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Werewolf by Night Red Band #2 Preview: LIKE A WILD BEAST AT BAY! Jack Russell has found himself in the middle of mysterious massacre – and he’s the prime suspect! With his memories missing and his wolf form out of control and off the leash, will Jack be able to clear his name, or will his former allies and friends finally realize he’s a rabid dog that needs to be put down? READ AT YOUR OWN RISK,…

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Sterek fic recs: ABO/Mpreg AU Edition

As per @oldefashioned's request, since this is for her, here you go. I tried to filter my bookmarks, so these are more about the plot than the smut. There's probably a lot of ABO without mpreg, but I hope some of these change your mind about it!!

1. Fire, Fury and Flame by IAmAVeronica

Stiles Stilinski was never going to be the omega who got knocked up right after high school, and then he's accidentally artificially inseminated with a stranger's sperm. Awesome. And the father of Stiles's baby just so happens to be Derek Hale. Half-feral, quite possibly a murderer, and pursued by a gleefully sadistic band of hunters who are only too eager to use Stiles and his baby to hit Derek right where it hurts. Joy.

Notes: this is Jane the Virgin if there were werewolves and abo. It’s absolutely phenomenal. That's it, I have nothing else to say, 10/10. It's completed!

2. I don't know why, but I guess it has something to do with you by LunaCanisLupus_22

“You smell like me,” the guy says, scowling as he crowds in and Stiles staggers back between the coats and finally hits the wall. “Why do you smell like me?” He barely lets out a garbled sound as the blood rushes to his cheeks. “No reason,” Stiles yelps, struggling to get his footing and grasping at a whirlwind of puffy fur. Or the one where Stiles goes thrift shopping and steals an alpha's shirt. And gets a lot more than he bargains for.

Notes: Stiles does something he's not supposed to. Derek is... confused. It ends up pretty okay. Also kind of an office au?? Anyways they're both dorks and I love them. It's completed, but you need to have an account to see this work.

3. Take Me Away From Here by Hedwig221b (also @hedwig221b here on tumblr!)

Derek Hale looked terrifying. With his broad frame and muscles, with his wild black hair and thick beard, with his eyes the color of blood and fangs of a killer. Despite his kindness and his apparent attraction to Stiles, he was still a stranger, a predator, a wolf. The thing is, Stiles would deal, but others might not. People found Lord Hale horrid, monstrous and unapproachable. If Stiles stood behind him, no one would touch him. He’d be safe with the wolf. If not from him, then definitely from everyone else. And that was enough.

Notes: of course I had to rec at least one Hedwig abo fic, they're the best! Don't you worry, there's a lot more in this list. This is a historical au... sort of. If history had werewolves and omegas. Don't worry, it works out fine. The whole world building in itself is interesting, because it treates omegas like a different species. Derek, my beloved, always and forever obsessed with Stiles! It gets dark for a little while, but don't fret, all is okay in the world. It's completed!

4. Scent Left Unsaid by bleep0bleep

In a society where werewolves are second class, Deucslist is an alternative werewolf network (similar to Craigslist) where humans and werewolves offer (mostly sexual) services. Derek is a long-term client of an anonymous human omega whose scent is just perfect. He never expects to meet him, until it happens.  Derek has slept with that faded red hooded sweatshirt every night since he got it in the mail. It’s calming, that scent; it’s everything to him. So it’s strange now that Derek is smelling it wafting from the end of the subway car as it careens towards the L line, lights flickering on the passing platforms.

Notes: imagine meet cute, only Derek is too socially awkward to actually enact the necessary steps to make it a meet cute, and Stiles has to do it instead. Also using the good old trope of Stiles' scent being like cocaine to Derek. It's very wholesome, and it's completed.

5. Never a Hardship by Julibean19 

“Derek, meet Stiles, your new bodyguard,” Talia says. Derek doesn’t get up. He’s frozen to his seat on the couch, staring at the man who will now be hounding his every step. “What’s a Stiles?” he asks dumbly, finally budging when his mother smacks him on the shoulder.  “That’s Chief Stiles to you,” his mother says, scolding him. Derek huffs in annoyance, wondering how this could possibly get worse. “Senior Chief Stilinski is a Navy SEAL, Special Operations Forces, and has been handpicked by me, out of several hundred options. You will treat him with respect and do what he says.” “I’m a grown man, Madam President,” Derek says through clenched teeth. “You can’t expect me to listen to this guy. I don’t know anything about him."

Notes: I love First Family aus! And Omega First Son!Derek with Alpha Bodyguard!Stiles is just delightful. There's a lot of omega politics, and Stiles gets to be a total badass when he and Derek are not pining after each other. Also, Chris Argent, surprisingly, is the best. I don't know what else to say without spoiling everything, so just know this is amazing! It's completed.

6. A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing by dumpac

"What the fuck, Stiles, what the fuck?!" "No, no, you don't understand, Scotty, this is the best idea ever!" "Because you think registering as a fucking alpha to college when you're actually an omega is the best idea ever? It's not even a good idea!" Or : Being an omega, Stiles has few chances to be accepted in the college of his dreams. Registering as an alpha seems like a good idea... until his new roommate, hot-as-the-sun alpha Derek Hale, comes in the equation.

Notes: I know I say this a lot but this fic is SO GOOD!! Stiles pretends to be an alpha and IT WORKS because he's a badass, only things go a little bit sideways because he's not an alpha and Derek... well Derek has no idea. My poor man is confused. Also has a dash of good old discrimination against omegas and nepotism. One of my favorite abo AND college au fics. It's completed.

7. Untouchable by Hedwig221b

The day Stiles Stilinski entered the Berkeley campus was the day all the alphas went absolutely fucking nuts. See, omegas were rare, even more than redheads. Got to be extremely fucking lucky to even see one in a lifetime. They were supposed to be these ethereal creatures of beauty and elegance, irresistible and blinding. And Stiles Stilinski was exactly that.

Notes: another Hedwig fic hehe. This one makes me go feral EVERY TIME. Literally one of my favorite fics to ever exist, I think I've read it three times in the last month and a half alone. If you're looking for unhinged sterek with absolutely besotted Derek, and pretty omega Stiles who has only eyes for him, this is the fic for you. They are literally so great!! 10/10, please please please go read this. It's completed.

8. You Smell Like Mine by bleep0bleep, marguerite_26 

People talk about the alpha instinct, an alpha's head being swayed by a nice-smelling omega, or the desire to drop everything and show off. Derek's never felt any of that. He's just not that kind of alpha. Then he meets Stiles.

Notes: I love Derek in this, he's trying SO HARD to remain nonchalant over Stiles, but he never stood a chance. One whiff of Stiles' scent and he was a goner, pathetically entranced. Good thing Stiles wants him back hehe. A sprinkle of Enemies to Lovers (and really, can we say it's sterek if it doesn't have enemies to lovers who are inexplicably drawn to each other despite their best efforts to appear indifferent?). It's completed.

9. His Only Defence by LunaCanisLupus_22

Stiles had just accidentally challenged an alpha. Oh God, and Scott had just stood by and let him do it. He was the worst best friend ever. Stiles was going to kill him. Except, oh right, the alpha was going to kill him first. Like beyond dead, ripped into tiny little pieces dead. So far dead that his dad would not be able to identify him, dead.

Notes: I honestly don't know how to explain this one. It's a modern au, only archaic abo rules exist and Stiles and Derek... well, Stiles is Stiles and Derek is Derek. They work it out. It's completed, but you need to have an account to read this work.

10. cheer up, babe by graveltotempo, SpringlockedSpectre

He was the basketball captain. And he was a cheerleader. Can I make it any more clear? OR: Derek Hale thought he had his crush on Stiles Stilinski under control. And then Stiles decided to show up to school in a skirt.

Notes: Derek is pining and makes a fool of himself all the time in front of Stiles. Stiles, thankfully for Derek, finds it charming. That's it, that's the fic. It's completed. I also recommend checking up graveltotempo's other works, they're great!

11. Love's Violent Delights by Dexterous_Sinistrous

Derek caught the way the man’s eyes looked over Stiles before lingering on his ass. He waited for the clerk to place the key on the counter before he reacted. Stiles startled at the loud noise, turning away from the pamphlets in the display box to see Derek pinning the clerk’s head against the counter. He drew in an even breath, looking between the struggling man and Derek. Derek briefly looked at Stiles, hesitating before he saw the gleam of excitement in Stiles’ eyes and the hint of lust in his scent. “Ever look at him, or any other Omega, like that again, and I’ll slice your eyes out with my claws.” He shoved the man back, not caring of the commotion that was made as he snatched up the key from the counter.

Notes: this makes me go feralllll it's so good. The Sheriff is imprisoned for what basically amounts to bullshit charges, and he and Derek share a cell. When Derek is freed, he looks for Stiles to make good on his promise to the Sheriff to take care of him. Somehow, they end up running from the law lol, my little criminal babies. Their relationship here is so uuuuuuughhhhh so wonderful! There's also critics to the system and talk about abo politics. It's completed.

12. Side Character by Hedwig221b

He should’ve kept his mouth shut. He should’ve smiled like always. Now everything was ruined, crushed, destroyed. Dust, shards, and the remnants of his pride. Love that no one needed. Derek’s gaze scalded the side of his face but Stiles refused to meet it. He had already revealed too much.

Notes: Hedwig, as always, writes such good stories! Seriously one of my favorite sterek writers! Stiles is oblivious and pining, Derek is also oblivious and pining, only in a completely different manner. They still end up together because they are meant to be in EVERY UNIVERSE. This doesn't have the traditional Alpha/Omega pairing, since Stiles is a Beta (really, the root of all this issue in the first place) He is very insecure in this one, but Derek is here for him. It's completed.

13. Made Your Mark on Me (A Golden Tattoo) by writteninthewolfstar

Beacon Hills High and Lycan Heights High are well-known enemies. Derek Hale, Lycan Heights' star quarter-back, is well-known for being aggressive and arrogant. Imagine Stiles surprise when he discovers that Derek Hale is actually his soul-mate.

Notes: this is a very sweet one. Pretty light hearted, especially compared to canon. The bullying does get a little intense at some points, though, so if that's triggering proceed with caution. Jock Derek, my beloved. Stiles is a loner, and also very insecure on this one! But Derek is an absolute sweetheart and a real champ, so love conquers all. Has some Bad Friend Scott, too, so if that's something you're interested in, this is your fic. It's completed.

