#Guardians of the Galaxy 5 Preview

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Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Preview

Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Preview #MARVEL #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #mcu #art #info #NCBD #comicbooknews #previews #reviews #guardiansofthegalaxy #guardiansofthegalaxyvol2 #starlord #peterquill #groot #rocketraccoon #doctordoom #amazon

Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Preview: The mystery behind Grootfall is revealed. How will this forever change the course of the Guardians? Find out here. PLUS: A bonus page written by Jonathan Hickman – WHO ARE THE G.O.D.S.? COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING • KEV WALKER (A) • Cover by MARCO CHECCHETTO VARIANT COVER BY KYLE HOTZ • VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK 32…

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everything is in alphabetical order with links to future projects at the end, but if you can think of a better way to organize, feel free to hit me up ♡

⋆ ˖ ⁺ ‧₊ ☽ anthology ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ ratings vary | no use of y/n | complete | word count: varies. miscellaneous one-shots belonging to no specific collections or series. gender of reader varies. collects three oneshots. adorations | Autopilot Systems Check | fistful of sunlight | overheard on the bowie | practice: an eidos-rocket minific | the raccoon, the witch, & the roadtrip | rocket raccoon prompt week | tomorrow | warm compress

♡‧₊˚✩ Blackmail Material ✩˚₊‧ ♡ 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | 3/3 parts | complete | word count: 30,591. a classic tale of "that fuckin raccoon found your sex toy." post-endgame friends-to-lovers smut with feelings, fluff, & love confessions. Blackmail Material | Self-Sufficience | Bioluminescent

⋆⊰∙∘⋆��� borealis ❆⋆∘∙⊱⋆ winter collection varies | no use of y/n | complete | word count: varies. an anthology of various winter-themed/holiday one-shots. gender of reader varies. collect four 2023 winter oneshots. traditions. | ugly sweater. | frostnip. | snow & stars. | winter across the galaxy

꧁･:☁︎⋆. cicatrix .⋆☁︎ :･꧂ 18+ only MDNI | rocket x f!oc | wip | 20/40+ | word count: pending. a story about scars. two survivors learn about themselves, each other, hope, and the universe. a freakish little monster visits the high evolutionary’s bride on her wedding night. an adventure of intergalactic proportions ensues. aka raccoons make plans; the universe laughs. inspired by mary shelley’s frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. nemotia | ambedo | rasque | anthrodynia | o'erpine | lockheartedness | starlorn | keep | mal de coucou | querinous | hailbound | ochisia | heartspur | ghough | soufrise | craxis | keyframe | attriage | tiris | foilsick | puntkick |

Domestic Scenes in Space Travel ✩°｡ ⋆ The Very Boring Adventures of Space Pilot & Sweatshirt Girl 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | word count: varies. reader x rocket domestic fluff & smut with feelings. comics-based but you don't need any comics background knowledge to ride this ride. collects Installments 1-5 and an Interlude. The Very Boring Adventures of Space Pilot & Sweatshirt Girl | Outer Space Safety & Spaceship Maintenance Training | Reconnaissance for Beginners: An Instruction Manual | Critical Interview Questions for Potential Room & Crewmates [explicit & smut-free versions] | Proof: A Moment in Space | Untitled Installment 6

florescence❀ ˖⁺‧₊˚ (a meetgroot) 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | 3/6 years | wip | word count: pending. Rocket & Groot leave their friends behind on Knowhere, despite the latter’s protests, and end up hiding out on a nothing-planet (with a non-extradition policy) at the edge of the Shi’ar Galaxy. It was the flowers that drew you in. mcu-based, slight au, medium-burn, eventual smut circa Year Four. tentative allies to friends to lovers. the middle is angsty but there are only happy endings here. Year Zero: Seed | Year One: Sprout | Year Two: Growth | Year Three: Flowering | Year Four: Formation | Year Five: Dispersal

˚₊‧✶ headcanons & imagines ✶‧₊˚ smut-free | no use of y/n | gn reader | oneshots & drabbles various guardians of the galaxy headcanons, minifics, and more.

°˖✧˚♡ kinktober 2023 ♡˚✧˖° 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | oneshots | word count: varies. based on @flightlessangelwings Kinktober 2023 prompt list. please read all warnings.

kinktober2024 ‧₊˚♡༉‧₊ 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | 3 books | word count: varies. three books based on three erotic flavors. soft & sweet [sunshine, 4 parts]. sultry & spicy [evasive maneuvers, 2 parts]. sensual & shameless [you are cordially invited, a very long oneshot].

rocket raccoon prompt week ✷.⁺⋆˚₊ smut-free | no use of y/n | gn reader | oneshots & drabbles | word count: varies. based on @rocketraccoonpromptweek. most can be read platonically, with only some brief mentions of romance or spice. explosives | hurts | emotionalistic | family | machinery | bite | home

✩࿐࿔ take what you need smut-free | gn reader | no use of y/n | 16 complete reminders | word count: varies. the world is hard, and sometimes it's difficult to complete daily tasks & take care of yourself. rocket bullies you for your own good. non-smutty. reader is gender-neutral. accepting requests via reblogs, asks, and tumblr & ao3 comments. collects various Reminders (ongoing) ࿔ eat somethin ࿔ go to frickin bed ࿔ get outta bed & get your shit done ࿔ take a damn bath ࿔ leave your frickin skin alone ࿔ take a fuckin study break ࿔ drink some goddamn water ࿔ stop destroying your fricking clothes ࿔ just buy the damn thing already ࿔ it's frickin laundry day ࿔ get some goddamn sunshine ࿔ have you taken your meds today? ࿔ schedule your fuckin appointments ࿔ do the goddamn dishes ࿔ brush your frickin teeth ࿔ nobody fucking hates you ࿔ stop biting your goddamnm nails ࿔

the raccoon, the witch, & the roadtrip. angst, friendship, fluff | rocket & wanda | 7/7 parts | complete | word count: pending. for hibatasblog ♡ During a watch party for Avengers: Endgame on Twitter, Markus revealed the idea to team Wanda with the Guardian of the Galaxy captain actually made it into several versions of the film's script. "We had whole drafts with Wanda on a road trip with Rocket," Markus wrote, "but after the Vision plot in Infinity War, nothing we came up with was anything but wheel spinning for her character." CBR prepare for departure. | pennsylvania. ohio. indiana. | illinois. wisconsin. minnesota. | south dakota. | montana. | idaho. washington. | you've arrived at your destination.

⭑˚.⚘𖡼𖥧𖤣 windfall 𖤣𖥧𖡼⚘.˚⭑ (a meetgroot) 18+ only MDNI | no use of y/n | f!reader | 3/3 parts | complete | word count: 44,521. wind·fall /ˈwin(d)ˌfôl/ noun. an apple or other fruit blown down from a tree or bush by the wind; an unexpected piece of good fortune. semi-shy ultrafeminine touch-deprived reader tries to avoid meeting knowhere’s intimidating captain. is profoundly unsuccessful. Sugared Violets. | Crystallized Ginger. | Candied Apples.

Window Across the Galaxy *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ 18+ only MDNI | rocket x f!oc | 27/27 chapters | complete | word count: 235,940. girl falls first; raccoon falls harder. Rocket is captured by a Ravager crew hoping to get rich off the excessively large bounty on his head. Throwing a wrench in everyone’s plans is the Terran girl they hired to do some freelance assessing on a recent haul of goods they’ve seized from a Xandaran luxury liner. Oops. slight AU starting pre-GOTG volume 1 (but will hit most of the same major plot points). slow burn + eventual smut with a lot of pining in the middle. kinda enemies-to-lovers? (but only one of these idiots thinks they're enemies). collects Chapters I-XXVII. *:･ﾟ✧

what's on the horizon? future projects

masterlist banner & fairylight divider by @/saradika-graphics raccoon dividers by @/thecutestgrotto

