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Wall of text warning:
Here’s your first look at the James Bond AU- specifically the first arc Tooth and Nail, a storyline centered on all five of our main cast and a jewelry heist in the middle of a Bestiary-themed masquerade. There’s a lot of stuff about this AU that I want to share, but in the interest of saving time, here’s a few notes on all of the designs (because I worked hard on these and I want to ramble), character notes, and a brief overview of said AU. Enjoy!
As the name suggests, all of this is based on old spy books and movies (I’m not crafty nor historically informed enough to make super realistic espionage stuff, so the fun high-speed James Bond stuff will do). The basic concept of the AU is there are three modern countries- Makt, Arnes, and England, and each has a respective monarchy and capital London. They all barely get along, and naturally some espionage is a result of that. Kell is an agent of Arnes along with the rest of the Maresh family; they essentially do whatever their Crown needs them to. Meanwhile, Alucard, Lila, and the rest of the Night Spire crew are a band of thieves who specialize in jewelry heists. They’ve had several run-ins with the spy agency over the course of the AU, but Tooth and Nail is when the two groups really start to conflict. Holland is a wild card- the former henchman of the notorious Dane twins, Holland was presumably dead for a while, has no memories of his life before the twins, and a desire for revenge against Kell for reasons I’ll explain later.
In Tooth and Nail, these three groups all head to a Grey London masquerade ball in order to steal a priceless jewelry set- a historic crown and necklace studded with special diamonds from each of the three countries. Kell and the Maresh head there because their Crown feels they have more of a claim to the jewels than England, and it’s not up to them to disagree. Lila and Alucard’s reasons for being there are self-explanatory, but problems arise when Alucard bumps into Rhy due to a bad history he has with the agency and the pending warrant out for his arrest. Holland, with no past left to return to, wants to make a criminal name for himself by stealing the crown, and he’s got plans in place to make sure he can start his revenge against Kell in the process. Things go awry very quickly, and soon the problem is much more than a set of shiny diamonds as everyone fights to stay ahead of everyone else.
On to the characters;
- Kell’s up first, and as one may guess, he is a) the main, James Bond-esque spy, and b) dressed as a unicorn. I could ramble for ages about why I chose said animal, but suffice to say it suits very well. Beyond that, his outfit is based on English riding uniforms and his Kamerov disguise. On normal missions, his outfit varies tremendously, but he always at least has a coat with him that’s lined with pockets that hold a whole host of equipment. At the ball though, all he’s got is his cane and the “tail” of the costume, which is braided leather and can act as a whip if he needs it too (it’s longer than it looks). Kell the spy is extremely good at his job despite his vibrant appearance, and he has a stunning track record. Unfortunately, that track record is going to come back to haunt him when Holland shows up. Fun fact; he’s heterochromatic- he just wears a blue contact in his brown eye.
- Rhy’s next, and he’s an extremely flashy phoenix, as his job is to distract everyone while Arnes goes for the gems. His outfit is the most variable- the “wings” and skirt of his outfit can be rearranged using a series of hidden snaps, which makes it easier for him to get around and dance. Rhy’s a darling among the wealthy elite and is adored by almost everyone he meets, but his real talents lie in the tech department; Rhy is the “Q” of this AU, and his mastery of languages extends to computer code. He usually acts as the “guy in the chair” for Kell, but this mission has required him to be front and center as the ultimate diversion. When Kell ends up in danger after Holland makes his move, Rhy’s forced to further enter the field, and he teams up with the Night Spire in a bid to save his brother.
- Lila’s a sea monster/kraken, and she’s one of the most skilled lockpicks and pickpockets out there. She’s also Alucard’s plus one for the event, which doesn’t work out so well when he’s taken into custody. With the agency on one side and a villain she’s never heard of on the other, she makes a risky deal with a desperate Rhy so they can both save their best friends. Design-wise, her outfit was the hardest to figure out, but I think it came out good enough.
- Alucard has a lot of issues in this AU, and he’s dressed as a siren, specifically the feathered-and-finned bestiary variety. Luc’s not just on Arnes’ hit list for all of the heists. His family used to be part of the agency too, and he’s wanted for murder and arson courtesy of an accident at his family’s mansion. Rhy isn’t exactly happy to see him even with their history, but they don’t get much time to discuss it- yet. Let’s just say he’s lucky Rhy needs him around.
- Finally, there’s Holland. Holland’s dressed as a marble fox, and he has big plans for the jewels of both the Maresh and the English crowns. His story has spoilers for the prequel Dane arc, but he’s basically the prototype of a very specific bioweapon Athos invented, and Kell ruined his chances of fixing the damage. Now a henchman turned vengeful big bad, Holland’s a formidable threat with a surprising favored weapon- wire (every Bond villains’s gotta have a schtick, you know?). Note those bracelets, they’ve got a nasty surprise in them. Another fun fact; like Kell, he’s heterochromatic (sectoral/partial though, instead of complete).
