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Name/Alias: Kristi
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I am 18+ years old

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Character Information

Character Name: Marie “Rogue” D’Ancanto
Canon: X-Men Movies
Canon Point: Near the end of X-Men: The Last Stand

She is also bringing a year and a half’s worth of CR with taciturnbeast from an IJ game. They’ve been friends forever and have recently become involved in a romantic relationship. It has given her a confidence in herself with her ability as well as shown her that her ability can be used for something good. It also gives her some hope that she won’t be alone for the rest of her life. Even if Oz isn’t ‘the’ guy, he’s a guy and he’s interested in pursuing a relationship with her despite the limitations on it because of her power.

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Appearance:

Rogue is average height (5’4), reasonably curvy and has long brown hair. Despite her curves, she is slim. The most distinguishing thing about her are the long white streaks in the front of her hair. She often pulls the rest of it up in a ponytail and leaves those out. She’s got brown eyes, pale skin and a gap between her front teeth. She generally wears fairly casual clothing like jeans, hoodies, tee shirts, but she’s not uncomfortable in a black leather catsuit. Regardless of what else she’s wearing, she is always wearing a pair of elbow length opera gloves. They vary in color and material (I headcanon she’s got a whole wardrobe of gloves) but they are always present unless she is cooking or she’s incredibly comfortable with someone who knows the dangers of accidentally touching her.

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Age: Character 18
History:
http://x-men.wikia.com/wiki/Rogue_(X-men_Movies)


Personality:

Rogue is a self described Southern Belle. She's sweet and usually shy around new people, a little awkward. This is a defensive move on her part because she expects that once people know of her ability they'll be afraid and push her away. Once she knows someone better (and particularly if they know about and accept her power) she tends to come out of her shell. She can be sassy and very, very flirty. She's brave and rebellious as well. When she finds out what the X-Men do, she's not content to sit on the sidelines. She wants to be in the middle of the war because that's something she can do that's productive with her power. This is important because she considers her power a curse, as she can't touch anyone without hurting him or her. Because of this she's often reluctant to tell people the truth about her ability. She's afraid they'll shy away from her or worse condemn her for her power. In her world, condemnation of mutants is a very real thing. She tries to be very respectful and aware of someone's personal space as a result of her power. She can be a little snappish and sarcastic. This is actually, probably, left over bits of Wolverine's personality. She absorbed so much of his life force when Magneto hurt her that she also absorbed some of his ‘more charming traits’ (in Jean Grey’s words). When she maintains contact with someone for a long time//repeated times the bits of personality and all the memories she absorbs stick with her.

She's self sacrificing in the sense that she'll remove herself from a situation to protect other people even if it means that she's going to be in harms way. This is a learned reaction and more evidence of her immaturity (aka teenage girl). She doesn't know how to deal with things so she runs away from them. Evidence of this can be seen when she runs away from home and when she runs away from Xavier’s. It also stems from not wanting to hurt anyone with her power.

When it comes right down to it though, Rogue is your average eighteen girl. This is more evident when she's comfortable with someone. She lets go of some of that reserve and acts like a goofy teenager. She flirts and she laughs and she relaxes for a little while, forgetting about personal space and her power. She had sixteen years being 'normal' so she knows how to be social and talk to other people.

The other side to that is the person that Rogue’s power has turned her into. She can be lonely and bitter. We see a hint of this when she tells Bobby in X-Men 3 ‘You’re a guy. You’ve only got one thing on your mind’. She knows eventually that he’s going to want more than he can have with her. It’s like watching the Titanic movie. You know what’s coming, but there’s nothing you can do to stop it. To some degree, Rogue resents people who can touch without fear of sending someone into a coma. She resents the freedom they’ve got to pursue a relationship whether casual or otherwise. She envies them immensely, but despite all of that, Rogue wants to be accepted for what and who she is, power and all. Regardless of how much she wants to be able to touch people, she doesn’t want to have a part of herself ripped away in order to do that. She accepts who she is and what she is. I think this is seen through her growth in the films. She starts out a scared little girl running from her problems, but even at the end of X2 we can see that she’s become confident in who she is and she’s proud to be a part of the X-Men and a part of the ultimate solution between mutants and humans. It’s also very apparent in who she becomes in the comic book verses.

X-3 (and the disaster that it is) canon can’t really decide whether to agree with this portrayal or not. In the theatrical version of the movie, Rogue gets the cure and holds hands with Bobby bare handed. However, in both the novelization of the movie and an alternate ending on the DVD, Rogue ultimately decides not to get the cure. I believe this is more in keeping with what we see in the movies as a whole and in the comic book versions.

Let’s talk about guilt! Rogue knows that she’s not to blame for what Magneto did to her and what he tried to do with her power, but that doesn’t stop her from being afraid that it will happen again. It doesn’t stop her from being afraid of what she could do. She still feels tremendous guilt over Cody, the boy she put into a coma with a kiss. Because of that, there’s always that fear that any kiss will do exactly the same thing that first one did.

