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⏵ player information
name and pronouns: Tsa (she/her)
age: 18+
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⏵ character information
name: Dylan Brock
canon: Marvel Comics (616)
age: 16
canon point: After the end of Venom War
history: wiki link!
abilities:Symbiote Hybrid - Dylan is half-symbiote, and has some traits related to his unique biology:
Boosted healing
He can psychically connect to any symbiote in his hive
Other unspecified nonhuman traits (his blood tastes like shit to vampires)
Codex & Sword Summoning - In addition to generalized Symbiote Hybrid abilities, Dylan has a fighting form called Codex that looks older and more muscular. This form is activated by summoning a sword from his chest. The sword is a de-powered version of the necrosword that has since been dubbed the Codex Blade. At this time, Dylan is not able to summon the blade without being bonded to another symbiote.
Survival Skills - Dylan spent a significant part of the last few years being homeless on-and-off, and has learned to find shelter & resources to care for himself.
Weapons Knowledge - Dylan was once locked in a bunker for an extended amount of time with nothing to do but read manuals for the care & operation of military-grade weapons.
Problem Solving Skills - Dylan is a clever kid. He doesn't have his dad's strength and often makes up for it by finding creative solutions to problems he faces. He outmaneuvered The Maker one time, that alone is worth a mention.
Leadership Skills - Dylan was able to pull together a team of other symbiote hosts to help him track & face down his father.
personality: For the first 12 years of his life, Dylan grew up in the care of his abusive, alcoholic grandfather, Carl Brock. Day by day, he focused on trying not to set his grandfather off. He did not have a safe place to express his own anger or even process it in a healthy way. Periodically, Dylan would entertain fantasies about hurting or even killing his grandfather, but would be too overcome with guilt to linger too long on it. Even when he asked Venom to kill Carl, Dylan quickly backtracked. Despite all the rage Dylan has been bottling up, he can't handle the idea of Carl being murdered.
Dylan's gotten quite good at bottling his anger, especially by distracting himself with other responsibilities to take care of. But when he gets an opportunity to safely be violent on an "acceptable" target, that rage comes out.
Every parental figure in Dylan's life has failed him, so he's learned that he needs to depend on himself. The best example he had to follow was the one set by the heroes that populate Dylan's world, the kind of people he wished he had in his own life. From following the examples that superheroes set, Dylan managed to cultivate a big heart and a bigger sense of responsibility. He feels his loved ones should be able to depend on him, but does not expect that to be reciprocated. After all, Carl failed to provide a safe and loving environment, and often treated him like an inconvenience. Part of Dylan's survival strategy with Carl had been to be as inconspicuous as possible. He hates feeling like an inconvenience. Meanwhile, Eddie left a trail of literal and metaphorical messes for Dylan to clean up. It's easier to just expect he won't get any help at all.
Still, Dylan holds the heroes he grew up watching on a high pedestal. Ms. Marvel had been able to help him pull himself out of an angry, depressive spiral. When he sought out Moon Knight for help, he let Moon Knight take the lead and followed his example. Even non-heroic adults, like the biker who gave Dylan shelter at his bar for a few nights, can earn his respect with a few scraps of the good will he's so starved of.
The life Dylan has lived up until now has been pretty isolating. Even when he lived with Carl, Dylan didn't really have any friends, and thus never really learned the interpersonal skills & vulnerability that comes with having close friends. Because of this,
he has trouble connecting to people on a personal level and can come off as standoffish or surly when he's trying to be polite. That said, if Dylan doesn't like someone, he will say so very brazenly.
In the last few years of learning about his symbiote heritage, Dylan has started to lose sight of his own identity outside of being the Son of Venom, which has contributed greatly to his struggle to connect with other humans. His only friends are other symbiote hosts, and even they are kept at arm's length. However, discovering he was half=symbiote did make him feel more connected to the Venom symbiote and to Sleeper. After that revelation, the Venom Symbiote's doting attention during their bond was a comfort to him, even if Dylan himself had few naturally-occurring symbiote traits besides being able to connect to the Hive. However, Dylan did start internalizing the idea of being a caretaker for his "extended family" - For example, while the Toxin symbiote is technically Dylan's nephew, during his bond with the Venom symbiote he more readily referred to himself as Toxin's grandfather. He also shouldered the responsibility of caring for any young symbiote spawns and trying to find good hosts for them — a job that should have belonged to Eddie. But being able to feel connected to something, and like he's doing right by the people who need him, does give him satisfaction.
