#Chris Ord

[theforswornelite]

10 years ago, you had the visuals and fight sequences to rival Gareth Evan's The Raid and Park Chan-wook's Oldboy.

Whilst also adapting Alex Maleev's and Frank Miller's Visuals on screen

I'm just simply ASKING you to do it AGAIN.

[nerds-yearbook]

The Netflex Marvel Universe (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and Punisher) originally started out as a separate pocket universe from the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). After the cancelation of the shows, fans began to campaign for the return of Daredevil and even ran a billboard in Times Square in 2019. Charlie Cox, who played Daredevil in the Netflix series, was officially brought into the Marvel Universe in his Matt Murdock persona in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). This was followed up by Vincent D'Onofrio returning to his role as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in the Disney+ shows Hawkeye (2021) and Echo (2023 - 2024). Disney announced they were going to do a relaunch of the Daredevil series. When production started, it was only going to be loosely connected to the Netflex series, Vanessa Fisk was going to be recast, and Foggy and Karen were going to be excluded. Not far into production, a new creative team was brought in, and it was decided that it would be an actual continuation from the Netflex series. Aylet Zurer was rehired as Vanessa Fisk and Elden Henson (Foggy Nelson) and Deborah Ann Woll (Karen Page) were brought back. Also returning from the Netflex series besides leads Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio were Wilson Bethel (Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter/Bullseye), John Bernthal (Frank Castle/The Punisher), and Susan Varon (Josie). Daredevil: Born Again premiered on Disney+ with a two episode launch (Heaven's Half Hour/Optics) on March 4, 2025. The first two episodes introduced to the MCU Hector Ayala/White Tiger (played by Kamar de los Reyes, who first appeared in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu 19 - 1975) and Heather Glenn (played by Margarita Levieva, who was first introduced in Daredevil 126 - 1975 and committed suicide after a troubled relationship with Matt Murdock in Daredevil 220 - 1985). The title came from the story arc by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (Daredevil 226 - 233), where Karen Page sold Daredevil's secret identity to the Kingpin and the Kingpin then went about destroying Matt Murdock's life and reputation. In the TV version, Fisk already knew Murdock's secret identity, and Matt had given up being Daredevil after almost killing Bullseye, who had murdered Foggy. The first two episodes drew from a more recent story arc where Wilson Fisk became mayor of New York (Daredevil 595 - 2018) and made masked vigilantes illegal. This law remained in effect even after Luke Cage took over as Mayor and wasn't finally repealed until the events of Gang War (2023 - 2024). A special 3 camera rig was developed to create a new effect to illustrate Murdock's superpower. ("Heaven's Half Hour" "Optics" Daredevil: Born Again, TV Event)

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"Daredevil: Born Again" (2025) Created by Matt Corman & Chris Ord (Action/Crime/Drama/Comic Book)

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Daredevil: Born Again is back with a vengeance! The first two episodes deliver gritty action, emotional gut punches, and that signature moral complexity we love. My full review is live, don’t miss it! #Daredevil #DaredevilBornAgain #Marvel #TVReview #Superhero

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Daredevil: Born Again (2025- )

[adamwatchesmovies]

Deck the Halls (2006)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

Deck the Halls is knit from the same wool as the disastrous Christmas with the Kranks. Ridiculous, pointless, unfunny and filled with lame developments that’ll have you asking countless questions, it takes 93 minutes of your time while offering nothing in return.

In Cloverdale, Massachusetts, self-proclaimed Christmas expert Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) is preparing for his favourite season when new neighbors move in across the street. Soon, a rivalry forms between Buddy Hall (Danny DeVito) and Steve when the newcomer decides to go all-out with his Christmas lights and build a display you can see from space.

While technically, the film is about Buddy’s attempt to put together the Christmas display to end all Christmas displays while Steve sabotages his efforts, that storyline doesn’t come in for a long, long time. It's the like the film doesn't know what it wants to be about and who should be in the wrong. Buddy and his too-hot-for-him wife Tia (Kristin Chenoweth) immediately make a strange impression upon Steve and his wife, Kelly (Kristin Davis). This makes you think that the Halls are the problem. A few scenes later, it's made clear anyone who calls themselves an expert on Christmas is a bit of a jerk. From there, characters change depending on the scene.

Director John Whitesell's non-comitment to a villain vs. hero story means the film is filled with inconsistencies. We see that Buddy doesn’t have the money needed for a package of Christmas lights that would make Clark Griswald blush. His solution? Steal electricity from across the street. Later on, we see that Buddy is a car salesman superstar that could sell ice at the North Pole. Does he have money, or doesn't he? You think we're building up to something when it’s established that Buddy is the kind of person that doesn’t understand jokes or sarcasm (so much that his ability to sell anything would be questionable), that his twin daughters (played by Sabrina and Kelly Aldridge) are dumb as rocks, that his wife doesn’t know the meaning of “inappropriate”, that Kelly (Kristin Davis) feels like a failure because all she writes are cookbooks composed of pre-existing recipes given slight twists (as opposed to brand new recipes that come out of nowhere?) but then… nothing.

