haru's character challenge

supcrficial [GONE] 07/31/20

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hello everyone! today i'm here to enter

mace's #characterchallenge in which

you represent yourself with a little bit

of embellishment ;). i'm not really an

interesting person, but i hope you

enjoy sticking around for this blog!

psd used on cover: shadows like you by

me, love talk by breewaffle

psd used on background: babanana by me

background photo: claudia kim

psd used on dividers: stuck in a daydream

and open happiness by s*fibearcolorings

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so i made myself a little avengers/marvel/shield profile using the template from one of their games, and i'll be explaining the ones that i think will need explaining, as well as explaining why i left some missing.

some stuff is self-explanatory -- i'm a female who is 5'6 (171cm for everyone else outside of usa) and has brown hair and brown eyes with glasses. i also don't know my weight, so that's why it's unknown currently lmao, and the birth year is x-ed out because i don't want to tell you guys my age.

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my powers would include:

possibility manipulation

which will be expanded upon later

hand-to-hand combat

ever since i was around 5, my parents enrolled me in taekwondo which was probably my first love hobby wise. i excelled in it, and eventually expanded my hand-to-hand combat 'arsenal' to karate, japanese jiu-jitsu and some decent skills of mixed chinese martial arts like kung fu. i have some pretty defined and developed muscles on my body and would probably pose an above-average threat to a regular mugger or unenhanced criminal.

weapons flexibility

due to my affintity towards east-asian combat, i was given a sort of scholarship like oppourtunity to study their weaponry. i'm decently skilled with weapons like nunchucks and swords like the katana, but the weapons i am most comfortable with are long distance weapons like the bo staff or the kendo bamboo sword. however, i think i'm pretty conscious of and adaptable to my surroundings.

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my challenges would include:

aversion to most types of confrontation

despite - or because of - what i've been through, i tend to try not to get into problems with anyone. for the avengers, or heroes of any sort, this could be a pose a problem as their job is to confront and fight things (hence why this is in the challenges section). however, i couls see this working rather well with my powers because i could change possibility without being in the fight and work in the sidelines. perhaps i could aid under the guise of being a civillian, therefore the villian or the enemies wouldn't figure out that i'm actually helping and therefore i wouldn't be a target/in harm's way.

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occasionally compromised moral com

this will be expanded upon later in the blog, but i think i'm rather morally gray and would probably be overcome and entirely too indulgent in my newfound power.

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unavailable during school hours or reluctant to leave lessons

i mean, i'm a student. although i have a superpower, it won't hinder me from wanting to have a normal life with a normal job. i would try my best not to cheat in my academic career and this would leave me to be as dedicated to learning the schoolwork as i am right now without powers. this factor would leave me rather unavailable during classes, but it seems to be fine for peter parker at most points, plus the avengers are like 30+ so why would they need a teenager to help them.

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sporadic bouts of energy, stress, demotivation and anxiety

i mean, this is pretty self explanatory. i don't get these often, but when i do get these bursts they're very extreme. as a hero with assignments on a schedule, i would try my best to counteract these, but all my past attempts have failed me.

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POSSIBILITY MANIPULATION

whenever i thought about powers i would want, my mind never went to enhancements like super strength or speed, nor did it go to more sought-after skills like flight or teleportation; i always wanted something that could play with fate or destiny, crafting a future created solely based on my own will. this led me to possibility manipulation.

in essence, it is the power to, well, manipulate the possibility of an action into one favoured outcome. have you ever thought about what the chances of showing a tails in a coin flip? it's quite obviously 50/50, but you could change it to a 100% guarantee. this can transfer in many ways: the possibility of your teacher calling on you in class is now a 0%, the possibility of your parents getting in a car accident is now 0%, the possibility of you effectively memorizing your physics chapter is now 100%, the competitive university program you've applied to will now undoubtedly accept you. it's versatile and much more powerful than you might think.

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of course, it is not without error. perhaps it becomes a monkey's paw scenario with devastating outcomes. the key? restraining yourself from the decadence of playing god once in a while. if you can't, well, the knocking might come at your door. then again, you can always work with the consequences when they present themselves.

an alternative power i had thought of was engineering with the environment. not in the way of changing the environment, but in the way of being able to engineer things from the environment. like creating whirlpool monsters when fighting near a sea, or an army of rock monster with trees for arms, or creating a self-moving sled from snow. but that's just... too much theoretical science for me.

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now this power is not without error. when you change the possibility of an action, the consequences of said action are unknown. as previously mentioned, it could come with seriously terrible short-term consequences as you're toying with fate, but it could also manifest itself into some rather unexpected consequences a long time after the initial action.

another thing i thought should be implemented into this power, whether it is for practicality or to just be a little bit of a nuisance, is the fact that your mouth must form the sentence 'the possibility of [action] is now [%]'. i would definitely wear a mask of some sort and during these covid-19 times, nobody would think me suspicious or odd. i thought this would be good to implement because in situations where you let your mind wander, you wouldn't drop the world into the center of chaos with a single thought. furthermore, this could come into play when in high stress of fast paced environments as perhaps time is not on your side. everything you do in a fast battle is relliant on how fast your mouth can shape those aforementioned words, if you can't, perhaps you're just dead weight - just another life to worry about.

i would also like to posit that the manipulation can only occur if the person doing that action is in your eyesight or within a certain radius for the action to be affected. this could pose a weakness in the power as you could be blindfolded, temporarily blinded like that dude from twilight can do, or if the villain is a certain level of treacherous, blinded forever. to build upon this, i would also like to include that if your action is to occur a substantial amount of time in the future (let's say a few days or a week), the power can be attached to an object that will come in direct with the person which is performing the action. for example, as you are writing your exam in a closed room with your peers, you may manipulate the possibility of getting full marks on test onto the exam itself, so when your professor goes and marks it the manipulation takes place then.

