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banj0possum · 6 months ago
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Sweet Hero Of Mine
Yandere! Antihero x GN! Hero! Reader
im back little stinkers <333
Edit!! Nsfw mentions removed! Replaced with..Elias being a dork ?
CW: Stalking, Creep behavior, Suggestive talk about reader, slight masochism
🪲 Elias was never into the whole Superhero thing.
🪲 He hated the constant swarming of reporters and fans screaming for his attention. He didn't want to be treated like a celebrity; he just wants to fight crime where people refuse to help.
🪲 That's why he avoided ever displaying himself like that. He preferred to stay in the shadows and kept his deeds out of the picture, but there are always rats scurrying around ready for another big scoop.
🪲 He could only scoff amusingly as he sees his little escapade last night being reported on tv with a blurry photo of him on the rooftops with the words "Mysterious Vigilante Strikes Again!"
🪲 He can admit, seeing them being so absorbed in what he does is pretty entertaining, he can feel his ego go up a bit.
🪲 Soon enough he gets tired of the incessant yap of interviewees talking about him and reaches for the remote.
🪲 His body freezes though when the reporter mentions some 'new hero' and he turns back to the TV.
🪲 His eyes are blessed with the cutest sight of a person dressed in a hero outfit with a logo on their chest. Their warm smile seems to radiate happiness as they talk to the reporter. Is this the new hero they've been talking about recently?
🪲 They ask for their opinion on the vigilante situation and he almost melts over their soft voice.
🪲 "I believe this guy has good intentions. Which is great and all but if it's endangering people and their properties, I think it's time they think about how running around and punching people in a suit isn't being heroic, it's being obnoxious!"
🪲 There goes his ego..
🪲 And perhaps his clean pants..
🪲 He starts researching all about this new hero. Who do they think they are?! This little brat has to be taught a lesson!
🪲 He stalks your social media, every fan account, every news atricl about your deeds, everything.
🪲 For for blackmail of course! Maybe he can find some dirt on you..in this fan account that makes thirst edits of you..
🪲 Soon enough he starts tracking you and your appearances. Every fight with a villain or any burning building with people that need saving, he's there with a high-grade camera that can snap all the rips and tears in your suit...for blackmail!
🪲 He's real happy that he wore a trench coat to your most recent battle or else everyone would have probably seen his growing boner whenever you throw a punch that connected to your opponent.
🪲 He's combing through the photos he took of you and shivers over your sweaty form and aggressive face.
🪲 He imagines meeting you, perhaps having a battle of his own, being pinned down by you, having your arms grappling and squeezing on his body. Perhaps you'd even say something degrading to him with that sweet voice of yours..
🪲 So that's what he does.
🪲 You were doing some last-minute night patrols after a long day of crime fighting and interviews when you hear a deep gravelly voice behind you.
🪲 "Hey there hero~"
🪲 You look back and see a large muscular man in a suit that looked like the armor of some insect.
🪲 "Huh, didn't expect to meet you here vigilante!" I joke.
🪲 "Oh please, call me Beetle~" He smirks as he walks closer to you. God you're even cuter in person..
🪲 "Well, Beetle, you are aware that you're kinda sorta wanted for a lotta stuff right?"
🪲 "Is it worse than the shit those pieces of scum done? Unlike youre pretty little ass I'm actually gettin bad guys off the streets.~" He teases, putting a hand on the wall and leaning close to your face. He's trying not to swoon over your stern face.
🪲 "Unlike you, I'm keeping people safe! Although I do commend your...unique sense of justice.."
🪲 *internal squealing*
🪲 He's a little surprised that you're so nice, unlike some other douchey heroes he knows.
🪲 He lets out a chuckle "That's new..Thanks goody-two-shoes.."
🪲 You give him a teasing face "Hey I'm not that much of an angel!"
🪲 "Oh~? Well o me you are, sweet hero of mine~"
🪲 You two become quick friends, even having missions together.
🪲 His obsession got worse from there.
🪲 Riding in your superhero vehicle, he rarely looks anywhere but at you driving, explaining to him the mission that he barely cares about other than the fact that it's an excuse to be with you.
🪲 Every time you take his hand to lead him somewhere, he makes sure to burn the feeling into his mind. Oftentimes he's the one doing whatever it takes to have physical contact with you, but it's way better whenever you initiate it.
🪲 You love taking pictures together. Of course he never smiles when you take one but when he's back at home, he's staring at it with the biggest, goofiest grin.
🪲 He loves taking pictures too, only he prefers ones with you and you alone. Sometimes it would be things you like so he wouldn't forget.
🪲 You blush, flattered over him remembering your favorite drink.
🪲 He'd memorize anything you say and put it in a top secret file named "My Love"
🪲 Oh my god please degrade him jokingly.
🪲 Bully him, push him around, be playfully rough with him!! Sure it's all in good fun but he's feeding his guilty pleasure whenever you treat him like shit while also being so sweet to him.
🪲 Pull him down suddenly by his suit's collar whenever you want to whisper something to him or show him something, he loves it. Although be warned, he might moan a little..
🪲 He's crazy for you, insane even, bonkers almost!!
🪲 He comes home seeing you in a superhero gala at one of the fanciest buildings in the city.
🪲 The bone-breaking grip on his beer bottle almost cracks the bottle when he sees you being accompanied by some other hero.
🪲 They're being all close with you and making you laugh, he can feel his jealousy rise within his body at the sight of your adorable smile, one that wasn't because of his jokes, his company!
🪲 Maybe it's about time he gives this superhero thing a try..
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aurorawhisperz · 1 year ago
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that’s the thing (e.l)
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I ACCIDENTALLY POSTED THE DRAFT AND LOST THE ASK 😭😭😭 (but here u go anon if u find this 🙏)
contains: swearing, fluff, smut 18+ (oral, fingering, slight overstimulation)
spiderman!ethan landry x fem!reader
based off you’re here that’s the thing by beabadoobee 🙏
Ethan definitely screwed up.
He swings across the city in tight spandex. “Fuck, fuck, fuck!” Ethan exclaimed, speedily typing on his phone, but you wouldn’t respond.
Being the friendly neighborhood Spiderman, he always had priorities—but that didn’t stop him from spending time with you. Knowing this, you forgave him every time he’d miss something.
Well, that jinxed it. On the lookout, he had completely forgotten about your date, Ethan—being the dork with the heart of gold, thought this would be the last straw for you.
Ethan often thought about this every time he’d be swinging around New York just to make it up to you. One reason why he’d always make it up to you is because he felt like he should, or must.
The second reason why is because it always ends in something wonderful—whether it’s him sleeping over, or the other way around, or something else that would have the boy completely whipped.
Then he spotted you, wearing his jacket you ‘forgot’ to return. His whole world seemed to stop—that was until he remembered the fact that he left you waiting.
A bunch of people backed away when Ethan took you with him. “It’s the spider dude!” Someone near you exclaimed.
“What? Oh my god!” You exclaim, swiftly sliding your hands around his neck. “I am so SO sorry that I left you waiting, okay? I was on the lookout, I completely forgot about our date, I’m really sorry, I REALLY AM!” He exclaimed, talking fast, then you pointed at a pole that was about to hit his head.
Once Ethan was about to dodge it, it hits the top of his head instead. His grip tightened till he swinged back to your dorm—though weakly.
He yanks his mask off and leans back on your bed.
“Less talking, more swinging.” You sigh, grabbing the sides of his face—then you kissed him, your lips moving in sync. He could taste the fruity lipgloss you had put on. Ethan's eyes widened in surprise as you pulled away. He blinked a few times, trying to process the unexpected turn of events.
Then a smile was on his face, pulling you back. Deepening the kiss.
“Being a superhero’s girlfriend isn’t that hard,” You frown, then he kisses more again before you continue, “But seriously, you have to change out of this shit.” Ethan kept a hand on your waist, “Actions speak louder than words, right?”
You jump as Ethan quickly jumps under your bed, your roommate bursting in. “Hey, I’ll be leaving you alone here for a while since I’ve got somewhere to go.” You nod, then they wave, “See ya.” And leave.
Quickly falling on your bed as Ethan uses his webs to lock the door, “This is really cute,” He holds up your diary, the drawing of Spider-Man you made on a sticky note during a lecture. “Can I keep it?”
“Change first.” He rolled his eyes at your command.
He quickly changed into his normal clothes after slipping off the spandex. “Dammit,” He exclaimed as he checked his backpack for flowers he was gonna give you—there were flowers, but only a few, the petals flying away instantly.
Walking into the living room, Ethan uses his webs to snatch the remote from your hands, “We’re watching a movie, because I have to make it up to you,” Then handing you the somewhat ruined bouquet of flowers. “Eth, you shouldn’t have.” You teased then grabbed his camera from the table.
“Try and take a picture of me holding these, that’s how you can make it up to me.” Ethan takes the camera from you then more words come from your mouth, “Although you’re already here, that’s how you can make it up to me.”
The camera flashes in your face as you cover the lower half of your face with the flowers—then laying down on the couch with Ethan as the movie starts playing.
“You know,” says Ethan, “I’m really glad I forgot about our date today,” You frown, then he chuckles, “It led to this and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
You both chuckle at his words then you shower his face with kisses. Ethan quickly pulled you down to kiss his lips. The movie was long forgotten soon after that.
His lips crashed into yours once again, then his nails dig in your thighs as you straddle him.
“Maybe because you knew it would lead to this,” You mumble against his lips, his other hand running down your spine like an instrument. Ethan broke the kiss to move down to your jawline—then your neck.
His hands tapping on your lower back as you pulled away. “You’re a sneaky one.” You pressed a kiss to the tip of his nose, then Ethan let out a breathy laugh, “I’m Spiderman, of course I’m sneaky.”
“But I love Ethan Landry more.” Right after Ethan takes quite a few minutes to process your words, he pulls you in by your waist to kiss you once again.
You wrap your arms around his neck as his fingers dig into your hips.
He mumbles against your lips, “I want you,” He starts to smoothly put a little tongue in the kiss, then when your lips part even more for permission, it slips in. You hum against his lips as Ethan slowly grinds into you.
You pull away and smile, he drags his thumb over your bottom lip, you try to kiss him again, but he keeps a hand on your chest to stop you. “Can I go down on you?” The question makes your eyes widen as you turn beet red. Ethan’s stupid puppy eyes made you nod, and the smirk felt good to kiss off.
His arms placed you back on the couch, the needy boy got on his knees. Ethan gives you a deep kiss, then he moves down your jaw, he leaves a mark on your collarbone.
It goes from your chest, to your belly, and he reaches your clothed core. Ethan looks up at you and you lick your lips.
The boy pulls down your panties and starts with kissing your inner thighs. The sneaky little thing was always a tease, it pained you slightly but you know you love him.
Ethan presses a wet kiss to your left thigh, sucking on it. His breath fans over your core and you shudder.
He presses a kiss to your clit, then makes his way down to your entrance—licking up then burying his face in between your thighs. Your back arched at the pleasure.
In the early stages of your relationship, you had always told him what felt good, and he made it feel even better.
Your legs threaten to lock around his head, but his big hands hold your hips down. You were basically squirming, and he was only trying to drive himself away from the spot you wanted him to stay on.
Ethan harshly sucks on your clit, circling it with his tongue. You feel like you’re close, VERY close. Without warning, his middle finger enters you and that makes you lift your head up and whine in pleasure, you could feel him smile against your core.
“God, don’t stop.” You say breathlessly, and while muffled, you could still hear him, “I won’t,” He pulls away with a pop, “Trust me.” He dives right back in as soon as he finishes.
When his ring finger enters, your body felt limp and like everything slowed down for a minute.
The hot feeling down your stomach was heating up.
When his nose bumped into your clit, along with his ring finger entering the chaos, that feeling hit it’s peak.
Though Ethan didn’t stop, he kept lapping up your juices—it felt so overwhelming. Your hips were basically jolting up out of instinct.
You shuddered under his touch, he reaches up for your hand and laces his fingers with yours.
When Ethan finally pulled away, he crawled back on top of you and pushed away a stray strand of hair. He didn’t say anything, he just smiled. You know you’d forgive him for missing a date either way, the only way he could make it up to you is just being there.
He presses a soft kiss to your lips, then he mumbles in between kisses, “I’m not done yet,” Your eyes blink open as he pulls away, the taste of yourself lingering on your tongue. “I wonder how people would feel if they find out their friendly neighborhood Spiderman was a pro at not only superhero-ing, but this.” says Ethan.
You chuckle and pull him back in for another, when he breaks the contact he takes the square foil out of his pocket and smirks at you, then places it on the table next to you both. He tries to kiss you again
You grab it from the table, “I’m not on the pill, babe,” You assure him, he shrugs then takes it from your hand. He sticks the tip of his tongue out when he struggles to open it. You laugh at Ethan, and open it yourself. “I’ll be your walking stick tomorrow,” he whispers to your ear.
You were in for a long night.
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lena-in-her-mind-palace · 2 days ago
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Comparing The Avengers to the Justice league but it's actually accurate
We're just gonna do the main ones because otherwise we'd be here forever
I'm also mainly using mcu characterizations because I'm not as familiar with Marvel comics as I am with DC
Iron Man - Batman
This one goes without saying
Tony is literally Batman and Brucie Wayne put together
Billionaire Playboy Philantropist Superhero who?
