#Matthew Blood-Smyth

[randomrichards]

LOVE LIES BLEEDING:

Body builder’s love

Leaves a spiral of vengeance

Fueled by steroids

[genevieveetguy]

. It's the ones you love the most who always disappoint you in the end.

Love Lies Bleeding, Rose Glass (2024)

[rockislandadultreads]

Book Recommendations: More Fantasy Graphic Novels

Bright World by Stan Stanley

The Hazards of Love follows the story of a queer teen from Queens who makes some mistakes, gets dragged into a fantastical place, and tries to hustle their way back home.

Amparo's deal with the talking cat was simple: a drop of blood and Amparo's name to become a better person. Their mother and abuela would never worry about them again, and they'd finally be worthy of dating straight-A student Iolanthe. But when the cat steals their body, becoming the better person they were promised, Amparo's spirit is imprisoned in a land of terrifying, flesh-hungry creatures known as Bright World.

With cruel and manipulative masters and a society that feeds on memories, Amparo must use their cleverness to escape, without turning into a monster like the rest. On "the other side," Iolanthe begins to suspect the new Amparo has a secret, and after the cat in disguise vanishes, she's left searching for answers with a no-nonsense medium from the lesbian mafia and the only person who might know the truth about Bright World.

This is the first volume in “The Hazards of Love” series. 

Long Lost by Matthew Erman

Long Lost is the story of two estranged sisters who find themselves drawn back to their small southern hometown after an invitation from an otherworldly creature. The pair is compelled to unlock the disturbing mysteries that are hidden in Hazel Patch in the hopes of uncovering the bizarre circumstances surrounding their mother… but they must deal with each other first.

This is the first volume of the “Long Lost” series. 

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love - witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology’s most well-known stories from creator Rachel Smythe. Featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story, Smythe’s original Eisner-nominated web-comic Lore Olympus brings the Greek Pantheon into the modern age with this sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel.

This is the first volume of the “Lore Olympus” series.

Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy

Welcome to the Adventure Zone!

SEE! The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure!

READ! Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters!

MARVEL! At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic novel based on a story created in a podcast where three dudes and their dad play a tabletop role playing game in real time!

Join Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided ("guided") by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it's based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance.

This is the first volume in "The Adventure Zone Graphic Novels” series. 

[otakutemmiebooks]

The books I have to read in the next 2 years are,

The Love Hypothesis: Ali Hazelwood

Shadow And Bone: Leigh Bardugo

Radio Silence: Alice Oseman

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: J.K. Rowling

Red Queen: Victoria Aveyard

The Inheritance Games: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

World War Z: Max Brooks

Independent Study: Joelle Charbonneau

Killer Kung Pao: Vivien Chien

Ready Player Two: Ernest Cline

Mockingjay: Suzanne Collins

The Taking: Kimberly Derting

The Dating Plan: Sara Desai

All the Light We Cannot See: Anthony Doerr

The Rules For Disappearing: Ashley Elston

The Rules For Breaking: Ashley Elston

Charming and the Cherry Blossom: L.J. Evans

If I Stay: Gayle Forman

Peach Blossom Spring: Melissa Fu

Girl In Pieces: Kathleen Glasgow

The Fault in Our Stars: John Green

Paper Towns: John Green

The Summer I Turned Pretty: Jenny Han

Prince Charming: Rachel Hawkins

Her Royal Highness: Rachel Hawkins

Verity: Colleen Hoover

Ugly Love: Colleen Hoover

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Holly Jackson

Grey: E.L. James

Jay's Gay Agenda: Jason June

Love & Other Disasters: Anita Kelly

Under the Dome: Stephen King

Illuminae: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Crazy Rich Asians: Kevin Kwan

Invaded: Melissa Landers

Starlight: Melissa Landers

Autoboyography: Christina Lauren

The Girl With Seven Names: Hyeonseo Lee

One Last Stop: Casey McQuiston

Cinder: Marissa Meyer

Midnight Sun: Stephenie Meyer

New Moon: Syephenie Meyer

Where the Crawdads Sing: Delia Owens

The Horsewoman: James Patterson

The Verifiers: Jane Pek

The Alice Network: Kate Quinn

Daisy Jones & the Six: Taylor Jenkins Reid

Divergent: Veronica Roth

Insurgent: Veronica Roth

Fangirl: Rainbow Rowell

Asylum: Madeleine Roux

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Salt to the Sea: Ruta Sepetys