14. We Gotta Hide What We're Doin' by CharWright5

As a Bodyguard within the Stilinski Rodzina, Derek's one and only job is to watch over the Omega son—and only child—of the Family's Head, Stiles, a task that is easier said than done some nights. It's just good that the Alpha knows the best way to punish the little troublemaker when his bratty behavior threatens to expose a secret that could get the Bodyguard killed.

Notes: this one has a lot of smut, and the premise is absolutely killer. I'm actually very sad it's not 200k words long, but what can you do? Stiles is the heir to a Mafia Empire, and Derek an enforcer and Stiles' personal bodyguard since he was young. Stiles is a spoiled brat here, but Derek likes that hehe. It's also a secret relationship. It's kiiiiind of dark, since this is a mafia au, but nothing too terrible. To be honest the most explicit part is the smut. It's completed.

15. Survival of the Species by Lissadiane

“I think I’m dying.” Nothing makes sense – and now Derek has left him. “No, Mr. Stilinski,” Deaton says grimly, rooting around in his special cupboard of herbs and remedies. “I’m afraid not. You’re merely suffering from a biological imperative to bear your alpha’s children and strengthen the pack.” Stiles considers that for a moment, as best he can with his mind a hazy mess, and then he says quietly, “I think that might be worse.” “So, so much worse,” Scott agrees. * In which Derek's pack is apparently stable enough to begin planning for the future, and somehow, the universe has decided Stiles is the perfect candidate to bear his alpha's children.

Notes: honestly?? One of the best fics I've read about mpreg, not just in the Teen Wolf, but in general. It keeps things real, everyone is the appropriate amount of freaked out, for a while no one is having a good time, and there's enough to hint at body horror that my angst thirst is satisfied. Don't worry though, everything's fine! And there's no actual body horror, Stiles just has a very wild imagination. There's also not actual mpreg either, it's just discussed. It's complete.

16. before the world catches up by negativelyme

Stiles is a beta, so he’s never been a part of the annual Winter Mating Rituals that take over his high school. Or so he thinks.

Notes: this one is so wholesome! Derek truly is trying his very best, you can do it, Derek! Stiles' I'm-a-Beta-no-one-wants-me issues are getting in the way of true love. All ends well. It's completed.

17. All You Ever Needed to Know About Knotting by orphan_account

Derek had started reading the column by accident. Really, reading strangers’ questions about knotting and heat had never really appealed to him. However, at that point in time, he was a little desperate. And he was right: most of the questions submitted by anonymous readers didn’t appeal to him. The answers, though, did. (Or: In which Stiles writes an advice column about knotting and Derek is smitten. Also they're neighbors.)

Notes: it's pretty much what it says in the summary. Overall very wholesome, made me laugh. Derek is absolutely precious here. It's completed.

18. You Want Me Back by graveltotempo

Stiles and the Hale pack come back to Beacon Hills for a High School reunion.

Notes: classic 10 year reunion fic (or maybe it's not classic in this fandom?? Tbh, most of the reunion fics I've read are from KHR), Stiles comes back to BH married and with a child. He, Jackson and Isaac are the best of bests, and Derek is, of course, wonderful. Peter is also pretty great, even if he appears for like 5 seconds. Canon Divergent from season 3b, bad friend Lydia, bad friend Scott. There's an epic smackdown and the Hales are basically top dogs. It's completed.

19. Over the Moon by likeshipsonthesea

Stiles and Derek spend a night together, and Derek, thinking he's protecting Stiles, tells him it was a mistake. Stiles leaves Beacon Hills. He also leaves behind 6 letters to say goodbye to the pack. From his letters, the pack thinks he's killed himself. Meanwhile, Stiles is in NYC, living with Jackson, going to Columbia, oh, and he's pregnant.

Notes: Derek is an idiot, but his heart is in the right place. Misscomunication ensues, basically, and it escalates way too much. Jackson and Stiles' broship is literally the best thing ever, I love them!!!! We should have more fics with them being the best duo ever.

20. the Jurisdiction series by elisera

John is a pretty level-headed guy. He wasn’t always, back during his own Sturm und Drang period, but he married a firecracker of a woman and got a kid with an affinity for trouble like he got payed for ending up in it, so someone had to level out or they would’ve ended up living in a treehouse or Lapland doing god knows what. Anyway, getting a hold of his temper is one of John’s better life achievements. It makes him a good sheriff and it kept him from blowing his lid too badly those last two years when Stiles started acting out in a way that John had never seen before.  But the temper is still there. He’s reminded of it when he comes home on a random Saturday in March after spilling his milkshake all over his uniform shirt only to notice he didn’t have a spare in the station and finds Stiles bend over the kitchen sink with hunched shoulders.

Notes: the first part of the series gets, admittedly, pretty violent. Everything after that is very wholesome though. The Sheriff is an absolute gem in this one! Also, the mpreg is a very important factor after the first part of the series, but the first part is mostly just sterek pining and the aforementioned violent events. I'd mind the tags. It's completed.

21. What To Expect When You're Expecting (A Litter of Sourwolf Puppies) by Brego_Mellon_Nin

The Sheriff sighs and plops down in a chair opposite his son. “Stiles, I’m going crazy here. We need to get you to a doctor. You sleep like you’re trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, and your eating habits are bizarre! You vomit around the clock and for some reason only the tea your mother used when she was pregnant will get your stomach to settle down for any length of time. Is there something you aren’t telling me? Can werewolves get guys pregnant? I’ve noticed how you look at that Hale kid-”  Stiles meeps and flails, sloshing tea down his front. Luckily it’s not scalding anymore, but still hot, so he jumps up and wrenches his shirt off. “God, dad, no! Guys can’t get pregnant, that’s ridiculous, it’s like...” “Like werewolves being real?” his dad questions, deadpan.

Notes: a wonderful accidental pregnancy fic. I love the Sheriff on this one, he's so supportive and actually has a hold of every single braincell because he is just THAT great. Stiles is also lovely, and while Derek is missing for like the first third of the fic he's great, too. This are pretty fluffy all around! It's completed.

22. I Don't Blame You for Being You (but you can't blame me for hating it) by LadySlytherin 

Derek hits Stiles with his Camaro - 'Dammit, Stiles, it was an accident!'...'Why don't I believe you?' - and hilarity ensues.

Notes: do you know how there are fics that make you go 'I LOVE STEREK SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAH'? Well, this is one of them. Derek hits Stiles with his car, Stiles ends with a broken leg, Derek gets to take care of him while he recovers as payment. Oh, and there's a fight about which pack Stiles actually belongs to, but that works itself out. It's pretty great. It's also completed.

23. Predators by Hedwig221b

He was born for this. Nature itself whispered into his ear where he should put his hands, how to twirl his tongue just right and when to bite. Stiles knew well enough that his saliva was currently working its magic on this unfortunate man, making him hungry, lustful, and insatiable. Soon, all his thoughts would be consumed by Stiles. And, just this once, Stiles would allow Derek to consume him.

Notes: to be honest, I thought I'd be putting this on another section, since this is a creature!Stiles fic (and it'll definitely go there when I make that fic rec list), but if it has mpreg then it has mpreg. This is actually one of my favorite fics ever!! I feel like I'm always saying this but it bears repeating, so: Hedwig always makes such great stories (as proven by the sheer amount of Hedwig fics I have in my rec lists lol). Stiles is so uuuuuugh in this one, I love him! And Derek! Oh lord, Derek makes me go feral here. Honestly, so good! It's completed, but do mind the tags because it gets... intense.

24. Disposition by Tulikettu

Stiles has an itch. A kinky, kinda dirty itch he needs to scratch.  So why not go on the Internet and look for a complete stranger to scratch it?  Derek needs a partner for his rut.  What a coincidence.

Notes: alright so this last one really veers off track from the rest of this list. It's basically pure smut so if you're not into that, don't read it. It also doesn't actually have mpreg, it's just discussed (and barely as a subject, since in their current present it isn't possible). Also, the kinks are... well, they are. There are some pretty triggering stuff in here so please mind the tags before you read, because if it's in the tags, you will read it, in detail. Other than that, it's pretty great! Stiles and Derek are very obsessed with each other, as they should. It's completed!

And this is everything. I honestly surprised myself with the amount of fics that ended up here, I hadn't realized I'd read that many sterek fics with ABO and mpreg. I hope you like these, Shar! And of course, anyone else who bounds finding this, I hope you enjoy these too.

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Werewolf by Night: Red Band #2 (2024)

written by Jason Loo art by Sergio Davila, Jay Leisten, Aure Jimenez, & Alex Sinclair

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This week on Marvel Comics (13th November 2024):

Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #061

Captain America Vol. 11 #015

Deadpool Vol. 10 #008

NYX Vol. 2 #005

Psylocke Vol. 2 #001 (NEW!)

Spectacular Spider-Men #009

Star Wars: Ewoks #002

Ultimate X-Men Vol. 2 #009

Uncanny X-Men Vol. 6 #005

Venom Vol. 5 #039 (Finale)

Venom War: Deadpool #003 (Finale)

Venom War: Wolverine #003 (Finale)

Werewolf by Night: Red Band #004

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Creatures Of The Night (18+)

Vampire!Eddie x Werewolf!Steve X Reader

Summary:Not very much here in terms of plot if we're being brutally honest, just some very fun and sexy times involving some monster steddie!

Warnings:NSFW, 18+, Making Out, Teasing, Fingering, Size Kink (slightly), Praise Kink, Oral Sex (Brief F Receiving), Missionary Sex, Cuddles afterwards for good measure!

Word Count:2, 213

Authour's Note:Maybe i'm unhinged for writing this but i'm just here for a good time and to fuck monsters, if that's not your thing then maybe this isn't the fic for you.

Masterlist

It was only ever under the bright white light of the moon that their true forms revealed themselves to you. The pitch black midnight provided them the chance to present themselves as they truly are.

Eddie with his pale skin, red-rimmed dark eyes, and spread of imposing bat-like wings. His wicked smile proudly shows off his two prominent sharp, pearly teeth. A few of his long dark curls had fallen loose from the bun tied at the nape of his neck, framing his pale face. He’d long been drawn to you, the scent of your blood called out to him, a rich, cherry-sweet scent unlike anything he’d ever come across before. His nose would brush against your neck, as his tongue licked over the pulsing veins in your neck, and despite it all, he could never bring himself to sink his teeth in, never wanting you to come to any harm, especially not at his cost.