It’s like writers Matt Corman, Chris Ord and Don Rhymer came up with the title and then didn’t know what to do next so they just scribbled a bunch of holiday pratfalls onto a piece of paper. From there, the studio asked the director (responsible for such “gems” as Big Momma’s House 2 & 3, and Holidate) to squeeze this lump of coal until it turned into a diamond. The foreshadowing is as elegant as a fat man sliding down a chimney and the logical holes keep piling up. Buddy’s light show keeps getting bigger and bigger. Obnoxious lights and music are on full blast until 4 in the morning but the only people to have any problems with it are Steve and his wife. Maybe his son for one scene. His daughter played by Alia Shawkat is gone for such long stretches of the picture you practically forget she exists. Later, Buddy's boss scolds him because “his numbers are down”. He’s been there for less than three weeks and on his first day, he sold a car to the boss at sticker price. Which one is it? Is he a selling machine, or incompetent at his job? When it comes time for Steve to complain to the police, he realizes the Sheriff (Gary Chalk) is wearing women’s underwear so he runs away in terror. Why doesn’t just come back to fill in the proper paperwork later? Or is he so triggered, he has no choice but to take the law into his own hands? As we near the mandatory forced sentimentality of the conclusion, displays that would take an entire team a week to put up are done in the blink of an eye. Even if it were possible, what are they being powered by? Magic?

More frustrating than all of these unanswerable questions is knowing you’re wasting your time thinking about them. The people who made Deck the Halls didn’t care. They just looked at their calendar and realized that if they started filming a movie at that time, they’d be done and ready to release it in theaters come November 2006. (December 19, 2021)

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☆ regrets & replacements ☆

♡ genre ¿? ♡ -> angstttt (is all i know how to do) ♡ pair ¿? ♡ -> hyung line!skz x gn!reader ♡ plot ¿? ♡ -> did he actually forget? or did someone make him forget? ♡ warnings ¿? ♡ -> swearing ♡ request ¿? ♡ -> yes!

a/n -> i'm gonna use the same name for the girl best friend and it's soohee, i'm sorry if that's your name babes. to the person who sent me this request, babe i'll try making a happy ending i promise (even if this is just so sad lmaooo)

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chan ✉

it wasn't weird to you that he wasn't the first person to say "happy birthday" to you that morning. he had always been busy especially in comeback season, you weren't mad, just a bit disappointed. the messages started flooding in as you looked at your phone trying to respond to everything. as the hours passed and no chan messages, no appearances at your front door and definitely no calls, you were starting to feel a bit uneasy.

you thought maybe he was planning a surprise? maybe you had to be more patient. or maybe he actually forgot and you were just waiting for nothing. either way the thoughts left your head as soon as you heard the phone ring and it was a video call from minho.

"happy birthday (y/n)!" the boys cheered and they even had a cake with them. it made you feel ten times better knowing they cared so much but it still made you wanna cry not seeing chan there, it just felt wrong. "i'm sorry we couldn't say this earlier, we were busy with practice and i'm sure your boyfriend will be there at any minute." minho said.

"i hope so, he still hasn't said anything." you responded and they all looked confused as hell. chan had been wanting everything to be perfect for your birthday day and him not saying anything was kinda weird to all of them. "did he say anything to you guys?"

"he left earlier because he said he got plans? i thought he would be right there when we called." felix said and now it was your turn to be confused. so if he wasn't here and he said he got plans? where was he? it just didn't make sense. 

"i'm gonna text him right now to get his ass to your house." jisung said as he brought out his phone and texted as fast as he could. you could read the look on his face through the screen as he read the reply and it wasn't pleasing at all. "he's with soohee." jisung said and it was like everything stopped for a moment. 

"you're not serious right now." seungmin said and you couldn't hear the boys go off anymore because it was now starting to make sense. you were never really good friends with soohee, you tried to but it was like she had another image for who she wanted to be with chan (probably herself). you decided to hang up because you couldn't really talk anymore, you were just shocked that she would go that low and that he would not care enough. 

you wanted to go out and enjoy the rest of your birthday but it's like you were glued to the couch as the hours went by and eventually chan did get home. he looked at you and took in the scene, he wasn't sure what happened that you didn't text him all day like you usually do or that you didn't come by during practice. something had to be wrong for you to be acting like this right?

"baby? what's wrong? i missed you today." he said as he tried to sit down next to you but you got up and now he was starting to understand that he was the one who did you wrong. he still didn't know why though and the vague messages from the boys today weren't helping. he felt like he wasn't in on whatever was going on and it was starting to make him panic. "did i do something wrong? i have no idea what's happening."

