#Hawkey a Charles

[cat-lizbeth-first]

Charles must be experienced.

I love that face what Hawkey makes when he talks about Charles.

[daysendfast]

I have spent too much time on this shit. Have at it M.A.S.H. fandom i guess

[as-de-spadas]

Ok so just to sum up the craziest happenings of JUST THIS WEEK:

Grian was busy one-upping Mumbo in an impractical copper-aging structure competition when Impulse, Gem (who are having an all out prank war with Pearl) and Scar arrived to absolutely bully him into building the back of his base, giving him twenty four hours to build it before they explode his base, later installing a giant TNT dispenser above his base set to explode regularly the front of his base after 24 hours. However, he was too busy accidentally exploding Doc's tunnel bore machine with Scar, later trying to rebuild it, leaving gifts as apologies and blowing a hole through the ceiling to escape when breaking the news to Doc, which just worsens his mood when he finds out not only that, but that Grian has been stealing copper from the walls of the Perimeter for months. Keep in mind, Doc is in possesion of an anvil launcher, a slimeblock moving mecha-goat which launches TNT, a charged creeper launcher and something even worse in the works. He then procedes to make Grian's nether portal one single portal block to haunt him. All of that just for one-upping Mumbo with an Amogus meme, who, by the way, created the Button 2, which dispenses the hermit's diamonds back to them, but if they wait to much to press it, it explodes them all. Also, Cleo, as a british person, built a museum with his friend's prized possesions and a lot of the king's memorabilia the day of King Charle's coronation irl, and also, Scar hawkeyed Bdub's day one horse "Mi Amore" ("My Love" in italian) just after he built a whole ranch in a custom horse head shaped mountain just for him.

So yeah. May is gonna be an interesting month it turns out.

Edit: Ok, so as @orangekingfisher pointed out, "Mi Amore" actually translates to "Me Love", which actually does not surprise me at all, the hermits have a history of messing up foreign languagues lol.

(See Bdubs calling Pearl a bitch in spanish by accident)

[ao3feed-mash]

Feverish

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/d5Wwfzc

by WillowLong

Charles finds a way to beat the Korean summer heat. With the help of a little psychological payback on our favorite Hawkeyed surgeon.

Words: 1150, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English

Fandoms: MASH (TV)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, Charles Emerson Winchester III, B. J. Hunnicutt

Relationships: Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce/Charles Emerson Winchester III

Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Desperation, Public Blow Jobs, Masturbation, Bisexual Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, Light Dom/sub

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/d5Wwfzc

[nimuetheseawitch]

MASH for the fandom ask

Day 2 of answer this for MASH. I'm not looking at the answers I wrote yesterday, so if you want to check out my previous post and compare, that might be fun.

001 | MASH

Favorite character: Today it's Klinger.

Least Favorite character: Zale (also, all the shitty one-time villains)

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Charles/Donna, Punnihawk, Klinger and everyone at least once, Margaret/Helen, Trapper/Oliver

Character I find most attractive: Kellye

Character I would marry: Kellye

Character I would be best friends with: Kellye

a random thought: can you tell I'm just really excited about Kellye today?

An unpopular opinion: I'm not sure I have unpopular opinions. But my go to is that I don't think BJ is gay.

My Canon OTP: Charles/Donna

My Non-canon OTP: Hunnihawk

Most Badass Character: Klinger

Most Epic Villain: Flagg

Pairing I am not a fan of: Hawkey/Margeret long-term

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Ginger. She had some great early bits, but they never developed her, and I would've loved more.

Favourite Friendship: Hawkeye/Kinger

Character I most identify with: Hawkeye

Character I wish I could be: absolutely none of them ever.

[dcbicki]

Here’s to Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Isaac Hempstead Wright, John Bradley, Liam Cunningham, Alfie Allen, Gwendoline Christie, Jacob Anderson, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ian Glen, Conleth Hill, Hannah Murray, Joe Dempsie, Carice van Houten, Rory McCann, Kristofer Hivju, Jerome Flynn, Pilou Asbæk, Richard Dormer, Gemma Whelan, Daniel Portman, Ben Crompton, Bella Ramsey, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, and Vladimir Furdik, Sean Bean, Michelle Fairley, Mark Addy, Richard Madden, Art Parkinson, Charles Dance, Natalie Dormer, Finn Jones, Diana Rigg, Aidan Gillen, Rose Leslie, Jason Momoa, Michiel Huisman, Jack Gleeson, Harry Lloyd, Peter Vaughan, Kristian Nairn, Natalia Tena, Joseph Mawle, Aisling Franciosi, Dean-Charles Chapman, Stephen Dillane, Kerry Ingram, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ellie Kendrick, Paul Kaye, Kate Dickie, Tobias Menzies, Clive Russell, Ian McShane, Donald Sumpter, Tom Wlachicha, Oona Chaplin, Ron Donachie, Esmé Bianco, David Bradley, Iwan Rheon, Michael McElhatton, Miltos Yerolemou, Julian Glover, Ian McElhinney, Tara Fitzgerald, Lino Facioli, Gethin Anthony, Wilko Johnson, Eugene Simon, Ben Hawkey, Jim Broadbent, Jonathan Pryce, Hannah Waddingham, Amrita Acharia, Noah Taylor, Anton Lesser, Rupert Vansittart, Josef Altin, Mark Stanley, Owen Teale, Pedro Pascal, Indira Varma, Richard Rycroft, Staz Nair, Ciarán Hinds, James Cosmo, Patrick Malahide, Will Tudor, Mackenzie Crook, Marc Rissman, Megan Parkinson, James Faulkner, Tom Hopper, Jessica Henwick, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, Nell Tiger Free, Max von Sydow, Brenock O’Connor, Philip McGinley, Harry Grasby, Elyes Gabel, Richard Brake, Tom Brooke, Tim Plester, Joel Fry, Sibel Kekilli, Ian Beattie, Susan Brown, Mark Gatiss, Faye Marsay, Marc Rissman, Hannah John-Kamen, Ed Skrein, Margaret John, Ross Mullan, Ian Whyte, Ralph Ineson, Charlotte Hope, Elizabeth Webster, Nonso Anozie, Ian Hanmore, Steven Cole, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Eros Vlahos, DeObia Oparei, Ian Gelder, Essie Davis, Bart the Bear II, Lucian Msamati, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Brian Fortune, Michael Condron, Robert Aramayo, Alexander Siddig, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Enzo Cilenti, Toby Sebastian, Luke Roberts, Richard E. Grant, Eline Powell, Kevin Eldon, Dean Jagger, Tim McInnerny, Sean Blowers, David Rintoul, Kae Alexander, and more. Here’s to the actors who gave their all.

Here’s to David Nutter, Michael Slovis, Mark Mylod, Alex Graves, Alan Taylor, Jeremy Podeswa, Alik Sakharov, Neil Marshall, Matt Shakman, Brian Kirk, Michelle MacLaren, Daniel Minahan, Timothy Van Patten, David Petrarca, Jack Bender, Daniel Sackheim, and Miguel Sapochnik. Here’s to Dave Hill, Ethan J. Antonucci, Jane Espenson, Gursimran Sandhu, Vanessa Taylor, and Bryan Cogman. Here’s to Ramin Djawadi. Here’s to the visionaries and the storytellers.

Here’s to HBO. Here’s to David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Here’s to the producers and the casting department. Here’s to the second unit directors and the whole production crew. Here’s to the stunt guys, body doubles, and the choreographers. Here’s to the location scouts and the transportation department. Here’s to the sound editors, and the visual effects team. Here’s to the camera crew. Here’s to the cinematographers and editors. Here’s to the production and art departments. Here’s to the set designers, costume designers, and the makeup department. Here’s to those who made a whole world come to life.

