Name: Stephen Strange Door: Sunrise.Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe Canon Point: post- Doctor Strange: Multiverse of MadnessAge: mid- to late 40ish Appearance: see hereHistory: see hereCR AU (Optional): Retains memories from two previous stints in Duplicity, wherein he was a submissive and developed deep relationships with other denizens. His experience with the multiverse in Duplicity and his experience with the multiverse in his own world have wised him up a little: he’s more determined to try and consciously overcome his own emotional hangups. He knows full well vulnerability scares him, and that he has difficulty establishing genuine emotional connections, but he’s lost too much in both Duplicity and in the MCU to not consider the cost of taking people for granted. Personality: - Positive Trait: Determination - Stephen Strange has an eidetic memory and perfectionist tendencies, which contribute to his unerring competence in most endeavors. If he isn’t a natural at a skill he’s driven to learn, incapable of being outdone or outwitted. In canon, the moment he accepts magic is real he demands to be taught; and the second he’s instructed not to use a relic that requires extraordinary skill to use, he tries to use it. He’s also consistently driven to look for ways to win, as exemplified by his somewhat dubiously legitimate use of the Time Stone and his likewise dubious use of the dangerous Darkhold to win what he perceives as all-important battles. Like it or not, Stephen Strange will do whatever it takes to solve every problem in his own way.
- Negative Trait: Pride - unfortunately, overconfidence comes with consequences. In the first Doctor Strange movie, his pride is what makes him push away his friend and former lover Christine, even though she’d been trying her best to help him in the aftermath of a life-altering accident. Stephen likes to think he doesn’t need anyone else to accomplish his goals, just his own wit and determination, but recent years have humbled him. He’s chippy about not having been chosen for Sorcerer Supreme, the most powerful sorcerer of his universe, but he has to relent to the fact that his close friend deserves it as well. He has a lot to learn with regards to what constitutes a healthy relationship with one’s own ego, and he knows it, and unfortunately it won’t be a steady or healthy learning process.
- Negative Trait: Kind of a dick - local man doesn’t care what other people think about him, even often to his own detriment. The recent film suggests he enjoys a frosty relationship with his former colleagues; he’s also slow to give Sorcerer Supreme Wong the respect to which he’s entitled. He can be exceedingly rude and to-the-point, like that time he ordered around a gaggle of teenagers he barely knew so they could fix one of his magical mistakes. He thinks he’s right about everything, he doesn’t care if people think he’s a big ol’ jerk, and then he refuses to own up to the possibility that being willfully alienating is a great way to end up on your own.
- Negative Trait: Afraid of vulnerability - while it generally comes across as frank unsentimentality, the truth is that Stephen is risk-averse when it comes to his own honey nut feelios. He’s slow to emotional intimacy and hates being perceived in moments of weakness, as evidenced by the vehemence and toxicity with which he pushes away his ex-girlfriend when he’s initially disabled. The recent film also shows that he’s no stranger to loss, having lost a sister at a young age in an incident that he evidently never talks about anymore. For someone with no dearth of confidence, and for someone who deals with the mysteries and horrors of the cosmos on the regular, showing any hint of a soft underbelly terrifies him. He’s trying to figure it all out, but you know what they say about old dogs and new tricks.
Powers and Abilities: - him magic - Stephen is a master of the mystic arts, which in his universe means he can draw on dimensional energy to do neat magic spells. So far his magic has proven to possess a variety of applications, from the mundane (e.g. refilling drinks, tying a tie) to the fantastic (e.g. deflecting powerful cosmic attacks, creating illusions of himself and other objects). In the context of the MCU he’s largely had to use his magic for defensive and offensive purposes, making him handy to have in a fight as even his most basic forms of magic are good at binding, cutting, and shielding; in general Stephen is stated to have a natural gift for magical practice, to a point where he likes to think he would’ve been next in line for his world’s Sorcerer Supreme if he hadn’t died for awhile.
- combat skills - Stephen can hold his own in hand-to-hand combat. He did a little parkour in the most recent movie, that’s also pretty fun.
- photographic memory - exactly what it says on the tin
- a doctor - Stephen has an MD and PhD and used to be the world’s foremost neurosurgeon! He still enjoys encyclopedic knowledge of the human body and can also administer medical care in a pinch.
Inventory: - Cloak of Levitation
- sling ring
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