#emmas a goddamn hero

[pinazee]

Can we take a moment to appreciate that emma was down to help bill get his daughter back even though it was incredibly dangerous and she just met him??

[allwormdiet]

Extermination 8.1

Jesus Christ. Okay. Let's get this going.

Y'know, I wonder if Taylor might be cynical about human nature or something, weird

Hey Dragon, very cool to meet you in the chrome.

Aww, she's starstruck

Hey Weld, cool to meet you, wish it was under less dire circumstances

See, the nice thing about the Empire showing up to an Endbringer fight is that the Endbringer can then massacre a bunch of fucking Nazis. Totally victimless deaths, and no hand-wringing about whether it's right or wrong to take them down.

If I was giving performance notes to Leviathan for this showing I would have to criticize that he didn't kill more of them, frankly

Hey kids, sorry some of you are about to get slaughtered in a fight you're way underqualified for

Hey Panacea, I'll see you later when you decide to exacerbate Skitter's paranoia in revenge for the bank job and make this arc go from bad to worse for her

So I know Legend is publicly gay from fandom osmosis, but what I don't know in this moment is whether Wildbow had decided on that beforehand and Taylor is currently ogling a gay dude, or if he decided on it after writing this. I guess it doesn't strictly matter, but it leaves me curious how much of this was laid out in advance, especially with some other writing decisions that are gonna come up this arc

So Myrddin straight up has a wizard gimmick and that's kind of wild, but not nearly as wild as the fact that a Protectorate cape apparently flew off the handle sufficiently far enough to yell a racial slur multiple times in public. Like holy shit that is some radioactive PR.

Also, while you do not in fact have to hand it to the Empire Eighty-Eight, it is very funny of Kaiser to taunt Bastion like this

So that's the Triumvirate rounded out, and... how to put this. There's something that's almost sweet about Taylor's thoughts diverting to think about the "who would win" discussions about heroes. Like, I dunno, it's a cute insight into the world. Maybe she used to have those conversations with Emma back when they were younger.

Y'know, I'm constantly wary of government-employed superheroes as a concept, but frankly i think a corporate superhero team is even more hair-raising. The Christian superheroes could break in either direction, either they're genuinely good people who take their faith seriously or they're just self-righteous pukes. Knowing the general tone of this story, I'd be surprised if it was the first one.

Hey Parian, hey Flechette, looking forward to your later contributions

What the hell is Bambina's deal, even. Does she have some kinda thing going on like Babydoll from BTAS, or what. I don't know if I've heard the name come up before.

Grue, Regent, c'mon now

Also yeah Taylor, I think you sufficiently scared the absolute bejeezus out of Sundancer when you made this story really earn a content warning for eye horror.

Okay so I did not realize that Narwhal was gonna have a goddamn exhibitionist thing going on here, what the hell. Can you just get away with whatever as long as you're not showing your nipples or genitals? Did it truly never come up that she could maybe wear pants to cover up a little bit?

So I knew previously that Legend is a notoriously poor public speaker, but the fact that he just straight up says "best case scenario twenty-five percent of you are dead before sunset" is ridiculous. Kristen Applebees could give a more inspiring speech than this.

Everyone in that room must be questioning their life choices tbh

Current Thoughts

I know they all volunteered, and I know that there's a protectiveness that comes with fighting for your hometown, but Jesus Christ there should be an age limit for fighting Endbringers. Signing up the teenagers to fight Nazis is already a bit rough, but the kaiju who is going to kill a bunch of them feels like someone should have pulled them back. It might technically have been the wrong decision given how critical kids like Flechette and Skitter end up being, but at least then I'd feel less judgmental of the people running this show.

Anyhow. God Taylor just keeps ending up being lonely, huh? Can't escape it, poor girl.

[jonasgoonface]

Happy anniversary of Willem Van Spronsen's attack on the Tacoma ICE detention center. Here's a thing I drew a while back. Here's a manifesto that he wrote, it's v good. ------

What follows is the written manifesto of Willem Van Spronsen:

there's wrong and there's right. it's time to take action against the forces of evil. evil says one life is worth less than another. evil says the flow of commerce is our purpose here. evil says concentration camps for folks deemed lesser are necessary. the handmaid of evil says the concentration camps should be more humane. beware the centrist.

i have a father's broken heart i have a broken down body and i have an unshakable abhorrence of injustice. that is what brings me here. this is my clear opportunity to try to make a difference, i'd be an ingrate to be waiting for a more obvious invitation.

i follow three teachers: don pritts, my spiritual guide, "love without action is just a word." john brown, my moral guide, "what is needed is action!" emma goldman, my political guide, "if i can't dance, i don't want to be in your revolution."

i'm a head in the clouds dreamer, i believe in love and redemption. i believe we're going to win i'm joyfully revolutionary. (we all should have been reading emma goldman in school instead of the jingo drivel we were fed. but i digress.) (we should all be looking at the photos of the YJP heroes should we falter and think our dreams are impossible, but i double digress. fight me.)

in these days of fascist hooligans preying on vulnerable people on our streets, in the name of the state or supported and defended by the state,

in these days of highly profitable detention/concentration camps and a battle over the semantics, in these days of hopelessness, empty pursuit and endless yearning,

we are living in visible fascism ascendant. (i say visible, because those paying attention watched it survive and thrive under the protection of the state for decades [see howard zinn, "a people's history of the united states.") now it unabashedly follows its agenda with open and full cooperation from the government. from governments around the world.

fascism serves the needs of the state serves the needs of business and at your expense. who benefits? jeff bezos, warren buffet, elon musk, tim cook, bill gates, betsy de vos, george soros, and need i go on? let me say it again: rich guys, (who think you're not really all that good,) really dig government, (every government everywhere, including "communist" governments,) because they make rules that make rich guys richer.

simple. don't overthink it.

(are you patriots in the back paying attention?)

when i was a boy, in post war holland, later france, my head was filled with stories of the rise of fascism in the 30's. i promised myself that i would not be one of those who stands by as neighbors are torn from their homes and imprisoned for somehow being perceived as lesser. you don't have to burn the motherfucker down, but are you just going to stand by?

this is the test of our fundamental belief in real freedom and our responsibility to each other. this is a call to patriots, too, to stand against this travesty against everything that you hold sacred. i know you. i know that in your hearts, you see the dishonor in these camps. it's time for you, too, to stand up to the money pulling the strings of every goddamn puppet pretending to represent us.

i'm a man who loves you all and this spinning ball so much that i'm going to fulfill my childhood promise to myself to be noble.

here it is, in these corporate for profit concentration camps. here it is, in brown and non conforming folks afraid to show their faces for fear of the police/migra/proud boys/the boss/beckies... here it is, a planet almost used up by the market's greed.

i'm a black and white thinker. detention camps are an abomination. i'm not standing by. i really shouldn't have to say any more than this.

i set aside my broken heart and i heal the only way i know how- by being useful. i efficiently compartmentalize my pain... and i joyfully go about this work. (to those burdened with the wreckage from my actions, i hope that you will make the best use of that burden.)

to my comrades:

i regret that i will miss the rest of the revolution. thank you for the honor of having me in your midst.

giving me space to be useful, to feel that i was fulfilling my ideals, has been the spiritual pinnacle of my life.

doing what i can to help defend my precious and wondrous people is an experience too rich to describe.

my trans comrades have transformed me, solidifying my conviction that we will be guided to a dreamed of future by those most marginalized among us today. i have dreamed it so clearly that i have no regret for not seeing how it turns out. thank you for bringing me so far along.

i am antifa, i stand with comrades around the world who act from the love of life in every permutation. comrades who understand that freedom means real freedom for all and a life worth living.

keep the faith! all power to the people! bella ciao

don't let your silly government agencies spend money "investigating" this one. i was radicalized in civics class at 13 when we were taught about the electoral college. it was at that point that i decided that the status quo might be a house of cards. further reading confirmed in the positive. i highly recommend reading! i am not affiliated with any organization, i have disaffiliated from any organizations who disagree with my choice of tactics. the semi automatic weapon i used was a cheap, home built unregistered "ghost" ar15, had six magazines. i strongly encourage comrades and incoming comrades to arm themselves. we are now responsible for defending people from the predatory state. ignore the laws of arming yourself if you have the luxury, i did.

[mermaidsirennikita]

Any stalking historical romance you would recommend?

A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart. He doesn't stalk her at first, but he DOES after she poisons him with the intent to murder him (justified) and it doesn't really let up from there. Very dark, check your TWs.

Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt. Obviously. Valentine lives in his walls spying on Bridget for like. Months. Duke of Pleasure has some heroine-on-hero stalking with Alf acting as like a vigilante and watching the Duke of Kyle. Duke of Desire has some stalking as well. All of these are on the darker side, so check your TWs.

I just finished (and loved) The Gentleman Who Loved Me by Grace Callaway. The hero is 14 years older than the heroine and knew her when she was a kid--she was very much a little sister to him, she doesn't remember him because again, she was very young. Years later, when she's an adult, he comes across her again and begins keeping a look out for her, paying off people spreading gossip about her, threatening people who want to do her wrong, following her.... NORMAL BIG BRO STUFF.

Lady Charlotte's and The Seductive Spymaster by Grace Callaway. Charlie thinks her husband's long dead, but he's very much alive and has recently started following her around and fucking up her attempts to move on (after like OVER A DECADE). Very funny, and weeeeeirdly hot.

Beyond Scandal and Desire by Lorraine Heath. It's LIGHT here, but I do think that Mick Trewlove following Aslyn around as part of his Revenge Plot (and also staring out his window broodingly while rubbing a strand of pearls she lost in a bet at his club, which he immediately took from the winner) comes off as pretty stalkerish.

Rules for a Proper Governess by Jennifer Ashley. More heroine on hero stalking! The heroine is from the gutter and becomes obsessed with the stern lawyer hero, following him around all over town.

Melissa and The Vicar by S.M. LaViolette. Magnus hunts Melissa down like a DOG when she leaves him. And it takes him weeks and he doesn't sleep well during that time so he looks like SHIT and is completely deranged. I. Love. It.

In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint by Alexandra Vasti. Some light heroine on hero stalking from afar. The heroine draws the hero in some of her personal porn, which is, as we know, one of my favorite things.

Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas. Lmao Harry most definitely stalks Poppy everywhere and basically ruins her life to force her to marry him. Kinda king shit tbh.

Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale. GLORIOUS STALKERY. Allegreto does some mastermind.mp3 shit to get Elena in his clutches, only to realize.... she's kind of A LOT.

The Duke Who Knew Too Much by Grace Callaway. Again, some heroine on hero stalking, I think. Emma is stalking her hero to prove that he committed a murder because she saw him doing thing against his mistress's will before she died! And he has to explain what CNC is to her. Bless.

I would also say that Pippa and The Prince of Secrets has a good deal of stalkery vibes? Cull is Keeping His Eye on Pippa because she's getting into trouble and he's now like, the leader of a bunch of CHILD THIEVES LMAO. A lot of Grace's books have stalkery elements, tbh, and fortunately I do love that.

The Lady Hellion by Joanna Shupe has a heroine who dresses as a man to go fight for justice at night, and a hero who's all "NOW WAIT ONE GODDAMN MINUTE" and starts stalking her as a result. It's all fun and games until you're following some broad around through brothels at night, boys.

Never Seduce a Duke by Vivienne Lorret has a hero who becomes obsessed with the heroine and follows her on a wild goose chase across Europe because he's convinced that she stole his special secret demented Arthurian cookbook. She.... just thinks he likes her, lmao.

[lonerwitc-h]

MY OWN HERO, MY OWN FOE ☠ PLAYLIST. Ouça aqui.

Homesick Noah Kahan

I would leave if only I could find a reason I'm mean because I grew up in New England I got dreams but I can't make myself believe them Spend the rest of my life with what could have been And I will die in the house that I grew up in I'm homesick

Too Sweet Hozier

I think I'll take my whiskey neat My coffee black and my bed at three You're too sweet for me

Body and Mind girl in red

I've been seeking solace in the strangest of things Getting my hands dirty while I beat out the kinks I've been chasing everything that makes me feel cold Practicing self love is something I don't really know

Dear August PJ Harding & Noah Cyrus

Slowly, why's the morning come so slowly When I got no one to hold me through the dark? Patient, they tell me that love is patient But it never wants to wait on my drunk heart

Burn the Witch Emma Blackery

'Cause, baby, I'm a liar, I'm a bitch And you and I have unfinished business Narcissistic hypocrite And I'm petty as hell, but at least I admit it Blow my phone up, say I'm crazy I know what you've called me lately It's time to burn the witch

Pussy is God King Princess

You know that it's God, baby, when you're around her I've been praying for hours You know that it's God, baby, when you're around her She's God and I've found her, oh

Better Now Oh Wonder

So I hope you're feeling better now, better now Better now, better now Yeah, I hope you're feeling better now, better now And they've lifted the dark clouds 'Cause you've been through it all And I'll wait for the call just to know If you're better now

Heavy Dizzy

And I ask where does all the good go? I theorize a black hole and Try not to get too sentimental and so I have a drink I feel a little better Is this the way you always feel? I'm jealous and uncool But could I ask Do you feel?

She's a Genius Jet

She wakes up scared of getting old She don't feel no shame She knows so many pretty boys And they are all the same They said 'oh hey there girl tell me what do you do' She said 'um nothing but I'm damn sure it's more than you'

I HATE EVERYBODY Halsey

But in reality I don't even Remember anything but thinkin' you're the one And I can force a future like it's nothin', so I Just hate everybody Well then why can't I go home without somebody? And really I could fall in love with anybody Who don't want me, so I just keep sayin' I hate everybody But maybe I, maybe I don't

Lava Lamp Dandi

I may be pretty on the outside But I burn when I am touched I keep my feelings on the inside Cause I'm bad at falling in love

Nightmare Halsey

"Come on, little lady, give us a smile" No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for A moment to say I don't owe you a goddamn thing

[stackthedeck]

Headcanon : Peter is immune to the penance stare.

No, not because of some magical bullshit or random superpower of even his hidden part of his spider power or because he has no regrets.

It doesn't work because he's already too depressed, traumatised and full of self hatred since he was 15

And some telepaths cries just by Reading the memories of his first year as Spider-Man. Especially Emma frost

What’s with the causal misogyny in my inbox today goddamn. New rule you’ve gotta google the characters you’re shitting on before assuming I’ll agree with you.

Let’s set a couple things straight. in terms of tragic origin stories Peter has it pretty good. His parents died when he was young and he had loving relatives that cared for him as best they could within their means. Yes Ben’s death is awful and Peter struggles to keep himself and his aunt alive but nothing particularly awful happens until college. Emma Frost who witnessed her brother’s attempted suicide and was sexually abused as a child, wouldn’t have a psychological break from getting a glimpse into Peter’s twisted mind. She’s been in the superhero game for awhile. she’s telepathically linked with Magneto, Peter’s not more traumatized than a holocaust survivor.

And Emma has interacted with Peter in this way. I assume you’ve seen the panels but not read the whole issue? This is from X-Men: Devils Reign # 2

Emma Frost is an empathetic person who cares deeply for children and she feels for his suffering. But like this isn’t a rich lady horrified by how the poor™️ live. She’s a teacher who’s rescuing a child and she meets a former child (Peter) who she wishes she could have rescued too. Some comic fans have gotten way to comfortable saying the most out of pocket shit about Emma Frost after the tony wedding like fuck those fans Emma is too good for him.

Anyway Peter Parker is not the most special boy in the world, he’s not a chosen one, he’s just some guy that makes the choice to be good. Suffering doesn’t make you a hero or a good person, it just makes you suffer. We don’t choose our suffering but we get to choose to be good every day and it’s hard but someone has to and that’s the point of Spider-Man. So no I don’t think his trauma makes Peter special because that’d be a boring edgy depressing story, I think his will power and drive to do what’s right is what makes Spider-Man special.

[burningexeter]

[IDEA THAT'S NOT YET A PITCH]

Marvel's Damage Control

What is it —

A female-led Marvel action-superhero series that instead of being the type of pandering and obnoxious girl power schlock that we have today, is a throwback to 2000s and early 2010s action cartoons that wipe the floor with modern garbage.

PREMISE:

Heavily implied to be in the same continuity as The Spectacular Spider-Man, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Wolverine and the X-Men, a now college student Mary Jane Watson is looking ahead for her future but is currently struggling to keep up with the rest due to certain personal issues in her private life.

Accepting an opportunity that could potentially make her life now easier and even set her future in stone, MJ learns the hard way that sometimes taking what appears to be the easy route isn't always the best option when she discovers it's nothing more than a horrible ruse that lands her into a secret street level conflict between a now solo Susan Storm/Invisible Woman, a now solo Emma Frost, Felicia Hardy/Black Cat, Sable Manfredi/Silver Sable and a now solo Tandy Bowen/Dagger. That is until a series of new threats emerge that affects them all in some way, shape or form and the six of them end up forming an unlikely team whose job is to be a clean-up crew that specialize in dealing with the aftermath of superhero conflicts, rescheduling events because of the conflicts and retrieving lost items. Turns out for Mary Jane, it pays really well.

NOTES/TRIVIA/DETAILS:

• Yes, it will be directly implied to be set in the Yost-Verse continuity. Not only will all the voice actresses — Vanessa Marshall, Erin Torpey, Kari Wahlgren, Tricia Helfer and Nikki Cox — reprise their roles but there will be a definite wink-wink, nudge-nudge to the events of the previous three shows. The idea for it is that several things (in this case, Spectacular, EMH and Wolverine) happened, they all of a sudden went dormant but now BOOM! it's back and the shadows here are moving again, everything is moving under the goddamn sun and you pick it up from there.

• The Damage Control team will be a more than unconventional team that come into conflict over different things with the big ones being Black Cat and Silver Sable aren't afraid to get their hands dirty since they're basically villains-turned-anti-heroes while Mary Jane's personal life plays a role in the events for the team. However, it's at the end of the day that it's revealed they're an incredibly effective and capable team that get the damn job done.

• One thing that will be played for humor and help define and establish the tone of it where it's more on a somewhat grounded level is that the team, much to her dismay, decide to live together in Mary Jane's apartment where she shares the same bed as Sue and Sable who ultimately act as caring mother figures to her.

• Another thing that will differentiate it from others is that the six leads will actually have their bumbling and screw-up boobish moments (a la Elastigirl checking herself out in the mirror, Kim Possible accidentally landing into the arms of a Bebe and then being thrown etc.) to show that despite being "strong, female characters" they are far from perfect but it makes sense in context because Mary Jane is just starting out as a superhero, Susan, Emma and Cloak are just starting as solo heroes and Black Cat and Sable are just starting out as anti-heroes so they're all bound to screw up when they're in action.

• Now this is just for fun but there will be a few easter eggs, references and flat-out and direct cameos either to or from other non-superhero media that establishes a retroactive shared universe. I mean hey if fucking Ultimate Spider-Man can do it with Jessie, thus having it be part of the Disney Channel Universe officially than why can't I with this. For example, Sable finds herself stuck in an elevator with a certain eccentric black woman who turns out to be security after having worked at the infamous C.U.R.E. Institute — it's motherfucking Denise Hemphill from Scream Queens with Niecy Nash reprising her role.

[dealmxkerofgold]

You know what I would love to see/read/write more of?

Rumple and Belle actually being a part of the big and messy and a little crazy but close-knit and loving and loyal family that is the Charming-Mills-Swan-Gold-(Jones) clan.

Rumple developing normal positive relationships with people.

Rumple being a reluctant — at least at first — (because he had been what is classified as villain for a very long while... and most fairytale characters have according attitude towards him) hero and protecting Storybrooke from threats that rain down on it as if from a horn of plenty along with the so-called 'hero squad'.

Rumple interacting with Henry and Prince Neal (mind you, he might have a hard time calling him by his name, especially soon after Neal's birth, when the memories of his own son's death are still too painfully fresh) and other kids of Storybrooke.

Rumple offering Emma his help in controling her magic (aka Rumple teaching Emma because as much as I like the idea of Regina teaching Emma magic, I believe Rumple would be a better teacher because of his experience + change of perspective that would make him a less mean and more helpful teacher).

Rumple helping Snow out with the baby, either through advice ( because he was a father and a rather good one at that, and though it was a very long time ago, those memories come back easily... plus, it would help him build his self-esteem a little, show him he can do good things and be helpful and appreaciated ) or some of the home remedies he learnt to make either from his spinner aunties or other women in the village when Bae was little or just holding Neal for a while and keeping him calm ( because I headcanon him to be a bit of a Baby Whisperer ) so Snow can have a little rest.

Adding to that, a rather surprised Rumple finding himself welcomed easily (maybe, even warmly) in Storybrooke's Mommy Group because Snow shared some of his advices with other mothers and they turned out surprisingly helpful.

Rumple's friendship with David. That’s just... I love their relationship, especially as it was portrayed in S2, very much)

Rumple/Weaver and Alice/Tilly's relationship. It's just so... special. The way Alice was determined to not let him forget who he is at heart and not let him be alone, at least, when it began to seem like he did forget. The way Rumple basically adopted her from first sight. The less openly affectionate but still quite caring relationship between Weaver and Tilly — the "I care about you and you know I care about you but we're gonna pretend very badly that it's not the case because I've got a tough cop/girl reputation to uphold" of it all. Just... Theirs is the relationship(s) I didn't know I needed but once I got it, I can’t imagine not loving (and watching and writing and giffing) the hell out of it.

Speaking about S7, Rumple's reluctant friendship with Wish!Hook and their partnership (and co-parenting) as Detectives Weaver and Rogers is another case of "I didn��t know I needed it". Because I don’t like OG!Hook and would never even think about him having any kind of positive relationship with Rumple, but Wish!Hook? He's another matter entirely. He's not perfect, of course, but I like him a ton better than his counterpart and love the growth of his relationship with Rumple. What OG!Hook never could do, Wish!Hook did (and I love him for it).

.

Just... instead of being forced into the role of a secondary villain every goddamn season since S4, Rumple being allowed to continue his redemption arc and grow the same way the writers let Regina and Zelena grow.

[roxanadiaz]

ℂ𝕒𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕖

𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕴 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝕴 𝖌𝖊𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖆𝖓𝖞𝖔𝖓𝖊

the sounds of a sea of screaming people calling your name, but you can't name one of them. bruised knees and bandaids are just a small part of the lessons learned. singing in the bathtub for the acoustics. thrifted betsy johnson dresses worn to big premieres. your messy room fully reflects your messy mind. where has your heart run off, now? trying to get people to see the real you, only to be perceived as cool. you hold grudges to the point your heart begs for you to stop and let it go. revenge is in your nature, much like asking for forgiveness. just try not to fall off stage, this time - please.

ℕ𝕠𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤

Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl by Olivia Rodrigo Roxana Diaz || " Laughed at the wrong time / Sat with the wrong guy / Searching 'how to start a conversation' on the website / Talked to this hot guy, swore I was his type / Guess that he's been making out with boys, like, all night / Everything I do is tragic "

Enchanted by Taylor Swift || " This night is sparkling, don't you let it go / I'm wonderstruck, blushing all the way home / ... Lingering question kept me up / 2AM, who do you love? / I wonder 'til I'm wide awake "

Not Another Rockstar by Maisie Peters || " Talk about me, but make it all about you / Caught you rippin' your jeans, and that's when I knew / You'd leave me dead if it set you apart / And I'm like, "Oh goddamn, not another rockstar" "

Nonsense by Sabrina Carpenter || " I'll be honest, looking at you got me thinking nonsense / Cartwheels in my stomach when you walk in / Think I got an ex, but I forgot him / And I can't find my chill, I must've lost it / I don't even know, I'm talking nonsense "

All American Bitch by Olivia Rodrigo Roxana Diaz || " Forgive and I forget / I know my age and I act like it / Got what you can't resist / I'm a perfect all-American bitch "

Too Well by Reneé Rapp || " It's easier holding a grudge / Rather be angry than crushed / I'm doing too much / I'm back where I started again / Crying and calling my friends / This shit never ends "

When Emma Falls in Love by Taylor Swift || " 'Cause she's the kind of book that you can't put down / Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town / And all the bad boys would be good boys / If they only had the chance to love her / And to tell you the truth, sometimes I wish I was her "

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔹 𝕊��𝕕𝕖 ( 𝘢 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 )

older by Sasha Alex Sloane || " The older I get, the more that I see / My parents aren't heroes / They're just like me "

Older Than I am by Lennon Stella || " My heart's seen things I wish it didn't / Somewhere I lost some of my innocence / And I miss it "

Baby, You're a Haunted House by Gerard Way || " And the nights, they last forever / And the days are always making you blue / In the dark we laugh together / Cause the misery's funny to you "

Mean Something by Lizzy McAlpine || " I saw your name on a street sign / In the middle of nowhere / And that has to mean something "

Suburbia by Troye Sivan || " Have you heard me on the radio? / Did you turn it up? / Are you blowing that stereo in suburbia? "

making the bed by Olivia Rodrigo Roxana Diaz || " Sometimes I feel like I don't wanna be where I am / Gettin' drunk at a club with my fair-weather friends / Push away all the people who know me the best / ... I'm so tired of bein' the girl that I am / Every good thing has turned into something I dread / And I'm playin' the victim so well in my head / But it's me whose been making the bed "

The Lucky One by Taylor Swift || " And they tell you that you're lucky, but you're so confused / 'Cause you don't feel pretty, you just feel used "

[augment-techs]

Fanfic titles: Not where the Storyline Ends + Fern/Izzy????

Rating: M Relationships: Izzy Garcia/Fern; Camille/Jarrod; Adam Park/Rocky DeSantos/Aisha Campbell & Matt Cook; Tommy Oliver/Kat Hillard; Ziggy Grover/Dillon; Jake Holling/Emma Goodall. Characters: Izzy Garcia; Fern; Camille; Damon Henderson; Adam Park; Mike (power rangers samurai); Jake Holling; Ziggy Grover; Cameron Watanabe; Matthew Cook; Tommy Oliver; etc. Additional Tags: Crack Treated Seriously; Lesbians in Space; Bad Flirting; Pining Idiots; Hero Worship; Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Women Being Awesome. Summary: 'This feels like a Zayto or Amelia problem. Why does it have to be mine?' Here's the thing about the Morphin Grid: time is an illusion, and if you're sent a call for your Color, you have to go. Izzy is Green, though. Izzy is GREEN and in being called to gather with other Greens, it leaves her feeling...very out of place. She was the newest, the youngest, the least experienced, and looking around the weird location they'd all been brought to, she also noted with a precarious amount of trouble building up inside her that she was one of only TWO girls in the entire goddamn lot. And she couldn't even seem to talk to the other one in any meaningful capacity, because Camille of Pai Zhua might have looked like she was barely in her twenties, but she was actually thousands of years old and had come up from being a villain for the greater chunk of her life. Also, she flirted with everyone just to make them uncomfortable and---while Izzy could respect that---it just made her even more depressed in the moment. Made her miss her girlfriend while surrounded by the likes of Cameron Watanabe and Damon Henderson and Tommy-Goddamn-Oliver. Yeah, this Forever Green was shaping up to be a shitshow.

[pinazee]

I finally got to Hey, Melissa! And Im going to have to insist the lang brothers give paul just one goddamn happy ending at some point (preferably soon) Cause um… jesus fucking christ.

Don’t get me wrong, it was a good story and i see what they were doing (p.s i stan a serial killing team of ladies. Im a feminist), but uh, this was a level of torture and humiliation i was unprepared for. And paul was just trying to help- to the point that he didn’t answer emmas call just so he could be there for melissa. Paul comes across as a very neutral guy but he’s actually a full blown hero.

And fucking Ted! Like he didn’t deserve it either but at the same time…fuck you ted.

[allwormdiet]

Tangle 6.9

I don't wanna deal with this parrrrrrrrrt

Taylor. Taylor. I know you're getting desperate but come on. You can't write an email to the hero you and your friends publicly bodied on the same night that you did the bodying.

Nobody's checking her on her shit. Nobody who she should theoretically be able to go to for advice is equipped for this, or even inclined to help her. Danny would try, I'm certain, but he'd be out of his depth. Emma might have been a grounding influence for Taylor once upon a time but, haha, that is no longer an option. School is worthless to her, and her new (only) friends are the ones who are doing the crimes she's involving herself in, not to mention that she became their friend with the intent to backstab them.

...I wish she'd just talk to her dad about this shit. Her refusal to even try and explain it to him feels like it's tangled up in something she can't even name or describe. He's the closest confidant she has at this point, and that's not saying much, but for fuck's sake it should be saying something.

Fuck.

Fucky fucker fucking fuck.

You can't lie to someone you live with for that long about something that can be so easily fact-checked and expect to never get caught out. It's just not feasible.

God this is so hard. She's trying to spare his feelings, she's trying to not pin any of this on him, and it's not working. The fact that she feels like she can't trust him means that he failed to be trustworthy to her, somewhere along the way, and she won't even acknowledge that. She won't even sit across the table from him to talk about this.

Here's where Danny scuffs it, honestly. I'm not going to say he was even wrong to anticipate Taylor's avoidance, but hemming her in like this is only going to rile her up worse. I don't know what the right answer is. Breaks my heart.

I don't think it's fair of Taylor to lump her dad in with the others who've hurt her, in no small part because. This hurt that Danny's feeling, the pain that makes her twist with guilt and frustration, was damage she caused by lying to him, by pushing him away. She's been so lonely for so long and the one person who could've been an ally, even an ineffectual one, is the one she's kept at arm's length throughout all of it.

Even the violence, even the kicking and the breaking, is just a way to avoid telling him anything.

Just pull the bandage off, Taylor, please. Maybe the worst-case scenario happens but then you don't have to keep that poisonous cold lump inside of you. There's other reactions he could have, better ones. I don't think his love for you is conditional. I don't think

Okay so this is almost the right decision she's making, here

Yes! Be with your friends, make bonds that last, admit to yourself what you actually want

God fucking dammit

Straight up crying in the club rn

Tell him! Oh my god please just tell him. Taylor for the love of god please just tell him

Fuck

Lisa's just a kid, too. As much as she pretends otherwise, as much as Danny wants to believe her.

So. Fucking sad.

Current Thoughts

The Heberts break my goddamn heart.

Danny tried, but he pushed too hard when Taylor was already raw and accidentally put her in a defensive mindset, made her feel cornered, unsafe. And then when it came down to it, he still let her walk away. He let Lisa take her from him.

And Taylor. God. I wish she'd just let Danny support her. Even if he doesn't solve her problems, if she could just lean on him during the low times that could make such a difference. I think he could understand, maybe given time. He'd side with her before he'd side against her, no matter who was on the other side.

Another point of proof, I guess. Taylor's fate wasn't sealed from the beginning. It doesn't have to go the way that it goes. There were options, much as she can't see them.

And the roads not taken just make it hurt that much more.

Interlude next.

*sigh*

[smileytiger28]

Quantumania thoughts, by character

The Heist Guys

I love and miss them and removing them from this movie was its biggest flaw. Except the one played by TI because TI is a scumbag.

Scott

As much as everyone, especially my dad, loves Paul Rudd, I don’t buy him in this movie as a dramatic actor. Probably has to do with the tropey writing and stuff more than Paul’s actual chops but there’s no small parts etc. this movie just tried so hard to be taken seriously that gave up its pedestrian, relatable humor — the thing that made the first two movies so great, and the thing that attaches Paul Rudd to this character — and replaced it with contrived and tropey drama. It felt sometimes like Paul Rudd was trying to imitate Generic Action Hero, which he isn’t great at and nobody wants. Highlights of his performance include: the end where he’s like “oh shit did I just mess everything up? No I didn’t, denial time!”, the part where all his “possibilities” pile on each other all saying “Cassie” because they work together driven by the purity of a father’s love.

Cassie

why did they recast her. I loved Emma Fuhrmann in Endgame and felt really bad when she only learned she has been replaced through comiccon/d23/etc. From a casting perspective, I get it; Fuhrmann was meant to fill a small role in a huge movie, so they probably recast when the part became much more significant (setting up for a young avengers movie). But Kathryn is just not very good. TBF the only other movie I’ve seen her in was Detective Pikachu in which she was much worse. Not sure if it’s the acting or the writing that hurts Cassie more. But her character in this is basically “I am an activist that cares about people” like that’s great in real life but I want to be invested in her and I’m not

hope

Literally did nothing but effective altruism in the beginning of the movie, what a downgrade

Hank

By far the character with the best upgrade in this movie. From movies 1-3, he’s gone through great character development, learning to respect Scott and Hope in their own right. He’s also gradually gone from dry exposition dumper (1) to once-in-a-while joke-maker (2) to “summoned an ant army to defeat a multiversal conqueror”/nerdy/perhaps even autistic about ants (3). I love when he admitted to reading Scott’s book: “every goddamn word”, said both proudly and teasingly.

Kang

Current legal shit aside, I was not expecting to hate him this much. I didn't like Majors in Loki, but I figured that had to do with the direction, not the acting chops of Majors himself. When I saw the reviews for this movie, which generally sold Majors as the film's only merit, I was expecting something great from his performance. Instead, we got Majors doing what I guess was either his best Morgan Freeman impression or a really bad trans-atlantic/English accent (posh vowels and clipped t's). Whatever he was trying to do simply did not work for me. The Council of Kangs post-credit scene looked to me like a bunch of Party City costumes.

Jentorra

Played by Katy O’Brien, who I know from my brief stint watching Black Lightning and who gave an equally meh performance in The Mandalorian S3. The one thing I like about this character, who is otherwise a pretty basic stoic/traumatized my-entire-species-died-and-now-I-am-a-badass-warrior-woman, is her dynamic with Cassie. Yes, Hope could have been Cassie’s female role model, and she basically did nothing in this movie, so that’s kinda sad. But there’s something nice about the Jentorra and Cassie finding what they need in life from each other: Cassie a strong voice for justice and a girlboss internship, and Jentorra a piece of innocence and hope she was too jaded to hold onto. I wish we explored that a bit more.

MODOK

If I read any comics featuring MODOK, or even watched the Patton Oswalt MODOK show, I’m sure I would hate Darren/MODOK. And in a lot of ways I do. But he works most of the time as comic relief, half-satirizing his own role as the old enemy that "came back better than ever!" It never got old when he would introduce himself, a main character would be like "Darren?" and he'd be like "Not anymore! I've been reborn as a new and improved version of myself! mwahaha!" And the main character would be like "Umm improved, sure." I loved when Scott was comming him and he'd only answer to MODOK.

Re: the redemption arc. Before watching the movie, I saw a leaked screenshot of the death scene where he says “at least I died an avenger.” That spoiled the MODOK=Darren reveal + death scene + redemption arc for me, but I was mostly upset that the movie would do something so blatantly cheesy with the dying scene. When I saw the movie, I was mostly glad that the scene wasn't meant to be taken seriously; that monologue is treated as self-righteous rather than earnest. However the redemption arc still does kind of come out of nowhere and it's lame.

Other Minor Characters

I liked Bill Murray as a sleazebag that reeeeally wants to give Hank the impression that he slept with his wife. I liked the group of weirdos fighting against Kang, and the "drink the ooze" scene was cute. Lowkey wish Scott and Hope ended up trapped in the Quantum Realm and became benevolent rulers for a few years. Overall, meh movie, would not watch again. Hope the fanfic is better.

[percontaion-points]

Court chapters 20-23

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Chapter 20

The last thing I see is thousands of pounds of rubble pouring down on Hudson’s and Jaxon’s heads.

Chapter 20 summary: The brothers race for the portal. But the castle collapses around them before they can make it. 

Chapter 21

She breaks off as the door crashes open and what looks to be half of what must be the Witch Guard, given their uniforms, pours into the room, wands raised and ready to fire.

Chapter 21 summary: Before anybody can react over what happened, Hudson and Jaxon rush through the portal. Hudson scoops Grace into his arms and the two of them don’t let go. 

Dawud says that their next step should be to go rescue his brother. Macy reminds him that it’s not simply his brother on the line, but almost everybody’s family. She’s lost her dad, after all. 

Grace then asks the question I’ve been thinking this entire time: why the hell would people side with Cyrus after he’d literally kidnapped all of their children/family? Flint says that he spoke with his dad after he got settled at the hospital. That the dragons are angry that their queen gave up her dragon, so the dragons are more focused on in-fighting right now. Dawud explains that the wolves have been too brainwashed by Cyrus’s promises to snap out of it. 

Somebody asks where they are. Right as Macy almost cheerfully tells them that they’re at the witch court, guards come in. Because of course there are guards. In case these fuckwits forgot, the witches were fighting AGAINST them on the island. Not even 2 days ago. 

Chapter 22

“I’m sorry,” Macy whispers as we pour into a long, wide hallway. “I didn’t know where else to go, and I really thought we would be safe here.”

Why the fresh hell would you think that? YOU LITERALLY FOUGHT WITCHES NOT EVEN TWO DAYS AGO. 

“Welcome,” she says through gritted teeth, “to the Great Hall of the Witch Court.”

Chapter 22 summary: To the surprise of literally nobody, the witches don’t want them there. Macy says that she demands sanctuary, but the witch guard says that her request is denied. Macy argues that the denial has to come from the witch queen, but the guards kind of imply as though the decision was already made ahead of their arrival. 

Finally, one member of the guard is like “For fuck’s sake, they’re CHILDREN.” So the guards round the children up and frog-march them in front of the king and queen. 

Chapter 23

“Cyrus?” I ask, so incredulous by her defense that the word flies out of my mouth before I register that I’m going to say it. “You’re working with Cyrus now?”

FOR THE LOVE OF SANITY, YOU GODDAMNED DENSE FUCK. 

All of them are literally too stupid to be alive. I cannot deal with this. 

I glance down at the Crown on the palm of my hand and think I might know the answer.

Chapter 23 summary: So the king and queen show up. This takes up way too much time, and none of it is fucking relevant. Editors?! Ha. I don’t know her. 

Anyway, so they’re like “Get the fuck out of our court, you insolent children!” This goes on for a while without serving much point either. 

Finally, they all realise that the only reason why the witches are against them being there is that Cyrus took the witch princess, a freshman at Katmere named Emma. Our heroes are quick to call the king and queen out on their nonsense in regards to trusting that Cyrus wouldn’t hurt Emma. But it’s beyond clear to the rest of the group that the witches have already been lost, since they’re refusing to listen to reason. 

[drowsyreaper]

Taking a breath from my relentless stream of horror movies to watch Much Ado About Nothing (1993), and the production is a bit all over the place, but I’ve just watched Emma Thompson scream “I would eat his heart in the marketplace!” after Claudio left Hero and goddamn. Just. Goddamn.

[clawsextended]

“you’re really brave, y’know.”

eyes turn upward, peer back into green with that enormously innocent shade. that touch of something so tender on her face that cannot be understood. selina holds all the warmth inside herself for others she cannot seem to feel on her own. for emma, she can feel just this.

“giving him the best life he could how you did. when you knew you couldn’t. that’s real heroism. saving a whole goddamn world doesn’t mean as much as saving that life.”

the little squeeze doesn’t go unnoticed. she burrows in again comfortably, squeezing back. —yeah, she hates it. she won’t lie.

“i’m gonna have to wreck meeting your heroes for you — being catwoman kind of sucks.”

“ugh. i get enough people i don’t like touching me. not in my personal life, thank you.”

senators, congressmen, ceo’s, presidents of companies. the list goes on and on and on. an endless series of men she doesn’t want to talk to, look at, or frankly be anywhere near. it’s exhausting, but life sucks and then you — die several times, in her case. she’s good at conning, she disappears — a fling with the captivating blonde with the sweet brown eyes, giggly party girl, a flash in the pan before a company capsizes.

not here. that’s too repulsive to consider. the idea of lying makes her skin crawl when she’s this close to someone. she can say with certainty she would rather die than even consider it, and with diana’s fucking lasso around her throat she’d mean it. it’s absolutely without question.

but it’s hard to trust someone whose very core is this fractured, isn’t it? she’s a fucking prolific con artist. at the end of the day, she’s always going to be that. and maybe, by now, that’s okay. right now, this is all that matters. she unconsciously finds herself endlessly closer. it’s a very comforted feeling.

“holly. she has no impulse control. she’s about to be compounded by your little guy’s wild imagination. it’ll be horrible. i’m glad about it, honestly. she deserves to just… be happy, y’know? let them climb some magic trees or pickpocket a fucking fairy.”