#arc blight sans

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Mandatory freshink and blight (our corrupted freshink oc)

[scarlet97531]

*trying to give my OCs some attention so they don’t all fade into the void*

Blight relies on negativity to maintain his strength so he just kinda spends a lot of time tormenting AUs

[maslows-pyramid-scheme]

Is it just me, or did Taash feel like a last-minute inclusion, almost as if the devs shaved off part of another character's arc and gave it to her to make her seem more relevant to the overall story?

[Major spoilers]

Bellara: She provides an expert opinion on ancient eleven technology and is one of the two characters capable of controlling the Blight, she provides the background for Anais's appearance, and she provides an insight into how the elves want to remember their religion, culture, and history.

Davrin: He has a major contribution to the world lore (Grey Wardens, Griffons, the Blight), and needs to be there in the beginning to kill the Archdemon. I'd argue that he provides a counter to Bellara on eleven culture - Bellara cares a lot about who the elves are and how they should be seen, and Davrin is just an ordinary Dalish elf, the sort who'd benefit/suffer by the spread of the information about the ancient elves.

Plus, I think he was actually supposed to be the 'dragon hunter.' His personal quest establishes that he knows how to track and attract different kinds of creatures, but that he's looking for meaning, rather than just something to hunt - and so it would have made a lot of sense for him to provide the expert advise on tracking and trapping the various, the ultimate 'meaningful kills,' no? Especially given he's one of the few people, including the only person on the team (sans a Warden Rook), who'd be able to kill them if either of the eleven gods decided to turn them into archdemons or whatever, no?

Emmrich: He makes major contributions to world lore (Fade, Lighthouse, spirits), and is also necessary for tracking the weak points in the Veil when Solas traps Rook there.

Harding: She's the 'personal cost' of Solas's actions, being both a former associate (and able to guide Rook on Solas's personality) and a dwarf (and able to understand what Solas did to the dwarves).

Lucanis: He's necessary for the team to kill the eleven gods, but I'd say his main contribution is being the Treviso contact - you find out the human costs of the war through his story (if you choose to save Minrathous, and the Treviso gets blighted), or you find out where the gods are hiding (if you choose to save Treviso).

Neve: She's necessary for the team to infiltrate the Venatori gathering and one of two characters capable of controlling the Blight, but I'd say her main contribution is being the Minrathous contact - you find out the political costs of the war through her story (if you choose to save Treviso, and the Venatori seize power in Minrathous), or you find out where the gods are hiding (if you choose to save Minrathous).

Meanwhile, Taash just... hunts dragons, which you can do without her because you're actually surrounded by people who are better at tracking and killing dragons (Davrin, Harding, the Grey Wardens)? Even her personal quest is completely irrelevant to the overall story; she's not showing the cost of the war, or the cost of greed, or grappling with legacy, she's just trapped in her own world, doing her own thing.

[creepercraftguy]

OMORI - Voice Actor Headcanons.

While I haven’t exactly finished this game yet, I am close enough to the end and have met basically all the characters, so I think it’s time I got around to doing my good ol’ series of VA headcanons for a game that either doesn’t have one, or doesn’t have an English Dub.

This time we’re doing Omori, a game I started playing at the beginning of this year and have fallen in love with very very quickly. I’ve been through a very painful time of my life recently and this game helped me work through it letting me know that it doesn’t matter how I grieve, just that any way I can is correct. 

And the way the characters work together in the game is also incredible, and I was eagerly awaiting to get to the point that I’m at so I could do a VA headcanons section for this. So before we get started, let me once again go two things.

This is NOT CANON. These are HEADCANONS and are unofficial. It’s just a hypothetical situation. If the characters were voiced, this is who I imagine would voice them.

Every major character in the games is included here, so there are HEAVY SPOILERS for the game’s main storylines. DO NOT READ THIS POST IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED THE GAME OR DON’T WANT TO BE SPOILED.

Without further ado, let’s get into this.

Omori/Sunny - MILES LUNA

Also Voiced:

Jeane Arc (RWBY)

Migas Garza (gen:LOCK)

David (Camp Camp)

Cliffjumper (Transformers: War for Cybertron)

Kel - JOHNNY YOUNG BOSCH

Also Voiced:

Yu Narukami (Persona 4)

Vash the Stampede (Trigun)

Hajime Hinata (Danganronpa 2)

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)

Izaya Orihara (Durarara)

Aubrey - MAE WHITMAN

Also Voiced:

Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Amity Blight (The Owl House)

Tinker Bell (Tinker Bell series)

Yuffie Kisaragi (Kingdom Hearts)

Batgirl (DC Super Hero Girls)

Hero - KYLE HEBERT

Also Voiced:

Son Gohan (Dragon Ball)

Fatgum (My Hero Academia)

Kaito Momota (Danganronpa V3)

Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney)

Kamina (Gurren Lagann)

Basil - JUSTIN BRINER

Also Voiced:

Izuku Midoriya/Deku (My Hero Academia)

Ryota Mitarai (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy)

Clanne (Fire Emblem Engage)

Alfonso San Valiante (Garo)

Mikaela Hyakuya (Seraph of the End)

Mari - AMANDA WINN LEE

Also Voiced:

Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)

Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Magnolia Arch (Bravely Second: End Layer)

Yoshino Haruzawa (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked)

Heather Mason (Silent Hill HD Collection)

Kim/Berly - ERIKA LINDBECK

Also Voiced: 

Futaba Sakura (Persona 5)

Celica (Fire Emblem)

Milady (Soul Hackers 2)

Cheelai (Dragon Ball)

Jessie (Final Fantasy 7 Remake)

Vance/Van - CRAWFORD WILSON

Also Voiced:

Beat (The World Ends With You)

Jet (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Sagi (Baten Kaitos Original)

Robin/Dick Grayson (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)

Angel - GRIFFIN BURNS

Also Voiced:

Tartaglia/Childe (Genshin Impact)

Cyril (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Kaito Kid (Detective Conan)

Doppio (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind)

Muichiro Tokito (Demon Slayer)

Mikal/Mikhael/The Maverick - ARIN HANSON

Also Voiced:

Snaggleback (The Owl House)

X (Omega Strikers)

Scott (Monster Prom)

Gateux (Mighty Magiswords)

Mancubus Bloodtooth (Borderlands 3)

Charlene - ASHELY BISKI

Also Voiced:

Layla (Genshin Impact)

Minato Shishiuchi (PuraOre! Pride of Orange)

Amy (Project “Gemini”)

Juliet (The Nutty Boy)

Captain Spaceboy - YURI LOWENTHAL

Also Voiced: 

Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)

Yosuke Hanamura (Persona 4)

Suzaku Kururugi (Code Geass)

Marth (Fire Emblem)

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (multiple)

Pluto - PATRICK SEITZ (who else?)

Also Voiced:

Dio Brando (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)

Franky (One Piece)

Endeavour (My Hero Academia)

Ragna the Bloodegdge (Blazblue series)

Sweetheart - ASHLEY TISDALE

Also Voiced:

Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)

Stealth Elf (Skylanders)

Sabrina Spellman (Sabrina: The Teenage Witch)

Camille Leon (Kim Possible)

Mr Jawsum - SUNGWON CHO

Also Voiced:

Kage (Ousama Ranking)

Tesso (Lost Judgement)

Vaseraga (Granblue Fantasy Versus)

Mustard (Pokemon: Twilight Wings)

Holst Sigeswald Goneril (Fire Emblem: Three Hopes)

Hungry Humphrey - IAN SINCLAIR

Also Voiced:

Brook (One Piece)

Whis (Dragon Ball)

Dandy (Space Dandy)

Yomotsu Hirasaka (Future Diary)

Mezo Shoji/Tentacole (My Hero Academia)

Molly - NATALIE HOOVER

Also Voiced:

Sonia Nevermind (Danganronpa 2)

Tomoyo Daidouji (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Yamada (New Game!)

Elizabetta X (Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun)

Eru Aharen (Aharen is Indecipherable)

Marina - DINA SHERMAN

Also Voiced: 

Yachiru Kusajishi (Bleach)

Diona (Genshin Impact)

Ara (Elsword)

Ayame Oguni (Rurouni Kenshin)

Carbine (Biker Mice from Mars)

Medusa - XANTHE HUYNH

Also Voiced:

Haru Okumura (Persona 5)

Marianne Von Edmund (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Ui Hirasawa (K-On)

Hanayo Koizumi (Love Live)

Kanon Tachibana (NEO: The World Ends With You)

Doughie- JESSICA DICOCO

Also Voiced:

Flame Princess (Adventure Time)

Lynn Loud/Lucy Loud (The Loud House)

Giffany (Gravity Falls)

Turner (Craig of the Creek)

Yukika Saegusa (Fate/Stay Night)

Biscuit - RICO FAJARDO

Also Voiced: 

Mirio Togata/Lemillion (My Hero Academia)

Daryun (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)

Kyosuke Munakata (Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak Academy)

Leon Luis (Garo)

Fu (Dragon Ball)

[roughtimeminicomics]

Fanmade Secret Lairs for Magic the Gathering

Star Wars (Prequel Era) This Secret Lair would focus on the Prequel era of Star Wars, and thus the main types of cards would be Sieges, Vehicles, Droids, and Clones. This set would have a total of 10 legendary creatures, five for the Republic, five for the Separatists. The Republic’s legendary creatures would be: Ashoka Tano, Plo-Koon, Captain Rex, Commander Wolfee, and ARC Trooper Fives. The Separatists' legendary creatures would be: Assajj Ventress, Savage Oppress, Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and General Grievous. Lands would be as follows: White-Naboo, Green-Kashyyyk, Red-Mustafar, Blue-Kamino, Black-Dathomir

Team Fortress 2 This Secret Lair would focus mainly on the Red Team Mercenaries, and have a total of 9 legendary creatures. The legendary creatures are as follows: Heavy, Medic, Soldier, Scout, Demoman, Spy, Engineer, Spy, and Pyro. There’d be some Artifacts and Spells, one for each Merc. The lands would be various maps in TF2.

The Owl House This Secret Lair would mainly focus on the Wild Witches/Allies, while having some of the Emperor ‘s Coven included. There’d be a total of six legendary creatures. The legendary creatures would be as follows: Eda Clawthorne, Luz Noceda, Lilith Clawthorne, Amity Blight, Emperor Belos, and The Titan. The creatures involved would mainly be Witches (ex: Abomination Witch, Plant Witch, Illusion Witch, etc etc). The lands would be from around the Boiling Isles, while having two Legendary Lands (The Owl House, and Belos’s Castle). 

Undertale This Secret Lair would focus on the various Monsters in Undertale. There’d be five Legendary Creatures and five enchantments. The legendary creatures would be as follows: Undyne, Alphys, Asgore, Papyrus, and Sans. The Enchantments would be focusing mainly on their abilities (Green magic, Determination Experiments, Fire Magic/Trident, Puzzle Making, Gaster Blaster) The lands would be Pixel Art inspired from the actual game.

