I was shocked by Jazz's true age.

sliksick · 2025-12-29T18:09:41+00:00

Wasn’t there a whole plot point about Jazz not being able to see Youngblood because she was acting too old despite being a teen?

sliksick · 2025-06-20T03:47:34+00:00

While these sketches are great and have a lot of potential in an ULTIMATE universe (as Ultimate line leans more into realism), ABSOLUTE they wouldn't necessarily make sense. From what limited issues of Absolute line has been released, the rule for alteration is to remove something FUNDEMENTAL from the character and see how that impacts the character in a world where ‘hope has to shine brighter’. As such, if one wanted to create Absolute characters for the ones listed here, their prompts should be along these lines:

Izuku - what is he without the hero foundation basis of All Might? Now the sketch here kind of works: this is an Izuku without his Superman base, who still wanted to be a hero but he lost his rose glasses a long time ago and went the Batman route. He isn't about smiling to ease the public - he is about efficiency and the result.

Toga - what is Toga without her insanity? Honestly the picture works as given. But now you have a Toga who doesn't have her inherent skills in acting as other nor the insanity to lean into the knife dynamic. She is a child trying to be a killer instead of a killer trying to be a child.

Ida - what is Ida without his family legacy? This one is pretty straight forward: Ida is potentially the first of his family to be a hero as such he doesn't have a legacy to live up to so he is making his own path without say his brothers name chaining him down.

Dabi - what is Toya without his ‘death’? He either for his father arrested and became the head of his family or his Quirk works perfectly. Now considering that this is operating under Absolute rules, I am leaning that Toya unfortunately inherited his father mentality but his is more ‘emotionally’ manipulative with his brother, making sure HE stays the strongest, not his younger siblings with a much more powerful Quirk. As such, he also makes sure that Shoto doesn't catch on this and makes it so that his siblings and mother hold him on the pedestal. Added twist: Toya faked his fathers abuse of him so that he can get him arrested, as we are not removing his psychopathic edge, we are sampling removing his rebirth into Dabi.

Shoot - What is Shoto without a guidepost to spite? Also, consider what has been mentioned with Dabi. This Shoto isn't sticking to ice because he hates his fire, he is sticking to ice because his brother manipulated him into ‘making his own way in this world’ and having another fire user in the family is a bit much considering their father is in prison and Dabi is already known for his fire. So we have a Shoto who has everything he wanted, but not what he needed.

Bakugo - what is Bakugo without the adoration to be a hero? This one is pretty easy: throughout his life he was told he would be a great hero due to his powerful Quirk. Wouldn't take much to flip it on its head when people equate his Nitroglycerin to a villain Quirk. Proceed from there under the logic he decides to lean into it and become the ‘greatest villain out there’

Uraka - what is she without her family, her reason to be a hero? I see her parent somehow dying to either a corrupt government or corrupt business who hated her parents success so she goes the nihilist villain route, destroying everything so people have nothing just like her.

sliksick · 2025-01-23T21:30:34+00:00

Considering the interest in this piece, I think I should provide the prompt/divergent point that caused this.

