#Sliver Surfer

[splooosh]

“Clutch”

Jim Starlin

[agent-42]

I don't want Galactus to eat the musical planet but it would be funny to see sliver surfer sing.

[love-byers]

one of the things that makes me so confident in byler is the sheer amount of byler scenes compared to mlvn. and ESPECIALLY the final byler scene

we get like 2 solo mlvn scenes

their fight in el's room

and their talk at surfer boy's pizza

now let's count byler:

rink o mania fight

talk in jonathan's room

talk in will's room

talk on top of the car

talk in the van

talk in the cabin

SIX. COMPARED TO TWO

the last big scene/interaction we see of a character/couple in a season is super important and says a lot about what's to come

like at the end of s1, the last interaction we see nancy have is kissing jonathan on the cheek and going back to steve. she ends the season with steve. HEAVILY foreshadowing that the story is not over between them and there is more to come, there will be a big plot point related to nancy and steve in s2.

in s2 the couples are together by the end, like literally together.

lumax are dancing, mlvn are dancing, nancy and jonathan are both volunteering at the snowball, and hopper and joyce are hugging.

and the last solo interaction we see dustin have is with steve, implying their friendship will continue and be important in what's to come, which it did in s3. 

it's the same at the end of s3. the last 4 solo interactions we see are will and mike, jonathan and nancy, el and mike, and el and joyce. 3 couples, and then the moment that begins hop's letter. all very important.

in s4 we get a solo jancy interaction, a solo byler interaction, and a solo el+ hopper interaction. the final scenes. the jancy scene isn't exactly happy, they're awkward and jonathan is still lying to her about college.

so in the same episode that mike confesses his supposed love to el, the last time we see them in the same room she doesn't even spare him a glance? the final time we see a couple together is important. and they give us nothing. not only do we not know if they're together anymore, it's making us lean towards them not being together at all.

then there's this:

in s2, jonathan and nancy take a big leap from friends to lovers. HUGE leap. but after that, it's not acknowledged at all. things continue as normal. i remember watching 2 for the first time and getting a teensy bit worried that no one was talking about it and more drama would happen.

but then we get that last look, and we know without a sliver of doubt that they are officially together, and in love.

this is more proof that the final scene together between a duo is very important. imagine if they hadn't give us that jancy moment, we would've been so confused and upset. we'd think they were together, i mean they legit smashed....but then they don't acknowledge each other? that would've implied trouble.

it's slightly different for mileven because mikes monolgue wasn't their leap from friends to lovers, it was supposed to be their leap from childish, puppy love to real love.

but it WASNT

after the monologue, we don't see them speak. and this may have been okay if they'd done something. something to let us know they're still together in love.

with jancy, we did see them have moments before the snow ball scene, like nancy comforting jonathan and jonathan seeking out her comfort (a hug) when he saw will unconscious. but the last scene was still so important. they didn't leave us with nothing

with mlvn, we aren't left with nothing, we're left with less than nothing. we get to see them in the same room, and el doesn't even spare him a glance. she even seems annoyed by mike. it leaves mileven unanswered.

the jancy snowball scene is living breathing proof that the writers know how to leave 0 doubt surrounding a couple. they know it doesn't take much. all it would've take. was one look, one smile, to let us know mlvn are okay. and they chose not to.

not only did they choose to have el not acknowledge mike, they chose to have his last scene be with will.

let me repeat that. after mike confessed his supposed undying love for his girlfriend, his last solo scene with another character, the last we'll see of him for years until s5 is him with will, the person who's in love with him.

and it's intimate. it's mike reassuring will during a moment of fear and weakness that they'll kill vecna and save hawkins, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder as sunlight cascades down on them.

and the final scene of s4 reinforces everything i've said.

this has always given me the vibe of, 'there'll be petty arguments, drama, little crushes and lies, but when the world is ending, who do you grab despite all of it?'

jonathan and nancy grab each other. joyce and hopper grab each other. mike and will grab each other.

once again i want you to imagine you confessed your supposed love to your girlfriend, and then a week later the apocalypse starts. wouldn't you go to her?? stand by her??

mike didn't. he stuck with will. because mlvn just aren't that kind of relationship. but byler is that kind of relationship.

[siancore]

Summary: Rick is a surf instructor and Michonne is his student. There is an instant attraction between the pair even though they have only just met. 

