> martymania au by @bubbiegummie that originally consists of tp!marty, 1985a!marty and ctz!marty but genuinely any versions of marty can join it's not called martymania for nothing
> doomed pine au by @futureboiii in which at the end of bttf3, lp!marty ran over tp!marty with a train
> clint eastwood must die/1885a by @gloomkeep in which tannen ran over the town, is hunting marty and doc down so they don't really have the opening to go back... to the future!
> pine needles pineline/1985pn/thorn valley by @actuallymartymcfly in which needles is actually crazy and pn!marty has to deal with it (i got used to calling pn!marty just pine needles)
some animation frames below
martin judging everyone
tp!mart dissociating
dlp!marty looking at his hands... got blood on it or something? i dunnooo / 1885a!marty in the corner with his axe
i have a zoomed out version for 1985a!mart, my guy is just chilling and got interrupted 💔💔
pine needles!marty, he's just so cool he's just so cool im sorry he's got the short end of the stick but he is in full body drawing ahah
In addition to his wardrobe across multiple time periods, Marty gets a few additional outfits in 1985PN prior to his journey.
1982:
How Pine Needle Met Emmett: Marty was already wearing the denim bomber jacket and tearing up his shirts, but only just a little bit- As opposed to the simple red t-shirt and jeans of the original story. Everything else remains identical.
The time in-between:
Marty started dying his hair dark brown at one point (Comparison below). It started out looking like Marty's hair in "Who is Marty McFly?", slicked back with a stubborn strand or two- He's since let it grow out and started styling it a little more. These stubborn strands are a consistent presence.
1984:
Smaller details: Haircut is this. That's all I have to say. bubble's original doodle would be how his bangs look tho because i like them and you gotta have that left part!
Basic Outfit: Retains the ripped up red t-shirt and the bomber jacket, though the shirt has since been ripped up further. Switch out regular jeans for ripped ones (dark wash) and sneakers for combat boots.
"Keeping Up Appearances": The ripped up t-shirt is switched out for black suspenders, a white t-shirt, and a purple button-up (long sleeve, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows). Said button-up has the same pattern as the original Marty's but turned around to form a diamond pattern instead of a square one. i cannot find like. a png of the pattern anywhere but it's not hard to imagine. we all know that pattern.
"Spare Jacket": Due to the paint stains on his clothes from the trap in Doc's Lab, Marty subbed out his usual clothes for the rest of the week, wearing a dark blue denim jacket, blue t-shirt, and non-ripped jeans.
"Blood Spills": The outfit mentioned above, but with the black suspenders, white t-shirt, and purple button up. This jacket ends up sitting in Marty's closet for a while, the blood stains still present.
After this, Marty now starts sporting an undercut, not unlike his adversary. He prefers to simply trim around it (i.e. tapering it) every few months rather than shaving around it. "It looks better", after all. He also starts wearing black nail polish and subtle eyeliner.
"For the Next Two Weeks": As Marty ends up needing about two weeks to recover from his injury, he's excused from school and ends up spending most of his time in bed. He's just wearing a dark blue tank top with his lavender briefs. When Jenn comes to visit, he tosses on some grey sweatpants.
"All Roses Have Thorns": Modification of the base outfit. Straps now hang from his belt, with the belt having small metal studs made of the same material as his jacket's buttons. His mirrored aviators are on nearly all the time. He wears black fingerless leather gloves, and his boots now have steel toes (put on by Doc at Marty's insistence).
All Roses Have Thorns' Jacket: The centerpiece of "All Roses Have Thorns"- There's now a few small spikes on his jacket, put on by Jenn and the same material as his jacket's buttons. There's a dark red rose embroidered onto the back of the collar with thorns extending out from the middle by Jenn. They extend enough to cover halfway around the sides, enough to sort of "peek-out". The pins (he didn't start wearing them until now) are the same with minor differences- The Fender P Bass pin is instead cherry red with a black pickguard, and the boomerang pin is dark blue with the pattern being red (representing the spare jacket and the blood now spilt onto it). There is also a fourth pin- A red rose (the one pictured here is one from the 80's, and is quite small- one inch long! it fits in well, right?). They are still on the left side of his jacket.
1985
"Life Preserver": Same as the outfit in the film, but with "Keeping up Appearances" as the base. He also wore sneakers (Blue Bruins, as opposed to red) instead of his boots.
1955 (General note: Marty's hair is always slicked back with Vaseline Hair Tonic, and he's wearing fake glasses)
"First Day of School in '55" (Letterman Version A): Single color change- The pattern is dark blue instead of cyan.
