#//the ultimate super soldier-hero who represents the american spirit

[electronicdelusionstarlight]

Alright, I’ve gotten back into writing Spider-Man.

I’m scrapping the Wonder Woman x Spider-Man open relationship with Mary Jane X Felicia Open relationship that ultimately culminates into a 4 people polycule where Peter gets pegged, and go for something a bit more simple. So, I’m sorry for the, like, 20 kudos I received on Ao3 over that, and 31 favorites on HF, but that’s abandoned at the moment.

So, new idea...

Amazing Spinnerete, an AU where MJ gets bitten by the spider instead.

(Spider-Woman and Jackpot were already taken and Spider-Girl didn’t sound right to her, as if it was too early for that).

1) Peter, who doesn’t get any powers ever for the entirety of my story (unlike I was planning to do for Mary Jane in the previous one as I piled power after power on her among star sapphire rings, spirits of vengeance, symbiontes, Gamma Radiations and Thor’s hammer), turns into a Sidekick/IT Guy role to her.

2) He’s there to fulfill a purely supporting role to MJ Heroics, craft the webs, be a support to her, all that shebang you’d expect, while getting worried sick over her going out in New York and risking her life daily among villains and criminals and whatnot. He’s the “Nerd behind the computer,” a concept that got admittedly popularized by Oracle, as well as her “field medic” when she gets back home and needs stitching on both the costume and her scars. 

3) Also uncle Ben is alive and on a ongoing trip with Aunt Anna and Aunt May around the world. They solve crimes, off screen, like 3 Jessica Fletchers, so Peter isn’t as fucked up emotionally as in canon.

4) I’m gona take from the MC2 and say that, unlike Peter, MJ is actually trying to profit off her image from the start. This might cause some conflicts with Peter over him not wanting them to lucrate on some of their crime fighting (Such as not wanting to patent the web fluid in fear of criminals getting a hold of it), and mixes up with their already canon conflict over her being the main breadwinner in the couple AND the possibility of her doing progressively more risque work.

5) Specifically, I’m gona say it: Spinnerete and Mary Jane have two separate OnlyFans. It’s a modernized story and they are in their mid twenties and need a stable source of income and what better than a horde of people out there paying the same woman TWICE for pics of her buying wonderbread? “Pictures of Spinneret” therefore become a way different phrase, and there is a debate in universe over a superheroine essentially being a sex worker, and all that that entails. I don’t know how well I’m going to explore it tho so this might get dropped after a while and just make her a ASMRtist or a Twitch Streamer, basically the same thing at this point.

6) Since this is a AU I can do like Spider-Gwen did and not just fuck up one piece of the main universe but make every aspect of the universe different, so, bullet list of things I’ve been coming up with that are different from main continuity:

6A) The Hero to Heroine ratio (as well as Villain to Villainess) is 1 hero every 10 heroines. Major (Male, Homo Sapiens) heroes in the setting are: Johnny Storm (Johnny Storm), Thor (Thor Odinson), Power Man (Luke Cage), Iron Man (Rhodey Rhodes), Original Captain America (Steve Rogers).

6B) The mutant community is a massive polycule of free love and shit. The biggest mutant community in the world is stationed in the Free Republic of Genosha, currently part of a worldwide international federation of small nations around the globe born to contrast Soviet and American influences during the cold war called IFMP (International Federation of Micro-Powers). Latveria and Wakanda are part of it, and are the leaders of the two major factions among the delegates in the form of the isolationists (Wakanda) and the Expansionists (Latveria). The second biggest mutant community in the world is in San Diego. most male superheroes and some of their villains happen to be mutants.

6C) Susan Storm lead a year long deep space expedition team financed by the united states government, and managed to contact several alien races in her travels, returning to earth with diplomatic ties and Power Cosmic given to her by Infinity herself as a sign of good will after she and the united armies of space finally managed to slay and destroy “The eldritch abomination at the edge of reality that makes people racist by existing,” as it was called. This starts a age of cooperation between the various alien races and empires out there in the cosmos and Earth, their embassies being built in most of the major nations of the world, trade and science deals cropping up as a result.

6D) Susan Storm later formed the (apolitical, above nations and planets) superhero team the Fantastic Five, which changed members over the years based on relationship with other alien planets and tensions between the members of the team. Current line up consists in Susan Storm (Susan Storm, former Ms. Fantastic), super partes leader due to the Power Cosmic, alongside Lyja the Lazerfist (Second Ms. Fantastic and Former Skrull chaos agent on earth during the Skrull-Kree Cold War), Crystalia Amaquelin (Crystal, Inhuman Ambassador), She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters, earth representative and legal expert), Thundra (Thundra, Femizonian Ambassador). The Kree empire was disbanded after the end of the Kree-Skrull cold war.

6E) Johnny Storm never became the second human torch but ends up becoming Evil Jesus. During his trip to the stars with his sister he accidentally ends up in the Negative Zone, the void between dimensions, and befriends the locals, becoming a jesus like figure and ending up ruling the place. It’s not as banged up as it sounds but with prolonged commuting with the Negative Zone he has achieved a state of resonance with Oblivion, one of the other 4 great entities of the universe, and has become his champion. (in direct contrast with his sister’s coming from Infinity). He still uses his powers for good, if in a chaotic good way compared to his sister lawful good one.

