he gets a job at Stark Industries. I didn't wanna make that decision without consulting you so what are your thoughts?

Hawkeye & The Ant

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

HAWKEYE & THE ANT

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^{CLINT BARTON|SCOTT LANG ♦ UNEMPLOYED|ELECTRICIAN ♦ LOS ANGELES ♦ VIGILANTES}

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:

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^{"I tried playing golf yesterday. Eighteen holes and I got a total score of eighteen. I just can't seem to miss."}

In this story of Hawkeye and Ant-Man I will be starting at the very beginning of their heroic life. Clint Barton's early life will be exactly the same. He even still chooses to emulate Iron Man by dressing up and using his skills to fight crime. Unfortunately for him, the police mistook him for another weirdly dressed up thief. He tries to write this misconception but is found by William Cross who blackmails him using the information of Clint's time with Tiboldt's Circus. Crossfire brings him and a few others together in order to steal the Seismo-Bomb.

Scott Lang's life up to this point is also very similar. About a month after being released from prison, Scott's daughter Cassie was diagnosed with a serious congenital heart condition. Between the money that Scott and his ex-wife were making they couldn't muster up the cash to pay for medical bills. Desperate to help his daughter Scott turned back to crime. He lied saying that he simply received a pay raise and in the meantime, they have been able to pay for medical bills. But one night coming back from a haul Scott is confronted by Crossfire who desires the use of Scott's skills. At first, Scott refuses but Crossfire shows him pictures of Scott breaking into various places effectively blackmailing Scott into helping Crossfire and a few others in stealing the Seismo-Bomb.

During the heist, both Clint and Scott realize the other doesn't want to go through with this, and over the course of events, the two stop the heists alerting those who had the bomb of the villain's presence. The police eventually show up but Crossfire gets away while the rest of his crew get arrested including Scott. He tells them that Crossfire was threatening him but as he is an ex-convict they don't believe him. Clint works to find proof but can't find any. Scott is eventually let out on bail which his ex-wife, Maggie, pays for and which was only posted as he did help get the others caught. Maggie doesn't know if she believes Scott and despite helping him out if threatening to fight for full custody of her.

The two both know that since Crossfire escaped it was likely that he'd be coming for them. Scott also reinvigorates his desire to clean up his act. So, in the meantime, they decide to team up to watch each other's backs as well as using what they know to help people and maybe figure out who hired Crossfire.

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:

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Both Clint and Scott are thieves with hearts of gold. They want to help people but because of their pasts, they keep getting dragged into various messes that alone neither would be able to get themselves out of. I've always thought that the small parallels between the two was quite interesting but never really thought much of it until now.

I have always thought a pairing of these two would be quite interesting as they are both loud-mouthed numbskulls with no powers yet do what they can despite themselves for the greater good. The first story arc they have will involve Crossfire and they will be trying to figure out who hired him. Along the way, they will do battle with various low-tier villains slowly uncovering the over-arching story as they go along just like the CW. I have more 'season' ideas planned out but for now the plan of season one for "Hawkeye and the Ant" starts here.

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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Clint Barton

Hawkeye himself. As a child, Clint and his brother Barney had it rough. Their father was an alcoholic who'd occasionally get rough. Barney would teach Clint how to fight and helped him improve his aim. When they were young both of their parents died and the boys would go from foster home to foster home until they encountered and subsequently joined a circus. As a member of the circus, Clint would hone his skills as an archer and would eventually be brought in to the crime side of the circus joining them in various crimes. He eventually grew to hate being a criminal and then one day he saw a news report of the hero Iron Man. It struck some inspiration in him and that's his story.

Scott Lang

Scott Lang was born and raised in Coral Gables, Florida, the son of Bob Lang. He later became an electronic engineer and met and married Maggie Rae. Together they had a daughter Cassandra "Cassie" Lang. Although he was an electronics expert he could not support his family doing repair work, so he turned his talents to burglary. Apprehended, he served his prison sentence and was paroled for good behavior. During his time in prison, however, Maggie divorced him. Lang had furthered his studies of electronics while in prison and once he got out somehow found a job as an electrician at Stark Industries. Soon after, his daughter fell ill will a terrible heart disease. After this is where the story will happen.

