Franklin Richards
 Powerhouse |
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| Name: | Franklin Benjamin Richards | ||
| Superalias: | Powerhouse | ||
| Gender: | Male | ||
| Species: | Mutant | ||
| Occupation: | Adventurer | ||
| Citizenship: | United States of America | ||
| Residence: | Four Freedoms Plaza, NYC | ||
| Education: | Homeschooled | ||
| Theme: | Marvel (FC) | ||
| Groups: | Xavier's School, Fantastic Four | ||
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| Apparent Age: | 20 | Actual Age: | 20 |
| Date of Birth | 2 May 2001 | Played By | Dane DeHaan |
| Height: | 5'11" | Weight: | 160 lbs |
| Hair Color: | Dyed Black | Eye Color: | Blue |
| Twitter: | @Tattletale | ||
| Theme Song: | "Who Are You, Really?" - Mikky Ekko | ||
Contents
Character Info
Profile
The firstborn child of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, Franklin Richards is a budding hero. While he didn't inherit his father's genius, he did inherit powers. The extent and origin of them are unknown to the public, but Franklin is not only a mutant but one with limitless potential.
Timeline
Timeline:
2001 - Due to the cosmic radiation in Susan's blood, her pregnancy is long and hard but ends in a son: Franklin Benjamin Richards. It made national news, but the cosmic power that was used to recover his fetus alters his genetic structure.
2002 - A series of beings target Franklin, including Annihilus. Unlike most mutants, his powers manifest shortly after birth. Each time, the Fantastic Four and their allies stop them, but Franklin spends months in a coma after his father, Reed Richards, discovers the universe in his mind. He works tirelessly to place inhibitors on the child's growing mutant abilities.
2004 - Frank solves the Rubrik's cube a year before his sister! It is not, however, a testament to his puzzling-solving capabilities but rather his ability to enforce his will on reality. A moment later, he turns into a stark raving mad manchild and takes on the Fantastic Four, only stopped by his mother. Reed makes better inhibitors, and Franklin begins to seriously doubt himself.
2010 - Franklin sits out on the attack by Zod and Annhilius, but the latter's presence draws something from him and his powers manifest again to protect his parents.
2013 - While his parents are off being superheroes in...wherever, Franklin meets the Power kids and embarks on wild adventures with them. He starts to hone some of his abilities in ways that aren't immediately destructive.
2014 - Parents away, Franklin is sent to live with Xavier's for a few months. He makes friends with Artie and Leech. Missing his parents, he creates a pocket dimension and explores it.
2018: On vacation when Loki strikes New York City.
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Personality
Friendly:
Franklin is a polite and well-mannered young man and comes off as fairly approachable. He's easy to like and easy to get along with. Like most heroic types, he always lends a hand to someone in need and tries to listen to the stories of strangers. He's a good boy. Mostly.
Growing Pains:
As he reaches adulthood, Franklin struggles to find his place in the world and is caught in a minor identity crisis. He is a mutant, but should he embrace that part of himself or keep it secret? How does he deal with god-like powers? Does he do whatever it takes to keep them under control or explore their potential? And now they're starting to go away? What! He's been under his family's looming shadow all his life, and that's prevented him from truly considering his future, but he's rethinking his entire role among them. Will he ever be as good as his father?
These are hard questions with no simple answer, and Franklin has to work through them while managing his responsibility as a hero and no shortage of trauma. It doesn't take much to trigger a mood swing, and he can abrasive and surly towards authority figures and the people he's close to. He has also taken to committing petty acts of rebellion like dying his hair black and piercing his ears. It's all part of growing up but compounded by literally unlimited potential.
Trusting:
Growing up among superheroes can open one's eyes to villainy in the extreme but also close another when it comes to the ordinary dangers of the world. Franklin is a bit naive in this regard. He likes to see the good in people and doesn't really have it in him to truly hate. Despite his parents' best effort, they weren't often around and he doesn't have much experience interacting with peers or really anyone outside of his family. Whenever someone pays attention to him, he'll assume their intentions are good (so long as they aren't mustache-twirlingly evil).
Character Sheet
Powers
Bio-Blasts:
Franklin can channel his raw cosmic energy into blasts usually emitted from his hands. This is the most powerful weapon in his arsenal but also the most draining. These bolts vary in strength, scaling from a simple push to blasts capable of knocking around top-tier powerhouses (ha).
Cosmic Awareness:
Franklin perceives the world on a slightly different level than most people. He has an innate sense of the multiverse and the alternative timelines therein. This manifests in the vague understanding that something is not right whenever he encounters a cosmic anomaly.
The Power Cosmic:
As an Omega-level mutant, Franklin is in possession of vast reality-warping abilities. The power at his fingertips is literally the stuff of cosmic legend. It is currently assumed that this power comes from his mutation, but unbeknownst to Franklin, he has subconsciously altered his body to effectively grant himself an X-Gene. Because he wanted to be special. The true source of his cosmic powers is anyone's guess, but he may very well be one of the most powerful beings in existence. Even still, he is not yet a match for the smartest man in the universe. The inhibitors his father placed on him remain and show no sign of failure.
However, with the right technology, under the right circumstances, or subject to great stressors, and these barriers can be broken if only for a moment.
(OOC Note: This power is reserved for plots. His day-to-day abilities are listed elsewhere on his +sheet, and accessing the Power Cosmic requires the consent of scene-runners and staff).
Dream-Self:
More commonly known as astral projection, Franklin can send an intangible, ghost-like (or invisible) image of himself anywhere with full awareness of his new environment. These projections can extend the range of his other psychic abilities. He doesn't actually have to be sleeping, but he must be in a trance-like state. An anchor, such as a person or the location, helps the process, and there is no limit to where he can travel. He could project to Central Park just as easily as he might send his consciousness hundreds of light-years away or to another dimension entirely.
Precognition:
The most consistent manifestation of his mutant power, Franklin is sometimes plagued with vivid dreams or visions of future events He has no way of controlling them, and they can be haunting as they are usually warnings of impending doom on himself or the people he cares about. Other times, they're so bizarre, he can't make sense of them without help.
Telekinesis:
Franklin is a skilled telekinetic. He can levitate and move objects around with relative ease and mimic his mother's ability, creating invisible force shields and constructs. Simple shapes are easiest. He can fly, but high speeds strain the body.
He's also capable of certain tricks like changing his clothes or making small items appear from thin air, but that's most likely small scale reality manipulation rather than any indication of the telekinetic finesse needed to alter molecules.
Telepathy:
Franklin is capable of performing feats of telepathy such as broadcasting his thoughts and establishing mental links over two hundred mile distances. He can create rudimentary illusions, read minds on a surface level, and perform some simple memory tampering. With effort, he can form defenses, but he's not trained in direct mental offensives.
Skills
Artist:
Franklin likes to draw. He has gotten pretty good at it over the years, too. He's supposed to write down his thoughts in his journal, but most of it is just filled with sketches of extraterrestrial life, strange sightings, and loved ones.
Explorer:
Franklin is trained in surviving in foreign environments. From starting a fire to understanding how to interact with alien people, his adventures 'elsewhere' have taught him much.
Gifted:
His sister and father are the family's true think tanks, but Franklin had access to the best education on Earth and did reasonably well. Specifically, he knows his way around a lab and can comprehend Val and Reed's science babble about 50% of the time.
Marksmanship:
Franklin isn't a bad shot. He went trick-or-treating as a cowboy for three years in a row, so he obviously has plenty of experience.
Pilot:
Franklin can pilot all sorts of vehicles. Cars, flying or otherwise, spaceships, aircraft, etc etc. He's pretty crude, but he understands the basics, which is usaully enough to get where he needs to go.
Self-Defense:
With the life he leads, it would be pretty irresponsible for Franklin not to pick up a few basic self-defense lessons from the heroes around him. He can throw a punch without hurting himself.
Resources
Costumes:
Franklin has two costumes. The red Kymellian uniform he wore during his time as a member of Power Pack, and the one he wears whenever his direct family is out on a mission. They are both made of unstable molecules and adapt to the wearer's environments...the Kymellian one is even linked to a sentient starship named 'Friday'.
Dreamworld:
A vast and unique pocket dimension of Franklin's own creation, the Dreamworld serves as a retreat from real-world stress and formerly as a place to experience his fantasies. In his youth, this meant imagining a world where his parents and uncles were always around and paid attention to him, but after some counseling, he unlearned this unhealthy coping mechanism and doesn't abuse his power like that. This universe is inconstant and ever-changing, as Franklin lacks the power and finesse necessary to solidify it into a coherent reality.
Fantastic Four:
The son of the world's first superhero family, Franklin has access to a wide range of support and connections, cutting-edge technologies, material wealth, transportation, and several other wonders. He also loves them all very much, draws strength from their numerous deeds, and that alone justifies this resource.
