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Aug 01, 2009 02:24

[PLAYER INFO]
NAME: b-thugg
AGE: 19
JOURNAL: grotesques
IM: inhereDITARE
E-MAIL: hypocrisised@gmail.com
RETURNING: arakhnes & disillusionists, & touristlike

[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME: Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk)
FANDOM: Marvel 616
CHRONOLOGY: Sensational She-Hulk #38 (2005)
CLASS: Hero
SUPERHERO NAME: She-Hulk
ALTER EGO: Jennifer Walters: Bounty hunter.... Sometimes.

BACKGROUND:
Oh nooooo. Okay, let's try...

So, we all know how the 616 Marvel universe is. A world full of monsters, mutants, and a team of heroes known as the Avengers that occasionally assemble and fight bad guys and aliens and whatnot. This is the world that She-Hulk lives in. She was born as Jennifer Susan Walters, cousin of Bruce Banner and the daughter of the Los Angeles County Sherriff, William Morris Walters and Elaine Walters. She was a shy and mousy girl and generally ignored by most, growing up to be a lawyer. However, this caused her to be shot by operatives of Nicholas Task one day, and near-death, her cousin, Bruce, transfused some of his gamma-irradiated blood to Jen to save her life. However, because of this, she was transformed into the Savage She-Hulk, pretty much going nuts and the personality of the She-Hulk overwhelming her and causing her to do a bunch of horrible, chaotic things. She eventually gains control of her transformations when Michael Morbius cures her of a lethal blood disease, and in turn, defending him for his vampiric killings in court.

After that, she chilled in her She-Hulk form, refusing to return to Jennifer, and then joined the Avengers, meeting her long-time rival Titania, and then replacing the Thing on the Fantastic Four. Shenanigans and adventures occur. Once she left the Fantastic Four, she's back with the Avengers, going through many more adventures and meeting her mentor, Weezie, also known as the former Blonde Phantom. She became assistant District Attorney and began working for Blake Tower, working for Heroes for Hire. However, because of the Scarlet Witch and Jack of Hearts, she was unable to control her transformations and went nuts, tearing her teammate, Vision, in half. With her powers out of control, Jennifer fled, hiding in the town of Bone, Idaho. Here, the Avengers found her, forcing her to change out of anxiety and destroying nearly half the town. And with her cousin approaching her, and fighting it out, Bone was in ruins.

However, She-Hulk did return to Bone to work as a rescue volunteer and helping fix it. Though she was stuck as a human, coupled helping fix the town and solving a murder mystery, helped her transform back into She-Hulk, though her transformations weren't as fluid as before. From then on, she started working at the Superhuman Law division of the New York firm of Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway. This, of course, means shenanigans. Anyways, a bunch of stuff happened that's pretty much irrelevant to everything. And then we have the idiocy that was the Superhuman Registration Act, which She-Hulk registered from and proclaimed her loyalty to Tony Stark, though working on both sides as a lawyer.

Okay, more shenanigans.

And then Clay Quartermain of S.H.I.E.L.D. approaches her, telling her that because of her registration, she was recruited to work for S.H.I.E.L.D., taking care of Hulk level enemies on the team, Hulkbusters. Even though she was supposed to chase down the Hulk, Iron Man was actually sending her on wild goose chases, and also with her having a falling out with her husband, John Jameson, she eventually found herself in Tony Stark's arms, sleeping with him. Only for the next morning to discover the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier going nuts. This led to She-Hulk discovering that her cousin was not running rampant, but instead, shot up into space by Tony Stark and a few choice men. Enraged, she attacked Iron Man, only for her to be injected by nanotech with an adamantium needle that forced her to return to Jennifer Walters.

Angered, She-Hulk meets Amadaeus Cho who temporarily restores her powers, but she refuses to help him. And then we go onto World War Hulk, which is the worst thing ever. Basically, Hulk's returning from space and he's pissed. While they attempt to evacuate New York, She-Hulk's given her powers back by Tony Stark, and she fights it out with the Hulk, only to be taken out with a punch. Yeah, like I said. It sucked. And then we're back to Jen attempting to sue Tony Stark, but was subpoenaed by Mallory Book to appear as testimony in a case. Basically, Jen was addicted to being She-Hulk, and then more stuff happens.

