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[spirallingmoths]

Redraw of that scene

[y-rhywbeth2]

D&D Vampire Lore Dump #2

"Biology" Their "metabolism" and their physical body, their senses, why they're not aging and "vampires actually make fantastic torture victims, if you're a monster: vampire healing and how to inflict scars on them."

OBLIGATORY DISCLAIMER FOR FIRST TIME READERS: There are two things to note about the lore presented here: First, while the standard stat block in the monster manual is the default, in terms of lore vampires have this annoying tendency to be incredibly, stupidly varied. They are magical monstrosities ruled by the power of symbolism and superstition above anything else.

The next is that D&D is decades old, spans five editions, several settings and hundreds of writers. One guy establishes a piece of lore, and then the next picks it up goes "nah" and writes something else. I collected info from four different source books, all from different editions, which naturally don't entirely agree on how vampires work. Lore never stays consistent and may contradict itself. You may see information somewhere else from a source I don't have that contradicts what I wrote here. If you read this and like some of this stuff but not other bits, take the good and ditch the rest. Larian themselves have not written BG3 totally compliant with some established D&D lore or the original games.

Basically, in D&D, canon is what you decide it is.

Feeding | "Biology" | Hierarchy | Weaknesses and Cures | Psychology

The transformation into a vampire causes little physical change, except for the fangs, and the fact that their facial features seem take on a permanent hardened expression, appearing more "feral" in a way that is likened to a starving wolf. Spawn moreso than freed vampires, and in 5e they have claws despite the fact that freed vampires don't. Rarely a vampire's eyes turn red upon changing, but this doesn't usually happen. Their eyes do start glowing red when they're angry through.

Most of the vampire's five senses are sharpened by undeath. They can see perfectly in the dark, for example, and are very hard to catch off guard. The only one that gets duller than it was when they were alive is the sense of touch - "a blunt, phantom sense of touch, more mechanical than biological. It is a pale, crude approximation of a real tactile sense." They don't feel the effects of physical exertion and their ability to feel pain is dulled (but not nonexistent). They're not particularly bothered by high or cold temperatures unless they're at extremes (like frostbite levels, or "standing by a lava pool" levels). They're also largely unbothered by electric shocks.

They don't breathe, though they do actually have a heartbeat as their blood still gets pumped around their body. It doesn't provide any biological need of a living circulatory system, but is possibly part of keeping the body animated via magic.

Vampires do not produce body heat and tend to be room temperature to the touch unless they've fed within the last 24 hours, in which case they appear alive.

Lacking brain activity on account of being dead, vampires are immune to mind effecting spells and psionics. The fact that Astarion is affected by the tadpole is likely due to Netherese magic. The parasite is canonically modifying his undead state to its needs and has shut down his vampiric abilities, as he observes in one banter.

Their physical abilities massively increase. They have superhuman strength, speed and reflexes and are far more durable than the living.

Vampiric blood looks like humanoid blood at first glance, but takes on a golden sheen when held up to a light source. Also if the vampire it came from is still alive, then that blood can have strange magic properties… which are random! Maybe it burns like acid, or puts you under mind control if you touch it, or explodes into flame when exposed to sunlight! You won't know 'til you find out, it could do anything or nothing.

Vampires are capable of siring partially-undead children with the living (Dhampirs). Dhampirs are alive but as they grow up and their undead heritage starts to manifest they begin to share their vampire parent's cravings and feeding habits and are not terribly fond of said parent, as a rule.

Vampires are the only undead that require sleep. That turned out to be a very long topic of its own though, so maybe I'll focus on the details another time. Short version: Vampires have an instinctive knowledge of how close sunrise is. Some vampires can chose to sleep much like humans, others will immediately shut down the second the sun appears over the horizon and be dead until the moment it next sinks below said horizon, at which point the vampire is 1000% aware and awake again. They are bound to soil from their grave/homeland and must sleep on/in that or be destroyed. In BG3 specifically, looking at Cazador, elves still reverie (trance) in undeath. (In reverie, elves relive their memories of years gone by in vivid real time instead of dreaming. It's how elves avoid forgetting their own lives while living 700+ years) Vampires also hibernate, where they chose to go into a deep sleep for an unknown and uncontrollable length of time reaching centuries in length. Usually due to depression.

A vampire's body is frozen in time, and they will always have the same appearance they had when they died. The magic that keeps the vampire frozen in time, unageing, also gives them regenerative properties as it tries to reset them. Within minutes of receiving a wound, the wound has closed itself as if it were never there. "Wounds close, broken bones reform themselves, even missing limbs regenerate…" Reducing a vampire to 0 hit points also does not kill them, but that's for a later instalment. If one were to torture a vampire one could get both incredibly creative and make it last indefinitely.

They also can't get new tattoos or piercings, as the body heals them over again and pushes out the ink/metal. On the same logic if they had body modifications before they died then they'd never be able to get rid of them - if you scrape off the skin a tattoo is on or tore off a pierced lobe, the skin that grows back will still have the tattoo and the ear will have the hole for the earing still there.

However, there are forms of magical damage that inflict permanent marks on a vampire, which are called stigmata. Sunlight, holy water, holy symbols and the like are known to leave a scar. A silver plated blade might also do it.

There are two energy planes: Positive and Negative. Also known as the Planes of Life and Death, whose energies infuse the Prime Material Plane (which contains worlds like Earth and Toril). Living creatures are powered by positive energy (also called "radiant"), while the undead are animated by negative energy ("necrotic"). It's actually theorised that the undead somehow exist on the Prime Material Plane and the Negative Energy Plane simultaneously, though this seems gets into a lot of planar lore and conflicting information that I'm not going into. Traditionally, due to this difference, the undead are healed by spells made of negative/necrotic energy such as Inflict Wounds spells, but in reverse would be harmed by healing spells. 5e has not included this detail, that I've seen.

[hows-my-handwriting]

Hobie Brown Headcanons

long post ahead. will put as much as i can under the cut but i will have a.... loose table of contents.

and im not feeding you everything. i need more content to drip feed you later.

the inspo is driving me crazy but the hands are refusing to write.

the table: backstory food british animals

lmk if ppl want this to be split up into individual posts per category. cuz its l o n g

BACKSTORY:

Not based on the comics. purely my own attempt at writing his backstory and his particular villains.

Hobie's Doc Oc was a university professor pressured by Osborn's regime to produce weapons. Hobie had met the guy while crashing a university class, but nothing more than that. Octavius snapped and took the revolution to the extreme. he built a WMD and planned to use it on the city. Hobie talked octavius down and disarmed the weapon.

Hobie's lizard was his close friend and bandmate who got jealous over their lead singer's affections towards hobie. they were close friends until hobie started drifting away. curtis was bitter and never really forgave him. the final straw was when hobie returned in full, having just abandoned his spider suit. the band is back together but curtis still has hard feelings. he knew vaguely about hobie's connection with spiderman but thought that it was some kind of special deal or friendship which was just another nail in the coffin. he turns himself into the lizard and attacks hobie, demanding answers and refusing to listen.

the above is just an excuse to hurt hobie really bad >:3 i love my angst and my beating my muses up. i wanted to break his ribs.

electro was a civilian who just happened to get struck by lightning. he is the sole reason hobie has insulated all of his gear and one of the reasons all of his spikes can shoot excess electricity like one of those funky little electrode balls. hobie took one look at this guy and immediately got to work.

Kraven was a bounty hunter hired and possibly engineered by osborn and fisk to hunt down hobie. classic kraven activities. he tried to drown hobie in the thames. hobie managed to escape but couldn't breathe or eat properly for a week after the attack

hobie's ship was hauled from the local junkyard. It was originally just used as a figure head to lead the charge from the government locked dam blocking off water. it somehow survived so he uses it as his hq.

hobie is immune to his scorpion's venom after being stung so many times and stealing samples of it to build up an immunity. yes it hurt. yes it sucked. but it worked. (loosely inspired by a fanfic)

the above are not in chronological order. mostly.

FOOD:

Hobie's world doesn't have a lot of spices. it's a closed state unless importing 'important' materials like lumber, steel and other sciency stuff, food is a lower priority or just a restricted luxury. the spice trade has regressed to something like the 1600s where foreign spices are held by those in power purely as a status symbol. the common man might have access to salt, sugar and cream, but anything else- especially anything spicy- is a luxury item.

hobie would love spicy food. i just dont think he's gotten much exposure to it. day one out of e-138 he opened a bag of spicy chips in the cafeteria, touched one and exploded.

exotic/foreign fruits fall under this same category but for more legit reasons of travel and lack of safe storage. so for example: mangoes, oranges/citrus, kiwi, pomegranates.

boba would freak him the fuck out. he has no idea what those little jiggly things are and its only made worse when one of the kids inevitably shows him the hamster 'is it worth it' meme. he becomes scarred for life.

if you take too long to take a bite out of whatever you're holding and hobie is hungry, he will just lean over and take a bite out of it. sandwich? bitten. spaghetti? stolen off the fork. chocolate bar? wrapper and bar, gone.

his favorite flavor of cake is chocolate or caramel. sue me im projecting onto him

BRITISH

he holds out his pinky when holding cups. it's just an unconscious thing that turns conscious once someone calls it out. in which case he sticks it out even further

flips the police and the royal family off regularly with the one fingered or the two fingered version. will only respect the french for inventing the creative two fingered fuck you, but nothing else.

has a winter fit that is just like a pile of whatever sweaters he has and two scarves. and long socks that make the space in his tight boots even more tight. sometimes cuts off circulation to his feet.

loves going to pubs and just chatting with people. also loves picking fights with the drunk people. Particularly the irish. he thinks their accents are funny and has long arguments with them while they're both speaking absolute gibberish.

knows french but only the insults. has an arsenal of french insults he will just whip out of his back pocket and drop on someone's head.

not really a british thing but i bet he doesn't know how to ride a bike. he was a) too tall and b) not willing to get his entire skeleton rattled by riding over the cobbled streets of london.

wimpy's fan. (its like the british version of mcdonalds but less popular and less famous. according to my research).

