#{gotta let em kno}

[pepperpixel]

Both love and hate the absolute DELUGE of ink a fresh sharpie unleashes onto the paper the instant it makes contact…. I have complicated feelings towards the deluge lmao

[thebadtimewolf]

a reminder for any of my oc backgrounds for @thebadtimewolf and @themadvigilantist :

under the cut is unrelated dont look at it

do you know how many poc versions of canon or oc related muses i have seen jumped so many new refurbished accounts that they just straight up deactivated due to the lack of attention? lack of interest? not so much a peep or whisper but the second u put up a billie or david suddenly they appear in troves. so in case ur wondering: yes all of them are poc - @themadvigilantist and @thebadtimewolf were supposed to black.

even now, it is glaringly obvious that because the dr's first face isnt a old yt man but a young black female child and ppl discrediting it by using bad writing as an excuse. it isn't bad writing, u were conditioned to only accept old yt man as default and now that the first default face is actually a black girl (sidebar: who favors the actress that plays disney's ruby bridges which like gosh i mean its been a while! hope shes doing well); suddenly the loud and wrong opinion of toxic fans are suddenly always correct. the dr is canonically a poc now and now? suddenly oh i dont count the timeless child - ncuti is 14 ladadadee i hate being indirectly told that i easily fell into racism even tho i am outwardly not one so its not my fault its the writing. even tho this is coming from the same ppl who are flanderizing tenrose and getting huffy that others see it - find fault in it that actually makes it human than their preconceived notion of conservative/tory human - and call it out for what it is.

i mean gosh i wonder what wouldve happened is sacha doctor was forced to regenerate and he turned to ncuti. no proper bye from 13, no proper last words. i know what the headlines wouldve been because yall predictable just like how yall reacted to martha first apoearence is exactly how yall be reacting that reflects within the rp community. It shows that you are better off watching grass grow and licking plaster off walls.

anyway all this is to say if you dont know how to rp with poc muses you're better off not rping at all. my muses are a walking code switch that stays on because the second its off, everyone goes away.

[rebouks]

Idk if you’ve already done this (newer follower and still catching up) but would you ever do a post on how you plan a post? Like what your planning process looks like with shots, poses, etc? You’re one of my favorite storytellers and I hope to get on your level one day but no idea what goes into a true story telling post

Ooooh hi hello, welcome! I don't believe I have ever gone into my process, no! but how interesting.. what better excuse! let's take yesterdays post as an example, shall we? 👀

First of all, we start with the premise/notes, which are very rough n' look like this in a word document...

Camping – the twins are fiiighting/being a pain, Oscar loses temper with em n almost says why can’t u be like ur brother?! throwing him into memories of Salton saying that to him all the time :[ he catches himself like no wait ur perfect I just gotta finish this, twins like wtf?? But robin ofc knows what’s going on with his pappy.. Oscar wanders off later n Robin sits with him, ur not like them u kno, what? Grandma n grandpa ur not the same, OUGH ;-;

2. I suppose this step changes depending on what I feel like, sometimes I'll make the poses/take the screenies first, then write the dialogue, other times I'll write the dialogue first.. I try for the latter since I can make more accurate poses, but time is usually my enemy here cos dialogue needs a nice quiet period to write lmao (let's call this step dialogue for now though)

3. Rip sims for blender, make poses, then head in game to dress everyone, set dress and take screenies, I take a LOT and choose the best ones but here're some unedited examples for you... In this case cos there was a flashback, I also had to remake Oscar/fam as a child n' whatnot, but luckily I have their old house saved so I plonked them all in an alternative save to take those.

4. Now we have our dialogue/screenies, it's time to throw it all together in photoshop, I usually edit the screenie first to fix any clipping etc, fix the lighting, sharpen it up a bit maybe.. but that's about it! Then I press my handy lil (custom made) storyboard action and end up with smth like this, to which I add the text! (this step takes the longest prolly.. cos it takes me forever to pick the screenies I wanna use my GOD 🙈)

VOILA! Once I've chosen all the screenies in the right order I go thru each of em in PS one by one to edit/add captions, then we're done! \o/

I realise this probably seems quite quick/vague or even streamlined if u wanna toot my horn lmaooo but I've spent a while doing this by now so ig I've kinda figured out the quickest way of doing it - still tho, I'd imagine the above still taking between 4-5 hours from start to finish! I usually spread these things over days/weeks in advance tho like.. during the week I mostly make poses/take screenies and write, then at the weekend I'll usually edit a bunch n' throw it all together, so it doesn't rlly feel tedious since I'm switching it up all the time/doing what I fancy.

[vicenovirtues]

ignore tha mean anons vice

we street kids gotta stick togetha. they makein fun o how we were raised calling us liars an rats an an trouble makers.

ya kno they tha real liars. with all them lies they tellin bout me...an now about ya!

im so proud o ya vice dont let em tell ya different. im proud ta call ya mah lil brotha! mah fav person! mah best friend! <3 :3

I will!! Im ignoring the meanys!!

They are liars!! Tellin me bad things that ain’t real!!

See!! Y’were wrong anon!! Jacyn is my brother!! n bestie!!

He’s not gonna throw me away!!