Like her visiting the Living Tribunal, her boss being outed as an alien robot known as RT-Z9, them discovering an alternate universe known as Earth A, and a whole bunch of other things. But she does regain her powers, so yay, that!

And then came the case known as Arthur Moore, whom Jen was supposed to defend. However, when she heard him gloating over his crimes, particularly what he did to the children that were never found, she snapped and attacked him, telling everyone what he did, and causing her to be disbarred. (What was even worse was that he tricked her and was actually innocent.) So Jennifer joined Freeman Bonds Inc, a bounding hunting company with the Skrull, Jazinda. And then she joined Stark's Defenders, but that was stupid.

And then Secret Invasion, which just involves shenanigans with She-Hulk and Jazinda in their bounty hunting ways. They do meet Jazinda's father, who happens to be the Super Skrull, Kl'rt. And more stuff happened.

Then here comes the big, bad Red Hulk who pretty much takes out everyone, including She-Hulk. So to take him on, she creates the Lady Liberators which is a team consisting of herself, Thundra, Valkyrie, Sue Storm, Storm, Tigra, Black Widow, and Hellcat. Yes. This is a team of badassery. And more fighting happens, bluh bluh bluh. And later on, the group goes down to the first three plus She-Hulk in Marinmer, helping in rescue efforts. However, they meet the Winter Guard, the Russian Avengers and fight it out, followed by a bunch of political stuff that leads to Marinmer's leader getting kicked out of his job. (Or rather, abandoned somewhere.) Afterwards, Jen's determined to get her legal license back when Jazinda is captured by Behemoth, who's taken to a government lab. She-Hulk comes to her rescue, breaking Jazinda out and the Lady Liberators come to her rescue against Behemoth. Mallory encourages She-Hulk to go on her own, only for it to turn out that she was working with a group known as "Fourth Wall".

PERSONALITY:
Ever since she was young, Jennifer Walters was known as the shy, mousy girl who was the daughter of the police chief. She was unassertive and meek, cast under the shadow of her father who refused to give her up, especially after the death of her mother. Jennifer struggled to get out of his grip, but she never had the will or the bravery to do so, and this showed in the court room after she became a lawyer. Though she was very intelligent and knew what she was doing, she lacked the aggression that was necessary to become a great lawyer. Jennifer, unwittingly, began to suppress much of her more independent nature and it took itself in showing up in other ways.

Namely, when she became She-Hulk.

However, her first transformation into She-Hulk was an explosive one and very similar to the ball of rage that became trademarked to the Hulk. She was uncontrollable, filled to the brim with varying levels of anger, and reluctant to trust anyone, insistent on her own independence. The Savage She-Hulk was on an entirely different level of social values, believing herself to be above the set norm for society and that she could go and do whatever she want, whatever she wanted. She was ill-tempered and demanding and was not above hurting people to get what she wanted. She could even be considered controlling and had little if not, no patience whatsoever. The Savage She-Hulk was incredibly violent and saw that physical action was the only way for anything to get done.

Thankfully, her condition as the Savage She-Hulk was brief, and her personality evolved into what soon became known as the "Sensational She-Hulk", a chipper, fun-loving hero that had roots in many famous organizations, including the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. She-Hulk proved herself to be truly the opposite of Jennifer, who was serious and introverted. She-Hulk was anything but, even becoming famous as a party girl during her heroing days, to the point of infamy, really. She-Hulk was known for her great sense of humor as well and one who was wont to make jokes during a battle, even to the point where Spider-Man commended her for her quips and wit. It would seem that She-Hulk had an inability to take anything seriously, but honestly? That was far from the case. In fact, she had proven to her show her serious side much too often and would at points, become emotionally invested in situations and inevitably, prove herself to be an impulsive thinker who preferred to ask questions with her fists, instead of think with her brain, like her lawyering side might prefer. In fact, this has gotten her into trouble numerous times, in situations that could've easily been prevented, had she decided to talk things out. It doesn't mean that She-Hulk doesn't take the time to do just that though. She's had situations where she was forced to let the lawyer in her take over and debate with the opponent in order to stop him from doing something horrible. She's unafraid to speak what she thinks and let her opinions be heard, and is known for being a great improvisational speaker.