ANIMALS

Hobie keeps pigeons. he built a little house when he was bored and was surprised to find three pigeons hiding from the rain underneath it the next day. he didn't really intend to keep them but they nested and he kept bringing them food and water. he did name the brown one hobie jr.

hobie has a cat. again, not really 'has' but rather 'it broke into his boat and wont leave'. he didn't name her because he can't think of a good one. for the longest time he had no idea she was living in his floorboards but later discovered a hole in the side of his boat and found a crawlspace just large enough for a kitten.

he is freaked out by snakes. not as in a fear of snakes. but rather in utter disbelief that they can be the size of a human person. he's read about and probably seen the average snake, about the size of an arm. but anything larger than that will make his jaw drop right off of his face

he did have a symbiote dog for a short time. the dog was badly hurt and the passive symbiote had merged with its body to try and help it. he offered it a place to stay and rest and it happily agreed. it followed him around for the short while they had together and one day went off on its own.

he still sees that dog around (affectionately named 'spider-mutt') and offers it head scratches or belly rubs but they always part ways sooner than later.

loves opossums. thinks they look funny.

part two? maybe....

might add more to this as my brain keeps turning.

[theslotherin18]

Ok, so quick question fellow HH fans. What is Velvet supposed to be based off exactly, like her theme? Yes, I know she was a maid cosplayer in her earlier design but they kinda got rid of that.

Edit: I saw someone say she is a clown/jester which I think is pretty cool ngl.

Valentino is very clearly based off a moth with his fluff and wings and its obvious he is the porn overlord with his pimp fit. The moth theme is quite clever given how irl moths emit pheromones during sex to make it more inticing. His red and white color pallet gets this across as well.

Vox likewise has a tv head and Wi-Fi symbols, blatantly signalling what he has power over along with an electric themed color pallet. The more subtle shark theming with his lair and coat tail shape is a nod to the sin of greed given how shark demons come from the greed ring(helluva boss). His wardrobe being a parallel to Alastor (which I made a post about) and theming makes it clear what he is all about even if it’s nor 100% original (if it ain’t broke don’t fix it)

The character designs, despite all the bashing from haters of Vivzies art style get their point across which is the most important role of character design.

Velvet on the other hand, I am not so sure. If she is based off an animal, idk what she is. Looking at her upfront, you can get the idea that she is an edgy bitch. The only thing she kinda has to play into her social media stuff is the hearts on her vest(?) and the constantly changing hairstyle and scene kid outfit. If I had no prior info, I would think she was Valentinos evil assistant with the repeating heart theme or Val and Vox’s love child incarnate. She doesn’t give Social Media overlord on her own.

I did notice she had a line that is perpendicular to her lips that gives her a doll like appearance which could play into the social media perfection angle but nothing else from her current design seems to go along with this theme.

Now, I have my gripes with a certain genre of character redesigns(the ones who in bad faith trash the originals and try to “fix it” by making the exact same mistakes in their improved one) but if I had to redesign her, I would give her a clear theme.

You could lean into an ocean theme based off internet lingo like “surfing the net” and how the Envy ring in helluva boss is speculated to have a deep sea theme and be ruled over by leviathan(if you like the theory that sinner’s demon form takes inspo from the native born demons that originated from the ring of hell their corresponding vice they most indulged in their earthly life was.). Or perhaps a cat theme given how ubiquitous they are in the early internet, social media and memes.

Perhaps instead of hearts, Vivzie could of used thumbs up, which on social media is an almost universally understood symbol. Maybe more phone or app based iconagraphy(copyright free of course)

Maybe a color pallet that looks less like a blend of Vox and Val’s color pallet that could stand on its own. I think keeping red would be a good call given how vox and Val also have that color, which would unify them as a trio. She has a tendency to blend into the background given how her pallet is both muted(the reddish looking color) and neutral (white and grey)

Idk, I am not expert on this stuff but that’s just what I see.

[identityarchitect]

1, 2, 12, and 17 for smeep and the hater!!! :D

What was the original thought that led to the creation of this character?

for smeep … im honestly not sure hold on lemme go find it

ok it was just my general love of sapient ai. that tracks. originally i was thinking about how a person actually becomes an explorer (in an official sense, since exploration is highly regulated) and was trying not to make a sentient ai that helps with all the onboarding and stuff.

icarus (smeeps canon name) isnt too far from that concept, tbh? shes primarily about archiving information and doing research but she does also aid explorers in the field - being a structure herself she notices a lot of stuff that humans wouldnt consider indicative of anything in particular, so she can warn people about danger before it becomes a threat to survival

for the hater, i was brainstorming about what post-rapture human settlements look like - specifically about hangers (general term for settlements in monoliths). violence and raiding and such is somewhat common on surface settlements (oil rigs, floaters, people who primarily live on boats) since electricity is relatively difficult to come by, and thus synthesisers cant be used (whereas in hangers the conditions for farming arent present but effectively infinite energy can be attained, allowing for synthesis of everything required for living), meaning that food and materials are scarce and settlements are in constant competition with each other.

i was thinking about how violence would come about between two hangers, and ended up deciding that it'd be most realistic if the humans were forced into it, most likely by the ai that they relied on for survival (since without an AI your settlement will be accosted by many environmental issues like toxic air, fungal infections, extreme winds, as well as improper nutrition, and also the monolith itself would literally just crush you).

How long was the process before the character reached its final version? (or a version that would be clearly recognizable as the character?)

ohhh man. smeep is kind of the first OC i made for UAO so she's been through a lot!

id say i mostly got her personality down after like ,, a few weeks? but idk maybe i have big revelations down the line.

the hater is SO new so im not fully confident saying that this is like, fully recognisable as him, but i think figuring out that hes from the other side of the civil war and is now double-crossing god was pretty good. oh wait no its the way he interacts with humans. 1000% its the way he interacts with humans. hes genuinely so funny. i also got that after a few weeks of thinking about him so. i guess im just good at characters

Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why?

i ,,, do not have playlists for any of them :( i stopped using spotify and that was my main playlist-making-motivation so. no playlist unforch.

wait no i have one very old unfinished smeep playlist. yknow what here

as for songs i associate with them, a lot of rw songs are a good bet just because of how cool they are. big open, vast unlife, random gods… really does evoke the feeling of a being many, many times more powerful than you. which (post-rapture) is what smeep and

i associate a lot of the lorns lure OST with UAO in general since lorns lure is what caused me to create UAO in the first place.

OH YEAH ALICEBAND. home by aliceband is a .. very smeep song.

Are there any motifs or symbols associated with the character? How are they represented, in their design, personality or in some other way?

so smeep is actually on the structural exploration & research departments logo, and i think her team would associate her with eyes, but she otherwise doesnt really have motifs or symbols.

the hater also has a symbol he associates with that he'd plaster everywhere on his structure/s (its kind of weird saying "his structure" because he IS the structure but he also is a hivemind. boy why are you so annoying to describe), which is the symbol of the opposing side in the structures civil war (i.e, the side that god was trying to get rid of). but nobody actually knows what that symbol means except for him. (and other structures that were there but he's not intending to meet any of them until hes guaranteed to win.)

i do think he'd put a bunch of other symbols on himself though, both to make himself feel pretty and to freak out the humans. (it is WEIRD when the unknown, oddly behaved structure that is in charge of your entire life starts decorating itself with skulls)

(ask game here!)

[bloodmoon24]

Vox ran down some people as Feedback and N ran down the other set of stairs as they heard a fight outside, and they met with each other once they’re down

Vox: What’s going on?!

Feedback: Satan has gone crazy! He’s trying to force Alastor into his demon form! *makes an energy ball and throws it at a Wrath Imp, causing them to pass out*

Alastor was fighting off some buff Imps, and N flew up in the air and aims his gun at them, and shoots them down. A few more Wrath Imps were about to attack when Vox then uses his electrical powers as a whip and shocked all of them as they fell to the ground

N: *calls out from the air* Nice shot, Vox!

Vox gave him a smile and a thumbs up and continues fighting. That’s when a small wall of fire forms around him and Satan

Satan: *to Alastor* Maybe you could avoid me…*turns to Vox* but he can’t

The fire wall grew a little bit more around them. Vox then shoots a bolt of lightning at Satan, but he held out his hand and just pushed it aside like it was nothing. Then suddenly, Satan clenched his fist and Vox started to sink into the ground

Vox: Gah! *sunk up to his knees and struggles to get free* I can’t move!

