#not a normal guardian in this team tho

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Houndy finding teammates.

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Finally the last team for my au is introduced, Cass and her new friends!! Been waiting a while to post this but last week I was a bit under the weather. So I posted a bit earlier than usual this week.

Cass being part of a team means there are 5 kid teams (tho Dick's team are just about adults anyways), all the kids having their own friend group outside of the bat family was something I wanted to do. It took a lot of digging to find all available heroes that could not only fit into their age groups but also produce the character interactions that I wanted.

Cass was never really part of a 'teen titans' styled team of her own(well except for like two issues of Young Justice) tho she did occasionally interact with other young heroes. She would be part of (non-bat) teams sometimes, like the outsiders and currently Birds of Prey but not a kids team. Part of why is because she debuted as near adult (17) and also stuck mostly with the batfam. I also got the sense that Bruce wanted her to focus on her batgirl duties, and wouldn't want her to be distracted with having other hero friends.

Though circumstances are different in this au, and with Jason,Steph, and Tim having their teams, Babs gets the idea to get Cass a team of her own! Friends are important to have and Babs wants Cass to have the full benefits that friendship offers!

So here's the members of this team:

Top row- Natasha Irons (Steel, like her uncle), Ray Terrill (the Ray), Arisia Rrab (Green Lantern)

Middle row- Traci Thirteen, Lorena Marquez (Aquagirl), Cass Cain (Batgirl), Connor Hawke (Green Lantern), Cody Driscoll (Risk)

Bottom Row- Jenni Ognats (XS), Grace Choi

Also while not shown on this page, there's also Wendy Jones aka Windfall and Carrie Levine aka Red Wing. You'll see them down below in the other drawings.

Over time I'd like to get more into team along with their interactions with Cass but for now lets just concentrate on a few of them. Starting with the Lantern of the group, Arisia Rrab.

Arisia is currently a Green Lantern in training, just like in canon her family has a history of becoming Lanterns. But Lanterns live dangerous lives and after the death of her parents Arisia was chosen by the ring to be next. Normally the corps don't induct children into their ranks, but Arisia is a special case. Since she just a trainee I decided to have her be mentored by Hal Jordan and John Stewart on Earth, similar to how Hal was trained by Sinestro. As for her sector, it's probably being watched by temporary Lanterns (maybe from the honor guard?)

Her training will probably last longer that Hal since Arisia is a kid and will need more guidance, also in my au the Guardians have a bit more rules regarding minors and more safeguards. So Hal and John try to take care of her and any accommodations she needs as a kid. Hal kinda hates the added responsibility, tho he's slowly learning to enjoy having a sidekick of his own. The other lanterns like to help out sometimes, with Katma being esp fond of her. Btw you know how right after crisis there were a bunch of lanterns living on earth and had this fancy house built, I think that's where I'm gonna put Arisia in as her living place. Like I said, Hal and John try to make sure she's still ok.

Also for added info, for John, he isn't a back up lantern like how he started out in canon. When he started out, there was only one lantern per sector but in the 2000s that got bumped up to two (earth is special and gets like a million lol). I'm just rewriting the rules in this au so that there's always been a 2 lantern per sector rule. He also started a bit earlier, not long after Hal.

Anyways, Arisia is now on earth experiencing earth culture and even attending school in Coast City, she loves learning and is focused on doing well in both school and GL training. She decided to join a kids team to get better experience in crime fighting and is enjoying making new friends. I wanted her with Cass because I thought Cass would benefit with having a mature, studious kid as a friend (Babs certainly thinks Arisia is a good influence on her) but also I'd think it would be funny if Cass does something profoundly weird and unhinged and Arisia simply assumes that all earthlings are like that ("oh, you just emptied my fridge while I was gone, I guess that's just normal on earth").

Also you can see up there that Arisia also has to deal with the other kid lanterns that are popping up, I've already posted about Rankorr and Miri. Miri is pretty annoying to Arisia and keeps trying to convert her to the violet lantern corps, Arisia tries to avoid her. She gets along a bit better with Rankorr but is a bit intimidated by him. You can also see that there's a Blue Lantern (Nicole Morrison) and a Yellow Lantern (Nax). I'll probably talk about them another time, suffice to say that Arisia seems to have been given the mission to keep an eye on these other young lanterns and see what exactly their up too.

Also I'm just gonna get this outta the way, I'm not aging up Arisia nor am I gonna her and Hal get romantically involved. Not even gonna elude to it, I'm just straight up ignoring all that. Arisia is a kid and staying that way, and Hal is just her loser mentor.

Now lets go on ahead to the speedster, Jenni Ognats aka XS.

Just like in the comics Jenni is from the future, and is the granddaughter of Barry Allen aka the Flash. Atm I'm not entirely sure how her story goes because there a lot of time travel involved and time travel plotlines always confuse me. Lets just say while trying to train for the Legion of Super-Heroes (who are kids not teens btw) try-outs, she ends up going a little too fast and ends up in the 21st century. Barry and Iris (who've just gotten engaged) are shocked by Jenni's abrupt appearance but decide to take her in and take care of her while they try to figure out how to send her home.

Barry adores her and both of them get along pretty well since they seem to have similar temperaments. Jenni likes to trail after him and help sometimes with fighting crime, its great training for her future with the legion. Wally down there is a bit jealous of their great bond but feels a bit guilty over it since Jenni is very sweet and likes/respects Wally as well. At least she doesn't annoy him like the other kiddie speedsters.

Jenni starts off a bit timid and insecure in the comics so thats how she's starting off here too. Maybe being in a team with Cass with help her out, hanging with someone very confident (arrogant even) can inspire her to be more secure in herself. Jenni also gets along with Arisia as well, their is an easy camaraderie between them. Plus they both know they both have a time limit on this earth/time and are trying to enjoy their time here while they can.

Lets go on with the others, like Ray Terrill aka the Ray.

Ray was one of the first members of the team I'd considered for Cass's team and thats because they share something in common. And thats a childhood kept in isolation, though it manifested differently. Ray lived almost his entire life (until age 18) indoors because his 'father' (actually uncle) told him sunlight would kill him. It was actually the opposite since Ray has the power of light. I suppose in this au his uncle died earlier so Ray discovers his powers sooner. Perhaps he also found his mother and maybe lives with her as well?

He and Cass tend to bond over their lack of interaction with society and how it affected them, honestly I don't think it got the focus it should have gotten in Ray's own comic. Being raised like that and only having the tv as your window into the outside world, Ray should be a much weirder and awkward person. But while Cass didn't even have television, she understands Ray few others can. I kinda want to make Ray a bit of a 'right-hand' man to Cass, and at first I even played with the idea of having Ray crush on Cass a bit. I dropped that when I learned he was gay in rebirth, tho I think having their connection be platonic makes it work better.

Here's some doodles of this team, along with a bonus Koryak.

Look at Ray and Cass looking cool, as they should be!

The girl in pink in the bottom row was me trying to figure out how to draw Natasha Irons, just trying to play around with color pallets and hair styles. Also looks like Lorena and Koryak seem rather interested in each other.

Speaking of Lorena aka Aquagirl, lets go into her.

I say Aquagirl but since Tula is currently using that maybe I should have her be Aqualass (should I make Koryak aquaboy? eh). Her being here basically means the Sub Diego incident occurred, I thought of her getting her powers another way but I liked that story line so I'm keeping it. She tends to split her time between Sub Diego and Atlantis and is currently being trained by Aquaman. Tula helps with training as well and is overjoyed at having her own mini sidekick.

Lorena, along with Ray, was one of the first members I put on the team and one reason is that I think that she and Cass would have a pretty good chemistry together. Kinda similar to what Cass and Steph had in the comics but certain vital differences. For one there's far less of power imbalance with Lorena being a meta, so Cass wouldn't see her as needing protection. This works on a social level as well, since not only in Lorena and Cass in different 'families', Lorena isn't outcasted like canon Steph.

Also, while I wouldn't call Steph insecure really, she had some baggage with how much better Cass was in hero work. Lorena doesn't really care about Cass's skill level, like at all, she treats Cass as an equal and expects the same in return. Cass kinda respects this in a way, and likes that someone just see her a someone 'regular'. Lorena is slowly teaching Cass to just chill out and hang out like regular kids do, which is one of the goals that Babs was aiming for.

In drawing I posted a while back, I had Babs and Tula meet and become friends, primarily so that they could arrange a 'playdate' for Lorena and Cass. Leading into the rest of the team overtime. Here's the first meeting between them actually:

Lorena makes her splash into Cass's life, I wonder if Lorena will introduce Cass to actual mermaids.

Here's some extra doodles for the team.

