#victoria kord

[booster-boy]

They got his ass

Boostle canon

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Harvey singing Creature of the Night with his villain buddy Susan Sarandon on the Blue Beetle set.

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Blue Beetle #4 - "Scarab War IV" (2023)

written by Josh Trujillo art by Adrian Gutierrez, Wil Quintana, & Nick Filardi

[cakeleighh]

lmao I have so many au's for this funky lil guy

Bike au! bike au! bike au! bike au! bike au! :D (please forgive any spelling/grammar mistakes)

Don't ask me how I drew the bike, I was like 'hey why not use the select tool and gradient tool?' and then I blacked out for a few hours and when I awoke there was a bike on the page. I should probably drop some lore with this too.

So the scarab is still an alien that came to earth, but it was attached to -essentially- an accompanying spacecraft which the scarab is directly linked to. Unlike the movie, the scarab/bike was claimed by Victoria Kord almost immediately after Ted Kord died, and she attempted to reverse engineer it for her own interests. Unfortunately for her, the scarab was completely unresponsive to external stimulus and no tools were advanced enough to take apart the scarab/bike. There was only one instance of the mechanisms reacting to something, and that was long ago -before Kord industries was established- and they weren't able to get even an understanding of this alien technology at the time. And no matter how persistent Victoria Kord is, she isn't able to do anything with it.

Kord industries (founded by Ted Kord, with the inspiration of the scarab and Ted's brilliant mind) focused on making bikes and other motor vehicles inspired directly by the scarab. He didn't know how the bike worked but he could theorise and make his own inventions that worked for him. The company became one of the main manufacturers of bikes in the world, and holds racing events every year or so to bring in more publicity. Victoria does not care for these races, but she understands that they're good for the company. Victoria is -non surprisingly- more concerned about the military research and developments in the company.

After years of ruthless and expensive testing on the scarab/bike, with no results, the share holders expressed their concern with the lack of profits and new designs coming out since Ted's passing. Her researchers express how even Ted Kord was not able to get the scarab to respond, and therefore it had been almost 50 years since the scarab was reported to have activated (allegedly). With threats to pull out investments, Victoria was forced to abandon the Scarab program and quickly focus on other RnD departments. Though she personally still wanted to harness the power of the scarab, but she could do nothing without the money.

Through the neglect of the dismissed program, the bike is moved about into storage. But with one miscommunication, it ends up in the wrong warehouse. More time passes, and the warehouse is ordered to be cleaned out without concern for what's in there. The bike ends up in a scrapyard where it cannot be destroyed, so the owner takes the opportunity to sell it to another mechanic for a bit of extra money 'the company wont even know it's been resold'. The mechanic -completely unable to do anything with the funky beetle bike- tries to make his money back by selling to another scrap yard. And there it stayed for another few years, all the while Kord industries still thought it was in storage. This is where Jaime finds the bike, by accident, trying to look for his uncle's "misplaced" bike.

Jenny Kord is still a thorn in Victoria's side, not only concerned with the questionable ethics of Victoria's research, but preserving her father's legacy before Victoria destroys all evidence of it. Jenny knows of the scarab/bike, but has been prohibited in knowing it's location and status. So She's forced to go undercover as a presenter/cameraperson (This will make more sense when I show her design) at the racing events to try and get evidence on where the bike is being held, which is definitely easier when you have control of many cameras.

I made this au before the movie came out, and when I finally saw it, I realised the plot actually lined up pretty well already -which is convenient. The only thing I had to change was the inclusion of Jenny (cuz I knew nothing about her before the movie came out), and adding more detail to the antagonists. I love Jenny's design in this au (soon, I will release the pictures) cuz I had total free reign and a cyber-punk motorbike racing aesthetic to base it off. Also, she rides a bike in the movie too so I can actually base her bike off of the pre-existing one.

[reelvibes91]

Metamorphosis of a Hero: Jaime Reyes' Blue Beetle Saga in the DC Universe

Blue Beetle is a very cool character within comics lore. There have been several iterations of the character throughout the years in the comics. This film explores Jaime Reyes as the titular hero.

The first 40 minutes of this movie are superb. Some of the best comic book inspired origin stuff that has ever been adapted to the screen. We get to see the closeness of the Reyes family and their struggle to keep their home. We are introduced to Kord Industries and the Scarab which leads directly into the plot of the movie.

The second and third acts are not as thrilling for a multitude of different reasons. The villains are entirely one dimensional, and there are conveniently placed character developments that come across as cringey. Xolo Mariduena is the best part of the movie. He does play Jaime well as a relatable young man just trying to do right by his family. The rest of the plot feels forced, though. Including his love story with Jenny Kord.

The suit is definitely on point, which helps the hardcore comic book fan in me enjoy this movie. However, the idea that it took Jaime the entire movie to realize his love for his family is what gives him strength seemed a little bit ridiculous. It didn't come across as motivational like they had hoped but more preachy. It felt like had he not found the Scarab, he never would have learned that lesson. For a Pre-Law graduate, they never presented Jaime as an overally intelligent character with solid intellect.

While this movie does have more positives than negatives, it does suffer from the same thing a lot of DC movies do. It is way too simplistic in nature when it could have tried to do something different. I called the mid credits scene as soon as they found the Kord mansion. There was too much setup for it not to occur. The only question now is, will it go anywhere?

While I do hope to see this iteration of Jaime again, I do hope it is in a team fashion. There does not seem like a lot of solo avenues they can explore. Jaime has a lot of affiliations with other younger characters in the comics, and that could very well be utilized if we are to see him again. The future is wide open for all DC characters, so we can't quite pinpoint where Blue Beetle will show up next. I do hope all of this was for something as this would be a complete waste of a movie if it didn't go anywhere.

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big picture day energy Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #6

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— BLUE BEETLE.

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[ihavenoideamanokay]

okay I've given up I'm gonna rant about the blue beetle movie because OH MY GOD

I wanna watch it again but I don't wanna go back to the theater I just wanna buy it already so I can watch it over and over and over

IT WAS SO GOOD

spoilers ofc so be prepared (also this is gonna be really long)

my one complaint. is khaji having a feminine robot voice. because I'm used to young justice where they were just a slightly more murderous sounding jaime which I think is perfect. idk it just feels too much like a marvel movie with the female robot suit. IT WAS BETTER THAN A MARVEL MOVIE THOUGH HAHAHAHA-

(for the record I usually say they/them for khaji bc they are a bug robot thing I don't think they understand or care about human gender but I'm stuck between that and that one venom post where they say venom uses he/him sometimes to match eddie's gender BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE KHAJI WOULD DO THAT 💀💀)

anyway I loved the movie soooooooo much and I love boostle being gay (and wasn't prepared for ted having a wife) so I was worried that ted had a daughter but she was AWESOME I LOVE HER SO MUCH

I especially love how nice she was???? her only surviving family member is a complete jerk and it never rubbed off on her, no matter how done with it she was and all that

I have a family member who, like vIcKy, is just mean to everyone for no reason (okay victoria kinda had a reason I'll get to all that later) and if I'm around her for too long I start wanting to match her energy. like yell back. I'M A HORRIBLE PERSON? LOOK WHO'S TALKING! that kinda stuff. but JENNY DOESN'T DO THAT I mean she still stands her ground and all that BUT she never sinks to victoria's level and that's amazing.

anyway on victoria's reasoning yeah I get it, it totally sucks that you helped create the company and it never got passed down to you, and I'm not trying to invalidate that in any way, I'm just saying, think about it from a different perspective. she could've been a psycho from the beginning. creating weapons will probably make you feel horrible and depressed because you're killing people! I just think we don't know if she cracked because of that and that's when she started seeing people as expendable, or if she was born like that, or if she became like that because of the sexism! I was just thinking about it and I feel like there's a possibility that their grandpa thought she was being a little too aggressive or something and that's why he gave the company to ted. of course, I'm not saying that's what happened, just that that's an interesting thought I had.

NEXT this is dumb but I'm too bi for that movie I saw the main couple and went IVHVAJBKSBEJV THEY'RE BOTH SO PRETTY WHAT 😭😭😭 (well it was more like I went yeah the guy who plays jaime (I'm sorry idk any actors) is pretty and then jenny came on and I just. oh no. then they flirted and I was like NO WHAT-

okay I love the family relationships in this movie because they're all so different. I mean you have jenny and her mom who she didn't really know (because she died), then her dad being distant, then her and her aunt constantly hating each other but being too scared to do anything about it. of course they didn't wanna kill each other because ✨lawsuits✨ but they wanted to get rid of each other because victoria was doing horrible things and jenny was getting in her way. then you have jaime's family which is a disaster in the best way possible. I love how we didn't see them that much but could still tell exactly what was going on there. you get that they're all super close (you even get that there's no privacy💀) and they're all like best friends. I feel like his mom should've gotten a bit more characterization, but whatever. I mean her husband died?? and we barely see her???? idk. I just like how drastically different it is from the kords like I think it's cool.

