#cathy watches the clone wars

[maulthots]

Liz: "the lawless episode of the clone wars said more about the cycle of violence..."

Catherine: starts laughing

Liz: "than tlou2 did in SIXTEEN HOURS"

[thegeminisage]

insane things to do: watch the finales of clone wars and bad batch back-to-back

[corellianbrandy]

Caught up on episodes 2-16 of The Bad Batch this weekend and these are my thoughts as I watched

1. Love how tarkin has aged like 40 years since we last saw him approximately four-to-six months ago in the clone wars. Like I’m not kidding I genuinely love it

2. Whenever little omega gets out of the ship and sees sunlight for the first time and is so excited about dirt 🥺

3. The scary scary nexu 🥺🥺🥺🥺 so cool

4. The empire just immediately making everyone’s lives miserable ie giving everybody a chain code and shit. You’re right Dave Filoni we SHOULDN’T have social security numbers.

5. CID FUCKING RULES LMFAO. Cathy Bates lizard ass mob boss bitch. Echo knows her as ‘a contact of the Jedi’ which coming from him probably means less ‘the Jedi’ in general and more just ‘Obi-Wan and Anakin’. Cid clearly liked the Jedi, but Anakin I can’t imagine having that much patience to deal with her and he probably just interacted with her out of necessity but Obi-Wan. Imagine her and Obi-Wan interacting.** The flirting. The mind games. They were probably in love.

6. I always know that I personally am going to have a great time whenever the Zygerians show up because they always bring the Peak Weird Scifi Ralph Mcquarrie 70s vibes with them and they did NOT disappoint. The flying lizard vs. rancor fight gave me the strength I needed to go on another day

7. Speaking of the rancor like I knew it was going to be a rancor as soon as we saw the cage but I wasn’t expecting it to be THEE rancor.

8. Furthermore. Lost it at thee rancor making puppy dog heart-eyes at omega as it’s being led away to be chained up under Jabba’s palace to eat Jabba’s enemies for the rest of it’s life until Luke finally kills it in 4ABY.

9. Everybody climbing through the ion engine core was COOL SO COOL. My little nerd brain really loved that. “This is actually a marvel of engineering. This steel coating is capable of withstanding -“ “NO ONE CARES!” 💯💯💯💯 Exactly how I would’ve written it A+++++++

10. The fucking rattlesnake wild west music that aggressively plays every time Cad Bane is on screen. What’s better than this.

11. Cad Bane’s entire new gunslinger cowboy outfit. Everything to me.

12. I love all these deep seeded reasons we’re getting for why the storm troopers SUCK. 1. Being the entire idea to use them in the first place was based off a misunderstanding made after one(1) experimental mission where it’s interpreted that they’re better than the clones when the clones were the reason for the mission’s success in the first place and 2. How a lot of the first-wave storm troopers were trained by the clones who either didn’t want to train them and didnt do a great job on purpose or did it but personally left out a lot of info and skills. Pretty fascinating explanation for protagonist armor while also making a statement about the inefficiency and insincerity of institutional evil/bureaucracy (I guess).

13. Holy shit did NOT LIKE THE CLAUSTROPHOBIC ENDING AAAAAHHH. Like the facility on kamino floating to the bottom of the sea. Kill meeeeeeee. Very cool visuals though.

14. One thing I didn’t like was all of the stuff with Crosshair. It was all just so contrived and weird and didnt make any sense and really just brought the show down in the end, writing-wise. Honestly, most of the stuff regarding the clones’ story arch after their interaction with the guy on Ryloth who still had his armor painted, where we’re supposed to just assume his inhibitor chip . . . didn’t work or something? But instead of anyone bothering to tell him what’s going on after such a big deal was made out of the chips the episode right before this, it’s treated like some kind of moral choice the guy is making kinda took me out of the story severely. And even more so when the same guy manages to talk a bunch of other clones out of working for the empire too. Like can they do that? We’ve had this idea that these chips essentially mind control you repeated to us over and over so wtf. There was no coherent explanation for any of it. Maybe it’ll be explained later somewhere else, but still. Weird to do it this way. They needed to be more consistent with what a horrible scary thing those chips were instead of doing whatever that was. But up until then it was a lot of fun sci-fi.

14. Every minute cody doesn’t show up in one of these post war 66 shows i get more and more excited for him to show up dramatically in kenobi

**Like fr picture it it’s year 2 of the clone wars. Anakin and Ahsoka are sitting at the space mahjong table in Cid’s parlor bored as fuck and ready to leave but Obi-wan is still in cid’s office. it’s hour four and they’re only halfway through orchestrating the most unnecessarily elaborate and convoluted deal for a piece of information like “where is cad bane the last time I saw him he stole my wallet and car keys and he refuses to return them yes my car got blown up but that’s not the point It’s The Principle Of The Thing.” Literally everyone around them grew bored of all of this 3 hours ago but not obi-wan and cid. This is what they do for fun and they are both having the time of their lives. Anakin this war is stressful some of us are trying to relax

[stenka-razin]

Everything I watched in 2020

It’s every movie I watched in 2020! Per usual, bold is a first watch, everything else is a rerun. If you're curious, Terminator Salvation was the last film I watched before Covid hit.

Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977, dir. George Barry)

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (“三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦” 1964, dir. Ishirō Honda)

The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019, dir. Chris Renaud)

Invasion of Astro-Monster (“怪獣大戦争” 1965, dir. Ishirō Honda)

To All the Boys I Loved Before (2018, dir. Susan Johnson)

Long Shot (2019, dir. Jonathan Levine)

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (“ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ　南海の大決闘” 1966, dir. Jun Fukuda)

Dolemite (1975, dir. D’Urville Martin)

Detective Pikachu (2019, dir. Rob Letterman)

What Did Jack Do? (2017, dir. David Lynch)

Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990, dir. David Lynch)

Late Night (2019, dir. Nisha Ganatra)

Son of Godzilla (“怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子” 1967, dir. Jun Fukuda)

Hustlers (2019, dir. Lorene Scafaria)

Miss Americana (2020, dir. Lana Wilson)

Paddington (2014, dir. Paul King)

Destroy All Monsters (“怪獣総進撃” 1968, dir. Ishirō Honda)

Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986, dir. John Heyn & Jeff Krulik)

Emma (1996, dir. Douglas McGrath)

The Golden Head (“Az aranyfej” 1964, dir. Richard Thorpe & James Hill)

The Terminator (1984, dir. James Cameron)

Kate & Leopold (2001, dir. James Mangold)

All Monsters Attack (”ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール怪獣大進撃” 1969, dir. Ishirō Honda)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, dir. James Cameron)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, dir. Jonathan Mostow)

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé (2019, dir. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter)

Terminator Salvation (2009, dir. McG)

A Little Princess (1995, dir. Alfonso Cuarón)

Step Sisters (2018, dir. Charles Stone III)

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001, dir. Peter Jackson, Long as Shit Version)

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, dir. Peter Jackson, Long as Shit Version)

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (“ゴジラ対ヘドラ” 1971, dir. Yoshimitsu Banno)

Godzilla vs. Gigan (“地球攻撃命令　ゴジラ対ガイガン” 1972, dir. Jun Fukuda)

Come and See (“Ідзі і глядзі” 1985, dir. Elim Klimov)

Blackenstein (1973, dir. William A. Levey)

Godzilla vs, Megalon (“ゴジラ対メガロ” 1973, dir. Jun Fukuda)

Grandma’s Boy (2006, dir. Nicholaus Goossen)

The Crazies (1973, dir. George Romero)

Julie and Julia (2009, dir. Nora Ephron)

Revenge (2017, dir. Coralie Fargeat)

For Your Eyes Only (1981, dir. John Glen)

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003, dir. Peter Jackson, Long as Shit Version)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, dir. Martin Scorsese)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, dir. Martin Scorsese w/ Commentary by Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Willem Defoe & Jay Cocks)

Alien (1979, dir. Ridley Scott w/ Red Letter Media Commentary)

The Bling Ring (2013, dir. Sofia Coppola)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916, dir. Stuart Paton)

Chunky Shrapnel (2020, dir. John Angus Stewart) 

Julie and Julia (2009, dir. Nora Ephron)

Dr. No (1962, dir. Terrence Young)

Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001, dir. Sharon Maguire)

Terminator Genisys (2015, dir. Alan Taylor)

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020, dir. Cathy Yan)

Galaxy Quest (1999, dir. Dean Parisot)

Wet Hot American Summer (2001, dir. David Wain)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (“ゴジラ対メカゴジラ” 1974, dir. Jun Fukuda)

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002, dir. George Lucas)

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020, dir. Nicole Newnham & James LeBrecht)

Enemy (2013, dir. Denis Villeneuve)

Josie and the Pussycats (2001, dir. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont)

Terror of Mechagodzilla (“メカゴジラの逆襲” 1975, dir. Ishirō Honda)

Zodiac (2007, dir. David Fincher)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber)

Blood Rage (1987, dir. John Grissmer)

Cannibal Ferox (1981, dir. Umberto Lenzi)

Liberation Day (2016, dir. Uģis Olte & Morten Traavik)

Ganja & Hess (1973, dir. Bill Gunn)

Before Homosexuals (2017, dir. John Scagliotta)

Can't Hardly Wait (1998, dir. Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont)

The Blues Brothers (1980, dir. John Landis, Unrated Version)

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020, dir. Cathy Yan)

Something Borrowed (2011, dir. Luke Greenfield)

Manifesto (2015, dir. Julian Rosefeldt)

Baby Mama (2008, dir. Michael McCullers)

21 Jump Street (2012, dir. Phil Lord and Chris Miller)

The Limits of Control (2009, dir. Jim Jarmusch)

The Battle of Algiers (“La battaglia di Algeri” 1966, dir. Gillo Pontecorvo)

Hot Pursuit (2015, dir. Anne Fletcher)

Deadly Prey (1987, dir. David A. Prior)

In the Mouth of Madness (1994, dir. John Carpenter)

Ready or Not (2019, dir. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett)

The Living Skeleton (“吸血髑髏船” 1968, dir. Hiroshi Matsuno)

Buffaloed (2019, dir. Tanya Wexler)

Clash of the Titans (1981, dir. Desmond Davis)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, dir. Michael Doughtery)

Dune (1984, dir. David Lynch)

The Lovebirds (2020, dir. Michael Showalter)

Step Sisters (2018, dir. Charles Stone III)

Work It (2020, dir. Laura Terruso)

Grandma’s Boy (2006, dir. Nicholaus Goossen)

Grandma’s Boy (2006, dir. Nicholaus Goossen)

Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell (“Duch, le maître des forges de l'enfer” 2011, dir. Rithy Panh)

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989, dir. Stephen Herek)

21 Jump Street (2012, dir. Phil Lord and Chris Miller)

Inception (2010, dir. Christopher Nolan)

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (“ゴジラvsキングギドラ” 1991, dir. Kazuki Ōmori)

