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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year ago
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HIS MOST "FAMILY FRIENDLY" PIECE YET? AS "FRIENDLY" AS IT'S GONNA GET?!
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on an art print, a T-shirt design, and overall illustrations of a piece titled "Adriana and the Ice Cream Ghost," artwork by controversial American underground cartoonist, Mike Diana, undated.
Sources: www.superchiefgallery.com/products/untitled-ice-cream-mike-diana, various, etc...
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dailydccomics · 1 month ago
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Wonder Woman by Mike del Mundo
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wonderwomanart · 1 year ago
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Wonder Woman by Mike Hawthorne
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vertigoartgore · 3 months ago
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2020's Wonder Woman: Death Earth Vol.1 #4 cover by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer.
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mono-socke · 2 months ago
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all main a chorus line characters
don't mind how poorly some of them were drawn, I was trying smth new
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nobodysuspectsthebutterfly · 11 months ago
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i’m a truther of this one
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silveragelovechild · 1 year ago
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Steed & Mrs Peel (the Avengers) cover art from 2012 by Mike Perkins.
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batbabydamian · 6 months ago
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DC August 2024 Solicitations - Comics Featuring Damian! 🦇
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THE BOY WONDER #4 of 5
8/7/24
Written by Juni Ba
Art and Cover by Juni Ba
Variant Cover: Valentina Napolitano
Damian Wayne may have been struggling to live up to his father’s legacy…but the last thing he ever wanted was to be returned to the clutches of his grandfather, the Demon King. But when his worst nightmare comes true, can he rely on his mother to defend him? Or has he lost her forever to the same horrific legacy he’s tried to escape?
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BATMAN AND ROBIN #12
8/14/24
Written by Joshua Williamson
Art by Juan Ferreyra
Cover by Simone Di Meo
Variant covers: Juan Ferreyra, Vasco Georgiev (1:25), Simone Di Meo (Batman 85th Anniversary)
Years ago, Bane killed Alfred Pennyworth right in front of Damian. And now, on Dinosaur Island, there is nothing stopping Robin from getting his revenge! Except his father, Batman! And the giant dinosaurs, of course.
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DC VS. VAMPIRES: WORLD WAR V #1
8/14/24
Written by Matthew Rosenburg
Art and cover by Otto Schmidt
Variant Covers: Jae Lee, Steve Beach, Homare, Riley Rossmo (1:25), Nikola Cizmesija (1:50)
The smash-hit series returns! It’s the dead of winter, and any hope for a fragile truce between the Green Arrow-led human heroes and vampire queen Barbara Gordon’s army has been dashed by Damian Wayne and his guerrilla fighters. He’s the only one fighting back against the bloodthirsty hordes, leaving Green Arrow with a choice: Does he stand and fight or sacrifice the boy in the name of peace?
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WONDER WOMAN #12
8/21/24
Written by Tom King
Art by Tony S. Daniel and Belen Ortega
Cover by Daniel Sampere
Variant Covers: Tony S. Daniel, Jorge Fornes, Julian Totino Tedesco, Guillem March
Meet the new dynamic duo! Wonder Woman teams up with the unlikeliest of allies, Robin, on a top secret mission to save their fellow heroes. Will Damian and Diana’s quest to break into Waller’s Gamorra supermax prison be a successful one? Or is it all part of a more elaborate trap for Wonder Woman and her new sidekick?
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SUPER-PETS SPECIAL: BITEDENTITY CRISIS*
*Damian mentioned in summary
7/30/24
Written by Tony Fleecs, Alexis Quasarano, Michael Conrad, Dan Watters, and Kyle Starks
Art by Mike Norton, PJ Holden, Sami Basri, Chris Mitten, and Kyle Starks
The Super-Pets are back—and this time, they’re all BITE! Haley, the beloved bark-out star of NIGHTWING, finds herself to be a fish out of water when she arrives on Kent Farm. As our big-city mutt tries to adjust to country living, she’s shocked to discover a kennel of courageous critters is already waiting for her! Bitewing, meet the SUPER-PETS—and you might want to hold on tight because things are about to get hairy! Also featuring—stories of misch-woof and mutt-hem! The dark side of the dog bed! The many pets of Damian Wayne! You’ll have to squeak it to believe it!
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michaelsfavgirl · 10 months ago
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˖⁺‧₊˚🎞️✮☎️✮🧸˚₊‧⁺˖ Welcome <3
Blog info, about me, masterlist, my socials, tag system, request rules & and taglist can be found here.
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⋆౨ৎ˚⟡ Before you continue ⟡˚౨ৎ⋆
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⋆౨ৎ˚⟡ About me ⟡˚౨ৎ⋆
✎ᝰ! My name is Kate, I'm nineteen, a Taurus and from West Asia.
✎ᝰ! I have been a fan of Michael Jackson since I was a child but I became a part of the fandom around 2019. My man is my no. 1 on Spotify every single year (yup, yup).
✎ᝰ! I actually had a book on wattpad about mike a few years ago and it was HURRENDEOUS, but I promise that my writing abilities have gotten better :)
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✎ᝰ! My hobbies: watching films, feeding into my delusions (writing fics about michael), playing the guitar, skiing, doing my makeup.
