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thepriceoffreedom) wrote2006-10-23 09:29 am
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Dragon Called Application
The Basics
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Character Name: Steve Rogers
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Character Details
Canon Point: Post Captain America: Civil War
Species: Human (Serum Enhanced)
Timeline of Important Events in Canon History:
Joseph Rogers (Steve's dad) killed in action during WWI before Steve's birth.
Steve Rogers was born, July 4, 1918 in Brooklyn, NY
Steve met James "Bucky" Barnes, who was inspired by Steve's refusal to give up and resilient nature, and came to his aid against the bullies in Steve's life.
The two become very close friends
At 18 (1936) Steve loses his mother to tuberculosis
After learning that America had joined the war (WWII) Steve became determined to do his part. He wanted to join and help in the fight against the Axis Powers
Steve attempted to enlist with the army at one of the US Recruiting stations in NY
Due to a myriad of health issues both his own and in his family history, as well as his physical capabilities (or lack thereof), Steve was rejected and classified as 4F
Steve made multiple attempts to re-enlist, changing slight details for each recruitment station, but was repeatedly rejected much to his frustration. Still, he refused to give up.
Bucky attempted to dissuade him before one of these attempts, worried Steve would be arrested for lying on his forms, or accepted and killed overseas.
Steve refused to stop trying, stating that he had no right to do any less than the rest of the men who were enlisting to fight in the war. He insisted that he needed to fight for his country, and the two said their good byes at the entrance to the enlistment center, knowing Bucky was about to be shipped off to fight, and not knowing when or if they would see each other again.
Their conversation was overheard by Dr. Abraham Erskine, who was inspired by Steve's determination and the reasons he gave Bucky for wanting to join the fight. After a brief interview in the enlistment office, Erskine further questioned Steve on his motivation, asking if he was joining the war because he wanted to kill Nazis. Steve's response that he didn't want to kill anyone and his explanation that he did not like bullies no matter where they were from, impressed Erskine, who offered Steve the opportunity to join Project Rebirth.
Steve was accepted into Project Rebirth and sent to Camp Leigh where he entered basic training with the rest of the candidates to determine who would be best suited for the secret Super Soldier serum experiment being run by the SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve.
Despite extreme physical limitations and constantly falling behind in training exercises, Steve refused to give up, pushing himself to his limits constantly and proving himself repeatedly through his actions.
Eventually Steve was chosen to be the first to receive the serum
Steve had a last conversation with Erskine the night before the experiment, where the Doctor told Steve about the serums previous applications and how it could affect and change the people it was used on. He explained his reasoning for choosing Steve was that he knew Steve was a good man, and that having known what it was to be weak his entire life, Erskine believed Steve would not lose respect for the strength he would be gaining with the serum, and would not suffer the same fate as Johann Schmidt had.
Steve was escorted to the underground facility by Peggy Carter the next day, and the two briefly discussed his past during their trip. The two bonded over a shared understanding of being judged and picked on for something neither of them could change. (Steve for his size and Peggy for being a woman).
After being injected with the serum and the Vita Radiation from Howard Stark's machine, Steve went through massive physical changes, going from being 5'4" and 94 pounds with multiple illnesses to physically fit, 6'2" and 240 lbs.
Almost immediately after the success of the experiment, an assassin shot Erskine and stole the remaining serum, fleeing the scene. Steve was unable to do anything for Erskine, who tapped his heart to remind him of their earlier conversation before dying.
Enraged and running on adrenaline, Steve took off after Erskine's assassin on foot, chasing Kruger and his stolen taxi cab while learning as he went how much he was now capable of doing that he had never been able to do before.
Steve became a propaganda icon for the war, starring in comic books and movie serials that showed him helping the soldiers fight in the war. His tours included posing for photos and signing autographs and for a while he almost believed he was helping.
Eventually Steve's tour was sent overseas to Italy, where he learned that most of Bucky's unit had been lost behind enemy lines and were believed to be killed in action
Unable to accept that his best friend was dead, and unwilling to sit by and do nothing when the army believed their resources were better spent not going after the lost men, Steve stole weapons and equipment, determined to go find Bucky
Steve's actions led to the safe return of over 400 soldiers, offering to accept punishment for acting against orders, but instead he was acknowledged as a hero
Howard Stark provided Steve with new armor and equipment, including his new uniform and the Vibranium shield that would one day become his symbol.
The Howling Commandos traveled all across Europe on their missions, sabotaging and destroying every known HYDRA base they came across. Steve kept the name of Captain America, and the war propaganda now used photos and film of Steve and his Howling Commandos in action.
On a mission to locate Zola, Steve, Bucky and Gabe Jones (One of the other Howling Commandos) zip-lined down to Zola's armored train and fought their way to him.
Steve and Bucky were ambushed on the train and the resulting fight ended in Bucky being thrown from the train down the snowy cliffs it raced across. Steve was unable to save him and Bucky was presumed dead. Zola was captured and handed over to the Allied forces but Steve's shock at the loss of his best friend hit Steve hard.
After the mission, Steve attempted to drown his sorrows in one of the bombed out towns, alone in a pub. He discovered that the serum prevented him from being able to feel the affects of alcohol and was joined by Peggy, who attempted to reassure Steve that Bucky's death was not his fault.
Steve led an all out assault on Hydra's main base and managed to get aboard a plane filled with bombs meant for the world's major cities. He confronted and fought with Johann Schmidt until the man grabbed the Tesseract without its containment unit, disappearing and allowing the Tesseract to drop to (and eat through) the floor before plummeting into the ocean.
Steve attempted to alter the path of the ship filled with bombs intended for all the major cities in the world, but realized there was no way to escape the plane and that it was going too quickly to stop it from its trajectory toward New York. After asking Peggy for a rain check on their dance over the intercom, Steve crashed the plane into the ice of the Arctic to destroy it. The crash left Steve trapped in ice in the arctic for 67 years despite Stark's attempts to find him.
Eventually the plane and Steve were found by Nick Fury's SHIELD team<
Fury later approached Steve, asking him to take a mission to help save the world and caught him up on the state of things, informing him that Loki had stolen the Tesseract. Steve mentioned that they should have left it at the bottom of the ocean when asked if he could tell them more about it, but agreed to take the mission.
The Avengers were formed and went up against Loki at a Gala in Germany, where Steve expressed that Loki was like any other bully and refused to surrender to him, holding his own until Iron Man arrived to help.
When arguments broke out among the Avengers, Steve and Tony fought over the ethics of heroism, Steve accused Tony of not being able to make a sacrifice play, and Tony told Steve he was only a hero due to the serum. As the fight escalated, the helicarrier came under attack, Loki was freed and the Avengers were forced to work together to keep it from falling out of the sky.
Coulson was killed during the altercation, and his death led to the eventual formation and solidifying of the Avengers team. After getting their focus back on the mission, the team traveled to Stark Tower, where Loki was acquiring power to open a portal with the Tesseract.
The team fought the Battle of New York, fighting off a near endless army of alien creatures that were attacking the city through a portal. Eventually they were able to fight their way through the army, send a missile through and close the portal, and take Loki and the tesseract into custody. Steve took command of the team during the battle, and Tony proved himself by nearly sacrificing himself to take out the Chitauri Command Center on the other side of the portal.
Steve joined SHIELD and trained in parkour and many forms of martial arts. He worked with other SHIELD agents, especially Natasha and Brock Rumlow. The three of them were eventually assigned to take out a terrorist cell that had stolen a Zodiac weapon of SHIELD's and were threatening to use it on Willis Tower in Chicago. Steve continued to work with SHIELD on missions while living in Washington, D.C.
Eventually he met another army veteran by the name of Sam Wilson who understood Steve's experiences and the difficulties of returning home after fighting a war. He and Wilson talked about their lives and music before Steve left for another mission with Natasha.
After taking back and rescuing the passengers of the Lemurian Star in the Indian Ocean, Steve learned than Natasha's mission on the ship was different than his own, and Steve blamed Natasha's secondary mission for the escape of Batroc, the man who had hijacked the ship.
When confronting Fury about the secrets being kept from him, Steve learned about Project Insight and was extremely uncomfortable with SHIELD's plans and methods for the new helicarriers.
Steve was forced to attend a hearing after Fury awas attacked and 'killed' while at Steve's apartment. He was questioned by Alexander Pierce, Secretary to the World Security Council. Pierce questioned Steve about Fury, claiming he was Nick's oldest friend and wanted to know who killed him. He also claimed that Fury was responsible for the Lumurian Star hijacking.
Steve did not trust Pierce and revealed nothing to him. He realized after he left and his elevator was continually boarded by more people that they were there to take him down. Steve offered them one chance to leave and then fought them all, eventually jumping out of the elevator to the concrete far below and escaping on a motorcycle.
With no where else to turn to and no one to trust, Steve and Natasha sought refuge with Sam, who decided to join them in their fight. After kidnapping and interrogating one of HYDRA's agents they learned what the algorithm was for and that Project Insight was in fact a HYDRA project meant to eliminate anyone HYDRA viewed as a threat to the world.
Before they could do more the trio were attacked by the Winter Soldier, and during the battle Steve got a look at his face and realized the man was in fact Bucky. Steve, Natasha and Sam were captured by Rumlow and some other SHIELD agents and eventually rescued by Maria Hill and tekn to the secret facility where the (not so dead) Nick Fury had been laying low and recovering.
After learning more about Project Insight from Fury the trio took off to stop the helicarriers.
Moments before Steve could finish inserting the last chip needed to destroy Project Insight, Steve was once more attacked by the Winter Soldier. Although he fought hard to get the chip in place, Steve repeatedly asked Bucky to stop fighting and refused to truly fight him. Realizing he could not get through to Bucky, Steve was forced to fight Bucky and finally managed to subdue him in a non lethal manner. Once he installed the chip and Maria had control of the helicarriers Steve ordered her to make them fire on each other despite still being on board.
