#Benjamin Jarvis

[frankkingakingproduction]

Frank King - a King production

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[definitelynottony]

Peter is shaking Tony, trying to wake him up. Tony grunts and turns over, covering his head. Peter huffs and continues to shake him.

"Dad! Dad! Dad! Wake up! Come on! Dad! You promised! Dad! Dad!" A symphony of that precious whiney, slightly dehydrated (which means he barely woke up himself), voice echoed in the frigid crystalline morning air. Wait... that's not right. Jarvis knows to keep the house at a warm sixty-seven degrees in the morning. And it definitely shouldn't be snowing inside...

"Peter Benjamin Stark, what did you do?!" Tony's voice growled from his warm, safe haven under their thick fur blanket.

Peter's eyes darted to their balcony door, the one he opened for a bit to breathe in fresh winter air last night. The one he forgot to close before bed. The one that let in an inch of snow on Tony's Brazilian cherry wood floors... now it was his turn to hide under the blankets.

[ljones41]

Favorite Streaming Productions From 2024

Below is a list of my favorite productions that appeared on streaming channels in 2024 (in alphabetical order):

FAVORITE STREAMING PRODUCTIONS FROM 2024

"Belgravia: The Next Chapter" - This sequel to Julian Fellowes' 2020 limited series, "Belgravia", aired on MGM+. Set thirty years later, the limited series starred Benjamin Wainwright and Harriet Slater.

"Cross" (Season One) - Starring Aldis Hodge, this crime thriller television series about a Washington D.C. forensic psychologist and homicide detective is based on James Patterson's "Alex Cross" novel series, now airing on Amazon Prime Video.

"The Empress" (Season Two) - Devrim Lingnau and Philip Froissant star in this Netflix historical drama about Empress Elisabeth and Emperor Franz-Josef I of Austria.

"Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist" - Kevin Hart and Samuel L. Jackson starred in Peacock's limited series about an infamous armed robbery held on the night of Muhammad Ali's historic 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta. Don Cheadle, Taraji P. Henson and Terence Howard co-starred.

"Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (Season One) - Donald Glover and Maya Erskine starred in this Amazon Prime Video remake of the 2005 comedy thriller about two strangers and trained espionage agents, impersonating a married couple, while working for a mysterious organization.

"The Penguin" - Colin Farrell reprised his role as Oswald "Oz" Cobb aka the Penguin from the 2022 D.C. Comics movie, "The Batman", in this HBO/Max limited series about the titled character's rise to power in Gotham City's underworld.

"Shōgun" - This second adaptation of James Clavell's 1975 novel about a shipwrecked English soldier and his association with a powerful daimyo in early 17th century Japan aired on the FX on Hulu channel and starred Hiroyuki Sanada, Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai and Tadanobu Asano.

"Star Wars: The Acolyte" - Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae starred in this Disney Plus limited series about the Jedi Order's investigation of a series of crimes during the High Republic era.

"Star Wars: Skeleton Crew" - Jude Law starred in this Disney Plus limited series about four children, who make a discovery on their home planet, get lost in the galaxy and go on an adventure to get back home. The series is set during the early New Republic era.

[frankkingakingproduction]

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Benjamin Jarvis at Timo Weiland S/S 2015 HQ (via)

[starboy-at-the-disco]

⭐️the kid was alright but it went to his head⭐️

Hello there!! my name is Tyler or Ryan, welcome to my blog :]

here are some fun facts about me 

⭐️15 years of age

⭐️rpf writer extraordinaire

⭐️pronouns are he/him  

⭐️I am part of a system 

⭐️i have autism and my main special interest is Panic! At the disco 

⭐️boy kisser 

⭐️Sundry Sidney for real in real life

⭐️ryllon shipper 4evar 

⭐️the only person on the internet who understands subject A 

⭐ask me about wentzross

⭐i have a million AUs and i will yap about them unprompted

⭐sometimes i make uQuizzes

media i like

things that are in italics are things i participate in the fandom for, things that are pink are things that elicit an autistic response in me

Bands: panic! At the disco, twenty one pilots, IDKHOW, my chemical romance, fall out boy, shauna dean cokeland, the taxpayers, june henry, the young veins, alec benjamin, kimya dawson, taylor swift, ezra furman, pigeon pit, the brobecks, z berg, the like, brand new, the academy is.., the front bottoms, waterparks, olivia rodrigo, will wood

Books: fight club, gray, the catcher in the rye, the outsiders, dracula, the true lives of the fabulous killjoys: california and national anthem, the heart rate of a mouse, where are your boys tonight 

Movies: dracula (1931), renfield, the youngblood chronicles, tøp live stream experience, the vast of night, new mutants, every captain america movie, fight club, count dracula (1977), the passenger, i saw the tv glow, the descendants movies 

Tv shows: doctor who, hannibal, good omens, dead boy detectives, would i lie to you, taskmaster, d20, game changer, jet lag, dirty laundry, riverdale, steven universe, stranger things

Youtubers: dan and phil, drew gooden, danny gonzalez, drawfee, uncarly, jarvis johnson, charlie barley, jenny nicholson, willie muse 

Podcasts: girl historians, welcome to nightvale, the magnus archives, midlife vices

toy lines: lalaloopsy, monster high, ever after high, winx club, novi stars, equestria girls and mlp in general, littlest pet shop, stuffed animals in all forms, calico critters

Major Kin types 

🌵Coyote 

🌵Angel

🌵Alien

🌵Black house cat 

🌵Golden retriever 

🌵Star 

🌵Domesticated rabbit 

🌵Border collie 

🌵white tailed deer

other blogs specific to system members

@placebo-boy (A's blog)

@strange-and-sycophantic (dally's blog)

Other information

⭐matching pfps with @whoa-where-did-the-pancakes-go

⭐dm for my ao3/discord/pinterest :3 

⭐i love making friends ^_^ 

[clash-of-the-wizards]

WELCOME TO THE 2024 CLASH OF THE WIZARDS!

Thats right! Mod Hermann got her shit together finallyt!

This year, we shall pit against each other 64 fictional magic users (double what we had last year!) in an attempt to see who the ultimate witch, wizard, mage, or caster is! Our winner last year was the lovely Eda Clawthorne from The Owl House (who will, from this moment on, be my profile picture until the new crown is distributed!), and today and for the next week and a half we will see who will take her crown!

Polls will be released daily at 6 pm est, with a day's break between each round (so, if a poll ends on saturday, the next round won't be up until 6 on sunday, and so on)

But you're not here for the semantics! So, ROLL OUT THE COMPETITORS!

YOUR COMPETITORS THIS YEAR ARE!

Khadgar - World of Warcraft M Rasmodius/The Wizard - Stardew Valley Jadis/The White Witch - Chronicles of Narnia Tara Maclay - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Robin - Fire Emblem Eggplant Wizard - Kid Icarus Rincewind - Discworld Harry Dresden - The Dresden Files Jafar - Aladdin Dr Facilier - The Princess and The Frog Nico Minoru - Marvel's Runaways John Constantine - DC Comics Harrison - Camp Camp Simon Snow - Carry On Cookie Jarvis - Cookie Crisp Cereal Magical Trevor - Mr Weebl Ice King - Adventure Time Merasmus - Team Fortress 2 Schmendrick - The Last Unicorn Starlight Glimmer - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Wizardmon - Digimon Bloom Peters - Winx Club Basil Hawkins - One Piece Raelle Collar - Motherland: Fort Salem Gale of Waterdeep - Baldur's Gate 3 Strahd von Zarovich - Curse of Strahd Yennefer of Vengerberg - The Witcher Harrowhark Nonagesimus - The Locked Tomb Marcia Overstrand - Septimus Hemp Sunny Nwazue - Akata Witch Maleficent - Sleeping Beauty Gandalf - Lord of the Rings Corpse God - Dead Mount Death Play Alice - Bibliomania Howl Pendragon - Howl's Moving Castle Wizard Animal - Wizardisananimal on tumblr Vaarsuvius - Order of the Stick Usidore the Blue - Hello From the Magic Tavern Asra Alnazar - The Arcana Pluto - The Library of Ruina Rasputin - Anastasia Dreisang - Octopath Traveler Hamid Saleh Haroun al Tahan - Rusty Quill Gaming Hiserdoux Casperan - Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Taako Taaco - The Adventure Zone: Balance Adaine Abernant - Dimension 20: Fantasy High Benjamin Thackerey - Widdershins Mah Yun - Sword Interval Donald Duck - Kingdom Hearts Vivi Orniter - Final Fantasy IX Moiraine Damodred - The Wheel of Time Raistlin Majere - Dragonlance Cedric - Sofia the First Kamek - Super Mario The Green Mage - Everhood Leif - Bug Fables Eridan Ampora - Homestuck Himiko Yumeno - Danganronpa V3 Galinda Upland - Wicked Merlin - Merlin (BBC) Archmage of Mampang - Sorcery! Noita - Noita Wei Wuxian - The Untamed Qifrey - Witch Hat Atelier SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS MOD HERMANN APPROACHES FINALS)

Friday, May 3 -- Round 1 side A Saturday, May 4 -- Round 1 side B Monday, May 6 -- Round 2 side A Tuesday, May 7 -- Round 2 side B Thursday, May 9 -- Round 3 Saturday, May 11 -- Round 4 Monday, May 13 -- Round 5 Wednesday, May 15 -- FINALS!!! (THIS POLL WILL BE OPEN FOR ONE WEEK!) Thursday, May 23 -- WINNER IS ANNOUNCED!

[obscure-horror-game-protagonist]

OBSCURE HORROR GAME PROTAGONIST BRACKET

Welcome to the Obscure Horror Game Protagonist Bracket, where the "obscure" in the name is modifying the word "protagonist" and not the word "game".

We believe we have, after a decent amount of deliberation, come up with a wide range of characters, ranging from "Just Normal Guys" to "Insane Torture Murderers" to "an apple", some from games that are fairly obscure themselves and some from games that are actually pretty well known, but we believe all these somewhat arbitrarily chosen characters have one thing in common: If you referred to them by name while talking to any given random person, we've determined there's at least a 60-70% chance they won't know who you're talking about. And they're horror game protagonists. More or less. They all have two things in common. Kind of.

Due to the nature of the premise, it is likely that there will be some situations where you may not have any idea who these people are. To compensate for this, descriptions of the characters including any notable traits will be included with each poll. There's no shame in deciding which one you like better on the spot if it comes down to that.

Additionally, we would like you to please be wary that due to the nature of this being about horror game characters, sensitive subject matter will be mentioned in the descriptions of many of the characters, as it's often unavoidable. Similarly, there will be spoilers for the storylines of the games brought up here, if that matters to you.

But without further ado...

OUR ROUND 1 MATCH-UPS:

Cynte (Endoparasitic) vs. Blake Langermann (Outlast 2)

Ellis Lynch (Blair Witch) vs. Murphy Pendleton (Silent Hill: Downpour)

Michael Tapp (Saw 2: Flesh and Blood (Xbox 360)) vs. Daniel Lamb (Manhunt 2)

Benjamin Oliver Walker (SCP: Containment Breach) vs. Andy the Apple (Andy's Apple Farm)

Foxtrot Unit 1 Commander Sanders (SCP: Nine-Tailed Fox) vs. Eriko Christy (Illbleed)

Clancy Jarvis (Resident Evil 7: Banned Footage) vs. Simon Jarrett (SOMA)

Justine Florbelle (Amnesia: Justine) vs. Thomas Smith (Neverending Nightmares)

David Hoover (The Crooked Man) vs. Arthur Hastings (We Happy Few)

Round one will begin on May 1st, 2023.

[huahsu]

Easily Recalled 2024 Highlights

NewJeans, "how Sweet"

NewJeans, "Supernatural"

Lin Cheng-sheng's remarkable Murmur of Youth (1997) 

finding this Gundam supercut set to "It's the End of the World as We Know It" that my cousin showed me in like 1990 on vhs. how many hundreds of hours must it have taken to make this back then? 

99

Harry Mathews, The Conversions (1962)

One Piece

DW Gibson, One Week to Change the World (2024)

hyukoh + sunset rollercoaster, AAA (here's the video for the wonderful "Young Man")

shabjdeed, al nather, riyadiyat, "rad saree3" (video is crazy)

discovering after many months that my phone wasn't actually broken, there was just a tiny piece of lint stuck in the charging port

untitled (halo), "emo is good"

astoundingly beautiful: Claire Cirocco - Drawing Circles Around the Center, amaro freitas - y'y

I probably watched Corteiz's "More to Come" ad a hundred times the day it dropped

