Character Name: Billy Kaplan / Wiccan Canon: Marvel 616 - Young Avengers Age: 16 Gender: Male
Canon Point:Children's Crusade, #7, when the spell to bring back the mutants is interrupted History:WIKIA~ Personality:
"It's okay, Mom. We're super heroes. I meant to tell you."
Billy is the twin son of the Vision and the Scarlet Witch, soul-transferred into becoming the biological petite 16-year-old gay son of two ordinary Jewish folks living in the west side of New York. Already his life is overrun with Issues.
First and foremost Billy is, at the core, a nice kid. He's sweet, he's kind of sensitive, he's cheeky, and he has a great sense of humour. Sometimes he can be overly serious, but in general it's a situational thing; for the most part, he's right alongside his teammates making snarky commentary even in the middle of a battle. They really are exactly as advertised- Young Avengers. Bunch of teenage fanboys (...and girls) trying to be superheroes. And sometimes they even succeed!
"Okay, this completely violates Growing Man continuity."
Billy is one of the more fanboyish of the fanboy squad- he hero-worships the Avengers and many other superheroes of the world, speaking to them with respect and sometimes even awe, often making quiet "aside" comments about how he can't believe this is actually happening, or his teammates won't believe him, or how awesome it is. He is a superhero geek to the very core. He's a geek to the point where you could compare him to one of those walking-dictionary comic convention panelists. (The kind people just want to punch sometimes.) Often times in battle or when the team is facing off against a hero or villain they haven't met before, Billy is the one to recognize the person and in some cases state their significance to a degree that ought to be worrying. It comes in handy on occasion, though. He's also a Norse mythology geek (his super-alter ego was originally based on Thor, after all), and is almost certainly into comics and video games, too. For a character who is normally rather dry and sarcastic, his geekdom is one of the things that gets him really enthusiastic and passionate about.
"Your mom died protecting the one person she loved more than anyone in the universe. She was a hero... just like her son."
The geek side comes hand in hand with the fact that he's kind of... well, sensitive. He cries, he's sometimes easily offended, and he loves to touch people. He's the first to set a companionable hand on someone's shoulder or to offer an encouraging word, and it doesn't take much invitation for him to try and get close to someone. He likes musicals and cozying up to his loved ones and holding hands and- okay, he really is the epitome of bully fodder in high school. But he's not a pushover either, even if you were to ignore the superhero powers. He'll use logic and clever thinking to avoid a conflict if it's possible, and if it's not, then he'll face the problem head-on and deal with it. So what if his hills are alive with the sound of music when the costume comes off?
"They're not your people. They're not even people."
As a contrast to the above, Billy can be really insensitive at times when it comes to the feelings of other people, and it shows through some of the careless remarks he makes or the dismissal of the concerns of his friends; when Teddy attempts to save the Super Skrull during the invasion storyline he angrily brings up the fact that the aforementioned Skrull murdered Teddy's adoptive mother. He's quick to backpedal, of course, but it doesn't change the fact that he doesn't always think about what he's saying before he says it. He even slips in a little racist commentary with phenomenally bad timing, eg. saying the Skrulls are "not even people" to Teddy, who is half-Skrull himself. It's not to say that he is intentionally racist- he's later shown to say that Teddy's half-Skrull heritage is "cool", but even so: careless remarks are not unusual, coming from him. He also has a pretty lousy temper and a tendency to rage quit when he hears something he really doesn't want to hear. Very few people can get him to stop and think about what he's doing beforehand, Teddy being one of them. He's also pretty sarcastic, making the occasional snippy commentary even at the most unfitting of times.
"Let him go, or yours will become a suicide mission."
He is very protective of his teammates and the people he cares about, and he's not afraid to use his rather extensive powers to keep them safe and alive when he's around. Case in point: stopping a nuclear explosion and putting twenty people in a coma with a single thought when Teddy is injured by one of them. (...Actually a lot of his more volatile reactions stem from Things That Happen to Teddy. Don't screw with an overclocked mutant in love.) He follows the Avengers moral code of "don't kill" as well as his own values re: taking a human (or even alien) life, and the one time he does threaten to kill someone, he's very shaken up by it after the fact. Murder or even killing in the name of self-defense is something he keeps in mind almost constantly while in battle, particularly because he's packing a lot of power.
