#don’t get me wrong her Thor outfit is iconic

[karioke13]

Ok but can we talk about Jane’s outfit as Valkyrie…

Seriously look how coo this outfit is! It doesn’t get talked about enough 😎🤟🏼👑

[worstloki]

Part 3

Fury: I cannot believe the Avengers No. 1 unattainable criminal right now is a seventeen-year-old twink Clint: I can’t believe you’re calling Loki a twink Tony: I can’t believe he's been the legal godparent of kids his own age for months and I didn't realise Steve: You didn’t get him removed? I thought you made Rhodey their legal godparents instead?? Tony: nah I removed Thor Natasha: ?? why would anyone do that ?? Fury, having a breakdown: we nearly lost New York and the entire world to a 16-year-old twink with daddy issues Clint: yoU just did it aGAIN- Tony, the only actual Avenger who knows Loki isn’t actually evil™: heY! Daddy issues are a serious thing! Don’t make fun of the guy for having a crisis and finding out his life was a lie and he’d faced over a millennium of abusive environment for nothing!  Avengers: are you… defending Loki… the megalomaniac WAR CRIMINAL who turned every SHIELD facility into ice cream earlier today…? Tony, hands up in surrender: I’m saying maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to judge the guy. I wouldn't be able to guess what but maybe he had an ulterior reason for the New York fiasco? His normal stuff is usually harmless.  Avengers: ... Tony: What? It could’ve been much worse. Strange, rolling his eyes: Yes, at least it wasn’t Stark Raving Hazelnuts Loki, who has been standing at the back listening to the entire conversation: That flavour is way too chalky to suit SHIELD anyways [everyone turns to Loki with their weapons ready, except Tony of course] Loki, raising his hands in surrender: what? A Hunka-Hulka Burning Fudge is way better, and its green, and for some reason they didn’t have a Loki flavour so that was the next best option-

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Loki: hey Morgan what would you say if i offered you an officially evil part-time job with decent pay and extremely good evil workplace benefits? Morgan: do you offer evil dental? Loki: of course?? we also have A-Grade coffee 24/7 because top class extremely good evil deserves only the best Morgan: Excellent! I look forward to working with your evil team and being a part of your nefarious schemes and plots in future Loki: Thank you. Tomorrow we replace all Tony's vehicles with incredibly realistic wax models. Morgan: ...including the jets? Loki, scoffing: what kind of amateur villains would we be if we left his jets, boats, bikes and single vintage helicopter untouched Tony: its 4am can you maybe not have this conversation right next to me in my own workshop?!

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Tony: I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WOULD REPLACE THEM WITH WAX MODELS Morgan: What kind of low-grade predictable villainous evil doers would we be if we did what we said we would Tony: oh $#!^ now you're speaking like him too Loki, cutting his shoulder to reveal cake: Just so you know, it wasn’t JUST the vehicles ;)

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Peter: *following loki around with a notepad* Loki: Terribly sorry if you mind but he's MY intern now. Tony: You don’t think there’s anything wrong with what you’re doing, do you? Loki: I don’t think anything I’ve ever done is wrong Peter:  *avidly taking notes and nodding along*

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T’challa: I cant believe you filed an application for ‘time off’ Shuri: I NEED at least 3 hours a week reserved specifically for training if I want to keep my part-time job T’challa: you don’t NEED a job! You make up 90% of Wakanda’s research and development departments! Your technology work IS a job! Shuri: yeah well my ACTUAL job is fun and has proper work benefits and I simply must empty the time blocks I specified for it! You wouldn’t stop me from meeting with Peter and Morgan would you? They ARE, legally and spiritually speaking, my siblings, brother :) T’challa: what job could you have that would need you reminding me that a mischief deity adopted you before telling me what the job actually is Shuri: The official position is called Secretary of Evil but that’s only for the probationary 2 week period and I’m allowed to request a name change if I think of anything better T’challa: T’challa: you are working as a SECRETARY?! Shuri: The job pays well, Brother, T'challa:  T'challa: mother will be so disappointed

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Scott: I can’t believe you did that Maggie: I didn’t know he was a supervillain! OBVIOUSLY! Scott: how would you noT KNOW! He wears nothing buT LEATHER and BELTS and GREEN BOOTS AND- Maggie: I needed someone to watch her and she showed up in pink sweatpants and a black tank top and was charging a decent rate Scott: Scott: are you sure their name was loki

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Clint: you told me it was a ‘family gathering’! Tony: yeah, it is, and the avengers are family Clint, pointing at Loki: so what’s the twink doing here and why are MY kids along with every other person here who is under drinking age clinging to him like a frickin’ koala bear Tony: morgan wanted to get her ‘the floor is lava’ badge and loki was the only one immune to the lava so they jumped him - and he enjoyed walking around covered in them way more than he should have -  and also loki is legally peter and morgan and harley and shuri’s godparent so he’s allowed to be here on more of a basis than anyone else here at this point Clint: There was LAVA near MY KIDS?! Tony: no of course not – it was FAKE lava that just looked and functioned like real lava Clint: im taking them all home Tony: good luck convincing them not to want another playdate Clint: this isn’t a joke Tony Tony: I’m serious. Good luck. The kids love him, and you’ll need all the luck you can get if you want them to ever root for the side of good instead of wherever-loki-is-at instead. 