Alastor: !!! Don’t hurt him! *goes up to Satan and shoots out a tentacle at him*

Satan looked over his shoulder and grabs the tentacle that attacked him and burns it down into ash. Then he waved his hand where Vox is

Vox: Ah! *sunk up to his waist*

N: *from the sky and sees what’s happening and gasped* *calls out* Feed! Vox is in trouble! He’s sinking into the ground!

Feedback: *punched some more Imps in the face and sees what’s happening to Vox* Oh no! *runs up to him* Vox!

Feedback tried to get to Vox, but then Wrath Hellhounds came out and tackled him down. Then more Wrath Imps came with ropes and lassoed up N, and pulling him down

N: Ah! Hey! Let go of me!

Alastor: *goes up to Satan* Stop this, Satan! You have to let him go!

Satan: You can save him if you unleash your full power

Alastor: *clenched up in his hair* I’m trying! I’m trying!

Vox: *as he sinks up to his middle torso* Al! I’m sinking!

Satan: I don’t see glowing…*starts to ball up his claw*

Vox: *sinks up to his neck* Ah! Please!

Alastor: *grabs his arm* You don’t need to do this!

Satan: Apparently…I do…*closed his fist*

Alastor’s eyes widen and he quickly ran to Vox, but then he yelled as he fully sinked down into the ground right before Alastor tried to reach out to him

Feedback/N: VOX!!!

Alastor didn’t move. Until he starts to glow green, his antlers starts to grow, stitches and demonic symbols started to form around him as he looked back at Satan with his eyes all black with red radio dials and more stitches on the edge of his mouth and a red X on the center of his forehead

Satan: It worked…*raised his fist in the air in triumph* It worked!

Alastor then started to grow bigger and bigger as black tentacles form out of his back. He looks around and starts killing and devouring anyone in sight. This leads the perfect opportunity for both Feedback and N to fight off the Hounds and Imps and let themselves free

Satan: *calls out* Alastor! Can you hear me?! *make some hand motions around an area* Your friend is safe! *pulls out Vox from the ground as he gasped for air* It was just a trick to trigger you into your demonic powers, and it worked!

Vox looked up and sees Alastor killing demons and destroying everything left and right with the look of rage in his eyes as Vox watched in horror. After for a short time, Alastor starts to calm down and shrinks into his original height

Alastor: *sighs*…

Vox then ran up to him and they both hugged. They pulled back and gave each other a genuine smile

N: *with Feedback* Vox! *runs up and hugs him* You’re ok!

Feedback: Are both of you alright?

Vox: *as he pats N’s head* We’re ok. We’re ok

[witchofthesouls]

You know what I need?

I need Optimus’s (doesn’t matter which one) Witch! Or Other lineage! S/O, who has witnessed her beloveds constant breakdowns and heavy burden after heavy burden forced upon him, to use some of her voodoo and hoodoo powers and verbal SHRED the original twelve primes along with some of the other members of the prime lineage how contributed to Optimus’s pain and trauma into fucking oblivion for what shit they did (and possibly continue to do) to Optimus, the Thirteenth and unknown prime, the one cursed to be reincarnated other and other again through the ‘wishes’ of Primus and his siblings.

Witch! S/O: You fucking pieces of shit! Look what you did to him, your own fucking brother! You fucking selfish monsters rebuild him and have him torn apart over and over and over again, and for what!? He doesn’t deserve this! No one fucking deserves that fate! Do you know he losses a piece of himself each time he’s reincarnated!? That he looses a piece of his mind and soul each time he comes back!? Did you know and simply not care!? He’s not a martyr! He’s not a goddamn lamb raised for the slaughter! He’s a good person who deserves all the peace and happiness in the universe! so leave him the fuck alone or I’ll fucking make you!!!”

Ehhh, I'm in the camp that the Thirteen are actual deities, so-

✨️ Celestial Horror ✨️ 

The Realms of the Primes aren't what you expected. It's nothing what Optimus could be coaxed into revealing: you’re not a phantom gripped in a disjointed, piecemeal memory flux of a departed Prime, no incoherent whispering in the corners that flutter like pages, no dream logic in a place that’s bizarre, yet familiar…

You’re standing. The floor is definitely solid beneath your feet. Light blinds you completely, all-consuming in its intensity. Even with your eyes closed, palms pressed tight to your lids, it's searing.

Your face is wet and you can't tell if it's blood or tears in this new hellish landscape where you can see a tower in the distance, haloed in a rainbow shimmer to stand out in the endless blank slate of blue-white, through your boiling eyes and cooking flesh and charring bones.

The tower shifts, and your stomach drops at its attention-

Before you realize it, a hook drags into your navel and pulls you down, down, down into a rendered hole that eats you.

The tower stares from above and its heavy gaze upon you even as you fall so down it disappears from your sight as distant sun.

You're dragged so far down that air no longer whips around, and you make no sound as water takes you completely.

Weightless as your hair flows up and air bubbles escape your lips. There’s no way you can hold your breath for this long eternity, so you don’t.

You drown.

Darkness consumes you with strange bioluminescent flickers of stranger creatures dancing all around. Gossamer filaments and electric scales. Flashes and flickers of indescribable hues before disappearing.

Your body fills with water, but you don’t die. Your chest is heavy, and your stomach hurts, but you don't burst from the immense pressure. In some ways, you're numb. A massive ghost-like jellyfish brushes over your face, and you feel nothing, even when you can see the outline of stingers and glittering hooks -

You're forcibly stopped, slamming hard onto the floor, and it isn't packed sand that cradles you, it's something else: jagged and hard as rock and so cold it steals the heat from your burns. You shudder, freezing, trying to make sense, and you can only see the steaming vent of the volcano deep down here.

A massive body rises from it. Not from within, but the entire structure moves. It contorts to shape the room itself. You stand upon its lap, magma veins oozing throughout its body, eerie symbols carved deep into the metal and rock of the floor and walls, and you fall into the hypnotic trance as those glyphs flow and ebb and spiral into patternless patterns that break and form again and again and -

< You’re very lucky that I caught you in time. My twin has forgotten mortal shells and their constraints. > A deep, masculine voice enemates from nowhere and everywhere at once, and you're ground zero to the massive eruption of the talking volcano. You stumble under its power, trance broken, and it shifts to catch you, jutting out parts of itself. Patient as it watches you with smoldering eyes to bring yourself back into your own head.

Some gods disliked subservience more than they disliked impudence. Optimus is far more… mortal for the lack of a better word, and it made you… forget what he will one day become.

There is only one Prime that claimed to be Prima's twin.

< Hail > your mouth knows the words, throat rippling in a way that’s definitely unknown in human physiology, it isn't just your vocal cords shifting, even your trachea twists, pulling knowledge from elsewhere, bloody air bubbles flow off your tongue -a part distant and underused after so long as you strike something in-between. < The Shadow of the Thirteen. >

< And here I thought my brother burnt out your tongue as well, little spark. > Your bones rattle at the sound, mind trying to translate the crescendo of shifting tectonic plates, icebergs falling into the sea, lightning striking the mountain, and the roar of thermal vents bursting in the abyss. His next words gentled down into a rumble of a river rushing into a harbor, the tide breaking upon the shore, and the languid decay happening beneath a forest’s watchful gaze. < You traveled so far away from a champion’s side. >

The way he says “little spark” is fond with the underlying layering of ‘potential’ and ‘firefly.’ A strange twine of ‘seed lighting,’ ‘kindling,’ and ‘fragment of what was once whole.’

“This is speculation,” Optimus once told you in the privacy of isolation by the virtue of being in the wilderness and away from anyone else. “But based on stricken records and Alpha Trion’s thoughts on its translation, the Fallen may have been, in your terms, the true father of my race.”

The Fallen, the Prime of Chaos and emerged from Prima’s own shadow, had taken Solus, Prime of Creation, who was crafted from the dirt of an awake Primus in his planetary mode. He had taken her upon victory, and from their union came the new generation.

The Fallen of Prima, who was of Primus, and Solus of Primus, so still fits the modern narrative from Ratchet that they descended from the Well of Cybertron as the Well was Solus’ final parting gift. The divine ouroboros of life and death interwoven and continuous by one being eating and rebirthing itself in new shapes…

You’re getting way too sidetracked.

< I’ve come seeking guidance on the behalf of Optimus Prime. The last of your kin. And a way to repair Cybertron. >

He stares and you can't falter here. Not when so much is at stake.

The Fallen slowly blinks, embers stubborn to remain burning and exhaustion is carved deep in the crevices of his face. Metal worn down from time and the raw elements, pitted and warped, but enduring all the same.

Finally, he speaks again.

< An ancient evil stirs again. > The mountainous mech intoned as his face warps, mouth pulling down as it forms a chasm, the glyphs burning to livelier shapes to form a multitude of pathways, crossing and uncrossing as they bend into impossible roads with no clear end, eyes burning brighter as sulphuric gas steams out, the helm crests becoming jagged peaks. < Once forced to sleep, it stirs with the presence of a new champion ordained by my twin and the surging usage of its dark blood by a usurper. >

Goosebumps break over your entire body as you try to will away the ice in your veins that isn’t from the coldness of the Fallen’s realm. Your heart races as you divine the truth in his words.

You wait because your questions go unanswered. Megatronus was known for his madness and titanic, brutal power, not for lies.

< I was not still after all this time. Much like my originator, I carved myself into pieces and etched into the blood and bones of this planet. All fall under my hand, for I am one with all, and all are one with me. >

You shudder at the familiar phrasing: 'Til all are one.

How fittingly ironic that Megatronus Prime had achieved what Prima and his Guiding Hand failed at.

< Are you able to aid us then? >

Because Unicron, diminished as he is, still outmatches them all. And there’s no way none of them are prepared to face a force of the universe as they are: stranded, starving, and so alone. Optimus is a single mortal that's half-way ascended, and Unicron had battled the Thirteen many times.

< Not as I am, little fragment. I've anchored nearly all of my strength into containing the Chaos-Bringer. > You feel him move to sit back, chunks of his frame crumbling down, and the chasm of a mouth sighs < Did the newest champion not question why our ancient foe simply did not crush him by shifting its plates? Why did he use clones instead of breaking open this planet, spilling out like a rotten corpse with too much buildup? Not even question how the artifacts of my > there's no direct translation, a mix of 'home' and 'heart' and 'forge' < -came to be here along with Energon roots well developed? >

Fuck, you didn’t even think about that either. You chucked it as space material mostly claimed by the beings of Elsewhere, not fucking divine intervention and the remains of a Primodial deity sealing away something far more terrible and great.

It’s almost hysterically funny in a morbid way: Earth and Cybertron are distant blood cousins that should have been drenched in their own war. Instead, a child of Earth is dating the last of the Primes.

< And Cybertron? >

You croak because Earth may disappear in the upcoming, end-of-the-world battle between forces, but you came for answers about reviving a dying planet. And to perhaps scream at the Eldest, but you lost your chance against that bastard.

The entire space rumbles at his slow chuckles.

< All according to my > that strange word again < calculations. All shall be well. >

You should feel relieved. Should, is the keyword, but foretelling the future has always been a murky subject. There are too many uncertainties and are always in motion. In some ways, it's truth and history, and it's difficult to divine, which is which.

And when it comes to older forces, there's a blood price to pay.

< There is more than meets the eye to this champion. > The god says cryptically as jagged stalactites of teeth break off and disappear. < Perhaps he may remember himself. Perhaps not. >

< And what can be done to jog that memory? >

The Fallen, once known as Megatronus Prime, laughs, and you're swept away by the new current, rolling and tumbling, unable to sink or swim. < There are many paths one can take. > He cradles you. Even at his most gentle, he's forceful. Inescapable in a terrifying moment. < My little brother must find himself again. Not as champion of Prima or Orion Pax of Alpha Trion, but what he truly was, is, and will be. >

You're carried away, going up and up until-

You wake up, jolted back into your body, and you flail hard enough to roll over. Just in time to retch out seawater, sand, and colorful bits of precious metal. Sludge dribbles down your mouth and your stomach spasms, chest burning, lungs heavy, and limbs uncooperative.

You’re vaguely aware of someone by your side, and they catch you before you tumble into your own mess. You shiver violently, pins and needles deep in your limbs, and frozen as if you were rescued from Arctic waters. You struggle to breathe. Gasping. Struggling to remain conscious.

'Your gods are dicks.' is what you want to say, but your mouth and lungs remain uncooperative as Optimus quietly warms up his servos to reheat your body. You're encased in his palms and you can't help but think at Optimus' own gentleness versus his forebearers' attempts: non existent or overwhelming.

Stranger, impossible things must happen to him to remain calm with someone almost drowning in the desert.

[the-new-pokespe-futures]

With an image for a base reference, what would Kieran look like amalgamated in the shackled revelations au?

Well, it’s kinda complicated. Since, Kieran is a bit like BT! Kieran where he has sort of transitioning forms but only really near the end of the first arc. Long story short, In between the events of TM and ID, Pecharunt of course hitched a ride and made a deal with Kieran, unlike other Pecharunts from other timelines, he doesn’t toxic chain him outright, just a shake of a hand and a symbol will show up on his hand. In ID, he’s a bit taller than his original counterpart but has subtle sharp claws and teeth, as well as heightened senses during this time.

However, when moving in between phases, Kieran is essentially in a tube at night. You know those sci-fi movies where a character is in a tube and some scientists experiments on them? That’s what’s happening here. And since Pecharunt being biology master, he’s able to change the DNA of Kieran and splicing it with that of Pokémon from the Terrarium, he could do it with his poison. However, by using his machine he built quite some ago when experimenting, (that’s for another time) he’s more successful in his work being more stable.

So, I imagine that Phase 1 Kieran essentially being the same in between the TM and ID the one you saw earlier. Except that he has a bit of Pokémony traits in him that he covers up. And he could understand Pokemon and use certain moves. Desgin-wise, I wouldn’t say anything much changed, maybe just some scarring on his face.

Phase 2 is when things get interesting, since this is where he’s now amalgamated with 4 legendary Pokemon, the box arts of Scarlet and Violet’s base game and DLC. Koraidon and Miraidon DNA is from the twins’ dragons, Ogerpon DNA he acquired decades ago, and Terapagos DNA being acquired just recently. Now, he doesn’t fuse with the Pokemon, Pecharunt just spliced their DNA in him. Now, one thing to note for this design, this amalgamation is curated. Not just a series of random mutations such as what happened to Kaijumorpha Kieran. I imagine that traits of the Pokemon are assimilated together cohesively and that some parts are combined together, it would look something similar to that of O.R.Ash’s ultimate Aggregor redesigns:

For example: Terapagos’s shell could combine with Ogerpon’s cloak to make a cloak that is both flexible and defensive at the same time, but this is also comboed with Miraidon’s engines which now allows him to have some kind of jet pack.

And: The Raidon’s tails are also fused into one but it’s mainly aesthetic designs

And: Koraidon’s head feathers can be combined with Terapagos’s fluff and could be consumed by Miraidon’s electricity to sort of whip around

And: Ogerpon’s cudgel could be taken over with Tera crystals to deliver earth shattering blows on opponents.

And: The ‘wheels’ of the raidons are now placed at the feet of Kieran which are now much more nimble thanks to Ogerpon’s legs, he could just skate around at high speeds with Miraidon’s Electricity and Terapagos’s power allowing him to have more power. He can retract them in his feet if needed

His main overall body shape is more so humanoid with his proportions but he’s bigger by 1.5x I think.

Overall, those are some examples of what could added to his design. I can’t finalized it but I LOVE to see your interpretation of it, and others as well.

But WAIT. This isn’t his final form, he has a phase 3 where I bring in elements of the Paradox Beasts and Paradox Swords of Justice.

Phase 4, the final phase, I do not want to spoil yet.

I want to deliver more examples of it, but I wanna stop now since I feel like this post is getting too long. But that’s all I have! What do you think?

[clueless-fan-critic]

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Now That’s Moon Girl Magic!!!

 One 

In my opinion, Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is one of the best new Disney shows in the 2020s and I’ll calmly make an argument for anyone who thinks otherwise. It has popping color, even poppier music, excellent characters, and strong storytelling all wrapped up in this fun, groundbreaking Disney show. With Season 2 coming out, I thought it was time to share what I got to say about its revolutionary ways and how it may even set the bar for future Marvel projects and even MCU ideas.

The Characters

Lunella Lafayette, played by former X-Factor contestant Diamond White, is one of the most bombastic but relatable super-genius black girls at the time I write this. I love how her intelligence isn’t just her sole personality trait as she’s confident, sassy, and optimistic. Lunella is still a young teen who worries about fitting in, cares about her family, and tries to be the best person she can be.

I liked that they don’t make her into a bullied nerd like Peter Parker, which would contradict the whole message about protecting her community. She’s still pretty social around her fellow students but doesn’t have that social finesse which makes her have a lot of friends.

She’s a flawed character: she’s over-competitive and obsessed to the point of disregarding her work and other people. She does overcome and learn from those issues in order to become a better person in the end.

Devil Dinosaur is more than a pet sidekick meant to be cute or the comic-relief. He does get his time to shine from his insecurities of being too big to a fear of jellyfish. With basically growls and snarls made by Fred Tatasciore, Devil conveys a huge range of emotion from joy to sadness to anger.

Casey Calderon is the best friend and manager of Lunella whose savvy with fashion and social media. She’s pretty much what you expect from the girl who’s into social media as exuberant and charismatic, but never shallow or vain. She genuinely wants to use her skills to help Lunella’s message spread. She’s the support to the superheroics of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in making the heroes more human in the eyes of the LES.

Many other characters have not only impacted the story but also the main cast itself with the Lafayette family and various members of the LES.

The Lafayettes have their times to shine in their own ways whether as shoulders for Lunella to get support from or voices of reason that plays into the lesson that she must face. Adria Lafayette acts as a strong moral compass for Lunella to follow like protecting the LES from gentrification. Both James Jr. and Pops aren’t as big as the Lafayette women, but they do get there times to shine throughout the show.

