Post by Ben Grimm on May 1, 2010 17:51:48 GMT -6
Benjamin Grimm
The Basics
- Real Name: Benjamin Grimm
- Alias / Codename: Thing
- Gender: Male
- Age: 40
- Affiliation: Hero
- Canon / Original: Canon
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- Strong
- Caring
- Rocky
Powers & AbilitiesWeaknesses
- Rock-like Skin: The Thing possesses a smooth, rock-like hide as a result of exposure to cosmic rays. The mutagenic process caused his musculature, bone structure, internal organ composition, soft tissue structure, and skin to greatly increase in toughness and density.
- Superhuman Strength: The Thing's primary superhuman power is his great physical strength. Initially, he was only strong enough to lift about 5 tons. Over the years, through rigerous training and further mutation, his strength dramatically increased to the point where he could lift roughly 85 tons. He has continued to exercise over the years using special equipment designed by Reed Richards. It is believed his strength has increased further, sufficient to lift at least 90 tons , and will continue to do say as a future version of the Thing states.
- Superhuman Stamina: The Thing's advanced musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of a normal human. At his peak, he can exert himself for about 24 hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to affect him. Incidentally, The Thing's lungs are of greater volume and efficiency than a normal man's, enabling him to hold his breath underwater for up to 9 minutes,despite the fact that he used to smoke.
- Superhuman Durability: The rock-like composition of the Thing's body renders him highly resistant to physical injury. The Thing's body can resist extremely powerful impact forces, such as the force of the Hulk's punches (the Hulk can lift/press 100 tons making his punches particularly strong). He can also withstand exposure to high levels of explosives, such as being struck full with bazooka shells, without sustaining injury. His body can also withstand extreme temperatures ranging from -75 degrees to 800 degrees Fahrenheit for up to one hour before exposure or heat prostration occurs. However he couldn't withstand being slashed by Wolverine's adamantium claws, and sustained some injury, making adamantium one of the few things that can pierce the Thing's impenetrable body.
- Superhuman Sensory Adaption: Though his senses aren't superhumanly acute, his five senses can withstand greater amounts of sensory stimuli than he could when he was a normal human being, with no reduced sensitivity.
- Expert Pilot: Ben is an exceptionally skilled and experienced pilot, proficient with many varieties of both conventional and exotic aircraft
- Experienced Astronaut: Ben has also trained as an astronaut and was piloting Reed Richard's spacecraft during the team's fateful bombardment with cosmic rays.
- Master Combatant: He is uniquely gifted in the art of hand-to-hand combat (a skill Ben honed long before he became the Thing), though his fighting style tends to be a rather loose brawling technique all his own. This style often incorporates wrestling techniques, boxing (as he has been stated to have spent hours upon hours honing his boxing skills in the gym during college), and on at least one occasion even Jujitsu. In his youth, Ben was a talented football player.
- Rock Apperance: Ben is permanently in his rock state, and is therefore unable to fit in with society, or at least causes many to be afraid of him.
Biography[/font][/color]
The Role-Player[/font][/size][/color]Benjamin Jacob Grimm was born on Yancy Street in New York City to a poor family. His older brother Daniel was a part of the Yancy Street Gang, a group of young trouble makers from the area. Eventually, Ben was ‘beaten in’ and became a member himself, becoming street hardened early in life. But tragedy would befall Ben’s family. His parents both died and his brother also lost his life in a gang fight. This left Ben to the custody of his father’s brother, Daniel, and took him from New York to Arizona. After Daniel’s wife’s death, he remarried a much younger woman named Petunia (who Ben would reference often). Away from his past troubles, Ben did well in high school, becoming a talented athlete. An excellent football player, Ben was able to get a scholarship to Empire State University. There he would meet Reed Richards and they became close friends. After college, Ben joined the US Air Force and became a fantastic pilot, often testing experimental aircraft and even flying top secret missions for the US government. His piloting skills eventually landed him a spot at NASA.
- Current Residence: The Baxter Building, New York City
Ben was later contacted by his old friend Reed who wanted him to pilot his experimental rocket into space (as they joked about in school together). Ben was reluctant to pilot the ship as he was unsure that it would be safe for them. Ben was persuaded to do so anyway and they took off with Susan Storm, who helped fund the project, and her younger brother Johnny.
Still not cleared for takeoff, Ben took off at the others request and they made their fateful trip into outer space. Unfortunately, Ben was right to assume the safety risks, and the ship was bombarded with cosmic rays, just as he had feared. The rays caused the ship to lose control and Ben’s incredible piloting skills saved their lives in a miraculous crash landing that none should have survived. Once safely on Earth, the others soon realized that they had gained super powers. But Ben got the unfortunate powers of the group, his skin becoming a hard, rocky orange crust. They all agreed to use their powers for the good of humanity. Ben chose the super name of the Thing after being referred to as such by Susan. Together they became the Fantastic Four.