FNaF This Secret Lair would mainly focus on one character from one of every main line game (1,2,3,4,SL,PS,HW,SB) The characters would be as follows: Freddy Fazbear, The Puppet, Springtrap, Nightmare Fredbear, Ballora, Scrapbaby, Grim Foxy, and Roxanne Wolf. The lands would be as follows: WHITE(FNaF 1 Stage), BLUE(Sister Location Boiler Room), RED(Grim Foxy’s Maze), GREEN(Monty’s Mini Golf), BLACK(FNaF 3 Office)

BatIM/DR The Secret Lair would have 4 Legendary Creatures focusing on the two protagonists and two main antagonists, whilst having a variety of creatures, lands, and other spells. The legendary creatures would be: Audrey Drew, Henry Stein, Bendy, and Wilson. The creatures would be various enemies found in both games (Lost Ones, Searchers, Spider Queens, etc etc). Lands would be various locations in the studio. Since they all look the same via color and tone, I have no ideas lol.

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss This Secret Lair would only have two Legendary Creatures alongside their respective decks. The two Legendary Creatures will be Charlie Morningstar and Blitzo. The decks would have various creatures and spells that fit their respective shows. The lands would be in the style of playing cards with various characters being artfully displayed: WHITE(Angel Dust), BLUE(Moxxie), RED(Alastor), GREEN(Stolas), BLACK(Loona)

Wings of Fire This Secret Lair would have five legendary creatures and five spells in correspondence with them. The Legendary creatures would be: Clay, Glory, Moon, Leaf, and Darkstalker. The lands would be as follows: BLUE(Icewing palace), GREEN (Rainwing Village), WHITE (Mudwing Mudpits), RED (Skywing palace), BLACK (Nightwing Volcano home)

Warriors This Secret Lair would have a legendary creature for every clan (including Star Clan). The legendary creatures would be: Firestar, Tigerstar, Tallstar, Crookedstar, Leafstar,  and Bluestar. The lands would be as follows: BLUE (Riverclan), WHITE (Windclan), BLACK (Shadowclan), GREEN (Skyclan), RED (Thunderclan)

Riordianverse This Secret Lair would follow four legendary creatures, each with five spells/creatures related to them. The legendary creatures would be: Percy Jackson, Jason, Grace, Sadie Kane, and Magnus Chase. Percy would have spells/creatures related to Greek Mythology, Jason would have Roman, Sadie would have Egyptian, and Magnus would have Norse. The lands would be artistic styles matching the art of the four mythologies.

Horror Figures This Secret Lair would focus on various horror characters in film. It would have various Legendary Creatures alongside five spells. The Legendary creatures would be: Xenomorph, Jason Vorhees, Micheal Myers, Freddy Kruger, Pennywise, Chucky, Billy the Puppet, and Ghostface. The lands in this Lair would be inspired by the gorey scenes these films provide. SO… WHITE(Broken Bones), RED (Meat Hooks), BLACK (Graveyard), GREEN (Acid/Melting), BLUE (Watery Grave)

[rayman-25]

Charlotte alias Charlie Night

Genre masculin

Âge : 17

Nationalité : Etat unis

Lieu de résidence : Colorado

Amis et famille

Parent : Mr et Mme Night

Frères et sœur : frère sans nom (petit frère mort)

Amis : Anne Boonchuy Sprig Plantar Hop Pop Plantar Polly Plantar Sasha Waybright Marcy Wu Wally Ribbiton Lady Olivia Général Yunan Capitaine Grime Swamp Grégory Miller John Cooper Jessica Wu Sam Burker Marla Evening Jason Evening Lamar des Framboise Lincoln Loud Lucy Loud Lana Loud Lola Loud Lisa Loud Lily Loud Loona le chien des enfers Octavia, Luz Noceda Eda Clawthorne, King, Willow Park, Gus Porter, Bout, Amity Blight, Edric Blight, Emira Blight, Hibout bout, Viney, Jerbo, Barcus, Lilith Clawthorne, Julien Siphano, Alexendre Frigiel et Grégoire de Pain (Superbrioche)

Ennemis : Roi Andrias (actuellement) Monstres/Créatures hostiles d’ile bouillante Empereur Belo Kimiko Oroku Mayberry Tokka Razhar Shredder Hatori Tatsu Cloé Bourgeois, Victoria Vizioso Courroux du gardien Adegast Boscha Mattholomule Slitherbeast L'inspecteur Tibbles Piniet

Du premier numéro : "Chapitre 1"

Dernière Apparence : "?"

Exprimé par : Tara Strong VO MadStalker (Arc 1 2 et 4) Prunelle Rosier (Arc 3) VF

Date de naissance : 2000

Histoire :

[satoshi-mochida]

Some games on the NA(and possibly EU) PSN’s “Big in Japan” sale(full list/prices):

PS4

428: Shibuya Scramble

Aegis of Earth

AI: The Somnium Files

Akiba’s Beat

Alternate Jake Hunter

Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack(each game is also on sale separately)

Atelier Ryza

Berserk and the Band of the Hawk

Birthdays the Beginning

Black Clover: Quartet Knights

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Special Edition

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

Chaos;Child

Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy!

Cladun Returns: This is Sengoku!

Code Vein

Code: Realize ~Bouquet of Rainbows~

Code: Realize ~Wintertide Miracles~

Crystar

Damascus Gear: Operation Osaka HD Edition

Danganronpa 1•2 Reload

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Dark Rose Valkyrie

Dark Souls III

Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record

Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package

Death end re;Quest

Death Mark

Demon Gaze II

Devil May Cry HD Collection

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory

Disgaea 1 Complete

Disgaea 4 Complete+

Disgaea 5 Complete Bundle

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

Dragon Ball Xenoverse Super Bundle

Dragon Quest Builders

Dragon Quest Builders

Dragon Quest Builders 2

Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree’s Woe and the Blight Below

Dragon Quest Heroes: Digital Slime Edition

Dragon Quest Heroes II: Explorer’s Edition

Dragon Quest XI – Digital Edition of Light

Dynasty Warriors 9 Complete Edition

Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wingdiver the Shooter

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair

Earth Defense Force 5

Earth Defense Force 5 Deluxe Edition

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain Ultimate Edition

Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky

Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force

Final Fantasy IX Digital Edition

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD

Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VIII Remastered

Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster

Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age

Final Fantasy XV Multiplayer: Comrades

Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD

Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition

Final Fantasy XV Royal Pack

Final Fantasy XV Season Pass

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto

Fire Pro Wrestling World

Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise

Ghost Parade

God Eater 2: Rage Burst

God Eater 3

God Wars: Future Past

Grand Kingdom

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-

Guilty Gear Xrd: Rev 2

Gundam Versus

I Am Setsuna

Illusion of L’Phalcia

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Bundle

Judgment

Kingdom Hearts All-in-One Package

Kingdom Hearts III

Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

Life is Strange 2 – Episode 1

Life is Strange 2 – Episodes 2 to 5

Life is Strange 2 Complete Season

Little Dragons Cafe

Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time

Lost Sphear

Megadimension Neptunia VII

Megadimension Neptunia VIIR

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Metal Max Xeno

Monochrome Order

My Hero: One’s Justice

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road To Boruto (and many other Naruto games)

Natural Doctrine

New Gundam Breaker

Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom – Deluxe Edition

NieR: Automata

Nights of Azure

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon

Nioh

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence – Ascension

Okami HD

Omega Quintet

One Piece: Burning Blood

One Piece: World Seeker

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3

Oninaki

Our World is Ended.

Persona Dancing: Endless Night Collection

Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness

Many Resident Evil games.

River City Melee Mach!!

Romancing SaGa 2

Romancing SaGa 3

Root Letter

SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions

Saint Seiya: Soldiers’ Soul

Samurai Warriors 4-II

Secret of Mana

Shenmue III

Sleeping Dogs

Spirit Hunter: Death Mark

Spirit Hunter: NG

Star Ocean: First Departure R

Stay Cool Kobayashi-san!: A River City Ransom Story

Steins;Gate 0

Steins;Gate Elite

Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace

Super Neptunia RPG

Tales of Berseria

Team Sonic Racing and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD Bundle

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

The Alliance Alive HD Remastered

The Caligula Effect: Overdose

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III Digital Deluxe Edition

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince

The Lost Child

The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

The Silver Case

The Ultimate Sonic Bundle

The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition

The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2

The Witch and the Hundred Knight Wicked Bundle

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs

Tokyo Xanadu EX+

Touhou Double Focus

Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet

Touhou Genso Wanderer

Touhou Genso Wanderer Reloaded

Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle

Toukiden: Kiwami

Toukiden 2

Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception

Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth

Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Truth Bundle

Utawarerumono Zan

Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition

Valkyria Chronicles Remastered + Valkyria Chronicles 4 Bundle

Valkyria Revolution

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story

White Day: A Labyrinth Named School

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap

World of Final Fantasy

World of Final Fantasy Maxima Upgrade DLC

World End Syndrome

Yakuza Kiwami 2: Clan Creator Bundle

Yomawari: Midnight Shadows

Ys Origin

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist

YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love At the Bound of This World.

Zanki Zero: Last Beginning

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Vita

7’scarlet

Adventures Of Mana

Bad Apple Wars

Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~

Code: Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~

Code: Realize ~Wintertide Miracles~

Collar X Malice

Exist Archive: The Other Side of the Sky

Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster

Illusion of L’Phalcia

Mind Zero

Muramasa Rebirth Complete Collection

Muramasa Rebirth Genroku Legends Collection

Norn9: Var Commons

Period Cube: Shackles of Amadeus

Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly

Romancing SaGa 2

Romancing SaGa 3

Secret of Mana

Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate

Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God

Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs

Tokyo Xanadu

World of Final Fantasy

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

PS3

Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault

Darkstalkers Resurrection

Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Lost Planet 3

Mega Man 9 and 10 Combo Pack

Megaman 9

Megaman 10

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

PSP

Dissidia 012 Prologus Final Fantasy

Dissidia 012 [Duodecim] Final Fantasy

Dissidia Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy III

Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

PSOne Classics

Castlevania Chronicles 

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 

Chrono Cross 

Chrono Trigger

Darkstalkers 3 

Final Fantasy IX 

Final Fantasy Origins 

Final Fantasy Tactics

Final Fantasy V

Final Fantasy VI

Final Fantasy VII 

Final Fantasy VIII 

Legend of Mana 

Silent Hill 

Suikoden 

Suikoden II

PS2 Classics

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

God Hand

Suikoden 3

Suikoden IV

The sale run from  February 21st to March 3rd.

[belzinone]

verses

This is a running list of all the verses I’ve written for bel. First are her fanon (canonical) verses, followed by modern, fantasy, crossover, other fandom verses, & lastly, her Wallflower verses (+ link to a more in-depth description of my concept). I’m more than happy to create a verse that is compatible with your muse, let it be giving her a new modern occupation or adapting her to your muse’s universe (if you’ll be patient with my learning ) However, I’ll be applying her to new universes selectively because I’m not a fan of everything nor do I always have the energy/patience to invest in it.

hello it’s mz. hyde . undetermined // verse

~FANON VERSES~

HELL IS FOR CHILDREN . underground child // verse

a bright, curious, cross-dressing child who goes by the name “bailey” & gets into more trouble than her mother & older brother can handle. in attempt to control her behavior, risa lets her stay with a trusted doctor in town (former colleague of her late father) & he starts teaching her basic medicine & biology (which quickly turns into epidemiology come the shiganshina outbreak). she proves gifted with the material, a trait she shared with her father.

