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ladyloveandjustice · 2 years ago

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My favorite Manga and Graphic Novels I Read in 2022

I read 54 different manga and graphic novel series in 2022 (you can see them here, from the beginning until the print novels start with Hench. I only included one from each series for my own weird reasons but I'm up to date on everything except Adachi and Shimamura and Prince Freya, which I dropped for now). You can also see my favorite novels of 2022 here!

Here are my favorites!

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

A young girl gets involved with a witch who has has lots of skeletons (animal and otherwise). I’ve always loved Leyh’s work, and this is her usual super queer fantasy that has everything I adore- cute art, cool witches, animal magic, older butch lesbians with eye patches, lovable characters and lots of sweetness.

SHWD by Sono.N

It’s refreshing to see a dark sci-fi yuri about incredibly ripped adult women fighting monsters, and it really pulls off the horror of the monsters well with some gripping action. The characters were pretty charming too and there was a lot of attention paid to the trauma of the situation.

However, it does have a 'character who looks like a child', which is not my favorite trope for a lot reasons. It bothers me a bit less than other series because the art style does not do cutesy. She just looked like a short adult. The reasoning for having her there was...interesting, I'm not sure where they'll go with that, but it's original, though potentially weird?

Anyway, I like what it's doing and I'm interested to see where this goes. I hope we continue to get a variety of yuri like this published over here!

The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This by Takashi Ikeda

Two ladies- 32-year-old anime screenwriter and 22-year-old newbie anime voice actress- live together and navigate their romantic relationship. It’s mostly done in short vignettes, but the central couple has a fun dynamic and the art is nice, and some plot threads slowly develop as the books go on. It’s a cozy read, and it’s nice to see the ups and downs of an adult relationship where they share living space. I also find the 32 year old attractive, to be honest, I’d date her.

Until I Met My Husband by Ryousuke Nanasaki, art by Yoshi Tsukizuki

An autobiographical story of the first religiously recognized gay marriage in Japan. It’s not super lengthy or meaty, but it’s a sweet read.

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

You might have heard of this book based on how it was banned in a lot of places, it’s simply an autobiographical story of growing up genderqueer. It’s a breezy read with some nice evocative art, and Kobabe is pretty relatable.

Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney, Art by Robin Smith

I read a bunch of the DC standalone YA offerings from the library this year and found most of them to be a let-down, but this was a good one. It follows a young Nubia, a black girl who discovers she’s an Amazon related to Wonder Woman herself, and uses her abilities to confront some very real dangers and injustices, while also struggling against racism and other forms of prejudice. Satisfying, solid YA.

Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? By Matt Fraction, Art by Steve Lieber

Another library read. A fun riff on the zaniness of Silver Age Jimmy Olsen comics with a healthy does of humor, it follows the bizarre life of Superman’s BFF as he tries to avoid assassination and does some viral YouTube videos .I especially liked the weird but sweet relationship Jimmy and Clark had in this, and the gentle dunking on Batman.

Run Away With Me, Girl by Battan

Maki’s girlfriend, Midori, broke up with her during her high school graduation, saying she had to “move on” to dating guys now that she was grown up. Ten years later, Maki runs into Midori and finds she’s in an abusive relationship with a man she’s engaged to after getting pregnant. Maki asks Midori to run away with her, but will she?

This is definitely a darker yuri- the abuse Midori faces escalates, and the dude she’s with is basically an incel- but it’s handling the subject matter well so far and I’m really interested to see where it goes. There’s been a notable amount of yuri lately that’s tackled the belief that love for other women is just a childish phase, but this is the first one I’ve seen that explores what happens to a woman who believes that and forces herself into a heterosexual relationship. The abuse Midori faces is not at all framed as her ‘just desserts’ or anything, but a tragic circumstance that happened to a woman who was desperate to fit in and not be alone. The art is also fantastic and distinctive. I really hope it sticks the landing!

She Loves to Cook and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki

A slice-of-life foodie yuri manga! Nomoto cooks more than she can eat, and she notices her next-door neighbor is a big eater and invites her over. A very slowburn romance strikes up. I got interested in this because of the authors marriage equality activism, and it’s a cute read. It’s laid back and slow paced, but there are nice moments of realism that make it very grounded- the way the women talk about being mistreated at work, Nomoto complaining that all the fashion articles she look up talk about impressing men- it was relatable! I also liked that Kasuga is large and butch and doesn’t have to look conventionally ‘cute’.

Cheer Up: Love and Pom-Poms by Crystal Fraiser

A cute YA about an acerbic young lesbian joining the cheer squad and repairing her relationship with her people-pleasing trans friend. It’s for a younger audience, but it’s a sweet romance with adorable art.

I Want to Be A Wall by Honami Shirono

I’m interested to see where this one goes. An aro-ace woman and a gay man in love with his (seemingly, so far) straight best friend enter a marriage of convenience. Yuriko’s obsessive BL fandom can get annoying, but it’s always refreshing to see the ace character represented and the manga is realistic about the struggles we face. I’m rooting for this one!

Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon by Shio Usui

A slow burn office lady romance, it’s just downright cute. It might be a little slowpaced for some but I enjoyed it!

Catch These Hands! by Murata

I’m a huge sucker for delinquent girls, so the story of two former delinquent girl rivals who meet again as adults, only for one to challenge each other to a fight with the condition that she’ll date her if she loses? Sign me up! This is, unfortunately, a little uneven- the second volume was kinda eh and introduced an annoying side character with some questionable tropes-but the third volume picked things up again and included a wonderfully absurd training montage. Though it starts with one of the women wanting to change and appear less like a delinquent and more ‘normal’, the clear message of the series is she doesn’t need to. If you don’t like any kind of violence, no matter how weird and divorced from reality, this isn’t for you though, as there is the whole challenge-to-a-fight thing, but it’s tongue in cheek and wacky enough I don’t mind.

Continuing favorites:

Witch Hat Atelier- Can't believe Witch Hat punched the 'funny anime pervert' trope to dust like it deserves, while also exploring and denouncing victim blaming in a genuinely affecting way. This manga is legendary. Also I'm very worried for everyone.

Yuri is My Job!- Really escalated wonderfully with it’s tangled web of relationships, rich backstories, and commentary on how people, especially queer people, often put on a performance. What IS the true self? One character’s commentary on how she wanted her work place to ‘like romance without the romance’ (a la class S) yet can’t suppress her true romantic fantasies was especially well-done. There’s also a character saying ‘friggin’ heteros’. The accurate representation we need, clearly. I just really enjoy this cast of characters.

Spy x Family (A Yor arc! Finally! And there’s just as much murder and mayhem as that should entail!), My Love Mix Up! (continues to be adorable), Yona of the Dawn (dramatic backstory reveals!), How Do We Relationship? (it’s really interesting to read a gay romance where the central relationship is acknowledged as not good for both of them and they try to move on), Delicious in Dungeon (the dungeon adventures are ramping up!), A Man and His Cat (more kitty cuteness), The Way of the House Husband (more hijinks), Bride’s Story (another volume of the beautiful historical epic! It’s been a while.), The Adventure Zone graphic novels (continue to be a lot fun with fantastic art), I Think Our Son is Gay (continues to be a sweet look at a mom supportive of her gay son), Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun (I’ll always love these idiots) and My Wandering Warrior Existence by Kabi Nagata (another entry in Nagata’s moving autobiographical series about the struggles of mental illness, self reflection, and queer exploration).

#my reviews #year in comics #snapdragon #shwd #the two of them are pretty much like this #run away with me girl #she loves to cook and she loves to eat #I want to be a wall #witch hat atelier #yuri is my job #catch these hands #doughnuts under a crescent moon #manga #yuri #dc comics #comics #books #recs

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lady-ofmidnight · 11 months ago

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For the tag game, Murder Queen?

Not exactly little but I am so happy that you asked about my metaphorical baby. And again, thank you for tagging me!

So Murder Queen kind of started when I was watering my vegetables. I noticed that my neighbors on one side had painted their door and wondered if my neighbors from the other side had gotten a dog recently cause I saw their teen son walking a dog. But like, it could have been a side business and not a permanent pet.

But that got me thinking. We know that on one side of Wayne Manor is Drake Manor. But what about the other side. Is there another neighbor? Or are the Wayne’s the house at the end of the (several mile long) street?

I searched google but found nothing except a Reddit thread where the Drakes were on one side, the Waynes in the middle and the Addams Family on the other. I’ll admit that it was hilarious.

I put the neighbor question down after that until I saw a prompt by @stealingyourbones . Now, @stealingyourbones writes DC and Danny Phantom crossovers. One of those crossovers was if some batfamily member had an injury/scar soulbond with one of the bats.

That got me cackling because of the angst and the drama that would come from gaining fighting scars from your soulmate, who to the best of your knowledge was not part of the cape community.

I had learned in some odd ao3 fic that The Court Of Owls took the children of rich Gothamites and turned them into semi-immortal assassins using experimentation.

So I combined the neighbor, scar bond, and experiment of the Court Of Owls ideas. I also decided that the bat for the job would be Damian because he used to be an assassin. Then I turned the mess of ideas into my first title. Zodiac. Not sure why I chose that name, but I think that I was half asleep from a 추석 food coma when I chose the name.(추석 is like the Korean version of the American Thanksgiving. It’s known to actually cause major traffic jams in South Korea as families travel to the houses of their grandparents. There’s so much good food but my favorite is definitely the 송편, or colorful rice cakes.)

Rant over my favorite Korean Holiday aside, Zodiac eventually turned into A Queen With Wilted Wings, which focused more on the “recovery from the influence of The Court Of Owls”.

A Queen With Wilted Wings eventually turned into I’m Not A Noble Lady (I’m The Queen In Charge). That iteration turned into the draft that focused on the relationship between the main character (then given the name Sophie) and Damian as they navigated Gotham upper society.

I’m Not A Noble Lady (I’m The Queen In Charge) became Murder Queen. Murder Queen added onto the “experiment” aspect and gave the main character feathery Owl wings because I found and binged The Croaking on Webtoon. The Croaking is amazing and I adore the drama in the story but I wish Ky and Scra would communicate! Oh! And the creator is on Tumblr as well as @megjgrey!

Murder Queen also made The Court Of Owls more like the backstory of the main character so it (the court) isn’t really a big part of the story. The reason for that is because the main character (now known as Phoebe) became more of a Red Hood Style Mob Queen but for the ex Court Of Owls.

Reading back on this I’m questioning my life choices because it’s longer than some of my short essays but that’s a problem for future me.

