#Tabitha Caine

[comicwaren]

From X-Men Vol. 7 #010, “Brinkmanship”

Art by Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons and Fer Sifuentes-Sujo

Written by Jed MacKay

[juniper-twig]

Sun bleached flies sitting in the windowsill Waiting for the day they escape

— Ethel Cain, Sun Bleached Flies

I gaze at the small, crisp, burned-out black husks scattered across the chipped white paint of the windowsills. It is hard to believe that they were ever alive. I wonder what it would be like to be shut up in this airless glass box, slowly baked for two long months by the relentless sun, able to see the outdoors—the wind shaking the green trees right there in front of you—hurling yourself again and again at the invisible wall that seals you off from everything that is real and alive and necessary, until eventually you succumb: scorched, exhausted, overwhelmed by the impossibility of the task.

— Tabitha Suzuma, Forbidden

[kenstewytruther]

If you ate at your dad (logan roy)’s funeral is it cannibalism? 🤔

[ch3rrybbie]

Lost.

Part 4 of need

Summary: you lose him.

Warnings: violence, blood, reader pulls a Bella once she loses Edward lol.

Ch3rrybbie says: lol sorry for the angst not sorry heheheheh. Yall can blame the first half of Ethel cains new album for the vibes laid down.

———

You wake in his arms.

Relinquishing a soft sigh you turn to take him in.

He sleeps like the sun.

Peaceful yet an undeniable power and strength beneath that fearsome facade. He’d overcome so much and taken it in his strike. He was radiant.

But you weren’t burnt you were warm like butter, melting in his open palm.

You let your hand roam free tracing the dips and juts of his face. It’s been a week of this.

A week of pure inhibited bliss yet you caught yourself allowing deapseated fear gurgle up in sickening swathes.

Nothing good ever lasted here.

A jutting pain sparks at you finger tips as he playfully catches your fingers in his mouth. And as soon as you realised he was awake he spun onto of you smothering you in light nips and kisses. You couldn’t help but squeal in delight. When it got too much, your hands playfully pushing his face from you he stops.

He stares looking deeply at you.

“I’m so glad I ended up in this hellhole with you” he murmurs his hand tucking your hair behind your ear in blissful reverence.

“I’m glad I’m gonna leave this hellhole with you asshole” you giggle growing uncomfortable at his intense stare.

No one had ever looked at you the way he could. He sees you finally but before he did it was like he was trying to peel you back with his eyes.

Now you simply told him.

The thought pushes you to leap.

“Move in with me” you fumble our heart clenching at the silence that follows.

His face blistered into irradiating joy.

“Thought you’d never ask, I mean at least take me on a proper date and don’t just try get into my-”

You cut his smart mouth off with a bruising kiss. Hoping it could convey for happiness at his acceptance.

Your lungs ached to say I love you.

———

Getting dressed to face the days chores you turn to watch him tug on a simple t shirt and hoodie, he catches your eye and smirks.

“See something you like darling?” Walking over he tugs you by your belt loops and pulls you flush to him smiling down smug.

You push him away with a murmuring of asshole and turn to grab your coat, you couldn’t keep Donna waiting.

“Okay so I’m gonna be up at Colony, but I’ll be back for dinner and a little welcome home surprise”

He perks up eyes snapping away from watching you, “welcome home surprise? I like the sound of that” he attempts to advance on you but you push him away finger pointed at his darkened gaze.

He knew you too well, you’d found a lingerie set at the bottom of your drawers that you’d forgotten about. But that was for you to know and him to find out.

You sprint out the bedroom and swing down the stairs leaping, he could be far too convincing.

He’s not far behind chuckling at your surprise sprint race.

Letting yourself settle by the entryway a heady sense of dread settles over you.

Something was coming.

It cinched your chest as you eventually watched him walk off.

———

Your day was uneventful at colony house until you saw it was too risky to make it back home.

Fuck you’d let him down.

You won’t be there to greet him.

To welcome him home.

You’ve abandoned him, you can only hope he made it back.

You’d apologise tommorow.

———

Thirty minutes into dark and with one town member dead and their killer being a new addition it was safe to say you were worried.

If only you were telepathic you’d say don’t be stupid Randall, don’t be you, go home ignore it.

You knew him too well.

A solemn silence settles over the house.

It was going to be a long night.

———

You attempted to question Boyd about Randall and failed, opting to ask later if he had seen him.

He’d come crashing in with Jim, Tabitha and an old man.

Panicked, flustered and bewildered you’d opted to let them rest after whatever they’d witnessed.

Leaning against a wall you take in the scene before you.

The newbie was freaking out ranting to some townies.

Ellis was clutching Fatima.

A prayer was being left for the dead colony house woman, you odd t even know her name.

You made a mental note to ask later.

And Donna has marched over to talk with Boyd, he guides her upstairs. Not before a sheepish look towards you.

Minutes later a scream rings throughout the house.

Everyone tenses in anticipation of the incoming horror.

You sigh.

Boyd comes barrelling down the stairs and grabs Ellis to follow him outside.

Donna isnt fair behind and command people to move.

“Take her upstairs” Donna commands and you turn to obey, only to be grabbed by someone in a weak attempt to take you upstairs.

You sway in stance as you see his limp body dragged and dumped on the couch.

