#ian hardlight

[pixelpayaso]

Melian and Vimon

I love rare pairs

[photogore000]

Even older sketch

[lotusmuses]

the spot from spiderman reminds me of ian (hardlight) and mel from big hero 6 the series. love when villains are lame scientists

[spyrkle4]

YES XD

hardlight at the sf villains holiday party

[freedom-barricades-bighero16]

Hey guys, what do you think Hardlight/Ian's surname would be? Feel free to suggest some stuff

[supersonicbaddie]

If you are a Sonadow Shipper listen...

No this post isn't to bash you, because there are some of you that are cool and respectful. I just want to make you aware of something.

I'm sure you know that there is a wiki page Sonadow Wiki which is based on the ship. Has screencaps from Sonic Media featuring Sonic and Shadow. On the outside it may look like just a wholesome page right?

That's where the problem comes in...

Not only does this site spreads misinformation about your fave ship, but the owner of the site is a complete douche towards other shippers.

The owner even goes out of their way to slander Amy and saying that SEGA officials like Ian Flynn and Evan Stanley are corrupted employees because of their, and I quote "SONAMY AGENDA." They also bashed Shadamy as well even though in official media Amy never shown romantic interest in Shadow. Shadamy is another wholesome ship that fans have fun with.

Amy was created to be Sonic's love interest. They continued to slander Amy claiming that she's the cause of the other characters getting pushed aside which is not the case.

They also go on to say that Vandalize my Heart was a message from SEGA of Japan telling SEGA America they're corrupted. I even cringed at the fact that they also said that SEGA Hardlight is corrupted because they promote Amy skins a lot. Like you really are offended over a single pink hedgehog? Please seek help misogynistic piece of shit.

Let it be known that Evan Stanley has support the Sonadow ship in a platonic way, so that's a bunch of bullshit. Also Ian Flynn did a podcast which was meant to be fun and hilarious for the shippers to enjoy Sonadow themed questions. And the wiki had the nerve to say that it was "disrespectful."

Also the part where it says, "SEGA of Japan superiors wish for Sonadow."

They sound really dumb as fuck and unhinged. You don't know what goes on with SEGA and as far as I'm concerned it's not your business.

Also I would to add that the owner goes on to discredit other ships and be mad disrespectful to people that call them out on their shit.

What also pisses me off is that when they are corrected and people come back with facts and evidence, they wanna play the homophobia card because someone debunks their Sonadow semi-canon claims.

Another user by the name of ilovejamas74 who was on the site stated that they have been criticized by moderation for their information.

Also if you look down at past message walls and discussion boards they find the people that report their wiki page and literally harass them!

In conclusion,

If you don't want brainrot, avoid shitty pages like this. And if you want to keep up with the actual real Sonic Canon timelines and relationships go to Sonic Wiki Zone! At least you'll be on a site that has actual facts, proper translations, any type of shipper is welcome and respected.

To those who don't ship Sonic and Shadow and read this post, please be kind and respectful. There are Sonadow shippers who are actually cool to be around with, and don't fuck with the toxic behavior.

Thank you.

[blazehedgehog]

Amy, Cream, and Rouge are playable in this new game and Blaze isn't LOL so much for the only kickbutt female character

Maybe it's just recent Sonic community discourse talking but I feel like Blaze is in a weird place now after Ian Flynn proposed she would be easier to work with if he could just get rid of the whole "she's from an alternate dimension" angle and just have her exist in Sonic's world.

Sonic Team's answer to that just seems to be "don't worry about it" and will put them in whatever game and never explain it. But we also explicitly don't like it when they do that, so I appreciate it if people are like "we can't touch Blaze the Cat unless we untangle her being from the Sol Dimension."

Which is a roundabout way of saying I'm fine if she's not in the new game? Not everybody needs to be in everything. You're already getting more playable characters than any non-phone Sonic game has had in 15 years and you're seriously getting worked up about missing one more character?