Up there is Carrie and Wendy, who I didn't put in that first drawing, no room. Carrie on the left is the youngest of the team and shows it. She's very naive and looks up to the others a lot esp Cass (she's so cool!! :D), hopefully she has a better fate than what she got in the comics.

Wendy on right was part of the outsiders, and before that a villain group called the Masters of Disasters. Since she's younger (in fact I deaged her by a year or two) she got rescued from her abusive sister and is now trying to become a hero. Batman recommended her to Babs who put her on the team. Having a evil family member and being forced to be evil is something Cass understands, tho Wendy is still a bit intimidated by her a bit. But I think they could learn to get along. Also look at Ray looking fancy, always thought his costume looked like a band/military outfit.

Later on I can get into the others but I'm still reading and refining what I want out of their interactions with Cass so thats for another time.

Here's a concept doodle of the first team line-up here.

You can see that I put in Mia aka Cir-El as the super of the group, I thought that her being the 'daughter' of Superman it'd be funny to have her team up with Cass, the daughter of Batman. But I couldn't really make them click in my head and decided to go with Natasha as the super. I felt a bit bad cuz Mia was a fun little character but that's how it goes. Maybe she'll team up now and then as an ally of sorts.

And lastly, here's a group shot of the team after I finally settled on what I wanted the line-up to be! Here they are:

Btw, I don't have a name for this team, like with Steph, but if anybody has any suggestions let me know! I kinda asked for help earlier with Steph's team but I didn't get a name that worked for me (maybe I'm just too picky). In exchanged, I can give you a free doodle of any character of your choice.

Well, hoped you liked all of that, take care!

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quick question (pun intended, even though I’m not asking abt him XD) what is Shadow Man’s role/personality like in your AU? From what I’ve seen, it’s like he’s pretty young and Top Man is kind of his friend? Guardian?

Hiiiiiii, ur ask got me so excited I yelled in my car on my way home from work/so so so positive

So. The 3 bots!!! They are so so cute to me (I call everything cute) because I love that they were made to function specifically as a team! A team to travel space together and mine power crystals?? They are so fun.

After the events of the 3rd game (which I will. Hopefully draw out one day) the 3 bots actually get to do their job!!! (After a lot of convincing from dr.light to the government or w/e that these robots will not go rogue again.)

Top (the leader), Needle, Spark, Magnet, Hard, Snake and Gemini all travel into space in a giant ship (I like to imagine they reused gamma in some way for this…I haven’t drawn it out yet tho) and investigate interstellar power sources!

Their missions are going great and their reports back to Light are pretty normal! Until…

During one if his expeditions, Top stumbles upon an injured robot…in the middle of space??

Concerned, they take him back to their ship where he quickly charms the entire crew with his odd personality and adowable face. He doesn’t talk much, but he’s super excited to meet everyone, especially Top.

Eventually, they go back home to Earth and bring the mystery robot to Doctor Light but for some reason-

They have *absolutely* not clue what the hell he’s made out of. Although he has the looks of a robot, he seemingly doesn’t have any actually mechanical components! Anytime they try to get a reading on what’s goin on in there, the images come out blurry and weird. Light worries about what would happen if Wily heard about this mysterious life form….(spoiler alert. He totally hears about it later)

In the meantime, the 3 bots offer to keep an eye on him. Light allows it, and thus, we have the final full 3rd group!

With a great team spirit and hardworking attitudes the 3 bots have a bit more spice added to their lives with the addition of “Shadowman”! Named such due to his tendency to hide behind others like a shadow :^3

It must’ve been fate that lead them to each other…

Or was it?

(Spoiler. It wasn’t)

Anyways. TLDR- yes, Top is like a guardian of sorts for Shadow lmao. He found a weird space baby and said “yeah, I’ll adopt him.” Little did he know that the space baby had this all planned from the beginning.

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ao3 account

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Smashing skulls in - Yandere Casper

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Rook being an ex figure skater

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Don't try messing with me

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YV boys and the states

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Galactik Football season 3 rewatch, eps 25 - 26

The final let's go!

Episode 25:

Mei has a plushy awwww

Announcer: And now, here are Callie, Nork and Barry! Artegor: And Artegor ☝.

LOL he says it so calmly. The disrespect tho

Sonny: Still looking for the multi-flux bomb. Clamp: Let's just hope they find it in time. Otherwise Akillian will share the same fate as the Shadows planet in the last GFC. And the Breath could disappear, definitely not what we need right now

Yes Clamp, the Breath disappearing is the main concern if there is a big explosion on your planet

Remind me again why Sonny and the gang don't run over to Akillian to find the bomb? Or why no one alerts Akillian authorities at all? Shouldn't we get SOMEONE other than Aarch and Norata to look for it?

Aww Tia getting Mark to open up, she's such a good captain and friend to everyone <3 She's come far from her more distant self at the very beginning

Mark: Thanks Tia, maybe you're right. It must be my imagination!

Mark how on earth did you come to that conclusion from what Tia just said

So on Sinedd's integration in the team...

While everyone else, even D'jok, seem to have accepted Sinedd back well enough, Mice still hates him and literally gags at the idea of him being on the team. I kind of wish his objection was taken more seriously in the writing – the narrative acts as if D'jok is the main person that has to settle his scores with Sinedd, but forgets that Micro-Ice was Sinedd's main target for years, and according to that flashback, they used to be a trio (although from the flashback you could also say Sinedd didn't care for him back then either lol). His reaction is pretty understandable and although he should still be keeping it professional, they shouldn't really expect him to forgive him. That dynamic could have been interesting, but we never get a confrontation or any closure between the two because Micro-Ice as a character is just there to be laughed at this season.

When Maya calls D'jok she kind of makes it sound like they should accept Sinedd because he's had it hard, which I'm not a huge fan of. First of all because in this season they had her act more as a guardian to Sinedd than D'jok, who also lost himself down the wrong path for a while there, but also because I think the reasoning for accepting him should be that he has swallowed his pride and is genuinely trying to be a better person. Otherwise it sounds a bit like “having a sob story is a justification for acting out”. I know that wasn't the intention, but still, it's in the details.

But Maya is right that D'jok and Sinedd are parallels of each other. Both grew up without their biological parents, both are extremely competitive and put huge importance on their ambitions and success, both are prone to lashing out at others when distressed. But D'jok was luckier and had an adoptive mother, and ended up with good friends who could keep him in check. They turned out differently due to different upbringing but both made mistakes and hurt others – D'jok knows this so is more humble and doesn't give Sinedd a hard time. Sinedd also saved his life, so there's that too.

Rocket: Even if D'jok and Sinedd are rivals, they're still like brothers.

UMMMMMMMMM that's taking it too far. Sinedd running off to the Shadows wasn't what put them against each other, neither was the fact he dated Mei. He was already being unpleasant all the time in season 1 and it was implied it has been that way for a long time. D'jok didn't show any regret or whatever in season 1 - he had no problem responding to Sinedd's provocations with taunts about him not having friends LOL. If they were like brothers, it was way too long ago for Rocket to be making that comment

When bro grabs your wrist instead of giving you a normal handshake #nohomo

Anyway I like this convo between D'jok and Sinedd and how it ends, for all the reasons that they're parallels as I mentioned above. But the first few lines are a bit funny because D'jok actually HASN'T been fighting him lately, it sounds as if they're making up after fighting about Mei but that's... not really what's been happening? But moving on, this is functionally an apology from Sinedd, but again he should apologise to Mice too.

Also with Sinedd saying he wants to be a good person now so his family can be proud of him... ehhhh I still think his development should have started earlier. His whole problem was that his response to growing up without family was to put others down – so the solution is to... give him a family so he'll stop doing that? I'm simplifying it but I just think it would be more impactful if he tried to turn things around before meeting his actual parents. Sure, they can still be a motivation and encourage him, but yeah.

I mean it still works with him finding his parents, realising that love and affection was all he wanted and that he was wrong to take it out on others... but at least bring the parents in earlier in the season because as it is, it's just too rushed. Honestly you could just get rid of the fake parents storyline – it was done so we can see Sinedd at his low point, but you could already have him like that after the events of season 2. It would feel like a natural continuation and you can bring the real parents in earlier.

Last note: MAN does the voice acting suck here lol

SDJHSDFHJSDF AARCH AND NORATA ON THE SNOWMOBILE I LOVE OLDER MEN ACTION

Norata, watching Rocket use the jet ski is not the same as knowing how to use the jet ski. Wait why does Aarch call it a jet ski, it's a snowmobile. A jet ski is on water lmao – his mind is still in Paradisia. I get it, Aarch, I get it

Aw Dame Simbai stepping in to do the speech giving now that Aarch is gone, it's nice to see how much she cares about this team succeeding too. But a bit hyperbolic to say this is the most important match of their lives, as opposed to the other finals :P

Technoid's security is on maximum alert? So barely functioning then

Nikki-4's voice is so surly I love it lol

I was complaining about Aarch leaving the team but him getting to have galaxy-saving shenanigans with Norata? Iconic actually

Aarch: Holy ice age!

Ah so there's our expletive stand-in

Damn that was an intense face-off, Nikki-4 is so strong

Tia earlier this episode: Don't worry Mark you won't have to face off against Nina -> FAST FORWARD OOPS

GO MARK!

Why is there a cloud of dust every time someone gets thrown to the floor, do y'all not clean it

Why is confetti already flying? Must be reused footage.

Tia telling Ahito to pay attention but this goal? That didn't happen because he woke up too late lol, defence should have been helping more

Ayo why do other goalies not have protective gloves like Ahito? I guess most aliens can take it

In hindsight they should have really predicted there would be some sort of security around the bomb

I just wanna showcase this comment and all it implies:

Episode 26:

Oooo Aarch and Norata are using the Breath to fight this robot, I wonder if this will have consequences. Perhaps they would have shown it in season 4?

Yaaay Micro-Ice with the sick dribbling!

SDFJKDFSJK THEY'RE JUST CHILLING THERE LIKE THEY'RE IN A LOONEY TUNES CARTOON

Aarch pressing the big red button before Norata that's SUCH a sibling moment, reminds me of when my brother and I would fight to push the button for the lift

The players have been using the flux more externally lately, like shooting it at the ball instead of just using it to power themselves up. I feel like this has been happening more since the Paradisia final where they had to use flux to evacuate the planet, which makes sense

Bennett: Someone has activated the bomb, it's going to explode any second! Sonny: Did you hear him? Get out of there, now! Aarch: We're not going anywhere! Meanwhile, Norata: 🏃‍♂️💨💨💨

Honestly what a comedic duo I'm enjoying this

The solution is to just yeet the bomb into space ahhahahahha I know the Breath makes them strong, but THAT strong?

It's so funny how due to losing the Breath, Sinedd is just free-falling for like 100m but it cuts away to show the other players losing their flux LOL. RIP Sinedd, what a way to go.

Kind of interesting that compared to the Shadows last season, who physically didn't seem affected by the loss of flux (they just suddenly sucked at football. love that match), the Akillians are immediately drained physically and wiping out.

Wait..... being tired out.......... is Ahito gonna restore their flux because he's been storing it inside him?

Omg yes he is

Woahh!! He not only drew the Breath back to the Snow Kids, but pulled in so much it manifested in all flux holders around him! Ahito so powerful they had to nerf him with the narcolepsy

Sonja has the Breath! Wait so even before the glaciation and the ban on flux, only certain people could manifest it? Interesting

Maybe one day Sonny can just watch his son play in the GFC final without having to save the galaxy at the exact same time, but until then it's business as usual

Is it just me or does the Breath look like a deeper shade of blue sometimes in this season

Artegor: And he passes to Tia, who takes flight!

Yeaaaaahhh angel Tia imagery again

Y'know considering how much time D'jok spent with team Paradisia I feel like they should have had more moments of rivalry in this match but hey ho

I know it's just animation reuse but Sinedd scoring the final goal with the exact same move D'jok scored his first epic goal with is pretty poetic. And of course Sinedd generally being the one to score that point (but still, couldn't we get some new animation for the winning goal?)

The way they animate Harris really looks like they wanted him to be like the Joker

Mark jumping up to save Nina from falling – oh so NOW falling from a great height can kill them! Honestly there have probably been fatalities in this sport

Awww Tia getting them to all hold the cup, that's so sweet. I love her

Iconic last shot, I'm not crying you're crying ;v;

Yes one last Mice delight advert is exactly what this season needed in its finale /s

So looks like Mei and Sinedd are going ahead as a couple

They really settled the Team Paradisia stuff with one sentence about them being taken care of by Chief Maddox huh. I suppose they were gonna put the Mark x Nina resolution in season 4? Idk, Team Paradisia deserved better

So Aarch is back to coaching, but for Club Galactik right? Makes sense, he still wants the job but this will be less intensive and will allow him more time to settle down with Adim and their future child. The Snow Kids will be just fine on their own. Well, when it comes to football anyway. Can't make any promises about Pirate-related adventures :P

Aaaaaand there it is... ok I always knew this was coming even when I watched the show for the first time, but it must have been so insane to watch back when it first aired. Like, everything is calmly wrapping up and then SUDDENLY the holo-trainer goes weird and the kids disappear with Mei and Micro-Ice. We linger on this for a few seconds aaaaaand.... THAT'S IT! END OF SEASON! I would have gone apeshit too

This is like a transporter malfunction from Star Trek lol, although I'm wondering how that can even happen, like does the holo-trainer actually teleport people then? Anyway I honestly don't care THAT much about the ending if I'm honest, like I get that it was a last ditch effort to get the show renewed as the higher ups obviously didn't have much faith in it with that budget slash, so I can easily just pretend those last few seconds didn't happen and it ended with the Snow Kids happily going into the holo-trainer to help teach the next generation. It's not great, but it doesn't really ruin the season for me

Soooooooooo uuuuuuhhhh.... that was it! Yeeeah I'm not a huge fan of this season, but I don't hate it with a burning passion. Except at certain points. As a whole it's more,, disappointment for what could have been. I think I'm glad we have it, because it really is jam packed with interesting concepts and I think if the writing were better, it genuinely could have been the best season. The previous seasons certainly aren't ATLA-levels of writing either but the main emotional beats worked well, whereas here it's a lot more all over the place.

Generally I feel like the team behind this season had the ambition and the vision, I mean we have Sinedd redeeming himself, a multi-flux tournament, a non-Akillian joining the team, players leaving for other teams, Aarch deciding to retire and the Snow Kids being experienced and mature enough to handle that, a "main" couple not staying together since they were teenagers... all interesting things! It's not a soulless production that doesn't try to change the status quo, but I think they just didn't manage to pull it together. There was a LOT going on with a lot of characters but ultimately there wasn't enough time for the development to feel natural and stick.

Outside of that, some characters were flanderised, yeah. Looking at you, Micro-Ice. Wait, they never even finished that plotline about him, Yuki and Zo-leen! Wtf! On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised at how some characters were handled, like Mei. It would have been so easy to villainise her but they treated her with respect, which was cool. As for the other Snow Kids, a lot of it was just romance drama shoehorned in, which gets boring when the supporting cast don't have anything else going on.

Production-wise, they did the best with the budget they got but yeah it does suck because the matches with all the cool moves were one of the selling points of the series. But here most of the games just felt like "A, B and C needs to happen, and for the rest let's just throw in some filler moves". Direction is not just down to the animation itself - types of shots, camera movement, transitions, music... all these little details were lacking so the matches ended up being kinda bland in comparison to the previous seasons. There were some creative additions though, like the Elektra's flux.

I think I've already expressed my thoughts on everything else during the commentaries, so yeah it's been fun! Hope they've been fun to read ^^

[elytra404]

so i love coming up with au's for my fandoms that ill never actually write, so yk what? its time to make them a tumblr series!! first up?

ely's hypothetical dsmp marvel au!!!

Meet: the avengers, though their fans tend to call them the sleepy bois! (an inside joke from when the iron bird may have fallen asleep before a very important conference). The line up is as follows!

The Iron Bird! This man, also know as Phil, or Philza affectionately, got rich from a mix of inheritance and coding skills! This one man army can rival all of Nintendo! Well, a man and a robot, if you include his highly advanced digital assistant!

Wilbur! More commonly known by the superhero name, Retrocognition, Wilbur is Philza's assistant! originally created as an ai, he now has a body thanks to the infinity stone in his head! He was originally made as a replica of Philza's son, whose death pushed him to becoming a superhero, but Wilbur has grown into his own being!

This brings us to Philza and Wilbur's first real friend for years, Fire ant. Moved on from her days as a german spy, Fire Ant now works for Phil and helps him in his superhero escapades! Those close to her know her as Niki, and well her instincts are sharp and her mind suspicious, she can make a mean pastry.

And now, coming out of the ice for the first time in decades, its Captain America! She may be a tad old, and catching on lost time, but shes still as strong as ever! Her real name is Cara, but her friends call her Puffy! Why? Nobody really remembers to be honest. Shes our favorite super soldier, and a complete bad ass when shes not trying to figure out how a phone works!

Next in the line up, the great god of thunder, Tho- oh, sorry, turns out he now prefers the more 'human' 'discrete' name of Technoblade? Well, no matter the name, Techno is a wonderful god! Loyal to his hammer, the orphan obliterator! (turns out Milnor was a mistranslation? well thank god(s) for that!) A tad absentminded, and always cracking jokes about some kind of wall, he may just be the most powerful on the team.

