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A CINDERBLOCK IS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE!! YETTHUR 🤓‼️‼️

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Once Upon a Lamp

(At the Steve Jobs Building, everyone steps out through the doors to clock out for the night.)

PIXAR INTERN: It’s so incredible to think that Mr. Jobs started Pixar Animation Studios forty years ago today. To think of all those talented artists and wonderful characters who have been a part of the studio over the years.

PETE DOCTER: Yep. If these walls could talk.

(As Docter and the intern leave, the title appears. “Once Upon a Lamp”. On the wall is a photo from “Toy Story 2” featuring Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye from their role-playing scene. In the photo, Woody moves.)

WOODY: Psst, Luxo! Wally B.! You there?

(Luxo Jr. and Wally B. move to Woody.)

WOODY: Is that it? Are they all gone?

(They nod.)

WOODY: Yee-haw!

(He and the others jump out of their photo.)

WOODY: Come on, guys! This is it!

JESSIE: Let’s get the gang! Yodel-ay-hee-hoo!

(In another hallway, Joy wakes up. Others leave their photos as well.)

JOY: (GASPS) There’s the signal. All right, everyone! It’s picture time!

MIGUEL: That’s tonight?

JOY: That’s now.

EMBER: 40-year group photo. And the sun’s going down. Come on. Let’s get going!

WADE: Ooh, I like the attitude.

(Arlo and Spot pop out, the latter of whom scampers off. In another hallway…)

BUZZ: Picture time, guys!

(The Parr family jump out of their photo.)

HELEN: The day is here?

BOB: Yeah, baby!

VIOLET: Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s get going!

(Violet and Dash stop at a picture of Gus and Peck.)

DASH: Wake up! Wake up!

(They pop out. Peck flies out of control past Bo Peep and her sheep walking with Carl Fredricksen, Russell, and Dug.)

DUG: Oh, boy!

(Flik, Atta, and Dot fly past.)

BO PEEP: Yo, Flik! Ladies! Get the folks upstairs!

FLIK: You’ve got it!

ATTA: Let’s go!

(We follow the ants down the hallway and up to the ceiling. On the second floor, Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater race down a hallway in reverse.)

MATER: (reused from “Cars”) Whee-hee!

McQUEEN: (reused from “Cars 3”) Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

(WALL-E and EVE fly overhead.)

WALL-E: Whee!

(As the cars flip forward, Merida and Angus the Clydesdale horse emerge from her picture frame.)

MERIDA: Picture time! Hyah!

(With Merida on his back, Angus gallops off.)

MERIDA: We’re meeting in the lobby!

(The jackalope and lamb bound down a staircase. The jackalope responds to Merida by shooting her a thumbs-up.)

JACKALOPE: (SINGING) …and I think you can do it If you give it a try

(Voyd opens a portal and lets Bass and Treble through.)

VOYD: Let’s go, boys!

(They start to play. The umbrellas ride gusts of wind made by Gale Cumulus.)

GALE: Up you go, fellas!

(As they fly up, the bluebirds fly down from the upper floor. Behind them, Izzy Hawthorne somersaults down, then Marlin, Dory, and Nemo land in her hands, hyperventilating.)

DORY: (reused from “Finding Dory”) Water.

(Izzy rushes away. Nearby, Hank serves drinks to Lumpy the clown, Geri, Mira Nova, and Mr. B. Elinor yells at them.)

ELINOR: What are you guys doing? There’s no time for drinks!

IZZY: Hank! A little help?

(Hank takes a coffee pot from its machine and fills it with water.)

MARLIN: (reused from “Finding Dory”) Just… keep… gasping.

(He lets Izzy drop the fish inside.)

DORY: (reused from “Finding Dory”) Hank!

HANK: (CHUCKLES) Oh, well. I get to carry you again.

(In another hallway, Ercole Visconti faces a jammed beverage vending machine.)

ERCOLE: Stai scherzando, vero? Il succo stupido si blocca proprio sul bordo! Che sfortuna!

(Riley Andersen, Grace Hsieh, and Bree Young walk past him.)

RILEY: Yikes.

GRACE: Talk about dramatic.

RILEY: Do you guys think all of the villains will show up?

BREE: Hmm. Not all.

(She says, punching a photo of Jangles. Meanwhile, the Potato Heads enter an elevator, already occupied by Fear, Kitbull, Stu, the Witch, and her crow. Fear lets them enter with an “after you” gesture.)

FEAR: Going down?

(Fear presses the button, only for the group to be stopped.)

ROZ: Hold the elevator! I’ll get there!

MR. POTATO HEAD: (reused from “Toy Story 2”) What?

MRS. POTATO HEAD: (reused from “Toy Story 3”) Oh.

(In an office, Meilin Lee draws at a desk.)

MEI: (SINGING) You’re never not on my mind

(James P. Sullivan, Mike Wazowski, and Boo pass.)

SULLEY: Come on, Mei!

MIKE: Yeah, shake a leg, will ya?

MEI: Hey, you can’t rush art.

(Nash and Ramsey emerge from the paper, scaring the 4*Townies.)

RAMSEY: Well, gosh, is this a sleepover? Come on.

NASH: Let’s go!

(In the women’s bathroom, Celia Mae feeds her snakes breath mints, Laurel Lightfoot cleans her glasses, Luisa Rivera brushes Libby’s skin, Purl sprays her mouth, Mirage brushes her hair, and Colette Tatou adjusts her collar.)

CELIA: Eat up, girls. We’ve got to look great.

(Celia kisses one snake. Molly Davis opens the door, holding Jessie.)

JESSIE: Let’s move it, ladies!

(As Day and Night struggle to squeeze out of their photo, Luca Paguro, Alberto Scorfano, and Giulia Marcovaldo walk by.)

LUCA: You guys excited for the photo, too?

ALBERTO: You know it.

(They stop.)

GIULIA: Hey! Scud!

(Scud looms over Remy and Emile, about to eat them. Dante scares him away.)

REMY: Nice.

(The reject robots watch the Scare Simulator scene from “Monsters University” on a TV. Among the chiefs and suitors of Clans Macintosh, MacGuffin, and Dingwall, Valentina Ortiz and the Fire Hawks walk past.)

VALENTINA: Come on, guys. You’re gonna have nightmares.

(Johnny Worthington III emerges from the screen, scaring the robots away. They surge past Ernesto de la Cruz and carry him away.)

DE LA CRUZ: Huh? Hey! Hey!

(Uku and Lele watch from their photo, unable to leave it. Thunderclap flies past.)

THUNDERCLAP: You guys need a lift?

(The volcanoes nod. Thunderclap picks up their photo with his talons and flies away. Back at the elevator, Roz slowly enters.)

ROZ: Thanks for holding the elevator, Potato Head.

MR. POTATO HEAD: (reused from “Toy Story 2”) Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever.

BOOSTER: You guys mind if I squeeze in here, too?

(Booster Sinclair Munchapper squeezes himself into the elevator as it closes. In another hallway, Sox follows Anger.)

SOX: Would you like me to play whale sounds to relax to?

ANGER: No. I promise, I’m fine.

(Papá Héctor and Mamá Imelda Rivera come down the stairs. Héctor’s hat falls off. As he and Imelda laugh, Alec Azam takes it in his mouth and runs away.)

HÉCTOR: Hey! Alec! Presto, come get your rabbit!

(They run after him.)

IMELDA: Go, Alec, go!

(Woody laughs while coming up the stairs, then stops and gasps.)

EVELYN: That’s it. Just keep following.

(Evelyn Deavor walks by, hypnotizing Bonnie’s dad with her Screenslaver goggles.)

WOODY: Evelyn? Evelyn! Evelyn, stop it!

(Bonnie’s mom follows.)

BONNIE’S MOM: Don’t worry, Woody. I got this.

(She removes the goggles, then breaks them. Woody faces the wall in front of him and smiles.)

WOODY: Hmm.

(A portrait of Pixar founder Steve Jobs hangs on it. Woody walks up to it and takes his hat off for a moment of respect.)

BUZZ: Hey, Woody? Where are you? We’re in the lobby!

WOODY: Gotta go, but thanks. On with the show.

(Woody leaves. Nearby, a line of characters waits on the stairs. Riding on Hanuman’s back, Woody flies past.)

WOODY: Whoa!

(Disgust opens the door.)

DISGUST: Coast is clear, Sheriff.

WOODY: Great!

(He jumps off Hanuman’s back.)

WOODY: Right this way!

(Fergus bumps into the closed door.)

WOODY: Oh! Your Majesty, are you okay?

FERGUS: (dizzily shakes his head) Aye, never better, Marston.

(He trips over a garbage can. The next character to leave, Buddy Pine, rolls his eyes.)

SYNDROME: Brilliant- Hey!

(He ducks under Dim carrying Heimlich, Rosie, Tuck, and Roll. Dim flies around the Luxo Jr. statue.)

HEIMLICH: Whee! I feel like a beautiful butterfly!

WOODY: Watch out for the ladder!

(Alfredo Linguini ducks as Andy Davis swings the ladder over his head. Mo Morrison and Darby Steel walk by.)

MORRISON: I’ll say this much, I’m surprised this went off as well as it did.

DARBY: You’re telling me.

(They join the large group of characters being guided by Woody.)

WOODY: Okay, everybody. Get- Get together now.

(Tinny arrives.)

WOODY: Oh! After you.

(Tinny toots happily and bumps into M-O, who chitters angrily. Edna Mode hands Rex the camera.)

E: It is time, darling.

REX: Thank you, Ms. Mode!

(As Rex uses Slinky Dog to climb the ladder, it becomes unstable and wiggles.)

WOODY: Rex, careful!

(The ladder now swings in circles.)

REX: Where’s that timer button?

(Charles Muntz and his dogs watch.)

GAMMA: Three, two, one…

(Rex falls off the ladder. On the ground, he gets up next to the broken camera.)

DUNCAN: Well, that was fun.

(He storms away.)

SADNESS: Maybe we can try again in another forty years.

(Everyone sadly turns around.)

WOODY: Oh, no, no, no. Come back. It- It- It’ll be fine. It’ll... be...

(The characters stop in their tracks as Rosa Rivera plays the first part of “When You Wish Upon a Star” with her violin. Abel Rivera joins in with his accordion, as do Joe Gardener, Dorothea Williams, and her band. Woody, Buzz, and Jessie watch happily.)

GREG: (SINGING) Anything your heart desires

GREG AND MANUEL: Will come to you

(Hopper sighs and puts his fingers on the bridge of his nose.)

HOPPER: I knew this was gonna happen.

IAN: If your heart is in your dream

22: No request is too extreme

JOHN AND MARY: When you wish upon a star

TYLOR AND VAL: As dreamers do

(Abuelita Elena Rivera sweeps up the broken pieces of the camera.)

CHORUS: Fate is kind

(WALL-E fixes it by placing it in his compactor.)

CHORUS: She brings to those who love

(Poppa Henry picks up the ladder. Manny and Gypsy carry Rex up the ladder, letting him set the camera down and press the timer button.)

CHORUS: The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing

(Corey and Gia hold hands as they sing. Elio Solis joins them in harmony.)

COREY, GIA, AND ELIO: Like a bolt out of the blue

MEI: Fate steps in…

(Her friends join in.)

4*TOWNIES: …and sees you through

(Woody stands on Andy’s hand.)

WOODY: When you wish upon a star

(Everyone, together!)

ALL: Your dreams come true

(As everyone finishes singing and smiles for the camera, Luxo Jr. faces us and flashes his light, and the finished photograph appears in a frame hanging on a wall. Fade to black. One final message appears: “TO ALL WHO HAVE IMAGINED WITH US, LAUGHED WITH US, AND DREAMED WITH US, THANK YOU”.)

Cast

Bonnie’s Mom: LORI ALAN

Buzz Lightyear: TIM ALLEN

Carl Fredricksen: ED ASNER*

Wade Ripple: MAMOUDOU ATHIE

Jessie’s Yodeling Voice: MARY KAY BERGMAN*

Giulia Marcovaldo: EMMA BERMAN

Papá Héctor Rivera: GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL

Edna Mode (E): BRAD BIRD

Anger: LEWIS BLACK

Heimlich: FLULA BORG

Ernesto de la Cruz: BENJAMIN BRATT

Spot: JACK BRIGHT*

Marlin: ALBERT BROOKS*

Pixar Intern: JEN BROWN

Nash: A.J. BUCKLEY

WALL-E & M-O: BEN BURTT*

Voyd: SOPHIA BUSH

Manuel: CALEB CABRERA

Tyler Nguyen-Baker: TRISTIAN ALLERICK CHEN

Meilin Lee: ROSALIE CHIANG

Luca Paguro: SAWYER COLE

Fergus: BILLY CONNOLLY

Mike Wazowski: BILLY CRYSTAL

Jessie: JOAN CUSACK

Billy, Goat, & Gruff: EMILY DAVIS*

Dory: ELLEN DeGENERES*

Pete Docter: PETE DOCTER

Tylor Tuskmon: BEN FELDMAN

22: TINA FEY

Johnny Worthington: NATHAN FILLION

Flik: DAVE FOLEY

Jack-Jack Parr: ELI FUCILE*

Gus & Peck: TONY FUCILE*

Dim: BRAD GARRETT*

Boo: MARY GIBBS*

James P. Sullivan: JOHN GOODMAN

Nemo: ALEXANDER GOULD*

Lele: NAPUA GRAIG

Alberto Scorfano: JACK DYLAN GRAZER

Fear: TONY HALE

Woody: TOM HANKS

Mrs. Potato Head: ESTELLE HARRIS*

Ian Lightfoot: TOM HOLLAND

Rosie: BONNIE HUNT*

Helen Parr: HOLLY HUNTER

Uku: KUANA TORRES KAHELE

Evelyn Deavor: CATHERINE KEENER

Elio Solis: YONAS KIBREAB

Disgust: LIZA LAPIRA

Tow Mater: LARRY THE CABLE GUY*

Buddy Pine: JASON LEE

Ember Lumen: LEAH LEWIS

Valentina Ortiz: LILIMAR

Miguel Rivera: RYAN LOPEZ

Princess Atta: JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS

Booster Sinclair Munchapper: YURI LOWENTHAL

Grace Hsieh: GRACE LU

Jackalope: BUD LUCKEY*

Merida: KELLY MACDONALD

Greg: KYLE McDANIEL

Gale Cumulus: WENDI McLENDON-COVEY

Tuck & Roll: MICHAEL McSHANE*

Andy Davis: JOHN MORRIS*

Miriam Mendelsohn: AVA MORSE

Russell: JORDAN NAGAI*

Mary: KATHY NAJIMY

Duncan P. Anderson: LUCAS NEFF

Bob Parr: CRAIG T. NELSON

Bree Young: SUMAYYAH NURIDDIN-GREEN

Arlo: RAYMOND OCHOA*

Hank: ED O’NEILL

Remy: PATTON OSWALT

Izzy Hawthorne: KEKE PALMER

Princess Dot: HAYDEN PANETTIERE*

Ramsey: ANNA PAQUIN

Abby Park: HYEIN PARK

Dug & Roz: BOB PETERSON

Dashiell Parr: BANKS PIERCE

Joy: AMY POEHLER

Bo Peep: ANNIE POTTS

Ercole Visconti: SAVERIO RAIMONDO

Priya Mangal: MAITREYI RAMAKRISHNAN

Gamma: JEROME RANFT

John: JOHN RATZENBERGER

Mr. Potato Head: DON RICKLES*

Alfredo Linguini: LOU ROMANO*

Rex: WALLACE SHAWN

Sadness: PHYLLIS SMITH

Emile & Sox: PETER SOHN

Darby Steel: DALE SOULES

Corey: OCTAVIA SPENCER

Hopper: ANDREW STANTON

Riley Andersen: KENSINGTON TALLMAN

Gia: ALIYAH TAYLOR

Elinor: EMMA THOMPSON

Celia Mae: JENNIFER TILLY

Mamá Imelda Rivera: ALANNA UBACH

Val Little: MELISSA VILLASEÑOR

Violet Parr: SARAH VOWELL

Mo Morrison: TAIKA WAITITI

Lightning McQueen: OWEN WILSON*

Thunderclap: STEVE ZAHN

*every voice actor with an asterisk returns via archived recordings

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Chris Evans returning to the MCU in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY...

And KRAVEN THE HUNTER being the end of the "Sony Spider-Man Universe", their series of Spider-Man adjacent movies about the webhead's antagonists...

Well, that's certainly the end of an era. VENOM kicked off this uneven series of 2000s pseudo-edgy throwbacks back in 2018, a year that was excellent for almost every CBM/superhero movie on the block, from the three MCU entries that year (BLACK PANTHER, INFINITY WAR, ANT-MAN/WASP) to the animated films (INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, the TEEN TITANS GO! movie, INCREDIBLES 2) to the other stuff (Fox's DEADPOOL 2).

The VENOM movies seemed to get by on the buddy movie pairing of Eddie Brock and the symbiote creature, but the same couldn't be said for hacked-to-death-in-post movies like MORBIUS, MADAME WEB, and now KRAVEN... Set to flatline on opening weekend, with abysmal reviews to boot, against a $110m+ production budget. Sony is now focused solely on the fourth MCU Spider-Man movie and BEYOND THE SPIDER-VERSE. (Yeah, I heard today that Miles G. Morales' voice actor Jharrel Jerome hadn't recorded his lines for BEYOND yet... It's a non-story to me. The movie is far from ready, let's put it aside for the time being.)

I feel like, in addition to the MCU starting to see some big money-losers (like THE MARVELS) and relative underperformers (ETERNALS, QUANTUMANIA), it's another brick pulled from the 2010s superhero movie Jenga tower. That whole Spider-Man Villains Without Spider-Man Universe seemed to be building towards nothing, and to me it always felt like a weird attempt at riding the MCU wave.

The whole appeal of the MCU, to me, was that it took characters' whole worlds and bridged them together. Whether it was the techy world of Tony Stark to the New York neighborhoods of Spider-Man to the cosmic high fantasy of Thor... You get the idea! Spider-Man's world and all the people/villains he knows, that's not a shared universe to me. They would, logically, share a universe w/ Tony Stark and his network, Thor and his network, etc. These movies were little more than just spin-offs of a Spider-Man film franchise that didn't exist. Were they in Tobey-Spidey's universe? Andrew-Spidey's? Some live-action Spidey we hadn't met yet? It was never really clear. And I guess it won't be, unless some internal plan leaks out now that this series is kaput.

So now that leaves, going forward... The MCU (which Tom Holland-Spidey is a part of, unless he got throttled into another universe after AVENGERS 5/6), the nascent DC Universe spearheaded by James Gunn and Peter Safran, the Matt Reeves Batman "Crime Saga" Whatever-Verse, the MUTANT MAYHEM TMNT universe, and the SPIDER-VERSE series.

I think if those Sony movies leaned harder on the 2000s weird-edgy-too cool angle, they could've really stood out from their contemporaries. Nostalgic for a time that included Ben Affleck DAREDEVIL and Halle Berry CATWOMAN for sure, but still would've been unique to the MCU, the DC movies, and everything else. Hell, MADAME WEB took place in 2003. Would've been perfect... But alas, they did not go this route.

The MCU bringing back Chris Evans has been painted as desperate, given the send-off Steve Rogers got in AVENGERS: ENDGAME. Now unless he's returning as another Johnny Storm variant and not the one that got horrifically nerfed in DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, this... Uh... It shows how last-ditch a lot of this all seems to be. Bringing back Robert Downey Jr., now Chris Evans, teasing this massive crossover of several familiar characters, etc.... All because the plans with Kang really did not work out. This feels like Disney desperately trying to squeeze out one more hurrah from this flailing franchise, instead of going smarter, smaller, and focusing on the characters again. Like, why is the supposedly on-the-ground political thriller CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 going through yet *another* round of reshoots that have apparently ballooned its budget to $375m+??? What the heck is going on here?

It's kinda telling that little DOG MAN from DreamWorks, done on a presumably tiny budget, could probably be one of the more successful superhero movies of next year. How the Gunn-Safran SUPERMAN kick-off of the DC Universe movies (since it started recently w/ animated Max series CREATURE COMMANDOS) performs remains to be seen. I think animated comic book movies will weather this sea-change quite nicely, as MUTANT MAYHEM 2 and BEYOND THE SPIDER-VERSE should turn out good.

But it's amusing to me how two titans of 2010s comic book movie, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Universe, are the ones to keep an eye on like this... to see if they can crawl out of the early 2020s maelstrom that claimed the likes of BLACK ADAM, QUANTUMANIA, SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS, THE MARVELS, AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, MADAME WEB, and JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX... And keep going, maybe even adapt and change. DC - both Gunn's universe and the Reeves Bat-verse - looks kinda primed to do that, not sure about the MCU, though.

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So, uh... if you haven't seen the news of who Marvel Studios cast as Doctor Doom yet somehow... take a guess, on a scale of one to infinity, how bad do you wanna guess they fudged it up?

Oh yeah, I saw. They're bringing Robert Downey Jr back to play Doom

Y'know, I can understand the logic behind it. They had their whole Kang saga ready to go, then Jonathan Majors got caught abusing women and it all went up in flames. So now they're stuck without a big, signature villain for their next saga. They need someone people will want to see even without the 6 years of build-up Thanos had

So they bring back RDJr, someone fans already love, and someone who clearly knows how to play ball with disney

Whether this is gonna be a fuck-up or not, time will tell I guess. There hasn't been a proper Avengers movie since Endgame, but I'm pretty positive people would go en masse to watch anything with the Avengers branding, RDJr or not

This does raise a bunch of questions

Are they gonna have Doom, the man who wears a mask because his face is disfigured by magical scarring (as far as I know that's the reason, if someone more comics-savvy wants to correct me feel free), or are they gonna go mask off like with every other character to show off RDJr as much as they can?

Are they gonna make Doom an alternate universe evil Tony Stark?

Are they even gonna acknowledge that he looks like Tony?

Are they gonna properly explore what it'd mean for people who knew him to fight an evil version of him? No, most likely not. But if Spider-man gets to punch Doom on the face it might fill the Peter-never-got-to-punch-Tony-for-being-a-terrible-mentor-shaped hole in my heart

Personally, I wasn't interested in the movie before seeing the cast, and I'm still not interested now. I fell off from the MCU with the Ant-man discourse and now with all the series it's feeling a lot like nerd homework which I don't like. If my friends make a big get-together to watch it, I'll go, and if not then I'll read the plot details from wikipedia

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Earth-18104 - The Battle of New York

The story is based on the movie Avengers, with some details from the comics. Most of the characters are changed to fit the original comics lineup of Avengers, and other characters have slight changes in their story, based on my original universe plot.

Like Loki uses different pronouns, Hawkeye and Mockinbird are not part of the team officially, and there's two Nick Fury in this universe: the Colonel, that fought with Captain America during war, and his son Diretor Fury Jr, that looks more like Samuel Jackson's version and is leader of the SHIELD. Also there's a slight addition of my OCs, but they don't even are part of the main story.

List of Events of Earth-18104 (Resume)

Resume of the events of 1990.

1990 -

• (Earth's mightiest heroes)

• (April 1, Sunday)

• On earth, Director Nick Fury Jr (42), Maria Hill (25), Barbara Morse (24), Clint Barton (24), Phil Coulson (43), Henry Pym (27), Janet van Dyne (24) and Erik Selvig are called to the Joint Dark Energy Mission Facility in the Mojave Desert, where Dr. Selvig is researching the Tesseract, which has recently begun emitting strange amounts of energy on its own, leading the facility to be evacuated.

• Aided by Thanos, Loki activates the Tesseract from within the Sanctuary, teleporting to the SHIELD complex. She steals the Tesseract and uses the Scepter given to her by Thanos to control the minds of several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, including Selvig and Barton.

• They escape and the Tesseract's energy destroys the base, starting the Chitauri Invasion. In response, Nick Fury Jr. reactivates the Avengers Initiative.

• In Asgard, Heimdall sees Loki on Earth with the Tesseract, and informs Thor and Odin, who sends his sons, Tyr, Vidar, Honir, Balder and Thor to Earth to bring Loki back to Asgard for punishment.

• (April 3, Tuesday)

• In Kolkata, India, late at night locally, Barbara Morse tracks down Bruce Banner (28) and tells him that his knowledge of gamma radiation is essential to helping SHIELD locate the Tesseract. Banner reluctantly agrees to help SHIELD.

• In New York City, Steve Rogers (70) sits in his new apartment going through the SHIELD archives. Unable to sleep, he goes to a boxing gym, where Nick Fury Jr. approaches him with a mission to recover the Tesseract.

• Meanwhile, Tony Stark (26) brings his miniaturized Arc Reactor online to power the newly opened Stark Tower in midtown Manhattan, built on the site of the old Pan Am Building.

• Phil Coulson visits Stark Tower and asks Tony to review Erik Selvig's research on the Tesseract, as well as classified material on potential members of the Avengers Initiative.

• (April 4, Wednesday)

• Phil Coulson flies Rogers to the Helicarrier and tells him about the new uniform they have waiting for him.

• There he also meets Bruce Banner, Maria Hill and Barbara Morse; he is impressed when the Hellicarrier takes flight and retroreflective powers to "disappear".

• At the same time, Selvig explains to Barton about his research, saying that he needs iridium, an element that they can find in Stuttgart.

• (Loki's attack in Germany)

• On the Hellicarrier, Bruce gets to work tracking the gamma radiation the Tesseract emits, while SHIELD's spy satellites find Loki in Stuttgart, Germany.

• Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne intercept a transmission from Selvig and trace it to Germany.

