#also rip to chris you legend

[mohnaka]

So, in regards to Hondo in Skeleton Crew since it's something I keep seeing people ask about: it was confirmed that he won't be appearing. Here's the specific bit from the article:

I’ve seen speculation that a live-action Hondo Ohnaka will appear in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. True or false? –Corey A freighter resembling Hondo’s was spotted in the distance at Port Borgo in Episode 2, but series creators Chris Ford and Jon Watts confirmed for me that we won’t be meeting the Clone Wars pirate. “We’ll rip off that Band-Aid and say no, we don’t have any Hondo,” Ford told TVLine. “Honestly, we love Hondo, but there wasn’t really a part in our story that offered a good enough role for him. Like, if we were trying to cast him in this, he would be like, ‘This part is not big enough for Hondo!'” Which is not to say Skeleton Crew, in success, won’t ever feature the interstellar buccaneer. “We would love to keep doing this,” Ford said, “and keep exploring the whole pirate side of the galaxy, and build up to that.”

There's always the chance they could be lying, but considering the wording, I don't think they are. But! He is coming in the next dlc for Star Wars Outlaws! No exact release date yet, sometime in spring. If you haven't played it yet, I highly recommend it.

Now on a side note, something else I've seen a lot of people ask/say in regards to Hondo showing up in media set after Rebels: isn't he already super old/dead/etc? Long story short, no. Short story long because I'm autistic and don't know when to shut up under the read more:

If you were somehow unaware (hoping that doesn't come off as judgmental, it's more of a surprised thing I swear!), he's actually a part of Galaxy's Edge aka "the Star Wars land" at Disneyland/Disney World, which is supposed to take place in between The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker (so about 34 ABY). Or at least it was initially, they've been kind of loosening it up lately, but the two rides (Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, the latter of which Hondo is basically the star of) are still in that specific time range. So he's not dead nor is he going to die in anything set before the sequels (but then again, "Hondo Ohnaka survives every time", could be the Force keeps bringing him back to life to fuck with everyone).

In Legends, the approximate lifespan for his species (Weequay) was about 90 years of age. There's been no word on whether this is still canon or it's been made longer, but if it is still canon, it does give us an idea of how old he was in the various eras. If we're to assume he's somewhere between 80 to 85 years of age in 34 ABY (Lando, who he's shown to be on good terms with in issue 4 of the Halcyon Legacy comic, is 77/78 years in 34 ABY for reference), that would make him:

Between 25 to 30 years old when he's first introduced in The Clone Wars

Between 42 to 47 years old when he's first introduced in Rebels

And last but not least, between 55 to 60 years old in 9 ABY, which is (supposedly) when The Mandalorian/Skeleton Crew/etc takes place

Somewhere in the middle is most likely, since the younger estimate would put him at only 14 years old in 32 BBY (during The Phantom Menace), but 17 to 19 years old isn't that wild considering what we've seen older kids/teenagers deal with in this franchise. It's not completely unrealistic that someone with a background like his would be just starting off leading a group of pirates in his late teens.

Anyway, what's he been up to since Rebels? He actually founded his own Totally Legitimate Shipping Company, Ohnaka Transport Solutions, sometime in between 1 ABY and 4 ABY prior to the Battle of Endor. It's currently (as in, 34 ABY currently) based in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu, though whether it was always there is unknown. Also at some point he got himself a ship that he named the Katooni...yes, like that Katooni. In fact, it's the one mentioned in the above interview about Hondo appearing in Skeleton Crew, so in a sense, he might have already had a indirect cameo!

Sources for most of this/recommended reading: Pirate's Price, The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters, and Halcyon Legacy #4. If you're looking for Hondo content outside the shows, read these. Especially Pirate's Price if you've always wondered what it'd be like if Han and Hondo met. And as previously mentioned, Halcyon Legacy #4 has him with (the real) Lando.

[shifterdomain]

Your favorite movie to watch together

A/N: I highly suggest watching (most of) these movies if you haven't yet. I also added in Tom Blyth from The Hunger Games A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and have added him to the previous preferences as well.

Jonah Hauer-King

The Lion King will be playing on repeat during movie night. Maybe the sequel Simba's Pride will also play once in a blue moon.

Be ready for a sing-along with Jonah blasting I Can't Wait To Be King.

Tom Glynn-Carney

Saltburn is a fun movie to have on on a Sunday evening.

He likes mysterious movies almost as much as playfully teasing his on-screen brother Ewan Mitchell by pestering him with theories of Mitchell's character. And let's not forget that him and Barry Keoghan also go way back to Tom's debut movie 'Dunkirk'.

Ewan Mitchell

The Mask of Zorro is one of those movies you can watch every week and not tire of.

He likes the idea of a masked man with a somewhat troubled past being the hero and will find a way to make it about his character Aemond Targaryen. Whatever you watch, there will always be a parellel drawn. He just loves him too much.

Matt Smith

Gremlins, especially the first installment, is just a whimsical movie that will always remain entertaining.

Die Hard would be a runner up, but he just enjoys the sillyness that Gremlins has. And it is even better knowing that it used to be a feared horror movie.

Joseph Morgan

Joseph is a big fan of scifi movies, especially Star Wars.

His favorites would be the old movies with Han Solo, but you also like to watch the ones with Anakin Skywalker, interested in the arc of him turning into Darth Vader.

Daniel Gillies

Fifty Shades of Grey.

You both love making fun of how bad the movie truly is, jokingly making headcannons about the story to try and make it better. But failing.

Paul Wesley

Deadpool is one of his favorite movies to watch with you.

Deadpool & Wolverine would probably be his favorite. He loves how unhinged they are and Ryan Reynolds is just a comedy legend. His favorite character would be Dogpool.

Ian Somerhalder

The Graduate is his favorite film, but he enjoys it even more when he watches it with you.

He likes the more classical and old movies and discussing them afterwards while finishing your snacks and tea, or Bourbon, especially because there is something nostalgic about movies made before Hollywood became as big as it is. He enjoys the simplicity of the old school.

Chris Wood

The Scream franchise are fun movies to watch, whether it's Halloween or early August.

He likes the first two because they're new and they're classics, but the first installment of the reboot is also up there, being more creepy and gory. He will also probably be performing songs from the parody musical.

Jensen Ackles

The Silence of the Lambs is a thrilling movie that with the brilliance that is Anthony Hopkins will never be a bad watch.

It's a little spooky, has some humor and shows one of the greatest characters brought to life by Hopkins. While other movies in the franchise are enjoyable, nothing can truly top the brilliance of the original.

Jared Padalecki

Good Will Hunting is a movie that means a lot to Jared, especially with the passing of Robin Williams (RIP).

The movie gives a good and well-read view into the psychy of Matt Damon's character Will. Especially the line 'Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them,' is a line that really hits home for him.

Matthew Daddario

Grown Ups (RIP Cameron Boyce) is just a fun-loving movie to watch in whatever mood you're in.

It is a campy and funny movie that doesn't require any deep thinking, which is especially good after a long day of work. You can just relax, grab a bite and cuddle up on the couch without worrying about anything else but each other.

Dominic Sherwood

James Bond might be a classic British franchise, but it's always fun.

There's plenty of movies in the franchise with plenty of actors stepping into the shoes of the titular character, so you can always pick another movie in the franchise and by the time you've seen all, you probably won't remember all of the one you started with. The ones that will probably be played most are those with Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan or Sean Connery (RIP). There will probably also be a lot of teasing with you trying to convince him to audition to be the next Bond.

