#sorry cloudstrike

[stained-soot]

[I've been neglecting y'all so have a shitty sketch of cloudstrike sides you don't usually see.]

[I generally never draw his back lol-]

[tinytveit]

im sorry that i loaded into empire hunts to finish my threader bounty and cloudstrike picked me.

[ask-my-transforming-idiots]

[:EMERGENCY FREQUENCY; PRIORITY 1:]

[ORIGIN: DESIGNATION; CLOUDSTRIKE]

``||Hey sorry to bother-||``

[{Unintelligible static}]

``||Kinda got shot down, fuel levels are critical, haha. Anyone in the vicinity? I'm sending coords. I think I might be slipp-||``

[:TRANSMISSION: END:]

[bamfkeeper]

Hey, so i have a few head canons for my oc, Cloudstrike, aka Ethan Grey (also, when I made him, I completely forgot Jean’s name is Jean Grey. Im sorry Jean 😭. So rn it’s just a coincidence, but maybe I’ll change it, or maybe make them distantly related? Idk this is my first oc anyways :p). I submitted him before for a different ask you did (I don’t expect you to remember that ofc tho lol), and he has wind powers, to be able to control wind, turn into a gaseous state, use some lightning, etc.. Also, since X-men ‘97 is what brought me into X-men, a lot of my ideas are based on that universe in the show. So anyways, here’s some head canons I have for him 😊

Sometimes, Ethan likes to turn himself into his gaseous stage and go into the vent system in the mansion, and be shot around the place like a roller coaster. He finds it to be a fun way to pass the time. 😊

Like how Bobby/Iceman can use his ice powers to chill drinks, Ethan can use his powers to chill or heat anything up (though he can’t chill anything quite as good as Bobby). So, the other X-men like to have him around during freezing days for him to be their portable hand warmer lol

He likes to play video games, especially competitive ones, so he hangs out and plays with Jubilee a lot, Roberto too sometimes, but since he’s more inexperienced, they won’t play as competitive of games as to not make Roberto feel as bad 🥺

He loves to cook, and to experiment with unique dishes, so he loves to get recipes from the other X-men; German recipes from Kurt, Cajun from Gambit, and several African recipes from Ororo. 🥘🥧

While Ethan has a bed and sometimes sleeps on it, he prefers to instead sleep while hovering in his gaseous form in his room. He finds the lack of pressure or gravity to be comforting

When he’s goofing around, he’ll sometimes give the person a small static blast (doesn’t hurt, just tingles), which is especially affective against Kurt and Hank because of their fur.

Since he has somewhat similar powers as Storm, she helps him in the danger room to train. They form a bond from their similarities, and even practice fun combos they could do in fights.

He has a small crush on Kurt (because who wouldn’t lol, plus Ethan’s bisexual), but he isn’t acting on anything yet. Though, he can’t help but blush whenever Kurt compliments him 💙

He would consider Jubilee to be his best friend. Also, they bond over being raised for adoption (I changed this one part of his backstory, to where he was abandoned by his original family for unknown reasons, but was adopted by this nice and caring human family who didn’t mind that he was a mutant). In XMTAS, she has foster parents too, so they bond over this. 🥰

He isn’t that keen on Logan atm, as he finds him to be kind of a jerk, but Kurt keeps telling Ethan that Logan is cool if you get to know him, so Ethan’s keeping an open mind. Though, he can’t help occasionally making some jokes at Logan’s expense with Scott.

Ethan has an interest for science and engineering, and sometimes likes to nerd out with Forge (whenever he’s around) and Hank sometimes.

Anyways, that’s my ramble for now. Again, he’s my first oc so I have some things I need to refine and expand on, but this is what I have so far. I’m not even skilled enough if an artist yet to draw what he exactly looks like. Also, I’m completely open to any critiques, ideas for improvement, or other fun ideas that I could incorporate! I hope you enjoyed my rambling 😊

Of course I remember Cloudstrike, I love him!