A/N: Written for the @richonneevents Summer Vibes Bingo 2024.

Square Fill: Surfer AU

“I guess it’s now or never,” said Michonne as she planted her surfboard in the sand and waited.

“You got this,” said Rick as he stopped next to her. “And if you don’t, I’ll give you a full refund, I promise.”

He was charming, handsome, and funny, and Michonne could not help but laugh. The soft breeze coming off the water was the only thing that muted the heat of the late afternoon. The sounds of waves rolling to the shore almost drowned out the easy conversation of the pair standing at the water’s edge. Michonne squinted as she looked out across the bay, her hand shielding her eyes; Rick squinted as he watched her. 

No matter how many summers he had spent teaching surfing lessons in that beautiful part of the world, he was certain, at that moment, he had never seen anything more stunning than Michonne’s profile awash in the warm hues of the fading sunlight. 

“I’m not about to drown or make a huge fool of myself right now, am I?” she asked as a sliver of doubt crept into her mind.

“You ain’t about to do either,” said Rick, steadfastly. “You’ll be fine.”

She watched the waves for a moment before taking a deep, steadying breath. 

“You think I can really do this?” she asked, turning her attention back to the handsome instructor.

“I know you can, Michonne.”

His southern drawl washed over her causing her skin to prickle in the most delightful way. Michonne bit her lip, dipped her head, and glanced up at Rick through her long lashes. 

“You’re not just saying that because I’m your favorite student?” she asked in a flirtatious manner.  

He let out a little laugh and said, “Nah, that wouldn’t be fair on you and your skills.”

Michonne laughed and placed her hand to Rick’s upper arm; both were fully aware of the feeling of her skin against his. She cleared her throat and removed her hand before clasping it to the other and letting out a sigh. 

“You sound pretty sure for someone who has yet to see if I have any actual skill,” said Michonne, playing it off as a joke even though she could feel the electricity between them. She noticed it the first day she showed up to Rick’s beginner surfer classes the week before. Felt it then during their one-on-one session. 

“I am sure,” he replied as he tilted his head to the side and took in her expression. His gaze felt hotter than the afternoon sun. “I believe in you.”

Michonne’s chest felt full at the sincerity of Rick’s words. They had only just met, and she was not certain what the attraction between them meant, but she trusted what he said and did. She trusted him. 

“You mean that?” she asked, softly and suddenly coy.

Rick’s lips turned up at the corners and his eyes softened as he replied, “Yeah, I do. I believe you can do anything.”

Michonne smiled as Rick continued speaking. 

“You came into my life and made me believe I could feel again. I don’t know what it is, Michonne, but I feel like I’ve known you my whole life. Like I’ve known you forever.”

“Yeah,” she said, breathless. “I feel the same about you.”

[riptide-if]

Noemia/Nikita Azevedo [she/her, or he/him, 25] seems to call all the attention when they walk into a room. Admittedly, there's not much you know about N, you've only met them once and that was when you were in your pre-teens. You know they're extremely talented, placing third last years UTT and being put in as a wild card this year. From the interviews you've seen and fellow surfers who are friends with them; they know they're good. They seem to drip of charisma even through screens and rumors. You wonder, though, watching their interviews if it's a facade or not. How long can a mask be used until it breaks?

N stands at 5'8 with a toned, athletic build. They have dark russet skin. Their face is heart shaped with a small scar through their left eyebrow. Their eyes are grey. Noemia has kinky hair that in it's natural state falls just below her shoulders. It's usually styled in bohemian locs that reach the end of her shoulder blades; sometime in a braid or low bun. Nikita has kinky hair that in it's natural state reaches just past his chin. It's usually styled in bohemian locs that reach just above his shoulders; always kept in a full or half ponytail. Their usual clothing style is sporty and summery; tank tops, compression shirts, athletic shorts, jean shorts, windbreakers, sneakers, flip flops, hoodies, track pants. They're never not seen wearing at least one piece of jewelry. They tend to be sparse with jewelry, though something they're always seen wearing is a sliver ring with a teardrop shaped opal jewel in the middle, sitting on a leather chain around their neck. They're seen carrying a yellow and white crossbody bag with and abundance of pins of it almost always. A few hairties are always around their wrists.

