#fusion mystery scott

[mysterybutknown]

HERE ME THE HECK OUT OKAY-

1. After Scott finds out that Jimmy is/did fuse with other gems, he decides to be petty and refuse to fuse with him anymore (which barely lasted), but this lead him to be able to fuse with Pearl and Cleo. Out of sheer pettiness.

2. Owen and Scott were the first human/gem fusion to happen and it was to stop the Bad Boys gems from doing something extremely stupid.

3. Martyn and Ren fuse in secret, but when other members of their unit began go get suspicious Ren gaslights them (because he's a higher rank) and they mysteriously dispear after a "talk with Martyn"

4. When Scar/Spinel goes evil, they do so because they feel as if they're being forgot as newer gems come around. Him and Grian were the first "defector", and want that bond to be something special. (kinda like Scott's story but instead of just refusing to fuse Scar gives in to his negative emotions)

5. Pearlescentmoon/pearl was meant to be Scott's pearl but they were separated before they actually met, and they find it weird how they get along so well.

6. Impulse and Mumbo will be the first to engage with human life, before immediately trying to kill it. That human being X. He'll get over it tho

[omegaremix]

Omega Radio for March 2, 2020; #221.

Roy Ayers (Ubiquity) “This Side Of Sunshine”

Patrice Rushen “Wishful Thinking”

Brick “Fun”

Mother’s Finest “I Can’t Believe”

Olympic Runners “Don’t Let Up”

Sly Stone “High On You”

Ripple “I Don’t Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky”

Creative Source “Rainbows On The Ground”

George Benson “Theme From Summer Of ‘42″

Mysterious Flying Orchestra “Shadows”

Blackbyrds, The “Lady”

Shuggie Otis “Island Letter”, “Pling!”

Joe Beck & David Sanborn “Cactus”

Rufus & Chaka Khan “Your Smile”

Maynard Ferguson “Mister Mellow”

Urbie Green “Mertensia”

Ramsey Lewis “Something About You”

Richard Tee “Virginia Sunday”

Steve Khan “The Blue Man”

Esther Phillips “That’s Alright With Me”

Phil Upchurch “Foolin’ Around”

Les McCann “Vallarta”, “Soaring (At Dawn) Pt. 1″

Billy Cobham “Heather”

Jaye P. Morgan “It All Goes Around”

Richie Cole “New York Afternoon”

Eric Gale “Multiplication”

Bobby Lyle “Inner Space”

Tom Scott “Appolonia (Foxtrota)”

Heatwave “Star Of The Story”

Vic Juris “Leah”

Walt Barr “Creepin’“

Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes “Aspirations”, “Colors Of The Rainbow”

Bonus Omega; jazz, fusion, funk, soul, and vinyl finds.

[mediamixs]

Top 10 Sci-Horror Movies

Here are ten of the best sci-fi horror movies that have left a significant impact on audiences and critics alike:

Alien (1979) Directed by Ridley Scott, Alien is a landmark film in both the sci-fi and horror genres. It follows the crew of the Nostromo spaceship as they encounter a deadly extraterrestrial creature. The film is renowned for its atmospheric tension and the iconic performance of Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, making it a quintessential sci-fi horror classic.

The Thing (1982) John Carpenter's The Thing is a masterclass in paranoia and body horror. Set in an isolated Antarctic research station, it tells the story of a shape-shifting alien that can imitate any organism. The film's groundbreaking practical effects and suspenseful narrative have solidified its status as a cult classi.

Event Horizon (1997) This film combines elements of horror and science fiction, depicting a rescue mission to a spaceship that has returned from a journey to a hellish dimension. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, Event Horizon is known for its unsettling atmosphere and themes of madness and despair.

The Fly (1986) Directed by David Cronenberg, The Fly is a remake of the 1958 film about a scientist who accidentally transforms into a fly-human hybrid. The film is celebrated for its visceral body horror and the tragic consequences of scientific experimentation, showcasing Jeff Goldblum's remarkable performanc.

Annihilation (2018) Based on Jeff VanderMeer's novel, Annihilation follows a group of scientists exploring a mysterious quarantined zone known as "The Shimmer." Directed by Alex Garland, the film blends horror and existential themes, featuring stunning visuals and a haunting atmospher.

A Quiet Place (2018) Directed by John Krasinski, A Quiet Place is set in a post-apocalyptic world where sound-sensitive creatures hunt humans. The film's innovative use of silence as a storytelling device and its emotional depth have garnered critical acclaim and commercial succes.

