(also, 2 More Things: 1: If That Photo Has Multiple Fictional Characters, All Of The Fictional Characters

(also, 2 more things: 1: if that photo has multiple fictional characters, all of the fictional characters in that photo will be your roommates. 2: for characters that can only live in certain conditions, those conditions will be ignored, and they’ll still be able to live.)

(sorry if you don't like this content, I just saw one of those "fictional character in photo roll" posts and thought I would make one.)

Headcanons & Musing

>>Trigger Warnings: premature birth<<

When Maggie's mother was pregnant with her daughter everything seemed to go perfectly fine, most of all because Hank was making sure that no risk was taken during the pregnancy. He was very much protective over her and their unborn child. But even he couldn't prevent everything that fate threw at their feet.

So it happened that Maggie came to the world earlier than they had excepted. It was so unexpected and suddenly that they had no time to go to the hospital. Luckily Hank knew what to do and was able to bring his daughter to the world himself.

When Maggie was finally born she was so tiny, Hank could hold her on just one hand.

Headcanons & Musing

I want everyone of you to drop everythig for a moment and think about Hank with his baby girl in his arms, holding her for the very first time. Seeing her little face and feeling her tiny hands and fingers wrapping around his finger that is so much bigger than hers.

Imagine this man holding a little infant that's so tiny that it fits easily in one hand of his. He could simply just lay her on his palm no problem.

Imagine him holding her close to his chest as he looks down at the little wonder he created. Feeling this kind of love he never felt before or thought he would ever feel.

And he's just happy and at peace in that moment!

Did you imagined it? Yeah? Okay then you can go on with your life again. Thanks for listening <3

Now that I started to read the comics I'm so happy and glad that I decided to write Maggie's story like it is with no mentions of any canon situations or anything like that. This allows me to fit her into the mcu but also the comics and I can leave everything about her story like it is.

And because of her abilities she can even travle through the multiverse and time and pop up in any time and verse I want her to be. Even if in her story at the time she was with HADES or on the run. It's just present Maggie who travled to the past or the future or another universe.

That kid can be everywhere I want her to be!

BTW I don't consider the "MCU earth is earth 616" thingy as canon. For me it was just an easter egg and Mysterio just said some random numbers without knowing what he was talking about. Earth 616 is only the comic earth and MCU earth is still earth 199999. In my eyes the MCU can't be earth 616 because they changed too many things there and for me as soon as there's just one single change no matter how minor it is it's another universe and another earth.

What does the name of Maggie "Phantasma" mean? Why did you gave her that name?

Oooohhh that's a good question!

Okay this is going to be a long post.

So first of all when I looked for an alias for her I wanted something that Maggie herself would give herself, which means something that would fit her abilities, personality, interests but also story. I didn't wanted to just give her the name Shadow or Phantom cause none of them were something I thought yes that's it. None of them really fit to the whole spectrum of her. I was also considering to name her Ghost or Echo but they were already taken and for I wanted a name that didn't existed yet in Marvel. Besides that with them I also kinda had the same problem like I had with Shadow and Phantom, it didn'tincluded everything. Then I googled for synonyms and found the words "Phantasma" and "Phatasmagoria.

So here we go: (Btw I kinda just translated the german wiki page of phantasma here cause there's no real english wiki page to it. For Phantasmagoria I took the infos from wikipedia and an article I found while looking this up I linked them down there too)

