#Helstom

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August 10, 2023

Happy 33 Birthday to Sydney Lemmon.

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Hulu can fuck off with their Helstom series. Satana and Daimon look bland af.

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“Marvel’s Haelstrom” Cast Revealed

Marvel and Hulu have announce the cast list for Marvel’s Helstrom, a live-action series that follows Daimon and Ana Helstrom, the kids of a powerful serial killer. They have decided to track down the worst of humanity.

The series will star Tom Austin, Sydney Lemmon, Elizabeth Marvel, Robert Wisdom, June Carryl, Ariana Guerra, and Alain Uy.

Tom Austen will portray Daimon Helstom. Daimon is an ethics professor and an exorcist whose main goal is to help those closest to him.

Sydney Lemmon will portray Ana Helstrom. Ana runs an auction house and also hunts down those who hurt others. She was traumatized by her father as a child and tries to rid the world of others like him while also fearing his return.

Elizabeth Marvel will portray Victoria Helstom. Victoria hopes to repair her relationship with her kids following being institutionalized for 20 years. 

Robert Wisdom will portray Caretaker. Caretaker is a guardian of knowledge of the occult who uses his knowledge to help keep demonic forces at bay.

June Carryl will portray Dr. Louise Hastings. Dr. Hastings is a psychologist and the head of the psychiatric hospital where Victoria is monitored who has watched over the Helstrom family for years.

Ariana Guerra will portray Gabriella Rosetti. Rosetti is from the Vatican and is trying to help Daimon and Hastings uncover cases of demonic possession.

Alain Uy will portray Chris Yen. Yen is Ana’s business partner who takes care of the bulk of the auction house responsibilities. He is also Ana’s closest friends and assists with whatever she needs. 

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MLB AU - L.A. Chat Noire AU Part 1

Y'all know what'd be amazing? Chat Noir with a more L.A. Noire: Detective inspired sort of costume. Trench coat with pockets holding a plethora of inestigative supplies, fedora with earholes for his kitty ears, & his belt-tail used to keep his black trench closed.

He also has powers to hide himself inside shadows & silence his own movements.

Adrien with the stiffled talents & potential of, like, the second coming of Sherlock Holmes & batman & the only times he can show this off is when he's Chat Noir. His canon interest in physics becoming a part of his character.

Quirky, yet brilliant & often times, cheerful; sometimes brooding but always a gentleman.

He likes looking good, but feels that function is more important than form. Appreciates clothes that don't just do their job, but do it well & look good to boot. He can't live without pockets!

Adrien still loves Jagged & classic rock, but also has a soft spot for jazz as his mother used to always listen to it. (Plus, smooth jazz seemed to have a relaxing affect on him, even as a baby.)

Chat Noir tries to cooperate with the police as much as possible, but isn't above working figuring out the problem himself.

Always enjoyed tinkering with things, eventually leading to Adrien jury-rigging a small tv with a broken reception & visual to pick up on police radio on accident at a young age. He listens to it & uses what little info he's given to figure out cases. Later, he makes a radio of his own to send the police hints & he acquires the title of "L'informateur" or "The Informant."

The police try to figure out where he is, but little Adrien is too clever for them.

This was the start of his interest in Criminology.

Anyway, upon recieving his miraculous, he only slightly changes his name. Instead of Chat Noir, it's Chat Noire.

The main difference is that Adrien is far smarter than in canon & also has far more common sense. However, instead of being all passive about possible threats like Lila (his helstomism training helps him handle her & any other decievers out there), he's more so the type to lie in wait until the right moment.

He also has this uncanny ability to see utter assholes & deliver the most backhanded compliments while making it difficult for those who don't know him very well to even be able to tell if they're being insulted. (So, his dad is clueless when Adrikins calls him a deadbeat to his face, but Nathalie has to cover her choked laughter up with a cough. & is it just me or did the corners of G.'s mouth just ever so slightly twitch upwards?)

Another skill of Adrien's is the ability to misdirect/trick without having ever uttered a single falsehood, wording things in such a way that it causes the listeners to come to their own conclusions.

He doesn't do these sorts of things without having a damn good reason, though. He's a very genuine persone by nature after all.

Adrien chooses to play the saxophone for himself but also enjoys the violin & used to only plays piano because his dad makes him before realizing that not only can Jagged Stone play too, but there are a lot of piano jazz musicians. So, he figures if all of them can rock the ivory keys, then why can't he do the same?

He has this sort of underhanded slyness, but he only uses these powers for good. Specifically when his dad is being too suffocating with his studies. Like, it's because of his silver tongue & persuasiveness that he was able to learn different sign languages & take several self-defense classes. "Huh... Well, sorry for bothering you father. I just thought that learning sign would allow me to communicate with people more easily..." or "Oh well, I'd once heard that the best way to protect someone was to teach them to protect themselves & how much time will I really have to search for an appropriate replacement for a fencing foil if I get attacked randomly?" or "What if we run into a particularly rowdy bunch of fans like last week? Wouldn't it be useful to learn parkour & freerunning? Maybe even gymnastics? Just to escape of course." Ya know, put little seeds in his dad's head by making very good points that cause the old man to think? It may be manipulative, but it isn't lying.

However, he CANNOT sit still when someone is in clear danger. Even when he's sure he isn't needed or is told to wait he gets antsy & paces. He hates feeling useless, uninformed, or plain old unhelpful, especially when he could be saving lives.

In other words, he's got a huge hero complex & takes his job more seriously even though he also enjoys being Chat Noir almost, if not just as much as in canon.

Everytime he fails; is unable to save someone, is taken control of, one of his friends are taken over, or he sees LB get nearly killed, he stresses out & forces himself to improve by training, studying, whatever.