Addendum to "More Captains Britain, ch3"
Addendum to More Captains Britain, ch3.
Annotations that had to be removed from the main post since it already was so long.
When I started working on this AU, Krakoa was still alive and kicking – I think. The creation date of this doc is January 2024, but I'm pretty sure I was working on it on a cumulative doc before I actually moved it on its own doc.
Timeline
[ Explanations and notes about the timeline ]
Original timeline, that combines a “What if…?” and a canon-fix, respectively what if Betsy never became an X-Woman and Warren had been invited to the Avengers.
I applied this idea to a reality already existing in canon, specifically a reality in which Dazzler never lost her fame, temporarily visited by the Dazzler of Grand Design when she stepped into the Siege Perilous. This reality was never officially numbered, and the temporary number designation given by Marvel Database (TNR795) has been used instead – minus the TNR part. Number not yet used for official designation in Marvel at the time of the posting.
Highly unlikely, as X-Men:Grand Design was published in 2019, with its main timeline given a designation at the time, but should this alternate timeline ever get a canon number, I will update it here.
Name lifted from the Steve Rogers's file (Heroic Age: Heroes).</p>
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Notes
[ How the story came to be ]
To shake things up, I tried to work on the basis that Warren didn’t become the third student in Charles Xavier’s first class of X-Men, and developed on himself as a solo hero and see where this would lead me. Which lead me to remove the X-Men from Betsy’s formative years too, and head her to a very different path.
Everything else, including erasing Brian’s time as Captain Britain to establish Betsy in his place, took a life on its own while I was writing (originally Brian was meant to be the first Captain Britain and then, after he decided he wanted to leave the Corps after a short stint, Betsy would become the new Captain Britain).
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Additional
Betsy’s early life inspired, for her acting gig, to Katie McGrath (my “face” for English!Betsy).
Jamie Braddock, in early canon, was established to be a driving racer.
Marvel Database claims that he was a Formula 1 driver racer who won two world championships. I can't find a reference for the claim, and the two sources referenced (Captain Britain (Vol. 2) #1 and Super Spider-Man & Captain Britain #243) aren't clear on this (the cars seen in the latter are nowhere near how Formula 1 cars looked at the time). A Formula 1 car is mentioned in Captain Britain #9 when Betsy recounts Jamie's incident on a track behind the Manor (“Jamie was testing his new Formula 1 racer, running it flat out on the track behind the house”), but he could've acquired the car through other means (=bought it) and was testing it as a personal hobby of his, and not for a job.
Anyway. Let's pretend that the person who wrote the entry is right.
I call bullshit. First, even for the 70s, the years when this was written, wasn't easy to debut as a driver in Formula 1. First, you had to dedicate all of yourself at professional racing, so racing drivers didn't pursue education, since they devoted themselves to driving, and Jamie was (albeit later) established to go from school to school. Also, you had to start at a young age and upgrade from one type to the other, before being noticed by the right people or have any chance to enter a Formula 1 team, even if a small one. I have personal knowledge for this, as my mom's first cousin has been a Formula 1 racer for the Ferrari Team and other teams in the 70s, and he literally drove in every kind of car race before he could land in F1.
I initially had James driving sports prototypes for the International Championship for Makes, taking from my cousin's career who first came to the Ferrari to drive in the 1970 championship, but after cross-checking on Wikipedia, I discovered that in 1977, the year of publication for the two aforementioned comics in which James was mentioned or shown as a racing driver, the competition was named World Championship for Makes, so I decided to keep this title instead.
I spared James to burn alive in a fatal version of Niki Lauda's accident (whom, coincidentally, was saved by my cousin), and broadly took inspiration from the tragic death of Ayrton Senna instead.
More about the mentioned parfum campaign by Gambit at this post.
Not specified, but I see Warren as someone who could be picked by Giorgio
Armani (see Chris Pine and Paul Walker). Although there’s always my original face for early 2000s Warren, model Gabriel Aubry (Hugo Boss).
