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eydi-andrius · 8 months

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Ours, huh. (Malleus Draconia x Reader)

a/n: just an exercise after my long break. also, malleus was so adorable at the current event. where he came three hours early so he will not miss his first vacation outside briar valley

cw/tw: unedited, pure brainrot for malleus

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"I definitely heard that thunder loud and clear." Cater nervously laughed and looked outside the window of the mirror chamber.

It was true though. The once beautiful morning slowly turns dim as dark clouds with lightning crawl out and hide the sun.

"Wow! I've never seen Tsunotarou make that kind of expression before. Look! He's turning really scary." Grim grimaced and made sure to move closer to you as he watched Malleus' expression turn darker and scarier. The more you stare at his hulking stature, the louder the thunder outside.

Jamil was not at fault though for making Malleus angry. A royalty without an escort to a public event will surely be a problem. A national security level of problem. You're actually weirded out that Sebek wasn't here wreaking havoc because Malleus will go out alone. Lilia probably has him on a chokehold.

"Why was that? Draconia has been here for three hours. I think he was that excited to join you today." Crowley, just like how useless he was, emphasizes how much Malleus has been looking forward to this trip, more than doing his job as a professor and interfering with the problem at hand.

You watch Malleus' mood turning sour, as he hears the professor's words, and Jamil trying his best to make his point across when you hear Trey coughed behind you. You looked back at him and Trey nodded at where Malleus was standing. A frown was your only response, wondering what he meant. His only reply was an exasperated sigh when you did not understand him. He then opened his mouth to speak without sound, mouthing about Malleus again but you're far too slow to understand that too.

Done with the way you and Trey danced with each other, Cater held your shoulders, and forcefully made you look back again at Malleus. As you turn, a loud crack of thunder hits near the school that makes you flinch. It took you awhile to regain your composure but once you got yourself together, you almost choked in fear on how furious Malleus is looking right now.

If he was in his dragon form, he probably would have eaten and swallowed Jamil – whole.

Not giving you enough time, Cater pushed you towards Malleus and you tripped in front of him. Good thing his reflexes were fast and he was able to catch you on time. The air of anger and malice immediately vanished and his eyes softened as he looked at you.

Ah! They want me to take care of Malleus for them. These Heartslabyul friends of yours. You wonder if they were truly your friends or they were just using you when they needed your help. Tsk.

"Child of man, are you alright?" Tone soft and calm, he asked you. He even checked if you have any scratches from your accidental tripping.

"I am fine, Tsunotarou. Was it true that you waited for three hours here?" When Malleus blushed at your question, you also blushed in return.

"I did. I was afraid I would miss it so I woke up earlier than the agreed time."

Still a little excessive though. Was the thought inside your head but you know too well that Malleus' fear was valid. Somehow, even with his tall stature, people always miss him out or completely forget him. It always has been a mystery to you, especially when you never forget to invite him in everything you do. It wasn't that hard.

"You must be tired waking up that early. But I'm so glad you're coming with us today. Right, Jamil?" You looked at Jamil, who looked like any minute now he would pee in distress. So with your eyes, you silently begged him to just agree.

With no other choice, and with the incestent of Kalim, he agreed.

Glad that everything worked out, you intertwined your arms to Malleus' right arm.

"Let's enjoy our first vacation outside NRC, shall we?" You asked him with a broad smile and a tilt of your head.

He looks surprised at first with the gesture. His eyes wide and mouth agape. But when he got himself back, he gave you a sly grin.

"Ours, huh. Well, let's enjoy it together then." He gave you a smile and you did not fail to notice how the flowers seemed to bloom and the sun shone brighter outside before the mirror took you all to your destination.

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hulktf · 10 months

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Could you help me hulk out into a huge dumb hulk beast?

You were always a straight-A nerd. That's why it came as a shock when Professor Cain posted grades for the biochemistry midterm and your grade came at a barely passing C-. Surely, university couldn't simply be this hard, could it?

When you emailed him, he asked you to come to his lab after hours - at your earliest convenience - to rectify such issues with extra credit. So right after your debate club meeting that evening, you rushed over to CDA 018, the famed underground lab room.

As soon as you entered, you had no time to process or react as some kind of gas filled your vision, eventually knocking you out. When you woke, you were still in the lab, but with your hands bound behind your back and around a chair, and duct tape over your mouth.

Did someone break into the professor's lab? Were you a hostage?

"MMM - MMM!" You tried to make some kind of noise to get someone's attention. Thankfully, you heard some rustling from down one of the endless, tall aisles of beakers and equipment. However you were perplexed to see the 32 year old Professor Cain emerge, unbothered and nonchalant towards your current state.

"I knew you'd come," Professor Cain said to you. Looking at the fear and confusion you were able to project through your eyes, he laughed. "You're telling me that a prodigy like you can't figure out what's happening? Didn't you come for extra credit?"

You slowly nodded.

"I've been watching you in class. The shy, yet confident overachiever that wants to be sure he's on top. The thing is..." the professor started, turning his attention to some concoction on the table. "...You're also such a loser. Don't get me wrong, I love academia. But you... Well, let's just say I would like a more balanced class. We already have some great, high-achieving students - without your know-it-all attitude."

You could barely think, but tried to wiggle out of the chair and your restraints. Alas, you were too weak to break out of anything, and completely unequipped to escape.

"If you'd like to gain some extra credit - enough to lift your final grade up two letter grades - you'll be assisting me right now. Here," the professor continued. He turned back to you. "You'll be assisting me - as my first subject of a personal project 10 years in the making. A formula, finalized by one of your fellow students."

Your eyes widened and you shook your head violently. How is this even possible? How could he do this to you?

Professor Cain hoisted you up by the arm, freeing you from the chair, before leading you to the lab's only human-sized experimental chamber. You tried to make noise, any noise, to protest it, but you couldn't free yourself from the scientist's surprisingly strong grip. Due to your slow reaction time, you couldn't get up in time before the scientist slammed the door behind you.

You scrambled upwards nonetheless, looking around and studying the chamber's cramped inside. In a desperate attempt, you tried to tackle the chamber's door open, but the impact only sent you stumbling back, not the door. You tried to scream again, but with the duct tape sealing your mouth, the only person to hear was the uncaring Cain, who smiled as he watched you struggle to escape.

"Don't resist this, I think you might enjoy it," he said as he punched in commands into the chamber's computer.

Overhead, a mechanical voice sounded through the small, tinny speakers of the chamber. "Initiating masculine enhancement process. Infusing gamma formula now."

No way, you thought. No way you could enjoy this, right? Who needs masculine enhancement? You were fine being who you were. The image of the dumb, muscle-obsessed jocks you despised around campus came to mind, and you couldn't understand why he would want to turn you into that. You didn't want to change.

However you were helpless as a greenish smoky gas filled the chamber. You tried to resist breathing, but you couldn't help it. It irritated the back of your throat and you suppressed the urge to cough. The gas made you lightheaded... But also... euphoric?

A buzz started playing - you couldn't tell if it was from the equipment or the speakers. A strange warmth washed over you. The anxiety creeping up your throat slowly dissipated with each breath as words emerged from the buzzing. It was faint at first, but with each repetition his senses became more intense as it got harder to think.

** MUSCLE UP. DUMB DOWN. HULK OUT. BE A MAN. **

Something was unraveling deep in your psyche and soul. As the image of the campus jocks lingered in your mind, the hypnotic words reached into your brain to root itself in the deepest recesses of your self. That's when you felt a sudden headrush, as if someone suddenly overloaded your brain with adrenaline and dopamine. Your eyes widened as you gasped (as much as you could) through your nose.

You didn't know it yet, but your irises had taken on a bright green hue, inhuman yet peak human. The toxic formula had seeped into your bloodstream, leaking a toxic attitude into your brain. Your eyes rolled to the back of your head as you groaned (or moaned?) through your covered lips. Your body relaxed then tensed as changes began to permeate your whole being.

"It's starting!" The professor exclaimed through the glass. "No longer will you be your scrawny, puny, know-it-all self. Think about how strong, how powerful you'll be..."

Strength and power was all you were feeling. It was electrifying, enlightening. You could feel a surge throughout all your nerves and muscles. Almost out of reflex, on a whim, you tried once more to break out of your thick wrist restraints and - boom! - your fists broke free from them as if they were only tissue paper, finally freeing your arms. You ripped off the tape off your mouth, but instead of screaming for help you stayed put, a grin coming on your face.

With your arms able to rest at your side, you stood up taller and straighter than you ever did before, as if years hunched over your computer were replaced with years of perfect form in the gym. You probably now had the strength to punch your way out of the chamber if you really wanted to. You were feeling good, and you couldn't remember why you wanted to leave.

That was only the beginning. A soreness and burning spread throughout all your muscles, as if you just had days of intense workouts. Your closed your eyes as you felt another headrush. You gripped your head as you felt every muscle in your body grow, your skin tightening around them. In your position the sleeves of your white shirt felt tighter than ever, and with a twitch of your muscles, a subconscious flex, a loud rip sounded inside the chamber as your arms burst through your sleeves.

You slowly pulled your hands away from your face to see the destruction to your best debate shirt. But debate is for pussies, you thought to yourself. You didn't think you'd ever admit it to yourself, but the thought made you grin, almost chuckle. Feeling your chest strain against your shirt and your thickening neck constricted by your tie, you grabbed the edges of the dress shirt and tore it apart from the middle, revealing that your scrawny body now had hard muscles taking on a toxic green hue. A huge and wide chest, six-pack abs, and lats and traps for days. This felt right.

It wasn't long before you realized you were growing in height too. Looking down at your tight pants, you realized they were now several inches off the floor on top of barely holding onto your calves and thighs. Then you looked up, and realized that throughout this transformation you slowly been hunching over, the 7-foot-tall chamber eventually becoming too short for your stature. As you adjusted your stance to flex your upper body muscles, another loud rip was heard as your belt and chinos could no longer contain you. You looked down to see your feet destroy your shoes, no longer the right fit.

Whatever was left of them was poorly hiding your growing bulge. You grabbed your dick through them like a dumb horny frat bro, something so obscene you never would've dared doing, but the action ended up shedding the last of your remaining clothes. Your hardening cock had grown to a 10 inch emerald snake, growing too large to be contained by these small flimsy pieces of fabric.

Already overloaded by pleasure and power, the testosterone making machine in your balls was permanently changing your body and mind. Hair started coming in around them, your pits, and on your legs. Your typical clean-shaven baby face was feeling prickling pain as a beard started coming in. It came in dark green, just like the hair atop your head had become. You felt so fucking strong, but you also needed relief.

After once again flexing and admiring your own musculature, the idea of sex entered your mind. You were the sexiest beast in miles, a real Hulk blessed with a gift of gods.

You briefly ran your hands over your abs, feeling your pleasure trail and leading yourself to pumping your cock. Each stroke only emitted even more mind-numbing pleasure as the image of hot guys and girls servicing and worshipping your cock and body filled your mind. You slowly slid to the floor, laying nude with your head peering over your pecs to watch yourself jack off. Fuck yeah.

It wasn't long until you shot out a shitton of cum, hitting the top of the chamber and the wall. You nearly roared as you came, never feeling such an intense orgasm in your life. The last pieces of your old, sad, puny self were ejected, supplanted by this new Hulk self, knowledge of years on the football field and the gym with bros replacing old memories of nerdy pursuits and late nights studying.

You could feel your heart beat through your chest. Fuck, that really just happened. The haze that settled on your head still lingered, but at this point you didn't even mind. Fuck school, you thought. You chuckled dumbly at the thought, mindlessly thinking of everything you'd rather be doing than school while cum was still dripping down your cock and abs.

You only remembered where you were when the professor outside knocked on the door.

"Thanks for participating in my experiment," he said with glee. "Clean yourself up. There are napkins on the side cabinets. There's also some shorts, XXL to fit you."

You did as you were told, simply. Your body felt strange, but powerful, and you loved it. The chamber unsealed and out you emerged.

A smirk crept across your face. As you looked down at your rippling muscles bulging under green skin, you realized that your deepest desires were satisfied. No need for the monotony and stress of academia when you could be a Hulk - a god.

Now you spend your time trying to get even bigger in the gym, endlessly bodybuilding and being a real bro when you're not too busy laying pipe on whoever comes your way.

#hulk #hulkout #hulk out #male muscle growth #jockification #nerd to jock #nerd to hulk #hulk tf #muscle tf #dumber #dumbing down #male tf #male transformation

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flightlaw · 1 month

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Hey guys, I'm giving a persuasive speech in school next week, and i want to collect some opinions to help, so if you could reblog this to help get it out there, that'd be great

I'm looking at how Avengers: Endgame affected the various character arcs of some of the major characters, including, but not limited to:

-Nat dying so that Clint could go back to his family, implying that her found family (the Avengers) was not as important as biological family

-Tony making the sacrifice play, losing everything he'd worked for, leaving everyone behind, and generally going out the way he always thought he would and never should have had to

-Steve abandoning Bucky and "the end of the line" for a woman he knew for only a short time (i love Peggy, but he’d known Buck his whole life, vs the few months to couple years he knew Peg)

-Bruce combining the brain and the brawn into one person, Professor Hulk, an idea that I'm still not sure about

Please feel free to elaborate or give more information you think would be helpful, I'm looking for all the sources and information I can get. Also feel free to tag/dm me with other stuff you think would be helpful

Again, please reblog/tag people you think would be interested, I need as many participants as possible

#mcu #marvel #mcu marvel avengers #avengers endgame #avengers #the avengers #mcu endgame #marvel endgame #endgame

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superman86to99 · 11 months

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Superman #89 (May 1994)

Superman's in space again... again! This time, because he's getting so big that pretty soon he won't even fit on Earth. Last issue, we left the increasingly grotesque Super-Superman strapped to a giant rocket that was taking him to a space station where Dr. Anthony "Big Words" Rodriguez of Project Cadmus is supposed to cure the condition that's turning him into The Hulk But With More Clothes. In this issue we find out that Superman has improbably gotten even bigger. The only thing of his that has shrunk seems to be his vocabulary.

Dr. Rodriguez' idea is to ask Superman to shoot his heat vision into a somewhat “Weapon X”-looking helmet that will safely channel his excess energy into space. Seven hours later, Superman's heat vision is still going, but he STILL looks like a caveman doing Superman cosplay. Eventually, the helmet gives out and Superman's ultra-potent heat vision destroys the entire space station. (Why, it's so potent, it even seems to be coming out of his mouth and chin!)