✎ᝰ! My top 5 musicians: Michael Jackson (obvi), Madonna, Queen, Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse.
✎ᝰ! My favorite films: Portrait of a lady on fire, Amelie, Mary & Max, The shape of water, The grand Budapest hotel and Knives out.
✎ᝰ! More facts: i LOVE cinema, it is an art form that should be cherished forever, professional procrastinator, reality shifter, fav color is green, big pop culture nerd, a little acoustic (autistic), addicted to watching edits on tiktok.
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✎ᝰ! For now I only write for mj.
✎ᝰ! I will write: smut, fluff, angst, fem!reader, plus-size!reader, most kinks tbh (just ask don't be shy), creampies, dp, somnophilia, ddlg (sexual and non sexual), voyeurism/exhibitionism, watersports, age difference as long as both are of age, threesomes (only mmf).
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Last updated: August 15th, 2024
Thank you so much for reading! Have a wonderful day/night. ✶𓏲ּ꩜ .ᐟ
© michaelsfavgirl 2024
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ethanmaldridge · 9 months ago
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Do you have any books you'd recommend in particular? I just finished Deephaven, and it's left a wanting ache in me.
(BTW - I ADORE your art, to say nothing of your writing as a whole :3 stellar, spectacular, beyond articulation... Particularly enamoured with Naomi and Ruth, as it were, though Nev and Danny are very close behind. The visuals you build are STELLAR, in word and ink alike, comfortable and haunting simultaneously)
Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed DEEPHAVEN and connected with its characters.
I'm happy to say that there will be another Deephaven Mystery, titled SCRIMSHAW, out this September. In the meantime, I'm happy to recommend some books with a similar tone to hold you over until the fall!
All Ages:
THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS by John Bellairs (any of John Bellairs' mystery novels, really. They were my favorites as a kid and a major touchstone for the Deephaven Mystery series)
UNCLE MONTAGUE'S TALES OF TERROR by Chris Priestley
THE CLACKITY by Lora Senf
WITCH WEEK by Diana Wynne Jones
Adult:
SUMMER SONS by Lee Mandelo
PLAIN BAD HEROINES by Emily Danforth
The Ghost Stories of M.R. James
Comics:
THROUGH THE WOODS by Emily Carroll
HELLBOY: THE CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHERS by Mike Mignola
HARROW COUNTY by Tyler Crook and Cullen Bunn
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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 1 year ago
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CHOICE FINDS, KEEPERS, GEMS, AND COVER PHOTO FAVORITES ALL AROUND.
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the 26th set of previously used cover photos in my ongoing series of "Tumblr Cover Photo" posts, the third set for October, and featuring such online finds as:
Attila, King of the Huns (part of McFarlane Toys' "6 Faces of Madness"), the feral, feline, & feminine Monica Belucci as one of Dracula's brides in "Bram Stoker's Dracula," an art print of IRON MONKEY's "Bad Year" sleeve artwork by Mike Diana, THE BEATLES performing "Revolution" for a British television broadcast in 1968, a Mad Hatter LSD blotter art design by Mark McCloud, psychedelicized Criterion artwork for "Carnival of Souls" by Edward Kinsella, a vintage MISFITS "Earth A.D." DIY sticker design, and the Tin Woodman of Oz from McFarlane's Monsters Series 2 "Twisted Land of Oz."
Source: McFarlane Toys, Wired, Collider, Mixcloud, Facebook, Pinterest, IMDb, Figures World, various, etc...
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dailydccomics · 6 months ago
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Wonder Woman by Mike Allred
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wonderwomanart · 4 months ago
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Wonder Woman by Mike Hartigan
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phoebepheebsphibs · 8 months ago
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EXIT STAGE LEFT...
ACT 2
@boots-with-the-fur-club @daboyau @tmntaucompetition @littlemissartemisia @shiveagit @shiveagit-arts @thevoidbrothers @noval1t @kathaynesart @bluepeachstudios @amevello-blue
CW: Zombies, epic fight scenes, cringe musical references, and character death
Prev || Next
Names and abbreviations (sorry there's a lot, we have a big cast for today's performances!) : UIFY = Until I Found You NFIF = No Fun in Fungus Leon = UIFY Leonardo 'Phael = UIFY Raphael DvD / Don = UIFY Donatello Mike/Mikey/Micheal = UIFY Michelangelo AudRaph = Swayed Raphael AudreyTello = Swayed Donatello LeonAudro = Swayed Leonardo MichelAudrelo = Swayed Michelangelo AudRai = Swayed Karai rhg!Donnie/Don/Donatello = Rise Hunger Games AU Donatello Raph = NFIF Raphael Donnie/Dee = NFIF Donatello Leo = NFIF Leonardo Angie/Angelo = NFIF Michelangelo
After a brief intermission...
"So," Leon sighed, as he leaned against the bottom panel of the couch Mikey was resting on, "What do we do now?"
"We lay low," rhg!Donnie stated flatly. "I don't have enough supplies to make any more small explosions like the ones I used to save you guys."