Hardlight also mentioned they're already working on expansion content, too, so it's entirely possible we could see the roster of playables expand in the future, too. That is generally their bread and butter, after all.

Don't be pithy. This kind of thinking benefits no one.

And since it will probably get asked: I'm also fine if Blaze stays in the Sol Dimension overall. She's a cool character, the last great addition to the cast (until Sage), but I'm fine if she stays a "sometimes" character. Yes, even if people really like her. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

[thesonicstadium]

BREAKING: Sonic Dream Team has been revealed for Apple Arcade! The game is made by SEGA HARDlight, and will feature writing by Ian Flynn!

More details and hi-res images in our story! #SonicNews #SonicTheHedgehog #SonicDreamTeam

[furute]

Tag again vecpio and i'll see you again in hell

We both Know vecpio IS a proship

I will never understand how people can just throw out accusations like this???? and they know its wrong too since they asked it anonymously.

this is gonna be a rant

There is NOTHING on my profile that indicates that I see Espio and Vector as anything other than in their 20s

My headcanons are PINNED on my profile, this person wouldve had to click on my profile and click on the ask box right above my pinned headcanons

Im so tired of people villainizing Vecpio shippers, if theyd take two seconds to look around theyd see that people arnt using their old "ages" that arnt even canon anymore and didnt make sense in the first place

and if you wanna talk "canon" ages then here

if you were to use the old ages with espio and silver silver would be a freshman in highschool and espio a junior

amy would be in 7th grade and sonic a sophmore in highschool

see how both of those are disgusting?

cant we all just agree that the old ages are BS already? people are so dead set on using them when it comes to Vecpio but when it comes to anything else they ignore them. cant you see the hypocrisy?

also, using the term proship instead of just saying pedofile is so strange to me, why separate them? shipping a child with an adult is disgusting and i hate that just because i post Vecpio content people will have that assumption.

Vecpio isnt even a random pair either, not only does the team at hardlight who developed forces speed battle support it, IAN FLYNN himself does

if there wasnt a romance mandate, Vecpio would happen in the IDW comics

i know this person probably just didnt see the headcanons and hasnt looked into any vecpio content

they also probably believe that they are talking to a pedofile (ew) which i am not, so im not upset at them personally

i just wish people would look into things more before acting immediately

[ninjapotatohead]

Bruh, imagine still treating Pontaff like utter garbage when Prime delivered us such cringe-nuggets like "I heart you too, Shadow!" that would have the fandom bitch to no end had they been a part of the show's writing team.

Anyways, still look forward to seeing Edge Tails get an undeserved redemption because clearly this show operates on Fwiendship Fixes Evweything bullshit. And that only hack writers would think is still solid storytelling. /sarcasm

And these are the same damn people who will get on our case about criticizing the IDWverse and much of Ian's writing (and unprofessional attitude), acting as if we'd ever send him death threats and shit for not doing what we want them to do (according to their strawman arguments anyway) when they aren't above doing the same to Pontaff themselves... and Takashi Iizuka... and Jason Griffith... and Aaron Webber... and Yuji Uekawa... and Roger Craig Smith... and Paramount... and Hardlight... and Dave Mitchell.

Also, funny you mention Nine, because my GF actually called him "Nine Inch Tails" (a parody of the goth band Nine Inch Nails")... and I shall call him that from now on!

[rocksandrobots]

Phantoms of the Past Chapter 43: Mission Possible Part 2

"Greetings San Fransokyo!" A smarmy voice sang out as the green vines overran the convention center. "It is I, the renowned Dr. Drakken, come to grace your fair city."

A hovercraft flew through the entrance doors carrying a man with blue skin and wearing a lab coat. He stood there proudly, arms wide as if he expected praise. Beside him was a woman with long black hair and wearing a neon green jumpsuit. She looked anything but pleased. In fact, she looked rather annoyed.

"The renown 'who'?" Fred shouted.

The man on the hovercraft frowned.

"Dr. Drakken!"

