#beth reads young avengers

[bi4bihankking]

DC won't do it but I think they should consider making Jen the token straight of Infinity Inc., do to them what was done to the Young Avengers. I don't want them to get rid of what was implied between Beth and Yolanda, and what was maybe going on with Hank because there were so many moments in his early 2000s comics that ONLY make sense if you read them through the lens of romance with a dude, just because people say one gay only.

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[thecleverdame]

Sleepy Hollow - Chapter Four

Series Master List

Pairings: Sam x Reader, mentions of Dean x Jo

Summary: In 1799, specialized police constables Sam and Dean Winchester are sent from New York City to a small town called Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of murders. Approached by the town’s council, the Winchesters discover the local residents believe that the murders are the work of a deadly Hessian horseman whose head has been mysteriously chopped off. With help from the beautiful Y/N Van Tassel, Sam Winchester’s investigation takes him further through the dark wood where more murders have been occurring. What Sam does not realize is that the mysterious Horseman is being controlled by someone in a sinister plot to kill the most suitable men in the village.

Warnings: Canon-level violence, murder, smut, horror, gore and a little fluff for good measure.

Words: 40k

Beta:  ilikaicalie

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Livery Stable - Early Morning The stables belong to Mr. Killian, a dashing rustic man and father of a young family. Dean likes him, though he does not think much of the horse Killian is offering him, an old nag.

“His name's Gunpowder.” Killian pats the steed.

“A brave name,” Dean concedes “but...have you got something a little younger?... Taller?”

“Faster?” Killian nods.

“Yes.”

“A horse cut to dash?” “Yes!” Dean clasps his hands together, eyes his brother’s superior horse. “No, I haven't.” Killian chuckles. “Not at this price.”

“His horse is larger…” Dean looks to Sam.

“He is larger.”

“Well,” Dean snorts. “I'm sure he'll do very well. Thank you, Mr. Killian.”

“Good luck, sir. If you need help, call my name.” “Much appreciated.” Killian's son Thomas, a small boy, is feeding one of the horses. Mrs. Killian is at the door of their small home. She’s seeing a woman out of her door, a pregnant woman, handing her a bunch of herbs. Mrs. Killian takes the woman by the shoulders. “Mind you rub them well in the breach, Mrs. Sherry. Don't worry, it'll be easy as shelling peas.” As the pregnant woman leaves, Beth calls over her shoulder, turning to go into the house. “Thomas! Come inside!” She retreats into the house, a modest notice posted on the door: Knock before entering - Elizabeth Killian, MIDWIFE. Killian turns to his son. “Go off home for your breakfast, Tom. Kiss your mother once for you and twice for me.” As the boy goes, Sam has a thought. “Mr. Killian,” Sam steps forward. “I was thinking about the old widow-” “Old widow, sir?” Killian looks confused. “Widow Winship,” Sam clarifies.

“Who told you she was old? She was comely. Widowed young and dead before the bloom was off her.” Sam is surprised by this new information but before he can react further a far off gunshot is heard. A signal followed by the distant sight of a man on horseback, hurrying and shouting, waving his rifle.

“Murder, murder!” the rider shouts. “The Horseman has killed again!”

Jonathan Masbath's murder has been discovered.

The Western Woods

A large group of men ride out to the murder site. Baltus, a dullard man called Van Ripper, who is the original rider who found the body, followed by Brom, and a cart driven fast by Philipse, Doctor Lancaster and various villagers. Way behind, trying to keep up on Gunpowder, comes Dean with Sam trotting beside him. Baltus takes charge of posting armed villagers to keep an eye toward the forest. “Mr. Miller,” he assigns. “Ride back for the coffin cart. The rest of you keep a sharp lookout.”

Both Winchesters are just arriving. The others are watching as Doctor Lancaster turns over the headless corpse of Jonathan Masbath. He straightens the body reverently. Everyone is shocked and spooked, looking fearfully into the surrounding forest. Dean’s horse kicks the mud and every man nearly jumps out of his boots.

“A fine looking animal, Winchester,” Brom laughs. Sam and Dean dismount in tandem, ignoring Brom. They look from the body to each other in silent agreement. New York was never quite like this. Doctor Lancaster covers his mouth with a cloth, standing over the corpse. “The fourth victim, Jonathan Masbath.” “The head?” Sam asks, stepping around the murder scene. “Taken,” Philipse whispers. “Taken.” Dean nods, standing next to his brother, looking intently at the headless body. Doctor Lancaster seems unprofessionally jittery. He grasps Philipse by the arm. Philipse shakes him off and pulls out a flask. Sam watches out of the corner of his eye, their behavior seems odd. Then he turns his attention back to the matter at hand. “It is...interesting. Very interesting.” Sam crouches down to get a closer look.

“What is?” Baltus inquires. “In headless corpse cases of this sort, generally the head is removed to prevent identification of the body,” Sam expounds, picking up a stick and poking at the severed flesh. Baltus cocks his head, puzzled. “But we know this is Jonathan Masbath.” “Exactly.” Dean nods. “So, why was the head removed?” They all wait for enlightenment.

“Why?” Baltus asks the obvious. “We don’t know.” Sam stands up. “But the answer will no doubt reveal the motive.”

They all watch Sam to see what he will do. Philipse takes nips from his flask. “You have moved the body?” Sam asks, suddenly urgent. “I did,” Doctor Lancaster confirms.

Sam rolls his eyes and Dean crosses his arms over his chest. “You must never move the body!” “Why not?” Lancaster looks bewildered. “Evidence.” Muttering, Sam steps carefully over the ground near the body. Dean joins him as they silently search the ground, finding a huge, deep hoofprint. Sam kneels, pulling his satchel off his shoulder and taking out a bowl, bottle of water and a bag of powder. The others watch, finding this activity bizarre, as Sam begins mixing a portion of plaster. “What is that potion?” Brom sneers unable to hide his contempt. “You are the blacksmith, Brom.” Sam looks up, filling the print with runny plaster. “Ever shoe a horse with a hoof this large?” “It's big,” Brom concedes with a shrug. Sam shoulders his satchel, walks all around, studying the ground, kicking away leaves. Then he lopes, bounding with long legs, the watchers are astonished by his antics as he leaps from hoofprint to hoofprint. Doctor Lancaster turns to Philipse, “He’s a fool.” “He's a fool and we're damn fools, but death will make us all equal.” Philipse laments and Dean rolls his eyes. “The stride is gigantic.” Dean watches his brother intently. Sam stops, turns, bounding back the way he came. “The attacker rode Masbath down... turned his horse...came back…” Sam stops, looking up. “Came back to claim the head.” “So,” Dean purses his lips, resting a hand on his hip. “Head taken, big horse. Does this man have any enemies? “Well, someone didn't like him,”  Philipse offers. But Sam has already latched on to something. “Van Ripper, show me where the neck rested.” Van Ripper points. Sam opens his satchel, taking out a bottle of green powder.  He uncorks it, sprinkling a thin layer of powder on the dirt, waiting. Dean snorts as the power begins to bubble.

“A chemical reaction, it shows there was just a smear of blood, no more,” Sam explains. “I didn't see any,” Van Ripper confirms. Sam pulls odd spectacles from his satchel, wire-framed with many lenses. Then he wields an instrument, a delicate scissor mechanism that tapers off into tiny jaws. He uses it to pick at the flesh. “Dean, look at this.”

“What is it?” Baltus creeps forward, wary of getting too close. “The wound was cauterized in the very instant...as though the blade itself were red hot...and yet, no blistering, no scorched flesh.” They all look worried. “The Devil's fire!” Philipse shouts, raising a finger.

Both constables exchange a look. The Cemetery

The town is gathered for Jonathan Masbath's funeral. Steenwyck stands at the open grave, reading from the Bible. "Be sober, be vigilant. As it sayeth in the book of Peter, chapter five, verse eight. Because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." People whisper, stealing glances at Sam and Dean.

Sam stands next to Baltus and Lady Van Tassel, both brothers, watching, observing. Young Masbath stands with his head bowed, mourning his father. Brom stands beside you as you wipe tears from your cheeks. Brom puts his arm around you and Sam’s stomach tightens.

Once the funeral is over Sam walks with the Van Tassels. Baltus holds your hand. Young Masbath runs to catch up with Dean. “Mister Constable, sir.” Dean stops, turning to the young man, placing a hand on his shoulder. “You are Young Masbath?” “I was Young Masbath, but now the only one. Masbath at your service, in honor, bound to avenge my father.” “Well,” Dean gives the boy’s shoulder a squeeze. “One-and-only Masbath, I thank you, but your mother will need you more than we will.” “My mother is in heaven, sir, and has my father now to care for her. But you have no one to serve you. I am your man.” “And a brave man, too,” Sam chimes in.

“Indeed,” Dean agrees. “But we cannot be the ones to look after you. I am sorry for your loss, young Mister Masbath.” Sam moves away, watching his brother and young Masbath as his sleeve is plucked by Philipse.

“Constable…”   “Mr. Philipse?” Sam watches the man look around anxiously as if someone might be eavesdropping. “Something you should know. Jonathan Masbath was not the fourth victim but the fifth!” “The fifth?” Sam leans forward, whispering in confirmation. “Aye,” Philipse confirms. “Five victims in four graves.”

“But who?” Sam doesn’t get an answer. Philipse sees that Steenwyck has noticed the encounter. He breaks off and scuttles away. Sam turns his gaze toward the fresh grave of Jonathan Masbath, and three more graves almost as recent: The Van Garretts are just receiving their brand new headstones, and Widow Winship's grave is marked for the present by a simple wooden cross with her name on it. Sam sees Killian and nods to him. “Mr. Killian...I will need the help you offered.”

“I have something I need to take care of,” Dean pats his brother’s shoulder. “Why don’t you get started without me.”

The Stables Dean lifts the lid off a large feed bin half full of horse feed. Young Masbath is curled up inside like a mouse in a nest. Homeless. “Find a place in the Van Tassel's servant quarters. Wake me before dawn. I hope you have a strong stomach.” Dean walks away before he hears the boys reply. “Thank you, sir.”

[mostlysignssomeportents]

2019 Hugo Award finalists announced

The 2019 Hugo Award nominees have been announced; the Hugos will be presented this summer at the 2019 World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland.

Normally, I find that I've read and reviewed a huge slice of the year's finalists, but this year is different; I've done a lot less reading lately, partly because I wrote two books in 2018 and partly because the new EU Copyright Directive ate my life for about 10 months in the past year.

I was a little sad to be so far behind the curve when I saw the new list, but then I realized that this meant that I had a bunch of really exciting books to add to my to-be-read pile!

One notable inclusion: the Archive of Our Own fanfic archive -- a project of the Organization for Transformative Works (for whose advisory board I volunteer) -- is up for "Best Related Work."

Congrats to all the nominees!

