#Magitek Magician

[sunnyxiv]

So easily we're persuaded, when the lines are blurred and faded.

No one ever starts that way. But this is how villains are made.

[zeemczed]

Silly Game Time: Who are some of your favorite magician characters? And what do you like about them?

They can be of any class or variety of magic-user (wizard, witch, sorcerer, warlock, healer, druid, etc.), of any race or species, so long as using magic is *primarily* their thing in the story. Not just something they do occasionally, but something that is a major element of their role and their identity.

I'm gonna give you a two-shot here. First, Tedd from El Goonish Shive (the predictable answer). Tedd is a seer, so they can see magic and put spells into wands. They are very good at this, and see themself as something of a magic-scientist. This was also a source of major character growth for them, as magitek bodging is what got them out of their deep and profound funk after their mom left. Tedd is the blorbo-est blorbo and I love them.

Second, Rune from Phantasy Star IV. He's a straight-up wizard in a world that has forgotten a lot about true magic ("technique", implied to be functional psionics, having more or less replaced it) but he's DARN good at what he does despite being a smarmy jerk about it. Also he's the reincarnation of an ancient order of espers, and the member of the order you eventually recruit in the game is not exactly happy about that revelation.

[synne-spades]

If the heaven’s ever did speak

She’s the last true mouthpiece

[pogiformersmobilegear]

bye fallen mobile generation and hello rising mobile generation

triple/tripler heroer has to become grand/grander heroer after he kill kingblader & rillaboom & sevens road magician & cyberverse bumblebee & super magitek deity magnum over road as he has to end mobile generation 8/eight to start mobile generation 9/nine for good forever.

[changeling-rin]

Since the Guardians and similar magitek robots were probably being used for everything in Archive's time rather than just fighting Ganon, what is the first thing Steam and Sketch do upon getting there? How does everyone else react to it as well?

Oh they go absolutely nuts. Within the span of two hours they've gotten themselves apprenticed to three different mechanics, a tech coder, two different mech magicians, and also an architect just to be thorough. How are they gonna have time for all this? Oh they're gonna make time, this is the best thing that's happened to their collective inventive inspiration in years!

Everybody else is the normal level of interested. Well, maybe not Gen, who has one or two mild flashbacks when confronted with magitek robots, but once he gets over it he can admit it's all pretty neat. Someone should probably follow Steam and Sketch though. At all times. Just to be safe.

('how much trouble could they possibly get into' is an evil question and shall not be uttered. the answer, for the interested, is 'way too much')

[ofthepuzzle]

       what if...

       magician with magitek gear and armor —

[otternally-afk]

[insert mumbled theoretical techy bullshit here bc the player knows jack shit irl]

@anabasis-zeta

[atomicdeke]

tea orange: what is something that your muse is fascinated with?

Jaaster is endlessly intrigued by people that build or work with fine-tuned and intricate devices and instruments, like clocks or magitek, like they’re some kind of magician. Intellectually, he knows that he could follow a similar path if he were so inclined, given his dexterity and aptitude for crafting, but he considers that sort of painstaking attention to detail beyond him. At any rate, he’s happy with his carpentry and his very minor forays into leatherworking and metalworking as it relates to his craft.

As for Vander, it’s very much at odds with his personal preferences regarding flying things - namely, that they are ridiculous and inherently untrustworthy - but airships have definitely attracted his fancy. He has an extensive sailing background, so he feels like life aboard an airship wouldn’t be that much different, but for a good while, every moment spent in flight would be one he’d spend in the hold, pretending he wasn’t where he was.

Thanks for the ask, @sharlayanwanderer!

[talking-head-productions]

If I Go Back In Time Part 2

I realized that were I to actually pitch the movie, the executives and producers would probably ask about more movies going forward. After all, this is supposed to be a cinematic universe to compete with Marvel. I've given it some thought- firstly, the casting of the heroes will be the same, because as far as I'm concerned they all did okay. Secondly, here's a list of possible films in my version of the DCEU:

Man of Steel 2

Plot: See the old post.

