#looney tune merc

[whimsica]

"WHo would win the Overwatch heroes or the TF2 mercs ?" this is like asking who would win between the Avengers and the Looney Tunes.

[artoatsblog]

My favorite type of sfm's are the ones that have the mercs in a completely different time period and/or setting but have the mercs themselves act 100% in character.

You can have soldier in a David lynch movie, but he's still going to call medic a hippie for all the body horror he made him go through, immediately followed by medic complementing him on what great Kiddys he has.

Their such silly little guys they somehow manage to fundamentally keep themselves the same even when their world doesn't, so maybe it's just you who can't handle all the realty shifting because you're not as cool as us lol.

[a-dope-fiend]

it makes me giggle when people genuinely try to make any of the tf2 mercenaries ''uber toxic abusive manipulators because they kill people" or smth.

bestie they are 80s saturday morning cartoon villains at worst. treating their actions with any kind of gravity is like trying to make skeletor into a serious character.

the thing that flies over literally everybody's heads is that tf2 is, at its core, an over the top absurd ''dark'' slapstick comedy game (and i say dark very loosely because i do not know the exact term for ultraviolence but make it funny). did valve "woobify" heavy when they gave him a pretty princess cosmetic. did they "woobify" the mercs by making it an option to have them wear banana hats during the game. you are supposed to laugh at everything the mercs do, not take them this seriously or analyze them this deeply.

"why did medic put spy's head in the fridge'' because it's funny. ''why did he turn a criminal into a sentient pumpkin'' because it's funny. ''why did he make cheavy explode with baboon babies'' because it's funny.

yes they do get into fights with each other but not in an ''angsty'' or "toxic" way but in a ''cartoon brawl with a big ball of smoke hanging over them'' way. like the most abusive they would get is hitting each other over the head with cartoonishly large frying pans and setting up looney tunes traps for each other. they can be silly goofy guys who love and care for eachother and they can also kill people. let me show you something called nuance.

[sepublic]

I honestly think the TF2 mercs have become the kind of timeless, classic characters that you can place into any role or situation as you please, like Popeye, Tom and Jerry, Mickey Mouse, etc. Emesis Blue is like if someone made a horror movie starring the Muppets and played it completely straight the whole way through. They’re the Looney Tunes of our generation.

[kc5rings]

I’m looking forward to Path of Life but I genuinely hope in the future we get something like Grani and the Knights Treasure again

There’s a certain humor/horror to any of the Hunters (and Skadi especially) placed in situations involving Normal Dudes that I really miss

Any time I think about Skadi smashing a hole in the side of a mountain when the actual cave entrance is like ten feet away I have a fit, it’s so looney tunes but also clearly terrifying to the mercs she’s moving through

Shoutout again to Grani for blocking a casual swipe from Skadi’s sword and only almost breaking both her arms

[tf2incorrectquotes]

Team Fortress 2 headcanons #35:

All the RED mercs and BLU mercs are actually pretty chill with each other when off-the-clock. BLU!Soldier and RED!Demoman are just the most open about it.

The second the end of the match is announced, most will stop even mid-finishing move because it's not like their stingy employers are gonna pay them for overtime. Despite the taunts and trash talk during the fight, there is no true animosity between the teams because they are all just trying to get by working for petty gajillionaires with more money than sense, and the Respawn Machine undoes any of the physical damage anyway. The worst it gets between them is a "grrr we'll get ya next time!"

Think Sam and Ralph from Looney Tunes, but bloodier.

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

Ballista I love you.

And because hes my second favorite of the mercs this comes with a few headcanons:

He runs on cartoon logic. He became a mercenary because killing and violence to him is the equivalent of a really good looney tunes gag-- the more extreme the better. Yes, he knows its wrong. No, he doesn't care. He can also shapeshift just like in canon ofc, kinda like the Warden from Superjail.

And yes, he does have hammerspace.

[iravaid]

i mean this in thee most slash jay way possible but what was in the water the past year to make everyone like this about graves. and also can i have some

If you're asking about the Graves Yaoi Prophecy, that was all me and my undiagnosed neurological condition.

If you're asking why cod of duty girlies were charmed by Graves post-MW2, I would reason to say that Warren Kole's performance as him really sells the character.

