#Sequel Wars Team

[jolikmc-stuff]

Mega Man: The Sequel Wars (v1.1) - Brightman Stage as Super Roll by Jo Li KMC at YouTube

This might be the coolest thing I've discovered so far.  Seriously!  Even without actual sprites, this is just so cool~!

[maingh0st]

i know i'm not the first to say this, but the acolyte's cancellation has confirmed how tired i am of disney's decision-making when it comes to their content. i know nostalgia is the easiest way to a big payout, but we can only take so many spinoffs before the universe starts to feel too small. but then fresh content—content that's building on the canon by looking to old star wars lore while asking new questions—fizzles out.

it's the sequel trilogy all over again. we're promised something new, something that actually expands the canon rather than just recycling it, even bringing in concepts from legends, and then the rug is ripped out from underneath us & we're punished for ever caring about any of it. silly babygirl! palpatine was always the big bad (don't worry about the fact that this is thematically nonsense and not foreshadowed in any way), and rey isn't a nobody ("your parents sold you because they loved you"), and this isn't a story about how the force transcends human categories and dynasties (represented by a grey jedi force dyad between a legacy skywalker and a nobody orphan from a backwater planet, fulfilling not only balance between light and dark but also transcending the old to become something new). silly idiot!!! rey's a palpatine by birth and a skywalker by self-adoption and god forbid she create her own identity outside of these names our fans recognize. watch as she stands alone on a sand planet that has no personal significance to her, ending her arc almost exactly as she began. but look!! two suns! neat

i don't even know if fanservice is the right word. at a certain point, it just starts to feel like they're quaking in their boots at the thought of doing anything new. i had my gripes with some of the choices in the acolyte, but at least it was unique. it explored a new era and asked questions that star wars has only ever flirted with. like: what happens to the children who are uprooted from their homes at such a young age, yet can't find their place in the jedi order? how does one survive in a supposedly honorable system that nevertheless relies on the repression of some of humanity's most fundamental emotions? is it possible that an organization dictating exactly how one ought to interact with the very life force of the universe... could perhaps be faulty and shortsighted? what happens when the ways of that order clash with other cultures and worldviews? (spoilers: space colonialism). and that's not even to mention the ideas they play with re: the force itself (vergences! plagueis! force witches!)

i know not everyone loved the show, but a lot of people really did care about it. a lot of people, like me, were excited to see these new questions being raised. but forget it—the disney gods have decreed that it didn't hit some magical threshold of streaming hours or reach a "broad enough" audience in the two months it's been out. but don't worry guys. turn your brains off and tune in for the next spinoff 2 chewy 2 bacca

[incarnateangelique]

What is the high for fantasying about white men with facist political leaning

[rochenn]

What if the Yuuzhan Vong invasion happened during the Clone Wars. One day Palpatine wakes up and Serenno has fallen (not to the Republic) and the Core is under attack (not by the Separatists) and he has 100 panicked texts from Dooku and all the people who were at each others' throats yesterday are forced to power-of-friendship their way out of this absolute nightmare together. Cinema.

[vertigoartgore]

Mondo poster for 2017's Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.

[mattiebluebird]

Case fic AU of Duke's training year centered around his identity as Signal (big hero, works for/with Batman, above everyone else) vs. Lark (friendly neighborhood hero, fights for the little guy, does things his own way) told as he & the WAR crew investigate a strange new drug that gives people meta abilities, with several B-plots of the other Robins becoming heroes in their own right. Is that anything.

[mariocki]

L'ultimo cacciatore (The Last Hunter, 1980)

"You actually enjoy it."

"Listen, sweetheart, I've been out here too long. I don't know what's good or bad anymore, don't know who my friends or my enemies are. But I don't enjoy it. I don't want to argue about it anymore. Don't want to think about it anymore or understand it anymore. Sometimes, I think I don't want to live anymore."

[peggycatrerr]

just finished my rewatch of good omens season one and i have to say it really does hold up against the 2019 hype once you get past one or two minor details but the final episode brings up so many things and then ties them up in such a specific way that it makes me really angry about what i do know about season two (which i intend on watching next) and i am now fully convinced that season two's plot is actually almost entirely unrelated from what neil and terry had planned together while terry was still alive because if all the subtle ways that a potential sequel was hinted at in the finale were in the book as well, then it was pointing in an ENTIRELY different direction to "omg what if gabriel and beelzebub.... fell in love 😳😳 and then it turned out aziraphale and crowley... also realised they were in love 😳😳"

[o-the-mts]