"can i be alone today chris? i'm just not feeling too well." you expressed and that made him worry even more. you usually would talk it out if something like this happened but you were more silent than anything. you headed towards your shared room leaving a puzzled chan behind. that's when something popped up on his phone saying "(y/n)'s birthday, don't forget to pick up all the things you ordered!" and it fucking broke him completely. 

not only he didn't say happy birthday to you, not only he forgot to pick up all the gifts, not only did he not organize everything he had planned for today. he spent the whole day with a person he knew you weren't fond of and not with you who had waited all day for him to do something. if he wasn't the worst boyfriend in the planet right now, he surely didn't know who it was. 

minho ✉

it was no secret to you that minho forgot. you weren't really bothered by it since you weren't used to celebrating your birthday all that often but it made you kind of excited to do so this year. jisung decided to join you in organizing the event and when the day arrived, he said everything was set in place and of course told you happy birthday before anyone could do so.

"is minho hyung with you?" jisung asked over the phone as you tried to get ready. that question caught you off guard as you thought he told you he was going to be at the dorms. 

"he's not in the dorms?" you asked now feeling a bit troubled and hoping for the answer you knew wouldn't arrive because if he was at the dorms, jisung wouldn't have asked in the first place.

"i was sure that he told me he would be at your house before the party." he responded but as you looked around, yeah minho wasn't anywhere to be found and now you were wondering if he would show up at all. anxiety kicked in and that was not pleasant to feel on your special day. "okay i can feel you panicking through the phone already, he might be my best friend but i'm kicking his ass for lying."

jisung hanged up all of the sudden and you tried to concentrate on your look. you knew everyone was gonna be there so you wanted to make a good impression but all that was going through your mind was "why would minho lie?" and "where was minho?". it troubled you so much that you had to call him to know what was going on. 

"(y/n)? babe? i'm kinda busy right now." hearing his voice relieved you but you were still going back and forth in your head trying to figure out. maybe he was gonna surprise you? maybe he did really forget? or maybe he just didn't care? oh god all those questions.

"minho where are you?" you asked and waited for the dreaded response, you were already assuming the worst and you were right to do so when he responded.

"i'm at soohee's house. she had a bad date with a guy and she needed me here." he said as if it was all natural like he wasn't missing out on anything and that made you want to cry on the spot but you held back. it wasn't that he chose you over her, it was that she did this all the time and he wasn't realizing how she was using him. you wanted him to be here, to show you that he cared but his actions were speaking louder than anything.

"minho do me a favor and don't show up today." you said as you hung up, leaving a baffled minho on the other side of the line. what were you talking about? okay yes he lied about seeing his friend but it was because neither you or jisung liked her at all. he was just trying to be a good friend and he ended up being a bad one and also a terrible boyfriend in the process, how did that make any sense?

"who called?" soohee asked as she came back from getting all her makeup off after a long crying session. 

"oh it was (y/n), they were pissed at me though and i have no idea why." he explained and that only made her chuckle which had him confused. what was funny about his significant other being mad at him? yeah there was nothing funny about it.

"probably because their dumb birthday party was today." she responded and it hit him like a bucket of cold water. he looked at the calendar on his phone and he wanted to actually punch a wall. he forgot his partner's birthday, he lied in the process and he chose someone else who was now showing her true colors before him over you. how the fuck would he make it up to you now?

changbin ✉

you were trying to process what was going on as you woke up and had a ton of messages but there was no changbin beside you. it was weird also how all of the texts you were getting started with "happy birthday" but the one changbin sent only said "i'm gonna be busy today, sorry that i left without a goodbye!" and it was okay, you didn't expect him to remember everything especially when he was buried with work. 

well you thought it was work at least. you didn't expect it to be something else but every single one of the boys had told you to have a wonderful day and that they were sure changbin was gonna enjoy his day off with you. so it wasn't work and now you were left to think about the endless possibilities of where he could be.

"he left without a word?" yeonjun asked as he and wooyoung dropped by. they were some of changbin's closest friends but easily became yours as well as you hung out often with them. "but he told us he had big plans for today! where the fuck could he be?"

"i have no idea. i thought the boys would know but they even told me he asked for a day off to spend it with me." you said and you started to feel a little troubled. maybe something happened? he would tell you if something was happening though especially if it was an emergency.

"let's hope he's just planning the surprise." wooyoung said and you were hoping for that, that it was all just one big confusion and he didn't forget about you. you felt incredibly lonely when they left but they had hope that his friend would appear again and that "busy" meant he was gonna show up with a million flowers to make it up to you. 

but time was passing by and no changbin appeared until midnight. he didn't expect for you to be awake at such an hour but he didn't question it as he looked at you, dry tears in your face as you sniffled. worry washed over his body as he sat down next to you and tried to get close but you wouldn't let him.

"darling? what happened?" changbin asked, feeling the tension all of the sudden. he wasn't gonna be a coward and run away from it though, if you were feeling down it was his duty to know what happened.

"wooyoung and yeonjun were here thinking that you might show up with gifts or a reservation. i thought the same for a minute but then you never showed up." you said choking on your tears and it made his heart break into pieces as he processed what was happening. his friends showed up, his bandmates probably said something too, hell even his family told him to not forget about today and what did he do? not remember his significant other's special day.

"i'm sorry (y/n). i spent all day with soohee because she needed me and i forgot to even look at the date, i had everything planned. i'm such a fucking idiot but let me make it up to you." he tried explaining but it was no use as you got up as your sobs got louder and everything he said was only making it worse. he knew that beyond you not having a good relationship with her that he chose her over you on a date that was important and that he was now too late.