"How could we possibly 'lay low'? There's a zombie apocalypse going on outside!" Spider-Shine exclaimed. "At any point, they'll be able to break down the door and get in here!"
"We can't stay, anyways," April noted. "We have to get to the room where it all started."
"Why do you wanna be in the room where it happens?" Spider-Gal questioned. "What possible reason could there be to go straight into the heart of enemy territory?"
"Aside from killing the evil mushroom that resides there with a mystical bomb?" said DvD flatly. "None whatsoever."
"Wait, could we go back to the part where you have a bomb?" Abby asked, raising her hand. "What bomb?"
"The TNT," 'Phael said, motioning to the box-shaped explosive in the corner of the room.
"OH THAT THING?! I thought that was just a prop or something for the lounge room with the Minecraft..."
"No, that is apparently our one and only hope to destroy the fungus that has taken over the entire competition."
The room went silent.
"...I'm sorry, a what did what?"
"A fungus. Took over the competition," DvD repeated. "Very simple."
"Not quite," Omega said, his icon furrowing its brow. "I fail to understand how mildew could overthrow an entire competition."
"It's an airborne fear fungus, when you inhale it you see your worst fears come to life," 'Phael explained. "And, in some cases, the fungus can kind of... take control of you."
"Like... mind control?" rhg!Donnie asked, looking concerned.
"Yeh, pretty much. It's almost as if it possesses you."
"That would explain all the zombies," Ghost nodded. "And the way to get them all free from the fungus is to... blow it up?"
"Not quite," came an extra voice that startled everyone in the room. Diana screamed suddenly and pointed to April's head. Crawling out of her curls was the Hand.PNG, creepy as ever. April grabbed for the hand and threw it across the room. It never hit the wall, it vanished before that could happen, and reappeared on the table in the center of the room.
"As I was saying," it said, clearing its throat... how it did that was beyond them all. "The TNT will destroy the fungus, yes, but it won't destroy them all at once."
"Like with the Chitari in Avengers --"
"'PHAEL, WHAT DID WE SAY ABOUT THE POP CULTURE REFERENCES--!"
"Sorry, Leon--"
"Ahem, continuing," the hand continued, "The mushroom can be destroyed, but that will not destroy the spores infecting the rest of the competitors. It will only continue to spread from one host to another. You will need to come up with a way to free them all and destroy the spores for good."
"So, what do we do?" Abby asked nervously, Diana holding her hand tightly.
"I would suggest creating an anti-serum," Omega offered.
"Anti-serum?" Mikey croaked.
"Yes. If we could get a sample of the spores--"
"--We could make a formula that could take them down!" DvD finished excitedly. "But, would that be enough?"
"What if you had the DNA of something already immune to the spores?" the Hand.PNG asked.
"That would work," DvD said with a smile, already gripping his tech-bō and ready to take his own shot at the creepy crawly.
"Here," April said, taking off her jacket with the smudge of the Hand's black blood smeared across it. "You can use this!"
"Ah... yes... that works perfectly. Gives me no acceptable reason to injure the hand further. Wonderful."
"Glad to help!" April laughed, knowing exactly what she did.
DvD took the jacket to the kitchenette and started to analyze the hemoglobin, with Omega assisting. Ghost and rhg!Donnie joined in as well, each one working on a different section of the process.
A short time later -- but just enough time for Mikey and Leon to have nodded off -- the Donnies returned with two vials.
"We have a solution," DvD said with a proud grin, accidentally waking up the exhausted ornate box turtle and his red-eared slider brother.
"We've managed to isolate the deoxyribonucleic acid of the hand -- as well as the spores themselves -- from the sample April provided. We reverse-engineered the isotopes to isolate the immunity that Hand.PNG has to the --"
"In ENGLISH, nerd-brain," Diana interjected, getting a quick chuckle from Abby and Leon.
"We made a cure and a vaccine," Ghost stated plainly.
"What's the difference?" Spider-Gal asked, cocking her head to the side.
"The cure is for everyone who is already infected," Omega explained. "It will essentially destroy the infection and free them from the hive mind. They'll be a bit disoriented from the experience. But other than that they'll be perfectly fine."
"Okay, so what's the vaccine?"
"The vaccine is for us," Spider-Dee said, coming forward and tapping the vial. "It was made specifically with the Hand.PNG's DNA markers. Because the hand is not only immune, it's almost as if it's part of them. The genetic makeup of the hand and the spores is eerily similar... the zombies don't see it as a threat because they assume it's one of them already!"
"That's what the vaccine does," rhg!Donnie finished. "It not only acts as a blockade against the infection, but it also creates markers that the zombies pick up, almost like pheromones. They won't bother us, because they'll perceive that we're already infected like them!"
"Will it work?" 'Phael asked. "I mean... did you test it?"
"Did you see us leave the room?" DvD answered somewhat snarkily.
"Don' hafta get so snippy about it, I was just askin'..."
"A'ight, lads, no need to start a whole bull and cow goin'," Slider-Punk interrupts, stepping in between the two. "We're all a little on edge 'ere. 'Phael makes a good point though -- how d'ya know it's gonna work?"