"Please don't worry. It's not like I'm planning to invade Latveria, confront Dr. Doom, and rescue the Scarlet Witch tonight. At least, that's not the plan."
He can be really careless about self-preservation sometimes; he's impatient about Getting Things Done and will too-often charge off into danger regardless of the potential consequences (eg. injury, danger, capture, a lecture from the boyfriend). He does have tremendous faith in his friends/teammates, so even while rushing into the aforementioned danger he still has plenty of confidence that they'd come and rescue him if he got in over his head. That faith in people often even carries over into people that he may not necessarily know well, but has a great opinion of: he's quick to defend the actions of the Scarlet Witch despite her mass-mutant genocide, justifying her actions as possibly having been possessed by some evil entity despite no evidence to back up his claim. He also believes in her (admittedly true) claim to not remember any of her history with the Avengers or her crimes. Because she's his mother and favourite member of the Avengers, he doesn't hesitate to think the best of her. On the flip side, he refuses to believe Dr. Doom's self-proclaimed good intentions in regards to the Scarlet Witch, assuming he's brainwashed her or placed her under a spell rather than genuinely loving her. In his mind, "good guys" can do terrible things and still redeem themselves, but it's harder to convince him that "bad guys" can be good.
"I've never really had a problem with being different from other people. It's other people who have the problem with me."
Even though he has a history of bullying and gay bashing from school, Billy isn't meek or easily intimidated. Thanks to the Scarlet Witch's encouragement before he discovered he had powers of his own, he learned to stand his ground even when facing insurmountable odds- not for his own sake, but for the sake of other people that he wanted to protect - and in the process, he discovered that he had the power to really protect people. In a way, it's because of her that he's a part of the Young Avengers now, and he's never stopped being grateful to her. At the same time, however, the accidental misfire of his powers nearly got one of his bullies killed, so he's had to keep that in mind since it happened. He does have a lot of confidence that his morals will carry forward into his abilities- since his spells are created by his wishes, and he believes that he'd never wish for someone to die, he doesn't worry as much as the others that he could be too powerful (or, even worse, end up like the Scarlet Witch).
"Now, would anyone other than the team sociopath care to weigh in?"
One of the most solid things to note about Billy is that there's no pretense about him, no faking, no bullshit. He says what's on his mind, whenever it comes to mind, regardless of who he's talking to. He speaks freely with his friends, his parents, his heroes- he mouths off to Iron Man and Captain America and offers no apologies. No matter whose company he's in, he is himself, and they're stuck with his true self whether they like it or not. He still keeps secrets, of course- he's not a completely open book about everything. But if sometimes comes to mind and he knows that he can say it? You better believe that he will. Consequences be damned. ...And usually apologized for, after the fact. He's not totally callous or anything when he realizes he's done wrong, especially if he belatedly notices that he's hurt someone.
...Okay to sum it all up, Billy's basically a snarky little fanboy with superpowers. God help us all.
Powers: As both a witch and a mutant, as well as the son of the Scarlet Witch, Wiccan has some pretty formidable (and kind of meta) powers in his arsenal. He describes them as "magic powers [that] essentially come from wishing on stuff really hard", but it's technically a derivative of Wanda's reality-bending ability. Most of his more powerful spells (and sometimes the easy ones, if he's not thinking clearly or if there's no sense of urgency) require him to chant his wishes aloud, and the length of time or amount of chanting varies from spell to spell. Almost all of his magic takes the form of a blue energy, forming from his hands and spreading to wherever he wants it to go. I've got a summary of Billy's magic here.
As for the game itself, Billy's powers have a tendency to malfunction at inopportune times anyway, so I'm thinking upping the likelihood of that happening and downgrading the effectiveness would be a good handicap for him. It's hard to limit powers that are basically unlimited as far as what they can do, so putting a limit on how well they work is a good start. If you want any specific limits placed on him, feel free to tell me and I'd be happy to work within the rules. :|b
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Character Name: Billy Kaplan / Wiccan
Canon: Marvel 616 - Young Avengers
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Children's Crusade, #7, when the spell to bring back the mutants is interrupted
History: WIKIA~
Personality:
"It's okay, Mom. We're super heroes. I meant to tell you."
Billy is the twin son of the Vision and the Scarlet Witch, soul-transferred into becoming the biological petite 16-year-old gay son of two ordinary Jewish folks living in the west side of New York. Already his life is overrun with Issues.
First and foremost Billy is, at the core, a nice kid. He's sweet, he's kind of sensitive, he's cheeky, and he has a great sense of humour. Sometimes he can be overly serious, but in general it's a situational thing; for the most part, he's right alongside his teammates making snarky commentary even in the middle of a battle. They really are exactly as advertised- Young Avengers. Bunch of teenage fanboys (...and girls) trying to be superheroes. And sometimes they even succeed!
"Okay, this completely violates Growing Man continuity."
Billy is one of the more fanboyish of the fanboy squad- he hero-worships the Avengers and many other superheroes of the world, speaking to them with respect and sometimes even awe, often making quiet "aside" comments about how he can't believe this is actually happening, or his teammates won't believe him, or how awesome it is. He is a superhero geek to the very core. He's a geek to the point where you could compare him to one of those walking-dictionary comic convention panelists. (The kind people just want to punch sometimes.) Often times in battle or when the team is facing off against a hero or villain they haven't met before, Billy is the one to recognize the person and in some cases state their significance to a degree that ought to be worrying. It comes in handy on occasion, though. He's also a Norse mythology geek (his super-alter ego was originally based on Thor, after all), and is almost certainly into comics and video games, too. For a character who is normally rather dry and sarcastic, his geekdom is one of the things that gets him really enthusiastic and passionate about.
"Your mom died protecting the one person she loved more than anyone in the universe. She was a hero... just like her son."
The geek side comes hand in hand with the fact that he's kind of... well, sensitive. He cries, he's sometimes easily offended, and he loves to touch people. He's the first to set a companionable hand on someone's shoulder or to offer an encouraging word, and it doesn't take much invitation for him to try and get close to someone. He likes musicals and cozying up to his loved ones and holding hands and- okay, he really is the epitome of bully fodder in high school. But he's not a pushover either, even if you were to ignore the superhero powers. He'll use logic and clever thinking to avoid a conflict if it's possible, and if it's not, then he'll face the problem head-on and deal with it. So what if his hills are alive with the sound of music when the costume comes off?
"They're not your people. They're not even people."
As a contrast to the above, Billy can be really insensitive at times when it comes to the feelings of other people, and it shows through some of the careless remarks he makes or the dismissal of the concerns of his friends; when Teddy attempts to save the Super Skrull during the invasion storyline he angrily brings up the fact that the aforementioned Skrull murdered Teddy's adoptive mother. He's quick to backpedal, of course, but it doesn't change the fact that he doesn't always think about what he's saying before he says it. He even slips in a little racist commentary with phenomenally bad timing, eg. saying the Skrulls are "not even people" to Teddy, who is half-Skrull himself. It's not to say that he is intentionally racist- he's later shown to say that Teddy's half-Skrull heritage is "cool", but even so: careless remarks are not unusual, coming from him. He also has a pretty lousy temper and a tendency to rage quit when he hears something he really doesn't want to hear. Very few people can get him to stop and think about what he's doing beforehand, Teddy being one of them. He's also pretty sarcastic, making the occasional snippy commentary even at the most unfitting of times.
"Let him go, or yours will become a suicide mission."
He is very protective of his teammates and the people he cares about, and he's not afraid to use his rather extensive powers to keep them safe and alive when he's around. Case in point: stopping a nuclear explosion and putting twenty people in a coma with a single thought when Teddy is injured by one of them. (...Actually a lot of his more volatile reactions stem from Things That Happen to Teddy. Don't screw with an overclocked mutant in love.) He follows the Avengers moral code of "don't kill" as well as his own values re: taking a human (or even alien) life, and the one time he does threaten to kill someone, he's very shaken up by it after the fact. Murder or even killing in the name of self-defense is something he keeps in mind almost constantly while in battle, particularly because he's packing a lot of power.
