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thefourchimes · 11 days
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Can you tell me more about the Four Chimes AU?
What paths did you originally have planned for Robin? I wanna see how close my own ideas are lol :D :D :D
And tell us more about the Chimes themselves please? Like what are they like? What kind of abilities do they have? I may need some ideas for a fight scene... hehe
so. four chimes au my beloved. the reason why my url name is the way it is, even when im an encanto centered blog AHSFUIAHSF but yeah, here we go then! also, finn mentioned you can send him asks too, he would love to answer you about this as well yeye
anywho, lore dump time! made with a tag team between me and finn
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Can you tell me more about the Four Chimes AU?
the four chimes verse is essentially an amalgamation of my want—need—for badass max, max angst, elumax angst, just general party and co angst, apocalypse four shenanigans, several unexplored character interactions and dynamics, the four horsemen of the apocalypse concept, and everything else that comes with this plus things i wasnt able to mention its very self indulgent ngl
but yes, it's about the apocalypse four (max, patrick, fred, and chrissy) and how they get turned into the upside down four horsemen of the apocalypse aka the four chimes of catastrophe by vecna, and they become his way of furthering chaos and destruction in hawkins, while also using them to get rid of his thorns aka the party and co
nobody's having a fun time lol
i've already got a lot of it planned out, i just need to write it lmao asufhaishdf
its funny because this all started when finn sent an ask to his friend about how the four victims of vecna are paralleled to the four horsemen of the apocalypse
on top of me already thinking about this, i saw the ask and pretty much ran with it
also, here's a bonus just for you! the following are the arc names of the og four chimes au (and technically still the general arc names regardless of the sub aus, tho ofc with some differences here and there):
pre-shattering
during catastrophe - the four chimes
during catastrophe - contact to familiarity
during catastrophe - jailbreak
during catastrophe - void dark
during catastrophe - escape the dark
during catastrophe - resonance
during catastrophe - the end
post-apocalypse
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What paths did you originally have planned for Robin? I wanna see how close my own ideas are lol :D :D :D
so robin is very feral yes AHSIFUHASf
im pretty sure i explained it a bit before but robin got hit by an arrow that was meant for nancy in the ciquest au, and because of nancy, she's able to find the will to fight back against the infection instead of succumbing to it, making it her own
One and the chimes sees how she's evolving and don't like it, so lence's suggestion of getting nancy takes priority, and so it happens
nance becomes quest and now the battle is on
robin is obviously devastated and the gang is slightly in shambles because of how much nancy brings to the table, and now she's gone—no, worse, she's being used for the other side
so robin steps up to the plate in multiple ways, trying her best to fill the void nancy was forced to leave behind
the burden on her is so heavy considering she got a power she technically never expected to have nor wanted, but now it's on her to make the most use of it
she usually questions why it was her who was in this situation and literally not anybody else who she thinks could definitely do better
lots of questions and wondering for her
now, unlike with renegade, she doesn't lose herself technically, but she gets close, like a lot
though should i mention that there was a little kidnapping that happened? the person who was kidnapped in question being someone who is very important to robin and may have caused a some strain and conflict for her and the chimes?
yeah, the chimes kidnapped steve to lure robin to them so that they can take her down
it was conquest's idea :)
robin was very much not happy about that btw
lots of things happen and as said, robin was very much close to losing it so many times but she doesn't for a couple of reasons
renegade is a completely new take and direction of ciquest and just four chimes in general, and im so interested in seeing where it goes, so very interested <333
i feel like im not able to tell robin's full story here, both because we want to keep some things hidden and also because my brain is kinda not working rn AHSFUHASF mb on that one
but yeah, that's generally it, tho if you got more questions, feel free to send an ask to either me or finn, and if we remember something in particular, we'll make sure to mention it
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And tell us more about the Chimes themselves please? Like what are they like? What kind of abilities do they have? I may need some ideas for a fight scene… hehe
here's the longest part because...lore dump yes
the chimes our beloveds <33
so the chimes. in our 68600 messages (as of the moment) of a four chimes dump, we've built up the characters and personalities of the chimes, and somewhere in this thread is the scattered information on them
now, i unfortunately dont have the time and patience to go through the thread to find all of the little information, but we'll do our best to give a good rundown of their characters
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here you go with the characters and personalities first:
famine
wields throwing knives
very loyal to One (meaning he gaslit her so much for that loyalty to come to be, a consequence of being his first chime)
wants to be the leader because she thinks (and is gaslit to think) that she deserves it (One really likes to cause discord between his chimes)