Here’s to the Starks, the Lannisters, the Targaryens, the Baratheons, the Greyjoys, the Tullys, the Arryns, the Martells, the Mormonts, the Tyrells. Here’s to all the other houses. Here’s to the bastards: the Snows and the Sands and the Waters. Here’s to the direwolves: Grey Wind, Lady, Nymeria, Summer, Shaggydog, and Ghost. Here’s to the dragons: Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion. Here’s to the Seven, the Drowned Gods, the Old Gods and the New. Here’s to the Red Priestesses. Here’s to the Brotherhood Without Banners. Here’s to the Faceless Men. Here’s to the Maesters. Here’s to the Knight’s Watch. Here’s to the Free Folk. Here’s to those who became wights. Here’s to the wargs and the Children of the Forest. Here’s to the giants. Here’s to the Bravosi, the Dothraki, and Unsullied. Here’s to the Knights of the Vale. Here’s to all the soldiers. Here’s to the fighters. Here’s to those we loved, and those we lost along the way.

Here’s to George R.R. Martin. Here’s to A Song of Ice and Fire. Here’s to Game of Thrones. Here’s to the fandom and the friends we made along the way. Here’s to you.

[chemsexholmes]

MASH...

MASH...

favorite character: listen. (grabs you)listen. It's trapper, it's trapper.

least favorite character: it's so easy to say frank, and so that's what im going to do. if I had to dig deep into my soul and come up with a more honest answer(because dont get me wrong, I hate frank. but there are slimier one-off characters), I would say that freak who tried to frame margaret for assault. oh oh !oh!!! and that captain loudon wainwright iii played for like three episodes. he barely has 2 lines but I hate his ass. no reason I just don't like him.

5 favorite ships: hawkey and trapper, bj and peg, bj and hawkeye, max and soon-lee :-), and radar and that one girl he met at the airport, because omg...young love................ ..

character I find most attractive: this is actually so funny but if you eliminate trapper(arms) it's a tie between bj and margaret. little a man crunch for the dyke in the back row(me.)

character I would marry: klinger :-). or any of the nurses. margaret I wish I could say I'd get on with, but she's the exact sort of person that I for whatever reason just can't get along with irl

character I would be best friends with: klinger I think! max is so similar to some of my irl friends and just seems like a real great person to be friends with.

a random thought: putting a pin in this one. I share plenty of those here already

an unpopular opinion: not sure how unpopular this is, but wlw klinger is so important to me. I defo understand not being comfortable with interpretations that portray klinger as a trans woman but like... indulgence. in a transgender and homosexual way. on both fronts.

my canon otp: max and soon-lee.......they're sort of thrown together at the end but (at least from where I'm sitting) it managed to feel natural, and they clearly care about eachother a lot. also staying with soon-lee to help find her family was obviously a big character moment for klinger wrt maturity, and one I enjoyed a lot more than the on-screen end of max's gender-nonconformity.

non-canon otp: you already know what's happening here. "what a picture you are of gluttony....greed..lust. oral sensation."

most badass character: bizarre question to ask but I'll say margaret because she was a #girlboss

pairing I am not a fan of: ohhh mash fans drive me up the wall. let me count the ways: 1.) non-platonic pairings involving radar and anyone over like..20 if im being honest. especially with henry(established father figure.) radar's what, 19? next. 2.) hawkeye and frank. not much to say just tear em' fascists down. not like that. 3.) charles and klinger. just doesn't do it for me. -4/10 because of established charles-is-racist-and-this-is-bad reasons.

character I feel the writers screwed up: tuttle. 0/10 why did they kill him off so soon. rest in peace, captain.

favorite friendship: hawkeye and margaret...two of them. sometimes a friendship is just you and another you but with wildly different coping methods.

skipping the adoption question because I see these characters more as objects of thirst rather than parental figures and don't care to cross those wires like that.

[beautifulfaaces]