His weird little zoolander smoulder during 'your men have been... detained' is so funny to me. Again, his VA's performance turns a character that was otherwise a forgettable 'twist' villain into something that's so funny when viewed out of context:

His name is Philip Graves. Fill Graves. Are you fucking kidding me. He's a cringey girlfailure that lost a tank in a knifefight. But that's okay because he never was in the tank to begin with, of course. duh. He is this vexing, looney tunes contrast to the other more 'serious' villains (Valeria, Makarov, that guy from MW1). His Shadows are cannonfodder that get conveniently killed at every opportunity and yet he still goes about acting like they're anything more than walmart brand mercs. The MW3 trailer oddly fixates on his fertile gyrating hips as he walks through the heli. Everybody hates his entire septic pussy with a burning fucking passion and he knows it. Farah, somehow and for some reason, thinks he's the most special little handbag dog and watches out for hawks on his account. He out-snakes Shepherd by stabbing him in the back at the last moment, arguably the only enjoyable moment from MW3.

He's blond. He's texan. He will never fucking die. God bless america.

[lasagoofs]

A small but important question: Portal or TF2?

(As someone who enjoys both.)

Portal for the story, tf2 for the characters. Don't get me wrong, I love love love glados, but the mercs are just like looney tunes that you can stick into any scenario

(I agree, I also enjoy both)

[fairytale-poll]

LOSER'S BRACKET SEMI FINALS! MATCH 1 OUT OF 2

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary

General Propaganda:

come on just look at her shes so fucking cool

SHES SOOOOOOOO FUCKING COOOOLL ok so like. Lobotomy Corporation takes place in an SCP type facility where a bunch of abnormalities are living. She is one of them. She is a mostly undying humanoid creature that lives for the sole sake of hunting down the Big And Will Be Bad Wolf. She lives in your facility and will BREAK OUT of her containment if she feels that the wolf is near (or if too many people are dying). You can also hire her to assist you in taking down other abnormalities, and she's actually super good at it. And her outfit is just so sooo sick? She's so cool. Please play Lobotomy Corporation it goes on sale for like $7 every Steam Sale

She's red riding hood if red riding hood had a gun. Also she kisses women

Monster based on human subconscious aka an Abnormality based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood (duh). In this story, she was mauled by the wolf (Big And Might Be Bad Wolf) who is based on all fairy tale wolf villains. Little Red then got to work plotting her revenge and making Bloodborne-esque gear for herself and the two Abnos are locked in eternal combat of hatred for one another

She's literally the coolest, just look at her. For people who might not be so familiar with her: She's one of the abnormalities that remain locked in the Lobotomy Corporation. Her past is somewhat unclear, but she has some horrid scars on her face due to the Big Bad Wolf and she swore vengeance upon him because of that incident. This lead her to become a mercenary and she looks 1000% scarier and more badass than the wolf lol. Also, asides from the fact that she may kill half of your team if she escapes containment, she is quite chill and will even help you take care of your problems if you pay her.

little red riding hood but consumed by vengeance to the point of becoming an anomalous creature hellbent on completing her eternal battle with the wolf. intense desire for revenge. baller as fuck design. will help you kill other escaping abnormalities but you gotta pay her to do it. gets pissed off every time someone escapes containment except for that one annoying bird for absolutely no discernible reason. if you let her kill the wolf she gives you bonuses but if someone else kills the wolf she goes fucking bananas. truly an inspired feral creature of a woman.

Go girl!!! We love your unrestrained violence!

She is literally the absolute coolest!!! I mean, just look at her design! Everything about it screams fucking cool! Not to mention that her story has themes of vengeance, rage, and grief!!! And Lobotomy corporation is just the fucking best and soooooo underrated.

She's starting to fall behind so GO ON AND VOTE MERC WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR! (and buy Lobotomy Corp on steam it's not even that expensive!)

Vote for Riding Hooded Mercenary she's an Abnormality serving as a hired merc that means shes a hunter of her own kind and she WILL chase them to the ends of earth lest she dies herself or knows that damn Wolf is nearby. The cursor for sending hits on something is a wanted poster. She's WAW-classed too, a step below the most dangerous category for her ilk. she shares the class with things such as insane-ass magical girls, an eyeless flower horse turns people into wisteria gardens, fucked up and evil Little Prince, a bird judge that hangs its victims, the now-animate poisoned apple that killed Snow White, and of course the Wolf itself.

Loser's Bracket Propaganda:

little red wouldve gone so so hard if she wasnt against ylfa immediately… victory for our mercenary gal.