[dollivication]

Haihiiii! Yu kno, thinkin on everythin, I came into da dmc fandom totally normal. Just wanted to laik, make an oc to ship with characters but ended up makin a daughter/Nero's twin oc and went about my life normally... buuuut then completely derailed the moar I read fanfics of the bois. Now I see all these incest bots and stuff on here people mention and fanfics and i'm laikkk (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ gimmie some o dat gross shiet, u gotta live for daddy Vergil and nastayyy uncle Dante and omg Nerooo. My girl gettin' railed, it's UNHEALTHY but mmmf. Someone lock us away in horny jail with a big ol' BONK. Also I love ur lactating Dante bot WAYYY too muuuch, my mans got supply for everyone. There's somethin bout it that makes my brain go monke mode, laik yessss imma slap dem demon tiddies and kiss em better. He should know better than to just let em hang out around my girl Lily (my dmc oc lol), she's a devious little thing that loves bein as teasing and terrible as her father (n˘v˘•)¬. He's man tiddies gon have bite marks after we done, DAYUM ANYWAY, back to bein normallll. Look after yourself, drink plenty o water, take breaks if you need to! Otherwise, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, DOLLY, ILYSM, YOU'RE A GIFT FROM THE GODS WITH ALL THE GOLD YOU DELIVER Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

WUWAAAAAA TJANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING OWT 4 ME AND YOYR KIND WORDS!!!! I WILL BE SURE TO TAKE LOTS OF CARE!!!! PLEASE PROMISE TO DEW THE SAME!!❤️❤️❤️

ITSMRKTKRKSGHD I HAD NO CLUE THAT PEOPLE WOULD FW DMC INCEST AND GENERAL ICKINESS!! laik,, looking in the dmc tags…. maybe i just haven’t looked right but there seems. to be a lack of dead dove it made me i felt so peculiar LMFAO…💔💔 BUT IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY TO KNOW THERES PEOPLE I CAN GUSH WITH ABOUT PERVY UNCLE DANTE AND MEAN DAD VERGIL,,, ETC!!!

leading dmc dead dove cult.. we are wanted for 60k LMFOA we need fo be locked away…. AND UWAAAA YOURE TICKLING ME PINK???? IM SO HAPPY YOURE HAVING FUN WITH THE DANTE LACTATING BAWT!!! his tiddies are meant to be sucked idk… good made them voluptuous for a reason what i do to him is out of my control HELPEMEMEM

AWWWW WAIT I LOVE HEARING ABT PPLS OCS it’s so interezing methinks… >.< i think lily outfreaking dante would be funny… yur literawy so sweet ASDJFKSKJFG!!,,!?\\ I PROMISE TO PRODUCE MORE YUCKY STUFF!!! FOR THE DOLLY BELIEVERS RAHHHH

[uzurakis]

kiara kiwa kiarawara ! ! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝ yew are back from your slumber bbie ! ! !

kiara . . . i’ve been thinkin’ about s’many blue lock thoughts becuz of yew . . eee x-x iz not even funnie anymore becuz my mind has been full of bllk men . . . areuegehehgv ⸜(*ˊᗜˋ*)⸝ well ! anyway . . enough of that . . . how are you :> ♡

mis miss rubi ! goodmorn’ (i kno its night 4 u but.. goodmorn’… lul)

let’s talk about your ideas bb ! i’ll always LOOOVEEE to hear u out esp our bllk babies. i’ll hop on dc later on if u wanna tell me abt it :> AND YOUR NAVI AHHHHHH u told me u wanna change ur navi to bllk but wOW.. wowies.. woah. wo… i’m speechless against the queen of navis ;—; ESP FEM SHIDOU AAAAHHHHHH i’m crazy ur crazy we’re both crazy for her i guess, hmph!

i’m doing well babes. i literally jus woke up n’ my mom took me out for breakfast alr.. i wanna do a pile of my reqs t—t gotta do what i have to do.. and change some things on my kaiser fics gahajajahaj

talk 2 me on discord abt your bllk boys I WANNA HEAR ‘EM OUT OKAAAY?!!? and hru too bb? don’ forget to get enough sleep after this!

[skeetlebeetle]

haha i hav 69 followers nice. N E WAY look. i meant 2 save this 4 after the apply fic came out (way 2 long xplanation under the cut) but im impatient n i j made all this cool art so i think u shuld see it

(DONT MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN!!! if yr gonna use my art [don’t repost] u gotta credit me!!)

so i shuld probably start w this: im rlly tired its 1:30 am n this will mostly b incoherent i think.

OK. 1 of the 1st social medias i evr got as a kid wuz wattpad. ive made n deleted so many accounts.. the memories r craz,,, n e way, its mostly behind me now but i still check back on the website sumtimez n i check my notifs or whatevz. n sum1 i followed a while back is doing an apply fic that is basically like 6 percy jackson ocs.

now heres the thing.. i dont actually rlly kno what an apply fic is. but based on the description n other oc entries in the comment section its a thing where u giv the writer yr character n then they write it into a fic. which is p cool!! n i do luv 2 make ocs.

heres the other thing: i dont hav n e percy jackson-esque ocs so i had 2 make sum. n where did my mind immediately go?? ace attorney ofc cuz thats my obsession. so i decided 2 make sum ocs based on ace attorney characters. they were gonna b reeeeeally obviously ace attorney @ 1st but i didnt want it 2 b super easy 2 figure out so i changed up their names n gave em different designs n stuff. but basically they all hav the same backstories n personalities other than all the god stuff

turns out tho that i rlly like making knock-off percy jackson/ace attorney ocs so i made em like supa separate from their original ace attorney source n now theyre j kind of their own oc guise. i rlly luv how theyre turning out actually

N E WAY all of this 2 provide context 4 me 2 say that i wanted 2 save these designs n this ace attorney xplanation bc it was kind of a silly lil harmless prank way of me being able 2 say i snuck ace attorney characters into a percy jackson-esque fanfic even tho i didnt rlly cuz, once again, these r basically my ocs now. also idk if n e of em will actually make it into the fic yet. n i didnt want the writer of the apply fic 2 stumble upon my carrd (which is, yes, linked in my wattpad) n accidentally find my tumblr n see this post n then like. idk. disqualify me. "but beetle u didnt hav 2 tell tumblr n e thing abt these ocs!!!" well sumtimez u j wanna post art dude!!

