#it would be awesome to have deadpool as a companion in a game and he comments on everything

[frostedpolkabb]

Wade? Is that you?

Lore-unfriendly companion who forcibly exits the menu screen to complain that they're bored if you spend more than five seconds reading an item description.

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Multiverse is a Curse Word (6)

Okay, hiatus time after this one, but I’ll try to get the next one out as soon as I can. Everyone who has been keeping track of this crazy thing so far, it has meant so much to me. Thank you!!

As always, Adeline Marks is @hntrgurl13‘s awesome OC, and the Dimension Jumper and Drifting Dimensions AUs are her creations also.

@the-subpar-ghost made the Adrift AU, a goldmine of feels, angst, and Ford-Mabel bonding.

The Addiford ship is from the mind of @scipunk63. I think you’ll like this chapter.

@deadpool-demon-diva and @thejesterlyfictionista. Here’s a new one, enjoy.

Minor spoiler: There’s flashbacks to alternate lives, and in one of these Stan is mentioned to have read Tolkien. This is from @amolecularmachine‘s brilliant fic By the Skin of Your Teeth. Go read it.

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Chapter 6: Naturally-Occurring Nerdy Stuff

Addi felt guilt begin to crush her as soon as she heard Mabel whimper in her sleep. She had given Stanford the sword; she hadn’t tried hard enough to convince Wesley she could handle the job; she had encouraged her two companions to stay with the resistance even though she knew Wesley might try to get them involved; she had become entangled in the resistance herself. Addi sighed. The mistakes just kept piling up.

At another whine from Mabel she abandoned her position on watch and padded through the silk-soft green grass to where the girl was sleeping. The beauty of this planet’s forests would be a sight to behold in the morning.

“Hey, sweetie,” she said gently, running a hand through Mabel’s short brown curls, “hey, it’s okay, you’re safe, you’re safe …”

Mabel opened her eyes and looked around, reorienting herself. Addi continued to stroke her hair until her breathing evened out. The sound of wind rustling through delicate leaves soothed them both.

Eventually Mabel sat up and rested her chin on her knees, shifting her blanket so that it wrapped completely around her. Stanford hadn’t been eager to retrieve their supplies from the shuttle (delaying their departure through a portal), but Addi was now glad she had insisted. Having a halfway decent campsite encouraged a feeling of safety and homeliness, something they all needed.

“Not sleeping tonight?” she asked. Mabel shook her head silently and leaned against Addi, who enveloped her in a hug.

“You know it wasn’t your fault, right?”

Mabel remained quiet for a few seconds, then replied, “I keep going over and over it in my head, but I can’t see it happening any differently. I mean, when I swung the sword I didn’t know she was there, and I needed to shut the security doors.” She turned to Addi with anguish in her eyes. “Am I missing something? Was there anything I could have done to make it go right?”

Truth be told, Addi had no idea. Thirty years of travelling through the multiverse had pretty effectively demolished all her certainty and guarded scepticism. There was undoubtedly a universe where everything had gone right for Mabel, where no one had died or come near to death. There was also a universe where nothing had gone right. The chaos that perpetually engulfed the multiverse meant that Addi had rarely been able to do more than hope like hell she was not part of the latter, and wish that she occasionally caught a glimpse of the former.

“No. I think that was entirely out of your control.” Addi answered. “Everything has to happen somewhere, and that was what happened to you … but let’s play out a hypothetical situation: if you had missed that guard, and hit the control panel, what do you think would have happened afterwards?”

The teary girl thought. “She still had her gun … and she was definitely not afraid to use it,”

“Right. So regardless of whether she was simply trying to do her job, or protect her friends, or was hyped up on adrenaline, anger, or fear, she was also trying to hurt you and your great uncle. You were trying to keep yourself and your family safe.” She let that soak in for a moment before continuing. “Mabel, it is wonderful when you can find a win-win scenario, but they are not guaranteed all the time.”

The girl sighed as though some of the weight had been lifted from her. There was still a long way to go, but it was a start.

