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[OOC]

Your Name: Scotty
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[IC]

Character Name: Scott Lang
Journal: honoramong
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Canon Point: Post Captain America: Civil War.
Species: Human.
Age: No canon age is given but I'm going with 38, since that takes into account his education, prison time, the fact that he had a kid, and also because Paul Rudd is amazingly in shape for a guy that's almost 50, which is really weird.

History: Ant-Man (2015).

Personality: Scott Lang is an example where good intentions don't always translate into good consequences. When we're first introduced to him - he's got a heart of gold that lands him in prison, for trying to do the right thing. Think Robin Hood allowing himself to lose to Prince John. A company that embezzles from its patrons isn't worth working for, as Scott is convinced. However, trying to give the people back their money ends up landing him in jail, but only because thieving (really, burglary) is still a crime in the United States. He takes his jail sentence with ease, accepting the consequences for his actions, but once he’s out he fully intends on reforming himself.

We see that from his time in prison, Scott is a guy who gets along with everyone -- well almost. Our first introduction to him is getting punched the hell out by Peachy as a farewell tradition whenever someone gets released. After getting beaten up, the group rushes to give him congratulations, showing that there's no animosity between him and some of the other prisoners. When he gets out, Scott's relationship with Luis is immediately established as he's the only one there to pick him up from the side of the road. The exchange that follows with Scott asking about Luis' family strongly suggests that he's extremely close with his former prison bunkmate, and while Luis's life isn't all that great, at least the two of them can commiserate over the fact that there's a van around.

This personable nature extends over to Scott when he goes up against Sam Wilson and later teams up with Steve Rogers in Civil War. Initially grateful just for being chosen to round out a team of greats, Scott's just all around overly enthused to be a member of the team with people that have actual name recognition. Scott's real motivations remain unclear beyond the implication that he doesn't like Tony Stark due to the Stark relationship with his mentor, Hank Pym. His attitude towards the whole thing strongly implies that, the opportunity alone means a lot to him, and continues to round out his ambitions of doing right by Cassie.

Scott's biggest motivation throughout Ant-Man (2015) is that he wants to do right by his daughter. Upon getting out of prison, Scott's first intentions are to get a job and make himself a better, more responsible father to Cassie, although that fails immediately due to his record as a prison con. This is his primary motivation for wanting to reform after prison -- not that the crime affected him, but that Cassie would be growing up without her father -- her biological father -- in life. Although Scott shows animosity towards Cassie's step father, we can see that it's mostly out of frustration that he's Scott's replacement as a father figure.

He joins up with Hank Pym for the sole reason of redemption, that by doing right by him would grant Scott the opportunity to be the hero Cassie needs.

"This is your chance. To become the hero she already thinks you are. Its not about saving our world. Its about saving theirs." -- Hank Pym

It's clear that Cassie already has a strong love for her father, and while she certainly thinks her step father shouldn't catch him, Scott sees the opposite. He needs to be there to physically remind her that he's her father, that he cares, and is an active parent and involved in her life.

The main focus of Scott's post prison life revolved around being around Hank Pym and Hope van Dyne. Scott and Dr. Pym primarily have a mentor-mentee relationship, that usually consists of Scott's sassiness and inability to take anything seriously, often leading to Dr. Pym to talk back at him in an effort to get Scott to concentrate at the focus at hand. While the two of them clearly relate over the need to do right by their daughters (Hope and Cassie, respectively), Scott is a lot more laid back than Hank, who has spent his life being around government and top secret officials.

Hope on the other hand makes for a wonderful foil to Scott. Where Scott doesn't understand the importance of stealing the tech back from Darren Cross, Hope has a plan already in place, she's determined, resourceful, and ambitious, everything that Scott lacks. That doesn't stop her from endearing to Scott all the same, who clearly shows signs of being attracted to someone who has her shit together. By doing right by Hank also means doing right by Hope, which means the two of them can get to work together for once. While Scott won't

For all his days of committing crime, Scott’s a guy who ends up somewhat cocky. He’s good at what he does, and he knows it. After being released from jail, he’s convinced his Masters in Electrical Engineering will carry him as a reformed criminal, only to find out that it gets him nowhere except Baskin Robbins (albeit for all of two seconds before he’s found out). He has a tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong time, including accidentally providing an admission of guilt and ruining the emotional atmosphere as Hope & Hank reconcile. His noble intentions are there, because he talks openly about how Hope & Hank are coming together to heal, though there is a time and place for it -- and DURING their conversation is clearly not appropriate.

