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pedrostylez · 3 months ago

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The Gray: Chapter 5

pairing: Joel Miller x fem!reader

rating: 18+ (no minors please)

word count: 5k

chapter warnings etc: NOT CANON JOEL MILLER, swearing, mentions of violence, punching, kicking, blood, anger, SMUT, dirty talk, riding, hella consent, some size kink stuff okayyyy, pet names including Eminem references and nicknames but not to be associated with the appearance of reader. NO USE OF Y/N.

A/N: If you didn't see my personal post, I've had a wild couple months, and finishing this was last on my mind. BUT I want to thank those that have stuck around to read it. I apologize for errors, mistakes, and grammatical issues-I was inspired enough to finish it so let's give some woop-woop for that huh? Anyways, love yall <3

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Joel doesn’t want to think it was a mistake.

Laying you out on his bed, fucking you and letting you ride him the way you did. It’s not like he can help himself, really. Once he got a taste of what it was like to have you, he couldn’t stop.

From round two of bending you over the couch and eating you out while you whined and called his name, to letting you suck him off in the shower, Joel doesn’t think he can go back to the routine you had before.

He’s easily distracted by you now. The way you float out of the training room, ready to take on the next file of paperwork to review. The way you blink at him slowly from the bed, silently asking him to join the warm blankets when it gets late. The way your teeth sink into your lip when you want to ask him for something that he’s more than happy to give.

He wants to give, give, give.

It’s been so long for him.

But the battery of one of his camera’s goes out during the week and he swears to internally, knowing he has to go fix it. When you ask if you can go with him, he realizes how easy it was to say yes.

“Just a dead camera, sugar.” He mumbles out, cheeks tightening with a smile when you scoff at him.

“We should stick together, in case anyone recognizes us.” You point out, leaning back on the couch and stretching like a cat in the sun. Your shirt rises, tempting Joel to go for the smooth skin beneath the fabric, but he refrains.

“We could go tonight. I don’t want the system to be down for too long.” He turns back to the screens, eyes hovering over the darkened one before shrugging. “I should probably check my mail too.”

You turn your head, frowning for a moment. “You actually get mail?”

Joel lets out a laugh, turning back to you.“I have to get those care packages of cereal sponsorships from somewhere.” He finds himself sitting down next to you, your legs easily lifting to lay over his lap. His fingers tickle at your calves, your smile the only indication that you notice he’s doing it.

Your eyes close as if you’re exhausted, yawning. “How are you still sponsored by Honey Nut Cheerios if you’re considered a villain?”

His hands tighten around your legs, squeezing at the muscles. “Don’t hate on my hussle.”

You burst out in a laugh, trying to pull your legs away but he holds on tighter, pulling you toward him until you’re able to sit up and straddle his lap. It’s almost instant how you lean into him, lips brushing his and sighing out happily as you grind your center against his own.

He shouldn’t get used to this, but he wants to.

Joel’s feet felt heavy on the sidewalk, his hood blocking his peripheral vision and the cover of dusk barely enough for him.

But you’re under his arm.

Your hand is wrapped around his waist under the sweatshirt, your own hood pulled up as he directs you. Your breath is fanning over the open zipper, one hand holding a bag of packages from the post office before you peer up at him. “Do you think we look crazy?”

Joel grunts, not giving you an answer as he turns his head to look into the road. The street lights are beginning to turn on, and the people on the streets are heading home. The temperature is dropping, he can feel it through the fabric, and your arm is so warm around him. No one notices or cares about your shared presence, and it sets his mind at ease.

The alleyway is coming up on the right, his body turning toward you, walking you backwards into a wall. You huff out a breath, confusion clear. “Kiss me.” It’s a demand, purely for the disguise he tries to tell himself, but he feels this pull toward you that he just can’t tame. You breath catches, your pupils widening as he leans in, pressing his lips to yours.

He’s trying to keep control of himself–your hand is snaking up to around the back of his head, keeping his hood in place. Your lips are so soft, and he can’t help but groan when he tries to pull away, pressing a quick kiss to your cheek. “We need to go here.” He mumbles into your ear, letting you explore the rest of his body with your hands. “Keep going.”

“I think you just wanted to kiss me.” You tease, turning your head to capture his mouth again, sighing happily.

He pulls you away from the wall, taking another glance around before pulling you down the dark alleyway into the shadow. His hand is stuck to your back, and Joel is trying to get ahold of himself.

He unlocks a door in the back of the alley, no lights in sight as he pushes you into the hallway, the door shutting quietly behind you both. Joel feels your breath catch, how you hold it until he squeezes around your hip. “Alright?” He asks gruffly, feeling you nod against his chest.

You hum in a high pitched tone, breathing in sharply and reaching for his hand and squeezing roughly. “I can’t see.” You squeak.

Joel frowns in the darkness, tilting his head to look down at you. His eyes have adjusted, used to this, his powers kicking in to accommodate, and your eyes are wide and searching around in the shadow for anything. Terrified.

“Just step forward, sugar.” He says quietly, giving you another squeeze. “Your eyes will adjust.”

His attention is fully on you, steering you in the direction he wants to go, you still blindly trusting him. This thought in the back of his head that you shouldn’t be trusting him, and he shouldn’t trust you goes quiet, keeping a firm grip on you.

He feels you shake, unable to relax enough for your eyes to take in what little light there is, and he lets his body relax against you. “There is a room at the end of this hallway where I can turn on the lights.” He says quietly, letting you set the pace for how fast you both walk but still directing you.

You let out a shaky breath, nodding without a word as you continue on. His hand lets go of you, your back stiffening against his front, until a light flickers on and you’re both bathed in the yellowed bulb.

Joel steps in front of you, a small smile on his face as he looks you over. “Should train you in the dark instead of running.” He comments, hoping to lift your mood.

When all you do is nod, biting at your lip and looking around, he frowns.

Here in the light, he can see the wires he’s haphazardly put up, messy but working. His eyes find the backup battery, crouching over to begin opening it. “Just a quick fix.” He grumbles, letting you stand in the center of the room as he works.

Joel notices the way your lips upturn for a moment, pretending that you’re fine as you stare only at him and not behind you. He pulls batteries out of his pocket, hand gliding over the different stations and replacing the old with the new.

“What happens if one of the wires goes bad?” You ask quietly, eyes trained on his features as he glances in your direction.

“It hasn’t happened yet, but I would replace the wire. It doesn’t go very far, just to a wireless router that lets the visuals come to me virtually instead of the wires being all around town.” He speaks quickly, feeling embarrassed for a moment before he shrugs. “Not too complicated.”

You nod, placing your hands behind your back and taking a step toward him. “Anything I can do?”

Joel is already shaking his head, frowning internally. “No, just…stand guard.” He mumbles, turning his back to you even though everything in him tells him he shouldn’t be trusting you this way. It’s only for a few more minutes.

You’re standing awkwardly a few paces away from Joel still, 30 minutes later. You had offered again to give him help, but he grumbled that he “needed you to stay put.” and you chose to lean against the wall instead.

Something felt off.

Joel over the past few days has been either fucking you or observing you. And to be honest with yourself, you prefer it when he’s fucking you because at least then you can both shut off your brains for a moment.

Now that it’s happened, whatever this is between you, Joel is closing himself back off. You thought you were making progress, showing your interest, your shared goal of getting revenge was opening him up, loosening him so that you could truely work together.

But now…

Joel suddenly stands, breaking you out of your thoughts as he turns. “All done, let’s go.”

“What took so long?” You question, wincing when he shuts off the lights again, the green and red indications on the battery packs and where the wires connect the only thing you can see until Joel stands in front of you, blocking the light.

“The old battery leaked, I had to clean it out.” He mumbles, his warm hands landing on your shoulders and you can’t help but jump. He turns you, ignoring your physical reaction and leading you back down the hallway.

When you feel the cool metal at your fingertips, you breathe a sigh of relief, the latch opening into the night that is somehow just as dark. But the street lights are nearby, and your eyes are more easily adjusting to out here than to in the alleyway.

The silence between the two of you, Joel arm wrapped stiffly around your shoulder again, your hand clutching the fabric of his sweatshirt as he leads you back the way you came, has you retreating into your mind again.

Back at the hideout, the bag of his mail being placed gently on the table, you look over to Joel. He’s grabbing at his hair, pulling at the roots of the gray by his ears and looking to the security system. You glance at the screens, taking a double take when you see Marianne in town square, AJ at her side as they walk casually into The Organization headquarters.

Joel grunts unhappily, turning to look at you. “We have to get this plan moving.”

He’s back to sharing with you, a wave of relief filling you as you sit down on the couch, taking off your sweatshirt. “I agree. They shouldn’t get too comfortable.”

Instead of sitting beside you, he pulls a chair out from the table to sit across from you, leaning forward with his elbow on his knees, scratching at his chin. You bite the inside of your cheek, doing your best to keep your thoughts to yourself, no matter how much you want to jump him right now.

The ease at which he leans, his biceps straining against even the sweatshirt he still has on, has your eyes trailing over him as he talks. “We have to grab AJ, minimum, tomorrow during his next PR stunt. That’s the only way. We’ve let them do their thing for a few weeks now, letting them get comfortable, but it’s not wise of us to assume that they aren’t preparing as well.”

“Of course.” You cough, eyes looking back up to him after catching your thoughts wandering too far to pay attention.

His eyes, deep brown crinkle at the sides as he smirks at you, a glimmer of mischief. “Watch it, sugar.”

“I didn’t do anything.” You feign innocence, not bothering to shoot him a smirk of your own when he leans back, his arms crossing over his chest and his chin tilting down to examine you better.

“Maybe not.” He says quietly, the roughness of his voice making your insides clench. He pushes a foot out, the toe of his boot barely brushing yours. “But you’re thinking of something.”

“Not a thought behind these eyes.” You squeak, crossing your own arms to mirror him. This is what you prefer with him; this banter back and forth that keeps him relaxed around you. When he gets stiff and awkward, as if he’s hiding things from you, makes your own guard come up.

His tongue peeks out, licking his bottom lip as he taps his foot one, two, three times. “Want to know what I’m thinking?” He asks, leaning back forward and letting his arms release and reach for your knee. Joel doesn’t wait for your response before he continues. “I’m thinking about how you would look right now if you were riding my cock.”

You widen your eyes, almost choking as his fingers sink into the skin on your leg and pull you toward him, as if inviting you right now. “You want me to?”

“If you want.” He says quietly, his gaze glancing down to your shirt, to where his hands are holding your legs.

You tilt your head, biting your lip and letting your hand land on top of his. “I always want to.” You admit, smiling at him when his eyes come back to meet your own.

His cheeks slowly fade into a shade of red, shaking his head at you in disbelief before he stands, grabbing your hand to pull you up with him.

He switches places with you, spinning you around so that he can slowly lower himself on to the couch. His lips trail along the front of your shirt, a path of heat left in his wake. Joel quickly squeezes at your hips before he fully sits down, leaning comfortably with his neck exposed to you.

Like there are no thoughts in your head, you press one knee down into the cushion by his thigh, pressing your center to his as you sit in his lap. “This is what you wanted?” You ask breathlessly, resting your hands on his shoulders.

He hums, letting his eyes half close before pressing his lips in to your collarbone. “You’re just so pretty propped up on my lap like this.”

Your heart races under his mouth, closing your eyes and sighing to try and keep it together. “You just want me to do all the work, Joel.”

He chuckles, fingers digging into your hip as an answer before he lets his fingers drift up under your shirt, skating the fabric up over your ribcage. When the shirt comes off and his eyes are trailing over your chest, you can’t help but reach down to his jeans, unbuttoning them as quickly as your fingers allow.

You almost don’t notice how Joel brings a hand up, squeezing you before pinching a nipple to listen to you hiss. “Let me see you, baby.”

