#Rex Thompson

[kwebtv]

The Little Lame Prince - NBC - July 15, 1958

A presentation of Shirley Temple's Storybook (Season 1 Episode 9)

Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Rex Thompson as Prince Dolor

Lorne Greene as King Bertrand

James Mitchell as Marko

Joan Weldon as Amelia

Katherine Squire as Flora

George Mitchell as Frederick

Anna Lee as The Fairy Godmother

Mickey Finn as Quinto

Peter Forster as Captain

[ghostofskywalker]

2024 fictober roundup: part one

here's a list of days 1-11 of my fictober fics! you can see days 12-21 here and days 22-31 here!

a 👻 next a fic's title means it's one of my favorites, and i'm picking 1-2 per roundup post :)

october 1st: 'tis the season (wanda maximoff x reader)

october 2nd: the perfect date (501st!echo x fem!reader)

october 3rd: what are the odds? (jack thompson x fem!reader)

october 4th: what you want most (agatha harkness x fem!reader) 👻

october 5th: a necessary push (hunter x fem!reader)

october 6th: sweet & oblivious (clint barton x reader)

october 7th: may i have this dance? (rex x fem!reader) 👻

october 8th: droid diagnostics (poe dameron x reader)

october 9th: a moment's reprieve (katniss everdeen x reader)

october 10th: the surprising side effects of new bacta (fox x reader)

october 11th: challenges, risks, and a night to change everything (will turner x reader)

[clankryze511]

“So let me get this straight… just so we got this whole thing clear and laid out you’re not an EVO that might’ve been transferred to some dimension or one we missed after me and my friends cured the entire world… but you’re a man… well you’re probably 3 years older than me who was bitten by a radioactive spider and your some sort of Cross-Species Human mutate and you call yourself… The Human Spider?”

“Well that was one of the names I had working on but Spider-Man sounded right.”

“This is New York but not my New York”

“Everything’s different.”

“Midtown High, ESU, and Queens and Forest Hills are all there but not everything else that I know. Nobody i knew who is gonna be able to help me and a few of my craziest and worst enemies get back home.”

“Come on. How many are we talking here?”

“Possibly six.”

“HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

“Better make that 13.”

“So what do say?”

“Hello wackos. Now thrill us!”

THE BIGGEST CROSSOVER YOU ALL NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE IS COMING!

GENERATOR REX | SPIDER-MAN: The Ultimate Spin

[80smovies]

[goldenboyreturns]

I totally fell off the Batober bandwagon, but don’t worry, I’ve still been drawing nonsense. References (of which there are truly a shameless amount) and process timelapse below. BG is an old abstract painting from college.

[nerds-yearbook]

Injured police officer Jesse Mach (Rex Smith) was recruited by the government to fight crime with a secret high tech motorcycle. The show Street Hawk premiered January 4, 1985. ("Pilot", Street Hawk, TV Event)

[d20unfuckability]

"you just know she's into everything and fucking great at it. absolute fucking mess otherwise, but that's just more incentive to stay in bed"

"darling, it's better down where it's wetter ;)"

[avatarskywalker78]

hug, friend, snow, and why for the WIP game!

Oh I like these ones, thank you!

hug

He tried to put all this out of his mind as he watched Sophia park the car. Alex practically jumped out and hurtled towards him with a speed he envied, tackling him in a hug and knocking the air out of him.

This is from my 'Alex & Daniel' fic - for context, Alex is Jack Thompson's granddaughter who grew up regarding the Carter-Sousas as family, and in this story is eight years old and going to stay with her Uncle Daniel for the day.

friend

“What makes you think there��s anything to find? You’d have remembered if she was a childhood friend, wouldn’t you? She’s probably just some random girl who looks similar to a celebrity or something.”

From my 'Tory is a Barnes AU' - in which Alex is sceptical about Elaine's instincts regarding the other girl (but he'll eat his words soon enough).

snow - afraid I couldn't find snow in any of my wips so here's some ice instead!

Beside him was Len, angry and grieving and firing ice at the Reverse-Flash – between Len’s gun and Miraclo running through Rex’s veins they’d done a good job at holding the Reverse-Flash off.

From my Legends AU in which Rex Tyler isn't wiped from existence and instead stays around to help the Legends and tries to be strong - except he's not doing so well and grieving the versions of the team he'd known and befriended before they were wiped out by the Legion of Doom.

why

Which was why he hadn’t noticed LaRusso and Lawrence coming the other way – and the two men hadn’t noticed him either, so when LaRusso had looked up and seen him— He’d gone bone white. Then he’d punched Mike in the face.

Remember in my Leah Barnes fic when she mentioned that it would be more understandable for Daniel to freak out about Mike if it was a chance encounter in the street? In this one this is what happens (sorry Mike) - this is from a fic that started out with the intention of shooting down the idea of Mike teaching karate (which has me so confused like it was a good thing when you didn't have him involved in karate and had him move on with his life and now you're doing a 180 on that?? Why??) but now I'm not entirely sure where the fic is going so we'll have to see.

send me a word or several and i'll tell you if they're in my wips!

Tagging @starstruckpurpledragon @dreambeyondthefantasy @ofbriarandrose @daughter-of-melpomene

[ufonaut]

Promotional art for The Golden Age (1993) four issue miniseries. Art by Paul Smith with colours by Richard Ory.

[hotvintagepoll]

Congrats to the ultimate winner of the Hot & Vintage Movie Men Tournament, Mr. Toshiro Mifune! May he live happily and well where the sun always shines, enjoying the glories of a battle hard fought.