And Steve, who’s broad shouldered frame is covered in thick coats of soft brown hair, his usual hazel brown eyes now glowed a honeyed golden sparkle in the moonlit dark of the bedroom. Even in his shaggy, wolf-like form there was still something incredibly human about him. The glint in his eyes that lets you know that underneath it all, he was still just your Stevie, and nothing could ever change that.

Maybe the way that you three came together each night wasn’t the conventional thing that was expected of three young adults living together in a small and quiet town like Hawkins but somehow you managed to make your rather unconventional situation work.

Most people wouldn't look twice at your boys in the harsh light of day. Steve in his usual look of light wash denim and striped polo shirts, a normal everyday outfit for the common man in Hawkins. And Eddie clad in his typical garb of some metal band's tour t-shirt, black leather jacket and black ripped jeans leading down to an old pair of tattered dark DMs was a look that most people turned their nose up at with a scoff. 

So yeah, mostly the residents of Hawkins, Indiana paid no mind to the two polar opposite boys who roamed their streets.

No. It wasn't until the sun dawned down each evening that your boys came out to play.

Being pinned between their two monstrous bodies was something that you welcomed. The touch of the supernatural was unlike anything you’ve ever felt before. 

It started out as a typical night, with you in bed relaxingly cuddled against the warm, soft hairs of Steve’s chest, fingers absentmindedly playing with his soft brown coat. Your head resting against him, listening to the steady beat of his heart, his chest rising and falling with every breath.

In stark contrast to the warmth you feel lying next to Steve, you feel Eddie’s presence sidling up beside you. The ice cold touch of his hand coasting up your arm as he leans in to press kisses along your collarbones, you feel his smirking smile against your skin as you shiver under his affections.

Eddie’s button-tipped nose is buried in the crook of your neck, inhaling the scent of you with a deep breath, before pressing one more cold kiss just underneath your ear. 

Steve wasn’t blind to what Eddie was trying to do, in fact he all but encouraged the vampire’s quest to arouse you. Steve quietly chuckled to himself as he felt you slyly trying to grind yourself naked body into his hairy thigh where your legs were tangled with his under the bed covers.

"Well would you look at that.." Steve's deep voice rumbles out "..it would seem as though our mate is getting a little squirmy from all those kisses your giving her, Munson" 

"Indeed it would, Harrington. How about we do something about that, huh pretty girl?" Eddie asks you, his voice a low raspy whisper beside your ear.

You lift yourself from the soft comfort of Steve's chest to nod your head. 

"I'm gonna need you to use your words, Sweet Thing." Eddie purrs out, ever the tease.

You nod your head once more

"Yes please.." you breathed.

"Always so polite.." Eddie smiles. He looks over to Steve and gives him a subtle nod of his head, which Steve understands right away, as his massive hands gently man-handle you into a position where you’re sat on the bed, with your body relaxing back against his soft furry chest, your head leaning against his shoulder.

Steve’s large hands are pawing at your exposed chest, squishing the soft flesh of your boobs under his rough touch. His fingers eagerly toying with your nipples, rolling each one between the calloused tips of his fingers. His lips hungrily sucks dark marks against your skin, trailing his kisses up the side of your neck.

“Hold her open, Wolfie.” Eddie commands Steve teasingly, knowing how much Steve hated Eddie’s affectionate nick-name for him. 

Steve’s hands immediately skate down the sides of your body, his nails leaving light scratch marks as he does. His big hands settle themselves on the soft skin of the inside of your thighs before spreading them and holding them open.

Eddie stands up and makes his way over to where you're so tantalisingly spread out for him. Stalking the room, his dark eyes never leaving your exposed frame.

You watch his movements with anticipation. There’s a delicious heat that warms through you as you watch how he lewdly spits in his palm before dropping his hand down and teasing his cock in slow strokes, his thumb swiping over the mess of pooling pre-cum gathering at the tip as his fist strokes upwards making sure to glide over the prominent vein that runs the underside of his length.

"Don’t worry Pretty Girl, I'm going to make you feel real good, real soon" Eddie promised. "Just gonna let Harrington have his moment with you first, you know he's gotta stretch you out to get you ready for me"

You feel the insistent press of Steve's cock at your back and all too quickly you're reminded of why he has to stretch you out. In his human form Steve was not small by any shred of the imagination, but with enough prep and slow, gentle movements from both parties you could take him.

However, in his humanoid-wolf hybrid form it was a different story. Everything about him was bigger, in every sense of the word. Of course you’d tried to take him, so desperate to feel the stretch of him inside you, but it would be a while before you could accommodate the press of his thick length in your tight wet heat. For now you had settled on a happy medium of being opened up by the rough and calloused touch of Steve’s fingers.

Starting with only one of his fingers, carefully teasing his way around your pussy, gathering the wetness on the pads of his fingertips before drawing it up and rubbing on your clit in tight circles. His thick finger slips back down and slowly inches inside you, just letting you adjust to the feeling of his finger for a moment before he begins to thrust in and out of you.

Your head falls back against his chest whimpering quiet little moans into the crook of his neck.

“Aw, is Stevie making you feel good, Sweetheart?” Eddie’s voice taunts, a slight tone of condescension as he watches Steve slip another one of his fingers inside you, working them in and out of your wet cunt.

Steve noses into your hair, deeply inhaling the sweet scent of your shampoo, little gruff whines of approval falling from his lips as he feels you tighten around his fingers.

"That's it…There's my good girl, gonna come from me, aren’t you, Sweet Thing?" Steve growls against your skin, his sharp teeth nipping little marks against your neck.

You whine and babble incoherently as Steve continues to thrust his fingers and rub your clit in quick circles, holding you close to his body. 

Your orgasm rushes over you, clenching and pulsing against Steve’s thick fingers with a wet gush.

Steve gently rubs over your clit as tenderly as he can with his big pawing hands, helping you to come down from the high of your orgasm.

“There she is, my good girl…So sweet and pretty..” Steve breathes against your neck in-between placing tender to your skin.

“Think you mean our girl, Harrington. Thought you wolves were all about sharing with the rest of your pack, huh.” Eddie teases from where he’s sat on the edge of the bed, his dark brown almost black eyes scarcely tearing away from your steadily breathing frame. His long fingers are still slowly stroking over the length of his cock, keeping himself hard and ready just for you.

“You ready for me, Angel?” he asks, all too cocksure of the fact that you were never going to give him an answer short of a shy nod of your head and a breathy whine of ‘please’. 

“I’m ready please, Eddie..I just want to feel you..” you plead desperately, which earns you a rumbling chuckle from the vampire above you.

"Well since you asked so nicely, who am I to deny such a request?" Eddie smiles broadly, bearing his pearly fangs to you.

He leans his head between your spread legs, where Steve’s big strong hands hold you open, and places one soft, solitary kiss against your clit before sweeping his tongue the length of your pussy, slurping up glistening wetness.

"You know I can never resist getting a taste of your sweet cunt, my Darling" he purrs “..but it’s only fair that Wolfie here gets to have a taste too..” before leaning over your shoulder and bringing Steve close with a cold hand snaked around the back of his neck, his long fingers tugging into the soft strands of Steve's scruffy hair. Eddie presses his lips against Steve’s, his tongue slipping between his fangs to allow Steve to taste the sweetness of your juices in a heated and passionate kiss.

An appreciative growling hum resonates from the wolf as he licks his lips when Eddie pulls away from him.

“Always so sweet for us, Pretty girl..” Steve praises, making you beam under his affections.

“Oh! Does our pretty girl like being praised for being a good girl?” Eddie notes as he takes in the way you shy away into the crook of Steve’s neck.

Eddie hooks his finger under your chin, gently tilting your face up, forcing you to look at him.

You shyly nod your head, your words failing you as you’re pinned between these two supernatural beings.

“Well since you’re being such a good girl for us, then I guess it’s only fair that Eddie gets to feel you come for him the way I did.” Steve tells you, his fingers running back up your body to toy with your nipples.

With one more breathy whimper of ‘Please’ falling from your lips Eddie takes his cock in his hand and begins to sink himself into you inch by inch.

Eddie rolls his hips into you, filling you so completely every time he thrusts into you. The cold touch of his fingertips make you shiver as they sink into the warm, soft flesh of your thighs.

Steve takes his opportunity to snake one of his hands down your body to rub circles over your sensitive clit.

“Keep that up Harrington, she’s squeezing me so tight, she feels like a fuckin’ dream” Eddie praises as he continues to rut his hips into you, hitting against that spot inside you that has a flaring heat building in your stomach.

The lewd sounds of Steve’s growled kisses against your neck, Eddie’s sloppy thrusts as he chased his orgasm, and your own whining whimpers resound in the otherwise quiet bedroom.

It didn’t take much more than a few sharp thrusts from Eddie hitting so deeply inside you and Steve’s pawing hands rubbing your clit with just the right amount of pleasure that you were coming around Eddie’s cock. Your orgasm shuddering through your body.

With the way your walls were squeezing him so tightly Eddie buried himself deep inside you once more before he was filling you with the hot spurts of his release.

Taking a moment to gather yourselves, Eddie slowly pulls himself out of your tight wet heat with a hiss of sensitivity.

Steve pulls your body back to his, wrapping his arm around your shoulder, and placing a sweet kiss to the crown of your head.

“Did so well for us sweetheart.” Steve praises once more.

“I love you, you know that, right? Both of you?” you say, looking between the two creatures.

“Yeah we know you do, sweetheart, we love you too.” Steve smiles “Now, you get your blood-sucking ass over here, Munson. I’ve got two arms for a reason.” he smirks, gesturing to the other empty space in the large bed.

Eddie slinks over to the bed, sidling up to Steve, and for the rest of the night that’s how you two spend your time together. You and Eddie snuggled into the soft warmth of Steve’s chest, falling into a relaxed and easy sleep.

@sunflowerdaydreamer @munsonology @xxhellfiregirlxx

[patrickdiomedes]

Rating Marvel's Disco Dazzler variant covers, as someone who knows practically nothing about disco or fashion.

Because why the hell not?

Amazing Spider-Man #55 and #56, covers by Luciano Vecchio. I have no strong feelings one way or the other on MJ's outfit on issue 56, but disco ball spider man? Hell yeah. I don't even mind the round spider symbol belt buckle here, and I usually prefer the symbol to be less round, and more like an actual spider.

The Avengers #17, cover by J. Scott Campbell.

