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Name: Jane Foster
Fandom: Thor (Marvel movieverse)
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Time Period: Post-The Avengers
Wing Color: Patterned after a parrot's.
History: Doop.
Personality: Jane Foster is a girl in love … with her work.
An astrophysicist by trade and extraordinarily ambitious, Jane is probably, first and foremost, an incredible intellectual workhorse. She is married to her study, relentlessly driven by it to discover quite literally one of the greatest secrets of the universe. She is driven, studious, focused to the point of obsession, and unbelievably, stubbornly determined to see through the projects she starts on. This drive defines her whole life, since her work is her whole life. Having hit a man with a car, she insists her two friends take him to the hospital while she stays behind to study a strange phenomenon. That's dedication.
Not to say that Jane is incapable of thinking of other things. Jane is actually quite a nice person, though she can be very fierce and a little sharp when she needs to be, issuing startled orders and insisting on a certain way things need to be. Still, she tends to be at her fiercest when dealing with her work, and outside of that, the claws are generally sheathed. She can even be outright awkward, stumbling over her words, speaking rapidly, and smiling nervously, especially in situations where she's out of her league or unfamiliar.
Jane is earnest and forthright, honest about what she wants and what she's trying to do with her life. She's not a terrific liar, often too awkward or nervous to pull it off convincingly. That earnestness can translate into outright nerdiness when she's excited about certain astrophysical topics, and sometimes a little rambling. She seems to talk when she's excited, when she's nervous -- talking is the way Jane fills the silences she otherwise doesn't quite know how to deal with.
None of this is to say she's actually a socially nervous person. At least, not all the time. She's perfectly capable of handling herself like an adult. But there is this sense that she is always a little preoccupied by something. Really, truly, Jane's life revolves around her work. It shapes the person she is, the person she'll become, the person she wants to be - her iron-clad determination to discover one of the greatest secrets of the universe is the reason Jane Foster gets out of bed every day.
As she is a scientist by trade, you'd expect Jane to be the skeptical sort. But while she is practical, she seems actually quite willing to believe the unbelievable. Perhaps it's the nature of her work, treading on the razor-thin edge between science fact and science fiction. But she accepts Thor's explanation of the universe, of the rainbow bridge and the bifrost, before actually seeing the proof for herself. Her logical mind slots what he says of magic into what she knows of science. She's creative, innovative in a way that might well explain why she's the one coming up with the workable theories of time-space bridges instead of people too deeply mired in quantum mechanical proofs. She's actually kind of a dreamer, spending long nights watching stars when she can't sleep. Jane may be fiercely independent, but she's also an idealist - believing quite literally that magic is just science we don't understand yet.
She's also, finally, pretty modest. She lives in a trailer, and though she calls it "temporary" and is a little embarrassed when Thor walks in, she obviously doesn't mind it too much. It's a sacrifice she's making for her work, and as with all things related to her work, she's okay with it if it gets the job she wants done. So she's not a very frivolous person, with no real need for luxuries or finery. This is somewhat evidenced in the way she dresses, which involves an unfortunate amount of flannel and goofy t-shirts.
Strengths: Jane has no real physical strengths to speak of. Not only is she a squishy human, she's a squishy nerdy human. Her strength is in her brains, not her brawn. In a fight she would be totally devastated, so mostly she'd try to stay out of them.
Emotionally, though -- emotionally, Jane's pretty solid. More than solid. You try falling in love with an actual god of thunder, only to lose him completely and be left to wonder what happened to him, or if he even survived. Not only does she not submit to moping or fretfulness, she goes in the complete other direction towards making it better with her own hands, trusting in her own capabilities to reach him and bring him back. There's no hesitance - only action. Jane seems really pretty resilient when it comes to blows that might really upset other people.
Mentally, of course, she's a brilliant astrophysicist, maybe one of the foremost in the world. Though canon doesn't indicate the exact nature of it, there is mention of "the Foster theory," which seems to hint that Jane has put together an actual working theory on the nature of Einstein-Rosen bridges that might perhaps even be testable - a pretty incredible feat. She's whip-smart, and her sharpness is never to be underestimated.
Weaknesses: Squishy, squishy, squishy human. This part has basically been covered.
Emotionally, there are things that can get to Jane. She may not be fazed by Thor's disappearance, but she takes it very, very hard when her research is stolen. Even when her notebook is returned to her, she nearly breaks down in tears at what she seems to perceive as the complete futility of trying to continue, and it's only Thor's reassurance that helps her move on. Again and again, it seems her life is so completely tied to her work that losing it is a huge blow to her, a problem that will come up in Luceti, so cut off from the world and life she's known.
Mentally, while she is smart, well … her smarts are mostly book smarts. Though she's not socially awkward to the point of inability to function, she has her moments of weirdness or oddly specific intensity in the worst moments. ("Hospital. You go, I'll stay.") Her common sense smarts don't seem to be all that high - after all, she drives Thor out to S.H.I.E.L.D's facility despite Erik's explicit warnings not to, and sticks around in the pouring rain with the risk of maybe getting spotted above the all-out panic that ensues below. Jane can be reckless when she pursues something she really wants, making impulsive decisions that aren't the wisest, and can lead her into serious trouble.
