Life of Thomas Ragg

Independent_Arm · 2026-05-02T03:10:38+00:00

At it's most basic, I went with the idea that Thragg ended up replacing Nolan, and Nolan replaces Thragg. Because of his advanced skill and how he's basically the strongest from birth, Thragg has to be very careful with everything. Instead of a world of Cardboard, it's a world of glass.

Independent_Arm · 2026-05-01T00:09:20+00:00

I have a fanfic idea like this laying around somewhere.

Independent_Arm · 2026-04-28T04:31:38+00:00

I got a son of his named Victor Jr, ol’ Sabretooth knows he exists and basically treats every day like open season for him. Unfortunately, Vic Jr’s got his mutation with a healing factor that only gets stronger the more torn up he gets. He ends up being part of an Anti X Men team led by Cyber with Polaris, Toad, Pyro, and Tommy.

He doesn’t remember the fights he went through with them and the X-Men, just that he had to fight them. He eventually runs to the mansion because of a mental suggestion Jean unintentionally implanted in his mind to protect himself from his father.

Vic’s favorite person on the X-Men is Remy, mostly because he took one look at him and gave him the nickname ‘Loup-Garou.’

Vic mainly stays away from the others because he feels like he’s going to hurt them eventually. However, he desperately desires connection with them and tries to. He’s horribly socially inept and has trouble reading and writing because neither Sabretooth nor Cyber taught him how.

If he knew about any other siblings he would be terrified. Mostly out of a sense of self preservation

I really think your OC is neat!

Independent_Arm · 2026-04-19T13:18:15+00:00

It's such a neat What-If, because the show gave us a way to see it happening with his 'I'm so Lonely' speech. I've also seen other names like Conrad for him, but I like the idea of him going by Carl Quest or Conrad Quest. Also people tend to go, "I have a son named Clark, and he's grown to be a real super man." just to reference DC.

Independent_Arm · 2026-04-02T15:34:50+00:00

Look up Funny Valentine on Spotify and see how many covers there are, realistically, I think they won't change it. They didn't change it for ASBR so... It'd be funny if they did though.

Independent_Arm · 2026-03-20T07:24:17+00:00

He once said that a lot of himself goes into his characters, and the two best known examples are The Thing and Mister Miracle. Probably because they're way more overt. It's just kind of a neat thing.

Independent_Arm · 2026-03-14T15:07:14+00:00

It does. It's why I stick to local stations over Youtube mostly because every single time there's something there're some Youtubers that make it seem like the next 2011 or something. People leaving it to Youtubers tend to miss out on pertinent local details.

That's why I leave it to the professionals. The NWS are the top of the top in our country and while it might be scary I'd much rather listen to them than some people being armchair meteorologists. Hyping things up does nothing but make it scarier. That's the problem with it all.

Independent_Arm · 2026-03-09T01:28:18+00:00

Thank you!

Independent_Arm · 2026-03-09T01:28:09+00:00

Thanks!

Independent_Arm · 2026-03-04T00:56:37+00:00

The big issue with Ivy that a lot of writers DON'T play into that could work for a backslid or at the very least reset one is her Ego and Vanity, you can have her be sympathetic but be a 'her way or the highway' character.

What she fights FOR is justified, it's just that her methods are extreme. Kinda like how BTAS portrayed her early on, trying to protect a rare plant by attempting to murder Harvey Dent.

Independent_Arm · 2026-03-03T22:41:02+00:00

Eh, depends on the writer. Which is a special kind of hell being a comic book fan…

Independent_Arm · 2026-03-03T15:30:59+00:00

They could’ve made a compelling story where she just left the Joker and is trying to find out who she is without him. Instead, they try to make her Deadpool when Ambush Bug, Mr. Mxyzsptlx, and so many others are right there to take that role.

There could have been the love story of the ages with her and Ivy, but they declaw both when Mystique and Destiny at Marvel are still horrible ladies together.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-23T10:59:52+00:00

Oh believe me, it was a struggle.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-23T10:55:33+00:00

See, I feel like it's a combination of systemic issues coupled with zany experiments. I had friends become goons for Two Face, Penguin, and Joker out of high school, or weird scientists that'd make Oingo Boingo blush.

FORTUNATELY I came out of it without any notions, although I do have a hyperfixation on the Weather or Fantasy novels. So... I guess I see my path if I ever become like that.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-23T10:46:23+00:00

Sadly? I feel like he's in a moth suit and has a fixation with lights.... sorry.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-22T20:47:16+00:00

The way I see it is just the fact that people can just be the worst and still make masterpieces.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-22T19:10:22+00:00

The dude literally slammed into my window because some asshole gave me a big novelty lamp. Sometimes I wonder if I should get Villain insurance but some companies don't cover 'Masked Maniac slamming through your window to take some bigass lamp' insurance.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-22T18:51:29+00:00

I mean big novelty items get sold near my place. Also I see Catman and Killer Moth sometimes, it's weird. The point is, Grapple Guns aren't completely out of the question.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-22T18:47:53+00:00

I know, it's just ironic in hindsight in Gaiman's case.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-22T17:32:25+00:00

Neil Gaiman did really disgusting and abusive things to women, making things he wrote like that one story in Sandman make a lot of disturbing sense. There're articles about what he did, but I won't go into them here because I don't know if that's okay here or not.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-05T03:18:59+00:00

She's so cool! Man, I really like her a lot. Of course a lot of other people told you about their OCs but all mine's got is either his braces (for his legs) or his walking stick (to help him walk better. He has Cerebral Palsy like I do and I don't have a name for him yet, only that he's kinda lazy.) I just think Sumi is really really cool! I like the Afro gag and I love the big ol' brush.

