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xruiiii-blog · 2 months ago

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Hi I’m literally obsessed with this au

I have a couple questions I’m so sorry if I��m bothering you but I’ve been analyzing this comic for way too long

Who is leading mountain to be killed? Who is getting crowned? Why is mountain being killed? Are the rest of the knights/other portraits other ghouls? Who is helping phantom unbury him? Is phantom unveiling him at the end?

I’m so sorry I’m obsessed, your art is amazing and thank you for your time

Thanks for the time and energy you invested into this!!! Wow! I might disappoint you after this haha. But u know! Always analyze and believe in whatever you think it’s the best explanation! I love when ppl have their own understanding of a piece :) that’s why there’s no dialogue

Anyway about the comic…

It supposed to be a simple “once upon a time” kinda thing. A bedtime tell, someone’s small piece of memory, a casual story that’s melancholy. Nobody’s really important, except the little prince and his knight. There’s no deeper meaning other than the lonely prince lost the only person he cares about to a war.

Something about the titan knights is that they don’t care about their identity. Their powers and skills are the things that matters. That’s their identity instead of who that person is under that mask. They are weapons and they like to keep it that way. Meaning that if any one of them dies during the war, a weapon has served its purpose. The others will move on and there’s no sorrow. I don’t want to talk too much about different species lore here it’s a lot…maybe next time :)

However, the two anonymous knights are rather closer to Mountain and Phantom than everyone else. They are also more human-like. They are more sentimental than some others on the team. It’s not anyone’s fault that the titans are this way btw, it’s just how things is. These two knights care about phantom more than the others does spiritually, they kinda understand how close their captain was to the prince and what Mountain meant to him. So they take him to Mount. Usually titans don’t even take the dead body back with them. It’s not like they don’t care, they do, but to them dead body it’s meaningless. No longer serve any purpose. Titans don’t ever grieve, mourn, or anything.

Phantom does. Be glad that he’s even able to contact with the corpse one last time cuz a lot of times soldier’s grave is just an empty tomb. That’s also why he digs. He needs to see it himself in order to let go. He places the veil back to place and sees what he’s familiar with for his whole life. The mere illusion that Mount is still with him.

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Honestly this whole thing came to me at 2am and I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I feel like its more of a vibe, very vague story and fear of death I didn’t executed it the way I wish I could (skill issue…) anyway my first actual try at drawing comics and it took me 2 miserable weeks(it was okay). I shared this before I have concentrate issue my attention span is short💀…ngl the process it’s challenging and I wasn’t expecting ppl to understand what’s happening or even read it. I didn’t expect myself to finish the whole thing even lol. Glad you like it and look at it with these much appreciation AND letting me know!!! :)) that’s what I was tryna say. 🖤🖤🫶🫶🫶

#questions!

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wazzappp · 9 months ago

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Alright whose ready to see my lose my mind over continually more ridiculous au ideas? Trick question your gonna see it happen anyway (I have. so much bullshit. i have an entire other au that I havent posted about yet and i am thinking. about the re7 au again brother. I have fallen into the pits don't come save me or I'll drag you down too).

also jesus FUCK @moosemonstrous coming in clutch again with both star wars knowlege and the ability to actually remember things beyond a day and a half of talking about them THANK YOU.

STAR WARS AU

The Jedi originally came to Tatooine looking for Gabe. Sensing his strength with the light side of the force they thought he would be a prime candidate for training. Unfortunately for them, Robbie and Gabe are a package deal. They begrudgingly allowed him to come along as well because he is also force sensitive, but a little older than they would usually let in for training. Robbie agrees to because 1. if he just says no who KNOWS if they'll just take Gabe away forcefully and 2. STEADY FOOD SOURCE. ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. ADAQUATE MEDICAL CARE. NO MORE FUCKING SAND. He doesen't trust these people as far as he can throw them but FUCK anything must be better than here.

During a sparring session another padawan purposefully infuriates Robbie, causing him to reach out to the dark side. He nearly kills the other padawan with the strength of his outburst. It then becomes EXTREMELY EVIDENT that Robbie is VERY strong with the dark side of the force. As a result of this outburst, one of his eyes gets the usual 'sith look', he gets special training to try and suppress those feelings, and he gets permanent pariah status in the Jedi Temple (I have. plans. i am being vague on purpose because FUCK I want to draw this scene in my head so bad but I also want to get this out to yall in the same month so it will be coming later. my dramatic bitch syndrome demands it).

After the clone wars get started (he's around 16 at this point) the Jedi realize that they need more people to fight. Robbie, though being previously disqualified for his history, is accepted for training and assigned Jedi Knight Johnny Blaze as a master.

Unfortunately, along the way Johnny starts picking up more solo missions and eventually disappears about 6 months in and everyone thinks he's defected (he's spying on the sepratist's for the republic). Which MEGA sucks for Robbie because 'holy shit the unstable padawans master defected' is getting thrown around and thats really not great. He wanders off deep into the temple where he can hopefully find a place to throw his feelings around in peace and stumbles into the artifact room, which opened in response to sensing the dark side. Bad news, you cant use the same method to get out.

Even MORE unfortunately one of these sith artifacts starts talking to him. After telling him how to get tf out of the vault and convincing Robbie that things are about to get bad ('I FELT what you could to out there kid do you REALLY think they're gonna let you stay? You gotta get out of here. And if you take me with you I can guide us to a ship they can't trace')

So Robbie sets out to run away, fully planning on taking Gabe with him and gets second thoughts while packing to which Gabe goes 'fuck that were GOING' (he's like. 11. But he'll be damned if Robbie goes somewhere and leaves him who knows how long). While escaping via unauthorized ship takeoff, Elis holocron makes it look like Robbie has fully gone to the dark side and there are clones sent to stop him.

Robbie responds by using the force to throw another ship at them and escapes with Gabe. Now they're both on the run. Robbie wanted by the jedi council for kidnapping, and Gabe wanted back to complete his training.

Eli died as a dark side user and a wannabe Sith. He never really graduated into full sithhood and spent most of his time working for Senator Ivanov and his dealings in Hutt space. He was OBSESSED with the prospect of immortality and sought ways to survive even after death.

When he was used as a scapegoat by Ivanov (he reported Eli to the Jedi council to make him look a little less suspicious), his back up plan of imbuing a holocron with his force presence was put into use. He's been sitting gathering dust in a vault of darksided relics for the past 10 years, just waiting for his chance to get out.

Gabe is an EXCEPTIONAL student in the Jedi temple. He enjoys learning about the force and how to use it, and for the most part gets along with his peers. His mobility aid has been improved since Robbie first built it for him out of scraps he was allowed to take from working on ships on Tatooine. Some days are still better than others, and there are times when a wheelchair is more appropriate, but generally the braces are good for daily use.

He is VERY defensive of his brother and absolutely will not hear a bad word said about him (many bad words are said about him. everyone things Gabe is incredibly sweet, but also to blinded by his love for his brother to see that he poses a threat). It very much so does frustrate him, he's just better at dealing with those feelings then Robbie is.

Anakin gets his fun force choking so I think that Robbie should get something fun and funky and special too so enter: JAW BREAK!! Yes it is very ring inspired but I wanted to make it MORE. So fuck it he rips the whole jaw off its hinges I think this would also probably kill you very dead.