"Please don't worry. It's not like I'm planning to invade Latveria, confront Dr. Doom, and rescue the Scarlet Witch tonight. At least, that's not the plan."
He can be really careless about self-preservation sometimes; he's impatient about Getting Things Done and will too-often charge off into danger regardless of the potential consequences (eg. injury, danger, capture, a lecture from the boyfriend). He does have tremendous faith in his friends/teammates, so even while rushing into the aforementioned danger he still has plenty of confidence that they'd come and rescue him if he got in over his head. That faith in people often even carries over into people that he may not necessarily know well, but has a great opinion of: he's quick to defend the actions of the Scarlet Witch despite her mass-mutant genocide, justifying her actions as possibly having been possessed by some evil entity despite no evidence to back up his claim. He also believes in her (admittedly true) claim to not remember any of her history with the Avengers or her crimes. Because she's his mother and favourite member of the Avengers, he doesn't hesitate to think the best of her. On the flip side, he refuses to believe Dr. Doom's self-proclaimed good intentions in regards to the Scarlet Witch, assuming he's brainwashed her or placed her under a spell rather than genuinely loving her. In his mind, "good guys" can do terrible things and still redeem themselves, but it's harder to convince him that "bad guys" can be good.
"I've never really had a problem with being different from other people. It's other people who have the problem with me."
Even though he has a history of bullying and gay bashing from school, Billy isn't meek or easily intimidated. Thanks to the Scarlet Witch's encouragement before he discovered he had powers of his own, he learned to stand his ground even when facing insurmountable odds- not for his own sake, but for the sake of other people that he wanted to protect - and in the process, he discovered that he had the power to really protect people. In a way, it's because of her that he's a part of the Young Avengers now, and he's never stopped being grateful to her. At the same time, however, the accidental misfire of his powers nearly got one of his bullies killed, so he's had to keep that in mind since it happened. He does have a lot of confidence that his morals will carry forward into his abilities- since his spells are created by his wishes, and he believes that he'd never wish for someone to die, he doesn't worry as much as the others that he could be too powerful (or, even worse, end up like the Scarlet Witch).
"Now, would anyone other than the team sociopath care to weigh in?"
One of the most solid things to note about Billy is that there's no pretense about him, no faking, no bullshit. He says what's on his mind, whenever it comes to mind, regardless of who he's talking to. He speaks freely with his friends, his parents, his heroes- he mouths off to Iron Man and Captain America and offers no apologies. No matter whose company he's in, he is himself, and they're stuck with his true self whether they like it or not. He still keeps secrets, of course- he's not a completely open book about everything. But if sometimes comes to mind and he knows that he can say it? You better believe that he will. Consequences be damned. ...And usually apologized for, after the fact. He's not totally callous or anything when he realizes he's done wrong, especially if he belatedly notices that he's hurt someone.
...Okay to sum it all up, Billy's basically a snarky little fanboy with superpowers. God help us all.
Powers: As both a witch and a mutant, as well as the son of the Scarlet Witch, Wiccan has some pretty formidable (and kind of meta) powers in his arsenal. He describes them as "magic powers [that] essentially come from wishing on stuff really hard", but it's technically a derivative of Wanda's reality-bending ability. Most of his more powerful spells (and sometimes the easy ones, if he's not thinking clearly or if there's no sense of urgency) require him to chant his wishes aloud, and the length of time or amount of chanting varies from spell to spell. Almost all of his magic takes the form of a blue energy, forming from his hands and spreading to wherever he wants it to go. I've got a summary of Billy's magic here.
As for the game itself, Billy's powers have a tendency to malfunction at inopportune times anyway, so I'm thinking upping the likelihood of that happening and downgrading the effectiveness would be a good handicap for him. It's hard to limit powers that are basically unlimited as far as what they can do, so putting a limit on how well they work is a good start. If you want any specific limits placed on him, feel free to tell me and I'd be happy to work within the rules. :|b