Color Out of Space (2019) A modern adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's story, this film stars Nicolas Cage as a farmer whose life is disrupted by a meteorite that brings a strange color and madness to his family. The film effectively combines cosmic horror with psychological elements, creating a unique viewing experience.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) This classic film explores themes of identity and conformity as alien seed pods replace humans with emotionless duplicates. Directed by Philip Kaufman, its chilling premise and social commentary make it a standout in the sci-fi horror genre.

The Invisible Man (2020) A contemporary reimagining of H.G. Wells' novel, this film follows a woman who believes she is being stalked by her abusive ex, who has found a way to become invisible. Directed by Leigh Whannell, it combines psychological horror with sci-fi elements, delivering a tense and thought-provoking narrative.

Nope (2022) Directed by Jordan Peele, Nope offers a fresh take on the alien invasion genre, blending horror with social commentary. The film's unique setting and imaginative approach to extraterrestrial life create a suspenseful and engaging experience.

These films not only exemplify the fusion of science fiction and horror but also explore deeper themes related to humanity, technology, and the unknown.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (12-18 Feb 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 "List of People Who Disappeared Mysteriously at Sea" (Jen Myers) - nicely eerie short story

😊 In The Market For Murder (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #2) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - again, I'm a fan of the breezy 'not-super-serious-about-historical-accuracy-in-the-small-details' tone; I really like that Flo & Lady H have this backstory/history that we only find small bits about here and there

😍 Same As It Ever Was (QuokkaFoxtrot) - 62K, Steddie - EXCELLENT time-loop fixit AU

🥰 Cabin Pressure - Series 1: Abu Dhabi to Fitton (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, voice cast) - entertained again by the crew of MJN Airlines

😍 Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Steve a Match (BlueSimplicity) - 209K, shrunkyclunks - omegaverse (but fairly nontrad, no mpreg) - the slow burn tag is not inappropriate but also it kind of doesn't FEEL that slow! deep worldbuilding, excellent epistolary component, incredible OC's, the differences/subversions of trad omegaverse tropes gave me clowfish AU vibes, which I loved

😍 Will Wonders Never Cease (PorcupineGirl) - 56K, zimbits AU, You've Got Mail/She Loves Me fusion - magic's real, Bitty's a tech witch with a very cute familiar - read this in one sitting and my face hurt when I was done from smiling so much

🥰 Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue (Cat Sebastian) - novella, set in 1953; to paraphrase the official description: two best friend pro ball players finally figure their shit out, featuring: inclement weather, only one (real) bed and some hurt/comfort. Technically this is set in the Cabot Universe but there are zero Cabots in this one. Cat continues to score home runs on vibes alone. I love her books so, so much!

💖💖 +189K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

I Want You to Find Me (PorcupineGirl) - Check Please!: zimbits, 23K - canon-divergent AU where Bitty's a camboy that catches Jack's attention (while also still being his former teammate and all)

Ruin me (rainbow_nerds) - Stranger Things: steddie, 11K - absolutely cannot get enough of a reunion/2nd chance fic!!!!! fluffy AF!

Critical Feline Mass (Kryptaria, zooeyscigar) - MCU: stucky, 39K - no-powers AU where they're both retired military, Steve rents an apt to a still-struggling-to-reintegrate Bucky & sparks (and feelings) fly. also there are a lot of adorable kittens.

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Tom Scott & Gavin Free - "We tried the Hot Ones sauces. It was painful."

Queer Historical Romance panel with KJ Charles, AL Lester & Lex Croucher presented by The Portal Bookshop

Poker Face - s1, e5-7

Our Flag Means Death - s1, e8-10

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Vibe Check - NFL = National Fenty League

Digital Folklore - Monsters and Mental Healthcare - Vivian Asimos & Kathleen Hale

The Sporkful - Alan And Arlene Alda Bonded Over A Fallen Rum Cake

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Henry Miller Memorial Library

You Must Remember This - 1984: "Vioporn," Body Double and Crimes of Passion (Erotic 80s Part 7)

Switched on Pop - “Flowers” and the art of the response song

Digital Folklore - Hidden Meanings (Haunted Videogames, ARGs, & Folk Groups)

Strange Customs - Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro—The Rock

It's Been a Minute - Unlocking desire through smut; plus, the gospel of bell hooks

