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Dec. 24th, 2011 08:46 pmName: Becka Munoe
Age: ~16-18; no stated age.
Canon: Marvel Universe, b/w Genext and United
PERSONALITY SUMMARY:
All quotes and italicisations accurate, emoticons and extended periods.. obviously not.......
Notable character points:
Cries a lot the first issue, doesn't really do so afterwards. Gets teary when she gets mad.
Transformation seems to linger. She's emotional all day before going to the clu
Notable canon:
Casual insults to people she ilkes.
Personality:
First of all, Becka is not a people person. She's abrasive, blunt and distant with both her friends and strangers, keeping people at arms length and preferring not to get close to others. She's independent, shown to dislike the professor's intervention when it occurs, and she's mildly introverted, shown to be distant even from her closest friend / surrogate brother, Pavel. She has issues in confiding even to her closest friends, regularly insults them and actively tries, as seen in No-Name's case, not to get close to others.
Part of this is that she doesn't really understand people! Becka's a simple, straight-forward kind of girl: she has no patience with manipulators or mind-games, and she's always the type to go straight to the point. However, she doesn't quite get American social norms and she's quite aware of it. As a result unless someone actively pisses her off, she's not very confrontational: she's more willing to either sit and blame it on cultural differences, or else follow other people's leads. Becka really isn't a leader, socially or otherwise.
Part of the reason that she also remains distant from others is due to her issues with rejection. While Becka is the biological daughter of Storm, there is no relationship between them: Storm left her in the Savage Land shortly after she was born, where she was taken in by Pavel's grandmother, and none of the characters, despite the series focus on the children's relationships with their parents, even refer to her as Storm's daughter. Similarly, she and Oli are hinted to have a relationship early in GeNext, even kissing at one point: however, Becka shows no real reaction when shortly after, he chances upon his childhood BFF and promptly starts making out with her. Similarly, when Sati begins flirting heavily with Rico, another boy she's interested in, she complains to Beast but makes no real effort on her own. She expects to be rejected - in romance, by her family, for her abilities, there's always a reason - and subsequently, she just finds it easier to avoid getting close at all.
A lot of Becka's sour attitude can also be attributed to self-confidence issues. Becka's taken from the beginning of GeNext #1; subsequently, she's still struggling with accepting her powers, and her lack of self-confidence. In the Savage Land, Becka was hinted to be an outcast, and it's shown that Becky still faces discrimination in the United States. Becka doesn't, unlike many of the characters, view her abilities as being positive, and actively strives to hold them back and 'control them' at any given point: they're something she's ashamed and scared of, especially the more savage aspects, and they're something to be hidden away even in an environment where everyone else is equally different.
For all that she calls social life overcomplicated and considers her powers a detriment, however, Becka isn't incompetent: her main issue is her self-esteem issues. She proves that, for all that she holds herself apart, she knows her friends quite well, at one point being able to successfully discwhat they're talking about through reading their body language despite her claims that American culture and behaviour is "too complicated". Similarly, despite her fears, it's shown that she actually has a great deal of control over her abilities and the self-control to avoid losing herself to them.
And despite the fact she doesn't particularly like herself, Becka is intensely loyal to those she thinks deserve it. No-Name and Becka's interaction is limited to No-Name shouting at her and Becka saying they're not close. Despite this, when they think No-Name is going to break curfew and get suspended, Becka is the first to demand they look for her, and this is the only case in the series where she actively argues with her friends. Although she doesn't want to be close to people and actively resents the professors attempts to 'protect' her and the other children, she's willing to put her neck on the line for a disliked peer because she thinks she's going to get in trouble. Another important note is that Becka isn't interested in trying to police her friends: when she tracks down No-Name, it's because she wants to cover her back due to her belief the situation is probably dangerous.