The General Line (“Старое и новое” 1929, dir. Sergei Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov)

Romance Sentimentale (1930, dir. Sergei Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov)

Hotel Rwanda (2004, dir. Terry George)

Dragon Ball Z: Burn Up!! A Close Fight - A Violent Fight - A Super Fierce Fight (“ドラゴンボールZ 燃えつきろ!!熱戦・烈戦・超激戦” 1993, dir. Shigeyasu Yamauchi)

Glumov’s Diary (“Дневник Глумова” 1923, dir. Sergei Eisenstein)

Wild Wild West (1999, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld)

No Direction Home (2005, dir. Martin Scorsese)

The Spirit of Christmas (2015, dir. David Jacksen)

M (1931, dir. Fritz Lang)

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019, dir. Tim Miller)

Ginger Snaps (2000, dir. John Fawcett)

The Color of Pomegranates (“Նռան գույնը” 1969, dir. Sergei Parajanov)

You Only Live Twice (1967, dir. Lewis Gilbert)

Thunderball (1965, dir. Terence Young)

Holidate (2020, dir. John Whitesell)

A Christmas Prince (2017, dir. Alex Zamm)

Kuroneko (“藪の中の黒猫” 1968, dir. Kaneto Shindô)

Shrek (2001, dir. Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson)

Vamps (2012, dir. Amy Heckerling)

The Sixth Sense (1999, dir. M. Night Shyamalan)

The Knight Before Christmas (2019, dir. Monika Mitchell)

Je Tu Il Elle (1975, dir. Chantal Akerman)

Mirror (“Зеркало” 1975, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)

Christmas with a Prince (2018, dir. Justin G. Dyck)

The Princess Switch (2018, dir. Mike Rohl)

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018, dir. John Schulz)

Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (“吸血鬼ゴケミドロ” 1968, dir. Hajime Sato)

The Lair of the White Worm (1988, dir. Ken Russell)

A Cat in the Brain (“Un gatto nel cervello (I volti del terrore)” 1990, dir. Lucio Fulci)

Blood Feast (1963, dir. Herschel Gordon Lewis)

Highlander (1986, dir. Russel Mulcahy)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006, dir. David Frankel)

Julie and Julia (2009, dir. Nora Ephron)

The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020, dir. Mike Rohl)

A Christmas Prince (2017, dir. Alex Zamm)

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018, dir. John Schulz)

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019, dir. John Schultz)

Elf (2003, dir. Jon Favreau)

The Santa Clause (1994, dir. John Pasquin)

Last Holiday (2006, dir.  Wayne Wang)

Ashes and Diamonds (“Popiół i diament” 1959, dir. Andrzej Wajda)

The Living Daylights (1987, dir. John Glen) 

[negotiaetor]

Heads up that when I created this blog, I fully intended to do ALL of my writing on discord but uh, I'm a chatty Cathy who can't handle character limits and so I'll be tentatively starting to have more threads on the dash but I really need to emphasize that I've never touched any of the extended canon and my Obi-Wan is very limited and I hardly know anything. I'm not even done watching Clone Wars lol so I'm literally. So dumb and I just love Obi-Wan even though I don't know shit about him.

[amollion]

Newcomers Pt 30

Drums, flutes, horns, dancers, actors and all manner of instruments and those who used them were part of the parade and they like their city celebrated. Many had been waiting in the streets for hours even before dawn just to see a glimpse of their new Chieftain. Flags and banners were waved from windows of the buildings that lined the route and people fought for room to see and even fights would break out but were quickly broken up by the guards that lined the streets. Leading the parade was a Bastion, it held it's weapons high and it's klaxon roared over the cheers of the crowed. Many who had been in the city when it had fallen to the Humans looked up at these things with fear as the memories of that day came back. But to those who were seeing it for the first time it was a wonder of technology. The cheers and shouts that greeted the passing dancers, soldiers, warriors and musicians were nothing compared to when Ceran and Taleena came into view. Many thought they would go deaf as their Chieftain and his wife to be passed them standing together holding each others hands high and expanding their winged capes. The crowed was even honoured to see the two kiss which brought more cheers.

All the while the transport carried them, Ceran would find time to look at Taleena and the two would often be seen just looking into each others eyes. Some said this was to please the crowed, others who were sceptical of the whole thing dismissed it. But there were those who knew that look, these two were truly falling in love with each other if they had not already. One of the more humorous surprises was when Hesky and Cathy sang, sometimes alone sometimes as a duet. It seemed they had gone to great lengths to prepare the right songs to keep the spirit of the parade going.

The Benemar warriors marched with pride for they were the first of Geeda that would be there to protect their new Chieftain, many were warriors who had fought against the Humans when the city had fallen. But as their oath says they protect the Chieftain of Geeda and that was now Ceran. They were not armed in the traditional Benemar manner of oversized cumbersome but powerful rifles but instead wielded modified Human rifles made for their size. Human rifles were less powerful but far more accurate. Marching alongside them were the Human soldiers clad in their new battle armour. As their bodies had changed so to had their equipment, the new armour encased their entire body in pitch black light absorbing armour, The most obvious difference was their helmets which now had a face mask which hid the features of every soldier. To an enemy army they would be fighting an army of clones. It was fashioned to pay homage to the Gal who had since dwindled in number and now only a few of their ships remained. Two green triangle shaped eyes with two pincers engraved slightly risen from the mask gave the impression of a more Human like Gal as both races of Human and Gal were coming to an end.