They both have ridiculous paranoia
They're rich orphans with British butler (or butler adjacent if we're talking about Jarvis)
Incredibly smart and know it
They both run multimillion dollar companies
and work to better the world both in and out of their super hero persona's
Thor - Aquaman
Non human royalty
friendly and funny
Both of them have a strong sense of duty and loyalty towards their people
They just don't get normal society a lot of the time
Also interwoven magic and science
and they both have really strong elementally based powers
plus a very specific weapon that is inherently associated with them
to be honest, I don't actually know much about aquaman but it feels right
Captain America - Wonder Woman
They are literally soldiers
They both fought in a world war
Also Diana's love intrest is literally a blonde soldier named Steve
Both of them have a strong sense of duty and moral obligation
They're also the most fond of proteges and younger heros
I'm sorry but Steve had no business being so nice to Peter during the airport battle
Dude you are literally fighting each other
Idk the military background makes them more similar in my opinion
also the fact that they're super behind on a lot of modern day stuff
Like everyone remembers Diana discovering ice cream don't we?
and grandpa steve my beloved
Hulk - Superman
okay this one was a little hard
at first I was gonna do Guy Gardner cuz green guy with anger issues. But Guy's kind of an asshole and Bruce is a sweetheart
so then I thought the Flash for the science but I don't think Bruce is into puns enough to match with either Barry or Wally
But Clark is perfect
Clark is a dork
But he is genuinely really intelligent
also they literally wear the same glasses
I think Clark and Bruce would get along really well
If you want to talk about the anger issues
Well
We've all scene Batman V. Superman
Tbh not my favorite version of superman
Clark is obviously not quite prone to rage
and it's definitely no where near hulk levels though
But when he's angry it gets destructive real fast
think about most of his fights with doomsday
Constantly worries about his own strength and hurting the people he loves
Which is a struggle both of them are characterized by
Black Widow - Orphan/Black Bat/Batgirl
okay I know cass isn't technically a member of the league
but hear me out
also I'm not actually sure which title is Cass's current one
anyways
both were raised from childhood to be a lethal weapon
and they truly are
they both have a major guilt complex over the lives they've taken
and that's one of the biggest factors for them becoming a hero
they joined the good guys to get out of the assassin lifestyle
Also dancing?
like the widows were trained in ballet since it was the red room's cover
and cass dances as an escape
I think it's poetic
Also they both are the owners of their family's shared braincell
Cass is like Natasha but younger really
Hawkeye - Green Arrow
so I know at first glance this seems obvious
yk skilled archer or whatever
but I wasn't exactly for it at first
I'm not really Green Arrow's biggest fan
But I've recently been reading Mia's run as speedy
and despite the vast, and I mean vast, difference in her back story with Kate
Their mentors are very similar with their proteges
like Oliver is just so soft with mia and it's adorable
not to mention neither wanted a protege at first and then they go and basically adopt them
literally in oliver's case
Also Ollie's into pranking as much as Clint is
And admittedly Oliver is just as strongly attached to his family as Clint is
if we ignore the thing with roy because wtf Oliver
Runner ups:
Thor and Wonder Woman: mythology and their whole fish-out-of-water-ness in modern society
Thor and Captain Marvel: again mythology, lightning powers, and also their childlike nature (literally in Billy's case)
Black Widow and Black Canary: badasses that keep the men on their team in line. need I say more?
Iron Man and Green Arrow: only thing that got me is that Ollie's not nearly smart enough to go toe to toe with Tony
Vision and Martian Manhunter: they can pass through walls and they just don't get humans
Scarlett Witch and Zatanna/ Dr Strange and Constantine: I don't think this requires elaboration
Winter Soldier and Jason Todd: fallen hero presumed dead starts working for the bad guys before switching back to the good guys
Bonus:
Spiderman and Dick!Robin
they're bendy
they love puns
they love swinging in the air
they're smart
they give their mentors high blood pressure
everyone loves them
they have a lot of grief
they have a thing for really smart, badass red heads
Ball of sunshine with ridiculous anger issues
also I think a meeting between Dick and Peter would be a disaster in the best way possible
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ben-talks-art · 15 days ago
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I have a confession to make... I don't think I like this movie
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Before I start I just want to say, I do think this is a good movie. I think the visuals are amazing, it is very creative, has very pleasant lights and colors, the robots all have nice designs, it's paced well, has a lot of good humor despite what the trailers might have alluded to, and overall, as a stand-alone story, it works well for the most part to tell the tale of two friends eventually becoming enemies.
My problems with this movie come from... admittedly a very entitled headcanon-ish mindset of "This isn't how I wanted things to play out."
Kinda like how when you watch Sam Raimi's Spider-Man and you get upset that Peter doesn't tell jokes because that's a part of the character that really appealed to you, this movie feels like it doesn't do the parts of the character of Optimus that appealed to me, or if they do, they don't do it in a way that I wanted.
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I grew up with quite a few different versions of Optimus through the years. The ape gorilla one from Beast Wars, the firetruck one from Robots in Disguise, the young one from Animated, and the one with weird feet from the Bayverse.
They all offer their take in Optimus but they all manage to keep the core idea of his appeal intact, that being... He's a boring guy, that just so happens to be THE coolest boring guy ever.
He's someone who is ready to fight and kick ass for the things he believes and giving it his all until his last "breath", but the things he believes in are pretty basic stuff like world peace and things like that. It's like if your school teacher was a superhero, the most boring person you know secretly fighting crime when they have time but still valuing more the importance of teaching and guiding people in need.
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To me, what makes Optimus so cool is that despite being this massive killing robot that can turn his arms into blasters, the guy is just a giant dork who loves life.
His sense of duty over protecting others comes from his sense of love for all living beings and for their right to exist. He doesn't see himself above anyone, only above those that try to use their power to cause harm.
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He's a pacifist that only fights when he has something to protect, he's a diplomat who always tries to solve things with words and reason first, he's inspiring because he never ceases to believe in the cause he fights for, and he has the leadership skills to back up everything he stands for. The dude is just HIM.
Even down to the name "Optimal", he represents the best of us in the best way possible.
So I was curious to see how he was going to be handled in Transformers One and... He's kinda basic.
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My thing with this version, keeping in mind that this is meant to be a young Optimus, is that I don't really see any of the things I admire in him from other versions.
The focus here is more on playing up his "optimism" as Scarlett Johansson says, to show how cool he is because he never gives up, never stops dreaming, never stops fighting for a better future, never thinks he is less than those above him...
And all of that just feels so generic.
It felt like they could not give a damn about trying to show why Optimus loves and wants to protect life and values diplomacy over violence, and instead just tried to turn him into a Disney Princess who "dreams of more" because he was sick of being a miner.
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Heck, the first few segments of this movie were showing him being incredibly reckless and putting himself and other people in danger, all of them for pretty much no reason.
He literally grabs his friend and drags him into a race without letting him know and proceeds to jump on top of several racers resulting in many getting injured, and by the time we were done he didn't even seem to care.
I thought this was going to build up to some reality check moment where he needs to grow up from his reckless behavior, but no, if anything, his behavior only leads to good thing after good thing in this movie. He gets praised by his superior, finds a lost message in the trash, uncovers a hidden secret about his people, unlocks the ability to transform and finally becomes a prime.
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Optimus in this movie is constantly getting rewarded for being reckless, impulsive, selfish, and for not thinking.
To a point where when he does start acting like Optimus and takes a shot for someone else and nearly dies, I was like, "Oh, yeah... This is meant to be Optimus... Kinda forgot about that."
I just kept watching this movie and going "When is he gonna become Optimus? When is he gonna become Optimus? When is he gonna become Optimus?" and once he did, it didn't feel earned for me.
Again, my problem was that I never got the sense that this guy was someone who valued peace and life. I got the sense that he was impulsive and ready to fight for what he believed, yeah, but I didn't care what he believed in. The stuff he believed in was stuff any generic action main character tends to believe in.
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Stuff like "There is something more to life for us out there, that we're all destined for greatness, that if we just believe in ourselves we can accomplish anything, and blah, blah, blah..."
I didn't really get a sense that he believed all life was worth protecting and even sacrificing yourself for.
There was a little bit of that hinted at with a scene with Jazz and the scene where he takes a shot for someone, but I needed more than that. I wanted to see why this dude would lead armies and fight armies just to protect the innocent, but I never really got a sense of connection between him and the innocent.
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Like, we get a brief scene where they see a couple of animals and I was hoping he would have a moment going "Look at them... They're beautiful!" but we don't really get that. Or maybe a scene where someone ends up dying on his arms and he decides to devote himself to never let that happen again, but that also never happens. Or perhaps a scene of him talking and hanging out with the other bots, showing them struggling with their lives and giving him some sense of duty of "I need to do something to help them out!", but no, he barely talks to anyone aside from Megatron.
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It's frustrating because we have these core four main characters and I kept thinking we would get some great bonding moments to show why Optimus feels it's important to fight for others, but their bonds is really surface-level. I never got the feeling they really knew each other that much.
I was so sad when I heard the speech about how his "Optimism was his greatest quality" because I just know there will be a lot of people coming out of this movie and going "Oh! That's what makes Optimus such a cool character!" and it really wasn't.
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I remember in Puss In Boots 2 when they told the backstory of the little dog and we see how sad the two cats got for him.
I believed that emotion, I believed that connection, and I believed that Puss and Kitty would fight to protect him.
I never really believed Optimus truly cared about anyone any more than any generic action main lead would for their extras in a movie.
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Transformers One Optimus is not, in my opinion, a good representation of what makes Optimus such an iconic leader, because it failed to convince me that this Optimus was a protector.
They put too much focus on him being an ambitious dreamer, and not enough on him being a hero.
But maybe that's just me. What do you guys think?
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thestargayzingheroine · 8 months ago
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My Adventures With Superman - A Rambling Set Of Thoughts
Okay, I know I don't USUALLY make posts like this and I especially hate getting cynical and nitpicky about these sorts of things because I just don't wanna contribute to all the negativity on the internet... But this is something I just couldn't shake.
So last night I watched the first season of My Adventures With Superman and... I have a lot of mixed feelings about to be brutally honest which is a shame because I know SO many people really loved this show.
Spoilers for season 1 obviously
For the most this show is great and it has a good foundation for Superman and gets him and his relationship with Lois so right. I love how Clark is this big, soft himbo twink dork who really reminds me of Adora from She-Ra and Lois is this fun tomboy who falls head over heels for him. And to be honest, all of their moments were genuinely the highlight of the show for me. SERIOUSLY ITS LIKE CLARK AND LOIS BUT MADE FOR SAPPHICS LIKE ME AND I ADORE THEM
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I love the art style and animation too and really does put a very fresh new aesthetic on DC stuff. Sure, it's a bit too much like She-Ra and Voltron in places, but for DC, it's a really good breath of fresh air. Seriously, look at the designs of Deathstroke and Livewire!
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But sadly, that's not all the show is and this is where I have to sadly talk about my negatives with it.
Sooooo… this show was written a lot of the same people who wrote She-Ra and it seems to be a big fan of various anime things too, especially Dragon Ball Z and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
To that end, the show has basically... turned Superman into a mixture of Adora and Goku, not just in terms of personality traits and in Adora's case, her relationship with Catra (Seriously, if Clark was a woman and blonde, I would swear she and Lois would just be Catradora)
This sadly does apply to how this show portrays the Kryptonians, who are implied to MOSTLY be a race of evil conquerors who tried to attack Earth only for Krypton to be destroyed. This is VERY similar to how the First One's were depicted in She-Ra, as well as how the Saiyans were in Dragon Ball Z. One could also argue that their attack on Earth is a weird mashup of the movie Arrival and the Second Impact from Evangelion but that's me getting very nitpicky.
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So naturally, we have Adora and Goku's traits being applied to Superman. And…. those traits don't really work for Superman, at all. Now I should be clear, it seems to be that Jor-El and Lara were actually like rebels fighting the evil Kryptonians (which is ironically Mara's whole deal... you seeing the She-Ra pattern here yet?) but like... I don't like this idea at all. Poor Clark even has a fucking breakdown later on and thinks he's actually some evil weapon meant to conquer Earth AGAIN just like Adora from She-Ra being used as a weapon by the First One's. And I just feel bad for him because he's trying to be the good decent Superman we all love... but he's getting dragged into this plot that pretty much breaks him... and I don't really like it.
And then there's a whole subplot about Lois meeting alternate versions of herself and discovering alternate versions of Superman who are evil (which is bizarrely how Kryptonite is introduced in this show) which.... yeah I don't like that plot either. Nor am I the fan of Task Force X pulling the whole "the Government is treating clark as hostile because they think he's an evil alien" plot which I have gotten kinda tired of seeing in a lot of modern Superhero media. It's either Superheroes being hated or hunted by the government or being made to work for them.
And you know where this all probably came from for this show in particular? Fucking Zack Synder and Man of Steel. It's kind of ironic because a lot of this show feels like its in response to the Synderverse, like it feels obligated to comment on how people see Superman now because of those crappy movies, something that I know James Gunn is probably gonna do as well with his superman movie basically a live action version of Superman vs the Elite.
And just…. no, none of this shit is really necessary nor is it a good idea. Because it kinda takes away some bits of Superman that I like. I know the show isn't done yet but… I can already make a good guess of where it's going to go. And where it's going… idk if I'm gonna like a whole lot.
It is clearly a show wanting to be different from all that has been done before with Superman…. but by being different for the sake of it, it's doing a lot of stuff I just don't like.
I just want there to be a day when we get a Superman thing that doesn't have to justify the man's own existence and role in a story because some objectivist edgelord made a bad movie with him in it eleven years ago.
So yeah, by turning Superman into more or less mostly Adora from She-Ra... I think they might have messed him a bit in my eyes. I hope season 2, whenever that comes out hopefully pushes things in a more hopeful direction and I could genuinely call this a good adaption of Superman. Because there is so much potential with just from the relationship of Clark and Lois alone that tells me that these creators just GET how Superman's character is.
So yeah, I hope that long rambling thought made sense.
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Magicians Don't Need Superheros Pt20
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Marvin had this weird familiar feeling as he and the other Septiceyes gathered in the living room for, what most would call a meeting, but they called it a family gathering. Something about how the room could be read as Chase and Henrik being in charge and the others, somewhat, followed their orders had Marvin itching to put his mask on, that it would be appropriate, but no one else had one or at least the only other person that did was without it. Jackie sat on one of the couches with Marvin while JJ sat on the other and Anti was on one of the chairs, feet crossed under him and he rocked his body to make the chair do the same, looking bored and finding a way to entertain himself while he waited. 
“You good?” Jackie asked Marvin in a whisper, noticing how uncomfortable he seemed to be. 
“Yeah, yeah. Just…deja vu?” Marvin tried to describe what was happening in a way Jackie would understand. 
“Gotcha.” Jackie flashed a smile and then straightened up. “Hey, Robbie.” 
“Hey.” Robbie, who was now a grown man, greeted back with a casual nod. 
“I-” Marvin was going to say something but it got lost in his throat as he watched Robbie walk across the room and sit on the couch next to JJ. 
This was the first time Marvin had met adult Robbie and he was massive. His size put Jackie to shame and he swore he was likely over seven feet tall. He took up over half of the couch on his own and JJ seemed completely unbothered about him being in his bubble. 
Although most of the Septiceyes appeared to not really have a personal bubble, they were always very close to each other, and Jackie’s habit of picking people up added to that. Maybe over time, Marvin’s bubble with them would fade? He practically gave it up with Jackie almost instantly, but he was a giant dork so that probably explained that. Nothing about Jackie actually screamed ‘danger’ at him despite those powers of his. 
“Looks like Dark’s got a big collection for us to pick and choose from,” Chase said after everyone was settled, pulling Marvin back into the present. 
“Any good shit this time?” Anti asked. “I’m getting all antsy and I need something fun to do.” 
“Your definition of ‘good shit’ and ours are very different,” Henrik stated as he handed out some of the papers.“But, I do believe this will fit your standards.” He handed a stack to Anti. 
“Aw, Darky wrote my name on the top.” Anti played up his tone as he started to read.  “Fuck yeah!” He bounced up to his feet. “Let me get my-”
“Finish reading it first,” Chase stated.
