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Jolene
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transfem polyam whatever [ve/ver/vers, she/her/hers]

digital artist (sort of), podcast host (@ourworldspod.bsky.social)

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Variant that uses the colours of the TFvJoe Oktober Guard, since they have a fairly unified palette
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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Hey, so, you know how the Oktober Guard in Transformers vs G.I. Joe were all horror themed?
Art intended to evoke the style of Tom Scioli, depicting "Dr. DeSade", a hunched figure in a faded blue-green hooded labcoat with a gas mask. His hands and feet are bare, with pale skin and visible blue veins; nothing of his head is visible, but the hood has lines on it suggesting the shape of a brain. He carries a syringe full of green fluid. In front of him is a name caption reading "DR. DeSADE - Your Pain Is His Pleasure".
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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Now with a file card, and a redesigned nail gun!
A vector art piece in the style of a 1980s GI Joe action figure, of a middle-aged bearded Japanese man with hair tied in a bun. He wears a brown work jacket with rolled sleeves over a light grey t-shirt, with a tool belt and brown tobi construction trousers. He has the Arashikage trigram tattoo on his right forearm, and he comes with a large wooden mallet and a nailgun as accessories. Code Name: OTSUCHI ARASHIKAGE HANDYMAN File Name: Hiro Ishizue (礎 寛) Birthplace: Ōgimi, Okinawa, Japan -------- By all appearances, Mr. Ishizue is just the handyman at the Arashikage dojo in Okinawa; a burly, jovial man who's more likely to teach students how to unblock a toilet than to perform the Nine Hand Seals. But when the dojo or its students are threatened, he shows a different side to him—interlopers learn that steel-toed boots hit harder than you might expect, and that the large wooden mallet he keeps in his room isn't just for building repairs. -------- In Chinese wuxing philosophy, wood is associated with strength, patience and generosity, so it's appropriate that a man displaying these characteristics would be adept with wooden weapons—the bo staff, the tonfa club, the eku oar, and, of course, his namesake ōtsuchi hammer. That said, he's not a luddite by any means—he's often said that while knowing how to swing a sword is all well and good, he gets more good out of knowing how to fix a car.
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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are they... you know... "ruthless terrorists determined to rule the world"?
Grotesque and Gargoyle
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Gargoyle, Cobra chemical weapon specialist and Grotesque's partner in crime!
A vector art piece in the style of a 1980s GI Joe action figure, of a person dressed in an orange and red, futuristic hazard suit with large grey patches with a leather-like texture on the upper arms, legs and chest. The suit has a black helmet with built-in respirator resembling an animalistic jaw, with side "fins" resembling a bat's ears, and an orange-rimmed visor. She comes with a backpack with a pair of oxygen tanks, with tubes that connect to the suit's collar, and a large acid-spraying gun. Code name: GARGOYLE COBRA CHEMICAL WARFARE --------------- Almost everything that is known about GARGOYLE is speculation. Believed to hail from somewhere in the Balkans, the towering mercenary has never been seen outside of the armored hazard suit that masks her appearance; some have even suggested that there might be multiple holders of the Gargoyle identity, though this is heavily disputed. Gargoyle rarely speaks, though she seems to have an unspoken bond with fellow Cobra agent Grotesque, and she is completely unwilling to negotiate—at least until her target is blind, blistered and incapacitated. --------------- There isn't a nation on the planet where more than half of Gargoyle's arsenal is legal. She carries an array of chemical compounds in aerosol form—corrosives, tear gas, psychoactive agents and worse—dispersed in billowing clouds with a specialised “chem-gun”, and her hazard suit allows her to wade into the thick of combat, implacably shrugging off enemy fire and her own noxious payloads alike.
January 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Grotesque, another character I've had in my head for a while, and one where I started with the name. (Gargoyle coming tomorrow probably)
A vector art piece in the style of a 1980s GI Joe action figure, of a woman dressed in black tactical gear with orange and red futuristic body armour, which has silver "scales" on the chest and upper arms. She wears a black gas mask vaguely resembling a wolf's muzzle that covers the lower half of her face, and has hair on only the right side of her head; on the left, she's bald, with a large scar across her scalp. She comes with a silver backpack and a futuristic gun based on the PHASR (Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response) rifle. Code Name: GROTESQUE COBRA PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE Most would call curiosity a desirable trait, but GROTESQUE's curiosity lies in the inflicting of pain and terror. In the past, she has worked for several mercenary companies, all of which shared two traits: they had few if any scruples, and they were wealthy enough to afford the most advanced gear on the market. Her distinctive facial scars are believed to have been caused by the backfiring of an experimental weapon. --------------- Most of Grotesque's pay goes right back into Cobra's research and development arm, an arrangement that Cobra Commander is perfectly happy with. Her current favored weapon is the variable-wave "Shrieker" sonic rifle; at high frequencies it can disorient and disable with teeth-shattering sonic pulses, while at low frequencies it can induce paranoia, fear and rage in targets, driving them to the edge of madness. --------------- "Grotesque isn't an ideologue. She hasn't read a single page of the Cobra Manifesto, and her loyalty to her comrades extends exactly as far as it's paid for. The one other Cobra she seems to hold any affection for is her fellow exotic weapons specialist Gargoyle."
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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dunno i feel like i look kinda cute today
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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I think it's telling that the Captain Britain Corps includes nazis, fascists and whatever this guy is. There's no shared British ideal that unites them, just the fact they happen to be from versions of the same rainy piss island.
