#if it is this is a great way for skeet to make his way into the video game industry
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ourplefever · 5 months ago
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IS THAT MOTION CAPTURE ANIMATION?? SKEET’S GONNA BE IN A VIDEO GAME??
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possibilistfanfiction · 1 month ago
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ive been in complete brainrot mode about your arcane prompts and the way you write the dynamics between cait vi and jinx. like ive just been thinking about potential scenes in this au so if its okay im just going to list down some suggestions for prompts if that’s okay?
- vi gets brought into the hospital because she spent too long in a burning building trying to rescue as many people as she could (because that’s just the kind of person she is). cait and her argue over how sometimes vi needs to put her own safety first while she treats her wounds.
(I’d actually love to read any prompts where cait just simply cares for vi emotionally/physically cause vi’s backstory too makes me froth…) i just want to put her in my pocket and keep her safe :(
- jinx/vander/vi go to the kiramman’s for that dinner party and jinx/cassandra get along super well cause they collaborate on their embarrassing childhood stories about vi and cait. a joint slay
- a cassandra pov chapter as she notices how serious cait is about vi and the little moments between them and what she thinks about vi.
- maybe a cait focused chapter about how much of an empath she is and how exhausting it is to feel so deeply and try so hard to make everything better for everyone.
Thank you so much for writing this au!
You understand these characters so well and i feel for them so much when i read your work. Your writing carries so much heart and bleeds love practically :’)
it’s been all I’ve been thinking about lately and it brightens up my day immensely when i get a notification that you’ve updated! :)
[is there anything so undoing as a daughter! anyway i tried to work most of these in in some way; cassandra pov for u :) ao3 if u want. (also cait is trans bc since this is my au there's no transphobia & i love her)]
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caitlyn informs you that she's a girl three days before her tenth birthday. she cries, but she's calm, and tobias is first to take her into his arms and tell her that it's good, that it's lovely, that you'll both do everything you can to see her, to make sure she's seen the way she wants to be, the way she is. you hug her too, so tight, because it's one thing to have a son, to instruct, always, how to be thoughtful, and kind, and use all the privilege your last name carries to do good in the world.
your child is thoughtful, and kind, and determined — in spades — with the set of your brow and the blue of your eyes. you do love your child, without reservation.
caitlyn's lip trembles and you brush back her hair that you'll teach her how to take care of when it starts to grow long; she sniffles and you kiss her forehead. she will grow tall and elegant; you and tobias help her choose her great-grandmother's name and then change all of her records accordingly; you take her shopping for new clothes she picks excitedly, and a few years later she beams when she tries on a pretty, simple lace bra; you ask tobias to explain the medications she needs and help her, when she's small, to keep track of them, until she can do it herself; you hold her hand in recovery after each surgery, where she cries in relief and you wipe her tears with a gentle smile. each new stage of belonging brings with it an ease in her breath that you cherish. she grows to be fierce and funny and brave, and still always gentle.
you love her, and you see her — always, she has been yours; she had grown inside your body and you had held her first, the greatest pride and joy of your life.
but it's something you had never been able to prepare yourself for, in any circumstance: a daughter. she undoes you every day.
//
you first hear the name vi — a nickname, of all things, used formally — one sunny, cold afternoon during a late lunch after caitlyn had come over to shoot skeet, a rare day she'd finished work early.
she tells you about her weekend, how she'd climbed and it was sunny and brilliant and she felt strong.
'with jayce?' you ask.
she nods. 'we met some people we ended up climbing with, too,' she says, which is new. 'they were both really good, and very safe. vi,' she tells you, and her voice goes a little reverent, soft around the edges. 'and her sister,' she tacks on, almost an afterthought but not unkind, just not her focus. she clears her throat, a blush spreading across her cheeks, different from the flush that you're accustomed to when you shoot in the cold together. 'anyway,' she says, and you fight a smile behind a sip of tea, 'what did you and dad think of the opera?'
you laugh, but you're relieved too: no one will ever be good enough for her — not only because of the name she carries, one you had carried all your life too, but because she's a force no one can harm, as long as you have any say.
you don't ask more questions after this vi; you tell her about the opera, and then you shoot some more, one more round. she doesn't miss.
//
when caitlyn was born, you held her tight. all day long, people had been in and out to meet her, and she had been so calm. it's not what you or tobias had wanted, but she was the heir to the kiramman name and so her fortune was already set, far before you had cried in joy at the positive pregnancy test on the bathroom counter, tobias laughing delightedly, and far before she came into this world, with grey eyes that will turn electric blue and strong, tiny hands, clenched perpetually. she was so small and so new, and you handed her off to the nurse in the waning hours of the evening so you could sleep through the night.
not even two hours later, though, as the pain was really started to set in and tobias was dosing off in the chair next to you, the nurse had apologetically brought her back, bundled and screaming, her face splotched with red from crying.
'she won't stop,' the nurse said. 'we've tried everything, but she's keeping the other babies up. i'm sorry.'
you shook your head and took her back into your arms while she wailed as much as her little lungs would allow. you wondered about her, everything, because she was a person and there was so much to learn. you unbuttoned your gown and held her to your bare skin; she stopped crying, just like that. she latched onto your breast, easily, and ate a little, and then fell asleep, little sighs filling the room. tobias looks on in a very exhausted awe; you brought your lips to the crown of her head, the soft tuft of dark hair there that smelled so good, beyond anything you could have ever imaged: yours. she didn't fuss when he placed her in the bassinet a few minutes later; she slept all night, wanting just to be near you.
//
you're in your car, your driver regrettably apologizing as you get stuck in a typical rush hour traffic jam on the freeway, when caitlyn calls, a few weeks later.
'are you stuck in this traffic too?' you guess after she asks what you're doing, if you're free.
she groans. 'i was hoping to get home early, have time to decompress and shower before...'
she trails off, a pause you decide to let rest. she's always needed to tell you things in her own time.
'i have a date tonight,' she confesses, and you can hear the giddiness, the nervousness, through the phone.
you hum. 'oh?'
'yeah,' she says, and you stop yourself from chiding her about the informal word. 'i — she's amazing, mom. i just want it to go well.'
'well, you're a kiramman,' you remind her, the reminder thinly veiled under a tinge of encouragement in your tone. 'i'm sure you'll be quite impressive.'
she sighs; you know it's not the reassurance she wanted, but your family doesn't always have that luxury. she doesn't tell you anything else — instead you talk about the upcoming council vote on your latest bill, and how her meeting at work about funding cancer treatments went — and, of course, you don't ask.
//
tobias, always softer than you, especially with your daughter, asks after this vi on sunday. you meet caitlyn for brunch at your usual monthly spot, your mimosas already poured and cortados prepared as you sit down at your table.
'next month, just bring vi,' tobias says when he notices caitlyn's fire department sweatshirt underneath her peacoat. it's not too nice a restaurant for her jeans, boots, and a crew neck, but you are not normal patrons. he laughs when he says it, not disapproving in the slightest, a smirk on his face when you understand the implication: caitlyn had come from vi's home this morning, rather than her own apartment.
'it's serious, then?' you ask, and you try not to feel slighted that tobias seems to know far more about caitlyn's feelings, and vi's existence, than you: it's your own doing.
caitlyn fiddles with the corner of her napkin. 'yes,' she decides on, her smile small and tender, her shoulders soft. 'i'd like if you met her. i... well, i hope she'll be around for a long time.'
you suppose it was bound to happen: caitlyn is beautiful and smart and driven, talented and successful and, most importantly, good.
'we should meet her, then,' you decide.
//
caitlyn was in her first year of college the first time she brought home a girlfriend. you're sure she'd had girlfriends over before, a few of her friends throughout the years of secondary school giggling too much to just be interested in hanging out, as they say, but you hadn't prodded and she hadn't said. you'd always left that up to tobias, who still called her sprout and spent afternoons on long walks with her and the dogs, a daughter somehow easier to handle for him.
during winter holiday, even though university is just an hour away from your home, she brought home a girlfriend for winter holiday. this girl's family lived far away, and, for most, it's expensive to travel that distance, and so, ever generous, caitlyn invited her. you had agreed, if only because it was proper and you didn't want a fight before she even arrived.
the girl, for the most part, was uninteresting, if polite. caitlyn was enamored, but you trusted it would fade. she had been distinctly sad when she arrived home for summer break, informing you — tobias already knew, although he didn't have much of a clue about caitlyn's grades or extracurricular involvement — one day hunting that she and this girlfriend had broken things off. she'd not given you any real reason, just that it didn't work out, but you'd seen her frowning at the kiramman coat of arms engraved into a bullet. she'd loaded her gun, though, her favorite hunting rifle, when she spotted a hare, and shot perfectly without pause.
//
'and what is vi short for?' you ask, doing your best to not stare at the face tattoo caitlyn's very serious girlfriend has of her own nickname.
'oh, uh,' she responds, looks at cait and then rubs the back of her neck.
her hair is messy and asymmetrical, and the t-shirt she's wearing is quite nice, tucked into similarly nice slacks, and her belt matches the loafers you're absolutely sure are caitlyn's because you yourself had bought them for her for her last birthday — but there are more tattoos over the backs of her arms, disappearing under her shirt and emerging again on her neck. you do your best not to judge — and you don't judge people, especially your constituents — but vi is not just a person in your life. caitlyn, allegedly according to tobias, is in love with her, only a few months in.
'violet,' caitlyn says, squeezing her hand not-very-discreetly under the table, a degree of reverence in her voice that has tobias looking your way with his brows raised. 'but she prefers vi.'
you might think that vi is certainly not good enough in any way for your daughter, but you also won't force a name down someone's throat: you didn't do it with your own child, and you would never do it now. 'vi, then.'
she nods, thankful, and looks to caitlyn's hands to figure out which fork to use when your salads are delivered. unfortunately, for just a moment, it's endearing, and when caitlyn smiles, proudly, later on while vi talks about her work as a firefighter, detailing one of her latest calls where she was able to carry two children out of a burning apartment as it collapsed, nonchalant and humble about the whole thing, you see a sliver of what caitlyn does: someone brave, heroic, steadfast in her selflessness — a partner. vi eats four of the small desserts when they get placed on an elegant tray in the middle of the table; caitlyn just laughs.
//
when caitlyn turned twelve, she tried to run away. tobias, as you both frantically looked for her, hours before her party, had insisted it wasn't about her everyday life: her peers at school had been accepting and kind this year, even if she wasn't always good at making friends, and her teachers spoke highly of her performance and participation in classes; her puberty blockers had, so far, worked wonderfully, without any averse side effects.
it wasn't hard to find her, mostly because there are few places caitlyn loved more than the stables on your property; she was less interested in the horses than she was spending time with your hunting dogs. they had loved her for years, because she was always sneaking them bits of chicken from the kitchens, and also because she loved them: dogs can tell those sorts of things, you're sure.
you had found her, curled up in the hay loft, her eyes red rimmed from crying, snuggled up between the dogs, sniffling a little in her sleep. her party, an annual affair, was slated to begin in a few hours. but still, tobias had turned to you and led you out of the stables by the hand. caitlyn's presents, all kinds of gadgets she'd been interested in, and new books and toys, as well as a beautiful gown for the event, were abandoned in her room. 'just let her have a few more minutes,' he'd said, glancing back at her. you are in charge of so much, responsible for so many: caitlyn's childhood, while full of the pressures of her name and status, has been, in all the ways you deem most important, full — there are those who, certainly, have it much worse.
but still, you'd agreed, if only because she'd cried herself asleep.
//
vi is, among other things, a gifted rock climber and boxer, a very devoted older sister, a terrible shot — when caitlyn tries to teach her skeet, they end up laughing more than hitting any targets, which no amount of eye rolling on your part seems to dampen — and, you will admit, a loving girlfriend who seems, genuinely, to understand some part of your daughter that you never quite have.
it's caitlyn's birthday, and she will always have your last name, which means there is a party, all chandeliers and champagne, every year in the great room at your home in celebration of her birth. vi shows up on time, with jayce and viktor and mel, looking almost comfortable in a space like this, laughing at a joke mel says and elbowing jayce in the arm, holding viktor's drink while he situates his cane. she's handsome, in a suit you're sure caitlyn had helped her pick and get tailored: her broad shoulders fill out the jacket and her shirt underneath is unbuttoned just enough to look fashionable and not sloppy.
caitlyn is, every year, beautiful, and competent, and kisses vi quickly — still soft, still heavy with promises — before she says hello to her friends and then greets you and tobias with kisses to the cheek and then, less formally, hugs. the gown she wears this year is the same dark as her hair, hugs her hips, and is just on this side of elegant, and you know she'd worn it for one person, and one person only: vi's eyes never seem, truly, to stray from her, no matter how many rounds of boring conversation caitlyn has to wade through.
eventually, when the party is in full swing, you head back to the kitchens to check on the dessert course. you turn the corner and see caitlyn and vi sitting on the counter, in the corner of the kitchen, your head chef ignoring them fully other than a small smile directed in caitlyn's direction when she moans around a bite of grilled cheese, her favorite since she was small. vi takes a bite of her own sandwich, and then says, 'holy shit, cait, you weren't lying,' and caitlyn laughs, relaxed from the champagne she's had, sure, but also different from every other year you've celebrated her coming into the world.
caitlyn ducks her head when vi moves closer, so they're touching all along one side, hip to hip and shoulder to shoulder. the chef delivers a cupcake with a smile, one single candle in it, and then winks.
'happy birthday, baby,' vi says, takes out a lighter from her suit jacket, and lights the candle. caitlyn blows it out, looking younger than you remember in a long time.
//
vi's father immediately reminds you of her: his muscles fill out his dress shirt, and he's brash, laughing heartily with tobias, but a little shy at the same time, when he doesn't know whether or not it's appropriate to eat with his hands.
'it's a burger and fries,' vi's little sister says, rolling her eyes and digging into her own lunch — at a normal cafe near the water and their climbing gym, which caitlyn had insisted upon for this meeting — with no hesitation. she's... interesting, with a messy blue buzzcut and a denim jacket with neon spray paint all over it, shaky hands and big, bright eyes — she looks like vi but younger, softer, a different kind of weary: her own entity entirely. you've heard of her from caitlyn, sure, how she's fun and funny and requires a level of care that vi will always hold sacred, and also from jayce, from has spoken so highly of her studies, how creative and smart she is, how she has, in his words, the genuine potential to change the world. tobias asks after her arm; a few weeks ago she had needed some stitches, and she proudly pulls back the cuff of her jacket and shows him the neat scar. 'excellent work, dr. kiramman the original.'
it gets a laugh out of you, which both caitlyn and vi look a little surprised by, but jinx only grins.
'wanna hear about the time vi was trying to do a flip and her sweatpants ripped right off? she was ten.'
vi groans while vander lets out a hearty chuckle. 'do tell,' you encourage.
it's, perhaps, one of the easiest meals you've shared with caitlyn and vi, if only because they're so mutually mortified at the trading of embarrassing childhood stories between their families like the most precious currency.
'i have to say,' you decide as you're picking up the bill, and then point your last fry at jinx, 'i like her.'
she gives a triumphant ha! to both caitlyn and vi, and then shoots a finger gun in your direction, grinning.
