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Elizabeth Olsen x Reader - Love outside the screen II (Special)

Gif is not mine, and honestly I think I fell more in love with her when I saw it.

Summary: The one where Reader plays Vision in the MCU and she falls in love with her co-worker Elizabeth Olsen.

Notes: Many people have asked me to continue this work, and here I am, releasing a special part. There will probably be a third part, but I wanted to share these new moments that I wrote. Let me know if you want more, or this was enough. Also, sorry for any typos, translating is a pain.

Words: 8.562k (This chapter) // Complete Work on AO3

Warnings: Smut is here guys. Dom!Reader, brief/slightly mention of slapping during seggs, sub!lizzie, kissing, teasing, fluff.

Marks: @abimess @mionemymind @the-havana-club

Link for part One || Part Three

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Present

You had a mild migraine.

Your phone had been buzzing with new notifications for the last few hours, and you had just been approached by about ten very insistent journalists as you walked towards the Marvel studios.

It had been two days since you and your wife, Elizabeth Olsen, announced to the world that you two were married, and well, things have taken on a significant proportion in this period. You were both still slightly startled by the giant air balloon that came circling near the Hollywood sign with your ship name and a heart that had the phrase "it's finally canon" on it.

The only notification you read was a message from Lizzie with a heart emoji, wishing you good luck at your meeting, which has already improved your day considerably.

- You are here, great. - Said James Gunn, as soon as his secretary took you into his office. He looked excited. - I have news about your contract.

You tried not to look so anxious as you entered the room, and smiled at the Russian brothers, who were already inside.

After they greeted you, you sat down in the empty chair.

- Before we start, I wanted to congratulate you on the wedding, my wife was so happy when you announced it on Jimmy's show. - Anthony Russo exclaimed with a smile, and you felt your cheeks flush, but thanked him.

- Well, as you know, your character is technically officially dead now. - Joe said, and you nodded. - But, now we have the White Vision. And there are other projects in which your character will appear again, mainly in the Doctor Strange movies.

You blink in surprise.

- That's great, actually. - You say. - I was beginning to think I would be fired.

The men laughs.

- Believe me, we still have many plans for the Vision. - Joe comments. - By the way, now that you and Lizzie are officially America's power couple, any mention of Wanda and Vision will be great for business.

You swallow dryly, uncomfortable with where the conversation is going. You had no intention of using your relationship to make money. But the Russo Brothers quickly change the subject, starting to explain what the future plans are for your character in the MCU, and you are excited to learn that you will be participating in the next Doctor Strange, working with Lizzie again.

As you leave the office, you ask Lizzie if she would like you to bring something for dinner.

Eight years ago

Although you have done it so many times before, you are still nervous as you wait your turn at the audition for the role of Vision in Avengers.

You text Sara, your agent, to confirm that you had arrived a few minutes ago, and she sends you a "good luck, you can do it" text.

In the end, Sara was right. You read the text as rehearsed, and the interviewers were pleased with your performance. You made it through the initial assessment, and they were excited to work with you. But you had to pass the chemistry test with your romantic partner, so you would be back the next day.

It was Tuesday, and you were up early, too anxious to do a good job. After getting ready, in a comfortable outfit for the auditions, you had coffee at your favorite bistro, and drove to the building where the auditions were being held.

Mentally going over your lines, you got distracted, and as you entered the building you bumped into someone.

- Damn, I'm so sorry! - You asked worriedly, looking at the state of the blouse of the girl you had bumped into. You had hit the coffee she was carrying with your hand and now there was a stain on her clothes. She didn't look angry though, the emerald orbs looking at you in surprise. You were relieved to know that it was iced coffee.

- No problem. - She comments, shaking her arm to clean the drink. - I hope the producers don't mind.

- My god you have an audition? - You asked feeling very guilty, but the girl laughed at your expression, assuring you that it was no problem. - No way! Wait here, I have a change of clothes in my car.

You hurried back to your vehicle, and grabbed the sweatshirt set that you always kept with you. Then you went back to the girl, and signaled for you two to find a restroom. She seemed surprised by your willingness to help, but smiled. In the end, you gave her the shirt you were wearing while changing for your sweatshirt.

- Hey, I think we're decent. - You comment smiling at yours reflection in the bathroom mirror, and the girl laughs as she puts the stained clothes in a bag.

- You really didn't have to do all that. - She says as you leave the bathroom, and you shrug.

- No, it was my fault. I spilled the coffee. - You retort. - And besides, I'd hate to have an audition with a stain on my clothes.

The girl laughs, shaking her head.

- Actually, I don't have an audition. - She clarifies. - I'm just here for a final adjustment.

- Oh, right. - You say. - Still, it was no problem at all. You can also keep the shirt on if you want.

- What? No, that's asking too much. - She refuses, smiling. - I think I'll be there for a while, but I can leave it at reception if I don't see you again.

- Okay then. - You accept, putting your hands in your pockets. You stare at her for a second, finding her very nice, and then blink, remembering your appointment. - Eh, I guess that's it. Good luck on your non-audition.

The woman laughs nodding her head before wishing the same for you. You think you are smiling even after she leaves, but then you reach for your watch and head back to the reception desk, trying to figure out where your chemistry test is going to take place.

Fifteen minutes later you are directed to a room, and you let out a surprised expression when you find the same woman as before sitting in the armchair next to the Russo brothers.

She looked in your direction as surprised as you were. You gave her a little smile that said " that's weird".

- I'm glad you had no trouble getting here. - Said Joe, smiling and greeting you with a kiss on the cheek. - I want you to meet Elizabeth Olsen, she's Wanda Maximoff in the franchise.

- Hey. - You greet her with a kiss on the cheek, and she smiles awkwardly.

- Hello again. - She says softly in a playful tone and you smile, pulling away.

- We're on a tight schedule, so let's get started. - announced Russo next. You both nodded.

Elizabeth was impressively easy to act with. It was like talking to a friend. The Russos tried out several different scenes, and you were so completely involved that they had to say cut a few more times to get you two to listen. And then you were laughing together, as if you had known each other for years.

When you finished, the brothers had happy expressions on their faces.

- How did you do that? - he asks, laughing lightly. - We had already tested some actresses, but none came out this naturally.

You shifted the weight of your feet, slightly embarrassed. Elizabeth laughs.

- Well, technically we've already met. - She says, and Joe looks at her curiously. - She sort of spilled iced coffee on me.

Joe laughs.

- Wow, I guess we'll use that as a technique then. - he jokes. - Have the actors knock each other over with drinks before the auditions.

- Oh, you'll get a reaction out of them I'm sure. - You complete with mild irony, making him laugh.

- Anyway, thank you very much for today, girls. - He says straightening his posture. - I think we can make it official with your agent, Y/N. Oh, and welcome to the Avengers.

He smiles, hugging you. And then Anthony does the same. You hesitate slightly before hugging Elizabeth, but you do, and ignore the nervous feeling that settles in your stomach.

As you are driving home, there is a notification from Sara saying "congratulations, you are officially a futuristic lesbian”.

Present

You stumbled into the house as you responded to Lizzie’s passionate kiss.

You had just returned from dinner, between giggles and stolen glances, you noticed the tension building as you drove home, and her hand kept stroking your thigh. As soon as you opened the door, and gave her room to enter, Lizzie dropped her purse on the floor and brought her hands to your shoulders, kissing you hard.

- I've missed you. - She remarked breathlessly when you parted your mouth to take off your jacket. You laughed lightly.

- You saw me this morning. - You teased before kissing her again.

And then you let your tongue wander over her bottom lip, begging for passage, and Lizzie smiled lightly against the kiss, sighing when she felt your tongue on hers. You felt a familiar warmth at the pit of your stomach, and tried to keep some clarity in your thoughts to at least make it to the bedroom, but your wife was absolutely breathtaking. When she slipped her hand into your pants, you let out a surprised exclamation.

- Wow, are you in a hurry darling? - you joked, making her smile and flush. But then she was twiddling her fingers, and you couldn't say anything else.

Many hours later, you awoke to the sound of your mobile ringing. At some point, you and Lizzie had taken the playful mess into the bedroom, and she was peacefully sleeping next to you in your bed. You grumbled lightly, scrambling upright on the bed with the minimum of fuss to reach the device lying on the floor in your pants pocket.

- Yes? - You answered as soon as you reached it, getting up so that the noise wouldn't wake Lizzie.

- Sorry about the time. - asked your agent's voice on the other end of the line. You ran your hand over your face, trying to wake up. - But it just happened, and I wanted to talk to you as soon as possible. You quickly put on a T-shirt as you stumbled out of the room.

- What is it Sara? - You asked walking downstairs, slightly concerned by the seriousness of your agent's voice.

- Just... don't get so angry, okay? I can work around it. - She says and then there is a notification noise and you pull the phone away from your ear to read what she had sent you. When you open the attachment, a news report appears on the screen.

The report was about an interviewer giving homophobic statements publicly and live on television, insinuating that you, due to your already known history of queer roles on television, were contaminating the Marvel environment and tarnishing the legacy of the company. It also had very negative comments about your relationship with Lizzie, and how you led her down a path of no return.

Sara had to call your name twice for you to ignore the boiling anger in your chest and put the phone back to your ear.

- What the fuck is this? - You grunted with anger.

- I know it's horrible, but it happened tonight on channel 32. - Sara explains with annoyance in her voice. - Your lawyers are already involved and...

- I don't care what he said about me. - You retort, clenching your fingers on your forehead and closing your eyes. - I just... I don't want Lizzie to be upset about it.

- Look, I'm not going to get involved in your relationship, but... - Sara paused, probably thinking of the right words. - You both knew what a public relationship meant. It is not your obligation to protect her from these rumors.

- I'm happy to do that, Sara. - You retort, slightly irritated. - If I have to take all the hate, I'll carry it. Lizzie doesn't deserve that.

- No one deserves it. - She says and you hear noises in the background. - I have to go, but I want you to be sure to share things with your wife. I don't want to do divorce papers.

- Good night, Sara. - You answer impatiently, then hang up.

You decide to make yourself something hot to drink, and head toward the kitchen, hoping that your problems won't be so overwhelming in the morning.

Seven years ago

It was already your last week of recording Age of Ultron at Marvel Studios, and after a particularly exhausting day of action scenes, you dragged yourself back to your dressing room, shortly after waving goodbye to Chris and Scarllet.

You had met the other cast and crew members a few weeks ago, and they had been recording together for many months. Everyone was absolutely amazing, but you couldn't help thinking that your favorite person was Elizabeth, or Lizzie, as she insisted you call her. You hadn't really talked yet, but you hoped that now that you were colleagues, you would eventually become friends.

But then as you walked towards your dressing room in the parking areas, you heard a noise that caught your attention, it sounded like someone crying.

Frowning, you walked over, looking around, and then you found the source, someone is crying among the trailers, and your heart raced as you realized that it was Lizzie.

- Hey, what happened? - You asked quietly, approaching her, but not getting too close, for fear that she might think you were invading her space. But Lizzie barely heard you, trying to wipe the tears away quickly, even as new ones kept coming. - Lizzie?

- I... I don't... - she tried to say breathlessly and disoriented, and then you understood. You have seen this happen before, she was probably having an anxiety or panic attack. You took another step toward her.

- Is it okay if I hold your hands? - You asked apprehensively and waited for her to nod before moving closer. Interlacing your hands together, you made a point of making your breathing louder. - Lizzie, see the way I'm breathing? Try breathing along with me. - You guided her, and when she did, you gave her hands a gentle squeeze before moving them up to her shoulders. - Good, dear. Now relax your muscles, and keep breathing with me. - Lizzie continued to shiver, but her breathing was coming into rhythm. - How are we doing, Lizzie? Do you want to hug me? Or is this good?

- Hug. - She asked breathlessly, and you circled your arms around her shoulders, feeling her hug your waist.

- You're here with me, Lizzie. - You told her, trying to get her out of her own head. - It's okay, you're safe.

It takes a few more minutes, as you stroke her hair lightly, until Lizzie calms down completely. She gradually lets go, and her face turns red as she thanks you.

- It's no problem, really. - You assure her with a smile, your gaze wandering over her face, making sure she was better. - Would you like something to eat or drink?

Lizzie nods slightly, and you smile to comfort her, which seems to work, because she smiles back. You can't help but lift your hand to her face to wipe away the remaining tears, and watch her blush as you do so.

Then you walk side by side to your car, and you try to keep her distracted with a bit of small talk so that she doesn't overthink things while you drive away.

It doesn't take long to reach the small cafe however, and Lizzie is laughing at your story about the day you spent an entire day calling a colleague by the wrong name because you got confused with the identifiers and no one seemed willing to clarify for you, when you sit down at the first empty table.

- I guess I owed you a cup of coffee after all. - You remark with a smile, and Lizzie chuckles.

The waitress takes your order, then as she leaves, Lizzie is starting to get distracted again, and you don't want to press her, but you find yourself asking.

- Not that you need to tell me, but if you want to, I'd like to know what happened?

Lizzie looks at you biting her lower lip clumsily, but she smiles when she looks at the table.

- It was stupid really. - She starts with a dry laugh. - It's been a hard day, and then my brain decided it was a good idea to check the instagram messages, and I know I shouldn't have done it, but I did it anyway. - She tells you with an annoyed expression, and you feel your chest tighten. - I just... People have so many opinions. So many people dictate the things that I'm doing, and I just... When I realized I was suffocating.

You nod in understanding, reaching out your hand to reach for hers on the table.

- I never know what to say in these situations, but I think you'd better uninstall your instagram. - You say and she giggles, squeezing your hand lightly. - Lizzie, joking aside, we can't listen to everyone. The kind of life we have, there's just no way. You're going to get free hate, and you can't believe those things you read or hear. - You say and Lizzie looks away, knowing that you are right. - Hey, I'm not repressing you. I know how hard it is to ignore. If you want, I'll stick around and make sure you don't forget that you're one of the most amazing people I know.

Lizzie laughs shyly, her face flushing. And then the waitress was approaching and you let go of her hand.

You drink your coffees in silence for a few minutes, and then Lizzie is telling you about her family, and you do the same. You discover that she has had social anxiety for a long time, and she doesn't bother to answer your questions. So you talk about your childhoods, and dreams, and tell each other fun stories. You don't want Lizzie to talk about fame, especially since she has just become overwhelmed with it, so you make a point of guiding the conversation to topics that make her laugh. Maybe you like the sound of her laughter too.

After you paid for the drinks, Lizzie mentioned that she had an appointment, so you said goodbye. You kissed her on the cheek, and hugged her by the shoulders, saying that she could call you if she needed anything. She smiled with flushed cheeks when she agreed.

Neither of you noticed the paparazzi across the street, a perfect view from the restaurant window.

Seven years and four months ago.

You let out a laugh when you felt Lizzie's arms around your waist.

- Thank you. - She grumbled, and you just wrapped your arms around her shoulders.

- My pleasure, neighbor. - You tease, making her laugh slightly before letting go.

You are in Lizzie's new house, a property that you helped to find, since you live on the same block. Your friend was looking for a permanent place to stay in LA, since Marvel had plans for a long shoot at the studios, and she had better find a place soon.

You had a contact, and got Lizzie an excellent house. After a short tour of the place, where she let out an excited exclamation at every room, you went back to the kitchen, and she jumped on you, hugging you in appreciation.

- Let's order something to eat, I'm starving. - Lizzie said, reaching into her shorts pocket for her cell phone. You made a agreeing noise, leaning against the kitchen counter. And then Lizzie sat down on the countertop, and you scolded yourself for looking directly at her legs, but she didn't notice. - Pizza or Japanese food?

- Don't tell my coach, but I want pizza and a Coke. - You reply, making her laugh.

You talk about the neighborhood, and what it will be like to live so close to each other until the pizza arrives. And then you sit down on the living room floor, and while you put the pizza on the table, Lizzie turns on the television.

Between the second and third commercial of the game that was playing, you record some stories for your instagram, just moments of the two of you laughing and eating together. Lizzie posts a photo with the caption "new house" on the main feed.

And then you both call it a night, and she insists that you sleep in the guest room because it’s late, and you don't argue that you live only three houses away, accepting when she pulls you by the hand upstairs.

Six years ago

"I heard that you chose me as the champion of "Who Would You Rather". I am flattered." You smiled at Lizzie's message as you did your morning exercises.

She was teasing you about your interview on the Ellen Show the night before, and you imagine that one of your friends must have commented that you picked her as the person who, well, you would rather have. It was an innocent flirtation, you think.

With the end of filming Age of Ultron several months ago, you were working on a new project. A temporary appearance in a television series called Supergirl, which would fill your schedule until the next film.

You had already shot some scenes at the Warner studio, but you had a flight scheduled to Vancouver, where other parts of the season would be filmed.

The distance was tiring, but at least it was fun to shoot the action scenes, and you also liked the people in the cast.

After finishing your exercises, you went to get ready for the trip. Replying to Lizzie's message quickly with a heart emoji followed by the text "don't get too cocky, but I'd do it again". Then you blocked your cell phone and went to the shower.

Six years and four weeks ago, Canada.

Maybe you drank too much. But it was your farewell cast party, and they wanted to have a little party. And after a lot of drinking and laughing, you were stumbling around the corridors of the hotel where the celebration was taking place. And you are not alone.