I realized after the movie that. his grandma never saw him transform the first time. and she probably saw the hole in the roof and, knowing her, did not care. then when he comes back they saw khaji attached to him and she was probably filled in, but. we never saw her reaction. I think it was a good decision not to show it, because she'd probably react in some way that mentioned her fighting people in the past and all that.

okay this is another cursed thought but what happened to jenny's motorcycle at the end? she drove it over but then jaime flew her away. did she leave it there and just make him pick her up later to get it? did he go back and fly it to her?? motorcycles are heavy man I don't think that would be fun. did he drive it to her???? did he just leave it there??????? did he fly her everywhere after that??????????? people will guess your secret identity man. also did milagro steal it because that is totally a milagro thing to do-

OH YEAH let's talk about how they all hated jenny when jaime transformed because as funny as that was. guys. she literally told him not to open it. (honestly I feel like it's an insult to khaji's intelligence that they thought they couldn't get out of a fast food box but that's just me.) and I totally get that they hated her because she was a kord and victoria was being horrible but like THEY JUSTIFIED IT AS "YOU DID THIS TO HIM" AND I FEEL LIKE OUT OF EVERY COMPLAINT THEY HAVE WITH HER THAT'S THE WORST ONE TO USE. SHE KINDA GOT JAIME AND MILAGRO FIRED AS WELL although that's also because milagro was breaking rules and jaime's just too good of a person to not yell at victoria. WAIT WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE SAID "PROTECT IT WITH YOUR LIFE" KNOWING FULL WELL HE COULD ACTUALLY DIE THAT'S A GOOD COMPLAINT but like we can excuse that bc we love her here

okay so yes the scene where he talked to his dead dad was fine and all like I like it but. PLEASE. THE CGI WAS SO BAD IN THAT ONE PART. like the rest of the movie was fine BUT SERIOUSLY COME ON GUYS but in other news I love that scene because anything that has khaji just. vibing. is the best. and then having jaime accept them and stuff.

I just realized this movie could totally be a queer metaphor because of the whole acceptance theme?? I mean it's not like THE QUEER METAPHOR MOVIE EVER it's more like hey self acceptance. I mean you have to come out to yourself before you come out to others so idk that's just random

anything that has khaji da and jaime being best friends is automatically amazing. so my favorite arc in young justice is the reach arc (because I'm a sucker for possession and it was just totally well done) and my absolute favorite part of the arc + favorite blue beetle moment + possibly favorite part of the whole show??? is when khaji says the "then you haven't learned anything from our time together" line (that jaime says like an episode or so before I think) and every time I rewatch that I'm just like 😭😭😭😭😭 because they're besties your honor (or in love idk that ship isn't my first choice but I don't have a problem with it) and it's so so so good

I was so worried the movie was gonna be bad because I've only seen one recent dc movie (okay it was half of one) and I'm going to be honest I was not engaged at all I was kinda bored (I don't wanna say what movie it was because it's a very very hot take) and I was like oh no what if this movie does it too. nope. I also was really really hoping that they'd actually be like yeah the scarab's name is khaji da AND THEY DID I WAS SO HAPPY

oh my god I was looking at the cast and they listed victoria's assistant scientist guy as dr. sanchez. NOW I'M NOT THE SMARTEST BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S NOT HIS NAME- WASN'T THAT A WHOLE PLOT POINT 😭😭😭

that's all I have to say for now, there will probably be more later

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Blue Beetle slaps btw go watch it in theaters NYOWWW

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Blue Beetle: Graduation Day (2022) #5

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Blue Beetle: Graduation Day (2022) #6

My name is Jaime Reyes. I’m kind of a superhero. I grew up somewhere special, with a family that loved and supported me through all sorts of tough times. It was somewhere that made me the hero I am today. I live in the city now, but it’s starting to grow on me. New friends, a new job… New adventures! What was supposed to be a “gap year” has turned into something much different. A calling. I found people who need me. I found a purpose. Things are getting real weird, but I don’t mind one bit. For me and my life, weird is part of the package. For the first time in a long time, I’m excited about the future. The possibilities. And whatever comes my way, I’ll be ready. It won’t be easy, but we’ll figure it out. Together. After all, I’m the Blue Beetle! I totally have this under control.

