the world does not need another silly one shot from me about the Venom Symbiote's time in captivity with the Fantastic Four but if I'm going to fixate on one page in one comic by god I'm going to do something with that
I just think it would be sweet if in Reed Richards' desperate attempts to communicate with the Symbiote he tried to like, teach it Morse code, and he asks it, "do you have a name? is there something you were called, some designation you were given? something unique to you?"
And the symbiote taps back after a long moment the closest thing to a human translation of the only thing it can think might fit what Reed is referring to: "DEATH"
And Reed is all at once filled with a kind of overwhelming sadness, because what kind of life has this alien lived that it was called only "Death" by those it encountered? What kind of symbiosis had it experienced, if any at all?
But then he manages to collect himself, and he tells his guest that well, we'll just have to come up with a better designation than that, won't we? He probably tells it about how Sue, his own partner, is the one who gave him the name the world knows him by, "Mister Fantastic", and that he hopes the symbiote, too, can find a name it can be proud of.
Everyone needs a name, after all.
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Kamen Rider Chaleon Mirage
Eyy, it me! Again! Yeah, as promised, I'm here to share the newest, raddest Chaleon form with you, my millions trillions gorrillions of adoring fans! 😎 Jokes aside, I hope you enjoy!
Starting off strong, this is Chaleon Mirage Active State. This is Chaleon Mirage's primary, most-used form, and becomes usable once Chaleon has at least 10DP. Like Chaleon Vortex, Chaleon Mirage is best suited to aerial combat. though unlike Chaleon Vortex, this form is much more focused on defense. This doesn't mean Chaleon Mirage lacks any offensive capabilities, however, as demonstrated by its main attack, the Visor Beam, a powerful, triangular beam of solar energy released from the suit's three "eyes" capable of inflicting painful burns and even causing weaker enemies to outright combust on contact.
Upon collecting 25DP, Chaleon Mirage transforms into Combat State and gains access to the Third Eye ability, allowing him to detect camouflaged opponents and scan his surroundings for hidden blocks, passageways, and other typically undetectable items of interest. Like Chaleon Splax's Ghoul Form, Combat State uses any Diamonds collected during battle to power the suit. Unlike Splax Ghoul Form, however, the suit's energy is monitored and adjusted by the Chaleon Driver to be as efficient as possible and consistently remain at or above 25DP, unless absolutely necessary.
Upon reaching 50DP, Chaleon Mirage is able to use the Omega Blast finisher, a devastating energy beam similar to the Visor Beam but much more powerful. When activated, Chaleon Mirage temporarily enters Final State (pictured above) as all of the suit's remaining DP is drawn into the various Energy Storage Modules and redirected to the visor to be released as a single blast of energy.
Upon using the Omega Blast or running out of DP, Chaleon Mirage enters Depleted State. This form, unlike Chaleon Mirage's other forms, is not suitable for combat, as it lacks any offensive capabilities, excluding those already available to its operator. As this form is only usable with <10DP, it lacks any special abilities, as well as the ability to fly through propulsion. It is, however able to glide using the wings on its back. Upon gaining at least 10DP, Chaleon Mirage will automatically return to Active State.
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Okay, cool. That's the story portion of the post done, now for the IRL bits.
First, the basis for Mirage was, of course, a powerup from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game, Kid Chameleon, or Chameleon Kid if you're in Japan. Specifically, this form was based off of the Eyeclops powerup, pictured here:
One thing you'll probably notice is that Eyeclops has a gun of some sort, whereas Mirage doesn't. That was intentional, though I can't remember why exactly I did it.
I also took inspiration from this old British spacesuit design, though I slimmed it down and modernized it so much that it's probably not even recognizable as having influenced the design at all:
And lastly, I noticed Eyeclops had a bit of a Riderman thing going on with the exposed mouth and all, so I took inspiration from the SIC Riderman and gave Mirage a similar mouthplate.
And that's about it! Thanks for reading all the way through this mess of a post. I got tired about halfway through and just kinda wanted to be done with this post so I'm sorry if it got hard to understand. Questions, comments, etc. welcome as always, you know the drill. Next form might take a bit to design, especially because I only just realized the next form was supposed to be the second flying form and not this one. Whoops. Whatever, I'll think of something, hopefully. Later!
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It kills me how many fucking bullies are on this site who can't even see that's what they are because they're being dicks to 'the bad guys.' (Who are, nine times out of ten, just people with a counter opinion they're not even being rude about.)
None of y'all know the difference between a fight and a discussion and you actively discourage people from wanting to discuss at all by being bullies who're more interested in being mad and 'winning' the 'fight.'
Most people learn through discussion. Discussion is healthy. Someone asking questions isn't always on a podium enforcing their worldview, usually they're just a person with a counter thought who'd be interested to hear pushback if you just fucking spoke like a person without their own goddamned agenda and an insecurity and anger streak a mile wide.
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