• Rogers dons his new Captain America uniform and travels with Hill and Morse in a Quinjet to confront Loki in Stuttgart; the God of Mischief is acting as a distraction while Hawkeye steals iridium to stabilize the Tesseract.

• Loki attacks a man named Heinrich Schafer before terrorizing a crowd of people attending a gala, providing a distraction so Hawkeye can steal iridium.

• Rogers and Morse attack him and a fight breaks out in the crowd. The unexpected arrival of Iron Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp leads Loki to surrender.

• During the confusion, Mockingbird loses sight of Hawkeye and he escapes with the iridium.

• On the way back to the Helicarrier, the Quinjet is ambushed by the princes of Asgard. Tyr, Balder and Honir hold back the Avengers, while Vidar and Thor grabbed their youngest sibling and jumped.

• While Vidar wanted to simply bring Loki back to Asgard to be punished, Thor tried to to reason with them. Loki, blinded by his jealousy of his older brothers and contempt for Odin, refuses.

• The Avengers are not able to go through the princes, as Balder was indestructible and Honir and Tyr had the strength of ten men. Seeing the fight was useless, Wasp reasoned with Balder and explained they needed Loki alive.

• Balder and Wasp made a deal, and Balder allowed them to leave, agreeing that their younger sibling should be taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody as long as one of them went along.

• Vidar choose himself, as the oldest, but Thor asked to go with Loki, so he was granted permission, and his brothers went back to Asgard to tell their father.

• Back on the Helicarrier, Loki was placed in a cell designed to contain the Hulk and other super-powered people. The vigilantes and SHIELD agents debate what to do with Loki, giving them time to plan an escape.

• Fury tries to interrogate him about the Tesseract's location, but Loki remains silent.

• The meeting between the heroes was tense at first, but Wasp calmed the nerves and convinced the assembled heroes to help her cause. Thor reveals Loki's plan to the Avengers: with the Tesseract, he hopes to open a portal that will allow the Chitauri access to Earth, thus starting an alien invasion.

• As Pym and Banner work to locate the Tesseract, Tony becomes intrigued by his old college roommate's level of control over the Hulk. Henry is irritated by Tony's attempts to anger Banner, warning him that the Hulk is a danger to everyone on the Hellicarrier.

• Steve, also angered by Stark's erratic behavior and disrespect for authority, tries to get him to follow orders more carefully, which instigates a rivalry between the two. Wasp once again tries to intervene in the fights.

• The five begin to question SHIELD's intentions, deducing that Fury is hiding something about his plans with the Tesseract. Stark reveals that he has begun hacking the agency's mainframe to unlock its secrets, while Rogers leaves to investigate the restricted areas of the Helicarrier for himself.

• Tony also gave Henry access to Stark technology, which he used to build a device that could increase its range and be able to use ants across the country.

• Janet shrinks into a locked room, where she and Steve find several 1940s HYDRA weapons and uniforms in crates in a secret room. With Stark's help, they learn about "Phase 2", a project that aims to use the Tesseract to make weapons.

• (April 5, Thursday)

• In the early hours of the morning, Mockingbird interrogates Loki in their cell, but they refuse to budge. However, in a moment of cruelty towards her, Loki accidentally lets it slip that they're interested in Banner, and Mockingbird realizes that they intend to use the Hulk to escape.

• (Attack on the Hellicarrier)

• As the sun is rising, the Avengers confront Fury with their discoveries, to which he reveals that S.H.I.E.L.D. has begun using the Tesseract to make weapons in response to the Victor von Doom incident last year, the presence of the Skrulls in the planet, the first appearance of the Hulk, the Puppet Master attack, the debut of Iron Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp.

• A large argument ensues, during which Hawkeye, accompanied by several soldiers also working for Loki, attacks the Helicarrier, crippling one of its engines.

• The resulting explosion destroys the laboratory where the group is arguing, causing Janet and Bruce to fall into the boiler area, trapped by the debris.

• Despite Janet's attempts to calm him down, the injured Bruce transforms into the Hulk and chases the Wasp throughout the Helicarrier.

• Thor comes to his rescue and fights with the Hulk, only to be surpassed in strength. A SHIELD jet tries to lure the Hulk away, but he crashes the plane and destroys it. The jet explodes and the Hulk is thrown towards the ground.

• Rogers, Pym, and Stark attempt to repair the damaged engine, but Loki's subordinates hinder their efforts.

• Janet and Mockingbird face Hawkeye and after an intense fight, they manage to break Loki's control by delivering a blunt blow to Barton's head.

• Thor tries to stop Loki from escaping, but is tricked by an illusion of Loki and imprisoned in her old prison cell and takes her out of the Hellicarrier. Thor breaks free of the cell at the last second, falling into a field.

• Rogers, Pym, and Stark finally overcame their attackers and got the Helicarrier back in the air. However, victory is bittersweet when Loki escapes and Bruce disappears.

• Hours later, Hawkeye recovers in the Hospital Wing and rejoins the team, informing them that Loki plans to open the portal above Stark Tower in downtown New York City.

• (Battle of New York)

• Mockinbird (26), Wasp (24), Hawkeye (24), Ant-Man (27) and Captain America (70) take a Quinjet to New York City, following Iron Man (26) in his suit.

• Stark arrives at the tower first, failing to stop Selvig from using the Tesseract to open the portal in conjunction with a device he built.

• Tony then enters the tower to meet Loki, failing to intimidate him. The god of mischief unsuccessfully attempts to possess Stark, as his Arc Reactor physically blocks the scepter's power and instead throws Stark through a window.

• Fortunately, Stark manages to activate his Mark VII armor before he hits the ground.

• Selvig launches the device, opening a portal above New York. The Chitauri fleet appears, beginning Loki's invasion.

• The other Avengers gather on the street to stop the Chitauri, but with the portal open, more and more soldiers arrive. Banner (28) finally joins them on a motorcycle and voluntarily transforms into the Hulk, who stops a large ship with his hands.

• Captain America begins giving instructions to the Avengers to direct their battle strategy against the alien threat.

• He tells Hawkeye to get to a nearby rooftop and assigns the perimeter to Iron Man, sends Thor to try and fire a beam at the portal while Ant-Man closes it, Wasp stays in the air, and Mockingbird and himself stay on the ground.

• Finally he instructs the Hulk to "smash". Hulk jumps from building to building, punching the Chitauri.

• Thor flies to the Chrysler Building to use it as a conduit, building up energy to fire at the portal, eliminating some Chitauri and an approaching Leviathan.

• On the Helicarrier, Nick Fury Jr. examines monitors showing what is happening. Maria Hill (25) says the World Security Council is calling.

• Hawkeye advises Iron Man to lead the Chitauri around sharp turns so they fall. He does so, eliminating the aliens chasing him, and goes to help Thor.

• From the battle, enormous damage is done to downtown New York City, and many lives are lost, but the Avengers save as many civilians as they can.

• Somewhere, Peter Parker and Harry Osborn (9), were returning from school when the attack began. The two boys try to get back to the Parker home safely when they are attacked by Chitauri soldiers.

• Fortunately, they are saved by Captain America, who orders Wasp to take them to a safe place.

• The Wasp shrinks them both and takes them away from the battle. Before leaving, she smiles and the two boys cheer for the heroes before running to the Parker's house.

• While Thor destroys as many ships he can, Heimdall, by Vidar's orders, opens the Byfrost. Vidar, Honir, Tyr and Balder join their brother on the fight, protecting civilians and putting Chitauri down.

• Francine (183) and Antônio Cavalcante (190) (both OCs) were watching the battle. Antônio asks his wife if they should help, when he recognizes Captain America, but Francine says that human problems are none of their business and tells her subordinates to protect themselves, closing the gates of the Sister Margaret's house.

• A Leviathan heads towards a building, the Hulk runs through the building and jumps on it, attacking it in the mouth and redirecting it.

• Captain America tells the Avengers they need to do something about the portal. Wasp grabs Pym and takes him to the top of Stark Tower.

• Hulk attacks a Leviathan, Thor helps him hammer a piece of the vehicle into the Leviathan's back, killing it. He crash lands in Grand Central Terminal, where Hulk also punches Thor in retaliation for earlier.

• Before more debris can fall on the civilians, the Fantastic Four arrive to help.

• The Invisible Woman (26) creates a shield while Mister Fantastic (27) pushes the civilians to safety. Human Torch (18) and the Thing (28) join the Hulk and Thor, causing a brief argument between the four.

• In New York's Sanctum, Stephen Strange (46), Wong (46) and Sara Wolfe (37) help fight the invading forces.

• At the top of Stark Tower, Erik Selvig wakes up, his mind control broken, and sees what is happening around him.

• The military enters the streets to do what they can.

• At Pym's house, his girlfriend Maria Trovaya, watches the fight on the news.

• Hawkeye directs Captain America to a nearby bank, where he goes and stops a Chitauri attack from killing civilians. The Invisible Woman protects the civilians from an explosion, while the Thing catches the Captain before he can fall from the building.

• Ben Grimm is nervous when meeting the Captain and presents himself as a big fan. Susan reminds him of the battle and drives them away with her shields.

• On the Hellicarrier, the World Security Council tells Fury Jr. that they have made the decision to launch a nuclear attack on Manhattan to contain the threat to the island only, but Fury refuses.

• Loki boards a Chitauri vehicle, which is intercepted by Human Torch. Johnny dodges the God of Mischief's attacks and throws her away, throwing her into Stark Tower, where the vehicle drops the "S" and "T" from the logo.

• Mister Fantastic scolds Johnny for losing sight of the "big villain", but Hulk jumps into the tower and attacks Loki, who tries to intimidate him; Hulk just grabs them and throws them to the ground repeatedly, leaving her unable to move.

• Wasp and Ant-Man meet Selvig in the tower, who says he believes Loki's Scepter, lying on the ground below them, may be able to close the portal.

• Iron Man finds himself unable to break through the shell of a Leviathan whale, so he tries to fly directly into its mouth, managing to explode it from the inside. He falls to the ground and finds himself fighting Chitauri again.

• Hawkeye runs out of arrows and has to kick an attacking alien off his perch. When his building is attacked, he jumps, firing a hook arrow to swing through a window below.

• He reaches the sidewalk, where he meets Mockingbird and they fight side by side.

• At Salem Center, Scott Summers, Bobby Drake, Warren Worthington III and Jean Grey watch the news. Scott asks the professor why they won't join the fight. Xavier simply says that them, as students, are not ready yet.

• Somewhere in Brooklyn, Sanguinária (OC) and Sabretooth takes down a Leviathan with their powers. They notice Captain America on TV and grin.

• The World Security Council orders a nuclear attack on Manhattan and a pilot will take off. Fury Jr. arrives with a rocket launcher and manages to hit the jet, but another jet flies in to launch the missile. He calls Stark and tells him that there is a missile heading to New York in the next 3 minutes.

• Wasp grabs the scepter. She, Selvig, and Pym work together to break the Tesseract's defenses to close the portal. Stark asks them to wait, saying there is a missile coming and he wants to send it through the portal.

• Stark grabs the missile just in time and begins to change direction. JARVIS tries to call Pepper Potts (29) in case he dies taking the missile through the portal. However, Potts, on a flight, is too preoccupied with watching the news to see her phone ringing.

• SHIELD watches the news closely on the Helicarrier. Just like every civilian, mutant and human, in New York.

• Stark diverts the missile into the air at Stark Tower and through the portal.

• SHIELD cheers with relief for New York, although Fury is worried about Stark.

• Peter Parker and Harry Osborn cheer in the living room, while Ben and May Parker (46) look fearfully at the TV.

• Strange, Wong and Sara Wolfe watch from the security of the Sanctum.

• Stark finds himself in deep space and his suit begins to fail. He releases the missile and it continues flying, hitting the Chitauri mothership and causing a huge explosion, which causes the remaining fleet of Chitauri and Leviathan to crash and fall dead without the mothership's power.

• Stark falls toward the portal, but the explosion threatens to hit Earth as well, so Rogers orders Pym and van Dyne to close the portal.

• Tony falls back into the New York sky just before its closure, but continues to fall, unconscious. Hulk jumps and catches him to slow his fall.

• The Fantastic Four and the rest of the Avengers crowd around Stark, Reed Richards manages to wake him up. Steve says they won and Tony says they should celebrate with shawarma, but Johnny reminds him that he lost sight of Loki.

• At Stark Tower, Loki recovers from Hulk's beating and the Avengers arrive to arrest her.

• A team from the Damage Control Department arrives at the Avengers' floor of Stark Tower to retrieve the Scepter. Jasper Sitwell takes the Scepter and he and Brock Rumlow (29) guard it.

• While the SHIELD agents guard the Tesseract, Tony invites the Fantastic Four to go eat shawarma and they accept.

• A little after the battle, at Thanos' ship on space, Gamora (29) talks to her master about Loki's defeat, the loss of the Tesseract and Earth's new protectors. He claims that attacking Earth again would be an act of suicide.

• Thanos (975), simply turns and smiles, thinking about what's to come.

