Idk why this one was such a struggle to do... It was pulling on my nerves but I managed. I actually enjoyed drawing the portal design!! Of course, it's based on deadlymelodic's portal designs and drawovers!
Was inspired by the wonderful post by @hailed-marys so me and @sam-i-am-27 got possessed by the demons and came out with this. (NEXT)
HC list under the cut
* Astrophage is more like a virus that either alters people, causing them to commit crimes or violent acts, or a power that supervillains are starting to use.
* Grace is still a middle school teacher who got bitten by the spider, obviously.
* Adrian is the one who stitched up the suit (the Aunt May of this universe).
* He has all the perks of a normal Spider-Man, but he's still Grace, so he's incredibly clumsy. He does have a super-strong spider sense, and that's what saves him 100% of the time, but he absolutely does not have the agility. When adrenaline kicks in, he can do anything, but otherwise he'll trip over the most ridiculous things.
* He was wearing his yellow raincoat the first time he saved someone, so now he wears it over his suit (along with his white Converse).
* The spider was discovered by SHIELD (which is undercover as a scientific research facility that Grace works for part-time). After the original test subjects (who were only able to survive the spider mutations if they possessed a specific gene) were killed in an attack, Eva delivered the spider to Grace so he could be bitten before other villains got their hands on that power. (My boy gets unwillingly turned into a savior in every universe.)
* Simon is still an ex-convict who, in exchange for his freedom, is asked by the evil company of the day to test a series of mines infected by what appears to be blood from a meteorite (which eventually turns out to be the symbiote Ellie!).
* At first, they wanted to kill each other, but they end up becoming besties.
I really wanted to come up with an original design for Adrian, this one I'm finally happy with! So I present it to you!
Details and more under the cut! ↓
TW: ANGST AND CHARACTER DEATH
Backstory:
Adrian waited for years, hoping for his soulmate to return home. They were able to sense that Rocky was up there, lost somewhere in the firmament, and so they never lost hope. Always longing for the day their lover would be back between their arms.
Adrian's resilience inspired other eridians to keep hoping for their beloved astronauts return, even the ones that were certain that their loved ones had long gone. So the wait went on for years and years until one day Adrian went uncharacteristically numb.
"The link. I can't feel the link anymore." Is what Adrian had said, then everyone knew.
Their crew hadn't made it.
Preparations were on the move that same day to finally mourn and give their lost siblings a much deserved goodbye.
Rocky's confirmed death had been such a shock to Adrian that they decided to not participate in the funeral. Rocky was their soulmate. Their partner for life. The loss was so big that Adrian felt they had nothing else to live for.
Instead, Adrian pulled away from the support of their people and moved far away on their own, eventually, passing due to his grieving and lack of caring for themselves.
After ascending, Adrian had realised that they now had become a kind of guardian for Erid, and so, decided to stand guard by their new role and protect their planet against the Astrophage menace with whatever strength they gathered.
Hopefully that made sense... It's late and I'm tired sjdjsnxdjxk
My Adrian's design is inspired by fluorite!
I looked up various gemstones for inspiration, I really wanted to make them pretty! So this was my favourite pick dbdksndkd it's colors are close to what the general consensus of what Adrian looks like is right now (that way people could still tell this is supposed to be Adrian) and it has purple in it!!! (I love purple) So yes. Best pick.
Gotta give special thanks to @ohhelloimsotired for listening to my rambling and supporting my deliriums while developing this 💜✨
yeahhh, they can take care of each other out there ㅠㅅㅠ
my shaylas ( ˃ᯅ˂)
made a matching drawing to my Iron Lung fanart, because to me, they are two sides of the same coin (same side of the coin, imo) they go hand in hand 🤝 also the little kibty is named Felicette! she was the first cat to go to space and come back safely 🥹 she is often forgotten in the history of space travels, and for what she had to go through, i wanted to have her here as well because she deserves it 🧎
