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Player Name: Zoe
Personal LJ: troped
E-mail: thistroper@gmail.com
AIM: snarkings
Other characters currently in-game: nnnnope
Who referred you to the game?: first through an ad on rp!s, then some very encouraging anons.
Character Name: Teddy Altman
Canon source: Marvel
PB: Drawn things
Personality:
Teddy is really chill and friendly, and he’s nice and really polite to pretty much everyone. He genuinely cares about how your day went, and he wants to listen to all your crazy ideas. He’s observant and smart, and he’s a huge Star Trek-watching, Magic the Gathering-playing, Convention-going nerd. Teddy has a massive desire to please people and make them happy, and he really really wants to fit in and be part of the group. He isn’t very confident in himself at all, which is mostly because of Greg being an awful captain and not giving him the attention and encouragement he needed when he was a wee dragon.
Teddy really wants to be a good person and do the right thing, but at the same time he doesn’t want to stir things up too much. If Greg and his friends were picking on/insulting some nerdy kid, Teddy might say something like ‘come on guys, let’s just go’ pretty half assedly, but he probably wouldn’t really be able to actually stop them, especially because of his bond with Greg. Teddy also isn’t that good at standing up for himself. Greg would always say things like ‘come on Teddy, don’t be suck an idiot’ and ‘dude, really? Nobody wants to hear that story.’ Teddy is learning, though. He’s really lucky to be friends with the Young Avengers - idealistic people who are interested in heroing and always doing the right thing (disclaimer: this does not apply to Tommy), and they (especially Billy) won’t let Teddy take crap from anyone.
He’s really conscious of his appearance: Teddy subconsciously makes his eyes just a bit bluer, his scales are always neat and shiny, and each set of spikes points in the same direction at the same angle. He’s also incredibly aware of his body, i.e. he always knows where his tail is and how he can keep it from hitting the people behind him, and on a deeper level, he knows where each one of his bones and internal organs are, and he keeps track of where they go when he changes his shape.
History:
Teddy Altman was born -ahem, laid - to the Skrull Princess Anelle and the Kree-raised dragon Captain Marvel. The egg was exiled to Earth, and Anelle ordered one of her handmaidens to make sure the egg reached Earth safely and to educate it. When she was done teaching the hatchling everything it would need to know she left the egg in the care of a dragon hatchery, where it waited with all the other eggs waiting to hatch. According to hatchery protocol, the eggs were left alone to hatch by themselves and make friends with other dragons until they were old enough to choose a captain.
Unfortunately for Teddy, a misguided hatchery intern named Greg Norris snuck himself into the hatching room just as a few eggs started to crack, aiming to get himself a baby dragon. Teddy quickly imprinted on Greg and he took Teddy home, treating him like a large fast-growing pet.
Greg abused his bond with the young dragon, starving him of attention and using Teddy to intimidate his peers. It wasn't long before Greg was getting Teddy to break into buildings and steal things. Eventually, Greg told Teddy to assault another student. Teddy stood up for himself and left Greg, forever.
A few months later, Nathaniel Richards, a young dragon who had traveled from the future, approached Teddy about starting up a team. Teddy agreed, and he and Nate started training with Eli Bradley and Billy Kaplan Teddy and Billy started getting close, and eventually Billy became Teddy's new captain. A few months later, Kate Bishop and Cassie Lang joined the team, and there was a crazy time travel battle that involved about fifty years of Marveraire continuity and the notorious dragon Kang the Conqueror. Nate was sent back in time, his memories were preserved by the synthezoid dragon The Vision, and Cassie ended up becoming the Vision's captain. The Young Avengers recruited another member - Tommy Shepherd, a young feral dragon that Kate managed to tame. Just as they were starting to really put themselves on the superhero team map, Teddy was sucked into another world while he was experimenting with some Pym particles.
How does your AU differ from canon?
Okay, it’s pretty much like if 616 continuity was mashed forcefully (but lovingly) into the Temeraire universe. In the Temeraire series, sapient dragons (in the western world) are used pretty much entirely for combat, and they don’t have any real legal rights. In the books, things generally look to be on the brink of a dragon rights revolution.
This is that world 200 years later, and the revolution did happen. Dragons have social security numbers and healthcare and special dragon schools. They can’t get legally married (the constitution defines marriage as between a dude mammal and a lady mammal!), but they’re working on it. In addition to the dragons, all the marvel stuff happened too. Captain America was just a plain, peaky looking Yellow Reaper when the government gave him the supersoldier serum and turned him into a living tank. Namor is half dragon and half sea serpent. Tony Stark was the first dragon to ever go to a human college, and in addition to being an Avenger, he makes all kinds of awesome technology (including keyboards for dragons!).