You’re barely able to move his zipper out of the way fast enough, the strain against the fabric making it hard to manuver. He grunts as your fingers wrap around him, pulling him out of his briefs as best as you can to look down at the weeping head.

You feel your mouth dry, seeing the length of him catching you off guard like it has previously. But he doesn’t allow you to think for much longer about it, shifting your hips forward to let the head of his cock press at your opening for a moment before lifting you just enough to fit himself in.

You groan in unison, eyes closing in bliss as you attempt to adjust to Joel’s size. He gives you little time, fingers pressing into your hips and torso, urging you to lift yourself on your knees and press yourself into him over and over.

“Lift that perfect ass up.” He growls, snaking his hand down to the roundness of your ass and squeezing.

“Let me just–” You moan, the slight lift from his hand before rocking back down on him has you losing focus. “You’re just so–”

“I know.” He coos, his other hand pushing your hair back, hooking around the back of your neck and jaw. Your eyes blink open, leaning into his hand to see how his pupils have blown wide, his mouth open with his own breath. “I know, baby. It’s a lot, huh?”

You furrow your brow at the tone, the light teasing as if he is challenging you. You fall into his trap, lifting yourself slowly to being riding him, picking up the pace as you gain momentum. Your hands support yourself on his shoulders, his head lolling back at the feeling of you squeezing him.

“That’s it.” He breathes, lifting a hand away from your ass and landing a light smack to the skin. “So fucking good like this, sugar.”

You sink your teeth into your lip, closing your eyes as you feel your end approaching. The way his cock has been brushing against your walls, the press of his fingers into your skin…

“Joel.” You warn, digging your nails into his shoulders. “I-I’m–”

“Go ahead, baby.” He pants, lifting his own hips to meet yours as your rhythm begins to falter.

When you finish around him, your walls squeezing him to the point that his own moan is choked, you almost fall completely into him. Your vision goes completely white, unable to know which way is up or down, not knowing how long it lasts for.

Joel holds you steady, pumping his hips up from the couch into you for only a few more times before he comes himself. “Fuck–sugar–” He calls faintly, your ears ringing as you rest your forehead against his neck.

You both sit there for a few moments, catching your breath as you cuddle into his chest before he lifts you with him still inside, standing and carefully walking toward the bedroom.

“Tomorrow?” You ask breathlessly, referring to AJ’s PR stunt. Your eyes are drooping, heavily closing and reopening with less and less ability to keep them open to focus on him.

Joel sighs, a new shirt covering you and him, his jeans replaced with pajamas as he’s pulling the blanket up past your shoulders and pressing his lips to your temple. “Y-yeah.” He coughs, laying his head down on the pillow next to you. “I’ll wake you up so we can be in position before they get there.”

“Okay.” You respond, drifting off into a dreamless sleep.

But Joel doesn’t sleep.

Instead, he lays next to you until he knows you’ve truly passed out, standing up and grabbing his jeans before shutting the door behind him and heading to his stash of weapons. He’s only given you the information he knows you would have already had if you were still in contact with AJ and Marianne.

You wouldn’t do that to him.

But he can’t be too careful.

There’s this alarm in the back of his brain, telling him that he’s gotten too sloppy with you. That he played right into your hand, got too comfortable because he likes burying his cock into you, likes having you around.

Likes you.

But he can’t think about that too much right now; he puts on his gear and straps a few extra weapons to him in case something goes wrong. He can do this alone like he had always planned before, and he will deal with your wrath after. Assuming you would be upset with him and not impressed that he caught on to some ulterior motives you may have.

Joel swears to himself as he looks at the closed bedroom door, not daring to open it in case it wakes you.

He knows he will get his revenge, whether you’re with him, or against him.

The roof of this building is just like the rest, the wind whipping through and slapping him in the face roughly. He squints, doing his best to not react any further and hold himself still, watching as the shadows get darker around him.

He watches the camera crew, come and go, come and go, and come and go again. Setting up their equipment, being berated by Marianne over the phone, changing out the gear. Joel remains patient, prowling, keeping his eyes on what is in front of him.

He’s so intently focused, that when the sun begins to set, and the time that AJ and Marianne gets closer and closer, his thoughts wander to you. He had set up his cameras to detect when you left, to alert him, but nothing. He refrains from checking his watch, knowing he may miss what is right in front of him.

And then suddenly, AJ strides in front of him, just as Joel knew he would scanning the area curiously before turning to the cameras set up but abandoned.

That worries him, but only long enough for him to think about it before the person he is after is in front of him again. “Am I early?” He calls, turning his body away from Joel’s direction unknowingly.

Joel creeps out, the shadows around him covering him for a second longer before he lets it drop. “AJ, how nice to see you again.” He says gruffly, tilting his head as he watches AJ turn slowly. “Expecting me, I see?”

“Joel…” AJ says with a warning tone, clenching his fists at his sides, tilting his chin down and breathing in deeply. “Why are you here? Where’s our little friend?”

“I figured she would be with you…” Joel trails off, realizing now that he was wrong…of course he was wrong. He’s been too paranoid to know the difference. “I’m not letting you leave this roof alive.”

AJ scoffs. “Like hell, old man.”

Joel doesn’t wait any longer, rushing him and letting his fist connect with the side of AJ’s face. AJ turns, blood spilling from between his teeth at the uanticipated blow before shaking his head back. Joel hears the crack of his bones, and rocks another into AJ’s shoulder before he can send one back.

AJ sneers at him, spinning and launching himself forward with a powerful kick aimed at Joel’s midsection. Joel dodges, barely getting the toe of the boot to his ribs as he lets his open palm slam into AJ’s nose.

"Pretty good for an old man!" Joel laughs, following up with a series of quick jabs into AJ’s kidneys from behind. But AJ is able to turn, wrapping his arm around Joel’s neck quickly with his lightning speed before Joel even has a chance, letting his knuckles bruise Joel’s cheek.

He keeps connecting his fist to Joel’s face, over and over and over again, to the point that Joel suddenly regrets being here alone. This feeling swells inside of him, his arms flailing, trying to catch on to AJ’s sleeves, or on to anything before AJ completely obliterates his face, but he can’t seem to get a grip.

“Just like always, Miller.” AJ says breathlessly, taking a break long enough to tilt Joel’s face up to get a better look at the blood, at the bruises blooming below the surface. “You always start it, but I will always finish it.”

Joel should have known better than to do this alone. But he just couldn’t help himself.

Another blow to the face before the ringing in his ears increases, the break from AJ’s fists only temporary while he feels the vibrations of AJ’s laugh. Another punch to his cheek, his hands becoming weak from holding at AJ’s arm, not able to provide air for himself any longer.

But suddenly, the arm is lifted from his neck and he is able to kneel roughly, coughing into the concrete and supporting himself on his hands. Joel looks up, the ringing subsiding, his heartbeat still loud in his ears to see you, standing above AJ leaning over the side of the roof.

And it’s not like the movies, with anything said between the two of you, or him pleading for his life. No, Joel watches as you reach down, your foot pressing deeper into AJ’s sternum and wrapping your hands around his head, quickly twisting and snapping his neck.

Your suit glows around the arms, the strength you used not your own, as you stand there and stare at the life you just took, before releasing your foot and letting AJ’s body fall over the side of the building.

Joel releases a sigh, breath heaving as he looks at you, turning your body to face him as if he is next. Your eyes are glued to him, blood on your hands, splattered up your wrists from your own punches thrown, and all he can see is fury. “Why did you do that?” He asks, husky and dry on his tongue.

You stare at him a bit longer, a frown of confusion on your face for a moment before you lift a hand and point at him. “You don’t trust me.” You spit at him. You suit continues to glow, and Joel realizes that you’ve made your suit work off your emotions; your anger.

Joel coughs, closing his eyes from the pain radiating through his face, before the words spill out of his mouth. “I couldn’t. I had to be sure. I had to do this myself.”

You laugh, shaking your head and looking down to AJ’s still body over the edge of the roof. “Yeah well I finished it.”

At first, Joel doesn’t know what to say. He’s not sure if he should thank you, or if he should be upset with you. He settles on indifferent, sighing heavily. “I know. I’m at peace with that.”

You turn you back to him, shoulders coming up to your ears in defense as if Joel is going to take a step forward and touch you. Part of him wants to–to put a hand on your shoulder, to turn you around, to whisper how thankful he is for you. For saving him. He was literally about to be pummeled to death.

But he doesn’t, he stays where he is, one knee on the ground and the other supporting his elbow. He begins to stand, grunting and groaning at the feeling before resting on the balls of his feet and staring at you.

You open your mouth, straightening your back and turning to him again, but this time you’re even more stone cold. No anger, no anything, just looking at him. “I’m not at peace.”

Joel is confused for a moment, eyebrow furrowed as he waits for something else to come out of your mouth. “What do you mean?” He concedes.

“If you can’t trust me, I can’t trust you.” You say matter-of-fact, looking at his feet before snapping them back up to his face. “I’m done.”

The silence of the night fills the air between you, the distant sound of sirens reach Joel’s ears as he begins to understand what you mean. You can’t trust him, and so you won’t stick around. But that can’t be right, he just got used to you.

“You can’t be done with me.” He scoffs, shaking his head.

“I can. I am.” You clear your throat, crossing your arms over your chest in defense.

“Slim, please,” He caves, suddenly hyperaware that the sirens are getting closer, and they are likely coming here. The overwhelming feeling to fight for you comes over him, and he reaches out for you.

You try to dodge him, but his fingers graze your wrist. “Don’t fucking touch me, ever again.” You snarl, the cold exterior dropping for a moment and he swears he sees your eyes pool with tears. “You used me this morning, and nothing you say will change that.”

Joel shakes his head. “I know, baby I’m sorry–”

“Stop.” You cut him off, taking a large step away from him. The sirens are ever present, and you begin backing up toward the edge of the roof where AJ was standing. “I’m leaving.” You announce, twisting yourself to get ready to launch and fly off the edge.

“Will you come back to the hideout?” Joel persists, stepping forward and reaching for your hand. You’re already mad, maybe this won’t help, but he has to try. His fingers graze yours, and you pull away as if burned.

You shake your head, hissing. “Never. You can’t trust me, I can’t trust you. We’re done Joel, do you hear me?”

Joel lets his hand fall back to his side, the feeling of something warm dripping down the side of his face as he whispers. “Is that what you want?”

You gasp, eyes searching over his face, not expecting him to ask that. He sees you nod your head, the tears back. “Yes.”

Joel nods, stepping back toward the shadows, the sound of yelling filling his ears. “Get out of here.” He nods at you, covering himself in shadow as he launch yourself off the side of the roof.

When Joel is able to make it back to his hideout, the news on the TV already covering AJ’s death, he roughly sits down on the couch and sighs heavily. He looks to the open bedroom door, the sheets and blankets a mess, and can almost see the panic that you endured as you began to get ready, trying to find where Joel was.

He almost laughs, the feeling on the side of his face radiating a pain he hasn’t felt before. His eyes flick back to the screens in front of him, Marianne plastered over every single one as she tries to work the PR crisis.

But Joel doesn’t feel anything about it, about Marianne being on the screen. Instead, Joel stands and clicks a few buttons, his surveillance cameras turning to the rooftop he just came from, rewinding the time to see what exactly happened.

He watches, emotionless, until you appear on the screen. He commands his security system, a few clicks of triangulation, and now the security system is focused for him. Focused on finding you.

Joel knows you don’t want to be found; you made that very clear. But…he knows he can’t help himself.

If he can help protect you, even though you can do it yourself, then he will try.

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cru5h-cascades · 1 month ago

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Okay I made one of these last year so might as well do it again but for this year :D

I might add some more stuff onto this if I remember anything else but for now, here's...

2024: A Year that Happened

A rundown of highlights from this year over here at Cru5htown

January - Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 releases! Public perception of the game shifts from looking down on the game to singing its praises! Side Order's release date is revealed and the crowd goes wild! Also I ended up getting my first mutual on this site, Lbodraws!