having no prior connection to the main gang—or thorns as they call the gang—besides eddie who is dead and a spectre here, so she's the one who has the least moments of "remembering their past life" before
is very brutal and ruthless and likely the one the gang got the most injuries from in a general sense
death
wields a large scythe
my secret blorb
most likely to actually defy One, and fun fact, he has an au called the runaway au where he, a chime in the middle of the battle between the upside down and right side up, got to run and escape from One before certain things happened, which then causes a chain reaction in this au ofc
he's a coward, and this plays a lot into his actions and interactions
technically had a connection with nancy in the gang, but with conquest here, it gets harder for him to connect, but robin actually steps up to the plate here
war
wields a sword
is the most balanced out of everyone when looking at his loyalty and his defiance to One, in the middle of the pack in that sense
his past life of abuse shows up a lot when it comes to One, so he tends to throw others under the bus to not get caught in the crossfire (not that he wants to do this, but he also doesnt want to gain One's ire)
just generally very chill, the most chill out of every one here
is the medic of the team because of how he's the personification of war
has a connection with lucas in the gang, so that's something that gets him to "remember" some stuff in a way
pestilence
wields bow and arrows
finn and mine's blorb
leader in og, former leader in ciquest/conquest
if you can only see the rambles we have on her…it will take days to get through
will take the bullet for the other chimes when it comes to One's ire
vec has a tighter hold on her because she's max
literally connected with everyone, will have a lot of moments where she feels familiarity (and will subsequently get punished for it later)
second most gaslit by One in a way, which is big oof
conquest
wields a sawed-off shotgun
the leader in ciquest/conquest aus
very protective of all the chimes and especially lence
vec also has tighter hold on her because she's nancy
last one to fall, was suggested by lence to be taken
more aware of things than the other chimes, but still completely controlled by One
same case as lence, but even more so considering she's been there since the start of it all (does her best to take most of lence's punishments as her own when One goes after them)
gets very hyperfocused with robin (vaguely aware the thorn makes her weak in some sense but quest doesn't care), but is frustrated she cant hurt her too much because lence will get hurt too (and maybe another reason deep down, but she doesnt acknowledge it)
all of them
they're all dog coded
One can summon them/call them whenever and its shown through the shivering cold in their necks, like what happens with will
One wants them to be just the way he wants them, meaning the way they died and got transformed into chimes must be how they are no matter what (this includes clothes, hair, weapons, and everything in general)
the only new addition he accepts them to have are new scars :')
the chimes have such a complicated relationship, but at the end of the day, post-vec, they love each other
note for them individually: there's a lot more that i want to add but my brain is blanking a little and i am probably forgetting some things, but here are some of the important things to note (remember this is incomplete to everything we wanna add ASFHUIASFh)
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some relationship notes (by pairs, groups are another story)
min clashes with death when it comes to lence, but otherwise are fine with each other, neutral in general but are connected as the first two chimes of One
min and war are not quite friends, more distant than friends but closer than allies… (very interesting when you note how they were in their Before)
has a very one-sided antagonistic rivalry with lence, especially when it comes to the leadership position (this changes a bit when quest is in play as she's the leader, but there's still the rivalry with lence despite not being leader in ciquest/conquest), will be very callous in a way with her, but they actually work well together, especially as the similar twin concepts of famine and pestilence
quest is able to take min's bitterness mostly in a stride and keeps her in check from being too antagonistic when it comes to leadership roles and just generally (helps because quest understands them in a way, though she doesnt understand why she does)
death and war are more or less chill with each other, most cordial relationship out of every single chime relationship and the least tension filled, just vibing so real (though war knows death is a coward and death knows that war knows it)
death and lence are surprisingly close, only second to quest for lence (and death too technically, which is inspired by their Before), this relationship is due to the fact that in canon, max got to see and technically interact with chrissy, patrick, and nancy, but never with fred, so we saw it and ran with it and now they're close here
death and quest are more or less okay with each other, and their Before helped them understand each other better, unlike the other chimes' Before affecting their relationships in another way
war and lence are complicated, since war throws lence under the bus the most (especially in og) to avoid One's ire, and lence understands why, because of her own Before (and it doesnt help that she takes bullets for the other chimes), but they're both fine more or less
war and quest are similar to min and lence with the similar concepts, war and conquest, fire and lava, war follows quest to the T (just like he does with lence in og but more so here with quest), and they work well together because of their similar concepts