I tried to be as vague on the Avengers rosters as I could. I don't know enough of the team to pick characters, especially the one who would be the right to make a joke about Warren and Betsy's chemistry. In the end went for Hercules because he left me a positive impression when he appeared in Champions reunions, and felt the kind of character to fit the role.Anyway. If you reader are a fan of Avengers, I hope my choices make sense to you.
The episode relating to the daughter this Betsy was about to adopt will be fully developed and explained in another story – aka, in the AU where this daughter eventually lands (undecided at time of writing this) or in the AU covering her mother's story.
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CANON X-MEN VS X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN
[ Reflections about the “Dazzler never lost her
fame” timeline ]
In the original canon, the X-Men are just given a fresh-new start by the
Siege Perilous start but were never sent away from Earth 616. Specifically, a memory-less Dazzler just ended up in Malibu Beach, where she was found by Lila Cheney and Guido Carosella.
Ed Piskor, in his retelling of the classic years for the X-Men: Grand Design series, has instead established that half of the X-Men who entered the Siege Perilious were not only “reset” in memories to live a new life but also cast in different timelines.Exact quotes, from X-Men: Grand Design – X-Tinction #2 page #13.
“Logan doesn't tell (Jubilee) about the very real possibility that the Siege Perilous may have projected the X-Men to dimensions unreachable by Earth's current technology. He would be partially correct in making this assumption.”
This is revealed to be the fate for Dazzler, Colossus and Rogue:
“Alison Blaire/Dazzler was cast into a universe where she never lost her far as a musician and actress.”
The panel shows us Alison on stage, singing in her first, iconic white costume. [Link
to pic]
“Peter Rasputin/Colossus entered a world where mutants don't exist, but he did get to retain his creativity.”
The panel shows us Pete in a suit at a vernissage/gallery exhibit. [Link to pic]
“Rogue is in a bliss, a native-born inhabitant on some other Earth's Savage Land, she's never known a life where touching people results in fatal consequences.”
The panel shows us Rogue, in her iconic Savage Land outfit, with Magneto in the Savage Land. [Link to pic]<
“Some X-Men who traveled through Siege Perilous are still in the same plane of existence as Wolverine, though they are forever changed by Roma's trinket.”
This is revealed to be the case for Storm, Psylocke and Havok:
“Ororo Munroe/Storm wakes up in a Cairo, Illinois, hospital, an amnesiac child called Jane Doe. She knows that's not right.”
The panel shows us the small Ororo flying out of the window in a hospital gown.
“Psylocke was psychologically malleable when the Hand organization found her. She is now in their employ, an assassin who gets paid with food and shelter.”
The panel shows us Betsy, in her iconic Psylocke looks, as she has just killed a man with her psyknife.
“Alex Summers/Havok landed on the doorstep of Genosha's commander general. Another of Roma's gifts is that his mutant gene is not detectable via physical examination.”
The panel shows us Alex training in military.
While not clearly spelled out, it's implied that Alison's spirit briefly possessed her native counterpart's body (like Betsy will do in Excalibur in the aftermath of X of Swords), although what happened to our Dazzler's original body in the meantime is an unsolved mystery.There's the chance that our Alison took over the native Dazzler's life in body too, but I see it harder (the Siege would need to “delete” native Alison from that plane of existence, in order to make space for 616-Dazzler).
I guess this is a case of Ed Piskor not thinking this through enough. Either interpretations are valid, I think.
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Issues/titles references
[ Stories referenced that I’d recommend reading ]
Captain Britain (1976) #9-10. Betsy (and Jamie) are involved in a battle between Dr. Synne and Captain Britain, with Betsy the unwilling victim of the villain's mental powers.
The original has the roles switched, with Brian (already Captain Britain) being the only one to resist Synne's hypnotic powers, and Betsy the one swinging an axe under mind control.
Iceman & Angel (2011). First-class era, Bobby and Warren together to stop an angry alien dad from wrecking Earth.
The adventure you read about Avenging Angel and Iceman is a remix of this one. Basically happens the same, but without the references to them being friends and living together at the school.
Heroic Age: Heroes (2010). Files from Steve Roger’s journal.
Steve is very positive on Warren and describes him as perfect Avengers material.
Excalibur (2004) #11/#13. Viper’s failed coup in Zanzibar. Warren for once in action without a proper X-Men team to back him up, so he can show his abilities in flight and handle his own.
A must-read for a Warren fan: he’s competent as leader and fighter, banters with Viper and Callisto and the two also want to fight over him.
Uncanny X-Force #10. Shadow King shows up to annoy Warren and shake things up for X-Force by releasing proof about X-Force's crimes to a journalist.
Things go differently in my story, as there's no Archangel to piss off. The Guardian's editor has to thank his luck, since here he survives the experience of going against Warren Worthington.
X-Men #77/#78. “Psy War” arc. When Elizabeth faces the Shadow King and traps him in her own mind.
I took inspiration from this arc when I decided how to remove Betsy from the Corps in time to save her from Incursions.
Psylocke & Archangel: Crimson Dawn.
Took inspiration from Betsy’s attack to Warren in #1 to write the fight between Warren and Shadow King-controlled Betsy, including her capturing Warren from behind and threatening him with the psyknife. But the general vibe is from all their fights in this mini and how Betsy acted when controlled by the Crimson Dawn.
Wolverine (1988) #147. Betsy relives Warren’s transformation into Death and almost frees Shadow King when he tempts her with the promise to fix Warren.
Not sure if Warren ever shared his memories with Betsy before, but – judging from the text in this issue – it seems this is the first time Betsy fully has access to them, as she's shaken and horrified by the pain she feels.
Uncanny X-Men #416/417. Warren finally deals with Betsy’s death and he grieves.
Too little too late. Alas. Better late than never. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex (2015).
The enhancements Warren receives had potential. Sadly, everything was downplayed (with his new fire wings treated as an hazard and considered even more useless than his feathers wings in more than one occasion). Also, a study on why Warren really chose to latch to the Black Vortex should’ve taken up much more space than the little authors were willing to give him (which was still more space than the amount his discovering his tragic future upon his arrival in the present got).
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Annotations and Easter eggs
[ Canon things I repurposed for this ]
The reality in which Dazzler never lost her fame is established with a single panel in X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction #2 (page 13). Full panel posted above – there's literally just that image.
Jamie's flat in Chelsea, where Betsy is shown having her own bedroom, is first seen in Captain Britain #31.
Project Britannia (here changed into “The Union”) is from The Union (2021).
White Palace is the name of Emma's residence in Krakoa as White Queen of the new Hellfire Trading Company – here referenced with a different name, as Krakoa and all related developments never happened).
The Champions of Europe are Brian’s resistance team during Secret Empire.
Moondragon, Valkyrie and Cloud were Warren’s teammates in The Defenders.
Dark Angel (Shevaun Haldane) worked with the X-Men in her solo miniseries Hell's Angel (1992), where she even became Psylocke's friend – albeit nothing was made of this outside of this series.
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Arts & pics used
[ Credits and general ramblings about the pics used ]
MASTERPOST PICTURE
The image is an edited pic of Britannia from The Union (2020) #5, 2021.
Art by Lee Garbett.
MODIFICATIONS
Removed the headpiece.
ID PICTURE
Summary image is an edited pic of Britannia from The Union (2020) #4,
2021.
Artists: Andrea Di Vito (pencils); Le Beau Underwood (inks); Nolan Woodard (colors).
MODIFICATIONS
Removed the headpiece.
GALLERY PICTURE
The image in the an edited pic of Britannia from the 1:25 incentive variant for The Union (2020) #1, 2020.
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Dave McCaig.
MODIFICATIONS
Removed the headpiece, changed a bit the shape of the boots, and fixed things here and there, including colors.
For the ears, I used Lupacchino's Women's History Month Variant variant for Captain Marvel (2019) #47, 2023.
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Fan-art suggestions
[ Arts that I either used as reference or can be applied to the story to help get a visual portrayal of the characters ]
When I started this series, I didn't plan to use actual comic book arts to visually establish characters, let alone include modified version of them to be Betsy Braddocks.
Back then, I was collecting fanarts to include as visual references. Even if they have become obsolete, I though I could still share them – instead of scraping the whole notes. Here they are.
