#and the Syndicate of Evil sequel

[conqueenror]

Speaking of Megamind, there is actually so much potential for a sequel. The city doesn't know that Megamind didn't actually kill Metroman, and honestly, the fact that Megamind was promoted to a Metrocity Hero so quickly after all that he had done is just weird. Imo people wouldn't accept him so soon, especially given that in their eyes, he *had* murdered someone, and someone big. Moreover, we did get his baby pacifier at the beginning, which looked very unique and powerful. Perhaps, in a sequel, they could've explored something about Megamind's background, what he actually was. I think Megamind could still teach the audience plenty of important lessons throughout the story, where we learn about his origins, and how it could impact the future.

[mageswithcats]

10 fandoms, 10 favourite characters

[demonangelgirl134]

Everyone is talking about the new megamind series and sequel. They're saying it's trash, but honestly, in my opinion, they're not that bad. (Mostly because I love megamind and I'll love anything new from it, no matter how bad people say it is)

What I would really love to see that's Megamind related is an animated series that's basically a prequel to the original story. Like, before he became a hero and his life as a villain, fighting metro man and all of his previous evil plans in action. Kinda like Pinky and the Brain or Evil Con Carne, and have him attempt to fulfill an evil plan and get foiled by Metro Man. But also getting some scenes of when he was a kid and telling more of his backstory & making the Doom Syndicate and Machiavillan arc make more sense.

In the first movie, the warden mentioned that Megamind had 85 life sentences, and I would really like to see what those were, to be honest

Megamind is my childhood 🥲

[fiera-writes]

Alright, so. I finally rewatched Megamind after meaning to for like two weeks or so, basically ever since the sequel movie came out. And for several reasons, nooot a fan of how the sequel was handled honestly. So, I thought with the original movie fresh in my mind, I could try to brainstorm a couple things I might have done with a sequel.

To start with, the Doom Syndicate. The original movie makes no reference to Megamind knowing any other villains, let alone ever working with them in the past. So, if they were to be included I feel it should be more in a "Oh I've heard of them, they're from that one town a couple states over" way. Acquaintances at best.

But then again, the original movie also seems to imply that if there are any other superheroes or villains, they're pretty dang rare. This isn't The Incredibles where some people are just born with super powers. I mean, no one from out of town came to try and stop Megamind after he "killed" Metro Man. With Titan/Tighten it all happened within a day so less time for outsiders to react, but Megamind had control of the city for a good while there.

So, if we want to keep the Doom Syndicate... it would need to be handled differently. Also get rid of that brain "Mentor" character. I don't really have any ideas for how, except...

Perhaps they're originally fictional in-universe, from a Saturday morning cartoon or a video game or something. One way or another, they're made real and now Megamind has to stop them and probably make them fictional again. Could also be achieved with a different set of villains.

Another way to do a new villain could be Dimensional travel. Say there's some sort of a Bizarro universe, where Metro Man was evil and Megamind was good to start with. Or both were evil and teamed up to do evil. In any case, Alternate Universe Evil Metro Man gets transported to the main universe, causes mayhem. Might even force the Metro Man we know out of retirement temporarily, or not. If he does show up in public, would probably make an excuse of how he's also from some other universe specifically summoned to help out, thus explaining why he's gone again afterwards. Dude just wants to make music.

To add, the dimensional traveling villain doesn't even need to be a version of Metro Man, they could also be anyone else. Some other alien, a dude who fell into acid and got powers from it, idk man.

Hear me out, an Evil Spider-Man of sorts. That is, someone who starts out as a normal human being, perhaps an outcast, and by some twist of fate receives powers, which they proceed to use for evil. Might be re-treading Hal's deal a little but idk what I'm doing anymore.

Evil Bruce Wayne? A rich guy with weird gadgets and the skill to use them, for evil. Would probably be harder to pull off since Megamind's whole deal is how smart he is.

