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usagii-bun · 1 year

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𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 | soulmate au! namor x f! reader! part 1 [REQUEST]

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 — in which you were hired to be a nurse by the government for an expedition to the Atlantic Ocean in search for vibranium only for your ship to be ambushed and for you to also find your soulmate. [ this is the request that was sent to me and it's better explained here so pls do check this out before reading cause my synopsis sucks!]

i loved this idea so much! tysm @kpopgirlbtssvt for sending in this request! I really loved writing it and I wanted to take my time with this request so I had split it into two parts! i hope this is okay!

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PART 1

Soulmates. Many cultures and religions have different interpretations and stories about this concept.

The Greek philosopher Plato wrote that humans once had four arms, four legs and two faces. He stated that Zeus split us in half as a punishment for our pride, and we were destined to walk the Earth searching for our other half,

In Japanese culture it is believed that a magical cord connects two souls. It may stretch or tangle, but never break. The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of place, time, or circumstances

while in Hindu culture, there's an idea that you have a karmic connection with a certain soul. It is called lehnu in the Gujarati language, which is the link with another soul that causes you to keep crossing paths, each time having a good impact on each other and improving our lives for the better.

There's many interpretation of what soulmates are truely here for, almost everyone in this world has one — a person that you could find comfort in, confined in and is your other half.

But for you, you still never found yours. Everyday you hoped to find your other half but nothing. It's been years and you passed the point of when most people found their other half, making you feel anxious and scared.

What if you never find them or what if you weren't destined to have one ? Most people start to form a marking on their wrist at 18— the marking being one that resembles something that both people have a strong connection with.

Most cases people get their soulmate marking as late as the age of 24 but you have passed that age making you worried and now almost hopeless that you weren't given another half.

The sound of the ocean waves crashing against the ship broke you from your depressed thoughts as your skin tingle, your teeth grinding agaisnt each other causing your fingers to twitch as you felt extremly sensitive to the harsh noises as you placed your noise canceling headphones on—your body instantly easing up once you connected your headphones.

You were currently on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean—to be specific a ship that consisted of CIA agents and the U.S Navy whom were utilizing a vibranium detector in search of vibranium in the ocean.

You were hired as an on board nurse, you job was to be a responder during emergencies, perform patient assessments, assist providence with clinical diagnosing, and administer medications and tests.

Everything was going smoothly, there was no serious issues just people coming in to do their daily vitality check ups.

You were surprised you are managing quite well in this new environment as you are a person who has sensory issues and find certain things to be extremly overwhelming but everything was fine, to be honest you were enjoying this new experience.

It was like a fresh breath of air away from the mundane everyday city life and the consistent searching for your soulmate.

But something also drawn you to join this expedition — not mainly money or change of life but the strong sensation to be close to the ocean.

You found comfort in the ocean. At times when the waves crashed harshly, it did cause you to feel extremly sensitive to the noise but at times when the ocean was calm, it felt like it was calling out to you, to join it.

There was something so hypnotic about the ocean to you, almost every weekend you would be at the beach— either just taking a walk on the shore and collecting sea shells or dipping your feet in the water.

So when you got the job opportunity to be on board and explore deeper parts of the ocean you could not turn down the offer ( and also the amount of money they were willing to pay you).

'If I can't have a soulmate than money should be my other half and comfort.' You thought, oddly that cheered you up as you thought of the things you want to get yourself once you are back on land as you start to unpack the medication from the stock room onto your shelves , extremly oblivious to the commotion that was occurring on the ship.

You were extremly focused on what you were doing that you didn't realize that someone else was in the room until you turned around, the medication you had in your hand fell to the ground.

Your eyes widening, the pulse behind your ear starts to throb. In front of you stood a man whom held a sharp spear like weapon but what shocked and scared you even more was his appearance. His skin a azure blue, body adorn with jewels and metals and what looked like an apparatus covering his noise and mouth.

A scream leaves past your lips, your heart beating faster. For once you extrmely regret wearing your noise canceling headphones as two people whom also had the same daunting appearance as the man came into the room after hearing your screams, their spears pointed towards you, your hands shakily take off your headphones to hear what they say and to try and communicate with them.