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quick loki preview bc i have fallen down the rabbit hole since i have nothing else new to watch

the way loki used his magic was such a serve omg

i'm still in love with b-15 ♡

i appreciate the subtle humor, the jokes in other new mcu contents (minus the guardians of the galaxy) annoy me but here it's well balanced yet funny👍

when brad said "playing dress up" to loki idk what he fully meant but my mind wandered to teen loki switching fem presenting & borrowing [stealing] frigga's clothing to try them on for funsies n shit (i used to do that w my mom's wedding clothes as a child 2 lol)

when brad was messing w/ loki he had the opportunity to do the most suicidal thing ever and add sth like "who isn't even your real mother" after bringing up frigga (bro would have gotten ANNIHILATED Ijbol)

the slap was so funny & satisfying at the same time. i didn't saw it coming but i love this side of mobius

this ep's genuinely the most TERRIFYING loki has been in the mcu. in the chase scene and both of the interrogation. i absolutely support it idgaf !! he was more intimidating then he was in the first avengers movie which says a loooot

when loki mentioned the new york incident that was either lazy writing or babe got brain damage cuz i am pretty sure when he was mad at thor & odin that was in new mexico?? when he sent that metallic shit down or wtvt💀 to prevent thor from returning. but i forgive only because he mentioned tony lmfao

i love seeing sylvie finally being content. even if it was thru fuckass mcdonalds. i hope she won't be reduced to the "weird love interest" cuz her chara has potential and you can tell she's tired of this bs as well...

another episode of sylki being forced, toxic, keep disagreeing with & avoiding each other with rather tense chemistry instead of a romantic one they supposedly meant to have & being one sided as hell. their "romance" makes zero sense in this series' context & i could go off for longer regarding this topic but i'll save it for a seeperate post, later!

o.b & casey are so wholesome

bro i'm starting to ship lokius i think? (not in a fetishzing way i just like their dynamics and they just both happen to be dudes/male presenting) cuz i am sensing romantic & soulmate-ish undertones. sad that disney is a coward to make it canon...

overall i loved the 70s-90s vibes they seem to be going for. this show deffo has the best aesthetics we've seen in marvel phase 5 so far and i can't wait to see what's coming next.

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Guardians of the Galaxy #5 preview

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A preview to chapter 5 of A Light in the Darkest of Tunnels.

I may have been inspired by a scene from Guardians of the Galaxy 3..........

Get caught up here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/45322336/chapters/114026995#workskin

#Goku #ChiChi #GoChi #SonFamily #Gohan #Goten

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ComicList: Marvel Comics New Releases for Wednesday, May 24, 2023, by Charles LePage.

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Volume 25 Maximum Carnage TP, $39.99

Bishop War College #4 (Cover A Ken Lashley), $3.99

Bishop War College #4 (Cover B Cory Smith), AR

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover A Phil Noto), $4.99

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover B Jim Cheung), AR

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover C Declan Shalvey), AR

Daredevil And Echo #1 (Of 4)(Cover D Stefano Caselli Marvel Icon Variant), AR

Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man TP, $17.99

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Leinil Francis Yu), $4.99

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Ken Lashley Symbiote Variant), AR

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Peach Momoko), AR

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover D InHyuk Lee), AR

Extreme Venomverse #2 (Of 5)(Cover E Ryan Stegman Venom The Other Variant), AR

Fury #1 (Cover A Adam Kubert), $5.99

Fury #1 (Cover B Chris Samnee), AR

Fury #1 (Cover C Mike Del Mundo), AR

Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 (2nd Printing Cover A Kev Walker), $4.99

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover A Michael Dowling), $3.99

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover B Marguerite Sauvage), AR

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover C Joshua Sway Swaby), AR

Hallows’ Eve #3 (Cover D Skottie Young), AR

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Pere Perez), $3.99

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover B David Baldeon Spider-Verse Variant), AR

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover C Betsy Cola), AR

Hellcat #3 (Of 5)(Cover D Lee Garbett), AR

Immortal X-Men By Kieron Gillen Volume 2 TP, $15.99

Iron Man #1 (Facsimile Edition), $3.99

Marvel Masterworks The Avengers Volume 23 HC (Book Market Edition), $75.00

Marvel Masterworks The Avengers Volume 23 HC (Direct Market Variant Edition Volume 342), $75.00