A Mad Scientist type. Megamind is an Evil Scientist, but not a "mad" one, he just builds a death ray powered by the sun because he's that smart. Put him against someone whose ideas make no sense to him but somehow still work.

Misguided hero? Not really a villain but would be an antagonist for the story, someone who's convinced that Megamind's redemption is all an act maybe? Would probably need powers of some sort to be an actual threat.

Alright then, let's move onto something else for a change: MegaRox. My shipper heart needs them either clearly together or clearly working on that. But the original movie does seem to imply they're already together by the time the new museum has opened. I mean, the way she jumped into his arms and then kissed him? Sure it was on the cheek but that wasn't a platonic thing. It's about the context!

No further notes on that, so I present to you... Prequel!

Takes place before Metro Man fakes his death so he can retire, and therefore Megamind is still Evil.

MegaRox wouldn't be an established relationship but did y'all see them at the start of the original? That was practically flirting anyway and that dynamic should be present.

Maybe it could even be early into his villain career? Show how he really got started as a Super Villain, the first kidnappings of Rocanne Ritchi, gaining notoriety, and how Roxanne learned that she's honestly in more danger of getting hit by stray debris from Metro Man's dramatic entrances than from anything Megamind aims at her.

I doubt I'll ever develop any of these ideas into a coherent story but if anyone wants to yoink a thought, go wild. I'm also down for discussing any of these.

[rat-king-they-them]

So… a sequel to Megamind came out

A MONTH AGO (1 march 2024) a Megamind sequel came out, “Megamind and the doom syndicate”. It’s about Megaminds old villain team, “the doom syndicate” (that has never been mentioned before) coming back in town, and now Megamind has to pretend to be evil again until he finds a way to defeat them.

It’s a 1 star movie ఠ _ ఠ it doesn’t include ANY of the original voice actors, it includes HORRIBLE new character designs AND it has worse animation than the original movie that came out 14 years ago. it doesn’t JUST have horrible animation, it has the GALL to include clips from the original movie in the trailer💀💀💀 so you really notice the downgrade in animation💀💀💀💀 I saw the poster for… this thing and 💯% thought it was fake. I almost dismissed it before I googled it to see where this “fake poster” came from. It’s real, why is it real (?_?)!! WHY IS IT REAL (?_?)‼️‼️ maybe if we are lucky this becomes lost media d(>_< ) /srs

Bonus:

Why does “the doom syndicate” they look like that?? Σ(ＴωＴ*)

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

A Patch in the Mirror

by Tatedeco Nightwing and the Titans have fallen into a comfortable rhythm of low-level crime but an encounter with the Rogues tells them that they are not ready for anything big. The world does not wait for them though as the Crime Syndicate guns for their reality. Can they rise to the occasion? Meanwhile, Jason seeks atonement in prison. (Talon-Dick AU,Birdflash!) -SEQUEL TO THE TWIRL OF A KNIFE & A CODIFIED DILEMMA- Words: 10179, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 3 of Talons, Brothers & Redemption Fandoms: Young Justice (Cartoon), Teen Titans (Animated Series), The Flash (Comics), DCU (Comics) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: M/M Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Wally West, Artemis Crock, Koriand'r (DCU), Victor Stone, Garfield Logan, Donna Troy, Rogues (The Flash), Leonard Snart, Lisa Snart, Mick Rory, Sam Scudder, George "Digger" Harkness, Axel Walker, Crime Syndicate - Character Relationships: Dick Grayson/Wally West, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson & Teen Titans, Barry Allen & Wally West, Sam Scudder/Lisa Snart Additional Tags: Dick Grayson is a Talon, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Prison, Redemption, Friendship, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Brotherly Love, My attempt at writing a crisis, This is Forever Evil & Final Crisis & A lot of Flash Solos & Dark Crisis in a blender, Using universe ending stakes to analyze these people's insecurities, Leadership, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse via https://ift.tt/Y1JSExu

[redhatmeg]

Okay, in my opinion Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate is a decent sequel.