The parade was fast approaching the Chieftain's tower and the two of them who had now become accustom to waving to the crowed and extending their winged capes for their amusement were feeling nervous again. It would be here they would be married. They took each other by the hand once more and drew strength from one another. Taleena smiled at Ceran and kissed him one last time before they had to disembark from the transport. Almost as though she feared she would not get another chance.

They were helped down from the transport and surrounded by guards both Human and Benemar, they ascended the steps of the Chieftain's tower. Waiting for them at the top were their parents, Taleena's as well and her brother Jakop who could barley contain his excitement even if he did glare at Ceran bit.

Jenkins was also present along with the elders and Ceran's new court which he will use and trust to help him govern the city. The crowed cheers slowly died down as their image was now streamed all over the city and even beyond.

They stopped before Jenkins who along with Sharn next to him held a small crown of golden leaves. They knelt before them, Ceran on one knee and Taleena on two as the tradition went.

The silence was now total as everyone watched and waited for what came next.

“Humanity came to this world expecting to find only enemies, but instead we found friends. This young man, who has with only words conquered what others could only do with blades now stands ready to lead the Benemar of Geeda as Chief” the crowed cheered once more and they had to wait for it to die down before Jenkins could continue.

“Ceran, do you swear to rule justly and honourably?”

“I swear”

“Do you swear, to be the first into battle and the last in retreat in defence of this city?”

“I swear”

“Do you swear, to love and honour your chosen mate, to stand with her in all things?”

“I swear”

Ceran swore the last part to Taleena as much as to Jenkins and the people and she smiled, since they knelt they had not looked away from each other.

Sharn then spoke to Taleena.

“Taleena, do you swear to rule with honour and grace?”

“I swear”

“Do you swear to be the voice of the people less he forget his duties?”

“I swear”

“Do you swear, to love and support him and stand with him in all things?”

“I swear”

“Then by the power we took by the blade, I now pass to you” Jenkins and Sharn placed the crowns on their heads but the crowed did not cheer yet.

“Now rise, Chieftain Ceran and Taleena of Geeda!”

The roar of the city could be heard for miles around the city as they as one voiced their joy for the crowning of their new Chieftain.

The two stood for a time waving to the crowed now fully crowned and adorned for their new roles in the days to come. Then the more private celebration was about to begin and Ceran and Taleena's families came forward to congratulate them.

“My baby sister” Jakop said hugging her “Look at you” he was smiling from ear to ear as he did so and behind him slowly came her parents.

“Taleena” her mother smiled and her father looked down at her smiling.

She smiled at them both and hugged them both tightly and for a time considered a bit too long. She pulled away her eyes were filling with tears but she was smiling.

“I don't want to see either of you again” she said simply and left.

They went to go after her but a pair of Benemar guards barred their path and their shouts to her fell on deaf ears. Jakop though understood why she said what she did as would anyone if they knew her story. He although still had affection for his parents like any child would was rather pleased to see this sense of justice or karma as the Human put it fall upon them. He unlike them was allowed access to the Chieftain's tower and the celebratory dinner that was to follow.

“Are you sure you want that?” Ceran asked her.

“Yes” she said taking his hand.

Suddenly Ceran's arm was seized by Jakop “Listen here you little shit, you ever make my sister cry and I'll tear off your arm and beat you to death with it”

He paused and suddenly noticed he was surrounded by Ceran's Benemar guards and the guests had all frozen in shock.

“Um...you do know that grabbing me, your Chieftain like that and threatening me is punishable by impalement”

Jakop's eyes widened in fear, he looked to his sister who said nothing and only looked at him and nodded that her husband was right.

“Um....huh?” Jakop said still holding Ceran's arm.

Then Ceran burst into laughter and the atmosphere suddenly lifted “Oh I am going to have so much fun doing this, it's fine Jakop” he said slapping his now brother in laws arm. “Have no fear, I intend to make your sister the happiest girl on Bento, but if I ever do fail in that you may indeed try to kill me, if you can make it past my guards” Ceran laughed and Jakop gave a nervous laughter in return.

“Is he serious?” he asked Taleena.

“Who can tell?” she replied going to Ceran's side and linking her arm with his.

Jakop watched them go and the Benemar guard followed, he smiled as he saw his sister give her husband another kiss. He liked this new Chieftain for he had never seen his sister more happy.

The dinning area was large and had an open space in the centre where dancers performed for the guests, both Human and Benemar dancers had been invited as the guests consisted on both races. Ceran and Taleena sat at the head table where guests would come and offer their more personal congratulations and offer gifts.

“Greetings young Chieftain, it is an honour to finally meet you”

“Greetings Admiral” Ceran replied noticing the uniform.

“My apologise for not being at your Crowning as sadly the war in space delayed me”

“It is sometimes hard to remember a war is happening at all” Taleena said.

“You my dear I hope never has to see the like of this one again” Winston said kissing her hand in the Human way. “Unfortunately I do not have any gifts either for you except may be some advice my father gave me. Always keep your weapon in your left hand”

“What does that mean?”

“I didn't know then and I'm not sure I know now” Winston said looking puzzled.

“Well I thank you for it nonetheless”

The evening went on and the music slowly change tempo to a more slow rhythm, then to the shock of many Ceran got to his feet and offered his hand to Taleena.

“Would do dance with me, my lady” he asked.

She took his hand and got to her feet and the dance floor emptied for themselves to dance alone on. Ceran nodded to Sharn and she signalled the musicians to switch to a certain melody. It was Taleena's favourite and Ceran had asked her brother what songs she liked so as to have this moment with her.