[blood-red-ocean]

I was in line at one of the 91838283 surf stores in my city today, I'd seen a necklace I liked and I've never gotten to wear one of those shell/bead surfer necklaces before, so I wanted to ask about the price, thinking it would be $10-$20, something manageable.

Alas, someone in front of me in line was purchasing a singular (one (1)) pair of board shorts. Plain black, white stitching, looked quite comfortable.

How much did those boardshorts cost? That one pair of boardies? $79.

Did I proceed to leave the line?

No.

Against my better judgement, I remained in place, and proceeded to ask the price of the Necklaces Which Are Very Obviously Not Going To Be $10-20.

"Can I know the prices of those two necklaces there, please?" I ask, smiling as I point at a gorgeous blue beaded necklace, and a dark reddish brown necklace with a sliver of what I think was a small sliver of selenite.

"Of course," the cashier smiles. The blue one is $60."

Oh.

"And this other one is $100."

Oh. :)

Down with capitalism, I say. Down with it all. Mayhaps one day I will stumble across my dream surfer necklace, buried beneath the sand, waiting for the right hand to claim it, as Excalibur.

[guessimabasicnerdgirlnow]

Just for fun, decided to check who are all the symbiotes in the mobile games I have are:

Contest of Champions: Venom, Carnage, Anti-Venom, Spider-Man (Symbiote), Knull, Red Goblin, Venom the Duck (venomized Howard), Symbiote Supreme (venomized Dr. Strange), Venompool, and the recently added Scream

Puzzle Quest: Dark Avengers Venom (Mac Gargan), April Parker, Carnage, Eddie Brock Venom, Agent Venom, Anti-Venom, Venomsaurus Rex, Black Suit Spider-Man, Gwenom Spider-Gwen, Carnage Symbiote Miles Morales, Knull, Symbiote Jeffrey (venomized Jeff the Land Shark), Prophet of Knull Carnage (Dark Carnage)

Future Fight: characters: Venom, Carnage, Scream, Agent Venom (default Space Knight), Toxin, Sleeper, Knull; costumes: Zombie Venom, Anti-Venom, War of Realms Venom (dreamstone), King in Black Venom (Enigma Force suit), Warstar Venom, Absolute Carnage (Dark Carnage), Fallen Soul Carnage (???), Superior Carnage, Silence, Classic Agent Venom, Agent Anti-Venom, Guardians of the Galaxy Agent Venom, Black Suit Spider-Man, Symbiote Suit Spider-Man, Gwenom Spider-Gwen, Absolute Carnage Miles Morales, Symbiote of Vengeance Red Hulk, Red Goblin, Void Knight Silver Surfer, War of Realms Malekith, Ancient History Knull (from Silver Surfer: Black)

Snap: cards: Venom, Carnage, Knull, Symbiote Spider-Man, Scream, Misery, Scorn, Agony, Toxin, Anti-Venom, Agent Venom, Lasher (coming up later this month); variants: Red Goblin, Sliver Black Widow, Black Suit Spider-Man, and multiple canon and non-canon venomized, carnageized and knullified characters

I was going to check who those multiple characters in Snap are exactly, but I will leave it for later

[originemesis]

@cast-you-dxwn xxx

“Hng, you and your surfer-boy bullshit-“ Saltern quips as Abel lands at his side and the water flows into a shield over their position. Rounds pound into the holy water, their points mushrooming as they hit the unyielding wall, an ever-growing bouquet of copper-and-lead flowers suspended in the tiny, writhing tides.

The wound is bad, a mangled mess of flesh, intestines, and bullet fragments. Not immediately fatal, but without surgery or some quickly-applied healing magic, Saltern would surely die, if not of blood loss then by succumbing to infection.

The man laughs at Abel’s comment, though it is cut short by a wheeze and a pained groan. “You’re mixed up, man, I was shitting my guts out for weeks after that.”

The initial stab of pain as the tendril of water breaches the wound is indescribable, leaving the heavy gunner unable to do much as draw breath, much less cry out, but God, does he want to. The tendrils work through the wound swiftly as they are guided by Abel’s practiced hand, catching the main body of the projectile and all of its fragments, the metallic pieces tinkling against the floor of the emplacement.

The water seems to do its job well, slowly beginning to knit together torn flesh and organs, the pain beginning to dull, and the bleeding beginning to slow even as Abel hops up onto the gun to take Albert’s position.

