#╰ gabriel 'gabe' delgado.

[stayliquidarchive]

open to. f

muse. gabe delgado, ex cop.

"Just call this what it is — whatever the fuck it is you want. No more of this in between bullshit."

[neonbrutalism]

(this is not an AU i'm really actively working on, i just had this idea strike while i was at work and it's a fun little exploration.)

Spider-Gabe, Spider-Gabe, Extremely depressed Spider-Gabe.

And Prowler!Miguel.

(AU where Gabriel is bitten by a good old fashion radioactive spider and Spider-Mans around Nueva York. Miguel, unaware his brother is Spider-Man, continues to work for Alchemax until he gets genetically spliced with a spider when a coworker sabotages him.

Attempted Suicide mention below the cut.

After Aaron Delgado falls, Miguel realizes what's happened to him and jumps. He doesn't catch himself. He somehow survives thanks to his increased strength, durability and healing factor but is disgusted to find he's been reborn as an abomination. He abandons his life and stays Downtown, waging war on Alchemax and the other corps. The people of Downtown call him The Prowler. It's one of the nicer names they give him, so he goes with it. He and Spider-Man clash a few times, but never hang around each other long enough to figure out the other's identity.

Meanwhile, Gabriel moves into Miguel's old apartment so he can keep LYLA and continues to Spider-Man and mourn his brother. He eventually forms the Spider-Society with the goal of protecting the Multiverse.

[princepotatosack]

What If Choices' Race-customizable LIs Had Surnames Reflective Of Their Ethnicity?: An Experiment Just For Fun (Part 2/3)

Info in Part 1

Part 3

HOT COUTURE

Marco Diallo

This face option is described in the asset files as "Black". I did a cursory research and learned that there is a significant Black Italian community of immigrants from Cameroon, so that's my headcanon for him and his family. I chose the Fulani surname Diallo because it starts with a Di like Di Vincenzo.

Marco Diệp

This face option is described in the asset files as "Asian". The most significant Asian Italian community is Chinese Italians, but I didn't find a Chinese surname starting with the sound Di that sounded right to me. So I went with the Vietnamese Diệp.

HOT SHOT

Casey Jamil

These face options are described in the asset files as "Middle Eastern". The Arabic surname Jamil was a spelling match for Jameson, and this spelling appears to be common in Syria and Iraq. So if they had this surname they could be Syrian or Iraqi.

IMMORTAL DESIRES

Cassius Han / Cassandra Han

These face options are described in the asset files as "Asian". The Japanese surname Harada is a spelling match for Harlow but I already used Harada for the LI of Guarded. Also, I keep seeing people comparing the masc face to this one Kpop singer, I forget who, so it gave me the headcanon that these faces are Korean. The Korean surname Han seemed like a pretty solid match for Harlow, and it's also a Chinese surname too so they could be Chinese with this surname. Also I know fem Cas's full name is canonically Cassie but like many others on this internet website I am a Cassandra Harlow truther because I think it sounds better.

Gabriel Almánzar / Gabriela Almánzar

These face options are described in the asset files as "Latinx". Couldn't find any Spanish or Portuguese language surnames that start with "Ad" so I went with a Spanish surname that starts with "A" and retains the "A-al-ar" sounds from Adalhard.

LAWS OF ATTRACTION

Gabe Ryu

This face option is described in the asset files as "Asian". Almost went with the Korean surname Rhee but I already chose it for TPS LI and also I think the Korean surname Ryu looks cooler on a law firm plaque. lol

MS. MATCH

Jack Mansour / Jacqueline Mansour

These face options are described in the asset files as "Arabic". Mansour was a close Arabic-language sound match to Monroe. This spelling seems to be common across all of North Africa and the Middle East. So I guess they could be from any of those places with that surname.

MY TWO FIRST LOVES

Noah Higuchi

This face option is descrbed in the asset files as "Asian". Another LI with a surname starting with "Har" which can correspond with the Japanese surname Harada but I already used that and also "Noah Harada" has too many open "A" sounds in a row for my liking. So I just chose a cool sounding Japanese name starting with the letter H because this face option looks Japanese to me.

Ava Lozano

This face option is described in the asset files as "Hispanic". Lozano was the closest Spanish-language surname I could find to Lawrence. The Spanish form of the first name Lawrence is Lorenzo, but it doesn't appear to be used as a surname like Lawrence is in English-speaking countries.

Mason Jiménez

This face option is described in the asset files as "Hispanic". Couldn't find Spanish-language surnames that start with the same sound as Jennings. If my memory is correct I don't think Spanish has that sound? Jiménez has a lot of the same letters though so? That should work?

THE NANNY AFFAIR

Sam Delgado / Samantha Delgado

These face options are described in the asset files as "Hispanic". I considered the Spanish surname de la Torre because it retained the D-L-T-O sounds from Dalton but I thought Delgado sounded cooler……?

THE PHANTOM AGENT

Karan Gill / Sameera Gill

These face options are described in the files as "Indian". I considered the surnames Giri (broadly Indian, common in Nepal I think?) and Ghauri (common in Pakistan as far as I can tell?) for sound matches for Gray but Gill (Punjabi) sounded cooler. Also there was nothing necessarily wrong with the names Callum and Samara other than I don't like them. So I assigned them new Indian names…….

