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poppymouth · 6 years ago

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Updated Urban with revamped characterization and 2019 ref! Info sheet under the cut!

Name || Urban Age || 24 Race || Skeleton/Veiled (invisible monster-type) Occupation || runs Journey’s Thread, his father’s materials and fabrics shop. Also works as an occasional courier. Gender || Male Height || 5’5 Relationship Status || Taken by Ace Voice Actor || N/A (looking around) RELATIONSHIPS Family >Farren: Father. Fallen Down and in comatose. Despite his aloofness, Urban works extremely hard to keep up with his medical bills to keep his dad under care. >Geneva: Mother. Deceased. Has never seen eye to eye with her, but despite feeling >Altan: Non existent twin brother. Soul was absorbed by Urban’s during Geneva’s parturiency. It’s complicated.

Significant Other >Ace: Current Boyfriend, and the relationship is going strong despite either of them having little to no real dating experience. Opposites attract, Ace fills the goob-shaped hole in Urban’s heart.

Friends >Octi: He’s a weirdo, but not bad in urban’s eyes. Definitely don’t ask about his interest, and especially don’t ask or bring up the fact that he draws. >Frisk: Urban was pretty apathetic towards Frisk as first, not knowing that they were a human. But through Ace, he comes to learn more about Frisk and loves the little squirt, designating them as his flirt prodigé under his wing. Gave the kid a candy stick that looked like a cigarette upon their first meeting. >Roman: hahahhahaha no actually that was a joke >Sans: One of Urban’s close buddies. They used to be closer… but it never would have worked out in the end. Papyrus: Associative friend through Sans, talks to him from time to time but not very deeply. Took a bite of his food once and has successfully avoided it ever since. #W̬͇̣̦̼͚͉͇̩.҉̧̪̬̟̗͔͎̹͡D̹̩͕̦.̴̻̙̤̝̰͞ ̸̸͎̩̤̻̫̥̕G̨̰̙̬͔ͅa̶͓̦͕̕s̺̮͖̝͠t̶̘̙̖͚̻͚͚͘e͓̗͉̯̝̗͝r̭̼̙̱̩͟:҉̳̫͖͕͙ I̧ǹ his̵ ͝yo̸u͠th,̴ ̷U͢r̸ba̶n͢ ̀wa͝s̶ i͜ǹvite̢d in͘tơ ̢h̸i͡s ̷la̧bş ̸a̶ś ̵a͏ ̴res͡p̵éc͡te͟d͡ ͏s͝ub̀ject ̢o̕f̸ ͠s̀t̶ùdỳ ̶t̴o͠ bet̛ter͜ ͢u̶n̡der̡s͞t̢and ͢h̀is͡ ̷men͝t͜a̷l ͡a͠nd ̶s̀o̸ul҉-b͠a̕s̶ed ҉si̵tuat͜io͟n̡.̷ A͠fte̛r̴ beco͜m̀ing̢ ́reda͟cte̷d fro̸m ͜t̶h̵e̛ ̛w͢ǫrl̡d h͝ow͠ever͝,̢ Uŕba̶n ha̴s no r̀èco͏llect̵ion o͜f ev͡er ǵo͜ing͠ to t̛h̸e͏ ͡Ĺabs̷ ex͢cep̡t̴ ͝f͞o̸r͠ ͠th͟e͏ ̢r͡ar̀e ̡del̢i͡v́e͜ry͡ tḩe̡rȩ.͞

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>Slick: Their relationship is messy and complicated. Urban is currently unaware that he and Slick are one and the same, instead believing they are two people with two different lives. Is Slick his own person, who is he? It’s a question he has found himself asking time and time again.

Other Urban casually hooked up with a lot of women, but no one has ever become anything more than One Night Fun Nights. PERSONALITY Flirtatious | Loud | Playful | Crude Humor | Natty | Excitable | Selectively Dependable A simple way to put Urban is to think of him as a goon with a heart. He’s ballsy and a tad rebellious against rules (if the occasional weed stash in his house is anything to go by), and enjoys thumping to hard beat music but truthfully, he is generally easygoing guy and fun to hang around, with no real need for confrontation. In fact, instead, he tries to make any and all situations something to laugh at, whether a crude joke or directing tension to something more interesting and off topic. Let no one ever know thought he gets mushy with his bae, Ace, he’s got a reputation of keeping his Cool Guy Syndrome up. Likes: weed | little animals | his tattoos | chains rings and tags | wrasslin’ | hats and bandannas | “Gettin’ it on” | comedy movies | swimming | hard rap/hip hop | underground music (no pun intended) | ironically dabbing in front of people | dancing | his own fashion sense

Dislikes: drinking | the cold | having his facial damage visible in front of others | arguments | being sick/puking | being alone | people looking like a fool with their outfits | working out | when people mistake him for Slick Brief History Urban was born in New Home with his father, Farren, an ex-nomadic crafter and his mother Geneva, who he has grown up to have very shaky relationship with due to his birth causing her to be permanently weakened and with only one child when she was supposed to have twins (as his soul had absorbed his twin’s during conception). They did not hate each other, but love was tough and hardly spoken between them. Urban found most of his parental love from his more forgiving and sympathetic father. During his early adolescent years (around twelve years old), Urban had unknowing formed a second personality in the form of Slick, who in turn became his own being through Urban’s malformed soul. It is reasonably assumed that Slick is a creation of both mental stress and the physical conundrum of Urban’s soul, since absorbing his twin’s left a separate magical imprint from his own. Because Slick differed from Urban in personality, introvert and reclusive but rebellious and artistic, it’s not very long that these switches between Urban and Slick give the former trouble, including holes in his memory. Several years after, Slick’s purpose of shutting out everyone, opposing any and all forces, came to a head when a confrontation with the wrong Royal Guard at the wrong time left him with half his skull blown into. This Royal Guard was relieved of his position after the incident, and Urban has yet to know of his identity. Urban was admitted into medical care by healers (who did all they could, but they told Urban’s parents the bone would never completely heal over) and almost immediately after taken in for therapy, where he finally admits of the existence of Slick, who he believed he was—but after close observation, proved to be completely false and made up in his head. Either way, this condition had already proven dangerous to his health. It was around this time his mother had dusted to due her own failing health. His condition was a medical mystery until Urban’s case caught the attention of Hotl͢and ̴La̡b͢s̸, ͢and́ ͏o͘n̡e̴ Dr. W.͢ D.͠ ͡G҉ast͞e͢r.̷ ̴It҉ ̡di̢d͟n’̧t ͟t́a͜k̵e long fo̸r҉ U̢rb͝a͜n tò ̀be̢ ͠w̛e͜ļc҉ome͘d͡ ̷i̧n͜ ̀a͘s a ̀re͜speçted stu̕ḑy̕ s̷ub͞ject ͠a̸nd͞ ̶Ur͜ban s͡t̀ay̧s̀ in ͢t̢h̀e La͠bs͡ ̡f̡or ͢a c҉o̴upl͘e ҉of́ ỳe̴ars͠ ͞a̛s th̢os͜e p͜a̧r͡t҉ óf̨ ̡hi̴s͡ c̴a̷se̛ s̨tudy f̶i��gure̵ o̢ut how ̵h̸is͠ ̢m͏i͠n͠d ̸works ̶i͜n t͠a҉n҉dem̧ w͢it̀h his ͟ma҉g̷i҉c.̧ They were trying to find any results if this was really mental, or if it’s partially the result of remnants of his twin’s absorbed soul trying to become a singularity within Urban’s body. At seventeen however, after Urban had gotten news that his father had become one of the victims to Falling Down, he left t͏̶h͘͘͏è l͟a̡̛͜b̨̡s̸͢ in order to maintain the store in the capital, an income, and tries to pick himself up into continuing life on his own. Presently, he lives at the edge of the capital where rent is cheap and works small jobs from within the city (and sometimes in other parts of the Underground) to make ends meet. Magic and Weapons >Urban’s arsenal for FIGHTs include >Bone-based attacks >Invisible attacks (outlined, hard to see) >Orange and blue attacks >Switchblade

Trivia >Urban has a short gold barbell tongue piercing >Urban’s magic is purple, the symbolic color of perseverance >Whenever he goes through a magic swap (Urban’s purple to Slick’s green and vice virsa), he immediately pukes that current magic; it’s his body’s way of ejecting the previous “foreign” magic >While Urban passes as a full Skeleton, he is half Veiled from his father’s side and as the hereditary ability to turn invisible. >Under the light of a full moon, glowing patterns appear on Urban’s bone, another trait carried over by his Veiled ethnicity >Almost all tattoos were gotten by Urban, except for the flower tattoo on his right arm, which Slick had gotten himself

>Urban’s jacket logo and the Veil culture is based on the Bohemian culture!

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sorrytobreakyourheart · 6 years ago

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Micmacs: weapon manufacturing criticism in a comedy

So in On Why Pre-Afghanistan Tony Stark Isn’t a Bad Person ( while not a hero ) I talked about the movie Mimacs à tire-larigot as a counterpoint to all my positive arguments to defend Tony as a weapon manufacturer, and I figured that

(A) most of you probably don’t know that movie since it’s french ( like me) ( and I’m writing this in English, which is probably not helping but eitherway )

(B) I should probably expand on why exactly liking Micmacs and agreeing to a lot of it doesn’t negate my feelings on Tony’s ethics

+ there’s a lot about that movie that stands on its own, without me throwing Tony at it. It’s, first of all, a comedy, though, so of course there isn’t a long and winded commentary of weapon manufacturing thrown in the middle by a character.

The parts that directly relates to Tony or the MCU in general will be in italics.

( I’m not, obviously, going to tell you absolutely everything about it, but mostly the part about weapon manufacturing and how it ties in with Tony’s past )

First of all, the story ( and, because I can’t control myself, the arguments in the middle ):

The Incidents

Bazil ( Danny Boon ) is a child in 1979 when his father ( a soldier ) is killed by a landmine as the man is working on removing landmines from the maroccan part of the Sahara. His mother receives his father’s things, and he learns that La Vigilante de L’Armement was the landmine’s manufacturer.

30 years later, Bazil is shot in the head by a stray bullet from a car/moto chase between two criminals, and survives, but the bullet is still inside his brain because removing it has 9/10 odds of leaving him a vegetable. That also means he spends a lot of the rest of the movie suffering from that bullet, with the risk of dying without warning at any moment. Later, he’s given the bulletcase his replacement at work found on the road: it’s from Les Arsenaux d’Aubervilliers.

Now, I would be the first to say that yes, his life was fucked up by those two weapons, but the manufacturers are not necessarily the ( only ) ones responsible for that. Assuming those two enterprises followed the rules, you can say that the first guilty party in his father’s death is the government/military that started the war/decided to use landmines, and that the criminals in the shooting could have stolen those weapons ( or gotten it from a stolen shipment ) from the military, making it the criminals’ fault.

Both are true, regardless of the manufacturers’ own guilt.

The Aftermath

On top of having lost his father and risking death by inconvenient bullet everyday of his life, Bazil lost his job ( logical, someone had to do the work while he was recuperating ) and now lives on the street, scrapping by as he goes.

After a few months, he’s taken in a by a group/family of other lost people. They live in a cavern of recycling materials ( and by recycling trash ). There’s Tambouille ( Mama Chow in English ) who’s the group’s mom. Placard ( Slammer ), who did 25 years and is possibly a former crook from what we see. Remmington, an African ethnograph who somehow ended up poor in Paris like the rest of them and uses an overwhelming amount of french language clichés. La Môme Caoutchouc ( Elastic Girl ), a contorsionist. Petit Pierre ( Tiny Pete ), an old man who doesn’t really speak but makes incredible automatons. Fracasse ( Buster ), a former human cannonball with the injuries that goes with the job. Calculette ( Calculator ), a girl whose ability to tell anything and anyone’s measurements is basically a superpower.

The Revenge

One day, as Bazil is collecting things thrown away to use again, he ends up right in between the buildings of Les Arsenaux d’Aubervilliers and of La Vigilante de l’Armement. He recognizes the logos, and tries to get to talk with the CEO of Les Arsenaux ( bullet ) for compensation, but get thrown out. Then he cross the street, and hears a speech by the CEO of La Vigilante about how making weapons is awesome ( I’m admittedly symplifying here ).

Frankly, at that point Nicolas Thibault de Fenouillet ( old-style CEO, Les Arsenaux ) and François Marconi ( modern-style CEO, La Vigilante ) don’t seem that different from Tony. They live in luxury, make weapons for their country and possibly its allies, their public persona is not necessarily likeable, but you can always chalk it up to the fact that yes, it’s a public persona ( they aren’t engineer, though, just the CEO ).

Except. Tony might have refused to see Bazil, if he had come to him for a bullet made by SI, but he wouldn’t have made the kind of joke de Fenouillet did ( “He says he has one of our bullet in his brain, sir”/”well that makes something for him to remember us by” ). On top of that, when Bazil was thrown out by security, they took their time to mock him and his head wound, to be cruel. That’s not a behavior Tony would have tolerated from his employees, supposing de Fenouillet knew about it.

Except, I made an argument in my previous post about the Ares Award and Tony’s absence, him not necessarily wanting an award for being a weapon manufacturer, and that directly relates to Marconi’s speech. Marconi, him, is there, and makes the praise of his business, and jokes about Rimbaud having been a poet only to become a weapon dealer, and himself planning to do it the other way. He does it unprompted. He shows the ego we keep hearing about in Tony, when Tony wasn’t even there for his own award ceremony, when Tony only said that the weapon industry was necessary when Christine Everhart basically asked him if she was ashamed.

Anyway, Bazil is angry. He wants revenge, which, okay.

He starts spying on both CEOs, making a plan to take them both down. And as it turns out, Marconi is ( oh, surprise! ) contacted by an African ex-dictator who wants to start up shit again because he likes being a dictator better than being an ex-dictator. Marconi spends about two seconds and a half saying he only sells to legitimate clients, before being told how much he’s going make, and then, his ethics go right through the window.

Which, you know. Tony never agreed to do. Not even when the Ten Rings kidnapped him and tortured him.

There’s a confrontation with the rest of the gang, and eventually everyone in on the plan ( which, you know, is about making les “Marchants de la Mort” pay; you know where I’m going here ).

The plan, in fact, consist of a lot of shennanigans that probably wouldn’t work in real life, but the gang is just that good, and it’s a movie. They start by incapacitating the dictator’s men, and Remington pretends to be them to offer de Fenouillet the same deal, so that both CEOs think the other one undermined him when the deal doesn’t happen. Then they get in, wreck Marconi’s cars, steal de Fenouillet’s rather disturbing collection of famous people’s body parts, steal a shipment of bombs, etc.

From there the CEOs are the one escalating. Marconi put pressure on a cleaning lady to sabotage de Fenouillet’s testing unit, which causes a massive explosion at the plant of Les Arsenaux, and there are no casualties but only by chance. De Fenouillet sends a tactical team to kidnap/murder Marconi.

It’s all interrupted when the dictator’s men get back in the story and play Russian Roulette with Marconi ( before the tactical team gets there ), Bazil gets caught because he was worrying about Elastic Girl ( who was looking for blackmail, and is currently hinidng in the fridge ), and the CEOs finally realize what’s going on ( kinda ).

Bazil almost gets killed, but the gang as a Plan B, and ends up kidnapping de Fenouillet and Marconi instead, staging a flight and arrival in the desert, putting a grenade ( not armed ) in de Fenouillet’s mouth, who’s sitting on Marconi’s shoulders, who’s standing on a landmine ( not armed either ), while they are all disguised as arab women with picture of their dead/injured children.

Before long the two are confessing to a lot of things, starting with all the people who are not legitimate clients they sold things to ( IRA, ISIS, you name it ). They are being recorded, of course, and when the gang stops acting and reveals who they are, they also download the video on ( old, old ) YouTube. Les Arsenaux and La Vigilante are about to close, de Fenouillet and Marconi are ridiculed, about to be tried, and lost all their support.

Bazil is happy with his new family.

The End.

