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Hello y'all!
I added a whole bunch of new friends and then abruptly vanished from LJ for a month and a half for no good reason. Sorry about that. I hope you are all well. I haven't yet tried to catch up on reading my flist, but hopefully I'll get to that soon. In the mean time, rather than writing an entry about what's actually been going on in my life, I want to tell you about something frivilous that's been making me happy.
Marvel's Avenger Academy is a delightful Avengers high school AU (or possibly college AU...the exact ages are never specified, and they do spend a lot of time in a club with a bar, though it's possible they're just drinking soda) in the form of a mobile game. I'm not at all a gamer, but the fun dialog, intriguing storyline, cute animation, and wonderful fannish ridiculousness of Avengers Academy have reeled me in. The basic idea is that you send your young heroes on quests, some of which are actually related to training to be a superhero (e.g. firing repulsors at the blasting range, practicing flying), while others are related to school (studying) or having fun (dancing...so much dancing). Some of the things I love about this game:
-Natasha is my favorite with her deadpan attitude, vaguely goth look, suspicion of authority, and focus on getting things done. She often feels like she's surrounded by idiots, but it's clear that she really has a big soft spot for her classmates. I am intensely amused that when you send her on the "look for clues" action, she has this body language like an 8 year-old pretending to be a detective, all exaggerated peering around on tip-toe.
-Kamala Khan is a very close second though. I finally managed to recruit her this weekend, and everything about her is great from her using her stretchy superpowers to take super selfies to her intense squee about getting to hang out with her heroes. Although I think the best part may be when Nick Fury and Hank Pym (mysteriously still adult) were discussing recruiting her and this happened:
( Most of this post under a cut due to number of screenshots )
-The storyline involves the school being surrounded by something called Time Fog, which is full of ruined buildings and occasionally eerie stuff like a cracked Iron Man face plate from a suit that Tony has only designed, not actually built. It's clear that Fury and Hank Pym, the adults in charge of the school, are hiding something. Characters have mentioned a sense of deja vu, like another version of themselves has been here before and experienced something terrible. I am intrigued by the implication that this isn't just an ordinary AU where they're all teens for no reason. I want to know more.
In summary, if you like the Marvel Avengers characters and enjoy having a fairly low-key game on your smartphone or tablet, I highly recommend Avengers Academy. Is anyone else out there playing?
I added a whole bunch of new friends and then abruptly vanished from LJ for a month and a half for no good reason. Sorry about that. I hope you are all well. I haven't yet tried to catch up on reading my flist, but hopefully I'll get to that soon. In the mean time, rather than writing an entry about what's actually been going on in my life, I want to tell you about something frivilous that's been making me happy.
Marvel's Avenger Academy is a delightful Avengers high school AU (or possibly college AU...the exact ages are never specified, and they do spend a lot of time in a club with a bar, though it's possible they're just drinking soda) in the form of a mobile game. I'm not at all a gamer, but the fun dialog, intriguing storyline, cute animation, and wonderful fannish ridiculousness of Avengers Academy have reeled me in. The basic idea is that you send your young heroes on quests, some of which are actually related to training to be a superhero (e.g. firing repulsors at the blasting range, practicing flying), while others are related to school (studying) or having fun (dancing...so much dancing). Some of the things I love about this game:
-Natasha is my favorite with her deadpan attitude, vaguely goth look, suspicion of authority, and focus on getting things done. She often feels like she's surrounded by idiots, but it's clear that she really has a big soft spot for her classmates. I am intensely amused that when you send her on the "look for clues" action, she has this body language like an 8 year-old pretending to be a detective, all exaggerated peering around on tip-toe.
-Kamala Khan is a very close second though. I finally managed to recruit her this weekend, and everything about her is great from her using her stretchy superpowers to take super selfies to her intense squee about getting to hang out with her heroes. Although I think the best part may be when Nick Fury and Hank Pym (mysteriously still adult) were discussing recruiting her and this happened:
( Most of this post under a cut due to number of screenshots )
-The storyline involves the school being surrounded by something called Time Fog, which is full of ruined buildings and occasionally eerie stuff like a cracked Iron Man face plate from a suit that Tony has only designed, not actually built. It's clear that Fury and Hank Pym, the adults in charge of the school, are hiding something. Characters have mentioned a sense of deja vu, like another version of themselves has been here before and experienced something terrible. I am intrigued by the implication that this isn't just an ordinary AU where they're all teens for no reason. I want to know more.
In summary, if you like the Marvel Avengers characters and enjoy having a fairly low-key game on your smartphone or tablet, I highly recommend Avengers Academy. Is anyone else out there playing?
