Character questions!

16, 19, 34, for Carol!

16: What kinds of things inspire your muse and does your muse tend to inspire others? She's inspired by other strong women who came before her, who broke barriers and also took no shit; in canon this comes in the form of Dr. Lawson/Mar-vell, who gave her and the other women on their team a real goal to work towards.

(She's almost certainly going to have A Moment when she realizes that her bff from the breach is that Peggy Carter, as soon as that memory actually comes back to her. XD)

I think she's certainly inspiring to others, whether it's intentional or not. She wants to fix things and make a difference in the world, and that's born out of both an actual desire to help as well as a desire for recognition - so she intentionally puts her acts on display, and her power is an outward manifestation of inner power; she wants to shine

and be seen, and she wants to inspire others. it's another reason she won't let herself be knocked down for too long. it's not about doing the right thing, not always - it's about standing up because she CAN and she WILL, and more than that, so can you.

19: If they had the opportunity, would they prefer to know what’s going to happen in the future or not? Why? Yes, absolutely, especially if it's bad stuff, so that she can make sure it doesn't happen. She's going to do her damnedest to make things as right as possible and save as many people as she can if it's in her power to do so.

34: Do they have any sort of outlet they use as a means to cope (e.g. writing, drawing, playing music, etc.)? How’d they get into it if they do? Movement. She ran, and when that wasn't fast enough, she drove, and when that wasn't far enough, she flew. If things are that bad, she's trying to escape, to get out, to go find some solitary place

cope with whatever's being thrown at her. Pair that with the adrenaline rush of going faster, and it turns into its own kind of drug for her. Ultimately though it's the combo of speed and solitude that helps her find the place to quiet her mind.

She also likes tinkering and building things, though - she's resourceful, and she'll experiment with different ways to put things together and pull them apart and put them back again. She's not a genius or anything, but she can spot connections and figure out enough shit to patch her comm through a pay phone, and mod the pager for Fury, at least.

2, 10, 12 for any of yours

2: What are their immediate views on romantic love? Caitlin's off to find / reclaim it - especially after three of her closest friends have found it (two of them with each other), Laura doesn't really get it (but it's very nice for other people r when they do find it), and Carol thinks it might be nice but it's not a high priority right now.

10: Are their nights plagued with past memories or nightmares in general? What do they usually entail if so? Laura still has nightmares, but she's used to them, so they don't really bother her as much as they might someone else. They're usually about the killing she was made to do - sometimes memories, sometimes fears it'll happen again.

Carol's dreams are memories and fragments of memories - she remembers more than she used to, and more is always coming back to her, so she's able to piece together how everything fits into her life. The damn breach had to go and confuse things though, since it involved a lot of things from her own life and mixed it all up. She's not thrilled with that.

But even when it's not dreams, she's still thinking a lot about her own life and trying to patch it all up and put things in order. Sometimes things she sees or hears will trigger another memory, and then she's got to slot it into place among the things she's already figured out.

12. What does their internet search history usually include? Are there any parts of their searches that they’re embarrassed by? Laura looks up things that are, for the most part, practical: recipes, DIY videos, facts and information. She'll do research for whatever mission she's on, so - looking up people, maps, things to exploit.

That doesn't embarrass her, but she will also look up "how to social situation" kinds of things, and she'd rather that other people don't know about that, even though she's fairly frank about her own upbringing.

Caitlin is relatively practical, and a lot of her search history is work-related, but she also does a lot of online shopping (especially for clothes) and she's fairly likely to fall down a Pinterest or Wikipedia hole and not come out for a while ... whoops. Frost kinda likes messing with the search history specifically so Cait'll be embarrassed by it later

but the degree to which she'll embarrass her is directly proportional to how mad she is at the time. barge!Cait, being more balanced, has fewer qualms about say, looking up erotica, but she still knows well enough to use an incognito window when she does.