//
caitlyn calls tobias, crying, in the middle of the night. he puts the phone on speaker, because you'd woken too, and because your heart had skipped a beat the moment he answered and you heard caitlyn's sniffle. she tells you that vi was in a building when it collapsed, that they were able to get her out but it took too long, and she's hurt, and unconscious, and just getting to the ER now. she tells you that she's picking up vi's younger sister on her way there, and she asks tobias to come in and she asks you to bring clothes and food tomorrow morning, once they know more of what's happening and how vi is doing.
you don't go back to sleep that night; you wait for any updates from tobias and schedule send emails for the morning, just to have something to do. vi might not be your favorite pick for your daughter, but she's been wholly devoted to caitlyn for two years now, and you know they're planning to put an offer in on a house soon — not subtle in her commitment, despite her best efforts.
eventually, tobias calls to tell you that vi has made it through surgery and, although they'd had to remove her spleen and stop some difficult bleeding in her liver, and despite some broken ribs and a sprained shoulder, she should be just fine. you won't admit it to anyone, but you cry a few tears of relief when you hang up; more than anything, vi makes caitlyn safe and happy, and caitlyn takes great joy in being able to offer the same in return, and you would never want that to be taken from either of them.
//
they have a fight, not soon after, only about a month. caitlyn calls you, furious, even though you're in the middle of preparing one of the most important referendums of the year; she's your daughter, so you answer.
'she's being ridiculous,' she grits into the phone. you give her a moment to gather herself, and then she continues, less aggravated, 'i know it's because she isn't good at letting people help her, and she's worked on it in therapy, i know because we've gone together too.'
you hum gently.
'she's still hurt; her ribs haven't fully healed and she just got her stitches out two weeks ago, and she still gets headaches all the time, and yet today i got home to her building shelves. with a drill and everything! and normally, like, that would be hot —' caitlyn pauses, seemingly carried away for a moment; you don't laugh, just to spare her, but you have to fight it. 'we don't need more shelves right now. i just need her to...'
when she doesn't say anything, seemingly stuck, you suggest, 'let you take care of her?'
she sighs, on the verge of tears. 'then we had an argument. but, yes, all i want to do is take care of her. she had — she had so many unkind, awful things done to her; i saw her films and scans, and — mom.'
'oh, sweetheart,' you say, accepting, understanding, for the first time, the depth of their love: the grief, the pain, the boredom and difficulty and miracle of it all. 'she's stubborn only because it can be scary, to let someone love you so completely. i know how it feels, with your father.'
she sniffles. 'i do, love her like that.'
'you'll show her. she'll let you. just talk to her.'
'do you promise?'
she sounds so young, so small; you've wrapped her up in your arms and promised things much more difficult than reconciliation between the two of them. 'yes, my dear. i promise.'
//
time moves: they have a housewarming and, although you think their brownstone is smaller than necessary, it is beautiful. jinx shows you her basement proudly, and introduces you to her boyfriend? best friend? partner? — you're not quite sure, and her rambling and his adoring laughter at it, hadn't provided any real clarification. you help set out the small finger foods they'd ordered from their favorite lebanese restaurant, and you meet so many of their collective friends. it's a happy day, with a lot of wine, and everyone is in socked feet, and caitlyn wraps her arm around vi's waist and kisses the side of her head during a quiet moment in the hall, just the two of them in their home.
they adopt a dog, a big black and white boy who they're both immediately in love with and who falls asleep with his blocky, soft head on your lap when you sit down one evening with them over the holidays to watch a movie. caitlyn adores him, sends you and tobias pictures of him on their trail runs often; they take him on climbing trips and he enjoys sleeping in the sun.
//
when caitlyn is fourteen, you sat down with her and pressed your grandfather's wedding band into her palm. 'this was, when you were small, supposed to be yours, one day.' it was thick and gold and decidedly more masculine than she'd ever want, but it was gorgeous all the same, with your family's coat of arms inscribed on the inside.
she looked a little troubled by it, sorting out her feelings: what things belong, and what things are just off. you and tobias had never asked for her to explain, only if she wanted to; she told you, years ago, who she was, and you had always believed her.
'i can hold onto it for you,' you told her, 'just in case there's ever anything you end up wanting to do with it. there's no pressure, sweetheart. just know that it's yours.'
she had let out a big breath, relaxed her shoulders from her ears. 'okay,' she told you. 'thanks, mom.'
//
vi and jinx are out of town, on some kind of trip with jinx's partner, and caitlyn hadn't been able to take enough time off of work to go with them. she's over at the house now, moping about, clearly missing the people who have now become her family too, but it's dramatic enough that it's funny.
you're not sure, it's a gamble, but you call her up to your closet. she slumps down on the bench, in running shorts and one of vi's fire department captain — a recent promotion that you think caitlyn had been more excited about than vi herself — sweatshirts; she props one knee up and rests her chin on it, then looks at you expectantly, confused but interested.
'i'm not sure if you remember,' you say, and find it easily in the back of one of your jewelry cases, 'but i thought now might be a good time to give this to you.'
her eyes get big, the same blue as yours, when you put the ring in her hand. you're certain they've both been thinking of it: marriage, everything at the heart of such a union. their love, certainly, is big enough.
'i'm not sure what size violet's ring finger is, but it should be easy to resize, if we need.'
'oh.'
'but —' you rush to say — 'if you had a ring already picked out for her, one she might like better, we can just put this away again.'
she looks away from the ring and up at you, and then she's standing, years of grace and strength, the surest, best shot you know, and hugging you. she's taller, and the crook of her sweatshirt smells very distinctly like vi's cologne and caitlyn's perfume, all at once. 'thank you,' she whispers, teary.
you have so much you could say to deflect, about the horrors of wedding planning or whether or not vi is going to take the kiramman name, but caitlyn is your daughter, and you hold her to you like she's still small, still yours.
//
you straightened the straps of the dress caitlyn had picked out, the first she's ever tried on. she took a deep breath and then raised her eyes to look in the mirror. her hair was still short, although it was growing fast, much to her relief, and her features were delicate already on their own.
caitlyn turned to hug you tight around your waist, bursting into tears. you fought them yourself, instead rubbing gentle circles along her back while she got it all out. eventually, you dried her tears and turned her around to look in the mirror again. 'you are so beautiful, my girl,' you told her, and shushed when she started crying again. 'stand with your back straight,' you instructed, 'and your chest proud. the kiramman women have always been a force, and you will be too.'
she nodded, seriously, and straightened her thin shoulders. even though her lip trembled, a smile made its way through.
//
it's an ordinary day, another lunch, sunny and bright, when they tell you.
'a girl?' you ask, just to make sure you've heard them correctly.
'well, for now, at least,' vi says, sending a wink caitlyn's way, who rolls her eyes and then laughs.
they tell you more details of the adoption that's happening sooner than you can fully wrap your head around; you and tobias the second in the family to know, just after jinx, who had only found out this morning. she was, apparently, immediately thrilled, and tobias echoes the sentiment.
'to the kiramman women who have come before,' you say, after you've hugged both of them tight and ordered a bottle of champagne, 'and to those who will lead us forward, even further.'
caitlyn rolls her eyes and the seriousness, but they're suspiciously wet, and vi wholeheartedly clinks her glass with yours.
later, vi goes to get the car and tobias is settling the bill while you and caitlyn wait outside in the sun. 'prepare for her to be your undoing,' you tell her, serious but with a mirth you can't contain.
caitlyn raises a brow. 'i haven't been that bad.'
you shrug.
'mom.'
you laugh, pat her cheek.
she smiles, so bright. you weren't sure, when she was young, if this would ever be in the cards for her, but her life is beautiful and big, a world any child would be lucky to be loved in.
you hug her again, because you can. 'you are going to be a wonderful mother.'
she's taller than you, much stronger, but she'll always be small; you hold her still. she'll always be yours.
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evenmyhivemindisempty · 6 days ago
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Was thinking "I'd love to smoke a joint with this man" about Boyd and now I'm curious to see your ranking of best to worst Boyd chars to smoke a joint with >:3
Ty Shaw: Ty is undeniably the best of the boys to smoke with! He’s super laid back and endlessly fun, and always has the best music recommendations to chill out listening to! He’s down for staying indoors or going outside too - whatever you want! He’s happy to watch TV, but if you want an adventure, he’s got plenty of hookups for parties and he knows some excellent nature walks perfect for a stoned hike!
Eli Klaber: He’s actually a very good time! He’s got a good attitude when he’s high - he’s still bouncy, but the weed mellows him out to a pleasant level, and he’s very much down for whatever you are. Yeah, that movie/song/activity suggestion sounds great! Sure, pineapple on pizza sounds like a plan!
Steve Murphy: Steve is - shockingly - a lot of fun when he’s high. Weed radically reduces his anxiety level and general uptightness; he’s loose and giggly, although the downside is he starts thinking he’s *hilarious* and also stops being able to moderate his volume control.
Clement Mansell: He’s largely fine. He’s prone to occasionally going on self-indulgent tangents about music, philosophy, and art; some of these are genuinely fascinating to listen to, some of these get exasperating fast. He’s curated quite a few genuinely good albums to listen to when high - but he’s such a control freak about the music, he is NOT gonna take any suggestions.
The Corinthian: He’s… mostly okay. He’s relaxed and sociable, but he’ll also start getting weird *fast*. He’ll say off-putting things, make uncomfortable jokes, and ask borderline intrusive questions. He’s down to give you full control of the remote, though. And weirdly? He sometimes likes to bake when he’s high, and he’s pretty good at it.
Cap Hatfield: He’s a little twitchy but mostly quiet and unobtrusive - he fades into the background to the point you’ll completely forget he exists until you catch him crouched in your kitchen like a raccoon, scarfing down all your snacks.
Donald Pierce: Once in a while he’s a good time, but usually he’s prone to bursts of sudden paranoia, and he seesaws between being excessively chatty and unnervingly subdued. He also puts his foot in his mouth *so* often when he’s high. He has a habit of offending pretty much everyone he smokes with at one point or another!
Danny Maguire: Danny doesn’t chip in even a few bucks for the weed, but he’s got no compunctions about smoking *way* more than his fair share. He peer pressures you into getting uncomfortably high, and then tries to convince you to take a few lines of coke, too. He’s actually pretty jovial when he’s high, but he laughs like a hyena and he likes bragging about all his cool mafia connections.
Quinn McKenna: And coming in at last place, it’s Quinn McKenna!!! Never put this man around weed. There’s gonna be a concerning 30-45 minutes of him staring at the wall with his face screwed up, utterly ignoring everything you say, and then all of a sudden he’s commandeered the TV and put it on the local news or Cartoon Network. Alright, you might be thinking, CN isn’t bad at all - but you will not get a chance to really watch it, because as soon as Quinn gets settled he’s turning to you and diving into an intense and one-sided conversation about that military history podcast he’s been listening to, or the origins of the modern rifle, or his skeet shooting scores. Emily actually threatened to tell his CO he was getting high if he didn’t stop borrowing her vape pen.
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baby-alien11 · 2 years ago
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Y/N Ulrich and Jack Champion instagram interactions pt.2
taglist: @volturi-girl-imagines @dessxoxsworld @aonungsgirlfriend @ethanlandryluver @wenvierismycomfort @aliciacat20 @gabbylovesreading @nikfigueiredo
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jackchampion beach trip
tagged yn.ulrich
yn.ulrich it took us almost an hour to dig that hole in the shape of a heart, but we did it
› romeosanga it was fun to watch how both of you struggle to achieve it
› jackchampion and why you didn't help us?!
› romeosanga because I was having fun watching the scene
user1043 i love them so much
misstrinitybliss can I go with you the next time?
› yn.ulrich anytime you want my sweet child
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yn.ulrich he got a sunburnt and a smiley face
tagged jackchampion
jackchampion I'll go through thousand of sunburnts just to keep your sunscreen smiles on me
› yn.ulrich you're killing me of love
masonthegooding that is the ugliest smiley face I've ever seen
› yn.ulrich shut up and enjoy Paris or the anime expo
› yn.ulrich or I'll go with Amenah and tell her you are bullying us
user154 mom and dad are so cute
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jackchampion i'm sorry, i found this on the internet and i had to share it
yn.ulrich HAHAHAHAHAHA 💀
yn.ulrich i'm going to print this and hung it in the living room
user158 jack sharing memes of his girlfriend's dad is giving me life
romeo YOU DID NOT 💀💀
user0704 skeet is not going to be too happy about this
naiia this is pure gold
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yn.ulrich i found another jackchampion
jackchampion THIS IS EVEN BETTER 💀💀💀
user819 are they having a meme war?
› user735 if they do, it's fun for everyone
melissabarreram lol
skeetulrich tornado, where did you find this? 😂
› yn.ulrich on the deep ends of the internet, dear father
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jackchampion Tatum, I love you, but can you please stop biting my laptop and keep sleeping with Butters
yn.ulrich look at my baby, there's nothing behind those eyes
› jackchampion just pure chaos
user838 jack in his malewife era taking care of the cats
baileybass she's absolutely cute, but a menance to society
› user920 the perfect way to describe an orange cat
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yn.ulrich I had the honnor to have a private class from the awesome Tristan Lucas who worked on one of my favorite movies this year which is Evil Dead Rise, so when dad told me he organized me a class with him I was literaly jumping in excitement
Thank you for teaching me techniques on doing VFX make up and advices on how to work on this part of the industry, and telling me stories about all the projects you've worked on, it was an honor meeting you and learning from you
tagged moments_in_oblivion
jackchampion MY GIRL IS SO TALENTED
› yn.ulrich YOU'RE MAKING ME BLUSH
jackchampion SHE'S LIKE BARBIE, CAN DO ANYTHING
moments_in_oblivion it was a pleasure to teach you, Y/N, you have a great future ahead of you and I hope we can work togheter in the future
user395 this is disgusting and fascinating at the same time
sarah_woods bestie, can you do something like that on me so I can hava an excuse to miss classes
› yn.ulrich just tell me when bestie
jasminsavoy slay little one
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julrich21 things are bussy at the house, so they sent us to get lunch
tagged jackchampion
skeetulrich boys, that food better be complete by the time both of you arrive
› jackchampion *slowly stops eating fries*
› julrich21 *does the same*
user092 what is going on??
user187 i love how they included Jack and his mom into their family
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yn.ulrich here comes a story time: since everyone knows, I spend part of my summers in the Riverdale set, often spending time in the girls trailers and the make up and hair stations, so when the Southside Serpents started to have more weight in the trama and with all the fake snake tattoos involved, I got obsessed and asked dad if I could get one real done, his answer was: when you're older and if you're still sure of getting it, you can
So now I'm nineteen, and still wanting it, so I got it done
thanks to _dr_woo_ who brought this tattoo to life and put up with my cries when the needle made contact with my skin
tagged _dr_woo_
jackchampion that is the most beautiful tattoo I've ever seen
› yn.ulrich I love you everyday, but today more for holding my other hand during the whole process
_dr_woo_ thank you for choosing me to do your first tattoo
willashaw that is the coolest tattoo
› yn.ulrich dude, it looks better on person
drewraytanner from honnorary serpent to oficial serpent
user1272 please tell me her next tattoo will be a little spider or something related to scream
› yn.ulrich 👀
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goodluckclove · 28 days ago
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Movie Night With Your Eccentric Older Brother Simulator (Free Weird Movies Recs)
So I've always had a vague awareness of the archetype surrounding an Alt Older Brother who introduces you to weird media. I have no real-life frame of reference for this person. While I was close to my actual older brother for a long time, I don't think he introduced me to much.
