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Storm | Marvel 616 | (expired) reserve
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Character Name: Ororo Munroe (Storm)
Canon: Marvel Comics (616)
Canon Point: Post-Battle of the Atom, but Pre-The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier.
Background/History: X-Men in the Main Marvel Universe | Storm on Wikipedia | Storm's spotlight on UXM.net | Storm on TVTropes
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Because her mutation is so closely tied to the state of her emotions, Ororo is the epitome of calm, composed and collected. She is reserved, doing her best not to let her emotions (and by extent, her powers) get the better of her. Her ability to manipulate the weather makes her a fearsome opponent indeed – that she possesses such great control over it is testament to the rein she has over her emotions. It takes quite a bit to get under her skin, but once she gets angry, she really gets angry. For her to lose her temper or be forced into a truly scary situation would equate to flashes of lightning or even a violent thunderstorm. But Ororo knows the importance of self-control, especially with powers as potentially destructive as hers. As a result, her control over her emotions, powers and her own mind are all extremely important to her.
Her hard-learned control over her powers came hand in hand with learning how to contain herself and her emotions. But by the same token, her mutation has led to some degree of emotional repression. While certainly not completely repressed, she has still had to keep herself from acting out on extreme emotions. As a result, she was deemed a little distant to her teammates and friends. Containing her emotions isn't always easy - and when her temper gets the better of her, it can have largely dramatic effect, often potentially quite destructive, which makes keeping extreme emotions like joy or anger or grief all the more important. She's since gotten better at expressing herself and embracing her feelings over the years, and especially since meeting her friend Yukio, as well as the temporary loss of her powers, but all the same, she does prefer a degree of solitude and self-control. Probably the best modern example of how her powers and extreme emotion are tied together is how, upon learning of Wolverine's death, she made Beast take her up into orbit so she could mourn in a way that wouldn't hurt anyone on Earth, and ended up causing a planet-wide solar storm that manifested itself in the form of an Aurora Borealis.
Storm is also famous for her strong mind and will, with some writers going so far as to say she is indomitable. While not impervious to mind-control, she's often depicted as being tough to overpower or possess (which sadly leads to more than one supervillain taking that as a deciding factor in making her their queen. #StormProblems) Charles Xavier has said that even maintaining a telepathic link with her can be difficult because of the constant static field she apparently has in her mind, one that only strengthens with the use of her powers.
So, it can be said that Storm is proud and more than confident of herself and of her abilities. But by no means is she arrogant (... well, maybe a little.) She carries herself like a queen would, but at the same time, she has no problem letting others take control (as long as she deems them worthy leaders.) She also has a very strong protective instinct - she's constantly looking out for her fellow X-Men, and especially the younger students. She's perceptive enough to able to tell when something bothers them, and is quick to offer help and advice should they need it.
And yet...! Storm is also one of the most dangerous X-Men to cross. It takes quite a bit to make her angry, but once her patience is stretched thin, and especially if her family has been threatened (she is very protective of the people she loves. see: never ever threaten kitty pryde in her presence), or if she has been telepathically violated (she has Issues with people taking over her mind. see: that time emma frost tampered with her mind), it would be wise to run for the next country. Not only will she not think twice about dropping a hurricane on her enemies, Ororo has proved herself a formidable opponent even in hand-to-hand combat. She challenges Scott's leadership and for the right to lead the X-Men when she deems him unfit to lead (it turns out he was possessed but w/e), and bests him in combat even while she was completely depowered.
In spite of this, there is no questioning that Ororo is kind and compassionate. She's long been known as one of the "nicest" X-Men and has made several lasting friendships with her fellow teammates over the years. She is kind and compassionate and nurturing - when she isn't offering a words of encouragement to her fellow X-Men, she can be found in the greenhouse or in the garden among her beloved plants, giving them their own personal rainshowers. Ororo has a healthy respect for all forms of life - knowing that despite the destructive nature of a storm, violence is not all that it is good for, and that it can be used for life as well. The whole reason she's on the X-Men at all is because Professor Xavier had convinced her that she could do so much good for so many more people than just the tribes in Central Africa who prayed to her for a good harvest. In that respect, Storm is self-aware and is one of those X-Men who truly have the heart and conviction and determination to fight and defend the oppressed.
That said, Storm is a natural leader. She knows how to take command of a team and of a situation. She has been one of the X-Men's longest go-to's for field leaders. She led the team back when Cyclops first stepped down in the 80s and has consistently been a regular leader of the X-Men over the years. She has much of the team's respect - even the flighty, testy Wolverine's - due to her strategic mind and ability to make hard decisions in tight situations. But at the same time, she knows when to step back and let others handle things should a situation call for it. She led the X-Men when she was without powers, but eventually she realized that she was better off with them than without, and so relinquished leadership to Logan while she looked for a way to re-power herself.