BIRD IN THE CAGE . underground citizen // verse

past adolescence, a teenage bel selectively relents to the feminine gender role designated by her mother as the small Zinone family works towards building a large enough fortune to buy surface citizenship. she does her homemaking & continues to pursue her medical apprenticeship while at home & in the clinic, but occasionally dons drag to explore the rest of the city under her family’s nose. when her brother enlists in the scouting legion for a vast sum of money (to those in poverty), he takes the light behind her eyes with him.

SLAVE TO THE GRIND . shiganshina citizen // verse 

a languid young adult who maintains a modest medical practice as well as helps with her mother’s homemaking business. she makes the occasional secret trip to scout hq to volunteer her medical expertise, where she momentarily rediscovers her lust for life.

TWIN ROSES . garrison soldier // verse 

giving up on her dreams following the year 845 fall of wall maria, bel dons twin roses & secretly composes her plans for 3dmg modifications. she lives a quiet, uneventful yet peaceful life with her mother & squad members.

LA GUILLOTINA . sentenced to scout // verse

having lost the majority of her squad during the year 850 battle of trost & committed murder to defend her mother during the retreat, bel finds herself with a accolade she detests, but would decide her fate as she faces her sentence

& TO DEATH WE SAY ; NOT TODAY . medical officer // main verse 

bel settles into the scouting regiment & lives out her dream of saving lives on the front lines. this verse leads up to the uprising arc.

FAMILIAR TASTE OF POISON . war criminal // verse

the uprising arc. forced to face the demons of her mother’s past as well as her legion being marked a criminal organization, she is also forced to come to terms with taking lives rather than saving them.

GRACE PERIOD . scout redemption // verse

this verse spans the time between the resolution of the uprising arc to her amputation. the scouts experience renewed glory as they return the rightful heir to the throne & prepare to reclaim shiganshina.

LA TRAVIATA . retiree // verse 

soon before the return to shiganshina, bel loses her foot to the leader of the underground mafia & is forced to retire from her military service. she departs for the snowy mountains of the north to research titan spinal fluid.

alternatively, she’s crushed by a boulder during one of the preparatory expeditions & amputates her foot to save her life either single-handedly or with the help of another soldier, i.e. yours?

LA RESORTA . amputee // verse

bel hangs up her lab coat & returns to her soldiers, where she comes to rediscover is where her heart lies.

RED SWANSONG . postwar // verse

paradis is clear of titans & the world is free of war. bel retires her military service for good & continues to care for the remaining military veterans while mourning the fallen. she dreams of settling with a family at this time.

~fanon divergent verses~

FELINE TITAN . shifter // verse

bel reawakens with the memories of a former queen who once ruled humanity before Paradisian allocation. her 10 meter titan is skinless, spotted, & sports long claws. [aimless meta]

AS ABOVE SO BELOW . noble // verse

instead of being born in the underground to a poor homemaker, bel’s born in the sina capitol to a rich socialite. she nonetheless dreams of becoming a scout soldier & practicing medicine like her father.

~modern verses~

CODE BLACK . emergency responder // main verse

as used in los angeles county hospital, “an influx of patients so great, there aren’t enough resources to treat them.”

G. O. M. E. R. YOU P. I. T. A. nurse // verse

nurse slang for “get out of my emergency room, you pain in the ass”

LIONESS . mother // verse

bel becomes a mother, let it be via adoption or a fertility miracle.

SO CLOSE ; AND STILL SO FAR . medical tech // verse

bel leaves medical school & lands a less than satisfying job

GLORY AND GORE . clinical doctor // verse

a cutthroat doctor who rose to her status by playing the game of the social ladder.

PRETTY HUGE DICHOTOMY . medical student // verse

bel studying for her phd & finding a stark divide between clinical & the average life.

BETA EPSILON LAMBDA . undergraduate student // verse

although not part of a sorority, the lack of social life experienced by this iteration could very much use a pledge.

VAGABOND . homeless // verse

after dropping out of high school, bel leaves her family & takes to the streets, convinced that she is better off on her own. she makes a living through stealing, odd jobs, & street performing.

YOU LOVE ME FOR EVERYTHING YOU HATE ME FOR . escort // verse

bel engages in transactional sex to survive.

RED LIGHTS PAID SIGHTS . sex worker // verse

cam girl, stripper, exotic dancer, nude model: bel engages in all these things & more, finding comfort in sensual attention.

SICK INDIVIDUAL . high school student // verse

a rebellious young woman spends her days challenging authority inside & outside the classroom while maintaining grades reflective of her interests.

IF IT AIN’T BROKE; IMPROVE IT . mechanical engineer // verse

rather than pursue medicine, bel finds a rewarding career in her other passions.

IT’S SUPPOSED TO HURT . personal trainer // verse

bel makes a living out of training others to thrive.

BODY LANGUAGE . professional dancer // verse

she started out as a street dancer before making her way through club after club & finally landing a contract with mainstream talent. belly dancing, burlesque, & pole work are her go-to styles.

~fantasy verses~

ABERRANT APOTHECARY . witch // verse

a life witch or necromancer? this woman manipulates the energies of life to do her bidding.

SEIS SEIS SEIS . concubus // verse

unbound by position & generally unaffected by a thirst for intercourse, this nonbinary asexual demon finds thrills elsewhere.

DON’T FALL ASLEEP AT THE HELM . merfolk // verse

a rather terrifying as opposed to conventionally beautiful mermaid, bel passes her time defending her territory & rummaging through shipwrecks

conversely, she’s an obnoxiously colorful mermaid that makes an easy target for predators

HURT LIKE HELL WHEN I FELL . angel // verse

bel’s an angel much like those from cw’s supernatural sans the dryness

SINGED FEATHERS . caladrius // verse

this magical bird takes blight unto herself & flies into the sun like a phoenix, dispelling the plague & curing her benefactor. feathers naturally sprout from various parts of her body. she uses a cloaking spell to appear human, but she nonetheless sheds feathers.

~crossover verses~

ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE TRUE WORLD . the115project // crossover verse

Commander 115′s army lands in Paradis & brings a new battlefront to the island (original multiverse concept from the115project)

FELINE FAUNUS . rwby // crossover verse

the transition from Paradis to Remnant brings out cheetah-like characteristics similar to her titan form her aforementioned fanon divergent verse. human skin with full body markings, ears & a body-length tail with fur

~other fandom verses~

MITOTIC REGENERATION . naruto // verse

a failed student of a legendary shinobi & excommunicated from her clan, bel wanders the ninja world in search of a way to revive her fallen brother as a missing nin from tsukigakure. she specializes in poison art jutsu, is developing her own version of mitotic regeneration, & agnostically practices jashinism.

GOLD DUST WOMAN . rwby // verse

subject to the discrimination of being a faunus, bel finds herself a member of the White Fang but begins to question whether their endeavors are really what’s best for her kind. her semblence is life transfer & manipulation while her weapons are dual-wield blades similar to those from her snk verse.

I WANT TO BE CONNECTED . sarazanmai // verse

bel, a fresh Wallflower devotee, soon throws herself at the mercy of the otters to save her brother, a police officer who died on duty. as punishment, she’s made to keep an eye out for kappa activity but maintains a dual relationship with those duties alongside her obligations as a Wallflower agent. she keeps her loyalties to the otters blurred while seeking to protect the sara trio as an undercover school nurse.

FAIRY; WHERE ARE YOU GOING? . fairy tail // verse

bel’s a caster mage from the Wallflower dark guild & specializes in disease & organic link magic

GRAND DUCHESS . anastasia // verse

anastasia (1997 film) plot inspired

FACE DOWN IN THE DIRT . fruits basket // verse

her work as an international Wallflower brings her to the Sohma clan, a hotbed of mysterious cries of abuse from its most closely guarded family members. quickly recognizing the fragility of the job, bel takes a much lower profile during her investigation. she takes on whatever role she must to get to the bottom of the sohma family curse & support its victims.

HALF GOD; HALF DEVIL . bnha // verse

[fandom verse profile]

THE DEAD SHALL SPEAK . atlus trauma team // verse

inspired by dr. naomi kimishima. bel’s a medical examiner that can hear a victim’s last words upon interacting with their body.

DANCING ON GRAVESTONES . dnd // verse

tiefling, bard, necromancer, commander of life energy & tells stories through percussion & dance. she uses magic to mask her tiefling features in order to escape prejudice & avoid scaring away her audience.

-wallflower verses-

BAD GIRLS’ WORLD . wallflower // main verse

[about] this verse traverses all universes, from fandom to modern to fantasy as well. i use it to designate her criminality/gang affiliation & the belief system she was raised in. whether or not she remains loyal to her cult (as well as the severity of the cult itself) will vary greatly by thread.

LA MADONNA HYDRANGEA . wallflower madame // verse

bel reigns over the wallflowers as madame, presiding over an immense, international criminal underworld.

[nightcoremoon]

So I finally watched Deadpool 2. long post. very... very... very long.

back in 2009 my then 7 year old sister really got into avatar the last airbender and I hadn't really watched it but I had to share the tv with my four sisters and honestly between the kids television and disney sitcoms it was a breath of fresh air, and for a year and a half we would wait for reruns of episodes we hadn't seen yet. avatar was the show that got me into fandoms. alas, time passed and by the time korra was playing we'd moved to a different house and lost cable tv because the stepfather refused to pay child support and we were on a one parent income. we didn't really do anything together anymore either because I was in high school now. but then she got super into comic books. and I mean SUPER into them. especially harley quinn and deadpool. so when they announced the first movie and suicide squad we had both collectively lost our shit in excitement. alas, mom said she wasn't allowed to watch it since it was rated R and she was only 14. so one late february afternoon I was gonna take her out to see a movie. I told mom we were going to go see zoolander 2. in the car, I looked at her and said

we're not watching zoolander

and she screamed

and we watched deadpool

AND IT WAS FUCKING AWESOME

anyway more time passed and I heard that a second one was coming out and I wanted to do the same thing but that didn't happen and I lost my chance to see it in the theater. and then as I got enraptured in transitioning and working and a whole bunch of other stuff I just never got around to it. I did watch all of the supporting videos and trailers and stuff though. anyways, my sister (yes the same one) just rented it on dvd from a video store and watched it with her boyfriend today (actually yesterday but shut up), so I just sat down to watch it after work and

It

Was

...

a little disappointing at first, don't get me wrong. there were a lot of plot contrivances and I LOATHE fridge stuffing. I literally made a joke, "if she dies I'm gonna be mad" and then BOOM she fucking died and I was so pissed off I almost just turned it off. but I decided fuck it might as well watch the whole thing. it was a huge step forward from a technical perspective and all of the cinematography was on point and I could tell david pulled his a-game and did so much better than tim did (sorry tim, I love mass effect 2 and scott pilgrim if it's any consolation) and felt so much more fluid of an action movie considering the man did john fucking wick. of course ryan was fantastic too, as he always is. everyone was great: rena, tj, karan, leslie, BRI AND KUTSUNA-SAN, zazie, and stef's voice plus the cgi crew. also I always love terry crews, bill skarsgard, matt damon, alan tudyk, and the two seconds that brad pitt was on screen, even if their appearances were for comedic effect. I wasn't really sold on julian though but he's a newcomer on the scene and he did pretty well for all intents and purposes. I could tell which scenes were filmed first thought but this isn't a scathing attack on a child's acting abilities. I'm just angry that the actual plot for getting to the end was so weak, that they're aware and had ryan lampshade the fuck out of it, and the last half hour was such a trip.

okay so first of all how in the FUCK did sergei figure out who deadpool's secret identity was, track down wade wilson's apartment, get a hit crew together, and make his way downtown in the amount of time it took dopinder to drive wade home, wade and vanessa to bang, and them to start watching a movie? oh yeah sure there's nothing saying that their talk about his daddy issues was the same day let alone the same hour as the previous scene except for the simple fact that there was no fucking indication that any time had passed. either way, someone fucked up, and it was for the sole purpose of fridging ness to cause wade manpain. although frankly the only thing I hate worse than killing off the previous waifu for the next is breaking them up for zero reason whatsoever from out of nowhere (or doing both: if you do both then you're no better than paul blart mall cop 2 and that movie is a steaming blight on humanity that's only saved by perfectly syncing to pink floyd's dark side of the moon album). and to be fair THEY ACTUALLY USED THAT AS A PLOT ELEMENT AND MADE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND HAUNTING SCENES I HAVE EVER SEEN IN A MOVIE. and also a hilarious one. so that sucked at first but then redeemed itself later. I'm still a little salty that he killed francis for nothing. MORE ON KILLING LATER.

(actually upon reflection maybe wade didn't hide his secret identity at all so it's perfectly reasonable that sergei just went after him but that would awaken a whole swathe of problems like why the fuck are wade and ness livin in the middle of the city full of crime and shit??? and more on that later)

dopinder killing his rival in love. come on now, that's just unrealistic. dopinder is too fucking incompetent to successfully murder anyone who isn't a pedophile. MORE ON THAT LATER.

the suicide. I can understand going out with a bang but are we supposed to believe that wade bought all those barrels, wheeled them in, and arranged them all and never once thought "well gee maybe I'm overreacting a little bit"? okay, he was depressed and not thinking clearly, but he was constantly getting drunk, doing coke, and god knows what else. he somehow didn't have the clarity to not kill himself but had just enough to arrange such an extravagant death? yeah yeah I get it, rule of funny and cool, and I can forgive it because it's deadpool, but god damn it that's really lazy (AND GODDAMN IT THEY EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT TOO. ITS LIKE THE ROYAL RAT AUTHORITY BONFIRE HERE). it's also indicative that weasel and colossus and dopinder are just bad or at least distant friends. and at least althea has an excuse being that she can't see. but as for the other two? bruh he is suicidal and unstable as hell. the last thing he needs is SPACE. but well maybe he hid it well, like kurt cobain, robin williams, chris cornell, chester bennington, okay writing this sentence maybe that actually does make sense. fuck.

negasonic thought that wade "flamboyant pansexual" wilson was lesbophobic? what? I understand it was for a joke but like come on now. surely she'd know that wade legitimately wanted to fuck colossus but wouldn't because he loved vanessa. lesbian gaydar works well, okay? then again the writers are not lesbians so I mean they can't be faulted for not grasping the raw power lesbians exude. (and if there's canonical evidence negasonic is actually bi, the same rule applies because wlw solidarity and stuff). and that's more than made up with the interactions between wade and yukio. whom I love and would die for. she's delightful and I hope she gets plenty of screentime in DP3. (also lmao 'pinkie pie from my little pony'. the real pink pony would be proud)

now, I get that this is purely because of license issues and budget constraints but THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE X MEN COEXISTING WITH THE PEDOPHILE HOME AND THE ICE BOX IN THE SAME UNIVERSE IS SO FUCKING ASININE. even if I made concessions for everyone being dead despite the timeline being fucked up the ass without lube, and admitting to never having watched literally any x men movie past X3 and yes that means I've not seen origins, japan arc [wait shit yukio's in that WTF SONY], first class, days of future past, apocalypse, or logan so I'm not an expert on the field but like. FUCK. I know there's jurisdiction, things change, erik is away and charles is dead (I think) and logan is dead (I know), and there's six whole movies I'm lost on, but jesus christ, none of that segment had any work done to make sure it was logical. so here we're supposed to believe that colossus and negasonic took wade as a trainee in the X Jet to Allegorical Racist/Homophobic And Literal Pedophile Central to... do what, exactly? What was the fucking plan? Because it sure as fuck looks like the plan was to distract him enough to force the Devil May Cry (sorry but I see DMC I either think of the rap duo or the game series) to haul him off to fucking prison to the fucking nth power. Colossus who seems to be the head honcho and sole decision maker of the X Men just stood by and watched until bullets started flying. Was he recruiting? Was he the damage control? Was he the cheap plot moving device whose sole reason for showing up at Essex was to punch Wade out before he killed headmaster touchykids allowing for the hamfisted climax? Clearly if we were to derive any conclusion from this circlejerk we have to assume that not only Colossus but the entirety of the XMansion just don't give a fuck anymore, or that it isn't important to make sense because hey this is a Deadpool movie so fuck you for using logic. Excuse the shit out of me for being confused as to what the fuck actually happened, because if Colossus is willing to let Wade get thrown into prison for killing a pedophile but he's not gonna TAKE ACTUAL LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ESSEX HOUSE FOR TORTURING MUTANT CHILDREN FOR DECADES (Domino admitted to it being the same when she was a kid), either it's just a Public Relations nightmare to not let the Run-DMC haul him off, Essex is a legal powerhouse on the same level as the Westboro Baptist Cult with lawyers up the ass, or they changed a lot of shit from the trailers and cobbled together what they could from what remained (which is the most likely suspect because Bedlam and Shatterstar had scenes in the trailer where they were not dead and were actually fighting with Wade and Domino). Regardless, the scene however dumb and nonsensical was necessary I guess, and established Russell/Firefist as a character. I'm still gonna be pissed about that in particular but HOLY SHIT is that stupid. But that's not all that's stupid. More on that later.

Cable's motivations are grief. His hypocrisy is understandable. Killing kids is wrong so I'm gonna kill a kid so he doesn't kill other kids. Why doesn't Russel deserve life? Because he's a mutant? Wow, Thanos is racist AND mutant-phobic! In all seriousness though, all Cable had to do was nothing to prevent his family's death. If he had stayed in the future, nobody would have broken Russel out so there would be no way in hell he'd have killed the headmaster let alone everyone else he did. Although according to the laws of time travel, the timeline Cable came from was the timeline that he went back in time and did everything exactly the way it happened up until Wade took that bullet for Russel. Because that's the moment the teddy bear lost its bloodstain. Because literally not a goddamn thing changed the course of history up until that exact moment, THAT IS THE EXACT FUCKING MOMENT IT BUTTERFLY EFFECTED ITS WAY TO HELL AND BACK. Cable's dead family is a direct result of him going back in time to kill Russel to save them and failing miserably. And god I love time travel paradoxes UGH I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH. We have to assume Cable failed and that's why he succeeded. THATS SO FUCKING STUPID.

And you know what else is stupid? Wade made it back to New York after breaking out of DMC. How is that stupid? Well, first of all, the facility wasn't looking for THEIR MOST DANGEROUS INMATE. Black Tom said it himself, Wade is the toughest cunt in there. Although Juggernaut is way more powerful but whatever. More on that later. Anyway, the facility got the riot back on lockdown despite Cable decimating most of the staff, and got everyone in line enough to get them to start convoying to the more secure location. Did they see that Wade was missing and decide "hey, fuck it, what can the literally most unkillable man in the world with the most enormous boner for revenge in the universe POSSIBLY do to us who forced him to slowly die of cancer all over again in a hell prison???" Fucking stupid. Even dumber is the actual X Men themselves not giving a shit that there was an attack on the ice box which is apparently Mike Pence's wet dream, not lifting a finger to so much as offer assistance TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND REHABILITATION OF ALL OF THE MUTANT INMATES, or even so much as being like "hey guys is Wade doing okay dying from cancer in your Guantanamo Bay?". And dumber still than that is Colossus deciding that Wade deserves to slowly die of cancer since he killed a pedophile who abused a kid so bad he used his powers for destruction and murder and evil and eventually became one of the most deadly sociopathic murderers in the fucked up future world, rationalizing it because Wade broke the rules of being an X-man by killing, even though Wade didn't wanna be an X-man in the first place. Colossus dragged Wade from his suicide directly to the X manor to get his body healed, forced him along to a mission he didn't wanna be a part of, and then punished him for killing a pedophile by forcing him to die slowly from the cancer while getting the shit kicked out of him by convicts. AND THEN WADE APOLOGIZED TO COLOSSUS? ARE YOU FUCKING FOR REAL HERE? WADE WAS SUICIDAL AND COLOSSUS FORCED HIM INTO PRISON. Bad friend, 0/10.

Seriously, a queer military vet with ptsd and a fucked up past replete with daddy issues who developed cancer and was then tortured by a shadow organization went on a revenge spree followed by a murder spree as a mercenary, and expressed that he's a violent psychopath who won't hesitate to murder sex traffickers or pedophiles or people who threaten his girl, and watched said girl (the only good thing in his fucked up life) die right in his arms immediately after his life was about to go in a good direction and start a family and probably give up all of the murder business and just be the best dad in the world and give a good life to someone to make up for the one he never got himself, did a cocaine bender, and literally committed suicide. But his godforsaken mutation wouldn't let him die, so he couldn't even see his Vanessa again. He clearly has severe clinical depression and needed a FUCKING MENTAL HOSPITAL STAY, not being shoved into a planless feeble attempt to get him to join the Xmen (using him for an extra hand for missions), and he was allowed to BRING THE GUNS, and he was confronted with a physically and sexually abused CHILD with mutant powers he probably didn't ask for that ruined his life and got him sent to Essex, a BIG KNOWN HOTSPOT FOR PEDOPHILES, and he has a big problem with sex criminals (oh yeah and the girl he loved so much he killed himself when she died? sex worker with a life full of being sexually assaulted herself. let alone the fact that wade has been sexually assaulted as well). You take a queer, mentally ill, suffering man and push him past his breaking point, and let him bring guns to a pedophile nest, HE IS GOING TO KILL THE PEDOPHILES. Colossus is a fucking cunt in this situation in every single conceivable fashion. He dragged Wade out of the frying pan, and out of the fire, and into the fucking woodchipper, before stepping on him. The situation is so far behind fucked up that I don't even think the crew fully grasp the full gravity of the situation described. But I digress.

