Firebird, a Worm AU/Xover?

Why? Seems pretty straightforward and simplistic to me, and not all that different to the others (as long as I'm looking at the right one you're talking about).
1. It's the one where she's nude from the waist up except for the Dark Phoenix symbol covering her tits.
2. It screams 'villain', and is a Dark Phoenix costume.
3. You know, the cosmic star-devouring entity corrupted by human emotion? That half the readers are seemingly slavering to see unleashed?
 
1. It's the one where she's nude from the waist up except for the Dark Phoenix symbol covering her tits.
2. It screams 'villain', and is a Dark Phoenix costume.
3. You know, the cosmic star-devouring entity corrupted by human emotion? That half the readers are seemingly slavering to see unleashed?

From the Left, late. Left. Second row, second from the left, is the standard Dark Phoenix costume. The one you are referencing is second row, fourth from the left.
 
Why? Seems pretty straightforward and simplistic to me, and not all that different to the others (as long as I'm looking at the right one you're talking about).

The pic @Noxturne90 linked gives a good idea of what each costume looks like, but her drawings were a bit more complicated. Like, the red one probably isn't that different from this:

 
From the Left, late. Left. Second row, second from the left, is the standard Dark Phoenix costume. The one you are referencing is second row, fourth from the left.
... if so, then that's a muckup on the artist's part.
Black and Yellow.
That one is red and yellow. They must have mistaken lighting for the actual costume color.
EDIT: like the one Chibipoe posted.
 
... if so, then that's a muckup on the artist's part.
Black and Yellow.
That one is red and yellow. They must have mistaken lighting for the actual costume color.
EDIT: like the one Chibipoe posted.

Yeah, it's a very dark red that can almost appear black. Most of the time, they just make it a red though.
 
As far as Danny goes, he handed over the papers and they were inconveniently processed before Piggot saw them. Now, given that it involves a minor, there are steps to removing them, yes. They involve a multitude of other things. It's never as easy to undo something you do with the government as it is to do it. You have to demonstrate why this is an unacceptable arrangement, obtain the consent of the parent(s) to undo what was done. In situations like this, where the parent's judgement could be suspect and thus, the minor child's well-being a potential compromised situation, other agencies may be brought in. It isn't as simple as Piggot saying 'We won't accept this', especially after the documents were processed to their appropriate locations and thus became binding.

As much as Piggot has authority over the PRT, she's still a cog in a government agency and does not have unilateral power. (Even leaving that aside, the affairs as they are give her more control over the situation than if she started that process of undoing what Danny did and cut Taylor loose. Then she has no control and there would probably be court proceedings to release Danny, plus the prospect of the YG sticking their nose in things to ensure that Taylor had a stable home life. (I kind of vilify them in Inclusion, but they can't be entirely terrible). And court proceedings... end up on a docket which is usually publicly accessible, so reporters assigned to check dockets for anything of interest to report on could find out about this whole mess... and then it's on the news.

Right now, she has some authority on the matter, as Danny made her a Ward, so she can keep those documents within her purview and thus, no one can see them such as busybody reporters, and Taylor isn't interested in rocking the boat and blowing the situation wide open, even if she is being unruly and violent, so Piggot can work a long game, find the right means to apply leverage and bring Taylor around. Danny could be a difficulty, but he's being rather shitfaced and she has people for dealing with difficult parents to keep him corralled. It isn't an ideal situation, but the alternatives could be worse.
Honestly I've always seen the wards as something the wards could opt out at any time. At least they could with their parents permission. Not that that is going to happen anyways, so barring permission from Danny to quit, I could see your vision of how it works alternatively to be quite valid.

I just always figured that was the stumbling block here, not governmental/bureaucratic stuff.
 
Honestly I've always seen the wards as something the wards could opt out at any time. At least they could with their parents permission. Not that that is going to happen anyways, so barring permission from Danny to quit, I could see your vision of how it works alternatively to be quite valid.

I just always figured that was the stumbling block here, not governmental/bureaucratic stuff.

That's A stumbling block, just not the only one.
 
Alexandria's color scheme
Speaking of Alexandria here is some art that was recently posted/found by ImmortalBlade in his Hatchling Quest thread. It's pretty gorgeous! You really get a sense of the intimidating and omniousness-ness of her costume. And they complained about Skitters costume! Hah!

 
Honestly I've always seen the wards as something the wards could opt out at any time. At least they could with their parents permission. Not that that is going to happen anyways, so barring permission from Danny to quit, I could see your vision of how it works alternatively to be quite valid.

I just always figured that was the stumbling block here, not governmental/bureaucratic stuff.
the wards are purely volunteer...Danny can say she's a ward but not even parents can force a child to work in the US. Part of the issue that makes this so clusterfuck is that anything that could truly fix the situation would ruin the whole Wards Program. There's not much the mundanes can do to bring a powerful young parahuman to heel...and anything that could would be seen as excessive.
 
I still like the white phoenix costume best, though making the bird logo the size of the one on the top right wouldn't be bad since it doesn't stand out as well against white.
 
the wards are purely volunteer
Clearly false in both canon and in this story.

...Danny can say she's a ward but not even parents can force a child to work in the US.
That's a nice fantasy. There are some pretty fucked up "schools" in the U.S who claim to cure kids of homosexuality, transgender or the ability to think for themselves (that's not how the schools or "parents" describe it obviously) and as long as the parents sign off on it they have very few limits on what they force the kids to do. Forcing them to work is not one of those limits.
If you want I'll dig out some articles about those places this evening.
 
To head that off, avenues of attack against a Phoenix host are entirely contingent on how in sync the host and The Phoenix Force are. As Taylor is right now? Defeat is a possibility. The more in sync, the more she becomes a fully realized host? The chances of victory diminish greatly. (Even then, the avenues of attack would need to be psychological to be effective. The weak point is the Host, not the Phoenix. A fully realized host, like, White Phoenix of the Crown outfit... yeah, no.

As far as outside of things, the Marvel Universe's cosmology is odd at best and where the Phoenix power levels rank among Eternity, Galactus, The Living Tribunal, The Infinity Gauntlet, Infinity, Death, Mistress Love, Sire Hate, Master Order and Lord Chaos, Chronos, Celestials, Ego... (I am sure I am missing some) is iffy at best beyond Eternity and LT(and whoever has the IG if it is working) being at the top end, with LT and the IG wielder being above Eternity/Infinity and everyone else in a sort of mid-rank. The Phoenix Force is pretty high up, is my understanding, but it's less of a conscious being the way the other Cosmic Entities in Marvel are. It has an awareness, but it's not at all a human awareness as we perceive such.
 
Welp. Marvel cosmic power levels be crazy. So that makes it fun?

Though I need to ask, how powerful Owen Reese is if compared to those Cosmic Powerhouses?
 
Welp. Marvel cosmic power levels be crazy. So that makes it fun?

Though I need to ask, how powerful Owen Reese is if compared to those Cosmic Powerhouses?

No idea who Owen Reese is, lemme see. Oh geez. The Molecule Man? Nope, nope, nope. Not touching that whole mess. Fuck the more recent cosmic stuff.
 
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