Random thought, Fox is better as a mercenary than James in every way. It is just that James has far better social skills and far more charisma than Fox can even dream of xD
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not even in the sense that Fox is socially awkward, he just lacks decorum and formality when speaking to anyone
Jumping pretty far ahead, this is my fankid for Bill, his son, Will. I'm talking about him now because he came up in a couple other posts. Now, his backstory varies pretty heavily between my Star Fox but with OCs AU and James Lives AU, so this may get a bit vague, so bear with me, please.
Star Fox but with OCs, he's the result of a one night stand between Bill and his Mother, who was never in his life. He's a maned wolf, realized that might not be obvious. I saw someone headcanon that Bill becomes the next General of Corneria after Peppy, might've been Lylat-Writer on here, but I don't remember exactly, point is, I went with that.
Bill really did try to be a present Father, it's just Will got a bit of his Mom's solitary nature, so even when interacting with others, he didn't feel like he felt in. He did look up to Krystal and Lucy a lot, Slippy too. There weren't that many problems with Bill and Will's relationship until Will got older, mostly because he was having a grand old time in the Cornerian flight academy, socially and otherwise.
Will does like to fly, there is a passion there, the problem is he's tall, kind of ridiculously tall by most standards(6'8-7"), so he didn't fit in most cockpits, and he was really feeling like he was just stuck in Bill's shadow, however untrue that was. So with all the known common sense a freshly 18 year old has, Will dropped out of the academy just before graduation and struck out on his own in solo mercenary work. Which then eventually brought him to the next generation crew of Star Wolf, having enough guts to snipe a job from right out from under them, he was recruited by Wolf's son, and brought on as their fourth flyer, and is somehow second most personable on the team.
This where one of the major changes for Will comes in depending on the AU, in Star Fox but with OCs, Will only meets Andrew now, who is now acting as the mentor of new Star Wolf, similar to how Falco takes up the mentor spot for new Star Fox. Andrew I also headcanon as freakishly tall, around 6'6, so he was used to having to build stuff custom to accommodate his height, doing that for Will wasn't very difficult. Joining Star Wolf did upset his family, it got to Bill pretty bad because of how worried he was, but that all didn't get resolved til the Angular Blitz.
This is when I mention that I'm actually pushing Star Fox Command waaaaay down the line to allow for a threat for new Star Fox and Star Wolf to handle, that and I take the hammer and fix canon. I do need to buckle down and actually figure out what Command's story *is* so I can start messing with it. Did get Bill and Will talking again, because the Angulars were attacking Bill's command ship during a fight that Star Wolf interrupted, and Will broke formation in order to go help, the rest of Star Wolf going with him(some more begrudgingly than others).
After the Angular Blitz, I can't really decide if Will stays with Star Wolf or not, but he does mend things with Star Fox, and his Dad, after a very long talk, and the agreement of family therapy with Bill. The dog tags Will wears are an old set of Bill's, he's been wearing them since he was a kid.
This is for James Lives AU, probably the only time I'll specify because for everyone else, their backstories stay roughly the same. In this AU, Bill and Andrew kind of raised Will as co-parents, I'm still working on the how, but the baby was acquired together, somehow, that's the important part. But Will did still live with Bill primarily, Andrew came out when he could, it was just hard, once Will was older he did go to Sargasso for maybe a month during the summer, and that's how he met the rest of new Star Wolf, plus OG Star Wolf.
Will still had a rough time in the flight academy, and when he left, he went straight to Sargasso and asked if he could stay with Andrew for awhile, and Andrew couldn't say no, kid looked like he was two seconds away from a mental breakdown, just once Will calmed down enough there was maybe a inconspicuous wall of text sent to Bill. Will also still flew with Star Wolf during the Blitz, just now.
Sorry for the rambling nature of this, I have everything all mapped out in my head for the most part outside of Will, it's just really hard to put it into words.
Hi, I'm a new follower. I was wondering, what would the relationship between Andrew and Andross be like as nephew and uncle in your version of Star Fox? And could you draw a young Andross as a scientist?
Somewhat distant, I don't think Andrew's even personally spoken to Andross. But Andross does make sure he's employed and alive because that's his sister's son
I'll prolly draw scientist Andross when I get to the next arc
Definitely not bad, insert my obligatory "Andrew needs to become a better person and not go down the path Andross sent him down" shitck here. But I see Slippy as a very forgiving person, if Andrew showed that he really had changed, and wanted to continue to be better, I think there may be room for something there. They're both very tech smart, and are the same age, probably both just giant nerds in general, so I could see something happening.
Andrew fell first though, that's my bet. He was pretty pissed about it too. Not sure if/when Slippy would've, probably any point after the Lylat Wars, he would at least be huffy about it, really questioning his sanity. Gets a point for the height difference, because I imagine Andrew as almost freakishly tall, straight up beanpole, tallest on Star Wolf, beats out Panther(who I also think is fairly tall, but a bit more muscular). Slippy is short, no matter how you put it, and I find tall x short to be cute, sue me.
I can imagine this instance where it's Slippy and Andrew working well into the night on a thing, and they've long since gotten distracted talking, when they've sat down and slowly start to hold hands, Andrew says something like "Your alright, Toad." And Slippy says "Not that bad yourself, Andy.". And that's when things really get started.
So, not too shabby, I'll give it a 6.5/10 for the hell of it. I'm personally a but biased towards Amanda/Slippy, but I'm just a fan of Amanda, and I can't quite figure out when Andrew and Slippy would have enough time to talk without trying to kill each other for anything to develop besides a small, angry crush on Andrew's end.
"Hey guys, Fox here. Unfortunately because Tumblr is being weird and not letting me answer asks (hence why some of them are screenshotted), I will have to temporarily shut asks off until I figure out the root of the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience."