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icanbeanyoneOUT of CHARACTER
Name: Bri
Other characters: Anna Morasca (itswhoyouare)
IN CHARACTER
Name: Vanessa Carlysle (Copycat)
Fandom: Marvel
Canon point/AU: Post-Death
Journal:icanbeanyone
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Headshot:
History: Official Marvel Universe Profile
Presentation: (Appearance) Vanessa's appearance typically varies as a metamorph, but she has two main looks. Vanessa is 5'9" medium build with long blonde hair and blue eyes, but Copycat (her natural form) is 6'0" tall of a lean, muscled build. This look is much more striking due to her blue skin, red eyes, and snow white hair. As Copycat, she's typically seen wearing a red, skintight leather suit that suits her purposes as a mercenary rather well.
(Personality) Vanessa is a woman who is neither good, nor evil. She is simply out for herself. From a young age, she's done everything necessary to ensure her survival in a world that doesn't show kindness to young girls, let alone mutants. Though she was once a carefree and happy child, the difficulties she’s been through have made Vanessa wary of others. She trusts no one but herself and constantly expects other people to take advantage of her if she lets them. Instead, this manifests outwardly into a devil-may-care confidence that can sometimes come off as arrogance in her interactions with everyday people.
Vanessa has spent years as a prostitute, operating under the notion that the client is a God. Do exactly what he wants, be his fantasy, and he is a very happy God. Step out of line or break the fantasy, and he is an angry God. Through this experience she has learned how to read and manipulate people around her, and she is not above using her sexuality to her advantage when it comes to getting what she wants from men around her. She knows what she wants, and how to get it, and she's willing to step on anyone to get it.
Motivations: Vanessa has had to fend for herself most of her life. Ignored by her parents and mocked by the kids at the school, she learnt very quickly that no one was going to take care of her, except herself. After running away from home when she was about ten, she quickly learnt how to be responsible for herself and figured out exactly what she needed to get by in life - and how to get it. Even now she cherishes her independence - she might actually have friends and lovers these days, but she still holds enough of herself back that she wouldn't be devastated if she lost them. She would just move on, and continue to survive.
Vanessa has seen the worst humanity can offer, and she's somewhat comfortable with it. While she doesn't think it is okay to be doing some of the things she's seen, she gets that it happens. She finds it hard to get outraged by it either - people are awful and terrible and do amazingly cruel things to each other. She’s more likely to be surprised at people that do actually do the right thing by people, especially if it's because they truly want to be doing that, and they aren't just doing it to score points with someone - her, their peers, God, whatever. She’s pretty suspicious of everyone - everyone has an ulterior motive for doing something, and it's pretty rare that that motive involves caring about the other person.
She's also fairly willing to do whatever she needs to to survive - there's not much she won't do if she's getting paid for it. Sleep with people, kill them, con them out of their life savings? Whatever. She has a right to survive, and she'll do what is necessary to continue to do that. Her life is ultimately more important than anyone else's.
SAMPLES
Thread: Not quite 10 comments, can elaborate if needed.
Prose: A fight to the death, they said. Impress the people in the booth and you stand a better chance of winning. Considering she was just dead not too long ago, there wasn't really room to argue.
After all, it's not every day that one gets resurrected. Unless they're Jesus, but that's a matter of religion and Copycat herself hardly submits to any of that nonsense.
"Well, then. Let's have some fun."
Her ruby red lips quirk into a sly smile and she flexes her fingers. Then she waits. And waits. And... she's not shifting into Deadpool. Okay, maybe Domino. Nope. Sabretooth? No. Cable. No. Vanessa Carlysle. Yes. She can become her human-looking self, but that's it. She hasn't lost her powers entirely, they've just been... modified.
Oh, well. She didn't exactly require them to kill someone, but they certainly made things more fun. Mercenary training happened to be a plus in this instance, though, because she picked up a pair of katanas and swiftly moved through the shadows of the room to precisely decapitate each mannequin between where the C3 and C4 vertebrae would've been. The swords twirled effortlessly around her hands and she returned to her blue, white, and red form innocently.
"How's that?"
What is your character scored: 10. On a scale of 1-7 on the official Marvel universe rating system, her intelligence and fighting skills alone are seven. Strength, speed, and durability place themselves at five. This is with or without her mutation, and obviously any of them can be amplified with her powers depending on who she duplicates. (Summary of her powers included below in the event she would have access to them.)
As a mutant metamorph, her mutant physiology gives her blue skin, white hair, and luminescent red eyes. However, Copycat is able to duplicate another humanoid or near-humanoid so accurately that even those closest to them can't tell the difference. Copycat's morphing seems to go to the genetic level, where she can reproduce powers as well. This ability functions in a sponge-like way, meaning that Copycat will begin to mimic another person just by being near them, sometimes involuntarily.
This ability allows her to impersonate others down to the genetic level by copying their genetic templates, this includes brain patterns, thus making it very difficult for even those with psychic powers to distinguish her from the original individuals that she has impersonated.
Her powers of mimicry were also modified against her will by the Weapon X program in order to speed up the time she needed in order to copy people. The side-effect of that process left her unable to retain memories, or even to maintain any one shape for extended periods, although now she seems to be much more stable after her 'death'.
Copycat's mutation allows her to copy another person's appearance, as well as any mutation or superhuman ability. However, she does not inherit memories or experiences. Copycat has to have been near enough at one point to shift into another person, and had at least a minute of contact to duplicate mutations/powers. If sufficiently injured, she loses the ability to hold her shape and still has trouble maintaining one shape for more than 24 hours at a time.
Name: Bri
Other characters: Anna Morasca (
itswhoyouare)IN CHARACTER
Name: Vanessa Carlysle (Copycat)
Fandom: Marvel
Canon point/AU: Post-Death
Journal:
icanbeanyoneIcon:
Headshot:
History: Official Marvel Universe Profile
Presentation: (Appearance) Vanessa's appearance typically varies as a metamorph, but she has two main looks. Vanessa is 5'9" medium build with long blonde hair and blue eyes, but Copycat (her natural form) is 6'0" tall of a lean, muscled build. This look is much more striking due to her blue skin, red eyes, and snow white hair. As Copycat, she's typically seen wearing a red, skintight leather suit that suits her purposes as a mercenary rather well.
(Personality) Vanessa is a woman who is neither good, nor evil. She is simply out for herself. From a young age, she's done everything necessary to ensure her survival in a world that doesn't show kindness to young girls, let alone mutants. Though she was once a carefree and happy child, the difficulties she’s been through have made Vanessa wary of others. She trusts no one but herself and constantly expects other people to take advantage of her if she lets them. Instead, this manifests outwardly into a devil-may-care confidence that can sometimes come off as arrogance in her interactions with everyday people.
Vanessa has spent years as a prostitute, operating under the notion that the client is a God. Do exactly what he wants, be his fantasy, and he is a very happy God. Step out of line or break the fantasy, and he is an angry God. Through this experience she has learned how to read and manipulate people around her, and she is not above using her sexuality to her advantage when it comes to getting what she wants from men around her. She knows what she wants, and how to get it, and she's willing to step on anyone to get it.
Motivations: Vanessa has had to fend for herself most of her life. Ignored by her parents and mocked by the kids at the school, she learnt very quickly that no one was going to take care of her, except herself. After running away from home when she was about ten, she quickly learnt how to be responsible for herself and figured out exactly what she needed to get by in life - and how to get it. Even now she cherishes her independence - she might actually have friends and lovers these days, but she still holds enough of herself back that she wouldn't be devastated if she lost them. She would just move on, and continue to survive.
Vanessa has seen the worst humanity can offer, and she's somewhat comfortable with it. While she doesn't think it is okay to be doing some of the things she's seen, she gets that it happens. She finds it hard to get outraged by it either - people are awful and terrible and do amazingly cruel things to each other. She’s more likely to be surprised at people that do actually do the right thing by people, especially if it's because they truly want to be doing that, and they aren't just doing it to score points with someone - her, their peers, God, whatever. She’s pretty suspicious of everyone - everyone has an ulterior motive for doing something, and it's pretty rare that that motive involves caring about the other person.
She's also fairly willing to do whatever she needs to to survive - there's not much she won't do if she's getting paid for it. Sleep with people, kill them, con them out of their life savings? Whatever. She has a right to survive, and she'll do what is necessary to continue to do that. Her life is ultimately more important than anyone else's.
SAMPLES
Thread: Not quite 10 comments, can elaborate if needed.
Prose: A fight to the death, they said. Impress the people in the booth and you stand a better chance of winning. Considering she was just dead not too long ago, there wasn't really room to argue.
After all, it's not every day that one gets resurrected. Unless they're Jesus, but that's a matter of religion and Copycat herself hardly submits to any of that nonsense.
"Well, then. Let's have some fun."
Her ruby red lips quirk into a sly smile and she flexes her fingers. Then she waits. And waits. And... she's not shifting into Deadpool. Okay, maybe Domino. Nope. Sabretooth? No. Cable. No. Vanessa Carlysle. Yes. She can become her human-looking self, but that's it. She hasn't lost her powers entirely, they've just been... modified.
Oh, well. She didn't exactly require them to kill someone, but they certainly made things more fun. Mercenary training happened to be a plus in this instance, though, because she picked up a pair of katanas and swiftly moved through the shadows of the room to precisely decapitate each mannequin between where the C3 and C4 vertebrae would've been. The swords twirled effortlessly around her hands and she returned to her blue, white, and red form innocently.
"How's that?"
What is your character scored: 10. On a scale of 1-7 on the official Marvel universe rating system, her intelligence and fighting skills alone are seven. Strength, speed, and durability place themselves at five. This is with or without her mutation, and obviously any of them can be amplified with her powers depending on who she duplicates. (Summary of her powers included below in the event she would have access to them.)
As a mutant metamorph, her mutant physiology gives her blue skin, white hair, and luminescent red eyes. However, Copycat is able to duplicate another humanoid or near-humanoid so accurately that even those closest to them can't tell the difference. Copycat's morphing seems to go to the genetic level, where she can reproduce powers as well. This ability functions in a sponge-like way, meaning that Copycat will begin to mimic another person just by being near them, sometimes involuntarily.
This ability allows her to impersonate others down to the genetic level by copying their genetic templates, this includes brain patterns, thus making it very difficult for even those with psychic powers to distinguish her from the original individuals that she has impersonated.
Her powers of mimicry were also modified against her will by the Weapon X program in order to speed up the time she needed in order to copy people. The side-effect of that process left her unable to retain memories, or even to maintain any one shape for extended periods, although now she seems to be much more stable after her 'death'.
Copycat's mutation allows her to copy another person's appearance, as well as any mutation or superhuman ability. However, she does not inherit memories or experiences. Copycat has to have been near enough at one point to shift into another person, and had at least a minute of contact to duplicate mutations/powers. If sufficiently injured, she loses the ability to hold her shape and still has trouble maintaining one shape for more than 24 hours at a time.