Power Pack:
When Franklin was young, he befriended the Power children and became an honorary member of Power Pack. Without permission. He was forced to leave the team, but they were his very first friends, and he considers them and their parents to be a second family. His moniker 'Powerhouse' is a tribute to the team. Yes, he knows it sounds silly. No, he's not changing it.
X Folks:
Franklin spent a few months in the care of the Xavier's School when his family was away. It's a connection that he may be able to call upon should he ever need it.
Weaknesses
Cosmic Target:
Franklin is a creature with incredible cosmic potential and registers as such. There are plenty of entities that would use his power for their own purposes, and some travel across time and space to do so. So far, they have been defeated and sent back, but more will come. He's sure of it.
Inhibitors:
Currently, Franklin doesn't operate at full potential. Not even close. As an infant, Reed Richards developed inhibitors to prevent Franklin from touching the complete range of his mutant abilities and continued to do so as Franklin grew and broke through them. While Franklin does not begrudge the steps his father took, understanding that they are necessary to protect him as well as the people around him, it means that what Franklin can and cannot do is limited.
Issues:
Franklin grew up lonely. He saw his parents die several times over in his sleep when he was only a child due to his precog abilities and still sees similar fates. He's a mutant but can't tell anyone. He's allegedly going to destroy the universe or something. He's got 'stuff' he needs to work through and insomnia that has lingered from his youth.
Mutant:
Franklin is a mutant though he's not 'out of the closet' so to speak. He has the immense privilege of nobody questioning why he can fly and move things with his mind; they expect it. While his family and their close associates know, in a world of rising anti-mutant rhetoric, the Richards have been careful not to go public with the information. Save a short tenure at Xavier's, Franklin is not in touch with his x-gene side and has no authentic understanding of what it means to be a mutant.
Power Drain:
Continued use of his powers seems to hamper Franklin's ability to call on them in the future. It could be the inhibitors or some other aspect of his mutation that he hasn't worked out, but there is a 'cap' to what he can do, and attempting to surpass it will burn him out. Indefinitely. This is especially worrying as he draws a lot of self-worth from being a hero. If the day comes when ALL his powers are gone, what good is he?
Prophecy:
From a young age, Franklin has been told that he is a threat to the cosmos or that he was destined to change the universe. He has no understanding of what any of that means and cannot fathom altering his surroundings on that scale, and the whole "great enemy of the omiversal order" thing is pretty terrifying. This destiny hangs over him, like a weight, and Reed's inhibitors are abetted by psychic manifestations of Franklin's own self-doubt and fear.
Public Identity:
Franklin doesn't have the face recognition of his parents and can go incognito if he really wants to, but all it takes is a Google search to find his address and photos of him.
Vulnerable:
While astral projecting, Franklin has no way of defending his corporal form and requires a degree of focus to maintain his dream-self projection. If he is startled or scared by his new surroundings, it may fade.
Role-Play
Logs
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| A nice trip to the park! | March 2nd, 2023 | Things go wrong, and a poor bird has to pay the price! |
| A quiet cup of coffee! | February 26th, 2023 | Coffee and conversation is had by all! |
| New York at night! | February 25th, 2023 | The day is saved as New York goes to the animals, and Hydra made a new enemy. |
| A tale of two towers. | February 23rd, 2023 | Franklin learns Fate does not like him, and Marie finds out Franklin can do a bit more then she thought. |
| Fist Fu Fighting | February 16th, 2023 | Franklin gets in a bar fight. Then things get weird. |
| A visit of Doom! | February 13th, 2023 | Doom, and Franklin have a discussion about Val, Space, and multi-dimensions without anyone blowing anything up! |
| Cat and Queen | February 13th, 2023 | Catseye snags cookies from Franklin Richards and talks with Emma in the evening until she gets bored and wanders off. |
| Fencing Lessons 2 | February 11th, 2023 | Another set of fencing lessons; Franklin teaches Rahne a few tricks, and Marie manages to best Tabitha! You know, practice. |
