#Not sure on his powerset yet but I'll get there when I get there

[cattyanon]

So this AU idea came to me 1 night ago and I spent a full day on this drawing I did cause I just had to get it out of my system if I'm to focus on writing The Horrors some more. So I present to you...

True Gaia Sonic!

Design notes not mentioned above:

-I took inspiration from those designs where one half is an angel and the other half is a demon.

-I'll get to the colors eventually but the only important thing to note rn is that the Light Gaia half is a very light blue while the Dark Gaia half is a dark blue. The arms are specifically the werehog blue while the rest is slightly lighter. Plus the orb on his chest is half green and half purple.

-The Dark Gaia half is purposefully more complex (to my own annoyance) and messier looking compared to the Light Gaia half.

-While the small chart I made depicts the middle quills, I think I should also mention it the difference between the bottom ones too. That being that Light Gaia half is more downward and relaxed looking while the Dark Gaia half is higher and more defensive looking.

-He can bulk up the werehog looking arm and stretch it.

-I was actually struggling with the shoe design until I made a happy accident with the right shoe with a small line.

-The tail is a combination of Chip's tail and a serpentine tail. You can't honestly tell me that Dark Gaia's body type doesnt scream serpent...

-Speaking of the tail, the stinger's effect is similar to paralyzation but not quite. It does that effect in game where the humans get all super hopeless during night. Like the icecream guy for example.

-Using a height comparison website, with the average human adult height being around 175cm according to Google, I'd say he's around 240cm. Not huge but substantially taller than a human.

Summary for the beginning of the story under the cut!

So there's this cult that collects a combination of Light and Dark Gaia energy so they can create the perfect god. A balance of both light and dark.

The True Gaia.

But they can't just make a god out of energy alone. They need a vessel, someone capable of wielding both Gaia energies.

Someone like Sonic the Hedgehog.

They know a good portion of Sonic's exploits as the Werehog, a being capable of utilizing the darkness of a god. And then there's all the times Sonic has saved the world. A true emissary of Light.

The perfect vessel for their god.

Lots of planning and preparation go into their scheme of kidnapping Sonic to use him as a vessel. Swifly and efficiently, they store Sonic in a previously setup test tube designed to infuse him with the energies of both Light and Dark Gaia. The process takes awhile as one does not simply infuse such powerful energies all at once. As strong as Sonic is, there is no room for such risks.

But before they can fully realize their goal, they're raided by the Police (since GUN had no reason to suspect this was anything but your average sacrifical cult) with the assistance of Team Chaotix in tracking them down.

Then they find Sonic what they can only presume is True Gaia in a test tube. And like. Knowing the kind of crazy stuff that happens in their world they decide that watever this might be, they did not sign up for this shit. So they talk with the Chaotix again in hope of contacting some heroes, aka at least someone more suitable, aka not GUN cuz they'll probably just make it worse and the world doesn't need another damn crisis on it's hands, to deal with this.

That's how Tails and Knuckles (for backup in case something goes wrong) wind up finding Sonic encountering True Gaia . Yet theres multiple things about this entity that signal a bunch of alarm bells for Tails that this might be his missing brother. The way they're blue, the much slimmer yet undeniably werehog looking arm, and most tellingly the shoe design.

Tails eventually manages to drain the tube and release him from the stuff he's hooked up to. It let's him fall to the floor gently and opens the tube. Now on his knees, Sonic slowly opens his eyes and then looks up at Tails. Hesitantly, Tails calls out Sonic's name.

There's a pretty noticeable echo in Sonic's voice as he responds to Tails with something like "Sonic...? Although that is familiar, we are the True Gaia. That being said, we must thank you for freeing us." And he studies Tails for a few seconds before going "Hmm... You seem very familiar as well. You called us Sonic earlier. Admittedly, the name feels more... natural than True Gaia, though I do not why. Maybe... Do we know you?"

And Tails, just wanting his missing big brother back, takes this as confirmation it's him and is like "Yes, it's me! Tails!" while Sonic True Gaia is there feeling strangely protective of this child he just met.

#Not sure on his powerset yet but I'll get there when I get there #Anyways new AU with some actual art this time! #My art #Sonic AU #True Gaia AU #True Gaia Sonic #His mental state is actually very interestinghard and #His mental state is actually very interesting and somewhat hard to describe #Enough to where I think it warrants it's own post #Angst #Tails the fox

[starry-bi-sky]

Danyal Al Ghul: Incorrect Quotes and Miscellaneous Thoughts

Incorrect quotes-style snippets specifically for my danyal al ghul au here (which i really need to come up with a unique au name for atp). Because I thought it'd be funny. And also some miscellaneous headcanons thrown into the mix. Some context for the au: - Danyal is 5 years older than Damian (so 10 and 15) - Danny faked his death when he was 10. Talia knows and helped him with it. - Jazz, Sam, and Tucker do not know he's an ex-assassin.