Dylan O'Brien

Never Been Kissed.

Are you even surprised? It's Dylan's favorite movie as it's a funny and cute movie. He will however probably be mouthing along the words as you watch.

Tom Holland

Spider-Man has been Tom's favorite for almost all of his life.

Whether it is Andrew Garfield or Toby Maguire behind the mask, as long as it is not him because, like most actors, he doesn't like watching himself. But they're funny and have enough action to keep your attention.

Josh Hutcherson

Josh likes scary movies, but with you his favorite would be Saw.

It's creepy and bloody and has a hint of mystery to it. He especially likes the way you curl up against him and hide your face in his shoulder with the scary moments or the scenes that make your skin crawl.

Tom Blyth

An underrated movie that he loves to watch with you is the trilogy of Sissi, Die Junge Kaiserin with Romy Schneider as Elisabeth.

The original movies are old and mostly forgotten and skipped as they lack the sense of excitement in today's movies. But that old school feeling is one of the things he likes about it. It's romantic and very sweet and also brings out the romantic in him.

[phoebehalliwell]

Track One: Welcome To San Francisco (it's been waiting for you!)

Track Two: Blank Space (phole maybe?? source!phole? boys only want love if it's torture.... OOH maybe all the doomed romances)

Track Three: Style (pleo. they're literally in all 8 seasons. we never go out of style)

Track Four: Out Of The Woods (idek. demon fighting? fighting the source?)

Track Five: All You Had To Do Was Stay (pleo maybe?? bc that was the reason she broke up with him in the first place see geographically undesirable handyman)

Track Six: Shake It Off (P3!!!!)

Track Seven: I Wish You Would (idk 🤕)

Track Eight: Bad Blood (queen of hell phoebe duh!!)

Track Nine: Wildest Dreams (prandy)

Track Ten: How You Get The Girl (idk maybe phoop? penry?)

Track Eleven: This Love (pleo clears. again.)

Track Twelve: I Know Places (idk. great song tho!)

Track Thirteen: Clean (rip Phole)

Track Fourteen: Wonderland (this is phole again. and in the end in wonderland we both went mad...)

Track Fifteen: You Are In Love (so many options. maybe just the endgame couples? maybe chrisbianca...)

Track Sixteen: New Romantics (P3 again!!! PAIGE EDITION!!)

Track Seventeen: "Slut!" (later seasons phoebe + phoebecoop literally s8 is it selfish to want love ass behavior like if they call me a slut well it might be worth it for once)

Track Eighteen: Say Don't Go (idk... maybe the dead...)

Track Nineteen: Now That We Don't Talk (i Also dk... but Who was it jamming to acid rock...)

Track Twenty: Suburban Legends (honestly thinking prandy for this one...)

Track Twenty-one: Is It Over Now? (honestly this might be my fav vault track on this album. idk what to do for it tho)

Track Twenty-two: Bad Blood (ft. Kendrick Lamar) (the cousins fighting in the 20s juxtaposed w Wyatt and Chris... the Warren line always tears itself apart from the inside...)

[dxrknessembr8ced]

Hearing the sounds of their comrades being ripped apart they entered into the room to see one of their own torn apart and eaten by the lost soul beast in front of them as their fight became a fight for their survival as the lost soul beast in the legends appeared right in front of them and they began to aimed at their weapons and open fire at the monster before them.

" HOLY FUCK OPEN FIRE OPEN FI- "

' PRRRRCCCKKK! '

Immediately no time wasted she tore them to shreds with her large claws as she now changed into her monstrous form storming around the building and went on a rampage killing EVERY single horror within this very building with unrelenting fury and insatiable bloodlust.

Firing their weapons and trying their best to kill the monster, all their attacks are futile as she continued destroying everything in her path. The soul beast thrashed her clawed arms around evisceration and crushing all in her path with her bare hands. The monster growled as she dashed forward into the halls crashing not only into a large group of mado horrors but also crashing through the walls as the now enlarged monstrous beasts now enters in the battlefield as she let out a loud booming roar whilst slamming her fist in the ground.

' AAARRROOOEEEOONK!!! '

Upon appearing into the scene unfolded the two sides both mado forces and the BSAA immediately shift their focus on Hsien-Ko in her most monstrous state as she dashes on all fours slashing and thrashing her powerful arms around in fits of rage crushing and also dismembering them all with rage and thirst for blood that fuels her already corrupted mind and heart as she continues her path of complete destruction. She wiped out only a few members of the wolf hound unit killing two of them in the process one male and the other female as she bites down into one of them between her jaws devouring one if them until her meal was interrupted by one person she knew so long ago. Chris Redfield who unloads rounds from his magnum.

' BANG! '

' BANG! '

' BANG! '

She immediately turned around with one of his men in her jaws piercing through his own flesh with rage burning through her eyes as despite two of his squad died he couldn't cry anymore. Under the skull mask he have lost so many in the past, especially what had happen to the jiangshi now a monster that is the physical embodiment of T-Erebus which he mistaken this monstrous appearance as it plays a part but isn't the source of the lost soul beast. He reloads, staring up at the one he once called a friend, gritting his teeth and prepares himself for what is to come.

" ....Why did it had to be you? "

Hsien-Ko dropping the carcass moved her monstrous body around growling lowly at the man before her, only to speak before she can kill him right then and there.

" You will die now. "

With another slightly more aggressive growl the monster slammed her fist in the ground right in front of him, prepared to fight and kill him. This is his opportunity and his time fo give her what he had while he fights for his life while Hsien-Ko is prepared to show him what a real monster she can be while corrupted and twisted by the the darkness in her heart and mind full of the guilt, self loathing and the pain she had endured for so long. She wants him to know what real pain feels like, in this time of night this is where david meets goliath, an unstoppable force meets an immovable object and man and monster face to face.

[berrycobbler]

[ID: a series of quotes which read as follows:

My girlfriend and I both love to read on vacation. Once, on a camping trip, I finished my book early. She was halfway through a hefty novel and ripped out the first hundred pages to give to me. This tradition of giving each other “leaflets” has allowed us to share our favorite books, and the trips we read them on, that much more closely.

– Laura Birnbaum, Washington, D.C.

Today, every day, and on Valentine’s Day, I will visit my wife of 56 years. We are separated by her dementia. I will tell her what’s been going on outside, as I spoon-feed her in her care-home hospital bed. She says, “Thank you,” when I tell her I love her. We both know she would say more, if only she could. We have had a great life together, ever since the second grade. She is slowly leaving, I know that. But we’re a pair until then.

– Gene Lock, Sacramento, Calif.

My husband is Filipino, and I am not, so I learned to cook pancit, a noodle dish his mother made. It makes him happy. We cut vegetables, chop meat, then assemble the dish, always refining our understanding of it. It’s like love — it gets better every time.

– Muffie Alejandro, Los Angeles

We say, “I love you” every time one of us leaves the house. It seems small, but after almost 17 years of marriage, I would feel like I had left my keys behind if I hadn’t said it.

– Kate Reymann, Salt Lake City

I have half a banana for breakfast, and my husband always carves a heart on the cut end.

– Jill Black, Kalispell, Mont.