"so not only did you forget. you chose to spend it with a person who clearly hates me and everything about our relationship. i think that says more about you than me, changbin." you said as you shook your head and walked to your shared room, only to close the door in the process startling him. he feared that this would be the end because there was no going back from this one.

hyunjin ✉

you knew something was off when hyunjin basically went silent mode. he left the house in the morning, not a trace of a goodbye kiss and less of a happy birthday. he didn't answer his phone calls and neither the texts messages that you were sending which was very odd on his part. he usually would spam you images or emojis but there was no sight of him.

you asked chan if hyunjin happened to be at the studio and he responded back immediately saying that he was supposed to be there for practice and still hasn't showed up. which okay you could understand him working on your birthday, you weren't insane like that but he usually got there on time. you decided to grab your things and head to the jyp building, you wanted to see him mostly. maybe he had forgotten your birthday and that was okay, you still had the rest of the day to celebrate it.

everyone as soon as they saw you said "happy birthday" or greeted you which was very nice. when you saw the boys you couldn't help but smile even if deep down inside you were freaking out. you could tell the vibe was off as well as you saw chan on his phone but you weren't shook out of your thoughts as felix talked to you.

"you shouldn't have to spend your birthday at a filthy dance studio with us. you should be celebrating!" he said as he hugged you and you returned the hug. maybe you did need this embrace after all because you were feeling a little down as hyunjin still didn't arrive.

"i just wanted to see him lix. i'm kinda worried but i'm hoping for the best." you mumbled and he nodded as he understood how you were feeling and why you weren't acting like yourself.

"he says he's coming over here, thank god." chan said and that made you smile a little but then remembered he did not pick up any of your calls yet he picked up when chan called him. maybe he was busy before? well he could've still responded to you a bit later right?

you sat down next to seungmin as he saw how you were feeling and wanted to distract you from it. it was working until everyone saw hyunjin walk in with soohee and that was the answer to all your troubles even if it brought a storm towards you and what was going to happen.

"baby? what are you doing here?" he asked with a confused look on his face and could immediately pick up the tension in the room as the boys were glaring at him and you just looked so sad. 

"oh god are you seriously looking like that because he didn't say happy birthday? how old are you?" soohee spoke and hyunjin closed his eyes as he let it sink in. he knew you two weren't in terms and this only made it worse didn't it? he left without a trace, he didn't respond to anything on his phone and he was now walking in with her as she spoke to you in such a hateful way. 

"i'm just gonna go. i'm sorry for interrupting the practice guys and hyunjin, please don't come by my apartment." you said as the tears rolled down your face and you left as fast as you could. hyunjin wanted to go after you but felix stopped him because you needed to be alone for now to heal. the knot in his throat getting tighter as he thought about how he would redeem this after he fucked up so badly.

[kaceythecrunch]

·:¨༺ The little things matter.. ·✮· C.S༻¨:·

Summary : Just a bunch of of fluff bc I love Chris<3. No but fr, just like a reg day with your boyfriend.

A/C : my bad for not posting lately. I'm lazy as fuck.

W/C : 1.6k+

Chris always believed he wasn’t a lovey type of guy. He didn’t think he would show much affection to his girlfriend. And even though we’re dating now, he still is in denial that he is an affectionate person. But I always tell him, the little things matter. 

Beep Beep Beep. 

Our alarm goes off. Practically pleading for us to start our day. I’ve already snoozed it 8 times. *Give me a break.* I turn to my boyfriend, make sure he wakes up. “Chris..It's already 9 am, we’ve got to start today.” He says in his morning voice, “nng…5 more minutes trust me.” He starts to pull on the blanket and snuggles into the sheets more. 

I stand up trying to start my day. Until my movement was interrupted by Chris pulling my arm. “Please, just stay in bed with me a little bit more.” Of course I give in and get closer to him. I can tell he is still sleepy, but he’s trying hard not to actually fall asleep again. He brings his hand to my face, gliding one of his fingers on my jawline. Then starting to play with my hair. “Chris..” I say, smiling at him. “Hmmm…” He mumbles. “We for real have to get up now. Today can’t be our lazy day,” I tell him. “Nng..why not.” He says, still sleepy. “Well because yesterday was our lazy day. We can’t be lazy two times in a row.” I explained to him. ���Ugh..fine..” He gives in. 

He is still playing with my hair. “Like are you sure we can’t have two lazy days?” he looks at me, practically begging for another lazy day. “Yes, we can’t have two lazy days. Cmon, let's get up and do something with our lives, kay’?” I say, smiling at him, urging him to get up. I pull his arm and he moves slightly. “Fine…You’re like I love you. I would have not listened to you If I didn’t” I smile, “Okay cmon lets get ready.” 

I start to make my way into our bathroom. I grabbed my toothbrush, then he put the toothpaste on both and handed chris’ toothbrush to him. I turn on the buzzer and brush my teeth. I looked in the mirror, but the only thing I could focus on was him. His messy hair, the pjs. I look, and see that his eyes are focused on me. “Hey, you mind?” I told him. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M LITERALLY LOOKING AT MYSELF.” He yells out, slightly embarrassed. 