Steve freed Bucky from the rubble he had been trapped beneath and the two fought again, Steve refusing to fight back as Bucky easily won and continued to try to beat him to death. Steve attempted to remind Bucky of who he was, referencing discussions of their past with a promise Bucky had made to him decades ago that he was with him 'till the end of the line". The phrase caused the Winter Soldier's onslaught to pause long enough for Steve to plummet to the water below, and Bucky eventually pulled him to safety before disappearing again
A cruel illusion from Wanda attempted to break Steve's heart by reminding him of the life he could have had. The team's defeat at the hands of Ultron and the Maximoff twins forced Steve and the rest of the avengers to retreat to Clint's secret homestead.
The team recovered and reorganized and then went after Ultron in Seoul, managing to steal the 'cradle', a device Ultron had been using to create himself a body. Thor activated the rescued machine, helping bring Vision into creation.
With the help of the Maximoff twins and Vision, the Avengers were able to evacuate Sokovia, defeat Ultron and save the planet once more, though not without a desperate fight and the loss of Quicksilver.
Because of the destruction and damages caused whenever the Avengers sprang into action, 117 nations signed into existence the Sokovia Accords, demanding that the Avengers sign their names and agree to allow themselves to be regulated and not act on their own. Opinions were greatly divided, but Steve was hesitant to sign the bill, believing that they would be surrendering their right to choose. He didn't believe any government should have the ability to tell them when and where they could go and that it would slow down the avengers ability to act in emergencies and even keep them from acting at all or make them weapons to be deployed. He feared a repeat of the HYDRA infiltration of SHIELD
Upon refusal to sign, Ross informed the team that any actions outside of the law would brand them as wanted criminals.
Later finding out Bucky had been accused of attacking the convention where the Accords were to be signed, Steve decided to go after Bucky on his own, determined to find him before anyone else could do so.
Steve fought Black Panther who was determined to Kill Bucky for what he had done, and eventually Bucky and Steve were taken into custody, though Steve had succeeded in making sure Bucky was not killed.
Ross confiscated Steve and Sam's equipment and uniforms, and the two watched Bucky's interview through the TV.
Steve was suspicious that Bucky had been framed, and realized something was wrong just before the compound lost power and Bucky was reactivated by Zemo.
After Bucky's attack on the facility, Steve eventually managed to subdue and restrain Bucky until the effects of the reactivation had worn off.
Steve and Sam learned about the rest of the Winter Soldiers at the Siberian HYDRA facility from Bucky, and gather a team of allies with the intent of going after Zemo before he could wake them.
With Sam, Bucky, Wanda, Clint and Scott on his side, Steve and his team took on Tony's group of allies at the Leipzig airport, and eventually Steve and Bucky were able to escape on the Quinjet with Natasha's help.
During the fight War Machine's spine was broken. An enraged Tony Stark and the revenge driven Black Panther followed Steve and Bucky
Once at the Siberian Facility, Bucky and Steve found that all the Winter Soldiers had been executed, and that Zemo had been planning his revenge since Sokovia and intended to pit the Avengers against one another because he blamed them for the loss of his family.
Zemo revealed the video that showed Bucky killing Howard and Maria, setting Tony into a vengeance fueled rage when he realized that Steve had known about it before, though he had not known Bucky had been behind it.
Despite attempts to calm Tony, the other man flew into a rage, and Steve, Tony and Bucky fought savagely, resulting in Tony destroying Bucky's arm. Steve's attempts to defend Bucky escalated until Steve destroyed the arc reactor with his shield and Tony remarking at a retreating Steve that he didn't deserve the SHIELD. Steve dropped it, leaving the scene with Bucky and leaving Tony behind.
Once Steve managed to get Bucky to the safety of Wakanda, and with the promise that T'Challa would keep him safe from HYDRA and anyone else who came looking. Steve said good bye to his friend and watched as Bucky was put back into cryosleep until they could find a way to deprogram HYDRA's brainwashing.
Steve indirectly apologized to Tony through a letter, and a package containing a phone that Tony could reach him with if he or any of the Avengers ever needed him.
Steve then freed the imprisoned avengers that had helped him fight at the airport from the prison Raft and fled.
Personality:
Steve Rogers comes from an older time, when patriotism and freedom were more than just words, but great ideals used to keep a nation pushing forward in a dark time of war. He's defined by the generation he came from, where values and moral fibre were integral parts of society, and which he firmly believes are not the rarities people make them out to be when they talk about him.
Growing up in the Great Depression. The world around him was stuck in hard times, and it was the influences of his youth that did a lot to shape Steve into the man he became. He doesn't take things for granted. He values what he has, and the idea of being wasteful is one that still makes him uncomfortable. He lived in a time when the world around him was going downhill, and rather than let it drag him down it molded Steve into a resilient man who held fast to what he believed in and refused to quit.
He was raised by his mother, while she was alive, to be courteous, respectful and polite, and to help those in need, no matter what the inconvenience to himself may be. These values stuck with Steve. Despite his small size and frail body, Steve stuck by his beliefs and never backed down from a bully, no matter the odds against him. He knew better than most how the world looked down on the people it considered weak and he would not sit by to watch or listen to anyone treating another person as less than an equal.