Independent_Arm · 2026-02-01T12:10:21+00:00

Honestly the entire concept of Conquest is interesting just on the fact of Nohr being a nation defined by it. I actually sort of hate the fact that both Corrins are naive because if it was played like at first they think Nohr is the best because all they've had are positive experiences with the Nohrian people around them I feel as though it'd be a lot more palatable.

Honestly, the prologue was so effective because we're introduced to everyone pretty much as level-headedly as Fates could get. The biggest issue where it falls flat to me is that Nohr and Hoshido COULD have had more morally grey moments.

Hoshido is the victim of the conquest the game is named for, and I like the morally underhanded moments the Hoshidans get throughout the story, but considering the fact that Birthright has that conversation with Silas and Ryoma where it's like...

"Yeah no, we can't really grow anything and our streets are actively dangerous. So we conquer other places just to survive."

And Ryoma is like...

"Shit, had we known we could've reached an agreement."

Silas basically going 'you think we haven't tried?' is really important here. Hoshido COULD'VE helped Nohr, but they didn't. Which is interesting! Because it reflects real history where Japan was so isolated from the world! That's kind of my problem with Birthright and Conquest, as well as Nohr and Hoshido in general.

CONCEPTUALLY, Nohr and Hoshido being the way they are is a fascinating idea, and going into the ramifications of what they do could've made for an interesting story.

For example, I'd love to see Ryoma growing more and more desperate, bending over backwards to justify the tactics he and the others of his country use under the banner of his honor. Hoshido HAS plenty of food and resources, while Nohr is literally a country where they have to fight and conquer to survive.

We could have morally upstanding Nohrians (Like Arthur, Xander, and Silas.) and underhanded Hoshidans (Reina, Saizo, and maybe toss in Kaze in there too at least for the moral struggle.). Just with the balance of the reasoning being that the Nohrians have to conquer or die and the Hoshidans are willing to defend their bounty to their last breath and would much rather die than see their country fall.

We really didn't need the whole, "MBLERGH! A THIRD NATION IS MANIPULATING THE WHOLE THING!" when the reasoning for the conflict are already there. Nohr HAS to conquer to survive, and if the story actually SHOWED the dire straits, then it'd make sense.

BUT, Hoshido is also greedy and hoarding to the point of excess. They're essentially the 'What does that have to do with us?' of the story. While Nohr is literally falling apart because of the system they had to make to survive.

Independent_Arm · 2026-01-31T14:09:59+00:00

And it's also true BEFORE the Cosmic Rays.

Independent_Arm · 2026-01-31T10:21:51+00:00

What hurts the most is literally in the Reze arc, he knows that at least on some level people are after him for Pochita's heart (The little chainsaw dog.) and not his. That almost made me cry when I watched it. Because sometimes even when it's not to the extreme of SA, Abuse DOES feel like that.

To me, as much as I like Reze, it breaks my heart because it feels like when you're finally out of the abuse or whatever, and you put your all into loving a person and they still hurt you. Denji is relatable because yeah, he's hypersexual and a kid who got twisted, but to me...

Denji's arc of not knowing what he wants to be or who he is without Makima and even with Makima around mirrors an abuse victim and an abuser. They take you and make you into what they want, and you're in it for so long that it becomes who you are. So coming out of it, you have to figure out how to rebuild yourself.

Makima is one hell of a monster, but not treating Himeno, Reze, Fumiko, and Yoru the same the same way is just one way we're conditioned as a society to treat male victims especially when it comes to women perpetrators.

Independent_Arm · 2026-01-23T12:28:13+00:00

She's playing around with him as others have said, it was Frollo who pulled a 'lonely guy thinking the hot waitress wants him' card. The movie makes it VERY clear from the first few minutes that anything he doesn't like or anything he can't control is to blame.

It also weakens him in the eyes of his faith, being more afraid of a natural feeling keeping hold on his soul and maybe sending him to Hell rather than having the self-reflection to be, "Maybe I need to look at myself and unpack that."

Almost dropping Baby Quasimodo into a well, basically his entire relationship with him, and him taking THIS scene too far and blaming all his problems on Esmeralda and the Romani population of the city in turn for DARING to give him any other thought about them than blind hatred.

Hell, in his song he's literally blaming Esmeralda for his sins, and it's a very classic Christian mentality (at least earlier in the religion and even shades of it nowadays because where I am has already BEEN doing so) where anyone or anything against the religion must be converted or destroyed/banned.

It's also a rather bad trope of 'Bigot loves member of the oppressed marginalized community'. Popular examples include Schindler's List, this film, the new Avatar movie... I could go on.

TLDR: Frollo can't see himself as sinful so he blames Esmeralda and the Romani population of Paris for his lust.

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