But our team wouldn't be complete without our final three! Why, its Goop, Hawkeye, and... Fundy? Sure!

First off, the amazing Goop! Thanks to some gamma rays, great scientist Charlie Sicle became some what of a monster. He's a totally normal man with a perfectly normal bone structure, until you make him mad! Then, well you ever heard of a d&d ooze? Yea... you can have fun with that.

Then, we have Hawkeye. Also known as Jack Manifold (hes not the best at secret identities), this super powered hero is... what is he actually? Why do they keep him around? Well... anyway this family man is probably a wonderful addition to the team!

And last but certainly not least, its the wonderful Fundy! Quickly taken in by Wilbur, this 15 year old was granted out of this world powers by a space stone! And with a slightly unhealthy amount of trauma and self loathing, what teen wouldn't want to be this orange wizard!

Of course, we have other heros! From Sneegsnag the bug man, to Spidered the purple spider hero, Foolish the wizard sorcerer, to King Ponk of Wakanda (and more importantly king of his lemon orchid). Many wonderful heros to beat all the terrorists in this galaxy!

And if its more heroes in the galaxy your looking for, may I introduce the wonderful Guardians of our galaxy?

Starting with our self selected caption, Tommy Inn! Tommy was swooped up as a young boy by aliens, with only his mothers favorite music disc and a handheld player to his name. He protects those discs with his life, almost more then he protects his own life!

Then, of course, we cant talk about the legendary captain without his newly full time best friend! Tho he used to be an enemy, Tubbo is down for the ride! If not a little skeptical of his best friends planning abilities. Former son of Madre, he's ready to gaurd that galaxy!

Of course we can't talk about the guardian without discussing Ranboo! This little devil was made in a lab, and looks oddly similar to a minecraft enderman! A tad insecure, this he/they will not hesitate to bite you.

And of course, Ranboo's loyal companion, Aimsey. Aimsey's species is apparently very close to this earth cartoon Tommy keeps talking about, Adventure time. However Aimsey and their complex language of "I am Aimsey" is a much needed team member.

And now you know the heros of our tales! Fighting Madre, who dreams of creating his own universe with the infinity stones, who knows what could come next!

(partially inspired by and helped with some stuff- @mariposathebutterflyboy )

[mypromptlair]

TCF Prompt 25

38 year old Kim Rok Soo has lived a hard, tiring life on earth, all he wants to do with the rest of his life is to slack and live a comfortable life.

So when he awakens in a new body(and name), in a forest next to a beautiful field, with a system and some elementals by his side he takes it surprisingly in stride. There was nothing left for him on earth after all, but perhaps with this he can finally achieve his dream! Especially with how well his goods, etc eventually sell for.

Is what he thought. He should have known it was a giant red flag when things started off so well. Now he is suddenly a guardian to 3 kids(2 cats and a dragon he somehow saved), has a persistent protective knight/ex-hero(who also transmigrated here, and isn't that a story in itself...A old hero forgotten for 100 years who defeated a man known as the white star), a ex-assassin and his son who is a chef who moved themselves in without asking, a crown prince who is insistent on forming a contract with for his wares(hello golden plaque), along with many others.

Aigoo, his poor life.

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He goes by "Cale Thames" at first, he is not blood related to the Henituse's. But when Deruth meets him when he goes to set up his farm, etc, he believes him to be his old friend Jours son, so has him put under his protection, etc. And he becomes Cale Henituse if wanted.

Choi Han defeated the White Star when he first transmigrated, however he never seemed to age and eventually left normal society and soon became nothing more but a old tale for children. One day he had fallen and hurt his foot after saving two kittens from the Cat Tribe, which eventually lead them to Cale.(He does find out Cale was formally Kim Rok Soo. He is both happy and sad, as he was friends with his nephew who had passed).

The AP's are the elementals/cheats Cale was given. The System was created by GoD.

Cale still has his 'adventures', but there's no big war he has to fight(tho somehow he helps the civil wars with Toonka and the Whales, ugh). He still overworks himself and coughs up blood and makes himself sick on occasion much to the worry of everyone around him.

He doesn't know why Ron and Beacrox suddenly appeared and moved in to help, but they are not leaving anytime soon..at least he has delicious food...the lemons..not so much and he could do without. But...it's..kind of nice..to be taken care of in such a way...

Cale is still adopted by Eruhaben, Ron and Fredo(and Henituse fam).

Cale and Alberu are sibling and scammer team goals.

Lots of fluff, hurt/comfort, and of everyone finally finding a family and a place to call home(and if they happen to all slowly heal from all their past traumas along the way, then even the better).

....Cloeph still somehow tries to start a religion for whatever reason. Cale is not impressed.

[brandwhorestarscream]

Love Nickel as the Deceptacon braincell holder. Though the fact the autobots had hacked everyone to only speak the highly simplified Neocybex and the Cybermorphs present could only speek Cybex didn't help the confusion. Clearly thos os baby babble from abandoned munchkins with a comatose Guardian right? Right???

She is the ONLY smart one! The only one with any god damn sense. Granted, yes, she grew up on a colony far from Cybertron's twisted bs and is a halfa, but still! She's so exasperated by their stupidity, even the queen himself is getting lectured. Like I know you're desperate to reclaim That Hive Feel, but come on!!

She's a tad bit more lenient upon the reveal that Bulkhead is also half and half, which is why the whole team smells of morphlings, but it's not enough to get them off the hook. Cybermorphs bleed acid, for Primus' sake! These so-called bitties have completely normal neutral pH energon how did no one make the connection?! Christ on a stick she's surrounded by idiots!!!!!!

[weaselle]

@iamathornydeviltoo great question! There are a few reasons herd guard dogs are still able to do their jobs

for one thing, livestock guard dogs are also often BIG. I'm going to show you some examples from the upper end, not all herd guard dogs are this big but

they are often very large doggoes and they get constant full meals so they are always in top shape, whereas wolves are not always as big as their genes allow due to deficiency in diet and just, the harsh conditions of living in the wild

so that helps. It's not all size tho, this dog below is still a great livestock dog

and that's because of the other things that go into making livestock guardian dogs successful

1: fences and barns.

If the pastures are fenced then the dogs will almost always detect the wolf/wolves (coyotes foxes cougars bears etc) while they are still trying to figure out how to get past the fence, and the fence is pretty much impossible to get by if the dogs are already there to prevent it.

If there is a barn or something, then as soon as the herd is aware of the wolf they run into the barn which derails the wolf's main hunting strategies of running to exhaustion, creating confusion on the move, and out-maneuvering prey while on the run

(the dogs help with alerting the herd to the presence of predators but the livestock is pretty good at noticing predators too, and sometimes shepherds and ranchers will keep a couple of other animals that are specifically better at this, mixing in a couple llamas or mules or something with their herd -- and a donkey or mule will absolutely fight and occasionally kill coyotes or even a single wolf)

2: maintaining a presence

A shepherd or rancher will never have just one livestock dog, you've usually got at least three depending on herd size. If you have 500 sheep you're probably going to have more like a dozen dogs. And the dogs aren't just a group of individuals, they have a system of working together as an anti-predator team.

Of course wolves often also travel in packs, but remember, the wolves are there to hunt, not to fight. Even if the wolves win the fight without injury (unlikely and a huge problem if any get too injured to hunt) winning the fight doesn't get them a meal and probably leaves them too tired to bag a sheep that night. So even just the possibility of a fight is a pretty big deterrent unless it's a fight they're guaranteed to win easily (like five wolves against one normal sized dog or something) and even then the noise will scatter the herd and make that hunt fail.

That's also why just having the dogs around peeing on things and leaving tufts of fur around and wafting their scent in the breeze can be enough to deter many predators

3: human partnership

The dogs aren't working the herd by themselves, they have their people. Even if (or actually, ESPECIALLY if) there are no fences or barns and the herd is out in what is essentially wild countryside, as soon as the guard dogs raise a serious alarm, the people are going to come running with weapons and fire or lights and it's going to turn into a whole thing. This is the opposite of successful conditions for a hunt and a real danger to the wolf's life.

