Bruce Banner

❥ Character Information

Character Name: Robert Bruce Banner [Joe Fixit / The Hulk]
Character Age: 48
Character Species: Gamma Mutate
Current Health: Alive, it's complicated.
Outfit: Varies, usually ill-fitting clothes taken from clotheslines and such that he cobbles together outfits from. Joe is more of a tropical shirts and suits guy while Hulk is lucky to even wear pants most of the time.

Character Canon: Marvel Comics 616
Link to History: Here
Canon Point: Immediately post Immortal Hulk
Canon Iteration: Canon
Canon Iteration Explanation: N/A

❥ Folkmore Roles & Attributes

Skills:
- Nuclear Physics Knowledge
- Biochemistry Knowledge
- Radiology Knowledge
- Engineering Innovativeness
- Survivalist Skillset
- Various forgery, lock picking and other types of criminal skills used on the run
Canon Abilities: Many of Bruce's powers come in the form of being able to transform in the Hulk. Many of these abilities can carry over to Bruce in small ways though. Perhaps even if he ends up feeding his entity, rather than becoming a full Hulked-out form, he can use the Hulk's traits more strongly on his own. That being said, these abilities are as follows.

Transformation: Bruce under physical duress or psychological stress he'll transform into a giant more monstrous form. He gains much more muscle mass and brute strength. Though he looses control of fronting in the process, falling to his Savage Hulk personality, or potentially Joe and Devil. He becomes 7-8 feet tall, the exact height tends to vary depending on how angry he is, with a more bulky build and green skin, though sometimes grey or red depending on who is 'driving'. There's also quite a few other effects.

Scaling Superhuman Strength: Also scaling on his anger he has superhuman strength that is near unmatched. His potential is unlimited, though each Hulk persona has a base strength value, of those present: Joe is the weakest in hulk form, then comes Savage Hulk, and then Devil Hulk. The Hulk's immeasurable strength is directly proportional to his level of rage, excitement, and stress, this is also affected by how much radiation he can consume or to a lesser extent: Dark Magic.
Naturally in this setting it also be factored by how much fear he's consumed before or in the process of using said strength. As will be the case for everything else.

Superhuman Speed/Stamina: Similar to the above it scales with rage, excitement and stress, and greatly surpasses the average human.

Superhuman Leaping: Hulk can bound and jump great distances, having been recorded on a relative horizontal of 1000 miles. He is extremely precise and has great environmental and geographical accuracy.

Regenerative Healing/Superhuman Durability: It's not necessarily that the Hulk is invincible. While difficult to pierce his skin or damage him. it's also the fact that whatever does manage to get through him doesn't stick. It heals faster than you can even really see it cut through him, even healing around whatever caused the wound before it can pass through or be withdrawn. He can regenerate from practically anything, even able to regenerate dismembered parts back together when they were separated from one another. Bruce himself is also immune to diseases because of this.

Reactive Adaptation: Similar to his transformation and regenerative healing, Hulk can adapt to a number of environments. Such as the depths of the oceans, the altitudes of mountains, heat of volcanoes and even the vacuum of space.

Extrasensory Perception: Bruce and the Hulks can see ghosts, astral projections. Things like that. He developed it out of fear of his father's ghost haunting him.
Role: Myth
Role Qualities/Attributes: Namely horns and claws of varied sizes/style depending on who is fronting, a tail, and as hulk he will have a more rough, scaled hide in large plates, sharper teeth and more horns in the form of spikes and spines.
Role Reasoning: Bruce Banner is a complicated subject when it comes to morality and the idea of good versus evil. While he’s technically a hero, he’s not often considered one by his world at large. Even personally he’s long thought himself more of a monster than a man, let alone one fighting the good fight. In light of recent events, with Devil Hulk appearing to the front and the fight against Roxxon, Bruce has found him and his system hurting more people than he ever wanted to, yet he doesn’t necessarily regret or feel guilt for it. In his mind it’s deserved, and he’s finally letting himself be angry. Even without his manifesto and the reach of causing riots and terror in his name, he was given the ultimatum from the One Above All that he was this counterweight. He would be all encompassing good or evil and as it stands? He leans the latter if just as a means to an end to try and help.

❥ Personality

Please choose one of the follow options for your personality section. Please clarify which option you have picked and, if option 2, which questions you are answering:

Option 2. Choose FOUR-FIVE of the following questions to answer and expand upon. You may choose a fifth question if you feel it is integral to your character's personality. Each answer has a 100-300 word requirement.

OPTION 2 QUESTIONS (PICK 4-5) 100-300 WORD LIMIT EACH:

What was the most traumatic experience your character endured? How did this change them?

By far it was the death of his mother. Largely his childhood was full of neglect, fear and abuse at the hands of his father with far too many instances to recount here. His mother was the one shining light among the dark for much of his early life. She was an angel in his eyes. When Bruce was around 9 years old his mother tried to flee with him. His father realized it and confronted them on the curb where he attacked her and bashed her head in. The court attempted to get the truth out but Bruce was intimidated by his father into lying and feeding the idea Brian said that she tripped. The truth was revealed later when Brian was drunk in a bar bragging, but the instance has been the largest scar among many for Bruce’s psyche.

What is the most important and defining relationship(s) in your character's life and why?

I think while it isn’t often seen as the most defining thing, it certainly is important above many if not all others, his relationship with his cousin, Jen. Jennifer Walters is now known as She-Hulk but for a long time she was just.. His friend. He was the elder cousin and looked after her when he could, he tried to be a good role model and they spent lots of time together before Bruce got older and eventually left for college. They have referred to each other as soulmates (platonically of course) and Bruce has stated that if anything in his life made it worth living, it was that he had the hand in creating the best of them- the greatest hero to live in Jen.

What is a headcanon (or two) you feel strongly about and that you prefer playing your character with? How is this supported in canon and why do you think it benefits the character's story?

That Bruce Banner reads as a trans man / allegory. I could talk for hours about the themes of mental illness and the effect / response society has on it but there’s also something so strongly tied to the experience of Transness and being a Trans Man in particular. I believe there’s a good amount of themes and motifs so to speak that relate to the experiences of dysphoria and dysmorphia, of trying to fit into society's mould, masking/stealthing and the way it bottles up with micro to outright aggression. The way it’s seen as a flaw to lash out at people who hurt you because you’re supposed to be level headed always, a good example of every other person like you. I play him as Trans because he speaks to these experiences in such a beautiful and closely relatable way.

What are your characters dreams and nightmares? Do you believe they are more likely to obtain one rather than the other?

He’s definitely more prone to nightmares. He often has night terrors and avoids sleeping around others if possible. Some bad enough he’s turned into the Hulk in his sleep has made him nervous about bunking with or around people, especially if he sees them as more vulnerable compared to the likes of Thor for example. He has a lot of stress nightmares about current things in his lift but also more abstract and terrifying sequences. At the other side of the coin his dreams tend to be unassuming and plain, if not used as a means in his Mindscape to commune with his other Alters / Hulks.

Is your character capable of forgiveness or will they hold a grudge until they die? Would anything ever make them change their mind?

Bruce Banner is far too forgiving. While he does hold grudges, he tends to always be willing to make amends. He’s forgiven nearly everyone who has slighted him, from Tony Stark, to Thaddeus Ross, and even his own Father when he was released into Bruce’s care shortly before he was killed by Bruce. In part it’s due to his own desire for second chances, to be seen as more than a monster, it makes him vulnerable to seeing other people in the same way. Even if they’ve done horrible things to him, he wants to believe anyone can change for the better and so his bleeding heart has more room than he should save for those who hurt him.

❥ Player Information

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