"Yeah, sorry. Doesn't ring a bell, but cool vine powers anyways."

"Drakken! The Dr. Draken. Super Genius. Drak- You know. The guy who almost took over the world. Several times!"

Kim gave a loud fake yawn. "No cares, Drakken."

"Kim Possible!?" The man choked, as he leaned over the edge of the hovercraft. He looked like he would bust a vein in anger.

"Who else?" Ron exclaimed, taking a step next to his girlfriend's side.

As the supervillain fumed, the woman beside him cracked a wicked smile. "Hey, now, Maybe this trip won't be a complete drag after all."

Her hand lit up with green fire and she backflipped out of the hovercraft and landed on her feet as if it was nothing.

Kim and Ron both entered into a defensive stance.

The woman started to run toward them but before they could engage each other in combat, Gogo threw her other discus. It wrapped around the woman the same as it had Hardlight previously.

The supervillainess threw Gogo an annoyed look and then easily burned through the rope with her fiery hands.

Then she, Kim, and Ron got into a sparring match without so much as an introduction. 

Varian was going to join to help, though he didn't know what he could accomplish without his gear, but after taking one step forward a vine burst through the floor and wrapped around him.

"Not again." He groaned in frustration as the vines lifted him several feet off the ground. As he struggled against his new bonds, more vines wrapped around Gogo, Mole, Lima, and the man called the Fearless Ferret.

Captain Fancy managed to avoid the vines by flying upwards, while Fred bounced out of the way. He managed to free the superhero closest to him, using his fire breath, but as the Ferret fell free, Fred found himself dangling upside down as a vine wrapped around one of his feet.

Soon after, the fight between Kim, Ron, and the unnamed woman ended as vines entrapped them as well.

"Is anyone else getting a sense of dejavu?" Ron asked.

No one answered him, but the woman he had been fighting crossed her arms and gloated up at him.

Captain Fancy puffed out his chest and flew up to meet the devilish doctor. "I know not why you are here, foul villain, but I order you to decease and desist, and take your unpleasant associate with you." 

Draken rolled his eyes. "Wow, you really are the boy scout." There was a distinct snickering noise coming from The Fearless Ferrett's way. He coughed when Fancy gave him an annoyed glare. 

Just then Lima finished cutting through the vine holding her with her spear. She let out a battle cry and charged towards the woman in the green jumpsuit.

"Ah, Grandma is feisty." she commented with a wicked smile, before lighting her hands up with green fire once more.

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Hardlight finished undoing his bonds and risked a glance around the pillar he was hiding behind.

None of the supers had noticed him sneaking away once the newcomers had arrived on the scene. Currently the woman in the jumpsuit was taking on the annoying grandma lady, and surprisingly enough, holding her own. 

Meanwhile, the 'renown' Dr. Drakken had most of the other superheroes tied up in green vines. 

Ian rolled his eyes. He had just tried that same trick, and was winning too, until those has-beens had gotten the drop on him.

It wasn't fair! 

He had challenged Varian, not them! His whole plan was to lure Big Hero Six into a trap with their little pet scientist as bait and those old timey wannabees had ruined everything! And now these lame D-lister hacks had interrupted to steal his thunder. 

True, their arrival had allowed him to escape a potentially embarrassing situation, b-but given enough time Ian was confident he could have rescued himself and turned things around, despite being outnumbered. 

Ian smirked under his mask as the poorly dressed flying dude managed to dodge Dr. Drakken's vines. Meanwhile, the sneaky, freaky Ferret was freeing the other heroes while the mad scientist was distracted. 

"See, it's not so easy is it?" Hardlight sneered. 

Then Dr. Drakken did something actually impressive! 

He created a giant man-eating Venus fly trap… with roots for legs! 

"Hee..hee.. eeh… that's a new one doc…" the pathetic blond Ninja nervously laughed, as the plant monster cornered them. 

"Ha! Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?" Drakken quipped. 

