#tssm addicted au

[rancid-zinnia-onthepatio]

cough DOCTOR CURTIS CONNORS MENTION‼️

this man has the most development in my AU so far bc Liz is the first villain I’ll clarify rn the AU main story takes place when Peter’s college aged bc I’m sick of HS sorry

Curt is a very prominent figure in Peter’s life. Martha Connors is May’s closest friend, so the Connors would visit a lot in Peter’s childhood. Eventually, while working at OsCorp, Curt gets very into cross-species research.

(How he lost his arm? I don’t know yet RIP 💔 tssm AND tasm never really mention how their respective Curt variants lost their arms so maybe it won’t be brought up here either)

This leads him into lizards and their regenerative properties. He leaves OsCorp to join his old friend at Octavius Industries. I don’t want to make him a grouchy ex-employee and spiteful towards Osborn y’know? So, he just leaves out of his own will. Curt doesn’t like some things about Norman, but he wants to be the bigger man, so they’re on decent terms.

Through some problems that I’m still working on—he takes the lizard serum to document the process. I’m addicted to slow burns so the transformation is not instant. It takes place veryyy slowly over a month. Connors takes note of everything. (There is an antidote in his house as a safe measure) First, he randomly develops nictitating membranes. (Third eyelids) Then, there’s a scale or two on his right shoulder. But he can hold out a little longer right? These symptoms need to be written down so he can fix them!

Curt waits too long and the Lizard emerges when he's alone one night.

fun facts i have again :)

Billy Connors is a teenager in my AU and serves as a younger brother of sorts to Peter.

I have three lizard species in mind for the lizard's design but I'll go into detail with that when I actually design the Liz

Curt and Otto met in college and used to have karaoke nights together.

The lizard thing sticks with him for a while (no he does not eat his son I'm not going that far) because for a couple years Spidey seemed undefeatable. The Lizard was the first thing to severely hurt the spider—so Connors doesn't want this newfound power in the wrong hands.

He's one of Peter's professors atm but I still dunno what Peter's studying so this could change

I debated whether Billy will be part of the AU or not for a while but he's in it now.

The Lizard is not revealed to be Connors to keep himself safe. I still have a rough idea on how exactly they do this--but only a few know that it was actually him.

He claims that he discarded the lizard research after the Liz incident. But he didn't. 👀