• (April 6, Friday)

• The New York Bulletin has a front-page article titled "Battle of NY" that depicts a Leviathan causing several deaths by crashing into a building.

• The world, changed once again by the emergence of superhumans, is dominated by the idea of ​​a team of superheroes.

• The Avengers become the center of media attention, admired by the public as heroes, but are also received with some concern and fear. Some feel that his appearance during the battle is too coincidental.

• (April 11, Wednesday)

• Gathering in Central Park, the Avengers and SHIELD watch as Thor escorts Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard.

• Nick Fury Jr (42) talks to Colonel Fury Sr. (82), saying that the moment a new global threat emerges, the team will come together.

• Odin sentences Loki to an eternity of imprisonment in the Asgardian Dungeons and the Tesseract is put in a safe chamber inside the castle, watch by guards and Heimdall.

• (April 15, Sunday)

• Tony Stark (26) and Pepper Potts (29) review plans to rebuild the damaged Stark Tower, which lost the "S", "T", "R" and "K" outside in battle. They choose to repurpose the remaining "A" to represent the newly formed group, renamed "Avengers Tower".

• Tony reunites with Pym and helps him improve Janet's Wasp costume.

[albertbutyoucancallmebert]

@stuckinuniformdevelopment

(prev) Teddy tilted his head in confusion as he tried to figure out what was being shown. Was Bert about to tell him about his scars? But he didn’t seem to be the type to show off old injur- Oof! He couldn’t help but jolt in surprise. That was far more than a scar! After a moment he answered Bert’s question with, “Extremely.” This was the first time he’d ever heard of Captain Tim taking off such a tiny chunk. Even if he had seen plenty firsthand when they were studying the mechanisms of how his acid ate away at flesh during the CAPT Project’s preliminary phase. By his estimate, that beast’s teeth must of grazed no further than the base of his fingernail before the rest dissolved. Teddy had just slid his hand under Bert’s and started to bring it up so he could examine the end of the nub. Yet before he was able to get far Bert’s comment about wishing he lost more brought him to a halt. Just a half a year ago Teddy would have been extremely alarmed and begged Bert to not amputate the rest. That was before he had lost the right to criticize him. For he had developed the same reckless tendencies he once scolded Bert for, perhaps driven to an even deeper extent by his desperate need for power. Needless to say, he was horrified when his own brain shocked him with, “Would it be possible to discretely replace my arm with a cannon?” Teddy shook his head to rid himself of such dangerous thoughts and bring his attention back to Bert. Fortunately seeing how Bert had already found a way to make the best of what he had was enough to redirect his imagination to something far lighter. Far safer. “What’s in it?” Teddy asked as he once again looked to Bert’s prosthetic pinky in a mixture of fascination and concern. “Does it still hurt?” Then Teddy paused to shake the popcorn Sherri Jr. stepped on off his lap before saying, “I’m sure the man who invented Ant Robotics can invent a cool robotic pinky without it taking up too much of his time. Once his lap was clear he blindly reached for the bag he had carelessly plopped between them. It was a tall bag so the top couldn’t be too far away, could it? After a moment Teddy pushed himself to reach just a few inches further while pressing his hand against his chest to relieve internal pressure. Almost…

Bert popped off the prosthetic again and shook it into his hand. Out fell the tiniest silver key ever. And a paperclip. 

“A secret key! And a paperclip.”

As he started to put them back he said “It doesn’t really hurt any more, but boy did it for a while.”

He smiled at Teddy’s comment. “At the very least I could build like. A small laser pointer for it or something. Or maybe an actual laser emitter. Hehe…” But he then looked down at his rat who had jumped off of his lap in pursuit of the popcorn Teddy shook off, leaving behind the kernel parts as she feasted. “Hm, but that would be dangerous for her. If she saw it she would so chase after it.”

He glanced at Teddy reaching for the popcorn.

“Ah, be careful with yourself please… Can I get it for you?”

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Main Alias/Moniker: Ant-Man

Legal Name: Henry Jonathan Pym, Jr

Other Aliases: Hank, Hanku, Junior, Bug-Man, Party-Killer

Date of Birth: September 5th, 1976 (Age: 27)

Status: Alive

Species: Human

Sex: Male

Gender: Cisgender

Height/Weight: 6' 0" (1.83 m) / 185 lbs (83.91 kg)

Hair/Eye Color: Blond / Blue

Timeline (1976 - 1987): It's wild to think now, what with how so many of us these days are carrying around a piece of tech with his name on it, but when he was first born Hank Pym was living closer to the rest of us. Hank Pym Jr, I should say, though these days I don't know if the distinction is needed anymore. Hank was still in training pants when his folks were first running PymTech out of their garage. That might be why Pym is less of a chav in my book than Stark. Building and programming in their garage. Reminds me of my mom, but she was just trying to make a living. The Pyms had far loftier ambitions, and living snack dab in the Valley they had the means to seize it.

Before Hank had even finished grade school, his family were millionaires, and PymTech had become the hot new thing on the commercial tech market. Those good vibes in the Pym workplace didn't trickle down into the Pym household, though. By all accounts, was the kind of father who would give a sneer and a shrug to anything short of an A+ grade. Hank's mom Maria was the emotional crutch of the whole family, who Hank himself was really fond of. So when he was bluntly informed by his old man that Maria had died in a plane crash when Hank was eleven, he went numb to it all, even when his sister Hope got into a shouting match with Hank Sr. The siblings spent the rest of their childhoods in separate boarding schools, where Hank kept his head down and largely kept to the books or his ant-keeping hobby.

Timeline (1987 - 2002): For Hank, one of those "boarding schools" was the Tomorrow Academy in New York. The three people of note Hank would meet up with during this stretch would be Elihas Starr, Tony Stark and the future big guy himself, Bruce. All four of them had the mutual baggage of growing up with bad dads and quirky hobbies, but Starr wasn't so much a part of the group as he was a tag-along with Hank. They all went in different directions once the Academy was shut down in '91, but Hank and Bruce would keep in touch.

Hank spent the 90's on the academic grind, and in-between racking up a slew of consultancy gigs. He did his best to keep an arm's length from PymTech, eager to carve a name for himself. This caused some beef between Hank and his sis. While Hank kept away from their old man's business like the plague, Hope firmly planted her roots there. All the while, the siblings kept working long-distance to find ways to apply Pym Particles in the new millennium. Hank would only help his sis so far. He knew his way around Pym Particles, sure. But if PymTech blipped into the air the next day, he likely wouldn't have lost a wink of sleep.

So when Starr, who had spent the last decade more on the business end of the tech world, had been climbing the corporate ladder back at PymTech, Hank didn't use his minimal influence as a shareholder to ward Starr off from booting his dad out of the head chairman's seat. As far as Hank saw it, his old man was the big roadblock to what Hope wanted to do with Pym Particles, and he assumed the best of intentions in Starr. Just one of many regrets saddled onto Hank Pym. Before things really hit the fan, he finally set up shop in PymTech, through an offer made by Starr. Hank took up a spot in the company's AI division, all while Hank kept workshopping his own AI projects in the basement of his family's estate.

Timeline (2002 - 2003): After the "lab accident" that kvaporized Vernon Van Dyne and put his daughter (And Hank's beau) in a coma, Hank could no longer deny his old buddy Starr was trouble. He kept up appearances within the company, all while Hope and her group made a plan to ouste Starr and foil his plans for PymTech to get into the arms racket. In the end, they only succeeded in one of those things, thanks it part to Jan's now-infamous 50-Foot Woman incident. But Starr was gone and Jan had sprung back to life, so as far as Hank was concerned it was a win.

Hank was the only one among the group to support Janet's aspirations to get into the superhero game, calling it "unconventional therapy." He even volunteered to go out on patrols with her, and was the one to come up with the whole bug schtick for the two of them in the first place. It was out of the box behavior, something I'm sure Hank himself would admit to. The few times Hank has been pressed on it, he's cited what Dr. Richards and his whole crew had been doing over in New York around the same time. Me, I think that drive to carve something out for himself was what pushed him into something so out-there as dressing up in a red suit and a shiny helmet. The influence of Jan, who was probably the best thing he had going for him at the time, didn't hurt either.

After about six months of "Ant-Man & The Wasp" becoming a big west coast sensation, Bruce was apprehended and detained by SHIELD. That following summer, a plan was brewing to surgically resolve Bruce's condition, and Hank volunteered to help his old Academy alum, and Jan tagged along as well. Being seasoned heroes by them, Hank and Jan held their own once all hell broke loose later that day, and they both were on the ground with Fury while Thor was duking it out with Graviton above them. They got it out of Fury the connections SHIELD had with Graviton, which really got under Hank's skin. So when the smoke cleared and Fury made his offer, Hank shot it down and sided with Stark, even though Hank barely trusted Stark much better than Fury. Enemy of my enemy, I guess.

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[quill-of-thoth]

Okay so. House On The Rock is a Wisconsin tourist attraction, (approximately) in Wyoming, Wisconsin, on Highway 23. It's west of Madison, east of The Dells, and just south of Spring Green, which is the seat of Frank Lloyd Wright's cult. (Spiritual seat, at least. Most of the non-Taliesin houses are not in Wisconsin.) House on the Rock is not a Frank Lloyd Wright house. It is an ANTI Frank Lloyd Wright house. It was built when an aspiring Taliesin fellow got to meet his hero and was told by FLW that his designs sucked and he wasn't capable of designing a chicken coop. At which point the aspirant, Alex Jordan Jr, stormed out and on the drive south pointed at a random rock chimney, swore to whoever else he was traveling with that he was going to build a Japanese house on top of it that would be better than anything Frank Lloyd Wright ever built. Allegedly. The timeline does not match up and given the dubious authenticity of many of the other historic artifacts at House on The Rock, everything about the story could be fake. What's clear is that House on the Rock is built in an imitation of Frank Lloyd Wright's style, with tumors of imitation Japanese architecture, midcentury architecture, imitation gothic architecture, modern, postmodern, skybridges, scifi concept art, half a carnival, and an airplane hangar. All built on a 200 foot rock pillar, though some of the later additions are on the mainland, because an airplane hangar would not have fit. Not all of this is Jordan's fault - the place is constantly building new stuff with all the disorganized fervor of a mutant ant colony. At one point the original structure was a house, but it was haphazardly converted into a museum of literally any and all junk they could find. I have been there at least half a dozen times and am never sure if it exists fully in this universe. Jordan may have been a disciple of Cthulu instead of Wright. The whole place is SEVRELEY CURSED. Some highlights, mostly from my memory:

It is bigger on the inside. Likely because the amount of junk within it has created some sort of wormhole.

I have NEVER been there without some kind of weird, localized weather going on. Once the sky dropped an olympic swimming pool's worth of water on the roof of the airplane hangar in the space of one minute, leaving everything else bone dry. Another time autumn leaves were making knee-high tornadoes in the parking lot.

One year it was infested with biting False Ladybugs (Asian Beetles). Floor to ceiling in some spots. We're talking no visible wallpaper on the southern side. I have never, ever been bitten by that insect in any other circumstances, even the year my house got infested with them and we had to air blast them out from under the siding.

That's not even starting on the exhibits. Anything dubiously old, vaguely creepy, absolutely inexplicable, or explicable only because this place opened in the 60's? It's got it. It's also got some real stuff and when I was a kid there was a suit of samurai armor standing in a stairwell that you had to squeeze past, which I only ever saw once out of all my visits.

At one point the airplane hangar had a "history of Aviation" exhibit that was just uncanny valley dolls and model planes. Nothing was labeled. Everything was viewed via a rickety spiral ramp that circled the hangar at an angle that was definitely not built to code.

I cannot overstate the number or the creepiness of the dolls. I have not yet found a video that captures their sinister quality.

There's an exhibit that's self-playing / mechanized instruments. You can hear them in parts of the building that you probably shouldn't, but the building is a maze so there's probably a logical explanation? Wright was known for clever built in storage and amenities, so maybe Jones copied that and there's actually a pipe that carries the sound halfway across the house.

The exhibits in the main building and the path through them are one way, theoretically to cut down on people getting stupidly lost. It does not help.

Approximately two decades ago, the layout of the exhibits made the meandering house even worse because some exhibit rooms you had to squeeze through a two foot wide gap between giant wooden display cases to access. Other places if you try that you've skipped half the tour and will be prevented from coming back.

Basically nothing is labeled. Not that you would be able to read signs, as some parts are strictly enforced no standing no stopping zones to make sure people circulate on time. Other areas you can stay in for half an hour and be the only ones around. You will also completely loose your sense of time and direction. No matter what you see there, you will never find it again.

Extremely wheelchair inaccessible. Maybe they've cleaned up the display cases, but there are surprise stairs everywhere, with highly variable riser heights, and often no railing.

There are odors. They're not bad, but they're not identifiable. Even after actually working in museums and science labs I'm not sure I would know what they are. Possibly it's just the junk.

