#wal russ

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Submitted by @ohfugecannada

[ohfugecannada]

Rocket Raccoon issue #1 (1985)

Written by BILL MANTLO

art by by MIKE MIGNOLA, AL GORDON and CHRISTIE SCHEELE

[f1letters]

labyrinth | aa23

"uh-oh, I'm falling in love, oh no, I'm falling in love again"

summary: it's safe to say she wasn't expecting to fall in love so quickly after just ending a five-year relationship, but alex albon was just everything she needed without even realizing it

warning: overall fluff with a little hint of angst, rom-com vibes, brother's best friend, recent breakup, mentions of falling out of love with someone, reader's ex has a name (Harry), mentions of Alex breaking his collarbone when he was cycling with George (I still remember laughing so hard when I read about this lol), reader completely clueless that her feelings are reciprocated, big romantic gesture in the end, swearing

pairing: alex albon x russell!reader

word count: 3.9k

note: everything in bold are song references and in italic are thoughts, which includes memories from the past.

living for the rom-com content this week! haha, I hope everyone enjoys their daily dose of sweet, fluffy, perfect alex because he owns my heart and I'm always a sucker for the brother's best friend trope! haha

masterlist

"It only hurts this much right now"

Was what I was thinkin' the whole time

Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out

I'll be gettin' over you my whole life

Having the painful realization that you fell out of love with someone you still adore immensely feels almost like losing touch with reality for a moment.

All of a sudden, your entire life changes.

You find yourself loving old memories more than the opportunity to create new ones. 

You feel afraid of leaving all the plans and all the dreams you spoke of fulfilling behind.

You realize you're trapped in the past, stuck in the old idea you still have preciously stored in your head of how they used to be.

Y/N felt like she was losing a part of herself now that Harry was gone.

It was five years together after all. Five years of ups and downs, of laughter and tears, of happiness and anger, of dreams and nightmares.

But as much as she tried to find the butterflies she felt at the beginning in every detail of him, when the young woman looked at her long-time partner she could only see traces of what they once were.

Stupidly, it hurt more that they'd broken up on nice terms. Maybe if they'd had a dramatic, fiery ending she'd have had an easier time moving on.

But fuck, he was still one of the best people she'd ever met. Things just weren't working anymore and their paths didn't seem to align anymore.

Y/N was more than convinced that she would be getting over him her whole life.

At that point, her only source of sanity was her brother's unconditional support. Well... Sanity might have been a strong term.

George had become a true helicopter brother, constantly glued to her side, even if it meant dragging her around the world with him.

It had been a month since Y/N and Harry had been separated and the girl had managed to cross three continents in that time. What a fancy way to deal with heartbreak.

But in one of the few moments when the younger Russell managed to escape her sibling's watchful eyes, Y/N found herself with tears in her eyes, her heart shattered on the floor and her head spinning.

As much as she tried to suppress the sobs that were coming out of her mouth, her cries did not go unnoticed by the attentive ears of the Thai driver who passed by the Mercedes motorhome on his way to visit his best friend.

You know how scared I am of elevators

Never trust it if it rises fast

It can't last

Taking a detour from his previously planned route, Alex carefully approached the crying girl, placing a hand on her forearm which made her turn towards him abruptly.

He felt a tightness in his chest as soon as he saw her smudged, red eyes. "Hey little Russ, are you okay?"

Y/N quickly wiped her eyes with the back of her black long sleeve, putting on a forced smile. "Alex, hey! Oh, it's nothing, I'm okay. Don't worry."

"You were always a terrible liar, you know that?" The boy leaned against the wall, his eyes still fixed on hers. "You can talk to me, Y/N. I promise I'll take your secrets to the grave. Scout's honour!"

The young woman laughed. She knew that the driver was someone she could trust. After all, he had been a constant presence in her life for many years now through George, even if she was never that close to him.

"It's so... Stupid, I feel ridiculous." She confessed, looking up at the open sky and letting out a sad sigh. "Harry is seeing someone new."

"Harry as in your bore of an ex Harry?" She rolled her eyes but nodded yes. "Damn, already? Do you think... Do you think he was already seeing her before you split?"

"No, he wouldn't." The girl spoke. "The thing is neither of us was happy in that relationship, and I know we made the right choice, but... It doesn't hurt any less to see the person who was with you for years move on."

Not knowing exactly what moved him to do so, Alex let his hand run along her soft hair in an act of comfort. Y/N found herself feeling a familiar feeling in her stomach, although she wasn't sure what it was.

"Look, don't waste your time dwelling on that." The driver said as he continued to play with the ends of her locks. "I'm sure that someday he won't be more than a distant memory and that you have a bright future waiting for you with someone who makes you feel like the best version of yourself."

"Alex Albon, what an amazing motivational speech, who knew you were so poetic!" She made him laugh and then hugged him from the side, resting her face on his arm. "But really, thank you. I needed this."

"Anytime, little Russ." He rested his face on the top of her head momentarily, only to push away almost immediately. "So, ready to see your brother get his ass kicked today?"

Y/N felt her palms sweat as she walked next to the boy on their way to her brother, still confused about the sudden effect Thai had on her.

It's just a moment of weakness, it won't last, she tried to convince herself, he's your brother's best friend for God's sake.