Along with this, Steve held a higher respect for women than most men of his time. Part of this developed due to the weak image he knew other people saw him as, but a strong part of this was again the influence of his mother and the changing world he grew up in. The times were seeing a lot of changes in women in the workforce, and their presence in the media. Fighting for the recognition and equality they deserved. Steve could never sit by when a woman was being treated poorly, and it's clear from his interactions with Peggy and other women in the early films that even before waking up in the future Steve acknowledged that women were just as capable as men.
Steve believes so firmly in his values that he will not back down, and he is more than willing to fight for them, and for everyone else. To his own death, if necessary. He will never stand by and watch when he could be doing something to help. The very idea of having to stay on the sidelines bothered him so much he was willing to risk being thrown in jail just for the chance to fight in the war. To do his duty to protect the people, both of his country, and any under duress from what he perceived as people in the wrong, or bullies.
The stubborn surety with which Steve sticks by his decisions only continues to show the more that is shown of him. Despite the attempts of others to reason with him, Steve refused to believe that he could not bring Bucky back from what Hydra had done to him, and save his former friend. He refused to kill Bucky, and only fought with him for long enough that he could accomplish his primary goal. Once Hydra's plan was destroyed, however, and his objective complete, Steve was willing to let Bucky kill him rather than give up on the man who had helped him through life before they were separated by war and apparent death. Even if it meant tossing down his weapons and risking death at the hands of Hydra's assassin, he was willing to risk it for the smallest chance that his best friend might still be inside him and able to be saved.
When Steve puts his faith in something, he holds onto that faith as firmly as he can. Several times that faith has been shaken, twice in SHIELD, but Steve refused to give up on anything until he was certain there was no other way. He is a clever man, and does not put his beliefs blindly into anything, but his stubborn nature can keep him from realizing the truth quickly enough when those beliefs are poorly placed.
He has a lot of faith in the country he believes America to be, which is largely the country the 1940s media made America out to be. A land of freedom, opportunity, and morality. A country that stands up for the little guy and offers protection and sanctuary to those in need. When the time came for a call to arms of America's able-bodied men, Steve stepped up to join his fellow countrymen in a fight that was their duty. And when he was turned away, Steve continued, undeterred, to try and get his way into the army. He believed the only way to make a difference was to get himself into the Army as well, despite Bucky's suggestions he might find something to help out with back home. This attitude remained with him even after the war, and still remains well after SHIELD fails to be what it promised to be.
For Steve, America is an idea and an ideal, and it is that ideal that he fights for. Not the government, SHIELD or anyone else. He follows orders, like any soldier. But if those orders fail to uphold what he believes in, Steve has learned to question them, and even go against them.
Though he is good at keeping it under control and his temper tends to burn low and cold, it is a strong and persistent temper. Steve is the sort of man who will keep his fists at his side but keep pushing until the damn breaks, and then his temper fuels a dangerous determination that, when paired with his stubborn nature, makes Steve truly dangerous. He will do what he believes needs to be done at risk of his own life without hesitation. The more personal it is, the less likely Steve is to wait around for an alternative or for things to get worse. This is the man who charged a hydra base solo; who crashed a ship into the ocean rather than risk more innocent lives and who took control in the alien invasion on Earth and stepped up to fill the leadership role of the Avengers, directing strategy in battle against unpredictable and unknown foes of impossible odds. Making an enemy of Steve Rogers is one of the worst decisions anyone can make, as once he has reason to, he will stop at next to nothing to take his enemies down.
It was Steve's need to do what was right, as much as his need to prove himself, that kept pushing him onward. And it was this that Erskine saw, that made him realize Steve was the right kind of man for the Serum. Even after becoming a super soldier, Steve retained his humble roots. He wasn't afraid to step up where necessary and take charge of the situation, but he can also be the man who takes orders and works as a part of the team. He is head strong, determined and nearly unshakable in his beliefs. But when the mask and the suit come off, Steve is still the same reserved, soft-spoken man he has always been. He has his own quiet humor, and while he has grown more confident, he still has a touch of social awkwardness that remains from before he became Captain America. While Steve takes war and danger very seriously, he has learned to be a bit more light-hearted even in the heat of battle.
Steve has begun to realize how much he has become a symbol. He fights to keep what that symbol was meant to represent to be true. The suit is a responsibility to the people he fights to protect. It's a promise of what he will do for them, and what he must always fight for. Both what is right and the freedom of the people who can't fight for it on their own. While he knows he may be a lot of things, in Steve's mind he is still just a man trying to do the right thing. Not an infallible hero.
When it comes to his own life, Steve seems to be nearly fearless. He will fight until his goals are accomplished, but he will also throw himself onto a grenade to save others without a second thought, and face any obstacle, no matter how large, without shying away or turning his back. He is the man who, in his own words, is willing to make the sacrifice play.
Abilities, Magic and Supernatural Skills/Afflictions:
Serum-Enhanced Human:
Thanks to the Super Soldier serum, Steve's abilities are at the highest peak of human potential. I'll go into minor details about each just for clarification
Elemental Alignment:
Dragon:
The egg Steve will find will be about half the size of a cat and have a soft shell similar to a sea turtle egg. The egg itself will be brown with darker brown spots in varying sizes.
