#superpowers au

[idunnohowtocommunicate]

Darry as a superhero (PLS SUGGEST SUPERHERO NAMES FOR HIM) also lmk if yall would like me to make the rest of the gang, and a reminder to pls ASK ME THINGS!!! I never get asks and it makes me sad :(

[ayowhatsgoinon]

I feel the inexplicable urge to write a PHM x Marvel crossover fic where Ryland is Peter's Science Teacher who was recruited by SHIELD mid school year to study the Astrophage that fell down to earth but gets Astrophage-like powers when the SHIELD Labs facility that he works in gets attacked by an external organization looking to steal research on Astrophage for weapons manufacturing purposes. The lab explodes just like in PHM but eitehr chemicals or modified astrophage itself splashes on Ryland and grants him powers that allow him to withstand the explosion.

He is discovered by that external organization and taken in to be experiemneted on and they induce amnesia in him but he manages to escape. The funky science whatever newly discovered electromagnetic sensitivity that Ryland possess causes the city to undergo funky electric power out or smth I dont know.

This is where Peter comes in and discovers his favorite science teacher in an abandoned apartment, confused and scared with his own newfound abilities and lack of memories.

I'm thinking that Ryland will have the powers to absorb heat energy and store it inside his body like Astrophage. This is what allows him to survive the explosion at the labs (he absorbed it or smth) and hes constantly accumulating energy from the sun or what. He can expel it rapidly , making it look he has fire or electric powers or smth. It also gives him super speed and whatnot. Do you get it. I feel like im not explaining this right.

I might want to sprinkle in some Coltland Gentry too where Eva goes to inform Colt that his brother was killed in a lab explosion (because they found no body) and Court finds out Ryland was killed via an associate who has ties to SHIELD. Maybe Court suspects that Ryland js still alive goes to look for him. I dont know.

Maybe that external organization will later on have connections to Simon too for Bloody Mary. Who knows. Certainly not me.

[hastalavistabyebye]

May I entice you with some fox/fives/echo on this May the Fourth ? :D

I listened to rain and thunder while writing it if you want to know.

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Every five years, there was a storm on Coruscant, as part of the weather control. It was more rain than thunder and hail and it only lasted a day or two, but it was also the occasion to collect the water, especially for the Lower levels.

The last one happened during the second year of the war. It wasn't planned. Rain fell like it never intended to stop, heavy and violent, whipping anyone bold enough to go out with the force of the wind. It lasted one week. Coruscant’s infrastructure wasn't made for that kind of weather, a lot of districts had to be sealed completely to avoid flooding them entirely. 

Thorn had to call Rex. It was the only solution he had left. Nothing that the Corries had tried had worked. He didn't really wait to do so either, he knew from the start that it was the only clever move. But he had hoped they would have found a way to calm it before the 501st arrived from their mission on Lola Sayu. He didn't beg, didn't plead. Thorn only told Rex to come back as soon as possible. It wasn't like the Captain was going to fight him on it after the mission he and his troops had gone through.

Thorn was there when Fives found Fox in the HQ. He saw how they clinged to each other, clumsily, as if they were missing a limb and didn't know yet how to move without it. He watched their grief as the rain finally subdued over Coruscant, letting place to wind during the following weeks, and finally to a more controlled weather. 

That was two years ago. 

Thorn flinched as thunder roared again, echoing against the skyscrapers like a scream. He hated hearing it. He hated knowing that it banged especially loudly when Fox was with the Chancellor. He hated hearing it knowing that he couldn't do anything about it. Thorn could only control electricity that was already there. He might be able to use the electricity of thunder, but he couldn't do anything about it happening. That was more Fox’s thing. 

But sometimes, it reassured him too, to hear it. Coruscant screaming Fox's pain was proof that pain was still felt, that he was still here. Thorn hated it, but it kept telling him that Fox was alive. 