When my cancer diagnosis recurred this fall, my husband of 54 years began folding 1,000 origami cranes. Legend says that they will bring good luck and good health. We have installed them in our hallway as a constant reminder of hope and joy. They are beautiful to look at, and they also seem to be working, as I am responding to treatment.

– Jane Berke, Alpharetta, Ga.

I hate the sound of liquids being stirred or shaken. So whenever my husband stirs or shakes something, he shouts, “La la la la!” to protect my sensitive ears. (I’ve actually learned to manage my aversion, but I don’t tell him, because I think his off-tune singing is adorable.)

– Emily Strahler, Bethlehem, N.H.

Offhandedly, my husband said that he felt loved when his socks were ready to put on. Since then, I roll his socks into pairs.

– Chris Jacques, Golden, Colo.

My husband loves new bars of soap, so when I need to replace mine, I take his and give him the new one.

– Shannon Moise, British Columbia, Canada

My husband of 30-some years lets me put my cold hands on his body to warm them. We are a husband-and-wife oyster-farming team, so in the winter this is especially endearing.

– Cindy West, South Kingstown, R.I.

Every time my girlfriend calls me, I answer the phone by saying, “It’s the most beautiful woman in the world!”

– Jeremiah Whitten, Minneapolis

My husband and I got married on June 7, 30 years ago. Every month on the seventh, we like to wish each other a happy anniversary — and be the first to do it. Most often, he beats me to it.

– Patricia Davis, Westbrook, Conn.

My husband always makes sure that my car’s gas tank is full, the windshield wipers are in good shape and the fluids are topped off. That’s his way of telling me that he’ll never leave me stranded.

– Diane Norman, Herndon, Va.

I was diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency a few years ago. My husband began taking out two capsules and leaving them for me in a tiny dish in our bathroom. It was a gentle reminder to take my vitamins and stay healthy. The gesture feels like a very sweet, “I love you.” When I take the pills and he’s in earshot, I say, “I love you, too.”

– Cynthia Copeland, Pasadena, Calif.

For more than 21 years, my husband has given me the last bite of his dessert, always.

– Jennifer Grissom, Los Angeles

My precious husband, to whom I was married for 46 glorious years, passed away six years ago. But not a day has gone by since when I haven’t blown a kiss to the photograph of him that I keep on my bedroom table.

– Karen Strauss, New Rochelle, N.Y. /end ID.]

The New York Times did a piece titled 100 Small Acts of Love and these are some of my favorites 💕

[hautsreadsmarvel]

A threefer!

Your eyes deceive you not! In this post I cover two Thor stories, and one Hulk story.

“The Mighty Thor” (1952, issues 1-2)

Oh. My. God.

Sorry, I had to get the Natalie Portman reference out of the way. We start off following Dr. (of the medical variety) Don Blake, who is vacationing in Norway. He becomes Thor after the Stone Men from Saturn chase him into a cave, he realizes he’s lost his cane, so he picks up a staff of wood which is secretly Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor! By banging the staff on a solid object, it transforms into the hammer, and he transforms into the God of Thunder!

Okay, Thor has a secret identity. Dubiously interesting. Also dubiously interesting are the aforementioned aliens, which look like this…

These are just your garden-variety “invading aliens who wish world domination”. The one saving grace of the Stone Men is how they contrast against Thor - invading aliens are powerful ubermensch with the powers of frightening new technology on their side, so they give some serious street cred to this dusty old Norse legend when it turns out he’s so powerful he can beat even these terrors from tomorrow up!

In the first issue, Don also puts Thor thru his paces, coincidentally outlining to us all his varied and wonderful powers. I’m kind of torn on Don - my Thor is Chris Hemsworth, and he never needed a secret identity, but the sixty seconds limitation is kind of interesting and maybe Don will prove to be his own, interesting character. Time shall tell.

I guess this first issue isn’t bad, but it also isn’t great. A significant amount of time is spent with exposition (not just for Thor, but also for the Stone Men), the action is pretty brainless, and the transition between the two feels a little unwieldy.

Thor’s second issue, however, is a real stinker (no pictures). It starts with a recap of Thor’s origin - fine, sure - and we briefly get to see Don doing his job as a physician, along with his nurse assistant Jane Foster! The two of them each love each other, but don’t know their love is reciprocated… sure. Of course the named woman character has to be smitten with our male protagonist.

What really brings this issue low is the main plot: dirty stinkin’ commies (led by someone called the friggin’ Executioner) are attempting to take over a foreign nation called San Diablo (try and make sense of that one!) and America (O BEAUTIFUL FOR HEROES PROVED IN LIBERATING STRIFE) will send a mercy ship to it. Don goes, he has to protect the doctors from the forces of communism, blah blah. Amusingly, Thor has to bend backwards to be CCA-compliant; he can rip up planes, percussively disassemble tanks, and cause volcanoes to erupt, but he can’t ever actually hit someone with Mjolnir… and so when faced with infantry he has to do wacky shit like pull along a tent tarp with Mjolnir to drape it over them, then tie it up around them. This results in a one-two blow of suckitude: patronizing World Police propaganda makes for a poor plot, and the fights are such curbstomps that it feels like using a Honda Civic to flatten an ant.

“The Incredible Hulk” (1962, issue 3)

Unfortunately this one's also a stinker. At least the pogging infantryman is here.

After being tricked onto a rocket, the Hulk enters the same 'radiation belt' that empowered the F4. However, it just grants him the power to remain hulked out in daylight, and for some reason it grants his insufferably boring kid sidekick Rick Jones the power to command him with his voice (while suppressing his personality). They go defeat a traveling circus that goes around robbing people with the help of their ringmaster's hypnotizing apparel. This is just weird. They effectively got rid of both the Hulk's and Bruce Banner's characters, for what? For Rick Jones to be the star of the show? If you sieved Rick Jones down to the smallest motes, you would not find one grain of character. In this issue, they effectively annihilate the cast of the Incredible Hulk. This "spunky teenage boy and his Stand" bullshit needs to be dropped, and fast, although I'd also settle for Rick Jones becoming an actual entity.

At least Hulk learns to power leap in this one, as promised by the cover.

Also, the moral of the story is: patriotism trumps the water of the covenant. Comics Code Authority-approved!

[qnewsau]

Vale: Dame Maggie Smith's best shade after her death at 89

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Vale: Dame Maggie Smith's best shade after her death at 89

Fans are revisiting Dame Maggie Smith’s best one-liners and shadiest moments after the legendary British actress’ death at age 89.

The beloved British icon passed away peacefully in a London hospital overnight (AEST), her sons Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens announced.

“It’s with great sadness we have to announce the death of Dame Maggie Smith,” they said in a statement.

“An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end.

“She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother.”

Hilarious Dame Maggie Smith clips go viral in tribute

Dame Maggie Smith’s incredible career spanned 70 years. She received her first Oscar nomination in 1965.

Throughout the 2000s, the British actress just kept on giving. To generations of Harry Potter fans she’ll always be Professor Minerva McGonagall.

Dame Maggie also played Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham, in every season of the UK period drama Downton Abbey.

A supercut of Dame Maggie’s best Downton zingers is among the clips circulating online after her death.

rest in peace maggie smith you’ll always be loved pic.twitter.com/PoVwdKV1uo

— s. (@shivlestat) September 27, 2024

Another clip of Dame Maggie Smith sparring with Dame Judi Dench in the 2018 special Tea with the Dames is also going viral.

rip to one of the greatest, maggie smith, may you continue to be cutthroat wherever you may be pic.twitter.com/MVyEUpRd37

— amy elouise (@foxgrove_) September 27, 2024

Every time Dame Maggie Smith appeared on The Graham Norton Show was absolute magic.

