RileyRose31

If you want an Amy retrospective you will pretty much get a new wave retrospective, because they are very interlinked (and a bunch of Amy's later characterization comes from some very specific new wave stories).

(Brocton Bay #1, with the early deformed dynamite and the first appareance of Lung the oriental dragon)

So, in the late 50s Wildbow comics found itself in a very messy legal situation because DC was suing every superman shaped character and WB Comics had 5 very superman shaped characters, so during it Wildbow kind of started throwing shit at the wall to see what would stick. And thats how we got the Brocktom Bay Brigade in the 60s, the first in a new wave of heroes (Yeah, thats why they got that name later).

Their backstory was simple, 4 adventurer's travel too deep into a cave in the amazon forest were they find a shinning meteorite, now they have superpowers. Now they have to defend their hometown from eeeeeevil.

They are Manpower, Lady photon, Brandish and The Dynamite (Fun fact, flashbangs were created by the british years later).

You would be forgiven if you thought it was a fantastic four ripoff, because it kind of was but in my opinion it's vibes were more doom patrol than ff.

But more importantly, they were fundamental pillars for the WBU. A lot of iconic things you think about when i saw Wildbow come from their original series.

maybe it's because I don't read or write fanfiction, so all related discourse has always been an iceberg sailing past me, but I just can't imagine who would give a shit. like oh, they wrote about a taboo topic? is it well written? should I read it?

Basically I played a Call of Cthulhu game with Rin and Shirou as the characters. It was a ton of fun, even if i never finished it..... hehe I decided to do a simple redraw recently, which was a ton of fun!!

Rin was an artist in Paris (setting of the game) who drew stuff she saw in her dreams and Shirou was a cook, OFC >:] In their lore, Shirou provided the stable income for Rin while she gave her all to break into the art world. In the plot, she's steadily making a name for herself, and Shirou is working extra shifts so she can fully invest on making it far for them both. Rin joins an occult art society, and thats where game happens.

The old art was concept sketches for their characters before dynamics were first established, and Rin and Shirou's dynamic was originally going to be more hostile, with Rin being already successful and more dismissive, with the two of them at odds with their futures and careers. But over the course of drawing them and ironing out wrinkles, their dynamic became what it is now and became more wholesome- with Shirou helping Rin quit her smoking and supporting her aspirations and dreams.

Rin's dreams and art revolved around eyes and stars- which is a reference to my first CoC game where my PC gained a deep phobia of the stars and felt they were watching them. tbf, my paintings are kinda ass, but I think they're good enough to get Rin's style across.

I adore transition timelines from people who started around my age. They boost my hope and confidence so much.

Also love to see the representation of trans BIPOC, which is sorely missing from public perception.