-------- Snippet 1

Danny, dryly tapping his temple: I have, as the Americans say, irreparable psychological damage, right here.

Jazz, an older sibling first and foremost: well, it's good that you're self-aware.

-------- Snippet 2

Danny, aged 10, in the American foster planning to just age out of the system: *emanating Bad Vibes. Pure, Little Orphan Tom Riddle Energy*

Jazz, aged 12, coming in to adopt a new sibling with her parents: Him. This is my brother now :)

Danny: ...what

--------

Lilo and Stitch is Danny's favorite Disney movie. He watched it when he was 11 with Jazz when she was attempting to connect with him, and by this point Danny was becoming receptive to her efforts. They had a movie marathon in the living room one night.

Safe to say? It resonated with his little 11 year old heart strongly, and he related very strongly with both Nani and Stitch. He got unexpectedly emotional and hid in his room for the rest of the night. Jazz felt really bad, but it had the intended (but kinda unexpected) effect of him trying to be nicer to her afterwards.

-------- Snippet 3

Dash, aged 12, causing trouble again and getting intercepted by Danny: *scaling up a desk* AHHHHH! GET YOUR LITTLE FREAK, FOLEY!

Tucker: Hey! Danny is not a freak!

Dash: GET HIM TO BACK OFF

Tucker, was the kid Dash was messing with: ....whats in it for me

-------- Snippet 4

Danny, saying some questionably immoral shit: What. Why are you looking at me like that.

Tucker: Bro. I mean this as kindly as possible; what the fuck?

Sam: yeah, I'm with Tuck on this one.

-------- Snippet 5

Danny, ranting about Vlad: if it weren't for the laws of this land, I would have slaughtered him

Sam, painting his nails black: I'm pretty sure you'd slaughter him regardless of the laws of the land -- and quit moving, you're gonna mess me up.

Tucker: we've literally seen you debate yourself about this, Dan

Danny: ...you are correct, but it is the principle of things.

-------- Snippet 6

Vlad: I have experience my child, and the money and power attained through using those powers for personal gain, you say. I could train you, teach you everything I know! And all you have to do is renounce that idiot adoptive father of yours.

Danny, was already contemplating committing a Violence: ....

Danny, internally: I'm going to stab him *turns into Phantom*

--------

Funny contrast I realized between Danyal and Vlad that iirc I haven't pointed out yet is that imo, Danyal doesn't rely on his powers nearly half as much as canon Danny does. He falls back instinctually on his League training, and thus sometimes forgets to use his powers in battle. This was prevalent especially early on when he was still getting used to the whole 'halfa' thing.

He incorporates them more often after a year, but still for the most part relies on his own physical hand-to-hand combat. He trusts those skills much more than he does his powers. I'm not sure where he is on a technical level compared to canon, but just to stay safe I'll say he's similar in power skill as canon Danny. Perhaps a little more finessed than him because his League training would probably have him trying to figure out his powers as soon as possible.

But in summary? Danny is strong in hand-to-hand combat, weak in powerset.

Meanwhile Vlad is the opposite. I can't recall if he even knows hand-to-hand in canon, but it makes total sense to me that Vlad Masters wouldn't because he's so confident in his monetary influence and ghost abilities that he sees no need for it.

And he's kinda got some merit behind it. He's very powerful and has 20 years of experience to experiment and fine tune his powers. He's got bite to follow up his bark. He's perfected long-range combat and his ability to phase through walls makes it impossible to corner him, but if you can manage it, then one good hit could probably knock him on his ass.

So in summary, Vlad is strong in powerset, weak in hand-to-hand combat.

And it casts a good contrast between the two of them in that regard. Danny, as a fellow halfa, can follow Vlad when he phases through walls and is fast enough to land a hit on him. His league training as an assassin, albeit rusty, is still deep ingrained enough in him that he can hold up as a rather veritable threat against Vlad without needing his powers.

But Vlad can force Danny to use his powers more often through use of his own. The duplication is the first thing to come to mind: Danny's fast enough to dispel them on his own without powers, and smart enough that he could figure out who the real one is if given a few minute. But that's not always efficient enough.

Good foils for each other that way. Also Vlad's Plasmius design mimics Ra's juuust enough that he looks like Ra's knockoff loser second cousin no one talks about, which only fuels Danny's hatred.

-------- Snippet 7

Danny, ranting about Vlad for the first time: --and it's only made worse by the fact that the little ingrate resembles a cheap knock-off of my grandfather!--

Sam, choking on her water: he what--

Tucker, doing a spittake: HE DOES?