Things weren't all bad from this point on.

The recruitment was funny and full of people. Dopinder's reaction at Peter was amazing and I love him. Domino was fucking phenomenal and I loved her. I knew that everyone else was dead from the moment I saw them, though, but I still loved them anyway. Brad. fucking. Pitt. Great action scene all around. Josh Brolin is just the baddest of asses. Murphy's law is supreme.

Juggernaut's reveal was well done. Still dumb but not quite "AHM THE JUGGANAUT BITCH" dumb. Cool dumb. And then he Megatron'd Wade which was even cooler. I thought Russell joining him was a little dumb but it was quite a callback. Although it begs the question: Wade knew it was foreshadowing something and he knew that Juggernaut existed but he just isn't omniscient and the inconsistency is driving me fucking bonkers. This isnt the Deadpool of the comics. This is the movie Deadpool. And while I do like it I can't say it's without flaws. That's ok but still annoying as fuck. And then more flaws.

It's stupid that Colossus would react the way he did when he learned Wade was back. Well if Colossus was moping about because an entire convoy of mutants literally fucking died except for Juggernaut (PROFESSOR X'S BROTHER IN THIS CHRONOLOGY) and Russell, that's even dumber. If he learned Wade was back at that moment then he's not even paying attention to anything considering Deadpool was out and about. Negasonic and Yukio didn't look too surprised to see him. Lazy writing, lampshades, whatever, blah blah who even fucking cares.

The heroes show up just in time. Shocking. But of course if they didn't it'd be a boring movie.

The action scene was FANTASTIC. It balanced four different fight scenes all at once. Why Jug didn't rip Cable in half like he did Wade I won't ask, maybe because he's half robot I guess idk. Still, Wade/Cable, Domino, and Colossus kicked ass, and Russell's advance to the headmaster was beastly. Julian's acting wasn't the best and neither was Eddie's but I got what they went for and HOLY SHIT THE SCENE IS SO CHILLING, especially for queer youth. Bryan Singer could only dream of that level of subtle analogues.

I thought it was dumb that Cable was all like "if Russell kills then he'll be an evil monster since killing is wrong" even though literally every one of the people there have killed several people that fucking day. Cable killed many, Wade killed many, Domino killed many. Granted they killed mostly pedophiles but they also killed a lot of DMC people & innocent civilians (accidentally). But again he was grieving so whatever.

Negasonic and Yukio had their moment too, I just wish there was more. But that's what the threequel is for. WE WANT MORE LESBIANS!

Wade has balls, I'll give him that. Where he kept that power nullifier I'll never know. [also... fuck that noise. they just have a collar that turns off mutant powers? ORORO WILL HAVE A FUCKIN ANEURYSM. and marie will have an orgasm. for once in her life. hahaha references]. But it was still a great scene. Russell is actually a really good character, if he is a bit Woobie, Destroyer Of Worlds. But I like that trope. Simon from Cry of Fear is one of my favorite characters in that respect; sympathetic even to the very end if he kills Purnell and Sophie (god that monologue is so haunting... "have fun cleaning my brains off the wall. FUCK YOU."). He's basically just a mini Wade but a mutant first. And it allowed Wade to have a defining character moment.

And what a moment. There's a quote that was said about The Princess Bride that I feel works here. It was about the Inigo fight with Rugen. "A comedy is only as strong as the moment when it stops being funny." And the moment when Inigo stabs Rugen, and says "I want my father back, you son of a bitch." is just permanently etched in my mind because the entire movie you watch with a smile up until right at that moment. And when Wade finally bites it, you think "oh, he'll just wake up again and make another joke" but he doesn't. He doesn't move again. He shows up on death's door. And you hear the acoustic version of Take On Me. And he walks through the fog door, and he's got his skin back. He did it, he's finally reunited with Vanessa. And Cable looks away, and you start to piece together where they're going with it, and he goes back, and you wonder wtf is this, and it returns to the present day and Wade digs in the wound AND PULLS OUT THE SKEE BALL TOKEN HOLY FUCKING SHITBALLS OH MY GOD THATS THE COOLEST SHIT IVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE JESUS CHRIST ON A STICK.

THE ENTIRE ENDING SCENE IS SO ICONIC.

And the whipped cream on top of the sundae is the headmaster getting creamed in the middle of his tirade. And then Dopinder's reaction is the cherry.

After that it kinda does the sappy ending which is fine for what it is. And then it brings in all the fourth wall breaking time travel shenanigans, drenching it in sap and Ryan Reynolds' brains.

The music is just OH MY GOD amazing. Yeah there's the pina colada song and skrillex and celine dion and ac/dc and enya and pat benatar and peter gabriel and cher and steve miller and for some reason diplo/french montana/lil pump but THOSE ARE ALL ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD OKAY???

The movie is chock full of amazing lines.

The fights are all really fluid and visceral.

The cinematography is always on point.

The plot formula is shaken up a little bit.

Several pedophiles die incredibly violently.

ITS A REALLY GREAT MOVIE, FOR REAL.

I'd literally say it's better than the first one.

All of the plot contrivances in the first half are negligible and are barely even problems unless you overanalyze them too much. Like I do.

And I also watched all of the extras... Celine Dion is such a good sport, really, and honestly kind of a dork and super endearing and I love her honestly and think she caught too much flak for being a) a woman b) popular c) in the worst 'romance' movie ever made tifuckintanic god I hate that movie so much despite loving kate winslett, leonardo dicaprio, and james cameron as much as I really loathe to admit it. And Ashes is a really good song.

And I never thought I'd say this but... Lil Pump has really nice flow. I really kinda hope he isn't the dead one. I despise French Montana but I love Sia and by extension Diplo (because LSD), and the song they did for the movie was... bad. But I'll probably be checking out Lil Pump soon.

And anyway the winter solstice mtv unplugged acoustic version of take on me? Beautiful.

I enjoyed this movie a lot, despite the nitpicks.

Thank you Canada. 🇨🇦

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Crossover Roomates Incorrect Quotes

by mmmMonkey

I'm going to be doing this randomly

Words: 1567, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 4 of Crossover Roommates Au

Fandoms: Undertale (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Other

Characters: Sans (Undertale), Chara (Undertale), Muffet (Undertale), Mettaton (Undertale), Papyrus (Undertale), Asgore Dreemurr, Toriel (Undertale), Jack Bright, SCP-682 (SCP Foundation), SCP-049 (SCP Foundation), SCP-053 (SCP Foundation), Shrek (Shrek), Doom Marine | Doom Slayer | Doomguy, Shizue | Isabelle, Hank Schrader, Jinx (League of Legends), Ekko (League of Legends), Silco (Arcane: League of Legends), Anne Boonchuy, Sasha Waybright, Marcy Wu, Marky Wu (jopajopovna1), Darcy | The Core (Amphibia), Gus Porter, Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Hunter | The Golden Guard (The Owl House), Gustavo Fring, Walter White, Mike Ehrmantraut, Jesse Pinkman, CT-5597 | Jesse, CT-7567 | Rex, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, Clone Trooper Hardcase (Star Wars), CT-782 | Hevy, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Darth Maul, CT-6116 | Kix, Darth Nihilus, Visas Marr, Bayek (Assassin's Creed), Aya | Amunet (Assassin's Creed), Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Edward Kenway, Ratonhnhaké:ton | Connor, Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker, Harleen Quinzel, Pamela Isley, Felicia Hardy, Cindy Moon, Mary Jane Watson, Eddie Brock | Venom, Todoroki Shouto, Kaminari Denki, Midoriya Izuku, Joseph Joestar, Kujo Jotaro, Kujo Jolyne, Jonathan Joestar, Giorno Giovanna, Dio Brando, Bruno Buccellati

Additional Tags: No Beta We Die Like Me on 7/16/2024 6:45 PM, Crossover, Crack, Crack Crossover

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/41239719

[gomow-texas]

How to Identify Common Lawn Diseases in San Antonio Texas?

Lawn diseases are not abnormal and can happen on anyone's lawn yard. It is expected that every lawn owner will experience lawn diseases on their grass at some point in their ownership. Heat, humidity, and poor lawn care are the major causes of lawn disease in San Antonio, Texas. It's important to carry out an inspection on your lawn at least once a month to check for lawn diseases.

In this post, we have discussed how to identify common lawn diseases in San Antonio, Texas. Finding the root cause of your lawn care problems will help you rectify the issue and take your lawn to where it belongs. There are many diseases that can affect your lawn if the appropriate conditions are not in place.

Read up on how to identify common lawn diseases in San Antonio, Texas.

1.) Red Thread

As the name implies, Red Thread appears on your lawn looking exactly like a red thread. You will notice red or pinkish threads on your lawn when there is nitrogen deficiency in the soil.

“Generally, Red Thread disease is harmless and indicates that your soil needs nutrient enrichment.”

A good application of nitrogen-rich fertilizers will usually do the magic. Red Thread diseases are prone to happen on red fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, bentgrass, and Ryegrass types.

2.) Fairy Ring

Naturally-occurring mushrooms that grow in an arc can be found in grassy lawn areas. These mushroom types grow in incomplete or complete circles and grow as much as 30 feet in diameter. They are called fairy rings because of their appearance and how they can appear on lawn yards very quickly overnight. There are three variants of the fairy ring that grows in lawns.

The first type has only mushrooms growing in it, the second type has a dark green ring with mushrooms growing in it and the third type has a darker green growth of dying grass and mushrooms growing in it. Fairy rings like most lawn fungus can be treated with fungicides. Consider hiring a lawn maintenance company to combat any lawn fungus problems when they come up.

3.) Snow Mold

As spring season commences and snow melts, a lawn disease snow mold often appears on lawns. There are two types of snow mold - the first is the gray snow mold, also called the Typhula blight and the second one is the pink snow mold, also called the Fusarium patch.

The gray snow mold only infects leaf tissues but the pink snow mold infects the crown of grass plants. It's known to cause more serious problems for grasses and is caused when the grass has been covered by snow for long periods of time. Tree leaves and long grasses packed with snow will also experience snow mold if left uncleaned for extended periods of time.

4.) Powdery Mildew

This particular lawn disease is common in many grass plants and is the most prevalent on lawn grass. It has different species that can affect a wide range of plants. However, cool-season grasses are more susceptible to it than warm-season grasses. Powdery mildew will often be found on Kentucky bluegrass than other grasses, in fact. If a lawn yard is in a shaded area, or in an area with low sun exposure, Powdery mildew will likely appear on the grass. It is identified by a white dusty matter settled on the leaf blades of the grass.

5.) Brown Patch

This lawn disease appears as circular, brownish-yellow patches in the lawn and measures about six inches to some feet in diameter. It is especially harmful to cool-season grasses like tall fescue and ryegrass. Others like Kentucky bluegrass and fine fescues can also be affected occasionally but the first two are usually the worst hit.

