The Library

"Creativity is the greatest rebellion in the world."

Short Stories

This is a collection of various short stories featuring Dean/The Wildling and others.

Continuing Adventures

These are short stories on how Dean met some of the other residents of the multiverse. (These stories can be adopted as canon for how our characters met if you'd like.)

Open Starters

"Creativity is the greatest rebellion in the world."

Other Starters and Stories

"Creativity is the greatest rebellion in the world."

Section Title

"Creativity is the greatest rebellion in the world."

What Tomorrow May Bring

"You played me!" Johnny shouted, a hint of outrage and an edge of anger in his voice.Deanna huffed out a laugh and then responded. "Like the cheap kazoo you are!" she said, grinning brightly down at the blonde.

Luck Be a Lady

Deanna's eyes didn't focus on the words and she signed blindly, carefully monitoring her emotions and stuffing them all in boxes as they reeled past the forefront of her conscious thought.Dean didn't feel as if she was really there, her mind refusing to connect itself with her damaged body and all of the pain and confusion she was trying so hard to contain.

Vengeance Shall Be Mine

Spider-Man was one of the people that she loved, so having him held captive by a psychotic alternate version of Reed Richards was a very big wake-up call.Somewhere in the back of her mind Deanna had decided that she wasn't going to stand for it. The people that she loved were off limits and whatever fools decided that they were going to try and use them to get at The Wildling were going to be sorely mistaken.

Spin

She honestly didn't want to do anything but pull her hair and scream in frustration, but that was hardly productive.The aim of his words had been to push at her buttons and she had to admit that they were doing the job.They'd never recovered Robert's body so... what if he /was/ alive?

Money Don't Grow on Trees

"No money, Dean... But I may have a way to fix that." Robert told her thoughtfully before he motioned for her to sit with him on a bench.It took a while for him to explain just what he wanted Dean to do, but she caught on quickly. "But taking their money isn't nice. We have money." Dean said as she looked up at him, her eyebrows furrowed with concern.

Featuring: Robert Black (OC)

Better Living Through Chemistry

"/We/ need chocolate." the symbiote told her, having already noticed that the drop in his host's mood despite spending most of his time out of tune with the conscious world as he recovered.
"Chocolate and smoke... It's about time for me to try and kill myself again." she joked, having kept away from her favorite addiction because she'd been coughing up bits of blood and other grey things she'd breathed in from the collapsed building since they'd escaped

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General Information

Full Name: Deanna Alexandria Black
Reason for name: She had no say in the matter - her parental units named her
Nickname: Dean
Reason for nickname: Dean likes making people reevaluate their ideas about gender norms when they find out she's a woman and not a man.
Alias: The Wildling is a pseudonym that she uses online to preserve her anonymity while she goes about her business on the internet, putting her hacking skills to good use and when she dons a costume.
Identity: Secret identity
Age: 21-28
Sex: Yes
Gender: Female
Place of Birth: Austin, TX
Birthday: Feb 14
Currently living in: New York, New York on the Upper West Side
Species/Race: Homo Superior (oftentimes she'll claim she's Homo sapiens)
Ethnicity: White/Hispanic
Blood Type: O-
Occupation: Bookstore Owner, (sometimes former) Project Manager at Stark Industries, owner of @SpiderShopNYC.
Sexual Orientation: Mostly straight
Social Status: Upper middle class
Relationship Status: Single and dating𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆
Mother (estranged): Anastacia Williams
Father (estranged): Samuel Black
Older brother (previously thought dead): Robert Black

Appearance

Body Build: Lean, ropy muscles under soft curves
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 145lbs
Skin color: Fair to medium
Hair style: Long (wavy, curled or pinned up)
Hair colour: Brown
Eye color: Multi-colored with flecks of blue, green and brown
Distinguishing Features: A 5" scar on her left arm, a set of thin, small knife scars on her abdomen
Preferred Clothing: Jeans, sneakers and t-shirts.
Accessories: A cannibalized WebWear watch face that she wears on a necklace or as a keychain, rubber bracelets and an occasional bit of fandom jewelry or eclectic jewelry.