| A night at the Verdant! | February 9th, 2023 | With only a few difficulties learns a new dance. Though the buzzer went of and he had to return to work. |
| A day in starling City | February 5th, 2023 | The deal is offered we will see where it goes! |
| A Wondering Franklin | February 3rd, 2023 | Cosmo helps Franklin find something that isn't supposed to be there, and return it back from wince it came! |
| Meeting of the Means | February 3rd, 2023 | A Dialogue is opened |
| A nice night in Gotham | January 28th, 2023 | A successful first test, with a few errors, and a unexpected guest! |
| A Cold Day in January | January 27th, 2023 | A conversation in the night leads to a plan to implemented in the light of day and the warmth of the spring! |
| Franklin returns to Starling City! | January 26th, 2023 | Thea and Franklin meet over some art. A later meeting is ineveitable as everyone loves the Mamushka. |
| The Mafia's worst day. | January 25th, 2023 | They have a nice talk and Valerie gets a official IOU |
| Rogue's Surprise Birthday Casino Night | January 24th, 2023 | It's Casino Night at Xavier's in honor of Rogue's 23rd birthday! And thanks to the borrowed powers of Jamie Madrox, Rogue gets five extra birthdays. Old friends and new friends come together to celebrate Monte Carlo style before the whole thing descends into Warner Bros style madness. |
| A first meeting | January 23rd, 2023 | An acient power, and a cosmic power walk into an island.. they hace a interesting conversation |
| The Bad Deal | January 22nd, 2023 | A conversation is had, though most of the talking is done by Franklin! |
| Talking out the Trask : The Problem with Aquiria | January 20th, 2023 | One of the missing investigators is found and a new plan to enslave mutants and make them super soldiers is uncovered. The Trask facility is investigated and a presence unearthed. |
| The Fast and the not so furious. | January 18th, 2023 | Barry and Franklin meet, and discuss wierd things such as space, and time. |
| A bad day to be a thug. | January 16th, 2023 | The thugs are defeated, and gives a new meaning to 'The Hand' |
| Mystic Fair | January 15th, 2023 | The Mystic Faire and some tarot readings by Nettie. |
| A meeting of the minds. | January 12th, 2023 | The two discuss many things! Jet packs, Hiest, and all! |
| Story Begets Story | January 11th, 2023 | Franklin presents Mary with a story opportunity that she cannot resist. |
| Hanging out in the Kitchen! | January 10th, 2023 | A quick little chat. |
| A Quick visit to the school! | January 9th, 2023 | Sam, Franklin, and Millie discuss powers, and life! |
| Mutant Libersion Makes No Friends of Humanity | January 9th, 2023 | The Mutant Liberation Front attacks the Friends of Humanity. The two groups have enough hate and murder on both sides that they can't be told apart. Some things are universal about humanity. |
| A run-in at home! | January 9th, 2023 | Nice Family conversation is had! |
| State of Alarm | January 8th, 2023 | A historic moment. The villains plot is almost entirely uncovered and the heroes are ahead of the curve. The POTUS brought together as many of the biggest heroic names he could muster to take on this challenge before HYDRA has a chance to attack. |
| I Get By With A Litte Help From My Friends. | January 7th, 2023 | Franklin Richards and Cinque Evers meet the first time, when Frankie volunteers as Cinque's shelter. |
| Sledding X-Man Style | January 7th, 2023 | Xavier's students and staff take to the sledding slope for a day of wintry fun. |
| Alarms Wailed, Lights Flashed | January 5th, 2023 | The missing sauce is never found. Wade gets a busted wrist and golf cart but earns a hug from Franklin Richards. Ororo's already dismal opinion of Wade does not improve. |
| There is no way they just let people knock on the door! | January 4th, 2023 | The three had an... intresting though akward talk on the front lawn. |
| What is the plan | January 4th, 2023 | Domino ambushes Franklin for stirring up a (mutant) hornet's nest and tries to get him to make a plan. |
| An Apointment with an Airhead. | January 3rd, 2023 | A interesting meeting perhaps only the first. |
| A common.. friend | January 3rd, 2023 | Some answers found.. For sure Gabby aint no snitch! |
| The Kids are alright! | January 2nd, 2023 | An interesting conversation, and a lead! |
| Ravencroft Released | January 1st, 2023 | An escape from Ravencroft both fails and goes according to plan while heroes round up escpaed patients from Ravencroft |
| Meetings in Gotham | December 31st, 2022 | Franklin Richards bumps into Phoebe Beacon at Gotham U, while wearing All The F4 Swag. They both have a card trick they pull and bond over the idea of coffee. |