February - Side Order releases and I start work on what would go on to pretty much be my most iconic Splatoon OC, Winnie, because the Parallel Canon exists. This is also the month where I found out about Maya and the Three and started going buck wild with reposting fanart for the series and making some stuff of my own.

March - Pretty uneventful month tbh I don't remember much that happened this month.

April - The Death of Slim Shady gets announced! Because my curiosity was peaked by the announcement I started listening to more of Eminem's music and became a fan of the guy. During the same month, Jojo Siwa releases Karma and the rebrand goes into full swing.

May - Another uneventful month

June - That one debate between Trump and Biden happened and the Zelda Game Where You Actually Play as Zelda is announced. Also the iconic Other Friends animatic featuring both @eliziethegirl's and my OCs is released :D

JULY - Okay this is when shit gets WILD. LIKE ABSOLUTELY BATSHIT CRAZY. Okay so July 1st we get a release date for TDoSS, Jojo Siwa's first EP releases the same day TDoSS comes out, and Splatoon 3's first Summerfest happens that same weekend (this is also the first splatfest I ended up getting into a match with a splatuber!). Relatively normal month, right? WRONG. JULY 10TH, 2024. 3 DAYS BEFORE TDOSS RELEASES. I end up getting vids on YT talking about a mysterious "new Nintendo IP" teased that very morning. I put off looking any further into the topic until later that day and I watch a few vids on the subject matter. That morning, Nintendo posted a video onto their YT channels simply titled Emio, featuring a dude in a paper bag mask just standing there menacingly. This teaser would keep everyone guessing what tf is going on for a week until we got the full reveal and a bunch of people lost investment in the mystery bag man game. Except for me and a few others, who would go on to post frequently about the game for a while and continue to post about the game TO THIS DAY. Anyways, Biden drops out of the election and somebody tries to assassinate Trump.

August - Not only does the Co-op Cult of the Lamb update drop, but the full release of Emio as well. Man that game was a trip. Also a phone ban is enacted in my school.

September - I play the bonus chapter of Emio and boy howdy I was not ready for how dark that was gonna be. Anyways Grandfest and Grand Run happen in S3 and Team Past wins Grandfest. Here's to hoping for 2000s themed Splatoon 4 with a rock band for the idol group.

October - Deltarune Chapters 3 & 4 are confirmed to come out in 2025 :D

November - Trump, unfortunately, wins the election. But on the brighter side of things I figure out how to do Splatoon voices in Beepbox thanks to the awesome @celestedoesarttm and I start churning out my reworked versions of my Splatoon OCs.

December - Luigi Mangione murks United Healthcare CEO and everyone goes buck wild. Soon enough people start digging up stuff from the guy's past and his story becomes more and more interesting (Fun fact: did you know Luigi has played Slime Rancher, Undertale, and Celeste?). Poppy Playtime Chapter 4's release date and main villain are revealed and I couldn't help but have a sense of deja vu when they showed off Harley Sawyer's design for the chapter lmfaoooo

#a year in review #2024 year in review #splatoon #splatoon 3 #emio #side order #cotl #cult of the lamb #famicom detective club #emio the smiling man #th1nking out l0ud

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h0n3yk1tt3n · 11 months ago

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🐝 i wonder if you ever think of me

P,,puppylove,,, particularly brooke-centric coming to terms with how the best relationship she had was a lie,,,

Now it would start with Brooke noticing Jeremy for the first time pre-canon (freshman year, gonna rb the vid i have of this later) and being like huh. He's kinda cute ngl. She doesn't really do anything about it bc Jeremy is never Not with Michael and Chloe usually takes her attention away anyway, so the most she really does is look on from afar throughout the years.

She doesn't think a whole lot of him. She doesn't even know him beyond fleeting glances from across hallways and classrooms. He's really just That One Kid She Recognizes. She accepts that they'll never really cross paths until she meets him at the mall for BMC Pt. 1 and.. hey, he's actually talking to her and not Chloe.. that's really cool..

We get our getting together via eminems death stuff, a look into what they looked like as a couple pre-halloween, and it seems like everything's going great! Chloe seems kinda pissy, but that's probably because of Jake dating Christine, and Jeremy hasn't really been sparing Chloe any second glances. It looks like Brooke's love life is finally looking up! Someone actually likes her for her and not for her best friend!

...but it couldn't last. Of course it couldn't.

Naturally she figures out later that Jeremy didn't actually sleep with Chloe, but she also remembers enough flashes of The Play (and gathers from the brief moment when all the squips were linked) to know that Jeremy actually had eyes for Christine. Not Chloe, so, small victory there, but not exactly better.

Whether jeremy and christine actually get together isnt the point, but Jeremy and Brooke do eventually talk about their relationship, and if anything about it was actually real. Any little speck. Brooke has done all this thinking about Jeremy, but did Jeremy ever think of her? Even if he had other romantic interests in mind, did he think of her at all?

Jeremy didn't have a bad time dating her. The only thing he really regretted was that it wasn't genuine. It wasn't what Brooke deserved. He apologizes, because of course he does, and wishes that he could give her the relationship she actually deserves. But he can't. It wasn't the real me. There's someone else. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for giving you the best thing that wasn't real.

And it hurts. It hurts a lot. But in a way, it's a little comforting that Jeremy is thinking about her and her happiness. He can't give her what she wants, but he still wants her to have it. Wishes for her to have the real version of what he was mechanically told to give her. She still has his friendship, and that's almost as good.

#asks #mj says shit #have i mentioned this premise before?? i genuinely dont remember #but OUGH the tragedy of their relationship. it was so beautiful and perfect yet so dreadfully fake #be more chill #jeremy heere #brooke lohst #puppylove #writing

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numetaljackdog · 10 months ago

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what i'm listening to 4/10/2024

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Limp Bizkit - Clunk: clunk. clunk clunk. clunk. clunk

Limp Bizkit - N 2 Gether Now feat. Method Man: it's backkkk and arguably never left. this didn't begin as a favorite of mine from lb but there's just so many good lines and it's so fun. discretion is advised for the blood of virgin eyes; we're limping on the track with the method

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World: perhaps one of the greatest little riffs ever conceived and also btw i am a nirvana fanboy 😁

Emma Blackery - Blossom: mostly just putting this in bc i don't think i've ever had the chance to talk about how much i adore this song. easily emma's best track, i so wish she would make more that sound like this. it fits her voice so nicely and it's just so breezy and catchy and cute..... summer's a-comin'

Suede - Animal Nitrate: this goes so insane i can't believe it took me this long to find it. and i may be prone to homosexuality... but anyway this just *sounds* sooo good, the crunchy production and the riff and the melody and oh! chef's kiss!

Staind - Mudshovel: revisiting an old favorite! i so wish to perform this song live someday.... i could make it even better. and i wouldn't be a republican about it either

Ice-T - Big Gun: PENIS ALLEGORY!!!!! and VIOLENT WOMEN!!!!!! i need to watch this fucking movie so fucking badly

Limp Bizkit - Back Porch: genuinely one of lb's best songs but completely slept on bc of its placement down at the bottom of gold cobra of all things god help us. also a returning winner from a prior WILT

Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69 feat. Lydia Lunch: sonic youth good. this song in particular hits me every time as if i'd never heard it. gay

Korn - Twist: i've taken to my funny bit of unpromptedly doing the rrh na oom rah dah nn rah mm dah oom rah dah thing in the middle of conversation

Eminem - Just Don't Give A Fuck: i will confess to having a little eminem moment these past days 🫣 but this one is genuinely so good i love his early scrappy shitty music. he just don't give a fuuuuuuck

Sublime - Santeria: this has always been my favorite sublime song bc it's so pretty-sounding and summery and it's about tracking a guy down and shoving a gun in his mouth

Big Pun - Beware: the beat is crazy but admittedly the main appeal of songs where guys say a bunch of words really fast will always be the part where the guy says a bunch of words really fast

The Decemberists - Down By The Water: mostly kind of over the whole radio alternative indie folk pop rock whatever shit but this is so prettyyy and melancholy and i love the harmonizing bc i love harmonizing

Powerman 5000 - Nobody's Real: my friends and i have been watching this music video over and over, it's so fun..... pm5k at their peak was such a cool band with all the visuals and cartoon antics. plus this shit is catchy as hell

DANGERDOOM - Sofa King: i previously thought i wasn't much of a DOOM fan, though i certainly respect the craft, but these days i think it might just be that his most popular material, the stuff people always recommend, just doesn't hit for me as much as his other stuff does (and hopefully will continue to, the more i listen). g

Twin Method - Flawless: these guys were too late to the nu metal game to really get their due (not to mention they were british; that was never a big spot for the genre) but i would posit that they were damn good for a 00s-era entry in the nu canon. this is their "big" song and it holds up pretty good!

Fudge Tunnel - Grey: checked this one out bc lol funny name but they're kinda legit. speaking of british alt metal. i almost wonder if they were on the other side of things, a little ahead of their time...

Blue - All Rise: heard this in an uber and it's been stuck in my brain ever since. i do love boy band r&b, AND i love a courtroom drama, so really i han't go wrong here. lots of brits in this installment i'm noticing

#*char noises*#talking pop

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irgmugurg · 4 years ago

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Mammon’s Music Taste Hcs

Asmodeus’s Music Taste

Belphie’s Music Taste

I would first like to say that I BEEN SAID MAMMON LIKES R&B.

I also hc that he loves rap music too. Mostly based off his character song and because rap can really complement R&B (and I’m projecting again)

Definitely listened to gospel in the celestial realm.

Listening to yolanda adams while he does his work. Wings tucked behind him while he sways.. i’m SWOONING

One of his favorite genres is 2000s R&B. Get this man some Usher, Destiny’s Child, Rihanna, Mario, Beyonce and Alicia keys. THIS MAN BOPS TO THIS.

The pussycat dolls, Suga Suga by Baby Bash. Salt N Pepa

Probably the latest songs from the human world that he knows

Also R&B from other languages. Have yall heard Japenese R&B i fucking LOVE it

Probably gets really into his emotions when the cheating/breakup songs come on. It's just so emotional, okay!

totally doesn’t think of him and MC when the cheesy romance songs come on (he does, and he wishes they were in his arms swaying to the music with him)

I am BEGGING you please have dance parties in mammon’s room. They will go late into the night with old songs you can barely remember (songs your mom played Saturday mornings while you cleaned type beat) or songs that fill your chest with so much nostalgia and love.

Please make memories with him where you both jump on his bed and see who can rap the fastest or go the highest note

Likes listening to slower R&B when he is doing something (homework, counting money) so it doesn’t distract him too much.

Cannot hit Mariah’s high notes but boy does he fucking try

High pitched, cracked screaming from Mammon’s room

“Mammon, shut the fuck up!”

If the lyrics get too sexual (this applies to rap too) he gets too embarrassed to sing out loud. Probably in his room by himself yeah but if he’s in public where anyone can hear him? nope no way.

This man probably watched those old R&B music videos and memorized the moves. No matter how stupid some of them looked. He thinks he looks so fucking cool doing them tho, please cheer him on

WILL grab a mop or sponge and use it as a microphone. If he’s in the middle of chores when he’s listening to it he will be moving to the music and once the chorus strikes WILL be screaming the lyrics (Lucifer pretends to be really annoyed with this but is happy to see how carefree Mammon can be)

If you don’t wanna dance with him do NOT let him see you walk by because he WILL rope you into his silly dances and you WILL be singing

Asmo tells him to shut up with his music a lot BUT he does join Mammon’s dance parties often and if he gets really REALLY into it will try AND ACHIEVE Mariah’s high notes.

When they have their monthly self care night asmo lets mammon pick the music because he loves what he picks.

Levi while mostly listening to anime songs does get with some of mammon’s music and in turn shows mammon the melodic anime openings that match his taste

They do watch anime rap battles together

LEVI LISTENING TO ANIME RAP GINEGKWEGN WHY IS THAT SO FUNNY (those songs gO HARD THO)

Beelzebub listens to SOME rap, mostly to keep his vibes up at the gym and Mammon will sometimes recommend him a song

Belphegor LOVES Mammon’s soft R&B. Mammon will attempt to sing these as lullabies but often forgets that it’s suppose to be a lullaby and gets way to into it

I think Satan’s music taste would be everywhere (mostly centered in rock and metal) but sometimes spends time listening to music with Mammon and talking about their histories

Not Mammon listening to bye bye by mariah (you don’t understand how much I cried over this song when I was a kid) and time by Snoh Aalergra and thinking of Lilith

If he gets some bad nightmares then he’ll play some low R&B and sing himself the lyrics as he cries to sleep :)

NOW FOR THE RAP

Mammon L I V E S for rap songs about money. Daydreams about buying fancy things with you.

He watches the music videos with the fancy cars and girls and sighs, yearning for their life

MAMMON LIVES FOR GOING ON LATE CAR RIDES WITH YOU WERE HE LISTENS TO RAP MUSIC

It’s one of those things that make his adrenaline sky rocket and a smile stretch hopelessly across his face

But also gets embarrassed REALLY REALLY quickly

Will change a song if he’s with you and its to sexual

When these songs come on in the club? Mammon throws down.

Mammon is a good dancer. This is canon. So when these songs come on he will BREAK IT DOWN on the floor.

Has had multiple dance circles form around him

LOVES JOKE RAP

Its just so fucking funny to him, think TMG

Mammon listening to WAP,,,,,

He likes the beat but the ENTIRE time his face is the brightest red

If you sing the lyrics to him he will not know how to act, straight shut downs

BROCKHAMPTON!!! He simply vibes with their music

If he’s worried about a money scheme then he’ll listen to some confidence inducing rap and goes “boss mode”

Okay but deadass rap do be like that

Please spend a night with him showing him the newest human rap and R&B. He will listen to these for nights on end. If you pay attention you can hear him singing the lyrics under his breath as he walks through the hallways at school.

Next time that you bring up the songs to him he will have them all memorized and put in a playlist with your name on it

Loves Eminem but hates that he can’t keep up

LMAOO MAMMON RAPPING ALONG AND THEN JUST GOING QUIET BECAUSE HE CAN’T KEEP UP BROOO

“lyrics comin’ at you at super sonic speed......” and then just really quiet mumbling of the lyrics

anyway my point is that mammon has BOMB music taste and I love him

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uwumessenger · 4 years ago

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random headcanons i have for each om! character teehee

hi it's been a while since ive posted some hcs bc uni has been kicking my a$$! luckily i only have a few papers to tidy up and im done. here r some hcs for each obey me character that ive accumulated over the past few months wink wonk

most are random but some constants you'll find are what i think they smell like, languages they can speak (other than their native (demon/angel) and eng/jp), and music tastes !

lucifer

i have a strong feeling that he showers twice a day: in the morning after waking up and at night before going to bed

his cologne is probably the type that will last in an elevator for like a week after he uses it once. i dont think this mf ever smells like anything other than his cologne

has a secret folder on his phone of semi-nudes and other scandalous pics from when he felt sexy at the time omg

aside from demon language/eng/jp he can speak french and knows latin

listens to classical stuff yea but he also listens to diavolos mixtapes (re: diavolo's section)

not a fan of sweets but will eat sweet things when craving

really bland sense of humor...borderline cringey 😭✋🏻

mammon

has gone to google images and searched for "inspirational quotes tumblr" "gold aesthetic tumblr" & "relatable crush post tumblr" then reposts it onto his socials or just taps thru them and giggles bc he relates

his cologne doesnt last as long as lucifers and probably smells common. he has to reapply a lot but it's a people pleasing smell. it's cheaper hence the constant reapplying

he probably does have an expensive bottle but is the type to totally overspray...eek

he is canonically a car guy 🥲 and probably tells the one in his room good morning & good night + kisses the hood every once in a while. has tons of car magazines

he doesnt really speak other languages but has attempted to learn spanish before

listens to whatever is on the radio. doesnt rly stan anyone but he eventually will listen to mc's playlist and mc's playlist ONLY

levi

lurks on mc's socials ALL THE TIMEEEE like he will rewatch ur stories and scroll thru ur feed and overanalyze ur tweets/rts or blog posts. if ur mc isnt the type to use sns much he still googles ur name all the damn time just to find any sites u might be on fjdjdjdjskks

probably streams on whatever youtube or twitch devildom site equivalent there is, but only has like 40 or so followers. which he is okay with!

until he sees someone else who gets more attention than him. then the envy starts kicking in bad. especially if they suck 🧍��‍♀️

classic gamer boy smell. you know, sweat, tears, must, and (sometimes) axe deodorant. lucifer has to do a scent check before he goes out to any event & lets him use his cologne. how sweet!

kpop stan!! more girl groups than anything and his ults are probably GIRLS GENERATION, wonder girls, twice, loona, & red velvet

cried when ioi disbanded and refused to leave his room. the only thing u could hear was downpour on loop at full blast

can also speak korean & communicate in echolocation like dolphins 😏

satan

listens to country music you cant change my mind

smells like whatever environment he is in. he doesnt really have a designated smell just throws some deodorant on and goes about his day.

he's sooooo bad at driving...gets road rage way too often so his license has been REVOKED

but hes totally a backseat driver. needs to be sedated on long trips

do not let him watch finding nemo when luke asks to watch it. it's not worth it. he will cause mass destruction.

if he was a human or lived long term in the human world he totally has the ability to be a doctor

is studying as many languages as possible, but he mostly knows latin & french & german etc etc. wants to learn all the dead languages out of curiousity

asmo

dont think this mf has ever held down a relationship. ever

he doesnt compromise much & is not willing to change his lifestyle to fit an s/o into it. you keep up with how he lives or it just isnt meant to be (but dont worry! he'll eventually learn...maybe,,,,)

has the hardest time out of everyone when it comes to breaking bad habits

his smell varies bc he uses a variety of perfumes (whatever is the most popular at the time) but he probably sticks to floral and fresh scents. he never uses generic people pleaser scents like mammon

listens to electropop, mainstream pop, & some alternative rock

as for languages he too knows french, spanish, italian, etc. in general, if it's a romance language he knows it!

opposite of lucifer in the sense where he loves sweets and will refrain from eating too many bitter things

i think we all know that asmo is the biggest rockstar of the group! he's probably been in a boy band at least once, but now he makes his own music

has tried to teach mammon how to sing once. ended up in a broken piano and bleeding ears...

beel

i feel like he is SO SHY

like unless ur close to him he will not start conversations or anything

i think he listens to r&b a lot ! and jazz 😎 maybe rock as well

smells like ur typical athlete with undertones of wet wipes. he carries them around bc he likes to clean his hands before he eats & is prepared for when theres no sink nearby

he can drive and he drives really well. no rough turns, parallel parks perfectly, and never has problems with merging

driving with beel is probably really soothing. left hand is steering the other is gripping ur thigh 😫

dont think hes really fluent in any other language but hes probably semi fluent in korean because levi wanted beel to help him out

definitely know how to order food in practically every language tho HAHAHA

belphie

he reminds me of randall from monsters inc

smells kinda musty IM SORRY but not the way levi does hes more like the kind of musty u feel or smell when it's a shitty morning

but that's only because hes so lazy, when he cleans up hes like satan

has definitely murdered multiple people before. mc is not the first 😐✋🏻

with that being said belphie has been put into prison at least twice when visiting the human world, the mf had such a strong hatred for humans theres no way he never got into trouble before

lucifer probably broke him out and they used the pen thingies from men in black to erase everyones memory of that 🙄

dont think he listens to anything other than music that'll put him to sleep. really likes lazy song by bruno mars but thinks that bruno mars put too much effort into the song. should have been one acapella verse and then finish

similar to beel hes only semi fluent in one language, probably french bc of lucifer. doesnt remember much but knows a couple of lullabies and bedtime stories

the sandman used to be his bff until they drifted. they do, however, like and comment on each other's sns posts.

diavolo

once he found out who nicki minaj was he became her #1 stan

def an ariana grande stan too 😌

choreographs dances when hes stressed...idk just seems like a diavolo thing to do

also makes rly bad soundcloud rap music sometimes. turns to poetry when hes feeling emo but only lucifer knows this. barbatos is suspicious of him but doesnt have enough evidence to confirm.

his dad is like hudson abadeer from adventure time aka marceline's dad? something must have influenced him to want to unite the 3 realms + he would need the approval to do so, so his dad must be more chill than all the others before him 🧍🏻‍♀️ IDK ok anyway

currently going through his hamilton phase bc of mc. whether mc's intent was to get him hooked onto it or just to explain it bc of something he saw online, he tells everyone that he found out abt it bc of mc!

this man cannot drive his skills are only second to jumin han

not too fond of many languages but knows the widely spoken ones like spanish, mandarin, etc. if it's taught in high school he knows it

smells like a las vegas casino. not sure why but i feel like he does. but there's also an interesting & nice smell to him if he embraces you. it's a smell you cant quite identify. but it smells nostalgic, it's mysterious, and it's tempting.

barbatos

very calm demeanor but underneath hes WILD hes probably done everything at least once oof

he just has a lot of control and stability over himself (must be nice!)

on a more angsty note i feel like he might have had his heartbroken sO BAD IDK he is hurting and maybe that's why hes so willing to obey diavolo and not abuse his time lord power thingies bc he learned his lesson the hard way

mans is so smart he knows every language you could switch languages mid conversation with him and he wouldnt be thrown off. he'd probably start speaking it too.

BUT HE SPEAKS VIET P E R F E C T L Y

listens to the same stuff as lucifer but also likes eminem. likes the movie 8 mile but criticized it heavily

have you ever been to a chinese herb shop? naturally, he smells like that. his room probably smells like it too. he doesnt really have a significant smell like some of the others

when he bakes he smells like whatever hes baking tho

one of the few out of everyone listed to have been able to travel to literally everywhere

solomon

was probably on kitchen nightmares once, but only to get feedback from chef gordon ramsay. then he used his magic to prevent the episode from airing...

was in an orchestra, one of the best times of his life. played the violin. asmo watched him in the audience once, but didnt approach him until well after that performance.

he CANNOT sing. he can, however, rap.

doesnt listen to music. he listens to podcasts! but every now and then he turns on background music, but prefers it to be instrumental stuff

never wears sunglasses. also does not have a driver's license. cannot drive a regular car. could maybe fly an airplane.

due to his immortality he has learned almost every language to exist, but finds himself speaking mandarin the most. knows most dialects too

similar smell to barbatos but u can also smell some sunscreen on him too. like, generic beach day suncreen

he has a lot of pact marks, so he once had the idea to match foundation to his skin. it took him two weeks but he eventually perfected a combination. yes he will help u find ur perfect shade if u ask him to

simeon

another country music man. has also made a tiktok or two to that one song that goes "he cant even bait a hook." they are private tho

angel country music exists and simeon invented it

if he visits the human world and wears more causal clothing he probably tucks his shirt into his pants

wears a speedo at the beach i tell u, speedo at the beach

he can speak german...i can feel it

uses his pointer finger to type and holds the phone like 2 inches away from his face so sometimes his nose will push a key hence all his typos

has no signature smell. he simply smells like your favorite scent all the time. if multiple people are around him at once, everyone smells a different smell. it's pretty rad

"what does he smell like to himself?" u may be asking. hmm...a church? 💀

luke

his first pet was a goldfish and a few months before the exchange program happened, he was given a koi pond!

secretly likes hanging out with levi sometimes just to play with henry. makes him miss his pet fish back home

so his favorite movie is probably finding nemo and he threw a fit when nemo touched the butt

luke is probably learning german bc of simeon, though he'd like to learn more of the dead languages just for fun

i dont think he listens to music often or has any preferences, he just listens to whatever is playing on the radio

but he finds himself listening to the music mc listens to

smells like freshly baked goods all the time. or fresh laundry. but like, not combined. just depends on the day

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the-lady-writes-what · 4 years ago

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“Horikoshi is pathetic and an abuse apologist”

“Endeavor doesn’t deserve a redemption arc”

“Horikoshi’s just a bad writer”

“They shouldn’t fight Dabi’s who’s mentally ill”

That’s what I’ve hearing a lot lately. As someone who’s trying to become an author, I get defensive about creators getting slandered. If you find yourself in one of these camps, keep your opinions to yourself because I don’t want to hear it. You’re free to believe what you want, but just know that I think you need to either find a new manga to read or look a little closer because I don’t think we’re reading the same thing. I'm not asking you to unfollow and block me. Do with my opinion what you want to. I’m not going to address all these issues, but I will for most of them.

“Horikoshi is pathetic and an abuse apologist”

You say that with the same energy as Gen Z kids trying to cancel Eminem. You act like he abused someone in real life. If you don’t like his portrayal of the cycle of abuse, then find something else to read. And don’t pretend like you don’t read dark content for fun but don’t condone the things that go in there. Even if he was an abuse apologist, which he isn’t, his behavior in real life would reflect that. Unless you have a connection to Japanese newspapers declaring that he’s actually an awful person, think before you type.

What part of the manga makes you believe that Horikoshi is an abuse apologist? Is it because Endeavor’s not dead? That his family is pushing him to end the cycle of abuse he started and accept the responsibility of catching Dabi, the result of his actions? Hawks wasn’t getting an apology for Endeavor, he was getting an apology from Rei for what Dabi did to him. Hawks is likely never going to get closure for his own parental letdowns but at least he can see Shoto getting it. He even went so far as to ask if Shoto got the scar from Endeavor with a look on his face that would kill. I don’t think he would have let Endeavor get away with hurting Shoto if his expression was anything to go by. He’s accepted that he won’t get closure, but he probably thinks Shoto can.

Here’s a list of things from the manga that show Endeavor facing the consequences of his actions (abuse, neglect, and arrogance) that display the opposite of abuse apology

Throughly having his ass handed to him by that Nomu

Natsuo refusing to forgive him

Berated by his wife about how he’s suddenly assuming guilt for his actions

Distrust from the public about heroes in general

Dealing with the fact that his eldest son is a serial murderer and domestic terrorist because of the abuse he endured under Endeavor

Shoto hasn’t decided yet to forgive his father

Another near-death experience

Being unable to fight back when Shoto is attacked by Dabi and feeling guilty about it

Having his family push him to accept the fact that he has to stop Dabi, the result of his actions

Depression and the weight of guilt of so many years ignoring his affect on his family

Where 👏 Is 👏 My👏Reading👏Comprehension👏 People?

Ya’ll act and talk like you’re reading something entirely different and I won’t stand for smearing Horikoshi like this.

“Endeavor doesn’t deserve a redemption arc”

That’s your opinion. Some people would say otherwise. I’m not one of those, but I don’t share your opinion either. I’m in the camp that says this is a repentance arc, which is completely different. It’s not about Endeavor redeeming himself, it’s about him accepting the consequences of his actions and taking steps to make up for it. Whether or not the Todoroki family accepts his apology, that is up to them and their decisions are valid no matter what they choose.

The only reason why I’m not an Endeavor basher is because unlike most abusers he acknowledges his past sins and is taking steps to make up for them. I wish my own father would so much as acknowledge the damage he did to me and my sister, let alone apologize for it. At least Endeavor is trying to change. How many abusers do you know of in the real world who will ever admit to having done wrong and try to make up for their actions? Not many I bet.

“They shouldn’t fight Dabi. He’s mentally ill.”

So murdering 30+ people is mental self-care? Is that what we’re stooping to? Regardless of Dabi’s mental health, the decisions he made while on his own and away from his family were his own choices. Let’s not forget that Dabi blames his whole family for his neglect and abuse for either not doing anything to stop it or being too weak in his eyes. Dabi would burn his family alive and make Endeavor watch just for shits and giggles. Dabi is not some soft boy who needs some human affection and meds to make him feel better. Every decision he’s made on his own may be in spite to Endeavor, but they’re his decisions.

He killed 30 people plus gods know how many when he aided in a domestic terrorist attack that devastated cities. Dabi didn’t seem all that concerned for Twice (he was using the latter for his own goals and used Twice’s death as a means to end to ruin Hawks), Mr. Compress (when he had half his guts hanging out and Dabi didn’t lift a finger), Himiko Toga (whom he hasn’t even asked about), or even Shigaraki (whom he’s despised since the beginning and is also using for his own goals). Dabi does not care about anyone. Fanon Dabi is fun and probably more mentally stable, but canon Dabi wouldn’t hesitate to kill someone if they inconvenienced him in anyway. Sorry not sorry.

Do you know how many murderers and serial killers are out there have mental illness? Edward Gein, Edmund Kemper, Ted Bundy, Randy Kraft? Just because you have a mental illness, you don’t get to use that as an excuse. We don’t excuse Youtubers falling back on depression when they’re caught sexting teenagers and grooming children. Kill one person, maybe we can work something out. Kill 30 people and we need to put your ass in jail. I don’t care if Dabi is affected by mental illness, so has the rest of the Todoroki family and none of them decided to become serial murderers and terrorists. He’s helped throw the Japan of MHA into brutal chaos where civilians are getting hurt and killed and setting free 10,000 prisoners now causing havoc in the streets. Mental illness is no longer an excuse or even a good reason.

I’m just thankful that Dabi’s a fictional character because I don’t want to meet someone who uses mental illness as an excuse or reason why someone else killed 30+ people. We already have a big enough problem associating mental illness with serial killers and causing harm to the public, I don’t even want a fictional character being coddled because of his supposed mental illness after he gleefully admits to killing 30 people, participating a terrorist attack, and tried to kill his youngest brother, twice.

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gone-series-orchid · 4 years ago

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hi I really love your takes and analyses on gone stuff so I wanted to ask if you had any headcanons on what kinds of music the various characters would listen to? I know there’s some stuff in canon (Sam with weezer, etc) but not much that I recall.

hi, anon! thank you so much!

i'm 99.9% sure i've answered this question before, but i've searched through my blog and alas, i cannot find it :( anyway, here goes!

sam: weezer, r.e.m., blink-182, sum 41. all those popular '2000s rock/pop bands

quinn: all the above + weird al + "i'm awesome" by spose and "i love college" by asher roth.

astrid: months ago i was thinking of making some joke post about astrid loving cheesy christian rock/pop groups but now i legitimately like the idea of her wholeheartedly rocking out to krystal meyers' (she's like avril lavigne! but christian!) "the way to begin," "my savior," and "fire"

edilio: indie weepy music. probably likes elliott smith and also the smiths, because he's cultured

caine: regrettably probably also likes the smiths and elliott smith :(

diana: fergie, britney spears, christina aguilera, mariah carey, fefe dobson...not taylor swift though. she finds her country twang cheesy

mary: soft pop...vanessa carlton and mandy moore and michelle branch

drake: eminem asodgfdhyfg

howard and orc: metallica, nirvana, a little weezer and blink-182. orc pointedly dislikes "say it ain't so" because just because your dad's alcoholism traumatized you doesn't mean you have to write a weepy song about it :/

#gone series #the gone series #michael grant #fayz #fayzian #sam temple #astrid ellison #edilio escobar #caine soren #diana ladris #mary terrafino #drake merwin #howard bassem #charles orc merriman #orc merriman #gone series orc #quinn gaither

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supercasey · 5 years ago

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Do you have any songs for the TF2 Mercs? Sort've like their theme or just songs when you listen you think of them?

Sorry this took a bit, I needed to find some good songs! I'm such a huge fan of music (I don't really want a career in making it or anything, I just really like it!) So I'm gonna give each character 5 songs each, but seeing as I'm not as in-tune with a few of them… this was a bit hard to put together, but I think I’m fairly happy with the results!

Engineer: Cabinet Man - Lemon Demon : That's Okay - The Hush Sound : Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin : Rooster - Alice in Chains : Old Town Road - Lil Nas X. The first song is a bit out of place, but I like to think Engie is just a lil’ more in love with his work than most folk. Other than that song, I tried choosing a few softer songs as well as country ones, or just ones that reminded me of him. I hope you’ll like them!

Demoman: The Beer - Kimya Dawson : High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco : Gasoline - Halsey : Amsterdam - Imagine Dragons : Hey, Asshole - Watsky. I’m not as knowledgeable of Demo’s lore, but from what I’ve read, I really like him, and I think he could relate with a few more depressing songs, while still wanting to blast some happy tunes! A lot of contrast with these songs, but I think they fit Demo well!

Soldier: Popopo - Steampianist : Burn - Admiral Fallow : The Weight of Us - Sanders Bohlke : The House That Heaven Built - Japandroids : This is War - Thirty Seconds to Mars. A lot of war related songs, as well as just songs about wanting to be greater than you are, even when it’s hard. That’s the sort of vibe I get from Soldier- you know, other than being Feral- and I tried to incorporate those things into this mini playlist!

Medic: Touch-Tone Telephone - Lemon Demon : Control - Halsey : Lent - Autoheart : When You're Evil - Voltaire : Handlebars - Flobot. I like to call Medic’s mini playlist “I’m Feral and I Don’t Care How You Feel About it!” All in all, very dramatic and vicious playlist, but let’s be real, that pretty much sums up Medic as a whole.

Heavy: Kids - MGMT : Idioteque - Radiohead : Zombie - The Cranberries : Your Best American Girl - Mitski : Work Song - Hozier : The Call - Regina Spektor. I struggled a lot with Heavy’s playlist, as I have a bit of trouble trying to get who he is as a character, but at the end of the day, I think he cares deeply for his family and teammates, and would enjoy songs about working hard, trying to fit in, and tragic childhoods.

Pyro: Little Game - Benny : Billions of Eyes - Lady Lamb and the Beekeeper : Edge of Town - Middle Kids : Elevator Operator - Courtney Barnett. Very happy go lucky playlist for the most part, with a pinch of LGBT undertones from the first song. I dunno, I just want Pyro to be happy!

Sniper: Why Am I Like This? - Orla Gartland : Johnny Boy - Twenty One Pilots : Future Me Hates Me - The Beths : Lemon Boy - Cavetown : Fill in the Blank - Car Seat Headrest. Oof ouch, the bushman be depressed and honestly I feel that on an emotional level. Lots of sad songs, but with a hint of Sniper wanting to feel better and work hard!

Spy: Pigeon - Cavetown : Not the Ghost - The Crane Wives : Problems - Mother Mother : When I'm Gone - Eminem : Tarifa - Sharon Van Etten. Now we’re in the big leagues (aka why I made this 5 for each and not just 3); I get the feeling that Spy is rather self-destructive, at least when it comes to forming relationships, and I tried to convey that through my song choices, as well as songs about wanting to be there for someone *cough* his son *cough*.

Scout: Devil Town V3 - Cavetown : peacefall - Purity Ring : Hey, Ma - Bon Iver : Squealing Pigs - Admiral Fallow : Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons. As usual when answering Scout questions, I project, but hey, I think this time it’s pretty valid! Most of the themes for Scout’s playlist are about growing up, and the unwillingness to, as well as dealing with frustration and homesickness.

BONUS Miss Pauling: Help - Pink Guy : Pristine - Snail Mail : Don't Let's Start - They Might Be Giants : Today Today - Jack Stauber : Girls Like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko. Gay rights (I think it’s canon that she’s a lesbian??? Man I gotta read the fucking comics). Bit of depression paired with women being badass af in this playlist!

BONUS The Administrator: Oh No! - Marina and the Diamonds : Matilda - alt-J : Big God - Florence and the Machine : Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin : Army of Me - Björk. I may as well have asked the Administrator to step on me with this playlist; lot’s of selfishness and a longing for power for her songs!

BONUS Scout's Mom: My Mom - Kimya Dawson : Fast Car - Tracy Chapman : Your Ex-Lover Is Dead - Stars : I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons : 1985 - Bowling For Soup. Gosh, I miss my mom... anyways, I think Scout’s mom is a good mama, and even though I also think she’s been through a lot, she still loves her kid and husband, even if they’re far from home at the moment!

I went a bit overboard, didn’t I? Oh well, this was very fun to do, so thank you so much for the ask!

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thenamesreader · 6 years ago

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I remember making a RWBY Music AU where Blake was a rapper and Yang dabbled in almost everything (excluding country).

Blake was basically a mix of Childish Gambino, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, and rappers like them, was born in Tobago and was in a group with Adam and Ilia when she met Yang, who was in a band with Ruby at the time and crushing hard on Cinder.

Or so she thought.

Yang’s crush on Cinder was more of a celebrity crush- something Cinder tried to take advantage of (manipulation of children seems to be a common theme here)-anyway, but when she met Blake, she completely forgot about it, to both Cinder’s and Adam’s complete annoyance. Cinder because she can’t use Yang to get whatever she wanted (Emerald was jealous of her anyway, so, hooray for her. I guess...) and we know exactly why Adam hates Yang.

The two meet at a contest that Yang had entered because Blake wanted to get away from Adam (for once since he was so possessive) with Ilia. Blake was amazed by her singing skills and they both hit it off after the competition but don’t see each other again after that.

Until Blake leaves the group. She leaves because... we all know why. Do I really need to explain? She’s keeping her head low at the time they meet up again because if she starts a solo career, Adam will find her some way, somehow, and she doesn’t want to deal with it.

Yang has started a solo career while collabbing with Ruby and Weiss here and there. Cinder’s still being a thorn in her side, but, she doesn’t care because she’s over her and she’s a grown woman (20 y/o), now. (Cinder only disses her on the internet and in interviews anyway, so why should she care?) She starts caring later on when Ruby and her new band, which I’m working on who’s in it, (Ren and Nora are, so far), take the number one spot on the Billboards and she starts having beef with a literal child (just like in canon) over nothing (In canon, it might not be over nothing. But, seriously? She’s a child). It’s not like Ruby’s as popular anyway. Emerald is the only one she has real problems with, though, because Emerald thinks (for some twisted reason) that Cinder won’t care about her anymore (when she literally never cared for her in the first place).

Oh, and Mercury’s there, too, but I don’t know what to do with him.

Blake’s doing her own thing and living with two of her cousins (because, yes. Sun might be living with them, too. Haven’t decided) when she decides to go out to watch a singing competition that Yang is a guest judge on (Blake likes to mock the really bad artists) and they talk again, finally, after years. The two become friends. They start doing collabs and mocking Cinder together. Blake then starts a solo career, forgetting about Adam and making money.

Blake and Yang then get drunk one night and drunken mistakes happen in the dark. (Was it really a mistake, though?) The two start dating after trying to figure out what that night meant for them. They end up in gossip columns. Adam apparently reads those. (More like they were on the front cover of one when he went to the grocery store, but, I digress). Adam does his thing. Ilia tries to bring Blake back to him. It doesn’t work and Adam soon gets arrested. (He dies in prison because he was associated with a gang that he screwed over for his own personal gain). Ilia decides to take a pause on her career for awhile while also avoiding Neptune’s constant advances before finding a girlfriend who almost pummels him into the floor because HE CAN’T TAKE A HINT!!!!! (Even though Ilia tells her that she can take care of herself. Don’t worry. The girl is an absolute sweetheart and makes sure that he gets out with only a scare.)

Blake and Yang move to LA for a bit before moving back to Brooklyn (the place where her cousins live) because Blake’s younger cousin is not doing so well. Because of rumors about her apparently retiring, Blake comes out with a song that’s pretty much this universe’s version of Eminem’s “Without Me”. They then all move out to Cali and have a decent little home in San Diego.

#RWBY #bumbleby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long

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friend-me-up-hussie · 6 years ago

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Kuprum,marvus and our zebra boy

hoo boy lets go

Kuprum

favourite thing about them: tbh i don’t remember why i liked him in the first place(i swear it’s not the copper wire scene). In all honesty though I love how he cares about Folykl so much, it’s adorable.

least favourite thing about them: … he wants to fuck the heiress. Sweetheart no you’ll die.

favourite line: “>when you get owned >fucking OWN IT” It’s actually a good motivational quote for me. I’ve got it up in my room somewhere

brOTP: Kuprum♦Folykl, Folykl♦Kuprum♦MC

OTP: Folykl❤Kuprum❤MC, Kuprum❤Folykl

nOTP:

random headcanon: Only Folykl knows that he’s a good singer. He sings her lullabies when her voidrot prevents her from sleeping. He would probably win ‘Slam or Get Culled’, but they ain’t risking it. Plus, its not what he’s interested in anyway.

unpopular opinion: I like him. He’s my rubbish boy. Y’all should know by now that i love them trash characters.

song i associate with them: Angel with A Shotgun by The Cab (I wanna think that when the day comes, he would choose Folykl over Trizza, and he will fight tooth and nail to get back to her)

favourite picture of them: he was protecting us that scene, damn sweet I tells ya

Marvus

favourite thing about them: um, clown tiddies? And he woke af

least favourite thing about them: the fact that he confirms that I’m a gog damned clown fucker. How I feel is basically that flashing redrom/blackrom gif from homestuck. fun fact, I have a new disgusting kink now thanks to him. please send help

favourite lines: *inhales**sighs* “hey babe. want 2 dance ? :o)” and “some1s been naughty xo)”. God help me. On the other hand, “i say u the architeckt of ya own f8 !” is a good mantra to go by.

brOTP: Chixie♦Marvus

OTP: Marvus❤Zebruh, Marvus❤/♠Me, Marvus❤MC, Chixie♦Marvus

nOTP

random headcanon: He likes sketching city scenes in his free time. Everyone needs alone time, even this guy, so he loses the entourage, dons a disguise, and walks around town looking for things to sketch. It keeps him grounded to reality and reminds him that he is a troll too.

unpopular opinion: ngl he’s low-key creepy. Don’t get me wrong, I have him as my phone background (shout out to @chofana ), but that doesn’t override the fact that he’s okay with the tons of fans that die at his concerts. I know it probably propaganda and the fact that he can’t do anything, but still.

song/s I associate with them: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons/Not Afraid by Eminem

favourite picture of them: I think we all agreed with MC in that scene

this pic was v. good too

Zebruh

favourite thing about them: … everything? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ his outfit is v.cute though. wish i could pull it off

least favourite thing about them: his characterization in canon. nuff said.

favourite lines: "❤️I don’t believe we’ve met. I’m sure I would have remembered someone with such unique looks.❤️" and “❤️Either way, the thought of being your friend makes my bloodpusher beat a little faster.❤️” I’m a sucker for little things like this dammit.

brOTP: Zebruh♦Me. Zebruh♦MC, they would have been good friends were it not for canon.

OTP: *inhales* Zebruh❤MC, Zebruh❤Mallek, Zebruh❤modima-bundle, Mallek❤Zebruh❤MC, Mallek❤Zebruh❤Me, Zebruh❤Me, Zebruh❤Konyyl, Zebruh❤/♠Marvus, Ze- you get the picture (i know. Go ahead and judge me. I blame all the good fanart)

nOTP: uh, let’s just say I don’t really want Zebruh anywhere near Marvus for a while. Not that I hate him, I think Zebruh❤Marvus is 👌, I’m just salty about canon!Zebruh in this route, and the lack of redemption arc. Hiveswap Act 2, please. Oh, also Chixie❤Zebruh, I see them more as potential platonic friends but not in any quadrant.

random headcanon: He has a secret spot in the outskirts of Outglub. It’s a little hill, overlooking a lake. He stays there with his thoughts, the moons’ reflection in the water, and the stars twinkling above him until he has to go home.

unpopular opinion: um, the fact that I love him? That’s a pretty unpopular opinion already.

song/s I associate with them: Shots/Demons by Imagine Dragons

favourite picture of them:

#hiveswap marvus #marvus xoloto #hiveswap zebruh #zebruh codakk #hiveswap kuprum #kuprum maxlol #characters ask meme

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minaminokyoko · 6 years ago

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Venom: A Spoilertastic Review (that is mostly just a rant)

When the end credits to the Venom movie started, just as Eminem began his embarrassingly uninspired rapping, I turned my head to one of my two friends and asked her, "What the hell did I just put into my eyeballs?"

To be frank, Venom is one of the most peculiar, bizarre, baffling films I've seen in years.

I want to preface this review by saying I was against this idea when it was announced. I thought it was beyond idiotic to make a film about a supervillain whose entire creation hinges on a certain Webhead, and since Sony lent him out to Marvel Studios (the only smart fucking decision they've made in probably over a decade, imo), they went off half-cocked with the hair-brained idea that they could create an anti-hero solo flick for Venom instead. To some degree, sure, they were warranted because the general audience these days has low fucking standards and if you put the words "comic book movie" in front of them, they're usually going to lap it up no matter how terrible it is. After all, fandom doesn't care about things being accurate anymore, by this point, if you dangle fresh meat like Tom Hardy riding a motorcycle in front of them. As long as there's an attractive person at the helm, fandom will just adopt it as canon and ignore any red flags, as they have already done. That being said, I still think this is one of the most blatantly stupid things done for money and for notoriety from any studio toting around a popular comic book character.

Is Venom as bad as legendary awful comic book movies like Catwoman, The Spirit, Batman & Robin, Daredevil, Green Lantern, or Spawn?

Well, no.

And that's almost the only positive thing I can report about it, personally.

In short, Venom is inept. That's the word I'd choose, aside from bizarre. It has no fucking clue what it's doing at any given time, from start to finish. It's too wacky to be serious, too serious to be a parody or satire, too mature for kids, too childish for adults, too mainstream for nerds, and too nerdy for mainstream. It's just a piping hot fucking mess.

So let's dive into why. Spoiler alert.

Overall Rating: D

Pros:

-Note: I am being very fucking generous by giving this movie points for anything at all, just so y'all know.

-It's not boring. Other comic book movies that have failed, whether it's the really bad kind or just the mediocre kind, have failed worse than this movie simply because at least there aren't any dead periods. Venom doesn't have awful pacing, even with its sloppy, uneven story. It moves along at a steady rate and you can never accuse it of being a borefest like Superman Returns or something. Even though most of it is incomprehensible from a story standpoint, it keeps your attention throughout.

-The doctor boyfriend surprisingly averted the usual stereotype/archetype for this kind of story. For example, in the first Ant Man, the cop boyfriend who is with Scott's baby mama is a smug, overprotective dickhead who later gets better. Most of the time when a main couple breaks up, the girl picks some douchebag who is either so much better than her former lover that it just feels insulting or it's just a one-dimensional asshole for us to hate so we want the two of them to get back together. Hell, doctor boyfriend was actually TOO nice and understanding and helpful. There is no way in hell I'd have stuck it out after seeing Eddie bite the head off a goddamn lobster. I'd have sent his ass to a mental hospital immediately, fuck the regular hospital. That being said, I like the movie averting the trope. It was a welcome change and was awfully refreshing too.

-Even though this is one of his strangest fucking performances to date, Tom Hardy is doing what he always does and gives 110% to a film that really doesn't even deserve him. I've already been hearing rumors that he's not pleased with the final product and that doesn't surprise me, but he does what he can with that awful script and I appreciate the effort. In fact, the only reason I sat through this turd is for Tom Hardy. He is a dedicated, talented actor and even when he's in tripe, he's still busting his beautiful ass to make the best of it anyway. I like him a lot and I'd go to bat for him any day, which is the only reason I coughed up the money for Venom when I knew damn well it'd be a trainwreck.