lence and quest are the closest out of everyone, helped by their Before and their instincts with each other, confides with each other a lot and are just helping each other no matter what, tho ofc this comes with the consequence of One seeing this "weakness" of theirs and using this bond between them to punish them when he sees fit
although here's a note about this too: finn said "honestly tho their relationships r So complicated its hard to capture in a few sentences", and i agree, what you just read is just some general thoughts on their relationships, but god is there so much more to them all, and if we want to really show you the relationships in full, we would have to ramble it all out ASHUFIUASHF but yeah
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here you go with their abilities:
famine
knife throwing, very fast and precise
the fastest of the chimes
can cripple the energy and power of a person
takes down the food supply and wilts crops
can take the energy and vitality of a being and/or object
death
scythe proficiency
is the slowest of the chimes
everything related to death
teleportation through the shadows
summon bone beings
forming shadow tendrils kinda
exudes the ambiance of the end of life, striking a deep sense of fear
war
fireeeee
flame sword, very proficient with swords
second fastest of the chimes
use the molotovs and flamethrowers against the gang because fire for real
hot skin, literally
can cause a sense of crisis and rage in those near
lence
causes sickness (through arrows) and disorientation of people (through aura exuded)
poison arrows
has a balisong (one she had as max—this is an hc we have) and uses it as an extra weapon
second slowest of the chimes
infect people to insanity or to do her bidding
also wilts flowers and plants in general
aura vision (she's blind because of her interrupted transformation due to el but she can see the sort of "auras" of beings, especially the upside down ones)
quest
gun proficient (obviously)
very precise shots
her gun can either fire in a scattered way like a shotgun or only one bullet at a time, it depends on quest herself
lava (we were thinking mix of fire and earth for conquest, hence lava)
also hot skin, literally
in the middle of the fast and slow spectrum
can summon different types of guns, smaller guns takes less energy for her actually, but One doesn't like that so she doesn't do it much, if at all
all
sort of intangibility (only works when they're full on chime mindset, if their anchor selves start waking up and breaching the surface, they become vulnerable and the intangibility doesnt work)
connected to One's power
summoning their weapons
connected to their hounds (their horses)
faster healing
technically immortality (as long as One is around)
and bonus!
robin
connected to lence, draws power from her
trying to infect her even more causes robin to grow stronger and lence to grow weaker (this is important to note heheheh)
means she's a bit more feral though (she gets close to losing herself but doesnt fully)
becomes more durable and stronger and the best at dealing with the chimes in the long run
also faster healing
another note: i am very sure i forgot some things so yeah, assume this list is incomplete AHSFIUHASF but thats what we can remember off the top of our heads
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anywho, yeah! that's pretty much a lore dump and a half, except i also know its not complete and there's still so much more we want to say but are unable to mention it for several reasons
but maybe those are asks for another day (wink wink, go check out @lumaxramblings' askbox too yesyes)
thank you for the ask! and i hope this helped with the renegade au yesyes <33
see ya around
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nadia-zahra · 2 years
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So wtf was that “four chimes” shit about… seriously what does four chimes even mean
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theladyjojogrant · 5 months
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Okay but the doubly great thing about the “Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without plum pudding” reference is that these audios come before Chimes, yes? And the story is centred around a man seeing echoes of an event that hasn’t happened yet.
The reference is more than a joke; it’s Charley sensing an echo of what’s coming, and therefore, it’s perfectly plausible that she’d say the quote and have no idea why.
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renegade-diamonds · 23 days
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New fanfiction for the Ronance fandom's enjoyment! This is heavily inspired by @thefourchimes and @lumaxramblings amazing AU, so please go read their stuff when you have a chance!
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piningintrovert · 2 years
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To those bothered by Payu's visible blue satin boxers — that kind of underwear is designed for easy access and Rain was very eager. His main focus was the racing suit so whether the boxers were on or off, nothing would've stopped baby boy from riding Payu into oblivion.
If you still need assistance getting over the visual interruption, take a look at the trail of discarded clothing leading up to the bed before their postcoital cuddles and conversation — only Rain's briefs are visible.
Hope this helps lol
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lighthouseas · 9 months
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will s5 run boy run edit. you see the vision. you see it. i know you do
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Limp Bizkit: Nu Metal band or...
