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destieltropecollection · 4 years ago

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Destiel Trope Collection 2021 | Day 19: Enemies to Lovers

Pile Of Quarters | @vampamber

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 1,752 Main Tags/Warnings: ABO, alpha Cas, omega Dean, high school AU Summary: Somebody keeps beating Dean's high score on his favorite video game at the arcade, and he will have none of that. So when the chance to have a showdown with this CAS person comes along, of course he's gonna jump at it. He just wasn't expecting the alpha to be so nice. Or so hot.

A Bag of Richards | @ms-josephine

Rating: Mature Word Count: 4,241 Main Tags/Warnings: Human AU, Enemies to lovers, Misunderstandings, Prank wars Summary: A misunderstanding leads to an all-out prank war between Castiel and his new neighbor, Dean.

Build It Up! | @verobatto

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 5,062 Main Tags/Warnings: Architect AU, Architect!Dean, Architect!Castiel, rivalry, rivals to lovers, light angst, happy ending. Summary: Architect Dean Winchester has just one goal in his life: win contracts and defeat his biggest rival, Castiel Novak. Bad thing is, Novak is the one always winning the heated competitions. Dean hates Novak with all his heart. If only that bastard wasn't so handsome ...

Dance Real Close | @maleyah-givemetomorrow

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 5,920 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Spies & Secret Agents, Christmas, Yule, First Kiss, First Time, Enemies to Lovers, Flirting Dean, Sassy Castiel, Fluff and Smut, Soft Boys Summary: For the umpteenth time tonight, Castiel swallows and clenches his teeth, hard enough that he might just need a dentist appointment once this horrendous evening comes to its inevitable end and he has what he came for. Good thing the company has excellent health care. He forces his gaze into a faux-thousand yard stare, a wilful attempt to get lost among the many twinkling lights and ornaments. Just off of the shoulder of the man who is his current, last and most annoying obstacle. Dean Winchester. Dressed to the nines in a suit of snowflake white, he fits in at this high-end Yule Ball as if he hasn’t done anything else in his life. Top of his class and generation, ten years Castiel’s junior, much too skilled for his own good at nigh anything from close combat to subterfuge to extraction, his competition, who is, for some unfathomable reason, flirting with Castiel on the mission.

When Duty Calls | @verobatto

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 6,654 Main Tags/Warnings: Sci Fi AU, Commander Dean Winchester, Angel/Alien Castiel, strangers to friends to lovers, space ship, working on a mission together, top!Dean/Bottom!Castiel Summary: Angels devastated Earth 30 years ago and Dean lost his mother in that battle. Now, when his father the Ambassador John Winchester dies, Dean is assigned to a very important mission to restore the Earth. Bad thing is, Angels want to redeem themselves by providing the technology to revive the planet and by doing that, they pretend to be part of the Federation. Dean accepts, despite of his hate for them, and he meets the Angel Castiel, a Commander Scientific that will work with him in one of the labs stations placed on Earth.

Vampire Hunter! Starring Castiel Krushnic | @friendofcarlotta

Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 13,612 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - TV show, Actor Castiel, Production Assistant Dean Winchester, First Kiss, Enemies to Lovers, Vampires, Canon-Typical Violence, Mild Gore, Inspired by Fright Night, Garth Ships It Summary: Straight out of college, Dean gets hired to work on his favorite TV show, "Fright Night." It's a dream come true until the network orders an overhaul to boost ratings, giving the show a new name (“Vampire Hunter!”) and a new star: a grumpy bastard named Castiel, who seems determined to make Dean’s life miserable. Dean just wants to hate Castiel's guts in peace, but then an offsite shoot gets them both trapped in a creepy mansion with a very real, very angry vampire. Can they overcome their differences long enough to kill the monster?

Cheers | @notfunnydean

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 23,685 Main Tags/Warnings: inspired by the movie: the proposal, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Misunderstandings, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Homophobia, Homophobic John Winchester, Dean Winchester Wears Panties, First Time,First Kiss, Top Castiel/Bottom Dean Winchester, Soft!Dean, Cas blackmails Dean into the relationship at first, Past Lisa Braeden/Dean Winchester, Minor Anna Milton/Dean Winchester Summary: Dean hates his boss, after they attempted to date but failed miserably. But when Castiel suddenly has to go back to Russia because his visa expired, Dean finds himself in a very awkward situation, because Castiel blackmails him to marry him. To make it worse someone from the immigration department is already hot on their trail and they have to show off their fake relationship at the ninetieth birthday of Dean’s grandma.

