johnnyharadrim

My OC American M a.k.a. Freedom, a.k.a the Star-Spangled Gal, a.k.a Mighty Masked Maiden of Mystery'. "When the enemy thinks he's at his strongest, that's when he's most vulnerable." A.K.A "Strike when the enemy least expects it, when you're right under his nose." Real name: Carol Anne Marshall (nee Briggs) Age: Unknown, born 1918 Rank: Captain, Women's Army Corps (US Army Air Force), 1942-1945. Role: Defensive operations, e.g. 'viermot' escort, VVIP personal protection detail, VIP POW extraction. Powers/Abilities: Super strength,super speed, near invulnerability, flight (known). A talented actress and mistress of disguise, she has been employed in numerous operations behind enemy lines. shapeshifting, the ability to shed her skin or husk to change from Carol to AM and back so she no longer needs to use a Carol mask. AM cannot use this ability to become other people, so must still rely on mask disguises. Aliases: Too many to list Operation Payload/Blitz operative description of Freedom: "She's actually a trained actress and lawyer, but presents herself as a flirty, slightly ditzy character during USO performances. She manages to balance between the role expected of women in society (this was during the 1940s), and a battle queen. The troops aren't about to plaster Captain America on their bunks or the sides of tanks and aircraft, so the Army's PR division deliberately played up her sex bomb image as a morale booster. And since she's not really in a combat role, the top brass are happy. She loves the troops, she'd do anything to protect them from harm, and the troops love her in return. She does her best to prevent casualties, including on the other side, so the enemy has a grudging respect for her as well." Disappeared after World War 2, whereabouts unknown. Until now. Powers (American Mom): In addition to the above, a stern motherly talking to which has defeated many a supervillain and criminal without the need to resort to violence, via the 'Maternal Voice', similar to http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Voice A talent known to all mothers from time immemorial, which AM taps into, the controlling/cajoling tone that compels compliance from all children. We eventually grow out of it, but it remains hidden deep down as a genetic memory, and through AM's power it is magnified a thousandfold. This is derived from the subconscious powers of suggestion/mind control AM emanates which clouds her targets minds and fools them into believing she is who she is pretending to be. This, coupled with the subconscious touch based telekinesis that melds her mask disguises to her,plus her limited shapeshifting ability enabling her to increase or decrease in size allows her to BECOME the subject She believes in good old-fashioned decency and family values: no smooching on the first date, no inviting the young man up, bring him to meet the folks, sex only after marriage, study hard and get a good education, respect and cherish your parents, civility, kindness and charity etc. Chaperoned her daughter on her first date. But she is not one to lecture young girls on how they dress ;) She looks good for her husband, but most importantly, for herself. "Judge me by my deeds, not just by my looks." AM loves her husband, her family, her country, and back when she was Freedom, she loved the troops passionately, 'her boys', and they loved her in return. The only thing she hates is taking lives, so she disobeys orders to attack enemy cities, civilian targets and forces (this doesn't include knocking German fighters attacking B-17s out of the sky, without first ensuring that the pilots have bailed out safely)- back then WACs weren't allowed to fight anyway, which suited her just fine. The Germans did not recognize and exploit this 'weakness' (compassion is not a flaw), so instead sought to match her raw power with their own technological might, deploying their deadliest robots and war machines to fight her, which she gladly turned into scrap metal for FDR. More waste that severely taxed the crumbling Reich's already limited resources... She has to balance between frontline duties (including highly stressful infiltration actions) and morale-raising tours of the front, or war bond tours in the States. As for Carol's civilian occupation(aside from housewife): sligking.deviantart.com/art/Saving-Face-514284381