Marvel Previews Volume 6 #21 (June 2023), AR

New Mutants Lethal Legion #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Javier Fernandez), $3.99

New Mutants Lethal Legion #3 (Of 5)(Cover B David Lopez), AR

Peter Parker And Miles Morales Spider-Men Double Trouble TP, $13.99

Punisher War Journal TP, $15.99

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Nick Bradshaw), $3.99

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover B Ken Lashley Frame Variant), AR

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover C Rod Reis Connecting Variant), AR

Spider-Man 2099 Dark Genesis #4 (Of 5)(Cover D Justin Mason Handbook Variant), AR

Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 1 HC (Rick Leonardi Book Market Cover), $150.00

Spider-Man 2099 Omnibus Volume 1 HC (Rick Leonardi Direct Market Cover), $150.00

Star Wars Darth Vader Black White And Red #2 (Cover A Adam Kubert), $4.99

Star Wars Darth Vader Black White And Red #2 (Cover B Declan Shalvey), AR

Star Wars Darth Vader Black White And Red #2 (Cover C Salvador Larroca), AR

Star Wars The High Republic #10 (Cover A Rafael De Latorre), $3.99

Star Wars The High Republic #10 (Cover B Leinil Francis Yu), AR

Star Wars The High Republic #10 (Cover C David Lopez), AR

Star Wars Volume 5 The Path To Victory TP, $15.99

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover A Alan Davis), $4.99

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover B Stanley Artgerm Lau), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover C Stanley Artgerm Lau Virgin Variant), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover D Nic Klein Stormbreakers Variant), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover E Taurin Clarke), AR

Storm #1 (Of 5)(Cover F Stefano Caselli Marvel Icon Variant), AR

Thor #34 (Cover A Nic Klein), $3.99

Thor #34 (Cover B Javier Garron Spider-Verse Variant), AR

Thor #34 (Cover C Mateus Manhanini), AR

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Ron Lim), $3.99

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Gil Kane Remastered Variant), AR

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Lucas Werneck Stormbreakers Variant), AR

Warlock Rebirth #2 (Of 5)(Cover D Phil Noto), AR

X-Cellent #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Mike Allred), $3.99

X-Cellent #3 (Of 5)(Cover B Natacha Bustos), AR

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MANTIS SWEATER AND PANTS (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL)

This is Mantis' Christmas Sweater and Pants: This will be available now for early access on the 5 dollar tier and up and will be available to the public by July 24th, 2023!

CAS PREVIEW:

Set Includes:

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Mantis Christmas Sweater (GOTG Holiday Special)

Mantis Christmas Pants (GOTG Holiday Special)

As always, happy simming and feel free to tag me on your posts!

EARLY ACCESS LINK

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New Movie Releases

5/5/23 May 4, 2023|Celine Dion, why not smile, Zoe Saldana      This week’s ‘anxious to see movies’ are out.       Previewed last week (I couldn’t wait) but coming out tomorrow is ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3,’        Below actor Chris Pratt, “Peter Quill,” praises ‘beautiful, painful’ Volume 3 with actress Zoe Saldana, “Gamora” sitting next to him. Preview is in last week’s blog. Be sure…

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Stuff I’m Looking Forward to in May

It is now one of my favorite months of the year! In addition to it being Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (May 1-31), Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Mother’s Day (May 14), and Memorial Day (May 29), here is what’s on my radar this month:

Movies:

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

I’ve really enjoyed the GOTG movies and now they are back with Vol. 3! Opens 5/5!

Hypnotic  

Ben Affleck (who is on a roll after Air) stars in a new action thriller from Robert Rodriguez. Opens 5/12.

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie  

Oscar-winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) has made a doc about one of the most well-liked actors of the last 40 years, Michael J. Fox. I’ve been a fan since Family Ties and Back to the Future and I’ve been hearing nothing but great things about this since it’s Sundance premiere. Opens on 5/12 and Apple TV+.

Master Gardener

Legendary writer/director Paul Schrader has been on a roll in recent years with First Reformed and the highly underrated The Card Counter (my #5 Movie of 2021). His new thriller with Joel Edgarton opens 5/19.

You Hurt My Feelings

Director Nicole Holofcener and star Julia Louis-Dreyfus made a great team on Enough Said. Now they are back together in this dramedy opening 5/26.

TV:

White House Plumbers 

Directed by the comic genius that is David Mandel (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep), this mini-series looks at lesser-known parts of Watergate. Premieres 5/1 on HBO.

Music:

Joe Perry Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII

I was lucky enough to see Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry solo at House of Blues last month and it was as awesome as you’d imagine. I named his last solo album Sweetzerland Manifesto among my Best Albums of 2018 and now he has a new album that includes some alternate versions of songs off the last album. Album drops 5/26!

Music Festival:

Boston Calling 

Boston’s annual music festival is back at Harvard Athletic Field (Cambridge, MA) with some great acts like Foo Fighters, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Linda Lindas, Queens of the Stone Age, Flaming Lips and more! Read my Preview here. Fest is 5/26 to 5/28.

Film Festival:

Independent Film Festival Boston 

IFFBoston kicked off on 4/26 and continues through 5/3.

In a category all its own:

My birthday is on 5/20! 

Uncle Buck can bake me a cake!

[indianhour]

Early reviews suggest Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 is a fitting and emotionally satisfying end to the trilogy | English Movie News

The final instalment of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 will be out in theatres on May 5. A preview of the film was screened for the press yesterday, apart from its recent Hollywood premiere. It was also the last film in the trilogy to be directed by James Gunn for Marvel, who has recently been elevated to the position of co-head of DC Studios. The first film in the trilogy is more than nine…

[movienation]

Movie Preview: The "Final" "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" trailer?

Hell, who can keep these straight. Pratt and Saldana and Cooper and Dave and Vin Groot and this week’s villain? May 5

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Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Preview

Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Preview: #gotg #guardians #guardiansofthegalaxy #MARVEL #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #previews #august #NCBD #comicnews #comicbooknews #starlord #rocket #drax #gamora

Writer: Al Ewing Art: Juann Cabal and Ivan Shavrin Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 5th, 2020

Moondragon is a hero. With her wife at her side, she came to our reality from a dimension of heroes – to save us all from evil. But our reality already had a Moondragon, and she can’t be a hero all the time. The DRAGON OF THE MOON has returned… and it won’t leave until it’s fed on a soul. Didn’t we say…

[weirdsciencecomics]

Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Preview

Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Preview: #gotg #guardians #guardiansofthegalaxy #MARVEL #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #news #previews #august #NCBD #comicnews #comicbooknews #starlord #rocket #drax #gamora

Writer: Al Ewing Art: Juann Cabal and Ivan Shavrin Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 5th, 2020

Moondragon is a hero. With her wife at her side, she came to our reality from a dimension of heroes – to save us all from evil. But our reality already had a Moondragon, and she can’t be a hero all the time. The DRAGON OF THE MOON has returned… and it won’t leave until it’s fed on a soul. Didn’t we say…

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✰ This guide is in chronological order, from his first appearance to his most recent & will be updated as soon as he has another major appearance. Cameos & the like have not been included in this guide

✰ All must read issues are in italics

✰ All must read titles are in bold

✰ All of these issues go by their digital numbering

✰ If you have any questions, the inbox is open

ORIGINS & EARLY DAYS

Marvel Preview #4

Marvel Preview #11, 14-15, 18

Marvel Super Special #10

Marvel Spotlight (1979) #6-7

Marvel Premier #61

ANNIHILATION

Thanos #8-12

Annihilation

Annihilation Conquest: Prologue #1

Annihilation Conquest: Star-Lord

Annihilation Conquest

GUARDIAN OF THE GALAXY

Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)

