#Marc the Ninja Turtle

[toonabby]

Happy 49th birthday, Marc Thompson!

[lollipencil]

The Cat-Boy Agenda: Part 1

This idea just pounced on me, fittingly enough. I'm not using any particular version of TMNT for this one, so you don't have to worry about background reading.

Enjoy and be gentle ---

Marc breathed harshly through his clenched teeth as he staggered into the alley.

He'd taken off the suit, had retreived his bag from where he'd stashed it, pet a curious cat who'd trotted up to him, and walked only a block before something hit him on the head from above. It knocked him over, sending him into the puddle of glass and glowing green liquid that remained of the tube that had broken on his head. And everything that liquid touched, burned.

The feeling remained even after Marc had quickly brushed off every trace he could find on him. And was spreading.

He made it only half way through the alley, before the pain grew too much. A whimper broke free as he collapsed against a dumpster, panting hard. "K-Khonshu," he whispered. "I'm here," his voice seemed almost softer than usual. "Please...make it stop," Marc wheezed, squeezing his eyes shut as the burning started to migrate towards them. "I cannot. To stop this process now would likely have a detrimental and permanent effect on your body. The only thing that can be done, is to let it run its course."

Marc opened his mouth to retort, when the burning suddenly grew in strength. All he could do was clasp his hand over his mouth tightly to muffle any sounds, and endure.

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Everything ached. Steven groaned and flinched slightly as this made his voice box throb more. Smells and sounds thundered blindly though his head, uncaring of the damage they might leave. It was a good few minutes before things settled down enough for him to open his eyes.

He was in an alley, right up against a bin with a bag slung over his shoulder. And had no idea where he was other than that.

For a moment, he stayed there, watching for any clue as to where he was. But hunger soon forced Steven from his shelter. Instantly, things felt different. His shoes suddenly seemed ill-fitting and something was pressed right up against his back and pulling at his pelvis at the same time.

Nerves bubbling with tension, Steven reached back under his shirt to touch it. It was covered in soft fur and, as his hand wrapped around it, he had actual feeling from it.

The logical conclusion blinked like a check engine light in his brain. But he refused to believe it. No, it couldn't be right. He was human, why would a human have a fluffy tail? Desperately, Steven turned to look at it. And could only stare.

His whole back was covered in fur. As was the hand holding the long tail that flicked in response to his agitation. Steven released his tail and brought the hand closer to his face. Needle-sharp claws had replaced his fingernails. With the way the pads of his fingers and palm were furless, it almost looked like a paw.

Both hands shook as they raised to Steven's head. And touched two sensitive ears and an equally furry face. "No, no, no, this can't be happening," Steven whimpered, "It can't."

A sudden bang from down the street startled him back to the world around him. He couldn't stay there. No one should see him like that.

Suddenly, Steven's eyes focused on the fire escape in front of him. Thoughts still stewing in panic, he quickly closed the distance and began to climb. His claws lightly marked the metal as he went up, up, up, before scrambling onto the rooftop.

Steven's feet were starting to hurt. Regardless, he limbed forward slowly, looking around as he thought desperately on what to do next.

What happened to him? How did he end up there? Where was there? What day was it? "Please," Steven softly pleaded, "tell me, what do I do?"

Four thumps to his right awnsered.

Steven could feel his tail puff up and strain against his shirt as he jumped, turning to face whatever had joined him. Four short figures stood there. The thin darkness couldn't obscure the masks they wore, the weapons they carried, or their green skin and shells. "Heya," the purple-masked one waved slightly. "...Hi," Steven waved back. "You seem lost." "Yeah, I-I am a bit." "Never been to New York before?" the red-masked one smirked, eyes flickering to something below Steven. "Not really."

"Is that blood!?" the orange-masked one suddenly shrieked, pointing at Steven's feet. Steven looked down. His feet looked like he was standing on his toes, the rest of the foot now physically outside his shoe. Red had coated the backs of Steven's trainers. And the pain started to grow.

"Oh jeez," the blue-one quickly made his way forward, the others following suit, "OK, just stay calm- Mikey, Donnie, help him sit." Orange and Purple, Mikey and Donnie it seemed, carefully helped lower Steven down. A jolt had him suddenly leap up with a yowl. "What?! What happened?!" Red yelled reflecively, yanking Blue back by his katanas. "Oh, he just sat on his tail," Mikey muttered apologetically. Donnie said nothing, just helped Steven sit more comfortably.

"So, you boys local?" Steven stuttered out as hands poked at his throbbing former arch. "Yeah, lived in New York our whole lives," Mikey smiled, "Well, the sewers." A sudden tug at his trainers had a hiss cut off Steven's reply.

A very cat-like hiss.

"Sorry, sorry," Blue backed off, blood colouring his fingertips. "Those can't stay on," Donnie pointed out, "What if they're cutting off circulation as well-?" "I'm not cutting his trainers with katanas, Donnie!" "I can," Red raised his hand. "Neither are you Raph!" "What about this?" Raph offered a ninja star. "No no no, no one is putting blades near my feet," Steven interjected. "What about April?" Mikey asked, "She'd have scissors, and- and bandages."

Blue nodded, looked out over the rooftops, before turning back to them: "Yeah, she should be close. Alright, can you stand?" "I'll have to," Steven winced but made it to his feet. And, off they went.

[disabilityshowdown]

[IDs: Moon Knight is dressed in a white superhero outfit reminiscent of bandages/other thin strip wrappings in design, that covers his entire body, including his face. There is a pointed hood, and a moon emblem on both his hood and chest. His eyes glow white through the mask. The Splinter is an anthropomorphic rat, in this image he has brown fur and is wearing a pink robe. His feet are bandaged in a martial arts style and he holds a cane.]

Disabilities: Moon Knight (Marc Spector + alters) are a system/have DID, Splinter is a cane user

[artzychic27]

If Simon is the rottmnt Donnie in science kids then who the rottmnt Mikey of the science kids?

Jean

And before you ask, Marc is Raph and Ismael is Leo

[moonshynecybin]

digging into the little avatars that some riders have.... all of them are so cute and representative of their riders... im only gonna talk about a few here but i might add more later !

vale: cartoony turtle. the first to do this as far as i can tell! originated from a toy turtle (i think a teenage mutant ninja turtle lmao) that his mom gave him as a kid that he mounted on his helmet. classiccccc vale, very ironic and tongue-in-cheek, tattooed on his body in the funniest place possible, and of course the joke relies on the audience knowing that he's the fastest dude in the room ! very in-character choices all

marc: fire ant. he said i am tiny. he said i am SMALL. he said i am fierce and strong for my size... not a classically fierce choice but nonetheless makes a lot of sense to me ! also very funny that the intial design for the ant was made by vale's helmet guy, though i think he's moved towards the sharper design in recent years post-divorce and the legal stuff with its image rights... fun post about marc choosing it as his mascot by @frongsonabike here (also a very deeply catalan choice, according to @babynflames !)

bez: scorpion !!!!! this man is undeniably keyed into astrology lmao. hes a scorpio and he LOVESSSS IT. absolutely fascinating implications for his character on that, considering scorpios are a sign that catches a lot of flack. like. he looked at a list of scorpio traits and said omg me fr i need to convert this into a branding opportunity...

cele. the WAVEEE literally iconic to me. fits him SO well imo. serene. immutable. undeniably and probably unintentionally hilarious when used as punctuation. my favorite of these in the graphic design sense and i love that he changed FUCK ALL about it design-wise when he moved to KTM. also very cute that the 13 on his bike looks like the bottom of a pool!

fabio. el diablo !!! very fun considering i think hes the biggest lover boy on the grid but hes also FASTTT so i get it, its baddass etc. i DO think he would prefer the devil emoji on instagram to be red but that has been cruelly denied from him by apple.