⭐ Vibe Check - There’s Dog Years, and Then There’s Queer Years

ICYMI Plus - The Internet’s Black Emo Renaissance

99% Invisible #525 - The Chinatown Punk Wars

⭐ Fated Mates - S05.22: Trailblazer K.J. Charles

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Pushkin’s Duel

Welcome to Night Vale #222 - Makarov the Magical

Shedunnit - Bonus: Tana French on Josephine Tey

Fated Mates - S05.14: Band Sinister by KJ Charles

Writing Excuses - 18.07: Deep Dive into THE SPARE MAN

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn

Writing Excuses - 18.05: An Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal

Ologies - Melaninology (SKIN/HAIR PIGMENT) with Tina Lasisi

You Must Remember This - 1985: Fear Sex. Jagged Edge & AIDS (Erotic 80s Part 8)

Endless Thread - The Journeys of Two Russian Anti-War YouTubers

Strong Songs - From Bach to Miles Davis, with Emily Reese

You're Dead To Me - Early Medieval Papacy

It's Been a Minute - Kelela's guide for breaking up with men

Dear Prudence - My Partner Might Be in Conversion Therapy. Help!

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Rihanna

The Celtic Spirit

my 'Thumbs Up' playlist

Tropical Dance Pop

Hi-Scores

[andmaybegayer]

Last Monday of the Week 2023-01-09

Back at it again at the [DATA EXPUNGED]

Listening: Vienna Teng, who I encountered in a fancam for industrial society set to Landsailor someone posted on here. Here it is:

Landsailor is good, Hymn to Breaking Strain vibes but from a more civilian perspective, it also has some great names for shit, my favourite being "lawbreaker" for heat pumps. Absolutely incredible.

Reading: Halfway through Fugitive Telemetry, I forgot I had it after I finished Network Effect and anyway, Network Effect was good but kinda too long to spend with Murderbot, the short story format definitely fits it better. I do like how it opens with a Murder(bot) Mystery.

Watching: Watched Scott Pilgrim vs. The World for the first time. It's fun to watch something that is so very of its time. A lot like Clerks in that I watched it way later but I can imagine that had my friends and I seen it back in high school we'd all have been insufferably quoting it at each other the way we did Pirates of the Caribbean. Being vegan just makes you better than other people.

The material is. Fine, I knew it was a Manic Pixie Dreamgirl-focussed movie but I had somehow not realized it had the whole evil exes thing. The parts are greater than the whole.

Making: Marathon cooking session for my dad's birthday, preparing a large set of meals with the added bonus of not having electricity for two hours in the middle of the day. Turned out fine. Ovens are great for preparing large quantities of food quickly, you can do a lot of prep up front and the oven is pretty predictable.

Playing: Started but have not finished An Airport for Aliens Currently Run By Dogs, a comedy fetch quest game by Xalavier Nelson Jr. et al, which is about maintaining your long distance relationship with your fiance while being the last two humans in the universe by meeting up in various airports (for aliens (currently run by dogs)).

The basic game loop is that you have A Place you need to get to to meet your fiance or a specific dog, and you can do that by getting a ticket and finding your way to the appropriate terminal. But the airport is entirely written in a made up substitution cipher so until you learn that you're trying to get around from context clues in increasingly bizarre airports. You often have to get Things for different dogs to get them to help you and eventually get your flight, so you have to figure out the right chain of stores to go to to get your flight on time.

It's fun, it's not that long as far as I'm aware, and it is a nice little thing to have to do. I've been playing it in the mornings before work pretty often.

Tools and Equipment: Slowly setting up Linux on my new laptop, as previously mentioned AMD hasn't put out sensor fusion hub drivers for these Renoir CPU's so while I am pursuing that, I have to have some way to do tablet things in the meantime. Enter lisgd(1).

lisgd(1) is a gesture recognition daemon that works with touchscreens. You can configure (through a config.def.h or through command line flags) a set of gestures and commands for them to execute. I've now set up gestures to control volume and screen brightness as well as to enable and disable the keyboard and rotate the screen for tablet mode stuff. Between that you can replicate all the things the sensor fusion hub is meant to be doing.

There are other ways to do gesture recognition but this one has good tuning options and is pretty platform agnostic. You can do things like very carefully adjust how long a gesture has to be to be recognized or what deviation from the ideal angle will still be picked up.

I'll probably end up writing or finding a little panel utility that will make brightness and volume control simpler, maybe even include the rotation settings there too, but for now this works well enough. That panel will still get triggered by a gesture, so lisgd(1) is going to be load bearing.