Zom-B: Darren Shan

The Light Between Oceans: M.L. Stedman

The Loners: Lex Thomas

Enchantée: Gita Trelease

Code Name Verity: Elizabeth Wein

Black Dove White Raven: Elizabeth Wein

Rose Under Fire: Elizabeth Wein

Love & Gelato: Jenna Evans Welch

The 5th Wave: Rick Yancey

The Last Letter: Rebecca Yarros

Kingdom of Lies: Ben Alderson

Tell Me You Want Me: Willow Winters

City of Thieves: David Benioff

N0S4A2: Joe Hill

The Ex Hex: Erin Sterling

Don't Cry For Me: Daniel Black

Glitch: Briana Michaels

Twisted Game: Eva Ashwood

Ruin: Jolie Vines

Lord Eternal Night: Ben Alderson

The Fine Print: Lauren Asher

The Night Circus: Erin Morgenstern

The Deal: Elle Kennedy

New Year's Kiss: Lee Matthews

The Heir: Sophie Lark

West With Giraffes: Lynda Rutledge

Percy Jackson Lightning Thief: Rick Riordan

The Falling in Love Montage: Clara Smyth

Sugar Daddies: Jade West

Fifteen Hundred Miles From the Sun: Jonny Garza Villa

[newtonsheffield]

I think you should share the drunk Kate abduction-story with everyone now :)

You are just determined to embarrass me for all of my drunk antics aren’t you? 🤣😂

I mean, I deserve it but still.

Yes, this is yet another one of my drunken disasters.

Matthew really didn’t mind being the designated driver for The Bridgerton Wives Club and Edwina (an honorary member he was assured). He wasn’t one of those men who thought that if his wife went out without him she was going to hook up with a stranger in a dingy corner. And he prescribed to the theory that it was healthy for partners to have friends outside of each other.

And Edwina had fun when she went out with Kate,and Sophie, and Lucy, and Penelope always coming back with some ridiculous story as she curled up against him afterwards, sleepily sighing against his neck, her hands pulling him closer. It was nice to see her have fun, her eyes bright with excitement making her look even more heartstoppingly beautiful than she already was. When she saw him approach in the bar and called out

“Matty! There’s my little goosey!” With a little honk, Her lips just a little sloppy on his cheek as she tugged him down until his head was against her chest. “You look so handsome, I just wanna-”

“Oop! Maybe you can tell me later, Honey!” He always cut across her.

So no, he didn’t mind picking up her and her friends, what he did mind was her sister. Matthew had a healthy respect,even affection of his sister in law, Kate. She was smart, and successful, and kind, and she made very nice barfi. But when she had been drinking, the smart, confident woman who had her life together disappeared, and a monster was born in her place. Kate had to be herded into the car like a startled cat to begin with, singing at the top of her lungs, several coasters and a glass from the bar clutched in her hands. And then she always asked very embarrassing questions

“Matt, is Edwina the best sex you’ve ever had?” Matt nearly swerved the car. “I’m pretty sure Anthony’s the best I’ve ever had. Sometimes when I see him, like honestly Matt, all I can think is Rail me Daddy.” Her eyes wide, her words a little slurred, and Matt’s cheeks red.

“Gregory’s definitely the best I’ve had. He’s very firm and gentle.” Lucy hummed beside her, and Matthew prayed for the car ride to finish soon, as Edwina’s hand was settled dangerously on his thigh. Just as Penelope and Sophie started to share there own stories.

It was always some variation on that theme, and Matt had thought that it honestly couldn’t be any worse. Until it was. Kate, mercifully fell asleep for most of the car ride, and Matthew got to enjoy his new wife’s filthy promises (that she certainly wasn’t going to follow through with tonight, but it was a little hilarious to hear) in relative peace after dropping the other girls home, always leaving Kate for last.

He pulled up in front of the house, watching as the curtain flicked at the window, and the motion seemed to wake Kate just as Matthew opened the door. Kate suddenly looked up at him, her eyes like saucers and let out a blood curdling scream. Matthew’s heart was pounding as he reached down for her,

“Kate are you hurt, what’s happening?” Panic rising high in his throat.

“HELP HELP HELP I’M BEING ABDUCTED!” her voice echoing through the quiet street, and Matthew panicked.

