Post will go up later after some more sleep. I didn't really sleep properly last night.

I went to go to sleep last night after checking emails and I woke up at the wrong end of my bed at the most awkward angle ever.

If I can't get anything up tomorrow, expect another Gambit post by late Monday.

Player Name:
Kal-El

Character You Wish To Play:
Clinton “Clint” Barton
Hawkeye
Earth’s Mightiest Marksman

Moral Alignment:
Hero

Affiliation:
X-Men(Formerly)/SHIELD

Character Origin & Backstory:
Clinton “Clint” Barton was born to Harold and Edith Barton alongside his twin brother Charles “Barney” Barton. Their father was none other then the criminal Trickshot. As soon as the boys could walk, their training in archery and marksmanship began. Trickshot’s goal was to train his children to become master criminals like him. Whilst Barney enjoyed everything his father taught him, Clint could not help but think otherwise about his father’s intentions. At age 7, Clint’s mutant abilities manifested themselves when the young boy notched an arrow in the center of an apple. A boy his age would find such accuracy impossible but Clint’s mutation allowed him accuracy beyond his age.

Twelve years were spent training under their father. Twelve years left Clint wondering if this was right. Things he would hear from his mother. The way his father would treat him as a mutant, like he was only a weapon. Clint knew it and Barney did not want to believe him. They butted heads until violence spilled into their training one day, the very day that Clint planned to run away. Arrows met head to head in a vicious archery battle. That day Clint heard his brother scream out in agony as an arrow pierced his shoulder. That was the very moment that changed everything between them and Clint ran faster then he had ever ran before. He never looked back and hoped that he would never have to.

Clint spent an entirety of three months on the run to find a better life for himself. From various sources, he had learned about the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. A place where he could go. Even with the money that he held from his mother, Clint knew that he could not survive on his own. Clint hitched hiked upon a circus train and made his way to New York. Archery skills helped with the masses which gained him room and board until the end of his trip. Helping the circus came to an end nine months later when they arrived to New York. The young boy found his way to the Institute to begin a new life.

The young archer arrived to the front door of the institute and was met with open arms by Storm and Prof. Xavier. A feeling of safety washed over Clint as he settled into his new life. Everyone was kind and friendly. It brought a smile to his face that he had never known. Over the next year or so, Clint was skeptical on the things going on in the mansion. Well that was until Xavier brought him and other young mutants to a training room. Under the guidance of Xavier, Logan, and Storm, the young mutant began their training to grasp the potential of their powers and possibly join the X-Men one day.

Logan noticed that Clint was horrible without his bow nor was his reflexes as refined as they should have been. He was slow to avoid attacks and it was easy to put Clint on his back when his bow happened to fall or he ran out of arrows so, Logan took it upon himself to make Clint one of the few that he personally trained in the martial arts and acrobatics. Logan was right in choosing Clint for Clint's potential for learning was quite impressive. A bond formed between the two similar to father and son but more close to student and master.

Many years passed as Clint grew better at his training and academy studies. The years spent in the academy brought him closer to everyone especially Kitty Pryde. Even so, he was never used much on the X-Men team which helped push the idea that he didn’t feel right being here. He possessed a different mind-set which grew when received a letter. Friends were left behind and his relationship with Kitty came to an abrupt end. The letter had told him to meet at a specified location and help in stopping the man known as Trickshot.

This situation would lead to his meeting and inevitable joining with SHEILD. The one eyed director of SHIELD named Nick Fury and his agent Black Widow were the ones that had sent the letter. Clint had been called to them to help take down his father and brother. Nick knew all about his connection to Trickshot and that he would be a brilliant decoy to bring out the criminals that held the volatile chemical that was stolen. The brilliant plan went off without a hitch until Barney figured that Clint had to be lying to them. Fighting and chaos ensued between Hawkeye, Black Widow, Trickshot and his gang. Unfortunately this battle ended with Hawkeye having to make the difficult choice of putting an arrow through his father to save Black Widow.

Hawkeye lamented what he had to; ensuring to himself constantly that it was the right thing to do which Nick Fury and Black Widow both assured him. As time passed, Clint still mourned his actions but he never let them get in the way of things he needed to accomplish. Black Widow called on his help more often which led to Neck Fury finally realizing how much help that the Earth’s Mightiest Marksman could be. Within a year, Clint began working as an agent of SHIELD and the next remaining years would see Hawkeye going on many missions, falling for Black Widow, and meeting a young girl that would undoubtedly change his life.