Same with the United third kit launch which was an excellent use of "Born Slippy," and which is pretty depressing circa matchweek 18

vermut

Esther Yi, Y/N (2023)

tommy richman, 'million dollar baby'

I never missed an episode of Talk of the Devils and the Press Box

the cure, 'alone'

Jarvis Cocker talking about Salo in the Criterion Closet

BugCat Capoo, a cute and adorably violent taiwanese cartoon 

the breakfast burrito at Frontier in Albuquerque 

Aaron Cometbus, Loneliness of the Electric Menorah (2009)

this year I consumed too much: aperol, energy gels, random "hey can I ask how much do you pay in rent/do for a living?" type content 

Kobbie Mainoo

favorite t-shirt: "Reading is Fun" from one of the planet's great shops, Par Store

(2nd favorite: nine ty nine, y2k error machine)

favorite stores: VINYL 99 CLUB in Taichung's "Fusion Space" mall, Par, record shop in red hook, Community books, meridian vision, hvv, westsider books, yu and me, ergot, la central del raval, Bizarro-Wuxtry, unnameable books, the half moon books and rhino records in kingston 

Maurten's Gel 100 and discovering that Tate's cookies are a suitable "pre-workout"

best purchases: NewJeans umbrella at the Taipei pop-up, janji's afo middle short ultra, a CAYL raincoat 

DJ Sprinkles reissues

the collage video for vampire weekend's 'mary boone,' which seems to have been scrubbed from the internet (here's the official one)

galaxie 500 "shout you down" and the rest of Collected

Madonna del Bagni, a tiny church outside of Perugia filled with about 700 hand-painted tiles depicting various "miracles," many of them quite modern, one of them is actually a tile depicting a stolen tile recovered by a policeman on vacation

Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick, “Like That”

I watched way too much running content on IG this year

zlatan genuinely stressed on hot ones

favorite bar: Manhattan Cafe in Athens, GA

Nilufer yanya, “Just a Western”

"Snack of the Week" on Popcast Deluxe

X-Men House of X/Powers of X, which is thrilling yet genuinely harder to follow than grad school was

Megalopolis was not good, but it was the most absorbing movie I watched this year

cole palmer interviews fredric jameson interview by benjamin kunkel in paris review, especially fj's incredibly long and rigorously thoughtful answer to bk's first question, which was something innocuous like "where did you grow up?"

best ebay purchases: nemanja vidic "united's terminator," a stack of Film Quarterlies including the 'Wild Style' issue, 1990s longboxes

everything patrick shiroishi was involved with

christoph buchel's monte di pieta at fondazione prada venezia, a thoroughly batshit installation inspired by david graeber that shook me to my core

somewhat related, Flow was devastating!

enjoyable old man raps: Spice 1, Platinum O.G. 2

late 2023, but the Shrits Canal St cap

MK.gee, "rockman"

the last section of benjamin labatut's 'MANIAC'

central cee smiling all the time and dressing like lenny from 'of mice and men'

nala sinaphro, endlessness

I spent parts of june and july living/working in a castle in umbertide, and one of the purest delights was walking through the courtyard everday and hearing yuniya edi kwon practicing violin in her room

"AMAD DIALLO!"

Pavement playing a chronological set that ended with "Harness Your Hopes" and SM shrugging "Well that was it. That was our career."

burial, "phoneglow"

sumo citrus and "little guys" from long wind farm

Dexter's flirtation with Madchester/baggy during 'One Day' (I cried)

Sagrada Familia and the Basilica di San Francesco in Assisi  ... nearly made me a believer 

previous years:

A RAT YEAR :: 2020 THE MOON REPRESENTS MY HEART :: 2019 A SONG THAT DEGRADES EACH TIME YOU PLAY IT :: 2018 A CHURCH AND JOHN LENNON’S “IMAGINE” :: 2017  SIKH DEVOTIONAL MUSIC :: 2016 SPOOKY BLACK :: 2015

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

Queer Books July 2023

🦇 Good morning, my beloved bookish bats. I'm sorry this post is coming to you so late in the month; I planned more content than I realized! Let's rewind and look back on all the queer books released this past month. Though I'm sure a number of these covers look familiar, there are also as few that haven't received the attention they deserve!

What books are you adding to your summer reading list at the last minute?