"Because we made it," Spider-Dee explains with a smug grin.
"And because I ran countless simulations and tests on the possible side effects and hypothetical reactions," Omega adds.
"And because we have no other alternative," the Hand.PNG states. "We're out of time and resources for the moment. It will have to work."
"Right," DvD sighs, taking a small syringe and filling it with some of the glowing blue fluid. "Who wants to get their flu shot first?"
One by one, the competitors all received the injection, though Mikey took his rather shakily and needed Leon to hold his hand.
As the last person received their dose, the sounds of a mob trying to barge in began to cease. The room fell silent.
"It's... it's working? It's working!" rhg!Donnie chuckled. "Not that I ever doubted."
Leon crept to the door, unbolted it, and slowly cracked it open. Blue mist filtered into the room as he continued to open the door bit by bit. He stepped outside, cautiously looking around at the empty hall as the zombies meandered about sluggishly.
"I guess... we're good to go!" he said with a smile, as he came back into the room. "Now all we need is my grand plan of action to attack Audrey III and rescue the guys."
"We'll probably need a distraction," Diana suggested. "Something to get the shroom's attention focused in one direction while the rest go in to spray it with weedkiller or whatever."
"Something big and loud and preferably purple," Spider-Dee proposed.
"I could probably make something from what we have in the room," DvD offered. "I still have my tech-bō, and my travel tools... plus some spare uranium I bring along for special occasions."
"YOU HAVE URANIUM WITH YOU?!" Leon shouted as he jumped from his spot. "WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST USE THAT FOR THE BOMB??"
"... Quite obviously, because that would kill everyone. And I may be wrong, but that seems a bit counterintuitive to what we're trying to accomplish, wouldn't you agree?"
"..."
"..."
"... I'm going to sit back down, now."
"Probably for the best," DvD nodded.
"So, a big distraction of musical finale proportions, hmm?" Abby asked excitedly, rubbing her hands together as she schemed. "Maybe I'll be able to stick the landing properly this time..."
"It would certainly get that overgrown toadstool's attention," 'Phael agreed. "So, we'll make a big to-do with the Donnies while the rest go in to rescue the swayed!"
"Once you detonate the bomb, the spores in the area will dissipate," the Hand.PNG reminded them. "But that will not free the zombies. You will need to administer the antidote to as many as you can as quickly as possible in order to keep the fight to a minimum. You don't need any more people getting hurt on behalf of Audrey III."
"Great, then let's--"
"Not you, Mikey," Leon said, pressing his brother back into the couch cushions before he could stand up all the way. "You're staying here."
"WHAT?!" Mikey yelled, straining his vocal chords yet again. "But I wanna help--!"
"I know you do. But I can't have you get hurt again. We just patched you back up! Mikey, I know how badly you want to help everyone, I know how much you care, but if you go out there again you will overdo it and get hurt, or worse -- and I am not about to watch you die again!"
That was cruel. Mikey knew that if the situation wasn't so dire, Leon wouldn't have brought that up in front of so many strangers, he wouldn't have wanted to mention something so delicate in front of the others... No, he would.... He did that on purpose, Mikey realized! He wanted to get them on his side. Intentionally make them worried so that they would do whatever Leon wanted to keep his brother in the room. Mikey scowled at Leon -- what a dirty trick to play! And it worked, he saw how everyone's heads turned to him with wide and frightened eyes.
"...Fine," he grumbled, crossing his arms and pouting angrily.
"And because I know you'll try to sneak out the moment we leave, I'm going to have to ask someone to stay behind with you--"
"I'll do it," rhg!Donnie quickly volunteered. "I'll stay behind."
"Abby's staying here too," Diana added, pulling her friend by the arm to force her onto the couch with Micheal to rest. "And so am I. I promised I'd look after her and make sure she was safe. That means no epic musical battles against giant fungus," she said, giving her friend a loving glare.
"Aw, phooey."
"The more, the merrier," Mikey grumbled.
"So, that's settled then," Ghost said. "The kids will stay here--"
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry, the kids and rhg!Donnie will stay here," he corrected, "and the rest of us will be heading out to war."
"Alright! Let's go an' have ourselves a right barn owl with the giant mould!" Slider-Punk shouted, grabbing his guitar and playing a quick riff to further express his excitement.
"Let's go, then."
Mikey, Abby, Diana, and rhg!Donnie watched as the others left the room one by one.
"It is for the best," Hand.PNG said quietly, climbing onto Mikey's shoulder.
It had only been maybe five minutes since the rest of the 'resistance' had left, but Michael was still pouting sadly and grumbling to himself.
"You know that they only want to see you safe."
"Yeah, yeah, I know that. But I'm not some weak little invalid! I could help somehow! Even without my powers, I could still do something!"
"Of that I have no doubt. But you must stay, if only to keep your brothers at ease."
Mikey sighed, sliding deeper under his blanket.
Abby and Diana were sitting by the kitchenette, making themselves some popcorn and scarfing down some snack cakes they'd found. rhg!Donnie was sitting by the faux fireplace, getting nice and warm. Michael's thoughts wandered back to something he'd heard the hand say before.
