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The "Echo" Chamber - Another Marvel/BH6 Character Discussion

So for those of you who may not be in the know, Echo is dropping on Disney+ today. Now, a lot of people have varying amounts of Marvel Fatigue and may not be interested in this series, but I will actually be super interested in how they handle the protagonist herself.

Because you see, I'm a big fan of Maya Lopez.

Not necessarily the MCU one...

But the comic one.

So here's a little backstory into the superhero known as Echo.

One of her defining characteristics (whether it's a good thing or not) is that she is one of the few deaf characters in Marvel comics. What she lacks in hearing she more than makes up for in her fighting abilities, as she has the same ability as Taskmaster: to replicate any movement or action perfectly while only seeing it once. With that, she's one of the best fighters in the entire Marvel universe.

Her father worked for Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, and after being in his employ for a long time, Fisk kills him. William makes him promise to take care of her daughter, which he does. After shooting him, Maya finds him, but not before leaving the trademark handprint of his blood on her face.

Fisk would take Maya in, sender her off to a gifted school, and trained her with her skills. He would later convince her that Matt Murdock (Daredevil) was the one who killed her father. After several issues in the 1999 run of Daredevil, secrets would be revealed, and Maya would blind Fisk by shooting out both of his eyes.

And you though my version of Kate was crazy.

After going on a personal quest to find herself, Maya would later get recruited into the New Avengers on the recommendation of Matt. She used the guise of Ronon (a former alias of Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye). Over the years, she played a central part in the New Avengers run and the events World War Hulk and Secret Invasion, being one of the first to discover that Jessica Drew was a Skrull.

Later, she moved to LA and went undercover before having to blow said cover to save Moon Knight. They teamed up together to take down the Kingpin of LA, but not before she was killed by Count Nefaria.

Of course, we know that being dead means literally nothing in the Marvel universe, and she shows up alive and well taking down another attempt of a villain taking over NYC.

For a while, Maya was out of action, not appearing in comics for almost five years.

And then?

Well.

And then entered the Phoenix.

"Enter The Phoenix" was a story arc in the 2018 Avengers run that saw heroes and villains alike in a "competition" to see who would wield the power of the Phoenix. I put that in quotes because it wasn't really much of a battle; the Avengers figured out there were other things going on.

But it didn't really matter in the end because guess who ended up with the power of the Phoenix?

Well it wouldn't be much of a Echo write-up if she didn't get it, now would it?

Alas, she wouldn't have the powers for long. After a less-than-well received mini-series (Echo: Phoenix Song), she helped the Avengers with the Multiversal Masters of Evil and the Council of Red. She used up the power to help heal the verses destroyed by the God Quarry.

And...that's kind of where we're at with her.

(Also, I know there were about twenty words and phrases that may not make any sense whatsoever, so you might want to take up the opportunity to read her comic before proceeding.)

Now I know what you're saying. "Jason, how on Earth are you going to make this about Big Hero 6? We already know you didn't think of her when you wrote that blog post about other potential team members you were thinking about."

...True.

But Riri, Nadia, America, Alison, and Cindy were not the only people that were considered.

They were just the only ones who got logos.

A Cheyenne deaf teenage girl with super memory powers and an ability to kick your butt sixty ways to San Fransokyo? Not to mention a (varying level of) permanent handprint on her face? You bet your patootie that she was on that list.

The problem, as many of the previous people were, was a way to integrate them into the mythos. Her main adversaries (Daredevil and Kingpin) are nowhere to be seen. Fisk is a NY guy too; unless he finds his way to SF for some reason, he wouldn't fit that well.

You'd have to find some other way to get her in. Who do we know that is a superb fighter that can also swordplay.

They also would probably be equally ruthless and not afraid of having to do what it take to achieve their goal.

...Oh.

Oh dear.

How about the daughter of a kingpin?

(Marvel's Echo airs all five episodes tonight on Disney+.)

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #big hero 6 fanfiction #maya lopez #echo #marvel's echo #momakase #kingpin #matt murdock #daredevil #marvel comics #marvel cinematic universe #see the joke is that momakase is lady deathstrike #her dad scarred his face too #symbolism!

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Last night was Night 1 of the Second Annual Children's & Family Emmys, and I already have my favorite post from the night.

Ben Juwono, former member of the BH6 team and current Supervising Director and co-producer of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, shows one of the three Emmys that the show won for the night (Outstanding Voice Directing, Outstanding Main Title, and Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series).

Speaking of BH6 alum, Baymax! won two Emmys, Outstanding Editing and (shown above) Outstanding Writing for an Animated Program.

The full list of winners for the first night can be found here.

Big congrats to all of the nominees and winners! Both Baymax! and MG&DD are up for more awards tonight, including Outstanding Animated Series, so best of luck to them tonight!

#baymax! #moon girl and devil dinosaur #big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #children's emmys #awards season #achievements #i died dead

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I'm looking for a specific Go Go picture.

But it's not from the show.

I remember a long time ago that someone had posted an action figure of Go Go and the discs that were on her arms and legs were used to make wings on the figure's back.

Does anyone remember this? And would anyone happen to have a picture of that? Because when I looked up Go Go and BH6 and wings on Google I just get chicken wing recipes for some reason.