Maggie Rae

The ex-wife of Scott Lang and mother of Cassie Lang. Maggie and Scott met in college and they had a very stereotypical romance. After college, they got married and had Cassie. When Maggie discovered that Scott had resorted to stealing she tried to get him to stop. When he was arrested she was hurt that he didn't listen to her. She divorced him but wouldn't do anything to try and separate Scott and Cassie and once he got out she willingly let Cassie stay with him every other week. However, after this recent arrest, she says she is going to fight to take full custody if he doesn't stop committing crimes.

Cassie Lang

Cassie Lang is the daughter of Scott and Peggy. Despite what Scott does she still adores him. Largely in part to the fact that he's the quote-unquote, nice parent. She does genuinely get along with him better tending to have a lot of similar likes and personality traits. Recently she has been afflicted with a congenital heart condition and has to take medication in between waiting for her parents to be able to afford surgery. She often has to stay at the hospital in case her situation becomes worse.

Other characters will go here as and when they’re introduced.

S A M P L E P O S T:

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Scott was pooped. He was happy for this job at Stark Industries but it was hard work. Having to walk up five flights of stairs to his apartment late at night didn't help. He finally made it to the door and upon opening it instantly shut the door. "Ugh! What is that smell?" He plugged his nose opening the door back up, "Clint. What on earth are you doing?"

"Clint?" He slowly walked into the apartment grabbing the bat from behind the door and slowly inched his way towards the living room from which the smell resonated. His heart started beating and he saw a pair of legs sticking off the side of the couch. He inched as close as he could without alerting whoever it was and then jumped out yelling. Clint who was sleeping feet up on the couch woke up screaming as well as the three puppies near his face waking up and barking at Scott.

Clint quickly got to his feet and stared absentmindedly at Scott as he started to try and piece together what was going on. "Clint, you know I love dogs but why are there three of them here and please tell me that smell didn't come from them."

Clint looked at the three little dogs and took a deep breath of the air nearly gagging at the smell. He must have been asleep longer than he realized. "Well, I was out dealing with your average everyday bank robbers and to be honest they were easier to deal with than normal. So, after I subdued them and left them for the cops I decided to roam around town waiting to see if anything else would pop up. And whattaya know I come across this box with the cutest most sweetest puppies you ever darn did see and they gave me those trademarked puppy dog eyes and I just had to bring them here."

Scott groaned shaking his head. "I'm not supposed to have pets in this apartment let alone three! You almost count as a pet at this point. Mrs. Garcia will kill me, evict me, and then kill me again if she ever finds out. You are going to clean up this mess and take those dogs to a pound in the morning while I get some sleep. No please this time."

'63s in progress at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Louise Avenue. Assistance requested.'

"Oh uhh, did ya hear that. Duty calls. Go ahead and get started without me I'll be right back." Clint quickly threw on some clothes and hopped out the window to the fire escape not even taking his bow. "CLINT! I didn't get you that police scanner so you could bail out on chores. Come on! And that's a protest and you know it. YOU DIDN'T EVEN GRAB YOUR MASK!"

Scott dropped his head and the bat in frustration. Looks like he wasn't getting any rest just yet.

P O S T C A T L A O G:

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Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

Fairy Tail--The New Generation

Annalyse

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Annalyse Verdine


17


I want her to be a new member who joins during the festival.


Her guild mark resides in the center of her right palm. It is the same color as the font.

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Attribute Script

Description
A type of letter magic that is used to apply varying attributes to items. There are some limitations to what kind of attributes. An example is that using this magic, one can make a blade hotter than it normally would be but they cannot set it on fire via said magic. It is more of an effect on the item directly and not really how it interacts with its surroundings. Another example is that the magic can make a drink taste alcoholic but it can't actually make the drink alcoholic. There is a limitation to how many attributes one can place on a specific item and how many items they can alter at a time. This all depends on the user's skill level and magical endurance. Also, depending on the complexity of the attribute it can take longer than other attributes to apply to something, and the more attributes one item has the longer it takes to add a new attribute.

List of Past or Current Attributes used

Durability - Makes the item in question more durable
Sharpness - Makes any edge on the item in question feel sharper
Lightweight - Makes the item in question feel lighter
Silent - Makes the item in question move through the air quieter and when it is set upon something or as it moves against something
Burning - Makes the item in question feel hot to the touch
Sticky - Makes the item in question stick to other surfaces
Rejuvenating - Makes the item in question feel rejuvenating; a placebo effect making someone feel energized and similarly to adrenaline makes it where the person can't fight through the pain a little easier
Prickly - Makes the item in question feel spiky
Poisonous - Makes the item in question, upon touch, apply a placebo effect causing a person to feel ill
Chilly - Makes the item in question feel cold to the touch

Requip

Description
Annalyse uses a simple form of Requip, IE she is still working on improving her skill with it, She can keep a few things in her pocket dimension. She isn't very good at pulling things from there during a tense situation so she tends to carry as much on her as possible.

