I haven't crashed yet, so I went ahead and requested friends. I'm Misha#9641.
I am not familiar with the Avengers Academy game, nor have I encountered Kate Bishop (except in RP!). I am not big into Marvel, but loved GotG and adore Thor, and cried at Infinity War, but that's the extent of my Marvel exposure other than RP. That won't stop me from interacting with them though!
Half the fun of RP is playing with characters you don't otherwise know!