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✨💈Barbershop Quartet?💈✨
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new-lorien-artist · 4 months
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Went to look for the Elders names out of curiosity and it seems Loridas and Setrákus Ra don't have any noticeable origins to trace from, while Pittacus is taken from the Greek general and historic figure Pittacus of Mytilene, which is pointed out in Power of Six a few times:
Chapter 12
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And the real life Pittacus figure was recorded to be one of the Seven Sages of Greece, where the wikis got the possible names for some of the other Elders based on these figures (Bias, Solon, Thales, Periander)
Though I think Pittacus Lore is supposedly the only Elder whose name was derived from a past figure (and a Greek one at that) as opposed to Loridas and Setrákus Ra, so finding the names for the other Elders is to just make one up and, if desired, base it off what we have so far: phonetic names with three syllables and ending with an -s (assuming Lore and Ra were add-ons given to denote importance of the two Elder characters in the story based on how much they stand out, and with Lore it makes sense as a title of the most powerful Elder wielding 74 Legacies but Ra within the council I'm not sure)
I'm not sure how strongly older Lorien* is tied with cultural influences to Ancient Greece, seeing the lore of the story with Henri saying some of the Greek gods were half-Loric, the title Pittacus in relation to the Mytilene general, the use of tunics as a uniform dictating Cêpan jobs and categories (and a known article of clothing in ancient Mediterranean), but its a strong starting point for just figuring stuff out
*the Elders' names are titles from way back and we don't know how far Lorien had developed culturally or linguistically since then, seeing the names of the Cêpans and Last Days of Lorien characters differ greatly, additionally noted on Reddit
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sundropglass · 6 months
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I am with R 💛
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snowangeldotmp3 · 11 months
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and now it’s time to rewatch the entirety of stranger things completely through a religious/mythological lens. gonna take notes and see what connections we can make.
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thefourchimes · 8 months
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Talking more about The Four Chimes AU because yes
so there’s been an interesting surge of apocalypse four (though most people call them vecna four) content recently, which i am very much thrilled to see
in line with that, i’m gonna share a bit more on the au that has been built from the ground up ever since last year, having definite arcs and various aus and sub aus of it already
the four chimes au
this universe has been mine and @lumaxramblings 's blood, sweat, and tears for the past year, ever since July 14
i've made a few posts about it, and shared some snippets on it in some wip weds and weekends, but i never fully explained the universe beyond the little bubble of the discord thread in the discord server im in
so let me explain now. we know this already but the apocalypse four are vecna's four sacrifices to make the four gates, but in this au, they're not just the four sacrifices. they're the four chimes too.
you see, vecna had a vision. he had remembered the story of the four horsemen of the apocalypse from a time victor creel had brought him and alice to the Church to listen
the four horsemen of the apocalypse, he had mused...and inspiration struck him.
he had a vision, and he saw it through.
and he got them all. he won.
and now he has his four horsemen of the apocalypse, or in this universe rather...his four chimes of catastrophe.
you all know who they are, but the question is, who is who? well, as @lumaxramblings has said in that fateful ask that started this whole universe in the first place, it would be:
chrissy = famine
fred = death
patrick = war
max = pestilence
as for the reason, canon itself gives some details and evidence to point out who would be who. (tw ed mention on chrissy's part)
chrissy is famine because of her eating disorder and her "hunger" to be free in a sense. fred is death because of his survivor's guilt and all the constant grave and death visuals. patrick is war because of his home life and how he's always in constant conflict. and finally, max is pestilence because of her thought process on being something that plagues others...and vecna!lucas' "you are sick."
there's quite a few more points that can be brought up, along with how some of the canon scenes actually fuel this universe, but i'll talk about that another time
so now, vecna's sacrifices are no longer who they were before everything.
now, they are his soldiers, his little experiments, his four chimes of catastrophe.
and just as they had been broken, they will now be the ones to break the world.
...
(but then...you remember, the apocalypse 4 weren't the only ones who got caught in vecna's curse and vision.
you know who else did?
nancy wheeler.
and in the four horsemen of the apocalypse lore, wasn't there something going on with the white rider of the horsemen? the fact that...there's a bit of confusion on whether the white rider is pestilence...or conquest?
...in another universe, nancy is conquest, the fifth chime of catastrophe.
an incomplete chime.
...but maybe that's a story for another day...)
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i actually had started the fic of this already, but it's been a few months since i've updated it, oof :")
anyway, that's a bit of an explanation on the four chimes au.
it kind of becomes a s5 alternate universe in a sense? finnthony and i already have an idea on what happens all throughout the main story, complete with arcs already lmao (and that's not even talking about the sub-aus, like the conquest au...)
its lots of angst though, lemme tell you
i dont want to reveal too much but there is a lot of platonic and romantic dynamics here
platonic being the party's friendship (heh), the teens' friendship, best friend soulmates stobin ofc, and all other platonic relationships that can be connected with each member of this ragtag, traumatized group
for romance, we got lumax (with future elumax), byler, duzie, ronance, stongyle (aka steve x jonathan x argyle), jopper, and...well. a few others too, but i'll be keeping those quiet for now.
i’ll likely post more stuff at some point, to get it out here lmao and because this au is just <3
tagging the people who’ve been here all through out:
@laurienotteddy @mitski-slope @itsanotheridiot @hellsfireclub @history-of-stories @she-wont-miss
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lumaxramblings · 10 days
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Tell me about the elumax/lumax dynamics for the Four Chimes AU pleaseeeeeeeee
Or at least, tell me what you can without spoiling too much lol
veeery sorry for the late reply!! takes me a while to get the mental energy to answer
so, to cut it short, el and lucas deeply miss max. fun fact, her body's still in the hospital, so they visit her every day while knowing she's not really there, that she's somewhere else, with... vecna.
el is one of her main targets (the other ones being will and, in ciquest, robin). but lucas is the one that makes her feel the most out of everyone, so she's pretty aggressive. she doesn't know why these two in particular affect her so much.
the thing is, even though she targets lucas a lot, she never really gravely injures him, apart from once, when she tried to infect him. even when she taunted him once, she stopped when she noticed he was mid panic attack.
the same does not go to el, who is one of vecna's targets, so she always has to take her back. but the one time she nearly did manage to capture her, she looked hopper in the eyes and said "for what it's worth, i'm sorry."
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renegade-diamonds · 9 days
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finn wanted to pass along a message:
"anyway, i'm going to guess that you think our dms are full of interesting convos and shattering realizations and brilliant snippets.
and you'd be right, partially, because all that does happen.
however. there is also this."
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Lmao, where's Conquest with the spray bottle when you need her.
May I interest finn (is that lumaxramblings? lol) and you in some Renegade AU memes (that are totally canon btw)
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Renegade hyping up Robin to go fight some Chimes (cause girl's gotta eat)
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RobRene trying some of that five-star Gordan Ramsay-style Chime essence for the first time.
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How I visualized the Max/Renegade argument that happened in chapter 3 hehe.
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Renegade fussing over El/Will because they are babies that must be protected.
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The vibes that RobRene's got going on.
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Renegade when Vecna shows up in Robin's dreams.
I got so many more too lol.
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storybook-souls · 21 days
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before i get to the book asks: i was tagged by @gideonthefirst for 9 no-skip albums! this was hard for me. partly bc when i'm listening to an album i don't actually skip songs and partly bc even albums i really like there's usually at least one i'm just kinda meh on. but these 9 i really think i stand by all the songs. sorry patd is on there but i had to follow my heart
for other people to do it ummmm @oberon-miranda-titania? @ratgirlianthe? @hoot-h00t? any of you feel like doing 9 albums?
albums are: Some Nights by fun., A Badly Broken Code by Dessa, Gone Now by Bleachers, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out by Panic! at the Disco, Boreas by The Oh Hellos, HARDLOVE by NEEDTOBREATHE, Pure Heroine by Lorde, Sigh No More by Mumford & Songs, and Transcendental Youth by the Mountain Goats
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theblackestofsuns · 3 months
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"The Chimes Now Toll Of Death!"
Fantastic Four #85 (April 1969)
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott
Marvel Comics
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liliavalley · 10 months
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*un-rubies your wukong*
1 . im still working on his outfit. 2. i changed his ears. sick of the faunus having 1 singular animal trait plastered on a human model. it's not better by Much, but I think it's a good change. AND i made him a bit more furry. he's a monkey guy. he does not need waxed abs.
ok so my version of the guy has him more aligned with the jttw version. very hotheaded and impulsive, will beat you up if you look at him funny. He still puts on the funny cool guy front but he's easy to set off pre-fall of beacon. Which is part of why he failed as SSSN's leader.
He goes into each strike without doing much strategizing first, and while he's very strong (fought and won against quite a few Haven students! you could say he caused a lot of havoc.), that doesn't do him any good against an opponent that
On the journey (which he got signed up for in exchange for getting out of his semester-long detention sentence for said Havoc In Haven), he did a lot of work on his impulsiveness, control, and temper with the help of his new teammates, Ao Lie, "Pigsy" and "Sandy" (dubbed WASP). Sanzang, one of Haven's best teachers and who they had been tasked to escort on a reconnaissance mission, carved him the circlet to remind him of the progress he'd made, and to take a breath and think whenever he feels himself getting too caught up in the heat of a battle. He and Blake have a much more quippy relationship. Sun grew up in the same neighborhood as her, and while they never met officially until they were older, Blake does have the memory of being 7 years old, and noticing a little blonde monkey stealing peaches from her family's tree.
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