Be an icon like Dame Maggie Smith and give zero f***s pic.twitter.com/yrg1SzV95t

— J Λ M Ξ S (@jamesglynn) September 27, 2024

Meanwhile, Sir Ian McKellen was a longtime friend of Dame Maggie Smith. Photos and clips of the pair’s friendship are also resurfacing.

rediscovered these photos of Ian McKellen and Maggie Smith at Wimbledon and they're absolute gold pic.twitter.com/rSlAC4VNbB

— jack (@jackoliver__) July 10, 2019

Sir Ian did a killer Dame Maggie Smith impression.

The actor perfected it over the years.

Sir Ian McKellen's impression of Maggie Smith always makes me laugh pic.twitter.com/zkpn6VlAxK

— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) August 11, 2017

And what did Dame Maggie think of Sir Ian’s impression of her? Someone asked.

Maggie Smith & Ian McKellen are friend goals pic.twitter.com/JzCCiBxrXt

— Carl Woodward (@mrCarlWoodward) December 7, 2019

‘Fierce intellect and a gloriously sharp tongue’

Several Harry Potter cast members have also paid tribute to the British icon.

Daniel Radcliffe said he first met Maggie when he was nine years old on BBC drama David Copperfield.

“I knew virtually nothing about her other than that my parents were awestruck at the fact that I would be working with her,” Daniel said.

“The other thing I knew about her was that she was a Dame, so the first thing I asked her when we met was ‘would you like me to call you Dame?’ at which she laughed and said something to the effect of ‘don’t be ridiculous!’

“I remember feeling nervous to meet her and then her putting me immediately at ease. She was incredibly kind to me on that shoot, and then I was lucky enough to go on working with her for another 10 years on the Harry Potter films.

“She was a fierce intellect, a gloriously sharp tongue, could intimidate and charm in the same instant and was, as everyone will tell you, extremely funny.

“I will always consider myself amazingly lucky to have been able to work with her and to spend time around her on set. The word legend is overused but if it applies to anyone in our industry then it applies to her. Thank you Maggie.”

Actress Whoopi Goldberg also paid tribute to her Sister Act co-star Dame Maggie on Instagram.

“Maggie Smith was a great woman and a brilliant actress. I still can’t believe I was lucky enough to work with the “one-of-a-kind”. My heartfelt condolences go out to the family,” Whoopi wrote.

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Vale Dame Maggie Smith.

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[happytapirstudio]

August 2024 Book Log

New This Month:

Dragon Magic by Andre Norton

Icefire by Chris D'Lacey

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book Two by Emil Ferris

Continuing:

The Legend of Luke by Brian Jacques (reread) (UNfinished)

The Deadlands Book 2: Trapped by Skye Melki-Wegner

Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher (finished)

No longer listing the books that haven't been touched in over two months....too tedious, too shameful.

Okay I need everyone to know that Andre Norton is a GIRL (*vine boom sfx*) who was born Alice Mary Norton, but had several pen names, including Andre Norton (*vine boom sfx*), Andrew North (*vine boom sfx*), and Allen Weston (*vine bo--) Make of that what you will.

I like her book. I want to read more of her books. I want to read more children's fantasy from the 70's. They were straight-up writing entirely different sentences back then. It's like a breath of fresh air.

I like Icefire a bit more than The Fire Within...D'Lacey's voice feels more consistent; the action is clearer, more natural. And, although I wouldn't say The Fire Within had slow pacing, I was kind of baffled at how little dragon lore we received. The story was primarily focused on those stupidass squirrels, which felt kind of off to me, not just because I was waiting for that Big Dragon Reveal, but also because I felt like the drama and emotion surrounding the squirrel shit was kind of forced. So Icefire is much more balanced in that regard.

I'm kind of going apeshit over Mists of Avalon. I feel like I've been plowing through it, but there's no "plowing through" a text this long and dense. I also know it's kind of a cornerstone text in the fantasy genre, so I'm going to keep my thoughts to myself for now.

RIP Legend of Luke...the kids in Redwall are fucking insufferable to read, lmao.

[bliss-tastic]

Super boop

And also slightly evil boop

Muse ask game: all of the even numbers

Boop

Thank you for the ask, it took me some time haha

2. Muse song that sounds better live -

4. Fav Muse cover - It has to be Can't Take My Eyes Off You because that's my gf and my song. Also I love the Sign 'O Times one soooooo much, I used to rip it from youtube to put it in my ipod. Those were the times.

6. Fav Matt dance - TIRO shuffle takes the cake. I like all of the weird (iconic) ones.

8. Fav mime - All of them are golden but Dom ATE the Italian one 😎

10. Fav non-studio lyric - Matt swearing and especially him swearing and having to mumble the rest of the line because the swear didn't fit. Hilarious.

12. Fav Muse member tweet - Matt's "Dominique Howard" one. And him getting his ass beat by Dom for it. Yes Dom get his ass

14. Fav jam/riff - all of the drum and bass ones. I actually crave them. And they go so hard!!!

16. Fav Chris pic - EXCUSE ME

NO WAIT

NO WAIT

THIS ONE UGH

18. Fav merch - I have T2L flag as my piano cover and that is so beautifulll also i love the big print of all the artwork incl singles

THIS ONEEE i will hang it up in my home one day cause i don't wanna ruin the walls of this rental. Buuut I love it so much.

20. Fav live moment - Matt's intrusive thoughts getting the best of him. Him slapping Dom's ass is no.1 Him randomly serenading Dom with TIRO. Just sheer Matt insanity. Special shoutout Showbiz being played LIVE WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

22. Fav guitar/bass riff /drum fill - I know Hysteria is very popular but i dieee every single time. The air feels fresher, my eyes feel clearer. Also Futurism yum

24. What's something you wish Muse did that they don't normally do - random pics. They are more private and i love that for them but I would die for the most random assortment of pics of them just popping on my feed at random times.

26. Fav Muse pop song - is Compliance a good answer?

28. Fav Muse piano/organ part - B&H!!!!

30. Fav Muse fanart - ALL OF THEM i love the art SO MUCH

32. Have you followed Matt's advice about not give a fuck if people think you're a pretentious wanker - nah bro i have ✨️anxiety✨️

34. Have you met any of the band - no 😭

36. Fav song to sing along to - lately it's been Verona but I love singing so all of them (yes even micro cuts)

38. Fav instrumental to play - Exo III my beloveddd

40. Fav live era - all of them for different reasons that could fill up essays.

42. Fav festival performance - one random one in Poland in 2016 because I WAS THERE and i got my semi-muser friend to take the 16h bus ride with me we had a blast

44. Would you block someone for posting too much Muse - never. Bring. It. On.

46. Best Muse fan community - as if anything could beat Museblr 😘

48. Have you ever taken part in old Muse easter eggs - there was this one thing during drones era but it was in main European cities and I live in bumfuck Estonia so I couldn't. So noo

50. Chris' curls or the legend of Pedro - I love both of them but curls for the win <3

52. Matt offered 50k£ for the first to go and perform shirtless, who? - Dom saw dollar signs when he said it so my money's on him

54. Mirror Manson or Glitterati - Glitterati was so iconic but let's let her rest. So Mirror Manson

56. Fav silly Muse video - the one where they all eat shit, it was just on my timeline a bit ago. Hi-la-ri-ous

58. Does the singer from Muse only have one tooth - TOOF

60. Fav Matt swearing in a song - all of them i love swearing it's so embedded in my vocabulary it's almost ruining my life. Swearing in Estonian (native), English (almost bloody native), Russian (broken but always gotta know the swears), Spanish (know un poco but like i said, gotta know the swears)

Again thank you so much for these!!! This was a laugh 😁

[hotflatrock]

Kathy Mattea at Green Music Center?