[sterek-ao3feed-archive]

Love Among Runes

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49639792 by FreyjasFury Stiles Stilinski leads a dual existence—officially, a scholar at the local museum, but privately, an investigator of the supernatural. His obsession centers around Lycanwood, a mystical realm teeming with magical creatures and mysteries. Armed with an old journal and determination, Stiles embarks on an expedition to uncover the truth behind Lycanwood's existence. Meanwhile, within Lycanwood's protective borders, Derek, a member of the Head Alpha pack, senses the intrusion of the human explorers. Driven by loyalty to his land and pack, Derek reluctantly approaches the outsiders. As Derek reluctantly guides Stiles through Lycanwood, their interactions evolve into a cautious friendship. Their worlds collide, and their growing connection challenges their beliefs.. Emotions deepen as romantic feelings bloom, though the complexities of a cross-species relationship cast doubts. As danger looms over Lycanwood's magic, Stiles uncovers a threat that could unravel the realm and its inhabitants. United by a common goal, Stiles and Derek must bridge their differences and rally their allies for a battle that tests their unity and courage. Words: 1840, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: M/M Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Allison Argent, Kate Argent, Gerard Argent, Erica Reyes, Lydia Martin, Talia Hale, Laura Hale, Peter Hale, Cora Hale, Talia Hale's Pack Members, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf) Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Disney Movies) Fusion, Werewolves Turn Into Actual Wolves, Canon-Typical Violence, Slow Burn, Other Additional Tags to Be Added read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/49639792

[ao3feed-danganronpa]

Danganronpa: Despair Across the Multiverse Rewrite

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/8fLVQRZ

by MeeMeeHeart777

A rewrite/revival of my project, Danganronpa: Despair Across the Multiverse.

It's been 10 years since The Tragedy ended and peace was restored to the world. With crossover characters from different worlds and students from the Danganronpa world attending Hope’s Peak Academy branches and classes, the new headmaster and principal are happy that everything is finally back to normal.

Noah (Total Drama) is surprised that he has been selected to attend Hope’s Peak University, a bigger version of HPA, as part of Class 100th for the upcoming college year as the “Ultimate Reality TV Star''. Everyone is reported to go to Hopeful City to move in to prepare themselves for the upcoming school year and attend the big celebration milestone along with the 10th anniversary of the end of the Tragedy. However…

Monokuma and Monocyte appear among everyone and announce that they are the new participants of the killing game. In order to escape the city, the class has to kill someone to get away with it.

Noah now must lead 33 other characters into the motives, class trials, and challenges while finding out the mysteries and figuring out who is the mastermind behind this.

Words: 11028, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Danganronpa: Despair Across the Multiverse series

Fandoms: Dangan Ronpa Series, Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Super Dangan Ronpa 2, Total Drama (Cartoon), Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, Kirby (Video Games), Hoshi no Kaabii | Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Grand Theft Auto Series (Video Games), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto III, 6teen (Cartoon), The Simpsons, Final Destination (Movies), Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse), Manhunt (Video Games), F-Zero (Video Games), Destroy All Humans! (Video Game), SpongeBob SquarePants (Cartoon), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Cookie Run (Video Game), めいわく星人 パニッ��メーカー | Meiwaku Seijin: Panic Maker | Under the Skin (Video Game)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: F/M

Characters: Monokuma (Dangan Ronpa), Original Non-Human Character(s), Noah (Total Drama), Emma (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race), Fumu | Tiff, Catalina (Grand Theft Auto), Candice Shand | Candy Suxxx, Jude Lizowski, Caitlin Cooke, Hanamura Teruteru, Fujisaki Chihiro, Lisa Simpson, Valerie Lewton, George Hamilton, Jim Chapman (Resident Evil), Lionel Starkweather, James Earl Cash, The Journalist (Manhunt), Ron the Rent-a-Cop (6teen), Kate Alen, Natalya Ivanova, Asuka Kasen, SpongeBob SquarePants, Steve Scott, Ayame | Iris (Gyakuten Saiban), Miyanagi Chinami | Dahlia Hawthorne, Uehara Kinji, Iranami Satsuki, Princess Cookie (Cookie Run), Tommy Vercetti, Lindsay (Total Drama), Escargoon (Kirby), Reni Wassulmaier, Baron Proptop (Under the Skin), Cosmi (Under the Skin), Maria Latore

Relationships: James Earl Cash/The Journalist, Emma/Noah (Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race)

Additional Tags: Fan Killing Game (Dangan Ronpa), Character Death, Protag!Noah, Dangan Ronpa Spoilers, Super Dangan Ronpa 2 Spoilers, Screenplay/Script Format, Inspired by Danganronpa 69 and a few other Fangans, Transitions from She/Her to He/Him Pronouns for Fujisaki Chihiro, Post-Dangan Ronpa 3: Hope Arc, Fangan Ronpa: Danganronpa Another - Another Despair Academy, There are CGs in this story, But they will be added later depending on the date, Lisa and Tiff had a time skip in their universe, Multi-dimensional killing game, Post-New Dangan Ronpa V3, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/8fLVQRZ