Non-Violence

Bazil & Co’s plan never involved violence. They aren’t looking to kill either CEOs, and the employees are not treated like acceptable casualties just because they work for the two assholes. In fact, the only people who die here are not part of the plan, are killed by de Fenouillet’s men, are the dictator’s men. The most violent thing they did was release bees on workers to steal the bombs, and send a car with goons in it in a billboard

Unlike, say, Wanda and Pietro’s plan, who just didn’t give a damn about what happened to anyone ( the Avengers themselves, but also all the people who would get caught up in whatever they’d pushed Tony into doing ) as long as they got to kill Tony, to make Tony suffer, until they realized it had gone too far and (A) they were going to die too, (B) maybe seven billions people was a bit too high a casualty count even for them.

The only thing you can blame the gang for is the explosion at the factory ( if there had been casualties ), in that they instigated the rivalry, but, in the end, that’s on Marconi, much more than on the gang, because he’s the one who decided to do that ( and by pressuring an imigrant couple to do his dirty work, no less ).

Tony wouldn’t have deliberately endangered people like that. If he was like that, he’d have dropped a missile on Gulmira to get rid of the Ten Rings, without care for the civilians casualties, instead of getting there in person and targetting only the terrorists.

A Plan that wouldn’t have worked if they hadn’t deserved it

Despite the fact that Bazil wants revenge, his whole plan only works if de Fenouillet and Marconi are, in fact, assholes. Marconi didn’t have to accept the dictator’s deal, but he did. De Fenouillet didn’t have to accept the dictator’s deal, but he did. When they thought the other one had started trashing their stuff, they didn’t have to escalate. Marconi didn’t have to take his employee’s visa so that his wife would be forced to sabotage Les Arsenaux. De Fenouillet didn’t have to try and murder Marconi.

If they hadn’t sold weapons to ISIS/etc, they wouldn’t have had anything to confess at the end. They’d probably have been ridiculed, but it couldn’t have done any grave damage to their lives. In fact, the gang would have probably been labelled as the villains for having harrassed/kidnapped/threatened ( since they didn’t know the landmine and the grenade weren’t armed ) people who were doing their job within the law.

At every turn, the CEOs had a choice, and at every turn, they disappointed. Which is why the plan worked.

Tony refused to sell/make weapons for terrorists, which is what pushed Obadiah to get rid of him. Tony demands a lot of his employees, but he doesn’t force them to do anything, they can leave if they want, if they think he’s wrong.

And if Tony, somehow, had still ended up in the same situation, threatened with death to admit to having done things illegal... He wouldn’t have had anything to admit, because he didn’t do it.

Reality vs. Fiction

That’s the big difference between Tony Stark and de Fenouillet and Marconi. He’s not a bad person for being a weapon manufacturer, because he did it following the rules, but they aren’t, because they didn’t.

Being a weapon manufacturer, again, isn’t a bad thing per se, even if it isn’t a good thing either. As long as there isn’t world peace, and the absolute assurance that this peace will go undisturbed, we need soldiers, we need weapons, and therefore we need weapon manufacturers ( but I already made my argument about it in my last post ).

Now, I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that most, or maybe even, all, of the real-world weapon manufacturers are not good people who always follow the rules. But in case you hadn’t noticed, Tony Stark is the ideal ( or as close as ) of what a weapon manufacturer should be ( still not good per se, still not bad per se ), because he lives in a fictional world.

If you can believe in a soldier who never obeys orders he thinks are wrong and yet never gets disciplined because of it, if you can believe in a guy who turns into a giant green rage monster, if you can believe that six people can stop an alien invasion, and then you tell me you can’t picture a honest weapon manufacturer in that same world, well.

What we don’t need are weapon manufacturers like de Fenouillet and Marconi. What we need are people who are willing to make them fall, but not by using violence first either, not when it’s not needed, not when you can do it differently.

( though, the Plan almost went South at one point, which is why, sometimes, you also need an assurance, like, say, a way not to get killed by the weapon manufacturer who has, *gasp*, weapons! )

#french movie #Micmacs #micmacs à tire-larigot #pro tony stark #MCU #criticism of weapon manufacturing

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soliborne-archive · 6 years ago

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mind , heart & soul --- a dragonfather au.

after accidentally finding a treasure chest filled with eggs lukas manages to help three of them hatch , only to find himself raising three freshly hatched dragons --- and not just raising either. he’s bound to them.

he’s had to return from a trade to find his entire village ablaze ; not even bodies were visible for the most part. ashes , ashes that seemed to fly and ready to consume the world were all around him and lukas felt like he would never know joy again. his house wasn’t even there anymore , it , too , had become nothing but dark dust while his world burned before him. it was like he’d never be happy again --- and he’d never be. not without his home , not with his entire life burnt to nothing but cinders. it’s only when he finds a burnt flag embroidered with an all too familiar logo that he feels himself seethe with rage.

his uncle --- that bastared , had joined a pirate crew years ago , abandoning all responsibility. several of his uncles had scattered in the past , but this one had seriously joined the worst pack of outlaws imaginable. they weren’t even honorable for pirates --- and that meant something ! so he knows already that even if it’s the last thing he does he’ll end that blood - betraying bastard with his own hands. except he cant ; he knows where ships hide on the island , knows where to look to find him. but the ships a wreck and the crew is nowhere to be found. instead he sees something heavy fall into the water of the lagoon and sink. he doesn’t think , instead he jumps in and with a strong effort he pulls it out.

those pirates took everything from him , it was only fair he got to keep their clearly most treasured booty. he struggles for a while with the lock ( rocks don’t help a lot if they also keep scratching open your hands in the mean time ) but at last he manages to open it. eggs. lots of ‘em. the sight surprises him so much he forgets the fact that the inside of his hands are bleeding. he takes the rest of his will and energy and does his best to bring all of the eggs to safety --- he doesn’t even know if they’re from the same parents , some are heavier and larger than others despite the fact that their shells almost all feel equally as sturdy.

what they all have in common , though , are insignias on them , almost as if the eggs were trying to tell him their names in a language he didn’t speak.

he doesn’t know why , maybe it’s the loss of purpose or the fact he has nothing left to do , but lukas finds himself building a shelter in the very lagoon he found the chest in. he doesn’t know what conditions they’ll hatch under so he tries multiple methods. it takes a while , maybe months , maybe more , he’s not sure. but eventually one of them starts to hatch and for once lukas feels hope. he’s given up that the eggs would actually become something ( honestly he didn’t know what conditions they had to be kept in so he’d kept his hope at a low anyways ) and his heart soars when he sees a small snoot breaking through the shell.

he’s ... surprised but delighted at finding a dragon baby at his disposal ; he’s never seen one before and despite what he’s expected he immediately begins to feel a almost paternal instinct. then he hears another egg crack and he’s beyond happy. it wasn’t a human family , sure. but these were his children , his babies. his new life. it takes a night more and a third one is cracked. he waits , patiently , for a few more days. but , even without knowing how he’d know exactly , there’s something that tells him there’s not hope for the other eggs. it’s saddening , silence falling over him before he sighs. despite the losses , he was able to save three of them. that was good , wasn’t it ?

he’s not sure what drives him , but after ensuring the other eggs were all put into a spot where no human could find them on accident without destroying them he takes his children and moves on. there is no reason to his actions , just pure instinct. at first he remains with them in the remains of his village ; the woods nearby and the river parting the island he resides on giving enough playground for him to live. plus , the woods were filled with animals now that no hunters were around anymore. if there was a chance for him to teach his hatchlings to hunt now was the chance. except that he isn’t a dragon --- and one of them has to reside within the waters of the river ( previously he’d just thought it loved to swim --- trying to get it out of the lagoon had shown the little one to have neither legs nor wings to carry it )

so he does the best he can. raises them like his family raised him. but there’s a burning in the back of his mind , almost like voices whispering to him. he’s not sure what it is but it’s weird , in a comically positive way --- he’s never been around dragons , doesn’t know how to communicate with them and yet it’s exactly like the three little dragons know exactly what he wants them to do , and somehow it feels like he knows exactly what’s going on inside their mind. it feels almost childish of him but he talks to them as much as he can , tells them his favorite childhood fairytales at night time and tries to read to them whenever he can put his hands on a book.

they grow , slowly but steadily. except they don’t grow all that slow. the bigger his children get , the stronger the sensation in his mind. it’s as if they’re trying to communicate with him but can’t. not yet , at least. so he tries to ignore it , tries to bear it as best as he can while doing whatever possible to raise them. and it’s odd , ironic almost. how his dragons are almost similar to a human child in their curiousity and never - ending enthusiasm. and how wild he’s grown since losing his family. no , since finding them.

when they’re big enough to not be as easily targeted anymore he decides to move with them. he’s built a ship , not the best but big enough to house his two dragons and him , with an attachment to keep his more waterbased child close to the ship without taking too much freedom away. it’s a rough start , with the way his instincts yell at him to always keep a close eye on them. but it’s nice , for once in a very , very long time he has a family again. as unconventional as it may be.

it’s when he finally sets sail for a nearby harbor , when he keeps his babies far enough for no human to find them but close enough to not shut off his odd ability to sense their presence. when he enters the local tavern looking for a short job or a way to gamble someone out of a bigger vessel for the seas he hears it first. it’s an old man in old , almost rusty armor pieces talking about how his son had told him of a big nations plan to hatch dragons to use as weapons of conquest once they grew up. how , after the first batch not many of the eggs had hatched and the question whether it’s been from the first lay on or if it was after the stress of their mother having her first eggs stolen from her.

he doesn’t want to believe it , but it makes sense --- why else would pirates out of all people possess dragon eggs ? what kind of pirate crew other than a profoundly stupid one would even willingly try and raid an army of such valuable things ? and get away with it ( most likely thanks to the luck idiots can have ) ? it angers him , makes anger flare up within him to think that some humans would dare to think of his precious children as tools for war. it’s when a panicked patron yells about how his eyes had changed to a almost electric yellow that he leaves , suddenly feeling too hot in that disgusting tavern with those lowlives wasting away in it.

he almost falls down a hill when he can hear voices in his head --- clearly --- and tell right away that those are them --- his babies , talking to him. when he gets back to where he told them to stay put and they question him about the scale patches on the inside of his hand ( out of all places , it had to be something replacing his scars , didn’t it ? ) that he realises that perhaps his bond with these dragons is more than simply a parent and a child. that perhaps it really is like the stories he’s heard about --- that he was bound to them. but bound to three instead of one dragons ? that ... sounded odd , dangerous even. but it felt right. his instincts made it feel like it was fine , that as long as he protected them with his life he’d be fine.

but his anger from before still didn’t quell and without thinking he enlists the help of his own babies to steal a bigger ship --- one large enough to fit a crew AND his dragons in. whichever , if it’s owner was rich enough to buy one he’d surely be rich enough to buy another. and he sets sail. it’s almost surprising when his dragons don’t question where they’re going ; as if they instinctually knew that his plan was now to free whichever dragons that damned nation had captured and enslaved. it felt almost humorous when he was reprimanded for acting so angry and have such a beastly expression --- by dragons. and still , it didn’t stop the plan nor made him reconsider. those were his children , his pride and joy. he raised them and he knew that they were strong --- they were his children , after all.

KIND OF a wip

here because so far all i’ve got planned is that he’s just travelling right now---

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Clone Wars Episode 3

Shadow of Malevolence

Okay I have to admit I did not look at the episodes title before giving my review at the end of episode two

Which was in fact “Rising malevolence,” in which I noted hesitance towards the seemingly unfinished project and uncertainty To whether it would be finished or not or if this was just a standalone episode with a semi inconclusive ending Given that ‘Ambush’ Seemed to be a self-contained story

Well I got my answer

When I checked the next episode title for my ‘next’ segment So this is going to be a seralized Built up Thing

Alright

Point I was actually going to start with

Was theorization About this episode’s plot Seeing as how wildly different they are Despite focusing on Jedi Masters And if that meant that we’re going to be seeing Mace Windu this episode

How this would mix with the scene I’m interested in Now on with the episode

[Logo]

“Easy is the path to wisdom for those not blinded by ego,”

This one is complicated....

On one hand, Yes, the path to accountability

“Wisdom” Is easy for those not set against it

On the other hand, “easy,” the path of accountability Is not, It takes noticeable effort

but...

You’ll have fun doing it

Blue

Narrator

“A deadly weapon Unleashed,”

Deadly, only if you are Plo Koon

Approach space weapon

From

It’s obvious space firing point

and

Have no one approaching a different angles

Aka don’t use Jedi Council logic

This really is the Jedi Council propaganda station

Ooh The Separatists’ Ship Is called malevolence probably would’ve known that

(Had The Jump Cuts Not Given Me Sea Sick- Ness) My B Nvm Name makes perfect sense

(Thought it meant Malevolence As in the overall feeling, Makes sense...)

Unopposed Again

Jedi

enablers

After A ‘Daring’ rescue

The only thing daring was Which Enabler To Take Orders From (That Was My Fav orite Part)

Sky walker Prepares HaHAHAHAHAHA

You’d think they’d let him prepare anything

(Also teenagers can’t prepare)

Thought; I’m really Gonna Like Seeing Anakin In This Episode (They Specifically Mention Him)

They managed to write Pretty Realistic And Consist ent Child Characters (With Little Bumps) Last Time Around And I’d really like to see them continue that consistency with (maybe) some (slight) bettering

“Droid Commander,”

Oh, who could that be...

“ General grievous,” Sweet

[Flighters Landing]

Omnious

Oh it’s our ‘good’ guys “Strike Force,”

They’re sending a teenager

�� As the bulk of our Fleets are engaged on the front line,”

You are the sacrificial sleep!

Also I love how the super weapon isn’t even a priority

Like oh yeah that going off in it’s own little isolated corner

What must the rest of the galaxy look like?

“ We’ll be on our own,”

Plo Koon is just here to babysit

(And find out who gave Skywalker those orders)

“ prepare our attack strategy,”

“ Thank you admiral,”

Okay first line from Skywalker

Can’t tell anything yet

Sound ed a bit sleepy (?)

Pretty Okay

Not exactly monotonous

But functional

The angle they are holding on his face though...

Bit weird

“And general grievous,”

Odd

Softening... of voice

And... facial.. features...

Whispering to each other

“ Ha, the head clanker,”

Okay other adult

“ Skywalker’s getting ambitious,”

No the Council just really wants to throw teenage bodies at it

To see what happens...

We destroy general grievous and the ship will fall with him

No That’s not how ships work

This isn’t ties his life force

(That we know!)

“ just point us to where that metal head is Sir,”

Everyone’s✨ prepared to die!

Yeah!

“Alright, men settle down”

The fact that they actually listen to him on this

“ this is an important mission,”

That’s why they assigned it to a teenager

Also, War

There is no important in it

Battle over someone’s grievances

(And a lack of accountability)

“ we destroy grievous we can bring the war to a quicker end,”

THAT’S NICE PROPAGANDA YOU GOT THERE! Anakin!

“Skywalker...”

(I swear if he complements him)

“ this is an aggressive plan,”

Thanks, my handler came up with it!

“ are you sure your squadron can complete this mission?”

I don’t know you assigned them

“Let’s ask them, Matchstick,”

That’s too much emotion

“ you sure our boys can pull it off,”

Little too much emotion

“Yes, Sir!”

Like that but much less emotion

“There hasn’t been a mission shadow squadron couldn’t complete!”

Which Plo Koon should know

Having their service records

“That’s right, minimal casualties,”

Some asshole still died

In this petty war

“ Maximum efficiency,”

Maximum pettiness! Sir!

“That’s us,” We’re enablers!

“ I admire your confidence pi-”

But?

“Even so, minimum casualties may be enough to prevent you from breaking Grievous’s defenses,”

‘ You don’t throw your troops willy-nilly into harm’s way boring,’ - General Plo, probably

‘Master Plo is right,”

“Ahsoka” orders

“ it’s bound to be well protected,”

Ok, here we’ve got a role reversal this time - it’s Anakin being over emotional - with Ahsoka being on point Interesting But still worth criticizing

Children don’t talk like that

“ Master Skywalker seems to inspire great confidence,”

Still focusing on Plo

And his re assumption of authority over Ahsoka

So so far

We’ve got Ahsoka taking orders from Plo

And Anakin under Chancellors’ control (Possibly till the end of the series) though with Obi-Wan showing possibilities of a second contender And Plo showing vested interest (Though unlikely) Considering we don’t know how much time each Jedi spent with Anakin and it’s generally assumed Obi-Wan spent the most time around him

Until the Chancellor Just keeping track

You could say that someone gave Anakin orders obey the Chancellor But there’s no hesitation when he orders Anakin Like with Obi-Wan

Making me think these two are neck and neck...

just keeping track to see who’s screwing over who

In this power dynamic

“ he does lead by example,” Little risky there

Still leaning in on the monotonious

Ship leading out out Red sparks

You could homie?!

