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donnerpartyofone · 6 months ago

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7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57

Woah, thanks for all the numbers! I did 7 in the previous post, but let's see:

17. "opinion on insecurities" hahaha, I didn't even read all of these before I reblogged that thing! My most immediate reaction is that sometimes when you're trying to have an honest reckoning with your flaws and handicaps, people tell you you're just being insecure, and this is one of the central frustrations of my entire existence. If you're forced to constantly pretend that you're awesome and capable of anything, it makes it a lot harder to come to terms with what isn't working. But everyone has insecurities I think, they're probably unavoidable. I guess some people base their entire personality around an insecurity and that's not great, but I think the only thing to do is to try to be honest and lucid about your weaknesses. That's the only point you can proceed from.

27. If I gave you a real accounting of all the things I hate, you would regret it! It's a lot of things, TOO MANY things. I'll just pick one for now: I hate movies about characters who are sort of reclusive, where other characters mob up on them and force them to participate in society as if this is a great gift, as if all human beings want the same thing and that thing is extreme amounts of attention and activity, as if no human being could possibly just enjoy their own company and some peace and quiet. There are a lot of variations on this theme but a good example is THE STATION AGENT. I was like, what the fuck, leave that guy alone!

37. Hmm I also have a lot of favorite actors since I spend most of my time watching movies. Last night I rewatched the incredible THE WORLD'S GREATEST SINNER and I was thinking about how Timothy Carey is like Nicolas Cage before Nicolas Cage, like they're descended from the same stock somehow. They even look alike to me. And then I was thinking about how Michael Moriarty has that same kind of manic, improvisational energy, and all three men are tall. Actually Nic Cage isn't as tall as I always think he is, but Moriarty is 6'3" and Carey was a little over. So Timothy Carey and Nicolas Cage have more similar faces, but Michael Moriarty and Timothy Carey are more the same height. I do not know what this is meant to prove.

47. "Turn ons," eh? I'm prejudicially inclined toward people who are really smart and articulate, but I also like it when people are strangely naive and sweet. I like hairy, vascular forearms and hands, and glasses, and widow's peaks. I like people who have obsessions. I'm totally straight but I'm fascinated by tough, androgynous women and tomboys. I like men who look like weird movie villains. I am attracted to basically all weird movie villains.

But now I want to volunteer one "turn off" from #48, which is that I have zero tolerance for people who are really into deliriously dysfunctional sadomasochistic relationships. Which is what most media will tell you is "true love" or something, and it does look pretty good from the outside, I mean who doesn't want to dissolve into a morbid, swooning obsession? But having experienced a couple of those things, it became very clear to me that they are essentially infantile, ugly, and stupid, and people who insist on that dynamic are like a baby who cries over their shitty diaper and pisses in your face when you try to change it for them. I almost miss being able to enjoy that type of libidinous delirium, but the whole thought of it just makes me sick now. People who pretend to be vampires are never as cool as they want you to think they are.

57. My favorite animal is all reptiles. I like a lot of animals, but reptiles and amphibians more than anything. Right now I'm doing this study of Italian cannibal movies which I knew were full of animal cruelty, but somehow I managed to forget that reptiles seem to get the worst of it. :(

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gothsuguru · 3 months ago

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KAIRO KAIROKAIROOOOOOO!!!!!!!! WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT OUR OC'S PLEASEEE PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT YOURS!!!!!!!!!!! I WANNA KNOW ALL ABT THEMM:333333333333 - @teddybeartoji

THIS IS MY FAVORITE ASK I HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING HISTORY MICKEY <333 omfg okay i’m literally jumping w excitement let me tell you everything about my favorite bastards <333 i’ll say their names & jobs now and then i’ll go into detail :3

dmitri king (assassin), xavier rayne (assassin/homme fatale, spy), icarus (thief), damien romanov (assassin/homme fatale/spy + poison concocter), silas kane (hacker)

okay so they’re all in a group together and as you can see they’re all criminals, BUT, as atonement they somehow found themselves in a robin-hood esque group where they help those less fortunate/who’ve been hurt by other criminals/the rich and help them out w whatever they need! they’re a group of hilarious bastards i Love them :3

and then they all have dilfy dads and i WILL get into that as well <333 MORE INFO UNDER THE CUT :>

OKAY SO!!!!!

- dmitri is one of my first proper oc’s i ever created and she’s my utmost beloved <333 she has a scar on her left eye and her iris in that eye is a blood red color (because panache) and she also has a scar on her heart — i’ll explain these a little bit later! but she currently works as an assassin alongside her friends that she’s made in the business! she’s a bastard, witty, funny, & a bad bitch/chaotic dumbass and i Love her so much <3

she also owns a male strip club called “Eros” where her father used to work as a dancer — a beautiful man who’s a psychopathic evil dilf — he had her VERY young and he would use her almost in a kid-fighting ring & would take her along during hits where he’d seduce & kill his marks while she watched. he also tried killing her when she was a kid (stabbed her in the heart and kissed her, and then he left her in an open grave where she crawled out of) + years later she gains another “father figure” when she’s put into the system but he cuts her eye during a fight they have and she kills him and burns the house down while she laughs (insane breakdown but she’s a bit psychopathic so she doesn’t care anymore)

she grows up doing hit jobs and for lore i made her handler xavier’s father — he finds her all bloody and covered in soot because she’s crawling away from the burning home <333 and he gets her a job with an Assassin Guild where she ends up being the top assassin <3 she doesn’t care for the title, she just enjoys killing :3 as she grows older she becomes the owner of Eros and a protector of those who work there! (another assassin oversees the strip club when she’s not there, his name is adrian storm he’s very sexy & sexually sadistic :3 he’s tall & has tan skin + wavy purple hair in a half up-half down style and he carries a whip w him :3)

but omg yeah dmitri my bestie she’s very beloved to me :3 i love my badass assassin so much <333 there’s a lot of STORY behind her character but this is just a lil taste! she has a very Rough childhood but doesn’t pay it any mind honestly! except one day during a heist at a fancy party she ends up seeing her dad… chaos ensues…

- xavier rayne is so beautiful to me he was my first male oc :3 devastatingly beautiful, he has hair like geto’s where it’s in a bun & he has bangs! he’s tall and a bad bitch <3 he’s the mastermind/leader of this criminal group and as a child i think he had a backstory similar to black widow in which he was trained to be a spy/assassin and he’s an homme fatale — he uses his beauty to get what he needs.

(fun fact, when dmitri’s dad fucks off after he stabs her, he ends up in the place where they train young boys to become assassins/homme fatales as xavier & damien’s teacher!) in order to become a Proper Assassin he had to fight to the death against other aspiring assassins (he won which shows how strong & powerful he is — not as much as dmitri ofc ;) they originally met when he was sent to kill dmitri and he tried flirting w her but she was SOOOOOOO oblivious he was so done w her and when she realized he was flirting w her she was like “you can continue please continue” and then he bonked her on the head and said “no.” <333 beloved losers turned besties

- damien romanov grew up in a very strict household, i think his father wanted him to become a violinist and it was just a VERY cold home/relationship! certain events happen and he ends up at the same assassin guild and becomes a spy & he concocts poisons/is very well-versed with medicine as well! he has shoulder length black hair and stormy grey eyes <333 he’s very beautiful & lethal :3

- ICARUS!!!!! beautiful gorgeous fun baddie <333 he’s an art/jewelry thief! he loves the finer things in life so he became a thief <3 he grew up in the circus and left as a preteen! his father… is a bit insane but also very kind yet sociopathic… if that makes sense </3 icarus has hair like gojo’s just a lil tiny bit longer & tan skin <333

THE BADDEST BITCH EVER! actually icarus + dmitri + xavier + damien + silas (coming up) met at an art museum where they were each sent to retrieve something! (it was a set up from some evil organization methinks) ((idk if you’ve ever watched leverage but this entire group is based off that group and so is the art museums thingy!)) also icarus & xavier end up dating :3

- silas kane! he’s a hacker and he’s the sweetest one of the group and also one of the smartest! he lives with his grandma and everyone loves going to his house for a sense of normalcy :’) he ends up dating damien :3

there’s soooooooo much lore esp with each of their own individual backstories & how they all interconnect! (and TRUST… they interconnect.) i just loved the idea of criminals getting together robin-hood style <333 they’re all so feared but as a group they’re witty dorky goobers ;3 and then also… all their DADS are assassins in a group together too unbeknownst to the children… certain dads try to look out for their kids but others (dmitri’s dad) are praying on their downfall 😭 but also the dads don’t know that their kids are in a robin-hood esque group either until the party… omg let me open google docs rn [the kids and dads are also shocked when they realize they know the OTHER children of the other dads because like i said… all fates & meetings are interconnected 🤭]

BUT OMG TELL ME ALLLLLLLL ABOUT YOUR OC’S MICKEY <333 KNOWING YOU THEY’RE GONNA BE SO COOL AND SEXY

#asks #mickey tag <3 #my oc’s #<- new tag bc i take this shit so serious…#i have so much more to say but i’ll stop there bc i yapped a lot but this is just the mere TIP of the iceberg #one day i need to go into google docs and just write the proper storyline of my oc’s #if y’all see a published book or movie abt this 💯 buy it and make me RICH.#i need to properly learn art to draw them 😭#AHHHHHH I WANNA ADD MORE INFO ON HERE BUT IT WILL LITERALLY BE WAY TOO LONG SO JUST KNOW . I HAVE SM MORE UP MY SLEEVE 😭#they’re just so fun and beloved to me ;3 #TYSM FOR ASKING MICKEY I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR ABOUT YOURS TOO

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cutiepieautistic · 1 year ago

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David and eddie are "murder husbands"

Eddie's more like will graham if he was a redneck and a mixed native dude,and david is more like hannibal lector in the relationship

Here's all of the pets that my 3 most favorite oc's canonically keep:

Keith: orange tabby,golden retriever.

Kevin: a colony of earthworms,a leapard gecko named Charlie,some rats, grasshoppers, crickets, meal worms and one really old bird.

He's spends so much money on caring for them,that he doesn't own much. His house is kind of a total shithole,ngl.

He works at a pizza place,a long with Daniel(they share some similarities,but they're totally unrelated. Also I should mention that kevin is significantly older than Daniel,who is only 18. And you can definitely tell,kevin is uhhh...a little rough around the edges to look at. That's what makes him so hot, though.)

Ps: kevin and Keith are both autistic and Keith is very similar to spongebob,personality wise. I guess kevin would be the squidward to his spongebob,haha. He's a very grumpy dude,but very reasonably so considering his whole life's situation.

Frank: doberman pincher,black cat,vampire bat,crows,ravens,black widows,hyper melanistic California King snake,and one blue eyed leucistic snake python that he affectionately refers to as "Little lucie" (if you know his lore,that name is a play on words of his true name,and very tongue-in-cheek) she's his good girl,one of his favorite and most cherished pets of all.

Daniel is a huge perv and kind of an asshole,but in an endearing and funny sort of way. You know,normal young dude stuff. He's cute so it's fine <3

Frank is easily my most of evil of oc's,but in a sexy way. Jazzy is my second most evil OC,she's an alien earth worm person(my original species called woemenites) who lives in space Australia and is literally an assassin and mean as a rattlesnake.

Kevin is technically evil because he's a criminal,but he only acts evil out of desperation and he's still so hot and lovable,despite his issues. He's my special boy!!! I love him so much.

Keith is from California,has a skater dude accent,wears grunge fashion and is extremely adorable/boyishly cute and Is 19 and a half. He has a bit of a baby face and like I've said before,he's really tall and easily one of my skinniest characters,he's extremely lanky and bony. He's of scottish and irish descent. Probably mostly irish??? He has really,really nice hands and the cutest,toothy smile ever. :) <3

Kevin is my hairiest character,and frank is my second hairiest character,excluding my furry oc's who are literally covered in fur.

Keith doesn't have much body hair. I mean,he has a bush(which he is very proud of) and a little bit of arm hair and the teeniest tiniest sprinkling of chest hair if you squint, but that's about it. The others are more hairy,except for some of my female Oc's who shave or aren't naturally very hair(it's just genetics,what can I say?) But I do definitely have hairy female oc's too! I just don't have many female oc's,is the thing.