Elevator Music | Aketch-22 (AO3)

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 25,017 Main Tags/Warnings: Top!Cas/Bottom!Dean, Dom/Sub Overtones, Mechanic Dean Winchester, Lawyer Castiel Summary: Sam is about to become name partner at the law firm he's worked at for years. He invites Dean to the celebration, but Dean gets trapped in the elevator with Sam's pompous, dickbag, too-good looking coworker Castiel. Stuck for hours with someone he hates and a boatload of alcohol, what could possibly go wrong?

Let Your Heart Hold Fast (WIP) | @destiel-pirate-in-middleearth

Rating: Mature Word Count: 35,857 Main Tags/Warnings: Roomates/housemates, enemies to friends to lovers, slow burn, angst and hurt/comfort, college au, mutual pining, happy ending. Summary: Castiel is a simple guy with a simple plan who enters college after a lot of hard work. He's looking forward to the new beginning and endless opportunities. After surviving the worst through high school, Castiel has a good feeling about college and thinks he is gonna do fine, but, then, his life takes an uneasy turn, which leads him into meeting Dean, who doesn't remember him and has evolved into a very flirty, obnoxious man. Castiel hates Dean. For almost a month, Castiel does a great job at avoiding Dean on the college campus. Everything is going fine until the day they have their first encounter, which is close to a nightmare because, apparently, Dean decides to shove an apple frigging pie on Castiel's face, which isn’t even the single worst thing he did to him that day. Or The one where Dean and Castiel hate each other and are forced to live together.

Angels of the Sea | @envydean

Rating: Mature Word Count: 53,616 Main Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Pirate, Minor Character Deaths, a little violence, non graphic scenes of corporal punishment, sexual scene of mature nature, Hurt/Comfort, Stowaways, Angst, Happy Ending, BAMF!Cas, Pirate!Cas, Stowaway!Dean, Tattoos, Magical Elements, Fluff, Enemies to Lovers Summary: The Archangel – a pirate ship run by young Captain Castiel Novak – is unknowingly boarded by two stowaways. Sam and Dean just needed to get away from their father’s killers and are found stashed away in the storage room of the ship. Raphael is adamant they are killed but Castiel’s heart is too big to dispose of them both. Lives spared, they join the crew, Dean taking up navigation and Sam to the galley and an adventure using Dean’s amulet to find a mysteriously hidden island begins.

Unmasked | @ellis-park

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 69,348 Main Tags/Warnings: Superhero AU, enemies to lovers, secret identities, graphic depictions of violence Summary: Years ago, the infamous vigilante Halo disappeared from the public eye. The new Halo, Castiel Novak, is struggling to pick up the pieces of his own life and his mentor’s tarnished legacy as a new rival, Hellfire, arrives on the scene. It would help if Cas weren’t so distracted by pushy reporter Dean Smith, who reminds him of everything he’s lost — and the life he could have if he’d let go of the mask.

angel in black | @dothwrites

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 95,325 Main Tags/Warnings: Canon-Divergent, Enemies to Lovers, Bounty Hunter!Cas, Hunter!Dean, Canon-Typical Violence, Demonic Possession, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: Bounty hunter Castiel Novak has simple rules for how he conducts his business. Get in, get out, deliver the fugitive, and do it all with the least amount of effort possible. Never become emotionally involved. When he takes on the job of hunting down Sam and Dean Winchester in order to bring them to justice, his rules start shifting. Threatened by supernatural forces as well as his attraction to Dean, Castiel soon has to decide what he’s willing to stand for…and what he’s willing to die for.

Wicked Game | @expectingtofly

Rating: Explicit Word Count: 104,077 Main Tags/Warnings: Western AU, Canon-Typical Violence, DubCon, Top Cas/Bottom Dean, Angst, Pining, Hurt/Comfort Summary: The year is 1889 and for the past year and a half, Dean has traveled alone from town to town, drinking to ignore his guilt and gambling to make a living. Today, he’s especially down on his luck. He’s broke, was just thrown out of a saloon for cheating at poker, and has now been woken by a blue-eyed man trying to rob him. When he learns that the thief, Castiel, is just as broke as he is, they strike a tenuous deal to help each other rob a stagecoach, share the spoils, and split up. Turns out splitting up is the most difficult task. While Castiel is cold and cruel, Dean refuses to back down from a fight. The two are at odds more often than not, but their relationship only grows more complicated the longer they travel together. They may have more in common than they thought.