Part 1

Part 3

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

Streak

Gabe puts himself together and makes a list.

Fandom: Elena of Avalor

Characters: Gabriel Nuñez, others mentioned

Other: rundown of basically the whole show, angst, no happy ending, no resolution, monologue

Word count: 1086

Gabe rubbed the coarse towel on his head, ruffling his still wet hair. He felt a little lighter now, calmer, like he could finally start putting his thoughts in order.

It all started four years ago already. He should've taken a hint when he let himself and Isabel be kidnapped on his very first day on the job. And not long after he let Fiero in to that party where he turned everybody into stone, and then almost made it impossible for Elena to defeat Orizaba, when she first discovered her scepter's powers. He didn't really shine that first year of his service.

He froze for a moment when he realised what he just said sounded like a pun. He pinched the bridge of his nose in shame. He really needed to take a break from both Mateo and Elena.

His most embarrassing failure to this day though, was probably taking El Guapo's sword back when he was competing for his post. It was selfish, it was dangerous, it was breaking the law - and it was just so stupid. And the worst part was that during those two days when Guapo was possessing his body, there were moments when he didn't want him gone. There were moments where he was glad - delighted - that he was stronger, he was faster, he was more confident, and just how difficult it was to decide to actually use Mateo's cure. There were moments back then when he finally felt like a true knight.

His gaze absentmindedly went to the training dummy set aside in the corner and felt the fresh abrasions on his knuckles burn. Nowadays he often wondered if he wasn't too similar to the cursed general. If maybe Mateo's potion didn't work completely and some part of the ghost was left in him. But he always quickly abandoned these thoughts.

His first year as captain wasn't much better than as a lieutenant. He didn't notice anything off about Rita for the weeks that she's been around. He was just as fooled as Mateo and just as dismissive to Naomi as Elena's been. And then he even let Shuriki herself into the palace. Shuriki. The one worst nightmare Avalor had to face in the past half a century and he didn't even notice though he might've passed her himself in the crowd. That would be it, in terms of his security skills.

He reached for his uniform that he's left on the chair earlier and slowly took to buttoning it up.

And what followed - oh stars, what followed. In the weeks after Shuriki returned they all - he, Naomi, Elena, Mateo, even Isa - they all could've died a thousand times over. And during all of that. He. Was. Useless. He lost the scepter piece to Shuriki, he couldn't help Isa when Shuriki set the tower on fire. Magic fire. And he was powerless against magic, against wizards, against scepters.

He squeezed the comb in his hand until its teeth painfully drove into his palm. He took a few breaths in and out before he turned to the mirror.

Then of course he got captured by Fiero during the battle of Nueva Vista and let the Delgados escape. And if he wasn't good at keeping criminals away, he was even worse at finding them. He spent what? Three months? Four? Chasing Delgados all throughout the country, combing through every inch of the jungle and every abandoned house and he would've never found them if they didn't reveal themselves. Not to mention that he couldn't capture them even when they basically served themselves on a silver platter.

He took the report from his desk and skimmed the even lines of text one last time. He let out a sigh before putting it in a file.

He seemed to be getting worse at his job actually. They had them all imprisoned, even the ex chancellor when he turned out to be a criminal too. And finally everything seemed to be over, everything seemed to be well and almost too good to be true. Well, it was definitely too good to last. He let his guard down, he allowed himself a moment to relax and those dangerous criminals escaped, again. And again on his watch. And he wasn't even able to catch Ash and Esteban despite being right behind them. He wouldn't have caught the other two if one of them didn't get turned to stone and the other gave up.

He stopped for a moment before the mirror to make sure he looked presentable. He took a few deep breaths, unfurrowed his brows. He already had to explain himself of one thing, he didn't need any extra attention to his shortcomings.

Doña Paloma's words stung when he heard them, of course. It hurt even more knowing that two of his friends agree with her. But what was probably the worst was that deep down he knew she was right. Why was he still leading the guard? And how long was he still going to? He now saw that the moment someone more skilled, more competent came along, he was going to lose his position. He was replaceable.

He controlled his pace through the palace corridors, even though he wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. He answered with a nod to a salute, when he passes the guard posted before the treasury.

But that's why he was taking action. There were enough fights where he was knocked out, his sword cast away and he was simply useless. But he was going to do better. He had a plan now he just- he just can't make such stupid mistakes as he did today. He has to do better.

He raised his head high as he reached with fist towards the door and took one last deep breath.

Was it really so bad that he finally wanted to show what he's worth?

[pj-elroycortez]

Full Name: Penelope Jane Elroy-Cortez

Faceclaim: Melissa Barrera

Pronouns/Gender: She/Her Cis Woman

Age & Birthday: January 6 1990

Birth Place: NB

How long have they been in town?: Her whole life - growing up between NB and Huston. 

Living Situation: Cedar Pointe

Occupation: Fashion designer

Family: 2 brothers: Gabe Cortez and James Elroy

FULL NAME: Penelope Jane Elroy-Cortez 

NICKNAME(S): PJ - Lupe

AGE: 34

DATE OF BIRTH: January 6 1990

PLACE OF BIRTH: New Bellevoux

CURRENT LOCATION: New Bellevoux

ETHNICITY: Latinx.