Randall.

A great gasp bleeds from your lips snatching everyone’s attention. Your fingers and toes start to tingle and go numb like a candle stuttering and flicking out. Your whole body goes numb and you feel like you’re floating. You are by his side as suddenly as you see him.

This couldn’t be real.

Blood seeps down the couch in a sickening display. Iron and rot permeates the air mingling with the blood from earlier. The town and its beasts were greedy in their bloodlust.

Taking him in you freeze. Half of his face hangs down and a great fleshy gash has been embedded upon his pale throat. He drags in breaths and murmurs in delusion suddenly sparking to life like Frankenstein’s creature himself. You stare like a fool unsure if it was real.

The blood on your hands was real. The screaming was real. Him dying in front of of you was real.

Knuckles pale and taught around any piece of him you could find you just stare in hope that he wouldn’t slip away under your gaze.

He was calming.

You somehow feel nothing and everything you wished his pain to you he writhed and groaned. Perhaps he was once again in the purgatory coma you’d watched over him in. He made it out of that didn’t he? Or perhaps erhaps he had been gone the moment he stepped foot in this town.

Everything was blurred, your ears buzzed and all you could see was him.

Him as they dragged you away. Him as you stared at a blank wall.

His pallid skin. His blood coating your hand like some sick offering. His flesh open and raw. Because you finally had him, this town rescinded that offering.

He had to stay. He couldn’t leave you here.

A door opens in the distance and someone starts a car.

Snapping somewhat out of the foggy haze you jump eyes snatching at the curtains to see pale winter morning shine through. A sight that would typically soothe you. Now it meant finding out if he was still alive.

Tentatively your feet somehow manage to guide you step by step until you are at the bottom of those mocking steps.

Couch empty. His blood coating too much of the house you simply turn and walk.

Ignoring the plethora of voices attempting to seize your mind back to reality.

The choir of pleading fades as you march on.

———

You walk till your feet are like ice and you sit.

Heavy breaths heaving in and out materialising in the icy air you just sit.

He was gone. He had left you.

No.

You had left him to die. You could do nothing but stare at him when he needed you most.

You left him out there.

Was he out looking for you?

Had the idea of you guided him to his certain death.

Had he been tortured by images of you laying amongst the grass glassy eyes staring at the sky waiting for him to rescue you.

He was dead because of you.

So you sit.

You let the snow fill you with cold and fear and despair.

Sobs slip from you as you take in your surroundings the trees once so full of life and meaning now mock you. Here where your flesh first met his. Here where your soul truly first met his.

It was fitting.

You laid down and closed your eyes.

It was fitting penance.

———

Screams of your name make you jump awake and you panic for a second until reality hits you.

You’d been dreaming of him, he’d batted away the cold you felt drawing you into his warmth.

He was alive and he laughed your fear away. It was warm and summer. It was blindingly hot.

The screams grew louder closer and you looked up through the branches. You pretended the buttery yellow and orange were warm like the licking of a great fire coming to encompass you. It’d be dark soon.

You’d be back with him soon you felt it.

You knew it.

“HES ALIVE” a great yell rings out and fills you with hesitance.

Jolting up with a great strike of hope, you scan the area and manage to stumble to your feet. It had to be a trick it sounded so much like-

Donna comes barrelling through the foliage and grips you eyes wild.

She takes you in and tears seep from her furious face.

“You stupid,stupid girl” her hands now clutch you cheeks as her watery eyes angrily look at you.

She begins to hurriedly drag you but you hesitate, she’d say anything to keep you alive to keep you warm.

“You’re lying” you whisper bitterly.

Her head snaps back at you shocked, and she persists tugging you to the treeline and outside the hospital.

“You can not believe me and go back out tommorow if you think I’m a liar but tonight I need you in before dark”

The bell sounds in the distance.

You wouldn’t cause her death aswell so you let her pull you.

She brings you to the gates of your own hell.

The hospital.

Was he really in there?

Was to look back to truly love?

“Honey I need to get back and tell the others you’re okay, go see him” she punctuates with a knowing look.

In a kiss of your forehead head and an “I’ll see you tommorow” she’s gone.

And you’re alone again.

———

The weathered door squeaks under your icy hands and you’ve in the hallway.

A petrified Marielle comes rushing to face you.

“Jesus you scared me!”

You don’t answer.

You can’t answer.

“You wanna see him?”

You almost collapse in relief.

Nodding furiously she guides you into the bay. A graveyard of beds and stories.

Amongst the ghosts of the past there he is.

He lies like the night.

Still and abhorrently quiet.

Marielle leaves you muttering about checking the door.

Taking tentative steps towards him so slow it’s almost painful.

He looks so little, so hurt.

So still he is tucked into the bed. He breathes in and out smoothly as if nothing was wrong.

The bandages encasing his face and throat allude otherwise.

Would he ever wake up? Did it matter if he couldn’t forgive you?

Whatever the outcome you decide you’ll be by his side as long as he wanted.

You hate to think how alone he’s been whilst you were gone for those hours.

The realisation collapses you in a great sob and you kneel by his side in penance.

You would stay beside him and hope it absolves you.

Kneeling and clasping his still hand you begin to softly his rest with your whispered prayers.