Uhhh I have a small group of juggalo oc's,and some regular male clown oc's,who are all very sexy, of course.

Frank is my #1 oldest oc,clocking in at over 4000 years old,and Philip Is a ghost from the medieval ages so he's pretty old too.

Also Philip was the court's jester, and the thot(tm) of the kingdom at the Time. And he's very handsome,and he met a horrible fate, which you can tell by the fact his head is not attached to his ghostly body(it floats just above his neck)

Bob is my second sweetest oc,which is very fitting considering he's a Baker and loves to bake cupcakes! Keith is my #1 sweetest oc. He's just like a golden retriever. Such a sweetheart :) <3 <3 <3

Do you guys mind if I infodump about my oc's here?

#text #self rb #long post #infodump #infodumping #my oc stuff #oc stuff #slight nsft mention for some parts of this by the way #just a warning.

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poetrusicperry · 4 years ago

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the poets and their fav marvel characters/movies !!!

ok honestly i have no idea if any of this makes sense lol but i hope it’s comprehendible. also i have not had the time or resources to watch any of the new mcu era, which is why i didn’t include any of it. and if you have any other ideas of which characters and movies the poets would like comment them bc i want to see what you guys think hehe !! <3 sending love and hugs to anyone who needs it (and anyone who doesn’t, too)

neil: neil adores comic books. he used to sneak them when he was younger, taking breaks from his summer school homework to read them (he has a stash in his room that his father still hasn’t found). there is no doubt in my mind that neil wouldn’t be head over heels for spiderman, are you kidding ?? most definitely tried to climb walls or hang upside down when he was little. desperately wishes he could come up with his own chemical equation for web fluid. he’d completely immerse himself in the fact that there are three different eras to depict and analyze, too, having a very heated debate with charlie and meeks about who the best spiderman is. also really wants to reenact the upside down kiss with todd

neil’s fav movies (he can’t pick a fav) would be: the og spiderman, the amazing spiderman, and spiderman: homecoming (likes spiderman: 3 purely for shits and gigs)

todd: i feel like todd really likes comics (would spend his summers collecting them and reading in his room while his parents took jeff to sports camps/summer camps). he’d love scarlet witch because todd really loves to see her character growth through the films (coming to understand her powers and utilizing them accordingly), and also just admires how badass she is (”she’s so powerful and she doesn’t even know it until she faces hardship. oh, i love her so much”). upon hearing this explanation, neil couldn’t contain a smile because todd doesn’t even realize that he’s the exact same way (’: todd also likes bucky because he’s “so cool” and his metal arm is “sick” hehe (and he really loves the bond that bucky and steve have)

todd’s fav movie would probably be captain america: tfa because he likes seeing young steve rogers of course, but also because todd admires his strength (sees himself in pre-serum steve and hopes that one day he will become his own version of post-serum steve (: ). also like avengers: aou bc that’s when he’s really first introduced to scarlet witch (watches the post-credit scene from captain america: tws just to see wanda and pietro)

charlie: charlie never really read comic books, but he loves the mcu !! first of all, charlie can’t decide anything ever, so why would picking his fav superhero be any different; peter quill, iron man, or black widow. he’d like peter quill because “he’s unapologetically himself and completely hilarious,” and would absolutely dress as starlord for halloween at least once (probably more than once). as for iron man, charlie just likes how cool tony stark is and how he invented a suit that could fly (”there are so many likable qualities about him !!” he’d say, to which cameron would reply, “like what, the fact that he’s a womanizer, a pompous ass, or that he’s seemingly too smart for his own good ?” and charlie would just smirk, “all of the above”). for black widow, it’d be pretty simple (“she’s so badass. i can’t tell if i want to do her or be her”). claims his honorary mentions would be korg, rocket, and groot

charlie’s fav movies are guardians of the galaxy vol. 1 and vol. 2 because they’re “fun.” likes thor: ragnarok because it also has fun vibes.

meeks: meeks LOVES comic books to begin with, and collects them avidly, but dr. strange and the entire idea surrounding his powers/strengths ?? the ability to bend time ?? if that doesn't sound right up meeks’ alley, idk what does. there are clearly a lot of things that meeks will geek out over unapologetically, but dr. strange is one of those things that he just will not shut up about, ever (”it’s just so AWESOME”). desperately wishes that sling rings were real. also gushes with todd about bucky’s metal arm, going off on a tangent about the science behind the “rigidity flexibility ratio.” can also go on for hours about the quantum realm (:

therefore, meeks’ favorite mcu film is dr. strange and he would be completely eager and buzzing for dr. strange in the multiverse of madness. also likes antman (:

pitts: also a comic book geek hehe. and i'm sensing that pitts really likes thor. thor is pretty much just a dorky, goofy tall dude (like pitts, just with... a lot bigger biceps LOL). finds a lot of the same things funny in the movies that thor laughs at. getting into thor gets him into norse mythology, where he’d spend hours searching for/reading books on it at the welton library (meeks would have to come find him because he’d been gone for that long). wishes he could grow facial hair that nicely, and even attempted to once, but charlie shut that down real quick HAHA (”i'm not going to stop making fun of how ridiculous you look until you shave”). becomes a huge einstein rosen bridge geek, learning all there is to learn about that (and norse everything).

pitts’ favorite movie is thor: ragnarok (”it’s the best out of the three”), and he really doesn’t enjoy thor: the dark world (almost has a vendetta against it, “why did they feel the need to dye his beard and his eyebrows ??”)

cameron: surprisingly knows a lot about comics and the mcu ? his fav character is captain america due to steve rogers’ unflinching morals and standards (cameron began to to veer a teeny tiny bit away from cap, though, when he began to rebel in captain america: civil war, but he still loves him). really likes the historical aspect behind captain america (wwii and the 1940s). he and pitts absolutely had a meltdown when steve lifted mjolnir and almost got kicked out of the movie theater for their reaction (”NO FUCKING WAY, NO FUCKING WAY !! I KNEW IT. PITTSIE, I KNEW IT !!” which is super uncharacteristic for cameron, but he doesn’t fuck around when it comes to cap). got in an actual argument with charlie after captain america: civil war arguing that tony was in the wrong (”steve was doing the right thing because he was following his moral code !! even if he was breaking rules, it still made sense,” and charlie would just laugh, “you say that, but i was just following my moral code when i made the phone call to god and you didn’t find that funny,” “you’re an idiot, charlie”). also really likes nebula bc he relates to her in the fact that she never felt like she belonged/fit in.

his father served in wwii, so captain america: tfa has a really special place in his heart (he’s seen it so many times he can cite the movie as it goes along)

knox: knox knows the least about superheroes/comics, but still likes to tag along to the movies when the poets go to a premiere. he really likes black widow (”she’s just really pretty, okay?”) and hulk (”he just smashes stuff, HAHA ! how awesome is that ??”). even though he’s not very knowledgable about the mcu or marvel itself, he loves to listen to meeks about everything. almost always asks questions throughout the entirety of the movie (”knox, shut up, we’ll explain after it’s over !!”). thanos really freaked him out tbh; the idea of something like the snap happening dialed his whole “carpe diem” thing to eleven lol.

knox’s fav movie is the first avengers because the amount of conflict isn’t as bad as the other avengers movies (”i like seeing them work together, it makes me sad when they argue and disagree).

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avengerscompound · 5 years ago

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The Surrogate - Chapter 2

The Surrogate: A Clintasha Fanfic

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Buy me a ☕ Character Pairing: Clint Barton x Natasha Romanoff x F!Reader

Word Count: 1746

Rating: E

Warnings: None

Synopsis: A freak end of the world incident leads to meeting your two best friends, Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff. While your friendship with the two Avengers is anything but conventional, they are your all-time favorite people. When you find out that Clint and Natasha want to start a family but have exhausted all their options, you realize your powerset might allow you to give them what they want. Having your best friends’ baby might seem like a good idea on paper, but when you are as close as you, Clint, and Natasha are, will doing something so intimate mean feelings get a little mixed up?

Chapter 2

“Clint and I just had sex!” You hadn’t meant to blurt the words out like that and they had almost definitely signed your death warrant, but they’d burst out of you out of your control. Things had gotten out of control, but in that good way, where your adrenaline had been up and with the alcohol and the way your powers worked, when he’d suggested you both go to the public restroom, you couldn’t think of anything you wanted to do more than that.

Now that you could see that Natasha and Clint were in a relationship, the guilt about being the one Clint had cheated with had made you spill immediately. Even if it did mean the Black Widow would gut you like a fish.

Natasha Romanoff looked back at you with her head tilted to the side. “Oh, dorogáya,” she soothed, before turning her attention back to the controls of the jet and taking flight again hovering up away from the bar she’d picked you up from before shooting off away from the city. She took a moment to smack Clint on the back of the head in between flicking different switches.

“Ow, Nat,” he complained, rubbing the back of his head. “What was that for?”

“You can’t do that,” she scolded. “You need to tell them what your deal is before you seduce them.”

“Seduce them? Me?” Clint argued. “Who am I seducing? Shit just happened.”

“You know what I mean, durak. You can’t just sleep with people and not tell them you’ve got a girlfriend,” Natasha snarked. She tilted her head back and raised her voice so you could hear her better over the jet engines. “Clint and I are in an open relationship. I’m sorry he didn’t tell you that first. He’s an idiot. But you didn’t cheat on anyone. I just hope he didn’t lead you on.”

“No,” you assured her. “I knew it was casual. But … I wouldn’t have… if you two…”

“It’s fine,” she assured you. “I promise. Have as much sex with Clint as you like. I don't care.”

“Gee, thanks, Nat,” Clint snarked.

“Well you won’t be getting any from me if you’re gonna be an idiot,” Natasha said. “Might as well see who else is offering.”

“Nat…” Clint whined.

You relaxed back in your jump seat while they argued in that loving way people who were completely comfortable with each other do, glad that for once your libido and need for complete honesty hadn’t gotten you in trouble. The last thing in the world you wanted was to piss off any of the avengers because you weren’t thinking with your brain.

“It's gonna be a bit of a flight, so just relax and get some sleep if you can,” Natasha called back to you.

You already knew you weren’t going to be able to sleep. You were running on pure adrenaline now and the jump seat was far from cozy. You did close your eyes and listen to the engine as Natasha guided the jet back to New York. Things were about to change for you, you knew that. Even if the Avengers deemed your powers to be useless to them, things weren’t going to be the same now. You couldn’t go through life after seeing the end of the world come so close and pretend like you weren’t gifted with something special. You had to find some way to use it.

By the time the Quinjet touched down at the Avengers Compound you had been up for well over a full day and you were exhausted. It was that level of exhaustion that went right to the bone. Each turn of your head caused your vision to go blurry as your brain tried to catch up with what it was processing. Each time you spoke you found it difficult to modulate your voice. You were also hyper-aware that you probably smelled terrible too. You’d been wearing the same clothes since you got up the day before and since you’d put them on you’d been running around the city and you’d had sex in a public restroom at a bar. The thought of any of the Avengers meeting you like this was quite frankly, mortifying.

You followed Natasha and Clint off the jet and they were greeted by Captain America and a tall, brunette woman wearing a grey pencil skirt and a black turtleneck. The exhaustion you felt made it really hard to process the fact that Captain Steve Rogers was less than a yard away from you. Especially given your current state. He was always going to remember that when he met you, you were the human embodiment of the living dead. Smell and all.

“Welcome home,” Steve said. “This must be the healer.”

“That’s right,” Clint said.

You introduced yourself to Steve and offered him your hand.

“Welcome to the facility. This is Hill,” he said, indicating to the woman with him.

“Alright, you two go get some rest. We’ll debrief after you’ve slept,” Hill said, scratching something down onto the Stark Pad she was holding.

“See you then! Totally gonna go and sleep right away, nothing else!” Clint said, saluting. Natasha stifled a laugh and the two of them headed off down the corridor.

Hill turned to you and continued tapping away on her tablet. “You’ll have very limited access to the facility until you’ve been cleared by security. I’m guessing you might need sleep? A shower?”

“That would be fantastic,” you agreed.