Not on par with the original movie (becuase let's be honest the original is one of a kind) and has some continuity issues (my main beef is with Megamind not appreciating Minion and not knowing about plugs, despite being mechanical genius), but the comedy is great and there are a lot of things that may develop the characters further (like Roxanne's past with Lady Doppler or Megamind's evil mentor).

And the actual Doom Syndicate is fun to watch. I love them.

[oldmanwinterstmnt]

Syndicate Collectibles website advertises the logos for “Dragon’s Lair Trilogy” and Space Ace. A little redundant but I hope that means they will do some figures inspired by Time Warp, the arcade sequel to Dragon’s Lair! (Interesting they also got the Army of Darkness rights even though I assume NECA still has Evil Dead.

[ungarmax]

more heavensward babbling

i'm a little disappointed in the story right now - got to the part where it turns out nanamo is fine! lolorito saved her and is still on the syndicate! everything is the same as before except rauban is down an arm and what's his name is dead. like, why even do all that stuff. i mean, i know why. it was sequel bait. whatever.

i have just gotten to the part where it's revealed that nidhogg is just toying with ishgard cause he's still mad about his sister. so now we're gonna kill nidhogg i guess so someone else can be mad at us ??? also we just left ysayle on the mountain by herself having a crisis of faith, and estinien is just chilling outside nidhogg's house alone while me and alphinaud go gallivanting about, which is pretty funny

OH I COMPLAIN BUT THIS WAS AMAZING:

like, i don't normally care much for doing dungeons with people but duty support is annoying too -- but in this case i did not care because i got to fight with an ice paladin, a fighting carbuncle and his boy, and some guy who's a class you can play as. i kinda wish i'd been a dragoon this playthrough like i was in my first playthrough so this part would be different.

anyway the empire apparently has an airship now, just, out of the blue, nobody hinted at this or anything, so that's neat. also cid and biggs and wedge are busy making me an AIR SLICER or something idk but we're going to storm nidhogg's house and probably get killed because we randomly murdered his girlfriend? wife? yay!

i saw a gif of thordan vii doing a magical girl pose and then stabbing some guy who looked suspiciously like it could be my boyfriend haurchefant, who i think canonically gets stabbed (internet is weird about what it spoils i guess), so i guess he's gonna turn out to be evil. what a shocker!

am really enjoying machinist. i tried to play bard again yesterday to remind myself how it worked and wow i did bad. i, like, forgot i had songs? i'll have to practice more. current levels are white mage 55, astrologian 59, bard 58, and machinist 58. i think i'm gonna stop bothering with white mage because it's quite similar to astrologian and i like astrologian a lot better. it's prettier, okay. and the card gimmick is way more interesting than a flower that slowly grows throughout combat.

[theultimatefan]

FAN EXPO Philadelphia Returns May 3-5, With Lopez, Gunn, Day, McKenzie Among First Stars

Fans of all things pop culture have marked their calendars for the return of FAN EXPO Philadelphia, set for May 3-5 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. With the show fewer than four months away, the guest roster for the pop culture extravaganza gets off to a huge start with the first nine standouts in what will be a star-studded lineup.

First to the post are headliners Mario Lopez (“Saved by the Bell,” “Access Hollywood”), Sean Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, “Gilmore Girls”), Felicia Day (“The Guild,” “Dragon Age: Redemption”), Ben McKenzie (“Gotham,” “The O.C.”), Holly Marie Combs (“Charmed,” “Picket Fences”), Adam Savage (“MythBusters,” “Unchained Reaction”), Michelle Hurd (“Star Trek: Picard,” “Law & Order: SVU”), Sofia Boutella (Rebel Moon, The Mummy) and Jason Lee (“My Name is Earl,” The Incredibles).

Lopez first gained attention for his role as “A.C. Slater” on “Saved by the Bell” from 1989-1993 and its reboot in 2020-21. He also served as host for the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine shows “Extra” and “Access Hollywood.” He also starred in the police drama “Pacific Blue” and had a recurring role on the daytime drama “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

Gunn played "Kraglin" in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and its sequels in 2017 and 2023, as well as providing the physical performance via motion capture for "Rocket Raccoon" in the films plus Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame and Thor: Love and Thunder. He also portrayed "Kirk Gleason" throughout the seven-year run of "Gilmore Girls" among his 60+ acting credits.