At the end of the day, Storm believes in Charles Xavier's cause. Does that make her a bit of an idealist, and a self-righteous one at that?
Perhaps.Yes, it does, and she's been called out on it before. She has a penchant for taking on responsibilities she does not need to, but does so anyway because it is the right thing. And if no one else will do it, then she is more than willing to take on the job herself. Being a mutant in the Marvel Universe is difficult - they are constantly exposed to the prejudice and bigotry of humans - things that she, as a black (arguably queer) woman, has already faced practically all her life - even before she started to fight for Xavier's Dream. But she has faith that Charles Xavier’s dream of humans and mutants living in harmony can one day be realized. It may not happen in the near future, but she does what she can to help that future become a reality - if not for herself, then definitely for the students and the mutants of the generations to come. In the meantime, she encourages them to develop their powers and teaches them how to use their mutations to help people, and for them to show and prove to humans that they are not to be feared.no subject
Weather Manipulation
As her codename suggests, Storm can manipulate the weather around her with a thought - that is, call forth rain, hail, snow and sleet, summon winds, fogs, mists, tornadoes and hurricanes, generate/(re)direct lightning to strike down her enemies, and adjust temperature and pressure to her liking. Storm can also do the opposite - she is as capable of dissipating such weather conditions as she is able to summon them. Her powers also give her some resistance to extreme temperature change, as well as the physiology to withstand sudden changes in pressure since her control over the wind allows her to fly at the speed of the wind and at differing atmospheric levels. Professor X has also stated on more than one occasion that the nature of her powers gives her a natural sort of shield against telepathy - telepaths find it takes some effort to maintain a prolonged mental link with her because of a "static field" around her thoughts (idk man, comics.) Other aspects of her power include being able to sense, or "see" the flow of energy and sense where exactly in the world she is just by feeling the atmospheric conditions around her.
That's like, a lot of dangerous powers. But as Ororo has had to learn the hard way, the weather isn't something to be messed with casually. Depending on the scale of what she's doing, it can have a lot of nasty effects. (For example, one of her first acts as a "goddess" was to relieve a tribe's drought by making it rain over their crops for days on end. She'd sucked the moisture from the atmosphere and caused an even bigger, wider-scaled drought over the many neighboring areas, bringing more suffering to more people.) So as much ass-kicking as she can do, she has to keep in mind to keep it restrained over certain areas. She can't alter an entire climate (she probably could, but she really shouldn't. hahaaa.)
But, Ororo is limited by the constraints of the environment she is in. Not only is she claustrophobic, but being indoors or underground would make it very difficult (or near impossible) to summon a tornado. She can only work with the already existing atmosphere (so she'll have less to work with when underground, for example)
Other skills
Her lifestyle with the X-Men also naturally implies a lot of endurance training and exercise. She's not too shabby in a fist fight - certainly not at the level of Wolverine (who taught her) but strong enough to hold her own in a one-on-one fight against the likes of Mystique. She's also handy in a knife-fight, and knows how to handle common firearms (again, because Logan insists she learn how to take care of herself without her powers. Something that came in handy when she was without her powers for an extended period of time.) She also knows how to pick locks and pick pockets with ease, due to her being taken in as a student by master thief Achmed Il-Gibar back when she was an orphaned streetchild on the streets of Cairo.
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Sample Entry Two:
Ororo was not a stranger to being pulled into new worlds. It wasn't something that happened often, but it had happened to her enough times in the past that she wasn't too lost about it now. Confused, perhaps, and more than a little concerned, but not at the fact that she was in another universe. No, what did trouble her was everything that she'd left behind: the school, the students, her team, her family... For her to be pulled away from all of them, at a time like this, left her frustrated and more than a little annoyed. And it would have showed, not only on her face, but also in the sky...
But it wasn't showing in the sky. Or at least, not as it should have if she was as angry as she felt. Aside from the darkening clouds and the occasional bolt of lightning, there was nothing going on in the atmosphere that should have reflected the extent of her anger.
There was something wrong with the atmosphere here. She could not quite pinpoint what it was- just that it did not feel natural, and rather felt like someone else was pulling on the invisible strings of something she was not used to sharing. And because she could not be completely certain of what was going on, her anger only built.
She rose into the air, as high as she was able to, and steeled herself. With a determined inhale, she gave the air a savage pull with her mind. The sky gave a satisfying crack as white-hot lightning split the clouds and thunder rumbled through the city, this prison. She raised her chin defiantly and narrowed her glowing eyes. Let them see. Let them hear. Let them wonder what they got themselves into when they decided to cross Storm.
-> ACCEPTED