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» HANDLE: zelly
» CONTACT: thwip
» AGE: 21+
» CHARACTER(S) IN-GAME: n/a

CHARACTER
» NAME: Peter Parker
» CANON: Marvel Cinematic Universe
» CANON POINT: the very beginning of Infinity War
» AGE: 16

» SETTING: LINK | LINK

» SHORT DESCRIPTION: earnest, responsible, honest, tenacious, naive

» INFLUENTIAL EVENTS:

YouTube Sensation: Peter Parker's rise to some form of low-key acknowledgement by the city of New York began after he was bitten by a radioactive spider and lost his uncle (presumably). People (possibly Peter himself) began to capture social media footage (via YouTube) of a figure in red and blue swinging around the city fighting bad guys. Thus began Peter's very early, budding career in the superhero business. He had to come up with an emblem - a spider - as well as a name for himself: Spider-Man. He crafted a very simple, clumsy 'suit' from an old red hoodie and comfortable blue pants. For his mask, he used the same red and fashioned goggles which he claimed helped to keep his senses (which were often over-stimulated due to his powers) focused.

The Stark Internship: His early days of swinging around on YouTube caught the attention of one billionaire Avenger, Tony Stark, who recruited him for a role on Team Iron Man in the events of Civil War. That visit from Tony to his tiny little apartment in Queens, New York - that he shares with his only leftover family, his Aunt May Parker - marks a complete shift in how Spider-Man views himself. Arguably he'd been more or less wanting something more than swinging around in low-budget pyjamas, but his aspirations to be a recognizable superhero (or better yet, an Avenger) seemed like a pipe dream. He was genuinely shocked to find Tony Stark of all people having a slice of his aunt's date loaf in his living room. Suddenly there were all these possibilities being open to him. Suddenly he was being offered a chance to become a part of the bigger league.

Losing the Stark Internship: After Civil War, however, Spider-Man struggles to figure out how to make the superhero gig work for him while also being a 16 year old kid who still needs to pass his classes and graduate. His experience fighting alongside the big guys has left him with idealistic impressions of doing this full-time. He wants to be on future missions. He wants to be an Avenger. He tries so hard to find a place for himself within this bigger world while not yet knowing how to even be a hero at all. His concept of a superhero is a naive one and like any naive teenager out to prove himself to his mentor and to the whole world, he pushes the limits and becomes reckless. His choices wind up with him putting a lot of people at risk - as well as himself while on the boat to Jersey, and they scare Tony into essentially taking it all back and leaves Peter pretty devastated.

The Very Real Consequence of Being A Hero: Now without his official Spider-suit (which was given to him by Tony Stark), Peter is back to being the low-budget YT sighting. But now knowing what he knows, and experiencing what he has so far in his short career as a superhero, Peter decides that doing the right thing is far more important than anything else and he doesn't need a fancy suit or high tech in order to accomplish this. Turns out that he's right about this, and it's not all the bells and whistles that make him Spider-Man, but it's the strength within himself (and his natural enhancements from the spider-bite) that really make him a hero. Not only does he learn who he is when he faces down the Vulture / Toomes, but he starts to develop a very strong set of personal morals that will help define Spider-Man. He refuses to kill anyone, or let anyone be killed, and he saves the Vulture in the wreckage of the fire at Coney Island at the risk of hurting himself. This is some real hero stuff.

Saying No: Peter's last 'test' of real superheroism comes in the form of temptation when he is finally invited back to the Avengers HQ by Tony Stark himself to have a chat about recruitment. Tony offers him a brand new suit (the Iron Spider suit), a space in the Avengers HQ (next to Vision), and a chance to really learn from all of the big time heroes - Iron Man, Black Widow, Wanda, Falcon, Captain America. All of this sounds amazing; in fact, it's been Peter's dream since he had the chance to participate in the Civil War mission, but after everything that had happened with the Vulture, including his own personal moment of struggle when the wreckage of Toomes' warehouse structure collapsed on top of him, he realizes the best place for him isn't with the Avengers after all. He belongs down on the ground, 'helping the little guy'; even the little neighbourhood needs a hero. It's his moment of humility and clarity when Peter realizes that the place he's needed most, the place a hero is needed most, is in his own world, and he doesn't have to jump into the bigger, flashier one just yet. He's still got time for that.


» FIT: Peter has never been to space (yet), as he's just a sixteen year old high school student. He isn't an astronaut or a big leagues Avenger, and the thought of being taken into space is one he'll absolutely have to overcome. That said, he is incredibly adaptable, thinks quickly, thinks logically, and is ultimately more optimistic than any of the other iterations of Peter Parker in canon. He'll likely kick into hero-mode and decide that for whatever reason he'd been brought into space, it's still his responsibility to always do the right thing.

» POWERS: enhanced durability, flexibility, dexterity, strength (the proportional strength of a spider), agility; enhanced physiology (composition of skeleton, connective tissue, muscles, nervous system are all enhanced); accelerated metabolism; heightened sense perception; precognitive sense (also known as spider-sense!); ability to cling to things (such as walls, ceilings, anything with a surface)
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