#Benjamin Hardy

[kemetic-dreams]

Benjamin F. Hardy (July 25, 1921-1994) was an African-American custom motorcycle builder who made the Captain America and Billy choppers for the 1969 Peter Fonda road movie Easy Rider.

The Captain America bike, made from a then 20-year-old, heavily customized Harley-Davidson panhead is considered one of the most iconic motorcycles ever built.

Working with another African motorcycle builder, coordinator Cliff Vaughs, Hardy built two 'Billy' bikes and three 'Captain Americas', one of which was destroyed in the making of the movie, the rest of which were stolen. Each bike had a backup to make sure that shooting could continue in case one of the old machines failed or got wrecked accidentally. The 'Billy' bike was typical of the custom motorcycles Black bikers were riding at the time.

Hardy and Vaughs remained largely unknown and uncredited for 25 years as they were not accepted due to being African-Americans, and were not welcomed into the mainstream motorcycle world in the USA.

Known locally as "Benny" and "King of Bikes" Ben Hardy's Motorcycle Service was located at 1168 E. Florence in Los Angeles. He was a mentor to many of the local motorcyclists in South Central, Los Angeles.

His work was featured in the “Black Chrome” exhibition at the California African American Museum

[lucesbloodbank]

TWD OC's: "The Micro Group"

Alrighty, and aside from a couple of more who come in earlier in TWD timeline, these are my main OC's!

Seth and Lucas Wilburn - Brothers who were separated from their parents during the panic and chaos amid society's fall and ended up in a safe zone with the rest of the gang that eventually was destroyed. Although the youngest, Seth was designated to carry the medical supplies and often made himself useful by attempting to decipher first aid manuals and delivering a healthy dose of unsolicited snark. Lucas was of a less intellectual sort but he made up for it in street smarts particularly in favor of keeping his baby brother safe.

Maile and Benjamin Hardy - Engaged Masters degree students who met during their undergraduate years when he was planning on studying botany and she wanted to pursue environmental law. While Ben could be considered the brains, Maile was more so put in the position to be the brawn. Yet, both were kindhearted individuals more often than not.

Rob Kahnwald - Ex-military turned car mechanic and one of the older members of the group, often butting heads with nearly everyone over everything—especially Tom—but has made it his personal mission to ensure the safety of Seth and Lucas since being with them in their original safe zone. In contrast to the rest of the group, he's very rough around the edges and perhaps the most hardened by the collapse of humanity.

Jeanine Waverly - Showjumper and horse breeder formerly married to a celebrity film director, trying to recover from the abuse of her marriage, the following very public and messy divorce, and the end of civilization. If everyone stopped asking her where they'd seen her before and underestimating her ability to survive, it would be too soon.

Tom Nemoto - Electrician by day and community theatre actor by night who was near the end of a performance of Sweeney Todd when all hell broke loose. Arguably the most calm, quiet, and level-headed of the group which has put him apprehensively in the position of the group's leader (up until Rob challenges his decisions). More often than not, Jimena could be found trailing behind him or at his side.

Jimena Marciel - The newest member of the group who was rescued by Tom from a violent and hostile community that kept her in a basement. It wasn't until after a while that she began to open up to the rest of the folks in the group and even still has a lot of trauma to work through that she neglects in favor of being no more than arms-length away from Tom.

[sacredfolly-blog]

Playing with Time: Reconstructing your past based on your current context

What went well for you today? How do you feel when you notice what’s going well in your day? Organizational Psychologist, Dr Benjamin Hardy, explains the how you can proactively shape what you got out of your day. What went well? What did I learn? What was beautiful? How am I different and more informed that I was before? “It’s your choice whether your past is an asset or a liability . . . How…

[foolsocracy]

into the noir verse

[spider-whoo]

me after reading eyes without a face for the 84th time (Robbie still got lobotomized, Felicia still had her dignity stolen, and Peter is still alone after trying not to be)

[peterbwatsonparker]

Polycule redesigns plus some concepts for my au-verse (including: it should be more common for mutagenics to look a little. other; MJ should get to have an outfit/identity to hang around costumes so she doesn't feel as isolated from the superhero aspects of Peter's life; and supers taking advantage of all the geniuses with little regard for the law in the community to make hallway-legitimate false civilian identities for fun and profit (a.k.a. so half of them don't end up stuck being called Mr. Man or Ms. Woman in interviews))

[lildoodlenoodle]

Why I think Spider noir is on the younger side(18-20) in the new spiderverse movie per my previous post:

Let’s break it down by Context, Timeline, Mood, and ATSV

Context:

Spider noir has two comic runs that happen before COMICS spiderverse. With that said, there were like inter dimensional energy vampires and that’s obviously not the direction the spiderverse movies went with. So we’re going to largely disregard them for this. To expand, there was a big time jump between that last noir comic and the spiderverse ones. Peter would be closer to mid/late 20s at the start of the comics spiderverse and therefore ITSV if we were to integrate and replace the timelines, BUT I always hated the way they did that time jump in the comics and what it did to Peter’s character.