In the finales “O.M.G. Issue 1 and 2”, we get the reveal of Lunella’s grandmother Mimi, played by MCU alum Alfre Woodard, is the Original Moon Girl or O.M.G. who helped build the portal generator that Lunella rebuilt years later. It gives us a deep look into how the super-genius doesn’t fall far from the tree.

The Beyonder, voiced by the famous Laurence Fishburne, is a fun and interesting character that acts more of a reality warping nuisance to Lunella than an actual villain. Combined with Fishburne’s comedic delivery and stylish  animation, the Beyonder is a hilarious trickster learning about humanity the best way he knows: messing with superheroes.

The Villains do create a dynamic with Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur by creating various conflicts both externally, internally, even symbolically. The first villain of the show Aftershock was an electrical villain who literally stole power from the LES, putting businesses at risk of closing, which can be interpreted as someone taking away others’ autonomy from their homes. Another set of villains were the Muzzlers, basically high-powered tech giants wanting to gentrify the LES and take away anything unique from the people. They even “silenced” the people with their tech and rendered them voiceless, but the people prevailed together.

The show not only showcases obscure Marvel characters in new, refreshing ways, but also creates their own stellar ones that put together what it can showcase.

The Animation Style

The most eye-popping way it stands out is the animation. The colors and style beautifully blends with the music. Every time a fight scene happens, the colors become much more vibrant with heart-pumping music from various artists. You can really tell that the animators put a lot of love and passion into making something both familiar but also standout with its fight scenes.

One of my favorite scenes is in Episode 3 “Run the Rink” with Moon Girl fighting Gravitas to a Childish Gambino song. A Childish Gambino Song! You know that you got a hit when you get a hit song from a famous rapper.

All the musical scenes play into the story in an entertaining way while fueling the animation on a higher level.

The Stories

Almost every story plays into Lunella’s development throughout the first season from self-love and self-acceptance to fighting for one’s community. One of my favorite episodes is “Hair Today Gone Tomorrow” that perfectly addresses various issues about one’s hair. I think a lot of people, especially black women, can understand how we can get insecure about themselves. “O.M.G. Issue 1 and 2″ highlights how people of color, especially those in STEM fields, were essentially erased from the work they did and all credit was taken from them by the higher-ups. The main villain of the finales Maris Morlak is both a terrifying and relatable person whose motivations are sympathetic in how his work was taken from him and was erased.

What’s Next For Moon Girl?

With Season 2 coming out of woodworks, I’m hoping to see more adventures, heart, and fly music that elevates Moon Girl to a different level and even set more bars in terms of storytelling and animation for both Marvel projects and even the MCU itself.

[bluekat12345]

EarthSpark Pokemon Teams: The Terrans

All was made from Pokecharms Trainer Card Maker and photos from TFwiki

This was fun to make and took longer than I hoped, but I hope you like the results.

Since this is only the end of Season 1, their Pokémon, minus their Ace, is at their first stage. For the Pokémon that have multiple different evolutions, I'll explain what they would evolve into.

I know it might be a bit early to give them all full times, but I got impatient, and I think we got a pretty good idea of their personalities to make these good ideas.(Once more episodes come out, I might edit their teams)

I already explained why I chose their staters these pokemons, here. As for why I chose these teams, this is gonna be long, so be prepared.

For Twitch, I gave her Starly and Zubat because I thought these were good Flying-Types for her, I think Staraptor would be a good flying type for her and I wanted to give her a regional bird like Dot and Robbie, and I think Crobat's wings sort of reminded me of her's. I thought Scyther/Scizor worked for her as well, I hesitated since Bumblebee has one, but then I figured she could get one in honor of him since he is their mentor. Hawlucha is a Fighting/Flying-Type and I wanted her to have one Fighting-Type. As for Charcadet, I gave her one because I feel she and Megatron have a connection and Twitch is blossoming into a leader, so I figured she would have one, but her's would evolve into Armarouge to counter Megatron's Ceruledge.

For Thrash, I orginally had Tyrogue as his starter, but changed it to Cyclizar, but I still wanted him to have one, which I imagine would evolve into Hitmontop. I also gave him Toxel because I believe Amped Form Toxtricity would be great for him. I gave him Varoom because it sort of reminds me of him and Aipom because I think its energetic nature would match his pretty well, and Tauros to counter Mo's Skiddo and I also think it's just another Pokémon Thrash should have.

For Hashtag, along with Rotom, I feel like Helioptile and Magnemite go well with her Wi-Fi abilities, and I imagine her being into Electric-Types. Also, she shows interest in media and has copied her shows and done accents, so I figured Chatot and Ditto would go with that since Chatot mimics speak kind of like she does and Ditto can literally turn into other Pokémon, and I didn't really feel Zorua matched her enough. I also gave her Mime Jr. because I felt she would like this little Pokémon since it is cute and silly like some of the videos she watches.

For Jawbreaker, I wanted to focus on cuter Pokémon as well as Pokémon people don't really see as tough, since in the episode where he finally got his alt-mode, he felt like people thought he wasn't tough or fierce enough to fight. I originally had Eevee as his starter, but then decided to change it, but I still wanted him to have one to symbolize him wanting to choose the perfect alt-mode and exploring all possible choices. I gave him Igglybuff and Ridough because they are cute and sweet looking, and Mo even called him sweet. Magikarp is here because its considered useless but evolves into a powerful being, similar to Jawbreaker. Finally, he has a Maschiff because like Jawbreaker, this Pokémon wants to be taken seriously, but people think they're too cute to be fierce.

For Nightshade, they have Porygon and Klink because they seem like good choices for a young scientist like Nightshade, and they have an Abra because its evolution, Alakazam is an intelligent Pokémon I think Nightshade would want. They also have Blipbug because this Pokémon is intelligent and collects information, it evolves into a Psychic-Type, and I wanted them to have a Bug-Type to highlight their friendship with Tarantulas, but I didn't think any of the spider Pokémon worked with Nightshade, so they just have a Bug-Type.

[alansdingusdnd]

Necropians: Types of Necropians

Necropians are people who originally lived during the Necropian Civilization and they originated from the planet Mékhor. They are the people who named and explored the planets in all of Mekhorspace and the word Mekhor is the word for "homeworld" in Necropian. The civilization had two eras: Early Necropia and Late Necropia which both lasted a millennium. Early Necropia started when the humanoids of Mekhor started studying and using electricity and Late Necropia is when they've learned that souls and electricity go hand in hand and in the last 200 years of Late Necropia is the reason why they are called Necropians: they started to see if they could cheat death by becoming undead. Above is a comic and a diagram showing the different kinds of necropians. This comic also represents who Axdell Forge is and I'll cover this later on in this post.

The Necropian Lich

Unlike the regular lich in all dungeons and dragons settings, which don't get me wrong in Mekhor there are the normal kinds of liches out there, they look indistinguishable with normal humanoids. The only time they look like a cadaver is when they haven't fed their phylacteries for a long time with souls or other forms of magical energy. The reason why they don't look like cadavers is because the method that necropians use for lichdom is far more efficient than the standard form of lichdom that doesn't preserve the body of the lich as well. The efficiency comes from the fact that the animus of the soul that is fed to the phylactery goes directly to the lich's body while normal liches just eat away the soul. Not to mention regular liches do not use quartz as their phylacteries and instead depend on regular containers and casting spells such as soul cage to keep it in place meanwhile quartz can store the soul more efficiently. Necropian liches are rare even during Late Necropia and even more now due to the apocalyptic event known as The Hatching 3000 years ago. Their rarity came from the fact that the procedure to become a lich is very expensive and only people who were millionaires or billionaires could possibly afford to be one

Necropian Vampires

Necropian vampires function just like a normal vampire. again normal vampires are a thing too but in Mekhor it was more likely you'd meet a Necropian vampire than a "natural" vampire. Unlike regular vampires where their lives dictated by symbols, necropian vampires were more free from it. They don't burn in sunlight (albeit more likely to get a sunburn due to still having higher sensitivity to UV), don't get hurt from running water and can do a BnE anytime they like. Instead, they simply cannot make more of themselves by creating spawns and cannot bear children. Being a vampire during Necropia was a symbol of status because it was the most achievable and most accepted form of undeath because vampires are sexy like c'mon who doesn't wanna be a vampire especially since you are more powerful than a regular one?

Necropian Ghouls

If you cannot afford vampirism and you don't want to be considered a rebel puresoul, you can do the more affordable ghoul. You look like a cadaver and you are constantly hungry but hey, no one will call you stupid for not wanting to be immortal. Most of the middle class and the upper lower class at one point in their lives become ghouls instead of vampires. It's the mediocre solution and no one judges except the elitist vampires who saved all their lives to become vampires

Puresouls

There's two types of puresouls: those who are of young age and those who are more middle or old aged. The young aged ones are the acceptable puresouls because they are supposed to relish their youth as much as they can. The ones who are older are the ones who were frowned upon. Some puresouls were the way they were because they couldn't afford it, and some didn't embrace undeath due to philosophical reasons. Some couldn't see themselves living multiple lifetimes, others instead don't want to be stuck in one life. The most sensible ones, as I the DM and the world builder of this setting, is for sociological reasons: undeath solves the issue that you need to keep repopulating your work force. If they never die of old age, or even wear down from old age, then you have that labor forever. You can put them in servitude for all eternity basically. Axdell Forge was one of them. At least at first glance.