Kathy Mattea fits nicely into the wife’s has-been country act of the 90s predilection. She was super excited to see Mattea would be visiting Northern California, and she jumped on a couple tickets before she found someone to go with. Once all her other country music-fan friends declined, I became the back-up plan.

Personally, I don’t know anything about Mattea’s music. I only know her name from a little project I did two decades ago. Back when the wife and I first started dating, I spent months sneaking her CDs out of her apartment 5 or 10 at a time, so I could rip all her music to MP3. And then at Christmas, I gave her a new-fangled tech-toy for Christmas – an iPod prefilled with all her music. Kathy Mattea was one artist I remembered from that project, largely because I had not heard her name ever before.

The concert was held at Green Music Center at Sonoma State University, a place neither of us had ever been. Pretty nice, comfortable facility that apparently has both an indoor and outdoor component. With the miniscule crowd in attendance, however, the concert was entirely indoors.

It also turned out not to be a Kathy Mattea concert, at all. Instead, Mattea was hosting the recording of a radio show called Mountain Stage. From what I gather, Mountain Stage is West Virginia’s answer to the Grand Old Opry… a radio show that has been running for decades on NPR. Each week, the show features 5 or 6 artists who play 3-5 songs apiece.

The artists were as follows:

Amber Rubarth – Decent singer/songwriter who apparently starred in a movie called American Folk.

Steve Poltz – He’s like a can of redbull on cocaine, a twitchy bundle of energy full of hilarious songs. He also had a role in Jewel’s music video for “You were Meant For Me.”

Karla Bonoff – Bonoff wrote a bunch of songs performed by Linda Ronstadt.

Chris Smither – Really fun rhythm and blues set by a guy that has put out 20 albums over the last 50 years.

Booker T. Jones – Holy cow, when the host mentioned his name, I did not put it together that this was the Booker T of Booker T. and the M.G’s. When I agreed to go to this show, I never thought I would get to see a legend play Green Onions.

I had a blast at the show, much better than expected going in. The wife didn’t get what she wanted, but Mattea did sing backup on a couple songs, which will have to suffice for now. I highly recommend checking out the show on the radio, which I believe will broadcast in October.

[modocker]

Chris Achilléos

[personinthepalace]

@incendiaglacies an alternative Rip Hunter edit

[bamfdaddio]

X-Men Abridged: 1981

The X-Men, those back-to-the-future mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!

(Uncanny X-Men 141 - 152) - by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Brent Anderson, Dave Cockrum, Jim Sherman, Bob McLeod and Josef Rubinstein

While I also committed various fashion atrocities at the age of 14 (tye-die and fauxhawks, oh my), even Liberace would find Kitty’s outfits too much. (Uncanny X-Men 149; Uncanny X-Men Annual ‘81)

We dial back from the v. epic scope of the last few arcs. Instead, 1981 is just a lot of fun! We get:

Storm and Emma doing a Freaky Friday!

the X-Men vs. Magneto (again!)

A surprisingly effective Alien rip-off

An dystopian future! (OoOoOoOo)

Last year was the year of the Dark Phoenix, this is the year of Kitty Pryde. That’s not to say Jean’s death is swept under the rug: all throughout, we see her friends mourning her loss or remembering her fondly. (Scott even gets to have a demonic adventure about it.) But in general, Claremont puts Kitty in the forefront, fleshing out his YA-addition to the team. And what would a YA heroine be without a grim dystopia? Roll out the iconic Days of Future Past!

To be fair, 2013 was a dark time for all of us: What Does the Fox Say somehow got to the top of the charts and I was still watching Glee. (Uncanny X-Men 141)

How cool would it have been to see a name like Jonothon Starsmore or Eva Bell on those tombstones?

Anyway, that’s Kate. Kate’s had it rough. Mutants are at the bottom of the foodchain, most X-Men are dead and only a small cadre of resistance fighters remain, Sentinels dominate, and while she is married to Piotr, her children have been murdered. Bleak. Luckily, the rebellion has concocted the plan to shunt Kate’s spirit back in time to prevent this awful future from happening. (You’ve seen Days of Future Past, the last passably good X-Men film, you know what’s up.)

Let’s do the time warp again! 1981!Kitty’s mind gets taken over by 2013!Kitty, who promptly tries to convince the X-Men that a new Brotherhood of v. Evil Mutants will try to kill Senator Kelly, a presidential candidate who tries to put the mutant menace on the agenda. (Mutants tend to blow stuff up when he’s around.) Since the X-Men recently took a literal trip to Dante’s Infero and also befriended a cosmic world-ending entity, they basically shrug and go: “Yeah, this checks out.”

Off to Washington they go (zoommm) and there, they happen upon the Baddest Bitches in Herstory:

“How dare you hate mutants, senator Kelly! We’ll fix that by killing you!” (Uncanny X-Men 141)

This All-New, All-Different Brotherhood consists out of:

Destiny, a blind woman who can see the future. Definitely the eeriest member of this group. Badass lesbian, though that won´t be canon for years.

Avalanche. Greek who makes things shake. Is a long-standing member of the X-Men Rogue’s gallery, but rarely features in the spotlight. I think he got more characterization in four years of X-Men Evolution than he ever did in the comics.

Mystique. Shapeshifter. Ruthless and unhinged, the Cersei Lannister of the X-Men universe. Absolute legend, secretly the wife of Destiny, currently not as unhinged as she’ll be later. Immediately implied to be related to Nightcrawler: it’s the yellow-eyes-blue-skin-combo.

Pyro. Can manipulate fire, not create it. Absolute pillock, in all the best ways of the word. Originally intended as gay, but they decided to make him Australian instead. (?!)

Blob. Big, strong, immovable. We’ve seen him before.

One of the details in this fight I enjoy is that Storm is still struggling with her leadership, although she has a better grip on things than Cyclops:

Wolverine then proceeds to use those iconic but deadly claws about twice per issue for the next, oh, forty years. (Uncanny X-Men 142)

While the X-Men fight the Brotherhood in the present, we cut back and forth to the future. There, the X-Men consist out of some familiar faces - Storm, Colossus, Wolverine - and some surprises: Magneto (in a wheelchair), Franklin Richards (son of) and an unfamiliar ginger girl called Rachel. (She’ll be important later.) We even learn (one of) Magneto’s names: this is the first time he’s canonically called Magnus.

One of the strengths of Days of Future Past lies in its brevity, the way it tantalizingly taunts us with a brutal but familiar future without giving away too much. It’s single-handedly responsible for all those dark future timelines the X-lines are so fond of which will eventually culminate in time-displaced grandsons from alternative dimensions and the impossibility of a succinct answer to the question: “Who’s Cable?” Too much of a good thing and all that.