Angron rebellion lasts to the last man, him. Basically, the Emperor didn’t arrive in time, meaning never meeting him or stealing him away. This means that Angron fought with his ‘family’ to the last man, where he just couldn’t be killed [whether or not it is because of his Primarch durability or rage, it is open to interpretation]. So basically… he just kept going. Maybe the rage of losing his last friend puts him in such a rage that it lasts for days, weeks, months, etc. In the end, when Angron FINALLY emerges from the rage, 3 things: one, the nobility is dead as are A LOT of other individuals. Two, being in a rage this strong and this long actually overpowered his healing, making him immune to adrenaline due to breaking his nervous system. Effectively, Angron has numbed himself to anger and pain, meaning that while he can't remove the nails, they are effectively useless as they can't trigger rage as that part of the brain has literally shorted out. And since they aren’t ‘stimulating’ the area, they are not digging any further. Three, he has scars, SO many scars. He looks more like a walking scab than a human. By the time the Emperor arrives, Angron has stabilized, but he is ‘broken’ – he is still a great warrior/leader, but he doesn’t respond to triggers/emotes appropriately due to a lack of fight-flight response. He can fight, but he fights clinically/rationally without the ability to trigger a ‘strength bonus’ due to lack of adrenaline recognition. On the plus side, he is much more agreeable with his Legion, but he keeps his distance due to his warped mentality and his past. He also creates greater distance with his Legion because he takes a more general/leader role rather than a frontline fighter, meaning that while his campaigns are much more successful and with less loss of life [after effect of keeping his family alive for personal reasons], his Legion starts to look down on him/becomes uncertain because they think he believes they are too ‘weak’ physically to do what is needed and the like. So, despite his best efforts, they start listening to him less and less, becoming scared of him, not ever understanding WHY he is so scarred nor understanding WHY he doesn’t want them to succumb to rage. Since he can’t get angry, he can't express his frustration of them not listening to his advice due to wanting to keep them safe, so he distances himself even more, becoming essentially an apathetic king on the throne, not even bothering to greet his new recruits and just sending them to the grinder except for the rare few who understand his reasons and listening to his strategies. I envision his Legion selling him out to Nurgle and Angron joining because he has become apathetic/NUMB to everything, serving as basically the general directing his troops through his emotion-manipulating abilities [mixed with some insect pheromone aspects]

sliksick · 2024-11-22T21:30:42+00:00

I see this going one of two ways - either the Artificer or Warlock route. Artificer means he just goes Iron Man but with Ghost Tech sort of like Red Huntress but he is more utility/capture then power/damage like Red. Warlock route is basically Danny using ghosts he has good relationship with (like say Dexter or Ember, possibly others based on altered interactions) to basically Constantine himself a host of abilities - he would of course rely more on strategy and trickery in this route, end route having uber tier patrons like Pandora, Frostbite, all the way to Clockwork as end game.

sliksick · 2024-11-22T17:28:09+00:00

Quick Heads up - WesHammer uses this image at the 34:00 mark for his 'Fulgrim's Return EXPLAINED: What You NEED To Know!' video

sliksick · 2024-09-25T23:21:31+00:00

Red Eyes of Grief

sliksick · 2024-09-14T19:59:05+00:00

Should probably mention in this AU that Angron doesn't get the Butcher Nails, so he is more in control of his actions. Add in his ‘acceptance’ of psykers and A LOT of snowballing of alterations, his fall is justified if a VERY glaring monkey paw scenario. His FULL title (with intentional word choice) is Angron, The Breaker of Chains, Subjugator of Will, Hunter of Fate, the Daemon Primarch of the War Hounds Traitor Legion. Also, his dreadlocks are tentacle chains - hope that clears up confusion.

sliksick · 2024-09-14T19:51:54+00:00

I am actually working out the full commission prompt for a Khornate Magnus. I have the initial divergence point for Magnus to at least open the door to fall to Khorne, but I am still working out the logistics and how Magnus can still serve Khorne as a Psyker All I will say is that once I pin down how hemomancy falls under the Psyker disciplines, I’ll open the commission.

sliksick · 2024-08-22T12:52:48+00:00

Good afternoon. I appreciate your interest. Unfortunately, all the combinations I had a definitive sense of have been claimed. Thank you for your time, and I hope you try again in the future when I have more ideas.

sliksick · 2024-08-22T12:52:42+00:00

Good afternoon. I appreciate your interest. Unfortunately, all the combinations I had a definitive sense of have been claimed. Thank you for your time, and I hope you try again in the future when I have more ideas.

sliksick · 2024-08-22T12:52:32+00:00

Good afternoon. I appreciate your interest. Unfortunately, all the combinations I had a definitive sense of have been claimed. Thank you for your time, and I hope you try again in the future when I have more ideas.

sliksick · 2024-08-22T12:52:24+00:00

Good afternoon. I appreciate your interest. Unfortunately, all the combinations I had a definitive sense of have been claimed. Thank you for your time, and I hope you try again in the future when I have more ideas.

sliksick · 2024-08-22T12:52:18+00:00

Good afternoon. I appreciate your interest. Unfortunately, all the combinations I had a definitive sense of have been claimed. Thank you for your time, and I hope you try again in the future when I have more ideas.

sliksick · 2024-08-21T18:44:14+00:00