“But Chase!” Anti held out the name with his whine.
“Sit.” Chase pointed to the chair. There was a pause as Anti glared at Chase before muttering and sitting down. He curled his legs back under himself, continued rocking, and returned to reading the papers, fully pouting.
“He really does have mom energy,” Marvin said softly to Jackie, leaning toward him to read over his shoulder at the papers he was given. 
“Told you.” Jackie chuckled, tilting his paper so it was easier for Marvin to read. 
“Security for a black tie event?” Marvin read out loud with a hum. “It’s asking for two people.” He added and looked over at Chase and Henrik. “Is that what Anti is excited about?” 
“Anti does not do security gigs.” Chase quickly said. 
“We have learned the hard way with that,” Henrik added with a sigh.
“I was told not to let anyone not on the list in and I did that,” Anti said.
“You stabbed a man.”
“He argued with me.”
“Who’s going with Jackie, then?” Marvin asked before the argument could continue. 
“You,” Chase answered with a gesture at Marvin.
“Me? I don’t do this kind of stuff.” Marvin had to admit to himself that being able to attend a black tie event did sound fun, curiosity kicking in for that but to be security for something like that did not sound as fun. Something about babysitting people with more money than brain cells had him worried he was going to end up smacking someone. Kind of defeats the purpose of being security. “Why not send Robbie? No one is going to try anything with the literal giant nearby.” 
“We think you doing this job with Jackie would be the easiest way for you to begin your involvement with how we work,” Henrik said. “We do not want to send you out there on your own yet and Jackie is likely the best for you to work with since you seem most comfortable with him.” 
“Comfortable in his bed.” Anti laughed. Robbie reached behind him for the spray bottle and turned Anti’s laugh into a hiss with a few squirts of water. “This is why I only like child you!” Anti hissed again when the only response from Robbie was to spray him more. 
Marvin watched the chaotic scene, then looked over to JJ who just gave him a supportive smile and he sighed.
“Fine. I’ll do the job with Jackie.” 
x~x~x
Marvin adjusted his cuffs as he studied himself in the mirror. He didn’t even remember ever having a suit in his closet, but honestly, there was a chance it just appeared in there when he realized he would need one. The House worked strangely and according to the others it would sometimes provide what was needed and sometimes it wouldn’t. 
Perhaps it worked on a need-not-want basis. You needed food, a roof, clothing, things one would expect with a home. Even certain aspects of entertainment could be seen as a need, especially with how some people could be when it comes to boredom. Mostly Anti came to mind with that thought. But it would explain the library and all of the exercise equipment in the basement. With what he’s gathered from the others chatting, he figured out that the video games and movies had been bought and brought into the House. Marvin was tempted to ask more about what specifically was from the House and what was bought so he could see if there was a way to work with the House to get more things from it and have fewer worries about doing these ‘jobs’. 
Although the jobs might be another form of entertainment for the Egos and they wouldn’t want to nullify them. 
“Woah,” Jackie said when he peeked into the room and saw Marvin all done up. 
“You have to go all out for black tie.” Marvin did really like this suit, it was a nice dark blue with a lighter shade of blue button-up and the tie matched the blazer and slacks. It was tailored perfectly for his body, fitting just how he liked it and he had to admit, he looked hot. “Did you-what are you wearing?” Marvin turned and saw that Jackie was still in his usual attire of a red hoodie and jeans but he had a poorly done tie around his neck. 
“Clothes?” Jackie shrugged.
“We’re supposed to be going to a black tie event.” Marvin sighed. 
“Yeah, I know. That’s what this is for.” Jackie pointed to the literal black tie he was wearing. 
“That’s not…you are such a dork.” Marvin chuckled. “It’s a lot more than just the tie. Do you own a suit?” 
“I think? Like, I don’t usually wear stuff like that but the House probably has one tucked away in my closet.” Jackie tried to take off the tie, accidentally tightening it with his tugging and when he got it off, his hair was spiked out even more than it naturally was. 
“I take back what I said earlier. You are an extreme dork.” Marvin walked Jackie out of the room and took him to his own. He casually went to Jackie’s closet and opened it, digging through the clothing. “I found mine hidden in the back and…” He held out the word until he pulled out what he was looking for. “There we go. Looks like the House went with a classic black suit and tie but with a red button-up. Very fitting.” Marvin took the tie and then handed the rest of the clothing to Jackie. “Knock when you’re done.” He said as he slipped out of the room and closed the door, not giving Jackie time to respond. 
Marvin softly hummed to himself as he scrolled through his phone, just killing some time as he waited for Jackie to change. He didn’t think it would take too long but after ten minutes, he got a little concerned. 
“Jackie? You still alive in there?” Marvin asked with a knock. 
“Yeah, yeah, you can come in.” 
“Did you get stuck?” 
“I kept messing up the blazer thing.” Jackie was tugging on the bottom of said blazer as Marvin walked in. 
Marvin paused for a second while Jackie fidgeted. He was so used to seeing the hero in his hoodie or a t-shirt with a comic book character on it that a proper-fitted suit had him looking very different. 
“Does it look bad?” Jackie asked when he noticed Marvin staring. 
“Not at all. It looks really good on you.” Marvin wrapped the tie around Jackie’s neck, knowing there was no way he could tie it on his own with how the previous tie was. 
“Thanks. Um…yours looks really good too.” Jackie nervously chuckled while Marvin finished his tie and fixed his collar. 
“I know,” Marvin said with a bit of a cheeky grin. “Let’s go be some fancy security guards, shall we?” 
“Yeah!”
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princess-of-the-corner · 3 months ago
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Oooooh! Okay, Sky High's earlier in the timeline! I like that! Couple follow ups:
1) Lol on Commander and Jetstream, those two are such incredible big weirdo dorks and I love them for it.
2) Superpowers are in the process of becoming more common, so what might it look like for the Sky High cast dealing with the steady uptick in powered population? Because you know it means more villains and more vigilantes and more people who didn't get an opportunity to train with their powers in a safe environment and don't know how to use them. Any thoughts on that adjustment period?
3) One of the big main conflicts of Sky High is that they sort you into "hero" or "sidekick" based solely on how impressive your power is. I'm not fully sure if this heirarchy exists in BNHA, but it is definitely less of a divide with 1-A and 1-B both being promising groups of heroes with a wide variety of creatively used powers. One of the things that didn't get explored because of the short run-time of the movie is whether this was changed, but it's pretty clear that the Sky High cast is too goddamn heroic to be anything less than a full fledged hero, rules be damned. So how major do you think the Sky High Kids being visible and effective heroes with pretty lame powers was to destigmatizing that? And do you think they did any sort of work to change the dumb rules beyond just "being a hero with a lame power against the rules?""
4) Sky High seems to very explicitly be for the children of current or retired superheroes. What may have changed to start letting in mentees and otherwise unknown folks who pass the entrance exam in?
5) Given the existence of the "Hero" and "Sidekick" classes, it seems expected that powered people will work in a hero-sidekick pair, until one or both of them retires (or the hero dumps their sidekick, so sorry Mr. B). Meanwhile, in BNHA, sidekick is synonymous with intern. So when did this expectation start changing? Did it have anything to do with less impressive powers becoming more valued, or was it a separate thing?
That's all for now, but like I said, I will probably bug you about this multiple times. I am so weak to Sky High. It is one of the first movies I remember watching when I was old enough to actually have intelligent opinions on it. This might be the thing that actually makes me watch My Hero.
1.) They're losers in love your honor
2.) Honestly this would be fascinating in itself to explore. Like the shift between the SH time and BNHA time just. How world and culture shifts. It certainly becomes much harder to hide secret identities in a world where powers are more common so going 'hey this kid in my old class had a power just like this new Hero that showed up and they look real similar what if-'. You're also getting yes more power-related crime which means more Heroes. Establishment of more Hero Schools even if Sky High is still the best in America so on and so forth.
3.) I 100% think that the Sky High kids fought for change on the Hero-Sidekick system that was set up, and everything shows it! The kids with 'Sidekick' powers were able to save the day just as much as the kids with 'Hero' powers.
They're going to fight for it and show that no matter what power you have you can still utilize it. They also point out that given the range of powers among even the 'Hero' students, they have advantages and disadvantages. Like the Hero Students aren't just relying on their powers, they rely on training and knowledge too!
They'd also use Sue/Gwen as an example as well. Her first time she was put in the 'sidekick' class, but managed to become a fearsome villain as Royal Pain despite a 'sidekick' power. And on her second life, Technopathy was now considered a 'Hero' power! Things shift, and anyone can utilize their talents.
By the time BNHA comes around, while there's still some definite prioritizing of which powers would be 'better' for Heroics, there's less of an issue over it because they've had enough people with weird abilities who could still be very good at what they do. Both on Hero and Villain sides.
Right now in BNHA the divide seems less on 'useful' Quirks and more on an inherent 'good/evil' Quirks. With a little bit of 'do you even have a Quirk at all?' thrown in.
4.) I don't think that Sky High is for kids of established Heroes. I think Will's parents and Warren's mom are the only family we hear confirmation on them being Heroes(with Warren's dad being a Villain). So there's likely many kids who get in without having Hero parents.
Though ofc children of Heroes would get in easy, I think powers are at a level where kids with them would be identified quickly and offered to go to the school regardless of if they intend to become Heroes or not as the school doubles as a 'learn to control your abilities' learning alongside typical high school curriculum.
5.) Yeah I think it started changing at some point along the way in that. 'Sidekick' still means you're taking orders from another Hero and working in tandem to support them and/or the team.
But it's shifted in that Sidekicks are still considered Heroes in their own right. And the role is more for like. Rookie Heroes. Where you're more than capable of handling things yourself, but you want to get your feet under you before you fully go off on your own.
Also being a Sidekick is a /choice/ someone makes, not a role they're shoved into.
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wandasaura · 3 months ago
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I feel like Carol would be so great for hugs that linger and clumsy attempts at flirting… and maybe can’t keep her eyes off them.
Hear me out:
1) its Danvers, being not so smooth with the ladies is a given. Clumsy flirting would be p typical? She’s absolutely one to say something and instantly turn beet red and stammer over whatever possible innuendo that might have come to mind immediately after saying it. She’s also absolutely one to try compliment R or smooth talk them, but end up saying something out of left field because hermit recluse thinks complimenting your belt/shoelaces/freckle is totally flirting…
2) she would also struggle with verbalising the “I’m so happy to see you” or “I don’t want you to go” and uses long hugs to say it instead?
3) she would also be so puzzled by someone who could catch her attention so much, intrigue her so much, be so enticing and pretty and of course danvers is just staring at R all the time and looking away when caught :3
Fluffy carol is uhm something I think about a normal amount
carol's deliveries are so smooth once she gets comfortable with the maneuvers of filtering, but she's still so awkward afterward that you can only laugh and kiss her flush cheeks. you have no idea how the dork you're dating is an all powerful superhero that quite literally travels the galaxy, but that's just what makes her carol and you absolutely adore that. i do think that she gets better as your relationship advances, and you're... pleasantly surprised to find that your babbling blushing girlfriend is quite the kinky dominant in bed 😋
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doyelikehaggis · 2 years ago
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20 or 27 for Hensper? Your choice, or maybe you can include both? Up to you! Thanks!
It's only fair, after all of the hard work that Henry does in a day, that he deserves to sleep. Jasper doesn't even mind that he's chosen to pass out with his head in his lap. He lay down about a half hour ago when he came into the Man Cave, and told him he wasn't going to sleep, he just had a sore head and needed to rest his eyes.
He's been dropping in and out since then. He keeps mumbling that he's awake and tells Jasper to pick up the conversation where he dropped it when he noticed his eyelids going.
'Why don't you just go home?' Jasper asks. 'You know, to get some real sleep? In your bed?'
Henry scrunches up his face and shakes his head. He reaches up like he's trying to literally swat him away but instead just sort of ends up... caressing his face.
'No, no... 'm fine,' he murmurs. His thumb somehow ends up on Jasper's bottom lip. 'I'm just... resting. What... what were you saying? The, uh... the thing... about the thing...'
To his credit, he tries to keep his eyes open. His hand flops onto his forehead with a thlup. He groans quietly.
Jasper chuckles and gently moves his hand from his forehead to his chest. 'You're so cute when you're half asleep like this.' He doesn't let go of his hand, smoothing each of his fingers out at the knuckles. 'Actually, you're always cute. But especially like this.'
It's probably a good thing there's no one else here to hear this. Charlotte's looking after the shop up above for him on his break, Ray is sleeping off the day's work in his room, and Schwoz is taking his sister back to the airport.
There's no one else here. Henry's probably way too tired to actually take in anything being said to him right now. It's probably like a vivid dream.
Even so, Henry smiles sleepily, his brows furrowing as he murmurs, 'You think I'm cute?'
Jasper nods. 'Of course I do. You're adorable.'
It's not like he doesn't say it at least five times a day. It's still worth it to see his reaction, the way he sort of rolls his head toward Jasper and spreads his fingers between his own.
Jasper closes his fingers to be properly holding his hand. It draws a slight murmur out of Henry, as well as that sleepy smile once again.
'Do you remember when we weren't, you know?' He lightly motions their hands. 'Like this?'
Henry's eyebrows do their little dance again. 'Secret superheroes?'
'No,' Jasper says. 'Like this. You and me. Together.'
'Oh,' Henry murmurs, then shakes his head. 'Not really. It always just felt like...' he takes a deep sigh and shrugs lazily, '...we were more than friends. You know?'
'Yeah, I think I do,' Jasper agrees sincerely. 'You know, I remember practising how to ask you out in the mirror.'
Henry laughs lightly and, finally, his eyes flutter back open to look up at him, waking up a little. 'Seriously?'
'Mhm. When we were... thirteen. Then you started talking about Kid Danger all the time, and I started to think you had a crush on him, so I kind of backed away.'
'Oh.' Henry reaches up and purposefully finds his face this time, stroking his cheek fondly, his gaze half-lidded. 'You're so cute. For the record, I'd definitely pick you over Kid Danger.'
Jasper smiles then stops. 'Wait, but you're Kid Danger.'
'Exactly,' Henry says. 'I'd still pick you, Jasp. Always.'
He's still a little bit confused, but he chalks it down to Henry's exhausted state for his slight incoherence. He kisses his forehead, making him go cross-eyed.
'You're a dork,' he tells him fondly.
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historia-vitae-magistras · 1 year ago
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alfred straight up murdering his brother on accident just because he walked too quietly into the room is so fucking funny but how terrifying is alfred to regular humans? If he goes to casually throw some ridicously heavy thing he's working on over to the intern or whoever theyre not gonna get back up on their feet to chew him out for it lol. also... getting shot and squished by bisons still hurts like all hell right? does matthew start to get wary around him or is he just too used to it to be all that bothered?