I love you please don’t go. I’m sorry for leaving I’ll never do it again. Forgive me. Don’t forgive me. I’ll die without you. Don’t die without me. Wake up wake up wake up. I want you. I need you. I had you. I knew this would happen.

The prayers soften into sleep and you’re under the soft haze of delusion again.

You dream he wakes and forgives you in one great hug. He promises to never leave your side and lies back down. Suddenly you’re peeling off his bandages and unplucking the stitches. You’re hurting him again and watching him as you did at colony house. You stitch him up and kiss his wounds. You cry awake and asleep.

You dream in cold and unforgiving. Ideas of his warmth are gone beneath the fear of him waking up unforgiving.

[afaimscorner]

Liste der 97 besten X-Comics-Charaktere

Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau) (1981)

Kitty Pryde (Shadowkat) (1980)

Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (1990)

Laura Kinney (Wolverine) (2004)

Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) (1967)

Dani Moonstar (Mirage) (1982)

Illyana Rasputin (Magik) (1975)

Magneto (Max Eisenhart) (1963)

Alex Summers (Havok) (1969)

Jean Grey (Phoenix) (1963)

Scott Summers (Cylops) (1963)

Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane) (1982)

Lorna Dane (Polaris) (1968)

Doug Ramsey (Cypher) (1984)

Storm (Ororo Munroe) (1975)

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (1975)

Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (1967)

 Siryn (Theresa Rourke) (1981)

Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (1982)

Sunspot (Roberto DaCosta) (1982)

Rictor (Julio Esteban Richter) (1987)

Northstar (Jean Paul Beaubier) (1979)

Husk (Paige Guthrie) (1986)

Blink (Exiles) (Clarice Ferguson) (1994)

Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) (1974)

Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (1964)

Rachel Summers (Askani) (1981)

Mimic (Exiles) (Calvin Rankin) (2001)

Hellion (Julian Keller) (2003)

Elixir (Josh Foley) (2003)

Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) (2003)

Warren Worthington III (Archangel) (1963)

Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1963)

Logan (Wolverine, James Howlett) (1974)

Tabby (Tabitha Smith, Boom Boom) (1985)

Karma (Shi’an McCoy) (1980)

M (Monet St. Croix) (1994)

Alison Blair (Dazzler) (1980)

Strong Guy (Guido Carosella) (1985)

Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (1965)

Nocturne (T. J. Wagner) (2001)

Betsy Braddock (Captain Britain) (1976)

Brian Braddock (Captain Avalon) (1976)

Mystique (Raven Darkholm) (1978)

Maddie Pryor (Goblin Queen) (1983)

Madison Jeffries (1983)

Jay Guthrie (Icarus) (1984)

Lila Cheney (1984)

Rusty Collins (1986)

Skids (Sally Belvins) (1986)

Domino (Neena Thurman) (1992)

Nate Grey (X-Man) (1995)

Pete Wisdom (1995)

Dust (Sooraya Qadir)(2002)

Noriko Ashida (Surge) (2004)

Heather Mac Daniel Hudson (Sasquatch) (Exiles) (2002)

Quentin Quire (Kid Omega) (2003)

Laurie Collins (Wallflower) (2003)

Santo Vaccarro (Rockslide) (2003)

Pixie (Meggan Gwyn) (2004)

Amor (Hisako Ichiki) (2004)

Layla Miller (2006)

Gabby Kinney (Scout) ((2015)

Hope Summers (2007)

Magma (Amara Aquilla) (1983)

Warlock (1984)

Mindee Cuckoo (2001)

Longshot (1985)

Chamber (Jonathan Starsmore) (1994)

Destiny (Irene Adler) (1981)

Empath (Manuel Alfonzo Rodrigo de la Rocha)(1984)

Emma Frost (White Queen) (1980)

Cecilia Reyes (1997)

Callisto (1983)

Caliban (1981)

Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1964)

Snowbird (Naya Eason) (1979)

Oya (Idie Okonkwo) 2010)

Vulcan (Gabriel Summer) (2006)

Eva Bell (2012)

Goldballs (Fabio Medina, Egg) (2013)

Christopher Summers (Corsair) (1977)

Hepzibah (1977)

Moira MacTaggert (1975)

Mac (James Hudson, Guardian) (1978)

Heather McDonalds (Nemesis) (1980)

Aurora (Jeanne Marie Beaubier) (1979)

Daken (Akihiro, Fang) (2006)

Eyeboy (Trevor Hawkins) (2012)

Phoebe Cuckoo (2001)

Celeste Cuckoo (2001)

Trance (Hope Abbot) (2005)

Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (1991)

Gabriel Cohuelo (Velocidad) (2010)

Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) (2005)

Sabretooth (AoA) (Viktor Creed) (1994)

Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (1989)

[noodlecupcakes]

5 Songs, 3 Outfits

I was tagged by @g0dspeeed and @la-grosse-patate, thank you both so much <3 <3 I also got my head out my ass and attempted to make banners for the girls...art is not my strong suit but I tried my best

RULES: Post 5 songs associated with your OC(s), followed by 3 outfits they would wear.

