#The Jackal

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New photoshoot of Eddie, photographed by Natalia Cortés, posted on her Officially Instagram and Threads accounts.

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BETWEEN YOUR EYES

‘If you’re a Jackal, call me a Fox.’

jackal (charles) x oc

In which an elusive assassin finds his match in a barista by day, trained killer by night. They become entangled, playing a game of cat and mouse with an MI6 officer as the clock works against them.

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‘You kill men?’

‘I kill bad men.’

‘Hm.’ She takes note of the corner of his lips. How they turn up into a small smirk. ‘Should I be worried?’

‘...It would be a shame to put a bullet between those eyes.’

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CHAPTERS:

chapter one: one shot, one kill

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[big1ron]

OKAY GUYS LISTEN TO THIS. CAUSE IT'S INSANE TO ME.

Grim Hunt. This is Kaine. he has been killed. He died in the Spider-Man costume and Kraven has set him up in a coffin to taunt Peter. as seen here. Kraven has given Peter the black suit to wear, as the original suit is well. Occupied. Peter wears the black suit to fight the Kravenoffs.

But then. He changes.

When he buries Kaine, he wears the original suit again. alright, no big deal. It's not like he only had one original suit, right? right? WRONG.

WHEN KAINE CLAWS HIMSELF UP OUT OF THE FUCKING GRAVE HE'S NAKED. HE'S NAKED. PETER PEELED THE SUIT OFF HIM AND WORE IT. AND BURIED HIM NAKED.

PETER. PETER WHAT THE FUUUCCKKK

Its the same suit. its literally the same suit. its the same suit cause he peeled it off him and wore it. what the fuck Peter. Peter what the fuck.

[tinsil]

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[moxyphinx]

SOPHIE OKONEDO in THE JACKAL (1997)

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the jackal

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SLADE: A Deathstroke Fancomic #3

Part III (end)

And here it is guys… the last part, this project really meant a lot to me in my life and i really hope one day to be able to tell more stories like these of the Wilson Family, if someone would pay me right now i would be doing Rose’s story in a heartbeat which I have already written, but in any case, thank you for reading these stories and i know they are not the Batfamily but there is really so much potential and interesting stories about Slade with his sons, with his wife, his good old days, his mercenary missions, slices of life in the criminal world, the deep violent action missions… i.. it’s just so much… that i really wish i could tell or help someone to tell them someday. Thank you.

[fabi-gone-electric]

Jackal: before i help u out im lowkey hungry

Gorrister: ok what do u want

Jackal: heart

Gorrister: what

Jackal:

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

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Spend a day on The Day Of The Jackal with Eddie Redmayne and his Tom Ford fits.

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Darrow vs Lysander - symbolism and favored weapons

Okay this I a bit of analysis that has been turning around in my brain since I finished Light Bringer. There will be major spoilers for all of the books, so read on at your own discretion.

And of course if anyone has points to add please do! This is by no means exhaustive, just a compilation of my main thoughts on the whole thing!

Darrow basically grew up with a weapon in his hand, since he started mining at age thirteen. It becomes part of his identity, an extension of himself. It’s also a symbol of his people, as all Red miners are given one. So as a Red, he already closely identifies with the slingBlade as a weapon, as a cultural symbol, and as a means of protection.

“I wonder what Eo wants of me. Does she want me to take my slingBlade and start a rebellion? I would die. My family would die. She would die, and nothing would make me risk her. She knows that.”

(RR Ch 4)

“This is your slingBlade, son. It will scrape the earth’s veins for you. It will kill pitvipers. Keep it sharp and if you get stuck in the drills, it will save your life for the price of a limb.” So said my uncle.”

(RR part III intro)

Lysander, on the other hand, is trained by his grandmother from childhood to use his mind as his weapon. He is capable of using a razor after spending a decade with Cassius, but his mind was his first weapon. It’s also a callback to the Jackal losing his hand and being mostly unaffected - because all Golds are taught that their mind is their first and greatest weapon.

“He sighs. “I told you. I am something different than you. A hand is a peasant’s tool. A Gold’s tool is his mind. Were you of better breeding, you may have realized this sacrifice means so very little to me”

(RR Ch 41)

“Skipping supper. No wonder you’re a little twig,” Cassius says, pinching my arm. “I daresay you don’t even weigh a hundred ten kilos, my goodman.”

“It’s usable weight,” I protest. “In any matter, I was reading.” He looks at me blankly. “You have your priorities. I have mine, muscly creature. So piss off.”

(IG Ch 8/ Lysander 1)

“My memory is a formidable thing. In many ways it is my grandmother’s great legacy, her teachings preserved in me.”

(IG Ch 8/ Lysander 1)

But the mind isn’t a symbol on its own, there’s no cultural gravitas to it. So to him physical weapons are tools that are an extension of his intellect. In that world view, a gun is the most practical choice of tool. Firearms are the great equalizer - you can be smaller, weaker, less trained than your opponent and there’s still a VERY good chance that you will win any fight.

This leads into another similar understanding that he and Darrow share: their rise must be meteoric. Darrow accomplishes this the hard way, through pain and training and failures. He builds himself as a symbol because he knows that’s the only way to start the chain reaction of bringing Gold down. He is a symbol, and so are his tools. The slingBlade becomes a symbols of liberation when once (as just a razor) it was a tool of the enemy.

Lysander? He cuts corners, because the tools don’t matter only the endgame does. He’s not trying to build something new, or inspire his followers to fight for something they never thought possible. He is fighting to reestablish the status quo as swiftly as he can. He doesn’t need to fight from the ground up to become a symbol - as a Lune, he already is a living breathing symbol of Gold, and that’s enough.

“Dancer would want me to accept the offer. It would guarantee my survival. Guarantee my meteoric rise. I would be inside the halls of the ArchGovernor’s mansion. I would be near the man who killed Eo. Oh, I want to accept. But then I would have to let the Proctors beat me. I’d have to let this little whorefart win and let his father smile and feel pride. I’d have to watch that smug smile spread across his bloodydamn face. Slag that. They’ll feel pain.”

(RR Ch 41)

“He sneers at the gun. “No honor.”

“No time.”

I shoot Alexandar in the head”

(DA Ch 81)

He studies those who came before him, flipping their symbols and methods against them instead of doing anything new. He quotes poems like Roque, uses Darrow’s Morningstar as his flagship, claims to be honorable like Cassius - but it’s hollow because these aren’t his achievements. He doesn’t subvert the paradigm like Darrow does constantly, he just borrows and steals to get his way.

Darrow sees himself as the sword of his people, but he’s more than that because he put in the work to be more. He questions if he’s a good man, but the we see the weight his decisions have on him. But because he built himself up, he has a community that loves him, friends and family that are truly loyal and will check his worst impulses. He is the symbol, but he’s anchored by those he represent. It’s real and has meaning because of all the sacrifices he has had to make.

Lysander can’t even unite the Golds because he is built upon lies. His parents and their deaths, a lie. His grandmother’s teachings, all lies and propaganda. The Golden lies of the Society he so desperately wants to restore. He is built upon lies and hollow promises, of course he collapses into Gold dogma at the first sign of pressure. He has no idea what he’s doing, but he’s sacrificing everything and everyone to prop up this dying system, because that’s where he feels safe. He has no symbols to look up to, no culture to give him strength and community. Anything that could have grounded him is gone (often because of his own actions). Pytha and Cassius were his only family left and he rejected them and their teachings. More than ever before there’s nothing holding him back. He has his mind and it is telling him the only way to be safe is to double down and become the worst of Gold.

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Genius 90’s Spider-Man variant by Marcos Martin!

[primarch-victus]

if there is ever a live action red rising, I NEED ewan mitchell to play the jackal, look at this man and tell me he's not perfect for that devious bastard of a gold

[big1ron]

They’re literally soo couples goals