“Kate, it’s Matthew Bagwell, your brother in law!” He said, feeling more than a little ridiculous.

He heard the tell tale sound of the door slamming closed behind him, frantic footsteps and then he was shoved roughly backwards. “Get out of the way, what have you done?!” Anthony said harshly.

“I didn’t do anything she just started screaming!”

“HELP HELP HELP” Kate was still yelling, her arms thrashing around in a slightly ridiculous motion,

“Kate, honey, it’s Anthony.” Kate stopped moving immediately at the sound of her husband’s voice, her body reacting instinctively her face breaking into a slightly brilliant smile as though nothing had just happened.

“Oh hey, Handsome.”

It was all Matthew could do not to scream a loud expletive into the night. And it’s probably just as well he didn’t because a Police car pulled up at the curb, a terrifyingly large man stepping out.

“Sir, are you bothering this woman? We’ve had reports of a disturbance.” Matthew saw the curtains flick at the window of the Smyth-smith’s next door.

“I was just driving my sister in law home, she’s pretty drunk. Her husband will tell you.” Matthew said a little resignedly, gesturing to Anthony who looked back at him blankly, shrugged with a little glint in his eyes and said

“Officer I’ve never seen this man before in my life.” And marched Kate back inside.

And as she disappeared into her house with a wave and a honk, Matthew swore that would be the last time he ever drove Kate Bridgerton home.

It wasn’t.

[capsironunderoos]

Characters I Write For!

Soooo here’s a complete (for the most part) list of fandoms and the characters in them that I will write for! Don’t hesitate to send in a request!

Marvel:

Thor Odinson

Iron Man / Tony Stark

Spiderman / Peter Parker

Captain America / Steve Rogers

The Winter Soldier / Bucky Barnes

Ant Man / Scott Lang

The Falcon / Sam Wilson

Black Panther / T’Challa

Loki Laufeyson

Daredevil / Matthew Murdock

Foggy Nelson

Luke Cage

Iron Fist / Danny Rand

Vision

Quicksilver / Pietro Maximoff (AoU)

Star Lord / Peter Quill

Doctor Strange

Hawkeye / Clint Barton

Jessica Jones

Elektra Natchios

Scarlet Witch / Wanda Maximoff

Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff

Gamora

Nebula

DC:

The Flash / Barry Allen

Vibe / Cisco Ramone

HR / Harrison Wells

Steve Trevor

Green Arrow / Oliver Queen

Star Wars:

Luke Skywalker

Han Solo

Lando Calrissian

Obi Wan Kenobi

Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader

Ben Solo / Kylo Ren

Finn

Poe Dameron

Cassian Andor

Bodhi Rook

Jyn Erso

Padme Amidala

Leia Organa

Rey

Jurassic Park / World:

Owen Grady

Zach Mitchell

Ian Malcolm

Barry

Claire Dearing

Stranger Things:

Steve Harrington

Billy Hargrove

Blue Bloods:

Jamie Reagan

Danny Reagan

Eddie Janko

Deception:

Cameron Black

Jonathan Black

Now You See Me:

Jack Wilder

Once Upon A Time:

Hook / Killian Jones

Prince Charming / David Nolan

Peter Pan

Rumplestiltskin / Mr. Gold

Baelfire / Neal Cassidy

Robin Hood

Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard

Emma Swan

Evil Queen / Regina Mills

Pirates of the Caribbean:

Will Turner

Captain Jack Sparrow

Commodore Norrington

Henry Turner

Hector Barbados

Elizabeth Swann

Carina Smyth

Six:

Richard “Rip” Taggart

Joe “Bear” Graves

Alex Caulder

Ricky “Buddha” Ortiz

Kong: Skull Island:

James Conrad

Timeless:

Wyatt Logan

Rufus Carlin

Garcia Flynn

Lucy Preston

Jiya

Emma Whitmore

These are just a few of my fandoms that I’ll write for! I’ll also write for some Riverdale, Disney, The Greatest Showman, and Broadway characters! Don’t hesitate to send in a request or ask me if I write for a character I didn’t list! And if I didn’t list a character it may be because I’m not familiar enough with them yet or because I accidentally forgot to list them or etc., not necessarily because I don’t like a character. Also I don’t write smut just yet! I hope you enjoy my writing and won’t hesitate to send in a request or just a quick hello!

[klanceficatalogue]

Hey I sent an ask awhile ago, but it may have gotten lost(or I completely missed it!!) I was just wondering if you guys had any fics where the Voltron crew work in a hospital! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this!!

I was only able to find one fic where the WHOLE gang works in a hospital (it also has supernatural elements however), but I found some with doctor!keith or nurse!keith, some with a couple of the other voltron characters also as doctors/nurses. Also, I did see your previous ask and I have been working on compiling these for you! -Maggie

Health Insurance for the Heart by beckkai and endgame_shirolo (10/10 | 50,761 | Mature)

-Lance is just a little off kilter, ya know? There’s no need for him to see a mcfreakin’ doctor.

Modern AU in which Lance is diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and has to learn how to make a smooth transition back into how his life was before. Keith is his nurse, and well, his nurse is pretty freakin’ cute (Read: Lance is shook).

Racing Heartbeats and Hospital Bedsheets by screwtodayimsleeping (1/1 | 2,339 | Not Rated)

Me: HunkMe: BuddyMe: emergency!!!!HunkyBae: what’s up, lance? Are they not letting you out of the hospital yet?Me: HUNKMe: the male nurse that took my blood was probably the sexiest person i’ve ever seenMe: and im literally wearing two sheets as an outfit

Supernatural Hospital by The_Sassiest_Archangel (31/? | 30,021 | Teen And Up)

The Doctors of Altea Medical Hospital:

Matthew Holt (Seraphim): Pathologist Takahashi Shirogane (Archdemon): Oncologist Keith Kogane (Fallen angel): Pediatrician Lance McClain (Witch): Radiologist Kolivan Lewis (Leviathan): Neurologist Antok Afakasi (Wendigo): PharmacistAllura Altea (Fairy): Dean of MedicinePidge Gunderson (Nephilim): Immunologist Thace Kurjak (Vampire): Cardiologist Ulaz Sidran (Werewolf): Rheumatologist Tsuyoshi “Hunk” Garett (Demon): SurgeonCoran Smythe (Hellhound): Pulmanologist

[pidgelings]

Tag List

Non-Voltron Tags

Pidgey Chatter - My thoughts and musings

Pidgey Answers - The questions tag

Pidgey Works - For my fanfics/art/headcanons/ect.

A True Pidgey - Posts about the mod like pictures or real-life stories.

Informational Posts - All information posts (About Me/Tag List/Requests)

Mobile Links - Links to the info posts for the mobile users

That’s My Queue - Tag for queued posts

Reblogies - Reblogged posts, aka most posts

Not Voltron - Non-Voltron Posts

Listen Y’all! - Audio Posts

Did You See It? - Video Posts

Stories to Share - Fanfics by Others

More to be added later --

General Voltron Tags

Voltron - Main Voltron Tag

Voltron: Legendary Defender - The Newest Voltron

Voltron: Defender of the Universe - 80′s Voltron

Pidge - Main Pidge Tag (Pidge Gunderson/Katie Holt)

Lance - Main Lance Tag (Lance McClain)

Keith - Main Keith Tag (Keith Kogane)

Shiro - Main Shiro Tag (Takashi Shirogane)

Hunk - Main Hunk Tag (Tsuyoshi Garrett)

Allura - Main Allura Tag (Princess Allura)

Coran - Main Coran Tag (Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe)

Matt - Main Matt Tag (Matthew Holt)

Any Character Names from Voltron. Not listing them all right now.

Season 1 - Things from Season 1 of Voltron (S1)

Season 1 Spoilers - Spoilers from Season 1 (S1 Spoilers)

Season 2 - Things from Season 2 of Voltron (S2)

Season 2 Spoilers - Spoilers from Season 2 (S2 Spoilers)

Season 3 - Things from Season 3 of Voltron (S3)

Season 3 Spoilers - Spoilers from Season 3 (S3 Spoilers)

Season 4 - Things from Season 4 of Voltron (S4)

Season 4 Spoilers - Spoilers from Season 4 (S4 Spoilers)

Season 5 - Things from Season 5 of Voltron (S5)

Season 5 Spoilers - Spoilers from Season 5 (S5 Spoilers)

More to be added later --

Ship Tags

Water The Plance - Main Plance Tag (Pidgance/Plance/Lidge)