I'm not a fan of AI, so I'm torn about sharing or suggesting anything done with AI. Still, I have stumbled upon a rendering of an Elizabeth as Captain Britain that I think would be especially interesting in this timeline, where Betsy is a Captain Britain and hero on her own, detached from the X-Men mythos.
So, if you're interested, here's the link of the pic shared by someone on Pinterest. I have no idea who originally posted it.
But I think it could be thecrimsontt on Twitter because they have used a very similar design in their AI fancomic (I know, AI, but they use AI to get characters and backgrounds, and then they do manipulate them to build the actual pages so it's not a case of “have AI churn out tons of arts and post them”, and the stories are worth it, so I'd suggest you to read them at their Tumblr).
The softer colors strike as a costume could be used by a younger Betsy (like a teenager, early twenties), so I might keep this design into consideration for another AU.
Another interesting redesign for Betsy as Captin Britain would be this fanart of a Captain UK by tsbranch on Deviantart.
The author specified this isn't meant to be a female!Brian Braddock nor a Betsy Braddock. But the costume is very interesting and I'd like to image my Betsy wearing a costume similar to this. I think the mask/helmet would be gone, though, and Betsy would let her hair to flow.
On more fitting references. Since I based this Betsy on the early career of Irish actress Katie McGrath, who also happens to be my current fancasting/face for her, I think I should share three fanarts featuring her as Lena Luthor which are gorgeous, and that have “Betsy Braddock” energy.
I edited these three in my mind to turn them from Lena to Betsy. Especially the Vogue cover.
All by papurrcat (also on Tumblr).
Lena on Vogue magazine: https://instagram.com/p/CRXwWa-L4QG
Wearing suit: https://instagram.com/p/B3Cfky0BvRS
Variant of the above: https://instagram.com/p/B1th0o6h9Yi
If the links should ever go down, or you want to reblog on Tumblr but don't have time to surf papurrcat's full blog (which you actually should do!), I have reblogged some of their Lena arts on my Tumblr: you can find them here.
Last but not least, in 2020 I made a manip of Katie McGrath as Captain Britain (using a cosplayer for the body): you might see it here.
Annotations that had to be removed from the main post since it already was so long.
Further notes
When I started working on this AU, Krakoa was still alive and kicking – I think. The creation date of this doc is January 2024, but I'm pretty sure I was working on it on a cumulative doc before I actually moved it on its own doc.
Timeline
[ Explanations and notes about the timeline ]
Original timeline, that combines a “What if…?” and a canon-fix, respectively what if Betsy never became an X-Woman and Warren had been invited to the Avengers.
I applied this idea to a reality already existing in canon, specifically a reality in which Dazzler never lost her fame, temporarily visited by the Dazzler of Grand Design when she stepped into the Siege Perilous. This reality was never officially numbered, and the temporary number designation given by Marvel Database (TNR795) has been used instead – minus the TNR part. Number not yet used for official designation in Marvel at the time of the posting.
Highly unlikely, as X-Men:Grand Design was published in 2019, with its main timeline given a designation at the time, but should this alternate timeline ever get a canon number, I will update it here.
Name lifted from the Steve Rogers's file (Heroic Age: Heroes).</p>
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Notes
[ How the story came to be ]
To shake things up, I tried to work on the basis that Warren didn’t become the third student in Charles Xavier’s first class of X-Men, and developed on himself as a solo hero and see where this would lead me. Which lead me to remove the X-Men from Betsy’s formative years too, and head her to a very different path.
Everything else, including erasing Brian’s time as Captain Britain to establish Betsy in his place, took a life on its own while I was writing (originally Brian was meant to be the first Captain Britain and then, after he decided he wanted to leave the Corps after a short stint, Betsy would become the new Captain Britain).
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Additional
Betsy’s early life inspired, for her acting gig, to Katie McGrath (my “face” for English!Betsy).
Jamie Braddock, in early canon, was established to be a driving racer.
Marvel Database claims that he was a Formula 1 driver racer who won two world championships. I can't find a reference for the claim, and the two sources referenced (Captain Britain (Vol. 2) #1 and Super Spider-Man & Captain Britain #243) aren't clear on this (the cars seen in the latter are nowhere near how Formula 1 cars looked at the time). A Formula 1 car is mentioned in Captain Britain #9 when Betsy recounts Jamie's incident on a track behind the Manor (“Jamie was testing his new Formula 1 racer, running it flat out on the track behind the house”), but he could've acquired the car through other means (=bought it) and was testing it as a personal hobby of his, and not for a job.
Anyway. Let's pretend that the person who wrote the entry is right.
I call bullshit. First, even for the 70s, the years when this was written, wasn't easy to debut as a driver in Formula 1. First, you had to dedicate all of yourself at professional racing, so racing drivers didn't pursue education, since they devoted themselves to driving, and Jamie was (albeit later) established to go from school to school. Also, you had to start at a young age and upgrade from one type to the other, before being noticed by the right people or have any chance to enter a Formula 1 team, even if a small one. I have personal knowledge for this, as my mom's first cousin has been a Formula 1 racer for the Ferrari Team and other teams in the 70s, and he literally drove in every kind of car race before he could land in F1.
I initially had James driving sports prototypes for the International Championship for Makes, taking from my cousin's career who first came to the Ferrari to drive in the 1970 championship, but after cross-checking on Wikipedia, I discovered that in 1977, the year of publication for the two aforementioned comics in which James was mentioned or shown as a racing driver, the competition was named World Championship for Makes, so I decided to keep this title instead.
I spared James to burn alive in a fatal version of Niki Lauda's accident (whom, coincidentally, was saved by my cousin), and broadly took inspiration from the tragic death of Ayrton Senna instead.
More about the mentioned parfum campaign by Gambit at this post.
Not specified, but I see Warren as someone who could be picked by Giorgio
Armani (see Chris Pine and Paul Walker). Although there’s always my original face for early 2000s Warren, model Gabriel Aubry (Hugo Boss).
I tried to be as vague on the Avengers rosters as I could. I don't know enough of the team to pick characters, especially the one who would be the right to make a joke about Warren and Betsy's chemistry. In the end went for Hercules because he left me a positive impression when he appeared in Champions reunions, and felt the kind of character to fit the role.Anyway. If you reader are a fan of Avengers, I hope my choices make sense to you.
The episode relating to the daughter this Betsy was about to adopt will be fully developed and explained in another story – aka, in the AU where this daughter eventually lands (undecided at time of writing this) or in the AU covering her mother's story.
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CANON X-MEN VS X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN
[ Reflections about the “Dazzler never lost her
fame” timeline ]
In the original canon, the X-Men are just given a fresh-new start by the
Siege Perilous start but were never sent away from Earth 616. Specifically, a memory-less Dazzler just ended up in Malibu Beach, where she was found by Lila Cheney and Guido Carosella.
Ed Piskor, in his retelling of the classic years for the X-Men: Grand Design series, has instead established that half of the X-Men who entered the Siege Perilious were not only “reset” in memories to live a new life but also cast in different timelines.Exact quotes, from X-Men: Grand Design – X-Tinction #2 page #13.
“Logan doesn't tell (Jubilee) about the very real possibility that the Siege Perilous may have projected the X-Men to dimensions unreachable by Earth's current technology. He would be partially correct in making this assumption.”
This is revealed to be the fate for Dazzler, Colossus and Rogue:
“Alison Blaire/Dazzler was cast into a universe where she never lost her far as a musician and actress.”
The panel shows us Alison on stage, singing in her first, iconic white costume. [Link
to pic]
“Peter Rasputin/Colossus entered a world where mutants don't exist, but he did get to retain his creativity.”
The panel shows us Pete in a suit at a vernissage/gallery exhibit. [Link to pic]
“Rogue is in a bliss, a native-born inhabitant on some other Earth's Savage Land, she's never known a life where touching people results in fatal consequences.”
The panel shows us Rogue, in her iconic Savage Land outfit, with Magneto in the Savage Land. [Link to pic]<
“Some X-Men who traveled through Siege Perilous are still in the same plane of existence as Wolverine, though they are forever changed by Roma's trinket.”