[fyeah-tmnt]

Josh Brener is just a younger sibling taking revenge on his older siblings

Audio description:

Josh Brener says: "As a kid, my older brothers were huge Ninja Turtles fans and had all the toys. Which they would not let me touch or play with ever. So for me, this has been a journey about revenge. And I have my very own action figure now Marc and Seth so WHY DON'T CHA SUCK ON- (audio gets cut off)

[variouspolltournaments]

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED

Next up is the Canine and Feline Duo Tournament. The duos do not have to be literal canines and felines.

Submit a Canine and Feline Duo, along with where they come from and (if you want) propaganda through ask or submit a post.

Submissions will be closing on the 30th of May.

Top 6 submissions are the ones I submitted myself.

@tournament-announcer

Submissions in bold have propaganda, submissions not in bold do not have propaganda. Whether they do or do not have some already, you are still free to submit some.

SUBMISSIONS:

Mo Ran and Chu Wanning: The Husky and His White Cat Shizun

Catherine and Diggs: Cats & Dogs 2

Mozart and Dreamer: The Wolf and The Lion

Proud Heart Cat and Loyal Heart Dog: Care Bears

Jade Catkin and Roxie McTerrier: Littlest Pet Shop: A World Of Our Own

Komugi Inukai and Yuki Nekoyashiki: Wonderful Precure

Chat Noir and Flairmidable: Miraculous Ladybug

Dog Man and Petey: Dog Man

Cat and Dog: Catdog

N and Uzi: Murder Drones

Garfield and Odie: Garfield

Bug and Bunny: Warrior Cats

Pixie and Brutus: Pixie and Brutus

Yukari Kotozume and Akira Kenjou: KiraKira Precure A La Mode

Serafina and Wolfie: Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper

Pat and Pran: Bad Buddy!

Roger and Belle: Pets United

Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot: Looney Tunes

Bolt and Mittens: Bolt

Ballister Boldheart and Ambrosius Goldenloin: Nimona

Gretchen and Frou-Frou: Scarlet Hollow

Bitch and Pussy: Tumblr Kickstarter Scam Parody by fipindustries

Feng Xin and Mu Qing: Tian Guan Ci Fu

Yachiyo Inugami and Suzu Nekoyama from Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san

Liko’s Sprigatito and Alex’s Fidough: Pokemon Horizons

Liko’s Sprigatito and Murdock’s Rockruff: Pokemon Horizons

Clawdeen Wolf and Toralai Stripe: Monster High

Alopex and Takeshi: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012

Nekomamushi and Inuarashi: One Piece

The Rain: Real Life

Oliver and Dodger: Oliver and Company

Ashiol Xandelian and Livilla: Creature Court

Milo and Otis: The Adventures of Milo and Otis

[stinky-fuck-swag]

Aaand here's the brackets!

Wacky ass formatting, i know- Matchups under the cut, polls will be starting soon!

(note: i know nothing about like. 80% of these characters. if their names or where theyre from is incorrect, just lmk cuz i have NOO IDEAA) also i am fully aware of every mistake made in this bracket. whoops

BRACKET A, SIDE A

Henry Oak (Dungeons and Daddies) VS Normal Oak (Dungeons and Daddies season 2

Zora Salazar (Epithet Erased) VS Stink (Epithet Erased)

Anders (Dragon Age) VS Isabela (Dragon Age)

Deandra the new girl (Most Popular Girls in School) VS Peach (real life)

Randy Jade (Dialtown) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown)

Stunky (Pokemon) VS Stinkeye (Yo-kai Watch)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100) VS Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)

Moonbeam McSwine (Li'l Abner) VS Marc Spector (Marvel Comics)

Link (BOTW) VS Lt. Columbo (Columbo)

Yoda (Star Wars) VS Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Dob the Half Orc Bard (Oxventure Dungeons and Dragons) VS Caleb Widogast (Critical Role campaign 2)

Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3) VS Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5)

Gyro Zepelli (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) VS Guido Mista (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Tokkori (Kirby right back at ya) VS Jotaro Kujo (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Elon Musk (real life. sadly) VS Berdly (Deltarune)

Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune) VS Susie (Deltarune)

BRACKET A, SIDE B

The Great Mighty Poo (Conker) VS The Poop Smith (Homestar Runner)

Michael Afton (Five Nights at Freddy’s) VS Springtrap (Five Nights at Freddy’s)

Manjoume Jun/Chazz Princeton (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) VS Datz Are'bal (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice)

Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) VS Humans in general (Star Trek)

Captain Rockhopper (Club Penguin) VS King Micah of Bright Moon (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Frank Gallagher (Shameless) VS Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides)

The Riddler (Batman: Arkham Knight) VS Power (Chainsaw Man)

Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) VS Every Dog (real life)

c!Technoblade (Dream SMP) VS c!Wilbur Soot (Dream SMP)

Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Submitters Brother (real life) VS Prosperity Redding (The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding)

Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) VS Goobleck (Just Roll With It)

Enoch O'Connor (Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children) VS Smores (real life)

Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) VS Erik (The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical & movie))

The Voters (Tumblr) VS Equius Zahhak (Homestuck)

Rotten Apple (Showvember) VS Loki (real life)

BRACKET B, SIDE A

Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) VS Smudge (Cascão) (Monica’s Team (Turma da Monica))

Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street) VS Stinky Pete (Toy Story 2)

Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa) VS L (Death Note)

Stink Bomb (Skylanders: SWAP Force) VS Slugcat (Rain World)

Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) VS Vice (Kamen Rider Revice)

Dr. Iceberg (SCP Foundation) VS Dr. Alto Clef (SCP Foundation)

Ash Ketchum (Pokemon) VS Doug Eiffel (Wolf 359)

Estinien Wyrmblood (Final Fantasy XIV) VS Alphinaud Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)

Raphael Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Gobber (How To Train Your Dragon)

Keaton (Fire Emblem Fates) VS Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Bill Lenz (Black Christmas 1974) VS Stinkor (Masters of the Universe)

The Sewer Urchin (The Tick (1994 Animated Series)) VS Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid)

Barfbat (Ward (Parahumans series)) VS Kevin (Synthesizer V)

Yellowfang (Warrior Cats) VS Big Mac (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Heppokomaru (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) VS Captain 3 (Splatoon 3)

Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls) VS Linus (Stardew Valley)

BRACKET B, SIDE B

Jeong-Jeong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Pigpen (Peanuts)

Beelzebub (Good Omens) VS Stinkfly (Ben 10)C

Hiravias (Pillars of Eternity) VS Chell (Portal)

Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) VS Bacterian (Dragon Ball)

Captain K'nuckles (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) VS Kimchi (Chowder)

Stinky (Moomins) VS Stinky (Animal Crossing)

Mitchell Shephard (Hunt Down the Freeman) VS Melly Plinius (Identity V)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) VS Yato (Noragami)

THAT FUCKING THING IN YOUR BANNER (my banner lol) VS Harold (Fallout 1, 2, and 3)

Barik of the Stone Shields (Tyranny) VS Samuel Gladiator (Yandere High School (minecraft roleplay))

John Hart (Torchwood) VS Orochimaru (Naruto)

Dung Defender/Ogrim (Hollow Knight) VS Zane (Borderlands)

Pumbaa (The Lion King) VS Enki (Fear and Hunger)

Goro Majima (Yakuza) VS Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy)

Finn Mertins (Farmworld) (Adventure Time) VS John Doe (John Doe / John Doe+)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) VS Ed Sheeran (ginger people fandom)

[beanswrites]

Ok, request time! Miraculous Ladybug with Marc x Nathaniel. Slightly angsty Drabble that’s mostly fluff; Marc freaks out because on one of his date nights, that’s when he’ll turn into his weregoat form (humanoid and non-feral). Nath catches him (painfully) transforming anyways and thinks he looks adorable.

From The Horns To The Hooves

ngl i have never heard of the term "weregoat" before but hey, you learn something new everyday!

anyway this drabble is slightlyyy angsty but mostly fluff!!

pairing: Nathaniel x Marc (from MLB)

tags: angst, insecurity, painful transformation, weregoats?, comfort, fluff

summary: nathaniel catches marc as he's transforming into his weregoat form

this is my first time writing something even remotely close to this (were-creatures and all) so i hope i did right and that you like it!!

requests open!! | masterlist | rules for requesting

No, not now!

