#Red MMX

[mfantasyworld]

So i finaly saw the document about Red's origin, affirming that one common headcanon, Red beign part of Repliforce in the past, is one of the many rumours surround him, canonically saying! The most popular rumour say that he was part of the Mercenary unit of Repliforce, (so, a soldier of fortune), but nobody really knows the truth, because Red never comfirmed it.

I must say, that's something interesting.

What were the other rumours? What is false and what is not? Why he wouldn't talk about it with anyone?

I like a good mystery, especialy when it gives enough creativity freedom for future writers to work around the many possible themes surround the character!

For example, i love to think about the headcanon of him beign ashamed of his past to the point he just, refuses to talk about it, Or maybe bullshiting his way out when the topic comes around, like that dude from ratatouille that would say something different everytime— that would be kinda amusing for him, especialy to mess with Axl's head, that just wants a real answer from Red himself.

Anyway, another thing that came out from the document— Red missing eye is from the same day he found Axl. (But nothing about Axl's scar, sorry.)

There also was more context for the opening scene of X7, like, a little before the event, and we also see a bit more of Red's personality. It isn't much, dude likes to check his “deathscythe”, even when he's not using it, and he prefers to play the long game, he won't just kill his enemy, dude will destroy all their criminal empire too.

Anyway, here is the doc if anyone wants to read it.

https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13SoZCK2BoBgfLkPaCq6ZYOvM6T28JWBe6gkQDOa4irU/mobilebasic

[bruggle]

Ok

Idk if this is official art for something or someone else's art, but...

Yall

Yall need to see this

WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE A SOYJACK I AM LOSING MY MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND

[pale-opal]

How Red adopts Axl even though it is obvious to anyone with functioning eyes that he doesn't want him sounds like a RIOT.

Tell me more.

You've got it!

The year is 20XX. It has been ten years since a virus that turns those infected with it into mindless husks of their former selves, doomed to hunt their fellow man.

Red is alone. He's walking through a road that has woods on either side of it, and there are no alternate paths. As he's going along, he sees a figure in the road. He tries to scope out whether or not their human, but he's too far away. So he gets a bit closer. The figure turns around once he reaches a certain point, and it becomes clear that it's a child - but he doesn't seem normal. He's all twitchy and whatnot. It's weird.

Red flags start going off in Red's mind. Normally, he'd start shooting, but the kid doesn't seem like he wants to take a bite out of him. He's just... standing there. Menacingly. "Hey, kid!" Red shouts. "Are you okay?" No response. "...are you infected?" Nothing.

Red sighs. He doesn't want to walk past this random child and risk getting jumped. But at the same time, there's nothing for him if he walks back the way he came. So he throws him some food from his bag. He doesn't know if the zombies eat beef jerky, but at the very least it's a distraction - and it works. Red is able to go around the kid with no issues.

He continues his journey, but - wait. Oh no. The kid is following him. Great. Fantastic. At least he isn't twitching anymore...

Highlights past this point involve: - Red yelling at Axl to go home - Red trying to scare Axl off with gunshots - Axl trying to hold Red's hand only for Red to shake him off (because he is a jerk). - Axl's insane inability to take a hint

[pale-opal]

Putting my response under a cut as well, for the same reasons:

This makes Flame Hyenard saying this hit completely different now:

What if the reason why his pre-battle lines are the same for all three characters you play as while everybody else has variants is because this is all Hyenard can say? If all he can do is be horribly aware of how much pain he's in? Based on the symptoms and what you wrote, he's reached the point of the infection where the maverick virus is causing him to lose control of his mental faculties. Hence why he blames each member of the three Hunters for hurting him - including Axl, someone he was once friends with. And when you combine that with how hyenas can get rabies in real life, being modeled after an animal might be working against him in this situation.

But it gets worse.

Tornado Tonion's pre-fight dialogue with X suggests that it's only a matter of time before ALL the members of Red Alert who were infected with the maverick virus end up in a similar state:

It's a good thing the Hunters got to everyone when they did. Only three of the members of Red Alert are modeled after creatures that can't get rabies, or at least can't get it the same way mammals can (Wind Crowrang is a bird, Splash Warfly is a fish, and Tornado is an onion. An entire plant). Assuming that what a reploid's design is based on affects how the virus works in their body (although, based on your post, it seems to be indiscriminate), things could have gotten way worse. And then there's Red. He was the only member of Red Alert who wasn't infected with the Maverick Virus (besides Axl, who left them before things went down), and was forced to work under Sigma in the hopes that would lead to the others being returned to their normal states. This means he would've had to watch his friends slowly lose their minds. Imagine how he would've felt if Splash's infection had made it so that he couldn't stand looking at water anymore. If Soldier Stonekong started attacking people unprovoked. If Snipe Anteater had lost his calm demeanor.

I wonder what kind of person Hyenard was before his infection. We as the player never find out, since he's long gone by the time we get to him. And we don't see what he was like in Red's flashback sequences. But from a narrative standpoint, Red must've known exactly who he was. And he must've liked him, since he considered him a friend. One worth ditching his morals for when he followed along with Sigma's plan.

Watching him slip away must've hurt.

I feel like it’s just me thing, I want to make this headcanon about the Maverick virus for a bit.

ALSO CW BELLOW A TALK ABOUT RABIES STROLL AWAY IF UR NOT INTO THIS.

I kinda notice that the Maverick Virus is kinda like a dangerous infectious version of Rabies, but for machines instead of mammals.

Like before the mother elf was a thing, the maverick Virus was said to be incurable and you what else is a commonly incurable transferable disease?

Rabies (I know there’s other diseases but this one kinda struck me a bit if you think about the symptoms of the Maverick virus and Rabies especially with dogs)

A virus that can make someone go rabid and killing them. But it can also include these symptoms. To humans (Now with dogs…Use google amigos cause ummm you get what I’m referring to)

Now knowing that Machines are different meaning that the virus just makes them more insane and aggressive. Also another factor about Rabies is that it greatly affects animals that are mammals. It doesn’t turn extremely violent right away. There are even cases that people didn’t showed signs of rabies in months and Weeks before the symptoms starts to show and things go to Shiet in days.

Now unlike regular rabies in organics, Reploids don’t fucking die days later after they show signs of the virus. They are trapped in an endless hell of anxiety, anger, pain and violence with no hope for a proper cure. The only thing that can save them is just the sweet release of death.

And don’t get me started with the Sigma virus that’s just a whole other beast to talk about.

So I cooked up the idea of the difference between Regular Mavericks and Viral Mavericks

Viral Mavericks are basically rabid reploids who basically went feral and extremely violent for no reason, unable to be reasoned with no matter how hard you try to pacify them. One day they get sick and boom their processors goes completely fried (Slowly mind you), they cannot do anything as they slowly deteriorate into violent animals, also being in agony, death is basically a mercy for them.

Normal Mavericks on the other hand, are just Reploids who just does crime, criminals doing crime stuff it’s pretty basic ya know. These also the whole society that is paranoid of robots so it’s a very fucked up (and common) way to identify ur criminals by calling them a literal disease.

LITERALLY THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT ITS SPREAD FROM BE INFECTED IS WITH VACCINES-

Like I can talk about it more about it but in conclusion

The Mavericks Virus is literally just a self evolving version of Rabies.

💥💥

[kue-rangi]

Dad teaching son how to play guitar

Wonder it will be a bit confusing for red to teach haha , since i think he is a lefty

[irys955]

Zero's confession went hard-

I'll pretend after this they adopt Axl and then live happily ever after

[vizziefizzie]

Have you seen him??

[veamers]

Protective.

[adwox]

zerox moodboards

[mfantasyworld]

First art of 2025 and it's Axl LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO

(Preview, because if you know me, you already know i'm lazy as SHIT. Maybe gonna finish this in two decades.)

I love this little rascal, probably one my favorite characters from Megaman X and the character that i most liked to work with in my rewrite. He may be from worst title of Megaman X series, but little guy still won my heart, his powers are so interesting to me, and there's so many things they could have done with him and Red Alert as a whole! (Only if they Knew how to work around their concept, And not slap Sigma in EVERY EVENT— Oh well, maybe in another universe.)

I still have the first drawing of Axl i ever did. It looks like garbage.

Look at this. The Fuck was going on with his hair and neck man.

Old drawing Ahhhh jumpscare 😭

Not the first ever Megaman X character i have draw, if my mind in not playing tricks with me, it was Double, but let's Axl be the first character i'm drawing this year. He deserves it.

[x-is-okay]

//Tilt

[donnie-woomy]

Based on dum headcanon

[flamingredanon]

Dear brain, I know migraine dreams can be weird and all but why do you keep wanting Lex to be some kind of dragon with a glowy eye?

[kue-rangi]

Between colonel and red , red is the embarrassing parent -w-))

[irys955]

Red Hood and Blue Wolf

赤ずきん　と　青オオカミ

Here we go, I took this opportunity to practice Japanese too, so I'm sorry if it sounds awkward……

[sun-citadel]

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