#dpxdc #dp x dc #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc crossover #danyal al ghul au #i have a doodle of that little scene with vlad actually. its in my notebook lmao. #danny gets *furiously* shakespearan when he's insulting someone. sam and tucker have recorded some of his rants #and they are just pure gold. #sam and tucker calling danny 'dan' as a nickname 2024. #which reminds me about how TUE would even happen. someone in my ao3 comments made a good point about how they weren't sure if my danyal #would even have a TUE occur because he's not the cheating type. i've seen clips of how he got his hands on the test answers but i'll need t #watch the episode to gauge if Dan is even feasible. and if he is what changes to make him happen. hmmm. much to think about #don't think danyal would stay with vlad even in the midst of his grief. hmhmhm #dpdc

[tobiasdrake]

Before running off with Fubuki and enjoying life, I have hangouts to do. Picked up a few while working for Serval. Got one for Desuhiko, Fubuki, and Vivia - Though the bastards aren't letting me see Fubuki's yet. "Progress the Main Story". Okay, jerk.

Probably concerns her Forte, and they don't want to spoil it by having us discuss it before she can show it off. Oh well. Let's get Desuhiko over with so we can move on to Vivia.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Desuhiko likes to get high in his spare time. That disguise bag of his probably makes for a perfect hot-box.

Isn't this the same rooftop that Yakou took us to when we arrived? And that we then took Kurumi to?

I know we're in a fascist police state and all but it nonetheless speaks terribly of Kanai Ward's entertainment options, that the city's #1 most popular recreational activity is is standing on this rooftop.

Yuma trying to figure out a polite way to say that he's been here enough times to be over it.

That's not necessarily true, Yuma. Desuhiko works in information gathering, and you'd be surprised what people will tell to celebrities. Plus, with his Disguise kit, he can be whoever he wants when he's on the job.

Tom Cruise, one of the most recognizable people in the world, was once able to pass unnoticed among people by dressing as a Fedex delivery man. Even sat down and had conversations with people, and nobody pegged him as Tom Cruise.

If he can do it, Desuhiko and his magic bag of shapeshifting certainly can.

Like Halara, Desuhiko's Forte is not something he learned at Xavier's School but a pre-existing talent that he merely honed under their tutelage.

Oh, no, I believe it. You reek of fragile overcompensation. Your powerset is basically an elaborate metaphor for "Come on, baby, I can be whatever you want me to be!" Which men with low self-esteem always think is a more attractive pitch than it actually is.

And I know it's a metaphor for that because I've literally watched you do it. Well, not so much watched as followed the breadcrumb trail of women you failed to hit on with your genius "What kind of guy do you like? I'll become that!' pickup strategy.

I've been there. I get it. But I think you need to step away from the skirt-chasing and go learn to love yourself.

Desuhiko is completely self-taught. He's not even 100% sure what he needs to learn. This would be a good time to bring up his guitar, but he freezes out of ignorance instead.

Kid gives off strong poser energy. I don't get the impression from him that he wants to be, specifically, a singer or dancer or guitarist or actor, or even a Triple Threat. He may not even know what a Triple Threat is.

He has no passion for performance. He just wants to be famous. I think it comes from the same place as his skirt-chasing; Desuhiko craves external validation. He still has low self-esteem; He just, like many fragile overcompensaters, masks it under a veil of aloofness. He's the sort of guy that will tell you to your face that he doesn't care what you think, while visibly caring a great deal about what you think.

#master detective archives: rain code #drake plays rain code #desuhiko thunderbolt

[omegas-spaghettios]

Loki Episode 3 Spoilers!

I wanna talk about Sylvie and her being the Enchantress.

I believe she is truly a Loki variant.

I want to make it clear that I'm not taking the stance she CAN'T be the Enchantress, that isn't my point. My point is I personally do not believe she is not a Loki Variant and I'm going to share evidence to support that.

Also to further clarify, I 100% see that they are drawing inspiration from Enchantress to make Sylvie's character and could see her calling herself the Enchantress, but I do 100% believe she is a Loki Variant.

What I think is the most important is respect. I have a friend who knows nothing about the comics and she got yelled at by another friend for not knowing the Enchantress from the comics and not believing it. Comic fans, cut this out. I know 95% of comic fans who read this won't ever do that, but please be kind to people who haven't read the comics. But regardless, if you are reading this and believe she is the Enchantress and NOT a Loki Variant at all, I'm not trying to disrespect you, please don't disrespect me.

So, all that out of the way, here are my points.