Stumbling along with you is your scene partner, Floriana Lima, who is laughing as you try to keep your balance toward your room. She was staying in the room next door and when you both reached the door, she struggled against the lock.

- I can't do it. - She whined and ducked slightly. You laughed and reached over to take the key card from her hand.

- This is sad. - You scoff humorously, ignoring the fact that your hands don't respond very well to your command either. Then Floriana is leaning against you, trying to see how you are opening the door, and starts laughing when you don't succeed.

You are ready to tell her to shut up, but then the door opens and you both stumble inside with surprise.

You almost fall to the ground, feeling her hands on your waist. You laugh, finding the whole situation amusing, and she follows you. But when you turn around, extremely intoxicated by the alcohol, you move forward, kissing her on the mouth.

Something just doesn't feel right when her hands start roaming your body, and you fall into bed together, but you can't tell what it is.

When she touches you intimately, you bite your lips, swallowing a moan of a name that doesn't sound like hers.

The next day, you have a massive migraine. So does the naked woman lying next to you.

Neither of you freaks out about last night. Casual sex is a very ordinary thing in celebrity life. You take some aspirin from the bathroom, and leave a pill on the bedside table for Floriana to take when she wakes up again.

You left the room afterwards, wanting to take a shower and put on some more comfortable clothes.

When you were ready, you grumbled as you looked at the time on your cell phone. You missed breakfast. But when you got downstairs in the lobby, you were happy to bump into Katie McGrath, your other cast mate.

- Please tell me you also missed breakfast. - You mumble as you meet her and she smiles.

- I'm going to eat at the cafeteria we saw on the way. - She says, looking at you with mild curiosity. - May I ask why you missed breakfast?

- I'll tell you my reason if you tell me yours. - You playfully retort, and she laughs as you walk to the car area.

- Let's just say your farewell party had an interesting conclusion. - she says mysteriously, making you laugh.

On the way to the cafeteria, while you are sitting in Katie's passenger seat, you check your cell phone. There are several generic notifications from your social networks, but then you are scrolling through your feed, and you see a picture of Lizzie in a photo essay and a smile escapes your lips without you realizing it.

- You're not sharing nudes in my car, are you?

You laugh without taking your eyes off the screen.

- Of course I am. - You joke, making Katie laugh.

- That explains the worshipful look. - She replies wryly and you blink confusedly, feeling your cheeks heat up as you block the cell phone screen.

- I don't know what you're talking about. - You deny it clumsily, and Katie makes an agreeing noise with her mouth. - I'm serious.

You say it, but it sounds like a joke, so Katie laughs lightly, but doesn't press the matter, so you don't either.

When you arrive at the cafeteria, you sit down at a table outside.

- Now will you tell me who gave you those lovely marks on your neck? - Katie asks humorously a moment after your coffees arrive on the table. You choke in surprise, looking down quickly at your exposed collarbone.

- Oh my god. - You mumble clumsily at the reddish marks, and then you are quickly buttoning your shirt all the way up, while Katie laughs.

- Don't worry, I don't think anyone will really notice if you keep your shirt buttoned. - She jokes and you groan in dissatisfaction, sipping some coffee.

- It's a good thing I'm done recording. - You comment. And then Katie gets an expectant look on her face and you sigh. - I slept with Floriana.

Katie lets out a surprised exclamation.

- Wow. - She comments with amusement. - I'm impressed, really.

- Shut up. - You retort clumsily, seeing her expression.

She laughs and then bites her lips.

- I guess it's only fair that I tell you to who I was with... - She starts, and you rest your face on your hand and your elbow on the table, waiting. - Melissa.

- No way. - You exclaim with excitement and surprise. And from Katie's flushed cheeks, you let out a giggle. - God, I worship you.

Katie laughed, sipping some of her coffee.

- Look at your face, you're in love! - You continue as you notice her shy posture, and Katie looks away, blushing even more. - McGrath, I'm impressed! Just don't forget to call me for the wedding.

Katie chuckles, shaking her head, slightly embarrassed by your enthusiasm. It takes a moment for you two to talk again.

- So you and Floriana. - Katie begins with a hint of a tone that makes you frown as you bite some toast. - Was all that smiling at your cell phone because of her?

You let out a dry laugh.

- As if. - You say, but regret it, swallowing hard. Because you remember what picture you were looking at. But you decide not to dwell on this thought right now. - Floriana is amazing, but it was just a one-night stand.

- So there is a second someone? - She asks curiously, and you feel your heart race, quickly denying it with your head. Katie smiles at you. - You are a terrible liar for an actress.

You laugh awkwardly, sipping your coffee. Katie is your friend, you trust her. But you don't know if you're exactly ready to have this kind of conversation at eleven o'clock in the morning. So when you don't say anything, she doesn't push.

You eat again in silence for a few moments, until the subject turns to small talk. You leave the cafeteria together, and she drives you back to the hotel, commenting that she would miss working with you, and you joke that Melissa would keep her busy and distracted.

Present

You were waiting for the water to boil, while scrolling through your cell phone feed. You knew you shouldn't have, but you were reading the news about the homophobic interview that took place, and it wasn't hard to find many other journalists and even fans who agreed with the statements. You were frowning in anger and concern as you gnawed your thumbnail as you scrolled through the news, a bitter feeling in your stomach.

Distracted, you startled when you felt hands wrap around your waist, but your body relaxed completely afterwards, leaning against Lizzie's embrace as you quickly blocked the cell phone.

- Sorry did I wake you up? - You ask tenderly, turning your body to face her, and she has a sleepy face that makes your heart race.

- You didn't make a sound, but I missed your body in bed. - She clarifies by sinking her face into your neck, and you smile as you slip your arms around her shoulders. - Why are you awake?

You sigh softly. Sara's words spinning through your head. She was right, you needed to talk to Lizzie about this. It was something you two would go through together. Your hesitation made Elizabeth frown, and she pulled her body away only to raise her head in your direction. You smiled, breaking the embrace to put your hands on her face and caress her cheek.

- Let's have some tea and I'll tell you about it, okay? - You asked, and she looked mildly concerned but nodded, and then you walked away, back to the stove.

When you both sat down in the living room, you took your seat next to her on the couch, entwining your hands as you told her what had happened. Lizzie frowned in surprise and disbelief, and you swallowed dryly, assuring her that she needn't worry about it, and that you would deal with this sort of thing together.

- There was also a stupid comment about how I'm going to ruin your career, so I'll understand if you think that's too much and…

Lizzie shook her head in disagreement, interrupting your monologue and reaching for your cup with her free hand. She placed hers and yours on the living room table, and then sat down on your lap, her hands on your cheeks.

- Don't say such things. - She asked seriously, but her eyes were kind. - You make me so happy. - She says with a smile and you let out a sigh of relief. - I'm not going anywhere, we'll face this together. Like you said. - She assures you, and you look at her adoringly. - I love you.

- I love you too. - You say with a smile, letting your hands enfold her in an embrace, which she responds to.

You stay like this for a moment, and then Lizzie pulls away to kiss you gently on the lips.

- You are still thinking about the things you have read, aren't you? - She asks next, and you sigh, agreeing with a nod. But then Lizzie advances to your mouth, kissing you briefly before biting your lip and letting go, causing you to moan softly. - Shall we focus on something else then?

- Yes, ma'am. - You answer half breathlessly as you let your fingers invade the fabric of her shirt, as you kiss her again. Your hands move up as you let your tongue wander over her lower lip, asking for passage. You both sigh as your tongues touch, and Lizzie runs a hand through your hair as she deepens the kiss.

When your hands reached her breasts, Lizzie gasped lightly against your mouth, and then you let your fingers caress the stiffened nipples, and she forced her hips down, breaking the kiss with a pained moan.

- You are so sensible, babe. - You teased softly, putting a little more pressure against her breasts. Lizzie bit her lips, making a sound with her throat as she shifted uncomfortably in your lap. You let out a cocky smile, feeling her heat on your lap. She was also wearing only a long shirt, and you could feel how wet she was against your thigh, the sensation giving you chills. - What is it, babe? - you ask, noticing the way she moves against your thigh trying to get some friction. - Do you want to be touch?

- Yes. - She moans softly, moving her hands to your shoulders, as she rubs herself against your skin. You groan, resisting the urge to close your eyes. You absolutely love it when Lizzie wiggle on top of you.

You take your hands off her breasts to remove her blouse and then move forward, capturing the left nipple in your mouth, while playing with the other one using your fingers. Lizzie arches against you, closing her eyes tightly as she opens her mouth in a long moan.

You let your tongue circle her stiff nipple, and then suck, causing her to throw her head back as she rubs against you. You smile when you feel her lift a hand to your hair, her fingers stroking the back of your neck and forcing you against her.

But you move up your kisses, licking the skin as you make your way to her collarbone, picking out the spots that you know that leave her breathless to bite and suck.

Lizzie moans and whimpers next, and you hold her hips, making her movements more coordinated against you. She is dripping down your thigh, and she is so hot against you that the sensation leaves you breathless, but you kiss her anyway, enfolding her tongue with yours as you move your hands down to her ass, squeezing the flesh and drawing out a shuddering sigh from her.

It doesn't take long for her movements to run out of rhythm, and her body to start shaking in spasms. She separates your mouths to moan breathlessly, and you sigh, squeezing her ass to keep the rhythm against your thigh.

- You feel so good babe. - You whisper against her ear. As her orgasm nears, and she can barely keep rubbing herself against you, her own body refusing to obey. You don't want her to stop though. So you use your right hand to slap her ass, and Lizzie lets out a loud moan as she buries her head in your neck. - Don't stop. - You command, and she whimpers, her body trembling, but she obeys with difficulty, her wet pussy vibrating against your thigh.

Once her body begins to betray her again, you slap her on the other side, the sound echoing in the room, and it’s all it takes for her to arches her back, throwing her head back as she screams your name in a sultry moan, cumming against your thigh. - You did great, baby. - You tell her tenderly as she falls back against you, the intensity of the orgasm leaving her bewildered. She smiles on your skin as you let your fingers caress her back.

- I like the slapping. - She confesses against your collarbone next.

- Yeah, I noticed. - You play back, laughing lightly, and she follows. - We can try other things too.

Lizzie straightens up to look at you, her cheeks flushed, but her gaze curious.

- Really?

- Honey, we are married. - You tell her with a smile. - We have all the time in the world to try anything we want.

She smiles, and kisses you. Just as you are about to be carried away by the sensation, she pulls away, a mischievous smile on her lips.

- How do you feel about blindfolding?

Five years ago, California.

You are in love with Elizabeth Olsen. The realization took a long time to happen actually.

But here you were, sitting in one of the V.I.P boxes at San Diego Comic-con, listening to the announcement on the new Captain Marvel movie, while exchanging messages with your best friend.

And then Lizzie says something about having a date with a musician, and you are staring at the screen of the device, not answering for long minutes. A bitter feeling in the pit of your stomach.

You should tell her that you were excited for her. That this was great, and that you hoped it would all work out. But none of it is true. And you swallow hard when you realize why. Blocking your cell phone immediately, you put it away in your pants pocket, running your hands through your hair quickly. You need a drink.

Many drinks later, there are very pretty girls in your dressing room. You think one of them looks like Lizzie, so you kiss her. The box is yours anyway, you don't have to worry.

Scarllet is calling you. And the insistent ringing of your cell phone makes you grumble as you wake up.

- It better be important. - You mutter in annoyance when you answer, and she lets out a giggle on the other end of the line.

- It's my birthday, so yes.

This is how you show up hungover at a party a few hours later. All your cast mates are there. And you adjust your clothes and hair, trying to look more presentable.

- Wow, you look incredibly well for someone who has only had three hours of sleep. - The redhead comments as soon as you hug her to wish her a happy birthday. After she called you, and you whined like a whiny, drunk child who had barely slept and is in love with your best friend, she insisted that you come to the party, and have a little self-love, as well as aggressively reminding you that you were still one of Hollywood's most eligible singles, and that you could meet someone else.

- I'd curse you, but you're the birthday girl. - You mumble with a smile. You then let her go, and signal that you need to drink some water. She pats you on the ribs as she goes to greet the other guests.

The hall she has found for the party is quite large, and there are several tables of appetizers throughout the place. You soon find a bottle of water.

You choke slightly as your gaze wanders around the room, and you see Elizabeth arriving. Absolutely stunning, the way that makes your heart race and your cheeks redden at the image of her exposed legs. But your mood quickly changes when you realize that unfortunately she is accompanied. You want to dig a hole in the ground, or maybe go back to your bed. This must be the musician she talked about.

You really considered running away from the party, and dealing with Scarlett's irritation afterwards, but then your cast mates were greeting you afterwards, and you forced a smile. Despite being hungover, you accepted the drinks that the waiters offered you.

There is a notification on your cell phone that makes you lock your jaw. You loosen the knot of your tie, feeling suffocated as you rush to the bathroom. After splashing some water on your face, you take a deep breath.

- I'll take care of it. - Sara says as soon as you send her the photo you received. - Don't make any statement about it.

You hang up the phone after thanking her. Taking one last look at the attachment, a picture of you blacked out in your comic con box, lipstick marks on your body and many bottles of booze beside you.

Being famous was a shitty thing sometimes.

When you left the bathroom and returned to the lounge, your gaze wandered over the room, and you decided that your day couldn't get any worse. Lizzie's date had an arm around her shoulders, and was kissing her cheek tenderly. You kept your face impassive, walking over to Scarllet.

You thanked her for the invitation, and said that you had enjoyed the party, but that you were tired. After wishing her a happy birthday again, you left, without saying goodbye to anyone else, including Elizabeth.

That same night, when she texted you with mild irony that you had forgotten about her, you sent an emoji and lied, saying that it was the hangover's fault.

Five years and four weeks ago, backstage of The Tonight Show

- You were sweet back there. - Lizzie comments with a smile as you leave the interview and walk back to your dressing room. You frown in confusion, and she looks away, blushing slightly. - The compliments, I mean. It was nice.

She was talking about how you told Jimmy that she was amazing, and that anyone would be lucky to date her, but that person wasn't you. You shrugged.

- It's just the truth, Lizzie. - You shot back without looking at her. You didn't want to talk about it. Not when she doesn't feel the same way.

You've been distant. And you know she can tell, but you don't want to talk about it. And Lizzie doesn't press you, and so you nod slightly as you make your way to your dressing room, ignoring the longing you feel for the times when you used to come back from interviews with inside jokes and banter, or how you used to go to each other's dressing rooms. You need to forget those things, because as long as you feel this way about her, you can't have that.

Four years ago, LA.

You let out a satisfied groan as you feel Lizzie's hands run up your back, her nails scratching your skin. She sighs when you bite her neck.

Maybe you are moving too fast, because it has only been three hours since you confessed your feelings, but technically you have been in love for two years so time is relative.

You suck on a sensitive spot on Lizzie's neck, and she digs her nails into your skin, moaning softly as her legs close around your waist. She is sitting on the kitchen counter. You both ended up in this position after you two entered her house, and after you talked for a while, and watched some TV, you thought about preparing something to eat. But then Lizzie sat down on the counter, and you thought she was irresistible. And here you were, about to cross an important line in a fairly new relationship.

You let your hands rest on her thighs, enjoying the warmth of her body. Moving your kisses up her jaw to her mouth, you let your tongue wander slowly across her mouth, trembling slightly at the sensation.

When air was needed again, you let your forehead rest on hers.

- Maybe we should slow down. - You comment breathlessly, with your eyes closed. Lizzie bites her lower lip, pulling away.

- Yeah. - She agrees in the same state, her pupils dilated.

- I wouldn't want to rush things and ruin everything. - You explain managing to reason better when the distance is greater. She smiles, nodding in agreement. The next kiss she gives you is more innocent, though just as good as all the others.

You end up cooking for both of you next. And you don't mind when Lizzie is recording for her instagram.

//-//

The object in your pocket weighs all the way through the restaurant, and you try not to think about it too much.

It is during dessert that you take out the velvet box, ignoring the trembling of your own hand as you hold it out to the woman sitting in front of you.

- I know we are taking things slowly. - You start with a shy smile, feeling your heart racing. - But I would like you to be my girlfriend. Would you?

- I thought I was the romantic in this relationship. - Lizzie teases, her eyes filling with tears, and you laugh, shrugging your shoulders. - Of course i would, Y/N.

It is a very beautiful and discreet ring. You eventually decide that she will not wear it on her ring finger so as not to generate unwanted attention.

You have some wine to celebrate, and on the way back you feel your face heat up when your chauffeur exchanges a complicit look in the rear view mirror with you just after Lizzie lets out a loud sigh when she feels your hands inside her blouse. You and she giggle as he lifts the window of the limo to give you some privacy, and then you are kissing again.

//-//

You're not sure if "puppy dog eyes" is in the script, but you know that's exactly how you're looking at Lizzie right now.

She was absolutely irresistible when characterized as Wanda Maximoff, and you couldn't look at her any other way. Which was a good thing, because your character was just as much in love as you were.

- Girls, that was amazing! - congratulated the director as soon as the scene was over. You and Lizzie exchanged embarrassed glances. - I understand why people say that you are America's sweet couple, the previous shot is perfect. That look you gave Lizzie, Y/N, is flawless.

