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Ben is an evil genius, and I don't mean that in a good way.
(Heads up, this is quite a long post. I hope you'll find it a worthwhile read!)
[Caveat: I do think Ben is a much more complex character than is generally acknowledged, and he brings a lot of important issues to the surface throughout the comics and show. Iâll be writing on that soon. But for today, Iâm focusing on one very specific way that Ben interacts with the people around him, so itâs a necessarily narrow view.]
Benâs brand of evil genius lies in a particularly pernicious variety of emotional intelligence: the ability to identify peopleâs unique pressure points and hammer them with merciless accuracy. We see this first with Charlie, whose mental and emotional complexities Ben picks out and exploits to manipulate and break Charlie down, keeping himself in a position of control.
Ben insists on secrecy, which we all know is due to his own fear of discovery. But instead of owning up to that fear and discussing it with Charlie (a la Nick and his wish to take time to figure things out), Ben takes Charlie's very specific insecurities and leans on them to ensure Charlie's compliance.
We know from the flashback to their first conversation that Ben is aware of all the bullying Charlie experienced when he was outed, so he likely knows the intricacies of Charlie's pain--being called disgusting, being made to hate himself, being made to feel less than human. Ben barrages Charlie with these messages, just with slightly different language:
"I don't even know who you are." This preys on Charlie's sense of worthlessness, and it's a pressure point that Ben leans on again and again over the course of many public slights. It keeps Charlie feeling small and invisible, which in turn protects Ben from pushback or discovery.
"It's not like anyone else is going to want to go out with you, is it?" Ben knows Charlie was made to feel disgusting in the past, and this comment--which Ben also repeats--triggers those deeply painful, cyclical emotions of self-hatred, and is an attempt to make Charlie feel grateful for Ben's unreliable attention.
"As if anyone would ever want to go out with someone as desperate as you." Ben knows Charlie wants more, that he wants a relationship that means something. Here, he's twisting Charlie's desire for a loving relationship into something repulsive and off-putting, essentially ensuring that Charlie won't attempt to find anyone else.
"You were just there like some tragic loser with barely any friends who ate lunch alone and let bullies walk all over you . . . I just felt really sorry for you." Ben's exploiting Charlie's past feelings of weakness and lack of control by reminding him of the times he felt lowest. Not only this, but he spins his interest in Charlie into a charity case, trying to make Charlie feel as if he only wanted to go out with him out of pity (which we know after the finale of S2 is the thing Charlie worries about most).
But once Charlie starts consistently pushing backâsaying he doesn't want to see Ben anymore, literally pushing him away at Harryâs party, the post-race conversation at sports dayâ and once thereâs a watchful guardian in Charlieâs life (Nick) who sees Ben for what he is, Ben switches his attention to Nick. He knows that the worst way he could hurt Charlie, to take away his newfound confidence and power and reinstate Benâs position of dominance in the relationship (such as it was), is to push Nick away from Charlie.
Ben uses his own experiences of being closeted to identify Nickâs insecurities and poke at them viciously. He knows how emotionally exhausting it can be to hide your true self, and even if heâd never admit at this point in the story that heâs hiding at all, he still recognizes that weariness in Nick and does all he can to increase it.
"Am I not allowed to like girls as well as boys?" This is Ben accusing Nick of being a hypocrite, which is something Nick has been struggling with for months now, though itâs never named as such in the show. Heâs been trying to shed his rugby lad persona in favor of his authentic self, but itâs been a challenging and frightening journey during which Nick probably does often feel like a hypocrite, and hereâs Ben, blatantly calling it out.
"Does Charlie know you donât want to come out?" (Which, we have to remember, comes shortly after Ben telling Nick he needs to "stop acting so gay for" Charlie if they're trying to keep their relationship quiet.) Iâd argue that this is Benâs most effective method of attack against Nick, because it encompasses all of Nickâs challenges in one statement: the pressure heâs put on himself to come out, his niggling doubt that Charlie really believes him when he says he wants to come out, the sense that he's harming Charlie with the secrecy.
"Youâre just the same as me." Ben knows that Nick is a truly decent person with almost faultless integrityâsomething for which Ben has no respect but perhaps a bit of deeply buried envyâso he knows he can antagonize Nick with this comparison. He also knows he can do it without fear of significant public retribution, since Nick would never intentionally out Ben, or even retaliate physically since Ben carefully avoids, mostly, directing any significant insults at Charlie himself in these confrontations, which would have been the only thing that might inspire someone as intrinsically good as Nick to lash out.
"What if I said I want Charlie back?" This is a particularly sly attack. Yes, you could argue that Ben is just lashing out in anger or desperation and that this is him grasping at straws, but this is actually the culmination of weeks of mental assault. Ben has gradually upped the ante in each conversation with Nick, chipping away at Nickâs confidence in his bond with Charlie and trying to make himself look like the better option for Charlie. He even finishes up by saying he'd never give Charlie a hickey, something for which Nick already feels intense guilt. Ben knows exactly what he's doing here.