And that gave Hardlight a wonderfully, wicked idea. Perhaps these lameo losers could be of use to him. 

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And with a new plan already formulating in his brilliant brain, Ian removed his helmet and slunk back into the shadows to see how the battle would play out. 

Fred tried to breathe fire at the walking plant monster, only for vines to burst out of the ground and smother the flames with dirt. Lima threw her spear at the thing, but it plucked it out with one of its viney arms. Captain Fancy flew up to meet it only to get entangled by the other arm.

Varian and Gogo were out of ammo, Kim and Ron didn't have their normal gear on them, and the Fearless Ferret was too busy defending Mole from more vines to attack the monster head-on.

Everyone ducked as a giant root shot out from the monster's legs and swung over their heads.

"Hahahaha! Looks like I finally win, Kim Possible!" Dr. Drakken gloated. Another vine grabbed Lima and lifted her into the air. "Shego, would you be so kind as to collect the final fossil for me?"

"On it." The woman in the jumpsuit smiled and somersaulted to land in front of the Ferret. One low kick knocked his feet right from under him while he was distracted from fighting off the vines.

"Hey, you can't do that to a ledg- oh!"

Gogo quickly pulled Mole out of the way of the woman's glowing hand as she swiped at him while she held the captured super aloft in the other.

"Why don't you pick on someone your ow- hey!" Another vine shot out and grabbed Kim before she completed her speech.

"You know this is starting to get a little tedious," Fred complained as roots wrapped around him and the others.

Dr. Drakken smugly smiled as he adjusted his gloves. "I think that concludes our business here. Come along Shego."

"Not so fast." A voice called out behind him.

Dr. Drakken turned around to see yet another pair of superheroes flying behind him. One was quite bulky and wearing bright red armor and a jetpack. Another super rode on top of him. He was much smaller and wearing purple armor.  

"Baymax Rocket Fist." The purple one said and then the red super shot his arm at the good doctor as if it had been a rocket.

Only for the rocket to stop as vines reached up to grab it.

Dr. Drakken smirked as the rocket fist was held up in mid-air only a few feet away from his face.

"Is that all you got?" He scoffed.

"No, it isn't!" Another voice called out. This time a woman's voice.

Another superhero stepped through the door, dressed in pink armor and carrying what looked like a bunny-shaped bazooka. She shot a blue ball out of the bazooka and it hit Dr. Drakken's plant monster on the leg. From there ice spread all over the creature freezing it in place. Before Drakken could even protest a third superhero jumped out welding laser blades. This one was dressed in green armor and he sliced through the monster shattering it into fragments. Drakken stood there sputtering as the rest of the supers were freed once more, including his most hated rival. "Face it Drakken, you can't take on twelve of us at once." Kim gloated.

"Hey!" Mole protested.

"Uh.. thirteen then?" Kim conceded, still wondering who the small child was.

Rufus popped up and sat on Ron's shoulder to chittered indignantly at her.

"Alright, fourteen then." she sighed, and as if to prove this point, the Fearless Ferret did a backflip, wrenching himself free of Shego's grip, and kicked her away with a back kick while she was distracted by the rest of the supers.

"Why... yo-- ugh!" The rocket fist broke free and smacked Drakken on the back of the head mid-protest.

Shego backed away from the horde of superheroes that started to gang up on her. "Argh! You just had to come to superhero convention, didn't you!?" She yelled up at Drakken who rubbed the back of his sore head. Not waiting for a reply, Shego jumped and pulled herself up into the hovercraft. Then she took a hold of the controls, turned the craft around, and flew away at top speed.

"After them, Baymax!" Hiro ordered, but Shego pressed a button and the hovercraft disappeared from view as they flew after the villains.

"I do not detect any trace of the vehicle." Baymax informed me.

"Cloaking tech." Hiro sighed. "and they probably have bio dampeners. Come on, let's meet back up with the others."

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"They got away." Hiro announced as he and Baymax flew back into the convention building.