“It’s not your fault either, Addi.” She said unexpectedly. “Blaming yourself for being betrayed is something overly-dramatic TV action heroes do to gain tragic sympathy from viewers. It’s compelling, but silly. And you’re not silly, Grauntie Addi.” She finished sternly. Then she nestled into the speechless woman’s lap matter-of-factly.

⃝

Ford was awoken by daylight streaming through a parting in the trees to hit him precisely in the eyes. Rolling over to avoid it, he found he was the last to wake. Adeline and Mabel were both enclosed in a blanket, softly playing a hand game.

“Morning sunshine,” Adeline said when she saw him.

“I’m awake enough to recognise sarcasm,” Ford warned, sitting up.

“Sarcastic? I? Your paranoia is getting the better of you again, Stanford,”

“Here you go, Grunkle Ford.” Mabel deposited a fruit in his lap and crouched next to him. “It’s not poisonous, I ate one before you woke up.”

“You what?”

“She’s just messing with you,” Adeline said, shaking her head.

“Oh, so you have learnt some caution,” Ford said, relieved.

Mabel laughed. “Oh no, I totally ate, like, three. But Addi knew it was okay,”

Still mildly concerned, Ford finished the sweet tasting food.

“Are you okay, though?” he asked tentatively after swallowing. He could tell by the shadow which temporarily dampened her light mood that she knew he was not talking about the fruit.

Mabel shrugged slightly, avoiding his eyes. “I could do with a couple million stuffed animals and a huge family hug pile,” she said, her voice catching because they all knew that neither were possible.

Regardless, he would do his best. He put as much love into the following embrace as he could muster, and the surprised giggle Mabel made when Addi joined in allowed him to believe that they were equivalent to at least a hundred fluffy toys.

⃝

“I wish we could stay here,” Mabel said wistfully as they packed up.

“As do I, however I think it would be safer if we continued to move on. That threat Wesley gave you was decidedly ominous,” Ford directed at Adeline.

“I don’t think he’d come after us.” She frowned. “Then again, I didn’t think he was a flipping insane-” she paused.

“Butthead!” Mabel supplied.

Ford nodded his agreement and checked the readings on his analyser before altering his calculations.

“Another portal should be opening up around here-”

“There!” Mabel shouted. “Bye forest!”

They stepped through the bright blue circle.

Ford had never gotten used to crossing dimensions, and he doubted he ever would. The experience was the same for everyone. They caught flashes of events from their alternate selves’ lives.

… he was in a darkened room and a terrified boy who could only be Mabel’s brother was pointing a memory gun at him …

… he was in a hospital bed and feeling worse than ever in his life, but Stan was making him grin like an idiot by admitting he had read Tolkien …

… he was staring down in shock at the lifeless form of his niece, who had just managed to plunge Adeline’s sword into the control panel before being shot down …

⃝

Addi shivered and took a deep breath, throwing off the lingering feeling that she was falling off a cliff towards the Gravity Falls river. Stanford was looking pretty shaken up too.

“Hello forest!” Mabel said cheerfully. Their new location was rather less pleasant, but it did seem to be another forest. It had dry, browny-green, tough-looking trees rather than the earlier lush, deep green ones, and raw, baking heat emanated from every available surface, reflecting the sun’s glare. The pale pink sky was stubbornly clear of cloud cover.

“We’re going to need water,” Addi stated.

It was almost three hours before they found any. By then, all of them were exhausted and soaked with sweat. They were also extremely tired of the rocky, uneven terrain.

Mabel let out a groan of relief upon seeing the river. Without saying another word she threw off her boots, her black coat, and her sweater, and flopped into the coolness, remembering to keep it away from her face until they knew it was a fresh water current. Addi, too, immediately stripped off her outer layers and sat beneath a tree on the river’s edge, allowing the cool liquid to soothe her burning feet.

Stanford held off his moment of peace, of course. She expected nothing less from the man who would work himself to exhaustion on the portal before he slept. He took out a capsule-like device and trickled some water into it. It beeped and flashed green.

“Okay, it’s fresh,”

Mabel instantly dunked her head into the water and lay face-down. Stanford added his own contributions to the pile of clothes, including a starry, dark blue sweater that Mabel had obviously made. This revealed something that made Addi snort.

“Nice tat,” she laughed. Ford flushed slightly and instinctively clapped a hand over the cheerful little star inked onto his neck. Its yellow colour exactly matched Mabel’s shirt.

“Shut up,” he said irritably, and waded into the river.

“I want one just like it,” Mabel enthused, coming up for air to hear the exchange.

“No. Never,”

“Aw, you’re no fun,”

Stanford narrowed his eyes. “What is this? My niece has suddenly become deluded and irrational! She must have been bitten by the deadly Lunacy Beetle of Madron, whose poison can only be flushed out by,” he surged over to Mabel, “extensive water exposure!”

Mabel shrieked and caught him in the face with a blast of water. This did little to deter him, and Mabel was plucked out of the river and mercilessly dunked back under over and over. Droplets trailed sparkles through the air. The girl’s war cries and vows of vengeance were interspersed with splutters, rendering her as threatening as a kitten. On Dunk Number Five however, she managed to grab onto Ford’s shirt effectively enough to pull him under with her, and when they emerged again they were both coughing up water.

“So is the madness all out of your system? Do you consider me sufficiently ‘fun’ again?” Ford asked once his lungs were clear.

“Yeah, yeah, you’ve made your point.” Conceded Mabel. “BUT, that water fight wasn’t fair. You are way out of your league, old man.”

“Oh, well in that case, maybe I need to enlist Addi’s help. Together we should surely be a match for you.” He turned to look at Adeline, but she was already crashing towards them. Ford’s confident expression was wiped away however when Addi dived at him rather than his niece. Mabel cheered as they went under.

Below the surface it was difficult to discern much of anything, the silt being so recently stirred up, but Addi did see a glint as Ford’s glasses came off. She caught them in one hand and grinned mischievously down at him, close enough to see his matching expression. She was very conscious of how he had not removed his arm from around her waist since they had fallen. Also, she needed air.

“Is that a jet ski?” asked Mabel when they resurfaced. They looked, Addi returning Ford’s glasses.

The river was very broad, so much so that the opposite bank was a blur. However, there was what looked like a small vehicle heading in their general direction.

“I don’t think they’ve seen us. It’s most likely a patrol of some kind. Nevertheless, we don’t want to be noticed,” Stanford said warily.

On the bank they shoved their feet into their boots and Addi hid their dry clothes and bags in a bush. A layer of leaves combined with rock-hard dirt eliminated the need to cover their tracks, so they retreated straight into the refuge provided by the forest, and waited. It was only then Addi realised she had forgotten to grab their weapons in her haste.

She expected the vehicle to pass by on a quick sweep, then continue down the river. Instead, it came to a stop not far from their supplies and the rider dismounted. The amphibian-like person walked unassumingly forward, bulbous eyes fixed on a monitor in their hands.

Seriously? Our luck cannot be this bad, Addi thought disbelievingly as they were forced to back away indefinitely as the stranger moved innocently towards them.

After a ridiculous sixty feet of this, the alien even following their evasive and curved paths, there were more footsteps off to their side. Another person with a monitor was heading their way. Addi stopped breathing as herself and her friends crouched in the middle of some large bushes and waited for the beings to pass them by. Through the leaves, she saw them gesture to a sick-looking tree and compare monitors. Mabel released a breath and Stanford relaxed.

Environmentalists. No threat. Unless you hurt their trees.

She jerked her head towards an outcrop of boulders a reasonable distance from where the scientists were working. Quickly and quietly, the three of them left the site of interest.

“That never happens to us!” Mabel said happily to Ford. “It always turns out to be bounty hunters, or space police, or some other person you’ve upset.”

“I’ve upset? Allow me to remind you of a certain gambler who destroyed half a market square not a week ago,” Ford responded in mock offence.

“Ooh, shiny.” Mabel noticed, deftly changing the subject to look under the gap between a boulder and the ground. “I think I can – ACK!” She suddenly disappeared from view.

“MABEL!” Both adults yelled. Stanford leaped to where she had been sliding into the gap, and he too disappeared.