Still, what Days of Future Past does so successfully is:

Put the idea of the mutant menace back at the forefront, hammering home the metaphor of mutants being a minority. Mutants being put in camps and being forbidden to breed should - regretfully - make us think of all too many real life equivalents. (Specifically, all of the imagery harkens back to the Holocaust.)

It starkly shows what happens should the X-Men lose, reminding everyone of the stakes. The X-Men are here for a reason: bridging the gap between mutants and humankind. If they fuck up, we end up with mutant concentration camps.

It helps that the X-Men in the future almost all die horribly: Franklin is incinerated, Storm is impaled… It's brutal stuff. The only one to survive is Rachel, who wonders if their plan actually changed the future or if they created an alternative timeline. (It did the latter, sorry ‘bout it, Rachel.)

In the present, Kate chases after Destiny, who trains a gun on senator Kelly. I always wondered how this works: if Destiny saw the future, she knew that killing Kelly would trigger a terrifying future. What in the current Marvel timeline made her decide that the Days of Future Past was better? Did she see her own death? Did she see the Onslaught-crossover coming? The Chuck Austen run? What was it?

In any case, time-anomalous Kate stops Destiny from killing Kelly and the future is safe! For now. Kate disappears, Kitty returns to her body and some of the Brotherhood are apprehended. All is well, for now.

After being a key figure in DoFP, Kitty is also the main character in the Christmas special, which is basically a straight up horror and a pastiche of the Alien-movie.

Seriously, John Byrne still isn’t sure why he wasn’t sued by Ridley Scott for this. (Uncanny X-Men 143)

If you love Kitty Pryde? Read this issue. If you’re not convinced you like 80’s Kitty? Read this issue. It’s not continuity relevant and it’s basically Kitty playing the part of a Final Girl in a horror where she’s being chased by a demon, but it’s so good. It showcases all her strengths and her foibles. Kitty’s intelligent, cute (sometimes preciously so) and brave, but she’s also young, self-conscious and hot-headed. And it's not as if the other X-Men automatically adore her: Storm berates her all the time, she’s afraid of Kurt because of the way he looks (though she grows out of that) and she fights with Professor Xavier a lot. Moreover, she has a clever power-set for a young superhero who faces menaces on a daily basis: a thirteen year old who can go intangible is far less likely to have reality ensue on her and be dramatically offed because she's better at protecting herself.

I’m sure there are people who thought Sprite was hogging the spotlight, but I, for one, say she brings more to the table than, say, Angel. She’s not the Dawn Summers of this franchise.

Scott also gets a side quest. Poor guy can’t catch a break: first the love of his life dies, so he quits the X-Men, then he realizes he can’t do much else than be a superhero. He becomes a sailor on the ship of spunky captain Lee Forrester, is drawn into the sadistic plans of a demon unironically named D’Spayre and then shipwrecks in Bermuda with Lee.

The X-Men, meanwhile, are tormented by a team-up of Doom (who’s currently Latverialess and working on a comeback) and Arcade, that annoying crony. Locke, Arcade’s dom, has kidnapped the loved ones of the X-Men (Moira MacTaggart, Jean Grey’s parents, Illyana Rasputin and Amanda Sefton) in order to blackmail them into getting Doom to free Arcade. Apparently, Arcade accidentally insulted Doom and DOOM DOES NOT FORGIVE THAT FOLLY.

While the B-Squad (Polaris, Havok, Banshee and Iceman) goes to save Arcade’s hostages, the X-Men sneak into Doom’s castle. Well, except for Storm, who doesn’t give a single fuck and simply flies up to Doom, demanding an audience. Doom likes the cut of her jib and invites her to have dinner. (This is pre-Tinder, so this is a legit way of scoring a date.)

If Storm has a flaw (I said if!), it’s got to be her atrocious taste in men. (Uncanny X-Men 145)

The X-Men find Arcade’s cell empty, while Arcade casually saunters up to Storm and says hi. Storm realizes too late that this is a trap: while the X-Men are all trapped in Saw-like traps, Storm is encased in ‘living chrome’.

If you remember she’s claustrophobic, you know why this is a bad move.

While the X-Men free themselves from their traps - Polaris hilariously has to deal with a murderous merry-go-round - Storm is slowly driven mad in her prison, triggering a worldwide tempest. (She causes Lee and Scott to shipwreck.) Under the threat of Wolverine’s claws, Doom releases Storm - or rather, unleashes her.

“Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love me and despair!” (Uncanny X-Men 147)

The memory of Jean brings Ororo back to herself and she starts undoing the superstorm she created. (If only climate change were reversed that easily.) Their confrontation ends by Storm easily forgiving Doom, because she apparently trespassed on his grounds without adequate cause.

Mkay.

All of Arcade’s hostages return to their homesteads, except for Illyana Rasputin, Piotr’s sister: she’s staying at the mansion for a while. Angel, who’s sort of been a part of the team since the Phoenix thing, has had it with Wolverine and his ‘tude, and decides to quit the X-Men : he doesn’t want to be a part of an outfit that has a killer like Wolverine on it. (Or maybe he’s just mad Claremont didn’t give him any storylines: his presence has been mostly pointless.) It’s too bad he left before Kitty started experimenting with her outfits: I bet he would have loved her ugly-ass costumes.

Equally inconsequential is the introduction of a brand new character, who then proceeds to disappear from the narrative for the rest of the year:

Black Tom has tried to kill you at least twice, but him sending you a long-lost daughter doesn’t give you pause? Ugh, Sean, you deserve Moira. (Uncanny X-Men 148)

Intrigued by Theresa? TOO BAD, WON’T SEE HER AGAIN ANYTIME SOON.

Another new character is the lonely, decidedly mutant looking Caliban, who can sense “people like him” and is on the lookout for companions. Like many lonely people who try and grasp at friendship, he decides to overshoot his shot and ruin the night of Storm, Kitty and Jessica Drew at a Dazzler concert. Because he tries to kidnap Kitty, the girls react a trifle aggressively. When they realize their mistake - the eerily pale Caliban is a simpleton rather than a menace - he’s already fled. No mention is made of the Morlocks yet!

There’s also another dull annual where the X-Men team up with the Fantastic Four to save Arkon’s dimension from the Badoon and yaaaaawn. Far more interesting is the landmark issue #150. Slowly, through the adventures of Scott and Lee Forrester, Claremont has been setting things up for the return of a favorite villain. While the X-Men investigate Magneto’s old base in Antarctica on a hunch of Professor X and tangle with Garruk, Scott and Lee survive Storm’s tempest, only to wake up next to a strange island that seems to have been raised from the ocean.

It’s apparently some ancient citadel from a long forgotten civilization with a fondness for squid statues. (I don’t know man, I’ve never been to the Bermuda Triangle, maybe this is just super-accurate.)The tentacles make Lee Forrester feel very amorous, but before Scott can tell her he is way too repressed to just have sex with an attractive someone he’s known intimately for a month or two, Magneto saves his ass by revealing he, in fact, raised this island from the seafloor.

Oh, Magneto. So extra.

My ambitious little mutant demagogue then proceeds to take the entire world hostage, showing how much he’s grown from the pompous, raving madman from the sixties. (Sure, Magneto is still a bit of a madman, but increasingly, he starts being on the right side of history.)

“I’m trying to make Magneto more sympathetic.”

“Just put him on a page with some bigger villains who are less noble, like the Vanisher, Count Nefaria, or…”

“Reagan, Thatcher and Brezhnov?”