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #go go tomago #big hero 6 action figure #i need it for something

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Hey, remember ions ago when we thought that the screenshot of Go Go on her bike was the worst one when it came to her...proportions?

I found a worse one.

"But Jason, why were you looking through screenshots of Go Go?"

Because shut up, that's why.

(Seriously, I'm doing it for some art I'm doing but I found this and I had to laugh about it and post it.)

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #go go tomago #food fight #assets #big hero 6 fanart

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At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if it got cancelled. If only we knew what sales numbers were...

Now looking back, I'm sick and tired of how BH6 stuff gets cancelled all. The. Damn. Time.

Why must this always happen to us?!

#big hero 6 the series #big hero 6 #bh6 #big hero 6 manga #sales numbers

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*spoilers for quite a bit of the movie, obviously*

Oh, look what dropped this morning. The trailer for Madame Web.

I still have a few misgivings about Dakota Johnson playing Cassandra Webb, but the trailer seems decent enough. I'm more excited, however, about the other Spiders.

From top to bottom, we have Sydney Sweeney as Julia Carpenter, Celeste O’Connor as Mattie Franklin, and Isabela Merced as motherflippin' Anya Corazon.

Merced's role has been previously unknown, but was confirmed via news sources as the trailer went up. We only get a flash of the costume, and since Carpenter's and Corazon's costumes were very similar in the comics...

It looks like they'll be going with Anya's original goggles look (or at least partly). They could still keep the same costume, which brings up my next point.

Currently in the comics, Cassandra Webb is not Madame Web. That title belongs to Julia Carpenter. Webb died in one of the Prowler mini-seres, and Carpenter took her place as the new Madame Web. So is that going to happen here? Is Ezekiel Sims (played by Tahar Rahim from the excellent series The Serpent) going to kill her? Is she going to foresee her own death by his hands?

All good questions. Guess we'll have to see in February.

#madame web #spider-verse #spider-man #anya corazon #mattie franklin #julia carpenter #cassandra webb #sony spiderman #movie trailer #Youtube

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"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

---Mark Twain

------Arctimon, at some point

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #big hero 6 fanfiction #just getting through it all #still working #still chugging along #let's get to it

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I'm pretty much finished with the most intricate BH6 drawing that I think I've ever done.

And it's a shame I can't show it.

Yet.

...Wings are hard.

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #big hero 6 fanart #big hero 6 fanfiction #hiro hamada #go go tomago #honey lemon #wasabi #fredzilla #baymax #karmi #artifact #who is he referring to?

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my 14 yr old superhero japanese kids who are nerds about robots

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Their names are never told, AFAIK, in any of the Disney!BH6 media.  The joke goes far enough to where Honey Lemon even has her nickname on her school ID (something that would never fly in an actual institute, but I digress.)

The only real hint that anyone ever gave was when Jamie Chung (the voice actor for Go Go) jokingly said that Go Go’s first name is probably something embarrassing like “Ethel” and people ran with that.

Their comic names are Aiko Miyazaki (Honey Lemon was a codename), Leiko Tanaka (Go Go Tomago was the name of her exosuit), and Wasabi No Ginger (actual real name unknown).  I know most people at least give Go Go the Leiko name even though it’s Japanese and not Korean, but since both HL and Wasabi had their races changed, people just give them whatever names they want.

Does anyone know what Gogo, Honey Lemon and Wasabi's real names are? In the movie Hiro is surprised by their names and Tadashi says that Fred is the one who thinks of the nicknames, so then, what are their actual names?

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #big hero 6 fandom #go go tomago #leiko tanaka #honey lemon #aiko miyazaki #wasabi no ginger #wasabi #codenames #nicknames #fredzilla

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More of these rascals, please!

Chu! 😘

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #go go tomago #fredzilla #go go fred #big hero 6 fan art

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Finally, someone had the wherewithall to give Kamala a Hellfire Gala outfit. (Design is done by Mashal Ahmed, for those wondering.)

#hellfire gala #marvel comics #ms. marvel #kamala khan #they didn't forget the bangle this time #all dressed up #xmen

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The only Barbie vs. Oppenheimer that I’m itching to see.

(Don’t mind the brain; I don’t know what she’s doing with that.)

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #honey lemon #oppenheimer #barbie #pretend it's a nuke or something #go to the movies #brain surgeon

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No matter who makes more money this weekend between Barbie and Oppenheimer, just remember that the physicist already beat Thanos in an Epic Rap Battle of History, so who's really the winner here? (NOTE: Strong language in the video, so you've been warned.)

#epic rap battles of history #oppenheimer #barbie #thanos #mcu #erb #oh snap #Youtube

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I never imagined “Tadashi” and “mad hoes” would be in the same post, but I guess there’s a first time for anything.  XD

they all lived and then tadashi got mad hoes amen

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #tadashi hamada #I lived #big hero 6 memes

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Wait until they find these.

Fred: The best part of an oreo is the black cookie part and not the frosting part

Fred: Deal with it

Wasabi: Darkness without light is an abyss. Light without darkness is blinding

Wasabi: You cannot have a coin with one side.

Hiro: Yo Socrates it’s a fucking cookie

#big hero 6 #big hero 6 the series #oreos #hiro hamada #incorrect quotes #wasabi #fredzilla #it's a freaking cookie