Male English Masterlist

2010s

Benjamin Evan Ainsworth

2000s

Brenock O'Connor

Isaac Rouse

Jake Dunn

Kit Connor

Louis Partridge

Tom Taylor

William Gao

90s

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Adam Long

Alex Arnold

Alex Lawther

Alex Pettyfer

Alex Roe

Alex Sawyer

Asa Butterfield

Ash Stymest

Ashley Charles

Ben Allen

Ben Hardy

Ben Hawkey

Ben Radcliffe

Bertie Gilbert

Bill Milner

Bobby Lockwood

Brad Kavanagh

Chance Perdomo

Charlie Heaton

Chuku Modu

Connor Swindells

Callum Turner

Damson Idris

Danny Griffin

Declan McKenna

Dev Patel

Dominic Sherwood

Douglas Booth

Ed Sheeran

Edward Bluemel

Elliot Knight

Eugene Simon

Fady Elsayed

Finn Cole

Finney Cassidy

Finnlay Davis

Fionn Whitehead

Freddie Highmore

Freddy Carter

George MacKay

Gregg Sulkin

Harris Dickinson

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin

Himesh Patel

Jack O'Connell

Jacob Dudman

Jeremy Irvine

Joe Ashman

Jack McMullen

Jonah Hauer-King

Josh Dylan

Josh O’Connor

John Boyega

Kedar Williams-Stirling

Laurence Belcher

Laurie Davidson

Letitia Wright

Liam Payne

Lucien Laviscount

Luke Newton

Luke Pasqualino

Matt Kane

Ned Porteous

Oliver Stark

Ollie Barbieri

Otto Farrant

Rhys Matthew Bond

Robbie Kay

Ronan Parke

Sam Clemmett

Sam Fender

Sam Jackson

Sean Teale

Sebastian de Souza

Skandar Keynes

Theo Graham

Thomas Brodie Sangster

Toby Wallace

Tom Brittney

Tom Holland

Tom Webb

Tristan Evans

Viveik Kalra

Zayn Malik

80s

Adam Campbell

Anthony Lewis

Eddie Redmayne

Alex Lanipekun

Alex Sharp

Alfie Owen-Allen

Alfred Enoch

Allen Leech

Aml Ameen

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Hayden Smith

Arthur Darvill

Ashley Taylor Dawson

Augustus Prew

Barry Sloane

Ben Davies

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Benjamin Stone

Ben Aldridge

Ben Barnes

Ben Lamb

Ben Robson

Ben Whishaw

Billy Howle

Bradley James

Charles Mnene

Charlie Hunnam

Christian Cooke

Daniel Anthony

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Sharman

David Gandy

Dimitri Leonidas

Ed Weeks

Ed Westwick

Elyes Gabel

Finn Jones

Freddie Stroma

Gary Carr

George Young

Giles Matthey

Gregg Chillin

Harry Hadden-Paton

Henry Cavill

Henry Golding

Liam Garrigan

Jack Donnelly

Jack Farthing

Jason Wong

Jay Ali

Joey Batey

Joe Cole

Joe Dempsie

Joel Fry

John Dagleish

Jon Foo

Joseph Gilgun

Joseph Morgan

Josh Beech

Josh Bowman

Joshua McGuire

Jules Knight

Julian Morris

Kirk Barker

Kit Harington

Louis Cordice

Luke Thompson

Matt Stokoe

Mitch Hewer

Matt Smith

Matthew Beard

Matthew Lewis

Max Brown

Max Irons

Michael Malarkey

Michael Socha

Mike Bailey

Nicholas Hoult

Nick Hendrix

Nyasha Hatendi

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Peter Gadiot

Rafi Gavron

Rahul Kohli

Reece Noi

Ricky Whittle

Riz Ahmed

Rob Damiani

Rob Heaps

Robert Pattinson

Sam Palladio

Sebastian Armesto

Scott Rose-Marsh

Taylor Hart

Tom Austen

Tom Bateman

Tom Burke

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hopper

Tom Hughes

Tom Payne

Tom Riley

Tom Sturridge

William Moseley

70s

Andrew Buchan

Andrew Lee Potts

Aynsley Lister

Ben Bailey Smith

Benedict Cumberbatch

Blake Ritson

Callum Blue

Casper Zafer

Christian Bale

Colin Lawrence

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Gideon Emery

Idris Elba

Julian Ovenden

Lee Ross

Neil Jackson

Jude Law

Matthew Goode

Nicholas Bishop

Nick Frost

Orlando Bloom

Richard Armitage

Robert James Collier

Rupert Evans

Rupert Young

Russell Brand

Scott Speedman

Simon Pegg

Tobias Menzies

Tom Hardy

60s

Ace Bhatti

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Andy Nyman

Ben Chaplin

Ben Daniels

Ben Miles

Ben Miller

Brendan Coyle

Colin Firth

Daniel Craig

Dave Legeno

Gavin Rossdale

Greg Wise

Hugo Weaving

Jason Isaacs

James Purefoy

Jason Flemyng

Jason Statham

Luke Goss

Nathaniel Parker

Nicholas Gleaves

Paul Blackthorne

Richard Dillane

Stephen Moyer

Toby Jones

50s

Alex Jennings

Delroy Lindo

Gary Oldman

40s

Alan Rickman

Ben Cross

Ben Kingsley

Bill Nighy

Danny Webb

David Bowie

Jim Broadbent

Michael Gambon

Philip Jackson

30s

Derek Jacobi

Tom Baker

Tom Courtenay

Unknown Birthday

Charlie Anson

Chris J Gordon

Daniel Fraser

Hainsley Lloyd Bennett

Jacob Collin-Levy

Kit Clarke

Mark Strepan

Tom Turner

Tom York

Trey Tucker

Yasen Atour

[best-science-dad-tony]

IronStrange Family + Avengers Team FAQ and Masterlist

We could really use one of these.... So here we go!

Please read this before interacting with the connected blogs.

KNOWN BLOGS/CONNECTED BLOGS

Tony Stark: @best-science-dad-tony

Stephen Strange: @best-magic-uncle-strange

Peter Parker Stark: @best-science-son-peter (CURRENTLY BEING RUN BY KAREN WHILE PETER IS IN A COMA.)

Harley Keener: @awesome-science-kid-harley

Steve Rogers: @glorified-babysitter-steve

Bucky Barnes: @former-russian-assassin-bucky

Bruce Banner: @stressed-science-uncle-bruce

Clint Barton: @best-hawkeyed-uncle-clint

Laura Barton: @actual-best-superhero-aunt-laura

Hank Pym: @quantum-scientist-hank-pym

Jim Paxton: @protective-step-dad-jim-paxton

Hope van Dyne: @certified-badass-hope-van-dyne

Everett Ross: @special-agent-everett-ross

Thor Odinson: @strongest-thunder-god-thor

Loki Laufeyson: @redeemed-trickster-god-loki

Hela Odindottir: @atoning-death-goddess-hela

Peter Quill: @best-ever-starlord-peter-quill (CURRENTLY BEING RUN BY THANOS AND QUILL)

Thanos: @merciful-father-and-titan-thanos

Kaecilius: @loyal-servant-master-kaecilius

Rocket: @greatest-rabbit-captain-rocket

Natasha Romanov: @best-spider-aunt-natasha

Wanda Maximoff: @greatest-magic-cousin-wanda

MJ: @mj-the-wicked

Shuri: @super-science-shuri

T’Challa: @tchalla-never-freezes

Sam Wilson: @best-flyguy-sam-wilson

James Rhodes: @fully-automated-war-machine

Brunnhilde/Valkyrie: @that-one-valkyrie

Pepper Potts: @superior-ceo-pepper

Extra Blogs:

FRIDAY: @best-ai-for-tony-stark-friday

Karen: @best-ai-for-peter-stark-karen

The Tiny Avengers: @ask-about-the-tiny-avengers

More Most Likely On Their Way

KNOWN RELATIONSHIPS

Tony Stark and Stephen Strange: Dating

Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes: Dating

Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes: ???

Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson: ???

IMPORTANT PLOTLINES/THINGS TO KNOW

-Peter Parker was adopted by Tony Stark as a baby and is his adoptive son. His full legal name in this roleplay is Peter Benjamin Parker Stark.

-Infinity War already happened and was solved. Thanos’s life was spared and he was abandoned on a deserted planet. Unfortunately that did not go as hoped, clearly. However, that means that scene with Stephen and Peter? They remember it, and so does Tony.

-Quill is currently under the control of Thanos via the Mind Stone (the only Stone in Thanos’s possession), but is trying to fight him off.

-Quill is in space, not Earth, and it is unknown where exactly he is beyond that.

-Quill used the Mind Stone against Stephen who tried to kill Tony and Peter.

-Tony used to have the Soul Stone in his possession so he could attempt to revive Gamora, but one of his adopted kids found and touched it, activating FRIDAY’s programming to send the Stone to another planet with Mark VIII and then erase the location from her databases so Thanos could not find it.

-Tony, Stephen, and Peter have been released from the hospital and are staying at the New York Sanctum.

-Tony and Stephen had a friendly sparring match in the New York Sanctum to see whether Science or Magic was superior. They accidentally created the Tinies doing this.

RULES

Please be aware that there are rules to follow to interact with the blogs above. Please follow them accordingly; breaking these rules may result in you being ignored and unable to continue roleplaying depending on the scenario in question.

-DO NOT GODMOD. You cannot be the most powerful person in the roleplay. You also cannot do things like

Discover an Infinity Stone

Go defeat Thanos despite him being on another, unknown planet

Bypass secure FRIDAY programming

Etc.

Each of these makes it harder for the rest of the group to enjoy the roleplay. The Avengers are not invincible, neither are you.

-Please be respectful to the blogs. You don’t have to like the characters, but personal attacks to the Mods or extremely aggressive messages is likely to result in no further responses, or a block. Getting mad at the blogs for choices on plotlines, relationships, etc. will not change the blogs- just whether or not we like you and want to interact with you.

-Do not attempt to change the plot without permission. If Steve is halfway across the country, do not attempt to “magic” him back to the compound. 

If necessary, more rules will be added. Please do not make it necessary.

ADOPTION

You can ask to be adopted by Tony Stark, but please remember as your father he will expect you to follow his rules. Tony will not officially un-adopt anyone, but if you insist on breaking his rules constantly, he may stop interacting with you, as he may get tired of repeating himself with no results. Occasionally breaking the rules is not discouraged, but doing it constantly is- Tony needs to take care of himself, and if you are constantly stressing him out with broken rules, he might not reply for a while.

Tony Stark’s Rules: https://best-science-dad-tony.tumblr.com/post/174559909502/any-other-rules-i-should-be-aware-about

You can ask to be adopted by other blogs but do not be surprised if they decline. If you do get adopted by another blog, expect for them to have rules they expect you to follow as well.

Please remember a real person runs the blog you are messaging; you may not mean to but you can cause harm to that person by being constantly negative in what they meant to be a fun, safe space. They do care about you, but they need to take care of themselves too, and cannot always be responsible for your well being, even in a joking way.

MASTERLISTS

Check here for important Masterlists about things, like the location of the Infinity Stones.

Infinity Stone Location Masterlist: https://best-science-dad-tony.tumblr.com/post/174622037757/current-infinity-stone-location-masterlist

FOLLOWER MILESTONES

As a way to thank the followers of the blogs, Follower Milestones will be added. Each individual blog may or may not have individual Follower Rewards (Peter Parker Stark, for example, may send Tony particular texts and post the responses when he reaches a milestone), but all blogs will share in the Large Follower Milestones.