Once hatched, Dodger (named for Brooklyn's old baseball team) will have a wyvern style body with bat-like wings and a long whiptail. She will be brown with russet/red markings similar to a leopard shark's. The underside of her body and wings are both cream colored and she has two light brown eyes with reptilian pupil slits. When fully grown her wingspan will be about equal to her length from nose to tail tip, which is somewhere around 5.5-5.75m, and she will be about 1.25 meters tall.
She has two wings that are attached to her forelegs, wyvern style. They are very similar to a bat's wings. She has two claws and an opposable third claw at the hand joint, with three more 'fingers' making up the framework of her wing. A bone from her elbow provides stabilization to the part of her wing closer to where it connects to her body. They are leathery and thin, and the veins are slightly visible within them. The forelegs the wings are attached to are thin and flexible. Her backlegs are much sturdier and end in two wide, shovel-like digging claws.
She has coarse bristly fur on her face similar to the feel of short whiskers that gradually flares out into a soft mane and shortens again down to her shoulders. From her shoulders to the tip of her tail the fur turns into a soft, suede like hide and ends in a tuft of fur on her tail. Dodger enjoys fruits, vegetables, meats and bits of wood or charcoal. Her favorite foods are fresh fish, apples, twigs and eggs of all kinds. She does not like acidic or citric foods.
Personality traits inherited from Character Bond:
Stubborn Nature
Determination
Doesn't know when to quit/stay down
Loyalty
Passionate dislike of bullies
Writing Samples
First Sample:
The city that surrounded Steve was as unfamiliar as the faces around him. Beyond the buildings, even what little of the horizon and land he could see felt strangely foreign and did nothing to ease the unsettling feeling of loss weighing heavily on his chest. He had felt a level of loss close to it only once before, when he had stepped out into Times Square and found the New York he had known and grown up in far gone and replaced by an almost alien world. This city was far from New York, that much was obvious, and Steve would have liked to have waited and found answers to the questions banging frantically around in his head, looking for a way out if there had not been another, stronger need that took hold of him.
The feeling of loss and being lost ebbed to the back of his mind as a stronger emotion took hold. Accompanied by another all too familiar emotion. He needed to find someone or something in particular. He knew where he had left Bucky, and it wasn't his old friend that his feet dragged forward in search of, as if acting almost on their own. There was something else pulling at him, and the need to find it was overriding even the unsettling sensation that he had somehow failed the entire planet.
Were his last memories the future Tony had seen? Steve could only guess, but as he entertained those thoughts he found himself at a set of stone steps that lead down into relative darkness, out of the light of a confusing day and world. He followed the steps, walking past circles of carved and glowing runes without even glancing at the eggs seated inside them. The only one in his focus a small, brown egg near the far cavern wall. It was barely as big as the first circle in his shield, and as Steve came to a stop in front of the rune covered circle around it he could almost feel it humming with energy.
His hand moved toward it, unwilling and unable to pull his eyes away from it. It could have been anything. It could have been a pressure or heat sensitive bomb, or some new alien device or Tesseract that could have done to him what the cube had done to Johann Schmidt. Yet Steve felt a calm ease settle over him when he approached it. He crouched down just inside the little ring of strange carvings and reached out, hesitating only a moment before his fingers brushed against the soft, leather egg. He could feel heat radiating from it, and as soon as his skin brushed the soft surface, the egg began to move, the shell pressing outwards and sinking back in as whatever was inside it fought to rip through the soft surface material.
And then a claw poked through the egg, followed by a single, oversized tooth. Both pulled and ripped at the shell until the egg split along the side and tumbled over, a slightly sticky and wet wing flopping onto the ground followed by a soft cry. Steve carefully moved the egg, rolling it gently against his hand and watched as three tiny claws reached out, grabbing at the air. He barely thought about anything but the feeling of wonder and confusion that slid along the outside of his mind as if detached from his own thoughts, and he brought his other hand toward the claws, watching the tiny 'hand' grip one of his fingers.
For a moment his eyes met the small brown eyes watching him from just inside the torn shell, and both he and the small creature just stared at one another. Then the spell seemed to break, the little hatchling gave off a sharp, piercing cry and grabbed his hand with both sets of wing claws, holding on tightly as it tried to pull itself free, and scrambling almost desperately to climb first onto his hand, and then up his arm. He didn't even have time to try and catch it before it had found its way into the front of his shirt and gripped firmly to the inside fabric, holding on for dear life.
"Easy, there." Steve's voice came out softer than he expected, his hand covering the lump under his shirt gently and he pulled just slightly to try and get a look at the unusual creature. It was like nothing Steve had seen before, but the strange, alien creature felt so familiar and important that Steve could only stare as it stared right back at him, the two contemplating one another in silence before his strange new companion's eyes slid shut, leaving Steve to wonder in confusion alone with the hatchling sleeping content and warm so close to his chest.