Like that thing is sparking!!

That can’t be alright!

Ship is a fecking safety hazard

Before it even left the dock!

Oh, wait that’s fire

My bad

They are not good homie

Point taken

Also your strategy is to back up in live fire

Ship literally puts herself in all of the live fire

What kinda-

Is that supposed to be reassuring

* General grievous coughing*

you good-

Possible assassination target ?

“-escort”

Pretty Sure that was a decoy ship

They just stood around and let you shoot them

Like pretty sure they weren’t even trying

I didn’t even see any escape pods this time around

The last transport is fleeing General

Or pretending to?

Would’ve been nice to see that

Never mind there it is

They won’t get far

Just kind of floating like that

Like are their engines even on

Charge the plasma rollers

“ They’re moving to attack position sir?”

Which is what?

We’ve never actually seen this weapon’s firing to action compared to the rest of the ship

Either getting just a close-up of the firing port

Or the ship running away from it

Never this thing’s direct area of effect

(Probably because the Jedi never think to go either left or right,)

And it’s painted as a sort of ‘end all be all weapon,’

(Despite every time we’ve seen it’s effect, there being a clear radius

A logic sin more than a storytelling one

And farther proves my resolve that Anakin was sent on a baby mission

With enhanced importance put on it

“Are we clear to make the jump to hyperspace?

Took Anakin like five seconds

But at least it establishes that these guys are more accountable than Plo (and likely the Jedi Council)

Fire ion weapon

Oh hey Count Dooku is there in holographic form

Neat

Did say he had to be somewhere else so that makes sense

Also oh no they’re at the same exact place Skywalker was

And can be rescued very easily!

(Even if not!)

We’ve lost all power

Surprise, surprise

Very light shooting

Well they died of their own stupidity

(If they didn’t get an escape pod)

Boy this is a lot more fun when they aren’t shooting back - said every Narc ever

“ I still can’t seem to hit anything,”

Dude...

Grievous Hits A Robot

Dude you program med them

Don’t abuse your Roomba?!

Just don’t be a dick

“ Grievous,”

Oh he actually has more lines in this

“ Those battle droids are expensive,”

Hmm,

And a bit of a personality

Good for him

When we saw him last time he didn’t really say or do much

Except for the last scene where he emoted kinda scared

Of course how power levels are bullshit Especially for humans But that was chilling

“The Jedi are never so harsh with their-”

A little moment of things

Also possibly teasing Grievous due to the last time we saw them, Dooku had threatened to report Grievous to Sidious and we opened up with that coughing line

(is it supposed to be laughing? I can’t really tell and sorry if I’m jumping to incorrect conclusions with That-)

“Clones,” - With their child soldiers -

Or I guess soldiers

(Based on their reaction)

Then, again

Positive grooming Is still grooming

And Anakin gets a fair bit of both

(Verbally speaking)

The care these Jedi show for their Troops

Hahaha - ha

Like if they had been shown to be remotely accountable

Like still breaking the toxicity rule

And looking back And referring to them

Too many Unwarranted

Times

Causing distress

Okay

But here it is not the Jedi’s treatment that has gotten the better

It’s Grievous’s treatment... that has gotten worse

He brought the standards are lower so that the Jedi seem nice

Which is a pretty hard thing to do Those enabling assholes

“A weakness we shall continue to exploit,”

Yeah, toxicity!

Screw being nice to people

Or even a smallest sense of accountability!

Honestly, I’m kind of pleased This is the first time we’ve seen them plan any sort of malicious attack

Up to this point it’s been I want to screw up Yoda’s day, and I want to do it, now

Juveniles shenanigans

This is the first time we’ve ever seen them have an actual plan

And I Hope they get a scale of escalation

Going from Whoopy cushions to War

Really earning that enabling insult I’ve been throwing at Yodi and all the other Jedi

“ I have the coordinates for a new target,”

What??

You’re in war!

They know and are planning to mess your shit up

Still I like the fact they are in fact planning to mess something up

Good Job

“ The Republics...”

Oh cool a base (medical)

“Secret”

Okay...

“Outer Rim” Okay!

“Medical station...”

Wait, no you can’t do it that- there’s people on there!

Seriously 1 to 10

Went from let’s go to blow the Jedi, to let’s go screw up medically ill people

Real quick....

I mean I guess it matters who’s on there...

“ it’s unprotected,”

“ 60,000 wounded clones,”

Oh, well they did agree for War

On one hand it’s pretty clear with my stance is on death vs accountability On the other, Enablers

Well.... Looks like we’re not getting that scale of escalation today Still I do like how they set it up

And... the consistency they have going

The more consistent a villain is the more fun and terrifying they are

I’m also assuming all those clones in the introduction are going to die from tragic means

Fully irony

Possibly with one dude left to enjoy it

A mark on their casualty record...

We will do them a favor

That eye twitch

Like are you sure about this, dude?

🔹Welcome to enabling ✨

“ Misery”

This job is misery...

“ There would be no place for the Jedi to send their wounded,” Except where they send their non-clone wounded

Like we’re skipping right to

Bombing And destruction Of hospitals (This being apparently the only one in the entire galaxy,”

No one else knowing first aid

Or not willing to enable this bullshit

During a war...

“And they will die,”

Geez I was just joking about no one knowing any first aid

That’s what we’re going with

OK harsh geez Guess to the bombing of a hospital...

“ it will be my pleasure, my Lord”

Will it though?

I feel very confident leaving the ship under your command General

Do you though?

Like that’s a nice complement

But do you?

“General!”

Shit’s gone wrong

Hey, there ware those escape pads...

Several minute.....after everyone else Supposedly got blown up

What ship....

Oh wait is that ship they just got electri.......

Did they just get blown up.....?

Like you’re still telling me They don’t have any sort of Back up power source for this now?

WHOO -O

Jedi Council

With leaders this bad who needs enemies

“ Target get those escape pods,”

Those escape pods should be well out of sight

“ I have a reputation to uphold?”

Didn’t you lose them last time?

Like I know pride

Oh - back these guys

I suppose

Then again I suppose we didn’t need that

Since it was just showing how ruthless this guy was And our ‘brave’.... totally not gonna die through tragic means

* as well as Ironic

Soldiers

‘Lol’

Aawwwwww

It’s adorable!

(The Worrying since the other guy has the expert of tech on their side

Easy To Hack)

The only acceptable Garbage Friend : )

“lol” It’s Very Cute

And R2- D2 Nice

Which one’s mine?

Wouldn’t you know?

“ You’re with me,”

“ you’ll be my gunner,”

Both of them now have too much...

emotion

[Ahsoka turned back]

This is either going to be OK or very bad

Asoka turns around with a pretty surprised frozen reaction

ERRR

“ What? I need someone to watch my back,”

That, Just no

Bad line read...

“Broadside could do that.....” That, just no

The clanky animation

The enthusiasm

The Voice

It is just really isn’t working together

Which is a shame

Because child characters does can generally be excused for their stiff actions

But...not here

Bad

This really isn’t working

Just

No-

Ack-

Skip- - -

“ you don’t like my flying,”

There is just so much wrong with this...

......

Well I needed a break

The switch to Skywalker

The Admiral?

The last episode it was the introductionary Cut scene that did me in, this time I get the feeling it’s going to be the character interactions (Specifically Skywalker and Ahsoka’s) Conversations

Like it’s not the most Egregious example Just a little too much emotion

But then it ramps it up

And the dialogue

And the Anim-

(-Ack-)

That scene just does not work

Now hopefully contin -uing

At a much slower pace-

The Admiral

-Ack-

The acting

Is not getting better

Might have to skip this episode At least the Asoka parts

(Ashame)

“only general grievous would go out the clones that can’t fight back,”

Why?

Are you talking like a Narc pretending to be a baby with the pursued lips

Doing that faked pouting ‘thing’?

TRAIN WRECK!

I’m skipping

Up to 17:03

Plo looks strict

That’s All I can deal with in that whole conversation

(Sorry)

On wards;

Oh, a cool looking space station!

And cool looking aliens

And a strangely smooth sounding voice

“Transports,”

It is not possible

To Evacuate all the wounded in time

Well get the Jedi Council

Have them play Distraction

Or just straight kick those guys back

Just because it can take a while doesn’t mean you consign everyone to death

Also hear that - if they still manage to get everyone on the ship there’s no place for them to go

Oh, so well I’m totally buying

That the Jedi Council pull something out of their ass

Like ‘we do’

I’m just noting that

This mission was doomed from the start

Everyone was doomed to die

Completely of their own accord

Human beings can lift mountains when stressed enough

Can’t tell me any of this nonsense happens on accident

Playing Death tag with bullets

Especially from Mister no mistakes

“You must try,”

Yeah Doctor Who is fully prepared to let people who played Death tag die

Like they admittedly signed up for it

You know in the movie I jokingly called this guy COMs Guy

But now that really is starting to come true

Like; Does he have nothing better to do?

Then moderate the Coms?

Like up to this point it made sense

Obi- wan was trying to communicate with Anakin

Makes sense that his guy would pick up

But why here?

Like Aniken’s launching an assault On Grievous’s ship his admiral should be busy As the rest of his crew

And an in superior or someone further down the chain of command should be handling that

“You won’t stand a chance against their battleship,”

And I’m not putting faith in my child soldier superior

Obi-Wan

Got caught snitching

“ I only just received word,”

Because the COM‘s officer was busy

Jumping the chain of command

“ we’re sending troops to help you and I’m on my way,”

This is why we don’t skip over things Admiral

(And maybe this is brought up)

Thank you master Jedi

“ If they reach us in time,”

“Do you really think they can stop that thing?”

If they assume some level of accountability

Yes

I’m sorry a better way of putting it was responsibility

It’s still tox responsibility

But using their brains

Initiative

Tox initiative is what I’m thinking about

So that negative outlook isn’t helping

“It is our only hope”

No...

Not really

There’s-

Ships Are all of these supposed to be medical ships?

Person

Ad mir al

Launch The Fighters

I’m honestly surprised that the council forces managed to be organized enough To fly in formation

I hope

you know what you’re doing Anakin

‘ I hope you’re following my orders’

Well if I don’t I won’t be around to hear the I told you so

The emotion Needs to be lower

“ that’s reassuring,”

The fact that he’s suddenly developed unchildlike behavior?

Not.. too bad

Not movie bad

But edging too close for my comfort

Not tox levels yet

Take your shortcut

And I’ll take the long route

You know this could’ve been a great moment To contrast Obi-Wan and the chancellor’s ordering style

Specifically The comment “Take your shortcuts,” And the possible betrayal Of the chancellor lead up

“But you better be there before I arrive,”

Or what?

Probably just trying to find out who ordered Anakin

“i’ll be there Obi - wan

“R2 - Ooie”

Oh yeah let’s put the apprentice in the most exposed part

Great idea

whoever gave those Orders

“Cut the chatter Ahsoka,”

Hey that line worked!

Fighter escort ready

Wait why??

Wasn’t his troops injured?

Shouldn’t he be helping with the evacuation?

You know having a personal connection?

Also connecting back to Anakin’s troops?

(Going off the offensive defensive theme)

Seriously, what happened, back in that meeting that made this the plan

“This is Admiral (U-Lot-in) ?”

Now he’s on command

“ Good hunting sir,”

“ Okay, boys,” Too much personality

“ Drinks are on me,”

Great just don’t fly into the one major weapon

Or stand around doing nothing

Aka don’t be Plo Koon

Like I love how they just side eye ing this bas tard like “it’s” “Going” “to” “be” “so” “easy”

Mean while Plo Koon is like, :|

Like you die next

(Dude watched as a unit died you can’t tell me he isn’t planning on getting them in front of that the plasma cannon)

“I can already taste it”

Eat shit Plo Koon

Then again this is a squad with a minimum casualty rate So they are clearly the Mom friends

In this pile of enabling

Ship

Less emphasis on the shark design

As anyone else

(Also, forgot earlier: Tragic irony)

Including the ship’s location

“ What’s taking so long,”

“ I want to be there,”

“ Before too many wounded clones escape,”

That’s something a hero says

“Sorry, Sir,”

What a polite droid

A large nebula

“They told me this ship was fast,”

Dude you’ve been on this ship, you know how fast it is

Also it’s HUGE Or Supposed to be

Common sense dictates it’s not going to be as fast as a speeder

Ooh Setting The Scene

Navigate through shortcut...

“ We’ll be alright,”

You tell anyone else about this?

“ A nebula can be very unpredictable,”

So, why are you here?

Clearly you knew the plan

“ I would advise caution,”

“Don’t worry master Jedi we can hold our own,”

“We’ll hold your hand,”

“Right Shadow Squadron?”

Aww, that’s nice

“Copy that,”

Re-assurance

Over Con Fid Ence

“Does any one care-”

SHUT- I’m Sorry But This is Reach -ing Movie Levels Of Toxic Children Writ ing Child- ren Aren’t Devel -Op -ed Enough To Be Male-cious Never Mind This!

Bad Writ ing

“Of course we care snips,”

That’s- not how children talk

Think I Might’ve-

“We’re Still Going Through That Ne bul -a-”

[That line is so creepy]

New timestamp: 9:24 Entering the nebula seems pretty well done and I can’t wait to see more of

Back to the station

Weirdly Designed Shuttles

(Looking a bit more beat up Than they actually are Due to the logo and insignia Placement)

The evacuation is proceeding slowly ma’am

How?! Like we are led to believe that they were shuffling out patients at that rate

But how??

Even if all the patients were dragging their feet I don’t think it would go this slowly

And these are soldiers Standard don’t slouch- Stereotype

Some of them can clearly move right?

(Otherwise what kind of heckin hospital is this?)

Those emergency vehicles to be moving in and out a lot faster

(This is a bunch of systematic paperwork designed to kill you, slowly speed,”

Also only two -four evac Vehicles

That’s Titanic levels of bad planning

In general I don’t really call Logic storytelling Sins but I’m struggling to come up with any explanation of why things would go that slow and it’s bordering on the author literally forcing everyone into their rooms

The author isn’t playing sad music and trying to make us feel sad about these obviously preventable cas.

But still I honestly hope the storytelling gets better (and smarter) Slightly

“We have to move the patients in stable condition first”

You weren’t already doing that?!

Also no you move the patients in the most vulnerable condition first because they are less likely to survive

You can get the people in the most stable condition to help you

And if shit does hit the fan and the ship does reach the station most �� likely to survive (And continue increased speed rate)

This isn’t (Disease) triage system lady

They can’t catch a cannon ball to the face because they’re around a person who was

ALSO?! HELLO?! Shouldn’t there be idk ALARMS going off??

Like I know you don’t want to alarm the patients but Idk this seems like the occasion

* I don’t know if this place even has a working sprinkler system

Like everyone’s about to die and everyone’s just chill with it Everyone’s just accepted death

.....

Like there are steps there and we see none of them

IDK, this one just seems the most unrealistic and hard to buy

“ The more critically injured will have to wait”

For what?

A cannonball to the face?

“But what about the bacta tanks?

Many of those men Can’t be moved at all,”

???

Okay, That’s really stupid

Like beyond stupid Even life support can be moved

They been at war for how long?

This medical station is a fecking nightmare

A straight up trainwreck

No wonder the transportation is taking so long

And (The Cap Ab L e) people in the hospital aren’t flee ing

There aren’t any

“I know Commander,”

I made it that way

By not putting any time or resources into researching movable Bacta tanks As the hospital’s head

Should be fired

- cheapest excuse for non existent tension ever

Close up

-Ewwww

“Guide the patients that can be moved onto transports,”

Again what were you doing before

“ At once, Madame,”

In the next 3000 years

No urgency

Whatsoever

[Inside the Nebula]

Dusty

Nice

“ The soup is thick,”

So...