The sharp tip of the spear coming towards your neck, pressing against your flesh as tears start to brim at the corner of your eyes, your heart beating faster and faster as you felt like you were about to hyperventilate.

You have no experience with any combat or fighting, you could not escape this as you blinked your eyes as you start to plead for your life, tears falling from yours eyes and cascading down onto to your cheeks, your cheeks turning an apple red as you choke on your words.

"P-please I'll do anything, please don't kill me. I-I don't want to die." You cried out, your voice shaky as your legs felt weak as you fall to your knees, the spear following your movements.

"We should take her to K'uk'ulkan first, she might have insight on the scientist as the others didn't give in." one of the people said, the language was foreign to you and you didn't understand anything they said as you felt the spear coming closer to your neck once again.

There was no repsone to what the perosn said, instead a strong hand grasped onto your upper arm causing you to whimper as tears cascaded down your cheeks, the person pulling you up to your feet as they dragged you out of the room.

Your mind was jumbled up with so many questions , fear burning through out your body as you felt your senses overload. Your mind was frantically running in circles, your eyes widen when you find the corpses of CIA agents and marines , each brutally murdered and their blood splashed across the metal hallway as the bile in your throat burned, the heavy smell of blood entering your nose making you feel quisy and light headed, your hands and feet tingling as you hoped that this was all just a nightmare.

The chilled night air nips at your skin once you are on the top deck, the night sky and the moon being the witness of what was going on, the moonlight sparkled agaisnt the ocean and the tear stains that stuck to your skin.

There were more of these blue people on top and more corpses of people you have worked with scattered around making you feel nauseas as the man's grip on your forearm tightening as he walked towards a man and woman.

Your heart for some reason suddenly lurched in your chest, a cold draft falling upon you as the pulse in your neck starts to beat faster , you senses becoming even more alert.

"K'uk'ulkan" the three soliders say in unison, the man had his back facing them, a lady next to him— her skin a similar shade of blue to the men that have captured you but through your blurry eyes you noticed the man that's back was facing you— his skin was not blue rather a milky brown color. You skin pricked with goosebumps at the sight of him as he turns around.

Everything about him oozed regality from the confidence his body language gave off. He was muscluar and his chets was adorn by a large gold and jade neck plates, a necklace strung with shells and pearls hung around his neck too.

What looked like gold bracletes were cuffed around his biceps, wrists, and ankles.

He was extremly beautiful, the epitome of beauty. It made your heart haywire but his beautiful was covered with a scowl, eyes burning with anger and hatred towards you making you feel uneasy at the mixed emotions you felt towards this odd stranger.

You continued to cry, in fear of your life, you have never been in such a situation. Your breathing coming out uneasy as K’uk’ulkan comes towards you, his spear being held in a position to strike but when you look up at him again, your eyes filled with fear, tiredness and pain, your eyes that sparkled like the light that reflects off of the ocean — he hesitate.

Something warm fills his chest, his heart banging agaisnt his chest frantically as he without a second thought looked down at his wrist, a small marking was carved into his skin. It looked like someone had taken a knife and had curved the sign of the water element, his gaze moving away from this and towards you.

His gaze softens, the gaze that was once filled with hatred changed. He signals for his people to let go of you and they do without hesitation as you crumbled to the ground, loud sobs leaving past your lips as you quiver in fear.

K'uk'ulkan look down at you, he gaze at you with confusion and wonder. His heart in conflict that a surface dweller is his soulmate. The person he had been waiting for nearly 500 years. He had waited for centuries for his other half that he had almost given up on the idea of him having a soulmate.

Your loud sob breaks him out of his thoughts as his brows furrow in concern as he bends down towards you, your eyes closed shut in fear as you start to breath heavily.

Without hesitation, K'uk'ulkan placed his hand on your should— an instant surge of electricity shocked the both of you causing your eyes to open and his to widen in shock. The sensation felt amaizng, it seemed to calm you down and it made him feel a slight ease in his heart.

You look up at him with teary eyes, your gaze being met with warm brown eyes that calmed you down abit as a warm hand suddenly came and cupped your cheeks gently, your eyes widening at this sensation that made your skin tingle, your heart beat faster as the pad of his thumb gently wiped away the tears that collected underneath your eyes, you sniffles lightly.

The fear still stuck to you as your eyes move away from his and towards the people that surrounded you making you to take in a shaky breath in.

"It's okay." he spoke in english, his voice was soothing, it made your heart flutter as you start to breath normally your hands on their own moved towards the large hands that cupped your face as you placed your hands on top of his. That same electrifying sensation incapsulated the both of you, your hands felt soft against the top of his.

He gently moves his hand off of your face, as he takes your left hand in his. Your eyes still trained onto him, your soul aching as he looks down at your wrist and saw the freshly red scar marked on it — a water sign as he brushed his thumb aagisng it sending a shiver down your skin as you look down, his hand gently holding your hand as you notice the marking on your wrist, your eyes widen, heart skipped a beat as you looked back up at him but your still felt scared, the people around the two of you still made you feel uneasy as you quiver lightly.

K'uk'ulkan noticed this and without hesitation, he pulls you towards him. Your eyes widen as your body shook from fear, from everything that had just occured.

He held onto you delicately in his arms in a protective manner. You placed your hands on his bare chest, his skin was moist yet warm just being close to him made you feel safe as he gently pets your hair and soothingly whispers to you.

"I have waited for you, for so many centuries." He softly says as he gently tucks behind a strand of your hair. A warm gaze on his face as you finally calmed down.

He gently lifts you up with him, his arm securely wrapped around your waist as your side was flushed agaisnt him as he turns towards Namora and says something to her that you didn't understand, you watched as the woman warily eye you but nods her head , she indicates to the other warriors to leave as they all jump off the ship and into the water causing your eyes to widen as K’uk’ulkan notices this and gently pats his hand agaisnt your waist to comfort you.

You watched as the woman takes off the apparatus on her face and hands it to the man, he nods his head as she jumps into the water.

K'uk'ulkan turns toward you, a soft expression on his face as he holds it in front of your face . One of his hands gently placed on the side of your face as he stares deeply into your eyes.

" you have to trust me and wear this mask, I will take you to a much safer place and explain everything to you. " he gently explained, your eyes showed slightly conflict making him feel anxious for you response.

You gulped thickly and you placed your hand over his.

"I'll come with you but what is your name? " you asked him, your heart pounding agaisnt your chest.

A smile cracked on his face.

" K'uk'ulkan " he says, your brain engraving the name into your mind.

"and yours ? "

"Y/n " you said, his head tilt lightly and the smile was still etched on his features.

" y/n " he repeats, testing your name on his tongue as it rolled off with ease from his mouth, the way he said your name made your heart skip a beat.

"I'm ready, K'uk'ulkan. " you softly said, a shiver running down his spine when you uttered his name as he gently place the mask on your nose and mouth as he softly say something that slowly made you feel drowsy before everything went dark.

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justdealingwithsomeissues · 6 months

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Aside from like... Namor himself... I really dig everything else going on with this cover.

Except...

The text running down the Assassin's outfit there apparently roughly translates to "Now I am not wearing panties or a bra." but because none of the editors spoke Japanese... no one caught it.

#Marvel #Namor the Sub Mariner #Namor McKenzie ~ Sub Mariner

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venusinthefifth7 · 2 years

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Lmao

Racist ass Marvel fans upset over the fact that Tenoch Huerta is playing Namor in “Wakanda Forever.” Namor is brown now. Get the fuck over it.

Someone on Twitter said he should be Japanese and how having that much melanin in his skin isn’t realistic for Atlantis. Bitch, none of this is real.

Just say you want a white/pale-skinned Namor and get the fuck on.

