#black whirlwind

[darthlordcommie]

How They Move 2

More stuff on the Spirit Monk and how they move and fight, from the POV of more characters. This is fun. Spoilers for Jade Empire incoming.

Black Whirlwind: The Black Whirlwind is well-named, and he takes pride in it. Not just because of his unpredictability on the field, but because his speed and agility matches his strength, despite how people make their assumptions. He’s proud of his skill in battle, honed in his unique style over the years as he’s learned and discarded pieces as needed. He’s made a name for himself both in an arena he left behind years ago, and as a mercenary later, and it’s been rare that he’s even been matched in combat. And then he gets dropped on his ass by this skinny little fighter he throws down against. This “Spirit Monk” is the first one in more years than he can remember who’s actually beaten him in such a handy way. And all Black Whirlwind can do is laugh his ass off about it. Squirmy little thing who slips and rolls and hops and cuts past his guard while he’s trying to keep up with their abrupt changes in style on the fly. At first, he thinks they fight like a snake, dodging around before landing damned painful bites. But then he gets the chance to finally kill Kai Lan after all that damned serpent’s done. (And the Spirit Monk doesn’t say anything beyond agreeing to have him fight for them, but he knows that they know how much it means to him. So if there was any doubt before that he was by their side for as long as this journey of theirs went, it left his mind.) No, the Spirit Monk fights like they’re water. Not that he’s ever actually fought water, he hasn’t gotten quite that drunk. But he imagines that they fight like what water would be like. Moving around and dodging all shields, splashing back into combat when they actually get hit, or becoming a massive wave that destroyed all in their path. He’s heard some of the others mutter about some kind of “flaw” in their fighting style that seems to be present, but that they can never find. Well, that part’s obvious. The flaw’s there until it isn’t, because they’ll just water their way into a different style.

Sky: He feels slight guilt about using them as a distraction, but that is quickly overshadowed by his awe in seeing them move. They’re grace incarnate, smoothly dropping Gao’s thugs as if they were born to do it. They introduce themself as a Spirit Monk, and while he doesn’t know much about those, he knows that this person is one he doesn’t want to get on the bad side of, but also one he could watch for the rest of his life. It’s part of the reason he splits up from them after they get the door open. Despite the sense to their offer, he needs to split up, both because he’s not entirely sure he trusts them, and because he needs to step back. He hasn’t felt this kind of overwhelming emotion on meeting someone since he first laid eyes on his newborn daughter, and the Spirit Monk is drawing out feelings far more romantic in nature than paternal. Hopefully this is just his initial awe of them. (That hope is quickly dashed when he meets up with them again) And not only are they effortlessly graceful in their movements in ways that nearly get him brained in the head because he loses focus more often than he should be in fights, they’re also kind. Whether it be with strangers suffering, ghosts who are far more aggressive than he thought possible, or with their own little band of stragglers. Every gentle movement and soft word towards Wild Flower, and Sky loves the Spirit Monk more and more. Every movement they make is alive, and they make everyone around them more alive, just by how they move. Even their enemies seem to come alive, fighting harder and better, to try and prove their dominance against the Spirit Monk. They always fail, of course. Combat was their stage, their arena, their area not merely of expertise, but of mastery. How could anyone less than another master even hope to match them?

[fiasco95]

Barty, barging into the Gryffindor common room: What’s up losers!

Sirius: Wh—

Barty: I actually don’t care, don’t answer that!

Remus: That—

Barty: Anywhoo! Am just here to collect my bitches!

James: Hey—!

Barty, looking at Pandora & Dorcas: Respectfully.

Barty, turning to Regulus: Disrespectfully.

Marauders & Friends:

Barty: Alright, great talk! Let’s go bitches!

Pandora, Regulus & Dorcas kissing their respective partners and following Barty out of the common room.

Marlene: …What the fuck just happened?

Lily: No fucking clue.

[imeriayapping]

The fallen idol

[chernobog13]

From the twisted mind and pen of the one and only Fletcher Hanks!

This is "Whirlwind" Carter's second and last appearance, from the pages of Daring Mystery Comics (vol. 1) #5 (June, 1940).

[front-line-head-line]

Thought of the Day: A mind without purpose will wander in dark places

[doctorslippery]

[theoretical-stims]

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist stimboard pls 🐅

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[quirkwizard]

Can you think of any Quirk that can go toe to toe against Decay? Like preventing it from going forward? Thanks!

So while full power "Decay" is pretty strong, there are a handful of ways to counter it, or at least slow it down or circumvent it. The first is through breaking up the spread. By destroying whatever it's spread it through or moving it into the air, such as when Pixie Bob burrowing through the ground to stop it's spread. Other large scale manipulation powers could do that same, like "Whirlwind" or "Cement". By that same metric, just destroying whatever is being hit by it could stop the spread as well, such as with "Black Hole" or "Overhaul". For more direct attacks, there are powers that can block it by preventing direct contact, such as Snatch being made up of a bunch of sand particles. This could extend to "Sludge Form" and "Flight" as well. Finally, powers that can heal the user could work as well as long as they remove it, such as with "Lizard Tail Splitter" or "Super Regeneration" cutting it off before it spreads.

[wintersawsbuck]

Umbreon stimboard!

This is my first ever stimboard, hope you enjoy!

Please let me know if there’s a better way I can word the image ids, wasn’t quite sure how ^^

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[poligraf]

« God answers Job from the Whirlwind » by William Blake

[ibrokeeverything]

I'm sorry but how can you watch the end of the curse of the black pearl and not think that Elizabeth, Will, and Jack are poly???

"If all I have achieved here is that the hangman will earn two pairs of boots instead of one, so be it."

"It's right here, between you and Jack." "As is mine."

"So this is where your heart truly lies then?" "It is."

And Jack telling Elizabeth they never would have worked, all fond and apologetic, feeling awfully like compensation for and the masking of real emotion. And how he approaches Will with the same earnest quality before pulling back into the easy compliment toward his hat.

Like, excuse me? That is in love behavior if I've ever seen it

[thatone-churro]

i just remembered that Whirlwind, of all characters, is able to create a black hole at will

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

Art Edit Credit to Roberto Coltro

[ef-1]

Thank you for your purchase! | october-november '23

[stim-dot-calm]

Whirl (Transformers) Stim Board Stim Board for Anon

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[marvelousmrm]

Defenders #63 (Kraft/Buscema, Sept 1978). And so the Defenders’ roster grew three sizes that day… We see now the drawbacks of being a “non-team” — anyone can say they’re a member!