“Follow me,” she said. The two of you began to walk in the same direction as Clint and Natasha at a brisk pace. “The compound is run by an artificial intelligence. Her name is FRIDAY and she'll let you into the parts of the facility you are allowed in and keep you out of what you're not,” Hill explained as you walked. “I appreciate that you have come here voluntarily to assist us, but we are still a private military installation, so security is important. For now, you will be primarily restricted to your room, however, if you need any medical care I can take you to the medbay.”

“No. I never need that,” you said.

“Oh, right,” Hill said, shaking her head. “So used to the script.”

“Carry on,” you said with a soft laugh.

“I'm also giving you access to the smaller pool and gym,” Hill continued. “It's the one used by the administration staff and generally fairly quiet. Ask FRIDAY. We would prefer that you go straight to the security clearance and debrief, but we understand after an event like you just experienced you may need to let out some stress. For this reason, you can have access to any onsite psychiatric services. We have many therapists on staff. At some point you will need to speak to one but if you feel you need one sooner than later that can be arranged.”

“Oh… I'm… I think I can wait until after security clearance,” you said.

“If that changes just let FRIDAY know,” Hill replied. The two of you rounded a corner and then she opened a door that led outside. It was bright out and there were teams of people in sweats running in formation.

She led you down a path to a large white building with huge windows and an A on the side. “That building is the main hub, that's where you'll go when you're ready to speak to us. For now, we're just going to housing,” she continued as you made your way through the facility. “Barton said you helped him in the field.”

“Yeah, he fell off a building,” you answered. “I used my powers to heal him so he could get back.”

“That certainly sounds like Clint,” Hill said. You thought she might have stifled a laugh, but you couldn’t be sure. “You're okay with us running some tests?”

“Yes, of course,” you answered. “I wouldn't have come…”

“Great,” she said, cutting you off. “Ideally the run down when you're ready will go, security clearance, debrief and interview, then we’ll run some tests. But it's up to you how much you can handle. It's a big adjustment coming here. It can get a bit much for some people.”

“I’ll be sure to let you know if I'm feeling overwhelmed,” you said as a set of glass doors opened for you, letting you into the accommodation building. “Getting close to that now.”

“Right, sorry, you must be tired,” Hill said. “We’re nearly there.”

Your room was on the first floor and Hill opened the door to let you in. It reminded you of a cheap hotel. There was a full-sized bed, with gray linens, that offset the grey of the walls. The walls were unadorned and the only other furniture in the room was a side table, desk, and dresser.

“The bathroom is in here,” Hill said, opening the bathroom door. “There are towels and toiletries. We're not a hotel though so if there's anything missing or you need anything, and I do mean anything, let FRIDAY know. She’ll place an order. Inside the dresser is a Stark Pad. You can use it to find out what the kitchen is making and have it sent up. Make sure you eat. You can also browse the internet. Please do not post on social media about where you are until your security check. We’ll know so don't think you can get it by us. You haven't signed an NDA yet but you will and what you post about will be taken into account when we're deciding if we’ll actually recruit you. When you're ready to have the security run let FRIDAY know and someone will come and collect you. If you want to back out, we understand, just let her know that too and we’ll take you home. Any questions?”

Your head was reeling from the amount of information just dropped on you along with your complete exhaustion. “Uhh…” You said blinking slowly.

“Right, well if any come up…”

“Ask FRIDAY,” you finished. “Got it.”

She smiled and closed the tablet. “I'll leave you to it. You’ll be fine, kid,” Hill said. “Just get sleep, eat, and you’ll be part of the team in no time.”

“Thank you,” you said. “I’ll do that.”

“I'll be seeing you,” she said and left you alone. You peeled yourself out of the clothes you were wearing, collapsed onto the bed, and were asleep almost immediately.

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#clint barton #natasha romanoff #clintasha x reader #clintasha #clint barton x reader #natasha romanoff x reader #clint barton x natasha romanoff #clint barton x natasha romanoff x reader #hawkeye #hawkey fanfic #black widow #black widow fanfic #fanfic #fanfiction #reader insert #pregnancy #the surrogate

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thealmightyemprex · 5 years ago

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10 Scariest Movies

Some films make ya laugh,others make ya cry.....Others scare the crap out of you ,lets talk about those ..Also this doesnt have to be horror just films that scare me on some level .Anyway onto nightmare fuel

1.The Night of the Hunter (1953)

This is my second favorite movie of all time and one of the scariest movies of all time ,at least to me.It really focusese on the fears one has as kids,namely a person coming into your life who everyone loves......But you can tell there is something off about em and no one will believe you .Robert Mitchum plays a charming preacher,Harry Powell who marries a widow with two children....The thing is Powell is a murdererous con man ,seeking hidden loot that only the children know about ,.There have been many great movie monsters but few terrify me as much as Powell,as the film calls him a wolf in sheeps cloathing

2.The Evil Dead(1981)

My favorite pure horrroe film,five college students got to a cabin in the woods ....And unleash demons which posess them one by one.Demons are a frightening concept to begin with for me but they are made more frightening here with how sadistic they are,enjoying the ability to toy with their victims emotionally and mentally .Add in the grittiness of the films low budget nature and this is a deeply disturbing flick

3.Candyman(1992)

A woman investigates the urban legend of the Candyman,and discovers more then she bargained for .Candyman is beautifully haunting .Despite being associated with the slasher genre ,Candyman himself feels like a classic monster like Dracula or the Phantom .What makes this film horrifying is the fact Helen seems to be losing her mind to the outside world due to the machinations of the Candyman .

4.Phantasm(!979)

Michel finds out something is weird at the local funeral home .....And thats the plot,as this movie is more like a nightmare,focusing on striking scenes and less on story .....And thats kind of it’s strength.It’s more about striking moments,like hooded monsters,flying bug creatures,deadly silver balls,and the hero’s conflict with the films villain:The Tall Man ,who is very mysterious and RELENTLESS seemingly unstoppable. Probably my favorite horror villain

5.Mad Love(1935)

Peter Lorre plays a surgeon,Dr Gogol obsessed with actress Yvonne Orlac ,wife of Stephen Orlac(Played by Frankenstein’s Colin Clive ) a world famous pianist .When Stephen loses his hands,Gogol replaces them with the hands of a knife throwing killer .....And as Gogol spirals into madness and Stephen into depression ,Gogol decides to gaslight Stephen into thinking his hands are compelling him to kill.Tale of madness and obsession ,Lorres unhinged performance makes this film truly scary

6.Coraline(2009)

Kids movie or not this is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen .Corlaine finds a door to a world similar to her own except everything is better ....And everyone has buttons sewen onto their eyes.And as the story goes on ,she finds everything isnt as nice as it seems . Just the general creepiness of sewing BUTTONS onto your eyes ,and how this nice place has a sinister undertone before the second half just becomes a pure horror movie,especially with the main monster :The Beldam who is a NEEDLE SPIDER WITCH.THATS A WHOLE LOTTA NOPE

7.The Conjuring(2013)

One of the few films where I screamed IN THE THEATER .Plot is simple a family is haunted by the ghost of a witch and a parnormal investigating couple comes to help get rid of the evil .....And this movie scares me so damn much thats all I want to talk about ,next movie

8.Blue Velvet(1986)

A young man finds a severed ear that leads him on an investigation,into an affair with a singer,and leads him to criminal psychopath Frank Booth .Booth is an odd character ,as he has momemts where he is is so odd he is hilarious.....But other moments where he is one of the scariest villains ever put to film ,he is so unpredictable ,and that unpredictability is why he is scary .

9.Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

The first three Elm Street films were contenders for this list ,especially 2 for how that movie may have the scariest version of Freddy ,just in how gross his design is and his plan to take over the main character Jesse.....But I HAD to go with the first film cause while it is about a killer who gets you in your dreams ,it’s realitively grounded,with Freddy being more of a pure sadist then a jokester and dear god the body bag maybe the most horrifying thing ever

10.Tourist Trap (1979)

A slasher that is so insano bonkers that it is horrifying..A bunch of people end up at a tourist trap owned by Chuck Conners(Who is GREAT in this movie by the way ).....And enter what I can best describe as HELL . MAnnequins that move ,laugh,moan and scream and a masked killer with psychic powers and a creepy croaky voice are what await them.This film is relatively bloodless but that doesnt mean the kills arent horrifying (Especially one involving a woman being covered in plaster as the killer describes how horrible their death will be ),and the atmosphere and general bizarreness of the killer make this one of the freakiest movies ever.Also why does the killer wear a mask?”CaUsE IM sO hAnDsOmE!!!”

@cinefantastiquemitho @filmcityworld1 @inevermetapenguinididntlike

#the conjuring #nightmare on elmstreet #tourist trap #candyman #night of the hunter #coraline #blue velvet #mad love #evil dead #phantasm #scary movies

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TALKING SHOP

June 25, 1967

ON CAMERA, LUCILLE BALL is the funniest female in America. They gave her a second Emmy early this month to attest to the fact.

With the cameras turned off, she is an interesting combination of several people - hard-headed business woman, mother concerned and even outraged at some of the things being done to today's children, and talented actress who, happily, does not feel a need to keep reminding everyone around her she is a talented actress.

The last is an attribute rare among Hollywood's distaff division.

It was in Hollywood this writer met Miss Ball recently and talked with her at Desilu Productions, formerly the old RKO movie studios. Lucille once worked for RKO for $50 a week; now she is president of Desilu and in the process of selling it - for 17 million dollars.

I let a tape recorder run while we talked. So, take the stand, Miss Ball.

Q. You've sold Desilu to Gulf & Western Industries for all those millions. Have you turned over control yet?

A. No, not yet. We haven't signed, or had the stockholders meeting, but it's coming up, and to all intents and purposes the deal is going thru.

Q. What are you going to do then? What about next year will there be a Lucy Show on television in 1968-69? [The coming 1967-68 season is the sixth for the program, never out of the Top Ten.]

A. I don't know. I never know about a next year until it comes. They [CBS-TV officials] always start asking me in December, and I tell them in March, April, or May.

Q. Then you don't know whether you'll do another year of Lucy Shows after 1967-68, or some other series, or what?

A. O, I wouldn't do any other series, ever. I may do the Lucy Show again, and I may not. I may just do movies. I really have no idea, not now.

Q. Don't you ever reach a point where you'd like to put your feet up and not do anything, just loaf, with all that money?

A. Sure I have a wish to put my feet up, but only because I've earned it and have something to go back to. To put them up forever wouldn't interest me. I can enjoy a vacation because it has an end.

Q. What is there to stories about you being peeved because CBS is planning to build a show around Doris Day next year? There were reports in gossip columns.

A. They didn't come from Doris Day or from me, and both of us are embarrassed. The story is true they have asked her to do something, and there apparently was an assumption by someone they were asking her to be available in case I stop.

Q. But the story is you were angry because they were planning to put so much money into this Doris Day thing, to make it so big?

A. Those are just lines people put in. I haven't any reason to be peeved, no reason to be anything but embarrassed. It doesn't matter to me, one way or the other, what they do.

Q. In your biography, provided by your publicity agent, it says that when you were a 15-year-old you enrolled in the John Murray Anderson dramatic school in New York City, and that the first lines you read caused the instructor to "close his eyes in disbelief." Did that happen, and what were the lines?

A. [Laughing] Something about water and horses, and I said "warter" and "horrrses," and he imitated me and then kind of gave up in disgust.

Q. After that, you were a chorus girl on Broadway?

A. [More laughter] Nope, never got in a chorus. I had several jobs, but always got fired before a show opened.

Q. Why?

A. I just didn't measure up. I was tall enough and young enough to be a show girl, but I guess I just didn't make any impression.

A switch in the interview came about here. Lucille asked a question - How far from Chicago is Northwestern University?

"My daughter Lucie [15 years old] is interested in the drama school there," she explained. "A lot of great people have come from it, so it evidently has a fine way of teaching. I suggested it to Lucie, in fact, so she could be thinking about it, because she is interested in acting."

WHAT, we wanted to know, did Miss Ball think of the practice of "aiming" shows at the younger generation, of trying to capture such viewers thru sensationalism and sex.

She had thoughts on the subject, angry ones. Yes, it's being done, she said, and deliberately, in TV.

"But they are doing it in movies even more, and in books even more, more, more," she said. "I see motion pictures my children have seen, and I tell them, You went to THAT movie - They let you in THAT theater - I don't believe it.'