Knowing it probably was not a good idea, but going ahead with it anyway, Addi grabbed a sharp rock and followed. There was a near invisible hole under the boulder with a small, glittering white crystal on its other side. Bracing herself, she dropped into the darkness.

It was like a slide. A really rough, nearly vertical slide. Amid the tumbling of rocks, she heard shouting coming from below her and prayed the others were okay. She hit the floor of a cavern with a jolt, but managed to stay on her feet, and spun around with the rock raised, searching for some sort of cave-dwelling monstrosity. Instead, she saw Stanford and Mabel both gazing around in ecstasy, spouting off half to each other and half to themselves about the wonders surrounding them.

The wonders in question were many, many, larger versions of the crystal marking the entrance to the hole. The entire place was filled with stars. Addi dropped the rock.

“Addi, Addi look! It’s so pretty, it’s like magic! Is it magic? It could be magic! What if there’s fairies down here? -”

“Adeline, the luminous properties of these crystals is amazing! It appears they can absorb and store energy almost perfectly, and only release a small amount as light, creating this wonderful glimmer!-”

“-fairies use them for building houses! Or maybe there’s an underground society of dwarfs that come and mine this place! Or even-”

“-significant usefulness as batteries or even devices of their own! Do you think we could fashion some sort of communicator out of them? Maybe-”

“-dragon treasure! I could probably make a bracelet out of these-”

“”-look, even as we’re speaking they’re growing brighter from the kinetic energy produced by sound vibrations!”

“I need some!”

“I must take a sample!”

“So, I guess you two haven’t encountered endo-ergon quartz before?” queried Addi, amused at their excitement.

“You have?” replied Ford, carefully unearthing some and placing them in a pocket.

“A few times. I’ve never seen a deposit of this size before. You are right, they make good batteries. I use them when I can to power things like Big Bertha, my transmitter, my portal beacon …”

Which reminds me, I should set that up, Addi remembered. She grabbed a couple of crystals for herself.

“Wow, they’re pretty handy.” Called Mabel, collecting some of the smaller ones. “This cave is full of naturally-occurring nerdy things! Except these rocks are actually beautiful and useful, which is completely different to Dipper’s collection at home. I think he has some gravel in there.” She mused.

There was an exit at the back of the cavern which returned them to the forest. Once they were in the open Mabel turned to Addi.

“Grauntie Addi, I’m going to make you a friendship bracelet. And you Grunkle Ford. And one for me too,” With that decision, she began to run back up the incline to where the rock pile was situated.

“Grauntie?” Ford said in surprise.

“Yes. I’m very proud,”

“I guess that decides it,” said Ford absentmindedly.

“Decides what?”

“Oh, er, I was going to ask whether you wanted to stay with us.” He said, a bit awkwardly. “I mean, you’ve saved our lives so many times already, and you are extremely capable, and amazing at, well, everything. I honestly cannot thank you enough.” He drew in a breath. “I know that I’m asking a lot, for you to keep helping us, so hopefully we’ll be able to return the favour at some point.”

Addi opened her mouth to deny the notion that she expected anything in return, to say that it had been her privilege to meet them, and get to know them, and spend time with them. However, Ford didn’t seem to be done.

“Mabel clearly loves you and wants you to come with us. I have to say, it would be greatly beneficial for her to have someone other than myself to care for her, especially someone who actually seems to know what they’re doing with kids.” He gave a quick, but nervous, grin at that. “I, myself, value your company exceedingly, and I would … greatly appreciate it if you decide to remain.”

Are you kidding? She wanted to scream. Of course! She figured that would be fairly alarming however. A shout of joy was all she wanted to do, though, because she could feel a swell of emotions about to explode from her like a volcano of happiness. He couldn’t know how much what he had said meant to her. He hadn’t even known her in his dimension! At home she had always thought of herself as good, but nowhere near as brilliant as her two friends. Yet here she was, and Stanford was telling her that she was the capable one, was nervously asking her to stay with him as though there was any other option she had considered, and above all was completely trusting her with the life of the wonderful child he had in his care when only a week ago he had seen her as his enemy.