#tenoch huerta #wakanda forever #namor the sub mariner #namor #text

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super-hero-confessions · 7 months

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What do I mean by that? I mean black people were treated horribly (and still do nowadays) in the US, the slavery was insane, the segregation was insane. There, Native Americans were considered savages but black people weren't even considered people. White guilt, white shame, it's all an American thing. In other countries of course there can be racism against black people but it's not as deeply rooted as it is in the US. For example, the continent Latin America. The conquest was also horrible and cruel, but the people of today, they do not resent the Spaniards of today for what their ancestors did because most Spaniard conquerors chose to stay in Latin America. Most Latin Americans carry the blood of those Spaniard colonizers. White guilt would be stupid because you would be asking almost all latinos to hate a part of themselves. We choose to see each other as brothers and sisters because there is enough division in the world already. Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Puerto Rico, Chile, Canarias, Colombia, etc... we're ALL brothers and sisters! We don't go "your ancestors did x y and z" because your ancestors are also my ancestors! And even though Namor was race swapped, he showed actual representation, the beauty of songs in Spanish, etc, he wasn't the same Namor but latino. Race swap was done well!

So when race swaps are very clearly motivated by white guilt, of course other countries where this isn't a thing are gonna be confused af. Because we haven't wronged black people the way USAmericans have done in the past. And before you say this is a racist take, don't. We hispanics are the most diverse group, with all kinds of ancestry, Portuguese, Spaniards, the Muslims who inhabited Spain for 700 years, the large diasporas of Italians that came to Argentina between 1880-1930, Africans, Japanese, Lebanese. We are the most diverse people in the world. We aren't racist.

All we ask is that American studios keep in mind white guilt isn't for everyone. They race swap accordingly to white guilt, and expect everyone else to understand that, when a black Latino will see it and go "what kind of pendejada es esa" and a black Egyptian will see it and go "dear Ra what is this". Because those race swaps are for black Americans, born out of white guilt. As I said, we don't do white guilt, but people of the US think their problems are universal and they think if this is how their country works, then this is how other countries work as well and NO! I do agree that black people have been through hell in the US so there's a lot to compensate for. But please don't push your social mess to the world. Our countries don't function like the USA.

#confession #nick fury

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writingcaterpillar · 1 year

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a silverfish thought 🥰

This is Namor of Earth-616. He's canonically been mistaken for/said to resemble a man of Japanese descent. He's very pretty.

This is Namor of Earth-4400, appearing in Exiles Vol. 1 Issue #44. He's half or wholly Lemurian. He's green!

This is Namor of Earth-6706, appearing in New Exiles Vol. 1 Issue #2. His human father was a Wakandan King, possibly T'Chaka.

This is Namor of Earth-9105, appearing in New Warriors Vol. 1 Issue #11. He's fully Atlantean. He's blue!

This is Namor of Earth-10011, appearing in Thanos Imperative Vol. 1 Issue #1. He's been corrupted by an eldritch abomination into a more fish-like fishman. He's gray!

This is K'uk'lkan of Talokan/Namor of Earth-1999999 (aka the MCU). His people are of Mayan descent.

This is Namor from Sub-Mariner: The Depths. He's a fishbelly-pale deep sea aquatic horrorterror. I love him!

This is Pietro Maximoff of Earth-616. He's a beautiful mess a bisexual disaster a catty little bitch MY FAVORITE.

I just think Pietro should be tied up and forced to taste the rainbow of fishman dicks. 🥰 I think that would be good for him! Therapeutic even.

#namor #quicksilver #silverfish #616 pietro maximoff #comic quicksilver #sub mariner #i'm filth #taste the rainbow bitch

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definitelynotthedarklord · 7 months

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Kind of want to start writing a DC/Marvel mash up fanfic and put it online but I'm not sure about some of the fusions I've thought up, so I'm putting them on here so I can get some feedback.

Warren Pryce, a.k.a. The Night Spider. Pretty typical Spiderman/Batman fusion. Son of a pair of brilliant scientists who founded a tech company but were murdered by a business rival who wanted them to make super soldiers, and made their deaths look like a lab accident while Warren watched from a cabinet be was hiding in. The only person Warren ever told was his Uncle, who revealed that the day before their deaths, Warren's parents sent him a USB that said "Warren is the key," which led Warren and his uncle to discovering a secret labin the Pryce manor where they find out Warren's parents had, under duress, been working on a ways to make super soldiers, one way being a way to give human spider abilities, but they stopped because they knew that if they had the power to change the world, they had the responsibility to do so for good. Warren spent the next 20 years training his body and mind to do just that, to use the super soldier spider serum to save people, and one day bring justice to the man who killed his parents, if he ever found him.

Also adding fusions of other characters, and yes, realize some of these are fairly redundant, but what can I say, there are parallels

Miles Morales and Dick Grayson

Gwen Stacy and Barbara Gordon

The Penguin and the Kingpin (Mr. Emperor)

Green Goblin and the Joker (The Gremlin Man)

Poison Ivy and Scorpion

Jason Todd and Agent Venom

Ra's Al Ghul and the Symbiotes

Clayface and Sandman

Lizard and killer croc

Scarecrow and Mysterio

Hobgoblin and the Creeper

Dr. Octopus and Mr. Freeze

Vulture and Firefly

Rhino and Bane

Lucius Fox and Aunt May

Batwoman and Spiderwoman

Tim Drake and Iron Spider

Peni Parker and Luke Fox

Spoiler and Silk

MJ Watson and Vicki Vale

Daredevil and Azrael

Damien Wayne and Scarlet Spider

Kraven the Hunter and Huntress

I'm not sure if I want to fuse Electro and Two Face, like half his face is scarred from electricity, or Electro and Harley Quinn, like she was electrocuted into insanity by The Gremlin Man, or fuse Harley with Black Cat, or I saw someone fuse Black Cat and Riddler and I thought that'd be pretty cool, call her Sphinx.

As for other heroes

Captain America + Wonder Woman = Achilles. Cursed for his hubris and attack on Troy, the Judges of the Underworld ordered Achilles to guard the ghost city of Troy, and to never again pick up a sword, only the Aegis. Then when Nazis showed up during ww2 looking for magic, Achilles was granted leave, arguing that the best way to protect Troy was to venture out into the modern world. The Winter Soldier and Falcon are now The Eidolon (who is secretly Achilles boyfriend Patroclus) and a man wielding the wings of Icarus.

Superman + Captain Marvel = ?

Namor + Aquaman = The Pacific Man. Rather than Atlantis, The Pacific Man rules over the city on the back of a giant sea turtle from various mythologies in the Pacific ocean, and instead of a trident, he wields the naginata from Japanese mythology that created Japan.

Black Panther + Hawkman and Woman = The Black Hawks. A pair of winged aliens crash land in the Amazon and using their alien tech and a metal called Vibranianth Steel, they form the city of gold, El Dorado, ruling over it as warrior king and queen, and when they die, they pass on their mantles and memories to worthy successors.

X Men + Green Lanterns = ? Green meteor crashes onto Earth imbueing certain people with powers, Prof X would be like the Guardians. This would also make Magneto Sinestro, and other mutants other lanterns, and the Sentinels like the Manhunters.

Fantastic 4 + Doom Patrol = ?

Dr. Strange + John Constantine = ?

Blue Beetle + Moon Knight = ? Found a piece of alien technology left by the aliens the Egyptians considered gods, this one specifically was built by Khepri, the God with the head of a beetle.

Flash + Hulk = ? Gamma radiation gave him super speed

#fanfic #marvel #dc #marvel dc crossover

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oneiriad · 8 months

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Tagged by @honourablejester

Tag someone you want to get to know better! Or just check in with.

Favourite colour: A nice dark green. Or black as my cat :-)

Last song: "Roll to me" by Del Amitri. Which I am absolutely certain there was a fanvid of, but I can't remember the fandom and the Leverage one I can find does not feel right. *grumbles*

Last movie: I watched "The Blob" last weekend. Genuine 50s sci-fi horror. The effects were surprisingly decent, considering (fake, absolutely, but not breaking the suspension of disbelief), but the acting - honestly? I now want teenage Lille Per vs cosmic horrors, because that's the vibe I got. So 50s.

