#red serum

[professormaniac]

“Wow Doc, your serum works quick!”

“Of course, Darling! I’m a perfectionist! Potency is of utmost importance! Now how about another dose?”

“Excellent!”

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Steve (and friends) + text posts pt. 8/?

[repmet]

Yeah, you're always running at full speed. That's what makes you so charming. That and your eyelashes.

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

I really wanna do something where the reveal rift/post crisis stuff and the harunel serum coincide. With some witchery and Red Daughter thrown in for flavor. Its been percolating for a little bit, and since I'm trying to focus on the firefighter cop au, I'm going to word vomit some stuff here to get it out of my brain.

Basically, Lena and Kara have their falling out, and Kara leaves Lena to be a villain. Except Non Nocere doesn't happen and Lena just wants to get on top of her shit again. Like, Lex is a dick who doesn't deserve to be alive, so why would she just sit there and suffer his smarminess? She's not on his side, she's not on Supergirl's side-- she's on her own damn side.

Except Lex anticipates that, so he has Otis grab her and he sticks Lena in a Kaznian lab where they're experimenting with the harun-el serum, trying to see if they can use it to imbue humans with kryptonian powers without sacrificing control or turning them into monsters, right? It involves long and slow exposure, so they strap Lena down, stick her full of needles, and get to work.

But Red Daughter finds out, and though Lex gives her some bullshit about trying to help Lena, she doesn't quite buy into it. She can't bring herself to act directly against Lex, but she can't stand by while Lena is in agony.

So she goes to Mama Luthor.

Posing as Kara Danvers, she pointedly asks Lillian if she knows what Lex is doing, or what he has planned. She asks Lillian if she knows where her daughter is.

Which is how Lillian discovers that Lena is no longer in National City, and she tracks her children down to the Kaznian lab. She finds her way in and locates Lena-- and she is horrified by what she sees. Lena strapped to a table with a dozen needles puncturing into deep tissue, drugged and groggy and helpless. She's there when the next round of injections hits, and sees the agony as Lena screams and struggles against her bonds.

When the effects fade enough for Lena to go slack, Lillian immediately gets to work freeing her. She helps Lena off the table and supports her all the way back to helicopter she arrived in, shooting down any guard who tries to get in their way.

Lillian only knows one place Lena might be safe from Lex-- the Tower. The Superfriends open their pounding door to find Lillian standing there with Lena all but unconscious against her. Kara is of course horrified, and brings them in immediately. When she asks what happened, Lillian snaps "maybe you should tell me, Supergirl, as it was you who brought the situation to my attention."

Kara is utterly confused. "What? I haven't seen since before the end of the world" etc. Lillian glares at her.

"Well if it wasnt you, who was it?"

At that point, Red Daughter touches down on the balcony.

"It was me."

----

Once Red Daughter explains what she knows, they hunker down and wait for Lex. Its not long before a situation pulls them all from the Tower, and only when its over do they realize it was a ploy to get Lena alone.

They rush back to the Tower to find Lex's helicopter on the roof, and two goons already in the process of dragging a limp, hooded Lena to the waiting chopper while Lex oversees the operation from inside his Lexosuit. He is not at all surprised-- or concerned-- to see them.

He holds them all at bay while the helicopter takes off with Lena inside it. But as the aircraft rises higher into the sky, a strange pressure starts to build. Suddenly, a flash of purple heat vision slices through the helicopter from the inside out. It starts to spiral toward the ground, its crash inevitable.

"Go!" Kara shouts to Red Daughter, who zips over and manages to snatch Lena from the helicopter before it hits the ground. She lands with Lena cradled in her arms, except Lena is no longer limp-- no longer helpless.

Rising slowly, the odd pressure in the air continues to build as Lena opens her eyes to reveal her green eyes have gone completely black. Around her, every loose pebble, twig, and gravel on the roof starts to shake, humming with that same pressure. The detritus on the roof starts to lift into the air, hovering from thousands of invisible strings-- the strange energy charging the air is clearly coming from Lena.

She turns towards her brother, who has paused in his struggle against Supergirl to watch the pinnacle of his creation. It's strange, though-- matter manipulation wasn't a reported effect of the harun-el.

Just as he sees the moment of Kara's similar distraction for Lena, Lex turns and winds back to strike. The energy in the air seems to snap, and every bit of floating debris shoots straight towards Lex, with enough force to pierce skin and hull alike. It shreds the lexosuit to gaping, jagged metal-- but thats not enough.

The energy in the air starts to build again, but this time it's centered directly overtop Lex, pressing down and down until metal groans and rends, and Lex starts to heave for breath under the immense pressure.

That's when Kara comes back to herself. "Lena! Lena, stop!"

Lena doesn't seem to hear. All of her attention is on Lex, and when Kara edges closer, she sees that in the center of Lena's black eyes, purple irises glint expressionlessly in the sun.

"Lena, listen to me! I know you're in there! Please, you don't want to do this."