#destiel trope collection 2021 #day 19 #enemies to lovers #Destiel #supernatural #fanfic

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animationforce · 4 years ago

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Helen McCarthy’s Words Broke Cultural and Gender Barriers in Manga

(This interview took place in 2019, now published for the first time in a two-part series. Read part two here.)

A longtime fan of Japanese comics, British writer Helen McCarthy was determined to showcase women’s place in art and fandom.

When British author Helen McCarthy set out to write a book about manga, Japanese comics, in the 1980s, few people were open to her idea of writing an English language book about Japanese animation. Yet McCarthy had already fallen in love with the way manga told stories through imagery; manga didn’t rely on words, which, to a writer, was remarkable and humbling.

“It took me 10 years of knocking on doors, being rejected, and having people hang up the phone on me,” McCarthy, 68 of London, said. “I knew nothing about how to write books. I knew nothing about pitching, but I was determined to do it and I kept going.”

Manga — the comic or graphic novel style telling of a story — and television-centric anime are distinct from Western animation. Both styles favor large, expressive eyes above minimally drawn noses and mouths (which can, conversely, also be overly exaggerated). Greater detail is given to things like eyelashes, hair, and clothing; colors have more variance and are shaded to add more depth, according to Lifewire.

While Western comics are often considered a “family-friendly superhero genre,” UK-based magazine Manga Big Bang noted, manga is more likely to explore darker themes and material like “sex, violence and scatology.”

“The reason for this freedom in exploring such concepts is cultural, as the primary religious affiliations of Japan is Shinto and Buddhism—religions that do not equate sex with shame,” the magazine added. “This allows the Japanese to be more liberal in exploring sexuality than most Americans.”

Perhaps because of this subject matter and lingering anti-Japanese sentiment in Britain following WWII, McCarthy was told time and time again that there was no interest in consuming or reading about Japanese animation. Yet her own experience voraciously reading manga would prove otherwise.

“It was actually the rejection that kept me going. People, it was mostly guys, were essentially saying, ‘Go away little girl and do something sensible,’” she said. “And why should I do something sensible? I'm going to do this. And I'll show all of you.”

McCarthy initially read everything she could find on Japanese animation in the UK library system, the British Library, and then the British Film Institute Library, though she found very little information. But being from a family of Irish immigrants (and, McCarthy says, the Irish love to read), she learned early on that “if there wasn't a book about you [or a topic] ... you go and write it yourself.”

“In 1983 Frederik L. Schodt published his seminal ‘Manga! Manga! a History of Japanese Comics,’ and I expected a flood of books to follow in its wake,” McCarthy explained via email, “but that didn't happen, so we just plodded on getting as much as we could, meeting the few other Brits who knew about anime and manga and building a small network.”

In her 30s, McCarthy began reaching out to anime/manga fans around the world and relied on the knowledge of fans from other fandoms like Star Trek and supermarionation (a style of puppetry popularized by British television production company AP Films in the 1960s) to learn more about the art form and the culture surrounding it. She travelled throughout Europe, purchasing cheap manga in French and Italian, which she understood enough to passively read.

In the 1980s, McCarthy noted, “there were very few people in Britain who could even pronounce the word anime. And as far as I know, nobody was doing any work on manga in English—even [UK based comics journalist] Paul Gravett hadn't got hooked at that point!”

Before a publisher would give her a chance on the misunderstood medium, McCarthy took things into her own hands. In 1991 she co-founded the magazine Anime UK, a worldwide publication that covered Japanese pop culture. McCarthy was inspired by Anime-zine, the first American semi-professional anime magazine, and the Japanese magazines she and her partner, Steve Kyte, loved. The magazine grew from a fan publication newsletter, also called Anime UK, created after British national sci-fi convention Eastercon in 1990. Wil Overton, who subscribed to the newsletter, shared the newsletter with his boss Peter Goll, who agreed to publish and fund Anime UK through his company, Sigma. Overton and Kyte worked for the magazine as designers and artists while McCarthy served as editor.

Anime UK hoped to tap the UK’s burgeoning anime fandom, and achieve the aesthetic beauty of those Japanese magazines, mirroring the “accessible yet authoritative writing of Anime-zine.” The magazine ceased publication in 1996.