Becka has a lot of behavioral "quirks", or different norms, that are left over from being raised in the Savage Land. When dealing with an enemy, she "jokes" that they should kill him to solve their problems; when an alarm goes off in the middle of the night, it's shown that she sleeps underneath her bed with a knife.
History:
GeNext takes place ten years after the events of X-Men: The End, although it retcons several events. The known changed events (because it's comics and everythings up for grabs) is that several characters are still alive, such as Scott Summers, and some are now dead, such as Rogue.
Becka's history is never fully described in either comic. She's the daughter of Storm, born sometime before the events of X-Men: The End, and her father is never stated. Regardless of her specific parentage, Becka is abandoned by her parents in the Savage Land shortly after she's born.
At around the same time, Nereel, a Savage Land woman and former lover of Colossus, is given charge of her grandson, Pavel. She somehow comes across or is given Becka, and she raises Pavel and Becka for the next sixteen years.
While it's never described, Becka's childhood can be assumed to be at least somewhat problematic: the only time she talks about the Savage Land, it's only to say she always had to be on her guard, *especially* when she slept. She also under her bed, with a knife, and her first reaction to an alarm going off is to get ready to fight. Why exactly she's sent to Xavier is never explained except through Pavel referencing vague 'problems' that make returning to the Savage Land impossible and Becka's narration always talking about how Xaviers is a brand new start, exactly what she needs, ect.
Powers:
Becka has the ability to control weather, albeit to a lesser degree than Storm. She can generate wind, which she uses to fly, cause it to rain and can create lightning, ranging in size from being like electric brass-knuckles to minor bolts. Her ability to control weather is significantly weaker than her mothers, requiring more concentration on her part, and she doesn't appear to be able to hold it for long periods of time. Again, unlike with her mother, she has a set limit to what she can carry: it's stated she can't carry Colossus when he's metal, and while she carries the Blackbird airborne for several miles, it's a clear strain and she promptly faints upon landing.
Becka has a secondary mutation which allows her to transform to a more savage version of herself. When she shifts, she looks like this, her nails grow into claws and her irises begin to glow and turn orange. In this form, she has a healing factor that allows her to take a severe beating to the face and emerge with scratches that heal in minutes. She can still use her primary mutation in this form, but transforming to Savage requires heightened emotion on her part: this, the monstrous appearance and the confidence boost she associates with it all make Becka view her transformation as negative and something she tries to avoid through emotional control.
In both forms, she has enhanced strength, enough to throw off a woman wearing armor and for her sparring partner, Oli, to require padded armor when training.
Age: ~16-18; no stated age.
Canon: Marvel Universe, b/w Genext and United
PERSONALITY SUMMARY:
All quotes and italicisations accurate, emoticons and extended periods.. obviously not.......
Notable character points:
- She refuses to fight with X-23 because she's afraid of hulking out.
- ... despite getting the shit kicked out of her.
- Pretty aggressive in her speech, rejects people even when she wants them to pry.
- Says: "I'm fine, Oli. I just need a little time to myself, okay? [beat] If that isn't too much to ask."
- Thinks: Oli, please...... I need........... help! But suppose when he sees me as I really am....................... he sees a monster?
- Says: "I'm fine, Oli. I just need a little time to myself, okay? [beat] If that isn't too much to ask."
Notable canon:
- X-Men: The End is set in 2004. GeNext #1 takes place in 2014.
- Rogue is dead.
- Scott and Emma are leading the X-Men.
- Kurt and T.J. are crazy-famous billionaire actors.
- "Kat—Kitty—is getting ready to run for Governor of Illinois. She’s been Mayor of Chicago for two terms—it’s time for her to move up the ladder."
- The "Bad End" future of Runaways; Gertrude is the leader of the Avengers, dating Victorious.
Notable narration notes:- [No-Name is a lost soul trying to find a home where she can anchor herself and build a life.] Becka Munroe [Storm’s daughter] in some ways is surprisingly like No-Name, though she’ll never admit it. She’s someone who’s trying to find her proper way in the world, to build a stable life and a viable future – and to just learn to be happy.
