#otto malpense

[stanning-one-wing-fanchu]

Raven: I brought dinner

Otto: What’d you get?

Raven: [gestures with the pizza box] A bucket of chicken

Raven: I hope you like it extra flat and crispy

#h.i.v.e. #h.i.v.e #raven #natalya nero #Otto malpense #this is exactly their dynamic in op #so ‘little boy and the tranquilizer dart’ to me #Mod Alex

[wing-shot-first]

#h.i.v.e. #h.i.v.e #higher institute of villainous education #otto malpense

[eliotquillon]

i love spreading my hive/alex rider propaganda to anyone who will listen like here are two stories about boys who more or less had their fates decided from the moment they were born and who kept trying to fight back anyway even though they were up against an entire military complex and throughout it all they keep choosing time and time again to make the right choices instead of the easy ones. here are two stories haunted by the ghosts of parents who died years before anything really began. and also funny russian assassins lol

#h.i.v.e #alex rider #otto malpense

[dr-nero-is-god]

#hive polls #poll #otto malpense

[crimmycram]

When in doubt, grab your blorbos, shove them into colorful bottles

#addendum: do not use a jar for this process DO NOT USE A FUCKING JAR FOR THIS PROCESS #h.i.v.e. #h.i.v.e #otto malpense #wing fanchu #laura brand #shelby trinity #this is fun i should do it more often

[ghostie000]

hive fans, i am losing my mind that you are out there. in the year of our lord 2023. i was reading hive in fourth grade and now i am in my mid twenties. i was there on fanfiction . net and deviantart scraping together the three or four fanworks that existed circa 2009. this book caused my personality and sealed my fate. it changed me on a cellular level. otto was my first blorbo. i read every book i could get my hands on until i ran out and the sands of time buried it in my mind. and now i learn the fandom is thriving and the last book came out a few years ago?

how can i possibly be expected to cope

#my long lost fandom #who are?!?! you guys!?!?!? #i have to know are you guys 2000s kids like me or a younger generation? #what made you connect with the series (was it the powerful kids challenging tyrannical authority figures part. that was my reason) #i would give any hive fan a slice of pizza and a crisp high five #if youre out there keep holding on oppositional kid whose dad sucks. keep holding on. you'll get free someday. #:') #otto malpense #H.I.V.E #these books helped me be strong and love myself through a decade of abuse lmao okay sorry thats enough lmao

[citrusscale-remastered]

Quick rundown of the Malpense sibs

#H.I.V.E. #Higher Institute of Villainous Education #Otto Malpense #Zero Malpense #Anna Malpense #Zero does canonically wear a suit so I put some Suit-Like details on #Otto didn’t even graduate he only gets five studs #Anna’s eye color is supposed to be ‘deep blue’ but idk if walden was trying to be poetic for something other than blue #zero’s eye color is just Not Blue #so I fucked around with those a bit #h.i.v.e

[beebrainedstudios]

(Spoiler warning for both Deadlock and Bloodline!) Alright, here’s a little something I finished a while back- a (somewhat sketchy) comparison set of headshots of all members of the Malpense line, from the original #1 all the way to the newest problem child. I’ve got some notes for the family’s designs individually and as a whole below. Enjoy!

All - Hair shape is distinctive and specific to each. - "Diamond-shaped" eyes. - Pale as heck + eyebags. - White lashes. - Two hair tufts at base of skull, extremely low hairline on neck (nearly reaches shoulders). - Highly expressive eyes with wide range of iris + pupil sizes. #1 (Pre-Overlord) - Fang ™️ - Pointy face, high cheekbones, emphasized cupid's bow, and no bangs. Hair has some squared-off tufts. - Seen here in his "villain mode," but can look softer or more mischievous. - All black clothes and signature black turtleneck. - Originally a government agent (perhaps MI6?) but converted to villainy when he got too bored with the system. He's not as technologically gifted as his offspring, but is the most cunning Malpense by a long shot with a knack for strategy. - Not the palest, but not the tannest Malpense either; the space-base thing happened well before Overlord, and he doesn't get out very much. - A fair amount of scars, including a nasty one from his MI6 days where he got stabbed in the neck. - He's either very fun to be around or the biggest /sshole you've ever met, there is no in between. Like Otto in Book 1 crossed with James Bond. Otto - Surprisingly the most tanned Malpense; he's spent enough time in the sun to even have a few freckles. - Crooked smile. - Shown here around DL-era, so he has a scar on his brow and one on the base of his neck from Zero Hour. - The softest, fluffiest, and generally healthiest Malpense, assuming nobody's actively trying to kill him. - Rounder face (excluding Rogue-arc; he lost some weight then and generally looked much sicker.) - Everyone’s favorite living Macguffin, complete with trauma and a found family. Also he’s the hardest to draw for some reason.

Zero - Structurally identical to Otto, including hair shape; however, his hair is a lot more frayed/jagged and his jawline + cheekbones are sharper from an inconsistent diet. - Somebody get this boy some sun; Zero has never been outside and is ergo the palest Malpense (which is saying something). No noticeable scars beyond one on his right hand from getting bit by a lab rat during early power tests. Also no freckles. - Tends to grimace when smiling and push his lower jaw forward; extremely expressive to a near-painful point. - Pale gums, and greyed-out hair. - The only Malpense without blue eyes. Is also prone subconjunctival hemorrhaging when using his powers, which turns his sclerae red. - Canonically operating with half a personality. - Essentially a chronically-under-stimulated child who uses other people’s memories to both daydream and/or learn how to function. Since some of those memories come from Anastasia, he’s perfectly content to include killing in that. (I plan to comment more on this later at some point.) Anna - Looks the most like her father out of her siblings. Has the same gremlin Fang ™️ and cupid's bow. - Eyes are usually extremely dilated and combine #1's darker irises with Zero's red pupil highlight. - Hair originally goes down past her ankles and drags on the ground; she has a minion cut it before she enters HIVE for the first time. - Looks roughly 2-4 yrs younger than her brothers, as she didn't reach full maturity before emerging. She's also the shortest sibling for this reason. - Less pale than #1, still paler than Otto. - Eyes sometimes hidden behind her hair. - Looks and acts like a child, speaks and kills like an adult. Extremely petulant and entitled, but also quite patient. She's very much her father's daughter in those regards. So that’s the family tree! Feel free to share any thoughts, comments, or headcanons of your own, I’d love to hear them! Also, Happy Holidays!