Kara moves to stand between Lena and her brother, intent on breaking Lena's intense eye contact with Lex, but Lena's head tilts to maintain it. Only then does Kara risk reaching out to touch her, turning Lena's face to look at her instead.

"I know you're in there," Kara says firmly. "And I need you to listen to me. Killing him might be the answer-- but it doesn't have to be *your* answer. This choice will destroy. It already almost did. So I am asking you, as my friend, to stop."

The last causes Lena to falter. She blinks, and Kara hears Lex gulp down a large breath as the pressure eases slightly. That's it.

"Yes," Kara coaxes. "Come on. Come back to us. Come back to me, Lena. Please."

Slowly, the black in Lena's eyes fade to their natural whites-- but the purple remains. Behind Kara she hears the Lexosuit clang uselessly againsy the roof as it collapses, Lex still trapped inside as he wheezes. Lena stares at Kara, blinking almost drunkenly in the sun.

"Kara..."

Kara issues a tearful laugh of relief, and throws her arms around Lena, hugging her close.

"Yes," she says, her chin wobbling. "I'm here, Lena."

Lena slowly lifts her arms to embrace her back, still dazed.

"Thank you," Kara murmurs. "Thank you for hearing me."

[arrowmaker15]

(Red Robin saving Red Hood after the latter was injected with truth serum)

Red Robin: C'mon, Hood, we gotta get you out of here.

Red Hood: Why? By the way, have I ever told you how good of a Robin you were? Better than me, that's for sure.

Red Robin: Thanks but now's not the time.

Red Hood: Why not?

Red Robin, pausing being turning around: Because you were just injected with truth serum and you have the IDs of almost every superhero in the fucking world stored in your head, plus the IDs of people we don't even know about.

Red Hood: So?

Red Robin: So we can't let that information get to criminals. Let's go, Hood.

Red Hood:

Also Red Hood a few minutes later: I should tell Steph how much I love her, shouldn't I?

Red Robin: Yes, but definitely not right now. She can wait a bit.

[worstloki]

Avengers genderbend where every member backstory or appearance is SO DRASTICALLY different due to the gender switch. except Loki who is exactly the same

[darkangel1791]

Random Thoughts on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier:

I have no knowledge of what the comics say, or what any of the writers may have said to clarify anything in interviews or what have you. This is based solely on the movies as they played in the theatres, and the series as broadcast on Disney+.

The Super Soldier Serum

Red Skull stole some serum from Dr. Erskine before it was perfected. And I don't know how he injected it. Nor was he the kind of person Dr. Erskine would have chosen. And he had a terrible side effect.

Steve was given the serum that was as good as Dr. Erskine could make it. He had probably done exhaustive experiments, and he was just waiting for the right person. Dr. Erskine chose him because he was a good man who didn't want to kill anyone, he just didn't like bullies. Howard Stark designed the optimal way to administer it. He had the best result.

Bucky could only have been given a version of the serum that had been distilled from Red Skull's blood. We don't know what kind of experiments Zola did on him after he was captured after the battle of Azzano. But he certainly did something if it helped him to survive the fall from the train, and the loss of his arm. So he was given a version of an imperfect serum, administered in some way, along with whatever else had been done to his body, and then his identity was removed. But, as of TFATWS. It doesn't seem to have had any adverse affects, physically or emotionally. Though he's been through such trauma, it would be difficult to tell if the serum had any affect on it. However, Bucky was a good guy, before his identity was removed, so now that he has come back to himself, it makes sense that the serum wouldn't react badly with his actual personality. He seems to continue to have a good result.

The other people in the winter soldier program were given the serum as Howard Stark had recreated it. I don't know what he had to begin that formula, but it must have been untested. Maybe he was handing it over to the Pentagon to be tested? Zola may have fooled around with it as well. Bucky said that they were erratic. And one of them turned on the Hydra guy and tried to kill him. They had a poor result.

Isaiah was given a form of the serum, I don't know what it would have been distilled from, or how it was administered. They were told it was for tetanus, so it wasn't administered with Stark's technology. But it killed many of the other guys. Isaiah though, I think, had the best personality, morals, and ethics for the serum. He seems to continue to have a good result.

Nagel distilled the serum from samples of Isaiah's blood. He said he found semi-stable traces of the serum in the blood. We don't know if that says anything about the serum in Isaiah's blood. It could be a result of how it was stored, especially during the time after it was stolen before it got to Nagel. Then he worked on it so that it would not make noticeable physical changes. So it was all kinds of messed up. It isn't really shown if it has enhanced and negative or positive traits that Karli and the Flag Smashers may have already had. But from what we know, it seems to have had a good result.

John Walker took one of those vials of serum. It had not been kept in optimal conditions, that may have affected it. He was already very angry, dishearted, and embarrassed from everything that had already happened before he took it. So it didn't change him physically, but he obviously has some after effects. We can see him having odd twitches. And his anger was there before the serum, but it seems as if now, once he gets angry, it gets turbo boosted. He doesn't seem to be able to make good decisions in the heat of battle, the way Lemar said he did, or the way that would earn you three medals of honor. I would say it had a less than optimal result.

