#Susan Batson

[nerds-yearbook]

On November 4, 1977, the television version of the Incredible Hulk premiered. Several changes were made from the comic, including changing Bruce Banner's name to David Banner. In this version, Banner was a scientist who had a lab accident that transformed him into the Hulk. The show took a format similar to the Fugitive. ("The Incredible Hulk", The Incredible Hulk, TV Event)

[lobbycards]

The Choirboys, German lobby card #5, German theatrical release 1978

[daydreamerdrew]

Mary Marvel (1945) #8

[puppetwoman17]

Instead of the years in the time bubble going by like 🫰, what if their lives went on in their heads. What if their bodies were all still kept in unaging stasis, but their minds played out the most perfect versions of their lives.

Billy and Mary got to grow up with their parents, and they lived with them and their uncle and cousin in a by mansion, always happy.

Freddy never lost his parents, and his grandpa never died. Despite not letting his disability get to him, he lives in this mindscape with two functioning legs. Kit is alive.

Ibis and Taia are in ancient Egypt, living out their sublime love life together, with no trace of the memories of their messy relationship.

Ebenezer’s son lived. He isn’t dying of old age in his bed. He’s healthy. He has more money than he could ever want.

Susan Barr is alive. Jim and her raise their daughter, continuing their crime-fighting partnership.

Mr. Morris has his whole family with him. They all live in Fawcett, and he gets to see them whenever he wants.

Sivana’s wife never left him. In fact, he’s a free, good man with all four of his children.

Ibac has never been Ibac. He’s only Stanley Printwhistle, and every insult bounces back on him. He’s sure of himself.

There are others.

The widow from the 1800s who dances with her husband and plays in the courtyard with her children.

The caveman whose family died, crushed under their own home, now with him as he runs to slaughter another bull.

The girl who ran away from her abusive foster home, now reunited with her parents and older sister.

The boy whose war veteran father was a picture perfect cutout, and not an abusive monster who needs to rot in jail.

Over the years, slowly, so very slowly, it all begins to collapse. Because perfection feels wrong, even if you aren’t aware. Because memories can overlap, and they can intersect.

CC Batson is alive, but Billy remembers looking in a mirror and seeing blue eyes instead of green (why does he look in a mirror and see his dad’s face?)

Freddy’s leg feels funny. Always has. He can walk fine, but there’s always a tingling sensation there.

Sivana doesn’t expect all four of his children to be home.

The boy watches his father’s hand carefully in case it speeds toward his cheek. He doesn’t know why.

Over time, their minds break free from their perfect prisons. The real world shows its disgusting face. Fawcett looks just like it always has, but so much…heavier. The leaves have overgrown, and the sidewalk is chipped of its paint.

The dead are dead.

Those trapped in time are still trapped in time.

Some relatives don’t get better.

And Fawcett City’s people must grapple with the fact that their perfectly curated reality was all a lie.

Almost simultaneously, there is an unspoken promise. What happened here will never be spoken of.

They will rebuilt their city. Their lives. And they will move forward. And they will forget what their minds conjured in an attempt to keep them pliant.

It is a closely guarded Fawcett secret, hidden behind their bright smiles and eagerness to move on. They don’t want to think about it.

Sometimes they dream though.

Billy dreams of going to a coffee shop with Mary and mom and dad.

Sivana dreams that he kissed his wife good morning and hopped off to his respectable job.

The runaway girl dreams that she’s only running toward her new home.

But when they wake up, it’s never spoken of again.

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Request guidelines!

(This is a thing I do now!)

I'll write short fics, headcanons, and if you want some info about what someone's deal is in the AU that maybe hasn't come up yet or I haven't explored much, that's also valid and fun. (Who knows, maybe I'll start thinking about your fave...)

I'm trying to keep these fics under 1.5k but like...listen...we'll see...

If something truly doesn't jive with me or I don't think I can make it work, I'll answer the ask letting you know so you're not left wondering. otherwise I intend to work on it. I intend to get these out quickly, but I'll spend the time to make it something I'm happy with before it goes out.

No NSFW, I don't have a problem with it, but I'm really not good at getting it done unless I'm inspired, so for now let's just not.

You can suggest scenarios as well, but I might change those some, but if I accept the request I will follow the spirit of it always.

If there's an idea you're really not sure about, feel free to DM me before you send the ask if that's less stressful.

I'm down to write for DC, Marvel and MHA, I know a fair number of characters and enjoy researching new ones for fics,but DC ideas are more likely to get done, and more quickly likely, as that's where my current fixation is.

Characters that I'm generally excited to write for/have been craving inspiration for:

(DC) Damian Wayne, Billy Batson (and co), Jon Kent, Garth of Shayaris, Kon-El, Bart Allen, Colin Wilkes, Suren Darga, Selina Kyle, Metron, Bekka, Orion, Mr. Miracle, Big Barda, Mr. Terrific, Sinestro

(Marvel) Miles Morales, Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Norrin Radd, Loki, Susan Storm, Darkhawk (yes, really), Various assorted X-Men, Various assorted Eternals

(MHA/BNHA) ...Honestly pretty much any of the students.

...That's it!

[eridanisanenby]

Atlantis Attacks

Ant Ant

Arkham Asylum

Agent A (Alfred)

Amity Arkham

Amadeus Arkham

All-American comics

Baxter Building

Bombastic-Bag man

robert Bruce Banner

james Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes

Black Blot/Blackagar Boltagon

elizabeth “Betsy” Braddock

Brian Braddock

william “Billy” Braddock

Billy Batson

Beast Boy

Blue Beetle

Boston Brand

BlueBird

Bouncing Boy

Carl “Crusher” Creel

Captain Carter

nathan Christopher Charles summers/Cable

Curtis "Curt" Connors

Caped Crusader

oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot

Captain Cold

Captain Carrot

Catherine Cobert

Cressida Clarke

Crocky the Crodile

Doctor Darrk

Doctor Destiny

Dorthy Duncan

Ding-Dong Daddy

yankee Doodle Dandy

Dinah Drake

Darla Dudley

Damien Darhk

(new) Fantastic Four

Four Freedoms plaza

Fin Fang Foom

Freedom Fighters

Freddy Freeman

Felix Faust

Guardian of the Galaxy

Green Goblin

Guy Gardener

Gorilla Grodd

Gotham Gazette

Gotham Globe

Gotham General

Green Guardsman

Golden Glider

Glorious Gordon Godfrey

Happy Hogan

Hank Hensley

Hank Hall (Hawk)

Henry “Hank” Henshaw

Hank Hall

Hippolyta "lyta" Hall

Hank Haywood

Jessica Jones

John Jonah Jameson

Katherine “Kate” Kane

Kristen Kringle

Kip Kettering

Lacie Lorraine

Loki Laufeyson

Lunella Lafayette

Lonnie Lincoln

Lois Lane

Lex Luther

Lighting Lad

Linda Lee

Luma Lynai

Lana Lang

Laura Lang

Louise Lincoln

dinah Laurel Lance

Linda Lang

Lena Luther

MasterMind

May Melinda

Miles Morales (og 42)

Meows Morales

Michael Morbius

Multiverse of Madness

MilkMan Man

Mateo Maximoff

Marya Maximoff

Mole Man

Mister Mxyptlk “Mxy”

M’gann M’orzz/Megan Morse/Miss Martian

Mia “Maps” Mizoguchi

Mary Marvel

Miguel Montez

Music Master

Mr. Miracle

Mirror Master

Mad Mod

Malcolm Merlyn

Maria Mercedes Mooney

Matches Malone

Monsieur Mallah

Nia Nal

Olivia Octavius (doctor Octopus/doc Ock)

Pepper Potts

Peter Parker(s)

Pabitr Prabhakav

Peni Parker

Peter Porker

Pedro Peña

Penny Plunderer

Quasar’s Quantum bands

Quentin Quale

Reed Richards

Rocket Raccoon

Richard Rider

Roberto “Robbie” Reyes (og 69)

Rachel Roth (Raven)

Ronald Raymond

SlapStick

Sun Spider

Scarlet Spider

Serpent Society

Super Skrull

Silver Sable/Silvija Sablinova

Sinister Syndicate

Sinister Six

Steven Strange (dr Strange)

Sybil Silverlock

Susan “Sue” Storm

Spider-Society

Samuel Sterns

Sebastian Shaw

Suicide Squad

Star Sapphire

Silver St. Cloud

Secret Six

Pter Ptarker (TT)

Taneleer Tivan

Tyros The Terrible (Terrax)

Teen Titans

Titans Tomorrow

Tom Turbine

Traci Thirteen

Unus the Untouchable

Vicki Vale

Valerie Vale

Web Warriors

Wade Winston Wilson

Wallace “Wally” West

Wallace “ace” West II

Wonder Woman

Warlock the Wizard

Wizards & Warlocks

Zatanna Zatara

Zachary Zatara

Zilius Zox

Duela Dent Napier Nigma

Cooper Coen/Web Weaver

Matthew Michael “Matt” Murdock/DareDevil

Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel

Otto Octavius (doctor Octopus/doc Ock)/Superior Spider-man

Victor Von doom/Doctor Doom

Warren Worthington III/ArchAngel

Cassandra “Cass” Cain/Black Bat

J’onn J’onnz/John Jones/Hank Henshaw/Martian Manhunter

Kei Kawade/Kaiju Kid(/Kid Kaiju)

