yeah

don't bother following this is literally just my throwaway

[milksickle-art]

cecil do NAWT answer the door

[flapjacku]

My fave vale gals (mya, myranda, sansa)

[hyperfixatetime]

How it feels to be a Roy Harper fan watching more people ship Superboy Prime with Jason Todd

[lovesick-joey]

it's okay! you're okay!

[blueplazmaarts]

What I imagine is Viltrumite Mark's backstory

[toppleovr]

[hyperfixatetime]

Finished Rite of Spring today. "It was like watching a flower blossom" yeah right Samantha I know what you are 👁️👁️

[sweetmctart]

stay a little and play with me will you

[elizabethbeals]

My Storybook Homage Variant for issue 5 of Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring!! 🕳️👩‍🌾

Elizabeth B.

[micaerula]

Had to draw her

[justablanketreally]

“we will rebuild our race. your very existence proves this is possible.” god the amount of guilt mark must be feeling for just being alive. the first half-human half-viltrumite, the first mixed-race viltrumite deemed “worthy” of being one. his existence, his status as a successful experiment, is the reason the viltrumites haven’t destroyed earth, but it’s also the reason they’ll never leave earth alone.

[crumble-to-dust]

Yes!! I have so many feelings about this! Mark has been repeatedly framed as a savior throughout the story - the reason Omni-Man didn't destroy or conquer Earth, the strongest weapon defender available to Earth, their best shot against Viltrum. He is the figure that Allen and Thadeus/ the Coalition of Planets pinned their hopes on recruiting, before involving Nolan himself.

And now Thragg explicitly calls Mark a savior - but in an ironic twist of events, a savior for Viltrum.

Through this all, the paradox stands: Mark is Earth's most promising defense against Viltrum, but is also the very reason Earth became such a target at all.

Mark destroys the Viltrumite planet, but his very existence gives Viltrum hope for the future of their decimated numbers.

The other irony is that the longer Mark works as Invincible to defend Earth, as he experiences and inflicts escalating trauma and violence, the more alienated he becomes from the very humans he's working to save, the people he was once effortlessly one of. The growing distrust and distance with which the other heroes and the general public regard him is palpable at the beginning of s4.

Mark's existence as half-human, half-Viltrumite is a bundle of contradictions.

[heckcareoxytwit]

Jean Grey is feeling insecure over being the only female member of the X-Men team. Hank McCoy tries to cheer her up by bringing some books about historical women who are considered as role models like Amelia Earhart and Susan B Anthony. Jean has already read all those bios but thanks him. Then, Xavier telepathically contacts them and the others, asking them to come down to the foyer in full uniform as they have a visitor. Jean and Hank wonder why they should greet the visitor in uniform, but they all comply. As the X-Men run into the room, the male members are all held back by something invisible. Only Jean can run forward to meet their guest - Sue Storm, also known as Invisible Girl at that time. Jean is thrilled over meeting another super-heroine. You see, since this story takes place in the 60s, there were few super-heroines (such as Jean Grey, Sue Storm, Wasp, Scarlet Witch, Black Widow and a few others) at that time.

Jean immediately becomes embroiled in the Fantastic Four’s battle with the Mad Thinker and does so well that the media love her, making the rest of the X-Men nervous that she’ll join the Fantastic Four. As they look for the Mad Thinker’s lab, Jean and Sue have a girl talk and Jean is glad to find someone who finally understands the pressure she is under. When they run into the Thinker’s defense systems, they are joined by the other X-Men, who help and ask Jean to come back. She calms them by pointing out that both teams are families and the X-Men are hers.

X-Men First Class v2 #1, 2007

[joe-spookyy]

?? why would the thing say this???

[rivaerys]

basement

[cecilpilld]

lamb

[hyperfixatetime]

If Omni-Man showed up during the Invincible War I think he would've just straight up died. Not for any powerscaling reasons but with the emotional state he's in during season 3 I don't think he could bring himself to try to kill Mark again or anyone that looks like him and I could see some of the variants taking advantage of that. Like he definitely would've fallen for a "Dad? I'm hurt! I need you!" trick.

[tinyblossomjellyfish]

weyyyyy