#mairi mactaggert

[archvillain-fandom]

Kyle: I’d do anything for you. I’d alter history. I’d rewrite the very laws of the multiverse.

Mairi: Please be a little bit nicer to Mighty Mike.

Kyle: No.

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mairi mactaggert #shitpost

[bluemandycat]

bad archvillain post

by far my worst archvillain au is the one where for whatever reason, kyle has got it into his head that mike is a furry. and so he continuously kinkshames him for it, but in like, a really indirect way. like they’ll see zootopia together, and mike will be like “oh that was a good movie!” and kyle will be like “i bet it was. i bet it was.”

so it turns out that mike isn’t a furry, but he’s fictionkin with superman. and kyle finds out that he’s kin with lex luthor, and mike’s like, “oh yeah i’m kin with superman.” and kyle’s like “in addition to being a furry?” and mike’s like “i’m not a furry, dude.” and kyle is shell-shocked. he’s like “why didn’t you tell me about half of this a year ago?” and mike’s like “well dude you don’t talk about that stuff in real life. that’s embarrassing.” and kyle fumes forever. but they’re happy together being kin i guess.

mairi knew the whole time and didn’t tell kyle because she’s chaotic neutral.

#archvillain #kyle camden #mairi mactaggert #mighty mike #bad post op #this doesn't go on archvillain-fandom because i have a little bit of respect for myself left #also i don't want barry lyga to see #jack is robotkin and kyle thinks he's ironically into vore but he's not and kyle finds out and that's the end of that friendship #by not i mean unironically. jack stanley is unironically into vore #giggler is kin with fear from inside out #ANYWAYS bad post

[archvillain-fandom]

when they’re teens mairi invites mike to smoke weed with her but he gets so paranoid that he tries to call the cops on himself

#archvillain book #barry lyga #mighty mike #mairi mactaggert #shitpost

[archvillain-fandom]

you may not like it, but this is what peak archvillain looks like

#archvillain book #barry lyga #mighty mike #kyle camden #mairi mactaggert #mad mask #ai art #art #wow! they really are twelve!

[archvillain-fandom]

anyone remember reverse reverse au

#archvillain book #barry lyga #mairi mactaggert #mighty mike #art #reverse reverse au #red flag #solitaire #i mean the real answer is that mike's trying to provoke mairi but 'i just think he's neat' is a valid interpretation

[archvillain-fandom]

let’s be real though, if jack and kyle dated, jack and mairi would probably have to interact a lot. and even though mairi doesn’t know jack is the mad mask, i get the feeling that she’d know on a subconscious level that something is wrong with him. so mairi would constantly be like “kyle no offense but your bf is creepy and has bad vibes” and kyle would have to reply every time “no he’s not he’s just a regular guy. also i let you keep mike so you have to let me keep jack.” and meanwhile jack is fighting demons trying not to start monologuing in third person because he promised kyle he’d be normal with mairi.

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mairi mactaggert #mad mask #shitpost #somehow they’re all thirdwheeling the other two at the same time #jayle

[archvillain-fandom]

in an archvillain/(un)edited crossover, mike grayson and mike matthews are waxing philosophical about the nature of love in the universe, phil’s teaching mairi how to stage fight to prepare her for the next bullshit superheroic event, and george and kyle are underage drinking while they both shit-talk the military

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mighty mike #mairi mactaggert #shitpost #unedited #and the mad mask is. uh. #the mad mask is with sean i guess. trying to draft a good text to ask kyle out #(kyle will ignore the text in favor of listening to George’s story about pranking his drill sergeant)

[archvillain-fandom]

Job headcanons:

Kyle becomes a mechanical and textile engineer, aided by his superbrain. He founds a startup specializing in wearable technology that is extremely efficient but very dorky-looking.

Mairi becomes a history professor, after getting her PhD. She settles in at a state college, content to do research on diasporic Gaelic communities in western America.

Mike stays a superhero, subsisting off of donations, grant money, and the occasional conditioner ad.

The Mad Mask gets a boring office job, where the only thing keeping him sane is the knowledge that at any time, he can call the Villains Club to raze the building to the ground.

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mighty mike #mairi mactaggert #mad mask #shitpost #headcanon #can u tell I’m significantly older than when I started this blog #also Mairi’s research is based on my headcanon that bouring is predominantly Gaelic #because Kyle and Mairi are both Gaelic names #since there was going to be something in the full series about the founding of bouring #I thought it’d be cool to make Micah bouring and co Scottish/Irish immigrants

[archvillain-fandom]

what i love about the epilogue is that it's such a good contrast between the main four's appearances and their actual selves. kyle is seen as evil and destructive, but gives up his life to save someone who hates him. mike is seen as a competent hero, but isn't able to save anyone in the end. mairi is seen as helpless and innocent, but takes agency by dooming someone that trusts her. and the mad mask is seen as detached and self-obsessed, but kills someone that he cares about because he can't fathom being abandoned. poetry.

