Cyber-stalker Meme

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We did this a while back as part of a State of the Characters Meme, but for those characters who have come in since or anyone who wants to update...

If someone were to Google your character, what would they find?

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[om_agent]

Almost nothing, except for one buried news article from a couple years ago about a car accident.

Jean-Paul Beaubier | Northstar

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Promotional: Personal blog, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Career: Early sports career, a few dozen human interest stories about how a fourteen year old with practically no training began winning tournament after tournament on the winter sports scene, coming out as a mutant with Alison and JM, and the resultant sports scandal. Some YouTube video of him performing some impressive skiing and snowboarding maneuvers with the use of his powers. News stories about his calendar and the attempted shooting.

Personal: Coming out as gay on the CBC, multiple links tagging back to Kyle Jinadu's story about how the long-lost Beaubier twins were reunited, gossip pages on appearing in public with new beau Simon Tam, the Braddock twins, etc.

Alpha Flight: appearances and joining up, the romance scandal with the Mystery Lover, his mysterious departure and scars

Fandom: fansites and fandom wars; fic and fanart of Beautam, Mystery Man, various Alpha Flight members, etc. This includes a recent epic-length Beautam fanfic putting forth some interesting theories about his time in Alpha Flight; it's the only one JP has ever linked to on his blog.

[om_icarus]

An unusually large number of news articles: named in the list of "survived by" in his father's obituary, and then a spate of articles detailing the assault on him by the Cabots and his involvement in their trial thereafter.

A tumblr with a huge amount of followers, and almost no posts. Sirius, help, how the hell do I use this thing?

His Facebook is private.

River Tam | Ariel

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Some academic achievements from her previous life, making it very clear just how much of a genius she is, her name on a few dance recital programs... but it's like she dropped off the face of the internet when she joined Xavier's.

(Yes I copied and pasted it don't sue me.)

Noriko Ashida | Surge

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Also still the same: if they googled "Noriko Ashida," probably nothing but random school stuff. If they went digging a little more, oooold stuff (or so it feels to her) from before she ran away, like selfie videos with her bubbly friends of the time, and possibly some karaoke/dance stuff they did, too. Her hair might or might not have been pink in the one video. Otherwise, surprisingly black and unoriginal. Also, she used to dress like your regular Japanese schoolgirl. She was super kawaii!

Daniel Jackson | Thoth

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• A news report about Daniel's parents dying five years ago, survived by his mother's uncle and Daniel.


• Anyone who knows about his power might connect him to an incident at the Met where a boy started spouting nonsense, but at the moment he doesn't talk about his power much.

[om_clarius]

They'd find out all kinds of information about his sister who died from a robbery gone wrong. They'd also find out that, more recently, his mother spoke out for the man who killed her daughter so that he would get life in prison instead of the death penalty. Other than that, Steve doesn't have much of an online profile. He wasn't much of a loner in high school before this, but he was never a social butterfly.

Alice Fitzgerald | Malice

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Alice Fitzgerald: soccer stuff from her school. Also her old Tumblr, her old Facebook, her old Twitter. All 'dead' since she disappeared.

Jenna Holt: a couple mentions for dance recitals. Old news articles from local newspapers about her accident. Maybe one or two about her miraculous recovery, but no medical paper. Her Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. And now her profile on X-statiX, and there will probably be mentions of her in online tabloids whenever she goes out with any of the more famous mutants - or with Harry (he's famous, and a mutant, but not a famous mutant, okay).

Midnighter

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Still nothing.

Cal Rankin | Mimic

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Some basketball stuff from his former school, and his Facebook, but he isn't really using it anymore. Also a few articles on the explosion that killed his father, but the investigation was never closed. People will also find links to Simon and Moira's paper, since he's mentioned by name in it, and of course his profile and his columns for SHIFT!.

Paul Roberts | Angelic

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His Facebook (lots of things about movies, video games, and geek culture in general, although he's been quieter on it recently) and his Twitter (same thing, plus he follows a lot of his favourite celebrities - more often the creators of movies or tv shows than the actors). Also there is a lot of back and forth tweeting/commenting on both of these networks with his best friend Mac. A lot a lot.

[om_apollo]

Sweet Felicity Arkwright.

Illyana Rasputin

[om_magik]

Googling Illyana Rasputin: Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Snapchat accounts, all set up after June, 2014. Also references and pictures in tabloids due to her appearances with Harry.

Googling Illyana: Given the rarity of the name, goggling Illyana alone will bring up "Illyana Nicole Belasco" and all the normal accounts of a teenage girl - all of which were abandoned abruptly last June. Given that she never setup any security on any of these, it would be quickly obvious it was the same person - lots of pictures from dance team and recitals, as well as a few selfies with her and a dark haired girl tagged as "Kayla". There would also be pictures of her with her high school JV Dance team, and a six year old "local interest" variety article featuring an interview with Beatrice Belasco, and showing a picture of her newly adopted nine year old daughter. Father Martin and brother Jake are mentioned in the article, but not shown.

Doug Ramsey

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Most recently, his staff credit on SHIFT, identifying him as the magazine's translator. Other than that, a barely used Facebook account, activity on various online games, and probably a few honor roll listings in the local paper.

"Cypher" has a much bigger online presence, but not in places that would come up in a Google search.

Luornu Durgo

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Most recently, her interview with SHIFT and other articles about her coming out, with references to Brande Industries and an interview with RJ. Previously, newspaper and tabloid references as RJ Brande's adopted daughter and speculations as to where she'd come from.

Quentin Quire

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A Facebook account dating to his start at the school, in which he has outed himself as a mutant and posted any number of obnoxious things (fortunately not so obnoxious as to draw any particular attention).

Quintavius Quire's accounts were all deleted, though there's mention of a first place science fair entry from late fall in the local newspaper. The picture accompanying the article is probably not immediately recognizable as Quentin.

Cecil Palmer

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Thanks to his work with SHIFT (and the fact that 'overshare' is probably the nicest word for him on-air), there's probably a bit more information out there about Cecil, though it's mostly speculation.

Searching for anything to do with Night Vale will still return zero results (and likely get you put on some kind of list).

Clint Barton | Hawkeye

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Carson's Circus: A few archived publicity photos of him in a purple sequined outfit that's probably offensive in any number of ways. No, he doesn't know they're on the Internet. Fortunately, Philip's the only one that's unearthed them so far, and only then through his Grandmother. In anything referenced to Carson's, if he's given a name at all (which he usually isn't - he was most often helping out with Trick Shot or The Swordsman's acts) then all that's referenced is the name Hawkeye.

Coming to a Times Square Near You: He's gonna be seen in public this weekend helping a few well known faces save the day. He'll be wearing shooting glasses and a purple shirt and jeans, but anyone who knows him will be able to tell from the photos that it's him. I mean, he's the only one around who loves purple and is wandering around NYC wielding a bow at bad guys. He'll leave (behind Steve on Steve's bike - and oh god I never thought how THAT would look) before anyone can get more than pictures.

For the Hacker in You: Clint has a sealed juvenile record, a very brief mention of the foster care system, a police statement of his parents' deaths due to DUI, and many, many, many, medical records, including broken bones and perforated eardrums. Otherwise, he's a ghost. The last time he was in school was fourth grade.

Damon Salvatore | Incubus

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Social Media: You can probably find an old Facebook account with high school comments dating back to about five years ago, with all the normal high school interests. Music, football, comments about 'The Grill' or complaints about town festivals. Maybe an invitation to the lake.

Newspaper Articles: Once the comments on the Facebook account go dead, there's less to find about Damon. There's a newspaper article about a girl who ran her car off a bridge and died. Her body was never found, but the article says that Katherine Pierce was arguing with another teen, Damon Salvatore, over her relationship with his brother just before the accident. Both brothers were interviewed by police, but the death was ruled an accident. Oddly, another girl from the same party ended up in a coma that night, but woke about three days later with no ill effects.

There's some evidence (maybe a human interest piece in the local paper) that Damon disappeared from home a few months later - his father hiring private investigators, but not getting anywhere.

X-Factor Investigations: A little over year ago, Damon opened up a paranormal investigation business in Salem Center. X-Factor Investigations seems to be doing quite well for themselves from their website and testimonials.

Kitty Pryde | Shadowcat

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Kitty has a wealth of information on the Internet. She's just a normal Jewish girl from Deerfield, Illinois. Her father is a banker, and her mother has recently gone back to work managing a jewelry shop. Facebook reports that they are divorced.

Kitty has a Twitter, Tumblr, Pintrest, and Facebook, and all are pretty open about her love of science, math, engineering, Dazzler's music, mutant rights, comic books, Star Wars, video games, and Dungeons and Dragons.

However, anyone digging around on the Internet for Kitty accessed through Xavier's network might run across Lockheed, who monitors that kind of stuff. You might end up with a purple dragon on your screen, looking at you sternly. If you do happen to get through Lockheed (kudos), she also posts Star Wars fanfiction under the 'anonymous' name Shadow Kitty (she's a big Han/Leia fan). So far, Peter is the only one who knows her dirty secret.

Laura Kinney | Talon

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If you googled "Laura Kinney", you would find absolutely nothing. Zip. Zero. If you tried facial recognition, you might find a very young picture of a five year old girl in an orphanage in Hokkaido, Japan.

Simon Tam | Touchstone

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Newspapers: Simon will have been in the news both for being Jean-Paul's boyfriend and for the fact that he helped publish the study on mutant genetics. His name will appear alongside Xavier's and Moira MacTaggart's as much as it will Jean-Paul's. He will also be mentioned to be the son of a prominent Washington, D.C. lawyer, Gabriel Tam.