Deity by Valeree

Honey, you look lost And I ain’t never really been religious But I heard finding a God Just might help when someone’s starting to feel helplessI don’t know much ‘bout buddhists, Jews, or Christians But I got something I think you could worship

Holy by Zolita

I'd rather drown in your ocean Than wither on the shore Undying devotion, I feel you in my core Veneration, this faith's got me high Nothing without you, live for you 'til I die

the fruits by Paris Paloma

"Angel, " he calls me Does he know that I'm falling From a precipice that I tripped off long ago? "You're so pure, " he says Does he know, I'm forsaken?

Family Tree by Ethel Cain

So take me down to the river And bathe me clean Put me on the back of your white horse to ride All the way to the chapel, let you wash all over me

Salvation by Christabelle Marbun

Let my hands be your chapel Treat my screams like your Bible

(Regarding the third dress ignore the necklace. But I own that dress specifically for Tabitha cosplay)

Apex Predator by Otep

Nobody move, nobody gets hurt But where's the fun in that? You get what you deserve Nobody move, nobody gets hurt But where's the fun in that? Survival of the worst!

Bombshell by Halestorm

She's not fragile like a flower She is fragile like a bomb

Chokehold Cherry Python by Ashnikko

I'm a tickin', tickin', tickin' time bomb Live a villain, die a icon You should sleep with the light on Chokehold cherry python

Little Girl Gone by CHINCHILLA

'You keep on trying but I like your blood on my teeth just a little too much' & 'Cause I pack a punch backed into a corner Come at me, don't tell me I didn't warn ya'

Animals by Ice Nine Kills

Yeah, you can start over, you can run free You can find other fish in the sea You can pretend it's meant to be But you can't stay away from me I can still hear you making that sound Taking me down, rolling on the ground You can pretend that it was me, but no

(I also have that exact leather jacket specifically for Alex cosplay)

I tag: @3llisarts, @cassietrn and @josephseedismyfather

[glassprism]

Which actors would you like to see have a bootleg? I pray everday for a full video of Tabitha Webb. :(( I 'd like to know your opinion

Oh, a lot. Off the top of my head:

Claire Moore

Maria Kesselman

Rebecca Caine

Michael Ball

Elisabeth Berg

Claudia Dallinger

Johanne Brochmann

Glenda Balkan

Peter Jorde

Susanne Elmark

Kristin Holck

Mia Karlsson

Yoon Young Seok

Hye Kyoung Lee

Kim So Hyun

Tabitha Webb

Emilie Lynn

Monika Sommerova

Michelle van de Ven

Annemarijn Maandag

Celinde Schoenmaker

Isabel Schwartzbach

Astrid Giske

Beatrice Penny-Toure

And I'm going to stop there, but there's a whole lot more!

[cspasfan15]

Radix Nationals Predictions

Mini

Top 30: Asha Lee, cadence zuehlke, prestige ball, xiamya reed, Collette Stutzman, Elliana Cain, Liv Matson, Everly Hafey, Ricki Dixon, Melissa Kerr, Lillian Simonton, Ellie Flory, Arianna Claxton

Top 15: Abby Rodriguez, Mila Hiatt, Gemma holmes, brielle arias, kenly carver, Katie Carlson, Sofia Cuevas, Kennedy truax, Zoey Martinez, aliya rothe, Chloe todman

Top 6: Stella Brinkerhoff, mikayla isler, Payton jetson, aspen Brandt, Charlotte rathjen, melina biltz, mila renae

(I put seven because not sure if Stella is competing)

Junior

Top 30: Aracely Lee, Lyla norby, Rissa Laguana, khloe kwon, braydon Ziegler, Ella Carlson, addilyn Sullivan, aria bongiorno, Kate matthews, patience Hughes, Talia mempin, Zoey claxton, alivya neeriemer, violet mcguire

Top 15: piper Perusse, Francesca Jen, melania khait, Brooklyn ward, sarahi Lopez-prieto, tayah klimuck, devyn scherff, greta Wagner, Tabitha nan, skyla lucena

Top 6: Kennedy Anderson, Emily polis, brynn jones, mika takase, addyson paul (used to have camila but need to update now)

Teen

Top 30: Maddie De Dios, teegan moylan, madyson Likovic, Isabella Pham, Annie Carlson, Kylee ngo, Vanessa soto, Ellie Brunson, Jackson rueckert, sky auerbach, Cade kaiser, Halle hunt, Allison Shin, Natalie Galla, Jonah Gardner, Skylah tsang

Top 15: Emmy Claire kaiden, Sloane Dawson, gave Davis, Leighton curry, Lexi Godwin, Alexis Mayer, Sophia schiano, Zachary Gibson, Paige dimos

Top 6: Coltrane vodicka, Riley Ziegler, kinsley oykhman, Georgia Beth Peters, Caitlyn Polis, Aaliyah Dixon

Senior

Top 30: Rosendo Arechiga, lily godwin, Louise hindsbo, Kylee Amoroso-Kawamoto, Camryn lanigan, Madison polis, lily roundtree, jordyn Cocozello, Molly Johnson, Alexis Olson, grace McKinley, Eva Chapelle, Piper Cann, Kendall Birnbaum, Olivia Pinon, Isabella Gomez, Darbye Simpson, Georgi Arnold

Top 15: Alexis Ahn, kaylinn Rees, Madison marshall, Alexis Schuller, lily Goehring, Logan Marumoto-Kaleimamahu, Audrey La France, T Amari, Aaliyah Landreaux, Kaitlyn Allen

Top 6: Angelika Edejer, Jordyn Green, Kenzie Jones, Sabine Nehls, Vadriana Romero, Iliana Victor

[theunfortunateplace]

Masterlist

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Current Works

Avatar

Series

When The Rain Falls ( Avatar Na'vi OC)

Description: After entering a glitchy pod to connect with her avatar Ryla must navigate the ways of the Tayrangi clan it wasn't an easy switch. Being stuck for a whole year she decides to take on the right of passage better known as the Iknimaya.

