#gwen doesn't really join them in vigilantism

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So a friend and I were playing around and I felt... Inspired. Vigilantes AU 🙌

Co-written with @davestriderisasimp, it's currently only a vague idea but it's so so fun either way!

YAPPING AHEAD, BEWARE !!!

Oh man. This AU was born because my friend made a funky Daniel in a really cool Epiphet Erased AU, and in turn, I made a David that matched. Then they became arch nemeses, kissed, punched each other, and committed so much dang crime!

In David's defense: he commits crime to stop criminals. Criminals like Daniel, and his team of EVIL MINIONS (they're all petty criminals AT BEST they're the cutest, bestest ever, I LOVE THEM)

Her Daniel was genuinely so fun that he was the first and only Daniel I ever even considering making a Danvid with. The OG Danvid has neat vibes, in a Killing Stalking kinda way, but it just wasn't my vibe, y'know? Good for those who like 'em, tho !!

This David is just... so neat. He's like if Davey's original snarky attitude had never been completely overriden by his love for camping. He blackmails Cameron for favors from time to time, but is pretty fond of the guy because he's not exactly a genius evil mastermind. He loves his friend Gwen and his son Max—who may or may not have been "kidnapped" from his home by some red-headed stranger who distracted his parents by setting their car on fire—and has started to care a little for his roommate, CJ.

He started vigilantism when he was just a teenager with some anger issues, man. And now he just got used to it! But hypocrisy just runs through his veins, as he feels super stressed whenever Max decides to sneak out to go after him and help. He wants to beat up strangers too!

Neither Max or David have "offensive" epiphets either: theirs are "Recover" and "Endure", respectively. A healing and a passively defensive power. Gwen's, though? Hers is "Orgasm". It's perfect for sweeping someone off their feet— if you get what I'm saying, HAH

Daniel's epiphet is "Kool Aid", and he uses it so dang well! He's the silliest villain you'll ever meet and I adore every moment he's "on-screen" (aka, whenever we talk about him, HEHEHE). He's the captain of a team of minions—yes, he does call them his minions. It's a very worthy title, I must say—who perform LOTS OF CRIMES together. Most of them are simple robberies, though, and David is incredibly amused by them.

He does, occasionally, fall on one of their traps. And then they laugh at him. Then they take him hostage to make him gawk at their mighty evil lair (they bring him over) and feel pathetically miserable once he sees that his own personal resting hours are nothing compared to the glory of their favorite entertainment (they watch some movies), and so on...

They're so, so, so so silly. I cannot express enough how much I freaking love them.

Also, Max has a bear motif. It just... It just stuck. I love him too (so does David HEHEHE)

As for Jasper...

His epiphet is "smoke", and he disappeared a long, long time ago. That's all I have for now!

Also this WIP, which I will probably never finish. Hehe.

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My thoughts on... (Part 1) Spider-Gwen 2015B (#24-29) "Gwenom"

So i have finished the Spider-Gwen Gwenom arc. And MAN is there a lot to talk about. So much stuff happened and the finale they're setting up for this storyline is so good. So it starts where it left off at the end of the predators arc. Harry is cured and Venom has been created. Interestingly Venom does not go for Gwen but for Wolverine first, which kind of surprises Gwen because it was initially believed only she could bond with the symbiote & survive it. But due to Wolverine being near immortal he is able to withstand the radioactivity from the symbiote, however he can't control it causing him to turn into all the darkness he tried so hard to fight off. It really shocks Gwen & Kitty seeing how powerful the symbiote can be. They quickly realize sound is what weakens its connection with the host and try that at first but it doesn't seem to do the full job. So instead they go for Kitty phasing Wolverine through the symbiote to get him out of it which works. After that Gwen tries to defeat it using sound but that's when Murdock shows up and explains that it's only weak to sound when it's bonded with someone. Venom latches onto Gwen as she slowly turns into Gwenom but not before catching Murdock's phone and using the music on it to actually control the symbiote. Murdock also seems to be somewhat surprised by this but it doesn't get in the way of his plan. Murdock points out how Gwen has been focussing on the wrong fight and realizes Murdock must've done something with her dad upon which Murdock opens a portal to the hospital room where a very defeated Captain Stacy is lying (yup, murdock stole Gwen's interdimentional portal watch). Gwen immediatly goes through and absolutely loses it, turning into Gwenom and being super fed up with all the cops who were unable to protect her dad. She decides to go after who did it, Rhino and leaves. We see her turn into a very agressive vigilante who is not stopping at any cost before she gets to Rhino. Interrogating people in ways we haven't seen her do before. It's really interesting to see that despite being able to control Venom, she still gives in. Why? because she has nothing left and no one else to talk her out of it. Usually her dad was her voice of reason that would tell her to do the right thing when things go tough, to remind her of her morals and who she is. Without that her fears, anxieties & anger is getting louder and louder with no one to turn to or to talk to. She's really lost and Venom leans in to that. You slowly see Venom join in as a second inner monologue, the only other voice in her life that's telling her what she should or shouldn't do. And it turns her into this very agressive angsty vigilante known as Gwenom. Her tirade in the hospital with the cops has also caused the public opinion on her to decline even further. She's finally giving them reasons and something substantial to question her as a hero beyond what the police was putting out. The way MJ reacts all to this is super interesting and kinda a big character moment for her. For anyone who knows Gwen but not her Spider-Woman side it looks like as if she's been missing, Gwen has completely shut herself off from anyone out of her life as Gwen to try and track down Rhino. Despite almost 100% being sure Gwen is Spider-Woman MJ decides to put up posters asking if anyone has seen Gwen. Some guy also points out to her that Gwen is probably Spider-Woman and she gets like super defensive about it. The mary Janes are also really shocked about it because MJ has been saying that Gwen is Spider-Woman for weeks now, so they ask that why all of a sudden she gets so mad when someone else thinks the same. She points out that a lot of people hated Spider-Woman back when she was all clean and bright and trying to do right thing. So now, when they start thinking that's she's this Venom thing she can't imagine what would happen. It's a super big moment for MJ as she realizes the weight Gwen is carrying and why her identity should be protected.