Nick overcomes Ben's strategic attacks partly through personal fortitude, partly through a real understanding of how Ben operates, and partly through the open communication he and Charlie share that builds them both back up again.
Imogen deserves a mention here, too, as Ben exploits her pressure points with cruel ease. Once heâs secured her by being âlovelyâ to her, he promptly tries to exert the same power dynamics he had with Charlie, breaking her down pressure point by pressure point.
He only shows her affection when the "right" people are looking--mainly people he wants to impress, or people he wants to hurt, like Nick and Charlie. This is just as damaging, in its own way, as the secrecy he insisted on with Charlie, especially for someone as starved for affection as Imogen often seems to be (her pressure point).
Imogen desperately wants to be loved and accepted. In almost every interaction she has on screen, sheâs trying to find her place, something Ben certainly sees (especially since thereâs a deeply buried part of him that wants the same thing), and then exploits. Ben is openly neglectful of Imogen several times, especially on the Paris trip, showing her how little he cares while simultaneously attempting to make her feel grateful for the moments of attention she does get from him. Then, when he tells her that her desire to get a lock for the bridge is lame (just one example of this behavior), heâs casting himself as the ultimate judge and jury of her wants and needs, another power play.
As we know, this backfires pretty epically when Imogen throws all of his manipulations back in his face in one of the best breakup monologues on film. Ah, the satisfaction.
As Tao so succinctly and accurately described it, Ben has stinky energy. Itâs the evil genius oozing out.
#thank you for reading#ben is a super villain#but also super complicated#heartstopper#heartstopper netflix#heartstopper series#ben hope#charlie spring#nick nelson#alice oseman#osemanverse#narlie#nick x charlie#nick and charlie#kit connor#joe locke#sebastian croft#imogen heaney#rhea norwood
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I think itâs be funny to have a Spider-Man that is genuinely just a kid, not like a teenager or a kid who understands the gravity of his abilities but a kid who does heroics simply because thatâs cool to a kid.
The gimmick is that the villains think itâs a gimmick and Spider-Man(?) fucks with them by acting like a kid to make âem feel bad or embarrass them only for them to realize heâs a literal child due to a forced team up where they like offer him a brewski afterwards and heâs legitimately like âMr I am 9 years old, I just do this cause my aunt canât take me to the park every afternoon.â And they grill him on adult things and he sits there just blanking cause heâs fucking 9.
#uncle Ben dies still but itâs not Peters fault but he ends up idolizing super heroâs hard#cause he believes that if one got there in time he couldâve been saved and dreamed of being the hero to do it#and then he got bit on a school feild trip to an oscorp sponsored science center where a mysterious new breed of spider was being shown and#got out and being the brave boy he is he found and caught it but not before being bit#all the villains are the same age if not a tad younger give or take a year#and they alls are like does that new hero seem a little childish? yeah he acts like a 4th grader and peters like#um actually a 5th grader đ€#heâd still be scarily smart for a kid his age cause the villains are only slightly more forgiving in this version#all his friends are his age and heâs a paper boy for the daily bugle instead and he would end his adventures reading the paper about his#exploits like his very own comic book and he sends in pictures of himself doing dumb stuff as a joke but Jameson is like#this ten year old is our best photographer and Eddie âgrown ass has beef with a kidâ Brock hates him#like tbh only harry mj gwen and his high school mates are his age villains are adults cause itâs funnier#peter parker#peter b parker#spider-man#spiderman#spidersona#Spiderverse#a technicality but yeah#Spider-Man(?) au#Iâm gonna think about this for a bit
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Greg Cipes | Thursday, 01.04.24
Same voice actor, different characters - featuring Greg Cipes (happy birthday).
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Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) - Teen Titans (TV show/video games, 2003-2006)/Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (movie, 2006)/New Teen Titans (mini-series, 2011-2012)/Teen Titans Go! (TV show, 2013-present)/Young Justice: Outsiders/Phantoms (TV shows, 2019-2022)
2004
Chiro - Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (TV series, 2004-2006)
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Kevin Ethan Levin - Ben 10: Alien Force (TV series, 2008-2010)/Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (TV series, 2010-2012)/Ben 10: Omniverse (TV series, 2012-2014)/Ben 10 (TV series, 2016-2021)
2012
Michelangelo - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV series/video games, 2012-2017)
#anime iconography#beast boy#ben 10#ben 10: alien force#garfield logan#greg cipes#happy birthday#january#january 2024#january 4#kevin ethan levin#kevin levin#protagonists#reformed villain#same actor#srmthfg chiro#super robot monkey team hyperforce go!#teen titans#teen titans 2003#teenage mutant ninja turtles#throwback thursday#tmnt#tmnt 2012#tmnt 2012 mikey#tmnt mikey#tv series#tv shows#voice actor
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Ben 10 reboot sequel where Lagrange is inexplicably exes with Vilgax. They reluctantly team up only for it to devolve into an argument while Ben and his friends are forced to awkwardly watch them rehash their relationship problems
#Ben 10#Ben 10 reboot#Ben 10 Lagrange#vilgax#they are mega turbo super ultra divorced and this is never elaborated upon#I first imagined lagrange being exes with some random post-timeskip introduced villain but then I realized how much funnier vilgax would be#they had a whole relationship arc in the imaginary timeskip from reboot to hypothetical reboot sequel
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Super-Villain Team-Up #6 (Englehart/Trimpe, June 1976). A bonus issue of Fantastic Four! The fam race to rescue Namor from Latveria, but Doom leverages his forced alliance with Atlantis to gain recognition from America as a sovereign nation.
