I think we should get a little weirder scarier with Valerie's suit.
Like, specifically, Blue Beetle (2023) transformation sequence weird. Peter Parker Venom storyline weird. Ichigo Kurosaki Vizard power arc weird. Prey (2017) Typhon abilities weird.
Make it a lil' gross, a lil' scary, make Val feel like something is Wrong™️ when she puts it on for the first time—but also powerful, make her feel like she's not quite in control, make her question if her goals are really worth putting it on, but also make her keep returning to it because as much as it scares her it also thrills her. She doesn't truly know how close to death she really is each time she wears it but it doesn't matter because she can feel it. She can feel that each time she wears it a little bit more of her is changed, further from what she started as, closer to what she was supposed to be fighting against.
I need her to be scary, I need her to be conflicted, I need her to be so full of love that it only makes her anger sting all the more—that it only makes what the suit is doing to her that much more terrifying.

















