#captain of the invincible II

[lostcybertronian]

prompts 5 and 34 for engineer mark please?

Love me some angst. Post-ISWM pt. 2

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Prompt: “I can’t sleep. Can I sleep here?” / “It’s just you and me.”

You didn’t go down to the planet like the others, preferring to stay on the Invincible II where you could see it and protect it. It had been some days since you’d last seen a wormhole, but the creeping feeling that you’d be sucked into another dimension at any moment had yet to fade. You couldn’t eat. You couldn’t sleep. But you could pace the bridge, staring into (literal) space, pretending you were okay.

“Captain?” 

You turned. Mark stood at the door, refusing to meet your eye. He shifted his weight back and forth, shuffling his feet. “I can’t sleep,” he blurted out, when you didn’t say anything. He gestured to his cryopod, just to the right of the door. “Can I sleep in there? I’m . . . more comfortable there.”

You kept your expression carefully blank even as a maelstrom of thoughts crashed into your mind; Mark here, for decades, entire lifetimes, with nothing but himself and the ship, looking for a solution. Looking for you to be a solution.

“Captain?” Mark asked, and you cleared your throat; you’d been silent too long.

“Of course,” you said, hoping your voice was steady. “You can sleep wherever you want.”

For a moment Mark looked so intensely grateful that you had to avert your eyes. You heard his quiet footsteps as he plodded to his cryopod, and thought even those footsteps were exhausted.

“Do you ever-”

You turned. Mark had the cryopod door open and was half-in, leaning out to talk to you. 

“Do you ever think about how it’s just you and me?” He asked. “Just you and me who know, I mean. What happened.”

Of course you did. It was all you thought about.

You paused a moment to compose your answer. Mark’s stare remained on you, unwavering. 

“It is just you and me,” you said carefully. “But it is you and me. You’ll never be alone with what happened because I know, too.”

For the first time since you’d destroyed the universe, Mark smiled. “Thank you, Captain.” He said. “That makes me feel better.”

He climbed fully into the cryopod, its interior glowing faintly as it booted up. As the door shut and latched you turned back out to look at the massive planet below, glad Mark found your words comforting but wishing you felt the same.

[whatthesavannah]

Can we just talk about how strong the Captain is, like when Mark hits us with the fire extinguisher he’s using both hands, BUT HERE COMES THE CAPTAIN JUST FUCKIN’ CHUCKING AT HIM.

[thermodynamic-comedian]

I'd like to hear about your headcanons for the iswm characters!!

YIPPEE im so glad you asked, let me just set up my powerpoint presentation-

iswm headcanons!

captain - queer, agender, they/them. since the captain's pretty much just the viewer, this is just my own interpretation of who i feel like i'm playing as in iswm.

mark - pansexual, guyflux, they/he. i just feel like he's a guy, but not a man. masculine in some ways, definently not in others. pansexual because they genuinely do not care about your gender, he's just helpessly attracted to you no matter what.

celci - bisexual, transfem, she/her. literally blue hair and pronouns and i love her. definently realized she was bi when watching pirates of the caribbean.

gunther - polysexual, transmasc, he/him. completing the holy trinity of m-spec invincible II members. you've heard of be gay, do crime, now get ready for be trans, throw hands.

burt - aroace, male, any pronouns. i feel like burt genuinely does not care what you refer to him as.

mack/theory crew - questioning, libramasc, he/him. closer to male than other genders, but still slightly different. the only invincible II crew member to not really be open about his sexuality, mostly because he's still figuring it out (the captain had to give him a whole 'it's totally fine if no existing label fits you, and you shouldn't feel rushed to figure out your own identity' talk)

lady/allu minium - sapphic, non-binary, they/she/xe. found out about gender when researching human culture, and was both excited that some of the labels fit them, but also mildly confused. "wait, humans have specific words for all of those things? but they're just normal personal stuff, why do you need words for those things?" (mark had to teach her why labels for different gender identities and sexualities exist. xe was less than charmed to find out queerphobia is a thing.)

bandit - bisexual, demigirl, she/they. believe it or not, she's actually had to pretend to be a human quite a few times when on the run, so the way humans identify is nothing new to them.

wug - unlabeled, pangender, all pronouns. there are multiple wugs, and it's shown that they can have preferred pronouns (e.g. that one wug who goes by she/her), but i think the wug we interact with the most feels perfectly fine being seen as any and all human genders.