Lmao right? I very much enjoy using these characters, especially fleshy loony-tune-style horror shows because good fucking god, it's funny. But its also very fun? Alfred javelining people into the water must be so fun. Alfred casually picks up Matt when he's on the sofa because he dropped his keys behind it. He will randomly rip up troublesome trees in someone's fields in the middle of the night. This is not a wholly negative, angsty or even humourous trait.
So for humans... not very as an adult. I think. Generally, Alfred puts his people at ease. He's handsome, funny, intelligent and friendly. Man has that kind of crooked smile and easy charm. The charisma, luck and social skills of the gambler and the grifters and drifters of the old Westerns if not the old West. When he was little and had less control because he'd get excited, I could see him getting himself in trouble and accidentally committing some violence. As an adult, I think he's much more careful around humans, and the only time he tends to bust out the super strength is to prevent accidentally killing humans. Picking up a car in front of someone getting aggressive will contain that person's aggression goddamn fast.
As for if things hurt, yes. Superheroes and Gods are boring for me to write about. I like making these fuckers creepy and overpowered sometimes, but I'm most invested in their humanity. So time to do the math. The average bison is about 816 to 1,088 kg, and the most recent record for a deadlift was 487 kg. So on the lower end of that, 816 divided by 487 is about 1.67; redeploy that as a percentage that's about 160% the strength of what's currently possible. I personally think this is why this dork is always snacking, so it has some effect on his metabolism and his physiology. He's not going to starve to death as fast as he should with that metabolism because there's that nation fuckery there, but my boy is peckish. So now that I've laid that nonsense out, I generally make him about 160% more resilient than the strongest human (yeah, my browser history is fucked, what about it?), but not in all ways because biologically, that would fuck up his brain something fierce cerebellum be whack big and I like my nerdy NASA boy. But I try to keep that 160 in mind, so it might sometimes be consistent? Maybe? But yeah, he's durable and walks away from a lot of things that most people wouldn't, but he can be shot, dropped, smashed, hit, etc. And his pain tolerance is limited because, again, that removes too much vulnerability and why are we invested in this nerd? Lord knows it's not patriotism on my end. Strong, but not indestructible.
Now with the biology and the physical aspect of my stupid brain's explanation of this yankee doodle dumbass (affectionate) articulated, onto the emotional and interpersonal consequences. This is a bit meta, but Alfred's perception of himself and his loved ones can reflect this fandom and canon. I don't know if canon makes them twins, but many people do despite some intrinsic differences in history, progress, culture and values. It's a valid take because who wants to lord over other people or think about being the superpower and the empire? And passport privilege, cultural dominance, and political hegemony are things that only come into play when we're online or in some sort of international situation. The world revolves around the US, but Alfred's 'first amongst equals' with the laurels of power is not his default setting. At home, he just wants to be another person. Abroad, he has to function on a different set of rules, and leadership, and that arrogance only comes out at certain points. He wants to be human, he wants to be loved, he wants to be normal. And it hurts his fucking feelings to be reminded he isn't, that it is lonely at the top, that no matter how similar, the Trudeau quote applies.
Matt's used to him, and Alfred's reasonably careful, but the gulf between them, Alfred's ability to just steamroll him if he wanted to (even if Matt would give him a hell of a fight) does leave its marks. Matt tries as hard not to show it as much as Alfred tries not to crush him. He's overjoyed about something and goes in for a hug, and there go a couple of subluxing ribs as he kind of affectionately slaps Alfred's shoulder like "indoor muscles! Indoor muscles, bud!" And its mainly because Alfred doesn't like thinking about being a weirdo, and Matt doesn't want to remind him. They want to be as equal as possible, but physics is a thing.
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jinlizz-dragondrama · 11 months ago
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Chapter 3
A Series of interesting Events
I awake to the sun beaming brightly in my room and to the sound of a call coming through. Groaning, I answer the call groggily, and a very excited Mei tells me to get my butt to Sandy's boat to hang out. I laugh and tell her I'll be there in a flash.
I took a quick shower, brushed my curly mane, grabbed my small backpack purse, and stuffed my phone, a charger, house keys, moped scooter keys, and some snacks for the road. I started to leave my room but looked at my vanity and saw the gift Monkey King gave me shining in the mirror. I grab the comb place it gently into my hair and skip out of the room.
Quietly and successfully sneaking past a busy Pigsy, I hop onto my moped and zoom in the direction of Sandy's boat. I arrive just in time to hear the last bit of a news program covering last night's shenanigans.
"Sup, guys?" I say as I climb up the steps to where everyone is on deck.
"Nuwa!" Mei and MK shout excitedly
"You slept in today," Mei says while flicking my forehead gently
"I slept like a baby, you know saving the world isn't easy," I say while high-fiving MK
After he does a quick reenactment of last night's events, he punctures a hole in Sandy's boat. We try to figure out how to clog the leak while Tang gets his daily tongue-lashing from Pigsy.
"Look out," Sandy shouts as a crate starts to fall overhead.
Everyone gets out of the way except MK, which thankfully doesn't crush him. He pops out the top of the crate, yelling at the top of his lungs.
"I am invincible!"
I take a huge sigh of relief, but it's short-lived when Mei pulls out a bazooka and shoots it at MK, and as I was close to MK, I got hit with the explosion after effects.
"Ugh...." I say while dusting myself off and seeing that MK is unscathed again.
Pigsy breathes a sigh of frustration
"Look, kid, you're a superhero now. You're going to need -" He was then cut off by Mei
"A cape! Maybe a logo, or a headquarters, some vehicles, you know all the stuff to help you beat bad guys, " Mei says excitedly
"Totally! I can see it now!" I say
"To the secret base!" Mei jumps up to the entrance of this secret base, and a door opens.
Everyone gasps and looks on in awe. We all rush to the entrance and go down to the lair, which is a tight fit in the elevator. But once we reached the level, I was shell-shocked at how quickly she put this together and started looking around. I suddenly get a chill up and down my spine MK notices and walks up to me.
"Something is happening," I say to him
I get back in the elevator, making my way to the deck. I turn the TV on and see that Red Son has taken over the Weather Machine. Everyone soon follows suit and sees the broadcast.
"Oh yeah!" MK, Mei, and I shout, but for different reasons
Mine was to beat the lights out of Red Son and MK, and Mei's was to test out MK's Monkey King powers. Pigsy tries to reason with him, but it doesn't even reach MK's ears as he shoots off with the staff, I grab on to hitch a ride, and we mack our way to Red Son.
"Not so fast, Red Son!" MK says
"Noodle Boy....and accomplice," Red Son says as he turns around in the weather manager chair
"Ugh, really, I have a name, you know, or at least come up with a better nickname!" I shout and balk my hand into a fist
"I thought I smelled garbage," Red Son says, completely ignoring what I just said
MK, well, being MK, starts swinging the staff around and knocks Mei on the head pretty hard, and it leaves one of those cartoon bumps on her head. Then the staff gets swung in another direction, and we all duck except Sandy, who also falls victim to the staff.
"You dorks done beating each other up yet?" Red Son says quite amused
"Yes! And you're next on my list, " MK retorts
But the staff ends up not obeying him and sending him bouncing across the room and through the glass walls and plummeting downward. The rest of us end up being surrounded by Bullbots.
"Now would be a good time to use your borrowed Monkey King powers Nuwa," Mei says nervously, whispering
"I can't do anything without the staff, and besides, I doubt I have his powers as well," I whisper to her
We ended up getting tied up. Everyone was in a pile on the ground, but I had the 'honor' of being tied up and next to Red Son.
"Wait till I get out of these restraints. I'll show you what this accomplice can do," I shout
"Oh, so now you refer to yourself as such now?" Red Son retorts
I pout and blush a bit as I look away
"Got nothing to say for once." He grabs my chin gently and forces me to look up at him. "You've got a fiery spirit, kind of reminds me of someone I once knew." He shakes his head and lets go of me.
"No matter, Noodle Boy won't defeat me this time," he says while walking back to the monitors.
I start to wiggle my body to loosen my restraints, just in time for MK to fall through an opening in the ceiling. While he distracts him, I'm able to break free, I untie everyone and make my way to MK. Not knowing what I could do to help, I pulled my backpack off and started using it like some type of nunchaku and hitting the bull bots while MK thought of a plan. I toss my bag at Red Son as he stands on the pile of null bots it hits him square in the face, and I catch the bag. MK uses the staff to electrocute the bots and Red Son.
Red Son falls to the ground, and before he can flame poof himself away, I hit him again with my backpack and stick my tongue out at him.
"Bye Red Boy," I say mockingly and giggle
"That was Epic, you guys!" Mei says while hugging us both
"Heck yeah, it was he just got MK'od again," He says while high-fiving the two of us.
MK walks over to the weather machine and turns the weather back to normal.
"I think we should celebrate this victory with a few rounds at the arcade," I say as I start walking toward the elevator
"Woot woot!" Mei shouts while running to the elevator.
I couldn't help but have my mind wander to Red Son's hand on my chin and admire how soft it was. He grabbed me firmly but took care not to add too much pressure on his grip. For a brief moment, I saw gentleness in his eyes, those black pools softening when thinking about the person I reminded him of.
"That person must have been something special for him to show a moment of vulnerability," I say quietly to myself
"Nuwa! Hurry up, or we'll leave without you!" MK shouts
"You won't because I'm already halfway there," I yell as I speed off on my Moped that I called to our location.
MK hops onto Mei's motorcycle, and we zoom off to the arcade.
*A few days later*
After that whole fiasco with Red Son, our lives returned to semi-normalcy. MK and I do our deliveries, once I'm finished with my shift I head back to my apartment to chill and maybe take a nap while MK helps Sandy paint his boat. Taking a quick shower putting on some comfy jammy jams and turning on the TV, I jump onto my bed cuddle my pillow, and watch a Monkey King movie. I'm awoken by Mei busting through my door, tossing some clothes at me, and telling me we're gonna grab MK and go out. Giggling and rubbing the sleep crust out of my eyes, get dressed in my go-to clothes a black skort a purple t-shirt with a black heart on the chest area, and my signature purple and pink hoodie. We head over to the Anti-gravity Arcade and have a ball. MK and Mei go neck and neck with the scores and I steer clear of their high-score battle. I go for the claw machines and snag a few charms for us. After a long night of mucking around MK and I finally make our way to our apartments and pass out as soon as our heads hit our pillows. The next day we wake up a bit groggy and the day repeats itself, again and again. Poor MK was pushing himself too hard and the lack of sleep on my part was causing me to see things during the day and dream of things when I finally got some shut-eye.
Every time I think about the dream I forget what I dream about even after I wake up it's immediately gone from my memory. But I know I'm having the same dream over and over again. But the one thing I won't forget is a laugh and a purple glowing aura. I come downstairs with a towel wrapped around my head to dry my hair, wearing a black tank top and purple shorts. Grabbing myself a bowl of noodles I take a sip of broth as I turn around I see two MKs and immediately spit the brothers out and look at the two in total confusion.
"Tang?MK? No way one of the 72 transformations?" I shout excitedly
I rush upstairs to change into my outfit, I return downstairs and follow MK to see how his new power works. It started as being pretty handy but he started to get out of control with it quite quickly. And he was losing hair...FAST! Luckily and definitely not out of pure luck, some wavy Kung fu stuff worked at getting rid of the clones. Oh, and we also had to fight a bunch of MK's that DJ Anti-Gravity MK created there was hair everywhere...sigh. 10 out of 20 do not recommend doing it again until he's better at this Monkey King Business. After our Movie Marathon and a satisfying beat down on MK for not learning his lesson. I make my way to bed.
Grabbing my pillow and snuggling in close, I toss and turn for a bit until sleep takes over. In the dream world, I'm in the city but something feels different it's quiet...eerily quiet. I call out for my friends to no avail.
"Mk? Mei? Pigsy? Tang? Sandy? Anyone?" I shout as I walk down the street that leads to Pigsy's Noodles
A dark shadow appears behind my on place of my own. Purple eyes and an open mouth illuminate the figure's face. A deep chuckle echoed from everywhere. It causes my skin to create goosebumps and a slight blush dusts my cheeks. A lantern with purple lights swaying back and forth in the distance.
"See you soon kid", the mysterious voice whispers in my ear.
I awake with a start, a cold sweat covering my body and clothes clinging to me. After I calmed my crazy beating heart. Looking at the time and seeing it's only 5 am. Knowing I wouldn't be able to fall asleep, decided to do some light meditation and go for a run. Changing into some workout clothes I go to my sitting room. I sit on my yoga mat, light some incense, and play some calming music. Closing my eyes and taking long deep
breathes I started to relax.
"Yep! I'm totally gonna win this thing" MK says very sure of himself
I sigh and try to tune out the conversation MK and Mei are having.
"Wait, what? You're not racing! I'm racing! You've been watching me train for months. This should not be a surprise" Mei exclaims
My right eyelid starts to twitch and I take a deep long inhale through my nose and exhale loudly out of my mouth.
"Well, I tried," I say defeated, walking back to my room hopping into the shower, brushing my teeth, and pushing my hair back with a headband.
Walling to my motorcycle in the alley, I push a button that turns it into a quad. I start to tinker on it quickly making a few adjustments for the race. I can still hear MK and Mei arguing about who will win. But I tune them out and giggle to myself.
"Oh they'll never know what hit them"
*Time skip to racetrack*
"We're now just minutes away from the start of the race as the drivers make their final preparations!" The announcer says excitedly.
I make my way to the race track on the motorcycle I arrive and hear Red Son.
"Can you Peasants be quiet? I'm trying to get in the zone" Red Son says while revving his engine
"Yeah well, you're gonna need all the help you can get I say as I pull up.
"Nuwa!" Both MK and Mei say
"You two thought you're gonna race without little ole' me? I can test out my latest creation now" I giggle as I push the transformation button.
*Insert transformer sounds while it switches to quad mode*
I had the chance to paint the quad purple, black, and orange I hope on, putting my hair into a poofy ponytail, placing my comb into my hair as well and winking at them both.
Red Son looks over at me in awe with a slight blush on his face, but it quickly disappeared when his parents showed up in their vehicle. Everyone freaks out except me, Red Son, MK, and Mei.
The gold and silver demons changed the track and made it a free-for-all all so long as someone reached the finish line first.
"On your mark"
"Hold on," Mei says nervously
"Get set!"
I revved my engine, put my helmet on, and slipped on my driving gloves that allowed my fingers to be free.
"Wait what?" Red Son says
"Go!"
PIF, DBK, and I zoom off while the others get pushed aside by their huge vehicle. We were neck and neck until the other drivers caught up with us. Red Son taunts his parents which causes his dad to go straight into the mountain and tunnel through.