Plus some doodles because brainrot brainrot brainrot brainrot

#ghost rider star wars au #FUCK. WORDS NOT WORDING WELL TODAY. THIS COULD BE BETTER IM SORRY #THIS IDEA MAKES ME UNWELL IM GONNA POST MORE ABOUT IT #AAAAGAGGHHHHHHH #AAAGH #ghost rider #robbie reyes #gabe reyes #eli morrow #my art #sketch

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lastleggysee · 2 years ago

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Matching Tattoos with the LL M4

Felix Iskandar Escellun

You would have had to bring up the idea of matching tattoos.

At first, he's not really on board. He doesn't "see the point" of tattoos and is kind of put off by the idea of putting something on his body forever, but he appreciates the care you take mentioning it to him.

Matching jewelry? You've already got a few pairs. Matching teacups? He couldn't wait to show you the set. He's even picked up a pair of matching copies of several spell books for the two of you. But matching tattoos raises apprehension. He shudders at the memory of Escell's branding, hesitant to ever have anything close to that on his body again.

With a level of nervousness disproportionate to the situation, Felix declines. You're understanding, of course, but he still shrinks at that gleam of disappointment in your eyes.

He thinks way too hard about it for the next few days, but is content to not bring it up again until he stumbles across some of your drawings. You'd practiced a few designs and had now hidden them away in the recesses of a bookshelf. Felix spends the afternoon tracing his fingers across the delicate strokes that make up your designs, cursing his own doubts.

Much to his chagrin, it's not until a full week after you asked that Felix recalls a spell that allows the caster to temporarily leave a mark on the subject's body. He rushes to find you, your drawings in hand, and he's tripping over his own words to get the news out to you. It's one of the only times you've seen him so unabashedly excited for something, and you agree to

At first, the designs fluctuate. Felix spends a few days with one, a week or so with another, but before he realizes it he grows used to the way the markings look on his body. He thought it would call more attention to it, to his awkwardness and general discomfort, but the longer he's in contact with the magical ink his skin starts to feel more like his own than it ever had. This was only amplified by his knowing that you bore a mark similar to his, your devotion to each now prominent on both of your skin.

It takes time, but over breakfast one morning Felix lets it slip that he's been speaking with Sage about "reputable tattoo artists in the area", and you're beaming.

The tattoo would be something significant to your relationship, but I think tattoos of the moon would be a good fit. Your relationship has been about being with each other through the changes and different phases of your life, and Felix has come to see you as a light in his darkness. I think something like this would be a good fit:

Anisa Anka

You bring up the idea of matching tattoos (halfway as a joke - you could hardly imagine straight-laced, devoted Anisa with a tattoo) as the two of you are lying in bed one night, half-joking, half-asleep.

Her eyes grow wider than you've seen since your first meeting, with her sword basically at your throat as you were magically dropped into her study, when the words pass your lips. You almost want to take it back, but it's too late.

Luckily, Anisa doesn't refuse at first, she just has some...concerns.

Can she even have tattoos with her knight uniform? What if her mother sees? What would it even be, anyways?

You explain to her that it would mean a lot to you, since she can't really wear jewelry with her uniform, but you respect her decision if that's not what she wants, and she's taken aback. You really care for her this much.

Once she comes to terms with the idea, she's fully on board.

She spends hours talking with you about placement (Don't you think X would hurt more than Y? What do you think) and designs. Anisa attempts to draw some herself, but all you can make out from the papers she hands to you are stick figures and vague nature scenes.

Still, you love the way her green eyes light up when she talks about her thoughts with you. She looks so excited, you look forward to her explaining the symbolism behind each pen stroke in the designs she makes.

Anisa also personally makes it her goal to find a tattoo artist for the two of you. She practically interviews every artist in Porrima until she settles on someone "decent" for the two of you.

At the appointment she's as nervous as she is excited. You remind her that you don't actually have to do this, that it's fine to back out or just wait, but despite her knees bouncing and her grip on your hand she remains steadfast - even getting tattooed first.

I feel like Anisa would be a little sentimental about the tattoo, so whatever she agreed on would have to have some meaning to the two of you. I like to think the two of you would get a tattoo of each other's weapons as a reminder that you're always together and will always fight for each other, but again I think she'd be open to whatever. I imagine the matching weapons tattoo as looking something like this:

Sage Lesath

Sage has been trying to convince you to get a matching tattoo with him since the beginning of your friendship. He definitely got at least one with Lucan, but that's another story.

As your friendship progressed into more, the requests increased in frequency.

Each time the two of you passed by some particularly cool-looking or particularly vulgar graffiti in the city, Sage was asking you to picture the image forever etched in ink on your skin. He'd grab your wrist and place your open palm on the part of his body he suggested for placement, eyes dark and half-smirking the entire time.

You remind him that they're permanent, but he shrugs you off every time.

"It's not like you'll live forever - how permanent can it really be?"

One day when he suggests the two of you get the logo plastered across one of his tankards of ale tattooed together, he nearly spits his drink out when you agree with him instead of rolling your eyes or reprimanding him.

Of course, you have some conditions. Nothing found on the walls of an alleyway, no logos, and nothing that'd make the others cringe if they found out about it.

Sage immediately offers a dozen slurred, half-baked ideas, and you add another stipulation: nothing he comes up with while he's drunk. This doesn't get him to stop offering suggestions, or course, but at least you've laid out your boundaries.

You half hope Sage would've forgotten your promise in the morning, but the first thing he says to you the next morning is to pick a design because he's already got an appointment lined up for later in the evening.

Whatever the design is, Sage is just thrilled at the idea that you would want to do something like this with him. It makes his heart swell, to know that you care to much for him to agree to something like this.

I like to imagine the two of you get something a little less "serious" or "meaningful", but that it still means a lot to the both of you regardless. Like, while Sage is telling you about an elaborate (and purposefully ugly) design he'd like the two of you to get you playfully bite him, leaving an imprint. He stares at it for a moment and makes up his mind then and there that's what he wants. So, I imagine the two of you get matching tattoos of each other's bite marks (something like this):

Rime Solano Varela

For the life of me, I can't imagine the circumstances that would have to transpire for Rime to agree to get matching tattoos with anyone.

They just don't seem like his style. I think he'd value the sense of individuality that tattoos can give, so the idea of getting one that's the same as or similar to someone else's doesn't sit right with him. This is further amplified by the fact that you share stole his relic, friends, and all but his life.

But whether he likes it or not, the two of you are inextricably linked. Much like his promise to Felix all those years ago, it appears that neither fate nor the stars can keep the two of you apart.

Rime isn't sure how he feels about this fact, but it remains a fact nonetheless.

So, because I can't think of a better scenario, the two of you are probably drunk. Neither of you is sure who suggested it, but you both blame the other for the idea anyways. You lightly insult each other over this, but there's no teeth behind the insults.

At first he tries to hide it, but over time he gets used to the idea of having a matching tattoo with you. After all, the two of you will remain linked for the rest of your lives - what's a bit of ink attesting to that fact?