#It got so long but idc #wip ask game #answered #Yes Murder Queen and Phoebe are my babies #i will take no criticism #but like #picture the Addams family being the neighbors of the Waynes…#that would be hilarious

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ulvblod · 8 months ago

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ULVBLOD⸻ INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR LADY LYANNA STARK FROM A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE AND HBO'S HOUSE OF THE DRAGON AND GAME OF THRONES. CST + 3. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (#)

PSA: this account follows the R + L equals J, meaning she and Rhaegar are Jon Snow's biological parents. i won't be changing this for the comfort of others as it's vital on how I portray lyanna. people also note that this will follow the show's ages instead of the books.

promo. artwork.

temporary rules under the cut:

01ㅤ| ㅤㅤintroductionㅤ : ㅤmy name is CALI (SHE/HER, CST+3) born in 1994, 21+ .welcome to my LADY LYANNA STARK muse blog. this blog is private, selective and mutually exclusive. meaning i won't interact with blogs that are not mutuals with me. [this blog is open to plotting both on discord via tupperbox and tumblr].

02.ㅤ| ㅤㅤactivityㅤ : activity on this blog will be medium to low through the week days. i'm mostly active at nights and from fridays to sundays activity will be higher through the weekends and through tupperbox on discord .best way to reach me will be through discord that can be asked upon request to create a 1x1 server or just to talk. [please don't pressure me for replies or asks. as well, communication is key, i'm not a mind reader so if something is bothering you, asking me is okay.].

03.ㅤ| ㅤthreadsㅤ : ㅤthreads will be dropped and asks will be cleared. we are always welcome to do multi threads at the same time. if i get overwhelmed i will usually drop things to start over. i have a generalized anxiety disorder so that affects my productivity too asks are always welcome to be turned into threads . do not reblog memes from me unless we are mutuals. [and if you want to unfollow me, please softblock. as well, if we are friends, always reach out if you are uncomfortable, i will do my best to improve]

04.ㅤ| ㅤㅤformattingㅤ : ㅤfrom january, 2023 , this blog is forced to have only the BETA EDITOR + TRIM. please keep this in mind while roleplaying with me if you are still using the legacy editor. I no longer use small text as my go-to formatting but i might use it at times. i am still available to use legacy when required but do keep this in mind ㅤ[BETA EDITOR + REGULAR TEXT + DOUBLE SPACE. WILL USE ICONS IRREGULARY.]

05.ㅤ| BANNED FACECLAIMS. elizabeth olsen, scarlett johansson, jeremy renner, amber heard, allison mack, gal gadot, johnny depp.

06.ㅤ| ㅤㅤcreditsㅤ : psd, graphics, promo are all done made by me through my resource blog. some days i will be iconless and others i will use them, mostly when i'm at home. [i write novella, multi-para and single line as well text roleplay via discord/tupperbox and tumblr as well].

07.ㅤ| ㅤㅤshippingㅤ : ㅤ shipping is wonderful and it's one of my favorite things in the world. both robert and lyanna and rhaegar and lyanna will be explored as they are central as her two more romantic relationships but I am open to other relationships, I am also interested in arthur and lyanna. and in any survival au, we can talk about other ships. please note that lyanna was aware rhaegar was married but under the impression that a valyrian marriage and a northern marriage count as separate from the faith. jon legitimacy is disputed but they were wed by their own customs.

08.ㅤ| ㅤㅤDNIㅤ : ㅤ due to personal reasons, i won't be roleplaying with characters from the following fandoms. DC'S STARGIRL, PEACEMAKER, MUSES FROM THE BATMAN (2022) AND HORROR MUSES BASED (SELECTIVE), WRESTLING FACECLAIMS. unless we are friends. on my other non ck related muses i don't mind but i have had some bad experiences in the past [personal DNI can be given in privacy, however no name drops will be given here as none of the people are bad and DNI worthy, just uncomfortable].

09.ㅤ| ㅤㅤetiquetteㅤ : ㅤ don't godmod my muse. small things are welcomed. if your muse wants to hurt her psychically, you need to let me know i just want to be given a heads up if you will ever do a thing to hurt them. i assure you, i will not mind if plotted. [as well, don't assume ships with me unless we are friends].

10.ㅤ| a song of ice and fire : ㅤ the world of a song of ice and fire involves death, gore, betrayal, medieval like talks, fantasy talk as well mentions of incest, all will be present so keep this in mind.

11.ㅤ| changes: ㅤhere are a few of the changes regarding my lyanna from show and even book. if you don't like, don't follow. and if you do, please respect the choices.

lyanna was the knight of the laughing tree. rhaegar finds this out.

she does try to avoid rhaegar after she is given the crown of love and beauty but there are magical and otherworldly stakes.

lyanna becomes aware of the prophecy of ice and fire and that there has to be three dragons, and despite her respect for elia, she does fall for rhaegar. despite this the pregnancy surprise her.

he takes her out of winterfell before going to dorne where she spends a whole year and something.

she falls quickly pregnant after that considering a pregnancy period is of nine months.

while she tells need that the child's name is aegon, in honor of the prophecy, she wants him to have a northern name. she never learns what ned names him.

this is more a headcanon of mine, but her tomb is constructed over where vermax, jacaerys velaryon's dragon lay a hatch of eggs. only one of them remains. ned founds it when building her crypt and puts the crown of winter roses, one of rhaegar's rubies and the egg for jon, eventually to find.

#✧ ( out ) / ･ﾟ no more winter .#✧ ( pinned post ) / ･ﾟ dni .

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fancoloredglasses · 2 months ago

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[RERUN] Crisis on Infinite Earths, Issue 8: “A Flash of the Lightning!” (The End of an Era… sorry, no funny sub-title this time)

[All images are owned by DC Comics, please don’t sue me]

OK, obvious spoiler on the cover!

PREVIOUSLY ON…

A being known as the Anti-Monitor has destroyed all but 5 of the universes in existence) with a single survivor on Earth-6 (Lady Quark) along for the ride). Those 5: 1 (Silver Age), 2 (Golden Age), 4 (acquired from Charleton), S (acquired from Fawcett after DC sued them into oblivion), and X (acquired from Quality)) are being held in limbo (and are merging into a single reality) away from the Anti-Monitor thanks to a being known as Harbinger (AKA Lyla), assisted by a being known as Pariah and the sole survivor of Earth-3 (Alexander Luthor, who is made of matter and anti-matter), who sacrificed her cosmic powers to do so. Unfortunately, the process was unstable, meaning that time has merged (meaning mammoths and futuristic aliens are among modern skyscrapers).

The Anti-Monitor had planned to destabilize the merger, but Supergirl destroyed the Anti-Monitor’s machine (and his body), but at the cost of her life (making her the first major loss in the series) But since that was only issue 7 of a 12 issue series, you know this train hasn’t stopped yet.

The Anti-Monitor has also kidnapped Psycho Pirate (whose powers have been overloaded by the Anti-Monitor, but are slowly returning) and Earth-1’s Flash (who could pierce the barrier between universes to enter his Anti-Matter universe), who the Anti-Monitor has offered to Psycho Pirate as an emotional plaything.

Meanwhile, the villains of all 5 Earths start disappearing. That can’t be good.

Now, on with our story! If you would like to read this issue, it (along with the rest of the series) has been collected in graphic novel form and is available (or can be ordered) at your favorite comic shop, bookstore, or online retailer…or on Read Comic Online.

On the Anti-Monitor’s ship, (wait, they were on a spaceship this whole time? Huh…) Psycho Pirate realizes that his usefulness to the Anti-Monitor (and therefore his life) may be coming to an end and tries to recruit the Flash to make a preemptive strike.

Then the Anti-Monitor shows up (in a new body since Supergirl broke the last one) and says he still has use for the Pirate (but doesn’t mention if that means he’ll survive after his usefulness is done). The ship sets course for Quard (the Antimatter version of Oa…wonder why it’s not called Ao?) where the Anti-Monitor will begin his next plan.

Speaking of Oa, the halting of the merging causes the Guardians of the Universe to be freed from their stasis. (remember that story thread back in issue 5?) They bicker among themselves as they knew about the Anti-Monitor, but most of their number voted to investigate the threat rather than act on it. This disagreement causes a rift in the Guardians, leading a splinter group to leave to form their own Green Lanterns.

Back on Earth, T.O.Morrow, evil scientist (Shouldn’t he have vanished along with all those other villains?) and creator of the Red Tornado has agreed (under threat of getting his ass kicked by Vixen) to see what happened to the Tornado. (remember that plot thread back in issue 5? We have some long-overdue payoffs this issue) Firestorm and Firehawk agree to help watch over the proceedings in case Morrow gets any funny ideas.

Morrow (using a scanner Earth-1’s Atom shrunk) pokes around the Tornado’s insides but doesn’t recognize anything.

As he opens up the Red Tornado for a better look, Tornado’s body explodes! In the ensuing chaos, Morrow FINALLY vanishes (better late than never?)

Meanwhile on Quard, the Anti-Monitor has commanded the warriors of the planet to use their slaves to build a cannon powerful enough to destroy the remaining universes (seeing as this is issue 8 of a 12 issue series, I’m sure you can guess how this will turn out)

Psycho Pirate has regained his emotion manipulating powers and is about to use them on an imprisoned Flash, when the Flash shows he has also regained his powers and frees himself.

He then beats the Pirate within an inch of his life (why not? He’s already a fugitive for a murder he didn’t actually commit. That’s why he was in the 30th century at the start of this story), sparing that inch in exchange for the Pirate’s cooperation (Psycho Pirate really is a sniveling coward, isn’t he?)

At super speed, he drags the Pirate to face every single warrior, then Psycho Pirate uses his powers to cause the warriors to attack the Anti-Monitor. Once the chaos ensues, the Flash knocks the Pirate out and vibrates inside the cannon.

He realizes the cannon’s power source is concentrated anti-matter. He can feel the anti-matter sapping his life force, but he knows the only way to stop the cannon is to neutralize the power source, so he runs faster than he ever has against the flow of the anti-matter, feeling it slowly killing him. But he does not stop.

He starts seeing visions in the past (including that little scene back in issue 2 involving Batman and the Joker) and slowly disintegrating until the cannon is destroyed and all that is left of Barry Allen, the Flash of Earth-1,...

…is his costume.

I said this was the end of an era in the title because the Flash was the first hero introduced to start the Silver Age in DC. His death hit a lot of fans hard. Hard enough that even after…well, we’ll get to that later…people still looked at Barry Allen as the One True Flash (to the point that when the Flash was brought to TV in the 90s…twice, it was as Barry Allen)

RIP Flash

No cliffhanger jokes for the end of this issue, but you know it ain’t over. Let’s see what the Anti-Monitor’s fourth plan (devouring universes, the destabilizing machine, and the antimatter cannon being the first three) winds up being.

And what of the disappearing villains? You’ll have to find out next issue!