GENDER: Cis Woman

PRONOUNS: She/Her

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual Straight

OCCUPATION: Fashion Designer

FACECLAIM: Melissa Barrera

PERSONALITY

CHARACTER INSPO: Amy Santiago (Brooklyn 99) Elena Alvarez (One Day At a Time) Nell Serrano (Not Dead Yet) Gloria Delgado (Modern Family) Gaby (Shrinking)

THEME SONG: Qlona - Karol G

POS TRAITS: Confident. Friendly. Loyal 

NEG TRAITS: Loud. Noisy. Pushy 

LOVE LENGUAGE: Physical touch

ALIGMENT: Lawful good

RELATIONSHIPS

BROTHERS: Gabriel Cortez. James Elroy

Biography

PJ never knew anything different than a split home. By the time she was born, her parents had already split, never even getting married in the first place. Her father lived in Texas, five hours away from New Bellevoux so she was constantly coming and going most of her life. 

Her relationship with her mom was tense. Soon after she was born she brought someone else into their home which, as a young kid, PJ never liked or understood and would act out. That was until her first baby brother was born, James. He was her whole life. But James’ dad wasn’t the last man she paraded around the house. 

Her dad on the other hand found a nice woman, both of them latinxs and they build a nice family home, also giving her a baby brother who she adored and as much as it hurt her to leave James behind sometimes, she loved spending time with the Cortezes more than at home with her mom.

Growing up, PJ would encourage James with his music, even joining some of his bands to sing for them but everything went down when he decided to join the army. Ever the opinionated angry lady that she was, she is very anti-military and anti-war so it broke her heart when he did. They had a horrible fight and stopped talking after that.

Now she’s working as a fashion designer for a boutique that doesn’t let her do much, stomping on her creativity but at least she’s doing what she loves.

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Happy January! November / December involved a whole lot of editing so I decided to make another roundup! Ngl this is mostly to prove to myself that I actually did a whole lot even though I feel like I didn't do enough because of the countdown being late, but I'm including it as part of December anyways so that I can start January as a fresh slate!

Countdown

12 Characters

Mercedes Delgado

Adhara Black

Mina Ambrosia

Clem Wayland

Hollis Everdeen

Ilsa George

Ophelia Wayne

Kirsty Gilmore

Erin Humphrey

Caroline Fox

Aurora Anderson

Mirella Gold

11 Ships:

Eloise Quinn

Valentina Wolfe x Audrey Hope 

Reese Masrani x Emilio Contreras

Ginevra Maroni x Bruce Wayne

Adelia Kline x Quinn Fabray

Ties That Bind

Delfina Baratheon x Oberyn Martell

Summer Sol x James Coleman

Maristela Carrillo x Blaise Zabini x Theodore Nott

Aurélia Agreste x Luka Couffaine

10 Brotps:

Hollis & The Band

Topher Charming & Marnie Fitzwater-Hood

Emily & Luke Patterson

Betty Fabray & Finn Hudson

Cassia Potter & Dimitri Volkor & Sebastian Rosier

Camila Nelson & Will Byers

Luciana Davila & The LDB

Kennedy Quinlan & Alex Claremont-Diaz

Vanessa Kline & Jason Todd

Eva Nightborn & Gabriel Branwell

9 Christmas Aesthetics

Kirsty Gilmore

Cece Cartwright

Noelle Of Arendelle

Sophie Dugray

Cassia Potter

Aurora Anderson

Ivy Knight

Chessy Of Arendelle

Betty Fabray

8 Platonic Crossovers

Ava & Roni [ @thecaptainsgingersnap ]

Aurora & Sydney [ @megdonnellys ]

Thalia & Remy [ @cecexwrites ]

Dylan & HN [ @ocmerunaway ]

Jax & The Girls [ @ginevrastilinski-ocs ]

Ivy & Amelia [ @darknightfrombeyond ]

Gloria & Gabe [ @manyfandomocs ]

Kirsty & Richie [ @the-witching-ash ]

7 Romantic Crossovers

Angel x Roman [ @the-witching-ash ]

Will x Kit [ @ginevrastilinski-ocs ]

Lily x Greyson [ @manyfandomocs ]

Cassandra x Waverly [ @megdonnellys ]

Savannah x Andrew [ @the-witching-ash ]

Ariadne x Elys [ @ginevrastilinski-ocs ]

Coco x Matthew [ @manyfandomocs ]

6 Intros

Reese Masrani

Colton Cartwright

Hollis Everdeen

Ophelia Wayne

Aurélia Agreste

Nevaeh Murphy

5 Posters

Katia McKinley

Olivia Olsen

Coco Bates

Maristela Carrillo

Laura Hyde

4 Neglected OCs

Quinn Hargreeves

Briar Tyrell Stark

Caitlin Watson

Miranda Granger

3 Nicknames

Arianne Martin

Sabina Maximoff

Kirsty Gilmore

2 AUs

Sophie Dugray + Arranged Marriage

Kirsty Gilmore + Raised By Emily & Richard

1 Video

Kirsty Gilmore

[saudadexmses]

➹ + Benjamin Bratt

send me a ��� and a fc ;; i'll create a character on the spot !!!

GABRIEL 'GABE' DELGADO.  60 years old. werewolf. cis man (he/him). pansexual. Used to be Adrian's bodyguard before retiring is now a restaurant owner. Has lived a somewhat peaceful life even if he has encountered a few hunters along the way that left a few scars. Was briefly married but it didn't work out.