[ao3-feed-sterek]

Sinners get ready

by pretentiousbat

Nevermore Academy, hidden in Beacon Hills, is a sanctuary for supernatural beings living amidst humans. Senior werewolf Derek Hale guards his pack fiercely, while Stiles Stilinski, the curious son of the town's sheriff, seeks answers and trouble. Their lives intersect through Scott McCall, Derek's foster brother and Stiles' best friend. Unspoken desires simmer between Derek and Stiles, concealed by their fear of rejection. When the werewolves of Nevermore become suspects in a series of attacks investigated by the sheriff, Derek's protective instincts intensify. As danger looms, their paths intertwine, leading them through a web of mystery, teenage love, and the pursuit of truth.

--

Or: There's a murder mystery, a high school dance, supernatural beings, teenagers being dumb in serious situations and, of course, Stiles is a smart ass in love and Derek can't deal with complex emotions.

Words: 2408, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV), Wednesday (TV 2022)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M

Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Roscoe | Stiles Stilinski's Jeep, Derek Hale, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Isaac Lahey, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Malia Tate, Gerard Argent, Larissa Weems, Sheriff Stilinski (Teen Wolf), Lydia Martin, Kira Yukimura, Jackson Whittemore

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Teen Wolf (TV) Fusion, Alternate Universe- Wednesday (TV), Nevermore Academy (Wednesday), Mystery, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Blood and Violence, Derek Hale is Bad at Feelings, Derek Hale Needs a Hug, Stiles Stilinski is a Little Shit, Scott is a Good Friend, sometimes, it came to me in a dream, WIP, i'll add other ships as it goes along

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/47921779

[denimbex1986]

'...All Of Us Strangers

Mysterious, beautiful and sentimental

FUSE movie pick of the month! More than a decade after Weekend, Andrew Haigh returns with a gay romance that is also somewhat of a ghost story. When screenwriter Adam (Andrew Scott, Fleabag) begins a relationship with Harry (Paul Mescal, Aftersun), a mysterious neighbour, Adam finds himself drawn back to his hometown and memories of his long-dead parents.

The Guardian calls All Of Us Strangers “mysterious, beautiful and sentimental” and “a fantasy-supernatural romance about loneliness and love”. And by all accounts, tissues will be required by film’s end...'

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

CityVale: Season 1

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/g62NbSd by sorikdood An ordinary student town where young adults from all around the globe come to study their chosen professions. CityVale is one of the top Universities in the world for its range and quality of degrees. Picturesque parks, a mix of modern and historical buildings, professionals from all over the world all here on one campus. You could say that studying here would be a dream come true. For many, this was the case… But this is not the story you are about to read. When five lives of people from different backgrounds are thrust together to solve a grizzly mystery, their University experience truly becomes one to remember. This is CityVale Season One. Words: 1140, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga), Miraculous Ladybug, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, VALORANT (Video Game), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, Twenty One Pilots, Batman - All Media Types, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), The Office (US), Voltron: Legendary Defender, There are going to be so many and I reached a tag limit Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other Characters: Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Hatake Kakashi, Namikaze Minato, Haruno Sakura, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Alya Césaire, Nino Lahiffe, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir, Félix Fathom, Link (Legend of Zelda), Revali (Legend of Zelda), Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda), Viper (VALORANT), Sage (VALORANT), Omen (VALORANT), Reyna (VALORANT), Brimstone (VALORANT), Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson), Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Luke Skywalker, Bruce Wayne, Peter Parker, Lance (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), SpongeBob SquarePants, Mario (Nintendo), Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo, Midoriya Izuku, micheal scott, Adora (She-Ra), Tyler Joseph, Josh Dun, Demogorgon (Stranger Things), Gojo Satoru, Tim Drake (DCU) Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto, Sage/Viper (VALORANT), Reyna/Sage (VALORANT), Link/Zelda (Legend of Zelda) Additional Tags: Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Crack Crossover, Angst, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Alternate Universe - College/University, University, College, Alternate Universe, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Friendship, Gay, Lesbian Character, Asexual Character read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/g62NbSd

[queenofdragons12]

The Dragon's Hoard | Indiana Jones

Pairing: Indiana Jones/Original Female Character

Warnings: Graphic Violence, Mature Themes, Fantasy Elements

Word Count: 1,021

A flitting shadow, dark as midnight, rose to meet Indiana Jones' keen sight, and he gasped in surprise - so did his companions Willie Scott and Short Round. Suddenly, a massive, scaly talon, sharp as a butcher's cleaver, clamped down with earth-shaking force at the very lip of the smoldering pit, where rivers of molten lava bubbled and hissed.