A loving farewell to all of our previous contestants, who are now banished to the shadow realm and all its dark joys and whispered horrors—I hear there's a picnic on the village green today. If you want to remember the fallen heroes, you can find them all beneath the cut.

What happens next? I'll be taking a break of two weeks to rest from this and prep for the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament. I'll still be around but only minimally, posting a few last odes to the hot men before transitioning into a little early ladies content, just like I did with this last tournament. The submission form for the Hot & Vintage Ladies tournament will remain up for one more week (closing February 21st), so get your submissions in for that asap! Once the form closes, there will be one more week of break. The first round of the Hot & Vintage Ladies Tournament will be posted on February 29th, as Leap Year Day seems like a fitting allusion to leaping into these ladies' arms.

Thanks for being here! Enjoy the two weeks off, and send me some great propaganda.

In order of the last round they survived—

ROUND ONE HOTTIES:

Richard Burton

Tony Curtis

Red Skelton

Keir Dullea

Jack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas

Marcello Mastroianni

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Robert Wagner

James Garner

James Coburn

Rex Harrison

George Chakiris

Dean Martin

Sean Connery

Tab Hunter

Howard Keel

James Mason

Steve McQueen

George Peppard

Elvis Presley

Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut

Ray Milland

Claude Rains

John Wayne

William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

Harold Lloyd

Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert

Ramon Novarro

Slim Thompson

John Barrymore

Edward G. Robinson

William Powell

Leslie Howard

Peter Lawford

Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten

Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine

Spencer Tracy

Felix Bressart

Ronald Reagan (here to be dunked on)

Peter Lorre

Bob Hope

Paul Muni

Cornel Wilde

John Garfield

Cantinflas

Henry Fonda

Robert Mitchum

Van Johnson

José Ferrer

Robert Preston

Jack Benny

Fredric March

Gene Autry

Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas

Ray Bolger

Orson Welles

Mickey Rooney

Glenn Ford

James Cagney

ROUND TWO SWOONERS:

Dick Van Dyke

James Edwards

Sammy Davis Jr.

Alain Delon

Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford

Charlton Heston

Cesar Romero

Noble Johnson

Lex Barker

David Niven

Robert Earl Jones

Turhan Bey

Bela Lugosi

Donald O'Connor

Carman Newsome

Oscar Micheaux

Benson Fong

Clint Eastwood

Sabu Dastagir

Rex Ingram

Burt Lancaster

Paul Newman

Montgomery Clift

Fred Astaire

Boris Karloff

Gilbert Roland

Peter Cushing

Frank Sinatra

Harold Nicholas

Guy Madison

Danny Kaye

John Carradine

Ricardo Montalbán

Bing Crosby

ROUND THREE SMOKESHOWS:

Marlon Brando

Anthony Perkins

Michael Redgrave

Gary Cooper

Conrad Veidt

Ronald Colman

Rock Hudson

Basil Rathbone

Laurence Olivier

Christopher Plummer

Johnny Weismuller

Clark Gable

Fernando Lamas

Errol Flynn

Tyrone Power

Humphrey Bogart

ROUND 4 STUNGUNS:

James Dean

Cary Grant

Gregory Peck

Sessue Hayakawa

Harry Belafonte

James Stewart

Gene Kelly

Peter Falk

QUARTERFINALIST VOLCANIC TOWERS OF LUST:

Jeremy Brett

Vincent Price

James Shigeta

Buster Keaton

SEMIFINALIST SUPERMEN:

Omar Sharif

Paul Robeson

FINALIST FANTASIES:

Sidney Poitier

Toshiro Mifune

and ok, sure, here's the shadow-bracket-style winner's portrait of Toshiro Mifune.

[markwatnae]

Masterpost of Hot Old Man Round 1 Polls

Paul Newman v Richard Burton

Omar Sharif v Tony Curtis

Red Skelton v Burt Lancaster

Christopher Plummer v Keir Dullea

Anthony Perkins vJack Lemmon

Kirk Douglas v Alain Delon

James Dean v Marcello Mastroianni

Harry Belafonte v Jean-Pierre Cassel

Marlon Brando v Robert Wagner

Sammy Davis Jr. v James Garner

James Coburn v Rock Hudson

Peter Cushing v Rex Harrison

George Chakiris v Sidney Poitier

Dean Martin v Sean Connery v Jeremy Brett

Tab Hunter v Toshiro Mifune

Howard Keel v Peter O'Toole

Robert Redford v James Mason

Steve McQueen v Charlton Heston

Dick Van Dyke v George Peppard

Elvis Presley v Peter Falk

Oscar Micheaux v Rudolph Valentino

Joseph Schildkraut v Buster Keaton

Jimmy Stewart v Ray Milland

Cary Grant v Claude Rains

John Wayne v Errol Flynn

Clint Eastwood v William Holden

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. v Sessue Hayakawa

Carman Newsome v Harold Lloyd

Noble Johnson v Charlie Chaplin

John Gilbert v Conrad Veidt

Ramon Novarro v Robert Earl Jones

Slim Thompson v Gary Cooper

John Barrymore v Paul Robeson

Edward G. Robinson v Clark Gable

Humphrey Bogart v William Powell

Leslie Howard v Ronald Colman

Peter Lawford v Vincent Price

Harold Nicholas v Mel Ferrer

Joseph Cotten v Danny Kaye

John Carradine v Keye Luke

Ivan Mosjoukine v Gilbert Roland

Benson Fong v Spencer Tracy

Guy Madison v Felix Bressart

James Shigeta v Ronald Reagan

Montgomery Clift v Ricardo Montalbon

Peter Lorre v Frank Sinatra

Bob Hope v Gregory Peck

Fred Astaire v Paul Muni

Bela Lugosi v Cornel Wilde

Cesar Romero v John Garfield

Basil Rathbone v Cantinflas

Henry Fonda v Turhan Bey

Boris Karloff v Robert Mitchum

David Niven v Van Johnson

Gene Kelly v José Ferrer

Robert Preston v Tyrone Power

Jack Benny v Donald O'Connor

Fredric March v Lex Barker

Michael Redgrave v Gene Autry

James Edwards v Alec Guinness

Fayard Nicholas v Fernando Lamas

Ray Bolger v Johnny Weismuller

Orson Welles v Sabu Dastigir

Mickey Rooney v Laurence Olivier

Rex Ingram v Glenn Ford

Bing Crosby v James Cagney

@hotvintagepoll

[aamy2100982]