| A visit to the Art... Complex | December 30th, 2022 | A not so friendly meeting.. But at least she appreciated the art for a moment, so it can't be that bad, |
| A nightly walk. | December 30th, 2022 | Franklin finds a tutor, and Damian finds a bigger headache. |
| A TIME TO ... Gain | December 29th, 2022 | The X-Men visit Madripoor and find their lost frenemy. |
| Richards and Son | December 28th, 2022 | Reed, Franklin, and their little friend, Maximus, spend some quality time togehter, even as an ominous presence hangs overhead. |
| Is this a dream or a bank robbery | December 28th, 2022 | Domino and Franklin thinks they are in the middle of a bank robbery but it turns out they are in the middle of a misty, weird dream. |
| A visit to Mutant Town! | December 28th, 2022 | A rookie mistake by the young Fantastic four member cleaned up by Kurt and Marie before it gets too bad. |
| Dragons and Arrows | April 14th, 2022 | No description |
| Another Day at NYU | April 2nd, 2022 | No description |
| New Faces in Familiar Places | March 22nd, 2022 | Gabby and Franklin meet in the rec room and chat over caffeinated drinks. |
| Chatting with a Cosmic | March 16th, 2022 | No description |
| A Pocket of Resistance, Scene 1, Take 2...ACTION! | January 18th, 2022 | Some angels to fight and some friendships to form! |
| A Pocket of Resistance | January 14th, 2022 | Stuff happened. |
| Monthly Checkup | December 30th, 2021 | Reed has Franklin in the lab to check his inhibitors. They have a small chat afterwards. |
| Dinner Date at Angelo's | December 28th, 2021 | Roy and Franklin have some pizza, flirt a lil, and get to know each other better. |
| Heals and Seals | December 27th, 2021 | Phoebe and Roy have a bit of a talk, though she takes him off guard with a display of her power. She's greatly confused when he says he's humbled, and tries to point out how amazing he is as well. Franklin Richards manages to apparate an astral projection past her wards to check on Roy after his leg was infected. |
| After the Heist | December 25th, 2021 | Franklin explains the subway incident to Roy and heals his wound. |
| Subway Heist | December 24th, 2021 | Important tech is stolen! Arsenal and Franklin team up to recover it, and the latter avoids getting grounded. |
| Some Christmas Cheer Also Alcohol | December 24th, 2021 | Two nights before Christmas and people gather at a Manhattan pub |
| Tech Talks are Hot | November 28th, 2021 | Franklin Richards gets used as a travel agent for demons wanting to visit New York. Thankfully, Ben Grimm, Nico Minoru and Madelyne Prior were around to slap demons, show up the cops, and pick up cute barristas. |
| Dreamscapes: Attack of the What | September 15th, 2021 | It's the attack of a giant green hamster! Franklin offers himself as a plaything for distraction while Misfit offers assistance, with April and Harley filming the events! Illyana tracks down the source....a dreaming student with too much pizza and a love of novelty music. |
| Ororo's Early Morning Tae Bo Sessions Get Interrupted | September 12th, 2021 | No description |
| Quiet Night | May 12th, 2021 | Franklin and Valeria chat at home, then decide to head out into the city. |
| A Penthouse Visit | April 6th, 2021 | Franklin stops by to see Kitty and the two do a little catching up. |
| Art Night | March 14th, 2021 | Johnny Storm just wants to show off an alien statue he got on a mission. Things go perfectly! |
| Happy Doom's Day Richards! | August 9th, 2020 | Doctor Doom unleashes an evil new contraption upon the Fantastic Four. The 5-in-1 Doombot! Reed and Susan make short work of these Doombots and Valeria tames one for whatever hinjinx may come from that. Then Doom sits down with the family to discuss what he views as a real problem... the fact that aliens want to attack Doom's world. Oh, and Mamabear Sue makes several appearances throughout! |
| Citysoul: Left Field | July 12th, 2020 | Take me out to the ball game ... |
| Xaviers: Fourth of July Pool Party | July 3rd, 2020 | Happy July 4th from Xavier's School! |
| Anomaly Investigation | June 27th, 2020 | Franklin finds Felicity in one of his father's underground labs and...rescues her? |
| Genosha Burns! Investigating Mutant Town | June 24th, 2020 | The X-men gain permission to get scans from Mutant Town's remains, and get confirmation it is the same as the craters from Genosha. Hope is restored that some mutants might be alive. Plans are made. |
| Genosha Burns! Sharing Information | June 24th, 2020 | Multiple heroic groups gather to talk Brainiac strategy. |
| Mutant Town: Sexy Charity Car-Wash | June 24th, 2020 | Wherein there is charity and fanservice. |
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