[caleohateclub]

i have to stop getting into series with a floating ship called “the _____ II” i’m getting so confused

[all-lars-bars]

Thinking about Alice Human Sacrifice for the Markiplier Protags. See tags for infodump.

[andaboop]

Two years since our journey on the Invincible II. The stars are shining just as bright as they did that day. I hope you see them too Captain, wherever you are, remember them fondly.

[type40thiefoflight]

@cheezylueezy​ your tags are making me go insane

it’s almost iswm’s one year anniversary and all I can think about is captaineer one year later type scenarios. Wonder if they’ve healed, if they fully trust each other, if the weight of their choices has lessened.

But mostly I hope it’s painful mutual yearning

[eyesore-boi]

You say too late to start,

Got your heart in a headlock.

You know you're better than this.

Sorry but did someone say ISWM × Mouthwashing crossover? >:]

Mouthwashing got me in a bit of a chokehold rn, ans what do i do when i'm in new fandom chokeholds? Think of how it overalaps with my other fandoms yeah that's normal :]

But for real i cannot be the only one seeing the parallels bettween ISWM and Mouthwashing: Both take place in space, deal with the themes of isolation/insanity, making the wrong choices when you think it's right, having a hero/villain complex, just to name a few. So figured i'd illustrate that here with redrawing one of the Mouthwashing scenes with Engineer!Mark and The Captain instead, replacing Jimmy and Curly! :D

BY THE WAY- I am NOT saying that Mark is as bad as Jimmy is, even if i do see some overlap in their characters, mainly wanting to remain the noble hero in it all, and making terrible choices but believing it to be right. The difference between them though is that Mark genuinly thought he was doing the right thing, but just didn't have enough true knowledge of the situation to realize he was wrong, and when he does, he is genuinely crushed and feels regret and guilt for what he did, wanting to truly right the wrong, wanting to take responsibility, by following someone else who knows better (The Captain) even if his trust in them was shaken. Jimmy is...not. He knows the bigger picture, but still makes choices just for his own benefit, constantly hides behind the hero persona even when it's clear he's not, "knocks down" people he believes are/were higher then him rather than following along, never truly takes responsibility and....let's face it done worse crimes then Mark will ever do- Just wanted to clear that up :]

Also can you tell i've been thinking bout Mouthwashing a lot with that little character analysis i am very normal :]

But uh one more thing is that i am really damn proud of this piece?? Like- The posing took me minute but think i got it across well, was fun drawing my Canon Captain design again since it's been a while, and hOLY SHIT I DUNNO HOW BUT I LOCKED THE FUCK IN FOR THOSE FLAME EFFECTS H O W -

But yeah uh anywahs that's all, may do some further pieces in the future, mayhaps with the Invincible II Crew interacting with the Tulpar Crew...maybe....but till then if you excuse me *chugs some mouthwash*

Also have some alt. versions with no text and the original sketch cause why not-

[opencommunion]

"With the capacity to knock down any other regular army on earth, a military expenditure that exceeds that of the nearly 200 states that constitute the rest of the world combined, and a military budget that exceeds the gross domestic product of all other countries except the fourteen largest economies after the United States—the U.S. 'hyperpower' nevertheless proved one more time in contemporary history that it is unable to control rebellious populations in poor countries. Evidently, all the sophisticated killing gadgetry that the Pentagon possesses is of very limited help for such a purpose. Controlling populations involves troops: It is the kind of industry where labor cannot be replaced with hardware. ... Their belief in the invincibility of their superior weaponry—with a hubris that was enhanced by the amateurship in military affairs of Olmert and Peretz, the present captains of their crew—led the Israelis to believe that they could force Hezbollah into capitulation, or push the Lebanese to the brink of a new civil war, by taking the whole of Lebanon hostage, destroying the country’s civilian infrastructure, and pouring on its Shiite-populated areas a deluge of bombs. Israel deliberately flattened whole neighborhoods and villages, leaving an aftermath resembling that of World War II bombings—or the bombing of Fallujah in Iraq, in 2004, though on a much larger scale, and accordingly much more visible. Israel’s new war on Lebanon displayed the murderous fury of an act of revenge against the only population that had managed to oblige it to withdraw unconditionally from an occupied territory. ... Far from inducing civil war among the Lebanese, Israel’s aggression succeeded in uniting them, for as long as the bombing went on, in a common resentment against its murderous brutality."

Gilbert Achcar and Michel Warschawski, The 33-Day War: Israel’s War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Its Consequences (2007)

[falseroar]

Fix it from the Outside: an ISWM fan game

For the first second anniversary of In Space with Markiplier (part 2), I made a game!

The story: The Invincible II is in dire need of repair, Captain! Your crew is doing everything they can to handle all of the issues that cropped up while you were asleep, but something strange is going on and they need your help. Yes, Captain, it's time to fix it from the--wait, please don't run straight to the airlock!

Check it out now over on GameJolt! ✨It's free!✨

Further notes: This is another visual novel game, but unlike Where is Markiplier? it's relatively short and linear. The art for the game includes images from ISWM as well as some original ones, as seen in the screenshots above. There are some light horror elements, but no jumpscares, and hopefully a few laughs here and there.

And...yeah, I think that's everything? I'm not very good at the self-promotion thing, but please do check it out if you're interested at all, and let me know if you have any problems, questions, or whatever!

Anyway, the coffee's worn off, the game's as done as it's ever going to be, so I'm gonna go to sleep now.

I'm so tired, Captain.

[violetmuses]

The Wolf - A. Aretas (Part II) ❤️‍🩹

Title: The Wolf - A. Aretas (Part II) ❤️‍🩹

Fandom: “Bad Boys” Film Universe

Character: Armando Aretas

Pairing: Armando Aretas + Female Reader

Main Storyline: One target seems invincible until you cross his path. @nelo0wesker

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2025

“Hey. I'll be quick to give some advice. Don't start a fight whenever you see Armando. I'm still trying to help out.” Famous Miami Detective Mike Lowrey greets you for the first time in quite a while.

“Of course.” You nodded toward Mike and remembered showing common sense in public.

As you joined everyone this morning, Captain Rita Secada leads this briefing once Mike sits down with his partner and best friend Marcus Burnett.

Time passes once more and you leave with details on that future assignment, but Mike stands in this hall while talking on the phone.

“You good?” Mike whispered to the caller and your heart raced. “What? Damn, okay. Take it easy, all right? See you tomorrow.”

“Is everything all right?” You offered genuine concern when Mike hung up.

“Armando's out for the day. Dammit!” Mike shook his head and immediately left this precinct, upset.

*****

Mike also married this remarkable person, Christine, last year. The well-versed physical therapist eased Lowrey's shooting rehabilitation.

After returning to Miami for good, Armando Aretas stayed with Mike, his biological father.

“He's still in the guest room.” Christine whispered to Mike at home.

“Thanks, babe.” Mike kissed Christine's cheek and headed upstairs for his son.

_____

“Hey, it's me.” Mike carefully knocked on the guest room door.

“One second…” Armando seemed exhausted despite taking this shower to clear his mind.

Wearing this shirt and sweatpants, Armando emerged from that guest room. Nearly bloodshot eyes watched Mike across the short distance.

Lowrey knew this exact problem: Isabel's birthday marked the calendar.

“No pressure, but you can always talk to us, man.” Mike settled care. “Need anything?”

“Space.” Armando genuinely offered his own truth.

“Got you. I'll head back downstairs.” Mike stepped away and left his son, giving boundaries.

*****

The next day, you see Armando walking toward you, but his exhaustion is palpable enough to calm down this grudge. You know much better.

“Hey.” Armando greets you before sitting down at his desk.

“Sorry.” You've finally apologized, not even dramatic, though honest and brief.

“I understand.” Armando takes your word and moves on.

The future is mysterious, but your hatred no longer matters.

[lostcybertronian]

Egotober - Day 9

Prompt: Antlers

Prompts by @tracobuttons

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“Captain’s log, stardate one point- actually, Mark. What’s the date?”

Mark scoffed. Planted his hands on his hips. Leaned forward in that way he did when he was utterly convinced he was right. “This isn’t Star Trek, Captain.”

You turned and waved both arms at the eerie world in which the wormhole had spat you into. “Isn’t it?”

“Captain.” Mark said from behind you.