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mighty mike #mad mask #mairi mactaggert

[archvillain-fandom]

so basically, here's how i would write the events of the epilogue:

a twelve-year-old kyle travels into the future, to ask his future self how he can save mairi and be a hero at the same time

his future self is nowhere to be seen. instead, a washed-up mighty mike lives with erasmus and the rest of kyle's tech

kyle asks where his future self is, mike says that he's dead

erasmus shows kyle a recording of his future death at the hands of the villains club

kyle learns the date, time, and cause of his death, but not the reason

he asks mike if he was able to save mairi, mike gets uncomfortable but eventually says yes

kyle resolves to let the timeline play out the way it does in order to keep mairi safe, travels back to his own time

flash forward twenty years.

a thirty-two year old kyle is a part of the villains club, but secretly researches how to create mike and send him back in time

he's dating jack, but doesn't fully trust him because of how he treated mairi during the ultitron incident. jack doesn't understand why kyle is holding him at arm's length

kyle reaches a point where he can't continue his research without being discovered, and makes arrangements to go into hiding

he calls mike to a bar to explain what he's doing and to say goodbye

mike, who's going through a bad divorce and is disillusioned with superheroism, wants to come with kyle. kyle tries to dissuade him, having seen how much of a wreck mike becomes in the future, but ultimately gives in so the timeline remains stable

the pair move to a suburb, masquerading as a married couple, and live off of mike's money. kyle has a garage lab, and mike takes care of the house. only mairi and kyle's parents know where they are

although kyle is initially frustrated with mike's presence, he grows to appreciate his help and to genuinely like him as a person. the two rebound with each other

kyle holds him at arm's length, like he did to jack, because he doesn't want to hurt him more than he has to when he dies. he comes very close to telling mike the truth, but holds back. mike is frustrated because he knows kyle's hiding something from him

after nine months of mike's embryo developing, the big day finally arrives

kyle is preparing for his death when mike turns on the news. it's a story about his ex-wife– and his daughter. mike disappeared before he could find out that his ex was pregnant

kyle asks if he's okay, but mike cheerfully dismisses him. he says that he never chose to have a kid, he never chose to be a superhero, and that never made a choice of his own until they ran off together. he says that he'll always choose kyle, because he loves him. kyle wonders aloud why mike had to tell him that today, but when mike questions this, he says it's nothing and that mike should go out to think

through all of this, the villains club has been searching for kyle. jack is heartbroken that he's been abandoned, and walter uses that anger to push him back into the violent mad mask persona

as a last-ditch resort, jack calls mairi and tells her the truth about kyle, connecting with her through their shared pain. he tells her that kyle went rogue from the villains club because he's planning on erasing mighty mike from the timeline, which could destroy their universe, and that they want to talk him down. shocked and hurt, mairi tells him kyle's address

the villains club arrives at kyle's house and break in. jack finds his old wooden mask and puts it on

kyle fights them, beating the giggler over the head with a picture frame and shattering jack's mask, but is shot by jack

he sends jack and walter back in time along with mighty mike, and dies

mike returns back to the house to find the mess

he calls for help, and re-exposes himself to the public

the media vilifies kyle camden, but mike stays stern that he's a good person

mairi attempts to reach out to mike to apologize, but is angrily rebuffed

erasmus is the only one keeping mike company, although he spends most of his time sleeping

mike becomes isolated and bitter because he blames himself for not being able to stop kyle's death. he ignores his daughter and all reconciliation attempts by mairi and a repenting giggler

twelve year old kyle comes to visit him

mike tells him the date, time, and cause of his death, but cannot bring himself to tell him that mairi betrays him

kyle disappears back to his own time, only to come back soon after with the older version of jack from yesterday again

broken from torture, jack also blames himself for what happened

kyle makes mike promise to take care of jack before going back to his own time

although they both resent each other, they begin the process of healing together. jack convinces mike to talk to mairi again, and the three are there to support mike's daughter as she becomes the world's new superhero

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mighty mike #mad mask #mairi mactaggert #headcanon #mike can be a divorced alcoholic deadbeat dad. as a treat #this is basically just fanfiction but i hope yall like it anyway

[archvillain-fandom]

the best part of kyle camden's character is his complete lack of self awareness. mairi says "mighty mike is really lonely because his superpowers isolate him" and kyle has a flash of sympathy for the guy but instead of progressing to "hey my superpowers isolate me too," he just jumps straight to "how dare mairi not know i'm the blue freak"

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mairi mactaggert #mighty mike

[archvillain-fandom]

someday I’m gonna write that mairi and mad mask smoke weed together fic. just you wait

#archvillain book #barry lyga #mad mask #mairi mactaggert #jairi #will it be a ship fic? *shrug* #I am an advocate for Mairi being mean and Jack thinking she’s pretty

[archvillain-fandom]

found these archvillain memes in the depths of my hard drive

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mighty mike #mairi mactaggert #shitpost #apparently they're from 2020????

[archvillain-fandom]

Kyle: *Gently taps table*

Mairi: *Taps back*

Mike: What are they doing?

Jack: Morse code.

Kyle: *Aggressively taps table*

Mairi: *Slams hands down* YOU TAKE THAT BACK-

#archvillain book #Barry Lyga #Kyle camden #Mairi mactaggert #mighty mike #mad mask #incorrect archvillain #actually canon compliant!

[archvillain-fandom]

me deciding that the “if kyle becomes a hero, mairi dies” rule also works in reverse with absolutely no canon or word of god support:

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mairi mactaggert #theory #mostly for reverse reverse au tbh

[archvillain-fandom]

mairi and mike had their first kiss together and it was so awkward that they literally didn’t speak to each other for a week after. kyle had to intercede eventually and say, “look, you know how i feel about mike. but this? this is somehow weirder than your friendship. i cannot STAND this energy. go make up, goddamn.”

#archvillain book #barry lyga #kyle camden #mairi mactaggert #mighty mike #headcannons #shitpost #mikeri #? #kind of #mikeri where they think they both are crushing on the other but it's just regular friendship #bonus points if mairi puts her foot down and refuses to make nice #so kyle has to go to mike and try to make him initiate the conversation