Current Milestone: 100+ Followers for each connected blog.

Reward: An RP event.

Next Follower Milestone: 250+ Followers for each connected blog.

Reward: To Be Decided.

To find out if a particular blog is doing their own Milestones, what the goal is, and what the reward is, send the Blog an Ask.

PETS

Currently, the Avengers compound is home to a puppy, a male tricolor Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Seamus.

Seamus is a real dog owned by Peter’s roleplayer. While Seamus is a puppy in the roleplay, he is seven years old in real life.

You can interact with Seamus (give him treats, pet him, play with him), but remember to show him respect as well. Do not kick the dog.

In future, Seamus’s sisters Minnie and Luna may be added to the roleplay, but for now it is just him. Pictures may be posted occasionally as Peter gushes over his pet.

BECOMING AN OFFICIAL BLOG

To become an officially affiliated blog with our group, send a PM to Tony or Peter (if PMs are not available, check back the next day), and inquire with the main Admin, Admin Chara, about whether or not your blog is 

A: Available

B: If we are accepting new Admins to the team.

You will then be sent a link to a survey. If, after we look over your responses, we believe you will be a good fit, you will be placed on a Trial Period.

Trial Period Blog Explanation

-If you become a Trial Period Blog, you will not be officially announced. You will be expected to join in on Main Blog roleplays and gain your own followers without us actively telling people you are on a Trial Period.

-Your blog will NOT be counted for any Follower Milestones until the Trial Period is over, but it can interact if a Milestone event occurs (your blog will not need 250 followers for the 250 Follower Milestone to be achieved by the followers, as your blog is not official).

-Your blog should not start any drama.

-You will be expected to show Admin Chara, Admin Rabbit, Admin Pink, Admin CC, and Mod Jas respect, even if you are not allowed to have your way.

If You Become an Official Blog

-You will learn about Follower Milestone and Roleplay Plots. You are expected to keep these private and not reveal the information to any followers, especially to shift a vote.

-You will be expected to Moderate the Discord and keep an eye out for rulebreaking.

-You will be expected to ask about any drama plots before moving forward in case they clash with the main plot.

-You are NOT expected to have separate Follower Milestone goals, though you may do so if you wish.

-You may NOT make more blogs and label them official without asking the Main Admins.

We may or may not interact with unofficial blogs but that doesn’t make them automatically affiliated!

THESE BLOGS WILL NOT CONTAIN DEADPOOL OR THE X-MEN. WE ARE THE IRONSTRANGE FAMILY AND AVENGERS TEAM ROLEPLAY GROUP. PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED. PLEASE CHECK BACK OCCASIONALLY.

[thorne93]

Paranoia

Prompt: As a mutant and ex student/friend of Charles Xavier, you get a visit from an intimidating man, which sends Clint (your husband) into a peril of paranoia.

Word Count: 5158

Warnings: language, threats, intimidation, wounds, mentions of parental death, worry. 

Note: First Clint/Hawkey fic! Made this for  @until-theend-oftheline‘s Summer of Love Challenge! Let me know what y’all think? Should I write more Clint/Hawkeye?? (Sorry for going over word limit, hun!!!) beta’d by the lovely @like-a-bag-of-potatoes & @mrs-dragneel-stark-solo

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Being an Avenger was hard, of course it was. Why wouldn’t it be? You put yourself on the line for people all the time, for huge missions, for city-saving, state-saving, country-saving missions. But being an Avenger with a gift… that was another thing. Being an Avenger with mutations was a whole class all its own.

You never recalled feeling unsafe due to your powers. In fact, your powers were mainly good. They helped heal people at nearly an instant rate, so why would that be bad? Well, it was only bad if and when someone saw them that shouldn’t have, because not only could you heal people unparalleled, you could also rob them of all their senses.

One touch from you and you paralyzed someone, blinded them, deafened them, made them lose sense of smell and taste. It wasn’t just whenever you touched them, you had to exert your energy over them. Push your power onto them.

This wasn’t all that bad though, Wanda could hold people in place or rip them apart. Thor could literally obliterate someone if he wanted to. Steve and Bucky could shred someone with their bare hands so why should your special gift be any more frightening? In a sense, it wasn’t. However, seeing you on the news just holding someone’s arm as the team struck them down was a whole other thing. That’s why you didn’t use it unless you or someone else’s life was on the line. Mainly, you used your ability to self-clone and heal the team rapidly.

On a bright, warm summer afternoon, you got a call from a man you hadn’t heard from in a long time.

“Hello?” you answered.

“Hello… Y/N?” the voice wondered on the other end of the line.

“Professor?” you breathed, shocked. “How are you?” you asked excitedly, delighted to hear from your old mentor. He had rescued you from  experimentation when you were younger. Thankfully, they never got you all the way to the compound to do their experiments because the X-Men intervened and saved you and three other kids. He offered to have you stay at the mansion until you were an adult, to which you jumped at, having no family to turn to.

“I’m well, I’m well. And you?”

“I’m great! Clint’s doing well,” you informed.

Professor Xavier had practically raised you and helped you slightly on your powers, but one good thing about your powers is they had never been out of control. You’d always known how to use them and just how strong they were so he really didn’t have to work with you much, which was nice. You stayed at the mansion until you were eighteen, then went off to college, and you heard through Professor that the Avengers were recruiting.

Right after graduating college, and going through rigorous tests, practice, and training, the Avengers finally accepted your application to join. That was five years ago now, and you’d met your husband through it.

When you first met, Clint seemed to be your biggest supporter. The others were a little worried that your powers were a little too dangerous, but he was the one that reminded them that Wanda was ten times more dangerous than you. Not to mention, no one on the team could heal and that would come in handy more often than not. He was practically your cheerleader and it made you feel warm and welcome.

At first, he started out training you nearly all the time, and it was only until Natasha made a point to tease him about spending a little too much time with the new recruit, did you realize he had a crush on you. The feeling was more than mutual. His easy going, humorous nature made you feel relaxed on missions. Steve could be uptight, with a good reason. Bucky was always on edge. Tony was sometimes too intense. But Clint… well he just made you feel relaxed and in the zone while you worked.

“Oh, I’m so glad to hear that,” Charles responded. “And the rest of the team?”

“Crazy as ever,” you informed with a laugh.

He returned the chuckle. “Well that’s so good to hear, my dear. Listen, I was wondering if you would be up for teaching.”

“Teaching?” you asked. “Teaching a class? At the school?”

“Yes. I’ve got a few students here for summer school, some that need a little more help and… well the most of the other teachers are wanting some vacation.”

“Naturally,” you said. Being an Avenger was a full time job, you couldn’t imagine the workload that came with being an X-Man and a teacher.

“Well I’d like to give some of them a few weeks off, but I thought you’d be a great fit. You have such control over your powers, and you’re a great example of what can happen when you learn to control them. I thought it’d be good for the kids.”

For a moment you were stunned. Professor thought you were good enough to teach for his students? Wow.

“This is such an honor. Um, let me just talk to Clint about it and I’ll call you back. Give me just a few hours.”

“Take your time. I won’t need you until next week,should you decide to accept. I can’t wait to hear from you.”

“Thank you, Professor.”

“Any time. Bye for now.”

“Bye.”

With that, you stood in the living room of your country abode, the phone resting against your chin as you thought. Clint had just come in from outside, doing some yard work.

“Hey, everything okay?” he asked as he walked up to you, clad in dirty jeans and white t-shirt. Even a dirty mess he was still the most handsome man you’d ever met. It was a good thing you finally asked him out all those years ago.

“Yeah. Uh… Professor X just called.”

“Oh? That’s cool. What’d he want?”

“He wants me to teach a summer course.”

“Teach? Like… work with the kids?”

“Yeah. Crazy, right? Me teaching someone.”