"...What did you mean when you said 'it isn't meant to end this way'?"
"Pardon?"
Mikey reached over and let the hand crawl onto his palm, carrying it over to rest on his lap so that he could see it properly.
"Earlier in the hall, before the others rescued us. You said that it wasn't meant to end that way. What did you mean by that?"
The hand paused.
"...Are you sure you want to know the answer?"
"I think so," Mikey whispered.
"Very well. You recall I spoke to you of the 'authors'? Well, your story is very important to them."
"So... these authors can see the future?"
"Sometimes. In some ways."
"So, then why is all this terrible stuff happening to us? Why, if they're like... our deities?"
"They are not gods, only storytellers. The story has gotten away from them... you see, they have melded your stories together -- Until I Found You, and No Fun in Fungus. Things were never meant to become so dire, but events have spiralled beyond their control, and so they have sent me to help you."
"You... know them? My author?"
"I should hope so. She created me."
"What??" Mikey asked, taken aback by the statement. "Why would... I thought you were created for the spores! I thought the other author made you!"
"...I WAS created for the spores. But I was not made by the spores' author."
"I thought your purpose was to torment people--"
"My purpose was to be one who delivers -- almost like that of a postman, at first."
"At first?" Mikey asked.
"My purpose has changed since then..."
The hand heaved a forlorn sigh, as it twiddled its fingers.
"You would not understand, but... I am not a villain. I'm not even meant to be an antagonist. Believe it or not, I was given the task to rescue. To save a life."
"Save...? Save who?" he asked nervously.
"Why, Leonardo, of course."
"Leon? But he --"
"Not your Leon. NFIF Leonardo."
Mikey's stutter worsened as he tried to comprehend what the Hand.PNG was saying. Save Leonardo?? How, when it was the one who doomed him?
The hand proceeded to explain...
"I was originally made by your author to deliver the spores. She had envisioned me as an extension of herself, in the beginning. A representative. But as time went on, others came to take advantage of my usefulness, and I became what you might call 'a fad'. I was seen as a joke, a means for the other authors to express themselves and share their stories. A plot device, as it were. She didn't mind. She was glad something so simple as I could be used as much as I was. But then... it got out of control. Too many authors were using me, too many contestants were getting spored, and your friends were getting worried for the contestants' safety. NFIF Leonardo began to blame himself; he'd thought he'd started another apocalypse."
"A-another...?" Mikey asked, voice fading with fear at the thought of what that meant.
"It is a long story, but essentially NFIF Leonardo -- and many similar Leonardos here -- made an honest mistake that rippled across time and had unforeseen consequences. Leo had managed to keep the destruction from happening, but he still holds on to the guilt that it was almost because of him that his world was destroyed. And then... the spore outbreak. He blamed himself again. Your author saw his pain, and couldn't let him take the blame for something he did not do. But how could she tell him that? She couldn't speak to him directly. Authors rarely can, without tearing the fabric of their universe to shreds, or breaking the fourth wall. She needed a means to communicate to him that it was not his fault. So she changed my purpose, and sent me to help make it clear that I had stolen the spores from him to begin with. She changed my purpose, from deliverer... to scapegoat."
"So... what were you saving Leo from?"
"Himself."
Mikey didn't know what to say to that. The Hamatos were filled with selfless martyrs and sacrificial dum-dums...
"...What about me? Why would the author do that to save Leo, but let me die?"
"But you didn't die. You came back. She would never have let it go that far. And... you may not like this... but your 'sudden departure' was necessary."
"NECESSARY?"
"As I said, the story was getting away from the authors. She couldn't see an ending, she couldn't find the resolution. Too many people were becoming swayed by Audrey III, and you were losing hope. She needed the tides to turn in your favour, and she knew that I had a soft spot for your stories. The only way I would leave the fear fungus was if..."
"...If you saw how terrible things were getting. If you saw what would happen to us -- to me, if they continued."
"Yes. I could not see the true result of my actions unless I was faced with the consequences. But your author would never let you die like that. You're her favourite, after all..."
"I am?" Mikey asked, somewhat conflicted about this fact.
"Your story has only begun, dear one. And your author is very excited to see where it leads. After all, you are the one who managed to save your brothers and bring them together..."
Mikey pondered this. Mikey wondered... Was that his real superpower? Not these stupid mystic golden chains and magic spells he could concoct, but the ability to love people and bring them together?
"I must go now, your family needs my help."
The hand vanished into shadow, fading away in an instant.
Mikey thought about it. Your family needs your help.
He started to stand up.
"Hey, did you need something?" rhg!Donnie went to his side, trying to get him to lay back down.
"Yes, I need you to help take me to Audrey III."
"What?!" Abby yelled, nearly spilling her bowl of popcorn. "But Leon said to --"
"Screw what Leon said!" Mikey snapped. "I'm going to help them."
"You can barely walk!" Diana protested.
"That's why I need rhg!Donnie to carry me," Mikey said, grabbing the human version of his brother by the sleeves and tugging hard. "Please. If you don't, I'll drag myself there. I'll crawl, if I have to!"