The storm was the longest Coruscant had ever seen in hundreds and hundreds of years. With each passing day, Thorn worried more about Fox. They all did. But their Commander never said anything. He smiled at them, so tired and small it barely moved his lips, but he still tried to make it reach his eyes, for their sake. Thorn never had the courage to tell him he never succeeded. 

Rain never stopped falling on Coruscant, mixed with hail, mixed with wind. The weather screamed raw, incapable of stopping, while the Coruscanti tried to keep on with their lives. Then thunder roared, and Thorn flinched. 

Until Stone heard a whisper. It took them some days, but they managed to follow the whisper’s tracks. The lead turned into proof. Proof turned into a new comcall to Rex. 

“Thorn. What can I do for you ?”

“We found Echo. He’s alive.” 

“What ?!”

“Echo. He’s alive, but he’s held captive by the Separatists. You have to save and bring him back. I’m sending you the file, ask your most trustworthy slicer to decode it.”

“Hold on, Thorn. Are you sure about it ?”

He wanted it to be known that he did not swear at the Captain. Thorn didn't know why he was the one calling Rex every time because talking to him was always a struggle. 

“I’m sure. We’re sure. Our intel is beskar solid. It’s not a simple lead, Rex. He’s alive.”

“Fuck..” It was just a whisper on the line, but Thorn only had to see him run his hands over his face to understand everything he meant. 

“Rex, please, you have to bring him back.” 

The thunder echoed behind him, loud enough that he was sure it was heard across the com. Thorn closed his eyes and breathed, waiting for the roars to stop. When he opened them again, he knew he didn't look better than he had sounded, voice cracking with fear. 

“Ok… Okay, yeah. I’ll go. But wait, Thorn. What is happening on your side ? Didn’t Fox know about F—.” 

The look Thorn threw at him was deadly enough to stop him in his tracks. 

“You take care of Echo, and we deal with our own problems.” His voice was as warm and saccharine as a punch in the guts but it got the message perfectly across. 

Rex nodded, slow, a frown creasing his forehead. But he didn't say “take care” and “look after them”. Just like Thorn didn't say “good luck”, or worse “thank you”. He hung up. 

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When Rex rescued him, Echo had never been happier to see his Captain's face. It had never felt more like a dream either. What he didn't expect is the look of utter grief breaking Rex’s face when he entered the medbay, after Echo had been checked over and finally left to rest. Reality crashed onto him like the hardest wake-up call. 

“Where’s Fives.” He didn't ask, voice just shy of a slicing order and even closer to panic. Fives’ absence was simply wrong, too out of character. It had bothered him from the moment he saw his Captain's face.

The way Rex sighted was ever worse. Echo felt it like lead falling down his chest. But it didn't compare to the feeling that drowned Echo at the explanation that followed. Rex’s eyes were too compassionate when he looked at Echo, it nearly felt like pity. It burned on Echo's skin even as he tried to ignore it. 

“You said that Coruscant was under a storm since then ?”

“Yeah, that’s the part I don't really understand. When Thorn told me they were taking care of Fives, after…” Rex waved his hand around, like he didn't have the strength to put it into words again. “It looked like he had a plan and that it was much better and safer than whatever I could think of at the time. Hell, he told me to keep quiet about it when he sent me on your track. But the same thing is happening to Coruscant as it did after Lola Sayu, when we thought we lost you. Just worse, maybe. Didn't you tell Fox about Fives’ ability ?”

“We did. I’m pretty sure we did. He should know that Fives always come back to life after getting injured.” 

That was one of the things he hated the most about everything he learned. There was no way Fives wasn't alive, especially with the way Thorn confirmed it to Rex. And yet, Fox was reacting as if he didn't know, Coruscant expressing his pain for him, like it did with everything For couldn't say out loud.

“You don't have to go back to Coruscant if you don't want to.” Rex murmured, that compassionate look back in his eyes stronger than ever. 

“What ? Because Fox shot Fives ?” Rex flinched at his snarl, all teeth and anger. Echo backed down a little, he didn't want to fight Rex, didn't have the energy for it, but he wasn't going to let him insinuate that kind of things ever again. “Something is deeply wrong here. Fox wouldn't just do that without a strong reason, stronger than just orders or.. or a “dangerous behavior from a rogue clone”. If it had been any other trooper, maybe, but not to Fives. And he would especially not forget about Fives' regeneration skills. There’s something wrong, and I'm going to find what.”

That was why Thorn had sent Rex to find him after all. He needed someone who was both brilliant at strategy and who could calm Fox down, and that someone was Echo. 

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There will have a part 2 and maybe a part 3 depending how long the second one gets. Also it'll be on AO3, I just didn't want to post it yet in case I'll want to change and add a few things later on.

Edit : chapter 2 ->

[deityoftherain]

Even Ice Walls Fall Down Fanfic Memes

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

This is just a little collection of memes I made for @watcheraurora 's ranchers-centric superpowers au, particularly the third major installment, that you can find under the cut! Spoilers ahead! You have been warned!

If you haven't read the fic yet, I highly recommend it! It's so good!

[milkslegacy]

awtde kind of ate me sorry but I’m back to superpower-au-maxxing

he’s actually a Hero and better than the rest of us. So

I don’t know what kind of mask I like more because to be honest I never actually thought about his costume until I started drawing

Purpled’s mask

Domino (left)

lower face (right)

Voting ended onApr 13

Reasoning: The domino mask mainly hides his eye colour since violet eyes are uncommon and can give away his identity

The lower face mask is easier to draw

[avonne-writes]

Superpowers AU

I have a half-cooked superpowers au idea (X-men inspired), where all pilots in the 100th have some kind of metal or flying related superpower, the Air Force specifically selected them based on that. The Germans have their own similar unit.

But Gale has a second power, which he has been keeping a secret because of how his father raised him: telepathy. Gale’s father used to force him to help him cheat when he gambled, and it led to Gale overhearing some traumatizing thoughts and to complicated feelings about his own powers.

When the boys get to the stalag, they all receive a wristband or something that blocks the common powers the Germans are aware of, but it doesn’t work on Gale’s telepathy. He can still listen to everyone's thoughts, including John’s loud thoughts of relief, pain, grief and love.

Eventually, Gale will have to reveal his superpower to John, but I'm not sure yet in what context.

[kaiversustheworld]

ugh this fic doesn't have enough content to have a full plot!! but right now it's just a really really long one shot.

[kickcod]

Superpower AU - Reader is a normal medic who works with the 141 occasionally. They get kidnapped for information, and get tortured so badly when they wake up they now have powers! It had been about two hours since you first woke up in a hospital bed, and you could instantly tell something was wrong. Your body ached, your limbs were freezing, you felt unbearably cold. Apparently, that rare chance for a stressful situation to awaken dormant powers had actually happened to you. The other doctors tried to dumb it down to avoid stressing you out, but you knew damn well what had happened.

During the torture- a constant current flowing from each arm to each leg that caused excruciating cramping after just an hour- something had snapped within you. A sudden cold numbness that refused to leave, even after you passed out. Ice powers. Ice powers that your body was woefully unprepared for. Ice powers that you couldn't control, that sapped your strength just to put frost on everything within a two-foot radius.

Soap was the only one who could bear to stay in your room for longer than a few minutes. Everyone else had started to worry about frostbite before it'd been a half hour- but Johnny was a pyrokinetic. No matter how much you protested for the demolitionist to let you get your newfound abilities under control first, he refused to leave your side. It was really nice, actually. A strong yet gentle warmth that managed to break through what felt like a never-ending chill. As soon as you were discharged from the medbay mostly for constantly breaking the equipment, Soap insisted on dragging you into his room and laying on top of you until you felt less like a shell of a human.