This was the absolute worst thing that could've happened to Marc today. Not the fact that his hair looked a little too shaggy for his liking, not that his outfit wasn't perfect for the movie date he had with Nath, but the fact that he was starting to transform!

"God, no! Not today!" He muttered as he sat down on his bed, bending over in pain.

How would he even excuse himself? He couldn't just bail on his boyfriend without any reason. And he definitely couldn't say "Hey, Nath, I'm transforming into half a goat and it hurts beyond your imagination so I can't watch The Ninja Turtles movie today"!

As many different excuses went through his head, his tranformation progressed quickly. Marc winced and writhed in pain, trying his best to ignore the pulcing headache the rapidly growing horns gave him.

His feet also hurt way more than he knew was possible, so he took off his sneakers to avoid them being ripped open by his hooves (again).

"Marc, honey, Nath's here to pick you up. Are you ready?"

Nononononono-

"Uhh, mom, I'm feeling sick, maybe it's best if he didn't come in.."

The silence after was deafening. Marc took that as a good thing, since he was relieved that his boyfriend won't see him in his were-goat form.

Suddenly, just as his transformation reached it's peak, someone opened the door.

"Marc, are you okay? Your mom told me you were feeling sick-"

Nathaniel's mouth swung open when he saw in what state his boyfriend was. The ravenette shied away, feeling a bit too exposed and seen for his liking. Even though Nathaniel was his safe person, someone he'd never feel too shy or embarassed about, he was still ashamed that he had to see him like this.

"S-sorry, Nath, I-I.."

Nathaniel's eyes quickly trailed over his boyfriend's fluffy, goat body in shock. He noticed the way Marc was shivering and basically writhing in pain. He took a couple of steps to him, petting his hair gently.

"You look.."

Gross? Disgusting? Monstruous? Horrible? Freakish?

"Adorable"

Marc was left in shock, a slight pink tint rising in his cheeks.

"But-t Nath..?"

"It hurts, doesn't it?"

All Marc could do was nod and humm in pain.

"Mhmm.."

"Wanna stay here..? We could draw, or watch anime or something?" Nath suggested with a smile.

"Sure.."

They hugged, and the ginger felt the sides of his boyfriend's horns nudging him.

"Can I touch them?"

Another nod. Nathaniels gentle fingers went all over the sharp horns while he sweetly kissed Marc's cheek.

"Marc, I.. I love you, all of you, from the horns to the hooves, yeah?"

The goat-boy smiled sweetly, cuddling against his boyfriend as they pulled up some anime to watch.

He knew. Nathaniel loved him just as he was. Horns and hooves and all.

that's all for this one!! thank you for reading, and thanks for the request! follow for more! <3

[lollipencil]

The Cat-Boy Agenda: Part 2

Wanted to continue this one.

Enjoy and be gentle ---

The trip to April's was painfully slow. Literally. But, within an hour, they had arrived.

Thin lines of red, blue, orange, and purple near the window seemed to act akin to landing lights. Blue, introduced during the trip as Leonardo, knocked out a tune on the glass. For a moment, nothing. Then the window slid open. "Hey April," Leonardo climbed through, "Our friend here's having some issues." "And I'm closer than the Lair?" she raised an eyebrow with a slight smirk. "Basically," Donatello carefully helped Steven through the window, "Watch the tail, it's right up against his back."

The new shape of Steven's legs, the tail issue, and the bag still on his back made getting him in difficult. But eventually, Steven was on his stomach on April's sofa as she breathed. "Sorry about all this," Steven weakly apologised. "It's nothing," April waved idly as she began to rumage through her drawers, "these guys have literally rocked up with far worse in the past, and likely, the future. Right, let's see..."

Thankfully, all she did was turn on her phone's torch and look closely. "Ok," she slowly said as she took it in, "Doesn't look too deep. Hope you're not attached to these shoes, Raph, can you get the scissors and bandages from my first-aid kit?" "Got it." "Ok, sorry what's your name?" April turned to Steven. "Steven." "Hi Steven, I'm April. Can you wiggle your toes?"

He did as asked, watching as Donatello sat on the coffee table and rummaged through the bag. "Well, I've got some good news," he said, looking up at April. "Me too, what's yours?" "Got some spare clothes," Donnie produced a hoodie as proof before tossing a pair of trousers toward Michelangelo's waiting hands, and returning to the bag with an unreadable expression. "Great, one problem solved. Right, Steven, it looks like your feet have become more paw-like just your hands. Unfortunately, they've also gotten, well, wider." "But, you can get them out, right?" Steven could feel his tail lash under his shirt. "Yeah, yeah, just need to make some space, thank you," April took the scissors from Raphael as he came over.

The laces went first. Just the flexing of the quarter made the pressure easier to deal with. "I think we can just slide them right off," Leonardo noted. April agreed: "Leo, can you run some lukewarm water for us?" "Of cource."

Considering how much of a problem they caused, the shoes came off with no trouble at all.

Steven puffed a breath of relief as he causiously flexed his ankle. Once the bandages were tied off, Steven sat on the sofa, looking at his new foot shape. "How'd this happen?" he whispered softly, but was heard anyway. "Oh boy," Michelangelo paused his sewing to look at Steven, "You don't remember anything?" "...No," Steven admitted, "I don't even know how I ended up in New York."

Air hissed through Michelangelo's teeth as he went back to his sewing. He squinted at what he was doing before making two more stitches snipping the thread. "Anyway, all done!" Michelangelo grinned and showed off his work. A small hole now sat towards the bottom of the trousers. Steven's tail twitched in impending relief.

Steven nodded, and shuffled into the bathroom. While somewhat awkward to pull through, the feeling of his tail no longer being trapped was a breath of fresh air. A shallow breath, but still better.

For a moment, he watched it flick and twitch through the hole. Then, Steven turned to the mirror. The face that stared back wasn't his. But it was. His hair was intact, with the fur that covered his face being two other shades of brown. The area of his mouth and nose had stretched out slightly into a muzzle. His ears now sat on top of his head, opposite to slitted eyes that still retained their former brown colour.

And yet, Steven could still see his old face underneath everything. Very faintly. But the differences screamed even louder.

A knock on the door stunned Steven away from the mirror. "Hey," April softly said when he opened the door, "I'm ordering pizza for everyone, come on."

---

Waking was slow. Not that Marc minded that. If anything, he wished he'd go back to sleep.

Warmth radiated against his back, sending itself through every vein and artery he had. Even his limbs were curled pleasantly underneath him. Marc smiled, still dozing, and began to press his hands into the sofa rhythmically, feeling the fabric against his sensitive digits. A purr began to vibrate in his chest and-

His eyes snapped open. The purr cut off sharply.

Marc could barely breath as he looked at his hands, still mid-knead, at the claws extending into the blanket and the loose fur already working its way into the weave of the material. He could feel his ears pressed tightly against the back of his head. And then, he remembered. "Oh, shit."

[dalt20]

Tooning In 19. Ken Mitcherony part 1 of 4 (maybe, or alternatively about a half of Ken)

DL:So I ask you, who are you,what do you do, and what you're best known for?

KM:Ken Mitchroney, Carbon based unit. I do a lot of things but let's boil it down too, animation studio swiss army knife and comic book artist. Best known for Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles Adventures comic books and numerous animated features and TV shows. None of my skills include proof reading as we will see here.😄

DL:Lol! So growing up, how was your childhood?

KM: Middle class, Florida upbringing. No complaints.

DL:So, what were your favorite cartoons growing up?

KM:Warner Brothers and Tom and Jerry cartoons mostly. Some of the Hanna Barbera tv cartoons as well.

DL:So when did you decide you wanted to become an animator?

KM:Once I found out what they were.I think I was like, ten?

DL:So did you practice drawing? Like trying to draw the characters you see on Tv? Like how do they work?