Superman has to figure out how to save Dr. Rodriguez from the vacuum of space despite the fact that 1) he can't see (he had to wrap some metal around his eyes like a bandana to stop the heat vision), 2) they can’t hear each other, and 3) Superman can't even touch the guy without crushing every bone in his body. Eventually, Big Words manages to grab onto Superman's cape and hop on top of him like a big space horsey. Then, Superman has to manage to fly back into Earth's atmosphere without turning Dr. Rodriguez into a flaming skeleton. I'd say that Superman was able to do this by extending his special "aura" so it protected Big Words too, but we all know the real explanation for this scene is "it’s comics, shut up."

Once the two have safely landed on Metropolis' bay, there's the small matter of the big, burning space station tumbling down towards Metropolis. That's where Superman's ultra-potent eye lasers finally come in handy, since they allow him to pulverize the whole station with one blast. Hooray! The only problem is that he's still huge and clumsy, and this storyline didn't really progress beyond making him a little bit huge-er. CONTINUED!

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We get a brief update on Lex Luthor Jr.'s health, and it just hit me (almost 30 years after first reading these issues) that his storyline is the complete opposite of Superman's: while Supes gets bigger and stronger, Lex is basically shrinking down and looks like he’ll probably disappear into his Professor X hover chair any second now. I like that, despite the deadly clone virus ravaging his body and the fact that he's at war with a powerful government organization, none of that worries him as much as a pesky reporter snooping into his business...

Speaking of which, we find out that Lex has used his hacking abilities to plant ANOTHER wacky headline into the Daily Planet under Lois Lane's byline, although this one is a little more believable than the alien lovechild one: "LEX LUTHOR II IS REALLY ELVIS PRESLEY". On top of that, he also framed her for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Planet. As a result, publisher Franklin "Frankenstern" Stern forces Perry White to fire Lois. This is a bit of a "You shouldn't have signed it" moment for Lois, as she realizes Lex MUST be behind her misfortunes and she has to "get him" before he gets her.

Regarding this storyline, Don Sparrow says: “Jurgens is generally the most frequent user of the Daily Planet’s articles as a story element, and the results are usually mixed (I remember Perry’s editorial about generosity at Christmastime way back in Adventures #462 being a particularly unrealistically maudlin piece of journalism—though nowhere near as awful as the “articles” in the Joe Kelly/Joe Casey era—the last page of Action #780 being perhaps the very worst it got) but the idea that a newspaper would go to print with obviously fake, wacky headlines twice really strains credulity, even in a comic book about a solar powered god in a cape. One time, mayyyyyybe, but after that, you can guarantee that the editors and publishers would be all over the printing process for the next issue. I quibble, I know, but it sticks out (as does the idea that Lois Lane would somehow suddenly have access or ability to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars). Also, if Lois really had embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars, it would be a matter for the police, not merely HR.” I agree that having TWO wacky headlines slip in is completely unrealistic... but they’re pretty funny, so I’ll give them a pass.

Perry seems to be taking Lois' firing even harder than her. He points out that he's known her since she was a girl, which is true, as we found out during the World of Metropolis miniseries. In fact, he's so distraught over having to fire someone who's "like a daughter" to him that he doesn't even seem to notice the space station blowing up right behind him! Then again, this is Metropolis; they probably see a giant explosion go off in the middle of the city about two or three times a day.

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Fun fact: This post was started on a stolen computer! (As in, one that has since been stolen from me, not one I stole myself.) The main reason I’m getting off my butt and retyping/finishing it now is because we promised monthly posts to our awesome patrons, Aaron, Chris “Ace” Hendrix, britneyspearsatemyshorts, Patrick D. Ryall, Bheki Latha, Mark Syp, Ryan Bush, Raphael Fischer, Kit, Sam, and Bol, who read half of this at the end of May over at https://www.patreon.com/superman86to99. If it wasn’t for our patrons we’d probably still be at “Reign of the Supermen,” so shout out to them!

And now: more from the also awesome Don Sparrow, after the jump:

Art-Watch (by @donsparrow):

Another caveman Superman cover, enhanced by some nice rim lighting. It’s interesting that the generally wavy/curly Superman/Fabio hair has become limp and straight for the more Neanderthal Superman. The brush spatter stars here are well done, but the space junk looks a little rushed to me. Kudos for the off-centre UPC, which adds to the chaotic feel of this upside-down cover.

Inside we get another look at the dying clone body of Lex Luthor II, notably completely hairless, which is quite a switch for this lion of a man. This scene gives way to a two page spread of our hulking Superman, which is a transformation, even over the last issue.

Super-Caveman’s eyes are completely white for much of the story, adding to the inhuman feeling established by the oversized body, and pea-sized head. I do have some logistical questions about how Superman’s belt and belt-buckle appear to be stretching proportionately with his body, but—it’s comics—so I shouldn’t probe too deeply. The tiny fingernails are a nice touch, that help indicate this massive growth was sudden.

A little later into the story, Franklin Stern is well-drawn, though I miss the days when artists would hand-draw headlines—this computer text has some perspective issues. The conflict on Perry’s face as Stern demands Lois be terminated is well drawn (even if it would be glaringly obvious to an old journo like Perry that Lois is being framed, but more on that later).

The double page spread as Superman’s heat vision overwhelms the Newsboy Legion’s collection gadget is appropriately explosive. I particularly like the use of grease pencil on the outline of Superman’s heat vision. Though perhaps the dialogue on that page sends something of a mixed message.

Lastly, the bleak, blank expression on Perry as he fires Lois is well-done, though I perhaps might have expected a little more emotion on her face in reaction to the news.

STRAY OBSERVATIONS:

The super-team is dangerously close to risking the ire of the notoriously litigious Disney corporation on the credits page, where three overlapping planets create a distinctive silhouette.

I feel like the Elvis Presley connection of the headline is something of a nod to the King-obsessed Perry White on the then-currently-airing Lois and Clark TV show. [Max: I’ve always felt like it was a callback to that issue they did with all the Elvis-like sightings for the recently “dead” Lex Luthor Sr., Action #668, but it could be both things.]

I absolutely love the character consistency that when a space station suddenly explodes, and he is thrust into the vacuum of space instantaneously, Big Words still takes the time to say “An irreparable breech in the hull? I am at a loss for words.” Classic. It must be both fun and challenging for the writer to come up with improbably tangled ways of saying simple things throughout the story.

#superman #dan jurgens #josef rubinstein #project cadmus #newsboy legion #clone plague #franklin stern #perry white #caveman cosplaying as superman #big words more like at a loss for words #totally rad

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thebibliomancer · 30 days

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Earth X #6

Wherein apparently Chewbacca joins the X-Men?

After seeing Storm and Beast in Wakanda, Cyclops depressed and alone, and Jean and Wolverine living together, we finally get to learn more about how the X-Men are doing on Earth X.

Long story short: there are no X-Men.

There’s no X-Men, no Fantastic Four, no Avengers, and not much hope. All the heroes are dead or retired or in the clutches of villains. A mind control squid and mind control kid are running amok. Uatu the Watcher has been blinded and is forcing Aaron Stack to be his seeing eye robot. Vibranium is maybe destroying the planet. A mass empowering event is evolving all of humanity on their way to becoming super gods. And Norman Osborn is president.

Earth-X is a mess.

Doom Reed arrives from his own subplot to look for Cerebro in the ruins of Xavier’s mansion.

