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Dogstomp #2733 - June 30th

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Damage Control

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by SummerKnight717

Knowing that you are characters in a comic book is rarely easy... But it is even worse when the writers have decided to use darker themes. All the same, they are still heroes - they will do what they can.

At least the Writers – and the Readers, perhaps – did them this one favor. Built them strong. Built them as the kind of people who could take as many hits as they had to, but would never stay down.

Set the beginning of the Civil War arc of the comics - the heroes gather to decide what they can do to limit the horrors the writers are about to bring down upon them.

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Behind The Fourth Wall

Fandoms: Marvel (Comics), Marvel 616, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Maria Hill, Stephen Strange, Avengers Team, X-Men (Team), SHIELD Agents & Staff

Relationships: Avengers Team & Maria Hill, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Avengers Team & Stephen Strange

Additional Tags: Fourth Wall, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Civil War (Marvel), Fix-It of Sorts, Rescue Missions, Angst, Friendship, Psychological Horror, Characters Aware They Are In A Comic Book, BAMF Stephen Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Stephen Strange, Maria Hill is So Done, Protective Avengers, Team as Family, Avengers Family, X-Men References

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Damage Control

by SummerKnight717

Knowing that you are characters in a comic book is rarely easy... But it is even worse when the writers have decided to use darker themes. All the same, they are still heroes - they will do what they can.

At least the Writers – and the Readers, perhaps – did them this one favor. Built them strong. Built them as the kind of people who could take as many hits as they had to, but would never stay down.

Set the beginning of the Civil War arc of the comics - the heroes gather to decide what they can do to limit the horrors the writers are about to bring down upon them.

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Behind The Fourth Wall

Fandoms: Marvel (Comics), Marvel 616, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Maria Hill, Stephen Strange, Avengers Team, X-Men (Team), SHIELD Agents & Staff

Relationships: Avengers Team & Maria Hill, Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Avengers Team & Stephen Strange

Additional Tags: Fourth Wall, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Civil War (Marvel), Fix-It of Sorts, Rescue Missions, Angst, Friendship, Psychological Horror, Characters Aware They Are In A Comic Book, BAMF Stephen Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Stephen Strange, Maria Hill is So Done, Protective Avengers, Team as Family, Avengers Family, X-Men References

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/45297016

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[volucris-liga]

Okay, the book came out in February so it’s been long enough that i assume anyone who cares about spoilers for Pathfinder’s Quest has already obtained Pathfinder’s Quest, and i have a lot of Excited Thoughts to share so I’m rereading the last chapter and writing some notes. I’ll still put it under a Read More in case anyone is still avoiding spoilers for it, but I figured it’s safe to post now at least.

The majority of this post is probably gonna be about Ash.

This post is also probably very long.

Anyway. Let’s go:

First of all, the Project Iris story stuff starts in 2658. Since the current year is 2733 (maybe 2734 by now? idk) and Horizon came back 87 years after she was left at the black hole, that means she disappeared in 2646-ish. So this is around 12 years after Horizon was lost.

Since the last chapter mentions that Project Iris had been around for 15 years, I went back to Horizon’s chapter to confirm that it was already technically Project Iris before she left (it was, yes), and found this bit: 

“Lilian set me up with a laboratory on Olympus to test my theories and find a solution to the crisis. I brought my whole family there… I miss them.” 

She specifically is talking about more people than just her son. I’m so curious about who Newton’s father is lol, and why it’s only Newton that we see in her Story From the Outlands and the rest of her lore.

Okay now I’m finding more stuff in Horizon’s chapter, i’m glad i went back to reread this too.

“Years and years went by with nothing. Financiers were getting impatient; Lilian was kind about it, but I knew even she was doubting in me. My own assistant thought I was failing.” 

Whiiich means before they discovered Branthium, Reid already had sort of an antagonistic thing toward Horizon and didn’t trust that she could succeed at the project (though, as seen shortly, Horizon didn’t realize how bad it was). I’m guessing she was resentful that Horizon was getting all the recognition for the project and she was always seen as her assistant, not an equal scientist on the project. 