“ can you see anything,” Don’t look away!

“ just keep your eyes on my thruster Shadow 2,”

Did- you not give them instructions - on how to navigate the thing

What if you get lost-?

“The scanners are useless,”

You typed it once, on your ship

Also-

No other to navigate

“this is old fashion flying,”

Anakin has gone full boomer

“You have to feel your way through to stay on course,”

Asoka’s face Sums up my emotions

Annaaaakin have you been hitting the shrooms?

Like the tone of voice

And the animation

Something in that nebulae is driving Anakin a little loopy...

Can’t even blame drugs

It’s just un ...canny valley

Creeps me the fuck out

“- Ahsoka, clear your mind,”

Ok, Master Plo and Anakin are now out of it

Clones, you want to speak up and stop the shroom trip

“Youngling” Gross

“I can’t see anything at all,”

“I always know where I’m going,”

That one clone has the force confirmed?

“ Yeah, where’s that Broadside?”

Called out “I’m going to blow up that battleship,”

Fair point

“A Clear a path if ever there was one,

Yet you somehow missed

Ohh, blue

I really like blue

The slower move to the back of the ship is nice too

More acceptable red

“ We have one para sec,”

Oh so they’re getting closer

Hospital might be 3/4 done

3/4′s being the amount left

Casualties with this attack

They’re already wounded

And the hospital has probably already done that

“ There’s an incoming transmission from Count Dooku,”

You mean he left?!

“ General grievous,” Stiff

“ I have a received information from Lord Sidious,”

Yeah how did that -conversation- go?

“ The republic has launched a small strike team,”

When was this information was this information received?

Also, they sent the teenager

And probably got lost in a nebula

“ To attack the male volence,”

To attack the car

“ Our ship is unstoppable,”

No they’re just stupid

Also; Weren’t you just bitching about it five seconds ago

“Skywalker is leading the mission,”

Again; the teenager

He can follow orders

And nothing else

“ Do not underestimate him,”

He might be given orders by someone with slight bit more accountability

* Or toxic initiative

“Ha if anything Count,”

“It is Skywalker who underestimate this ship,”

You really like this ship don’t you

And It’s power

Again, ship

Back to the dust cloud

“So sky guy how do you know about this shortcut?”

Don’t like the way it was asked

But still a valid question

It’s an old smuggler’s route

Aight

Pilots used to talk about it on Tattooine

Fair

But also did they say ‘tell everyone’ right after?

Or was that the Jedi?

“ smugglers’ route that makes me feel better,”

HaHA

So funny...

“ AlMorrow run,”

“Al Morrow Run?!” *Slightly panicked*

Plo you know this shit was going down

“I think I’m picking up a contact,”

I ThOuGhT the SCaNnErs DIDN’T WoRk

“ Skywalker listen to me,”

Listen to the guy that got his fleet killed

* 3/4 but still

We need to turn around

You can turn around General

Every one else is High on Mur der

“ if we’re going to catch grievous,”

Another Contact

“ this one’s much larger,”

Still, just smugglers

“Is the nesting route, ~~~ ~~~”

Again they’re just smugglers

Another

Sounds

Oh it’s just an animal

that’s fine

Taking evasive action

Why?

You’re made of metal it’s made out of flesh

Also not the least bit threatening at all

Also cute visual

* R2- D2 beeping*

Those Gasovers are huge

Yep sure are

Don’t shoot or they’ll panic

Thank you, Mister- I- want to- turn- back- because of completely harmless animals

Also the smugglers picked a pretty very scenic route

“I’m about to panic,”

Completely irrationally

“There’s so many of them!”

Don’t sound so panicked

Aww

How did you miss that? You can stop in space mate

“ I’m hit!”

“i’m an idiot!”

Pull it together match stick

A Valid criticism Also Ha matchstick is on fire!

“ I’m okay I got it,”

By doing absolutely nothing

These things are going to make a meal out of us

* SHut up Ahsoka

Always lineup behind me

Why?

Oh evasive maneuvers *smack*

Dude... that was your own fault

Hurry, they will not follow us beyond the nebula

Dude, stop having a phobia about it These are just space whales

That one looks hungry

Nah it’s just smiling at you!

Seriously Asoka is trying to start an international incident

Plo Koon is not happy

“We’re coming out of it,”

Seriously, does everyone have a fear of the space whales

Out they come

“ let’s hope your shortcut pays off,”

Oh yeah cause they were just going to let the troops die

Or Obi-Wan is

We’re not far behind Grievous now

Oh yeah he’s still in blue

This Could’ve worked

Oh, no wait

It’s Obi won

“ 50% of patients evacuated,”

How?!

“That’s not good enough,”

Again, how did they even manage that?!

“ They’ll never be finished...”

Hey you wanna know why?!

“ General skywalker still has a chance to catch Grievous,”

Because you’ve done absolutely nothing

Except comment

“ If he does we have to be ready,”

What!?

“Yes Sir,” I already knew this Back to space

Every -one form att ing

Plo Koon looking out his window

Dude on fire

What is the Damage To Your Ship?

He already said his stabilizer was out

This is just highlighting that he’s a dead man

At this point

Designated weak link

“Just a scratch Sir,”

Not when you were yelling about it two seconds ago

“ Don’t take any more un necess ary risks,”

Are you gonna stop and fix his shit or you just gonna constantly rem him out for it?

“ if we lose even a single ship,”

Weren’t you just advocating for eugenics a few moments ago?

The mission is that much closer to failure

Wow you assumed authority is really putting the pressure on these guys

Also...

“ Understood Master Plo,”

You’re a failure

But we didn’t lose any ships And I didn’t

“ Sir, another contact

“ I thought those things,”

Seriously not everything is space whales

Not following us coming out of hyper-space

The Whales??! A ship

Oh that’s interesting too

I like the Sharks vs whales Design

They got going here

I hope they use them against General grievous To show the problems with harming innocence

And a great metaphor for accountability

“The malevolence,”

Here we go

Time to kick ass

Wait

Okay

Why didn’t we see the station behind our heroes?

Why were they in open space?

Why aren’t they shown in front of General Grievous in this shot

Is that’s supposed to be them?

“ A squadron of a Republic fighters are approaching,”

Oh so they’re there somewhere

“Skywalker,” Teenager

Launch fighters and actually bring the ship around

That’s actually a smart move

“ There are several medical transports surrounding the station,”

Dude you’re involved in combat right now why would you relay that information?

Also hey mate you really want to screw with the station? Turn the power off

There they are

Intense death music

Target the transports first

Who has no emergency engine, boost or backup power supply

I want every single ship destroyed

Yeah you really need to a heavier ship

If you were planning to play things this close

Instead of distracting them

With the Station

(And transp orts,)

Clearly out of fire range

“Roger, Roger,”

Would’ve been clever if one of the droids screwed up As revenge for killing The earlier droid Showing Grievous getting screwed over by his own petard

Well They shot the ambulance Those Apparently can’t do hyperdrive

I love that guy’s reaction Like Well we’re dead

Surprised they don’t have emergency power on board

Given that reaction

“This is too easy,”

Yeah it is even for orders

Slow Order -s

We’ve got fighters coming in

Very slow ly

Like a video game

“ Charge the ion cannon,”

But sir our fighters will be caught in the blast

Back to that theme of don’t abuse your. in - superiors

Fire at my command

The dangers of assumed authority And the lack of taking initiative

[Also a bit about humans ability to do so

And echo chambers

“ your fancy flying is making it difficult,”

They’re robots; are program med to be unpredicta ble and organiz ed

You’re just a bad shot

“Fire,”

Well don’t just dodge

“Make towards the edge of the ray,”

Oh so we’re actually going acknowledge That And that Plo Koon is just an idiot

Give it everything you’ve got

Why

“ shadow 2 your speed is dropping,”

Oy! Stop distracting him!

Assu -med Autho rity

“What’s W -rong,”

I mean isn’t that the same dude that got his stabilizer taken out?

Isn’t a question what’s wrong

Nothing, sir, just trying to keep it together,”

Voice says liar

You can keep it Match stick

*Spark

They put so much pressure on him he exploded

Seriously all that thing does is turn your power off

Someone could’ve covered him

Took Him Back

As there are no fi ghters-

Oh great took someone else with him

Who Couldn’t Dodge

Also,

whoa,

whoa

wait

how

can

you

drop

altitude

In SPACE?!

Like Foul play On Storytelling!

You cannot change the laws of physics for a cool set piece

Especially when several other scenes (even plots) depended on it working!

It’s not immediate (Or bad Enough) To warrant A “Tox!”

That’s the fate they avoided

“Shadow Squad ron,”

This is not the time for a quiet moment

That should be a two minutes are you there

Call In

(When they realize they aren’t being shot at)

And that’s it

(No Asoka knowing the answers because why)

“Tag” Poor dude

Needs to learn to dodge

Also just not gonna verify that from anyone else are we

“It looks like Skywalker has failed,”

Again Teenager

Also hey he lost two guys

Mission failure

And Obi-Wan the adult responsible for this mess

Nowhere to be seen

Didn’t he give Skywalker an ultimatum to be there before he was?

Shouldn’t he be arriving at the same time as Grievous?

He lost almost half his ships

He had like Five

“We should go,” Oh yeah never mind the unconscious patients that are only in that circumstance because you didn’t-

“ I will stay,”

POINTLESS!

Back to fighting

Good

“ Stay on course,”

Ok guys you know what to do

Do the exact opposite of what Plo Koon orders you to do

He lost his whole fleet

All deflectors double front

How do they not already know this?

“Master,”

What?!

Why would you just randomly say his name?

“ We need a new plan,”. WHO MADE HER Chief Strategist??

One bullet shot nearby;

“ we need a new plan,”

“ we can make it Ahsoka,”

Question ing your authority?

“ let them come,”

They can just bomb the shit out of you

“Prepare the ion cannon,”

When they’re on top of your ship

“First we will destroy the medical station,”

Should’ve. done that a bit of time ago

Still works

But wouldn’t that just manage to turn their power off

“ and we will finish off Skywalker,”

Again he lost two ships

Everyone’s ready to pro- claim him dead

Plo Koon Must Be A Ghost

-Fleet

“I have a bad feeling about this”

Boss gave an order to attack a hospital

Somehow still not exactly closer to the ship

Bad Aim

“We’re too close loosen up,”

Who made you Leader

Whelp

“Ion Cannon, ready,”

“They’re targeting us,”

They’ve been targeting you this Whole time

No surprise

Alarms should be blaring

[Tumblr Refresh]

[Giving up an almost complete mission for an idea that might just barely work is a bad idea

Ahsoka is not commander

There is no way that should’ve worked

Ahsoka gets unjust credit

“Three Republic ships,”

Oh, goodie

Did Obi-Wan...

Rainbow explosion

Obi-Wan literally waited for the last possible moment

There’s no way he could’ve been that slow

Anakin do you copy

How the heck

Congratulations it looks like your mission was a success,”

Without your help

And beyond any logic

Partially

But Grievous is still alive

How do you??

The battle was pretty rough on my men

You haven’t said bullshit

Ahsoka. has been answering all the questions

We’re heading for the medical station,”

No one got that badly injured

“We’ll take it from here”

Hope so

Since Anakin is supposed to be a child

And his ass would’ve gotten kicked!

[Obi-Wan... don’t let Grievous Go]

Back Here again

“ you didn’t do so bad yourself”

Screen writers killed off a character with selective physics so he’s happy

“Ah, excuse me?”

You did nothing this entire time

“ My suggestion to change the plan,”

Com pletely Irrational ly

“ From a certain point of view,”

Don’t get snippy

You have no reason to be snippy

Blah, blah

Wrapping things up...

Cheap

That’s how I would describe this episode quality

Not referring to actual production value

(Though the Asoka and Anakin scenes have a noticeable drop in quality)

Nearly earning a logic sin Of “tox”

I normally don’t criticize aesthetic choices

Given that this is a war movie (Based off one at least) And unsatisfactory end ing s

Are par for the course

I really think it could’ve done better in terms of satisfactory Setting up a lot of plot points that could’ve came into play [General Grievous’s requirement to chase things down to protect his reputation...) ]

Most notably

How ever

That it seem to be trying to make me to eat every compliment I had given to it’s prodecessor

[Seeming more like an apology for everything the previous episode than an actual finished product

- Plo Koon getting an actual successful role

The characterization of the child characters was worse

The tension was worse off....

Nearly earning that logic sin from me

Excluding the increased intelligence from the villains

Which I did like

I hope to see things get better

Continuing on...

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shsl-shipper-gamer-fangirl · 7 years ago

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Trigger Happy Persona AU

What do you do in the face of ultimate despair? You get freaking pissed off and awaken your persona! Play as Hajime [codename “Ace”] who seems average at first until he awakens his second persona and becomes Izuru [codename “Blackjack”]. But the game isn’t complete without the strength of bonds and so enter Chiaki [codename “Bonnie”] who seems aloof by nature until she rips off her mask and summons an 8-bit spaceship!

**Please DO NOT edit, use, or repost any of these! Thank you!

HOLD UP!

More AU concept art [thank you @likhangjosa] and info dump under the cut!!

Chiaki Nanami Codename: Usami or Bonnie Arcana: Star

Mask: Pink and covers the upper part of her face, with long bunny ears on top, down to a bunny nose with whiskers

Outfit: Sci-fi magical girl look with the color scheme of white, pink, and blue-grey. Wears a hoodie-cardigan (that has holes for the bunny ears to go through) and a Galaga ship (or Usami logo) embroidered on the chest. Sports a flowing translucent galaxy print circle skirt, knee-high boots with leggings and white gloves. Has a pink cat-like backpack where she stores her weapons and gaming consoles. The look is complete with a cottontail clipped on her belt.

Persona: Galaga (8-bit ship get wrekt) Skillset: Strong gun and bless attacks but weak to curse Weapons: Two-handed hammer and minigun

All-Out Attack Card: "Game Over" written in bit font and with videogame style background. Her catchphrase would be "New highscore!"

Awakening Scene: Galaga: Is that the hope that you fight for? Doesn't it seem meaningless in the face of adversity? After all, what's the point if people just betray you in the end?

Chiaki: Even if I'm betrayed again, I still want to believe in everyone. No matter how many times I may be betrayed...I still want to believe in everyone!

Galaga: Despite the despair thrown in your face, you show unwavering faith. That trust is something that you'll need... as well as my blessing. I am thou, thou art I... A better future is waiting for you but in order to reach it you must trust that it is indeed possible.

Chiaki: As long as I believe, things will turn out okay! Let's show them, Galaga!

Quotes: "That was easy. Shall we get going Hajime?" "I could *yawn* go for a nap right now..." "Yosh, I leveled up!" “New skill unlocked! Let’s test it out ASAP!” "A treasure chest! *zelda sfx*" "Move! I've always wanted to open a treasure chest!" "A safe room. Let's take it easy and save first, alright?" “Dungeon crawling never gets old especially in RPGs.” "I feel like I can do a speedrun on this dungeon." “I don’t mind overdoing it a bit.” "Sorry, my stamina stat is running low." "There's a nearby enemy. Grind mode?" “*metal gear solid alert! sfx* We’ve been spotted!” or “Stealth mode blown!” "I felt the LVL gap in that." “Don’t worry, we’re already OP.” "I think we need more EXP to defeat that." “Better prepare so that we don’t get a BAD END.” “*yawn* Where’s Hard Mode?” “Victory! Isn’t this the part where we’re supposed to do a pose?”

*BATON PASS!* "Usami/Bonnie hopping in!" *PROTECT* "Ace! Look out!" *ENDURE* "I... don't want to die!" *PERSONA!* "Summoning reinforcement, Galaga!" *Follow Up* "How about a combo?" *Cover Fire* "Need some support?" *Harisen Recovery* "Don't give in!" or "You're stronger than this!" *low on health* "I'll be fine... probably." *healing someone* "Don't lose hope!" or "You've got this!" *getting healed* "Thanks for the heal!" *giving buffs* "This will make us stronger, I think." *physical attacks* "It's Hammer time!", "I'll smash you flat!", "Time to knock you out of the park!" *attacking* "We'll beat you for sure!" *attack misses* “Accuracy stats are… off?” *couldn't finish off enemy* "I believe you can do this!" *fainting* "I'm sorry... I wanted to protect everyone, no matter what the cost." *getting resurrected* “Thanks, I needed that extra life.”

