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gainingmomentum) wrote2013-09-23 08:07 am
gainingmomentum) wrote2013-09-23 08:07 am
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OOC Information:
Name: Wingus
Are you over 15? Yes
Contact: AIM: CallMeWingus,![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
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IC Information:
Name: Wally West/The Flash [Preincarnation], Walter "Wally" Westerfeld [Reincarnation]
Canon and medium: DC Animated Universe (Multiple cartoon series in the same continuity - specifically Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, with guest appearances in Superman: The Animated Series and Static Shock.)
Age: Late twenties
Preincarnation Species: Metahuman
Preincarnation Appearance: In-costume, out of costume.
Any differences: No costume!
Preincarnated History: At some point before becoming The Flash, Wally was a forensic scientist with the Central City police when a freak accident with some chemicals and a lightning strike gave him the ability to tap into "The Speed Force". He then became The Flash, and started doing superheroing solo for a while until an immense alien invasion called for a number of Earth's heroes to band together to stop it. Once they did, Superman thought they should all continue working as a team, and formed the Justice League. The rest, as they say, is history.
Reincarnated History: Walter's life has generally been uneventful overall - he joined on with the Locke City police force shortly after graduating college elsewhere as a forensic scientist, and eventually found himself at Locke City's university as an adjunct professor, teaching classes on forensic science. He's made a lot of friends in and around the city, and people generally know him as a dependable, decent fellow that you can always call on if you need a hand. It's not much, but he's just been Joe Blow-ing it, nine-to-fiving it until weird stuff starts going on, much like his preincarnation self. (Just in a different locale.)
He's generally been trying to shrug off rumors of werid stuff going on, but as it's gotten more and more unavoidable, his curiosity has gotten the better of him. Once he gets past the initial echo weirdness, he'll gladly lend the reincarnates his forensic skills - and his superhero ones, once he regains them.
First Echo: Catching wind of the chemical-dumping in the tapwater gives Walter a vague memory of two costumed heroes (his reincarnation self and Green Lantern) stopping a truck full of radioactive material from falling into a river - and on top of this, his metabolism kicks into overdrive, leaving him a lot hungrier than he normally is, as well as more often.
Preincarnation Personality: Wally is generally considered by the other Justice League members to be something of a kid. Immature. He's prone to childish optimism and behavior - seeking attention and approval from other League members, and engaging in more juvinile activities in his off time. He's also quite the jokester, often having a witty one-liner to lighten any given situation, even if the situation is too tire to call for it - often leading his teammates to think he's underestimating the danger of a given problem. The truth of this is hit-and-miss - sometimes he'd have things fly in his face for being a smartass, or he'd show a surprising amount of understanding of the depth of a problem. This tended to tip more to the latter as he spent time among the League, however.
He's also quite idealistic - and likely one of the most of the League, and definitely the most of the original seven, as well as being one of the most personable and down-to-earth guys. He'd hang out with citizens of Central City when he could, and knew a great deal of them by name. In one instance, when we see him running through the city, he checks up on the various issues a number of people were having, and asked how specific things in their lives were going. He cares both about the big problems and the little ones, and is well-loved by a majority of the denizens of Central City. He's also compassionate to his enemies when needed, as he's shown once to be helping one of his rogues get medical and mental help. These qualities are considered to be what helps keep the Justice League in check morally, as in an alternate universe where Flash was killed, the League of that universe eventually turned into ruling tyrants. He's kind of let this go to his head just a wee bit, casually dropping it out there when other League members have worried that they'll go down a similar path. "Hey, just make sure I don't die and we'll be good to go!"
Wally's good nature has its limits, however. He can be made angry, and he can be pushed to the edge, and doing so is a very, very dangerous thing to do. When he's been in that state, he's dispensed some pretty efficient beatdowns to the offending parties for their transgressions. (One was nearly killing him by shunting him into open space, the other was nearly killing his friends and threatening to trigger armageddon.) That said, he's generally pretty good at keeping his temper in check so that he doesn't misuse his powers.
He's also a heck of a ladies' man, prone to flirting most ladies he comes in contact with, including fellow teammates. His success in such ventures is hit and miss - he's had no luck with most of his teammates, but he's apparently a very considerate lover, at least in the opinion of a particular supervillainess....
Any differences: Walter is more grounded in reality than his prior self - in a world without metahumans and magic and such, he's grown to want evidence to back up any odd claims. If it can't be proven by science, then he generally doesn't buy it, which is going to make his immediate upcoming life very interesting. In his preincarnation, Wally was pretty accepting of odd things - enough that when Green Lantern doubted his story about a talking gorilla stealing a car, he came back with "Hey, we've both got a Martian's number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt."
Having not spent a good chunk of his life running at ludicrous speeds and feeling that the world moves far too slow, Walter is a great deal more patient than his preincarnation. As an extension, he's also not as easily bored. Tying into the first difference, proving things takes time, and it's worth taking that time to do things right. Rushing things, especially in his field of work, leads to mistakes.