And then there’s this bit:

Horizon: “My assistant, Dr. Reid, joined me on my mission.” Path: “The one who thought she was better than you?” Horizon: “Aye. Didn’t know it then, though. She was a good friend. We were close. Came to dinner with my family. Even babysat my son a few times. That’s why it’s so hard to ken what happened…”

Oof. I’ll come back to this point later; there’s some stuff about Newton in the last chapter that’s important. 

As a side note, I think Horizon didn’t know a lot of the people in Project Iris, and most of them were recruited after she was already gone -- she’s not able to tell Pathfinder much about the group that actually solved the energy crisis. 

Anyway, moving on. I appreciate that Reid’s first name is Ashleigh, lol, makes sense why she’s called Ash as a simulacrum later.

I really like that even in this storyline there’s connections to the other legends -- Wattson’s grandmother, Amélie Paquette, and Gibraltar’s grandfather, Aleki Gibraltar, are both on the team. There’s a bunch of other scientists as well, but as far as I can tell they’re all new for this lore with no prior connections. 

There’s a scene where yet another experiment with refined Branthium fails, and Reid calls out Amélie for it -- “Your plan was wrong from the start. I pointed that out, must have been, twenty times?” Reid is clearly quick to judge others’ ideas and shut people down (and has been all along, like when she thought Horizon would fail before the discovery of Branthium). Reid and Amélie also reeeeeaaallly don’t get along. 

There’s this exchange:

‘“Excuse me? And what have you done, Reid?” Paquette pressed, moving face to face with Reid. “Besides stand by and critique our every move while ze rest of us do all ze work. Is zis how you treated Somers?”  “You’re not half the scientist she was.” Reid smirked.’

Even though she was resentful of Horizon, enough so to betray her, she did apparently respect her more than she does the rest of this group, which i think is interesting. She also just… really hates Amélie.

And then there’s Newton!!! aaaaa!!! I love that he’s an intern for the group now that he’s a teenager. And his personality is adorable. 

Newton finds something that none of the rest of them saw, which is that someone needs to be in the refinery to continuously recalibrate the process. Which is impossible. Aaaand then it’s Reid, of all people, who comes up with the idea to reprogram a MRVN robot to do it. Which is painfully ironic, given what happens later.

While they’re trying to figure out how to actually do the MRVN thing, Reid mentions that she has contacts at Hammond Robotics. I’m assuming Hammond are the ones who eventually rebuild her as a simulacrum (though for all I know that’s been confirmed somewhere and I’ve forgotten. I have trouble keeping all the corporations and factions straight in my head, and i’ve barely played any Titanfall, rip). They’re definitely the ones who made Revenant (which has already happened by this point in the lore). 

All the scientists putting part of their personality into Pathfinder is just so good. Especially cause of Newton; I love that it’s Newton’s influence that has Path being so friendly to everyone. Please give us in-game voicelines between Horizon and Pathfinder next season, now that Pathfinder knows Newton was one of his creators.

Aaaand here we go, stuff about Newton. Reid obviously helped raise him after his mom was gone. I wonder if she ever felt guilty about what she did to Horizon? A few interactions that Hurt:

‘Paquette paused and looked at the MRVN. “He’s our fail-safe.”  “Whatever… I’ve got other work to do. Let me know when you’re done fooling around,” Reid huffed as she stormed out of the lab.  “Should I go after her?” asked Newton. “She seems sad.”’

-

‘“A lot of what I have to offer is what my mom had, and I think most of that’s already in here, but there’s one thing that was always important to Mom: she loved her friends. It’s important to me, too. You’re all my friends. But especially you, Dr. Reid.” Newton looked over at her. “You were always there for my mom. Just like this MRVN is going to be there for the Outlands.” Reid did her best to smile, but it ended up as more of a quick nod.  “Thanks,” she said hesitantly.’

I appreciate that Amélie is suspicious of what happened to Horizon. Like, Reid managed to fool most people, but not everyone.