This is revealed to be the case for Storm, Psylocke and Havok:
“Ororo Munroe/Storm wakes up in a Cairo, Illinois, hospital, an amnesiac child called Jane Doe. She knows that's not right.”
The panel shows us the small Ororo flying out of the window in a hospital gown.
“Psylocke was psychologically malleable when the Hand organization found her. She is now in their employ, an assassin who gets paid with food and shelter.”
The panel shows us Betsy, in her iconic Psylocke looks, as she has just killed a man with her psyknife.
“Alex Summers/Havok landed on the doorstep of Genosha's commander general. Another of Roma's gifts is that his mutant gene is not detectable via physical examination.”
The panel shows us Alex training in military.
While not clearly spelled out, it's implied that Alison's spirit briefly possessed her native counterpart's body (like Betsy will do in Excalibur in the aftermath of X of Swords), although what happened to our Dazzler's original body in the meantime is an unsolved mystery.There's the chance that our Alison took over the native Dazzler's life in body too, but I see it harder (the Siege would need to “delete” native Alison from that plane of existence, in order to make space for 616-Dazzler).
I guess this is a case of Ed Piskor not thinking this through enough. Either interpretations are valid, I think.
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Issues/titles references
[ Stories referenced that I’d recommend reading ]
Captain Britain (1976) #9-10. Betsy (and Jamie) are involved in a battle between Dr. Synne and Captain Britain, with Betsy the unwilling victim of the villain's mental powers.
The original has the roles switched, with Brian (already Captain Britain) being the only one to resist Synne's hypnotic powers, and Betsy the one swinging an axe under mind control.
Iceman & Angel (2011). First-class era, Bobby and Warren together to stop an angry alien dad from wrecking Earth.
The adventure you read about Avenging Angel and Iceman is a remix of this one. Basically happens the same, but without the references to them being friends and living together at the school.
Heroic Age: Heroes (2010). Files from Steve Roger’s journal.
Steve is very positive on Warren and describes him as perfect Avengers material.
Excalibur (2004) #11/#13. Viper’s failed coup in Zanzibar. Warren for once in action without a proper X-Men team to back him up, so he can show his abilities in flight and handle his own.
A must-read for a Warren fan: he’s competent as leader and fighter, banters with Viper and Callisto and the two also want to fight over him.
Uncanny X-Force #10. Shadow King shows up to annoy Warren and shake things up for X-Force by releasing proof about X-Force's crimes to a journalist.
Things go differently in my story, as there's no Archangel to piss off. The Guardian's editor has to thank his luck, since here he survives the experience of going against Warren Worthington.
X-Men #77/#78. “Psy War” arc. When Elizabeth faces the Shadow King and traps him in her own mind.
I took inspiration from this arc when I decided how to remove Betsy from the Corps in time to save her from Incursions.
Psylocke & Archangel: Crimson Dawn.
Took inspiration from Betsy’s attack to Warren in #1 to write the fight between Warren and Shadow King-controlled Betsy, including her capturing Warren from behind and threatening him with the psyknife. But the general vibe is from all their fights in this mini and how Betsy acted when controlled by the Crimson Dawn.
Wolverine (1988) #147. Betsy relives Warren’s transformation into Death and almost frees Shadow King when he tempts her with the promise to fix Warren.
Not sure if Warren ever shared his memories with Betsy before, but – judging from the text in this issue – it seems this is the first time Betsy fully has access to them, as she's shaken and horrified by the pain she feels.
Uncanny X-Men #416/417. Warren finally deals with Betsy’s death and he grieves.
Too little too late. Alas. Better late than never. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex (2015).
The enhancements Warren receives had potential. Sadly, everything was downplayed (with his new fire wings treated as an hazard and considered even more useless than his feathers wings in more than one occasion). Also, a study on why Warren really chose to latch to the Black Vortex should’ve taken up much more space than the little authors were willing to give him (which was still more space than the amount his discovering his tragic future upon his arrival in the present got).
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Annotations and Easter eggs
[ Canon things I repurposed for this ]
The reality in which Dazzler never lost her fame is established with a single panel in X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction #2 (page 13). Full panel posted above – there's literally just that image.