*status ailment* "Maybe a quick nap can fix this..." Burn: "I'm overheating! Somebody turn on the AC!" Freeze: “Brrr, it’s too c-cold! Is the thermostat broken again?” Shock: "Need... to turn... the rumble off...!" Forget: "Am I a boy...? Or a girl...?" Charm: “Friendly fire mode on.” Rage: “I’ll button mash you to pieces!” Despair: "The difficulty level... it's too high...!" Hunger: "Did I forget to eat again...?" Dizzy: "My controls are all messed up...!" Sleep: “Zzz… Recharging batteries... zzz…” Silence: ... Mouse: "Squeak~!"

Mementos chats: "Ace is a really good driver. If only racing game skills could transfer to real life..." “Maybe I should start naming my combo attacks…” “Sometimes I wish this was one of those games with unlimited ammo.” “This accessory looks ridiculous but it lets me dodge my weakness so I’m not complaining.” “Games are fun but slaying shadows is fun in its own way too.” “Being a Dangan Thief is like a videogame fantasy… but in real life!” “Real life is the True Hard Mode because the stats are invisible. But that’s okay since we know it’s not Impossible Mode.”

Chiaki: What we’re doing feels like we’re in a videogame. Hajime: It’s a good thing that you’re the Ultimate Gamer then.

Chiaki: Do you ever stop to think if we’re all just trapped in some game? Hajime: No, next question.

Chiaki: *stomach growls* Hajime: Were you so busy playing that you forgot to eat again?

Chiaki: *yawns* Wake me up when we run into a Shadow... or something. Hajime: Did you pull another all-nighter over videogames again?

Chiaki: I run out of money too fast. I had to pre-order another game last night on top of the ones I ordered just the other night. Hajime: Hey, I know we make a lot of money but please don’t spend it all on videogames.

Chiaki: It’s a disappointing that electronic devices don’t work in the cognitive world. Hajime: Don’t you already play enough videogames in real life?

Chiaki: All this Dangan Thieves stuff is cutting into my schedule. Thankfully I’ve compromised with my other priorities and my gaming hours are still untouched. Hajime: Is that why you’ve been dozing off more often? Please tell me you’re at least getting enough sleep because this can’t be healthy.

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Hajime Hinata Codename(s): Ahoge Ace, Blackjack, Dealer

*NOTE: Instead of having multiple personas, Hajime only has one and a second dormant persona. Consequently, whenever he changes persona, he also changes mask and outfit (and personality?) and codename. [e.g. Hajime accidentally summons Izuru, from Ace he becomes Blackjack.]

Codename: Ace Arcana: Fool or Judgement Mask: White domino mask with card aesthetic. The suites displayed change according to the skill type used. [e.g. Spades for physical, Club for elemental, Diamonds for almighty, Hearts for healing and buffs, Joker for status ailment] Outfit: Simple black tailcoat, white inner shirt, matching black formal pants and monk strap shoes. Emerald necktie and gloves. Persona: [starting and only] ??? Skillset: Strong slash and (surprisingly) curse attacks and weak against bless All-Out Attack Card: “Royal Flush” written with a casino table in the background. Catchphrase is “Keep your cards close to your chest!”

Codename: Blackjack Arcana: Death Mask: Plague doctor mask and his red eyes glow through the glass lenses Outfit: Maroon steampunk trench coat with a spine designed on the back and black cuffs and fancy cravat. Inner shirt is black with a textile print and large buttons. Bright red gloves, black trousers and Cuban heeled boots. Persona: [dormant unlockable] Izuru Kamukura Skillset: Strong for all types of attacks except bless skills which is the only weakness. Null physical attacks. All-Out Attack Card: “Card Counter” written with a house of cards in the background. Catchphrase is “How boring…”

Codename: Dealer Arcana: The World Mask: Black bird-shaped mask but the sides of the frame look like wings Outfit: [He has the same spiky hair but white and his eyes are heterochromatic.] White long sleeves with red cuffs, red vest, black bow tie and slacks. Black wingtips for shoes and white gloves. Persona: [hidden ultimate fusion] Hinazuru Skillset: Master of all types attacks. Repel physical and null bless/curse skills All-Out Attack Card: “Wild Card” written with scattered cards and poker chips in the background. Catchphrase is “This is the future that we want!”

Weapons: Dual wield daggers and dual wield pistols

>>>Special thanks to @crazynoodles69 for being a tarot card master and divining Chiaki’s arcana. GIVE IT UP FOR MY SIS WHO WENT ALONG AND DREW AMAZING STUFF FOR THIS. The actual lore happened because @ponsay-de-leon and I had too much fun. Then because I am a monster who has no common sense of liking anything in moderation, this happened.

Feel free to add on and have fun with this AU!

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blyanten · 7 years ago

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THE DUCK AVENGER PK2: #14 THE LAST HUNT

This is a good one! Issue opens with the description of a cat hunting for its bowl of milk. Turns out Lyo is feeding all the stray cats. The Avenger appears, and Lyo is glad he’s back after being missing for two days. The crazy AI from the previous issue claimed it had only been one, so this is either a tiny continuity fail, or Lyo and the AI is counting the hours slightly differently.

The Avenger goes to the roof to get some air, then he plans on heading home. There’s another cat on the roof, and for a second the Avenger wonders what it would be like to see through their eyes. He might see what Everett and Juniper is up to, or maybe find Korinna… but he’s a duck and he has to go to work.

At work, Fitzroy gets on Donald’s case by telling him that he’s late by two days. Donald informs him he’s already talked to the boss, AKA the man that matters, AKA not Fitzroy. Fitzroy claims it’s only a matter of time, especially with Tempest out of the running.

If you’re gonna trap yourself on a roof, get a big one.

Tempest has been overworking herself, getting nervous and fighting with her colleagues, boss included. Bad move, that, as anyone with a job can tell you.

In the security room, Fitzroy decides it’s time to do some spying.

How this guy gets to work security is beyond me.

On the roof, Tempest hands Donald a delivery note from a catering agency. The agency is a familiar one that often gets supplies from Duckmall.

Tempest flashes back to a few nights ago, when she was talking to one of the guys from the agency, who was bragging about all the important people he met in his job. Cool, huh, babe?

She’s unimpressed, but when the guy mentions that they’re currently working for the multinational corporation Criospher, she gets interested. She asks if he’s ever talked to Ed Morando, the owner of the company, but catering guy says no. Morando has an errand boy deal with them, some guy named “Fog”.

This is nice. She’s having an very emotional moment on the edge of a roof and he’s joking. Can’t really do that with a stranger, you don’t know how they’ll react.

Donald naturally has no clue who that is, but Tempest is feeling more talkative now, so she keeps going. It’s very obvious this has been eating away at her for probably at lot longer than the last few days, the recent events just seems to have brought it to the surface.

Years ago, she signed up to join Seaducks, a private paramilitary force that often acted on behalf of the government.

Bullshit.

One of the people in charge of her training was a man named Elias Fog.

Donald interrupts to make sure it’s the same guy, and Tempest tells him to shut it, this isn’t some movie flashback.

As part of her training, she’d have to pass an operational exam, and Fog decided to team her up with Stevros The Cat, who specialized in incursions and was the best. Man was a loner, and Tempest got the job of making sure he got in and out of the places he needed to go.

Younger, enthusiastic Tempest is cute though.

After a while the became friends, and Stevros told her he wanted to go back to Greece someday. After his contract was up, I’m guessing.

Of course, this ended badly. When Tempest finally got to the night of her operational exam, they were going to penetrate the research center of Criospher Industries. Ed Morando might be an arms-dealer, and the need to confirm or deny that he’s making weapons in that research center.

This went to hell rather quickly, as something interfered with their communication, and Tempest was attacked in her surveillance van, while Stevros… well, there was a big explosion and he hasn’t been seen since.

Tempest was found miles away the next day and was blamed for what happened. She walked before they could kick her out, and now, now Fog turns out to be Morando’s new best friend, and Tempest is freaking out, with no clue what she should do or what she can do. A single signature is worth very little against that sort of people.

Donald tells her the first thing she should do is get some sleep, and Tempest, coming down from that emotional high, agrees.

Fitzroy, having recorded everything, thinks he can find a use for that story.

Later that night, the Avenger goes on a mission to the catering agency, and we get a pretty funny description of him, done the same way the description of the cat was done earlier. The Avenger’s is much less impressive.

He doesn’t find much, until the people who work there conveniently arrives, and lets him follow them and their truck straight to Fog. After an hour, the Avenger is starting to wonder if the catering guy knows where he’s going, but decides to keep following him anyway. He needs to confirm Tempest’s story. In fact, he was in such a hurry to do that, he ended up bringing the Star Corp uniform along.

The finally arrive at what is essentially a small fortress, a large house surrounded by forest with a big wall surrounding that again. Fog steps out to welcome the truck, along with people with guns. Someone’s feeling paranoid, and the Avenger decides to park the Duckmobile in the treetops and hope nobody notices.

Someone does notice, and a single eye opens, hidden in a tree.

The Avenger realizes that using the shield will make to much noise, and uses the Star Corp uniform to make a rope, climbing down form the car to the trees. He jumps from there to the roof of the house and goes unnoticed, except for the tree-eye, which turns out to be a floating metal eye.

The more I look at this, the more grossed out I get. It looks like it has eyelids! Which might be useful for cleaning the camera lens, but ewww.

At the roof, the Avenger takes a look in through the attic window, and finds an operation center, but with no operators. He also sees himself on one screen, from the back.

At least they’re sticking to the theme.

The floating eyes don’t set off any alarms, which makes alarms go off for the Avenger. It’s like they’re keeping him in place until…

Judging by what he did to the roof, he should just have landed on the Avenger. Squish, no more Avenger.

The robot cat, who is definitely Stervros, that’s not even open for debate at any point, just stands there staring, until the Avenger summons the shield. Then kitty uses its shoulder canons to shoot him. The Avenger blocks with the shield, then runs.

On the ground, Fog tells his men to hold back. He can tell from the sound of the shots that the predator is hunting.

The Avenger makes straight for the Duckmobile, barely avoiding the cat’s literal claws, but the Star Corp uniform is torn as it was still hanging there on the outside of the Duckmobile since he used it as a rope.

Surely that won’t be a problem, unless of course the part the cat tore of was the one with the Star Corp logo on it.

Oh, come on, you have cameras if you need evidence. That’s taking the cat theme a bit too far.

Fog has a minion bring him a list of names of everyone who works for Star Corp, and predictably finds Tempest’s name. Since she’s the one with an actual reason (that he knows if) to come after him, Tempest doesn’t show up for work the next day.

I feel sorry for Bloom sometimes. Donald is generally a good worker, but might up and vanish for days, Fitzroy shows up, but is an untrustworthy dick, Rupert spends hours sighing over Stella, and now Tempest has apparently lost it too.

This morning, Bloom can’t find Tempest, Donald has ruined his uniform and Fitzroy is trying to be sneaky about sharing something with him. Bloom tells him he doesn’t care, so Fitzroy tries to use the recording he made of Tempest to make Donald withdraw from the race to become to new boss.

Donald, unimpressed, steals the tape, hides it in his hat, mocks him, and shoves Fitzroy away by literally sticking his foot in his face. He won’t use his skills over chips, but for a friend? No hesitation.

Though considering that his hat is soft fabric, I have no idea how a double bottom is going to help anything, since a cassette is big and you can easily feel that by grabbing the hat. Assuming someone gets their hand on the hat, which is a whole job on its own.

Unfortunately, Fitzroy doesn’t seem too upset by this.

Bloom tells Donald that, since he’s ruined his uniform and his partner isn’t at work, Bloom will take over for him, and Donald will go and check on Tempest.

So Donald finds himself at the docks, and confused about where Tempest lives. There’s only boats there!

I’ve been told that, assuming you somehow gets your hands on a boat, this is actually a pretty cheap way to live. No idea if it’s true.

Tempest’s neighbor tells Donald she does live there, but that he wishes he hadn’t sold her to boat. She always makes so much noise, like the incredibly loud screaming last night.

And this is why bystanders aren’t to be relied upon.

Inside, the boat is pretty much turned upside down. Like it was ransacked, or as if there’s been one hell of a fight.

Donald goes directly to Century and changes into the Avenger costume, telling Lyo only a small army could take down Tempest, and that it has to be Fog. He tries to find something useful equipment that Astrongman left behind, and Lyo takes him to the secret room behind the library, where the good stuff is.

Or he would, if he could remember how to get in there. Good thing he marked the key to open it with “secret passage”. They find some broken stuff, and the Avenger asks Lyo for a favor.

At his mansion, Ed Morando is entertaining guests.

Or as he likes to call them, potential buyers. He has a new weapon to show them, a revolutionary prototype: The Predator.

Obvious joke is obvious.

I like that he seems to still have duck feet, despite everything. It’s a nice detail, considering who he really is.

The predator has two flying eyes, is 80% bionic and masters 16 types of unconventional weapons.

The prey has traditional weapons, good training and can’t escape.

The most dangerous game is on.

Tempest recognizes some elements of the set up from her Seaduck exercises, and decides to get out of there as quickly as possible.

Morando and his buyers are all watching from the party room, while Morando cheerfully explains that after Tempest is dead, they’ll get to buy the tech and also the cat.

In the attic, the operators are complaining that they don’t have anything to do, except watch and listen to Tempest get murdered. The Avenger arrives and knocks them out, and starts looking for a way to actually find Tempest. The estate is too big to just go looking.

Fog arrives, helpfully directing him to a small screen where a satellite follows their every move.

“In weapons and bones” is a very cool line. Also, the guy on the right looks like a plague doctor.

Outside, Tempest is now dodging weapons fire. Morando quickly explains to the buyers that the cat is just playing with her, she’ll be dead soon.

Upstairs, the Avenger uses the equipment he got from Astrongman’s storage to bluff Fog into standing down by threatening to blow them all up. And Fog thinks he tricked the Avenger in to thinking he’s standing down, while the Avenger is well aware of the snipers positioning themselves on the roof.

The Avenger decides to start at the beginning, with Stevros. Fog happily explains that Stevros is busy pursuing Tempest as they speak.

Turns out that the explosion Tempest saw years ago when it all went to hell was caused by Stevros, who was trying to void capture. Obviously, he failed, and was transformed into the bionic cat now hunting Tempest. Of course, in order to make Stevros actually work for them, they needed to get inside his head, and used Tempest to do that, convincing him that she had betrayed him.

After the sheer trauma of nearly dying, and then being forcefully transformed into something that’s mostly a robot, this was still surprisingly difficult, but after years of trying, Fog succeeded.

This is probably the worst thing a normal human has done in this series. They just took him apart and rebuilt him and then went out of their way to break him.

And now, even if Tempest figures things out and try to explain, Stevros is in no place to actually understand it.

Fog asks if the Avenger wants to ask why he did it, or should he just show him his paycheck?

The Avenger says no thanks, and throws Astrongman’s not-bomb on the floor, then shoots it to make it blow up anyway.

Downstairs, all the illegal arms-dealers freak out, thinking the police has arrived. You’d think professional arms-dealers would have cooler heads, but no.

Tempest, meanwhile, has gathered her wits, and is preparing to fight.

Lots of cool visuals in this one.

Unfortunately, she doesn’t know what she’s up against.

I love this page. First panel: Tempest running. She looks serious, and her pose makes her look really solid. Panel two: Realization, but more “there you are” than “Oh shit”. Panel three and four: She shoots while turning around and hits a moving target about the size of a head. Damn. Also, oh shit.

Panel five: The cat hovering over her like a monster from a horror movie and Tempest looking tiny in comparison, and she’s clearly scared now, but the focus isn’t really on her fear, it’s on the sheer difference between them. Size, weapons... Tempest was never meant to win this, and it shows. Which also highlights how cool it is that she’s lasted this long.

And it’s also fucking tragic, because Stevros isn’t the monster here, it’s all based on lies and he’s seconds away from doing something he’d regret forever if he knew.

