What do you mean way worse???????? MARKUS SEBASTIAN GRAYSON WHAT DID YOU DO??????
like I think maybe attempted murder? Ripping the soulmark? Trapping them in the wasteland?? Like all 3 maybe??
But also emperor mark… older mark, we talk about older robin all the time but mainline emperor mark grieving over his catastrophic fumble is something that does intrigue me immensely.
Something about a powerful older man being on knees for the woman he wronged is trope i can never be over.
Anyways I need Mr. Mainline “robinless” Mark being pitiful and regretful. I know EP Mark hates his ass if he ever meets him. Lmao, Happy Couple EP making AMB Mark sick to stomach because that could’ve been him and Robin, and techicnally is, in a different life.
Y'know how he can sometimes be very self-righteous and sure of himself when he really, really shouldn't be?
Yeahhh. That letter is gonna have some oomph.
Older MB Mainline Mark meeting EP Robin (kinda spoils some of what happens next chapter so bewaaare)
"Robin?"
The woman standing in the hallway of his ship looks away from the window out into the view of- He can't remember the planet's name. Everything he'd been thinking of as he debated how to resolve the latest conflict with a civilisation that used to be under Viltrumite rule, it just, it's gone.
His soulmate is here. Here.
But she's older - he thinks she's older, how's that even possible? How can she be here?
Her eyes scan over him in a flicker, widen. "Oh, shit."
Mark flinches but-
That isn't...his soulmark.
His hand drops, and when did he start reaching out? (Why didn't he act fast enough when it mattered?)
"You're not my-" He swallows. Cuts off the words before they can form. Tries to fucking think, because if this is a variant like the versions of him who invaded his world, then everything he's built is in danger.
"There you are!"
The arrival has him shrugging off the big furred cape he hasn't managed to phase out of his wardrobe yet - apparently he doesn't look emperor enough without it, but it's at least better than the push for a moustache that's never gonna happen - but the variant doesn't attack him. He goes straight to Robin, and Mark tenses to intervene-
But she smiles, turns to the variant. Cups his cheek as he holds her waist and bends down until their foreheads meet. "Hey, you. I was getting worried you'd fallen back through without me."
"Like I'd let that happen," the variant scoffs, and he looks like Mark. Just...younger, dressed in the kind of clothes Mark hasn't worn in years. From Earth. Jeans and a t-shirt, sneakers.
Mark's chest aches, but it always does, so he tries to ignore it. "Why are you both here?"
"What the hell?" The variant finally looks at him, pulling Robin possessively against his chest and wrapping his arms around her. Mark clenches his jaw, takes as even a breath as he can manage. "Is that-"
"A version, I guess," Robin says, and her examination makes his skin prickle. "Sorry to intrude. It was an accident, and we'll be outta this dimension- uh, soonish. We'll get off your ship now-"
"No." Mark clears his throat. Moves his arms behind his back so he can clasp his wrist hard, nails digging into his skin. "If you're not here to cause problems, you can...stay on my ship. For a bit. If you want to."
"Oh. Sure, thanks?" Robin smiles at him - nothing like the one she gave the variant, but it still makes his heart twist. "That'd be handy."
"Super nice of you," the variant says with zero attempt to hide his suspicion. "Not weird at allll to offer up while dressed like that."
Robin elbows him. "He might be a good one."
"Wanna bet?"
"Always."
"I'm gonna win this one." The variant sends her a grin that falls the second he looks at Mark. "Where's your Robin?"
What is the 'captainverse' shit? I always just ignored it tbh but I have seen many incels justify shipping the canon lesbians with men because 'captain is canonically male so all valks are bi' when as far as I can tell captain is canonically not fucking real as the only captain of the hyperion ever mentioned is Himeko.
Hmmm so I'd like to avoid being overly negative. I'll answer you, but watch your tone in the future.
Captainverse was a storyline that spanned a ton of events over multiple years. It concluded last year or so with one final fluffy event after all the drama. The Captainverse storyline isn't relevant to the main story of Hi3 but happens in the Sea of Quanta, so it would be "real" in that sense.
Bronie AKA Haxxor Bunny (has an expy in Honkai Star Rail named Silver Wolf, which you may be familiar with) appears briefly in the Moon Arc, and one of Misteln's Stigmata children seemed to hail from her world. There's also suspicious wish-granting devices in the sea that may or may not link back to Sa's shenanigans, but we don't have proof of that (plus those were written long before Sa was).
