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OOC Information;
Name; Chrissy
Personal Journal; chewtoy
Contact; pickpockets
Other Characters; Lily Potter, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and Wichita.
Activity proof; ta daaaa!

IC Information;
Character Name; Gwen Stacy.
Canon; The Amazing Spider-Man.
Canon Point; Post-Film.
Age; 17!
House; Odin.
Power; Ice Manipulation.

Personality;
➞ SMART
"He's one of Midtown Science's best and brightest. He's second in his class."
"Second?"
"Yeah."
"You sure about that?"
"Pretty sure."

The first thing most people notice about Gwen is that she's a very mature, smart girl, something that comes both naturally to her and because she dedicates most ( if not all ) of her time to her studies, and her internship at Oscorp. She's a senior at Midtown Science High, top of her class, because she's worked for it, and she's very proud of the fact too. Gwen follows the rules, works hard, and encourages others to follow suit. She's also the Chief Intern at Oscorp, which shows us she's been working there for an extended period of time, and holds a fair amount of responsibilities there as well. Dr. Connors ( Gwen's mentor and head of the department, and quite clearly someone that she looks up to and respects ) entrusts her with a number of duties, such as assisting him with his lab work, and directing the newest interns through guided tours around the Oscorp labs.

When we're introduced to the character in the film, she convinces Flash Thompson to stop beating up Peter by bringing up the fact that she was very disappointed in his homework from the day before, asking Flash if they're still on for meeting up after school. So, essentially, she embarrasses the heck of out him without being outright cruel. This shows us two things: one, that she's Flash's after-school tutor, which means it's very likely either their teachers, or Flash's parents, trust Gwen to be a capable instructor, and 2) she's more than just book smart. She gets him to leave Peter alone by telling him to "get to class, I think we should go to class", instead of trying to stand up for Peter and simply taking his side, which might have made Flash even angrier. Later on in the film, Peter calls her to tell her that she needs to mix an antidote to counteract the Lizard serum, which she does! Quite quickly, in fact, and she mentions that Dr. Connors has her mix antidotes often enough that she feels confident that she can mix the cure they need. When she's waiting for the reptile antidote to finish and the Lizard makes its way into the Oscorp Tower, she sets off the fire alarms so the emergency fire-doors lower, giving her some time to hide not only herself, but the also Ganali device, which Dr. Connors was going to use to infect Manhattan with his Lizard serum. ..And alright, The Lizard might have found her and taken the device, but in doing so she bought Peter a little more time to get there, and also used a makeshift blowtorch to protect herself and keep the Lizard at bay. Smart!

➞ BRAVE ( AND MAYBE A LITTLE BRAZEN )
"The antidote is cooking -- there's eight minutes left -- I'm going to get everybody out."

The series of events at Oscorp also show us how brave she is. Peter tries to warn her, tells her to get out of the building because the Lizard is headed straight for it, but she refuses and instead sets the evacuation sequence into motion to get everyone else out as she waited for the antidote to finish. It's a choice she makes without hesitation, and maybe this is a trait she's picked up from her father, but she will always do what she feels is right if she knows she can help. She also comes to Peter's aid at the school, when the Lizard has Spider-Man pinned against one of the windows, by hitting him with a school trophy to try and distract him. Even after Peter told her to leave, get to safety, she clearly stuck around to make sure Peter was alright. Gwen isn't conceited, not really, but she does tend to act on her own impulses, ignoring the warnings of others in favor of them. She might be a stickler for rules, but the only time we really see her go against her gut and obey an order is when it's given by her father. Which I think is a matter of trust - she believes he really does know best. Another sign of her bravery, and her trust in Peter at least, is when she goes out swinging with him. Flying around the city on a synthetic biocable, with nothing but Peter's arm around her to keep her from falling to her death? Yeah, that's trust. And bravery. Though really, who could say no to that?

➞ COMPASSIONATE
"For as long as I can remember, my father- has left every morning and put a badge on his chest, and strapped a gun to his hip. And every day since I can remember, I haven't known if he was going to make it home."

Right from the start, we see that Gwen honestly just cares about people, both from the fact that she's a tutor, and because after Peter's fight with Flash, she makes sure he's okay, even suggests he goes to the nurse a number of times in case he has a concussion. At that point it seems that Gwen and Peter only really know each other by name ( and class rank... ) so it's telling that she took the initiative to break up the fight herself when nobody else did. Throughout the movie she asks about the bruises on his face - "What happened to your eye?" - and shows a genuine concern for him. Above all else, she really does care, very much, about the people she's close to. And even those she's not close to at all, as shown by how she makes sure the Oscorp building has been evacuated before the Lizard attacked, instead of leaving as quickly as she can as Peter suggested. Also, technically, the department in which she works is focusing on developing cross-species genetics, which will theoretically make it possible to embed certain animals' DNA ( and their healing abilities ) into humans, so that they can fight off disease and disabilities on their own. It's a very radical notion, but one built on the idea of helping people, and I think that's why she's so invested in the program.

But on a more personal level, through the development of her relationship with Peter, we see that she has the capacity to be a very good listener, trustworthy enough to keep Peter's Spidey-Secret ( even from her father! ), and even helps Peter clean up his wounds after another fight with the Lizard. While she tries to patch up his wounds, she talks about how nervous she is about all of this, how it's kind of the same as how she feels about her father. She's a worrier, that much is clear, that even though she puts on a brave face, she cares a lot about the well-being of her friends and family.

➞ BUT STILL A TEENAGER
"No, I do not want hot chocolate. Honestly, I'm seventeen years old."

Above all else, there are a number of times that even through her shining moments of bravery and brilliance, we're reminded of the fact that Gwen is still very much a seventeen year-old girl. She's not shy, but she does have her moments of vulnerability, finding herself a little tongue-tied when Peter starts ( trying ) to ask her out for the first time, fidgeting and fussing with her notebook, even twirling in place when there's a lull in the conversation. She's forward in a playful way, teasing Peter about showing up at Oscorp, "Are you you following me? Then why are you here?", and making jokes about how her father thinks he needs psychiatric help after his visit to the police station, but for the most part it's very obvious she doesn't exactly know what she's doing when it comes to dating or anything even remotely like it. She's got a crush, that's clear, but what even do.

When eating dinner with her family, we see not only the level of respect Gwen has for her dad, ( and are shown that, apparently, Gwen's parents are rich and her three little brothers know how to cut fancy fish better than Peter ) but how bashful she can get during potentially awkward situations. She manages to cut the conversation short, before it gets too heated, but only after a few bouts of awkward laughter. She has a tendency to ramble when she's flustered, and make quirky jokes when she's trying to move a conversation along. Also! We find out that Gwen loves chocolate. Loves. Chocolate. Has even said she wants to live in a chocolate house, according to her dad. But then she counters that accusation by saying it's impractical. And fattening. Honestly, she's seventeen years old.

Samples;
ax entry ( re: her biggest in-game development ):

[ so, Gwen's been busy. really busy, in that working-on-one-thing-for-a-month-straight way. since the discovery of the genetics labs, she's felt a new burst of enthusiasm ( rabid, scientific enthusiasm ) for the different things she'd been working on in the labs, mainly the research on the manticores. there wasn't much to go on at the start, samples from different specimens all generally looked the same, different strains of DNA that weren't quite human anymore, but nothing else solid to draw from. for all intents and purposes, she'd hit a dead end. how long could she keep staring at things under a microscope? but then they found the genetics lab, which was in shambles, sure, but it gave her a new place to look. new equipment, new evidence, new variables.

it took a while, and some serious convincing, but eventually she and Peter got down to the labs to pull apart some of the computers to bring back up to the safer labs, pulling broken file after broken file of the two in-tact hard drives they found. one was loaded with nothing but the virus, it nearly ruined her iPad ( because they weren't about to upload anything onto the Network device until they knew it was safe to, thank you very much ), but the second- that had a bit to work with. it was rough, it was strings of code and the virus and heavy, heavy encryptions. there were parts of the drive that looked cleared completely of any data, and others that were so dense with code it took them days to pick it all apart.

but now, she finally, finally had something that made sense.

it wasn't a perfectly clear answer to any one of her million questions, but it was a start. it was proof.

so when the video feed clicks on, she looks... okay, haggard is a strong word. but it's obvious she's worn herself out, her hair is a mess compared to the usual neat ponytail she wears in the labs, and she's surrounded by pieces of tech she's used to try and get a read on the hard drives. she props the camera up on something just ahead of her, so she has room to scroll through her iPad and use her free hand to show visuals ( oh yes, she has visuals ) on camera. ]

Hello, Tranquility. [ she waves ] I know it's still early yet, a month isn't a long time to search through labs that are as torn apart as the one we found a few weeks ago, but I was hoping to get in touch with anyone that's managed to pull some of the tech from those new labs. I remember someone - a man named Cambridge, yes? - made a request over the Network for people to find equipment he could look at in regards to the virus found on the computers down there - [ she might be flipping through her iPad until she finds her transcript for this transmission ( yes, she keeps transcripts of conversations she thinks might be important later, and here we are ) ] Yes! Right. I'm assuming some of you answered the request? So, I would love to discuss anything you might have found on those hard drives, especially if it looks anything like- [ she's reaching out to grab the text-book sized drive she found in the labs herself ] -this one. Um. [ okay all hard drives probably look the same if you're someone that hasn't been staring at a few for the past million days, oops ] I just mean, if you pulled them from any of the computers on the second floor of the genetics labs, specifically.

Because I've found something, but it's very obviously just a small piece of a much bigger file. [ much bigger discovery, but she doesn't want to seem like she's in over her head here. ] If you've found anything at all, any file that doesn't appear to be damaged or corrupt beyond saving, let me know. I definitely feel that we would benefit from aggregating our information, especially when it comes to something like this. It- It could open a lot of doors for us. When it comes to the original crew, of course. Maybe finding out what happened? This might make that possible, we just need to keep digging.

And if you've got the perseverance for finding more, let me know here as well. Peter and I can use all the help we can get trying to recover information from those labs, because I have no doubt we'll find our way back down there to look for more. So. Right!

-- Thank you!

[ here's a tired, ( but enthusiastic! ) Welcome-to-Oscorp! intern smile, then she's shutting off the feed. ]

[PRIVATE to TONY STARK ( OPR » 001 » 005 ), encrypted 100% ]

Are you busy? I need to show you this. Or- Look what I found. [ someone might be kind of exhausted and running on SCIENCE!!! adrenaline, so she's scrolling around her communicator so she can send him a file] It's safe, I promise, just a raw text file. I didn't want to show everyone else right away because - well, it doesn't look like much, does it? But look at it, there's- just look. [ oh my god please tell her to chill out ]

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