🌈 Role Playing by Cathy Yardley 🌈 A Place for Us by Brandon J Wolf 🌈 A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton and G. L Preston 🌈 Of Love & Libraries by Brenna Bailey 🌈 A Crime of Secrets by Ann Aptaker 🌈 The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney 🌈 Wanderlust by Elle Everhart 🌈 The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson 🌈 Go the Way Your Blood Beats by Emmett de Monterey 🌈 The Lighthouse Keeper by Liv Rancourt 🌈 Overemotional by David Fenne 🌈 Lioness by Emily Perkins 🌈 All About Romance by Daniel Tawse

🌈 Moonlight and the Monarch by Evelyn Carver 🌈 The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera 🌈 A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow 🌈 All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky 🌈 A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero 🌈 Digging for Heaven by Jenna Jarvis 🌈 Marigold by Melissa Brayden 🌈 All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan 🌈 On an Ebbing Seafoam Tide by Alannah Radburn 🌈 The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa 🌈 The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqqi 🌈 Play to Win by Jodie Slaughter

🌈 A Rulebook for Restless Rogues by Jess Everlee 🌈 Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch 🌈 The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella 🌈 More to Love by Georgina Kiersten 🌈 Defiant Bodies: Making Queer Community in the Anglophone Caribbean by Nikoli A. Attai 🌈 The Ink Drinkers by Dror Bloodwood 🌈 Counting Lost Stars by Kim van Alkemade 🌈 Women of the Post by Joshunda Sanders 🌈 Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 🌈 Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈 The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean 🌈 Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

🌈 Buzzing by Samuel Sattin & Rye Hickman 🌈 The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley 🌈 Firebird by Sunmi 🌈 A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui 🌈 What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan 🌈 The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan 🌈 The Stablemaster’s Heart by Sarah Honey 🌈 The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero LaCruz 🌈 The Valkyrie's Shadow (The Helheim Prophecy #2) by Tiana Warner 🌈 In the Case of Heartbreak (Fern Falls #2) by Courtney Kae 🌈 The Hunt by Kelly J. Ford 🌈 Rana Joon and the One and Only Now by Shideh Etaat

[sleepingnova]

Hollow boy

Basically, I had a nightmare last week and this was all I could think about so..yeah :) (I literally almost cried to this shit, that nightmare was so sad bro—)

wc: 1.6k lmao <3

me actually posting something? Ain't no way, but lowkey I cooked a stew with this one 🤭

Peter Benjamin Parker. Named after his wonderful uncle Ben that he adored with every fiber of his being. But, he didn’t feel like a Parker. He didn’t feel as if he deserved that name. 

It’s Thanksgiving break, and as luck would have it, May is gone for the week. Some joke of a job that makes you have to go on training for an entire week, he thought. It’s quiet, way too quiet for a regular Saturday night. Last he checked, the avengers were here this weekend, claiming they all missed their favorite “spider kid”. So, then, why on earth is it so quiet?

The only other option is that he’s sleeping. Except, it’s not a peaceful sleep. It’s yet another nightmare that plagues the young spider’s mind. To which, it’s not uncommon, everyone in the avengers tower has nightmares, every single person there. So then why is it so surprising to everyone that he has them as well?

He tosses and turns in the bed that Mr. Stark so graciously let him sleep in, considering that he would buy anything Peter wanted, because he loves his kid so dearly. It’s a soft bed, extremely comfortable, feels like a giant marshmallow, so why does it feel so.. Different?

His breathing gets heavier as the seconds turn to minutes, tears slowly streaming down his face as he sleeps, but nonetheless, he still turns in his bed every 2.5 seconds. 

Peter has nightmares all the time, ever since homecoming, so why is this one any different? Well, this time, it’s about Ben. After witnessing the death of the most important person in his life, he now resides in his slurred dreamlike state, wearing a crisp black and white suit, slightly stained with blood that isn’t his and stained with tears as he feels the bumpy concrete under him dig into his knees. His voice is raw, unfiltered, and full of emotions as he begs, cries, and pleads with the woman in front of him who looks like his dear aunt May, to allow him to say his final goodbye to the man in the coffin. The man who would still be alive if it weren't for Peter Benjamin parker. 