Beauty and the Beast - Main Kallura Tag (Kallura)

Support and Protect - Main Sheith Tag (Sheith)

Conspiracies - Main Kidge Tag (Kidge/Peith)

Stary Forest - Main Shidge Tag (Shidge)

Tech Masters - Main Hidge Tag (Hidge/Punk)

Cotton Candy - Main Allurance Tag (Allurance)

Voltron Leggies - Main Hance Tag (Hance)

Space Love - Main Shallura Tag (Shallura)

Sugar Sweet - Main Hallura Tag (Hallura)

Super Kerberos Bros - Main Shatt Tag (Shatt)

The Rebel Princess - Main Mallura Tag (Mallura)

Kiss the Girl - Main Pallura Tag (Pallura)

Volcanic Love - Main Heith Tag (Heith/Kunk)

Rocky Love - Main Hunay Tag (Hunay)

Opposites Attract - Main Klance Tag (Klance)

Midnight Ocean - Main Shance Tag (Shance)

Pure Strength - Main Shunk Tag (Shunk)

Captured Heart - Main Lancelot Tag (Lancelot)

Not So Different - Main Keitor Tag (Keitor)

My Favorite Paladin - Main Lotidge Tag (Lotidge)

Possible Realities - Main Shlav Tag (Shlav)

Pokemon Starters - Main Kidgance Tag (Kidgance)

Garrison Trio - Main Hidgance Tag (Hidgance/Pidghance)

Space Queens - Main Pallurance Tag (Pallurance)

Forged Bonds - Main Shallurieth Tag (Shallurieth)

More to be added later --

Trigger Tags

Blood// - Posts with Blood

Gore// - Posts with Gore

NSFW// - Not Safe for Work Posts

Spiders// - Posts with Spiders/Spider Imagery

Violence// - Posts with/about Violence

Discourse// - I avoid this, but if discourse comes up, it’ll be tagged. (VLD Discourse// / Shaladin Discourse// / Anti Discourse//)

Flashing Lights// - Posts with Flashing Lights

Noise// - Loud Posts (Ear Rape//)

Suicide// - Posts with/about Suicide

Death// - Posts with/about Death

Self Harm// - Posts with/about Self Harm

More to be added later --

Ask for me to tag things that you need to be tagged!! Anything in parenthesis act as the secondary tags for everything so you can blacklist those too to keep them out of your feed!

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Altea Detective Agency

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by The_Sassiest_Archangel

Altea Detective Agency: the greatest detective agency in all the galaxy.

Keith Kogane (human-Galra hybrid) (Age 28) : Forensic Pathologist Lance McClain (Altean) (Age 26) : Forensic Ballistic Expert Takahashi Shirogane (Human) (Age 30): Arson and Fire Investigator Matthew Holt (Human) (Age 30) : Forensic Engineer Pidge Gunderson (Human) (Age 25) : Forensic Photographer/Homocide Specialist Hunk Garret (Human) (Age 27): Hair and Fiber Analyasis specialist/Fingerprint Identification specialist Allura Altea (Altean) (Age 31) : Chief Coran Smythe (Altean) (Age 45) : Questioner/ Data Analysis specialist Ulaz (Galran) (Age 35) : Blood Splatter and Blood Grouping test specialist Thace (Galran) (Age 39) : Private Investigator

Words: 1436, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 6 of Keith Kogane/Lance McClain

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Hyakujuuou GoLion | Beast King GoLion

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Thace (Voltron), Ulaz (Voltron), Antok (Voltron), Kolivan (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt, Pidge (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Sven (Voltron), Chip (Voltron), Rocky (Voltron), Lisa (Voltron), Shannon (Voltron), Tangor (Voltron), Zarkon (Voltron), Akira Kogane, Isamu Kurogane, Zandee

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron), Matt Holt/Shiro, Thace/Ulaz (Voltron), Antok/Kolivan (Voltron), Kogane Akira/Kurogane Isamu, Sven/Chip

Additional Tags: Forensics, Alternate Universe - Detectives

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Voltron Detective Agency

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by The_Sassiest_Archangel

Voltron Detective Agency: the greatest forensic/detective agency in all the Universe. They are crime-fighting supernatural beings that fight against other supernatural beings that try to destroy the galaxy