Currently watching: "The Legend of Vox Machina". It's okay. I'm never going to be in that fandom, but watching an episode every 2-3 days have been entertaining - once I got past the first two. If I hadn't been spoiled/osmosis'ed ahead of time, I would have gone no further, but once the plot starts happening it balances the alleged humour better - but honestly, as awful openings goes, it's right up there with "De udvalgte".

Other stuff I watched this year: Bit of this, bit of that. Good Omens, of course. A Korean Odyssey, where I enjoyed the side characters far more than the main couple. The Woman King, which felt incredibly US military movie, which I suppose is faif, as that's what it is. Wakanda Forever because Namor. Other things.

Shows I dropped this year: Not a show as such, but - I've finally dropped the MCU. As in I've stopped watching every movie in cinemas (honestly, I've mostly quit cinemas these days). I'll watch an individual movie if it interests me (*points to favourite angry merman*), but I doubt very many of them will.

Last book: "City of Bones" by Martha Wells. Which has a lot of the stuff you also see in her newest work - especially the non-human protagonist that does not fit in among his own kind. The novel itself is okay - post-apocalyptic high fantasy.

Currently reading: Since the publication of the last volume is finally within sight, I've started reading "Heaven Official's Blessing". So far so good, though the main character feels a bit bland. Also reading R.F. Kuang's "The Poppy War" and finding the parallels to Chinese history at once extremely heavy-handed and at the same time curiously - revisionist? Oh, it totally wasn't the fantasy!English they fought Opium Wars with, it was the fantasy!Japanese. But I'm only about 100 pages in. We'll see.

Tagging @calvinahobbes, @robininthelabyrinth, @kattahj and @daughterofscotland and anybody else who'd like to play

#Honourablejester #Tag games

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scribble-dribble-writes · 2 years

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Alright, that does it! 😤 The latest chapter inspired me to share this song, For You by Azu. I mainly think about Shuri through it, but seeing the events of this chapter made me think of both Ramonda and Namor singing this to her. So, there! ❤️

I wanted to send you the link btw, but apparently I can't send video links so, find the lyric video specifically by the user muomo lyric on YouTube 😌

*drumroll*

Our first Japanese song to the Namori Playlist!!! Thank you sharing this song 💖💖💖

I listened to it and let me tell you the lyrics are absolutely beautiful 😩💖💖💖

No worries! I've added the link to the music video

#shuri x namor #tenoch huerta namor #namor #mcu namor #namor x shuri #queen shuri #shuri #shuri black panther #princess shuri

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comicavalcade · 11 months

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Submariner Summer 4

You know what it is, Namor Nation. Time for the fourth installment of my #SubmarinerSummer read through with Tales to Astonish #73: By Force Of Arms! Hulk gets some cover time this issue. Good for him. The title page of the Submariner story more than makes up for it though, wow

The Demon of the Diamonds appears and threatens Namor, but he is able to partially overcome the Diamonds of Doom by pulling strength from sea-life. Gotta love Silver Age power creep 😅

An awkward start, but the actual fight is beautifully illustrated as Colan's dynamic style shines

The fight goes back and forth a little but Namor is literally on borrowed strength, and it starts to ebb. But as has been established...Namor talks to fish.

Yes, I said it again. 🤷🏽‍♂️

And so, Electric Eels: the Deus Ex Machina of the sea

We then cut to Warlord Krang, who is still watching Namor on his quest and getting more frustrated; he needs Namor to die to cement his crown and make war on the surface, handily reiterating the stakes of this story for those who came in late

Anyway, with the Demon and Diamonds defeated Neptune gives Namor the last clue...telling him to find it himself. Gee thanks Father Neptune, real boomer parenting there. But Namor also gets more piscatorial updates from the fish about Dorma's fate, giving him a grim decision

Back in Atlantis, things have hit their boiling point and the people aren't having Krang anymore. Of course, like any good(?) tyrant Krang was prepared for the people to be revolting (ba dum tiss). They make it to his control room, but Krang turns a dial...

But we don't get to see what it does! Back to Namor, who made his choice: its Dorma, and he's prepared to face the consequences. This is very Namor. Dorma meanwhile is left in full damsel mode as the Faceless Ones approach. Its a race, and our latest cliffhanger!

A good high-action issue with things quickly spiraling to the climax of the Quest for Neptune's Trident. Multiple tension points at once as the various characters, good and bad, face their own conflicts. Nice stuff! But before I sign off on this thread...

LOL, you're not convincing me they're drawing white people. I've already noted the clear use of orientalist asian-coding earlier in the story, and the art just continues to reinforce this. Almost certainly the purpose is to reinforce the exotic, foreign nature of the setting.

I'll note that "Namor looks Japanese" is a thing that goes back to the Golden Age stories by his creator, Bill Everett, and continued to be a thing in the comics through to the modern age, though how much and how often varied wildly by writer and artist

Still, its not hard to see it here, and the ultimate point is: Namor wasn't treated as a white character historically, whatever recent "discourse" might think. *IF* he has been more recently, that's a (unwelcome) new thing. And no, him being light skinned doesn't change that.

Feel free to inquire about more evidence of Namor's asian/indigenous coding, its plentiful and spans decades.

In the meantime, I'm stepping off my soapbox and diving back into story for the next chapter of the Quest, Tales to Astonish #74: When FAILS The Quest!

#submariner summer #namor #namor of atlantis #namor the first #namor the sub mariner #non white? that's right #asian coding #lady dorma #dorma #warlord krang #krang #tales to astonish #marvel comics #marvel

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socialjusticefail · 7 months

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Anon who submitted the link to this included this commentary:

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I love Samuel L. Jackson and his version of Nick Fury. I know he was originally white in the comics but I don't care, Samuel L. Jackson is a legend, so I bought black Nick Fury, I'm keeping black Nick Fury, this version is simply superior. What I think tho is that people complain about other race swaps because characters are most of the time race swapped to be black and now historical figures too, not because these studios believe black people deserve genuine representation, but because of white guilt. And white guilt is exclusively a thing of the USA. What do I mean by that? I mean black people were treated horribly (and still do nowadays) in the US, the slavery was insane, the segregation was insane. There, Native Americans were considered savages but black people weren't even considered people. White guilt, white shame, it's all an American thing. In other countries of course there can be racism against black people but it's not as deeply rooted as it is in the US. For example, the continent Latin America. The conquest was also horrible and cruel, but the people of today, they do not resent the Spaniards of today for what their ancestors did because most Spaniard conquerors chose to stay in Latin America. Most Latin Americans carry the blood of those Spaniard colonizers. White guilt would be stupid because you would be asking almost all latinos to hate a part of themselves. We choose to see each other as brothers and sisters because there is enough division in the world already. Mexico, Argentina, Spain, Puerto Rico, Chile, Canarias, Colombia, etc... we're ALL brothers and sisters! We don't go "your ancestors did x y and z" because your ancestors are also my ancestors! And even though Namor was race swapped, he showed actual representation, the beauty of songs in Spanish, etc, he wasn't the same Namor but latino. Race swap was done well! So when race swaps are very clearly motivated by white guilt, of course other countries where this isn't a thing are gonna be confused af. Because we haven't wronged black people the way USAmericans have done in the past. And before you say this is a racist take, don't. We hispanics are the most diverse group, with all kinds of ancestry, Portuguese, Spaniards, the Muslims who inhabited Spain for 700 years, the large diasporas of Italians that came to Argentina between 1880-1930, Africans, Japanese, Lebanese. We are the most diverse people in the world. We aren't racist. All we ask is that American studios keep in mind white guilt isn't for everyone. They race swap accordingly to white guilt, and expect everyone else to understand that, when a black Latino will see it and go "what kind of pendejada es esa" and a black Egyptian will see it and go "dear Ra what is this". Because those race swaps are for black Americans, born out of white guilt. As I said, we don't do white guilt, but people of the US think their problems are universal and they think if this is how their country works, then this is how other countries work as well and NO! I do agree that black people have been through hell in the US so there's a lot to compensate for. But please don't push your social mess to the world. Our countries don't function like the USA.

That person does have a point.

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