feathers and friends, together alone

Incredibly awkward meeting ….

Leo’s danger senses are tingling and he just *knows* theres something up with this TA that Bree’s introducing him to, and she seems familiar in a sinister way and he can’t *quite* put a finger on why.

I need to draw it ... (I already have drawn it but as a very messy sketch in class notes)

I think that unlike Chase, who wanted to get the super special rocks out of a desire for his abilities to be acknowledged as valuable on their own, she would probably go on her own to get the mission over with (possibly because the time the mission was rescheduled to coincided with a field trip, or a school dance, or some kind of "normal" activity that she'd already signed up for/planned to go to).

I think the fact they are both irritated by Donald's dictacting/controlling nature would be a good start. Douglas had to have noticed this when he was spying on them for months. So maybe the idea that they both want to separate from Donald and desire to do their own things would be an appealing component.

Donald has pretty much controlled Bree's life since he got his hands on the bionic kids. The show has shown us on several occasions that she wants to be normal and Donald won't let her.

Donald has also controlled in a way Douglas before as well. The brothers started the company together, but when Donald disliked what Douglas was doing he took controll. If it's not Donalds way he won't have it.

The best way I can imagine Douglas getting into Bree's head would be promising a normal life (one possibly similar to the one he promises Marcus). He could offer her the chance to do what she's wants, not what Donald demands.

#AVALANCHE! BREE!!!!!!!!!!!#hashtag my influence...#no but oh my gosh yesssssss#DOUGLAS TRYING TO MANIPULATE HER THROUGH THE FATHER DAUGHTER THING!!!!! OOOOHHH YOU GET IT!!!!!!!!#if i'm being honest i think a lot of the parallels people try to draw between chase and douglas r just a lot more prevalent with bree#like sure douglas draws parallels with chase because he sees it in the adam-chase dynamic#but bree's relationship with donald is what is really the most similar to douglas#douglas sees donald as someone who refuses to see and recognize/his worth and ideas. he sees that as causing the rift in their relationship#ignoring the fact that douglas is clearly ignoring all the evil shit he did#bree is often overlooked in her own house. especially by donald!!#i always think back to 'concert in a can' for the most obvious instance of this#he promises to do things with her and then ditches her for her brothers#it isn't until the end of the episode where he really tries to forge a connection with her#i think unlike avalanche! chase bree wouldn't immediately come back because she would never betray her family. that's specifically because#chase is so seen by davenport. he's the most like him.#even if she doesn't trust or really believe douglas she would need to see that her family sees her and actually respects her wants#and desires. think something like the leo-chase scene in 'sink or swim' sans-triton app#donald needs to be more willing to be open about how much he cares about his kids when it's not literally life and death...#especially bree. because he sees so many of her desires as frivolous. avalanche arc with bree would need to end with her gaining#back a portion of her autonomy

@scootersscooter 's tags I love them a lot. Finally on my computer so I can easily copy them and put them on my blog forever and ever (also definitely your influence! Avalanche Bree has me in a chokehold ....

CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT ABOUT CONCERT IN A CAN as *the* Bree feeling overlooked episode fkda;jdfal;

LEO but like future 🥹 he is probably my favorite character in Lab Rats and I was devastated when I realized he wasn’t in Elite Force… 😭 I also genuinely thought the episode(technically 2 episodes??) when him, Taylor and Logan formed a new team was hinting at a sequel where they’d become mentors or, like, start a whole superhero team together. AND THEN THEY DIDNT EVEN SHOW UP AFTER THAT EPISODE??? 😢 THEY WORKED SO WELL TOGETHER 😭 anyways i based this off of how he looked in Elite Force but like buffer. And piercings for some reason, but u know.

Even though he showed up in like one episode, I adore Logan and I also adore Taylor (who had a character arc BUT I NEED MORE)😔

The lava creatures that run the clone pods (mentioned in Elite Force) are called Tagapoy [Tagaolog taga 'people' + apoy 'fire']. They landed on Caldera (sent from another planet?) many many generations ago and began to establish a clone colony: Skylar's people, the Starvrowen [Dutch vroewen 'women']

Dorenbosches are native to Caldera. They speak a language called Bloezentaal that is essentially Dutch with weirder phonemes (such as screeches, glottal stops, and clicks, some of which are only used in names). Starvroewen speak a creole usually just called ‘Calderan’ comprised of various local languages, Bloezentaal, English, and a Tagalog-based language descended from the Tagapoy. It is extremely hierarchical and metaphorical.