KM:Constantly. And comic books and comic strips. Just trying to crack the code back then. It's how you learn.

DL:Yeah, kinda me too! It's just so hard. Until I found a book called How to Draw Animated Cartoons. That book taught me how to draw cartoons and design them.

KM:Yeah. Preston Blair's book on animation was the turning point. Found it in an art supply store in Lake Worth and it changed everything.That and getting a 16mm camera and learning how film works and is put together.

DL:I know, he just made everything look so easy! Especially character construction!

KM:The building blocks.

DL:Yeah! So,how was high school?

KM: had a different kind of high school experience than most. A friend of my fathers, Archie Di Bacco started a private school that had its own way of teaching and also focusing heavily on the arts. Being that I'm highly dyslexic, I was struggling in regular school because no one catered to this back then, so my folks sent me to Di Bacco School.I flourished there being a visual thinker.I learned film making, animation ,photography, broadcasting art and art theory and a ton of other skills. What a great place.Saved my life and loaded my gun for the careers I had coming.I was also in communication with Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc and Friz Freling by this time. Great mentors 3000 miles away.And they were very kind with their time on the rare times I would come out.

DL:So how did you enter the industry after school? Was it hard? Because you didnt work in animation until 1988.

KM:Yeah, It was frustrating. Friz offered me a job at DFE but, I told him I wanted to finish my last year of high school and I would be back. The industry changed from cartoons to more realistic superhero shows and my portfolio didn't reflect the change so, even though I knew people, I could not get hired so I went back home, Licked my wounds and started to work in Comics and film until something broke.And it did. I was at comic con in San Diego promoting my book, Space Ark and Jerry Beck came by my table. " Sody Clampett has been trying to get a hold of you. They are doing a new Beany and Cecil television show and the family wants you to come in and Interview." My wife flew back to Florida. I took the train to Burbank and got the job. God bless Bob Clampett and the family.From then on it was animation, comic books and live action film.

DL:So,I want to ask you something.

KM:Why I'm here😄

DL:So are you a furry? According to your WikiFur page?

KM:Actually no. Space Ark was the first real funny animal comic book out there in the early 80's. I was not aware of the furry movement then but it was embraced by them and I think that's where all this came from. I have some friends who were into all that and I was happy to drop a few Space Ark drawings in fanzines as favors but that was about it. Guilt by association.

DL:Like Mike Kazaleh and Marc Schrimster?They were your colleagues right?'

KM:And friends, yeah. Good guys and very talented artists.

DL:I know! I have one of Mike's Captain Jack books!

KM:Yeah. Mike's books came after Cutie Bunny and Space Ark hit the stands. I wish more people remembered what we did back then. That self publishing time back in the early 80's was something else. A lot of talented guys and gals followed us and they and their books are sadly forgotten now.

DL:Yeah, I mean the most known funny animal comic now is Cerbus the Aardvark!

KM:I got a very nice write up in one of the Cerbus editorials back then when we all met up for the Comic Book Creator Rights Conference in North Hampton that my old pals Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird put on.Talking about how funny animal comic book artist are the Rodney Dangerfield of the industry.😄 But I digress.

DL:Haha! So back on track, Beany and Cecil for DiC, Bob Clampett Productions and ABC.

KM:Yup!

DL:How was working on it as a layout artist?

KM:It was fine. John.K was very demanding about what he needed and kept us all on our toes. I learned a lot about TV production, schedules and studio politics and made friends with guys who would ask me to go on to be life long trench buddies in the business. It was a shame it ended so quickly.

DL:From an interview from DiC vice president Robby London, said it was a nightmare in production. especially John K, as he would draw stuff in the episode nobody would see.

KM:Being a mindless production drone at the time, we didn't really hear about that until the day we all got cut.So I went back to Florida again and then got the call to come back out and work on Tiny Toons so, it all worked out.

DL:So who called you? Tom Ruegger?

KM:Eddie Fitzgerald. He wanted to get the old Beany band back together again.So we all just migrated back there. And Mike Kazaleh graciously let me sleep on the couch in his living room.

DL:What a nice guy!

KM:Indeed.

DL:So what is a layout artist? Is he the guy who draws the poses for the in-betweener to draw, creating motion?

KM:You do key pose drawings for the overseas animators based on the storyboard. A lot like what an animation director would do back in the old days. This also included background keys from time to time. I was also doing storyboard revision and clean up by this time.

DL:Ah, so what did you think of doing a Muppet Babies version of the Looney Tunes?

KM:They were their own thing so I didn't have a problem with it at all. The fact we got to draw the real Loony Tunes guys from time to time was a real treat.And we got to work with some of the old WB mid timers. What an education. For me anyway.

DL:cool! Were you a caricature in Tiny Toons?

This is a splash page of all of the crew who worked on tiny toons circa 1990. Notice the guy with the derp stare and big forehead on the right, yeah that’s Bruce Timm, creator of Batman: the Animated Series.

This was all the crew on the show.

KM:Bruce Time taught himself how to do caricatures and he went nuts during production. Funny stuff. I'm right in front of Jeff Pidgeon in this one.

DL:Yeah, you were so tiny in that one!Did Bruce Timm really have a big forehead?

KM:Yeah. Both of us did in his drawings.😄

DL:Ah ok.

KM:Some amazingly talented folks in that one.

DL:I thought he wore glasses?This was a caricature of himself in Batman.

This is the character Ted Dymer, the main antagonist of the Batman:TAS episode, Beware the Grey Ghost. Who is also modeled after and voiced by Bruce Timm. notice the glasses and blonde hair?

Did he wear glasses later?

KM:We all did. Thanks animation.

DL:Yeah. So Taz Mania for FOX as a layout artist?

KM:I was a story artist by that time and was doing development with Jeff Pidgeon on Taz Mania. Jeff left to work on the Simpsons and then a little commercial house up north called Pixar. I went back home to Florida and got called back to do story on Taz once it got greenlit.

DL:So how was working there? with Bill Kopp and Mike Milo and some guy who's first name is Art

KM:Same old same old.Bill and I are certifiable and should not be left unsupervised. Hahaha!!!

DL:Lol!So you left WB in 1991, why did you?

KM:They would not let me move up to director so I followed Art Leonardi over to Universal to get their animation studio up and running. Being that I was a live action guy and understood his film language, Steven had me come back and re-board the mine chase in the Tiny Toons summer vacation special. I never received credit for that one but hey, it was for Steven and I love that guy's work. But yeah. I did a lot of development pitch art and storyboards for things like The Munsters and Oswald the Magical Rabbit. We also did work for Shelly Duvall's Bedtime Stories and whatever needed bandaids over there.

DL:Can you tell me what was the Oswald reboot?This was pre Disney/Walter Lantz ownership of the character.

KM:They found out they owned it and wanted to see if there was anything to it. Five boards of concept art and an outline was all it got.

DL:Oh ok. So that's what it was.

KM:Yeah. It just died.

DL:Sadly nobody uses Oswald after 1952, he wasn't brung back until 2006 with Epic Mickey, the video game.What was the Munsters cartoon?

KM:The Munsters was great fun and all mine to develop. I was in heaven because I loved the show so much. The studio shut down just before our pitch. It would have been great fun.The only thing that came of the whole Universal Animation studio effort was Stunt Dawgs for Hal Needham. Once Universal pulled the plug on its animation effort, that was sent over to DIC. I did all the character designs but didn't get the gig working on the show. That's Hollywood.

DL:Who is Hal Needham?

KM:Hal Needhan was king of the stuntmen and a very popular movie director at the time.

DL:Ah. You also worked on Back to the Future:the Animated Series?

KM:One of the great take aways from working at Universal. It's also the show where I met John Stevenson who went on to direct Kung Fu Panda when I was at Dreamworks and years later, he and I were working on and just finished Max and the Midknights at Nickelodeon.

DL:Wow! Friends to the end,eh?

KM:Yes sir!

DL:So you opened an independent studio with Mike Kazaleh in 1992 right in orlando?