‘As Stay started to pack up the tools, Paquette joined her. “I’m assuming you added some precautions to ze program in case anything was to ‘appen,” she whispered. “He can’t be hacked, if that’s what you’re askin’, P,” Stay assured her as she packed away a welder. “Zat’s not what I’m talking about.” Paquette’s expression showed a deep look of concern and hesitation. “You really don’t trust her, do you?” “Do you? Somers was ze best astrophysicist in ze entire Frontier. It doesn’t make any sense what happened to her. Ze stories don’t add up. I just want to make sure we cover all our bases.”’

More of Ash’s voicelines from the Broken Ghost quest! I thiiiiink this is almost all of them covered now, if not all?

Path says “Who doesn’t like ice cream? Every kid likes ice cream!” when he first wakes up.

Delgado says “All roads lead to Branthium!”

Reid herself says “Fail-safe, fail-safe, who’s got the fail-safe?” during the whole big Thing at the end.

When Reid betrays everyone to try to divert the first Branthium shipment through the Phase Runner to the IMC, both she and Newton disappear from the party first. And she and Amélie have this conversation:

“I knew it. I knew it from ze start. You killed her, didn’t you?” “I did nothing.” “Yeah, right. You killed Somers. You put yourself before every innocent life in ze Outlands.” “Innocent life? Please. The Outlands are filled with nothing but war and greed. No one cares for anyone but themselves. I’m just playing the game.” “Have you told zat to Newton? Where is he?” “He’s not a part of this. Not anymore. I took care of him. Right now, it’s just us.”

So Newton’s fate is a bit uncertain. I’m guessing she got him out of there to save him, actually, which I think is really interesting. 

Anyway, Reid then cuts off Amélie’s hand with a sword cause deactivating the lockdown requires two of the scientists to authorize it. Which I guess explains why Amélie’s arm is in a sling in Pathfinder’s Story From the Outlands video. 

Pathfinder had managed to get out, so Amélie’s able to set the lab to self-destruct with his help. Path’s able to fight the mercenaries and Reid and get to the Phase Runner. And then there’s this that Reid says to Pathfinder:

“No one is your friend. You’re a machine. Nobody cares about machines. Nobody loves machines. You’re no different than that Phase Runner. You’re a MRVN. We use you and turn you off when we’re done. You’re nothing.”

There’s probably a lot she has to work through when she ends up as a simulacrum, oof. 

She almost stops Path, but then gets stabbed in the back with her own sword by Amélie, which is fitting. The mercenaries Reid was working with are attacking so it’s basically impossible for the scientists to escape, but Pathfinder’s able to program the Phase Runner to send the Branthium to all the various Outlands planets instead. And, at their request, to send himself through as well before the self-destruct (and he then eventually wakes up with amnesia). aaaaaa this is so sad

“I don’t want to say goodbye. You’re my friends. I’d be sad without my friends.” “You’ll never be without us. You’ll never be alone.”

I’m assuming that after the explosion, Reid’s body was found and turned into Ash. Also everything about the season 6 comics is so ironic now help. After Hammond Robotics get what they need from her after the Legends find her head, she’s just left behind somewhere deactivated, and Pathfinder finds and rebuilds her. And she has no memory (until Blisk shows up, anyway). So like, it was her idea to create him, and then he completely ruins her plans which leads to her death, and then he saves her life later. Great. When she had no memory and was living with him he called her his girlfriend and everything, he’s gonna be so sad when he finds out who she is, rip.

There’s this bit of dialogue in the intro conversation for the chapter:

Path: “I can’t be weak and the person who killed the people who saved the Outlands.” Blisk: “Heh. Very true, mate. That’s why it wasn’t you.” Path: “Are you sure? How do you know?” Blisk: “Pretty damn sure, because I know ‘em.” Path: “You know my creator?” Blisk: “I know who killed your creator. Or, well… creators.”

This implies that Blisk is fully aware of Ash’s history. Makes sense, and I assumed as much anyway, but given the season 6 comics that means he also absolutely knows that Pathfinder knew Ash and he’s purposefully not telling Pathfinder that Reid and Ash are the same person.