BUT WHATEVER MAN!!!! im paranoid n the writer finding my tumblr let alone reading n e of this is highly unlikely. even if they did they wuldnt fucking care. so heres sum ocs i came up w. n in case its not clear (which it probably isnt 4 at least 2 out of 4 of these designs/names), rich is gumshoe, jay is edgeworth, phoenix is phoenix (woaw), n spyridoula is maya

note that 'rich' n 'dick' r both nicknames 4 richard, jay's name is basically 'scales of justice' n also his dad died, phoenix is so lazy that his name is actually j 'phoenix,' n spyridoula is i think j named the word 4 'spirit' in greek. also shes a hippie

FINALLY: i think i got locked out of my old pinterest which was fine cuz i wasnt rlly using it n e more but 4 this apply fic i had 2 make either a moodboard or pinterest board 4 each character n y wuld i put in the effort of making a moodboard?? so heres my new pinterest which is j boards 4 these characters:

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[daydreamerdrew]

Comics read this past week:

Marvel Comics:

the Nick Fury story in Strange Tales (1951) #145

This 12-page story was published in March 1966. It credits Stan Lee as the writer, though the Grand Comics Database lists Jack Kirby as an uncredited co-plotted. The layouts were drawn by Jack Kirby, which were penciled by Don Heck, and then inked by Micky Demeo.

It’s a common joke in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandoes (1963) for Dum Dum Dugan to reference a negative quality of his wife or mother-in-law. In this story he pretends to be interested in what young Jasper Sitwell can teach him, and when Jasper takes him seriously, Dum Dum thinks, “He’s dumber’n my mother-in-law! He thinks I meant it!” This is the first instance of that joke in the non-WWII comics, and, I suppose, the first indication that Dum Dum is still married in the 60s despite not liking his wife or her mother.

Jasper says about Nick, “I think the Colonel is great, Agent Dugan! He’s so forceful! So dynamic! He’s been my idol since I was a stripling!” Dum Dum says, “Personally, I useta go for Betty Grable!”

One of the villain’s henchmen says, “The hand of SHIELD has many fingers.”

It’s stated that Nick has a “specially-built Porche 904.”

Jasper questions Nick being “in the open… exposed to attack like this!” Nick says, “Why not? I gotta earn my salary some way!”

When Jasper pulls an “infra-red blaster” out quickly, Nick thinks, “Gotta hand it to the kid! He’s fast… ‘n he’s sure!”

Nick thinks, while fighting, “Gotta get up… I gotta..! Even if I’m licked… SHIELD will go on fightin’… and we’ll beat ‘im in the end, but… if I can finish ‘im now.. I’ll save a lotta innocent lives! I can’t… let ‘em.. down..!”

S.H.I.E.L.D. is said by one agent to be “the fastest-moving, most heavily-armed law-enforcement task force there is!”

And Nick says, of S.H.I.E.L.D., “we ain’t been beat yet… and we ain’t gonna be, so long as I’m ramroddin’ this outfit!

The Grand Comics Database notes for the Nick Fury story in the previous issue, which was Jasper Sitwell’s first appearance, says that Jasper “was reportedly based on Roy Thomas.” I didn’t like that and thought it was mean because all that was set up for Jasper’s relationship with Nick in that story was Nick finding him overbearing and annoying. So I appreciated seeing in this story that Nick actually likes Jasper even though he’s over-confident and socially-naive.

Captain America: Dead Men Running (2002) #1-3

These issues were published across January 2002 to March 2002. All were written by Darko Macan. Issues #1-2 were drawn by Danijel Zezelj, issue #3 was drawn by Derek Hess, and all were colored by Matt Madden. All were 22 pages.

I was overall not interested in the story of this miniseries, but the ending was genuinely surprising in a way that wasn’t cheap, which made it interesting.

One of the soldiers explains his backstory in issue #12, that his great-grandfather is “eighty-two, he will never die, and he met [Captain America] ages ago. He was in France or China. Someplace overseas… Wherever it was, he’s never forgotten it, never shut up about the damned Captain. Probably had wet dreams about him. So he made his son volunteer for Vietnam. Probably still blames him for getting killed there. That’s why my father ran away. Left behind a letter saying he’d preferred dying a civilian. Left me, too. Great-granddad swore he’d make a super-soldier out of me. He beat me every time I failed to live up to Captain America’s example. He beat me every day.” Then this soldier angrily asks Steve, “D’you see what you do to people? D’you see what you did to me?!”

Also, the disgruntled soldier is skeptical that “you just wake up one day and decide to be a hero,” saying, “Let me tell you… it doesn’t work!” Steve says, “No. But you can wake up… and decide… that, no matter what- you will… not… be scum.”

In issue #3 another soldier, who had been trying to flee danger, questions Steve’s humanity. He asks, “What do you know about being a man? What do you know about fear?” This is because he realizes it never occurred to Steve to run away, and because “You are a blue-eyed super-soldier hero! You are picture perfect! You get up after a house falls on your head! You save a man who’s tried to kill you without thinking twice!”