"I thought you were fighting Hardlight?" Honey Lemon asked.

"We were," Fred informed her, "but then that Drakken guy showed up and- hey where did Hardlight go?"

Gogo bent down and picked up her broken disc. "He got away."

"So we have three supervillains on the loose, great." Hiro sighed.

"So who is the blue guy?" Wasabi asked, "And who are all these new people?"

"Uh, hello! These are some of the greatest superheroes that has ever lived." Mole snapped in annoyance. "Miracle Maiden, Captain Fancy, and the Fearless Ferret! They're living legends. Show some respect."

"And why is he here?" Wasabi finished.

Gogo glared at Mole. "He's here because he doesn't know how to follow directions."

Mole shirked away from her gaze, and hid behind the closest hero, which happened to be a very confused Ron.

"As for the 'blue guy'" Kim explained, "That was Dr. Drakken and his cohort Shego. They're always causing trouble."

"Yeah, theft, robot armies, weather machines... you know the usual plotting to take over the world type stuff." Ron said.

"Annnd you are?" Hiro awkwardly asked.

"Hi, I'm Kim, and this is my boyfriend Ron."

"Hello!" Ron waved and Ruffus mimicked his owner's action.

"Oh, and Rufus." Kim added.

The rest of Big Hero Six exchanged confused looks and could only shrug.

The Fearless Ferret stepped forward. "I can vouch for these fine young kids. They've helped me out quite a bit over the years, along with a fair few other folk."

"They also helped me escape from Hardlight when he attacked me." Varian confirmed.

"Which reminds me..." Ron stepped in, "Since when are you a real superhero?" He asked the Ferret.

"Yeah, we thought you just played one on tv." Kim said.

The three elderly supers snorted with laughter.

"Oh that?" Lima chuckled. "That's just a cover story to hide our real identities."

"Yes, it's for if we're caught changing into a costume or attacked in public when in our civilian clothes; we can just brush it off as being all a part of the show, like a publicity stunt." Fancy explained.

"Besides, it helps to pay the bills." The Ferret chimed in. "We can't all be born rich like Boss Awesome."

"Oh hey, that's my dad!" Fred excitedly called out, flipping his helmet up. Everyone turned to look at him and he suddenly felt self conscious. He slammed the helmet back down and started to shuffle his feet.

"Oh yeah, I thought you looked familiar." Lima said. "You take after your mom."

Fred seemed to perk up at that.

"Didn't Awesome marry his arch nemesis?" Fancy whispered to Ferret. Lima overheard him and gave her comrade a smack on the back of the head.

Hiro rolled eyes. "Alright, now that introductions are out of the way, you say you've fought this Drakken before?"

Kim nodded.

"Do you know what he was after?"

"No idea, but I might know of a way to track him down, if you have a computer."

"We could probably arrange that."

Lima picked up her spear and started to march away. "Well you kids have fun with your new fangled toys. The boys and me will just be tracking down this doctor the old fashion way."

Fancy and the Ferret started to follow her out.

"Are you sure about that?" Hiro asked. "I mean, with all of us together we could outnumber him."

"Now don't you fret none, my boy. We're highly trained and experienced professionals." Captain Fancy said while hovering over Hiro's shoulder.

"We thank you for being good Samaritans." The Ferret added. "But best to leave this to the experts-ow!"

The ferret clutched his back and doubled over in pain.

"Ummm... maybe you should take it more easy Mr. Nor- I mean Mr. Ferret." Ron said, as he offered the super hero his cane. "I mean you've been out of the game for a awhile an-"

"Nonsense. I'm fit as a fiddle." The Ferret proclaimed as he snatched the cane out of Ron's hands and pounded his chest. "I'll personally see to it that this Doctor Drakken is behind bars before the days end."

"And I'm looking forward to fighting that Shego woman again." Lima called out. "I haven't had a good sparring match in years! Até a próxima!"

And with that the elderly supers left.