6F) Peggy Carter was subjected to the Super Soldier program during WWII, thus becoming Agent England, de facto leader of the Invaders (Mostly same team, Sub-Mariner, First Human Torch, etc.), and guiding the assault against nazi germany and hydra. She and her sidekick end up frozen on the same plane

6G) Steve Rogers was still picked under her wing, if not able to receive super soldier treatment, and still became the (original) Captain America, a purely propagandist figure of a scrawny, physically weak son of immigrants Brooklyn dude, the complete opposite of the German Ubermech ideal for the white man, but with enough anger and outrage over an unjust world to pick fights with people 5 times his size, shown in many a propaganda video punching Hitler square in the jaw and knocking him out cold. They both ended up on that plane crashing in the arctic and were defrosted several years later.

6H) With the disappearance of Agent England, the Invaders disbanding, and the cold war underway, with no superhero team really cropping up, Doctor Deidre Wentworth managed to develop a modified version of the Super Soldier Serum, testing it on herself, and becoming the Superior Captain America. She forms the (US Exclusive, extremely political) “Americommandos” superteam, with selected superheroines and “reformed” supervillaines of the time. The team was responsible for many controversial superhero activities during the cold war, in and out of the united states, and is still going to this day, even if some members have retires or have outright died. Not Superior Cap tho, no, her aging has been slowed down due to the serum, so here she is still guiding black ops teams to capture and imprison some worker rights activists that happen to be mutants.

6I) The Sorcerer Supreme of this dimension happens to be Doctor Doom, Ruler of Latveria.

6L) Norman Osborn never became the Green Goblin. He was still a scummy CEO and millionaire, and still had a affair with one of his son’s best friends. Gwen was dating Peter at the time and ended up getting pregnant with Norman, he finds out, pressures her to get an abortion, almost terrorizes her, she doesn’t cave, Peter is understandably confused and shocked but still wants to support her (as does Mary Jane), but on the day of Gwen’s son’s and daughter’s birth Norman pulls the same shit he pulled in canon with Mary Jane and Mayday, hires an assassin to force a miscarriage, Gwen finds out a couple months later, stages her death, and becomes the Ghost-Goblin, ending up throwing Norman off the New York bridge and killing him in the process for good. His estate and company was inherited by his son, Henry, who devolved most of it to charity, destroying the Osborn business empire.

7) That’s the gist of it really, gona elaborate on more tomorrow.

EDIT: 8) Nightcrawler is the Pope.

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[fyeahnewwarriors]

History of the NW (part 5)

Meet the Folding Circle, the team who attacked and overwhelmed Thrash in last issue. Their leader, Left Hand, has gathered them because their fate is connected and crab, and Thrash is the final piece in the puzzle. Why do they all believe Left Hand on his word? I have no idea. By the way, those shades that the big half-naked guy named Bloodstrike is wearing; do they exist? because I totally want a pair myself.

Anyway, Thrash joins the Circle to find the truth, whatever that is. Meanwhile, the Warriors finds a badly hurt Silhuette. She was attacked by Tai, who apparently is the one behind the corruption of the Taylor Foundation. After taking Sil to the hospital, the Warriors visit Chord who has woken up from his coma. He explains that Tai, who has mystical powers, has healed him. Chord tells them that Tai is in Cambodia, ready for Thrash arrival, and that it's all about a pact five soldiers(that included Chord) made with Tai. Chord can't explain much to the Warriors because of his brain-damage, but they get that Thrash is going to be in trouble and that they have to save him from Tai, who apparently isn't just a fortune-cookie lady. But the problem is that A) They are undermanned, since Thrash is the one they are suppose to save, Vance is under arrest, and one of them has to stay to represent the New Warriors (in this case Firestar) if necessary in Vance's trial, and B) None of them can fly the helicopter. But the Warriors gets help from two of their allies; Darkhawk, a fellow teen superhero with a magical amulet who had team-ups with the Warriors, and Rage, a 12 year old boy trapped in an adult super-strong body, who's also a member of the Avengers(the Avengers are unaware of his real age).

Alright then, now they have a big enough team. But what about transportation? Well, Rage can't fly a helicopter, but he CAN fly a jet (barely). He is an Avenger in training and has learned briefly how to fly one of their quinjets. And since its unlikely that the Avengers would believe that an 80 years old lady is going to take over the world(not that it would be the oddest thing they had heard about), the Warriors only has one option left: They must steal the Avengers jet.

... Our heroes, ladies and gentlemen! They high-jack expensive planes from the local authorities!

Meanwhile, Vance's trial has started. His defense-attorney is no one else but Foggy Nelson.

Foggy does all he can to make his point that Vance acted in self-defense, and that he is a genuinely good person, a hero too, who would never harm a person by choice. Even gets a testemony from Ben Grimm AKA the Thing.

Unfortunately the other lawyer, Racheal Dreyfuss, does just as good a job to point out that Vance has shown, in his identity as Marvel Boy, to have great control over his powers and that he could therefor (in theory) defend himself without the need of lethal force.