Soon, a head the size of a small car emerged from the shadows, a nightmarish fusion of reptile and bat, with leathery skin pulled tight over a skull that seemed almost human in its cruel intelligence. Two baleful, glowing red eyes, like the coals of a dying fire, glared out at the humans, who all screamed "No!" in terror.

The shaman, a wizened old man with a face like a gnarled tree stump, approached the abomination, chanting in a guttural, inhuman tongue. The beast turned its hideous head, sensing the humans' presence, and a guttural, earth-shaking growl curled around the air, like the rumbling of an oncoming train. Indiana Jones swallowed hard, his mouth suddenly dry as a bone. "W-what is that thing?" he stammered, his voice barely above a whisper.

The beast growled and bared its jagged teeth at the shaman, who whispered and left with his lackeys and the cult members who worshipped the god of death, Kali. The creature rose fully out of the lava, its black scales shimmering, red sails swishing atop its head. Its unblinking red eyes fixed Indiana Jones with a piercing glare. "You are not welcome here, Dr. Jones," it growled, its forked tongue slithering out to taste the air. "I…I'm sorry, mistress," Indiana stammered. The beast snorted. "Sure you are. You're here for the stones, are you not? My eggs?" It then thumped its tail around the humans, curling them up. "Well, you may get them, but they will never hatch in this flea-infested place anyway. Now leave, before I decide to have you for dinner!"

Indiana and his friends were trapped, but they knew they had to find a way to escape the beast's lair and retrieve the mysterious stones before the cult could use them for their dark purposes. The creature's warning only made them more determined to uncover the truth behind the ancient artifact and stop the evil forces at work. With his trademark wit and resourcefulness, Indiana would have to outwit both the Nazis and this fearsome reptilian guardian to save the day once again.

~~

As Indiana Jones and his companions fled with the three stones in their bag, I sighed and curled my tongue around the horn on my snout. Finally, I thought to myself. Now I can kill that insidious shaman and his followers who have been pestering me for decades. I turned to face the statue of the nasty god, and then let out a blood-curdling scream as fire tore out of my throat, engulfing the wasteland in a red haze, melting it.

I looked up and laughed, my tail cracking down like a whip, and a hiss escaped my lips as the shaman came running out, screaming, "No, no, no, Kali, no!" I hissed and, without really thinking about it, snapped my jaws shut on his head, devouring him alive. The taste of his terror was exquisite, and I savored every morsel of his screams as I consumed him.

As I crawled out of my hole and followed the scent of Indiana Jones and his companions, I emerged into sunlight that my scales hadn't felt in over a thousand years. "Oh god," whispered a feminine voice, and I snapped my head around, rearing up onto my back legs, teeth bared menacingly.

"No, no, don't hurt her!" stammered Indiana, approaching with his hands raised, the bag of my precious eggs still clutched in his grip. The little kid was there too, and I fixed him with my glowing red eyes. "I see you haven't moved far. Don't you get what you wanted? No—" I stopped short when I saw the shaman's warriors rushing down the hill towards us, and I roared, rising to my full height and spreading my massive, ebony wings.

Without thinking, I unleashed a torrent of searing flame from my cavernous maw, the inferno raging towards the approaching cult members. Their anguished screams pierced the air as they were consumed by the relentless blaze, their flesh melting from their bones. The stench of charred meat hung heavy in the atmosphere, mingling with the acrid stench of smoke.

I turned my attention back to Indiana Jones and his companions, a low, rumbling growl emanating from deep within my chest. The woman cowered in fear, her eyes wide with terror, while the boy stood his ground, his young face set in a mask of determination. Indiana, to his credit, held his ground, meeting my gaze unflinchingly.

"Listen to me," he said, his voice surprisingly steady. "We don't want any trouble. We just want to return these eggs to their rightful place." He held up the bag, and I could feel the faint stirrings of life within. A sense of protectiveness washed over me, and I let out a huff of air, the flames in my throat dying down.

I regarded them for a long moment, weighing my options. These humans had proven themselves to be resourceful and brave, and they had shown respect for my eggs. With a reluctant nod, I gestured with my head towards the path leading deeper into the valley, a clear invitation for them to continue on their way.