What happened to the X-Men? Well, Professor X died. When the Skull’s powers activated, it sent out a psychic pulse that killed all the psychics. Jean lost her powers before hand so she could be in that domestic scene with Wolverine but other then that…

Without Professor X and with a world where mutation was the norm, the X-Men just lost their purpose and drifted apart.

Well, some of them. The appendix in the back lists out some prominent X characters and what they’re up to or not.

Iceman: his mutant power changed so that he can only live in the Arctic.

Angel: Lost all his money somehow. Flies around the country like a vagabond guardian angel, saving people. Really happy with his life.

Magneto: lives alone with Toad in a city made out of broken Sentinels. For reasons unexplained, he bows to Toad now.

Banshee: sibling rivalry finally killed him.

Multiple Man: he has dupes in every city on Earth and they share information amongst themselves. Acts as an information broker for anyone willing to pay.

Nightcrawler: something happened to Excalibur. Kurt survived but lost his mutant power. An angry mob mistook him as an unmutated human and beat him to death. Eesh.

Gambit: he and Rogue kissed each other to death from the sound of it.

Dazzler: still touring but her career is in decline because people don’t care about disco anymore.

Kitty Pryde: Took a bullet for a temporarily depowered Colossus.

Cable: Something happened with his techno-organic virus.

Nate Grey: He became Stryfe and then died trying to save Madelyne Pryor who died anyway because of the psychic backlash from the Skull.

Longshot: It is a mystery.

And as noted in previous issues, several members of X-Force have wound up under the Skull’s thumb.

Times is bad.

But apparently Captain America came up with a plan off-panel after circus Daredevil offered to become his new sidekick.

Cap sent Daredevil’s circus buddies to Cyclops so he can train them as a new X-Men team.

Being that this is Marvel, they tried to randomly attack Cyclops to prove they didn’t need training and being that Cyclops is Cyclops, he kicks their asses.

Then he starts training them in a tire warehouse because the X-Mansion is a ruin.

Not really impressed with this group. One of them just has two heads. That’s his power.

Elsewhere, Thor has suddenly joined the Clea/Hulk subplot from last time.

Thor is just here now. Usually in Earth X there’s been more rhyme and reason to how characters move around in the plot.

Clea warns that any soul entering Death’s realm can never leave again. Which both I and Thor call BS on.

This is a comic book universe, Clea. People constantly come back to life.

Either way, Bruce nominates gorilla Hulk to go. He doesn’t have his own soul so it’s a safe bet.

(Why do I feel like this entire bonkers ass child and gorilla separation is just for this plot point?)

We also get some more face time with Tony.

The Iron Avengers go through a sanitation process when they return from their mission, showing Tony’s continuing paranoia about the mass empowering event.

And Vision criticizes Tony for working with (for?) Norman Osborn. A blood-soaked monster.

Tony argues that he himself proves there’s hope that blood-soaked monsters can change.

And anyway, with America in shambles, he needs to cooperate with Osborn to keep the government off his ass.

I’m not really sure how much government exists at this point. There’s no Congress and Norman wasn’t elected, he just said he was president and everyone just decided that was fine.

But Tony argues that the work he’s doing, the inventions he’s providing, are doing more good than he ever did as Iron Man.

And Vision argues that what the world needs is a hero like Iron Man but that Tony has isolated himself too much to see it.

I like to think that Tony is going to save the day in a big way. Earth X started with a bunch of old heroes depressed but spurred into action by one thing or another.

Speaking of depressed, Peter Parker.

Despite their fight in a previous issue, Peter has gone out after May.

He tries to give her the great power great responsibility lecture but she grew up hearing it. She’s internalized it. She’s out here as Venom to stop the bad things so that Peter doesn’t have to get Uncle Benned to motivate her to be a hero. Because she’s already doing it!

I like the cut of her jib but her costume hurts my eyes.

And back around to Captain America and his sidekick circus Daredevil.

They’re hitching a ride with the Skull’s army as it travels by train to New York. Because the Skull decided not to take control of Cap, for the lols. And Daredevil is immune? Beneath notice? Who can say.

Uatu discusses that the Skull is part of the Celestial’s plan. With all of humanity super mutating, they could accidentally wipe themselves out or destroy Earth. But the Skull is bringing everyone under his control, unknowingly reducing the risk of the Celestial’s plan derailing.

I suspect that killing off all the psychics was also part of the plan somehow.

But Uatu also gets so sick of Aaron’s backtalk and not understanding things immediately that he browbeats the Machine Man into erasing his own personality.

Geez.

You’re a dick, Uatu.

#Earth X #liveblog #x men #cyclops #iron man #the vision #mr fantastic #captain america #hulk #Clea #Thor #spider man #venom #uatu the watcher #machine man

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smokeybrandreviews · 2 months

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Birthday Cake

X-Men ’97 is just over the horizon and I am mad hyped about it. I grew up on that show. It was one of the few cartoons which both my mother and I could watch together. I, being an unapologetic Marvel shill, was all over the Mutants while my mom was actually enamored with the narrative. There were a few cartoons from back that that caught her attention. The Maxx, Gargoyles, and Spawn were also favorites. Don’t ask why I was watching HBO’s Spawn as a twelve year old kid. Or reading his comics. Or even buying them. Look, man, the Nineties were a different time. We drank out of hoses and watched ultraviolent anime because our parents thought they were “just cartoons.” We were feral, latchkey kids, back in my halcyon days. Good times. Tangent aside, X-Men inform a great deal about how I perceived Marvel Merry Mutants. It was my first exposure to characters like Apocalypse and Nimrod. While I had read The Dark Phoenix saga as a youngster, it was this show which adapted it perfectly. Live action is still chasing that high. Not only that, but it launched Marvel’s very first, and wildly successful, connected universe. Without X-Men, we wouldn’t have gotten that just-as-iconic Spider-Man cartoon, or the lesser known but equally excellent Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, and Fantastic Four shows. The Nineties X-Men cartoon was a watershed moment for Marvel and for Millennials as a whole. For us Marvels shills, it rivaled Batman: The Animated Series in popularity. So color me surprised that X-Men ’97 is being colored as controversial.

Out the box, it’s that tired ass argument that X-Men ’97 too woke. Everything is always too woke. What started out as people being frustrated they turned Rogue’s decadent, devil’s food, bunt cakes, into petite, little, tea biscuits, has spiraled into a weird fervor about who’s gay or something-something forced representation. Half-hearted kidding aside, it’s staggering to me that people are actually mad about this stupid sh*t. Do they even know what the f*ck X-Men is about? The entire concept of a marginalized part of the community, fighting just to be seen as human, is literally the wokest sh*t you can ever write and THAT’S the core of the X-Men mythos! The Uncanny X-Men started out as a very heavy handed allegory for the Civil Rights movement and, while this wasn’t Stan Lee’s initial intent, the characters of Professor X and Magneto became stand ins for the ideologies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Just, you know, with super powers. The X-Men are the epitome of Woke so to complain about that sh*t seems like you don’t even understand the f*cking point of the narrative. I miss rogue’s big fat ass just as much as the next kid, but you’re f*cking pathetic if you feel some kind of way about Morph being pansexual or non-binary (They literally can change into anything. Like Mystique). There are actual things to be outraged about, like how the creator of this revival is pretty much a scumbag, or how Marvel Studios has been suffering in the writing department for years. That’s where my concern would lie, especially considering how well written the OG show was.