Second Sample: Test Drive
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Character Name: Steve Rogers
Character Journal:
thepriceoffreedomPlayer Name: Rocket
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Character Details
Canon Point: Post Captain America: Civil War
Species: Human (Serum Enhanced)
Timeline of Important Events in Canon History:
Personality:
Steve Rogers comes from an older time, when patriotism and freedom were more than just words, but great ideals used to keep a nation pushing forward in a dark time of war. He's defined by the generation he came from, where values and moral fibre were integral parts of society, and which he firmly believes are not the rarities people make them out to be when they talk about him.
Growing up in the Great Depression. The world around him was stuck in hard times, and it was the influences of his youth that did a lot to shape Steve into the man he became. He doesn't take things for granted. He values what he has, and the idea of being wasteful is one that still makes him uncomfortable. He lived in a time when the world around him was going downhill, and rather than let it drag him down it molded Steve into a resilient man who held fast to what he believed in and refused to quit.
He was raised by his mother, while she was alive, to be courteous, respectful and polite, and to help those in need, no matter what the inconvenience to himself may be. These values stuck with Steve. Despite his small size and frail body, Steve stuck by his beliefs and never backed down from a bully, no matter the odds against him. He knew better than most how the world looked down on the people it considered weak and he would not sit by to watch or listen to anyone treating another person as less than an equal.
Along with this, Steve held a higher respect for women than most men of his time. Part of this developed due to the weak image he knew other people saw him as, but a strong part of this was again the influence of his mother and the changing world he grew up in. The times were seeing a lot of changes in women in the workforce, and their presence in the media. Fighting for the recognition and equality they deserved. Steve could never sit by when a woman was being treated poorly, and it's clear from his interactions with Peggy and other women in the early films that even before waking up in the future Steve acknowledged that women were just as capable as men.
Steve believes so firmly in his values that he will not back down, and he is more than willing to fight for them, and for everyone else. To his own death, if necessary. He will never stand by and watch when he could be doing something to help. The very idea of having to stay on the sidelines bothered him so much he was willing to risk being thrown in jail just for the chance to fight in the war. To do his duty to protect the people, both of his country, and any under duress from what he perceived as people in the wrong, or bullies.
The stubborn surety with which Steve sticks by his decisions only continues to show the more that is shown of him. Despite the attempts of others to reason with him, Steve refused to believe that he could not bring Bucky back from what Hydra had done to him, and save his former friend. He refused to kill Bucky, and only fought with him for long enough that he could accomplish his primary goal. Once Hydra's plan was destroyed, however, and his objective complete, Steve was willing to let Bucky kill him rather than give up on the man who had helped him through life before they were separated by war and apparent death. Even if it meant tossing down his weapons and risking death at the hands of Hydra's assassin, he was willing to risk it for the smallest chance that his best friend might still be inside him and able to be saved.
When Steve puts his faith in something, he holds onto that faith as firmly as he can. Several times that faith has been shaken, twice in SHIELD, but Steve refused to give up on anything until he was certain there was no other way. He is a clever man, and does not put his beliefs blindly into anything, but his stubborn nature can keep him from realizing the truth quickly enough when those beliefs are poorly placed.
He has a lot of faith in the country he believes America to be, which is largely the country the 1940s media made America out to be. A land of freedom, opportunity, and morality. A country that stands up for the little guy and offers protection and sanctuary to those in need. When the time came for a call to arms of America's able-bodied men, Steve stepped up to join his fellow countrymen in a fight that was their duty. And when he was turned away, Steve continued, undeterred, to try and get his way into the army. He believed the only way to make a difference was to get himself into the Army as well, despite Bucky's suggestions he might find something to help out with back home. This attitude remained with him even after the war, and still remains well after SHIELD fails to be what it promised to be.
For Steve, America is an idea and an ideal, and it is that ideal that he fights for. Not the government, SHIELD or anyone else. He follows orders, like any soldier. But if those orders fail to uphold what he believes in, Steve has learned to question them, and even go against them.
Though he is good at keeping it under control and his temper tends to burn low and cold, it is a strong and persistent temper. Steve is the sort of man who will keep his fists at his side but keep pushing until the damn breaks, and then his temper fuels a dangerous determination that, when paired with his stubborn nature, makes Steve truly dangerous. He will do what he believes needs to be done at risk of his own life without hesitation. The more personal it is, the less likely Steve is to wait around for an alternative or for things to get worse. This is the man who charged a hydra base solo; who crashed a ship into the ocean rather than risk more innocent lives and who took control in the alien invasion on Earth and stepped up to fill the leadership role of the Avengers, directing strategy in battle against unpredictable and unknown foes of impossible odds. Making an enemy of Steve Rogers is one of the worst decisions anyone can make, as once he has reason to, he will stop at next to nothing to take his enemies down.
It was Steve's need to do what was right, as much as his need to prove himself, that kept pushing him onward. And it was this that Erskine saw, that made him realize Steve was the right kind of man for the Serum. Even after becoming a super soldier, Steve retained his humble roots. He wasn't afraid to step up where necessary and take charge of the situation, but he can also be the man who takes orders and works as a part of the team. He is head strong, determined and nearly unshakable in his beliefs. But when the mask and the suit come off, Steve is still the same reserved, soft-spoken man he has always been. He has his own quiet humor, and while he has grown more confident, he still has a touch of social awkwardness that remains from before he became Captain America. While Steve takes war and danger very seriously, he has learned to be a bit more light-hearted even in the heat of battle.