Indiana nodded in understanding, and with a final glance back at me, he led his companions down the path, the bag of eggs clutched tightly in his hand. I watched them go, a sense of relief washing over me. My eggs were safe, and the meddlesome cult had been dealt with. With a contented rumble, I turned and made my way back to my lair, ready to settle in for a well-deserved rest.

[sterek-ao3feed]

Who you gonna call

Read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/56307166

by MyOphelia

When the ghost of a young boy asks their help to solve the mystery of his dead, the Dead Boy Detectives know that they're about to go back to America, in a town named Beacon Hills.

Scott McCall already had enough problems without the mystery of the three dead virgins. They need to solve this case already, and he and his friends will receive an unexpected help.

Words: 5747, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Multi

Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland (DCU), Crystal Palace (DCU), Niko Sasaki, Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Allison Argent, Lydia Martin, Isaac Lahey, Peter Hale

Relationships: Allison Argent/Scott McCall, Crystal Palace/Charles Rowland (DCU), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland, Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski

Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crossover, What-If

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56307166

[independentartistbuzz]

Todd Mosby Gets Groovy in His New Jazz Song “Place in the Sun”

Jazz guitarist and songwriter Todd Mosby's latest single "Place in the Sun" is a delightful and playful contemporary jazz tune that exudes a sense of spirituality and joyous mystery. With dreamy Sérgio Mendes-stye female vocals, a funk and Motown-like grooving rhythm section, and 1970s jazz fusion musicality, the song showcases Mosby's lyrical and dexterous guitar playing.

Every aspect dances with each other. The bass and the keyboard provide a funky base while the horns and vocals add texture. The song makes the listener feel good from every angle. 

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4FnFjE5q1FCJzrZc21FlbG?si=1240db17e23b4327

The song is part of his upcoming album Land of Enchantment, which offers a sonic look at Mosby's visual, emotive, and spiritual interactions within the borders of New Mexico. "Place in the Sun" pays melodic homage to Tom Scott's "Tom Cat™ album," which was an early inspiration for Mosby.

With an all-star lineup of musicians including drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, saxophonist Tom Scott, bassist Rhonda Smith, keyboardist Dapo Torimiro, vocalist Laura VaII, and two-time Grammy-winning producer Jeff Weber, "Place in the Sun" showcases Mosby's mastery of western composition, jazz improvisation, and Indian raga music forms. Mosby is influenced by St. Louis's vibrantly varied cultural blend of Indian, African-American, and Americana traditions.

"Place in the Sun" is a vibrant and refreshing addition to contemporary jazz, and Mosby's musical journey and unique approach to blending different musical traditions make this a must-listen for jazz enthusiasts. 

Connect with Todd Mosby via: Website // Instagram // Facebook // YouTube // Spotify // Soundcloud

[tacticalvalor]

«────── « HEADCANON » ──────»

Additional thoughts of a Halo crossover with some muses, because I love the universe.

Alec and Ellen were both involved with the UNSC and have an extensive service record. Alec is a high-ranking service member and Ellen is a scientist working on the Spartan programs (before she’s presumed to have died in an attack, but she survived; not all too sure how to re-incorporate her though, but Alec and the kids don’t know she’s alive). After the “death” of Ellen, Alec puts himself on the list as a potential Spartan-4 candidate because he wants to dedicate his service to her and protect his kids no matter the cost.

Sara and Scott are regular grunts, but are part of a unique trial-and-error scout team under the Spartan-4 potential candidates program… Not Spartans yet but they’re sent out on live missions as part of their qualifying, and they work as Pathfinders to touch down on Halos and potential colonies.

Eden is UNSC through and through. Her parents served, she served, and eventually she ended up undergoing and completing the Spartan-4 program. To accommodate the special status she has in canon, Eden is a Headhunter.

NOTE: Headhunters are elite V3 (and later on, V4) Spartans who are more lethal than their counterparts, and conduct most of their work behind enemy lines. They can work in duos, or work entirely alone. She works solo.

Valeriya is a rogue V3 Headhunter whose handler (Mikhail) helped her go AWOL.

Mikhail is a scientist working for the Headhunter program, though his alliance with the UNSC is questionable at best. It’s rumored he’s the source for vital data leaks and “mysterious deaths” among UNSC personnel.

Alexey is former UNSC, though his service time was brief because he was put out on a colonized planet that was dedicated to using nuclear fusion to create power for factories, but it was run by capitalists who refused to actually adhere to UN standards, so there was a huge meltdown. Long story short: He helps contain and clean, he’s unpaid and all sorts of fucked up. Now he’s just a civilian looking for some god damn peace… and casually selling off UNSC military data while picking off folks.