- "Becka is something of a haunted character. She hails from the Savage Land and her birth dates back to a period shortly after Ororo's capture of Brainchild, head of the Savage Land mutates."
- "capture of Brainchild" is reference to X-Treme X-Men: Savage Lands, which was written by Claremont and Storm is captured by Brainchild, who turns her into this.
- Becka's father is almost definitely not Black Panther, given all that bullshit was retconned before it. Maybe Wolverine? Never present in X-Treme X-Men, but he and Storm have a relationship in X-Men: The End and Claremont loves the pairing. Alternately, Beast, or Slipstream, who she was with in X-Treme.
- "capture of Brainchild" is reference to X-Treme X-Men: Savage Lands, which was written by Claremont and Storm is captured by Brainchild, who turns her into this.
- [No-Name is a lost soul trying to find a home where she can anchor herself and build a life.] Becka Munroe [Storm’s daughter] in some ways is surprisingly like No-Name, though she’ll never admit it. She’s someone who’s trying to find her proper way in the world, to build a stable life and a viable future – and to just learn to be happy.
- "Becca, who is from the Savage Land, and her best friend is Pavel—Colossus—and her antecedents you can pretty much tell from her appearance but she doesn't formally know who her mother is but there seems to be a link with Ororo."
- Not a lot of friends. Strong loyalty towards peers, though:
- OLI: [No-Name's] your roommate, Becka! Don't you talk--
- BECKA: You mean, like friends? Are you serious?
- BECKA: Am I the only one who gives a damn? I'm going after No Name to bring her back if I can. At the very least, I can cover her back. You guys coming?
- OLI: [No-Name's] your roommate, Becka! Don't you talk--
- Oli is called silly, stupid,
- She's good at innately understanding people, but not at the cultural aspect.
- OLI: You're very good at this.
- For all that's worth.
- OLI: You're very good at this.
Personality:
First of all, Becka is not a people person. She's abrasive, blunt and distant with both her friends and strangers, keeping people at arms length and preferring not to get close to others. She's independent, shown to dislike the professor's intervention when it occurs, and she's mildly introverted, shown to be distant even from her closest friend / surrogate brother, Pavel. She has issues in confiding even to her closest friends, regularly insults them and actively tries, as seen in No-Name's case, not to get close to others.
Part of this is that she doesn't really understand people! Becka's a simple, straight-forward kind of girl: she has no patience with manipulators or mind-games, and she's always the type to go straight to the point. However, she doesn't quite get American social norms and she's quite aware of it. As a result unless someone actively pisses her off, she's not very confrontational: she's more willing to either sit and blame it on cultural differences, or else follow other people's leads. Becka really isn't a leader, socially or otherwise.
Part of the reason that she also remains distant from others is due to her issues with rejection. While Becka is the biological daughter of Storm, there is no relationship between them: Storm left her in the Savage Land shortly after she was born, where she was taken in by Pavel's grandmother, and none of the characters, despite the series focus on the children's relationships with their parents, even refer to her as Storm's daughter. Similarly, she and Oli are hinted to have a relationship early in GeNext, even kissing at one point: however, Becka shows no real reaction when shortly after, he chances upon his childhood BFF and promptly starts making out with her. Similarly, when Sati begins flirting heavily with Rico, another boy she's interested in, she complains to Beast but makes no real effort on her own. She expects to be rejected - in romance, by her family, for her abilities, there's always a reason - and subsequently, she just finds it easier to avoid getting close at all.
A lot of Becka's sour attitude can also be attributed to self-confidence issues. Becka's taken from the beginning of GeNext #1; subsequently, she's still struggling with accepting her powers, and her lack of self-confidence. In the Savage Land, Becka was hinted to be an outcast, and it's shown that Becky still faces discrimination in the United States. Becka doesn't, unlike many of the characters, view her abilities as being positive, and actively strives to hold them back and 'control them' at any given point: they're something she's ashamed and scared of, especially the more savage aspects, and they're something to be hidden away even in an environment where everyone else is equally different.