-The effects are at least decent. Not always. But Venom and the symbiotes actually feel as if they're really there and it's not just the actors staring at a ball on a stick. I appreciate it, since Sony goes in and out of quality regarding CGI.

-Despite the fucking travesty of a fake clown wig on his head, Woody Harrelson is an excellent choice for Cletus Kasady. Everyone knows that. I just hope they get him a better hairpiece next time, sheesh.

Cons:

-Jesus fucking Christ, where do I fucking start?

-Plotholes. This movie doesn't have plotholes--it has plot canyons. It's plothole Inception, for God's sake, with holes inside of fucking holes. It's so clear that the movie doesn't give a rat's ass about anything because there are some of the most ridiculous moments you're expected to swallow with the power of Willing Suspension of Disbelief. It's why it took me a whole two days to try and write a review/analysis of the film. There is so much wrong with it that I frankly wasn't sure where to start and how to process it all. The best I can try to do considering the overwhelming number of holes in the story is go chronologically. First off, Eddie stealing Blondie's confidential documents (Note: Michelle Williams' character was so bland and unimportant I can't remember her name and I don't care to look it up because we all know she doesn't matter, so she is now Blondie) but then not doing his actual job as a journalist when making wild accusations is the first monumentally dumb thing in the film. Why the hell did he go through the trouble of breaching her personal security and trust if all he was going to do was rant about it to the Bad Guy without proof? What did he think it would accomplish? Why would you just confront the guy instead of looking for more proof? Plus, you stole that information, which means it's inadmissable in court since it was obtained illegally, so you still wouldn't have a case anyhow. Any writer with half a brain cell would simply have it so that Eddie read the document, became curious, and started snooping around Life Foundation himself looking for hard evidence that would stand up in court to get justice for the victims. The way they did it in the film makes no sense, but it's because they wanted to bust up the couple and make Eddie a "loser" to kickstart the rest of the film. Then, the girl who tattled on the Life Foundation 100% did not need Eddie Brock to do that. She had full access to the lab and the trust of her superior. All she had to do was document everything herself, send it to Eddie to pass along to his boss, and then skip town with her fucking kids to avoid being murdered. Hell, she could have given it to the authorities anonymously. Third, why after everything went tits up in the lab did she fucking return to the lab as if they wouldn't immediately know it was her? She was seen outside the lab seconds before Eddie set off the alarms and her palm print is recorded having opened the door to the lab. Why the fuck did she go back after she let Eddie in there with no way to cover her tracks? And then she actually told on herself and Eddie, which led to her death. I can't comprehend that level of stupidity at all. It's staggering. Because I'm trying not to turn this into a seven-page single spaced review, I'm just going to stop here and not try to point out all the other plotholes in detail, like the fact that the cops only get involved one time and are never seen again despite the fact that they'd be all over the explosions and missing people associated with the Life Foundation or Eddie's phone working perfectly after he swam under the fucking bridge or Eddie leaving his phone for his boss instead of just sending him the goddamn pictures or the symbiote magically knowing where Eddie was after they took him from the hospital. We'll be here all day if I keep going. I'll just reblog CinemaSins' eventual video of this movie and feel satisfied that way.

-The movie makes zero attempts at explaining anything about the symbiotes except for "they're vulnerable to fire and sound frequencies, need a host to survive, and eat brains." What is even stranger about the lack of explanation is that this isn't a long film. They could have easily added about ten minutes into the story to give us an overview of where they came from, what their world was like, how they found human contact, and why they were on that comet. All we can do is infer things, which pisses me off because this is YOUR story and YOUR new continuity that you just fucking made up on the fly, so I don't know the rules here and it's shitty of you to just gloss over it all. Why is it called Venom? Is that a translation from whatever the hell the symbiote was called on its own planet? Did it hear that somewhere and decide it liked the word? Why? Why does it get touchy if you call it a parasite when that is literally what it is? Is it like Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective and it's just in denial? We have to guess that it knows whatever Eddie knows, but why does it have any conceptual knowledge of romance and relationships when it attempts to get Eddie to apologize to Blondie or when it says it "likes" her? Or that Eddie "changed its mind" at the end? And how can a symbiote even be a loser? That concept is almost universally human and it's a giant sentient piece of fucking tar? How can it possibly be a loser on its own planet? There is just no damn context for majority of the shit surrounding the symbiotes in the movie and it's all the more frustrating since we spend a great deal of time in the lab with them during the movie and yet we learn almost nothing.

-Eddie and the symbiote don't actually form a proper bond or partnership. This is one of the things that's irritating me about people who seem to have taken to the movie. I was told multiple times by people that the movie is stupid, but the repartee between Eddie and Venom is enjoyable. Not really, no. Are there quips? Yes, there are quips. But quips do not inherently create a bond. Anyone can bounce dialogue off each other. If said dialogue does not change the characters, then it's just lip service. Sadly, though, a lot of people don't notice that absolutely nothing between Eddie and Venom lines up. Venom helps Eddie survive the attacks, but is killing him in the process. It's self-interest alone. The truly confounding part is when they get Venom off of Eddie and find out Venom has basically been consuming Eddie's organs to stay alive inside him, Eddie acts betrayed and storms off, but then when Venom returns wearing Blondie as his guise, he just accepts it and they go off to the badly filmed climax. What the hell changed in between those scenes? Nothing. Eddie still runs the risk of dying being piloted by the symbiote, and while Eddie has motivation to stop Bad Guy (again, another character that is so thin I can't be bothered to learn his name) from bringing the symbiotes to earth, Venom is given zero reason to want that at all. As mentioned above, there's no backstory. Is Venom concerned his race will consume the earth? If so, who cares? There's seven billion people and Venom has already found Eddie, who is a suitable match for him to survive, so why does he care at all? Eddie would survive an invasion anyhow. It makes no damn sense. Films that have dealt with symbiotic relationships always establish a common ground at some point but Venom doesn't for some inexplicable reason. I'm incredibly frustrated that everyone's just going "tee hee, look, they're best friends now, it's cute" when in fact Eddie is just running around committing murder randomly without ever really contemplating how serious it is, even though he claims to only be eating bad people.

-Nitpick: Fridging two different female characters, the homeless lady and the Life Foundation tattletale, rubbed me entirely the wrong way. Both of them were in Eddie's vicinity, both die, and both are never brought up again or shown to have impacted Eddie's motivation or life. They are simply used and discarded, which is another thing that makes this movie feel so hollow.

-The tone is all over the fucking place. It can be argued that Venom never went full serious and is always sort of tongue-in-cheek, but there's just this ridiculous whiplash feeling when you watch it spike from an action scene to "wacky" Brock antics to Venom quips. Eddie's personality even before the symbiote is just confusing as hell. It's like stuffing a bunch of random character traits into one man and all of them are fighting to get out at once like the characters from Split. The most consistent thing is he's sarcastic, but even then his moods range far too widely to get a bead on him. He can be dry one minute and then frantic and excitable the next, and that's before the symbiote. After the symbiote, it's like they gave Tom Hardy cocaine and steroids. The man's acting is simply all over the damn place. He accepts near-impossible things sometimes with a shrug and other times he freaks out. The movie just doesn't know what the hell it's attempting to accomplish, and that's why mood and tone are important to set from the get-go with a film. It just slingshots between a faux-horror film and a snippy action flick over and over again until your head feels pulverized.

-The final action sequences is one of the dumbest, messiest things since Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It's an ugly, dark, jumbled up mess. It's so indistinguishable that Godzilla (2014) can take potshots at it. Why in perfect blue hell did they choose two symbiotes with such similar appearances to showdown with each other on top of a rocket at night? It's so hard to see what the two of them are doing, who is winning or losing, or what kind of movement is happening at all. We also are never given the full range of their abilities, so the only real stake is when they pull off their hosts and their bodies are vulnerable, but even then it appears that Venom can raise Eddie from the dead seconds later anyhow. I'm stunned the movie couldn't even do a fake out death properly, which is so fucking easy that even Disney can do it. Eddie dies and is revived in less than fifteen goddamn seconds. The camera doesn't even linger on his body to sell the emotion (not that we'd ever have one, he is just barely a character anyway) before it just takes it right the hell back. That's filmmaking 101, for God's sake, and the movie blows it too.

-The last scene in the movie. In its entirety. I haven't been that exasperated since I stupidly forced myself to watch Pacific Rim: Uprising. There are so many things wrong with it that it's hard to know how to tackle it. I don't care that Eddie stopped that guy from extorting the shop owner--he openly turned into a 10 foot tall alien and ate a guy in front of her, and the movie just laughs and shrugs like it's just totally fine, like that woman isn't about to lose her shit, call the cops, or fuck, the NSA/FBI/CIA/Avengers on Eddie for making her a witness to murder, and endangering pretty much anyone around them. To say nothing of the fact that there is no reason a 10 foot tall alien with a million sharp teeth needs to say a single word to threaten someone. You are the threat, buddy. Your existence is the threat. Why did you need to insist on threatening to bite things off? You're terrifying and nothing you say is going to somehow make you scarier, especially when you just ate the guy anyway. It's like they just made that scene for the final trailer, much like that "I thought she was with you" comment all the way back in Batman v. Superman despite in-canon it made no sense. It's so unnecessary. And don't get me started on the fact that the crook actually asked the giant alien who it is. Fuck you. That was a lazy, transparent attempt to spoonfeed the wretched cliche that Michael Keaton's Batman made famous. (Consequently, all movies ever, please stop doing this cliche. Stop it. Just find another way to announce yourself. It's really tired, y'all, let it go already.) No human would ever look at that thing and ask it who the fuck it is. He'd piss himself and die of fright. Period. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. Piss. Die. Period.

-Nitpick: Why was there that weird Godzilla (2014) trailer noise every time Venom attacked someone? Did they just steal it from public domain? They used it almost like the Inception horn cliche that Hollywood was obsessed with for a while and it took me right out of the scene every damn time.

-Nitpick: They really thought we're so stupid that we needed Kasady to actually say his character's name out loud. Look, you fuckers, you know goddamn well that end credits scenes are extras and that people can go home and Google things instead of you literally spelling it out for us. Hell, you know that not that many Average Joes and mainstream people went to this movie anyway since Venom is a second-stringer villain and your main demographic is die-hard Eddie Brock fans anyway. So having Kasady say the damn name “Carnage” in the post credits scene really was the final fart in my general direction. Give us some fucking credit, man. Venom has barely five plotlines to his whole character anyway. Of course we knew you were going to drop Carnage for the Sequel Hook, you condescending twat of a film.

Look, I get it. I'm hypercritical because I write fiction for a living. There are plenty of movies where turning your brain off is required in order to enjoy it, but I think this movie is asking me to get an entire lobotomy to be able to swallow the big-ass pill it's offering. It's just so sloppy and uncaring and yet it's holding its grubby little hands out for your money and your love and I think it's undeserving of it on every last level. It has zero comprehension of what it's trying to accomplish since it's a money grab, and its artistic choices are nothing short of bonkers. It's so strange that it even veers outside of the So Bad It's Good category for me. I can't in good confidence recommend it to anyone even though it's almost like a study in what not to do in both comic book movies and movies in general. It's weird in a distasteful way rather than in a charming way for me, honestly. I know people have rallied around it for being different and out there, but I don't think different and good are the same thing in Venom's case.

