Man, I want shapeshifter cap SO BAD.
I want to see a Billy that really leans into the wonder of the world, the million paths a child could take in their life.
I want to see a Billy that wants to try everything, at least once.
A Billy that looks at all the people who spit at him, deride him, pity him, dismiss him, ignore him, because he has no future, no prospects, a child in the gutter and say no. I'm going to grow up to be whoever I want to be.
And a captain marvel that says you're going to be amazing.
Billy taking the premise of captain marvels form - his ideal self, a blank slate for Billy to paint his bright colours, the person he wants to be deep inside - and dialling that freedom up to eleven.
A dancer, a dinosaur, a train conductor, a tiger, an ice cream maker, a butterfly, an astronaut, a shark, a college student, a Tamaranean, a mouse, a scuba diver, an elephant, a doctor, a moose, a race car driver, a dog.
A child wanting to see the world.
If you want to find captain marvel, well first you've got to try his comm, probably a couple times.
Then you've got to go to fawcett, hope he's there and not saving the yetis from a salamander invasion in a different dimension.
You've got to ask around, because it often goes by word of mouth here, no matter what technology you bring. Don't worry, it'll spread very quickly, but if you're in a hurry you can find his commemorative statue and leave an offering. No one knows if it really works, but it's a good way to pass the time and feel productive.
Soon, a face will peel out of the crowd. It's always familiar, but it's never the same one.
Wait for the flash of lightning in a cloudless sky.
And then you will find captain marvel.
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In the spirit of being very very bored I decided that I would make some of our favourite dead gay wizards on Picrew!!!
We have: our beloved Starchaser <333
And: our beloved Wolfstar <333 (I accidentally gave them both the same nose bridge and it is killing me inside </3)
I like to imagine silly little scenarios whilst I'm making these (because personally I believe that this fandom needs a little bit more HAPPINESS and a little bit less ANGST) and for James and Reg it was
Hogsmeade - where James was unashamedly admiring Reg who was sitting with his friends in The Three Broomsticks and trying his very best to focus on his potions assignment. Barty and Pandora, having noticed James' staring, told Reg that he should go and tell him to stop if he was distracting him that much. Regulus responded by saying that James Potter was most certainly not making him nervous, and that they should get back to their work.. but (as Barty would lovingly point out, alongside the blush on his cheeks) they hadn't mentioned anything about being nervous?
And for Rem and Sirius I don't know why but I very specifically decided that it was a festival that Lily has convinced the two of them to go to and, in the spur of the moment, Remus plucked a flower from the decorations; told Sirius that he must have been carved by Aphrodite Herself because he was the most captivating being he had ever laid his eyes upon; tucked his hair behind his ear with the flower and took off to join the rest of the group. Up until then, Sirius hadn't known that it was possible to love somebody as much as he had loved his boyfriend in that moment <3
These are the specific Picrews that I used:
人間(男)メーカー(仮) (Starchaser)
ElenaA's Windswept Oc Maker (Wolfstar)
They were, in my opinion, both amazing, although I do think it would've been great if there were more options for skin tone in the first
The second was by far my favourite with all of the options there were for absolutely everything, I'm thinking of making some of the others with it in the future !
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Hey Leo, do you think if Gustav found out about Molly/Kingsley being reborn versions of Lucien, who was murdered, he'd suddenly become terrified of Tealeaves?
Not because of anything they've actually done, but because if one reborn murdered soul found him once..... who's to say that more won't follow?
And who's to say they won't have a more personal score to settle with him?
Oh, that's interesting! I feel like Molly's fondness for his circus family still bleeds into Kingsley, still affects him once he starts getting those memories back. I think Gustav will always mean something to him, even if he might not want to admit it at first. And on Gustav's end, I think he had enough love for Molly--and guilt over his death--that he would happily take in any incarnation of Tealeaf.
The only one that would have anything against Gustav is Lucien, I think. And...I don't really think he would even find him too threatening, because he was willing to risk taking Molly in in the first place.
I would not at all be surprised if Gustav knew the Tavelles, or at least had heard of them. They're both from Shadycreek, and there are only so many people in the Run who are entertainers and showmen. A family of purple tieflings that would sing and dance and put on little plays? I feel like that's something that's hard not to notice, and I can imagine Gustav seeing their caravan pass by from time to time.
And given that they all got caught up in a bargain with a hag from the Savalirwoods, that this little family of tiefling performers ended up all dying, their caravan set on fire--the horror of the fact that they resurrected their own son as an undead puppet before that...I feel like Gustav had to have at least heard stories of this bard-like tiefling family that all died horribly--or just vanished--right there in Shadycreek.
And then he sees this purple tiefling wandering around the Savalirwoods over a decade later, "Empty" and alone and looking so terribly haunted...? I do wonder if Gustav recognized him in that moment, saw this soft, heartbroken tiefling and remembered some of the horror stories about the Tavelles.
Of course, I could just be reading too much into it. But, whether Gustav had ever heard of Lucien before or if he had no idea where Molly came from, the comic still portrays him as taking a dangerous risk in letting this stranger into their camp. Accepting him at once and offering him shelter. He just didn't have the heart to turn Molly away, and I think that would hold true for any incarnation of Tealeaf he ever met. "What are we, if not a home for broken things?"
I also think to this day he still regrets Molly's death, and if he ever found out that that shard of his soul lived on, then...I think he'd want to find him again, try to reach out and check in. He was the closest thing Molly ever had to a parent, and then he dies so young, so tragically--and Gustav could do nothing to stop it. For him, Molly is, “A brief star burning very bright, but twice as short...It's a shame. He was a good one.” Another one of his regrets. And if he could reunite with him in this new life, try to make amends in some way--I'm sure he'd want that.
Given Gustav's philosophy of taking in "broken" souls--while the rest of the camp chide him for taking too many risks because of how soft he is--I can definitely see him welcoming Kingsley back with open arms. King also mentioned wanting to retrace his steps with Nein, to "go and visit and learn." Beau even asks Molly, "Don’t you want to see Gustav now that you’ve paid off his debt?” during that final Cognouza fight, and it definitely has an effect on him. I can see Kingsley wanting to reunite with him and the other circus folk sometime in the future, once he feels ready to face the past.
I think the only thing Gustav would ever have to fear is...the possibility that Tealeaf finds out he was willingly giving victims to Kylre, entirely complicit in it. I think it would've broken Molly's heart to see that the closest thing to a parental figure he ever had--one of the kind circus folk who gave him a home and shaped his core morals--was leading others to their deaths behind his back. (And the parallels to his parents bringing victims to a hag and Gustav's deal with a demon is just...chilling--)
"Things came back quick, and the circus helped--they were good people. They did a lot for me, and joy can fill an awful lot in a person's life...I stayed with that circus for two years. I know how people treat each other, it's important." Gustav even gave Molly his name.
I don't know that Mollymauk would've been able to forgive that kind of betrayal--especially since he was only alive for two brief--mostly happy--years, and the whole concept of betrayal is something he's never really personally experienced. Especially if Lestera died as a result of Kylre feeding on her. Which, isn't explicitly stated or anything in the comic, but...we know he was eating older folk, and Lestera seemed perfectly fine and healthy before dropping dead suddenly right before Molly was meant to meet her.
And from the way Taliesin looks so hurt when he starts to realize that Kylre has been eating people who came to the circus? The way he just stops and goes, "Oh...Oh no..." I do wonder if a part of that was him realizing that...maybe that's what happened to Lestera. After all, we know he was feeding on Toya too. The fact that we get a panel of the rest of the circus folk mourning Lestera at her funeral--with the exception of Gustav--also seems like a deliberate choice. We never get to see his face. I wouldn't be surprised if her death was something else he was wracked with guilt over, another reason he wanted to stay in that cell.
And given how Kingsley started asking about, "a beautiful woman in a red coat" as soon as he woke up, seemed so disappointed when he couldn't find her...I think once he realizes Lestera is gone, that's still going to really hurt. And if he finds out it was someone he used to be close to that caused her death? I could see that causing some bad blood between them.
Either way, I think it would still be good for them to meet. To have that closure--and perhaps a part of Gustav also wants to confess everything to someone from the circus, admit what was really going on after it's haunted him all this time. I don't know that Tealeaf would forgive him, or whether he'd feel too distanced from it all, but. I think it's still a conversation that would heal them both to finally have.
I think Gustav would be so moved and relieved to see Tealeaf alive again for the first time, overjoyed at the chance for a reunion. Either that, or...I wonder if he looks at this lost soul he couldn't save, who was so full of joy and life, fiercely loyal and protective--with so much love to give, so compassionate--and. I wonder if a part of him sees King as a ghost come back to haunt him for all he's done--
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