He currently resides in the lucid state of sleep paralysis, his body betraying him as he lays still in his bed, coating his pillow with his flowing stream of tears. As he watches the world he knows and loves crumble to pieces, he sobs, his eyes bloodshot and puffy as he ruins the suit that he had to practically sell everything he owned to afford, he claws at the ground, with a grip so strong, he could tear the road open if he wanted to. He is scared, afraid even, and he wants to return to the real world. Away from this hellish nightmare he crawled into. 

Meanwhile, the avengers are in Tony’s lab, having fun and playing cards as Tony works, focused on team bonding and fun to escape their problems. An alert pops on Tony's screen, something along the lines of the robotic voices of both Jarvis, Friday, and Karen, in unison, talking about his dear kid’s blood pressure going through the roof, at risk of a severe anxiety attack. Only problem was, Peter was asleep. 

“Sir, would you like me to initiate the protocol ‘Spider-baby can’t sleep’?” Jarvis’ voice comes through the lab, the other avengers heads’ popping up at the sound of a speculated threat.

“Tones, what’s going on? You okay?” Rhodey’s voice cuts through the silence as Tony clears his throat.

“There's something wrong with Peter, I'll go check on him.” Tony replies, standing up, running a hand through his greasy hair, as he walks towards the elevator to go to Peter's floor, unbeknownst to him, the others following him like lost puppies. 

Peter awakes from the state with a sharp gasp, clutching his chest so harshly that he leaves slight crescent shaped claw marks near his chest. The space around him spins, all of a sudden feeling very claustrophobic, when there’s a knock at the door.

“Son of Tony, the robotic woman has alerted friend Stark of your troubles. We have come to your aid.” Thor’s voice echoes into the room, but Peter can only hear certain parts. The room only stops spinning when he spots a shorter figure walking up to him, crouching next to him.

“Underoos. Hey, what’s going on? C’mon, talk to me, kid.” Tony reaches out to console the boy in a soft, almost condescending tone, one that Peter knows all too well.

“Mter Star- can- can breath..” Peter’s voice comes out in a hushed whisper. He’s convinced everyone in the doorway can hear how loudly and harshly his heart is beating out of his chest.

“Legolas, hit the lights, would you?” Tony whispers, waving his hand at his hard of hearing team mate.

The lights come on and Tony's heart shatters at the sight. Here in front of Tony, sits Peter,  his face a bloody red, his eyes bloodshot and dilated, tears streaming down his face as the poor boy clutches his chest, small faint traces of blood leaking into his nails from how hard he’s clutching his chest. 

“Pete, hey, look at me. I’m right here. Can I touch you?” He whispers, reaching his hand out, hesitating ever so slightly.

Peter scans his mentor's face, hating the way it softens as it scans Peter's face in fear. 

No words come out of Peter's mouth as his ragged breathing gets worse, terrified of knowing what Mister Stark would think of him. His eyes dart around, scanning each face he sees for each individual reaction. Every single minute detail of someone’s facial expression gets taken into account. 

“Come on, breathe with me. Ready? Deep breath in,” Tony takes an exaggerated breath in, the trembling teen trying his best to mimic his mentor’s actions, tears still streaming down his face as he buries his face into his hands, continuously wiping the salty tears that fall. 

“Out. You’re doing great, spidey, let’s try again.” Tony’s overly calm voice rings in Peter’s ears as he eventually calms down, and yet he can’t seem to open his mouth as he stares straight past the avengers, burning a hole into the wall with his gaze. 

“Hey, focus up, kid. What’s going on?” Rhodey’s hand on his back pulls him out of his thoughts, as he stares at everyone currently in his room, his face getting progressively more red in embarrassment, even though no one could tell, his face was already extremely red from sobbing his eyes out. 

“It’s nothing, just a stupid dream. I really didn’t mean for this to happen, honest.” He replies, trying to blink away the burning feeling in his eyes.

“Don’t give me that crap. Come on, ‘roos, one way or another I’m gonna get the answer out of you, so just spill the beans.” Tony interjects, and Peter looks him in his eyes, looking for any sign of deception, looking away after a split second when he doesn’t see any. 

“It was stupid, really. Just a dumb nightmare.” The boy mutters under his breath, too embarrassed to even speak.

“It may sound dumb to you, but I can tell you right now, every single person in this room right now, has nightmares. Each and every one of us. Yours count just as much as ours do. So, come on, lay it on us. There’s very little secrets when it comes to us. We gossip so much, it’d put the Mean Girls to shame.” Bucky argues, his last point getting a small laugh from everyone, and Steve cuts in, “Why do you think Buck and I share a room? It’s ‘cause we’re the only two strong enough to hold each other down. Our nightmares get violent, really easily.”

“It’s just.. Ben. I miss him so much. I could have saved him, I don't know, it just makes me think. If I never got bit by the spider, would Ben still be alive? I don’t know, I just think about him sometimes. It’s been almost 4 years and I still haven’t gotten over it.” Peter sniffs, his eyes glancing to his phone, looking at the strange ‘You okay?’ text from his adoring aunt May.

“Did you.. Uh.. you texted May?” He asks, to which, Tony sifts a hand through his hair.

“Oh, yeah. I didn’t really know what to do, so I texted her. To which, she told me you have these nightmares all the time. Apparently, they’re way worse at your apartment than they are here. Aunt Hottie told me you’ve gotten noise complaints from screaming?” Tony’s eyes furrow, glancing over his kid, wondering why the hell for the love of god, he can’t have a normal life. 

“Yeah…the landlord said if it happens again, he’s kicking us out..haha..so..I don’t sleep. Or, well, when I do, it’s outside of the apartment. Can’t risk it.” Peter laughs airly, running a hand through his sweaty hair, scratching at his scalp. Tony makes a mental note to secretly find their landlord in an alleyway. Either that or convince May to move into the tower, there’s more than enough room for them. 

“Why don’t you come down to the lab with us? We’re playing cards. Just until you feel sleepy again?” Steve suggests and Peter nods, following Steve out of the room. 

The rest of them trail out of the room, simultaneously looking at each other, suggesting the same thing: 

Peter needs therapy, bad. Also, his landlord better hope and pray they don't find themselves in an empty alleyway at 3 am. As Peter walks with Steve, his hand ruffling the young spider’s hair, he thinks two things. 

One, how can you be a hero if you can’t save the people you love? And two, how could a man like Benjamin Parker, see something other than a pathetic, wannabe, no-good cursed boy, who kills everyone he comes into contact with, in his adoring nephew, Peter Benjamin Parker? 

Peter makes a mental note to leave later that morning to visit Ben’s grave, but he can’t help but wonder if Ben would even recognize the person who is speaking to him; Peter Benjamin Parker, a hollow boy, plagued by grief.

[good-books-to-read]

Travel Destination: Czech Republic

The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis

In the quiet streets of Prague all manner of otherworldly creatures lurk in the shadows. Unbeknownst to its citizens, their only hope against the tide of predators are the dauntless lamplighters - a secret elite of monster hunters whose light staves off the darkness each night.

Domek Myska leads a life teeming with fraught encounters with the worst kind of evil, including being stalked by the spirit of the White Lady - a ghost who haunts the baroque halls of Prague castle and a conspiracy amongst the pijavica that could see them unleash terror on the daylight world, Domek finds himself in a race against time.

Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

Around the world, black hand prints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky.

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.

And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war.

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero

Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an artist, Ilana Lopez—a biracial Jewish girl—finds herself torn between her dream of becoming a violinist and her immigrant parents’ desire for her to pursue a more stable career.

When she discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery behind her aunt’s cottage, she meets the ghost of a kindhearted boy named Benjamin, who died over a century ago and Rudolph Wassermann, a man with no shadow, has become fascinated with her and the music she plays.

The Midnighters by Hana Tooke

Ema Vasková has always been extraordinary. The twelfth child in her family, born on the twelfth day, of the twelfth month as the clock struck twelve, she is fascinated by shadows and has a very particular skill for sneaking up on people - much to the bewilderment of her parents and siblings.

When Ema is sent to stay with her eccentric, bicycle-making Uncle in Prague, she meets Silvie - a girl just as extraordinary as Ema. Together they befriend bats, trawl treasures from the river and establish one firm rule: adventures are best served at midnight.

The Riddle of Prague by Laura DeBruce

Hana Silna on her way to the family homeland to reclaim The Rockery, their ancestral estate. But Hana’s joy is tempered by the fact that she’s traveling alone; her father is dead, and her mother is gravely ill.

What should be an uneventful experience turns into the ordeal of her young life, to start with a centuries-old mystery, a riddle that involves a flask and maybe a key to immortality, and then her family is kidnapped.