“I’ve heard crazier,” he teased before walking into the kitchen to grab some juice. “So? You gonna do it?”

“I’m not sure. What do you think?”

“It’s up to you,” he answered as he walked back in with a glass full of cold liquid. “Do you want to teach?”

“I mean, I’m not sure I’d be any good. I’ve never had problems controlling my powers.”

“Doesn’t mean you can’t tell them how you do it,” he offered.

“That’s true.”

“Would you have to stay there?” he inquired.

“At the mansion?” You shook your head and shrugged. “I wouldn’t think so. They’re only an hour away. I could commute.”

“Well if you feel like you’re up to it,” he insinuated as he leaned against the beam of the built in bookcase.

“I think I’d like to at least try. He wants to give some of the teachers a vacation.”

“That’d be nice.”

“What about the team?” you wondered. “Are they going to be okay with me taking off for a few weeks?”

He put down the glass and walked over to you, putting his arms around your waist. “They’ll be fine. You know them. If it’s too big, we’ll call you.”

You screwed your mouth to the side in contemplation. “Alright. I think I’ll take it.”

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Two weeks into your summer course and things were looking great. It was amazing to catch up with Charles, Hank, Jean, Scott, and Logan. All the people you remembered that helped keep you safe. Storm helped you come up with a loose curriculum for the kids and so far they seemed to really like your class - if you could call it that.

One sweltering summer day, you decided to have the kids go outside and work on their powers. You gave them each an objective and had them work on it while you observed and only assisted if they needed it.

Inside the mansion, however, some students that weren’t in your class were gossiping about you.

Jenny, a young mutant, was talking to Bradley in the hall. “I hear she can paralyze people,” she whispered as she stared at you on the lawn.

“Not only that but she can make them blind too!” he responded.

“Children,” Charles’s calm, authoritative voice sounded behind them, making them jump and spin. Their eyes landed on the professor and his old friend, Erik Lehnsherr, nowadays better known as Magneto. He was by visiting Charles and the school briefly when they encountered the snooping children.

“Professor!” they cried in unison, guilt and shame coloring their faces.

“Just what do you think you’re up to?” he inquired.

“We’re just watching Mrs. Barton teach her class,” Jenny sheepily informed.

“I see, and gossiping as well?” he wondered, with a gleam in his eye.

Both of their gazes dropped to the floor.

“If you want to know the truth about Y/N, I can tell you. So the two of you aren’t spreading silly rumors over the school.”

Their eyes lit up as their faces shot up to look at them. They nodded vigorously, as if he just offered them a lifetime supply of candy.

“You see, Mrs. Barton has some very unique abilities. She can clone herself, which comes in handy on the missions she faces as an Avenger. This is because she can heal people, so when she clones herself, she can heal all of her teammates at once. Meaning they can still fight the good fight. I found her when she was just a young girl,” he remarked, the tone of memory washing over his voice.

“And what of the blindness, Charles? Is that true as well?” Magneto inquired.

Charles sighed and nodded. “Yes, Erik. She does have the ability to block one’s senses. One touch from her and a person can no longer hear, see, smell, touch, taste, or move. But it’s only while she has a hold of them, and it’s not permanent.”

“I see,” he mused, staring at you through the window as you walked up and down the line of children, instructing them. “How marvelous.”

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Only a week later, you were at home on a Saturday, about to get started on dinner for you and Clint when a knock came at the door.

“I got it!” Clint called as he jogged through the house to the front door. Being back in the kitchen, you could hear him talking to someone but couldn’t make anything out.

After a few minutes, Clint came into the kitchen where you were cutting vegetables from your own garden.

“Hey, a guy’s here. Say’s he’s a friend of Xavier’s. He wants to talk to you?” he informed, sounding confused.

With a curious look, you put down the knife and wiped your hands on a towel then the two of you met the man in your living room. He was older, probably around Professor X’s age, with light gray hair and a long coat and dress pants.

“Please, have a seat,” you offered, still very unaware of what was going on. You and Clint sat on the sofa across from him.

“You don’t remember me, do you?” the man asked suddenly.

You shook your head and frowned. “Uh, no. I’m sorry I don’t. Should I?”

“Possibly not. My name is Erik Lehnsherr. Today I typically go by Magneto.”

At those words, your eyes went wide. You’d heard of him. And what you’d heard wasn’t particularly positive, other than being Professor X’s old friend.  

“I’ve heard you have some very special gifts, is that true?” he wondered and all you could do was slowly nod. “Tell me, have you ever felt… scared?” he inquired curiously.

You remained silent as images of those awful scientists flickered in your head. Your slight flinch at his question gave him all the answer he needed.

“Or have you ever felt in fear for your life, due to your mutation?”

Again, you remained quiet, not giving him any sort of answer, for fear he might use it against you.

“I think you have,” he concluded, eyeing you. “How do you feel about humans?”

“Humans?” you questioned, unable to resist, because his question made no sense to you.

“Non-mutants,” he clarified with a head nod.

“They’re wonderful people. I work with humans all the time, and I enjoy it.” You gently shrugged.

He scoffed softly as he stared at you as if you were merely a child, trying to understand a mature idea far beyond your comprehension.

“Wonderful people? You do realize you’re talking about the same people who persecute our kind, correct?”

“And you’re talking about the same people I work with every day, people who have my back no matter what, including my husband.”

“My god, you married one?” he asked as he eyed Clint to your left, disgust painted on his features.

“Yes, and it’s a happy one,” you evenly shot back, staring him down.

“Happy? You think him holding you back, making you complacent is happiness?”

“I think working with brave, kind, heartfelt people is happiness. I think being with a non-mutant who accepts me as I am is happiness. I’m sorry to say it seems you haven’t found that.”

“How can you possibly stomach being around humans?”

“Why do you say that as if I have some special reason to not like them?” you asked curiously, slightly agitated.

“Your parents were killed by humans!” he erupted, his form practically shaking from rage as he leaned forward.

“That’s not true!” you nearly shouted back at him, your own emotions stirring inside you as the memory of your parents rushed to surface. The mangled car, the blood, the newspapers, the double funeral. It was amazing you could even remember all of it, seeing as you were only five. A terrible age to lose your parents. Old enough to remember them to miss them like there was no tomorrow, but young enough to only have a handful of memories to keep close to your heart.

“They died in a car wreck. That wasn’t the work of humans.”

His face suddenly morphed from pure anger to understanding and thoughtful as he leaned slightly back. “Is that what they told you?” he asked calmly, eyeing you.

Your jaw set as you tried to keep tears at bay, not making any form of an answer.

“My dear, your parents were lab rats. Dying at the hands of those beasts that called themselves scientists. They killed them and didn’t shed a tear, or blink an eye.”

Rage boiled inside you. Lies. This was all lies.

“And how the hell would you know?” you questioned, teeth clenched, fists tightening, your nails digging into your palms.

“Because…” he simply said, “I was there.”

You shook your head vigorously, the tears no longer held captive. “No, no, that’s a lie. You couldn’t have been there. It was a car wreck,” you insisted.

“No. They were victims of experiments and experimentation at the secret lab ran by the United States military. They were captured, held in an underground lab in upstate New Jersey, and used for nothing but research over, and over, and over again, until they couldn’t take it any longer.”

“And how do you know all this? Were you a prisoner there too, hmm?” you pressed, the venom in your voice not concealed.

He seemed to take a second to answer. “Ah, no. I was there with other mutants to free your parents and other imprisoned mutants. Unfortunately for your parents, I was too late. I got there just after their death.”

Your eyes cast down to the floor. How could this be? How could your parents have been held captive? How could they stage the accident? How could they have been killed and have  it be covered up?

In a quiet voice, you asked, “What did you do to the scientists?”