"What the, what?" I shout while looking back
I'm in the lead with MK, Mei, and Red Son behind me.
"Get out of my way, Noodle boy!" Red Son shouts
"Never!" MK shouts back
Red Son and Mei zoom past him and I pick up the speed. Mei ends up in front of me but I slow down a bit knowing MK's impulsiveness and not wanting to be caught in the crossfire.
"And at this point, the only way Mei's not going to win is if some sort of flying fool were to crash into her from above," Jin Said
I sigh and look up above me seeing MK flying through the air and crashing into Mei.
"Good thing I know MK so well"
Red Son and I zoom past and Red Son shouts at us.
"Victory is mine peasants!"
"Oh well see about that flamethrower" I tease
"F-Flamethrower! You imbecile" He angrily says
"Sorry, I'm workshopping the name-calling but that'll do for now"
I giggle, blow him a kiss, and salute him as I zoom around him. Out of nowhere MK and Mei come in hot and all three of us cross the finish line.
"Oh Me Gosh" I jump up and down excitedly with MK and Mei.
Red Son predictably loses his cool and his hair turns into shooting flames as he throws a tantrum.
"Noodle Boy! Imbecile Girl. You're insufferable! That peach should be mine!"
"Ha! You're never getting this fruit!" MK says while taking a big chomp of the Peach trophy.
I could hear his teeth shatter and I grimaced in pain for him. But I couldn't help but laugh with Mei as the two men were confused as to why it wasn't a real peach.
Red Son leaves angrily and we look at each other.
"Well, then where are the real peaches of immortality?"
Mei shrugs her shoulders
I have a quick flashback of holding a soft peach in my hand and Monkey King smiling at me. It quickly goes away as I shake my head to clear it.
"Come on guys let's go celebrate!" I say happily
"Woot woot" Both MK and Mei say
We make our way back to my apartment, where I make pizza and peach-filled steamed buns. We watch a few movies and play video games until we pass out on my living room floor in a heap of blankets and pillows. I toss and turn while mumbling in my sleep.
I dream of a great battle...WITH THE BUDDHA!! WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?
I end up getting hit and see blood pooling under me, a name is being called it feels familiar.
"Oh is Ai are you ok?" I feel myself being sat up and Monkey King is holding me tightly
"Wait who's Ai?" I think to myself looking down at my skin it's the color of my blood
"No way, am I...was I....no no no this can't be happening!"
I awake from the dream, looking around I see MK and Mei snoring peacefully. Stumbling to my room, slowly sat on my bed, massaging my temples with my fingertips and sighing heavily.
"Why am I having these dreams? Do they feel so real? Am I seeing someone else's dreams?" I sat quietly to myself, so many questions flooding my brain.
"I need to find out who this Ai person is, but I can't ask Monkey King directly. But I need to know for my sanity" I fall back onto my bed close my eyes and pull the covers over myself.
"That's a tomorrow problem," I say while drifting off
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detectivereads · 5 months ago
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Superman Vs Meshi vol 3 By Satoshi Miyagawa & Kai Kitago
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This post is for fan entertainment, I’m not being paid.
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Ok, when reading the first chapter, I remember why for such a long time I didn’t really like Superman, but maybe I just didn’t like the people around him. Because the first chapter has Clark Kent and Lois Lane talking about the last chapter of volume 2 about her article that she was told to write.  Clark comes out to Lois and tells her that he is Superman, but I guess Superman can do a mind reset and he changes his mind about letting Lois know about his identity and reset her mind. Lois now doesn’t remember the Superman is Clark Kent. But you want to know how he does it…with a kiss.
(*Cue table flipping and punching the dry wall in anger*)
I know I haven’t followed Superman in any form, and any knowledge I do know is from the Justice League Animated series or any other cartoon, but when can he do that????
Now cut to later when Superman is with Batman at a very popular restaurant, Superman is still thinking about the kiss that he doesn’t remember anything about the food he has eaten (that is the real crime right there) Batman really wants another hamburger streak but he doesn’t want to wait in the long line and he even contemplates about the restaurant but stops because he doesn’t want to be a jerk and cuts in front of people who were waiting their turn.
So, Superman popping a mint into his mouth and resets Batman’s mind, (before you ask no Super doesn’t kiss Batman. Apparently, he can reset minds with his breath see picture above thank you @deathmetalunicorn1 for helping me with photo.)
So, with no memory of standing in line, Batman and Superman get back in line to eat hamburger steak.
In some of the later chapters and huge fight happens with Doomsday and Superman dies.
However, no one told Batman, so getting a special artifact (Mother Box) and it opens up to place where certain items are needed to help Batman make the life saving cure: Okonomiyaki. Which upon completing the dish, and the smell going over to Superman he wakes up.
So, the breakdown of this, Superman dies, and Batman finds it weird that his body is not decaying so this leads Batman to suspect that Superman is not dead. So, with the help of Mother Box, it opens a boom tube to a Japanese grocery store when Batman gets the items to Okonomiyaki, and lo and behold Mother Box doubles as a microwave. So, Okonomiyaki has saved Superman life.
Later in the book we get to see Supergirl, and she is just Superman she loves Japanese food.
Now we have another Lex Luthor chapter, Superman and Lex are talking about Darkseid which Superman had hope that Lex would join forces with the League which Lex flat out refuses and says he has to leave to go to a big fancy lunch, when leaving he happens to see Superman going into one of his buildings and buying bento.
Now this bit where Lex was spying on Superman picking out his bento, I was really questioning Lex’s sanity. Then he busted in when he sees Superman taking a cold bento instead of fresh bento. (Pretty much they have lunch together.)
The last chapter of the book is of the heroes fighting Darkseid. During the fight Darkseid hurt Batman. So, both Superman and Flash do flash point and sends Superman to an alternate time where Lois Lane is Chief editor of the Daily Planet. The overall goal is to fight Darkseid.
I won’t spoil the rest of the book because I thought the ending of this volume was well done.
As I said I don’t know if there will be more (I hope there will be) but for now it looks like a 3-volume series. 
When I first started this series, I thought ‘Oh lord Superman is a dork” but as I got engrossed with the manga, I still think he is a dork but I think I could see myself having friendly banter about food with him.
I would recommend this series to a foodie or a superhero fan.
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huffle-dork · 8 months ago
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Swap Across the CrystalVerse Chapter 1: SepticHeroes Revisited
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The swapboys have once again found themselves in the Brody Brothers’ apartment. Jackie Mann sits on the edge of their armchair, kicking his feet. He has a backpack next to him as he fastens a bracelet on his wrist. “The kids were so bummed you wouldn’t let them watch this happen at our place, Alt.” He laughs. 
Alt rolls his eyes, “Well- I’m not sure they’d react too well to seeing their dad just * pop * out of existence right in front of them. Even if they know about magic.” He goes back to checking over the TRVLR settings. 
Jackie holds up his hands with a laugh. “Alright, alright! Fair point!” He smiles, “They’re with their mom anyways~! Since this is a quick visit- I’m sure they’ll hardly miss me at all!” 
“Then why did you pack such a big bag, dude?” Chase laughs, pointing at the backpack. 
Jackie laughs, “Please! Between all the injuries I sustain and you two? This thing is a necessity- it’s got extra snacks and a med kit- bandages, water, chargers, an extra jacket for me-“ 
“Oh my god Jackie if you need anything they have stuff there!” Alt says with a laugh. 
“You’re taking a bag too, Alt!” Chase points out. 
Alt turns red and turns away, “I’m bringing my iPad and my… art and stuff…” He adjusts the headphones around his neck and his usual mask. “So I can you know- have something to do while you all geek out about heroes and junk.” On the subject though Alt does double check that he has what he needs- his spellbooks, iPad, notebook, pens, and… the tracking bracelets he made for all of them. The brown leather bracelet is tight on each of their wrists, with runes inscribed on the inside and a turquoise gem on top. 
“Please Alt- don’t act like you’re not gonna join the hero fun!” Bro grins. Alt rolls his eyes but doesn’t respond, readjusting so everything fits right in his backpack. 
“See though? Alt gets it! Better safe than sorry! Take it from a dad- it’s better to be prepared for anything!” Jackie says with a grin. “I even have those little plastic ponchos for if it rains!” 
“Oh my god-“ Bro bursts into giggles. “Well besides being cautious- are you excited to meet these guys, Jackie?” 
Jackie’s eyes light up and he excitedly stims, “Hell fucking yeah!!! I get to meet me! As a hero!! That’s so fucking cool! Ohhh I’m gonna be such a dork I can already tell oh jeez what if I embarrass myself or talk too much or fall off a building trying to look cool and-?!” 
Alt turns to the others and laughs, holding up the now powered TRVLR. “You’ll be fine, Jackie. Windstorm is super cool- you’ll get on like a house on fire.” 
“Yeah bro! We instantly clicked- he’s just like you! ‘Cept he can fly- and he’s not a dad-“ Bro says. 
Jackie laughs, shaking his head. He jumps off the couch and hoists his backpack onto his shoulder. “Well then- l-let’s jet before I lose my nerve! If you’re all ready, Alt.” 
Alt grins, “Yup! One superhero universe all locked and loaded!” He then looks to Jackie and Bro, “you guys remember how the tracking bracelets work right?” 
“Yeah yeah!” Jackie says, “You touch the gem and say… looney-“ 
“Loonu, Jackie,” Alt laughs.
“Oh yeah- and then those wisps pop up and tell us where to go!” 
Alt grins, “Good, you got it!” 
“LessGOOOO!” Chase cheers, wrapping an arm around Jackie’s neck and pulling him tight to his side. Jackie bursts into laughter. Alt laughs too and grabs Jackie’s hand and then presses the jump button- heading to UA-1212021SH. 
And for once- Magnificent doesn’t try to stop them. He’s actually home- asleep with his panthers, unaware his usual annoyances were traveling to other worlds without him. 
And yet, as the group pressed the jump button, Mag is woken up by a sudden falling sensation and green light. A ripple spreads through the Space In-Between.
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Jackie lands by himself in a room. The falling sensation lingers with him for a bit--strange, did it do that before?
Jackie rubs at his head and groans, “Ugh… how are they used to that…?” He mumbles.
 Well, this isn't the time to dwell on it. 
"Holy hell!" 
He's landed in a bedroom with yellow-painted walls. There's a window with curtains drawn and two doors, one of which is slightly ajar to show a connected bathroom. The room is faily bland. The furniture-- a bed, a dresser, an armchair, and a nightstand--are more functional than decorative. Pretty much the only thing that has any personality is a TV stand across from the bed, with a television and game console that are currently on. Two people are in the room, each holding a video game controller and staring at Jackie in shock. One is a man in a button-down shirt who has a distinct mustache. He is sitting in the armchair. The other is a person with longer hair wearing a pink sweater. They're lying in the bed. Both of these people have identical bright blue eyes. 
"Jays, I thought your friend was a flyer, not a teleporter," says the one in the bed. 
The other shakes his head and puts the controller down to sign, He isn't. I don't think this is J-hoodie. I think it's something else. 
Jackie blinks up at the two people and quickly gets to his feet. He waves awkwardly and stiffy, lifting his hand up really fast almost like a salute. “Um hi! I…I’m Jackie! J-Jackie Mann cuz um- you probably know another Jackie who looks like me but isn’t me uhhhh my f-friends Alt and Chase- well Bro Fantastic-! They wanted me to come visit and- fuck I knew they said we landed in random places but I thought I’d land near other me…!” He then blinks. “…fuck I’m talking too much aren’t I? S-Sorry for interrupting… this-“ He gestures vaguely at the room and the tv. 
The two people blink. And then the one in the bed laughs. "Don't worry about it, love. We weren't really doing much anyway. JJ, is that, uh, Bro Fantastic guy the alternate Chase you told me about?" 
JJ nods. He smiles at Jackie. So you're their Jackie, are you? It's nice to meet you! I'm Jameson, and this is Dahlia. He spells out all the names so there can be no mistakes. My sister. She wasn't around when your friends fist visited. 
"Nice to meet you!" Dahlia says cheerfully. 
Jackie blinks in surprise and then grins. “oh sick- my JJ has a half-bro, not a sister! Crazy! S’nice to meet ya too, both of you!” 
"Well--I was his brother," Dahlia says, a smile twitching at her lips. 
JJ raises an eyebrow. That's surprisingly open of you. 
"Well, if he's another Jackie, I think he's a good guy. And maybe like our Jackie, ifyouknowwhatImean." 
Jackie blinks and then his eyes widen. He points at Dahlia with a Pog face and goofy stance as he fumbles to spin his bag around. Then he points to a trans patch stitched on the side. “I’m too!! Trans that is!! Female to male!” He grins sillily.
"Yeahhhh!" Dahlia throws her hands up into the air. 
Dahlia, careful! JJ says, using her name sign of flower-time for the first time. 
"I can put my hands in the air, JJ, I'm not made of glass." But she does lower her hands. 
Anyways, Bro and Alt managed to get home, then? Good for them! JJ says. 
Jackie rocks on his feet and adjusts his backpack and nods. “yeah! Though I think they said they had a bit of rough go of it after they met you all. But, now Alt’s pretty confident in his jumping so! They thought I’d be nice for me to meet some other mes!” He laughs.
Dahlia grins and JJ can't help but smile back, then he looks at Jackie. Well, our Jackie isn't here. It's just the two of us and another friend in the house. Schneep is staying here too but he's out right now. We can contact him, if you want. 
"Are you here by yourself, by the way?" Dahlia asks. "Or do we need to watch out for more of you guys?"
Jackie messes with his hair with a nervous laugh. “Oh well- that makes sense! Uh Alt and Bro are here too! Chase was so excited to see everyone again- and Alt is too but he’s being Alt and trying to act like he’s not.” He laughs. “Oh but! We have a way to find each other this time!” He shows off the bracelet on his wrist. “Tracking spell~!”
"Tracking spell?" Dahlia asks. 
That's some of the magic in your world, is it? JJ asks. How does it work?
Jackie grins. “I just gotta say the word and then this magic orb-y stuff shows up and will lead me to the signal of another bracelet!” He raises up his sleeve and whispers to the stone at the top of the bracelet, “Loonu!”
The green-blue trail appears, pointing diagonally across the room and going out the window. JJ stands up and opens the curtains, revealing the cityscape outside. 
"Ooo, flashy," Dahlia says, impressed. "We don't have that here. Or if we do, I've never seen it. Where's it going?" 
It's pointing to the center of the city, JJ says. Which doesn't mean much. Henrik figured out last time that you all appear near people you're close to. So that COULD be pointing to Jackie, Chase, Henrik, or Marvin. 
"What about the, uh... Anti, was it?" 