#marvel#marvel 616#super villain team up#namor the sub mariner#victor von doom#doctor doom#reed richards#mr fantastic#sue storm#invisible woman#ben grimm#the thing#johnny storm#human torch#the shroud#steve englehart#herb trimpe
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Cover of the Day: Super-Villain Team-Up #5 (April, 1976) Art by Rich Buckler
#Marvel#Comics#Super-Villain Team-Up#Doctor Doom#Victor Von Doom#Namor#Sub-Mariner#Savage Sub-Mariner#Thing#Ben Grimm#Mister Fantastic#Reed Richards
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I donât have a caption for this. But if you need me to add specific tags, please let me know :)
#father knd#benedict uno#Redemption arc au where Ben isnât a super big villain anymore#um how should I tag this?#ravenpoefan art#tw suggestive#suggestive#tw: suggestive
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Colin Farrell and the Daredevil cast
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finally watched season 2 of shadow and bone and like the issue with that show (outside of the bad acting lmao) is that the plot happens in one story line but the fun happens in the otherÂ
like alina babes i donât care about your search for the hot bird im sorry
#i love it tho#any show that makes me get a map out to watch it is fucking sick#also im not into darklina#im very rarely a villain ship lover#(im just too boring for it my brain is like: but thats mean :o#in fact the more mundane the meanness the more i can't with it like childhood bully shit my heart can't take it)#but darklina aside i like mal but his romance with alina is just kinda there#like it was super sad when she was gonna like kill him#but beyond that their romance doesn't do much for me#and idk if they were trying to do pirate prince and alina#but if they were they're gonna have to try a little harder bc they were giving nothing#but i know in the books he ends up with zoya??#which like probably works in the book but she's like literally just along for the ride#what is the point of zoya other than like needing to have her in there bc she's someones fave book character#god ppl need to not be precious about adaptations#im sure zoya is super important in the books#i bet she has a whole arc about how she lost a pet dog in a battle with fantasy norway or whatever#but we don't have time in an 8 episode season packed with enough shit to flesh her out#and so she's just stood there in the corner#same with that dude who like makes ben barnes evil magic shit#we don't need him#some of the shit has gotta go
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i feel like there's a rich vein of SOME kind of ore to mine with regards to the romantic woes of visibly "freakish" and inhuman superheros, especially in silver age comics. like, because of the comics code, the writers could not in-universe admit that some people are really kinky and would absolutely nut in an instant if a gigantic alligator man or a living rock monster or a ten foot tall woman who's on fire gave them a little smooch on the head. like maybe most people in the 70s and 80s had no idea this was the case, either!
but so you end up with these romantic plot lines where some poor freakish superhero with a heart of gold and the skin of, i don't know, a bunch of octopi, is miserable because they'll never find true love, except for a totally normal woman has the power to see their inner heart (which is normal) and fall in love with them for that (normally). villains can sometimes be like 'yeah this chick is super into the fact that i'm an eight foot tall deathbot, we're both evil like that' but ben grimm can't get a date! even blind women are a little concerned that he's literally made out of rocks. it never works out because the writers either can't imagine or can't admit that no matter the freak, there's a bigger, hornier freak who's praying for a chance to shoot their shot.
i don't know. it's just interesting. obviously modern comics can acknowledge a lot more sexual variance than the stuff from fifty years ago, but it's just kinda neat to consider the bizarre limitations a heteronormative paradigm enforces on a population of very strange characters.
and also i feel like in real life ben grimm's DMs would be full of incredibly horny geologists going PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE all day long.
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Things I screamed about in ATSV (spoilers)
-Got to rewatch the film so Iâm just going to add the colours changing to warmer tones when Gwen hugs her father. Not even ten minutes in and I was already crying.
-Realised that we missed the Gwen-Vulture fight BUT got to see Jessica Drew enter the scene like a bad ass in her bad ass bike and hearing the audience collectively say âme tooâ when Gwen asked if Jessica could adopt her.Â
-Screaming OSCAR ISAAC when Miguel spoke
-Lyla. Just Lyla.