There’s also this part at the end of the chapter:

Blisk: “Oi! One more thing… Did you ever find…? Eh. Forget it.” Path: “What? Did I ever find what?” Blisk: “Actually, I, uh…” Path: “Tell me! Is there more to the story than what was on the chip?” Blisk: “Just one small detail. But why don’t you turn that recorder off. This one’s just between us, eh?” Path: “Okay. You’ll tell me after I turn it off--”

Now, my first thought when first reading this was that it was gonna be about Ash. But I’m sure it’s not, cause in Pathfinder’s last log entry after that he’s very happy and optimistic about finding his creators, and he would have been affected by finding out that Reid was the same person as his missing ‘girlfriend.’ Sooooo I’m still 1) very curious about what Blisk talked about after the recording and 2) very excited for whenever Path finds out the truth about Ash.

On a related note, I am so ready for Horizon finding out about Ash. And to a lesser extent, if Wattson finds out about her grandmother’s role in what happened and her history with Ash (also Gibraltar about his grandfather, but anyway). I’m assuming Ash would know they’re related to her former team, since she’s working for Blisk and likely would know all the basic info about all the legends, including real full names. So Ash interacting with Wattson would be interesting, especially at a point where Ash knows who she is but Wattson doesn’t know about Ash’s history.

Also depending on how things develop with Ash and the other Legends, it’s interesting to think about Loba’s perspective, since it’s technically her fault Ash is back at all. I wanna see a conversation between her and Horizon cause Horizon wasn’t around for the Broken Ghost stuff. Plus, Loba agreed to get everyone to go get the components that turned out to be Ash’s head because in exchange she’d be given the location of Revenant’s source code. With Loba later deciding to send the source code away as revenge instead of killing Revenant, her need for revenge on him is definitely gonna come back to bite her later, now that Revenant’s resolved to destroy everything she loves (maybe he goes after Bangalore?). Horizon’s still definitely very angry at Reid, probably even more so if/when she finds out what Reid did to the Project Iris team, and when she finds out Reid is Ash, well… both she and Loba certainly have strong vendettas against the two simulacrums lol. It’d be neat, though unlikely, if there’s a plotline where Loba ends up facing consequences from the Revenant thing and then because of her own experience she convinces Horizon not to go too far trying to get revenge on Ash.

Oh right there’s also the question of Newton’s messages to Horizon near the end of season 7. He’s still a little kid in those, even in the last one where a future Horizon who got back to him has sent a message to herself. And obviously, that didn’t happen -- Newton’s there, as a teenage intern for Project Iris, and the characters mention his mom being dead multiple times. Soooo then what’s the deal with the messages? I’m thinking there are three options: 1) Horizon eventually going back in time creates an alternate timeline/dimension 2) those messages are for/from a Horizon and Newton in another dimension entirely (look, the Phase Runner is weird, Wraith’s tech is weird, etc.) oooorrrr 3) the messages were faked somehow and are connected to Ash -- some of her voicelines in the Broken Ghost quest were the codes for those messages. 

In conclusion: a a a a a a a a a a

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Love and Lust

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by Speechless_since_1998

Love Bug Au

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/3, Language: English

Series: Part 8 of Klance Au/Crossover

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Robotech/Voltron (Comics)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron)

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron)

Additional Tags: Attempted Rape/Non-Con

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ISOLATED COMIC BOOK PANEL #2733 title: CAPTAIN FLASH #1 - P15:1 artist: MORT MESKIN year: 1954

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Those ‘70s Comics: 2733

Inspired by episode 624 - “Going Mobile”

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sweating out a hot day

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by magnetocent

it's a hot day, but barry decides it's not hot enough

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: DCU (Comics), The Flash (Comics), Green Lantern (Comics)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Barry Allen, Hal Jordan

Relationships: Barry Allen/Hal Jordan

Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Rimming, Masturbation, sweaty sex, Sex on a hot day

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The return of Betty Cooper

read it on the AO3 at http://archiveofourown.org/works/14040324

by Lizzybuggy

It had been a year since she was last in Riverdale. She was back, and this was the only place she wanted to go. The only place she could go. Sunnyside trailer park, the home of the boy she tried to forget about. The boy’s heart she broke a year earlier. There she stood. Betty Cooper.