I would like this a lot more if anyone other than J Scott Campbell drew it. God I fucking hate his art style so much. Still, Storm looks great, Thor looks like a member of the BeeGees (and I mean that in a good way) and Tony wearing an outfit OVER his iron man suit? A+

Avengers Assemble #1, cover by Anand Ramcheron. Perfect, no notes, 10/10.

Captain America #12, cover by Elizabeth Torque. I feel like the shield should be sparklier, but I dig the outfit.

Daredevil #12, cover by Scott Godlewski. Oh my god I didn't notice until just now that Matt has the Daredevil logo shaved into his chest hair, that's fucking perfect.

Deadpool #5, cover by Annie Wu. The fact that the red portions of the suit aren't sequinned is disappointing. Come on Wade, commit to the bit!

Doctor Strange #18, cover by Marguerite Sauvage. Oh, this one is fucking phenomenal. The colors, the patterns, the oversized collar and Eye of Agamotto on Steven? All absolutely perfect.

Fantastic Four #23, cover by Ben Su. Incredible Hulk #15, Cover by Todd Nauck. Miles Morales: Spider Man #23, cover by Karen Darboe. Don't really have anything to say about these, they're fun. Though Hulk should have chest hair.

Incredible Hulk #16, cover by Edwin Galmon. Ms. Walters, please crush me with your sequinned thighs.

Immortal Thor #14, cover by Lee Garbett. I actually bought this one, because hell yeah disco ball Mjolnir. Also because Immortal Thor is incredible. Al Ewing don't miss, y'all.

Scarlet Witch #3, cover by Jessica Fong. This one is absolutely stunning. The disco balls for her magical aura around her hands? The pattern on her clothes? The fucking stars? 100/10.

Uncanny X-Men #1, cover byPablo Villalobos. Dig the outfit, but I think the Soul Sword should've been disco ball-ified.

Venom #36, cover by Rickie Yagawa. Looks good, but I feel like they should've gone farther with the theme. Come on, give him some wide lapels!

Vengeance of the Moon Knight #8, cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli. Absolutely fucking perfect. The Mr. Knight look needed very little work to disco-ify it, and god it looks cool.

Werewolf by Night: Red Band #1, cover by Jeremy Wilson. X-Men #2, cover by Olivier Vatine. These two are pretty cool, but I dont' really have anything substantial to say about them.

X-Force #2, cover by Phil Noto. I am always a slut for Phil Noto, and I love how dynamic this cover looks.

X-Factor #1, cover by David Lopez. This one's alright, but honestly I can't help but think how cool Warren could look in a disco version of his Archangel form.

[age-of-moonknight]

Werewolf by Night: Red Band (Vol. 1/2024), #2.

Writer: Jason Loo; Penciler: Sergio Dàvila; Inkers: Jay Leisten and Aure Jimenez; Colorist: Alex Sinclair; Letterer: Cory Petit

[mcudc616]

Werewolf by Night - Red Band #1-2 (2024)

[wlw-webcomic-bracket]

WEBCOMIC DIRECTORY

Half the reason I created this tournament is so I could find new webcomics to read, and I know a bunch of you are following it for the same reason.

So: Here is a directory of every webcomic that was submitted!

Please note that this list is Very Long, so (1) I have not read most of these webcomics and can't vouch for their content, and (2) I have not tested any of these links, but I can fix any errors if you point them out.

Comics are listed in alphabetical order, with the featured couple(s) or poly ship(s) in parentheses. Broken into two parts because Tumblr only allows 100 links per post and there are 140 comics.

180° Angel (Sam and Lilith)

2 Slices (Ruka and Rio)

A Week in Warrigilla (Hazel and Willie)

A&H Club (Adrian and Hildegard)

Alice and the Nightmare (Edith and Quinn)

Alien Heart (Ivy and Rosa)

Always Human (Sunati and Austen)

Balderdash (Georgie and Afia)

Band vs Band (Honey Hart and Turpentine)

Blindsprings (Ember and Irelia)

Boyfriends (Jock, Prep, Nerd, and Goth)

Bugtopia (Arachne and Scarlet)

Burn Away (Abella and Edie)

Charity Case (Sylvia and Jerry)

Circuits and Veins (Ai and Aki)

Console Her (Claudia and Ava)

Cucumber Quest (Almond and Peridot; Piano and Ametrine)

Cursed Princess Club (Nell and Jolie)

Dame Daffodil (Charo and Alesea)

Daughter of the Lilies (Lyra and Margot)

Dead Winter (Lizzie and Alice)

Dicebox (Griffin and Molly)

Dirt Creek Runs Red with Blood (Ines and Sarepia)

Dom&Mor (Dominique and Morgan)

Dresden Codak (Kimiko and Elith)

Drop-Out (Lola and Sugar)

Dumbing of Age (Becky and Dina; Jennifer/Billie and Ruth)

El Goonish Shive (Ellen and Nanase; Catalina and Rhoda; Diane and Lucy)

Eldritch Darling (Ina and CJ)

Encore! (Quinn and Hana)

Ennui Go (Izzy, Darcy, and Tanya)

Errant (Sarin and Jules)

Facing the Sun (Aarya and Liza)

Finding Wonderland (Alex and Lucky)

Flowers For the Arsonist (Lucia and Paige)

Four Leaf (Carla and Lina)

Gals (Croix, Sam, Lux, and Charlotte)

Ghoul Crush (Sison and Laguna)

Girly (Otra and Winter)

Glitterlaced (Goldie and Luck)

Go Get a Roomie (Roomie and Lillian)

Guide to the Land of Monsters (Arnatuk and Tove)

Gunnerkrigg Court (Kat and Paz; Zimmy and Gamma)

Hard Lacquer (Claire and Robin; Claire and Petra)

Heartstopper (Darcy and Tara)

Heir's Game (Sevilia and Ilianna)

Her Tale of Shim Chong (Shim Chong and Madam Jang)

High Class Homos (Sapphia and Odette; Sapphia and Marla)

Homestuck (Rose and Kanaya; Calliope and Roxy; Vriska and Meenah; Vriska and Terezi)

How to Be a Werewolf (Marin and Marisa)

I Love Amy (Amy and Bibi)

I Want to Be a Cute Anime Girl (Cheryl and Delilah)

I'm the Villainess but the Heroine's Trying to Capture Me (Nelly and Nancy)

In My Heart (Wantanabe Yuki and Sasaki Mari)

Isadora (Isaline and Theodora)

It's Okay to Like Girls (Sophie and Olivia)

Kidd Commander (Phineas and Agatha)

Kill Six Billion Demons (Allison and Ciocie Cioelle)

Kiss It Goodbye (Aruka and Yukimi)

Lady of the Shard (Radiant Goddess and Acolyte; Radiant Goddess and Old God)

Lesbiampires (Daphne and Veronika)

Lore Olympus (Athena and Hestia)

Mage & Demon Queen (Malori and Velverosa)

Matchmaker (Kimmy and Marlowe)

Missing Monday (Foyle and Monday)

Monsters and Girls (Lili and Sera)

Motherlover (Imogen and Alex)

Moving In (Jackie and Riley)

Muted (Camille, Nyra, and Dendro)

My Dragon Girlfriend (Dani and Christie; Callie and Olive)

My Sweet Archenemy (Mad Spade and Miss Sunshine)

My Wish Is to Fall In Love Until You Die (Shiina and Mimi; Seiran and Ari)

Namesake (Selva and Alice)

Nano List (Chacha and Zavi)

Never Satisfied (Neith and Isra)

Nevermore (Lenore and Annabel Lee)

Night Owls and Summer Skies (Emma and Vivian)

Not So Shoujo Love Story (Rei and Hanna)

Octopus Pie (Jane and Marigold)

Offbeat (Beau and Julie)

On a Sunbeam (Mia and Grace; Alma and Char)

On Borrowed Time (Rune and Dielle)

Osora (Celia and Catalina)

Remaining links in part two!

[cybercitycomix]

Top New Marvel Comic Releases for the Week of October 23rd, 2024.

Alien Romulus Annual #1,

Avengers #19,

Conquest 2099 #2,

Dazzler #2,

Iron Man #1,

Scarlet Witch #5,

Spider-Boy #12,

Venom War Lethal Protectors #2,

Werewolf by Night Red Band #3 +

X-Men #6.

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: West Coast Avengers #40: And Now the... NIGHT SHIFT!

January, 1989

What a kooky band of villains for our heroes to tangle with. I'm pretty sure one of them is Candle- well, a guy named candle something. I have a post to write here, I can't afford to get kidnapped.

And one of them is Has Watch Will Travel? And a Hollywood werewolf? One of the Monarch's Murderflies from Venture Bros?

Weird.

But the regular writer was fired partway through the last issue and the new subplot he was setting up was unceremoniously taken out back and shot. Byrne is taking over the book with unlucky number 42.

So that means two issues to either spin the wheels or try to deal with what lingering plot threads are left.

I think the only lingering plot thread is the Mockingbird divorce, vengeful cowboy ghost thing.

I don't know if DeFalco called dibs on wrapping up the Mockingbird/Phantom Rider subplot or whether Gruenwald just didn't want to deal with it but in issue 40 we get wheel spinning. And then in issue 41, DeFalco and Macchio deal with the loose thread just before Byrne comes in.

So since this is a fill-in issue, what do we need to know?

Last times on West Coast Avengers: A lot happened but the relevant bits are that due to a disagreement over creepy stalker cowboy manslaughter, Mockingbird quit/was fired from the West Coast Avengers and took Tigra and Moon Knight with her. Scarlet Witch and Vision joined the team so that the WCA wouldn't just be Hawkeye and Wonder Man. Mantis looked like she was going to join but her only supporter, Steve Englehart, was fired and she was shoved out the door.

Mockingbird's team is still just kinda hanging around. They're Notvengers but keep fighting the good fight. Despite Mockingbird's moral stand that its okay to manslaughter cowboys sometimes, its not like she and her team have gone around manslaughtering other people. They're just a trio of like-minded Notvengers.

And when Mockingbird sees a weirdo burying people in the road, well, that's the kind of thing superheroes stick their nose into.

Mockingbird: "Ahh! This is what I live for... Throwing myself into a situation where the slightest misstep means disability or death. ... Pushing myself to the limit... and gambling that my all is enough to handle whatever I'm up against."

And what she's up against is a Frankenstein looking dude called the Digger who likes 1) digging, 2) telling scary stories to captive audiences, 3) and apparently being a zombie.

He's really annoyed when Mockingbird shows up and interrupts story time and tries to wallop her with his shovel.

She ultimately beats him with slapstick.

And takes him and the dudes he had buried in the road to the police to sort out.

Outside of LA, the rest of the Night Shift gang meets in a spooky Victorian manor called the Tower of Shadows. I don't think a manor is a tower but the house does have a tower.

Tower of Shadows is also the name of a Marvel horror mag. Digger was a horror host.

I know Marvel loves recycling its not superhero characters into the superhero context. Archie-ripoff Patsy Walker becomes Hellcat and so on.

But a horror host winding up on a supervillain team but still taking opportunities to force people to hear his spooky stories is a step above.

Its apparently later established that in-universe Digger was the horror host for a TV show called, yup, Tower of Shadows.

Fun minutiae.

Lets go around the table really quick.

The guy with the giant needle is named Needle. He has a paralyzing gaze. I have no idea what this has to do with needles but he also likes to sew people's mouths shut.

Dancing lady is Dansen Macabre. She has the power to dansen, in a macabre way. Also she can hypnotize or kill people who watch her dance.

Guy with the towering blond hair is Misfit. He's big 'n tough.

The guys with the high red collars and yet no corresponding capes are the Brothers Grim. They conjure items that are kinda sorta like things from fairy tales.

The guy that DOES have a cape is Tatterdemalion. He can rot paper and cloth with a touch thanks to gloves soaked in chemicals.

Behind him is Jack Russell terror, Werewolf-by-Night. Bad doggo.

And rounding out the table is Tick Tock. He's basically Destiny. Mystique's wife who can read ahead in the script? Yeah, Tick Tock is that but not as good.

And arriving is Gypsy Moth, who has an awkward name and POWER OVER FIBERS. Also, she later changes her name to Skein, probably because her first one was awkward but Lymantria Dispar Dispar doesn't roll off the tongue and Spongy Moth (the new Entomological Society of America approved name) doesn't strike fear in her enemies. So I'll roll with the name Skein.

West Coast Avengers acquaintance the Shroud runs this group of lower case-m misfits but he's not here right now.

Skein flies in and reports that she's heard rumor that when Digger was shaking down the Calamari Brothers, Mockingbird the Avenger beat the crap out of him and arrested him!

Clearly, such an insult can't stand!

Night Shift debates finding out where Digger is being held and busting him out but Shroud told them not to cause fuss with the cops when he's not around.

Tatterdemalion proposes they all go beat the shit out of the Avengers. Sure, Shroud told them not to mess with the Avengers either. But he's not here right now, is he?

Dansen Macabre: "I agree, Tatterdemalion! And as deputy leader in the Shroud's absence, I say it is high time we taught those daylight glory-grabbers the lesson that all of the Los Angeles underworld has learned -- don't mess with the Night Shift!"

This is amazing, for really dumb reasons.

It will later be retconned in that Well Actually, Evil Parent Gang the Pride controlled the West Coast but that they laid low to not get grief from superheroes before they (the Pride) could destroy the world (which they didn't actually manage).

That means they were lying low while jokers like Night Shift were swaggering around claiming to own this town.

Big, serious no nonsense supervillains like the Pride having to hold their tongues in the face of these goobers! Its amazing.

Anyway, since Night Shift are clearly people who hold to Aesthetic over all else, they of course drive everywhere in hearses. The whole team piles into two hearses and drives to the West Coast Avengers Compound.

Since Tick Tock is reading ahead in the script, he directs Night Shift how to use their powers to confound the security system. Including having Skein disassemble the fiber optics. Power over fiber is scary.

Since the West Coast Avengers Compound is a bunch of buildings, Night Shift just picks the closest one to storm.

Unfortunately, it's the bungalow for the support staff and a returning Joachin Mendez and a newly introduced Yolanda Russo get taken hostage.

Yolanda hears the ruckus and manages to hit the alarm before the Werewolf OH YEAHS through her door.

The intruder alarm alarms, alarming Hawkeye who was napping on a couch, presumably in the monitor room.

Hawkeye puts out an AVENGERS ASSEMBLE on the intercom.

It wakes up Scarlet Witch and Vision. Vision goes off to see what's wrong, leaving Wanda with the children.

She worries that if there's actually a real problem, the West Coast Avengers might be in trouble. There's only four people on the team right now. Wonder Man isn't even at the compound because he had a Hollywood social function. Presumably to promote his movie. Which changed names apparently. There's a poster for Arkon IV: Barbarian Berserkers. But it was subtitled the Goblin Pit last time we got a title for it. Probably because the writer change.

So four person team. Wonder Man not here. Scarlet Witch left with the babies. That only leaves Hawkeye and Vision. A two-person... well team feels like the wrong word. A dynamic duo maybe.

Tick-Tock uses his clock powers to predict Vision is approaching and will beat up the Brothers Grimm if they use wacky weapons funny foam or exploding eggs.

The brothers user the twinkie-dust which somehow can congeal intangible Vision and force him to the ground.

Hawkeye tries to shoot flare arrow (flarrows) to light up the Brothers Grimm so he can shoot them with different arrows. But Skein unravels Hawkeye's bowstring.

The two heroes become surrounded by the entire Night Shift (minus Shroud and Digger, but, eh, semantics). Plus, Needle has Yolanda as a hostage!

Night Shift having a hostage doesn't seem to faze Hawkeye though. He hucks a adhesive arrowhead at Skein, gunking up her wings.

Unfortunately, Skein doesn't use her moth wings to actually fly. Its just Aesthetic.

She's holding herself up with her fabric telekinesis. And she demonstrates by yoinking Hawkeye up into the air by his costume. Which I have to imagine has wedgy-like characteristics.

Vision still can't intangible because of the twinkie-dust. And is soon set upon by Werewolf, Tatterdemalion, and Misft. And Hawkeye is being menaced by the Brothers Grimm.

So Vision uses SOLAR BEAM to evaporate the Brothers' magic clouds. They fall and WHUMMMP on the floor. And Hawkeye throws an explosive arrow to knock Misfit off Vision.

Teamwork! Or, hmm, duowork.

MEANWHILE, back at L.A., Mockingbird rejoins Moon Knight and Tigra in Moon Knight's Moonwing.

Mockingbird reports her Digger arrest to her two fellow Notvengers. And then starts thinking aloud.

Digger supposedly works on Night Shift for the Shroud. And Mockingbird can't figure that guy out.

Hawkeye offered membership to the Shroud once but the guy seems like a criminal. Mockingbird always told Hawkeye they needed to arrest the guy or help him clear his name. She just doesn't get why the West Coast Avengers never busted him!

I'm not sure why Hawkeye didn't tell the other Avengers what the deal is with Shroud. Seems a weird omission.

Anyway, Moon Knight knows that Night Shift operates out of the Tower of Shadows so he decides the Notvengers should find out what Shroud's deal is once and for all.

And its his Moonwing so....

Back at the fight, Skein threatens to drop Hawkeye from a hundred feet off the ground. And Dansen Macabre sexy dances at Vision despite his protestations that sexy-based attacks don't work on him because he's an artificial human.

BUT: HERE SHE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY!

Scarlet Witch: "Sure would be improbable if gravity went wild -- and one person were suddenly pulled to Earth at great speed -- while another floated down like a leaf! But improbabilities become realities when the Scarlet Witch is around!"

Yeah, since the West Coast Avengers have an actual staff, Wanda got Jorge to watch the kids so she could come help Vision and Hawkeye.

And then five seconds later, the Brothers Grimm throw magic beans which explode into giant cotton balls. Wanda gets trapped in the cotton with Skein manipulating the fibers so her arms are stuck at her side.

And Needle uses Paralyze Gaze to freeze Hawkeye from running to help Scarlet Witch.

Womp womp.

With the West Coast Avengers defeated, Dansen Macabre states Night Shift's demands.

They want:

Digger to be released by the police and all charges dropped.

That's it.

And if the WCA do this, then Night Shift will release their Yolanda hostage.

Hawkeye now has no idea what this is about. He has no idea who Digger is or why Night Shift would think the Avengers have anything to do with him.

A Brother Grimm tells Werewolf by Night to try to sniff out more Avengers. I mean, only three Avengers? That's not much of a team!

Meanwhile, with the Notvengers breaking into the Tower of Shadows.

They get a net dropped on them.

I mean, Tigra and Moon Knight can rip through it because its meant for more mundane intruders.

Also: apparently: Khonshu being in the driver's seat is not a secret anymore? Tigra references to him as "an Egyptian God in a man's bod" so.

After escaping the net, the Notvengers head down the spiral staircase towards the hideout.

Tigra comments that it doesn't smell like anyone's been here for about two hours.

Mockingbird says it figures that a group called the Night Shift would be working at night.

The Notvengers finds Night Shift's meeting room which helpfully has all their stolen loot on the table as well as a note from Dansen Macabre to the Shroud.

Basically just saying 'hey, we've gone to pick a fight with the West Coast Avengers, feel free to pitch in.'

Tigra suggests going to help the West Coast Avengers or at least calling and giving a heads-up.

Mockingbird suggests an alternate plan.

The Notvengers lay in wait for Night Shift to come back and Hawkeye can go fuck himself.

If he was happy leaving the gang alone to do their thing, then he can enjoy having a play date with them.

Also, this creepy mansion doesn't have a phone and cell phones aren't in wide use yet.

But one gets the sense that its mostly spite.

Back at the West Coast Avengers Compound, Hawkeye still has no fucking idea what Night Shift is talking about.

Of course, he's too paralyzed to say so.

Dansen Macabre tells Hawkeye that Night Shift is going to take off with their hostage so make sure to tell his wife to keep her nose out of Night Shift business.

And NOW Hawkeye understands.

Anyway, Wonder Man suddenly shows up to save the day.

Just plows through the entire Night Shift and saves Yolanda.

Tick Tock didn't predict this because... I guess his powers are based on eyesight?

Whatever, precog powers are broken anyway.

Wonder Man and Vision tear apart the cotton balls, freeing Scarlet Witch.

Misfit attacks Wonder Man both physically and emotionally by telling him his last movie sucked. Wonder Man ends up just punching the dude because he's strong but not Wonder Man strong.

That's the pattern. Wonder Man lets himself get beaten up for a while and then goes 'bee tee dubs, I've been sandbagging.'

Hawkeye throws some smoke arrowheads to blind Tick Tock and Werewolf-by-Night.

