#it's got five attachments

[changingplumbob]

My stick/handheld blender that I use to make smoothies broke. I ordered a replacement in the Easter sales. Oversize delivery price (I'm home sick with no vehicle) was almost the same price as the discounted blender. If this is adulting I don't want it.

[kalinara]

So one thing I really love about the Original Five in the future issues is how so many artists have such wildly different takes on Scott Summers's design, but each one works incredibly well for their respective contexts.

Take this one, from All-New X-Men #1:

This is the first look at Baby Scott that we get. Immonen's Scott here looks a lot like the Scott we see in the original issue that this is referencing:

I included the third panel because the resemblance is the most striking there. All cheekbones and suit that's just a little too big. A very young man trying to fill a big role and doing it about as well as anyone can.

I'm going to put the rest of these behind the cut, because this is a very image heavy post.

Anyway, as soon as we get to the past, the depiction of Scott changes sharply.

Six issues and one day later (All-New X-Men #007), Scott looks profoundly different:

He looks younger, softer, and that furrow in his brow is not going to be going away any time soon. Understandable. This poor kid has been through the wringer and life is not done with him yet.

Dauterman's Cyclops in...Cyclops #2 is pretty consistent with this portrayal:

He looks young, adolescent. A bit softer in the face. Perpetual furrow is still there. Well, not actually in this particular shot, but trust me, there's lots of furrowing in this series.

See? (Cyclops #03) Corsair can really bring out the furrow in a kid.

Actually, I hate to say it, but Corsair actually seems to have done this kid some good. The Cyclops that we see in the SECOND run of All-New X-Men actually seems almost confident again.

Bagley's Scott still got his issues, but aside from the scrawniness, he looks damn near adult. But also mostly content. This road trip that the team is on, away from the adults and the pressure, seems to be good for him.

Even injured, he seems to be doing pretty well (from All-New X-Men #12):

This is notable to me, because this issue came out in August 2016. Fast forward to late 2016 (specifically Champions #3), and we get:

Ramos's Scott is completely recognizable of course, but he is, very clearly, a CHILD, in a way that none of the previous versions really get to be.

And it works. It makes perfect sense. Because this is the first time since the plane crash where Scott has been able to actually be a CHILD. He's not leading the group, he doesn't have to set an example. He can just play too. He can, as he tells Ms. Marvel much later, actually relax.

But all sweet things must come to an end, and the Scott in X-Men Blue #01 is back to form:

Jean's actually leading the team, which is nice. And there's some very nice banter. But Molina's Scott is very much back to proto-adult here. (And while Jean is leading and starts the scene in front, Scott's positioning makes complete sense when the next page reveals who they're actually reporting to - Magneto).

I'm not really an art person. Generally I pay a lot more attention to things like plot, dialogue, and character development than I do the art styles. It's how I got through the 90s. But this has been a neat thing to go back and notice. Each depiction is excellent. Each one is immediately recognizable. But each one says something a little different and fits the story in its own specific way. And that's really cool!

[householdcryptid]

just watched Broke(2025) with waytt russel and uhhhhh...why is nobody talking about this movie? hes so beautiful? the movie was GOOD too like i did Not expect to be crying over cowboy wyatt russel dude

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

I bring a sort of "flawed female characters can be fun and enjoyable blorbos - both flawed in terms of having character flaws and in terms of having occasionally flawed writing" that it appears many, many, many people do not like

[discordiansamba]

anyways long story short, the other day I was running errands while my MP3 player kept on playing songs on shuffle from the Index/Railgun franchise while I was thinking about my aoex fics... and I ended up with a fusion AU as a result, lmao. it definitely takes more heavily from the science side of the franchise but the only thing you really need to understand about the franchise is the knowledge that

a.) it takes place in Academy City, an independent city state largely populated by students and houses hundreds of schools, with the primary goal of unlocking and developing esper abilities that rank from Level 0 (no ability) to Level 5 (the highest possible rank and the least common).

b.) it has a dark underside that makes Section 13 look like a harmless daycare. these fuckers especially like trying to unlock the theoretical Level Six or dual abilities.

c.) orphans taken in by Academy City are called Child Errors. those who have abilities without the need for Academy City's development program are called Gemstones.

okay! now I can actually talk about the AU, lmao.

the key points are:

rin and yukio are twins living in academy city, who unlike most of the other students, live there with their mother yuri in a church run by shiro. rin is a level 5 pyrokinetic and yukio is a level 0 with no ability of his own.

for years, rin was unable to fully control his own ability- he's possessed his flames since he was born and has been powerful from the starting gate. everyone in the family except for yukio have burns somewhere on their body from rin's early lack of control, but rin himself has the most- he keeps them covered, but his hands and arms are pockmarked with old burn scars.

these days he has excellent control of his flames!

...but he still has a reputation of being dangerous and out of control regardless, so most people are too afraid to actually talk to him- except for those who want the glory of beating a level 5 in a fight. he constantly finds himself getting into fights that isolate him further at school.

despite his bad reputation, yukio has still grown up in rin's shadow. people expect him to be equally as strong as his brother- but he doesn't have an ability at all. instead, he's devoted himself to his studies, an area in which his brother struggles.

upon entering high school, rin is determined to actually make some friends for a change. he and yukio enroll in true cross academy- both on a scholarship- yukio for his academics, and rin for being well. a level 5.

shiemi is also a level 5! her ability is plant manipulation. unbeknownst to her, her grandmother and mother have both served on academy city's board of directors- and for that exact reason, they've done their best to keep shiemi far away from the dark side of academy city.

shima is a level 4 pyrokinetic who wields black flames, and secretly works as an enforcer for the dark side of academy city. he actually ran away from home in middle school to enroll in academy city because he didn't want to follow the path his family had set out for him.

ryuuji and konekomaru are his childhood friends, who came after him in their last year of middle school to convince him to go home, but ended up staying. the temple they all grew up in is still impoverished- and with the scholarship they both obtained, they get free housing and meals.

ryuuji is a level 3 who can generate barriers! you fuckers can't all have pyrokinesis. konekomaru is probably a level 2, but I actually haven't decided on what his ability is yet. definitely something support, since he's more suited to that.

izumo is a level 3 who can manipulate electricity. she and her sister are child errors who were taken into academy city after tamamo did a murder suicide with their father. with no one to protect her, izumo got entangled in a shady experiment upon arrival and is doing her best to protect tsukumo from it.

(paku is also a level 0 who stubbornly befriends izumo)

amaimon and takara are here to carry the flag of level 5s who have something deeply wrong with them. earth manipulation and telekinesis respectively.

what rin and yukio don't know about their origins is that they're the result of an attempt to artificially create a level 5. rin was the experiments only real success, but it became clear that unless something drastically changed in his environment, he was going to destroy himself.

thus, one of the scientists proposed a plan- raise him as a normal child, and see if that helped with his control and stability. to that end, she took one of the failed experiments with her and created the setting that they were twins. both rin and yukio are clones of a gemstone who was given the codename Satan, though they've had tweaks so they're not necessarily identical.

yuri voice: i'm just raising them for the experiment. i'm not going to get attached.

(she's so, so wrong.)

pov: you are shiro. a woman has arrive at your church with twin children, looking for sanctuary. you don't turn her away, even if you can tell she's lying- because her eldest child looks almost identical to your own long dead twin brother at that age.

(and he even has his flames)

[lowkeyivory]

Whatever you do DON'T EVER think about how five would already get attached (too attached) to someone who shows the SLIGHTEST affection towards him.

[smallishdoggo]

this is Braius Doomseed. 2 me.