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as i am the possessor of this power, my first instinct is to use it for larceny like avoiding payment for a subway sandwhich, or to allow me to succeed more in academic and social circles: the cashier now pays for my food, my math test is guaranteed to be full marks, i just got into a highly competitive club - just to name a few. soon, i would begin to get bored of nicking inconsequential things, and would begin to search for trouble. i would probably go out at night to attempt the life of a hero, stop some mugging, perhaps. knowing where i live, however, nothing goes on here and the only result of my nightly escapades would be the bitter flavor of boredom. until one night.

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let me set the scene:

the night is clear, but devoid of stars as the moon reflects light onto the concrete sidewalks. the thought of another useless and boring outing dons upon you as you decide to wrap up the night and go home; it was a thursday after all. strong, yet somewhat muffled footsteps sounded around you as you begrudgingly walked the 20 minute way home.

the familiar buildings of the town's community center began to peak over the horizon, the ball of glass that adorned the top reflected the moonlight in an almost blinding way. a loud expletive seemed to have shaken the ground and pierced the peaceful surrounding silence. naïve ears already alert for any type of evil ramble, your hands snapped to the mask that hung at your neck - this was, in your mind, ready to fight. your slow advances disturbed the grass under your feet, approaching whoever they were until they were in sight.

two young men - one perhaps 5 or 6 years older - stood in the, at this hour, abandoned parking lot. they faced each other as the older held a rather large pocket knife in the other's direction. before you could process the blood thumping rhythmically through your veins, the older man lunged at the younger who had already pivoted and began running away, catching him in a tackle.

the younger man's body hit the floor and a rather audible thump harmonised with the metal clatter of a fallen knife as it echoed through the empty parking lot. from what little actual hostile fighting you had seen in your futile superhero career, the situation seemed dire. the older man elbowed the throat of the other as he attempted to claw his way off the ground and run. it was now or never. before you knew it, your mouth had molded the powerful words and disappeared into the air; seemingly sent off for the god of fate to pull the strings.

almost instantaneously, the younger man managed to grab the cartoonishly large pocket knife and plunge it into the abdomen of his attacker. you couldn't see much from how far you were, but for a second, it was as if you were holding that knife - as if you were the one who stabbed him. time seemed to have stopped and everything melded into a blurry, traumatic memory.

the quick shuffle of the younger man's back against the ground as he got up, the distraught face of a murderer hobbling away from the scene of his crime, the older man's body still clinging to life as he groped around him for some sort of peace, and eventually, the truly lifeless body of a man you had never knew; someone killed by your own twisted way of playing god.

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my writing sucks, but this is how i would find out that, not only is possibility manipulation powerful, but the consequences following it are unpredictable. this is when i would realize that this is real life and everyone i use the power on are real people who have to deal with the consequences of MY actions. knowing me, i would bottle up this trauma and i would pursue more self-sacrificial actions as if, in my mind, i'm atoning for the pain i caused that man and people that knew him on that night. i wouldn't try to be a superhero, or even use my powers very much anymore, as the thought of using my powers brought me back to that terrible memory of unintentionally taking a life.

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villain is written wrong but pls ignore it !!

as i've stated before, i would definitely be using my powers as a petty criminal just because i would think it practically, and a selfish/easy way to get things i want without giving anything. i can see myself becoming too indulgent in using my powers and slowly become a thief in my older years because of how easy it would be to make money with my power, but at the same time, i don't think i would allow myself to do such a thing.

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i would then try to be a vigilante because i just wanted to help innocent people like they do in children's books. my powers would let me avoid any type of correlation or connection should a criminal investigation start, but after my little blurb in the previous section, i wouldn't allow myself to use my powers for ANYTHING following that instance. plus, i live in a very low crime rate area.

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after a while of trying to be a hero in a city with little to no reported crime, i would begin to track and seek out hotspots for the morally challenged in hopes of pursuing the vigilante life, however i feel as though being exposed to that kind of environment begins to numb you to that type of criminal violence. during this time in my life, i would begin to slowly start using my powers more and more as i frequent the shadier parts of the city. in an effort to clean up the criminals, it began to become addicting to using my powers - it made me feel in control of something.

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following my departure from high school, i would attend school in america (probably for an exchange or a temporary program at a prestigious school that i undoubtedly used my powers for) - which would take me away from the addicting hotspot - and finally get a taste of what it's like being a hero through the news coverage of the avengers. this new found inspiration would compell me to try late night scouting again for crime, and i would probably do that type of 'good' stuff until shield found out about me.

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after getting my degree, i would shield as an agent, not a superhero. with my powers, the main missions would be solo ones going undercover, or infiltrating the lives of enemies as i can just make them trust me. my ability allows me to quell any type of quarrel, so the outcomes of these missions result in low casuality rates for both sides (i would hope). even though i would be a rather dependable field agent, whenever the avengers got into a fight and shield needed to send back-up, i would suggest that i don't see that type of action - the one where i have to fight with others and worry about their lives as well. if someone sustained injuries while on a mission with me, i would hold that against myself even if there was nothing i could do.

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i can't see myself doing this type of thing for long, so after staying with shield for a portion of my life, i would seek out a normal one as a practicing medical professional. of course, i would stay in touch with the friends i've made at shield, but i would definitely choose to move back to canada; preferably a busier city with a more exciting night-life. while still continuing to be a hero through treating people, some late nights would be spent chasing the adrenaline that once pumped through my veins while at shield as i return to a vigilante-style night life.

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as for the rest of my life? hopefully spent doing good things and being happy.

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