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Mighty Defenders (The Crew)
The Mighty Defenders: Luke Cage, Iron Fist (Danny Rand), White Tiger (Ava Ayala), Misty Knight, Colleen Wing, Junta (Danny Vincent), Shadow Soldier (Josiah al hajj Saddiq), Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond of Earth-31916)
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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New Warriors
The New Warriors: Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor), Speedball (Robbie Baldwin), Silhouette (Janelle Chord), Debrii (Deborah Fields), Jolt (Hallie Takahama), Echo (Maya Lopez), the Wakandan (Tosin Oduye)
January 20, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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The Exiles
The Exiles: Blink (Clarice Ferguson of Earth-295), Morph (Kevin Sidney of Earth-1081), Aliyah Bishop of Earth-41001, Bloodstorm (Ororo Munroe of Earth-21710), Mysterio (Quentin Beck of a universe where he's actually a wizard and a superhero), Sai of Earth-42141, Marvelman (Michael Moran of Earth-54225)
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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The Champions
The Champions: Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan), Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Nova (Sam Alexander), Viv Vision, the Locust (Fernanda Rodriguez), Snowguard (Amka Aliyak), Ironheart (Riri Williams)
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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Guardians of the Galaxy
The Guardians of the Galaxy: Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Gamora, Nova (Richard Rider), Mantis, M'Baku of the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, Starfox (Eros of Titan), Jack of Hearts (Jack Hart), Accuser (Lauri-Ell)
January 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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A pixel commission for a friend - Geoffrey Combs, a security guard who was drafted by the unearthly Mothman; to guard against coming disaster and protect his husband, Geoffrey becomes the living dead man, Masqueraider Stranger!
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Current status of the JoeC roster. I have a disease
Splashdown (Mariana Da Costa), G.I. Joe Rescue Swimmer Fish (Elton Fraser), G.I. Joe Royal Marine, and Chips the Dog Birdie (Taylor Coleridge), G.I. Joe Transport Pilot Long Haul (Roy Jenkins), G.I. Joe Loadmaster Muzzle Flash (Jacqueline Rangihau), G.I. Joe Heavy Weapons Scuttle (Khajee "Puu" Samudra), G.I. Joe Naval Assault Storm Chaser (Winnifred Summers), G.I. Joe Meteorologist Takedown (Waylon Donovan), G.I. Joe CQB Instructor Showtime (Geeta Joshi), G.I. Joe Star Brigade Astronautical Engineer Torre Alta/Hightower (María Suárez), Comandos Heroicos Recon Sniper Lança/Spear (Alice Lourenço), Comandos em Ação Forca Tigre Cryptographer Otsuchi/Sledgehammer (Hiro Ishizue), Arashikage Handyman Dr. Jamshid Saidov, Oktober Guard Virologist Redline (Aigerim Timurova), Oktober Guard Space Pilot Jolly Roger (Roger Jolley), Cobra Pirate Captain Brig (Sebastian Monroe), Cobra Security Officer Firecracker (Edith Cai-Hong Cheung), Dreadnok Vandal Broodsac, Cobra-La Bioengineer
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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crack team of experts i've assembled to kill the entire cast of overwatch
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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If you're squeamish, especially about body parasites, you might want to look away from this one. Broodsac, a bio-engineer from the secret civilization of Cobra-La!
A vector art piece in the style of a 1980s GI Joe action figure, of a woman with greenish skin and a giant snail with leucochloridium parasites attached to the top of her head like a helmet that covers her eyes. She wears a chestpiece that seems to be made of the same material as the snail shell, and her stomach is bloated with similar colours and patterns to the leucochloridium broodsacs. Her left arm is covered with growths that seem to be parasites under the skin, and she has a long green split skirt with an organic texture. She comes with a red accessory shaped like an enormous, stylised flea, which can be held as a weapon. Code Name: BROODSAC COBRA-LA BIOENGINEER In Cobra-La, weapons are grown, not manufactured; living parasites that bond to the biological systems of their wielders. These organisms are grown and harvested by a dedicated caste of bioengineers: part farmers, part priests, part geneticists. Feared and revered by the citizens of Cobra-La, these bioengineers tend to vast gardens of symbiotic organisms from specially-grown host creatures—but there are some who go a step further, cultivating new bioweapons within their own flesh, using their own bodies as a laboratory for their twisted genetic experiments... ----- "None of Cobra-La's forces are pleasant to look at, but Broodsac really is horrifying to behold. Those pulsing eyestalks are bad enough, but then you get close enough to see the twitching shapes moving about just beneath her skin... it's enough to give the hardest soldiers around nightmares for weeks."
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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I'd say Nyx but she's too conventionally hot
January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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going obscure for this one
January 18, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Uncanny X-Men (to run alongside the adjectiveless X-Men upthread)
The Uncanny X-Men: Emma Frost, Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa), Wolverine (Logan), and a rotating lineup including Jean Grey, Colossus, Rogue, Cannonball, Monet St Croix, Trinary, Temper, Jubilee, Jon Ironfire, Mirage, and more
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Yondu and the Ravagers
The Ravagers: Yondu Udonta, Sera, Death's Head I, Pip the Troll, Raava the Unskrulled, Howard the Duck
January 14, 2026 at 1:39 AM
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The Defenders
The Defenders: Doctor Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner, the Harpy (Betsy Ross), Mr Enigma, Puck (Eugene Judd), Beta Ray Bill
January 14, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Okay, fine, here's a LESS explicit one
January 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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Thinking about this and realising that I actually kind of get it, because I feel the same way about Britannia from that The Union comic from a few years ago being described as "Britain's greatest hero".
Like... sod off, mate, that's not what Britain's Greatest Hero would be like.
January 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM