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kakusu-shipping · 1 year ago

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Emile Hides - He/She

Agender - Fray/Panromantic - Asexual - Polyam

24 years old

Autistic - OCD - Anxiety

Age Regressor - Permakid - Age Locked

Proship - Self Ship - Fudanshi

Art Tag: Emile’s Arts

Writing Tag: Emile’s Writing

Edit Tag: Emile's Edits

This is my Ship and Let Ship blog where I post about ships I like, Self Ship as loudly as possible, write X Readers curated to me and me alone, and ramble about my F/Os in the tags of other people’s posts.

Full F/O list under the cut (Very Long)

Romantic F/Os

Koro-Sensei - Assassination Classroom

Toshinori Yagi (All Might) - My Hero Academia

Nezu - My Hero Academia

Mashirao Ojiro + Neito Monoma + Hitoshi Shinso - My Hero Academia

Taishiro Toyomitsu (Fatgum) + Kendo Rappa - My Hero Academia

Atsuhiro Sako (Mr. Compress) + Jin Bubaigawa (Twice) - My Hero Academia

All For One - My Hero Academia

Makarov Dreyar - Fairy Tail

Toma E. Fiore + Mako - Fairy Tail

Jackpot - Fairy Tail/OC

Zanoba Shirone - Jobless Reincarnation

Leuvis - The Promised Neverland

Kyube - Madoka Magica

Ginko - Mushishi

Takashi Morinozuka - Ouran Highschool Host Club

Kometani Chushaku + Naruse Shisuto - Komi Can't Communicate

Masato Hanzawa - Sasaki and Miyano/Hirano and Kagiura

Gonzaburo Taishiro - Sasaki and Miyano/Hirano and Kagiura

Franky Franklin - Spy X Family

Riri - Romantic Killer

Junta Hayami - Romantic Killer

Harunobu Nikaidou - March comes in like a Lion

Otsu + Minegishi - Manly Appetites

Muta - The Cat Returns

Scorpia - She-Ra

Bismuth + Peridot + Lapis - Steven Universe

Eda Clawthorn + Raine Whispers - The Owl House

Hieronymus Bump - The Owl House

Good Billions + Bad Billions - Kipo and the age of the Wonderbeasts

Tad Mullholand - Kipo and the age of the Wonderbeasts

Ruby Gloom + Skull Boy - Ruby Gloom

The Snork - Moominvalley 2019

Lynn Angel + Nick Hoult - All Saints Street

Teddy - Bob's Burgers

Sisu - Raya and the Last Dragon

Zack Binspin - Moshi Monsters

Allhands - Drawga

Gyorik Rogdul + Grendan Highforge + Rosé - Drawtectives

James - Pokemon Anime

N - Pokemon Black/White

Lillie - Pokemon Sun/Moon

Molayne + Sophocles - Pokemon Sun/Moon

Guzma - Pokemon Masters

Milo + Gordie - Pokemon Sword/Shield

Jacq + Saguaro + Salvatore + Hassel - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Kieran + Drayton - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Hydreigon - Pokemon Black/White2

Chesnaught - Pokemon XY

Inteleon - Pokemon Sword/Shield

Armarouge (Charlos) - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Sirfetch'd - Pokemon Anime

Captain Pikachu - Pokemon Anime

Heracross - Monster Mind

Smeargle + Kecleon - Monster Mind

Mario + Luigi - Super Mario

C.Q. Cumber - Splatoon 2

Mr. Grizz - Splatoon 3

Jel La Fleur - Splatoon 3

Isabelle + Tom Nook + Redd + Brewster - Animal Crossing

Papyrus - Undertale

Vulkin - Undertale

Swatchlings - Deltarune

Viktor Humphries - Slime Rancher

Dick Gumshoe - Ace Attorney

Raymond Sheilds - Ace Attorney

Phineas Flilch - Ace Attorney

Hifumi Yamada + Celestia Ludenburgh - Danganronpa 1

Teruteru Hanamura - Danganronpa 2

Toko Fukawa + Genocide Jack - Danganronpa UDG

Ryoma Hoshi + Gonta Gokuhara - Danganronpa V3

Monokuma - Danganronpa series

Shirokuma - Danganronpa series

Kyle Klim (K) + Luna - Virtue's Last Reward

GTM-CM-G-OLM - Virtue's Last Reward

Kazuaki Nanaki + Hitori Uzune - Hatoful Boyfriend

The King - Hatoful Boyfriend

Zenyatta - Overwatch

Ramattra - Overwatch

B.O.B. + Bars - Overwatch

Maximillien - Overwatch

Lynx17 - Overwatch

Iggy - Overwatch

Toy Freddy + Funtime Freddy - Five Nights at Freddy's AU

Nightmare Fredbear - Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Sun - Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach

Leshy - Inscryption

Magnificus - Inscryption

Theodore DaCabe (The New Prince) - Chzo Mythos

Anna (The Huntress) - Dead by Daylight

Al-An - Subnautica Below Zero

Candyman - Lethal League

Gabocha - Suikoden 2

Richmond - Suikoden 2

Neclord - Suikoden 2

Luca Blight - Suikoden 2

Andras - Hell's Library

Jill Wolcott - Wayward Children

Reed + Leigh - Middlegame

Queerplatonics/Metamours

Aguri Yukimura - Assassination Classroom - Queerplatonic

Mei Hatsume - My Hero Academia - Queerplatonic

Reedus Jonah - Fairy Tail - Queerplatonic

Pantherlily - Fairy Tail - Queerplatonic

Peridot - Steven Universe - Queerplatonic

Nemona - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Queerplatonic

Raifort - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Queerplatonic

Bowser - Super Mario - Queerplatonic

Cobb - Animal Crossing - Queerplatonic

Genocider Syo (Genocide Jack/Jill) - Danganronpa UDG - Queerplatonic

Winston - Overwatch - Queerplatonic

Goobert - Inscryption - Queerplatonic

Neito Monoma + Hitoshi Shinso - My Hero Academia - Metamours

Naruse Shisuto - Komi Can't Communicate - Metamour

Minegishi - Manly Appetites - Metamour

Baron Humbert Gon Gikkingen - The Cat Returns - Metamour

Nick Hoult - All Saints Street - Metamour

Brassius - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Metamour

Princess Peach + Princess Daisy + Prince Peasely - Super Mario - Metamours

Shuu Iwamine - Hatoful Boyfriend - Metamour

Maugaloa Malosi - Overwatch - Friends with Benefits

Abra - Monster Mind - Friends with Benefits

Grovyle - Monster Mind - Friends with Benefits

Buizel - Monster Mind - Friends with Benefits

Rhydon - Monster Mind - Friends with Benefits

Sandslash - Monster Mind - Friends with Benefits

Lucario - Monster Mind - Friends with Benefits

Drayden - Pokemon Black/White - Trainer

Wilkstrom - Pokemon X/Y - Trainer

Salvatore - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Trainer

Shiintonic - Pokemon Anime - Partner

Stoutland (Rusty) - Pokemon Anime - Partner

Mincinno (Nezu) - Pokemon Sword/Shield - Partner

Armarouge (Charlos) - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Partner

Koraidon - Pokemon Scarlet - Partner

Ogerpon (Clementine) - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Partner

Weavile - Pokemon - Partner

Familials

Heatran + Entei - Pokemon - Parents

Marlo + Dora - Animal Crossing - Parents

Ginko + Adashino - Mushishi - Parents

Tony Mario - Mario Movie - Father

Mr. Grizz - Splatoon 3 - Father

William Afton - FNaF Series - Father

Ridley Wizen - Suikoden 2 - Father

Bumi - Avatar: The Last Airbender - Father

Frank Columbo - Columbo - Father

Opal - Pokemon Sword/Shield - Mother

Briar - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Mother

Beware - Pokemon Anime - Mother

Toriel - Undertale - Mother

Reaper Leviathan - Subnautica - Mother

Alder - Pokemon Black/White - Parental Figure

Toadsworth - Super Mario - Parental Figure

Mondatta - Overwatch - Parental Figure

Nezu - My Hero Academia - Parental Figure

Clavell - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Grandfather

Rizzo - Animal Crossing - Grandfather

Craig Cuttlefish - Splatoon - Grandfather

Kaoru Toudou - Baka and Test - Grandmother

Drayden - Pokemon Black/White - Uncle

Aang - Avatar: The Last Airbender - Uncle

Petri - Animal Crossing - Aunt

Elizabeth Afton - FNaF Series - Big Sister

Mitsuki Bakugo - My Hero Academia - Big Sister

Sekijiro Kan - My Hero Academia - Big Brother

Boris Wizen - Suikoden 2 - Big Brother

Micheal Afton - FNaF Series - Big Brother

Molayne - Pokemon Sun/Moon - Big Brother

Jelonzo - Splatoon - Big Brother

James Ratari - The Promised Neverland - Big Brother

Peter Ratari - The Promised Neverland - Little Brother

Victini - Pokemon Black/White - Little Brother

Arven - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Little Brother

Mirai Sasaki (Sir Nighteye) - My Hero Academia - Twin Brother

Kyoya Ootori - Ouran Highschool Host Club - Found Sibling

Cyrus - Pokemon Platinum - Found Sibling

Genji Shimada - Overwatch - Found Sibling

Ramattra - Overwatch - Found Sibling

Micheal Bleak - Wayward Children - Found Sibling

Mario + Luigi - Super Mario - Cousins

Ingo + Emmet - Pokemon Black/White - Cousins

Callie + Marie - Splatoon - Cousins

Sophocles - Pokemon Sun/Moon - Cousin

Samson - Animal Crossing - Cousin

Ira Blood - All Saints Street - Cousin

Cosmog (Nebby) - Pokemon Sun/Moon - Daughter

Amy Rose - Sonic Series - Daughter

Berdly - Deltarune - Daughter

Akito Sohma - Fruits Basket - Daughter

Julie - Jobless Reincarnation - Daughter

Jack + Jill Wolcott - Wayward Children - Daughters

Bede + Allister - Pokemon Sword/Shield - Sons

Pecharunt (Momotaro) - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet - Son

Rabbid Luigi (Louis) - Mario + Rabbids - Son

Espio - Sonic Series - Son

Neito Monoma - My Hero Academia - Son

Inasa Yoarashi - My Hero Academia - Son

Ichiban Natsuno - Mix; Meisei Story - Son

Black Hat - Villainous - Son

The Collector - The Owl House - Son

Hastur - The Baby in Yellow - Son

Sam - Trick R' Treat - Child

Luz + King + Hunter - Kids

Bowser Jr. + Koopalings - Super Mario - Kids

The Lab Kids - Animal Crossing - Kids

Boss Salmonids - Splatoon 3 - Kids

Warriors of Hope - Danganronpa UDG - Kids

The Monokubs - Danganronpa V3 - Kids

Rosalina - Super Mario - Niece

Sonic + Tails - Sonic Series - Nephews

Jelfonzo - Splatoon - Nephew

Katsuki Bakugo - My Hero Academia - Nephew

Snufkin - Moominvalley 2019 - Nephew

Laxus Dreyar - Fairy Tail - Grandson

505 - Villainous - Grandson

Zanoba Shirone - Jobless Reincarnation - Student

The Squidbeak Splatoon - Splatoon - Family

The Rising Volt Tacklers - Pokemon Horizons - Family

Wonderworld Inhabitants - Balan Wonderworld - Family

Danganronpa V3 Cast - Danganronpa UDG - Family

The Fairy Tail Guild - Fairy Tail - Family

Class 3-E - Assassination Classroom - Family

Fatfam - My Hero Academia - Family

League of Villains - My Hero Academia - Family

The Sohmas - Fruits Basket - Family

The Evil Slasher Orphanage - Various - Family

Besties

Toshimitsu Kubo - Baka and Test

Shoko Kirishima - Baka and Test

Irina Jelavic + Tadaomi Karasuma - Assassination Classroom

UA Teachers - My Hero Academia

Lucy's Celestial Spirits - Fairy Tail

Samuel - Fairy Tail

Yuuko Ichihara + Kimihiro Watanuki + Shizuka Domeki - XXXHolic

The Host Club - Ouran Highschool Host Club

Ritsu Sohma - Fruits Basket

Makoto Katai - Komi Can't Communicate

Miyano Yoshikazu + Sasaki Shuumei - Sasaki and Miyano

Hanazawa Masato - Sasaki and Miyano

Kuei - Avatar: The Last Airbender

Entrapta + Hordak - She-Ra

Grime + Sasha - Amphibia

Iris + Misery + Frank and Len - Ruby Gloom

The Joxter - Moominvalley

Flug Syls - Villainous

Jessie + Meowth + Wobbuffet - Pokemon Anime

Cheren + Bianca - Pokemon Black/White

Hau + Gladion - Pokemon Sun/Moon

Dendra + Miriam - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Team Star - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

The Leauge Club - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Grimer - Monster Mind

Elvin Gadd - Super Mario

Metal Mario + Gooigi - Super Mario AU

Doctor Mario + Mr. L - Super Mario AU

Pearl + Marina - Splatoon

Spyke - Splatoon

The Mad Scientist Team - Animal Crossing

Chara - Undertale

Kris - Deltarune

Chihiro Fujisaki + Kiyotaka Ishimaru + Mondo Owada - Danganronpa 1

Kazuichi Soda - Danganropa 2

Ultimate Imposter + Ryoma Mitarai - Danganronpa 3

Hiroko Hagakura + Yuta Asahina + Taichi Fujisaki - Danganronpa UDG

The Nightmare Animatronics - Five Nights at Freddy's 4

Bonbon - Five Nights at Freddy's; Sister Location

Moon - Five Nights at Freddy's; Security Breach

Helpi - Five Nights at Freddy's; Security Breach RUIN

Huggy Wuggy + Mommy Long Legs - Poppy Playtime

Jamison Fawks (Junkrat) + Mako Rutledge (Roadhog) - Overwatch

Younster Squad (All heroes in their early 20's) - Overwatch

Team Talon - Overwatch

Nina - Suikoden 2

Klaus Windmier + Sierra Mikain - Suikoden 2

Claire + Brevity + Hero + Ramiel - Hell's Library

Thankyou very much for Reading

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mizldrizl · 2 months ago

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FMI: List of K-Dramas I watched and enjoyed (in chronological order, as of Nov. 2024)

[Original Title | English Title | Air Date]

시그널 | Signal | Jan. 22, 2016

비밀의 숲 시즌 1 | Stranger S1 | Jun. 10, 2017

구해줘 시즌 1 | Save Me S1 | Aug. 5, 2017

매드독 | Mad Dog | Oct. 11, 2017

슬기로운 감빵생활 | Prison Playbook | Nov. 22, 2017

너도 인간이니? | Are You Human Too? | Jun. 4, 2018

라이프 온 마스 | Life on Mars | Jun. 9, 2018

손 the guest | The Guest | Sep. 12, 2018

킹덤 시즌 1 | Kingdom S1 | Jan. 25, 2019

타인은 지옥이다 | Strangers from Hell | Aug. 31, 2019

열혈사제 시즌 1 | The Fiery Priest S1 | Feb. 15, 2019

60일, 지정생존자 | Designated Survivor: 60 Days | Jul. 1, 2019

왓쳐 | Watcher | Jul. 6, 2019

나의 나라 | My Country: The New Age | Oct. 4, 2019

싸이코패스 다이어리 | Psychopath Diary | Nov. 20, 2019

스토브리그 | Hot Stove League | Dec. 13, 2019

킹덤 시즌 2 | Kingdom S2 | Mar. 13, 2020

365: 운명을 거스르는 1년 | 365: Repeat the Year | Mar. 23, 2020

더 킹: 영원의 군주 | The King: Eternal Monarch | Apr. 17, 2020

인간수업 | Extracurricular | Apr. 29, 2020

비밀의 숲 시즌 2 | Strager S2 | Aug. 15, 2020

스위트홈 시즌 1 | Sweet Home S1 | Dec. 18, 2020

괴물 | Beyond Evil | Feb. 19, 2021

다크홀 | Dark Hole | Apr. 30, 2021

악마판사 | The Devil Judge | Jul. 3, 2021

킹덤: 아신전 | Kingdom: Ashin of the North | Jul. 23, 2021

D.P. 시즌 1 | D.P. S1 | Aug. 27, 2021

배드 앤 크레이지 | Bad and Crazy | Dec. 17, 2021

악의 마음을 읽는 자들 | Through the Darkness | Jan. 14, 2022

그리드 | Grid | Feb. 16, 2022

아다마스 | Adamas | Jul. 27, 2022

조선변호사 | Joseon Attorney: A Morality | Mar. 31, 2023

사냥개들 시즌 1 | Bloodhounds S1 | Jun. 9, 2023

악귀 | Revenant | Jun. 23, 2023

오랫동안 당신을 기다렸습니다 | Longing for You | Jul. 26, 2023

D.P. 시즌 2 | D.P. S2 | Jul. 28, 2023

최악의 악 | The Worst of Evil | Sep. 27, 2023

악인전기 | Evilive | Oct. 14, 2023

비질란테 | Vigilante | Nov. 8, 2023

국민사형투표 | The Killing Vote | Nov. 16, 2023

재벌X형사 | Flex x Cop | Jan. 26, 2024

커넥션 | Connection | May 24. 2024

감사합니다 | The Auditors | Jul. 6, 2024

백설공주에게 죽음을 | Black Out | Aug. 16, 2024

좋거나 나쁜 동재 | Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard | Oct. 14, 2024

#K-Drama

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djscuffs · 1 year ago

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New Mix! Live at Cabana Pool Bar, Summer 2023. 2 hours of Dance, Pop, House, Baile Funk, Jersey Club, and more mixed by DJ SCUFFS. Featuring music from Doja Cat, Rihanna, Avicii, Jengi, Central Cee, and more!

Playlist

Barbatuques – Baianá – DJ Larry-T Remix Diplo, Charli Xcx, Herve Pagez – Spicy Jamelia – Superstar – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Nelly – Hot In Herre – Da Phonk vs Lules & Naken Remix Doja Cat – Woman Doja Cat – Woman ft. Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Dua Lipa, Missy Elliott (Remix) Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. – The Way I Are – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison – Bastian Bell Remix Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado – Give It To Me – Le Boeuf Remix ACRAZE – Do It To It FT Cherish Dillon Francis – Goodies Kanye West – Mercy – FOMO Remix Bruno Mars vs. Timmy Trumpet & Kastra – Uptown Funk (HMC 2019 Bootleg) Rihanna – Rude Boy (AANSE Remix) Jain – Makeba – Jerry Wallis Remix Shenseea & Megan Thee Stallion – Lick – Anthem Kingz Finer Things Edit Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) – Anthem Kingz Don’t Stop Moving Edit Jorja Smith – Little Things x Gypsy Woman (L BEATS MASHUP) David Guetta/Kid Cudi – Memories (feat. Kid Cudi) – 2021 Remix Avicii – Levels – RICHIE ROZEX Remix Daft Punk – One More Time – Lambue, Guztav & Siëma Remix Tag Team – Whoomp! There It Is – DJ Serg Remix LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem – Tony B & Vocalteknix Remix Eve ft. Gwen Stefani – Let Me Blow Ya Mind – Anthem Kingz Work My Body Edit Central Cee – Doja – Vunzige Deuntjes SoundSystem Remix LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It – Richastic Remix Barbatuques – Baianá – Rogerson Remix Jengi – Bel Mercy Rihanna – Rude Boy (Klean Remix) Nina Sky x CHAMOS – Move Ya Body Shenseea & Megan Thee Stallion – Lick – ETX Coolie Dance Riddim Edit Bob Sinclar ft. Big Ali – Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) – MIKIS & ZING Remix Richastic – The Roof Is On Fire – Tall Boys Clap Intro Don Omar ft. Lucenzo – Danza Kuduro – Kevin D & Sven & Rolf Remix Farruko – Pepas (Smoothies Baile Funk Remix) Pitbull – Give Me Everything (BeatBreaker ‘Barranquilla’ Banger) Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk FT BRUNO MARS (Club Breakerz x Medy Landia Mambo Edit) DJ Katch – Banga Black Eyed Peas – My Humps – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell – Blurred Lines – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – We Found Love – DSM League Remix Delirious & Alex K ft. Max-A-Million – Sexual Healing – Anthem Kingz Closer Edit Koffee – Toast (262 Remix) James Hype/Miggy Dela Rosa/Oliver Heldens – Ferrari – Oliver Heldens Remix Axwell Λ Ingrosso – More Than You Know (Extended Mix) Avicii – Levels – DJ Serg Remix Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam – Sico Vox Remix Tag Team – Whoomp! There It Is – Lincoln Baio Money Edit Salt-N-Pepa x Megan Thee Stallion – Push It Flamin Hottie (Jonney Miles Segue) City Girls – Twerkulator – MarkCutz Remix Megan Thee Stallion – Thot Shit – DJ Serg Sniper Move Shake Drop Edit Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World) – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music – Trayze Carnival Remix Taio Cruz – Dynamite – ZIGGY & Replay M Remix Flo Rida ft. Sesman – Low – Richastic Remix DJ Crell/Silez – Do it To it – Baile Funk Remix J Balvin & Skrillex – In Da Getto Barbatuques – Baianà – Jack Back Remix Steve Aoki Daddy Yankee Play-N-Skillz and Elvis Crespo – Azukita (CloudNine Intro Edit) Deorro – Bailar (Afro Bros Bootleg) Steve Aoki & Willy William ft. Sean Paul, El Alfa – Mambo Jengi – Bel Mercy – Richtanner Remix Wiley & Sean Paul & Stefflon Don feat. Idris Elba – Wale – Boasty (Grandtheft x Wuki Dub) Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music – Richastic Remix

#mix #cabana pool bar #toronto #dj scuffs #baile funk #house #dance #music #dj #rihanna #central cee #doja cat #SoundCloud

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ao3feed-brucewayne · 6 months ago

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The Lost Potter Sisters: HP x MCU.

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/bOC9iMF by Cryptidenthusiast420 Harry Potter wasn't Lily and James's first children. They had two daughters, Rose and Camellia Potter, who disappeared when they were 3 years old. After 30+ years of searching for their daughters, the families are reunited and are tasked to Watch the lives of their daughters. Words: 2381, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, DCU (Comics) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Ben Reilly, Kaine Parker, Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Tony Stark, Vision, Sam Wilson, T'Challa (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Harley Keener, Kate Bishop, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Mary Jane Watson, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Thanos (Marvel), Pietro Maximoff, Magneto, Charles Xavier, James "Bucky" Barnes, Billy Maximoff, Tommy Maximoff, Guardians of the Galaxy Team Members (Marvel), Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Harry Potter, James Potter, Ned Leeds, Lily Evans Potter, Albus Dumbledore Relationships: Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen/Mary Jane Watson, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Kate Bishop/Harley Keener, Wanda Maximoff/Original Male Character, Clint Barton/Laura Barton, Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, Jane Foster/Thor, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Female Tony Stark, Background Justice League, Background X-Men, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Harley Keener is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Past Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne - Freeform, Not Canon Compliant With Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Not Canon Compliant With Movie: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Not WandaVision (TV) Compliant, Not Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Movie) Compliant, Time Travel Fix-It, Civil War Team Captain America, Team as Family, Civil War Team Iron Man, No Team Bashing, Domestic Avengers, Not Thaddeus Ross Friendly read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/bOC9iMF

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the caped crusader #the dark knight #dcu #ao3 #ao3feed

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beardedmrbean · 2 years ago

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A poll published on Friday by farmer's union circular Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (siirryt toiseen palveluun) shows Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (Green) as leader in the outlet's presidential poll.

Out of nearly 1,000 respondents, 17.3 percent said they supported Haavisto to succeed Sauli Niinistö at the next election in 2024. After two terms in office, Niinistö is constitutionally barred from running again.

Following Haavisto was the Centre Party's Olli Rehn, current Governor of the Bank of Finland, and Mika Aaltola, Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

Compared to the previous MT presidential poll in early July, Rehn in particular has lost popularity. In the summer, Rehn received 20 percent of the vote, but now his support is just under 14 percent.

Aaltola, who has not declared any possible candidacy, has been in the public spotlight this year because of his foreign policy expertise, making many television and media appearances. Since the last MT poll this summer, his support has risen from five to eight percent.

Haavisto's support remained unchanged at 17 percent. The Green League MP has previously run for president in 2012 and 2018, losing out to Niinistö on both occasions.

An Yle poll from March showed a similar ranking to the MT poll from July.

A plurality of respondents, 28.8 percent, said that they could not say who they wanted to see as the next president. Other names rounding out the list were Jussi Halla-aho (Finns) at 5.8 percent and Alexander Stubb (NCP) at 4.5 percent.

The poll included 16 candidates from different parties who had received support in previous polls. Respondents were also asked to nominate the candidate of their choice. Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SPD) received the most mentions. Marin has previously announced that she will not run for president in 2024.

The presidential poll was conducted by Kantar TNS Agri between 2 and 7 December with 1,029 individuals responding to the survey. The margin of error is +- three percentage points.

Ex-Centre secretaries react to popularity crash

Ilta-Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun) covered doom and gloom within the Centre Party, as its support dipped to 9.0 percent in an Yle poll published on Thursday.

Former Centre Party secretaries Seppo Kääriäinen and Jarmo Korhonen gave their views on the situation to IS.

"There is always work to be done, there is always work to be done. The party leadership, the ministers and the parliamentary group will hopefully now stop [and think] in the face of reality," Kääriäinen told IS.

In the 2019 election, the Centre Party collapsed from being the party of the prime minister to the fourth most popular party, and since then its support has fallen below 10 percent.

The party is now polling behind the Green Party, nearly on par with the Left Alliance.

"The Centre must admit that it has failed completely under a green-left government. The Centre Party must change its line and announce where it will seek support in the elections," Korhonen suggested.

He added that the party's stances are unclear which has whittled away its popularity.

The Centre Party has traditionally relied on rural voters, with much of its support coming from outside of Finland's major population centres.

Despite the current forecast for the Centre Party, the former leaders maintained a shred of hope for the coming parliamentary election in April. This parliamentary term has seen three Centre Party leaders, Juha Sipilä, Katri Kulmuni, and the current chair Annika Saarikko.

Kääriäinen used a colourful Finnish idiom to urge his party comrades not to give up.

"Let's not throw the axe into the well on the basis of a disastrous, dismal election result. We must rally the ranks and get our spirits up! The electoral situation and mood are largely decided during the last month, when people then vote," Kääriäinen said

Nato praise

Finland's Nato application might not be moving forward as quickly as hoped, but behind the scenes Finnish defence forces continue their cooperation efforts with the alliance.

On Friday Helsingin Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun) reports on a major Nato cyber exercise that saw Finnish forces join western counterparts for exercises in digital resilience.

The Cyber Coalition 2022 exercise took place last week in the centre of the Estonian capital Tallinn and focused on how the alliance would face potential threats from cyberspace. Of particular significance was the resiliency of critical infrastructure such as energy grids in light of Russia's strategy in Ukraine.

More than 30 countries were involved in the exercise with over 1,000 participants.

HS wrote that the Nato exercise in Tallinn was shaped by recent events in Ukraine as Russia targets critical infrastructure to try and cripple Ukraine's power network.

"However, the real-world scenarios we are training for here, we are currently seeing in Ukraine," Colonel Bernd Hansen of Nato's Allied Command Transformation (Act) told HS.

Major Markus Riihonen, a cyber defence specialist from the Command and Control Systems division of the Finnish Defence Command, was present in Tallinn.

The Finnish participants practised incident management in power distribution systems, air traffic control systems and port logistics systems, he told HS.

In total, about 25 Finns from the Finnish Defence Forces and other authorities took part in the exercise, many of them remotely from Finland.

Riihonen said that the cyber battlespace is a concern every day in the real world, both in Finland and in Ukraine. It can be about intelligence, crime, harassment or even state influence.

"It's a game that's going on all the time, and we're part of it, whether we like it or not," Riihonen said.

Commander Charles Elliott told HS that Finland and Sweden are quite competent in this field and bring a lot to the exercise and to NATO in general.

"Their experience is excellent."

Elliott illustrates the capabilities of Finland and Sweden by recalling another NATO cyber exercise, Locked Shields, in which the countries compete against each other. This year's winner was Finland, last year Sweden.

Deputy Secretary General David van Weel believes that Finland and Sweden will integrate into NATO in terms of cyber activities "very quickly and very easily".

"We look forward to welcoming Finland and Sweden into our innovation ecosystem to maintain our technological edge," van Weel said to HS.

#nunyas news #updates from up north

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MLB Notes: Curvelo, Contreras, Luciano

With the offseason underway, let’s take a look at some notes from around the major leagues…

Players with six or more years of minor league service time could elect minor league free agency beginning on Monday. Baseball America has unveiled the list of all 513 players who did so. Luis Curvelo, a Venezuelan right-handed reliever, has been generating some buzz as an under-the-radar possible signing, according to Jon Morosi. He's spent the past six seasons in the Mariners' organization, making it as high as Double-A in 2024. The 24-year-old has had fantastic command — especially unusual at low levels — as exhibited by a 78:18 K/BB ratio this past season. Over 49 games and 66 2/3 innings in 2024, he allowed just 39 hits and a 2.57 ERA. He's mostly a two-pitch pitcher, throwing a fastball and an elite slider. Minor league free agents are seldom given a major league contract, but Curvelo's peripherals may make him a good candidate.

The St. Louis Cardinals have a Paul Goldschmidt-shaped hole at first base for the upcoming season and they’re apparently going to take an unconventional approach to filling it. According to Jesse Rogers of ESPN, Willson Contreras is shifting to first base from his previous catcher position. Ahead of the 2023 season, he signed a five-year $87.5 million contract with the Cardinals after six years with the rival Cubs, as a replacement for St. Louis legend Yadier Molina. But Contreras’ time in the Gateway to the West began to go south in 2024 due to a fractured left forearm suffered in May and a fractured middle finger in August and he ultimately ended up playing in just 84 games. On top of that, just one month into his Cardinals’ tenure in May 2023, it was announced that he would no longer be playing catcher because starting pitchers didn’t like pitching to him. That plan remained in place for only one week before he returned to his normal spot, though. Currently, the team has rookie Pedro Pagés and youngster Iván Herrera as the candidates to take over behind the plate after splitting time there while Contreras was injured. As for former first-round pick Jordan Walker, who at 6’6”, 250 lbs has the size to play first base, it seems that the team either feels comfortable with him playing right field, or are hesitant to commit to him after another disappointing season with the bat. Contreras has only played 11 major league games at first base, with his last time coming in 2019. It remains to be seen how the Cardinals will approach the free agent market that has natural first basemen Rowdy Tellez, Pete Alonso, Josh Bell, Christian Walker, and Carlos Santana among others on it.

Marco Luciano’s prospect status has dwindled after a few disappointing stints with the Giants over the past two seasons but new Giants’ president of baseball operations Buster Posey thinks that he may know what will unlock the 23-year-old’s potential; moving him to the outfield. Luciano has exclusively played shortstop and second base thus far in his career, but dating back to his early years in San Francisco’s system, he looked to be a candidate to move to third base or the outfield because of his defensive struggles and those proficies are coming to fruition. When he was optioned to the minors in late September, the goal was to give him some reps in the outfield at the Arizona complex. Left field was split in 2024 between Heliot Ramos and Michael Conforto, the latter of now being a free agent, so it could be a logical spot for Luciano with centerfield locked down by Jung-hoo Lee and rightfield belonging to Mike Yastrzemski. The Giants have started a different player in left field on Opening Day each year dating back to 2007 and Luciano would help extend that streak to an impressive 19 seasons. San Francisco’s search for the Brandon Crawford-replacement will continue onwards with free agency beginning.

#mlb #luis curvelo #willson contreras #st. louis cardinals #marco luciano #san francisco giants

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voiceofbangus · 8 days ago

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ACB registers case against then I/C MDM Mawer for embezzlement of funds

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said to have registered a case against the then Incharge Mid-Day meal, Zone Mawar, Langate for misappropriation and embezzlement of MDM funds.

A statement issued to the news agency, ACB said that a preliminary enquiry was conducted by J&K ACB to look into the allegation that accused public servant namely Abdul Rashid Dar, the then Mid-day-Meal incharge at ZEO office Mawar, son of Abdul Gani of Shanoo Langate, District Kupwara in league with officers and officials of the Zone illegally & fraudulently credited Lakhs of rupees meant for MDM to his own account in J&K Bank Qalamabad and misappropriated same etc.

“The probe conducted has revealed that National Programme of Nutritional Support to Education (popularly known as Mid Day Meal Scheme) was launched across country and in the J&K State in September 2004 with an objective to give a boost to Universalization of Primary Education by increasing enrollment, retention and attendance,” the statement said.

The programme has been universalized in J&K & at gross root level, the scheme is being implemented under the supervision of PRIs, School Management Committees & Village Education Committees, it reads.

“The food grains are lifted from the FCI by the Directors of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department on behalf of the Education Department .Necessary expenses on account of implementation of the Mid-day Meal Scheme were being met out of the funds in the ratio of 90:10 as Central Share and State Share. The probe conducted also reveal that during the year 2017, to 2019, an amount of Rs 73,66,335 was allotted by the Govt. through Chief Education Officer Kupwara vide different orders to then ZEO’s of Education Zone Mawar Langate under Mid-day meal scheme. On receipt of funds the then MDM incharge Zone Mawar Abdul Rashid Dar S/o Abdul Gani R/o Shanoo Langate District Kupwara dishonestly and fraudulently managed to transfer an excess amount of Rs 7,07,495/- into official accounts of 14 schools covered under MDM Scheme in Education Zone Mawar District Kupwara,” the statement reads.

The accused managed the release of excess payment in favour of schools by resorting to escalation of amount in different advices and later on received the amount back from MDM incharges of schools in cash on pretext of depositing it back into the official account but instead misappropriated & embezzled same, it added.

Accordingly on the culmination of preliminary enquiry a case under FIR number 14-2024 U/S 5(1) (c), 5(1) (d) r/w section 5(2) of JK PC Act Svt. 2006 was registered at P/S ACB Baramulla against the accused public servant Abdul Rashid Dar S/o Abdul Gani R/o Shanoo Langate District Kupwara the then incharge Midday Meal Education Zone Mawar District Kupwara and investigations were set into motion, it reads.

Immediately after registration of case search warrants were obtained from the court & in pursuance to which searches are being conducted simultaneously at three different locations in Handwara in presence of executive magistrates & independent witnesses. Further investigations are going on.

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juliamaximoff · 24 days ago

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જ⁀➴ about me (if u even care) !

júlia but you can call me juju or lia! (there's julinha too, it's like in the diminutive, like patootie you know?)

18 years old, she/her, brazilian 🇧🇷, scorpio, birthday in november 2nd (yes, in the day of the dead lol), infp-t, i'm 5'5".

♬ — favorite song of the moment (i'm addicted): slim pickins by sabrina carpenter.

hobbies — play video games, sleeping (it counts?😭), writing (only fanfics), editing images (usually for fanfics/fandoms), drawing (i'm very good at it but stopped doing that months ago, i lost the motivation), dancing, roller skating.

artists & actors — bts, evan peters (really? you don't say), pedro pascal, james mcavoy, tom hiddleston, neil newbon, weeekly, bibi.

movies & series — brave, coraline, good omens, grinch (2000), hairspray, mamma mia (2008), httyd 2 (i love all the movies), helluva boss, moon knight, neko no ongaeshi, princess and the frog, rise of the guardians, rush hour 1 & 2, spy x family, steven universe (all), thor 3, wandavision, zootopia.

video games — minecraft, roblox, amour sucré, the sims 3/4/2, stardew valley, bayonetta 1 & 2 (i still didn't played the 3rd one and i refuse to watch gameplays about it!), baldur's gate 3, ori and the will of the wisps, overwatch 2, league of legends, honkai: star rail, tomb raider (2013).

fave characters (in general) — peter/pietro maximoff (quicksilver), wanda maximoff, loki, deadpool, spider-man (tom holland's is my fave), aziraphale, stolas, astarion, garnet, jing yuan.

fandoms (that i still in) — bts, evan peters, pedro pascal, marvel movies and series (i didn't read the hqs, so i think would be cool to explain), honkai: star rail.

if you want to know more about me, don't hesitate to jump in my inbox to chat!this could make my day! 👋✨️

›› random facts/info under the cut.

random facts/info — 01. actually i'm learning english beig self-taught! since kid i play video games and needed to use the google translator to talk to people or understand the games, it turns out i naturally keep memorising every word. so then being a teenager and interacting with fandoms, fanfics and music... it just got better. so now i am just risking it typing (sometimes i use the google translator ngl. but have times that i type an entire paragraph without any mistakes!!! 🥰) aaand rightnow i can watch movies and videos without dubbing, but sometimes i still need english subtitles to compreheend some words.