“Er.” (Uncanny X-Men 150)

It’s obvious Magneto is being pivoted as a more noble villain, codified into the well-intentioned extremist we know and love today. Not only do we get the first hints at his past, fleshing out his motivations, he’s also not wrong. Humans are historically not great at taking care of the planet or each other.

When the Russians call his bluff and launch nukes at Magneto’s new island, he quickly disarms them. His retribution is swift and ferocious: the entire citadel is a machine that massively amplifies his powers. He sinks the submarine that launched the missiles, condemning the entire crew to death, and he casually erects a vulcano in a Russian city in Siberia.

Damn. Not messing around this time.

Despite his good intentions, Magneto is still definitely in the wrong: not only because of his methods, but as Scott points out: if Magneto unifies the world under his kind of benevolent dictatorship, all of that will simply fall apart as soon as Magnus dies.

In a way, Magneto is just as big a dreamer as Charles is: Charles believes in peace and integration, whereas Magneto believes his iron fist will be enough to make a perfect world happen. Both of them ignore the reality that acceptance is difficult and messy, because you’re trying to change essential human nature: the fear of the other. Magneto believes in big, sweeping gestures that will fix the world in move, while changing the world is also boring, hard work. One step forward, two steps back. Magneto just wants to leapfrog to his ultimate goal.

The X-Men fly over the citadel, returning from Antarctica, and their plane crashes into the ocean. (Magneto does not brook planes over his territory, humans!) The Professor is also nearby, looking for Scott with Moira, Peter Corbeau and Carol Danvers. The X-Men sneak onto the island, but to their horror, their powers are nullified by some machine of Magneto. They reunite with Scott, who formulates a plan to thwart the would-be ruler of the world.

While the rest of the X-Men go to trash the machine, Storm, Kitty and Lee infiltrate the control chamber where Storm finds a sleeping, shirtless Magneto. Once again showing her terrible taste in men, she is not weak in the knees at the sight of a sleeping Magnus: instead, she contemplates killing him.

Storm knows how dangerous he is, but she also knows that he’s a great man who’s fighting for ideals, no matter how misguided. She hesitates too long: Magneto stirs, suspects an attack and tosses her out of the window, to her death.

Magneto quickly undoes the sabotage the other X-Men have wrought to his machine. A fight erupts. Storm, meanwhile, has managed to grab hold of a ledge. She crawls back up and smashes an important-looking computer, restoring everyone’s powers.

The battle turns grim, but Scott sends Kitty away to wreck Magneto’s machinery. She sneaks off, following Scott’s orders and destroying both Magneto's power-up device and all of his plans by phasing though the computer circuitry. Magneto senses this and furiously gives chase. Overcome by rage, he attacks Kitty and disrupts her phasing power with a magnetic bolt, seemingly killing her?

Everything about this story beat is great: mama bear!Ororo, mournful Magnus and even the fact that Kitty’s godawful outfit serves a narrative function: highlighting to us (and Magneto) just how young she is. The fact that Kitty’s Jewish is just icing on the cake. (Uncanny X-Men 150)

And thus, the softening of Magneto commences. 1981 might be a year with wildly varying narratives, but it has given us at least three enduring legacies to the X-Mythos: a new kind of Magneto, a fondness for dystopian futures and the character of Kitty Pryde, who's really come into her own this year.

Ugliest Costume: Kitty! Purposefully, but still. Best costume, by the way, goes to Destiny, with her creepy, creepy golden mask. Just imagine this lady casually strolling across a battlefield, eerily calm and collected, dodging everything you throw at her. Awesome design.

Best new character: I usually pick one character - what good is having a shared award when declaring the best of anything? - but this year, it’s going to one of my favorite couples: Mystique and Destiny. Can’t wait to see more of them.

Most audacious retcon: Blob somehow retroactively becomes a member of the original Brotherhood, which is not what happened. Ever weirder is Xavier pondering that he never met Magneto before his attack in X-Men #1, while their cordially adversarial relationship rooted in a youthful friendship would soon become a cornerstone of the X-Men.

What to read: Uncanny X-Men 141 - 143 and 150 - 152

[emometalhead]

Black Shelton was sexiest man alive?? Shocked and upset 😭😭😭 still better than John Legend LMAO

I knowwww 💀 Neither of those men are worthy.

I'm going to give you some opinions you didn't ask for now. Ranking all of the men that have been given the Sexiest Man title in my lifetime. Top man will be most deserving in my opinion, bottom will be least deserving. As an asexual lesbian, I clearly have the most valid opinions here. Going under a cut because this is long lol.

Paul Rudd - Yes, I'm giving him the most deserving spot. Paul Rudd is such a cool dude. He's really fun, kind, and entertaining! I've never heard a negative thing about him. I love him as an actor and a person. Also he is nice to look at. 10/10 man.

Johnny Depp - What can I say about Johnny Depp omg. If I was straight, I'd probably be in love with him. One of my absolute favorite actors!! He was my favorite for a long time. (The I saw Titanic and Captain America lol.) An incredible actor and human. He's been through, and is going through a lot. He has my love and support forever. His emo boi roles were a fundamental part of my childhood. Also, points to him for getting the title twice in my lifetime!!

Ryan Reynolds - This dude's personality is great. He's hilarious!! He's a great actor, and it helps his case that he's friends with one of my favorite people ever. Again, he's nice to look at! Plus in general, a good sense of humor is a good quality.

Chris Hemsworth - I don't love really muscular guys. Chris is an exception. His personality is lovely, and I think he's such an entertaining actor. Also, THAT ACCENT! If I was straight, I'd swoon.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - Anyone who dislikes this man is not to be trusted. An ICON!! Again, I don't like muscular men, but he gets a pass because he's THE ROCK!! I'm a big WWE and action movie fan, so obviously I'm a fan of this dude's personality and acting. He has a friendly presence, a cool voice, and he is definitely not bad to look at. He wins life in general.

Adam Levine - He's just hot. I don't have much more to add lol. I was really into Maroon 5 as a kid. I love his voice. I like his face. I wholeheartedly endorse him winning the title.

Michael B. Jordan - I'll be honest idk much about him. He was amazing in Black Panther, but I don't know about him as a person. I will say, I love the story about that girl busting her retainer looking at him, and any man that can drive a girl to do that is worthy of this list. A+ to him.

David Beckham - David Beckham 🥰😍. I don't care about soccer in the slightest. I couldn't even tell you what team(s?) he was on. I just know that he and Victoria are one of the most iconic celebrity couples of all time. They're so hot together??? Also he's close with his kids, and we appreciate good parental figures here!! So yeah hot dude. I don't really know anything about his personality, and it's okay. The only personality he needs is hot 90s/2000s dude.

Bradley Cooper - Disclaimer: I don't think he's attractive. However, as I said previously, I think comedy is a good quality. I love Bradley Cooper as an actor! His hilarious, and entertaining to watch. I can't tell you how many times I've seen The Hangover. So yeah his acting skills, and general icon status (I have a picture with his wax figure lol) make him attractive.

Jude Law - I just think he's neat! I don't know a thing about him as a person, but I could look at him for a while. I loved him as young Dumbledore!! I don't think I agree with him being on a list of the "sexiest" men, but maybe the straight women are seeing something I don't.

Idris Elba - Again, I don't know anything about him. I know his voice is in the song London Boy, and for that he gets points!! He's not bad to look at either!