You just thanked him for the compliment, smiling shyly. When you returned to your dressing room, your girlfriend accompanied you.

- Flawless look eh? - She sneered with a cocky smile, and you laughed, throwing yourself down on the couch.

- Don't get so full of yourself. - You replied as you lay back down and closed your eyes. Footage was tiresome. - It was just Vision looking at Wanda.

- Oh yes. - She pretended to agree as she walked over to you. You let out a surprised exclamation when you felt her sit on your lap, opening your eyes and smiling. - And how does Y/N look at Elizabeth Olsen?

She teased, with a challenge in her gaze. You bit your lips, letting your hands move up her thighs to her waist.

- That's a tough one. - You commented with a mischievous smile, as you moved your hands to unbutton her blouse. - Like she owns my life, probably. - You joke as you open a button. - Or maybe as if she has me in the palm of her hand, as she does. - Elizabeth looks at you with dark pupils, holding her breath in anticipation for your hands undressing her. - Or as if she were the woman of my life.

Lizzie makes a noise of agreement, smiling at you.

- And what else?

You smile, unbuttoning another button, and letting your fingers invade her blouse, caressing her breast over her bra, making Lizzie bite her lip to hold back an moan.

- As if...

A ringing noise at the door startles you. Lizzie quickly starts to button her blouse as she stands up. You let out a grumble of dissatisfaction and also stand, making sure your girlfriend is properly dressed before you open the door.

- Honey, we need to discuss some details about... Oh, hello, Elizabeth. - Sara looks surprised to see your colleague in your dressing room, and you're just surprised to see your agent. She smiles at you both as she enters without waiting for an invitation, a sharp look on her face. - Should I come back another time if you're busy?

You feel your face heat up at the hint of Sara and do your best to hide it, shaking your head. Lizzie hurries to smile good-bye, and resists the urge to kiss you when she walks through the door. Sara doesn't notice the closeness of your faces when Lizzie leaves because she’s walking over to the sofa.

- What do you want to talk about? - you ask as you close the door.

- I brought you your new contract, dear. - She says, smiling cheerfully as she opens her purse. - I hope you're looking forward to it.

You let out a sigh, sitting down in the armchair across from her, and reaching out to grab the item she offers you.

While you read the text superficially, Sara informs you that with this contract you can retire in style. Famous series pay very well. You bite the inside of your cheek, resisting the urge to reject. You would spend at least six months recording around the world. Without Lizzie.

Your lack of animation doesn't go unnoticed by your agent.

- Honey, it's Game of Thrones. - she recalls with excitement. - There is no better opportunity. I don't understand your face.

You force yourself to smile, running your hands through your hair.

- I'm just tired, Sara. - You lie. - Of course I'm happy.

She looks at you suspiciously for a few seconds, but then shrugs her shoulders, believing you.

- I know the recording time is long, but you will have almost two years to prepare. - She says while tapping on her cell phone. You make a nodding noise with your mouth, not feeling the least bit excited about the story. But work is work.

After Sara leaves with your signed contract, you bury your face in the sofa cushion.

//-//

Lizzie is happy for you, even though she knows she will miss you.

You told her that in a year and a half you would be traveling for months to shoot Game of Thrones and she was impressed and proud. You simply wished to be with her.

Moments like now, sitting on the couch sharing a bucket of popcorn while watching trashy television are simply amazing.

After the newspaper was over, you suggested that you watch a movie. And you put on this stupid action thing, and were enjoying the plot when you were surprised by a hot sex scene.

You felt your face heat up slightly, because you and Lizzie had not yet crossed that line in your relationship.

It was understandable, since you were taking things slowly. And well, in a week you would have been dating for a month. You had a reservation at a nice restaurant, and a separate outfit. You weren't actively planning a first time, but you figured that you simply couldn't resist much longer as your make-out sessions got hotter and hotter.

And now, with Lizzie lying on your lap while you're on the couch, it was hard to ignore a scene like that and not feel anything, especially since your girlfriend was stroking your hand intertwined with hers that was resting on her belly with her thumb.

And then, as if guessing your line of thought, Lizzie dragged your hand down to the hem of her shirt. You held your breath, keeping your eyes on the television.

She kept her hand on top of yours as she reached into her own shirt, and let out a sigh as she moved your hand up to her breast. You just rested your hand there for a few seconds, licking your lips in anticipation. And then you straightened your posture slightly, using your other hand to pull Lizzie's hair out of her back and forward, while you moved your face closer and kissed the back of her neck. You couldn't see it, but you knew that her eyes were closed.

And then you squeezed your hand on her breast, and she moaned. The sound made your core vibrate.

- Are you sure? - You whispered against her ear, letting your free hand rest on her waist.

- Yes. - Lizzie answered hoarsely, and then you were pulling your hand away from her breast.

- Bedroom.

You clarified and she nodded frantically. You didn't even bother to turn off the television, stumbling out of the room toward the stairs, holding hands but not kissing, you didn't want to take Lizzie for yourself on the floor. Not on your first time.

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the-army-brat-and-the-nerd · 3 years ago

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Favorite Clois romantic scenes of all time in any media?

Thankyou so much for that question: and-I'm extremely sorry for the delay!

Please bear with me here, as this is going to be a long one! (And they aren't in any particular order, so here goes)

SUPERMAN MOVIES(1978-1987)

1. Fortress Scene(Superman-2)

The movie is my favorite one in the whole series, mainly coz we got to see a lot of Clois. And the fortress date, following which Clark decided to give up his powers, and that "Just say you love me" was so surreal and it happens to be one of my first live-action impressions on Clois. You get the picture- it is still fresh in my mind!

2. First Flight( Superman-1)

It is a scene which I love watching frequently- especially because it gives me a magical outlook on their relationship which is, in more than one way, extremely unique.

LOIS & CLARK TNAOS (1993-1997)

1. "I've loved you since the beginning...and I'll love you till the end." (3 x 22)

This scene was everything. The quote was everything. The angst was everything. And I'm pretty sure I'm going bonkers right now. Oh and special mention to the “I’ll keep this (the ring) safe as I keep my love for you”

2. "Lois if I ever lost you, I'd be losing myself....I'm right here."(4 x 14)

It is one of those moments which awes me to no end. They couldn't get any more cheesier if they tried. No matter how twisty the plot gets or how insane the story goes, these two till the very end have found their way back to each other. They are seriously couple goals.

3. "Falling in love with you has been so easy, I don't know why I fought it for so long." (4 x 03)

This is undoubtedly my favorite live action wedding of all time, not just because of the amazing portrayal but also because of the intriguing vows. Superman, the most powerful being on the planet-looking so in love and Lois Lane, the most feared reporter on two planets- smitten. What more could we ask for?

4. " Lois- everyone is watching....who cares?"(3 x 08)

One of the scenes which successfully makes me smile every single time I watch it. They didn’t even seem to care they are surrounded by a bunch of top reporters or the fact that Jimmy took a snap of them making out in the middle of the newsroom.(Though I hope Olsen escaped mad dog Lane’s wrath afterwards!) Reasons to state that they fit like a jigsaw puzzle: Meek Farmboy Kent and Exhibitionist Lane.

SMALLVILLE (2001-2011)

1. "I love you" (10 x 04)

It's the scene which made me fall for them all over again. The defining moment. The dance. The step-on-the-toe maneuver. Clark initiating it, not that it was much of a confession. Lois looking adorably shy all of a sudden. Hovering in the air without either of their knowledge. Both at peace. It was too beautiful for words. But then again, homecoming was a blessing bestowed upon us Cloisers.

2. "Lois, I died when you left." (9 x 09)

Another bomb in the list of the sweetest things Clark Kent ever told Lois Lane, and it just gives me the best of goosebumps. I've got to admit it was the craziest episode in the whole series- from giving away his signal watch then the "I did it for you.", the "I thought I lost you forever", the "Take my life, let her live." to the "I wish we had more time" and the "What if I never see you again...you will!" God! Too much for me to handle.

3. " We can make this work...oh boy can we?" (10 x 18)

One of my favorite underrated scenes. The real picture behind "You are not my weakness, you are my strength." (Ugh and what's with those heart eyes?)

4. "Clark!" (9 x 21)

No words for this. The crossfire ending a.k.a the first real kiss would be my favorite one but this was just epic. The way he pulls her towards him, the way she determinedly keeps her eyes shut the entire time, and then the realization. (Btw Way to go, Clarkie!)

DCAU (1992-)

1. “I love you, Lois Lane- until the end of time.” (All Star Superman)

The movie gave us such fascinating Clois moments, but this one just stands out every time...Clark Kent is such a great sap, and we love him for it!

2. Daily Planet (Death of Superman)

One of the scenes where we get to see earth girl Lois manhandling a Kryptonian God and not less, in the Daily Planet copy room. It simply doesn't matter even if it is in the animated realm, coz their chemistry is undeniable. And I also love that part in the movie where we watch Lois opening Clark’s note: “My last secret: I love you.”

SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)

Flight Scene

I may not have been a huge enthusiast of the movie in general, but I happen to always root for Clois flight sessions, so this whole moment is something I genuinely find myself enjoying a lot.

DCEU (2013-)

1. “I love you...You are my world” (Batman vs Superman)

Somebody kill me first- I’m not even going to bother explaining how much this one affected me- it was that good. The one scene which broke my heart so much..that one scene which turns me into an emotional mess and the one scene which I would never grow accustomed to. The tender look he’s giving her, memorizing every inch of the face he would possibly never see- the whole thing was too damn perfect. And heartbreaking.

2. Clois Reunion (Zack Snyder’s Justice League)

Another of those adorable scenes. Even though Clark is experiencing that back-from-the-dead amnesia here, I’m talking about the invulnerable man of steel who took down the entire justice league, floating above threateningly, with rage-filled red hot eyes, transforming to a confused boy in Lane’s embrace. Yup- it is true love, folks!

3. The hug (Man of Steel)

Their comfort hug in the middle of Metropolis ruins. No words, indeed!

ARROWVERSE (2012-)

1. “You are my first thought of the day and my last thought at night” (Superman & Lois: 1 x 04)

Clark Kent arranging a candlelight dinner date. Lois radiating so much of happiness, it was infectious. The quote - ”My time with you....it’s what gets me through everything else” above all. Total domestic bliss we yearn to see

2. A Brief Reminiscence between Cataclysmic Events (Superman & Lois: 1 x 11)

Among all the others, this particular episode just stands out. It was an epitome of perfection. The brief glimpse into their epic love story didn’t seem rushed and was totally on point. The first meeting, the partnership, the priceless teamwork at the Daily planet, that walk in the street with wide grins and coffee cups(so them), their evolution from friends to lovers, the identity reveal, that beautifully shot proposal, the marriage, the honeymoon, the “I’m yours babe-for better or for worse!”, the “I want a girl”- and so, to sum it all up: every single moment was legendary.

3. The Reunion (Superman & Lois: 1 x 12)

The “Hey you” and “Hey yourself”, Jon and Jordan sporting identical grins (showing that they are the biggest fans when it comes to their parents’ love life), that kiss with the Kansas sun in the background. It was sensational

4. “Told you you’d catch me?” (Supergirl: Elseworlds)

One of the cutest moments I’ve witnessed. The sequence which previously follows up to Clark telling her not to adventurously climb the barn ladder as it was rusty, her telling him with conviction that he’d be there to catch her, and then throwing those words on his lovingly concerned face when he does, on a later occasion. And those contagious dimpled smiles.

DC COMICS

I won’t be able to wind up in this century if I start now on this area. So, you can check this and this one out for some of my favorite comic moments.

Any ways, thankyou again for the ask!

#clois #ask #gif set #superman #lois and clark the new adventures of superman #smallville #man of steel #batman vs superman #death of superman #all star superman #superman and lois #arrowverse #dceu #dcau #dctv #the-army-brat-and-the-nerd

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***SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 5 OF WANDAVISION***

HOLY SHITE MY MIND IS BLOWN

TOMMY AND BILLY CRYING

“Do you want me to take that again?” “Take it from the top?”

Agnes knows ! Tiger - Ralph

“Dark liquor” Vision being concerned

Billy and Tommy aged up?!

I DO NOT TRUST HAYWARD

SCARLET WITCH - TALKING ABOUT HOW WANDA DOESN’T HAVE A CODENAME

SIS STRAIGHT UP TOOK VISIONS CORPSE

HEX — HER POWERS GET REFERRED TO AS HEX POWERS SOMETIMES IN THE COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL REFERENCE

NORM SAYING NONE OF IT IS REAL

SPARKY THE DOG - VISION HAD A STAND ALONE AND STOLE A DOG

HER ACCENT

LAGOS

SHE DOESNT KNOW HOW ANY OF THIS STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE

EVAN PETERS AS QUICKSILVER

DARCY GOING “SHE RECAST PIETRO?” MOOOD

X-MEN, START TO THE MULTIVERSE?!

WANDA CAN’T BE THE ONLY ONE CONTROLLING IT

IS MONICA MAD AT CAROL???

MONICA X DARCY?! WHAT A POWER COUPLE THAT WOULD BE

SIS REALLY ENDGAME - ENDGAME ENDED WITH TONY’S FUNERAL AND WANDA PROBS WENT STRAIGHT FROM THERE AND STOLE HER DEAD BF’S CORPSE (can’t really blame her, it looked like they were trying to experiment on Vis and could it be Hayward behind it?)

WHO WAS THAT ENGINEER THAT MONICA WAS GOING TO CONTACT?

BABY VISION

AND AGNES DEFINITELY KNOWS SOMETHING

DARCY FINALLY GOT HER COFFEE

SO VIS SAID THAT WANDA COULD’VE MADE EVERYTHING SUBCONSCIOUSLY AND THAT OVER TIME SHE BECAME AWARE OF IT, AND SIS DEFO HAS SOME CONTROL BUT IT’S NOT ALL HER. I THINK AGNES IS AGATHA HARKNESS AND EITHER MEPHISTO IS BEHIND IT OR IT’S NIGHTMARE AND THEY’VE MAYBE POWERED UP NIGHTMARE

***FURTHER UPDATES AND EASTER EGGS***

Auntie Agnes and Agnes saying she has a few tricks up her sleeve - we should definitely take note of that seeing as Agnes definitely has something to do with the whole situation

Wanda and Vision’s house changed again, being inspired by Family Ties, possibly Full House and Growing Pains

“Do you want me to take it from the top?” It seems as though when someone, this time Vision, steers away from the script, things either reset themselves or people become aware to some capacity, although Agnes probably already knows

Speaking of Growing Pains - It had a spin off called “Just the 10 of Us” in which the director for Wandavision, Matt Shakman, was apart of the cast - and seemingly also inspired the theme song for this week

We should definitely keep an eye on Monica and her potential for powers. With Maria last episode revealed to have gone by the name ‘Photon’ (which is a name that Monica uses as one of her aliases in the comics) and could inspire Monica’s name as she develops her powers - those scans didn’t look 100% normal. Monica has also used the Captain Marvel monicker in the comics

Wanda’s energy field and such being referred to as “Hex” short for Hexagon, could be a little nod to the comics where Wanda’s powers are sometimes called Hex powers

She’s never been referred to as the Scarlet Witch on the big screen - and it seems as though she soon may earn that code name

So we now know that Wanda stole Vision’s corpse from S.W.O.R.D, but did she actually re animate him fully? He’s still got the gem in the centre of his forehead, but the last time he had it was in Infinity War where it promptly got ripped out by Thanos - so has Wanda found her own way of reanimating him and he’s alive or is he dead and just a trick of the mind - though from other trailers/previews, Vis is seen trying to and looks successful at leaving Wanda’s barrier

They had a little call back to Captain America: Civil War with the Sokovia Accords, which were targeting the Avengers in general but were created when Wanda lost control of her powers and killed civilians

A little joke towards Vis as playing “Father Knows Best” in their little suburbia - Which was a sitcom that ran for 200 episodes in the 50’s

Sparky ! A little nod to the little green dog from the Walta and King comics run for Vision and unfortunately soon meets the same fate 💔

A little nod to Endgame when we hear from Monica that Wanda definitely could’ve taken down Thanos by herself had Thanos not rained fire - and Jimmy arguing that Captain Marvel could’ve just as easily done it - which leaves Monica with an angry look on her face

Good ol’ dial up internet

Can Vis “save” the residents of Westview? He can still seemingly interact with people’s minds, with or without the mind stone - Norm soon comes out of his trance as Vis snaps him out of it and asks to call his sister and that he has to save them all from “her” - now this “her” could be Wanda...but it could also be Agnes and then Vis shuts him down soon enough again and Norm goes back to his sit com self

Billy and Tommy are fully aware, or at least suspect Wanda’s abilities - after asking her to bring back Sparky from the dead and speaking of Billy and Tommy - could they be semi permanent fixtures in the MCU, it would help to introduce the Young Avengers eventually. They'll do Young Avengers at some point since Kang is supposed to be a thing in the third Ant-Man.

Teddy, unfortunately, I don't think will be here for a bit (I really hope he is though!). I think the guy they hired that everyone is rumoring to be Teddy might just be an episode about Billy coming to terms with his sexuality and Wanda and Vis learning to accept it in the way that era of tv they're in would go about with that kind of episode and the dude is just a dude - but again, I really hope it’s Teddy 😭

Wanda leaves the hex after a mini missile/plane tries to shoot at her - and she’s in her Scarlet Witch costume and is seemingly mostly back to her “normal self”, which includes her accent !

Lagos brand paper towels - “For when you make a mess you didn’t mean to” - a nod to Civil War again in which Wanda accidentally blew up a building in Lagos and caused the Sokovian accords to come to fruition

The mail man again - I also think he was in the commercial but anywho - “Your mom won’t let him go far” similar to “Much like she won’t let anyone leave” a potential nod to Wanda or Agnes not letting anyone leave?

“We can’t reverse death” and yet she brought Vision back - keeping in mind that he’s an android but still a little foreshadow to what happened at the end of the ep? Better yet, could Pietro coming back be a distraction for Wanda? Agnes or whoever introducing someone that Wanda lives in hopes that she won’t go full on breakdown superpowers or just to give her an attachment to Westview even more and make her not want to leave at all

“She recasted Pietro” EVAN ! I’m so pumped for this - it seems this could turn into the X-Men making their debut earlier than expected possibly? In any case, it’s a nice little Easter Egg to the previous Fox franchise of X-Men movies where Evan played Peter Maximoff “Quicksilver” alongside James McAvoy as Prof X, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and so many others - and with Deadpool being confirmed as Disney’s first R rated film, it seems Mutants are definitely on their way to the MCU

Agnes is definitely Agatha or a gender bent Nightmare

The way Billy shed himself and Tommy up was scary - definitely a little nod to his powers coming in

Multiple different perspectives of Wanda saying that Monica left

Red Hex dialled up to around light sources (computer, window, etc.)

Vision mentions reading Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man - which could refer to Mutants entering the MCU, Mutants being superior to humans

Agnes calls herself Auntie Agnes - in episode 2 during the title sequence in the grocery store there’s a product called ‘Auntie A’s Kitty Litter’

Agnes refers to herself as a Tiger and in the episode, there’s a Tiger on the dining table in the kitchen - could that be a listening device, her eyes and ears?

There are no other children in Westview - Billy and Tommy are immune because they have no prior trauma

Elizabeth Olsen’s photos are real and slightly altered with Sokovian flags in the background

In the birthday shot of Billy and Tommy, they have ‘1,2,3,4,5’ candles all on one cake

In the holiday photos, Vision goes from Turkey to Easter Bunny, to Santa and progressively gets more unhappy - realising he no longer wants to play along in Wanda’s Hex

During Monica’s callbacks to seeing Wanda’s pain inside her head, we see a new shot of Wanda crying - it looks like it’s around the time she stole Vision’s corpse, as the outfit she’s wearing is very similar, if not the same - could this be an after shot of when she’s trying to bring Vision back?

During the scene where we see the footage of Wanda stealing Vision’s corpse, the S.W.O.R.D logo that appears on the table has 8 stars around the rim of the logo but then has a 9th one in the middle - could this be a little Easter Egg to the nine realms of the Cosmos? And there’s also a map showing Cape Canaveral, could that be where S.W.O.R.D’s headquarters are?

Wanda and Pietro were born in 1989 to Irina and Oleg Maximoff - who were killed in an air raid when the twins were 10. In the comics, Wanda and Pietro were raised by Django and Maria Maximoff, before their true parentage was revealed as being the children of Magneto, however, in the comics this has been retconned so that Wanda and Pietro are no longer Mutants and the High Evolutionary had just disguised them as Mutants (something I think they should undo tbh - MARVEL, PLEASE MAKE WANDA AND PIETRO MUTANTS AGAIN!!!)

Speaking of the air raid, that was also referenced in Age of Ultron by Pietro and Wanda - “We were 10 years old, having dinner the four of us. And the first shell hits 2 floors below, makes a hole in the floor” - was the beeping Stark toaster be what that was referring to?

WHIH reappears for a brief cameo as the news service in the MCU - and Hayward cuts off Jimmy as he was trying to defend Wanda’s reputation, in which Jimmy then turns to Darcy and says “I try not to speak ill of people” Darcy then follows up with “Then allow me, Hayward’s a-“ and then she’s cut off by a shot back to Hayward saying the word “Terrorist” which would make sense as it seems with Vision’s corpse, he may have been trying to make sentient weapons and by subverting Vision’s will and blaming Wanda of doing the same. In the footage shown of Wanda stealing Vision’s remains, we see Vision broken up into parts and S.W.O.R.D seems to be experimenting on him and this seems to be the robotics/nanotech project that Hayward was referring to. Monica asks Hayward about the footage saying “When was this?” to which Hayward replies saying “9 days ago. Maximoff stormed our facility, stole Vision’s body and resurrected him” - this would mean that Wanda took Vision 2 weeks after the events of Endgame, about a week before Monica returned to S.W.O.R.D and Hayward didn’t tell her any of this and when he sent her in there, he knew exactly what he was doing - with her reputation after Civil War, this makes it easier for Hayward to paint her as the villain.

Back in Westview, Tommy wears red and Billy wears green - which are the colours that Wiccan and Speed wear in the comics, respectively. And it’s also the colours that Wanda and Vision are known for and appears quite a lot in their wardrobes

More in regards to Sparky, he was the synthezoid dog in Tom King’s run of Vision - the story being that he was originally a dog named Zeke who unfortunately passed away after digging up the Grim Reaper’s corpse and getting zapped. The Grim Reaper’s helmet appears during the title sequence of Episode 2 in the floorboards. Could Sparky have been trying to dig up a similar thing when he was caught by Agnes and consequently killed?

Monica mentions that she knows this aerospace engineer, they’re never shown but she is seen texting them. Could it be Reed Richards a.k.a Mr Fantastic? Hayward did mention that some astronauts used to work for S.W.O.R.D before a mission went haywire - though it seems a bit lacklustre to introduce such highly anticipated characters this way. Could it instead be the Skrull daughter of Talos that Monica befriended at the end of Captain Marvel? She mentioned that they had extraterrestrial allies in episode 4 working with her and Fury as apart of S.W.O.R.D - in the Spanish subtitles they use the feminine articles for this engineer - so I think it’s more likely to be Talos’s daughter

The board that we saw in Episode 4 now includes the mailman, drivers license and all - could he be Jimmy’s missing witness?

The tension in the room after Jimmy references Carol is similarly seen when in Spider-Man: Far From Home, where Peter asks Skrull Fury/Talos “How about Captain Marvel?” To which Talos replies “Don’t involve her name”. Fury, Monica and Talos were all on the side of the Skrulls by then end of Captain Marvel and the space station that Fury was on maybe apart of S.W.O.R.D. So did Carol betray them?

A slight reference to Captain America: The First Avenger is made when Monica pulls a Peggy Carter and shoots at something to see if it’s bulletproof, in Peggy’s case it was the iconic Captain America shield and in the case of Monica, it was her clothes that she was wearing after Wanda threw her out of the Hex

Abilash (Norm) never states that Wanda is the one that Vision has to save them from, it’s just “her” - could this instead be Agnes?

When Billy is training Sparky to sit, he puts the treat by his ear up to his temple - a future reference that Billy will one day share the same powers as his mum?

During the scene in which Wanda leaves the Hex briefly, she turns the guns onto Hayward but none are trained on Monica - she may still trust Monica slightly, whereas with Hayward, she slightly more pissed off because of what he was doing to Vision’s remains. And turning a bunch of guns on the people you don’t trust? Like father, like daughter as Magneto pulls a similar move in one of the X-Men films - Hopefully, the big cameo they keep teasing will be Ian McKellan as Magneto or the Magnus of this House of M adaptation

During when Agnes “found” Sparky, she says he died from eating too many leaves from her plants - in the Tom King Vision run, one of Vision’s kids ends up killing Sparky and sees inside his stomach that there’s a plant that Agatha Harkness grows in her garden

All the names that appear during the credits that Wanda tries to run to end the show and to stop Vision from talking are names of people who work on the actual Wandavision show itself

When Evan Peter’s version of Quicksilver shows up, he says “Does a long lost bro get to squeeze his sister to death or what?” I DO NOT TRUST THIS PIETRO - Similar to Wandavision, the Fox X-Men movies moved up decade by decade - First Class was in the 1960s, Days of Future Past was in the 1970s, Apocalypse was in the 1980s and Dark Phoenix was in the 1990’s - which would make even more sense as MCU! Pietro wasn’t born until 1989, whereas Peter was active during the 1980s. I reckon that this Pietro is Jimmy’s missing witness, Agnes’s husband Ralph and is disguising itself as a comforting presence to Wanda as Vision no longer brings comfort and is trying to bring Wanda back to reality - and when he shows up, the mirror in the background behind Wanda is slightly distorted but his hand looks red and in the shot as well, there seems to be a grey arm reaching towards Pietro - in the shot itself behind and in front of Wanda, there’s nothing there but in the mirror, there is! Either way, I do not trust this Pietro and it’s just an entity trying to give Wanda the last thing that could make her happy - but it won’t last, as everything is already breaking down around her.

I seriously seriously love this show so much 💙

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supeson · 4 years ago

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i feel myself get tired

You’re prepping a dog for surgery when you hear the news report. Lex Luthor is battling Superman with one of his new supersuits in downtown Metropolis. Again. You sigh and turn to the doctor about to scrub in. “What do you want to do?”

She looks nervous, but ultimately throws her hands up in surrender. “Put him away, we’ll see if we can wait this out.”

You nod and get the help of a coworker, putting the Retriever mix onto a stretcher and getting him into a cage, leaving your coworker to monitor him. The news hadn’t said what part of downtown they were in, so you decide to go outside for a small break. Thankfully your clinic is in the basement of a building, so there’s no need to worry about some cape crashing through at any time. You pass the reception desk, nodding to Pat as you go. She tries to stop you, but you wave her off, assuring her everything will be fine.

Stepping outside, you’re glad to see no destruction has befallen this part of town yet. You pop a squat on the stoop of the bodega on the corner of your block and pull out your phone, checking social media. Of course, people are trying to live stream the fight while running for their lives, and you’re sure little Jimmy Olsen is somewhere around the scene, trying to take as many pictures as his camera can hold. You’re about to exit out of the app when the stream you’re watching follows a car that’s been thrown towards your street. You look up just in time to see a 2012 Ford Fiesta come barreling towards you.

“Well, fuck m-”

The rest of your sentence is ripped away from you by the wind as it rushes past you, the car smashing into the spot you once were in. Your phone is captured in an iron-clad grip in your left hand, while your right hand scrabbles for purchase on a red cape.

“If you had wanted to visit me at work, there are other ways of doing it, babe,” You wheeze, trying acclimate yourself to the high speed you suddenly find yourself flying at.

“Why were you outside if you knew there was a fight going on?” Clark asks, setting you down on the top of a building five miles away from the action.

“I dunno, I figured you would have dunked Luthor into the ocean by now and had him in cuffs,” You say, brushing the debris and bug guts off of your scrubs. “Why is it every time you fly, you look immaculate as always, but I always ends up getting hit by every flying insect in Metropolis.”

“Yes, well, he brought some friends.” You look off into the direction of the fight, now conglomerating at the parking deck near your job. You watch Wonder Woman kick one of Luthor’s lackeys (also outfitted in some type of suit) across the street, into an abandoned construction site. You start to cheer until she picks up a car. Your car.

“Clark! I just paid that off! No! Bad! Bad Diana! Put my car down! I need that! DIANA!” You scream, but of course she can’t hear you. Clark winces as your car smashes into the villain, effectively rendering them unconscious.

Clark presses a kiss to your head, murmuring a “stay here, please”, before joining the fray again. Diana shoots him a beaming smile as her Lasso binds the lackey in place. All Clark can do is shoot her an awkward thumbs up. From there, it’s a matter of minutes before he has Luthor out of commission as well. You sink to the ground, holding your head in your hands. Getting home tonight was going to be a bitch.

You walk that last stretch from the bus stop to your house, a quaint little thing on the outskirts of the city (for reasons that only solidified themselves today), and rub at your eyes one more time. Your feet hurt, the rest of the day had been filled with emergencies, and worst of all? The tickets you had been trying to buy for a concert next month sold out in a matter of minutes. Your internet had frozen trying to load the web page, and by the time it had loaded again, the primo seats you had been trying to snag were gone.

You unlatch the gate to your yard, and guiltily look towards your garage. “At least I still have my house...”

“Oh, you have a little more than that, sweetheart.” Clark stands on your porch, smiling.

Your look only sours more. “I know, I know, there are people starving and dying, I should be-”

“No, look.” He hits the button for your garage door, and it slides up slowly, revealing a brand new light blue mini-SUV sitting within. You drop to your knees (in the grass thankfully), silent tears streaming down your face. Clark is at your side in an instant, rubbing your back. “I uh, also...” He trails off and digs into his back pocket, pulling out some papers and holds them out to you. Once the initial tears fall and the blur is gone, you realize they’re concert tiickets. The exact seats you had wanted.

You launch yourself at Clark, crying harder now. “Clark Kent, I don’t deserve you.”

“Well, I didn’t buy the car. A reporter’s salary isn’t much, y’know. Diana felt really bad about trashing your old one, so she took the liberty of footing the bill for the new one. I went ahead and added it to our insurance.”

“Tell Diana I’m finally gonna show her how my Switch works,” You say, pressing kisses to Clark’s jaw. He looks at you surprised, before he laughs and kisses you back, the sunset illuminating the two of you in hues of pink and orange.

#superman x reader #superman/reader #superman #clark kent #clark kent x reader #clark kent/reader

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stranger-who-writes-fiction · 3 years ago

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Alright HERE WE GO...SOME PRESS!

By which I mean, Tom King was on ComicPop discussing Supergirl! So we have CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND INFO! WOO!

Gonna get into it below, but my recommendation, as always: the best way to have an informed opinion is to get the info firsthand, so don’t just take my word for it! Go forth! Watch the thing! (Language advisory, though. There is some swearing.)

Okay. With that out of the way, LET’S GO!

Gonna lead off with a summary of the Supergirl bits, as they discuss a variety of things, from Strange Adventures to Batman/Catwoman to the canned New Gods project:

How Tom King came to be the writer of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow:

King’s longtime editor, Jaime Rich, was moved from the Bat books to the Super books.

King, historically, likes to take on characters that ‘need help.’ He cites the example of Kirby who, upon coming to DC, asked what their lowest-selling title was, which is how he ended up on Jimmy Olsen.

So, when King asks which character needs help, Rich, to King: Supergirl. We have trouble selling that book.

King, describing Supergirl: ‘She’s singular in a way Mr. Miracle and Vision are not.’ Says that if you ask any four year old who Supergirl is, they know.

Editors asked him, ‘what’s your take? what are you gonna do with her?’

King then discusses the difference between his approach to Bat people vs. Super people.

Bat people: It’s a deconstruction approach. King brings up Kite Man from his Batman run. You tear the character down and build them back up, a la Dark Knight Returns

Super people: It’s not about deconstruction. Let them be themselves. They’re wonderful, let them be wonderful.

But he does mention sort of stripping down the character to their purest form; he describes it as chiseling off the barnacles that have built up on the character, over the years.

Additionally, he says ‘evil doesn’t work for the Super family of characters.’

He mentions Superman: Up in the Sky. He says that there’s deep stuff in Up in the Sky, but the theme of every page is simply: Superman is awesome.

King: “I don’t want to make Kara mean or sad. I want to test her.”

The host compares ‘angry Kara’ stories to ‘evil Superman’ stories in that there are many of them, such to the point that people think Kara is relatable because she’s miserable and angry all the time.

The host: I don’t get that.

(Same dude, same.)

King talked to Steve Orlando

They discussed the fact that Supergirl knew her planet; the people who died were her friends, family, classmates.

King summarizes Kara’s original Silver Age origin: she witnessed three huge, traumatic losses of life. First, when Krypton exploded. Then again when the Kryptonite started killing Argo residents, and then again when the meteorites destroyed the lead shielding that was keeping Argo safe.

King: “That’s some f-ing trauma! I don’t know if you’ve read my books, but I love the trauma in characters.”

King thus describes Kara as world-weary, she swears, ‘she has seen some sh*t’.

On the new character, Ruthye:

She’s a child on a vengeance quest.

She’s named after King’s niece, Ruthie.

The pronunciation for the comic character, though, is Ruth-Eye.

One of his sons told him to add the ‘e’ on the end to make it look cooler.

Further discussion of Kara herself:

King noted that there’s sometimes a tendency to be very precious with the character.

King: ‘Let’s not be precious with Supergirl.’

This is not the story of a sixteen-year-old girl discovering the world; King says that Supergirl has been that sixteen-year-old for a long time now.

He describes it more as a move from Supergirl to Superwoman.

Art and Influences:

Talking about the red sun planet that Kara visits for her twenty-first birthday, King says he was reading a lot of Conan, which influenced the look of that portion of the story.

The impetus for getting Evely on the book: King said his editor emailed him, ‘Hey, how about Bilquis?’ King: “And I did a happy dance!”

Evely sent King a mood board of the types of things she wanted to draw; Moebius, Kirby, Wally Wood, landscapes in particular.

Also, King says Evely is fast! She’s already halfway through the book, art-wise, and King is confident the book will release on time.

The host asked him, following up on King’s description of the book as a fantasy/western, ‘Is this True Grit?’