Meanwhile in Cambodia, the Folding Circle has found Tai inside an ancient temple where they get caught by her and we get an explanation for what the hell is going on.

Tai is an evil sorcerer, and like all other evil sorcerers she wants to conquer the world. To do so, she needs to sacrifice members of her clan who has blood from both East and West. So she abducted a bunch of American Solders (among them were Thrash's father and Chord) so they could marry and breed with her daughters so she could sacrifice them to get the power. But apparently this pact never happened because Night Thrasher's father didn't agree to be part of it...

And The Warriors must be sacrificed too, or instead, or... or...

ARRRRGGGH!!!

I don't think I have to explain why this story-ark almost made me give up the title. Its weird, messy, and I have checked the unofficial NW fan-site newwarriors.com a couple of times before writing this, and I STILL don't get it! What I do get is that Tai apparently needed Thrash to fulfill the pact, because...  don't know, really... So she hexed Chord, made him kill Thrash's parents, and then use magic to make the little boy forget who killed them. Why? Because she needed Thrash to become a superhero (?), so he would form a group that she could sacrifice... which I don't get, because I thought she needed that "East and West" thingy, and why do they have to be superheroes, and...

ARRRRGGGGH!!!!

Look, let's cut the crap: Tai is a magic evildoer, she wants to rule the world, and she killed Thrash's parents. Lets get to the big fight already!

The Folding Circle and the Warriors unite their forces to fight for their life. Tai is pretty much Vietnam's Sorcerer Supreme, but she needs to concentrate. Unfortunately, she is no pushover in close combat either, so hurting her is easier said than done. Things looks pretty bad when the Circle runs away with their tail behind their legs, but by a stroke of luck, Thrash manege to gun down Tai (BTW, I forgot to mention that Thrash carries a machine-gun) and as Tai screams in pain, the temple (of course) collapses on itself. Its over. The Warriors has saved the world from the most confusing plan ever made by a comic-book villain (and that says a lot) and Thrash has finally avenged his parents. Unfortunately, his victory is hollow, now hat he know that he has been lied to and manipulated into every decision that has led him to where he is now, and that his life has been based on a bunch of lies. And just to make it perfect; Vance has been found guilty in negligent homicide and sentenced to 14 mounts in the superhuman prison The Vault with minimum security. It could have been MUCH worse, not that it is much comfort for Vance, or Firestar, who has recently discovered that she loves him.

Bummer...

BTW, remember the jet that the New Warriors stole from the Avengers? It got stolen by the Circle when they ran away. The Avengers is less than pleased about this.

With the exception of Hercules, who might overreact a tidy bit, the Avengers actually takes it rather well, considering that we talk about a jet worth three-quarts of a billion dollars, not to mention the damage done on the hangar. They understand that Rage meant no harm, and he was just trying to help the Warriors. BUT that doesn't change the fact that Rage stole a million dollar plane, so there has to be consequences, and the Avengers must kindly ask Rage to leave the team.

After packing his stuff and leaving the Avengers Mansion, Speedball is waiting for him outside, and ask Rage if he wants to be a full-time member of the Warriors. Rage accepts the offer, possibly looking forward to be on a team where his teammates will be closer to his age.

And the Warriors are in need of more members, since Thrash has taken a leave of absence, so he can get control over his life (we will get to that eventually).

Meanwhile, Nita, Nova and Firestar decides to rescue Vance from jail, by stopping the prison-truck transporting Vance to the superhuman prison; The Vault. They manege to do so, and takes on the guardsmen. But before the situation can get out of hand, Vance use his telekinesis to stop the fighting. He tells his friend that he doesn't want to be freed. Even though he didn't intent to kill his father, he still did so, and that means that he has to go to jail. Nita yells that its not fair, smashing a three in anger, to which Vance reply that its not important what they think about the laws, but that they lived by it. He appreciate that they want to help him but there is a system in the country, in witch Vance believe in. And even though he could use his powers to ignore the law, doesn't mean that he is above it.

How you like THAT, X-Men?

There could have been serious consequences for the Warriors, if it wasn't for the fact that Vance has the guardsmen sympathy, so they are ready to leave the Warriors off the hock IF they help them fix the van, as Firestar and Vance is allowed a private moment before they drive Vance to the Vault.

Firestar confess her love to Vance, which he return, and she tells him that she is ready to offer herself to him, both spirit and body.

That's right, she wants to "do it" with Vance, out in a forest, with two of their friend and three strangers only a few meters away.

DUDE!!!

Before I go on, I would like to ad that I'm not mocking a young woman, who are about to say goodbye to her first serious love-interest, and therefor wants to share the ultimate intimacy with him before he gets locked up and she won't see him for a long time. But still... DUDE!!!

Vance tells her that he want's to, but that he want it to be special (well it would be, I can promise you that) and that he thinks they should wait to their wedding-night.

... A few years later:

Ouch!

Nita, Nova and Firestar are left with no other option but to watch as their friend gets driven away to jail, wondering how they can go on.

That’s all for now. I’m Waezi2, and thanks for wasting time with me.