My thoughts on Venom 3. SPOILER ALERT - LONG POST

Let's start with the fact that I saw it in the cinema with Latino Spanish dubbing, so anything lost through translation is not my fault.

Damn, how do I start with all this?

☆ Why doesn't Spiderman appear?

I think based on the post-credits scene of Venom 2, we all assumed that in this new movie Venom and Eddie were going to go into the MCU universe and meet Spider-Man. But for those who saw the movie it was confirmed that that wasn't the case. Now, what's my theory on what happened?

I think the original intention was to give the rights to Venom to the MCU, but for some reason or another they didn't do it. And they decided to continue the story from Sony.

So Venom didn't meet Spiderman because the MCU doesn't have the rights to Venom yet, and Sony hasn't wanted to hand them over yet.

(I don't know, maybe money issues. Sony should make a considerable amount from the Venom movies)

☆ Portals

I actually didn't really like how the interdimensional portals are handled. Venom has never been a character who plays with space-time and the universe on his own (actually a bit in the comics, but not in the movies), so I don't understand how they inexplicably changed universes.

In the post-credits scene of the second movie it was about... connecting to the symbiote hive? But then what? Knull brought them back??

I don't know, I just didn't like that brutal change of plot direction.

☆ I changed my perception of the symbiotes in the movies

So, in the first movie the symbiotes arrive on a meteorite to earth and are captured by the Life Foundation. In this film, the symbiotes are made to look like an invasive species, the kind that goes from planet to planet looking to deplete natural resources. But apparently this wasn't the case.

From what I could understand, the symbiotes were escaping from Knull's awakening, so they weren't trying to invade Earth to drain its resources, but to save themselves from Knull.

This makes Venom look extremely selfish, because during the movie he tells Eddie that his fellow symbiotes only live to harm the Earth and he doesn't want Riot to reach Kyntar to pass this information to other symbiotes who need to escape from Knull and find a home.

There's also the possibility that this was the initial idea (that the symbiotes were an invasive species), but they made last-minute script changes that said otherwise.

☆ There was a Flash Thompson reference in the movie!!

It wasn't a small reference, it was a military man named Thompson and there's an entire scene that was almost too cruel of him losing his legs. I don't know if Sony has any rights to Flash's image, but it would be great to see him in an upcoming movie (if there is one).

☆ Rex was there too!

Does anyone remember Rex?

You know, the military man... who had a symbiote... and the symbiote became fond of him... but then he died and the symbiote stole his identity... You know! Rex!

He doesn't have a symbiote in the movie, and really only has the name and the face, because apart from being a military man and being related to sumbiote he has nothing to do with the one in the comics. It was a nice reference anyway. I personally like Rex the symbiote, even though he had limited appearances. I thought his story was nice.

But I guess it was just a reference in the movie because inventing new characters is not that simple either.

There is also this Doctor Payne

I honestly don't know who she is, I don't know if she was part of the comics or if she's an original character from the movie. I looked up her name, but it seemed like another character that I think has nothing to do with her...

☆ Codex

I didn't like how the codex was treated in the movie and I didn't fully understand how it worked.

I didn't like the way it was handled in general, that the codex only exists while both exist because they died and came back to life... How... only Eddie and Venom were united and were the only symbiote and host who died and came back to life?? In the ENTIRE universe?

And why does the codex disappear/is not visible when Venom isn't encasing Eddie? Shouldn't it still be there since it's stuck in Eddie's spine?

☆ The Hippie Family

They were fun and somewhat endearing characters. But while they were good for moving the plot forward, I didn't care that much about them.

It just helped remind me how sad it makes me that Eddie is a man who wanted to start a family and couldn't because of his own mistakes and mental problems.

☆ The other symbionts

The only comic book-based symbiotes I recognized were (besides Venom) Lasher and Agony. The rest I think were original for the movie.

Honestly, at first I thought the green-water snake-like symbiote was Lasher, but no. (I also didn't realize that the host was the cop from the previous movie until very late, almost after he was killed.)

It would have been great to see the quartet (Scream, Agony, Lasher and Plague. No Riot, because he died lol). But it wasn't that important, because in the end most of them died anyway.

☆ Characters from past movies

So Anne and Dan didn't appear in the movie. I don't have any hard feelings about it, I actually think they would have been a waste of time and their appearance always just brings this... weird geometric love thing where Eddie still has feelings for Anne, Venom... I don't know what Venom feels for Anne, I don't know if he sees her as a friend or has feelings for her too, Anne just sees them as friends and Dan is just constantly there being awkward.

Mrs. Chen was there. I must admit, she looked beautiful in that red dress!

look at that lady!

Honestly, I didn't think her appearance in the film was that important, but I'm not saying they were bad scenes.

☆ Knull

I think Knull was a completely computer-generated character. Understandable because all he does throughout the entire movie is sit down anyway xd

I don't have much to say about him. The design was well done and at least the voice acting in Latino Spanish seemed spectacular to me. Maybe he could have had more participation, but whatever, the movie was fine as it is. Adding more powerful antagonists would have made the movie 3 times longer.