King: “It’s True Grit inspired. The novel AND the movie.”

If asked to give the Hollywood pitch: ‘It’s True Grit in space with Supergirl as Rooster Cogburn.’

Details about this book, as compared to Other Tom King titles:

He’s using captions on this comic--he’d thrown out captions as a storytelling device after Batman, but he found a ‘good voice’ for this comic.

King was prepared to do his usual twelve issues, but they said no one buys Supergirl comics, so it’s eight issues.

King says that Strange Adventures, Rorschach, and to a lesser extent, Batman/Catwoman, were written at a time when the world felt very apocalyptic.

He considers them to be angrier books; they are about what happens when evil is in our life, and how we deal with that.

Supergirl is the start of the ‘next generation’ of titles.

It was written during the pandemic, but King hoped that by the time it was released, the pandemic and this very dark time in our history would be past.

He says it’s a ‘roaring 20s’ book. Not about anger, or trauma, it’s about stepping into the future and kicking a**.

THUS CONCLUDES the Supergirl portion of the interview.

Okay, so! Now that we’ve been objective and presented the information in a straightforward, unbiased manner...SOME THOUGHTS AND OPINONS!

The thing I was most curious about was how King got the book, so I was EXTREMELY PLEASED to get the full story.

This wasn’t like. King desperately wanting to do a Supergirl book, nor was it DC coming to King like, ‘Take Supergirl!’

Sadly, it was, ‘which book needs the most help right now? In the Superman lineup?’

He even said that Supergirl was kind of just sitting around, no one was doing anything with her/there were no plans.

(So the idea that King stole this opportunity from a woman is not true. There were NO PLANS.)

(Also it’s not based on the FS stuff, I suspect they gave the FS team some ideas from his pitch to work with, as that entire event was sort of a stop-gap/fill-in as they hurried to relaunch their line.)

Anyways!

My initial thought that this is DC’s attempt to sell some dang Supergirl books? Not that far off! XD

Boy, I hope it works.

(Important to note: This is not news. Supergirl has historically always sold poorly. I’ve heard from actual Supergirl writers that the trades do not sell, which is a huge problem.

So King, who is KNOWN for having really good trade sales, is as solid a gamble as they could probably hope for.

He said Superman: Up in the Sky is his third best-selling trade. A WAL-MART BOOK! Is just behind Vision and Mr. Miracle!

Basically: If this doesn’t work, I don’t know that anything will.)

As for the specifics of King’s take in particular!

Again...I really want to see it, before I pass judgement on it.

I liked the Andreyko run! And that was pretty edgy!

Also, we have never seen a twenty-something Kara, post-Crisis. She’s always been a teenager. Thus I’m pretty willing to go along with this approach because it’s entirely new territory.

And it does seem like King is enjoying leaning into the idea of a Super who swears and kicks butt and is just a little ‘done’ with it all.

It might not mesh with my ideal Kara but again. I need to see it, before I come to any firm conclusions.

Honestly the thing that gives me the most pause? Is that King says this book really focuses on Supergirl, not Kara, which is a more recent identity for her.

(That is somewhat true! The ‘Kara Danvers’ identity is wholly new to the show; she’s always been Linda Lee, Linda Danvers, Kara Kent, or Linda Lang, when she has a secret identity. Sometimes she doesn’t.)

(Also of note: Tom pronounces it ‘Care-a’, like the cartoon.)

(PERSONALLY I like KAHr-a, like in the show, because it creates a phonetic consistency with ‘KAHl-el’ but that’s not really relevant to a comic book. You can mentally pronounce it however you choose! XD)

So, yeah, I like the Kara Danvers part of her identity, I like earth-bound Supergirl stories, but. This isn’t that. Which I’ll need to make peace with, I guess. XD

Otherwise? Tell me a story, Mr. King. Even if I hate it, Evely will draw it beautifully, Lopes will color it masterfully, and that’s half the battle, right there.

I’m sad King didn’t mention the Gates/Igle run! But I also understand he’s probably been looking at more recent stuff; those Gates/Igle comics are fifteen years old, oh man, oh geez, how are they that old already.

King did confirm that this is 100% in-continuity, and will affect the character going into the future.

But, IDK, given the sort of. Grim beginnings of how this book came to be, what with the reminder that the Supergirl title doesn’t sell well...who knows what the future will look like, for Kara!

I stand by my guess that Kara will graduate to ‘Superwoman’ and the Supergirl mantle will pass to someone else, maybe Ruthye? She might be a bit young, though.

Mmm. What else, what else?

Oh, this is pretty funny, IMO: when King first teased the new character, Ruthye, a bunch of SG fans rushed to google to see if there was any clue as to like. What it could mean.

And they freaked out over some obscure connection where that name appears but hey, turns out! It’s just a made up name! Based on King’s niece!

It’s funny because SG fans never learn, man. Just chill out, read the dang book, then get all upset and huff and puff and blow your twitter house down.

They briefly mentioned the Peter David run; King said the PAD stuff was great.

He’s already teased that ‘treat’ and, okay. Time for some rumination on that specifically.

I’ve read the whole PAD run. It wasn’t my cup of tea, I don’t really like the DnD, angels and demons stuff. Also, it wasn’t Kara; it’s an entirely different character who uses the name ‘Supergirl.’

Also, stuff from that run didn’t age well.

And on top of that, PAD turned out to be...kind of a jerk! As so many folks in the comic industry are.

There’s also...an extremely weird, mean-spirited vibe through the whole back half of the run; I thought maybe I was imagining it at the time, but I recently went back to “Many Happy Returns”, the final story arc of the title, and David’s introduction in the trade...it doesn’t read like a guy who was in it for the love of the character, you know?

All of which to say! I’m not excited about connections to the PAD stuff.

But I know a lot of fans who love that run, love that version of the character.

So like. Eh! Not for me, but to the folks who enjoy it, I hope it’s cool/fun, whatever it is.

(Still think it’ll be a variant or an easter egg or something, but we’ll see.)

(Oh, hmmm! Evely *did* post a WIP of like. Some creepy skull gate that they presumably encounter...hmmmmm.)

Okay, this is crazy long, and there’s no fun art or anything to go with it--OR IS THERE?!?!?!

BOOM. From Bilquis Evely’s twitter today. (GO. FOLLOW. HER. FOR THE GOOD ART.)

(LIKE!!! I look at this and I just! Can’t! Bring myself to not be hyped as all heck! LOOK AT THIS! AND iT’S JUST THE PENCILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

God, wish that Supergirl sold better, so we could get a full year of this. HNNNNGGGGGGG.

Oh! That was another thing King discussed in detail; that 8 is way different from his usual 12, in terms of pacing and story. The beats fall at different places (obviously) so it was a bit of a challenge for him.

Actually, now that I’m thinking about it...maybe 8 will be good. Issue 10 just dropped for Strange Adventures, and wow, it has felt LONG. (I mean, the last four? Three? issues are also bi-monthly so that doesn’t help but. Still.)

(Superman: Up in the Sky was twelve issues but half the length, because it was a Wal-Mart book, so it was more like six.)

OKAY! For real, I’ve gone on long enough. XD

SOON. Soon. June 15th, to be exact. Mark yer calendars!

#stranger speaks #supergirl: woman of tomorrow #long post #LONG!#dc comics

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agentnico · 4 years ago

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WandaVision (2021) Review

I’m sorry but someone needs to address the elephant in the room - if Wanda and Vision are in a relationship, does that mean Vision - a robot - has a penis? Look, I cannot be the only one thinking this, right? Right??

Plot: Living idealized suburban lives, super-powered beings Wanda and Vision begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

So Marvel’s first Disney+ series has reached its finale, and I’m certain many fans will be left disappointed due to all the outlandish rumours and theories that the fanbase are known to come up with not coming to fruition, but I personally admire this show for sticking true to its guns by being something that is very different compared to anything that Marvel has done before. Well, mostly. When its different, its hugely different, however when it gets to the usual MCU antics its pretty generic Marvel.

At the beginning the show left a lot of audiences scratching their heads as to what was going, as in the first few episodes especially there isn’t much of a plot per se, and instead we are taken through the various stages of American TV sitcoms, starting with the black and white old-school The Dick Van Dyke Show styled format, with the first episode going as far as being filmed in front of a live audience just like they would’ve back in those olden days.....at least that’s what history tells us happened back in those days, honestly take that with a grain of salt as I wasn’t even alive back in the 60s so for all I know history is a massive conspiracy and all of this is a massive pile of tosh! But setting deceitful plot schemes, supposedly everyone back in the 60′s were black and white and there was no colour in the world... okay, I’m kidding, I’m not that stupid, but I digress. As I was saying before I rudely interrupted myself, we are taken through various phases of American tele-sitcoms and eventually entering into the usual MCU territory. What works at the beginning of the series is the way it pays homage to those sitcoms back in the day, and I’m certain there was a lot fun has on set by the production designers recreating visual look of those old shows and also with the actors biting into every opportunity of playing up to acting style that was used back then, with the winks to the camera and the purposeful pauses as they wait for the laugh track to die down, or there’s an episode akin to Modern Family and The Office where our stars act as if they’re in a mockumentary and even answer questions to the camera to great comedic effect.

In between this sitcom format we constantly get little clues and teases towards what may actually be going, and there is this sense of constant mystery that really motivates you to get excited for the next episode (as Disney+ releases their shows one episode per week) and as such WandaVision turned out the be very exciting simply from trying to come up with the most out-there theories of what’s to come. And it seems like the showrunners were fully aware of this by playing up to the fanbase by ending episodes on massive cliff-hangers (people who have seen this series can now easily agree with me that “Please Stand By” is an even bigger Marvel villain than Thanos!) as well as featuring certain surprises and appearances that suggest much bigger plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole, so to be fair this show really felt good simply from the anticipation factor and the discussion that it built among audiences. Naturally with huge anticipation it’s difficult to then fulfil that promise, and as such to the second half of the series where the show goes full Marvel on us, we do kind of get stuck in more mediocre territory, with the final episode especially serving some disappointment by ending with the typical generic Marvel superhero battle we’ve all come to expect at this point. In other words, WandaVision comes off a tad anti-climactic at the end, but its the journey that makes it worthwhile.

Typically to most Marvel projects, you can expect the cast to be great, and here in WandaVision that’s the same case. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany are both stellar as Wanda and Vision, and first and foremost this show is about their romance and their love, and gosh aren’t them two just the biggest lovebirds! So adorable with only me and my girlfriend offering competition as the more gushier and sickly cheesy couple! Hey, we’re cheesy and proud, that’s all I’m saying!!! Anyway, the show is mainly about Olsen and her character’s grief and evolution, and Olsen proves her chops as a leading lady and I’m really looking forward to seeing what she’ll get up to in the Doctor Strange sequel. Bettany is both innocent yet smooth as her robotic boyfriend, and basically proves that if you want to get with one of the Olsen sisters, you have to accept every single chip that Bill Gates sends you to have a shot. We also see the return of a couple other MCU side characters, with Kat Dennings and Randall Park returning as Darcy and Jimmy Woo and to be honest WandaVision gives these characters proper justice. Kat Dennings in the Thor films always came off more annoying rather than funny, yet here on the show her character is both useful and her humour is sarcastic yet funny. And Jimmy Woo in the Ant-Man & the Wasp was stuck in the stereotype of the goofy FBI agent who is stupid and oblivious to everything, however here you can tell his character has become more wiser and better at his job, yet still with the wit and charm that Randall Park usually provides (and he’s the learnt the card trick from Ant-Man!!). We also have Teyonah Parris appearing as grown up Monica Rambeau who we saw as a young girl in Captain Marvel, and Parris is quite pleasant and does well with what she has, but I’m hoping she gets to have more interesting material to work with in the future Marvel projects she appears in. Then there is Kathryn Hahn as the mysterious nosy neighbour character, and though I don’t want to spoil anything about her role, I’ll say that Hahn gets to overact her face off and also gets a fun musical at one point that is annoyingly catchy!

WandaVision is a great sign showing Marvel attempting to branch out and go to new and different places, however with its ending it still proves that they need to learn how to break away from the repetitive formula they have gotten themselves stuck in. All we need is Deadpool proclaiming “Big CGI fight coming up!”

Overall score: 7/10

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dukereviewsmovies · 3 years ago

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Duke Reviews: Mortal Kombat 2021

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where Today I'm Looking At The 2021 Mortal Kombat Movie...

Now, I Bet You're Asking Me, Andrew, Why Are You Reviewing This And Not The Original Mortal Kombat Movie And It's Sequel, Mortal Kombat Annihilation? Because I Don't Need A Frying Pan To Hit Me Over The Head To Know For A Fact That Both Of Those Films Are Horrible...

Where This Film Knows How To Handle The Game It's Taking On, Of Course, Some People Will Disagree With Me On This But Intend To Prove Those Haters Wrong Today...

So, With That Said, Let's Dive Into Mortal Kombat 2021...

Expect Spoilers From Here On Out...

The Movie Starts At The Home Of Hanzo Hasashi In Japan In The Year 1617, Where Hanzo Goes To Get 2 Buckets Of Water For His Wife, But Before He Goes, He Tells Her That He Loves Her Very Much...

However As Hanzo Gets Water, His Family Is Visited By Hanzo's Nemisis, Bi-Han, Whose Group Known As The Lin Kuei (Who Controls The Power Of Ice) Is Out To Annihilate Every Member Of Hanzo's Group, The Shirai Ryu From Existence And With Hanzo Being The Last One...He Makes Himself A Good Target...

So, Yeah, Bi-Han Kills Hanzo's Wife And Eldest Son By Freezing Them To Death, Which Leads Hanzo To Create A Makeshift Weapon (Out Of A Blade His Wife Used For Gardening And Some Rope) So He Can Fight The Warriors Of The Lin Kuei Before Fighting Bi-Han Himself Only To Get Killed During The Fight...

But Before Hanzo Dies, He Hears The Cries Of His Baby Daughter But In Attempting To Go To The Baby He Dies...

But That Doesn't Stop A God Named Raiden From Showing Up And Taking The Baby Himself To Find The Kid A New Home, Which Not Only Leads To A Title Card And Brief Star Wars Like Intro Revealing That There Is A Tournament That Decides The Fate Of Earth And Earth Has Lost 9 Of Them And Should It Lose One More, Then Earth Will Be Invaded By A Realm Called Outworld...

However, An Ancient Prophecy Has Revealed That A New Group Of Champions Led By Hanzo's Ancestor Will Tip The Balance For Earth...

Which Leads Up To Now, Where Hanzo's 21st Century Relative Who Now Goes By Cole Young Is Boxing For Money For His Family...

Now, Very Briefly, Let's Talk About Cole Who Is A New Character For This Movie And Is Not In The Video Game...

This Has Fans Debating That The Main Focus Should Have Been A Character From The Game, Namely Johnny Cage Instead Of A New Character To Which I Unfortunately Disagree With As Going With A New Character Works Better In The Movie's Favor...

Think About It, If They Had Made A Character From The Game The Main Focus It Would Come With Expectations That The Fanbase Expects For Characters Of This Game Adding To The Other Expectations For The Other Characters That Are From The Game That Are In This Movie...

Where A New Character Not Only Gives Us A Fresh Set Of Eyes To Look At This World, But A Way To Put Us Not Only Into The Movie But Into This World...

Unfortunately, Cole Loses The Fight But It's Enough To Impress A Guy Named Jax (Played By Jimmy Olsen From Supergirl) Who A Tattoo On Cole Only For His Daughter To Reveal That It's Not A Tattoo But A Birthmark Which He's Had Since He Was Born...

Meanwhile In Outworld, The Ruler Of This Realm, Shang Tsung...

Yes, That Guy,..

Tells Bi-Han Who Has Now Become...

Sub-Zero...

That The Prophecy Is Upon Them And He Wants Him To Go To Earth To Eliminate The Champions, Which Leads Sub-Zero To Attack Cole And His Family While They're Getting Dinner At A Restaurant...

Luckily Though, They Are Saved By Jax Who Reveals He Has A Tattoo Like Cole Does And That He's Been Chosen To Fight But Before Jax Can Tell Him Anymore They're Confronted By Sub-Zero Who Attacks Their Car, But Before Jax Goes To Fight Sub-Zero He Tells Cole To Go To Gary, Indiana...

This An Action Movie, Not A Musical!

Anyway, He Tells Cole To Go There And Find Sonya Blade Who Will Have More Information About Everything...

So, With Cole Taking His Family To Safety, Jax Goes To Fight Sub-Zero Only For Sub-Zero To Freeze Jax's Arms And Rip Them The Hell Off...

Jax Falls To The Ground Which Leads Sub-Zero To Believe Jax Is Dead But We'll See Jax Later...

After Dropping His Family Off, Cole Goes To See Sonya Blade Who Not Only Reveals That People With Markings Like The Ones Cole And Jax Have Have Been Chosen To Fight For Earth In A Tournament Known As Mortal Kombat, But Also That She Has A Mercenary Named Kano Who Killed A Champion That Sonya Was After Only To Get The Marking Himself...

But Before Sonya Can Give More Information, They're Attacked By Reptile, A Minion Of Shang Tsung But He Defeated By Kano Who Breaks Free During The Fight...