But after finding that list of free movies and realizing the link to Evil Dead II was a podcast video about the movie as opposed to the actual movie, I decided to put together my own list of cult/weird movies. Nothing too intense. It's got some horror, but it's not all horror. Consider this a way to LARP a kind of skeevy older brother with a strange inner world who you idolize despite him clearly not doing super great right now. He loves you in a weird, scruffy way that he doesn't like to talk about in precise language.
(EDIT: Also I did go out of my way to pick kind of shitty VHS rips for some of these. I do consider them the ideal way to view them. For immersion's sake.)
Uh, hey man. So Mom and Dad left for some fuckin' - I don't know, I still had half my headphones on so I wasn't really paying attention. But they're gone for the night and I guess I'm in charge or whatever. They said I could use their card to order pizza which is pretty sick. I'll order one for each of us, and then I'll just hole up in the basement to listen to The Flower Kings and -
What? You wanna hang out?
No, that's - yeah, I guess I did make a face. My bad. Um, sure I can hang. I know you've been kind of bummed lately. I guess we could watch a movie if you want. No, dude, step the fuck away from the DVD shelf. If I have to watch Click one more goddamned time I'm gonna' blow my brains out.
I'm kidding. That was a joke. Don't tell Mom I said that. Also, scroll through this. These are all the deep cuts my friends at community college have been collecting while we stay out late and smoke - meats. Yeah - my bros Skeet and Blazer? They're big...big barbecue fans. Yeah.
Stop looking at me, dude, just pick a movie.
Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
Oh fuck yeah. Uh, no it's not the album. I mean, it's technically the album - but remember how I told you that The Wall is a Rock Opera? This is the visual adaptation of that Rock Opera. It's got the whole album - complete with a short song from The Final Cut which is another Pink Floyd that came out after The Wall but has a lot of the same themes. This thing has some fuckin' killer animations by Gerald Scarfe. It's a pretty intense take on modern masculinity and fame in post-war Britain from someone with direct experience in all of that.
Evil Dead II (1987) and Armies of Darkness (1992)
What? It's Sam Rami, dude, of course there's gore. It's a Sam Rami movie that isn't Spiderman, so there's a ton of gore and jump scares. No but like - they aren't good jump scares and the gore is absolutely nonsense. It's a horror comedy but it's pretty heavy on the comedy, you know? In Evil Dead II (No, you don't need to start with the first one. The first act of Evil Dead II is a remake of The Evil Dead.) the main guy Ash has his hand turn evil, so he cuts it off and replaces it with a chainsaw.
Shut the fuck up, man, it's not spoilers. It's barely top five in crazy shit that happens in this movie. It's awesome though Bruce Campbell is like horror Mister Bean. He's also hot as fuck. Nevermind. Forget I said that.
Hellraiser (1987)
Seriously, if you pick this you can't tell Mom and Dad I let you watch it. Well, I don't think it's scary, but the practical effects are pretty hardcore for its time and I remember you were pretty upset when you came in and hid in my room while Skeet and I were watching The Thing.
It's pretty gory. It's a body horror film. But aside from some retro-horror staples it's definitely not - like - realistic gore. It's like a guy will die because he gets exploded by chains from goth BDSM demons. Then he's resurrected but he's got no skin and he's kind of bitchy about it for a while. It's pretty cool. Pretty - um - it's got pronouns, you know? It's - I can't call it gay, right? No, it's literally gay. Clive Barker is a gay man. This is a pretty queer horror series.
Shock Treatment (1981)
So Jim Sherman and Richard O'Brien made Rocky Horror Picture Show. They then made an AU of their own movie musical - which is this movie, Shock Treatment. Call me a contrarian, but I like this one a bit better. RHPS is great, but it's so overwhelmingly Tim Curry that it does drown out everything else. This seems like a bit more of an ensemble cast where you can really enjoy the whole movie. Plus their song "Bitchin' in the Kitchen" is like one of my favorite musical songs.
Paprika (2006)
Satoshi Kon is easily one of the best animators of all time. He's the same guy that did Perfect Blue, but that's a little bit more of an intense watch (Although is you do decide to do it do not watch the dubbed version. I'm not being a 'subs not dubs' weeb again the ending was so subtle that the dub fucked it up). Paprika is fantastic It's a beautifully animated science-fiction adventure akin to Inception if Inception was led by a cool lady. It's gorgeous.
Synechdoche, New York (2008)
Charlie Kaufman is one of those directors who people think encourage Angsty Indie White Guys, even though all of his movies specifically focus on how pathetic Angsty Indie White Guys are. This is a big one, but it's beautiful and I've seen it five times. Every time it leaves me quiet and thoughtful. If we watch this and I cry you aren't allowed to say shit about it.
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
This is a surrealist, sci-fi black comedy by writer/director, rapper, and communist activist Boots Riley. it's pretty crazy right off the get go. It's cool to see a blatantly anti-capitalist speculative fiction story that isn't - like - blatantly ideological. It definitely has the ideology, but not at the sacrifice of great writing and directing and a really fun story.
How's that film major I'm dating? Kai is fine. Kai's cool. Kai's...enough about Kai.
Brazil (1985)
This is like 1984 but in the hands of the most creative Monty Python guys. It is crazy how creative this movie is. Like early Tim Burton. Just chaotic and hilarious and horrifying. It's awesome.
But I'm getting sick of talking. Would you pick something already?
You picked: Dancer in the Dark (2000)
The...the fucking Lars Von Trier musical starring Bjork? The that starts with Bjork playing a poor immigrant mother who's slowly going blind and struggling to make ends meet and only gets far sadder from there?
You're getting into Bjork? Now? In 2024 you're just now deciding to get into - ?
Nope. That's fine. I said you can pick, so you can pick. I'll warn you though. this thing's like two and a half hours long and I'm going to spend most of it weeping. If I see you even quiver a laugh I will doxx you online I swear to god.
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satellitefeed · 7 months ago
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soooo basically Frankie and Patch are friends who work for the Great American Carnival, a small-time carnival that tours the South. Frankie does an act as The Mighty Bozo, a character who sits in a dunk tank insulting the crowd, while Patch takes the money and runs the game. Patch is also the show's "adjuster," hence his carny name, working with the owner of the carnival, Heavy St. John, negotiating deals with local officials and representatives of the local underworld to keep the show open.
What it takes to keep the show open varies from town to town. In one town, it is making good on a city official's gambling losses on the midway and giving a city councilor a pile of free passes to the carnival. In another, it is compromising to allow the strippers to work, but keeping the freak show closed. In a third, it involves providing an underworld boss's thug with a girl he fancies. He also works to maintain harmony among the carnies. Patch is good at his job of patching together the deals that keep the carnival rolling and keeping the peace on the lot, but never likes being played for a fool.
At one stand, Donna, an independent 18-year-old bored with small-town life, strikes up a friendship with Frankie and at his invitation follows the carny onto the carnival circuit. Patch is less than happy with her presence, and would like her out of the picture. To get Patch off her back, she takes a job with the strip show as a "side girl," a backup dancer who does not actually take her clothes off. Patch plants the suggestion with Delno, the carny who runs the girlie show, that Donna wants to "work strong", i.e., be a stripper. When she is thrust onstage, she freezes and a brawl ensues. Afterwards, she covers with Heavy to keep Patch out of it, taking the blame for Patch's setting her up to fail.
Frankie gets her a job in the string joint, one of the midway games of chance, under the tutelage of Gerta. Coached in how the game works, Donna is a big success, learning how to con the marks and get their money without giving herself to them (which is what the rubes really want). After one successful scam, she winds up in bed with Patch and the two of them are caught by Frankie, which puts a strain on his relationships with both Donna and Patch.
While this is going on, a con run by Nails on Skeet, the local crime boss's main enforcer, goes badly wrong. Upset at losing their money, the local underworld's muscle boys wreck the Bozo Joint and kill On-Your-Mark, a carny who has been "with it" for more than fifty years and was planning to retire at the end of the season. Crime boss Marvin Dill comes after the carnival, intending to extort more money than they have already paid him. However, the carnies have had enough of his shaking them down. To avenge On-Your-Mark's death and get Dill off their backs, Patch, Frankie, Donna and Heavy run a scam on Mr. Dill involving the apparent beheading of Skeet.
The movie ends with the Great American Carnival continuing on its way, with Donna her own woman rather than Frankie's girlfriend, Frankie and Patch reconciled, and the implication that in a season or two Heavy will retire and Patch will be the one running the show.
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chicken-delight · 7 months ago
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my carnyconda dont
my carnyconda dont
my carnyconda dont want none
unless you got Frankie and Patch are friends who work for the Great American Carnival, a small-time carnival that tours the South. Frankie does an act as The Mighty Bozo, a character who sits in a dunk tank insulting the crowd, while Patch takes the money and runs the game. Patch is also the show's "adjuster," hence his carny name, working with the owner of the carnival, Heavy St. John, negotiating deals with local officials and representatives of the local underworld to keep the show open.
What it takes to keep the show open varies from town to town. In one town, it is making good on a city official's gambling losses on the midway and giving a city councilor a pile of free passes to the carnival. In another, it is compromising to allow the strippers to work, but keeping the freak show closed. In a third, it involves providing an underworld boss's thug with a girl he fancies. He also works to maintain harmony among the carnies. Patch is good at his job of patching together the deals that keep the carnival rolling and keeping the peace on the lot, but never likes being played for a fool.
At one stand, Donna, an independent 18-year-old bored with small-town life, strikes up a friendship with Frankie and at his invitation follows the carny onto the carnival circuit. Patch is less than happy with her presence, and would like her out of the picture. To get Patch off her back, she takes a job with the strip show as a "side girl," a backup dancer who does not actually take her clothes off. Patch plants the suggestion with Delno, the carny who runs the girlie show, that Donna wants to "work strong", i.e., be a stripper. When she is thrust onstage, she freezes and a brawl ensues. Afterwards, she covers with Heavy to keep Patch out of it, taking the blame for Patch's setting her up to fail.
Frankie gets her a job in the string joint, one of the midway games of chance, under the tutelage of Gerta. Coached in how the game works, Donna is a big success, learning how to con the marks and get their money without giving herself to them (which is what the rubes really want). After one successful scam, she winds up in bed with Patch and the two of them are caught by Frankie, which puts a strain on his relationships with both Donna and Patch.
While this is going on, a con run by Nails on Skeet, the local crime boss's main enforcer, goes badly wrong. Upset at losing their money, the local underworld's muscle boys wreck the Bozo Joint and kill On-Your-Mark, a carny who has been "with it" for more than fifty years and was planning to retire at the end of the season. Crime boss Marvin Dill comes after the carnival, intending to extort more money than they have already paid him. However, the carnies have had enough of his shaking them down. To avenge On-Your-Mark's death and get Dill off their backs, Patch, Frankie, Donna and Heavy run a scam on Mr. Dill involving the apparent beheading of Skeet.
The movie ends with the Great American Carnival continuing on its way, with Donna her own woman rather than Frankie's girlfriend, Frankie and Patch reconciled, and the implication that in a season or two Heavy will retire and Patch will be the one running the show, hun!
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thunderbunny24 · 1 month ago
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Is Three Company or a Crowd?
I have had this part written for a bit now, but haven't had time to post. Hope everyone enjoys and thanks again to @storiesforallfandoms for the short story that inspired this story.
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Part 5
            Over the next four weeks you were somehow able to have multiple dates with both Matt and Skeet.  Each date left you more interested in each guy yet more confused on what to do and who to choose.  You did make sure to keep the one rule that Matt asked for, but you had some close calls with both men.  You decided that you needed to have a talk with the guys and figure out what to do together, so you invited both over to your house for dinner.  As you were finishing up the preparations for dinner, there was a knock at your door.  You opened it and both guys were standing there.  “Did you come together?”
            They shook their heads and Skeet replied.  “No.  We just happened to pull up at the same time.”  Skeet gave you a hug and a quick peck on the lips, then walked in followed by Matt doing the same.
            “I don’t think I’ve ever been kissed by two guys at basically the same time before.”  You said as you moved all your hair over your left shoulder.  “It feels kind of weird doing that.”
            Matt reached for your hand and gave it a squeeze.  “We both understand the strangeness of our situation right now and have decided to be cool with things like that.”
            “Yeah.”  Skeet reached out for your other hand.  “Because of you, Matt and I have been spending more time together too, so the conversation always makes it way over to our situation.”
            You slightly nodded.  “Well, dinner is in the oven.  Do we all want to go ahead and sit down and talk or save that until after dinner?”
            “Now’s as good a time as any.”  Matt said.  All three of you went and sat down at your kitchen table.  “Why don’t you go first.”
            You bit your lip and looked down at the table.  “Okay.  So, this last month has been great and I’ve loved getting to know you both better.  The problem is, I’m no closer to having a decision made than I was before this whole thing started.  You are both great guys and treat me so well.  Anything that one of you ‘lacks’ the other one has.  I have talked to friends about this, to my dads and even a campus counselor.  I’ve made pros and cons lists.  I’ve googled every article I could find on this situation and I still can’t choose who I want to progress forward with.  So…I wanted to let you both say your piece and hopefully we can figure this all out this evening.”  You started bouncing your leg and avoided eye contact with either man.
            The guys looked at each other and Matt decided to speak first.  “We know this is a super hard decision for you and we have tried our best to not add to that stress.  Like Skeet said, we’ve been spending a lot of time together too and I feel safe to say both of us are head over heels for you too, which doesn’t help at all.”
            You looked over at Skeet as he ran his hands through his hair.  “I agree with what Matt said.  I wish we could make this easier for you.”  You all sat in silence for a bit, then Skeet quietly said, “I do have an idea, but it’s out of the norm.”
            You looked at Matt, who looked confused, then at Skeet.  “I’m open to hearing any suggestions either of you have.”
            Skeet took a deep breath then started to speak.  “How about you don’t decide between us?  How about you keep dating both of us?  But instead of it being two separate couples, we become a throuple.”
            “A throuple?”  Matt tilted his head to the side.
            “Yeah.  We’ll all three be in a relationship together.  We spend most of our time all together, but we also have dates with you, Katy, and even with each other if we want.”  Skeet looked at Matt then back to you.  “We’d have to come up with rules on how to handle it all and it would mean all living together and probably all sharing a bed but…”
            You tapped your finger on the table.  “Are you just wanting to have threesomes?”
            “No, that’s not what this is about but that is something we could discuss if everyone is open to it.  It is something Matt and I have been apart of before.”  Skeet rubbed his beard as you tried to keep from your jaw hitting the floor at this revelation.  “A throuple was something I ran across when I was doing my research on our situation and sounded like it might work for us.”  You and Matt both sat silently, letting things sink in.  “We don’t have to make a final decision tonight on it.  We could just try it out for a week or two and see how it feels.”
            Matt shook his head.  “How would that even work?  The trying it out.”
            Skeet leaned back in his seat.  “Well, we could talk out some ground rules tonight and officially start tomorrow or the next day.  If Katy is cool with it, we could all stay here so that she isn’t forced to live out of a suitcase.”
            You moved your hair over your right shoulder.  “You want to both move in with me for two weeks and try out this throuple thing?”
            “Yeah.”  Skeet said.  “If it works for all of us, then we decide how we want it to look long term and if it doesn’t work, then we are back to you having to decide who you want to be with.”
            You felt like your head was spinning.  “Matt, what do you think about this idea?”
            Matt took a very slow, deep breath.  “I’ve heard of polyamorous relationships before.  Ace even considered one at one point, but I’ve never thought about it being something I might consider for myself before.”  You all three sat silent for a bit until Matt spoke again.  “But Skeet does have a point.  It lets all of us continue to build our relationships instead of having to make a choice none of us are ready to make.  And a trial run lets us dip our toes in without having to jump all the way in.”
            Skeet included, “At the end of the day, you have all the power.”  He pointed to you.  “You can end it whenever you want and you have the first say in anything that happens or any rule that needs to be made.”
            Matt chuckled.  “Skeet and I would basically be brother husbands.”
            You let out a small giggle and shook your head.  You opened your mouth to speak right as the timer buzzed on your oven.  You got up and removed your Mexican lasagna and started dishing out pieces onto the plates you had sitting on your island.  You brought two plates over and sat them down in front of the guys while Matt opened the bottle of wine you had sitting on the table and poured it into the three glasses set out.  You went and got your plate and set it on the table, took a sip of your wine then said, “Okay…I am open to the idea of the three of us being in one relationship, but I can’t say yes or no until I know the rules.”  You took your phone out of your pocket and opened your notes app.  “So, let’s figure those out and then I’ll decide if I’m willing to give this a trial run.”  The guys nodded in agreement, so while you all ate dinner the three of you came up with the rules for this experiment.  When the meal was over you asked the guys to wait in the living room while you cleaned up the kitchen and thought about everything.  On one hand, it felt like a silly choice young people might pick, not two 50-year-olds and a 40-year-old.  On the other hand, it lets you continue to build your relationships, without the no sex rule hanging over your head.  You put the last of the dishes in the dishwasher then walked into the living room where both guys were sitting on your couch, quietly chatting.  You sat down on the coffee table across from the guys.  You reached out to hold each guy’s hand.  You looked up and made eye contact with Skeet, then Matt, then down at your hands holding theirs.  “Okay.  Let’s give this a try.”  You felt Skeet squeeze your hand.  “Come over tomorrow around 7pm and we will get you both settled in.  I’ll get house keys made for you both tomorrow.”
            “Great!”  Skeet exclaimed.
            Matt reached over and put his other hand on your knee.  “Are you sure you are okay with this and want to try it?  I don’t want you to feel forced into anything you don’t want to do.”
            You gave a small nod.  “The only way to see is to try, but I would be lying if I said I’m 100% down for this entire lifestyle change.”  You got up and sat between the boys on the couch.  Matt wrapped his arm around your shoulder and Skeet placed his hand on your thigh.  You let out a sigh.  “Are you two going to try to build a romantic relationship as well?”
            Skeet squeezed your leg.  “I honestly don’t know.  I love Matt and have for almost 30 years, but I’ve never looked at him in a romantic way.  But like Matt said earlier, he and I have been apart of a few threesomes before and I always loved watching Matt take his turn with the girl, so you never know.”
            Matt looked over at Skeet and gave a few blinks.  “You get off watching me with the girl?”
            Skeet shrugged.  “Yeah.  You are so good with your hands and I sometimes wonder what it would feel like if I was your focus instead of the girl.  Not that I’ve ever thought on acting on that before.  Just wondered.”  Skeet let out a small laugh.  “Plus, your dick is huge.  I wouldn’t know what to do with all that.”
            You interrupted.  “Excuse me…what?”
            Matt blushed and nodded.  “I have been very blessed.  But Skeet’s is a nice size too.”
            “I’m always a bit smaller than you, though, in every way.”  Skeet joked.
            You rose your hand.  “Stop, stop…I can’t handle all that information right now.”  You looked over at Skeet.  “How many threesomes have you two been in?”  Your voice cracked as you asked the question.
            Skeet bit his lip.  “I’d say maybe five times in the past ten years or so, but usually with one of our girlfriends.”
            Matt added.  “One time with a co-star of his and once with a fan after she did a professional photo op with us at a convention where she asked to have the picture pose be the Eiffel Tower sex position.”
            “That was an interesting evening.”  Skeet had a huge smile on his face.  “But again, I don’t want the point of this throuple to be about threesomes.  But, I also won’t turn down a threesome if you both are interested, though.”
            You shook your head.  “I’ve barely made it to third base with either of you yet.  I’m not ready for a fucking home run derby night one…or maybe ever.”
            Skeet picked up your hand and kissed it.  “That’s why we start slow and go at whatever pace you want to set.  How about for tonight we turn on a movie and we all just cuddle up and enjoy?”
            Matt agreed.  “Sounds good to me.”
            You nodded.  “Okay.”  You all picked out a movie and got comfy on the couch.  Matt played with your hair while Skeet held your hand and rubbed his thumb against your hand.  You couldn’t pay attention though as you ran through the rules over and over in your head and tried to figure out how to make this whole situation work and wondering how you were going to keep yourself from falling for one more than the other when just a few hours ago the problem was that you liked them evenly.
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Everyone shares one bed unless two are having a date or one wants to sleep alone.
The female will sleep in between the two men.
All sleeping alone will occur in the extra bedroom designated for solo sleep.
Minimum once a week check in meeting to discuss pain points and get clarification on any topic needed.
No dating outside of the throuple.
PDA in common areas is to be kept at a minimum.
For every date that one man has with the woman during a week, the other man is to also have a date.
Any threesomes have to be fully agreed upon by all parties.
All parties will help with household activities including but not limited to cooking, laundry and house cleaning.
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bluejaysandblackbats · 10 months ago
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Frozen in Time
Fandom: DC Comics, JLI, GL Corps
Summary: Daddy-daughter weekend does not go as planned.
Chapters: 1/?
Characters: Michael Jon Carter (DCU), Rani Carter (DCU), Michelle Carter (DCU), Hal Jordan, Helen Jordan
Additional Tags: Fluff, Father-Daughter Relationship, Road Trip, Angst and Humor
Chapter One: Unicorns
"I'm a great dad," I defended myself. Michelle bounced her head from one side to the other sarcastically. "I am!"
"Okay... Try not to cause a world-ending crisis at the tea party," Michelle replied on her way out the door. I glanced over the checklist Skeets printed out and packed Rani's bag. He even color-coded it to show me what order to pack things in. I'd planned this weekend for months, hoping I'd finally get Rani to call me dad or some variation of the word. It was my chance to get Rani to see me as a real, genuine father figure.
I packed her bag, and then I packed lunch for our special picnic. I must've watched thousands of videos trying to figure out how to make unicorn grilled cheese sandwiches. I made every cool and trendy snack I could think of to impress her. It was a rare four-day weekend, and I planned on making it the best four days of Rani's little life. The plan was to be impressive and fatherly and show her I was all in on the fatherhood thing.
I understand people would say I'm not the most responsible, reliable, or predictable guy they know, but I had a chance to be something different with her. I figured I'd take her on a nice trip and follow it up with a tea party. My plan was foolproof. I finished packing and prepping with a few minutes to spare. I had enough time to walk to Rani's school and wait at the gate.
I put on my shoes and grabbed a snack, Rani's favorite toy, and her visor. I was so excited to see her that I took the hopscotch path. There was no rush to get home to dinner or a meeting. We had time.
I stood at the gate with the other parents. While I waited, a single mom struck up a conversation with me. "I didn't know your ears were pierced," she smiled.
I touched my ears and remembered I was wearing flower earrings. "Oh, yeah. I took Rani to get her ears pierced a few weeks ago, and I didn't want to make her do something I was too scared to do... So, I got mine done first," I replied, "That doesn't explain the earrings, though... Does it?"
"It doesn't have to," she laughed, "Were you scared?"
"Terrified," I chuckled, "I had to close my eyes and suck it up. But Rani was a champ."
The bell rang, and she waved goodbye. I power walked to Rani's class excitedly and scooped her up as soon as she came outside. "Hi, Mikey!" Rani laughed. I set her down and took her backpack.
"Here, I'll trade ya," I smiled as I handed her toy to her. I put the visor on her head and offered her a snack. Rani smiled and grabbed my hand. "Rani, I need your help with some stuff this weekend."
Rani pouted. "Is it a lot of work?" Rani questioned.
I nodded solemnly. I finally figured out how to get maximum excitement from kids. The trick is to seem as disappointing as possible so that reality would seem fantastic in comparison. She was so disappointed she couldn't muster the energy to swing my hand. It took everything in my power to keep from laughing.
When we got home, she helped me put all the bags in the car, and then it clicked. "Hey! Why are we putting suitcases in the car?" Rani questioned.
"You've got me! Okay, I wanted to take you on a trip this weekend... Just you and me," I replied. Rani jumped into my arms.
"Wow! Where are we going?" Rani asked. I shook my head and grinned.
"That would ruin the surprise," I replied, letting her back in the house. "I'll wait in the car."
Rani paused. "Is it a long drive?" Rani questioned. I nodded. "Then you should go to the bathroom before we leave."
I opened my mouth to speak, but I realized she was right. After we met at the car, Rani sat in the backseat and buckled her seatbelt. "Mikey, guess what?" Rani asked.
"I love a guess what," I replied.
"We saw a real firefighter today," Rani announced, "How come you don't have a big truck? All the helpers today had big trucks."
"That's a great question. You see, they're better drivers than I am. I could probably drive a big truck, but I think it'd be responsible driving a car I'm comfortable with," I answered. Minus ten cool points for the minivan dad.
"Everyone has different abilities. Not everybody can do your job," Rani reassured me.
"Thanks, Rani," I replied.
She fell asleep immediately after that, and I turned the radio on low. I got on the freeway and drove for almost an hour before Rani woke up to tell me about her dream. "You were there! And you had a sword," Rani replied, "You looked so cool."
Thank you to Rani's subconscious! "I could definitely get a sword... I could be a sword guy," I replied, "Do you think I should get a sword in real life?"
"Yeah!" Rani replied.
"Cool! I'll probably have to take sword fighting lessons and learn proper sword safety because safety is important—."
"You still get your toast out of the toaster with a fork," Rani interrupted.
"Okay, but—. Is that actually—? Do you wanna pull over and have a surprise snack?" I asked.
"Yes, please!" Rani shouted. I grinned and pulled to the side of the road near an orchard. I climbed into the backseat. "What's in there?"
"A surprise. I made these," I replied. I pulled out two neatly-wrapped unicorn-shaped grilled cheese sandwiches. Rani unwrapped hers and gasped.
"They're so pretty! How did you make rainbow colors inside the sandwich? Is it like marshmallows?" Rani questioned. I took a bite and shook my head.
"Take a bite," I replied. Rani took a bite and smiled.
"It's cheese!" Rani exclaimed. She took another bite, and I took a moment to soak in my victory. The grilled cheese was a hit! I finally managed to make something for her that we both liked.
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ericanderson · 8 months ago
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𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂.
𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐒.
Name: Eric Anderson.
Faceclaim: Skeet Ulrich.
Gender & Pronouns: Cis male & he/him.
Age: Fifty-one.
Occupation: Gym teacher & football coach.
𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘.
Every good game needs a good playbook, right? 
GOAL: All Eric has ever wanted was to feel worthy. 
OBSTACLE:  Maybe it was his father’s disapproving groans. Maybe it was the fact that he was the last kid in his class to learn how to read. Maybe it was his failure to pass the sixth grade the first time. Maybe it was the shoulder-slumping, eyes-widening, pity-filled sighs in his hometown of Lancaster, South Carolina. Or maybe the only thing that was ever in the way of him and a sturdy foundation was him.
PLAN OF ACTION:  Eric Anderson just doesn’t know how to quit. If he had to work twice as hard as his classmates, so be it. If he had to spend longer in the locker room to get himself back together after failure, so be it. Sweat could not be a game-stopper. Fear could not be a roadblock. So here was the plan: Go to a community college. Major in nutrition and health. Transfer to a school with a high acceptance rate, like Coker University, for instance. Aim for a football scholarship for good measure. Get a job. Find a wife. Raise his kids to never feel as worthless as he did. Build a secure atmosphere for the world around him, something sturdy enough to fence everyone in. Work his ass to the bone to make that happen.
TURN-OUT: Now, Eric Anderson is fifty-one. He doesn’t run the way he used to. He doesn’t sweat the way he used to. He can’t catch up with the team. He’s been with the local high school in Marshall Island for twenty-six years now, and over time, hamstrings have been pulled. His morale has been questioned. He’d be lying if he said he hadn’t thought about throwing in the towel before, but Eric Anderson just doesn’t know how to quit.
NEW GOAL:  Find out how long he can do what he’s doing without going back to the kid he used to be.
NEW PLAN OF ACTION: Take a moment to catch his breath. Look around at the life he’s breathed into his surroundings. Observe. Accept.
NEW OBSTACLE:  The tight-lipped, wide-eyed nervous smile he sees on the kid in the old family photos, desperate to prove his worth.
𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒.
He gives great talks. If you need some advice, he’s your guy. It doesn’t matter whether you grew up in Marshall Island or not. You need him to talk some sense into you, he’s there.
He unironically loves what most people would call “2000s butt rock”. Nickelback, Daughtry, Puddle of Mudd, etc. He doesn’t consider it a guilty pleasure, either. He doesn’t quite know it’s taboo. He’ll just show up with it blasting in his car. 
He’s aware of his zodiac sign. He knows he’s an Aries. He just has no clue what it means.
During his summers off, he’ll spend some of his time fishing. If you catch a 6’0 guy in a backwards snapback, tank top, and cargo shorts with a fishing rod in his hand, that’s him.
His favorite show is Yellowstone for some reason. 
His favorite color is red. It’s also his favorite color to wear.
He’s been teaching in this town since 1998, and it was the first district to hire him.
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adamwatchesmovies · 11 months ago
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Scream (1996)
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Scream was, and still is, a game-changer for the horror genre. Part black comedy, part satire, part unapologetic slasher film, it’s smartly written, memorable and suspenseful. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Kraven, it deconstructs the clichés of the slasher genre and then rebuilds them better than ever.
Woodsboro, California has become a playground for a mysterious serial killer in a Halloween costume. When “Ghostface” (voiced by Roger L. Jackson) begins calling high-school student Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), she wonders if the killings are linked to the murder of her mother, one year ago. Or is it simply a coincidence?