Equipment:
Trick Arrows - Hawkeye uses a wide variety of arrows, many of which are custom-built with devices to enhance their effectiveness in crimefighting. Hawkeye's quiver has the capacity to carry 50 arrows. Fifteen of the 50 arrows have standard target-point arrowheads, 10 have 3-bladed broad heads, and the remaining twenty-five have various custom tips. Hawkeye has recently developed a modular arrowhead system whereby certain custom arrowheads can be attached to the shafts of any standard target-point arrow to convert them for special use. These arrowheads are stored in a compartment that revolves in the bottom of the quiver. Although.

Some of Hawkeye's more technological custom arrows were designed and built by SHIELD. Hawkeye himself designed the majority of his custom arrows. To aid Hawkeye in locating the appropriate arrow with speed and accuracy, he has not only arranged the arrows in his quiver in a set pattern, he has also notch-coded the hock of each arrow so he can tell by touch which arrow he is drawing. Hawkeye is constantly modifying his arsenal of arrows.



Sample Post:
"CLING!"

"CLING!"

Arrows collided against each other on the top of the construction yard. Hawkeye darted from his cover, keeping his eyes on the rival archer in purple. Whistling pierced the air and Clint's ears, thanks to his super hearing, almost instantly. A arrow soared toward Hawkeye like a missile that was effectively countered by him with his own arrow. "I see you haven't lost your touch, Barney." Hawkeye mocked his twin brother's aim despite it being relatively on a lower tier then Hawkeye. Regardless of Clint's superhuman abilities, Barney had always been one step below. That is why he took after his father's namesake and challenged Clint at every turn. Title for Earth's Greatest Marksman was the prize that he sought to steal away from the younger of the twins.

"I was always better then you. Just like Kate will be." Barney responded whilst leaping into a somersault. In the very arc of his somersault the rival archer pulled out an arrow with a larger head. The sound of the arrow moving from Barney's quiver alerted Clint that it was best to act now. Pivoting around the beam that he was heading behind brought the his eyes directly upon the arrow. His eyesight magnified on the head, using his knowledge of the arrows that Trickshot was known for using then this arrow was an explosive arrow that would rupture that arrow with it's force. The arrow flew from Trickshot's bow with intent on harming Hawkeye; someone such as Hawkeye would not be stopped by such a thing as long as he could fight back.

First Clint gripped two arrows from his quiver with the same arrowheads before running forward. Secondly he leaped into the air as gracefully as a bird taking flight. Lastly he released his arrows at his brother in hopes that his plan would work. Both arrows struck the ground in front of the Barney, creating a huge smokescreen that robbed Trickshot of the very sense he needed to be an archer. A second of silence passed that brought Barney on edge. Suddenly from the smoke came imposing figure of Clint. A kick to the face sent Barney reeling back in surprise. The Barton brothers continued their fight with Barney on the losing end. He couldn't keep up with his brother's reflexes nor his formidable hand to hand ability. Soon Barney found himself on his back with Clint pointing at his face with an arrow notched in the bow.

"Always on the mark." Hawkeye commented on his ace skills in archery compared to Trickshot.

Are you sure Wolverine is the best choice for acrobatic training? Usually that's Beast or Nightcrawler's department.

Schradinger said
Are you sure Wolverine is the best choice for acrobatic training? Usually that's Beast or Nightcrawler's department.

Actually Wolverine has incredible acrobatics. No one just pays attention to him despite him out flipping ninjas and when he fought Cap. But I don't remember seeing Beast nor Nightcrawler mentioned in Wolverine or the X-men back story so, I didn't say anything. I didn't want to screw anything up.

Wolverine is maneuverable, definitely, but someone like Beast or Nightcrawler or Daredevil is always going to flip circles around him because of his weight.

That part just stood out to me as odd. The rest of it is brilliant. I like how you made him so focused on ranged capability at the expense of durability in close combat. It makes him very... Hawkeye. Lol.

Kal-El said
Character You Wish To Play:Clinton “Clint” Barton - Hawkeye

Cool. Just checking but did you talk to Henry on using Wolverine here? If yes, obviously:



(Also, you wrote 'Neck Fury' somewhere in there. You might want to correct that.)

ErsatzEmperor said
Cool. Just checking but did you talk to Henry on using Wolverine here? If yes, obviously:(Also, you wrote 'Neck Fury' somewhere in there. You might want to correct that.)

Yes I checked with him.

(Neck Fury is Nick's brother. We'll never know)

I'm more scared of Neck Fury tbh.