"Further, I can't believe kids can walk up to a rack in a store and buy the books they can buy today. I just can't believe it, but there the books and magazines are, in any stand all over the country."

Lucille Ball has been "Lucy" on television for 11 years now, from 1951 to 1957 in the I Love Lucy series, and since 1962 in the Lucy Show.

Who is Lucy and what is she like? We asked because characters on the home screens seem to develop real personalities of their own. Lucille Ball recognized this in her answer; she talked as tho of a living person, not an image on celluloid.

"Lucy is very much like I am, I've found, in her sincerity and her enthusiasm, almost childish enthusiasm, and in her exaggerations and disappointments," Lucille said. "And these are the things we play on in the show.

"We've found thru the years people love Lucy because she gets into predicaments they can understand. And we've found out something else that any man or woman playing opposite Lucy must be careful never to show what looks like real anger towards Lucy, because that will bring the audience down upon them.

"They must be long suffering in enduring the troubles Lucy causes. If they seem really impatient with our gal, viewers will say - in hundreds of letters - 'My gosh, don't you know Lucy didn't really mean to do that to you?"

Maybe it's just that Lucille, herself, attracts such sympathy from audiences. Because, back when she was playing the wife on radio's My Favorite Husband, the husband [Richard Denning] also had to be careful not to sound really angry at her on the air.

"If he did," she giggled, "letters poured in. The ones to him would say, 'How can you treat her that way?' And those to me would announce, 'You should have a more understanding husband.' Poor Richard, he couldn't win."

It seems possible. We felt mighty friendly, ourself, towards this Lucy, just from talking with her for an hour.

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FOOTNOTES FROM THE FUTURE

The sale of Desilu went through as anticipated at the end of 1968. Lucy chose to re-invent “The Lucy Show” as “Here’s Lucy” renting space from Paramount and creating her own production company, Lucille Ball Productions.

The photo included with the article is from “Lucy the Stunt Man” (TLS S4;E5) aired on October 18, 1965.

CBS created a sitcom for Doris Day titled “The Doris Day Show”. Like Lucy Carmichael and Lucy Carter, Day played a widow with two children living in California. Like Ball, Day used her own first name for her character, Doris Martin. After one season on Tuesday nights, “The Doris Day Show” moved to Monday’s at 9:30pm, right after “Here’s Lucy” where ratings instantly improved.

Both shows had a very recognizable cast member in common - Nelson, the sheep dog. Other cast connected to “Lucy” were Kaye Ballard, Jackie Joseph (Ken Berry’s wife), Strother Martin, and Van Johnson. Other actors recognizable to Lucy fans were Mary Wickes, Barbara Pepper, Charles Lane, Jerry Hausner, Ross Elliott, Bobby Jellison, Lou Krugman, Shirley Mitchell, Parley Baer, Madge Blake, and many, many others.

#The Lucy Show #Nelson #The Doris Day Show #Gale Gordon #Clay Gowran #Doris Day

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The Relevance of Gentleman’s Agreement by Theresa Brown

“You only assured him he’s the most wonderful of all creatures - a white Christian American. You instantly gave him that lovely taste of superiority. The poison of millions of parents dropped on the minds of millions of children.”

In GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (’47), a journalist finally comes up with an angle to crack a story wide open. And for this, he gets much more than he bargained for. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture of 1947, this classic film is as relevant today as it was 72 years ago.

There is no more apt, conscientious hero in classic film than Gregory Peck. But while known for this status, audiences had just seen him as rotten to the core in DUEL IN THE SUN (’46) and as the great, white safari hunter in THE MACOMBER AFFAIR (’47). He’s a bit more subdued in this role as a writer and single dad (widowed) raising a 10-year-old son with the help of his mother. Peck is excellent as the journalist who wants to tackle this thing. This “thing” is anti-Semitism, and he’s just the guy who can do it. Tall, dark and attractive, his character is authentic, sincere, morally ethical but perhaps slightly judgmental. And boy does he have a fight ahead of him. See, the forces of anti-Semitism come at him from different angles: health care, his residence, employment, vacation spot and in his relationship. Things happen in quick order when you tell folks you’re Jewish. He’s ready to face it all, but when it reaches his little boy...

I mentioned relationship. Peck is attracted to a divorced school teacher played by the wonderful Dorothy McGuire. Her career to date has featured her in such hits as THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (’45), A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (’45) and THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (’46). As the love interest here, McGuire walks a fine line as a woman whose commitment to this cause is shaky at best, and their miscommunication causes friction in their relationship. McGuire and Peck have a lovely, sexy (for 1947) chemistry: he with his sonorous baritone and she with a voice like brushed velvet. They’re nice to watch. I totally believe them together. But their road is rocky.

Anne Revere plays Peck’s mother. There’s no finer character actress and she shows that here. ‘Ma’ is solid, loving, has common sense and is not above giving you a whack. This Academy Award winner (for NATIONAL VELVET, ’44) is a very real actor. You don’t see the strings. She speaks...not recites. You believe her. Revere has a great moment where she gives her two cents about the hopefulness of the future. She starts...

“You know something, Phil? I suddenly want to live to be very old. Very...” It goes on from there.

See the movie.

Ahhhh, the easy, breezy urban sophistication of Celeste Holm. I absolutely love her in this film. She’s the working girl with a heart of...heart. A gal with principles, suffering unrequited love. She’s the fashion editor (of course...what else?) of the magazine who can pal around, banter and quip with the boys. She likes Peck. She’s more on the same page with him about the scourge of anti-Semitism than his girlfriend. And maybe, as usual in the code of “the movies,” being a pal doesn’t make you quite sexually desirable. Oh I think she’s sexy and becoming as all get out. But Peck’s stuck on the upper crusty Bryn Mawr-ness of McGuire, while Holm is a little more street-wise Community College. Holm is on his side all the way and her moment on the couch giving Peck some tough love and stirring her tea, probably won her that Academy Award for this film’s Best Supporting Actress. She’s great.

John Garfield makes an appearance in the movie as Peck’s old friend Dave, who IS Jewish. It might be one thing to walk in another man’s shoes...but when you actually ARE the man—. Garfield is not all fire and brimstone and Lower East Side. He’s understated and good and thinks his friend is on a fool’s errand:

“...you’re concentrating a lifetime into a few weeks. You’re not changing the facts, you’re just making them hurt more.”

A young Dean Stockwell plays Peck’s son. He is engaging and also, like Revere, keeps it real. He doesn’t seem like a “child actor.” He’s as natural as they come. When he’s hurt...you feel it.

My favorite scenes in the movie are with Peck and his secretary played by June Havoc. Their scenes are contentious, and they get to the brass tacks of internalized oppression when Havoc’s character admits to changing her name in order to get a job.

While other movie moguls shied away from the sensitive subject of anti-Semitism, many of them Jewish themselves, Darryl F. Zanuck was at the reins at 20th Century-Fox and took the helm to bring the Laura Z. Hobson novel to light. Elia Kazan does an Oscar-winning job at direction. But this production was not without some issues. Peck’s agent did not want him to take the part over fears it would hurt his career. (His last movie was made 51 years later!) After this film was made, the House Un-American Activities Committee came after Revere, Garfield and Kazan. One career stalled due to the blacklist, another’s career ended in a heart-attack after being hounded by HUAC and yet another named names and continued working.

Blatantly, quietly, obviously, insidiously, complicity, let me count the ways of anti-Semitism. To use another adverb, I enjoy this movie unabashedly. You can substitute homophobia, Islamophobia, misogyny or racism for anti-Semitism. GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT is as relevant today as it ever was. Sadly, too relevant.

#Gentlemen's Agreement #Gregory Peck #John Garfield #Celeste Holm #Dean Stockwell #TCM #Turner Classic Movies #Anne Revere #Theresa Brown

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wh47-7h3-un1v3r53-15-m4d3-0f · 6 years ago

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Cuphead Headcanons: Inkwell Hell Edition

Inkwell Hell is here! sorry i took so long.it took a lot of brainstorming. let’s get started. i’ll be doing the cupbros and npc’s in a separate post.

King Dice: Probably the most popular character in the fandom. this fancy motherfucker is better than you and he knows it. you know that guy who’s acts gay but insists he’s straight. This is the guy. he’s a master at pretty much every form of gambling, and is actually a huge board game fan. His personal favorite is monopoly since it involves gambling and risk if you play the right way. Loves loves loves any shade of purple but royal purple is his go to. Has had sex but is a little afraid of commitment. if cuphead was a tv show, this dude would be get the biggest character arc, besides maybe Cuphead and Mugman themselves. wears make-up and rocks it. slay king slay. if you need fashion or makeup advice, this is the guy to come to. you just have to give him something in return. as a human, he’d be that kind of suave black guy you can ALWAYS find in either Vegas or New Orleans. can and will charm the pants off you just for a quick payday. but don’t think he doesn’t care about some, because he does. he regularly makes sure the Devil does his work, helps translate for Pachinko, Chips, Pirouletta, and Wheezy when they get too angry and they start talking in their native language/accent gets too thick, and will stop the domino twins from fighting. does he HAVE to do these things? no. Does he do them anyway? Yes. I could go on but i think that’s enough. And yes, i think he’s trans. ICON!! BTW Pachinko is a nix’d casino boss that i really like.

The Tipsy Troop: Best of drinking buddies. The triple threat of bartending, with a knowledge to match. They are constantly drunk, but they’re brains have gotten used to the constant stream of alcohol, so they have they’re wits about them. Rum is the oldest, and has the best stories if you’ll listen. some come just to hear his tales of when he worked at a strip club, or a high-class restaurant. Whiskey is the second oldest, and has the corniest jokes. you need to vent out your problems, this is the guy. He actually got kicked out of psych school because he drank too much, so he became a bartender. Martini is the youngest, and is a little emotionless but gives the best advice. She can also spot a cheater at the craps table and will fling a fork at them to get them to stop. She has impeccable aim and can do the best tricks since she’s the only one who actually went to bartending school (is that a thing?).

Chips Bettigan: the big twink energy that is Chips Bettigan. He’s from Texas of course is has a very thick accent because of it. He’s also the youngest of all the casino the bosses, the next youngest being the domino twins, and then Martini. He is the BEST at poker and is the only person that can beat Dice at it except the Devil himself. If you don’t think this guy will ride Phear lap like a bucking bronco, you’re WRONG! He pranks everyone in the casino, even the Devil once. Then he got his ass kicked but it was “GODDAMN WORTH IT!” he’s dating Wheezy and confessed to him in what he calls his best prank ever, dousing all of the casino residents and workers with water EXCEPT Wheezy to prove he was special. His best friend/partner in crime is Mangosteen.

Mr. Wheezy: CUBAN CIGAR AND YOU WILL PRY IN FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!!!!! Will just randomly go into spanish when pissed, usually at Chips, the twins, or Mangosteen. He used to at Dice but then Dice cursed in Spanish back one day and he stopped. His mustache has SO much ash in it, it needs to be cleaned one a week. Can kinda be an asshole but the dude is uber stressed because the Devil dumped all the finance work on him.

Pip and Dot: Parasitic twins. they have separate brains and have tried to tear their other half apart. the mouth between them has crazy sharp teeth. While Pip is mischievous, Dot is an absolute nuisance. She picks fights with everyone, mainly Wheezy though.

Hopus Pocus: Crazy. like march hare, Alice in Wonderland crazy. loves kids and that’s about all i got.

Phear Lap: i haven’t the slightest. all i’ve really got is he’s greedy.

Pirouletta: Russian Roulette waifu! gimme! Very kind but strict. Coy and flirty, but can and will kick your ass Black Widow style if the need arises. Strong as all hell. has picked up King Dice and no one will let either of them live it down.

Mangosteen: No one really knows what Mangosteen does, but he works there. Gamers like Chips and Hopus like to call him Sans on occasion since he’s so mysterious. When asked about his past, he’ll tell a different story every time, each more ridiculous than the last. He, Chips, and Wheezy are all best friends, and sometimes have prank wars with each other, usually with Wheezy getting ganged up on by Mango and Chips. The only one who knows where Mango came from is the Devil, who refuses to talk. He claims that it’s to traumatic for them to hear, or it’s so eccentric they’d never believe him.