Rounds continue to smack into the shield, a few of them finding the narrow sliver the medic keeps open, whizzing past his body as he begins to put rounds down range.

The exorcists who are advancing towards the barricade are caught out in the open, and their light armor offers no protection against the large-caliber projectiles being hurtled down range. One woman is cut clean in half as they stitch across her midsection, unable to even scream as she falls to the ground. Another is caught in the shoulder, the entirety of her arm flying from her body in a spurt of bright gold arterial blood.

The platform shakes as another exorcist from above lands on it alongside Abel, her blade raised and ready to strike. Before the blow can fall, her body jerks once, twice, thrice, before the three neat holes in her side explode outward, showering Abel’s armor in blood and bits of bone.

Albert lay where he’d fallen, his sidearm now in his hand even as Abel’s holy water continues to root around in his guts, the barrel smoking as the Exorcists corpse falls from the platform.

"You should try it sometime. I've been told it helps with anger management. Possibly cholesterol-" Both of which Albert could do with- well, once his guts were all sewn back up anyway. If it weren't for that, he imagines his insinuation would have been met with a headlock and a subsequent grinding of knuckles into a shorn nape because Albert would claim that helped manage his anger more. Perhaps later. There would be a later...

As bullets blasted the shield overhead- an amplified champagne burst and pop for each entry into the blistering body of water, the medic is quick to retrieve and discard the stray and it's fragments from Saltern's, leaving the water in its place to meticulously sew damaged ends of guts and reconnect them with bouts of roiling pain that likely did mimic the results of ingesting chili oil infused wasabi by the pound. "It was voluntary..." The reminder is the last thing he shares with the other before he's scrambling to get the station secured for when Albert could find his feet again.

There's no denying the other is a repelling force with his aim, because it doesn't take long for some exorcists to find their way beneath the shield and through the stream of outgoing return fire, and once the bodies of a few block the final entry point as living shields for the last infiltrator to rattle the platform with her landing. The gust of her wings too close for comfort upsets his balance to the side, and the gauntlet on his arm prepares to catch the blow while he grabs for the handle of the field dressing dagger sheathed at his side. The resounding whizz of a shot from behind renders the padding of his armor freshly painted with splatter of gold, and he blinks as the exorcist topples over mid attack.

Swinging his gaze back to confirm Saltern was still on the mend, he nods and offers the man a camaraderie chorus of "get some!" over a jerked thumb. They had done the whole storm the base drill countless times, and the defensive position was really a matter of hunkering down and diverting the onslaught's patience to take a preferred route. That route, from what he understands will have their back up from the embassy...they just have to last that long.

Thumbing past the dagger, he yanks free the shepherd's cane from its holster on his back, the glint of angelic steel evident in the slope of its handle. If another makes it through, he's going to hit them right back out into the bullet spray. Flock around and find out.

[beardedmrbean]

You know the whole 'Hi we have the cure for cancer but we're not going to share it with the world' awful, literally. Mythos thing about Wakanda made notice something

The cure was cancer was definitely not a silver age thing

It stated Kirby made Wakanda (though their advance technology was a later on addition) because he was tired of poverty porn Africa

And Wakanda xenophobia was acknowledged, because I learn there a page in a silver age comic where an African American character went “what’s up brother!” to a Wakandan

And the Wakandan him a “mute”

Now here my theory because when your…ancestors went to Europe for the world wars

Actually I think a lot of white Americans (especially poor ones) had a fetishized view of Europe. And they probably had they until WW1 where many had a one in a lifetime experience to meet Europeans

Then the Europeans immediately pointed out that Americans are foreign to Europe as a Chinese person.

Which definitely broke the illusion of Europe and lead to our modern American identity

Make sense?

So sliver writers probably took that account with doing black panther Mythos

Now the cure for cancer thing, oh I got my suspicions but I think older comic readers can help

But in the 00’s there was two black writers one named Houdini and the other Christopher Priest

Now I vauge on Houdini, but him and priest had that “WE WUZ KINGS” mindset

So they pushed the advance Wakanda shit…while saying that it’s a okay that Wakanda is xenophobic as fuck.

Actually I’m going to do a part to, but I notice something with black Americans writers when they get their hands on stuff.

Oh btw for Priest, well MCU Wakanda was heavily based off his run….