Mitchell Mayo/Condiment King

Max Mercury/Windrunner Whip WhirlWind

Red Robin/Joker Junior

Cletus Cortland Kassidy (Carnage)

Clark Kent

Conner “Kon” Kent

Chemical King

Carrie Kelley

Killer Croc

Karen Crane

Seaboard City

Total alliteration: 207

[raybizzle]

"Bamboozled" (2000) is a comedy-drama written and directed by Spike Lee about two homeless street performers who agree to partake in a television network show where they perform in blackface. Spike Lee examines the racist depiction in Hollywood movies featuring Black people in satirical form. Blackface became popular in American Minstrel shows during the early 1800s, many years before emerging in Hollywood movies. But in the early 1900s, blackface appeared more in films predominantly played by White people until Black people, such as Bert Williams, began earning film opportunities in the mid-1910s.

There were two primary types of blackface in early Hollywood. The first was in clown form, using some form of black paint or polish (most common in Minstrel shows), and the other was White people portraying Black people in movies with black makeup. Negative stereotypes in Hollywood movies evolved further into characters such as Lincoln Perry (a.k.a. Stepin Fetchit) or Mantan Mooreland, the central inclination of Lee's film.

Throughout the movie, there are several examples of racist depictions of Black people in film and cartoon form. However, the film analyzes corporate dishonesty, the contentious rap militant group fed up with the show's racist content, and the easily appeased audience. The actors performed very well on a complicated topic. Unfortunately, the film flopped at the box office, grossing $2.5 million on a $10 million budget. The movie requires context and understanding. It's an educational piece of artwork not only from the premise of the film but also the technical mastery in editing and cinematography. The soundtrack was a mixture of hip-hop and R&B, peaking at #60 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Director: Spike Lee Writer: Spike Lee

Starring Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Paul Mooney, Sarah Jones, Gillian White, Susan Batson, Yasiin Bey, M.C. Serch, Gano Grills, Canibus, DJ Scratch, Charli Baltimore, Craig muMs Grant

Storyline Under pressure to help revive his network's low ratings, television writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) hits on an explosively offensive idea: bringing back blackface with The New Millennium Minstrel Show. The white network executives love it, and so do audiences, forcing Pierre and his collaborators to confront their public's insatiable appetite for dehumanizing stereotypes.

Available on Blu-ray and streaming services.

[ledenews]

The Hilltop Players Present Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”

After having canceled the first weekend run of the fall play “Measure for Measure” due to injury, The West Liberty University Hilltop Players are excited to kick off their 2023-2024 season with a production of one of Shakespeare’s so-called “problem plays”. Performances will take place Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 20, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 21, 2023, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 3:00 PM (the Sunday matinee is a sensory-friendly performance with reduced sound and lighting effects and the house lights remain on for the run of the show). Because of a generous gift from Thomas “TC” Cervone and Susan Creswell, all student tickets are free of charge. General Admission tickets are $12.50 each, with a Senior discount ticket of $10.00.  All performances will be on the campus of West Liberty University on the Kelly Theatre stage in the Hall of Fine Arts. Vienna is in turmoil after two decades of societal upheaval, and Duke Vincentio has abruptly decided to flee the city, leaving his faithful deputy, Angelo, in charge. Determined to put an end to moral corruption in Vienna, Angelo decides to strictly enforce even the most Puritan laws. When a young man named Claudio is sentenced to death, his sister Isabella pleads to Angelo for Claudio’s life. Many ethically questionable situations are present throughout the show, leaving the audience with much to discuss and process long after the curtain closes. The show is directed by Michael Aulick, Professor of Theatre at West Liberty. “There is a reason this play is called a ‘problem play’.  The story has some holes, the characters’ ethics are in question, and the verse is, at times, utter chaos” Aulick says.  “The play is and should feel as uncomfortable as real life often does. Therefore, we don’t think that the play is a ‘problem’ that needs to be fixed, but rather one that we should see and contemplate. We should leave the theatre with questions the audience can mull over in the weeks to come.” The production features a number of former Hilltop Players who have come back to lend their support to the program. Cassandra Hackbart (Class of 2013) is back on the Kelly stage playing the role of Mistress Overdone. Spencer Thomas (Class of 2016) is the technical director. Christopher Rees (Class of 2019) serves as the scenic designer. Alex Franke (Class of 2018) works as the lighting designer.  “It was a great experience returning to WLU and getting to work with some of my best friends all over again. It was like getting to experience a really great memory all over again and I look forward to having more opportunities to work with this team again soon,” Franke said. The cast features theatre majors: Len Batson, Roman Hicks, Daisy Deaton, Isabella Costantini, Benjamin Mounsey, Traelynn Alton, Rowland Dodd, Aidan Kosol, and Eva Tennant. As well as theatre minors and non-majors: Asa Krinov, Oliver Marks, Joy Deaton, and Mason Stoll, and graduate Cassandra Hackbart.  The West Liberty University Theatre is a nationally recognized program with the mission of providing a transformative educational experience for undergraduate students of theatre where a personal approach creates a place where they can ‘find their light.’ West Liberty University is West Virginia’s oldest public university, and it offers more than 70 undergraduate majors, plus a growing number of graduate programs, both online and on campus. Learn more at westliberty.edu. Read the full article