Day has more than 100 credits, from films to TV series to voice work, with many highlights including a 66-episode run on “The Guild” and recurring spots on “Supernatural” and “Eureka.” She teamed with original series host Joel Hodgson for a five-year run on the recent iteration of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and had her first big fandom exposure in a recurring role as “Vi” on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

McKenzie, who portrayed the lead character “James Gordon” in the hit Fox TV show “Gotham,” was born in Austin, Texas, appearing in theater productions and a few TV shows including “The District,” “JAG” and “Mad TV” before the success of “The O.C.” launched him into stardom. His film roles have included Junebug opposite Amy Adams and 88 Minutes with Al Pacino. The University of Virginia graduate’s starring role in “Gotham,” which regularly hit nearly seven million weekly viewers, followed the Commissioner’s life before Batman came onto the scene.

Combs starred in "Charmed," which ran for eight seasons and has adopted a huge, loyal following since, as "Piper Halliwell," one of three witch sisters fighting evil in modern day San Francisco. That followed her breakout role in 88 episodes of the hit series "Picket Fences" and later led to appearances in more than 30 series and movies and a long run as "Ella Montgomery" on "Pretty Little Liars."

Savage, best known for his work as the co-host of the Discovery Channel series “MythBusters” and “Unchained Reaction,” has made his mark in the entertainment world as a special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, television personality and producer. His special effects work on such films as Space Cowboys (2000), Galaxy Quest (1999), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and others earned him acclaim that led to the “MythBusters” gig and front-facing success.

Hurd has appeared in a wide variety of projects, notably in regular roles in “Star Trek: Picard,” “Blindspot,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “The Glades” and “Law & Order: SVU.” She had her first extended exposure as “Dana Kramer” on the daytime drama “Another World,” and last year co-starred opposite Jonathan Bennett and Cedric the Entertainer in the feature film The Plus One.

Boutella played the lead character in last year’s Netflix action-adventure feature Rebel Moon: Part One: A Child of Fire, a follow up to her role in “Rogue Heroes” a year earlier. She co-starred opposite Tom Cruise in the fantasy-adventure film The Mummy in 2017 and was also top billed in the science fiction drama Settlers and Prisoners of the Ghostland alongside Nicolas Cage and Nick Cassavetes in 2001 and the horror film Climax in 2018.

A native of Southern California, Lee is a photographer, producer, director, and actor. Having established a successful career as a professional skateboarder during the sport's pivotal late 80s and early 90s period, Lee would go on to pursue acting, which would lead to working in film, television, and voiceover, and with such directors as Kevin Smith, Lawrence Kasdan, Cameron Crowe and Rebecca Miller.

Single-Day Tickets, Three-Day Passes, Ultimate Fan and VIP Packages for FAN EXPO Philadelphia are available now. Advance pricing is available until April 18. More guest news will be released in the following weeks, including line-up reveals for additional headline celebrities, comic creator guests, voice actors and cosplayers.

Philadelphia is the eighth event on the 2024 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.

[octobre-ackedia]

Whoops I forgot to finish it and post it, here it is now

ok, let's get into it

Disclaimer, I have not seen the new movie or show, I couldn't even get through the entire trailer, it made me cringe so deep in my bones. I've started watching Schaffrillas' review of it, and I gave up like half way through anyway, deciding I can take a few of the tropes from it, and it needs a rewrite from scratch.