I'll make another post about Axdell Forge because bro is important

[kaijuthespacemaniraptorian]

I think i should really show more info on my avatar to flesh out ihisdesign and what hes supposed to be since the previous info i made was lazy.

This Creature only named Kaiju (how original) is extraterestrial entity that is sapient with alot of facinating abilities and a very vague origin, refered by Humans who witnessed him as a XenoManiraptorian due to him resembling a maniraptorian theorpod, with his bird like body covered in feathers and has hard scaly lower legs and hands and that he came from outer space.

Hes a space fairing creature exploring every solar systems and looks at any planets looking at various things such as wildlife minerals and see if theres any other sapient intelligent race, although he is never fond of trying to communicate with them as when he explored one planet he was somehow capture by aliens and was interviewed by them, he doesnt really awnser alot of them but from one of the aliens they did wrote stuff he awnsered such when they asked is he born from another planet when they wanted to know his origins he replied by saying no he wasnt born on another planet nor does he have parents or relatives, this confuses the interviewers and when they ask more about about himself he starts to get frustrated by this and when they forced him to awnser using electrical weapons but little did they know is that he can absorb any kind of electricity and becomes enraged starting to wreak havoc in their base murdering and destroying anything in his path, as he escaped he starts to calm down and flies to the vacuum of space traveling to another solar system!

During his space travel he can fly by incasing himself in flaming energy and flies faster than the speed of light his eyes are well developed and can see things light years away to search another solar system, his eyes are souless looking as they are pitch black and no light can reflect them and has bright glowing pink irises

He has many abilities such has the ability to weaponize Fire but this fire is bright pink with black vapor and it is stated to be about as hot as the sun itself although we dont know if thats true and could just be an exaggeration, he can manipulate fire through his body and releases them not only though his mouth but in various parts of the body such as claws or tail which he does that for explosion attacks, the flame is soo hot it can melt the ground around him fast and uses that to drill through the ground for a surprise attack, he also has electric powers capable of shoot a beam of lightning as well as releasing them through his hands and can summon a storm for more lightning attacks, when hes overcharged by electricity he gains electromagnetism where he can make any minerals levitate and throws them at enemies but it wont last very long,

When hes enraged he would transform into a form called The Spark Rage State

in this state his coloration changes entirely and gains a weird symbol on his abdomen his attacks are way more potent and his physical strengh is increased and is capable of picking things many times his own size, he starts to act more violent and enjoys tearing apart and eat the flesh of its enemies and sometimes even hurts himself in the process while even capable of regenerating incredibly fast!

His next state is an Uncontrollable rage called the Hellish Soul State!

hes now darker with flaming wings and his energy is soo unstable that he has to rip opent his chest to let it all out and can cause an apocalypse in this state it lasts for hours or even days before finally turning back to normal and regenerate!

not much is known about this entity but it is truly an unstoppable force that many sapient race consider it a god, He rather avoids contact with any of them and just explores the solar systems.

Thats all i can say about my Avatar also his design is heavily based off of my favorite kaiju of all time Gigan and i even used to be a recolor of Modified Gigan during my Cringe days of DeviantArt, although i might try someday to think of other things i can say about my OC but il stop for now.

anyways you can leave your thoughts on my Avatar down in the comments i would love to see you guys think about it! ^w^

[kitsunesfandomtime]

Don't you want to become a Cult Leader?

Characters: All for One(Hisashi), Yoichi, and Original characters

Summary:

Have you ever wanted to become a cult leader? Do you know the freedom it entails and the atrocities you can commit? All for One learns what his life is truly meant for.

"Don't you want devoted followers?"

A man much older than him asked with a delighted smile on his face as stared at this white-haired mutant. Void dead eyes stared back as those words rang loudly in his ear at the one he had defeated. There was a fanatical look, this wasn't the first time he has seen him.

Just another sucker Hisashi scrapped money off of by peddling him some random power. An odd sort, no one special or even worth knowing. Yet it seemed he had tracked him down again.

"The hell are you talking about?" He scoffs. He didn't have time for this his little brother had run another fever for some reason. To the point that he couldn't move so only came out to get more money. The man smiled widely because in a sense he did give him attention. Likely the rambling of some nutcase.

"You've been blessed! The marks on your hands are a sign you are a messiah, a symbol of humanity's next step in evolution." The man jeered, and the young man scoffed. Delusional, all his father ever saw his kids as a demon and burden. Leaving them with a mother who couldn't handle it alone anymore.

Some Messiah.

His fingers instinctively clenches over the palm of his hand never one to enjoy keeping them open.

"Oh, you're an insane person like my religious father," Hisashi jeers with amusement finding these religious types just so funny. Spilling platitudes and nonsense with no value, "Why do I need a bunch of dead-weight strangers?"

The man seemed surprised at the rejection. Did he assume that because was doing some shady underground power exchange, he was that desperate? He needs extra money as his business job was a shit hole that still hasn't given him that raised his promise. Yoichi's medical aide isn't cheap considering he needs outside 'help'.

"You still aren't awakened yet fully," the strange man noted softly. Hisashi's eyes narrowed wondering if should get rid of him since he isn't supposed to remeet those he works with. His hand cracks with light electricity as a warning knowing the power he gave this idiot was weak.

Only to be startled by the man clapping his hands in delight, "I can help you! People would leave their families for you! Give you money or even their body I can already see it now. This very world is hell itself and you will bring it order even if it is by cruelty! The moment you touched me it gave me this revelation! Everyone needs to know your brilliance!"

Hisashi steps back as this psycho walked toward him with that insane admiration. As if the moment he had received some power something broke in this man's brain. It pissed him off wondering what made the other so happy looking at him. He was just some ordinary man stuck in a damned dead-end job while the government did nothing to prevent the verbal abuse he endures.

"Isn't this your will that you pushed on me!? To become a god-!?"

In a fit of rage, he killed the blathering man when this man went to touch him... And this feeling of disappointment remained unsure of what came over this man as well as the worry about anyone discovering he had killed someone. His hand ached and itched at the wasted quirk but also fear of getting caught.

He needs to run. 

Damn, he hated this world.

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It lingered in his mind despite the fact he had other things to worry about like a teenage little brother. His work at this wretched company once again skimped him on his pay raise. Instead, they scolded him for his 'behavior' as he wasn't acting like a team player.

"Honestly, you're the only one here that complains and refuses to do over time! You need to learn to respect your elders more before you come bothering about a pay raise. But then I guess should expect it from a mutant," the last part was said under his boss's breath. Hisashi grits his teeth hating that the man wants him to be a slave but refused his deal.

As if he was going to work overtime to not get paid when has someone at home. But there isn't anything he could do about this bullshit.

"I do my job perfectly and usually finish by the time my shift ends. I still don't see why, me, refusing to stay over time is a deal breaker," Hisashi tried to speak calmly as forced a smile. Sadly it isn't very effective against a boss who has a powertrip over trying to break every new 'meat.' But he enjoys how it pisses the man off that he isn't affecting him.

"Tch, get out of my office! I already made my decision and that's final also dye your damn hair as we've said!" 

The boss sneered bothered by his smile. Hisashi sighs as he gets up and bows though he doesn't go all the way. Enjoying the annoyance showing on the man's face at the half-asses respect as he leaves. But underneath he was fuming wondering why the hell he is still at this damned place.

He studied, he worked, he went to college like every other fucking drone in this society. He crawled over every other person to get to this position and yet in the end he hit the wall. Just like every other hopeless mess, his hand moves to touch his hair knowing exactly the reason. Despite his qualification, this is all they see, his refusal to conform to their desires.

As he returns to his desk the fire of spite was still fresh knowing he should work but a thought entered his mind.

If I was a cult leader maybe instead of being scorned they would cower in awe.

Hisashi frowned. The thoughts have been becoming stronger as is his urge to use his power. His hands were always itching to grab at something to shove in his pocket and take home was common. Kleptomania has always been a problem to the point was taken to a therapist, too bad their parents chickened out when they did say something was wrong.

Still, this felt different, not even when he comes home to his little brother did the feeling leave. Now thoughts of becoming a cult leader. How absurd there is only one result that could bring.

Ping~!

The sound of an email arriving on his computer sounded catching his attention. As he looked at the email he stares at the title.

Do you wish to learn how to charm people?

Well... Hisashi can't deny his curiosity.

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"Hey, Big brother?" Yoichi spoke up. Today he seemed to be doing better and healthier. Seems the money he got from that expensive foreign ass doctor was worth it. If the free health care wasn't shit in this current climate it probably wouldn't be such an issue. Then again the doctors barely even know what is wrong with him.

"What is it, Yoichi?" Hisashi needed a smoke his nerves still shot at another failure for that pay. Not that he allows his little brother to know he has any problem. He can handle this.

"What have you been doing?" Yoichi was as blunt as ever. Those eyes looked at him curious but also concerned. Guessed he has noticed him sneaking out during odd hours but it is best not to admit that.

"Working," Hisashi answered. "Come on don't look at me like that Yoichi I'm fine you just focus on your highschool life before you get another episode."