Vision punches out Needle and Tatterdemalion. They're basically normal dudes, in terms of their ability to take a punch. But Dansen Macabre dances and mesmerizes him. Despite his claims of immunity to sexy-based mind control.

Scarlet Witch locks down the Brothers Grimm and Skein by magicing their tricks back at them.

And for an encore, she goes and punches Dansen Macabre in the back of the head for sexy dancing at her husband.

That's her job, dammit!

Meanwhile, the Shroud arrives at the tower of Shadows and goes dammit the West Coast Avengers have broken into my sanctum and are touching my stuff! >=[

Tigra is specifically touching his itemized list of loot, which carefully spells out what criminals the loot was stolen from and how much.

Mockingbird quips that Night Shift is a "mob of monsters with M.B.A.'s."

Tigra then smells Shroud which means he can't just keep lurking watching them touch his stuff. So he switches right to spooky mode.

Shroud: "You have violated the inner sanctum of the Shroud! Speak your business at once!"

Mockingbird tells him to come out of the shadows because she doesn't like conversations with people she can't see. So Shroud just tells her to enjoy talking to herself and fucks off.

He managed to sense the note from Dansen Macabre so he's going to go bail out his team instead of talking to the people getting fingerprints on his things.

Back at the West Coast Avengers Compound, having turned the tables on Night Shift, the West Coast Avengers have sat them down in chairs and lectured them about how Mockingbird left the team and what she does doesn't reflect on them.

Seriously. Sat them down in a sullen little classroom setting.

This is amazing.

Wonder Man is confused by Hawkeye's tone of trying to reason with them when they attacked the Avengers. They're crooks. Aren't we going to send them to jail?

But the room is suddenly engulfed in darkness and Shroud tells Night Shift to skedaddle.

Hawkeye manages to pin Shroud with an arrow and get a moment to talk with him during the run away. But Shroud says they'll talk in the usual place in ten minutes.

So Hawkeye lets Night Shift get away. And tells the West Coast Avengers to not try to pursue. To their bafflement and annoyance.

The usual place is apparently the cliffs overlooking the ocean in the West Coast Avengers Compound. Make-Out Cliffs, since that's where Tigra and Moon Knight used to go to make out.

Hawkeye and Shroud don't make out though.

Shroud starts the conversation by going 'okay, none of this was my idea.'

And Hawkeye believes that but he suggests that maybe Shroud can't handle this fake crime-boss game he's playing and can't keep his dangerous gang under control. And if not, maybe he should quit.

Shroud escalates in kind going 'yeah, well you can't keep your wife in line AND she took half the team in the divorce.'

Hawkeye is just surprised that Shroud talked to Mockingbird. Shroud tells him that she's probably still at the Tower of Shadows and gives him the phone number.

BECAUSE THE SPOOKY MANSION HAD A PHONE, MOCKINGBIRD JUST DIDN'T LOOK HARD ENOUGH.

Anyway, contact her. Tell her to stop messing with Night Shift. And this nonsense won't happen again.

Hawkeye: "Know something, Shroudy? That criminal facade of ours is getting pretty shop-worn. I take it you're still not letting your gang know your true colors." Shroud: "Most of them. I still find my cover useful. You fight evil your way, I'll fight it mine. Agreed?" Hawkeye: "Yeah. I'm gonna have to let my troops know the truth about you and your operation, you know." Shroud: "I trust your judgement. Now... farewell."

Okay.

Shroud is pulling a Green Hornet. Infiltrating the underworld to undermine it from within.

Specifically, he's taken a bunch of villains that would otherwise be causing problems and redirected them to target other criminals.

It looks like a gang robbing other gangs but it keeps the real gangs from getting too powerful.

(And somehow the Shroud never learned about the Pride. I suspect the Pride weren't as influential as they claimed, honestly. Claiming they kept the West Coast free of overt villainy to superheroes would lose interest in it kinda ignores everything that ever happened on the West Coast in Marvel.)

Hawkeye has been enabling the Shroud by keeping the West Coast Avengers from going after him. And its not like they didn't have other stuff to occupy their time.

FOR SOME REASON, Hawkeye decided not to tell any of his team that Shroud was pulling a Green Hornet.

Not even his wife, Mockingbird.

When Hawkeye's claimed problem with cowboy manslaughter was that Mockingbird didn't trust him with it.

And he's keeping the Shroud's true motives secret from her for no fucking reason.

Fuck Hawkeye.

But also: probably because of the change in writer.

The Shroud batmans away from the conversation, to Hawkeye's annoyance.

To sync up with Avengers and to bring us right up to the Byrne era, next time is another West Coast Avengers. Let's tie off that dangling cowboy ghost plot thread.

When West Coast Avengers started, I never thought vengeful cowboy ghost would be one of the more long-lasting subplots but here we are.

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I. Favourite Colours: Black, green, grey, a particular shade of murky/murderous sky, wine red

II. Favourite Flavours: Coffee, whisky, wine, Pho, curry in most its manifestations except 'bad', anise, dark chocolate, rain, wet forest

III. Favourite Genres: Fantasy, Historical, Horror (notable mentions: Folk horror, Creature features, Zombies, Religious/Supernatural, Natural, Lovecraftian) Science-Fiction (notable mention: Dying Earth, Space Western), Black Comedy, most anything 'gritty' and/or 'gothic'

IV. Favourite Music: Ambient, Classical, Dark Folk, Alternative, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Gothic Rock, Grunge, Post-Punk, Nordic Folk, Dark Synthwave, Post-Metal, New Age, Indie, Electronica… etc.

V. Favourite Movies: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, No Country For Old Men

VI. Favourite Series: Hannibal, Midnight Mass, The Sandman, Vikings, The Haunting of Hill House, Justified, The Bear, The Punisher, The Boys, Band of Brothers, WestWorld, American Gods, True Detective

VII. Last Song: Telescope - Something for Kate, Chocolate Jesus - Tom Waits

VIII. Last Series: The Clearing, The Bear Season 2, Justified: City Primeval

IX. Last Movie: Werewolf by Night in Colour, The Martian

X. Currently Reading: Not currently reading

XI. Currently Watching: Not currently watching

XII. Currently Working on: Building a chicken coop from recycled timber and post-Covid spite

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Tagging: The void

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90s/00s AU Part 2: The Actual AU!

ASC

Finn, Tae, Nemo, formerly Louie before he split off to do something with his brothers

The Lads

Mushu, Tad, Pip, Phineas, Milo

The Mallard Brothers

Huey, Dewey, and Louie giving JoBros Energy

My Werewolf Romance

Pepper, San and Merida

Solo Artists:

Tink Bell

Judy Moon

Phillip Knightley

Shang Li

Eilonwy Llyr

Awards Given:

Video of the Year - Red Flavor by Judy Moon

Artist of the Year - The Lads

Song of the Year - Come Alive by Shang Li

Best New Artist - The Mallard Brothers

Best Group Video - ASC

Best Collaboration - Judy Moon and Phillip Knightley

Best Pop Video - Red Flavor by Judy Moon

Best Rock Video - Welcome to the Black Parade by My Werewolf Romance

Song of Summer - Red Flavor by Judy Moon

VMAs Most Iconic Performance - Eilonwy Llyr

Best Direction - Fear by The Lads

Best Choreography - Fear by The Lads

Best Special Effects - First by Tink Bell

Best Art Direction - Come Alive by Shang Li

Best Editing - The One/Larger than Life by ASC

Best Cinematography - Red Flavor by Judy Moon

INTRO

“We’re reporting to you live at the VMAs, and the crowd is going crazy here tonight, aren’t they Fflewddur?” A woman comments, looking over at her fellow reporter. 

“Oh without a doubt Lottie. It’s a star studded awards show tonight. But not without its drama.” The camera panned to show the well loved boy group ASC just recently having arrived at the venue. Lottie turned her attention to the stars caught on camera. “Hey there boys, how are y’all feeling?” 

Nemo, the bubblier of the trio, takes the mic of course. “We’re doing great Lottie, thanks. We’re excited to perform one of our new songs live for the first time tonight!” 

“Ooo that is exciting. Any nerves without your former member Louie along with you guys?” She asks, and there is a clear look of discomfort from all three of the boys. Finn, the shy one leans forward then, worrying at his lip for a moment. “He’s…he’s doing what he wants to do and we’re just putting our feet forward the best we can. It’s been weird, but w-we’re excited to perform for everyone today, and we’d hate for people to get stuck on the split. We’re all doing well. Right Tae?” He glances over at their third member who hasn’t spoken up at all since Lottie started talking to them. He nods quickly, though he doesn’t seem particularly interested to involve himself in the conversation. 

“Well there you have it. As many will remember, but as a reminder to our viewers, Louie Mallard was once also a member of ASC. It was only a few short months ago that he split from the group and decided to form a band with his own brothers. Something that absolutely devastated fans of ASC who have been supporting them for a while now.” She sighs, and the camera pans to the band in question, The Mallard Brothers, as they rehearse for their own performance later that night. 

The camera centers on Louie, the man that has been making headlines for weeks now. “Louie Mallard, could you just answer a few questions for us,” Fflewddur pleads, as there is still a good bit of time to fill before the first performance. The frontman for The Mallard Brothers looks up from where he’s been going over lyrics for one of their songs. “Huh? Fine. Keep it brief though. My bros and I have a performance to get ready for.” Fflewddur smiles a perfectly big smile. “Of course of course. Now, we just saw your old group members. How are you feeling about the split from ASC? Any doubts about this shift in your career?” 

The polite look drops from Louie Mallard’s face, and the camera does catch a quick eye roll from the performer. “Of course you’d waste my time on that. ASC and I split on good terms. I wanted to do something with my brothers, and I think that’s a pretty cool move. We’re still friends and everything! Go waste your time on something else. Oo like the bloody scandal of Tink with a new hair color to contrast Judy or whatever.” He makes a face, aware of several other stories that have circulated with these reporters. 

“Rude as always,” Fflewddur mutters with a sigh, the camera drawing away from The Mallard Brothers, Louie’s two brothers Huey and Dewey looking irritated that he isn’t even bothering to ask them about anything.

But Fflewddur moves on and gasps in excitement as another celebrity pulls up to the event. “Oh thank god, the woman we’ve been waiting for. It’s Judy…oh! She didn’t arrive alone! It’s Judy Moon and Phillip Knightley!” He says with awe as the two pop icons make their way along the red carpet to get in, Judy absolutely dazzling in a sparkling blue dress, her date in a nice tux to go along with her. 