Say You love Me (Neteyam X Metkayina OC)

description:  follow Luaewe as her world literally gets turned upside down with new na’vi joining her village. Never having to face many obstacles besides finding her way back home. How will she be able to handle the constant jealousy she's faced with and an unwanted love triangle.

one-shots

Neteyam

Lo'ak

Jake

Tonowari

Jake & Tonowari

Tsu'tey

Supernatural

Series

One-shots

Dean Winchester

Sam Winchester

Cain

Black Panther

Series

Homecoming ( Namor X Black OC)

Description: After being away from home for so many years due to school keeping Adella busy she's finally able to go home after her hard work pays off but what she didn't expect was such an eventful homecoming.

To New Beginnings ( Namor X Shuri)

Description: Though Queen Ramonda survived the attack on Wakanda By Namor of Tolokan Shuri still saw this as a sign of disrespect and despite her mother's wishes she carried on and fought with Namor which only left both injured in the end. As a means to try and maintain peace between the two nations, she demands that her daughter fix the matter before it ends in a disaster.

One-shots

Namor

T'challa

M'baku

Original works (Non-Fandom related)

Forbidden Fruit

Description: Once you set eyes on the forbidden fruit it draws you in, and temps you. Puts you through all these battles and wars will it change you for the better or change you for the worse.

Bahlam Feeki

Description: Jamila Barlowe, A young art curator embarks on her journey across the Middle East. Walking into something that was bound to happen sooner or later is this what they call fate or just bad luck only time will tell ..... 

Satans Spectacle Read on AO3

Description: Tabitha Hudson a young 26 years old woman living in new york city after many years of trying to figure out who she was and who was the right company she finally got her feet back on the ground well that was until her coworker asked her to fill in for her shift at 'the blossom'

[naddpod-arc-tournament]

West Precinct

Episodes: Flesh and Blood, Too Late, Broken Bonds, Lockdown, Sirenloch

The Third Mates resurface into the politics of West Precinct. Two family reunions go awry, and the trio uncover a conspiracy, infiltrate a compound, face some unexpected enemies, and fight to protect the people of Sirenloch from horrors.

Highlights:

Fia animates Spoony for the first time

Zirk confronts Stella– "When will it be enough?!"

Split party fight with Moxora and Cain, Fia saves Zirk from the edge of death and Bukvar is lost

Hank’s jean jacket, aka the worst Nat 20 in the history of the podcast

From google form submission: “Hank Jr and Henry interactions in ep 28 "Lockdown" and ep 29 Sirenloch” (Ed. note: I found the texts I sent to a naddpole friend when first listening and my heart is hurting again: “I’m having emotions about hank hogfish jr– this is the second time he’s seen hank sr and both times murph describes that he feels immediately relieved and safe now that his dad is here, before remembering how hurt and mad he is”)

Deepfolk

Episodes: The Crux, Ghost Dragon, Scrappers, Awakened

The Third Mates go under the mountains, and traverse part of a network of deepfolk outposts. They investigate a missing person, face off with a spectral dragon, scrap with some Scrappers, and meet a new horrific friend.

Highlights:

Zirk went to Zelbuldar 7 and all he got was his ass kicked and robbed

Henry writes to the Lachnamoores-- "Where is my son?!"

The absolute party whomping that is the first dragon fight, and Emily being so delighted at her no good very bad dice rolling

Grez confirms the source of Henry’s curse, has a vision of Irina, and discusses the All-Cure Elixir with Zirk

Tabitha and the return of Murph’s Kiwi (/Australian?/South African?) accent

[papapoutine]

Riverdale dropped the ball with not having Ethel Cain as a guest star. They had Riley Keough on, they could have made Ethel Cain her sister after Evelyn makes a call to Riley Keough’s character to Sort Out These Gays under the guise of being a singing act that will play at prom with Fangs. Ethel plays along with her culty older sister but secretly she’s seeing Ethel Muggs after finding the bunker while looking for wildflowers in the woods and they bond over being named Ethel and their need for a found family (Ethel is also playing a teenager) and then they go to prom together and Ethel Muggs wears a blue velvet dress and a mask. RAS somehow convinces Riley Keough to sing “Love Me Tender” because she’s Elvis’s granddaughter. Ethel Muggs is then abducted by the Sisters of Quiet Mercy again because Evelyn is homophobic and hates seeing people find joy outside the Farm and Midge ALSO is wearing a blue velvet dress and gets taken by the Sister’s so Ethel and Fangs (who were already supposed to sing “Sugar Sugar” at the prom) get on stage but Ethel, a single tear glistening on her face in the wash of the spotlight, turns to Fangs and whispers in his ear and they start up a rendition of “Blue Velvet” interspersed with shots of Ethel and Midge being ushered out of the school and into the car. Midge is crying but Ethel who has been through this before reaches out to squeeze Midge’s hand, giving her a sad smile with tears falling down her face; maybe some shots of Veronica and Betty dancing with Reggie and Archie and exchanging smiles with each other. Jughead makes some meta David Lynch reference to Tabitha. The car carrying Midge and Ethel stops after seeing a man in the road. As Ethel and Fangs croon out “but I still can see blue velvet through my tears,” we get a shot of Ethel and Midge’s car from the POV of the man in the road. We then get a close up of the man’s eyes through the holes in his black ski mask. It’s the Black Hood. Cut to black.