Steve says, “I know fear,” and that “it’s one thing to know fear. Something else to let it control you.” Then he says what he fears most is “Doing wrong. But I don’t let it stop me from doing anything!”

This skeptical soldier tells Steve, “We don’t live in a black-and-white movie anymore!” I think it makes sense for regular people in the Marvel universe to think of Captain America as like a fictional character if they have no connection to Steve and so their experience with him has been limited to propaganda media, and also for Steve to come across as unrealistic.

When Steve is explaining how “The world has always been hard,” he gives the examples of a few American soldiers he knew in WWII: “I found a dead soldier, his pockets full of gold teeth. I arrested another for raping old women. An officer used to shoot prisoners in the stomach and enjoyed watching them die for hours.” This really shocked me. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a negative portrayal of individual American soldiers from WWII in a Captain America comic book. I’ve only before seen criticism of politicians’ actions from that era, like Japanese internment and dropping the Atomic bombs on Japan in Captain America (2002).

And Steve explains his philosophy, “The worse the world gets, the harder I’ll work to even the scales. What others do… is no excuse.”

Ghost Rider/Captain America: Fear (1992) #1

This one-shot was published in October 1992. It was written by Howard Mackie, penciled by Lee Weeks, inked by Al Williamson, and colored by Gregory Wright. It was 48 pages.

All of the artists did a wonderful job on this issue. This is my favorite visually of all the Lee Weeks-drawn comics I’ve read, and that has a lot to do with Gregory Wright’s coloring job.

Looking up Howard Mackie’s credits, I learned that he co-created this version of Ghost Rider and wrote a lot of his comics. To me that makes it more impressive that, despite this story being more about Ghost Rider than Captain America, I found the writing engaging and compelling, because I think it would be easy in that situation to assume and defer to readers’ prior knowledge of and interest in the character.

The villain of the book is Scarecrow, who is from a point in the main Captain America (1968) series I haven’t reached yet. Steve explains to Ghost Rider that Scarecrow’s mother abused him as a child, and then his parents divorced and he never saw his mother again. Steve says, “Laughton could not live with the memory of his beloved mother being abusive so he transferred all his blame to his father,” and then later “he transferred the intense hatred he felt towards his father to me.”

A villainous organization that wants to use Scarecrow gives him the power to make people terrified when he’s physically near them, which he uses on innocent victims he then kills. This is in contrast to Ghost Rider’s “penance stare,” which would make someone “feel the pain of those who’ve suffered at his hands.” Ghost Rider only uses this on criminals, and doesn’t ever kill.

In the opening scene of the book Scarecrow is being operated on by people in green scrubs. He thinks, “Pretty green packages. All lined up and ready to be opened. Like the presents Mother used to give me when I was a good boy. Time to open up the pretty green ones, Ebenezer! Time to open them and let out the fearful thing inside them.” After he kills them, he thinks, “Thank you, Mommy. Nice presents. Now can I have my birds back, Mommy? Can I open up Captain America? I’ll be a good little scarecrow, Mommy.” The birds are referring to that he also controls a swarm of crows.

Scarecrow tells a pair of his would-be victims, “No, no, no! Don’t run from your fear… You can’t run from what’s inside of you! Feel your heart race… your lungs fight for air… your muscles rebelling against all your commands! That is the fearful thing trying to escape. Not to worry. I’ll help it come out.” Then he mistakes a police woman, who happens to be Ghost Rider’s human host’s friend, for his mother and kidnaps her. He intends to take care of her so that she never has to leave him again, which ultimately means to kill her so she doesn’t “have to drink anymore” to “let the fearful thing out,” and also “won’t ever have to hurt me again!”

When Ghost Rider tries to use his penance stare on him, Scarecrow declares, “Fear? I live on fear! It’s my friend, my pet. After I’m done with you and the Captain… I will open more and more packages. The fears will be released. They’ll swim around me. Do my bidding. Never touching me.”

Ghost Rider wonders, “So much innocent blood. Here lies my personal fear… and Dan’s. Will I be able to prevent myself from killing the Scarecrow for causing all this pain? Will I too take a human life… and become that which I fear the most?” In the end he doesn’t kill Scarecrow.

Captain America/Citizen V ‘98 (1998) #1

This issue was published in November 1998. It was plotted by Kurt Busiek and Karl Kesel, and scripted by Kurt Busiek and Barbara Kesel. It was penciled by Mark Bagley, inked by Greg Adams and Scott Hanna, and colored by Joe Rosas. It was 39 pages.

In the WWII flashback Bucky asked Steve, when they found a way into Zemo’s castle, “But Cap, what if Zemo’s men are waiting inside?” Steve told him, “We’ll survive. We always do.”

Bucky yelled, about Zemo, “Get him, Cap!” Steve had to say, “Love to, Buck- but it’s not going to happen! The way those flames are heading for the spilled rocket fuel- we’re going to be cut off!” This reminded me of those scenes in Golden Age Captain America comics where Bucky stood on the sidelines and cheered on Steve while he fought.

And Heinrich Zemo said, “This is a mere setback for me- but the darkest day of your lives! For I will remember- I will remember all of you!” This is, of course, not just referencing that Zemo would go on to kill the original Citizen V, but that he would famously kill Bucky near the end of the war, too.

The modern Citizen V explains his backstory to Steve, ending with, “And as you can guess, her son had a son- the grandson of Citizen V- who has dedicated his life to redressing the dishonor done to his grandfather’s name, by Zemo and all who stood with him!” Steve responds, “Don’t say grandson- say grandchild- that way you’ll be telling the truth… or at least less of a lie.” And, “I’ve fought many people in my career, men and women. You’d fight better if you weren’t having to manipulate that bulky padding.” Citizen V seemed to be doing just fine with the padding, and I was surprised that Steve took the deception so seriously, otherwise. Helmut Zemo was surprised to learn that the modern Citizen V was a woman later in the story, but if it was intended that Citizen V initially hid her gender because she thought she couldn’t as effectively defend her grandfather’s reputation if it was known, then that wasn’t very clearly conveyed to me.

That Citizen V is fighting in her grandfather’s name parallels how Helmut Zemo fights in his father’s, wearing a similar outfit to him and reusing parts of his old plans, but then differs in how Helmut Zemo also fights because he thinks his family line makes him superior to everyone else and therefore feels entitled to ruling the world.

Steve is really bothered by Citizen V saying, “We have a job to do.” He says, “This isn’t a job. This is war.” And Steve lectures that “once you start down that path, it never ends. Take down one madmen, and there’ll be another- another battle to be fought- another injustice to be repressed. Pick up that burden, and it’ll never let you go. You have three choices, Citizen. You can fight for vengeance and let it twist you into something as harsh as what you fight against. You can walk away while you still can. Or you can recognize that it’s war- and it’ll never end.”

This all really surprised me. I thought of Steve as fighting to make a better world, not merely to prevent it from getting any worse. I also thought the idea that the battle never ends was specific to how Steve thought of himself- that he specifically struggled to built a civilian life outside of being a superhero, and ultimately the American Dream was for him to protect and not to have because of his unique responsibility as Captain America- not that he thought it was inherent to all superheroes. And the phrasing of that ‘war never ends’ is surprising because it’s something I associate with the more disillusioned and pessimistic modern Bucky; whereas, again, I think Steve does have love for humanity and believes in a better world. And I think it’s strange to have the sentiment that you shouldn’t ever fight for vengeance in a story about the Zemo family legacy, in which Bucky’s death is referenced, without acknowledging that Steve fought the original Zemo to get vengeance for Bucky’s death.

There’s a part of the story where Helmut Zemo had Citizen V strapped to a rocket, which he points out to Steve is similar to how Bucky died. I really dislike these forced scenes with rockets that refer to Bucky’s death. Captain America: The Medusa Effect (1994) had one where Bucky got strapped to a rocket by Heinrich Zemo in an earlier mission before his and Steve’s final one. And I don’t like how stories involving the Zemos often have rocket-based villainous plots.

There’s also a moment where Citizen V has Helmut Zemo held at sword-point, and acknowledges that the original Citizen V would have killed Zemo in that situation, but says, “But this is a different time… A different war.” It’s awkward to have Citizen V decide that she’s motivated primarily to save people from supervillains and not for personal vengeance, and particularly that the ongoing battle isn’t a job and is a war, and therefore she won’t kill her enemies. I think that Captain America (2013) did a good job of depicting Steve struggling with whether or not to kill a supervillain without over-emphasizing the idea that he’s never killed before, which is difficult to believe for a soldier-superhero. Ordinarily I find that concept for Steve awkward, like in Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (2005).

I liked that on the bottom of the final page it said, “For Ben Thompson, creator of the original Citizen V. Because true heroes never die..!” The original Citizen V first appeared in Daring Mystery Comics (1940) #8, cover dated January 1942.

Captain America (1998) #32

This issue was published in June 2000. It was written by Dan Jurgens, drawn by Jerry Ordway, and colored by Gregory Wright. It was 22 pages.

This story contained a flashback to the Battle of the Bulge from the perspective of a regular soldier who was about to be killed when Captain America, Bucky, and the Howling Commandoes miraculously appeared.

Nick told Bucky, “One side, kid! This is Howler bizness!” And Steve interjected, “Bucky knows what he’s doing, Fury. He deserves a shot at these guys every bit as much as your own squad does!”

The regular soldier narrates, “See, we’d heard about Captain America and Bucky, about how they’d been fighting right alongside G.I.’s everywhere! But I never thought I’d see them! I thought they handled more important jobs! Like secret missions! But Cap was there! Fighting on the battlefield with me! And before I knew it… it was over!”

the Captain America story in Marvel Holiday Special (1991) #1

This 7-page story was published in November 1991. It was written by Len Kaminski. The breakdowns were drawn by Ron Lim, which were finished by James Sanders. And it was colored by Marie Javins.

This story was Steve’s first meeting of Bucky’s sister Rebecca.

It was said in a note back in the Captain America story in Tales of Suspense (1959) #63 that “When Bucky Barnes’ G.I. father died in training, Fort Lehigh adopted the orphaned as camp mascot.

In Captain America (2005) #31 it was said about Bucky, regarding the aftermath of his father’s death, “How you talked them into letting you stay on the base while your little sister was sent away to boarding school is a mystery even to you.”

In Captain America and Bucky (2011) #620 we see that Bucky and Rebecca’s mother had died a few years before. And Bucky actually said that he was “explained some deal where my kid sister would get sent off to boarding school… but I would stay on the base, with my dad’s old pals looking out for me.” We see young Bucky saying about this, “Sure, Major Samson… whatever you say,” and then a scene of him putting on a brave face while waving goodbye to his sad sister being driven away.

Then in Captain America and Bucky (2011) #621 there’s a scene, from a little while after they had become partners, where Steve goes through their mail and says, “Looks like your sister wrote again.” Bucky read the letter, and Steve asked him how she was doing in school then encouraged him to write her back.