Is this show going to be Woke? Absolutely. That’s the entire goddamn point of the X-Men. It’s the core of who they are. Take that away and what do you have? A bunch of Capes with random f*cking powers who live in the same house. Where’s the hook? Where’s the draw? Where’s the meat? How are they different than the Avengers at that point? The Fantastic Four? The Defenders? It’s that sprinkling of social consciousness which really gets the juices flowing, really revs up those storytelling engines. I mean, tell me how you write something as profound as God Loves, Man Kills, without it being “Woke”? You can’t. That is a gut-punch of a read and it’s pulled right out of today’s headlines, even though it was written forty years ago. The fear-mongering is real, but instead of Nightcrawler, it’s Mexicans. Same goddamn energy, same goddamn racist ass narrative. Even when they are spiraling out into a world of sci-fi, deep space, time travel misadventures, the core of their narrative is how much they are hated. This whole Krakoa saga, some of the best X-Stories told in decades, is coming to a close because of that long held hate and fear. House of M? Role reversal, mutants accepted and humans forced into being second class citizens. Decimation? Wanda kills off the powers to ninety percent of the entire Mutant population. Utopia, Operation: Zero Tolerance, Genosha, the entirety of the Ultimate run: All derivative of that social pressure and general fear toward the different. That’s what makes an X-Men story, and X-Men story. Getting mad about that sh*t after decades of that being a core aspect of their stories, is f*cking dumb. Not as dumb as Marvel excising Rouge’s cheeks, though. Rest in Power, you doubled-up, delicious, pound cakes! You will be missed.

#X-Men #X-Men '97 #Some ol' bullsh*t

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luimnigh · 1 year

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I really fucking love this game's* idea of the elements.

So first up, you've got the introductory ones: Fire and Ice, Wind and Lightning. Not the most common "four elements" structure, but you've got the videogame trifecta of Fire, Ice and Lightning, while adding Wind to it. Sensible enough.

So what's the element that represents the protagonist? Oh, none of those.

It's Curse.

Curse? Okay, right. Well, the game's got a bunch of Demons and Angels in it, Curse makes some sense, especially when you find out there's also it's counterpart: Holy damage.

Holy and Curse. Makes sense. Opposing forces, like Fire and Ice. Wind and Lightning are a little less intuitive as opposing forces, but okay.

What's next?

Melee.

Melee is an element.

Well, not really, the stats screen shoves it off to the side with it's counterpart, but still, it's a part of the strengths-and-weakness system, rather than being true damage.

Oh, what's it's counterpart, you ask?

Gun.

Not ranged, Gun.

Okay, fair enough, obviously just a different name for "ranged"-

Wait, there are both up-close melee attacks and ranged melee attacks?

Okay then. Melee and Gun. Sure.

What's next?

Psychic. Oh, well, that makes a certain level of sense. You're doing all this on a psychic plane after all, psychic attacks make sense. I guess that's the True Damage type then?

No? It's one of the elements, with a counterpart? What's the opposite of psychic?

Nuke.

Fucking Nuclear energy apparently. Those classic foes: telepaths and nuclear reactors. It's why you see Professor X and the Hulk fighting all the time.

But don't forget the True Damage type: Almighty!

No, not Holy. Almighty. Two different things, apparently. Can't see how you'd confuse them, personally. Very clear.

(*I know these are probably inherited from prior Persona games and thus Shin Megami Tensei overall, but I've never played those, so P5 was my introduction to it.)

#luimnigh plays p5r #p5 #p5r #persona 5

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CBFD AU fic - Of Weasels and Panthers

Well, here's this. It's very self-indulgent, far removed from the game itself, and takes itself way too seriously. Also serves as an excuse to play with a few OCs and explore character perspectives. Think of it as one of those Disney YA novels that asks "what if" questions on the cover, this one asking "what if the Panther King had an heir?" ...except I have no idea how Conker himself fits into all of this.

I love the characters that are involved with the Panther King the most of the whole cast of this game, so this involves them all in the limelight. Enjoy! Or don't.

Mia and Vivian

Her blood-curdling screams as she died would be heard in the maids' sleep for years to come, possibly forever.

She was too young, the taller and slimmer of the two maids thought as she and her companion stepped inside the throne room. Too young to perish, especially in such horrific circumstances. Mia looked back at her shorter and more plump companion, Vivian, who cradled the large, swaddled newborn - which looked more panther than weasel - in her arms with utmost care. Vivian nodded, urging the other to continue before their hulking king who paced in front of his throne.

The story was that the wretched mafia don gave his unwilling daughter away to the Panther King to be his bride. Why the king had a sudden interest in having a bride and an heir was beyond any of the castle staff. Perhaps he finally caught wind of his professor's desire to take the crown back. Or perhaps the king was capable of feeling anything other than a desire for his milk after all. Regardless, there the poor young girl was, forced to be by his side and bear his young. That is, until today when the birth of such young cut her life tragically short.

"So… you let her die?"

The way the Panther King's amber eyes fell on the two weasels as he emphasized that last word made Mia dip her head down. She opened her mouth to speak, but any words she thought she could muster stayed trapped in her throat.

"I asked you a question," the king growled impatiently.

"We… We tried, Sire," Mia finally mustered. "But there was nothing we could do. She bled to death and tore terribly."

Aside from themselves and the Panther King, the room was also occupied by two much younger guards that stood at either side of the throne, each holding a spear with a flag depicting the kingdom's emblem attached. They both watched the interaction with increasing unease.

"Excuses," the king rumbled.

"We told yeh she needed a hospital," came the most barely audible mutter out of Vivian.

The Panther King turned his unwavering gaze toward the more stout of the two maids. One of the younger guards - the one that bore a striking resemblance to Vivian - looked at her and started to wave his free hand in front of his face and shake his head with wide, terrified eyes. No. Stop. Don't. Vivian ignored him.

"Ah said," Vivian began more clearly, staring right back into the king's eyes. "We told yeh she needed a bluidy hospital."

The short guard shrunk back and covered his face. The taller one gritted his teeth. Mia gazed back and forth from the Panther King to Vivian and back to the Panther King again. As anticipated, the king let out a loud, ferocious roar, scaring the infant. As the cub in Vivian's arms started to wail, the Panther King loomed over her.

"You don't tell me what to do," he snarled.

"Well, yeh should know very well that your queen would still be alive if y'had listened t'us in th' first place," Vivian barked back.

"That's it," the Panther King growled as he stepped closer.

Vivian handed the crying infant to Mia.

The Panther King

The fat broad was lucky his heir needed someone to look after him. That was supposed to be the queen's job. That disloyal wench. It was true that the slender maid came to the throne room in the middle of the queen's labors and requested they bring her to a hospital. The king decided to let her suffer. It was punishment for being such a distant and stubborn wife, withholding her affection since they'd been wed.

He didn't think she'd die.

The Panther King growled as he set away the duct tape and sat himself on his throne. The foolish girl probably died out of spite. A little revenge for this whole arrangement. Another way to distance herself from him. Fine. Let her have her way. The king already got his heir.

So, he let the fat maid live with half a face full of fur and ordered her to raise his son. Rather than death, that would be her punishment for talking back to him. Fitting, since she wanted to act like an authority on these things. The thin maid could help. The both of them did let the queen die on their watch, after all.