Keith Kogane (Angel) : Forensic Pathologist

Lance McClain (Demon) : Forensic Ballistic Expert

Takahashi Shirogane (Hunter) : Arson specialist

Matthew Holt (Archangel) : Forensic Engineer

Pidge Gunderson (Archangel) : Forensic Photographer/Homocide Specialist

Hunk Garret (Prophet) : Hair and Fiber Analyasis specialist/Fingerprint Identification specialist

Allura Altea (Demon) : Chief

Coran Smythe (Hunter) : Questioner/ Data Analysis specialist

Ulaz (Angel) : Blood Splatter and Blood Grouping test specialist

Thace (Angel) : Private Investigator

Words: 1427, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of Keith Kogane/Lance McClain

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M, Multi

Characters: Matt Holt, Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Thace (Voltron), Ulaz (Voltron), Other Character Tags to Be Added

Relationships: Matt Holt/Shiro, Keith/Lance (Voltron), Thace/Ulaz (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Supernatural Elements, Forensics

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2mUMUsd

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Altea Detective Agency

read it on ao3 at http://ift.tt/2oiG8Mu by The_Sassiest_Archangel

by The_Sassiest_Archangel

Altea Detective Agency: the greatest detective agency in all the galaxy.

Keith Kogane (human-Galra hybrid) (Age 28) : Forensic Pathologist Lance McClain (Altean) (Age 26) : Forensic Ballistic Expert Takahashi Shirogane (Human) (Age 30): Arson and Fire Investigator Matthew Holt (Human) (Age 30) : Forensic Engineer Pidge Gunderson (Human) (Age 25) : Forensic Photographer/Homocide Specialist Hunk Garret (Human) (Age 27): Hair and Fiber Analyasis specialist/Fingerprint Identification specialist Allura Altea (Altean) (Age 31) : Chief Coran Smythe (Altean) (Age 45) : Questioner/ Data Analysis specialist Ulaz (Galran) (Age 35) : Blood Splatter and Blood Grouping test specialist Thace (Galran) (Age 39) : Private Investigator

Words: 1436, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 6 of Keith Kogane/Lance McClain

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Hyakujuuou GoLion | Beast King GoLion

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Thace (Voltron), Ulaz (Voltron), Antok (Voltron), Kolivan (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt, Pidge (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Sven (Voltron), Chip (Voltron), Rocky (Voltron), Lisa (Voltron), Shannon (Voltron), Tangor (Voltron), Zarkon (Voltron), Akira Kogane, Isamu Kurogane, Zandee

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron), Matt Holt/Shiro, Thace/Ulaz (Voltron), Antok/Kolivan (Voltron), Kogane Akira/Kurogane Isamu, Sven/Chip

Additional Tags: Forensics, Alternate Universe - Detectives

read it on ao3 at http://ift.tt/2oiG8Mu

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Altea Detective Agency

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2oiG8Mu

by The_Sassiest_Archangel

Altea Detective Agency: the greatest detective agency in all the galaxy.

Keith Kogane (human-Galra hybrid) (Age 28) : Forensic Pathologist Lance McClain (Altean) (Age 26) : Forensic Ballistic Expert Takahashi Shirogane (Human) (Age 30): Arson and Fire Investigator Matthew Holt (Human) (Age 30) : Forensic Engineer Pidge Gunderson (Human) (Age 25) : Forensic Photographer/Homocide Specialist Hunk Garret (Human) (Age 27): Hair and Fiber Analyasis specialist/Fingerprint Identification specialist Allura Altea (Altean) (Age 31) : Chief Coran Smythe (Altean) (Age 45) : Questioner/ Data Analysis specialist Ulaz (Galran) (Age 35) : Blood Splatter and Blood Grouping test specialist Thace (Galran) (Age 39) : Private Investigator

Words: 1436, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 6 of Keith Kogane/Lance McClain

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Hyakujuuou GoLion | Beast King GoLion

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Thace (Voltron), Ulaz (Voltron), Antok (Voltron), Kolivan (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt, Pidge (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Sven (Voltron), Chip (Voltron), Rocky (Voltron), Lisa (Voltron), Shannon (Voltron), Tangor (Voltron), Zarkon (Voltron), Akira Kogane, Isamu Kurogane, Zandee

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron), Matt Holt/Shiro, Thace/Ulaz (Voltron), Antok/Kolivan (Voltron), Kogane Akira/Kurogane Isamu, Sven/Chip