The thing is The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and The Last Jedi were all terrific. And when The Last Jedi was released, the response from fans and critics was largely positive. And then the MRA Manbaby Internet Industry decided women and people of color bad! Luke not kicking ass like a Jedi Chuck Norris bad! And they poisoned everything and even people who initially liked it were turned away And then Rise of Skywalker was basically focus-grouped to appeal to MRA Manbabies instead of following up on the themes introduced in the earlier movies and it was total crap, making everything look like crap in retrospect.

man. the star wars sequel trilogy could have been so good if they hadn't fucked it up

[jolikmc-thoughts]

SCARED

[gffa]

With the confirmation of The Acolyte not getting a second season, I can't say I'm surprised, the numbers for that show were really bad given what its budgets was, like I kept an eye on The Acolyte's numbers and they were really, really down across the board (Ahsoka's numbers aren't super great either but that's getting its second season because it's Filoni's pet show, I suspect), like set aside all the other complicated stuff, whether it was good or bad, how much of the fandom's reaction was pretty heinous and racist, it just was not getting the numbers it needed and it's making me wonder about how all of these shows are not doing well. Mando is doing all right, OWK did all right, Andor's doing okay, but none of these shows are setting anything on fire anymore (ratings-wise, that is), what would it take to create something that takes off again?

I strongly suspect that The Mandalorian only took off because of Favreau, who really does know how to make something really good and fun in the beginning. Filoni gets a lot of credit for that show, but I'd be willing to put ten dollars on the table that Favreau was driving the vast majority of the success of that series. And that makes me wonder about the future of these shows, because I don't think Filoni is strong enough to really carry a show on his own, most of his best work is when he has a strong partner actively working with him or when he was working under Lucas.

And the creators they bring in to create these shows aren't setting anything on fire, either. Yeah, the sequels made a billion dollars for each movie, but I think it's pretty telling that we're not getting comics or books or games about those characters anymore, the way we did for the prequels characters for more than a decade after they came out. Yeah, Tony Gilroy and Deborah Chow had shows that did solidly well, but they're not anything that Star Wars can build future content off of, they're already backstories for other movies themselves. And I don't think Skeleton Crew is going to light anything on fire, either.

Lucasfilm just doesn't seem to know what to do with Star Wars TV and movies. They had some really good early success with their projects, but almost everything ultimately fizzled out after a few years or ended really badly, and it feels like the only thing that's really hitting with audiences are more Clone Wars-era content and The High Republic novels and maybe still The Mandalorian.

Honestly, if I were Lucasfilm, I'd cut out the live action shows and go back to animation and think long and hard about setting up a new movie series. I think, with the right creative team (and not just who they think is a big name to write/direct), they could have a great trilogy with The Old Republic era stuff, because they have got to expand beyond the PT/OT and the Skywalkers, especially since the sequels put a bad taste in a lot of people's mouths about how Luke, Leia, and Han's stories ended.

(I mean, in my ideal world, we'd get an animated series set in between TPM and AOTC or set like 30 years pre-TPM and getting to see the backstories for characters like Mace and Plo and Shaak and Luminara and Yarael, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.)

[eudaimaniacs]

strawberries (logan howlett x female reader) | part ii

character/universe: logan howlett/wolverine (x-men/marvel)

word count: 806 words

warning/s: implied future smut and pregnancy

notes: i am sick and can't focus on anything right now. here's a new imagine since i haven't posted for five days. i might write a sequel to this if i have the energy again. enjoy!

“Daddy, look at the strawberries I picked!”

The high-pitched, sweet, and jolly voice makes Logan kneel and look at the small figure before him. He softly smiles as he picks up Holly, giggling as she feels the scratch of Logan’s beard tickling her.

“Those strawberries look nice, princess. What are you going to do with them?” Logan squeezes her cheek as he takes the small basket and puts them on the countertop.

Holly hums and points to you, fixing your dress and washing other produce you picked up. Logan smiles as he sees your figure basked in the sunlight and hard at work. He looks at his daughter to see the exact features you passed on to her—your sweet smile, ethereal and wavy hair, and those beautiful eyes Logan loved to stare at.

“I’m going to make strawberry jam with Mommy!” Holly exclaimed as she grabbed one strawberry and tried to put one on Logan’s mouth. The pair laughed as the older man put her down, and she ran to her mother. Settling his hands on his hips, Logan made his way to you and embraced you. You stopped the faucet as you leaned against his chest.

The sound of Holly giggling as she counts the strawberries makes you and Logan sick with laughter, too. You sighed as you grasped Logan’s hand and bent a bit to kiss his jaw. It felt nice to have a quiet life after Logan’s tumultuous journey and quit the X-Men. You never thought that after many fights, close calls, cries, and almost leaving each other, you two would be together. Logan was tired from the constant wars and missions; all he wanted was to settle down and be at peace.