Walter is also more responsible as a person - he's still got the easygoing streak, but to something of a lesser degree since he doesn't have super speed and a gang of superpowered buddies to cover his ass while he goofs off. Fun is good, but it needs to be done in moderation because obligations aren't going to do themselves.
Abilities: In the absolutely shortest way of putting it, Wally was the fastest man alive. He could move and react at insane speeds - not just running, but any kind of movement. His running speed could approach the speed of light, and his bodily movement could be used to generate whirlwinds either by moving his arms at great speeds, or running in circles. He is also capable of vibrating the molecules of his body at high speed, allowing him to move through objects, though this is an incredibly destructive use of his power that he very rarely uses due to the danger involved. His speedy movements allow him to be dangerous when throwing objects or just punches, given that he can do a great amount in a very short amount of time. (Like when he punched Brainiac out of Lex Luthor in the clip linked earlier about his temper.) In theory he can destroy a person's brain by vibrating his fingers against their head as well, according to Lex Luthor. Obviously this isn't something Wally would do, but the capability is there. His super-speed makes him incredibly powerful, but he highly downplays it.
The downside to this ability is he has a very high metabolism to offset it - enough that an armful of hot dogs or hamburgers is just a snack to him, or the fact that he takes his coffee with cream and 37 sugars.
As for equipment, he wears a frictionless suit, and had a number of them on-hand. They were capable of being compressed to fit into a ring for easy transport while he's out and about as a civilian for quick-changes.
Roleplay Sample - Third Person: Test Drive post, hanging out with a student.
Roleplay Sample - Network: [Walter's been trying to shake off the weird number sequence in his head since he had a weird mental trip a couple of weeks ago, but they're getting to the point that they're impossible to not think about. And becoming more likely that it's not something that he heard on the radio in a song.
That, and his voracious hunger that started happening about the same time are too strange to not be connected.
Curiosity gets the better of him, and he keys the numbers into Google, and is met with...well, a dearth of information. Other people having weird stuff happen to them. Things about the water pollution that set off that dream.
It's a bunch of stuff that defies logic and science, but enough of it adds up that it can't really be ignored. May as well chime in.]
Well. Looking around, the whole "this is so weird and can't be true" denial song and dance looks like it's been done to death, so I'll just keep that to myself. That aside, you guys seem like a pretty welcoming bunch. Proactive, too.
It'd probably be good to introduce myself, but... I dunno, you guys think the cops are in on some kind of conspiracy, and given my doubts about this whole thing and that I'm part of the police department, I'm not really all that eager to put a target on my head, y'know?
...that probably doesn't really endear me much, but I hope it's understandable.
Any Questions? If you need to clear up any lingering questions or concerns, here's the place to do it.
Name: Wingus
Are you over 15? Yes
Contact: AIM: CallMeWingus,
IC Information:
Name: Wally West/The Flash [Preincarnation], Walter "Wally" Westerfeld [Reincarnation]
Canon and medium: DC Animated Universe (Multiple cartoon series in the same continuity - specifically Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, with guest appearances in Superman: The Animated Series and Static Shock.)
Age: Late twenties
Preincarnation Species: Metahuman
Preincarnation Appearance: In-costume, out of costume.
Any differences: No costume!
Preincarnated History: At some point before becoming The Flash, Wally was a forensic scientist with the Central City police when a freak accident with some chemicals and a lightning strike gave him the ability to tap into "The Speed Force". He then became The Flash, and started doing superheroing solo for a while until an immense alien invasion called for a number of Earth's heroes to band together to stop it. Once they did, Superman thought they should all continue working as a team, and formed the Justice League. The rest, as they say, is history.
Reincarnated History: Walter's life has generally been uneventful overall - he joined on with the Locke City police force shortly after graduating college elsewhere as a forensic scientist, and eventually found himself at Locke City's university as an adjunct professor, teaching classes on forensic science. He's made a lot of friends in and around the city, and people generally know him as a dependable, decent fellow that you can always call on if you need a hand. It's not much, but he's just been Joe Blow-ing it, nine-to-fiving it until weird stuff starts going on, much like his preincarnation self. (Just in a different locale.)
He's generally been trying to shrug off rumors of werid stuff going on, but as it's gotten more and more unavoidable, his curiosity has gotten the better of him. Once he gets past the initial echo weirdness, he'll gladly lend the reincarnates his forensic skills - and his superhero ones, once he regains them.
First Echo: Catching wind of the chemical-dumping in the tapwater gives Walter a vague memory of two costumed heroes (his reincarnation self and Green Lantern) stopping a truck full of radioactive material from falling into a river - and on top of this, his metabolism kicks into overdrive, leaving him a lot hungrier than he normally is, as well as more often.
Preincarnation Personality: Wally is generally considered by the other Justice League members to be something of a kid. Immature. He's prone to childish optimism and behavior - seeking attention and approval from other League members, and engaging in more juvinile activities in his off time. He's also quite the jokester, often having a witty one-liner to lighten any given situation, even if the situation is too tire to call for it - often leading his teammates to think he's underestimating the danger of a given problem. The truth of this is hit-and-miss - sometimes he'd have things fly in his face for being a smartass, or he'd show a surprising amount of understanding of the depth of a problem. This tended to tip more to the latter as he spent time among the League, however.