Mr. Chimes. This dude has a very limited vocabulary. all he can say is “monkey see, monkey doom”, “i am mr. chimes”, and various monkey noises. He works the slots part of the casino and is always able to beat the claw machine, no matter how difficult it is deemed by Wheezy when he tries and fails to get stuffed toy for Chips.

The Devil: The big guy himself. Very greedy and very vain, but Dice always keeps him looking right. has a very deep-seated resentment to everything related to God. Wheezy’s silver cross, gone. Chips’s bible, burned. The holy water that Rum has for some reason, dumped into the ocean. No christmas, easter, or any christian holiday. he only allows christmas because the twins, Chips, and Hopus have him puppy eyes. Can change appearance at will, but prefers to look more monstrous instead of humanoid to spite his father. 10 feet tall AT LEAST.

That’s all i got. thank you all for reading and i hope you have a wonderful day.

#cuphead #cuphead headcanons #devildice #snake eyes

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smokeybrandreviews · 5 years ago

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Cheeseburgers

The Infinity Saga is over. The MCU is moving forward into uncharted waters. Disney+ has pushed back certain shows and moved up WandaVision. Black Widow finally has a well deserved movie, postmortem. The future is wide open but, before we get on a brand new pain train, i wanted to take a look back and talk about some of my favorite movies from the first eleven years of the MCU.

Avengers: Infinity War

This movie, man, is probably peak MCU. There are better films in the series but you’ll be hard-pressed to find a film that walks the line of comic book and cinema to deftly. This is the penultimate tale for that first decade and what a f*cking climax it was. Holy sh*t! There was just so much good in this film, from character development to visual flair to legitimate stakes. I’m a massive Marvel fan and i am well aware of the Infinite Gauntlet saga in the comics but seeing this sh*t? Seeing Thanos actually Snap? I never though in a million years that would happen onscreen. And then it did. It was at that point i absolutely knew the MCU was about that life. I knew to expect the unexpected because , with the wealth of the Marvel universe to draw from, they were going to craft some motherf*ckers of stories.

Like, I f*cking cried when Pete got dusted. I shed legitimate tears and I’m not even embarrassed to say it out loud. For a film to move me like that? and it’s not Forrest Gump? Motherf*cker had to be on point, for sure. The entire theater was silent as those strings hummed and Thanos sat on his farm, smiling contently. I had never experienced that before The entire auditorium - completely silent. We were in disbelief. We were in mourning. I saw Infinity War in theaters four times and literally every time, the same thing happened. In two hours and some change, Marvel had gave a theater full of people straight emotional trauma. Your movie has to be absolutely on point for that to occur.

Speaking of Thanos, yo, how was this big ass purple grimace looking motherf*cker one of the best antagonists of film, period? How was this cat written so well? I lost my sh*t when they teased him at the end of Avengers and that little bit we got of him in Guardians was cool but i was not prepared for how goddamn formidable he turned out to be. Josh Brolin brought this character to life but the writing gave me real agency. I was flabbergasted by how great this character turned out to be. Thanos felt real. He felt flawed. He felt legitimate. Id have to put him up there with The Dark Knight Joker and Hans Landa as one of the best antagonists ever.

Spider-Man: Homecoming

I adore Spider-Man. Ive written at length about that love. He’s the reason i even picked up that Marvel comic all those years ago. I’ve seen every cinematic iteration of Webhead and i mst say, this portrayal is the truest to the source material i have ever seen. Cats get on the MCU about making him Tony Stark jr. but most people don’t understand that’s where he was going anyway. Most people don’t know that, in the comics, he’s basically Reed Richards jr. and since the MCU has no Reed, Tony is a pretty smart substitute. But that argument is inconsequential because the core of who Spider-Man is, the actual spirit of the character, has been captured so perfectly by this version of Pete, it’s borderline miraculous. I love Tobey McGuire’s take in Pete because he was the first to do it. Kind of like how i have such nostalgia for the 89 Batman. That version of Spider-Man felt like the old Lee/Ditko version from the 60s. Andrew Garfield was adequate. He didn’t get a fair shake though, mostly barbecue the writing in his run was so goddamn terrible. But this new kid? This casting was as perfect as RDJ was to Iron Man.

Tom Holland kills it as Spider-Man. His version of the character feels right. It feels modern. It feels like Ultimate Pete but grounded in the spirit of the 90s cartoon version. He’s this massive geek, this kid really, granted power in tragedy and it feels so goddamn authentic, i couldn’t believe it. The second he showed u in Civil War, i absolutely knew Underoos was about to be a star in these films and that is saying a lot considering how loaded this cast has become. Homecoming was the first film we got to see Pete stretch his legs and it was f*cking brilliant. Everything about this movie is what a great Spider-Flick should be and the MCU nailed it! if i never got another Spidey appearance, this movie was more than enough to sate my appetite. Homecoming is my second favorite MCU movie. I loved every second of it!

Also, how about that Aunt May stinger, though?

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Look, i love the Dark Knight. For me, that is the pinnacle of a capeflick. That movie was a great crime thriller first, a Batflick second. Nolan approached it with a grounded sense of reality that left you, as an audience, breathless. It is one of the best films i have ever seen in my entire life and Ledger gave one of the most brilliant performances ever captured on celluloid. There is nothing as good as that film in the MCU. The Winter Soldier comes f*cking close, though. This movie made me sit up and realize that the MCU had some teeth. Until this thing came out, i thought we were going to get a bunch of flamboyant costumes and snarky Wedonisms. I wasn’t mad, mind you, Avengers was dope, but Winter Soldier took all that campy bullsh*t out back and murdered it. This movie was the MCU growing up and almost everything afterward has been brilliant. The Winter Soldier forced everyone to step their game up with how goddamn brilliant it turned out to be. I can’t say there were any performances as great as Ledger’s Joker but i can make the argument the overall writing was better than The Dark Knight, and that is stupid high praise.

Guardians of the Galaxy

This film has no right to be as good as it is. I went into this thing on a whim, mostly because I thought it was going ti be filler like Ant-Man or something, and then it wasn’t. It was great. Legitimately great. I had no idea the MCU could take a C-rate team like the goddamn Guardians and uplift them so beautifully. James Gunn took those characters and wrote the best Star Wars film since f*cking Empire and I didn’t think that was possible, not with this wayward branch of Marvel History. Seriously, if you do even a minuscule amount of research on who the Guardians are, they’re a joke. I mean, they have a f*cking talking Raccoon on the team! Gunn had the wherewithal to lean into that and he produced one of the best in the entire MCU. He took these loser clowns and injected so much emotion and humanity into them, you couldn’t help but love their rag-tag asses. This was the first MCU movie to move me to tears. That stuff about Quills mom? I felt that. Both times. On an extremely personal level. I was the young Quill. I watched my grandma, the only person who i believe loved me unconditionally up to that point, die just like Quill’s mom; Cancer and everything. I was about his age when it happened, too. That sh*t f*cked me up. To this day, i have nightmares about it. Seeing that sh*t so accurately captured in a capeflick was the most for me and I legit had to leave the theater until the first part of the movie passed. To this day, i can’t watch that scene. I can just barely make it through the Dance of to Save Th Universe, but that opening gambit? No way. It hits way too close to home for me. Still, for a comic book movie to solicit such a response? It has to be special and Guardians is one of the best.

Iron Man

Boy, we’ve come a long way since Tony Stark uttered those fateful word, “I am Iron Man.” But none of these other films would even have the opportunity to exist if he hadn't said them. Iron Man had the tall order of being the first, proper, MCU film AND compete with The Dark Knight. N one thought a film about B-List superhero, narcissistic billionaire, and straight up lush, Tony Stark, would amount to anything. How wrong everyone turned out to be. I knew, from that second i saw the teaser and concept art by Adi Granov, that Marvel was taking this sh*t crazy serious. Then there’s the casting of Robert Downey Jr. That sh*t was a boon, for real. The entire cast of this first film was impeccable but RDJ makes this movie. He IS Tony Stark. Even before he got comfortable with the character like in the later films, fresh out the box with the scripts, you can tell he knows how to bring this tinkerer to life. You had to nail that aspect in order to have any chance to build something great and Marvel hit a goddamn bullseyes, for sure. Revisiting this flick, Iron Man isn’t as good as the later films in the Infinity Saga but it still holds up against the vast majority of entries and that’s saying something.

I love these films, man. As a geek growing up reading these stories, reenacting them with their action figures, sitting glued to the television every Saturday as their cartoons aired, I never imagined id see such a berth of fantastic media brought to life on the silver screen. Seriously, some of my favorite interpretations of these characters appear exclusive in the MCU. War Machine, Thor until recently, Ant-Man, f*cking Hulk? i never gave these assholes the time of day in the comics but in the MCU? They’re fantastic! And it has everything to do with how well written they are in-universe. There are over twenty films in this run an i love all of them to varying extents. Spider-Man: Far From Home, Black Panther, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Endgame, Thor: Ragnarok, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 all could have made this list. For sure, they’re 6 - 11 or whatever, but that speaks to the sheer depth of the MCU. I’m not even counting flicks i would consider B-tier like Captain Marvel or Avengers or Iron Man 3 or Doctor Strange; All of which are still dope in their own right.

There is just SO much great in these films and i can’t wait to see where we go next. With Disney acquiring Fox, Marvel finally has the full toy box to play with and i am absolutely a tizzy with the potential arcs they can adapt. Secret Wars? Annihilation? Age of Apocalypse? Avengers Disassembled? Dark Reign? F*cking Onslaught?? I have no idea where we are going but i am, for sure, jumping on this pain train once again.

#Marvel #MCU #Infinity Saga

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smokeybrand · 5 years ago

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Cheeseburgers

Avengers: Infinity War

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Also, how about that Aunt May stinger, though?

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Guardians of the Galaxy

Iron Man

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mostlysignssomeportents · 5 years ago

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#10yrsago Jonathan Lethem's CHRONIC CITY, surreal and beautiful sf explores the authentic and the unreal

Jonathan Lethem's extraordinary new novel Chronic City tells the story of Chase Insteadman, a washed up, grown up child actor living off his sitcom residuals in wealthy, Upper East Side New York. Chase is caught between two improbabilities: his fiancee, a dying astronaut stranded on a space-station walled off from Earth by a Chinese orbital minefield, from which vantage she commands daily headlines; and Perkus Tooth, a media-obsessed Philip-K-Dickian ex-rock-critic who lives in a weed-smoke- filled cave of a rent- controlled apartment from which he obsessively watches obscure movies and reads obscure books.

Chase's story -- magnificently told in Lethem's most poetic language -- is the quest for authenticity. An actor, Chase finds himself acting the part of the grieving widower-to-be, of the handsome beefcake at the swanky party, of the sincere sidekick to the ascerbic and unintelligible Perkus Tooth. And as Chase begins an affair with Oona Lazlo, a celebrity ghostwriter autobiography writer, he finds himself even more drawn to the questions of what is real and what isn't?

For example: is America at war? Depends on which edition of the New York Times you read -- their "war-free" edition is flensed of all mention of the war. Or how about this: what is the true nature of the "escaped tiger" that is destroying Manhattan one bodega and run-down apartment building at a time? Is it really a two-storey-tall tiger? Or is it (as Chase's City Hall insider pal insists) a cover story for a rogue 2nd Avenue Tunnel-digging machine that got lonely and now marauds beneath New York?

The story grows progressive weirder and more mystic -- there's a sub-plot involving the true nature of Marlon Brando's relationship with the "Gnuppets" (a thinly veiled version of the Muppets); another involving a fictionalized version of Second Life; a third involving "chaldrons," mystical vessels that can only be found on eBay, where you are always, always outbid.

In some ways, Chronic City is the bookend to one of my favorite Lethem novels, the brilliant Motherless Brooklyn (if you can find the audiobook read by Steve Buscemi and only available on cassette, jump at it). Motherless is all about the gritty, the real, the urban -- street kids who work as hoods-for-hire for a dirty private eye. In its own way, it's also about authenticity -- about whether the "authentic" street identity of the characters is just a role, just another put-on.

By moving uptown to the genteel and posh precincts of rarified wealth and pathological intellect, Lethem is able to summon all his PK Dick chops, to channel the media-nuts who circulate in literary scenes, to ask important, hard-to-articulate and impossible-to-answer questions about what is genuine, what is artifice, and when it matters.