My favorite candidate for the odor source is the half a carnival squeezed into a space that absolutely should not hold it. That carousel had a former life I don't want to know about.

Based on the sheer, overwhelming nature of this place's assault against the senses, as well as the fact that I was probably thirteen the last time I visited, I have no coherent memory of a large number of the exhibits? It's just creepy self playing strings, samurai armor, dolls in planes trains and automobiles, jumpscare samurai armor (didn't we already pass this?), and Whoops! All Ocean!

In comparison I have been able to navigate the Field Museum's exhibits instinctively since age eight. In conclusion, the mundane explanation is that it's a tourist attraction built by someone whose architectural sensibilities were so deranged that they generate disorientation and superstition. The other explanation is that it's the most haunted, cursed, possessed place in the state and people pay a stupid amount of money every year to be herded through it, learning nothing and severely creeped out. It is a place that you do not go alone, because unlike real museums, meeting someone without obvious companions sometimes makes people irrationally defensive and paranoid - and also you need someone else to take on the burden of seeing some of it, or you will be overcome and collapse on a 70's shag carpet next to a poorly taxidermied animal of unidentifiable species. At best, your experience is like a semi-lucid dream where you understood all the non language gibberish that everyone around you spoke, and were profoundly affected by the obvious and universe-altering importance of what you witnessed. At worst, you come out like my mom, muttering about why there have to be so many damn creepy dolls and how the heck you got talked into going here AGAIN, you should have known better after the last three times. I miss it but it also gives me the sense that I'm lucky to have emerged at all.

I don't know who else has both listened to The Magnus Archives and been to House On The Rock, but that place is one hundred percent a Leitner building.

[belovedgamers]

Favorite Foolish moments?

DSMP:

-When he found Ponk in the egg cage and tried to get him out

-showing the chandelier to Ranboo. Showing the chandelier to Philza

-his neighbours bit in Phil’s basement

-declining the lore sandwich

-the lost Friend stream. He was such a liar in that one. Good heavens.

-“Begone from this place.” Lightning powers reveal.

-The lead up to his death at the Banquet and his toast.

-“Death?” stream (post-Banquet). Specifically “silly as it sounds, I’ve always liked the sun. How cruel, it disappears.” But all of his post-Banquet arc was so good.

-His prison break in for the “nutty money”

-His early Michael Beloved Underscore visits

-Him talking w Foolish JR and Finley. Specifically the story of “the Red Wizard and the Pharaoh”

-Him gifting Michael McChill netherite for his birthday (all their interactions really)

-Him blowing the bridge between himself and Ponk up. The stream where they rebuilt the bridge together.

-L’SANDBURG literally all of it. Especially the Turtle Incident.

-the boat stream with Puffy, McChill, Eret, Ant, Bad and himself.

CC:

-The one stream w I thinkkkk Oli and Billzo where Tubbo asked if they were old friends because Foolish just talked as if he’d known them forever

-his 4v1 (or 3v1???) clutch in the Bedwars stream w Hannah, Puffy and Sam

-his subathon Bedwars time w his sisters Em and Moo

-his “Big Cock” bit in PP Sat

-the one PP Sat where they all got drunk except him and he replied to every single “I love you” sent his way

-the chair building stream

-the cooking game (which I can’t remember the name of rn) with Punz

-his commentary of Hell’s Kitchen but specifically the one where Punz and Ant joined AND the Gumi and Bad one

-Rock Simulator with Bad

-Rock Simulator with Vinoo

-Rock Simulator ascension

-his now disproven theory that “the one with the small baby always wins”

[mcyt-amber-tftsmp]

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐃𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮? {𝐂! 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫}

Request?: None

Character: C! Foolish

Side Character(s): Foolish Jr. and Finley

Story-type: Romantic and Fluff

Story Length: 1050 words

AU or Not: None

Time Period: Before he joined Las Nevadas and everything else that had happened but after the whole Red Banquet

Plot Summary: Foolish was walking down the area of the Dream SMP to his summer home until he is met by someone who always ceases to make him smile even on the saddest days

Small Info: None

Keywords: Y/N = Your Name

Trigger Warning: none

Normal Warning: probably cringe but mostly cute ig-

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Foolish's Point of View~

Today was just a normal day as any other days I have had in my life. The only thing I could just think of was just going to my Summer Home and finish up somethings which will make it look complete.

The main reason I build is to forget about my past mistakes and the current events that took place at The Red Banquet. The thought of it makes shivers run down my spine. I inhaled and exhaled as I continued to walk while being deep in thought.

Those thoughts were soon broken, as I heard a familiar voice yelling my name from behind me as I stopped and turned around to see Y/N running in my direction.

"Foolish!" She yelled and before I could react, she tackles me into a hug and I nearly lost by balance but was able to hold myself as I chuckled and hugged her back.

"Hey Y/N! It's good to see you." I said as I kissed her head.

"Good to see you too Himbo!" She said giggling as I gasped in a joking offended manner.

"Hey!" I protested as she started to laugh while I chuckled a little.

This was Y/N. She's technically my girlfriend. It hasn't been even two months that we started to date. I am very glad that nothing bad happened to her nor did she lose a canon life.

"Anyways! Where are you going?" She asked me as she pulled away from the hug.

"Oh! I am just going towards my Summer home to finish up somethings there." I said as I saw Y/N's eyes light up in joy.

"Can I come too?! I really want to see Foolish Jr. and Finley!" She said excitedly as I gave her a close-eyed smile before looking at her.

"Yeah sure! Come on." I said as I grabbed her hand as we walked towards where the nether portals were situated.

It took us ten minutes to get to the nether portal which led to my Summer Home as we had to deal with many mobs on the way here. We both got inside the portal as it took us straight towards our destination.

We walked down from the steps of the portal, we went towards my home. That's when I saw both Foolish Jr. and Finley playing outside and despite my rules of telling them to not come outside knowing Ponk, Bad and Ant are always trying to do something.

"Foolish Jr., Finley? What did I tell you about not coming out here in the open?" I told them as I slightly glared at them.

"Sorry Papa!" Foolish Jr. said and that was when they noticed Y/N.

"Mama!" Foolish Jr. yelled as he came running towards Y/N as she knelt down to his level and hugged him.

I smiled and blushed when Foolish Jr. called Y/N 'Mama'. Both Foolish Jr. and Finley see Y/N as a mother and I am actually glad to see them have a motherly figure who cares about them the same as I do.

Then I saw Finley slowly coming towards Y/N's direction and Y/N herself noticed her coming slowly towards her. Finley was my youngest child and my only daughter.

"Hello Finley." Y/N said giving her a smile while gently picking her up as she stood up as Finley giggled.

"Mwama!" Finley said giggling and smiling.

"Aww!" She exclaimed softly finding it adorable.

I found it adorable as I looked at my children, liking her very much. I couldn't help but smile at them.

"You know Foolish?" I heard say as I looked back at her.

"Hm?" I hummed in response.

"I am technically the superior parent here." She said as I slightly choked at what I just heard from her.

"E-Excuse me?" I asked slightly confused and shocked at what she just said.

"I just said that I am basically the superior parent." She said giggling at my confusion and shock.

"I- We aren't even married?!" I said slightly blushing.

"Not yet that's for sure." She said as I blushed a bit more as she set Finley down who ran over to her brother.

"Oh hush!" I playfully said trying to calm myself down.

"You're pretty fun to tease you know?" She said as I playfully shook my head.

"Some days I question why I'm here." I said as Y/N smiled.

"It's because you love me." She simply said keeping the smile on her face as I smiled back.

"Yeah I sure do." I replied back as I put my right over her right cheek and leaned down to kiss her on the lips and she slowly and gradually kissed back.

After a few we both pulled away as I saw her face was now legit red with all the blushing and I couldn't help but chuckle.

"Look who's blushing and being teased now." I said as she puffed up her cheeks in annoyance.

"Shush!" She said as she buried her head in my chest as she hugged me.

This technically gave me a chance to sneakily pick her up in a bridal style which made her slightly squeal in return as we both laughed. God did I love her so much.

"I love you Foolish." She said leaning against my chest as I smiled hearing that coming from her.

"I love you more, My Goddess." I said giving her a small kiss on the forehead as the smile still remained on my face.

"What would I do without you?"

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So I may have died of cuteness from writing this much fluff and romance lmao! XD

Prompt Used: "some days I question why I'm here." "it's because you love me."

Tag: @thenotsohottopic

[danjosejunior]

December 22,2022

09:22

“Tears will fade away”

by Dan Jose Jr.

Oh here I am again

overthinking

Thinking about what happened

For the past most years I’m trying to fight living

I met a lot of strangers when I was a kid

When I left my town

And live in the world where I don’t want to be in

I stayed in my mama’s sister’s home

Where Far away from my real home

To build my dream,

and save myself,

With my sisters who taught me how to be a good

Longing for a family

Fighting with my own battle lonely

Meeting new red ants lonely

I leave my best friend who always give me food when I was elementary

Chorus:

And I ask

Whatever the world will give?

I just have to believe

That there’s a hope in every bleed

Fight and live with it

Because tomorrow is a better day

And all the tears will fade away

I remember when the day

I need a mother in my graduation

No one will come

Because she choose the life that she knows peace is her consolation

I’m proud I have a sister who brought me in the nest of ants

Who teach me how to be a strong, believe,

and see the dark into light

Chorus:

And I ask

What the world will give?

I just have to believe

That there’s a hope in every bleed

Fight and live with it

Because tomorrow is a better day

And all the tears will fade away

Bridge:

The war will end soon

The sadness is just a season

The red apple will turn to brown

Cause there’s no stable

That someday the sun is up forever

love is the top word

And the number one rule in the world

Chorus:

So

Whatever the world will give?

You just have to believe

That there’s a hope in every bleed

Fight and live with it

Because tomorrow is a better day

And all the tears will fade away

[claudiosuenaga]

Os 40 anos e as origens de Blade Runner (parte 1)

Por Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga

Há 40 anos, no dia 25 de junho de 1982, Blade Runner era lançado em 1.290 cinemas nos Estados Unidos. Essa data foi escolhida pelo produtor Alan Ladd Jr. porque seus filmes anteriores de maior bilheteria (Star Wars e Alien) tiveram uma data de estreia semelhante (25 de maio) em 1977 e 1979, fazendo do dia 25 do mês seu "dia de sorte". Blade Runner, no entanto, que até começou bem, arrecadando em seu fim de semana de estreia US$ 6,1 milhões, acabou eclipsado por outros grandes lançamentos de ficção científica, principalmente por E.T., O Extraterrestre, que havia estreado um mês antes, batendo todos os recordes.

Antecipatório de nosso distópico presente, Blade Runner combinava a estética dos filmes noir dos anos 40, os efeitos computadorizados dos anos 80 e os padrões emergentes das culturas yuppie, new wave e cyberpunk. Da moda à publicidade, das novelas ao cinema, o que se viu foi uma orgia de outdoors luminosos, letreiros de néon, manequins, ventiladores, persianas, chuvas, iluminação indireta e microcomputadores. Blade Runner tornou-se um cult, contribuindo até mesmo para definir essa expressão. A música de Vangelis compunha perfeitamente o clima.

Projetados à imagem e semelhança dos humanos mas com um prazo de vida de apenas quatro anos, os replicantes da fase Nexus adquirem a capacidade de desenvolver emoções próprias: ódio, amor, medo, inveja, dor, angústia e ansiedade. Superando em força e agilidade, mas iguais em inteligência aos engenheiros que os projetaram, são enviados para trabalharem como escravos em colônias espaciais. Um grupo deles se rebela, extermina a população de uma nave e volta à Terra.

O futuro se traduz na decrepitude física dos homens e no colapso da urbe, dissolvida por uma incessante chuva ácida. Longe de um futuro limpo e ordenado, o que vemos são megalópoles sujas, superpoluídas, sombrias e superpovoadas por uma mixórdia de “tribos” e etnias. Spinners voadores e moradias decentes no topo dos edifícios são privilégio de uma elite.

Os executivos da Warner Bros haviam mutilado o filme que originalmente possuía vinte minutos a mais e um final diferente. Em 1991, um estudante de cinema descobriu nos arquivos da produtora uma cópia que pensou ser a original. Tratava-se na verdade de um estágio intermediário entre a versão original e a comercial de 1982.

Em 1993, os cultuadores de Blade Runner vibraram com a nova versão remontada por Scott. Entre as alterações, a principal foi a inclusão, na cena em que Deckard cochila ao piano, das imagens de um unicórnio correndo em um bosque. O sonho revela o imaginário dos replicantes, implantado pela Tyrell Corporation, vindo a confirmar que o caçador de androides também é um.

No final, Deckard não foge mais com sua replicante em busca do Éden, mas entra num elevador e mergulha nas trevas, descendo ao inferno de Dante.