 

“Shush…you’re gonna wake up everyone else in the house. I was just kidding” I say, patting his back. “Like I've stated, I don’t think I'd do that lovey dovey bullshit.” he explains as he is rolling his eyes. I tell him, “It's the little things that matter.” he smiles. We finish brushing our teeth, and our morning routine.

I decided to drive both of us to a local coffee shop. “You’re like my passenger princess, huh?” I say, laughing at him. He looks at me, grossed out. “Okay, don’t call me your passenger princess. That's just weird.” I continue to laugh, “But you literally are my passenger princess. I have spare pepsi cans for you in the back of my car. I’m legit your sugar daddy, driving you to places. ” I look at him, raising one eyebrow, smirking. “I am seriously not a passenger princess, do not call me that.” He says, trying to act all serious. “Alrighty tough guy.” He scuffs in response. 

We finally arrived at the establishment. I turn to him as we are walking in, “What do you want?” He thinks, “Please waffles. The most superior break-y.” “Okay Okay.” I say, as we walk in and wait in line. He turns to be and looks at my hair. “You hair is fucked up.” I cover my head with my hands. “Wait, thats so embarrassing, how fucked up??” I say, kind of worried. “Don’t worry, lemme just help you.” He starts to fix the strands of hair that I missed getting ready this morning, and making sure that my hairline is straight. “Are you sure this is alright?” I double checked, “Yes, I’m sure it’s fixed.” He responds. I smile, knowing that he realizes how affectionate he actually is. 

I order, and we grab our food and sit at one of the tables. “Can I have a sip of your drink?” I ask, “fine, only a sip.” he responds. I smile and I start to pour the drink into my mouth, “I said a sip!!” He tried to take away the drink, but it ended up spilling all over my mouth. My hands are up, my jaw is dropped, and I just look at him in shock. “That’s your fault for not listening. You know Pepsi is my roman empire.” He says, though he still decides to grab a napkin and wipe the mess all over me. “You look disgusting right now.” 

He cups one of my cheeks with one hand, and with the other hand is cleaning off the wet stuff off my face. “Nng, chris..I’m an adult. I can clean myself up.” I told him. “I know but it's okay. You look like a mess right now.” I frown. “I can tell..” He smiles, “this is kind of funny.” He sits down and brings out his phone. “Say cheeseeee.” My eyes widen, “NOO CHRIS-” He snaps a picture, and turns his phone to me. “I’m keeping this picture forever.” I look, in shock. “That is probably the worst picture you could ever take of me..” he laughs. “I think this shows the real you.” I question, “the real me?” 

We finish, and walk out of the place. “So, where to?” He asks. “Can we pleaseee PLEASEEE go to the mall.” I beg. “I really need to buy more clothes. He agrees and we get on our way. 

We get to the mall, and of course it's busy. A bunch of teens, families, and other couples. There is one couple making out in the middle of the mall walkway. Chris turns and whisper’s to me, “how the fuck does someone have the confidence to do that?? Imagine I just stare hard, do you think they’d get uncomfortable?” I responded, “well obviously, you’re staring hard at them.” He explains, “but that's like what they want..I love you, but I would never show PDA like that.” I laugh, “well I’m hoping you never show PDA to me like that..” 

As we strolled around the store, I of course, picked up things that I wanted. I walked into a plushie store. I’ve been wanting to get a panda plushie for myself. I was roaming around the aisles looking for one, until I got distracted. Something caught my eyes. A deer plushie. “Awww, this plushie reminds me of chris. I’m definitely getting this one.” I pay, and walk out of the store and meet chris. I notice he also has a bag. I ask, . “Hey, what did you get?” he looks at my bag, “nothing special what about you?” I shrug. “Nothing special either.” 

We begin to walk around the mall again. He looks down. He noticed that my laces of my shoes are flapping around.  “Your shoes are untied, let me tie them for you.” He pulls me to the side and bends down to tie my shoes. “I’m actually so in love with you to the point, everytime your shoes are untied, I will be more than happy to tie your shoes. You know?” He says, “Aww, you’re so sweet!!” I pat his shoulders. “Ew, was that corny or was that good enough?” I smile, “No no no, it was super sweet. Trust me!” He stands up and smiles.

“I can’t take this.” I took out the deer plushie from the baggy, “I saw this, and it reminded me of you.” He smiles, slightly flushed. He takes the plushie. “YESS!! A deer plushie? Are you for real?” I smile, “yeah! For starters, your favorite animal is a deer. Secondly, you just remind me of a deer.” He smiles at me, “thank you so much..” He kissed my cheek. I'm surprised because Chris doesn’t like PDA. In fact, he hates PDA. So a kiss was surprising for him to do. He says, “The little things matter.” he continues, “In fact I also have something here too!” He pulls out a bear plushie. “YOU’RE UNREAL!! A BEAR PLUSHIE. I’m gonna marry you. Gift giving is my Roman empire!.” I give him a big hug. “I love you so much holy shit!!”