"Sooo... are we just ignoring that Hardlight is still free, then?" Wasabi asked.

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"Arrrrgh! And we were so close!" Drakken yelled as he entered the warehouse and kicked over a stack of cardboard boxes.

"Gee... It's almost like taking on all of the superheroes at one time was a bad idea." Shego sarcastically quipped as she walked through the door, and leaned against its frame nonchalantly.

"Well how was I supposed to know there'd be so many of them?"

"Super-hero Con-ven-tion." Shego slowly said, emphasizing each syllable.

"Yes, exactly, but only the three we wanted were advertised to be there! By all accounts Kim Possible shouldn't even count as one. She doesn't have super powers." Drakken huffed like a child who just lost at a board game.

"Neither does that weasel guy you wanted."

"Ferret. Say it with me Shego, Feerreeet, and he has a super intelligent brain. Not to my level of genius, of course, but still one of the most valuable powers known to man."

Shego only rolled her eyes. "And why didn't we try to capture these guys one by one since we already knew their real identities?"

"Uh... we did?"

Shego marched over to the desk where Dr. Drakken held all his paperwork and notes for his grand scheme. She pulled out the flier advertisement for the convention. All three of the legendary superheroes were on the front.

"Come see the living legends, Lima Lopez, aka Miracle Maiden, The Fearless Ferret; Mr. Timothy North, and star of stage and screen, Captain Fancy himself, Hank Reeve. See, real names and everything."

"Umm... I knew that! That's why we attacked the convention center... it was just more convenient to nab them all at once." Drakken crossed his arms and snooted his nose in the air.

Shego facepalmed.

"A completely understandable oversight." A voice called out behind them.

Shego looked up and Drakken jumped as if spooked.

"Who goes there?" He yelled.

A man dressed from head to toe in black armor flew down from the rafters on his pink hover disk. "Merely a humble fan." He hopped off his disk and walked forward with an extended hand. "I mean, how were you to know that Big Hero Six would jump in? Hi, I'm Hardlight."

Neither villain took his offer of friendship.

"And how did you get in here?" Shego asked.

"Oh I disabled the security system with a simple hacking algorithm."

"Grrr.. cheap used security computers." Drakken grumbled. "Shego, take note, that's the last time we buy from BlackMarketsRUS."

Hardlight ignored the non-sequitur and continued on with his sales pitch. "I know how annoying Big Hero Six can be. I had just been defeated by the low level noobs only moments before you showed up on the scene. I must say it was an honor watching you work sir. The esteemed Dr. Drakken laying waste to a whole host of superheroes in one fell swoop... why.. it... it was breathtaking."

``An honor you say!" Dr. Drakken's face broke into a huge smile at the compliment, while Shego tried her best not to gag next to him. "Hear that Shego, we're obviously in the presence of someone with fine taste... for once."

"Oh.. oh yeah.. it was sooo magnificent the way you got your rear-end handed to you by a bunch of teenaged twerps and a couple of senior citizens." His henchwoman shot back.

"I'm warning you Shego..." Dr. Draken hissed. "Not in front of my fans, please."

Shego threw up her hands in defeat and flopped down in the desk chair. She pulled out a nail file as she watched her employer get suckered in with flattery.

"Dr. Drakken I'd like to present you with a proposal."

Shego snorted. Hardlight ignored her. "Now hear me out. Big Hero Six is a nuisance to your plans and a thorn in my side. What if we teamed up together to take them out."

"I don't know..." Dr. Drakken rubbed his chin in thought. "I've done the whole 'team up' thing before and it never really works out."

" Try, an 'unmitigated disaster' every time." Shego interrupted.

"No need to elaborate, Shego." Draken turned back to novice supervillain. "Besides, Big Hero Six is your nemesis. I'm actually after Kim Possible."

Hardlight faltered. "Kiimm....Pooss-"

"Kim Possible." Drakken reiterated. "you know, that annoying woman with auburn hair, who hangs around with her buffoonish boyfriend and the, ugh, naked mole rat."