He's a guy who above all, is there to do the right thing, even if it means using sketchy methods to do so. He believes in the option of redemption, but the prospect of taking things too seriously just doesn't appeal to him. Scott is a guy, who quite literally is there for the ride. As Hope says, they're all doing this for reasons much bigger than them.

Powers & Abilities:

✔ M.S Electrical Engineering: Scott Lang is EXTREMELY proud of the fact that he has an MS in Electrical Engineering, despite the fact that an MS is a dime a dozen these days. But EE in itself is a fairly complicated topic, so from that as well as Scott's own ability to tinker with the Ant-Man suit, that he's actually pretty handy as far as equipment improvements go. We've seen him use his education to improve the suit such to the point where he's become GiANT Man, also consider going subatomic, and essentially do his best to take what Hank Pym did in the 60s and 70s and bring it into the 21st century. He's likely going to be one of the first to try and build upon the suit to meet his own needs, but whether or not he'll actually be the first remains to be seen.

✔ Tinkering: This ties in with the electrical engineering background, but we've seen Scott aim for improvements to suit HIM, rather than to suit others. He knows what he's capable of and thus builds around that, instead of overreaching (like Tony Stark). The suit's more flexible, the discs are improved to either grow or shrink objects, and Scott has a whole works with what he's got.

✔ Hand to hand combat: Until Scott met Hope, his hand to hand skills were lacking, suffice to say. Most of what he learned he picked up in prison, but clearly that wasn't enough for Hope, who immediately whomped him. He's a fast learner in martial arts though, as Scott immediately applied a lot of Hope's tricks to the fight against Sam Wilson when he tried to break into the Avengers facility.

✔ Cat Burglar: Breaking and entering is what Scott is known for. Technically, he's known for distributing funds and getting arrested for it, but this, this right here? This is what Scott made a life of doing prior to getting arrested and losing his family and clearly failing to be a DAD. That being said, Scott's been arrested for breaking and entering, so we can infer that he's actually somewhat decent at it (getting caught is a different story). Later on in Ant-Man, we also see Scott scale the side of the Pym house with complete ease, suggesting that he's somewhat of a natural when it comes to this. While he does get caught, his acrobatics imply a degree of flexibility.

✔ Acrobatics: As seen by his breaking and entering skills, Scott is extremely flexible and clearly not confined to a desk job.

✔ Improvisation: When Scott first encounters a seemingly unbreakable vault, he refuses to accept defeat. Instead, what we see from him in the next five minutes is a series of montages of Scott improvising with the tools around him in order to gain entry. From using ice to utilizing an inflatable mattress, he'll take what he has around him in order to do the job.

Misc: N/A!

Sample: For a moment Scott thinks he's having a heart attack. His mind races from one thing to the next, all the while he's taking considerable breaths of air just to find a way to stop floundering. Scott's gotten so used to the transitions that come with the Ant-Man suit that the normal shift in breathing, the normal reactions he takes when he jumps between sizes, that this is so much more different, that he can't help but wonder if there was some compromise made to the suit. Amidst his rapid thought process, he almost mishears the audio -- Life Support Online -- and oxygen rushes into his lungs that he can't help but gasp, trying to take in as much as he can.

In. Out. In. Out. Slowly his pulse comes down and once it finally kicks in that no, he's not dying, Scott takes a look around at the vast expanse ahead of him. "Ah crap." This is definitely not the Raft, this is definitely not Dr. Pym's house, and well, Scott has no damn clue where this is. There's war torn remains around him, some sort of metal chamber that looks like the one he remembered seeing at the Captain America exhibit, but really it's the surroundings that catch his attention. He remembers the airport, remembers Tony Stark ignoring him, but from where they ended up to where he is now makes no earthly connection to each other. It's like someone took a filter to Arizona, land of nothing and nothingness, that Scott can't help but take a look around.

He turns, immediately blinded by the suns, and it takes him another second to realize this isn't the Ant-Man suit, because it doesn't suit his needs, the helmet doesn't flick when he presses the button on the side, and it's a whole different monstrosity. But he turns away, facing the ground while he fumbles with the suit trying to figure out where the controls are. "Man, Pym's gonna kill me for losing that."

That would be the first goal, find out where the hell they took the Ant-Man suit before he figures out where he hell he is. But as Scott looks down, he notices the wrist message. Find the Atlas.

What the -- Okay so. Scott's clearly talking to no one in particular as he faces the long line of pods in front of him, as he frowns. Maybe the other Avengers were there, Cap, Falcon, maybe even what's her name, Wanda or something. Scott takes another deep breath, because as much as that message was ingrained in him, whatever the Atlas was could wait. There were things he could do with a plan, and there were things he couldn't do. Right now trying not to believe that he was on some sort of Tatooine variant was high on the list.