The film wastes no time indulging in the clichés of the slasher genre. The opening scene (featuring a memorable cameo by Drew Barrymore) is basically a summary of every Friday the 13th and Halloween sequel, complete with an isolated teenager targeted by a maniac whose face remains hidden, abundant bloodshed, a murderer that seems to be everywhere at once and an edged weapon. This shows that Kevin Williamson knows what he’s about to tear down. Scream is a movie about people who have seen horror movies. There are direct references to both mainstream classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street and the more obscure horror pictures (that should be classics) like The Howling. The characters are a lot smarter than you’re used to seeing because they've seen the same movies you have. The killer is far less indestructible than you’re accustomed to.
Scream has a very unusual quality. One second you’ll be laughing, the next you’ll be horrified. When Ghostface attacks someone, they get pelted with whatever objects are nearby, they get knocked over, tripped, etc. It makes you laugh but don’t get too carried away. They’ve got murder on their mind and the body count in this film is high. It’s like all these setbacks are making the killer angrier and more determined; like they expected to be untouchable so when they finally tear into their victim’s flesh, the deaths are brutal. Director Wes Craven (no stranger to many of the films referenced in the script) manages to have his cake and eat it too.
Aficionados of the genre will have a great time catching all the references, recognizing the tropes and seeing the formula they’ve seen before and fallen in love with play out like this. What elevates the film - and makes it a dark delight for those who might only have a passing interest in the horror genre - is the mystery. You don’t know who is under that mask. When you think you might have it figured out, you’ll notice something off about the way Sidney’s boyfriend, Billy (Skeet Ulrich) enters the room, or wonder if her friend Randy (Jamie Kennedy) might be obsessed enough with horror movies to go on a murder spree. There’s Matthew Lillard’s Stu, who shows a weird enthusiasm about everything that’s going on that also points to him as a suspect and if he’s in on it, I guess his girlfriend, Tatum (Rose McGowan) might as well be placed on the list. The same goes for police officer Dewey Riley (David Arquette). Could all the teasing have made him snap? The boots we saw the killer don in that one scene are eerily similar to the one he wears… unless they’re just standard police issue, which could point toward Sheriff Burke (Joseph Whipp) as the killer. Hints point toward pretty much everyone, maybe even reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox). That last one is significant. This movie offers much more than just the murders and mystery. You get the sense that even if bodies weren’t falling left and right, there would be a lot going on with the relationships, the anniversary of Sidney’s mother’s death coming up, her murderer being falsely accused according to Gale and more.
A lot of care and attention has been put into Scream. The deaths are memorable and so are the characters. The gore will make you turn away, but there are many laughs and clever bits of dialogue. Between all of these - and the icon the film created upon arrival - it’s easy to overlook the performances, which would be a mistake. Neve Campbell as Sidney is terrific. Everyone is. Whether you’re watching it for the first time and trying to figure out who Ghostface is, or you’ve seen it before and you’re watching to see how all of the little pieces of the mystery pay off, Scream is a great film - and not just for horror hounds either. (On Blu-ray, January 16, 2022)
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verdanabdit · 2 years ago
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(A reply to an open request for positive headcanons)
Papyrus canonically...
Very much enjoys lethal traps, opposes their outlawing, insists that kids love them, and has access to the materials to create them.
Is willing to beat you within an inch of your life and then throw you in a shed multiple times in a row rapid-fire if you escape.
Has trained so hard to be in the royal guard that the captain herself is very impressed with his strength and skill.
By his own admission is "a pretty brutal kind of guy" who is not 100% sure that he hasn't murdered someone (by accident).
Based on those (okay that latter half of that last one was probably him making a joke, considering the Japanese localization doesn't entirely match the sentiment), I headcanon that upon reaching the surface, he signs up for all of the most violent hobbies. He breaks those stacks of wooden boards and concrete blocks. He does all of the high impact sports. He does javelin throwing. He duels with every weapon a non-point-based tournament exists for. He f☆cking loves guns (but only for competitive skeet shooting or obstacle courses (and cooking)). If cage fight clubs weren't illegal, he'd hop right in.
If you jump him, you'd better channel every bit of malice you've got and make it a good one, 'cause if he can stand up, he will break your legs with a smile, swing your convulsing body into the back of his car like a sack of garbage, lecture you the whole way about the common courtesies of initiating battle, deposit you on the curb of the hospital, and break into your house to leave the cleaning bill for his car's upholstery that you leaked blood all over.
Papyrus enjoys violence. He doesn't want to kill or permanently injure anyone, but he absolutely loves violence and will take any opportunity there is to consensually enact it under appropriate rules of engagement.
After getting fired from the police force on day 1 for arresting a fellow officer who was very much using undue force on an innocent bystander, he makes serious bank as a one-man demolition crew until he finds whatever next occupation he thinks will earn him the most immediate awe. He doesn't realize that he's already super popular from his participation in all those sports because those were just little hobbies.
Sans spent the first several weeks on the surface taking a dose of his vice of choice every time Papyrus came home to tell him his new hobby. "* yup that's great bro live your best life, pay no mind to the heart attacks you're giving me" until he's desensitized to it and embraces it as just more stuff his brother does.
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Papyrus loves guns so much that he smells like guns.
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clay-cuttlefish · 1 year ago
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Finishing 52 :')
#39
This is a very cool issue, Nat and Lex's confrontation is great, it's just. Hard to follow up on 38.
#40
John beating the shit out of Lex makes me feel a little better. It's very cathartic. Get his ass.
#41
Do you think Vic got a funeral. Did someone invite anyone other than Tot, Renee, and Richard. I doubt it.
Diana's here, just for a moment. Unfortunate how little she's around in 52, but it does make her finally arriving Hit.
Catch me lying face down on the floor thinking about Renee being forced to introspect.
#42
OH NO, RALPH.
#43
Poor Osiris :(
Most of 52's pretty well foreshadowed, this is the biggest shock value moment imo. I mean, it works for that, but there's a lot less clever buildup and payoff than like. Booster's death.
#44
Split between "this was set up worse than a lot of 52 and it doesn't land as well as a result" and "this fight slaps".
I really don't like Adrianna's dying "lol nvm murder's cool" change of heart. I feel like this'd be a lot better if it was more her saying these were monsters and that extreme situations justified extreme measures, but it being a total 180 is just dumb.
HER HAT!
Love that Tot is just like. Yeah you're going to need the costume. He's seen the whole denial routine before and he doesn't buy it.
I do think she needs it less than Vic did. He started wearing it before he did any introspection, and the separation of identity was central to his journey. Also he had some depersonalization going on. Renee's further along in her process by the time she takes it, and isn't compartmentalizing as much, so it's not central to her self-image in quite the same way. Accepting the mask is important, but wearing it isn't as much, if that makes sense?
Like, there's a lot of parts of herself she's not engaging with, but there isn't a Renee/Question separation in the way there's a Vic/Charlie/Question separation. It's a different angle on identity issues.
#45
Continuing Renee's theme of identifying with guys with anger issues.
I still don't love the total turnaround on character development, and it's running into the same problem a lot of big events have where the destruction is wide enough and effortless enough it doesn't feel that impactful. One crowd being at risk feels more meaningful than a guy fighting an entire country.
I was reminded of this early on in 52, when Black Adam talks about how many people died in Infinite Crisis. Sure it did a bunch of horrible shit to the world and everyone on the planet was witness to destruction, but I was more invested in Jaime's very bad day.
#46
The mad scientists getting to stay ridiculous and still win is fun. Sure they've done some truly awful stuff but more importantly they're all committed to the bit while they do it.
#47
Natasha :)
Glad someone's doing well.
I remember really not liking the Bruce or Diana stuff originally and I feel vindicated reading the omnibus and being reminded Rucka doesn't either.
#48
RENEE'S IN THE MASK! GOOD QUESTION!!!
Her talking to Charlie in her internal monologue. My heart.
The scene in the church is SO cool. The lighting, the way she fights, Kate with the knife, it's the best.
#49
I'm sorry but "I have a particle wave ray gun and bipolar disorder!" is one of the moments of the entire series. Nobody else is doing it like Will is, and that's a good thing.
#50
BOOSTER!
Most of this issue doesn't work for me, both in story and in the art, which sucks given how climactic it is. I like the way Billy and the lightning look, at least.
#51
Skeets hatches into Mr Mind's adult form, a giant time moth, so he can eat spacetime. Comic books <3
Imo Mr. Mind should've kept the glasses.
#52
You fool! This was secretly a crisis event all along! Get multiverse'd, idiot!
Vic's hanging out on Earth-4 :')
Ohh Booster and Ted. I can't. Booster's SO good in this. If I was like 5% less dedicated to finishing the Renee reading list I had been using and 10% more into time travel I would have came out of 52 and gotten right into Booster Gold.
Renee bookending her arc with Kate...
It's been a bumpy ride, but I love 52 so much.
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Fan Expo Denver
IF YOU READ ANNIVERSARY FIRST, THIS HAPPENS BEFORE THAT CHAPTER, I HAD TO WRITE THAT ONE FIRST BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULE
A/N: originally, this was going to be about the flashback weekend chicago, but after seeing the q&a from the fan expo in Denver i decided to change it
taglist: @volturi-girl-imagines @dessxoxsworld @camiesully @ethanlandryluver @nowitsmissing @aliciacat20 @gabbylovesreading @nikfigueiredo
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After leaving the set of Riverdale when the filming wrapped and the wrap party (and the production also gave you and Jack some gifts), both of you returned to LA to rest a little before going to the Fan Expo in Denver
"Tornado, hurry up!", Skeet exclaimed from the first floor, "We still need to go get Jack"
"I'm almost done!", you responded putting a few last things in your travel bag, "At least my suitcase and Tatum's carrier is already there"
"Just hurry up, our flight is at 1 pm"
"Chill dad, I was just making sure that I didn't forget anything", you said starting to get downstairs with your bag and Tatum in your arms, "I'm ready"
"Great, let's get the things to the car"
Taking the suitcases and the bags, both of you along with Tatum still in your arms went to the car parked on the entrance of the house to put the suitcases and carrier on the truck and leave towards the Champion house
"I texted your siblings to come and take care of the garden the day that they can", Skeet said the moment the car started the way
"Okay", you nodded, "And I already texted Jack to say we are on our way"
"And I need you to sleep during the flight"
"What? Why?"
"Because you spent the entire night awake watching TV"
"I was watching Shadow and Bone, and it was incredible"
"And now you have baggy eyes that I can see with all the concealer you put on, how many chapters did you watch?"
"Like half or more of the first season"
"Enough reason to you to sleep during the entire flight, and when we arrive to the hotel I'll take away your iPad during the night so you can sleep properly, understood?"
"Yes, dad", you nodded, "But, hey, at least this time was because of a series instead of hate tweets"
"That's the only good part, but you shouldn't be staying up so late, specially when we are flying, what's the series about?"
"I'm glad you asked!"
For the rest of the road, you spend it explaining everything about the series while Tatum decided to take a little nap in your lap until the car stopped in front of the Champion house where both of you and Tatum in your arms got out of the car to walk to the entrance
"Hi angel, hi Skeet", Anna greeted the moment she openned the door, "Come in, Jack is still finishing packing, he must come down in a moment"
"Can I go help him?", you asked
"Yeah, sure", Anna nodded
"Don't take too long, our flight is at 1", Skeet said
"Okay", you exclaimed already halfway of the stairs
Reaching the second floor, you with Tatum in your arms walked to the door were you knew his room was, noticing the door was open, you leaned into the entrance
"Good morning my love", you sang getting his attention, which made him turn to look at you from his bed where he was finishing his backpack, "You're ready for the convention?"
"Good morning", Jack smiled sharing a kiss with you the moment you entered the room, "Almost, I'm just making sure I don't forget anything"
"Need some help?", you asked siting in his bed letting Tatum walk on the soft surface
"Do you think I over-packed?", Jack asked you, which caused you to open his suitcase, "I feel like I put a lot of clothes only for a weekend"
"Just like what I've told you many times, it's not over-packing, it's having options just in case the outfit you pictured in your head doesn't come out as you imagined it"
"You're right", Jack nodded closing his suitcase along with his backpack, "Are you bringing Tatum's carrier?"
"Yeah, it's on the car"
"Can Butters and Tatum share it? I'm just thinking about the space, the flight and all that"
"Of course! They are going to have fun in there"
"Kids, I'll leave without you if you don't come down in the next five minutes!", Skeet exclaimed from the first floor
Gattering the things and the cats quickly, both of you went down stairs to say goodbye and go to the airport
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After two hours in the airport and almost five on the plane (in which you slept almost all the time), the three of you and the cats arrived in Denver when it took an hour to arrive to the hotel, which was close to the convention center
"We're going to settle in our rooms and then we are going to have a small reunion to check the schedule for the weekend", Skeet said while the elevator went up to the right floor, "And we're also getting dinner later with the rest"
"I can't wait to bother uncle Matthew until he unblock me from insta", you joked once the elevator doors openned
"Still?", Skeet asked in shock
"Yeah, I even texted Macey and Addison to help me, but they said he doesn't regret it"
"Why did he block you again?", Skeet asked while openning the room door
"She asked him if Stu's alive", Jack laughed
"It was a joke", you exclaimed while entering the room noticing there was only one bed, "Dad, we aren't sleeping the three of us in the same bed, it's going to be weird"
"The door at the left is your room", Skeet said walking towards that door next to the TV and dresser to reveal a room exactly the same, "I couldn't get a suite with two rooms and this was the closest thing we got, go on to organize your things, we have to be on the meeting room in forty minutes"
Entering you room and leaving the suitcases and bags on the bench next to the desk and the cat carrier on the couch next to the window letting them out to explore the room, you and Jack started to got some things out of your travel bags to the bathroom and baby dragon Jake on the bed
When the hour to go to the meeting room arrived, the three of you and the cats went to the last floor to the meeting room
"Aunt Neve! Aunt Rose!", you exclaimed running towards them the moment you saw them near a table
When they heard your voice and turned in your direction, Neve and Rose inmediatly openned their arms to hug you the moment you arrived
"I swear that every time we see you, you are taller", Neve said when the hug ended
"Not only taller, she also got a tattoo", Rose added looking at your left hand
"It's the sneakers, they have a little platform", you shrugged adjusting Tatum in your arms
"I'm going to asume this little friend is Tatum", Rose said looking at the orange cat seeing everything with curiosity, "She has almost the same hair color I had in the movie"
"I know", you smiled, "Want to hold her?"
"Of course", Neve smiled taking the cat in her arms
After saying hi to the rest and introducing Jack to the ones who didn't knew him in person yet, all of you sat at the tables while someone from the expo arrived
"Goodnight to everyone, it's good to see you", the person greeted everyone, "Okay, the day starts tomorrow as soon at you arrive with the autographs and then with the photo ops, we start with Henry Winkler at 7.40 pm who's arriving early tomorrow, then Rose at 8.00, Jamie and Skeet at 8.10, a team up of Skeet and Matthew at 8.20 and Matthew at 8.30"
"On saturday we have more photo ops starting with Skeet at 3.30, Neve at 3.40, a team up again of Skeet and Matthew at the same hour, a team up of Neve, Jamie, Skeet and Matthew at 4.10, Rose at 4.40, a team up with everyone at 4.50, individual ones of Henry, Jamie and Matthew at 5.10"
"On sunday we have the photo op with everyone at 11.10, Rose at 11.20, a team up with Neve, Jamie, Skeet and Matthew at the same hour, Jamie at 11.50, a team up with Skeet and Matthew at 11.50, Skeet at 12.20, the panel with Neve, Jamie, Skeet and Matthew with surprise aparitions of Y/N and Jack at 12.45, Matthew and Neve had individual photo ops at 1.50, and that's the end of the event, by the way, there's an Avatar cosplay meet up at 2.30, Jack, would you like to attend?"
