i am in full bloom / * a private & selective personal interpretation of kwannon from the marvel universe. canon divergent. told by paige, she/her, black, 28. information can be found below the cut.
rules.
mutuals only. no racism, godmodding, sexism, glorification of horrendous things, or any dehumanizing -phobias will be tolerated here. i reserve the right to softblock at any time.
basic rp etiquette applies. i don't claim to know everything about kwannon or her canon timeline ( as i'm still sifting through comics here and there ) so feel free to message me any insights or questions.
if i follow you, that means i want to write with you. always feel free to send me memes as i generally rely on them to get interactions going. triggers, usfw content and the like will be tagged accordingly.
otherwise, i'm low maintenance and pretty chill. i'm just here to write and have fun. sporadic activity = #hobbynotjobby!
details.
birth name. ( unknown ). given name. kwannon ( after the japanese goddess of mercy ). aliases. psylocke. previously revanche & nothing. age. late 30s. place of birth. tokyo, japan. descent. east asian ( japanese ). occupation. assassin. adventurer. species. mutant. hair color. black, deep violet highlights. eye color. cocoa, deep violet undertones. height. 5'11". alignment. neutral. affiliates. the hand. x-men. hellions. relatives. sora ( estranged daughter ). sexuality. bisexual. powers. telepathy, empathy, telekinesis, astral projection, flight. ( psychic knives & psychic katanas: she is able to produce psionic energy over her fists as weapons. if she penetrates her opponent while using them, she is able to render a psychic attack that instantaneously stuns or confuses or leads to a fatality ). abilities. master martial artist & combatant, expert swordswoman ( can be seen wielding a pair of traditional japanese katanas from time to time ).
origin.
this is not elisabeth 'betsy' braddock. this is kwannon. the once orphaned little girl who was taken in by an elderly agent of the hand to become an assassin ninja, a weapon against all lies, an enemy of peace. love found & love lost : concepts of reality that were used as weapons against her, and ultimately a twisted lesson from her clan. her boyfriend was murdered, her daughter was taken away from her. undergoing so much psychological torment flicks a switch and after a couple years pass, she turns against her mentors and kills them one by one, becoming what they always knew she was going to be. after, she freelances on a for-hire basis before becoming a bodyguard and elite assassin for the japanese crimelord, nyoirin. she falls in love with matsu’o tsurayaba who works for the hand ( & adversary to nyoirin ) - in which their work lives eventually collide and kwannon is mortally injured. this is the part where an amnesiac betsy braddock is found washed up ashore and matsu'o takes her body in hopes that a sorceress, spiral, can put kwannon's consciousness in betsy's body. it was successful, essentially fusing the two together physically, mentally, and spiritually, and it was also the day where kwannon's strenuous battle of recollecting her self-identity began.
enter revanche : a confused woman who believes she's someone else, but knows she is the true kwannon. months later, she gets infected with the legacy virus ( a plague to mutantkind ) and travels back to japan, requesting matsu'o to mercy kill her. in death, her psychic energy was released, reanimated, and restored right around the time betsy was also simultaneously attacked, thus returning kwannon's sole consciousness back into her refreshed body after three years. the rest plays out as anyone else could expect from a woman who lost years worth of time beyond her own reflection. kwannon is observant, calculated, brutal and often distant / but also loyal, compassionate and steadfast. some would say these seesaw qualities are what makes her lethal, and she very well knows it. currently, she's taken on the mantle of psylocke, working alongside whoever requests her skills when they find themselves in need.
verses.
tbd.