KM:In Deland Florida, yeah. I was not getting what I wanted out of Hollywood and was sick of being away from your wife eight months of the year, sleeping on floors and couches all over the valley so I left. My last interview was with John K to come work with the old gang on Ren and Stimpy. I had a feeling it was going to be a train wreck so I thanked John, waved bye to all my pals over at Spumco and went home to start my own studio. Everyone said I was nuts but I was able to keep it going for seven years. We did a lot of productions for Hollywood, local commercials, comic books and anything that came through our doors. Bob Ross came by and had us develop a show for him before he died. Happy trees. Happy animated trees. Hahaha!!!

DL:Wow! So do you remember any projects you did back then at your studio?

KM:We did more Back to the Future and boarded a lot of stuff. The Ninja Turtle thing was hitting then so I did a lot of art and comics for Mirage and Archie. I'm so glad I did because all that is hot again and it's saving my neck between productions nowadays. Cowabunga!Then Jeff Pidgeon contacted me about a story gig at Pixar and the world changed again.

DL:What was Santa's Magic Book?

KM:Our last production. Yeah.

DL:I was baffled by that, and I had to ask.

KM:Yeah. Some local businessmen wanted to do a show.

DL:Go on?

KM:And that was it. Just another thing to keep the studio lights on- barely.

DL:And did it air on local TV?

KM:I guess? We delivered it, I shut down the studio and moved to the bay area by then.

DL:Ok. And you said goodbye to Orlando?

KM:Deland, Florida actuality. We still have our property there but yeah, I love the bay area. And always have.

[huitzilinthebudgie3]

Para Ti Papa : Drabble

La rata ! (The Rat !)

Summary : The Story of La Ratita

*The little Rat*

Y/n sighed as she walked home silently….it was raining yes…it was gloomy …yes but , her Dad/Dads had trusted her to get home safely and grab dinner from the place down the road down from the apartment. She was excited and slightly having a shitty day … and Steven knowing of this hard day had sent her down the road to grab said food while he changed from work …but twas the world as Steven had encouraged . You made the most of any situation…because it is what it is. Which was her motto but Steven tried to slightly change to something about melons. 

Ok…maybe not melons…but that's besides the point !! And she was getting off topic.

Y/n was walking home with her dinner !! 

On her own !!! 

She was in secondary school and she knew it was probably lame at 15 for her to be doing something of this caliber on her own for the first time. But hey , you gotta start somewhere ! Maybe she could convince them she could handle walking to the station on her own in the morning !! ….Yeah…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..she was lame and a baby …..…………………………….

…………………………………………………

……Anyways , she was currently on her way home. Food in hand and listening to music as she walked home. The food was delicious in her opinion , she loved it as the flavor was making her drool at the moment ………and she noticed a box on the side of the sidewalk. Her umbrella held over her head as she bent down and noticed a lump moving in the old wet box. There were blankets and food in the soaking box as she tilted her head setting her food down , she was in the alleyway beside the apartment as she squatted down to examine said fluff ball as it sniffed her food. Before looking at her with the cutest puppy dog eyes as she glanced away “I can’t take you home !! Marc will be mad and he’ll make Jake take you on the ride of no return” she said knowing the story of her ‘ninja turtles’ that had been won from a local friend's house…

And a kitten that even Steven had been sad about ,but agreed that she was deathly allergic too. Puppies she’d yet to have and she knew Marc's argument as she’d tried numerous times asking for a pet and had ended up without one. Her birthday wish for the past handful of years had been a puppy and she paused curiously at the small fluff ball as it licked her fingers…it’s stubby little legs unable to let him to out of the box as she sighed setting her food down to let the fluff ball into her jacket to smuggle it in and into her room. 

Maybe she could smuggle it in and give it to a friend…or even ask Jake to rehome it without Marc’s involvement. 

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆*20 minutes later*⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾

“Y/n love, why are you whimpering? ” a knowing steven asked as she glanced away “No reason , Dad ... .just uhh…a bit sad today. Had a rough day ya know ?” she said, biting back a giggle as the puppy licked her fingers of her food as Steven quirked a brow “You're a step away from giggling , darling” she shrugged “Feeling weird today “ she giggled as Steven hummed “Why are you wearing your Mac ?” she quirked a brow “I’m not wearing …a what ?” she asked, playing it off as another ‘slang’ she didn’t understand “I’m not wearing Marc's jacket” she sighed dramatically . Steven hummed and let it be as they continued on as she went to her room after dinner after washing her dishes .

“Going to my room !” she called as Steven quirked a brow “Your homework ?” she sighed “I finished it in class !” she smiled as Steven quirked a brow and she sighed noting his glasses were on as she handed over her homework… her math homework was partly done..English , Language and Sciences were done. As Steven went read over her history homework before humming “Your Grades ? “ she sighed, handing him the grade check that happened nearly weekly due to her own academic set-backs “There on honor-roll track , and you checked them last week ! "She sighed “Can I go please ?” Steven frowned “Eager , hmm ? You're not gonna watch some telly with you old man ?” she hummed “Later?” she asked softly “I wanna draw” she smiled using it as Steven sighed “Sure , i’ll see you later.” she smiled running off to her room. 

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 

Y/n jumped when the door opened as she squealed covering the fluff ball with her blanket as Marc tsked “Whatcha hiding kiddo ?” she blinked at that “Whatcha mean , brosky ? I’m not hiding anything” she smiled widely as she covered the lump mostly with her plushies as the pup blended in and didn’t move as Marc sat on edge of her bed “I know your getting older , and boy-” she squealed at that throwing a pillow at Marc …who was unimpressed “NO!! That’s not -NOOOOOOOOO!!!” she squealed loudly “BOYS are gross !!” she blushed deeply “Y/n, baby. That’s not always gonna be the case-” he sighed “Your getting older and-” she glared at his face “NO ! EWWWWWW Dad !! NO !! “ She repeated “Like you say ! School before Boys !” he hummed at that “Damn straight ! But , just-” she glared “No ! Dad ! Just because your mind is always on ladies doesn’t mean i’m always thinking about boys !” she gagged, chuckling at Marc’s blush. “Baby girl , no…I-'' he sighed “Teenagers” he sighed.

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆⋆⁺₊⋆ *a few days later*⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎ

Y/n was fully asleep when she was stirred by a smirking Jake “You tricked them good , huh ?” she yawned “I didn’t trick’em..” she mumbled sleepily as Jake snorted “You have a puppy in the apartment “ she sighed “Yeah , can you help me rehome him ? Before Bro finds out or Dad ?” Jake frowned at that  “Wait…Marc is Bro…or ?” Y/n sighed “Marc is Bro or bubs, Steven is Dad or pops , and you usually are Papa or ?” Jake sighed “Apa” he chuckled “I still don’t understand , why Marc is so …” he sighed, interrupting himself as Y/n shrugged “Can you help me ?” Jake sighed “Where is it ?” Y/n picked up the puppy and handed it to Jake as the small creature yipped softly nuzzling up to him “Where’d you find him ?” y/n sighed “On the way home from getting dinner…uhhmm, i know Marc won’t let me go again if he finds out i brought home a stray” she said anxiously “And it’s not steven’s fault , i found him on the way home. I felt bad… he was in a box with soaking blankets and soggy food…” she frowned softly “and he was so wet…and happy to see me” she said softly “I figured if anything my friends could help me find him a home…but their parents said no” she sighed.

Jake frowned “Hmm…and you aren’t gonna ask Marc if you can keep it ?” she glanced away “Thought about it…but , i don’t want us to get kicked out” she sighed softly “So can you help ? I used my allowance for a little bit of kibbles and puppy pads that can go with him ” she explained handing him said things as Jake sighed “The things i do for you , kiddo” he huffed as she smiled softly “I love you , apa” she said kissing his cheek as he chuckled hugging her and kissing his forehead “I love you too , mamasita” he sighed picking up the puppy “But , you should talk to Marc and Steven about this puppy thing” she quirked a brow as she yawned sleepily “Mkay , night. Papa” she said, snuggling into bed.