☆ Eddie and Venom's relationship

I hate to use the term. But Eddie is a total Tsundere... Throughout the three movies he just keeps saying that he hates Venom and that he wishes he could go back to normal, now that he's been given the chance he feels empty.

As I know, "Not even death can separate them" or whatever the phrase on the movie poster said, completely lied.

☆ The end.

If I had to describe it in one word... bittersweet.

It was a good ending, dramatic, sentimental. But at the same time it leaves you with that feeling of emptiness, because Venom died and he is a protagonist and therefore he shouldn't die.

In the post-credits scene, a cockroach appears next to the small tube that contained a Venom extract. But it wouldn't make sense, because there wasn't a moving extract of the symbiote and anyway that extract later became who I think is Agony. It had her design but also had Dr. Payne's "hidden powers".

I honestly didn't like the ending at all. That "Well, now everything is like it used to be." BITCH, NO!

Especially since I heard here and there that Tom Hardy wasn't so sure he could continue participating, for reasons I still don't understand, so I'm convinced there will be another part. Either as a movie or a series.

☆ as a theory

I don't think Sony owns the rights to Agent Venom. But in case they do release another Venom, without Eddie Brock, that's my theory.

There was a reference to Flash in the movie and how he lost his legs. So maybe the next movie will be about them going back to Area 51 to look for the remains left after the massacre. Whether it's symbiotes that are still alive or just information they need to start a new area of ​​research.

They find layers of Venom, but he's like a baby, they use their abilities to turn him into a weapon, they give him to Flash Thompson, boom! Agent Venom.

Just a theory, obviously. Maybe the saga will end there and we won't have anything more about Venom until they start another separate saga.

☆

Honestly, I would have preferred them to fight Spiderman. Not so much because of the Spiderman fight, but because that would put them in the same universe as other powerful characters and they would have made a movie with a bigger Knull, similar to what Infinity War was.

You know, with all the characters fighting to save the world, but still having the movie center around Venom. Not exactly like in the comics, where Eddie becomes God (because that went really wrong for the comics), maybe just having him defeated and the symbiotes being free.

☆

ALSO! I think there was a kiss missing in the scene before Venom sacrificed himself, when they were on the fallen helicopter... I really needed it... And it didn't happen... understandable, I mean, there would have been a drama about it, but damn! It was the perfect moment to, at least, get close.

☆ The end of this post

The movie was good... Yeah... yeah, kinda.

I think for those who only watch the movies, or who only watched this movie, they could say that it's pretty good. It's fun, it's not as rushed as movie one, and it has a dramatic ending. I think that in itself it's a good movie.

But from my perspective, where I expect more coherence regarding everything and the extensive universe behind Venom as a character, I did find more plot holes, things that didn't make sense to me and things that I think would have been preferable to what happened.

Would I like to see another movie? Yeah, I think it would be great to really wrap up what happens with Knull and obviously have Venom come back to life, like... Venom? or Agent Venom.

Or even this gives a chance to convert the remaining extracts of the symbiote into Eddie becoming Anti Venom. But I'm just dreaming.

If you took the time to read everything I had to say, please let me know what you think! I'd love to read what you think of the movie or my opinions and theories!

[gvfgal]

3. Debts & Destiny

Barbarian. Biker!Jake

18+, Minors DNI!

A/n: Back like we never left!!! Make sure to go back and read the prologue & first two chapters for a refresh!! Since it’s been awhile, I’ll be starting a brand new tag list for the story, so if you’d like to be added, let me know!! Pease remember that this story is a little gritty, and has a lot of darker themes, so please read at your own discretion. There will always be warning at the beginning of each chapter per usual! Thanks for sticking with me and I’m looking forward to taking this ride ;)

Content Warnings: Explicit language, explicit sexual content, smoking, drinking, Jake being a dick, dark themes throughout.

Word Count: 3.4K

2: Our Old Friend, Death

Jake spent the remainder of the weekend holed up in your trailer. It was by no means a romantic scene, he’d slept the majority of the time, as the stress of the last few days had finally set in. He only woke up every several hours to eat, have you change his bandage, or to have sex with you, only to crash back out shortly afterwards. When you left for work, Jake was there in your bed, and when you returned well after two in the morning, you’d find him almost in the exact same spot. Snoring lightly, his limbs weaving in and out of the thin quilt, hair; a disaster.

You’d strip out of your work clothes and climb in beside him, curling yourself into his warm naked body. Sometimes he’d wake up and throw an arm around you, sometimes he’d sleep through it, but either way, you enjoyed him being there.

There had been odder things happen in your life than having a stranger you met at the bar only a few days ago all but move into your house. But to you, Jake was no stranger at all. You’d gotten pretty close to the Barbarians during your time in Genoa, and you took a special liking to Ace. And since Ace seemed to be like family to Jake, he was alright in your book.

On top of that, you felt an odd sense of comfort and security having Jake around. Your days in that trailer had been lonely, and it was nice having his company, that was, when he was actually conscious. And you knew he appreciated your company too.

But the weekend had come and gone. It was now Monday, back to business as usual for the Barbarians after days of mourning. Their meetings were held in a small room in the back of the Tavern, all 65 members packed in like Sardines, dressed in their leather jackets adorned with the Barbarian emblem.