"Skateboard Chase" (Letterman Version B): Same with a single color change- The chain pattern is blue instead of red.
Letterman Version C (Long sleeve, Pale pink): Now a pale purple, as opposed to pale pink, with pale blue detailing, as opposed to pale teal.
"That Zoot Suit": The same, though the tie now has a very subtle rose pattern, and the tie clip has a rose instead of some generic flower. There is now a small stick pin with a burgundy rose on the end of it attached to the right side of the suit's collar. He ends up hanging onto it, shoving it into the pocket of his jeans- He wears this pin whenever possible across the trilogy, often if not always on the right side of his collar- The same side as his scar.
2015
Marty Jr. Disguise: White T-shirt as a base. Hair gel used to make his hair resemble that of his perpetually soaking wet cat of a son. This is when he finds the stick pin is still in his pockets. He ends up pinning it onto his t-shirt. This is when he starts seeing it as a good luck charm.
47 year old Marty: The same. Literally the only one completely unchanged. He doesn't even have the stick pin on.
Detour to 1985A:
Marty ends up getting a few tears in his shirt after getting it caught on something- Mostly in the form of some small holes. It now bears minor resemblance to the one Needles wears- Much to his chagrin. After dropping off Jennifer, he asks Doc to hang onto the stick pin for him. It likely would have gotten broken if he hadn't- And that would have had him devastated.
1955 (again)
"Something Inconspicuous": The now-torn white shirt is the base. Stick pin on the right side of the collar.
"Delgado Mine": "Skateboard Chase" as the base, with the tan overcoat being more of a mix between tan and brown, and having the stick pin stuck below the right side of the collar due to the material it's made out of.
"Atomic Cowboy": Same. You can't change perfection. Marty left the stick pin in the DeLorean (either pinned it onto the ridiculous hat or put it somewhere like the glovebox. probably the latter), and retrieved it later. Another situation where if he wore it, it very likely would have been broken- For a while, he thinks that if he had, he wouldn't have gotten almost hanged. He eventually gets that off his mind- It's better that he's still got it. He ends up hanging onto the red bandana, keeping it in his pockets until his last day there (see: Clint Eastwood). Hair isn't gelled down- He was planning to, but the bear threw a wrench into that.
1885
"Festival": The same. Stick pin on the right side of the collar, again.
"Clint Eastwood": The same. Red bandana from "Atomic Cowboy" tied around the left upper arm. Lapel pin in the middle of the poncho, at the very top of the neckline and hidden under the blue bandana.
1985- Again
"What, You Think I'm Stupid Enough to Race That Asshole?": it's just clint eastwood wit no hat but this is beautiful and symbolic
You could also call it "Nobody Calls Me Chicken. And Needles' a Nobody."
A little fun fact... He kept some fabric scraps recovered from the destroyed DeLorean, mostly those of his button-up. A small reminder of what he's been through.
Post-Part III:
"This Rose Still Has Thorns": The same as the original "All Roses Have Thorns" with a few additions. Marty now has the stick pin... you'll never guess... That's right! The right side of his jacket's still-popped collar. The red bandana is tied around his left arm. He doesn't always have these extra accessories on, i.e. they're shoved into his pockets. Force of habit.
now, credits where they're due: @bubbiegummie for art
and shout out to kit-screams-into-the-future's post where they turned marty's outfits blue, which gave me the idea to change the 1955 outfits like this (and the blue bruins instead of red by extension). i almost made his letterman blue but ended up deciding it wouldn't work because his color palette is intentionally one that clashes with itself
Summary: Thorny visitor Calvin 'Clint' Callahan makes Needles realize how he truly feels about McFly.
Fandom: Back to the Future (Movies), Back to the Future: The Game
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marty McFly/Douglas J. Needles, Marty McFly & Douglas J. Needles, Marty McFly & Marty McFly
Characters: Marty McFly, Douglas J. Needles
Additional Tags: this is the second fic in the meedles tag, Kissing, Boys Kissing, Cuddling & Snuggling, Teasing, One-Sided Pining, Bisexual Marty McFly, Needles is something. he'll figure it out., it's meedles friday, Bad Flirting, Accidental Flirting, I Will Go Down with This Ship, Semi-Crack, Bonding, Emotional Intimacy
art by @sprayedwithcrab the moment you sent it to me i realized it would be perfect
thanks to them and @initialmadi for being my betas victims
85PN Marty may not be quite talkative, but when you get him talking, you also get him listening...
Good morning-afternoon sunshines!: This was your hint!:
And here's all the other Marty's mentioned, in order! or alluded to- Clint is repressing shit: Original Martymania Trio ( @bubbiegummie ) 85V/Vampire ( @ghostsagain112 ), Frankenmarty ( @ifihadanickleforeverytime ), Doomed Pine Twins ( @futureboiii ), 1885A ( @gloomkeep ), Immortal ( @madscientists1mp ), Timeloop (my freak!), 85LA ( @sprayedwithcrab ), and the Spider Monster one ( @s-oulpunk ).
As usual, the main character. Sometimes, we call him pincushion. Everything Needles says about him, be it true or not (often, the latter), is like a pin being stuck into his skin, and it'll stay there for a while. He's much more prone to flying off the handle, especially if you question his bravery. And that's how Needles gets him. At 14, Needles always got the upper hand on Marty, often getting him covered in bruises and scrapes, as he was much skinnier then.
By 16, Marty had evened out the playing field somewhat, though not completely, having gotten a lot stronger, and he often forgets his own strength. At that same age, Marty got the scar on his right cheek, inflicted by Needles. This is also why he got the undercut. The asshole had chopped off some of his hair. When he got home, Linda evened it out to an undercut. Nobody expected he'd keep it. When he woke up the next morning and removed the dressing Doc had placed onto his injury, he could see the scrapes were rather deep.
By 1985, Marty's typical clothes consisted of this: A red t-shirt he'd ripped up himself, torn up jeans, a denim jacket that had a few spikes attached onto it, a belt with straps hanging off the side (not too long, otherwise Needles would be grabbing onto them), fingerless leather gloves (they give him better grip), and combat boots with steel toes (he'd asked Doc to but them on).
But, usually, before he left for the day, he'd switch out the torn up t-shirt for a white t-shirt and purple button-up, with the long sleeves rolled up. The latter has a pattern on it (think the same one on main timeline Marty's shirt but turned to make diamond shapes instead of squares). And the belt switched out for suspenders. This is what he wore instead of his ripped up t-shirt when he traveled to 1955. Regardless of whichever outfit he wore, he often wore his sunglasses and practically never took them off.
Marty believes in not directly punching/kicking Needles. Instead, he'll use Needles' moves against him. At worst, he'll back up into a wall or elbow him in the stomach while Needles tries to hold him down. He's learned to read the rather unpredictable Needles like a book, becoming unpredictable himself. He tends to be rather smug, even prideful.
He very much prides himself on being better than Needles in his behavior, attitude, so on so forth.
This, however, stems from his low-self esteem and his desire to not stoop to his bully's level, not sheer arrogance. He's been a "better person" (for lack of better words) than Needles the whole time, and that's how he befriended Doc (he let the mask slip almost immediately) and why Jenn loves him. He's not much different to the original Marty in his personality (and the same goes for his interests). He's very much cynical, but his stoicism is a switch that flips whenever he's not comfortable being vulnerable (so, when not around Jenn or Doc). He's been talking the way the original Marty does in Part 2 and 3, with a deeper tone and a more rough sound to it.
He got bit by the cynicism bug a lot sooner.
He's also not very great at hiding his anger, something Needles revels in. The word "fuck" is very present in his vocabulary. But he tries not to cuss around adults, though he's gotten less controlled around Doc.
Marty's haircut proved to be a frequent source of embarrassment in 1955 alongside his "life preserver" vest. '55 Doc using the Vaseline Hair Tonic to help him blend in ended up putting the idea in his older self's head of using hair gel to help Marty stick out less when Part 2 kicks off.
Marty is also very agile, much more than his original counterpart. Having to run from and outsmart Needles on a daily basis has made him much better, almost perfect. He almost never finds himself almost stumbling after quickly turning on a skateboard (or hoverboard). He's always landing on his feet and keeping balance. His reflexes are also extremely well trained, often being able to block and counter Needles's punches or even grab his fist before he can even try and make contact.
Outside of confrontation, though, he's no less clumsy than the original. Maybe even a little more.
There's one other person Marty hates as much as Needles; Biff Tannen. Marty has to stop himself from socking that bastard in the face often. And when he goes to 1955? He's not holding back any longer. The fact Biff actually shows concern towards him regarding Needles when he returns home shocks him to the core. Even before he left, he still regarded Biff as less bad than Needles.
It's not uncommon that people are scared by him, especially with the sunglasses on.
Needles also often makes fun of him for the black nail polish (Jenn's idea), and the eyeliner. That's the one thing he doesn't care about because that's low, even for him. He's rather adept at applying the later in a very subtle manner. He's also rather good at styling his hair to make his undercut more subtle, of which he's done frequently on his journey through the flow of time.
art by oomf @bubbiegummie (cept for mister purple shirt that's from IDW)