I imagine that the two of you would get something nature-themed, partly because of the irony that the two of you are perhaps the most unnatural things in Astrea. I like to think something like thistles or other thorns would be a good fit (because you're the thorn in his side - at least in the beginning of your relationship) - something like this:

#last legacy #fictif last legacy #felix iskandar escellun #last legacy felix #last legacy sage #last legacy anisa #last legacy rime #rime solano varela #rime varela #anisa anka #sage lesath

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nintendont2502 · 1 year ago

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thinking about davesprite. i blame you /lh but anyways. any hcs about him that you have Not been able to post because they just. weren't ever topical.

so many. so so so fucking many. i try to keep sdd relatively close to canon characterisation wise but,,,,, fuck i have ideas

this ones just a straight up headcanon thats barely tied to canon but gender apathetic/agender any pronouns davesprite,, big fan of this one in combination with t4t pepsisprite (dsprite is junes birdfriend)

this could be a whole rant to itself but i have. so many thoughts on davesprites relationship with bro and how fucked up it is. to make what could be a whole ass essay short and to just focus on one tiny fucked up aspect of it,,, davesprite associating pain and injury with his brother but in a 'positive' way, because him being hurt has always been associated with 'positive' memories of bro for him (bro training him 'because he cares', bro helping him stitch himself up after a particularly bad strife when he was too young to do it himself, getting his literal wing torn off while bro died protecting him,,, man).

semi related to above but he does exhibit some bird behaviours even if he refuses to admit it - the big one is pulling out his feathers when hes stressed (again, vaguely related to above - davesprite getting stressed about bro and pulling out too many feathers, and that pain simultaneously making things worse *and* calming him down)

my headcanons for a post game dsprite where he somehow makes it to the creation of the universe are either 'he makes it through and gets given a real body and the ability to age :))' or. well. hes a game construct right. hes just. hes an npc. hes meant to be part of the game. ...what if it doesnt let him leave. what if going through the door completely wipes his data and hes just. gone. what if hes forced to choose between being stuck in the session alone forever or disappearing from existence permanently. (this was actually the basis of a fic idea lmao)

as much as i love davesprite dream bubble content.... i dont think hed make it into the bubbles. hes not a person, right. fuck if the *guardians* dont make it then what chance does he have

i dont think he sleeps much.

[slaps davesprite] this sad boy can fit so many identity crises into him

how does he know hes himself. like. how does he know hes not just code programmed to think hes dave and act like dave. sure hes clinging to that old identity that he isnt allowed to have anymore, but what if that was never him? who is he, then?

jesus christ these got depressing

bird mating rituals,, he gives john cool rocks and shiny things and gets really flustered about it because 'holy shit im being so obvious' and johns just like 'haha cool! :B'

he gives davesprite like. a shiny bit of plastic one day as a joke and davesprite gets way too happy about it.

dave and davesprite brothers is so fucking real. to me.

less a headcanon, more a thought i cant get out of my head. davesprite literally keeping his sword in his chest is. fuck man. thats something. the only way he can use it is by taking it out which has gotta fucking hurt,,,, violence and fighting hurting himself just as much as it hurts everyone else

i like drawing post battleship dsprite with the missing wing and stomach hole still because im gonna be so real i dont think sburb would heal that. who cares right. it isnt threatening him at all - sure it hurts a lil but he could get used to it, and it isnt impacting his role, and like. hes just a sprite. who cares

^^ and if it *can* be healed, i still dont think it would by then. look man im just a sucker for emotional and mental healing being represented physically,,, the only time they heal is when he finally gives himself a break and lets himself rest and lower his guard and heal emotionally

again this isnt really a headcanon it just haunts me. davesprite is/was a knight of time right. both serving (and sacrificing for) time and using time as a weapon. thinking about how weapons can both protect and injure, or even kill. thinking about how davesprite probably feels responsible for all those deaths in the doomed timeline. thinking about how he essentially killed himself by travelling back. thinking about how he did it to protect.

...davesprite thinking about what would happen if dave died permanently. hed never do anything. hed never let that happen. but... the timeline needs a dave, right. and davesprite would still be there. hed never do anything to make it happen. but what if that was his chance.

i love the idea that dsprite acts more like dirk and hal acts more like dave (mirroring their text colours). i just think its fun

yall ever think about how the shades john gave dave were so important that when he was literally recreated, the universe still gave them to him? he wasnt wearing then when he was prototyped. because i do. i think about it all the time.

new pesterchum handle. turnedtechGodhead is the only one ive thought of atm but im gonna make more i stg (vaguely related: hals pesterchum is turingTested. that is all)

i swear to god theres more rattling around in there but i cant reach it and this is logn enough so :thumbsup:

#MAN #thanks for the opportunity to ramble i needed it #me.txt #davesprite

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blackthornv · 1 year ago

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TWP: my arthurian headcanon pt.1

Ah yes, another ramble of mine. What a treat!

I have this vague memory of cc saying something about the inspiration for TWP a long, long time ago (my memory is also not that great btw). I'm not sure if she'll actually do it anymore but i've been thinking about this since then. So. This is what i would love to see represented in the books with the little knowledge i have of the Matter of Britain.

Warning: i will over simplify the stories. deal with it.

Ash Morgenstern, the heir of the Seelie Court (arguably turned heir of both courts): i would love to see him as a mix of Gawain and Galahad - two knights connected to the Grail, which in this scenario would be the Black Book of the Dead. Galahad is the epitome of perfection - he is blessed with purity, luck and power form the Holy Grail. He defeats his enemies with little to no effort. The "purity" in Ash is (mostly) gone, i think we can all agree on that. He's survived the horrors of the Unseelie Court, of Thule and Sebastian, of Annabelle's instability, and that cost him. But he is the most powerful mortal character cassie has written so far. No. You can argue with the wall on this, the boy can command all living creatures, can inspire fealty with only a look, his strength is antinatural and he has wings. Not just any type of wings, literal fallen angel wings. He might be able to create runes, he has immeasurable power inherited from his mother, he is the strongest character in the shadowhunter universe right now. Period. Anyway, let's continue. Galahad's perfection and unmatched abilities won him a mystical-ethereal-kind-of-holy glow that few have and on that very exclusive list is my boy, Ash. (If you are, indeed, arguing with the wall you are in a worrying state of denial and i hope you get out of it before twp comes out, xo, with love, - v)

Gawain, the nephew of King Arthur (you can already tell who i'll attribute Arthur's story to in the end, right?) who, in his arrogance, stroke a fatal blow in the Grene Knight had a year to prepare himself to receive the same blow from the Grene Knight. Bla bla bla, he had his quest after the year was up, bla bla bla, adventures in the forest, but wait a minute! he hesitated to receive the blow - an action the Grene Knight chastised him for. He survives but comes back to Camelot wearing a green sash as a token of his failure/shame. Okay, so maybe Ash hasn't gone through an arc like Gawain's but come on. He's changed. He went through hell and back with Annabelle, Sebastian, Janus, the Queen, but first and foremost: Arawan (yes, you lovely genius, i'm implying he's the Grene Knight here). A much worse version of the Grene Knight, for sure, but it works in the sense that after suffering the trials (read: tortures) that Arawan inflicted upon him, he returned home (after a long time and more tortures) victorious but somehow defeated. He doesn't trust his mother anymore, feels as though he has lost parts of himself and senses a strain in his relation with Janus. He has been enlightened, knows more of the world and of people, he has gained much - and has lost even more. The innocence is long gone, he has made mistakes and doesn't know how to acknowledge them, how to fix them.