Jake’s eyes scanned the room’s walls that were adorned with faded photographs of fallen brothers, his eyes lingering on Jaxon’s photo before looking at the large empty spot that was reserved for Rex’s. Nicky came trudging into the room, his face turned up into a scowl and littered with bruises. Jake had a couple of scrapes of his own, but a side by side comparison would show that Jake had clearly been the victor. Jake watched as he slouched down into his seat and folded his arms across his chest, still clearly upset about the brawl.

At the front of the room, Ace called the attention of all the men, and many of them began taking seats, others opted for standing along the walls.

“Alright, listen up fellas,” his gravelly voice cut through the murmurs and clinks of beer bottles, “we've had a rough last few days, but we made it through, now we’ve gotta get back to business, We have two current situations that demand our attention.”

The room fell silent as everyone listened closely to Ace, including Jake, all too curious about the fate of the Barbarians now that Rex was gone.

“For starters,” Ace continued, his tone serious, “Bobby Thompson, that scumbag of a casino owner, has been dodging our payments. We’re out half a million dollars because of him.”

Murmurs of frustration rippled through the room. The Barbarians relied on those payments to fund their operations, and a betrayal like that was unacceptable to all of them.

Jake was very familiar with Bobby Thompson. He was some low life fraudster from Genoa who asked the Barbarians for a loan to build a casino thirty miles north in Washoe some years back. This request was made with the promise that in just a few short years, the club would be able to recoup all their earnings, and become official stockholders in the company. They’d be raking in over a quarter of a million every year for the first few years, and upwards of half a million as the years rolled on.

Jake was only 17 when the deal was made, but he knew even then that Bobby couldn’t be trusted. He’d tried warning his father about doing business with someone of his character, but Rex never paid him any mind.

So in the end, the casino went up, and Bobby Thompson, true to his nature, began lying about the amount of money the casino had been pulling in, therefore shorting the payments he owed the Barbarians, leaving them in the cuurrent predicament.

Ace’s gaze shifted, locking onto Jake’s hardened expression, “and secondly, the EDS wants their million dollars. We owe it to them after that arms deal incident we had back in December.”

EDS. El Dorado Syndicate, Jake was also very familiar with them. The Barbarians had been working for them as long as he could remember, smuggling drugs, weapons, and dirty money all up and down Route 95.

The EDS was run by two ruthless twin brothers, Alejandro and Antonio Ortiz-Fuentes (they felt the need to carry on their mother’s maiden name). The last Jake had heard of them, the much more sane twin Antonio was scentenced to prison for attempted murder, leaving the crazier twin Alejandro in charge of operations.

“Now since Rex is gone, and I’m standing vice president, I will reach out to Alejandro and set up a meeting. So be prepared for a trip to New Mexico in the near future,” Ace looked around the room, “any questions? Concerns?”

A single hand went up near the back of the room.

“Barbarian rules say that a vice president can automatically assume presidential position in the death of the leader. Are you gonna step in?” Ski Ball questioned, and a few others nodded in aggreance, waiting for Ace to respond.

“I have no intentions on stepping up as president, lord knows I’m getting too damn old,” the guys chuckled, “so the next step is to have a vote, which I plan on doing, but not yet. While we try to settle these situations, I’ll be in charge just as Rex would be, I just wont take the official title,” his eyes found Jake’s again, “I’ll pick three men for us to vote for, and that will be based off of everyone’s performance over these next few months.”

Jake blinked at Ace before turning towards Nicky, who was already staring him down, his right eye almost swollen shut. But he could still see the furious determination in his eyes, a silent warning of sorts that he had every intention on taking the title.

A few more pressing matters were addressed before the meeting was adjourned, and the Barbarians poured out of the small room and into the much more spacious area of the Tavern, where they spent the remainder of the afternoon drinking and playing rounds of pool and darts.

You were busy behind the bar, making sure that the libations kept flowing, but that didn’t stop you from stealing glances at Jake every so often. You watched as he won round after round of billiards, placing bets and collecting money from other Barbarians left and right. When his glass was empty, he’d make his way to you for a refill.

“Thanks Cherry,” he’d say every time, giving you a cash tip and a wink before returning to the men.

By ten o’clock, the crowd was much more tame, and Jake came to sit across from you while you continued to work.

“I have a question for you,” you spoke to Jake as you served Ace his drink. Jake lit the cigarette he’d retrieved and puffed it once, “talk to me Cherry.”

When Ace walked away, you leaned across the bar, lowering your voice to ensure no one else could here you, “is there a reason that you’re avoiding going to Rex’s place?”

Jake took another long drag as he stared at you cautiously, “what do you mean?”

You shrugged, picking up the rag that was on the counter and began wiping, “I mean you’ve been here for what, three nights now? And you’ve spent every last one of them tangled up in my sheets. Why?”

Jake placed his cigarette in the ashtray and smiled, “maybe I just like you.”

He was being smug, but you knew there was a lot more to the situation. You could see right past the mask he was putting on, all too familiar with that act.

You stopped wiping the counter to look at him again, “you don’t like me, Jake. You don’t know me. You just like how I fuck.”

Jake’s smile grew wider, “well that may be true. But I think you’re wrong,” he picked up his cigarette and placed it back between his lips, leaning back in his chair with his eyes still on your face, “I think I do know you.”

You tossed the rag into the sink, “oh yeah? Who am I, Jake?”

He was quiet for a moment as he assessed you, taking a long slow drag before blowing the smoke out in your direction.

“I think you’re a girl that’s running from her past.”

Your heart sank into your stomach and your face went blank. How accurate he was scared you, it was as if he could see it written all over your body. His face was smug again, knowing that he’d struck a nerve, and he picked up his glass of whiskey to take a sip.

There was no way you were letting him have it. “You know what, I think I know you, too,” you offered, placing your elbows on the damp counter top.