"Sure, sounds good", Jack nodded
"Perfect, the schedules were already sent to you to your emails, any questions?"
"Can we bring our cats to the panel?", you asked raising your hand
"Of course, we are pet-friendly"
Hearing that, you and Jack high-fived while the adults looked at both of you with fun
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After two days of being locked in the hotel to not ruin the surprise appearence, you and Jack finally got to get out to the hotel to go to the convention
Doing a reference to the franchise you decided to wear a white short-sleeve top, high waisted jeans and black run star hike converse, with a small silver backpack were you had yours and Jack things, with some cat treats and toys; while Jack used a black tank t-shirt with an open black and red short sleeve button up, his worn out jeans and checkerboard vans
When the time to go to the convention center arrived, you and Jack stayed backstage until the time to the panel arrived
"How are you feeling?", you asked while having breakfast from one of the food stations on the convention, "About going there with the OG's and answering questions"
"Good, a bit nervous", Jack admited
"This things are usually easy and funny, like they ask the funniest question ever and then you got the most serious and emotional question, like a live interview, actually this is my first time going on stage, I usually was sitting on othe first line or something like that"
"They are going to be surprised when we apeare there"
"Totally, we should prepare something to say when we apeare"
Continuing to have breakfast and planning what to say, the time to start going to the hall arrived, joining the adults to go there
"Hey, I saw the trailer of your new movie", Neve said to Jack refering to Retribution, "It looks awesome"
"Thanks", Jack smiled, "I really appreciate it"
"Where was it filmed?", Jamie asked, "The locations looks cool"
"Berlin, I filmed it right after Avatar"
"Spends four years running around and then he gets to sit in a car the entire new movie", Matthew joked
"Give my boy a rest", Skeet spoke
"Yeah, he needed to rest for the killing spree", you said
Keeping with the chatting and small jokes, the way continued until you reached the behind the stage, when the sound of a lot of fans behind the curtains could be heard
"Okay, kids, both of you look good as well as Butters and Tatum", Skeet sighed before entering the stage, "Rose and Henry are going to appeare for a few seconds so you have to enter before them, understood?"
"Yes", both of you nodded
"Perfect, see you in a few seconds"
"Please welcome to the stage first, give it up for Jamie Kennedy! Keep that applause going as we welcome to the stage Skeet Ulrich! Alright next up Fan Expo Denver please welcome Matthew Lillard! And last but certainly not least please welcome Sidney Prescott herself, Neve Campbell!", the lead of pannel said while the four adults entered the stage and took seats in the couches, "Wow, Matthew, brought a professional camera on stage, very nice! Thank you all for being here, give it up one more time for them Fan Expo Denver"
Hearing softer applauses, both of you decided to get close to the curtain next to the stage
"We've got a lot of questions in the audience, we wanna get to them as soon as possible because that's what this is about, it's about the fans asking their questions", the lead continued, "But I just wanted to keep things off, 1996 was an amazing year for film in general, we had films like Twister, Mission Impossible, The Robbery, you might have heard of another film called The Craft that came out that year everybody, with Skeet and Neve with the reimagining of the horror franchise with everyone's favorite Scream film, there's six films and the fans are still ravenous for this franchise, I'd just love to kick things off before we go to the fans and talk go down the line and just talk a little bit of what it means to be a part of this and what it feels like to have the fans come and tell you how important this horror franchise was"
Deciding to enter right before the conversations start, both of you came out of the curtain to stand in front of the stairs
"Excuse me, is this econ?", Jack asked refering to the alibi of his character
"Best known as Ghostface 101", you added
"Everyone, please welcome Jack Champion and Y/N Ulrich!", the lead exclaimed, "They are going to be with us during the panel so you can ask them questions too"
Entering the stage between the applauses of the people, both of you stopped in the middle of the stage to held Butters and Tatum like in The Lion King, before turning and sat on the couch between Neve and Skeet taking the two left microphones
"Guys, we're so happy you're here, I'm going to go with you in a few moments, but before I want to hear everyone responses to the question", the lead said, "Jamie, we start with you"
"It's incredible", Jamie started, "I think we hit lightning in a bottle when we did the movie, we were this little movie, we just thought 'well, maybe we can do good in video' and so much to say but it is incredible and was just hit lightning in a bottle, and here we are 27 years later, it's incredible"
"It's kinda of certainly in the moment none of us could process that this would ever exist, that people would still involved, you know, into this series", Skeet continued, "We're just a bunch of kids we've got together to do what we love to do and I think that's the power of finding what it is your love to do and you never know what will happen with it, certainly I could never predict this so thank you all, thank you each and everyone"
"Oh my gosh, everyone behind the curtain is Rose McGowan", the lead exclaimed while Rose took a seat in the empty couch, "Rose thank you for joining us, Rose has a solo pannel later at 2 pm so definitely check that out, but thank you for joining us on stage"
"Hi everybody", Rose greeted, "Scream forever, literally this is amazing, I just wanted to come and say that Tatum lives and I love you all the fabulous, beautiful panel"
Finalizing that, Rose left the panel with everyone smiling for the cameo
"Let's not forget that Rose will be at her table all day, and also is doing solo panel so for you all Rose McGowan fans, and those Chramed fans out there in the building check it out at 2 pm right over the next door, Matt, talk about the legacy and what this franchise means to you"
Pretending to not know what to say, Matthew stayed quiet with a panic face making everyone laugh before answering the question
"First of all is very humbling that so many people showed up today, I think we are all sort of amazed and honored, we were making a horror movie with Wes Craven who hadn't made a good horror movie in a long time, God bless his soul we love him, but in the moment it was nothing special, it's not until now that you recognize that you were in the middle of something, so for us it was just one of the greatest times we've ever had working and the results are baffling to us in a way cause every single time we get these opportunities to interact it is humbling, so we are grateful you guys, thank you"
"Oh my gosh, it's principal Himbry everybody, it's Henry Winkler", the lead exclaimed at the same time Henry entered the stage causing everyone to stand up to give him a standing ovation before sitting again, "Oh my gosh, all this surprises that we didn't planned ahead of time"
"I only have two things to say", Henry spoke, "28 years ago I had lunch, sushi lunch, with Wes Craven who wore tweed and you would think you were talking to an english professor and he said 'I have this small part in my movie, would you do this' I said of course, and then turned out to be this incredible sociological event, and I wanted to say I have not seen these people for 27 years, except of course the young ones, we saw each other at another Comic-Con at it was like we've been together forever, they are everything you imagine they are, and that is just the truth, there is no hyperbole in that, and the second thing is I was there and then I was told they're not gonna put my name on the movie because I made the funds and he was going to throw the balance of the horror off, so I went 'okay' and we're not going to be on the one sheet, we will not be in the commercial poster, I won't be there either and I went 'okay' and then they previewed the movie and my character walked on screen and I got applause, and the same people who said 'go home', said 'excuse me, would you do press for the movie', and never know in our business have the greatest summer, be careful and take care of each other, and I'm so proud to be a member of your family"
The moment Henry finnished his speech, Matthew was quick to stand up and hug him followed by the rest of you to applaude him, being the next people to hug, even if he didn't know you and Jack to well
"I don't like sitting on the stage, I'm going to walk around", Matthew said taking him camera, "I'm really don't like it"
"Can we hear from Neve really quick?", the lead spoke, "You know, you're arguably the best final girl of all time, one of those characters, what it does make you feel? And Matt I'm going to let you take it away with the audience questions"
"I thought you were actually talking to Matt when you said that", Neve joked causing everyone to laugh, "I'm sorry, Henry is such a joy, I mean he's just the most magical, these movies changed my life, made my life, changed my life, you know as these guys said, we had no idea, there was no way to have an idea, you would never, how often does this happen that you get to make this many movies and have it be successful and more importantly loved, you know, I can't believe I'm sitting in front of you guys, I feel like every time we have an audience like this and whenever I see this guys and whenever anyone comes up and tells me that Sidney save them or that these movies help them in some way it's just tremendous, there's no way to really fathom the reach that it's had, and I'm so so so grateful and so grateful to you all"
"Jack, Y/N, anything to say?"
Sharing a look, Jack encouraged you to spoke first
"I've been in love with this franchise since the moment my siblings put the mask on me and later when I saw them at eight years old, even my cat is named after one character, and seeing it to keep growing and having more fans because these are classics is something amazing, like I had classmates that aproached to me saying things like 'I saw Scream the other day, can you tell your dad he was scary' was something that made me realize these movies are going to be forever, so seeing fans all over the world no matter the age is amazing"
"Yeah, this movies are athemporal, like you can see them at any year and don't think that they're old or something like that, because they have iconic characters, scenes, moments and more, you can see people of all ages talking about them, and honestly when I was younger and saw them I've never think I would be able to be a part of something this big but I'm grateful to play one of the recent ghostfaces and meeting incredible people"
"Let's give it up for the cast of Scream everybody", the lead continued causing the public to cheer, "Alright, let's go with the audience questions"
"There's a line, so why don't you do the first question?", Matthew said to someone in the audience from where he was standing next to them
"Um, do you guys have advice for young people who are trying to be in the world of acting?"
"A million things to say", Skeet responded, "Several things and I'm sure everybody could add more to it but um never quit, never quit living your dream, never quit believing in yourself, never let Hollywood be the standard for success in your mind, finding what you love to do is the success, so congratulate yourself and that and then continue to grow as a person and as an artist and express yourself, don't follow anybody else, be you and I guarantee you that you will find success in more ways that you can imagine"
"My name is Silah, and I've seen every single Scream movie", a kid started to say
"That's a baby", you exclaimed with cuteness
"It has the same age as Trinity when we started filming Avatar", Jack added without the microphone, "Maybe younger"
"Where are your parents?", Matthew asked making everyone laugh, "Child Protective Services, that child is like five"
"So, I'd like to know what's your favorite scary movie"
"I love the movie called The Changeling with George C. Scott", Neve responded
"How old are you Silah?", Jamie said
"Eleven, I know I'm short"
"Listen, there's these movies out there called Barney", Jamie joked, "Silah, I'm just going to say Showgirls, absolutely I am, don't watch that!"
"I love 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose', 'Hereditary'", Skeet said
"REC is one of my favorites", you responded, "Pearl, Jennifer's Body, Carrie, Don't Breathe"
"I'm going to go with 'The Shinning'", Jack spoke
"Matthew, do you have a favorite horror movie?"", the lead said noticing Matthew returned to the stage
"I came back to the stage because there's so many people, I usually like roaming around and trying to touch you and... I want to come back to the stage, my favorite horror movie is Scream, Silah, you did a great job asking that question", Matthew said, "To the young person that just said what do you do as an actor, can I just chime in on that? So here's what I'm going to say, wherever you are, here's the deal, there's a lot of people on this room and some people are outside the norm that don't like sort of fit in the middle of high school and don't walk the way other people walk through life, and so some of those people are actors, and artists, and singers, and dancers, and I don't know, whatever you do that's not normal those people that don't play football, the most important thing is you find your people and do your shit, that's the right way, do not ever rule it by success, just follow a passion, I don't give a shit what it is, go do your thing and you will find your way to Hollywood or wherever is going to be but find what you love to do and fly that flag, periodt, and there's to many people so I'm going to sit back in here"
"Hi guys, I'm Adam and I'm a big fan, so you guys are arguably a part of one of the biggest casts for any horror movie ever and obviously the films that have followed kind of a similar formula of following just commentary on horror movies as a whole, but in the first and sixth movie I was wondering if you guys, spoiler alert if any of you haven't seen this movies why are you here, but did you guys know that Billy Loomis, Stu Macher and Ethan Landry were going to be the killers going in or was kept in the dark for you guys as well?"
"I knew", Neve responded making everyone laugh because of the way she said it, "I didn't know, but I think some cast were kept in the dark"
"Yeah, we knew", Skeet nodded
"It is always in the dark", Matthew joked
"I love Being and I Know What You Did Last Summer", Jamie sais answering the previous question, "Um no, we knew in the first one that they were and I'll let these guys answer but the second one is where we didn't get a lot of details"
"That's right", Neve nodded
"I knew my character was going to be ghostface when suddenly Liana, who plays Quinn, and I got a new wardrobe test programmed, they show us the robes and the masks with our scripts for the final act, and I got to use the costume for the appartment attack", Jack responded
"Hi I'm Jake, and speaking of the second movie my question is pretty much for anyone, but with the second movie production was incredible quick, several script re-writes, was there ever a moment where you doubted Wes Craven or Kevin Williamson during those moments?"
"Never", Jamie said mostly looking at Neve while talking, "The script came on and the next thing we know, we were making a sub-movie called Stab and in Stab, Luke Wilson is like 'I'm going to play Skeet', and Heather Graham was in it, and it was like we had a cast within a cast within a cast and it was incredible, and like, the moment they green light, you're on the cover of Rolling Stone, remember?"
"Yeah, that was a great timing", Neve laughed
"Yeah, you guys were dead and you two weren't born at the time", Jamie joked
"Next question", Matthew said, "What's your problem, bro?"
"Shout out to Wes Craven obviously, the filmmaking genius, but shout out to Kevin Williamson the writer", the lead commented, "The movie feels fresh, you know"
"They were both incredible, you know, clever and sure, these films are complicated to get right and that doesn't mean that there wasn't doubt within them of like, you know, having to question and go over things and do rewrites and stuff, but we didn't, I certainly didn't doubt that they wouldn't, that they would get it, you know, what I mean it's just a process especially when it's a who done it, yeah it takes a minute"
"Hi, my name is Gabby, and my question is for Y/N, I know you're a swiftie, I am too, so my question is, which Taylor Swift songs would you relate to Scream?"
"That's an amazing question, Gabby, excellent music taste", you exclaimed adjusting Tatum in your lap, "Welcome to NY for this recent movie because is set there, Bad Blood for the betrayals, Vigilante Shit for the ghostfaces focusing on the line 'I don't dress for women, I don't dress for men, lately I've been dressing for revenge', No Body No Crime for when they are pointing the suspects for the phrase 'I think he did it, but I just can't prove it', I Did Something Bad for Sam, Mastermind for the ghostfaces and their plans, The Great War for Sidney, Gale, Sam, Tara and the rest of the survivors, I Knew You Were Trouble for Sidney and Billy's relationship, I think that's it, and I can't wait for Reputation Taylor's Version to be released"
"And I also wanted to give you a gift", Gabby added
"You're so sweet, I'll go with you"
Leaving Tatum in Neve arms and your microphone in your spot in the couch, you went down the small stairs to sprint towards her and share a hug, before breaking it
"I hope you like it", Gabby said giving you the gift bag
"Thank you so much", you smiled taking it in your hands, "I'm sure I will"
Returning to the stage with the gift bag, you took sit again in your spot between Neve and Jack leaving it on the floor next to you, taking Tatum in your arms again and the mic
"Open it! Open it!", Matthew started to chant followed by everyone in the room
Laughing, you picked the gift back again letting Tatum walk towards Jack and Butters to openned it, seeing first something that felt like a throw blanket in black
"It's a blanket", you said getting the blanket out of the bag to start to unfold it noticing a bundle of curly chesnut hair and a forehead which you knew perfectly, "Is this what I think it is?"