I'm also not gonna put it in the post as more than a few points, I don't have the time at the moment to figure out some actual dialogue, proper way of representing the themes I'm gonna put it in, or think of jokes.

so I present to you

Megamind and the woke propaganda

(it's a funny haha joke because I want to include a lot of "woke" themes in this re-write)

I'd say the plot of Megamind 2 (let's just leave it at that, it's good enough, it doesn't need no Doom Syndicate, that title is so bad) begins over a year after the events of the first movie. Over that time, not much happened. Metro man became Music man, he started publishing his music, and there's a bit of comedy about nobody being able to recognise him, even though he looks basically the same, just a parody of the superhero genre.

That's also an important point. Megamind was always a clever parody of the superhero genre, the same way Shrek is a parody of fairytale movies Disney makes. The new content we got from Megamind lacks that soul entirely, making it a simple superhero movie with some incredibly unfunny jokes, neither fully marketed towards children, nor adults. I want my version to be a continuation of what the first movie was, still holding the idea in mind, and definitely not ignoring some major plot points of it (like EKHEM megamind Vs the doom syndicate EKHEM did).

Roxanne went back to being a TV presenter, but now with the lack of action from Metro Man and Megamind, there isn't just as much important stuff to talk about. She becomes unsatisfied with her job, wanting to do something good for humanity.

Minion on the other hand starts exploring his identity. In his free time, since Megamind is mostly sat in the "evil lair" changing his old designs and creating new ones to help the city, Minion starts working in the donut shop. He is just used to working for someone and it brings him some form of comfort, as well as he discovers his love for baking. His work becomes his life, and he develops so much with baking, he basically takes over the place. During that time, now being the employer, not the employee, he realises he isn't a minion anymore. He is his own being. And he wants to call himself Chum, which I wanna keep, because the comedy in Minions being the more recognizable movie, and the name chum being both a pun on fish, and how he's Megamind's friend are iconic. We get a bit of trans issues shown, simply by Megamind's behaviour towards it. It's not simply shown and said that Chum is trans or whatever, but the phrases would ring a familiar bell to the trans community, like "You'll always be Minion to me", "I've always called you Minion, you can't expect me to now be able to change it" and stuff like that. We get a plotline how Chum and Megamind grow to be equals, and Megamind switches to calling him by his chosen name eventually.

Megamind's plotline, the most important one in the movie, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT HIM, simply shows his struggles with fitting in society, that isn't just people in prison. There could be some autism parallels, and he'd be trying his best to understand how people work, but simply being unable to be like them, ending up excluded. That was a thing already mentioned in his backstory, and I'd love it to be explored in the sequel. He's an alien, he spent his childhood in prison, I know we had enough autism representation with aliens and robots, but it could be handled well.

I really want to explore more of the characters we were already shown, rather than putting like 15 new people into the story for no reason. I want to give them space to grow, and flesh them out properly.

I'd like to bring back the character of Bernard. He was already a character in the original, why won't we just expand him instead of giving us new marketable toys of some stupid (literally stupid, they were all so stupid) villains. He and Roxanne start bonding, since they're both so interested in debunking theories, research, basically detective work. Bernard was an absolute Megamind fan, and he knew his stuff, and Roxanne gives him a new perspective on things, when he got bored of Megamind's new good persona. They become good friends, and are really helping with pushing the plot forwards with figuring out what's going on behind the scenes. And Bernard being such a fangirl for Megamind, he must've been active on Reddit or something. He shows Roxanne the world of the internet, we get the new age stuff, and they start a podcast. We get Megamind becoming what Titan once was, an incel. Hey, people writing Megamind, we already started discussing the problem of incel behaviour, can't we continue it INSTEAD OF SOME NDISBDIDNWKDBBDNDJSBDJDBDBDISNSKFHEIBDID (ok, I'm getting emotional, sorry, I'll stop). The point is, Megamind gets really jealous and only seeing Metro Man's and Titan's treatment of women before, he is confused. He is acting up, and can't understand male and female friendship. In the end he learns, and actually gets redemption from his incel arc, instead of being locked up in prison like Hal (deserved in this case, but you know what I mean)

We need a new villain. And here I am to serve it to you. The main villain is some corporation guy, maybe from the news, whose marketing died down because of the lack of fighting between good and evil. Metro Man is no longer there to star in his ads, and he finds out how Titan even came to be. Using that idea, he starts creating villains and heros on his own (Hawkmoth from MLB almost) and using them for monetary gain. The city becomes an absolute mess, and when Bernard and Roxanne figure out the conspiracy, the team has to stop him and bring peace again.