Before He Leaves, Kano Mentions Raiden's Temple, (A Place Where Champions Have Gone To Train For The Tournament) So Sonya Makes A Deal With Kano To Take Them There For 3 Million Dollars (Despite Not Having It) And He Does...

Travelling To The Middle Of The Desert, We Get A Small Fight Between Kano And Sonya, Before They Run Into Liu Kang (Played By The Black Ranger From The Power Rangers Reboot) Who Takes Them To Raiden's Temple To See Raiden Himself Who's Not Exactly Pleased With What He Has To Work With...

But Beggars Can't Be Choosers As Outworld Comes To Them Forcing Liu Kang And His Cousin, Kung Lao To Deal With The Intruders But Raiden Interpheres As Shang Tsung, Sub-Zero And Another Minion, Mileena Arrive...

However Despite Ordering His Minions To Kill The Champions, Raiden Creates An Electric Force Field Preventing Them From Entering...

Yeah, Go Cry To Your Mama, Shang Tsung...

So, As Both Kano And Cole Begin Training For Their Arcana (Which Is Their Inner Power), Sonya Discovers That Jax Is Alive And That As Sub-Zero Froze His Arms He Also Cauterised Jax's Wounds And All It's Going To Take Now Is Time...

Which I Think Is Liu Kang's Way Of Saying "We Can Rebuild Him, We Have The Technology"...

And So, Jax Becomes The Six Million Dollar Jax...

Well, I Guess Six Million Dollars Doesn't Buy What It Used To Buy...

With Very Little Success Of Getting Their Arcana On Their First Day, Everyone Has Dinner Only For Kung Lao To Start Insulting Kano Which Leads to Him Getting His Arcana Of Shooting A Laser From His Eye...

But Unlike Kano, Cole Is Having A Hard Time Getting His Arcana And With Time Running Out He Needs To Get It....Fast....

This Leads Raiden To Send Cole Home Despite Telling Him The Truth About Hanzo And How He Was He Was Hoping That The Power Of His Bloodline Would Be Strong Enough For Cole To Get His Arcana...

Meanwhile In Outworld, Shang Tsung Prepares His Minions, Millena, Nitara, Kabal And General Reiko For An Attack On Raiden's Temple...

But How Will They Lower Raiden's Force Field?

Well, Unfortunately, Kabal Knows Kano And Goes Off To Convince Him To Join Shang Tsung's Team And Guess What? He Accepts.,,

So, Yeah, Kano Brings Down The Shield Allowing Shang Tsung And His Minions To Attack The Temple While Cole Is Attempting To Protect His Family From Freaking Goro!

And Holy Shit, Did They Give Goro An Update!

But As The Fights Happen We Get Lines From The Game Including "Finish Him!" And "Flawless Victory" Kung Lao Kills Nitara Only For Shang Tsung To Kill Kung Lao, Jax's Arms Finally Look Like They're Worth Six Million Dollars And Transform Into Badass Robotic Arms Intead Of Wimpy Ones

And Cole Gains His Arcana (Of Transforming Into Kinetic Armor And Weapon Creation) To Save His Family From Goro Which Leads To The Most Gruesome Death In This Movie...

But Despite Cole Returning To The Temple To Help, Raiden Gets The Team Out By Taking Them To The Void, Which Is A Space Between Earthrealm And OutWorld To Come Up With A Plan

And Their Plan Is Very Simple...

Jax Fights Reiko ( Reiko Gets His Head Smashed In By Jax), Sonya Fights Kano (Kano Has An Ironic Death And Sonya Gains His Mark, Becoming A Champion) And Liu And Cole Fight Both Mileena And Kabal (Kabal Dies By Liu's Fire Dragon Ability And Mileena Gets Blasted By Sonya When She Shows Up)

They Had Intended Taking Sub-Zero Together But When He Shows Cole A Bracelet That Belonged To Cole's Daughter, He's Like "I Have Your Family, Come Get Me Bitch!"

So, Cole Enters A Portal To Face Sub-Zero Alone, Well...Not Really...

Using A Blade That Belonged To Hanzo During The Fight, Cole Summons The Spirit Of Hanzo To Fight With Him...,

But He's Not Hanzo Anymore, Oh, No....He's...

Scorpion!

And He's Like...

So, Yeah, Scorpion Kills Sub-Zero By Burning The Bastard With Fire Breath Before Returning To Help And Cole Saves His Family....

But As Raiden And His Team Arrive, Shang Tsung Also Arrives Saying That Death Is Just Another Portal And Next Time, He Will Come With Armies Before Leaving

However, Though They Won This Battle, The Fight Is Not Over By Any Means As Raiden Assembles A New List Of Champions For The Team To Recruit...

Packing Up His Locker At The Wrestling Ring, Cole Tells His Agent That He's Going To Hollywood As We Look At A Poster That Tells Us Johnny Cage Will Be In The Sequel...

This Movie Was...Pretty Damn Epic!

How This Isn't One Of The Best Video Game Movie Adaptations Ever I Will Never Know, I Guess It Just Comes Down To People Are Idiots And Don't Know What The Hell They're Talking About...

"The Story Is Confusing" If The Story Is Confusing Then You Don't Belong Reviewing Movies Cause You Have No Idea What A Good Movie Is!, "The Movie Has Horrible Writing" Have You Even Seen The Original Mortal Kombat Movie? That And Annihilation Have Worse Writing Than This Movie! "We Should Have Had Johnny Cage Instead Of Cole" We're Getting Him In The Sequel, Give The Writers A Freaking Break And Stop Being Critical Pricks!

So, Yeah, It's Obvious That This Has Become My Favorite Video Game Movie And I Say Don't Listen To People Like Angry Joe Or Hack The Movies Who Don't Know What They're Talking About And Go See This Movie

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off

#Mortal Kombat #warner bros

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Let’s Read Comics! With Samantha and her girlfriend :D

The current Lois Lane maxi-series that DC is publishing is without a doubt the best comic book they publish right now. It’s well written, diverse, clever, political and has the best written Lois Lane I’ve ever seen portrayed in any comic.

But because we’re not allowed to have nice things, my girlfriend and I shall NOT be reading that today…no instead we’re going to be reading the SILVER AGE Lois Lane comic.

What’s this issue like, you ask? Well just take everything I said about the modern day Lois Lane comic and reverse it and there you go O.O

So let’s dig into Lois Lane Weds Astounding Man…and may god have mercy on us all…

Me: There are multiple ways to read that title honestly

My Girlfriend: It sounds more like a tabloid headline than a comic book story

Me: “Lois Lane Weds Astounding Man!

Full page spread of wedding photos pages 3-8”

My Girlfriend: I see the silver age Superman is continuing his proud tradition of appalling behaviour here…

Me: “HOHOHOHO!

Lois has no idea of the horror she’s about to go through! I SHALL ENJOY HER SUFFERING”

But the issues first story (Yes we have THREE silver age Lois Lane stories to get through in this one…grab the booze people…) is not about Astounding Man at all…but rather…

Me: PERRY WHITE: THE MOTION PICTURE

My Girlfriend: The scene where he snaps Jimmy Olsen’s neck after the two fight a battle that destroys most of Metropolis caused a lot of controversy

Me: It was a pretty shocking overreaction to him getting Perry’s coffee order wrong, to be fair.

My Girlfriend: HE BROUGHT IT ON HIMSELF OKAY

Me: Also I feel like maybe Lois should consider the possibility that maybe Superman is enjoying spending time with a reporter who doesn’t repeatedly try to kill him or herself as part of a crazed scheme to discover his secret identity and ruin his life

My Girlfriend: No it has to be some kind of trick

It can’t possibly be that Superman just prefers people who don’t want to expose him and all of his loved ones to untold danger just to try and force him into a shotgun wedding

The Planet Quartet all think fondly on who will be playing them with Perry pleased about Clark Gable playing him, Jimmy pleased that Dwayne Hickman will portray him, Clark happy as a clam about getting Rock Hudson and Lois thinking how “Dolly Day” will play her…

My Girlfriend: So why does everyone else have an ACTUAL actor playing them while Lois has a made up one?

Me: Poor Lois…she doesn’t even get a real actress playing her in this movie…

My Girlfriend: SO SEXIST

“Thanks Mr White!

As you know half the films profits will go to Newspaper Charities!” says the beaming head of the camera crew as he shakes Perry’s fame-hungry hand

Me: Newspaper…charities?

My Girlfriend: I DON’T THINK THAT’S A REAL THING

Me: “For just two dollars a month, we can get food and clean water to starving newspapers all around the world”

My Girlfriend: “Every time I snap my fingers somewhere in the world a newspaper dies…but we can make a difference”

Me: Of course it’s always possible this is a charity that exists to help the many victims of the silver age Superman’s one man psychological war on humanity

My Girlfriend: It’s main client is a broken and shell shocked Jimmy Olsen who sits in a chair all day rocking back and forth and repeating the words “Superman no” to himself over and over

Me: DARK BABE

My Girlfriend: You started it!

Me: Lois

From the way your looking at that photo and sighing wistfully while musing on how beautiful she is are you sure that you don’t want to be Mrs Dolly Day and not Mrs Superman?

My Girlfriend: It does not take X-ray vision to see through that closet Lois

“A few days later in Perry White’s office….”

“Your Dolly Day story is great Lois! I’m printing it right now!” Perry declares joyfully

Me: “Though did you really need to spend two whole paragraphs talking about her beautiful heaving breasts, long gorgeous legs and firm sexy ass?”

My Girlfriend: “YES

YES I DID”

Me: “And the last paragraph is just you and hers name in love hearts over and over”

My Girlfriend: LOIS SWEATS GAYLY

But there’s another matter that demands Perry’s attention first…specially one “Mary Kenyon” who has arrived looking for a job…

My Girlfriend: Wow…so people really did just walk into places and ask for jobs back in those days

Me: And we all thought our parents were making it up…

She has some samples to show Perry but he coldly dismisses her college newspaper work as “Amateurish”

Me: “And we can’t have amateurs at the Daily Planet!

Only responsible reporters like the woman who keeps nearly getting herself killed trying to prove one of her co-workers is a space alien, or our best photographer who turned himself into a giant turtle boy last year!”

Lois has a moment of pity for the young girl though and offers her the chance to be the one to report on a “Big scoop” that she’s got a lead on so she can prove to Perry that she’s got what it takes to be a reporter

Me: Lying is always a great way to prove your journalistic skill and integrity

My Girlfriend: Well it’s how Fox News hires all of its reporters…

Me: FAIR

My Girlfriend: So…a confident older woman has taken a wide eyed and smitten looking college girl off somewhere private with her so they can peer into someone’s private abode with a spy camera…

So many of these silver age plots read like the plot of a porn parody with the sex taken out…

Me: And this is honestly one of the least blatant examples

My Girlfriend: America’s whole hang up with gambling is baffling to me

God forbid grown adults make their own decisions with what to do with their money

Me: This is a country that elected George Bush, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.

I can understand why they don’t trust themselves to be able to make their own decisions

And the next day after Mary claims credit for this scoop with Lois’s blessing…

Me: Perry’s very impressed with both such an amazing scoop and the fact that he won’t have to pay her a living wage

My Girlfriend: And all this time we thought Lex Luthor was the biggest crook in Metropolis…

Me: Though he still probably pays better than J Jonah Jameson, to be fair…

And while covering this boat show for the Planet, Mary spies something in the water…a message in a bottle!

She decides to read it for fun and discovers it is, in her own words:

“An SOS from those two millionaire sportsmen who vanished last year in their private plane over the Caribbean sea!”

My Girlfriend: And it just

WASHED UP HERE

IN METROPOLIS HARBOUR

Me: WHAT ARE THE ODDS

No really I want to know what are the actual odds of this happening

My Girlfriend: NOT HIGH

NOT HIGH AT ALL

Me: Unlike this stories writers when they came up with this plot development!

My Girlfriend: EYYYYYYY

And so…

Me: Clark

They’ve been missing for a year

I’m pretty sure they’re dead by now

My Girlfriend: To be fair he only said he’d find them

He never once said ALIVE

Me: YA GOT ME THERE

My Girlfriend: Superman!

Able to recover waterlogged corpses in a single bound!

Me: Superman’s first thought isn’t “I should really get these men medical attention” but rather “HAHAHAHA this sure will humiliate Lois Lane!”

My Girlfriend: Further proof that the silver age Superman’s only joy in life is his friends suffering

Me: IT’S LIKE HE FEEDS OFF IT

My Girlfriend: Also really?

Mary SAVES TWO MENS LIVES and gets the paper the biggest story of the year and her reward is…two hundred dollars?

Me: To be fair that was probably a lot more cash in Old Timey Money than it is today…

Later at a meal out with Clark, Lois has her mind laser focused on Mary Kenyon

“Isn’t it funny Clark?

The girl I helped get her job here topped me!”

Me: “Lois why are you telling me about your sex life over brunch…”

My Girlfriend: It sounds like this meal with Clark isn’t the only time Lois has been eating out

Me: Lana Lang is going to be pissed…she thought she was the only one who got to top Lois Lane…

When she’s not topping Lois, Mary is working hard as a reporter covering a raging fire…which nearly claims her life as a wall crumbles towards her!

Me: If only there was some person or organisation dedicated to putting out fires…fire men if you will…whose job it was to keep people AWAY from raging infernos

My Girlfriend: I mean the fireman there did yell at her that it was kind of dangerous

What more could he do?

Me: Your right it would be sheer madness for them to actively prevent people walking up to burning buildings…all they can hope to do is just gently caution you that it might be dangerous to walk into a four alarm fire

Mary is saved from being barbecued by Superman’s timely arrival and he notes she’s “Almost as reckless as Lois!”

My Girlfriend: “THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CHALLENGE TO ME”

Me: “You haven’t done black face to my knowledge yet though so your still not quite as bad as she is”

And over at Lois’s apartment after a news story refers to Mary as the Planet’s “Star reporter” Lois is left fuming…

Me: LYING IS WRONG LUCY

My Girlfriend: There is not an ounce of truth in that statement

Me: “Superman’s never let you down before!

If you don’t count all the times he manipulated you, lied to you, emotionally and psychologically tortured you, ruined your happiness…”

My Girlfriend: Also wasn’t Lois PLEASED that Mary got the job like two pages ago?

Why does she now suddenly hate her?

Me: Because women can’t be FRIENDS babe

The only way women can succeed is by constantly being in hateful competition with other women AT ALL TIMES and tearing each other down

My Girlfriend: Of course how silly of me

However after yet another rescue by Superman during a perilous situation Lois mood worsens as she thinks to herself how “Yet again” the man of steel “Showed up to save that amateur”

My Girlfriend: So

Does Lois think he should just…let her die?

Because it sounds like she thinks that

Me: She is the ONLY WOMAN Superman is allowed to rescue

If he sees another woman about to perish in a horrific manner he should just leave her to her hellish fate!

My Girlfriend: It’s good to see the silver age Lois is as rational as ever

And as a crestfallen Lois watches Mary is given yet another big story by Perry which leads to…

Me: Mary

Maybe you shouldn’t be quite so blasé about being nearly buried alive

My Girlfriend: WHAT IF SUPERMAN HAD BEEN IN SPACE

Me: or what if this had happened during one of the times he was dead?

My Girlfriend: One of the times?

Me: Happens roughly every six months or so. He’s usually better by the end of it

And the next day at the Daily Planet…

Me: Lois proceeds to bitterly despise the chemical fire jumper for getting Superman’s attention when she isn’t

My Girlfriend: It genuinely sounds like Lois actually WANTS to nearly be killed on a regular basis just so Superman will swoop in and save her

Me: IT’S HER FETISH

LOIS LANE HAS A RESCUE KINK

The only way she can get sexual satisfaction is by nearly being murdered and then having Superman rescue her

My Girlfriend: I AM GOING TO KINK SHAME LOIS LANE

Me: YOUR FETISH IS PROBLEMATIC LOIS

My Girlfriend: Also Lois, Mary is a COLLEGE girl not a schoolgirl

She only wore the schoolgirl outfit that one time while she was topping you

The situation looks grim for the jumper when Lois takes this as a chance to prove herself using “Psychology”...which in this case means her yelling at the top of her voice for the man not to jump (YES REALLY)

Me: Lois

I don’t think telling someone whose about to jump off a roof “DON’T JUMP” really counts as psychology

My Girlfriend: During her time working as a psychiatrist she developed ground breaking techniques like this as well as yelling at depressed people “STOP BEING SAD” and telling people with anxiety to stop being afraid of things

Me: AMAZING STUFF

My Girlfriend: I love how her only reason for wanting to save a human beings life here is that it might get her back in Perry’s good books

Me: “A jumper!

PERFECT!

This is my chance to prove I’m a star reporter!”

However Lois’s brilliant tactics fail to work…and when Mary communicates with the man in sign language instead she gets him to calm down until Superman can rescue him

Me: I can’t believe Lois’s outstanding use of psychology failed

My Girlfriend: I’M AS SHOCKED AS YOUR ARE

Me: Lois

I really don’t think that your going to be fired for failing to prevent someone jumping off a roof by yelling at them…

HOW DO YOU THINK NEWSPAPERS WORK

My Girlfriend: Then again she might be fired for failing to spot the massive letters on that window that should have told her YELLING at this guy probably wouldn’t do much good

Me: Clark is not the only reporter at this paper who needs glasses it seems…

My Girlfriend: Also can they please stop referring to deaf people as if they were another species…

Me: For the silver age this is about as tasteful as it gets babe

The phone call is from a criminal looking to rat out another criminal…one “Bad Man” Brent who is apparently “Public enemy number one!”