Calderan is skewed feminine, so “sisters”, “girls” etc. is used to refer to groups/audiences and a lot of respectful terms have feminine roots. Calderans are also very sarcastic, thus English vocabulary getting turned around and meaning its opposite.

Calderans have a three-tiered caste system based on powers given at birth (technically a 4th for Calderans with no power). Skylar was born into the highest caste and Experion into the lowest, however they were born on the same day so there’s no seniority.

Usually a planet ('assignment') is selected for a Starvrowen from birth based on caste and they learn the most popular languages from there. Earth is considered very exclusive, only the highest of the high get assigned there. Skylar used her influence so that Experion could go there too. English was easy for them to learn since Calderan has a lot of English loan words. Skylar knows Spanish and French; Experion knows Mandarin and Tamil (they were assigned to the upper-West and upper-East quadrants respectively).

Since gender isn’t a concern (officially all Starvrowen are ‘supposed’ to be female), each caste has its own third-person singular pronoun (high caste: ve/ver/vaer, mid caste: le/ler/laer, low caste: xe/xer/xiis). Affixes are added to singular pronouns based on status (determined by caste, age, and other mysterious forces).

Older/higher status: va- honorific (-va on 2nd person)

Younger/lower status: x’-

The low-status honorific is used as a “humble” personal pronoun. So when a high/mid-status person is speaking to someone of higher or equal status, they'd use the x'- prefix for themself to "humble" themself. Officially you should do that when speaking to anyone to be polite, but a lot of high status Calderans will drop it when speaking to low status Calderans.

But remember, Calderans love sarcasm, so when two low status Calderans are talking they'll commonly use the va- prefix and very formal language (like 'oooh look at us we're sooo important, they should all bow down to us! /s'). And obviously when Calderans are close, especially when they're already of a similar status, they'll drop the honorifics altogether.

Also messy doodle of marcus playing the guitar. Anyways i think that if marcus can regenerate from being evaporated by daniels energy blast he can regenerate from being shot by douglas’s gun thing. So he regenerates and he leaves (at least for now) because he chooses self preservation over revenge. (Hes gotten killed by the davenports 3 times 😭 atp). Might make a mini comic about him leaving when i have the time!

He has some android like features that he covers up in public to blend in but keeps in view when hes by himself (and eventually when he finds ppl he trusts [he might never], he may let the metal show around them too). Also i just like drawing the metal features lol.

Bree and Marcus parallels with “The Christmas Kids”!

Thoughts/explanation under the cut!

Another post canon marcus sketch! In concert in a can, theres a throwaway line where marcus wants to discuss his ideas with mr davenport, and while he *does* get immediately shut down because mr davenport is narcissistic, that scene made me think that his superintelligence might manifest as a passion for research.

Anyways they fudge their records (this identity is called aurelia, is 24, and uses she/they pronouns), apply to a PhD program at a public university in the east coast, and hack admission records so that theyre accepted. They use the shaoeshiftimg technology giselle gave the, to appear older, slightly more fem, and ti hide android/robotic features.

The research is great, and they surprisingly dont hate the people they work with. Unfortunately, theyve also been roped into TA-ing for a lower division GE and so have to deal with annoying freshmen on a regular basis and grade work. Idk if chat gpt exists in this universe but if it does theyre super disdainful about it (wayyyy less advanced AI) and are also scarily good at identifying it. Theyre a very harsh grader and their office hours are useless because they cant really teach, but theyre kind of hot and have really nice fashion, so a lot of frehsmen have a crush. (Theyd be horrified to learn marcus is actually 16 …)

The Great Divide by Noah Kahan has taken over my brain so yay! Lab rats art lol

Im happy with everything except for the last two panels with marcus - its supposed to be a fear of getting reprogrammed but I dont really think it comes across unfortunately …

Individual art plus thoughts under the cut!

More sketches of marcus after canon

I think that his hatred of cats manifests in a fondness for dogs? Also smth to be said about dogs and their unconditional love, and the fact that they were selectively bred to complete tasks while cats just kind of wandered in and liked the arrangement