[themovieblogonline]

Xolo Maridueña takes flight with the Blue Beetle!

For those Cobra Kai fans out there, you’ll be excited to know that Xolo Maridueña is ready to take on the title of Blue Beetle! He has kicked ass in karate competitions, and now he is taking on the classic DC realm, for a superhero outing that promises a ton of action, and an interesting storyline, one that sees an alien scarab-type relic attaching itself to Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) in-turn, providing him with some really fun superpowers. https://youtu.be/4wxyy8Rcz4k In the final trailer for the movie, we see Jaime fully embrace his newfound Blue Beetle powers. When it comes to superhero movies, origin stories like this, tend to be the most fun and intriguing to watch. In the trailer, we get similarities to Shazam! When Billy Batson had to get used to his powers, in a really fun way. They were both not ready for these types of powers, but they were also really excited to be taking them on. As the trailer suggests, power like this becomes something many people will pursue. Jaime will be chased down by villain Victoria Kord, played by the fantastic Susan Sarandon. The trailer really stands out, because it shows that the Blue Beetle is more powerful than some superhero fans might be used to. I feel like these kinds of powers are always going to make for a great movie. Jaime can literally imagine any weapon he wants, and the Blue Beetle will make it happen! You even can watch some great examples in the trailer. Blue Beetle promises a ton of action and that could very well mark the beginning of an Iron Man type era for the DC universe. What’s extremely positive with this trailer though, is how DC has stepped up on the CGI once more. After The Flash, fans were rightfully left divided by the CGI in the movie. Blue Beetle looks like things are back on track now in that regard. How will Jaime survive this? How will he protect his family, and will he keep the power of the Blue Beetle? All these questions will be answered in August. Read the full article

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The interviews

[lobbycards]

The Choirboys, french lobby card, french theatrical release 1978

[daydreamerdrew]

Mary Marvel (1945) #8

[lecosechesuccedono]

Otello .

[antmfunny]

1. The Truth in Acting

Rita meets the girls at a theater to deliver some bad news.

Surely there must be some penicillin for that!

Actually, the girls are there to participate in an acting challenge, and Rita uses the opportunity to brag about her appearance in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise again. (Seriously, click that link to see E! News drag her.)

Still, you don’t have to be a big movie star like Rita Ora, explains Rita Ora, to benefit from acting classes. True! In the words of Jade Cole, “Acting is a wonderful talent to withhold.”

Rita’s joined by two guests. The first is acting coach Susan Batson. She must be good because, for an Ewok, she is able to pass herself off as a real life human being fairly convincingly.

The other guest is Orange Is the New Black actress Adrienne Moore. I fucking love Black Cindy and I can’t believe she has to waste her time performing a scene with these amateurs.

Courtney agrees. She refers to Adrienne as an “this amazing actress” and adds, “then there’s Rita.” HAHAHAHAHA. Yup, let’s be sure not to confuse one with the other there.

Before we get to that scene, Susan takes the girls through a series of exercises designed to help them discover their “truth.” She asks them to focus on traumatic losses from their personal lives because being an actress means being able to cry on cue.

Hmmm… personal trauma? Emotional at the drop of a hat? Guess who really shines at this challenge! I’d give you three guesses, but if your first guess isn’t Courtney, then honestly you deserve to lose.

This cycle’s scene is really weird. In past years, we’ve seen over-the-top gibberish that is clearly meant to be ridiculous, but this one at least tries to take itself seriously, not that that makes it any better.

The contestants play a woman who is so desperate to become famous that she’s willing to go on a hunger strike. That’s maybe a little too meta for a bunch of aspiring models. The character compares herself of Gandhi - even though she can’t think of his name - as if Gandhi starved himself in the pursuit of appearing on PaperMag.com.