[gabrielxpierce]

THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

The Wheel of Fortune turns evermore, seemingly to communicate that life is made up of both good and bad times, and that the cycle is one that we cannot control. It is something that is subjected to both kings and workers, and that nobody on earth can avoid what is fated. When you have good moments in your life, make sure that you enjoy to the fullest, for what comes up must always go down. The same is true in reverse - when you are in a bad situation, things will eventually become better again. 

STATISTICS

FULL NAME : Gabriel Henry Archer Pierce ALIAS : Gabe AGE : 31 DATE  OF  BIRTH : June 30, 1993 HOMETOWN : Seattle, WA, USA. TIME IN EAST HAVEN :  April, 2024 RESIDENCE : Emerald Mist. FACECLAIM : Thomas Doherty trigger warning: missing person, bodily trauma, memory loss

EDUCATION : High school diploma. Fire Academy. OCCUPATION : Unemployed. GENDER : Cis-Male PRONOUNS : He/Him SEXUALITY : Pansexual. HAIR COLOUR : Black EYE  COLOUR : Blue HEIGHT : '6'0'' BUILD : Lean/Muscular ACCENT : American LANGUAGES : English, Italian., Arabic TATTOOS : One saying 'who is this' on his chest. Hilariously before his amnesia SCENT: Davidoff Cool Water ZODIAC : Cancer LOVE LANGUAGE : Physical touch. CLOTHING: Various styles but loves bold patterns HAIR STYLE / BEARD:  ( x )

CONDITIONS : Amnesia ALLERGIES : Strawberries, pumpkin EATING HABITS : Big eater, barely gains weight. But loves junkfood. EXERCISE HABITS : weights and treadmill SLEEPING HABITS : 4-6 hours a day, has night terrors but can't remember upon waking. ADDICTIONS : None DRUG  USE : None ALCOHOL USE : Yes

POSITIVE  TRAITS : Intelligent, patient, empathic, helpful NEGATIVE TRAITS : overthinker, uncertain, abrasive, lost PHOBIAS : Unknown FEARS : Unknown HOBBIES : Soccer, true crime, mixology HABITS : repeats the tunes and catchphrases on the radio USUAL DEMEANOUR : Searching.

FATHER : Archer Pierce (Deceased) MOTHER : Violet Pierce (Deceased) SIBLINGS : Rosalie Pierce (Missing) COUSINS: Valentina Delgado, Joanna Pierce OTHER: Viktor Pierce (Paternal uncle) PARTNER(S) : None CHILDREN : None PETS :  None.

BIOGRAPHY

April 9th, 2024. Gabriel's life began when he woke up in a hospital bed in Kansas city. Bruised and battered, with no recollection of his past at all. He found out pretty quick he had a love for bananas and mashed potatoes and that he was allergic to pumpkin. He could quote marvel movies but when seeing them only had a vague recall of what was going to happen.

With his uncle's contact in his emergency tab on his phone, his uncle was called, who arrived in Kansas soon after, with photos of proof of their relationship. He was told of his parents, and how they were gone. Of his sister, who was missing and who was the reason he was in Kansas in the first place, looking for her after a tip. It was probably how he end up being beaten up, having pried in wrong corners and talked to the wrong people.

He's trying to piece together who he is. He has the facts, knowing he was a firefighter back in Seattle, he found out he has a love for metal music, considering he had many records in his apartment of various bands. He had both the bible and the Koran on his shelf, but whether he was a believer of either religions he could not tell. His favourite colour was red, with all the red in his apartment and he loved dressing in bold patterns.

It was easy to see he was overwhelmed in his apartment, trying to catch fragments of his past that his uncle suggested packing it all up and living at his place in Kismet Harbor until he felt up for living on his own again, and so he did. He's still searching in terms of what to do. He feels torn for searching for a woman he doesn't remember, but if his current state had anything to do with his search for her, doesn't that mean he was on the right track?

This biography will grow the more Gabriel finds out about his past.

TIMELINE

1993 - Born june 30th.

2024 - moved to Kismet Harbor in April

[lieutenant-amuel]

I know it’s like super last minute… But am I allowed to ask for a Gabela edit? Please?

Sure!! Thank you so much for the request! I really really hope you like it!

***

And that was the last request! Thank you all again for your interest and activity in this! I really hope you enjoyed it!

[solarbird]

"A motion blip," Sombra said. "Got him. North. Just over 400 metres, moving erratically, but mostly away - further north."

Amélie nodded, and checked with everyone on her team. "All secure?" She asked, verifying, breathing a sigh of relief as she received a chorus of affirmatives. "Gabriel?"

"All good here," he said, as Laticia nodded. "North?"

"Yes. He must've been making his way out from us the whole time."

"Abandoning his friends, again," Lacitia growled. "Running, again."

Venom heard the growl, and knew that anger, and sympathised. "Yeah. Sorry, luv. I guess you've learned for real, now. It's what he's always done, once they're not useful anymore."

"Bastard."

"Got that right."

"Pursue?"

On the far side of the link, Lena sucked in her breath, as Amélie looked at her, expectantly.

She's ... she hasn't really had a shot, has she? Fuck, I want to be the one t'do him, I owe him, but... She shuddered, a little. ...so does she.