02. i went with my mother to the BTS concert on may 25 in 2019, when they returned to brazil after 3 years, it seems silly but it was very difficult for a big k-pop group to step foot in a stadium here in brazil at that time. i consider that one of the best days of my life. ♡

03. my mom took my dad and i to ccxp 2022 in december 2nd, and only later did i find out that the day after we went (december 3rd), pedro pascal was there, in my country and state, in the comic con... this was shortly before i started being a fan of his. 🥲 it's not a super cool fact maybe, but i like to remember and laugh about it a little because i see how only destiny (and money, obviously) didn't let this happen😭 (i'm delusional, you don't say)

#jhsfly: navigation #about me

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Tauheed K. Epps (September 12, 1977) known professionally as 2 Chainz (formerly Tity Boi), is a rapper. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip-hop duo Playaz Circle, alongside longtime friend and fellow rapper Earl “Dolla Boy” Conyers. The duo was signed to Georgia-based rapper Ludacris’ Disturbing tha Peace label, and are known for their single “Duffle Bag Boy”.

In February 2012, he signed a solo record deal with Def Jam Recordings, an imprint of Universal Music Group. The following August, he released his debut studio album Based on a T.R.U. Story. The album spawned three successful singles: “No Lie”, “Birthday Song”, and “I’m Different”, all of which charted in the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100 and were certified 2x Multi-Platinum or higher by the RIAA, along with the album being certified Platinum. His second studio album B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time was released on September 11, 2013; supported by the lead single “Feds Watching” “ He would release the albums ColleGrove (2016), Pretty Girls Like Trap Music (2017), Rap or Go to the League (2019), So Help Me God! (2020), and Dope Don’t Sell Itself (2022) before parting ways with Def Jam in 2022.

He began working with the TV network Viceland on a show called Most Expensivest, which debuted on November 15, 2017, and aired for three seasons.

He attended North Clayton High School, where he played basketball and graduated second in his class. He attended Alabama State University on a scholarship and played on its basketball team from 1995 to 1997. He transferred to Virginia State University and graduated.

He married Keisha Ward (2018) and he has 3 children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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ao3feed-sambucky · 6 months ago

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The Lost Potter Sisters: HP x MCU.

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Sir6PsK by Cryptidenthusiast420 Harry Potter wasn't Lily and James's first children. They had two daughters, Rose and Camellia Potter, who disappeared when they were 3 years old. After 30+ years of searching for their daughters, the families are reunited and are tasked to Watch the lives of their daughters. Words: 2381, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, DCU (Comics) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Ben Reilly, Kaine Parker, Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Tony Stark, Vision, Sam Wilson, T'Challa (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Harley Keener, Kate Bishop, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Mary Jane Watson, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Thanos (Marvel), Pietro Maximoff, Magneto, Charles Xavier, James "Bucky" Barnes, Billy Maximoff, Tommy Maximoff, Guardians of the Galaxy Team Members (Marvel), Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Harry Potter, James Potter, Ned Leeds, Lily Evans Potter, Albus Dumbledore Relationships: Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen/Mary Jane Watson, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Kate Bishop/Harley Keener, Wanda Maximoff/Original Male Character, Clint Barton/Laura Barton, Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, Jane Foster/Thor, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Female Tony Stark, Background Justice League, Background X-Men, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Harley Keener is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Past Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne - Freeform, Not Canon Compliant With Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Not Canon Compliant With Movie: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Not WandaVision (TV) Compliant, Not Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Movie) Compliant, Time Travel Fix-It, Civil War Team Captain America, Team as Family, Civil War Team Iron Man, No Team Bashing, Domestic Avengers, Not Thaddeus Ross Friendly read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Sir6PsK

#Bucky #Captain America #Winter Soldier #Sam Wilson #James Barnes #Falcon #SamBucky #BuckySam #IFTTT #ao3feed

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The Lost Potter Sisters: HP x MCU.

by Cryptidenthusiast420 Harry Potter wasn't Lily and James's first children. They had two daughters, Rose and Camellia Potter, who disappeared when they were 3 years old. After 30+ years of searching for their daughters, the families are reunited and are tasked to Watch the lives of their daughters. Words: 2381, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, DCU (Comics) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Ben Reilly, Kaine Parker, Peter Parker, Miles Morales, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Wanda Maximoff, Tony Stark, Vision, Sam Wilson, T'Challa (Marvel), Shuri (Marvel), Harley Keener, Kate Bishop, Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen, Mary Jane Watson, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Thanos (Marvel), Pietro Maximoff, Magneto, Charles Xavier, James "Bucky" Barnes, Billy Maximoff, Tommy Maximoff, Guardians of the Galaxy Team Members (Marvel), Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Harry Potter, James Potter, Ned Leeds, Lily Evans Potter, Albus Dumbledore Relationships: Gwen Stacy | Spider-Gwen/Mary Jane Watson, Michelle Jones/Peter Parker, Kate Bishop/Harley Keener, Wanda Maximoff/Original Male Character, Clint Barton/Laura Barton, Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, Jane Foster/Thor, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Female Tony Stark, Background Justice League, Background X-Men, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Harley Keener is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Past Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne - Freeform, Not Canon Compliant With Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Not Canon Compliant With Movie: Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Not WandaVision (TV) Compliant, Not Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Movie) Compliant, Time Travel Fix-It, Civil War Team Captain America, Team as Family, Civil War Team Iron Man, No Team Bashing, Domestic Avengers, Not Thaddeus Ross Friendly via https://ift.tt/bOC9iMF

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the dark knight #the caped crusader #gotham #dcu #dc #ao3 #ao3feed

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3.Intertextuality and Transmedia - League of Legends by Riot analysis

Fig.1 League of Legends Cover

Nowadays, we live in a society where “mass consumption” is a key element. In the last few decades the amount that we consume on any level: food, films, games, entertainment, even work, has increased dramatically, which has led to a higher level of dopamine required for the brain to “feel good”. This led to a constant need of stimulation, which we are not even aware of most of the time. For example: watching streaming platforms while eating and working, playing mobile games while going to work or during breaks.

This constant social consumption motivated companies to extend and create more and more material in order to satisfy the viewers and at least keep them engaged if not bringing other viewers. Gaming studios extended into films, TV series, books, and film studios extended into games, books, comics etc. Another factor of the extension of gaming and streaming companies is the competition between them for “territory” who owns monopoly over the studios and by default, the market. Because studios need to produce so much in such a short time, as the quantity delivered has increased, the quality of it has drastically decreased.

Fig.2 League of Legends World Championship

In the video gaming market many studios tried to extend their franchises, making sequels and prequels of their games, making smaller versions for mobile or even realising small books with the story. However, I believe that the gaming studio that perfectly managed to create a complex transmedia universe is Riot Games through League of Legends (fig.1). Starting from the League of Legends game in 2009 the gaming studio constantly developed adding new playable champions to the game, skins, game modes and events with every update. In 2011 Riot Games started organising League of Legends World Championship (fig.2), with a prize of 100,000$, eight competing teams from Europe, North America and South Asia and 1.6 million viewers. Since then, the championship kept growing with amazing intro shows, live singers, holograms and many more. In 2018 the World Championship final was watched by 99.6million people on streaming platforms breaking the record of its previous year. Through their hard work, in 2019 the game peaked at eight million competitive players and kept growing since then. In present there are 165 unique playable characters for the player to choose from, each having multiple skins, abilities and playstyles. It is impossible for someone not to find at least a few champions to enjoy playing with.

Fig.3 Ruination Book

The champions that are released are not just simple characters. Each of them has a lore and background story that adds a little piece of the puzzle which is the whole Runetera universe, perfectly illustrating Jenkins' multimodality (Jenkins, 2011). Even though the game itself is a MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) game, with no actual story play, Riot games put a lot of attention in building the story and complex characters. The world map contains ten distinctive regions: Freljord, Demacia, Noxus, Ionia, Piltover & Zaun, Targon, Shurima, Ixtal, Bilgewater and Shadow Islands. The story is kept alive through the release of cinematics and lore pages during seasons or events. The story expanded so much that Riot released multiple books with background stories of certain champions, art books, world exploration books, and even whole events like “Ruination: A League of Legends Novel” by Anthony Rynolds. This expansion of the game studio into literature enabled the players to have a better grasp of the reason why certain champions are released and how they connect to each other. It also gives more depth to the game, creating a more immersive experience for the player. It’s not just a 30min game in which you keep fighting random people, it’s a whole world you can explore.

Fig.4 KDA League of Legends K Pop Band

Besides the books and World Championships, League of Legends dived into the music industry as well, adding a new layer of transmedia. Starting with the music released with champion themes and cinematics, in 2014 Riot Games presented the virtual heavy metal band Pentakill in order to promote the release of the skins with the same name. Four years later in 2018 League of Legends got a new virtual band named K/DA (fig.4), a K-pop girl group formed of the in game champions Ahri, Akali, Evelynn and Kai’Sa and interpreted by Cho Mi-yeon, Jeon So-yeon, Madison Beer, Jaira Burns, Bea Miller. The band had a huge success with their singles “Pop Stars” and “The Baddest” which made K/DA the first K-pop girl group in history to achieve this milestone. In the more recent years, Riot has released two more bands True Damage in 2019 and Heartsteel in 2023, formed as well of in-game champions, with huge success. Each champion from the bands got their special skin with the same name as the band. I believe that by creating these fun virtual bands, League of Legends received a new, innovative way of engaging with the players and many more people who are not video-game passionate. The cinematic and music videos have thousands of reviews and reactions from music and film producers from all around the world, granting League of Legends even more publicity.

Fig.5 Arcane Wallpaper

Having roots in the gaming, book, comics and music industry wasn’t enough for Riot games and they took a huge step further and released in 2021 the first season of the animated TV series Arcane (fig.5), which had a huge impact among cinephiles. The first season has nine episodes and presents the story between the League of Legends champions Vi and Jinx, and features others like Caitlyn, Jace, Viktor, Ekko, etc. The story reveals a new, more complex side of their lore and adds so much more depth to the universe. Once again, Riot Games used transmedia to bring multiple areas together such as the characters from the game, incorporated in a new cinematic plot and with original music which features legendary artists such as Imagine Dragons and Sting.

In conclusion, I believe that the complex fictional world of League of Legends perfectly illustrates the concept of transmedia: "complex fictional worlds which can sustain multiple interrelated characters and their stories " (Jenkins, 2007). It combines the radical intertextuality, having similar elements across platforms like characters and regions, with Jenkins’ multimodality, having so much variation across many platforms such as virtual bands in music, TV series with extra plots, characters, books, comics with background and side stories. Having such a complex hyperdiegesis hooks the player and attracts even more viewers from other areas, creating a huge fandom. It offers a wide range for the player to interact with and explore, an immersive interactive experience on multiple levels.

Bibliography:

Fig.1: Demirkol, O. (2023) When does LoL split 2 start in 2023: Ranked, gHacks Technology News. Available at: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/18/when-does-lol-split-2-start-in-2023-ranked/ (Accessed: December 28, 2023).

Fig.2: Jacobsen, M. (2023) League of legends world championship 2023 cities revealed, RiftFeed. Available at: https://riftfeed.gg/lol-news/league-of-legends-world-championship-2023-cities-revealed (Accessed: December 28, 2023).

Fig.3: Cover launch: RUINATION: A LEAGUE OF LEGENDS NOVEL collector’s edition (2023) Orbit Books. Orbit. Available at: https://www.orbitbooks.net/2023/11/09/cover-launch-ruination-a-league-of-legends-novel-collectors-edition/ (Accessed: December 28, 2023).

Fig.4: Haasch, P. (2020) Meet K/DA, the virtual pop group that teamed up with a fake influencer who made controversial mental health posts, Insider. Available at: https://www.insider.com/kda-members-league-of-legends-riot-games-what-is-twitter-seraphine-2020 (Accessed: December 28, 2023).

Fig.5: N/A (2021) Arcane. United States, France.

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#hertfordshire #sources and significance #intertextuality #transmedia

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phantom-le6 · 1 year ago

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Ramble of the month September 2023: Phase 3 of the Batman Begins-Led DCEU

As I said last month, my aim for my September ramble is to continue looking into my hypothetical alternate superhero film universes by moving on to phase 3 of a DCEU in which Batman Begins led the way. Having outlined phase 1 in March of this year and phase 2 in June, I am glad to be retaining a consistent pacing with my rambles on this subject. However, I’m also concerned about my lack of anything more varied to discuss, and hopefully by October that will have changed.

So, first things first, as with last month’s exploration of phase 3 of my 90’s based MCU, let’s start with a quick re-cap on the previous phases;

Phase 1:

2005: Batman Begins

2006: Man of Steel

2007: Wonder Woman

2008: The Dark Knight, Green Lantern

2009: The Flash, Man of Steel 2

2010: Aquaman, Justice League

Phase 2:

2011: Wonder Woman 2, Green Lantern 2, Green Arrow

2012: Hawkman, Batman/Superman, Aquaman 2

2013: John Constantine, The Flash 2, Suicide Squad

2014: Justice League 2, Green Arrow 2, Batman: The Long Crusade

There are several key difference between the two phases. The first phase was very much about establishing the lead heroes that would then form the Justice League and doing that with those heroes. It also featured a slow build-up to the production of superhero films on a very regular basis. Phase 2 then expanded on this by adding in more heroes, while at the same time straining the relationships of lead characters with the public in their universe and with each other. By the tail-end of phase 2, Batman has seemingly betrayed the Justice League in an adaptation of the Tower of Babel story arc, been slightly vindicated by a few leaguers being mind-controlled and having to be stopped by Green Arrow in that hero’s second film, and we’ve the Suicide Squad rolling around as well.

All that being said, we’ve also had Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow and Batman gain their first proteges in phase 2, setting up for another form of team-up ensemble film, which is part of the phase 3 overview outlined below;

Phase 3:

2015: Shazam, Man of Steel 3, The Atom

2016: Wonder Woman 3, Batgirl, Teen Titans

2017: Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Shazam vs Black Adam, Suicide Squad 2

2018: Justice League: Darkseid Rising, Aquaman 3, Doom Patrol

As you can see, phase 3 continues to introduce new heroes alongside those already established, and at the same time, we’re also getting a mix of new and existing team combinations. However, how does this all work in detail. Well, let’s dive into the films of the third round in this alternate DCEU;

Shazam (2015) Directed by David F Sandberg

Billy Batson/Shazam = Zachary Gordon/Zachary Levi

Dr Thaddeus Sivana = Stanley Tucci

Freddy Freeman/"Shazam" Freddy = Chandler Riggs/Adam Brody

The Wizard = Forest Whitaker

Darla Dudley/"Shazam" Darla = Quvenzhané Wallis/Meagan Good

Mary Bromfield/Mary Marvel = Halston Sage/Michelle Borth

Eugene Choi/"Shazam" Eugene = Hudson Yang/Ross Butler

Pedro Peña/"Shazam" Pedro = Rico Rodriguez/DJ Cotrona

Rosa Vásquez = Marta Milans

Víctor Vásquez = Cooper Andrews

Shazam is one of those films from the real DCEU I would avoid changing too much just because Shazam isn’t my strongest area of DC lore to conceive any alternate ideas around. That’s not to say I haven’t done so later in my ideas for this hypothetical film run, but rather that I wouldn’t have much luck changing the original film substantially. As such, the director would remain the same and so would most of the cast. The few I’ve changed have been down to either casting the actors from the real film elsewhere in this hypothetical film universe, or the fact that this would now be a 2015 film instead of a 2019 one. The story of the film would also be about the same, but some of the references to other DC heroes might different based on the events of earlier films.

Man of Steel 3 (2015) Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent = Brandon Routh

Lois Lane = Kate Bosworth

Kara Zor-El/Supergirl = Dakota Fanning

Brainiac = Paul Bettany

General Harrison Hardcastle = Neal McDonough

Capt. Nathanial Adams/Captain Atom = Matt Bomer

John Corbin/Metallo = Orlando Bloom

Leslie Willis/Livewire = Danielle Panabaker

Claire Selton/Volcana = Kirsten Stewart

Martha Kent = Diane Lane

Jonathan Kent = Kevin Costner

Jor-El = Russell Crowe

Dr Emil Hamilton = Richard Schiff

Perry White = Sam Neill

Jimmy Olsen = Rider Strong

Cat Grant = January Jones

Steve Lombard = Josh Brolin

Capt. Maggie Sawyer = Jeri Ryan

Insp. Turpin = Colin Farrell

Bibbo Bibbowski = Luke Hemsworth

Discounting the Batman-Superman joint film from phase 2, this is our third solo instalment for Superman, and while film 1 was very much like the 2013 Man of Steel made a bit brighter compared to what Snyder did, the second film was a more classic Superman versus Lex Luthor and Metallo with an assist from the Martian Manhunter. Film 3, however, looks at Superman after his bout of mind-controlled criminality in Green Arrow 2. His relationship with the public and the governments of the world is strained, and when his cousin Supergirl crash-lands on Earth and accidentally does damage due to her newly manifested powers, things become even rockier.

To this end, a small super-group is formed by the US armed forces under the orders of General Hardcastle, which brings in military superhero Captain Atom at the head of a small team of otherwise villains sent after Superman. However, little does anyone know that Supergirl has been tracked to Earth by Brainiac, and when he arrives, the true heroes and villains are dictated by who is willing to refocus on this new threat and who isn’t. Most of the cast is retained from past films, with the Supergirl-to Volcana portion of the cast being all new. As for picking Mr del Toro to direct, those who have read my previous rambles will know I’ve gone through Roland Emerich, Ron Howard and Rob Marshall on the films where Superman is somehow in the title. This is because I think Superman is someone who benefits from a regular change in director to add some variety to the character. Also, the man did great work on Blade II and also has prior comic-film experience from the original Hellboy films, so it’d be interesting to see him deal with a less anti-heroic protagonist.

The Atom (2015) Directed by Michael Nankin

Dr Ray Palmer/Atom = Tom Ellis

Jean Loring = Morena Baccarin

Norman Brawler = Elden Henson

Paul Hoben = Dominic Cooper

Professor Hyatt = David Hyde Pearce

David Clinton/Chronos = Richard T. Jones

Prof. Martin Stein = Victor Garber

Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm = Nick Jonas

Because of the power-set and civilian occupation of the Atom, I figured the director should be someone with some experience of dealing with the microscopic and forensic. In short, it needed to be someone who had dealt with an episode of CSI at least once. As a result, I landed on the idea of Michael Nankin, who helmed the Star Trek-homage episode of CSI in its ninth season, making a cinematic directorial debut on this one. The film is basically about Dr Ray Palmer becoming estranged from his wife as he cracks the means to shrink a human being, and then works to stop the time-travelling Chronos with the aid of Firestorm, a superhero composed of two beings in one.

As the film goes on, Palmer learns his wife is outright cheating on him, and when faced with Chronos has to ask the question; should he co-opt the villain’s time-travel tech to fix his marriage, or is that too close to Chronos’ abuses of the tech? In that sense, I would really want to see this film look just at the disintegration of a romantic connection without trying to set up an alternate one. Not all superhero romances have happy endings, and it would be good to showcase how life in super-tights can mess up a personal life well into the supposedly “happily ever after” stage.

Casting-wise, I kept the role of Stein the same as what Arrow-verse series the Flash gave us, but then picked a number of different actors for other roles based on who I thought might look right for the parts, be the right age, etc. Several of the actors people will know from other superhero-related productions (Elden Henson was in the Netflix Daredevil series, Morena Baccarin is known for her roles in Gotham and the Deadpool films, and of course Dominic Cooper played the 1940’s/50’s version of Howard Stark in the MCU).

Wonder Woman 3 (2016) Directed by Patty Jenkins

Diana/Wonder Woman = Kate Beckinsale

Hippolyta = Connie Nielsen

Donna Troy/Wonder Girl = Ciara Bravo

Dr Alannah Troy = Demi Moore

Hades = David Tennant

Artemis = Rachael Taylor

Dr Julia Kapatelis = Rita Wilson

Vanessa Kapatelis = Elena Kampouris

"Sarge" Steel = Jeremy Renner

After having done two period-set Wonder Woman films under Trek alumni Gates McFadden, this third instalment of the Amazon’s solo adventures is handed over to Patty Jenkins and comes into the modern era. In this film, Wonder Woman hasn’t made the same efforts as Superman and the Flash to rebuild her bridges following the mind-control incident in Green Arrow 2. As a result, she is operating almost Batman-style within Washington DC, posing as an archaeological expert while secretly foiling crime. However, this is interrupted when she discovers that one of her colleagues, Dr Alannah Troy, has sired a young girl with the Greek god Hades, and now Diana’s half-cousin is being sought by a cult bent on freeing Hades from Tartarus.

Except for Wonder Woman and her mother Hippolyta, this film is all-fresh casting, and the character of Alannah Troy and the new Wonder Girl origin are my own ideas, albeit slightly based on events from the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated shows. This is because Donna Troy’s origins get very confused in the comics, and I think having Diana and Donna be cousins via their godly fathers provides a decent simplification for cinematic audiences.

Batgirl (2016) Directed by Gates McFadden & Reese Witherspoon

Barbara Gordon/Batgirl = Bella Thorne

Alysia Yeoh = Lana Condor

Reese Conroy = Ross Lynch

Dr Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn = Margot Robbie

Dr Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy = April Bowlby

James "Jim" Gordon = Gary Oldman

Det. Harvey Bullock = Donal Logue

Det. Renee Montoya = Penelope Cruz

Bruce Wayne/Batman = Christian Bale

The Joker = Willem Dafoe

Keeping with the idea of female-led franchises on and off-screen, we come to a solo film for Batgirl. This one is helmed by Gates McFadden and Reese Witherspoon, the latter being someone who I am aware started her own production company to try and put female-centric stories on the big screen. As such, I’m thinking she might well jump at the chance to co-direct a Batgirl solo film with another female director. The plot would differ a little from the comics; instead of trying to clear her father of a crime he didn’t commit, Barbara initially becomes the Batgirl in homage to Batman. Only when her father is kidnapped by Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn does Batgirl take her role more seriously, stepping up to become a true superheroine and in the process shifting from hero worship of Batman to seeing him as a friend and ally.

Now while the Joker is included in the cast, this is just for a flashback montage that explains why Harley is coming in as Ivy’s partner-in-crime on her first DCEU film. Rather than taking her through a relationship with the Joker over a film or two, we just treat it as something that’s happened between The Dark Knight film and this one. Casting-wise, everyone from Jim Gordon on-down is from past films, leaving just Barbara, her friends and the female antagonists as new selections. Bella Thorne takes the lead role due to her youth, resemblance to the comics character and good acting ability, while Margot Robbie is one of those bits of real-DCEU casting I agree with enough to retain. As for taking on April Bowlby as Poison Ivy, I know she’s landed more serious roles since her time on Two-and-a-Half-Men, and I’d be curious to see her take on Poison Ivy as a role.

Teen Titans (2016) Directed by Steven Spielberg

Richard Grayson/Robin = Patrick Schwarzenegger

Koriand'r/Starfire = Elle Fanning

Donna Troy/Wonder Girl = Ciara Bravo

Wallace "Wally" West/Kid Flash = Calum Worthy

Raven = Maisie Williams

Victor Stone/Cyborg = Ashton Sanders

Garfield "Gar" Logan/Beast Boy = Dylan Sprayberry

Roy Harper/Speedy = Cameron Monaghan

Aqualad/Garth = Luke Benward

Trigon = Viggo Mortensen

Psimon = Matthew Grey Gubler

Gizmo = Peter Dinklage

Jinx = Naomi Scott

Mammoth = Adam Joseph Copeland

Shimmer = Anna Faris

Grant Wilson/Ravager = Andrew Garfield

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke = Daniel Day-Lewis

Dr Silas Stone = Rocky Carroll

Bruce Wayne/Batman = Christian Bale

Alfred Pennyworth = Michael Caine

It’s a sad truth in cinema as we know it that the Teen Titans have never had a serious film of them released cinematically. The only cinema versions to date have been “kiddy-fied” cartoon disasters, and the two serious animated features that have been done have been for direct-to-home-release only. As such, there was no way I’d conceive a hypothetical live-action DC universe without seeking to address this foolish oversight on the part of DC and WB. To show just how seriously I take this, I’ve even put the great Steven Spielberg at the helm, because frankly I think it would be good to have someone of that calibre lend their directorial weight to the project.

Plot-wise, you start out with the apprentices of the major heroes meeting each other and trying to team up, but something goes awry, and earns them some condemnation from Batman. A few months later, the demon Trigon begins trying to invade Earth, and his daughter Raven comes to Earth ahead of him to recruit heroes against the threat. With Batman taken out early on and the rest of the Justice League engaged, it falls to the Titans from the 1980’s comics run to assemble and meet the threat. The Fearsome Five are incorporated as pawns of Trigon, while Ravager tries and fails to collect a bounty on the Titans. His accidental death while pursuing this then leads to a credits scene in which his father Deathstroke takes up the contract, setting up for a somewhat inevitable sequel.

Batman and Alfred are brought in from past films, as are the apprentice heroes and Cyborg’s father. The rest of the cast is all new to this film. I won’t go on at length about their respective resumes; suffice it to say that past experience combined with looking like, or having the potential to look like, the relevant roles has led me to each name on this list.

Green Lantern/Green Arrow (2017) Directed by Matt Reeves

Green Lantern/Hal Jordan = Ben Affleck

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow = Ethan Hawke

Dinah Lance/Black Canary = Malin Akerman

Roy Harper/Speedy = Cameron Monaghan

Tobias Whale = Marvin "Krondon" Jones III

Brunno Mannheim = Joe Manganiello

Whisper A'Daire = Emilia Clarke

Kyle Abbot = Ed Skrein

China White = Kelly Hu

One of the major watershed moments in comics history that has yet to see a film adaptation is the arc in the Green Lantern-Green Arrow combined comic of the 1970’s where Green Arrow’s sidekick Speedy turned out to have developed an addiction to drugs. When considering films for this alternate DCEU, even though I’ve never read the story, I thought some version of it should be done in film. To that end, we have this concept, which I would have directed by Matt Reeves (haven’t seen his Batman film, but I enjoyed his Planet of the Apes work). In this film, Roy Harper is recovering from injuries sustained in the early scenes of the Teen Titans film. When his doctor cuts off his pain killers prematurely, Roy turns to illegal drugs to compensate, then develops an addiction. The film then showcases Green Arrow mishandling things, Green Lantern not doing a good job himself by taking Ollie off to fight the drug pushers, and Black Canary being the one to do right by Roy, leading to both of them becoming estranged from Green Arrow.

Our heroes and the drug-dealing China White are all brought back from past films, while the rest of the cast list is new. Mannheim is incorporated to provide links to the world of Superman, while Whisper and Kyle are nods to Ra’s Al Ghul and the League of Shadows. Tobias Whale, on the other hand, is borrowed from the rogues gallery of Black Lightning, largely in homage to a similar character appearing in a Justice League Unlimited episode that featured Green Arrow and Black Canary.

Shazam vs Black Adam (2017) Directed by David F Sandberg

Billy Batson/Shazam = Zachary Gordon/Zachary Levi

Black Adam/Teth-Adam = Dwayne Johnson

Isis/Adrianna Tomaz = Michelle Rodriguez

Osiris/Amon Tomaz = Miguel Gomez

Freddy Freeman/"Shazam" Freddy = Chandler Riggs/Adam Brody

The Wizard = Forest Whitaker

Darla Dudley/"Shazam" Darla = Quvenzhané Wallis/Meagan Good

Mary Bromfield/Mary Marvel = Halston Sage/Michelle Borth

Eugene Choi/"Shazam" Eugene = Hudson Yang/Ross Butler

Pedro Peña/"Shazam" Pedro = Rico Rodriguez/DJ Cotrona

Rosa Vásquez = Marta Milans

Víctor Vásquez = Cooper Andrews

For Shazam’s second solo outing, I felt like that needed to be something different, and after seeing the less-than-brilliant use of the JSA and the Tomaz family in the Black Adam film, I knew what the different thing had to be. So, step one, keep Sandberg directing. Step 2, have Black Adam appear in his fictional nation and free it in brief, then he lets himself be caught invading another country so he could be taken over to the United States, who he learns has been complicit in Kandaq’s problems prior to his liberation of his people. When Black Adam breaks free, he clashes with the Shazam family and later recruits Kandaqi-American mother-and-son Adrianna and Amon Tomaz. In this sense, the film is a kind of Shazam-centric variant on the Superman story “what’s so funny about truth, justice and the American way?”

In terms of cast, most of it remains the same as the real DCEU, with a few changes here and there. Yes, my picks for the Tomaz family are of Latin extraction instead of middle Eastern, but considering Dwayne Johnson is of Black Canadian and Samoan descent, I think it’s hardly vital we get like-for-like in actor nationalities/heritage. That said, I would be insisting on some dialect coaches so you can be convinced Black Adam is from an ancient middle east nation instead of the USA.

Suicide Squad 2 (2017) Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Amanda Waller = Viola Davis

Rick Flag Jr. = Joel Kinnaman

Floyd Lawton/Deadshot = Christian Slater

Captain Boomerang/Digger Harkness = Hugh Jackman

Killer Frost/Louise Lincoln = Amanda Seyfried

Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger = Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Sameer Park/Copperhead = Sendhil Ramamurthy

Siobhan Smythe/Silver Banshee = Katie McGrath

Dr Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn = Margot Robbie

Giganta = Hayley Atwell

Enchantress/Dr June Moone = Keira Knightley/Natalie Portman

Slipknot/Christopher Weisz = Adam Beach

Sportsmaster/Victor Gover = Xavier Samuel

Cheshire/Jade Nguyen = Rila Fukushima

Diana/Wonder Woman = Kate Beckinsale

General Harrison Hardcastle = Neal McDonough

Vandal Savage = Gerard Butler

This is our second DCEU film of the phase, and overall, with Guillermo del Toro at the helm. This time, though, the focus is on villain-team the Suicide Squad. For the squad’s second outing, they’re caught up in a manhunt, or rather woman-hunt, for Wonder Woman after the events of that hero’s third solo film. General Hardcastle, having been disgraced in MoS 3 for his attempt to go after Superman, tries to dupe Amanda Waller into having the squad bring in Wonder Woman. However, little does he or the squad know that immortal Vandal Savage is planning a major coup, and pursuing Wonder Woman could be the very thing that allows him to succeed.

For all intents and purposes, this film is meant to be a kind of warped superhero universe variant on ‘The Fugitive’ with a little James Bond/Raiders of the Lost Ark thrown in on the third act. There are a few new names in the cast, but most are brought back from prior films. Among the new names is Katie McGrath, the actress who played Lena Luthor in the Arrow-verse series of Supergirl. As the actress is apparently Irish, I’ve shifted her into playing Silver Banshee in this film.

Justice League: Darkseid Rising (2018) Directed by Ron Howard

Oliver Queen/Green Arrow = Ethan Hawke

Dinah Lance/Black Canary = Malin Akerman

Barry Allen/The Flash = Matt Damon

Dr Ray Palmer/Atom = Tom Ellis

J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter = Chiwetel Ejiofor

Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent = Brandon Routh

Carter Hall/Hawkman = Sullivan Stapleton

Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl = Jessica Alba

John Stewart = Derek Luke

Bruce Wayne/Batman = Christian Bale

John Constantine = Matt Ryan

Zatanna = Katrina Law

Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning = Jamie Foxx

Steppenwolf = Ciarán Hinds

Kalibak = Liev Schreiber

Scott Free/Mister Miracle = Charlie Cox

Barda Free/Big Barda = Lindsay Kay Hayward

DeSaad = David Wenham

Darkseid = Bernard Hill

This is our third Justice League film, and having thoroughly shaken up the League and the DC universe over a few years, this instalment creates a bit more chaos. In this film, Steppenwolf launches an assault on Earth, and in the process the latest iteration of the Justice League ends up scattering. One group seeks out Batman, and together with additional heroes of his choosing mount a counter-strike. The other group ends up meeting heroes from New Genesis and learning that Steppenwolf is only the tip of the sword. This sets up a major multi-film story arc that runs for most of the remaining phases of this DCEU.

In terms of direction, I’ve already used Ron Howard in this hypothetical film run on Man of Steel 2, and I think this would be an interesting project for him to helm. Everyone from Steppenwolf on-down in the film casting is new to this film; Ciarán Hinds is retained from the real DCEU as I think he was let down by that Justice League film and not the film by him. As for the selection of Lindsay Kay Hayward, that was based on a search for a truly tall actress to play Big Barda without necessarily having to revert to effects or trick camera shots. As for Bernard Hill, who better than Theoden of Rohan from LOTR to be playing an alien monarch like Darkseid?

Aquaman 3 (2018) Directed by James Wan

Arthur Curry/Aquaman = Chris Pine

Mera = Felicity Jones

Vulko = Jonathan Frakes

Black Manta = Idris Elba

Tempest/Garth = Luke Benward

Jackson Hyde/Aqualad II = Caleb McLaughlin

Tula/Aquagirl = Lily-Rose Depp

Siren/Hila = Felicity Jones

Nanaue/King Shark = Sylvester Stalone

King Ryus = Dolph Lundgren

Capt. Leron = Matt Smith

Nereus = Domnhall Gleeson

Gamemnae = Laura Haddock

For our third Aquaman solo outing, the directorial reigns shift from Vulko actor and Trek alumni Jonathan Frakes to James Wan, director of the real DCEU’s Aquaman film. The plot is a loose translation of the Obsidian Age arc from the Justice League comics, with the ancient Atlantean sorceress Gamemnae appearing as a present-day foe and opposed by the full aqua-family, including a second Aqualad and introducing Aquagirl. Casting-wise, it’s mostly people I already chose for the past Aquaman instalments mixed with real DCEU casting and a few new ones. Also, while I chose each cast member for good reasons that trump all else, I can’t deny the slight misfortune in selecting someone with the surname Haddock for a film whose characters are all somehow aquatic in nature.

Doom Patrol (2018) Directed by James Gunn

Dr Niles Caulder/The Chief = Pierce Brosnan

Clifford Steele/Robot Man = Johnny Whitworth

Larry Trainor/Negative Man = Alessandro Nivola

Rita Farr/Elasti-Girl = Alyssa Milano

Mento/Steve Dayton = Nathan Fillion

Bumblebee/Karen Beecher = Kyla Pratt

Vox/Malcom Duncan = Donald Glover

The Brain = Jean Reno

Monsieur Mallah = Omar Sy

Laura De Mille/Madame Rouge = Sophie Marceau

Emil LaSalle/Warp = Jean Dujardin

Otto Von Furth/Plasmus = Til Schweiger

When it comes to films about misfit adventurers in a world of super-beings, James Gunn pulls them off better than most at times, so I thought it’d be interesting to see him tackle the Doom Patrol in film format. This film is very much a one-off and does a run-through on their origins while pitting them against their arch-nemeses the Brotherhood of Evil. With the antagonists being mostly French with a single German member in the comics, this was an interesting one to cast outside of the hero team. Mind you, casting for a brain in a robot body and a man wrapped in bandages is also fun because appearance is less crucial. However, I think the end result is pretty good.

So, that’s the full run-through on phase 3 of my Batman Begins-led DCEU. Hopefully, I won’t come back to this or my 90’s MCU until the new year, and I’ll have some more varied topics to discuss in the last few months of 2023. As to whether those hopes are justified, we’ll have to wait until October to see. Until then, ta-ta for now.

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