If Anti counts, then Alt and Bro could be anywhere. 
"Hmm. True. Well, maybe contact Jackie's flat first, see if either of them are there."
“Yeah- that’s the issue aint it? At least for us we only gotta worry about the two. Alt saidddd blue means close- green means far away. I think-“ Jackie shrugs. “If you guys wanna ring your friend that’d be brilliant! I don’t wanna interrupt anything. But I also… don’t know where I am at all so-“ He laughs.
JJ shakes his head. it looks more blue than green, so that's good. I'll text Jackie. 
Jackie grins, rocking on his feet again. “Thanks dude! ‘Perriciate it!” 
"I belieeeve we're sort of on the edge of Daindover," Dahlia says slowly. "Near the East SepTech location. Though I suppose that means nothing to you.”
“It does indeed mean Jack shit to me.” 
“Uh, we're in JJ's boyfriend's house." 
We're not dating, JJ says stubbornly. 
"Yet," Dahlia adds with a grin. 
I can't believe you of all people are encouraging me to date S-heart. 
"Ehhh could be worse." 
Jackie’s eyes widen and then he grins, “Oooh a boyfriend~?” He tries to tease- then stops himself. “oh wait. I probably shouldn’t tease you- you aren’t my Jay. I would give him such a hard time if I found out he liked someone.” 
"It's okay, I'll tease him for you," Dahlia says jokingly.
Jackie bursts into giggles. “Deal! I like ya, Dahlia!” 
 "Though to be honest Jays doesn't get teased easily." 
I'm just still shocked that you approve, JJ says, then takes his phone out of his pocket and starts texting. 
"Like I said, Soren could be worse. And I believe him when he says he's turning over a new leaf. And if he's lying, I can beat his ass." 
“Oooh Soren~? That’s a fancy name- must be a fancy dude- someone as sophisticated as J’s mustache!” The father giggles more.
JJ grins a little at the mustache comment. 
Dahlia laughs as well--though she stops quickly as it gains a wheezing edge. "I guess you can say that. He had a big, important family--though it's pretty much just him and his niece's family now. I suppose you don't know him in your world. If he's there at all." 
“Oh neat! Yeah I don’t think we know a Soren- but that makes sense. S’abig universe out there! Lots of people to meet!” Jackie grins. 
Then, after a moment, JJ nods. Jackie, Jackie says that one of your friends is at his apartment, he says, differentiating the two with slightly different name signs (J-hoodie, J-visit).
Jackie beams at JJ and laughs at the sign differences. “Oh neat! Sign name! J-hoodie must be your Jackie! But yay! One mystery solved!”
JJ grins. One mystery solved. Now we just need to figure out how to get you together and figure out where your other friend landed. 
Jackie looks up to think and then digs out his phone, “oh yeah- I could just… text them I think. Maybe- …my plan miiight not work across dimensions.” 
"You guys can go out, it's fine," Dahlia says. 
JJ shakes his head. I don't want to leave you alone. 
"Jays, like I said, I'm not glass." 
But you are still recovering. 
Dahlia shrugs. "Soren is still here. If I need something, I'll ask him.”
That is... SO strange to hear coming from you.
Jackie blinks, looking back at Dahlia, “oh- are you… injured or something?”
Dahlia sighs. "Yeah... I was in an accident a couple of years ago. Got knocked out, and when I woke up it was two years later. As you can expect, that has some lingering side effects." She makes a face. "I started growing facial hair again." It's a joke, but it's clear that there's real sadness beneath it. 
Jackie winces at the mention of the accident then, “Nooo! That’s awful!” Jackie says with complete sympathy to Dahlia’s last statement. He gets it. He’d be devastated if any of his features started going backwards!
"Thanks, Jackie." Dahlia smiles gently. "I'm getting used to it. I can heal faster than most people, but this is a lot of damage. It'll be fine, though." 
Jackie gives her a sympathetic smile and nods. 
JJ walks back over and gives his sister a side hug. Then he looks at Jackie. You can try texting if you want. I know that Alt's phone connected to the Internet last time.
Jackie blinks at Jj then smiles, “Right! Letsss see-“ He texts Alt: Alttt! I’m alive! I’m by this world’s Jj and his sister! :D 
Jackie giggles, “This is insane- texting my friend to come find me like we’re meeting up at a shop- but it’s in another universe… fucking wild man.”
Jackie's text doesn't go through right away. But after a while, it does, with a little sent through WiFi notification attached underneath the bubble. 
I can imagine it's very strange, JJ says. But it's good to meet you! Strange, but nice. I hope we can spend time together. 
Jackie blinks and smiles as his text goes through and he pockets his phone. “Yeah! I hope so too!” 
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Alt falls through the dark space, feeling it ripple slightly, and then appears somewhere that he--after a moment--recognizes. This is Jackie's place--the hero Jackie's place, the one he shares with this world's Chase. Speaking of whom-- 
"Whoa!" Chase jumps. 
Alt blinks around and smiles as he immediately recognizes the place. Then he jumps and glitches back to hide slightly behind the closest furniture he can find. 
Chase is sitting on the sofa with Frosty, who barks when Alt appears but calms down when Chase pats his head. "Who the hell--oh! Oh! Y-y-you're uhhhh--fuck, I'm so bad with names. One of the guys from the other world! Hey!"
Alt blinks up behind it comically and then smiles shyly. “Heyyy! Other Chase hi! Um- Alt. That’s me- um… s-sorry to just- drop in!”
"Alt! Right." Chase nods, giving Alt a bit smile. "It's good to see you again! You, uh, stopping by? Oh, hang on." He twists to the side. "Jackie! The guys from the other world are back!" 
Footsteps rush down the hall and Jackie appears. He's wearing a red hoodie and the lower half of his supersuit, either just about to leave or just returning from hero duties. 
"Hi!" Jackie waves at Alt excitedly. "Hey! Welcome back! Where's your brother? Oh right, you guys didn't appear in the same place last time, you probably didn't this time, either. Anyway. How are you? Did you guys figure out how to get home?" 
Chase laughs. "Give him time to answer, bro."
Alt blinks and glitches a bit in surprise at Jackie's appearance. But then he laughs and glitches closer, grinning wide. "Hey man! Good to see you two again!" 
"okay to answer questions- I dunno where Ch- Bro is but I can find him quicker than last time! I'm good- and yes! We got home... relatively okay." He grins, lifting up a finger for each question he answered.
"Oh cool! I'm glad you guys could do that." Jackie grins. "Why are you back, then? Stopping by to visit? Sounds great if you are! We can show you around the city!" 
"Yeah, that'd be fun!" Chase says excitedly. 
Alt smiles. He stuffs his hands into his pockets and adjusts his mask. "Yeah- to visit! And also, we brought our Jackie along this time! He's dying to meet you all." 
Jackie's eyes light up. "Oh! Other me! Cool! I'd love to meet him too--hope he didn't appear too far away. Ooo! Maybe we can get the whole gang together! Do you think Schneep and JJ will want to come? I know they might be busy, but they're more likely to come than Marvin, right?" Jackie laughs.
Alt laughs at the Marvin comment. "If they're up for it- Jackie's pretty excited to see stuff. But, of course we don't wanna get in the way of anything too!"
“uhhh, we've kinda hit a dead end in our investigation. Last we saw you guys we promised to kick Anti's ass but uhhh... That's a bit difficult, turns out." Jackie smiles. "We can use a break. If heroes never take breaks, they collapse." 
Alt looks excited at them being free. "Shame about the trail going cold but! That means we can hang!" 
"Hell yeah," Chase agrees. "In that case, should we start calling people to see where other-me and other-Jackie are?" 
"Mm-hmm." Jackie nods. "Lemme text some people real quick." He takes his phone out of his pocket and starts texting. 
Alt grins happily, pixels buzzing in the air around him. "Bro will be so happy. And Jackie!" He then blinks and looks to his phone, checking the screen. He laughs, "Speak of the devil- the timing is insane... My Jackie is with JJ... and his... sister? What??"
"Oh yeah!" Jackie grins. "We didn't get time to tell you last time you were here!" 
"Well to be fair we were still adjusting to it, too," Chase says. "Yeah, JJ has a sister that he didn't tell me or Jackie about at all." 
"Bit of a complicated story," Jackie says. "She was a hero, too. Not a capital H Hero, just a hero in that she was helping people out. But then she was in an accident. and got put in the hospital for a long time." 
Chase nods. "I was there, too. A building collapsed. And, well, that's why I need Frosty." Frosty wags his tail at being mentioned. 
"Anyway, we got her back recently, but she's still recovering," Jackie continues. "Her name's Dahlia. She's great."
Alt looks between the both of them in surprise. "Woah- that's... intense." But, then he smiles. "But, I'm glad she's better. That must be making JJ very happy... is he still in hiding? Him and Schneep?"
Jackie sighs. "Unfortunately. I keep pushing the police to review the Puppeteer case but they're so slow. I'm hoping that now that Anti's out and doing stuff they'll move faster." 
"We're being a bit less cautious with phones and stuff, though, as you can see," Chase says. "It just got exhausting so we decided they're worth the risk." 
"Well that will make stuff easier~" Alt laughs. 
"Anyway, if Jackie's there, where's Bro, then?" Jackie asks. "He must've showed up by Schneep or Marvin, right? Assuming Schneep isn't also in Soren's safe house right now." 
"Text the doc, maybe he'll answer." Chase shrugs. 
"Yeah, I'll do that." Jackie nods and keeps texting. "He's been bad at answering texts lately, though. I wonder what he's doing..." 
"In the meantime, feel free to hangout, Alt!" Chase says cheerfully. "We'll figure out how to get everyone together once we're sure where everyone is." 
Alt glitches over to an armchair and sits down- not getting comfy, just balancing on the edge. But like- that's kinda big for him. 
He texts Jackie back: Sick dude- I'm with other Jackie and Chase, we'll figure out where you are soon, hang tight.
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Bro falls a few feet and lands on the flat roof of a building. No, it's not a roof. The building is still under construction, with beams and scaffolding extending high above. But this is the highest floor that's been completed, so it's basically the roof. Across the street is a glass and concrete triangular building with the words SepTech glowing green across its side. And Bro doesn't land alone. Somehow, there's someone else with him. Magnificent has arrived in this world as well.
Bro pushes himself off and brushes himself off, adjusting his costume so its just so. He had to make a good first hero impression! Yes, he'd been here before but now it was official cuz he's actually in his uniform! He grins and starts to look around and then yelps as magic is thrown at him from behind. 
"What the-?!" Bro jolts into the air and then stares at the angry face of Magnificent crouched on the ground. "M-Magnificent?!" 
"Why have you brought me here, hero?!" Magnificent snarls, throwing another barrage of magic at him. "Where is that idiotic cub?! Don't you two know better than to bother a villain when he's scheming?!" 
"What are you talking about?!" Bro yells, dodging the magic. "Did you hitch a ride with us again?!' 
"What are you talking about?! You-" Magnificent's face falls for a second as he looks around. Then, he slowly starts to laugh. "Oh... I see... you and your brother are playing dimension hopper again, are you? And yet it seems... the universe still chose to include me~" He grins at Bro his eyes lighting up bright green as he chuckles. "And how unfortunate for you, hero." He spits. 
Bro backs up, looking around for any sign of Alt or Jackie around. Shit shit shit! This was supposed to be a fun adventure! They warded and cast protection spells! Alt was gonna be pissed... 
"Now- tell me Hero... where did you bring us this time, hm?"
Before Bro can answer that question, there's the sound of footsteps. The unfinished building has an unfinished staircase leading up to this floor, and the sound seems to be coming from there. But... there's no one in sight. Even as the footsteps sound like they come up onto the floor Bro and Magnificent are on, there's still no one there. ...But Magnificent can hear a faint voice come from that direction. "Schiesse," it curses. 
Bro blinks and looks around- the complete opposite way the footsteps are going- thinking he's missing something. 
Mag hears the curse and he grins, going to try to teleport behind the invisible super and try to grab him.
There's a yelp, and a person flickers into view. They're wearing an outfit that seems to be shifting colors, disguising most of their features. Magnificent manages to grab him--but not for long, as the person quite literally slips out of his grasp, passing through his arms. "Y-you! What are you doing back here?!" If it wasn't obvious who it was before, the voice gives it away. Schneep. 
Magnificent curses as Schneep literally slips from his grasp. 
He backs away from Magnificent, then looks at Bro. "Ah! Um, h-hello, ah--What the fuck?!" He points at Mag.
Bro makes an 'i dunno' exggerated shrug then points at Mag with both of his arms. "I dunno bro!! We tried to make sure he wasn't gonna follow us this time!! Alt was so careful!!" 
Mag laughs evilly, "And yet~ here I am~!" He giggles and then sends a blast of magic out at both of them.
Schneep doesn't move--not processing the magic as a threat until it slams into him and knocks him down. He yelps, forgetting to concentrate on his intangibility and slamming against the floor. "So that... is an... energy attack," he says as soon as he gets his breath back. "Noted..." 
Magnificent laughs loudly and builds up more magic in his hands. "There's more where that came from, Henrik~! I have yet to taste that delightful power of yours~" 
"Ew why you gotta say it like that??" Bro makes a face then gets hit out of the air by Mag's magic. He hits the roof and skids before trying to get back on his feet. 
Schneep gets to his hands and knees--and then shouts out "SPITIFRE GET UP HERE!" 
More footsteps from the staircase, and now someone else joins the fray--the brightly colored costume and cat mask makes him easily recognizable. Marvin's eyes lock on Magnificent. "Motherfucker!" 
Mag's eyes light up with delighted manic glee at seeing Marvin. "Well hello again!" He throws out magic his way, "Do me a favor and die-!" He growls out.
Marvin's eyes widen. He conjures up a shield to block the magic but Mag throws it with such force that the attack still knocks Marvin over. 
Schneep gasps and scrambles to his feet, rushing over to help Marvin up. 
"Why don't--you die?" Marvin says through gritted teeth. Before Schneep even pulls him up, he shoots a beam of orange energy at Magnificent.
Magnificent grins and throws out a shield that shimmers like murky pond water. He throws out his hand and then tries to douse the water on top of Marvin and Schneep.
Schneep looks up and turns intangible, the water going right through him. Marvin gets doused, but all it does is make him annoyed. "Do you think I'm made of fire?! Idiot?!" He makes a blade of yellow energy and throws it at Magnificent, spinning end over end and getting longer as it gets closer.
Magnfiicent cries out as the blade grazes his arm. He glares at Marvin and hisses, "Principles of magic have to apply somewhere here." He bunches up his hand and then sends out a blast of freezing magic at Marvin. 
Bro yells out and tries to tackle Mag away.
Mag just teleports out of the way of Bro, making him fly past him and back into the hard floor of the roof.