"Track and pursue. We'll take care of Ana. Don't approach, but... if you get a good shot... take it."

Angela glanced over at Lena, surprised again, and managed a little bit of a smile, and a little hint of not even so much as a laugh, but a pleased huff, and made sure Lena saw it, and Lena did, and her grimace softened, just a bit.

"Yeah," the assassin mouthed. "I know."

"I will call in a retrieval ship," Amélie said, quietly. "We can hold Ana in Algeria. When we do finally let her go, she'll find it easy enough to get home."

"Thank you," Angela said, reaching out to Amélie, and Amélie smiled, taking her hand, and squeezing it.

"It is nothing. She is no longer important, in our way - only in yours."

"In Fareeha's, eventually. I think."

"That is everything I meant."

The Widowmaker looked out, through the windows. "There is a useful clearing half a kilometre away, to the west, where I can trigger the beacon. He's still moving north?"

Sombra nodded. "I'm about to lose his signal, but yeah."

"It will do," Amélie replied. "Let's get moving."

"Yeh," Venom said. "This has gone on way too long. Let's just get this done."

-----

Jack felt the damper field take hold, again, and tried to shift to ghost, again, before it could, not getting there, not in time, not quite in time, and felt sicker for it. He hadn't been entirely able to keep himself together, ghosting in and out, since he'd recovered from the last time.

About half a kilometer, he thought. Got to find, got to find, got to find a way out. Got to find a place, a place, to rest. Hide out. Until.

He'd seen the ship coming down, fast, and did not hear it land, but saw it again as it climbed away. He'd assumed either reinforcements or evacuation, and now he knew which.

He heard a rustle, to his left, and spun, almost firing, before seeing Laticia Delgado step out of the foliage, and he paused.

"...Laticia?" he asked, his voice thick. "How'd you..." Then he saw the look on her face. The anger. The betrayal. "You didn't, did you. You're one of them now."

"They're about 200 metres away, Jack. I got here first, but they're faster than me."

"I know. I can feel the, the, I can feel it. But you're warning, warning, me. Why?"

"Because that's what I want to know. Why?"

Jack shook his head, trying to shake the buzzing out of it, the confusion. Spain. Switzerland. Wreckage. What. Why. "Why... why what?"

"Why'd you run out? Venom says it's what you always do. You run. You ran in Geneva, you ran in Mozambique, you ran when I got captured in Guatemala, and you ran here. Every time anything gets too close, you just abandon everyone else, and run. Why?!"

"I didn't want to lose you, Laticia," he managed, finding some focus. "You were good, before they got their hands on you. They..."

"They didn't do anything, gringo!" she shrieked. "You did. You ran. And you killed Ara! She was my last family and you didn't even have the guts to tell me. You pretended you didn't even know what happened to her, and it was all. Just. You." Her hands shook, her rage overflowing into them. "Why?!"

"Okay. That's fair. Not killing Araceli," he corrected, quickly adjusting his response. "That wasn't my fault, I, I, didn't even know it'd happened. Not for a long time. But..."

"But why?!"

"I have to stay alive. I have to."

"What makes you better than everybody you've left behind?"

"Because I'm the one who counts! I'm the one who knows, and I'm the only one who can ever prove it!"

"You son of a bitch. You weren't worth her." Lacitia raised her machine pistol, finger on the trigger. "You aren't even worth..."

"I am. And that's all that matters." Jack raised his rifle, so quickly, so impossibly fast, and fired, just as a crack resounded through the air, sounding not like a gunshot, but like thunder. The helix rocket he'd triggered exploded as it left his rifle, and he and Laticia both fell back, buffeted by the concussion.

"I think not," the Widowmaker said, coldly, from a branch high in one of the taller trees, as Angela flew in beside her, Venom appearing below and nearby. Gabriel, running hard, bolted over to Delgado, to check her for injuries, and pull her out of the line of fire. "It is over."

"You," he snarled, at the Devil herself. "It's always been you," Jack spun to face the medic and the sniper. "Hasn't it? From the very beginning. I finally got it figured out. You." Certainly and sarcasm mixed in his voice. "The angelic Angela Ziegler. The first and deepest Talon mole."

Angela, in her scarlet and yellow, frowned, sad, not even caring he'd blown the pretense of her cover. The dampener field, and all the shifting, it had been wearing at him, more than just at the edges, she could tell, and she shook her head at the soldier. "No, Jack. It was Amélie and Gérard. I had no idea, and neither did anyone else."

"Gérard? You expect me to believe that a fine man like Gérard would do... would cause... any of this?"

"You... we... knew nothing about him."

Morrison roared, and fired again, this time at Angela, the shot intercepted, again, by Amélie, who fired a third time, knocking the rifle from his hands, and as Morrison attempted to bring up his tactical visor, he shifted, somehow, and Angela gasped as he slumped, momentarily losing his form - whether despite the dampening field, or because of it, she didn't know.

"This... really is what you are now, isn't it, Jack?"

"I'm the one who matters!"

"Yeah," snarled Venom, done with waiting, done with it all. "Y'are. T'me." She laughed. "I've been waitin' for this for a long time, you motherfucker. Come at me!"

Morrison rallied himself and charged Venom, the closest on the ground, who grinned wildly, and didn't even pull her pistols, but swung, instead, throwing a teleportation-aided roundhouse right at his skull, a single punch full of so much rage and anger and sadness and regret that it staggered even her...