#dc comics #crisis on infinite earths #dc multiverse #psycho pirate #the flash #t. o. morrow #red tornado #fan colored glasses #i hate reruns

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rodulv · 8 months ago

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RODLUV⸻ INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR LADY/PRINCESS SANSA STARK FROM HBO'S GAME OF THRONES AND A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE BOOK FRANCHISE. FOLLOWS SHOW STORYLINES UP TO SEASON SIX WITH A FEW CHANGES. CST + 3. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (#)

PSA: if you came here for queen in the north sansa, you came to the wrong place. perhaps if george ever releases the books and she ends up like that i might change it, but the show ruined her character and her relationship with her siblings to put her as queen, so no. sansa works as lady of winterfell and due to her experiences, serves as hand of the king to her brother and advisor in the small council as well leading her own cause for women who were hurt during the war. if you call her queen, she will correct you.

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rules under the cut.

01ㅤ| ㅤㅤintroductionㅤ : ㅤmy name is CALI (SHE/HER, CST+3) born in 1994, 21+ .welcome to my PRINCESS SANSA STARK muse blog. this blog is private, selective and mutually exclusive. meaning i won't interact with blogs that are not mutuals with me. [this blog is open to plotting both on discord via tupperbox and tumblr].

05.ㅤ| BANNED FACECLAIMS. elizabeth olsen, scarlett johansson, jeremy renner, amber heard, allison mack, gal gadot, johnny depp.

07.ㅤ| ㅤㅤshippingㅤ : ㅤ shipping is wonderful and it's one of my favorite things in the world. I play sansa as being in her early twenties so some nsft content might appear. I play sansa with a hugh distrust for many people, men and women alike but mostly women, due to her experience with cersei. i consider her to be demiromantic and at the beggining, in love with the idea of love. but she wishes for the romance.

09.ㅤ| ㅤㅤetiquetteㅤ : ㅤ don't godmod my muse. small things are welcomed. but if your muse wants to hurt her psychically, you need to let me know i just want to be given a heads up if you will ever do a thing to hurt them. i assure you, i will not mind if plotted. [as well, don't assume ships with me unless we are friends]. sansa is a survival of psychical and mental abuse so she might be triggered by some unexpected touches if you are not family.

11.ㅤ| changes: ㅤhere are a few of the changes regarding my sansa from show and even book. if you don't like, don't follow. and if you do, please respect the choices.

there will be no queen in the north arc here for sansa. it was poorly made, just to make all the female characters in the show the same girlboss girlkeep who know better than men. that's not sansa. sansa is lady of winterfell until jon gets a wife and hand of the king, taking a place in the small council of the north as well one of his trusted emboys.

no ramsay bolton arc either here. it was shady and awful how d/d waited until the actress was eighteen to film those scenes and literally steal another book character's storyline just to give it to sansa. after she escapes to the vale and takes on the alynne name and hears her brother jon is lord commander, bryanne finds her and she goes to the north, crossing paths with theon along the way, that tells her that they need to retake winterfell, as her friend jeyne is there, informing her who the "arya" in winterfell is.

sansa tells jon of the knights of the vale as cavalry. no need to create animosity or this sense that sansa doesn't consider him good at being king or commander when that's literally what he is.

sansa speaks up and approves of jon as king in the north.

when the truth of his parentage is revealed, she still claims he is a stark and the lords chose him, if anything, him being lyanna's child would endear them more to him.

she might, however, see this as another opportunity to push cersei off the throne. this is the one scheme she might see, with him being rhaegar's son and howland reed arriving with official papers that prove it.

sansa fixes one of the old castles up in the wall as a home for women in peril, with no husband, pregnant and alone or orphaned.

she might not be too warm about the idea of either aegon or daenerys coming to westeros, but she agrees that as long as the north and what robb gained in battle remains under their control, they can do as they please.

she is a princess now and has her title to use as leverage. despite not wanting to wed, she does use it as a way to get what she wants if they need more armies and lands.

#「 ☾ 」 » out. / ━━ ˋ ivory can be softˎˊ˗

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godastra · 8 months ago

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GODDASTRA⸻ INDEPENDENT, MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE AND SELECTIVE BLOG FOR REVEREND MOTHER, LADY JESSICA OF HOUSE ATREIDES FROM THE DUNE FRANCHISE. BASED ON THE MOVIEVERSE WITH INFLUENCES FROM BOOKS AND MAINLY HEADCANON BASED. CST + 3. SHE/HER. WRITTEN BY CALI. (#)

exploration of: self fulfilling prophecies, mother of a god, motherhood, guiding hand, destiny is forged by those who write it, strong willingness, a new order, a mother's love, beyond alive, immortality.

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temporary rules under the cut:

01ㅤ| ㅤㅤintroductionㅤ : ㅤmy name is CALI (SHE/HER, CST+3) born in 1994, 21+ .welcome to my REVEREND MOTHER LADY JESSICA muse blog. this blog is private, selective and mutually exclusive. meaning i won't interact with blogs that are not mutuals with me. [this blog is open to plotting both on discord via tupperbox and tumblr].

05.ㅤ| BANNED FACECLAIMS. elizabeth olsen, scarlett johansson, jeremy renner, amber heard, allison mack, gal gadot, johnny depp.

07.ㅤ| ㅤㅤshippingㅤ : ㅤ shipping is wonderful and it's one of my favorite things in the world. irulan is canonically going to marry paul as part of the new pact and become empress. i would love to explore their marriage and dynamic but i will not push this, but i believe the movies are going on an interesting note for them. for crossover shisp, all of them all welcome.

09.ㅤ| ㅤㅤetiquetteㅤ : ㅤ don't godmod my muse. small things are welcomed. jessica is part of the bene gesserit sistherhood, disobeyed orders by giving leto a son instead of a daughter as is tradition. she is also a skilled fighter and user of the voice and many of the abilities of the order, later becoming reverend mother and a figure in paul's ascension, you need to let me know i just want to be given a heads up if you will ever do a thing to hurt them. i assure you, i will not mind if plotted. [as well, don't assume ships with me unless we are friends].

10.ㅤ| details: ㅤhere are a few of details from my jessica, mostly taking from the movies and what i believe the third movie will take. from the books I take further knowledge as well background. the dune trilogy will be taken as the base.

jessica went against orders to give leto a son out of love and a believe that she could give birth, due to her training to the Kwisatz Hadarach.

she trained paul, a male in the art of the bene gesserit order, something forbidden, which allowed to also reach beyond anyone else's powers. his psychic abilities manifested in youth and increased through her guidance.

Jessica undertook the process of ingesting the toxic liquid of a young sandworm to produce the Water of Life, elevating herself as Reverend Mother, when she survived the process, many fremen saw it as a sign that paul was their messiah.

ASOIAF verse: jessica is a red priestess under a secret order called the bene gesserit, that want to give birth to the next nissa nissa for azor ahai. jessica, against orders, gave birth to a son, who she trained as azor ahai. after the destruction of their house in Qarth due to their family rising into power, jessica and her son travel through the desert and are taken with the people of the red sea, who see and follow paul as their messiah who promises green land in the dessert. they go to mereen, to ask queen daenerys for aid to overthrow the rest of qarth's factions and in turn, help her with her powers.

#「 ✷ 」 » out. / ��━ ˋ a planet known as duneˎˊ˗#(dni.)

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houseoftroy · 7 years ago

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Favorite DC ladies [1/?]: Zatanna Zatara

«Maybe backwards is my native tongue»

#favorite dc ladies thread #zatanna zatara #zatanna #dc comics #young justice #justice league dark #jld #justice league unlimited #jl

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enigmaticxbee · 3 years ago

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✖️✖️ 10x02 Founder’s Mutation

The one where... a doctor’s experiments on kids with genetic mutations, including his own, make Mulder and Scully think about William.

Best: Mulder: You’re never “just” anything to me, Scully.

Worst: WHY doesn’t Scully have her name on the door - WHERE IS HER DESK?!! This makes me FURIOUS. Ughyfcggbhjjhb!!!!

✔️ Flashlights

❌ Woods/Desert

❌ Slideshow

✔️ Autopsy

✔️ Evidence Disappears

❌ Scully Misses It

❌ Mulder Ditch

❌ Sunflower Seeds

❌ Voiceover

✔️ Catch Phrase: (TTIOT)

✔️ Scully is a (Medical) Doctor

❌ Mulder is Spooky

❌ Scuuullllaaaaayy! Muullllderrrr!

❌ Fox/Dana

✔️ Inappropriate Touching (that I am here for)

✔️ Casual Scully

✔️ Casual Mulder

❌ Trench Coats

❌ Bad Tie Watch

✔️ Glasses Watch 😎

✔️ Taking! It! Personally!: Mulder & Scully

50 States: DC x102 (44/50)

Investigate: Together & Apart

Solve Rate: 50%

✔️ Bechdel Test

MSR: 🐝🐝🐝

Goriness: 👽👽👽👽

Creepiness: 👽👽👽

Humor: 👽👽

Rewatch Thoughts:

William check-in: The incubator conversation outside the hospital is SO clunky…. My baby, Scully? And it’s not like the idea that William was the result of experimentation is new - it’s threaded throughout seasons 8 and 9, Scully should not be shocked about this line of investigation. So much exposition needed to get revival viewers up to speed on William 🙄

Break-up check-in: It makes me sad that even in their dreams (or nightmares) Mulder and Scully imagine themselves to be raising William alone. They can’t share their grief over the loss of their son, or even imagine themselves as a family. But there doesn’t seem to be any tension or issues working together… Why bother with this breakup if they weren’t going to do anything with it?? They didn’t have to be split up for William to be a fissure within their relationship.

I believe this was originally the 5th episode in the production schedule, which I guess is why their return to the X-Files feels so low key here. Guess Skinner just made them Special Agents again!

Mulder: How do you know that? Scully: I’m old school, Mulder - pre-google. Lol poking fun at how much random knowledge they needed to have in the original run to keep the plot flowing. (Never mind Scully GOOGLING HOW TO DO BRAIN SURGERY in IWTB - no, I will never let it go)

GaY pAniC

Scully’s back in the autopsy bay 🥰

It feels weird to see Mulder and Scully in these big SUVs instead of their FBI rental sedans…

Skinner playing both sides as usual, but he brought them back to dig things up, not to play by the rules. It still just doesn’t feel plausible to me that they would rejoin the FBI after everything that happened. Wouldn’t it have been more fun if they were trying to investigate from outside the system and going to Skinner for help and insider access? (See This from next season, I wanted more of that!)

Scully’s worked at Our Lady of Sorrows hospital for 7 years? 🤔 But IWTB was 8 years before this 🧐 Who knows how time works in txf universe.

Oh hey Doug Savant! I don’t think I’ve seen him in anything since Desperate Housewives.

I know some of the genetic disorders the kids have are real disorders - are all of them?

The plot of this episode really bounces all over the place - especially with the detours to remind us about William. Lotsa leaps in logic needed to get to the janitor being the founder’s son.

Why is Mulder the only one who hears the sound? Is Kyle trying to send specifically him a message? Why him?

Bad things happen when the birds gather. Lolololol

I do love me some hurt/comfort and protective!Scully though

Why is the little girl blond in the flashback and has black hair in present day 🧐

I’ve always been into stories about super kids escaping from evil captors who want to exploit their powers - Escape to Witch Mountain was a favorite of mine.

Mulder imaging what it would be like to raise his son really gets me 🥺 - given the way he lost his whole family there’s so much to explore in his hopes and fears… I wish we got more but I do appreciate that we get this little bit.

#xf rewatch #xf fanart #founder’s mutation #msr #the x files #the xfiles #thexfiles #xf #txf #xf motw #i want to believe #truth is out there #xf review #10x02

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duhragonball · 4 years ago

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Gohan for the character ask!

Give me a character and I will answer:

Why I like them: I think the main appeal of Gohan is that he’s constantly being pulled in two directions. You can interpret those two opposing forces however you please: Saiyan vs. Earthling, Chi-Chi vs. Goku, fighter vs. scholar, etc. But I think it’s a pretty relatable dilemma.

What’s also relatable is that Gohan tries to blaze his own trail, even as he works hard to satisfy everyone’s expectations of him. The moral of his story is that it’s not always easy to find your own path. It sounds liberating, but it also means you’re on your own.

Why I don’t: Very early on, I was frustrated with Gohan being such a major player in DBZ when it didn’t seem like he was qualified for the role. It took me a while to recognize how important his “hidden” power was to the story. That, and the fact that the good guys usually only ever involved him in a battle because they had no other options. I think it’s interesting that Gohan maintains such a low profile during the Androids/Cell arc, so when he finally gets tapped to fight Cell at the end, it’s treated like a huge plot twist. It’s ironic, because Gohan was so instrumental in defeating Vegeta, and if he had beaten Frieza on Namek, I don’t think anyone would have been shocked. As it is, he was built up to be the guy who would beat Majin Buu, and everyone’s still mad that he lost.

For a time, I was frustrated that Gohan was technically the strongest character at the end of the Buu Saga, even though Goku was the main guy. It just felt wrong somehow, and I’ve seen enough “Mystic Gohan vs. SSJ3 Goku” threads on the internet to know that a lot of people used denial to cope with it.

None of this really made me dislike the character, though. I think most of the hand-wringing about Gohan is just a side-effect of that tug-of-war he’s been in his whole life. Some fans want to see him kick ass, some want to see him settle down and be a student/family man/scholar. Super tried to play it both ways by having Gohan be out of shape and then suddenly get good after a crash course with Piccolo. It seemed like half the fans were happy to see that and half were upset. Personally, I liked that approach better than how they handled him in GT, where he dressed like a nerd in church but could still throw down with Vegeta. He used SSJ1 the whole time, so what happened to the Elder Kai power up? GT just shrugged and hoped no one would care.

For my part, I think it makes sense for Gohan to try to balance fighting and academia and family life. Team Four Star made a lot of hay out of the idea that Gohan hates fighting, full stop, but I don’t totally buy that. Gohan may not enjoy fighting for his life, or killing people, but I think he’s cool sparring with his family, for example. But he can’t just throw himself into it like the others, so he’s got to train hard to keep up, and then he has to work hard at his ill-defined job, and then he has to be a good parent. That’s the character. Goku can be carefree, but Gohan has a lot of responsibilities.

I do sort of wish they would focus on that balancing act, since that’s what Gohan’s all about. Super only did it long enough to spackle over a plot hole. “Frieza beat him in one hit, so how’s he going to do any good in the Tournament of Power? Oh, Piccolo worked him over for a while, so he’s back in shape now.” It’s not enough, and I think this is why some fans argue over the dilemma instead of appreciating the dilemma. It’s a feature, not a bug.

Favorite episode (scene if movie):

Gohan just dismantling Cell is the standard by which I judge all wrestling grudges. The reason WWE sucks is that they’ll have the bad guy Perfect Cell all over the place for months, and then they fuck up the part where the good guy is supposed to turn SSJ2 and dole out sweet, sweet consequences. If all you know how to do is the first half of the formula, then... well, I’m cancelling my WWE Network subscription, I guess. I forgot where this analogy was heading.

Point is, Gohan’s an awesome moment factory. Take a look.

You can’t go wrong.

Favorite season/movie: Cell Games, let’s be honest.

Favorite line: When he calls Super Buu a r-- hahaha, no. I’m actually thinking of the part in the Funimation dub when Cell starts to panic. In Japan, the narrator explains Cell’s fear, and in Latin America it was meme fuel, but in the U.S., Gohan reminds Cell that he warned him about this.

“What are you so afraid of Cell? Isn't this what you wanted? I warned you! I told you what would happen if you pushed me too far! But you didn't listen! You forced me to awaken my hidden power! And now that you've seen it, you're afraid...because you know that I'm going to destroy you!”

It’s a brilliant bit of work, because you can’t see Gohan’s face in the shot, so he can be the one to point out what the narrator says in all the other versions. They all compliment each other so well. I cannot emphasize enough how grateful I am for Brickshitting Cell.

Favorite outfit:

It’s a tough call, but Casual Friday Great Saiyaman is a killer look, and one of the few Gohan outfits that isn’t based on some other thing. Let’s be real because I am keeping it real: Videl only wanted to unmask Great Saiyaman because she saw his outfit and could not stop thinking about how hot he’d look if he ditched the helmet and cape and wore sunglasses instead.

OTP: Videl. Well, Gohan and Videl. Godel? Vihan? None of these sound right. He should stick with the lady he made a baby with, is what I’m saying.

Brotp: Krillin literally calls him bro throughout the Namek arc, so I think this one wins by default. On the other hand, Goten is literally Gohan’s brother, so I guess that can’t be ignored.

Personally, I think of Piccolo more as a brother figure to Gohan than a father figure, since he’s only a few years older than him, so maybe that’s my answer, but whatever.

Head Canon: I think Gohan is disillusioned with outer space after having traveled to another planet and finding only death and horror. It’s kind of tragic that this is a kid who should be totally into space and spaceships and he should be telling space facts to everyone who will listen, but that probably stopped being fun after Namek.

Unpopular opinion: He was never going to be the main character of DBZ. I think even Toei was hoping for some sort of torch-passing thing, but it never materialized, and Gohan only took the reins because Goku was too dead or Vegeta was too evil to do it instead. And Gohan never really wanted to be the main character anyway. I look at him and see a guy who’s totally happy to be the overlooked son of this pop culture phenomenon. He sees his dad’s parade float and he’s just super-thrilled to see his dad in baloon form. There’s no sense of “If only I was better at this, and then I could have my own parade baloon!” That’s Vegeta.

A wish: Pay Bruce Faulconer whatever he wants and use “Gohan Fights Frieza” in the next anime where Gohan kicks somebody’s ass. Also, make a new anime where Gohan kicks somebody’s ass.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: You know, one of these years, some official DBZ story is going to be made where they decide to “get serious” and have Gohan say a bunch of “cathartic” stuff to Goku, calling him a terrible father or some other horseshit. Like how DC brought back Jason Todd just to have him bitch at what a crappy parent Batman is. Again, I hope I’m safely cremated before that happens, but so many pompous dopes are gonna gush about a hacky moment like that, and go on their YouTube vlogs to say “it’s about time!”

5 words to best describe them: Gohan Fights Frieza Dot mp3.

My nickname for them: I... don’t really have one? Do people nickname fictional characters? I didn’t know that was a thing.

#dragon ball #ask duhragonball #gohan #en ese momento cell sinitio el verdadero terror #twobellsilence

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vaderiisms-archived · 4 years ago

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30 Questions

Tagged by: @haydens-moles

1. Name/Nickname: Lisa and my nicknames are Baby Girl, Darth Mittens, Elsaquin, Anna, Annaquin, Buttercup, Zelena, Luna, Alice, Little Bunny Foo Foo, Punky, Harley, Lou Lou, Juliet/Jules, and Perry the Platypus.

2. Gender: Female

3. Star sign: Libra/Scorpio Rising/Aquarius Moon/Goat

4. Height: 5′1

5. Time: 7:30 am

6. Birthday: October 2nd

7. Favorite bands: Queen, Green Day, The Birthday Massacre, Blackpink, AFI, Blaqk Audio, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, The Runaways, Abba, My Chemical Romance, HIM, The Traveling Wilburys, No Doubt, Depeche Mode, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, SWV, Black Sabbath, TLC, Black Veil Brides, New Years Day, Evanescence, AC/DC, Paramore, The Rolling Stones, Journey, Nirvana, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Soundgarden, Marilyn Manson, The Ramones, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi, The Police, Motley Crue, Metallica, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Ayria, Duran Duran, The Who, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, Godsmack, The Chicks, Beastie Boys, Salt N Pepa, Run DMC, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Blondie, Alice In Chains, Genesis, Cradle of Filth, The Doors, Otep, KISS, The Cranberries, System Of A Down, Nine Inch Nails, and many more. I went a little overboard. I should have just listed a few but it’s too late, lol. I’m cutting this off now so it doesn’t get any longer.

8. Favorite solo artists: Bob Dylan, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Jonathan Groff, Ozzy Osbourne, Ava Max, 2 Pac, Charli XCX, Taylor Swift, Gwen Stefani, Brad Paisley, Michael Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, Steve Perry, Adam Lambert, Iggy Azalea, Billie Eilish, Tove Lo, Idina Menzel, Patsy Cline, Ariana Grande, Eminem, Cardi B, Mariah Carey, Ellie Goulding, Britney Spears, Cyndi Lauper, P!nk, Alice Cooper, Justin Timberlake, Marshmello, Bruno Mars, Dua Lipa, Post Malone, Billy Idol, George Michael, Prince, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Jewel, David Bowie, Sting, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Harry Belafonte, Elton John, Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Pat Benatar, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Jimi Hendrix, Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, LeAnn Rimes, Elvis Presley, Stevie Nicks, and many more. And once again I went overboard with the list, lol. I’m cutting it off now.

9. Song stuck in your head: DDu-Du DDu-Du by Blackpink

10. Last Movie: Wonder Woman 1984

11. Last Show: I just got HBO Max so I’ve been rewatching The O.C. because I needed a Summer Roberts fix! Lol.

12. When did I create this blog: February 2016

13. What I post: I post RP threads, RP memes, stuff about Anakin/Vader, and just anything Star Wars related really (mostly prequel stuff).

14. Last thing I googled: How to cast HBO Max on Vizio Smart TV

15. Other blogs:

Ahsoka Tano - @ahsokathewise

I have a few other pages that are inactive at the moment. Here they are...if you want to do anything with them let me know.

King George III - @this-is-your-king

Jacob Skywalker (OC) - @overpaidprophet

Poe Dameron - @helluvapilct

James Norrington - jamesnorringtxn

Enola Holmes - choosingmyowndestiny

16. Do I get asks: Yes I do.

17. Why I chose my URL: I think that’s pretty self explanatory, lol.

18. Following: 1, 096

19. Followers: 452

20. Average hours of sleep: Not enough, lol. Sometimes I get 3 hours, sometimes more. It fluctuates depending on my mood.

21. Lucky number: 11 and 13

22. Instruments: Guitar and keyboard

23. What I’m wearing: Return of the Jedi t-shirt, blue flannel shirt, owl pajama pants, socks, and Beetlejuice slippers.

24. Dream job: Singer/Songwriter like Bob Dylan.

25. Dream trip: Every Disney park around the world and Cairo.

26. Favorite food: Chinese and pizza.

27. Nationality: Cherokee Indian, Blackfoot Indian, Irish, German, British, Dutch, Polish.

28: Favorite song: My favorite song of all-time is Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and my current favorite song is Sour Candy by Lady Gaga and Blackpink.

29. Last book: Conceal, Don’t Feel by Jen Calonita

30. Top 3 fictional universes I wanna live in: Wonderland, Oz, and I always wanted to live on Endor so I could be around the Ewoks, lol.

Tagging: @ahsokaxashlaxtano @xscamanderbrothersx @queenofthesenate @kylo-wrecked @starlight-pilot @becamealegend @lastxdragon @flawedheroines @classifiedxrey @onehell-of-apilot @tornbetweenthestorm @poewingsdameron @congeriemgriseo @chromium-siren @rcfekjwtaardby @thesarcasmofasoldier @fantasies-and-fairy-tales @libertywept @painticblack @ask-fawnflight-of-riverclan

#(ooc) I've got Punky power!#some of it got a little too long...sorry about that lol

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hellyeahheroes · 5 years ago

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Orphaned: How The New 10s Have FAILED Cassandra Cain

As we approach the end of “the New 10s”, how we came to call this decade (a term I will be using in the common usage, referring to all years with 201X number, not the proper one which ends with 2020), I took a look at one of the characters who I really feel got the short end of the stick through all of it - Cassandra Cain.

There were some good things for the character in the decade. Writers like James Tynion IV, Bryan Edward Hill actually gave her as much respect as they could in given circumstances and she even made her first-ever appearance in animation. However, looking back I cannot say that it has been actually kind time for her . The bad just outweighs the good. I have isolated five reasons why I believe that to be the case.

1. The Erasure

This room is full of New 52 Cassandra Cain stories.

As always, everything boils down to New 52, the reboot that defined the New 10s for DC Comics. A reboot that asked us to assume Cassandra no longer exists and never existed, even if this did not mesh with the supposedly intact, just compressed, Batman continuity. The only writer who seems to have ignored it was Grant Morrison, whose Batman Inc. was caught by the reboot in the middle and seems to exist in a Schrödinger's relationship with two continuities - both part of the old and new DC Universe.

What is worse is that DC editorial has been silently stonewalling writers who wanted to use the character with vague excuses of her supposedly being toxic and little explanation beyond that. Scott Snyder was denied the use of her in Batman and had to create Harper Row as a replacement. Gail Simone’s pitch for a Batgirls book featuring Cassandra, Stephanie Brown and Barbara Gordon was rejected in favor of a solo Barbara book. In which both characters have been banned from appearing. The only exception was the Future’s Ends special, which was literally Simone’s final issue. It feels that this was done due to higher-ups' desire to push Barbara as the One True Batgirl. Which manifested in some of the editorial changes made to the book, like an artist being told, behind Simone’s back, to make a new villain look like Stephanie. Or Batman flat out calling Barbara “Only Good Batgirl” despite this making no sense in a continuity where she is literally the only one to ever use the name. The fact this ended up doing more harm than good to Barbara is a topic for another list like this altogether. The crux of it is, DC did their worst to make people forget Cassandra ever exists and alienate her fans for years, hoping to get rid of them entirely. As the very existence of this article proves, their attempts were less than successful.

2. The Alienation

Once DC actually gave in and allowed Snyder to bring Cassandra back, other problems arose. The first one has come in the form of her new codename - Orphan. That name was supposed to allow her establishing her own identity instead of being defined by Bruce and Barbara. However, this argument seems dishonest when it is an identity previously used by her villainous father. The idea of Cassandra redeeming it has some merit, I admit. But this decision does send a message of her being defined solely by her abuser. It also serves to separate her from the rest of the Batfamily. Originally Cassandra has been portrayed as a member of the group and an adoptive sister to all of Bruce Wayne’s fellow sidekicks. Now it feels like her very name serves to single her out, an orphan among orphans.

This problem is not limited to the title. In general, Cassandra is now written as more isolated from the rest of the Batfamily, excluded from as many things as possible or having her role limited to nothing but a cameo. It has been 5 years and DC did as little as possible to reestablish her relationships with any people she was close with previously. In fact, with characters like Stephanie or Tim Drake, they seem to be betting on fans remembering their bonds from the previous continuity and act like they do not need to put in the work to rebuild them. Even if such measures have been taken for things like the reveal of her mother again. Her relationship with Barbara is as quickly cut as it was reestablished, without giving us anything but one or two scenes that work mostly as a reminder of what the two have lost from old continuity. She is not allowed to form new bonds with major characters either, her interactions with Jason Todd and Damian Wayne being kept to a bare minimum even more than before New 52.

What’s worse is that new connections that she does form end quickly broken and undermined. After a big buildup of her friendship with Harper that girl gets completely written out of Batman comics altogether. Her relationships with Clayface and Batwoman were shattered with the former’s death. Not only that but DC seems entirely unwilling to follow on plot threads like this. It has been over a year by now since Kate was forced to kill Basil to save Cassandra’s life and not a single interaction between the characters seems to be allowed to ever bring that up, despite the effect it should have on both of them. I’ve gotten an impression they aren’t allowed to interact at all anymore, just stand awkwardly next to each other in group shots. Even Cassandra’s currently established bond with Duke Thomas feels constantly undermined by a looming threat he will end the story broken and turned into a villain. All of this sends a message that Cassandra is not a real part of the Batfamily, more a hired muscle than a real member of the group.

Even the relationships with her villains have been taken away from her by simply erasing said villains. The same goes for many characters who once were her supporting cast, like Brenda or Onyx. Even her father had to be killed despite how many great scenes past writers could work out of confronting the two and exploring both how twisted his view of her is and what extent of the damage he has done to her. It gives an impression of outright spite, as if DC only agreed to bring her back at the cost of stripping her away from all interesting story threads.

3. The Jobbing

The less is said about Thomas Wayne vs Entire Batfamily, the better.

One of the problems with Cassandra’s portrayal is jobbing. For those who do not know, jobbing is a term in wrestling where a wrestler is made to lose a fight to put their opponent over with the audience. The bigger the reputation of a certified badass the jobber has, the more likely people are to buy the other guy as a genuine threat. A quote attributed to veteran wrestler Christian goes “If you can make the other guy look good you will always find a job, but you will have to do the job”.

Sadly, since her return, Cassandra has been reduced to a jobber. A character who is known as the best martial arts fighter in the Batfamily, if not in the DC Universe as a whole, is constantly made to lose to make someone else look good. In fact, between 2015 and 2019 the character had literally a single clean victory. By “clean” I mean a fair one on one fight. Every single one of her other victories was immediately being retconned as her opponent holding back (Dick Grayson) or undermined by her having the help of other characters (Lady Shiva, Azrael). Even the one opponent she was allowed to beat, Ismael, was a new character introduced just a few issues prior and his only show of skill to speak of was beating her in a previous fight. Meanwhile, she is constantly made to lose against opponents who have never been shown to possess skills or abilities that could make it believable, like Jason Todd, Helena Bertinelli or Karma. Thomas Wayne, a character whose use of guns was justified as compensation for his horrible hand-to-hand skills, is likely the worst example of them all. Cassandra is allowed to beat unnamed minions, be it Colony soldiers or League of Shadows ninjas. However, these do little to establish her as a force to be reckoned with she once was. After all, every single hero takes down hordes of minions constantly. Overall her status as a great fighter is at this point nothing more but an informed ability and DC has killed all credibility she once had.

There are painful and insulting implications that come along with Cassandra’s jobbing. This is because her skills as a martial artist have always been something she took great pride in and formed a lot of her self-esteem around. She finds comfort and relief from living with her disability in them. Her story is not one of a person “overcoming” their disability or have it nullified by superpowers that comic books are sadly full of. It is a story of a disabled person learning to live with their disability by finding solace in other skills she has and proving herself a true master despite said disability. By making her be beaten by everyone and their mother, DC turned that character arc into a cruel joke. Cassandra who is losing every fight is Cassandra that DC wants you to laugh at. Mock her for being delusional to think disabled people can be heroes and not just helpless victims. An ableist position very in line with a company that erased Barbara Gordon’s disability and history as Oracle, and to this day has editorial personally offended by the idea she could be anything but helpless in a wheelchair. As a result all Cassandra stories since her return just feel mean-spirited.

4. Shiva

Since Cassandra's return, the only two stories to focus on her have been about her mother, Lady Shiva. This has been a larger problem that has existed since Dan DiDio started meddling with the characters. We could see it in a classic story Destruction Daughter as well. There seems to be a desire on an editorial level to repeat and outdo the classic fan-favorite fight between them from Batgirl #25. Which is by many considered the best Cassandra story and the pinnacle of Kelley Puckett's run. But the editorial does not want to simply “top” that fight. They also want to somehow integrate it into a bigger story that ties Shiva with League of Assassins. I mean no disrespect to James Tynion or Bryan Hill or Anderson Gabrych, but none of them managed to truly make it work. The stories, while still well-written, seem to be inherently contrived. And I believe the future attempts will never truly work no matter who is writing them. The whole premise is nonsensical. Shiva that works with Ras Al’Ghul and his League is by definition out of character as the two have no aligning goals to speak of. There is nothing he can offer her and she doesn’t care for his goals. And the idea of sticking with him to fight challenging opponents is undermined by a fact she could get a good fight by simply slaughtering his entire organization. I started comparing this to Street Fighter to easily explain my issue with this. For Shiva to work with Ras makes as little sense as for Akuma to be M. Bison’s lackey. DC is constantly trying to sell to us a story that does not work and then angrily try again when it is not hailed as better than Batgirl #25. It seems that Cassandra has become a means to an end in all of it. That she exists solely to get Shiva over as a minion to a bigger villain she has no good reason to follow in the first place.