The sneer on Drakken's face was palpable even in the poorly lit warehouse.

"Oh oh, Kim Possible." Hardlight proclaimed, as if only was just remembering. "Of course, your arch nemesis. Everyone one knows of your feud with... the... the uh..."

"Cheerleader." Draken darkly growled.

"I thought they were ninjas."

"Seriously, Dr. D." Shego sighed. "She hasn't been a cheerleader for eight years now. Let it go."

"Oh is that so. And what would you call her, miss smartypants?"

"A royal pain in the backside."

".... Okay that is a good one." Dr. Drakken snickered, before turning back to Hardlight. "But no, she's not the ninja, but her boyfriend, Stoppable, is. He's like some master at chimpanzee karate or something." 

"Monkey kung fu." Shego corrected, as she kicked her feet up onto the desk. 

Hardlight had no idea what either of them was talking about. 

Drakken didn't give time to respond, as he started to shoo him out. 

"Well thank you for the offer, but it's time to run along now. Just remember that if you work hard then someday you too can be as accomplished a supervillain as yours truly. Toodle-oo! Good luck with your hero infestation." 

Hardlight thought quickly as the man started to shove him out the door. He hopped into his hover disk once more and flew out of the mad scientist's reach. 

"Oh, but won't you at least tell me your brilliant plan?" He asked. "I might learn some new tips on being a supervillain from you." 

"Well no doubt you could." Drakken smiled, ",But what I am working on is top secret. A need to know only, basis. You understand, I'm sure." 

Hardlight gave a very loud and exaggerated sigh. "Oooh and here I was hoping you could be my mentor." 

"Mentor?" Drakken echoed. 

"Yes. I'm new at this, see. I haven't learned all the ropes. I'm still trying to make a name for myself in the supervillain world, and well I was just hoping… Ahh, who am I kidding? The world famous Dr. Drakken, teaching me how to follow in his footsteps. You're much too busy to take a level one player under his wing." 

He heaved another heavy sigh and Shego stuck a finger in her mouth to gesture a gagging motion. The guy was clearly laying it on too thick.

Well, too thick for anyone one with sense, but she knew Drakken was eating up the praise like a child being handed a plate of cookies for dinner. 

"Oh, well, truly, I'm flattered." Drakken blushed "I might, could… oh I don't know… maybe give you some correspondence lessons. Try out that new online teaching thing… Why, Shego here used to tutor young supervillains on the side. Didn't you dear? I'm sure she can help make a lesson plan for you." 

Drakken opened the backdoor to show Hardlight the way out. He didn't take it. 

"Gee, that would be great!" His fake enthusiasm never faltering. " But wouldn't it be better if I had some hands-on training?" 

Drakken awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck. "Well… I don't know… it's just such bad timing right now and… I don't when I'll have another opening… an-" 

"And you don't want me underfoot." Hardlight finished. He hopped off the hover disk and made his way to the door, but paused before leaving. "I'd like to thank you anyways for taking the time to see me. It's not every day you get to meet your idol." 

"Idol?" Drakken whispered wistfully. 

Hardlight nodded. "I got into supervillainy all because of you. I'd see you on the news and think how cool you were, and how much I'd love becoming your sidekick." 

"He already has a sidekick!" Shego yelled. No one listened to her. 

"Really? You really thought… think I'm cool?" Drakken breathlessly asked. 

"Uh.. yeah! You're more than cool! You the Dr. Drakken. The renowned, world conquering supervillain!" Hardlight said, carefully echoing Drakken's words for earlier that day. 

Drakken of course did not notice this manipulation. He held a far away dreamy look upon his face. 

"World renowned." He softly echoed a dreamy smile forming on his lips. 

"It's a traaaap!" 

Shego's sing-song voice broke through his daydreams, shattering his ego once more. 