Many dragons have a human partner they’re incredibly attached to. Baby dragons imprinting on their “captains” (or “companions,” which is considered a little more PC) when they hatch is widely frowned upon, and usually hatchlings are kept away from people and taught that they should choose a partner for themselves when they’re older, or choose not to have a partner at all.
Strengths:
Probably the most obvious is Teddy’s size. He’s about 70-85 feet from nose to tail, and he stands taller than a lot of houses. He can also shapeshift into anything 150%-75% of his original size - usually other dragons, but he can take on the form of a 60 foot tall human (he usually doesn’t do this because Billy finds it rather disturbing). With Pym particles he can get down to a regular human size. Aside from powers, Teddy is usually pretty level-headed. He doesn’t freak out too badly in a crisis, and he’s usually good at thinking logically when that needs to happen. He has this thing about Doing The Right Thing, and he tries pretty hard to be a good person. He’s really observant - especially of people and their mannerisms and little quirks - it’s a shapeshifter thing.
Weaknesses:
He’s huge. Even in his own world, where they have things made specially for dragons, it can get pretty inconvenient. He always has to be incredibly careful not to step on/sit on/crush anyone with any part of his body, and there are a lot of things he can’t do because he’s huge and (usually) lacks thumbs. Teddy also isn’t very good at standing up or himself and to certain people, like Greg and his friends. He does want to Do The Right Thing, but he also doesn’t want to tip the boat too much. He’sstill figuring out that it’s okay to actually be himself and not adapt his personality to other people to make them like him, and he’s still not really that comfortable with himself.
Preferred drop-in point: Seattle, I guess. Teddy’s just going to fly to New York anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.
What are some of your plans for this character in their new environment?
My main goal is ridiculous AU shenanigans, lots of ‘WAIT WHY ARE YOU HUMAN, YOU’RE A DRAGON IN MY UNIVERSE’ and ‘TEDDY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!?’ I’d mostly like to play it by ear as far as plotting goes, and I’m open to whatever CR I can get.
Personal LJ: troped
E-mail: thistroper@gmail.com
AIM: snarkings
Other characters currently in-game: nnnnope
Who referred you to the game?: first through an ad on rp!s, then some very encouraging anons.
Character Name: Teddy Altman
Canon source: Marvel
PB: Drawn things
Personality:
Teddy is really chill and friendly, and he’s nice and really polite to pretty much everyone. He genuinely cares about how your day went, and he wants to listen to all your crazy ideas. He’s observant and smart, and he’s a huge Star Trek-watching, Magic the Gathering-playing, Convention-going nerd. Teddy has a massive desire to please people and make them happy, and he really really wants to fit in and be part of the group. He isn’t very confident in himself at all, which is mostly because of Greg being an awful captain and not giving him the attention and encouragement he needed when he was a wee dragon.
Teddy really wants to be a good person and do the right thing, but at the same time he doesn’t want to stir things up too much. If Greg and his friends were picking on/insulting some nerdy kid, Teddy might say something like ‘come on guys, let’s just go’ pretty half assedly, but he probably wouldn’t really be able to actually stop them, especially because of his bond with Greg. Teddy also isn’t that good at standing up for himself. Greg would always say things like ‘come on Teddy, don’t be suck an idiot’ and ‘dude, really? Nobody wants to hear that story.’ Teddy is learning, though. He’s really lucky to be friends with the Young Avengers - idealistic people who are interested in heroing and always doing the right thing (disclaimer: this does not apply to Tommy), and they (especially Billy) won’t let Teddy take crap from anyone.
He’s really conscious of his appearance: Teddy subconsciously makes his eyes just a bit bluer, his scales are always neat and shiny, and each set of spikes points in the same direction at the same angle. He’s also incredibly aware of his body, i.e. he always knows where his tail is and how he can keep it from hitting the people behind him, and on a deeper level, he knows where each one of his bones and internal organs are, and he keeps track of where they go when he changes his shape.
History:
Teddy Altman was born -ahem, laid - to the Skrull Princess Anelle and the Kree-raised dragon Captain Marvel. The egg was exiled to Earth, and Anelle ordered one of her handmaidens to make sure the egg reached Earth safely and to educate it. When she was done teaching the hatchling everything it would need to know she left the egg in the care of a dragon hatchery, where it waited with all the other eggs waiting to hatch. According to hatchery protocol, the eggs were left alone to hatch by themselves and make friends with other dragons until they were old enough to choose a captain.