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/5, Language: English

Fandoms: Riverdale (TV 2017)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Toni Topaz, Alice Cooper (Archie Comics), FP Jones II, Veronica Lodge, Sweet Pea (Riverdale), Kevin Keller, Fangs Fogarty

Relationships: Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper & Jughead Jones

Additional Tags: Angst, First Love, Little smut, old lover returns, Southside Serpent Jughead Jones, Past Relationship(s)

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Meow

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by touchstoneaf

There must have been a spell. Probably. Not that she really cared, when the proceeds were so... Well. Sensuous. And fun. Certain demons could be very playful when they were feeling a certain kind of way.

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Comics 1998)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Buffy Summers, Spike (BtVS), Willow Rosenberg

Relationships: Spike/Buffy Summers

Additional Tags: feral!Spike, CUDDLY DEMON, underwear fetish Spike, don't@me, I love underwear fetish Spike, it's a predator thing, I will die on that hill, this is just plain schmoop, and i don't care, Established Relationship, Don't copy to another site

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[snarkyoracle]

  The bad boys of science fiction are back with talk of JK’s time at SDCC along with his schedule at StarTrek Las Vegas, Darrell wont stop talking in space Jamaican, Plus thoughts on the recent Star Trek Picard trailer.

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Star Trek: Voyager: Mirrors and Smoke

Go Trek Yourself ep 55 Reamin some Romulans The bad boys of science fiction are back with talk of JK's time at SDCC along with his schedule at StarTrek Las Vegas, Darrell wont stop talking in space Jamaican, Plus thoughts on the recent Star Trek Picard trailer.

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Omen of Justice

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by bumblebae

Letting Bruce Wayne join JusticeClan was probably the biggest mistake of their lives, or so they thought.

Words: 2733, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Warriors - Erin Hunter, Justice League - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Marvel

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Diana (Wonder Woman), Lois Lane, Victor Stone, Arthur Curry, Billy Batson, Lex Luthor, The Joker, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Barbara Gordon, Other(s)

Relationships: Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, Barry Allen/Hal Jordan, Diana (Wonder Woman)/Clark Kent, Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson, Other Relationship Tags to Be Added

Additional Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, warrior cats but with humans

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[cinemashedng]

Who is Eru? Comic Republic's Fear Itself

Who is Eru? Comic Republic’s Fear Itself

Miwan reviews and talks about a Nigerian comic character dubbed African Ghost Rider, Eru.

“Fear Itself”, Eru is a character created by Tobi Ezeogu and is being published by the Comic Republic.

Eru, which means “Fear” in Yoruba language, is one of the strongest African heroes who fights dark forces and characters named after traditional horror folklore

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The return of Betty Cooper

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2ICSI0C

by Lizzybuggy

It had been a year since she was last in Riverdale. She was back, and this was the only place she wanted to go. The only place she could go. Sunnyside trailer park, the home of the boy she tried to forget about. The boy’s heart she broke a year earlier. There she stood. Betty Cooper.

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/5, Language: English

Fandoms: Riverdale (TV 2017)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Toni Topaz, Alice Cooper (Archie Comics), FP Jones II, Veronica Lodge, Sweet Pea (Riverdale), Kevin Keller, Fangs Fogarty

Relationships: Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper & Jughead Jones

Additional Tags: Angst, First Love, Little smut, old lover returns, Southside Serpent Jughead Jones, Past Relationship(s)

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[ao3jamiexbrienne]

nothing wrong with a little bump and grind.......

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by Octamercuria

What happen's when best friends get together together for the weekend? - This. What happen's when Jaime tries to counter that outing for Brienne? This.

Words: 2733, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Game of Thrones (TV)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, M/M

Characters: Jaime Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Tyrion Lannister, Margaery Tyrell, Renly Baratheon, Loras Tyrell, Oberyn Martell, Ellaria Sand

Relationships: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

Additional Tags: Funny, Silly, Cute, Probably OC, stupid but adorable, when you can't get a song out of your head, how you act when you are out with friends, Weekend plans, diner food, Dancers, I think it's comical, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

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