“Oooo. Now that’s messy. I didn’t think our sunshine girl Judy would play like that,” Lottie remarks. “Phil Knightley only JUST broke up with Tink a few weeks ago,” she adds for the context of the viewers, and because…well that’s some serious drama. “Fflewddur, we have to make sure we catch an interview with Tink when she comes in later. This is soooo exciting! Oo and Judy too if we can.” 

Tink follows behind on the red carpet shortly after, stunning in a green dress, but her smile doesn’t quite reach her eyes, and she finds herself glancing in the direction of Judy and Phil throughout the red carpet.

The camera pans to The Lads who have now arrived and settled in and Phineas of course is making himself heard. “Okay, but hear me out lads. What if we surprised them at the end. You know, started with Fear still, sure, but then we switched it on and bam! Very Nice’d it and partied it up. No one would be expecting it!” 

Mushu and Pip side eye each other, but Pip is the first to say “um okay but everyone would expect that? We’ve basically been Very Nice’ing it in every single one of our encores.” 

“okay but not mixed with Fear. We could totally remix it and throw everybody off with it!” Phineas insists.

“In the next two hours before the performance?” Mushu blurts in disbelief. “You’ve got to know that’s crazy. Tad would never keep up either,” he points out bluntly. 

“Dude, why’re you harshing the vibes? I didn’t say anything?” Tad pipes in, sitting up from where he’s been contentedly slouched playing games on his phone. Milo lifts up from where he’s sat mostly observing and steps toward the camera, putting a hand over it and basically telling the camera crew to leave.

So it draws back to the red carpet where Shang Li and Eilonwy Llyr have arrived. They both greet each other politely and continue on into the VMAs with no incident. Fflewddur and Lottie are too busy trying to figure out what’s going on with the Lads to draw much attention to them. The camera pans to Fflewddur and Lottie again where they’re caught for a moment arguing before realizing. “Oh! I do so apologize everyone. Fflewddur and I do get so passionate about the VMAs. We just…oh we just love the artists and talent, but we can’t always agree on what we want to focus on. Oh but there’s Tink! Perfect!” 

Lottie rushes over to Tink who’s just getting situated in her own dressing room area. “Oh Tink it’s wonderful to see you. You got a minute to spare?” 

Tink stares at Lottie like she’d do anything to make her combust right there in that dressing room. There’s a little ahem from her manager to her right and Tink finally sighs and nods. “Fine. Five minutes. That’s what you get.” 

“Lovely! We’re so glad to have you back with us at the VMAs. You’ve had a few tough years now haven’t you?” Tink grimaces at the mention of her history but nods reluctantly. “They’ve definitely been rough. I’m really hoping to make a bit of a comeback this year. I don’t want to look at what I’ve done anymore. I just want to move forward.” 

Lottie nods along with this. “Of course, of course! Does that mean then, that you’re okay with how others are moving forward?” She asks then, because well… honestly how can she NOT ask it? The whole place is talking about Judy and Phil on the red carpet together! 

Tink scowls, though she tries to force that away quickly, managing a semi neutral face after a minute of effort. “I mean of course. It’s not as if… I know what you’re getting at, and though it’s none of your business, it’s been over for a while now. So Phil can do whatever he fucking wants with whoever he wants. He’s got nothing to do with me. Now beat it so I can get ready in peace.” Lottie gasps, scandalized but does retreat before Tink can go crazy on her with some scissors or something like it’s rumored she did with some paparazzi. 

“Well Fflewddur, I���d say that’s enough on the pre-show wouldn’t you? Let’s get this all started!” She exclaims as she makes her way toward the main stage, eager to avoid any consequences for her nosy line of questioning. 

PERFORMANCES

“And now… our first performance coming to us from none other than My Werewolf Romance!” Fflewddur announced on the stage. The fog starts coming up on stage, and for a moment there’s a silhouette of three dark figures on the screen of the stage. A loud strum of a guitar rings out through the stadium, and then three women dressed in black and red step out onto the stage. One, the raven haired one steps over to grab her guitar. The brunette steps behind the drums, tapping them lightly for a moment to drum up even more excitement. And then the redhead steps out in front of them both, a microphone ready in her hand. 

“What’s happening people? We’re My Werewolf Romance, and we’re about to blow the roof off o’ this place!” She shouted, throwing her fist in the air. Without another moment the band starts to play, the crowd going wild as Merida starts to sing… 

“When I was a young girl my father took me into the city…to see a marching band…” The crowd screams and the band starts playing in earnest. Merida is reaching out for the crowd and Pepper is drumming hard, showing off here and there and tossing her drumsticks in the air, and San is absolutely dominating on the guitar. They draw out the song a little further, let San indulge in a solo guitar moment that has the audience screaming even louder.

The camera pans to some of the other celebs sitting on the side watching. It pans over ASC who are cheerfully nodding along and dancing, The Mallard Brothers rocking out along with the girls. Louie is even caught strumming an air guitar along with San during her moment. The camera pans to Tink who shouts her enthusiasm for the group, a pained looking Judy who looks like she’d rather not have to listen to this one, The Lads grooving in their own way, and Phil leaning over to whisper something in Shang’s ear about the performance. 

The camera pans back to My Werewolf Romance, where Merida has gotten rid of her jacket at some point and stomps down the center stage belting out “Sometimes I get the feelin' she's watchin' over me, and other times I feel like I should go. And through it all, the rise and fall the bodies in the streets. And when you're gone, we want you all to know we'll carry on, we'll carry on! And though you're dead and gone, believe me your memory will carry on!” 

Eventually the song finally starts to fade to the roar of the audience’s cheers and applause. Merida, San and Pepper all get together in front of the instruments and all and give a bow. The three women grin at each other for a performance well done and then make their way off the stage. The lights dim on the stage so that the instruments could be rearranged or moved for the next artist who would perform. 

The camera pans to Fflewddur and Lottie, both who look wide eyed by what they just witnessed. “Wow! I have to admit, I wasn’t sure what I was expecting. A full group of real werewolves performing like that! Did you think they could pull that off Lottie?” “Oh no way sugar. I thought for sure they’d choke in front of an audience of this size. But they blew it out o’ the water. I’m not sure how the next group’s gonna top that if I’m honest!”

An award is given to Judy Moon for the song of the summer, and though the camera mostly focuses on Judy, it also draws to Tink Bell and the sour look on her face. “Ahh there’s nothing quite like the rivalry of two major artists, is there Fflewddur?” Lottie commented as Judy finished her speech thanking everyone including her fans and walked backstage. “There really isn’t Lottie. But honestly, Tink should have known. There was no way that Tink’s First was ever going to beat Red Flavor. Judy’s song was absolutely THE song of the summer!” Lottie hums. “That can’t help with the hurt. Judy beating her for an award and for her man,” she shakes her head. “It’s a miracle Tink hasn’t had some sort of toxic blow up like a few years ago.” “Well hang on now Lottie…the night’s still young.” “So true Fflewddur. So true.”

The camera pans back to the stage again, where a spotlight lights up a solo figure, up on a staircase, posed and waiting. The music starts and the figure states boldly, “It’s Eilonwy bitch!” The blonde starts down the stairs, oozing confidence as the audience shrieks “Eilonwy Eilonwy Eilonwy!” The woman continues and starts to properly sing, and Fflewddur and Lottie are so starstruck they forget to even commentate. “Every time they turn the lights down just wanna go that extra mile for you…” she sings and the fans sing along because this song was definitely one of the year’s top hits. The camera pans again to some of the celebs watching and waiting for their own turn. Judy is singing along and as the camera catches her she waves enthusiastically at the camera and throws up a peace sign. It pans to Tink who’s mouthing the words to the song but then frowns as the camera focuses on her and she gestures to the very talented performer on stage. 

The camera does as suggested and catches Eilonwy dropping to the floor and rolling her body up sensually as she continues to sing her song. The fans scream louder. Even one of the commentators Fflewddur is spotted on camera fanning himself because of the intensity of the performance. By the time Eilonwy finishes her song, the whole crowd and the commentators are on their feet cheering for her. “THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE. THAT. IS. HOW. IT’S. DONE!” Fflewddur shouts as Eilonwy gives a bow and blows a kiss at the audience before she makes her way backstage again. 

The stage darkens again and Fflewddur and Lottie turn toward each other to discuss. “I think that has to be my favorite performance of the night,” Fflewddur remarked. “I really don’t know how any of the other artists billed to perform can top that. Eilonwy really is the Queen of Pop!” Lottie shrugs, not entirely agreeing with Fflewddur. “Honestly, My Werewolf Romance hooked me a little more. But Eilonwy did as she does best and of course the crowd loves it! Personally, look, you know I prefer boys. The boy groups. That’s what I’m waitin’ on,” she admits to the camera. “And I’m sure a lot of our other viewers are also eager to see ASC and The Lads and The Mallard Brothers perform!”

Fflewddur nods and then glances to where the lights of the stage are coming back up. “Well it looks like we’re in luck! The Lads are about to perform their new single: Fear!” “Oh my lord, yes!!” Lottie enthuses, and the camera pans to the stage where a group of five boys stands dramatically with a shadow over them all. The camera zooms in on four of them kneeling on the ground and the fifth, Tad acts out as if he is drinking poison and tilts his head to the side. “You must erase your memories of me, I’m poison, I know I can’t take it no more..” 

The camera draws back and the rest of the group are shown standing up and starting to perform their choreo to the loud shrill screams of their fans. But the camera can’t seem to focus fully on who is singing and targets different members at a different point. It catches Mushu turning away from the crowd at an unimportant part of the song.

Somewhere on the internet, Ashley A., a self-proclaimed Pip solo stan spams the VMAs email address about their shoddy camera work. “Can you guys bloody well figure out how to ACTUALLY film a boy band?! It’s NOT THAT HARD! Pip hardly has been given ANY decent rep on ANY of these bloody terrible award shows!” 

Just after, the camera zooms on Pip toward the end of when he’s singing, drawing back to the whole group to try to capture the rest of the song. The audience screams louder as the boys start gyrating their hips along with their oh oh ohs. The camera pans to Tink who’s covering her ears from the sheer volume of the screams around them, to ASC who dance and cheer along, to The Mallard Brothers where the three boys seem to be discussing intensely and one of them points at Phineas on stage, Judy cheers enthusiastically, and Eilonwy gives the boys a thumbs up. 

The Lads finish out their song to a roar of screams and applause. The five of them bow, thank the audience, and head off backstage again.