Unfortunately for Teddy, a misguided hatchery intern named Greg Norris snuck himself into the hatching room just as a few eggs started to crack, aiming to get himself a baby dragon. Teddy quickly imprinted on Greg and he took Teddy home, treating him like a large fast-growing pet.
Greg abused his bond with the young dragon, starving him of attention and using Teddy to intimidate his peers. It wasn't long before Greg was getting Teddy to break into buildings and steal things. Eventually, Greg told Teddy to assault another student. Teddy stood up for himself and left Greg, forever.
A few months later, Nathaniel Richards, a young dragon who had traveled from the future, approached Teddy about starting up a team. Teddy agreed, and he and Nate started training with Eli Bradley and Billy Kaplan Teddy and Billy started getting close, and eventually Billy became Teddy's new captain. A few months later, Kate Bishop and Cassie Lang joined the team, and there was a crazy time travel battle that involved about fifty years of Marveraire continuity and the notorious dragon Kang the Conqueror. Nate was sent back in time, his memories were preserved by the synthezoid dragon The Vision, and Cassie ended up becoming the Vision's captain. The Young Avengers recruited another member - Tommy Shepherd, a young feral dragon that Kate managed to tame. Just as they were starting to really put themselves on the superhero team map, Teddy was sucked into another world while he was experimenting with some Pym particles.
How does your AU differ from canon?
Okay, it’s pretty much like if 616 continuity was mashed forcefully (but lovingly) into the Temeraire universe. In the Temeraire series, sapient dragons (in the western world) are used pretty much entirely for combat, and they don’t have any real legal rights. In the books, things generally look to be on the brink of a dragon rights revolution.
This is that world 200 years later, and the revolution did happen. Dragons have social security numbers and healthcare and special dragon schools. They can’t get legally married (the constitution defines marriage as between a dude mammal and a lady mammal!), but they’re working on it. In addition to the dragons, all the marvel stuff happened too. Captain America was just a plain, peaky looking Yellow Reaper when the government gave him the supersoldier serum and turned him into a living tank. Namor is half dragon and half sea serpent. Tony Stark was the first dragon to ever go to a human college, and in addition to being an Avenger, he makes all kinds of awesome technology (including keyboards for dragons!).
Many dragons have a human partner they’re incredibly attached to. Baby dragons imprinting on their “captains” (or “companions,” which is considered a little more PC) when they hatch is widely frowned upon, and usually hatchlings are kept away from people and taught that they should choose a partner for themselves when they’re older, or choose not to have a partner at all.
Strengths:
Probably the most obvious is Teddy’s size. He’s about 70-85 feet from nose to tail, and he stands taller than a lot of houses. He can also shapeshift into anything 150%-75% of his original size - usually other dragons, but he can take on the form of a 60 foot tall human (he usually doesn’t do this because Billy finds it rather disturbing). With Pym particles he can get down to a regular human size. Aside from powers, Teddy is usually pretty level-headed. He doesn’t freak out too badly in a crisis, and he’s usually good at thinking logically when that needs to happen. He has this thing about Doing The Right Thing, and he tries pretty hard to be a good person. He’s really observant - especially of people and their mannerisms and little quirks - it’s a shapeshifter thing.
Weaknesses:
He’s huge. Even in his own world, where they have things made specially for dragons, it can get pretty inconvenient. He always has to be incredibly careful not to step on/sit on/crush anyone with any part of his body, and there are a lot of things he can’t do because he’s huge and (usually) lacks thumbs. Teddy also isn’t very good at standing up or himself and to certain people, like Greg and his friends. He does want to Do The Right Thing, but he also doesn’t want to tip the boat too much. He’sstill figuring out that it’s okay to actually be himself and not adapt his personality to other people to make them like him, and he’s still not really that comfortable with himself.
Preferred drop-in point: Seattle, I guess. Teddy’s just going to fly to New York anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.
What are some of your plans for this character in their new environment?
My main goal is ridiculous AU shenanigans, lots of ‘WAIT WHY ARE YOU HUMAN, YOU’RE A DRAGON IN MY UNIVERSE’ and ‘TEDDY WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!?’ I’d mostly like to play it by ear as far as plotting goes, and I’m open to whatever CR I can get.