#Speed Pitching

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: December 18

“On the Steps of the Palace" from Stephen Sondheim's best musical "Into the Woods" (I'm partial to the original Broadway cast recording, but the 2002 revival is also good)

[coweringnarcissus]

continuation of my post about "kiss city" blondshell sniperscout.

i think the realization would do something to scout. how easily sniper fell back into his life, for just an evening, after so many years apart. he's distinctly without the feeling that he needs to go, go, go, and do all the right things, and make it happen, and keep doing these things, just to keep it right, to keep him around, as sniper's simply there. in his house, lingering in empty corners, or sitting at the table and helping clean up when everyone else already left, standing in front of the sink as if he's been there before and helping jeremy with his housekeeping was no big thing.

i think the longing would swell inside him, then. a yawning chasm. he's had a few glasses, and the kids are put to bed, and he's drifting in the warm, lazy contentment of a smissmas celebrated with the people who've meant the most to him in his life - but he's tired. it's a little after ten thirty and he's already thinking about tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that, and how he has to keep going, and he's so, so tired.

but snipes is there, rinsing off one of his nice plates and gently setting it aside, the overhead light casting a dark shadow down his back. rough hands that held rifles and gunned men down with precision that could only be gained through expertise, washing stains off his fine china with the same degree of efficiency, as if that's just something they can do now,  that the sight of it doesn't send him reeling from the archway, distantly wondering why this feels so different from when sniper would be assigned dish-duty, or when he'd wait anticipatingly for him to clean his own plates in the rv after an early breakfast to go running before the heat breaks. 

despite knowing mick heard him the moment he stopped outside the kitchen, he approaches quietly and snags a towel off the stove to stand beside him, drying off the dishes as they go.

[wispisstillverybored67]

La Squadra as the "We Need Cash" audio from Tally Hall.

[darudedogestorm]

reading Wind rn (i got it for christmas) and i stg every other sentence so far is a character saying something and then the pov character saying "ah yes, you act this way because of a scene that happened in arc 3 book 2, a tale which all clan cats know intimately, even if they're never spoken to you before, like me"

[all-knowingeye]

this might be a bold take but i feel like i can really easily tell when the person im talking to about mikoto has no real experience with systems because it always feels like this

[scumtrout]

Man a lot of companies think they can replace voice actors with robot voices, but they fail to appreciate that the robot voice frequently inspires A Great And Terrible Rage in people.

[leadendeath]

less than 1min in to this and i like it already

[fakecats]

ok i listened to the mother ep rerelease and. why did they cut out the most banger part of mamma told me and its so obvious too

[scarlet--wiccan]

If you were to write a What If? story with Wanda and/or any of the Maximoffs what would the premise be? And what kind of cool stuff would you do for her?

I've got a few ideas. Some of these are kind of basic...

What if Wanda and Pietro had joined the X-Men? It's been done before, but I'm mostly interested in bringing Wanda closer to Illyana and Madelyne. They have a lot of common experiences and similar trauma, and they all tend to be polarizing figures. What would it look like if the three of them were striving together for liberation and freedom-- what lengths would they go to, and who would oppose them?

What if Natalya had saved Wanda and Pietro from the High Evolutionary? Growing up as the Scarlet Witch's successors, they would have been prepared to confront Chthon much earlier. What if they took back Mount Wundagore and turned it into a magical sanctuary, with Pietro leading the Knights? Would that bring them into conflict with Agatha, or would she be their ally?

What if Wanda had joined forces with Victoria Montessi and the Darkhold Redeemers? Kind of the opposite of the last one, I imagine Wanda sacrificing her chaos magic abilities to banish Chthon. Where does she go from there?

What if Billy and Tommy had never died and were raised by Wanda and the Vision? House of M wouldn't have happened, for one thing, and the Young Avengers probably wouldn't exist. I imagine the twins striking out as young superheroes with their cousin Luna, who would be sort of older sister figure since she was born first, and there's no retro-reincarnation...

What if Billy and Tommy were synthezoids? How would you translate their canon powers and personalities in that setting? I think Tommy would be better at flight and density manipulation while Billy would excel at holograms and solar energy projection.