Lois is ecstatic and decides she’s going to get her job back by bringing him in herself

Me: Again Lois…you work…AT A NEWSPAPER

Most newspaper reporters don’t make it their job to hunt down murderous fugitives and take them down with their own two hands

My Girlfriend: What’s she going to do, drag him to the cops at gunpoint?

My Girlfriend: OH MY GOD WHY WAS I RIGHT

Me: LOIS LANE IS…THE PUNISHER

My Girlfriend: “By hunting down the scum of Metropolis as a brutal vigilante I’ll be sure to become the Planets Star Reporter again!”

Me: “Lois…what do you think a star reporter DOES…”

However Lois is startled by the fact that “Bad Man” Brent has a trap door hidden in his waterfront hideout which plunges her into a pit!

My Girlfriend: I’m sorry why does a crappy rat trap apartment have a TRAP DOOR built into its design?

Me: WHO BUILT THIS PLACE, MONTY BURNS?

My Girlfriend: Maybe it’s the way the landlord deals with people who complain about rent or ask him to fix things around their home

Me: “Tell me to repair the central heating…into the pit with them…”

As the pit fills with water Lois thinks to herself that Superman has “Desserted her” and “Only has eyes for Mary Kenyon now”

Me: Lois asked herself: Would Superman really just leave her to drown to death slowly?

And realised that the answer was yes he absolutely would

My Girlfriend: It does not say a lot about her opinion of the man of steel

Me: And the fact she still wants to marry him doesn’t say a lot about her self esteem

However Superman DOES come to the rescue…swooping Lois back to the Planet after taking Bad Man Brent to jail for Deathtrap Pit Crime

And back at the Planet Lois is in for another surprise…

Me: “Not to worry Lois…I won’t be trying to top you again!”

My Girlfriend: “Well let’s not be so hasty…maybe I still want you to top me…”

Me: And so our story comes to a happy(?) conclusion in which Lois Lane’s weird irrational jealousy is totally justified by the story going “It would have been fine for Lois to hate this innocent woman if she actually wanted to become a good reporter but it was all a lie so everything worked out”

My Girlfriend: All a lie that Superman was in on and could have told Lois at ANY point

But didn’t

Despite knowing she was upset about it

Me: STAND UP GUY

Onto our next tale of infamy in this issue…

Me: NINE DAYS?

I’m

I’m pretty sure that if you go more than three days without ANY sleep you actually lose your mind

My Girlfriend: This is a silver age Lois Lane comic

No one will notice the difference

Our story begins with Superman bringing Perry White a jewel from outer space to use as a paper weight for his desk (YES REALLY)

Me: “What a thoughtful gift Superman!

It’s almost like your someone who I have a great working relationship with here at the Planet!

Like Clark or Jimmy or Lois!

But Lois and Jimmy are right here and Clark said he was going to the restroom a few minutes before you showed up so you can’t be any of them”

My Girlfriend: Once again Superman shows up Lois and Jimmy on Get Your Boss a Gift day

Me: Really makes the shoe horn Jimmy got him seem kind of inadequate

Superman nyooms off into space on a mission and after he’s left…

Me: PERRY THAT JEWEL WAS AN ANTIQUE

My Girlfriend: “You didn’t even wait five seconds after I gave it to you before smashing it…”

Me: At least Perry takes a glass half full approach here

Perry decides to make the jewels into a lapel pin for Lois, ornamentation for Jimmy’s watch and a “Stickpin” for himself

But…

As the day goes on and Perry and Jimmy start falling asleep

Me: You see, Superman, this is why normal people buy their presents at the mall

My Girlfriend: Not quite as impressive as getting a Space Gem though

Me: Maybe not but I’m just saying I’ve never heard of anything someone bought from Tiffany’s being full of evil space ghosts that want to steal your body

My Girlfriend: Maybe that just means they’re really good at staying hidden

Me: GASP

And as Jimmy finally dozes off into dreamland…

Me: Look I don’t mean to question the wisdom of space ghosts but I think if they’re basing their plan of global conquest around gaining control of JIMMY OLSEN they might be in for a rude shock

My Girlfriend: “SOON

SOON ALL THE WORLD SHALL WEAR BOW TIES AND WEAR BRIGHT GREEN SPORTS COATS

OR THEY SHALL DIE”

However over at the Planet Lois is pulling an all nighter because she’s the only one who does any work around this place…

Me: Lois Lane is saved by being the only person working on a newspaper who actually does any work

My Girlfriend: Look constantly getting kidnapped and turned into mutations is a KIND of work okay

JIMMY DOES HIS BEST

and so Lois is the only one of the three not to fall asleep that night…and as morning comes and Jimmy and Perry arrive, now controlled by Space Evil....

My Girlfriend: “If only we’d waited more than five seconds after she left the room to start talking loudly about our evil plan!”

Me: “MY OWN SENSE OF SHOWMANSHIP WAS MY UNDOING”

My Girlfriend: Why exactly did Perry have that giant globe in his office before now?

Me: DID he have it before now?

I like to think the aliens bought it just so they could spin it menacingly while they did their monologue

Lois concludes that she must be imagining things because of lack of sleep but decides she’ll test Perry and Jimmy just in case…

Me: The funny thing is that in any normal rational world of logic and sense her concluding that she’s hallucinating from lack of sleep WOULD be the sensible conclusion to draw

However

This is a silver age Lois Lane story

And logic and sense have no place in this tale

Lois decides to test them by seeing if they remember taking a certain photograph and…

Me: Again

In a normal world concluding that the world is being taken over by Sleep Demons just because someone…especially a fairly elderly man whose memory might not be what it was…cannot remember taking a photograph would be the kind of thing that only people who make hats out of tin foil do

Here however coming to this utterly fuckin bonkers conclusion is the only thing that’s going to save the world from Armageddon

My Girlfriend: I mean to be fair that photo was taken from THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

I think anyone not remembering their trip to the centre of the earth would be a bit suspicious

Me: TOUCHE

Back at her apartment Lois continues to stay awake, refusing to tell her sister Lucy why though on the grounds that she would “Never believe me” if she did…

Me: Lois

You live in a world where a SPACE ALIEN protects your city from giant ants, outer space dopplegangers and a raving bald man who nyooms around in a bright purple and green battle suit firing Kryptonite Death Rays at people

Your city has repeatedly been attacked by a MAGICAL IMP from the fifth dimension

WHY

Do you think Lucy wouldn’t believe in aliens?

My Girlfriend: Someone who lives in metropolis not believing in aliens is like someone who lives in the Shire saying they don’t believe in Hobbits

And so…

Me: “I once heard of somebody who stayed awake for a week!

I mean

Afterwards they ate several people and then killed themselves but that’s beside the point”

My Girlfriend: I really don’t think Lois understands how sleep WORKS if her plan to stay awake is “Watch horror films”

Me: She’s going to do herself such a bad scare she can’t possibly fall asleep!

Me: Okay I have to say I am pretty impressed Lois rigged this up

My Girlfriend: She has an unexpected knack for inventing weirdly specific and useful things

Me: She would be great at practical jokes

Back with Jimmy and Perry they’re still plotting away planning to cut the jewel into smaller and smaller pieces and put them in the possession of more and more people thus conquering the globe…

Me: Okay have they

Really thought this through?

Because even if they cut that jewel down to its tiniest possible fragments they’re still only going to be able to posses, at maximum, maybe a few thousand people

At the time this story came out I think there were about three BILLION human beings on the planet…I don’t like those odds

My Girlfriend: But you forget they have the terrifying might of Jimmy Olsen and Perry White on their side

Me: Your right…with an aging newspaper editor and a danger prone photographer in their grip the world will not stand a chance..

Poor Lois continues to have to deal with various perils to her plan to stay awake…

Me: STOP KINK SHAMING LOIS LANE

My Girlfriend: If she wants to enjoy the pain let her

Me: Sometimes pain can be very enjoyable indeed >.>

And as time goes on Lois is forced to ever more ridiculous methods of keeping herself awake…

Me: I’m not sure that tiring yourself out on a treadmill is a great way of AVOIDING falling asleep

My Girlfriend: I also don’t think for a meal with someone you know is possessed by a murderous alien is a great plan either

Me: Honestly if I saw someone with the face Jimmy is making dropping pills into a drink I would be alarmed even if they weren’t possessed by an alien

My Girlfriend: Lois is giving him an epic side eye there

Me: I kind of want to make that into a reaction image…

However Lois swaps the coffee cups around by distracting Jimmy for a moment…and sure enough moments later he’s fast asleep

Me: Sure is lucky those were just knockout drugs and not…you know…POISON

My Girlfriend: Well done Lois you just narrowly avoided murdering Jimmy Olsen there

Me: She considered the risk and decided that Jimmy ultimately fell under the heading of “Acceptable losses”

My Girlfriend: “Could I live with myself if he died?

….

Yes

Yes I could”

With Jimmy knocked out Lois gets back to her day job….

Me: Did she just abandon Jimmy at that café

My Girlriend: If someone doesn’t come to claim him soon he will be sold to the circus

Me: Out of context this scene is pretty fuckin creepy

My Girlfriend: IN CONTEXT it’s pretty creepy as well

Me: I do love how it’s only right at the last minute that Lois realises that the aliens that are desperate to make her fall asleep wanting her to lay down on a mattress MIGHT be a trap

My Girlfriend: NOTHING GETS PAST HER KEEN REPORTERS MIND

Me: “YOU HAVE FALLEN INTO OUR EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE TRAP”

But just as all seems lost….

My Girlfriend: So

He didn’t think to check whether the jewel was dangerous BEFORE he gave it to one of his friends…one of his friends who works in the same building where his best friend and the woman he loves also work….

Me: DON’T BE SILLY

That would have taken up valuable seconds of his time that he could spend thinking up new ways to make their lives a living hell

My Girlfriend: It really seems like Sheer Dumb Luck is what saved the day here

Me: It’s not a proud moment for Superman I’m not going to lie

Especially since it kind of sounds like he just committed genocide

My Girlfriend: HE 100% WIPED OUT AN ENTIRE SPECIES THERE

Me: But the species was EVIL so that makes it totally acceptable for him to kill them all

My Girlfriend: His code against killing doesn’t extend to gemstone aliens who have vaguely sinister plans

Me: MURDERED FOR GEMSTONE CRIMES

And our story ends with…

Me: And so once again the day is saved

Thanks to

PLOT CONTRIVANCE

My Girlfriend: A dubious victory for the forces of justice

Me: Okay so

We can put it off no longer babe

Are you ready

To see Lois Lane wed astounding man?

My Girlfriend: If I say no do we still have to read it

Me: YES

My Girlfriend: God damn it…

My Girlfriend: Wait so is his legal name actually ASTOUNDING MAN

Because I have questions

Me: All I can think of right now is that Gargoyles episode where it turns out Fox had her name legally changed to that

My Girlfriend: I feel like most judges would have some issue with someone changing their name to Astounding Man

As the saucer lands Lois does the only sensible thing (For her) that can be done…she decides to climb inside it because of course she does

My Girlfriend: I love how the narrator says she “Responds in a typical manner” here

Even the omniscient narrator is just utterly resigned to what terrible life choices Lois makes

Me: (Singing) The gangplanks extended

And we’re ready to go

Won’t you come along baby in my UFO

My Girlfriend: SURELY NO DANGER GETTING IN A STRANGERS UFO

As the UFO rockets away from Earth Lois thinks to herself what a bad idea this was

“Now I’m being space-napped!”

My Girlfriend: NO LOIS IT’S STILL CALLED KIDNAPPING

You can’t just put the word “Space” in front of everything just because you’re in space

Me: YES SHE CAN

My Girlfriend: NO SHE CANNOT

She is being kidnapped and that’s final

Me: And sadly NOT by lesbian pirates from outer space

My Girlfriend: Now that would be enjoyable to read

Me: But no instead she’s being kidnapped by…

My Girlfriend: So he’s just met her…he’s ABDUCTED her…and now he wants her to marry him

Me: And yet

It’s still a better love story than Twilight

“Gasp!

This can’t be happening!

Handsome space men don’t kidnap girl reporters and propose to them the instant they meet!

It isn’t done!” Lois thinks to herself

Me: It strikes me as a little odd that Lois’s only objection to all this is that she thinks it’s bad manners and somewhat impolite

My Girlfriend: “THIS IS MOST UNORTHODOX”

This jumpsuit wearing Leisure Suit Larry from outer space explains that he’s been observing earth from afar and then really piles on the Sleazy Space Charm

Me: “Well you’ve admitted that you’ve been spying on me without my knowledge for god knows how long and then you kidnapped me…and I know absolutely NOTHING about you…

But on the other hand you ARE handsome and you DO have superpowers…hmmmmmm”

My Girlfriend: What more do you need to make a marriage work?

Me: Things like personality, common interests…those just don’t matter when compared to good looks and the power to fly and shoot beams from your eyes

He says that he’d like Lois to spend 48 hours on his world of Roxnon and if at the end of that time she doesn’t want to marry him he’ll return her to earth…

This being the silver age Lois Lane she of course agrees

Me: “Well if you can’t trust the word of an outerspace peeping tom who can you trust”

My Girlfriend: “he seems very reliable and trustworthy with the way he lured me into his ship and then abducted me from my home planet without my consent”

And once on Roxnon the story decides to just leave all logic in the dust as…

Me: OKAY

LOIS

THAT SHOULD NOT BE YOUR TAKE AWAY FROM ALL THIS

The take away from this should be that this is the biggest set of fucking red flags since the “I killed them! Not just the men…but the women and children too!” scene from Attack of the Clones

My Girlfriend: HOW IS SHE NOT SEEING ANY DANGER SIGNS…ANY AT ALL…IN ANY OF THIS

“Let me tour you around the planet sized creepy shrine I’ve made to you while spying on your every waking moment”

Me: “Then you can relax in this movie theatre where I watch footage I’ve recorded of you without your knowledge or consent in secret”

My Girlfriend: “And here are the thousands of books of obsessive ravings I’ve written about how we’re destined to be together

I’ve had to keep them here ever since I was banned from Archive of Our Own”

Me: Also did he just admit that he RECORDED HER CHANGING CLOTHES

My Girlfriend: “And over here are the thousands of video tapes I have of you in the shower…”

As they tour the world the planets citizens talk about how wonderful and special they think Astounding Man is and that Lois would be lucky to marry him

My Girlfriend: “These are definitely real people by the way not trained actors I’ve paid to talk me up”

Me: No oooooonnnneeee’s….quick like Astounding Man!

No one’s slick as Astounding Man!

No one’s Lois Lane obsession is as sick as Astounding Man!

My Girlfriend: “I HAVE MANY TAPES OF HER IN THE BAAAATTTHHHROOOOOOM”

Me: “A WORRYING GUY THAT ASTOUNDING MAN”

My Girlfriend: ………………

I’m calling it now he’s roofie-ing her with some kind of Space Rohypnol isn’t he

Me: I’m sad to say that the actual plot twist of this story makes that seem both sane and tasteful by comparison

My Girlfriend: OH GOODY I CANNOT WAIT

Also

Did she really go somewhere ALONE with this maniac

Me: SHE DID

My Girlfriend: Why

Would you go ANYWHERE alone with this guy

Me: Lois Lane is apparently the kind of person who reads about John Hinkley and thinks to herself “What a romantic that guy was” judging from this story

Astounding Man continues to woo Lois telling her that her laughter “Is like the tinkling merriment of a mischevious fairy queen”

Me: Astounding Man is confirmed to be into water sports

My Girlfriend: Why

Why in gods name

Would you make me hear those words

With my own two ears

And to really prove his love we get…

THIS

Me: Lois

These robots are at best non-sentient beings that are probably programmed not to actually harm him

At worst?

HE JUST BEAT UP SLAVES

My Girlfriend: If Lois thinks this is romantic just wait until he takes her bull fighting, bear baiting and cock fighting as the day continues

Me: “Nothing is more romantic than watching a man beat up far weaker opponents in staged combat!”

My Girlfriend: It’s also how Hulk Hogan won her heart

Astounding Man is um…astounded…that Lois has accepted and asks her if she’s sure she’s willing to forget Superman…Lois says she is and that she’s realised that Superman will never love her back

My Girlfriend: The depressing part is this is the closest thing Lois has gotten to a healthy realisation about the deeply weird nature of their relationship

Me: Don’t worry, it won’t last

Astounding Man asks Lois if she promises she’ll marry him “No matter what my secret is?”

My Girlfriend: Okay that is a phrase to make you run away very fast in the BEST of circumstances

And these

Are not the best of circumstances

Me: A man telling you that you must promise to love him no matter his secret is the kind of thing that it’s NEVER good to hear

My Girlfriend: RUN LOIS

RUN NOW

Me: FOR GODS SAKE GET OUT OF THERE BEFORE THIS TURNS INTO A LIFETIME MOVIE IN SPACE

But no Lois promises she will love and marry Astounding Man no matter what…and says she can hardly wait to learn his secret!

