#then he was planning an invasion

[scaryscarecrows]

What's your plan for the future, Jason?

And... I'm sorry if I sound I want to fix or some shit

You don't plan for the future in this job. Not like that. Sure, I'll probably go home tonight, make me some bulgogi and see what bullshit drama's on the late night channels, but I could just as easily wind up dead at the bottom of the river. You never know.

-Jason

[bet-on-me-13]

The First Supervillain

So! A Typical "Early Start" AU where the events of The Show happen early in the Timeline. Like, in the 70's or 80's.

Danny never quite managed to fix his Public Perception, and even years into his career people still saw him as the Villain.

Coincidentally Valerie was seen as a Hero because of how often they were seen fighting. Even after they revealed their Identities and got together, they still had the occasional Battle. It was their love language.

His role as the Villain was Cemented when Pariah launched his Second Invasion of Earth after some dumbass accidentally freed him, and Danny took the Blame for it. Instead of being seen as the Hero who battled Pariah and stopped the Invasion, he was seen as the Tyrant to launched the Invasion in the first place, with Red Huntess being the one to defeat him in one final Ultimate Battle.

And honestly? He was fine with that. Now that he was the King of the Ghost Zone, he had the Authority to Regulate the Portal so villains stopped getting through. And that meant that he wasn't needed to stop random Ghost Attacks anymore. He could finally focus on College and his own Life, instead of sacrificing everything to act as the Protector of the Human Realm.

Val continued to be a Hero for a few more years, eventually retiring when it became Clear that the new generation of Heroes could pick up the Slack.

He went to College, got a Job as an Aerospace Engineer, and eventually proposed to Valerie.

About 20 years since his initial Accident, and he was doing great! He had moved into a humble home on the edge of town with his loving wife Val, his beautiful daughter Ellie, and his cute dog Cujo.

Yeah, life was good.

Until the day Danny accidently caused a Mass Crisis.

...

Superman was having some extreme trouble in dealing with his current Opponent. He had just been flying around the City, patrolling as Usual, when all of a sudden he had been attacked by a Flying Mech Suit.

At first he had assumed that Lex was giving it another Go, but he quickly realized that was not the case when the Armor seemed to Phase though solid matter in the middle of the battle. Lex had never made Tech advanced enough to do that on the fly.

This opponent was tough too. Strong enough and Durable enough to go blow for blow with him, and seemingly able to pull Advanced Weaponry from out of nowhere whenever he wanted. As tough as it was to admit, Superman as losing the Battle.

Then, without warning, the battle stopped. His opponent was staring at the space just behind him, with a look of pure dread. He turned around, and his heart stopped.

Floating behind him, staring right past him and directly at the Mech Suit, was the First Villain Phantom.

He looked much the same as when he had last been seen, although he was definitely Older. He had snow white hair, and glowing green eyes that seemed to stare right past him and into his very soul. He was wearing what seemed to be a costume of sorts, with an all black suit, white gloves, and white boots. Over his Shoulders sat a Cloak made of Stars, and above his head sat a Crown made of an Icy Blue Fire.

The Mech tried for a greeting, "Er- Hello t-Lord Phantom. How do you d-"

"Skulker."

"Y-yes?"

"What are you doing here? I thought I gave you explicit orders to stay in the Ghost Zone until further notice. You disobeyed me."

"Okay look. I got excited, that's my fault. It's just, I got anxious waiting. Can you really blame me? I've been waiting 20 years to take another Crack at the Human World, what's it matter if I left a few weeks Early?"

"I told you. You were supposed to wait exactly 20 Years, and you left Early. This calls for punishment."

"No wait!"

"Let's see how you feel after a few days as Soup."

The Villain pulled out a Thermos, and in a flash of green light, Skulker was gone, and the King was capping the Thermos. He then turned to Superman.

"I apologize for him, he decided to leave ahead of schedule." The King addressed him. "Now, Kryptonian. Rest and tend to your wounds, you will need to be in your best health if you want to continue saving the lives of those people below us."