Chronic City

https://boingboing.net/2009/12/04/jonathan-lethems-chr.html

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elisajdb · 6 years ago

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Family Album: IV

Son Family Week 2019: @sonfamilyweek

Goten Day (5/10)

Characters: Goten

Prompt: Twins

“What’s going on?” Goten approached his parents who were very cozy with each other. He jumped between them wanting to share in the affection. Goten settled on Goku’s lap, giggling as his father squeezed him.

“I’m finishing the family album.” Chichi turned the album to a blank page. “Your Dad and brother have been helping me. Once we finish, we’ll leave for dinner.”

Goku took the remaining pictures out of the box and spread them out. Most of the pictures left were taken after his second revival. There were a few he didn’t recognize since they were taken after his death.

Goten studied the pictures. Though the ones taken after his father came back to life were his favorite, there were some he like during his first seven years. “I remember this one.” Goten reached for a picture. “Mom, Gohan and I went to a museum where there were pictures of you.”

“Me?” Goku knew of only one place that held pictures of him but he looked at the picture to be sure. Chichi, Gohan and Goten stood before a large portrait of Goku fighting Jackie Chun. “You three went to the Tournament Museum on Papaya Island?”

“When Goten was five,” Gohan returned to the room, “I mentioned going to the museum as a kid.” Gohan ruffled his brother’s head. “After that, Goten wouldn’t stop begging to go.”

“Mom didn’t want to,” Goten added. “Something about Mr. Satan.”

Goku and Gohan knew her reasons but for Goten to understand, Chichi only said, “Mr. Satan has made his money taking credit for something he didn’t do. I didn’t want to see it on full display. Also, some of the memories I made there were difficult to handle at the time.”

“I convinced Mom we can go during the off season for tourists to Papaya Island,” Gohan added.

“I see,” Goku understood Chichi’s reluctance to go back to Papaya Island. Besides him being dead a second time, the last time they went it was a week before his death during his fight with Raditz. “Did you enjoy it, Goten? The Shrine of Fighters was my favorite thing to see.”

Goten nodded excited. “I like that, too! Especially the shrine dedicated to you, Dad.”

Papaya Island was not like Mount Paouz. Goten’s home in the mountains was quiet, the air smelled fresher, the water tasted cleaner and there weren’t a lot of people. Goten’s nearest neighbor was over five miles. Here, people were everywhere. Goten hadn’t seen this many people except in West City visiting Trunks. It was a little scary to the five-year-old from the country.

Goten squeezed his mother’s hand. “It’s so crowded, Momma.”

“Don’t worry, Goten,” Chichi assured him with a warm smile. “It’s safe and we’re almost at the museum.”

Their hotel was only a mile away so the three walked. When they reached the tournament arena, Goten nerves eased since there weren’t many people in line. Gohan was right. There were less people visiting now in the offseason. It wasn’t a long wait for the three to purchase their tickets and venture to the tournament grounds.

“It’s very different than when we were here, Gohan.” Chichi was annoyed as she read the pamphlet. “When we went, we were allowed to go everywhere. We could visit the competition halls, the mess hall and even the main arena. Now all that is closed off.”

Goten didn’t like to hear that. He saw the pictures taken when his mother, father and brother visited years ago. He wanted to tour those areas, too. “Can we still see the Shrine of Fighters, Momma?” Goten asked. “I wanna see Daddy’s shrine.”

Gohan read over his tour pamphlet. “Looks like it’s the only thing we can do.”

Goten held his mother’s hand as they walked to the Shrine of Fighters. When they entered, there were lines to different areas of the shrine. Goten noticed his mother said nothing to the line of people entering the portion of the shrine dedicated to tournaments before his Dad competed but when she saw there was a shrine dedicated to Mr. Satan, the line was long and there wasn’t a line leading to the Shrine of Goku, his mother was infuriated. “Disgusting! How pitiful.”

Goten wondered why his mother became angry whenever Mr. Satan’s name was mentioned. When he asked his brother about it, Gohan would smile and say, “Mom doesn’t like it when people take credit for other people’s hard work and sacrifices.” Gohan never explained what their mother meant.

Goten shrugged. Maybe one day he’ll understand.

Goten awed at the portraits on display in the Shrine of Goku. Goten’s seen pictures of his father but those were in photo albums and frames on the wall. These portraits were life size and taken when Goku competed at the tournament.

“Wow, Momma!” Goten released his mother’s hand as he rushed to a portrait of Goku vs Giran. “Daddy was small like me when he fought that big dinosaur.”

“Yes,” Chichi’s eyes were only on her late husband. “He fought a lot of people bigger than him.”

Staring at the pictures of his father against Giran, Nam and Jackie Chun, Goten thought about himself. If his father was strong at a young age and so small, then perhaps he could be really strong, too. As he contemplated this, a group of seven entered the shrine. Goten would’ve ignored them except he noticed the tall man of the group staring at Goten. Goten looked at himself wondering if he had food stains on his clothes but found nothing. While the group with him looked at the photos, the man kept his eyes on Goten. It was uncomfortable to the child to be stared at especially by a stranger.

Goten felt a tug of his hand and his mother saying, “Come on, Goten.”

Goten followed his mother and brother to the area where photos of the 22nd tournament were on display. Goten loved seeing the pictures of his father. Even though the photos on display were screenshots of fights, Goten was happy to see glimpses of his father’s fighting prowess in action after hearing so many stories about him from his mother and brother.

Everyone in his family could fight except him. Some mornings Goten would see his brother sparring alone in the yard. For Gohan, he did it to keep in shape and not to get stronger. Goten asked his brother if he will teach him how to fight but each time he asked, his brother would get a weird look on his face. He looked very sad when he turned him down.

“You don’t need to learn how to fight, Goten,” Gohan would tell him. “It may look fun seeing me spar outside but it’s not as fun as you think. Fighting has consequences.”

Since his brother turned him down, Goten considered asking his mother. She was strong and was a former fighter, too, but Goten overheard stories how his parents argued over Gohan fighting. He thought if he asked his mother will say no.

“I wish I saw Dad and Krillin fight,” Gohan remarked with a laugh. He stood in front of the photos showing highlights of their fight. “They both studied under Master Roshi and that time was probably the closest Krillin will have gotten to beating Dad.”

“No,” Chichi disagreed. “Your Dad played with Krillin throughout that fight. He could’ve ended it sooner but he wanted to see how much stronger Krillin got. Your Dad only got serious when he was in the final match.”

While staring at pictures of Goku fighting Krillin, Goten felt he was being watched again. He turned his head. It was the same man from earlier. Why was he looking at him? It was unnerving. Goten’s eyes widen in fear when he saw the man talk to the group with him. Suddenly, they all were looking at him.

Goten moved closer to his mother when he saw the group coming to them. “Momma.” Goten grabbed the skirts of his mother’s dress and hid behind her. His mother looked at him confused before turning to the approaching group. Goten was scared but he was also mad at himself. If he knew how to fight, he could get in front of his mother. If these people approaching were bad, he could protect her and not hide behind her skirt.

“Hello.” Chichi kept a hand on Goten while talking to the group. Gohan stepped closer to Chichi.

A man pointed at Goten. “I’m sorry if we scared him but I noticed that little boy behind you looks like Son Goku.” He pointed to the photo of Goku on the wall. “Is he a relative?”

“This is his son, Son Goten.” Chichi touched Gohan’s arm. “His oldest son, Son Gohan. I’m his widow, Son Chichi. Who are you?”

“Oh,” the man was crestfallen at the news Son Goku had passed. The man knelt to Goten and smiled kindly at him. “I’m Koji. I saw your Daddy at each of these tournaments. He was the best fighter I’ve ever seen.”

Goten stepped away from his mother’s skirt. “Really?”

Koji nodded. “Yes. The fight with him and Jackie Chun was the most amazing fight I’ve seen. When he turned into a giant ape, I was blown away! It was awesome! I didn’t know martial artists could trained themselves to transform into animals! I would’ve changed into a lion or dinosaur but the giant ape was cool, too.”

“Giant ape?” Goten frowned. What was this man talking about? “Are you sure you’re talking about my Daddy?”

“Mr. Koji is mistaken, Goten. I think he’s confused with a martial arts fight he saw in a movie.” Chichi pointed to Goten and shook her head at Koji.

“Oh!” Koji caught on. “Right. I’m so sorry! It was a movie I saw. Your Daddy couldn’t transform into a giant ape. That’s for TV shows and movies.” Koji was glad Goten grinned at him, thinking he made an error. “After that tournament, I came to the next two because I knew your Daddy will compete. I have to say the last one your Daddy competed in is my favorite.” Koji stood with his group. A woman and five kids. “I met my wife at the 23rd tournament.”

“Oooo! Momma and Daddy met again at that tournament, too!” Goten shared with Koji. “After Daddy won, he ran off to marry Momma!”

“Your mother is an amazing fighter.” Koji laughed. “She had your Daddy running around the ring. She was fearless. I thought she could’ve beat him.”

Goten gasped. He looked up at his mother eyes wide and mouth open. He knew his mother was strong but he had no idea she was that strong. Gohan always told him Daddy was the greatest fighter in the universe. If his mother almost beat him in a fight, how strong was she? Why didn’t Gohan tell him?

Koji laughed at Goten’s astonishment at his mother. “You are your Daddy’s twin. It’s amazing how much you look like him. I know you’re young but are you taking martial arts classes?” Goten shook his head. He didn’t hide his disappointment. “Oh, well I’m sure there’s a good reason. Would be nice if we can get some real martial artists competing again instead of that fool Mr. Satan. I don’t care what he says. I don’t believe he killed Cell. If it was anyone, it was…..” Koji caught himself in midsentence. He understood why Son Goku was dead. “I’m so sorry. I had no idea.” Goten noticed Koji looked at his mother. “Why haven’t you said anything? The world should be praising a real hero. Not a charlatan.”

Goten looked from his mother to Mr. Koji. What was he talking about?

“It’s the price I pay for privacy and peace, Mr. Koji.”

Goten frowned. What did that mean? Goten looked at his brother. Did he know? Gohan had that weird sad face again. He probably did know and when he looked like that, he didn’t tell Goten anything. Goten resigned himself to not knowing right now. Maybe someday he’ll understand.

Mr. Koji did. “It’s not much but let me show my gratitude. Let my family treat yours to dinner.”

Dinner? Goten like that offer but seeing his mother’s face, Goten knew she will turn him down. “That’s kind of you but my sons eat like their father. It will be a very high bill.”

Koji grinned. “Oh, I know all about that. My father owns Delicious Saikan. Your husband cleaned us out every time he visited! If we can’t treat the family of the man who saved us all, we don’t deserve to be in business. Please,” Koji insisted, “have dinner with us.”

Goten was very happy his mother accepted Koji’s invitation. It turned into a fun night with Koji sharing more stories of his experiences at the tournaments Goku competed in. In turn, Chichi shared a few stories about Goku.

That evening, Chichi, Gohan and Goten returned to their hotel. While Gohan took a shower, Chichi helped Goten undressed. He was next to clean up. “Did you have fun today, Goten?”

“Yeah.” This was a really good day. “I love seeing Daddy’s shrine and talking to Mr. Koji and his family.”

“They are good people.”

“Momma, can you teach me how to fight?” In the past Goten was reluctant to ask his mother but hearing how much he looked like his Daddy from Mr. Koji and his polite nudge he should learn martial arts, Goten decided to take a chance and ask his mother. “I really wanna learn.”

“Why do you want to fight, Goten?”

Goten expected his mother to say no but this question was encouraging. “Well, I wanna be strong like Daddy. I wanna be able to protect you.”

“Protect me?”

“I was scared when Mr. Koji and his family came over. I hid behind you instead of standing in front of you. Daddy wouldn’t have done that. Please, Momma.” Goten begged. “Will you teach me?”

The longer his mother delayed answering the stronger the feeling became his mother will say no. Goten’s hopes sank. He wondered if he will ever learn how to fight.

“If you don’t mind having a stern teacher,” Chichi smiled at him, “I’ll be happy to teach you, Goten.”

“Yeah!” Goten pumped his fist in the air and threw his arms around his mother in a fierce hug. “Thank you, Momma!”

“What are you doing with the camera, Goten?” Gohan stood in front of his mirror tying his tie. From his view in the mirror, he noticed Goten sitting on the bed playing with the family camera.