There was one more detail the two shared about the birth of his hybrid son. Before she died, his wife apparently gave him a name: Orpheus. A strange name, sounded somewhat familiar. Maybe from one of those plays she liked. At least some of her work as a mother was done.

Bill and Bob

The funeral was held the very next day. The short-lived queen's father didn't even show. The Panther King stayed just long enough to watch her be lowered into the ground. As she was buried, each of the castle staff closed their eyes to give a silent prayer for her. May she find peace. May she be happy wherever she is now. May her afterlife show her the kindness she wasn't shown in life.

Bill and Bob's families stayed close together, tight-knit friends as they were. Bob's mother, large patches of fur now missing from her face, kept the little prince close to her chest. If he fussed, Bob would coo at him and tickle him. He liked kids and was good with them; he didn't mind the gross parts of caring for them and had a soft spot for their innate cuteness.

The fact that the cub looked a lot like their abusive master didn't seem to put Bob off the way it put off Bill. No matter how hard the tall weasel tried, he just couldn't look at the little (well, little for a panther, anyway) thing without picturing it snarling at him for more milk. Yes, he knew the child wasn't an "it", but… well… The babe was still very much a creature to Bill yet. It was difficult to get used to the cub's presence among them.

"May she be happy wherever she is now," Bill's father, Will, uttered softly. Mia repeated the sentiment.

Wherever she was now? She was in the ground! That was it for her, wasn't it? How could she be happy if she was dead? The poor girl… And she was about as young as he and Bob were, too. She was very kind from what little she interacted with them outside of being at their master's side; she even bothered to remember their names and greeted them warmly.

"Mate," Bob uttered as he elbowed Bill.

The slimmer weasel was taken out of his daze and looked to the stout weasel, who pointed up towards one of the higher towers of the castle. There, Bill would just barely make out the Professor lurking out the window.

Orpheus

When Orpheus was five years old, he asked his father if he had a mother. The Panther King laughed and stroked the top of the cub's head roughly.

"She's dead," the king answered.

Something about the curt way his father replied to him made Orpheus not want to question him further.

Later, when he was with his beloved nannies, Vivian and Mia, he figured one of them could fill in the gaps his father's answer left him with.

"Father says my mum's dead," he stated bluntly in his childish way. "What's dead?"

The two weasels looked at each other, shock and heartbreak evident in both their faces. Right away, Orpheus could tell something was wrong. Maybe he said something bad? But no; this was a "bad" he hadn't seen before. A new "bad". The women were at a loss for words.

"Well, love, when someone dies, it's… well," Mia tried.

"It's when they're gone, dear. From this life," Vivian cut in. "They… Well, they leave this planet, so to speak, and-"

"Like space?" Orpheus interrupted.

"No, it's… it's a bit different from that," Mia continued. "They don't go to outer space, or anywhere, really."

Orpheus didn't quite understand. How could someone not go anywhere? His mother had to be somewhere.

"Is she ever coming back?" he asked.

He was met a saddened sigh from Vivian.

"Oh, Orpheus…"

It took a long time for the cub to process the fact that he'd never meet his mother. It was unfair; he had one. He had one once, and she was just gone. As he got older, he wondered if it would've been easier if he had never asked, if he was left to assume he just never had a mother at all.

Things weren't all bad. He had Bill and Bob to play with, and he grew up loved by them and their families. The other castle staff were kind to him, too. It was only his own father that brought him such emotions as loneliness, fear, sorrow, and, later on, anger. It wasn't as though the king wasn't present in Orpheus's life, but he was distant, cold, and intimidating. He didn't play with Orpheus and only taught the child how to bark orders at the servants.

Orpheus didn't like the way his father treated the castle staff; why would anyone be so mean to people that were so nice? The weasels hardly did anything wrong except maybe spill some milk and occasionally say things that were true anyway. At times the cub tried to stand up for his friends, only to get snarled at himself, or worse: a swift backhand that sent the cub flying. One or two instances of his father's intimidation methods was enough to scare Orpheus into silence.

Years passed. Orpheus slowly started to realize he was growing as big and strong as his father and his fear started to melt away. The anger lingered. It was a longing for justice kind of anger, one that couldn't be satiated until justice was served. Justice for the weasels, for himself, and, most of all, for his mother.

It'd been twenty years since the day his father refused to help his dying mother. Orpheus wasn't scared anymore. However, as much as he wanted to just up and slaughter that brute, his newest confidant urged him to wait.

The Professor

Twenty years passed since his captor married that mafia don's daughter fresh out of college. The sick fuck. Because of that, not only did the Professor have to find a way to discreetly get rid of the Panther King, but he had to deal with his brat as well. That brat was now as big as his father, and seemed to be quite a bit sharper, too. The Professor would have to establish himself as an ally, gain his trust.

"So, you're saying you finally found a way to… do it?" asked Orpheus during his latest visit.

"Ja, with zhis," the Professor stated, ushering the panther-weasel hybrid over to his workbench. "Your father's reign ends."

Orpheus followed the disabled weasel in his floating chair, greeted by two full goblets on a tray, one gold and one silver.

"It's milk," the younger remarked. "You're killing my father with poison?"

"Ah, very clever, Your Highness! Yes, zhat is poison. Ze easiest way to get close to His Majesty is through his stomach."

"I see… He does love his milk," Orpheus noted. "Why are there two goblets?"

"Simple! Ze gold vone is for your father and ze silver vone is for you," the Professor explained. "You vill share a sort of… erm… father-son moment. A little bonding over milk, yes? Vill look less suspicious. He is used to receiving his milk from vone of his servants."

"Oh, I get it," Orpheus replied with a naive, almost childlike nod as he took the tray. "Professor, you're a genius! Thank you, really, for all your help."

"Ah, it is nothzing," the Professor said with a light chuckle and a wave of his organic hand. "Ve must work together under ze tyrant, ja?"

"When this is all over and I'm king, I shall grant you prosthetic legs and free you from servitude! That way, you won't have to live in humiliation anymore and you'll be free to work on whatever projects you want."

"Ach, you are too kind, Your Highness. Go, go now!" The Professor ushered Orpheus towards the exit of the small laboratory. "Make me proud, and take zhis kingdom back for all of us weasels, ja?"

"I will, Professor."

With that, Orpheus was out the door and on his way to end the Panther King's reign of terror. Of course, he knew nothing of the Weasel King, or of the Weasel King's inevitable return to the throne.

And it wasn't exactly poison in that goblet…

#my writing #writing #fanfic #au #conker's bad fur day #idk if i really should be putting this in the main cbfd tag but yanno what whatever read it or dont #yall are either going to love this or hate it

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aburningpotathoe · 2 years

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MCU PHASE FOUR PROJECTS FROM SDCC

So its kinda weird how abruptly they announced the end of phase 4 but oh well. Thematically, it fits really well, as phase 4 is about grief and coping with the events of the war against Thanos (Wandavision, MoM, FatWS, Loki, Eternals, Hawkeye,NWH and ThorLT all deal with the aftermath of Endgame)

So ending it on a movie marked by grief not only on screen but in the cast too is fitting

anyway heres the information we have on the few projects left

She Hulk: Attorney at Law

This series will dive into the legal and administrative aspect of having a world filled with superheroes (honestly a nightmare) with she hulk representing superhumans in legal cases

Damage Cotrol (from NWH and Ms.Marvel) will likely be a part of that and we'll probably see why they were so pressed about Kamala getting powers

This series is probaly set closer tho Endgame than we think, given that Bruce is still in his professor Hulk form and not in the human form we see in Shang-Chi.