Riding Hooded Merc is a bonafide baddie & professional

She;s so fucking cool. almost got murdered by the wolf (also in lobcorp by the way) and she wants revenge so bad. cool as hell mercenary. also just look at her come on

I feel that they all deserve a bit more recognition as just about every Little Red Riding Hood is remembered for their story, but not their character. And I believe that the few I selected are truly well rounded characters, and amazing takes on who the character is.

the Lobotomy Corp one I know nothing about but who has a sick design (I also want the fans of this one to have a win because I liked watching the first round because of them)

Bugs Bunny

General Propaganda:

So the story is that the Three Little Pigs sell Bugs their straw and wood houses, the Big Bad Wolf blows them down, and Bugs decides to get revenge - by dressing himself up as Little Red Riding Hood, getting the Wolf to play his part in that story, and then messing with him as only Bugs can. Here's the video if you've never seen it: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6vk41x

Bugs Bunny is an icon and he was so good for his role in this short. When he and the wolf realized they could work together against the pigs... oh my God. Come on Tumblr, you have to admit they had a little gay tension between them. Besides, at the end, when the brick house comes down and the wolf, so surprised and proud of himself exclaims "I did it!" and then it pans over to Bugs with the bomb and he slyly adds "We did it!" communist Bugs canon.

I love Bugs but badass little girls with the personality of a gruff action heroes are everything to 12 year old girls.

Loser's Bracket Propaganda:

Bugs Bunny winning would just be really funny

[lunarsilkscreen]

The two Marvel Multi-verses

There are two main marvel multi-verses in all of marvel-dom. Well, three is you count the one where the marvel creators are literally the gods of creation.

The third one usually becomes something like the TVA (Television Authority){I mean Time Verification [Author]ity} yes, it's literally a joke between MCU and MFU {MarvFlix Universe, which is Marvel that isn't meant to be in Cinema}

But, it's typically because it's an Aid to the second main Marvel Universe; the Comedy.

This is something like Adam Wests bataman, or Batman the brave and the bold. Where it's sometimes serious, but mostly to drive the plot forward. Overall; nothing about it is serious.

This is where Deadpool shine. This middle ground between Looney Tunes and Real Life. "Who framed Roger Rabbit" style of grit.

It includes most of the characters that nobody ever takes seriously. Like Modok and Howard the Duck. (Not to be Confused with Howard the Stark)

The entire point of this universe is to take it to its logical absurdity.

Which contrasts the Main Multiverse; The Serious-Verse. Where comedy serves to make the content more palatable.

It's a stark contrast and the two don't often meet, but when they do; it usually causes any of the interactions to become non-cannon; or forced into the absurdverse.

A more accessible example would be any of the "Un-sets" of Magic the Gathering. Where literal joke cards are printed and none of the cards are legal because of their absurdity.

Which were starting to see more mechanics of online and digital variants since the mechanics aren't as absurd or gamebreaking there.

To be Clear; Deadpool from the original MCU and Deadpool 1 are closer to the serious universe.

Deadpool 2+ we can see as definitely being more for the lulz

There are all variants; like the Haller-Verse. Or the universe and potentially entire multi-verse reserved for David Haller and his tendency to become the most powerful being, and thus; very alone.

Personally; I would like to see more badass merc with a mouth as opposed to demigod-pool. But I also think it's funny they gave him his own "spider-verse" because of having all the genetic mutations--Including Spiderman's.

It implys being able to contact your alternate selves is a mutant power in its own right, but it's borderline... absurd territory.

It's these two multiverses that create a lot of tension in the fandom as well. Which powers are canon? Which stories are canon? And to which universe? Let alone: which multiverse?

Because; depending on which universe or multiverse, some of them actually help certain superheroes, and they don't get that benefit in other universes (or multiverses)

But they would if they figure out how to get to the place that supports their power better. Kinda like Flash with the Speed force; Every iteration of him is always this super fast guy, but *sometimes* he has a whole universe of power at his toe-tips.

I like the serious stories that are more down to earth. The stakes are smaller, and I dislike when one hero gets relegated to two decisions; save or destroy the universe. With the option of "doing nothing" akin to destroying it.

While a lot of fans love the spectacles and these life or death decisions; I want a superhero who asks; "Why?" With the implication that helping can hurt just as much as doing nothing.

A lot of people give Anime a lot of shit for characters that overthink *everything* but there's a reason that they're just as popular as Western media. And why DBZ was one of the first to bridge the gap between the two.

I think it's one of the real avenues not really explored; despite your Iron Fist guy and your Jessica "Not the Hulk" Jones characters. Because they embody a kind of active; Nihilism, or non-action.

"Why do I gotta do it? Because nobody else can." Mentality.

Literally; in a world of superheroes... That statement couldn't be further from the truth.

That's the current age of superhero by the way; That necessity to take up the mantle because some Author-God gave you the power, so you *need* to live the life too.

"you don't have a choice, you don't have free will, the gods decreed it." Despite all evidence to the contrary...