For all that she calls social life overcomplicated and considers her powers a detriment, however, Becka isn't incompetent: her main issue is her self-esteem issues. She proves that, for all that she holds herself apart, she knows her friends quite well, at one point being able to successfully discwhat they're talking about through reading their body language despite her claims that American culture and behaviour is "too complicated". Similarly, despite her fears, it's shown that she actually has a great deal of control over her abilities and the self-control to avoid losing herself to them.
And despite the fact she doesn't particularly like herself, Becka is intensely loyal to those she thinks deserve it. No-Name and Becka's interaction is limited to No-Name shouting at her and Becka saying they're not close. Despite this, when they think No-Name is going to break curfew and get suspended, Becka is the first to demand they look for her, and this is the only case in the series where she actively argues with her friends. Although she doesn't want to be close to people and actively resents the professors attempts to 'protect' her and the other children, she's willing to put her neck on the line for a disliked peer because she thinks she's going to get in trouble. Another important note is that Becka isn't interested in trying to police her friends: when she tracks down No-Name, it's because she wants to cover her back due to her belief the situation is probably dangerous.
Becka has a lot of behavioral "quirks", or different norms, that are left over from being raised in the Savage Land. When dealing with an enemy, she "jokes" that they should kill him to solve their problems; when an alarm goes off in the middle of the night, it's shown that she sleeps underneath her bed with a knife.
History:
GeNext takes place ten years after the events of X-Men: The End, although it retcons several events. The known changed events (because it's comics and everythings up for grabs) is that several characters are still alive, such as Scott Summers, and some are now dead, such as Rogue.
Becka's history is never fully described in either comic. She's the daughter of Storm, born sometime before the events of X-Men: The End, and her father is never stated. Regardless of her specific parentage, Becka is abandoned by her parents in the Savage Land shortly after she's born.
At around the same time, Nereel, a Savage Land woman and former lover of Colossus, is given charge of her grandson, Pavel. She somehow comes across or is given Becka, and she raises Pavel and Becka for the next sixteen years.
While it's never described, Becka's childhood can be assumed to be at least somewhat problematic: the only time she talks about the Savage Land, it's only to say she always had to be on her guard, *especially* when she slept. She also under her bed, with a knife, and her first reaction to an alarm going off is to get ready to fight. Why exactly she's sent to Xavier is never explained except through Pavel referencing vague 'problems' that make returning to the Savage Land impossible and Becka's narration always talking about how Xaviers is a brand new start, exactly what she needs, ect.
Powers:
Becka has the ability to control weather, albeit to a lesser degree than Storm. She can generate wind, which she uses to fly, cause it to rain and can create lightning, ranging in size from being like electric brass-knuckles to minor bolts. Her ability to control weather is significantly weaker than her mothers, requiring more concentration on her part, and she doesn't appear to be able to hold it for long periods of time. Again, unlike with her mother, she has a set limit to what she can carry: it's stated she can't carry Colossus when he's metal, and while she carries the Blackbird airborne for several miles, it's a clear strain and she promptly faints upon landing.
Becka has a secondary mutation which allows her to transform to a more savage version of herself. When she shifts, she looks like this, her nails grow into claws and her irises begin to glow and turn orange. In this form, she has a healing factor that allows her to take a severe beating to the face and emerge with scratches that heal in minutes. She can still use her primary mutation in this form, but transforming to Savage requires heightened emotion on her part: this, the monstrous appearance and the confidence boost she associates with it all make Becka view her transformation as negative and something she tries to avoid through emotional control.
In both forms, she has enhanced strength, enough to throw off a woman wearing armor and for her sparring partner, Oli, to require padded armor when training.