“So … will you stay?”

The volcano erupted.

Completely impulsively, but without any regrets, she stepped forward and kissed him, entwining their fingers as she did. After a moment of uncertainty, she was relieved to find him kissing her back.

⃝

Whatever Mabel had expected was the reason Addi and Ford were taking so long, seeing them making out in a clearing full of light was not it. The first thing she did was react appropriately.

“MATCH MADE!” she screamed.

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Gwenpool Interview

CI: Hello Mr. Hastings. Thank you for joining me today. We’re here to talk about your comic that your currently writing, Gwenpool.

Gwenpool has certainly became a fan favorite character amongst many readers, having already crossed over into Champions and Rocket Racoon & Groot, as well as having several other major characters appear in her story. She’s also getting 3 different pop vinyl this month which is pretty impressive for a character who’s solo series has only been around for a year. Did you ever expect the character to be as popular as she is?

 CH: No, certainly not, that being said I don’t think you can ever really guess that. But yeah no, when I was first asked to figure out how to make Gwenpool make sense at all, it was sort of just like a silly project. It was like “lets see if we can get anything out of it”. None of us expected her to go on and get a series and I think she’s like in 5 video games or something now. So yeah really unexpected.

 CI: Where there any unexpected challenges when if came to writing Gwenpool

 CH: Oh for sure! Her first appearance is a variant cover on a Deadpool book, which I guess was implied that it was Gwen Stacey as Deadpool. And people liked that character design so much that they started doing fan art and cosplay of her, so we decided “alright lets try to make her a real character” but you know it cant be another Gwen Stacy. And we don’t really wanted to make it related to Deadpool, so it was like “how do you take that costume design and how do you make the expectations of what this character might be like and make her make sense without her being tied to Gwen Stacey or Deadpool, which is you know how we came to the idea of making her a person from the real world who, at least when she start off, think of the Marvel Universe like Grand Theft Auto or something where she can just mow down people and it doesn’t matter because they’re not real.

 CI: Is there any particular comic or person that you draw inspiration from when writing Gwenpool?

 CH: Ah sure,  honestly a big one is Grant Morrison’s Animal Man, where Animal Man becomes more and more aware that he’s in a comic book and he’s being messed with by Grant Morrison. So I thought about that quite a bit

 CI: Gwen has certainly picked up a myriad of companions, but can I ask is there any particular reason you picked Batroc the Leaper?

CH: Yeah, I’ve always loved Batroc. But Specifically for this book, he kind of represents this early thematic thing we had going on which is on the surface things look very silly but we can get to a real person behind it. You know the idea of a gwenpool is pretty silly but you know we can bring a little pathos to it by showing how she misses her home, she feels guilty about stuff and she acts really brash and crazy but then she reveals that she’s really insecure. I really liked how silly Batroc is but like but there have been certain takes on him that reveal that he has his own thing going. He doesn’t have superpowers, he trains really hard, he has this obsession with defeating captain America, and I thought having a silly character that we took a little more seriously would make for a really cool mentor character to sort of challenge some of Gwen’s ideas about being a comic book character.

 CI: Speaking of supporting cast, is there any one of Gwen’s possie that your particularly fond of?

 CH: I really love Cecil the ghost. He’s just had a terrible time. You know Gwen thinks its so cool she’s like you have ghost powers now. This is awesome, you got an upgrade, but he’s like “No, Im dead. Its awful”.

I just like him a lot, because he’s just mopey.

 CI: Will we ever see Gwen run into Deadpool, Spider-Gwen, or the newly resurrected Gwen Stacy?

 CH: Um Yeah, Marvel actually just revealed a teaser, that Deadpool is actually going to be in issue 13, which comes out in March. It was very exciting. We were just working on this other arc and I had this idea of how Deadpool would fit into it and thankful the editors went with it. We wanted to just have the book solicited but marvel went “NO, this is a big deal. We need to let people know”

 CI: Is there any character or series your hoping to have pop up in Gwenpool?

CH: Sure, I love the stuff with the champions, Id like to have more of the champions in Gwenpool if I can fit that at some point in the future

Also coming up we have Kate Bishop, AKA Hawkeye as well as Ghost Rider, Robbie Reese. I like having the other teen characters show up and have their perspective on her.

 CI: So Gwenpool, much like half of her inspiration Deadpool, is a mercenary and tends to kill a fair amount of people. But despite that, the comic is very lighthearted. How do you manage to maintain its light hearted tone.

 CH: Well we definitely work hard at it. We’ve had instances were Ive taken it too far and the editors had to step it and tone it back a bit. That said a key part of keeping that light tone is gurihiru, their work on the book. They are responsible for a lot of the visual humor and cuteness. They’ll understand for what Im going in a scene comically and they will blow it out completely with their own ideas of how it should be visually portrayed. So a lot of it goes to them.

 CI: Will we ever get more details on Gwen’s relationship with her family?

Sure are! We’ll be teasing that out over the current arc, and really diving in around issue #16

 CI: To you, what do you think makes Gwenpool different from other 4th wall breaking comedy heroes?

  CH: Well lets see, I guess that’s deadpool, She-Hulk, Squirrel Girl.

Well the big thing is that Gwen is completely justified. She came form the real world, she is not from a comic book and that is it. Deadpool is a little crazy and She-Hulk tends to be winky but never really justified 4th wall breaking from a story point of view. But Gwenpool, its at her core. Everything from her comes from that one key concept, that she knows she in a comic book.  

 CI: Is there any retcon that Gwen herself isn’t a fan of or character that she is a fan of?

 CH: Retcon, that funny, I never thought about that. I mean she love Kamala Khan, she loves Jane Foster Thor, she loves spider-man. Part of that is that I wanted to show she is a young reader so she only started reading currently. She’s only read the newer books. She’s also a huge fan of Peter Parker. But those are her favorites, the ones she’s run into so far.

CI: Lastly would you like to leave the readers with any last words before we end?

 I mean Im just so happy people are enjoying. It seemed like such a weird idea and Im glad so many readers are on board for it.

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POP! Games: Sonic The Hedgehog - Sonic with Emerald

It can be said that Sonic is the 2nd most iconic character in gaming. Well if Mario is so cool, why isn't he on the list?       Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! TV: Masters of the Universe - Beast Man

If you were a fan of Heman, then I'm sure you remember this snarly guy. Skeletor's minions were all oddball characters, but Beast Man was definitely the most iconic.     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! TV: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Tom Servo

I thought it was so cool that Pop! created a Tom Servo figure. Most of you probably have no idea what Mystery Science Theater 3000 was. Those of you who were a fan of the show probably are happy to see this guy.   Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! TV: Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Crow

Tom Servo wouldn't be complete without his co-critic Crow. This duo are definitely pop culture icons.     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Marvel: Deadpool - Bedtime Deadpool with Robe

Here we have Marvel's most offensive non-hero decked out in his bedtime robe. Deadpool is such a unique character, so I love that they went weird with this figure. Why the robe I'm not sure, but its kind of funny.     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Games: Five Nights at Freddy's - Nightmare Freddy

There are a lot of Pop! characters from the FNaF universe, but I thought this one was by far the coolest. Freddy is already a creepy character, but Nightmare Freddy is extra creeptastic!   Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! WWE: Sasha Banks

The Boss Sasha Banks is always a controversial character. Either you love her, or you hate her. Haters gonna hate! I happen to like her a lot, and her pop figure is adorable as she is in real life.   Get Her At GameStop Online Here

POP! Television: Adventure Time/Minecraft - Finn

There are many versions of Finn and Jake. Since this is a gaming site, I decided to go with the new figures from the Minecraft crossover episode.       Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Television: Adventure Time/Minecraft - Jake

This is another companion character set. You can't get Finn without the stretchy wonder-dog Jake!       Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Movies: The Lord of the Rings - Gollum

If your a Lord of the Rings fan, then you'll probably crave this precious Gollum Pop! Figure.       Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! TV: Rugrats - Tommy Pickles