Schradinger, I love your latest X-23, nice job. I like how you focused on what she felt and processed emotionally more so than what was actually going on around her and it fits with your present arc; her waking up from her detached, disillusioned world. By the way does her behavioural training give her this clinical detachment or does she (like most of the girls I've ever met) have an unique personality?

A large part of her personality is due to the way she grew up and was trained, being honed as a weapon from day one. A life like that isn't going to breed a happy-go-lucky party girl, it's going to make her hard and cold. She had to learn early on that detachment was the only way to keep herself sane, otherwise the pain and brutality of what they put her through (both mentally and physically) would be too much. Like how Wolverine's healing factor erased some of his memories in order to keep him from snapping.

But beneath all the conditioning and training and mental scars, she's still just an innocent girl. The target in that first post was the first person she'd ever killed, and it wasn't even her that actually did it. She'll likely be losing that innocence in subsequent posts, but I wanted to show a bit of what she was like at the beginning, before I get to the ruthless killer part of her story.

Schradinger said
A large part of her personality is due to the way she grew up and was trained, being honed as a weapon from day one. A life like that isn't going to breed a happy-go-lucky party girl, it's going to make her hard and cold. She had to learn early on that detachment was the only way to keep herself sane, otherwise the pain and brutality of what they put her through (both mentally and physically) would be too much. Like how Wolverine's healing factor erased some of his memories in order to keep him from snapping.But beneath all the conditioning and training and mental scars, she's still just an innocent girl. The target in that first post was the first person she'd ever killed, and it wasn't even her that actually did it. She'll likely be losing that innocence in subsequent posts, but I wanted to show a bit of what she was like at the beginning, before I get to the ruthless killer part of her story.

Sometimes I think he snapped anyway. Still it's nice to see that you have a plan and Laura is swiftly becoming one of my favourite characters to read. In contrast is Rachel and Castle. Castle the father & Husband died with his family, ironic considering his family was the thing that kept him sane during his Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) (the Marine Corps' special forces) days in Afghanistan.

When his family was murdered, Castle the Soldier survived, hard and cold, and ruthless. On the other hand of that is Rachel Cole-Alves. She was not Special Forces like Castle, but she is very much his emotional opposite; the soldier part of her is still there, but at the same time, so is the newlywed, grief-stricken wife-turned widow. She essentially is Castle's soon-to-be moral compass/Diggle. She can't turn him back from the cold, ruthless man he is now, but maybe he can become the Punisher in earnest through her; remember, he's just starting out.

So ive decided to try and re-apply to this and currently have 2 ideas:

Hulk- reimagined as a dictator of a small, unheard of country, Dr. Bruce Banner has gained control of a very deadly biological liquid weapon. A milli-liter of it is enough to transform a man into a 10 foot tall unstoppable force of destruction. What could go wrong if a mad man gets his hands on such raw power?

Deadpool- retooled into a highly decorated Navy SEAL, a man who gave everything to his country and more, so they gave him cancer, took his wife from him, put his kids into foster care, and they watched him die during a mission. But this brave man didn't die, instead they ressurected him, and they tortured him, transformed him into a mouthy killing machine. But who are They? And why are They in his head? Also, what's for dinner Suzy?

I'd like to have a post up by Friday.

I've also been trying to get in contact with Henry so we could talk about some potentially problematic topics that we are both dealing with (most notably Trask). If you could send a PM back, Henry, I'd appreciate that.

You are never really able to appreciate deadpool till you get the deadpool game and he starts talking to you.

It is so unbelievably funny.

Will get a post up tomorrow.

Y'know I was thinking. Whoever gets Deadpool could have fun with the whole insane aspect. I mean wherever Deadpool appears (I am totally not counting the X-Men Origins: Wolverine version) He has a habit of breaking the fourth wall.

When I played Deadpool in OU I played down the fourth wall, but kept the zany insanity. Really fun. My sample post was fun to write:

That's good too. I just like the fact in some things Deadpool sometimes goes and breaks it. For instance the game that I just got (Which is funny as hell) He keeps talking to the player or interacting with the fact it is a game. At the start in his apartment you can make him go to the toilet, he grabs the censor bar for his dick and makes it like, 10 times bigger going "There, that is much more realistic."

Just brilliant.

Well if I were to pick and try for Deadpool, I would be going for angle where he isn't even trying to kick ass if he were talking, and if he was talking, his opponent would be screwed to Hell. I also had an idea where The Fourth Wall is actually a split personality within his head, and there are hundreds of other personalities within it that make up the "Audience"

I'm a bit confused by what you just said.

If he talks his opponent is crewed but if no talk no kick assery?