Also, in circumstances like that with no fences out in the countryside, humans will sometimes augment their dogs with stuff like this

So, even though wolves can be way bigger than most people think (and i say CAN be, the wolf in the pictures at the top is one of the biggest subspecies of wolf and is in very good shape) livestock guardian dogs have an awful lot going for them, setting them up for success.

one last thing

because this addition is in danger of painting wolves as the enemy, i just want to highlight that wolves are in much more danger from us than we are for them. We have killed them down to zero numbers in a huge amount of their natural range, and ranchers in the US and Canada often forego livestock guard dogs and concentrate on just killing all the wolves they can. They continue to shoot and trap them despite studies sugesting that this makes wolf attacks on livestock INCREASE

See, guard dogs almost always deter instead of kill, but if you shoot and trap or poison wolves then it removes the most competent hunters from the pack which means the wolves that are left are more desperate for food and less able to get it and the young wolves left are raised without good training on hunting techniques, which increases the likelihood of the wolves going after non-wild animals they see as easier to hunt. Furthermore it can destabilize a pack that would have been happy to stay together as a large pack and scatters it. This means each member will try to start their own pack, and since a pack of any size will only let a one wolf of the pack have puppies, that means killing wolves can actually increase wolf numbers in a given area, with several wolves having puppies at the same time instead of just one.

And just to drive the point home about wolves being in danger from us, i'll tell you about the wolf that is actually in the picture up there. That's Romeo, a lone wolf that started hanging around the edge of a town in Alaska.

Romeo the Wolf

Towns in Alaska are just, out in the middle of endless wilderness, so a wolf on the edge of town was not unusual, but this wolf began to frequently visit the area just outside of town where the residents brought their dogs to play as a sort of dog park area. At first just watching the dogs, eventually the wolf slowly started making friendly advances and made friends with some of the dogs.

people did the responsible thing and tried to drive him off, not just because it can be dangerous to have a wolf around, but also for his own good - it's not good for the wolf if they lose a fear of humans.

but Romeo must have been lonely, because he kept returning to try to integrate himself into the group of dogs that came to the area to play.

And he did make friends with them. And the people cautiously got used to him.

But he would have been better off not losing his caution of humans because eventually he was illegally shot by a pair of prize hunters and skinned for a trophy. They posted pictures bragging about it online, which is how they were caught and how we know Romeo's fate.

There's a book about him

and here's an article about him if you're interested

hey, if you want to know how big a wolf can be compared to a dog, look at this

[caatws]

while Gamora should have been a guardian by default imo, isn't it weird that she isn't on merch as the female lead?

I don't know all the rules and regs but I can't think it's normal, in more recent years at least, to be so visibly cut out like this. If it was one or two instances I might find it reasonable. But she's missing from almost everything. Kraglin has more visibility and that's pretty insulting to Gamora by comparison of importance to the franchise, prominence in the Avengers crossover movies and let's be real her character is more recognizable. It's just not right

on a different note I appreciate everything you said about Gamora and Nebula being sisters and how their relationship doesn't get the recognition it deserves. Thanos tried so hard to break them both and they didn't let him. He tried to poison how they saw eachother and they overcame that. The relationship has the tension, conflict, love and healing that people in fandom usually eat up with a spoon. I'm not here for anyone ignoring that in favor of thinking one of them would try to take love from the other or ever want to. I'll never be on the side of two abuse victims being reduced to competition. They both survived a nightmare and one lost more than anyone ever should. Nothing should ever undermine that. If marvel wanted to make a movie just about them I'd be all in, only I don't want marvel to touch Gamora, or any of the guardians really, ever again. I don't know what it says when I both want to see more of characters i love but also would rather never see them again.

this comment got me thinking and honestly like cast formality and billing aside, just looking at story only...i don't even think gamora is rly the female lead in vol 3. it's nebula.

and look, this movie honestly made me rly LOVE nebula in a way i hadn't before and i'm rly satisfied with where her character got to go. like at least in all the bullshit that happened in gamora land, nebula got to actually thrive in this franchise more than i would've expected 9 years ago. and i think that's rly cool! but it sucks that we couldn't get here while also maintaining gamora's original place in the gotg family and like her overall arc. but i think if anyone was The Female Lead in this movie, it was nebula before it was gamora.

i also haven't looked at the new merch a ton admittedly, outside of my fruitless search for a cute loungefly bag with the whole team. i DID however go to california adventure 2 months ago and downtown disney a little over a month ago when marketing on social media for vol 3 was definitely happening, and i was surprised to see that there wasn't like...more gotg stuff? i might've been too early for the like character actors to be out and about (it was just a month-ish after quantumania's release, so the ant-fam characters were still hanging out, tho i only saw scott when i went), but even merch-wise they didn't seem to have more gotg stuff than usual both times i went to the stores in march and april. (i mostly saw rocket and groot stuff. like bitch i would have bought gotg ears and they only had groot. come on) so i honestly don't even know what the full merch situation in big box stores is lol cuz it sure was abysmal at disney, the actual source 💀 does gamora even have a vol 3 funko yet?

but also on the topic of merch and scarcity...i just want to highlight the one (1) piece of official merch i own that features both natasha AND gamora...and it's LITERALLY FROM DISNEY INFINITY LIKE 😭 NOT EVEN MCU 😭😭😭

so yeah idk what the deal is with mcu merch but they are literally allergic to their original female leads but mostly gamora 🥴 at this point my only hope for merch is an adult sized gotg uniform costume i can buy during halloween season. please. 🙏🏼🕯️

and lastly to your point on gamora and nebula's relationship - i completely agree!!! and it sucks having fav characters you'd love to see again but also are dreading seeing again....at this point i am just hoping to run on what if...? s2 and vibes

[skelletonscloset]

Hello I have a request for a vnc x reader (gender neutral reader please) with Dominique Jeanne Noe Vanitas (Separate) if thats too much you don’t have to do all of them sorry about that. But the reader is normally a couple inches shorter then they are but they always wear platforms that make them a good amount taller then the character and sometimes teases the character about it the shoes look hard to walk in but the reader treats them like flats and still fights in them (Bonus points if they are boots and the reader hides a dagger in them) idk why I just thought it would be fun, sorry if that doesn’t make much sense

Thanks so much for the request Anon! I made them sort of long, so theyll be split up into two parts. I hope this is to your liking! Keep in mind this is my first request so im still getting the hang of things! Without further ado…

Headcannons for a reader who is taller than their s/o ONLY when wearing platform boots

characters in this part include:  Dominique and Jeanne

~DOMINIQUE~

Domi is average height, resting at about 5’6 

and you towered over her at a looming 5’10

but she noticed it was only when you were wearing big boots.

which were always untied? 

how did they stay on

“how’s the weather down there Domi~?” 

she actually likes being the shorter of you two

she’s always been called “tall” for being a girl, but now having an s/o that was taller than her (regardless of how,,) is fascinating

 cool tho 

lowkey giving Domi ideas to change her wardrobe 

maybe matching boots in the future? 

likes you being taller, but the teasing has her rolling her eyes 

she enjoys standing next to you because she feels safe

this comes from always being protected by Louise, who was taller than her too 

Vanitas and Noe (mostly Noe) decided to have a little sparring battle since vanitas was getting a little too comfortable only using the book to fight a curse bearer. what happens if he just has to fight someone trying to rob him? so Noe proposed a little match for the four of you. Domi was very excited about getting to fight vanitas, ESPECIALLY by your side. 

the four of you went to opposites of the arena Noe chose to host this match in. you smiled down at domi, patting her head.  “ready domi?” 

Domi stared up at her s/o “only cause you’re on my team, (y/n).” her gaze shifted down to the boots you were always wearing. they gave you a good four inches on her. 

“your boots are untied.” 

“i know.” 

Domi tilted her head in confusion but shrugged. the match begun. 

in a split second you were already close to vanitas. 

then you knelt down, on one knee and started messing with your boot and laces. 

“now is not the time to be tying your shoes!” Domi wailed. then she noticed you stuck your hand into the side of the shoe. 

then out came a dagger. you launched towards vanitas with impressive speed and thrusted it towards his neck. 

Noe as always saved him by pulling him away.

so that’s why you always leave your shoes untied. Domi would take that into consideration the next time she went shopping for clothes.

~JEANNE~

Jeanne is actually VERY short for her age, being 5’3

you on the other hand were 5’8 

5’4 normally, however you always wore these boots that gave you extra height

you frequently teased her for being so small, “need me to carry you~?” 

“don’t worry, i’ll protect you!” 

“awww Jeanne, you can’t reach that shelf? here.” always with a smug smile

there were some times where she didn’t being shorter. but going anywhere in public could be frustrating. 

“oh is that your guardian?” 

you would always giggle and put and arm around Jeanne

sometimes you said yes to tease her 

she actually likes to hug you when you’re wearing the boots because she likes to hug you around the waist. 

she enjoys being out with you because if she has trouble seeing things, you offer to put her on your shoulders. 

she likes feeling tall  

she enjoys you being tall too because she uses it as scary dog privileges 

which she normally doesn’t need but it’s mostly to ward off Vanitas

Jeanne and you were walking around Paris at night on a little date. She held her parasol at her side, and held your hand with her free one. 

She noticed you felt more tense than normal, eyeing you from the side to watch your movements. 