“What’s on your mind, honey?” You whispered as you slowly swayed to the breeze. Logan hummed as he kissed your head.

The older man said, “To make another little one with you.” You chuckled as you playfully slapped Logan’s hand. You turned around to see if he was joking. Holly was accidentally conceived during Logan’s final months as a member of the X-Men. You were scared that he would abandon you with a possible mutant child. You kept the pregnancy a secret until a bald man offered you a solution. He promised to convince Logan to leave the team and have a safe place for your budding family. It sounded too good to be accurate; however, knowing Logan, he would give up this violent life to spend the rest of his years peacefully.

Charles and some X-Men members escorted you to a remote area where they built a pleasant and comfortable house. You listened to the bald man’s instructions about waiting for Logan to go to this place. One member, Storm, cared for you as you anxiously waited for weeks for your lover to come. You nervously admitted to her to know and see Logan’s reaction as he saw you with a protruding belly. Storm assured you that Logan would accept and love you as he was offered the life he had always wanted.

One sunny day, you watched the television and knitted when you heard knocks. Storm left to return to the mansion, and you were sure it was her outside the door. As you unlocked the barrier, you met Logan, dressed in his plaid button-up and tight bootcut jeans. You cried as you hugged him tightly, welcoming him to this new life.

“I missed you, bub,” Logan kissed your cheek as he rubbed your back. You tried calming yourself as you explained the pregnancy and Charles’ proposal. Logan grabbed your hand and told you that he knew all about it. You asked him if he was angry that he left the team and had a child coming his way. Logan smiled as he touched your belly and asked how far along you were.

After three-and-a-half years of serenity, you were adjusting to the calm family and rural life. There were no threats, disruptions from the X-Men, and other troubles. Logan couldn’t be happier to have the life he constantly desired. Now, he wanted to build a bigger family.

“Holly would love a sibling to play with,” Logan remarked as he tied off the apron on your waist. You hit his chest as you replied that Holly was in the living room playing. You didn’t want your daughter walking in as Logan fucked another child inside you.

“You have to wait until tonight, Lo. I have to make strawberry jam with Holly,” you chuckled as you went to the living room to prepare your daughter for the activity. Logan squeezed and slapped your ass as you gave him one more kiss. “Can’t wait for tonight, bub,” Logan smirked as he saw you carrying Holly. He looked forward to seeing you carrying his child again in a few months.

eudaimaniacs - 2024

[warrior-of-storms]

"comics are too complicated, where are you supposed to start-"

Pick up a comic. Where do you start? With whatever comic your local library carries that looks cool. "but what about the story" if you care about a cohesive storyline 1) you're getting into the wrong medium and 2) look it up online? Ask your local librarians or comic shop workers?

My very first comic was from the middle of the Fear Itself storyline, I had no idea what was going on, and to this day I haven't read the rest of that run. The awesome thing about comics is that it does not matter what order you read anything in.

If you want to care, fantastic! I did! I wanted to read WinterWidow comics, because I thought the idea of Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov was compelling and I wanted to see it in canon (because the MCU was a mistake) so I went online to get a reading list and sought those out! And it's really cool to read The Death of Captain America, Brubaker's Winter Soldier run, and Waid's Black Widow run and see how it all fits together, but they're all really cool stories on their own without that!

I wanted to get into Green Arrow recently. I just went to the comic store and picked up what they had and now I've read like four runs most of the way through because I thought Oliver was neat (and also Mia and also Emiko and also Dinah and-)

Comics seem daunting but they're literally the easiest thing in the world to get into. Because it doesn't matter.

can you imagine talking about anything else the way comic-fanon fans talk about comics?

"the beatles are my favorite band! oh no i don't listen to their music i just look at the album covers and imagine what it sounds like lol."

"star trek fandom is so fun like there's so many series and episodes and reboots that you can just say anything and it probably happened in one of them anyways. and if it didn't, who cares! theres no point in trying to figure out what happened in canon anyway!"

"i love how 90% of doctor who fans all agree that you can do whatever companion with whatever doctor and its pretty much canon because the show is so wild. like, we all just have fun and then some guy shows up and tells you um, 'that actually is directly contradicted by the basic setup of the show?', and then they get offended when you tell them to go away!! LOL!"