Thanos Imperative: Ignition

Thanos Imperative

Thanos Imperative: Devastation

Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8

Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)

Guardians of the Galaxy/All-New X-Men: The Trial of Jean Grey

Legendary Star-Lord

Guardians of the Galaxy/All-New X-Men: The Black Vortex

POST-SECRET WARS

Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)

Star-Lord (2016)

Star-Lord (2017)

All-New Guardians of the Galaxy

All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #5

Guardians of the Galaxy (2018)

INFINITY WARS

Infinity Countdown Prime

Infinity Countdown

Infinity Wars

Infinity Wars: Fallen Guardian

PRESENT

Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #9

COLLECTIONS

Star-Lord: The Hollow Crown

Star-Lord: Guardian of the Galaxy

OUT OF CONTINUITY

Old Man Quill

Wastelanders: Star-Lord

Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde

IN OTHER MEDIA (FILM)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Two (2017)

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Endgame

Thor: Love & Thunder

Guardians of the Galaxy’s Christmas Special (2022)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Three (2023)

IN OTHER MEDIA (TV)

Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes S2E6

Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers S1E24-25

Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)

IN OTHER MEDIA (VIDEO GAMES)

Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

IN OTHER MEDIA (MISC)

Marvel’s Wastelanders: Star-Lord Podcast

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6 and 17 for the end of year book asks ❤️

6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

Invisible Kingdom by G Willow Wilson and Christian Ward. I love Willow's work on Ms Marvel, and Ward's art is unbelievably beautiful so I'm excited to read their independent work... eventually. I've checked it out from the library like 3 times but just never ended up reading it before my hold expired. Also Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie. I fell in love with the chapter 1 preview she shared back before it was released and so I pre-ordered it, but I just haven't made time to sit down and read it yet

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

Oh man oh man oh man ok, I have 3 answers to this and they're all Marvel comics by Al Ewing. I've loved Ewing's work in the past (Loki: Agent of Asgard my beloved), but I wasn't expecting much from these 3 for structural reasons and yet they all completely blew me away

Empyre. This was a comic crossover event, which is when a bunch of disparate superheroes get dragged into whatever threat is happening this week. I despise comic events. They're never good, there's too many of them, and they highjack and derail the characters' current story arcs. But oooooooh my god Empyre was so good. It centered one of my favorite characters, which was a delight to see since he's spent the 15 years since he was first introduced basically being a supporting character to his boyfriend. It gave him a ton of development, a great new status quo, and it finally resolved and delivered on major story threads and promises about him that have been laid out over the past 15 years (which in superhero comics is depressingly rare. Too many story threads just get dropped and forgotten, especially when it's been years). We also finally, finally got to see him and his boyfriend get married not once but twice

Guardians of the Galaxy (2020). My only exposure to the GotG was the MCU movies which I disliked so I wasn't expecting to like this but it was unbelievably fantastic. This single comic run gave me: 1) an entire issue of an incredibly traumatized hero getting therapy for the first time and showing it's now a regular thing for him 2) a love triangle with an irl decade of writing behind it and in story years of fighting side by side and shared traumas and victories behind it, resolving in polyamory 3) an entire issue where all of the heroes kill the greek gods off screen and the focus is instead on the two lesbian members of the team fixing their marriage. While also killing a greek god. 4) one of said lesbians has a dragon-themed superpower which is fucking sick 5) Hercules, like the literal greek demigod, being unbelievably emotionally intelligent 6) Zeus wearing a lighting bolt shaped tit window 7) bi Starlord, which hopefully haunts crisp rat's nightmares 8) overall just heaps and heaps of fun, angsty, ridiculous superhero comic nonsense

Marvel 1000. This was an anthology comic Marvel released celebrating their 80th anniversary. Every year from 1939 got a single one page comic by a different author commemorating something notable that happened in Marvel comics that year. I love superhero anthologies, and I adore a few of the individual pages about my favorite characters, but Ewing (who wrote the largest chunk of pages) somehow managed to write in an interesting overarching plot. In a history based anthology with dozens of writers. I'm still flabbergasted that this was possible like how the fuck- that's not- you can't just- how- HOW?