“i think we’re being followed.” You said in a low whisper. 

Jeanne let go of your hand, preparing for a fight.  You slid your hand into your platforms.

“what are you doing?” 

you didn’t answer as you slowly revealed a silver blade from the side of your boot. “it’s just a safety precaution.” 

you gripped it tightly, ready for an attack at angle. 

out of the bushes ran a small bunny. A bunny. that was what was following you. luckily you didn’t have to use the knife. You sighed and slid it back into your shoe. 

“have you always had that in there?” 

“mhm, just in case. you never know.” you shrugged, offering your hand to her again. 

there have been times you’ve had to use it and been very grateful to have had it on you. 

[charmixpower]

What if everyone is so out of character because they are dealing with PTSD after everything that they have been through in S1-3?, teenager should not be the ones saving the whole magical dimension they didn't even ask to do it, they just randomly got involved in the whole mess, but before they were so busy with school to think about it (I belive Alfea and Red Fountain are super demaning) but now that they are graduated they are such a mess that they don't know what to do. The first time I watched S4 I got the idea that the girls wanted to stay on earth because their obligations as guardian fairies where to heavy to bear and they wished for a break, but they know that they can realy scape from them.

Back then I got the theory, that S4 was a farewall for the original winx club and the start of a reboot with a new group of girls leaded by Roxy, that is why her character ovelaped with Bloom, and the girls wanted to stay on earth because the new club was going to protect the magical dimension, but evantualy the writers give up on the idea, and instead of scraping and redoing the episodes they just got ahead and messed everything, that would be why they killed Nabu and pretended Brando proposal didn't happen, so the six girls could stick together for more seasons

~~

Ehh, no

Stella encouraging Bloom to cheat cannot be explained away with PTSD. Bloom stealing Musa's dream cannot be explained away with PTSD. That literally not being Musa in any way shape or form cannot be explained away with PTSD. Aisha's personality being sanded down cannot be explained away with PTSD.

Like I get what your saying, and I agree that season 4 should of been the season of dealing with the conquences of the past three seasons but like you cannot explain the nonsense in season 4 as PTSD

Riven suddenly acting like a 16 teen year old and the writers pretending that season 2 didn't exist cannot be explained away with PTSD. Nabu being a one note Mary Sue, born to die, cannot be explained away with PTSD. Timmy getting jealous of Tecna off all people apparently flirting cannot be explained away with PTSD. That's also not Helia cannot be explained away with PTSD. No comment on Sky, uhhh he's fucking weird

The idea that Bloom would want to stay on earth and run away from her responsibilities is something that she'd totally do! She does that like multiple times. Having a whole season dedicated to her getting overwhelmed and running to earth only to realize that she won't be able to go back to a normal life yada yada Roxy would be very interesting! It makes no sense for the other girls

Like...Tecna especially. Girl doesn't run away

I also love the idea that season four would make for an amazing break season for everyone to reflect, but I also want to see them attack adult hood in their own way?

I don't think they'd all want to stay on earth?? Because why wouldn't they want to get away with their own families and dreams! Musa, Tecna, Stella, and Flora had really big dreams in the first three seasons! And I think watching them pursue their individual passions while coping with the past three seasons would be a lot more interesting than throwing all of their interests into a blender

I cant even see Aisha running form her responsibility even tho that's why she's in the show in the first place. Sure she'd definitely avoid the media and such, but why would she try to abandon the planet that's probably still going though it for earth! She should be worried half to death about Andros after Valtor kills so many people

And uhhh

I just saw a Winx confessions post about that idea that's gonna be reblogged later today but~ a more nuisanced opinion? I think Roxy getting her own team with the way Winx was going would be much better, as it would be less insulting. Plus is would complete the Roxy~Bloom character arc! Very fun

It would also fit the fact that I don't think that Roxy should of joined the girls, ill explain this opinion in a second, and I think the fact that Rainbow first marketed it like that then realized that it was a horrible idea was just peak dumbass energy for this company

My reasoning is that Roxy would either have to play catch up with all the girls, or skip all the hard parts of Enchanix and such and just gain stronger transformations which just sounds cheap as fuck not gonna lie. People have been pissed that Roxy instantly gains Believix (which that's technically not Believix but whatever) because it feels unearned. Now please image either Roxy running though the first two forms or her just gaining later transformations without getting Enchantix at all. I don't like it ngl. Roxy getting her own spin off show where she gets to be the main character and gain transformations in her own time instead of being forced to play catch up with a well established group that is 4 forms in would be much better in my opinion

[savyir-genesizz-the-wizard]

Yapping about these designs (armor mostly) because why not

Actually I think that the best decision I've made about Cogito's design was basing it more on the Warlock NPCs and not the armor sets. The biggest influence was definitely Asher Mir but the silhouette is more similar to Ikora's robes. Also he's wearing red pants and jewelry so this is kinda lifted of Osiris'es (he's the most showy of this three). But the pins and patch was actually inspired by Cayde's

Nyctibius and Wawrzyniec have kinda similar outfits but for different reasons (tho they are also old friends). Nyctibius tries to not look too characteristic, using a very generic Awoken face paint and hairstyle, she doesn't like attention. Her clothes are very practical and her cape only covers her back. And in Wawrzyn's case it's just something he likes and allows him maximum freedom of movement, although it does come at the expense of not being an armor. He tries to look intimidating and avoiding flashy shaders and details helps him achieve that. Additionally the long cape makes him look a bit taller visually, also it covers his missing right arm, as it makes him less easy to identify (just looking at the NPCs it seems usually guardians either escape the hive whole or not at all, biggest exception being Eris Morn (tho in this case Ahamkara was involved, while Wawrzyn's hand was cut by Crota's sword while he was casting a Golden Gun)). There is not much about Enikö 's design I guess. The armor set she's wearing is from Destiny 1, just with numer changed. I think that her eyebrows are pretty cool. One more thing is that while it's not super visible from this angle, the headmods she has look like a laurel wrench.

Also her and Kobzar share a number but obv there is not much meaning behind it (I do think that exos with the same number have that "same hat!" thing). For Enikö-13 it's her lack of luck and for Kobzar-13 is that it's just one number lower then Saint who is his idol. Tough luck, I guess.

A thing that I think is the most interesting in designing Titans would be pauldrons. Being such a big element of their design, they can say many things with just the shape language. Kobzar has asimetrical pauldrons (with the bigger one being at the same side as Zavala's). This is also a D1 armor set but I've picked this one because it's the one that always screamed to me "titan" the most - and Kobzar is very into upholding the Titan traditions and ideals. I think that he's very friend-coded, especially with how yellow he is. Also an interesting thing about the design of his face is that he has silicone cheeks. He also has "normal" teeth and tongue and not even Elsie knows why. Enikö just swallows things like a snake mostly and Cogito has that weird contraption that works but scares non-exos.

While it might seem like Taş is wearing a very basic armor, in reality he has a very good padding and protection on the inside and even some BrayTech materials (hopefully not SIVA). Enikö found it in some abandoned building after the Red War. Other then that I think that his strong facial structure, pearl earrings and big hair make a funny contrast with his nervous attitude. But his ghost loves him very much.

And with Enebish well. He's an ex-warlord and the oldest member of the fireteam. He's been through a lot during the Red War and the burn scars are a testament to it. The huge pauldrons give it an intimidating look, especially paired with his impressive height and strength, as well as a stoic attitude. He lost most of its anger over the years tho and is quite ok with being the team's main healer.

The Fireteam Collide

Whew, this took a while!

[weekend-whip]

Mainly doodled these up for my own reference, but why not share? Kai and Jay’s designs for the first two stories of Legacyverse (even tho the second story isn’t up yet; was kinda hoping this would drum up some fresh inspo for it and it worked~) Hopefully I can get some other characters knocked out down the line...

More details of their designs and the UA itself under the cut (with light spoilers that aren’t actually spoilers):

Casual Outfits: Fusion of both the movie’s school outfits and the casual outfits from the earlier seasons. Kai’s clothes are a little tight since he hasn’t had reason to wear (or buy) normal clothes in a long time. Jay, meanwhile, always wears the scarf knitted for him by his mom regardless of season—but, if anyone asks, he’s doing it for the fashion. 

GX Suits: Combination of the Legacy Gi, Movie Designs, and the DX Suits (with the Guardians as the main focus over the Dragons, hence “Guardian X-treme”). The Ninja get these suits after bonding with their respective Guardians.  

Legacy ZX: Combination of the ZX Suits, Legacy Gi, and Movie Designs. Might actually change up these designs a bit in the future, but they serve nicely as a starting point. The Ninja get these suits shortly before unlocking their True Potentials. 

Inheritor Symbol: These symbols are indicative of those recognized as legitimate inheritors of the elements. These symbols are normally designated as a straight up representation of the element itself, but the Core Four happen to be the exceptions, instead having symbols indicative of their Elemental Guardians. 

Ninja Symbol: The symbol taken from the headbands of the movie suits; in the UA, these mark the Ninja as members of the Secret Ninja Force. Kai’s is the mark of the “Red Fire Ninja” while Jay’s is the “Blue Lightning Ninja”. 

Spinjitzu Master Symbol: The symbol on the back of the Movie Suits, in this UA they represent the mark of a Spinjitzu Master. By the time Lloyd joins the team, there’s only nine Spinjitzu Masters alive, and thus, only nine total bearers of the symbols. 

All right, General Stuff: 

Legacyverse (aka The Ninja Legacy Whip) is basically a universe alteration where the events of the show occur within the world of the movie, with occasional tweaks/rewrites from myself (for example, replacing the Core Four’s dragons with Elemental Guardians instead, or that knowledge of the FSM + the elements + Lord Garmadon is not common prior to Garmadon attacking Ninjago City).

The Ninja go to Ninjago City High: in the events of the first story, Cole and Zane are juniors, Kai and Jay are sophomores, and Nya is a freshman (Lloyd at this point is of middle school age and is not at the high school…yet). The school is going to have more focus in the second story, which means more characters as well.

Prior to Kai joining the team, the first three Ninja basically did all of their ninja-things during the weekend, which is a full three days in Ninjago since a school week is only four days (so a full weekend is Friday, Saturday, Sunday, which leaves a generous amount of time for ninja missions—unless they’re so big that they bleed into the week itself, like an impromptu Garmadon and/or Shark Army attack, which results in many skipped or cut-short classes).

Ninjago itself is divided into six primary areas: The Northern Province, consisting of the colder territories; the Eastern Province, consisting of deserts, canyons, and stormy areas; the Western Province, which is where the main mountain range runs through; the Southern Province, which is mostly beach areas but also home to the most randomly treacherous places; the Central Province, which is where most of civilization resides and from which one can reach nearly anywhere in the rest of Ninjago within a day or two’s travel; and the Aquatic Archipelago, which is basically that little strip of islands that comes off the mainland and is where the majority of aforementioned islands can be located.

The Monastery of Spinjitzu (and the Mountain of Impossible Height) is situated on the western end of the Central Province; Ninjago City is located on the southern point of the Central Province, right on the border of the Southern Province, providing access to the beach and allowing Ninjago City Docks to thrive. Ignacia, which is an hour or so out from the city, is in the jurisdiction of the Southern Province. 

Each Province is overseen by one of the aforementioned Guardians— Ruamoko (West/Earth), Eirlys (North/Ice), Tawhiri (East/Lightning), and Vulcanell (South/Fire). These four Guardians were also tasked with keeping the Golden Weapons safe, and only a worthy Master of Spinjitzu can take the weapon from them. It does not necessarily have to be a Master of the same element (...but it does help). The Guardian of the Central Province is technically missing, which is partly why Wu rarely leaves the monastery. The Archipelago is also rumored to have a Guardian, but its existence has faded into lore and legends no one, not even Wu, currently has knowledge of. 

There’s also a time discrepancy, used by Wu to make it seem like the wars and crises that occurred in the past few decades took place far, far earlier, with the most recent one being the Skeletal War headed by Lady Iron Dragon (who most people don’t even believe is still alive). The true reason for the discrepancy is yet to be exposed, but it is the reason Nya got involved in all the secret business in the first place.

Elemental Powers, while known to most Masters themselves and some outer parts of Ninjago (like Metalonia, a place based on the Element of Metal) is basically lost knowledge to those in Ninjago City and the Central Province. The point of the Shark Army’s first attack, and their overall existence, is to expose these truths to the world over and establish Garmadon’s dominion over Ninjago instead of Wu.  

Eye color also serves as an indicator as to whether or not someone is descended from an Elemental Master. The default eye color is black, but, for example, someone descended from the Element of Lightning would have desaturated blue eyes. Now, over the years, lots of people have been descended from Masters without really knowing it, and thus don’t blink at the different eye colors (hence why the average person wouldn’t pay attention to, say, green eyes) but those in the know would be able to spot the current inheritors of the elements by their white pupils (pre-potential) or colored pupils/saturated eyes (post-potential).

In the event of two Elemental Masters having children, the more “dominant” element will be inherited by the first born. So Lightning would be inherited before Water, or Fire before Amber (wink wink nudge nudge). Otherwise, the Element is always guaranteed to the first born. The two exceptions to this are the Element of Ice and the Green Element, both which skipped a generation, although for wildly different reasons.

There’s also the possibility of Essence Splits: meaning that the power of one element/essence from a powerful parent is divided evenly among siblings (such is the case with Wu and Garmadon, and the Time Twins). Elements can also be given up willingly, but there’s usually a cost for doing so, as by having a child, the body has more time to gradually adjust to losing the perks of the power. If the power is suddenly taken away all at once, well…the consequences differ by the element. 

(This gets explained a little in the first story, but more in-depth in the beginning of the second story, so I’ll put it here too as a little teaser): The Elements themselves also work a bit differently from both the show and the movie: obviously there’s still the Four Core Elements, being Earth, Fire, Ice, and Lightning. When combined, they can achieve equivalent might to the “Green” Element, but whether this power is used for creation or destruction relies on how much harmony they have with one another.

The Four Core Elements can also be broken down into four derivatives each, resulting in sixteen total “Derivative Elements”. Each of these elements represents one trait that makes up the Core Element they are derived from. For example, Lightning is fast, so the Element of Speed is derived from it. Or how Metal is derived from the Element of Earth. When the sixteen are combined, their strength would be equal to that of the Core Four (and equal the Green Element by itself). However, this is impossible to currently achieve as certain derivative elements have been “broken” from the circle.

There’s a few reasons why Wu picked the Core Four to train above anyone else: he was very close with the previous masters, and had starting points for searching for their descendants; four people are way easier to find and manage than sixteen; a few members of the Derivative Elements are known to be displaced; and, while of equivalent strength, the inheritor of the Green Element is…well, someone he’d rather not involve unless the situation is at its most dire. 

[sillydreamer]

Hello There! I'm so glad to have found your tumblr! I love your headcanons so much! Your writting is great and I can really imagine the characters doing/reacting like that in the canon! You got them pretty well! 💕

I hope you get more apreciation, because you truly have a talent for this! 💖

Now, about my request... I always wonder how would the Moonlight Lovers boys react (and possible relationship headcanon) to a Female MC that is an Assassin/Hitgirl? A woman that knows how to fight with weapons, shoot and stealth ways off eliminating/killing people?

If you don't mind doing this, of course!

Hope you have a nice day and take care! (And don't forget to drink water) 💙

ML boys with an assassin MC

That's a good idea tho, in any case here's the request and please don't forget to drink water too <3

PD:It's a little bit long so click more if you want to read :3

Vladimir:

He had heard about these type of jobs, he had lived for a long time and probably has spoken with people that worked on these; but his girlfriend?

His first reaction is to hold her shoulders and shake her while his voice shivers with fear "Are you okay? That's a dangerous job!"

Vladimir is very protective and he'll ask her to quit and do anything but be safe. If he can't do it he'll just sigh and stay quiet.

It takes a while for him to get used to the idea but once he does it Vladimir gives her some advices about how to be safe and handles her some bandages just in case that things are out of control.

He doesn't go with her though, Vladimir just waits for his girlfriend to return but always asks for time and place, if Eloïse doesn't return by the time that she said he'll go out personally to take her back, without minding if the job is done or not.

Anyway Vladimir will listen to every work day (or night) that she has. They would sit at Vladimir's bed and he'll listen without interrupting (maybe he'll make a face of displeasure if Vladimir hears something that he doesn't like).

Every time he'll beg her to leave the job, it's dangerous and doesn't want to loose her one day.

Beliath:

When she told him about her job Belaith only felt curiosity. Like "Oh yeah? What type of guys you slide off? Have anybody discovered you?"

Indeed he's curious and wouldn't hesitate to make questions about the job. He's like a proud parent (somehow) and really feels good to see his girlfriend being strong enough to protect herself.

But don't confuse this with ignorance, he knows that is a hard job and over all; dangerous. He'll ask his girlfriend if she's doing good and when Beliath sees any type of injury he runs to get an aid kit and take care of everything himself or he'll ask Ethan to do it.

Wants to know everything about the jobs and if he sees that they are very dangerous he'll ask Eloïse if he can go too, just to make sure that everything's okay.

Beliath wouldn't intervene in any case, he just looks at her with a proud face, however if things are getting a little bit out of control he wouldn't doubt on getting involved, getting to the point that he doesn't mind on getting dirty if that means to protect who he loves the most.