He attends Yale School of Medicine, and is quite gifted, having sailed through his undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University in both Biophysics and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Fandom: Simon and Jean-Paul have their own fandom, named by fans, "Beautam", and though some fans are quite fond of the pairing, others hate Simon's attachment to Jean-Paul because he is seen as only a mere 'human', since Simon's mutant powers are not known to the public. There's probably quite a bit of fanart.

A. John Howlett | Daken

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Surface Google Search: Googling just "John Howlett" will probably get you little to nothing. John never had a Facebook or a MySpace or anything like that. Even "Akihiro John Howlett" would probably just get you some maybe-public school records (old yearbooks and stuff from middle/elementary school).

Deeper Searching: Searching anything deeper and maybe doing some creative information liberation (read: Hacking) will get you John's criminal record: several charges (some dropped) of aggravated assault, battery, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and so forth, all in the multiple counts range. A lawyer of some note took John's case and used his history as an adopted child to get a reduced sentence for John, pending good behavior. Further, deeper records also have him noted as a mutant in the New York State's penal system, with a documentation of his abilities as such: Claws, Accelerated Healing. Nothing about his reflexes, senses, or pheromone control powers are documented officially, as the state didn't have the means to observe them. Very deep searches might get you some information about the time of his birth, the place of his birth, and the fact that he was adopted.

Santo Vaccarro | Rockslide

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Surface Google Search: Santo's got a leftover Facebook page from before he manifested; he actually looked like a regular, buzz-cut Italian-American kid who usually had a dopey grin, and lots of pictures of him with his little sister on his shoulders or him just palling around with her (sometimes playing with My Little Pony figures). Otherwise, nothing really that stands out or links him as a mutant.

Deeper Searching: Anyone who knows about Santo's powers, where he's from (his Facebook page lists him as from Boston), and the time at which he manifested will be able to deduce that he was responsible for some property damage and some terror in Boston when he manifested. YouTube videos are still present of camera phones who get shots of him doing some impressive things ("Massive Rock Dude Chucks Police Car!!!1!" still has many views and gets them on the regular). Nothing else noteworthy about Santo really exists on the internet.

Nicholas Gleason | Wolf Cub

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Surface Google Search: Nothing. Literally. No Facebook, no MySpace, no nothing. Just his family name, however, will get you a link to an article regarding the tragic arson and murder of William and Georgia Gleason, but there is no mention of a son.

Deeper Searching: Digging around a lot gets you some interesting information, especially if you're a talented hacker. It wouldn't be hard to find evidence that William and Georgia had a son and that his name was Nicholas. It wouldn't be hard to find the fact that he went to a school in Poughkeepsie until he was seven, at which point he mysteriously drops off the map; the only evidence he's still alive is that his home schooling records were still sent in by his parents, until the day of the arson and murder. In the police report of the arson and murder of William and Georgia Gleason, it also notes that their assailants also died, one either of blood loss from a massive laceration on his side (caused by some sort of knife or other cutting implement) or from burns (the coroner was unsure), and the other from blood loss due to a series of cuts across his throat (again, by some sort of knife or cutting implement). It also identifies that the bullets fired by the shooters were custom-cast in silver.

Felix Harrowgate | Ghost

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Felix Harrowgate: Nothing on a regular Google search, and Tessa has kindly scrubbed away any links between the school and Felix's past. He is technically listed as a missing person in Missouri, but you'd have to go looking specifically for that.

Felix Ames: Under this name he's registered at Xavier's and has a story in SHIFT, and an account on the forum. Not on Google, but, Felix Ames' passport states that he is 19, which is clearly incongruous.

Diaval Woods | Rook

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Diaval Woods has a half-assed attempt at Facebook that's abandoned, and a Twitter with zero tweets but is following other famous mutants.

Searching for the Woods family in York will bring up Diaval's mother's very successful landscaping and garden care business, but she's still pretty much a social recluse. His adopted sister, Aurora, is listed in her parents' obituaries under her birth surname.

Irvine Kinneas | Trickshot

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Irvine Kinneas has a Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr with zero privacy settings and very few posts, mostly reposts of silly pictures. There's evidence of a normal small-town teenage life until he came to Xavier's. Also easily findable are mentions of Irvine winning a bunch of junior-level shooting competitions in his early teens, which ends abruptly around age 16.

Once the band with Jay gets moving he'll be listed in any social media they decide to do, too!

[om_ghostwriter]

Soooooooo much fanfic - mostly Wincest/Supernatural. Some older Beautam and Warren/Brian but she hasn't posted any mutant RPF since arriving at the school.

Also her blog, which is a mix of really hot half-naked guys, Supernatural everything, and social justice issues (a lot about mutants).

They could find Facebook and Twitter accounts, as well (where she mostly posts random things with no context whatsoever). Recent additions include her stories for SHIFT!

[om_griffin]

A mention of him in the "survived by" section of his mother's obituary from 2009, but otherwise nothing.