The amount of super humans coming out of nowhere they mention could be a way to introduce mutants as their mutant genes might have been activated by the cosmic energy surges of the different snaps

We get a look at frog man as well as many folkloric superhumans, and what looks like discussion groups about living with superpowers (again with the idea that many people randomly started getting powers and now have to cope with they ways it will affect their life)

Titania also appears and she seems to be a rival of Jennifer

It is likely that Jennifer will already have mastered her hulk form by the beginning of the series and then we'll see her origin story in a flashback episode.

Also we see her do the Hulk Thanderclap move. So slay of her.

We might get an explanation as to why Bruce goes back to human (him being jealous of Jen might be a reason why)

Dare fricking devil is here in his yellow suit from the comics. We can also hope for a Matt or even foggy Cameo in court (Manifesting it)

Jen is representing Emil Blonski in court after his crimes as abomination. 15 years after it happened. I would say they bring it up out of the blue but honestly the legal system is so tedious thzt it is almost realistic.

The wong cinematic universe continues as Wong appears in the trailer. He will probably work with jen on the legal aspect of some magic threats, as the world will face many events that human laws are not meant to cover.

Honestly it would be fun if this series was about Jen working through the legal aspect of phase 4 events, like the Westview situation, America Chavez popping out of nowhere, a random citizen by the name of Peter Parker just disappearing out of nowhere...)

The demolition team appears (is that the right name???) in the comics their tools get powers from Loki but their origin story will most likely be changed.

Jen breaks the fourth Wall like in the comics. The first time it happens even she seems surprised and it was honestly pretty fun.

It is rumored that this series will set up a World War Hulk project for phase 6, but we can only dream

Also i think i saw Thaddeus Ross in a scene but maybe im just tripping

Werewolf by night

No news about this project sadly but it is still confirmed to happen (right?? right)

Michael Giacchino confirmed he will produce this halloween special.

Gael Garcia Bernand will allegedly play Jack Russel (the werewolf)

Like the groot series, it will probably be considered soft-canon: the events happen within the MCU but will likely never be mentioned again due to this being a special

This character might appear in the upcoming blade movie, but honestly i dont see him having a major place in the MCU

Black Panther: Wakanda forever

Man talk about a trailer done right. It was the definition of no plot just vibes as we have almost no information ol the plot other than the war against atlantis and Tchalla's death

This movie will follow the Wakandan chzracters introduced in previous projects, as they fight agains the atlantideans, and Wakanda struggle to hold its political stance in the wake of Tchalla's death

The wakandans will obviously grieving the death of king Tchalla. We get shots that look like his funeral, as well as Shuri crying and queen Ramonda delivering a heart wrenching speech (give angela basset all the awards NOW)

We also get some shots of wakanda being flooded during the war against the Atlantians, as well as the Dora Milaje fighting in the open waters jumping off the deck of a ship

The conflict between the atlantians and the wakandan might originate from the vibranium mining operations we see in the trailer. It is rumored that Dr.Doom is the one ammassing vibranium, teasing is appearence in following marvel projects

Namor will probably be the second mutant introduced in the MCU and it seems like we are getting his backstory through flashbacks

Ironheart appears, meaning that her upcoming show will probably not be an origin story, she seems to build her suit during the movie out of vibranium most likely

We might get a romance between Ayo and Aneka (lesbian rights???? hello lesbians???)

A person is show in the black panther suit meaning that either killmonger is resurrected or they find a way to syntheticallt recreate the heart-shaped plant. I personnally hope it will either be Shuri or Nakia as bringing a character back from the fead in a movie centered around grief feels out of touch

There is a rumor that Nakia will give birth to Tchalla's son although the birth scene in the trailer seems to be Namor's birth.

The guardians of the Galaxy: Holyday special

According to James Gunn, this will not be a one off special but rather a project connected to the overall MCU. However, it wasnt mentioned during comic con, which might mean that its importance for future guardian projects might be minimal

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lunarspiral1127 · 2 years

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*SPOILERS*

Oh, so that's what he's called now? Smart Hulk? I thought it was Professor Hulk! Man, this really means Hulk is really gone for good. Well, guess that explains why he's....Smart Hulk now and why he was Bruce back in Shang-Chi.

Okay, so let me get this straight. Tony built Bruce a lab under this beach hut in Mexico sometime during the 5 year period after the snap in Infinity War, so that Bruce can fix himself? Okay, so Tony was doing more than staying in that cabin with his wife and daughter and alpaca (can't forget about the alpaca) after all. I mean, with that Led Zeppelin shirt, maybe he'd stay a few days with Bruce every now and then. Also, he kept a broken Iron Man helmet. Not sure which version it is though, but Bruce really misses Tony. However, I'm still annoyed that we never got to see how Bruce was able to fuse himself and Hulk in Endgame. Cause we're just introduced to Smart Hulk and we don't even see the process.

Oh yeah, the spaceship. Turns out it was Sakaaran. Why did it hover in front of their car? We have no idea.

Also, why Bruce's arm is fully healed! Apparently the two have rare factors in their DNA that lets them synthesize gamma radiation. Jen's blood apparently synthesizes gamma better than Bruce's and he was able to use the blood to heal his arm completely. Yep....that's how his arm is healed...with her blood....at least, that's what I got from it.

Bruce destroying the vials like that isn't dramatic. I get why Jen would think that, but seeing as what happened in the Incredible Hulk movie and what happened with Jen, it's better to get rid of it like that.

#she hulk attorney at law #episode 1 #she hulk spoilers #she hulk series #she hulk show #disney plus #disney+#marvel #mcu #marvel cinematic universe #mcu critical #marvel critical

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smokeybrand · 2 months

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Birthday Cake

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sincerepositivethings · 1 year

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Issue One Hundred and Forty-Nine

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One Hundred and Forty-Nine

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The Thing: Paramore "This is Why" Submitted by: TartTooth Why It's Great: "I can't stop listening to it."

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.｡.:*☆ Look who just woke up- is that BENEDICT WONG? No, I must have been mistaken, that’s WONG from MARVEL. I heard he is 45 and stuck here just like everyone else. Even in the 20’s, they still give off a OFTEN RELUCANT TO TRUST OTHERS - ESPECIALLY STRANGERS; MORE WILLING TO BEND THE LAW IN ORDER TO DO THE RIGHT THING; ACTUALLY ENJOYING A GOOD JOKE EVEN WHEN ALWAYS COMING OFF AS ALL SERIOUS impression. They’re known to be quite RELAXED, but have a tendency to be SERIOUS on their bad days.

Pronouns:

he/him

HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN IN SYDNEY?

memories: 2 years (reality: 1 year)

JOB:

- professor at university

WHICH SUBURB DO THEY LIVE IN?

MEMORIES OF THEIR REAL LIFE :

everything up to she-hulk

WHAT WAS THEIR FAKE LIFE LIKE?:

Wong grew up with only his father, but the two were basically strangers. His father knew it was not easy for a person of colour to live in Sydney in the 1920′s, so he was determined to create himself a good reputation with his business. Therefore, he was not only strict when it came to raise Wong, he also sent his son away to a boarding school at a very young age.