B-


Motherly/Protective:
Typically, Annalyse is too nervous or scared to stand up to anyone. But she cares so
deeply about people that she will go out of her way to defend or comfort someone she
cares about or if they are a child no matter the consequences or dangers she may put
herself in.

Intelligent:
Annalyse is quite smart for her age. This largely comes from her interest in reading. At
the orphanage, she would read every book in the library no matter what they were and
there were quite a few textbooks. She even enjoyed reading those because she also
enjoyed learning new things. Any time she found a new book it'd be hard to get her to
put it down.

Hard-Working:
From a young age, Annalyse has been a hard worker. Due to growing up in an orphanage she
had a lot of chores and would do her job without complaining seeing it as her part to
play as one of the kids who were able to stay somewhere safe rather than being homeless.
As she got older more was heaped onto her and she continued to throw herself into her
duties.


Nervous:
Annalyse has always been a nervous child. She is scared of many things and worries a
lot. She has a bad habit of doubting her actions and choices.

Clumsy:
As a result of her nervousness, Annalyse can tend to second guess her actions and will
tend to stumble. This usually only happens if others are around, pressure has been
placed on her, or she's trying something new.

Unassertive:
Annalyse has little to no confidence in herself or her abilities. She tends to downplay
herself to herself so it takes quite a lot for her to bring herself to fight or do
something that most mages would do on instinct.

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Annalyse can be described as a softspoken motherly type. She cares for other people and doesn't
like seeing anyone sad or hurting. Much less if they were someone she was close to. Especially
the other kids from the orphanage. If she feels that anyone she's close to is suffering in any
way then she will do her best to take care of them. Even if they don't want it. Annalyse always
tries to find a reason to smile. For it was a smile that helped her in her greatest time of
need. However, Annalyse doesn't have the best control over her emotions so it is fairly easy for
them to take over.


Annalyse doesn't know anything about where she came from. The first memory she can recall was of
her in an orphanage at the age of five. All she knew was her name was Annalyse Verdine, she
seemed to be a spectacle to the other kids, and no adults were gonna tell her anything. She did
have a picture of a couple which she was told was her parents, and that whenever she chose to
leave the orphanage that she would receive a gift that had been from her parents. Her life in
the orphanage was fairly simple. She did chores, played with the other kids, and would read
books often. Only thing was that anytime people would come to visit the orphanage none of them
ever gave her any thought. She couldn't really explain it but she felt lonely.

The only friendship she found was in the numerous books in the library. Annalyse fell in love
with the stories to such a point she desired to one day live one of those kinds of adventures
herself. By the time she became sixteen, the young girl was fed up with the place. She had
always felt like an outcast so anyway she could escape was a viable option to her. This and her
love of adventure books led her to try magic. She wanted to be able to join a guild and live a
life of excitement. When the manager of the orphanage discovered that Annalyse was practicing
magic the woman promptly kicked the teen out. The woman surprisingly though gave the item from
her parents to her. Well, more like threw it at her. It was a massive sword that apparently had
been her father's which was called Eclipse. Having no place to stay, Annalyse went to the
closest magic guild and told them her situation. She begged for them to let her stay. She even
promised manual labor. So far she has been turned down at every turn. Now she finds herself in
Magnolia hoping the newly reformed Fairy Tail will accept her.


Ok, so I have no idea if the way I explained the magic made sense or not. My head works weird
and any time I try to explain something I always seem to leave something out. One thing I have
to say is that if it seems OP, trust me when I say it isn't. And the things she does to the
items can affect people in an offhand way. Example. With the whole making a drink taste
alcoholic, what it does is it tricks the mind of the person who drank it into making the person
feel drunk even though they aren't. It is like a placebo effect.


Eclipse
A massive blade which was wielded by Annalyse's father. She has put quite a few
attributes to the blade. Durability, Sharpness, Lightweight, Silent, and Burning.