In this story Rebecca is portrayed as Bucky’s older sister. She explains, “After Mother died, I went to live with my Aunt Ida in Albany. Jim felt I was abandoning him. He swore that if I left, he’d forget me, pretend I never existed for as long as he lived…” And, “I tried to keep track of him afterwards, but there’s not much to tell. He went off to war in 1942… lied about his age. Lots of young men did back then. He didn’t come back.”

The circumstances of this confuse me a bit. Maybe Bucky could also have gone to live with their aunt but chose to stay on the army base, and was resentful Rebecca didn’t make the same choice. I’m not sure what the Barnes’ siblings relationship to the army base would have been if their mother was their only living parent before this. And Rebecca did not know until this story that her brother was Captain America’s sidekick, so I’m not sure how she would know, then, that Bucky fought in WWII. Her assuming that Bucky had to have lied about his age to get into the army does make sense, though that’s not actually what happened.

And in this portrayal Steve never knew Bucky had a sister until he met Rebecca by chance. He tells her, “I’d have come years ago, if I had known.”

After interacting with the young children in Rebecca’s family, Steve thinks, “This is everything I had to give up to be Captain America… And while I wouldn’t trade back who and what I am for anything in the world- sometimes, it’s… not easy.”

At the end of the story, Steve tells Rebecca she has a “fine family.” She says, “I’m glad you think so because from now on, you’re part of it.” This simplicity makes sense, though another direction for this story to have been taken is for Rebecca to have been resentful that her brother was brought along to fight in the wat despite that he was too young to legally. Also, I don’t think that minors pretending to be older so they could be soldiers happened as often successfully as these comics would make it seem.

The Avengers (1963) #69-71

These issue were published across August 1969 to September 1969. All were written by Roy Thomas, penciled by Sal Buscema, inked by Sam Grainger. All were 20 pages.

In issue #96, after getting knocked down, Clint says, “Sorry… to let you down… Hank! Guess I got too big for my britches… but still too small to fill your old boots!” Hank tells him, “It was a valiant effort, Clint! I’ve never been prouder of the man who succeeded me as Giant-Man!”

At one point Clint addresses Vision as “Red.”

And the last panel of this issue is the first appearance of Kyle Richmond, Nighthawk, who I know from him being a part of The Defenders (1972).

In issue #70 it’s explained to the Avengers that the Squadron Sinister “were all created for the sole purpose of defeating you.. thereby winning the cosmic game for our master!” As “the Grand-Master has complete control over time and space! It was a simple matter for him to go back in time… to alter the lives of four of your fellow Earthmen.. and turn them into super-villains whose powers at least equal your own!”

In The Defenders (1972) #13 Kyle betrayed the Squadron Sinister to the Defenders. He explained to them that Hyperion sold the Earth to the Celestial Man and “promised to deliver it precisely the way he wants it- and he wants it- underwater!” Kyle said it was “the most cold-blooded plan I’d ever heard” and, “I listened intently as Hyperion explained, but even then- I knew I could not go thru with it!” He explained the others’ motivations as that, “Hyperion hates this world for destroying his own. Maybe he thinks revenge is worth his life. Doc Spectrum would probably prefer killing the Earth if he can’t rule it. And Whizzer- I think he’s just flat-out crazy!”

Kyle explains that his motivation in this issue, despite the outcome if his side wins, is that “Even if Earth dies, the Grand-Master will provide for me… because I have won for him!”

Kyle’s backstory was revealed in The Defenders (1972) #32. He grew up wealthy. When he was a child, his mother was injured in an accident and he was at her bedside when she died, then Kyle’s father left him at a boarding school. He fought a lot while at that school, but his father was still able to buy Kyle his spot at a nice college. While there he drove drunk and got his girlfriend killed, for which he didn’t get in legal trouble, but Kyle told his dad not to buy him his way out of getting expelled. Kyle was quickly drafted, and he figured he would get “in the way of a bullet, and that would be that,” but instead he was diagnosed with a heart murmur and rejected. And then, “on the very same day the army told me they didn’t need my body for target practice,” his father was killed in a plane accident, meaning “my last obligation to any other human being was wiped out.” Kyle went on to explain that, “I abdicated the throne of my financial empire- and divided my time between jet-setting and finding a cure for my heart murmur. The first was a bore. The second, with the help of the Grandmaster, led to my discovery of the serum that doubled my strength after sundown.”

Kyle’s emotions towards him don’t reflect that the Grand-Master is responsible for things going wrong in his personal life, but it makes sense to me that these events were because of the Grand-Master using his “complete control over time and space” to create supervillains. And, Kyle also said in his telling of his life story that “through it all… my life continued to fall apart,” and ended with, “I’m back at the crossroads. The same crossroads I’ve stood paralyzed at all my life. And I still can’t remember how I got here”.

As Tony flew away in issue #70, he thought, “For once, it’s almost a relief to leave the other Avengers! I could almost feel their piercing eyes… the questions they left unspoken!” Tony’s recent health scare made him unable to don the Iron Man identity, and while the Avengers were helping and protecting Tony Stark, it was wondered where his bodyguard Iron Man was.

And Kyle says, during his fight with Steve, “Maybe that kind of blow makes left-over Nazis collapse into black little heaps, Avenger… but, my own night-born powers are made of sterner stuff!” This is the first time I’ve seen someone poke fun at Steve for having older villains.