Céu noturno de Beijing em 28 de janeiro de 2013. Ainda não havia spinners voadores e replicantes em fuga, mas a foto do horizonte noturno em Pequim poderia estar no filme Blade Runner. A concentração de poluentes no ar da cidade forma uma bruma noir contra o Dragon Building, criando uma atmosfera similar e não tão longínqua da Los Angeles do filme.

Cena de Blade Runner? Não, de Tóquio à noite, próximo da estação de trem de Shinjuku.

Continua nas partes 2, 3, 4 e 5.

[condorclaw]

We all love Michael of course, who doesn't? But however. We've been neglecting the other (and first) baby of the server: Foolish Jr. So I'm making headcanons now

- When Foolish works on his building projects, Junior is allowed to run around and play with his surroundings, as long as he's careful

- Junior likes staying at Foolish's summer home the most because he loves the heat. When he has playdates with Michael and Michelle, he has to wear one of those oversized coats because he gets cold easily

- Aside from his dad and his best friends, Junior loves to spend time with his grandpapa Puffy. She always comes up with the best games for them to play, and he sits on her shoulders when she wanders around the SMP with him

- Junior also adores Eret. Foolish tells him about all the things they used to do together, and Junior basically sees Eret as a superhero now. While Eret doesn't remember those, they play along with what Junior says. Eret's really just his honorary uncle/aunt/auncle/etc.

- Junior often hears about his uncle, Dream, sometimes. He doesn't know much about him or what he's done, but he knows that Dream's somewhere secret. Junior does get a little jealous of Michael and Tommy though, since Tommy's more actively around to stay with his nephew (I'm using my own superior canon here jfjf /lh)

- He doesn't really learn names that well, so he just names the other members he doesn't know directly after whatever he can see. Sam is "green", Bad is "pointy", Ant is "kitty", Ponk is "boom boom", etc.

- Junior is a near-newborn totem god, only about toddler-age in mortal years. He'll probably end up living for about thousands more

- He likes to swim, paddling quickly in small puddles that appear around the area. Foolish takes so many pictures and cries over how cute they are

- Foolish and Junior have special bonding activities, but their favourite one is doing the totem dance together. The moves are a little too quick for Junior to keep up with at the moment, but he has the first few steps down pretty good!

- Whenever he doesn't see his dad, it makes him nervous, so he crawls into chests to hide until he knows where his dad is. He's rather small and likes enclosed spaces to feel safe, so it's often a good spot. A few times people have mistaken him for a husk of a totem of undying though, which resulted in being pretty stressful for both sides

[tack-tick]

Dream SMP Pokémon Take Two!

Basically, a while back I made a list of matching pokemon to SMP members and I decided to redo it! No real lore in this, this is just a list matching pokemon to SMP members and notes on each of them. Nobody shares lives or anything, just ignore the stuff from my previous post. Also no images this time. Also it is very long.

Tommy

Primeape- Chosen because it’s the pokemon that gets so pissed that it dies, which I think fits perfectly. His main pokemon. Nicknamed Clementine. Was imprisoned by Dream from Tommy’s exile until Dream was sent to prison. Has as hot of a temper as it’s trainer.

Miltank- You know, cows. The first Pokemon Tommy got on the SMP. Might be dead but got brought back to life. Didn’t die again because fuck that. Nicknamed Henry.

Linoone- Was hiding out in Techno’s basement when Tommy found it as a Zigzaggon. Was Tommy’s only pokemon for a while because Clementine got taken by Dream when he was exiled. Evolved during the final fight with Dream. Got called Thief by Techno and it responds to that as it’s nickname

Timburr- Saw Tommy building his hotel and wanted to help. His youngest pokemon. Nicknamed Ellie.

They all temporarily stay with Tubbo and Ranboo while Tommy is dead in the prison

Tubbo

Vesiqueen- His main. A strict but reasonable commander to the rest of the team. Raised with Beedrill. Nicknamed Spins

Beedrill- Got caught as a weedle shortly after L’Manberg was founded. Nicknamed Spunz. Tubbo found a mega stone for it and they’re training with Puffy in order to master mega evolution. Serves as co commander along with Spins. More carefree

Alolan Vulpix- Tubbo found it alone in it’s nest shortly after he moved to Snowchester. It didn’t have an family around so Tubbo kept it. Nicknamed Snowball

Koffing- Tubbo found it after he launched his first nuke at the test site. It was eating the radiation and decided to stick with Tubbo in order to get more. Has a tendency to explode at bad times. Nicknamed Nuke.

Ranboo

Chatot- His main Pokémon. Nicknamed Chatterbox. Helps Ranboo remember things by squawking words to him like a parrot. Thought bitch was a common greeting to people at the beginning due to hanging out with Tommy. This resulted in poor Ranboo who was already nervous about meeting Techno and Philza. Then, Chatterbox just flew up, looked them in the eyes, and said “Hello, bitches!” To the embarrassment of Ranboo. Sassy and mouthy, especially to Dream.

Glaceon- Came to Ranboo as an Eevee becasue it noticed that Ranboo had an ice stone in its house it needed to evolve. It got along with Chatterbox so Ranboo took it in. Nicknamed Jonald. One of the calmer pokemon on the server and likes to meditate in the snow

Michael

Torchic- His only pokemon right now. Nicknamed Torchy by Michael. Tubbo and Ranboo’s pokemon are very protective of it. The youngest pokemon to be owned on the server.

Philza

Drampa- Philza’s main Pokémon. Nicknamed Gramps. About as old as Philza is but still plenty strong. You don’t mess with Special attack of 135. Acts as a father figure to pokemon it is friends with.

Honchcrow- Nicknamed Kristin. Philza claims it is named after a person he knows. No one knows who that is though. Has bossy tendencies and loves to be praised

Rookidee- Saw Kristin flying and admired it. Followed it home and came into Philza’s house. Philza thought it had a good amount of determination and decided to train it. Not nicknamed yet because it’s new.

A murder of Murkorws- A horde of Murkrows who follow Kristin’s and Philza’s command. Philza calls them Chat. They come and go. They like to bring shiny things to Philza’s house.

Technoblade

Emboar- Nicknamed Floof, in his offense he was like five when came up with that nickname. His main. Raised it from a Tepig. Calls it Emboar during more serious situations. Very close to Gramps. Just as cocky as Techno is but is also one of the strongest pokemon on the server.

Mudsdale- Nicknamed Carl. Got him as a mudbray soon after he came to the SMP. Evolved right before The Red Festival. Would like to retire but is still willing to fight. Loves to take Techno on fast rides on the snowy plains.

Cubchoo- Got it after he left to the snow biome. It just showed up at his door every day. and wouldn’t leave. So, Techno named it Steve and trained it. Steve got taken hostage by The Butcher Army. Is having trouble evolving but still tries to threaten pokemon that are way bigger/stronger than it is.

Wilbur

Braviary- Nicknamed Hamilton. Wilbur’s main and only pokemon. Technically belonged to Phil after Wilbur died but it disappeared until Doomsday. Came back at Doomsday to defend L’Manberg. Stayed with Ghostbur and then Wilbur again when he came back to life

Ghostbur

Mareep- Nicknamed Friend. Ghostbur’s only pokemon. Belongs to Wilbur since Ghostbur is gone.

Dream

Ditto- Nicknamed Spirit. Dream’s only pokemon becasue he didn’t want too many attachments. Dream wasn’t treating it well after he sent Tommy to exile. It ran away after Dream was sent to prison. The poor thing was found in the woods by Puffy and is staying with her.

Eret

Aegislash- Nicknamed Lancelot. Eret’s main. Has the attitude of a knight. If it could talk, would have a French accent

Serperior- Nicknamed Jade. Heard of this king as a servine and wanted to be a royal. Quickly learned that it wasn’t all glamour. Haughty but has a good heart. Evolved right before Doomsday.

Fomantis- A former friend of Jade who wants do evolve. Eret named it Ruby and took it in. Shy and prefers the quiet. Gets easily startled.

Badboyhalo

Houndoom- Nicknamed Rat. Bad’s main Pokémon. A softy and a bit of a scaredy-cat despite its appearance. Is acting more aggressive than normal after getting possessed by The Egg. Doesn’t have the training to mega evolve.

Exeggcute- Bad saw if after getting possessed by The Egg and immediately took it in because eggs. It doesn’t really care what Bad does as long as it is cared for. Nicknamed Sunny. Not possessed but doesn’t give a crap

Yveltal- Might have a vague connection with Bad? If anything’s gonna be in The Egg it’s this thing. It’s inside The Egg and ready to hatch out.

Skeppy

Sableye- Skeppy’s main. Nicknamed Fluffy. Best friends with Bad’s Rat. Used to be energetic and mischievous with a love of pranks. Got possessed and now is much more mellow and apathetic. Doesn’t have the training to mega evolve

Carbink- Skeppy saved it when he found it lost in the mines. Thinks of itself as Skeppy’s butler to some extent. Used to be a voice of reason to Fluffy and Skeppy. Nicknamed Alfred. Has become apathetic like Fluffy and Skeppy after getting possessed.

Karl

Galarian Rapidash- Karl’s main Pokémon. Nicknamed Socks. It’s mane sometimes turns white due to traveling with Karl. While Karl has tried to leave it behind before it always comes with him. Has a love of exploring. Optimistic.

Xatu- A Pokémon that came to Karl after he started time traveling. Nicknamed Rutabaga. Generally friendly but acts aloof and strange at times. Seems to not like The In Between that much.

Celebi- Only appears to Karl in the In Between and wherever he time travels to. Serves as a kind of guide to him and helps defend him, such as at The Masquerade. Has never appeared to him in the main SMP.

George

Slaking- George’s main. Nicknamed Beckerson. Could be one of the most powerful Pokémon on the server if it bothered to train. Very protective of Glow and Spirit.

Morelull- Gifted to George by DreamXD. Nicknamed Glow. Sleepy and absent minded.

Sam

Rotom- Sam’s main. Nicknamed Pandora. Has the prison named after it. Loves zipping through red stone wires. Can serves as emergency control of The Prison if needed. Sam fears Pandora will get hurt if he tries this so he hasn’t let Pandora do much with the prison’s red stone. Pandora is very disappointed by this.

Midday Lycanrock- Nicknamed Fran. An old stray that Sam found. Can’t fight very well but is very good with emotional support.

Magearna- Built by Sam to protect Tommy and his Pokémon. Nicknamed Nook by Tommy. Naturally protects and supports Tommy. Helps to build the hotel. Is a strong fighter but would much rather talk things out. Motherly to Tommy’s Pokémon.

Sapnap

Pyroar- Sapnap’s main. Nicknamed Mars. Will intimidate other Pokémon by swallowing Magicarp live and in one gulp in front of them. Still sits in Sapnap’s lap sometimes like it’s a Litleo and crushes him every time.

Pangoro- Gained as a Pancham when Sapnap first came to the SMP. Nicknamed Sketchers. Loves to spar with Sapnap and Mars.

They’re both protective of Spirit after it was abandoned

Niki

Alcremie- Niki’s main Pokémon. Ruby swirl with strawberry sweet. Nicknamed Fungi. A sweetheart but can still fight very well. Especially if you’re a dragon type

Floette- Was gifted to Niki by Puffy as an egg. Nicknamed Niki Jr. Delicate and has a love of growing flowers and edible plants. Provides fruits and vegetables for Niki to cook with. Vaguely remembers Puffy but it misses her

Meowth- Nicknamed Shy. Contrary to the name, it’s very energetic and has a love of gold. Stole a ton of golden apples from Techno one time during a syndicate meeting.

Jack Manifold

Magnezone- Jack’s main Pokémon. Nicknamed Godzilla. Tough and helps Jack try to strike Tommy with lighting. Almost always misses. Temporarily stayed with Ant until Jack came back. Hah rhyming!

Golett- Started hanging around Jack after he was revived and Jack caught it because why not? Nicknamed Robo. A bit creepy.

Wobbuffet- Nicknamed Rocket. Found alongside Niki’s Shy. The two of them are very close. A bit unintelligent but it is loyal to it’s friends.

Quackity

Empolean- Quackity’s main. Nicknamed Ossium. Generally fun loving but can show a serious side. Froze Schaltt’s feet to the ground once and still has no regrets. Holds a grudge against Karl for forgetting Quackity.

Ducklett- Was owned by Quackity before he came to the SMP. Nicknamed Chip. Refuses to evolve. Serves as a mascot of sorts for The Casino. Doesn’t get into many fights but is good for scouting.

Sandile- Saw a poster asking for tough bodyguards for the casino and showed up at Quackity’s house. Quackity hopes to evolve it to an insanely tough Krookodile. Nicknamed it Wild Card. Very tough and always looking for a fight.

Ossium and Chip used to be close with Karl and Sapnap’s pokemon but they’ve drifted apart due to circumstances

None of them helped Quackity torture Dream because Quackity didn’t want them to get involved in case it got dangerous

Fundy

Delfox- Fundy’s main. Nicknamed Sally after his mom. Was given to him as a Fennekin by his mom. Tends to have nightmares like Fundy does. Used to look up to Hamilton before it left. Holds a grudge against Wilbur. Loves to do magic tricks with fire.

