Ronan the Accuser's profile has recently been raised thanks to the success of the GOTG movie, and as such I want to introduce or reintroduce my flist to the Ronan/Crystal ship, and talk about why you should ship them, too!
This is the story of how Ronan the Accuser, the badass bruiser supervillain and hammer of Kree justice, met Crystalia Amaquelin, Inhuman princess and sometime Avenger and Fantastic Four member, and how they fell in love and got married. Um, not exactly in that order.
By the time Crystal and Ronan met, she already had a checkered romantic past: first with Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four, then Quicksilver of the Avengers (whom she married and had a child with after knowing him for, like, a month, tops). Crystal and Pietro's marriage fell apart for several reasons: he was a dick, she cheated on him, and familial spats are tough when your in-laws include Magneto and the Inhuman royal family.
Poor Crystal got dicked over hard by the prerogatives of royalty when her family arranged for her to marry Ronan, who at that time was more or less running the Kree empire. Say what you will about her, but Crystal let everyone know that she thought this was total bullshit.
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Crystal was visited by her ex-sister-in-law Polaris, who was not at all supportive of the difficult situation poor Crystal was in. (Lorna, sweetie, I like you but learn some fucking boundaries)
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The wedding went off regardless, because politics is like that. Partway through, everyone was almost killed when the Shi'ar imperial guard attacked, and Ronan was beaten within an inch of his life. Crystal's reponse to the crises earned her major kudos from her new Kree subjects. While Ronan recuperated, Crystal was out getting shit done and bonding with her new hubby. Ronan kept slipping up and revealing that he was, just maybe, falling a little bit in love with his new wife.
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Some dumb motherfucker gets up in Ronan's face and calls Crystal a "lab animal" (the Inhumans are products of long-ago Kree experimentation upon primitive humans). On the scale of bad ideas, this ranks as one of the baddest.
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OH SHIT SON
YOU HAVE NOW FUCKED UP
YOU GONNA DIE
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You don't talk about Ronan's woman like that and live.
He's protective of her at all times.
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I need to point out that Crystal is an average-sized woman. Ronan is THAT much bigger than her. I am so down for the huge guy/tiny girl thing they have going on.
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From most dudes, this would just be some poetic bullshit. Not so from Ronan the Accuser.
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When Crystal's brother-in-law Maximus tries mind-controlling Ronan, she brings him back to himself with a kiss.
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Even Maximus can see what's going on.
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The Inhumans are peacing out, and Crystal decides to stay by Ronan's side. Let me remind you that this is the guy she was forced to marry for political reasons. Staying with him means remaining in space, far from her insular culture and everyone she knows. But she takes his hand and stands by him.
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And all was well... until the evil Hickman arose, and destroyed all that we held dear.
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This is the story of how Ronan the Accuser, the badass bruiser supervillain and hammer of Kree justice, met Crystalia Amaquelin, Inhuman princess and sometime Avenger and Fantastic Four member, and how they fell in love and got married. Um, not exactly in that order.
By the time Crystal and Ronan met, she already had a checkered romantic past: first with Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four, then Quicksilver of the Avengers (whom she married and had a child with after knowing him for, like, a month, tops). Crystal and Pietro's marriage fell apart for several reasons: he was a dick, she cheated on him, and familial spats are tough when your in-laws include Magneto and the Inhuman royal family.
Poor Crystal got dicked over hard by the prerogatives of royalty when her family arranged for her to marry Ronan, who at that time was more or less running the Kree empire. Say what you will about her, but Crystal let everyone know that she thought this was total bullshit.
Crystal was visited by her ex-sister-in-law Polaris, who was not at all supportive of the difficult situation poor Crystal was in. (Lorna, sweetie, I like you but learn some fucking boundaries)
The wedding went off regardless, because politics is like that. Partway through, everyone was almost killed when the Shi'ar imperial guard attacked, and Ronan was beaten within an inch of his life. Crystal's reponse to the crises earned her major kudos from her new Kree subjects. While Ronan recuperated, Crystal was out getting shit done and bonding with her new hubby. Ronan kept slipping up and revealing that he was, just maybe, falling a little bit in love with his new wife.
Some dumb motherfucker gets up in Ronan's face and calls Crystal a "lab animal" (the Inhumans are products of long-ago Kree experimentation upon primitive humans). On the scale of bad ideas, this ranks as one of the baddest.
OH SHIT SON
YOU HAVE NOW FUCKED UP
YOU GONNA DIE
You don't talk about Ronan's woman like that and live.
He's protective of her at all times.
I need to point out that Crystal is an average-sized woman. Ronan is THAT much bigger than her. I am so down for the huge guy/tiny girl thing they have going on.
From most dudes, this would just be some poetic bullshit. Not so from Ronan the Accuser.
When Crystal's brother-in-law Maximus tries mind-controlling Ronan, she brings him back to himself with a kiss.
Even Maximus can see what's going on.
The Inhumans are peacing out, and Crystal decides to stay by Ronan's side. Let me remind you that this is the guy she was forced to marry for political reasons. Staying with him means remaining in space, far from her insular culture and everyone she knows. But she takes his hand and stands by him.
And all was well... until the evil Hickman arose, and destroyed all that we held dear.