- âDo you say anything other than no?â âNo-YES!â more of miguel and jessica pls
-The Spotâs introduction. I didnât see any promotional stuff, teasers or even trailers before watching this film so I had no idea who or what the The Spot was which was great because he really went from villain of the week to villain of the movie. And they clearly had a great time choreographing the fight scenes with him
-Milesâ heating up the beef patty while the spot and the convenience store man argue
-Miles patting the spotâs with a âgood cowâ text
-Gwen and Miles both having to deepen their voices to avoid being recognised by their respective cop dads
-Miles saying that he can get two cakes when the counsellor says you canât have your cake and eat it too and then bringing two cakes for his fatherâs party and neither of them saying what he wanted to convey.Â
-Rio and Jeff scolding an annoyed miles but instantly smiling when a relative hugs them what an universal experienceÂ
-Gwen teasing Miles for drawing her in his notebook almost obsessively but also breaking the biggest rule to spend time with him knowing the consequences.Â
-As they went to talk, my friend leaned over and said âyeah I bet they will talkâ and when they only talked he groaned very loudly at which point I had to remind him Miles was only 15Â
-Watching Jeff talk to Spiderman about his son not knowing his son is spiderman
-The DJ increasing the volume when Milesâ parents started scolding him in the middle of the party (the real mvp of the movie actually)Â
-JK Simmons cameo that no one seems to be talking about??? Embarrassingly enough I had to literally scream into my friendâs ear for most of the people to realise it was indeed JK Simmons
-Just the entire Mumbattan scene. It was so exciting to see my city be represented like that, still a bit cliched in my opinion but not like Slumdog so obviously they have updated their views. Everything from the traffic gag to Pavâs rant about chai tea had the theatre howling. Also the detail of the thought boxes (?) and sounds being written in HindiÂ
-Screaming DANIEL KALUUYA
-My friend and I are huge fans of the UK punk scene (her for the ideologies and myself for the music and fashion) so Hobie was a dream come true. He was already super cool with his guitar and mohawk costume but when he revealed his face it was just so amazing
-Gayatri is every indianâs dream girl with her modern shirt-flannel and jeans combo mixed with bangles and piercings I really wish we get to see more of her in the next movie. Anyway there was a lot of wolf-whistling and hooting for her and Pav
-Also Pavitr literally means pure I donât know if they did that on purpose or not but I love it
-His pet name being Pav cured my soul
-âThis is the most emotional I have seen himâ and Captain Singh has no emotions at all
-I want to see how they came up with so many spider designs because each was so unique and immediately endearing. My friend who is also a big dinosaur fan screamed DINOSAURÂ
-Kind of obsessed with how detailed Ben Reillyâs arms are they did not need to go that hard with it
-Tom Hollandâs Spider-Man being referred to as âthe little nerdâ by Miguel
-When everyone was making puns about the Spot my friend leaned over and said âi wonder which hole the spot prefersâ it is a miracle we are still friends actually
-The Donald Grover cameo!!!
-Peter B Parker having a cute little baby with the love of his life is what he deserves
-Miguel O Hara is one step away from becoming a Batman-SpidermanÂ
-Hobieâs admiration for Mayday being the avatar of chaos Spider-baby
-Screaming ANDY SAMBERG
-I think they saw the appreciation for the art style in the previous film and then trebled it for this film and I cannot thank them enough for it
-Peter complaining about how Miguel breaks the Spiderman tradition of being funny and witty and Miguel being the first anomalyÂ
-Every scene with the Spot is very unnerving because as I said, you watch him transform from this joker to a literal void of vengeance and it is every bit of terrifying
-Miguel is a man suffering from the destruction of an entire universe because of his selfish actions and forcing that anomaly narrative on a fifteen year old boy who became a spiderman on accident and doesnât want his father to die because of that. Unlike the Spot, who isnât even human anymore, Miguel is drowning in grief and guilt and trying to ignore it by holding the weight of the spider-verse on his shoulder. I hated him so much for making a boy go through that but then I just couldnât in the end.Â
-Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire cameo!!! Hopefully weâll get a fun Tom Holland one too in the next movie.
-âLet me guess, he died?â being a therapist for Spider Men must be a fairly boring job after a few patients.
-I just loved the absolute of wrongness of the scene where Miles returns âhomeâ. The rain and darkness. I didnât really think about Rio asking Miles what happened to his hair because I thought she was referring to the rain (although of course she wouldnât ask him why his hair was wet when it was obviously raining outside) but realised something was wrong when he didnât know about comic con but she did because in the first film thereâs a joke about Peter B Parker explaining the concept to Miles.Â
- This movie is not good for my father related issues
-The glaring neon welcome sign when the gang end up in Earth 42
-How did Uncle Aaron get even scarier?Â
-Miles being the Prowler is honestly a great twist I saw it coming but still felt the shock of the reveal
-Prowler Miles having an accented voice meaning his father probably died when he was young and he only had his mom growing up
-Canât wait for the original spider team to return for the third film seeing as they brought back Spider-Man Noir and Spider Ham and Peni Parker
-Screaming WHAT when the âto be continuedâ appeared because that cliffhanger is absolutely destructive. All that adrenaline and excitement just popped. Iâm still oscillating between being impressed and being disappointed.Â
I probably skipped over a lot of other scenes because these were the most memorable and I only watched the film once (unfortunate) but I canât wait for the movie to hit streaming services and watch it again and again for all the other details I missed. Ill probably keep adding things as I remember
#across the spiderverse#atsv#miles morales#gwen stacy#hobie#pavitr#miguel o'hara#jessica drew#peter b parker#the ultimate spiderman#spiderman#spiderman noir#spider ham#rio morales#prowler
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Ben Ravencroft is a real villain, you can tell he was waiting so long to go nuts on everyone, he starts playing it up immediately.