Other random stuff:
- Maxim is the gadget guy, and he often works closely with Rhy to make cool spy gear. His special weapon include the Maresh manor defense system and cute little sphere droids with various functions.
- Vitari is in this AU, but it’s not human or magic. It’s a fledgling AI-virus thing that Rhy tries to “rehabilitate.” (I don’t know if this is pushing too far into sci-fi territory, but it’s not the biggest plot thread so I’m just gonna roll with it.)
- Osaron is also in this AU and is probably part of the third arc. He’s human and creepy. That’s all I’ve got at this point.
Congrats on getting this far! I know it’s a long post but I love this AU already and can’t wait to write for it. Having said that, asks for this AU are highly appreciated; you can also prompt/suggest scenes I mentioned too. Consider my asks open for this for now. Anyways, hope you all like it!
P.S.: I’m going to draw them in their normal outfits soon- I just did this first.
#sorry to ramble but ive been stewing over this all week#adsom#a darker shade of magic#shades of magic#adsom james bond au#adsom au#kell maresh#rhy maresh#holland vosijk#lila bard#alucard emery#bee rambles#adsomtoothandnail#a conjuring of light#a gathering of shadows#ve schwab#also lets all ignore how the backgrounds of the refs suck#i couldnt get them to work out
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CYBERVERSE WATCH: S3 Episode 13, 14, 15, 16
Episode 13
MACCADAM IS MY GRANDPA NOW
Jetfire!!! And Skybite!!! Skybite’s got a great laugh
Oh wow the cloaking still protects them? Nice!
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE FIX PERCY’S EYES, WHERE THE FRICK IS RATCHET
A MULTIVERSE DRIVE???
PLEASE...PLEASE LET US SEE OTHER UNIVERSES??? OTHER UNIVERSES PLEASE????
SPARE SOME MULTIVERSE STUFF FOR A POOR SOUL???
I mean as it stands, the fact that Cyberverse is talking about this stuff is more than satisfying, man I frickin love this show
“We can launch those squiggly things into a whole ‘nother universe!” his delivery of that line was so good and also Wheeljack pls, then it’ll be another version of you’s problem
MEGATRON REALLY *IS* POUTING, MEGATRON YOU BIG BABY
Maccadam fondly but watching them talk about their battle plans makes me feel so bad for him...
AW MAN IS MEGATRON GONNA CHUCK OPTIMUS INTO A DIFFERENT UNIVERSE
About time you showed up you big pouting pansy
Man these two totally were ex boyfriends
LMAO ARCEE AND SHADOW-STRIKER’S EVIL LAUGHS, THAT”S SO DELIGHTFUL
That Titan should just smack them out of the sky tbh
SKULLCRUNCHER THE CROC...NICE
I love that Soundwave and Roddy are manning the controls
“Commanders command. And you forget, we have backup” CUTE...CUTE....CUTE!!!
I’M SO PROUD OF MY BOYS!!!!!!
BEE!!!It’s been so long since I’ve seen you! I love my little yellow boy!!! Please take care of your dad Bee
OH NO IT”S CREEPY TENTACLE DOCTOR
GOTH GIRL AND PREP GIRL!!!
MAN I JUST KNOW SOMETHING’S GOING TO GO HORRIFICALLY WRONG HERE
FRICK NOT THIS DUDE AGAIN
AW MAN NOT A WHOLE BUNCH AT ONCE
YEAAAHHHHH WHEELJACK AND MEGATRON WORKING TOGETHER!!! NICE
Two Decepticons and one Autobot...not a good sign
Oh shoot it’s the DECEPTICONS who wanna universe-jump, MEGATRON COME ON DUDE YOU DIDN’T EVEN TAKE YOUR ARMY WITH YOU DUMMY
OH NO!!!!!!
“It’s time for the commanders to join the battle” MAN YOU’RE SO COOL RODDY (YOU TOO SOUNDWAVE)
OH SHOOT THERE GOES THE TOWER
WELL FRICK
DON”T “WE DID IT” HOT ROD YOUR DAD IS IN THAT WRECKAGE
“Quintessons: Inferior. Cybertronians: Superior” MAN I”LL NEVER GET TIRED OF THAT
HE”S SO COOL!!!!! FIST BUMP BUDDIES!!! Man I’m so over the moon that these two wound up getting along
You know I’m suddenly having a revelation: I wonder if they could somehow re-activate all those other Soundwaves to help them against the (inevitable) final battle I’m sure they’re gonna have
WHAT THE FRICK
ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME
Starscream: CANCELED, CANCELED, YOU”RE ALL CANCELED
Well, Megatron certainly got the heck out of dodge at the right time lmao
Episode 14
I legit thought they were going to do an ATLA ref for half a second
Oh my gosh is this an Autobot recruitment video???