This impulsive side of her often leads to her having a slight temper in her sensational form as well. While it is not as destructive, she tends to be a little snappish and doesn't have a high tolerance for things that irk her. This, like the rest of her She-Hulk traits, is rooted back to her time as Jennifer when she let anyone walk over her and push her around. At this point, she was determined to prove herself to be her own woman and refused to live in anyone's shadow again. This was also part of She-Hulk's indomitable spirit and her refusal to back down in any situation, which, when she took up being a lawyer again, became an important reason of why she was so good at what she did. The She-Hulk has an amazing strength of will and a ridiculous amount of stubborness, never giving up and never backing down from anything. She's hard to get on her knees and even if the situation is against her, she will fight and fight until she wins. She has what was called, limitless resolve and boundless courage, never fearing any opponent, no matter how intimidating of dangerous to her they may be. In fact, she has looked Death in the face and punched it. That is unafraid she is. Her bravery has taken rather ridiculous points at times, where she is so unashamed of herself that she has been willing to seduce her enemies by standing naked in order to defeat them.

She had proven herself to be an important affect and asset on everyone's life, a bright sun in the gloominess and storm clouds of the heroing world, even after the nightmare of World War Hulk and Civil War. She's known to bring the light-heartedness into any situation, but that doesn't mean she's not one to take seriously. In fact, She-Hulk has become renowned to be one of those intimidating and dangerous enemies, not for her skill set, but for her personality. While she used to be a sexual party girl who never thought of the consequences of her actions, she is now someone who's trying to restrain herself in her self-degrading and impulsive ways. She-Hulk is constantly trying to settle the battle between herself and Jennifer Walters, of whom she doesn't feel comfortable being anymore and prefers the safety of the She-Hulk and it continuously arises as an issue of who she truly is, even if she insists that she is both. Become She-Hulk has proven to be an addiction to her at times, similar to how one would act if they were an adrenaline junkie.

She-Hulk also has the unfortunate tendencies to act in self-destructive manners and has a hard time forming lasting romantic relationships, despite how quick she is to make friends and how loyal of a person she is. These were developed by Jennifer's issues with her father and defined her need for independence and acceptance, despite how often her relationships fell to ruin by her own actions. However, while she might not be the best romantic partner, she was considered an amazing friend, enough that everyone she had become close to throughout the years stood up for her and fought to keep her from being erased from the time stream. And since she is a lawyer, often, She-Hulk has proven herself to have a strong moral line between right and wrong, having a history of going out of her way to defend those who cannot stand up for themselves, such as the right rights of minorities, the mentally ill, civil liberties, and even criminals who are unjustly represented. There were points where she saw things clearly in black and white, with what was just and unjust, but unfortunately, after a while, it led her to be confused with ethics and moral situations, often changing her mind or question her beliefs in the justice system. At times, she even became disillusioned when situations of unfairness were brought up, like when her cousin, the Hulk, was shot into space for something he could not help. At this point, She-Hulk was beginning to learn that the law and government was not so clear as she had imagined as Jennifer and had begun to take it in her own hands, even willing to create an international fiasco to help those who lost their families in a massive earthquake.

Despite all of this though, She-Hulk has defined herself in the way that most heroines in comics have never been able to -- an immensely powerful, independent figure who while seemingly stands by herself in the world, is not untouched by it, and playing the perfect combination of brains and brawn -- fearless and heroic.

POWER:
TRANSFORMATION
Like her name, She-Hulk carries the powers of that of the gamma-influenced Hulk. When in Hulk form, she has superhuman strength, being able to lift more than one hundred tons easily, and almost impervious skin, capable of withstanding most if not all physical attacks, as well as having an impressive healing factor. She also has superhuman speed, agility, stamina, and reflexes. She can withstand almost all temperatures, as well as stresses and impacts without puncture wounds or lacerations, and it also renders her immune to almost all diseases. Like the Hulk, if she reaches a certain point of her anger, she becomes what's known as the "Savage" Hulk, an almost uncontrollable, monstrous beast. However, this is rare to happen, and for the most part, her transformations are voluntary between Jennifer Walters and She-Hulk, unlike her cousin, where his is driven on rage. Her transformations are also painless, and there's usually no connection physically between her She-Hulk form and Jennifer. However, when she gains strength as Jennifer Walters, it'll reflect on She-Hulk.