Fairy Tail--The New Generation

@Juvvie

Annalyse

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Annalyse Verdine


17


I want her to be a new member who joins during the festival.


Her guild mark resides in the center of her right palm. It is the same color as the font.

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Attribute Script

Description
A type of letter magic that is used to apply varying attributes to items. There are some limitations to what kind of attributes. An example is that using this magic, one can make a blade hotter than it normally would be but they cannot set it on fire via said magic. It is more of an effect on the item directly and not really how it interacts with its surroundings. Another example is that the magic can make a drink taste alcoholic but it can't actually make the drink alcoholic. There is a limitation to how many attributes one can place on a specific item and how many items they can alter at a time. This all depends on the user's skill level and magical endurance. Also, depending on the complexity of the attribute it can take longer than other attributes to apply to something, and the more attributes one item has the longer it takes to add a new attribute.

List of Past or Current Attributes used

Durability - Makes the item in question more durable
Sharpness - Makes any edge on the item in question feel sharper
Lightweight - Makes the item in question feel lighter
Silent - Makes the item in question move through the air quieter and when it is set upon something or as it moves against something
Burning - Makes the item in question feel hot to the touch
Sticky - Makes the item in question stick to other surfaces
Rejuvenating - Makes the item in question feel rejuvenating; a placebo effect making someone feel energized and similarly to adrenaline makes it where the person can't fight through the pain a little easier
Prickly - Makes the item in question feel spiky
Poisonous - Makes the item in question, upon touch, apply a placebo effect causing a person to feel ill
Chilly - Makes the item in question feel cold to the touch

Requip

Description
Annalyse uses a simple form of Requip, IE she is still working on improving her skill with it, She can keep a few things in her pocket dimension. She isn't very good at pulling things from there during a tense situation so she tends to carry as much on her as possible.

B


Motherly/Protective:
Typically, Annalyse is too nervous or scared to stand up to anyone. But she cares so
deeply about people that she will go out of her way to defend or comfort someone she
cares about or if they are a child no matter the consequences or dangers she may put
herself in.

Intelligent:
Annalyse is quite smart for her age. This largely comes from her interest in reading. At
the orphanage, she would read every book in the library no matter what they were and
there were quite a few textbooks. She even enjoyed reading those because she also
enjoyed learning new things. Any time she found a new book it'd be hard to get her to
put it down.

Hard-Working:
From a young age, Annalyse has been a hard worker. Due to growing up in an orphanage she
had a lot of chores and would do her job without complaining seeing it as her part to
play as one of the kids who were able to stay somewhere safe rather than being homeless.
As she got older more was heaped onto her and she continued to throw herself into her
duties.


Nervous:
Annalyse has always been a nervous child. She is scared of many things and worries a
lot. She has a bad habit of doubting her actions and choices.

Clumsy:
As a result of her nervousness, Annalyse can tend to second guess her actions and will
tend to stumble. This usually only happens if others are around, pressure has been
placed on her, or she's trying something new.

Unassertive:
Annalyse has little to no confidence in herself or her abilities. She tends to downplay
herself to herself so it takes quite a lot for her to bring herself to fight or do
something that most mages would do on instinct.

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Annalyse can be described as a softspoken motherly type. She cares for other people and doesn't
like seeing anyone sad or hurting. Much less if they were someone she was close to. Especially
the other kids from the orphanage. If she feels that anyone she's close to is suffering in any
way then she will do her best to take care of them. Even if they don't want it. Annalyse always
tries to find a reason to smile. For it was a smile that helped her in her greatest time of
need. However, Annalyse doesn't have the best control over her emotions so it is fairly easy for
them to take over.


Annalyse doesn't know anything about where she came from. The first memory she can recall was of
her in an orphanage at the age of five. All she knew was her name was Annalyse Verdine, she
seemed to be a spectacle to the other kids, and no adults were gonna tell her anything. She did
have a picture of a couple which she was told was her parents, and that whenever she chose to
leave the orphanage that she would receive a gift that had been from her parents. Her life in
the orphanage was fairly simple. She did chores, played with the other kids, and would read
books often. Only thing was that anytime people would come to visit the orphanage none of them
ever gave her any thought. She couldn't really explain it but she felt lonely.