Issue #71 is the first appearance of the WWII team the Invaders, with the members being Captain America, Namor the Sub-Mariner, and the original Human Torch. However, the name Invaders isn’t used in the story, and the Human Torch later references that they were also brought there by the Grand-Master, saying, “I still don’t know how we got here… or why!!” Which means it’s not even very strongly implied that they were a team that worked together before this.

At this point in time of this scene, 1941, Steve’s shield isn’t circular, but a rounded triangle with points at the top. He later references in his dialogue that his career as Captain America is new.

Dane Whitman, the Black Knight, referencing a comic strip that began in the late 1930s, says of Kang’s goons’ weapons, “And, while that ray-spear might lay low Prince Valiant… it has distinctly less value against a blade forged by mighty Merlin himself!” And then he says, “What a pair! Not exactly the Conan and John Carter of the far-set future!” Referencing two different pulp characters that began publication in the 1930s and the 1910s, respectively.

I liked the phrasing of this bit, also from Dane Whitman, that “a fighting chance is all we’ve got… and, if three Avengers don’t win a certain battle that took place over twenty centuries ago… we don’t even have that..!!” It goes well with backstory of fate beyond their control with the Squadron Sinister.

Vision tells the original Human Torch, while fighting him, “I am as much an android as you.”

Kang originally entered the deal with the Game-Master for “the power of life and death,” but at the end of the game had only earned one. He initially claimed he “only fought to save the Princess Ravonna,” and so was going to chose the power of life, but then was enraged by the appearance of the Avengers, despite them not wanting to fight. He decides, “Even more than I love the fair Ravonna… I despise the very name ‘Avenger’!” And so, wanting to kill the Avengers, “Ravonna must wait… wait until my own genius can resurrect her!” Kang was explained that he needed to use his new power “quickly… or it will cause your death, as well,” but he still delays, saying, “You shall not escape so easily into oblivion! Lie there on the very edge of death… until I let you perish!” This allowed that Black Knight to attack Kang and run out his time with his power over death.

And Steve says, “Even the Cosmic Cube never bestowed power like the Grand-Master possesses!”

[nadzthepluggg]

Gotta let em kno

it be so sad realizing you're outgrowing people sometimes, like damn.. this is really coming to an end and they dont even have the slightest clue

[rebouks]

-- anon

I'm sorry, but what kind of accent does Ivan have? He's the only sim who speaks that way and now that he's more in focus, I can't help but wonder where he comes from! Also, while I'm at it, I've also noticed that you stay loyal to the Sim world ("speaking in Tartosan" "a Tartosan goddess", etc), and while it's obvious that Tartosa was based on Italy and Spain, do you imagine your characters being from real countries and with distinct cultural backgrounds?

hmmm idk that he really has an accent as such, it's more that he speaks more loosely/common than every one else. i don't really have voice claims or any real countries to pin these pixels to cos they're sims u kno, it'd probs get messy if i started tying things to irl and not others.. so nah, other than rough stuff like vaguely japanese for mt. komo or italy for tartosa i don't pin em to real places ig you could use my northern english accent as an example tho, like my mom is pretty well spoken but still northern right? so she pronounces her t's n shit but my accent is way more common and i drop all mine to a ridiculous extent (if i was to write butter or water the way i'd say it it's practically unreadable lol.. like bu'uer? bUHer?? idk lmao) so Ivan probs speaks like me tbh.. Tommy, Rhys and a couple others speak that way too and Oscar does when he's drunk

-- @zosa95

For Bryatt!

Disagreements: How often do they argue/disagree? ehhh probs not a lot, i can't imagine Wyatt engaging in pointless arguments, he'd just walk off lmao

Sex: Who moans the most? Brynn..

Family: Who changes the diapers? mostly Brynn

Family: Who gives their children ‘the talk’? idk ig with Ellis it'd be Wyatt but it'd be like "wrap it up n' pee" so i can see Brynn adding to that 😆 all Brynn if they have a girl tho

Affection: Who gives the most kisses? Brynn!

Sleeping: Who wakes up with bed hair? Wyatt.. u know Brynn has pictures of that shit

Home: Who does the groceries? Wyatt.. gotta make sure actual food is in the house u kno

Miscellaneous: Who kills the spiders around the house? no one.. lil spider did no one any harm 🕷

Miscellaneous: What do they tease each other about? hmm idk if they tease each other all that much tbh, they're playful but not at each other's expense u kno

-- @akitasimblr

hello becca! for salton, pleeeeeeease <33

Who is on top? Sid most the time lmaooo.. let's face it, Alton be lazy n' submissive

Ever had sex in public? a couple times

Do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’? in between? mostly the latter

Where is the strangest place? probs a broom cupboard or smth at uni idk lmao 😆

thanks!!!

-- anon

I know you don't do WCIF but would you mind sharing the creators you like most for male sim clothes? I struggle to clothe my guys a lot and I noticed you have a huge cast of male sims, so I was wondering. My bad if this sort of ask is unwelcomed too tho

but.......... skjdskj idk darte77 and gorillax3 are prolly good places to start or u kno.. google

-- @akitasimblr

hello becca!!! one more extra i wish to know of: well, a couple now, rickey love and patrick harvey :) a) where are they living now? b) what do they do for a living? c) any chances of seeing them again in fib (or their daughter...??)? thank youuuu!

ohhhh idk.. i think the whole point of em, as sad as it may be, is that Oscar n them lost touch n they kinda fell off the face of the earth u kno? a price Oscar paid for his choices ig never say never tho! and we'll see 'em again when i eventually get round to doing a uni flashback for Oskie so yay! 🤸‍♀️