“I gave them the same fate they gave your parents. My assumption is after the military came to clean up the mess, they had to do something with the deceased. I suppose they thought a car accident for the mutants was appropriate, and said the scientists died in a common lab experiment gone wrong.”

What were you supposed to think now? You being captured was one thing, but you got away. You escaped. You were freed thanks to Xavier. But your parents… they weren’t so lucky. They… they died because of their mutation.

White hot rage flamed through your veins as you tried to hold back the tears of hate.

“So now you see, my dear, that’s what your precious humans are capable of. War, destruction, hate, malice, murder. All as they see fit, not a care in the world. Mutants aren’t equals in a humans eyes. They are something to study, something to inquire about, something to turn into a science project. To them, we are no better than a dead frog on a slab to poke around in for mere entertainment.”

“Stop. Stop it!” you begged, the fight against the tears losing. Clint reached over and grabbed your hand as he rubbed your back soothingly, not saying anything.

“Why? Because it’s the cold truth. It isn’t one we want to face, but we must, for the survival of our kind.”

“No… I refuse to believe that. My parents fate was unfortunate but it doesn’t represent every mutants life or experience.”

“Really? Is that so? Is that why you live far out in the country? Far out where no one can find you? Isn’t that why you hate the media seeing you use your powers?”

“Hey, man, lay off,” Clint suddenly interrupted. “I don’t appreciate you coming into our house and opening up old wounds and making her scared and paranoid about something she’s never had to fear in her life before.”

You turned to him and slightly shook your head. “No, it’s okay. Let him talk. I want to hear what he possibly has to say.” You turned back to face Magneto. “In any manner, that’s not fair, our job is extremely dangerous.”

“Oh, I don’t know. Mr. Stark seems to live in the central of the most populated city in the United States. Your friend Captain Rogers doesn’t seem to be hidden out on a farm. It seems the only people on your team that have to hide are you and Dr. Banner, who, last I checked, has an off brand of a mutation.”

You turned your head, trying to hide the pain he was inflicting. The truth in his words stinging.

“My child, we could put a stop to all of this heartache, the trauma that humans cause. Join me, join my cause. Mutants that join me, we can put an end to it all.”

“You mean an end to humans.”

“I mean an end to our persecution. Believe me when I say it’s either us or them.”

After a moment, you finally stopped crying and you looked at him and squared your shoulders. “No. I won't join you.”

“And why not?” he demanded.

“Because I’m not like you. I hate what happened to my parents, but killing other humans won’t bring them back. Killing innocent people or stopping them, or whatever you plan on doing will only ignite this war between the humans and mutants.”

With disdain, he spat, “You sound just like him. You sound just like Charles. You’re both naive and prideful.”

“It isn’t naivety, and it isn’t pride. It’s truth. If we never trust them, how can we expect their trust in return? We have to have hope.”

A look of cold darkness entered his eyes before he stood up. “Hope doesn’t save lives, Mrs. Barton. Action does. You and Charles, and all you other mutants are going to die because you’re too weak to see the truth.”

“Magneto, I don’t share your vision. I don’t think humans are bad. I’ve met bad mutants, and I’ve met good humans. A mutation doesn’t make someone special, or good, or kind, or worthy of life. A good heart does. Compassion does. I love humans. I married a human. I work with them all the time, and I will never, ever change that.”

“Well then,” he stated, “if you’re not with me, you’re against me. Please remember that for the future. I’ll show myself out.”

He swiftly turned and left out of the living room, making you release the breath you’d been holding before Clint raced to the door and dead bolted it behind the man.

You laughed humorlessly. “A deadbolt won’t keep a man out who can control metal, babe.”

“Hey, it’s something,” he tried before walking back over to you and sitting in front of you on the coffee table. “Are you okay?”

You shook your head before a new wave of fresh tears hit, making Clint take you in his arms.

“I’m so sorry you had to find out about them that way,” he offered as he held you.

When you were all cried out, you pulled away from him and looked at him.

“So… you aren’t going to reconsider his offer, right?”

You frowned at your husband. “Are you nuts? Of course not.”

“I’m just asking,” he said gently, grabbing your hand, lacing your fingers with his before he scooted over to the couch. “Because no one would blame you if you felt some bitterness towards someone. I mean what happened to your parents was awful.”

You nodded gently. “Yeah, it was. And those people paid for it, and that’s where it stops.”

“I was sort of worried you’d…”

“Join him?”

He shrugged meekly.

You shook your head. “Never. No. I’m not like that.”

“I know, but I--”

“But nothing,” you assured with a soft kiss. “I’m not going anywhere.”

“Then we need to tell the others about his little visit,” he said.

“Why? He’s harmless,” you said as you got up to finish dinner.

“Well I’m not taking the chance. The team needs to know and we gotta keep you safe.”

“Clint…” you started, sighing before he wrapped his arms around you from behind and kissed your hair.

“Just let me do this, please? For peace of mind?”

“Alright.”

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Two more weeks had gone by without a peep from Magneto or his team. You went on working your summer course and it had now ended, just a few days before July 4th weekend. With no threat in sight, and the course ending, you decided to throw a huge bash. You and Clint had put in a nice pool the summer before, but never held a party. Now was your chance.

The veggie and fruit plate were all made, the cracker plate had been sat out, the burgers and hot dogs were ready to go on the grill. Drinks were chilling in ice in the oversized cooler Clint had made. Decorations and banners had been pinned up the day before. Everything was all set and guests had been arriving.

You invited pretty much all of the Xavier mansion, and of course the team met up. All of them were aware of the whole “Magneto Trying to Recruit You” business, making them alert and keen while they were here.

Everyone was getting along, mingling, but after twenty minutes, Tony had started to pressure you for food.

“Y/N, I thought you were going to feed us,” he teased as he walked up to you at the pool.

“Yeah,” Sam chimed in. “I was promised some gnarly food, now where’s it at?” he asked with a smile.

“Ugh, let me find Clint and see what’s taking so long to get him to start the grill,” you noted before excusing yourself. You searched all over for him inside, calling for him.

“Everything okay?” Nat asked, standing in a bright red bikini as she stood munching on the red, white, and blue trail mix you’d made up.

“I can’t find Clint,” you informed.

“That’s not a surprise. He’s like a cat, as soon as there’s a huge party, he hides under the bed,” she joked with a coy smile.

You returned one half-heartedly.

“Hey, what’s up?” she wondered.

You let out a huge breath as you leaned against the counter. “It’s all of this Magneto business. It’s had Clint up late at night. He checks every lock and bolt three times at least, he hardly sleeps. He wakes up constantly to check the house. It breaks my heart because I know he’s suffering through this because of me.”

“That’s just who he is. He’ll practically die to save the ones he loves,” she commented without thought and sorrow filled your chest and painted your expression. When you didn’t say anything, Nat looked up at you, apologizing immediately. “Oh, Y/N, I didn’t mean it like that!”

You waved her off. “No, it’s okay. It’s one of the reasons I love him, I just wish there was a way to get him to not worry so much about me.”

“Yeah I doubt that’ll happen any time soon.”

You nodded in agreement. “Well I’m gonna check upstairs,” you informed. “Thanks for the talk.” You squeezed her shoulder and walked upstairs, checking every room, until you reached your bedroom. You stood with your hands on your hips, wondering just where your husband could be. Next step would be to check the barn to see if for some odd reason he went out there. But before you could make the full decision to go there, you heard footsteps above you -- on the roof.

A frown etched on your face as you walked out of the room, down the stairs, and out the front door. Putting a hand over your eyes to shield you from the sun high in the sky, you looked up at the two story country home. At first you didn’t see anything, but a few seconds later you saw your husband come over the other side of the roof.

He was crouched, walking stealthily, his bow in hand as his eyes scanned his surroundings.