The only friendship she found was in the numerous books in the library. Annalyse fell in love
with the stories to such a point she desired to one day live one of those kinds of adventures
herself. By the time she became sixteen, the young girl was fed up with the place. She had
always felt like an outcast so anyway she could escape was a viable option to her. This and her
love of adventure books led her to try magic. She wanted to be able to join a guild and live a
life of excitement. When the manager of the orphanage discovered that Annalyse was practicing
magic the woman promptly kicked the teen out. The woman surprisingly though gave the item from
her parents to her. Well, more like threw it at her. It was a massive sword that apparently had
been her father's which was called Eclipse. Having no place to stay, Annalyse went to the
closest magic guild and told them her situation. She begged for them to let her stay. She even
promised manual labor. So far she has been turned down at every turn. Now she finds herself in
Magnolia hoping the newly reformed Fairy Tail will accept her.


Ok, so I have no idea if the way I explained the magic made sense or not. My head works weird
and any time I try to explain something I always seem to leave something out. One thing I have
to say is that if it seems OP, trust me when I say it isn't. And the things she does to the
items can affect people in an offhand way. Example. With the whole making a drink taste
alcoholic, what it does is it tricks the mind of the person who drank it into making the person
feel drunk even though they aren't. It is like a placebo effect.


Eclipse
A massive blade which was wielded by Annalyse's father. She has put quite a few
attributes to the blade. Durability, Sharpness, Lightweight, Silent, and Burning.

Fairy Tail--The New Generation

I just have to figure out good strengths and weaknesses for my character and I'll be able to put her here. She is more of a support mage than anything who uses magic I made up called Attribute Script. It, as the name suggests, applies attributes to items.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

@Lord Wraith@Star Lord Yeah, at first I was thinking of just a straight up Ant-Man Hawkeye team-up. However, since I put the idea in my head every idea I think of I try and figure out a way to do it similar in style to the CW shows and, other than Legends, each of them start with a singular hero doing the fighting so I tried to think of a way to pair the two together in a way where there was only one fighter at the start and that was the idea I came up with. And I picked Hawkeye over GA because It's an easy way to make Kate a potential NPC and there is already a GA CW show and it would feel weird to me to do that and I chose Scott Lang because of Cassie.

If this idea is too convoluted and won't work just let me know and I'll probably just do a normal Ant-Man run. All my other ideas were too far-fetched and weird to even me that I just threw them out.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

What are initial thoughts on an Ant-Man(Scott Lang) and Hawkeye duo where they get brought together by both being blackmailed by some criminal into stealing something, not sure what. Neither want to do it as they are both good people and eventually work together to stop the villain. That'd be where I start their story. They'd both just be starting out and Scott wouldn't even have the suit yet. He'd start out as a sort of Oracle or Overwatch for Clint until the whole thing with Cassie's heart happens. Clint will have just left the circus and tries to be a hero but is mistaken for another fancily dressed criminal and keeps getting roped into doing crimes until Scott helps him. What does everyone think of this idea before I start working on a sheet?

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

@webboysurf Well, for the GA and Hawkeye fix as well as the Ant-Man one, the team I'm working on has two characters based on them.

Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within

I'm nowhere near done. I plan on double checking triple checking and possibly quadruple checking to make sure if there is anything I wanna change as well as letting you guys see it in case there is anything that definitely needs changing before I finish the sample post.

The Successors

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

The Successors

^{WILLIAM KAPLAN ♦ CASSANDRA LANG ♦ KATHERINE BISHOP
THOMAS SHEPHERD ♦ ELIJAH BRADLEY ♦ THEODORE ALTMAN
_{RUN-DOWN BISHOP PUBLISHING BUILDING ♦ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS}}

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:

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^{"Look, here's the deal. We've got a super-soldier, a giant girl, a Skrull/Kree super-soldier, Billy (who, yeah, is kind of lame, but can cast spells), an Olympic class archer and martial artist, and... me. And really, me's all you need. So tell me, whattayou got that makes you think you shouldn't just give up?" - Speed}

Nathanial Richards was born in the 30th century of an alternate Earth. The young man was often bullied but one day fate decided to change for this young man. Kang the Conqueror appeared preventing a bully from injuring Nathanial. Kang then outfitted Nathanial in Neuro-Kinetic armor and informed him that he was the future version of Nathanial whilst showing him glimpses of his future. The young Richards was horrified by what he was destined to become and attacked his future self. Richards decided to renounce his destiny and used the time traveling capabilities in his armor to travel back in time but he hopped dimensions as well, landing in present-day Absolute Comics.