Jamie's flat in Chelsea, where Betsy is shown having her own bedroom, is first seen in Captain Britain #31.
Project Britannia (here changed into “The Union”) is from The Union (2021).
White Palace is the name of Emma's residence in Krakoa as White Queen of the new Hellfire Trading Company – here referenced with a different name, as Krakoa and all related developments never happened).
The Champions of Europe are Brian’s resistance team during Secret Empire.
Moondragon, Valkyrie and Cloud were Warren’s teammates in The Defenders.
Dark Angel (Shevaun Haldane) worked with the X-Men in her solo miniseries Hell's Angel (1992), where she even became Psylocke's friend – albeit nothing was made of this outside of this series.
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Arts & pics used
[ Credits and general ramblings about the pics used ]
MASTERPOST PICTURE
The image is an edited pic of Britannia from The Union (2020) #5, 2021.
Art by Lee Garbett.
MODIFICATIONS
Removed the headpiece.
ID PICTURE
Summary image is an edited pic of Britannia from The Union (2020) #4,
2021.
Artists: Andrea Di Vito (pencils); Le Beau Underwood (inks); Nolan Woodard (colors).
MODIFICATIONS
Removed the headpiece.
GALLERY PICTURE
The image in the an edited pic of Britannia from the 1:25 incentive variant for The Union (2020) #1, 2020.
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino and Dave McCaig.
MODIFICATIONS
Removed the headpiece, changed a bit the shape of the boots, and fixed things here and there, including colors.
For the ears, I used Lupacchino's Women's History Month Variant variant for Captain Marvel (2019) #47, 2023.
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Fan-art suggestions
[ Arts that I either used as reference or can be applied to the story to help get a visual portrayal of the characters ]
When I started this series, I didn't plan to use actual comic book arts to visually establish characters, let alone include modified version of them to be Betsy Braddocks.
Back then, I was collecting fanarts to include as visual references. Even if they have become obsolete, I though I could still share them – instead of scraping the whole notes. Here they are.
I'm not a fan of AI, so I'm torn about sharing or suggesting anything done with AI. Still, I have stumbled upon a rendering of an Elizabeth as Captain Britain that I think would be especially interesting in this timeline, where Betsy is a Captain Britain and hero on her own, detached from the X-Men mythos.
So, if you're interested, here's the link of the pic shared by someone on Pinterest. I have no idea who originally posted it.
But I think it could be thecrimsontt on Twitter because they have used a very similar design in their AI fancomic (I know, AI, but they use AI to get characters and backgrounds, and then they do manipulate them to build the actual pages so it's not a case of “have AI churn out tons of arts and post them”, and the stories are worth it, so I'd suggest you to read them at their Tumblr).
The softer colors strike as a costume could be used by a younger Betsy (like a teenager, early twenties), so I might keep this design into consideration for another AU.
Another interesting redesign for Betsy as Captin Britain would be this fanart of a Captain UK by tsbranch on Deviantart.
The author specified this isn't meant to be a female!Brian Braddock nor a Betsy Braddock. But the costume is very interesting and I'd like to image my Betsy wearing a costume similar to this. I think the mask/helmet would be gone, though, and Betsy would let her hair to flow.
On more fitting references. Since I based this Betsy on the early career of Irish actress Katie McGrath, who also happens to be my current fancasting/face for her, I think I should share three fanarts featuring her as Lena Luthor which are gorgeous, and that have “Betsy Braddock” energy.
I edited these three in my mind to turn them from Lena to Betsy. Especially the Vogue cover.
All by papurrcat (also on Tumblr).
Lena on Vogue magazine: https://instagram.com/p/CRXwWa-L4QG
Wearing suit: https://instagram.com/p/B3Cfky0BvRS
Variant of the above: https://instagram.com/p/B1th0o6h9Yi
If the links should ever go down, or you want to reblog on Tumblr but don't have time to surf papurrcat's full blog (which you actually should do!), I have reblogged some of their Lena arts on my Tumblr: you can find them here.
Last but not least, in 2020 I made a manip of Katie McGrath as Captain Britain (using a cosplayer for the body): you might see it here.