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Gwen Stacy as Medusa.

Last year, Marvel launched a Spider-Gwen comic that became insanely popular. So popular, in fact, that now she has been reimagined as several Avengers and X-Men characters in the Marvel Comics universe. In June, Gwen will be taking over the entire Marvel Comics catalog with a radical series of 20 variant covers. This is the Sixth of Twenty four fan arts.
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I enjoy looking over your art plus I enjoyed the Gwen covers and some of them sparked within me imagination to what their story could be.  Coming this June MJ will have her own covers in this fun theme and just like the Gwens some imagination to what each tale these MJs could be might be sparked.
I remember writing a idea of a backstory tale for your Captain Gwen fanart and cover that was made.  Recently I dreamed up one for Gwenedusa.

This Gwen's power's could be that of Medusa's but on that Earth dimension her history could be more in tune to a New Inhuman backstory and culture and Gwen didn't know about her royalty or alien heritage/culture.


Like on this new Earth (I'll call it Earth-S2222 as I made this all up) Gwen Medusalith Amaquelin was born in the Inhuman Royal family (vs 616 Medusa who was born as a childhood friend and guard for the king Black Bolt but fell in love and married him).  However while still as a newborn baby and before she could be placed in the terrigen room to have her unknown powers awaken she was attacked.  For protection she and a small dog also born and given to Gwen as a gift was placed into an escape Pod when Mad Maximus (or for the open factor of change that can be found thanks to the Multiverse 'Mad Gorgon') went to attack and kill her with his birthright of the crown threatened by her existence.  The plan was for Gwen with the royal insigna and documents of her birth name to head to a calculated route where she would be safely secured with some loyal Inhuman soldiers at a secret bunker.  But the computer system of the pod was damaged in a attack a sent flying off into the unknown.  Mad Gorgon was eventually defeated and he fled before he could be captured.  The Inhumans look everywhere for the princess but she couldn't be found.  Soon a second heir was born: Blackagar Boltagon.

Gwen's capsule found its way to the Planet Earth and was saved from crashing into the mountains by the Fantastic Four (doesn't have to be the same as the 616 so whoever you think a fun family like four characters would be for this made up version).  Taken to New York to be studied and to see who possibly the baby and dog belongs to the FF4 are attack by a villain.  During the chaos a fire breaks out burning away the documents in the pod leaving only her first and middle name on one paper.  The dog instantly gets Gwen away from the building and taking the remaining document with him as well.  The dog runs with Gwen for hours in the night till finally stopping at a doorstep out of breath.
 Gwen waking up from a long cryo sleep cries awaken the owner Captain Stacy and the neighbors the Parkers.

14-18 years later
Gwen Medusalith Stacy is the daughter of Captain Stacy.  Gwen never knew why her dad had her middle name be 'Medusalith' but during her childhood days in school when that info became public and around the time the kids began being told tales of Greek myths the more unruly kids soon after ridicule her and called her 'Medusa' just because of her middle name.  Thus Gwen began to have her hair cut short wanting no link to the monster from the myths including long 'snake hair'.  Gwen's hair unnaturally grew fast thus when it did grow longer then Gwen would like it to be she place on a big hairband to help 'tame it' from rising up.  Gwen hoped for a normal life but also to make a difference in the world.  She wasn't sure if she wanted to be a scientist, astronaut, a cop like her father, or a politician but she wanted to make a difference.  She volunteered at a hospital helping kids who was attacked or caught in a crossfire of a crime scene.  One kid she helped was mute thus she quickly learned sign language to communicate and mastered being able to read people's emtions.

She has a HUGE old dog named Lockjaw that startled people when they first met him but otherwise she was just your normal teen who loved hanging out with her best friends MJ and Peter who also was her neighbor and fellow geek.
Talks about the latest events came about in school halls.  Stuff concerning superheroes, Aliens, and the latest gossip: Inhumans and something called Terrigen that was now in the atmosphere.

Her dad is made head Captain of the NYPD and in turn not just financially stable for once but the pay rise bumped them up to a much higher class.  Some of her fellow students called Gwen's good fortune a story about a nobody peasant turned into a wealthy 'Queen'.  Called 'Queen Gwen' or 'Queen Medusa' (some even mixing the two to 'Queen Gwenedusa') by the students some to mock her but others hoping to now be in her circle (and reap the rewards of somebody now wealthy).  Gwen's former non existent popularity went from nothing to something.  Things was moving up for Gwen but way too fast for her.

Her dad sold the small house she grew up in and would be no longer neighbors with the Parkers which hurt her dearly.  The new apartment was huge and so was her new room and view from on top was spectacular but Gwen was hurt not being able to easily climb up to Peter's room anymore or call out from the window.  Wanting some time alone to take a breath she went on a late night walk with Lockjaw while her dad had to respond to a new crisis as the new head of the Police.


Gwen and Lockjaw accidently gets in contact with Terrigen when taking Lockjaw for a walk late at night.  After a confusing disorientation she bursts out from something unknown when her hair expands and rips apart the conditioner she was trapped in and Gwen was in a confused panic.  Her sudden powers of HUGE indestructible psycho-kinetically controlled hair (that have a life of their own hissing like snakes because of her subconscious fear as being seen as a freak and her middle name) takes her by surprise.  Her dog also is different as he further GREW giant in size.  She freaks out wanting to be back home at the apartment she and her dad recently move into and Lockjaw hearing this lifts Gwen on his back and teleports them to her new room.

Trying to cut the insanely long hair Gwen tries but finds herself with a uphill losing battle against her own hair reacting against her.  Gwen gets a phone call from MJ and Peter telling her that they are on their way with an 'apartment warming' gift.   Gwen races to find a way to hid her hair before they arrive.  Checking the video monitors she can see MJ and Peter about to enter the huge apartment and Gwen yesterday before this huge problem occurred gave them the keys allowing them open access.  Gwen goes though everything still packed up trying to find a hat or a dress she could wear and stuff the hair in to no avail.  She hears Peter and MJ coming in and Gwen runs to the window.  No other idea to her Gwen tosses her hair out of the one small window now flying in the air then Gwen just stands there covering the open window with her body while MJ and Peter wonder what is wrong.  Outside 'Little Girl looks up: "Mommy! Mommy!  Rapunzel lives up their!".

Gwen, MJ, and Peter finds themselves in a middle of a superhero battle.  Reacting as a knee jerk when MJ get's attacked with a rocket accidentally heading her way Gwen instantly shields MJ with her hair exposing herself publicly of her new powers and hair.
After a while with practice and testing of her new powers (helped by MJ and Peter) Gwen starts to feel back in control and a level of comfort because of that.  High School is a challenge because of her powers making her talked about subject in gossip and viewed differently despite being the same Gwen person as before.  MJ sticks by her side and has her back.  Being the head Police Captain's daughter it was only a matter of time before a paper wanted to blow her out of the water in a story.  Of course the Bugle.
The forced interviews from Gwen and the people around her and information from the article about Gwen get's the attention of many individuals and groups.  Including the Inhumans.

One 'issue' MJ, Gwen, and Peter fly to get away and have some fun at E3 and MJ lightly jokes to Gwen that she could cosplay as Bayonetta.  Gwen does.