Knowing that Kang would come after him, Nathanial sought out anyone he thought might be of help. However, being trapped in an unknown time and dimension he didn't know who he could trust. He started searching for the Mighty Avengers, the greatest heroes of all time from his dimension, only to be surprised in finding no trace of the legendary team. Doing some digging into the members he could remember he discovered that some were either missing, dead, or had just begun their journeys.

Nathanial knew that going to any adults would be a potential recipe for disaster. They'd either lock him away or send him back and neither was an option. So, after a few months of digging, he located various people of his age which he knew had some connection to the Avengers in his world. Elijah, Teddy, and William all seemed to jump at the chance to do something amazing. From this point, everything is very similar to the way it goes in the comics.

The only difference is that unless someone wants their character to do this and we can find a way to make it work, Rip Hunter appears before the quartet one day demanding a few answers from Nathanial. While the two talked privately about what brought him to where he was, the other three were confronted by Kate Bishop and Cassie Lang who, in an earlier mission that the quartet undertook, helped the team and both sought to join. At this point, Kang appeared attacking anyone nearby searching for his younger self. With the help of Rip Hunter, the teenagers barely were able to send Kang packing. That's when Rip warned them all that if Nathanial stayed in this time that Kang would keep coming and eventually either time would rend or they may all die.

Informing the others as to what Rip was taking about Nathanial decided it was best to go back to his own time. However, he assured his team that he wasn't giving up and it'd only be a matter of time before he found a way for them to fully beat Kang. Before he left though Nathanial left them with a list of all other possible members he had found. Sample post will be the meeting with Tommy.

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:

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The Young Avengers is my favorite team in all of Marvel. I just love the characters and how, despite each representing members of the Avengers, they are so different from the team they are named after. I've also wanted to see the idea of the team existing without the Avengers played out, and this RP with the way the other characters are being used makes it the perfect place to test it out. Obviously, without the Avengers their name wouldn't make sense so I went with the Successors because each of them has someone they admire and wish to emulate. They all have a reason for wanting to help people and despite them trying to figure it out as they go they won't give up. They also have the added motivation to find a way to help their friend lost to time.

I know that a majority of their main storylines involve very big events where they are in a larger crossover story or they bring in larger characters so for those I would ask beforehand if y'all were fine with me doing the storyline without the larger characters. Specifically, the one where the Super Skrull comes for Teddy. But the majority of my ideas would play out similarly to the CW show Legends of Tomorrow without time travel. Just traveling the country occasionally but mostly staying in New York. It'll be light-hearted fun adventures fighting the various bad guys of the week but with an overarching villain which will be built up to for a big fight between the team and the foe.

C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:

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Patriot

The current leader of the Successors. After Captain America disappeared, America sought to recreate the lost super soldier serum and began experimenting on African-American soldiers. Elijah's grandfather, Isaiah, was one of the very few to survive. Though the project and subsequent covert ops were meant to be secret, he became a legend known as the Black Captain America. Eli became obsessed with the stories and idolized his grandfather. However, he was born without powers, unlike his uncle who had the powers of Isaiah due to being born after Isaiah received his abilities while Eli's mother was born before. Due to this Eli lied about having powers and has been using Mutant Growth Hormone to propagate the lie.

Hulkling

Prince Dorrek VIII is the son of Captain Mar-Vell and Princess Anelle making him a Kree/Skrull hybrid. However, he knew none of this for the longest time. To the rest of the world, he is Theodore Altman. He knew he could shape-shift but assumed he was just a mutant. The young teen would do whatever he could to please the 'it' crowd at school and the various requests kept escalating. It eventually leads to the most popular kid in school asking him to break into Oscorp to steal something that could net them some moolah. Giving into peer pressure he went through with it but his foster mother found out and stopped him. Realizing he had discovered his powers, Teddy's mother told him of his lineage. Something he had wanted to know for years. Realizing his father had been a great hero Teddy reflected on his actions and felt ashamed. When Nathaniel came to him Teddy felt as if the universe was giving him a chance to make up for the way he had been wasting his abilities and sought to right his wrongs and live up to the legacy of his father.

Wiccan

From a young age, William Kaplan was a massive fanboy of anything and everything superhero. Because of this and his sexuality, he was often bullied. One day when a bully was attacking him, Billy accidentally manifested his mutant powers nearly killing the bully. Thankfully a hero appeared at just the right time. That hero was Doctor Strange. The Doctor informed William of the great magical force emanating from him. Right after he used a spell to seal away a majority of Billy's power telling him that he wouldn't undo this unless Billy found a way to control his remaining power and showed he wouldn't use it for evil. Most teenagers would be angry but after almost killing someone Billy was a little grateful but he could feel the locked away strength. It felt like a hole deep inside so when he decided to try and control his power in order to have Doctor Stange give the rest of it back. Billy couldn't track down the hero but he knew that if he became strong enough that the Doctor would come to him.

Hawkeye

Katherine Bishop was your average white American female. Except that her family was extremely wealthy. Due to how her mother tried to raise her as a kind woman, Kate started becoming uncomfortable with how wealthy her father was and didn't seem to do anything with it other than live lavishly with his children, wife excluded as they were divorced. One night Kate secretly witness her father beating a man in his study. Becoming curious and decided to see what was up. She followed the man after he left but as she had no training in such a thing was easily found out and captured. She was held for ransom until an arrow flew into the room she was being held captive looking to the source she and her captures saw Hawkeye. The archer saved her and took down the criminals. However, her father got away with whatever it was he had been doing. Kate decided she'd investigate all the while using her fathers' money to get lessons in various martial arts and archery. She was inspired by the heroic deeds of Hawkeye and became a vigilante. One day she was chasing down a thief who stole from Pym Laboratories. Tracking him down she came across Scott Lang and his daughter Cassie. So did Hawkeye. (Basically, I'm adding in that instead of Pym following Scott both Hawkeye's followed along helping out in rescuing Dr. Erica Sondheim with Cassie being older at this point as well.) As a result of this mission, Kate and Cassie became friends, Scott Lang became the Ant-Man, and Hawkeye shut down Kate's little vigilante game.

A few years later, Kate and Cassie are still friends, Scott Lang is dead, and Hawkeye has vanished. They are attending Kate's sisters' wedding when kidnappers attack intending to use everyone there for ransom. That's when the Quartet of boys show up and fail miserably to save everyone. Both Kate and Cassie agree to help the team save everyone. Kate is someone who became inspired by one of the 'lesser' heroes. It was that hero that saved her though. So, she decided to take on his mantle and help the pitiful group of boys trying to be heroes.

Stature

Cassandra Lang grew up with a rough upbringing. Her parents loved and adored her but her father was a criminal trying and failing to reform, the two were constantly fighting, and they had practically no money as they had to constantly pay for medical bills as Cassie had a heart condition. All of those factors aside Cassie adored her father. He was a child inside and the two had an interesting bond. When Scott became the Ant-Man, Cassie's adoration for her father grew and she wanted to become a hero just like him but everyone, including her friend Kate, though it was too dangerous with her heart. At one point, Scott Lang worked alongside the Fantastic Four. Surprisingly, Cassie's mother would let her stay at the Baxter building with Scott. Whenever no one was looking Cassie would expose herself to Pym Particles in the hopes that one day it would cause her to develop powers and be a hero like her father.

The course of events after this is that about a year before the Successors team up Scott Lang is killed in a freak accident. Cassie Lang was left without the love and support of her father. He was her parent, her inspiration, her hero and more. The man who had meant so much to her had died. Cassie was very saddened by her father's death, but as one hero would leave this world, another would take his place. She didn't want to live with her mother and step-father who were vocally anti-superhumans, and with the help of Kate runs away. She's able to hide at Kate's expansive home and is around for the event at the wedding. She does what she can to help which isn't much. Along with Kate, Cassie hunts down the boys in order to join the team and, just like in the comics, accidentally reveals to herself and the team that she has received powers because of the Pym Particle exposure. Cassie has always dreamt of being a hero and with her father gone she feels immense pressure on her shoulders. She decides not to take a similar name but still seeks to honor the memory of her father.

Speed

Thomas Shepard is nothing like the rest of the team. As a kid, he was a troublemaker causing all sorts of problems. He was just your average prankster though until his mutant powers manifested. Reports are inconclusive but they say that Tommy 'accidentally' vaporized his school. As a result, he was sent to a high-powered detention facility. He is quite content with causing mischief. He could care less about being a hero, but when a group of teen heroes comes to break him out seeking new members he catches a close glimpse of one of them realizing that they have an uncanny resemblance. Intrigued by the new mystery and amused at the proposition of joining this ragtag team of 'heroes' Tommy goes along for the ride.