“Goodnight ,mi Princesa” he said, tucking her into bed. 

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆A few weeks later ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆⋆⁺₊⋆ ☾⋆⁺₊⋆˗ˏˋ 𓅰 ˎˊ˗⋆⁺₊⋆ 

Flora yawned softly, wiping the sleep from her eyes as she grumpily started her day. She walked into the kitchen where Marc ..strange..but not uncommon as it was Steven's day to walk her to the bus. She yawned sleepily as she walked over to sneak some of Marcs caffeine…she grabbed some by the petro station by her school but sometimes Marc would let her get away with it.

Today was not a day as he took the mug "You have to get taller than me kid" she sighed deeply "But ! It's in my jeans!" She sighed…luckily today she was wearing jeans and had prewritten 'coffee' in them for this exact argument as Larc blinked "Who-Don't write on you uniform" he sighed "I won't if you guys let me have coffee !"she whined.

Marc quirked a brow "Steven's said no" she sighed…she knew she could munipulate Marc into doing what she wanted…if she truly wanted to….but she wasn't feeling it …and she'd feel bad when Steven saw her later with his 'disappointment' face. And because she knew it affected them both negatively when she did things like that. Because when she was a child , there had been an incident with Marc not wanting to deal with her for reasons not to be discussed at the moment. And Jake and Steven were resting at the time…and for sake of quickness. It may or may not have had to do with who her father' despite them all sharing the same dna…

But that was a conversation for another time as she pouted before a familiar yip and small ball of fluff flooded her vision as she blinked “Uhh ….bubs…uhhh” Marc sighed deeply before a smug smirk found itself on her father’s face “Jake told us everything , and-”Flora interrupted him “Pinche rata (fucking rat)” she murmured as Marc quirked a brow “He says he did ya favor kiddo. You can keep it , but there are rules” he said sternly as she hummed…trying to hide the excitement on her face. 

“Rules ?” she hummed quirking a brow curiously “EN SERIO !!?” he hummed as she squealed hugging him closely as he blinked “Just don’t let it shit everywhere or piss everywhere it’s a boy !” he huffed noticing that it wasn’t said puppy but a much dorkier dog with large bat ears and fawn colored fur as it panted “He’s trained somewhat…friend said he’s protector trained…so afterschool” she zoned out not having a care in the world as she glared “Where’s the other one ?” Marc sighed “This one we can keep…the other one was a fox babe” she huffed “Pin-” a quirked brow “Damn laws” she smiled sheepishly foreigning innocence “Mhmm…now get ready for school. “ she yawned picking up the 5 months old german shepard up like a baby as it happily licked her face panting as she did so…as Marc pondered weather he mentally prepared for the chaos his child would unleash with a trained guard dog…..well that’s a story for next time…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….and Jake felt bad a week later that Marc had lied and got her back the damn rat that had pissed on Marc's favorite shoes and chewed up his favorite cap.

[plural-swag-competition]

We have our bracket! This was seeded by number of submissions. Some were given nicknames in the picture for space reasons. Apologies if we entered anything weird, this took a real long time to put together, and we're feeling a bit cross-eyed.

The top left is the top tier, top right is mid tier, bottom left is low tier, and bottom right is the one submission wonders! We'll be starting today with the bottom and working our way up for four days of round one before tackling everything all at once after the numbers are a bit reduced. Maybe two days of round two, depending on energy levels.

The Top Tier:

Shallan Davar/Veil/Radiant - The Stormlight Archive vs Yellow Guy - Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Harrier Du Bois - Disco Elysium vs Frisk/Chara - Undertale

Epsilon - Red vs Blue vs Sora/Xion/Roxas/Ventus/Vanitas - Kingdom Hearts

Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lochley) - Moon Knight Marvel Comics vs ENA - ENA

Yugi Mutou/Atem - Yu-Gi-Oh! vs Arthur Lester/John Doe - Malevolent Podcast

Raphael Hamato - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Uendo Toneido/Patches/Kisegawa/Owen - Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice

Greed/Ling - Fullmetal Alchemist vs Link (Green, Red, Blue, Vio, and Shadow) - The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventures

Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama - Mob Psycho 100 vs Sunny/Omori - OMORI

The Mid Tier:

Dr Alto Clef - SCP wiki vs Ford Cruller - Psychonauts

Madeline & Mirrorline - Celeste vs Darcy Wu - Amphibia

Hojo Emu, Tensai Gamer M, Parado (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid) - Kamen Rider Ex-Aid vs The Wildcards - Persona

Link/Deku Butler’s Son/Darmani III/Mikau/Fierce Deity - LoZ Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask vs The Sunken - Oxenfree

Bruce Banner/Hulk/Joe Fixit/Devil Hulk - Marvel comics vs Goldia die Heilige/Fleta/Harpae/Lisette - Pocket Mirror

The Warrior of Light - Final Fantasy XIV vs Mike/Chester /Vito/Svetlana/Manitoba/Mal - Total Drama

Blitzwing - Transformers: Animated vs Patrick and Rey Sprigs - Megaman Starforce

Cassie O'Pia - Psychonauts 2 vs Peter Nureyev - The Penumbra Podcast

The Low Tier:

Edward Teach - Our Flag Means Death vs BMO - Adventure Time

Diavolo and Dopplio - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure vs the Legion system (David Haller and headmates) - Marvel/X-Men Comics

One-One - Infinity Train vs Raiden Ei/Raiden Shogun - Genshin Impact

Jaden Yuki/Haou Jaden/Yubel - Yu-Gi-Oh! GX vs Sylvie Ashling and Dr. Beefton - Epithet Erased

Mikoto Kayano - Milgram vs Kris and the SOUL - Deltarune

Triad/Luornu Durgo - LoS Legion of Superheroes Post-Zero Hour run/1993-2003 run vs Gray Reverse - Helios: Rising Heroes

Vyncent “Virion” Sol - Just Roll With It: Prime Defenders vs Alluka and Nanika Zoldyck - Hunter x Hunter

Jackson Jekyll and Holt Hyde - Monster High vs Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura - Super Dangan Ronpa 2

The One Submission Wonders:

Izuku Midoriya - Boko No Hero Academia vs Mollymauk/Kingsley Tealeaf/Lucien Tavelle - Critical Role

Roronoa Zoro - One Piece vs Sho and Minazuki - Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Miyao/Meow Mitake - Ciconia When They Cry vs Webber - Don't Starve

Eda Clawthorne - The Owl House vs Jesse Faden - Control

Aubrey Little - The Adventure Zone: Amnesty vs Pyra/Mythra/Spoilers - Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Dirk Strider - Homestuck vs Sawada Tsunayoshi - Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Killer B & Gyuki - Naruto vs Jace - Magic the Gathering

Red - Twitch Plays Pokemon vs Elliot Alderson - Mr Robot

[chronicallylatetotheparty]

Embracing the Monster

Summary:

Adrien is living the perfect life!

He made sure of it.

And no one will get in his way.

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Adrien smiled as he kissed Nino on the lips.

His boyfriend made an mmph sound in protest at being cut off but returned the kiss soon enough.

"Jerk," Nino said once they parted.

"Love you too," Adrien beamed.

Nino stammered something incomprehensible at Adrien's casual use of the L-word. They'd been dating a while but it still caught Nino off guard how open Adrien could be.

Adrien laughed good-naturedly and transformed into Chat Noir before jumping onto the rooftops of Paris.

Nino quickly turned into Carapace and did the same.

Adrien whooped as he leapt tall buildings in a single bound. Nino rolling his eyes affectionately. Grin plastered on his face.

Rena Rouge was leaning against a chimney at the usual spot. She grinned as she saw them approaching. "Hey beautiful!" She greeted and pulled Nino in for a kiss.

Adrien found himself purring at the sight. Tail lashing contentedly. They really were adorable together.

Alya never did anything wrong to him so Adrien didn't mind sharing Nino. It's not her fault her best friend was terrible.