He nodded his head at you, “who am I, Cherry?”

A smirk crept it’s way onto your face, but it wasn’t a devious one. In fact, it was almost sympathetic, “a man running from his future.”

Jake’s face scrunched up as a sudden tension filled the air, his defensive walls rising, “what’s that supposed to mean?”

Your voice was steady as you continued to hold his gaze, “I mean, I think you know you’re better than this life, better than your father. But deep down, you’re too scared to leave it all behind because you’re afraid that maybe this is… all that there is for you.”

Your words hung in he air, sinking into Jake’s consciousness. The weight of your observation struck him harder than his had done to you, ad he coudln’t deny the truth behind your words, even if he hadn’t fully admitted it to himself yet.

By the way his face began contorting in anger, you knew you must’ve been on to something. He slammed his glass down on the counter, spilling whisky over the spots you’d just wiped down. He stood from his chair, glowering at you as he stubbed out his cigarette, “I stick my dick in you a few times and you think you have me all figured out.”

You watched motionlessly as he stormed out the front door, and once he was gone, you snatched the discarded rag and began wiping again with a heavy sigh.

After a few minutes, Nicky came snaking his way up to the bar, sitting where Jake had been previously.

“Trouble in paradise?” He sneered.

You rolled your eyes at him, “Nicky, fuck off.”

He raised his hands in mock defense, “I just wanted a drink, that’s all.” You paused, waiting for him to give you his order, “Miller Lite, from the tap.”

You grabbed a tall glass and began pouring his drink, trying your hardest to ignore the way his eyes were burning holes into your ass.

“What do you even see in him, anyways?” He pressed on. From the two weeks you spent with Nicky, you knew there was no way he would drop the conversation, but you hoped that if you ignored him, he’d get the hint.

Oh how wrong you were.

“I mean really, Jake isn’t the guy you think he is baby. You and me, we were good together.”

You turned around and sat his beer on the counter, not caring that some of it spilled and you’d have to clean it again, “Nicky, we were never good together. Nothing involving you could ever be good no matter how you package it, you know why? Because you’re not good.”

A sly grin curled onto Nicky’s face as he raised his glass to his mouth, “and you are?”

An unsettling chill ran up your spine at his words. You hadn’t told Nicky about your twisted past, but the way he’d spoken those words, it seemed as if he had glimpsed the cracks in your armor.

You were growing quickly tired of the men around you doing their best to pick you apart. You’d spent years running from your past, from the choices you made that led you to this point, and how Jake and Nicky managed to ruffle your feathers all in a matter of minutes was infuriating. They didn’t know you, none of them did, and you'd never let them get the chance to.

But still, as your gaze met Nicky’s, a whirlwind of emotions surged through you. Anger mixed with self doubt, the weight of your mistakes growing heavier by the second. You wondered if maybe he was right, if your actions had forever tainted your capacity for goodness. Could you ever be truly deserving of good things after what you’d done?

But deep in the recesses of your being, a flicker of defiance burned. Summoning your resolve, you narrowed your eyes at Nicky, crossing your arms over your chest, “how’s that black eye healing up for you?”

The smug look on his face was wiped clean, replaced with malice, “fuck you.”

“Never again,” you scoffed, “on to bigger and better. Or however that saying goes.”

You gave Jake enough time to cool off before going to find him. He was still out in the parking lot, sitting on his bike and lighting a new cigarette. Truthfully, you hadn’t meant to get under his skin the way you did, and you felt sort of bad for setting him off that way. The moonlight that illuminated half of his face showed that he was looking directly at you, his face still contorted into a frown.

But it did little to deter you. With slow steps, you made your way over to him, positioning yourself between his legs and placing your hands on his thighs.

“I didn’t mean to upset you,” you whispered, gently kissing him on the cheek, “I’m sorry.”

You took the cigarette from his mouth and situated it between your lips, and his expression immediately softened. His hands began rubbing small circles on the back of your legs as he looked at you wit those tired eyes.

“I’m sorry for what I said back there, I didn’t mean it.”

Your fingers began rubbing over one of the small bruises on his face, your features the softest Jake had ever seen them.

“I know you didn't. We all say and do things we don’t mean sometimes.”

Jake found himself studying you again, as he did so often. The pull he felt towards you was undeniable, but what you’d said back in the bar was true, he didnt know you. Not like he wanted to. He knew that you held unspoken secrets and depths, just like most people did. But that only furthered his allure, that air of mystery that followed you around was all too enticing.

Yet still, he wanted to unravel that enigma, he wanted to know those depths like he knew his own. He wanted to know your story, understand it, nothing but a genuine yearning to uncover the truths that lay hidden within you.

Jake put his cigarette out and tucked it behind his ear, his hands returning to your legs, “can you get out of here yet?”

You smiled at him, kissing him softly and tasting the tobacco and liquor on his breath, “let m go get my things.”

“God Cherry,” Jake groaned out, his sweaty body pinning yours to the mattress as he fucked into you. He lifted his head to smile down at you and the way your lips were puckered and swollen, tiny spurts of noises escaping from them with every thrust.

“I love when you do that,” he shuddered, bending down to kiss your forehead. The action sent you reeling, it felt so intimate, too intimate for two people in your position. You wrapped your legs tighter around his torso and he grunted.

“Fuck, so good, Cherry… You’re so good.”

His head was tucked in the crook of your neck now, so he couldn’t see the way you reacted to his words.

You’re so good…

You moaned as he dug into you once more, “you think I’m good, Jake?”

His hair tickled the side of your face as he nodded, “God yes. I do baby,” he kissed your shoulder sloppily, “I really do.”

“Say it again,” you urged, nudging him to look at you again.