The cat knocks her down, but it seems like Morando was almost right, though this isn’t about playing with his prey, as he hesitates long enough for Tempest to ask why he’s attacking her. Stevros then puts on his old Seaducks hat, letting Tempest know who he is, and from his perspective, explaining why he’s trying to kill her.

At the mansion, the Avenger has barricaded himself in the operations center. Fog tells someone to get a bazooka so they can get in, but the Avenger can’t worry about that now. Tempest is about to die and he needs to do something.

Then he remembers. The two operators from earlier mentioned something about having audio-video contact with the predator, and the Avenger has an ace in his hat.

Another page I really like. This seems like a point where someone might have added images of Tempest’s flashback, which would be fine. But instead the smalles “screens” are of Tempest telling the story, and how she’s reacting to both what happened back then and also how she’s reacting to Fog being in league with Morando. I get the impression that while the story she’s telling is important when it comes to convincing Stevros, so is how strongly she reacted to it, especially the new details about Fog and Morando.

Getting Tempest’s side of the story directly into his brain, the cat stops. He brushes her hair aside, and then leaves.

Back at the house, Fog has managed to break into the operations center, but the Avenger is gone. Morando is also there, losing it as someone seems to have called the PBI, and they’re bursting into the estate, finding all kinds of interesting, highly illegal things.

One of the cat’s mechanical eyes float in and focus on Morando and Fog. Morando keeps panicking, but Fog calmly accepts that Stevros knows what really happened and has picked a new, more deserving prey.

Well, can’t say he’s not reacting like a pro.

Lyo asks if that was it, but the Avenger explains that Fog and Morando surrendered to the PBI to escape Stevros. Lyo notes that the anonymous call the Avenger asked him to make was helpful, and the Avenger agrees. Certainly for Fog and Morando. Fog was so sure Stevros wouldn’t listen to the truth, and yet. Lyo says that some bad guys just don’t get human nature.

Speaking of bad guys, at Duckmall, Fitzroy just finished showing the copy of the recording he made of Tempest to Bloom, who sees right through his bullshit. Bloom also has the same rosy view of the Seaducks as Tempest does, telling Fitzroy that if Tempest was good enough for them to consider hiring, then she’s certainly good enough to have Bloom’s job.

The Avenger is back on the roof, talking to the cat from the beginning of the issue. He’s got the same questions as before, what are the Ducklairs doing, but now he’s also got a new one. Where did Stevros go?

Hopefully, he found a way back home.

Yeah, we all do.

I normally think that these issues are exactly as long as they need to be, but I’d love for this one to have been a double or something, so we could include Stevros viewpoint and more about Tempest friendship with him.

I do like the kind of ambigous ending. Is Stevros fine now? Mentally, obviously, physically, he’ll never be the same. Will he be okay when he gets home? What is he going to do then?

Same with Tempest. She’ll be fine, but if this were to get a follow up of some kind, I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out to be another thing that kept gnawing on her, or that it’d be revealed she’d been trying to find him again.

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dannyphantomrpg · 7 years ago

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Analysis: Ten Years Later

So, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Ten Years Later videos lately, and this analysis post just sort of happened~

To be fair, I did need to work it all out since I mildly referenced it in my Foley Fest drabble.

If I get any comic book info wrong, I'm so sorry. I don't know anything about Marvel aside what my husband knows about the 90's Spiderman cartoon.

Let's start off with Sam and Tucker, cause honestly? There's not much to go over with them.

Sam is sort of basic. Sort of dull. Butch says "leather" trench, but it's most likely pleather, or something more animal-friendly. Even (especially) ten years later, I don't see Sam giving up the good fight.

Her crop top, tho, seems to be a constant. I don't know if that's really her aesthetic, or if Butch just thinks all women like to show off their stomachs. Either way, the DP logo is something Sam would definitely sport.

Something I wanted to point out: in her first TYL sketch, Butch compares her to Black Widow. A quick Wiki skim later gives a bit more depth to the comic book ignorant like me. Black Widow's origin story is that of an orphan child being raised by the Russian government as a sort of Anti-Capitan America. She met up with Tony Stark by trying to assassinate someone in his company.

Sort of interesting to compare Sam with Black Widow, and then give her all those huge anti-ghost guns, hm~?

Tucker, I have a few issues with. Not his design (aside how he only got one sketch and then his final design - show your own characters some love, Butch!), but how Butch talks about him.

Specifically, that he's running for president. Quoting from Wikipedia:

“Article Two, Section 1 of the United States Constitution sets forth the eligibility requirements for serving as President of the United States:

No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

Tucker would only be twenty-four in TYL. He's still got 11 years to go before he can even think about running for president. So, like...

What happened to that little bit of legality?

Also of note, Tucker is the only redesign without the DP logo. Most likely, this is because he was the first and therefore before Butch had the idea, but he did give the majority of Sam's the logo.

Moving right along, we get into the meat of TYL. The Fentons.

A moment of silence for my baby Jazz.

How did "I want to go into psychology to help troubled teens" turn into "I'm essentially Tucker now"? Yes, she's the only one we've seen use the Fenton Peeler, but that doesn't really equate to getting "into the tech side of things."

Even in her sketch of just being in a jumpsuit with a "Maddie" haircut, Butch specifically gives her a piece of technology. He has her in a lab, leaning against a circuitry panel. Not a book in sight - not even one on ghost hunting!

And her final design? Oh, my sweet, smart child. There's just something so inhuman and terrifying about this image. Physically wired into Fenton Works? She "helps run all the gadgets"? She has control over traffic lights and automatic doors? Somehow, I feel like Tucker being up close and personal with his iPhone would be way more helpful than Jazz in a building on the other side of the city would be.

What happens the moment she runs into Technus? Heck, just send someone in to cut the power physically and she's completely vulnerable.

I guess Jack would be happy to be half robot? I mean, it seems like half his brain would be gone, so he can probably just be programmed to be excited about it anyway. I've never really seen Jack as the kind of guy to be upset about hygiene. If anything, I see him as a really clean person (until he gets completely distracted with an invention or something).

His second sketch is the one I really prefer - older, but still Jack. He’s big and buff and still a big old teddy bear. I can see this as a man who saw his son save the world and think "I'm slapping that logo on everything to show how proud of him I am".

Jack's finalized sketch is what really gave me pause in the first place. He's missing an eye. He's missing a leg. He has a prosthetic that, according to Butch, runs on ectoplasm. And, ok, I can see that happening. For God's sake, he turned his son and college best friend into halfas on accident because he wasn't paying attention - this man is not someone you really want in a lab setting.

But that's not what happened.

According to Butch, there is a possibility that people did this. That flesh and blood humans went after the Fentons and did them personal harm simply because of their connection to Danny. Jack lost a limb because a person decided to a) take out ghost-hunting competition, or b) cause Danny some kind of psychological harm, i.e. "If we can't get to you, we can get to your family".

And Maddie?

She was first and foremost a mother. Despite all the angst and family drama this fandom produces, Maddie loves her son above anything else. I feel, personally, if there was a choice between continuing her research and her children, she would give it all up in a heartbeat to make sure they're safe and happy.

That's all gone in her sketches.

Her very first image, she has a buzz cut, she has a huge weapon that's creating some sort of unmerciful death-ray, her goggles are down and she means business. There's nothing matronly about her in that image, no remnants of the mother that would look fondly on her son. No, she's murdering the F out of some ghost and does not care.

Again, in he second sketch, her hair is cut off and the goggles are down. There is something out there and she is going to destroy it. There is something out there that made Maddie leap "out of some sort of an airborne vehicle" with the ghost equivalent of the Little Boy and the Fat Man.

And, again, Butch is not helping.

"Well, I think maybe the Ghost Zone is in turmoil. I think that the ghosts need to live somewhere, and they’re trying to come here. So that’s why the Fentons get involved and that’s why there are so many weapons and why they’re up night and day, fighting off the ghosts."

First off - it's been established that the Ghost Zone and the Human World are connected. Anything that happens to one, will affect the other. So if the Ghost Zone has become so uninhabitable that the ghosts are coming here? How bad off is our world?

Second, Butch didn't say the ghosts were attacking. He said they wanted to live here. Yes, there are some ghost jerks out there *cough*Skulker*cough* but what about peaceful ones like Dora and Poindexter? The people of the Far Frozen? Shouldn't the Fentons know by now that not all ghosts are hostile? (Plus, this would have been an amazing use of Jazz's psychology to talk to some of these ghosts, to calm them down and learn from them.)

Maddie's final version manages to paint an even more bleak image for her. Butch mentions Mad Max and, a quick Wiki read later, that's, like, not good. Civilization is gone, lawlessness runs rampant, murder seems to be the only way to protect yourself. And Maddie is supposed to call forth that image?

Her hair is now essentially the shortest length Butch can give her without shaving her head. She's still wearing those goggles. We have yet to see this woman's eyes, she keeps them so hidden from the world. She has no guns to defend herself, only an ectoplasm-charged bat. She doesn't care about keeping her distance - oh no, she wants to be in the middle of the action.

And those BDSM ghosts? She keeps them on leashes short enough that they could touch her. She keeps them around to "help her sense other ghosts", nevermind the fact that, from what I recall, Danny is the only one with an actual ghost sense. Those ghosts look angry and not at all subdued.

And she's still wearing the DP logo. Somehow, even knowing her son is part ghost, she still has enough detachment/hatred of ghosts to demean them down to an animalistic level.

Vlad's designs are, whoo boy... Unique? Different? Each one portrays a completely different vision of the future that don't really mesh together. His first sketch is rather, uh, let's be completely honest here, Satanic. But other than that apparent dive into absolute evil, he looks more or less the same. Like no time has passed. I guess Clockwork could have yanked him out of space before too long?

By now everybody knows about the second sketch with fat!Vlad, tiger!Maddie, and perfect clone!Daniel. Heck, I knew about Daniel before I even knew there was a Ten Years Later video.

And let me just say this real quick: I love that, as soon as the words "He’s finally got himself a cloned child." were said we all, individually, came to the conclusion that: his name is Daniel Masters, he can be a spoiled jerk but isn't really evil, and he just wants someone to be friends with and play video games with. Like, I've yet to even see him in a TYL setting, he's more of a "Season 4" character.

My other thing I love about this image? Fat!Vlad. For a middle-aged man who kept in perfect shape, who fights with ghost teenagers every day, to suddenly put on weight? To me, in my experience, that means he's happy. He's found a way to be calm and relax and, yes, be settled enough to put on a few pounds. That's what happened to my husband. Before we got together she was an anxious, angry (precious) emo chick. And now she's calm, she's happy, she's adorably chubby~ (don't tell her I said this lol). Like, Vlad's so chill in this sketch that, whenever he finds out Daniel's been hanging out with Danny, he's not even mad! He's just like, "Be home by curfew, love you!" (My TYL Vlad is -absolutely- Maes Hughes. There isn't a single employee at Dalv Corp that hasn't seen a fold out wallet full of Daniel's pictures.)

(And just think, when Daniel brings home his boyfriend/girlfriend, Vlad brings out the baby book and Daniel's S/O is just like, "Why were your first steps when you were fourteen???")

Tiger!Maddie is great, if a little odd. Then again, Vlad's just living the dream of every five year old that just went to the zoo for the first time: "I wanna bring home the big kitty!"

And we get back to crazytown with the third sketch. Vlad wants to be king, what? When? Butch do you... do you know who Vlad is? You were so close with perfect clone!Daniel, and then you pull this. The only thing I can see this working as is some kind of Medieval AU with Dora and Aragon/pre-Sarcophagus Pariah Dark. Other than that, I can't see this sketch fitting in anywhere in DP.

But Vlad's final sketch returns us to the nightmare that is TYL. Vlad was abandoned in space, all human contact cut off, the only person that willingly called him a friend turned his back on him. He's probably ready to curl up and die at that point and then aliens come and kidnap him, forcing him to be a miner and then a coliseum fighter. I can't imagine the blow to his pride all that did.

I can accept that he would keep enough presence of mind to escape. Heck, I can almost believe that he would willingly keep the chain on his arm (though as less of a "reminder of where he came from" and more of a "I'm going to make these guys pay!"). But what really gets me is Butch saying, "he really, really wants to get Danny now".

That's not at all ominous. Not at all.

Like, what is that supposed to mean? I'm sure we're supposed to infer he's coming after Danny, but, would he? After all that time alone, after being broken down by some crazy Criminal Minds aliens? I'm sure that, in all that time Vlad was captured, he must have let it slip that he wasn't the only halfa. That this boy on Earth was more powerful that he had been in his prime. Could he be coming to warn Danny? Maybe the reason he escaped was because the aliens have their eye on a new "champion"?

Danielle is absolutely precious to me. My sweet little girl who only wants to live her own life. I love that her first sketch gives her a bit more of the Vlad influence (especially since I headcanon that she has his fire core and not Danny's ice core). The opposing black and white outfit, though, just looks like a bad Harley Quinn to me.

The second sketch is kind of cutsie, kind of bleh. There's something about Butch's femme designs that just... don't really hit the mark.

I'm adoring her third sketch. The overall feel of "ghost" really comes through with this design (and she finally has matching boots and gloves) and it feels really right with her. I've always loved the idea that she's more ghost than human, and this images hits it just right.

Her final design is ok. We go back to the alternating colors, which I don't like, but she also looks more like Danny, which I do like. Butch says she "likes to party" which I can kind of see. She's full of spunk, she has an adventurous side, she'd love to go out and see everything and get involved with as much as she can. The fact that she can shape ectoplasm into words seems like something she'd be into. Just imagine her floating outside of Vlad's window, cussing him out with floaty green writing.

Now, we finally get to Danny. His first sketch isn't too bad. He has a dedicated place for the Thermos - good idea on his part. A little simple, little plain. Loving the cargo pants, tho.

His second design looks a little more like a plain upgrade form his usual hazmat, but with more armor. Makes me think Sam and Tucker went to a sporting goods store and slapped all the knee/elbow pads they could on him to keep him from hurting himself so much.

I like the idea of the third design. When he embraces his ghost side, he gets more Dan-like qualities. I think something like this would take him a while to adjust to, but he would be better for it. This design feels like it would be the strongest one - delving into his ghost half and pulling power from it instead of fighting to keep it balanced with his human half.

Danny's final design, however, make me think. His hazmat has been replaced, or most likely upgraded, to include more Fenton gadgets - specifically trading the Thermos for a Glove. But the Glove, instead of just being a catch/release system, actually uses the caught ghost to power his suit. The green isn't just for design, it's the power he's taken from other ghosts he's captured. Does this mean he's just taking whatever the captured ghost's power is (like weather-control, or even power over boxes)? Or is it like the rest of Fenton tech where he's actually taking the ectoplasm from the captured ghost to power himself? How much is that hurting the other ghost?

As strong as Danny is, as strong as he keeps getting, why does he need to power a suit to keep fighting?

I've been thinking about this final design, thinking about the designs for all the other characters, especially the Fentons. I thought about how Danny would fight until his last breath to protect Amity Park, and, like...

Did he?

Did Danny die at some point prior to Ten Years Later?

Only once is Danny referred to as Danny Fenton, and that's during the sketch for Jack's original design. He's not even called Fenton in his own redesigns. He's had several sketches, but all of them were for Phantom. Heck, Vlad got a human drawing, even if it wasn't for his final design.

And the more I think about it, the more it seems to make sense.

Jazz gave up on psychology when her little brother died. She probably became depressed and couldn't leave the house. Wiring herself into Fenton Works seemed like the next logical step - at least this way she could help without having to face his friends who could go on without him.

Jack was probably grieving when he was attacked. He lost his son, his eye, and his leg.

Without having to reconcile her son's humanity with his ghostlyness, Maddie was free to revert back to a lifetime of thinking that all ghosts were nonsentient. She probably didn't get enough of a chance to being to change her views permanently, so she sees nothing wrong with how she's treating the leashed ghosts.

And Danny himself would even have an excuse for his suit. I've seen in the fandom that the reason Danny is such a strong ghost is because he's young, and he's still growing. That the more he ages, the stronger he becomes. When Danny died, he would have stopped growing in power. Heck, he might have even started -losing- power, and trying to revert to how strong he was when he first "died" in the accident. Having a suit that runs on other ghosts, using their power to replace his own, would actually make sense, especially if Maddie helped make it.