Additional Tags: Forensics, Alternate Universe - Detectives

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2oiG8Mu

[nightmareonfilmstreet]

[Review] Corporate Capitalism Kills in Action-Comedy MAYHEM

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[Review] Corporate Capitalism Kills in Action-Comedy MAYHEM

If you ever worked in an office, then you know that feeling: Sitting at a desk, closed off in a cubicle, realizing you’re wasting your life for a company that doesn’t care about you and that you’ve become everything you hated as a teenager. The only thing that gets you through the day is the fantasy of stabbing a pen into the jugular of your boss when he asks you to come in on Saturday. But you know acting on that urge will likely get you fired and land you behind bars. Well, the good news is, you’re not alone. Everyone else in your office is probably feeling the same way. Then along comes a movie like Mayhem that asks the question: what if you could kill your superiors and get away with it?

Mayhem opens with Rossini’s “The Thieving Magpie,” which you might recognize from a Clockwork Orange, thus preparing the viewer for a bit of the ol’ ultraviolence. We are introduced to the ID-7 Virus, more commonly known as the Red Eye Virus. It’s not your typical zombie virus. The infected remain articulate and functional, yet in their brain, the balance of id and ego is thrown off and all moral inhibitions are eradicated. The effect is demonstrated in a slow-motion sequence of a boardroom brawl. Everything is in black and white, except for the the red in the coworkers’ eyes and blood spewing out of their mouths.  Among the brawlers is Nevil Reed, who, in the aftermath, was acquitted of all charges for murdering his boss, thanks to the court ruling that those infected are not criminally responsible for their actions.

The defence is thanks to the Towers & Smythe Consulting law firm, where our hero, Derek Cho (played by Steven Yeun of the Walking Dead) works as a legal analyst. We see a fresh-faced Derek enter the elevator on his first day. Cut to Derek six months later in the same elevator, dead inside. Then six months after that. With each cut, we see Derek in the elevator slowly adjusting to his soul-crushing job, progressively becoming more confident and wearing fancier suits. A smart way of showing the passage of time. The day starts off like any other day, until Derek finds out about a bombshell case, where one of the firm’s loyal clients stand to lose millions over a filing error. Derek is set up to take the fall, even if he has never touched the case. He attempts to save his job by pleading to the head of the company, John Towers (Steven Brand), also known as “the Boss.”

Like Towers, many of Derek’s superiors have nicknames based on their awful personalities and job titles. In his free time, Derek has painted portraits of each of them, depicting them in mythical settings. First, there’s “the Siren” (Caroline Chikezie), who always has the Boss’ ear and twists the truth to her advantage. Then there’s “the Reaper” (Dallas Roberts), in charge of personally discharging personnel. And at the very top, sit “the Nine,” the board of directors who make decisions as if they’re spectators in a gladiatorial coliseum. These monsters have gotten to where they are by being heartless and gladly stepping on anybody’s head to climb higher.

Derek in unable to convince anyone that he’s not at fault. Instead, he’s told to pack up his desk and leave the premises. But as he is about to be escorted out, the building is locked down and quarantined because of a detected outbreak of the ID-7 Virus. Everyone inside is infected and no one is allowed out for eight hours until the airborne immunization process is complete. TSC was already hostile and morally bankrupt to begin with, but all it needed was a little push over the edge for it to erupt into chaos. Employees strip off their clothes, throw papers across the room and punch their nearest co-worker.

Derek decides this is the perfect opportunity to ask the Nine for his job back, and thanks to the precedent in court, he will not be held criminally responsible if he is forced to use violence. But in order to reach the top floor, he needs key card clearance from the Reaper and the Siren. He forms an unlikely alliance with Melanie Cross (Samara Weaving), who was only in the building to unsuccessfully stop her family home from being foreclosed by the firm. Like Derek, Melanie wants blood for being wronged.  Together, they arm themselves with an arsenal of wrenches, screwdrivers and a nail gun, and work their way up the corporate ladder while racing against the clock, killing anyone who stands in their path. It’s almost like a video game.

The fight scenes are intense and will have you on the edge of your seat. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand half of the legal mumbo-jumbo, because there’s close to a solid hour of non-stop adrenaline-pumping action. Derek and Melanie are dealt a fair share of a beat down with every new encounter, yet somehow manage to come out the other end alive. By the halfway point, their office attire is completely soaked in blood, and they become more sadistic in their methods.