When he did, you traced a finger along the cut on the round of his lip, causing him to sow his place briefly, his eyes holding confusion and the rest of his lust.

“Please… say it again.”

He’d almost slowed to a complete stop, trying his best to decode the cryptic moment. But your eyes were pleading with him, both to hear those words again and for sweet release.

Jake hitched your right leg higher up on his body before thrusting into you faster and faster, causing your mouth to fall open.

“Cherry,” his voice faltered only slightly, “you’re good. You’re so fucking good.”

With that you crescendoed, falling over a steep edge as you constricted around Jake, both of you wailing out in pleasure.

“So good, so good,” he repeated to you, thrusting a few more times before pulling out and spilling himself onto your stomach. You watched his face as he did so, completely enraptured with him in that moment, for telling you exactly what you needed to hear, even if it wasn’t in the exact context that you needed it in.

Once you both had calmed, Jake made his way into the bathroom, returning shortly with a warm damp cloth. You both were silent as he wiped you clean, then himself.

He wanted to ask you something he wasn’t sure how to ask. He wasn’t exactly sure what to ask. So instead, he laced down beside you, wrapping an arm around you as you cuddled into him, his stare fixed on the ceiling.

“I’m gonna go,” he said after a few minutes of silence, you turned to look at him.

“Tomorrow,” Jake continued, “I’m gonna go to Rex’s tomorrow. Start going through some of his things.”

You began rubbing small circles on his chest, “okay. Do you want me to come with you?”

Jake thought for a moment before shaking his head, “nah. I’ll be good. I’ll be good.”

Silence found the room again, both of you laying there, but in two completely different worlds.

“I’m gonna go smoke,” you stated, “wanna come?”

“I’ll come out in a bit.”

You pulled yourself from the bed, putting on a pair of sweats that were discarded in a corner and stealing Jake’s shirt from the floor.

“I’ll be back.”

As you made your way to the back door, you scooped up a pack of cigarettes from the counter and a lighter from the coffee table.

Standing on the back porch, you looked out to the main road that ran from one end of Genoa to the other. You remember the day you first came driving up that road a couple years ago; twenty dollars in your pocket and two bags worth of belongings. Scared, no plan, no idea what to expect. You had no idea back then that this would be your home for the next two years, and though it wasn’t paradise, you were grateful for it. This was better than the alternative.

You thought back to your less than civil conversation with Nicky earlier.

“…you’re not good.”

“…and you are?”

Then, just moments earlier with Jake.

“You’re so fucking good…”

You wondered if Jake could see through you the way Nicky did, but if that were the case, would he still be so willing to say those words to you. Maybe he was clueless, or maybe he wasn’t, and simply didn’t care.

None of that mattered though. In your own mind, you weren’t good, far from it. You did good things often, but. You’d also done very awful things, things you felt eclipsed all the good.

And you didn’t deserve good things. You believed that too.

But hearing Jake say it so adamantly back there, even if it was more than likely about the sex you were having, it made you think different, if only for a moment. One fleeting, blissful moment.

4. Star-Crossed Strangers

[paralleljulieverse]

From the Archives: This Day in Julie-history My Fair Lady Opening Night Supper Savoy Hotel, London, 30 April 1958

66 years ago, Julie Andrews made her triumphant bow in the London opening of My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Following the opening night performance, after-show parties were arranged at various venues around the West End. Producer Herman Levin hosted a party at the Dorchester which was attended by Stanley Hollaway and Cecil Beaton. Rex Harrison was guest at a supper held by the US Ambassador, Jock Hay Whitney and wife at Wingfield House. Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont, head of Tennent theatres, hosted another party at his home in Westminster (London 1958, p.3). True to homely form, Julie Andrews opted for a small private party at the Savoy Hotel attended by family and friends including Claire Bloom and Maggie Smith (London 1958, p.3). Guests dined on a special menu designed by the chefs of the Savoy Restaurant with bespoke dishes such as Le Suprême de Volaille Julie and Le Soufflé My Fair Lady.

Life magazine reported that Julie was "wrung out" as she and her family nervously awaited the critics' verdict. "But when the papers came, she was suddenly wide awake, on her feet and ready to dance all night" (Thompson 1958, p. 24).

Sources:

London, John (1958). 'It's My Fair Triumph at the Lane.' Daily News. 1 May: p. 3.

Thompson, E.K. (1958). 'Lady conquers London." Life. 12 May, pp. 20-25.

©2024, Brett Farmer. All rights reserved.

[kuri-crocus]

Results: A David Tennant bf/gf for a Michael Sheen character

I made a result post for the GO3 wishes. So here are the results for the Good Omens Extended Universe shipping polls as well. These are the results for Michael's characters. Here are the results for David's characters. It doesn't mean to be the end: I am still open for requests for other characters...

1. Aro -279 votes-

Most popular match: Peter Vincent (35.8%)

2. Barty Crouch Jr. (30.5%), 3. Crowley (11.5%), 4. Giacomo Casanova (8.6%), 5. Richard II (7.5%), 6. The Doctor  (5.7%) 0.4% voted for other characters (not specified)

2. Lucian -262 votes-

Most popular match: Peter Vincent (43.1%) again!