The entire movie, he doesn't really have that Tim Curry sound, but the moment he gets the book he switches up his speech patterns.
Average Horror Writer after getting super powers.
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Imagine an IT au thats entirely from Henry's perspective so all of the losers club act like how he thinks they are instead of who they actually are.
Mike is like a coniving super villain who's just WAITING for the chance to jump in and ruin Henry and his dad's life for no reason. He revels in the idea Henry gets beaten at home and is somehow responsible for every single bad thing thats ever happened to him. He does all this on his father's behalf (which is totally not Henry projecting at all... totally).
Beverly is just the ultimate hoe who is so utterly obsessed with him she can't stand it. She's so incredibly into him and desperate. She says shit like "omg Henry... ur mullet... đ«đ€đđđđđâŁđđ" cause she just can't contain her lust for that... specimen.
Stan is just a boring hunk of wood, you could replace him with a cardboard cutout and nothing would change. Occasionally he'll just say "I'm jewish" and that's it.
Ben is always eating, everytime he shows up he's always engaging in some truly disgusting display of gluttony, like smothering cane sauce and cheese on a bacon burger.
Richie is the most annoying guy ever, picture normal Richie cranked up to 11, that's how Henry thinks Richie works. Lots of lol so random humor, incohetent screaming, and when hes not doing either of those hes being super super gay. Like IT happens at the rockwell level gay.
Eddie is also super zesty, when he's not whining about dirt he's asking Richie if he looks pretty in heels and painting his nails. You could blow air in his direction and he'd fall over like "UGGGHHH i've fallen and i can't get UPPP!! đ
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Bill is just the epitome of a wojack, you know how when people usually imagine winning an argument and their imaginary opponent is all "but- bu- bu- bu- bu-!!"? Yeah, that's how he views Bill. Just coping and seething that Henry is right about everything 24/7 and also cooler and hotter and smarter and simply better than him in every conceivable way.
#it 2017#it chapter 1#it chapter 2#gay clown movie#it stephen king#it 2019#henry bowers#bowers gang#the bowers gang#richie tozier#beverly marsh#it au#ben hanscom#stan uris#stanley uris#bill denbrough#losers club#the losers club#lucky 7#mike hanlon#eddie kaspbrak
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Super-Villain Team-Up #5 (Englehart/Trimpe, Apr 1976). Doom zaps Namor, rendering his cool black life support suit useless. Back to the green trunks! Meanwhile a mysterious prowler catches Johnnyâs attention.
#marvel#marvel 616#super villain team up#namor the sub mariner#victor von doom#doctor doom#reed richards#mr fantastic#sue storm#invisible woman#ben grimm#the thing#johnny storm#human torch#max coleridge#the shroud#steve englehart#herb trimpe
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sometimes it actually makes me so sad that people seem to have forgotten Mystery Men
Apparently it only has like a sixty-something on rotten tomatoes?? HOW? That flick is goddamn hilariousÂ
Also all the costumes and sets are incredible, which I didnât even realize when watching it as a kid bc our DVD wasnât very high def but now that we have a better quality copy hot damn
Fuckin. Janeane Garofalo. Eddie Izzard. William H Macy, Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Tom Waits, Paul Reubens, Kel Mitchell, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear? Â All in top form???
Superhero decon/reconstruction, before that was a Big Thing, with a bunch of wannabe heroes who are shitty at it and a popular and successful hero who wears the patches of his various corporate sponsors on his super-suit and intentionally lets a super-villain out of the asylum so he has someone to fight to keep his deals?Â
the guy whose superpower is that he gets really mad, but it doesnât give him super strength or anything, he just gets really mad?
I love this goddamn movie you guys
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Spidermanâs Biggest Fan |Â Jaime Reyes part 3
summary:Â Jaime Reyes is the biggest spiderman fan. His girlfriend on the other hand is Spiderman's biggest hater.Â
pairings: Jaime Reyes x Spiderman! FemReaderÂ
a/n:Â Part 3 baby! Hope you guys are enjoying this little series. Thereâs going to be one more part. I hope you guys enjoy it. Wrote this in my literature class.Â
warning: English isnât my main language. Angsty and kinda sad. Scenes taken out of No Way Home. Not edited
[MASTERLIST]
part one. part two part four part five.