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Pepper: *watching the news* Pepper: oh hey the Avengers are on Peter, running into the room: woW NICE Pepper: wtf why is Hulk wearing giant boxing gloves Peter: Language! Pepper: is Steve's shield padded?! Peter: i don’t remember that being normal Pepper: did most of the Avengers just ditch Steve? Why’re they leaving Peter: I guess the danger must be over? Pepper: WHAT is going ON out there today Peter: I think Loki had planned an attack today so maybe he did it as a joke Pepper: oh they're facing Loki yeah okay that explains it Peter: Loki always does the funniest things of course he baby-proofed all the Avenger's gear! Classic Loki! :D

-meanwhile-

Captain America, tears streaming down his face: pl,,ease, loki,, stop,t his, I cant hit ,,a child Loki: Look at you, the American icon, unable to save all these innocent people from having their skin turn into primary colours, all because you are TOO AFRAID to fight me! Captain America: I’m a national icon, not a good soldier but a good man, I will do whatever it takes to keep innocents safe, but I can NOT beat up someone who isn’t even legal enough to vote Loki: I was around causing chaos before this ‘voting’ was even invented! And I’ll NEVER legally vote even if I could!! mwahahAHAHA- Falcon, to Bucky in the background: How did we not realise he was a teen, all his comebacks are ‘no u’ and ‘uno reverse card’ and ‘look over there!’ Bucky, to Falcon: I don’t know but I really really want to know where he gets his outfits from Falcon: if it means I’ll be seeing you geared up in leather again then I want to know where he gets his outfits from too ;‘) Thor: I think my brother makes his own outfits Loki, still tormenting Captain America: *SISTER Thor: ah, my bad Captain America, crying x2: wait does this mean I’ve been lobbing my shield at not just a child, but I’ve been misgendering them while doing it?! Loki: only occasionally and I don’t blame you that was on me for monologuing too long, really— Captain America, taking off the helmet: nope I’m done Loki: what are you doing Steve, handing Sam the shield: It’s yours. Enjoy. Sam: woah woah woah what’re you doing you cant retire just like that  Steve, unzipping his suit to reveal American flag boxers: watch me Bucky to Sam: hello new best friend Sam, realising that Cap and Bucky are a duo: oh no no no STEVE is your best friend Bucky: he hasn’t been my ‘best friend’ since I saw him with the American flag splayed over his butt Loki, holding his hand out for Sam to shake: Hello there new Captain America its nice to meet you formally, my name is Loki and yes I’m a child but I’m actually 1075 but that is irrelevant if I’m causing trouble and looking for a fight, I’m also genderfluid so yes sometimes my pronouns will be different but I’ll be sure to inform you if it happens Sam: what are you doing Loki: I’m… formally introducing myself Sam: Sam: why?? Loki, blinking to hide that he’s getting teary eyed: well, the last national icon I didn’t do this with ditched me because I didn’t Bucky, a trained assassin, who isn’t a fool: *hugs loki* that wasn’t your fault steve just likes to carry the stupid with him Loki: thanks Bucky: is this a bad time to ask where you get your clothes from…? Loki: I make them Bucky: oh. Well $#!^. Loki, sniffing: if you join the dark side I’ll make you some too Bucky, immediately: done. Sam: JAmES Bucky deadpan: Yes, Samuel, what is it that troubles you, my new arch nemesis? 

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Sam: HE TOOK BUCKY Natasha: What do you mean ‘he took bucky’ he’s standing right next to you Sam: He’s “infiltrating the enemy” Natasha: *lifts an eyebrow and looks to Bucky* Bucky: It’s true. My loyalties lie elsewhere now. Natasha: ??? Bucky: note to self – unexpected outcomes confuse the black widow. Natasha: how did this happen?? Sam: he SOLD himself out to the ENEMY Natasha: well when you say it like THAT ;) — Bucky: I think friendship is a decent price to pay for decent clothing Natasha: ??? Sam: oh also I’m Captain America now because Steve broke down and quit Natasha: ?!?!?!

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Peter, entering the room and high-fiving Loki: I heard you got Mr. Bucky to switch teams! Loki: well, my fashion skills ARE legendary Tony, under his breath: he’s not even trying and he’s gotten every kid and the freaking winter soldier on his side and I am so so grateful he isn’t actually TRYING to make everyone go bad

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Bucky: we’ve been over this Steve, Loki is young but he’s also over a thousand years old Steve: I was beating up a KID, Bucky, a kid who was SMALLER and WEAKER than everyone else where he lived but wouldn’t EVER turn down a FIGHT for what he BELIEVES IN and he was probably BULLIED and I wanted the guy DEAD, Bucky– Bucky: don’t forget the genderfluidity thing Steve: he said it wasn’t my fault but I should’ve asked Thor after he referred to Loki as ‘she’ instead of thinking he’d made a mistake and I just can’t – he isn’t even old enough to DRIVE or VOTE or DRINK or BUY A KNIFE or -- Bucky, holding Steve and patting his back: hey now, there, there, it’ll be okay, Bucky: *gives Loki a thumbs up as he sits on the couch with popcorn and watches Steve be miserable*

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Loki: We need to get through this locked door. Tony, quick, give me your card! Tony, handing the card over: Take it! Loki, pocketing it: Thanks! Morgan, fire at the door Morgan: *pulls out an iron man gauntlet painted green and gold* Tony: hOW COULD you deface YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT with GREEN Morgan: MINE is still being used as a paperweight. This is one of YOUR gauntlets.   Tony, under his breath: maybe it’s not too late to burn the physical evidence and hack Loki’s name off the digital copies of the adoption forms Loki, whispering back: oh its definitely too late. I’m already on your christmas card and everything.