OC Deep Dive Questionnaire Tag

A set of 20 questions to get to know your OC! ty for the tag @dandylion240 @hannahssimblr @sirianasims & anyone else i forgot <33

ROBINNNNNNN 🧡

What uncommon/common fear do they have? that Oscar will disappear off into his confusing world of horribleness Robin doesn't fully understand yet ;-;

Do they have any pet peeves? not rlly.. pretty hard to piss the guy off

What are 3 items you can find in their bedroom? headphones - cameras - letters ^^

What do they notice first in a person? their thoughts 👀🧠

On a scale of 1 to 10, how high is their pain tolerance? idk.. 4/5? i imagine he's kinda used to feeling other ppls pain as well as his own but he's still a baby ;-;

Do they go into fight or flight mode when under pressure? FIGHT!

Do they come from a big family/are they a family person? yeeeeah.. he likes some quiet time now n then but he loves his family sm 🤗

What animal represents them best? fuck if i know.. a fly on the wall? lmao

What is a smell that they dislike? stinky younger sibling diapers

Have they broken any bones? not yet.. somehow

How would a stranger likely describe them? weird.. QUIET

Are they a night owl or a morning bird? night owl.. it's peaceful when everyone's asleep 💤

What is a flavor they hate and a flavor they love? cilantro/coriander - pastries

Do they have any hobbies? photography - pissing around in the sea/on his bike/in whatever he shouldn't - writing to Alex - SPYING ON PPL

Boom, surprise birthday party! How do they react to surprises? u can't surprise the lil guy.. i dare u to try

Do they like to wear jewelry? yeah ig as much as a kid does.. string stuff, friendship bracelets or w/e

Do they have neat or messy handwriting? kinda messy.. maybe it'll be neater later

What are two emotions they feel the most? intrigue & overwhelmed

Do they have a favorite fabric? he said he doesn't care

What kind of accent do they have? ✨imaginary pixel land accent✨

and ty to anyone who's sent me any love trains recently <33333 ily all sm but i got overwhelmed the more i let pile up in my inbox so i deleted everything so i could breathe again 🙈

[spaciebabie]

ANYTHING ABT THEM, I WANT BIBLICALLY ACCURATE LUNITICS DUMP ON ME

(Fanfic anon)

(imma b honest this is the first time I've thought deeply abt their characters beyond the ass jokes so these characters are likely ta evolve as i draw em more. my characters just tend ta write themselves yk yk?)

first off: the lunatics use they/he pronouns!

first thing that came ta my mind was that luni drives an old run down car that's got a ton of scratches n dents, but they've had it for years n they're an incredible mechanic so-

luni was a car mechanic b4 getting a job at the pizzaplex and was a little intimidated and shocked when they got the job! even though they're good at what they do, they have a little bit of imposter syndrome at times. he's a little shy, modest guy, but extremely extroverted! once he gets comfy all bets are off

tic went ta college. they went HAM. they had the goal ta work at fazbear inc b/c of how advanced their tech is! they can b a bit egotistical at times, they def think they're that shit and they have the skills ta back it up. literal science genius. he's an introvert, but he's really out there n likes ta get in ppls face. he relishes in the fact that he can creep ppl out

luni was at the pizzaplex first b4 tic came along. now, while luni is shy at times, he's not gonna take shit from NOBODY n tic was a little bit (a lot)rude ta him at first. something something...."I'm way better at my job than you why are you even here?" and so the rivalry began :)

yeah that's right!!!! rivals ta lovers!!! hoh yeah baby!!!!

they go thru some competitive stuff a la: who can fix the animatronics faster? who can do the most repairs? who can come up with the best upgrades? and it just kept going n going till they both ranked up enough in fazbear inc ta where they get paid BUCKET LOADS of money. like. these guys are LOADED. fazbear inc pays them WELL.

eventually, they get ta a point where they've both reached their peak and there was nowhere else left ta go. they're forced ta work on equal ground n get ta know each other beyond the rivalry n end up crushing on each other :3

as they get ta know each other they realize that they share similar interests in loving memey n cursed shit. HR is fucking suffering b/c they're tryna keep the pizzaplex afloat w/all the "incidents" that keep happening that they literally don't care what any of the employees are doing as long as they're doing their jobs. the lunatics at this point are valued members of the fazbear inc team n so they basically become untouchable b/c of how good they are.

that also means they're often left w/nothin ta do since the robots last p long between repairs. so bored one day, tic gets a funny idea. "what if we glued asses onto the bots?" luni laughs and the rest is history.

[cutemeat]

Dennis’ s15 arc is VERY easy to understand once u set his scenes to She Wolf by Shakira in yr head

[mikkock]

@daisugaweek2020 , day 1 : STRANGERS / Roommates

This one’s for all the lads I used to see daily on the train, and whom I’d only ever speak a word to when it was late, but still perfectly recognised as if we were the bestest friends. 

Maybe (definitely) these two will be less of a coward than I am and start an actual conversation and become train ride buddies, and then all the time buddies (and then they kiss).

[glorywaited]

logged on to change to a summery aesthetic with my new dash icon n header uwu hopefully they look good but let me kno !! some things came up but i’ll get to things here soon, sorry for disappearing life is just incredibly rough rn but i’ll get back up now !! love u all n hope ur doing well !! ♡ ♡ ♡

[br4tphobia]

OMM. you gotta let em kno what they finna go against, dpwm me and ms.lexie the lexus 🙈🙈🙈

[fallish]

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