He just hopes some asshole at the school remembers to mask up when sick before Yoichi goes through another hospital trip. He hates his brother going to that school it was a ticking time bomb now starting to understand why their parents kept him homeschooled if could. Not that Hisashi had many options for homeschooling if needs to work. What was it the parents always say? You'll understand when you have kids?

Too bad it is his little brother and not his actual kid.

...He shouldn't think like that. This is the only family he has and it isn't his fault his health is like this. But damn the other constantly questioning him can get frustrating.

"Stop acting like my dad it's weird," Yoichi was quick to remark. Making a face that didn't enjoy being 'talked' down to.

Hisashi looks at the brat who was trying to cross the barrier. As if he didn't sacrifice a lot to keep his ass out of the system before was even eighteen when their mom couldn't handle h̶i̶m̶ them. 

"When you stop being a burden to our finance over a cold then you can tell me how to act," his word was harsh but it got the result he wanted. Watching those green eyes widen and his form shrink it made him back off. It was only the truth though so isn't too sure why that would bother him so much but it at least worked. Results are all he cares about.

"By the way, I'm probably going to be looking for new employment. So my schedule going to be a bit erratic," Hisashi informed. Taking out a cigarette as he goes to step outside. Though he glanced at Yoichi noting how he looked miserable. "What? Did it seriously bother you that much what I said?"

It honestly baffled him. As he's sure Yoichi is aware of this simple fact but he looked like he was about to-

"Hey don't cry! Why are you about to cry!?" Hisashi questioned startled as his little brother had tears in his eyes. Feeling himself becoming stressed at the tears in the other's eyes. Shit, how does he fix this?

"I'm not trying to be a burden!" Yoichi shouts his hands on his lap as his teeth were clenched. "Why do you always have to bring that up whenever I protest? Do you hate me that much?"

Hisashi tries to wrack his brain at how had come to this conclusion. He takes a moment to process the other's statement, "What? Why would I hate you?"

The smoke break and murder of his lungs can wait. Walking over he kneels in front of his little brother his large size allowing him to examine the teen boy. 

"I love you a lot. It's why I'm doing all this I was just stating the truth it isn't anything to cry over. You know I'm just like that," Hisashi may have no idea why his brother was crying but he was trying. He reaches out to grab his little brother's hand and continues, "Look, no matter what I might say or do. You are important to me if wasn't for me caring about you I wouldn't be here. And you need me too, after all, I ain't abandoning you."

He knows that he isn't exactly... Parental. The other needed a dad and all he had was his apathetic and dead inside older brother. He used to have so much more life and joy, his little brother likely missed when would drag him outside to have fun. Playing roughly and how would spend every moment with him if could even if got him sick. It was a precious memory.

Unfortunately, he had to grow up.

"How about I buy you the last new chapters of, Captain Hero? I heard it is really good," he notes with an awkward smile. Yoichi slowly calmed down his tears only small sniffles as removed a hand to wipe his face. He was much too old to be crying and likely eventually Yoichi might rebel harder. He isn't too fond of that idea when is trying, but he was sure if this new work endeavor works out then it will be alright.

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These cults were interesting.

Hisashi had technically 'joined' one out of curiosity. Though it was clear they were slowly starting to realize he wasn't invested like the others. The seminars quite frankly were about how amazing and perfect their leader was. 

He had a mutant power. A weak rare 'healing' power but he can tell easily it was more about a euphoric sensation. Basically, the man had a touch that made you feel like you were on cloud nine was the claim. Everyone wanted to be touched by him and Hisashi studied him.

He experienced it once.

The man had touched him and it took all of Hisashi's willpower to not strike back. The touch was something else but beyond that, it wasn't as insane as everyone acted. Making him wonder if it is only because of how much he talks it up that they think it is some orgasmic experience. When it is just small shocks.

That wasn't the interesting part. It was just how every single follower was pathetic, desperate, and hopeless. They had no hope in themselves but in their leader who is spewing only lies. Spreading promises of happiness and joy while suppressing any desires for them to leave. He guessed if those are the targets of a cult it makes sense since many people have lost their homes, families, and everything.

Mutants, normal, and the odd ones were here mixed in the crowd. Though it seems the leader doesn't like being observed like a lab rat. One day he had tried to leave only to end up grabbed for a talk. 

"You don't believe that I'm a real god, do you? I would think the business type would be more open-minded," The leader questioned. Hisashi doesn't say anything as he was shoved. Noting that the man that herded him in had blocked the entrance. Hisashi recovered as he fixed himself a bit.

"Come on now we are all adults here. I'm not about to expose you as the fraud you are," he puts on his businessman smile, "I'm just about to leave and you will never see me again."

Seems he somehow had said the wrong thing. This was to be the final time he make such a mistake in being so honest.

"You don't believe me a god? My my, I think you misunderstand. You can't just 'leave' once your in," the cult leader spoke as walks toward him. "We need to fix that come let me give you my touch. So we can open your mind."

What happened next would make anyone puke as his hand touches him in places he never wished for. "Don't touch me!" Hisashi howled hating the sensation trying to elicit fake emotions. It was a mistake he won't make again in his naivete. Seems it isn't just society that would rip siblings from each other but men themselves seeped in filth.

The cult's leader very soon learned though when he had his men restrain to give his touch. He learned this boy had no heart to change but the itch had grown. With an unfathomable strength calling all those works he worried about calling at once, he grabbed the man's skull-

And crushed him like a grape.

"W-What the hell!? What are you!?!?" The guards were shocked and horrified pulling away from him with fear. Blood still coated his hand and despite most people would be horrified at what he had done... He felt euphoric. Wondering if it was because of the man's quirk prior that he stole before crushing or maybe he was just this fucked up on the inside. A ringing in his very chest that felt so empty seemed to sing.

As he looks over at the guards a wide smile formed on his face as he felt like those villains in those comics. Like he had just finally been freed by whatever shackle had made him cautious of going too far. The fear on their face at his smile only made him cackle as he finally says what had been on his mind since that psycho asked if wanted followers.

"I'm above that fraud and I'm going to show you what a mistake you all made in trying to contain me," he jeers knowing he was always broken inside. He always has been hating every rule and monotonous life he was forced to live working for other people. Abandoned by their father and their mother's untimely demise. So leaving him the only one to struggle to care for his brother. To conform to what others wanted just to survive in this miserable existence with small-time peddling.

Unloved. Unwanted. The only thing he had is a little brother whose health depends on how much money he has.

But right now, for the first time in his life, he felt joy in this depressing and monotone life because he finally understands why he exists. 

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Even if the leader was a fraud he had taught Hisashi everything he had needed to learn about how to gain followers. With actual power of worth, he can do more than dumb parlor tricks and shocks of euphoria. The government didn't exactly help make the many mountains of mutants end up shot down any lesser. So he focused on that.

After all, his old job presently has him in work limbo because of his conduct so he has time.

He learned to run toward any chaotic scene. He was no hero he had no intention of helping the police and this time he won the lottery. Someone's superpower had gone out of control and then the police came at him with guns blazing. This time tho they escaped without becoming a chalk line with people wondering what happened.

Such a sorry sight. She was curled up in the corner of the trash the evidence of flowers crawling across her features and even on the trash. A pretty thing though not his type looking almost sharp. Those eyes stared intently at him with a burning fear as the flowers seemed to grow even more.

"Relax, I'm only here to help," he assures with a small smile as he walks toward the other. Memorizing how that cult leader and how held himself with decorum. Slowly extending a hand to the woman as he smiles, "You may call me..."

All for One.

[superwoman-comics]

SUPERWOMAN: MAIDEN OF STEEL #1 COVER

Welcome to Earth-AC60! Part of the collection of universes called, Multiverse-DC3.

On Earth-AC60, the world will witness the rise of their universe's first superhero, Superwoman!

next

if you like what you see? check out my comic, Datacell #1! But before you buy, read Datacell's Origin at DATACELL HQ 

Name: Clarrie Kent/Kala Lar-El

Date of birth: June 30th,2001(earth time) Age: 22(as of 2023) Height: 6” 4”ft

Powers:

Base strength: She has been shown to be able to lift as much as 100tons. Enhanced human speed: she can run up to mach 5 without exerting herself. Telescopic Vision: The user can zoom their vision in on things, allowing them to see distant objects in magnified scale. They may be able to see vast distances, outside the atmosphere, solar-system or even galactic distances.

Invulnerability: The user is immune to any/all forms of physical damage/harm, unable to feel physical pain, is immune to bleeding or loss of limb. Death due to old age (as opposed to preemptive death) is seemingly the only cause of death to the user. Heat Vision: User is able to generate concentrated, immense amount of heat from their eyes, which can be used to burn, heat, melt, weld, etc., targets. Masters of this power may turn it into/gain Incineration (or vice versa) which is a very similar power.

Flight: User can fly or otherwise move through the air using various methods. Some possibilities include using one or more forms of energy, wings or similar structures, harnessing anti-gravitation, or even mimicking or becoming an animal that can fly. Users are generally able to Levitate, and Glide as well. Enhanced Jump: User can jump incredible distances and land safely, covering frighteningly tall heights and long distances. Usually comes with strong legs.