Fandom: Thor (Marvel movieverse)
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Time Period: Post-The Avengers
Wing Color: Patterned after a parrot's.
History: Doop.
Personality: Jane Foster is a girl in love … with her work.
An astrophysicist by trade and extraordinarily ambitious, Jane is probably, first and foremost, an incredible intellectual workhorse. She is married to her study, relentlessly driven by it to discover quite literally one of the greatest secrets of the universe. She is driven, studious, focused to the point of obsession, and unbelievably, stubbornly determined to see through the projects she starts on. This drive defines her whole life, since her work is her whole life. Having hit a man with a car, she insists her two friends take him to the hospital while she stays behind to study a strange phenomenon. That's dedication.
Not to say that Jane is incapable of thinking of other things. Jane is actually quite a nice person, though she can be very fierce and a little sharp when she needs to be, issuing startled orders and insisting on a certain way things need to be. Still, she tends to be at her fiercest when dealing with her work, and outside of that, the claws are generally sheathed. She can even be outright awkward, stumbling over her words, speaking rapidly, and smiling nervously, especially in situations where she's out of her league or unfamiliar.
Jane is earnest and forthright, honest about what she wants and what she's trying to do with her life. She's not a terrific liar, often too awkward or nervous to pull it off convincingly. That earnestness can translate into outright nerdiness when she's excited about certain astrophysical topics, and sometimes a little rambling. She seems to talk when she's excited, when she's nervous -- talking is the way Jane fills the silences she otherwise doesn't quite know how to deal with.
None of this is to say she's actually a socially nervous person. At least, not all the time. She's perfectly capable of handling herself like an adult. But there is this sense that she is always a little preoccupied by something. Really, truly, Jane's life revolves around her work. It shapes the person she is, the person she'll become, the person she wants to be - her iron-clad determination to discover one of the greatest secrets of the universe is the reason Jane Foster gets out of bed every day.
As she is a scientist by trade, you'd expect Jane to be the skeptical sort. But while she is practical, she seems actually quite willing to believe the unbelievable. Perhaps it's the nature of her work, treading on the razor-thin edge between science fact and science fiction. But she accepts Thor's explanation of the universe, of the rainbow bridge and the bifrost, before actually seeing the proof for herself. Her logical mind slots what he says of magic into what she knows of science. She's creative, innovative in a way that might well explain why she's the one coming up with the workable theories of time-space bridges instead of people too deeply mired in quantum mechanical proofs. She's actually kind of a dreamer, spending long nights watching stars when she can't sleep. Jane may be fiercely independent, but she's also an idealist - believing quite literally that magic is just science we don't understand yet.
She's also, finally, pretty modest. She lives in a trailer, and though she calls it "temporary" and is a little embarrassed when Thor walks in, she obviously doesn't mind it too much. It's a sacrifice she's making for her work, and as with all things related to her work, she's okay with it if it gets the job she wants done. So she's not a very frivolous person, with no real need for luxuries or finery. This is somewhat evidenced in the way she dresses, which involves an unfortunate amount of flannel and goofy t-shirts.
Strengths: Jane has no real physical strengths to speak of. Not only is she a squishy human, she's a squishy nerdy human. Her strength is in her brains, not her brawn. In a fight she would be totally devastated, so mostly she'd try to stay out of them.
Emotionally, though -- emotionally, Jane's pretty solid. More than solid. You try falling in love with an actual god of thunder, only to lose him completely and be left to wonder what happened to him, or if he even survived. Not only does she not submit to moping or fretfulness, she goes in the complete other direction towards making it better with her own hands, trusting in her own capabilities to reach him and bring him back. There's no hesitance - only action. Jane seems really pretty resilient when it comes to blows that might really upset other people.
Mentally, of course, she's a brilliant astrophysicist, maybe one of the foremost in the world. Though canon doesn't indicate the exact nature of it, there is mention of "the Foster theory," which seems to hint that Jane has put together an actual working theory on the nature of Einstein-Rosen bridges that might perhaps even be testable - a pretty incredible feat. She's whip-smart, and her sharpness is never to be underestimated.
Weaknesses: Squishy, squishy, squishy human. This part has basically been covered.
Emotionally, there are things that can get to Jane. She may not be fazed by Thor's disappearance, but she takes it very, very hard when her research is stolen. Even when her notebook is returned to her, she nearly breaks down in tears at what she seems to perceive as the complete futility of trying to continue, and it's only Thor's reassurance that helps her move on. Again and again, it seems her life is so completely tied to her work that losing it is a huge blow to her, a problem that will come up in Luceti, so cut off from the world and life she's known.
Mentally, while she is smart, well … her smarts are mostly book smarts. Though she's not socially awkward to the point of inability to function, she has her moments of weirdness or oddly specific intensity in the worst moments. ("Hospital. You go, I'll stay.") Her common sense smarts don't seem to be all that high - after all, she drives Thor out to S.H.I.E.L.D's facility despite Erik's explicit warnings not to, and sticks around in the pouring rain with the risk of maybe getting spotted above the all-out panic that ensues below. Jane can be reckless when she pursues something she really wants, making impulsive decisions that aren't the wisest, and can lead her into serious trouble.