“I wanna take another family picture,” Goten explained. “You have a lot of pictures with Mom and Dad. I don’t. I wanna catch up.”

“Boys!” Chichi called. “Are you ready? It’s time to go!”

Gohan held the door open for his little brother. “Well, we can catch up before we go.” Goten and Gohan left their room and found their parents waiting for them in the kitchen.

Goku sat at the kitchen table munching on apples from the fruit bowl. Chichi stood in the doorway shaking her head at her husband. “Goku, we’re getting ready to leave. You’re acting like you’re starving.”

“I am,” Goku whined. “That snack we had earlier wasn’t filling.”

“Wow, Mom.” Gohan stepped in the kitchen. His mother looked stunning in a white, halter dress. “Where did you get that dress?” It was a pretty dress but the way it showed off his mother’s arms and back, it was not an outfit Gohan was used to his mother wearing.

“Something in the closet. I had it for years and…..” Chichi looked slyly at Goku who grinned while munching on another apple. “I tried it on earlier, saw that it still fits and thought if I clean it, it will be perfect for tonight.”

Goten stepped to his mother and held the camera to her. “Can we take a picture before we go? We can add it to the album.”

“Sure.” Chichi handed Goku the camera. He liked playing with it. It was the same mobile camera gifted to them from Gyu-Mao after Goku returned to life. Goku and Chichi had fun with this camera when their sons spent a few days with their grandpa. Now that she thought about it, Chichi thought she and Goku should do it again.

“All right. It’s set.”

The camera hovered in the air with the timer winding down as the Son family got in position. Chichi stood between Goku and Gohan while Goten stood in front of her. The family of four smiled as the camera captured another photo Chichi will add to the family album.

#sonfamilyweek #sonfamilyweek2019 #Goten #Goku #Chichi #Gohan #Family Album #fanfiction #Dragonball Z #dragonball

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i-am-a-closet-fanfic-fiend · 7 years ago

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Likeness - Bucky x Reader One-shot

A/N: I don’t know what the hell happened here. Apparently my new coping mechanism for anxiety is writing Bucky Barnes fanfiction. Anyways this story took like 18 different directions while I was writing it. I mad delete this in the light of day but for now I hope you enjoy it.

Title: Likeness

Summary: Reader is an empath/can remove emotions from people but can’t make them feel things. She and Bucky grow close due to them being insomniacs/night owls together. Sam and reader are best friends (glossed over) and he encourages her to come to movie night with the team. Nat knows you have a thing for Bucky and for Sebastian Stan because you’ve been watching the movie the Covenant (2006) on repeat. So she picks that movie and you have no poker face. Anyways, hope you enjoy.

Rating: T

Warnings: vague mentions of dark emotions (nothing too specific), gets a little heated at the end (nothing too serious), i kinda dump on the Covenant (but in all reality I am a sucker for that movie and everyone in it)

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Word count: 2,465

Your ability to remove emotional energy was what got you an invitation to the Avengers initiative.

At first you kept to yourself, overwhelmed by the high emotions in the tower. Bucky was the same way when he first returned from Wakanda. The two of you often bumped into each other at odd hours of the day and night. You usually respected each other’s space, just offering a nod of acknowledgment or a mumbled hello. Over time, you began to wait for one another late at night. On good nights you would retire to your room or his and watch movies or listen to music or talk until you fell asleep.

But some nights when the nightmares flooded his sleep and you found him gripping the kitchen counter, you would sit to his left and place your hand gently on his metal arm, siphoning the anxious energy that radiated off of him. Despite the anxiety and sorrow that sometimes rolled off of him, you enjoyed being with Bucky. He grounded you, at least when he wasn’t giving your stomach butterflies.

Sam was a totally different story. He immediately took a liking to you and did everything he could to get you to hang out with him. Most of the time, you were okay one on one. Sam had a lightness to him despite everything he had seen. You slowly became inseparable. After months of him plying you with your favorite foods and movies, you agreed to come down for a team movie night.

When you arrived, Sam was already situated in the recliner with a big bowl of popcorn. There was another sitting on the coffee table, and the popcorn machine was still hard at work.

“You finally made it,” he grinned, tossing you a beer from the cooler beside him.

“Hey, Sam. Thanks. So what are we watching tonight?”

“It’s Widow’s turn to pick.”

Right on cue, Natasha walked in with Steve and Clint. Wanda and Pietro followed directly behind. Steve grinned at you and you felt your stomach flutter. Anyone who said that Captain America’s smile didn’t make them swoon was a damn liar. But it was nothing compared to what you felt when Bucky cracked a smile, even if it wasn’t directed towards you.

“I’m glad you came, Y/N,” Steve said, patting the spot next to him on the couch.

Feeling more at ease, you smiled genuinely. “Me too.”

“So, Nat, what did you pick?” Wanda asked curiously.

“It’s this random B grade movie I found online one day. I haven’t seen it, but the reviews were pretty good.”

“What’s it called?”

“The Covenant.”

You tried to hold back the nervous giggle that escaped you, but you couldn’t help it. It bubbled past your lips and you ducked your head, mortified.

“Something you want to share with the class, y/n?” Sam asked in a lilting voice.

You glared at him.

“Nope, nothing at all. What’s the movie about, Nat?” You tried to sound casual but knew you were failing.

“Why don’t you tell me?” Nat challenged clearly enjoying herself. “You’ve clearly seen it.”

“It’s about these four guys who have magic powers and a fifth one who wants their power.”

“Is it any good?” Wanda asked, intrigued by the premise.

“It’s okay. I’ve only seen it once or twice,” you couldn’t hold back another embarrassed giggle as you lied.

“Riiight,” Sam drew out the word.

He wasn’t the only one who didn’t believe you, and you buried your head in your arms, occasionally letting out a giggle.

“Why does y/n sound like she’s a fourteen year old girl talking about her first crush?” Tony asked as he walked in with Bruce and Bucky.

Vision followed through the wall to her right.

“Miss y/l/n’s heart rate is elevated and her body is flushed. She seems to be experiencing both embarrassment and infatuation.”

“Vis, not helpful,” Wanda said sharply.

“My apologies,” the android remarked taking a seat next to Wanda.

You threw her a grateful smile anyways.

Sam and Nat seemed to put together what your reactions meant at the same time.

“Which one of them is it, y/n?” Sam asked, sitting up in the recliner.

You felt the couch dip next to you and looked over to Bucky who was watching everyone, but especially you in confusion.

“Which one of whom is what?” he asked.

“Which one of the four guys in the movie was y/n’s first crush?”

“None of them,” you answered honestly.

“Which one of the four guys in the movie is the reason you’ve seen it fifty-two times?” Nat asked pointedly.

It was only then that you realized that the battered DVD case she had brought down was yours. Nat had probably heard it playing on repeat in your room. Busted.

“Why don’t we just start the movie?” Cap suggested firmly.

You shot him a grateful smile and he rubbed soothing circles into your back. You thought you heard a low vibration from beside you, but decided to ignore it. Pulling on Steve’s calm, you focused on not giving yourself away.

Nat obliged and popped the DVD in and hit the lights.

The opening credits played and you really hoped no one else would notice which avenger one of the actors oh so closely resembled.

Your hope lasted all of four minutes. Surprisingly, it was Cap who realized it first. Well not so surprising in retrospect. He choked on his beer when Chase Collins came onto the screen.

“You okay, Cap?” you asked hitting him on the back a little more forcefully than necessary.

“I’m fine. Just went down the wrong pipe.”

Once everyone turned back to the movie, Cap looked at you with wide eyes, arching an eyebrow curiously. You sent him a pleading look that was met with an understanding nod and a mischievous smile.

You pulled your knees up to your chest and wrapped your arms tightly around them, leaning your head on your forearms. You still didn’t feel small enough to avoid scrutiny. Steve lounged gracefully next to you, arm outstretched along the back of the couch. Bucky on the other hand sat with his elbows resting on his knees, watching intently.

Occasionally, the other team members would sneak a peek at you to gauge your reaction, but lucky for you never when he was on screen. An hour into the movie, Steve tugged you closer and wrapped an arm around your waist as he whispered in your ear.

You barely contained a squeak in surprise at his comment. Bucky was the only one who noticed the sound and turned, teasing smile in place, but it faded when he saw Steve’s hand on your waist. You felt the tension build in him next to you. Instinctively, you moved away from Steve towards Bucky, sliding your hand into his metal one and pulling away the feelings that plagued him. You could also feel Steve’s triumphant gloating beside you, but did your best to tune it out.

Bucky looked at you confused but content. You looked back at the television at the exact wrong moment. Chase was waiting by the pool to race, shirtless and you gulped audibly. Bucky turned to you with a shit eating grin, finally putting it together. He glanced at Steve who nodded, amused. You started to pull away, but he held your hand tighter.

Just before the movie ended, Bucky let go of your hand, stretching widely as the lights came on.

“That was actually not that bad,” Sam admitted, eyeing you.

“So, shall we vote on which of the four gets y/n’s motor running?” Tony teased.

Rolling your eyes, you unfurled yourself.

“All those in favor of the main tall brooding but sensitive archetype?”

Bruce and Vision raised their hands.

“All those in favor of the immediately adjacent, surprisingly even more brooding, but macho sidekick?”

Tony, Clint, and Pietro raised their hands.

“All those in favor of the sneaky, brooding, not as bad as he wants to be supporting character?”

No votes for that one, and you actually chuckled.

“And finally all those in favor of the generically attractive, only there so there could be four main guys supporting character?”

Sam raised his hand, surprised to be the only one.

“Oh come on,” Tony pouted, “You guys have to vote,” he whined at Natasha, Wanda, Steve, and Bucky.

“But you didn’t say our choice,” Natasha explained calmly.

You shot her and Wanda a betrayed look. Wanda just shrugged.

“Who? The blonde chick? I didn’t know you swung that way, y/n.”

“I was actually talking about the real bad boy.”

“That little dork on a power trip?” Tony asked in disbelief.

“Yup. All those in favor?”

You groaned as the four holdouts raised their hands.

“They were right? Really, y/n?” Sam asked incredulously.

All of them were smirking at each other.

“What do you all know that we don’t?” Clint asked Nat.

“F.R.I.D.A.Y., give me a profile on the actor who played Chase Collins in the Covenant,” Tony ordered the A.I.

“Of course, boss. Chase Collins was played by actor Sebastian Stan. Known for his role in the TV shows Gossip Girl and Once Upon a Time. He was most recently in the news for being mistaken for…”

Sometimes you didn’t think the A.I. knew boundaries, but when she stopped reporting you realized you had been wrong.

“Mistaken for who, F.R.I.D.A.Y.?” Tony pressed.

“Bucky Barnes,” the A.I. reported.

You could almost sense the remorse in its tone.

“So that’s it,” Tony finally got it. “You’ve got a thing for the Winter Soldier.”

“And so what if I do?” You challenged, hoping your bravado would throw them off.

Luckily it did, mostly.

“Well, that would be okay,” Tony continued. “But I would be very curious about how the winter soldier feels.”

You felt panic, but you weren’t sure if it was yours or Bucky’s. You glanced over at Bucky who was glaring at Stark. You considered running away, but decided to stand your ground. Steve whether he knew it or not was lending you strength.

“How I feel about y/n, is between me and her,” Bucky stated sharply. “So butt out.”

Tony for once had the common sense to shut up.

“Well this is awkward,” Sam muttered a few moments later, “Movie night over.”

The team quickly disbanded after that. Bucky was the first to leave followed quickly by Steve. You stayed behind to clean up, despite Tony telling you his robot would do it. Once the room was back in order, you heaved a trash bag over your shoulder and headed for the trash shoot.

Still calming down about having your crush outed in front of everyone, you went to the kitchen to make some hot chocolate. You most definitely were not expecting to find Bucky there with a steaming mug waiting for you.

“Hey, y/n,” he cracked that smile that made your knees go weak.

“Hey, Bucky.”

“I thought you could use some hot chocolate.”

You couldn’t help but smile, settling onto the stool next to him.

“Thank you. I was just coming to make a mug.”

He let you sip your drink in comfortable silence, keeping his own mug of tea in hand.