He's also quite idealistic - and likely one of the most of the League, and definitely the most of the original seven, as well as being one of the most personable and down-to-earth guys. He'd hang out with citizens of Central City when he could, and knew a great deal of them by name. In one instance, when we see him running through the city, he checks up on the various issues a number of people were having, and asked how specific things in their lives were going. He cares both about the big problems and the little ones, and is well-loved by a majority of the denizens of Central City. He's also compassionate to his enemies when needed, as he's shown once to be helping one of his rogues get medical and mental help. These qualities are considered to be what helps keep the Justice League in check morally, as in an alternate universe where Flash was killed, the League of that universe eventually turned into ruling tyrants. He's kind of let this go to his head just a wee bit, casually dropping it out there when other League members have worried that they'll go down a similar path. "Hey, just make sure I don't die and we'll be good to go!"
Wally's good nature has its limits, however. He can be made angry, and he can be pushed to the edge, and doing so is a very, very dangerous thing to do. When he's been in that state, he's dispensed some pretty efficient beatdowns to the offending parties for their transgressions. (One was nearly killing him by shunting him into open space, the other was nearly killing his friends and threatening to trigger armageddon.) That said, he's generally pretty good at keeping his temper in check so that he doesn't misuse his powers.
He's also a heck of a ladies' man, prone to flirting most ladies he comes in contact with, including fellow teammates. His success in such ventures is hit and miss - he's had no luck with most of his teammates, but he's apparently a very considerate lover, at least in the opinion of a particular supervillainess....
Any differences: Walter is more grounded in reality than his prior self - in a world without metahumans and magic and such, he's grown to want evidence to back up any odd claims. If it can't be proven by science, then he generally doesn't buy it, which is going to make his immediate upcoming life very interesting. In his preincarnation, Wally was pretty accepting of odd things - enough that when Green Lantern doubted his story about a talking gorilla stealing a car, he came back with "Hey, we've both got a Martian's number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt."
Having not spent a good chunk of his life running at ludicrous speeds and feeling that the world moves far too slow, Walter is a great deal more patient than his preincarnation. As an extension, he's also not as easily bored. Tying into the first difference, proving things takes time, and it's worth taking that time to do things right. Rushing things, especially in his field of work, leads to mistakes.
Walter is also more responsible as a person - he's still got the easygoing streak, but to something of a lesser degree since he doesn't have super speed and a gang of superpowered buddies to cover his ass while he goofs off. Fun is good, but it needs to be done in moderation because obligations aren't going to do themselves.
Abilities: In the absolutely shortest way of putting it, Wally was the fastest man alive. He could move and react at insane speeds - not just running, but any kind of movement. His running speed could approach the speed of light, and his bodily movement could be used to generate whirlwinds either by moving his arms at great speeds, or running in circles. He is also capable of vibrating the molecules of his body at high speed, allowing him to move through objects, though this is an incredibly destructive use of his power that he very rarely uses due to the danger involved. His speedy movements allow him to be dangerous when throwing objects or just punches, given that he can do a great amount in a very short amount of time. (Like when he punched Brainiac out of Lex Luthor in the clip linked earlier about his temper.) In theory he can destroy a person's brain by vibrating his fingers against their head as well, according to Lex Luthor. Obviously this isn't something Wally would do, but the capability is there. His super-speed makes him incredibly powerful, but he highly downplays it.
The downside to this ability is he has a very high metabolism to offset it - enough that an armful of hot dogs or hamburgers is just a snack to him, or the fact that he takes his coffee with cream and 37 sugars.
As for equipment, he wears a frictionless suit, and had a number of them on-hand. They were capable of being compressed to fit into a ring for easy transport while he's out and about as a civilian for quick-changes.
Roleplay Sample - Third Person: Test Drive post, hanging out with a student.
Roleplay Sample - Network: [Walter's been trying to shake off the weird number sequence in his head since he had a weird mental trip a couple of weeks ago, but they're getting to the point that they're impossible to not think about. And becoming more likely that it's not something that he heard on the radio in a song.
That, and his voracious hunger that started happening about the same time are too strange to not be connected.
Curiosity gets the better of him, and he keys the numbers into Google, and is met with...well, a dearth of information. Other people having weird stuff happen to them. Things about the water pollution that set off that dream.
It's a bunch of stuff that defies logic and science, but enough of it adds up that it can't really be ignored. May as well chime in.]
Well. Looking around, the whole "this is so weird and can't be true" denial song and dance looks like it's been done to death, so I'll just keep that to myself. That aside, you guys seem like a pretty welcoming bunch. Proactive, too.
It'd probably be good to introduce myself, but... I dunno, you guys think the cops are in on some kind of conspiracy, and given my doubts about this whole thing and that I'm part of the police department, I'm not really all that eager to put a target on my head, y'know?
...that probably doesn't really endear me much, but I hope it's understandable.
Any Questions? If you need to clear up any lingering questions or concerns, here's the place to do it.