"Magic doesn't fucking exist here you pri--" Marvin is so busy yelling at Mag that his reflexes aren't quite as sharp as they should be. The magic blasts him before he can finish conjuring his shield and frost coats his skin as he falls down again. Schneep also collapses. The magic blast passed right through him, but he can still feel the temperature change, and the cold is so shocking that his knees buckle right away and turns him tangible again. "J-jesus fuck," Marvin whispers. 
"W-we have to retreat!" Schneep gasps. "Get the others!" 
"Not yet!" Marvin's skin...glows? and the frost covering him melts away. "We gotta take this fucker down!" And he aims another beam of red energy--but not at Mag. At the floor beneath his feet, cutting through it, aiming to collapse it.
"You're not going anywhere~!" Magnificent cackles and attempts to teleport to try to grab Schneep again- he doesn't notice the floor until it cracks. He yells out and manages to catch himself on the edge, tearing at the floor desperately with his claws. Then, he falls. 
Bro hurries up to his feet and back into the air. He rushes over and holds out his hands for Schneep and Marvin. "H-Hurry! I can fly you out of here!" 
They glance at each other, clearly a bit nervous, but they both take Bro's hands in unison. "I better not dangle," Marvin mutters. "That's so undignified." 
"Take what you can get," Schneep snaps.
Bro laughs, "If you don't wanna dangle I might have to hold you like a baby- I dunno which is worse." He hauls up Marvin and pulls him to his chest and then grabs Schneep and tries to load him on his back. Then, he rockets off into the sky, just trying to get them as far away as possible.
"OHJESUSFUCK--!" Marvin shouts, surprised at how fast Bro goes. Schneep doesn't say anything, just holds on tightly. 
The cityscape passes beneath them. Bro is heading deeper into the city, where the buildings get taller and shinier, occasionally interspersed with older-looking townhouses. Soon the construction site--and Magnificent--is out of sight. 
"I-I think we can go down now?" Schneep says, voice almost lost in the sound of rushing wind.
Bro laughs and nods, finding the closest place he can. He almost wants to set them on another rooftop but... heroes are common around here! He finds an empty looking park and sets them both down. "Sorry about that, are you two okay???"
Marvin staggers for a bit. "M...my face is cold," he says, sounding mildly surprised at that. He pushes off his mask briefly to wipe his eyes. "I-I didn't realize flying was so cold?" 
"The wind makes it so," Schneep says. He fared better than Marvin; between his goggles and his mask most of his face was covered. "But I-I am fine. It was a bit more... tall... than I thought. But I'm fine now." 
Bro can't help but laugh, "Yeah it gets kinda chilly. That's why I have my jacket!" He says, lifting up his arms to show off his signature Bro Fantastic jacket. 
"Yeah, just... wasn't expecting that." Marvin shakes his head. "Anyway. Hi, other Chase. Why?" 
Bro bursts into even more laughter as Marvin's bluntness. "Ha ha! No yeah- It's a fair question!"
"Don't be rude," Schneep mutters. "But Marvin has a good point. We are happy to see you again, but why are you here? With Magnificent?"
Bro straightens back up and then frowns, "....Magnificent wasn't supposed to be here. Alt made sure he couldn't! But... we wanted to come see you guys again... and we brought our Jackie to come meet you- and the other him." He then blinks and then narrows his eyes at the two of them, "...but... what were you two doing at an abandoned construction site? In your super get up?" He raises an eyebrow.
Marvin blanks. "Uhhhhh..."
"We can tell him, he is also a hero where he comes from," Schneep says. 
"Right." Marvin nods. "Nice outfit, by the way. Uh, well. We were staking out that building across the street. The East SepTech location. Last time we saw you guys, we talked about that villain who made JJ do all that terrible shit. Anti-Virus." He laughs. "God. What an appropriate name." 
"It turns out that Anti-Virus was part of SepTech," Schneep says. "Very... integral to it, in fact. But now, Anti is gone. We are not sure where. Or how to search, in all honesty. But we figure that keeping an eye on SepTech locations is a good place to start." 
"In case Anti returns," Marvin agrees. "There's a... long history between them." 
"Oh okay- I thought you were maybe trying to steal shit- but considering it was like- abandoned that now seems dumb." Bro laughs. "That bitch Anti is just gone? Fucking coward..." He shakes his head and sighs.
"I'm sure Anti is planning something," Marvin mutters. "Calculating bitch..." He shakes his head. "But we should handle Mag first." 
"Back to what you said," Schneep says. "You just came to visit, but Magnificent somehow came along, is that it? So... Alt and your Jackie do not know he's here."
"Yeah... they wouldn't know. It seems like Mag was surprised to be here too... which means... he wasn't planning it." Bro scratches at his head. "... last time we used the TRVLR- he like... messed with it and its power... maybe that had something to do with it?" He looks back at the other two, "The point is though... He wasn't planned. But... I dunno how much trouble he'll be... we all seemed to really kick his ass last time!"
Schneep frowns. "If he messed with your universe traveling device, that is not good. Perhaps he found some way of... attaching himself to it? I don't know. Your world's powers are strange." 
"But Bro is right, we can kick his ass!" Marvin agrees. "Well, Jameson was a big part of that, I think. And he does not want to leave the new safe house much. Wh-which, I understand. Now that Dahlia is back, he does not want to leave her in case something happens to her again."
Bro tilts his head to the side, "Dahlia? Who's that?"
Marvin's eyes widen. "Oh shit! Right, we never mentioned her! Schneep, you tell him." 
"Dahlia is my cousin, and JJ's sister," Schneep explains. "Anti kidnapped her to force Jameson to do things for him, and Jameson agreed because Dahlia... is a hero. W-we found her, and she is awake from the coma she was in, but she is still quite weak." He takes a deep, shaky breath. This is clearly an emotional subject for him.
Bro's face falls with concern, "Oh... fuck. I... I'm sorry Schneep... I mean... at least she's awake now! That's good!" He tries to smile. "I know I-I heal really fast... maybe its the same for some supers here!"
Schneep laughs. "Th-thank you. Dahlia has said she heals faster. Which I believe. Her powers are strong. And so are Jameson's. Really, their whole side of the family got lucky." 
"You're pretty powerful, too, Henrik," Marvin says. 
"No, I am not. I have done the research, my powers are not stronger than any other super who can become invisible or pass through things." 
"Well you use them really well, so that counts." 
Schneep laughs again. "If you say so."
Bro grins. "No I agree! Powers are only as strong as the people who wield them! Anyone can be strong- anyone could have power. But, the people who learn to use them well and for good are the strongest!" He then looks around the city and sighs, "Well... guess its another race to find my brother and now Jackie... i hope they ended up somewhere safe. Sounds like it's all been kinda calm though- before Mag showed his ugly tail."
"Pretty calm, yeah." Marvin nods. 
"Oh! We started using phones again, perhaps they have texted me," Schneep says, reaching into a pocket in his outfit. 
"How many fucking pouches and pockets do you have?" 
"I was a thief before this, they were necessary." Schneep pulls out his phone, then yanks off a glove with his teeth and starts tapping at the screen. He nods. "Yes, they sent messages. Your Jackie is with JJ and Dahlia, and Alt is with our Chase and Jackie." 
Bro relaxes slightly, "Oh good- they're safe... that's... that's good."
Marvin raises an eyebrow. "Do you think they could've appeared near Anti? Would've been helpful to know where that center of operations is." 
"Probably dangerous for them, though, so let's be happy. I am letting them know Bro is with us. Should I tell them about Magnificent?" 
"Ummm... maybe I should tell them- let them... just be happy for a second." Bro says with a wince. "We can... deal with that in a bit. I don't think Mag will find us all right away..."
Schneep nods. "Very well, then. I think we are closer to the safe house than the apartment, so I will ask if we can meet there." 
"Can't Alt glitch pretty far distances, too?" Marvin asks. "He can probably bring Jackie and Chase to the safe house. Unless he needs to have been there to do that?"
"Ummmm-" Bro thinks, "It's easier for him to glitch to places he's been to but like... I dunno. He got us to Jackie's apartment building without ever being there last time- I think he can sometimes be pulled places as long as someone has like... a visual or something."
"That is good, then. Jackie definitely knows what the house looks like." Schneep nods, finishing up his text message. "We should make our way there now, then." 
"Are we gonna take the train in outfit, have Bro fly us again, ooooor walk the whole way?" Marvin asks. "Honestly, none of those sound ideal to me."
"Is riding the train dressed in uniform so bad?" Bro laughs, "I thought supers were more common around here!"
"Well yeah--but we're wanted supervillains," Marvin says. 
"... oh. That... didn't get brought up last time." Bro says, blinking rapidly. But, who is he to talk? Alt was a villain for a bit too. 
"Spitfire Cat is pretty recognizable, in particular," 
Schneep adds, gesturing to Marvin. "So, can you change quickly, Marvin?" 
"No," he grumbles.
Bro looks at the small bag he brought with him, containing a change of clothes for him in case he needed to be out of uniform. "Uhhh i got... a jacket, shirt and some... jeans? If you'd like?" Then he looks and smirks at them, "Or- flying is faster."
Marvin hesitates, then quietly takes the offered clothes. "We can take the train," he mutters. "I'm putting this on over my clothes." As he does, he continues to talk. "And don't worry, we're not going to attack random pedestrians or anything, Chase. We're not those types of people. Schneep just steals stuff from large businesses and my crimes are more... symbolic. I don't hurt innocents." 
"Hey I'm not judging. I already know you two are cool." Bro grins. "I try not to judge without knowing the full story- if i can help it. I learned my lesson about doing that..." He sighs, refluffing his hair under his hat.
Marvin grins. "Heh. Windstorm--Jackie had that same sort of journey, too. Learning not to judge, I mean." 
"Learning that two of his friends were criminals helped on that," Schneep says. 
"Alright, I'm ready." Marvin takes his mask off and hides it in his jacket. The only weird thing about him now are his gloves, but those can be brushed off. "The nearest train station is that way. Come on. You two will get stares but the ride won't be long." 
Schneep abruptly vanishes from view. "What stares?" his disembodied voice says jokingly. 
“Cheater." Bro laughs as he takes off his mask and shoves it in his pocket.
"Ha ha." Marvin rolls his eyes. "Just keep up, Schneep, we don't want to lose you." 
Bro looks over himself. It's not perfect but, no one in this town knew him. It'd be fine. He follows after the other two towards the train. 
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“Hey Alt, your brother ended up with Schneep and Marvin," Jackie says. He's sitting on the sofa with Chase now, still half-wearing his suit. "Schneep wants us to go to the safe house where JJ and your Jackie are. He says that Bro says you can glitch us there?"
Alt looks up at the others and then glitches to his feet, stretching. "Sure thing- I'm decently powered. You all have been there before? That helps~" He grins.
"I have a few times, but Chase has only been there once," Jackie says. "Is that a problem?" 
"Nope that should be plenty." Alt shrugs his bag back on.
"I want to come," Chase says, pouting a bit. "All I did last time was talk to you guys on the phone and then get hypnotized." 
"Will you have trouble taking Frosty, Alt?" Jackie asks. "Chase needs him."
"Mmmm no I don't think so! I glitch with my cat all the time. That's how she got her name." Alt smiles. "We just need to link up! So like- as long as we all have a connection somehow."
"Ohhh yeah your cat!" Jackie awes. "I wish we could meet her!" 
Alt laughs, "I feel like she'd get into trouble on these trips- but I have about a million pictures. Despite the fact she's a little void and i wear mostly black." 
"You can show us the pictures of your cat when we get there." Jackie chuckles.
Chase laughs too. "Alright, let's link up, then. Focus on the house. Or, uh, I think we should aim for just outside the house. I don't want Soren to suddenly shoot us for intruding." 
"Shoot us? He doesn't have a gun, Chase." 
"Look me in the eyes and tell me he wouldn't figure out how to get one."
"... I both like and dislike what I'm learning about this Soren guy-" Alt mutters. 
“Soren is a mixed bag," Jackie mutters. 
Alt offers his hands out to the others, green-blue magic pulsing in his eyes. 
"Whoo!" Chase makes sure to grab Frosty by the scruff. "Let's go!" 
Once, the others have linked up and Chase has a good  good hold on Frosty, Alt concentrates at they all zip away towards the safe house.
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Magnificent falls down one floor, delaying him slightly. But it's enough of a delay. By the time he recovers, that annoying hero and those two infuriating supers are gone.
The world flashed to white as he head hit the floor hard- and for a good long while all he can hear is ringing in his ears. Magnificent springs up once he has his bearings and then teleports back up to the roof- but... its clear that they're all gone by now. 
He curses and kicks at the floor and then starts to pace. "Okay... collecting my thoughts... we're back in the world with the supers... which I had a hard time stealing power from... but its possible. And my annoyances are here... so... hmm.... What to do...." He laughs to himself, his eyes glowing bright. "I want to end all those annoying supers. Drain them for every ounce of power in them and lord over their corpses... they will not humiliate me again... I need to find this world's Jameson... he will be the first one I destroy." He looks out over the edge of the unfinished building towards the city, arms behind his back as he searches around. "Now... where would my little kittens be hiding~?"
"How very vicious." The voice comes from behind Magnificent. There's something floating just beyond the other edge of the unfinished building. It's... that black flying robot from last time. It floats closer to Magnificent. "I see you've returned," says that same computerized voice. "Do you remember me?"
Magnificent jumps in the air like a startled cat. He whirls around, magic bright in his hands. But, once he realizes who this is, he slowly grins. "Well Well... Anti, wasn't it~? I do remember you." He glances around and then tilts his head at the robot. "... why are you here?"
"Those supers were staking out SepTech for signs of me, so I was stalking them in turn," Anti says. "They had no idea that what they were looking for was right under their noses all that time." Part of the robot slides open, revealing a small device. Its use is revealed as it projects a life-size hologram of a person. ...Wait. No, it's not exactly a person. It's a 3D animated model, depicting a man wearing black robotic armor and a hood. The man's face is replaced by an LED screen with a simplified face: two red circles for eyes and a curving red mouth. "But then you arrived. And that other one. And now I wish to talk. Face to... not-face, as it is." The model gestures to his LED screen.
Magnificent's eyes widen as he sees the hologram. He prowls around it and studies it with interest. "Impressive... very impressive." 
"Thank you. I did work hard on it." Somehow, Anti's robotic voice sounds smugly proud. 
Mag stops to stand in his original place and smirks, gesturing at Anti. "Well, let's hear it then~"
"You wish to take out my nuisances. I wish to do so too. So far I have preferred hiding and concentrating on my plan. But this is an opportunity I cannot ignore. What if I aided you once more? More... directly this time."
“Oh? In the flesh?” Magnificent giggles, “How bold of you, Anti!” 