To Be Released: Given I said I'd go back to 2012, earliest release would probably be mid 2014

Marketing Notes: Keep it to a minimum. Maybe 2 trailers and a handful of tv spots. Around 4 minutes of footage total, all of it from the first half of the movie. Lower people's expectations a little so they can be surprised if it's any good.

Wonder Woman

Plot: Mostly the same as the one we got for real, but a few significant changes...

Lois Lane is the one conversing with Diana about the photograph, not Batman.

Ares did not kill all of the gods, they simply withdrew from the world of man once humans got too violent. They're in some pocket dimension version of Mount Olympus, waiting for future movies.

Diana does not think that Danny Houston's character is Ares. But she does think he knows where Ares is, because she has a very black-and-white view of the world right now, and Steve told her that Britain and their allies were the good guys. So obviously Ares is on the side of the 'bad' guys, the Germans.

Towards the middle of the movie, when Charlie the sniper is having his breakdown, Diana takes him aside and tells him that the older Amazons still have nightmares about battles from thousands of years ago. It's nothing to be ashamed of. It tends to help them when their friends are nearby. Now, they're not going to force him to fight, but they do want him to come with them. After all, if he stays, who will sing for them? I just think that having that conversation beforehand would be a bit more respectful of his condition. Also it comes back in the climax, Diana at one point has a gun to the back of her head in the middle of a fight, and Charlie shoots the guy first.

When Ares shows up towards the climax, he's actually a good guy who's been trying to end the war peacefully. Turns out, the mythology Diana was taught was wrong. The gods withdrew towards the end of the reign of the first Amazon queen, Otrera. Otrera according to the real world myths had a fling with Ares, which probably ended badly. Here, she would have lied about the reason for the gods' leaving just because she doesn't like Ares. And turns out, mankind really are just a bunch of warmongering assholes. Sometimes.

The real big bad is Doctor Poison. She uses Diana's discarded sword to stab Ares in the back, poisons Diana to weaken her, then huffs some of her own super-serum gas to make the boss battle a fair(-ish) fight.

When Steve comes up to Diana to tell her about his plan to destroy the plane, she can hear him and actually gives him her blessing. So no more 'hung up on her ex' version! It's just not possible if she told him to do it.

There are a couple bits of set up for the next film. First, at some point underwater ruins are mentioned, and Diana asks if Atlantis has fallen in the war. Steve asks if it actually exists, to which Diana replies, “Last time I knew...” The second part is a mid-credits scene where Lois sends Diana another message, asking her to look at a video. The video is exactly the same as the one we got in BvS, of Aquaman underwater stabbing the camera with his trident. During the clip, we hear a part of what will be Aquaman's theme, same as how WW's theme played in her pre-credits scene.

To Be Released: Probably late 2015, early 2016

Marketing Notes: Nothing is released or announced regarding this film until after MoS 2 has been in theaters for a week. I want people to go absolutely fucking apeshit in theaters when they realize that Wonder Woman of all characters will be the next film. Considering how she'd been regarded by Warner Bros. in the past.

The Aquaman

Plot: It's like a crazy Star Wars/Black Panther/Moana fusion. An Operatic Superhero Political-and-Family Drama based out of a futuristic Polynesian magitek version of Atlantis, with only a few scenes above the water.

To Be Released: Mid to late 2017.

Marketing Notes: Don't have a lot of action in the trailers. There will be action in the movie, including a badass final fight, but it'll be less than most superhero films. Focus on the drama in the trailers to accurately represent the movie.

Knight of Gotham

Plot: This movie will be the smallest scale movie in the franchise. It'll focus in on Batman's detective skills more than anything (though he'll still kick major ass).When the movie begins, all of Batman's more famous foes are locked up in Arkham Asylum. He hasn't been seen much lately. So smaller criminals are starting to think it's safe to operate in Gotham again. Mob boss Don Carmine Falcone wants in on it. So he puts out a hit on Commissioner Gordon, the only non-corrupt official in the city. The first taker is Deadshot (setting him up for you-know-what, but a better version). After that a couple of small-time killers. Then Ra's Al-Ghul shows up and tells Batman that every assassin not a part of the League will likely be heading to Gotham to try and kill James Gordon. However, there's only one to really be concerned about: a man named Victor Zsasz. The rest of the film is a cat-and-mouse game between Batman (plus Jim and Batgirl) and Zsasz, culminating in a boss fight that would rival both John Wick movies put together. At the end, Zsasz is a sore loser and blows up Arkham, releasing the villains for future films. At some point, Batman talked to Deadshot in prison and got him to give up Falcone as the one who put out the hit, so Falcone goes to jail and Deadshot is placed in lesser security, with his name marked under the Task Force X label.

To Be Released: Early to mid 2018.

Marketing Notes: Give a significant amount of focus to Batgirl's involvement. People will love that, so long as there's no hint of anything between her and Bruce (there won't be).

Justice League

Plot: We introduce The Flash and Cyborg as a comedic duo of superheroes from STAR Labs, with a dynamic not too dissimilar from Deadpool and Cable, or maybe Hawkeye and Scarlet Witch. The villain of the film is Abra Kadabra, a Flash villain from the distant future who uses nanomachines to do... a lot of different things. He styles himself after a stage magician. As a character in the film, he wants to shunt the Earth into a pocket dimension (make the whole world... disappear!) in order to save it from future disasters. However, the process would kill most of humanity, which is why the League have to stop him. It takes all five powered heroes to hold him down, while Batman delivers the disabling blow using one of his gadgets.

To Be Released: Day after New Year's, 2019.

Marketing Notes: In the film, Abra Kadabra will use his powers to shape shift into the heroes at multiple points. We can use this to run a “Who can you trust?” tagline, with emphasis on the fights, because this movie is spectacle incarnate. With a simple plot.

Man of Steel 3

Plot: This is the one where Lex Luthor reveals his true nature. The big fight will be Warsuit Lex vs Superman. Kryptonite will be introduced here. Other than that, I'm not sure.

To Be Released: Fall 2019.

Marketing Notes: Fake anti-Superman propaganda clips put out by Lex Corp.

Wonder Woman 2

Plot: Villain will probably be Cheetah, since she's the one of the most popular. Might be good to have Diana team up with Flash, just to bring that fun element in, and maybe some time travel stuff. Possibly bringing Steve Trevor back.

To Be Released: Late spring 2020.

Marketing Notes: If Flash is involved, focus on his and Diana's dynamic.

Gotham Sirens

Plot: Catwoman and Lady Shiva have been partners in thievery for a while now. They're hired by Silver St Cloud to steal a sacred amulet (it's actually magic), and they decide to team up with Arkham escapees Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn for the extra muscle. Ivy has her own plans, however, and it involves using the amulet to turn the whole city into a jungle.The reason they needed the extra muscle to steal the amulet is because it was guarded by a private security firm named Grayson and Sons. One guess to who the survivor of the Siren's attack is. Yeah, this movie introduces Nightwing (he skips the Robin identity). He teams up with Batman, Batgirl, and most likely our two thieves to stop Poison Ivy.

To Be Released: Mid fall 2020. Hitting a rhythm now.

Marketing Notes: One half of the material is about the all-girl villain team, the other half is about the growing Bat Family.

Fall of Justice: Tower of Babel

Plot: After Abra Kadabra's tricks, Batman realized how dangerous the rest of the League were and created weapons to stop them if they ever went bad. Unfortunately, someone (maybe Joker? Who would not be played by Jared Leto- I'm thinking Nicholas Hoult, considering his performance as Nux in Mad Max Fury Road) has stolen those weapons and the League is in genuine danger. If not the Joker, perhaps The Rogues came over from Central City and this is Leonard Snart's origin as Captain Cold (the cold gun is in the weapon cache).

To Be Released: Spring 2021.

Marketing Notes: This'll be the darkest entry in the canon so far. Someone will probably die, though who I don't know. Probably a supporting character, but an important one.

There will of course be more movies, but I'm not sure of the order or most of the details. Here's a really quick list:

Constantine (introduce the weird mythos of Dream and the Endless)

Dark Justice (aka, Justice League Dark- the villain will be Enchantress)

Titans (a second superhero team is started by Nightwing and includes Beast Boy, Starfire, and a couple others, and Deathstroke is the villain)

Crisis on Infinite Earths (eventually)

Fall of Justice: The Crime Syndicate (evil versions of our heroes from another Earth)

Flashpoint (without the major reboot aspect)

An Untitled Green Lantern Film (used to introduce planets like Thanagar and Tamaran, as well as the Manhunters)

Identity Crisis (without the “Doctor Light is a serial rapist” part)

Final Crisis (not the last movie)

Suicide Squad (alternately titled “Task Force X”, with a different villain)

Untitled Justice League Sequel (with the Legion of Doom as the bad guys)

Untitled Titans Sequel (with Brother Blood as the villain)

New Gods (I don't know enough about them to even speculate, but this oughta be cool)

Untitled Man of Steel Sequel (uses “Death of Superman” plot)

The Dark Knight Lives (at some point, probably in a League film, Bruce Wayne retired and Batman was believed to be dead. Now he comes back, because Gotham City truly does need him)

Batman Beyond (so it turns out Bruce needs to retire, too, so he finds a protege to take his place)

Justice League Kingdom Come

Man of Steel: Rising Son (deals with the “multiple heroes trying to be Superman” scenario from the comics, before bringing Kal-El himself back)

Shazam

Green Arrow

Untitled Flash Movie

Untitled Green Lantern Sequel

Untitled Justice League Dark Sequel

Blue and Gold (Blue Beetle and Booster Gold buddy comedy film)

All Female Justice League Film

The final film in the entire universe would be titled Fall of Justice: Blackest Night (the “FoJ” title is applied to all the truly dark entries). This is the finale because it would include every character ever introduced in all the films, at least as a cameo; even the dead ones would return as Black Lanterns.

[thermocoil-boilmaster]

Got questions?

(Originally appeared in Garlond & Friends Digest Magazine No. 23: “Out of the Bloo”)

KUPOO! It’s me, the oone, the oonly, your “favoorite” Deputy Prez, Jessie. And let me tell you, booy hoowdy! Those Bloo Moogles overrunning Isghard right now may be bad noos, but at least there’s still one “troo bloo moog” (sorry!) we can always count on: The Postmoogle!

He’s bought us a fabulous question from you guys, and I know you got noots in your boots from waiting to hear from the croo crew, so let’s hoop to it!

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Where the hells does Nero's hammer come from when he summons it? I live in fear of the day he drops it in the wrong spot. - Karol G., Shirogane (@personal-insane-asylum)

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Nero: You live in fear of the day I drop it in the wrong spot? How endearing.

Cid: My guess is that it’s a fear shared by a lot of people, Nero. Especially those who usually happen to be standing in the general vicinity when you summon it.

Nero: Safety third, Garlond. Or fourth—whatever, anyway Karol, you ought to know full well that a good magician never reveals how he does his tricks. But I am neither good nor a magician, so it comes from a pocket Magitek portal that I can generate on the spot, automatically offset at a certain destination vector relative to the top of my head. Under the hood, the driving mechanism used here is similar to the aetherophysics employed by your teleportation crystals—the Aethernet, you would call it. Ironically, as Garleans, neither Garlond nor myself can use Aethernet technology to transport ourselves. Nevertheless, we have made it possible to transport objects—and yes, people—using Magitek-powered structures. However, such portals tend to be static, whereas the ones generated with my device are dynamic. See, all portals must have an entry plane and an exit plane—

Cid: —I think they were asking where you keep your hammer, not for your sixth-year dissertation on interspacial physics.

Nero: Oh please, Garlond. You love a good palaver on the conservation of linear momentum as much as I do. Sadly, we are running out of column ilms, so in conclusion, I keep the hammer in my flat. On the balcony, next to my armor, my helmet, and my bicycle-mounted rocket launcher. Which you don’t need to know about.

Cid: Well, I enjoy traveling along public roads while safe in the knowledge that I probably won’t get unexpectedly blown to bits, so... ...no. I really don’t.

Nero: On a somewhat tangential note, I perfected this technology first with the Red Baron. To this day, it’s how I avoid paying the absolutely exorbitant garage fees at my apartment building.

Cid: Gods’ garters! Then where’ve you stashed that ridiculous rattletrap?