After the mall adventures, we get home and plop on the couch. “Chris, I had way too much junk food today…” He turns to me, “me too.” I lay my head back. “I think we should start eating better..ugh.” He kisses the tips of my nose, then my upper lips. “Today was a long day, hm?” He fully turns around, my back is facing him. He grabs my shoulders and gently rubs them. “Hmm..yeah.” I responded. “You know how you’re always saying that you aren’t an affectionate person?” Chris shakes his head. “Well, I think that you are the most affectionate person I know. I appreciate that, Chris. You make me really happy.” He smiles. “I don’t know. There is just something about you that makes me feel all sappy and corny. I mean, I guess that's just what love makes you feel. The little things matter.”

A/N : YOU MADE IT TO THE END?? WOOP WOOP. Anyways, I always make fanfics at 1am. I think that's the time I'm in my feels. Anyways.. If you enjoy my writing, you should totally like flood my inbox with more fanfic ideas. Im cooking up a nick sturniolo x male!reader right now. So yk.... Also, if you wanna be on the taglist, just reply<3!! Glad y'all enjoyed.!!

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Daredevil: Born Again (Matt Corman & Chris Ord, 2025).

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Finally, some real resistance:

[o-craven-canto]

Nearly all the megafauna we associate with Africa today is immigrants. For the last 30 million years or so, its dominant mammalian families have been Bovidae (antelopes, gazelles, gnus, buffaloes), Giraffidae (giraffes), Hippopotamidae (hippos), Camelidae (dromedaries), Felidae (lions, leopards), Canidae (jackals, wild dogs), Hyaenidae (hyaenas), Rhinocerotidae (rhinos), Equidae (asses, zebras), Hystricidae (African porcupines)... nearly all came from outside. Mostly Asia; some from America! (The big exception is elephants).

For the first half of the age of Mammals, say 60 to 30 million years ago, Africa was an island-continent, cut off from the rest of the world by the warm currents of the Tethys Sea:

(Map by Chris Scotese; other pics from Wiki unless noted otherwise)

And, much like Australia in later times, it had developed its own unique fauna of endemic mammals, unknown in the rest of the world. It mostly formed a single clade, appropriately called Afrotheria, which had branched off other placentate mammals in the time of the last dinosaurs. And what were these Afrotheria?

Some of the smallest are still among us. Tenrecs and golden moles (order Afrosoricida), elephant shrews (order Macroscelidea), and hyraxes (order Hyracoidea), the African answer to hedgehogs, moles, shrews, and rabbits, respectively. They are not closely related to their Amero-Eurasian analogues, but they live in much the same way, and much in the same way they did when Africa was an island.

But some of them could grow quite large! Alas, Titanohyrax is known only from its jaws. Thankfully, the jaws and teeth of mammals are very distinctive and allow very precise identification.

And as for the true giants? Behold magnificent Arsinoitherium (order Embrithopoda), which was a rhino before there were rhinos. No close relation -- in fact, its horns were hollow cones of bone, whereas those of rhinos are made of solid keratin, like giant fingernails. (Sketch by Mauricio Anton, from this wonderful paper by him and Alan Turner).

Then there were the early Sirenians, the still only semi-aquatic ancestors of dugongs and manatees (and the first who broke containment: the proto-manatees Pezosiren and Prorastomus ended up in Jamaica when Africa was still an island, and they still had legs!)

And of course there were early Proboscideans, the grandparents and granduncles of elephants, like Moeritherium, who roamed Egypt when it was still a tropical swamp...

But no isolation lasts forever. Around 40 million years ago, Africa had drifted close enough to Eurasia for some animals to cross through the Tethys. As the seafloor was crushed between continents, the smoking islands that would become Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Iran were rising in between.

Among the first to cross were Primates, such as Afrotarsius, a sort of midway between tarsiers and true monkeys. They did well in the jungles on both sides of the Tethys, spawning macaques, vervets, langurs, baboons and eventually, in the woodlands around Lake Victoria, the first apes.

Another such groups were Rodents -- specifically the Phiomorpha subgroup, in which we find all sorts of distinctly African species such as Old World porcupines, cane rats, and naked mole rats. This is to say that Primates and Rodents did well for themselves after sneaking in.

But then, 30 million years or so, Africa crashed into Eurasia. All barriers to migration went away (well, they came and went with the sea level, but the point is, Africa was no longer super-Australia anymore). And then what we think of today as "African fauna" rushed in.

Here is what African macrofauna looked like at that point, as ungulates and carnivorans were starting to show up:

(H. B. S. Cooke, 1968)

The usual rule of thumb is that when two landmasses meet, the faunas of the smallest and/or most isolate landmass lose out. The later interchange between North and South America is a more famous example, but this is no exception.

The great Embrithopods vanished forever; other orders were relegated to small, humbler sizes. In came Bovidae, Giraffidae, Hippopotamidae, Rhinocerotidae, Felidae, Canidae, Hyaenidae, all sharpened by competition on a larger scale in the great grasslands of Eurasia. In came Equidae and Camelidae, which had appeared in North American plains alongside pronghorns (where did you think llamas come from?), and had gone all the way through Bering and Asia.