Best Novel * The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor) * Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager) * Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) * Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga) * Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan) * Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Best Novella * Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing) * Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing) * Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing) * The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing) * Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing) * The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary Agency)

Best Novelette * “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018) * “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018) * “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018) * The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing) * “The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November- December 2018) * “When We Were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)

Best Short Story * “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018) * “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018) * “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018) * “STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018) * “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018) * “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)

Best Series * The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older (Tor) * The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross (most recently Tor.com Publishing/Orbit) * Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) * The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire (most recently DAW) * The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard (most recently Subterranean Press) * Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)

Best Related Work * Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works * Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street Books) * The Hobbit Duology (documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan (YouTube) * An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953- 2000, by Jo Walton (Tor) * www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 (Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio) * Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon (Tin House Books)

Best Graphic Story * Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios) * Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel) * Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics) * On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second) * Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics) * Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form * Annihilation, directed and written for the screen by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures / Skydance) * Avengers: Infinity War, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios) * Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios) * A Quiet Place, screenplay by Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, directed by John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night) * Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures) * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form * The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Penguin in a Parka / Alcon Entertainment) * Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab,” written by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs (BBC) * Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe, directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning (Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records) * The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett (NBC) * The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” written by Megan Amram, directed by Trent O’Donnell (NBC) * Doctor Who: “Rosa,” written by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai (BBC)

Best Professional Editor, Short Form * Neil Clarke * Gardner Dozois * Lee Harris * Julia Rios * Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas * E. Catherine Tobler

Best Professional Editor, Long Form * Sheila E. Gilbert * Anne Lesley Groell * Beth Meacham * Diana Pho * Gillian Redfearn * Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist * Galen Dara * Jaime Jones * Victo Ngai * John Picacio * Yuko Shimizu * Charles Vess

Best Semiprozine * Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews * Fireside Magazine, edited by Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, social coordinator Meg Frank, special features editor Tanya DePass, founding editor Brian White, publisher and art director Pablo Defendini * FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editors Troy L. Wiggins and DaVaun Sanders, editors L.D. Lewis, Brandon O’Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert * Shimmer, publisher Beth Wodzinski, senior editor E. Catherine Tobler * Strange Horizons, edited by Jane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons Staff * Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien

Best Fanzine * Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus * Journey Planet, edited by Team Journey Planet * Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan * nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla and The G * Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur * Rocket Stack Rank, editors Greg Hullender and Eric Wong

Best Fancast * Be the Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace * The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe * Fangirl Happy Hour, hosted by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams * Galactic Suburbia, hosted by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch * Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders * The Skiffy and Fanty Show, produced by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke, hosted by the Skiffy and Fanty Crew

Best Fan Writer * Foz Meadows * James Davis Nicoll * Charles Payseur * Elsa Sjunneson-Henry * Alasdair Stuart * Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist * Sara Felix * Grace P. Fong * Meg Frank * Ariela Housman * Likhain (Mia Sereno) * Spring Schoenhuth

Best Art Book * The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz) * Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, by Julie Dillon (self-published) * Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer (Ten Speed Press) * Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, ed. John Fleskes (Flesk Publications) * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie, by Ramin Zahed (Titan Books) * Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, ed. Catherine McIlwaine (Bodleian Library)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer * Katherine Arden (2nd year of eligibility) * S.A. Chakraborty (2nd year of eligibility) * R.F. Kuang (1st year of eligibility) * Jeannette Ng (2nd year of eligibility) * Vina Jie-Min Prasad (2nd year of eligibility) * Rivers Solomon (2nd year of eligibility)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book * The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz) * Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books) * The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books) * Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray) * The Invasion, by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic) * Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)

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[omgrachwrites]

A Cover is Not the Book (Bucky Barnes)

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader

Summary: Once and for all you learn to never judge a book by its cover and not to trust everything you hear.

Warnings: endgame spoilers under the cut!!!! fluff, lil bit of swearing, Bucky being a cinnamon roll

Word count: 1766

A/N: So, I wanted to get back into the swing of writing spontaneously! Please enjoy this silly, fluffy piece and please let me know what you think, I love you all very much! xxx

As the city of New York flew past the car window in a whirl of grey and brown with a hint of yellow every now and then – your cousin Clint had always been a fast driver – you bounced your leg and chewed your lip nervously. Out of the corner of your eye you spied your cousin glancing at you, his features drawn together in a frown.

“Are you okay? You look pretty sick, want me to pull over so you can spew?” he chuckled as your bottom lip trembled ever so slightly.

“I’m fine,” you whispered as the words of your superiors flashed through your head, they had told you of certain events that you dared not to repeat to anyone else.

“What?” Clint asked, “did all that time that you spent in England make you forget that I can’t exactly hear all that well?” you could tell that he was trying to lighten the mood a little as he laughed.

“I’m fine,” you repeated yourself in a louder voice.

For years you had been living in England, your parents had moved you there before you turned ten. Up until recently you had been working for MI5 that was before you had received the call from Director Fury. Following the deaths of Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers, Clint – among others – were trying to rebuild SHIELD that had fallen a few years back.

Your superiors were reluctant to let you go but even they could see what an honour it was for you to be asked directly from Nick Fury to join SHIELD. Obviously your bosses had approved the transferral but not before they had told you all about a certain someone who had committed atrocious acts. The worst part of it all was that Clint was friends with him and he was part of the team that was trying to rebuild SHIELD.

Clint let out a snort of derision as he switched gears, “you know, I’m calling Captain Bull and his friend Colonel Shit, tell me what’s wrong Y/N, you can’t lie to me. Please.”

You sighed and picked at the chipped and faded varnish on your nails before looking over at Clint who had his eyes fixed on the road, an uncharacteristic stern look on his face, “I guess that I’m just nervous to meet all of your friends, that’s all,” you shrugged, trying to keep your tone light but something must have given you away, based on Clint’s reply.

“You’re scared about meeting Bucky, The Winter Soldier, right? I thought that you’d read his file, if you had you would have known that he was forced into doing everything he did.”

His reply gave you pause, you had no idea that The Winter Soldier had been forced, however he still had committed those acts, “my superiors briefed me, I wasn’t authorised to see any of his files,” you hissed, remembering a disagreement that you’d had with one of your sexist bosses, “they didn’t even show me a picture of him,” your reply caused Clint to grunt, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you, he’s your friend.”

“Don’t worry about it; you weren’t given all the information. Just don’t mention any of it to Bucky; he’s very insecure about it. We’re here by the way,” he nodded at a huge building which looked as though it was only half built, “sorry for the state of it, we’re in the midst of rebuilding pretty much everything.”

However, you grinned at Clint as you stepped out of the car into the beating sun, “I think it’s excellent.”

Clint smiled and led you through the wrought iron gates, across the expansive training grounds and into the compound. There were a couple of people in the living quarters – everybody else was out on missions, Clint had told you earlier. He introduced you to the people in the living area. Sam, who had taken over the Captain America mantle winked at you cheekily as Clint introduced you.

Peter, looked about eighteen, you were surprised that he was an Avenger, he looked so young. He gave you a hasty hello before muttering to Clint about needing to get home for dinner. Wanda was a radiant young woman with flaming orange hair and she greeted you with an excited squeal and she pulled you into a hug as she kissed your cheek, the pleasant smell of paprika on her clothes.

You noticed with a sense of relief that The Winter Soldier wasn’t there. As you were getting more acquainted with the others a bossy sort of woman came striding into the room, carrying a bunch of files, her heels clicking on the hardwood floor.

“Will one of you idiots take these files down to James? I’m impossibly late for a meeting,” she had a snotty sort of voice that irritated you.

“I’ll do it,” you offered quickly, you were itching to have a proper look around the other floors.

“You sure?” Clint smiled and you nodded.

The bossy woman looked down her nose at you as she handed you the files, “is this your cousin Barton?” she asked, “Hopefully she’s more competent than the rest of you,” she gave everyone a snide smile before walking to the elevator.

Sam chuckled as he looked at the expression on your face and he spoke in an undertone, “that’s Beth, we all hate her but she’s leaving in a couple of weeks so we’re putting up with her,” he snickered and proceeded to give you instructions to where James’ office was.

You happily bounced down the stairs, taking in your surroundings, you didn’t want to take the elevator, partly because you didn’t want to share an uncomfortable elevator ride with Beth but it was mostly because you wanted to see as much of your new home as you could. Everything was so light and airy compared to your dingy apartment in the centre of London.

When you had reached James’ office you paused outside of the room, just in the doorway as your jaw went slightly slack for a moment. Inside of the room was probably the most attractive man that you’d ever seen. His jaw looked sharp enough to kill someone and it was scattered with thick stubble. Long dark raven hair had been tied up out of his face with the loose tendrils tucked behind his ears.

His cerulean eyes were fixed on the computer screen in front of him, he was leaning back in his chair with two legs right off the floor. You were amused by the Little Mermaid mug that was on his desk. You chewed your lip as toy played with the braid in your hair, willing yourself to say something. However, before you could utter a work he noticed you, he let out a startled gasp as he lost control of the chair, due to being surprised and he toppled backwards. You winced on his behalf as he fell to the floor with an ear splitting crash.

“Oh god! Are you okay? I’m so sorry; I didn’t mean to startle you!”

Though he didn’t look to be in pain, on the contrary, he was laughing his breath taking smile reached his eyes, “don’t worry about it doll,” he grinned up at you from his place on the floor.

You smiled back, “I’m Y/N, Clint’s cousin.”

“It’s great to meet you Y/N, I’m Bucky,” he made a move to get up but he misinterpreted the distance from his desk which resulted in him smashing his forehead against the desk.

Your blood ran cold as fear filled you, “as in The Winter Soldier?” you asked and you realised with a jolt that one of his arms were metal.

“The one and only,” he winced as he rubbed at his forehead; begrudgingly you helped him up from the floor, “thanks doll.”

You placed the files on his desk before babbling, “Beth asked me to bring these to you,” you hurried off before he could reply.

In the weeks that followed it was pretty obvious to everyone that you were avoiding Bucky because you never trained together and you were more than cold towards him. Eventually he asked Clint if you had a problem with him and Clint told him. Clint’s confession to Bucky resulted in the super soldier confronting you and telling you everything.

He seemed to be so sorry for the crimes that he had committed in the past, he actually got a little teary and he confessed that he still had nightmares about the things that he had done. Bucky gave you his files yourself so you could scan them and be on the same page as everybody else. By the time you had received all the right information you were more inclined to act more kindly towards Bucky but you were still worried about being near him.

A couple of months down the line you were still a little wary of Bucky, Clint had told you not to judge a book by its cover and you were trying to have an open mind. Bucky showed his true colours one rainy morning as the two of you were getting coffee for the rest of the team. Some little kids wearing Winter Soldier t shirts came running up to him and asked him for a picture. Grinning you took the picture of them and watched as Bucky spent the time to answer all their questions, a beaming grin on his face the whole time, he was so sweet with them. He was extremely surprised and touched when the kids told him how cool his metal arm was.

 About a week later you had woken up in the middle of the night needing a drink of water, as you made your way past the living room you heard somebody sniffling and crying. Cautiously you made your way into the room to see Bucky on the couch with red rimmed eyes as he watched the TV, he was wearing joggers and a tight shirt, complete with Harry Potter socks.

“Bucky? What’s wrong?” you asked him as you sat next to him on the couch, he was watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

“I always cry at this bit,” he sniffled as Dobby was dying on the screen; you were shocked that such a powerful man could be brought to tears by such a little thing, it melted your heart.

You reached out and took his metal hand in yours; he gave you a watery smile as he squeezed your hand gently. Maybe you had judged him too harshly.

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Look. This series is a gift. The word that keeps coming back to me, and to my roommate who’s been tearing through them while I work, is charming. Emma is mostly good-hearted, witty but less educated than she’d like, and an unfortunate magnet for trouble (sometimes disaster). The characters are distinct and vivid. The Avenging Angel tenant. The abstracted, uncanny young vicar. The cousin, goddess divine. The former nemesis. The rowdy Cambridge back-pew-sitters. The banker’s wife. They’re all so good and I love them so much, except Cousin Archibald who is genuinely the Worst (though still well-written). St. Crispian’s is a delightful, quirky neighborhood with matter-of-factly supernatural twists. Lovely worldbuilding.

I got the first one for Christmas and have already ordered and read the other four. I still have a stack of books I got for presents but I needed the rest of the series ASAP. They’re good. I’m kind of in love with Young Hawkes.

[dailybiblelessons]

Wednesday: Reflection on the Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Revised Common Lectionary Proper 4 Roman Catholic Proper 9

Complementary Hebrew Scripture Lesson from the Former Prophets: 1 Samuel 21:1-6

David came to Nob to the priest Ahimelech. Ahimelech came trembling to meet David, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” David said to the priest Ahimelech, “The king has charged me with a matter, and said to me, ‘No one must know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place. Now then, what have you at hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.” The priest answered David, “I have no ordinary bread at hand, only holy bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.” David answered the priest, “Indeed women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition; the vessels of the young men are holy even when it is a common journey; how much more today will their vessels be holy?” So the priest gave him the holy bread; for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence, which is removed from before the Lord, to be replaced by hot bread on the day it is taken away.

Semi-continuous Hebrew Scripture Lesson from the Former Prophets: 1 Samuel 2:22-36

Now Eli was very old. He heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord; but if someone sins against the Lord, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the Lord to kill them.

Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.

A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus the Lord has said, ‘I revealed myself to the family of your ancestor in Egypt when they were slaves to the house of Pharaoh. I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to offer incense, to wear an ephod before me; and I gave to the family of your ancestor all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. Why then look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded, and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’ Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt. See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor's family, so that no one in your family will live to old age. Then in distress you will look with greedy eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed upon Israel; and no one in your family shall ever live to old age. The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep out his eyes and grieve his heart; all the members of your household shall die by the sword. The fate of your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you—both of them shall die on the same day. I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed one forever. Everyone who is left in your family shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me in one of the priest's places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’”

Complementary Psalm 78:1-4, 52-72

Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;  incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable;  I will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known,  that our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their children;  we will tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,  and the wonders that he has done.