"star wars is just too complicated for people to understand - like, are you supposed to start at movie 1 or movie 4? - so you really can't blame anyone for not even trying before they start posting in the star wars tag. anyway here's why i think finn is an angry black man and kylo ren is better for rey"

eta: have been informed this is the star wars experience already. im so fucking sorry yall have to bear this curse too

[dontforgetukraine]

"Through pain, death, war, fear, and inhuman cruelty, Ukraine will persevere as it always does..." Dedicated to all those who have defended and are defending Ukraine. To all those who made this day possible. Eternal memory to all those who were taken by this war. —GSC Game World Team

The release of the sequel to the 2007 cult classic S.T.A.L.K.E.R is now live. The devs, GSC Game World Team, released a brief heartfelt statement in recognition of what it took to make this game under wartime conditions. Several members of the dev team are currently in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two have unfortunately died in battle.

One dev, Volodymyr Yezhov, was killed fighting russian forces near Bakhmut. He left behind a brother, Viacheslav Yezhov, who remembers him saying, "Ukraine’s fight today is forging a brighter future for our children."

For the entire dev team, this game is their "love letter to Ukraine". Consider getting a copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: The Heart of Chornobyl to support the devs and to support Ukraine.

To read more about the struggles the dev team faced in the making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, United 24 has an article that details the challenges they faced.

[hotvintagepoll]

LAST POLL OF ROUND 4

Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant (Holiday, Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story)—They're both unspeakably hot and putting them together only makes them that much hotter. Because physically attractive people are WAY hotter when they're also incredibly funny, and both of them are. They play off each other to perfection, and I could eat them both ❤️

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (The Curse of Frankenstein, The Horror of Dracula)—Obviously never canon romantic but the definition of toxic old man yaoi. Whether it's the look on Lee's face as Dracula about to bite Van Helsing in "Horror Of Dracula" (1958) or Cushing destroying his life and engagement to create Lee's monster in "Curse Of Frankenstein" (1957). Such a popular team that the "Dracula" sequel lifted their final fight from the original and used it as a prologue even though Cushing isn't in the rest of the film.

This is round 4 of a mini tournament. Each poll lasts for a week. Please reblog with propaganda for your favorite hot couple. To vote in all the polls, click here.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Hepburn and Grant:

Truly two of the hottest people ever to grace our screens and when you put them together, it's volcanic. They are totally magnetic on screen together, with the perfect love/hate chemistry. The ultimate 'you drive me crazy' couple, no one is doing it like them.

They are delight and joy and ALSO insanely hot together. Friendships have ended over the ship war of The Philadelphia Story, and you know what? Valid.

They are the hottest couple because they are clever, witty and beautiful. They spark off each other magnificently.

I feel like they’re almost too obvious to bother submitting but I’ve made that mistake before so Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. I present Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story as evidence, your honor

Perfect onscreen match in some of the greatest romcoms ever. My, they were yar!

Cary Grant & Katherine Hepburn! They're my favorites! Dapper & ridiculous both!

I'm sorry, that's not a very romantic pic, but I had to include the serenading the leopard

and the fluffy bathrobe!

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee:

Not exactly propaganda but I received this ask after Cushing and Lee's submission:

oh, I completely missed the qualifiers for the couples poll! Nevemind. Unless we count characters attempting to murder one another in multiple movies as peak couple behavior, Cushing and Lee tragically don’t qualify.

Editor's note: in this case I'll absolutely count that as romantic.

[cbrownjc]

I sometimes feel like I could rant forever about Abrams and his damn mystery boxes. Anyone can write a "cool setup" but that doesn't mean they are an actual genus wrt actual storytelling. Yet, Abrams got that label for doing just, and only, that.

And yes, it was because he started on TV, creating shows and writing pilot episodes. That's only one episode of a possible who-knows-how long long-format story. If the show is picked up, we can be talking about anywhere to almost 100 episodes, maybe even more. And, most importantly, a writers' room full of people to pick up the slack and even come up with solutions and answers to the mystery box setups he kept coming up with.

But there is a huge difference between telling a story in that format vs a 2+-hour, 3-film trilogy.

And The Force Awakens showed him trying to do a tv approach to the writing for those movies. And that was never going to work. Because unlike tv shows, movies don't have writer's rooms to cover your own writing faults. What you had were three separate directors, each who have their own egos, left to come up with a story for the films they were scheduled to make. Of course they were all going to come up with their own ideas, and none of those ideas would mesh.

So yeah, it only took until The Last Jedi, for it to be clear there was no actual story plan for the sequel trilogy. And there was nothing The Rise of Skywalker could have ever done to fix the mess brought on by his mystery box method of trying to tell a story in a 3-movie format without having a writers' room in place this time to cover for him with it.

J.J. Abrams really didn't even bother planning out his Star Wars trilogy but went around telling the cast "understand the scale. This is not a role in a movie. This is a religion for people. It changes things on a level that is inconceivable" and stressing out Daisy Ridley so much with expectations she developed ulcers. God he sucks ass