What isn't explored in the media is the idea that "You were given the power sure; but you were given it because of your ability to choose the right way to use it. Not because you need to use it in a certain way"

Instead we have the Serious-Verse. And the Comedic-Verse, which is the logical conclusion to every Serious-Verse. When you take yourself too seriously; it becomes absurd.

What we needed was a Heath Ledger verse. The only Joker to actively tell both Batman and Criminal alike; "You don't need to do this."

Though; he did have that propensity for evil so. Maybe not much.

[aprofessionalwithoutstandards]

I understand ppls desires for like- dark serious sexy characterizations. there’s a lot of stuff about being in control/giving up control I get it fr. but I personally REALLY love the intimacy of being silly w others and I need to see more of the mercs to have looney toons sex (genuine)

LITERALLYYYY LITERALLY! One of my favorite parts of my lil petplay fic is including Medic and Sniper laughing at themselves bc that's what kink is like sometimes! I also understand people's desire for Dark Serious Sexy fan content, but it's not rlly my bag. I think such a big part of kink for me is realizing that it doesn't HAVE to be "serious" to be worth doing, that I get to do things that are fun and make me happy even if they're "silly" or "cringey." It's called "play" for a reason! So yeah. Put jokes in your tf2 porn. Put Looney Tunes logic in your tf2 porn. Have characters laugh and break roles and ask if everything's okay in the middle of a scene. That's what kink's all about!

[artoatsblog]

My ass cannot wait a week too info dump about TF2 au's

Baby team fortress 2, (Baby Looney tunes except TF2).

Jeremy nicknamed Scout is the trouble maker of the group, he's usually the one who has to learn a lesson at the end of every episode.

Sebastian nicknamed Spy is Scout's half brother (Sebastian is the red spy in the blue Spy is both Scout and red Spy's dad) and thinks he is too good for anyone in anything he encounters he eventually does the silly Goofy stuff like the other Mercs do, Don't worry.

Jane's nickname is soldier and he's a ""tomboy"" (pre-realization trans boy) who loves to get dirty and violents.

No one knows what Pyro's real name is, but they're the nicest kid in the nursery/daycare/foster home/ whatever you want this to be, he sometimes bites one on whatever he can get his hands on despite the fact no one can see her mouth.

Travis nicknamed Demo is a very nice and sensitive kid who ironically enough is best friends with Soldier his ideas are just as awful as his best friends, he just more of a scaredy cat.

Masha nicknamed Heavy looks like an intimidating bully, the keyword being looks because in reality he's polite and responsible and smart :), he's the oldest but that's only by half a month also his the only one who can read.

Dell's nickname is engineer and he's in every man but not a "nice guy" every man, a "cheeky little shit" every man, mostly based off 1990s and 2000s cartoon main characters, he gets along with everyone decently well except Scout.

Ludwig nicknamed Medic is... Well... it's Medic, so, in all seriousness he's not as bad as the OG medic, but he does love to bring dead animal parts into the house. Him and the heavy are best friends, because there Heavy and Medic.

Mick nicknamed Sniper is "the new kid" tm and is extremely shy and doesn't talk to most of the other kids often He's best friends at the other kid no one can understand pyro.

And The administrator is a sweet grandma Who totally doesn't secretly harbor her real self under a facade, no way, despite her nature She does love all of her kids, she also has a niece named Francine Pauling who sometimes comes by to help.

[whynotzoidbergdotorg]

Quick Promo I Guess Lol

I’m Pumpkin, 23, I use she/her pronouns!!

I dabble in the self-shipping from time to time, so you’ll see that art when I’m not too busy with commissions or art challenges.

My current Special Interests/Hyperfixations are Venture Bros, Team Fortress 2, and Portal, so expect to see some of that here!!

I also like Ducktales/Darkwing Duck, Looney Tunes, as well as other stuff that will occasionally pop up on here :>

My current main F/Os are The Monarch (Vbros), Dr. Girlfriend (also Vbros), Dr. Orpheus (also also Vbros), Scrooge McDuck, and all 9 of the TF2 Mercs (who I post the most about varies on whatever I’m currently feeling)

Feel free to send me asks or what-not, I don’t bite lol

[icy-seal]

"You're not meant to take the tf2 mercs seriously" Just tell me ur boring and can't fathom media more complex than looney tunes lmao 😭

[heavysass]

one of my favorite tf2 headcanons is that spy isn't french at all. he's a new yorker. he's canadian. or english, actually. guy was born in a swagless place and realized he would never be seen as the mysterious and enchanting smoothtalker he was aiming to be with his natural accent and birth cultural baggage so he fabricated all of his agent persona with a nationality that would compliment it. there's no one alive that knows the truth, he made sure of it.