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Character bio/history
Aug. 6th, 2035 07:14 pmSince the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes version of Hank Pym is very different from other versions of the character, I thought it might help to provide a summary of what he’s like and what he goes through.
Hank considers himself a scientist first and a superhero second. He wants to help people, but this includes the supervillains, feeling like they need to be rehabilitated and turned into productive members of society. This puts him at odds with the other team members, who want to defeat supervillains rather than trying to talk them down – a strategy which proves fruitless more often than not. Hank is a pacifist at heart, but there are exceptions where he will get violent if the circumstances call for it. A big one is hurting or threatening Janet Van Dyne, his partner – anyone who does that when he’s nearby tends to get a bus-sized fist to the face. Misusing his inventions to hurt others is a big one, and he seems to have no moral qualms with hitting Nazis, punching the 80 or 90-year-old Baron Strucker in the face without any complaints or guilt. His other exception is Ultron, as he seems to feel that his creation is too far gone and can’t be reasoned with.
Hank’s main flaws are a difficulty with communicating on an emotional level (he has trouble with explaining why his hopes for rehabilitating criminals are so important to him, or confessing romantic feelings, and he has trouble with compromising on his values) and a guilt complex, particularly when it comes to Ultron or the prisoners that he tried to rehabilitate. He has a tendency to get lost in his work, to the point where dates, times, tidiness, and even hygiene can take a backseat.
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Hank considers himself a scientist first and a superhero second. He wants to help people, but this includes the supervillains, feeling like they need to be rehabilitated and turned into productive members of society. This puts him at odds with the other team members, who want to defeat supervillains rather than trying to talk them down – a strategy which proves fruitless more often than not. Hank is a pacifist at heart, but there are exceptions where he will get violent if the circumstances call for it. A big one is hurting or threatening Janet Van Dyne, his partner – anyone who does that when he’s nearby tends to get a bus-sized fist to the face. Misusing his inventions to hurt others is a big one, and he seems to have no moral qualms with hitting Nazis, punching the 80 or 90-year-old Baron Strucker in the face without any complaints or guilt. His other exception is Ultron, as he seems to feel that his creation is too far gone and can’t be reasoned with.
Hank’s main flaws are a difficulty with communicating on an emotional level (he has trouble with explaining why his hopes for rehabilitating criminals are so important to him, or confessing romantic feelings, and he has trouble with compromising on his values) and a guilt complex, particularly when it comes to Ultron or the prisoners that he tried to rehabilitate. He has a tendency to get lost in his work, to the point where dates, times, tidiness, and even hygiene can take a backseat.
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