Arrow Redesigned X: Background

by RoczaDeb

This is a summary of this Alternate Universe and how I got it. It includes Character and Organization Summaries for each character and group. How they develop differently from Arrow (2012) and the DCU; How they are the same; How I made them my own; Arrow Enriched Series: Part X.

21. Chapter 21: Victor Stone-Cyborg

NAME: Victor Stone | Cyborg

There is no Cyborg or Victor Stone in the Arrowverse. However, his character in the DCU does have some variation. I kept the parts that I liked. My AU!Victor was 13. Before his transformation into Cyborg.

ORIGIN:

Victor Stone was the only son of Drs. Silas and Elinore Stone. Both are geniuses. Both emphasized intellect to Victor. But they never explained why the mind and intellect were important. Victor's friends at school preferred to emphasis the physical. Victor was gifted with great agility and flexibility as a child. He learned to use those physical abilities at his school.

Victor felt distant and mostly ignored by both of his parents. But he loved them. He would spend most of his afterschool time in either of his parents' labs. But they never explained what they were doing or how he could help or not. This led Victor to creating his own entertainment in their labs. This frequently led to Victor being chastised by both of his parents.

FAMILY:

Son of Dr. Silas Stone. He relates more closely to his father than to his mother. But his father frequently drones on about scientific principles above his head. This had led to Victor tuning out his father.

Son of Dr. Elinore Stone. He does not relate to his mother at all. He loves her, but she does not display any of the caring motherly instincts that he sees in the mothers of his friends at school. He came to resent his mother for her attitude.

MOTIVATION:

Victor was 13-years-old. He was driven to impress his parents, but felt that anything he did was not enough. His physical prowess was downplayed and his intellectual prowess was criticized. He felt that nothing he did was good enough for his parents. He lacked confidence in his physical abilities and he was starting to get stubborn about his intellectual abilities.

PERSONALITY:

Victor has a very open and welcoming personality. He likes to be around and with others. He doesn't understand his parents' need for isolation and distance. He has found friends and teammates who enjoy his company.

NOTES:

Again, there is no Cyborg or Victor Stone in the Arrowverse. I plugged him into an earlier time in his backstory. He was 13 in my AU. He doesn't become Cyborg for a few more years. I used most of the common traits of friendly, outgoing early teens to build my AU!Victor.

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