#Danny Phantom #Ten Years LAter #analysis post #danny fenton #sam manson #Tucker Foley #jazz fenton #Maddie Fenton #jack fenton #Vlad Masters #vlad plasmius #dani #perfect clone!daniel #tiger!maddie #honestly i kinda want to see a part three #just to see how far this trainwreck can go

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aion-rsa · 5 years ago

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Watchmen Episode 6 Easter Eggs Explained

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Watchmen episode 6, "This Extraordinary Being" reveals the true origin of Hooded Justice and much more!

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This article contains major Watchmen spoilers.

HBO's Watchmen has been incredibly faithful to the spirit and the letter of the book. For some, that may change with how Watchmen episode 6, "This Extraordinary Being" reveals the real history of Hooded Justice. But despite what some might see as a drastic departure from the book, this episode is still positively packed with references to the original work that make its world all the richer. Here's everything we've found.

The Watchmen title getting replaced by the name “Minutemen” is the first clue of how this episode is going to go, as well as the purple letters that pay homage to the Hooded Justice costume. That being said, if Watchmen season 2 (disclaimer: there has been no word that this is actually a thing that is going to happen) turned out to be nothing but a black and white Minutemen series set in the 1940s, we’d very much be here for it. Oh, and the episode's title "This Extraordinary Being" comes from a line from Hollis Mason's autobiography, Under the Hood, used to describe Hooded Justice. Of course it does.

AMERICAN HERO STORY

The opening of the show, with Hooded Justice’s interrogation, is quickly revealed to be American Hero Story nonsense. “Turn that shit off,” indeed. Although, admit it, you lol-ed at “Captain Bigcockolis.”

It will be interesting to see as American Hero Story progresses what their theory of Hooded Justice’s identity actually is. The man who unmasks here is most certainly not Rolf Muller. Unless American Hero Story just plans to leave this as ambiguous as the Muller/HJ mystery was left in the book...a mystery that is put to rest by the balance of this episode.

However, the villains named by the crooked FBI agents are significant. Both Captain Axis and Moloch are canon Watchmen villains either named or actually seen in the original comic. Another, however, is “King Mob,” who certainly sounds like an appropriately pulpy villain from the 1940s, but is probably a reference to another towering work of comic book genius: Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles, where King Mob was the ultimate psychedelic secret agent.

WILL REEVES and HOODED JUSTICE

- The man who pins a badge on Will Reeves as he graduates from the police academy is apparently Lieutenant Samuel J. Battle, a real life figure who was New York’s first black police officer. So now the show has paid tribute to two important black lawmen in history, with Battle and Bass Reeves.

- To absolutely nobody’s surprise, Will takes inspiration for his full Hooded Justice costume from the Trust in the Law Bass Reeves movie we saw back in episode one.

- Will’s makeup under the Hooded Justice mask is an echo of how Angela Abar sprays a mask onto her face as Sister Night.

- Will is assigned to the 113th Precinct in the southeast part of Queens, New York. This lines up with the chapters of Under the Hood which place the first two Hooded Justice sightings in Queens. The details of the first (the mugging) are consistent with those of the book, with the only exception being that the witnesses felt their savior had “dropped into the alleyway from above” rather than charged in as we see here. It’s a minor detail, and one that can be chalked up to how eyewitness accounts can often lose key details like this, especially during such a traumatic moment.

- The first full costume Hooded Justice appearance that made the news (again, as recounted in Under the Hood) is the supermarket incident, also dramatized in an earlier episode of American Hero Story. This one is drastically different, with HJ leaping OUT through the window rather than in, and the attack having nothing to do with a supermarket stickup gone wrong. This illustrates just how well the Order of the Cyclops is able to cover up events and twist narratives to their advantage. Not relevant to headlines of today in any way, nope. Not chilling at all. Oh, and the romaine lettuce is a nice callback to episode one.

You can read much more about the conflicting histories of Hooded Justice right here.

- Fred’s “what the fuck are you supposed to be?” when he sees Hooded Justice for the first time mirrors something that Hollis Mason noted in Under the Hood, about how the costumed heroes felt more at home when they had someone else larger-than-life to fight. “You see, if you’re the only one who’d bothered to turn up for a free-for-all in costume, you tended to look kind of stupid. If the bad guys joined in as well, it wasn’t so bad, but without them it was always sort of embarrassing.”

Speaking of the Cyclops...

BEWARE THE CYCLOPS

- Back in episode five, when Looking Glass was following members of the 7th Kavalry into an abandoned mall in episode 5, you could spot graffiti on the walls of a large red eye. That appears to be the same logo as the KKK’s Order of the Cyclops is pushing here.

- Incidentally, during the American Hero Story sequence, the “incriminating” evidence of Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis’ affair was discovered behind a “painting of a white horse,” which sounds suspiciously like the painting found in Judd Crawford’s home back in episode 2, “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship.”

CAPTAIN METROPOLIS

- Nelson Gardner was very much the founder of the Minutemen, and according to little bits and pieces scattered throughout Watchmen lore, he did indeed approach potential heroes exactly as we see here, by trying to keep his identity secret and acting as a “representative” of Captain Metropolis. He also did indeed have a long standing sexual relationship with Hooded Justice. We wrote more about the history of Captain Metropolis right here.

Gardner’s casual dismissal of Hooded Justice’s concerns about a white supremacist conspiracy is in keeping with the character’s surprisingly conservative views. Gardner tried to form a new superhero group in the mid-1960s called “the Crimebusters” utilizing the second generation of superheroes, such as Laurie Juspeczyk’s Silk Spectre, Dan Dreiberg’s Nite Owl, and Dr. Manhattan. He wanted to combat the progressive unrest of the 1960s. It um...it didn’t work out.

- The “you wear your mask, I’ll wear mine” thing is yet another (kind of tedious and obvious, to be honest) nod to the idea that the wearing of costumes is as much a sexual thing for these characters as it is anything else. As seen previously with Laurie and Dale Petey in episode 3.

THE MINUTEMEN

Also visible (if you squint a little) during Captain Metropolis’ press conference introducing Hooded Justice are Silhouette, Nite Owl, Dollar Bill, and you can BARELY make out the shapes of Comedian and Silk Spectre. Maybe. But in any case, the Minutemen all seem to be present and accounted for here.

- We discussed that Dollar Bill poster, which was also visible in the first episode, in some more detail here.

- Captain Metropolis makes reference to Moloch’s solar weapon, which is also referenced in the book (although never actually seen).

SUPERMAN

- The Superman references that have peppered these episodes pop up in ways that are both obvious and subtle. The most obvious is the arrival of Action Comics #1 on the newsstand in 1938, as it’s the first appearance of Superman, something that clearly resonates with Will Reeves. In Watchmen’s supplemental chapters from Hollis Mason’s autobiography Under the Hood, it’s revealed that Mason took similar notice of Action Comics #1, and it planted the seed that led to him becoming Nite Owl.

Incidentally, there are a number of details wrong with Action Comics #1 as we see it here. While the iconic cover, with Superman hoisting and smashing a car full of toughs, is of course correct, the back cover features another illustration of Superman in flight. That picture is clearly from later in the 1940s, both because Superman still didn’t fly in 1938 and because the character’s costume is much more finalized and slick than it appeared in Action #1. The art style almost makes it look like something drawn by Fred Ray, who didn’t hook up with Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster until the early 1940s.

More simply, though, Action Comics #1 featured a mail order advertisement as its back cover, not another picture of Superman. It was also a bigger, thicker book than what we see the newsvendor handling here. Look, folks...Action Comics #1 is the most important comic book ever published, of course I’m going to notice details like this. We can give Watchmen a pass that perhaps these things simply aren’t remembered to their finest details under the influence of Nostalgia and it’s the symbolic value that matters.

NITE OWL

- Will Reeves graduated from the Police Academy in 1938, the same year that Hollis Mason, the original Nite Owl did. Like Reeves, Mason took notice of the early appearances of Superman, and that, along with the arrival on the scene of Hooded Justice, helped influence his decision to become a costumed adventurer. Is it possible that Reeves and Mason graduated in the same class, or even knew each other independently of their time in the Minutemen?

- More directly, Will turning down his fellow officers’ offer of a beer echoes how Mason frequently turned down offers from co-workers to hang out. Why? Because he was too busy training to become a superhero to socialize. Maybe he was turning down offers from the same racist dipshits we see in this episode.

MISCELLANEOUS STUFF

- “Fred” wants to get home so he can listen to Amos ‘n’ Andy. Amos ‘n’ Andy was a radio show (later a TV series) about two black characters...who were written and voiced by white actors in stereotypical minstrel show fashion.

- Near the end of the episode, when we see the aftermath of the riot at the movie theater, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is visible on the marquee. That film is from 1947, which means the events of this episode span approximately nine years. The film is about an otherwise ordinary man who has various “secret identities” in his rich fantasy life. Kind of appropriate in a show about superheroes.

This episode’s songs include The Ink Spots’ renditions of “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” and “We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me)”. I can't quite place which version of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” this is.

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L.A. IN THE 1980s | THE MONKEY WRENCH TAPES

PREMISE

It’s 1980s Los Angeles. Leon Kingsley is an accomplished, straight-shooting detective in the L.A.P.D., but when he is tasked with infiltrating an underground crime syndicate, his morals are truly tested.

STORY OVERVIEW

The player steps into the shoes of Leon Kingsley, who is a high-ranking police detective within the Los Angeles Police Department during the crack epidemic of the 1980s.

The story is set during a couple of years in the late 70s and throughout the 80s following Kingsley’s career.

Between the years of 77-79, the player experiences Kingsley’s promotion to the detective department.

The story then flash-forwards to 1982 where Kingsley has made a name for himself and is regarded as one of the best detectives within the department. Kingsley is then transferred to the Vice department and takes on a few more jobs until 1983.

Sometime in 83 Kingsley is introduced to Operation Monkey Wrench, a covert operation aiming to take down crime lord Augustine Soto and his syndicate known only by the codename Clandestine. According to reports from a mole deep inside Clandestine they have been working on a new batch of cocaine nicknamed Euphoria but the mole has gone dark for several weeks. The department wants to send in Kingsley to infiltrate Clandestine in an attempt to discover what has happened to the mole and disrupt Soto’s operations in the process.

The main game then spans across six years from 1983 to 1989 during the time of Kingsley infiltrating Clandestine, uncovering clues to discover the mole’s whereabouts and trying to remain undercover with Clandestine by taking part in their operations.

The focus of the story is how the protagonist, Leon Kingsley, with a naturally straight-shooting personality, copes with the pressure of being undercover and having to experience a life of crime to fulfill his mission.

THE CHARACTERS

L.A.P.D.

Leon Kingsley | Detective (Protagonist) A humble and hard-working individual, being a cop was all Leon ever wanted to do when he left school. He had a knack for always looking out for the little guy, even if he was smaller than them. He obtained top grades and graduated police academy a few years later. Never wanting to let anyone down, Leon gave 110% no matter the job. Whether it was a petty theft or fender bender, Leon was mindful, precise and above all else...effective. The precinct captain soon noticed his sharp intelligence and methodical approach and recommended him to the detective programme. Leon felt it was the perfect fit and unsurprisingly passed with flying colours. Now a qualified detective, Leon is fully prepared for his first case.

Raymond Donovan | Kingsley’s Detective Partner

Paxton Royce | Chief of Police

Edward Jamison | Kingsley’s Rival Detective

CLANDESTINE

Augustine Soto/San La Muerte | Crime Lord (Main Antagonist) Saint Death, or as his parents back in Argentina would call it, San La Muerte is the personification of Augustine Soto and the trail of bodies he has left in his wake. However, Soto wasn’t always a callous sociopath. His childhood wasn’t rough and his family weren’t poor like most, and so Soto was a seemingly bright and caring young boy who provided for his family. His brother, Marcelo, was the bad seed. A gang member who often ran into trouble, yet Soto never thought ill of the big brother always looking out for him. Warning signs started to appear when Marcelo was killed by police during a robbery shootout, and Soto began to exhibit more radical behaviour, such as a shorter temper and disregard for respect. It soon escalated to the point where Soto would beat up other kids and cause problems with whoever made the slightest comment about him or his family. It didn’t take long for Soto to fall down the same dark rabbit hole as his brother and before anyone knew it, he was making riches up in the U.S. mostly through drug trafficking. Currently and for the last 10 years, Soto has been situated in L.A. where his underground criminal empire has expanded, making him one of the most wanted men in America.

Carmen Soto/Santa Muerte | Augustine’s Wife

Adriana Navarro | Carmen’s Sister

Billy Watts/Flash | Drug Runner

Kenneth Adiwale | Wheelman

Henry Nashton | Gunsmith

Hugo Ortega/The Bull | Bodyguard

THE GAMEPLAY

The core gameplay of T.M.W.T. is investigating and action sequences with various player choice for Kingsley’s actions and dialogue.

Branching Narrative T.M.W.T. features various gameplay mechanics that all tie into a branching narrative that is always changing based on the player’s actions. This includes how much evidence has been collected, the choices Leon makes on missions, his reputation with factions, his relationship with the other characters and his own morality.

Investigation As a detective, Leon is trained in investigating crime scenes. During the early hours of the game, Leon is still an openly active police detective, and undertakes several cases where he must use his skills in a professional environment.

During an investigation the player can interact with various parts of the crime scene such as inspecting evidence and interviewing witnesses and suspects. Players then have to piece together the evidence through puzzles and dialogue during interrogations/interviews to solve the crime.

Leon’s training is still useful when undercover, as he can use evidence to report back to the police or cover up Clandestine’s tracks.

Reputation A big part of Kingsley’s personality is his care for reputation. Throughout the game player’s will be faced with choices that can alter the reputation Kingsley has under the two factions of the L.A.P.D. and Clandestine. For example, choosing to report evidence back to the police will gain reputation with them, withholding it or actively working to cover it up can potentially cause Kingsley to lose L.A.P.D. reputation and instead gain Clandestine reputation. The level of reputation for the two sides will reflect the narrative and the opportunities open to Kingsley.

Relationships Kingsley will be meeting several characters throughout the game and each one can have a different relationship with him. While faction reputation can have a big effect on relationships, the more personally involved you are with a character can make faction alignment irrelevant. An example is someone from Clandestine becoming good friends with Kingsley based on their interactions despite Kingsley having high reputation with the police. Character relationships mostly change based on Kingsley’s actions, especially when they are present and dialogue options when either speaking to them directly, or saying something related to them to other people.

Morality As the game begins, Kingsley is presented as a straight-shooter who always gets the job done but by keeping his own high morals intact. This can change once Kingsley is undercover. Player’s can decide what path they want to take with Kingsley on personally, outside of his faction and character connections. As much as the various actions the player can take with Kingsley affect the things around him, they can affect him psychologically as well. Since Kingsley is seen as a righteous cop, actions that stay true to his morals can keep him on the same path or maybe elevate some things like his ego etc. Committing acts of crime no matter how severe may aid Kingsley in keeping his cover but it’ll affect his mentality. Changes in his morality will affect the way Kingsley acts and reacts throughout the game.

MISCELLANEOUS

These are the mechanics that don’t make up the core gameplay but are still important and are ever present.

Shooting

General use of weapons

Movement

General movement

Cover

Take cover when in shootouts

Environmental Interaction

Interact with many things in the environment outside of investigations.

Loadouts

Choose from a selection of weapons and gear

Hubs

Each faction has a hub area to explore where missions are chosen, characters can be talked to and additional actions can be taken.

Appearance

Change Kingsley's appearance such as clothing and hairstyles

MOCK-UPS

80s VHS Tape The VHS tape is my own work which includes everything except the Sony and VHS logos.

Game Cover Concept Most of the work I did on the cover was making the black boxes that make up the background for the Xbox information, the spine of the cover and editing images using the filter gallery to give them all a similar look and the general design of the layout.

This is purely a mock-up and I don’t take any credit for the art shown except text, cover backgrounds (including sky but excluding skyline and mountains) and the VHS tape.