"What is it? We want to see", Jamie said
Unfolding it completely, your suspitions were correct when the photo of Jack in his Stabathon shirt was revealed as the design of the blanket
"No way!", Jack laughed covering his face with his hands
"This is amazing", you laughed letting everyone in the panel see the blanket, "I'm going to sleep in this for the rest of my lfe"
"Can I ask what was the reaction of the store when you ordered this?", Skeet asked the girl who gave you the gift
"I don't know, I ordered it online"
"You can order these things online?", Matthew asked
"You'd be surprised for all the things you can order there", Neve joked
"I'm going to start using it right now", you said covering yourself and Tatum with the blanket, "It's a bit chilly here"
"This is certainly a unique gift", the lead commented, "Can we go to the next question? We are a little thight on time"
"My name is Ally, my question is because like you guys have thrown around, you guys manhandled a lot and um, we were watching the movie last night and like the scene were Sidney stabbed Billy in the chest with an umbrella, ouch, so I was just wondering if any of the injuries that you've got, like, have you got hurt on set and if so what was the worst injury that you've got on the set of Scream or any movie, more certaimly Scream"
"I feel like I hurt myself", Neve joked, "It was never other people, it was my enthusiasm, I think sometimes I would be a bit too much go-getter and I could've held back on a few things but nothing terrible"
"The scene between obviously Billy and Stu, that iconic final scene, one of the best scenes in horror movie history, am I right?", the lead added, "Where we're seeing them reveal themselves as the killers, there's a lot of stabbing going back and forth, the shooting, any sort of alterarions there"
"I know what Matt's gonna say", Skeet spoke, "The phone really hurt, you know, really hurt to be hit by the phone"
"That was totally not cool", Matthew said, "Yeah, it's funny, that whole scene I think is a testament to obviously Wes and to Kevin but I want to say that the, like, we were again young kids hurling energy at 18 pages of dialogue or 20 pages of dialogue and they were night when we would shoot, you know six pm to six in the morning enery single night for like three weeks and at some point when you're in that kind of energy for that long you start to loose your mind a little so there are moments in that thing where I had these distinct memories of the three of us sitting in like the living room against the wall and this is before cellphones just so we're clear, that's how old this movie is"
"They actually talk to each other", Neve joked
"That's super weird everyone", Matthew continued, "But all three of us had blood in our bodies and literally we would all sit there and just sticky, your fingers would be like sticking with the stickiness and I'd look at Neve and be like 'look' and then do the same to Skeet and that's a true story and, that's so really what got hurt was our minds"
"I'm Kennedy, so I love it-"
"Great name", Jamie interrupted
"So I love horror movies and the Scream franchise but how I got into horror movies or scary stuff was Scooby-Doo and so, so it was a big impact in my life and I was wondering, for Matthew, what was it like being on the set for Scooby-Doo like for the live action, because that was a big for me when I was younger"
"First of all thank you for your question, um, so that was a very difficult journey because you're taking a two-dimensional character that everyone knows, that I grew up with and trying to make it into a three-dimensional real person and your best friend in the movie isn't there ever, he's never there, he never shows up, but I was lucky that there was a man in Australia who is the off-camera voice who is Neil Fanning, thank Good, who is the off-camera voice and he was with me the first and second movie and that movie for me, for a long time hung on me like this I was kind of embarrased about the film, the first one was great, the second one was like ah, and I didn't work-"
"The second one is the one I always watch", Kennedy interrupted causing everyone to laugh, "I wasn't a fan of the first one"
"Fair enough, fair enough", Matthew laughed, "The best part about that movie and the franchise is that the legacy of that part for me has given me purposes my career goes on as I'm waning and getting older and my time in this industry is coming relatively to an end there's-oh stop, I'm gonna die, it's gonna happen, I'm just hope I make like CNN, that's all I want, 'today that guy from that thing died'- but listen, the great thing about that for me is that this moment right here is so validating for my entire life, is that you get to hold space for a character that means something to other people, the same thing that Neve just said is that we cherish doing something that resonates with people, I have lots of movies that are really terrible that nobody gives a shit about it, but to have one that you come up and mention today is literally profoundly, gratifying in my life so thank you"
"Skeet, we're seeing this younger generation now being introduced to the films of Scream, literally in the movies we're getting the next generation, we got Jack here who is part of them, you got to return to it, what is it like seeing like the new generation and actually being part of that storytelling in the newer films", the lead asked
"First of all it's an honor to be asked to be a small part of it, to be any part of it, you know, I feel like the group that took over, Wes would be really proud and I'm sure Neve could speak to that more having to spent more time with theme on set more than I did in five"
"We were only there for one day", you commented
"Exactly, for this last one we've got to stay the entire filming", Skeet nodded, "But I feel like they were really focused on honoring Wes and the franchise as a whole and I think they did a great job and I think they brought it, there's an excitement you know, when I watched it for the first time, it's relevant and it's now and yet it's still harkens back to what the story is and what the legacy of the story is, I think they picked a great group of people to tell it, it's wild because Mason Gooding I worked with his dad Cuba Gooding a couple times so it's wild to you know be that old, my boy Jack right here was a great character and put a lot of heart in his interpretation, I think the franchise is in great hands and you know, I was very honored to be a part of it, even my youngest Y/N is now part of it, however little that was it was fun, I mean unfortunately we didn't get a lot of time on set and COVID was when we were shooting the fifth one so we didn't get to like wasn't, I got to work with Melissa and that was kind of it, and the sixth there was no one with me on set, not because of COVID it was just the green screen and all that stuff you know I was alone with it, but again, just honored to be asked to be a part of it"
"Y/N, you mentioned before that you grew up with the movies and know you are part of them, you had a cameo on this last movie, can you told us how did you end up in there"
"Yeah, I did my cinematographic cameo debut in this movie, and for those who haven't noticed me, I'm in the Halloween party at the start using a FP Jones costume, so the talks about me doing a cameo started during the filming of the fifth, I think Radio Silence saw my enthusiasm for being in the set and heard me and Melissa talking about the films and that, and also dad mentioned it that I saw the movies at a young age, so before we left the set they mentioned it and I inmediatly said yes of course, but because I was a minor at the time mom and dad had to give their permition, and when the time to film aproached, they send us our contracts and that, and later we flew to Montreal to film, but they didn't told me what my cameo will be until two or three days before filming, and I feel like my father right here needs to tell this next part of the story"
"I already know what her cameo will be because they send me an email a week before filming so the morning before our flight I entered her room while she was sleeping, went to her closet, got the serpents jacket and put it on my suitcase and she didn't know I took it until that moment"
"So, long story short, they get me on costume and make up, went to set, got a date, film my part and never returned to set to avoid being spoiled of everything"
Finishing your storytime, everyone was laughing because how you tell everything, before continuing with the next question
"Hi, I'm Lily, first of all, it's awesome to be able to talk to literal legends"
"Where are they?", Skeet joked, "Henry left"
"And also, Neve you're like my literal hero so it's nice to see you in person like this is blowing my mind right now, and then my question for all of you is what was your favorite scene or line from the movies that you did?"
"You know, it wasn't necessary, I mean for me one that I think and it's probably the one I guess get asked to sign the most but to me has seems to have the most relevant psychologically in my life and probably a lot of people's lives and is 'we all go a little mad sometimes' because we do, we do and I think you got to allow that in yourself, but that one for me"
"I don't now", Neve laughed, "I've done a lot of these"
"What's your favorite of all of theme?", Matthew asked
"My favorite line of all of them? I'm Sidney fucking Prescott, of course I have a gun"
"I like, we improv stuff in that last piece that I like so I think the one 'my mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me', you're laughing at the end of an horrific movie, so that was mine"
"I had fun saying all the dialogues of Ethan before and after reveal, but the one I like the most is 'it's not enough to just kill someone these days, you have to assassinate their character first'"
"You know, I don't say anything at all during my less than five minutes on screen so I'm just going to say a phrase of this last one that I think about everyday", you said, "Who gives a fuck about movies"
"That's a lot because we have so ones we like, I probably think mine was 'I was never so happy to be a virgin', well that rule being said it's weird because I died in the second movie tragically and I don't remember getting any sex, so something went on I don't know where, I don't know, you know what, what's amazing about you guys is that you guys teach me and all of us do stuff that we don't even remember about the films so somebody said when I was talking on the phone or with David there was a fourth rule in Scream 2 and I don't know what it is and somebody came up to me the last convention and said 'the fourth rule is never kill the voice of the audience' and I was so touched, anyways, sorry guys I'm avaliable for birthday parties"
"Hi, my name is Kyla and I have a question for Matthew, well two questions, did Skeet ever apologize to you and why did you block Y/N on instagram?"
"I'm so glad you asked that question", Matthew smiled
"I gotta go to the bathroom", Skeet joked
"I just want to say thank you so much, no, you know what you never did and I'll let her explained why I block her", Matthew said turning to give his back to you
"Uncle Matthew, I'm sorry for asking if Stu was alive, it was a joke that you didn't took well, can you forgive me?"
"I forgive you, because at least you didn't hit me with a phone, I'll unblock you after we finish this panel"
"Matt, I know it's been a while", while Skeet was talking, Matthew decided to stand up an walk a few steps far, which made Skeet do the same to get closer to him, "Matt no"
"I'm getting colder"
Finally standing by his side and thanks to Matthew having his hand streched out behind him to stop him for getting closer, Skeet took his arm, while everyone was dying of laughing
"I just would like to apologize for this something I did like 27 years ago, honey"
"I don't accept, I don't accept"
"I was upset in the moment, I was lost"
Accepting the apology, Matthew turn around to hug Skeet
"I'm sorry"
"Somebody called us the first"
"The husbands of horror", Skeet completed
"Dad and dad!", you exclaimed
"Our hugs are not sideways in private", Skeet clarified before sitting
"I'm Alex, if you can pick one character from every Scream movie and it can't be your own to save, who would you pick?"
"I would say Henry Winkler obviously", Skeet responded but then he saw Matthew's face, "Wait, wait, wait, let me apologize"
"Jamie is sitting right there, Jack is sitting right there", Matthew exclaimed, "Jamie is the voice of the audience"
"Henry had all of those great rules"
"And Henry also attended his econ classes"
"I would say Jamie Kennedy and Jack Champion", Matthew said, "I don't remember their characters names, Randy and Ethan over here, I actually think that both Jamie and Jack are gifts, Jamie in that movie is lovely, and Jack is a very talented young man and we both died with the same TV in the head"
Feeling emotional, Jamie ran to hug Matthew who was quick to stand and try to scape but it was late, because Jamie hug him and almost jump on his back
"I have a husband!, Matthew explained, "I have a husband!"
"Who I would save?", Jamie spoke once they returned to their seats, "That's hard to ask"
"I'm right here", Matthew replied, "You don't have to tell me, cause I'm still alive"
"He's still alive, how many people believe that Matthew is still alive", Jamie continued, "I think you're still alive, I would save you if you weren't alive, but if not I would say David"
"I can't say either of these two because I killed them and I wouldn't be the hero, but for me it would be Randy and then Dewey", Neve responded, "It was so painful to watch that"
"Shotout to David Arquette and Courtney Cox who are part of this big family", the lead commented
"I think I'm going to say Quinn, because she's my sister, and also Dewey"
"I have a top five of characters I would save", you said, "Tatum, Jennifer Jolie, Randy, Anika and Ethan"
"You wouldn't save your father?", Skeet asked with pretended indignation
"Billy was a walking red flag, sorry dad", you justified, "I mean, the first thing he says to Sidney on the movie is that The Exorcist reminded him of her"
"You are so right", Neve nodded
"Hi, my name is Nik and I have a question is for Jack, first of all, you were awesome in both Avatar and Scream, so I was wondering who would win a fight between Spider and Ethan?"
"First of all, thank you so much, I really apreciate it, and related to the question, I've never really thought about that, I mean they both have good qualities that can help them in fighting and that, but I think that Spider will be the absolute winner, because um he grew up in Pandora, learned how to fight like the na'vi with all the weapons and fight styles, so yeah, my final answer is Spider"
"Hello, I know you guys are like from movies where a person literally murders people, but what's your favorite Pokemon?"
"What Pokemon are you?", Matthew asked
"I'm Mimikyu"
"That's my favorite", Matthew said
"Mine too", Skeet followed
"Yes, he is a good Pokemon"
"Hi, I'm Liv, I'm a huge fan of Scream but I'm also huge fan of Riverdale, and I was wondering, Skeet, what was it like moving from a serial killer to a dad?"
"Yeah dad, how it was?", you joked
"You're obviously not a parent, it's so close, it's almost the same thing", Matthew said to the girl who asked the question
"Um, you know, yeah I became a dad in real life, well before in Riverdale, but I'm I love that cast, Y/N had the opportunity to go back and Jack got to meet them a week ago, you know, Cole Sprouse is a dear friend of mine, us, now, one of the sweetest, smartest, kindest people, yeah, I missed those guys, in terms of playing it, I don't know, I've been a dad for fifteen years at the point I started that role so I didn't feel that much of a stretch, what was a stretch was, I like to think of myself as a really good dad and he was not a good dad at all, so that was kind of fun to let those demons a little bit, but thank you, thank you so much"
"Can I just add on to that?", Jamie asked, "I think that Skeet is not a dad, he's everybody's daddy"
"Not that word", you exclaimed before covering yourself and Tatum completely with the blanket
"All I know is on Father's Day, my older daughter Naiia writes 'dear father', well you can't write 'dear daddy'", Skeet joked before pointing at Jamie, "Thanks to people like you"
"That word is forbidden in our house", you said uncovering your head
"I didn't say zaddy", Jamie continued
"This got weird", Matthew commented, "Next question"
"Please", Jack said
"My name is Juliet, and my question is if there was like anybody who's like death you would want to be, because there like a lot of cool deaths, which death would you rather have I guess"
"Favorite kill, that's always a good, hard question", Skeet commented
"Tatum", Neve said
"Yeah, I've always wondered what it'd be like to go through a garage door opener", Skeet joked
"Thank God we don't have one", you also joked
"What I was gonna say is that we've got a ton of fans out here, um three thousand plus people that have lived and brought up with you, so many young generations that are now discovering this, I'd love that each one of you just kind of went down and just said, you know how the fans mean to you and all the folks that are here to just being in your presence and you know honor the films that you created", the lead said, "Do you have any final words for the fans?"