Ice Breath: The user is able to generate and manipulate ice/cold within them in a way that allows them to shape the exhaling of the effect. These shapes can include bursts, streams, spheres, even a mist of it from the mouth. Semi-Immortality: Users of this ability never age, and as a result, they stay young forever or at least never suffer the ravages of aging. Because of this, the user will always be at their physical prime. The user will also be immune to aging abilities, such as Age Acceleration or Reversal.

Weakness: She is as weak against magic attacks and spells as any human. She is vulnerable to all forms of incapacitating agents and vulnerable to electric/energy/ and mind control attacks. Whether it can kill him remains to be seen. If she encounters a new virus--depending on the the strength of the virus, she could die. Location: Metropolis

Team affiliations: The Daily Planet

Birth location: Smallville. Kansas

First Appearances: Superwoman #1

For years on Deviant Art, I've stumbled on other creators' versions of Superwoman and thought to myself, I want my own version. there's two things i like about this piece; one, the background was made on, Playground AI. I'm thinking of changing up my style--for the sake of experimentation. And two, I gave her my special Superman symbol that I created a few years ago. Once I put them together I looked at it for awhile and thought--Wow! This works. Though i have added some original ideas to Superwoman, she is based off of Superman. The stories are based off of various Superman stories over the years. I do not own superman, or any of the related characters. The Superman series was created by Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster and is owned by DC Comics. This story is a work of fan-fiction and is for entertainment only. I am not making profit from this story. All rights of Superman belong to DC Comics.

[dataverse-comics]

Welcome to Earth-AC60! Part of the collection of universes called, Multiverse-DC3.

On Earth-AC60, the world will witness the rise of their universe's first superhero, Superwoman!

next

if you like what you see? check out my comic, Datacell #1! But before you buy, read Datacell's Origin at DATACELL HQ!

Name: Clarrie Kent/Kala Lar-El

Date of birth: June 30th,2001(earth time) Age: 22(as of 2023) Height: 6” 4”ft

Powers:

Base strength: She has been shown to be able to lift as much as 100tons. Enhanced human speed: she can run up to mach 5 without exerting herself. Telescopic Vision: The user can zoom their vision in on things, allowing them to see distant objects in magnified scale. They may be able to see vast distances, outside the atmosphere, solar-system or even galactic distances.

Invulnerability: The user is immune to any/all forms of physical damage/harm, unable to feel physical pain, is immune to bleeding or loss of limb. Death due to old age (as opposed to preemptive death) is seemingly the only cause of death to the user. Heat Vision: User is able to generate concentrated, immense amount of heat from their eyes, which can be used to burn, heat, melt, weld, etc., targets. Masters of this power may turn it into/gain Incineration (or vice versa) which is a very similar power.

Flight: User can fly or otherwise move through the air using various methods. Some possibilities include using one or more forms of energy, wings or similar structures, harnessing anti-gravitation, or even mimicking or becoming an animal that can fly. Users are generally able to Levitate, and Glide as well. Enhanced Jump: User can jump incredible distances and land safely, covering frighteningly tall heights and long distances. Usually comes with strong legs.

Ice Breath: The user is able to generate and manipulate ice/cold within them in a way that allows them to shape the exhaling of the effect. These shapes can include bursts, streams, spheres, even a mist of it from the mouth. Semi-Immortality: Users of this ability never age, and as a result, they stay young forever or at least never suffer the ravages of aging. Because of this, the user will always be at their physical prime. The user will also be immune to aging abilities, such as Age Acceleration or Reversal.

Weakness: She is as weak against magic attacks and spells as any human. She is vulnerable to all forms of incapacitating agents and vulnerable to electric/energy/ and mind control attacks. Whether it can kill him remains to be seen. If she encounters a new virus--depending on the the strength of the virus, she could die. Location: Metropolis

Team affiliations: The Daily Planet

Birth location: Smallville. Kansas

First Appearances: Superwoman #1

For years, I've stumbled on other creators' versions of Superwoman and thought to myself, I want my own version. there's two things i like about this piece; one, the background was made on, Playground AI. I'm thinking of changing up my style--for the sake of experimentation. And two, I gave her my special Superman symbol that I created a few years ago. Once I put them together I looked at it for awhile and thought--Wow! This works. Though i have added some original ideas to Superwoman, she is based off of Superman. The stories are based off of various Superman stories over the years. I do not own superman, or any of the related characters. The Superman series was created by Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster and is owned by DC Comics. This story is a work of fan-fiction and is for entertainment only. I am not making profit from this story. All rights of Superman belong to DC Comics.

[digitalmarketingservices12323]

A Look at Mercedes’ Electric Future: The EQ Series

The Evolution of Mercedes: From Classics to Modern Marvels

Mercedes-Benz is more than just a luxury car brand—it’s a symbol of innovation, performance, and prestige that has shaped the automotive industry for over a century. From its early roots in classic automobiles to the modern marvels gracing today’s roads, Mercedes has remained a pioneering force, consistently blending timeless elegance with cutting-edge technology. This blog takes you on a journey through the evolution of Mercedes-Benz, highlighting key milestones that have solidified its reputation as an icon of the automotive world.

The Early Days: Birth of a Legend

Mercedes-Benz traces its origins back to the late 19th century when Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler laid the foundation for modern automobiles. In 1886, Karl Benz created the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, often considered the first true automobile. Around the same time, Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach built a vehicle with a gasoline-powered engine. These early developments set the stage for the future of Mercedes-Benz.

The brand's official birth came in 1926 when Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) merged with Benz & Cie to form Mercedes-Benz. The combination of the two companies brought together their strengths in engineering and innovation, establishing a brand that would redefine luxury and performance in the automotive world.

1930s: Setting Standards with the Mercedes 500K and 540K

The 1930s saw Mercedes-Benz rise to prominence as a producer of high-performance, luxury vehicles. The Mercedes 500K and 540K models became symbols of automotive excellence, featuring powerful engines, streamlined designs, and unparalleled craftsmanship. These models were the epitome of luxury, favored by royalty, celebrities, and influential figures of the time. The 540K, with its supercharged 5.4-liter engine, became an icon, blending speed with opulence in a way that few others could match.

1950s: The Birth of an Icon with the 300SL

Fast-forward to the post-World War II era, and Mercedes-Benz continued to push boundaries with the introduction of the Mercedes 300SL in 1954. Known for its distinctive gullwing doors, the 300SL was the fastest production car of its time and the first to feature direct fuel injection. This iconic sports car not only redefined speed and performance but also embodied the elegance and sophistication that would become synonymous with the Mercedes brand.

The 300SL also set the stage for Mercedes’ dominance in motorsport, especially in Formula One and endurance racing, further cementing its reputation as a leader in performance engineering.

1960s-1980s: Innovation and Expansion

The mid-20th century saw Mercedes-Benz expanding its lineup to cater to a broader audience. The introduction of the Mercedes S-Class in the 1970s revolutionized the luxury sedan segment, becoming the benchmark for comfort, safety, and technological innovation. With features like anti-lock brakes (ABS), airbags, and advanced suspension systems, Mercedes made safety a key component of luxury.

During this period, Mercedes also introduced the G-Class (G-Wagen) in 1979, a rugged, military-inspired SUV that quickly became a favorite for off-road enthusiasts while still delivering the luxury and quality expected from the brand.

1990s: A New Era of Performance with AMG

In the 1990s, Mercedes-Benz entered a new era of performance with its acquisition of AMG, a tuning company that specialized in high-performance variants of Mercedes models. The collaboration brought the birth of the Mercedes-AMG lineup, featuring powerful V8 engines and enhanced driving dynamics. Models like the AMG E55 and the AMG C36 became favorites for drivers seeking both luxury and blistering performance.

The AMG division quickly grew into a central part of the brand’s identity, representing the pinnacle of performance engineering while maintaining Mercedes’ commitment to comfort and style.

2000s-Present: Redefining Luxury and Technology

The 21st century has been marked by a continued push for innovation. Mercedes-Benz has seamlessly integrated advanced technology into its vehicles, offering drivers a suite of features designed for convenience, safety, and entertainment. Innovations such as the Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) system, semi-autonomous driving capabilities, and active safety features like collision prevention and lane-keeping assist have become standard in many models.

Mercedes has also embraced the electric future with the introduction of its EQ lineup. The Mercedes EQS, launched in 2021, represents the brand’s commitment to sustainability without compromising on luxury or performance. With its fully electric drivetrain, cutting-edge battery technology, and premium interior, the EQS positions Mercedes at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution.

Mercedes Today: A Symbol of Prestige

Today, Mercedes-Benz stands as a global leader in the luxury automobile industry, continuously setting benchmarks in performance, safety, and technology. Whether it's the elegance of the S-Class, the versatility of the G-Class, or the eco-conscious innovation of the EQ series, Mercedes-Benz has mastered the art of blending tradition with modernity.

Conclusion: A Legacy of Excellence

From the early days of Karl Benz’s first motor vehicle to the cutting-edge electric cars of the 21st century, Mercedes-Benz has evolved into an automotive powerhouse. Its legacy is built on a commitment to pushing the boundaries of design, engineering, and luxury. As the brand continues to innovate and adapt to new technologies, one thing remains clear: Mercedes-Benz will always be a symbol of excellence and a leader in the automotive world.