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Paine is armed with a one-handed sword and a lukewarm attitude. It seems she joined the Gullwings because of something that happened in her past. However, none of the Gullwings know exactly what that might be. The often ridiculous antics of the Gullwings tend to prompt sarcastic remarks from Paine, but the others don't seem to worry about it much.—Booklet description

Paine is a playable character in Final Fantasy X-2, and the most reserved of the girls. Her past is a mystery and it is up to the player to discover what happened to her two years ago during the events of Final Fantasy X.

Paine's manner of dress is different from that of other Spirans, and the cultural distinction implied by her clothing and appearance is never explained. The only known citizen of Spira who looks or dresses anything like her is Lulu, but no other relation is known between the two.

Paine has red eyes, making her resemble Lulu. She has short, silver hair, and most commonly wears a black leather ensemble complete with high-heeled boots, elbow-length gloves and a folded top. She wears a silver pendant threaded with a barbed wire chain. Paine's swords have a skull-motif at the base of the blade that also appears on the belt buckle of her Warrior ensemble, as well as the swords hovering over her head in her special dressphere, Full Throttle. In a bonus cutscene where the girls spend time in a hot spring in Mt. Gagazet, Paine wears a black and white bandeau bikini swimsuit with additional wrist, ankle and neck bands.

Paine's swords are unique in her Warrior, Dark Knight, and Samuraidresspheres, while in her White Mage and Black Mage dresspheres she wields the Malleable Staff and Enchanted Rod respectively. In the Gunner dressphere, she wields Yuna's Tiny Bee pistols and wields an indigo variant of Rikku's dagger blades while in the Thiefdressphere. Her deck theme for the Lady Luck dressphere is diamonds and her Mascot dressphere is a Tonberry. Most of her footwear are high-heeled. When applicable, Paine's dressphere outfits incorporate boyish designs; e.g. her Psychic outfit is based on a typical Japanese schoolboy uniform.

Paine's personality resembles Auron's in the way how she is cynical and reveals information only when she needs to. Not much is known about Paine except that she is quiet and keeps to herself. Paine is tough and loves a good fight, but she is sensible enough to smell trouble a mile away. If she feels her fellow Gullwings are getting overenthusiastic, she uses sarcastic cracks to jolt them to their senses, and despite Rikku's constant prying, she refuses to divulge information about herself, except for always wanting to fly on an airship and hunt for spheres containing records of Spira's past.

In spite of her dry wit and demeanor, Paine values her friendship with Yuna and Rikku, but it is only after spending three months traveling around Spira by herself that she is able to express these feelings. Her physical mannerisms are boyish, perhaps a side effect from her past adventures with Nooj, Gippal, and Baralai.

Paine's childhood is unknown but she grew up during the time of Sin's reign and came to join the Crimson Squad, an elite group of soldiers set up by Yevon. Around the time of Operation Mi'ihen, Paine worked as a recorder for a group of three men: Nooj, Baralai, and Gippal. When the other Crimson Squad members were killed in the Den of Woe, Paine's group survived but were put up for execution soon after by Yevon for having witnessed images of the weapon Vegnagun in the cave.

After Operation Mi'ihen, Paine got separated from Gippal, Nooj, and Baralai and searched for them, passing by Yuna while she was sending the dead. Finding each other, the four stayed together for a while, with Paine still recording their travels, while learning how to speak fluent Al Bhed from Gippal. They decided to go their separate ways on the Mi'ihen Highroad, but Nooj betrayed the group by shooting each of them in the back. The Al Bhed came across the fallen Paine, Baralai, and Gippal, and tended to their wounds and kept them out of sight from the temples, thus separating them.

Two years later, Paine joins the sphere hunter group, the Gullwings, to uncover the truth of what happened on that day in the Den of Woe, but whenever any of the other Gullwings ask Paine of her reason for joining she claims it was for the chance to fly on their airship, the Celsius. Shortly after Paine joins the Gullwings, Yuna also joins the group. As the Gullwings perform missions, they are frequently opposed by the Leblanc Syndicate—their rival sphere hunters, led by Leblanc.

Leblanc steals Yuna's Garment Grid to impersonate her and perform a concert in Luca. While the real Yuna dons a moogle costume as disguise to keep a low profile, Paine and Rikku infiltrate the concert to capture the "impostor Yuna". Rikku and Paine confront Leblanc and chase her out to the docks until being confronted by her two chief henchmen, Logos and Ormi. Yuna joins the fray and reclaims her Garment Grid and begins dancing uncontrollably as though against her will.

During their tracking, they come across the Machine Faction and its leader Gippal, but Paine acts as if they have never met before, confusing him. After obtaining enough uniforms, the Gullwings infiltrate Leblanc's headquarters and find one of Paine's Crimson Spheres that details the events leading up to, during, and after the incident with the Crimson Squad, but Paine remains silent about its significance. YRP discover Leblanc already had the other half of the broken sphere, and stole their half to make it whole.

After watching the restored sphere, it is learned Vegnagun hides Bevelle, and Paine is unsurprised that Bevelle "still has its fondness for secrets". Realizing they are on the same side, the Gullwings and the Leblanc Syndicate form a truce. Together they infiltrate Bevelle and enter the underground passage formed after the fayth's disappearance, finding the Bevelle Underground, an ancient secret complex filled with machina. They fight their way past Baralai to an empty room where the sphere had shown Vegnagun to be. Instead of finding Vegnagun, the group fights the Dark Aeon Bahamut and Vegnagun is gone with a large hole left in its place.

With the mission completed, the Gullwings return to the Celsius and continue sphere hunting until they steal an "Awesome Sphere" from Kilika that records a mysterious machina and an unknown man mentioning someone named Lenne. Upon returning the sphere to either the Youth League or New Yevon, it is learned from Nooj or Baralai that the colossal machina is called Vegnagun. They discover the Leblanc Syndicate had stolen the half-sphere the Gullwings found in the Zanarkand Ruins, forcing them to infiltrate Chateau Leblanc in Guadosalamto reclaim it. To do so, they track down Leblanc Syndicate groups around Spira and steal their uniforms.

Returning from the escapade, the Gullwings learn that Nooj, Gippal, and Baralai have disappeared, and are soon caught fighting fiends and Dark Aeons in the Besaid, Kilika, and Djose Temples. Yuna falls through the hole in Djose Temple's Chamber of the Fayth and into the Farplane, where Nooj and Gippal give Yuna two more Crimson Spheres, telling her to give them to Paine. Back on the Celsius, Yuna tells everyone about her encounter with Shuyin while on the Farplane, learning that Lenne wore the Songstress dressphere over a thousand years ago.

Only when pressed on the deck of the Celsius does Paine reveal a little of her past with Nooj, Gippal, Baralai, and the Crimson Squad, telling Yuna how the four of them dreamed about having an airship, traveling Spira. Later, she assists with finding Tobli to set up Yuna's concert in the Thunder Plains, as a way to calm the tensions rising between the Youth League and New Yevon. During the concert, Lenne's spirit appears and it is revealed she and Shuyin were lovers who were gunned down by Bevelle soldiers after she stopped him from activating Vegnagun. Lenne was a famous songstress and summoner from Zanarkand, who was called to the front lines during the Machina War and Shuyin tried to use Vegnagun to save her. The Gullwings receive another Crimson Sphere, this time from Leblanc herself.

With the final Crimson Sphere obtained, Paine, Rikku and Yuna enter to the Den of Woe and discover the truth behind the events two years ago involving Paine's team. Den of Woe is the place where Shuyin's spirit lingered for a thousand years, and his painful memories and anguish were imprinted on the abundance of pyreflies in the den. When the Crimson Squad entered the den the pyreflies possessed them driving the squad members to kill one another. Shuyin escaped the den by possessing Nooj, which was why he shot his comrades in the back, severing their friendship. Emerging from the den with renewed purpose, Paine is determined to free her friends of Shuyin's influence. Realizing that during their meeting under Bevelle with Baralai and Nooj, Shuyin's spirit left Nooj's body to possess Baralai, Paine asks the Gullwings to help her face Baralai and defeat Shuyin. Now knowing the holes in the temples lead to the Farplane, Yuna plans to tell Shuyin how Lenne felt before they died to calm his spirit.

The Gullwings and Leblanc Syndicate enter the Farplane and, with help from Nooj and Gippal, defeat Vegnagun and Shuyin in a joint effort. Lenne emerges from Yuna's Songstress dressphere to console Shuyin, convincing him to rest in peace before they return to the Farplane together. The Gullwings drop Nooj, Baralai, and Gippal at Luca but leave to return Yuna home to Besaid. When Rikku worries about missing a big party back at Luca, Paine says they party enough on their own. Paine later joins Rikku in watching Yuna and Tidus reunite with each other.

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Splatoon: Meet The Outcasts

Name: Amber Nicknames/aliases: None Age: 18 Natural ink/tentacle color: Yellow-orange Eye color: Green Skin tone: Third-palest in-game shade Gear: Tinted Shades, Camo Zip Hoodie, Punk Cherries Weapon: Tentatek Splattershot (Suction Bomb sub, Inkzooka special) Profile: Amber had trouble getting into any existing team during the tryout season. Eager to get in on the next season of Turf War, however, and dreading the idea of resorting to freelancing, she decided she had no choice but to create a new team of her own, and hastily accepted the first – and only – applicants: quiet giant André Dorado, irritable junkie Marjani Kulevya, and unflappable, saccharine Felicity Quinn. However, she soon found out that the three of them were as desperate as her to join a team that would accept them, and had all adopted the same “beggars can’t be choosers” philosophy that she did. With little other choice if they all wanted to join the Turf War League before they ran out of time to register, though, their new team – the Outcasts – was formed, with rookie Amber as its captain, despite having no sort of win/loss record with the Turf War League. Unfortunately, due to their rashness and haste in forming a team, the Outcasts hardly know each other, and aren’t friends by any stretch of the word. This makes it incredibly difficult for them to work together and gain any wins in the League. Still, there’s some merit to be had from that: The publicity they get from being notoriously bad has made them popular underdogs among Turf War fans, the support from whom has boosted their morale. And hey, maybe they’ll even learn something valuable along the way to getting better. Maybe they’ve got more in common with each other than just being outcasts. Name: André Dorado Nicknames/aliases: Used to be known as “André the Kraken” (or, mistakenly, “André the Giant Squid”) Age: 19 Natural ink/tentacle color: Light blue Eye color: Yellow Skin tone: Fourth (middle) in-game shade Gear: Fake Contacts, White Anchor Tee, Tan Work Boots Weapon: Krak-On Splat Roller (Squid Beakon sub, Kraken special) Profile: It was thought that giant squids were all but extinct, until André Dorado was born with a mutation, causing him to grow to a far more massive size than a normal Inkling, both in terms of height and muscle mass. Towering several heads over other Turf War battlers at around seven and a half feet – and he’s projected to grow even taller before age slows the process – André is so huge that even his normal squid transformation is the size of some squids’ Kraken forms. Though he’s the oldest member of the team, he still has a couple of years left before he’s old enough for the adult league. Unlike other Inkling boys, André doesn’t tie his tentacles, letting them drape behind his ears and adding to his image as a savage behemoth. Since there are no official rules on a size limit for Kraken users, André swings around his Krak-On Splat Roller with one hand like it weighs nothing and transforming into a terrifyingly gigantic Kraken whenever he can, serving as an intimidation tactic as much as an actual advantage. The anchor logo seen on his t-shirt appears on the “forehead” of his Kraken form. Though he’s a big and brutish offensive player, focusing on splatting opponents to keep them out of his team’s way, André isn’t dull – a mistaken assumption that many who've never had to go up against him make – and can be surprisingly clever about how he plays, hiding in ink and biding his time with his iconic shirt's Ninja Squid perk to catch his opponents off guard rather than just rolling in guns blazing. He’s got more experience and skill than the rest of the Outcasts combined and is most certainly their best player, though he’s still shaking off the rust after spending a year away from the sport. Outside of Turf Wars, though, one would almost never guess that André is so barbaric on the battlefield. Though he can be quiet unless addressed, André is perceptive and not nearly as dumb as some people would think at first glance, and is jarringly eloquent when he does talk, though he has a propensity for using as few words as possible if he's talking to someone he'd rather not. He’s also quite a gentle giant, though he sometimes doesn’t know his own strength and can be a bull shark in a china shop. And as good as he is with children, his size and appearance can frighten them if they don’t know how nice he really is. He tries to save his angry face for Turf Wars, where adrenaline and frustration can be channeled at the opposing team for sport, though he’s also a stickler for punctuality and Marjani can really get on his nerves by blowing off practice sessions, among other things.

Name: Marjani Kulevya Nicknames/aliases: “Marjie” (by Felicity) Age: 17 Natural ink/tentacle color: Purple Eye color: Green Skin tone: Darkest in-game shade Gear: Skull Bandana, Black Inky Rider, Moto Boots Weapon: Heavy Splatling (Splash Wall sub, Inkstrike special) Profile: Marjani Kulevya has always had a combative personality, which got her into a lot of trouble in her earlier years in Turf War. These days, she’s an utterly shameless drug addict, and is nothing if not easily irritated. Her eyes are almost constantly bloodshot, a trait that tips off most Inklings to steer clear of this junkie. She no longer wants to get clean and those who know her personally have largely given up on helping her kick her vices, with the exception of her younger brother, Tendaji. She’s a self-admitted wreck, and stopped caring long ago. Marjani is not a team player in the slightest and hates almost everyone she knows, herself included. Many words can be used to describe her – “venomous,” “ornery,” “spiteful,” and “crude” among them. She swears like a sailor and never hesitates to voice her thoughts, no matter how mean-spirited, half-baked, or poorly-worded they may be. Her main concern is making enough money in Turf Wars to support her addictions. She's not fond of her teammates and often fails to show up for practice. To her, the team is just there to help her win and get the biggest payout as easily as possible, and the only reason she doesn’t want to quit the Outcasts entirely is because no one would hire her as a freelancer. She’s practically impossible to work with and constantly argues with Amber about it, always refusing responsibility for her numerous shortcomings. Name: Felicity Quinn Nicknames/aliases: None Age: 15 Natural ink/tentacle color: Pink Eye color: Blue Skin tone: Second-palest in-game shade Gear: Squid Hairclip, School Uniform, School Shoes Weapon: Classic Squiffer (Point Sensor sub, Bubbler special) Profile: Felicity is the youngest member of the Outcasts, and seemingly the most immature in her mannerisms, being enamored with the idea of her own cuteness. She can be pretty meek and timid on the battlefield, which is part of why she became proficient at using Splat Chargers, a talent which allows her to play the defensive sniper of the team. Her weapon of choice is the Classic Squiffer, complete with a Bubbler shield that she can use to protect herself when someone tries to get the jump on her. She hates confrontation and avoids it as much as possible, which is probably why she’s got just as much of a Turf War record as Amber – which is to say, none at all. Felicity tried out for a few teams, and, in spite of her stellar aim, she always seemed to clam up and forgot to use her Bubbler every time she had to face even mock close-quarters combat, resulting in rejection after rejection. In spite of her outwardly upbeat personality, she feared for a while that she would never be able to find a team that would keep her around. Naturally, she was surprised when Amber accepted her application for a completely new team without even a proper tryout to gauge her skills and strategies. Nowadays, Felicity does her best to pull her weight, terrified of the team kicking her out if she slips up one time too many, but she still lacks self-confidence and hangs back a little further than she should. Even so, Felicity is the glue that keeps the team together, doing her best to mediate the many arguments between Marjani and Amber. Her relationship is best with André, and they enjoy each others’ company because unlike the other two, they don’t yell nearly as much (although André can get pretty riled up and loud in a Turf War match). In an attempt to get Marjani to open up and be less belligerent, she coined the affectionate nickname “Marjie,” much to the latter’s chagrin. And even though Amber is the captain of the Outcasts, Felicity, being the best-off in her home life monetarily, has the most financial savvy of the team and is the one who manages their budget. Rumor has it she’s also a skilled dancer, and practices by imitating the Squid Sisters’ routines, though she’s easily embarrassed if anyone catches her doing it. Splatoon © Nintendo. I own no rights to the universe in which the game takes place, nor do I own any of the characters either from the game.

#splatoon #outcasts #theoutcasts #fanfiction #amber #andre #marjani #felicity

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