Uh-oh, I'm fallin' in love

Oh no, I'm fallin' in love again

Oh, I'm fallin' in love

I thought the plane was goin' down

How'd you turn it right around?

From that moment on, and for some reason mysterious to both of them, they seemed to seek each other out whenever the occasion presented itself.

Y/N would purposefully extend her path to Mercedes on race days in hopes of passing Alex by Williams to wish him luck.

And boy, if Alex didn't make an effort to spend as much time outside the motorhome as possible praying that the girl who he couldn't get out of his head would show up, even if she always had George next to her.

In the middle of all their yearning, the two had started an unspoken tradition during the weeks that followed, which made them feel all warm and fuzzy inside in true puppy love fashion.

On another Sunday like all the others, Alex was lost in conversation with Lando in front of his team's motorhome when - to his shock - he saw the girl about to pass by him... Alone?

Leaving his friend behind with just a few words and a confused look on the British driver's face, Alex hurried over to her, putting his arm around the girl's shoulders.

"Well, well, well... What do we have here? A rare sight of Y/N without her bodyguard?" He spoke with a mischievous smirk.

"Yeah, looks like I got left behind today." Y/N chuckled, eyes twinkling in his direction.

"I never seem to get you alone around these parts. Is Georgie really that controlling?" Alex laughed, knowing full well that his friend had always been very protective of his sister. 

Yikes, if he only knew the way his best friend thought about her now.

"So you wanted to get me alone, unh?" Y/N teased the man, without controlling the flirtatious energy with which her question came out of her mouth.

Alex was taken aback but didn't hesitate to respond with the same tone. "And what if I wanted to?"

"Didn't know you were such a flirt, Albon!" She said, teasingly. "My brother, on the other hand, might not be very happy that his best friend is trying to make a move on his baby sister." The girl stated with a serious look, although her mouth still revealed a smirk.

"He doesn't need to know." The driver said as he started walking back to the building, but not before turning to her again and speaking. "If you don't have plans tonight, let's do something. What do you say?"

"I'll think about it." She said, grinning from ear to ear. "Good luck, lover boy."

Uh-oh, I'm falling in love, she realized as her heart pounded in her chest.

It only feels this raw right now

Lost in the labyrinth of my mind

Break up, break free, break through, break down

You would break your back to make me break a smile

Y/N really thought of not going. 

It would've spared her the inevitable heartbreak she was going to go through when her brother eventually found out that she had feelings for Alex.

But on the spur of the moment, the young woman chose to worry about her fears later and take her chances, as she stormed out of her hotel room towards the driver's.

Y/N knocked on his door nervously and it only took a few seconds for Alex to show up, with only his shorts on, his hair dishevelled and his toned chest on full display.

"Y/N, you came," he said, an obviously surprised look on his face. "I thought you had bailed."

Oh great, he has someone in there with him, she thought as soon as she saw the strands of his golden hair all tousled. "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know you had company. I'm going to g-"

"What?" He asked lost until he realized the state he was in. "Oh no, no, no! I ended up falling asleep when I realized you weren't com- Or rather when I thought you weren't coming. Please, come in."

The girl entered the room, studying her surroundings while Alex put on a sweatshirt.

"I honestly had lost all hope that you were going to show up," He chuckled timidly. "But I'm so glad you proved me wrong."

After some discussion, the two ended up settling on ordering room service and rewatching The Office - obsessed with the show they had seen it dozens of times over the years - while they ate their late dinner sitting on his giant bed and talked to each other about everything.

"Why did you guys go cycling into the middle of the forest... If the brakes on the fucking bike didn't work?" Tears were now streaming down the girl's eyes, she was laughing so hard at the story Alex was telling her.

"Hey, stop laughing! I broke my collarbone!" The driver already felt stomach pains from laughing so hard and he pushed her until she fell backwards onto the mattress. "And you should know I saved your brother's ass! I gave him the good bike and that's how the universe thanked me!"

"Stop, stop!" She remained laying on the bed, arms hugging her stomach. "I can't laugh anymore or I swear I'll pass out."

Lying down next to her, Alex looked at the girl with passionate eyes. "I'm glad me breaking a bone at least made you break a smile."

At that moment, lost in his gaze, Y/N knew she was in too deep and there was no way back.

You know how much I hate

That everybody just expects me to bounce back

Just like that

Now that the two had already crossed the line and they had spent time one on one, the two friends - or so they liked to call themselves, their feelings still hidden from both parties - were inseparable.

Whenever they could they found themselves together: whether it was within four walls late at night just enjoying each other's company, or exploring cities around the world after getting rid of George with a lame excuse.

So, when Y/N received a message from the driver inviting her to dinner, she wasn't surprised or questioned anything.

It was at a restaurant where the two had already been several times in Monaco along with other friends, so the girl just assumed that the same would happen this time around too.

However, hours later, when she questioned George about his plans for that evening - convinced that her question would spark a debate about rides to the restaurant - the words that came out of his mouth quickly made her realize that she had the wrong idea all along.

"I'll probably just stay home and play with the boys. Well, other than Alex, apparently he has a hot date today with some girl he's been all mysterious about."

A d- d- date. Was this supposed to be a date?!

"Oh." She felt her face go white in shock, something that thankfully went unnoticed by her brother as he was glued to his phone. "I- I'll be right back."

The girl ran upstairs to her room and grabbed her cell phone to reread Alex's message.

From: lover boy

what do you think about dinner with your favourite guy tonight at blue bay, 7pm? 👀 

All of a sudden, her palms got sweaty, her heart rate started to increase, and she started to feel apprehensive.

Of course, she had already come to terms with the fact that she had feelings for him but him liking her back?

Surely it was nothing more than a misunderstanding and tonight was nothing more than a dinner between friends.

Uh-oh, I'm fallin' in love

Oh no, I'm fallin' in love again

Oh, I'm fallin' in love

I thought the plane was goin' down

How'd you turn it right around?

The hours passed and she found herself dolled up in a simple long blue dress on her way to where Alex was waiting for her completely alone and more beautiful than ever.

It was a date, there was no question about it.

Alex held out his hand for her to help her out of the taxi and kept it in Y/N's as he looked at her in astonishment. "Jesus, you- You look... Incredible. Fucking incredible really. Shall we go in, little Russ?"

With the simple use of the nickname he always used, Y/N closed herself within her walls as she remembered how wrong she was for going after Alex on her brother's back.

And with that remembrance alone, the date was already ruined before it even started.

For a couple of hours, the two sat at a glamorous table making small, forced talk. Even Alex gave up trying to keep the conversation going when he realized she wasn't feeling it.

The driver felt like the dumbest person on the planet at that moment: not only had he broken his best friend's trust, but he had done it just to have his heart broken in the end.

The silence continued on the ride home, with Alex offering to drive her back like a true gentleman even after the whole dinner fiasco. After a few torturous minutes, he stopped the car and she put her hand on the door handle so fast his heart only shattered more.

"Well, thanks for dinner." She said, her eyes glued to her lap afraid to face him. "I- I'll see you soon, good night."

Alex saw her get out of his Mercedes but unable to accept that this was it, the driver jumped out of the driver's seat towards her. "Wait!"

The girl turned back, coming face to face with the dishevelled image of the boy rushing towards her.

"What went wrong tonight?" Alex asked distraught, letting his hand run through his hair. "I thought I was pretty clear that I cared a lot about you. Hell, I thought you felt the same way. Did I misunderstand things between us that badly all these months we spent together?"

Oh no, I'm falling in love again, she thought to herself and dread filled her from top to bottom like a shiver.

"I'm sorry, Alex," She said, still unable to look at him, especially now that tears were threatening to fall from her eyes. "But I just can't do this right now."

And without even answering, Alex simply walked away.

Uh-oh, I'm fallin' in love

Oh no, I'm fallin' in love again

Oh, I'm fallin' in love

I thought the plane was goin' down

How'd you turn it right around?

After spending months on end talking every day, it all became radio silent.

Y/N couldn't help but blame herself for ending up hurt. He'd put his heart on the line and confronted the undeniable feelings between them, only for her to let fear drive her and ruin everything.

She was the only one responsible for the sudden lump she felt in her throat, for the heaviness of her heart and for the wave of sadness that hit her.

It only got worse when a week later she saw his misery-written face on yet another race weekend, as she got choked with tears, thanks to the painful distance now set between them.

One week turned into two and those feelings of hopelessness and melancholy were still in the air, something that did not escape George's watchful eye.

Taking his place on the sofa next to the girl wrapped in a blanket drinking tea, the elder Russell sat down without much care and let out an exhausted sigh.

"Crikey, what's up with everyone? I swear you've all been in a bad mood lately." He said, without getting a response back. "Did you and Alex plan to get all depressed together or something? Jesus."

The girl gulped at 'her and Alex' and 'together' being in the same sentence, as she tried to keep her concentration on the movie that was on TV.

"He's been all upset since he went on that date I told you about. Apparently, it was a complete failure and now I'll never know who the girl was." George laughed, shaking his head. "I never understood the secrecy. It's not like he went out with you or som-"

Unconsciously, Y/N turned her face towards the large glass window embarrassed but quickly realized that her reaction had given her away.

"Oh, my God," George spoke slowly, trying to accept what he had just realized. "It was you?"

"It doesn't matter now." She finally seemed to get her voice back. "It was a silly decision but it's over anyways."

"What happened?"

"It's over, I told you. I never should have even developed feelings for him." Y/N looked into her brother's eyes, tears forming. "I knew he was your best friend and I still didn't put a stop to things. I'm so so sorry, G."

"Y/N…" The driver leaned against the back of the sofa and brought his hand to his forehead. "Please tell me you didn't break his heart because you thought I would be bothered by you guys going out."

Uh-oh, I'm fallin' in love

Oh no, I'm fallin' in love again

Oh, I'm fallin' in love

I thought the plane was goin' down

How'd you turn it right around?

"Just now you were saying the only reason he should hide a date is if he was going to go out with me!" The girl's voice rose. "Of course, I had to put a stop to it before things went too far!"

"I said it was the only reason he WOULDN'T tell me, not that he SHOULD hide it!" Her brother screamed along with her.

The two sat silently contemplating each other's words until George spoke. "Little sis, I'm sorry to break it to you but I think things have gone too far just by looking at your broken faces these past days."