Munna- Fundy woke up to it floating beside his bed. After freaking out for a little bit, he realized it liked to eat his dreams because of their flavor. Decided to catch it. Nicknamed Leonard or Leo for short. Likes to sleep and sometimes gets blown by the wind too hard and floats away. Helps Fundy sleep.

Nickit- Got caught stealing from Fundy one too many times. Eventually, Fundy noticed it was sick and took care of it. They got along and Fundy decided to take it in. Nicknamed Apples. Still likes to steal just not from Fundy. Thinks of itself as a master thief.

Foolish

Sharpedo- Foolish’s main. Nicknamed King Toad. Very old but still very strong. One of the few Pokémon on the server capable of fully utilizing Mega Evolution.

Cofagrigus- Been with Foolish for as long as King Toad has been. Nicknamed Cleopatra. Married to King Toad. They’re good at battling together.

Tirtouga- A fossil that Foolish revived. Nicknamed Foolish Jr. Still learning how to battle from King Toad and Cleopatra. Feels guilt for being unable to protect Foolish at The Red Banquet.

Kyogre- Foolish also owns The Blue Orb which allows him to have a partnership of sorts with Kyogre. He can use it to attempt to summon it from the seas. Wether Kyogre decides to come or not is basically random.

Puffy

Audino- Puffy’s main. Nicknamed Cottonball. The closest thing to a therapist this server’s gonna get. Can effectively use Mega Evolution and did it at The Red Banquet.

Swirlix- Gifted to Puffy as an egg by Niki. Nicknamed Bubbles. Loves to eat. Misses Niki’s treats

Dhelmise- A Pokémon that mysteriously showed up at Puffy’s house one day. It led her to her old ship. Appears to know more about Puffy’s past than it lets on. Nicknamed Blitz.

Currently has ownership of Spirit after Dream was put in prison.

[fishfingersandjellybabies]

Still a Little Bit Yours (Part 2) - fic

Characters: Jon Kent, Damian Wayne, various Batfam Pairing: jondami Summary: If there was one thing the world needed to learn, it was that you don’t hurt those Jonathan Kent loves. A/N: This is just basic smoop sprinkled with angst. Bruce gave Cass and Duke special permission to be extra rough on those who kidnapped Damian/hurt them in the first place. Jon and Damian wake up to Bruce on the chair and like half the fam sleeping on the end of the bed. Damian gets so mad at them. Let him sleep with his boyfriend in peace, dammit! Jon ends up now never leaving the bed and basically becomes Damian’s personal pillow as his recovery continues.

Part One | Part Two

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That call. That was all they needed, it turned out. The call that shattered Jon’s whole world was the one thing that might help piece it back together.

Even though it’d been over a month, the Bat-tech was able to hone in on the signal easily, and they were in the air and on their way back to France within three hours of Jon and Tim’s arrival to the Batcave.

Bruce wasn’t thrilled. He’d told Jon to go home at least seven times, that they’d contact him when Damian was safe. But at this point, Jon couldn’t believe that, not when they didn’t tell him he was missing in the first place.

He was even less thrilled when Jon grabbed the Justice League communicator out of his hand and smashed it, when Bruce said he was going to call Clark to take him back to Metropolis.

“I’m not ten anymore, Bruce.” Jon reminded with a dark giddiness as he dropped the shattered pieces onto the table. “And Damian is my boyfriend.”

“Is he still?” Jason quipped from nearby, hooking guns to his holsters. Tim had caught them all up with Jon’s side of things. “I mean…you just spent the last month thinking you were broken up and getting over him, right?”

“As part of the family that went to Apokolips to collect his dead body and resurrect him, I don’t think I have to tell you, Jason.” Jon grinned widely. “You don’t just get over Damian Wayne.”

Jason thought a moment, then snorted a laugh and clapped a hand on Jon’s shoulder.

“Okay. I get why he fell in love with Boy Scout Jr. now.” He chuckled.

“…For what it’s worth.” Jon added sheepishly, though, as Jason moved away, and Cassandra and Stephanie approached, moving towards their jet. “…Even if the breakup was real, I…I still wasn’t coping very well with it.”

The women both just smiled knowingly, and Steph jumped up to ruffle at his hair. And for a moment, Jon remembered that, for as much as he missed Damian the last month, he missed seeing the other Bats almost as much.

Bruce grumbled the rest of the time they spent gathering supplies and weapons about how Jon shouldn’t be there, and he didn’t want him nor his help. It was eventually Dick and Duke who took Bruce to the side and had him see the light. Begrudgingly allow Jon to come along.

“On one condition.” Bruce demanded, stomping up to him near the jet’s door. It’d already been decided that Jon would fly alongside the plane. “You do not engage. This is still an open investigation, and I don’t need you accidentally destroying any evidence.”

“Wouldn’t dream of it. I’m only there for Damian anyway.” Jon returned just as gruffly. “You guys be offense, I’ll be defense and extraction. No problem.”

Bruce glared at him for a moment more before raising his cowl and disappearing into the ship. Dick sighed from nearby, following after.

“He’s just worried.” He promised. “About you and Damian. And after already losing Damian like this, the thought of what might happen to you, he…”

Dick trailed off, and Jon was suddenly reminded that he was a lot closer to fifty than thirty these days, and had already lost a lot. Had already lost Damian a lot. And, clearly, it never got easier. Not for Dick or Bruce, or anyone in their family.

“…He’s still alive, Dick.” Jon whispered with what he hoped was an encouraging smile. “I can still hear his heartbeat. He’s still here, just…waiting for us.”

Dick nodded absently, before he met Jon’s gaze and let his mask of cautious hope fall across his face. “Then let’s go get him, Jonno.”

The flight was long. Too long. And even alone outside the ship, Jon listened through the communicator as the Bats planned their attack, outlined the known schematics of the compound that they found, and any potential hidden areas they might have missed.

At least every ten minutes, Bruce was reminding Jon that he was to not get involved. That he was there for Damian’s defense and safety only.

Jon only rolled his eyes, muttered an exasperated, “Yes, sir.” And focus on the heartbeat that got closer every second.

(Closer…and slower. But he didn’t share that part with the rest of the rescue party.)

The compound wasn’t far from where Duke and Cassandra had been beaten and abandoned, but the reason they couldn’t find it afterwards was because it was underground, and seemingly cloaked with tech none of them had ever seen before.

“Alien?” Duke had asked as they neared it.

“Or bankrolled by some selfish rich fuck.” Jason countered. “We’ll find out if Bruce Wayne does a hostile takeover of any companies here in the next week or so, I bet.”

“Hm.” Bruce grunted. But it wasn’t a no, so they all shared one last pre-battle laugh anyway.

They circled the area for a moment, doing some last minute recognizance. “I hear at least twenty-five heartbeats besides Damian’s, Batman.” Jon called. He flicked to his x-ray vision. “And they’re spread between what looks like two rooms.”

“Evenly?” Tim asked.

“Mmm, it doesn’t look like it.” Jon decided. “Looks like a 70-30 split.”

“Damian?” Cassandra asked softly.

“Can’t tell for sure.” Jon scanned the space again, just in case. “One body looks like it could be him, and it’s in the room with less people.”

“Remember, Superman-” Bruce started, but Jon, suddenly out of patience, cut him off.

“I’m defense. You’re offense. I’m there to get Damian out and that’s it.” He rolled his eyes. “I know, Batman.” He curled his hands into fists. “Now are we just going to hover up here all day or are we finally going to go get him?”

There was a moment of silence. Then Bruce calmly, emotionlessly, stoically announced:

“On my mark.”

For as grouchy, bossy, and by-the-book Batman always acted – he was still just a big kid with big toys. And his mark wasn’t a word, but an action. And that action was turning the nose of the jet towards the ground, so he could crash land into the underground bunker of the freaks who’d kidnapped his son.

Jon grinned, and suddenly remembered why Batman was a lot of people’s favorite superhero.

He stayed off to the ship’s side, just in case. In case Bruce actually lost control of the ship, if any of the other Bats ended up hurt in the process. So he listened as the nose slammed into the earth for any screams of pain.

But all he heard was the screeching of metal, and the crashing of ceiling materials as the jet lodged itself into the roof of the compound. There were screams now, of surprise from the building’s inhabitants, and shouts for some to grab weapons.

One last shout from Stephanie as Bruce opened the cockpit, and the Bats began to file out like ants. “Oh fuck yeah, was that fun!”

Everyone was fine. Everyone was safe.

So time to do his job and find the one that wasn’t.

He dove through the lingering smoke, dodging bodies being thrown by the mini-army of vigilantes that had just arrived. Dodged weapons from the incoming henchmen as they raced into the room to help their colleagues.

Jon didn’t pay them much mind other than to notice that their clothing was a little off. There wasn’t any body armor or helmets. Just dark maroon robes, sashed belts. They almost looked like priests.

You know, if they weren’t running at him with guns and knives and…was that one carrying an unlidded jar of acid?

He didn’t care. The Bats could handle them.

He tried to remember what he saw with his x-ray vision as he weaved through the halls. Bruce had crashed into the room with the most people, so that stood to reason that the pseudo-priests Jon had seen were coming from the room with less people. The smaller room, the room where he thought Damian was.

Well, if those priests came from where Damian was, that was even less people to take out than he was originally planning.

He let Damian’s heartbeat guide him. And for a moment, he remembered when he listened for it after the ‘breakup.’ How he thought the slowness of it meant Damian was calm, relaxed.

God, how could he be so stupid? It didn’t mean he was calm. It meant he was fucking dying. How could Jon be so dense? How could he not notice?

He reached a closed door and could hear panicked voices behind it, could hear Damian’s heartbeat at the loudest it’d been so far.

The door didn’t stand a goddamn chance.

He recognized that Damian wasn’t near it, so kicked the door as hard as he could without a care. It practically disintegrated under the heel of his boot. He heard the other people in the room scream as they were showered with splinters but didn’t care. Didn’t care about anything else right now.

He let his heat vision take over his vision as he stepped into the room. There were three people in here, each holding crude weapons – a stick, a shattered bottle and a chair.

“Leave.” Jon ordered. The people cowered only slightly, but stood their ground. And Jon didn’t have time for that. “Or I’ll make you.”

They gave it one last moment to try and be brave, and any other time Jon might commend them for it. Try to talk them down, be more like his dad.

But this wasn’t any other time.

So he turned to the chair and used his heat vision to turn it to ash.

And that was enough. The other two dropped their weapons and held up their hands. Jon shifted out of the doorframe and watched them as they ran for safety.

He stared after them until they turned a corner, going away from the sanctuary Bruce and the others were in, a bonus of course, though he knew the Bats could have handled them. Then he quickly turned back, scanning the room.

It wasn’t a jail cell, or a dungeon. Just an empty, ugly, dark room. There was a table in the corner, and a TV that showed the field outside, acting almost like a window.

There was a closed curtain in the corner, that clearly hid an alcove of some sort. Damian’s heartbeat was coming from there.

Jon doesn’t know how he crossed the room. One second he was by the door, and the next he was at the curtain, slowly pulling it back. Did he float? Did he run? He didn’t know.

“Damian?” He whispered as he tugged the sheet away. “Can you hear…?”

The question died on his lips at the sight in front of him. It was Damian all right, half naked and huddled against the corner of this makeshift pantry. He was thin, so thin, like he hadn’t eaten in the month since he’d been taken. His hair was longer, past his ears, and dirty. The grease shone in the dim light.

There were bruises and cuts all over his body, some of them looked infected. His eyes were black and swollen, his lip split in multiple places. Dried blood caked along his nostrils.

But that might not have even been the worst part.

Though, really, was there just one single worst part? Were the heavy chains around Damian’s neck, wrists and ankles that latched him to the wall the worst part? Or was it the barrage of needle marks that twisted up his inner arms all the way up to his jaw?

Jon’s eyes filled with tears. But not from pain, like they usually did. Not from hurt or emotions.

From utter, blinding fury.

They did this to him. Those fucking fake priests that he’d just showed mercy to did this to him. To Damian. To the love of his fucking life.

He’d kill them. He’d go snap all their necks right now. Break every bone in each of their bodies and let them die slowly and painfully. Then burn them into ash and throw their remains in a dumpster.

He even felt himself take a step back, to do just that. But stopped when he heard Damian let out a wheezing exhale.

“Damian?” He asked again. Damian had never answered the first time. Was he even conscious? Was he aware of what was happening? He took the last few steps forward and kneeled, putting a hand on Damian’s shoulder. “D, can you hear me?”

Damian tensed at his touch and tried to jerk away, but just ended up bouncing his shoulder painfully against the stone wall behind him. When he looked up, his eyes looked almost feral, but them immediately softened as recognition took hold.

He blinked once. Twice. “…Jonathan?”

Jon swallowed the lump in his throat and nodded with a sad smile.