He held her by the waist and her hand and the two danced, his eyes never straying form hers. Their dance was not eccentric nor elaborate and nor did it need to be, Ceran and Taleena danced for each other and not to be a spectacle for their guests.

“I love you” he whispered.

She looked at him shocked, he had never said it before now and she could not help but have her eyes fill with tears.

“And I love you”

The two kissed as the music ended and the room erupted in applause, even the guests had felt their hearts warm and had held their own partners closer while they danced.

Ceran's father and mother then approached embracing them both and welcoming Taleena to the family of which Ceran was now technically the head of.

Malthos though held up his hands and called for everyone's attention, Oolana could guess what was about to happen next and laughed.

“Friends and honoured guests” he said “This entire day has been a great celebration and even outside I still hear the drums of the people celebrating the night away. Let us hope they do not all get too drunk”

Laughter followed his small joke.

“And now, as many of you now know it is time for the bedding”

Ceran and Taleena shot looks at him.

“So, ladies if you would take my son's wife to the bedchamber we shall follow with the Chieftain shortly”

“Um...father?” Ceran was able to say before he was pulled away and the woman in the room all crowed round Taleena who looked rather frightened as to what was going on. This part of the wedding is not told to young Benemar and they will only learned of it on their own wedding day when it happens. It was why all the unwed Benemar had been ushered from the room before it took place.

In accordance with the tradition Taleena's wrists were bound with silk and she was lead away while Ceran looked on.

“Now son you will drink your last glass before you go and join her” his father lead him back to the head table and he was poured another glass but this one was not ale or any kind of alcohol but a soft wine that was meant to clear the head and prepare the man for the night to come. Now the room was filled only with men and it almost reminded Ceran of his bachelor party and he noted how men tended to act when there were no woman around. Especially the Humans who became more loud and boisterous and more physical with one another by getting into friendly fights. He slowly drank his wine and spoke with his father and his now brother in law who had asked why he had had to leave and where his sister was. Ceran in accordance with the tradition did not answer the first but simply said Taleena had retired for the night.

“Wait if she has retired, you are going to as well soon?” he asked.

“Yes, once I have finished my drink”

Jakop stood there his eyes looking but not seeing, his sibling instincts screamed at him to hit Ceran but his mind told he shouldn't “I don't know what to do now”

“You could get me another drink”

“NOPE” Malthos said taking the glass away “You have made that one last too long it's time for you to get going”  

He pulled his son to his feet and everyone saw and knew where he was going and shouted their approval and cheered.

But his father took him to one of the rest rooms where a number of servant girls were waiting to clean all the make up off his face and dress him in a night tunic. He tried to protest but his father pushed him inside and held it shut until he was finished.

Now washed and dressed more suited for the night he walked with his father to the highest room in the tower.

“So father”

“Yes?”

“Any last minute advice for me?”

“Well how the plumbing works is-”

“I know all that!” Ceran shouted.

“Then the rest will come to you, just take it slow” Malthos said smiling. Finally they arrived at the two doors that lead into Ceran's new chambers, inside was his wife waiting for him.

“Here” his father handed him a knife.

“What's this for?” Ceran asked almost horrified and confused.

“To cut the silk, it used to be chains and locks and the father would hand over a key but now it's silk and a knife” Malthos patted his son on the shoulder and left leaving Ceran alone.

He was suddenly nervous, he had never been with a woman before and his hand shook as he tried to take the door handle to enter but like an invisible barrier he could not approach it.

“Ah” he grunted to himself and paced in front of the door.

“CERAN GET IN THERE!!!!” his father voice sounded from down the hall and he leapt grabbing the door handle and running inside.

The chamber was dark except for the light of the moons coming through a pair of glass doors to his right that were stationed next to the bed. On the bed sitting down was a figure that he could clearly see was Taleena, like him she had had her make up removed and was dressed for the night. Swallowing he walked towards her and finally could see her face, she was smiling at him, her wrists still bound by the silk and she slowly offered them to him. Remembering he had the knife he cut her free and put the silk and knife aside on the table.

They sat there with neither of them speaking for a few moments and started laughing both of them feeling shy and embarrassed.

“Have you ever done this before?” she asked her voice low.

“I err...no” he replied sheepishly “Have you?”

She smiled but said nothing and pulled him towards her kissing him, they laid down together and shared the night in one another's embrace.

The next morning Ceran was awoken by the sun shining through his glass doors and he grunted as he strained to open his eyes and shield them with his hand. Looking down he saw Taleena had slept resting her head on his chest and him embracing her in the way he remembered before he fell asleep. His mind went to last night and he smiled, it would be a night he would cherish in his memory forever.

Gently slipping out of Taleena's embrace and not waking her, he got up and went to the glass doors and opened them feeling the cool breeze wash over his body and the warm sun strike his skin. He walked to the edge of the balcony and looked down and saw thousands of people looking up and cheered when he came into view...naked. He shouted and jumped onto the floor towards the room and crawled back inside waking Taleena who shot up and looked around confused.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“There are thousands of people down there looking up here” he said still laying on the floor.

“Oh they are waiting for the red sheet” she said yawning and rubbing her eyes.

“The what?”

“It another tradition the woman told me about when a Chieftain takes a wife, after their first night together the sheet they slept on that has the blood of her on is thrown from the balcony”

“But...you're not a virgin, you didn't bleed” he said getting to his feet.

“Yes that is why the woman gave me this” she showed him a small vile of red liquid which he assumed was blood. “Being a virgin is not necessary any more but people like the spectacle” she threw back the covers and spilt the blood over the sheet and used a sponge to dry it.

“Get dressed in something they will expect you to throw this from the balcony”

He quickly threw a tunic over his head and Taleena gave him the sheet rolled up, he took it and the whole thing seemed a bit out of date to him but it seemed to bring some joy to the people so he went with it. Opening the doors again he walked to the balcony and threw the sheet over the edge and the crowed erupted in cheers that dwarfed those of when he first came out.

Now came the days that they had to begin ruling the city and they took to it with a vigour that only Benemar of their age could. Taleena made sure the food distribution centres stayed open for any who could not afford a meal for that day, it meant that taxes went up a bit but she convinced the people by asking what if they could not eat one day?

Ceran went about securing the military power, he made sure his Benemar warriors were well armed and well trained and asked the cities scientists to try and find a way for them to build their own rifles and not rely solely on the Humans. The two of them also went about travelling the city looking over outdated and old buildings many of which had burned during the bombing and went about modernizing the infrastructure. They also began construction on public service buildings such as education centres for those wishing to learn skills even into their adulthood. This was a revolutionary idea as in Benemar culture skills were passed from parent to child and not widely shared. Except for the young schooling they would get in basic matters.

The Humans did their best to help Ceran and Taleena but they were slowly pulling away from them, they knew what was about to happen, Williams forces had arrived and the time to march on Potellan had come. But just as Jenkins was to give the news to Ceran, the new Chieftain pledged one quarter of his warriors to march on the city with him saying.

“This is no longer a war between Humanity and Benemar, this is a war for us to throw off the yoke of the High Chieftains tyranny bring Bento into the light of a new era”

The Humans could not very well refuse such an offer and Ceran would not even hear of Jenkins answer, the Human were as they were in Geeda, subject to his rule after all.

The Humans formed in the streets of Geeda fully armed and armoured, their faceplate emotionless and stern for the battle to come, the people of Geeda had come to bid them farewell and good luck. Even those who had been in the city when the Humans attacked it now seemed sad to see those they had once called enemies but now called friends leave for battle.

Ceran and Taleena stood outside the Chieftain's tower where Jenkins and his officers were gathered, in a final farewell.

“Humans, when I first saw your kind I was struck with fear and hatred. But now I look upon you with admiration and fondness” he began and Taleena took over.

“You may have come to this world as conquerors, but you will leave as liberators fighting an enemy we could not rise against on our own”

“To this cause we pledge our own warriors to you, those who have even met you in the field of battle will now fight alongside you as brothers in arms”

They held each other hand and spoke together.

“Go, with the fate of all Benemar in your hands and love with in our hearts we bid you farewell and pray for your safe return and news of your victory”

Jenkins bowed and turned to his soldiers and in the language of his land back on Terra he shouted the words to attention and to begin their march.

As a single organism they moved, through the link they had surrendered their own moments. They unsheathed their blades and held them skyward in salute to the Chieftain of Geeda then across their hearts in salute to his wife. Their combat shields on their left arm was held tight and they turned and marched out of the city like the ancient armies of Terra. The skies above were filled with fighters, bombers and transports and the Bastions sounded their klaxon as they began their march. With them were thousands of Benemar warriors who would march with them and fight with them against the High Chieftains. So they marched, towards Potellen, the city that had stood for millennia as the capital of Bento Prime, the city that has never fallen, the city who's walls stood taller and stronger than any other. To those walls that had never been breached they marched and the final decisive battle of this war.

(AUTHORS NOTE)

Everyone it has been a brilliant journey and you have all helped me more than I can ever put into words but sadly it is time to say goodbye to Newcomers. For now at least. As of now there will be no more updates posted to tumblr or any other site. The reason for this is because I wish to complete this story and get it published. I hope to get it finished before this year is out and I will try to get it published as an Enovel rather than paperback (it's easier). I will also add a few more side parts with Karen and Hesky and Cathy to give their characters a bit more depth. Working on this has helped me put my thoughts in order on my main project which is in fact a 3 book series about a war between Humanity and an alien race. I will post updates on these projects should they get to be published and about Newcomers which I will work to get finished first.

My love goes out to everyone who sent me kind words of their love for this story and I look forward to finishing it.

Love to you all.

Amollion

xxx

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Cinematic Comic Characters Ranked! (Year 2008) Part One

Wow, I just want to say that 2008 really stepped it up when it came to comic movies released. Granted, a couple weren’t the best but overall this year was one of the best out of the bunch. The Dark Knight and Hellboy II: The Golden Army are the only sequels this year, while The Punisher: War Zone and The Incredible Hulk serve as reboots. Star Wars: The Clone Wars serves as a prequel and we also see the debut of Iron Man, Speed Racer, The Spirit and Wanted! Lets start off our largest list yet! Here’s #82-61!

*SPOILERS FOR THE HIGHLIGHTED MOVIES ABOVE*

Cameo Appreciation: Stan Lee (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk)

Stan Lee graces the movie screen twice this year in Incredible Hulk and in Iron Man. In Incredible Hulk, he cameos as as a common man that ends up getting sick from drinking a soda contaminated with Bruce's blood. In a not so tragic role in Iron Man, Stan plays an infamous playboy that Tony Stark greets at one of his parties.

Cameo Appreciation: Nick Fury (Iron Man)

The director of SHIELD finally makes his appearance in a post credits scene of Iron Man. In it, he tells Tony Stark that he isn't the only superhero in the world and that he's just entered a universe so big, he couldn't possibly understand.

Cameo Appreciation: Tony Stark, Lou Ferrigno, Rickson Gracie (The Incredible Hulk) Besides Stan Lee, The Incredible Hulk gives its viewers three more little fun appearances. Lou Ferrigno returns as a security guard but this time once that works for Betty's jon that's easily bribed with pizza. Rickson Gracie, the jiu-jtsu master, appears as the martial arts trainer that helps Bruce control his anger when he's in Brazil. The biggest cameo, though, came from Tony Stark, who shows up at the end of the movie to criticize Colonel Ross for not listening to him. He ends the movie by revealing he's putting together a team, a special team.

Cameo Appreciation: Professor Broom (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

Honestly I still haven't gotten over Professor Broom's from the first movie so I had a sad pout when he appeared on the screen in a flashback to when he raised Hellboy as a child. Turns out Professor Broom would read Hellboy the legend of the Golden Army as a bedtime story, which Hellboy thinks back to when said army almost destroys the world several years later.

Cameo Appreciation: Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow (The Dark Knight)

At the beginning of the film, Scarecrow makes his return, still selling drugs that makes the user see their most darkest fears. He's quickly stopped by Batman, which shows how much the caped hero has grown since the last time we saw him.

82. Maginty (Punisher: War Zone)

"You're a fucking saint."

Just a guy who works for Jigsaw that spends his time doing parkour all around New York while laughing for no damn reason. When Punisher goes after Jigsaw, he blows up Maginty's friends and shoots out his knees to get him to talk. Once he gets what he wants, he throws Maginty off the building.

81. Leonard Sampson (The Incredible Hulk)

"You know, it's a point of professional pride for me that I can tell when someone's lying."

Leonard isn't the first nice guy that's had to compete with a superhero for a girl's affections, but he definitely is one of the most forgettable. Usually when a girl's superhero ex-boyfriend reappears into her life, she ends up having an internal struggle deciding between the two men, but it's clear Betty wants Bruce from the get go and Leonard lets her. He's a psychiatrist after all so he probably saw it coming.

80. Mahoud (The Spirit)

"What's the password, sweetheart?"

Like most of the guys at the bottom of this list, Mahoud is the next guy to date the hero's main love interest after the two broke up. Mahoud is Sand's husband and does a lot of dirty work for her as she searches for Jason's Golden Fleece. Like the rest of her previous husbands though, he dies mysteriously under her watch.

79. Mr. X (Wanted)

"Never send sheep to kill a wolf."

So we see this guy do some awesome assassin tricks like jumping in between buildings at super speed and killing people like no tomorrow, but he's quickly taken out by Cross shortly after. The whole time after that we're made to believe that he's Wesley's father, only to find out he's actually not and was just another target Cross had to bring down.

78. Octopus's Henchmen (The Spirit)

"We was watching."

These guys were probably the only characters that annoyed me in the film but that's because they were made that way. Octopus's henchmen are dumb clones that do his bidding. They have ridiculous names like 'Adios' and 'Huevos' and all of them have a crush on Silken. They're able to survive getting hit by trucks but they can be killed and eventually Octopus runs out of clones during the final gunfight with the Spirit.

77. Coleman Reese (The Dark Knight)

"I want 10 million dollars every year, for the rest of my life."

This Wayne Enterprises employee isn't that big of a deal but he does figure out Batman's true identity. At first he tries to blackmail, but Lucius Fox quickly shuts that down, then he decides to go to the media after people keep dying due to Batman's refusal to reveal himself. Again he's shut down, but this time by The Joker who threatens to blow up a hospital if he isn't killed. After nearly dying three times in the span of an hour and then getting saved by Bruce himself, Coleman decides to stay silent.

76. Abu Bakaar (Iron Man)

"Shoot this dog!"

While Raza was still trying to be mysterious and not show his face, Abu Bakaar played as his second in command and was the one who explained to Tony what he was expected to do. He's leading a raid and about to kill innocent people when Tony shows up as Iron Man. He defeats everyone, leaving Abu weaponless and surrounded by the very citizens he was going to kill.

75. Angela and Grace Donatelli (Punisher: War Zone)

"He said you were one of the good guys."

Angela and Grace are the wife and daughter of Nicky, a secret agent accidentally killed by Punisher. They get caught up in Punisher's life and get taken hostage and nearly die several times by his enemies, Jigsaw and Looney Bim Jim. When Punisher saves them one last time, Angela forgives him for her husband's death.

74. C-3PO and R2D2 (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"I knew you were in danger!"

R2D2 spends the whole film in the background helping out Anakin and Ahsoka as they go on a mission to save Jabba the Hutt's baby son. He's able to come in and save the pair at the last second several times for them t complete their mission. C-3PO is still serving Padme and i's him she contacts when she's imprisoned by Ziro the Hutt. He rallies the clone troops to help aid her escape and capture Ziro.

73. Stanley (The Incredible Hulk)

"You know how I felt about you two."

Stanley is a sweet old man that runs a pizza parlor that comes to Bruce's aid when he returns to America. He obviously cares about both Bruce and Betty so it's so apparent that he wasn't going to lie to Betty about Bruce not returning, especially because I think he's always shipped them together.

72. Mace Windu (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"The Jedi will be ready."

Mace Windu took a huge backseat role in this film. Hardly in it but still a strong ally in the ultimate space war. As one of the higher ranking Jedi, he leads his own team to try to take down Count Dooku's forces, while still sporting his original purple lifesaber.

71. Paul Budiansky (Punisher: War Zone)

"You have the right to shut the fuck up!"

Like Jim Gordon, Paul Budiansky is a good cop who tries to stop the Punisher at first but then ends up helping him in the end. Only, he's more boring and he doesn't do anything worthwhile besides starting a gang war to give Punisher a distraction to take out Jigsaw.

70. Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"Everything is going according to plan."

Knowing that Palpatine becomes Darth Sidious just makes him even more annoying to look at every time he shows acting like he's a good senator that's only fighting for the best of his people. Since things work out in his favor in the end, it's safe to say that I wasn't really surprised that no one was able to catch on to his betrayal.

69. Plaster of Paris (The Spirit)

"I am Plaster of Paris, and I stick to my man 'til death do us part!"

Plaster of Paris is a belly dancer by day, Octopus's assassin by night. She's the one hired to end The Spirit's life, but his charm gets her as well and she ends up freeing him instead. She ends up realizing his interest in Sand though, so she stabs him in an alley and takes off to find a new man to latch to.

68. Cathy, Barry, and Janice (Wanted)

"Jesus H. Fucking Popsicle!"

These three individuals make up Wesley old, sad life. We have Janice, his bitchy boss who constantly nags on him and makes him feel like shit, and then there's Cathy and Barry, Wesley's girlfriend and best friend who are actually sleeping together behind his back (only he knows). When Wesley becomes a new man, he takes them all down a peg. First up is Janice, who he embarrasses in front of the entire office before slamming a keyboard in Barry's face. Then, after he completes his first kill, he returns to his old apartment to slam a door in Barry's face and then make out with Fox as he ignores the complaining of a jealous Cathy.

67. Bethmoora Goblin and the Angel of Death (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"I have done what I can, now give him a reason to live."

With Hellboy on the brink of death, the rest of the team find the Bethmoora goblin and get him to help locate Prince Nuada. Along the way, he introduces him to the Angel of Death, who tells Liz that Hellboy is destined to bring the destruction of the earth before bringing him back to life.

66. Lorelei (The Spirit)

"You're so close, you'll have me forever."

Another Angel of Death, Lorelei has been after one particular soul for years, Denny's. He's managed to escape her as The Spirit since he can't die, but she's always waiting and calling out to him. When he very nearly dies she manages to get him in her arms but after a good make out session he breaks away and returns to the living.

65. E.P. Arnold Royalton (Speed Racer)

"Pancakes are love."

The main villain, who's only intimidating because he owns a powerful company in the racing industry and has all the money in the world to make the corrupt racers do all his biding. He doesn't do anything that really makes him menacing, he mainly just fails to stop Speed from winning races over and over again. In the end his corruption is made public and he goes to jail.

64. King Balor (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"What the humans do is in their nature. To honor the truce is in ours."

King of the fairies, first commander of the Golden Army. King Balor originally created to Golden Army to defend his people but when it caused more death, he locked the army away and separated the crown into three pieces to continue peace. His intentions were good, wanting to live in harmony with the humans, but his son saw things differently. King Balor sentencing Prince Nuada to death gets more intense once you realize he was also sentencing his daughter to death by doing so, but Nuada slays King Balor's entire guard before killing him as well.

63. Linus Lieberman/Microchip (Punisher: War Zone)

"In any war, there's collateral damage."

Microchip is Punisher's sidekick that not only gives him all the Intel he needs on his targets, but also heavily supplying him with the weapons. He truly believes in what Castle does and always manages to get him to stick around for one more mission. Too bad it ends up getting him and his mom dead, even if he's ok with it for the sake of the mission.

62. Horuko Togokahn (Speed Racer)

"You're wrong. It is them who will learn a lesson."

Taejo's little sister isn't too important, but her life was in as much danger her brother's which is why she joins the team during the Casa Cristo 5000. She gets in on the action when she takes helps take down Royalton's thugs and when she flies Trixie's helicopter. When father and brother trick Speed, she's the one that shows up and gives him her brother's invitation to the Grand Prix.

61. Ziro the Hutt (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"It was Count Dooku's idea!"

Ziro reminded me of two Disney characters. His personality and the way he slithered reminded me of the caterpillar from Alice In Wonderland and his plot to overthrow his nephew for his kingdom was giving me such Scar vibes from The Lion King. His conniving ways are figured out by Padme and he's last seen being confronted by Jabba for kidnapping his son. It's more than likely he was executed for his crimes.

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He has the cartilage piercing. Wait did I know this. He has the. The piercing. On my screen.

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Darth maul's fatal flaw is that he cannot shut up. If he just shut his mouth for ONCE, we'd have a maul and ahsoka teamup. But instead. We get this.

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"justice is merely the construct of the current power base" I'm looooosing it they didn't have to go so hard.

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Star wars is just not the same without a five minute monologue delivered by an insane person who used to have eight legs he made out of garbage. It just isn't the same.

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Obi wan is so emotionally constipated. I cannot deal with this. He cannot ask anakin about his feelings bc he's a good jedi so he's like, who is the second worst jedi I know? Ah. Ahsoka. Please talk to anakin.

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This is so insane. This arc was written by a sadist. Who tf decides to do a mashup of rots events from the pov of a teenage girl who was once apprenticed to the man who's going to destroy the galaxy. Who does that

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Why is a 4 episode arc of an animated children's show on disney's streaming service the most prestige tv I've seen all year

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I'm just sitting here bro. We're informed anakin killed dooku in the second ep of this arc. That's the beginning of rots. Like we are really just full steam ahead from this point on. Like he is going to fall in real time. Agh.