"Nonsense Shego!" Drakken snapped back, not willing to admit that he'd been taken in. "This fine young man only wishes to learn from the master, and who are we to ruin his dreams? After all, it's the responsibility of the more, um, experienced generation to pass on our knowledge." 

Shego was not impressed. She rarely was. 

"Fine, but don't come crawling to me when the inevitable happens. I'll just say I told you so." 

"'I'll say I told you so.'"Drakken mocked. "You always do this Shego. Everytime. I don't know why I put up with you." 

"Hmm… cause without me you'd be in prison?" 

"Well without me you'd … you'd… well you'd be… you'd be…" 

"Yeeesss….. I'm waiting." She folded her arms. 

"You wouldn't get a paycheck." He belatedly snapped. "You'd be working for someone low tier like… Von Steamer. He only pays in grease oil and English pounds, you know." 

"Didn't the UK switch to euros?" Headlight asked. 

"Exactly. That's why he can't keep any henchmen hired on." Drakken explained. "First lesson of being a super villain, make sure to pay your employees well, and give them good benefits packages. Otherwise they may stab you in the back." 

Shego shrugged. "He is right about that. I do get a lot of vacation time and a big bonus every year, and if I didn't I'd probably stab him in the back." 

"Where do you get the funds?" Hardlight asked. 

"Steal them, of course. " Drakken stated simply, as if it was obvious. 

"Of course." Hardlight echoed. "Any chance of teaching me that lesson first?" 

Drakken just laughed. "Oh no, embezzlement of bloated corporate funds is lesson three. For lesson one I believe we should work on the basics. Tell me, how are you at 'evil gloating'?" 

"Uhh… gloating, sir?" 

Shego snorted as she couldn't contain her own laughter. 

"No one asked you Shego." Drakken yelled back. 

"Oh come on, if we're going along with this farce, then at least pretend to teach the kid something useful." 

"For the last time, this isn't a trap!" 

"It's a trap. Trap. Trappity, trap, trap." Shego nagged. 

Drakken fumed and was going to continue the argument before Hardlight stopped him. 

"It's okay. She has every right to be suspicious of me. After all, I'm a newcomer. You don't know anything about me." Hardlight hopped into his hoverboard once more. "Let me prove my loyalty. Give me a task. Anything. I'll have it done in no time." 

Drakken tapped his lips in thought. "Hmmm… a test to prove your trustworthiness, you say… I have just the thing." 

He marched over to a series of computer banks by the desk. He flipped a switch and the lights on the other side of the warehouse lit up. 

Along the wall was a network of machinery, wires, and tubes. Hooked up to this was three glass cylinders, each large enough to hold a person, and a door to get in and out of. 

"Impressive." Hardlight nodded,"... What is it?" 

"That is what is going to help me conquer the world." Drakken proudly proclaimed. "I will reveal it's full workings all in due time, but for now, I need three of the world's most famous superheroes here in my presence." 

He held up the advertisement for Hardlight to see. 

"The old geezers from the conversation?" 

"Exactly. Lure them here to me, and I will show you not only how my latest creation works and what it does, but I will also provide you with the most valuable lesson of all." 

"What's that?" 

"How to finally crush your enemies into dust." Drakken growled as he crumpled up the poster in his hand.

"Kim Possible won't know what hit her." And he gave a wicked smile. 

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Old sketch

[lotusmuses]

i doubt it's a reference since hardlight is an actual thing (or well, the concept is real but we haven't managed to actually create it. MIT labs are getting close as they have managed to create photon pairs and triples!) but i'm ngl i also thought of ian when i saw it

This is kind of a stretch but it's not like there's much else going on. I was watching Ms. Marvel and in the second episode, she says-

Referring to her powers, which may very well be a reference to-

[freedom-barricades-bighero16]

[spitalofatalo]

Ian (Hardlight) 4F 👉👈

who's he thinking about? it's a surprise

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BH6 Month Day 23: Favorite Battle: Big Hero 6 v.s. Hardlight

Superheroes fighting a villain in a video game environment. What could be better?!