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Character Name: self-explanatory
Canon: If the canon has multiple versions, please be specific.
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Character History: A brief summary of your character's background. Only the highlights, please! This section should not be more than 300 words long.
Personality: Can be longer than the history, if necessary, but again, please try to be succinct.

Writing Sample: For this section, you have two choices:

1. Fill out an IC survey (copypaste below)
2. Write a first or third person sample on the subject of your choice. (~300-500 words)

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Character Name: Anthony "Tony" Stark
Canon: Iron Man/Avengers (Movie verse)
Reference Link: Wiki

Character History: Tony Stark, son of the brilliant inventor Howard Stark (who was involved in the Manhattan Project, among other things), was lucky enough to inherit Stark Industries, a significant fortune, and a brilliant mind for technology and invention from his father. As head of Stark Industries, naturally, he uses his powers for good and creates highly advanced weapons of mass destruction for the US military, profiting off of war and death and sleeping like a baby at night! That is, until his convoy is jumped after a demonstration in Afghanistan and he's held hostage by terrorists who demand that he rebuild his latest and greatest missiles for them. During the ambush, Stark was near-fatally wounded, leaving him with shards of shrapnel in his chest that would migrate to his heart and kill him if not for an electromagnet powered by his own invention, the arc reactor, plugged right in there. After building a makeshift predecessor to the Iron Man suit, Stark escapes the terrorists and returns home to declare the end of Stark Industries' weapons program, having seen that his weapons were being used by both sides to perpetuate war. Except, of course, for one little private project: the Iron Man suit.
One double-cross from business partner Obidiah later, and the suit graduates from being a personal toy to a tool Stark uses to defeat Obidiah's own suit and protect public safety in true super hero-ish fashion. He then blatantly ignores the traditional concept of a secret alter-ego and reveals to the whole world at a press conference that he was Iron Man. Stark later goes on to refuse to hand over any of his new tech to the US government, which turns to a rival company instead. Meanwhile, he starts getting more than a little reckless since he thinks he's due to die soon because of poisoning from his arc reactor. But really it all turns out okay and the important development that comes out of Iron Man 2 is that Stark first encounters Nick Fury, Natasha Romanoff, and the "Avengers Initiative" and is pretty much immediately crossed off the list of potential team members because he's himself. But that doesn't stop them from recruiting him when an alien force starts a war with earth, led by Loki. Stark somehow manages to play nice with Captain America, Natasha, Hawkeye, Thor, and the Hulk to successfully protect the earth and explode stuff. Yay \o/

Personality: Tony Stark is a genius engineer playboy billionaire, more or less. He can invent and assemble technology decades beyond what the rest of the world is capable of (like his clean energy arc reactor), even when held captive by terrorists in a cave in Afghanistan! He's ~smooth~ with the ladies, at least up until he finally hooks up with his assistant, Pepper Potts. He's got a healthy ego, likes to show off, likes being on top, and is pretty easily labelled with traits like narcissism, self-centeredness, recklessness, arrogance, and several others. He's extremely sarcastic in conversation and is full of snark and witty one-liners, or maybe occasionally science jargon might happen.
Stark likes to play and likes to party, rarely taking things seriously –– particularly things like authority, formalities, business functions, or even top-secret government business. He's skipped out on meetings for Stark Industries that he doesn't feel like attending, disobeyed orders from top government agencies, showed up hours late for important military demonstrations, and once skipped an awards ceremony in his honour to go to a casino instead. Responsibility isn't exactly Stark's middle name, and neither is conventionality. He also operates in a moral grey zone a lot of the time, thinking nothing of breaking the law or hacking into protected computer systems to achieve his ends. However, his end goals are, at least later on, very well-meaning: developing clean energy, defending the public, and repelling alien invasions led by Norse Gods, and if that means hacking top-secret organizations to get to the bottom of what's going on, no big deal.
The events in Afghanistan surrounding his kidnapping had a pretty profound impact on Stark. He got a heavy dose of accountability and responsibility in seeing firsthand how his weapons were really being used in reality and their devastating effects, and believed that he absolutely 100% should have died –– but somehow didn't. So he must be alive for a reason. This leads him down the path of flashy heroics and being a genuinely decent person, though he's still not all that fond of things like self-sacrifice and pain. By Avengers, however, Stark ends up pulling together and playing his part on the team (one of the things he was worst at), and even nearly sacrifices his own life to save others from a nuclear strike. He's got it in him! It's just really not Plan A.

Writing Sample:

01. If given a choice, what would you like to be called?
Tony Stark, genius billionaire playboy philanthropist and part-time super hero, the amazing Iron Man. Though if that's too much of a mouthful for you, you can just pick three or four of your favourites to use instead.

02. Do you require socks to be part of your uniform?
Actually, I'm good, no uniform needed. I've got my own suit, and I'd say it's versatile enough for both casual and working conditions.

03. Not including mandatory periods of silence, what is the longest you have gone without talking?
That's a boring question. Pass, next, skip, et cetera.

04. Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you?
No, in my experience they tend to be pretty upfront about it. I guess there's been the odd problem in the past, but it helps that I'm not exactly swimming in relatives or coworkers.

05. Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate?
Go big or go home: Tyrannosaurus Rex.

06. Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery?
That would be a ridiculous mental tic to have in my line of work, wouldn't it?

07. What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake?
Well, the PG-13 answer is obviously "a plate", but if I don't have to stick to "flatware" I'll bet I could come up with something a little more exciting.

08. Do you trust yourself?
I'm brilliant, charismatic, and easy on the eyes. What's not to trust?

09. Please list a crime that only you would know that you have committed.
Is this entrapment? Because I think you're supposed to be a little sneakier and try to trick me or something.

10. If you disappeared tomorrow would anyone miss you?
My name up in lights is part of the New York skyline, of course they'd miss me.

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