Oh, he's right, I'm definitely falling in love, she finally accepted.

"Alex is one of the best people I know and I trust him with my life. I couldn't ask for a better person to be by my sister's side if you guys love each other." The man said, his hands resting on each of her shoulders. "Go for it and get him back."

Uh-oh, I'm fallin' in love

Oh no, I'm fallin' in love again

Oh, I'm fallin' in love

Speeding as if her life depended on it, Y/N reached the house of the boy who had her heart and knocked incessantly on his door.

"Calm down, who the f-" Alex opened the door, ready to argue with the person on the other side until he realized it was her. "Y/N."

"Before you send me away, please listen to what I have to say." Y/N pleaded while Alex observed the girl. 

She was in his doorway, still wearing her pyjamas, fluffy pink slippers on her feet, with a beanie and a scarf that she at least remembered to grab on her way out or she wouldn't have survived the cold.

"I was a complete idiot for letting you go that night. What I should have done was run after you, begged for a second chance and told you that I'm falling for you and have been since the day you found me crying in the back of that motorhome."

"I was at my worst and you still managed to put me back together and turn it right around. You are literally the man of my dreams. You have everything I want and need in a partner, and I never should have let this drag on for so long in the first place. So please, give me a chance to show you how happy and great we can be together."

The two seemed frozen at the moment, with their hearts on their sleeves and eyes filled with love and hope for a happy ending, until they heard someone from inside the house clearing their throat.

Turning to face his living room, Y/N now noticed the group of drivers - and unfortunately friends of her brother as well - with sly smiles on their faces. "Oh God, please kill me now."

"It was quite the speech, Russell, but maybe we should go." Lando spoke, grinning at the girl, as he, Charles, Pierre and Carlos left the apartment.

"I will never show my face in the paddock again." She said to Alex, covering her face with her hands.

The Thai affectionately removed her hands, intertwining them with his, and approached her, with a smile the size of the world. "I don't know. I agree with Lando, it was quite the speech indeed."

Without thinking twice, and before he could change his mind, Y/N placed her lips on his in a kiss that both of them had been craving for months.

And the moment their mouths met, they both discovered what it was like to feel that one person was their home.

"What about George?" Alex questioned, pulling away slightly from her.

"He almost pushed me out of the house to come here and make things right." The girl laughed, circling the tall boy's waist with her arms.

"Well, little Russ, looks like I'm going to have to buy Georgie dinner as a 'thank you'." He chuckled, grateful for his best friend. "Or should I say, my future brother-in-law?"

"Calm down, lover boy. I've been here for a few minutes." They laughed together, wrapped up in each other. "We have all the time in the world to think about the future."

Sometimes it only takes one painful heartbreak to help us see we are worth so much more than we're settling for.

I thought the plane was goin' down

How'd you turn it right around?

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[woozletania]

Were Batch 89 prototype Hellspawn?

Batch 89 was used to test some pretty questionable technology.  Lylla’s arms make some sense as otters have short little forelegs, but Teef’s wheels and Floor’s several modifications make little sense if you are trying to make a perfect biological species.

But wheels, spider legs and a big bitey bear trap mouth make some sense if you’re prototyping tech for Hellspawn.  Rocket’s various mods make him a pretty clear technology testbed for a super soldier (Super strength and toughness for his size, intuitive piloting skills, inhumanly good positional awareness that makes him a crack shot). But what about the rest of Batch 89?

Taken as a whole, why would the HE put all these in come cases very experimental mods on creatures?  He clearly wasn’t trying to make perfect biological organisms out of them.  But if he was planning to build guards for his colonies, the mods make more sense.  Batch 89 may have been a technology testbed for Hellspawn tech, with Rocket the last to be modified and the only one to be given mostly internal cybernetics.  Presumably Batch 90 would have been more Rocket-like had he not developed the evolution chambers.  Were it not for the chambers Batch 90 may have featured things like Robot Legs Blackjack and Wal Russ with his swappable tusks and chest pouch full of Waldo tentacles.

[justmenoworries]

Minor spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 under the cut!

Rocket's backstory kind of annoys me for a few reasons.

For one, it pretty much did exactly what I feared it would: It went the way of several other Guardians of the Galaxy properties before it and killed Lylla Otter to make Rocket's backstory more sad. To be fair, she wasn't the only one to get killed off, but it was still annoying to see. Telltale did it, the newer Guardians game did it, and now the first mainstream movie Lylla's ever appeared in so far had to fridge her too. Frankly, that's bull. Lylla could be so interesting if any piece of modern media she features in gave her a goddamn chance to be more than one of the reasons for Rocket's man-pain. The original character was a princess and part of the resistance on Halfworld for crying out loud!