With a dramatic flare, the King reached up and Tore a hole in Space. Through the Hole, Superman could only see an infinite Green Void, with the sound of screams cheering being heard through the rift.

The King departed through the Tear in Spacetime, and it closed behind him.

Superman tried to collect himself, and activated his League Emergency Comms.

"Attention All Founding Members, and Justice League Dark Members. This is Superman calling for an immediate Emergency Meeting."

He took a deep breath.

"Phantom is Back."

[bugcatcherkit]

I just feel like he’d be Scared of them idk. Not that he’d let anyone know that

[worstloki]

there is a difference between being born to a throne, maliciously vying for a throne, stealing a throne, and having a throne thrust upon you when you are already in the midst of an identity crisis. And I fear Loki's place in the line of succession has people unable to differentiate between any of these

[yeoldenews]

A mother's word for word transcription of the imaginary phone call her four-year-old made to Santa Claus in 1911.

(source: The Harbor Beach Times, December 22, 1911.)

Through some outrageous case of serendipity I found a recording of another phone call this same child made 60 years later. Though I have to say his choice of conversational partner is a definite downgrade from the first call.

[pocketramblr]

what do you mean sozin didn't have a kid until he was like eighty...

[runwhileyoucan]

"You got it all wrong, brother. I've always loved you, even now." 

I used @prettyundeadgirl 's picture as reference for the grave stone so kudos to her! Please check her photos out!

[druidonity2]

[all-inmoderation]

do people who keep drawing sokka as spirits know that he doesnt have any respect for the spirits in the show

[anarkhebringer]

Had an idea to fill more plot holes in his Stardew Valley AU...

[kerorowhump]

god the writing in KG is just impeccable and it does NOT get the credit it deserves because i can put any two characters from the main 5 together in a pair and they'll have some interesting contrasts and points in common that they don't have with the others

[sigilmint]

omg recently friends have been like "I played some deathloop and tried not to kill aleksis but I just couldn't help it" and "he's so awful sorry I know you love him" and I'm like !!!!! no!!!!! please feel that way about him!! if you ever read my fic I want you going in with your worst opinion of him. that's the point!!! he's is the worst!!!!! I validate all of the aleksis hate bc it's well founded and real. he is not a good person. he has ruined (and cost) many people's lives. he doesn't care about anyone but himself. my fic picks up where that thought leaves off, but that thought is essential to the enjoyment of my story!!

[cowpokezuko]

Watching James Bond movies while having a fundamental hatred for western imperialist powers is crazy work. I fucking hate the CIA but Felix Leiter seduced me with his cunty little outfits.

[brokenhe4ds]

autism is so fun because why am i sobbing watching a tiktok where charles leclerc says his driving idol is ayrton senna

[burritowitch]

there's a black label blue beetle book in my head that will not ever ever leave now i don't think

[mayasaura]

Finally got to Ludinus' villain speech. He seems to be presenting himself as basically an anarchist, so it's not surprising that Ashton is close to picking up what he's putting down. He has no plan for the aftermath; whoever dies dies. Chaos, death, and destruction in the short term are an acceptable price to pay in order to topple a hierarchy. Interesting direction to take it, I'm intrigued.

There are just a few really salient questions I'm a little apprehensive about going unasked.

One. Molaesmyr. I'm with Chet, that's super important. If first contact with Predathos and a failed bridge did that to an entire city, how can we just trust that freeing Predathos won't replicate the fall of Molaesmyr on a larger scale? What destroyed that city, and what continues to twist its ruins, if not Predathos?

Two. Ludinus wants to show the whole world that the gods aren't worth saving. Fine. We've established that the Gods derive their power from worship. That psychic energy is their juice. If Ludinus now has the memory of the fall of Aeor in his back pocket, why does he need Predothos? Convince the world that the Gods aren't worth worshiping, and they'll whither and die on their own. Seems like a more democratic solution than calling in another foreign power to intentionally make your home a battlefield.