He would ask Eloïse to train together in hand to hand combat, just to make sure that she can handle everything. As I said he cares about his girlfriend and believes that she's a strong woman, is just that sometimes he can't but worry a little bit.

Raphael:

He has a mini panic attack but hides it very well. it's a dangerous job and sometimes it doesn't end well by both parts...

Like Vladimir he heard about this job and felt that it was needed a strong mind to take someone's else life or that's needed to have a cold heart to don't think about the loved ones of the person's life that she just take away.

Now Raphael is all the time worried about your safety, his reaction in very similar to Vladimir but is more persuasive and gives some hints to indicate how much he wants Eloïse to quit and to be safe.

Sometimes he'll cry while hugging her because he's very worried and scared about what could happen if someday someone discovers her job.

If he can't make her quit Raphael will teacher her other ways of fighting or how to use her senses to be safe, also giving some advices about how to act without being suspicious.

Raphael needs to know when she's leaving and when she's coming back, not to be toxic is just that he needs to be prepared when the worst happens. If she doesn't return he'll ask for Aaron to seek her and bring her back, reminding him to don't risk himself too much.

When she returns he'll be the happiest person in the world, while making sure that she's alright Raphael's voice will ask gently if she needs anything.

Eloïse can tell him about her day/night of work without the fear to be interrupted, once she finishes a soft kiss will land at her lips, followed with a hug.

Aaron:

Aaron isn't scared or anything, he's just curious about how she ended up in that job. He used to be a mercenary and has quite experience in similar jobs and knows that something must happen for someone to end up in there.

He's more about asking questions like "How did you find that job? How you work?" Aaron understands that there's a difference between Eolise's job and his old occupations and wants to understand it. Once he does it then he'll start to worry about her safety, knowing that being a hitgirl involves a type of risk.

Unlike others this guy knows that he can't do much to stop her, instead of putting his energy in convincing her to quit Aaron just decides to help her and even train Eloïse.

Aaron might go with her sometimes and serve as a guardian, watching her back and kind of working as a team. Of course he doesn't want to get in the way and leaves his girlfriend be, just entering into action when it's really needed.

Don't get fooled; that Aaron leaves her be and helps Eloïse it doesn't mean that he's really pleased with the job.

If things are out of control he'll transform into his wolf form and scare the shit out of that person, perhaps Eloïse needs to ran behind them but at least she's alive (or at least that's what Aaron thinks).

Ivan:

He's more surprised than scared. She takes the bad guys? Like the videogames?

Then Ivan realizes that this is the real life and now the baby is worried "Has something happened? Are you hurt?" He hasn't live long enough to face these type of risks and acts more like a normal human would do.

Once his girlfriend calms him down or at least answers his questions he'll be impressed and proud; knowing that she's able to manage things by herself and being able to be cool makes him smile.

In any case Ivan doesn't go with her at the missions/work. First of all because he believes that he'll screw things up and that can put you in danger. Also Ivan doesn't want to control her life, if she's sure that she can do those things then he trusts her.

Really enjoys hearing the work experiences, it makes him feel like a child hearing someone else's stories. Still he's very worried but glad that she make it out without being hurt.

I have the feeling that Ivan would ask to be trained with these weapons, just in case that he needs to use them and also to spend some time together with his girlfriend.

Ethan:

Literally his response would be something like "What the fu-"

Ethan can't imagine the girl that pulled him out of his depression shell to be an actual killer and is paid for that, getting into dangerous situations but then turns into the sweetest person that he has ever met.

Doesn't make questions about how she get the job, some people´s past may be dark or with things that shouldn't be revealed. However if she wants to speak about it Ethan is pleased to hear everything.

Since he knows how to use guns it will be a new couple-thing to train with it and see who makes the best shots (until Vladimir gets mad with them for breaking a window lmao)

Doesn't mind getting a little bit dirty if that helps, he isn't very sensible to these type of things and if he can help then is better.

In case that Eloïse gets hurt he'll heal her right there and when they return to the mansion Ethan becomes a protective guy, always making sure that she's comfortable.

Probably teacher Eloïse a little bit about medicine just if she's alone and needs some medical procedure.

Neil:

She's a killer? Great. Want me to hear about how I make Vladimir kill your parents, Eloïse? No but he doesn't make a huge deal about the hitgirl thing. Like Ethan he's more surprised that the cute face that he saw was actually something very dark.

Despite being surprised Neil doesn't make a huge scandal and acts like nothing ever happened, just asking if the job is doing well and if she has any troubles with it.

This man is old and has learned to use multiple weapons (even if he prefers to fight with his hands) and doesn't hesitate to show his knowledge to her, always making sure that she's ready for the worst scenario even possible.

May go to the work with her, just to see how's his girlfriend doing but don't get in the way (usually) and if Neil sees that she's not doing that good now be prepared for him to turn into a trainer.

Does this because he really loves the freedom that she has, but he can't leave her in the real word unprepared (How could you leave a child in a pool without teaching it how to swim?)

It's very supportive and doesn't ask her to quit, instead makes sure that she's stronger and looks like a proud dad when she achieves anything.

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Batfam as Jedi

Okay so my brain is combining fandoms again anyway so was thinking of what people would be if they were Jedi and what lightsaber forms they would use

Bruce: Bruce uses Soresu IMO because that one’s the one where they often emphasize redirecting attacks when you block and that’s how he almost always describes martial arts when he’s teaching the batkids like using your opponent’s momentum against them. Or maybe he uses Shien which was like made to make up for Soresu’s weaknesses in terms of offense but has similar deals wrt defense.  Bruce uses 1 semi long lightsaber

Dick: When he’s fighting on his own Dick uses Ataru because its the flippy acrobatic form tho he’s familiar with other lightsaber forms (assume everyone is at least somewhat familiar with most forms i’m not going to bother putting that in all of their things) due to how long he’s been training. He’ll use what is needed though and he often uses Shii Cho if he’s fighting a lot of different people in a team battle.  Dick uses 2 medium length lightsabers

Cass: Cass knows all 7 lightsaber forms but she likes Soresu for when she’s in a big battlefield because of the focus on deflecting blaster bolts (that’s why it was originally made I think deflecting blaster bolts). She prefers to fight with her hands and is mistaken as an Echani sometimes but she’s not Echani, she just had instructions from Echani when she was being trained by star wars version of Cain. She can block lightsabers with her hands (worked to master that due to preferring her hands) but uses a lightsaber when she has to protect a lot of people to get more reach on her deflecting blaster bolts. She has a pretty long double bladed lightsaber for this purpose but if she ever fights another lightsaber user 1v1 she turns off the lightsaber and uses her hands. Cass is definitely a Jedi Guardian. She should also be pretty good at reading people’s emotions and thoughts (though she chooses not to read people’s thoughts) to mimic the jedi version of her body language reading)

Barbara: When she was AB Barbara used Niman (form vi, pretty balanced) now she kind of adapts a lot of stuff to work from her chair. Rather than using lightsabers she uses two cortosis sticks to be able to move her chair without deactivating her lightsabers. She’s a consular but prefers not to straight up engage in combat if she doesn’t have to (She keeps her Oracle role) but is capable of kicking ass when she needs to.

Duke: I think Duke should have one like “special” force ability that not everyone can get to parallel his meta powers. Like his light powers let him see the future and all Jedi kind of have some degree of precognition (mostly just like danger sense) maybe he can see further into the future? To a better degree than most Jedi can, it’s not like he sees a force vision “something bad is going to happen” and it’s a one time thing, maybe he can go through a battle step-by-step in detail before it plays out? IDK I mean this might make him slightly OP but i think he’s supposed to be really powerful so who cares. He also has above average awareness in terms of what is going on right now and how far away he can detect people and their emotions or thoughts, and like Cass he’s above average at reading emotions and thoughts (though this is to mimic his extrasensory meta powers not cass’s body language reading) He uses a double bladed lightsaber that can separate to be two separate lightsabers (and they are yellow to match his signal suit in the DC comics). I think he’s still deciding which lightsaber form he wants to use he relies on Niman a lot but is taking influence from other forms as he’s making his own way of fighting.

Damian: Damian just gives me Jedi Consular vibes maybe its because of the times he tried to use magic (I think that was in his shitty teen titans run i’ve only seen out of context panels but also. I think Damian should be allowed to use magic occasionally, as a treat). His preferred fighting style is Makashi (the one that matches more straight up sword duel stuff) which I think he would have learned from Ra’s (it seems like what Ra’s would use lol). He has pretty well-balanced force abilities and is better than you wold normally expect for Consulars at lightsaber. I also think he should be pretty good at force healing to mimic his surgery skills