Secondly, I don't like that the MCU keeps killing off characters and squashing really interesting concepts it doesn't need to. I really wanted Rocket's animal friends to survive, somehow. I knew from the tone that was very unlikely to happen, since they exclusively appear in Rocket's angst-coma flashbacks, but it still would've been nice. Plus, this movie had the golden opportunity to introduce Blackjack O'Hare and Wal Russ, two cool characters in their own right and just as important to Rocket as Lylla, and they botched it. (No, I don't consider Floor and Teef the MCU's version of Blackjack and Wal, they didn't make them nearly recognizable enough for that. Also, Floor and Teef were superfluous, flat and I felt literally nothing when they died. There, I said it.) Because among a ton of other things that could have made Rocket's backstory more than torture porn, Halfworld got axed as well. Look, I get the movie really wanted to make you cry, but Jesus Christ would it have been too much to let Rocket have something? Let him discover he's not the only one like him? That he has people who can relate to him, in a way the other Guardians can't, who understand him?

Lylla could have been that. Blackjack could have been that. Wal could have been that. All of them could have been that!

Heck, Rocket already gets to be the new leader of the Guardians at the end of the movie, why not have him lead his own team of Halfworlders and some others? That would have been awesome!

But no.

Needless fridging it is.

As always with the MCU latels.

*cough cough* Wanda *cough cough*

[superamatista]

Lylla showing up in an MCU film feels so surreal. Rocket Raccoon was already pushing it but now I'll get to see more sad cyborg animals on the big screen.

Gotta say, I did not expect to see Wal Russ in the trailer, even with a different name. Blackjack O'Hare got replaced by a different bunny that resembles more the tragic cyborg-bun from the comic We3 than the gun-toting black-furred wisecracking anthro rabbit from the comics.

[y2k-radio-cannibal]

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(Circa 1994 - 2004)

7.2.5 Original (Wal-Mart)

Adidas

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And1

Anxiety

Avon Fashions

Baby Phat

Banana Republic

Benneton (United Colours of)

Betsey Johnson

Bongo

Bonjour

B.U.M Equipment (Wal-Mart)

Candies

Charlotte Russe

Club Monaco

Contempo Casual

Delia's

DKNY

Esprit

Forenza

Formula X

FUBU

Gadzooks

Gap

Gitano

Guess

J Crew

JNCO

Jordache

Juicy Couture

LA Gear

Le Chateau

Lee Denim

Levi

Lip Service

Lucky Brand

Members Only

Mexx

Miss Me

Morgan de toi

M.U.D.D (Wal-Mart)

Nike

No Fear

Papaya

Paris Sports Club

Rampage

Reebok

Revolt

Secret

Sketchers

Street One (?)

Taboo

Tara

Taurus II

Tommy Hilfiger

Tripp

True Religion

Uttam London (?)

Wet Seal

You wit Hus

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[russieraholic]

Omg I just thought of the PERFECT animal for a Lockhart furry

A walrus

Because big.. bulky… sea life… weird creature…

Also come in how can I give up on a pun like Wal-Russ

[otacringe]

in my mind his name is wal t. russ (teefs is his middle name) because i feel like if you asked a walrus what its name was it would absolutely just say "walrus"

also additional notes: lylla does not look like an otter in her first appearance. that's a fucking weasel.

im glad she and rocky r happy though. also wow they really did upgrade floor like the original rabbit character wasn't even bnuuy.

bnuuy ⬆️

WHY WAS HE BRITISH 😭

[nerds-yearbook]

In The Incredible Hulk 271#, cover date May, 1982, future Guardians of the Galaxy member Rocket Raccoon was introduced. He was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema. The issue also introduced Halfworld and some of its inhabitants, including Wal Russ, Lylla, Judson Jakes, Uncle Pyro, Blackjack O'Hare, and the Killer Clowns. It also was the first appearance of the Keystone Quadrant Kops, Rocket Raccoon's ship "The Rakk' n Ruin" and the tank "Robomower". ("Now Somewhere in the Black Holes of Sirius Major There Lived a Young Boy Name of Rocket Raccoon", The Incredible Hulk 271#, Comic, Event)

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Blackjack switches sides, and seeing as how he is a mercenary who will flip as soon as he sees a way to make things go more in his favor, I’m sure they can all totally trust him. 

[otterlylla-archive]

Lylla Masterpost

It’s been almost 3 years since GotG came out and Rocket Raccoon became hugely popular and I still keep seeing people wondering: Who’s Lylla?

You probably all know her as Rocket’s (ex) girlfriend, who is also an otter. She’s  appeared in VERY few stories, even less so than Blackjack O’Hare or Wal Russ. According to official sources, she’s coming back in the upcoming Rocket solo comic. 

So, to refresh some people’s memories of the character, or if you don’t know who she is, here’s a post with EVERY time she’s appeared in since Rocket’s debut to this day.

Lylla’s first appearance was in Rocket’s first appearance as well (not counting the Marvel Preview where he was called Rocky). She’s presented as Rocket’s girlfriend and Wal Russ’ (honorary?) niece, who named his ship, and a distressed damsel who gets kidnapped to lure Rocket into a trap. Of course, Rocket saves her and all is good...for the time. In general, she’s shown to be a weak, helpless individual who never gets to do anything on her own. She’s less a character and more a walking plot device. She barely has any dialogue, at that (I’m not posting every panel where she appears, btw). 

When she reappeared in the limited 4-issue Rocket Raccoon series, in 1985, Lylla’s character was expanded. She’s introduced as stripping, jumping into a waterfall and fooling around with Rocket.