"First of all, thank you for your question, we were not like throwing that aside, thank you so much", Skeet said, "It's hard to express to be honest, you know, people outside of this world who you know or even actors who don't really necessarily know what we're doing here this weekend can't understand the energy exchange that happens between us and you, I know we all do our best to give you our undivided attention at the table to feel a part of your life for whatever brief moments we get, but the gratitude that we have for you is limitless, I mean, we talk about it all the time and I'm incredibly grateful for you guys, you, you know, we're at a time in our business right now that the future is a bit uncertain and to be honest it's always uncertain, we're in a job where we don't know how much we'll make in a year typically and sometimes is zero, so for you to come out here to take the time to spend your hard-earned money on something to be quite honest that for most of our careers we gave them give away, you know, because we're grateful as it is, it means the world to us, it does feed our families, it does more than you could imagine, so it's not taken with a grain of salt, it is deeply inside of us how grateful we are for each and every one of you"
"I'll just add to that man, I can't really add much more to that, he's one hundred percent correct and it's just the amounts of just, you guys are just voracious with your love and you believe in us and you and it's just look at this, this is 27 years later and you brought, I mean, the energy is incredible, every time I get somebody in my line from older to younger I'm absolutely amazed and I'm just lucky to be a part of it and I just wanted to say thank you and it's like, you brought us back togheter, we've become like a closer little knit family and that's because of you and now we're all one family so I want to say thank you", Jamie continued
"Yeah, I mean all of that, we don't exist without you guys, there is no art unless it's witnessed, you know when you're doing theater you get a sense of an audience and what they're getting from what you're creating and in film and television you don't get that sense unless you do something like this and when I started doing these I really got a very clear sense of the movies have had and my character has had and how much it can mean to people at a level that you know it's really really hard to comprehend and, you know for me I'm an artist because I want to touch people, I want to communicate, I want to feel you, I want you to feel me, I want to understand, I want to storytell, the world gets closer as we share our stories, we understand each other better, perhaps we can be more peaceful with understanding and, sorry I'm gonna cry", Neve said, "I love you guys"
Hearing and seeing how emotional Neve was, you were quick to hug her and rest your head on her shoulder, while Matthew also rubbed her other arm
"Don't fuck with the original!", someone from the audience exclaimed
"Honestly it's I think you can see why, um, I don't know, it's I think they were special because I think that we care deeply and I don't think that I think it's hard on Hollywood sometimes to show how much you appreciate to because there is this sense of like everything's always perfect for us, that we live in this social media world where you asume our lives are pitch perfect and they're not, we go up and go down, we have complications and I think one of the things about this cast that continually amazes me is that their ability to express honest gratitude and so I have nothing to add other than I'm grateful to be with you guys"
"I feel like I can talk in representation of this whole new generation when I say that we are so grateful for recieving us with open arms and giving us the opportunity to tell the stories of the new characters, you know, entering to a franchise who has been alive for 27 years is scary, not gonna lie, because of the generations of fans and you don't know how they are going to react, but after feeling the warm hug of the fandom once you enter so it's really gratifying and nice to be welcome, and this is something for life because of the people you know while filming, they became your friends, your family, and this is one of the great things about this kind of projects", Jack said
"I feel like they said everything so I'm going to do my best", you joked, "This franchise and fandom are still relevant to this day to you guys, because you keep passing the movies through generations, and demostrate interest and love for this movies through your videos, theories, rankings, edits, fanarts, cosplays, custom toys, tattoos, even fanfics, and more other things were you show your love for this, so I'm pretty sure that this franchise is going to last forever because the love each and everyone of you have for the movies is inconditional, so thank you so much for the love you have for every person that is part of this movies"
"You're my favorite content creator!", someone screamed from the audience
"Thank you", you responded
"Fan Expo Denver show and pass your appreciation one more time for Jamie Kennedy, Skeet Ulrich, Jack Champion, Y/N Ulrich, Matthew Lillard and Neve Campbell!"
Standing from the couches, the six of you along with the cats posed for a few photos with the fans behind before leaving to go back to the signings and other stuff programed for the day
Returning to the autograph tables, both of you shared a table the expo put during the panel where they put photos to give autographs where a line was starting to grow, leaving for a moment to go to the Avatar cosplay meet up before returning and satying there signing autographs during the rest of the day
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petty-crush · 3 months ago
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Notes on the New Bev Horror a thon 2024
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Before the night started, I meet a woman who had been to every iteration of this annual Halloween marathon. Her joy was still that of someone first entering a new world. I second that emotion.
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This was an especially strong and highly competitive collection
1-Out of the Dark (Michael Schroeder 1988)
2-The Four Skulls of Johnathon Drake (Edward L Cahn 1959)
3-The Rift (Juan Piquer Simon 1990)
4-Rituals (Peter Carter 1977)
5-The Breed (Nicholas Mastandrea 2006)
6-Eyes of a Stranger (Ken Wiederhorn 1981)
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All of these films were first time watches. All of them had an audience giddy with anticipation.
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“Out of the Dark” left a furious impact, a rip roaring opening film.
The cast for this film is pretty incredible: Divine, Karen Black, Paul Bartel, Tab Hunter, Geoffrey Lewis, Bud Cort, Tracey Walker and so forth.
Each of the names got big cheers.
The late 80s horror era can be ether highly saccharine or wonderfully sleazy. Definitely the latter here.
A masked killer in a clown mask stalks girls from a phone sex (oh, pardon me, phone fantasy) company.
Murder at 4 dollars a minute.
The kills are quite good, but the film largely wins with moments of character interactions.
Karen Black has a nice scene with her on screen child daughter, sympathetically but honestly telling her that “daddy isn’t here because sometimes people need to go away”. It’s rather charming.
She has a more reserved, no nonsense but still caring attitude towards her work daughters.
Paul Bartel has great fun fussing with a wig as he tries to scope out why someone is trying to stay all night in a sex motel.
Divine’s moment (and sly fake mustache) is short but cutting, noting that his rival cop “couldn’t find his pecker in his pocket”.
I think this is the largest role, certainly the most action packed, I’ve seen for actor Tracey Walker. His moments of snooping while trying to avoid bullshit are delightful.
I really can’t think of anything I didn’t like about this film. It is a middleweight class, but does everything with verve. A fun party.
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Equally lovely was “The Rift”, and while “Dark” was cult actors enlivening potentially stock characters with their outward charm, this film has R Lee Ermey fleshing out his acting range, clinically dissecting his character and his chain of command relation with his other actors.
This film is not above noting his ultra famous role in “Full Metal Jacket”: someone does indeed repeat the notion of a golf ball going through a garden house.
[an aside; reels 2 and 3 were originally switched. The film was restarted with a correct running order, but not before a few minutes into the third reel. Thus, the unusual sight of seeing that line murder the audience the first time, and then smirking appreciation the second time]
Helping smooth the reference is the deft timing by actor John Toles Bey as officer Skeets. This is the rare (intentionally meant) comedy character that is truly funny, as opposed to fucking annoying.
Bey somehow manages to make lines like “you’re my kind of white boy” and moments such as using magnifying glasses to stare at an ample female ass charming in their ornery way.
I like a good underwater film, especially in a submarine, and even more so when shooting a squad of penis shaped monsters. Win win win.
What exactly they are researching under the sea is a mystery, but actor Ray Wise has good moments of misdirecting weasel ness.
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This is first time in several years where the film did not end on a mid 90s and beyond (later 2000s these last few years) film. Instead it was the second to last.
“The Breed” has the amusing goal of making teens scared of and battling genetically altered dogs.
Now, I can see why a casual cinema goer may have recoiled at this idea and its execution. People generally don’t like thinking dogs will harm humans and they really don’t like seeing dogs get killed.
However, this is a horror film, and this is a screening for mega hyped cinema enthusiasts, so of course all the canine deaths and attacks were met with wild applause.
Another case of an audience at the right place ramping it up.
Speaking of, that arrow in the leg scene..ouch!
Michelle Rodriguez is the most accomplished actor here, although the most dramatic meat is between two in character brothers and how they learn to trust each other despite seeing the sibling as a fuck up.
Rodriguez is the current lover of one and the former of another, to really drive home the awkwardness.
I gleefully admit, seeing two rabid dogs chilling on the airplane wing then diving in the water to murder the male lead is pretty funny. Has a “oh, are we on camera now?!?” vibe.
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The black and white classic horror spot was “Four Skulls” this year, and it hit that spot firmly if not vividly.
The finger prints that are shaped like tiny skulls result had the audience giggling.
What a strange notion to have a white head sewn onto an Indian body. Brown…chest? (As opposed to brown face).
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I’m really torn on “Rituals”. On one hand it clearly had the best acting of the night(by Hal Holbrook & Lawrence Dane), at other times it greatly meandered, not helped by the outdoor night photography being too dark to see at times.
I had a pretty good chuckle at a character thinking his life is over because he’s “38, drunk and my last boyfriend who wasn’t in an asylum was five years ago”.
Who considers 38 old, the middle schoolers who will never watch this film?
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“Eyes of a Stranger” is also an example of a good film at maybe not the best place.
It’s a slow burn that really explodes at the end, but putting it last doesn’t do it any favors. The first five films felt of a unity, but this has an ever so soft aroma of stapled to the rest.
It’s my only real critique of the night, albeit in hindsight.
“Breed” wasn’t a better film but it was snappier paced, and a worthier stinger to end the night on.
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An interlude
It occurs to me now how each half of the marathon had two similar bookends separated by a palette change.
“Skulls” was a leisure 50s ride sandwiched between two goofy and highly entertaining late 80s/early 90s schlock fests.
Meanwhile, “Breed” was a teen romp n stomp between two very deep dive atmospheric moody tales from the late 70s/early 80s.
Amusing.
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Anywho, back to “Eyes”.
It actually really surprised me that it’s from the beginning of the decade of greed. I would have guessed 1973 at most before knowing the true answer.
It certainly doesn’t feel like a film that was post John Carpenter’s “Halloween” and its codification of the slasher genre. Very “let’s heat up the ‘Psycho’ leftovers one more time with salt” vibe.
There is a child character that is dealing with lack of seeing and hearing after a traumatic rape. She’s not an object of pity (clearly her big sister character is more shamed than her) and this is a fine line confidently walked by a young Jennifer Jason Leigh.
She really had the stuff even at an early age. What a casting coup.
The fact that the main killer looks like Peter griffin from “family guy” doesn’t even matter. It’s all expertly and grisly directed.
The aforementioned big sister character feels like she really let her younger sibling down by her being abducted by a stranger in a car. This is a good dramatic angle for her to relentlessly pursue this murderer far beyond the normal. It’s personal and aided by guilt.
The scenes of her clinging to the balcony of an apartment, hoping dually she won’t get caught or fall to her death, are excellent.
But the real fireworks come at the end. The killer taunts the blind n deaf girl in her apartment (rented with her sis but she’s out) by moving knives, plates, and other objects she knows she just put there.
There is no sound during this sequence, only eerily silence.
The kid catches on, runs around the apartment, is chased into master bedroom, and hit repeatedly. The shock is almost overwhelming.
And then she starts to see.
Fuzzy at first, shapes and colors come into play (we see from her POV) then she hits her 2nd attacker and wanders to the dresser where the gun is.
She shoots him.
Her clothes torn, her breath short, she wanders into the bathroom and starts to see more.
For the first time, she sees her teenage self
The camera lingers on her. It is a generally moving scene.
The killer lunges from off camera.
Finally the big sister returns. Grabs the gun. Shoots in the head. Crying. Stops at the young girl talking for the first time in years. A tender embrace.
Emotionally devastating, and richly rewarding after wandering with the film at a post midnight hour.
It all comes together.
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On the way out of the theatre I received my “I survived the whole night” gift; a sweet patch to sew on.
With or without it, the memories from tonight will remain. The sharp sense of triumphant joy and oooing outlines of shock.
Like any festival, of any art, it varies from year to year. But the accumulated effect, the greatest highs, remain.
I actually, overall, liked this one better than last year. And that was also a good one.
Like the woman who has seen all these nights of horror mystery, I add it to the deep treasures of my experiences. I am open to new things, and I am rewarded for that.
Can’t ask for anything more satisfying.
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thenixkat · 7 months ago
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Stopped and asked myself if I was enjoying reading Booster Gold 1986…. like i guess there's a couple of neat things and I'm learning what Booster's actual characterization was b4 it got permanently managed from his stint in JLI/JLA. But there are many writing decisions that aren't great whee one page into this issue and there's fatphobia. Stay classy DC
and teh cops giving Booster shit and Booster being like 'fuck off, here's the facts, and I got shit to do'
also wild that like people are protesting superheroes while the supervillains are right fucking there. ANd we can't blame Booster for the 1000-being up to shit cause they were in town b4 him and honestly folks should be glad that the Senator is focused on ruining Booster's life and not getting back to his plans of political assassinations any time soon
also yeah where the fuck is SUperman? Does he hate Booster so much that he'll potentially let people die b/c of it? SUperman in Booster Gold 1986 is really like "I do not see it, this is not my problem"
liek he only showed up in those 2 issues b/c Booster called him out through the news
Wild how Booster has to give a whole speech to get the damn cop off his dick about his home getting attacked by a villain
also, officer, the fuck are you gonna do about an invulnerable, superstrong, flight-capable Booster Gold if you wanted to arrest him and he said 'nah, fuck off'? also this is not a flattering haircut/style for Booster this ep and the last one
ugh Booster finally found out his batteries are dying and blames Skeets for dragging him to the past… more ugh writing decisions. I would prefer it if the writer actually decided if these two are friends or not. Cause like in some bits they seem like friends and there soem respect going both ways and in others its more a guy and the robot he kidnapped who should really not actually be helping him b/c he'd have no reason to in that scenario
the 1000 are operating out of a warehouse called the Melinnuim b/c they are not worried about getting caught
why should they SUperman doesn't give a shit that they're operating in Metropolis
Booster Gold said Skeets is his battle buddy he's not running around here solo
me: You heard that JLI?! WHy the fuck did you have Booster put his sidekick in fucking storage?! Skeets was not built to smell things so sucks for Booster to get that 'something died in here' smell
So teh Senator let the hostages see a double of himself tied up as another hostage to give himself an alibi in case shit goes wrong.
also why make an army of synthetic ghoolies that smell like ass? Booster is fine with murdering these ghoolies. Also he's still running out of power so no lasers now
Booster's powers are gone except for flight b/c the writer wanted to have a slug fest with the Senator
that's it like very blatently this is what that shit writing decision was leading to Skeets gets asked if he's a boy robot or girl robot and very much doesnt answer the question
Booster lets teh hostages borrow his flight ring so they could escape
now he is Normal Man
ah a set up, not even gonan fight the fucker
AGain the 1000 should not have been able to reprogram Skeets remotely. 80s tech is not compatible with him and wifi doesnt exist yet.
the Senator needs to die he tried to break Skeets after making Skeets try to murder Booster
he crumpled Skeets' little fins The Senator starts monoluguing without even double tapping to make sure the blast killed Booster
Booster is still alive, the Senator pulls out a glock to shoot him in the head and plans to dump his body in an alley
Skeets shoots the gun out of his hand
I guess having played football gives you very good pain tollerence
Booster wants to drag the Senator through the mud publiclly and ruin his political career
fucking explosion
Booster brings Skeets with him as he escapes with the last of his energy
also how did they fix his costume from this? like there's not much costume left
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[id: A crop from a comic of a round golden robot with fins that is dented and crumpled in multiple places with its inner components visible. The robot is on a wet dock. /end id]
Also poor Skeets
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