The main character of the Captainverse is an ex high-ranking Schicksal captain hailing from an alternate world to the Main Story's, referred to only as... "Captain". There's also another recurring person named "Ferryman" who turned out to be a hopeless version of Captain due to some time shenanigans. He has his own Hyperion, separate from the one in canon. I think his original backstory was being sent on some mission by Otto in the Sea? He was originally designed as a self-insert but later became his own character.
Captainverse has ship tease with some girls, but there's also plenty of girls who show zero romantic interest in the Captain, so you've been told a generalization. The main "ships" with the Captain are two Theresas who aren't actually called Theresa: the vampire Luna and the immortal tactician Kongming. Captain saved their lives at great cost to himself... the fireworks...
Many of these stories are quite well-told and may bring you to tears TuT
Oh, Captainverse actually has its fair share of sapphics. If you like that, it's a shame you never gave it a chance. For example, Kasumi (amnesiac Sakura with extra steps) and a Kallen from a different world found each other in Captainverse and seem well on their way to find the happy ending they never got in the main story due to things such as "dying". Kasumi's origin story event was also a direct result of Kallen being in love with Sakura...
@sacron1143 knows the most about actual Captainverse lore, so best to ask there if you're genuinely curious. Don't bother if you're gonna be a hater though. There's also this document but I'm not sure it's fully up to date.
I hope that gave you sufficient context! That said, I think you're better off just ignoring what the people you don't agree with do for fun. Clearly, neither of you are arguing in good faith to begin with.
ever since 266, I saw many people say that because megumi doesn't want to be a jujutsu sorcerer, that means his conclusion doesn't have to have anything to do with using his technique or completing his domain and that him just getting saved is fine, and that is his purpose in the story, and I completely disagree.
Megumi has always treated his technique as a curse in his life, one he had never wanted and one that had always hindered him. he viewed it as a crutch, a weakness, something that controls him rather than him controlling it as its user. it had dictated his life ever since his birth and subsequently forcing him into the gruel jujutsu world, with his father selling and abandoning him, the expectations placed on him by Gojo to surpass him because of his technique, along with now, Sukuna stealing his body, his autonomy, his agency, and his ability to make a choice along with killing his sister and hurting his friends just because of his technique. Him learning that instead of fearing his technique and treating it as something he'll never control or grasp and that its power is way beyond him, he does have the strength and newfound mindset to control it, be its master and be able to completely understand and interpret his technique would be a great way to conclude his character arc and his rocky relationship with his technique.
him completing his domain doesn't have anything to do with jujutsu sorcery. his domain is a representation of his sense of self, his self-identity, his character, so to speak. it being incomplete from the start was to show you that megumi hadn't grasped his sense of self yet, hasn't found an identity unique to himself outside of wanting to save his sister (and later, yuuji) and his complete disregard for his life in general. his incomplete domain is basically showing you his incomplete character. I just can't really fathom the domain not being completed especially after him being at the climax of his character arc. it's more than just a jujutsu thing for megumi's character, it represents him.
also, megumi's purpose this entire arc to just be saved is hardly a good conclusion to his character. his entire life, he'd been stripped of his autonomy, the power to choose, the power to control his life. that was what reggie's curse was: let fate toy with you, become a clown, then die. his conclusion should be him breaking AWAY from that curse, to stop fate from toying with him, and instead of just laying down and letting life kick him over and over, he stands up and finally kicks back, fights against the circumstances, saves himself, instead of doing nothing and just letting others save him. what would be the point, then? he'd be reduced to a literal plot device, whose entire role in the story is to let his body be taken over by sukuna for his technique, and he doesn't even save himself, he just lets others do the work for him. that would be a horrible conclusion. it wouldn't make his dream of wanting a peaceful life earned for me, not because megumi HAS to be useful or has to prove himself to deserve a simple life, but because he hasn't really changed. he's the same as he was before, letting life toy with him over and over and reduced to just the damsel in distress who constantly needs others to do the work for him.
I want him to fight back. I want him to save himself. I want him to put in the work to change his fate.
ok. falls to the floor. something interesting i find about this omake is that reigens reaction to terus living situation is pointedly Not shown. reigen finds out that teru has no one and spends entire months alone in his apartment and his first course of action is to try to set up positive relationships for this kid while acting casual about it so as to not trigger terus defenses. insane actually