And by later ages, you see it yourselves: elephants and apes actually do quite well, but Eurasian carnivorans and ungulates now rule the land.

To be fair, many groups of pre-invasion African fauna did more than just endure. In the Miocene epoch, soon after the great exchange, apes would be found throughout Eurasia from Spain to China, and perhaps some key part of our own evolution took place there. Elephants were even more widespread, getting as far as South America; manatees invaded warm seawaters all around the Equator. Rock hyraxes and African porcupines had some success in the Near East and southern Europe. But I don't think any of these transformed the Eurasian landscape on the same scale as the African landscape was.

And to be sure, the newcomers were impressive!

The wheel of ages turns and turns, caring little for who thrives and who falls -- but life as a whole, somehow, always falls on its feet.

[toriluvsnickwayne]

Getting Hooked

Chapter 8

Hook x Reader

(Slight) Darius Martin x Reader

Getting Hooked Masterlist

Tyler’s POV :

I walked into my dad's security firm, my mind still reeling from what Y/N told me. I couldn't believe someone had the audacity to lay a hand on her.

My dad, Taz, looked up from his desk. "Hey, son. What's going on?"

"I need to see the security footage from the bar last night," I said, my tone firm.

Taz raised an eyebrow. "What's going on, Tyler?"

"I just need to see it, Dad. Please."

He nodded and led me to the monitoring room. We scrolled through the footage until we found the guy who hit Y/N. I felt my anger surge again as I watched him strike her.

"Run a background check on him," I told Taz.

He nodded and started typing away on his computer. A few minutes later, he turned to me with a serious expression.

"His name is Chris Jericho. He's got a record, Tyler. Assault, battery, unattended court dates...this guy's a dangerous individual."

My eyes narrowed. "I'm going to take care of this, Dad."

Taz's eyes locked onto mine. "Tyler, you can't take this into your own hands. Let the police handle it."

But I just nodded and walked out of the room. I knew what I had to do. I couldn't just sit back and do nothing. I had to protect Y/N.

I got into my car and drove to Chris’ address.

Time skip

I pulled up to Chris Jericho's house, my heart racing with anticipation. I was going to confront this guy and make sure he never hurt Y/N again. I had been thinking about this moment for hours, rehearsing what I would say and do.

As I stepped out of my car, I took a deep breath and approached the door. I could feel my anger and determination coursing through my veins. I was ready for this.

I rang the doorbell, and after a few moments, Chris Jericho answered. He looked surprised to see me, but I just gave him a cold stare.

"We need to talk, Chris," I said, my voice firm.

He nodded, and I followed him inside. His house was messy and smelled like beer. I could tell he hadn't cleaned up in a while.

We sat down in the living room, and I got straight to the point. "I know what you did to Y/N, Chris. And I'm not happy about it."

Chris shrugged, a smug look on his face. "I don't know what you're talking about."

I leaned forward, my eyes locked on his. "Don't play dumb, Chris. I have proof. And I'm going to make sure you pay for what you did."

Chris's smile faltered, and for a moment, I saw a glimmer of fear in his eyes. But then, his expression hardened again. "You can't prove anything," he sneered.

I smiled, a cold, calculated smile. "Oh, but I can. And I will."

Y/N’s POV :

I was working a double shift at the club, trying to keep my mind off of what happened earlier. Skye came over to me and whispered, "Isn't that Hook's friends over there?"

I followed her gaze and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary until I saw them - Anthony, Dante, Darius, and Andretti. They had slipped in unnoticed, and I hadn't even seen them come in. They looked out of place in the club, their suits and serious expressions a stark contrast to the flashy clothes and carefree attitudes of the other patrons.

Just then, Julia walked in and started chatting with Skye, distracting me. I took the opportunity to leave the room and head over to the bar, trying to act natural.

As I was walking, I noticed the guys sitting in a booth, looking around like they were searching for someone. They seemed tense and on edge, their eyes scanning the room with a sense of urgency. I made my way over to their table, trying to act calm and professional.

"Hey, guys. What can I get you?" I asked, approaching their table.

"A round of drinks, sweetheart, please," Andretti replied with a smile.

Andretti stood up and gestured to the others. "Y/N, these are the lads - Anthony, Dante, Darius. Guys, this is Y/N."

Dante's eyes lit up as he took in my appearance. "Well, well, well. Look at us, getting the VIP treatment."

Andretti shot him a warning look. "Dante, behave."

I smiled and took their order, trying to ignore Dante's flirtatious gaze.

When I came back with their drinks, I mentioned, "By the way, I didn't see Tyler around."

Darius raised an eyebrow. "Wow, already on a first name with the infamous Hook, huh?"

Andretti shot him a look, and Dante chimed in, "Yeah, Y/N, what's the story with you and Hook?"

Andretti's expression turned serious. "Dante, shut up."