[zahri-melitor]

Normal tumblr folk: constructing autism headcanons about characters people care about.

Me: trying to explain to you how BOTH Dani Garrett and Victoria Kord are autistic with a special interest in Khaji Da and how they would despise each other if they ever met due to their incompatible research goals.

Dani Garrett: that’s my family’s tomb robbed scarab! Blah blah blah historical accounts of ancient civilisations worshipping it

Victoria Kord: it’s an alien artifact we need to research for new technology ideas to exploit for Kord Industries! Blah blah blah Reach technology

Jaime:…Khaji Da is fused to my spine. And can hear you. I would really prefer that he stay where he is, because otherwise he’s going to make me take evasive manoeuvres to your research-based kidnap attempts.

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Harvey treating us to some Blue Beetle set selfies ✌️

[why-i-love-comics]

Blue Beetle Graduation Day #2 (2022)

written by Josh Trujillo art by Adrian Gutierrez & Wil Quintana

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[hedgiwithapen]

Prompt: Alberto Reyes isn't the only one Jaime lost due to Victoria.

The house was in flames.  Jaime’s lungs burned, and so did the metal clamp around his chest, sparking with electricity so strong it was purple. He couldn’t hear himself screaming, but the voice of the black-booted goon with a gun still broke through his shock-clogged ears. “We’ve got another one.” 

He couldn’t see through the smoke to see who, but any answer would have broken him. He could feel Khaji screaming agony alongside him, both of them reeling from the electricity that still danced along the metal vise that held them. Distantly, he thought he could feel, more than hear, someone screaming his name. The vibrations echoed through the metal of the helicopter floor, pressed against his cheek. Everything hurt, even in the black that claimed him.

When he woke, he couldn't move. His mouth hung open, trying to draw in breathe, but his lungs still protested, refusing to fill all the way.  

A chill ran down--ran up--his spine, literally, as gray shadows swam into some kind of focus, too dimly lit to be real. None of this could be real. 

Metal bit into his wrists and ankles, tighter than the suit's gauntlets. he tugged. nothing happened. inwardly, he tried to call to Khaji Da, and received no response.

No, not...no response. Khaji was there, faint, the tiniest glimmer of a presence. Not enough to  call up blue fire and fight them both free. Not enough to press armor like a cast around his bare chest, supporting his ribs. Not enough to say his name.

Someone else did that. 

"You stole my scarab," Victoria Kord said, in the same tone she'd used to fire him. Like it didn't mean anything. Except, no. It did. The Scarab meant everything to her. It was him she could discard. 

"You stole my house," Jaime bit out without thinking. 

"You're going to give it back so I can finish my project," she continued, without even a blink to show his words had stung. Jaime knew they hadn't hurt her the way they'd hurt him. 

"No," Jaime said, unable to keep the fear from his voice, or his eyes. "The Scarab didn't choose you." Somehow, it felt wrong to tell this bitch Khaji's name. "We'll never work for you."

"I wasn't aware I was giving you a say in the matter. Tell it to lower the shield."

Jaime shook his head. He didn't have to ask what she meant. Somehow, Khaji Da was closed up tight, secure. As long as he was, as long as he protected whatever secrets  Victoria wanted... everything would be fine.

It was a lie he couldn't tell himself. 

Not when the door to the lab opened. 

"Mille!" Her name tore his throat. 

"Tell it to lower. The. Shield." Victoria said again, without so much as a backwards glance to where two of her soldiers held Jaime's sister. Tear tracks shone through dirt, smoke, and blood on her cheeks. 

"I can't," Jaime said, desperate. "Please, let her go."

"I won't ask again."

Khaji, I need you,  he screamed the thought. 

"No le des a esa bruja lo que quiere," Milagro said, her voice hard, and fast, and almost too quiet to hear. "Promise."

"I can't," Jaime sobbed, answering both. "Please."

A gun muzzle flashed, the sound of the shot echoing on the concrete. He didn’t hear her body hit the ground.