<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/morena_baccarin.jpg)</div><strong>Student Name:</strong>Janet van Dyne<br/><strong>Avenger Name:</strong>Wasp<br/><strong>Apparent Age:</strong>18<br/><br/><strong>Civilian Appearance:</strong>Janet has a naturally olive brown complexion, with brown eyes and auburn colored hair and is normally 5’4” and 110 lbs.  She loves fashion and often changes her appearance to keep up with the latest trends or set her own.  She is currently wearing her dark brown, full body hair wavy and at the nape of her neck.  Her eyebrows have been thinned and she does her best to wear as little noticeable makeup as possible.<br/><br/><strong>Avenger Appearance:</strong>Just as Janet’s civilian appearance seems to constantly change, she seems to be constantly designing and testing new costumes.  Her current favorite is a full length, high neck, black, bodysuit with gold embellishment along the suit’s chest and abdomen.  She wears black boots and gloves with the costume.<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Costume</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/The-Wasp.png)</div></div><br/><strong>Marvel Character:</strong>Janet van Dyne, a.k.a. Wasp<br/><br/><strong>History/Significant Events:</strong>Janet is the daughter of recently deceased, world-renowned scientist Vernon van Dyne.  Born in Cresskill, New Jersey; she has enjoyed a life of luxury.  She attended female preparatory schools in Virginia and became interested in fashion.<br/><br/>A few months ago, while Jan was visiting home, her father’s laboratory exploded killing her father and severely injuring Jan.  When Jan awoke two days later, she found that she was now capable of reducing her size and producing bio-energy bolts.  She also found that she was in a S.H.I.E.L.D. controlled hospital.  Since the accident, a media circus has buzzed around her as she has buried her father, inherited Van Dyne industries, and revealed herself to have super-powers due to the accident.  S.H.I.E.L.D. then approached her and “persuaded” her to join the new team called the Avengers.<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>A self-centered debutante, Janet sees crime fighting as the perfect way of seeking public attention.  She comes across as a flirty, flighty, happy-go-lucky, and shallow young woman.  To those with strong intrapersonal observational skills, she appears as nothing more than a very scared and lonely individual.  Jan doesn’t always think before she talks, and is often too self-absorbed to consider other’s feelings.  She is artistic, as is evident with her fashion choices, and rather outgoing.  She adores being the center of attention and will unfortunately often try to “one up” her teammates or even their foes.<br/><br/><strong>Powers:</strong><br/>-<em>Size Reduction:</em>The Wasp can reduce herself in size, down to the dimensions of the insect from which she takes her name, roughly 1/2 inch in height.  She usually chooses not to retain her standard density while at this reduced mass, but can choose to do so at will.  Additionally, her strength is boosted while she is at reduced size, to the extent that she can bend a one-inch diameter steel bar almost double.<br/>-<em> Flight:</em>Due to wings that grow out of her back, she can fly at speeds up to 40 mph.  These wings are functional when she reduces herself to less than four inches in height, and remain so until she reaches a foot shorter than her normal height.<br/>-<em> Wasp's Sting:</em>The Wasp can generate powerful bio-electric blasts from her hands that are capable of blasting through concrete, and causing pain to superhumanly strong and durable beings.<br/><br/><strong>Fears and Weaknesses:</strong>Jan fears being alone now that her father is dead.  She also fears being unnoticed and goes out of her way to prevent that.  To a minor degree she fears to be stepped on, eaten by a spider, or getting caught in someone’s nasty sneeze.<br/><br/><strong>Desires and Aversions:</strong>Jan wants to study fashion and become a successful fashion designer.  She’d also like to learn what happened to her father and why his lab exploded.  She knew him to only perform “safe” experiments at home.  She would like to make her father proud and hopes to run his company in a way that would make him happy.  She desires to be the center of attention and adamantly avoids being a “wall flower”.  She dislikes abusive people, and isn’t really interested in the scientific type since they remind her too much of her father.