But Priest and the creator of boondocks had a falling out

To the point McGrunder took a piss out of him in a boondocks episode

Oh, priest had black panther beat silver surfer by using a wrestling move….so you can guess his mindset….Im not better with some crazy shit he tried to pull at dc in the 2010’s…no sir ree…

Actually I think a lot of white Americans (especially poor ones) had a fetishized view of Europe. And they probably had they until WW1 where many had a one in a lifetime experience to meet Europeans Then the Europeans immediately pointed out that Americans are foreign to Europe as a Chinese person. Which definitely broke the illusion of Europe and lead to our modern American identity

Never thought about it that way, though there is a lot of genetic memory in Americans we have tried to keep where we came from with ourselves to a degree, or at least some of us do.

Go find the local Greek community or little Saigon, Chinatown, Little Italy, and so on.

(relevant tangent time)

Guy named Andrew Doro (looked it up) made a splash several years back by chronicling his journey to eat food from every country in the world without leaving NYC, got his blog, and IG, looks like he's still going most recent post is from 5 days ago.

Older interview here

Not something you can do in Billings Montana but it's a cool project.

But ya some of us have done our best to keep the "old world" alive in our new home, you also get the families that came over and assimilated themselves forcibly.

Or you get mutts like me who's family roots go back before the revolution in some parts and while I know what my DNA says I also know that I'm American and not Irish or German.

Probably a good deal of what you were talking about going on in the aftermath of WW1 and 2 for sure, GI's staged in England before D-Day which was close enough to the US to not throw them but I'm sure folks had some culture shocks seeing the "old world" first hand.

We also can't forget

I imagine some weebs have a similar experience.

As for the comic stuff I am not well enough versed in those to even say which is golden or silver age, I just recall that there was a deal with them holding on to the cure for cancer.

Mostly brought up when you'd get people talking about how great Wakanda was and their only experience was MCU, which is lots of people for lots of the characters in the MCU.

Had someone spouting off that Captain America wouldn't use guns, just his shield like steven universe, double dumb because he was shown using guns in The First Avenger.

But I'm sure I have a fair number of followers that will have the information on that and hopefully one or more of them adds it here or if they want to send it as a ask that works too.

Honestly my biggest issue with MCU BP was people thinking that either Wakanda was real or it's what Africa would have been like if not for colonialism.

Which both things are insane just for different reasons.

[kipcam]

Galactus and Sliver Surfer, Procreate

This is definitely my best digital drawing so far altough i dont have much digital drawings. I was reading a comjc book from marvel called "Annihilation" and this was a page in that book. I really liked it and i wanted to draw it but digitally. So i just opened that page and drew it. Im really glad of how it turned out however i could have made Silver Surfer darker because he is in the front. In this page Galactus was giving his powers to Silver Surfer and making him his herald once again after some time. There are more pages that i loved and i might draw them im the future. I will make sure to post it here. I hope you liked this one ^^

[moveslikeanape]

hey, i wanted to send this much sooner but i actually got very busy with holiday stuff myself! which reminds me, i was looking online for a specific hercules pin i wanted to buy for myself, and thought of your blog when i came across a really cute pin of young tarzan & terk. it was apparently released in 2021 so i'm glad the movie hasn't been completely forgotten by disney in recent years. makes me wish jane had a classic doll like megara and esmeralda have.

also, yeah, there's quite a few art books for disney and other animation companies (i'm thinking of certain dreamworks books, for example) that are older and/or out of print and have gotten way too pricey now. so i was really grateful they rereleased the mulan one because it's absolutely gorgeous.

ooh that's really cool about the tazan book, i hope you do find a copy you can take apart and scan someday! and i think it's awesome that you've loved tarzan for so long. would you say it's been your favorite disney movie from the first time you saw it, or did it take some time for it to sink in or grow on you? for me, i'd say frozen became one of my favorite movies as soon as i saw it, but beauty and the beast, while i always really liked it, was a movie that grew on me more and more as my tastes changed and i started loving it more than my previous favorites.

-🌟

Hello! No worries, I completely understand life getting hectic.

I hope you were able to find the Hercules pin you wanted!!

I know the Tarzan pin you're talking about, its so cute! I would give anything for a Jane classic doll, would de so nice to see her join Esmeralda and Meg. I'm really hoping for a LE 17" for the 25th anniversary, and there's a slim chance it may happen, but I'm not holding my breath. There's still that annoying copyright issue that gets in the way. According to Steve Thompson (the artist who designs the Disney Store Christmas ornaments every year) Disney has the rights for Tarzan products sold within the parks, which is how the pin was possible. Not sure how that would work with a Jane doll, but at least there's a sliver of hope.