It felt like they were trying to tie him into 616 Peter wayyyy too much by making his love interest MJ(who we rlly haven’t seen and what we have seen hasn’t had good chemistry), have a good relationship with May(they rlly brushed him shooting someone in front of her and calling him an animal under the rug Huh), and going to college(I get it I do, but unlike most universes I don’t think this Peter could ever stop spiderman enough). There wasn't really any mention of Felicia, Urich, or Robby and their past. They also changed his webbing, his look, and his spider senses.

I felt like that was completely getting rid of all of Peter's characterization and he just becomes the spider with a gun from the 1930s. But the point is they clearly went in a very different artistic and narrative direction after the time jump to a point where it doesn’t feel like the same character.

Refitting the timeline:

So, scrapping the comics spiderverse timeline, I don’t really see a reason for a disjointed time jump. And after those first two comic runs it can be argued, for this Peter, that ITSV happens much sooner for him after that second run, possibly even after the first comic. Then ATSV would happen after that second run. There is an 8mo. time jump between the two runs so it is definitely feasible.

But let’s talk about mood between the runs.

We all know at least somewhat this Peter's origin, and if you don’t, to sum it up: organized crime, monsters, socialism, cannibalism.

The first run ends, Peter beats the goblin without killing him and he’s feeling pretty good about himself/confident. But he’s still got a lot of well deserved angst and self hatred. His uncle is dead, his new mentor/father figure is dead, his relationship with May is on the rocks to say the least, and there’s the whole Felicia thing. He’s still a high schooler and in that teen range, but a big ass lanky teenager who's only solid looking because of the gear he wears. I’d place him around 16-18, a case could be made for 15 but I’m going to politely disagree. ITSV could very easily be fairly soon after these events.

It’s 8 months after the first run. He becomes cocky and overconfident this whole next issue, possibly because of an interdimensionally inflated ego? Point is he feels on top of his game. Also worth mentioning, he’s ignoring MJ this whole issue to the point the audience knows basically nothing about her while he is having a very intense relationship with Felicia(which we already know how I feel about that whole mess) and who MJ is very blatantly and very badly a foil to.(I love MJ she is just not well written here).

The second run ends, his best friend/possible love interest(I said what I said), Robbie, is dead and unavenged.(I can talk a lot more about Robbie and what effect he had and will have on Peter going forward, also the disservice of his ‘death’) Felicia is disfigured and blames Peter. Peter not only blames himself for all this but the comic ends with him saying he feels powerless and a constant sense of impending doom. He really did not get a single win during this comic, man got the shit beaten out of him too. The age at the end of this comic is 17-19. After the last comic dude was messed up but still had hope, after this one we don’t see the fall out, but I can assure it was BAD. That whole ‘you don’t have to kill the bad guy thing’ is probably out the fucking window. I’m more hesitant to think ITSV happened after this run because of that. He isn’t just depressed or self loathing anymore, he isn’t just playing fast and loose with his life to get results. He does not care, he has no hope, and he doesn’t see a good future.

Pre - ATSV predictions with mild spoilers:

With the year and a couple of months time jump for ATSV it’s very plausible that the events of that last run plus possible spider task force shenanigans could happen before the movie. For more context in the comics spider noir was a recurring spider in the ‘elite strike force’. Personally, if he was invited, I could very much see him accepting, especially with his current mental state, and being very aggressive about it. Which, theoretically, could cause him to get kicked off or make a rash decision to leave bc fuck those guys. But the point is at the end of that last comic this man really doesn’t have a single win, he is in a prime state to be manipulated in.

Edit: my dumbass forgot literally the most important detail. The year 1933 is when ITSV noir comes from which matches this timeline with the comics as well.

To sum everything up, the reason why I think spider noirs age is in the 18/20 range is because it fits the above timeline, which I believe to be the most probable timeline of events that are canon by the movies while also staying consistent with at least some of the original comics. It should be further noted there is no evidence of his age throughout the ITSV movie, besides him being played by Nicholas Cage and being tall. In fact, I’d argue due to his excessive use of slang it would naturally place him in a younger category as well as the classic melodramaticness that can come with being a coping teenager. The most important thing that makes his age and at what point in his storyline he’s in up to interpretation is the fact that we see his face once and it’s heavily shadowed. If we saw his face more I’d feel better about giving him a more solid age, but till then context clues for the win. But anyways, this was long and I still have more I could get into/say and I will eventually. Feel free to ask any questions or even tell me why you disagree!

[fidjiefidjie]

Bon Soir 🗣🎻🥁🪈🎹

Magdelaine 🎶 Peu de chose

Avec Françoise Hardy🌹, Benjamin Biolay, Abd al Malik, Stevie Wonder...

