I love your take on Crowley!
I know that the early, non-Diasomnia stories aren't really your thing, but are you reading the novels at all?
I have been following some of the fan translations and the second book seems intense! Would love to hear what you think about them.
thank you! 💚💚💚 I'm not really sure why you think I don't like the earlier arcs though, I love pretty much all the characters and their storis! (I think 5 and 1 are my favorite of the past episodes, though 6 infected me with the Shroud brainrot something fierce.) I just...ESPECIALLY love diasomnia. :') but there is room in my heart for all of these dweebs! like, who among us is not just as ride-or-die for Adeuce as they are for us.
that said, I don't really follow the other adaptations like the manga (aside from a dip-in just to see the new Yuus) or the novels, though I keep meaning to check them out! I do like seeing the differences between the different forms of media, and how certain things get adapted one way or another! but alas, time/a lack of accessibility stands in our way more often than not. :( someday...someday I will have time to consume all of the media...
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Based on a combination of Jaime calling himself an alien hybrid in the first issue of Graduation Day, the way he was consistently drawn without a nose as the Blue Beetle during the 2006 run (not just the mask design either-comparing his profile to other people when in costume, it *is* distinctly flattened (and yes I compiled panels as evidence) and since it's a mask more than a helmet in terms of fit, well), and Khaji Da's ability to manipulate Jaime's physiology, I bring to you what I've been calling the Reachling/Infiltration Mode AU.
Basically, it takes the concept of the infiltration Scarabs one step further with the idea that they're designed to rework the host's DNA (or more accurately, probably, insert/replace with XNA) to be more similar to that of the Reach, although the changes are supposed to lay dormant until the end of the infiltration century.
However, on account of being magic-damaged, Khaji Da was a) unable to fully rework it's host's genome and b) fully integrated all the changes they had made functionally immediately once they'd connected completely to Jaime (which, I guess technically would be after his first transformation 'against' the posse, such as it was, but which for narrative reasons I'll say is after his technically second transformation in Infinite Crisis) which is, to say the least, not great for Jaime.
Technically, Khaji Da can still make Jaime look normal through manual manipulation of the infiltrator protocols, but since physiological manipulation is easier to do than it is to undo, it's an active manifestation that can be disrupted, although the actual power this uses up is miniscule enough to be negligible.
(On the other hand, while the Horizon's beetles do bond with their host to the cellular/neurological level, they aren't as invasive, so to speak, since the Horizon aren't, y'know, tyrannical space colonizers)
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what frustrates me abt the nevers being cancelled is not necessarily the story like it felt sort of complete. complete enough for a season anyway, openings for a second but, like, done
but all the little things like i get why Knitter, you Knit flesh back together it's like stitching but different. but why Stripe? it's the soldier, the brute force (maybe?), the just following orders, good for using your body to protect the more valuable members of the team but nothing more than that ("im not good, im no leader, im not smart, im just a stripe"), why do we call that Stripe, what does that refer to? and the leader i think of the team was Crescent? why do they call people 'gray'. does it really mean entirely the same thing as 'green' bc i dont think so. theres so much abt the future world we could still find out
how did the galanthi...arrive. how did it start. the parallel situation to the victorians getting spored what was the reaction in future-society. when exactly are they?
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