Hugh Jackman - I'm sorry. Wolverine is NOT sexy. Rip to the straight women, but I'm different. Seems like a good guy irl, but I do not see him as attractive. Good actor, even if I haven't seen a ton of his work.

Channing Tatum - Literally have no clue what women see in him. His muscles weird me out. He gets points for dressing up as Beyonce for Lip Sync Battle, and for wearing a 50s style dress for P!nk's Beautiful Trauma music video.

Matt Damon - Not attractive. Not sexy. I really do not ever think about Matt Damon. I've seen a few of his movies. I won't praise his acting, but I won't insult him either.

George Clooney - I don't really understand this one. I know women think he's super sexy, but I can't see it. I think in terms of sex symbol status, he definitely deserves the "Sexiest Man Alive" title. So even though I can't agree, I would never argue against his right to be on the list.

Matthew McConaughey - All right, all right, all right! That's all I know about this dude! Oh that and apparently he's against vaccine mandates so 🤦‍♀️. Like okay if I squint I can see why people think he's attractive, but nothing in his personality seems to substantiate his place on the list.

John Legend - Arthur memes. That's my only commentary.

Blake Shelton - Look at that yeehaw jerk. Idk if he's legit a jerk, but I hate him for turning Gwen Stefani's fashion more country. Also I just don't like country boys. He is the least valid person on the list in my lifetime.

Thank you for reading, and feel free to come back for more unsolicited celebrity opinions 😂😂. For someone deeply invested in celebrity culture, specifically of the 90s and 2000s, I really don't get to talk about it enough here!!!

[bigfan-fanfic]

I’m curious. Of all the men you write for, which one, or ones, would you most want to be with in real life?

Oof, that's a good one! Okay, while I find most of the guys I write for hot, here's the ones on my dateable irl list. If I missed anyone, y'all can ask and I'll rate! ;)

I've bolded and colored in the 10/10s because it's a long list and you might wanna just cut to the chase

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) - jk, I can't deal with the Jedi and their hypocrisy. But damnnnnn Ewan McGregor is FINE and Obi-Wan is such a charmer. - N/A

Benny Lafitte (Supernatural) - Hot buff vampire with a killer smile? Would protect me through anything? Not unhealthily codependent with his brother? Yes please. - 6/10 Would Date

Professor Kukui (Pokemon) - Yes please. Happy-go-lucky scientist who moonlights as a wrestler and has the body too? Yay. -9/10 Would Date - gotta dock him for being happily married. Damn. - N/A.

Link (The Legend of Zelda) - My first fictional husband. Yes to the sense of humor, the protectiveness, the love! Although a little bit quiet, poor lad. - 7/10 Would Date

Prince Sidon (The Legend of Zelda) - Look, I'm no monsterfucker, but Prince Sidon believes in me. You think I'm not gonna fall for that kind of validation??? - 10/10 Would Date.

Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games) - Yay for cute soft baker man. I love him and want to protecc. But trauma plus his huge torch for Katniss is gonna make it tough. - 6/10 would date.

Markus (Detroit Become Human) - Handsome and just utterly noble and awesome. Parkouring genius and artist while being just unbelievably rational and emotional all at once. I love him. This android has stolen my heart. - 10/10 Would Date

Hank Anderson - Just kidding. Trying to see if y'all were paying attention

Nathan Drake (Uncharted) - Snarky adventure husband gets all the support for me. Just come home alive, ready for snuggles, and bring home the treasure bacon! Love you, babe. - 9/10 Would Date

Soren (The Dragon Prince) - I love this man. I love his relationship with his sister. I love his nobility and honor even when it's hard. I even love his terrible poetry. most of all, I feel you, man. I want a bread sandwich too. That dad, though. Ugh. - 7/10 Would Date

Gren (The Dragon Prince) - Yayyyyy. Gren, my positive pumpkin man. I love your freckles and cheer and the way you know sign language. Protect me and give kisses! - 9/10 Would Date

Chrom (Fire Emblem) - Adorkable prince of Ylisse, why wouldn't you let my male Robin romance you? You've got a cute personality, you're sweet and clumsy, and you've got that one arm all bared for flexin'! Yum. Pack that up and give me two! - 8/10 Would Date

Odin/Owain (Fire Emblem) - This drama queen is a storyteller and a bisexual mess if I ever saw one, and I am HERE for it. I will pretend with you all day, Odin. Teach me magic and tell me of your undying love for me in as flowery language as you want! - 9/10 Would Date

Alistair Theirin (Dragon Age) - Best man in Thedas right here. I love him. I love his dorkiness. I love that he's not afraid to admit he'd rather someone else lead. I love how he's so young but not afraid to take up a cause he believes in. Total king. Will marry. - 10/10 Would Date

Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson) - Those of you who know me might think Percy's too much of a goofball and a dope. Well, you're wrong. I love Percy and I will gladly be his escape from all things mythological while also knowing enough about Greek myth to help him out - 7.5/10 Would Date

Jason Grace (Percy Jackson) - Okay, bud. Jason can be a little bland, I admit. But I still love him for his perseverance and dedication to his friends. I'd love to get to know him better. - 7/10 Would Date

Sokka (ATLA) - Okay, he grew on me after a while and now I love. Let's talk strategy, Sokka. Let me laugh at your horrible jokes - 6/10 Would Date

Haru (ATLA) - I hate the mustache but I love the man behind it - 7/10 Would Date

Hakoda (ATLA) - Mmmm. Sokka and Katara's dad was a SNACK. - 8/10 Would Date

Bolin (LOK) - This himbo was a cutie and I'm lying if I ever say I didn't enjoy seeing him in the Nuktuk costume. Or ripping his sleeves off. Or kidnapped by the Equalists. Just yay, Bolin, and as a bonus, Pabu! - 10/10 Would Date

Tonraq (LOK) - If Hakoda was a snack, Tonraq is a full course meal - look at the size of the man. MMMMM I love him. Waterbender and all around HUNK. And so caring! - 10/10 Would Date and I'm not even gonna dock him for being happily married to Korra's mom

Thor (Marvel) - Chris Hemsworth with long hair and ultimate himbo personality. Nuff said. 10/10 Would Date

Peter Parker (Marvel) - I love this nerd. 10/10 Would... not date because the people Peter Parker dates have a curious trend of dying horribly. Looking at you Gwen Stacy. I like my neck the way it is, so... sorry, Pete.

Pietro Maximoff (Marvel) - We didn't get enough time with this speedy snack. I like his charm and confidence and care for his sister. I wish he'd have at least gotten a real shirtless scene before he died. 8/10 Would Resurrect and Date

Bucky Barnes (Marvel) - Much like Peeta, the trauma is gonna be hard to help with, but I'm willing to make it work. 6.5/10 Would Date

Dick Grayson (DC) - Yes please. Positive, outgoing, friendly, but above all deeply caring and sweet. He's acrobatic and fun, but I feel like he'd love to just relax at home. - 9/10 Would Date

Barry Allen (DC) - Ball of sunshine in nerdy human form. I don't know what more anyone would want in a boyfriend. - 8/10 Would Date

Kyle Rayner (DC) - Admittedly, I don't know all that much about Kyle. But he seems chill and cool and way better than all the other Green Lanterns besides Alan Scott because initially he wasn't affiliated with the Corps so he wasn't a Space Cop. - 7/10 Would Date

Clark Kent (DC) - He's just.... super. And sweet. Yay. 10/10 Would Date