“Clint? Why are you on the roof? We have guests over!” you called up to him. “What the hell are you doing?”

He looked down at you and gave a wave. “Hey, hun! I heard a noise.”

“A noise?” you asked. “What the hell kind of noise would bring you to the roof?”

“I don’t know, but I intend on finding out,” he called back down.

“This is insane! Get down right now! I think Sam and Tony are going to start eating the side of the house if you don’t make the burgers!” you shouted up at him.

“In a minute. I gotta make sure no one’s up here.”

“What the hell, why would anyone be up there?”

He finally stood all the way up and looked down at you with a disappointed face. “Come on, Y/N, we both know why I’m up here.”

You looked down and sighed, heaving your shoulders. “Do you really think they’d be on the roof?” you asked, worry settling into your stomach.

“Don’t know,” he answered before crouching again. He was just about to step over one of the gabled dormers when a huge black bird flew at him, making him duck quickly.

A playful laugh bubbled out of you, quickly realizing that was the noise he’d been hearing on the roof. “I think I found the spy,” you teased, calling up. “Didn’t know you were worried about birds that much, Hawkeye.” You winked at him and he narrowed his gaze at you and nodded mockingly.

“Ha-ha. I would think you’d be thanking me for making sure people aren’t here to kill you,” he remarked.

You  flock of large black birds suddenly fluttered up around him. With an outcry, he lost his footing, his arms flailing before he fell backwards off the roof.

“Clint!” you screamed, running to meet where he might land, hoping you could break the fall, but you were just a little too slow.

He landed with a hard thud, screaming when he hit.

“Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.” You ran and kneeled beside him. “Are you okay?” you asked, looking him over.

“I think I broke my arm,” he informed as he held it up, showcasing that it was bent at an odd angle. Without hesitating you put your hand on his arm and began healing him, concentrating extra hard, and within just a few moments he was good as new.

“Man am I lucky I have you,” he noted with adoration soaking his tone, making you blush.

“You’re just now realizing this?” you teased.

“Hey, I nearly just died trying to save you,” he shot back playfully with a grin.

Nodding slowly, you agreed. “Yes…. yes you saved me from a murderous flock of birds,” you joked with a laugh you tried to hold back. “So brave,” you teased.

Within the blink of an eye, he grabbed you by the arms and whirled maneuvered you over his lap, then underneath him, lying in the grass as he hovered above you. He gazed into your eyes with a loving spark swimming in his eyes.

“When are you going to stop being so paranoid?” you asked lightly.

“When I stop worrying about you,” he answered as he slowly lowered his face closer to yours

“And just when will that be?” you wondered with a tiny smile.

“When birds stop scaring the shit out of me,” he informed with a thoughtful nod of the head. After a moment, he got serious though. “Never,” he eventually breathed, his lips just grazing yours for a moment before giving you an earnest kiss.

Neither of you noticed that someone had come around the corner of the house though. To your dismay and embarrassment, it was Tony.

“Found ‘em! They’re neglecting us to swap spit on the yard. Okay you two, do I have to run the hose on you?” he asked sternly before you and Clint slowly broke apart.

“Keep your shirt on, Stark, I’m getting the grill going right now,” Clint informed as he stood up, dusted himself off, and helped you up.

Tony gave you too a coy look and said, “I don’t think I’m the one that needs to be told to keep my clothes on. Chop chop, we’re getting ravenous.”

At that, the two of you went through the farmhouse, grabbed the food, and went out to the grill where Clint got the fire going and began grilling up a storm. While he stood there with a cold beer in hand as Thor, Sam, and Steve surrounded him, and you stood with Wanda, Nat, and Vis, you couldn’t help but stare in amazement.

That brave, loving, selfless, kind, sweet, goofy man was your husband, always looking out for you, always supporting you. So long as you two had each other, there wasn’t anything you two couldn’t conquer -- whether it was birds or a hell bent mutant leader -- you’d be okay.

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Hey Mom and Dad, I got an esports scholarship!

Video games aren’t just a drag on a kid’s study habits. Sometimes they can lead to college scholarships if your kid happens to be an esports star.

Tournament organizer High School Esports League (HSEL) has teamed up with the charitable organization Varsity Esports Foundation (VESF) to provide financial aid and opportunities for under-resourced students across the country.

HSEL is one of several competitive video game companies (rivals include PlayVS and All-Star Esports League) that is bringing esports to high schools. It has partnered with 2,100 schools and has 60,000 participating students.

Ever since a 16-year-old won $3 million in the Fortnite World Cup in July, high school students have been thinking about their chances to win esports glory. HSEL preserves the amateur status of high school students by awarding them scholarships that they can use in college. And that means esports is becoming a viable career for some young adults, albeit a fraction of those who play video games.

I spoke with Mason Mullenioux, CEO of High School Esports League, and Bubba Gaeddert, executive director of Varsity Esports Foundation. While some parents might think esports isn’t right for high schools, they say they have seen overwhelming support. And high school might be just the right way to teach kids about participating in sports the right way, without toxicity or bullying.

Here’s an edited transcript of our interview.

Above: High School Esports League founders (left to right): Charles Reilly, Mason Mullenioux, and Aaron Hawkey.

Image Credit: HSEL

GamesBeat: High school esports is a big thing this year. I’ve talked to some of the other folks in the space like PlayVS and the All Star Esports League guy. Can you tell me how you got started?

Mason Mullenioux: We started in 2012 with some different projects. It was kind of out of necessity. You had the recession in the late 2000s. We wanted something that involved gaming and that was a way to give back to the gaming community that helped us through high school. That’s how the idea came about. We started running tournaments for a few years, just for fun, everything out of pocket. It got so big that we had to decide—okay, this is something real. Let’s turn it into something structured.

We started building out the tech platform so people could get involved and manage their clubs, provide some oversight and some structure there. We built new rulesets and guidelines and bylaws and all that stuff. We did that about two, two and a half years ago. We launched what we call our partnership program, where we’re directly partnering with schools. That means there’s a teacher there and the administration has given approval for the club to participate in the league. They use the logo, the colors, the name.

Our first season, we had about 160 schools signed up for the partner program. We’re up to about 2,200 now in the latest. The way our seasons work, we follow the semesters. Our big ones are fall and spring. It’s an eight-week season. Thinking of it like traditional sports, there’s a regular season and then playoffs leading to the finals. It’s school versus school. They pay a small fee to participate in the seasons. They can pay for a year, or we offer multi-year deals now as well.

We do things in the off-season as well. In winter and summer we run some smaller events that are more open. They don’t have to be involved with the school. It’s a more competitive, club-type traveling team, if you will. Altogether, we’ve served about 60,000 students on the platform right now.

GamesBeat: Does that mean you have 60,000 players in the leagues, or is that something different?

Mullenioux: They have other things that they’re doing. Sometimes in the fall they’re playing football or other extracurriculars. Same thing with spring. It’s split up. This fall season we have about 12,000 active participants.

GamesBeat: Which games are you focused on?

Mullenioux: We have all the big ones, except for League of Legends, because they wanted to do their own thing. We have Overwatch, Rocket League, Fortnite, CS: GO, Rainbow Six. We just added some sports titles this year for the first time. We have NBA2K and Madden. We’re trying to diversify and give everybody options to play the games they want to play.

GamesBeat: The teamup with Varsity Esports, does that mean there’s going to be scholarships involved? What does that mean?

Mullenioux: We’ve offered scholarships in the past. We don’t ever do straight cash prizing. It’s always scholarship-based. There’s a couple of reasons for that. It’s to promote higher education, but then there’s also—if the NCAA or other governing bodies decide amateurism is a thing they want to enforce in the college space, we don’t want to disqualify anyone from competing at that level. But with this partnership, now the foundation will hold and receive and distribute all scholarships through HSEL.