"Oh, if only in the flesh. Unfortunately, I am... limited." Anti's model gestures at himself. "This is the best I can do. But I have several of these Semi-Automatic Machines equipped with combat features. They can act as backup for you." 
“Ah I see. Well- I can work with that.” Magnificent hums. His face falls to something deadly serious in a blink, his eyes flashing dangerously. “I want those wannabe heroes dead. I’ll do whatever it takes.”
The model tilts his head. "I know where they are hiding from the police. And everyone is heading there. All of those from your world, and the supers from mine." He chuckles. "Though it is funny that you call them all 'heroes'. I can promise many of them have less than stellar records."
Mag chuckles and shrugs, “On the rating of heroes to villains- no one tops me in villainy~! I bet those records mean nothing.” He giggles and then tilts his head back at Anti, “do we have a plan, Anti, dear? Or are we charging in, machines blazing~?”
"'Machines blazing' is what I was thinking, in fact," Anti says. "They know I have been laying low. They won't be expecting it. I will gather my Machines while you head to the house. Its address is 78 Ivy Lane. In that direction." The model points to the north.
Magnificent hums and then giggles in manic delight. “Alright. I can do that~” He laughs and tilts his head at Anti, “This will be one hell of a collab~!” Then, in a blink and buzz of static- he teleports off the roof to search for the heroes.
“Indeed.” The hologram of Anti disappears as the Machine flies away, ready to meet up with others of its kind. 
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chocotonez · 2 years ago
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spider it up (deadpool!chan/spidey!reader)
a/n: saw the prompt and went the complete opposite direction, but thanks to my lovely moot for requesting <3, also sorry I don’t know superheroes very well and I don’t know how to write fantasy aus 💀
warnings/genre: fluff, it’s mainly a platonic relationship, tumblr effed up my formatting :(, gender neutral reader (but pls let me know if anything implies otherwise!), vaguely described fight scene, sandwhich eating
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you swung through the city, webs shooting out from their wrist-mounted devices and carrying them through the air. The wind flew past your face, as you laughed in glee. Obviously being a superhero was a big responsibility and took a lot of time, effort, money, yada yada, but nothing will ever come close to the feeling of flying through the skies while looking like some sort of spider.
As you soared through the air, you caught sight of a familiar face, Chan, a vigilante who totally stole your look but he had seniority so whatever. Deadpool was a way lamer name than whatever spider-related nickname the press came up with for you, and that’s not to brag, just a fact. Chan was perched on a nearby rooftop, watching the crowds below. You swung yourself up before elegantly landing on your feet, rising and stretching your arms. His mask was in his hands, as you snorted. You remember very well meeting him for the first time, practically your first day and he saved you. Refusing to calm down, you kept trying to kill him, until he finally removed the mask and revealed himself to be the guy you always see volunteering and running bake sales at your school.
Nonetheless, you liked to consider yourself partners.
"You need to get better at the whole secret identity thing, y’know?" You called out, swinging closer. "What are you doing up here anyways?"
"Taking in the sights," Chan replied, a snarky grin on his face. “Who’s gonna see me from all the way over here anyways?”
“Me, apparently.”
“Well I wanted you to see me,” he grinned charmingly. He really made sure to banter at top levels, trying to get you comfortable in the job, never wanting to see you awkward or struggling--Just what you saw as his natural charm, but he cared for you in a way that surpassed his already charitable heart.
You laughed. "Always so eager to see me, aren't you?"
"You know it," Chan said, pulling his mask back on and walking closer to you. Clearly he came from the laundromat recently, no way was his suit ever this clean unless it was a wash day. You could smell the generic soap brand mixed with his cologne, as he leaned in. "So, what's on the agenda for today? Stopping a bank robbery? Rescuing kittens from trees?"
"Actually," You said, "I was thinking of taking down a gang of smugglers who have been causing trouble downtown. I could use your help. I got the 411 from the police station but don’t know if I can do it myself.”
"Sounds like fun," Chan smiled. "Lead the way."
“Do you…Want to call an Uber?”
“Huh?”
“You can’t like, spider it up.”
“Did you come up with that?” He snickered. “Spider it up?” You rolled your eyes as he nudged you teasingly. “And an uber? How do you think I got here?”
“Train?”
“I can drive, y’know.”
“You can afford parking in this city?” He gestured down. “Meet me in the third floor of the parking garage.”
“Where are you going?”
“I’m taking the elevator.”
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As the two of you battled your way through the smugglers' little hideout, taking out baddies left and right, You couldn't help but feel grateful for your friend and partner in crime-fighting. The two of you might be an odd pair, a spider-themed hero and a katana wielding dork, but you two worked together like a well-oiled machine. He always seemed to know exactly your next move, make sure to follow up all your attacks, and you knew him.
It was a quick wrap-up, the cops thanked you and you took some PR photos, before the two of you found yourselves sitting on the rooftop you started on. He bought you some sandwiches, as you were typing on his laptop, as he reminded you of your homework you’ve neglected. You took another bite, fingers flying across the keyboard as he giggled watching you. It was endearing, the way the sun hit your face, brows scrunched in frustration.
"Not bad for a day's work, eh?" Chan said, finally breaking the silence filled by keyboard clacking and chewing.
"Not bad at all," You agreed. "Thanks for being there with me, Chan"
“How come you don’t give me any cool nicknames? Like, I have spidey for you, what about me?”
“The news calls you Deadpool, not great material for me to work with.” You put your sandwich to the side, leaning back. “Channie, Chan-pool? Dead-Oh no, bad. Poolie? See, I literally can’t do anything with this!” You laughed, as he joined in your giggling.
“I expected better creativity with someone who designed their own suit!” You rolled your eyes, swinging your legs over the edge. No matter how long you spend swinging across the city, there’s no thrill like being this high up with someone you considered your…Friend? Confidant? You literally had no idea what this was, but you’re glad it was with him. His head was spinning, trying to think of ways to ask you to hang out outside of beating up bank robbers because there wasn’t any way to make that romantic, or at least some sort of friendly atmosphere. Most of the time it resulted in him sharing a vending machine drink with you in a grimy alleyway, and he’d rather be having a picnic in the park with you, although you were blissfully unaware of his sentimental longing, kicking your legs and getting caught in your own thoughts.
“So, you busy saturday?”
“Depends--Are you asking me to go fight some bad guys or do you want to get brunch?”
“Brunch.” You smiled, nodded, knowing very well that it would somehow still end up in you two fighting crime, but honestly, you couldn’t ask for anything more.
“I’ll see you Saturday, Deadpool.”
“And you as well, spidey.” And as he watched you grab your sandwich and swing away, he never met any villain who made his heart beat as fast as you did.
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ryoko1232 · 1 month ago
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I said that since i didn't finish my fictober storys id give yall some fic that i have yet and probably never will finish so...
I am Myself!
Relationships - plantonic creativity twins
Status- far from finished
Tags - superheroes
I remember this was based off of some story from reddit but i can't remember its been a while since I've touched this
“Ow!” “Ugh- Watch it dork-!” Roman took a step back as he looked at him, “You- … What the fuck-?” the other man looked around, expecting it to be some sort of prank. They looked identical. “Are you some kind lf skin walker? if so, you forgot my mustache” the man on the floor said as he got up. “I am Roman Prince, and I would never grow a mustache, it wouldn't fit me and since it looks like I'm looking in a mirror it also doesn't fit you” the boy said looking down at the other, “huh, my initials are also ‘RP’, Remus Pandora. Can't belive my long lost twin was a spoiled brat” He said looking the other up and down, the other gasped in offense.
Nothing particularly wrong with what the other was wearing, it was really just up to their perspective tastes and style. Roman was croquette, with light mostly red though, and he had lots of gold jewelry. Remus on the other hand looked like a highlighter puked on him, no offense. He has a bright green tank top, black baggy pants, and very colorful accessories.
“Better then having no style at all!” Roman said and quickly left, they had a few classes together, it was miserable. Teachers would confuse them for each other, people were asking questions, and they certainly didn't have any answers. Once they got home they ask their parents about it. “Oh… oh no… Ro, you might want to sit down sweetie” Roman sat down as his mom continued, “well… We adopted you, we were unable to have kids so we gotten you, and well we were supposed to adopt both of you… but some one was quicker then we were” Roman was too stund to speak.”We were waiting to tell you later, but it seems the world is too small for that” this was shocking for Roman, his life had shifted after that meeting, he still basket in the light, but Remus would always do something and having the same face is a problem when people are other to get the other person.
Roman finally got his powers, moving stuff by singing, Remus got his powers the day after, summoning tentacles. “Pfft what the fuck?” one of Roman’s friends said, well they're not close but they're still in the sam friend group. “Eww! That so gross!” The girl said laughing while the others joined her, Roman didn't, he never liked Remus but he would never bully him. Remus just scoffs and continue training, as Roman makes the group leave with the excuse of wanting a snack. They avoided each ther all throughout highschool, and people stopped comparing them as much.
That was years ago, right now Roman is being sent to prison, cause he was accused of being ‘The Duke’ and its just offensive in Roman’s opinion. They barely look anything alike, and Roman would never out in something Remus wears.(he wears his normal outfit but with the batman mask over his eyes and a mask covering his lower face) “It’s over Duke!” the agent says as Roman just sighs
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iamvegorott · 3 months ago
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Magicians Don't Need Superheros Pt27
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Marvin softly hummed along to the music playing on his phone as he dried his hair, having washed the mask off in his own bathroom and using the hair dryer he found under the sink. 
“I can see why Henrik likes that hair mask,” Marvin spoke to himself, running his fingers through his hair and finding it very soft to the touch. “I might have to steal it more often.” After putting the hair dryer away, he put his hair into a loose braid, tucking any stray strands behind his ears.
Marvin went back into his bedroom, doing a little bit of tidying before turning off the light and crawling into his bed. He turned on a little lamp on the bedside table and opened a book to its first page. His curiosity about those romance books from the library finally got him to take one out and he decided to give it a read. Marvin wasn’t sure how far he’d get into the book, feeling a bit tired after the interesting day he’s had but he’ll just keep going until he fell asleep. 
Hours passed and Marvin was still awake, getting lost in the world of the words in front of him. He just couldn’t stop reading, needing to know what happened next, and page after page was turned and Marvin cursed under his breath whenever one of the main characters did something he deemed ‘stupid’. 
“Just kiss him already, you dumb man.” Marvin huffed, getting yanked back to the present when there was a soft knock on his door. “What time-oh hell.” He sighed when he glanced at his phone and saw that it was two in the morning. “I’m coming,” Marvin called as he set the book aside, using a piece of paper as a bookmark. He got back out of bed and opened his door. “Jackie?” 
“Um…hey…” Jackie was in his usual sleepwear of just sweatpants and was trying to appear confident but the slight slump to his shoulders and look in his eyes told Marvin everything. 
“Can’t sleep?”
“I’m like-I’m trying and stuff but I’m-I can’t stop-I-” Jackie stammered for a moment before sighing. “No. I can’t sleep.” 
“Want me to make you some tea and watch a movie in my room?” Marvin offered. 
“The-uh-the tea stuff doesn’t really work on me.” Jackie reminded.
“Warmed up chocolate milk?” Marvin adjusted his offer.
“Isn’t that just hot cocoa?”
“I can make you some cocoa.” 
“That…that sounds really nice,” Jackie said with a soft smile.
“Come on, dork.” Marvin smiled back as he stepped out of his room.
x~x~x
Marvin woke that morning a lot warmer than he usually would. Maybe someone cranked up the heating overnight but the House seemed to maintain a steady temperature on its own. Although, most of the warmth seemed to be only at the front part of his body and there was an added pressure on him. 
“Huh?” Marvin’s voice came out as a croak as he blinked his eyes open, trying to figure out what was causing the change. He found himself lying on his side and looking at a bare chest. Tilting his head up had him looking at Jackie’s sleeping face. “Jackie?” Marvin said, checking to see how out of it he still was. 
He got zero reaction and that meant Jackie was gone. 
“Great.” Marvin sighed, looking down and finding that he was fully trapped against Jackie by his arms, the hold was firm, almost like he was a teddy bear being cuddled by a sleeping child. 
A very strong child. 
“Jackie get up.” Marvin tried again, feeling his face getting warmer as it registered that he had been holding Jackie in his sleep as well. His face had been on his chest. That did not feel like platonic cuddling and now he was overthinking this and he really wanted out of bed right now. “Jackie.” Marvin started squirming and Jackie muttered in his sleep as he flopped over to his back, taking Marvin with him. “Jackie!”
“Wha-huh?” Jackie snorted a bit when he woke up. “Marv? Hey, dude? Why are you on me?” His questions came out a bit rough as his voice tried catching up to being awake. 
“You put me here,” Marvin stated. 
“I put you there?”
“I am trapped.”
“Trapped?” Jackie tilted his head to look down to see what Marvin meant and his eyes went wide when he saw himself holding Marvin by the waist. “Oh! Oh, shit! Sorry!” He threw his hands off of Marvin and ended up smashing both hands against the wall. “Ow!” 
“Don’t break your hands or my wall.” Marvin caught Jackie’s wrists, planning to lower them to check his knuckles but company arrived.
“Dude, you have to see this cat video. I-” Anti appeared in the room and froze at seeing, what looked like, Marvin pining Jackie to the wall. “Well, well, well, what do we have here~” 
“Get out!” Marvin grabbed a pillow and threw it at Anti. 
“I wanna watch the show!” Anti laughed, catching the pillow. 
“There is no show!” Marvin threw another pillow and while the pillow was getting smacked aside by the first one, he used a spell to drain the battery life on Anti’s phone.
“My phone! Not cool!” 
“Out!” 
“You’re no fun!” Anti huffed before disappearing into a distorted cloud of black and green smoke. 
“He’s never going to shut up about this.” Marvin groaned, covering his face with his hands. He heard a groan from Jackie, but it was muffled. Marvin saw that Jackie was pressing the last pillow onto his own face.
“This is how I die,” Jackie spoke through the fabric. “Death is coming for me.” 
“He couldn’t have waited ten seconds.” Marvin sighed, flopping himself down to lie on the bed next to Jackie. “I think we could gaslight him into forgetting what he saw.” 
“I don’t know how to gaslight, it sounds so mean.” Jackie took the pillow off his face and hugged it to his chest. The two of them looked at the ceiling as they spoke. 
“I can do the gaslighting, you can handle the gatekeeping.”
“There’s still girlboss to distribute.”
“You can have it.”
“Between the two of us, I’m the girlboss?” 
“I don’t want two titles. Gaslighting and girlbossing is too much responsibility.” 
“Then we’ll just give girlboss to someone else.”
“I vote Henrik. That hair mask is a miracle worker.” 
“Henrik it is.” 
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