2. Barty Crouch Jr. (18.3%), 3. Crowley (9.9%), 4. Kilgrave/Kevin Thompson and the Doctor (9.5% each), 5. Giacomo Casanova (6.1%), 6. Campbell Bain  (2.3%) 1.1% voted for other characters (not specified)

3. Miles Maitland -241 votes-

Most popular match: Campbell Bain (43.1%)

2. Ginger Littlejohn (22.4%), 3. Phileas Fogg (15.4%), 4. The Doctor (11.6%), 5. Crowley (10%), 6. Peter Vincent (5.4%) 7. Jean-François Mercier (4.6%) 8. Hector Heldane (0.8%) 2.1% voted for other characters (not specified)

4. Martin Whitly -190 votes-

Most popular match: Alec Hardy (33.2%)

2. Kilgrave/Kevin Thompson (22.1%), 3. Cale Erendreich (17.4%), 4. Harry Watling (7.4%), 5. R.D. Laing (6.3%), 6. Tom Kendrick (5.3%) 7. Will Burton (2.6%) 8. Edgar Fallon (2.1%) 3.7% voted for other characters (not specified)

5. William Boldwood -157 votes-

Most popular match: Phileas Fogg (49%) 

2. Arthur Eddington (12.7%), 3. Davina (11.5%) 4. Crowley (10.2%) 5. Giacomo Casanova (7.6%) 6. The Doctor (7%) 7. Piers Pomfrey (0.6 %) , 1.3% voted for other characters: Alec Hardy

6. Thorne Jamison -129 votes-

Most popular match: Peter Vincent (28.7%) again, again!

2. Crowley (17.8%), 3. Ghost of Christmas Present (16.3%), 4. Campbell Bain  (13.2%), 5. John Helm (11.6%), 6. Peter Carlisle (4.7%) 7. Arthur Eddington (3.9%) 3.9% voted for other characters: Brendan Block and Roderick Peterson

7. Joe -117 votes-

Most popular match: Campbell Bain (58.1%) also again!

2. Davina (18.8%), 3. Alec Hardy and Crowley (11.1% each), 0.9% voted for other characters (not specified)

8. Roland Blum -97 votes-

Most popular match: Aiden Hoynes (26.8%)

2. Alec Hardy (19.6%), 3. Kilgrave/Kevin Thompson (15.5%), 4. Harry Watling (12.4%), 5. Cale Erendreich (8.2%), 6. Will Burton (7.2%) 7. Walt Jodell (5.2%) 5.2% voted for other characters (not specified)

9. Bill Masters -90 votes-

Most popular match: Alec Hardy (47.8%) again...

2. Davina (16.7%), 3. R.D. Laing (13.3%), 4. The Doctor and Crowley (7.8% each), 5. Campbell Bain (2.2%) 4.4% voted for other characters (not specified)

10. Robbie Ross -81 votes-

Most popular match: Giacomo Casanova (40.7%)

2. Phileas Fogg (24.7%), 3. Arthur Eddington (21%), 4. Crowley (8.6%), 5. Jean-François Mercier (4.9%)

11. Malcolm Howe -62 votes-

Most popular match: Cale Erendreich (32.3%)

2. Harry Watling and Barty Crouch Jr. (21% each), 3. Davina (11.3%), 4. Brendan Block (6.5%), 5. Peter Carlisle (3.2%) 4.8% voted for other characters: 10th Doctor

12. Harry Jones -45 votes-

Most popular match: Peter Carlisle (31.1%)

2. Davina (28.9%), 3. Walt Jodell (15.6%), 4. James Arber (13.3%), 5. John Helm (11.1%)

13. Wesley Snipes -42 votes-

Most popular match: Chris and Peter Carlisle (23.8% each)

2. Doug McLeod (21.4%), 3. Walt Jodell (16.7%), 4. Kilgrave/Kevin Thompson (9.5%) 4.8% voted for other characters (not specified)

14. Tony Towers -39 votes-

Most popular match: Ghost of Christmas Present (28.2 %)

2. The Doctor and John Helm (20.5% each), 3. Roderick Peterson, and Donald Peterson (15.4 % each)

15. Steven Arthur Younger -34 votes-

Most popular match: Jean-François Mercier (29.4 %)

2. Kilgrave/Kevin Thompson and Cale Erendreich (23.5 % each), 3. Barty Crouch Jr. (17.6 %), 4. Brendan Block (5.9 %)

16. Tony Blair -32 votes-

Most popular match: Aiden Hoynes (40.6%) again

2. Will Burton (25%), 3. Rex Alexander (21.9%), 4. Roderick Peterson (9.4%) 4.8% voted for other characters: Alec Hardy and Peter Vincent

17. Colin Lawes -32 votes-

Most popular match: Peter Carlisle (25%) again No. 2,5

2. Donald Peterson and James Arber (18.8 % each), 3. Walt Jodell, Doug McLeod and Simon Yates (9.4% each) 9.4% voted for other characters: Campbell Bain

18. The Bat -31 votes-

Most popular match: Piers Pomfrey and Barty Crouch Jr. (35.5 % each)

2. Cale Erendreich and Roderick Peterson (12.9 % each) 3.2% voted for other characters (not specified)

19. Austen Blume -29 votes-

Most popular match: Simon Yates (24.1%)

2. Walt Jodell and James Arber (20.7 % each), 3. John Helm (17.2 %) 4. Emmett Carver (10.3 %) 5. Roderick Peterson (6.9%), 6. Alan Hamilton (0%)

20. Slavkin O'Hara -21 votes-

Most popular match: Dave Tiler (28.6%)

2. Simon Yates and Donald Peterson (23.8 % each), 3. James Arber 14.3%), 4. Doug McLeod (9.5%)

If you scrolled until here you deserve this fact: Until now we have 6 mutual couples where the character won the other ones poll and vice versa: Aro x Peter Vincent, Alec Hardy x Bill Masters, Campbell Bain x Miles Maitland, Roland Blum x Aiden Hoynes, Giacomo Casanova x Robbie Ross and Peter Carlisle x Colin Lawes!