GamesBeat: Is that what the Varsity group already does for everyone else?

Bubba Gaeddert: That’s what we do now, yes.

Above: Bubba Gaeddert is the head of Varsity Esports Foundation.

Image Credit: VESF

GamesBeat: What sparked your interest in esports? How did that develop?

Gaeddert: For the group, we’re a foundation created to support those students with a pipeline for them to be able to succeed through esports beyond high school, and beyond college, potentially. We chose to partner with HSEL because they’re the largest and the longest-running competitive gaming organization for high schools. There are other organizations out there, but the integrity and the values for HSEL are above and beyond everyone else when it comes to curriculum and scholarships. The other leagues may be more expensive, or cheaper or free, but HSEL has the right package. We were happy to partner.

GamesBeat: Where is the HSEL on charging students to participate? Do they pay some kind of entry fee?

Mullenioux: If you’re paying for one seat, it’s $37. But that price can go down significantly if your club is a lot bigger. The bigger the club, the cheaper the cost to participate. That’s to encourage club growth and the communities there in schools. It’s significantly cheaper than anyone else.

GamesBeat: I don’t recall whether the other leagues had this kind of scholarship designation for prizing. It didn’t really come up when I talked to them before, the distinction between cash and scholarship.

Mullenioux: Yeah, I don’t know. HSEL so far has helped facilitate around $20 million in scholarships now since our inception. That’ll grow as the college base grows, and with this foundation. The foundation isn’t just limited to HSEL. They’re planning to offer a lot of other scholarships, merit-based scholarships and things like that, outside of just winning HSEL seasons. That was another reason we wanted to partner with them. They were providing incentives for value to our students.

GamesBeat: As far as how the schools are embracing esports, have you noticed changes on that front? Did you face opposition early on?

Mullenioux: Early on, it was more prevalent than it is now. Mainly based around the shooter, as you can imagine. But the argument, or really the selling point, is that they’re going to play this at home anyway. Why not have it in a structured environment at school with adults there for supervision, teaching sportsmanship and how toxicity affects everyone? It’s not just you. There are a lot of life lessons you can learn in that arena there at school. They’re interested in these games anyway, possibly above anything else, so if you can use it as a tool—if you don’t you’re just going to be left behind. It’s an easy selling point. We can usually see the lightbulb switch on when we explain it that way.

Other than that, we don’t force anybody to be affiliated with any game. If they don’t want to be involved with the shooter games, they don’t have to. They can pick and choose whatever they want to offer.

Above: High School Esports League players

Image Credit: HSEL

Gaeddert: That’s where the foundation comes in as well. We’re taking hold of that soft-skills side of the esports industry. We want to support schools and the industry as a whole, whether it be businesses or teams or professionals or colleges, in the sense of all those things Mason mentioned beyond the classroom. We do see, especially with the curriculum that we’ve created in partnership with teachers and a principal–this is a 150-page free curriculum that schools can use as an elective. It’s called “Gaming Concepts.” The benefit around that is we’ve seen an increase in GPA of 1.7, I believe, and about a 10 percent increase in attendance for these students.

Beyond just having gaming in your school, that team participation, just like any sport, provides the ability for kids to realize, “I need to do well in school. I need to get good grades. I need to eat right exercise like I would with any sport so I can be on the team and play.” The by-product of that is that these students are eating at home with their families and playing games with their friends. They’re socializing. It covers every base and every demographic of kids in school, too. It’s not just male or female. It’s coed, and it hits every subset, every clique of kids.

GamesBeat: As the Varsity group, are you guys okay with any type of game, or do you limit that in some ways, like with mature-rated games?

Gaeddert: There are limitations around certain games. The games HSEL provides are the best fit, as well as—the benefit here we have is we actually have data, an Oxford study about the linking of video games to violence that simply doesn’t find anything there. Part of what we do is literacy around esports and gaming. The foundation wants to help teachers, parents, and administrators understand beyond just what they see on the surface of kids playing video games. There’s a positive impact.

Beyond that skill set we’re teaching, kids can go to college on the scholarships we provide. They can potentially go on to careers in the tech industry or anywhere else because of the opportunities they had in high school.

GamesBeat: I went to an esports conference recently and came across some brands there that said they didn’t want to back any games featuring red blood. Green, blue, black blood, that’s okay, but apparently red blood is one of those lines they don’t want to cross. It sounds like you don’t have as much of that distinction.

Mullenioux: No. It’s kind of also a statement. Our main core value is that as much opportunity as we can provide to students, we will. Removing a game like that when there are professional opportunities and scholarships there, it doesn’t serve our mission or our core values. And like Bubba said, we don’t believe that there’s link there. In fact we believe the opposite, that it reduces aggression. So it’s a statement. We’re supporting the esports industry as a whole, but overall and more important, we’re supporting students.

Gaeddert: To add to that, the subset of kids who struggle with loneliness, with feelings of not belonging, they now have something that they can belong to. They don’t need to be physically able to dribble a basketball or tackle somebody. They can be physically able to do what they like to do on a daily basis and use technology. That subset of kids now has the ability to partner up and have social interactions around a team aspect. That’s really beneficial. That’s our passion. Our passion’s not anything else but that right there.

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Number of Episodes: 10 Running time: Approximately 55mins per episode

Season 3 mainly follows the battle at Kings Landing and centres around the war of the five Kings. All four Kings in Westeros believe they can claim the Iron Throne. Adding in Robb Stark seeking vengeance for his father’s death.

Throughout this third season we really do get some fantastic character development from start to finish. That is something I am really appreciating more with this re-watch than I probably did the first time round. I think watching them again but all in a row makes you remember everything about the characters. Having to wait for that year or eighteen months in between you forget to just how good it really is.

The Night’s Watch who were attacked by the White Walkers at the end of season 2 are now spread all over the place and attempting to get back to the Wall. Jon Snow is taken before Rayder who is the King beyond the Wall and pledges his loyalty to the Wildlings. Mainly to survive but might he just have a thing for one of them?

Sansa is still living the greatest nightmare from all of the characters being trapped at King’s Landing. Daenerys is slowing building up her army and seems to be very much out-of-the-way and not really thought about by the rest of the kingdoms, along with her dragons!

One of the best storylines throughout this season has to be the relationship built up between Brienne and Jamie Lannister as she is escorting him back to King’s Landing. I find that friendship really shows that you never know when you might just relate to someone who you never felt possible at all.

Arya Stark is easily one of my favourite characters and her development from season to season is one of the best. She is growing up and managing to survive as she attempts to get back to her family members. In particular Robb and her mother! The worst thing is knowing how episode nine is going to go and I honestly forgot just how brutal that really was.

Theon is captured and brutally tortured by unknown people, the reality of that is not going to be pleasant at all. Even though I truly hated him in the first two seasons for easily turning, watching those scenes with him again are rather tough!

Another good character development is with Bran and the gift he seems to have when they meet twins Jolene and Meera they set off on a rather different quest. This sets everything up nicely in all honesty as this is when it begins to feel rather Lord of the Rings like, with the different groups in different areas fighting their own battles and we move swiftly between them throughout the ten episodes.

Ramsey Bolton is revealed and we have yet another horrific character to go along with King Joffrey! It really is tough to work out just who is the most evil between the pair. I think the shocking part in this season is Sansa being forced to marry Tyrion who did not want it either but he is very kind towards her. Considering he is deeply in love with someone else.

This season really does move at a great pace and it has some truly shocking moments which are not any easier to watch a second time around!

Game of Thrones (Season 3) Review Number of Episodes: 10 Running time: Approximately 55mins per episode Season 3 mainly follows the battle at Kings Landing and centres around the war of the five Kings.