[achillean-knight]

Noir and his Felicia Hardy? (Not like in a ship way, if that makes sense)

I FINIALLY FINISHED IT LETS GO!!

In my last ask, someone asked for either Peter/Noir with Cats and/or Ding Ding. I saved the Cats for this! Hope ya'll like it, it's relatively messy but I've been pressed for time and motivation as of late so this is the best I can do

[sunnydayout]

soooo I'm rereading the comics and came across this scene again between Peter and Felicia. (posted under the text for those who want to see it)

I always thought how funny it was how scared and shocked Peter looked when Felicia took off her robe. but on the other hand, thinking about it's probably his first time actually seeing that, or hasn't done things like that a lot. I think he's around eighteen or nineteen here, it's close after he met Urich, and then he was thinking of college so probably eighteen or nineteen.

then of course you also have that Felicia is most likely in her mid to late thirties, maybe even early forties. (these are all guesses as as far as I know, there are no actual ages given in the comics) she used to be together with Urich for a while and he was most likely in his forties as he's been in the game of being a reporter for the daily Buggle for a long time.

so the age difference and likely the inexperience on Peter's part really does explain his shock and frankly, the more I think about it the weirder this scene is. it was also quite sudden, or well at least I didn't notice anything leading up to it. but maybe that was intentional to make the reader as shocked as Peter.

Then this scene here is also something that bothers me a bit. since Felicia is practically rejecting Peter after they slept together (something she initiated.) and I think that Peter obviously thought something more was going here, the boyfriend-girlfriend kind of thing. (wich is understandable considering he's around eighteen. really not mature enough to sleep with a woman in her thirties- forties) and then it just doesn't get mentioned again (as far as I know, I haven't read all the comics yet)

and also generally the age and maturity difference is really weird. peter is still in that exploring era of relationships while Felicia is already longer in it and knows things Peter doesn't. which is why, I think, that she rejects him and sends him home once the night is over. peter may have thought it was something more, maybe even wanted something more (once that initial shock was over) but it was obviously nothing more than a one-night stand for Felicia.

well, that's that for that particular ramble. I just realized how weird it is to ramble about this but it really interested me and I just to get it out somewhere (and where is better than Tumblr?)

so if you have anything to add, be sure to tell me! I'm always open to discussions and debates.

thanks for reading, have a nice day! :)

[asexual-squidward]

I bet Sawyer was over the moon when he found out Hurley had appointed Ben as his assistant.

Just think of how many double-act nicknames he’ll be able to use

[spectordameron]

see this is what I mean with that hypothesis, (Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood #4)

[canadian-pug-cartel]

Spider noir and Felicia noir

[foolsocracy]

i love pretending theyre my ocs and then submitting them as my homework for class

[copperdoesart]

I like 30s fashion and using design projects set in the 30s as an excuse to do fanart :)

[lildoodlenoodle]

Ok for the people who have read the spidernoir comics specifically the first ones(and it’s been awhile so correct me if I’m wrong) but did anyone else think Felicia and Peter had a weird relationship?

Don’t get me wrong across the board/universes they have a very complex and complicated relationship and I love that for them! But let’s focus on the 90214 earth or noir universe. So we meet Peter right, exact age I don’t think is specified but it’s largely implied high school age. Then we meet Felicia, again age not specified but she’s portrayed as a lounge singer past her prime and is running the Black Cat speakeasy. So we know she’s been around a bit. But then we find out she’s Ben Urich’s ex or ‘old flame’. Which makes the Peter Felicia relationship weird because it could be argued that Urich becomes a type of father figure after Ben Parker’s passing. To clarify sleeping with your new(also newly dead at that point)father figure’s ex girlfriend IS FUCKING WEIRD. Now next, Urich, again no age, is at least 40s if not 50s or older, and I’m leaning older because it’s implied he’s been working with Jonah for a long ass time and they are equals in terms of experience. Jonah is usually portrayed in his 50s-60s. So how old exactly is Felicia to be Urichs longtime on again off again girlfriend? To add to this Felicia seems very well established with a lot of experience in the underground and crime scene.

Now let’s circle back: when Peter meets Felicia he is very much a teenager and implied to be under 18. Felicia is his somewhat father figure/bosses ex girlfriend, who meets Peter through her ex boyfriend, and then sleeps with Peter pretty soon after her ex dies. Felicia is implied to at least be in her 30s if not older following context clues.

Again we have no real timeline for anything and no confirmed ages so its definitely up to interpretation. There are a lot of plot holes in the spidernoir comics in general but this is one that has always bugged me, especially since a lot of people really like the noir spideycat ship. And they do have a couple of sweet moments throughout the noir comics and I do love them in other universes but I can’t get over the ick in this one.

I wanna hear peoples opinions on this so please comment or reblog with your thoughts and takes!