#high evolutionary

[dailymarvelstudios]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), dir. James Gunn

[toastydumpster]

- the High Evolutionary, probably

thank you @raccoonmilf for this gift (your panel was fire)

+ here's the base

[guardianjameslight]

I hate when people say we don't get pure evil villains anymore while these mfs exist.

Additional mentions: The White Dragon from Peacemaker, Dreykov from Black Widow, Firecracker, Sage, Stormfront from The Boys, Airachnid from Transformers One, Voller from Indiana Jones 5, Moff Gideon from The Mandalorian, Sofia and Forge from D&D, etc.

[angels-in-overcoats]

I think the most horrible part of batch 89 is how impractical they are. What possible purpose could you wish to achieve from surgically grafting wheels to a walrus or implanting a steel muzzle into a rabbits face? It's just pure sadism. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty. And it's horrifying.

[amelia-mariee]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Spoilers:

I remember when I heard that Chris Pratt was going to drop the MCU's first f-bomb, I thought it was going to be this badass emotional moment where Quill comes face to face with the High Evolutionary, who goes into this whole speech, and Quill just goes "go fuck yourself" and shoots him, or something. And then I get to the theater and it's just him yelling at Nebula about car doors. Honestly? A thousand times better than anything I predicted. I'm so glad that's what they did.

[coolcomicbookcovers]

[raccoonfallsharder]

I recently saw a headcanon that MCU High Evolutionary is a Elder of the Universe, and I think it makes perfect sense... the Elders are all ancient, near immortal beings that were part of the original intelligent race—and they all have a singular obsession that drives them. Sound familiar???

For the collector its imprisioning collecting any and all rare and unique lifeforms and objects...

For the Grandmaster its games and competitions...

Etc...

I don't know his comics origin save for what I've briefly read, I think it said he was a human geneticist who altered his own body and mind to godlike abilities and intelligence, but idk. But I think it would make perfect sense if his MCU version was counted amoung the elders, everything fits. His obsession is evolution and perfection.

What if the other elders don't acknowledge him because even they agree that he's rotten, idk if that would be out of character for them, for all I know they might not have any morals but I'm not too familiar with the comics.

this is a phenomenal headcanon for the mcu!! thank you so much for sharing ♡♡

and yes, herbert e. wyndham is an earther in the comics, but the comics are so earth-centric it's boring imo. i'd much rather read this iteration! his name doesn't feel like it really fits with most of the other elders' names (it's rather modern and terran-esque) but i think a writer could easily argue he chose a new one (especially with him being so obsessed with terran culture) or even change his name a little. (i actually don't think his name is established in the mcu so they could take it any direction they wanted)

all that said, i don't think the other elders would reject him — at least not any more than they tend to reject each other all the time. they're all a bunch of assholes with a very self-absorbed, almost fey (in the worst way) approach to morality. like, you'd probably had one or two who sneered at him extra-hard or refused to acknowledge him, but most would treat him with the same twisted, semifamilial disdain that they treat all the rest of their brethren.

excellent headcanon; i will be mulling over this for quite some time!

[heckcareoxytwit]

The newly-formed New Warriors clash with the High Evolutionary and his goons in their first battle.

(a.k.a How Justice's new New Warriors were formed)

Sam Alexander, Water Snake, Hummingbird and Kaine are in trouble with High Evolutionary and the Evolutionary goons when Justice, Speedball, Mark Sim and Sun Girl arrive to save Sam. According to Speedball, the mages of New Salem helped them to locate Sam Alexander by using their teleporting spell to send them to Mount Wundagore. As Justice and others fight the Evolutionaries to a stand-still, Mark Sim transforms into a monstrous Haechi creature in the middle of the fight to wipe the floor with the Evolutionary goons. While everyone are fighting, Speedball bumps into Water Snake and mistakes her for his old teammate Namorita. Sam Alexander tries to warn Justice about High Evolutionary's evil plan but he was shot down. High Evolutionary turns on the machine which makes the New Warriors scream and convulse in pain as it affects mainly the superpowered individuals. Sun Girl (Selah Burke) is the only New Warrior who is not affected by the depowering machine because she is a human armed with gadgets. High Evolutionary offers Sun Girl the only non-powered human of the New Warriors to join him. Sun Girl responds to him with an epic way of saying “F*** you!” to High Evolutionary and saves her teammates. The furious High Evolutionary hastily explains that the Celestials are on their way to judge mankind, and because of mutants and other genetic freaks among mankind – the Celestials will doom the planet for destruction. High Evolutionary and his goons teleport away before Justice could blast them. At the aftermath of the battle, Justice sees that they have won, and asks who would like to become a member of The New Warriors. Aside from Speedball; Sun Girl and Hummingbird accept the offer while the others refuse. Although Water Snake, Sam Alexander and Haechi are reluctant about it, they eventually join the New Warriors.

New Warriors v5 #4, 2014