[carinyms]

(I don’t know if anyone who follows me even watches Loki, but if you do and feel compelled to analyze it with someone please hmu, because no one I personally know cares about this show and listen I care SO MUCH)

Anyway, here’s an extremely disjointed thought dump on episode three, it’s a lot :)

1. I got so much serotonin from them playing that Hayley Kiyoko song over the opening credits, oh my god.

2. I love Sylvie, I LOVE her. Just an iconic badass—so snarky, so powerful. 10/10. (When she took that cape off?? That outfit?? This whole show is just Bi Panic for me) I’m sure they’re setting her up to be very sympathetic and then she will inevitably stab Loki in the back at some point, and you know what that’s fine.

3. Their screen chemistry and banter is incredible, nearly on the same level as the scenes with Mobius and Loki. (Which is good bc speaking of which, I miss Owen Wilson). I can’t wait till we get a scene with all three of them working together, it will be fantastic.

4. God, I want to see Loki truly in full power just annihilate someone in a fight just once. I do think it’s purposeful that we’re not seeing that right now — the writers can’t seriously think the audience collectively forgot that this guy took down 5 (6?) dark elves with his hands bound and now he can’t throw a knife and hit a target that's not even moving?? There has to be a reason. I’m choosing to have faith in Kate Herron here. (But I’m tired of seeing him getting tossed around like a sack of potatoes :( )

5. I think Sylvie explaining how to enchant someone has to be foreshadowing, right? By the end of the series, either Loki will have puzzled out how to do it and tap into Sylvie’s mind, or vise versa, Sylvie will get into Loki’s head an unearth something nasty (This is SO dumb of me to hope for, I’m setting myself up for disappointment, but maybe Thanos memories here?? I’m really going full fanfic narrative with this one lol but wow can you imagine.)

6. Or, Loki will use this tactic to get into Mobius’ head and wake him up to the truth. (Also, can we talk about how concerned he was when he was like, ‘But the TVA workers don’t know they’re variants!!” Loki you little SOFTIE. Headcanon that he’s now not gonna want to hurt any of the TVA workers because they’re all brainwashed and our guy knows a thing or two about that?? BEGGING the show to acknowledge this. (Please, could we have a little bit of recognition of trauma Marvel? As a treat?)

(I will be let down lol)

7. Speaking of the brainwashed TVA workers, I have questions about how this works. Mobius remembers jet skis, but Casey didn’t know what a fish was? Is it just because Casey doesn’t work in the field? Does Mobius just have a stronger mind that Ravonna has to keep continuously wiping because he remembers snippets? That would explain the multiple water rings on her table they drew attention to— but why would the TVA let him have that magazine if they didn’t want their agents remembering anything??

8. Also, uhh…Is Ravonna a timekeeper? This is a theory that keeps popping up for me.

9. Loki and Sylvie’s conversation on the train was wonderful.

10. We LOVE a confirmed Bicon.

11. Him talking about and remembering Frigga, and his viewpoint on love feels like lines out of a fanfic come to life and I love it. Part of me is like “this level of vulnerability feels OOC” (and don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of other things that felt truly OOC) but this particular aspect feels more like we’re seeing a more apathetic, carefree, nihilistic version of Loki than we’ve ever seen, so maybe he’s just given up on the masks? Anyhow, I love this side of his character we’re seeing.

12. Loki singing in Norwegian. That is all.

12.2 Actually no, that’s not all. It had such ‘Aragorn singing at his coronation vibes’, in that it both caught me extremely off-guard and got me very emotional. Apparently the lyrics (someone translated) are all about missing home, and wow he’s really just missing his family and a sense of belonging *so much* that he’s chosen to recreate what I’d imagine an Asgardian party was like — getting drunk (although he clearly wasn’t drunk, just acting drunk), singing asgardian songs, smashing the glass on the ground and saying “Another!” (Which we can now assume was just an asgardian custom at parties bc how would he have known Thor did that?) Someone pointed out the planet that they’re on is called Lamentis, and dang this whole episode is all about Loki grieving and longing for what he’s lost? and I’m so hyped for when they end up in Asgard again. I don’t know what will happen but there will be Angst and tears, perfect recipe for a good time.

13. Speaking of Thor, is he going to tell Sylvie about him at some point? Because I will cry. Like, I guarantee it.

14. My only gripe here is that drunk Loki was giving me big Jack Sparrow energy towards the very end and I am Not About That

15. Why does Sylvie understand Norwegian?? This song meant something to her too, clearly, she was getting teary eyed, like it was something she was familiar with and I just have so many questions about how her timeline was different/similar.