My Girlfriend: Samantha is this going to turn into some kind of 50 Shades of Grey situation because if so I’m leaving

Me: No he’s not going to show her his Little Red Room

But after you see what’s about to happen you may want to set some hard limits on us ever reading another silver age Lois Lane comic again

Because…

My Girlfriend: ……………..

…………………………………………………..

What

The fuck

Me: YES

THIS IS THE ACTUAL PLOT TWIST OF THIS STORY

My Girlfriend: I say again

What

The actual

Fuck

Me: Astounding Man is in fact…OZ THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE…um I mean…”Oogamooga”

My Girlfriend: Oogamooga is not a name it’s the opening lyrics of a Blue Swede song…

Ooga Chaka here explains that Astounding Man is a lifelike android he created that he has complete control over that he created to seduce Lois into marrying him

My Girlfriend: Question: WHY

Me: Right?

What does he actually GET out of this besides some weird voyeuristic thrill?

My Girlfriend: Did it occur to him that he could just make himself a robot wife and avoid this entire pointless charade?

Me: THERE WAS NO NEED FOR ANY OF THIS

My Girlfriend: WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL THIS

ChumbaWumba here explains that since Lois promised to marry Astounding Man she must do it and thus also be marrying him by proxy…or else she’ll be breaking her promise!

Me: ONE: People can break promises dude

A promise is not a legally binding contract

What are you going to do, take her to space court and sue her for Breach of Promise?

My Girlfriend: TWO: The promise was also made under COMPLETELY false pretences because you’re a weird ass space gnome

Me: THREE: She promised to marry ASTOUNDING MAN…you are not Astounding Man, you admitted as much yourself

But no…Lois AGREES to marry Astounding Man!

Yes really

And an invitation is sent to earth which Superman receives

“An invitation to attend the marriage of Lois Lane and Astounding Man on another planet! A sketch shows where Roxnon is located!”

Me: ………………………………..

A SKETCH?

My Girlfriend: THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF MAPS ON ROXNON

Just like they haven’t heard of basic decency and healthy romantic relationships

Me: I do genuinely love that Superman isn’t…at all bothered by this

And also doesn’t seem at all concerned that Lois has been MISSING FOR TWO DAYS

My Girlfriend: Maybe Oompa Loompa was right when he said Superman doesn’t care about her

And once Superman arrives on Roxnon thanks to that handy sketch…

Me: Superman showing his famous acceptance and understanding of all beings no matter their appearance there

My Girlfriend: “You’re really going to marry an UGLY PERSON?”

Me: Also is that…is that PERRY WHITE conducting the ceremony

My Girlfriend: Look she’s marrying a Grunka Lunka controlling a space robot…a newspaper editor conducting the ceremony is the LEAST strange thing happening here

But what did Lois whisper to Superman?

Were I the writer of this story it might well have been “Look all I have to do is spend a little time riding Astounding Man’s astounding robot dick until the old guy has a heart attack watching us and then I’m his rich ass widow, inheriting my own fuckin planet with an actual castle”

However the writer of this story decided on something much worse

My Girlfriend: That final panel

Is going to haunt me for the rest of my days

Nothing will take away the memory of seeing that with my own two eyes

Me: “I’m confused…is this a happy ending or a sad ending?”

My Girlfriend: “IT’S AN ENDING

THAT’S ENOUGH”

Final Thoughts:

Me: Well babe we survived not one but THREE silver age Lois Lane stories

How do you feel?

My Girlfriend: I feel like a piece of me died today

Me: That’s pretty much the normal way to feel after what we’ve just seen

My Girlfriend: So was every issue of this series like this?

Me: Nooooo some of them were FAR worse

And it ran for over one hundred issues

My Girlfriend: Did

Did people in the seventies have even a nodding acquaintance with good taste or standards?

Me: I think we already know the answer to that question

My Girlfriend: I will say the middle story was okay

Me: It at least had Lois actively doing something and trying to be heroic…even in that heroism was limited to inducing insomnia…

Unlike the first story where she’s utterly livid that Superman is saving another woman’s life and that someone else might be a good reporter…and this final story where…

I mean

What would you even call this story?

My Girlfriend: A WARNING

Me: A dreadful warning to young women everywhere reading this comic: DON’T MARRY ASTOUNDING MEN

My Girlfriend: Do not fall for smooth talkers with UFO’s and outer space shrines to you

They are in fact weird old men hiding in closets

Me: Speaking of hiding in closets Lois and Dolly Day’s secret affair is sadly not a story told in any Lois Lane comic book…though it should be

My Girlfriend: IT REALLY SHOULD

Now I’m going to read the modern day Lois Lane comic to remind myself there is still good in this world

#Let's Read Comics #DC #Comics #Sfw #Lois Lane

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a/n: i love lena so much and i don’t appreciate what the supergirl writers are doing to her character

warnings: mentions of abuse. sexual references - just kissing tbh & a little morning after

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r is a political journalist and works at catco. she is working late one night on her article about the presidential debate when lena notices her and interrupts her

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“12:37am”

Looking at the time on your phone, you sighed. You’d been here longer than you had intended to. You didn’t think writing your article would take this long but once you’d started, you hadn’t stopped. To be fair though, if you were home, you would probably be doing the exact same thing.

You often worked late, mainly staying up to all hours of the night working on your articles at home but tonight, you decided to stay at work.

You’d been in Washington, DC all week, interviewing politicians left, right and centre and had only just stepped foot back in the office earlier this afternoon. The majority of your notes were here anyway so there was no point in you going home yet.

You were currently transcribing your interview notes with your former boss, Cat Grant, who was the White House Press Secretary. You were happy for her, she seemed to really suit the job.

Then again, you think she just liked telling people what to do.

Laughing to yourself, you thought of the time when you used to be a junior writer working under Snapper. Miss Grant had given you the role but only because you had seized the opportunity to ask for it.

She always did like people who spoke up for themselves.

It was hard to say you miss her though, considering you saw her almost every other week. But now, her job had been taken over by James Olsen.

You were good friends with him, having known him when he worked at the Daily Planet. When he got the role, you celebrated alongside your other work friends, Kara and Winn.

Kara was now a reporter, a great one you might add, who always seemed to be getting exclusives with Supergirl.

That was funny to you because you knew she was Supergirl.

She didn’t know that you knew but the glasses didn’t exactly conceal much.

She was also very good friends with your new boss.

Lena Luthor.

You smiled at the thought of her. Whilst you were slightly intimidated by her, you did admire her. She was a very powerful and intelligent woman. And the fact that she was beautiful too didn’t hurt your perception of her. She was also the CEO of two major companies. That was impressive.

Glancing over at the large open office, you noticed the light on in the room.

It had to be Jimmy, you thought.

He did tend to stay over quite late; it gave him a reason to be out late when he conducted his Guardian business.

That’s right, you knew his secret identity too. He and Kara weren’t really good at hiding it, you thought.

Shaking your head, you clicked play on your tape recorder and decided to focus on completing the task at hand: finishing your article on the upcoming Presidential Debate so it could published for tomorrow’s evening issue.

Lena lifted her head at the sound of typing. She had been so focused on finishing the cross analysis reports for both CatCo and L-Corp that she hadn’t realised anyone else was in the building. Well, apart from the night team but they operated from a different floor.

She stood up and moved from behind her desk so she could see who the person clacking away on their keyboard was.

She stood in place, crossing her arms when she saw the woman hunched over at her desk, headphones plugged into her ears, typing furiously on her laptop, occasionally stopping to make brief notes on a piece of paper beside her.

Lena frowned. She had made it a personal mission of hers to interact with everyone on the floor so she could get to know her employees better. But she had never spoken to you. And she definitely would have remembered speaking to someone so dedicated to their work that they stayed in the office till this late at night.

She contemplated going over to interrupt you and introduce herself but decided against doing so. She began walking back to her desk before swiftly turning around, changing her mind at the last second.

As a reflection of the extraordinary nature of the Democratic field, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, better known as AOC, has-

You stopped typing when you felt the soft tap on your shoulder. Removing your headphones, you spoke, “Yeah, Jimmy?”

Turning around, you were shocked to see the person standing above you.

“I hope I have no resemblance to Mr Olsen.” The woman joked.

“I-Miss Luthor! I’m sorry-I thought-I mean. Why are you here so late?” You said, surprised.

The raven-haired woman chuckled as you fumbled over your words.

“Well, if my employees are going to be here this late, then why shouldn’t the following apply to me?” She smirked, accentuating her red-painted lips in the process.

“I believe we haven’t been introduced. I’m Lena Luthor, as you are already aware.”

“Y/N L/N.” You replied, standing up to shake her hand before leaning against your desk.

“It’s nice to meet you, Miss L/N.”

“Call me y/n, Miss Luthor. I feel like a teacher if you call me ‘Miss’.” You corrected, smiling lightly when Miss Luthor laughed. It was a genuine laugh, one that seemed to reach her eyes.

“If we’re ridding ourselves of formalities then please, call me Lena. So what are you doing here so late?”

“I’m finishing my article on the new Presidential nominees. I’ve been in Washington all week with Miss Grant and other politicians so I haven’t had a chance to complete my article.”

“That explains why I hadn’t met you.”

“Yeah, I’m constantly up and down the country, following the political story as it were.”

“I hope I haven’t disturbed you.”

“No, of course not. I was almost finished anyway. So, how are you finding it here?”

“It’s interesting. I’ve never really been involved with journalism. Been on the receiving end of scathing articles about me and my family, yes. But running a media empire, definitely not.”

“I do hate journalists sometimes. They just go with the crowd and join in on hating the new person of the week. People don’t realise that someone can grow up with their family but turn out completely different to them.”

Lena’s eyes narrowed, she appreciated your thoughts but knew there was more truth to it than it just being about her.

“I hope I’m not being too forward here but would you like to grab a drink from the bar down the street?”

You failed to hide your shock. You had only just met Lena and here she was already asking you out, as if she had known you for years.

“Yeah, sure. I would really like that Miss-Lena.” You said, correcting yourself.

***

“She didn’t?!” You gasped, holding your laugh.

“She did! She asked me if I was baptised and I just laughed and said no.” Lena chuckled. “She said she only sleeps with good Catholic girls.”

“Oh my god.” You couldn’t hold your laughter and almost spilt your drink in the process.

You and Lena were currently at the bar, hands nursing your respective drinks. Lena, much to your surprise, was drinking Scotch, and you were drinking Macallan Whiskey.

It was currently 3:30am and you had spent the past few hours chatting away, talking about your failed relationships among other things.

“So, y/n, tell me, what brought you to CatCo?” Lena asked, her chin resting on her hand.

You were about to give her your usual prepared answer that you gave everyone else who asked the question. But whether it was the fact that you had been drinking, or the fact that you had a beautiful woman sitting in front of you, you decided to actually tell her the truth.

“Truth be told, as much as I loved writing, I was actually studying to be an accountant.”

“Really?” Lena said, shocked.

“Yeah, my father always said journalism wasn’t a feasible career choice and pushed me towards accountancy so I could look after the family business. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed maths. It was reliable. There was a right and a wrong. Just plain facts. But, I don’t know.”

Lena listened intently as you continued.

“There was just something about writing. With words, you have this...this power where whatever you write can actually influence someone. It allows someone to see themselves in your work. And that’s what CatCo was to me. I started off at the Daily Planet but I think I knew that it just wasn’t for me and it was the same with James. So Jimmy and I both moved here and never looked back.”

You looked up at Lena when you had finished and saw her brows furrowed.

“I’m sorry. That was such a long explanation.” You began apologising before Lena interrupted you.

“No, don’t be sorry. That was just...very truthful. I appreciate your honesty, y/n.” Lena smiled, her eyes staring deeply at yours.

“Thank you. You’re one of the few people who do.” You added under your breath, as an afterthought, but Lena had heard you.

“What do you mean, y/n?” She reached over to place her hand on your arm and you felt your stomach clench. Such a simple embrace, but so caring.

“My father. Let’s just say he didn’t appreciate my change of career, among other things.” You stated, not really wanting to explain further but when you looked into Lena’s eyes, you saw truth and understanding and the next thing you knew, you were spilling the entire story.

You told her how your mother had died when you were young, leaving just you and your father. You explained how he pushed you to be the best at everything and how any failure was punished. How he controlled your life, preventing you from socialising, and instead, made you focus on work and furthering yourself in accounting. How, when you had told him that not only were you pursuing journalism but that you also were bisexual, he had slapped you and disowned you.

“It was for the best,” you shrugged, “don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for the fact that he pushed me to always be the best, but I’m glad that we no longer speak.”

“I’m sorry about your father, y/n. He sounds like a horrible person to me.” Lena said, both horrified but also with understanding as she was treated similarly by Lillian.

“Thank you.”

Lena almost screamed then. You had explained how awful your father was and here you were, thanking her for sharing your sentiment and for believing you. She reined in her temper and brushed her thumb against the back of your hand.

“I’m really glad you decided to follow your dream, y/n.”

“Me too.” You smiled softly.

It was getting quite late, well, technically early, so Lena had called her driver and was insistent on dropping you off home.

You were now outside your apartment so you turned to face your boss.

“Thank you, Lena. I really enjoyed tonight.”

You moved to give her a hug and kiss her cheek but when you pulled away, you both sat there, faces inches away from each other.

Her eyes flickered down to your lips for a split second, but you caught it and just stared at her. Before you knew it, her lips were on yours, soft but demanding.

This time when you pulled away, Lena huskily whispered in your ear, “Come home with me.”

You considered the consequences.

She was your boss after all.

Lena placed a gentle kiss on the corner of your mouth and then brushed her thumb against your lip, most likely removing her red lipstick.

“Well?” She breathed out.

Her hand slid across the back of your neck. Sending a hard shiver down your body but not forcing you close to her. That was exactly what you needed to close the distance once again.

You pulled back and murmured “yes” causing Lena to smirk and tell the driver to take you back to hers.

***

You woke up in Lena’s bed, moaning lightly at the feel of Lena’s soft silk sheets against your skin.

You felt arms wrapped around your waist and then slowly remove themselves from you. You turned in Lena’s arms and smiled.

“Hey.”

“Hey, yourself, beautiful.” Lena said, making you blush.

“I’ve been called into work early but you can sleep a little bit longer before you have to go into work.”

“It’s alright. I’ll leave with you. I have to go back to my apartment anyway. But I’ll meet you at work?”

“Sure.” Lena chastely kissed your cheek before you both got ready and left.

***

After Lena dropped you off at home, you showered and got changed. You sat down on your bed and thought about the night you had spent with Lena.

You did have a few doubts because of the fact that she was your boss but she honestly was one of the most honest people you had ever met.

And she was great in bed too. All you would say is that she’s very giving.

You stood up, deciding to make your way into work.

***

Walking onto your floor, the quiet of the lift was immediately eradicated and replaced with the ringing of phones, people typing on laptops and a lot of chatter.

As you made your way to your desk, you saw a familiar blonde sitting in your chair.

“Hey, blondie.”

Turning around, the blonde jumped up and hugged you.

“Y/N! I’ve missed you. I’m so glad you’re back. How was DC?” Kara asked, pushing up her glasses.

“I’ve missed you too, Kara. It was quite good actually. I’ve just been so busy. But I’m going to be staying for at least a month now before I need to travel again, so that’s good.”

“Oh my god, yay. I’m so happy. Hey, you can start coming to game night again now that you’re back.”

“Oh, the iconic game night. How I’ve missed you.” You said dramatically, making you and Kara laugh. “Is it the same old gang?”

“Mostly yeah. Alex and Maggie will be there, as will Winn, James, Sam and Ruby but now Lena comes along.”

At the mention of the latter, a light blush rose to your cheeks, luckily going unnoticed by the superhero.

“Oh that reminds me, Lena wanted to see you. She’s in her office.” Kara said, nodding her head in the direction of the large office now occupied by the business woman.

Giving Kara another hug, you made your way to Lena’s office where the former was sitting on her sofa. Upon seeing you, she gestured for you to sit beside her.

“Y/N, how are you?”

“Well, thanks. And yourself?”

“Very well. Especially after last night.”

Another blush rose to your face but this time, Lena noticed and smirked.

“Do I make you blush, L/N? It’s good to know that I have an effect on you.”

“I really enjoyed last night, Lena. I know that you’re my boss and that it’s not exactly appropriate for us to have such a...personal relationship.”

“I know, y/n. But after last night, I don’t think I can keep my hands off you. You’re a very caring person, y/n, and I really would like to get to know you better. I think we have something between us.” Lena explained, placing her hand on yours.

“I do too. I can feel something between us but I don’t want it to be awkward in the event we don’t work out.” You said, expressing your worries.

“I don’t think it will. But how will we know unless we try?” Lena countered.

“That’s very true. I think you’re right. We’re both adults and we can see where this goes. And last night...Wow. But I do have to tell you one thing about last night.”

Lena raised her brow, trying to hide her concern.

“I’m sorry to tell you, but I’m not baptised.”

Lena burst out laughing causing you to laugh too.

“Oh god,” Lena said, trying to stop herself from laughing.

Once she had, she gave you a sober look, “I know we’re at work but-”

She cupped your cheek to bring you in for a sensual kiss which you happily reciprocated.

Pulling away, a wave of shock hit you as you realised something.

You were dating Lena Luthor.

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