Nico Minoru - Tumblr Posts
This is why Marvel is the greatest. They actually gave us what we wanted. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ’ž
You want to know what three characters I wish we could see team-up? Laura Kinney, Nico Minoru, and Andi Benton.
I just think the three of them would get along really well. Goth and/or punk aesthetics. Dangerous powers. Two of them are legacy characters. Two of them have a history of self-harm. Okay, maybe that last one is a bit off and unneeded, but there is so much about this three that I think would allow them to get along. Primarily personality.
I will also just somewhat shamefully admit that I ship Laura and Nico together despite them having little to no interactions in any comic that has featured the both of them.
Also, just remembered this! Both Laura and Andi have/had a Hell Mark. Bring that back! Give us something about that! I think the writers legitimately forgot Laura got a Hell Mark and it was just never addressed again. Who wouldn't want to see Laura with Hell powers?
Nico and Andi I think could have some common ground in some ways, mostly to do with other the magic that is connected to the both of them.
Overall, I think I just want these characters to interact in some way. Marvel has so many characters kept in their own little boxes in a way that we never get these interactions that could provide something to the characters.
One way I think it would be cool if we could get this team-up is maybe something like Mephisto is "cashing in" and summoning those he gave Hell Marks to, maybe as his warriors in a sort of competition between the different Hells.
Maybe Laura’s old friends from the New X-Men just see her disappear in a plume of Hellfire and go to find Nico as someone who could potentially find Laura using her magic. Maybe the don't trust Illyana to get them there since she's friends with Dani Moonstar, who has been a sort of "Dark Valkyrie" for Hela at some point I believe.
Or as another idea: the trio of Andi, Laura, and Nico have a team-up as a part of a Contest of Champions or something similar. Or maybe it could be that the trio are brought together by some type of space-based shenanigans? The X-Men have connections to the Shi'ar Empire, Laura has even encountered and fought one of the members of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Two of Nico's friends/teammates, Karolina and Xavin, are originally from outer space. The symbiotes are extraterrestrial and Flash Thompson, Andi's mentor, has been a Guardian of the Galaxy at one point.
You want to know what three characters I wish we could see team-up? Laura Kinney, Nico Minoru, and Andi Benton.
I just think the three of them would get along really well. Goth and/or punk aesthetics. Dangerous powers. Two of them are legacy characters. Two of them have a history of self-harm. Okay, maybe that last one is a bit off and unneeded, but there is so much about this three that I think would allow them to get along. Primarily personality.
I will also just somewhat shamefully admit that I ship Laura and Nico together despite them having little to no interactions in any comic that has featured the both of them.
Also, just remembered this! Both Laura and Andi have/had a Hell Mark. Bring that back! Give us something about that! I think the writers legitimately forgot Laura got a Hell Mark and it was just never addressed again. Who wouldn't want to see Laura with Hell powers?
Nico and Andi I think could have some common ground in some ways, mostly to do with other the magic that is connected to the both of them.
Overall, I think I just want these characters to interact in some way. Marvel has so many characters kept in their own little boxes in a way that we never get these interactions that could provide something to the characters.
You know what? I think Marvel just needs a Marvel Team-Up book! That way people can experiment with different characters meeting and interacting. If you don't want the thing to be canon and give editorial a headache, just set each team-up in its own alternative universe if you so wish!
Who wouldn't want to see Jubilee and Chamber team-up with Blade? Who wouldn't want to see Namor kick ass alongside Wolverine and Captain America? Who wouldn't want to see Andi Benton, Laura Kinney, and Nico Minoru at the very least just interact?
There is so much that can be done with a new Marvel Team-Up book! You could even have Laura team-up with her old friends in the New X-Men! Who wouldn't want that?! Or even just a type of experimental team-ups could be fun. Like imagine an alternate universe where Toad is a superhero and teams up Spider-Man on the regular. Overall, it could just be a fun little book showing off neat ideas for many Marvel characters.
So... with Marvel, particularly X-23, on the mind a bit lately and wanting to get back into my SMT V: Vengeance playthrough, I kinda got to thinking of what would her role be in an SMT/Marvel Crossover AU. Taking some inspiration from the time she was Captain Universe, maybe she could be a Nahobino? Or maybe she could be someone like Tao or Yoko? Or maybe the Tao-like or Yoko-like role could go to a different character?
I do know if I write something for an SMT/Marvel Crossover AU, I would like to do something with Thor, both versions, where it's something like Eric Masterson is SMT Thor's Knowledge. Or maybe have it be Kevin Masterson, Eric Masterson's son? I also just had the idea while typing this of maybe writing something with Andi Benton, maybe making the Mania Symbiote like Aogami while Andi is the human who bonded. Maybe I will go with that instead, maybe so that I can try writing something with Andi meeting Nico Minoru and Laura and them going on a journey similar to what the Nahobino and company do in SMTV. Or maybe I could go with a combination of these ideas? Have Andi and Laura in roles similar to Tao and Yoko while whoever I make Thor's Knowledge is the protagonist?
Another idea is having Franklin Richards as the protagonist, with Rachel Summers as the one with a kinda similar role to Tao or Yoko. This idea popped in my head when mulling over the many possibilities for an SMT/Marvel Crossover. Franklin has cosmic power in the comics, the ability to create a miniature universe, while Rachel is one of the hosts of the Phoenix Force. Obviously, for this crossover idea, I will depower Franklin a bit, and I will probably try thinking of a mythological being for him to be the Knowledge of.
Nico Minoru + season 2 outfits
