*shudders skimming through the profile* … I’d SO nag at that!
Anyways, after some time of playing her I know realised that “my” Rogue has developed in a way making her different from the canon character. Due to Angie’s and my excessive mush stories, she’s grown soft *hangs head in shame* but there are some more differences. Also it is to say that the history I put into the original application ages ago was mostly copied, pasted and rephrased … << .. >> … so there are some details that seem totally out of place but I’m too lazy to edit it. There’ll be some things I might edit with a new player for Gambit around who knows so much more about the Marvelverse than I do - however, I can’t suddenly warp her into a different person…

Update (affects appearance, personality, history and powers):
There are two contradictive sides of the southern gal that – for once – have nothing to do with any sort of split personality. Although her almost 40 years of age are not noticeable on the outside*, Rogue has grown a bit more responsible than she used to be, still bad-tempered but more able to hold herself back. Mentally, however, she is rather naïve in regards to romantic feelings, her inability to have a real relationship having deprived her of the experience and understanding that normally comes along with it so naturally. It is because of this that she sometimes finds herself unable to speak about her emotions, to even recognise them as what they are. Constantly thinking of a person she might mistake for love although it is just curiosity (or the other way around) – something she knows all too well and made her reluctant to approach others on a level that’s beyond playful flirtations or a loose (and strangely platonic though the Cajun was known to steal kisses from her, despite the effects on his health) affair.

The peculiar relationship with Spike (insane vampire from an alternate reality who started off as a “prisoner of war” at the mansion and became an ally) increasingly sensitised her to her own dilemma’s true nature as she saw her own sentiments mirrored in his. By struggling to find the words to get him out of his state of self-loathing, she gradually realised that she was not alone, had never been – not the only forsaken creature forced to spend her whole life without love. With him, it was different than with Remy – the plain physical aspect aside – he didn’t undermine her self-esteem as the Cajun unintentionally had but free-willingly gave himself into her hands still feeling unworthy of her growing affection.

Worried the only reason why she was seeing him was his partial immunity against her Touch, Rogue tried to distance herself from the other on several occasions as did he for similar reasons. After they finally felt completely assured of the other’s feeling, when the southern belle eventually realised that this was maybe more than affection for a bad more which she suspected her feelings for Remy to have been, however, Rogue was recruited as part of the Witch King’s guard, her will and mind completely taken over by one of the ancient entity’s minions.

The spectre’s cruelty was hard to bear for Spike’s instable mind, worries becoming certainty as “Rogue” continued acting so unlike herself, in the exact way the vampire had expected her to treat him right from the start – as the monster he thought to be. Circe, alarmed by the sudden disappearances and Spike’s bizarre story, eventually managed to locate the gathering place of the Witch King’s guard, William all the more determined to get the Rogue he knew back.
The battle with Kayel the absorption mutant was forced to fight shattered every bone in her body but also weakened the possessor’s grip, giving her awakening consciousness the chance to fight against the intruder, numbing it with pain – yet the final decision of what to do was rather when her eyes obeyed commands again, allowing her to see the souled vampire’s features.

Desperately hoping that he would get her back somehow - to a degree that it seemed unquestionable knowledge to her – Rogue forcefully unlocked the door her subconscious as well as Jean Grey’s and Xavier’s combined powers had sealed years ago when Z’Cann’s modifications had made it even harder for her to keep a grip on herself. The “personality shadows” of all whom she had ever touched were released within an instant, a silent prayer and whispered words being the last untouchable things remaining as she fainted. The sacrifice forced out the possessing spirit but also flooded her very own self away, the sheer mass of other personalities making it impossible for the tired Rogue to put up a fight.

Her body was once more reigned by others than herself, a risk she had been willing to take since contrary to the spectre, those shadows were just that. They had no real will although struggling with one another, their number being the only true reason why Rogue could not easily get back into control. It was then that – unbeknownst to her – the true nature of her powers showed. Being linked to its original abilities, the personality taking over could naturally tap into a secret room inside the southern belle. As a matter of fact, she had never lost what she had stolen but instinctively stored away after a certain amount of time – a subconscious part of her mind aware that Rogue would be unable to handle what came along with using another creature’s powers, the risk of losing herself.

Spike, however, had never realised what it was his lover had been doing and thus mistook Wolverine’s personality taking over for Rogue having changed her mind again; something that could be blamed on his frail sanity and low self-esteem. When the southern belle managed to emerge, the thought of the other waiting “outside” giving her strength, she found herself abandoned by love, betrayed trust tossing her back again.

Different factors allowed her to return weeks later, special constraints making sure she would not run riot impersonating Juggernaut or someone of similar danger. It took even longer until Rogue found the strength to seek out Spike who had left the Institute; the question why he had failed her haunting the absorption mutant’s mind. Confronting him with the facts showed all too clearly that their love had not been affected, yet it also made Rogue realise that every way they could walk together would lead to a dead end.


* Said “storage” of absorbed mutation powers seems to not have fully affected Wolverine’s slow aging that has stuck with her during the past decades, letting her physically grow older less rapidly than even Storm but faster than Logan. The real extent of this effect will only show at a later point in time though.

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