This does nothing to make Cassandra less of a jobber either, as Shiva has been stuck in the same position for the entire decade herself and at this point is no more threatening than a Teletubby. Especially if the same stories that are supposed to reestablish Shiva as a threat are the stories where she fights her daughter. It feels like the two characters are trying to each regain their credibility by beating the other one because DC did such a good job of undermining them they wouldn’t be allowed to defeat anyone else.

While I want Shiva to be an antagonistic force in Cassandra’s life and she is a great villain, the way it is done does nothing for either character. Their complex relationship and clashing philosophies don't need to be violent or even physical at all to be compelling. It effectively squanders all potential the two have, seemingly for no other reason than to put Ras Al’Ghul over.

5. No Focus

Some of you may have caught on the prevailing theme of these points. Cassandra is no longer being written as a character in her own right. She is erased or pushed in the background to not overshadow Barbara. Her relationships are not being built upon and her plotlines are being dropped in favor of focusing on other characters. She is isolated from her new family and her membership is undermined even by her own codename. She keeps losing so that villains can look strong and cannot score a victory to not make someone “more important” look weak. She keeps being dragged into fights with Shiva to push Ras Al’Ghul as a bigger deal. She is constantly on team books that are always about other people first.

This pattern speaks for itself. Despite an ever-increasing number of her fans and even writers who adore her, DC does not care about Cassandra Cain. This whole decade the company has shown the only role they see for her is someone used to push characters the editorial wants people to like instead. DC’s treatment of her betrays their arrogance, the belief the editors know better what the fans want than the fans themselves. Sadly it seems to have spilled onto other media as well. From what we know about her appearance in the upcoming Birds of Prey movie, Cassandra is the only character the creators did not care to get right, just somebody to make others look good. This is also why I am not holding my breath for her upcoming appearances in DCeased and Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey books. At the end of the day these are still not her stories, just someone else’s books she was allowed to be in. Do not get me wrong, I hope we really get this “Cass Renaissance” the fandom is getting excited about. But outside of Shadow of the Batgirl, which will actually be a story about her, I do not trust DC to treat her as more than a glorified prop for other characters. If there is one thing I learned is that you can never expect good things from the Big 2. You can hope for the best and prepare for the worst. But they will very rarely offer you a surprise that is actually pleasant.

- Admin

#Batgirl #Orphan #Cassandra Cain #DC

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thejadesofgusu · 5 years ago

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_from this meme_

✮ ━ top three favorite muses that you’ve played

This is a pretty hard one for me as I have played through many, many fandoms. I vary upon where I play. I usually write on rp boards. I occasionally dabble in tumblr. So top three of all things. Lets see in no special order.

X_ Severus Snape- He was a blast to write back in the day, and I have always had a soft spot for characters that have morally grey areas. That may or may not do the right thing and for the right or wrong reasons. Also, I am that person who will forever sit and cry in the corner over an unrequited love. X_Mr.Gold- Another one the past fandoms, I absolutely loved Mr.Gold from Once Upon A Time. I had a small group of friends I wrote this with and everyone had a different character and it made for the most interesting threads. Again you can see the trend of my iconic style of characters. X_Yuuto- X1999 Old as it may be was one of those manga that I absolutely adored, CLAMP was my thing and still is to an extent. I loved everything about the story the Dragons of Heavens & The Dragons of Earth. It was my jam. I played him for a bit before the great Tumblrpocalypse but it took many of my friends with it.

♕ ━ which fictional characters are your favorites? I have a lot of favorites I tend to fancy those with morale grey areas, however I am also not opposed to playing the hero, or the honor bound type. So if I had to pick random favorites its usually either the background characters we know very little about, or the villains. I think I am equally drawn to all types, but most certainly I tend to favor those characters with a little bite. To be sure. (Marvel: I have played Tony Stark , Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Dr.Doom, Magneto, Black Queen & Mephisto ) (DC: Scarecrow, Mr.Freeze, Batman, Poison Ivy and Lady Xanadu ) (Supernatural: Dean Winchester, Death, War, Lucifer ) So this is not the full list but its a good idea of my style of characters. I fell in love with Lan Xichen from the Untamed and he’s likely the NICEST character I have ever written for..

#𝐵𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓈 [ 𝒪𝑜𝒸 ] -𝑀𝑒𝒶𝓃𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝓊𝓈𝓊 #𝐵𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓈 [ 𝒜𝓃𝓈𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓈 ] -𝒮𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒜 𝐿𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒪𝓃 𝒜 𝐿𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒮𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒟𝒶𝓎 #𝐵𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓈 [ 𝑀𝓊𝓃 ]- 𝐵𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽�� 𝓂𝒾𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓇 #/ Thank you so much for the ask!!! /

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carynsilver · 5 years ago

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Marvel 20 Questions

I wasn't tagged, but I saw this on @musette22‘s Tumblr and decided I wanted to play. Thanks!

1. Favorite solo film? It’s so hard to choose. It would be easier to list my top five. :-) But, I have to go with Thor: Ragnarok, because it is funny and heartwarming and I love it. Plus I have been a sucker for Thor since his first movie. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a really close second, though.

2. Favorite team-up film? The Avengers. It was so cool seeing all the characters we’d watched in the solo movies come together for the first time. Marvel really did the solo movies to team-up movies formula right--didn’t rush it like DC did. The payoff in that first Avengers movie was great. Plus a good villain, high stakes, and a plot that I didn’t have problems with. A good mix of humor to action. Love it. Also, I’m really partial to the AUs where the Avengers all live on their own floors in the tower, and that is the movie that sets that up (even if I’ll forever be sad that they did nothing with it).

3. Favorite female character? There are a lot of BAMF chicks in the MCU, but my absolute favorite is Peggy Carter. She is strong and gorgeous and knows her worth, even a time that is worse that today about allowing women to have that value. I liked her in the first Cap movie, but I loved her even more in the Agent Carter TV series. While I like the Peggy/Steve backstory, I like Peggy better on her own. Darcy Lewis is a really close second favorite--only second because, while I liked her in the Thor movies, it was fic that really fleshed out her character, while Peggy got all that character development on screen. But we’ll see how things go with Wandavision. Maybe Darcy will get the more developed character in cannon that she deserves. (I guess the Netflix shows no longer count for the MCU, huh? Because Jessica Jones was pretty awesome, too.)

4. Favorite male character? Oh my gosh. I love both Thor Odinson and Bucky Barnes SO MUCH--it’s nearly impossible to choose. However, I have to use the rule that I used for favorite female character, and give Thor the number one spot because his character’s awesomeness is fleshed out on screen. While I still think that his first movie could’ve used a bit more middle (more time than just one night on Earth to grow and change into someone who would give his life for others), I’ve loved watching Thor’s character grow and change over the years. He tried so hard to be a Gryffindor, but he’s really a Hufflepuff. While he would’ve been an all right king due to training, he doesn’t have the heart for it, and I think he finally realized that. He is so much more than muscles and a weird accent--he’s loving, supportive, and really smart; he forgives; he’s just an awesome guy. Bucky has that whole tragic redemption arc, which is great, but they really cheated his character out of development on screen after CA:tFA and CA:tWS. Like with Darcy, a lot of his development comes from fic and head cannons. I’m really hopeful for the Falcon & Winter Soldier TV series. Maybe now Bucky will finally get the character development he deserves!

5. Best canon ship? I’m not really tied to many of the cannon ships in the MCU. I liked Tony/Pepper a lot; probably because they got a lot of screen time, and Pepper is another favorite BAMF MCU lady. Scott/Hope is also pretty good. I would’ve said Thor/Jane, except then they broke up. Maybe they will resurge to the top of the list when we get Thor 4.

6. Best non-canon ship? I love so many non-cannon ships for the MCU! I like Stucky, Stony, WinterShock, WinterHawk (but only with the more comic-esque Clint who is deaf and a disaster; not boring family man movie Clint), WinterIron (but only in no power AUs without the Bucky killed Tony’s parents angle), ShieldShock, TaserTricks a bit... Basically any ship with either Bucky or Darcy in it would have a chance, and even though I don’t love cannon Steve all that much, I like a lot of ships with him in fanfic, too. Weirdly, I never read fic about Thor or Peggy--maybe because they are so fleshed out in cannon, I don’t need more from them.

7. Favorite actor? Man, another rough one. I love Chris Hemsworth and Sebastian Stan so much. I think I have to go with Sebastian on this one, though. Chris is great, hot, and I adore him, but Sebastian did so much with a character that had relatively little screen time overall. I mean, Bucky was in five movies, but in a lot of them he was there more for the action than the actual character development (which makes me sad! he deserves more!). But the fact that he took a smaller, supporting character and made him one of my favorites in the whole universe says a lot for Sebastian’s acting. Like, a lot of actors can make you love a character when they are the main character in multiple movies, but how many can do it from the sidelines? (**crossing my fingers for lots of good Bucky in the F&WS show!**)

8. Favorite actress? Gotta go with Hayley Atwell here. The way she played Peggy was masterful. I also really love Kat Dennings, though. Second only to Hayley.

9. Favorite director? Taika Waititi, hands down. He should do all MCU movies from here on out. Prior to him, it was Joss Whedon for his great work on the first Avengers, but Joss let me down with A:AoU.

10. What was the first MCU movie you ever watched? Iron Man. Aside from Spiderman: Homecoming and The Incredible Hulk, I watched all the MCU movies in theater in the order they came out. We are dedicated Marvel fans that way. :-)

11. Which MCU movie have you watched the most? Hmmm... I’m honestly not sure. I’ve never specifically counted viewings. I know the top contenders would be Thor: Ragnarok, Ant Man, The Avengers, Thor, Captain America: the First Avenger, and Iron Man. I have definitely watched every MCU movie except the Spiderman and Hulk solo films more than once, though.

12. Favorite super-suit? I think I’d have to go with the Iron Man suit. I mean, it’s by far the most useful, and it has Jarvis (or Friday) inside. And it lets you fly! That said, if we take it as most attractive suit, then I’d be torn between Steve’s navy and white suit (sans cowl) from the beginning of CA:tWS and Thor’s suit when it bared his arms (the long-sleeved version was weird looking).

13. Favorite weapon? Mjolnir, by far. Even though it creates some weird questions/plot issues, I love the idea of a weapon that only someone with a worthy heart can use. I think my favorite moment in End Game was when they paid out on that bit from AoU and Steve busted out fighting with his shield and Mjolnir. Steve and Thor fighting together with the hammer and the axe was fabulous. I do also like Cap’s shield, even though it’s a weird choice. I’m really looking forward to Thor 4, if the rumors are true and we’re going to get to see Jane use the hammer. That will be excellent!