Warm-season grasses are not exempted from brown patch disease. Zoysia and St Augustine grass also experience brown patch disease which often occurs during long periods of humidity and heat when temperatures go above 68 degrees F. Brown patch can be treated by watering the lawn regularly and overseeding the affected areas to regrow it with fresh lawn grass.

Lawn diseases are a common occurrence on lawns. If you own a lawn yard, you will definitely experience the outbreak of a lawn disease at several points in your life as a lawn owner.

They're nothing to be worried about. Simply engage the services of a professional lawn care company to identify and stop the lawn disease as soon as you notice things are different on your lawn.

For proper lawn care and maintenance routine to keep your lawn in good shape, we encourage hiring a lawn care service San Antonio in Texas to handle all your mowing and maintenance needs.

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Spider-Man: Homecoming Review Part 2

Read Part 1 here.

I’ve talked about Homecoming as just a movie, but what about as an adaptation?

So...here’s the thing.

 An adaptation has to and is entitled to change things from its source material. There are some things that might have worked in a 1960s comic book that wouldn’t work in a modern day live action movie.

 However all adaptations should at the very least respect the spirit of the source material it is adapting, the essence of the story, in particular when it comes to the lead character(s) in question.

 A prime example would be the film that in fact introduced Spider-Man to the MCU, Captain America: Civil War. The spirit of the comic book story boils down to Iron Man championing regulation and security compared to Captain America who champions freedom and autonomy dividing the super hero community and pitting them against one another. Fundamentally this spirit is retained in the film. But it also makes countless changes to said source material in order to make things work for the MCU (and for the better might I add).

 When it comes to this movie there isn’t exactly one specific storyline that the film draws upon as an adaptation throughout the movie. Spider-Man 2002 for example was clearly basing itself upon Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #39, Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2, ASM #121-122 and other sources.

 Off the top of my head the only specific stories this movie could be said to draw direct inspiration from are Straczynski’s Mr. Parker Goes to Washington arc (due to the Parker/Stark relationship and the high tech suit Peter has) and the Master Planner Trilogy (for that rubble lifting scene). Beyond that it takes more general inspiration from the concepts present in Miles Morales’ stories and the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. Yes I am dead serious about that last one.

 This film of course features several classic characters such as the Vulture and the Shocker but the plot isn’t really derived from either of their debuts or any given stories about them. It’s mostly just the idea of some bad guys called Adrian Toomes and Herman Schultz with flying wing tech and super science gauntlets. And the latter doesn’t even really ‘shock’ or vibrate anybody. In fact both villains’ powers and the visual spectacle they could provide are really underutilized. They’re cool for what they are but you could do way more with say the Shocker than they did.

 Now such changes aren’t necessarily unforgivable. After all Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man 2 was not featured in a storyline specific to any cut from the comics, sans perhaps his origin in ASM #3. The movie simply took the idea of Doc Ock as a character, did their own thing with it and then built its own original plot around his role. And it was hardly an uninteresting character they created. In fact when he was out-and-out villainous he was most certainly recognizable as the Doc Ock of the 616 comic books.

 The same cannot be said of the Vulture or Shocker here. That being said both characters are comparatively far thinner than Doc Ock and more or less operate as career criminals out for wealth or revenge most of the time; they just have cool gimmicks is all.

 So changing them up in order to tie more into the wider MCU, serve the needs of the movie and make them more interesting as villains is hardly a betrayal of the characters. In fact this is arguably the most compelling rendition of the Vulture ever. He is a bad guy but a working class bad guy in it to support his family above all else after Tony Stark puts him out of business. He’s not particularly vindictive, he just takes people out as needed because he’s just trying to do right by his family. He’s a bad guy for sure but not unsympathetic. Keaton really brings it all together for the character and his performance is possibly the strongest in the entire movie. In fact Vulture by rights is perhaps the strongest MCU movie villain in a long time, possibly since Loki.

 To an extent changes to the supporting cast can even be forgivable; especially since this is the first movie where it really feels like Peter even has a true supporting cast.

 After all Liz Allan is such a minor character in the grand scheme of the Spider-Man mythology and the hearts of the fandom that she amounts to little more than Peter’s high school crush, the Veronica to Betty Brant’s Betty, Harry Osborn’s eventual wife and Normie Osborn’s eventual mother. That was kind of it. So it’s not exactly a sin to change her role, relationships and general character so that she’s now more academically inclined and the daughter of the Vulture; even if the latter was more to serve the plot than her character. It does not however justify casting her with an actress who was not Caucasian...because that was justified by virtue of it being the 21st century and there is nothing about Liz’s character requiring her to be white.

 When it comes to ‘Ned’ well...that is a weird case. He is an immeasurably bad adaptation of Ned Leeds from the comics...but that’s because he is obviously not Ned Leeds at all. He’s Ganke from Miles Morales’ adventures as Spider-Man. And as an adaptation of that character he isn’t all that bad. He is however arguably less vitally important to this movie than he is to Miles’ adventures. Among other things, in the comics Ganke is vital to Miles’ decision to become Spider-Man and even recommends he study footage of superhero fights in order to prepare himself. Here such relevance is grossly diminished because Peter was operating alone as Spider-Man before confiding in him and had tech gifted to him from Stark. But it still isn’t a bad adaptation of Ganke besides his name.

 Even Betty Brant isn’t really unforgivable in this movie because the character is a bit player at most. The filmmakers simply had a character in mind and named her Betty Brant as some fan service.

 But then...you get into other characters.

 I never had a problem with Marisa Tomei playing Aunt May, nor the idea of de-aging Aunt May in general. But it is at the very least going a little bit too far when ‘the joke’ surrounding the character is that she is Peter’s yummy Mummy that people are giving freebies to because she is just that attractive. I’m 90% sure those who value political correctness would have more than a few words to say about the character being used this way in the movie and I’m not sure I’d disagree with them.

 May learning his secret this early on doesn’t bother me either. The way she learns it though is played for light laughs when in the Raimi movies, ASM #400 and JMS’ run that moment was so dramatic and powerful. This is because those moments were treated with respect and not played as a joke. After all Spider-Man’s mother learning his greatest secret and thereby his role in her husband’s death should be a big deal. But then again, the movie treats the character less like Peter’s mother and more like his cool big sister, even opting to have Peter refer to her as just ‘May’.

 Moving on, Flash Thompson in this movie is incredibly frustrating because half of his character is very much on point. He is the arrogant, bullying jerk rival to Peter with a certain amount of clout within the school. But the other half of his character is not because he isn’t a meathead jock which is very much vital to who he is and his overall character arc as someone who peaked in high school and matured away from athletics in later life. It really is a case of if he bulks up, drops the books and takes up some sports he’d make a solid Flash Thompson.

 And then there is Michelle ‘my friends call me MJ’ Jones...God...Michelle is a quiet, studious, cynical, politically minded character who’s mostly just in the background of events not drawing much attention to herself. In other words whether you are going Ultimate or 616 Michelle is unbelievably wrong as an adaptation of Mary Jane. And that is really not okay to do when you are handling one of Spider-Man’s equivalent of Lois Lane.

 But here is the thing...is she even Mary Jane is the question? She’s in the movie, she has comments and looks in Peter’s direction that indicate she knows or suspects something about him (so kind of like Parallel Lives) and she’s obviously going to be featured in future films. But is she honestly the MCU’s version of Mary Jane or is it just a cute reference? Kevin Feige has claimed she really isn’t Mary Jane it was just a reference but is she going to effectively  be the equivalent of Mary Jane for this version of Spider-Man? It all depends upon the sequels. If she isn’t then that’s fine. If she is then that’s a huge blight upon the MCU Spider-Man franchise.

 This Schrödinger's cat situation with MJ is actually pretty evocative of various elements of the film.

 The movie has within it the potential to move forward telling great Spider-Man movies that make use of the character’s rich history and classic stories.

 But that’s the thing. Right now it’s all just potential. We didn’t see any of that in this movie. We in effect didn’t see much of Spider-Man.

 Oh, I do not mean there was little screen time where the character was in costume. There was plenty of that and whenever he was just swinging around and addressing regular crime in Queens (like during the start of the movie) the film looked and felt great.

 No what I mean was there was precious little screen time in this movie where the character you could see on the screen acted or felt much like Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man.

 I said in part 1 this movie was inspired by Miles Morales and the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. That are the biggest sins this film commits, although in fairness I don’t want that to sound perhaps as harsh as it does.

 Peter’s journey and personality in this movie is honestly not Miles’, not exactly anyway. Holland’s Peter Parker is this find of blend of Ultimate cartoon Peter Parker with Miles’ desire to live up to the older established heroes. But mostly it’s more like he has elements surrounding him that belong to Miles. Ganke is the biggest of course and there his attendance of a STEM school that is not dissimilar to Miles’ Brooklyn Visions Academy. Although the latter does have the unfortunate and unnecessary effect of making Peter seem far less intelligent than he is as he is now a smart kid amidst a whole school of smart kids, including Flash whose whole point is supposed to be that he is a jock.

 These elements from Miles are discourteous to both characters as Peter is swiping Miles’ stuff thus undermining future film projects starring him and all unnecessarily. After all Peter has had 55 years of continuous publication as the greatest Marvel character of all time. He really doesn’t need to borrow stuff from a spin-off Spider-Man.

 But honestly beyond that I cannot myself honestly call this a Miles Morales movie that substitutes in Peter Parker.

 It would be far more accurate to say this is the best movie adaptation of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon anyone could ever asked for, regardless of how nobody was. Don’t get me wrong this was an enjoyable and likable movie whilst the cartoon is painfully insufferable...But that makes it no less forgivable that this movie take cues from that show. And no, I’m not just talking about giving Spidey merchandisable toys to play with like voice activated taser webbing.

 I mentioned in part 1 about how Spider-Man spends a lot of the movie bumbling about and how the core idea presented is he’s young, inexperienced and eager to join the big leagues.

 This is essentially what the character is like in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. In that show the core idea of Spider-Man is a ‘hero in training’ who has to learn lessons on how to be a hero and so someday ascend to the Avengers’ ranks. He is almost always cocky and in over his head, stumbling around and routinely humiliated in his efforts, learning his lesson the hard way, alongside team ups of course.

 Holland’s Spider-Man is a toned down rendition of this albeit he has no teammates and is trying to specifically impress one particular hero Iron Man who lectures him, saves him when he is in over his head and reprimands him as a parental/teacher figure would, teaching him a lesson about himself when he removes his gadget laden suit (or his ‘toys’ as it were).

 All this...is very much a massive betrayal of Spider-Man’s character. And not even a betrayal of what he was specifically like in the comics, but of the guiding philosophies Ditko and Lee had when creating him.

 An enormously important aspect of Spider-Man’s early creation was that he was the anti-Robin. He was the teen hero who was nobody’s sidekick, junior team mate or had an adult overseer of his superheroic activites. Though a student and under Aunt May’s care as a superhero Peter Parker was self made, self taught and truly independent. He made his own costume, he learned how to fight on his own, he learned from his mistakes on his own and he did things his own way. This is especially poignant in the context of the times he was created in. The 1960s were after all the era of the counter culture, a time where young people rejected the authority represented by their elders.