I think wind powers are super cool. And turning into a gas is super useful! I wish that more mutants who had elemental powers utilized this. I also love how he sleeps in this state for comfort, it makes sense! I love seeing domestic sides of ocs too.

I love his relationships you mentioned! Jubilee and Roberto is a cute trio with Ethan, and cooking with Kurt and Ororo? Sooo sweet.

The shock! Kurt and Hank puff up!! That's so cute. Like rubbing a balloon on them and watching it stick 😂

You know Kurt the flirt is gonna be complimenting Ethan. He'd be so fascinated with his powers and I think he'd ask him a ton of questions about them, especially about when Kurt teleports and he asks Ethan about his brimstone smoke cloud. Can he control it? Does it have a taste? A smell? A feeling?? So many questions.

HA I love how Ethan doesn't really like Logan, he can be kind of an ass at first.

I love all the relationships he has with the team, it really feels like he's part of the group! He's fleshed out really well, and the connections makes him feel more real. He's sweet! Thank you for sharing him with us 💙

[puzzlecatt]

Sorry can't post too busy fixing all the cloudstrike outage affected robot girls.

[keytaryourheart]

RARE BRETT DOMINO POST ON KEYTARYOURHEART

so initially I was gonna have to catch up on the brettrospective movie bc it was gonna be live while I was like flying HOWEVER my flight got cancelled (im assuming due to crowdstrike -- which I have been referring to as cloudstrike bc im dyslexic) so I was able to actually watch it live and participate in the chat!!

I was planning on asking any serious questions bc idgaf tbh but even just me chatting meant they read out my msgs??

all I said was "hi mike" and ram read my user like bro

ste is so fucking funny bro,, I was being gen when I said he should be a streamer bc he was on the chat and was shouting out ppl who bought merch like someone dropped 10 fat gift subs. nuts.

sorry for weird grammar im so tired lmfao

idk why he made the movie ngl when we could just watch all those videos on yt. and the ones we can't, are bc he deleted them. so? anyway it was still a vibe and nice to see the talking heads.

[bamfkeeper]

Hey, I saw yo were interested in OCs, and I have one I’m willing to share. This is my first and only OC so sorry if it’s a bit rough around the edges lol.

His name is Ethan Grey, but his super hero name is Cloudstrike. He looks like a ‘normal’ human besides his eyes, which are a pupilless and glow white.

He was a second child born into a somewhat small town, and had human parents, despite him being a mutant.

His power was to be able to turn himself or part of himself a cloud at will, which aloud him to create somewhat strong gusts of wind, shoot lightning, and turn himself into a gaseous state which he can fly around and avoid danger. While his parents were humans, and were weary of his powers, they still supported him. He did get picked on, but his powers at least allowed him to avoid confrontations. He also had a human older brother, who also protected him.

This changed however when a tornado struck the town. The tornado caused great damage, and killed Ethan’s parents. His brother was also nowhere to be found The townsfolk blamed Ethan for what happened, even though he was not nearly powerful enough to cause such a natural disaster, and had to flee his town and become homeless. He blamed himself for his family’s demise, since he wasn’t at the house at the time of the Tornado, and believed he could have at least warded off the tornado from his family if he was there.

Despite barely scrapping by, he still tried to protect people who couldn’t protect themselves, which eventually got the attention of Xavier. He invited him to join the X-men, and live at the mansion, of which Ethan happily accepted. Ethan, now know as the super hero Cloudstrike, continues to try to save the day with his power, despite of anti-mutant bigots, to push for a future of coexistence. He also makes friend with the X-men, especially with Nightcrawler, Jubilee, Sunspot, and Gambit, and is glad to have a new family.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Ik it isn’t the best or anything, but it’s what I got, and I’m always trying to improve my OC, and I’m a bit proud of what I have so far.

He sounds so cool! It's hard to find powers like his so I loved reading this. His background is tragic but fits him, and the friends he has at the institute would absolutely fight someone if Ethan got picked on.

I love his story and mutation, thanks for sharing! And his mutant name is really cool, Cloudstrike is perfect!