samples: right here!
name and pronouns: Tsa (she/her)
age: 18+
contact:
⏵ character information
name: Dylan Brock
canon: Marvel Comics (616)
age: 16
canon point: After the end of Venom War
history: wiki link!
abilities:
Codex & Sword Summoning - In addition to generalized Symbiote Hybrid abilities, Dylan has a fighting form called Codex that looks older and more muscular. This form is activated by summoning a sword from his chest. The sword is a de-powered version of the necrosword that has since been dubbed the Codex Blade. At this time, Dylan is not able to summon the blade without being bonded to another symbiote.
Survival Skills - Dylan spent a significant part of the last few years being homeless on-and-off, and has learned to find shelter & resources to care for himself.
Weapons Knowledge - Dylan was once locked in a bunker for an extended amount of time with nothing to do but read manuals for the care & operation of military-grade weapons.
Problem Solving Skills - Dylan is a clever kid. He doesn't have his dad's strength and often makes up for it by finding creative solutions to problems he faces. He outmaneuvered The Maker one time, that alone is worth a mention.
Leadership Skills - Dylan was able to pull together a team of other symbiote hosts to help him track & face down his father.
personality: For the first 12 years of his life, Dylan grew up in the care of his abusive, alcoholic grandfather, Carl Brock. Day by day, he focused on trying not to set his grandfather off. He did not have a safe place to express his own anger or even process it in a healthy way. Periodically, Dylan would entertain fantasies about hurting or even killing his grandfather, but would be too overcome with guilt to linger too long on it. Even when he asked Venom to kill Carl, Dylan quickly backtracked. Despite all the rage Dylan has been bottling up, he can't handle the idea of Carl being murdered.
Dylan's gotten quite good at bottling his anger, especially by distracting himself with other responsibilities to take care of. But when he gets an opportunity to safely be violent on an "acceptable" target, that rage comes out.
Every parental figure in Dylan's life has failed him, so he's learned that he needs to depend on himself. The best example he had to follow was the one set by the heroes that populate Dylan's world, the kind of people he wished he had in his own life. From following the examples that superheroes set, Dylan managed to cultivate a big heart and a bigger sense of responsibility. He feels his loved ones should be able to depend on him, but does not expect that to be reciprocated. After all, Carl failed to provide a safe and loving environment, and often treated him like an inconvenience. Part of Dylan's survival strategy with Carl had been to be as inconspicuous as possible. He hates feeling like an inconvenience. Meanwhile, Eddie left a trail of literal and metaphorical messes for Dylan to clean up. It's easier to just expect he won't get any help at all.
Still, Dylan holds the heroes he grew up watching on a high pedestal. Ms. Marvel had been able to help him pull himself out of an angry, depressive spiral. When he sought out Moon Knight for help, he let Moon Knight take the lead and followed his example. Even non-heroic adults, like the biker who gave Dylan shelter at his bar for a few nights, can earn his respect with a few scraps of the good will he's so starved of.
The life Dylan has lived up until now has been pretty isolating. Even when he lived with Carl, Dylan didn't really have any friends, and thus never really learned the interpersonal skills & vulnerability that comes with having close friends. Because of this,
he has trouble connecting to people on a personal level and can come off as standoffish or surly when he's trying to be polite. That said, if Dylan doesn't like someone, he will say so very brazenly.
In the last few years of learning about his symbiote heritage, Dylan has started to lose sight of his own identity outside of being the Son of Venom, which has contributed greatly to his struggle to connect with other humans. His only friends are other symbiote hosts, and even they are kept at arm's length. However, discovering he was half=symbiote did make him feel more connected to the Venom symbiote and to Sleeper. After that revelation, the Venom Symbiote's doting attention during their bond was a comfort to him, even if Dylan himself had few naturally-occurring symbiote traits besides being able to connect to the Hive. However, Dylan did start internalizing the idea of being a caretaker for his "extended family" - For example, while the Toxin symbiote is technically Dylan's nephew, during his bond with the Venom symbiote he more readily referred to himself as Toxin's grandfather. He also shouldered the responsibility of caring for any young symbiote spawns and trying to find good hosts for them — a job that should have belonged to Eddie. But being able to feel connected to something, and like he's doing right by the people who need him, does give him satisfaction.
samples: right here!