"Mikey, please, be reasonable--!"
"No, you don't understand! I need to help them, they need us!"
"Us?" rhg!Donnie asked. "What do you mean by 'us'?"
"All of us! They don't realize how tough it's going to be, they're gonna need all the help they can get!"
Mikey shakily pulled himself up onto his feet as he looked around the room at the others.
"Look, we were all brought here for a reason. I don't know why, maybe because we have a bond, or because we all have something special in common, or whatever! But we're here regardless, and we're needed. They need our help."
rhg!Donnie pulled the note out from his pocket and read it over again.
𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔! 𝚆𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙…
"...Even if you're right," he sighed, shoving the paper back into his pocket, "that's no reason to throw yourself into the fray."
"It's reason enough!" Mikey shouted, on the verge of tears. "It's family! The people I love!! Can't you understand that?! Wouldn't you do anything at all in the world -- in the multiverse -- if it meant you could keep your family safe?? No matter the cost??"
rhg!Donnie stared at Mikey.
He refused to cry. He refused to show just how right Mikey was. He wouldn't let this version of his brother see him like that. No matter how badly he wanted to hold him, cradle him gently, and promise that no matter what he would do anything for every version of his brothers.
"Okay then. Let's go."
"No! You're not going to stop me that... easily... I'm sorry, what?"
"I said let's go," rhg!Donnie repeated, immediately lifting Mikey up and carrying him out the door. "Are you girls coming too, or what?"
Abby and Diana looked at each other and shrugged.
"I guess we're all going down in musical flames," Diana groaned.
"You sound awfully Les Miserable about it," Abby joked.
"Don't even start."
"Well, if anything, all the music is gonna make quite that beautiful sound...!"
DvD and the others made their way through the maze of corridors and open areas and secret halls, walking (or web-swinging in the Spider-Teetlez' case) as quietly as they could. The vaccine would make the zombies see them as one of their own, but DvD and the other Donnies had concerns that if one of them should say the wrong thing, it would attract the bad kind of attention.
So they went on their way without saying a word to one another, down the halls as zombies passed by, muttering to themselves and whinging over whatever nightmare they were trapped in. Their footsteps echoed down the halls, the soft whimpers and moans of the infected like winds whistling down the lane.
Like silence, but not really silent. Just that still sort of quiet...
Ghost raised his hand, signalling to the others to come to a full stop.
They'd arrived at the room.
"Okay, everyone, you know the drill," Dvd whispered at them. "Time for our big opening number..."
"Why hasn't she succumbed yet?" AudreyTello asked, starting to become irritated with the little wretch in the cage of vines, who was still screaming and kicking and crying in anger, raging against the hallucinations.
"She is stronger than we assumed," AudRai noted, placing her hand over the cage and viewing the hallucination for herself. "It appears that in her nightmare, she ate her way through the door and--"
"I'm sorry, ATE her way through?!"
"Yes."
"How?! Never mind, I don't want to know," he growled. "At this point, I'm willing to throw her outside and let her fight the fear somewhere else, her constant screams are giving us a headache..."
AudRaph walked over to her and gingerly took her hand.
"What are you doing?" AudRai questioned.
"...Nothing," AudRaph said, rubbing his thumb over Misa's tiny fist. "Simply trying to help her assimilate."
"I don't CARE about assimilation!" AudreyTello screamed, smashing his bō staff into the wall and causing cracks to splinter across it. "She's driving us insane with her banshee screeches!!" he growled, gripping the staff to the point where he might break it. "Donatello has nearly reached his limit with this noise. I swear, if one more thing --"
A loud racket started playing outside the room, a guitar that reverberated and nearly caused the walls of the room to collapse.
"WELL, OF COURSE THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. HE MUST BE PSYCHIC."
AudreyTello stomped over to the door and flung it open, finding a hundred purple lights and drones flying around the hall, swirling together to create a mimicry of DvD's face.
AudreyTello's staff transformed, weapons building together and turrets mounting on his shoulders as speakers continued booming heavy rock and roll music. The enormous DvD face smiled down at him, eyes glowing bright as purple smoke started to cover the floor.
"YOU DARE CHALLENGE DONATELLO VON DRAXUM?"
AudreyTello gripped the weaponized bō and pointed it at him.
"This competition isn't big enough for two supervillains," AudreyTello sneered, hoping to get under his skin with the accusation.
"OH, YOU'RE A VILLAIN ALRIGHT -- JUST NOT A 'SUPER' ONE!"
"Oh, really?" AudreyTello swept his foot back, readying his stance for a fight. "And tell me, what is the difference?"
The drones moved, making the giant head open its mouth dramatically as DvD -- having changed from his casual wear into his formal Draxum attire, complete with glowing visor, protruding tusks, and flowing cape -- strutted out with an enormous grin on his face, arms extended as if to accept applause.
"PRESENTATION!!"
A laser light show ignited as the drones flew in different directions all at once, mimicking an explosion and dancing around AudreyTello dramatically. The music burst, electric guitars and drums creating a soundscape around the two.