“I mean-” You gestured to the curled, blackened trees littering a gray landscape piled with ashy dunes. Fog pressed in around you; you couldn’t see anything but your immediate surroundings and the trees, even with the luminescent glow of the portable wormhole generator. “This is totally a Star Trek episode.”

“Captain!” Mark pawed at your arm, forcing you to spin-

And see exactly what he was going on about: a gigantic figure was rising above the trees, swathed in gray and black, a magnificent deer skull with empty, gaping eyes bearing down on you while around its head wove massive antlers that stretched so far above they disappeared into the sky.

You gawked, while Mark squeaked out, “I think we need to get out of here.”

A giant hand, spindly and clawed, swept from the fog, reaching toward you, and you snapped out of your awe. You began slapping wildly at the wormhole generator stuck to your hand. “That’s a great idea. Let’s leave.”

But it wouldn’t respond. You poked at it, clawed at it, all the wild Mark clung to you, all but climbing you like a tree. “Captain, Captain-”

“I got it!” The hand was getting closer, seeming to move in slow motion. It was bigger than you. Bigger than you and Mark combined. “Fuck! Work, you damn thing!”

Finally, it did, and the wormhole opened, a great mass of whirling blue-black that swept you away moments before the hand passed through the spot you were standing.

You and Mark tumbled to the deck of the Invincible II, right in the middle of the bridge. You lay on your back, panting, the adrenaline surge pounding in your ears, while Mark rolled over onto his stomach and made noises.

“That was not the fucking warp core,” you muttered when you eventually regained the ability to breathe.

“Definitely not a Star Trek episode.” Came Mark’s reply. “Shit was too scary for that.”

You gasped out a laugh. “I never want to do that again. I quit.”

Mark managed a snort. “And I’ll be right behind you.”

[districtattorney404]

How did you first meet the gang?

the gang? Oh, you asking about the Invincible II, right?

it were long ago as far I as I can remember...

I woke up on an unfamiliar bed, at first I thought I was in another story Mark created but no...

Engy or the Mark on Invincible II knock on my door, handing out an paper about something like "Space camp"

I hesitate but I go through many crazy thing before so I agree, not knowing he not the Mark I know

I don't know what I was doing, I live goalless...

Then, one time I decide to go outside and not waiting for the "space camp" anymore...

that when it hit me...

It's not Mark story...

People looking at me and whisper to each other...

I ran to a newspaper shop, they look confuse because such long time since anyone buy their newspaper

my head spining...

It get heavy...

My eyes feel wet... It tear... So long...

It been more than a century... Or more...

It real... I saw My name on a very old newspaper... missing... Damien... Missing... Celine... Missing...

No...

after that I have to learn everything again... Even things that new to me... 'cause I know if I don't learn it now, I will get in trouble when I join the "space camp"

About 1 year before the event, I get to the place and get to meet the head crews, I use fake name so their won't suspicious me... and somehow I got to be the captain...

I get to live... Not normal like the 1920's but... No fight... No control from anyone and... friends...

I have to move on, 'cause I got a chance, I got a choice

This time I write my own story...

[amee-racle-ofmyown]

some of my own headcanons about @/qjel-01's ISWM monster!Captain AU:

monster captain can change their size slightly (based on the drawings of them with Mark but also outside of the Invincible 2 and how small the ship is compared to them)

the dark appearance and speckled pattern allows them to blend into the darkness of space and distant stars, when eyes are closed they can sometimes seem almost completely invisible

Captain has some degree of control over their gloopiness/solidness

they have a uniquely keen sense of direction, and very good vision

they are very old, and have travelled through many different galaxies

they are able to survive not just in the vacuum of space but in most planetary atmospheres and environments

they are accustomed to just flying through space for a long time without settling anywhere but they like to investigate planets from time to time

on some distant planets, there are civilizations who started to worship them, although they never really understood why

they get very curious when they come across a new species they haven't seen before

when they first met Mark, he was on a mission on a smaller ship with a small crew; something had failed and they were left drifting until someone could come get them. the enormous creature carefully dragged their ship to the nearest human space station

they kept hanging around space stations and flying alongside ships that Mark was on and the two somehow became friends❤️ they love and trust each other very much

human captains and crew members started accepting the alien creature's guidance and help

whilst Mark was busy building the Invincible II, the government and space agencies on Earth were having trouble selecting a captain to lead the mission of starting a colony on a new planet

eventually, Mark managed to convince them that his giant alien friend would be great at leading the crew