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Not Done

Tommy woke up with a loud yawn. Looking to his right he added another tally to the wall of the solitary confinement room. Today was the 14th day in a row that he's been locked in here. Meaning that he was about to be reintroduced into society. Well, juvie society. That term doesn't even fit right honestly. This pris- corrections facility for dangerous mutants wasn't anything like your average detention center. Instead of an allotted amount of outside and exercise time they had a random draw to see who'd get experimented on that day. In reality, the warden would choose whoever's face was annoying him most at the time.

The young man soon heard footsteps coming in his direction. He grinned, it was showtime. "Hey, that you Greg? How're the wife and doggies? Did little Rex get neutered yet? You don't need puppies down the line." The viewing hatch slid open and Tommy saw a guard he didn't recognize. "Hmm, I don't recognize you. Anyway, I've been a good little boy and I'm ready to join the collective again." Without a word the window closed and instead of the hand hatch opening he heard the click of the door unlocking. 'That's not protocol.' Tommy thought. He raised his fist not sure as to what was happening but if they were taking him back to that test tube it wouldn't be without a fight.

Slowly, the door creaked open and on the other side stood two odd-looking guards and a kid. The bulkier guard asked, "Hey, are you, Thomas?"

"Teddy don't be so obvious. This is a covert op." Came from the one with a bright red, white, and blue shield on his back. Both seemed to grimace as a slight squawking noise came from their ears. However, most of that occurrence was lost on Tommy and the other kid as they stared at each other. At the same time, both said, "Why do you have my face?" The bulkier of the two guards took a closer look at the two and then smiled exclaiming, "Whattya know. Maybe that's destiny telling us we picked the right guy!"

This odd and very confusing meeting was cut short though as throughout the entire complex an alarm went off. ALERT! CATEGORY FOUR INTRUSION! ALL DETAINEE'S RETURN TO CELL! ALL PERSONNEL ENCOURAGED TO SHOOT ON SITE!

'Category four intrusion? What the heck does that mean? Whoever these guys are they must be powerful.' He thought about questioning them but soon the kid grabbed his wrist and they all began running. "WAIT! Who the heck are you guys?"

"There's no time to explain but we're busting you outta here." That was definitely a surprising answer. Tommy didn't want to look a gift horse in the mouth but what these guys want from him. The group ran down corridor after corridor until just ahead of them was a blockade of guards. The shield-guard yelled for them to get behind him as he pulled the item out blocking any fire. Crap! They were pinned down. Tommy had gotten dragged into some weird prison break scheme and he was about to be riddled with holes because of it.

"Geez, leave you boys alone for ten minutes and you trip the alarm and get backed into a corner. What should we do with you?" Tommy frantically looked around for this new voice. Where the heck was it coming from. The bulky-guard yelled out in response, "SAVE US!" Tommy was rightly confused. He didn't like being forced to leave his safety in the hands of these, for lack of a better term, idiots. If only he could get the darned power dampening collar off. Suddenly though all of the guards down the hall start flying around knocking into each other. Once they were all down for the count a girl grew right in front of him.

She looked back and forth from Tommy and the kid then saying, "Woah... you guys could be... twins."

"I know right. It's uncanny."

"Guys, we're on a time crunch here." All the others looked at shield-guard and nodded their heads in confirmation. Again they pulled Tommy along not explaining a thing. They reached the courtyard but realized they were surrounded. The warden stepped out in front of them. "Well. This is quite interesting. Mr. Shepard, our most 'obeidient' detainee trying to escape. And he even found some friends to help him. I have to say it was definately surprising to have four complete unknowns break into my facility. What on earth was your plan though. Did you really expect to be strong enough to fight your way out of here?"

"Well, originally the plan was to get in, grab Thomas here, and teleport out. But after we found out about the illegal experimentation the five of us decided to break Thomas and everyone else out as well."

"And how were the five of you going to do that from out here?" A cheeky little grin spread on Tommy's face. "Hate to break it to you Warden but I'm not one of their five."

"What?" Right next to them the kid opened a portal and out stepped a girl dressed in what looked like a Hawkeye cosplay. "I set the charges. Time to go."

Before the boy could open a portal the guards opened fire. He quickly created a force field to cover them