... but I've got a couple that are more fleshed out.

What if Wanda had gone through with marrying Doctor Doom? The basis of their canon relationship is not really healthy or consensual, but I do think these characters have a lot in common, and we've seen that Wanda, with her memories and agency, is more than capable of keeping Victor in line. Introducing Wanda to Latveria's political sphere would be super interesting, and I think that Victor would be very earnest in protecting her and her family. Billy and Tommy would be made princes, and I like to imagine Pietro becoming Doom's Herald and receiving the Power Cosmic instead of Zora. Maybe he and Zora could have a little fling? I feel like they actually have really compatible personalities.

On a more serious note, what would it look like if Victor and Wanda had worked together to uncover the true Darkhold and bind Chthon? Imagine how powerful Latveria would become with an emancipated Wanda as its queen-- and all of the personal and moral challenges that would present to her. But with Latveria becoming such a major power, Billy's marriage to Teddy would unite Latveria with the Kree and Skrull peoples, which could get all kinds of complicated. A lot of people have done the political space-marriage thing with HoM AUs, so it's not a new concept, but it is a fresh angle.

What if Wanda had channelled the Phoenix to resurrect her sons? Walk with me here-- let's assume for this AU that the Maximoffs are mutants. This idea originated as a way to streamline the events of the late 2000s and early 2010s, and end the Decimation saga with Wanda's name cleared and the mutants in a more stable position.

Wanda is immediately overwhelmed and goes Dark Phoenix-- and in the ensuing battle, Pietro is killed trying to protect her. Wanda resurrects him, and, in a state of rage, unleashes the Decimation before disappearing. The events of Young Avengers and Son of M follow as they did in canon, but this time, Billy, Tommy, and Pietro are all harboring a shard of the Phoenix Force. When they eventually find Wanda in Latveria, she regains her memories, and they become the Phoenix Four. The events of Children's Crusade lead directly an AvX scenario, with the Avengers and X-Men vying to either eliminate or control the Maximoff family, who only want to use their power the fix the damage Wanda caused in the first place. Eventually, Hope steps up and helps Wanda dispel the Phoenix for good, and in doing so, reverses the Decimation completely. Then everything gets to be, like, relatively normal until Krakoa.

[prettycatboy]

my toof hurts 🥲

[i3utterflyeffect]

By the kickstarter stickman, I mean the one that shows up in this video, it’s the first 36 seconds, afterwards it’s just Alan explaining kickstarter stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwofhyizvnA

And as something to add to hangman, in response to a comment saying “Bruh for a moment I thought he was gonna start choking but guess not”, Alan replied with “yeah... we thought it might be too dark if he started choking”. They might not be choking but they could’ve been, just an idea to chew on <3

i keep forgetting that Alan made ava 1 when he was like, 13, it's so unreal seeing his face in that video because what the fuck this guy is a full-on adult in current day. all the videos i see are more current day. what the hell who is that he looks my age or even younger that should NOT be allowed

no thoughts on the kickstarter stick in particular though. seems like a typical ava stick pre-current era. really love that he went a completely different direction for sc though.

and also. oh my god. yeah no i wonder why that would have been too dark <- deeply horrified by the idea of that

[alteabellerose]

Saw a spoiler earlier (it was under a cut & warned for I just lack self control. It was also relatively very minor) so I've gone through and blocked all DATV related tags I can think of. I can't believe there's one day left I'm going to explode for real

[viktoropalmoon]

yall dont understand how excited i am for tynan and phoebe i am gnawing at the bars of my enclosure

[showmethehotpods]

Just remember, folks.

If Gig likes you - not that he'd admit it - he'll just be occasionally roosting on the roof of your house.

Not that he's worried about you. Or lonely or nothing. It's just a nice roof. : I

[scarycatter]

note to self: do not enter the grinder with slugpups in tow

[notaplaceofhonour]

I know next to nothing about Talk to Me and my interest in ever watching it is minimal at best but that song from its soundtrack, La Monde, absolutely fucking slaps