“So, you must think this Sebastian Stan guy is pretty hot considering how much of a giggling mess you were earlier.”

His tone was light, teasing, and you decided to go with it rather than get upset.

“What can I say? The smile, the body, swoon.”

You swore you heard him mutter something about being buffer than him.

“What was that?”

“So the smile? That’s what does it for you?” He was no longer teasing. You felt sadness and uncertainty wash over him.

Throwing caution to the wind you decide on the truth.

“Yeah. Sebastian Stan’s smile reminds me of yours. That’s why I like him so much.”

Whatever the super soldier had been prepared to hear, it wasn’t that. His eyes flew open and he stared at you.

“So you like him because he reminds you of me?” he asked to clarify.

“Well, yeah. What did you think?”

Scratching the back of his neck nervously, he chuckled.

“Well, I kind of thought that you liked me because I reminded you of him… I know I don’t smile much.”

You couldn’t help but laugh, but you stopped short when you saw his face. Turning so you could fully face him you took both of his hands in yours.

“Bucky, I like you. And yes, I love your smile. But I know right now that it takes a lot for that smile to come out, but that just makes it even more special to me. Every time I see you smile, everything around me feels lighter. And even when you aren’t smiling, being around you grounds me.”

“I feel the same way. I know sometimes you have to use your powers on me, but most of the time I feel better the second I’m with you. And I love your smile.”

He gently kissed one hand and then the other.

“And the way you blush.”

He leaned in closer, and suddenly you knew the butterflies weren’t just yours. He stopped millimeters away from your mouth.

“May I?” he whispered.

“Yes.”

He closed the distance and for the first time you were kissing Bucky Barnes, and nothing else mattered. When he pulled back, there was a flood of emotions, both yours and his and it was enough to make you light headed. Noticing you swaying, Bucky swept you off the stool and carried you to the couch, settling you so your head was in his lap.

“I guess I haven’t lost my touch,” He commented with a smirk.

“Swoon,” you snarked back, though the effect was ruined by your panting.

Bucky smiled down at you, brighter than you’d ever seen and the buzzing, thrumming cacophony in your soul quieted. He stroked your hair gently as you stared up at him. You noticed when a flicker of curiosity passed over his gaze.

“What?”

“What did Steve say to you earlier?”

You laughed a little, but still blushed embarrassedly.

“He said that I had good taste in guys, but he didn’t think you’d cut your hair that short any time soon.”

“Do you want me to cut my hair, y/n?”

“I don’t think so. It be a lot harder to do this…” You grinned, sitting up and tangling your hands in his dark hair and tugging his mouth closer.

You stopped a hair’s breadth away from his lips.

“May I?”

“Anytime you want,” he whispered, before closing the distance. His hands settling in on your hips.

As his lips moved to your neck and you tugged on his hair, you made a mental note to never let him cut hair shorter than this.

A/N: So there you go, anxiety induced ramblings. Hope it was good for someone. Thanks for reading!

#Bucky x Reader #Bucky barnes #one-shot

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Post-Korra Avatar Fanficcy Thing

As I mentioned a while back, I’ve had these half-formed ideas for an AtLA/LoK “Next Avatar” sequel pretty much since Korra ended, but without any sort of firm story for the characters that I’ve created. Since these plotbunnies are hopping around my brain again, I’m gonna try to write things out just to see if that will a.) put the plotbunnies to sleep, or b.) help me get ideas for an actual fanfic (that I don’t have time to write anyway).

Keep going if you want to see a ridiculously long explanation of one fan’s stupid ideas.

Worldbuilding/Backstory/Whatever

Much has changed in the Avaverse since Avatar Korra beat Kuvira in her attack on Republic City. The Earth Kingdom/Empire is now called the Earth Confederacy, with a Parliament and Prime Minister running a bunch of semi-autonomous states. Technology has advanced in ways that I haven’t exactly figured out yet; maybe, like, 1950s-level? Also, everybody has last names now. Makes things easier to keep track of.

So, thirty years post-Kuvira, Korra goes on some sort of trip. I’m not sure why, where (maybe the Spirit World?) or what happened, but she vanishes, and all attempts to find her fail. This naturally causes some problems, because nobody knows if she’s alive or dead, and if she is dead, well, good luck finding the new Avatar in a continent-sized country when you don’t even know what birthday to look for. So yeah, we get a smaller version of the Aang-in-an-iceberg situation where people have no idea what’s going on with the Avatar cycle.

Cut fifteen-to-eighteen years later, and meet Keno Hiiragi.

Main Characters (and the Vague Narrative That Brings Them Together)

Keno Hiiragi (name somewhat subject to change) lives in Omashu with his widowed mother and twin sister. If Aang was the “spiritual” Avatar and Korra the “physical” Avatar, he’s the “intellectual” Avatar. He’s tall, gangly, bookish and introverted. He’s always had big plans for his life and tends to get moody and upset if things don’t work out like he expected.

Like when he’s worked his whole life to get good grades, won early acceptance to Ba Sing Se University, and then finds out that NOPE, it turns out that you’re the Avatar and have to spend the next decade or two learning to bend all of the elements.

(How does he find out? I’m thinking something dramatic happens, like a flood, and he winds up accidentally Waterbending to save someone. This naturally brings the White Lotus to his door.)

Oh, yeah---Keno already knew he was an Earthbender, but unlike his predecessors, he didn’t bother to master it by the time he hit puberty. Earthbenders learn it for their Physical Education requirement in school, but like most nerds, he dropped that class as soon as he could and faked a lot of injuries so that he could read in the bleachers. Basically, he’s just constantly rebelling against this whole situation, because he doesn’t want to learn anymore bending and why is bringing world peace his responsibility and askjsadkhjdfasknasd.

Which puts him in strong contrast to Mariko Hiiragi, his twin sister. While Keno was always bringing home perfect grades, she was an Earthbending jock who probably had a poster of Toph on her bedroom wall. The siblings bicker, but were relatively peaceful being prodigies in their separate fields. In fact, Mariko was accepted for training by the world’s greatest Earthbending master just as Keno got accepted into school! Accept HA HA no now they’re going to said Earthbending master together, because Keno gets special treatment even though he can barely levitate a rock and never practices and people are talking about how he’s going to be the best Bender ever in every element and---

(The Keno-Mariko rivalry is basically a much toned down version of Zuko and Azula. And it’s also ironic, because ultimately they wish the same thing---that Mariko was the Avatar instead of Keno. Mariko kind of unfairly blames him for the situation, but this would probably be an early subplot that gets resolved fairly quickly---no doubt one of them will save the other or they’ll team up to fight something and then resolve their differences. Then Mariko becomes his tutor or something. She’s probably more of the “B-Squad” of the new Team Avatar, though; she’ll join in the big battles but doesn’t travel around with Keno on his big world-spanning adventures.)

We also have Anling Soh, Keno’s childhood friend (and probably the person he saves in the aforementioned flood or whatever). She’s a Firebender, though she may not be very adept at it, having grown up in an Earth Confederacy city without any teachers. (I’m not sure if the similarities with season 1 Katara are a plus or a minus there.) She’s a lot more extroverted and calm than Keno but also extremely loyal to him, to the point where (despite his strenuous objections) she insists on accompanying him for his Avatar Earthbender training. He thinks his life is ruined, and dang it she's going to stick with him and give him some sense of normalcy until he finally gets over his freak-out.

Anling is Keno’s love interest, by the way. In contrast to both Aang and Korra, however, I don’t want to drag this out forever. Like, in “season one” of this story, Keno realizes that he has a thing for her, that her own playful flirting with him may be more sincere than he thought it was, and after one “episode” of conflicted “do I want to risk ruining our friendship” stuff they hook up. Then they’re just low-key dating throughout the rest of the story, with relatively little drama and mostly just acting the same as they did before.

So they’re off to Zaofu to see Sukru Beifong, the world’s greatest Earthbender, who happens to be the son of Zaofu’s mayor, Bolin, and his wife, Opal. He’s a decidedly tougher teacher than Keno would have preferred; the fact that he’s used to teaching the best of the best (like Mariko) and now has to teach an amateur isn’t helping matters.

In Zaofu we meet two more members of Team Avatar III: Bolin and Opal’s grandkids (from a kid other than Sukru). Shouta Beifong is the older of the two. He's an Airbender, but he’s decidedly less the “peaceful and spiritual” type and more “Toph as a male Airbender with Bolin’s physique,” prone to boisterous attacks, pranks and loud laughter. His younger sister, Hue Beifong, is a non-bender, but also kind of a psychopath. She regularly carries around ten-foot swords or Spirit-vine-powered bazookas and no that is not even remotely legal, she made them herself. She probably plans to become chief scientist of Varrick Global Industries someday, and will no doubt wind up in prison like her idol.

Okay, so now all we’re missing is a Waterbender! Admittedly, I haven’t figured out how to fit Nasak Innugati into the narrative as well as the others. I have multiple conflicting ideas of his ancestry: Foggy Swamp? Sokka’s descendant? Somehow related to Desna or Eska? In any event, he’s the apathetic/sarcastic member of our group who nobody really likes, but who cares about the others deep down.

We also need a team pet, which is a problem because Keno hates animals and is allergic to just about anything with fur. He manages to ignore everybody’s “no, seriously, every Avatar has some sort of spirit-bonded animal” thing for a while, but eventually he finds an injured baby viper bat and winds up carrying it around with him for a while. Then someone/-thing attacks him and he instinctively throws it at them, and the viper-bat winds up biting the enemy so hard that Keno can escape. He opts to keep the thing afterwards and names it Mulda (which is Korean for “bite,” if I’m getting my online translation right).

Other Characters (Including Old Favorites!)

As previously mentioned, Bolin and Opal live in Zaofu with their son and grandkids. Opal’s probably off doing Air Nomad things a lot of the time, though.

Based on an aborted Korra plotline apparently mentioned on the DVDs, Mako wound up with Fire Lord Izumi’s daughter Susila. He moved to the Fire Nation and eventually became the palace’s chief of security. He currently works to protect his great-nephew, the sickly ten-year-old Fire Lord Thahn, who probably gets kidnapped at some point so that Mako and Team Avatar III can team up to save him.

Asami continues to run Future Industries, and remains wistful about Korra’s disappearance. Finding out about/meeting Keno no doubt is a blow to her, since it definitively confirms that Korra’s dead.

(Side note: As a running gag, people keep telling Keno how “close” Asami and Korra were, and he repeatedly doesn’t get what they’re implying.)

Ikki and her husband Haneul are in the White Lotus and are in the group that finally tracks down Keno. He’s a non-bender and skilled at Chi-blocking. (They test Keno’s Earthbending skills by having him fight him. Keno loses in about three seconds.)

Jinora is now the leader of the Air Nomads. She and Kai are married. She runs the government, while he’s Air Temple Island’s main teacher (and has a Gyatso-esque tendency to teach his students how to cause trouble). They probably have some kids but I’ve not fleshed them out too much.

Meelo runs the Air Nomad military on his sister’s behalf.

I dunno what Rohan’s doing. I’ve always headcanonned him as a non-bender, though.

Desna and Eska are probably still alive and running the Northern Water Tribe. I guess Tonraq could still be alive in the South, and it’d provide some more character-building angst when Keno shows up.

Varrick is now an important member of the Earth Parliament, running the opposition to the current Prime Minister. His company is currently being run by Zhu Li and/or their daughter Dipika.

Toph is totally still alive. I mean, this may never come up, but I headcanon that she just lives in the wild now, beating up Death whenever he tries to claim her.

Plot???

I mean, I guess “what happened to Korra” is an obvious one. Team Avatar III must go and investigate? Maybe Keno can contact her spirit, despite being cut off from the other Avatars? The new villain was behind it?

The new villain is...someone? Maybe a non-bender? Or a spirit?

AtLA-style Evil Overlord or LoK-style Well-Intentioned Extremist? Something based on modern terrorism and/or Asian New Religious Movements?

Vague ideas about exploring the Earth Confederacy, particularly the conflict between its national government and semi-autonomous states? But conflict with no clear-cut right answers = headache.

Conclusion

This thing has been in my Drafts for like a year now, so I hereby release it into the wild.

#Avatar the Last Airbender #The Legend of Korra #Legend of Korra #AtLA #LoK #Next Avatar #The Legend of Keno

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