Timing was never right when it came to Y/nâs life. Uncle Benâs death, getting bit by the radioactive spider in the beginning of her relationship, Attempting to protect Palmera as she was surviving her teenage years. She finally wanted to scream to the world, well her world that she was Spiderman. But maybe the odds werenât in her favor, maybe it was better if he didnât know she was Spiderman. What he didnât know couldnât kill him. It was hard sometimes to understand what was good about being Spiderman. Donât get her wrong she didnât hate it but recently she wasnât the biggest fan. But there was something positive about being Spiderman and keeping it a secret. Everyone was safe. Safe from danger and all the villains Palmera had to offer, but now with Doc Ock outside of her apartment she hesitated on what was actually safe for her family. No one besides the Justice League and Milagro knew her identity. She had made it her job to be as discreet as possible making it impossible to trace Spiderman to her and her family. Aunt Marisol was the only thing she had left of the family. She couldnât lose her. Y/n wasnât going to lose her.Â
Y/n snapped back to reality noticing who Jaime held onto both of her hands searching for her gaze to calm her down. Before Milagro could even speak again Y/n got up from the bed taking Jaime by the hand and Milagro by the arm. She led them both as quickly as possible into their safe room, Marisol made in case any emergency wouldâve happened. Ever since Uncle Ben died due to a robbery her aunt had become paranoid with the villains in Palmera city. Spiderman eased Marisol nerves, making her grateful for her doing patrol. Y/n never really thought it was important to have that, but now she was thankful of her Auntâs paranoia.Â
Y/n rushed the Reyes siblings into the room noticing that everyone else was sitting inside panic filling their faces. As she paced back and forth trying to think what was best for them, Y/n looked towards the door and scanned the room once again, her eyes bumping into Jaime.Â
âGet inside Jaime. Itâs not safe outsideâ She responded seriously, not wanting to be questioned right now. Right wasnât the time for the family to find out about her secret identity but it also wasnât the time for Jaime to get all protective. Marisol could be dead right now for all they know.Â
âGet inside? Are you insane, Y/n! A literal murderer has your aunt and you want me to go inside, While you are there doing what, talking sense into him? Are you hearing yourself right now? Iâm not letting you go. This isnât a prick from your job. Itâs a guy that could kill you just by blinking. â Jaime replied, taking her by the arm. Y/n glared at him sternly.Â
âIâm not asking for your input on my decision, Jaime. Now stay inside. â Y/n responded using her super strength to push Jaime in the room locking the door behind her. She could hear Jaime pounding on the door, but it was useless, he wasnât able to break it down.
âY/n! Please open the door before you do something stupid. You are going to get yourself hurt!â Jaime yelled, still banging on the door. Y/n slipped on her suit that was hidden behind one of the bases as she heard Jaimeâs bickering.Â
âIâll be back! I canât let anything happen to Aunt Marisol.â she said against the door before running towards the kitchen where she could see the broken windows. She slipped her body outside of their apartment searching around in an attempt to see her.Â
On the other side of the door, Jaime continued to break the security door but he wasnât able to do a thing. His family looked around in confusion, noticing how Khaji Da was nowhere to be found.Â
âKhaji, I really need you right now.â Jaime replied, resting his forehead on the door stopping his constant banging, noticing the blood dripping from his knuckles.Â
Jaime, Y/n is going to be fine. Follow her orders and stay here.Â
Jaime felt his body drag against the door as he hid his face in his hands desperate tears threatening to spill out of his eyes. Milagros slowly walked towards him, sitting by his side.Â
 âWe are safe here, donât worry. Nothing bad is going to happen, I bet thereâs a superhero on their way soon. Y/n and Marisol will be okay. â Milagro replied, trying to ease the tension in the dark room.Â
âI am the superhero Milly! I canât wait here if I know that Marisol and Y/n are outside with a maniac.âÂ
Y/n climbed the tall building as fast as she could, finally reaching the top. She looked around desperately trying to find Doc Oc but she wasnât lucky, her view being blocked by smoke coming all around making it quite impossible for her to see. She turned around in her spot trying to discover what was going on as she felt her spider senses tingling. Before she could even process what was going to happen she felt herself being pushed towards the hard ceiling. She looked up to see the familiar pair of eyes looking at her. Y/n tried fighting back but the hold he had on her was strong. He was getting powerful.Â
âLook who finally decided to show up. I thought Mister Spiderman has gotten big for Palmera City, I see. Forgot about his little friends in Palmera. I was starting to miss you terribly.â Green Goblin yelled as Y/n attempted to swing a punch but failed miserably. Goblin laughed as she struggled under his touch.Â
âI was taking a break from your bullshit. Might I add that I personally didnât miss it at allâ Y/n muttered moving side to side. Her suit scanned Goblin in an attempt to see how he had gotten so powerful the past two weeks. Her eyes wide as Karen told her the information.Â
Target has upgraded his suit and he made more contributions to his DNA. Making him at least eighty percent stronger than before. I believe you should request for backup.Â
Y/n rolled her eyes as she muttered a no towards Karen, noticing how she had Batman and Blue Beetle on speed dial.Â
âWhat a pity. I wished we got a visit from the bat, to make things a little bit more interesting than having you around. Itâs too easy to win a fight and now thanks to my new upgrades you canât even fight back. What a shame. I think that your Justice league card should be revoked. They have you fighting the Joker when you arenât even capable of getting out of my grip. Has Metropolis rubbed on you?â Green Goblin yelled at Y/n as she moved her body attempting to get out of his touch.Â
âWhatever this is. You donât have to involve that citizen. This is between the two of us.â Y/n's voice changed as the artificial intelligence from her suit made her voice sound more âmasculineâ.Â
âOh you mean your little aunty? Let me tell you she isnât just a normal citizen. She is attached to you so that means it is a perfect way to get to you and might I add you are good at covering your identity couldnât find anything aside the fact that she was your aunt. Marisol is a beaut donât you think? What a shame she has to die. Maybe I couldâve been your new uncle Ben.â And with those words slipping out of Goblins mouth Y/n shoot her spider webs hitting a pipe in front of her while flipping the bodies making her have a hold on the villain in front of her.