[daughterofcain2]

21st Century Southern Gothic: What does it Mean Today?

Religious trauma, corruption, and loneliness. All pillars of the Southern Gothic genre that are today less taboo than ever. The increased popularity of platforms such as Tiktok has made way for the modern artists of Southern Gothic to emerge and adapt to today's climate. 

The resurgence of ‘Southern Gothic’ as a genre of literature, fashion, and art has been most prominent on the platforms Tumblr and Tiktok, both forms of social media that allow merging creators free reign for visual and literary expression. Tabitha Paya, or thiriel on Tiktok is a Belgian artist and influencer heavily inspired by the Southern gothic genre in her work. 

“I have always been fascinated by the contrasts between innocence and deviance, the sacred and the unholy, recurring themes in my work. This aesthetic naturally came to me due to my own connection with these themes: religion, the body, femininity, suffering, and also a form of redemption. I think this aesthetic resonates with my personal experiences, my ongoing questions, and the challenges I face as both a woman and an artist.”

Southern Gothic, in its  modern interpretations, is about reclaiming something lost. Ethel Cain is undoubtedly a pioneer of its modern resurgence. Cain’s music and distinct fashion, have reimagined what Southern Gothic really means. A genre built upon the foundation of the Civil War aftermath, and, while the impacts of the 19th century are still deeply embedded into its society, the turn of the 20th century has brought to light modern issues, particularly how an upbringing in the USA’s bible belt impacts queer youth, such as Anhedonia herself. 

“I think the name that resonates in everyone's mind is Ethel Cain. She creates a universe that is both melancholic and intense, where themes of religion, the macabre, and loss recur. The atmosphere, which borders on psychological horror, really resonates with me”

Interestingly, Paya cites most of her inspiration from modern sources, as opposed to classic pillars of the genre, such as William Faulkner or Truman Capote. Paya lists Ty West’s Pearl, Ari Asters ‘Hereditary’, and Mike Flanagan’s ‘Midnight Mass’ as her other most prominent current inspirations. 

“Recently, the work that has most influenced my art and thinking is the mini series Midnight Mass, created by Mike Flanagan. The oppressive atmosphere, the isolation of the characters, and the tension between faith and evil are key elements. The show explores recurring themes in Southern Gothic, such as moral decay, individual suffering, the search for redemption, and violence hidden beneath the surface of an apparently devout community, all with a touch of the supernatural.”

Paya’s art draws clear influences from the iconic Southern Gothic literature of today while honouring the genre’s origins through her central themes and imagery. The resurgence of, and fascination with Southern Gothic across social media platforms shows how fashion, art and writing that speaks to the underdogs of society will not be defined by its origins, but rather, capable of growing and adapting with the world of today's artists.

[madworldmarvel]

Welcome to the madness!

We want to give a big, warm welcome to our newest members and characters! Gavin, with Lucas Bishop.

Kitty, with Rachel Summers and Kitty Pryde.

Beam, with Frank Castle and Cain Marko.

Gus, with Harry Osborn, Bruce Banner/Joe Fixit, and Todd Tolansky.

Bug, with Susan Storm and Meggan Pucceanu.

Ghosty, with Jimmy Santini and Hobie Brown.

Millie, with Tabitha Smith, Tommy Shepherd, and Johnny Storm.

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Post #97: Fallen Angels issues 1-8

I've never read this miniseries before and I don't really know anything about it other than it stars Berto and a bunch of really weird new characters, which is more than enough for me. After all the stress and distrust of their recent arcs, this mini opens with the New Mutants just hanging out and playing soccer. But like all good things around here, it soon comes to an end when Sam trips and collides with Berto, slamming his head into a goalpost. On reflex, Berto lashes out with his power and knocks Sam unconscious. Ashamed, he runs away to his room. He goes to Max's office to ask for advice, but he's already taken Sam to the hospital. Berto sees his own student file on the desk and opens it to find a letter that Xavier had typed up about him saying that he fears Berto may follow in his father's footsteps. Berto decides that he's too evil a person to remain at the school, and he leaves a goodbye note and runs away. I actually really like how stupid and overdramatic this plot hook is, because kids are usually stupid and overdramatic. We've seen the New Mutants struggling with a lot of really complicated drama lately and struggle to figure stuff out, which can make us forget that even in really simple misunderstandings teenagers can also have way too hard a time figuring themselves out. As Berto walks the streets of Manhattan drowning in angst, he stumbles across a girl being mugged and jumps in- but his powers suddenly fail him, leaving him at the muggers' mercy.

Berto and his new friend are getting beat up when another girl, Ariel, opens the door to the building next door and the girl, Chance, runs in. Berto, whose angsty inner monologue has declared that "Cain is no more evil than I," just gives up, until Warlock appears and saves him, having tracked Berto down. He says that if Berto won't come back to the mansion, they'll be outcasts together. It's not the first time they've had an interaction like this, but it just always warms my heart to see these two interact. Berto is just always so openly friendly and affectionate to Warlock, it's adorable. Berto goes to check on Ariel and Chance, but the door leads to an empty room. Back at the mansion, Max is explaining the Berto situation to Moira, who he had called to help him out with all his end of term paperwork. She brought along Sean's daughter Theresa and Jamie Madrox. Max enlists Moira on therapy duty for the other kids, which is long overdue, and Theresa and Jamie head to the city to try to track down Berto and Warlock. But when they eventually find them, so does somebody else- a weird guy with pet lobsters, who tells Berto that he needs to come with him. Then the Vanisher shows up, and Theresa attacks him cause he's evil. In all the commotion, a door opens up and Ariel and Chance, who are friends with the lobster guy, tell Berto to come with them. He does, and Warlock and some of Jamie's duplicates follow, but when Theresa tries to she finds the door leads into a restaurant and the others are nowhere to be found.

It turns out Ariel and Chance are members of Vanisher's gang of thieves that Tabitha (Boom-Boom) recently left. So is the lobster guy, whose name is Gomi, and Don and Bill, his lobsters that he talks to psychically. Vanisher wants Berto in his crew, the Fallen Angels, and because he's decided to embrace his life as a tragic villain, he accepts, on the condition that Warlock can stay too. The Jamie dupes stick around too, to keep an eye on things. Jamie Prime and Theresa, meanwhile, have no idea were everyone went off to. Jamie suggests they get dinner while they wait for his dupes to bring Berto and Warlock back to them. We get some more hints of Jamie's past; he lived on a farm as a child, and when his parents died, he just kept living there with dupes as his company, which fucked him up in ways he doesn't realize. It's also time to start getting origin stories from the new guys, starting with Gomi. He's not actually a mutant, but a cyborg. He and his lobsters were test subjects for college kids obsessed with superheroes, and they gave the lobsters sentience and Gomi some psychic powers. Eventually the three of them ran away and joined up with these guys. We don't get much info on Ariel yet, just that she's not a mutant, but an alien, and she can open portals through doorways. To demonstrate, she opens one into then X-Factor building to check on Tabitha, who's bored and decides to go through and rejoin her old friends. Just then, Theresa and Jamie arrive and demand an explanation. But as they're taking the conversation outside, Ariel opens another portal, and everyone's on an alien planet.

They immediately get attacked by an alien dinosaur, except for Vanisher, who vanishes. Berto gets a sudden boost of power and beats the dino single handedly, while Ariel and Chance run off in search of their targets- two mysterious mutants on this planet. They don't find anything except Vanisher, who says he was just on his way to check on them, and they head back to the camp, where Theresa and Jamie are flirting while Tabitha sits there pouting in jealousy. Berto and Warlock have also wandered off, where they run into Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur, the mutants Ariel was looking for, and bring them back to the camp to introduce them.

Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur (two previously established characters with the powers of being an ape man and being a sentient dinosaur, respectively) decide to come back to Earth with everyone cause why not. At this point, the characters seem to realize that their book has no plot and they're only halfway through, so they hang out in the living room for half an issue until Vanisher says the new mission is go steal a bunch of food so the dinosaur doesn't eat them. They all wander off in pairs. Theresa points out to Jamie that they are completely failing their mission of recovering Berto and Warlock, and Jami says they probably can't convince them to come back so it's better to join the gang of petty thieves to keep an eye on them. No wonder these guys haven't gotten membership in any of the big teams yet. Eventually, Tabitha and Gomi run into a rogue Jamie dupe who doesn't want to rejoin Prime. They kidnap him and bring him to Theresa and Jamie, and they all have a little philosophy debate about the nature of life. It's mostly a gag, and implied to be because of the way everyone's powers have been acting weird, but it actually lays the foundation for a ton of Peter David's work on Jamie down the line. The scene is broken by tragedy when Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur, who got bored, show up to hang out with everyone, and Devil Dino steps on Don the blue lobster.

The next issue picks up after Don's funeral, where Berto and Warlock comfort Gomi and Bill and Berto gets one of his best moments ever talking about how all lobsters go to Heaven. Devil Dino is wracked with guilt, and Berto takes this as another opportunity to wallow in his own "evil nature," saying Devil Dino is a better man than he. Ariel and Chance have a cryptic conversation about their evil plans for all the mutants they're collecting. Bill gets into a fight with Devil Dino, which Berto breaks up, before suddenly everyone's mutant power disappears and comes back. During the disappearance, the rebel dupe stays separate from Jamie, and they decide to stay separate as brothers. Everyone's freaking out about all the weird power stuff recently, and they assume it must be X-Factor stalking them, so when Ariel suggests she take them all to her home planet, they all agree, to her delight.