Personal

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵
General health: Good. No major crises or doctor visits in the past few years past injuries that she's gotten in fights.
Posture: Fair. Dean will slouch and slump and even lie down on comfortable furniture.
Any physical illnesses?: None.
Any mental illnesses?: Undiagnosed emotional disorder & depression
Take drugs?: Only caffeine, prescribed drugs, OTC ones and marijuana
Smoke?: Not tobacco𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲
Archetype: Hero
Mental age: Early 30s.
Act before thinking/Think before acting?: Dean has a tendency to think before she acts.
Emotion-wise, generally: Tumultuous. When Deanna feels, the emotion comes in on an 11 and she has to dial it back and push it to the side in order to cope with it.𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Way of speaking: Casual with a vague midwestern accent. When she's angry, there may be a hint of an Austin accent in her voice
Common conversation starter: "What are you reading/playing/watching?"
Swears?: Yes, when aggravated or in pain.
Made-up words?: Frequently, just keep talking to her and you'll hear something new that's not in the dictionary.
Made-up language?: She knows Quenya and Klingon, but they're not made-up languages of her own design.𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀
Likes: Books, ice cream, plants, solving problems, creating, video games, rock music, sleeping in, cuddles, long conversations about nothing and everything, puns, thunderstorms, coffee, baking & cooking, chocolate, cheesecake, learning new things.
Dislikes: Bullies, lying, scream-y music, waking up early, domestic beer, feeling alone, sour coffee, people assuming things about her without knowing her, hypocrites, pain.
Hobbies: Reading, stargazing, hiking, meditating, gardening, cooking, baking, playing tabletop & video games, collecting comic books, food tasting
Habits: Coffee, correcting people's non-factual statements, humming or whistling, daydreaming.𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀
Strengths: Prefers to think before acting, very thorough, decisive on occasion, very determined when needed and also imaginative, courageous, knowledgeable
Weaknesses: Sometimes forgets to include her emotions in decisions, has some trouble working with others, might sometimes be a perfectionist, also has issues with pushing her emotions down to think logically.𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
Education: 4 years at MIT with multiple degrees in engineering.
IQ: 155
EQ: 130𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀
• Deanna is a mutant that has not been picked up by Cerebro or Sentinel Services because of her brother. Robert gifted Deanna a bracelet loaded with technology he'd created that hides irregular bio-signatures from external sources.𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀
Being forgotten, being abandoned, being alone, cockroaches𝗗𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀
• Dean's ultimate goal is to find her place in the world.
• One of Dean's dreams is to find someone to love who feels the same way for her.𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻...
Government: "Never trust them."
Religion: "Panacea for the masses."
Economy: "Fewer greedy bastards up at the top would be nice."
Technology: "It has exceeded our humanity and will likely continue to do so."𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀
Food: Lasagna, ice cream
Color: Green, blue
Animal: Dragons
Number: 17
Holiday: Halloween
Season: Fall
Time of day: Night
Thing to watch: Comedies
Movie: Secondhand Lions
Show: The Outer Limits
Type of art: Music
Genre of music: Rock
Genre of literature: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Genre of shows: Sci-fi, fantasy, comedy
Genre of movies: See Above

Abilities and Skills

𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
- Empathic Mimicry: Dean has the ability to copy the ability or power of another through an emotion associated with them.
• Deanna has only one ability that is semi-permanent (Intuitive Technological Aptitude).
• Currently Deanna cannot hold onto newly copied abilities for long after her last encounter with the source of the copied abilities.
• If the emotion she associates with the person changes, the ability will need to be re-copied.
• Deanna can only use one ability at a time.𝐀𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
- Intuitive Technological Aptitude: Dean has the power to instantly learn and understand the complexity and exactness of technology and machines without the need of long-term or special education. With this ability, Dean is a prodigy-level inventor and engineer.
𝐸𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑜: Unknown
- Electrokinesis: Dean can create, shape and manipulate electricity, (a form of energy resulting from the movement of charged particles (such as electrons or protons)), allowing control over electric fields, all charge carriers (Ions, Electrons, Protons, and Positrons), electronics, and electromagnetic forces.
𝐸𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑜: Anger
- Spider-Powers: Dean's mutant ability turned what should have been a lethal bite for a Man-Spider into a useable gift.
𝐸𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑇𝑜: Fear
• Superhuman strength, speed, durability, agility, stamina, reflexes/reactions, coordination, balance and endurance
• Precognitive spider-sense ability, cling to most solid surfaces and webbing ability
• Utilizes wrist web-shooters to shoot spiderweb material𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬
- Mimicry: Deanna has the ability to mimic sounds, voices, accents and even the body language of others. From her perspective, she's always been able to do this, but it may be tied into her main ability of empathic mimicry.
- Money-Spinner: Deanna has an uncanny ability to walk away with $20 and come back with $40 in desperate times. She's never sunk to downright theft and refuses to do so, but she might have some experience hustling pool and counting cards along with other methods.
- Survival Skills: Dean has had experience with and can navigate and make the most out of less-than-ideal circumstances with few resources, having had an obsession with being prepared for everything when she was a teen.
- Genius-level intellect: Dean has a higher than average IQ that puts her in the genius range and gives her an edge with learning new things and understanding complex ideas.
- Proficient scientist: Dean didn't waste all of her time in a workroom! She actually has a BA in chemical engineering and is interested in botany, especially ethnobotany.