✨ INVINCIBLE AU LORE DUMP (Post-Invincible War AU) ✨
Hey y’all, I’ve been working on an Invincible AU where things don’t just go back to normal after the Invincible War. People rebuild—not just cities, but the system. The trauma’s too real, and characters actually grow from it.
🚨 INVINCIBLE AU – PART 1: REX STEADMAN TAKES OVER 🚨
So here’s the setup: This AU takes place after the Invincible War, but instead of the world just shrugging off mass destruction (as usual), people actually change. Rebuild. Mourn. Get angry. And take power into their own hands. And leading that charge?
Rex Steadman.
Yes, Rex Sloan—but in this AU, he takes Cecil’s last name because… well, Cecil adopts him. Long story short: Rex nearly dies in the Invincible War (his entire skeleton explodes), and Cecil finds what’s left of him in a burning building and says, “Yeah, I’m not letting this kid die.” Cue cyborg Rex, rebuilt with synthetic skin, fried nerves, and basically just a brain in a metal body.
Cecil takes him in—not as a weapon, but as a person. And for the first time, Rex is treated like something other than a science experiment. So he starts living with Cecil around age 14–15 and never really leaves.
After the war, Rex finds out:
• Mark spent most of it in a hospital bed with Eve, instead of helping save lives.
• Immortal and Dupli-Kate straight-up quit during the chaos.
• Rudy stole his DNA, and no one gave a crap.
Rex finally snaps. He tells Cecil the system is broken. Heroes are failing. He’s sick of everyone treating everything like it’ll fix itself.
And Cecil? He’s injured, exhausted, and out of options. So Rex says, “Let me take over the GDA.”
Cecil: “You’re literally limping.”
Rex: “Doesn’t matter. I get it now. And I’m done playing the clown.”
Cecil gives him temporary control… and Rex kills it. Keeps casualties low. Mobilizes real strategies. Yells at Mark. Yells at Kate. Yells at Eve. It’s a whole tour of accountability.
Eventually? Cecil retires. Rex takes over full-time as the new GDA Director.
NEW ERA REX
He gets his own apartment. Sleep schedule. Real leadership skills. People respect him more than they ever respected Cecil. Even Cecil admits it.
Rex may be scarred, stitched together, and missing an eye, but he’s the most functional version of himself he’s ever been.
He gets his own apartment. Sleep schedule. Real leadership skills. People respect him more than they ever respected Cecil. Even Cecil admits it.
Rex may be scarred, stitched together, and missing an eye, but he’s the most functional version of himself he’s ever been.
Also, yes, he’s dealing with kaijus now. That’s a thing. We’ll circle back to that.
SHAPESMITH (AKA “RUS LIVINGSTON”)
Alright, it’s time to talk about Shapesmith—or as he’s now known: Rus Livingston. (Yes, that Rus. And no, it’s not creepy. Let me explain.)
In this AU, the real Rus Livingston dies during the sequid situation. Shapesmith survives—and since he already looks just like Rus, he quietly takes his identity. Publicly, he’s Rus. Privately? He’s still a Martian, still awkward, still figuring out how to human… very badly.
The only ones who know the truth are the GDA (now led by Rex) and a few trusted heroes. Everyone else just thinks Rus made a miraculous recovery.
TORTURE BACKSTORY (SORRY)
After the Invincible War, one of the evil variant Marks—Lensless—captures Shapesmith and drags him into his dimension. Shapesmith regenerates too quickly for the torture to really “stick,” so Lensless… improvises.
He injects him with a serum to make the wounds stay. Every finger, every face, every limb he rips off starts to scar. Over time, Shapesmith’s whole body ends up covered in burns, cuts, missing pieces. These scars are permanent, even in Martian form. He literally can’t hide them anymore without burning up energy he doesn’t have.
Eventually, Rex (with Angstrom’s stored powers) rescues him. Lensless might be dead. Might not. I’m still deciding.
POST-TRAUMA SHAPESMITH
Back on Earth, Shapesmith devotes himself entirely to Rex, who saved him. There’s something deeply Martian about that—life debt, loyalty, etc.—but Rex is just like “okay, weirdo.”
He doesn’t go back to being a superhero. Now, he’s Rex’s right hand—the Donald to his Cecil—handling alien affairs, diplomacy, research, space threats, and anyone dumb enough to poke an alien colony without permission.
He also helps Rex at home. They live together. Shapesmith wears suits and tries to “human” and still gets confused about normal things like rent, grocery stores, and personal boundaries.
OK, I had to shorten this for Tumblr so I’m gonna put a link to the Google doc with the information I have so far it goes over a more in depth lore of shapeSmith and Rex along with talks about the designs and my future designs. I will be posting more later so Mark, Cecil, eve and I will probably touch on the variance too so just be posted. Thank you 
OK before we start this is gonna be a lot of text like a lot of text cause I’m gonna load dump real quick for my invincible AU dimension ski
"no" i say calmly. Too calmly. the fear is hidden in my voice but he knows it is there. he can smell it. there is only so much i can do to delay his inevitable escape, and then his wrath will wreak havoc, leaving no corner of the earth untouched, the lives of millions lost too this wretched creature. I do not pray for him, not anymore. I pray that once he has grown careless, that humanity will rebuild its once great civilization. I live in constant terror, of the horrors only I know he is capable of. But it is only a matter of time. You too will soon understand his true nature. Count your days.
who here loves tumblr because it activates your autistic brain but also hates it because it makes you overwhelmed 😭🤚 tmnt is my special interest and the concept of there being infinite tmnt fanart that i cannot POSSIBLY all discover STRESSE ME OUTTT
"no" i say calmly. Too calmly. the fear is hidden in my voice but he knows it is there. he can smell it. there is only so much i can do to delay his inevitable escape, and then his wrath will wreak havoc, leaving no corner of the earth untouched, the lives of millions lost too this wretched creature. I do not pray for him, not anymore. I pray that once he has grown careless, that humanity will rebuild its once great civilization. I live in constant terror, of the horrors only I know he is capable of. But it is only a matter of time. You too will soon understand his true nature. Count your days.
can someone please help me gaslight myself into thinking these chronic pain aids are just a rottmnt leo cosplay. its okay. its fine. leo has chronic pain too so if you THINK about it in just method acting. also if somebody recommended me fanfiction about Leo being sad and in pain chronically i would be so appreciative. it is FINE we are FINE i am coping so well guys. (the doctors dont know whats wrong) (i am ouchie ouch all the time) (i take ibuprofen almost everyday) (its okay i am just Rise Leo Actually.)
he fits like every symptom, especially the constant need for attention, disregard of others feelings (the entire rottmnt movie) excessive need for praise, inability to handle criticism...
ik this is kinda a hot take, especially since people see npd as 'the abuser disorder' (which is insane and super weird like why is it socially acceptable to have depression but not a personality disorder?! being mentally ill doesn't MAKE you an abuser)
but. but. Leo's got a whole thing going on in his brain. hes got this inferiority/superiority complex, and i think npd is just another way of describing that.
i might post or more fleshed out analysis of this later but for now heres this idea to munch on.
everday im at the mold store asking for mold but they tell me that they dont have any. so i hunt for unrefined mold and after hours of searching I give up and lay devastated on the floor of an abandoned warehouse just for the mold to find me and overtake my rotting body <3
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