 As she slammed through a few floors she could hear Green Goblin laughing as she went down floor by floor. Her anger took over, not even feeling the bricks scrapping her body. Y/n stopped looking down at the man as she heard her aunt yelling spiderman. She quickly looked up, noticing that Doc oc was near but Aunt Marisol was nowhere to be found. They were messing with her and it was working.Â
Before she could shoot her webs to go to the other villain, Green Goblin took her by the waist throwing her against the crystal door smashing them. Y/n ran as fast trying to avoid another hit or even more damage to her neighbors apartment. As she caught her breath, Green Goblin clapped slowly taunting her. As he stood a few steps away from her, he laughed looking at her directly.Â
âStrong enough to have it all, L/n?â He asked and before he could make the next move. Y/n shoot her webs taking a piece of the door that flew off and slamming it into him. Before It could even hit him, Green Goblin broke it.
âOr too weak to take itâ He continued as Y/n got up trying to swing a punch but Green Goblin quickly caught it, throwing her to the other side of the long hallway. Y/n could feel her body start to weaken as she heard her name come out of his mouth. Green Goblin smashes Y/n through a window but Y/n quickly fires webs and pulls herself back inside only to be flung through another window, out onto the balcony. Green Goblin pounces onto Y/n. As she lets out a whimper in pain trying to hit him with hands falling miserably she webs the balcony above to flip himself on top of Green Goblin smashing him down to the balcony below.Â
âOh no you donât!â Y/n tries to web herself away from him. Goblin grabs Y/nâs leg and throws her through a window.Â
She limped towards him as she felt her mask breaking. Leaving part of her face visible. Green Goblin smirks at her excitedly as he sees her features
âAlways thought you were a dude but now your shitty fighting skills make senseâ He responded laughing as his laugh echoed through her ears. She ran towards him pushing him against all the floors of the apartment complex. When they reached the first floor, Y/n took her mask off, taking the man by his suit as she spit her blood on him.Â
âI want you to see how well a girl beats your assâ Â She responded slamming him against the floor. As every hit got stronger, he laughed harder, messing with her head.Â
âDid you forget whoâs in control here? Kill me and your little miss aunt Marisol is dead. Whatâs it going to be, Y/n. â He replied, smirking at her. Y/n slowly turned around hearing footsteps behind her. She felt her eyes shut in pain as she noticed Marisolâs body from afar.Â
âGo! Please Marisol, run! Marisol please save yourselfâ As she hears her getting closer. Goblin gripped on her neck laughing maniacally.Â
âYour weakness, L/n , is morality. Itâs choking you! Canât you feel it?â Green Goblin gripped harder as she struggled to breath.Â
âMarisolâŠPlease goâ Y/n replied, barely audible as she noticed Green Goblins familiar booms coming towards her at full speed. Marisol, noticing her niece's face, froze dead in her tracks not believing what seeing but didn't notice the bomb that was coming at full speed towards her. Y/n let go of the green goblins body running as fast as she could towards Marisol but before she could get a step closer her body flew towards the wall as the bomb exploded.Â
âL/n,L/n , L/n. No good deed goes unpunished. You can thank me laterâ Green Goblin said as he left. Y/n tried to move her body as pain overtook her body. Pushing past the pieces of concrete Y/n slipped her body out of the blocks lipping towards Marisol. With all of her strength she pushed the concrete off Marisol's body trying to see what conditions she was in. Y/n leaned in trying to clean the blood off her face as she noticed the small smile on her lips. May tries to get up slowly covered in dust, Y/n slowly caresses her face trying to get the dust out. Y/n clutched her side in painÂ
âMarisol, Marisol, Iâm hereâ Y/n replied while sending her a pained smile. Marisol got up and pulled her into a tight hug. Y/n could feel her tears welding up. Marisol opens her mouth to talk but before a world could come out her body slowly gave up stumbling back. Y/n quickly catches holding her body close as Marisol mumbles incoherent things as Y/n searches her eyes worriedly.Â
âMarisol..itâs okay. We are okay, right? You are okayââ Y/n replied her breathing changing drastically making her feel a wave of anxiety.