“Oh wow. Wow wow. What an attack on the heart. Oh my goood Fflewddur, wasn’t that just so hot?” Lottie asks as she fans herself a bit in the pause there. “It was pretty impressive. I liked their choreo and everything. It did seem like they were all a bit tense, maybe from the pre-show situation? But overall I liked what they had to give.” Lottie nods, reluctantly having to agree with Fflewddur on the tension. “Yeah a bit stiffer than usual, but still soooo talented. We’re so lucky we get to see them perform like this.” 

“Up next of course we have the lovely Judy Moon, performing THE absolute hit of the summer: Red Flavor!” 

Judy comes in with the enthusiastic beat, smiling wide and bright as she makes her way across the stage. “Red flavor, I'm curious, honey. It tastes like slowly melting strawberry when I bite into it. Look for the corner candy shop, baby. What I like the most is the taste of summer…” She’s gleeful and does her own little choreographed dance through the song, with the audience singing along loudly through the chorus. 

She shimmies and wiggles her hips and it’s all very clean and neat, almost cute in the way that she chooses to dance. The camera pans of course to Tink for her reaction, but Tink does her best to keep a blank expression as her rival performs. Louie Mallard of the Mallard Brothers is singing along cheerfully, as are Nemo and Finn from ASC. Mushu and Pip are imitating a little bit of her choreo as she goes, the other members of The Lads looking a little less enthused about the overplayed song of the summer. 

Judy finishes her song on her knees with a cute pose, blowing a kiss at the audience to a loud cheer. “Wow. Well that was fantastic! What a hit. What a great hit for Judy,” Fflewddur enthuses. “Oh I know. You can’t help but wanna dance to that. I mean it’s just…it’s so fun!” Lottie agrees with a bright smile. “Oh that’ll just energize me for the rest of the night I know it. Thank you Judy!” 

The Best New Artist Award goes to The Mallard Brothers, who cheer and push each other playfully as they make it onto the stage to receive their award. They start their speech and the camera naturally pans to ASC, looking to see the reactions from Nemo, Finn, and Tae. Tae scoffs and crosses his arms, but he does clap along with everyone else when they do. Finn smiles and gives the brothers two thumbs up, wanting to show his support for them in their own endeavours. Nemo gets up and yells “Nice one Louie!” because even though they’re not band members anymore, they’re still friends, and probably will be for a long time. Judy claps politely for them, Tad is the only one of the Lads who specifically gets up and cheers. The three brothers go backstage, and then the lights dim again in preparation for the next performer.

“Oo I’m so curious how this performance is going to go,” Fflewddur comments, glancing over at Lottie. “You and me both. Tink hasn’t performed here at the VMAs for the last three years. Not since her very public breakdown. And with all the drama already circulating around this show, will she be able to nail this performance?” 

A guitar riff starts up and Tink comes out in a leather jacket, a tube top and exposed midriff and low rise jeans, strutting out confidently as she starts to sing. “Is that someone you used to date, why’s she hanging around here, what's her story?” She starts, and she dances along to her song and makes her way further down the stage. As she hits the chorus, she glances at Phil for just a moment. The two stare at each other before Tink turns away with a flip of her hair and jumps up and down to pump up the crowd along with her. 

The camera pans to a grimacing Phil, Judy purposely glancing away from the camera, and some of the Lads and ASC side eyeing each other at that performance. Tink finishes up to some applause and stomps off the stage without a bow. 

“Well…well that was…well,” Fflewddur says after a minute. “She definitely has some things to work through,” Lottie comments. “But that was an impressive performance for her return. I hope we see more of her performances. They really have a spark to them!” Fflewddur shrugs his shoulders. “I don’t know. Felt messy, but good for her getting her feelings out there in the world. We’re moving on quickly though…oh with a surprise duet!” 

Two spotlights highlight two sides of the stage. The first has Phil Knightley stepping out onto the stage dressed as a prince. The second side with Judy Moon coming out dressed in a princess-like silver gown. “Oh my…oh my gooood,” Lottie blurts as the two start singing. “Don’t go breakin’ my heart!” “I couldn’t if I tried!” The two come together on the stage, smiling and playful and twirling around each other. Their hands touch and they sing to each other as if the audience doesn’t even matter. 

The camera naturally pans to Tink, who’s found herself gripping the arms of her seat as her ex and her rival perform a love song in front of her. She spots the camera after a moment and puts her hand up to try to block her very personal feelings on this from being broadcast in the moment. The camera awkwardly swivels away to Shang who smiles awkwardly and it quickly pans away again to the Mallard Brothers who’s jaws have dropped for the performance. When the song ends, a gasp goes throughout the audience as Phil leans in and pecks Judy on the lips right there. He then takes Judy’s arm and escorts her off the stage with him to a mix of applause. 

“I… I’m gobsmacked,” Fflewddur says after a long minute. “Right. Right well that was a charming duet by two very talented performers of the industry,” Lottie manages to praise it, a forced smile on her face as the camera is on them for a moment as the stage gets adjusted again. “And it is very nice to see Judy Moon happy. After her last breakup it felt like it would never happen for her.” Lottie remarks. “I- well I have a lot of thoughts about this Lottie, but I think I’ll save them for when we’re off the air. In any case, we have ASC performing next, and I’m sure they’ll have something lovely to give us,” Fflewddur replies. 

The camera pans back to the stage, where three figures are on a platform over the stage. “I’ll be the oneeee,” starts, all three of them singing together as the platform lowers, the audience screaming as the three of them step forward in space looking suits to symbolize the future. Tae steps forward further onto the stage then, singing “I guess you were lost when I met you, still there were tears in your eyes.” Finn follows after him, adjusting his head mic as he sings “so out of trust and I knew, no more than mystery and lies.” He catches up to Tae as Nemo finally steps forward to join the two of them. “There you were, wild and free reaching out like you needed me…” The three of them come together again, holding hands as they sing “the helping hand to make it right, I am holding you all through the night”

They part to different sides of the stage to greet their screaming fans as the chorus gets going. The fans scream enthusiastically as any of the three boys get close to their side of the stage. The One cuts out and switches halfway through, and suddenly it’s the bridge to their other big hit Larger than Life, the three boys jumping up and down and getting their fans to jump and sing along with them. The camera pans over the audience, where the Lads are all enthusiastically jumping and singing along, it then makes it’s way to The Mallard Brothers where Louie is jumping up and shouting and showing his support for his former members. The camera pans back to ASC who’ve finally finished up with dramatic choreo, dropping to their knees and throwing their hands in the air. 

The crowd in the stadium explodes, shouting and cheering for ASC enthusiastically. The trio get to their feet and take a bow. Nemo waves enthusiastically at the fans. Tae smiles at one of the younger fans in the crowd, and Finn gives a heart gesture for them before the three of them leave and head backstage.

“AH! That was perfect! So fun!” Lottie enthuses, a big smile lighting up her face. “Admit it Fflewddur, they stole the stage!” Her companion considers it for a minute and grins. “Man they totally made up for the mood earlier. That was epic! Good for them! I wondered what the energy would be like without Louie in the mix with them…but that was awesome. Maybe even more cohesive than if he had stayed in the group!” 

“I don’t know if I can agree with you there Fflewddur, as a staunch Louie fan myself, but that performance was dazzling!” Lottie replies. “We’re getting closer to the end of the night now, with only two more performances to go. Up next is…oh this should be very good. Shang performing Come Alive!” 

The stage goes dark, and then a spotlight hits the back of Shang as he’s facing away from the audience. The music starts, and Shang turns, his face now covered in makeup, his hair two shades, and a swanky outfit of red and black. Shang starts to walk toward the front of the stage slowly. “There was fallin' again, I hear you callin' my name I want you…” He moved to one side of the stage, his shoulders rising and falling. He starts to move more as he gets to the chorus, and then as he sings Come Alive, he starts dancing harder, shimmying across the stage with some of his backup dancers. They follow his every move and coordinate with him to add a symmetry to it all. 

Lottie and Fflewddur are transfixed as he performs, and as the camera briefly draws away from Shang, it shows The Mallard Brothers, the Lads, and ASC all grooving along to the song. Judy nods along to the beat, Phil cheers for Shang. Even Tink gets out of her glum mood to dance along to his song.

Shang ends his performance to enthusiastic cheers. Shang smiles and waves at everyone in the audience and jogs off of the stage quickly. The stage is adjusted again for the final performance of the night. Judy Moon receives the video of the year award and gives her thank yous to everyone she can. She exits backstage and the lighting adjusts again.

Finally the Mallard Brothers take to the stage. Louie has a guitar in hand and so does Huey. Dewey is back on the drums. Louie steps up to the mic and immediately starts “Do you have the time to listen to me whine….” The guitar starts up and he starts to rock out and throw his hand up to get the audience to join in. The whole audience ends up jumping and dancing and Louie gets them to sing “Sometimes I give myself the creeps! Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me” 

Louie gets over excited and smashes his guitar on the stage to a loud gasp from the whole audience before the majority that know Louie and the band start cheering even louder. Louie runs around the stage with a crazy grin and cheers other audience members on to jump and shout and sing with him. He keeps running all over the stage and sings until the song finally comes to an end and he drops to one knee and air guitars it for the end with a loud laugh. The final beats end and Louie and his brothers run off the stage. 

“And that concludes the VMAs. We hope you all had as wonderful a time as we did. Let’s hope for another wildly entertaining one next year,” Lottie enthuses and wraps up the show before the credits begin to roll.

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Werewolf by Night: Red Band #2 (2024)

written by Jason Loo art by Sergio Davila, Jay Leisten, Aure Jimenez, & Alex Sinclair

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This week on Marvel Comics (23rd October 2024):

Avengers Vol. 9 #019

Dazzler Vol. 3 #002

Incredible Hulk Vol. 4 #018

Iron Man Vol. 7 #001 (NEW!)

Scarlet Witch Vol. 4 #005

Spider-Boy Vol. 2 #012

Spider-Society #003

Spirits of Vengeance Vol. 2 #002

Venom War: Carnage #003 (Finale)

Venom War: Lethal Protectors #002

Werewolf by Night: Red Band #003

X-Factor Vol. 5 #003

X-Men Vol. 7 #006

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Preview: Werewolf By Night Red Band #2

Werewolf By Night Red Band #2 preview. Jack Russell has found himself in the middle of mysterious massacre - and he's the prime suspect! #comics #comicbooks