#h.i.v.e. #h.i.v.e #h.i.v.e. fanart #h.i.v.e. series #otto malpense #number one #anna malpense #h.i.v.e. anna #h.i.v.e. zero #zero malpense #higher institute of villainous education #deadlock spoilers #bloodline spoilers #Also expect more stuff of Number One #He's fun to draw and I have a lot of headcanons for him

[schrodingersundeadcat]

Otto would be a great techpriest.

No I will not elaborate.

#h.i.v.e. #otto malpense #warhamemr 40k #techpriest

[silverblogs]

Raven: if and when I die-

Otto: if???

#h.i.v.e. #otto malpense #raven #source: gentleman jack

[stanning-one-wing-fanchu]

Otto: Pick a card, any card

Shelby: Okay

Otto: Wait, no that’s my credit card

Shelby: You said any card

#H.I.V.E. #H.I.V.E #Otto Malpense #Shelby Trinity #Lmao this is sort of like the reverse of the maze scene in op #mod alex

[wing-shot-first]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU BRITISH FUCK

#h.i.v.e. #h.i.v.e #higher institute of villainous education #hive #otto malpense

[eliotquillon]

For the character ask game, what about Otto?

one aspect about them i love:

god i’m such a sucker for this in general with characters but i LOVE the contrast between otto’s “idgaf fuck it we ball” external attitude and his internal “i am a Hot Mess and Nobody Likes Me” attitude. it’s such a funny contrast to book 1 otto and also it pretty much explains everything about him, ever. he’s just a silly goofy teenage boy!!

one aspect i wish more people understood about them

hmm i think the fandom understands otto pretty well but i really wish more people talked about the parallels between him and raven? i have brain rot obviously but i think they have so so so much in common in terms of trauma + upbringing + various identity crises and while i do joke and jape about their politician killing world tour i genuinely think they understand each other on a level that not many other people get. i love the cheeky irreverent side of their friendship but i think they have a very genuine connection that otto would really rely on post bloodline. something something they would both fight through hell to help each other but would complain the entire time

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character

these are literally canon TO ME but: 1) otto is autistic, 2) otto had a vague crush on shelby around interception point era but even he was self aware enough about how much she’d rip the shit out of him for it that he never said anything, and 3) for me, otto’s post bloodline future involves him trying to immediately throw himself back into glove, realising it isn’t what he wants, and then taking a very long break to go to uni and eventually becoming a teacher or a professor. with the occasional heist for old times sake

one character i love seeing them interact with

SHELBY TRINITY. say it with me: shelby/otto nation. if shelby/otto have 1000 fans i am one of them. if they have 10 fans i am one of them. etc etc. even just platonically i love their rivalry and the way they bring out the best AND worst of each other and just how much they genuinely love and care about each other. one of my favourite scenes is in deadlock when shelby literally runs over to him and basically flings herself into his arms. i do ship them in a “i think they maybe had a very brief teenage fling that was horrific for everyone involved/both had a crush on each other at the same time but mutually decided not to pursue it” way but outside of that i genuinely adore their friendship

one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more

this is kind of niche but i really love the scene at the end of rogue where nero sits at otto’s bedside and apologises to him and i always wish we had more of that…idk, tenderness between them? i think it’s obvious that otto genuinely respects nero a Lot and while we do get quite a few scenes of them together in canon i have always felt robbed of my graduation/epilogue scene with the two of them together. nero really turned otto into the man he is and i just wish we saw more of them together

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character

kind of talked about this before with the otto/shelby stuff but here’s another one: i ardently believe that otto is the messiest person alive (because he spent so much time running off doing his own thing at st seb’s) and that it drove wing INSANE to point where one of their only real arguments was in first year when otto lost it over the snoring and wing lost it over the literal mountain of assignments on his desk. they didn’t speak for a full day and then the next morning they both woke up and apologised at the exact same tjme. shelby likes to take the piss by using it as her “horror story” whenever they all watch a scary movie together lmaoo

#thanks for the ask bee!! #h.i.v.e. #h.i.v.e #otto malpense

[dr-nero-is-god]

#otto malpense #poll #book one

[crimmycram]

Family dinner (gone wrong) (family actually showed up)

#h.i.v.e #h.i.v.e. #otto malpense #overlord #anna malpense #zero malpense #do anna and zero even get malpense last time. don’t care yes they absolutely do.

[crystal963]

I will never get over the fact that technically, Otto Malpense is both Wing Fanchu AND H.I.V.E.mind's nephew. Cuz Overlord made Otto. And H.I.V.E.mind and Overlord share the same base code and have referred to each other as brothers. And Wing and overlord both have Cypher and Xiu Mei Chen as their parents. So technically, they're all related.

#higher institute of villainous education #H.I.V.E. #H.I.V.E.mind #Wing Fanchu #Otto Malpense #Cypher #Overlord