Phantasma is in short a product of fantasy as a delusive appearance, illusion, ghost, specter or a figment of the imagination in short: Something that is seen or imagined but is not real. The word comes from ancient Greek and means something like: appearance, image, idea/imagination, face or a sign sent by the deity, miracle, dream image with and without a dream, ghost, spirit and can be a also used as synonym for well phantom or ghost. It refers to a mental, inner imagination in the sense of a fantasy or mirage. In the German-speaking world, phantasma refers to a perception-like scenic condition, psychiatrically something like illusion, pseudohallucination and hallucination. The word is considered little used and antiquated. It has a negative function, such as forgetting and repressing things, but can also be viewed from the perspective of self-assertion and rebellion against unworthy circumstances. In French psychiatry, phantasma generally means something like a pictorial scene in which the person concerned realizes a wish or unconscious wish. In this respect it is the same as daydreaming. The term plays an important role in the context of Jacques Lacan's psychoanalysis, where it describes a certain form of imaginary fantasy. The term phantasma has a long tradition, particularly in philosophy, and was already used by Aristotle in the sense of a mental “image”. It roughly corresponds to what we understand today as fantasy or imagination. “Imagination” means the ability to produce mental images, while phantasma refers to the images themselves produced by the imagination. – In ancient times, techniques for better memorization were based on the principle of sensualization (mnemonics). Therefore, memory contents were viewed as memory images (ancient Greek phantasmata, Latin imagines). A form of phantasma is also hallucination, in which the phantasma is not recognized as a phantasma but is confused with an external sensory perception. Lacan uses phantasma to describe the psychological representation of an object or a situation that the subject remembers visually. The phantasma thus belongs to the register of the imaginary. Phantasma is therefore a form of defense. The development of a phantasma is often based on traumatic experiences, which are, however, warded off and reinterpreted in the image presented. Behind the individual phantasmatic image there is ultimately a “fundamental phantasma” on which the identity of the subject and the forms of his desire are based.

"Phantasmagoria" on the other hand is a form of horror theatre that (among other techniques) used one or more magic lanterns to project frightening images. During the show scenes and stories were performed with the use of magic lanterns and rear projections to create dancing shadows and frightening theatrical effects. These lively, interactive events incorporated storytelling, mythology, and theater in a single art form that entertained while providing a space for thinking about the otherworldly-playing with the viewers’ anxieties regarding death and the afterlife. In many shows, the use of spooky decoration, total darkness, (auto-)suggestive verbal presentation, and sound effects were also key elements. The shows started under the guise of actual séances in Germany in the late 18th century and gained popularity through most of Europe (including Britain) throughout the 19th century. The word "phantasmagoria" has also been commonly used to indicate changing successions or combinations of fantastic, bizarre, or imagined imagery.

When I read about all of this I instantly thought this is it! Cause it fits so many of her abilities, her story but also interests of philosophy, psychology and theater. It was also perfect that Phantasma is used as synonym for phantom/ghost/illusion cause in her story that's kinda how she's always described as a ghost an illusion or phantom a horror story but nothing that really exist etc. Another reason was in her story she couldn't remember her life before HADES or who she was for a very long time and she also had lots of traumatic experiences that made her to the person who she is today and kinda "created" her. She also rebelled against unworthy circumstances as she was the one who destroyed HADES and she also works like some sort of defense as she tries to protect everyone from what is left of HADES so no one has to suffer the same fate she had too and in the same moment she tries to repress her memories of HADES and what happened to her there.

So that's why I went with Phantasma, cause it conected so many aspects of her in one name.

Comic Stuff

Aaaaaawwww look how happy he is!!! Happy Hank!!!!

And so understanding and loving!!!! Also Hank's dad!!! He wins the best dad of the world price!!!!! He's also so sweet and loving no matter Hank turned out to be this kind of man!!!

This part was just so funny!! The 'Would you like to make an appointment to murder me' and the 'I'm not joking!' had me rolling. Hank you would be a very good german guy. In this country nothing works without an appointment!

AND HE WAS EVEN SPEAKING GERMAN!!! This was so random but I loved it. Especially because I didn't expect that so at first I didn't even realized it's german and thought huh... this words sound just like the german words 🤣 Also the Spidey express!!!

AND THIS PARTS!!!!!! THIS IS SO WHOLESOME AND CUTE AND SWEET AND SO AAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW!!!!! Best parents ever!!!! They don't care that this guy could kill them with a snap!!!! And the hug at the end!!!!