16. And going off that, I’m just going to say it—I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW VARIANTS WORK. Because if a variant is created by someone branching from their ‘true path’, wouldn’t every variant have the same base-story? Thus all look the same, have a similar past? (The same parents, the same origin?) I know the TVA’s sacred-timeline thing is all BS, that much is obvious—and Sylvie’s history is making me wonder (that is, if she truly IS a Loki ‘variant’), is the TVA’s description of branched timelines really accurate at all, or are some variants from a fully alternate reality overlapping with this one? I’m trusting they will make this make more sense.

17. I love the moments of humanity we’re getting from Loki, but especially the one where he’s surveying all those people in the town and goes “they’re gonna let these people die…” Like, what a great comparison to Loki in Ragnarok, who goes back and rescues his people because he couldn’t let them die in good conscious when he could do something about it. I like to think that being raised as a prince, there is an inherent feeling of ‘rulers should look after their people” buried under everything, and that what was going through his head was “how could they abandon these people without thought?” I love that even though that was a different Loki, they’re showing (not just telling) that the core of him truly does care about people, and the person he developed into in the original franchise is still there.

18. Also that line perfectly sets up what I’m sure is going to happen in the next episode—that they’ll find a way to escape the planet and save the people (or some of them), which will create a branch and alert the TVA to where they are, thus Loki getting brought back in.

19. the Rolled Up Sleeves look is. mhmm. It’s Good.

20. LOKI CATCHING THAT WHOLE BUILDING WITH HIS MAGIC???? BYE

Alright I’m done now, this was so chaotic, but also I really just wanted to document my thoughts on the show for myself so it's fine

[jayxscripta]

The Mahaigner - Chapter Two

The one-hour ride in the quinjet was surprisingly fast, but unfathomably awkward.

Stark flew the aircraft, while the spiderling—whose name was Peter, Madeline had gathered—wandered around aimlessly or sat in the seat across from Madeline. He tried to start conversation, but she wasn’t exactly in the mood for chatting, and he gave up pretty quickly. He took to keeping an eye on Astrid, who rested by Madeline’s feet. Then there was Vision hovering about and making sure neither she nor Strange tried to escape somehow.

Much to her relief, the spiderwebs binding her hands had mostly dissolved by the time they landed. Needless to say, Madeline was still on edge as they led her and Strange from the quinjet’s dock and into the towering Avengers compound. After a few seconds, she recognized the man who came half limping towards them, his legs in a set of apparently high-tech braces. War Machine—or at least that’s what he used to go as.

The veteran waves hello to Peter as he passes by. “This her?” he asks.

“What, the New York incident girl? Yeah, this is her,” Tony confirmed, accepting a pair of nasty, equally high-tech looking handcuffs from Colonel Rhodes.

“Good to know I made an impression,” she said, grimacing. “What are those?”

“New stuff,” Stark answered evasively. “This is the avant-garde of enhanced telepathic and mental and elemental manipulation constraint. Whatever you’ve got, these should stop it.”

Whatever you’ve got, he said. As if her powers were a disease.

“Now hold on,” Strange interrupted, placing an arm in front of Madeline, “before you put those on, I think you should have an expert’s opinion.”

“And you’re an expert?”

“I’m the closest thing you’ve got to an expert. You don’t understand anything about her or what these could do.”

“Look,” Tony shot back in apparent frustration. “I’m not for straight-jackets and shock collars, okay? But these are just handcuffs. I have the United Nations constantly breathing down my neck, and when something like this happens, they want to know. And they want the restraints on.”

“For all you know that much draining could kill her,” Doctor Strange reasoned, ignoring the alarmed look Madeline gave him. “She hasn’t shown any signs of her powers reappearing, and it’s been months. Let me do some more investigating, and we can all get what we want. That sounds fair, doesn’t it?”

Tony eyed him suspiciously. “All of us?”

“Except for me, really,” Madeline added, “I still have to be a science experiment.”

Rhodes, eyes boring into Stark, looked as if he were strongly against the idea. Stark seemed to actually be considering Strange’s offer, and after some hesitation he threw his hands up in the air. “There better not be any funny business.”

Stark led them up a flight of stairs, into what she assumed was more “the living quarters.” The room she was in, situated just off of the staircase, was impressive. Grand. Not in the ancient, breathtaking way like Strange’s Sanctum, but in the sense that everything was so ridiculously expensive, and probably was, that if she knocked over a lamp she’d be in debt for the rest of her life.

Still, there were signs of life, almost like a normal home where normal people lived. A coffee cup sat abandoned on the end table by the couch, right next to a coaster but not on one. The pillows weren’t arranged so much as they were tossed, as if someone had made a half-hearted attempt to make it appear neat. And in the adjoining kitchen, there was a stack of plates sitting next to the dishwasher and a jug of orange juice left out on the island counter.

“So, this is the infamous Avengers compound, huh?” she commented, “More… domestic than I thought it’d be.”

Tony ran a finger over the counter tops, wiped away a layer of dust, and huffed. “Does nobody clean here?” he asked loudly, “I swear. Now, Strange. How did you find her?”

Strange sat down on one of the kitchen stools as his cloak reached up and smoothed down his collar. Immediately he pulled back up again. “Stop it,” he scolded. Madeline furrowed her eyebrows, but he continued on as normal. “I had recently finished taking care of some important business, and I went to pick up coffee. You know that little café in midtown? ‘Press Me’?”

“I’m familiar with it.”

“I used to work there,” Madeline interjected.

“That’s why you’re vaguely familiar,” Stark said in surprise. “In a ‘you spelled my name wrong’ sort of way.”

“Moving on,” Strange replied drily. “I was standing in line when there was a commotion at the front of the café. A barista—Miss Boudreaux—was delivering an order to a table, and when she handed the coffee to the patron, he passed out. They were calling for a doctor,” he gestured vaguely, “I stepped forward, but it wasn’t normal unconsciousness. It was like his astral form had been pushed out of his body.”

Stark motioned for Strange to stop. “His what now?”

“Astral form. It’s…your soul, essentially.”

Stark turned to Madeline, suddenly looking more than a little concerned. “And you can… push out somebody’s soul?”

She shrugged helplessly and pressed a hand to her forehead. There was a jackhammer bouncing around inside her brain. Stress, no doubt. “I guess?”

“As can I,” Strange added. “It’s a skill that quite a few sorcerers have. Want me to demonstrate, Stark?”

“No, thank you, I’d like to keep my soul in this body,” Stark replied, “now, since you can learn to do it, hypothetically she should be able to do it on command, right? Not that I really want you to.”

Strange nodded. “In theory, yes.”

“So why don’t I have control of it?” Madeline asked.

“That’s what we have to find out. Has it ever happened before this?”

She shifted uneasily in her seat, coughed, and winced. Why did she always cough when she was nervous? As expected, the other two caught on. “Madeline,” Strange warned her, “you have to tell us. It might be the key to figuring this out.”

“Alright. Fine,” she relented, after a moment’s contemplation. “I was twenty. It was during the Battle of New York. I was running down the street away from one of the aliens, it backed me into an alley. I threw up my hands and it just…” she trailed off, rubbing her forehead. “Shrieked. And then it fell over.”

Stark eyed her carefully. “It was dead?”

“It didn’t get up, so I assumed. I ran and hid in a building until it was all over. And the next day I was normal again. I just thought it was a fluke—until a few months ago.”

Strange’s eyebrows furrowed in what might be recognition, as if he were putting two and two together and making 4,000. He didn’t say anything, but she knew he likely had a theory.

Just as he was about to speak, someone who definitely wasn’t in the room started speaking. “Sir?”

Madeline nearly jumped out of her skin. It wasn’t really coming from any one direction. It was coming from everywhere.

“Yes, Friday?”

“You have visitors on the front lawn.”

“I have what?” Stark nearly bolted towards the entrance hall, pointing a finger back over his shoulder at Madeline. “You, keep your werewolf close by.”

“Mr. Stark?” Peter’s voice wafted upwards from down below. “Were you expecting a spaceship?”

Strange and Madeline shared a questioning look, and then hurried after Stark, Astrid hot on their trails.

At the bottom, the door was held wide open, and two tall people were standing in the doorway. One had buzzed hair with marks dangerously close to his head and an eyepatch, but he looked strangely like Thor, only without the iconic hammer.

Madeline was getting a headache—and a pretty bad one at that—but she couldn’t miss what Doctor Strange muttered, that confirmed the stranger was indeed Thor. “What the hell happened to him after they left New York?”

It was also impossible to miss, having identified Thor, the man standing next to him. Madeline was only twenty years old last time she saw him. The hair was longer, but the face was still undeniable. Loki.

“Thor, hey buddy, what’s new?” Stark exclaimed in his usual I care but I don’t want to sound like I do manner. “New haircut? New outfit? No eye?”

“Well yes, quite actually,” the god smiled, almost ruefully. “All of the above.”

“How ‘bout the elephant in the room—we gonna talk about that?”

There was a brief, awkward moment of silence. “My—hammer?” Thor guessed, puzzled.

A conflicted look passed over Tony’s face. “What? No. I was talking about the fact that your brother is here. Not in an Asgardian prison. But on Earth. Standing behind me. Breathing down my back,” Stark let out an exaggerated sigh, clenching his jaw. “You’re killing me, Reindeer Games.”

“I can’t help that your lack of stature makes it so effortless.”

“Did he just call me short using flowery, Renaissance language?”

“I hate to interrupt—actually, no, I’d love to,” Dr. Strange cut in, earning a sour look from Tony, “but I have some questions of my own.”

“Wizard!” Thor greeted, waving to us from below the staircase. “Good to see you again. You remember my brother?”

Strange nodded, like it was a memory he didn’t care to have.

The god in question merely folded his arms in acknowledgment, turning to Thor when the blonde spoke again. “If I may, ask some questions of my own before you begin?”

Tony shrugged. “Sure. Shoot.”

Thor took a quick breath. “How do you know the wizard? And who’s that? Where are the others?”

“Who do you mean by ‘that’?” Stark queried, ignoring the other rapid-fire questions and pointing back over his shoulder to where Peter stood. “The kid?”

Thor’s eyebrows shot up faster than a lightning bolt. Peter stepped forward, probably before Thor could make any assumptions of his own. “I’m Parker. Peter. Peter Parker—not, Parker Peter, that would be weird. It’s uh, it’s great to finally meet you, Thor.”

Madeline tried to wish away her headache—it was making her dizzy now. Unfortunately, she didn’t have that power. “You okay? Not feeling any… soul sucking urges?” Stark asked, apparently noticing her wincing.

“No.” She gave the billionaire a sarcastic thumbs up. “Just fine. Do you have any Advil?”

“Somewhere around here, yeah.”

“Who are you?” Thor questioned, turning to her this time.

“My name’s Madeline.”

“Are you an Avenger?”

“God no,” Stark huffed, answering for her. “A new enhanced. Maybe a witch?”

Thor shot him surprised look. “Another one?”

“If you’re referring to the Maximoff kid, then yeah, there’s a second one,” Stark muttered a reply and gestured dismissively. “It’s a long story. I’m sure you’ll find out later. Strange, if you would please sort out your mystical threat, I have guests. And also, no wizarding in my compound, mmkay? We usually end up with broken glass on the floor and I’m tired of replacing windows.”

[kindabraveandlittlestupid]

Couples Costumes

So Halloween snuck up on me this year because it’s fucking tomorrow and I kinda forgot about it with all the things on the news. I had a handful of Halloween related posts that I wanted to post and while I managed to get a few done, the ones that require some photoshop work are still on my ‘To Do List’. Clearly, I went a little overboard with my post here posting 45 Halloween Costumes above (I am counting the classic Batman Costumes and the Wayne/Garth pics as just two costumes, so yes my math is sound).

I WAS planning to do a Velma/Shaggy or Salt/Snail costume with my S.O. but I am remarkably alone yet again, woe is me and my pity party. ^_^ Not being a downer, I promise. *Slaps Cheeks* Back on topic, Michael! You're rambling again. Yeah so here is a list of costumes. I might make another list next year but let's be honest the best couples costumes will be on this post. If you have your ideas/suggests I love to hear/see them in the notes.

Cartoons

Ash & Misty (Pokemon) - Kind of a classic costume these days as they are both iconic. Who wouldn't want to see their girlfriend in some jean shorts tiny yellow tank top? Misty can be switched out for sexy Pikachu.

Bob & Louise (Bob’s Burgers) - Lots of great characters in the show but none better than Bob and Louise (sorry Tina fans). This would be a fun outfit to host a party and cook burgers. Just a thought.

Birdman & Birdgirl (Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law) - Fun costume for Adult Swim lovers. I love for my girlfriend to do that inner monologue out in the open the way Birdgirl does. I could also switch Harvey out for Phil because “Ha Ha Naughty”. 

Max & Roxanne (Goofy Movie) - Simple costume with some paint on the nose and select clothes. I suspect only the 80′s thru 90′s kids would make the connection but the Z Generation has proved me wrong before.

Wanda & Cosmo (Fairly Oddparents) - Not my favorite costume set but one that would be fun if we had a kid who we were fairy godparents too.

Curious Georgia & Man in the Yellow Hat (Curious George) - This is all the excuse you need to jump on my back or my front or my bed. 

Alice & The White Rabbit (Alice in Wonderland) - Alice in Wonderland has lots of males to dress up as between the March Hare, White Rabbit, Mad Hatter and more. I am sure you girls like options.

Lilo & Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) - If I had four arms the sexy stuff we would do in bed but I don't sadly. However, I can make a great stitch voice not that a cartoon voice does much for you.

Jack Skellington & Sally (Nightmare Before Christmas) - I might be too broad shouldered for this sort of couples costume but if my partner is willing I am game. 

Mavis & Jonathan (Hotel Transylvania) - Mavis is perhaps a little to cute. I mean kind of a strange crush on a little vampire girl, so yeah I am not against someone cosplaying her for me.

Nick Wilde & Judy Hopps (Zootopia) - A little bit anthropomorphizing of Nick and Judy but they got good chemistry and so do we.

Spinelli & T.J. (Recess) - Not to take an innocent toon in a wrong direction but you know they probably smoked weed in high school together and T.J. convinces her to wear a dress for prom but no doubt still has her boots on. They make a cute couple to say the least.

Finn & Fionna (Adventure Time) - Heroes of Adventure Time! Sadly (not really sad about that) I am not blonde but we can always up on some 

Velma & Shaggy (Scooby Doo) - Yet another cartoon crush. I like a nerd and a little thick Velma.

Fred & Wilma (The Flintstones)  - Costumes are epic enough being basically caveman tunics. I can get behind this costume more if we had a Pebbles or Bam Bam to take out trick or treating.

Movies

Black Widow & Captain America (Avengers) - If I could afford it I would be Stark. If my hair was longer I would be Thor. Perhaps Hawkeye would be a better pairing. Regardless Black Widow is a woman among many men. This means you get your pick of which hero I dress up as.

Sam & Suzy (Sunrise Kingdom) - Kind of a hipster approach towards Halloween but sometimes being a nitch audience is ok.

Max & Furiosa (Mad Max) - If my girlfriend had a buzzed head, (for whatever reason that was) Mad Max would be an awesome costume to do together.

Mask & Tina Carlyle (The Mask) - I am a big Jim Carry fan so any excuse to dress up as his characters is a win. Camren Diaz was also smoking hot in this film.

Ash & Sheila (Army of Darkness) - Ash is pretty badass and the number 1 reason to dress as him is to have a chainsaw on your hand and double barrel shotgun on your back.

Dorthy & Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz) - I can also be a Tinman or Lion for your pleasure. That and you can be a green witch... no, I think prefer Dorthy.

Mary Poppins & Bert (Mary Poppins) - This costume would be so much better if I could sing or dance but I can't so I won't.

Aragorn & Arwen (Lord of the Rings) - If I find a woman into the Lord of the Rings (and Game of Thrones) she might be a keeper.

Harry Potter & Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) - Am I the only one who is upset Harry didn't hook up with Hermione? Am I the only one upset Emma Watson didn't hook up with me? Am I rambling? Should I shut up now?

Peter & Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy) - Might easily be my favorite couple in the MCU. Gonna be a long night painting my girlfriend green.

Beetlejuice & Miss Argentina (Beetlejuice) - Again painting the girlfriend green and myself white! I suppose you could be Lydia and I can actually do a great impression of Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice.

Morticia & Gomez Addams (The Addams Family) - I would pay Thing if I could but sadly I can not disembody may hand and have it run around. I will have to settle for Gomez but your free to pick between Morticia or Wednesday. 

Wayne & Garth (Waynes World) - Playing to males? Meh sure. I loved this movie and I don't mind some cross-dressing for my partner. Just gonna be weird when Wayne makes out with Garth.

Shows

Burt Macklin & Janet Snakehole (Parks and Rec) - I am a special agent on a mission and your a wealthy widow with a secret. Only Parks and Recs fans will get this and that's just fucking great. Two rules though we don't break character and if I find a Johnny Karate, I must fight him.

Dexter Morgan & Hannah McKay (Dexter) - Might have been one of the hottest love scenes in a TV show ever. This costume works well with the plastic wrap and doubly fun to take it off you later.

Eleven & Mike (Stranger Things) - Pretty adorable couple on screen. Not sure about Season 2′s ‘rebel’ storyline in the city but still awesome all the same. I can't wait for season 3.

Batgirl/Catwoman & Batman (Batman Show) - I’m Batman. *Coughs* I mean I am dressed as Batman. The 1960′s Batman costume were simple but fun. Woman didnt look bad at all in their costumes either.

Daredevil & Electra (Daredevil) - I may keep it simple with the black mask and black shirt combo over the body armor. The good thing about those Marvel shows is the outfits are basic as hell.

William Riker & Deanna Troi (Star Trek) - Loved the TNG. Loved Star Trek. Can't go wrong with simple clothes and the Starfleet badge.

Comics/Video Games

Wonder Woman & Superman (DC Comics) - Open to interpretation about which Superman or Wonderwoman we are dressing up as. I have to admit the Wonder Woman movie costume was awesome. 

Batman & Catwoman (DC Comics) - Few romances have ever been so ‘Cat and Mouse’ or rather ‘Bat and Cat’ than that of Batman and Catwoman. The skin-tight body suit and whip make Catwoman all that much alluring. You can decide if you want to go TV show, Cartoon, Comics, Video Game or Movie versions of Selena Kyle.

Rogue & Gambit (Marvel Comics) - A man with deep love and a woman who can never be touched by him (at least skin to skin). This is some Shakespeare level tragedy for this lovely duo.

Spiderman & Black Cat (Marvel Comics) - What can I say its the costume on Black Cat... 

Link & Zelda (Legend of Zelda) - I am totally open to also as playing as Ganon if you want me to capture you and tie you down to the bed. 

Misc

Mimes - A whole day of not talking to one another and miming shit out?! Sounds horrible lets just talk in private when no one is looking.

Fireman & Dalmation Girl - Who’s a good girl? Who’s a good girl? You are! Yes you are!

Little Red & Big Bad Wolf - I won't lie 90% of the reason this costume works is that it leads to sexy time in the bedroom.

Waldo & Wanda - We go to Good Will, buy a bunch of random junk. Write Property of Waldo on it and leave it around the neighborhood all night long. We can set up a Waldo themed house so people can bring items back to us.

Snail & Salt Shaker - Oh ho ho am I clever? Probably not someone has been bound to make a costume like this before. I think it be fun for you to avoid me the whole part as I walk around as a Salt Shaker.

Frankenstein & Bride of Frankenstein - Classic movie costume and its really all about the hair for the bride. I can imagine this being a big hit with the kids and fun for a monster movie night.

Regards Michael California

[slavicviking]

Character Ask meme: Astrid Hofferson, Hiccup Haddock, and Fishlegs Ingerman.

From here

I know thatprobably you should do those “why I like them” or “why I don’t” but no character is perfect so I’ll provide both,no matter how much I love my dorks ;) (And don’t get me wrong, I love all ofthe characters listed below)

AstridHofferson

Why I like them – I love andadmire her determination, her loyalty. When she believes in something, shestands by it. When she cares – she will do anything in her power to protect it.She never gives up.