Mayhem will appeal to music fans as well, especially metalheads. In a scene written by director Joe Lynch himself, Derek asks Melanie what her top three bands are. Melanie confesses her love for thrash metal (Motorhead, DRI and Anthrax), but when she reverses the question to Derek, she ridicules him for liking Dave Matthews Band. Their different tastes in music makes for some great comedic dialogue. The soundtrack also includes songs by Faith No More and Rivers of Nihil, perfect for scenes of carnage.

In many interviews, Lynch says he cast Steven Yeun in the main role for his ability to play an everyman, and that race didn’t concern him. However, on Lynch’s podcast the Movie Crypt, Yeun said he feels that Derek Cho being Asian-American added an extra layer to the office environment, that institutional racism lurked just beneath the surface and that it made sense that he was made a scapegoat for someone else’s mistake. Both Yeun and Weaving prove that they can play all emotional extremes, from cool and collected to psychotic and unhinged.

This is the kind of movie to be enjoyed among friends with a few beers after a long day of working in corporate hell. If you’re not able to watch it in theaters, then I recommend renting or buying it on iTunes, or look for its release on Shudder. If you have been one to fantasize about massacring your workplace, Mayhem will give you the catharsis without the jail time.

4 / 4 eberts

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Altea Detective Agency

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by The_Sassiest_Archangel

Altea Detective Agency: the greatest detective agency in all the galaxy.

Keith Kogane (human-Galra hybrid) (Age 28) : Forensic Pathologist Lance McClain (Altean) (Age 26) : Forensic Ballistic Expert Takahashi Shirogane (Human) (Age 30): Arson and Fire Investigator Matthew Holt (Human) (Age 30) : Forensic Engineer Pidge Gunderson (Human) (Age 25) : Forensic Photographer/Homocide Specialist Hunk Garret (Human) (Age 27): Hair and Fiber Analyasis specialist/Fingerprint Identification specialist Allura Altea (Altean) (Age 31) : Chief Coran Smythe (Altean) (Age 45) : Questioner/ Data Analysis specialist Ulaz (Galran) (Age 35) : Blood Splatter and Blood Grouping test specialist Thace (Galran) (Age 39) : Private Investigator

Words: 1436, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 6 of Keith Kogane/Lance McClain

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Hyakujuuou GoLion | Beast King GoLion

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Thace (Voltron), Ulaz (Voltron), Antok (Voltron), Kolivan (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt, Pidge (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Sven (Voltron), Chip (Voltron), Rocky (Voltron), Lisa (Voltron), Shannon (Voltron), Tangor (Voltron), Zarkon (Voltron), Akira Kogane, Isamu Kurogane, Zandee

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron), Matt Holt/Shiro, Thace/Ulaz (Voltron), Antok/Kolivan (Voltron), Kogane Akira/Kurogane Isamu, Sven/Chip

Additional Tags: Forensics, Alternate Universe - Detectives

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Voltron Detective Agency

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by The_Sassiest_Archangel

Voltron Detective Agency: the greatest forensic/detective agency in all the Universe. They are crime-fighting supernatural beings that fight against other supernatural beings that try to destroy the galaxy

Keith Kogane (Angel) : Forensic Pathologist

Lance McClain (Demon) : Forensic Ballistic Expert

Takahashi Shirogane (Hunter) : Arson specialist

Matthew Holt (Archangel) : Forensic Engineer

Pidge Gunderson (Archangel) : Forensic Photographer/Homocide Specialist

Hunk Garret (Prophet) : Hair and Fiber Analyasis specialist/Fingerprint Identification specialist

Allura Altea (Demon) : Chief

Coran Smythe (Hunter) : Questioner/ Data Analysis specialist

Ulaz (Angel) : Blood Splatter and Blood Grouping test specialist

Thace (Angel) : Private Investigator

Words: 1427, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Series: Part 5 of Keith Kogane/Lance McClain

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M, Multi

Characters: Matt Holt, Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Thace (Voltron), Ulaz (Voltron), Other Character Tags to Be Added

Relationships: Matt Holt/Shiro, Keith/Lance (Voltron), Thace/Ulaz (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Supernatural Elements, Forensics

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