But there is one thing, one last shred of hope glistening in the distance - the girl in the drawing, Drusilla Blackthorn.

#yes i ship ash and dru #if you don't you're wrong #ash morgenstern #the wicked powers #twp #drusilla blackthorn #morgenthorn #blackstern #i prefer blackstern #can we please settle for blackstern?

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magyctale-official · 8 months ago

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hi I just found this au today and it is choking me alive

you art is amazing and the au looks stunning and when I found out this is gonna be a series I screamed!!!

I just wanted to ask if you had like a character list or a description of what the au is about?

I really would love to jump on this hype train and all this has got me so excited!

AA THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY OMG TYY <3<3<3

I do have a google sheet with a buncha characters written down but it has some spoilers in it so... 👀

But I can absolutely give a rundown!! Magyctale doesn't exactly have a solid "gimmick" (like Underswap or Underfell) but it's more like a rewrite of sorts? The characters act somewhat differentlyto their original counterparts and the main meat of the story is how their journey affects them and their relationships. :3

So for instance: Season 1 is for the most part a reimagining of Undertale, with a few original characters sprinkled alongside the AU cast. One of the biggest changes is that Frisk is older (they're about 17) so they have a lot more to say and there's a lot more room for them to express themself. Also I just prefer writing characters who aren't small childen XDD

After Season 1 is when it starts going into more stuff from my own noggin as opposed to being a retelling. So S1 is kinda like introducing all the characters and their dynamics before adding more stuff :3

By far my favorite arc is the one that incorperates elements from Deltarune- that's where my favorite boys come in and also is the arc with the most OCs!! Especially Mave- that's my horrible horrible son whom I adore with my entire heart and soul <3<3<3

I do have some character refs I can share!!

These are all from S1 (since that's what I'm focusing on planning right now) but I will take a short detour to talk about my awful little son just because I can <3

This is my vile little lad Mave :3

He started off as just my interpretation of The Knight from DR but now he is one of my most multi-faceted characters of all time I think. Funny how that worked out-

He is by far one of my favorite OCs of All Time and he's such a lil weirdo hehehe

I'm so sad he doesn't come in until much later in the story,,, I want him to be Real already XDD

I don't wanna give too too much away about him because,,,yknow,,,spoilers,,, but I've posted vaguely about his lore on this blog and my main (@bonetrix-arts) as well as over on my YouTube and TikTok accounts if you're curious!!! I simply love to vaguepost about my lore <3

If you have any more questions absolutely feel free to ask!!!! Also if you wanna ask something specific about a character- though I haven't posted about it in a while -I do have character asks open :3

I was posting em on my TikTok as well as here and I think Insta for a while n then I got side-tracked HNGSVDHCJ

I think I still had more art to finish up for the last one n that's why I never posted it,,

But anyways- feel free to do that if there's anything else you wanna know!!!! I need to draw these lil weirdos again n that'd be a nice way to kickstart my brain LMAO

Also I need to make a section for my AU in my Discord server,,, why haven't I done that yet?? RAHH I'm rambling!! Sory I just get so excited when people ask about my babies hehehe

I HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME DAY!!! YOU ABSOLUTELY MADE MINE <3<3<3

#magyctale #mt asks #magyctale frisk #magyctale toriel #magyctale fae #magyctale flowey #magyctale sans #magyctale papyrus #magyctale mave

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legitimatesatanspawn · 3 months ago

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Star Wars EU question: what's going on in the creche?

Okay so I never watched the Clone Wars series and my knowledge of the EU is rather... scattershot. I read a good chunk of the Jedi Apprentice books as a kid (and its been a while). Obi Wan is treated like trash there, I swear. Like constantly facing Soap Opera level problems from around 13/14 years old right up until Qui gets killed off when he's around... 26?

Anyway. If anyone has read the Jedi Apprentice books, you know how Obi Wan was almost "aged out" of the Jedi Temple and got tossed to the Farm sidegroup instead of staying in the temple. This was actually part of a scheme by Yoda to get him paired up with his favorite grandpadawan Qui Gon for... uh... basically child-as-therapy. You can boo Yoda for this. I know I boo Yoda for this.

The reason why Obi Wan was nearly tossed was because of anger issues. Anger issues that were because he's a human kid in a stressful position knowing he's gonna be Too Old soon and he lives with a huge bully who keeps goading him into fights.

The bully is Bruck Chun by the way and he is salty about "Oafy Wan" and just...

So there's this wild theory I have as to why this sort of thing was allowed to happen in spite of the Creche masters having the Force on their side and should've been on the ball about the Baby Jedi in spite of narrative convenience making them ignore the bullying and be unable to see the truth.

The two main ideas: one/some of the Creche masters are at the tipping point of Falling from sheer stress, because let's face it young kids are HARD even if you have the best intentions and burnout is real and Force Sensitive kids would probably be both easier and harder. Or... the Sith plot that we vaguely saw revolving around hemming the Jedi in and manipulating the Senate to make things Actively Worse all around had a part in it.

If Creche Masters are known to be more likely to fall from constant stress then there'd be a better watch on the creches so unfortunately it's likely to be the Sith Plot. Which actually makes sense!

The Jedi have been purposefully or not reacted hard against being anything like their Sith counterparts in the wake of the Ruusan Reformation. Their Code while good in itself is imperfect and the way things have built up, there's a huge misunderstanding in how the Jedi are perceived versus how the Jedi are intended. The Senate limits what the Jedi can do and in some cases the Jedi are treated more like Space Attack Dog Cops.

But...

What if there was a subtle shift in how the Jedi babies and Initiates are treated because of the Sith Plan? It's not intentional on the Jedi's part as a whole but there's a slight bend to how the Baby Jedis are handled. Even in IRL bullies are given more leeway and bullied kids are judged harder but a Jedi should be able to tell who really started things and who's lying.

The arrogance, pride, anger issues, and even issues with self-confidence (some Knights/Masters might be less willing to take on someone who doesn't properly display their skills with the saber) cause more would-be knights to phase out of the Temple whether they are like Bruck or like Obi.

The would-be Padawans either find better lives outside of the Temple or they possibly become bitter. The ones who WANTED to be Jedi Knights but were seen as being bad or wrong or ill-fitting. The kids who become Padawans could be too good at hiding their negative feelings, some peacock about, and some of them are mostly good until they reach a tipping point and become Worse. (A canonical example of someone known to be a jackass but trusted until the reveal: Krell).

The colder Jedi and the ones who come off as douchebags and dicks feed into the cultural perception of Jedi as Aloof Asshole to be feared. We straight up see people in Coruscant react to "Jedi Business" in Episode 2 like cops: don't get closer, don't draw attention to yourself, the person getting their arm lopped off did something but you Don't Know and Don't Want To Know, and one Absolute Idiot just moments before tried to sell drugs to a Jedi only to get Force Mind Tricked "I don't want to sell you Death Sticks, I want to go home and rethink my life".

And then of course we get Episode 3 with the Jedi as "war mongering people" who fight in the "civil war" against Ex-Jedi Dooku only to get thrown under the bus by Sidious who claims that they tried to kill him and now the Galaxy will be safe from the threat they pose. 3 years could be enough to make a shift but... considering all the faff about the "grand sith plan" then it'd make more sense than it's been centuries of prep and getting everything Just So not only for taking over the galaxy but RUINING how the Jedi are seen and how the Jedi raise people trusted to them.

Deliberately sowing discord not merely among the various planets but also setting the Jedi up to Fall or be crushed no matter what happens? That'd definitely take generations of Sith to get right.

(Partially inspired by a discussion with @evilminji .)

#star wars #writing prompts #fic prompt #star wars prequels #long post #jedi #theory #sith #I'm not feeling well so this is a bit haphazardly written

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tgrailwar · 2 years ago

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██████ Holy Grail War: Wave ??? - Day ??? (Team S█BE█)

Once upon a time, there was a Servant who didn't have a grand wish, but was summoned to a Holy Grail War anyways.

They died.

The end.

A memory.

A memory that didn't feel real.

A memory that couldn't be remembered.

A memory that was 'impossible'.

A memory composed of decaying data that couldn't be let go of just yet.

Primal fear. Heavy breathing. The knight led the Masters to a cliff, the beginnings of a storm starting to stew in the air. The knight looked around, before pointing at another figure preparing a vessel down at the waterside.

[FORGOTTENSERVANT_S]: "…Okay. This is as far as I can take you. Somebody's got to play defense, after all."

The knight's helmet was removed, shaking out a mop of blond hair. Their face was lost and vague, just like the memory.

[FORGOTTENSERVANT_S]: "Rider's waiting down by the water. Get to him, and then get movin'. We're runnin' out of safe places, so if you want to say your goodbyes to my sorry ass, scream 'em while you're runnin' away. Got it?"

The knight turned to look towards the encroaching threat. Corrupted data. That was all that they could be called. Formless, though once possessing forms. Remnants of failed attempts, leaking out. Ruining themselves, and everything around them.

A knight was supposed to die for their lord, if the situation arose. That's what loyalty meant.

[FORGOTTENSERVANT_S]: "…You've got this, Masters. Give 'em hell… but if I see your asses again, I'm never forgivin' you, got it? I ain't gonna die for nothin'. So you better end this."

And so, the knight fought against the incoming onslaught.

Sword swinging magnificently in the air, armor pushing back against the wave of malintent. Before...

Crack.

A pauldron shattered, the metal digging in and drawing blood from the shoulders.

The shadows multiplied.

Crack.

The chestplate caved in, the knights breathing hitched, and blood slipped from between gritted teeth.

The shadows multiplied.

Crack.

The greaves crumpled in on themselves, threatening to force the knight onto the ground, but they remained standing.

The shadows multiplied.

[FORGOTTENSERVANT_S]: "Just a little longer! Just a little longer! Listen well, fiends! My name is Sir ███████! The one who felled the King of Knights! I do not fear you!"

The knight yelled to nobody but themselves, as the Masters drew further and further away.

'I'm not afraid', echoed within the knight's mind.

Fear was a luxury for the common people. Not for a knight. Not for a king. And so they would fight until their last breath. That was their duty as a knight--

...No, that was their duty as a Servant.

Mana surged forth, pushing out like a beacon of light, before--

Crack.

#ruler adjudication #forgotten saber #thgw story

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nukenai · 4 months ago

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Today on "I guess if you wanna hear about my fuckin Build Divers fanfic"

So I have a Force Nest by myself and it's just Lacroa Castle because I'm the world's most special girl. For unknown reasons I've become favored by the Game Master so he just gives me stuff. My outfit is like I'm cosplaying a human Zero and my main gunpla is my uncustomized GP04.

I used to be on Force Avalon but I quit because Kyoya and I were dating but I broke up with him because depression is a bitch and I got sick of the pressure of being The Champion's Girlfriend. He is not over it.

I am depressed and sad because I love SD Gundam Force so much but all my friends who liked it all left and stopped caring about it and/or don't play GBN. So yes of course I have a borderline identical backstory to Koichi and Ayame lol. We're all #damaged but will be healed by friendship it's fine.

The Game Master sends the Build Divers to be my friends bc he's worried about me. Koichi is like "Wow, the GP04, I have one!" and Ayame extremely quickly catches on that I have a Fucking Problem and is like "well you don't need to be sad because look, he has his white colors" and everyone else on the planet is like "????????????" and I kick them out when Ayame jokingly asks if I'm trying to be a Princess or a Knight.

Later Koichi tries to learn more about SDGF and when he realizes what my outfit is, he says to me, "Your clothes are nice, but wouldn't you rather dress like yourself instead of someone else?"

Later I wind up changing my outfit when Kyoya calls me for the 90th time that week to beg me to unbreak up with him join the Coalition of Volunteers to help with all the (vague gesturing) yknow, the shit.

The shit. There I am gary:

I'm ignoring that that GP04 uses the colors from that one art of it instead of the Real Colors.... in my fanfic it has the Real Colors.

Anyways I figure there's some point where Kyoya starts noticing Koichi trying to learn about SD Gundam (he even builds me an SD Wing to try to win my affection friendship) so Kyoya does this insane thing where he attacks Koichi (like, you know, in Gundams) to draw me out and I show up in my GP04 and fucking beat his ass and he's like ":) it's good to see you fighting again" and logs out like a fucking freak

Eventually I start using other things besides my GP04 like my BuCue Chevalier and LaGowe Rachat (real gunpla I have built/customized check out my gunpla tag). Thinking maybe I'll have my Sakura Freedom eventually too.

Yeah so my entire thing is that I'm depressed that GBN has so much SDGF stuff but nobody seems to care about the show so all the fucking Build Divers watch it at Ayame's house and then Koichi shows up to my castle again saying things like "I know how you feel, but you have to trust me!" And when I respond "Why should I trust you?" he interjects with, "Are you going to say, You know nothing of my misery?" and then my GP04 steps on him and kills him in real life

but I become very good friends with Ayame because of course I do. I ask her with deep suspicion why her gundam is named Zeromaru. She refuses to answer the question.

I fucking rock Kokoru Odoru at karaoke and everyone is confused. I meet Magee and I am extremely startled when he opens his mouth and then the world collapses. The end.

Kyoya dies single.

#gundam build divers #i'm sorry for tagging this #i have no right

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darkenforcer · 8 months ago

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closet monsters, solitude, failure

FEAR-THEMED HEADCANONS || not accepting !

Closet Monsters: Does your muse hide any aspects of their personality/life from others?

he's an open-ish book... just don't expect him to gush about his bloody history (understandable, i think), or to vocalize anything that could leave him too vulnerable, emotionally and/or strategically. he doesn't serve the rest of his lore up on a silver platter, mind you, but he isn't against answering personal questions or revealing information about himself if it's relevant.

important to note: being vague or blasé about it (even mean, depending on who's asking) is an aspect of his personality, not a cover up!

Solitude: Name 3 things your muse couldn’t live without.

swords, axes, and gloves made for pummeling! with the sort of lifestyle yuri lives, he'd literally die without them.

no JKs here; he really doesn't own any necessary possessions aside from jiri's katana. although you could argue other items like his bracelet or ted's drawings are precious to him, too -- and they are -- he'd get over it eventually if they were ever taken away. he's a utility-focused guy!