Why I don’t – lack ofcharacter background. Beside the Uncle Finn clip, what do we actually knowabout her? Who is she? Who’s her family? Is she a family person? It doesn’tmake me dislike her (none of the things I will mention make me disike thecharacters, really), but it makes her more…distant?

Favorite episode (scene ifmovie) – Dragon Training scenes aka Astrid In Action

Favorite season/movie – first movie!(I’m a sentimental person :P)

Favorite line – deleted linefrom HTTYD 1

“I’m more of an old-fashioned,‘take it down with an axe and then lop its head of’ kind of a girl.”

Favorite outfit – the firstmovie, definitely!

OTP – Hiccstrid, and here’swhy

Brotp – Astrid and Stormfly –it’s just so pure, full of compassion and trust for one another. They didn’tstart off on the right foot but later on became really close, able to entrusttheir lives to one another without a second thought.

Head Canon – she’s a big toughwarrior that maybe kind of really likes squishing the insides of her friendsand family in a form of a hug

Unpopular opinion – I likeAstrid’s outfit and animation etc from the second movie and all, but Iprefer the HTTYD 1 version. She was a warrior, she was dirty, she wassweaty, she was angry, she was raw, but it made her all the more interesting

(Looks like not only thedragons got a whiff of the nip, aye, Hiccup?)

A wish – for her too neverstop kicking a$$

Anoh-god-please-dont-ever-happen – stop kicking a$$ ^^

5 words to best describe them –warrior, loyal, passionate, determined, stubborn

My nickname for them - *is badwith nicknames*

Hiccup HorrendousHaddock

Why I like them – He has flaws,and I think that’s what makes me love the movies so much. As well as hispassion for what he does, the love he has for who is supposed to be regarded asan enemy, the fact he’s able to look through them, see a light in the darktunnel. He’s unconventional in his way of doing things. He thinks outside ofthe box.

And, of course, the sarcasm. Long live the sarcasm.

Why I don’t – he can be soutterly boarheaded and irresponsible (makes me shake head at that little mixbut that is a proof the main character does not have to be perfect orheroic-all-the-damn-time.). And in his I-want-to-fight-dragons-to-be-a-hero ori-will-talk-to-drago-anyway even a bit selfish

Favorite episode (scene ifmovie) – the first flight (both the visuals and John Powell’s score areabsolutely thrilling and outstanding)

Favorite season/movie – the firstmovie, it just struck me in so many ways

Favorite line – “Pain. Loveit.” I don’t really understand whybut it’s just something that I connect with him and the movie so much. It’siconic to me.

Favorite outfit – the flyingsuit, because it has so many thingies in random places and it’s just so Hiccup

OTP – Hiccstrid trash, reporting for duty!

Brotp – Hicctooth all thewayyyyy

Look at my bois

Head Canon – Hiccup inheritedthe tremendous act of snoring after his father. He’s not aware. Toothless is.Astrid is. Basically all Berk is but him.And probably beyond Berk.

Unpopular opinion – Hiccup isnot all that innocent in the first movie. Bah, he at times behaves like a totalbrat and is unable to comprehend the true danger of the village’s predicament.

A wish – for that obliviousdork to listen to people sometimes. Might save him someday. Or his loved ones*cough cough*

Anoh-god-please-dont-ever-happen – break him and Toothless apart *stares at HTTYD3*

5 words to best describe them –dork, innovator, open-minded, passionate, stubborn

My nickname for them - *isstill bad at nicknames*

FishlegsIngerman

Why I like them – he’s a cutelittle cinammon roll and the way he gushes about dragons makes my heart melt

Why I don’t – I don’t know but…hischaracterization in RTTE kind of irks me. Don’t get me wrong, it has its moments.But sometimes Fishlegs’ behavior is just off, turns arrogant – that’s not theFishy I know and love.

Favorite episode (scene ifmovie) – every time he rambled during the Dragon Training with the dragon right there

Favorite season/movie – first!(I know, who would have thought? :P)

Favorite line – Fishlegs RamblingAbout Dragons – am I supposed to pick one? Impossible.  :D

Favorite outfit – his outfitdoesn’t change that much, but I’ll go with the second movie because of thesatchel for his dragen cards (and I respect that lil’satchel)

OTP – I don’t exactly have anOTP for Fishy – I’m still waiting for something to blow me away

Brotp – Fishlegs and Meatlug –yesyesyes. They are so pure.

Head Canon – sometimes Fishlegsis like “screw you bed”, and just spends the night by Meatlugs’ side

Unpopular opinion – I don’tthink either the movies nor the show let Fishlegs really shine. And I think hehas a lot of potential!

A wish – to get him some morescreen time in the third movie

Anoh-god-please-dont-ever-happen – don’t take his dragon books and cards awayfrom him, he’s they’re too precious

5 words to best describe them –cinnamon-roll, Nerd tm, dork, sweet, compassionate

My nickname for them  - Fishy, or Fish-Thor Bonegerman

That was fun! If you want me to do more of these, I’m game!