...even as it passed through his head, hitting nothing solid, his body slumping, not ghosting, but dissolving into a raging, semi-formed man-like mass, occasionally reaching out, striking nothing, holding onto nothing at all.

Lena shrieked and teleported back, terrified she'd be absorbed, but found herself alive, and almost as importantly, fully intact.

"You were right," Angela whispered to Amélie. "It is over."

The Devil flew down, looking at the shifting mass that Jack Morrison had become. He screamed, an incoherent noise of frustration and blind rage, formless, and void.

"What th' hell..." marvelled Venom, shaken, and more than a little repulsed.

"Oh man," Gabriel said, quietly. "That is not right." And Laticia, for her part, looked, and after a moment, said, "...no. That's exactly right." She tossed her pistol aside, and did not bother fighting back tears. "That's... all he ever was. A big, shifting... nothing."

"NO!" shrieked Venom, running back forward again, punching and kicking at the wraith, at what had been the last of Jack Morrison, all to no real effect. "I was supposed to... he was mine! I was gonna get... t'get... to... for me. For everybody back at Overwatch. For everybody he..."

Lena Oxton punched at the fallen, writhing form, twice, three times, hitting nothing but the ground, nothing but dirt, and rock.

"...I was... he was mine," she said, sobbing, as Amélie lowered herself to the earth and walked over, pulled her away, and held her tight. "He was mine."

"Not anymore," the senior assassin whispered. "Not anymore. Let him go. Please. For me."

Angela looked at the controls of the device in her hand. This... wasn't supposed to kill you, Jack. It really wasn't. This wasn't how it was supposed to happen.

She studied the readings, carefully, and nodded. Stability failure. System integrity failure. A runaway cycle of quick decay and repair, endlessly repeating. The worst-case scenario she'd worked out, years ago, and repaired, in later versions, in herself.

She could, just maybe, fix it in him, still. If she shut down the field, his form would stabilise. If they called in an emergency retrieval and got him to the right medical facility, it was just possible, if they moved quickly, he could be saved.

But then her mind's eye flashed, unbidden, to the sight of Lena Oxton, on the ground, struggling not to bleed out through the helix-rocket-sized hole in her chest.

The doctor focused down the field to just to the mass, maximising its strength, and keyed in the emergency nanite shutdown commands.

"I'm sorry, Jack," she said, almost meaning it. "But this is how it has to be."

She triggered the kill switch, and the last remnants of Jack Morrison scattered into dust.

[korgbelmont]

Hello, it is possible to get the following? Colt (UT) (angry), Mom (ID) (happy), Cassius (ID) (happy), Cassie (ID) (happy), Gabe (both male and female) (ID) (happy), Libby (ID) (happy), Cas's Friend (ID) (happy), Lucy (UT) (happy), Bethany (COP) (sad) thanks in advance

Hi there. You'll find Colt in the Laws of Attraction folder as Alejandro, Libby in the Ride or Die folder as Riya, and Lucy in the High School Story folder as Faith Park.

The others have all been added to the Transparents folder.

[stayliquidarchive]

closed starter for @lavishbylaw !! x

muse. gabe delgado.

"Don't lose your shit over it. I've seen you naked before."

[neonbrutalism]

Spider-Gabe write up...

Mostly for ref since I don't think I'll ever be writing a whole fic of this.

So the first year of Spider-Man is going great for Gabriel. He has a difficult relationship with his mother and his brother, Miguel, is weird and distant since he started working at Alchemax as the head of the bio-engineering genetics lab. However, after spending the last 12 months running circles around Alchemax and the Public Eye, somebody new is put in charge of catching Spider-Man - Dr. Miguel O'Hara, under the orders of Tyler Stone.

Miguel, being much smarter than most of the morons at Alchemax who were trying to catch Spider-Man gets a lot closer, but ultimately keeps getting foiled and occasionally humiliated by Spider-Man. His brother, Gabriel, keeps trying to talk him into leaving Alchemax and lecturing him about it, which doesn't really convince Miguel so much as annoy him and further drive a wedge between them.

And Spider-Man is even more annoying and all the quips and jokes from this Creamsicle-Suit Asshole are started to make Miguel kinda twitchy and lose sleep from the stress - After enough failures, the board gives Miguel an ultimatum to "motivate" him - either you catch Spider-Man or we're turning YOU over to the genetic experiments team as a test subject, because if you're not useful to us like this, you'll be useful in another way. So his options are "catch Spider-Man" or "Become a brainwashed mutate thrall to Alchemax" or "Get turned into a pile of goo if the mutation experiment fails".

And so, with his life on the line and having nothing else left because he's not talking to his brother and his fiancee left him over his increasing obsession with catching Spider-Man, Miguel becomes even more erratic and violent in his methods to catch Spider-Man finally culminating in some incident that leads to the destruction of somewhere downtown.

When he's dragged before the Alchemax board, even Tyler Stone can't talk them out of the punishment and they let Aaron Delgado and his goons drag Miguel away.

Then blah blah lab explosion, talons, fangs, red eyes, you know. Miguel jumps from the building and doesn't catch himself. He has lost everything, his family, his livelihood and his basic humanity.