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AO3 Tagging Game

My friend @inkvoices tagged me on this, and I love these things, so here we are....

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

108. Whoops??  How’d that happen...???  

Come to think of it I stuck a lot of shorter pieces - including some that in hindsight should probably have been standalone fics - into my collection, Moments.  That would add another 34.

2. What is your total Ao3 word count?

*coughs politely* 1,043,163. Good lord. I am so sorry...  In the early days, I wrote novels - mostly because my writing ambition had been suppressed for so long.

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Officially 17, but most of them are offshoots of the MCU. When you count that as one, then 5: MCU, Hawkeye comics, Star Trek: Voyager, James Bond 007, the Prisoner and Good Omens (the latter three all as part of fusion/crossovers with the MCU).

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

   1.  The Skies Over Manhattan (953) My second MCU fic, Clintasha throughout with all the other O6, plus Coulson, each getting their own feature chapter.

   2.  Five Times SHIELD Tried To Recruit Clint Barton (819)  Clint only, with various SHIELD agents making appearances. A total sleeper hit, written longhand in the back of a fishing boat, after some disappointing professional news.

   3.  Second Mouse  (697 c’mon folks, can we get that to 700???  :P )  My first MCU-James Bond 007 crossover and one of my personal favourites. Illustrated by @inkvoices, it spawned one coda and two sequels, and an über-cool commentary by @alistrawrites. 

   4.  Moments  (697 as well, go figure - what’s up with that?)  As mentioned above, a collection of ficlets (up to 1,800 words or so) which include much Clintasha, some Clint/Laura, but also Darcy Lewis, AoS characters and others.

   5.  Double Deuce (626) A crossover with Guardians of the Galaxy. The summary says it all: “Ironman, Starlord and Black Widow walk into a bar.”

5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I try to. Sometimes I mean to later and then the comment notice slips down a page in my inbox and I forget. I do like to respond because I appreciate when someone takes the trouble, and want to encourage them to keep it up for other writers. And sometimes, there’s an interesting discussion point.

Occasionally, a comment moves me to add to the fic, sort of like one of those Marvel post-credit scenes.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Define angst...? Possibly a ficlet called “Toast” (Chapter 18 in Moments) which was a preview of Age of Ultron, based on the tower scene in the trailer. Or maybe Locust Wind, which foreshadows the rise of Hydra.

7. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve ever written?

I do! Probably Rapture, which is a Good Omens-verse AU in which the angel and demon characters are taking on the characteristics of Clint and Natasha - the humans they like to shadow.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Emm... yes. Once. I tagged Highway of Diamonds with a dubious consent warning and a “there be darkness” tag, and someone went off on me because she thought I should have tagged it as rape. (I’m a lawyer, I know the difference, and the tag was very carefully and deliberately considered). She enlisted a couple of her friends to pile on. I ended up re-tagging, but the whole thing pissed me off because I could have just done a “chose not to warn”. 

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Rarely, but yes.  F/M exclusively because it’s what I actually know. I’m always amused by people writing sex scenes who’ve obviously never done it, so I fear me writing F/F or M/M would probably be pretty disastrous.  But generally I prefer to leave the sexytimes to the reader’s imagination.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yes, in the early days some shady outfit based in Russia scraped a bunch of my ST:Voyage fics off FFN and put them on their for-profit “good stories” website.  This happened to a bunch of people, and FFN was on it pretty quickly and the site disappeared.

11. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, several. It’s a fun process and you learn a lot (about yourself, about your friend, about writing).  But generally I’m a lone wolf - which is a euphemism for “control freak, if I’m honest with myself - like I was in school projects.

12. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Clintasha4Ever!!!

13. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Star Trek:Voyager, on FFN.  I got so many encouraging comments for my first fic (just got another one on AO3, actually) that I decided that I was a writer now.

14. What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

Which child do I love the most...? I have a very soft spot for Second Mouse, for Going to Ground and for some of my later Voyager one-shots, like Grace and Deep Water..