We’re also going to talk about what’s in her head. When Rogue touches someone, she gets memories and emotions. The longer she touches them, the more memories she gets (as well as personality quirks, but we’ve discussed that already). Because of the sheer amount of time she spent in contact with Wolverine and Magneto, she’s got a headful of memories and ideas that aren’t hers. She’s got everything that Wolverine went through, a lot of what Magneto went through (including concentration camps) and everything that Magneto did to her on Ellis Island. Because of all of this, she has nightmares that wake her up screaming. It also gives her a compassion for people that she might otherwise see as evil. She hates Magneto for what he did to her and for being the ‘bad guy’, but at the same time she can understand where he’s coming from.

To add to all of this, Rogue has a few abandonment issues. When she put Cody into a coma, the reaction from her parents was naturally one of fear. She chooses to run away and we never hear from her parents again. She isn’t featured as missing on any milk cartons, billboards or Amber Alerts ☺. Because of the nature of the film, the way it deals with humans vs mutants, I assume this is because her parents are anti-mutant. At best, they refused to accept their daughter was a mutant. At worst, they disowned her for it. Sixteen year old girls don’t leave loving homes and go across the country on their own. The idea of Rogue having abandonment issues is bolstered by the way she keeps Wolverine’s dog tags so close. They are a physical reminder to her that he will come back for her.


Powers/Special Abilities:
Involuntary power absorption. This means that anytime her bare skin comes in contact with someone else’s bare skin she absorbs their power. In mutants, this is whatever power they possess. In regular humans, this means their life. She also tends to absorb their memories, emotions and some of their personality traits, at least temporarily. She does not hold onto these powers. They fade over a short period of time.

(The web site I linked you guys too gives the formula 60 times longer than the amount of time she was touching someone)

She also has a basic knowledge of hand-to-hand combat, but she’s somewhat of a beginner.


River Power: The river has given Rogue healing. I chose healing because it’ll give her a power that she doesn’t have to hurt someone in order to get, but I also chose it because it’s a power she’s been in possession of a good deal via Wolverine. It’ll give her the ability to help people out as well.

Reason for Character Choice:

Rogue has always appealed to me as a character from the X-Men even before I really got into fandom. I like the angst of this beautiful girl that can’t touch anyone. She’s a tragic character, but she’s also, potentially, a very powerful one. I like the ‘catch’ that she has to harm someone or at least disable him or her in order to be powerful. I love exploring the ideas of how a person forms a relationship without touch. Skin to skin touch is something that research shows is essential with infants, so I like exploring and toying with the idea of how it affects a person when they can’t touch someone’s skin. Basically, she’s a great way to poke and prod at the ways humans do and don’t connect.


Writing Samples

First-Person Transmission Sample:

[The video flickers on to show a teenage girl with dark brown hair that has a white streak up front. She’s wearing a dark green, hooded cloak and opera length black gloves. She looks resigned because for the most part, she is. If there’s anyone who deserves this, Rogue believes she does.]

I read the brochures and I know why I’m here. I get what’s goin’ on. I guess I’m just wonderin’ about everyone else.

Third-Person Log Sample:

The whole event is surrounded by gawkers. Come to stare at the zoo, Rogue smirks to herself. Bitterness rises up in her and she quells the urge to snap, to hit someone and to yell. The space between her knuckles aches and that helps center her. The anger isn't hers. It's the ghost of a man who isn't around right now and wouldn't tell her what to do if he were.
There's a press of someone at her back to distract her and she flinches, looks over her shoulder. It's just some kid with blotchy skin that could almost pass for acne if no one looked too hard.


“It's all right. You can go on ahead,” she tells the boy then steps aside to let him pass and notes that she's at the back of the line again. She's been standing in line hours, letting people pass in front of her and stalling for time. This one moment will change her whole life. Because of that, she knows she has to take her time. 
Rogue isn't so old that she doesn't remember a life before her power wrecked it. She remembers normal and touch without fear. She remembers romantic dreams that seem silly now. It's not that she’s aged that much, but that fairytales end with a kiss and she can't kiss anyone. At least not the way she is now.



She goes up on her toes, craning her neck to watch as someone at the head of the line disappears into the building. Ridiculously—or maybe not—she's reminded of the stories she heard in history class; of Jews filing into gas chambers, their heads full of promises of hot showers. That's not happening here, she reminds herself. She's met some of the people who have been cured. This is a chance; a fork in the road and she's been dawdling at the apex too long. She can almost hear Logan's voice in her head telling her it's time to make a decision. The kid rings in her head so clear it makes her lips twist in a wry smirk. 



“You gonna move up or just stand here all day?” a girl with a swirl of tattoos that keep changing across her skin asks.



“Yeah...sorry. I was—just distracted for a minute.” And she takes a step forward instead of letting the girl go ahead.

It's time to make a decision. Any decision as long as it's her choice.