That's weird. Since when do countries try to foist land off on eachother like that?
What, so every society went right from communal property to cash and nobody ever just went "Hey, trade ya some of my eggs for some of your veggies" in all of human history?
Norway!
Basically, they can either have empty desert or a place with people and resources. Naturally, neither want the booby prize.
I was just making a joke at Marvel's expense.
Not in de slightesht bit intereshted in dot vorld. Hy vatched some uf it, bot by de kessel, it vas not my cop uf tea.
From the context in the chapter, this would appear to the the 90's Marvel animated universe. That's the X-men, Spider-man, Iron Man and Fantastic Four cartoons. Quite the Nostalgia trip! Da-da-da-daa-da-dah... Da-da-da-daa-da-dah!
"Well... That happened."
Ooof, I see he's having trouble fighting the harsher effects of the Ring. Guessing he hasn't hit on meditating on the hierarchy of needs, nor has a group to align them with?
At least he's able to knock the ring out by being afraid of it. Though it was a risk doing that in an enemy base...
Turns out it's not that easy, is it? And having a strong focus just makes it easier for the Orange Light to overwhelm you...
So, sometime before the X-men animated series begins. And the nineties internet? Man, it's be quicker to just scan the servers directly than rely on then-current speeds...
He had a passive shield, didn't he? The Cartoon mandarin was no fool, despite his obsession with Tony 'Iron Man' Stark. Heck, is Tony even Iron Man yet?
Ooo. A gross trophy, but a nice bit of loot. I wonder which of the Ten Rings it is? The right one, like 'Lightning', can serve as an additional power source...
SHIELD in this universe? Practically a spy agency, and led by the very white Nick Fury. Also something not likely to be talked about on the nascent internet.
...oooh... You know, OL could be a big butterfly for the X-men... There's a significant early loss in the opening episodes...
Heck, at this point, it might still be the 'Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters'. Such an old-fashioned name...
Best way to go about it, I guess. Just turning up on their lawn is likely to get you tackled by Wolverine.
No cordless phones yet, remember? I doubt anyone here's too young to remember those days...
That is one of the odder things about the 90's series. In the comics, they didn't get things like the volumetric-3d-and-forcefields Danger Room or the hoverchair until after they made contact with the Shiar... Bu that's several years down the line from this point. Maybe Chuck knows Reed Richards?
Come on, don't claim to be a teenager... After all, the X-men do have older members, Wolverine amongst them.
Phew. No pressure to remain with teenage allies means no lying about his age. Yay.
It's not impossible that a mutant would activate older. Magneto, for example, didn't activate his powers until his twenties, due to childhood malnourishment owing to his time in the Concentration camps... Unless you forget to mention the fact your powers come from an alien hyper-tech ring...
In theory, Machine Man (X-51 or Aaron Stack) was technically a mutant of his kind. Even if that kind were android soldier prototypes... Whereas Power Pack only had powers because of their alien clothes.
Heh. This simple application might well encourage Xavier to open up his school to mutates, super-humans and other people who gained powers from means other than purely a quirk of DNA.
Ah, base logic. What does it matter the source of powers, if the person with them wants or needs help?
It's not like Mutants automatically know how to use their powers straight off the bat... A power ring, on the other hand... Basic use is easy. Not going nuts from the outlier colours of the Spectrum? Much tougher.
You never did mention where he's calling from, did you? Not that it matters, with FTL transition. I assume he's got that much down at least...
No sooner said, than done, really. Joy of an ability that works at the speed of thought.
Of course, Paul here knows more about Power Rings than Xavier would...
Ah, good. Now, I doubt we'll get a meeting the Team scene here. Far too many things to do...
And Xavier just crooks one of those spiky, spiky eyebrows in curiosity...
I've got no idea what S.H.I.E.L.D. is like in this continuity and…
But I'm afraid that my speciality is genetics... (Not sure if this is intended or not...)
Actually, the nineties series happened when superheroes were still allowed to be superheroes. I don't remember that version of Xavier showing any of the psychosis or, frankly, the arsehole tendencies of the comic version.
And The Incredible Hulk.
Yes, but he hasn't been doing it for very long.
Thank you, corrected.
Are you sure about that one?
So could somebody just plunk down five bucks and claim it?
The only teenager on the team in the nineties was Jubilee. And... Bubblegum. Ew.
Yes
Why would you need five bucks?
wouldnt that depend on how his technopathy worked? if it was magical then i would understand but i dont know about something based on pschic power or just really advanced tech...
honestly sam plays the shit out of fury. so much so that i wish they would retroactivly make him african american in the comics.
I'll be honest, I forgot that was a thing...So, some time before the series proper, as that showed him with a full team...
I stand corrected.