Failure: Has your muse ever given up on an important dream?

kinda? sorta? depends on how you look at it! yuri did quit being a knight after years of believing it was the only way he could spark change within the empire, so... yeah, he gave up on that part (albeit a sizable one), but he never abandoned the dream as a whole. a natural rule-breaker like him wouldn't have accomplished much with a bunch of protocols and stuck-up superiors breathing down his neck, anyway.

#ooc #meme friday #innerbeast #looking affectionately at all the skits where yuri gets pouty over Other ppl bringing up aspects of his personality/life tho..#he NEEDS to be an embarrassed loser sometimes. it's v important

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kemendin · 2 years ago

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After years apart and even more years of pining, Jedi Knight Caspian Serapis is rather taken aback when his new partner, Scourge, is the one to make the first move towards the bedroom. Fervent, long-repressed desires meet inevitable awkwardness, as Cas and Scourge discover how complicated, and how extraordinary, a physical relationship can be.

Jedi Knight x Lord Scourge Rating: Explicit Words: 10,400 (yeah not sure how that happened) A/N: Well. After writing Khel and Quinn's first time, this was inevitable xD I actually struggled a lot more with this one - maybe because Cas and Scourge are particularly special to me and I wasn't sure I could do them justice, or possibly because they are a lot more 'srs bsns' about sex than the Imperial lads, and I had to find that balance between 'deeply impassioned' and 'it's smut, don't take writing it too seriously'. Naturally I had to work some feelings in there too. Also featuring questionable headcanons about Sith pureblood sexytimes, those just kind of wandered into my head as I wrote this and never left, whoops xD Anyway, enjoy!

Read on AO3 (short excerpt below cut)

Before Cas can respond, Scourge is grabbing him again. A few backwards steps have the Sith sitting heavily on the edge of the wide, black-sheeted bed behind him. He pulls the Jedi rather aggressively into his lap; a breathless Cas has to hastily wrap his arms around Scourge’s shoulders to keep his momentum from toppling them both over onto the bed.

This isn’t what he intended, true - but he has no objections to where he finds himself now. Quite the opposite, in fact. Straddling the Sith’s lap on his knees, Cas is struck again by how big Scourge is, and it makes him feel almost giddy as he presses his bare torso to the taut musculature of Scourge’s chest and grinds down against the powerful legs beneath him.

They’ve cuddled many times before, caressed one another, held each other so tightly in the darkness; but this is different, primal and wanton, and it feels so good when Scourge’s arms envelop him as well, holding him as Jedi and Sith push fervently against each other with tight but heated movements - just feeling. Feeling everything.

Well. Almost everything. Cas is starting to vaguely regret not pulling off Scourge’s pants when he had the chance, because they’re teasing him now, thick and heavy fabric barring his skin from the one place he’s most eager to explore.

But his partner is doing plenty to distract him from this small point of discontent. His forceful mouth is slavering over Cas’ neck and beneath his jaw, and his fingers are like claws as they score possessively down the Jedi’s back. Cas releases a loud whine, arching back under the sting of Scourge’s desires. Immediately the Sith stills, stopping all movement as he draws slightly away.

“Am I hurting you?” he rasps quickly, turning his face upward.

The genuine concern in his voice cuts through Caspian’s fog of heightening need. He glances down, and seeing that worry written clear upon his partner’s face brings a flush of warmth to his chest.

“I mean, yes,” he stutters out. Scourge’s expression immediately crunches in consternation, so Cas hastens to add, “But no, don’t - don’t stop.” He bites his lip. “I - I like it.” This admission pushes the flush to his face, even as he lets out a shaky laugh.

Scourge considers him for another heartbeat, then nods. His face relaxes again, and the corners of his sculpted lips twitch in amusement. “And here I thought you might have gone soft on me, Jedi,” he growls in satisfaction. Once again he grasps at his partner’s back, inducing a low gasp as his fingers dig, warm and deliberate, into the taut skin between Cas’ shoulder blades. “I always believed you had some Sith in you.”

The approval in his voice sends a tingle of delight through the Jedi’s being even as he groans beneath Scourge’s gouging fingers. He should be refuting this, should be outraged, but at the present moment he can only grip at Scourge’s shoulders and gasp out, “You may be right -”

#swtor #swtor fanfic #swtor fanfiction #lord scourge #swtor jedi knight #swtor romance #jedi knight #swtor oc #star wars the old republic #swtor:caspian #kem oc #kem writes #kem fics #otp: we choose our own fates

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ashes-of-ailell · 1 year ago

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*Cracks knuckles*

Time for propaganda!

Ok so. I love FE 8. Not for the plot (its good though). Not for the gameplay or any mechanics. I love it for these two.

Franz and Forde. Best siblings in FE history. You cannot change my mind. I have so many feelings about them.

Why do I love them so much you may ask? They are SO wholesome. Forde raised his younger brother after their parents both died when Franz was still very young. He was devastated because he loved his parents. He was still a child/ teen and had all of these new responsibilities. He probably didn't even know what to do. But he figured it out. For his brother. So that he will have a happy childhood. There is nothing more important to Forde than Franz.

And like they know each other better than anyone else. Everyone describes Forde as lazy and carefree. When he isnt. He is canonically a great fighter (even though this does not translate well in the game xD) but he is sleeping or painting on the battlefield. As you do. And no one gets why. It's stupid. It's dangerous. He has no reason to do so. Wrong. He isn't in danger when sleeping because he has a modified saddle so he won't fall off. And he is painting to study the terrain. Bro is smarter than anyone gives him credit for. And apparently Franz is the only one who knows this/ figured it out. Because Forde doesn't take any credit for it. He wants everyone to think he is useless, carefree and clumsy. To make them laugh and lighten up the mood during a war. He doesn't want others to be sad because he knows how horrible it is. And he has always been like that. When their dad was gone because of some missions or whatever and Franz was sad about it he tried to cheer him with his drawings.

What about Franz though you may wonder? He is SUCH a cute little bean. He wants to be a great knight like his brother and Seth. He is better than them gameplay wise. At least by far better than Forde and at least on par with Seth. He is helping everywhere he can. In every last support of his he just so *vague hand gestures* so adorable. Not a single mean cell in this boy's body. He literally recruited Amelia who was fighting for the enemy because he thought she somehow got caught in the battle and wanted to help her get to safety. (Kinda funny conversation btw) And then in their supports proceeds to teach her how to actually fight. They also have a paired ending togetehr. Puppy love at its finest.

ANYWAY I love Franz and Forde so much you can't even imagine. Faerghast made a half an hour long video about Forde btw. Like he such a well written (but sadly irrelevant and growth wise pretty much useless) character.

Here is the link in case youre interested: https://youtu.be/rairchPLY30

Ok enough propaganda. Have a nice day! 🙃

Hi there!!

This was such a delight to read. I can really tell how much you like these characters and it's lovely.

While I haven't played the game these two are from, reading about them has made me genuinely rather interested. It sucks that Forde may not be the best unit wise, which I imagine must limit chances to use him in battle, I'm glad his supports and the like seem to be quite good.

