#eric pelham

[aruliart]

have you ever considered drawing carol 🥺 it would be really cool

ooh yes fun! I did all of new wave here (got a little carried away designing costumes) but I also have something drafted focusing on her that I'll hopefully finish in the future 😅

[chicanery-dubious]

am noticing in the fic scene that eric kinda gets no love compared to crystal

like reading a fanfic and amy says "my cousin" and we immediately go "yeah ok crystal time lets go"

like dont get us wrong we are a crystal appreciator but where are the eric enjoyers

[worlds-best-sippycup]

Too much coffee. Anyone wanna hear about my Rachel-Shielder buddy-dramedy fic idea?

Shielder is basically a blank slate so he's my OC essentially, but he has a lot of canon facts that drive me nuts.

Canon facts:

Triggered at <15 (died at 15)

Blue hair that matches his forcefields :)

Defensive power! I love defensive powers, and I love flight, and I think he's really rare as a cape who specialises in defense?

Open cape, know no other life

Can hold back Leviathan

Younger brother :( I have a baby bro it's why I was so much on Victoria's side during the bank robbery. I would have torn TT's fucking arms off for that NGL.

Chose Shielder as a name, likely less than inventive, or was very young when he picked it.

Rachel facts that made me think of them as a duo:

I wuv her :)))

Sees every interaction as a fight or an attack (bc it often is... girl stop mauling ppl pls) = could be both frustrated and somewhat open to interaction with someone who doesn't attack back, just sits there and defends?

At the time of post-Leviathan, pre-S9, extremely isolated from the Undersiders (due to Taylor's whole thing coming out + dogs dying) = open to other help which she can't otherwise get

At the time, just realising she really really wants human connection (see her interlude) = open to reluctant companionship

Older than him probably

Open cape, knows no other life

Tragic backstory = he can sympathize (before the whole ass Siberian shows up)

I WUV HER :(((((

This is "deeply misanthropic" Rachel not "puppy therapy" Rachel BTW. I feel like her personality is downplayed in a lot of fic.

Synopsis is that he survived Leviathan by running away, thinks that his family won't want him back so is presumed dead (bc his dad died and kind of his uncle also (he's very very close to Mark here) and he has a horrible mix of grief, survivors' guilt and I-should-have-been-there guilt). He ends up another cape on the streets, sees Rachel doing some Rachel Shit, and jumps in to save bystanders. Doesn't really fight back except with forcefields.

He ends up as kind of a defender of the people in her territory, not noticed by the PRT or NW (remember, all phone communications are down. The Protectorate etc are too busy and NW is dying). Does some shady shit, continues to be like I Can't Go Back.

They keep meeting up, at one point she's like, help me I need someone to help me with a thing and he's all "don't you have Actual Teammates" and she is all "FUCK those motherfuckers they let HER back in" so he helps her.

At some point Siberian's whole ass shows up and stuff happens and he ends up teamed with the UnderTravelers. No idea what happens with the whole Amy debacle.

[lemurlord]

What the fuck does New Wave dress up as for Halloween? Carol 100% has opinions on what should be worn.

(Let's assume for our purposes that they would actually dress up)

[kyliafanfiction]

Worm is famous for characters with weird, wacky or unusual names because all the good ones get taken and that's all well and good.

But sometimes you see a character who has only been a cape for the last few years, or so is implied, and they have a name that you're baffled wasn't taken sooner.

Case in point: Shielder.

[got-into-worm-by-mistake]

Leviathan wrapped his tail around the spherical forcefield that surrounded the siblings, bringing it and the pair down toward the roof as he fell.  When they were halfway down, the constriction of the tail broke through the forcefield, snaked around Shielder’s body and Laserdream’s arm. The Endbringer landed on the roof with a shuddering impact and a showering of detritus, crashing through the roof.  He bounded up to the edge of the roof, lunged off it. I could see it like it was slow motion.  Laserdream’s hand glowed and she fired, using the concussive force of her laser to get her trapped hand free, flew up and back out of the way as Leviathan continued to fall. Shielder, still in Leviathan’s grip, had his upper body brought down against the ragged edge of the building in passing. Shielder deceased, CD-6

It almost feels like Crystal's use of her power here is what leads to Eric getting smashed against the building? Is that what anyone else gets from this?

[ganurath]

...Wait a second.

What was going on in Shielder's life that he was the one seeing a therapist? Out of everyone in New Wave? That boy is either incredibly fucked up or the only one making progress.

[thatgraffic1]

To this day I wonder what Crystal and Eric trigger events were.

They ended up with an extremely similar powerset to their mother with nary a shred of influence from their father's shard. And we all know what their mother's trigger was like.

Knowing Carol's neurosis, even with Sarah's seeming stability, I'd say that Lady Photon may have been one of those overprotective parents back in the day, especially after Fleur's death, fearing that New Wave's enemies would go after them.

And, with many children forced to deal with suffocating parents, Crystal and Eric suffered from their mother's overbearing nature, having bare shreds of personal freedom until it made them snap. Made them trigger.

It may be inaccurate, but it certainly fits with how messed up the rest of the New Wave's roster is, including Neil.