 Oh and he was also cash strapped to the point where his equipment was typically homespun.

 Whilst Iron Man’s involvement in Peter’s life, Peter’s fancy gadget suit and his desire to become an Avenger and impress Stark makes sense in the context of the MCU it wasn’t strictly demanded by the ongoing narrative of the MCU. It was not unavoidable that the film series take Spider-Man down this particular direction. Nor was it justified by virtue of needing to do something novel with the film or showcase what can be done with Spider-Man now as a part of the MCU.

 I said above that adaptations are ultimately obliged to respect the spirit of the things they are adapting if nothing else. The reason for that is after all because whilst it might be fresh and original to go in such a drastically different direction the price for the novelty is the selling out of the very thing you are adapting (undermining the point of adapting the thing in the first place).

 If Spider-Man can only be fresh and original by becoming far less recognizable then it’s not a price worth paying. Essentially I am saying the spirit of Spider-Man as a character is honestly more important when you are doing a Spider-Man movie than anything else.

 If that would be compromised because the reality of the character’s existence in the MCU makes something more realistic then audiences should be asked to suspend their disbelief.

 If strengthening Spider-Man’s ties to the wider MCU requires making his whole motivation a desire to join the Avengers then another way to integrate the wider MCU should be dreamed up.

  If there is an idea to generate novelty by emphasising the character as ‘young and inexperienced’ (read over eager, stupid and bumbling) and give him lots of cool high tech gadgets then dear God dump that idea hard and come up with something else!

 There are three key scenes that quintessentially embody this approach to the character and the problems therein.

 The first is the opening scene where he is recording a video diary on his phone and is hyper excited and exclaiming at how cool everything is...even during battle!

 I’m sorry, but even if Spider-Man was a 15 year old in the modern day I don’t believe for a solitary second that Peter Parker would be like that.

 Granted the film never gets worse than that when it comes to characterizing Spider-Man but it also rarely gets too close to a viable rendition of the character. Ignoring how Garfield and Maguire’ s Spideys were clearly more competent in their initial use of their powers, even Josh Keaton’s Peter Parker in the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon was more together, reigned in and capable than Holland’s comes across in this movie. And his Spidey had been in action for far less time.

 The second scene is when Ned/Ganke debates unlocking the suit’s full features with Peter. Ned isn’t supportive of the idea but Peter bounces up and down on the bed claiming he wants to prove that he isn’t a kid to Tony Stark. The moment is meant for humour and taken on its own it is funny.

 Taken in the context of who Spider-Man is supposed to be as a character it is frankly insultingly infantilizing. And the scene of course leads to Peter further bumbling about with the new unlocked features of his suit (including getting into embarrassing discussions with Karen) clearly showcasing how ‘he isn’t ready for the big leagues’ because he isn’t really ‘grown up enough’ to play with his Big Boy toys properly.

 Finally the scene where Stark takes away his suit is possibly the single most infuriatingly insulting moment for anyone who knows the Spider-Man of the comics. It further emphasizes the infantilization of the character by literally having his allegorical teacher/father (did I mention Uncle Ben isn’t mentioned once in this movie) come to bail him out of the trouble he caused and consequently scold him, take away his toys and basically ground him.

 To make matter worse Peter says that line I’m sure we’ve all seen from the trailers about how he’s nothing without the suit Stark gave him. Firstly as I mentioned in part 1 it makes little sense for Peter to say this given how he had been operating as a hero on his own before Civil War and how before unlocking his suit’s special features the suit was just a fancy pair of spandex and long Johns. Before Karen and all his other gadgets Peter still had all of his super powers and was still helping people. Second of all again this is so, so, so, so wrong for who Spider-Man is and is supposed to be for reasons I hope I don’t have to explain to anyone who knows much about Spider-Man.

 The scene is also representative of a fundamental problem with the movie over all. The destruction from the ATM robbery. The chase scene following Peter’s departure from Liz’s party. The truck robbery in Washington. The elevator crisis at the Washington Monument. The destruction of the ferry. If you watch the movie...Spider-Man pretty much either made these situations worse or outright caused them.

 Even if you were to argue that had he not intervened Toomes (who’s never called the Vulture to my recollection by the way) would have gotten or distributed more dangerous technology, Spidey’s efforts actually prompted him to attempt a far more daring crime that would have resulted in far worse consequences.

 Now my problem isn’t that the movie fails to show us Peter feeling guilty about these things (I think we’ve all seen enough Parker guilt to last a lifetime) it’s that the movie is using these instances to show Spider-Man’s incompetence/inexperience and how ‘he’s not ready’ to do the stuff we’ve seen him do in the other five Spider-Man movies basically. This is a Spider-Man who is not really operating on the same level of competence as he was in the previous two origin movies!

 I doubt most critics or viewers will pick up on that though because it is often played for chuckles. Which actually brings up yet another major problem with the movie.

 Whilst there are quips to be found from Spider-Man’s mouth it’s really not nearly as much as you would think. Most of the humour is to be derived from laughing at Spider-Man’s slapstick antics or stumbles in life. This wasn’t devoid from previous films but it was never laid on this thick. And it is also not how humour in Spider-Man traditionally operates.

 In good Spider-Man stories humour in regards to Spider-Man himself is derived from his witty banter as well as the misfortunes he goes through in life (often as a result of being a superhero). However the humour whilst derived from Peter’s problems tends to be ironic and laughing at the character whilst also feeling sorry and solidarity with him. It’s almost as though you chuckle at Peter’s misfortunes but then want to pat him on the shoulder and say ‘There there dude’.

 It wasn’t a case of pointing and laughing at him for being a clown or incompetent. This is in fact a major problem with modern comics’ depictions of Peter Parker too. There like in this movie Peter’s incompetence causes or exacerbates crises rather than resolving them at the cost of his personal life.

 Now in the interests of fairness the final third of the movie where Peter dons the costume he made himself, is no longer under Stark’s eye and does things for himself is where I really began to see Spider-Man on screen. That was where Holland really sold himself to me and I felt that yeah, this kid is Peter Parker.

 Too bad the final third has its own problems.

 I mention in part 1 how Spidey doesn’t beat the Vulture so much as he survives him and that in and of itself is a legitimate flaw.But perhaps the single biggest problem and the moment that shows how colossally Marvel Studios dropped the ball when characterizing Spider-Man, is the rubble lifting scene.

 Now of course this is taken from the Master Planner Trilogy. It is the most classic of classic Spider-Man moments. It is the climax of a three part story where everything has been thrown at Peter, everything has piled on top of him and gone wrong and now he’s buried under tons of metal debris under water in a room that’s quickly flooding, all with Aunt May’s life running out fast. So he digs deep and draws upon his own will power to free himself.

 It is for many people THE definitive moment for Spider-Man, as proven by the endless homage and references it’s had over the years. But in Homecoming, as in the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon, the moment is mishandled. It happens too quickly, it fails to build up to the moment throughout the film and makes it about proving Peter is more than just a suit (which he should already know) as motivated by Tony Stark rather than Peter motivating himself (through Uncle Ben’s memory) to never give up and ultimately come of age. It essentially wastes the only moment the film drew from classic Spider-Man lore, and unfortunately it happened to be maybe the greatest moment of all Spider-Man lore.  

 So yeah...Peter Parker’s characterization and depiction in this movie suck hard. I don’t care if you want to try and defend it on the grounds that in the context of the MCU Spider-Man’s admiration of the Avengers would make sense. Because in 616 he sure as Hell wasn’t gushing over Cap or the Fantastic Four despite them also being big names that preceded him in the universe.

 Even the argument that his awe over the Avengers is a result of him growing up in a universe where they are the biggest celebrities in the world doesn’t really add up. We do not see Spider-Man’s origin but it’s presumed to be essentially the same story it always is. Which is to say in the MCU 15 year old Peter Parker got super powers and obviously didn’t immediately try out for the Avengers, contact them or otherwise try to emulate other superheroes. He still resolved to use his powers to help people solely because his Uncle died and he blamed himself for it. Which egregiously undermines the awe he feels over Iron Man and the other characters because they never really factored into his dedication to heroism.

 Regardless though, his awe over the Avengers cannot justify the bumbling nature of this version of the character.

 I mean honestly what does it say about a Spider-Man movie when the most competent protagonist wasn’t Spider-Man himself but Ned/Ganke, a character who doesn’t even belong in Peter’s story! Putting aside how it robs Miles of his most vital supporting character, Ned’s inclusion here gives Peter a friend and confidant which is also not part of his story in his early days. I don’t even oppose him as a friend for Peter, just not someone in on the secret, let alone Peter’s own version of Microchip.

 Now there is a possible silver lining to all this though.

 My own personal biggest concern with the film is that Marvel Studios’ fundamental defining idea of Spider-Man is guided by the notion of youth. This would be very much in line with the utterly misguided and toxic philosophy that has shaped Spider-Man’s comics since at the very least 2008 and probably guides him in television too (hence the USM cartoon).

 However it may well be the case that actually the characterization they went with resulted more from the mere fact that they opted to begin Spider-Man as a kid to provide something fresh for him and the MCU at large and that going forward they will write him in a way appropriate to his age. That is to say he will not necessarily be like this in future instalments and will develop into a more appropriate interpretation of Spider-Man. In fact all that bumbling might not be a case of Marvel Studios believing Spider-Man should be like this definitively but rather it just being (as I said in part 1) a general MCU thing.

 Heck most things in this movie could transition into a more traditional interpretation of Spider-Man or else (like Michelle) be ignored in favour of going with tradition.

 But then again...they did give him back his stupid gadget laden suit at the end of the film.

 Some final points.

 ·         I find it weird that Feige would claim Peter Parker is just a kid from Queens in criticism of ASM 2 but allow him to be granted a super gadget laden tech suit in this movie.

 ·         Spider-Man said ‘Whoa awesome!’ or ‘This is so cool!’ or something along those lines way too often in this movie.

 ·         Pepper and Tony’s reunion was weirdly tacked on for this movie and kind of undermines Civil War.

 ·         Cap’s scenes were hilarious and stole the show.

 ·         This is easily the Spider-Man movie with the least dramatic heft or power to it.

 So overall from an adaptation point of view this movie gets a great big fat D.

 But it’s a probationary D because it may well be the case that they did what they did out of necessity and going forward things will be okay. In which case I will retroactively amend this.

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Ablative Desert, Fugitive Gods

The cosmic furnace arises proper-like to scald our flesh-meat and evaporate our souls.

A few months we did a short bike ride beginning in San Bernardino, through Joshua Tree and Salton Sea. A recounting, henceforth:

 San Bernardino - White Man’s Hüzün - Yucca Valley

The trip started in the hills of San Bernardino. We untethered the bikes from the car and filled our panniers with the contents from a nearby Walmart. There was an abundance of fig newtons.