During the Super-Human Civil War, Ben briefly chooses the pro-registration side with Iron Man. This is before he witness a civilian death caused by villains trying to intensify the already calamitous situation. He tells both side of his disgust for them and their lack of heroism. Not wanting to participate on either side, Ben moves to France.
He returns to New York City, but not to choose sides. He protects the innocent from the super heroes and their battles against one another. At the end of the war, the team joins together to discuss their future, as there has been much tension between them, specifically Reed and Sue. They temporarily leave the team to rekindle their love on another honeymoon and are replaced with the Black Panther and Storm. After mending their marriage, they returned to the team. The Thing remains the ever-lovin' blue-eyed member of the team.
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- Name: Brandon
- Experience: I have been roleplaying for quite sometime, but I didn't get too serious with it until last July.
- Characters: No others.
- Custom Title: The Clobberin' Rock
- Other Notes: Credit to Marvel Comic Database and Comicvine
- Sample Role-Play Post:
Back In The Good Ol' Days
Ben walked down the street in a grey trenchcoat and hat, in order to disguise the obviousness of his rocky apperance. This was in order to avoid scaring anyone, and to keep people from gawking at his apperance. By now, you'd think people would be used to it. Apparently not. He headed for the bar, where he was going to get a break for once. But is it ever really that easy?
Apparently not. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a man sprint across the street, causing a bunch of cars to hammer on their brakes and nearly collide. All the drivers of the cars would do were stick their head out their window and yell, but Ben could do a lot more. Holding his hat on with his hand, he began to run, and turned off into the alley where the man had run into. In the distance he could hear an high pitched alarm ringing, which suggested that the man had just robbed a place. Good reason for why he was running. Ben stopped in the alley, not seeing the man anywhere. "Now where are ya?" Ben spoke out loud to himself. He could only spot one hiding spot where the man might be: the dumpster. Ben walked over to it, and put his head up to it, trying to listen inside. He could hear faint breathing. Without loosing another moment, Ben grabbed the dumpster at it's sides and lifted it up into the air, giving it a good shaking. The man still made no noise. That left him with one resort.
Ben turned the dumpster upside down, causing all of it's contents to be dumped out onto the ground, including the man himself, who attempted to run for it. Quickly placing the dumpster down, Ben reached out and grabbed the man by the back of the collar, and lifted him up into the air. "Where'd you think you're goin', pal?" Ben asked. The man was so scared, he could hardly make out any words. Ben looked at the mess that the dumpster had made, and then looked back at the man, having decided his punishment. "Unless you want it to be clobberin' time, you are gonna clean up that mess until the cops come for ya, got it?" Ben said with intimidation. The man nodded his head nervously and got to work, with Ben watching from not far way.
Ben walked down the street in a grey trenchcoat and hat, in order to disguise the obviousness of his rocky apperance. This was in order to avoid scaring anyone, and to keep people from gawking at his apperance. By now, you'd think people would be used to it. Apparently not. He headed for the bar, where he was going to get a break for once. But is it ever really that easy?
Apparently not. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a man sprint across the street, causing a bunch of cars to hammer on their brakes and nearly collide. All the drivers of the cars would do were stick their head out their window and yell, but Ben could do a lot more. Holding his hat on with his hand, he began to run, and turned off into the alley where the man had run into. In the distance he could hear an high pitched alarm ringing, which suggested that the man had just robbed a place. Good reason for why he was running. Ben stopped in the alley, not seeing the man anywhere. "Now where are ya?" Ben spoke out loud to himself. He could only spot one hiding spot where the man might be: the dumpster. Ben walked over to it, and put his head up to it, trying to listen inside. He could hear faint breathing. Without loosing another moment, Ben grabbed the dumpster at it's sides and lifted it up into the air, giving it a good shaking. The man still made no noise. That left him with one resort.
Ben turned the dumpster upside down, causing all of it's contents to be dumped out onto the ground, including the man himself, who attempted to run for it. Quickly placing the dumpster down, Ben reached out and grabbed the man by the back of the collar, and lifted him up into the air. "Where'd you think you're goin', pal?" Ben asked. The man was so scared, he could hardly make out any words. Ben looked at the mess that the dumpster had made, and then looked back at the man, having decided his punishment. "Unless you want it to be clobberin' time, you are gonna clean up that mess until the cops come for ya, got it?" Ben said with intimidation. The man nodded his head nervously and got to work, with Ben watching from not far way.