âYeah, got knocked on my assâ Marisol replied softly letting out a light chuckle. Y/n gave her a side smile as she brushed Marisol hair out of her face. Â
âYeah, me too.âÂ
âThatâs all,â May replied softly, dozing off a little bit. Y/n moved her softly trying to keep her awake.
âI think I broke my ribsâ Y/n said trying to gain her attention. Marisol's eyes flutter open watching her wounded side. Y/n clutches to her side wincing as Marisol looks around taking in all the destruction around them.Â
âI canât believe that our nosy neighbors havenât shown up by now. Havenât they noticed that they donât have an apartment anymoreâ Marisol responded, trying to lighten the mood. Y/n looked around noticing the mess she had made. She scrunched up her face in disgust and disappointed in herself.Â
âThis is all my fault, Marisol. I never wanted to get you in danger, thatâs why I never told you. I wanted to keep you safe and I couldnât even do that'' Y/n replied, warm tears falling onto her cheeks. Marisol shook her head holding her hand for comfort.Â
âThis isnât your fault, Y/n. You are a hero! You did the right thing. Thatâs amazing.Now it makes so much sense the fact that you âoutgrewâ your asthma â She said grinning. Y/n let out a teary laugh as she shook her head. Marisol was at the verge of death and she still managed to make jokes.Â
âStill, Marisol. Itâs not my responsibility, I should be like a normal adult working studying, not risking my family's life!â She exclaimed as she squeezed Marisol's hand.Â
âNo, no, no, Y/n. You listen to me, You have a gift. You have power, and with great power, there must also come great responsibility.â Marisol replied seriously as Y/n nodded slowly, understanding her words.Â
âYeah, I know,â She said softly as she watched Marisol get up slowly.Â
âLetâs get the hell out of here. We need to check on the Reyesâ Marisol said as she got up slowly. As Marisol got up she noticed the blood on her hands, she felt her body falling to the ground. Y/n quickly leans over her inspecting her body.Â
âWhat happened? Are you okayâ Y/n replied, inspecting her body all over. She knew something bad was going to happen.Â
âIâm okayâ Marisol replied softly trying not to worry, Y/n. Marisol closed her eyes for a few minutes before fluttering them open to look at her niece.Â
âYeah, youâre okay. What happened, Aunt Marisol?â Y/n replied as she slowly inspected her, not wanting her to panic.Â
âJust have to catch.. Just need to⊠catch my breath.â Marisol replied, taking deep breaths. As she closed her eyes.Â
âOkay, well catch your breath. Iâm right here. Iâm not going anywhere. We are going to take our time, you catch your breath, and then weâll take you to a doctor okayâ Y/n said as her eyes dropped noticing Marisol's side. She slowly touches it, noticing her hands covered in blood making her heart stop
âAre you okay, mi niña?â Marisol replied softly, rubbing her cheek. Y/n starts yelling loudly for help desperately.Â
âSomebody help! I need an ambulance, please! Someone help me. Pleaseâ She replied resting her hand on top of mays looking around for help.Â
âWhat happened?â Marisol replied, already losing consciousness of what was happening. Y/n looked at her with teary eyes.She quickly rubs her tears away and looks at her.Â
âNothing happened. Youâre okay..You're okay aunt Marisolâ Y/n replied trying to convince Marisol and herself.Â
âI just need to catch my breath. I need a minuteâ May said as she closed her eyes this time longer than the last. Y/n watched quietly not wanting to let her go.Â
âIâm right here. Iâm right here, Aunt MarisolâŠWe are okay, itâs just you and me.Itâs always been you and meâ She whispered, holding onto her hand. Y/n how Marisol smiled softly but her face fell when she noticed her hand let go of her cheek.Â
âMarisol? Marisol? Will you look at me? Marisol. Please MarisolâŠMarisol, please wake up and talk to me! Pleaseâ Y/n said as she shook her softly every word becoming louder than the next. Her cries became sobs as she tried to get Marisol pulse. Y/n broke down falling on top of her crying into her chest. She could hear from a few blocks away the sirens coming their way. Before she could even have another minute to mourn she heard Karen speak.Â
Miss L/n, I know this is hard but itâs time to go. They canât catch you here, I already called for backup.Â
Y/n let out a sigh as she cleaned her tears turning her back on Marisol not wanting to cry here, it wasnât the time. Right now she wasnât Y/n she was Spiderman and Spider had always agreed with the police that âheâ would leave before they got there and this sadly couldnât be the exception. She felt herself push her body to move to swing her body building to building.Â
With great power comes great responsibility,even leaving loved ones behind.Â
part 3
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