Will definitely have a look at Franz and Amelia's paired ending, it sounds incredibly cute. I'll also try and have a look at the video you linked, it sounds interesting and will allow me to learn more about Forde. They absolutely sound like incredible characters!!

I hope you have a lovely day too!! :3

#sparrow answers #littledragonkana #Franz and Forde beloveds #answering these has given me some characters to research :3

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thebibliomancer · 2 years ago

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Essential Avengers: West Coast Avengers #30: NONE SO BLIND...

March, 1988

THE COMPOSITE AVENGER!

OH MY GOD THIS GUY IS SO GOOFY LOOKING!

So, the East Coast Avengers are dealing with the Super-Adaptoid over in their book (although disappointingly he doesn’t copy the powers of the current team) and the West Coast Avengers are going to deal with some guy that composites their attributes?

I’m down for that! I think every superhero team should have to deal with someone that’s just the whole team in one dude.

I sure hope this cover isn’t a lie!

This issue also seems like its a fill-in.

Instead of Steve Englehart who has been the writer since West Coast Avengers vol 2 started, we have Al Milgrom as the writer. Al Milgrom has been the artist on the book so its plausible that Steve Englehart needed more time to script the follow-up to the Phantom Rider subplot so Al Milgrom stepped up to write a done-in-one.

So I don’t know if it will be all that relevant but

Last times on West Coast Avengers: the West Coast Avengers just finished up an arc about a Zodiac organization made of astrology obsessed robots. The leader Scorpio stupidly teleported Zodiac and the Avengers to another universe where the constellations were different so the robots stopped working. Then Moon Knight harassed a man who likes to dress as a bull until he, the bull man, died in a plane crash. It was all part of the same arc, trust me.

This time: horrifying babies.

Al Milgrom, please learn to draw babies if you’re going to confront me with two horrifying cherubs on page 2 of a book.

Also: is it laundry day for Wanda and Vision? Why are they wearing their uniforms around the house? I know Vision has a TV sitcom dad sweater. I’ve seen him wear it!

Anyway, nightmare babies aside. Uncle Wonder Man reads Tommy and Billy the story of the Blind Man and the Elephant.

You probably know it. Or are vaguely aware of it.

Some blind wise men feel up an elephant and give their own, narrow interpretations of what kind of beast it is based on what they touch. One touches the tail, and thinks an elephant is ropelike, another touches the tusk and thinks its spear-esque.

And at the end they can’t agree on what an elephant is because they only bothered to touch one thing. The moral being “there are none so blind as those who will not see.”

The story is lost on Billy and Tommy who passed right the fuck out during this minute long story. And Vision says that the more complicated theme of the story was probably beyond their baby brains anyway.

(How old are they at this point? Comic book time makes that complicated.)

But Simon says that mostly he just wants the two kids to get used to him being around as their uncle.

Aww!

He’s pretty busy with his movie career and superhero work but he wants to be able to visit this part of the family as often as he can.

Simon Wonder Man Williams gets in his Quinjet to fly back from New Jersey to L.A. but finds weird green bug robots smashing into the cockpit despite whatever defensive grid the Quinjet apparently has.

The robots shred his stylish red jacket but he manages to smash them and radio the West Coast Avengers to report the situation.

Wonder Man: “Attention Whackos! This is Wonder Man. Am being attacked by robots of unknown origin. Activating signal beacon. They’re strong li’l suckers, but I should be able to handle ‘em. There’s only a few... uh-oh! ... hundred!”

The transmission cuts off there so back at the West Coast Avengers Compound, the team assembles, gets into another Quinjet and flies off to help their teammate!

Meanwhile, Wonder Man finds himself held captive above a spaceship hovering over the Midwest.

A shadowy figure on a monitor with a tentacle mouth introduces himself as one of the Sligs -- an up and coming new warrior race who want to prove their mettle.

And like many other comic book antagonists, instead of just getting down to what they want to do (cutting a swath of conquest through the galaxy or annihilating the Fantastic Four) the Sligs decided they’re going to beat the shit out of the Avengers first to prove that they’re cooler than the Kree and Skrulls.

Also, and to be fair, they want to conquer Earth so they’ll have to tangle with the Avengers one way or another. Might as well take advantage of a surprise strike to test, analyze, and defeat the team.

But, yeah, mostly they just want to rub the Kree and Skrulls’ faces in it that the Sligs, an alien race from a- oh actually they first appeared in a Fantastic Four issue. So they weren’t invented just for this. That makes them slightly less laughable.

According to Marvel wiki, they appear in this, in Fantastic Four 209, and in Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet. So they’re laughable again.

Anyway.

Things are already not going great for the Sligs as a technician warns the leader that Wonder Man is straining their engines by fighting so hard against the stasis beams.

The leader dismisses it as no concern and is more focused on the rest of the West Coast Avengers arriving to rescue Wonder Man.

Embarrassingly, the Slig ship just blasts the Quinjet into another dimension.

Their ability to do that kind of renders the rest of their plan to best the West Coast Avengers kinda pointless though, right? Like, the Sligs could get rid of the West Coast Avengers like that. Just leave them stranded.

But no.

And granted, that would make a boring issue.

Instead, the Sligs reunite Wonder Man and the West Coast Avengers in this different dimension so they can throw a big, beefy green robot called the Examiner at them.

And by at them I mean at Wonder Man.

The rest of the team is frozen in stasis so the Examiner can test what Wonder Man can do.

And with each fight, the Examiner will adapt and improve.

As Wonder Man realizes, this kind of screws over the rest of the team, if the Examiner adapts to fighting Wonder Man and then goes against his less powerful teammates.

Wonder Man decides the thing to do is to totally wreck the Examiner in their fight so it can’t use Wonder Man tier strength against the rest of the team.

And he does. He totally wrecks the Examiner in one panel.

Unfortunately, the Slig leader tells the technician to reassemble the Examiner and compensate for the damage he received.

So Wonder Man is placed in stasis and Tigra is freed, leaving her to face an upgraded Examiner.

The Examiner warns Tigra that his shielding is now nigh impenetrable. Nice of him to give her the heads up.

But what Tigra realizes is that she’s still faster.

She climbs up the Examiner and then jumps off when he tries to smash her. So instead, he smashes in his own chest plates.

And now that the chassis is breached, Tigra jumps back up and goes ham on his wiring and such.

Tigra: “He may have been ready for Wondy’s strength, but that didn’t prepare him for my savagery! And so scratch -- literally -- one Examiner!”

The Sligs use this new angry cat battle data to make an even better Examiner and then swap out Tigra for Mockingbird to test the new guy.

Mockingbird quickly joins her battle staves to make a battle ten-foot-pole so she can pole vault from the Examiner.

The Examiner says Mockingbird is agile (and wonders if that's just a Earth lady thing, because the Examiner is down to stereotype) but that he’s a lot faster after battling Tigra.

So since Mockingbird can’t outpunch this giant lad and can’t outrace him, she takes a page from Captain America that “a clever, skillful pro can beat any opponent!”

Basically, she lures the Examiner to the edge of the floating land chunk they’re fighting on and trips him so he falls off.

Dropping men off cliffs is becoming her signature move.

Also, I think the Examiner obliterated one of those floating planetoids with his face.