14. Favorite origin story? Oh, another hard one! I am a sucker for a good redemption story arc, so I think Bucky/Winter Soldier edges in for the win here. Overcoming 70 years of brainwashing and mind wipes for his best friend, struggling to get back to human again, and then trying to make up for some of the wrongs from the past (which I hope is where we’re going in the F&WS show) is excellent. Though, Thor’s journey from spoiled brat to someone who is willing to sacrifice himself for others to king to someone who realizes that he isn’t the best king and is willing to hand the crown to someone else for the good of the people that he loves is a really good one, too. I also like tiny anger-ball Steve taking a risk to become a hero with a good heart. Didn’t necessarily agree with all his choices later, but did like the origin. Solid third.

15. Favorite villain? Definitely Loki. His arc in the first Thor movie is great. And knowing that in the first Avengers movie he was affected by the mind stone adds a great layer. Plus watching him continue to mature and grow until he finally was willing to be there for his brother in Ragnarok. That was a great arc, and the character toes that line of gray morality but redemption that is so compelling to watch. His death was the worst one to me in IW/EG--I really thought he was pulling some other con, and I’ll forever be sad they dropped that thread. I hope that his show is good, and I’ll give it a chance, but I’m still bummed that we’re going back to post-Avengers Loki and losing all that character development from Thor 2 and 3. :-(

16. Favorite fight sequence? Honestly, the action and fighting are probably my least favorite parts of these movies. I know, that’s atypical, lol. Like, they are the less interesting bits I have to put up with to get the character growth I want from my superheroes. Often, the action sequences go on too long. Shorter action sequences would allow them to both keep up momentum and put in more character development, but no one in charge asks me. :-P That said, I like the action sequences best when they show character development, and the best one for that is the highway fight in CA:tWS where Cap and co. fight the Winter Soldier for the first time. No one in the whole movie had challenged Steve that far, but the Winter Soldier truly put him in danger for the first time, and his friends, too. The Winter Soldier was menacing, and then paired with the Bucky reveal at the end. Best action sequence. Though I do also love the Revengers vs. Hela in Ragnarok when Thor finally gets his full lightening powers down and crashes into the battle. He is so OP now, but in an awesome way.

17. Favorite line from any of the films? I love that bit in the first Avengers movie when Thor snags Loki, Tony flies out after him, and Nat tells Steve not go because they are basically gods. I love Steve’s line of, “There’s only one God, Ma’am, and I’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that.” That one cracks me up even now that I’ve watched it so many times.

18. Favorite scene from any of the films? Pretty much any scene with Darcy in it is a favorite. Her stuff in the first Thor movie is gold. I also like Bucky and Steve’s goodbye scene at the beginning of CA:tFA.

19. If you could pick an Infinity Stone to keep, which would you choose? Huh... I don’t know that I’d want any of them. I guess, if pressed, I’d choose the Space stone because I think it would let me teleport. The Time stone/time travel seems interesting, but I’d be afraid I’d mess up the timelines.

20. Which Disney Plus MCU series are you most looking forward to? Falcon & Winter Soldier, hands down. Though, when I heard Darcy would be a character, that jumped Wandavision up to second place.

I think that @virtual-insomnia would enjoy this. :-)

#avengers #meme #thor #bucky barnes #darcy lewis #peggy carter #mcu

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wildefiction · 5 years ago

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Of Course...Mr. Collins

FOURTEEN

Panting, you shut the door behind you, running into the bathroom in an attempt to make yourself halfway presentable. After brushing your teeth and refreshing your perfume, you pulled a brush through your wind-blown hair.

“[Y/F/N]? Are you ready?!” Looking up from the drawer you were rifling through, you blew the hair out of your face as you wriggled into the AC/DC tank top from last week. It’d have to do.

Just as the hem dropped over the black bra you were wearing, Misha walked through the door.

“Yep, let’s go!” Purposefully you ignored the salacious grin that spread over his face when he saw the shirt drop to cover your exposed skin.

The crowded bar was noisy, and Misha kept a firm grip on your wrist as he led you through the throngs of people. Towards the back a few tables had been pushed together to make room for the cast members who’d chosen to come out tonight.

“Hey Misha!” Kim waved the two of you over and several voices echoed her greeting before turning to you.

“Everyone, this is [Y/F/N], [Y/F/N], this is…everyone.”

Briana sidled up to you, and wrapping an arm around your waist, asked what you were drinking.

“Oh..uh..whiskey?” “Woo! Thas mah girl!!” Turning she made her way to the bar to order a round of shots for the party. Returning a few minutes later holding a tray stacked with shot glasses, she handed one over to you before passing out the others. Turning towards you, Misha held his drink aloft,

“Welcome to the Supernatural family [Y/F/N]” before tipping his head back. You did the same, savoring the sweet burn as the liquid traveled down your throat. Cringing slightly, you shook your head as you were handed another. The second shot went down easier as the muscles across your shoulders flooded with warmth.

Nursing a Jameson and Dr. Pepper kept you buzzed for the better part of the next hour. Your alcohol metabolism was a fearsome thing, and if you ever wanted to stay tipsy for more than ten minutes, you had to consistently have a drink in hand. You’d learned over the years that the number of drinks didn’t matter, it was more about how you drank them.

As the hours wore on, you were thoroughly enjoying yourself and found that you fit in well with the group of people who’d quickly become your friends. Jared was talking to you about your favorite music when the dim floor flooded with the sounds of Alice Cooper. Eyes widening, you set your drink down and grabbed the hands of Kim, Briana, Daneel and Gen - begging them to come and dance with you. Usually you weren’t a fan of being the center of attention, but once you started drinking, all inhibitions flew out the window.

Misha was watching intently as your hips swayed to the music. Those tiny shorts kept drawing his attention to the curve of your ass and he groaned under his breath at the sudden need to touch you. As the song ended, he watched you return to the table, a thin sheen of sweat now covering your chest as you worked to catch your breath. A wide smile spread across your face and you picked up the drink you’d left several minutes prior.

The vibration of your phone startled you for a moment, but you pulled it from your pocket anyhow.

“Wha’cha doin’ tonight?”

Your heart rate increased as a hundred thoughts chased themselves around your head. Giggling to yourself, your fingers felt numb as the room shifted around you. Having enough sense to pull yourself up onto a bar stool so you didn’t have to concentrate on keeping yourself vertical, you debated on how to respond.

Your fingers flew over the keys as you typed out what you thought was a witty response.

“You hopefully.” Smirking, your finger hovered over the send button. You were trying to work up the courage to go through with it. Instead, at the last minute you deleted the message and went with something less desperate.

“Having some drinks with the Supernatural cast. You?” Locking your phone, you set it down on the table in front of you, and continued sipping your drink. A few minutes later, your vision lasered in on the black device, which was now vibrating towards you along the surface where it rested. Picking it up, you saw Norman had just decided to call you instead of texting and you drug your finger along the screen, before putting it up to your ear.

“Hey, what’s up?”

“Hey lady, where are ya? God damn, that voice though. You stifled the soft growl that threatened to escape from your throat.

“Someplace called Pele?” “It’s downtown I think. Do you know it?” A low chuckle echoed through the line.

“Meet me outside?”

“Fuuhh..hucck.” The groan was almost passable enough to hide the desire in your tone. More laughter from his end let you know that he had caught on to your frustration. Blushing you agreed before hanging up. Holding onto the table in front of you for balance, you shook your head - taking a few sips of ice water to help steady your movements.

“Hey Mish, I’m gonna head back. You okay?” He was on his fifth shot, head nodding enthusiastically as he threw an arm around Jensen’s neck, whispering to his best friend even though his eyes never left yours.

The cool midnight air chased the remaining fog from your mind as you walked out the front door. A few minutes later, the provocative rumble of Norman’s bike caught your attention.

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You woke with a start to the sound of someone pounding on the door. Ignoring it wasn’t an option you soon realized as it continued, undeterred. Groggily, you pulled off the blankets you’d wrapped yourself in and lowered your feet to the floor. Still wearing the tank top from earlier that night, you had managed to take off your shorts before falling face first into the down blankets, but the thought never crossed your mind as you padded towards the incessant racket.

Pulling the door open, you groaned as Misha stepped through the entryway, harsh fluorescent lights streaming in around him.

“Sorry if I woke you [Y/F/N], I seem to have misplaced my room key.” Waving a dismissive hand in his general direction, you moved to let him pass in front of you before closing the door. Turning back towards Misha as it clicked shut, you nearly ran into the man. He’d stopped in his tracks upon seeing your disheveled appearance. Abruptly, you were wide awake, heart beating frantically as he stepped towards you. One hand reached out to brush fingers along your hip, the other traveling up to cup the right side of your face as he took another step closer.

Groaning, he leaned forward, resting his head against yours.

“You really have no idea what you’re doing to me right now…” You were just about to question his statement when both hands shifted to cement themselves to your waist, drifting down to caress your panty-clad ass, the cotton fabric riding up as his grip tightened and you found your feet leaving the ground. Turning, he shoved you into the wall as his lips found your neck.

Unconsciously, your fingers threaded through his hair, tilting your head to accept his advances. Several times, they made contact with your fevered skin before he pulled away, chest heaving. Even in the dark, the small amount of moonlight filtering through the sheer curtains illuminated his sapphire eyes as his breathing quickened and he pressed his chest to yours. Ducking his head briefly, he looked back into your [Y/E/C] irises, words hushed but clear

“Do you want this [Y/F/N]?” Nodding, you reached forward, palms resting against the t-shirt stretched over his chest as you lowered your lips to his.

With your legs wrapped snugly around his waist and your back pressed into the wall, Misha ran his hands the length of your torso. The stubble decorating his jaw scraped over your neck as his attention moved to the juncture where your pulse met your shoulder. Setting his teeth into the soft skin, you groaned as his hips rutted between your legs. The strength of his hands as they moved to your waist lifted the dark material of your tank top to expose your stomach. Breath heavy as he lifted the thin material over the swell of your chest, Misha’s eyes widened as he realized you weren’t wearing a bra.

Closing his lips around one nipple, he teased you, alternating between sucking and testing his teeth against the sensitive flesh. Your back arched and an involuntary moan escaped between your lips as he pulled back, blowing cool air over the now swollen flesh.

Returning his hands to your belly, the electricity flowing from his fingers shot through your body, ripping a strangled cry from your throat as one hand braced against the wall while the other ghosted across the panties you still wore. For a moment he moved his hand along the fabric quickly before growing impatient and shoving his fingers past the elastic and into the folds at the apex of your thighs. The warmth spreading through you flared as his hips ground against yours, heavy sighs falling from his open mouth.

“Fuhh-ck, you’re so wet baby.” The praise caressed your senses as Misha drew his thumb over your clit before sliding two fingers into the heat of your body. Curling them against the front of your belly, you threw your head back as you attempted to control the moans that threatened to escape.

“C’mon [Y/F/N], let me hear that pretty voice of yours..why don’t you tell me what you want..hmmm?” As if to emphasize his request, Misha dug his hips into yours again, more insistent as his cock strained against the constricting denim of the pants he still wore.