Anthony intervened, his voice calm. "We don't know where Hook is, Y/N. We were hoping to find him or his dad here. They're both not answering, and Hook was supposed to go somewhere with us today."

I felt a twinge of worry and leaned in closer to Anthony. "Hey, if you guys hear anything, please let me know, okay? I'm a little worried."

Anthony's eyes softened, and he placed a hand on my arm. "We'll keep you posted, Y/N. Don't worry, we'll find him."

I nodded, trying to hide my concern. As I walked away from the table, I couldn't shake off the feeling that something was off. Where was Tyler, and why wasn't he answering his phone? And what did the boys have planned that was so important?

Darius’ POV :

I answered the phone, and Tyler's labored breathing was the only sound on the other end. "Hey, man...need...help."

My instincts kicked in. "What's going on, Hook? Where are you?"

He struggled to speak, his words barely intelligible. "Just...come...please. I need...your help."

I looked at the others, and we exchanged worried glances. We made some quick phone calls to adjust our plans, then headed out to pick up Tyler.

As we left the club, Y/N caught my eye. I walked over to her and handed her a tip. "Thanks for the drinks, sweetheart," I said with a wink. I took the receipt and scribbled a message: "Going to your lover boy, wherever he is."

She raised an eyebrow but smiled and tucked the receipt into her apron. I hoped she'd understand.

We arrived at Chris Jericho's house, and my heart sank. The place was a mess, and I knew we were in for a wild ride.

We found Tyler inside, covered in blood. "What the hell happened?" Anthony asked, his voice firm but concerned.

Tyler's eyes were wild. "I took care of Chris. He won't be bothering us again."

We quickly got to work cleaning up the house and disposing of any evidence. Tyler told us what went down, and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. He had gone rogue, taking out Chris Jericho in a fit of rage.

As we drove away, Andretti spoke up. "Hey, Hook, we saw your girl at the club. Dante was flirting with her, and she seemed pretty into it."

Tyler's gaze darkened, and he growled, "Not funny, Andretti."

I chimed in, trying to lighten the mood. "Hey, Hook, don't worry. We'll make sure Dante doesn't steal your girl."

But Tyler just shook his head, his eyes fixed on some point in the distance. I knew this was far from over.

We dropped Tyler off at his place, and I could tell he was still reeling from the events of the night. As we drove away, I turned to the others and said, "We need to keep an eye on him. He's not thinking straight."

Anthony nodded in agreement. "We'll watch his back, like always."

Author’s note : Heyyyyyyy I tried something new and did sumones pov besides hook or yn I think I rlly like it but I will prlly keep it to just yns or the lads to make it easier for me. I I go vacation in 2 days so I prlly won’t be updating but I’m gonna add a part 2 and final for worth it either tdy or tmr prlly tdy at like 2 am🥲 also thx to @moniquelovesaewhook who supports all my stuff I post and write.❤️ That’s ok for now. Lots of love -Tori🥰

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Chris Geidner at Law Dork:

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will be hearing arguments on May 15 over the Trump administration’s request to begin implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship in portions of the country while the government’s appeals of losses below are ongoing. In the meantime, the executive order — found to be likely unconstitutional by every court to consider it — remains blocked nationwide. This is not a case over the executive order itself — although, as I will explain, it also could be. This will technically be an argument only over the scope of the relief ordered by the district court judges hearing challenges to the executive order: nationwide injunctions. Specifically, the Justice Department asked the justices to issue a partial stay of three preliminary injunctions entered against implementation of Trump’s January 20 order — all of which applied nationwide.

There will be no additional briefing — just the May 15 arguments.

[...] This matters. The Trump administration — and conservatives opposing the Biden administration before that — often want to get to the Supreme Court quickly because they are confident in their chances before the 6-3 conservative-led court. Here, where appeals are being considered in more liberal circuits — the First Circuit, Fourth Circuit, and Ninth Circuit — one would normally expect DOJ to jump at the chance to skip over the possibility of multiple rulings against the administration. But, this is not a normal case. It is a loser of an argument — recall that the first temporary restraining order blocking implementation of the order came from a Reagan appointee who was outright dismissive of the arguments pressed for the constitutionality of the order — and it is pretty easy to imagine a procedural scheme at work here. By focusing the issue on nationwide injunctions, the Justice Department is trying to create a situation where the Supreme Court court could issue an order allowing the Trump administration to start implementing this unconstitutional order while being able to assert that it has, in no way, technically blessed the order. “This decision is and should not be understood to be a ruling on the merits of this executive order,” a hypothetical order from the conservatives could state, “but rather answers a question about the proper scope of a district court’s authority. Here, the district courts overstepped that authority with their nationwide injunctions.” Such a ruling, though, would be a ruling on the merits, insofar as limiting the injunctions to the plaintiffs and states that are parties would allow the Trump administration to begin implementing a clearly unconstitutional executive order.

SCOTUS sets oral arguments for May 15th in regarding Trump’s request to enforce EO14160 that eliminates birthright citizenship.

See Also:

AP, via HuffPost: Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments On Trump's Plan To End Birthright Citizenship