The Slig leader is starting to see that the Avengers live up to the stories told about them. But hell if he’s going to stop now. He has the technician re-assemble the Examiner with strength to challenge Wonder Man, speed to rival Tigra, and ... uh... I guess being smart enough not to get tripped off a cliff.

Hawkeye is sent to face the Examiner next.

And he’s been spending some of his stasis time thinking about how these one-on-one fights have been robbing the Avengers’ of the advantage of teamwork.

With that on his mind, he tosses down a high voltage arrow and loudly declares that he doesn’t need it.

The Examiner: “Beware, Avenger, my power is approaching levels it has never before attained! No amount of strength, speed, skill or savagery can best me now!”

Hawkeye decides to test this with some high impact explosive arrows.

They make the Examiner stumble back a step but he compensates before he can, I dunno, stumble off the floating land chunk like an idiot again.

Hawkeye tries a net arrow next, which the Examiner tears apart like no thing. Then he has to use some putty arrows to slow the guy down so he can put some distance between them.

And at a safe distance, Hawkeye uses some concentrated nitric acid arrows, which he just so happened to have with him (Hawkeye’s quiver is as good as Batman’s utility belt and you can take that to the bat-bank).

It seems like the chassis is still quite durable but the acid seeps into the Examiner’s joints and he falls quite to pieces.

Boss Slig immediately commands that the Examiner be buffed and re-assembled. The technician tries to warn the boss that this exercise is starting to draw so much power that its becoming dangerous.

The boss just yells RE-ASSEMBLE! so the technician does.

Iron Man is up next.

Hm. Despite being the second strongest dude on the team, Iron Man now has to deal with an enemy that’s been buffed by fighting over half the team. If Iron Man had gone first, he’d probably have wrecked the Examiner as quickly as Wonder Man did. Now, he has a challenge.

Also, the Examiner can fly. Adapted that from the Wonder Man fight and has had it all along. Could have come in use when he was tripped off the edge of the land but hey, hindsight is something something.

Repulsors and the uni-beam both fail to do much to the Examiner. And the Examiner’s counter-attack spikes Iron Man out of the air.

But Iron Man lands near the arrow that Hawkeye dropped and he suddenly realizes Hawkeye’s strategy.

The Examiner boasts that it has grown too powerful for the arrows to threaten. But Iron Man uses the high voltage arrow to recharge his armor and then uses the power to magnetize the Examiner’s chassis.

Sure, Iron Man couldn’t destroy the Examiner, the guy can’t continue the fight with his limbs magnetized to his torso.

Slig boss: “Astounding! Each of these warriors seems to be holding some ability or weapon back so we are faced with a new challenge each time. Compensate!”

Slig technician: “Am attempting compliance! Tapping into stardrive engines now!”

The Examiner is demagnetized and made immune to that tactic. And Dr Pym is unfrozen to face a the Examiner that is now immune to the strengths of Wonder Man, Tigra, Mockingbird, Hawkeye, and Iron Man. That’s... uh... a hurdle.

Dr Pym does his Dr Pym Particles thing and unshrinks some tools.

But a buzzsaw breaks against the Examiner and just gets Dr Pym WHAP’d in response. A flamethrower also proves useless.

The Examiner draws near and Dr Pym says “I get the picture! I know when I’m beaten. But I warn you, don’t touch me!”

This just makes the Examiner want to touch him more though.

Which Hank was counting on, that sneaky Hank.

With the Examiner presumably savoring an Avenger showing fear at last, Hank is able to tap the robot on its chest.

Dr Pym: “You saw my ability to enlarge shrunken inanimate objects -- well, you just have to ask yourself... ‘how did those objects get shrunken in the first place?’”

And then he smashes the teeny Examiner with a hammer.

Good job, Hank!

I like how fed up the technician is getting. The boss is sunk costing hard at this point.

So the Examiner is buffed and reassembled and put up against Moon Knight.

And Moon Knight is thinking, oh shit, I’m screwed. He’s a badass normal dude with some extra selves he doesn’t want to talk to and such powerful tools as... an axe and also a boomerang.

Against a dude that is now buffed up enough to sweep the West Coast Avengers as a team.

Speaking of selves he doesn’t want to talk to, Steven Grant and Jake Lockley both yell that Marc is screwed if he fights that thing.

But another voice pipes up in his head, Khonshu, GOD OF THE MOON.

Moon Knight: “Khonshu?! You speak to me again. But it may be for the last time, unless you can somehow help me beat this creature!”

Khonshu: “You do not need my help, o Knight of the Moon, you need but look around you!”

Moon Knight: “This dimension... I hadn’t realize... it’s full of moons!”

Khonshu: “Indeed! Untold thousands of them. And we draw our power from the Moon! Now be the Moon Knight -- be the Fist of Khonshu as you never have before!”

AND THEN MOON KNIGHT GOES HAM AND TEARS APART THE EXAMINER WITH HIS BARE HANDS

HOLY SHIT

The Slig boss is stunned and shaken and other words. But the technician is now 1001% done.

Slig technician: “Oh, shut up! The power drain has frozen out our safety back-up circuits! Stardrive overheating -- this thing is gonna blow!”

The West Coast Avengers and their Quinjets are snapped back to Earth because the Slig ship can’t maintain the dimension shift.

Wonder Man: “I warned you guys you couldn’t beat my buddies!”

Slig boss: “Be not so smug, Wonder Man! Even now we are transmitting all our test results back to our home base -- with all that data about your race, we will surely find a way to conquer y--”

And then the Slig ship explodes.

Countless light years away, presumably on the Slig homeworld, they receive the data and the report that the expedition to Earth has been destroyed.

Another Slig technician: “Our computers have correlated and interpreted the data -- This, then, is a projection of what the warrior-race called the Avengers look like!”

YOU HAVE PULLED A FAST ONE ON ME AGAIN, A COVER TO A COMIC BOOK!

Ahem.

So. The Slig computers, assuming that the Avengers are one uniform race and not a bunch of different peeps with different abilities, conflates them all into one COMPOSITE AVENGER.

And the Supreme Slig is so freaked out by the mighty Avenger warrior-race that he orders that all Slig fleets must avoid going anywhere near Earth.

It’s nice when things work out.

I’m not sure how Wonder Man in the last panel knows that this is the picture that the Sligs would get. Yeah, it ties into the story he read at the start of the issue but how does he know that this episode of his life would bookend so satisfyingly?

He is so pleased with himself though.

So!

This was definitely a fill-in. Meant to spin the wheels a bit. And its a fun story! Not substantive by any means. Most of the issue is a bunch of fights. There’s not really much in the way of character beats. But its fun to see the Avengers all out-fight or out-wit a dude that’s growing to counter them!

The Examiner is kind of a boring opponent. Doesn’t really have the spectacle of the Super-Adaptoid looking like a mishmash of his opponents and using their powers against them. But he works for this issue as someone for the Avengers to style on.

I’m annoyed that the West Coast Avengers don’t fight a guy that’s a mashup of their powers and aesthetics. That could have been fun.

But I’m not disappointed with the issue we got. And the way the Composite Avenger was actually used was a cute enough take on an old tale.

Plus, the issue had Moon Knight empowered by THOUSANDS OF MOOOOOONS and going ham. I can’t hate that.

Good job, Al Milgrom.

You wrote a hell of a fun story.

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