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Stature (as seen before) is now joined by her mecha-harem of teenage boys (the majority of whom either have been or will be megalomaniacal dictators). From left to right, they are the third Vision, Iron Lad (Nathaniel Richards, alias Kang the Conqueror in his own future), the second Doctor Doom (Kristoff Vernard, alias Kristoff von Doom), and Victor Mancha (alias Victorious in one possible future).

All four boys have demonstrated a marked affection for the feisty mega/micromorph, and are also unusual in the characteristics they happen to share. Two are time-traveling wearers of advanced armor (Iron Lad and Kristoff), one is a cyborg (Victor), and one is a suit of armor with a highly-sophisticated artificial intelligence (Vision). Two are the handpicked heirs of megalomaniacal overlords (Kristoff and Victor), and one already is/will be a megalomaniacal overlord (Iron Lad), while of course one has already had a stint as a dictator (Kristoff again). Two of them have the same memories and personalities as someone else (Kristoff and the Vision, whose minds bear the imprints of Doctor Doom and Iron Lad, respectively). Two and a half are geniuses in their own right (Iron Lad/Vision and Kristoff), while all four are excellent with advanced technology.

As I have pointed out elsewhere, Cassie is robo-catnip.

Not only that, but she's actually osculated two of them, a former dictator (Kristoff) and a future dictator (Iron Lad). She's megalomaniac catnip, too. Apparently the cure to time-traveling world conquest by armored warlords is feisty size-changing blondes.

Their origins are also intwined in some surprising ways: Cassie gained her mega/micromorphic powers by stealing Pym particles from her father the second Ant-Man (Scott Lang), who obtained them from the first Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket (Dr. Hank Pym). Pym is the creator ("father") of Ultron, the ruthless robot warlord, who is in turn the father of Victor Mancha -- but not before he previously used the body of the first Human Torch (Jim Hammond), to create the second Vision; the second Vision's OS was installed in Iron Lad's psychoreactive time-traveling armor, and eventually achieved sapience as the third Vision, who as it happens inherited the brain patterns of Iron Lad (Nathaniel Richards) himself. Therefore, the Vision is in some sense a duplicate or twin brother of Iron Lad as well as being a kind of half-brother/nephew of Victor Mancha, and his spiritual "grandfather/great-grandfather" Pym (Victor's spiritual "grandfather") is also Stature's own heroic "grandfather" (whom she actually calls "Uncle Hank").

As for Iron Lad/Rama Tut/Scarlet Centurion/Kang the Conqueror/Immortus, Nathaniel Richards is an alternate future descendant of Mr. Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards) and the Invisible Woman (Susan Richards née Storm)... as well as a descendant of the Fantastic Four's archenemy, Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom), although the precise nature of their relationship is unknown. Furthermore, he is (obviously) a descendant of Mr. Fantastic's father Nathaniel Richards (his namesake), who is also believed to be the biological father of Doctor Doom's adoptive son and heir, the second Doctor Doom (Kristoff Von Doom né Vernard). Kristoff is therefore an adoptive ancestor of Nathaniel, as well as quite possibly being his half-brother. This makes Kristoff also in some sense an adoptive ancestor/half-brother to the Vision, and by extension, a kind of step-brother to Victor. All four boys are directly tied by history to one another, even if it requires time travel and brainwave duplication to work.

What's more, Nathaniel (and with him, his "twin" the Vision, and possibly also Kristoff, if the first Nathaniel Richards is indeed his father) is also related by blood to Tattletale/Psi-Lord (Franklin Richards), son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. In at least one alternate future, Franklin marries the second Phoenix (Rachel Summers), alternate future daughter of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and the first Phoenix (Jean Summers née Grey). Cyclops's brother Havok (Alex Summers) was engaged to be married to Polaris (Lorna Dane), bastard daughter of Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) and half-sister of the Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), estranged wife of the second Vision (precursor to the third Vision) and quasi-mother of Speed (Tommy Shepherd) and Wiccan (Billy Kaplan), Stature's teammates on the Young Avengers.

Needless to say, I am endlessly amused at the interconnectivity of the great dynasties of Marvel continuity. Even a casual connection with the Pyms, Richardses, or Summerses plugs someone into a whole labyrinth of social and genetic networking. I haven't even gotten started on the whole "genetic counterpart" and quasi-sibling thing the Summerses have.

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Description
Stature (as seen before) is now joined by her mecha-harem of teenage boys (the majority of whom either have been or will be megalomaniacal dictators). From left to right, they are the third Vision, Iron Lad (Nathaniel Richards, alias Kang the Conqueror in his own future), the second Doctor Doom (Kristoff Vernard, alias Kristoff von Doom), and Victor Mancha (alias Victorious in one possible future).

All four boys have demonstrated a marked affection for the feisty mega/micromorph, and are also unusual in the characteristics they happen to share. Two are time-traveling wearers of advanced armor (Iron Lad and Kristoff), one is a cyborg (Victor), and one is a suit of armor with a highly-sophisticated artificial intelligence (Vision). Two are the handpicked heirs of megalomaniacal overlords (Kristoff and Victor), and one already is/will be a megalomaniacal overlord (Iron Lad), while of course one has already had a stint as a dictator (Kristoff again). Two of them have the same memories and personalities as someone else (Kristoff and the Vision, whose minds bear the imprints of Doctor Doom and Iron Lad, respectively). Two and a half are geniuses in their own right (Iron Lad/Vision and Kristoff), while all four are excellent with advanced technology.

As I have pointed out elsewhere, Cassie is robo-catnip.

Not only that, but she's actually osculated two of them, a former dictator (Kristoff) and a future dictator (Iron Lad). She's megalomaniac catnip, too. Apparently the cure to time-traveling world conquest by armored warlords is feisty size-changing blondes.

Their origins are also intwined in some surprising ways: Cassie gained her mega/micromorphic powers by stealing Pym particles from her father the second Ant-Man (Scott Lang), who obtained them from the first Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket (Dr. Hank Pym). Pym is the creator ("father") of Ultron, the ruthless robot warlord, who is in turn the father of Victor Mancha -- but not before he previously used the body of the first Human Torch (Jim Hammond), to create the second Vision; the second Vision's OS was installed in Iron Lad's psychoreactive time-traveling armor, and eventually achieved sapience as the third Vision, who as it happens inherited the brain patterns of Iron Lad (Nathaniel Richards) himself. Therefore, the Vision is in some sense a duplicate or twin brother of Iron Lad as well as being a kind of half-brother/nephew of Victor Mancha, and his spiritual "grandfather/great-grandfather" Pym (Victor's spiritual "grandfather") is also Stature's own heroic "grandfather" (whom she actually calls "Uncle Hank").

As for Iron Lad/Rama Tut/Scarlet Centurion/Kang the Conqueror/Immortus, Nathaniel Richards is an alternate future descendant of Mr. Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards) and the Invisible Woman (Susan Richards née Storm)... as well as a descendant of the Fantastic Four's archenemy, Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom), although the precise nature of their relationship is unknown. Furthermore, he is (obviously) a descendant of Mr. Fantastic's father Nathaniel Richards (his namesake), who is also believed to be the biological father of Doctor Doom's adoptive son and heir, the second Doctor Doom (Kristoff Von Doom né Vernard). Kristoff is therefore an adoptive ancestor of Nathaniel, as well as quite possibly being his half-brother. This makes Kristoff also in some sense an adoptive ancestor/half-brother to the Vision, and by extension, a kind of step-brother to Victor. All four boys are directly tied by history to one another, even if it requires time travel and brainwave duplication to work.

What's more, Nathaniel (and with him, his "twin" the Vision, and possibly also Kristoff, if the first Nathaniel Richards is indeed his father) is also related by blood to Tattletale/Psi-Lord (Franklin Richards), son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. In at least one alternate future, Franklin marries the second Phoenix (Rachel Summers), alternate future daughter of Cyclops (Scott Summers) and the first Phoenix (Jean Summers née Grey). Cyclops's brother Havok (Alex Summers) was engaged to be married to Polaris (Lorna Dane), bastard daughter of Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) and half-sister of the Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), estranged wife of the second Vision (precursor to the third Vision) and quasi-mother of Speed (Tommy Shepherd) and Wiccan (Billy Kaplan), Stature's teammates on the Young Avengers.

Needless to say, I am endlessly amused at the interconnectivity of the great dynasties of Marvel continuity. Even a casual connection with the Pyms, Richardses, or Summerses plugs someone into a whole labyrinth of social and genetic networking. I haven't even gotten started on the whole "genetic counterpart" and quasi-sibling thing the Summerses have.

All characters are property of Marvel Comics.