#Yon Rogg

[femmeetart]

This meme was on my mind ever since I saw The Marvels

(And she has a musical number, that's so princessy of her)

[wingedwhirlwind]

"What If...?" Season 2 drops, and what do we get? The unexpected return of Yon-Rogg, voiced by none other than Jude Law. Somebody pinch me. Alright, reality check. Mixed feelings. This Yon-Rogg really took a detour into sketchy territory. A far cry from the character we embraced in the main MCU timeline and not the same Kree I’ve come to love. Just look at the line "You don't have to worry about Xandar anymore. Ronan has big plans for it"

A cartoonishly evil, overly theatrical version of himself, no motivation for actions. The complexity and depth I admired was replaced with generic villainy, leaving a cardboard cutout. Albeit a very cool animated one, loved the design btw. It's a tough pill to swallow, even if it comes in the form of a very stylish, animated capsule. But for ten seconds I was overjoyed hearing Jude Law’s Yon-Rogg voice, and now I know this Kree warrior still exists. 

[skyler10fic]

Lightning Strikes Twice Ch. 12

Summary: The battleplan commences as Pierce tells Natasha of Yon Rogg's impending arrival.

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“Ms. Romanov!!!” Alexander Pierce shouted from his office.

“Yes, sir?” The redhead walked in, dressed in her typical office blazer, blouse, and pencil skirt. With her tablet in hand and hair in loose waves, no one would suspect she was any more lethal than the average intelligence agency secretary.

“Mr. Rogg is arriving in one hour. Ensure he gets his usual treatment. None of this rigamarole with the line at registration. You will escort him directly to my office.”

“Very good, sir.” Natasha waited. “Anything else, sir?”

Pierce considered her carefully. It held his leering—that, she was used to—but also respect.

“You have a keen sense of judgment, Ms. Romanov. What do you think of this Mr. Rogg? Do you think we can trust him?”

Natasha was genuinely taken aback. “In what way, sir?”

Pierce turned his office chair to the skyline view of LA. “Mr. Rogg may have a special opportunity for us. A mission only I can complete. And I’d like your assistance, if you don’t mind a little field work. We’ll have to get you a new uniform, of course.”

“A uniform, sir?”

Pierce chuckled. “Shopping, Ms. Romanov. Something that you can travel in. Put it on your company card.” He winked. He often referred to the agency as his “company”—a habit that secretly grated on everyone’s nerves.

“Thank you, sir. You know how we girls love our shopping.” A more perceptive man would have caught her playing directly into his bias, but Pierce’s ego was too inflated this close to victory.

Pierce turned to her and stood. “I have one more task for you, Ms. Romanov. There’s a new enhanced recruit downstairs. Carol Danvers. We will need her on this mission as well.”

Natasha feigned concern. “A recruit, sir? Has she even completed her field testing?”

Before Pierce could answer, his computer dinged with a notification. “Ah. Mr. Rogg is heading over early. Fetch Ms. Danvers and send her up before he arrives, won’t you? We’ll meet for an initial briefing in one hour.”

Natasha turned to leave, stomach knotting with anxiety about the rushed timeline but outwardly as cool as a cucumber.

“Oh and Ms. Romanov?” he paused as Natasha turned back to face him. “Just tell her I have picked her for this mission on her demonstrated merits and accomplishments under Agent May’s guidance. No reason to bring Mr. Rogg into this; it’ll just confuse her. I’ll explain all she needs to know in the mission briefing.”

Natasha nodded in obedience. “Yes, sir.

“One hour, back here, field work ready.”

“Yes, sir.” Nastasha set off in the direction of the elevators down to the training center, but she made a pit stop at Phil’s floor first. She knocked at his office door.

“Come in!” he called. “Ah, Agent Romanov, to what do I owe the pleasure?” Phil wore his reading glasses and a plaid shirt, with a navy blazer draped across the back of his chair. Typing away at his computer like that, he almost looked like an average history professor rather than a chief strategist at an intelligence agency so secret that even other intelligence agencies considered it an enigma.

“Director Fury would like to see you in his office. Something about Project Pegasus. I think its planning deadline is coming up soon.”

Pegasus was their code word for their effort to protect Carol, namely because she could fly in ways others could only dream of. If Natasha or the others heard of Yon-Rogg and Pierce putting their kidnapping plan into motion, or any danger to Carol, they could work the code word into the conversation and meet in their secure conference room.

“Thanks, I’ll head up. Oh, and have you seen my daughter around today?”

Natasha frowned. “Sorry, I haven’t seen her. If I do, I’ll send her your way.”

In other words, Skye didn’t know that Pierce was on the move to take Carol. With luck, Skye would be at the training center with Melinda, Carol, and the enhanced recruits, but between her status as an enhanced agent and as a cybersecurity prodigy, Skye could feasibly be working anywhere in the building.

Phil typed on his computer. “Thanks. She is definitely around here somewhere according to her phone location.”