It was maybe why Wong often was also strict towards himself. Determined to make things right and to not dissappoint people. It was only after becoming a professor and being surrounded by students when Wong opened up a little. Realizing there were also other things in life than work and to study, and that he was very much allowed to enjoy them. Wong also learned that rules were important, but sometimes you still needed to at least bend them in order to find a fair solution to a problem.

#thebridge: intro #about Wong tbt #muse intro

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thebibliomancer · 1 month

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Earth X #5

Thor seems different than usual.

It’s probably the braids.

Earth X: what you get when you ask Alex Ross to write a Kingdom Come tier story for Marvel. It is Bad Future! Uatu the Watcher has been blinded and he’s forced Aaron to be his seeing eye robot.

If you’re wondering what their dynamic is, it’s this:

The world is a mess with mind-control squids and body-control forever teens. Everyone has been mutated and Reed Richards blames himself. Many of the heroes we know are dead, retired, or in the clutches of the squid or the kid. And the world may be destroyed by vibranium or humanity may super-evolve into space gods.

As we go on and learn more about this setting, there are more and more plot threads.

Captain America in a flag yoga and Wyatt Wingfoot went to California to investigate the Skull, a horrible teen with the power to control people. The Skull took Wyatt for his growing army but left Steve alone because it was funnier that way.

While Steve sits and despairs about the hopelessness of the situation, circus Daredevil shows up and offers to become Steve’s new sidekick.

I am alarmed that this guy is relevant to the plot.

Also… I’m kind of wondering if he’s supposed to be Deadpool. Not actually Wade Wilson Deadpool himself but he has a lot of Deadpool energy and almost nothing to do with Matt Murdock. Alex Ross usually doesn’t like anything introduced after the death of Barry Allen but I wonder if he liked Deadpool enough to want to include someone like him.

This circus Daredevil is given an actual origin in a prequel from a few years back but the idea is sticking in my mind.

He’s red and black, he wants to work with Cap, he’s got an irreverent sense of humor, and he’s got a healing factor so strong he can’t die and has little self-preservation instinct anymore.

Anyway.

The Inhumans continue their journey to find their missing prince. Last issue, Reed Doom promised he’d help by getting a Cerebro and reprogramming it to find Inhumans. He takes off - using a teleportation device made out of Lockjaw… Aww, best doggo is dead? This really is Bad Future.

Reed leaving causes the Doombots of Castle Doom to suddenly register the Inhumans as intruders.

Their fight against the bots leads Medusa and Luna to discovering Dr Doom’s time platform… and Reed’s notes on it, reflecting he really wants to use it to save Sue from exploding but he doesn’t know when he’d stop altering history if he started.

Elsewhere, Cyclops is contacted by Corsair, Havok, and Polaris. FROM SPACE!

They know something bad is going to happen to Earth and want to bring Scott away to space safety.

He refuses to leave without Jean, even though she chose Wolverine over him in the love triangle.

Also, when Alex Ross doesn’t like a character, you know it. And he seems to hate Wolverine.

The appendix reveals that all the psychics are dead (Professor X, MODOK) or depowered (Jean).

Not sure yet why but it means there’s nobody to counter the kid or the squid.

Over in New York, Kid Bruce and Gorilla Hulk visit Sorcerer Supreme Clea.

Clea and Wong explain to Bruce that Strange’s astral form was destroyed while it was out of his body. His body still lives but he’s essentially dead. And that’s why Clea is sorcererly supreme.

So Bruce explains what he’s there for. He’s been having the oddest recurring dream.

Of Captain Marvel on his Death of Captain Marvel deathbed. In the dream, he rises out of bed and shows the assembled crowd of friends, allies, and respected enemies that he has the universe inside him. And then dies.

A universe inside a person sounds to Clea like Eternity. But Eternity is dead. Despite being the universe. Not sure how that happens.

Bruce really wants Mar-Vell to explain the dream to him so he asks Clea to dunk him into the Realm of Death.

I feel like there’s intermediate steps you could try but what do I know.

And geez, Bruce’s dream of the universe inside a dude and visiting death to interpret it on top of the world possibly ending and superpowered menaces running amok with nobody to stop them… This universe is a mess.

(By the way, the appendix notes that Carol Danvers is the current Captain Marvel and that she’s in space helping the Kree on their destroyed capital. So Earth X gets two more tallies for things the 616 would copy later.)

Now then. Let’s talk cover Thor.

Earth X wants to paint the entire history of Marvel with one brushstroke. Superpowers and even super genius is the result of Celestial meddling.

The gods were mentioned in issue 0 as being in conflict with the Celestials but I guess Ross didn’t feel like actual gods fit the picture he was painting.

On Earth X, the Asgardians aren’t gods. They’re super advanced shapeshifting emphatic aliens with no personality of their own who take their identity from those who observe them.

They came to Earth and were viewed as the Norse gods so the Norse gods they became.

Their powers became what people expected them to be. Their personalities became what people expected them to be.

I have no idea how this alien race of blank slates managed to invent space travel.

I don’t particularly like this worldbuilding idea for Thor’s slice of Marvel. His mythos feels diminished if it’s just aliens play-acting old stories.

Anyway, girl bod Thor is fighting some storm giants that made their way to Midgard* alongside the Iron Avengers, who Thor treats as friends.

*Earth

Tony Stark in his isolation somewhere tells the Iron Avengers to respond to another crisis because Thor’s got this one handled.

Vision in a cool hood wants to argue, feeling Tony is being manipulated by President Norman Osborn but ultimately does what Tony asks.

Back of the book appendix info: when the mass empowering event started, Tony sealed himself in isolation, afraid of being changed. He didn’t know but Scott Lang Ant-Man snuck himself and his daughter Cassie into Tony’s isolated environment to try to protect her. But she wound up changing anyway. And now they’re stuck because they can’t leave without compromising Tony’s sealed environment.

The people outside that were mutated came to resent Tony for not being mutated so kept trying to attack his bunker or whatever. So he created the Iron Avengers and gave them his dead friends’ personalities.

Honestly, I can’t wait for the issue that focuses on Tony. There seems to be a lot to unpack.

Also in appendix news, Osborn went on a secret killing spree of supervillains before he took power. He wiped out a lot of Tony’s rogues gallery, for example. And he was never elected as president. He just had himself declared as such and a jaded mutated populace went okay whatever.

Earth X is a mess.

After fighting off the storm giants, Thor calls Loki out as responsible for the attack.

Interesting new design Loki. Could do with you being less interpersonally gross though.

Unsurprisingly, Loki is behind Thor’s new look, having somehow tricked Odin into turning his brother into a woman as his latest trial of humility.

And if Thor goes back to Asgard to tell Odin that Loki is up to his shit again, Loki will lock Thor away from Earth so he can’t stop his evil scheming.

This is a weird plot point.

I’ve heard that it inspired Jane Foster Thor but I’m pretty sure both this and Jane Foster Thor were inspired by the What If where Jane Foster became Thor.

Thor seems only mildly irritated by this whole thing but sheesh, with everything else going on why throw this in?

Earth X is a mess. Captain America is demoralized and wearing the flag as a toga. Cyclops is depressed and lost the love of his life, again. Spider-Man is depressed and has a Venom daughter. Reed is depressed and blames himself for the state of the world.

And Thor has been rule 63’d. But at least he’s not depressed?

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