I'm afraid it might get too "woke", with all the analogies to "woke" issues. But Megamind it's my story and I get to choose the themes (/ref to that meme with Link).

Let's not forget that the original Megamind movie was supposed to be a caricature of the superhero genre, so making marketable superheros would be an amazing meta joke and actual criticism of Disney, now owning Marvel, like Dreamworks always did.

The resolution could be simply erasing super hero bullshit from society. No more big bad villains, no more heros. Some people have superpowers, and they simply use them in their lives, like people able to fly working high up in the air, cleaning skyscraper windows from the outside, etc.. Megamind creates tech that makes life easier, Chum starts a chain of his own bakeries, Roxanne and Bernard love doing their true crime podcast, and Metro Man's music career goes further.

It would be a story about fitting in. Great for children and adults. It would be a story about being different, having issues, but still being able to find your people and use your weirdness for good. I feel like I could write so much more about it, but I might need to be institutionalised if I spend a second longer thinking about this whole shit show.

Maybe I've watched too many series and not enough movies and that's too much to fit in one hour and a half cinematic masterpiece. But who cares, they made a series anyway. I can make a series. FFS.

So, that's about what I thought of, I do not accept any criticism, this is my magnum opus and I will die on this hill (I'm kidding, I'd love to get all the constructive criticism you guys have, as well as your own ideas ;-; I need to talk to someone about this thing because I'm going insane)

I'm gonna rewrite Megamind VS The Doom Syndicate but make it actually good and I have an entire doc with ideas already and idk, does anyone even want to read that?

[ao3feed-crimeboys]

Mob Starters and Mad Monsters

by ABirdWithoutFeathers

Taking place a few months after Jaw Droppers and Job Stoppers. Please read or you will be very confused.

A story in which Dream is unwillingly thrust into the role of a superhero, something he tried to run away from kicking and screaming. Maybe it was a little his fault considering he gave himself the powers, via magic tattoo nonsense. At least there aren't more than a dozen people who want him dead. Probably.

Featuring: Elsa on her villain arc, Tommyinnit who desperately wants to arrest someone, literally anyone, Ranboo who is evil apparently, a bunch of rich assholes, and BadBoyHalo with a gun.

Words: 6937, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of The Death of the Author

Fandoms: Dream SMP, Video Blogging RPF, Minecraft (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Wilbur Soot, Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF), Niki | Nihachu, Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), GeorgeNotFound (Video Blogging RPF), Sapnap (Video Blogging RPF), Karl Jacobs, Darryl Noveschosch | BadBoyHalo, Toby Smith | Tubbo, Jschlatt (Video Blogging RPF), Minor Original Characters - Character, Phil Watson | Philza

Relationships: Clay | Dream & TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Wilbur Soot & TommyInnit, Clay | Dream & GeorgeNotFound & Sapnap (Video Blogging RPF), Ranboo & Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit, Clay | Dream & Jschlatt (Video Blogging RPF), Clay | Dream/GeorgeNotFound (Video Blogging RPF)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Dream SMP Ensemble are Superheroes, Alternate Universe - Tattoo Parlor, Alternate Universe - Tattoos, Magical Tattoos, ooo that's a tag?, Clay | Dream-centric (Video Blogging RPF), Tattoo Artist Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Vigilante TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), he kinda does whatever tf he wants, Hero Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), he also kinda does whatever he wants, Anarchist Syndicate on Dream SMP (Video Blogging RPF), Villain Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF), discduo!, Angst, Humor, only half of this fic is serious, Sequel, Worse death note