When she transforms into She-Hulk, she gains a larger, taller physique, green skin, and green hair.

FOURTH-WALL BREAKING
She also has the rather unique ability to do what's considered "breaking the fourth wall". However, the most that She-Hulk's breaking consists of her addressing the readers and making references towards her artists, writers, and editors, as well as previous issues that has occurred, fully aware of her comic book-ness. Comics have actually integrated themselves as canon reference and court sources in the Marvel Universe, appearing as actual documents for use.

[CHARACTER SAMPLES]
COMMUNITY POST (FIRST PERSON) SAMPLE: Not this again. J? Val? Thundra? Sue? You girls here or am I running this solo?

[ there's a large, good-looking green woman coming onto screen and she's peering into the camera of the communicator before pulling back and looking around ]

Alright, so, what is this -- New York? Well, can't say this is where I wanted to go but I've been in worst places. At least I don't have little blue guys asking me to make judgement.

Not that I'm complaining, but you don't know how many times that shtick has run its course. Unless this is another Earth A, Earth B thing then. In that case, I can't tell if this universe is any better than the one I came from. I'm not carrying my passport on me though, sorry, kiddos.

[ she pauses and though she looks a little worn (as worn as she can look), she smiles and waves at the camera ]

Hey. How's it going? The name's She-Hulk. Maybe you've heard of me? Anyways, point me to whatever boulder I need to run from, bad guy's face I need to punch, what have you -- I'd like to take that one-way trip back home. I left the stove on.

LOGS POST (THIRD PERSON) SAMPLE: It was a rather unattractive groan that came from her.

And no, whatever one might think because of that? Wasn't the case. Seriously, get those heads out of the gutter; the She-Hulk was better than that after all.

At least, that's what she was telling herself while she was trying to keep the large elephant foot from crushing her into the ground. And considering the fact that she could lift at least one hundred tons? This was proving a rather impressive feat and she had to wonder why. Of course, yes, he was going on about how he became so powerful and why he was back to seek vengeance on her, but it was very, "blah blah blah" and she was not okay with, "blah blah blah". "Blah blah blah" bored her. That's what it was supposed to do. Make her stop listening.

That, and she had all her attention on grappling the giant Man-Elephant who was, you know, trying to kill her.

She felt that was slightly more important.

-- But there! There was her moment. A brief second where he loosened up and relaxed his foot, believing himself to be winning. (Okay, she couldn't blame him, with how deep she was in the asphalt) It was enough for her to grab his foot though and wrench forward with a grunt, throwing him behind her and into the side of a large building. The crash was mighty enough to almost topple it like a tree that had just been lumberjacked.

She winced.

Yeah, that had to hurt.

But, of cuorse, he kept on coming. This wasn't surprising to her in the end and She-Hulk just spit some blood on the ground and got to her feet, climbing out of the hole. Damn, maybe she should have been listening when he was giving the obligatory villain monologue. But she had heard it time and time again and again. No one could blame her for tuning it out! And she'd punch whoever did. But for now, she had to focus her attention on the fact that the pacaderm-punching bag was pushing himself up, shaking off the rubble. No time to wait for him to get a hold of his senses -- she'd have to be cheap and get him while he was down.

And she wasn't above being cheap.

She-Hulk rushed forward, fist pulled back and a grin curling the corners of her green lips. She was pretty off on the adrenaline right now too. THis was what she did, after all. Beat down crazy animal-themed villains, start brawling matches in the middle of the streets, protect civilians from being crushed by random falling trees. It was the heroing of it all that she loved. She loved the recognition, she loved people seeing her and cheering for her. Sure, after the Civil War, it had become various levels of awkward between her and the other heroes and there was a sense of tension between her and the civilians -- especially with how nasty it had gotten, but when it came down to it, it was about the ideal of it all. And that was taking down bad guys and protecting the innocent.

So Man-Elephant looked up, there was a huge, green goddess before him, fist at the ready, and with a dangerous look on her face.

"Pucker up, buttercup."

Before she let that fist fly and connect with a satisfying crunch.

Pretty sure she had broken that ridiculous trunk of his and it felt damn good. But if it wasn't the heroing that she loved, it was definitely the rush of the fight. After all, she wasn't the Hulk's cousin for no reason.

FINAL NOTES ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER:
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