Almost immediately we encountered a long climb. David was unused to biking as medical school had given him few opportunities to temper his legs. Andrew and I had been practicing amongst the spandex’d multitudes of the Bay Area and fared somewhat better.

At length, we broke the back of the climb and turned onto a dusty hilly trail named simply 2NO1. 

The road proved a challenging combination of rocks and dust, at times not much more than a torturous rut. We quickly learned to spot patches of deep soft sand where we had to pedal hard lest we quagmire in the silt. Even still our back wheels fish-tailed frantically. 

There were very few people on this road, just one man in a truck thickly covered in fine sand sporting a Confederate flag. It looked a pale and dusty ghost, a silvery mirage of a collapsed and repudiated society.

Andrew amongst the Yucca’s

As we descended, the landscape thickened with Joshua tree. Before long, we had passed Pioneer Town. In Yucca Valley, we stopped at a cafe for cold beers and sandwiches. The community board was layered with adverts for Yoga, both cosmic and earthly.

The first day of riding is often subjectively arduous though objectively unremarkable. The entrance of Joshua Tree National Park lay at the end of a modest climb, but regardless, I panted and cursed this final climb.

Throaty American sports cars zoomed passed me, the vehicle de jour in this region. Every car looked like Dodge Charger. A convertible driving the wrong way screeched to a halt, the driver leaned out to shout, “’Ey yo, which way to Joshua Tree”? 

Out of breath, I could only gesture with a forward thrust of my chin.

The night fell quickly and in the nigrescent opaqueness we secretly camped behind some rocks. We compensated for the lack of a fire by listening to Joe Frank and drinking whiskey.

David at sunset

Defecation and the Art of Losing (Then Finding) One’s Bike

The next day we got up bright and early, quickly made coffee and rode out while the day was still inchoate. Rarely an early riser, it was strange for me to observe the sunrise. It happens rather quickly.

Through the cool morning we rapidly rode south east moving through the Mojave portion of the park - populated with tourists, boulders, and Joshua tree - into Pinto Basin which belongs to the Colorado desert. At the velocity of mopeds, we descended a long gradual slope into a wide dry flatness dotted with ocotillos, creosote and salt brush, a desolate expanded pan of baked dust. The sun accelerated into the apex of its blue keep.

Smooth, creamy tarmac and the sweet negative grade into radiant bosom of the Colorado Desert

Then and there I was overcome with a growing desire to shit, the urgent chthonic missives from my bowls starting to overrun my consciousness. All around me was a featureless plain.

After some time, I spotted a pile of rocks not far off the road. I pushed my bike over a trough of sand on the side of the road and onwards towards the rocks. In a great hurry, I abandoned my bike halfway, leaning it against an anonymous bush. My consciousness destroyed by a grating umbral desire, I hurried like a possessed man behind the rocks to resolve and evacuate the matter.

I walked out from the rocks a new man, I regarded world with a fresh mind. With a jaunt in my step I walked back out humming a pretty tune only to realize with a shock that I was lost. The manifold creosote and salt bushes suddenly appeared to me indistinguishable from each other and just tall enough to hide bike and road both. 

My monkey mind panicked, a fey miasma of anxiety washed over me. I rushed from one bush to another imagining distinctions, chasing one false memory after another. I grew breathless in the hot, dry heat, the sun beating down like an arbitrary archon. The world became a mirrored labyrinth.

I auto-exhorted: “Calm the fuck down, think of a reasonable plan”. Yet I continued to panic. I looked around me slowly - an uncaring landscape of burnt sienna, yellows, and washed out greens - and took deep breaths.

At last I saw a car drive by which indicated the road and I made for it. There I made a guess that I was behind where I had diverted off the road and headed up towards that way. I kept a sharp eye on the tip of the trough of sand on the side of the road, concentrating and focusing in a way which I rarely did. If my mind wandered even for a moment, I walked backed and rechecked my work. Diligent and ponderous, I tracked the ridge of sand, the affect of keen focus making time decelerate into a lumbering gate. Reality acquired a lugubrious viscosity, the here and now saturating my subjective purview and enacting a special kind of crisp madness. It was torture by radical mundanity.

At last, I found my bike leaned just under bush like any other. There was no Zeno’s Paradox preventing me from finding the break in the trough clearly carved by bike tires. The relief felt like a spike of drugs flooding the blood stream.

As I rode back onto the road I soon saw David circling back to find me.

“What in the hell happened to you?”

“I had to take a shit”, I replied.

A Dying Sea Circumscribed by Grapefruit  - An Uncomfortable Camp Out

The day continued to grow hotter as we sallied forth from the Cottonwood exit of Joshua Tree NP. We descended further to almost sea level and were greeted with a world akin to a convection oven. On the currents rode scalding winds, the hot breath of the desert.

On the side of Box Canyon Road I saw a tent pitched in the middle of an arc of littered beer cans. The land sizzled. There were few trees and fewer leaves, shade was rare and impoverished. Underneath the only good, occluding tree was a truck and a fat Mexican man eating his sandwich. 

It was unbearably hot and barren, the vegetation stingy and often burnt. Yet the first signs of Mecca on the northern shore of the Salton Sea were dense lush grapefruit orchards heavy with fruit tended by Mexican serfs. It was an oasis of verdancy that stood in strange juxtaposition to the blighted desert it existed within, a surreal outcome of US water rights and capitalism.

The most recent incarnation of the Salton Sea did not exist until 1905, but since then it has had a strange history. In recent years, it is only kept barely alive by polluted agricultural run off. The salinity of the water has climbed, causing mass die offs. Before entering Mecca we had read on wikipedia that “The US Geological Survey describes the smell as ‘objectionable’, ‘noxious’, ‘unique’, and ‘pervasive’.” Indeed the scent of the air was redolent of a ripe fart.

We ducked into a food court to drink endless icy draughts from a soda machine and escape the suffocating staticity of heat. We discussed our options; originally we had wanted to go as far as Slab City, but the idea of existing, much less cycling, in this seared pit seemed suddenly ridiculous. Crazed by the heat, we simply had to exit.

At 6pm we tore ourselves out of an air-conditioned gas station Starbucks and rode out on the 86 towards Salton City.The subsequent hours were brutal and long, the evening offering worthless tokens of relief. We passed decaying cities, former resort towns ablated by sun and sea, billboards offering to sell land for next to nothing repeating on and on with a slow metronomic regularity, a deathly andante.

It was nearly pitch dark by the time we turned off onto the Borrego Salton Sea Way. We camped out on a patch of desert. Even the real night offered no cessation from the heat, the desert now continued to bake us from below. Bone tired from a long day, our filthy bodies marinated in distilled secretions, we barely had the energy to pitch a minimal camp. David ate half a pack of peanuts and passed out. Without much ado, we all quickly slipped into obliterating slumber.

Old Time Western RV Resort - TV, Beers, and Pools

We were packed up and on the road just as the sun threatened to appear. Still exhausted from the previous day we pushed ourselves to make miles before the heat truly came to evaporate our will. Periodically hosing myself down with my squirt bottle offered temporary but real respite. 

The ride was blissfully flat. Riding fast, we arrived in Borrego Springs in time for breakfast. We ducked into a cafe and ate a cornucopia of breakfast foods and drank endless cups of coffee. Afterwards we found an RV park with a pool and checked in. The rooms were in buildings fronted by facades of an old western town. I forget which building we got, perhaps the Saloon or Barber shop.

Never had watching TV ever been so satisfying. With the A/C blasting, we watched a country sheriff deal with an errant snapping turtle somewhere near the Texas-Louisiana border. I learned that TV has evolved into a multiplicative art form, though repetition and folding a minute narrative is expanded like pulled taffy. I welcomed its stultifying effects.

We went out to the pool, beers in hand, and experienced a sort of joy which I cannot depict with any essential accuracy. At dinner while we feasted on variations of the burger, we all knew that that, short as it had been, mentally the trip was over; and we we never had much gumption to begin with. And so, the ghost was given up.

Climbing out of Desert - Disappointment and Yeti - Camp In the Hills - Evac to LA

With some sadness, and yet refreshed, we left Borrego Springs and climbed up over the mountain ridges which delineated Colorado Desert’s western limits. It was a surprisingly hard and prolonged climb but I felt motivated by the sensation that we were escaping the desert. As we approached the top we were rewarded by stunning broad vistas of where we had been. We looked down upon a browned and bereft landscape but further off near the horizon, the long shimmering line of the rotting sea, putrid yet crystalline-blue, scintillated in the morning light. The span of merely a day had already fostered a coying sense of nostalgia for a place we were still in the middle of escaping.

Once over the ridge the landscape changed dramatically. Trees and vegetation existed there. We stopped in Ranchita hoping to provision at the market next to the Yeti sculpture but we arrived too early by hours. We simply pushed on towards our destination: a campsite in the Palomar Mountains.

At Holcomb Village we stopped at the gas station, perhaps the only one in town, for lunch. The bulletin board posted, amongst offers for goods and services, a vehement letter excoriating the person who had shot the author’s dogs, ending with the invective: “SLEEP WELL ASSHOLE!!!”. There was something sincere, direct, and archetypal about the letter.

That night our ride arrived in and we ate and drank our fill. David’s mind had already moved to other matters that would occur in his near future. In the morning we strapped the bikes onto the car and drove to LA; and, in such a manner, continued on with our mundane, cosmic lives.

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Grégory Miller

Genre masculin

Âge : 15

Nationalité : France

Lieu de résidence : Créteil

Amis et famille

Parent : Mr et Mme Miller

Frères et sœur : frère sans nom (petit frère)

Amis : Anne Boonchuy Sprig Plantar Hop Pop Plantar Polly Plantar Sasha Waybright Marcy Wu Wally Ribbiton Lady Olivia Général Yunan Capitaine Grime Swamp Charlotte (Charlie) Night John Cooper Jessica Wu Sam Burker Marla Evening Jason Evening Lamar des Framboise Lincoln Loud Lucy Loud Lana Loud Lola Loud Lisa Loud Lily Loud Loona le chien des enfers Octavia, Luz Noceda Eda Clawthorne, King, Willow Park, Gus Porter, Bout, Amity Blight, Edric Blight, Emira Blight, Hibout bout, Viney, Jerbo, Barcus, Lilith Clawthorne, Julien Siphano, Alexendre Frigiel et Grégoire de Pain (Superbrioche)

Prof : Jean Christivoirien

Ennemis : Roi Andrias (actuellement) Monstres/Créatures hostiles d’ile bouillante Empereur Belo Kimiko Oroku Mayberry Tokka Razhar Shredder Hatori Tatsu Cloé Bourgeois, Victoria Vizioso Courroux du gardien Adegast Boscha Mattholomule Slitherbeast L'inspecteur Tibbles Piniet

Du premier numéro : "Chapitre 1"

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Exprimé par : Nadji Jeter VO Eilias Changuel (Arc 1 2 et 4) Gauthier de Fauconval (Arc 3) VF

Date de naissance : 2002

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Mandatory freshink and blight (our corrupted freshink oc)