"So, we've gone from musicals to Megamind, have we?"
AudreyTello grinned maliciously.
"Very well. I can acclimate."
He jumped forwards, firing the torpedoes and missiles at the son of Draxum. The drones holding him up dropped suddenly, letting him fall to the ground. He activated his own tech-bō, creating a large rocket-powered mechanical fist that he swung at AudreyTello. The swayed NFIF member ducked at the last second, shielding himself with an enormous photon cannon. The blast from the cannon shot him backwards, out of reach from DvD, who growled angrily at him.
"You wouldn't hurt me, you wouldn't hurt your friend Dee?" AudreyTello asked, making a sad baby face at him before bursting out in mad cackles. "I'm only a sad, lonely little mushroom!"
DvD gritted his teeth.
"You may be a mushroom, but you're going down all the same."
"HA!" AudreyTello laughed, as he swung his bō at DvD.
"Your mouth's talking trash!"
Another swing.
"You'd better rinse it."
Another.
"Your meat is minced --"
He lunged...
"-- I'm here to mince it!"
He landed on DvD, who pushed him back with his own tech-bō.
"I'm gonna have this world, now give me some space; I'm gonna wipe that stupid grin off of your stupid face! I'll put you in--"
DvD ducked.
"I'll put you in --"
DvD dodged.
"I'll put you in your place!!"
DvD rolled back, getting his tech-bō ready to reveal another impossibly futuristic high-tech weapon. AudreyTello chuckled at him, rolling his glowing eyes.
"What exactly was your objective, here? To stop me? Single-handedly?? Just a lone Donatello up against the might Audrey III?"
"Well, I wouldn't say 'lone' Donatello..." DvD retorted with a grin.
White sticky thread suddenly wrapped around AudreyTello, tying his arms to his waist. Spider-Dee swung circles around him, continuing to wrap him in webbing, tighter and tighter as he shouted his protests. Spider-Dee landed on the ground and swung AudreyTello over his shoulders, sending the swayed turtle flying. AudreyTello activated his ninpo once again, creating jet wings that sliced through the webbing and slowed his descent. AudreyTello gave a quick turn and soared back at them, readying his weapons when a heavy body jumped him and caused him to crash into the ground. Ghost rolled into the tumble and regained his footing almost immediately, taking out his own cracked bō staff and preparing to spar.
"Snap outta it, kid," Ghost said, voice low and gravelly. "We know this isn't you. We know you don't want to actually hurt us."
"Oh, do we, now?" AudreyTello chuckled, rising from the floor and rubbing his chin. "Let's test that little theory, shall we?"
He went to jump at them again when the drones suddenly surrounded him, each one blasting light in his face and disorienting him.
"Protocol: Blinded-By-The-Light is functioning properly!" Omega called out from the sidelines as he ordered the drones to carry the villain into the air and drop him while DvD and Spider-Dee continued the assault.
As all the Donatellos fought, the rest of the group made their way to the room.
"Where's the hand?" Leon whisper-shouted at the group.
"Here," the disembodied limb stated, suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
"Well, that never gets old," Leon grumbled sarcastically. "Where do we put the TNT so we don't hurt anyone?"
"Round the back. I will show you," it said, skittering along the side of the walls and leading them to the preferred spot...
Inside the room, AudRaph paced back and forth.
"What is all that commotion?!"
"Donatello is having some difficulties dealing with the pests," AudRai informed him.
Raphael flinched upon the word "pest", the glow in his eyes flickering slightly as he turned to look at Leo.
"You're losing control again," MichelAudrelo growled. "How are you so pathetic that a weakling like him can challenge your power?"
AudRaph snapped his head to glare at MichelAudrelo.
"I'm done taking your calumny. I'm going outside to see what's holding Donatello up..."
"...If we set the explosives off, won't it cause structural damage?" Spider-Gal asked as they approached the selected spot.
"I would imagine so," the Hand.PNG stated flatly. "But because it is charged with your ninpo, it should protect the competition building as a whole and keep the damage to a minimum. It's designed to destroy the mushroom..."
"Wait, but LEO's a PART of the mushroom!" April protested. "I saw him!"
"Yes, I know. But your ninpo should keep him safe --"
"HEY!" a gruff voice shouted at them. The group turned around to see AudRaph barreling towards them. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
"Eeeouugh, boy," Leon groaned. "Um, everybody scatter?"
"But what about--!"
"Go," the hand ordered, its voice soft and melancholy. "I will make sure the TNT is charged and set."
"Wait, what are you going to do--"
Before April could get an answer, Spider-Gal had grabbed her by the arm and was already swinging her to safety.
"You traitor!!" AudRaph yelled, stomping towards the Hand.PNG. "Why would you fight against us?! How could you switch sides?"
"Because, my dear Raphael," the hand sighed as it pulled the TNT to its final resting place and ignited the fuse.
"It was never meant to be..."
If this was the price to pay to save them all, then it was alright to take the sacrifice. One had to pay one's accounts, after all... and at least it got to enjoy a few good stories.
They would understand. And no one would miss it. Which was good, so no tears would be shed.