Natasha smirked and leaned against his doorframe. “Be honest, did you ever put a tracker on her before she worked here with a Shield phone? Or get tempted to?”

Phil relaxed for a moment and chuckled with fatherly affection. “Oh yeah, I wanted to. From the day she arrived. She was always running off after her own curiosity and wonder, faster than we could keep up. Given how she arrived, though, Melinda thought it was too much of a risk, in case someone came looking and hacked the tracker.”

“Wise woman.” Natasha stood up straight. “I better get going, Agent Pierce has a visitor arriving soon. In about an hour, I’m supposed to find out my first field assignment.”

“Ah. Good luck.” Phil understood exactly what she meant. In reality, of course, Natasha had more field experience than nearly anyone, but coded as office chit-chat for the sake of anyone who might be listening or simply overhearing, she was giving him the urgency of the timeline for their plan.

“Thanks. See you around.”

As soon as she was gone, she knew, he’d head to the secret conference room. She just had to get to Melinda and Carol before Yon-Rogg arrived. If Pierce planned to take her to space with him as his assistant, she’d have to show unwavering loyalty to go along with her undercover ruse so she could keep Carol safe and return her to Earth. The point of Project Pegasus, however, was that it didn’t get that far, metaphorically and astronomically.

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Natasha changed clothes into more flexible material, and she alerted Melinda and Carol that it was go time. With Melinda’s clearance level, they were able to bypass all other floors on the elevator ride up from the training center to the secret conference room. Skye was waiting for them with Phil and Maria Rambeau when they arrived.

“This isn’t going to work.” Carol fiddled with the communications equipment Fitz had brought in. “I don’t know the codewords they are using to verify their identities, and they are already waiting for us for the mission briefing.”

Fury and Maria Hill popped up on the conference room screen. Fury announced, “I have a plan B if you’re taking suggestions.”

“Ladies and gentlemen,” Maria Rambeau began as Maria Hill screen-shared an image of a shiny new spaceship. “Welcome to Saber.”

[spacemagik]

THEIR EYES????? I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT

[wanderingmind867]

And just like that, Captain Mar-Vell's initial story arc is done. Yon-Rogg lies dead, Una has been avenged and Carol Danvers is safe. Say farewell to the cape and the missile base. Now it's just Rick Jones and Captain Mar-Vell, together against the world. (Captain Marvel #18):

[indigosabyss]

Cool detail from Captain Marvel, right before her standoff fight with Yon-Rogg, when she's flying down, we see hints of her energy rippling through nearby telephone wires. I think that's her drawing power from her surroundings, bc there's no mention of that aspect of her powers, even though we know that's how they work.

[deepinthelight]

Training

[daydreamerdrew]

Captain Marvel (1968) #3

[karioke13]

Sloqlenelwmwne. WHAT IF BE SLAYING! THEY ALWAYD HAVE THE PERFECT EPSUODES. Nebula was golden. The atmosphere and art were beautiful. Yon ragg was a little bitch. And Korg and Howard the duck were so funny. 10000/10 amazing episode!!! 😎🤟🏼

[icantopenwaterbottlecaps]

PSA for Yon-Rogg nation, he’s in the new What If… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps episode, voiced by Jude Law too. Sort of spoilers for characterisation, but he’s high-key sketchy and evil in it. I didn’t think we’d ever see him again in Marvel media, but given this, I’m finding his post-CM characterisation quite fascinating, especially with what we learn about the Kree and Hala in The Marvels. Give it a watch (honestly just watch the show in general if you haven’t yet, I adore What If…?, it’s super engaging and I loved that this particular episode was Nebula focussed) Text me if y’all wanna discuss Yon though cause I hate this man yet I love the character and I wanna pick him apart :)

[therighthandofvengeance]

G’Kar: I slipped.

Lyta: Right, you slipped as a result of me punching you in the face.

G’Kar: I was already slipping when you happened to punch me in the face. The two events are not related.

[wingedwhirlwind]

I built a Starforce-themed Christmas tree 🎄

[graendoll]

The only thing missing from The Marvels was a scene with Yon-Rogg at the end being all "that's my girl" as he watches from the ground. Followed by him stepping out from behind the mossy Louisiana swamp trees to tell her that to her face.

[webtrinsic1122]

Slight Marvels spoilers:

After watching the Marvels all I can say is I’d kill for an AU where Yon-Rogg finds out about Carol now being back on earth with an apprentice, Kamala, and decides to kidnap Kamala and put her through the same thing he did Carol in the hopes that Kamala (armed with both bangles) could defeat the Annihilator, as he works to bring back the supreme intelligence

[wanderingmind867]

All that's left for Captain Mar-Vell (now that he's sharing a body with Rick Jones) at this point is a chance to strike down Colonel Yon-Rogg. So I have to assume that'll happen next issue, or perhaps in the issue immediately after that. (Captain Marvel #17):