(If you agree with me or don't really care, this is also just a ton of infodumping and character analysis)

1. The MCU loosely follows the comics

This isn't specific evidence but it is worth mentioning, the MCU will change the comics all the time. Thanos is very different in the MCU than the comics, The Guardians are incredibly different, Quill's heritage of being a kid of Ego is an almost completely original story, Civil War's plot varies wildly, there are countless examples. It culminated in WandaVision, where a lot of comic fans got incredibly burned with our predictions, me included (my guess was about Fietro, but I'm mostly referencing Mephisto). Plenty characters also take from others. Nando V Movies has an entire series on it, a notable villain being "Hela isn't Hela." In that video and series he details how some MCU characters draw from many comic characters. So it is not outside the realm of possibility or probability the MCU is taking parts from Enchantress Sylvie and changing it heavily.

I am aware Sylvie is an Enchantress in the comics but her origins have already seemed to vary wildly, so I would assume we are taking her comic self with a grain of salt. I however am by no means an authority on comics Sylvie, I literally just read her wiki page.

2) Addressing things I attribute to being Genderqueer/Genderfluid

We don't know much about Sylvie's identity so as a blanket statement I will be referring to her as genderqueer. If I use this term incorrectly, let me know.

A large piece of evidence Enchantress fans use is Sylvie hates being called Loki. That COULD be an Enchantress piece of evidence, but it also can very clearly be a genderqueer thing. If she is just trans or largely prefers a feminine appearance/identity, it makes sense she wouldn't like her birth name. I'm Trans MTF and I HATE my birth name, it is very common.

Loki in the show still uses Loki and seems very attached to it, but Sylvie is clearly VERY different. Loki himself is confirmed as Genderfluid, and Sylvie obviously has a very different experience in life from him, so we can expect variance in identity as well. If a version of Loki can be like THIS:

An already Genderqueer character can be queer in a different way.

Also, her blonde hair being different from Loki's is not an indication she isn't a Loki, changing hair color is so easy it means almost nothing.

Also, isn't the joke that Genderqueer people dye their hair a lot?

3) Her different power set and background

The fact she calls it enchanting is a pretty big indicator, I'll give you that. But the fact her powers function differently than Loki's doesn't automatically means she is not a Loki.

This is discovered as they talk about their backgrounds, Loki grew up and was taught by Frigga while Sylvie was not. Now, we know their pasts vary anyway since Sylvie learned she was adopted much earlier, but this can be taken two ways in my mind and BOTH explain the difference in powersets.

The obvious is that if Sylvie was not taught by Frigga, she'd have different magic. But an interesting hypothesis is that Sylvie went through becoming a TVA agent and escaped, her memories tampered with, affecting her memories of her training and parents, explaining why she says her mother is a distant memory. That's a hypothesis, but it could explain her different powerset even if she was a standard Loki initially. That could also affect her identity but I would honestly rather it didn't, it feels weird and off, but it's a possibility.

4) Loki's Reaction to Her

Loki notes many times she isn't "acting like a Loki", but I find it much more probable he's just full of himself instead of her not being one.

Loki is interesting because he is incredibly perceptive yet presumptuous at once. He picked up on two Tony Stark's and deduced it was time travel, but he assumed they were trying a last ditch effort to stop him since he succeeded. He is very perceptive of what Sylvie is trying to accomplish, but he doesn't understand WHY she wants to (he's been told, but he can't fathom not wanting to rule).

The point is, Loki's narrative is not the factual narrative. He notices Sylvie doesn't act like him and that's true! But he speaks of it like she can't be a Loki because he OBVIOUSLY is the gold standard when tons of evidence already listed in earlier sections speak to this difference being due to different life experiences, and his failure to acknowledge this so far is because of his ego, at least in my mind.

Also, the two are also very similar in a lot of respects. Sylvie guesses his sexuality and he in turn says she must be the same, they also both have an affinity for bladed weapons.

I believe the scene where they both try to get into the woman's home illustrates their similarity VERY well. They try different ways of getting in, yes. But they both assume the other will fail, they both are incredibly confident, and both of their confidences get them shot.

5) If she isn't a Loki, why impersonate him?

That's a genuine question, if you have an answer let me know.

What is the benefit of impersonating a Loki? It offers no tactical advantage in my mind. Sure, she is the TVA's biggest threat, but she seems to not understand the general viewpoint of Loki. Mobius calls him pathetic and states Loki's have the highest variance rate, they must be fairly easy to catch.

You could argue that she impersonated a Loki BECAUSE the TVA expects so little of Loki, which is a fair point i can't counter. However, it did blow up in her face since Loki was able to track her (and him tracking her as fast as he did is more evidence that she is indeed a Loki).

So, in Conclusion,

She is certainly at least partially based on an Enchantress from the comics, but I believe there is more than enough evidence to show, both in the show Loki and the MCU as a whole, that she is truly a variant of Loki.

#loki #loki laufeyson #loki odinson #loki spoilers #episode 3 #mcu #sylvie odinsdottir #sylvie laufeydottir #sylvie lushton #TVA #Time variance authority #genderqueer #genderfluid