Good news though! Next month is the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, and Steve will be there with 3 pieces, one of which is Tarzan!!! He's revealed the full look at his Atlantis and Treasure Planet pieces, hoping he'll post Tarzan within the week (I will be sure to share it here when he does). Prints of his work will be available at the festival, and they usually show up on ebay too.

I think it would be fair to say I loved Tarzan before I saw it, lol. Back in the day, before the internet became so accessible, we used to find out what the next Disney movie was in the previews on the VHS of the last one. I'll never forget Feb 2, 1999… I raced to the grocery store after school to buy Mulan because I couldn't wait to see it again. In the previews was the first part of the Movie Surfers look at Tarzan Every year those previews would get me so excited for the next movie, but something about Tarzan just hit different. I almost didn't watch Mulan that night, because I kept watching it over and over again. I think I fell in love with Tarzan before I got halfway through that preview, and I seem to love it more every day.

That's so interesting that your 2 fav movies got you in such different ways. What is it about Frozen that made you fall in love with it so fast? What's your favourite thing about Frozen? And same for beauty and the Beast? I also have to say I think it's so neat that BatB is the one that had to grow on you a bit, it kind of fits the theme of the movie.

[agent-42]

I wonder if will get a sliver surfer movie in the mcu soon. I swear sliver surfer used to be a big name. Maybe bein Stan Lee's favorite still holds some weight.

[thebibliomancer]

Universe X #7

With the Supreme Intelligence, Thor, skinless Aaron Stack Machine Man, and Uatu the blinded Watcher on the cover!

Wait, holy crap, does Aaron have the Ultimate Nullifier?? Don’t point that thing at me!

Are the bubbles in the Supreme Intelligence’s Zordon tube little screaming Supreme Intelligences?

Also, looking at the stitched together version of all the covers, the Supreme Intelligence is covering up giant cosmic Mar-Vell’s crotch. Thank you, the Supreme Intelligence.

Anyway.

To recap in brief: Mar-Vell is leading a revolution in the realm of Death. His living child self is gathering powerful items on Earth. Earth is tilted on its axis and is freezing. Pope Immortus has raised mobs to prevent Reed Richards from curing the mass Terrigen mutations. A cult is gathering pieces of the Absorbing Man. A mysterious man called Mr Church seems to be influencing both Immortus’ group and the Tong of Creel. Aaron Stack has been pondering the multiverse and has dug up the Supreme Intelligence to ask him questions.

I hope some of these plot threads weave together soon so the recap can be shorter.

The issue opens with some more Nighthawk narration over double page spreads, elaborating more on the relationship between Galactus and the Celestials.

The previous universe was destroyed because the Celestials overpopulated. Every Celestial born destroyed a planet or star and… weakened the firmament? Is that how physics works?

Knowing this, Galan decided to become a counter to the Celestials when he was reborn in a new universe as Galactus. He slurps the Celestial yolk out of the egg and leaves the planet intact. Probably not capable of supporting life anymore due to the planet’s energy being stolen by the Celestial. But intact planet means the firmament stays strong! I guess!

I mean, I guess Galactus has eaten a planet and left it intact before. He did that to Silver Surfer’s planet. So more arc welding.

Anyway, the Supreme Intelligence explains that sure, Galactus saved this Earth. But there are many Earths all across the multiverse with their own Celestial growing within. So thats the deal with the multiverse.

But it’s not what the Supreme Intelligence is concerned about. No, the problem, according to the giant green head, is Mar-Vell.

If he gets the complete cosmic consciousness, he’ll have complete knowledge of the whole multiverse and of time. And that will make him a cosmic dictator.

There’s… a weird democracy vs autocracy theme popping up. Weird because the big democracy rep is the Supreme Intelligence.

Anyway, remember that American democracy is dead. And Captain America died not trying to save it but protecting Mar-Vell’s vision of the future. Superpowered beings rule the nations of the world now as monarchs.

Democracy is basically dead and the only person arguing for it is a gestalt intelligence who (spoilers) dies off-panel in this issue and whose death gets a ‘good, fuck that guy’ from Aaron Stack.