Adrienne’s character suggest that the fame whore “write a book” instead, as if that’s somehow an easier alternative? Isn’t that how we end up with shit like this?

The scene climaxes with Adrienne challenging the model to realize what she really cares about, at which point the model tearfully says, “Truth.” Huh? This character was just desperate to be famous at any cost, and now we’re supposed to buy into proclamation of wanting to live an honest life? None of it adds up.

That’s probably why Tatiana struggles so much with the lines. No one should have to commit that nonsense to memory. I find Tatiana especially likable in this moment since it seems she’s finally owning up to something she’s not good at.

At the end of the scene, Rita says:

I’m mainly GIFing that so it can become a default reply after someone posts one of Rita’s movie scenes. Put it use, Tumblr!

For a understated person, India lacks subtly in her performance. Rather than calling India a ham, Adrienne delivers a lengthy rollercoaster metaphor that hints that that might be her problem.

Someone else break the news to India, I’m not willing to disappoint her!

Cody flounders at her scene as well, because, as you’ll recall, she’s too giddy over her sister’s misfortune to cry.

Susan loves CoryAnne’s delivery. Just look at her quiver.

CoryAnne attributes the emotion she brings to her experience with her mom, but I think in a scene that is about truth, having a character that says things like this...

... just sounds more believable coming from CoryAnne. So much truth in that line!

Unfortunately for CoryAnne, it is Courtney who manages to produce real tears on stage and win the challenge. She was probably thinking about that time someone gave her chapstick with trace amounts of nuts in it.  

So there you go, Courtney is an actress, which coincidentally is exactly what her competitors have been calling her from the start. 

4 Funniest Moments of America’s Next Top Model Cycle 23 Ep. 12

[writersmacchiato]

Misc. Masterlist

► main masterlist ◄

❀ - headcanons

✩ - scenario

♡ - fluff

☁ - angst

* - personal favorites

The Chronicles of Narnia

 ➳ Edmund Pevensie

Lucy sets you up with her brother | ❀♡

Soft Edmund* | ❀♡

Proper | You should be nicer to him. He is a king of Narnia after all, but he makes it difficult.♡✩

Prompt request: “Don’t blame me for falling”♡

Come Around | Meetcute with Edmund at a bookstore!!✩♡

Three Years | You see Edmund after three years. *set in Voyage of the Dawn Treader!* ♡

 ➳ Peter Pevensie

Like Narnia* | ✩♡

Soft Peter* | ❀♡

Golden | Peter would do anything to keep his siblings, and Narnia, safe - even if it means marrying someone he has never met. ✩☁♡

➳ Susan Pevensie

Youuu | Perfection doesn’t exist. {blurb} ☁

Teen Wolf

 ➳ Liam Dunbar

Ugly Sweater* | Liam must love you a lot if he’s willing to wear matching ugly sweaters with you. ✩♡

 ➳ Isaac Lahey

Bonfire* | Isaac comes home for Christmas. ✩♡

 ➳ Theo Raekan

Second Chances* | Theo is an asshole but he shared Oreos with you as a kid, so maybe you’ll give him another chance? ✩☁♡

Medici: The Magnificent 

 ➳ Francesco Pazzi

Troubled Heart | You love Francesco but the Pazzi conspiracy ruins any chance you had at a happy ending. ✩☁ {Medici!Reader}

Being Married to Him* | ❀♡

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

 ➳ Horace Somnusson

Gentleman* | Horace can’t sleep, nothing unusual, but this time he isn’t alone. ✩♡

 ➳ Jacob Portman

The Setup | The peculiar children attempt to set you up with Jacob. It kinda works. ✩♡

➳ Millard Nullings

Fate* | It’s a bit funny how perfect your peculiar ability seems to complement Millard, almost like fate. ✩♡

Peaky Blinders

 ➳ Bonnie Gold

Adoration* | soft smut but make it poetic. (18+) ✩

Blessing | You fall in love with Bonnie Gold, but Tommy - who has always looked out for you - doesn’t approve. ✩♡☁

Hold On, Hold You | The Billy Boys attack you in place of Bonnie. Will you survive the night? ✩☁

Ratched

➳ Huck Finnigan

You and Me* | Huck takes you to a special spot to ask you an important question. ♡

Soft HCs ♡

Call it a Date | Huck Finnigan has a heart of gold, something you tell him before asking him to escort you to the Spring Formal.

Shazam!

➳ Billy Batson

Dating Billy would include…

Sleep | Billy has trouble sleeping (takes place after the first movie)