A year later, McCarthy’s first book, Manga, Manga, Manga: A celebration of Japanese Animation at the ICA Cinema, was published.The book collected illustrations, offered plot synopsis, a term lexicon, and descriptions of prominent anime of the time such as Akira and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Since, McCarthy has published 12 books, won a handful of awards for her work and curation, and attended innumerable conventions (including one she chaired), where she has spread her love of Japanese animation across the globe.

CONTINUED IN PART TWO

Amanda Finn is a Chicago based freelance journalist who spends a lot of evenings in the theater. She is a proud member of the American Theatre Critics Association. Her work has been found in Ms. Magazine, American Theatre Magazine, the Wisconsin State Journal, Footlights, Newcity and more. She can be found on Medium and Twitter as @FinnWrites as well as her website Amanda-Finn.com.

#anime #manga #women in animation #helen mccarthy #japanese animation #amanda finn

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matoitech · 4 years ago

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its so frustrating talking to my friends who think that the kiss scene wasn't a kiss scene but like. idk how to explain to them how obvious it is!!! like seriously if lio was a girl this entire scene would be interpreted differently i swear to god. literally so many movies do the "kiss of life" trope between romantic interests and they don't have half the power or symbolism behind it. everything about that scene was obviously done with romantic undertones (AND OVERTONES.) and in this essay i wil

go on op, youre right.. saying ‘would you be disagreeing with me about this if lio was a girl?’ should be enough to make people think it over for a minute :/ promare also knew what it was doing when it introduced aina into it as a possible love interest (only as viewers EXPECT her to be, but NOT in galos mind) and had that go the way it did as well w the ‘ok back to lio’, like.. the way that all of this was set up is very intentional and obvious and i dont rly understand why people stubbornly choose to believe otherwise. if it was m/f it couldve just been a kiss of life scene with no buildup and no symbolism and no STATEMENT to be made and people wouldnt question it. its unfortunate how it works w gay characters but at least we got something REALLY explicit

#anon #fess replies #promare

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musicniinja · 5 years ago

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In-depth Character Questionaire

Full Name: Jazz Meister Nicknames: Jazzy, Jazzman, babe/baby, angel (by Gunmax) Place of birth: Cybertron Current location: Detroit, USA. Earth Sexual/romantic orientation: Pansexual/Biromantic Preferred pronouns: he/him Sex: mech/male uhh also both if we talkin about them private parts lol. fanon cybertronian biology is odd and complex to really understand. Gender: technically they got no gender but likes to be referred to as a male. One personality trait they’re proud of having: laid-back Defining gestures (i.e. lip twitching, keeping eyes on the ground, etc.): lots of hand motions, hand on hips while talking, tilt of the helm when he’s vaguely interested in something/or something that catches his curiosity Speaking style (i.e. fast, loud, stuttering, etc.): smooth with rhythm, a deep delicious tone, but with the soft overtone. (im not thirsty i swear--) Insecurities: being too nice/gullible at times. Positive traits: calm, passionate, bright, outgoing, chillaxed, kind, upbeat Negative traits: can be naive on certain things, and can be very open-minded and forgiving, to where maybe some mechs will take advantage of that. but not much negative traits on this boy. he’s too damn good. Other people’s opinions of them: friend shaped, really out-going Three words to describe them: happy go lucky, relaxed, and humble One major turning point in their life: coming to earth and staying with the Autobots. If they could time travel, when would they go? Back to the rich Jazz Age! Ideal romantic partner: fun, honest, flirty, someone who just likes being themself around others. Favorite way to waste time: listening to albums or creating music himself Given a blank piece of paper, a pencil, and nothing to do, what would happen? he wil most likely start writing song lyrics, or doodle. View on home and family? very very important. he loves his bot fam, and loves his new home on earth as well. Any secret stashes? he keeps pictures of his favorite musicians/celebs he crushes on. Gunmax finds this super cute. (only he knows about it) How do they express themself? one stylish but super sweet lad. they have that cool swagger going on but he’s far from cocky. What did they want to be when they grew up? What do you like most about them? just...how...good of a person he is. good lord. bless his spark. One or more plots you’re dying to have: MARRIAGE!! PLOT!! or- SIBLING AU WITH PROW!