The three heroes of Paris split up in a wide trident formation. Little more than blurs against the setting sun. They'd decided on a compromise between proper patrol routes and actually getting to be teenagers with social lives.

Lights from the Liberty illuminated the darkening sky.

Case in point: the costume party at the Couffaine housebout. Adrien may hate Luka's guts but Juleka was cool. She'd helped Adrien with his eyeliner.

Carapace and Rena Rouge joined Chat Noir in a nearby alley and all three dropped their transformation at once. The combined flash lost among the Liberty's light show. Alya was wearing a hot mummy costume while Nino was dressed as a Ninja Turtle. Specifically Donnie.

Twin black horns curled out of Adrien's golden locks. His eyes a piercing red with slitted pupils. All black suit sucking in the light that touched him. Except for two simple black earrings, glinting in the light.

Adrien and Alya took one of Nino's hands each and hurried to the gangplank.

All their classmates were already there. Werewolf Kim making another bet with Doctor Who Alix. (Whose guts Adrien also hated but he thought never becoming a time traveling superhero was punishment enough... Even if he did sometimes get the urge to punch her in the face) Ivan and Mylene were being horrifyingly cute in public. Appropriate for their Addams Family costumes. Star Trek engineers Max and Markov were talking to Ghost Ondine about percentile increases in swim speed.

Even Zombie Nathaniel was there! Ostensibly to show off his new partner Skeleton Marc, pronouns he/they, to Beast Boy Rose and Raven Juleka. Who complimented his outfit. They smiled shyly and took a half step out from behind Nath.

Alya grinned and pulled Nino and Adrien over to say hello. She kissed both of Marc's cheeks and introduced them. "Hi Marc! Lovely to meet you," here she shot a knowing look at Nathaniel. "This is my boyfriend Nino and Nino's boyfriend Adrien."

Adrien couldn't suppres a snort of laughter at that. And neither could Marc for that matter. "How long have you wanted to say that?" Adrien asked with a grin.

"Since we started dating," Alya admitted without a hint of embarrassment.

"I'm surrounded by nerds," Nino bemoaned.

"Ha! You're one to talk!" Alya smirked.

Nino ignored this with all the dignity a halfway decent Ninja Turtle costume could muster.

The party was the most fun Adrien's had since the change. He could hold Nino in public without worrying about what people would think. Eat as much candy as he wanted. Make silly bets with Kim. Talk about their costumes with Juleka.

Of course her brother had to ruin it.

"Hey, can I talk to you?" Luka asked.

Adrien resisted the urge to tell him to go jump in the Seine and plastered on a smile. "Sure! What's up?

Luka motioned for them to head downstairs so they could have more privacy. Closing the door to keep out most of the noise.

"So, there's no easy way to say this. I know you're Chat Noir... and Red Beetle."

Adrien felt his smile freeze in place. The lights coming from the porthole vanishing as his shadow passed over it. "Come again?"

Luka shifted nervously. "I saw you transform between the two."

The crack under Luka's door darkened as the music from outside faded.

"This was a while ago. I didn't want to worry you so I didn't say anything."

Luka's breathing was the only sound in the room.

"But now Hawkmoth is gone! So it's safe now! ... Is it a bit quiet?" Luka asked as his eyes darted to his locked door. Wait. When had he locked it?

Adrien ran a hand over his face with a groan. "Ughhh, stupid cosmic balance! You'd think rewriting reality would let you fix everything but nooooo!"

Luka took a step back in the cramped room. "Adrien?"

"This is what I get for sharing the Miracle Box. Couldn't be as much of a control freak as Ladybug. No, I had to be 'better'. I had to actually include my partners." Adrien's shadow covered the entire floor.

"Who- Who's Ladybug?" Luka asked as his back hit the bulkhead. His brain latching onto anything Adrien said as a delaying tactic.

"Oh well," Adrien continued with a shrug. His shadow rising like so many arms onto the walls of the room. The horns on his head seemingly longer. Sharper. "That's what my new talents are for. It worked wonders for Felix."

Luka grabbed a mic stand next to his desk and swung it against Adrien in one fluid motion.

The weak metal bent around Adrien's head.

"Is that the best you can do?" Adrien smirked.

A dozen hands of shadow sprung out from behind Luka and pinned him to the wall. He tried to cry out but one of the shadows covered his mouth, muffling his voice. He struggled against the shadows holding his arms and legs but it was no use.

The shadow holding his right arm squeezed and Luka let go of the bent mic stand. It disappeared without a sound into the shadows. They weren't in Luka's room anymore. They were in a void of darkness. Only Luka and whatever was wearing Adrien's face.

"Well that's a bit rude," Adrien replied. Smirk morphing into a predatory grin, revealing razor sharp canines. "I'm still Adrien. New and improved."

"There's no secrets from me in here, Luka," Adrien said as Luka's eyes widened. "It helps with the feeding. Don't want to accidentally eat your ability to speak. Though Marinette might like that actually."

Luka tried to say something past his gag.

"Oh, where are my manners!" Adrien sat on nothing, crossing his legs quite comfortably. "You want to know what the hell is going on."

Luka whimpered.

"Well, you see, it all started when a naive little boy found out his soulmate was a Lying Liar who Lies!" Adrien's already unsettling grin took on another edge which made Luka press himself deeper into the invisible wall behind him. Whisps of shadow rising off Adrien's form. "So he decided to remake the world in his own image! It's the least the world owed him really."

"And it's not like Marinette was actually happy in that old world. Seriously, she gets the second most powerful mystic artifact in the world, inducted into an ancient order of superhero mentors and what does she do? Whine, whine, whine! Of course I'm going to take the Ladybug Miraculous if she hates it so much! That's also the least she owes me."

Adrien didn't know Luka's eyes could get any bigger but they did their damnedest as the color drained from Luka's face.

"Oh, don't give me that look! Marinette's much happier now that I've convinced Chloe she doesn't need her mother's approval... and to get therapy. You're welcome. Plus, Marinette has you doesn't she? Better you than me. Though, just between us, you're better off single."

Adrien stood and let out a luxurious stretch. Rising head and shoulders above Luka. "That's enough playing with my food, I think." His forked tongue licked his grinning lips.

Luka renewed his struggling but as Adrien was talking his shadows had covered every inch of Luka's body except his eyes. He couldn't move an inch. Even his jaw was shut right. Only a low, building scream escaped his lips. Luka was a fly in a web and it was dinner time.

"Don't worry," Adrien's form was nothing but sharp darkness and red eyes as he reached out for Luka. "You won't remember a thing."

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Adrien sucked on all of the fingers on his right hand. Letting them go with a pop. Reveling in how much Gabriel would hate Adrien licking his fingers in public.

Nino rolled his eyes good naturedly as his boyfriend got two more pizza slices.

"So what did Luka want to talk about?" Alya asked.

"Mhm?" Adrien swalled a mouthful of pepperoni. "Oh, y'know, just guy stuff."

Alya raised an eyebrow and now Nino was looking at him curiously too.

Adrien laughed, "Okay, okay! He wanted advice about Marinette."

Alya blinked.

"And he went to you for that?" Nino asked, incredulously.

"I got you, didn't I?" Adrien retorted with a hand against Nino's cheek. His skin heating up under Adrien's touch.

"He's got us there," Alya grinned.

Adrien smiled warmly as his best friends bantered. One day soon he'd tell them that one of their trio wasn't exactly human. Hmm, once they stopped jumping at Chat Noir's green eyes shining from the shadows should do it.

From the corner of his eye he saw Marinette finally arriving. Late as usual. Her boyfriend greeted her with a hug. There was a slightly vacant expression in his eyes. Like someone had scooped out and swallowed a part of his mind. Adrien licked his lips at how delicious Luka's memories were. Nice and chewy.

When Adrien wished for his freedom Gimmi had exacted a price of "equal" value. Adrien's humanity for free will? Sounded like a bargain to him. What did pretending to be human get him anyway besides being lied to?