The Captain can be quite playful, but is aware that they need to be careful not to hurt the tiny humans :)

[inkbedou]

L1X14N - ADS!Lix

and finally, also made by me, we got ADS!Lix; L1X14N!

a quite literally perfect android fighter tasked to protect the humans in the Invincible II and their colony. although maybe 'perfect' isnt the right word...

more info about him under the read more!

is an android!! look at the robot go!!

very quiet, kinda nonchalant and standoffish but never in a cool guy type way, more like aloof, i guess? his brain is full of elevator music

has emotions, and he can detect he has them but not really what they are or mean

like i put in the ref sheet, i imagined he'd like making music with music pads or midi fighters, but of course only when he has time

ok, so i might have gone a little crazy with this one but HEAR ME OUT

i imagined that if he were to be a part of the story, that in some alternate universe L1X would realize that all the wormhole buisness happens because of Engineer. and as his job is literally to ensure the safety of the colonists, he decides to jump into the wormhole looking for Engie. this chase would get more and more frustrating tho, as L1X can find many Marks but not Engineer, and stresses as the more time he takes to find Engie, the more that the colonists will be hurt/traumatized. not to mention the betrayal, i mean, L1X would probably think that Engie meant what he was doing. In the end tho, i imagine that he wouldnt have a big part in the ending (i like that the captain and Engie have their moment), but that after all of it got resolved that he'd still remember everything that happened, so i guess more trauma for the poor android :(

his cat companion is a white oriental shorthair named Sequilho! sequilhos are brazilian cookies, i have this vid from Dylan B Hollis that shows the recipe, its so simple i should really try them sometime :D https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9rPCwLZ42Kg (recipe video)

and poor L1X is completely in love with this cat. if it sits on his lap he feels so much emotion towards it he cant bring himself to move it. he has a back pocket on his pants specifically designed for the cat to sit in while he works. you cant get it away from him.

someone who worked on him once tried to take the cat away from him and he lost all will to live. Engie and Gunther had to go get the cat back so that L1X could actually work again.

idk why i designed him to look kinda like a porcelain doll, but it looks pretty cool! tho obvs he's made of some stronger material XD also, he's made to look kinda weirdly human, so his "blush" is painted on.

the light blue lights are illuminated parts that show the inside of the wiring. whether the color can be changed to others like those rgb lights remains to be seen.

and finally, his weapon of choice is usually his two laser guns, though he knows how to fight with any weapon B)

aaa these three were so fun to do, im so happy with how they came out! although i have to admit there was a fourth idea that never really went anywhere. cause if we got lix in all areas of the ship, an alien!lix isnt that farfetched. it wasnt a bad idea at all, i just didnt have a good idea for it, but it could totally be made XD! maybe someday ill make it...

[paladin-of-nerd-fandom65]

Who are your top 5/10 favorite Marvel characters?

Thanks 🙂

Ah, Ambitious Aren’t we? Eh, why not? I think I got a comprehensive list ;-)

For you buddy @confusedhummingbird

1) Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man

2) Doctor Victor Von Doom

3) Steve Rogers, Captain America

4) Bruce Banner, The Incredible/Immortal Hulk

5) Bucky Barnes, The Winter Soldier

6) Miles Morales, The Ultimate Spider-Man

7) Ben Grimm, Everyone’s Favorite fun loving Blue eyed Thing

8) Billy Kaplan Maximoff, Wiccan and Tommy Shepherd Maximoff, Speed

9) Kamala Khan, Miss Marvel

10) The Next Avengers (James Rogers, Torunn, Azari, Pym Jr, and Barton II; first seen in the animated direct to dvd film of the same name)

Honorable Mentions: Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch; Anne Marie, Rouge; Laura Kinney Howlet, Wolverine; Kurt Wagner, Nightcrawler; Reed Richards, Mr Fantastic; Susan Storm-Richards, The Invisible Woman; Johnny Storm, The Human Torch; Erik Lehnssherr, Magneto; Tony Stark, The Invincible Iron Man; Jean Grey, Phoenix; Mary Jane Watson, The Amazing Spinneret; Harry Osborn, The Green Goblin; Galactus, Devourer of Worlds; and finally J Jonah Jameson of the Daily Bugle