Opening your eyes, you tilted his chin up to press your lips against his, smiling into the kiss while your hands traveled down from where they’d been threaded through his dark hair to play with the hem of his black t-shirt. As your fingers ghosted over the warm skin of his belly, your mouth traveled to his jaw and neck, peppering wet kisses anywhere your lips touched. His skin flushed with a wave of goosebumps as your breath fanned across him, breathing heavily as you spoke

“Fuhh..hhhuuuck.” The sigh fell from your lips before taking the lobe of his ear between your teeth.

Twisting your hands in his shirt, you hurried to lift it over his head, dropping it to lie forgotten at his feet; only tearing your mouth from his neck for an instant. The warmth of his body encouraged you to spread your fingers over his skin as your hands made their way to his belt buckle. Deftly, your fingers made quick work of the brass fastener, the sound of his zipper assaulting your senses as you reached down and wrapped your hand around his cock.

Strong fingers closed around your wrist and yanked your hand free to press it over your head. A deep growl reverberated through Misha’s chest before he removed the fingers still playing along your wetness to grip the base of his length, pushing it against the front of your soaked panties. The strength cording through his forearms coupled with the sounds he made tore through the rest of your inhibitions as your hips bucked forward against his touch. The fingers you’d been running over his torso tipped and your nails bit into his muscled back, red welts chasing the lines caused by your pleasure.

[Y/F/N]’s enthusiasm engulfed Misha as his hand bunched in the cotton fabric of her panties and shoved them to the side; hips snapping forward in his need to feel her around him. Guiding his thick length through the folds of her soaked core was nearly his undoing, and he could feel her contracting around nothing as he moved over her clit, the swollen bundle of nerves teasing the sensitive skin of his head. She moved against him freely now, no longer shy as her hips thrust into his. Wanton moans of his name dripped from parted lips, her head thrown back in ecstasy as she struggled against his hold on her.

“Miiiiiii..ssshhhhuuuh..pleeahheesse?!”

There it was…the barest of whispers. But it was enough. Eyes wild, the pressure he exuded where his fingers dug into her hips was sure to leave bruises, the skin around his fingers white as he dug into her flesh. He wanted nothing more than to sink into her, to fill her up until she screamed, but he hadn’t been prepared for this to happen tonight. Turning, he carried her the three steps to the bed, releasing her wrists she fell from his hips to land with a small bounce against the cool sheets, long [Y/H/C] tresses fanning out around her as he knelt between her legs.

Using the momentum of Misha’s body as he fell to the bed, you flipped him to his back, the surprise evident on his face as he stared up into your bright [Y/E/C] eyes. Wasting no time, you grabbed his wrists, pinning them to his side as you stretched over him. “My turn. Behave yourself Mr. Collins..no touching. Understand?” A slow smile crept over his features, but his head inclined in acquiescent as you moved down his body, appreciating the lithe muscles that rippled beneath his skin. As you inched below his belly button, his breath hitched, hissing between his teeth as you bit into his tanned skin, sucking for a moment before pulling away; blowing warm breath across the damp surface - a shiver running through his body at the sensation.

He itched to put his hands on her, fuck she felt amazing between his thighs. Looking down as she kissed his skin and took her time savoring his body, her chest pressed flat against him, that tight ass wriggling subconsciously in the air…it was almost too much. He watched as she wrapped long, deliberate, fingers around the base of his cock, squeezing gently before turning those stunning Green eyes up to look into his own, the fan of dark lashes she stared through both challenging and questioning. Just as he’d imagined it would be. Fingers dug into the sheets at his side as she flattened her tongue and licked a strip of heat along his length, sealing her lips over his head, teasing him with the isolated attention for a moment before taking him into her throat.

Humming in satisfaction as he slid along your tongue, hands splayed over his thighs before dipping down to cup his balls, your soft touch drawing a groan from Misha’s throat. As you backed off his length, your tongue swirled around the sensitive skin of his frenulum for a moment before you swallowed him down again.

“Dammit woman, fu..huu - nnnnnggg…” Threading a hand into the waterfall of your hair dragging over his fevered skin, he’d forgotten himself and your instructions - intent on fucking that talented mouth of yours until he spilled down your throat. Hollowing your cheeks around his thickness, you growled, gently setting a small amount of pressure on either side of him as you found a rhythm, twisting one hand around his base in the opposite direction your tongue traveled.

Misha snapped his hips forward into the girl’s waiting mouth, movements becoming erratic as the minutes ticked by. He was close, muscles tensing as his pace increased. The moans spilling from [Y/F/N]’s lips vibrating along his desperate cock pushed him over the edge, but a few good thrusts before he was sure to come, she sealed her lips around his head, two strong pulls tearing a ragged scream from his throat before she pulled her mouth off of him with a soft pop. Eyes darting around as his cock twitched in her hand, a knowing grin spread across her face as her eyes narrowed.

“What did I say Misha?” Her grip tightened around him and she leaned forward, flicking her tongue against the sensitive skin below his head, eliciting a torturous groan to fall from his mouth.

“Fuhhhh..uuhh..please [Y/F/N], pleee..ssuuhhh babe…”

With zero warning, her mouth closed around him again, shoving his cock to hit the back of her throat as her tongue massaged his shuddering length, fingers wrapping around his wrists in a bruising grip as she held them pinned to his sides. One final constriction of her lips sent him over the edge, and he came in a hot rush, but [Y/F/N] was eager, swallowing him down before drawing him out of her mouth and falling with a sigh to the bed next to him. Turning to looking at the man beside her, his chest heaving with the effort of recovery, she smirked, crawling up to dart her tongue along the curve of his ear, a whisper fell from her fevered lips “first fuckup is free..after that…”

Confidence coursed through you as you slid from the bed and disappeared into the bathroom, closing the door with a soft click behind you. What the fuck was that?! You wondered to yourself. You certainly weren’t complaining but….okay..well…maybe a little bit - there’d been no relief for you, but then again, you hadn’t expected there to be. No one, aside from yourself had ever been able to break that coil inside you, regardless of how tightly it was wound. Still, you held out hope for the future as your hands began to ghost over your body.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

TAGS: @jamielea81 @wings-of-a-raven

#WildeFiction #Misha x Reader #Supernatural Fanfiction #SPN x RPF

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houseoftroy · 7 years ago

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Favorite DC ladies [2/?]: Cassandra Elizabeth Sandsmark

«We do this to help people, right? Save lives. So even if we die saving one -- it's worth the trade-off. Right?»

#favorite dc ladies thread #cassandra sandsmark #cassie sandsmark #young justice #teen titans #dc comics #wonders

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matteblacklips · 2 years ago

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june updates i

Disclaimer: I would like to begin this email thread by saying if you didn’t want to receive emails from me you shouldn’t have given me your email to begin with.

Joke of the chain:

Hello all,

So much has happened in the last few weeks, I don't even know where to start, but the show must go on. The last time we spoke, it was the first week of May, and now, almost five weeks later, I am no longer unemployed, I'm not grieving over a breakup and I am suffering from the worst allergic reaction/sunburn known to man. I’m sorry but you already know I’m going to be the biggest whore Boston has ever seen. Run back hoevid-19. Being in my slut era is gonna be so fun because I always keep the roster at a good four and usually when I have a boyfriend or main hoe I cut off side joes 1-3. I’m prolly marrying #4 so gotta keep him on the back burner til we’re ready for him.

I've been traveling like crazy the last couple weeks, and I started in the trashiest state known to man -- New Jersey. I went for a cousin's babyshower and immediately flew to Dallas afterwards for an interview. I got the job but more eventfully I thought the first man with green hair was Marcus Smart at the bar like why would Marcus Smart be at a rooftop bar in Dallas during the playoffs? Boy Update: Alex is the worst influence — he had me text my ex (the one who I gave a concussion to while we were ~u know~ and the one that was a pathological liar). Fortunately for my mental health he wasn’t in DC this weekend or Alex would’ve had to explain to his parents that his sister decided to ditch family plans for mediocre dick and a summer of trauma.

Pop culture Update: Celtics lost to the Warriors and I got absolutely blacked out drunk because of it. DC was so much fun and every time I visit I feel like I’m always blacked out and Alex is just enjoying the fact that I’m the drunkest person in the room. We got back from day drinking and I ended up taking a nap before dinner on the swing and then slept for literally nine hours cuddling with Pablo. I got to hang out with more of Alex’s friends this weekend and I thought you wouldn’t be able to beat Serena Bronk but honestly Dillion O’brien (yes that’s his name) might take the cake. I’m not exactly sure who he reminds me of but he’s probably top ten funniest people I’ve met. Aumiller made an appearance as well as a quick hello from Matt Rob.

Memorial Day: Spent the weekend in Boston & it was out of this world. I had decided to celebrate my birthday that weekend with all of my favorite people, and it was probably one of the best weekends I'd had in a long time. Sevin, Kiersten and I reunited and had a hot girl weekend, and the lovely Catherine Ngyuen came out. We had gone to Mother Anna's and I appreciate the OG boys, Allen and Anthony, for fully planning the dinner cause if it were up to me, I would've cried because of how last minute the plans were. The girlies and boys, Mina and Thomas included, went to Bodega and I swear it was one of the best Bodega nights in a long time. The music is always amazing and the vibes are always immaculate. The day after, the girlies went to a rooftop pool in Fenway and it was so calm and chill, up until this lady called the front desk on us because some of the people we knew were ~chaotic~. Overall 10/10 weekend, would run it back in the future.

Birthday Pt.2: I ended up seeing my sneaky link but because so absolutely fucked up that I did not even get to third base. I woke up abs hungover and I could not function. He spent $120 on Ubers just to listen to me complain and a drunk make out. We call him ___ wonderbread cause he’s so boring but we have yet to speak since I went to dc and he went to Miami so I’ll give you an update on that afterwards.

Work: I absolutely love the job I have. It's exactly what I want salary-wise, and opportunity-wise. I had got the offer on my birthday and I had started almost two days afterwards but the job itself is so fulfilling. I’m learning so much and the fact that this job is a direct gateway to my future makes me feel so much more committed to it. Also 30 PTO days??? You're fucking kidding me right.

Birthday's to look out for: Sevin, June 25, Sonali, June 26, Ila, June 27

Availability this week: I’m available Thursday 6pm for a Cisco moment but other than that don’t talk to me at all. I’m working remote on Friday so I can be persuaded to do a little day drink moment but it’s Sevin’s birthday weekend so nothing crazy.

Best,

Shefali Patel

Keep in mind you would be responding to the chain so don’t blow my spot if you can help it. I would really appreciate keeping my dignity if I could.

What to expect: weekly to biweekly emails regarding things that matter to me including but not limited to bad jokes, an update on plans, current events, and my personal favorite new recipes and places to check out!

#shefalipatel_ on ig

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