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

A Patch in the Mirror

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Y1JSExu by Tatedeco Nightwing and the Titans have fallen into a comfortable rhythm of low-level crime but an encounter with the Rogues tells them that they are not ready for anything big. The world does not wait for them though as the Crime Syndicate guns for their reality. Can they rise to the occasion? Meanwhile, Jason seeks atonement in prison. (Talon-Dick AU,Birdflash!) -SEQUEL TO THE TWIRL OF A KNIFE & A CODIFIED DILEMMA- Words: 10179, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 3 of Talons, Brothers & Redemption Fandoms: Young Justice (Cartoon), Teen Titans (Animated Series), The Flash (Comics), DCU (Comics) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: M/M Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Wally West, Artemis Crock, Koriand'r (DCU), Victor Stone, Garfield Logan, Donna Troy, Rogues (The Flash), Leonard Snart, Lisa Snart, Mick Rory, Sam Scudder, George "Digger" Harkness, Axel Walker, Crime Syndicate - Character Relationships: Dick Grayson/Wally West, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson & Teen Titans, Barry Allen & Wally West, Sam Scudder/Lisa Snart Additional Tags: Dick Grayson is a Talon, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Prison, Redemption, Friendship, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Brotherly Love, My attempt at writing a crisis, This is Forever Evil & Final Crisis & A lot of Flash Solos & Dark Crisis in a blender, Using universe ending stakes to analyze these people's insecurities, Leadership, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Y1JSExu

[longtimenospooning-luci]

Jimin:

Updated 2/25/23

The Web - @btsmosphere

Nearly dying was just the beginning. While struggling to deal with the direction life has thrown you, you find yourself at the heart of a web of conspiracy. Maybe it will bring you back to Jimin - if you both make it out alive.

Would I Choose You - @crystaljins

Every year the graduating class of International Academy for Superheroes and Sidekicks are allocated to their future partner. They will work with their partner for the rest of their working lives.Jimin, the star of your academy and picked as the favourite to succeed in life, is not pleased when he is allocated to you, the school loser.

Equinox - ^^

When it first was announced that the King of Spring was to marry the Queen of Winter, shock and outrage poured across the nation. Now, six months later, Jimin can’t help but feel maybe the Queen of Winter isn’t as evil as she seems.

Cut Me Deep and Sew it Up - @cutechim

he’s not the boy you fell in love with, not anymore.

Marry Me (Again & Again) - @gimmethatagustd

How many times does your best friend need to propose to you before you actually believe him when he says he’s in love with you? 

Stray Kitten - @guksthighs

Jimin finds you stray on the streets in the rain and takes you home, little does he know that you aren’t a normal cat.

Don't Care if it Hurts - @hollyhomburg

Faded Love - @jamaisjoons

Heartburn - @jiminrings

Till Death Due Us Part - @jimlingss

Syndicate - @jungkookiebus

Solace - @justcallmenikki7

Not Just You - @kimnjss

Beside You - ^^

Raise the Barre - @kpopfanfictrash

Atalanta - ^^

The Supers and the Not - ^^

Life - @monochromaticinsignias

I Am - ^^

Mirrors - ^^

Change - @neonlights92

Meet Me at the Finish Line - @parkdatjimin

20 Things and Counting I Hades About You - @readyplayerhobi

Can't be more Honest than This - @seok-jinnies

On this Starless Night - ^^

Let's Hold Hands - @smaubts

Sanctuary - @softlyjiminie

Growing Pains (Sequel) - @taleasnewastime

You Get into a Dangerous Situation - @thebangtancloud

The Bird Cage (Sequel: The Lion's Den) - @untaemedqueen

Best of Me - @writtenwhalien

A Lover's Redemption - ^^

I Need U - @xforeverweareyoungx

Save Me - ^^

Never Falling - @yoonia

Strip - ^^

[prying-pandora666]

The departure of the head writer mid-season (who had been the one to design both the fire sibs’ arcs to boot), the mandated rewrites by Nickelodeon because they wanted more stand alone episodes for syndication, the scrapping of Book 4 because Bryke wanted to pursue a theatrical film about the search for Ursa (which is why the storyboards they made for those scenes were also scrapped), and more production troubles are the reason Book 3 has so many cracks despite some high highs.