He supposed having to eat, say, Felix's memories of Adrien not being human, in order to keep his freedom was a part of the price. But honestly devouring every last weakness Felix could exploit in Adrien was fun. Not to mention tasty.

Can't exactly cause problems for everyone in Paris when you're recovering from rapid onset amnesia, now can you? Adrien thought with a smirk.

Adrien was mentally pulled out of his thoughts by Nino physically pulling him out of his chair. Dragging him and Alya to the dancefloor with an easy grin. Which they returned.

Letting himself lose his train of thought and just flowing with the music. The movement grounding his body in the moment. Adrien caught Nino's eye and his grin widened like a little kid in a toy store... Adrien made a mental note to visit toy stores later.

The music changed to a slow song and Adrien pretended to catch his breath so Alya and Nino could have the first dance.

He smiled fondly at them as the lights of the Liberty reflected off the water. He was sure the universe would find a replacement supervillain now that the Butterfly and Peacock were safely destroyed. But not tonight.

Tomorrow the hero trio of Paris would be there to fight for their home. He grinned, the tips of his canines gleaming. Red eyes glowing.

And Adrien would be there to devour any loose ends.

[superhero-smackdown]

Bracket(??) Announcement!

I have FINALLY (which I am very sorry for guys) finished going through my submissions and have created something that looks like a bracket. BUT, in order to include the most characters, I have devised a group round with 128 characters divided into 8 groups and have sorted them in a way that prevents this competition from becoming a batman vs spider-man final.

making the polls shouldn't take nearly as long so be on the lookout for those! this will be pinned and I'll make sure to edit this post with links to the polls, and matchups are not necessarily going to be heroes next to each other! matches can be made up by any two heroes in the same group

polls will last a day for now and one group will be posted per day

as of right now top 4 from each group will make it to the bracket round but that is absolutely subject to change so don't count on that

Without further ado, your Superhero Smackdown competitors!!!

GROUP 1

Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and Gwen Stacy/Spider-Men and Ghost Spider (Marvel)

Garfield Logan/Beast Boy (DC)

Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel)

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (Marvel)

The Incredibles and Frozone (Pixar)

Kori'ander/Starfire (DC)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel)

Stephanie Brown/Spoiler (DC)

Toshinori Yagi/All Might (My Hero Academia)

Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel)

Jessica Jones (Marvel)

Jason Todd/Red Hood (DC)

Black Noir (The Boys)

Jim Gordon (DC)

Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Marvel)

Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Marvel)

GROUP 2

Kara Zor-El/Supergirl (DC)

T'Challa Udaku/Black Panther (Marvel)

Sam Wilson/Falcon/Captain America (Marvel)

Dick Grayson/Nightwing (DC)

Peter Quill/Starlord (Marvel)

Minhkhoa Khan/The Ghost-Maker (DC)

The Green Lantern Corp (DC)

Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl (DC)

Arthur Curry/Aquaman (DC)

Cassandra Cain/Black Bat (DC)

Queen Maeve (The Boys)

Clark Kent/Superman (DC)

Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (Marvel)

Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel)

Cissie King-Jones/Arrowette (DC)

Marc Spector, Steve Grant, Jake Lockley/Moon Knight (Marvel)

GROUP 3

Barry Allen/The Flash (DC)

Starlight (The Boys)

Kate Kane/Batwoman (DC)

Darkwing Duck (DuckTales)

Shouta Aizawa/Eraserhead (My Hero Academia)

Roy Harper/Arsenal (DC)

Natasha Romanoff, Yelena Belova/Black Widow (Marvel)

Tim Drake/Red Robin (DC)

The Autobots (Transformers TV Show)

Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC)

Ororo Monroe/Storm (Marvel)

The Midnighter (DC)

Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel)

Logan, James Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel)

Kon Kent/Superboy (DC)

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (DC)

GROUP 4

Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

The Powerpuff Girls (The Powerpuff Girls)

Izuku Midoriya/Deku (My Hero Academia)

Ben Tennyson/Ben 10 (Ben 10)

Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug)

Kate Bishop/Hawkeye (Marvel)

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug (Miraculous Ladybug)

America Chavez/Miss America (Marvel)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible)

Link and Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)

Goku (Dragon Ball Z)

The Power Rangers (The Power Rangers Series)

Kamala Khan/Miss Marvel (Marvel)

Virgil Hawkins/Static (DC)

Billy Batson/Captain Marvel/Shazam (DC)

GROUP 5

Damian Wayne/Robin (DC)

Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher/The Beak (Phineas and Ferb)

Alex, Sam, and Clover (Totally Spies)

Jubilation Lee/Jubilee (Marvel)

Alya Cesaire/Rena Rouge (Miraculous Ladybug)

Flash Thompson/Agent Venom (Marvel)

Shoto Todoroki/Shoto (My Hero Academia)

Gwen Poole/Gwenpool (Marvel)

Nino Lahiffe/Carapace (Miraculous Ladybug)

Kaio Kincaid/K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's be Heroes)

Katsuki Bakugo/Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight (My Hero Academia)

Felicia Hardy/Black Cat (Marvel)

Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd/Wiccan and Speed (Marvel)

Viv Vision (Marvel)

Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl (Marvel)

Mia Dearden/Speedy (DC)

GROUP 6

Undine Wells and Kokoro Aichi/Alchemical Water and Heartful Punch (Sleepless Domain)

Olive Silverlock and Maps Mizoguchi/The Detective Club (DC)

Nova Artino and Adrian Everhart/Insomia and Sketch (Renegades Trilogy)

Karen Fields/Voyd (Pixar)

Laura Kinney/X-23/Wolverine (Marvel)

William Wisp/The Wisperer (Just Roll With It)

Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuuko (Miraculous Ladybug)

Gizmoduck (DuckTales)

Dakota Cole/D.C. (Just Roll With It)

Rumi Usagiyama/Miruko (My Hero Academia)

Luka Couffaine/Viperion (Miraculous Ladybug)

Neena Thurman/Domino (Marvel)

Vyncent Sol/Virion (Just Roll With It)

Elpis (Valor Academy)

Captain Rainbow (Nintendo)

Moza/Emara (Emara)

GROUP 7

Mark Grayson/Invincible (Invincible)

Jimmy Woo (Marvel)

Kirby (Nintendo)

The Doctor (Doctor Who)

Zorro (The Mark of Zorro)

Phil Coulson (Marvel)

Megamind (Megamind)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

Donald Duck/The Duck Avenger/Paperinik (Disney)

Saitama/Caped Baldy (One Punch Man)

He-Man and She-Ra (He-Man: Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic Games)

The Tick (The Tick)

Robin Hood (English Folklore)

Yamada Hizashi/Present Mic (My Hero Academia)

Klaus Hargreeves/Number 4/The Séance (The Umbrella Academy)

GROUP 8

Super Grover (Seasame Street)

Wario-Man (Nintendo)

Fanboy and Chum Chum (Fanboy and Chum Chum)

Ace and Gary/The Ambiguously Gay Duo (Saturday Night Live)

Hero Cookie (Cookie Run)

Floyd Belkin/Splitter/Arm-Fall-Off-Boy (DC)

Bob Dobalina/Bob, Agent of Hydra (Marvel)

Bibleman (Bibleman TV Show)

Larry-Boy (VeggieTales)

Sharkboy and Lavagirl (The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl)

Mermaid Man and Barnicle Boy (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Daniel MacIntyre/Cactusman/SCP-2800 (SCP Foundation)

Morbius (Morbius)

Jarro (DC)

Jeff the Land Shark (Marvel)

Steel Samurai (Ace Attorney)

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Huckleberry: HAPPY NATIONAL CINEMA DAY!🍿 Here’s Silverstory11’s drawing of us at the movies!🎞️🤩 Buckleberry Forever!🫐🎸🩵💙

Blueberry: Also Marc and his family went to see “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” in theaters today and they said it’s the one of the best Nickelodeon movies ever!🤩 They also ate pizza after the movie!🍕 Turtle Power!🐢