“The universe. You ever thought about it?” GOSH THIS VIDEO....
I’m frickin cackling, the Quintessons were like “Hmm, what’s the worst thing we could possibly inflict on this planet?” then went “Oh, of course, Starscream”
WHY DIDN”T YOU JUST LET GO STARSCREAM
Wow Starscream really did just sell out his entire planet huh
SOUNDWAVE NO!!!!! JEEZ HE GOT EVERYONE
Jeez and Starscream has to share with two other faces, that sucks
Lmao Starscream is just like “Nah judging people is what I was born for”
UNSPACE??? UH OK
WAIT isn’t that what Wheeljack made a few episodes ago????
LMAO HE’S GONNA WAIT TIL HE CAN GET OPTIMUS AND MEGATRON TOO bless Starscream and his pettiness
“First I must witness their humiliation!” STARSCREAM PLEASE the Quintessons really got the worst Judge
OHHH WHAT’S HE GONNA DO
SOUNDWAVE YOU’RE SO POWERFUL!!!!!
OH NO HE GOT THEM AGAIN....
GOSH I ACTUALLY GASPED WHEN THEY BROKE SOUNDWAVE’S AUDIO THING, NO!!!
“Well, it did for one of us, and it only takes one Autobot to make a difference” Bee? Whirl??? Wheeljack???
WINDBLADE!!! EVEN BETTER!!! The person with the braincell!!!
I love that Rodimus doesn’t even look worried, he just sighs like “aw man not this loser again”
On the one hand: Worried about my boys
On the other: Man I love these two being buds
Also: Not To Be That Guy But it looks like Soundwave’s wearing white thigh-highs with little orange hearts on them and it’s VERY distracting
“You two work so well together!!!” OH NO OH NO OH NO ARE THEY GONNA FUSE THEM TOGETHER OR SOMETHING
THOSE HEAD MASKS ARE SO DISTURBING
uh oh what kind of loop is this
THE PLAGUE OF RUST OH NO
oh my gosh STARSCREAM’S MAKING THEM DO A BUFFING LOOP...THAT’S REALLY THE WORST THING YOU COULD THINK OF STARSCREAM....
“WHERE ARE MEGATRON AND OPTIMUS PRIME” well Optimus is under a pile of concrete, so
Lmao thank you for your peanut-gallery commentary Kup
OH SHOOT THEY DID JUMP THROUGH THE MULTIVERSE BRIDGE
MAN THAT LOOKS SO FRICKIN COOL???? YO SHOUTOUT TO THE BACKGROUND ARTISTS WHO WORKED ON THIS SHOW, YOU ROCK
SERIOUSLY IM IN LOVE WITH THAT I hope whoever did the background art shares their work online sometime, I’ll be ALL over that
AHH I ALWAYS FORGET HOW SHORT THESE EPISODES ARE
Excuse me, Jeremy Levy as WHO???
Episode 15
Kup you are an...interesting commentator choice lmao
MACCADAM..... :(
Windblade please save our favorite Grandpa
wINDBLADE!
HOW’S IT FEEL BEING THE COOLEST KID ON THE BLOCK WINDBLADE
Wait I *JUST* noticed the title calls this “Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures” ???? IS THAT NEW
CALL ME A SUCKER BUT WINDBLADE CRACKING HER NECK AND TELLING THE LITTLE SHARK DUDES TO BRING IT ON WAS QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF THE SERIES SO FAR
Windblade: *does anything*
Me: IM GAY
“I don’t do fear” GOSH I LOVE MY TALENTED GIRL
OH NO!!! OH NO!!!! WINDBLADE NO!!!!!
AND HER WINGS TOO??? WHY!!!!
MACCADAM HELP HER OUT COME ON DUDE WHAT HAPPENED TO NO FIGHTING
lmao rip at the dude crushed by the juke box
Wait I thought they already woke up Iaconus??
YEAH!!!!!!!! MACCADAM AND WINDBLADE TEAMING UP
“UNFORGIVABLE CRIMES AGAINST ME!” LMAO I LOVE THAT LITERALLY EVERYONE IS TUNING OUT STARSCREAM get rekt Starscream.
Not to rag on people who like Starscream because I like him too but me @ Starscream stans tbh
You guys just need to hold hands! I mean seriously, come on you guys!