Everyone's hanging out on the planet Coconut Grove, which resembles a mall in a cartoon more than anything else. The guy in charge, Unipar, keeps following them around wiggling his fingers evilly, making cryptic comments about how he likes mutants. I'm starting to think this is the guy Ariel is working for. Jamie's rogue dupe is getting even weirder, and has now split into another dupe that doesn't want to be absorbed, leaving us with three different Jamies. Vanisher calls a meeting to discuss what the hell they're all doing, when suddenly all their powers start going crazy again. Jamie, using the mini Cerebro that Moira gave him to track Berto, discovers that the reason for all this is Chance, who it turns out is a mutant with the power to turn other mutations on and off. Unipar shows up to collect the mutants, including Chance, to Ariel's anger. To Chance's horror, Ariel eventually lets them take her only friend off, before she too is captured. It turns out she's also a mutant, with the power of persuasion, which explains why everyone keeps acting weird when she wants them to. But it's tragic news for our heroes, who are now all captured.

Everyone except Bill, the green robot cyborg, who sneaks after his captured friends and starts plotting revenge. A lot of writers have tried to replicate the cool badass Wolverine Alone moment from the Dark Phoenix Saga, but this one just set a bar that none, including the original, can never touch. Everyone else is stuck in a cell, where Unipar tells them they'll all be dissected to uncover the secret of mutation, which the Coconut people almost never achieve. Warlock does get a nice moment; his mutation is to have the capacity for compassion, but even with dampeners on the cell, he still cares for Berto. He asks Theresa why, and she says that love is a learned behavior, and he doesn't need his mutation any more. The scientists kill one of the Jamie dupes and drag the other two and Berto off. Then, Bill shows up, beats up all the guards, and frees them. After some debate, they decide to take Chance and Ariel with them. Elsewhere, the distraction of the riot gives Berto and Jamie and chance to break free. The independent dupe sacrifices himself and lets the other Jamie absorb him to heal both their injuries, and there's a big teamup where Chance masters her powers to boost all the other Fallen Angels. Ariel convinces Unipar to let them go, and they all head back to Earth. Berto finally realizes that he really sucks at being an edgy villain, mainly because he keeps being supportive and protective of everyone around him. He decides to return to the New Mutants, which delights Warlock. Theresa and Jamie decide to stick with the Angels for a while and try to guide them on a path of good, which I'm sure will work great. And that's it for the book.

This was one of the weirdest books I've read in a bit. Not because the plot was incomprehensible but because it mostly didn't exist. For being the lead character, Berto didn't really do all that much, but for the time he was on the page, we got to see a new side of him as a reluctant leader, something that doesn't really come up when he's with Dani and Sam but will become a bigger part of his character in the 2000s. And like I said I'm always happy to see him hanging with Warlock. It was nice for Jamie to have a bigger role in a book, even though he doesn't yet much resemble the great character Peter David turns him into. Most of the other characters weren't that great, except Gomi and the lobsters, who are now some of my favorite deep cut X-characters ever. If Marvel ever hires me I'm resurrecting Don. When I was reading about this book I found out that it was originally going to be published when Berto disappeared for a while during SWII, but there were delays and it got rewritten for this point in the series, which makes that whole thread make a lot more sense. I'm not at all against weird books with no plots, but this one definitely could have been a few issues shorter. I wish Jo Duffy had stuck around the X-office longer, cause she's a good writer and with a little more time to adjust to this franchise I think she could have written a great ongoing X-book. But alas, this is the last we see of the Fallen Angels. It was nice, but I miss the main New Mutants book and I'm glad to be headed back.

[noodlecupcakes]

📻 for Tabitha and Alex please and thank you 😊

Thank you so much for asking! <3 <3

For Tabitha - Religion by Lana Del Rey

I think this one is pretty self explanatory by the title of why this song is in Tabitha's playlist considering she's mainly shipped with Joseph. She sees him as her savior so why would she worship God when she can worship him? 😏

For Alex - Ptolemaea by Ethel Cain

This song is in Alex's playlist because of the songs themes relating to Alex's backstory. Alex was sexual abused as a child in an orphanage for a few years by a staff member until she finally got the courage to speak up about the abuse her and other girls had suffered from.

[glassprism]

I know that norm & sierra played father and daughter in the little mermaid before they did phantom together and jon robyns and lily kerhoas were also father and daughter in les mis recently, are there any other phantom/christine pairings who also played father and daughter beforehand?

Quite a few, at least from Les Miserables (the main one that I know), starting with the original Valjean and Cosette themselves, Colm Wilkinson and Rebecca Caine, who starred in the London production of Les Miserables and then went on to the Toronto production The Phantom of the Opera. Others might include:

Rob Guest and Marina Prior

Mark McKerracher and Nicky Adams

Carlos Vittori and Claudia Cota

Sandor Sasvari and Renata Krassy

John Owen-Jones and Gina Beck

John Owen-Jones and Katie Hall

David Shannon and Tabitha Webb

Geronimo Rauch and Talia del Val

A reverse case with Damian Aleksander and Paulina Janczak

Killian Donnelly and Holly-Anne Hull

And many more, I was just going through my bootleg list and finding what I could (and hopefully not reversing any - the Les Mis to Phantom and back to Les Mis and back to Phantom pipeline is intense, many end up playing or understudying various roles in both). I'm not really into Les Mis anymore so I'm sure there will be plenty of additions (and corrections!) in the replies!