Gabriel takes it hard. He blames himself for not being able to save his brother, for not being able to talk him into leaving Alchemax, for not telling him that he was Spider-Man and for taunting and humiliating Miguel for fun every step of the way, because it definitely didn't help his sanity.

Gabriel has no idea his brother survived.

Miguel awakens downtown, disgusted to have awaken as a monster. He stumbles around downtown and, finally being confronted with what Alchemax has done to the people here and the consequences of his own actions, he stays to wreak havoc on Alchemax and drive their presence out of Downtown entirely. They wanted a Corporate Raider? Well they fucking got one.

Gabriel never really recovers from losing his brother. He inherits Miguel's apartment and LYLA, since Miguel was in good enough standing as an employee at the time of his "death" to be able to will his living space to a non-Alchemax employee.

With LYLA, Gabriel builds a device to allow multiversal travel. At some point, he finds a universe where he CAN save Miguel - he finds that this universe's Gabriel died some time ago and so, (explaining the situation with some wild lie) stays with him and his daughter and it's all great. Until it isn't.

He couldn't save his brother.

[blueflyingturtleontheway]

I came to the conclusion that Naomi Knows Best would be even better if Gabe and Naomi's roles have been reversed

[magicwithineleteo]

big meme dump again :D

[3fluffies]

Hunger Games Headcanon: The 26th-31st Games

Here follow my gap-filling headcanons on every single Hunger Games and victor for my new longfic, Favors. I incorporate canon wherever possible and fill in gaps with the headcanons.

Hope you enjoy!

The First Hunger Games

The 2nd-6th Hunger Games

The 7th-10th Hunger Games

The 11th-16th Hunger Games

The 17th-24th Hunger Games

The 25th Hunger Games

The 26th-31st Hunger Games

(Two familiar victors in this batch!)

The 26th Hunger Games

Special Events/Policy Changes

Inaugural graduates of District 1 tribute academy entered

Games Highlights

Setting: "Black Forest" - very little sun through heavy forest canopy except for the clearing where the Cornucopia was placed.

Mutts and other hazards populated the forest floor, forcing tributes into the trees for shelter and food.

The only water came from rain. The trees were mutts that excreted extremely flammable sap.

Fire and smoke killed 11 tributes.

Bee mutts delivered stings that, while not fatal, caused severe vertigo: 5 tributes were killed or fatally disabled by falls

Victor: Anthias Delgado, Age 18, District 7

Anthias was an experienced lumberjack and skilled at finding edible fruits and mosses in trees

Despite his size, he navigated the canopy and only twice had to return to the forest floor during the two-week Games

He advocated for a tribute academy in District 7 after his victory, but was unsuccessful due to widespread resentment of the Capitol

His talent was inlay and his furniture and pictures were very popular in the Capitol and even back in District 7

He informally taught combat to reaping age children in District 7 for the rest of his life

He fell in love with a boy two years younger after his Games, but who was reaped and killed in the 28th Games

He never had a committed relationship again

He died just after the 71st Games, at age 63

The 27th Hunger Games

Special Events/Policy Changes

None

Games Highlights

Setting: Roman Colosseum-style arena (many times larger than the original) empty of people except the tributes.

The Cornucopia contained only weapons and gladiator-style armor Tributes combed the arena for food, water, and shelter, forced to evade mutts and a variety of traps.

Feasts were called in various parts of the arena providing food and drink of various quality, but in multiple cases, the supplies were drugged or used to lure tributes into a trap

One such feast in the "imperial box" was drugged with aphrodisiacs that caused an orgy involving 8 tributes

Victor: Commodus "Com" Price, Age 18, District 2

Com was a very popular victor, who especially looked the part of an ancient gladiator

Prior to the Games, he believed Capitol propaganda, but was badly disillusioned afterward and sympathized with the rebellions

Com was disgusted and humiliated by his involvement in the "imperial feast", where he had drugged sex with 6 other tributes, 4 of whom he eventually killed.

He had flashbacks during all subsequent attempts at intimacy unless he used drugs or was sufficiently drunk

Despite this, he was forced into prostitution in the Capitol for nearly 30 years

As a mentor and tribute candidate trainer, he started a smuggling operation for medications that could counteract some of the common "party drugs" the Capitol liked to use in the arena, to spare future tributes his own experience

As of the 75th Games, he is still alive, age 66

The 28th Hunger Games

Special Events/Policy Changes

None

Games Highlights

Setting: Open, flat plains so that all tributes were visible to each other, with a narrow river bisecting the arena as the only source of water.

The Cornucopia contained no distance weapons and very little means of shelter from the sun.

Food was plentiful at the river: fish, edible plants, small animals.

It greatly decreased the further from the river a tribute went.

15 tributes died or were disabled by dehydration or sun/heat stroke

Victor: Gabriel "Gabe" Moxon, Age 16, District 10

A cattle herdsman from childhood, Gabe the Cowboy was another handsome, popular victor.

He used rope as a longer-distance weapon than most other tributes could throw knives or rocks, having used lassos on cattle and to hunt game in District 10

He racked up a kill count of 9 and won with relative ease, but was deeply traumatized.

His talent was leatherwork

He suffered debilitating flashbacks and was an alcoholic by the time he was 18

He died of a drug/alcohol overdose the year of the 42nd Games, age 30.

The 29th Hunger Games

Special Events/Policy Changes

Inaugural graduates of District 4's tribute academy entered.