STARSCREAM QUINTESSONS OMG I just noticed they’re all wearing Starscream’s colors pffft
AW.....MACCADAM’S FIRST HIGH-FIVE....:’) I bet Windblade and Maccadam both give the best hugs and best high-fives
They’re so cute MAN I love Cyberverse!!!! I love how sweet these characters are!!!
A psychic trap??? Hoo boy
Windblade: How do I defeat this psychic trap?
Maccadam: Well, it would help if you had any bug or dark-type Pokemon on you.
“Or you could just tell me!” I JUST SAID THAT TOO LMAO gosh I love the writing on this show
OHHH I LOVE THE CONTRAST OF IACONUS’ BRAIN WITH BEE’S BRAIN IN SEASON ONE, THAT”S SO GOOD
OH LMAO HE MEANT HER SWORD I thought he meant like “your inner-strength” or “your wisdom” NO HE MEANT “USE YOUR SWORD WINDBLADE” LOL
OHHH SPOOKY VOICE, I DIG IT
Wow Starscream’s really reading out his 1000 page long call-out post to a captive audience
LMAO THEY”RE JUST LISTING OUT DATE LOCATIONS
CHROMIA IS SO CUTE!!!!!!!! AHHH
OH NO ARCEE!!!!
I LOVE ARCEE, “HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT YOU BASTARD”
OH SHOOT JK I GUESS THEY REALLY DIDN”T TOTALLY WAKE HIM UP LAST TIME I was wondering why he was just an arm
TITAN TIME!!!
Episode 16
To toast the flares off a neutron star....cute....
Wouldn’t it be cute if Kup was telling this story to a bunch of baby Cybertronians
Awh....Maccadam I’m sorry your old Titan had to re-awaken :(
“Too bad I won’t know how it ends” OH NO ARE YOU GUYS GONNA KILL OFF MACCADAM???? NO!!!!
Iaconus looks frickin RAD I’m sure Hasbro will make a killing off his toys
Speaking of I really hope they release Cyberverse on DVD in a bundle-pack
“War Titan, do NOT ignore me!” YEAH USE YOUR MOM VOICE ON HIM WINDBLADE!!!
LOVE THAT ROCK MUSIC
“This has never happened before” now THERE’S an interesting tidbit
OH NO....ITS THE OTHER TITAN....CROATON....
on the one hand, I’m SO glad we’re getting the Titan battle I crave, but on the other, CROATON NO!!!
TRIFORCE BEAM!!!
I love that Windblade is Jaeger-ing this frickin Titan solo
WHOOPS THERE GOES THE STADIUM
“Optimus had a fight of his own...with gravity!” oh how the mighty have fallen Optimus lmao
I wonder how this wonky universe would handle a flier
JUST THROW A BUILDING AT A TITAN, NBD
SOMEONE PLEASE CATCH ARCEE
THANKS GRIMLOCK
THERE’S RATCHET Finally, I was wondering where he was
“Well it’s not my fault this won’t be a fair fight” OH SHOOT THERE IT IS!!! THERE IT IS
I can’t believe Starscream is trying to back-seat drive this fight lmao
SOUNDWAVE NO!!!! Oh thank goodness they’re ok
OH NO OH NO
IS THIS IT IS HE GONNA DIE?? MAC DONT GIVE IN TO FATE!!! NO!!!
MAC NO!!!!!!!!!! MAC YOU DIDN”T HAVE TO DIE NO!!! YOU LITERALLY DID NOT HAVE TO STAND THERE AND GET BLASTED WHY DID YOU DO THAT!!!!!!!
“My last citizen...he is gone” FRICK IM GONNA START CRYING
Quints
> Murdered Croaton's citizens most likely
> Enslave Croaton
> Inadvertently kill Iaconus' last citizen (WHICH HURT BECAUSE WE'RE MADE TO ASSUME IACONUS ONLY CARES ABOUT WAR BUT NO, HE LOVES HIS CITIZENS DEEP DOWN)
> BEHEAD IACONUS
LIKE, WHY YOU GOTTA STAB ME IN THE HEART LIKE THIS
Wheeljack you’re so smart but ALSO IM STILL CRYING OVER MACCADAM
“Hehe, you’re a nasty little fella” NICE JOB COWBOY
OH NO ALL THE SOUNDWAVES DANGIT I KNEW IT
AND HE”S A BIG LIAR HE DID HAVE SOME BLUE SOUNDWAVES
OH NO WHAT ABOUT WINDBLADE
HECK THAT”S SUCH A BAD PLACE TO STOP BUT I CANT WATCH ANY MORE EPISODES RN I GOTTA STAGGER THIS SERIES
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