[finifugue]

Every now and again I'll think 'oh yeah I'm into weirdo loser freak kid fandoms anymore, I like Sports Games and I watch the New Cheerleading Documentary' and then a new fuckass mascot horror thing will come out and my inner twelve year old will start running around in circles and screaming

[corvid-ghost]

How did they let Lila and Diego go from her risking it all to have him by her side even though they only knew each other for a couple months and him hiding her away from danger to keep her and their baby safe, to her and HIS BROTHER having an affair

[cornertheculprit]

if you couldn't tell i've meticulously sorted my entire queue so that it always alternates between aa and tgaa posts. Like a normal person

[genevieve-and-nikki]

HAPPY 6TH ANNIVERSARY MR.LOVE FANS! 🥹

I've been working on some collages throughout the month but I've been waiting to get everybody stuff together I can't wait to show them they're so cute ☺️

[theweirdestroller]

Shockwave's Lab Pages 1-4

So, this takes place through Gen 1 and goes into Earthspark. I'll reiterate that I am not the one who knows all the Sunstorm stuff. That position belongs to the rat in my walls. That being said, here's the first part of Shockwave's Lab! (Each page will be separated by a transcript of what's on the page. I did not write this stuff in my nice handwriting as I was just making it for my sibling. It'll also serve to separate Sunstorm's narration from any dialogue)

Page One - Shockwave's Lab!

Panel 1 Shockwave: Sunstorm, what are you doing? Narration: Shockwave! Head Scientist! *Don't worry, he totally gave me permission to upload this

Panel 2 Narration: Loader! Transport! *Very friendly! talks to everyone! takes years for me to see him again!

Panel 3 Narration: Soundwave! Communications Guy? TiC? *shows up sometimes with his cassettes, dunno why

Panel 4 Narration: The Cassettes! Dunno who they are! *Soundwave's little guys. There seems to be more every time

Panel 5 Narration: Sunstorm! Me! *I'm a clone I think? I melt like, everything I touch. Don't ask me about my camera

Bottom of Page Shockwave's lab is recorded and produced by Sunstorm. Any character names are completely non-fictional. Relations to any bots living or dead is intentional. Don't show this to the Autobots or Starscream. Please and thank you, -Sunstorm

Page 2 - Shockwave's Lab!

Panel 1 Sunstorm: New guy in the lab today! He's tiny! Shockwave said something about... Actually, I don't remember My note: *with an arrow pointed to Knockout* <- talkin to Shockwave

Panel 2 Sunstorm: Today on Who talked to me in the tube!

Panel 3 Sunstorm: It was nobody. I'm taking it up with Shockwave.

Panel 4 Sunstorm: What's Shockwave working on? You ask me. I Dunno! I only know what he tells me and last time I asked he said "high-grade"

Panel 5 My notes: *with an arrow pointed to five lil test tube sparklings* <- One of the combiner teams Stunticons? Combaticons? Terrorcons? Who knows Sunstorm: Tube Buddies!

Page 3

Panel 1 Narration: I explained to one of the lil tube fellas about Shanix My notes: *with an arrow pointed to a young Swindle* <- Swindle

Panel 2 Narration: I like telling stories to the tube fellas My notes: *underneath young Breakdown* Breakdown

Panel 3 Narration: I don't know what Shockwave's doing with them, but I think it has something to do with the towering figures I've seen and heard in the lab My notes: one of the combiners idk

Panel 4 Sunstorm: A puppy!!!

Panel 5 Sunstorm: Fire-breathing puppy!!!

Page 4

Panel 1 Narration: There haven't been as many people in the lab lately. Just the tube fellas and Shockwave. We're long past due for a Soundwave visit

Panel 2 Narration: Shockwave talked to me today! We talked for hours! I think there might not be anyone else to talk to anymore

Panel 3 Narration: I learned that Soundwave has been calling the lab. I learned that Soundwave missed the last two calls.

Panel 4 Narration: Shockwave's been talking to me a lot more. Says it keeps him "logical"

Panel 5 Narration: Shockwave said he had somewhere to go

Inbetween Panels -eons later-

Panel 6 Narration: I wonder where everyone is

Panel 7 Sunstorm: "What's... Earth?"

[transcendentalyouth]

my mom bought me a new shower head since mine was kinda janky and OMG I LOVE IT SO MUCH

[navree]

the concept of having children being so tied into political ambitions and machinations throughout history means that a lot of people do seem to straight up forget that these people were, like, family, and likely acted as such a lot of the time