And Roman is just… Roman! Street urchin who, after somehow missing Halsey’s eye for kidnapping children, ended up on Alexey’s doorstep. He found out he was related to Alexey, and what happened to him, and decided to work closely with him and be his eyes and ears… Maybe joins the UNSC as a grunt and uses his position to his advantage to get close to folks.

[ao3feed-thor]

The 10th Realm

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/9kJBRtE

by smckee377

Thor goes to see Loki one day only to discover his room empty when it shouldn't be. However, he does find a mysterious guest inside instead of his beloved brother. This guest claims to be a man named Spock from a realm called Enterprise, but Thor assumes it's Loki in disguise.

Thor assumes incorrectly.

Words: 26349, Chapters: 5/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Thor (Movies), Star Trek

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Thor (Marvel), Loki (Marvel), Spock (Star Trek), Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, James T. Kirk, Pavel Chekov, Sif (Marvel), Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Star Trek Fusion, Asgard (Marvel), Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crossover

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/9kJBRtE

[grandhotelabyss]

—Peter Dale Scott, “The Social Critic and His Discontents.” The Cambridge Companion to T. S. Eliot. Ed. A. David Moody. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994.

Continuing to footnote my now-posted modernist centenary essay on Eliot’s The Waste Land and Four Quartets. Above we have a contribution from Peter Dale Scott, a Canadian poet better known, especially in online circles, as a theorist of the deep state and its machinations from the Kennedy assassination to 9/11. 

Despite these anti-imperialist practical politics, however, Scott’s defense of the western poetic tradition’s visionary cultural politics—using the canon against the temporal powers, from Dante through Milton to Eliot—stands opposed to the politically-correct disciplining of culture by party and power championed in the Leninist wing of anti-imperialism, itself now discredited (I hope) because of its appropriation by corporatist empire today. 

I am fascinated by Scott’s insistence that Eliot in the end defends liberal democracy, though a self-professed classicist in aesthetics, royalist in politics, and Anglo-Catholic in religion. This might be an instance of what Fukuyama discusses, the salvation of liberal society through an inner illiberalism. And I like the phrase “simultaneous defense of liberalism as an attitude, and...critique of it as an ideology.” Whereas with me it is more the opposite: it’s the ideology I’ll defend, the attitude I often dislike.

Eliot’s tripartite self-definition, devised to announce to his modernist public his religious conversion in 1927, makes a good parlor game. I might say, for instance: “I am a Romantic in aesthetics, republican in politics, and skeptical pluralist in religion.” Today, anyway. Ask me tomorrow. You might get a different answer.

What do these “big words that make us so unhappy” even mean? Past a certain point of intensity and abstraction, if you insist on discussing these matters in terms of “left” and “right,” you are off the track. As I’m sure critics must have observed before me, Eliot’s Christian fusion of time and eternity in Four Quartets bears some resemblance to Benjamin’s Jewish-Marxist messianism in “Theses on the Philosophy of History.” In one of the most moving passages in Four Quartets, written during the blitz, Eliot remarkably mourns together the Cavaliers and the Roundheads, Charles I and Milton, to create a united non-sectarian political and religious community:

If I think, again, of this place, And of people, not wholly commendable, Of no immediate kin or kindness, But of some peculiar genius, All touched by a common genius, United in the strife which divided them; If I think of a king at nightfall, Of three men, and more, on the scaffold And a few who died forgotten In other places, here and abroad, And of one who died blind and quiet Why should we celebrate These dead men more than the dying? It is not to ring the bell backward Nor is it an incantation To summon the spectre of a Rose. We cannot revive old factions We cannot restore old policies Or follow an antique drum. These men, and those who opposed them And those whom they opposed Accept the constitution of silence And are folded in a single party.

The extraordinary phrase here is “the constitution of silence.” This is the political community we will all join in the grave. It may also be a political community on earth pledged not to clamorous factional wars but oriented toward the mystery of the divine. (Our current devotees of René Girard should appreciate this.) 

Eliot, like Emerson and Thoreau before him, was inspired by the Bhagavad-Gita, where Krishna counsels Arjuna to do what is politically and socially necessary while maintaining inner discipline, detachment from any desire to attain the fruit of action, and devotion to the divine. It may seem reductive to call this “cultural politics,” but this is only a way of saying that politics is about more than interests and institutions, though these are important, but about how we live out the substance of our everyday lives.