Then he led out his people like sheep,  and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid;  but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. And he brought them to his holy hill,  to the mountain that his right hand had won. He drove out nations before them;  he apportioned them for a possession  and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Yet they tested the Most High God,  and rebelled against him. They did not observe his decrees,  but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors;  they twisted like a treacherous bow. For they provoked him to anger with their high places;  they moved him to jealousy with their idols. When God heard, he was full of wrath,  and he utterly rejected Israel. He abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh,  the tent where he dwelt among mortals, and delivered his power to captivity,  his glory to the hand of the foe. He gave his people to the sword,  and vented his wrath on his heritage. Fire devoured their young men,  and their girls had no marriage song. Their priests fell by the sword,  and their widows made no lamentation. Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,  like a warrior shouting because of wine. He put his adversaries to rout;  he put them to everlasting disgrace.

He rejected the tent of Joseph,  he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; but he chose the tribe of Judah,  Mount Zion, which he loves. He built his sanctuary like the high heavens,  like the earth, which he has founded forever. He chose his servant David,  and took him from the sheepfolds; from tending the nursing ewes he brought him  to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,  of Israel, his inheritance. With upright heart he tended them,  and guided them with skillful hand.

Semi-continuous Psalm 99

The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! The Lord is great in Zion;  he is exalted over all the peoples. Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is he! Mighty King, lover of justice,  you have established equity; you have executed justice  and righteousness in Jacob. Extol the Lord our God;  worship at his footstool. Holy is he!

Moses and Aaron were among his priests,  Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the Lord, and he answered them. He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;  they kept his decrees,  and the statutes that he gave them.

O Lord our God, you answered them;  you were a forgiving God to them,  but an avenger of their wrongdoings. Extol the Lord our God,  and worship at his holy mountain;  for the Lord our God is holy.

New Testament Gospel Lesson: John 5:1-18

After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk.

Now that day was a sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, “It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” But he answered them, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’” They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had disappeared in the crowd that was there. Later Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well! Do not sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.” The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, and I also am working.” For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

Year B Ordinary 9, RCL Proper 4, Catholic Proper 9 Wednesday

Selections from Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, copyright © 1995 by the Consultation on Common Texts. Unless otherwise indicated, Bible text is from The New Revised Standard Version, (NRSV) copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All right reserved. Image credit: The Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem, colored lithograph by D. Roberts, 1839, via Wikimedia Commons. This image is used under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license.

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Marvel’s WandaVision Episode 2: MCU Easter Eggs and Reference Guide

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This article contains WANDAVISION Episode 1 spoilers, and potential spoilers for future episodes, the wider MCU, and Marvel Comics. We have a spoiler free review here.

NOTE: This is our reference guide for WandaVision episode 2! If you’re looking for episode 1, click here instead.

And you thought this show couldn’t get weirder? WandaVision episode 2 moved its sitcom-flavor a few years into the (still black and white) future, introduced a few new characters, and started leaning a little harder into the MCU than we saw in the first episode.

Let’s see what we found…

Sitcom Inspiration!

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The idea of a regular suburban couple needing to do something goofy like put on an act for a talent show seems like classic sitcom fodder, but things get even more specific in this episode.

The animated intro is VERY reminiscent of the opening of Bewitched, the sitcom I feel like this has the most in common with in its first two episodes…for obvious reasons.

Due to the Hays Code, non-married couples never shared the same bed on television until…Darrin and Samantha on Bewitched in the ‘70s. This episode begins with Wanda and Vision in separate beds until Wanda magicks them together. 

One other sitcom-y connection might be that whenever reality is starting to show its cracks, a character says “damn,” which has to be against whatever TV rules they had in the 1950s and therefore breaks the immersion further. Vision’s boss yells it at dinner in the first episode and Vision says it when there’s that outside noise in this one.

Bova

The sharp-eyed Ed Duffy spotted a carton of “Bova Milk” in the opening animated segment of the episode.

Bova is a cow evolved to walk and talk like a human, a gentle old soul who served as a midwife at the birth of Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. Well, at least in the comics. We’re not counting on seeing Bova’s lovely bovine countenance on this show any time soon, but hey, you never know!

The Grim Reaper

Also visible in that animated intro is the Grim Reaper’s helmet, apparently underground at their house. The Grim Reaper is an extremely annoying Marvel villain who constantly popped up in stories dealing with Vision and Scarlet Witch. He was the brother of Simon “Wonder Woman” Williams, was a stupid racist, and was really angry all the damn time.

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The actual location of that helmet could be a subtle callback to the events of Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta’s Vision series, which is an absolute masterpiece that you should read as soon as possible.

Westview

Wanda and Vision live in the fictional town of Westview, which despite looking very much like a Burbank backlot, is likely supposed to be in New Jersey. There’s two reasons we’re going to place Westview in New Jersey. First, Herb makes a reference to Hackensack, NJ later in the episode. But more importantly, in the comics, Wanda and Vision made the real life bedroom community of Leonia, NJ their home in the 1980s Vision and the Scarlet Witch comics.

Illusion and Glamor

Wanda and Vision’s stage magic act name has them going by the name of “Illusion” (Vision) and “Glamor” (Wanda). In the Vision and the Scarlet Witch comics, Illusion and Glamor were characters of their own, famed stage magicians Ilya and Glynis Zarkov, who were friendly neighbors of our favorite weirdo couple. What the public didn’t know was that their stage magic was actually REAL magic (kind of like what we see with Viz and Wanda later this episode). And what even fewer people knew was that they were also international criminals. Anyway, don’t expect Ilya and Glynis to show up on WandaVision or in the MCU now that their names have been used.

Also…is it us or does Wanda’s “Glamor” bathing suit thingy feel like a reference to some of her original, skimpier costumes?

Who is Geraldine?

That would be Teyonah Parris as “Geraldine,” who it has already been revealed is in fact the grown up version of Monica Rambeau, the young girl we met in Captain Marvel. While we’re on the subject, is it us, or does Geraldine’s brooch look a little like the logo she wore when she took on the mantle of Captain Marvel in the comics?

The Neighbors

In addition to Agnes (who we wrote about in detail here) and the aforementioned Geraldine, we also meet Fred and Linda, Dennis the Mailman, Dottie and Phil, Beth, and someone named Herbert. We have our suspicions that the seven of them (minus Geraldine) could be Marvel’s Satan’s Seven. We wrote more about this theory here.

Ol’ Herb, perhaps coincidentally, but perhaps not, shares a name with Herbert Edgar Wyndham, the Marvel Comics villain known as the High Evolutionary, who in some versions of Wanda and her brother Pietro’s origin, was responsible for giving them their powers.

The Helicopter

Wanda finds a toy helicopter, in full color, in her bushes. For one thing, the helicopter is in Iron Man colors (or Vision colors?). For another, it has the #57 on it. Vision made his first appearance in the comics in the pages of Avengers #57 in 1968. But perhaps most importantly, that helicopter bears the logo of SWORD (which we wrote more about here) on it.

So here’s the uncomfortable question: is this just Wanda’s subconscious playing tricks on her, or did she actually bring down a SWORD helicopter not knowing what she did?

The Beekeeper

The weird and disturbing beekeeper is an agent of SWORD based on the logo on his back. Or…is he?

“For the Children”

The creepy, cult-y repetition of “for the children” certainly can’t be foreshadowing for Wanda’s own struggles with starting a family, can it? Of course not. Nothing to see here…

The Strucker Commercial

The watch comes from a company called “Strucker.”  

The Strucker watch matches up with one of the themes of the rest of the episode. Baron Wolfgang von Strucker showed up as part of Wanda and Pietro’s origin in the MCU, but before that, he was a comic book foe of Captain America’s, a Nazi who had a mystical artifact that gave him powers: his Satan Claw. With all the devil mentions elsewhere in this episode, this is likely intentional.

“He’ll make time for you,” the slogan from the commercial, likely hints at another aspect of Wanda’s story here. In the comics, she was discovered to be a Nexus of Realities, an entity with a lot of explanation that amounts to “she’s important to the multiverse.” The person who discovered this about her (and nurtured it, and protected her because of it) was Immortus, the far future version of Kang the Conqueror. 

The same two actors from the Stark Industries Toastmate 2000 commercial from episode one are back here. If they become a recurring theme, do they have greater significance?

Lingering Questions…

The WandaVision house number is 2800. So far, we’re drawing blanks on what that might mean from a Marvel or MCU standpoint.

Does anyone recognize the logo on “the cabinet of mysteries?” Is this something Wanda has worn? Is it perhaps a Doctor Strange easter egg?

Is it possible that “Wentworth’s” department store is a reference to Deidre Wentworth, better known as Superia, the villainous Femizon who once created an alternate reality of her own? No? Too much of a reach? OK, fine.

Spot anything we missed? Let us know in the comments!

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[dfroza]

A mystery revealed

to be shared with the whole world. this was Paul’s intent that he shared and wrote about. and we have this sacred truth documented so that we can continue sharing it as a pure seed of what will be.

Today’s reading from the Scriptures in the New Testament is the closing chapter of the Letter of Colossians:

Employers, treat your workers with equality and justice as you know that you also have a Lord and Master in heaven who is watching you.

Be faithful to pray as intercessors who are fully alert and giving thanks to God. And please pray for me, that God will open a door of opportunity for us to preach the revelation of the mystery of Christ, for whose sake I am imprisoned. Pray that I would unfold and reveal fully this mystery, for that is my delightful assignment.

Walk in the wisdom of God as you live before the unbelievers, and make it your duty to make him known. Let every word you speak be drenched with grace and tempered with truth and clarity. For then you will be prepared to give a respectful answer to anyone who asks about your faith.

Tychicus will tell you about what is happening with me. I have sent him to you so that he could find out how you are doing in your journey of faith, and bring comfort and encouragement to your hearts. For he is a beloved brother in Christ, a faithful servant of the gospel and my ministry partner in our Master Yahweh’s work.

I have also sent Onesimus, who is from your city, and is also a beloved and faithful brother who will inform you of all that we’re enduring.

Aristarchus, a fellow prisoner here with me, sends you his love. And Joshua (who is also called Justus) along with Mark, the cousin of Barnabas, also send you their loving greetings. You have already been informed that if Mark comes to you, receive him warmly. These three men are the only ones of the circumcision who have aided me here in the work of the kingdom of God, and they have been a great blessing to me.

Epaphras, who is also from Colossae, sends his loving greetings. I can tell you that he is a true servant of Christ, who always labors and intercedes for you. His prayers are filled with requests to God that you would grow and mature, standing complete and perfect in the beauty of God’s plan for your lives. Epaphras has such great zeal and passion for you and for those who are from Laodicea and from Hierapolis.

And Luke, the beloved physician, sends his warm greetings to you, and Demas also. Give my greetings to all the believers in Laodicea. And pray for dear Nymphas and the church that gathers in her home.

Once you’ve read this letter publicly to the church, please send it on to the church of the Laodiceans, and make sure you read the letter that I wrote to them. Be sure you give Archippus this message: “Be faithful to complete the ministry you received from our Lord Jesus!”

Now finally, I, Paul, write this with my own handwriting, and I send my loving greetings to you! Remember me in my imprisonment. May the blessings of God’s grace overwhelm you!

Love in Christ,

Paul

The Letter of Colossians, Chapter 4 (The Passion Translation)

and a few simple “hellos” in these lines from The Message:

Epaphras, who is one of you, says hello. What a trooper he has been! He’s been tireless in his prayers for you, praying that you’ll stand firm, mature and confident in everything God wants you to do. I’ve watched him closely, and can report on how hard he has worked for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis.

Luke, good friend and physician, and Demas both send greetings.

Say hello to our friends in Laodicea; also to Nympha and the church that meets in her house.

After this letter has been read to you, make sure it gets read also in Laodicea. And get the letter that went to Laodicea and have it read to you.

The Letter of Colossians, Chapter 4:12-16 (The Message)

Today’s paired chapter of the Testaments is the 9th chapter of 2nd Kings where a new king of Israel is anointed under the direction of Elisha, along with a decree of God’s Judgment that was carried out for evil that had been done:

[Jehu of Israel]

One day Elisha the prophet ordered a member of the guild of prophets, “Get yourself ready, take a flask of oil, and go to Ramoth Gilead. Look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi. When you find him, get him away from his companions and take him to a back room. Take your flask of oil and pour it over his head and say, ‘God’s word: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and get out of there as fast as you can. Don’t wait around.”

The young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. On arrival he found the army officers all sitting around. He said, “I have a matter of business with you, officer.”

Jehu said, “Which one of us?”

“With you, officer.”

He got up and went inside the building. The young prophet poured the oil on his head and said, “God’s word, the God of Israel: I’ve anointed you to be king over the people of God, over Israel. Your assignment is to attack the regime of Ahab your master. I am avenging the massacre of my servants the prophets—yes, the Jezebel-massacre of all the prophets of God. The entire line of Ahab is doomed. I’m wiping out the entire bunch of that sad lot. I’ll see to it that the family of Ahab experiences the same fate as the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah. As for Jezebel, the dogs will eat her carcass in the open fields of Jezreel. No burial for her!” Then he opened the door and made a run for it.

Jehu went back out to his master’s officers. They asked, “Is everything all right? What did that crazy fool want with you?”

He said, “You know that kind of man—all talk.”

“That’s a lie!” they said. “Tell us what’s going on.”

He said, “He told me this and this and this—in effect, ‘God’s word: I anoint you king of Israel!’”

They sprang into action. Each man grabbed his robe; they piled them at the top of the steps for a makeshift throne. Then they blew the trumpet and declared, “Jehu is king!”

That ignited the conspiracy of Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi against Joram.

Meanwhile, Joram and the entire army were defending Ramoth Gilead against Hazael king of Aram. Except that Joram had pulled back to Jezreel to convalesce from the injuries he got from the Arameans in the battle with Hazael king of Aram.

Jehu said, “If you really want me as king, don’t let anyone sneak out of the city and blab the news in Jezreel.”

Then Jehu mounted a chariot and rode to Jezreel, where Joram was in bed, resting. King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.

A sentry standing duty on the watchtower in Jezreel saw the company of Jehu arrive. He said, “I see a band of men.”

Joram said, “Get a horseman and send him out to meet them and inquire, ‘Is anything wrong?’”

The horseman rode out to meet Jehu and said, “The king wants to know if there’s anything wrong.”

Jehu said, “What’s it to you whether things are right or wrong? Fall in behind me.”

The sentry said, “The messenger reached them, but he’s not returning.”

The king then sent a second horseman. When he reached them he said, “The king wants to know if there’s anything wrong.”

Jehu said, “What’s it to you whether things are right or wrong? Fall in behind me.”

The sentry said, “The messenger reached them, but he’s not returning. The driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi—crazy!”

Joram ordered, “Get my chariot ready!” They hitched up his chariot. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah, each in his own chariot, drove out to meet Jehu. They met in the field of Naboth of Jezreel.

When Joram saw Jehu he called out, “Good day, Jehu!”

Jehu answered, “What’s good about it? How can there be anything good about it as long as the promiscuous whoring and sorceries of your mother Jezebel pollute the country?”

Joram wheeled his chariot around and fled, yelling to Ahaziah, “It’s a trap, Ahaziah!”

Jehu pulled on his bow and released an arrow; it hit Joram between the shoulder blades and went right through his heart. He slumped to his knees in his chariot.

Jehu ordered Bidkar, his lieutenant, “Quick—throw him into the field of Naboth of Jezreel. Remember when you and I were driving our chariots behind Ahab his father? That’s when God pronounced this doom upon him: ‘As surely as I saw the blood of murdered Naboth and his sons yesterday, you’ll pay for it on this exact piece of ground. God’s word!’ So take him and throw him out in the field. God’s instructions carried out to the letter!”

Ahaziah king of Judah saw what was going on and made his escape on the road toward Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him, yelling out, “Get him, too!” Jehu’s troops shot and wounded him in his chariot on the hill up to Gur, near Ibleam. He was able to make it as far as Megiddo; there he died.

His aides drove on to Jerusalem. They buried him in the family plot in the City of David.

In the eleventh year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.

When Jezebel heard that Jehu had arrived in Jezreel, she made herself up—put on eyeshadow and arranged her hair—and posed seductively at the window. When Jehu came through the city gate, she called down, “So, how are things, ‘Zimri,’ you dashing king-killer?”

Jehu looked up at the window and called, “Is there anybody up there on my side?” Two or three palace eunuchs looked out.

He ordered, “Throw her down!” They threw her out the window. Her blood spattered the wall and the horses, and Jehu trampled her under his horse’s hooves.

Then Jehu went inside and ate his lunch. During lunch he gave orders, “Take care of that damned woman; give her a decent burial—she is, after all, a king’s daughter.”

They went out to bury her, but there was nothing left of her but skull, feet, and hands. They came back and told Jehu. He said, “It’s God’s word, the word spoken by Elijah the Tishbite:

In the field of Jezreel,

dogs will eat Jezebel;

The body of Jezebel will be like

dog-droppings on the ground in Jezreel.

Old friends and lovers will say,

‘I wonder, is this Jezebel?’”

The Book of 2nd Kings, Chapter 9 (The Message)

my personal reading of the Scriptures for monday, december 14 of 2020 with a paired chapter from each Testament of the Bible, along with Today’s Psalms and Proverbs

A post by John Parsons about this week’s Torah reading:

Shavuah Tov, chaverim. In our Torah portion for Chanukah week, we will read how Joseph successfully interpreted Pharaoh's dreams and rose to power in Egypt. Because of a famine in the land of Canaan, however, his brothers came to Egypt in search of food. A disguised Joseph then tested his brothers to see whether they were the same people who had callously sold him into slavery, or whether they had undergone teshuvah (repentance).

The eventual revelation of Joseph and his reconciliation with his brothers is a prophetic picture of acharit ha-yamim (the "End of Days") when Israel, in Great Tribulation, will come to accept Yeshua as Israel's true deliverer. Presently, the veil is still over the eyes of the Jewish people and they collectively regard Yeshua as an "Egyptian" of sorts. In this connection, in the parasha study, I provide a list of the ways that Joseph is a "type" or foreshadowing of the coming Yeshua as the Suffering Servant. [Hebrew for Christians]

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Today’s message from the Institute for Creation Research

December 14, 2020

Light from the Word

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105)

One of the more beautiful metaphors in the Bible, “light” is used either metaphorically or literally to stress understanding, knowledge, or truth. When inaccurate interpretations of God’s Word are taught, Isaiah said it is “because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:20). Peter noted that prophetic insight is like “light that shineth in a dark place” (2 Peter 1:19).

One of the Lord’s most memorable statements was “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). Little wonder, then, that in this majestic psalm centering on the Word of God, this stanza (Psalm 119:105-112) acknowledges the role executed by the Scriptures “as the light that goeth forth” (Hosea 6:5).

The psalmist again mentioned his affliction (v. 107) and that his soul was constantly “in my hand” (Psalm 119:107, a Hebrew idiom for constant danger; see 1 Samuel 28:21). But nonetheless, his instant reaction was to focus on the “righteous judgments” of God and a promise to “not forget thy law” (Psalm 119:109). He begged for the Lord to teach him God’s “judgments” (v. 108) and promised not to err “from thy precepts” (v. 110).

Thus, woven throughout the stanza are the constant paradoxical tensions of supplication for relief from the wicked efforts to “snare” him (see 2 Timothy 2:26) and the confidence that whatever conditions may develop, the written Word of God would provide answers. Those words are “the rejoicing” of his heart (119:111), much like when David sang, “Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD” (Psalm 105:3).

Finally, in the last line of this stanza, the psalmist challenged us to embrace his own commitment to the Word of God as he wrote, “I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end” (Psalm 119:112). HMM III

[kierongillen]

Writer Notes: The Wicked + the Divine 30

Spoilers, obv.

And another quieter issue, where we primarily delineate the other other half of the issues of 28's reveals, while putting those final few dominoes in position. It's also, art wise, a relatively undemanding one.  The rest of this arc is brutally hard, so an issue where the team could take a breath is also worthwhile. A comic series like WicDiv is a marathon made of marathons. You make it all uphill at your own peril.

It's also one of the more classically structured issues for a while. The issue's effective lead is Dio, and his 3-encounters-in-the-underworld structure the backbone which everything else is built around.

I suspect notes on this one will be short, by the way, but whenever I say that, I'm always wrong.

Jamie/Matt's cover:

That this isn't the best cover in the arc only speaks to exactly how great issue 32 is. Some startling design elements here.

Meredith's Cover:

She's always been great, but seeing her cover for East Of West was the thing which prompted us to go and try and talk her into one. It was a pleasure to work with her – all her design ideas were smart and interesting. We ended up here, because frankly, who can resist hot pink? Not us.

Jonathan Hickman's Cover

Talking about East of West. I've always been envious of Jonathan's designer string to his creative bow, so when we were asked if we wanted to be part of the month of his variants, we jumped at it, if only to see how he'd reinterpret our mythology. This is very much the cult-sci-fi novel alt dimension take on WicDiv.

Page 1-3

I'm always interested in the history of the second page reveal. Old school comic writer guides normally suggest opening with the big image, to throw people in the world. That – and, I feel, especially in the 00s – got changed into the delayed reveal. Enter the world in a quieter way, and then do the big reveal. That means you can create some context quickly, and use that big impact for something a little more complicated.

(It also means if you go to a 2-3 page splash, you can make the image bigger. If I remember correctly, almost all the New 52 books hand that rhythm, which I have to presume was an editorial guideline. I may be misremembering though.)

It's worth noting I say “a little more complicated.” I don't say “sophisticated” or even talk about effectiveness – complicated says nothing about a piece of work's quality. I just mean there's more moving parts involved before the reveal. Look at someone like BKV and his love of the opening splash to see how effective the HELLO, HERE I AM, LOOK AT THIS THING! Can be.

In our case, we have this little conversation between Woden and Cass, and then show what we've done to Valhalla. We've been talking about the plans for this gig for a long time, so we really needed to show what that means. Clearly, the gig is going to be key to the back half of Imperial Phase II, so we really let people have a good stare.

The best thing Jamie did here was make sure there's a stage built into Valhalla, as he correctly guessed they'd be one required for next issue. SMART MAN, THAT MCKELVIE.

This is the sort of page which is primarily expositionary, but by having the characters get together and basically scheme it out hopefully carries it. As you can imagine, there's going to be a statement of exact goals next issue in a similar mode.

(Why not say them here? Efficiency. Don't need to know it yet, and we'd have to repeat it next issue anyway. Why burn the page count twice?)

Cass speaks my own frustration at how people use facebook, I suspect.

The idealist/realist exchange on the first page is a good example of what happens when you have the broad strokes of what's going on, and then let the characters respond to each other. Woden has the Valkyries back? How does he act now? How does Cass respond? Where does that take us?

Page 4

I wrote this  with no interstitials, and decided to add them later, when we saw how the issue was working. I looked at the page turns, and decided pushing everything forward one page would be most effective. Plus that the black of the interstitials does lead us into the underworld.

Page 5-6

And we show Dio where we left him last time. There was even the option to use the same panel if Jamie wanted to cut a corner. He didn't.

The page sets up the rhythm that runs through the issue, which happens three times. This is pure fairy-tale, folklore myth structure. It's also joke structure, in the rule of three way. First statement shows a situation. Second statement shows it is a pattern. Third statement subverts the pattern. It's just a very efficient way of doing basically everything... and that natural rhythm being used everywhere means that it always feels part of some longer, primordial sort of storytelling. I think the six panel is leaning into that – I only want five beats. Establish/show Dio's current state/arrival of Morrigan/Dio's response to Morrigan/Morrigan's final statement. Throw away everything which isn't needed for the folk tale.

(The final “Yeah, you won't” leans into the folklore. Dio signals that this is not just stubbornness, but a plan.)

Have I mentioned the Underworld being the inverse of Young Avenger's mother dimension? I probably have. It serves a similar purpose in terms of a direct thing which allows us to strong arm an atmosphere while also being relatively “cheap” to do in terms of Matt and Jamie's resources. I've done 32 of these. I'm sure I'm repeating myself all over the place. These really off the cuff.

Despite knowing everything I knew about the Morrigan at the start, I found it hard to articulate the key difference between her and Dio succinctly. Eventually, it hit me. Dio wants what's best for people. Morrigan thinks she knows what's best for people. Morrigan will sacrifice a lot, as long as they obey her entirely. When I had that in my head, Morrigan became easier. Easier, anyway. She's never easy.

7-8

Another two page scene – the issue very much runs off those short scenes. The hard cut rhythm is a key part of Imperial Phase II, I think.

I wrote the bottom of Page 7 with three panels, in a “Write minimum numbers of panel.” Jamie adds one to really sell it. He actually does a similar thing next issue as well, which proves he must like eight panel grids more than he claims.

The trick of this scene is signalling to the reader that Woden has done fuck all to any of the equipment. A reader would remember that Woden has a camera on Amaterasu from way back in issue 14, but this confirms it's more general than that.

(There's clues elsewhere – his timing when he turned up in issue 12 was more than a little suspicious, right?)

Of course, lying and sarcasm is one of the hardest things to pull off in comics. Comics, for some reason, lends into credulity in the reader. I'm not sure why, though have my theories. In which case, we really push it – look at all the “Er” and the bolded ADDED in the first panel of page 7.

Oh god. Page 8 had me really fuck up in lettering. I originally wrote Cass being snarky here, and glaring at Beth... having failed to remember Cass wasn't in this scene. Beth basically just teleports Cass to where she is. My brain, it no good.

Page 9-10

I basically said everything in the first iteration, right

Hmm. Badb is oddly unsweary here.

Jamie's working the shadows fascinatingly here – the last panel of Dio is also one of the best.

Page 11-12

This is the one sacrifice to the earlier interstitial – that the instagram pages don't appear on a spread. The loss is solely a visual effect.

These are the “two pages I comic but half a page of work for Jamie”. Clearly, Persephone is absent this issue, and we needed to keep her absence a presence, if you see what I mean. Plus the instagram is a way to do the montage-of-time and events. Its placement here is a lot to do with selling how long that Dio has been down this hole.

I actually wrote considerably more comments for each instagram, but there wasn't room to include them in the framing. It's okay. Don't read the comments.

When wrote Amaterasu's Instagram text and then put my fist in my own mouth out of embarrassment. My next career move may be bullshit internet motivational sentences.

Page 13-14

Third iteration.

As I've said, WicDiv is that conflict between this over-planned structural thing and also the discovery you undergo as a writer when exploring these people. Throughout, I couldn't quite work out why I never had a place for Gentle Annie in the story. I actually like writing her – it has the added bonus of her voice really annoying Chrissy, and I'm very pro annoying my editor. But no – Annie's just not around much.

Clearly, thinking about that leads to this scene, where it's the part of Marian that isn't really getting much play any more. It's probably my favourite Annie scene, which is lucky, I guess, considering where the issue goes. The mixture of twee and utterly scary motherfucker was always the line I wanted to walk with her.

Page 15-16

As much as this scene flirts with total disaster, in this ominous fucker of an issue, it's a relative moment of light. Also a chance for Matt to really push the palette. I will never get bored of his Baal lightning.

The Sakhmet cosplay is delightful.

The reds of Amaterasu's lightbeam form, and the blue of Minerva's chair is another great choice.

There was an editorial discussion over whether Amaterasu appearing in the final panel was too much or exactly the amount of too much. We clearly went that way. This is a playful scene.

Page 17-19

Yeah, this isn't. I'm kind of amazed this is only 3 pages. This issue is tightly wound – there's no scene longer than 3 pages, and the majority is 2 pages – but this feels especially so. It's telling that it's here we move to the eight-panel, that most Phonogram of structures.

(A modified eight panel)

I originally had a different idea for the flashback, bringing Leila back to essentially insert scenes into issue 16, but the space wasn't really there, and felt like formalism would be distracting around here. This is complicated stuff, so let's keep it clean. Notice how Jamie changes the panel shapes to separate the sub-narrative from the main narrative – obviously the blue-greys of Matt do most of the work, but it can't be underestimated.

Let's call out some panels – Baph in the seventh panel of 17, hiding behind the shades and the wise-crack. The fifth panel of 18, which in its blissed certainty, the possible single scariest panel of Morrigan in WicDiv. Oh – and Dio's heartbreaking on the third panel of page 19.

Anyway – boys, sitting in the dark, and trying to talk.

Page 20-23

The second interstitial I added, and a little annoying. I thought I had to add 2 to maintain the final page, and in fact I only needed to add one. As in, my first draft didn't end on a left, and I needed to correct that. I suspect I'll drop this interstitial for the trade, and regain the page turn.

In the end, the reveal that Sakhmet is waiting for a chance to strike at Morrigan isn't a huge reveal – it's a telling one, but not one which breaks the scene in a huge way. And of course, people on digital have all movement between pages be page turns.

I didn't actually have any dialogue in the second panel on 21 at script, which is very much me in a “I have no idea why I would do that – that panel clearly needs a sign that Persephone is rushing to the door or something similar.”

“Beware the Honest – they will hurt you just to feel clean” is one of those lines that has been lying around in my notebook since the start of WicDiv waiting for their scene.

The warm browns of the room and Morrigan's cold blues seem really interesting to me here. Strong choices, Matt.

The final page was also an awkward one – I knew the images, but the actual exact nature of the dialogue refused to be wrestled down precisely until the last lettering pass, where it coalesced.

We do kissing, and it's depressing kissing. WicDiv takes the fun out of everything.

Anyway – next issue is at the printers now and will be with you soon.

Thanks for reading.

[distant-rose-archive-blog]

Hi. Kind of a random question, but do you know what each of the Little Pirates favorite superhero is?

I don’t mind random questions. They delight me. I didn’t really think of who they’re favorite superheroes in a really thorough thought process, what I will give you who I think their favorites would be off the top of my head. Mind you, I’m a huge comic and superhero nerd. I read the comics. I have written multiple papers on gender in comics, namely under the Comics Code Authority.

Harrison: Dick Grayson/Nightwing or Peter Parker/Spider-Man

I can totally see Harrison looking up to both heroes, mainly because they’re huge ass nerds and Harrison is a huge ass nerds. Harrison prizes intelligence, noble and responsible heroes who are on the lighter side of the spectrum and have some wit to them. It also helps that both heroes do have a history of having smoking hot girlfriends despite being complete dorks. 

Wes: Loki or Jason Todd/Red Hood

Wes is so the anti-hero type. He would totally love the more mischievous, snarky and gray area type heroes. Loki traditionally isn’t much of a hero, but I’m focusing more on the Kid!Loki version of Loki where he was more of imp and always was featured in Young Avengers. I think Wes would also like Jason Todd mainly because he’s seen as the imperfect Robin with the perfect “siblings.” 

Beth: Anna Marie/Rogue

Come on, how can Beth not love Rogue? Tough and sassy is definitely would Beth looks for in a hero. Having the ability to fly, super strength and able to have any power possible doesn’t hurt either. Also Beth can definitely sympathize with Rogue’s less than savory past and her guilt in regards to putting her boyfriend in a coma considering what happens to Will. Though Beth would not be a fan of her relationships? Magneto? Really? Ew. Why? She and I are pro-Gambit.

Neddy: Garfield Logan/Beast Boy

And I’m talking the comics and the original cartoon Beast Boy nor the TTG or Young Justice Beast Boy. And I’m talking the “makes jokes to help others and hide his pain” Beast Boy. I think Neddy would just love Beast Boy’s ability to turn into any animal and admire his ability to keep cheerful despite the hardships he’s gone through.

[myvisagewasted-archive]

five things meme

Tagged by @brella​ and THANKS because I LOVE THIS MEME.

Five Things You’d Find in My Bag

lip balm, preferably (but not currently) chapstick original

a couple receipts i’ve thrown in there

a ball-point pen

a pack of tissues

granola bars

I suppose notably not any of the things that I actually take out with me all the time (my wallet, my headphones) because I typically do not carry a bag

Five Things You’d Find in My Bedroom

a plush fennec fox named jacqui acquired from the smithsonian’s national zoo in dc in march

a small stormtrooper whiteboard bought for $2 at a tattoo parlor, reminding me to have my keys, student ID, wallet, and phone before i walk out the door

most of my shoes in a row under my bed, excepting a pair i don’t wear (and should frankly sell) and a pair that are too tall

a wall mounted letter holder with a row of hooks at the bottom which hold my many necklaces, my keys, my headphones, my umbrella, and a lanyard from which still hangs my ECCC pass from this year

my bathrobe, which has moose antlers

Five Things I Want to Do in Life

live with a close friend again

own a house

be financially stable while also being personally fulfilled

shit this reminds me i still need to buy weed

i wish these were interesting things but i really don’t care as long as i’m happy

Five Things That Make Me Happy

conversing over twitter with friends

watching tv over skype with friends

recording stormcast with traincat

that video of lawyers listening to “lose yourself” in court without so much as a head bob

gay

Five Things I’m Currently Into

bro so i’ve been reading secret invasion and that is the shit. it is The Shit. like, i thought i’d been spoiled on all the major points before going in, but no, it keeps pulling things where i’m like SURELY I WOULD HAVE HEARD IF THIS CHARACTER WERE A SLEEPER SKRULL?? it’s slow-going because my attention span is nonexistent and i’m reading a bunch of tie-ins, but yo do i love marvel events.

beth and i have been watching gotham each week, and as we near the end of season 3, uhhhhh it’s gay and i can’t stop thinking about it. i knew it would be gay; i did not know it would be this gay! the overdramatic serial killer love story of my dreams!! the following may have betrayed me, but i trust gotham to be, if not good, then really really gay.

as of like 24 hours ago, i am really into the concept of the sinister six, but they’re all gay and tragically in love with each other. i’ve been hitting google images to try to determine whether kraven the hunter is a wolf or a bear. mysterio, i think, is a sort of weird-looking young twink in this scenario. i also need to reread the backstories of everybody who has ever been in the sinister six so that i can properly radically reimagine them as tragic gay villains. yes, this is a gotham thing.

MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT. the phone game that has taken over my life. you collect marvel characters. like if avengers academy were 1) fun 2) a real game 3) and one that allowed you to get the characters you like without shelling out real money 4) fun.

i mean, i am always into arson.

Five Things on My To-Do List

pack for when i move (to another apartment in the same part of town) next week

get a spare pair of glasses before my insurance expires—assuming it hasn’t already wow i should check

fix one of my favorite necklaces which has an open loop

clean the bathroom in preparation for the move

work on that spideytorch fic where peter’s power is being covered in spiders and both of them die probably

Tagging @kehleyrs, @traincat, and @susanstorms!

[weekendwarriorblog]

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND April 12, 2019  - HELLBOY, LITTLE, MISSING LINK, AFTER

We’re almost midway through April (already?) but that also means that we’re one week closer to Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, which is probably the only movie everyone is really waiting for anyway, going by advance ticket sales.

For those who can’t wait for more super-heroics, Mike Mignola’s HELLBOY (Lionsgate) gets another go in theaters, this time played by David Harbour (Stranger Things) and directed by Neil Marshall (Game of Thrones). I wish I could say I was looking forward to seeing this, but frankly, I loved Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy: The Golden Army, and I have secretly wished for the last ten years that he would be able to continue that story with Ron Perlman, Doug Jones and the rest. This one has some interesting casting including Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich as the main baddie, Sasha Lane and Daniel Dae Kim. I guess with that cast, maybe it won’t be so bad? I expect the movie will be more geared towards the fanboys and girls rather than the mainstream audiences that have been flocking to other comic movies. (My review is now over at The Beat… and I hated it!)

Universal and Will Packer Productions are offering some interesting counter-programming to Hellboy in the comedy remake (of sorts) LITTLE, written and directed by Tina Gordon and starring Regina Hall, Issa Rae and Marsai Martin (from ABC’s Black-ish). This is the type of body-swapping comedy that’s delivered some great laughs in movies like both Freaky Friday, Tom Hanks’ Bigand others like Jennifer Garner’s 13 Going on 30. I mean, there’s still so much that can be done with this sort of thing as seen by Shazam!, and this sort of high-concept premise is also fairly easy to sell audiences. I missed the press screening of this, but if I have a few moments in April (it might happen!) I’d go check it out.

The other movie I saw that’s opening this weekend is LAIKA’s new stop-motion animated film MISSING LINK (Annapurna/UA Releasing), featuring the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana and Zach Galifianakis. I’m not going to review the movie even though I generally liked it, mainly since it’s been a minute since I watched it, but if you like some of LAIKA’s other films (particularly director Chris Butler’s earlier film ParaNorman) then you should enjoy this one, and like with all of LAIKA’s movies, I

Lastly, there’s Aviron’s AFTER, another teen romance drama, this one based on Anna Todd’s fan fiction that pairs Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Ralph’s nephew) and Josephine Langford in the type of Y.A. romantic drama that has had mixed results in recent years. Sure, the recent Five Feet Apartdid fine but others, like last year’s Midnight Sun, released by the defunct Global Road, barely made $10 million. Since I haven’t seen the movie – honestly, I haven’t even watched a trailer -- I’m not really sure what the appeal of this is going to be except that some younger women may not have much interest on other options this weekend.

LIMITED RELEASES

Well, I totally screwed up last week… including one movie that was delayed until this week and neglecting a movie which I thought opened this week. (This is why you need to keep me apprised on date changes, publicists!)

Actor Max Minghella makes his directorial debut with TEEN SPIRIT (Bleecker Street), starring Elle Fanning as Violet, a young woman from the Isle of Wight who hopes to get out of her smalltown blues by performing on a popular talent television show called “Teen Spirit.” Helping her out is the scraggly Vlad (Croatian actor Zlatko Burik, who starred in Nicolas Refn’s Pusher trilogy) who was an opera singer in Croatia and offers to manage Violet and help her get to the finals of the show.  While Elle is no Aretha Franklin, I was truly impressed with her singing voice as well as Minghella’s screenplay and direction of the film which has a distinctive look and tone but is also a movie with quite a lot of mainstream appeal. If you like television shows like The Voice and American Idol, you might be interested in seeing one contestant’s (fictional) journey to get onto one of those shows.

You can read my interview with writer/director Max Minghella over at the Beat.

The movie I left out of last week’s column is HIGH LIFE (A24), the new movie and first in English from French auteur Claire Denis, which stars Robert Pattinson, André Benjamin, Juliette Binoche and Mia Goth. I saw the movie at the New York Film Festival last year, but I guess I never got around to writing about it, but I wish I did. Not that I particularly liked the movie, but if I wrote about it, at least I could remember what it was about. I know it takes place on a spaceship with a bunch of astronauts including Pattinson and his young daughter, all of them trying to survive.

But my absolutely favorite new movie of the weekend is Alex Ross Perry’s HER SMELL (Gunpowder and Sky), starring Elisabeth Moss as Becky Something, the lead singer of an all-girl punk band who have hit the big time but are about to implode due to Becky’s addictions and eccentricities. Becky also has a baby daughter who she is constantly neglecting and her bandmates (Agyness Deyn, Gayle Rankin) and everyone is worried about her. I’ve liked some of Perry’s past work, but something about this one really connected, maybe because I spent a couple decades working in the music business, so I can relate to the frustrated engineer in the recording studio section of the film.  Moss, obviously, is amazing as Becky, a role that puts her through all the highs and lows of success and fame, but I also liked the cast around her, actors like Cara Delevigne and Amber Heard who I barely could recognize in their respective wigs. I actually saw this at the New York Film Festival, and I liked it even more when I watched it again recently.  It opens in New York on Friday and in L.A. and other cities next Friday, and I hope to have an interview with Perry, probably over at NextBigPicture by next week some time.

A movie that I hoped would play the Toronto Film Festival in 2017, but instead got up in the Harvey Weinstein scandal was Garth Davis’ MARY MAGDALENE  (IFC Films), the follow-up to his Oscar-nominated film Lion.  It stars Rooney Mara as the title character and her real-life boyfriend Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus… and just hat last part gets me worried just because I remember Rodrigo Garcia’s Last Days in the Desert a few years back, starring Ewan McGregor as Jesus. This is being released this weekend into about 50 theaters in select cities after playing in just about every other country in the world last year as it sought out a new U.S. distributor.

Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone of Gamorrah fame returns with DOGMAN (Magnolia), a crime thriller set in a small seaside village where a dog groomer named Marcello (Marcello Fonte) is being coerced into committing petty crimes by an ex-boxer bully named Simoncino. Apparently, this is based on true events, and I generally liked it, particularly the performance of Fonte. It opens at the Film Forum and at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Friday, as well as the Landmark Nuart in L.A. It will expand to more California theaters on April 19.

Martial arts fans will want to check out master fight choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping’s latest The Ip Man Legacy: Master Z (Well GO USA), starring Max Zhang as Cheung Tin Chi, who is trying to make a life in Hong Kong with his young son after being defeated by Master Ip.  The movie also stars the legendary Michelle Yeoh (in a great sequence with Zhang), Tony Jaa (ditto) and Dave Bautista… yeah, well I guess two out of three isn’t bad, but Bautista is pretty terrible, and the movie is disjointed in its storytelling. But the action is cool, so there’s that! It opens in select theaters this weekend.

Eva Husson’s Girls of the Sun (Cohen Media Group) stars Golshifteh Farahan (Pasterson) as Bahar, commander of the “Girls of the Sun” battalion, who are set to free their hometown from extremists, while also freeing her son. Emmanuelle Bercot (My King) plays a French journalist who is embedded with the warriors during the mission. Husson’s film opens at the Quad,Landmark 57and the FIAF Florence Gould Hall (now showing first-run films) on Friday, as well as the Laemmle Monica Film Center in L.A.

A movie I sadly had to miss at this year’s Oxford Film Festival is V. Scott Balcerek’s doc Satan & Adam (Cargo), a movie that took twenty years to make, as Balcerek pulls together two decades of documentary footage of the blues duo that were a fixture in Harlem in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. “Satan” is Sterling Magee, who played with so many greats but felt exploited so he walked away from the music scene, before being joined by Adam Gussow, an Ivy league scholar…but then Magee vanished, and the film follows what happened after that.

I had heard great things about Kaili Blues director BiGan’s Long Day’s Journey into Night  (Kino Lorber), when it played a number of film festivals last year. It follows a man, played by Huang Jue, who is haunted by a woman from his post who he goes looking for her. And it includes a substantial single shot in 3D… for no particular reason that I could ascertain. To call the movie a “slog” would be an insult to actual slogs, and I barely could stay awake while watching it. It’s playing at the Metrograph and Film Society of Lincoln Center starting Friday.

Also now playing at Film Forum is Camille Vidal-Naquet’s debut feature drama Sauvage/Wild (Strand Releasing) following a gay sex worker, played by Felix Maritaud from BPM (Beats Per Minute).

Tim Disney’s William, opening at New York’s Cinema Village and L.A.’s Laemmle Monica Film Center, is a love story between two scientists who fall in love while trying to clone a Neanderthal from ancient DNA creating William, the first Neanderthal to walk the earth in 35,000 years. The film stars Will Brittain, Waleed Zuaiter, Maria Dizzia and Beth Grant.

Gilles de Maistre’s Mia and the White Lion (Ledafilms Entertainment Group) is an ambitious film about a ten-year-old named Mia whose family moves to Africa to manage a lion farm, bonding with a white lion she names Charlie. The film was shot over three years, so that the film’s young starsDaniah De Villiers and Ryan Mac Lennan could bond with their lion co-stars. The film also stars Melanie Laurent and Langley Kirkood, and it opens in select cities.

LOCAL FESTIVALS

I’m finally shifting my gaze over to Chicago where the 21stAnnual EBERTFEST kicked off yesterday with Alan Elliot’s Aretha Franklin concert film Amazing Grace, as well as a special showing of the Wachowski’s Bound with special guests Jennifer Tilly and Gena Gershon. It continues through the weekend with showings of recent and older movies, including Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married and more.

REPERTORY

METROGRAPH (NYC):

Late Nites at Metrographwill screen Werner Herzog’s Bad Liuetenant: Port of Call New Orleans, starring the inimitable Nicolas Cage, while the Playtime: Family Matineesthis weekend is Danny Kaye as Hans Christian Anderson. Although I forgot to include it last week, Michael Blackwood’s 1968 docs Monk and Monk in Europe(as in Thelonious Monk) will continue for the next week, as does King Hu’s The Fate of Lee Khan from 1973. This Saturday night, the Metrograph is presenting a cast and crew reunion for Sidney Lumet’s 1988 movie Running on Emptywith Christine Lahti, screenwriter Naomi Foner and producers Amy Robinson and Griffin Dunne

THE NEW BEVERLY (L.A.):

L.A.’s hottest newish rep theater will show Michael Ritchie’s 1975 film Smile as well as his 1992 film Diggstownon Weds and Thursday (and apparently, Bruce Dern appeared in person on Weds!), Friday and Saturday are Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry  (1971) and Escape from Alcatraz  (1978), while Sunday and Monday screens David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai  (1957). This weekend’s KIDDEE MATINEE is Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, while the midnight offerings are The Hateful Eight on Friday and The Blues Brothers (1980) on Saturday. On Monday afternoon, there’s a screening Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

FILM FORUM (NYC):

On Saturday, Film Forum will screen Jaime Chávarri’s 1976 documentary El Desecanto, introduced by author Aaron Shulman, who wrote a book about the Spanish literary family, the Paneros, on which the movie is based. (FYI, Chávarri’s film was never released in the States, and there is only one screening on Saturday.) Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times (1936) will screen Saturday and Sunday as part of Film Forum Jr, and Francesco Rossi’s 1973 film Lucky Lucianowill screen a 4k restoration for a single screening on Sunday afternoon.

AERO  (LA):

The late Luke Perry gets a tribute with Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) shown on Thursday, and then the Aero is doing its own Claire Denis tribute (cause everyone else is doing i!) with Salt, Sweat and Sunshine: The Cinema of Claire Denis with a double feature of her debut Chocolat  (1988) and White Material  (2009) on Friday, a screening of Beau Travail (1999) on Saturday, Nenette and Boni (1996) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008) on Saturday, and then Trouble Every Day  (2001)and Let the Sunshine In (2017) on Sunday. Most of those will be showing on 35mm and Denis will be there, at least for the first two nights.

MOMA (NYC):

Modern Matinees: B is for Bacall continues with 1948’s Key Largo on Thursday and Jonathan Glazer’s Birth (2004) on Friday. The What Price Hollywood series will screen George Cukor’s Sylvia Scarlett (1935) and John Waters’ Female Trouble (1974) on Thursday, Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place  (1950) and Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess  (1973) on Friday, Mitchell Leisen’s Midnight  (1939), Clarence Brown’s 1931 film A Free Soul and George Cukor’s What Price Hollywood  (1932) on Saturday and Fritz Lang’s Clash By Night  (1952) and Joseph Lewis’ Gun Crazy  (1950) on Sunday.

QUAD CINEMA (NYC):

The Quad begins its new series Wild Things: The Ferocious Films of Nelly Kaplan, a tribute retrospective to a pivotal filmmaker in the French New Wave, which I know next to nothing about, so I won’t even try. Just click on the title to see the movies playing.

BAM CINEMATEK (NYC):

This week’s series is The Anarchic Cinema of Věra Chytilová, a celebration of the filmmaker who emerged during the Czech New Wave, which I know even less about than the French New Wave. Just click on the link if you know who she is.

LANDMARK THEATRES NUART  (LA):

This Friday’s midnight screening is the ‘70s classic Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), starring Peter Fonda and Susan George. I’m not sure when was the last time I had a chance to see this movie but if I were in L.A., this is where I would be on Friday night.

STREAMING AND CABLE

Streaming on Netflix starting Wednesday is THE SILENCE, the new apocalyptic thriller from director John R. Leonetti  (Annabelle), starring Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka and Miranda Otto. In this twist on Netflix’s hit Bird Box (and rip-off of A Quiet Place?), this one involves a world being terrorized by primeval beings with acute hearing and a family trying to survive. Also streaming Friday is the high concept teen rom-com The Perfect Date, starring Noah Centineo as a guy who is payed to take a friend’s cousin to the prom.

Next week, another horror movie in New Line’s The Curse of La Llorona, plus the faith-based drama Breakthrough from Fox and DisneyNature’s Penguins.

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I just finished The Third Kiss by Kat Colmer and totally loved it! I loved the writing, the action, the mythology, and the characters’ fierce, sassy, and emotional personalities. I totally fell in love with this book! (Check out my review here!) I have the pleasure of hosting Kat on my blog tonight as she talks about what psychs her up to write and what inspires her amazing characters in this book!

Here’s the wonderful Kat Colmer!

Writers do all sorts of interesting things to psych themselves up before they start writing. Brewing a cup of tea in just the right way. Going for a brisk walk. Doing a free form writing exercise. Listening to music. Bikram yoga (Yes! Apparently!).

Just thinking about Bikram yoga makes me break out in a sweat, but I do like to make myself a hot cup of English Breakfast tea, light my lemon myrtle candle (one of my critique partners swears a lit candle helps the creative juices flow), and select my Two Steps From Hell playlist. Two Steps From Who you ask? TSFH are a movie trailer music production duo. You might have heard some of their music in trailers for X-Men, Interstellar, Avengers, Enders Game, Harry Potter, the Twilight Saga, to name a few.

Their music is epically awesome and playing it full blast is my favorite way to psych myself up for writing. It was the soundtrack to many of the scenes in my young adult paranormal romance The Third Kiss, especially the fast paced tracks when I wrote the fight scenes. The track SkyWorld will forever play in my mind when I read chapter twenty-four; a Tae Kwon Do sparring scene between the hero Jonas and heroine Cora. Here is a link to SkyWorld https://youtu.be/Lq2ANOkfsIA?t=5s and an excerpt from the beginning of the sparring scene in Jonas’s point of view. Have a listen and a read. Hopefully you’ll feel the same buzz I did when I wrote it.

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“Will you come at me already!” The longer we danced around each other, the more pissed off she became.

I flexed my fingers. “I don’t want to hurt you.”

That did it. Her face turned venomous. “You think the Groth Maar will extend me that courtesy?”

She was right. Protecting her here wasn’t helping her any. I should be pushing her to the limit, making sure she was equipped to deal with any situation. But here we were, her doing the pushing and me rubbing my sore ass.

I inhaled, steadied my breathing. Then spun, aimed a hook kick at her torso. She blocked, winced as she took the full brunt of my heel on her forearm. I came at her again, low kick this time. She sidestepped, blocked. For a moment or two I had the advantage, forcing her back. A second later my ribs screamed as her foot connected so hard my spleen rattled. Before I had time to counter, she’d swiped both feet out from under me, and I lay squinting up into the sun’s glare, my ass flat on the grass. Again. Somewhere in the distance a kookaburra laughed.

Leo leaned over the deck railing, shaking his head at me. “Dude, this is getting embarrassing.”

I closed my eyes against the pressing blue of the sky, lifted my hand, and flipped him off. In my head, I counted to ten, breathed in the earthy smell of grass and dry dirt, waiting for the dull ache in my rib cage to subside.

She was good. She’d always been good. But never so good she could flatten me. Impressive what one extra year of sustained training could do. My wounded ego warred with a sense of pride in her ability.

“Get up, Jonas.” Cora shoved at my leg with her foot. “That was an improvement, but you can do better.” “Give me a second.” Pushing my wounded ego aside, I heaved off the ground. On the deck, Leo and Beth both smirked. Idiots. “Don’t you two have something better to do?”

“Nah.” Beth grinned, that unnerving I’m-your-twin look in place. “This is much more entertaining.” I scowled at her, then returned my attention to Cora. She stood on the other side of the lawn. Legs shoulder width apart, arms up at the ready, weight even over her centerline, she was primed for another round.

I needed to break that iron focus of hers, unbalance her somehow. I grabbed the hem of my T-shirt and hiked up the cotton to wipe the sting of sweat from my eyes. Think dammit, where is the chink in her dobok? There’s got to be— I stopped mid thought; Cora’s gaze had strayed to my exposed stomach.

Hello, advantage!

Dirty pool, I know. But desperate times called for…more exposure. With Beavis and Butthead laughing at me from the deck, I’d take my upper hand any which way at the moment. I had enough grass stains tarnishing my reputation.

One swift move and my T-shirt was off. Cora’s eyes widened. I tried to keep the smug smile from my face—really, I did—but I’d had so little to smile about all morning. I stopped smiling the moment her eyes collapsed into thin slits. When her hands reached for the black belt holding her dobok together, I questioned the wisdom of my strategy.

Immobile, I stared as Cora untied the knot at her waist, shrugged out of her uniform, and…oh shit! White pants low on lean hips, stomach muscles corded below the hem of a workout crop top that showed just enough cleavage to make my mouth dry up, and a look on her face that said “bring it on.”

I was a dead man.

  The Third Kiss:

Love curses don’t exist. At least that’s what Jonas, master of the meaningless hookup, tells himself when a letter warns him he’s an Eros Guardian cursed to endure a test of true love or forever be alone. His levelheaded longtime friend Cora figures it’s a revenge prank by an ex. The way Jonas stamps each girlfriend with a weeklong use-by date, it serves him right.

But when an impulsive kiss between the two friends reveals potential for more, Cora becomes the target of the Groth Maar: demons sent to wipe out the Eros Guardian line. And suddenly the curse becomes dangerously real.

Breaking the curse means Jonas’s biggest challenge yet. Failure guarantees Cora’s death. But success may cost him his own life…and the loss of his carefully guarded heart to the one girl far too sensible to fall for him.   

You can buy this amazing book at any of these sites!

Amazon | B&N | iBooks | Kobo | Entangled Publishing

  Learn more about Kat Colmer!

Kat Colmer is a Sydney-based Young and New Adult author who writes coming-of-age stories with humor and heart. The recipient of several writing awards, she has won the Romance Writers of Australia First Kiss contest, as well as the Romance Writers of America On the Far Side contest for her debut Young Adult Paranormal Romance.

Kat has a Master of Education in Teacher Librarianship and loves working with teens and young adults. When not writing, teaching, or reading the latest in YA fiction, Kat spends time with her husband and two children.

You can connect with Kat at any of these places online!

Website | Instagram |  Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Entangled Publishing

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♛- Do you have any Au for them? If yes, which one? ☹- Can you share an angsty HC? ( Aus accepted.) ❣ - Can you share a cute HC? (Aus accepted.) ❂ - Can you share a Friendship HC? (Aus accepted) ✦ - What do you think would be our muses’ favorite activity together? ✍🏻 - What’s your favorite HC?

♛- Do you have any Au for them? If yes, which one?

In an American Gods AU, I could see Viv being very much a Valkyrie, who after a thousand years just can’t be assed to keep choosing the Worthy slain, and fucks off to a nice beach somewhere for a very much needed bit of R&R, and ends up meeting a gentle nereid {Sea Nymph} Oracle who makes her life hell by continuously turning up and offering her unsolicited prophecy/advice like some kind of weird Agony Aunt.

☹- Can you share an angsty HC? ( Aus accepted.)

Vivian knows, in her heart of hearts, that Beth isn’t really cut out to be an Agent, she doesn’t have the instincts to be cutthroat, doesn’t belong in the field. Viv spends a lot of time trying to keep Beth out of fire-fights, saving the young woman from mistakes that could cost her life and limb, so it comes as a great shock the one time Viv is distracted, and Beth takes a shot that would have killed Viv otherwise.She stays with Beth until EMS can arrive, petting her hair and holding her hand, but has to ask, “Why did you disobey orders?”Beth only smiles weakly, eyes half closed, and answers, “Cause we’re ohana. An’ ya don’ let family down.”

❣ - Can you share a cute HC? (Aus accepted.)

Every six months, like clockwork, Viv comes to Beth’s after work on Friday night. They lock the doors, and spend the weekend in PJs, drinking wine and watching old movies, share the books they’ve read, listen to Beth’s brother’s record collection, and do the full-on Girl SPA days. Sometimes Beth falls asleep with her head on Viv’s shoulder or lap, sometimes Viv sits on the floor and lets Beth play with her hair for hours. They don’t talk about work at all.Bucky is banned from crashing the apartment through the fire-escape, even if he brings ice-cream.

Can you share a Friendship HC? (Aus accepted) Once, on a stake out, talk turned to their personal lives, and when Viv asked why Beth doesn’t date, Beth shared a traumatic incident from her college days. The night after she found out about her brother’s death, Beth went and got drunk. She went home with an acquaintance, changed her mind, and said acquaintance didn’t take no for an answer, and Beth defended herself with her powers, nearly killing him. Viv nodded and changed the subject.But from that moment on, Viv just happens to show up ~quite coincidentally, or so she says~ at the places Beth frequents, fully prepared to defend her little friend from a repeat incident, and to heckle her about her cluelessness.

✦ -What do you think would be our muses’ favorite activity together? Once a month, Viv and Beth take turns hosting the SHIELD Knitting club. Most of the time, it’s just the two of them, but there have been random appearances from various Avengers. Phil Coulson is still working on the pair of socks he started ten months ago.

✍🏻 - What’s your favorite HC? Beth is Viv’s favourite ‘work-wife’, especially when she brings coffee and brownies to the gun-range, and often Viv flaunts the fact to a very jealous Maria Hill.

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BGO Staff Picks 2018

The fine folks who put in the work behind the counters at Beat Goes On stores all over the world have humbly submitted for you their lists of their most favourite albums, movies, TV shows, games, concerts and other miscellany for your approval.  Enjoy responsibly.

BRANTFORD

Aiden

Albums

1. Foxing - Nearer My God

2. mewithoutYou - Untitled

3. boygenius - boygenius ep

4. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

5. Thrice - Palms

Concerts

1. The XX

2. Foxing

3. Toe

4. mewithoutYou

5. Tokyo Police Club

Chris

Albums

1. Jim James - Unified Distortion

2. Voidz - Virtue

3. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

4. Johnny Marr - Call The Comet

5. Gorillaz - Not Now

6. Greta Van Fleet - Album Of The Peaceful Army

7. Roger Daltrey - As Long As I Have You

8. Iggy Pop & Underworld - Tea Time Dub Encounters

9. Mudhoney - Digital Garbage

10. Neil Young - Songs For Judy

Television

1. GLOW

2. Dark Tourist

3. Kominsky Method

4. Final Space

5. Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee

Films

1. Sherlock Gnomes

2. Incredibles 2

3. Peter Rabbit

4. The Grinch

5. Hotel Transylvania 3

Justin

Albums

1. Neil Young - Songs For Judy

2. Alice In Chains - Rainer Fog

3. Johnny Marr - Call The Comet

4. Jack White - Boarding House Reach

Films

1. Avengers: Infinity War

2. Black Panther

3. Mission Impossible: Fallout

Concerts

1. Dinosaur Jr. at Danforth Music Hall, Toronto

2. Jack White at Budweiser Gardens, London

Karen

Albums

1. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant

2. Johnny Marr - Call The Comet

3. Leon Bridges - Good Thing

4. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

5. MGMT - Little Dark Age

Rob

Albums

1. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer

2. Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar

3. Dan Mangan - Love Is Magic

4. MGMT - Little Dark Age

Films

1. A Quiet Place

2. Upgrade

3. Annihilation

4. Mario

5. Black Panther

Games

1. Spider-Man

2. Starlink: Battle For Atlas

3. Hitman 2

4. A Way Out

5. Donut Country

Concerts

1. Broken Social Scene at Supercrawl, Hamilton

BURLINGTON

Julie

Albums

1. Gorillaz - The Now Now

2. Beach House - 7

3. Mitski - Be The Cowboy

4. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

5. Cat Power - Wanderer

Films

1. The Meg

2. Black Panther

3. Coco

4. Avengers: Infinity War

5. Bohemian Rhapsody

Katelyn

Albums

1. Mother Mother - Dance & Cry

2. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant

3. Gorillaz - The Now Now

4. Metric - Art Of Doubt

5. Florence + The Machine - High As Hope

Films

1. Deadpool 2

2. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse

3. Black Panther

4. Coco

5. Incredibles 2

Games

1. Life Is Strange: Before The Storm

2. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider

3. Detroit: Become Human

4. Spider-Man

5. The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Lana

Albums

1. Metric - Art Of Doubt

2. Mother Mother - Dance & Cry

3. Muse - Simulation Theory

4. Gorillaz - The Now Now

5. Florence + The Machine - High As Hope

Films

1. Black Panther

2. Deadpool 2

3. Ocean’s 8

4. Annihilation

5. The Spy Who Dumped Me

Mike

Albums

1. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

2. Jack White - Boarding House Reach

3. Mitski - Be The Cowboy

4. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

5. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Games

1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Sean

Albums

1. Mitski - Be The Cowboy

2. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake

3. Kero Kero Bonito - Time ‘n’ Place

4. Brockhampton - Iridescence

5. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

Films

1. Hereditary

2. Annihilation

3. Suspiria

4. Mandy

5. Eighth Grade

Games

1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

3. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Steph

Albums

1. Dear Rouge - Phases

2. Metric - Art Of Doubt

3. Now Now - Saved

4. Frank Turner - Be More Kind

5. Chvrches - Love Is Dead

Films

1. Crazy Rich Asians

2. Black Panther

3. Love, Simon

4. A Simple Favor

5. Widows

Games

1. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider

2. Life Is Strange: Before The Storm

3. Detroit: Become Human

4. Spider-Man

5. The Walking Dead: The Final Season

CAMBRIDGE

Alex

Albums

1. Tesseract - Sonder

2. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant

3. The Ocean - Phanerozoic I: Palaezoic

4. Judas Priest - Firepower

5. Between The Buried & Me - Automata II

Films

1. Solo: A Star Wars Story

2. Ready Player One

3. Avengers: Infinity War

4. Annihilation

5. Bohemian Rhapsody

Games

1. Red Dead Redemption II

2. Sea Of Thieves

3. God Of War

4. Detroit: Become Human

5. A Way Out

Angela

Albums

1. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

2. Muse - Simulation Theory

3. Twenty-One Pilots - Trench

4. Sleep - The Science

Films

1. Bohemian Rhapsody

2. Venom

3. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald

4. Deadpool 2

5. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse

Josh

Albums

1. Kurt Vile - Bottle It Up

2. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant

3. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

4. Harm’s Way - Post Human

5. Judas Priest - Firepower

Films

1. Avengers: Infinity War

2. Venom

3. Halloween

4. Deadpool 2

5. Ready Player One

Kayla

Albums

1. Moby - Everything Was Beautiful & Nothing Hurt

2. The Decemberists - I’ll Be Your Girl

3. Sleep - The Sciences

4. Jonathan Davis - Labyrinth

5. 30STM - America

Films

1. Black Panther

2. Avengers: Infinity War

3. Bohemian Rhapsody

4. Venom

5. Ant-Man & The Wasp

Games

1. World Of Warcraft: Batle for Azeroth

Shane

Albums

1. Sleep - The Sciences

2. Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers

3. Oh Sees - Smote Reverser

4. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth

5. Chvrches - Love Is Dead

Hon. Mentions: Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch, Black Panther OST

Television

1. Disenchantment

2. Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina

3. Final Space

4. Haunting Of Hill House

5. Hilda

Films

1. Black Panther

2. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse

3. A Quiet Place

4. Avengers: Infinity War

5. Isle Of Dogs

Hon. Mentions: Aquaman, Bumblebee, Happytime Murders

Vinyl

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OST (1990)(Orange & Green Vinyl)

2. Fritz The Cat (Picture Disc)

3. Chris Cornell - When Bad Does Good (7″ w/Mother Love Bone Cover B-Side)

4. Primus reissues

5. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Live At The Twist & Shout

GUELPH

Jake

Albums

1. Sleep - The Sciences

2. Sumac - Love In Shadow

3. High On Fire - Electric Messiah

4. YOB - Our Raw Heart

5. Baptists - Beacon Of Faith

Joel

Albums

1. mewithoutYou - Untitled LP & Untitled EP

2. Ben Howard - Noonday Dream

3. Slow Machete - Ola Mala

4. Mark Kozelek - Mark Kozelek

5. My Epic - Ultraviolet

Albums Discovered While Reading Year End Lists

1. Typhoon - Offerings

2. The Magic Lantern - To The Islands

3. Barbarossa - Lier

4. Valley Maker - Rhodedendron

5. Bas Jan - Yes I Jan

Films

1. Transit

2. Annihilation

3. An Elephant Sitting Still

4. State Kitchen

5. Our Time

Steve

Albums

1. Efrim Manuel Menuck - Pissing Stars

2. (Ph)authers - (Ph)authers

3. Smallertide - All Among The Northern Lights

4. Tim Hecker - Konoyo

5. Hifiklub & Lee Ranaldo - In Doubt Shadow Him

6. Nadia Struiwigh - WHRRu

7. Hibernis - Middle Of The Meds

8. Felicia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu Ledesma - Limpid As The Solitudes

9. Low - Double Negative

10. Foudre! - Kami

KITCHENER

Brady

Albums

1. Neko Case - Hell-On

2. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

3. Kamasi Washington - Heaven & Earth

4. John Coltrane - Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album

5. Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells

Films

1. A Quiet Place

2. The Mule

3. Welcome To Marwen

4. Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

5. BlacKkKlansman

Used Vinyl Finds

1. Starchild - Children Of The Stars

2. The Ramones - The Ramones

3. The Clash - Combat Rock

4. Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years

5. Paul Horn - Inside The Great Pyramid

6. The The - Infected

7. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

8. Freddie Hubbard - First Light

9. Straight To Hell OST

10. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

BGO Used CD/DVD/Blu-ray Finds

1. The Hidden Fortress (1958)

2. Seven Samurai (1954)

3. Paper Moon (1973)

4. Metropolis (1927)

5. Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - Midnight Sugar (1974)

Ryan

Albums

1. Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending

2. Riva Starr - Curveballs

3. The Sheepdogs - Changing Colours

4. Paul McCartney - Egypt Station

5. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - Merrie Land

Vinyl Reissues

1. Katamari Damacy OST

2. The Rutles - All You Need Is Cash

3. XTC - Apple Venue Vol. 1

4. U2 - Achtung Baby

5. Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg

Games

1. Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life

2. Fire Pro Wrestling

3. Burnout Paradise Remastered

4. Soul Calibur VI

5. Far Cry 5

LONDON

Jay

Albums

1. Joe Bonamassa - Redemption

2. Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart - Black Coffee

3. Joe Bonamassa - British Blues Explosion

4. Buddy Guy - Blues Is Alive And Well

5. Billy Gibbons - Big Bad Blues

Rob

Films

1. Heredity

2. A Quiet Place

3. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse

4. Mandy

5. Upgrade

OAKVILLE

Antonio

Albums

1. Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer

2. Eyedress - Sensitive G

3. Florence + The Machine - High As Hope

4. Various - The Grinch OST

5. Metric - Art Of Doubt

Films

1. Roma

2. The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan

3. Museo

4. Burning

5. Gloria Bell

Cory

Albums

Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance

JPEGMafia - Veteran

Mac Miller - Swimming

Saba - Care For Me

Dan

Albums

1. Jeff Rosenstock - Post

2. Tribulation - Down Below

3. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

4. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Wasteland

5. Andrew W.K. - You’re Not Alone

Films

1. First Reformed

2. The Favourite

3. Mandy

4. Roma

5. Hereditary

Drake

Albums

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts

MGMT - Little Dark Age

Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin

Jack

Films

1. Hereditary

2. Eighth Grade

3. Boy Erased

4. Bohemian Rhapsody

5. Green Book

WATERLOO

Derek

Albums

1. Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin

2. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In

3. Low - Double Negative

4. Sleep - The Sciences

5. Kanye West - Ye

6. U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited

7. Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour

8. Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile

9. Beach House - 7

10. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

Films

1. Avengers: Infinity War

2. Bandersnatch

3. Annihilation

4. Eighth Grade

5. A Quiet Place

Concerts

1. The Flaming Lips at Riverfest, Elora

2. Phil Collins at Scotiabank Place, Toronto

3. B.A. Johnson at Jane Bond, Waterloo

4. Father John Misty at Fort York, Toronto

5. BadBadNotGood at Maxwells, Waterloo

Favourite Things About New Waterloo Store

1. There’s room for a microwave

2. There’s an actual backroom

3. Used vinyl isn’t on the floor

4. Not fighting for space in a tiny triangle

5. The garage door

Kirk

Albums

1.Idles - Joy As An Act Of Release

2. Pusha T - Daytona // Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts // Kanye West - Ye

3. Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic

4. Against All Logic - 2012-2017

5. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

6. Noname - Room 25

7. Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!

8. JPEGMafia - Veteran

9. U.S. Girls - In A Poem Limited

10. Kero Kero Bonito - Time ‘n’ Place

Films

1. Burning

2. Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

3. Sorry To Bother You

4. BlacKkKlansman

5. Suspiria

6. Avengers: Infinity War

7. The Favourite

8. Mandy

9. You Were Never Really Here

10. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse

Best Concert

Idles at Lee’s Palace, Toronto

Best Performance

Tom Waits in Ballad Of Buster Scruggs

Best Criterion Release

Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema

Best Single

Pusha T - The Story of Adidon (Shoutout to Drake from BGO Oakville)

Kristen

Albums

1. A Perfect Circle - Eat The Elephant

2. VNV Nation - Noire

3. Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin

4. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

5. Nine Inch Nails - Bad Witch

6. Chvrches - Love Is Dead

Television

1. Final Space

2. Disenchantment

3. Killjoys

4. The Tick

5. Legion

6. Letterkenny

Films

1. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse

2. Black Panther

3. Isle Of Dogs

4. A Quiet Place

5. Bumblebee

6. Teen Titans Go To The Movies

Kyle

Albums

1. Mark Lanegan - With Animals

2. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

3. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

4. Neko Case - Hell-On

5. Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino

6. Ryan Bassett & The Bassett Hounds - Bitches Be Hustlin’ Da Dancin’ Shoes

Films

1. Hereditary

2. BlacKkKlansman

3. Annihilation

4. Isle Of Dogs

5. Dumpsty Scott Brings The Sausages

Ryan

Albums

1. Chvrches - Love Is Dead

2. Shad - A Short Story About War

3. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

4. Deafheaven - Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

5. Same Fears - Glitching

6. Lissie - Castles

7. Jeff Rosenstock - Post

8. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

9. Thom Yorke - Suspiria

10. Antarctigo Vespucci - Love In The Time Of Email

Television

1. Final Space

Films

1. Mandy

2. Annihilation

3. You Were Never Really Here

4. Incredibles 2

5. Hereditary

6. Sorry To Bother You

7. Suspiria

8. Disobediance

9. Black Panther

10. Eighth Grade

Podcasts

1. “De-Louse Your House: How I Learned To Live The (Mostly) Itch-Free Live” by Kyle Robb

2. “Ditch The Itch! The Wonders Of Talcum Powder” by Kyle Robb

3. “Drywall & Me: How I Crafted A Personality” by K.R. Obb

4. “Growing Up In The 3rd Century” by Robert Kylington

5. “To Have & Have Not: A Chicken Pox Tale” by Kale Robe

Scott

Albums

1. Kurt Vile - Bottle It In

2. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

3. Sleep - The Sciences

4. Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin

5. Jack White - Boarding House Reach

6. Kanye West - Ye

7. Kyle Robb & The Robb Kyles - It’s Itchin’ My Tickley! (EP)

8. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

9. Neko Case - Hell-On

Tom

Albums

1. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

2. Beach House - 7

3. Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer

4. Ty Segall - Freedom’s Goblin

5. David Byrne - American Utopia

DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

Laura

Television

1. Pose

2. The Crown

3. Legion

4. BoJack Horseman

5. The Good Place

6. Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina

Films

1. Hereditary

2. A Quiet Place

3. Crazy Rich Asians

4. Sorry To Bother You

5. BlacKkKlansman

6. Eighth Grade

HEAD OFFICE

David

Television

1. The Americans

2. The Handmaid’s Tale

3. BoJack Horseman

4. Maniac

5. The Good Place

Podcasts

1. Slow Burn

2. Reply All

3. Serial

4. Stay Tuned With Preet

5. The Wilderness

Meredith

Albums

1. Clutch - Book Of Bad Decisions

2. Neko Case - Hell-On

3. Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers

4. Great Lake Swimmers - The Waves, The Wake

5. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Tearing At The Seams

Will

Albums

1. The Arkells - Rally Cry

2. John Butler Trio - Home

3. Buddy Guy - The Blues Is Alive & Well

Television

1. The Last Ship

2. Letterkenny

3. Ballers