Anyway, Mar-Vell and co arrive on the Moon looking for the Ultimate Nullifier and the Supreme Intelligence. Aaron tells them where the Watcher is hiding with the Nullifier and then also immediately tells Mar-Vell he knows where the last piece of the cosmic consciousness is hidden. The piece of information that the Intelligence begged Aaron not to share.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the last piece of the cosmic consciousness is in the eyes Nighthawk got from Mephisto, which let him see the future. Which Mephisto benefits from without having to interact with directly. Since he’s worried about catching compassion from that sliver of omniscience.

Mar-Vell and co pursue Uatu the Blind Watcher into the depths of his home. Uatu tries to divert them by throwing up big splash page illusions of random things.

I kind of wonder if there were deadline problems with this issue. There’s a lot of splash pages. Not just in this sequence but throughout the book.

Anyway. They corner Uatu. He threatens them with the Ultimate Nullifier but Mar-Vell is like c’mon. Sounds like interfering tbh.

Elsewhere, the Tong of Creel returns to Japan and this time beats Xen and swipes the hand-flail of Creel from Tao.

Leaving only the head of Creel being held in Latveria. Which is currently under siege with the Richards and Grimms running for safety.

Reed leads the group to the chamber with Doom’s time platform only to find it missing (stolen last issue by Mr Church). Without that escape, Reed, Sue, and mini Thing 1 and Thing 2 are cornered in a dead end by the mob.

The uprising in the Realm of Death continues.

Mar-Vell rubs it in Thanos’ face that everyone has kissed Death. Thanos isn’t special.

And he finally, explicitly, states his goal for this uprising. Mar-Vell is going to kill Death.

We are in strange aeons, I guess.

But, hey, we know part of Mar-Vell’s grand plan now!

Speaking of things being confirmed…

Hurt by Nighthawk telling him what a fuck up he made, Gargoyle goes back to Mr Church and tries to break their deal.

Because Mr Church is Mephisto!

World’s most obvious theory has been confirmed!

The plot is coming together. As one would hope, considering this is issue 7 out of 12, plus some specials.

Next post, issue 8. Then, another one of those wacky Universe X specials.

[desertmountainapothecary]

Swami’s Beach – Encinitas, North County San Diego Pacific Ocean Surf Spot

Swami’s Beach in Encinitas, California is an old-school surf spot in North County San Diego, known for its eclectic, bohemian vibe that feels like something out of the 1960s. It’s even referenced in a Beach Boy song!

While we wait for the coastal inversion to burn off, let’s head up the coast to Encinitas to check out a local North County surf spot called Swami’s Beach. Swami's Beach is named after Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, who was an Indian monk, yogi, and guru who moved to Encinitas in the 1930s. In 1937 he built the Self-Realization Fellowship on the bluffs overlooking Swami's Reef, the name of the surf break off-shore.

What an incredible place to build a spiritual meditation retreat, it certainly inspires a zen mindset. This is different than Black’s Beach in that Palms and vegetation are growing right along the cliff-face, but it is the same in that the cliffs are clearly eroding away. Here at least, we have some maintained, concrete stairs leading down to the beach.

It’s fun to break away from the tourist zone and check out a place that’s under the radar and more frequented by locals. Dozens of surfers are waiting for their lucky wave at Swami’s Reef. It’s a beautiful little sliver of beach down here, very much harking back to the days of old North County’s formerly more eclectic and bohemian surf vibe. There’s still a lot of that up here in North County, but this is a very much luxurious and competitively sought-after place to live these days. Nevertheless it hasn’t lost it’s charm by any means, and if you know where to look, that wonderful, relaxed, creative vibe is certainly still here.

It’s been an incredible day on the coast here in Torrey Pines and La Jolla, and I’m so glad that we were able to explore my favorite beach together. You can enjoy my series: Torrey Pines – La Jolla, California – San Diego Pacific Ocean Beach Adventure, full length, 3 glorious days on the North County coast, and experience all of the different moods and landscapes from the ever-changing interplay between the coastal inversion and sunlight.

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Thank you so much for joining me for this adventure in my favorite beach town on the west coast, the gem of the San Diego coastline, La Jolla, California. It means the world to me to be able to share my treasured slice of heaven in the summer heat with you, and thank you so much for watching, upvoting, commenting, and subscribing.

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