#{ ; about the muse }#long post

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lilyess · 5 years ago

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What is your skin care routine please 😍

‏Actually I do change my skin routine a lot ,but I think that switching your skincare products too often may slow the progress with any of them But usually I use Clarins Double Serum + Vichy aqualia theral cream To moisturize ,+any oil free cleanser wil do the job + Exfoliate 2or 3Times Per Week , and I don’t overtone or overexfoliate , Also I use sheet masks three times a week or once a day for extra care

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omorales81 · 2 years ago

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M-M-M-Metroid Monday! Metroid as a Saturday morning cartoon! 👾 👻 Art by Wil Overton. #Gaming #Nintendo #Metroid #SamusAran #Animation #MetroidMonday #MetroidBusters #Cartoons #HannaBarbera

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mingos-commodoreblog · 6 years ago

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Cybernoid signed poster (Wil Overton)

#commodore #c64 #retro #retrogaming #videogames #classic #8bit #80s #poster #kickstarter

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bitmapbooks · 1 year ago

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PC Engine: The Box Art Collection - Collector’s Edition

The collector’s edition of PC Engine: The Box Art Collection comes housed within a sturdy slipcase which features an exclusive cover illustration by Wil Overton.

Available now: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/pc-engine-the-box-art-collection-collectors-edition

#bitmapbooks #book #retrogaming #retrogames #gaming #art #reading #foryou #pcengine #collectorsedition

#bitmap books #art #book #gaming #retro gaming #retrogaming #pc engine

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universallyangelkid · 3 years ago

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Stories You Didn't Know About Gaming News UK

In this blog you will find the latest anime news and reviews and video game console reviews

British anime fans needing to find out about their PC games news are ruined for decision. Be it print magazines, for example,

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From across the lake, or one of the various online sources, you've never had it so great. It wasn't generally along these lines. Back in the mid 1990s, there was next to no expounded on Japanese movement in English by any means, driving a gathering of early fans to get together and do it for themselves.

Latest anime news & reviews

The magazine resembled the latest anime news and a Petri dish of new authors: the spot that gave figures like Jonathan Clements, Peter J Evans, and James Swallow their initial phases recorded as a hard copy about Japanese activity. Without Anime and gaming news UK, the business today would be an altogether different spot. Its underlying foundations were in the flourishing fanzine culture of the pre-advanced age. Before essentially anybody could begin a site, devoted devotees of each stripe were working diligently creating fan-made zines out of their rooms or workplaces. Anime UK started life as a pamphlet, sent out to few endorsers. It began back in 1990, when Helen McCarthy and Steve Kyte curated an anime program at the National British SF Convention – accepted to be the principal such anime occasion of its sort in the UK. It went down so well that obviously there was a potential crowd needing to find out about this anime thing.

"Steve and I set up a pamphlet that came out several months ago," clarifies McCarthy. "It was extremely old tech – composed on an old typewriter, stuck up in our lounge area table and copied – yet it was an enormous assistance in those occasions when a great many people didn't have the Internet." In this generally pre-web period the Anime UK bulletin united early British-based fans and encouraged a local area. "Individuals truly cherished messing with the feel of best new anime to watch and manga and we before long discovered our bulletin supporters were specialists, authors, customers – they needed to communicate their thoughts."

One of those early endorsers was Wil Overton (who might later proceed to make craftsmanship for Future Publishing, Rare and different other gaming organizations) who showed it to his chief, Peter Goll. "Peter thought nothing about anime except for he thought it looked astounding and cherished what we were doing," McCarthy reviews. "

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England has consistently fought at a surprisingly high level in the computer game industry. For a long time it was on the planet's best three games non-industrial nations, simply behind the US and Japan. Furthermore, a latest gaming news, despite the fact that Canada has sneaked ahead lately, the British Isles remain a fortress of inventive and frequently eccentric plans.

So to praise the area's significant commitment to intuitive amusement history, here are the 30 best British rounds ever, as chosen by three of the Guardian's customary games authors. Maybe discretionary, we've gone for the entire series if the quality is steady, and single titles if not. Some of the time we've downright cheated.

As could be, kindly go ahead and add your own top picks in the remarks area – we will undoubtedly have missed some brilliant titles. You may reach us by visiting https://bizznerd.com/ or call at +44 20 8144 2274.

#video games reviews video game console reviews latest gaming news gaming news UK PC games news PlayStation games news VR games news latest a

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