There had been enough already...
AudRaph managed to take a few steps away as the sparks reached the bottom of the fuse.
Boom.
End of Act 2
Act 3
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grace-williams-xo · 6 months ago
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hey hey hey I saw your post!!! any good fic recs for white collar? :) anything is appreciated, I'm not picky!!!
thank you!!
Sure thing, White Collar fic recs coming right up! I have more in the folder if you want more/different, but here’s a mixed selection. I also have more similar fics but the list is already quite long enough, and some of these have sequels.
Always A Surprise: Neal/Sara, 1.7k, explicit, dom/sub, femdom. Neal is good little sub for Sara, but also wants Peter to fuck him—she knows and encourages his fantasies.
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Peter & Neal, Peter/Elizabeth, Elizabeth & Mozzie, 3.8k, general, post-canon, reunions. Neal gets back from Paris and meets baby Neal at Christmas, also feat Diana and Theo.
Perspective: Peter/Neal/El, can be read as friendship, 5.2k, mature, kidnapping, hurt/comfort. Neal gets kidnapped and develops ptsd related to restraints ie his anklet, but Peter and El are doing everything they can to make him feel safe again.
Once Upon Another Time: Neal/Sara, Neal & Mozzie, 25k, mature, mpreg (not mpreg from Sara). Neal is a government breeder with no choice in the matter, and Sara is looking for her art thief at the same as the FBI—Sara finds Neal before Peter does.
The Last Con: Neal/Sara, 33k, teen and up, post-canon. Neal gets to live his life after canon, moving to London to be with Sara and work as an insurance investigator, but then he doesn’t anymore.
L’art pour l’art: Neal/Gordon Taylor, 834 words, general, fluff. The soulmates being fluffy in Paris.
Blown Up: Neal/David Siegel, 5k, explicit, character death, grief, suicidal thoughts. Very angsty sad fic with briefly happy Neal because Neal never gets to be happy.
The Island: Neal/David, 5k, explicit, character death, emotional hurt/comfort. Neal gets to fall in love, but it’s in secret, and he can’t be okay when he has to pretend it never happened.
Built on sand: Neal & Diana, 4.3k, teen and up, undercover as a couple, MLM WLW solidarity. Neal saves Diana from having to flirt with a guy on a mission, and Diana doesn’t realise how okay with it Neal is.
The Way You Make Me Feel: Neal/OMC, 6.3k, teen and up, bisexual Neal. Neal was in a nude painting for an ex boyfriend, then said painting ends up in FBI’s white collar division.
This Isn’t Where I’d Choose to Be (But Maybe it’s Where I Should Be): Neal/Peter, Neal/Matthew Keller, 666 words, general, AU canon divergence, not canon compliant. Peter, Neal and Keller get stuck in an elevator, prompting discussion and reenactment of the last time Neal and Keller were stuck in an elevator.
Our Secret to Keep: Neal/Peter, 2.6k, mature, semi-public sex, exhibitionism. Neal is underneath Peter’s desk with a gift, the gift is himself.
Audio Drama: Neal/OMC, Neal/Peter, Peter/Elizabeth (mentioned), 2k, mature, exhibitionism, professional ethics re consent. Diana, Peter and Jones have to sit in the van listening to Neal get a blowjob and then Peter confronts him about it and it ends about as you’d expect.
Fox Among Hounds: Neal/Peter, 11k, teen and up, pre-relationship, escorts, protective Peter. Neal pretends to be an escort for an undercover mission, and when it starts to go pear shaped I guess Peter was the only possible person to get him out of it.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Suits, Ties and (White) Collars: Neal/Peter, Mike Ross/Harvey Spector, Donna Paulson/Clinton Jones, 29k, teen and up, matchmaking, first kiss. Mike is on a mission to make Peter and Neal realise that they love each other via the most crazy crossover dinner party.
The New Boss: gen, crossover with Chuck, 14k, general, Neal Caffrey and Bryce Larkin are the same person. Hughes still gets pushed out as ASAC but maybe the CIA replacement isn’t who they were expecting.
Never Recognised A Purer Face: Blaine Anderson/Sebastian Smythe, Cooper Anderson & Blaine Anderson, 3.3k, teen and up, Cooper Anderson and Neal Caffrey are the same person, Seblaine high school sweethearts. Cooper Anderson faked his death, but now he has to protect his little brother from said brother’s criminal boyfriend.
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Justice League of America #71 - May 1969 (DC Comics - USA)
Cover Art: Mike Sekowsky
... AND SO MY WORLD ENDS
Script: Denny O'Neil
Art: Dick Dillin  (Pencils), Sid Greene (Inks)
Characters: Justice League of America [JLA; Atom [Ray Palmer]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Hawkman [Katar Hol; Carter Hall]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (leaves); Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]]; Diana Prince [Wonder Woman]; I Ching; Commander Blanx (villain)
Synopsis: Martian Manhunter returns to enlist the League in a battle against the White Martian Commander Blanx. Unfortunately, the fight renders Mars uninhabitable and the survivors leave for another planet, with J'onn accompanying them.
Batman story #1,274
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