“What are you doing here?” Damian asked, even as Jon shifted his hand from Damian’s shoulder to his face. Damian’s skin was cold. “They…” Damian’s eyes were suddenly angry. “If they’ve laid a hand on you, I swear I’ll-”

“Nothing of the sort.” Jon promised. “We’re here to get you out of here. Take you home.”

Damian blinked and slumped back. “We?”

“Your family.” Jon explained vaguely as he let his hand fall, run gently over a scab along Damian’s chest. “God, I’m so glad I found you.”

“…I’m sorry.” Damian murmured, and Jon looked up at him in confusion. “I…I lost track of the days some time ago, but you must have been worried sick. I’m sorry for causing you any distress.”

Jon’s stomach twirled in guilt. Because he wasn’t worried, not at all. And was now the time to say that? To say ‘Oh, no, I wasn’t worried, because it turns out the psychopaths who kidnapped you pretended to be you and broke up with me.’?

No. No it absolutely fucking wasn’t.

“…Nothing is your fault.” Jon decided on. He reached forward and grabbed the collar around Damian’s neck, snapping it with a quick jerk of his hands. He followed suite with the chains around his arms and legs too. “Can you walk? Your family is taking care of the others, my only job is to get you safe.”

“…I don’t know.” Damian hummed honestly, eyes fluttering slightly. “And I don’t know if my body is strong enough to try right now.”

Jon looked back up at him with another smile. Less sad this time, more genuine. Let it reach his eyes. “No problem.” He returned his hand to Damian’s face, gently pushed his long hair out of the way. Without thinking, he leaned forward and kissed Damian as gently as he could, then pressed their foreheads together. “Jesus, I’m just…just so glad you’re alive.”

Damian scoffed a quiet laugh, and opened his mouth to retort, but suddenly there was a noise from the room behind them. They both looked back to see Batman storming in through the door.

“Superboy?” He asked as he stopped, glanced around Jon. “We…all good here? You found him?”

Jon squeezed Damian’s face just slightly before standing and turning back. “Yes, sir. Alive and well.”

Bruce nodded. “And the rest are taken care of. So let’s get the hell out of here.”

Jon nodded. “Can you help me get him up? I don’t think he can walk real well right now.”

Bruce seemed to hesitate, glancing past Jon’s shoulder again, but nodded, and took a step towards him.

And as soon as he was close, Jon grabbed the side of his head and slammed it through the closest wall.

“…That’s twice now you’ve gotten my name wrong.” Jon spit, looming over the man as he groaned in pain. “And that’s twice you’ve done a piss poor imitation of someone I care about.”

Batman looked up at Jon in confusion, borderline hurt. But then the eyes widened in realization, and instantly shifted from Bruce’s icy blue to a sickly yellow. “You.”

“Me.” Jon grinned wildly. “And I’ll admit it – you got me the first time. Because I had no idea what had happened, so of course, why wouldn’t I believe the phone call I was getting?”

Batman began to shift now, lose his muscle mass, his uniform began to change to a deep maroon.

“But then I was told the truth, and all the clues that didn’t make sense before suddenly began to piece together.” Jon hummed, picking the man up by his collar. He was much smaller than Bruce. Much thinner. Much older. “So when they said they were coming to kick your ass, I knew there was nowhere else I’d rather be.”

He slammed the man into the wall again, but held him there. Used his other hand to grab the man’s throat.

“Why.” He hissed. “Tell me why.”

The man choked slightly, feet scrabbling for floor, hands grabbing at Jon’s. “Lazarus.” He wheezed. “He…he carries the waters of Lazarus in his blood. I saw it in his eyes. The green of his eyes. In the field. I knew.” A cough. “I knew it was fate that we found him. He was the one who was going to make us immortal.”

Jon’s eyes widened. The needle marks. The acid the other man was carrying from this room. Experiments, no doubt. To get the magical Lazarus waters out of Damian’s blood that they believed was there.

But Damian was stubborn, and probably put up a fight. So they beat him into submission, tortured him, stabbed him with needles to drain him dry. But they couldn’t kill him, oh no. Because if Damian died they’d lose their chance at the power of the Lazarus Pit.

They were using him, like he was no more than a thing.

Jon’s nostrils flared. “I’m going to fucking kill you, you bastard.”

“…Beloved.” Damian whispered, and Jon found himself turning towards him without thinking. Damian looked tired, still slumped against that wall, head leaning against the stone. “Don’t.” He closed his eyes. “Just…leave him for Batman.”

Batman’s demands came rushing back. They were offense. Jon was defense.

Jon’s only job was to get Damian safe.

Silently, Jon nodded, but instead of dropping the man, gave himself one last piece of revenge, and threw the man across the room into the table and fake-window TV. The man gave a low moan, and it sounded like music to Jon’s ears as he walked back over to Damian, and gathered him into his arms.

Damian didn’t complain about being held, didn’t complain about being coddled. Just wrapped an arm around Jon’s neck and leaned against his shoulder.

“Thank you.” He whispered, and Jon just kissed his forehead, trying to ignore the mere fact of how much pain Damian must have been in. How exhausted.

But as he crossed the room, he stopped near the door, just once, and turned to the man.

He didn’t care who he was. What his name was. But he did care about one thing.

“Why did you call me?”

The man didn’t uncurl from his fetal position, didn’t even open his eyes. “Because we knew you would come for him.” He hissed. “The lovers always do.”

Jon blinked, and watched the man for a moment, before turning and walking out of the room, Damian a calming weight in his arms.

~~

It was a cult in that underground bunker, Jon learned later. One obsessed with becoming immortal so they could be gods. They’d kidnapped, tortured and killed at least ten people over the years before they took Damian, all for the same reason.

Jon honestly couldn’t care less.

After escaping the compound, Jon flew to a previously agreed upon spot in Geneva, where Batman had a safe house that Alfred had flown ahead to. He radioed onto the open line as he did so, and Duke, mid-battle, shouted an affirmative, and promise that they’d meet him there.

Damian could barely hold onto consciousness during the flight, and it only made Jon fly faster, to an almost dangerous speed.

Alfred met them on the balcony, and motioned for Jon to follow him after he landed. A penthouse in Geneva wasn’t exactly a hospital, so instead of a medical cot, Jon carefully laid Damian in an extravagant king-sized bed.

Jon helped where he could, which, admittedly, wasn’t in very many places. The thing he was best at, he found, was getting in the way. But, bless him, Alfred never chastised him. Never told him to move.

“This is almost a luxury.” Alfred had quipped at one point as he checked Damian’s IV bag. “Normally I’m trying to work around at least five anxious persons, not one calm one.”

Jon had tried to smile, but it didn’t come out right. Alfred seemed to understand, though, and just gave Jon’s shoulder a quick squeeze as he passed him.

Finally, Alfred proclaimed himself finished, having done all he could. He’d disinfected and wrapped wounds, given Damian painkillers and set up the IVs to replenish Damian’s fluids. The rest of his healing would come in time. For now, he’d be in the kitchen fixing Damian something gentle to eat, before preparing food for the rest of the rescue party’s eventual arrival.

Jon nodded, and sat at Damian’s bedside.

It was almost midnight by the time the rest of the Bats arrived. They explained to Jon and Alfred their investigation, and what the cult had told them. Got checked out by Alfred, came and checked on Damian, and then one by one, they each went off to another room to settle down for the rest of the night.

Jon remained at Damian’s side.

And he didn’t move. Not to sleep, he just laid his head on the mattress. Not to eat breakfast or any meal, just balanced it on his lap. He didn’t even get up to offer his seat when anyone came in to visit their brother.

He just sat there, staring at Damian’s battered face and holding his cold hand.

Damian didn’t wake up that day, or even the day after. He could tell the others were starting to get antsy about it, and agitated. What if Damian didn’t wake up? What if that cult had actually killed him, and he’d survived just long enough to see them all again? To get taken to safety?

So the Bats threw themselves into the investigation to distract themselves. Who was cult? Who funded them? Who had they killed?

Jon just stayed on his stool at Damian’s side.

It was the morning of the third day, some time before dawn. Jon had his head pillowed against his arm on the mattress next to Damian’s elbow, half turned to watch the moon reflect off the clouds through the balcony doors.

He listened as Damian inhaled, but paid it no mind. Not until: “…What are you doing?”

Jon sat up so fast he made himself dizzy. In the dim light, Damian’s half-lidded sea foam eyes almost glowed.

“W-what?”

“What are you doing?” Damian repeated groggily.

“I…I couldn’t sleep, so I was just watching the stars…” He started, but trailed off when Damian lazily waved a hand.

“I mean, why are you sitting on that stool?” Damian asked. He flopped his hand out to the open side of the bed. “There’s clearly space here. Even if you can’t sleep, at least let yourself be comfortable.”

Jon instantly dropped his gaze to his knees, and even half conscious, Damian noticed.

“Beloved, what’s wrong?” He asked sleepily, weakly reaching his hand towards Jon.

Jon pulled his hand away.

This time, Damian’s inhale was sharp. He pulled his hand back and dropped it onto his own stomach. “…Alright.”

“No, it’s not…!” Jon suddenly realized how that looked. Knew how Damian would take it. “I don’t…You didn’t…” He sighed, dropped his face into his hands. “I don’t deserve it.”

“What?” Damian asked. “Deserve what?”

“To hold your hand. To lay in your bed.” Jon groaned. “You.”

Damian hesitated, grunted softly as he shifted. “I’m afraid I don’t understand.”

“The day you went missing, they…that shapeshifter guy, he stole your phone and he called me. As you.” Jon closed his eyes, trying to hide even further. “He…he broke up with me as you. And I…it didn’t make any sense, it never made any sense to me, but I believed him.”

Another moment of quiet. “…Oh.”

“I know. I’m an idiot.” Jon lamented. “Because how could I not know my own boyfriend? How could I believe you would break up with me over the phone?”

“Or…ever.” Damian agreed. “Unless you want…”

“Or ever!” Jon cut off dramatically, curling his covered face to his knees. “How could I believe you’d do that, and not question it! Not question that you never answered your phone after that, never told anyone, never came back to Metropolis for any reason! Even dream you tried to tell me and I just…”

“Dream me?” Damian asked. Suddenly there were fingers stroking at Jon’s hair, and he held his breath. “You dreamed about me?”

“I thought about you every second of every day.” Jon admitted glumly. “I felt like such a loser, not being able to get over you.” He paused, curled into himself more. “For believing it all in the first place.” He shook his head. “I don’t even deserve to be sitting here next to you, Damian. I don’t.”

He felt Damian’s fingers stroke for a few more seconds, then heard Damian scoff a laugh.

“Jonathan, you’re so funny.”

Those fingers in his hair were instantly at his chin, tilting his face up and out of his hands. Damian, looking beyond exhausted, was smiling at him.

“Come lay with me.” Damian asked softly.

Jon stared up at him for a moment, let his eyes wander down the bandages and new scars, then back up. “You shouldn’t want me to.” He breathed. “In fact, you should break up with me for real, because I’m such a fucking-”

“Do you want me to?” Damian asked seriously. “Do you want me to break up with you? Would you like us to remain apart? Because if after this past month that’s what you’ve decided is best for you, then I will do my best to give it to-”

“No.” Jon said instantly. “No, I…” His breath trembled. “No, I don’t want us to be apart anymore.”

“Nor do I.” Damian agreed with a gentle smile. He laid his arm across the bed. “…Please.”

Jon stared at him for a moment, then sighed and stood, carefully floating over Damian to drop onto his other side.

Damian weakly reached up to pull Jon into his arms, like a child grabbing for a balloon, and Jon let himself be dragged into Damian’s side. Latched onto Damian’s waist and hid his face against Damian’s chest.

His heartbeat was loud now. Still slow, a little too slow for Jon’s liking, but loud, and right under Jon’s ear, right where it was supposed to be.

“I’m sorry.” Jon whispered, as he felt Damian kiss at his hair, gently run his fingers along Jon’s shoulders. “I’m so sorry, Damian.”

“You have nothing to apologize for. If anything, I should apologize to you, for what that shifting bastard did.” Damian hummed, and already Jon could sense he was falling back into unconsciousness.

Because he feels safe, Jon didn’t let himself think. He feels safe here with me.

“…I love you.” Jon breathed, closing his eyes, squeezing Damian as tightly as he dared. “I love you so much, Damian.”

“I love you as well, Jonathan.” Damian answered just as softly. “For as long as I live. No matter what anyone tells you, please always remember that.” He carefully laid his hand over the one Jon had on his hip. “…Thank you for finding me. For saving me.”

“Always.” Jon smiled, looking up at Damian. Damian’s eyes were already closed once more, his breathing evening out. “Always and forever.”

“Forever and ever.” Damian mumbled as he drifted off. Jon watched him for a few more moments, until he was sure Damian was asleep again. Then he leaned up and left a careful kiss to Damian’s cheek. Lingered for a moment, then curled up under Damian’s chin, clung to him like he was a giant teddy bear.

He let his boyfriend’s heartbeat lull him to sleep.