Nero: Tsk. I believe I’ve said too much, old friend. But perhaps some inquisitive soul will ask that very question for the next issue...?

Cid: If such a soul actually is out there, please, I am begging you: Spare us your curiosity!

— 💌 —

Dearie me! Well, hopefully Scaeva’s landlord isn’t a loyal subscriber of Garlond & Friends...? Don’t forget, if you have a question for the Chief and his mates, go ahead and mail it to us at the address on the back of this comics digest! We love hearing from you, and there’s a chance your letter might be published in a future issue!

Until next time, keep on trookin’! (Oh, bloost it!) 

🌠 -JJ

[sunnyxiv]

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Art by: @minoruru

[chocobutt-trash]

What are your thoughts on how Ardyn approached Verstael for the first time?

I have this idea in my head that it went something like it did in The Prestige, when Robert Angier meets Nikola Tesla in the midst of an esoteric experiment and is left in awe, frightened and yet terribly intrigued. Verstael would be, like Angier, the dedicated and determined, ambitious showman, and Ardyn of course would be like Tesla, who in this story is a true magician, possessing some kind of ancient knowledge. The scene is so impactful, and coincidentally has a LOT to do with clones and a fusion of magic and physics and technology (magitek, hehe).

Basically I think Ardyn would orchestrate a situation in which Verstael would be attracted to his work of his own accord (perhaps by setting up an experiment or two in some spare laboratories in Gralea, in the sort of places that Verstael would notice but nobody else would care much for), and request he provide help for his own projects. This would leave Verstael feeling like he was the one who initiated everything, and Verstael would be unawares of the true level of control Ardyn had over the development of his progress. Fitting, for a scientist with such an ego as Verstael’s - leaves him easier to control, on Ardyn’s part.

[sunnyxiv]

Morning Glory

[sunnyxiv]

[sunnyxiv]

Dark Sun Rising

[sunnyxiv]

Sunny

The Basics ––– –

Name: Sunny (Eve Baskara, but everyone calls her Sunny)

Age:  24

Birthday: 20th Sun of the 4th Astral Moon (July 20th)

Race: Hyur - Midlander

Gender: Female

Orientation: Pansexual

Martial Status: Single

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Physical Appearance ––– –

Hair: A pale golden color that falls to her hips in waves, often wild and left unbound. She will occasionally use a glamour to make it look shorter.

Eyes: Molten Gold

Height:  5’8”

Build: Athletic and healthy

Distinguishing Marks:  She bears a beauty mark under her left eye, has a smattering of freckles across her nose. Sunny has several tattoos; tentacled arms that wrap around her ribs and chest and circuitry patterns adorning her upper arms, sides, hips and legs. They are inked in a shimmering gold color and glow occasionally.

Common Accessories: A smile and some sass.

Personal ––– –

Profession: Magitek Magician, Prosthetic Engineer, Tek Prodigy

Residence: She has a small house in the Goblet.

Birthplace: The Black Shroud 

Religion: Oh, no thank you.

Patron Deity: Please see above.

RP Hooks ––– -

A Helping Hand - One of Sunny's favorite pastimes is making prosthetic limbs for individuals who are in need of them. Hands, arms, legs, an eye or two, a heart once - whatever the need may be, she's happy to find a way to make it work!

Magitek Magician - Sunny has been making battle suits for some time, a sweet joining of Garlean and Allagan technology that she has lovingly perfected over years. Her logistic knowledge doesn't stop at suits and she's been known to make a weapon or two and has a deep and unending love for explosives.

It's Always Sunny - Despite her own personal struggles and losses, Sunny is a bright and compassionate individual and hasn't let her pain shape her. She strives to help those in need, alleviate pains where she can and be a listening ear in a time of need. Even those of less than cheery dispositions often find themselves smiling in her presence.

Contact and Info––– –

I have discord and can also be found in game (Balmung server, Eve Baskara). I do enjoy all kinds of RP, but I'm not looking for hookups or ERP without context. I prefer organic storytelling and don't really enjoy forcing relationships. If it happens it happens, but that's not my main goal with my writing! Message me if you're interested in connecting!