Steve has begun to realize how much he has become a symbol. He fights to keep what that symbol was meant to represent to be true. The suit is a responsibility to the people he fights to protect. It's a promise of what he will do for them, and what he must always fight for. Both what is right and the freedom of the people who can't fight for it on their own. While he knows he may be a lot of things, in Steve's mind he is still just a man trying to do the right thing. Not an infallible hero.
When it comes to his own life, Steve seems to be nearly fearless. He will fight until his goals are accomplished, but he will also throw himself onto a grenade to save others without a second thought, and face any obstacle, no matter how large, without shying away or turning his back. He is the man who, in his own words, is willing to make the sacrifice play.
Abilities, Magic and Supernatural Skills/Afflictions:
Serum-Enhanced Human:
Thanks to the Super Soldier serum, Steve's abilities are at the highest peak of human potential. I'll go into minor details about each just for clarification
- Strength: Steve has super human strength. While this is a very generalized ability, in Steve's case this means the ability to punch weight bags off their hooks, put dents in walls and lift around 800 pounds. When combined with his combat training, reflexes and quick thinking strategist mind his strength is a part of what makes Steve a force to be reckoned with, but it is just one factor. Steve does rely on his super strength, but he does not rely solely on it, using strategy and, where possible, negotiation to try and solve problems before resorting to force. As a soldier, he is not afraid to get his hands dirty, but Steve went to war to help defend freedom, not 'kill bad guys', and that motivation remains true still.
Stamina: Thanks to a stronger metabolism and less of the nasty toxins in our muscles that wear us out when we exercise, Steve can work and fight longer, faster and harder before he breaks a sweat. He can also hold his breath considerably longer than most humans should.
Speed: Steve has shown capability to outrun vehicles (at a speed of around 30 mph) and can, allegedly, run up to 60mph over a short period of time.
Senses: Steve's senses are heightened to the best they can be for a human. This does not mean he has 'super' senses. But his are better than average, allowing him to see, hear and smell farther and better.
Durability: He was seen to survive a blast from chitauri weapon, get up with relatively minor damage from jumping out of a glass window from around mid-level of a massive structure, a fall that would surely have killed or at least severely hospitalized another man. He survived being frozen in ice for almost 7 decades and nearly drowning after receiving severe wounds from his fight with the Winter Soldier. Steve is a very durable man, and he gets back up as quickly as he is able to every time.
Agility: In addition to being able to Leap tall fences in a single bound, Steve possesses better balance, flexibility and dexterity than an Olympic Gymnast. He can leap 20ft straight up and around 50 yards without a running start, and that's just a sample.
Enhanced mental ability: The serum didn't just change Steve's body. While it didn't make him a genius, it did greatly enhance his mental processes. The speed and efficiency of his thought process are greatly enhanced, allowing him to evaluate situations and make decisions far more quickly and efficiently.
Reflexes: Steve's reflexes are greatly enhanced, allowing him to respond to threats and dangers more quickly, and at times even avoid them. He's occasionally even able to dodge bullets when he sees them coming.
Recovery: Because all of Steve's cells are enhanced to peak potential, he metabolizes and repairs faster than a normal human. He can't get drunk, thanks to his metabolism, and likely can not be poisoned or sick for long thanks to rapid and efficient cell repair and quick metabolism of foreign bodies.
Elemental Alignment:
- Earth - A large part of Steve's outward appearance and the manner in which he conducts himself is reminiscent of Earth. He seems to be collected, calm and reserved in most encounters where he isn't fighting, and he stands so firmly on his beliefs that he becomes more or less an immovable mountain. He's strong and he can take a hearty beating before showing signs of the toll it takes on him. And lurking beneath the solid outer crust of Steve's personality is a molten core waiting for the pressure plates to hit just right to cause the volcano of the rage inside him to blow.
Fire - It's no secret Steve has a temper. His temper has been getting him into fights even back when he was a scrawny kid in Brooklyn constantly getting beat down only to stubbornly keep standing back up. But that temper isn't the only aspect of Steve that aligns well with Fire. When something or someone is important to Steve he fights to defend or protect it with a fiery passion that catches like wildfire in the people who are inspired or have their lives changed by Steve's actions, for better or worse. It's a common theme in his canon that Steve is capable of drawing out the best (and sometimes the worst) in people through his willingness to press on no matter the odds or circumstances.
Ice - As tempted as I was to leave this at "Capsicle" and go no further, Ice is actually a fairly valid element for Steve as well. Despite being a symbol for much of the world even after his death, Steve has felt separated from the world for a long time. Even years after being thawed out, Steve still lives in the past, and we can see this in the way he is willing to give up everything to save his last remaining link to that world. Steve's rage is one that doesn't flash like fire but builds inside him over time until he can no longer contain it. It's a slow, cold temper that is only explosive at the breaking points when the shell of control shatters. Steve feels distanced from the world he lives in, like he's still trapped in ice and just watching the world as a spectator. We can see that he has finally started to thaw a little but that is a process that had just begun, and now he will find himself thrown into a new world all over again.