#Venom #Venom 2018 #Eddie Brock #film review #movie review #film rant #rant #movie rant #spoilers #spoiler alert #don't @ me #i don't care #anti Venom

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hiphophistorian-blog1 · 7 years ago

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Rappers and Their alter egos You think you may know the full story when it comes to an artist. That is, until you meet their other side, the side that isn’t truly them. Plenty of well known rappers use personas for a number of reasons. It’s usually a very interesting and artistic decision to use one and it’s never really played out if tackled correctly. But why use them at all? And where did the idea come from? Surprisingly, this answer stems from unlikely roots: Classic Rock. That’s right, kiddos. For just a bit, I’ll be the “Classic Rock Historian”. Christ that’s a horrible name. David Robert Jones, better known by his stage name, David Bowie is one of my favorite artists of all time, and is truly one of the most amazing performers ever. But what does the Heroes artist have to do with hip hop? Quite a bit actually. As a brief rundown, David Bowie created an alter ego known as Major Tom for his 1969 song, Space Oddity in which he describes his isolation he feels from the world. Major Tom would later return in Bowie’s song Ashes To Ashes where Bowie sings about his drug habit as the character. After this, his personas almost possessed Bowie as if they had a kind of their own. These characters consisted of such characters like the fascist Thin White Duke where Bowie was under a strict diet of milk, peppers, and cocaine with an unhealthy obsession for Hitler’s ideas and the most popular one, Ziggy Stardust, a half human, half alien hybrid tragically killed off by his fans. Although almost all of these characters met a tragic end, The Thin White Duke lingered in David Bowie’s shadow until his death. Bowie himself was quoted as to say that The Thin White Duke was a nasty character indeed. Anyways, David Bowie was a pioneer of onstage performance. Although he wasn’t the first to use an alter ego on stage, he sure as hell popularized it. Now back to rap. The earliest examples of a rappers using alter egos would probably be Humpty, Slim Shady, and MF Doom. While Eminem had yet to be known as the “sometimes member” of D12, he entered the group of 5 others. However, they wanted a huge, Wu-Tang Clan sized rap group without the numbers to do so. So each member made a persona, making the total number of members in D12 a group of 12. Thus, Eminem’s alter ego, Slim Shady was born. This character would be a loose canon and way more violent than Marshal Mathers, himself. Slim Shady was almost like the American version of A Clockwork Orange lyrically. MF Doom however started out with his persona to the point where Doom admits if he’s not in character, he can’t rap like he can with the persona. In short, MF became his alter ego in the form of a black versioned the Fantastic 4 villain, Dr Doom, allowing MF to sell such incredibly great merchandise such as dolls, cereal bowls, and scratch-‘N-sniff albums. However, along with this persona comes the fact that MF Doom needs to constantly hide his identity under the mask. Fans have even gone as far as accusing Doom of having doppelgängers onstage to perform for him. Our next three examples are Roman Zolanski, Larry Fisherman, and... Childish Gambino? Nicki Minaj is a huge star, there’s no denying that. But most people would be forgiven for not knowing Nicki has an alter ego. You know those weird titles on her albums mentioning someone named “Roman”? She even mentions Roman a few times throughout her discography and videos. To put it simply, can you recall any of the several instances Nicki Minaj has rapped surprised, out of breath, and with a throaty British accent? That’s Roman. Innocently enough, it’s just an imaginary friend Nicki created back when she started out just to add to her quirky aesthetic. This next one isn’t so much a persona as it is an alternative name to Mac Miller. Larry Fisherman is an obvious spin on the name of celebrated actor, Larry Fishburne. In this disguise, Mac just wears either very childish outfits or something nautical themed. Besides the subtle differences, nothing is different between Mac and Larry. Now for the last and biggest one: Childish Gambino. “But wait, Hip Hop Historian! Childish Gambino is his stage name that he got from The Wu-Tang Name generator! It’s not a persona!” And you’d be right if this we’re anywhere between Donald Glover’s first studio album, Camp to his 2014 projects, Kauai and Stn Mtn. Besides that, if you look anywhere explaining who Childish Gambino is, you’d see that he’s described specifically as “Donald Glover’s alter ego”. Well, when Glover first tried his hand at rapping in his mixtapes Poindexter and Sick Boi, he used a voice that was squeaky and sounded as though Gambino had a stuffy nose. Fans dubbed this “The Sick Boi Voice”. In these first few projects, along side “I Am Not A Rapper” 1&2 for the most part, felt separated from what you’ll hear Gambino saying now. It’s not until his mixtape “Culdesac” where we hear Glover change his voice to something more like what we can hear in “Camp” and Childish Gambino begins to rap about things personal to him. Yet, this still isn’t Donald Glover, but Childish Gambino. But around the time of Gambino’s first studio album, Camp is when Glover and Gambino become one in the same. It’s at this point that Glover embraces the persona and all its consequences. More recently in his 2016 album, “Awaken! My Love” however, Glover has again, abandons the moniker of Childish Gambino and only dons the title when he’s making music. I’d like to close things off by saying that alter egos give us something more than just an art piece. It lets us dwell within the mind of the artist. It allows us to feel their emotions and get a better understanding of them. Because who better to tell us about these artists than themselves? Or at least the OTHER versions of them.

#personas #eminem #marshalmathers #nicki minaj #mac miller #so childish #donald glover #mf doom #david bowie #thin white duke

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moononastring · 4 years ago

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*eminem’s voice* guess who’s back, back again

HELLO M’LADY

so first things first: the horrible test i had to take was this Sunday, and it was gruesome and excruciating as I thought it would be. (Studying at home with an unstable family during a pandemic does that to oneself i guess)

Today i restarted QOS and fuck me, i rlly dislike manon again. is this who i am now??? A person attached to morals in fiction? I hate to see it. I cannot ignore the fact that she kills for ‘amusement’, or the cannibalism thing. Funny how my ‘what bother me’ thermometer abides by no laws, it just.... ruins my chances to enjoy characters. ew.

I was debating not coming back until i read the whole aedion rescue (which I didn’t yet) but i kinda wanted to talk about this i guess

I think the reason why i cling to Chaol sm is because he is just like every literary boy i feel in love with since i started reading for pleasure when i was like... 9? So, percy jackson, harry potter, hiccup (from How to Train Your Dragon.... those books basically raised me) and all these other characters that were all about doing the right thing the right way (As it should be in stories made for kids), and honor and being valiant and brave. (That is also why i think that for me the whole The Most Powerful People To Ever Exist feels rlly forced and unnecessary and... Not That Cool(?)(why can’t i express myself properly ugh) bc i grew up loving all these characters that were not The Best but gave their best, nonetheless, and succeeded even when all odds were agains them... anyway)

So i guess what I’m explaining is that i still hold on to some of that? Even though there are a lot of morally grey characters I love (do not let me get started in all of my Very Dubious Fanfiction Taste) But when it comes to books I really love to see these really good people being... good and enjoying things and winning and thriving because of it. I guess it does kinda hurt when i see them getting forgotten/benched by fandom for not being ‘interesting’ :(. Anyway. Moving on.

But I do love to see characters who would do anything it takes to protect the people you love, (like Aelin and Rhys (even though it bothers me Very Much that he’s a little bit too idolized for someone who is the the Much Much Much Darker Side of Morally Grey)). It’s such a compelling concept for me. And I guess that’s why i keep reading these books that kind of hurt. Also because.... smut is kinda good, sarah has her moments I won’t deny it!!!

BUT BUT BUT YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT WAS SO REFRESHING?????? SEEING MISS AELIN REALIZING SHE WAS A BITCH FOR THE WAY SHE TREATED OTHE WOMEN IN THE PAST. It felt so good to read it bc I remember just wanting to bash her head to a wall for how she viewed/treated Kaltain. Also Lysandra Is So Hot I LOVE HER. Ngl i was always living for every antagonistic woman that has ever crossed paths with aelin (Maybe not Ansel that much bc i was really gutted with the whole ‘she killed Mikhail( is this how i write it) and all those other assassins’ moment).

anyway, the way chaol and aelin treat each other makes me sad. rlly wanted them to be friends. Have I talked about how much i do not like Nesryn and Chaol together? That’s kinda nasty. I rlly hope my boy gets something good (i know for a fact he won’t end up with dorian (and I wouldn’t want it to be canon) but.... ngl that’d be cute as shit, and powerful, and just wholesome and heart warming all over)

OMG AND I WANTED TO SAY that i rlly loved elucienweek!!!?! Even wrote for it!!!!!! And just... tysm for doing god’s work here on our side of tumblr. Lyyyyyyyyyyy 🧃

Ps: why did i overshare so much???? Lol

🧃'nonnie!!!!! I am terrible at remembering that I had to answer asks haha. I saw this one and your other one about the shipping so FORGIVE ME!!

I'm sorry you had a busy week/weekend but glad it's over with and you're back to reading and sharing with me!!

For Manon...as I said last time, I think you will see her in a different light by the end of QOS and esp in EOS HAHA.

Your reasoning for loving Chaol is so 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 and I'm SO excited for you to get to Tower of Dawn my dude!!!! You're going to thriveeeeeeeeee. Your point about Nesyrn and Chaol really made me laugh because yeah, I didn't feel it either bUT YOU WILL SEE. TOWER OF DAWN BABYYYYYY.

Oh Aelin, I really loved the moment where Aelin realized that if she had taken a moment with Kaltain like she did with Lys, maybe it would've been different. I do forgive her though, she was an idiot and at least she knows it haha. Lysandra is a queen and the mvp! I love her so much and would let her murder me if she wanted to <3 I'm really really happy to see her and Aelin start something together in QOS.

I'm almost done with EOS but taking my time because that queen = stress to the max haha.

Thank you for enjoying and participating in Elucien Week bby!!! I'm glad people seemed to have fun with it hehehe. I APPRECIATE YOU <3

#🧃'nonnie #asks #'nonnie

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thatsnotcanonpodcasts · 6 years ago

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Time Bandits, Fallout RPG & Artificial Intelligence

We wish to take a moment and offer our condolences and heart felt sympathies to all those injured and killed this week in Christchurch. Such senseless violence achieves nothing and is disgusting to us all. No words can express our sadness over this.

WOW! Once again those Nerds have done it again. They have found some exciting news about entertainment with a movie being adapted to a television series. That’s right, another awesome movie, Time Bandits this time, is going to get a reboot into a TV series. Hopefully it will be great and actually follow the story of the movie. We would say we are not holding our breath, but we would never consider it anyway, after all the examples of this sort of thing going wrong we just hope it doesn’t drag us all into the sucking void of despair. Then for those who like Fallout, who also like RPGs (not the rocket propelled grenade kind for the NSA and CIA who are listening and spying) we have news for you. Fallout is now a pen and paper role playing game, that’s right, and we warn, if you had no one to play fallout 76 with you will still be singing that song ‘Lonely’ again. Further there are miniatures available for table top games similar to Warhammer. Which let’s face it is really cool. We just haven’t figured out the loot boxes that Bethesda has got to be trying to squeeze into the game. Now we suggest everyone run for cover as Buck is back and on the Rant path with news that work is happening to insert AI memory processors to improve music ability. Now we understand this has to be a good thing right? Well, the thing he hates is the imbecilic nature of mumble rappers and the moronic fashion styles they represent. Trust me he really takes issue with that kind of thing. After we get him to calm down we look at the games played this week, followed by the famous events, birthdays, remembrances, and shout outs. The biggest shout out was a moments pause to remember the late great Stephen Hawking who left us last year.

EPISODE NOTES:

Time Bandits - https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/taika-waititi-writing-directing-time-bandits-tv-adaptation/

Fallout Pen and Paper RPG

- https://www.modiphius.com/fallout-roleplaying.html

- https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/axz7yu/official_fallout_pen_and_paper_rpg_coming/ehx9hcz/

Artificial Intelligence in the future of music - https://techxplore.com/news/2019-03-artificial-intelligence-future-music.html

Games Currently playing

Professor

– Wargroove - https://store.steampowered.com/app/607050/Wargroove/

– Mortal Kombat X - https://store.steampowered.com/app/307780/Mortal_Kombat_X/

Buck

- Bightfight - https://en.bitefight.gameforge.com/game