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Judge Robert Herberton Terrell (November 27, 1857 - December 1925) the first African American judge in DC, was born in Charlottesville, Virginia to Harris and Louisa Ann Terrell. He was sent to public schools in the DC and then to Groton Academy in Groton, Massachusetts. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University. He graduated from the Howard University Law School with an LL.B. He attained his LL.M from Howard University Law School. Because of the difficulty in getting a job as an African American attorney in DC, he taught in DC public schools. He worked as chief clerk in the office of the auditor of the US Treasury.

He met Mary Church when she accepted a teaching post at the Preparatory School for Colored Youth in DC, where he was principal. They married (1891) and had two daughters. She would soon be noted in her own right as a civil rights leader and instrumental in the organization of the Colored Women’s League of Washington. She was an early president of the National Association for Colored Women.

From (1892-98) he practiced law in DC but returned to teaching and became principal of M Street High School in DC. He allied himself with Booker T. Washington in the first decade of the 20th century and through the latter’s influence with President William Howard Taft he was nominated by the President to serve on the DC Municipal Court. Despite bitter opposition to his appointment from Southern Democratic Senators, he on January 15, 1910, became the first African American judge in the nation’s capital. He served as a judge until his death.

He was on the faculty of the Howard University Law School. He was a charter member of the first DC chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity.

He suffered a stroke in 1921. A year later, he suffered another stroke leaving him paralyzed. The Robert H. Terrell Law School was an HBCU Law School in DC, that offered evening classes from its founding (1931-50). It was founded by George A. Parker, Philip W. Thomas, Louis R. Mehlinger, Benjamin Gaskins, Chester Jarvis, and Lafayette M. Hershaw after Howard University ended its evening law school program. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #sigmapiphi #phibetasigma

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The resting bitch face really sold me

His name is Benjamin Jarvis I believe

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Hey there! ^^ I don't even know if you answer questions like this but was just curious who you imagine or "fancast" as Draco? I really like Benjamin Jarvis and sometimes Dominik Sadoch or Jeremy Dufour!

Hi anon! Ohh I love those🔥 my answer might be a bit anti-climatic but I don’t really fancast my ships. I’ve entertained some ideas for next gen (Al, James and Teddy) but never for Drarry. I guess it’s because there are so many different takes and characterizations in fic (I love them all!) I find it easier to picture their faces in a very abstract, almost art-like, way. Speaking of art, depending on their age, hair length 👌🏼 and fic vibes my personal headcanon shifts between @bluebutter-art’s characterization and @zigster-ao3’s characterization. @blvnk-art has also created some of my favourite adult Harry versions. I’d love to see others joining this convo and sharing their face cast names!

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Finding history on the tube

As a television viewer, I am always in a history mood. I don't care if a movie or series covers the French Revolution or the Vietnam War, I want it. I want to lose myself in another time. So it was with great interest I found four outstanding series on FX, Hulu, and Apple TV.

Shōgun, Masters of the Air, Franklin, and Manhunt are not just entertaining. They are history classes worthy of any college.

Shōgun follows John Blackthorne, a stranded British sailor, as he becomes embroiled in a feudal power struggle in Japan in 1600. Masters chronicles the "Bloody 100th," a U.S. B-17 bomber group that sustained horrific losses in World War II. Franklin covers Benjamin Franklin's diplomatic efforts in France during the American Revolution. Manhunt follows Secretary of War Edwin Stanton's search for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.

Each miniseries debuted this year. Each is a splendid adaptation of a celebrated book. Each sticks close to the historical record.

None are dry history. Thanks to strong performances by Cosmo Jarvis (Blackthorne), Austin Butler (Major 'Buck' Cleven), Michael Douglas (Franklin), and Tobias Menzies (Stanton), the series are as entertaining as they are informative. Add strong supporting casts, stories, scripts, and cinematography and you have outstanding television.

Each series can be hard to follow. Shōgun, Masters of the Air, and Manhunt feature a large number of characters. Shōgun and Franklin require following subtitles closely. In Shōgun, a viewer can easily get lost in the nuances of 17th-century Japanese culture. Even so, the plusses of all four productions far outweigh their negatives.

I would recommend each series to lovers of history and great TV. Ratings: Shōgun 5/5, Masters 5/5, Franklin 4.8/5, Manhunt 4.5/5.