Dragon:
The egg Steve will find will be about half the size of a cat and have a soft shell similar to a sea turtle egg. The egg itself will be brown with darker brown spots in varying sizes.
Once hatched, Dodger (named for Brooklyn's old baseball team) will have a wyvern style body with bat-like wings and a long whiptail. She will be brown with russet/red markings similar to a leopard shark's. The underside of her body and wings are both cream colored and she has two light brown eyes with reptilian pupil slits. When fully grown her wingspan will be about equal to her length from nose to tail tip, which is somewhere around 5.5-5.75m, and she will be about 1.25 meters tall.
She has two wings that are attached to her forelegs, wyvern style. They are very similar to a bat's wings. She has two claws and an opposable third claw at the hand joint, with three more 'fingers' making up the framework of her wing. A bone from her elbow provides stabilization to the part of her wing closer to where it connects to her body. They are leathery and thin, and the veins are slightly visible within them. The forelegs the wings are attached to are thin and flexible. Her backlegs are much sturdier and end in two wide, shovel-like digging claws.
She has coarse bristly fur on her face similar to the feel of short whiskers that gradually flares out into a soft mane and shortens again down to her shoulders. From her shoulders to the tip of her tail the fur turns into a soft, suede like hide and ends in a tuft of fur on her tail. Dodger enjoys fruits, vegetables, meats and bits of wood or charcoal. Her favorite foods are fresh fish, apples, twigs and eggs of all kinds. She does not like acidic or citric foods.
Personality traits inherited from Character Bond:
Writing Samples
First Sample:
The city that surrounded Steve was as unfamiliar as the faces around him. Beyond the buildings, even what little of the horizon and land he could see felt strangely foreign and did nothing to ease the unsettling feeling of loss weighing heavily on his chest. He had felt a level of loss close to it only once before, when he had stepped out into Times Square and found the New York he had known and grown up in far gone and replaced by an almost alien world. This city was far from New York, that much was obvious, and Steve would have liked to have waited and found answers to the questions banging frantically around in his head, looking for a way out if there had not been another, stronger need that took hold of him.
The feeling of loss and being lost ebbed to the back of his mind as a stronger emotion took hold. Accompanied by another all too familiar emotion. He needed to find someone or something in particular. He knew where he had left Bucky, and it wasn't his old friend that his feet dragged forward in search of, as if acting almost on their own. There was something else pulling at him, and the need to find it was overriding even the unsettling sensation that he had somehow failed the entire planet.
Were his last memories the future Tony had seen? Steve could only guess, but as he entertained those thoughts he found himself at a set of stone steps that lead down into relative darkness, out of the light of a confusing day and world. He followed the steps, walking past circles of carved and glowing runes without even glancing at the eggs seated inside them. The only one in his focus a small, brown egg near the far cavern wall. It was barely as big as the first circle in his shield, and as Steve came to a stop in front of the rune covered circle around it he could almost feel it humming with energy.
His hand moved toward it, unwilling and unable to pull his eyes away from it. It could have been anything. It could have been a pressure or heat sensitive bomb, or some new alien device or Tesseract that could have done to him what the cube had done to Johann Schmidt. Yet Steve felt a calm ease settle over him when he approached it. He crouched down just inside the little ring of strange carvings and reached out, hesitating only a moment before his fingers brushed against the soft, leather egg. He could feel heat radiating from it, and as soon as his skin brushed the soft surface, the egg began to move, the shell pressing outwards and sinking back in as whatever was inside it fought to rip through the soft surface material.
And then a claw poked through the egg, followed by a single, oversized tooth. Both pulled and ripped at the shell until the egg split along the side and tumbled over, a slightly sticky and wet wing flopping onto the ground followed by a soft cry. Steve carefully moved the egg, rolling it gently against his hand and watched as three tiny claws reached out, grabbing at the air. He barely thought about anything but the feeling of wonder and confusion that slid along the outside of his mind as if detached from his own thoughts, and he brought his other hand toward the claws, watching the tiny 'hand' grip one of his fingers.
For a moment his eyes met the small brown eyes watching him from just inside the torn shell, and both he and the small creature just stared at one another. Then the spell seemed to break, the little hatchling gave off a sharp, piercing cry and grabbed his hand with both sets of wing claws, holding on tightly as it tried to pull itself free, and scrambling almost desperately to climb first onto his hand, and then up his arm. He didn't even have time to try and catch it before it had found its way into the front of his shirt and gripped firmly to the inside fabric, holding on for dear life.
"Easy, there." Steve's voice came out softer than he expected, his hand covering the lump under his shirt gently and he pulled just slightly to try and get a look at the unusual creature. It was like nothing Steve had seen before, but the strange, alien creature felt so familiar and important that Steve could only stare as it stared right back at him, the two contemplating one another in silence before his strange new companion's eyes slid shut, leaving Steve to wonder in confusion alone with the hatchling sleeping content and warm so close to his chest.
Second Sample: Test Drive