First instance of a "Career Pack" alliance forming ahead of the Games to hunt down other tributes.

Games Highlights

Setting: Scrubby grassland surrounding train tracks where the Cornucopia rested on concrete as a tiny "station."

"Feast trains" passed through at random intervals containing various types of supplies - the more desirable the supplies, the faster the train moved.

The Cornucopia contained substantial camping gear and weapons but very little food or water, which arrived on trains.

Some train cars also disgorged mutts, poison gas, or napalm-like substances.

8 tributes were killed or severely injured from being struck by or falling from train cars.

The train tracks and "station" Cornucopia were surrounded by old-fashioned wooden power poles connected by wire, providing light to the nearest areas to the trains.

The 6 tributes in the Career Pack eliminated all other tributes who survived the various hazards and battles until only they and Beetee Latier remained.

Victor: Beetee Latier, Age 16, District 3

Beetee managed to climb the Cornucopia and some of the trees near the tracks and harvested wire from the power poles.

He made the electrical trap that saved him by hijacking the power flow to the lights and tracks and electrifying an area when the Career Pack targeted him.

Until then, he had not killed or fought any other tributes.

His victory is considered one of the biggest, most dramatic upsets in Hunger Games history.

Beetee's talent was recording and playback devices that revolutionized Capitol music industry.

Beetee was a rebel from a young age, and used his creative freedom as a victor to also include technology to eavesdrop on Capitol secure transmissions or jam Capitol bugs, even drive jabberjays away.

From his time being hunted and stalked in the arena, he remained perpetually jittery and nervous.

As of the 75th Games, he is in reasonably good health, age 62.

The 30th Hunger Games

Special Events/Policy Changes

As a loose, hedonistic version of the Greek and Roman pantheon was the only "religion" tolerated by the Capitol, associating the victors with god figures had gone on for years but really took off after these Games.

Games Highlights

Setting: "The Garden of Mortality": Beautifully manicured gardens and orchards covering 150 square miles with beautiful weather.

The Cornucopia contained only weapons.

No survival gear was necessary in the mild climate.

All water came from fountains or artificial streams.

Food sources were available throughout the garden in edible plants, fruits, vegetables, and fish in the streams, but an equal number of plants and fish were toxic or poisonous.

16 tributes were killed or disabled by eating or drinking poisonous or tainted food.

Hazards included typical poisonous plants such as nightlock, bitter almonds and other raw nuts, and holly-like berries, but also mutt plants such as huge beds of poppies whose scent sedated any person was near them for more than five minutes, metallic gold apples containing steroids that improved tributes' strength dramatically but also caused intense sexual desire, birds whose songs and plumage were hypnotic and caused anyone who heard or saw them to approach in a daze until the bird flew away, when the tributes awakened and found themselves in close proximity, other flowers whose scent induced euphoria.

With the unpleasant poisons removed or replaced with other drugs, this arena, renamed the Garden of Bacchus, was hugely popular for sex-fueled parties.

The wealthiest Capitol elite rented huge swaths of the Garden or even the entire Garden for themselves and attractive escorts.

Victor: Seeder Hines, Age 17, District 11

Having worked in District 11's fields and orchards since childhood, Seeder was extremely familiar with fruits and plants and could identify wild plants from scavenging for food.

Seeder was beautiful to rival District 1's tributes and naturally captivated the Capitol audience amid the beautiful garden setting.

Sponsors sent her earplugs and sunglasses to protect her from the hypnotic effect of the mutt birds and enough water that she didn't have to risk drinking from the arena sources.

She cleverly "tested" any food source in the arena by harvesting plants or fish and making it appear some had been eaten, then waiting for other tributes to scavenge the site and see whether they ate the food safely.

She defeated the remaining 4 tributes by feeding seeds and fruit to the bird mutts so they would come to her and lead the mesmerized other tributes directly to her for easy kills.

Gardening was Seeder's talent, "inspired" by her arena, but she secretively used her knowledge of traditions and superstitions surrounding plants to make memorials to her fellow tributes and all those who she mentored and lost.

She was forced into prostitution the year after her victory until the year of the 48th Hunger Games, when she was 35 and deemed "too old".

She was taken back to her own arena no less than seven times to serve as Suadela, Goddess of Temptation.

8 subsequent female victors also were used in this role at various times.

As of the 75th Games, she is 62.

The 31st Hunger Games

Special Events/Policy Changes

None

Games Highlights

Setting: Dense woods of rivers and creeks above a network of caverns.

The trees were full of tracker jacker nests and excreted a poisonous, highly flammable sap, forcing tributes into the caves, but parts of the caves repeatedly flooded.

11 tributes were drowned in the caverns.

The Cornucopia contained food, spelunking equipment, and tracker jacker antivenom.

Victor: Helen Craddock, Age 18, District 1

Helen was a very experienced spelunker and cave diver for minerals in District 1 and navigated the caverns at a substantial advantage.

She unwittingly contributed to the "goddess" lore of female victors by being very beautiful and making her stand in a cave full of giant crystals which never flooded entirely.

She was nicknamed Theia (goddess of gems and gold) as a result and chose gemcutting as her talent along that theme.

Forced into prostitution, she rapidly became an alcoholic and "aged out" of the sordid system by the time she was 30.

As of the 75th Games, she is still alive, age 62.