Here, she is the heiress of Mayhem Mekaniks, the biggest toy-making industry in planet Halfworld. The toys are used to entertain the mentally ill humanoids living in the planet. However, her parents were killed when she was very young and the company was taken over by the mole Judson Jakes (who was the one who had her parents killed). Supposedly he’s only the owner of the company until “she comes of age” (Lylla was underage here?), so he’s forcing Lylla to marry him and thus get her company. Lylla refuses, of course.At the same time, rival toy company owner Lord Dyvyne also wants to marry Lylla in order to get her fortune, and she refuses as well. 

So Dyvyne sends the Black Bunny Brigade (lead by Blackjack O’Hare) to kidnap her and send her to him. Blackjack captured her (JUUUUST when she was holding a gun and about to fight to retrieve the Gideon’s Bible on her own, because she’s apparently not allowed to do that), but then decided HE wanted to marry her and get her fortune. Again, she refuses. He hits her, as well (for getting distracted looking at a mural, at that).

When Rocket and Wal Russ go to save her, she gets to punch a few bad guys, but then goes back to being a doormat when Blackjack becomes forceful. 

When Rocket arrives, Lylla...scolds him, for not being brave enough, even though he was in a hurry at the moment. When Blackjack joins Rocket’s group and they escape, she’s wary of him and he wants to get rid of her (because she’s the one the villains want).

Later, the scientist turtle Pyko explains what is the true nature of the planet: It was always meant to be a mental asylum and the animals are there to look after and entertain the patients, and everything the animals did was because of the original robot caretakers. Lylla, like Rocket, is surprised, but nowhere near to Rocket’s extent. 

Blackjack betrays the group and attempts to stab Lylla, but she (finally) fights back.

When they get to the toy-making factory (apparently the “real” one operated by robots, which makes the Toy Wars completely moot) they make special helmets  that can “cure” the mentally ill people (I’m making a whole different post about the ableism in Rocket’s backstory). When one is used on Rocket, he “realizes the depth of his love for Lylla” and smooches her, to her surprise (?). Lylla is also the first one to realize how quiet the patients got when the helmets are used on them. 

The villains strike back, and Lylla uses a gun alongside the main characters. She doesn’t fight directly though, and mainly hugs Rocket and swoons over his bravery. 

In the end, Rocket defeats the villains and Lylla leaves the planet with Rocket and the other animals in a giant spaceship, since they’re “no longer needed”. 

Something I noticed: thorough the story, Lylla NEVER does any work for her company at all. In fact, Jakes and Dyvyne fully believe that she’ll only manage the company with Rocket and then give all the toys away. This could be a good chance for a “villains underestimating a woman and then being proven wrong”, except that she NEVER does anything about it. She doesn’t even care about Rocket wanting to decipher the mysteries of Halfworld; she just wants to swim and have fun with her boyfriend. 

So basically: Lylla is a very passive, caring and sweet lady who nevertheless can fight and use a gun, doesn’t like working, has no authority over anybody, no ambitions and would rather have fun all day with no worries. That is, until Annihilators happened.

In this story, the entire “Toy Wars” thing got retconned into a holographic projection inserted in Rocket’s brain to keep him from going back to his planet. Here, Halfworld is portrayed as a maximum security psychiatric hospital/prison for the “incurably insane” (eeeeuuugh) attended by uplifted animals, and Rocket left to keep a powerful evil psychic from escaping by turning himself into the “key” that kept him prisoner (long story).

As for Lylla, she’s the head nurse and helps Rocket regain her memories using a special helmet (of course). She also used to be in a relationship with Rocket, but after he left, got married with Blackjack (who, in this version, was always a good guy and never hurt or kidnapped her). Rocket takes it all VERY well and wishes them for prosperity.

In this series, Lylla narrates what “truly” happened to Rocket and his planet, but NEVER does anything on her own, outside of shooting Rocket with a paralyzing gun when he got scared. Once the action starts, she gets shoved into the background, because she’s a woman or something. She also barely changes her expression and seems much more distant than how she was before.

it’s worth mentioning that here, none of the animals CHOSE to work in the hospital. They were just made to do so and nobody says anything about it. Rocket is the only one showing any interest of working in a completely different field. 

In the Free Comic Book Day 2014 comic, Rocket is accompanied by Wal Russ and fights against Blackjack (who is a mercenary again....?) and Dyvyne (who is alive...?!), and Pyko gets an appearance, but Lylla is nowhere to be found. Then there are the Skottie Young Rocket comics, which apparently negate Annihilators happened (and Lylla gets no mention at all, which I feel is for the better given the awful “Angry ex girlfriends” storyline). She doesn’t show up in the animated series episode involving Halfworld, either, even though most of the original characters appeared.

Ever since Annihilators, Lylla hasn’t appeared in ANYTHING, outside of getting her name dropped in a freeze-frame bonus in the GotG movie. Her name is included as one of Rocket’s allies along with Groot. Where is she and what did she do? Hasn’t been shown yet, and probably never will. 

According to official sources though, she IS coming back in the upcoming Rocket solo series, but given what happened with Blackjack O’Hare and how Rocket’s character has been getting increasingly more violent, self-centered, obnoxious, smarmy and petty, it wouldn’t be out of place for her to be completely derailed, turned evil, attempt to kill Rocket and/or get killed off. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

UPDATE: On May 2017, the latest Rocket solo series came out. One important character was Rocket’s “old flame” Otta Spice, an otter-like alien femme fatale who’s very clearly a stand-in for Lylla with a different personality. Lylla herself was alluded to during the story but didn’t show up until the last issue, in the form of a dream/hallucination. 

In this continuity, the events of the older comics happened BUT they kept the “Lylla married Blackjack” bit from Annihilators. Huh. Gotta keep her out of the way.

But the most notable reappareance of Lylla was on the Telltale GotG videogame, where she’s part of Rocket’s backstory. She’s voiced by Fryda Wolff and has a sweet, calm and playful personality, helping Rocket escape from Halfworld while gently teasing him. She’s also a skilled engineer and inventor. Unfortunately she dies to further Rocket’s angst, but she can be revived at the very end of the game.

So, after all this, I gotta ask: how would YOU save Lylla (from her narrative)?

[black-jack-o-hare]

Rocket! #6 - October 11th 2017

[holy-crap-i-am-russell-adler]

Nicknames I give Call of Duty characters. Some of these are from what I barely remember disassociating.

Russell Adler: Russ, Ad, America's favorite crackhead

Simon 'Ghost' Riley: Ghosty

2019 Ghost: A whole unit

Gary "Roach" Sanderson: Roachy

John "Soap" McTavish: Soapy

2019 Soap: (None)

John Price: Pricey

2019 Price: Santa Claus

Edward Richtofen: Doc (there are two more but not really kid friendly)

Nikolai Belinski: Nick

Tank Dempsey: Demp

Takeo Masaski: Tic-tac

Frank Woods: Living Hurricane

Alex Mason: Al

Jason Hudson: Ice Cube, Hud

David Mason: Kid

Mason granddaughters and any other family these two had that I don't remember: Crackhead one - however many there are.

Donnie "Ruin" Walsh: Don, Wal, Gravity Spikes guy (this is the same as BO4)

[pupyzu]

Heyo!-

If it’s no problem could I get some fox/forest/garden/music themed pronouns?-

-💞

i have forest themed pronouns here! the rest are under the cut!

FOX:

fe/fen/fennec/fennecself

fo/fox/foxs/foxself

fox/foxes/foxeself

fox/foxs/foxself

fur/furs/furself

ki/kit/kits/kitself

la/lago/lagop/lagopusself

paw/paws/pawself

pou/poun/pounce/pounceself

ru/russ/russet/rusself

vul/vulp/vulps/vulpself

vulpe/vulpes/vulpeself

vulpi/vulpis/vulpiself

ze/zer/zerda/zerdaself

🦊/🦊s/🦊self

･┈┈･･⟡ ∞ ⟡･･┈┈･

GARDEN:

ama/amara/amaran/amaranth/amaranself

beet/beets/beetself

bloom/blooms/bloomself

bo/bel/oss/bloss/blossomself or blosself

bud/buds/budself

ca/car/carna/carnati/carnationself

clo/clover/clov/clovs/cloverself

dai/daisy/dais/dais/daisyself

fern/fern/ferns/ferns/fernself

fern/ferns/fernself

fleur/fleurs/fleurself

flo/flor/flori/florid/floridself

flor/flora/floraself

flow/flower/flowers/flowerself

ga/gar/gard/garden/gardenself

gir/gra/grass/grass/grasself

ha/hib/bis/cus/hibiscuself

hy/cin/hyas/hyacin/hyacinthself or hyaself

hy/hys/hyself

ir/ir/iris/iri/iriself

iv/ivy/iv/ivs/ivself/ivyself

ja/min/jas/jasmi/jasmineself

lav/lav/lavs/lavs/lavself

lav/laven/lavend/lavends/lavendself

leaf/leafs/leafself

lil/lily/lils/lilies/lilself/lilyself

lo/lot/lotu/lotus/lotuself

min/mint/mints/mints/mintself

mos/moss/mossir/mossirs/mosself

pe/peony/peo/peon/peonyself

pe/per/peri/peri/periself or periwinkle

petal/petals/petalself

po/pop/py/oppy/poppyself

reed/reed/reeds/reeds/reedself

rie/orch/id/chid/orchidself, orchiself, or orchself

ro/ros/rose/roses/roseself

rose/roses/roseself

shrub/shrub/shrubs/shrubs/shrubself

sprout/sprouts/sproutself

stem/stems/stemself

tho/thorn/thorns/thorns/thornself

ti/tul/ul/uli/tulipself

tul/tulip/tulips/tulips/tulipself

vi/viol/viols/viols/violself

vin/vin/vins/vins/vinself

vine/vine/vines/vines/vineself

violet/violets/violetself

wi/weed/wis/weeds/weedself

wi/win/winkle/winkle/winkleself or periwinkle

wi/wist/wis/wister/wisteriaself, wistself, or wisterself

zi/zin/zin/zinni/zinniaself

🌱/🌱s/🌱self

���/🌷s/🌷self

🌸/🌸s/🌸self

🌹/🌹s/🌹self

🌺/🌺s/🌺self

🌻/🌻s/🌻self

🌼/🌼s/🌼self

🌿/🌿s/🌿self

🥀/🥀s/🥀self

🪴/🪴s/🪴self

･┈┈･･⟡ ∞ ⟡･･┈┈･

MUSIC:

al/alt/ato/alto/altoself

ar/aria/rias/rias/ariaself

ba/bass/bass/basses/basself

ball/ballad/lads/lads/balladself

bari/tone/bar/baris/bariself or baritoneself

bea/beat/beats/beatself/beatself

blues/blues/blueself

ca/car/caro/carol/carolself

ca/dence/dence/dences/cadenceself

ca/denza/denz/denz/denzaself or cadenzaself

ca/non/nons/nons/canonself

canta/bile/biles/biles/cantaself or cantabileself

canta/ta/tas/tas/cantaself or cantataself

canti/cle/cles/cles/cantiself or canticleself

cava/tina/cavas/cavas/cavaself or cavatinaself

cha/chant/chants/chants/chantself

chime/chimes/chimeself

cho/choir/chi/choi/choirself

chor/rale/chor/chors/choraleself

chord/chords/chordself

cle/clef/clefs/clefs/clefself

clef/clefs/clefself

co/coda/cos/cos/coself or codaself

con/certo/cers/cers/certoself or concertoself

conti/nuo/nuos/nuos/contiself or continuoself

contra/alto/altos/altos/contraself or contraltoself

cour/ante/cour/cours/ranteself or couranteself

di/dirge/dir/dirs/dirgeself

do/dos/doself

du/duet/de/det/duetself

du/oud/do/duo/duoself

dy/score/dynself

e/tude/tudes/tudes/etudeself

ele/gy/gys/gys/eleself, gyself, or elegyself

en/core/cores/cores/coreself or encoreself

fa/fahs/fahsself

fu/gue/gues/gues/fugueself

ga/votte/vottes/vottes/gavotteself

hu/hum/hums/hums/humself

hum/hums/humself

hy/hymn/hymns/hymns/hymnself

im/prov/provs/provs/provself or improvself

jam/jam/jams/jams/jamself

ke/key/kes/keys/keyself

la/lahs/lahsself

lulla/by/lulls/lulls/lullself, lullaself, lullabyself

lulla/bye/lulls/lulls/lullself, lullaself, or lullabyeself

ly/lyr/lyri/lyric/lyricself or lyriself

lyr/lyra/lyras/lyrself

lyra/lyr/lyrs/lyraself

mar/march/mars/mars/marchself

mea/meane/meas/meas/meaneself

med/ley/leys/leys/leyself or medleyself

melo/dy/dys/dys/meloself, dyself, or melodyself

metro/nome/nomes/nomes/metronomeself

mezz/mezzo/mezz/mezzes/mezzoself

mi/mir/mirself

min/nuet/mins/mins/minuetself

mu(s)/music/musics/musics/musicself

mu(s)/sic/sics/sics/musicself

mus/sic/mus/muses/musicself

muse/ette/ettes/ettes/etteself or musetteself

noc/turne/nocs/nocs/turneself, nocself, or nocturneself

note/note/noteself

o/pus/os/os/opuself or opusself

o/pera/per/peras/operaself

ode/ode/odes/odes/odeself

oprett/pretta/pretts/pretts/oprettaself

ora/torio/tor/tors/torio or oratorioself

oue/vre/vres/vres/vreself or ouevreself

over/ture/ture/tures/overtureself

pae/an/ans/ans/paeanself

par/ody/par/pars/parself or parodyself

per/form/per/pers/performself

pit/pitch/pits/pitc/pitchself

pla/play/plays/plays/playself

qua/quar/quet/quartet/quarself

qui/quin/quint/quintet/quin(t)self

re/prise/prise/prises/repriseself

re/quiem/ems/ems/requiemself

rei/reis/reiself

rhy/rhythm/rhyth/rhyth/rhythmself

rigau/don/dons/dons/donself, rigauself, or rigaudonself

ro/coco/rocs/rocs/rocself or rococoself

ron/do/rons/rons/rondoself

rou/round/rous/rous/roundself

scher/zo/scher/(schers/scherz)/scherzself or scherzoself

sere/nade/ser/sers/sereself or serenadeself

sing/sing/sings/sings/singself

so/nata/nas/nas/sonaself or sonataself

so/sohs/sohsself

so/sol/solo/solo/soloself or self

so/sop/sopra/sopran/sopranoself

sona/tina/sonas/sonas/sonaself or sonatinaself

song/songs/songself

sui/suite/suites/suites/suiteself

sym/symph/phons/phons/symphself, phonself, or symphonyself

te/ten/tenor/tenors/tenorself

te/ten/teo/teno/tenorself

temp/tempo/temps/temps/tempoself

theme/theme/themes/themes/themeself

ti/tir/tri/trio/trioself

ti/tis/tisself

timb/bre/bres/bres/timbreself

tre/treble/tres/tres/trebleself

trill/trills/trillself

tu/tti/tus/tus/tuself or tuttiself

tu/tune/tunes/tunes/tuneself

voi/voice/voice/voices/voiself or voiceself

wal/waltz/altz/altz/waltzself

+ i have classical music pronouns here!

[superamatista]

Rocket and his friends from Halfworld: 1985, 2011 and 2017