So when they say super soldier serum, they aren't talking about the exact serum that was given to Steve. Not all iterations of the serum are the same. So every person given it will not react the same way.

[vertigoartgore]

Captain America commission by Italian artist Claudio Castellini.

[methoughtsphantom]

prompt: the Red hood, delirious from some new rogue chemical, longs to go home, however he’s still very much angry and doesn’t wish for his plans to derail. So even though whatever-this-is pushes him to go (and hug his older brother) Jason manages not to.

Already in Bristol though, he instead breaks and enters Drake Manor.

[help-i-need-a-cool-username]

"Red Robin once went with me to new york and got lost in the sewers for a week. he insisted he was living with a family of mutant turtles and a rat but i think he was just embarrassed to admit he got lost" "DAD STOP-"

The turtles, watching from NYC: hey, is that RR's dad?

🤫 Its all fun and games until the inevitable TMNT vs Batman crossover happens 🤣

You keep making me laugh so hard with all these

[batcavescolony]

Jason's not special. Anything he can do Stephanie Brown can do better 💜💜💜

Killed by Parent+Gotham rogue ☑

Revived by Lazarus serum/pit ☑

Complicated Batman relationship ☑

'Spite my Dad' vigilante persona ☑

Underrated Robin ☑

Knocked out Tim in their first meeting ☑

(This is a J-O-K-E Jason stans calm yourself)

[professormaniac]

🧪The serum’s affects were strong within her. Observe as the serum coursing through her veins causes her bosoms to jostle and heave before they expand 🧪

[breqvendaai]

working in a lab as my pandemic job has had some effects I honestly didn't expect such as 1) whenever I get blood work done, I know what tests they're doing bc of the test tubes they have lined up and 2) I'm watching a TV show and had the reaction of "oh hey those containers they're using for tissue samples are the same ones we used for pap smears, neat"

[pablodelarcorey]

Chanel / Revitalizing Serum / Chanel R&D Team / Treatment

[hurtcomforted]

i said it once (on this account anyway) and i'll keep saying it. what the fuck is the point of having red skull on vormir if steve never goes there. it could have been something really fucking cool and instead it’s just one more meaningless call back.

[psychologeek]

Hi Brother (there's an endless road to rediscover)

Part of "Who am I (to disappear)" (15.5k,T) May not make sense without reading the fic first. No need to read the other fics in the series.

Summary: A Cass-centric fic from her POV since leaving Cain. Contains a lot about names and identity and becoming a person and dealing with past dehumanization.

(Need to know: In which Cass and Jason met as kids and consider themselves twins. Right after TT, which is how Cass find out Jason is alive.)

Hi, Brother

Brother is different.

Some good, bad bad - different.

Cass know that. Cass know that from seeing Timmy and blood and big eye.

Cass know that from Old Lady doctor looking at Timmy and go worried curious sad and sigh.

Cass know that from waking up Timmy every two hours and make sure he's not hurt-in-head. That he's still working.

Cass know that from thirteen new stitches and ten and cast on hand and hurt ribs and scared look and fear, and sad confused worried hurt but not hurt from body.

Cass know that from Timmy looking like a kid he is, from Timmy confused and crying and sad and say things he keeps inside.

But Brother is still the same.

They watched. 

Brother more hurt inside sad worried angry. Brother more hurt others.

But Brother also give food to little ones. 

Brother also look at people body screaming scared hurt and make them go less scared.

Brother go talk with the shiny ladies that always act fake and look at men like they are Weapons. But shiny ladies look at Brother and act not-fake. Look at Brother and body go trust care secure.

Brother talk to people feeling scared hurt bad and make it better.

Brother go to people act like Master, people look at other people like Master looked at Cass, when they were Weapon.

(People looking at little ones the way the old man looked at little Weapon and want).

Brother go to people that make others hurt, and make them stop.

Cass think - 

Someone made Brother into Weapon, now. He learn how to be a person again.

~

But brother hurt Timmy. Not just in the body.

Brother made Timmy broken like a jar, and there was crack in it and everything spilled out. Timmy hurt and medicines make him all talky and say things he keep inside like “replacement” and “leave” and talking like a Weapon, talking like not-Timmy like need to be stored away because not people, not part.

Talking like “need” and “useful” and “duty” and “job”.

Timmy was in bed for days. And that was bad but good. Bad because hurt, but good because talk out and they can pick up dirty ugly thoughts and make him know he real person.

Tell him “want” and “just be” and “care” and “family”. Talk to him with body and actions, not ugly slippery words.

Timmy still sad hurt now, but cass is sure he not going to think he is Weapon again. 

Cas was Weapon. Cass is a weapon. But also more than that. 

So is Timmy.

So is Brother.

(But he still needs to fix it up.)