Azula is the biggest one. The elephant in the room. Ehasz said she was always meant to be redeemed - which explains why she originally had an entire arc planned (it was cut for time and all that remained of it was recycled into “The Beach”). Bryke, however, have never seemed to give Azula much thought outside of her being an obstacle for Zuko to over come. A “crazy” foil that exists just to take the fall at the end so Zuko can rise.

It’s as if Bryke saw Zhao 2.0 but other writers were working towards Zuko+ instead.

We see the results. Her arc is rushed and we are suddenly bombarded with reveals about who the real Azula behind the mask of perfection really is. Little details start to fall into place - like why is she so good at lying and repressing her feelings? How is she so good at having a clear and calm head to lightningbend with even when there’s so much emotional turmoil inside of her? Oh, she has mastered the art of emotional repression and disassociation? Because she herself is traumatized by how she’s been exploited and the things she’s been forced to do?

It’s a tragedy that so much of the fandom insists on perpetuating ableist stereotypes about “born evil” children rather than see Azula for the far more fascinating and complicated character she is.

And it’s really strange and a bit concerning to realize how susceptible to narrative framing we all are as human beings. Azula does nothing worse than Zuko does throughout the show. Even her killing Aang in mutual combat is not as unethical as Zuko hiring an assassin in secret to protect his own selfish interests. And yet narrative framing will have you believe Zuko is just a desperate lost boy and Azula is a monster who enjoys what she does.

Despite the fact that this isn’t so.

Iroh, too, is an interesting comparison. In his prime he was the Dragon of the West and sieged the largest civilian city in the world for nearly 2 years! We even see him laugh and joke about burning their homes to the ground. But fans bend over backwards to justify this uncomfortable reality, to make excuses, to insist Iroh was always good deep inside.

In truth, nothing Azula ever does even at her worst compares to the pain and death Iroh brought to the world before he changed his ways. Even Azula’s conquest of Ba Sing Se was virtually bloodless and no civilians were harmed in the process. And yet… Iroh is the wise uncle everyone loves and Azula is the monster.

I think it’s something the creators recognized in retrospect, which is why they haven’t known how to handle the character since. It’s clear they know she SHOULD be redeemed otherwise they’re accidentally saying something hypocritical and downright cynical for the series that doesn’t fit with its original messages. And yet they don’t seem ready to sacrifice the most interesting and compelling villain they’ve ever managed to write.

I think there’s something to be said for stories written for the sake of telling a story vs stories written to continue a franchise.

Until decisions start getting made for the purposes of completing the story rather than dragging out and milking a franchise with endless spin-offs, remakes, games, and sequels, then Azula will continue to live in this bizarre limbo with half the fandom painfully invested in seeing her suffer and the other half pleading for the writers to let the girl come to the conclusion she was always written for.

Let the girl find peace!

It would say nothing good about the heroes—especially Zuko—if they choose to use Azula as a scapegoat rather than reach out a hand to help her just as they’ve done to everyone else.

Even to Ozai.

Why did they end Azula's story on a disturbing breakdown, crying and screaming, chained to the ground like an animal, while our main characters stand there and watch passively?

They could have shown us a scene during the celebrations where she was drinking tea and observing the crowd, to reassure the audience she was okay at least. Her last scene was traumatizing, and i hate how the show tried to make it seem like it was a satisfying close to her story.

Having a light-hearted ending where everyone is happy and smiling EXCEPT her, because she is straight up snubbed by the narrative, just seems mean-spirited to me.

"There was supposed to be a fourth season focusing on Azula." Okay, but it didn't come out. It would have been so easy to show Azula at the end of season 3, just having calmed down, just her being calm. Just take ten seconds to show her awful breakdown had passed and she was somewhere safe and somewhat at peace. That's it.

The more i think about it the angrier i get.