Yet another iconic character from the NickToons universe, and possibly the greatest explorer in animation history. Tommy Pickles was great!     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Disney: Kingdom Hearts - Shadow Heartless

If your a fan of Kingdom Hearts, then you have probably have slaughter hordes of The Heartless. I think this Shadow Heartless is one of the coolest looking Pop! characters out of all.   Get Him At GameStop Online Here

Mortal Kombat X Action Figure - Subzero

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POP! Games: Mortal Kombat - Scorpion

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POP! TV: BoJack Horseman - BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman is an all around odd character and show. If your a fan of adult animated comedy, then this figure is a must have.     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! WWE: WWE - Jake 'The Snake' Roberts

As you can probably tell, I'm a lifetime WWE/ WWF fan. Jake 'The Snake' Roberts was one of the coolest wrestlers from my childhood. I thought it was awesome they included his pet snake Damien.     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Animation: Care Bears - Good Luck Bear

The favorite Care Bear of all Irish people.         Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Games: Street Fighter - Hyper Blanka

Who do you think would win in a fight between Blanka vs Beast Man?     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Heroes: Justice League - Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is an old character from the DC universe. After her stand alone movie, along with the Justice League movie, her character is more popular then ever.   Get Her At GameStop Online Here

POP! Animation: Rick & Morty - Morty

Rick & Morty are becoming the most popular characters in animation comedy. If they start cranking out more new seasons, the series may takeover one day. If you got Pickle Rick up top, I recommend adding a Morty.     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Games: Cuphead - The Devil

The Devil from Cuphead might rival the Shadow Heartless as the coolest looking Pop! figure. He came out looking sweet!       Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Disney: Kingdom Hearts - Goofy

Goofy is an iconic character that goes back as far as my earliest memories. This is a figure both Kingdom Hearts and Disney fans should love!     Get Him At GameStop Online Here

POP! Games: Borderlands - Lilith

My wife and I are long time Borderlands junkies, and we love Lilith. Shes one of the coolest females in gaming history, and a complete bad a$$. Would you mind getting her some eridium?   Get Her At GameStop Online Here

POP! TV: South Park - Mysterion

Last but not least on our list we have Mysterion from South Park. If you don't know who this character is under the mask, I'll leave it as a mystery.     Get Him At GameStop Online Here Everyone has different taste in pop culture. These 50 figures are just the tip of the iceberg. Pop! has created a iconic figure for nearly everyone. If you didn't find your favorite characters on the list, you can search GameStop's inventory. Thanks for joining us today. We hoped you enjoyed the list!

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Factory Entertainment’s Full Slate of Exclusives and In Booth Appearances and Signings

Factory Entertainment, Inc., the Concord, California-based producer of licensed toys and collectibles, today announced their lineup of exclusive products available at San Diego Comic-Con 2017. Factory Entertainment San Diego Comic- Con exclusives are available for advance purchase for the next 48 hours on their website for pick up at the show. In addition, remaining exclusives will be available directly at the booth during regular show hours. For those unable to attend San Diego Comic-Con, they’ve reserved a small quantity of each exclusive that are available for pre-order on their website to ship after the event. In addition to a fantastic lineup of their latest products on display in booth # 2647, they will also have sneak previews of forthcoming products, convention only specials, and in booth appearances and signings with Stan Lee, Deadpool Co-Creator, Fabian Nicieza, fan-favorite artist Randy Martinez and more.

The exciting exclusive line-up is here:

Game of Thrones Limited Edition Plush Dragons Game Of Thrones fans may not have her armies or ships, but if they act quickly, they can have Daenerys’ dragons! For the first time ever, Factory Entertainment will offer all 3 Game Of Thrones Dragons in a limited edition convention exclusive box set! Featuring cute and cuddly versions of Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion, these 5″ plush dragons are ready to loyally defend their master!

Game of Thrones Hand of the Queen Bottle Opener The Hand of the Queen is widely known as the closest advisor to the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. No one else is trusted more than the appointed second in command, and when it comes time to crack open a beverage fitting for the leader of a monarch, rest assured that the Hand of the Queen will fulfill anyone’s desires with ease. Now everyone can “drink and know things…” This heavy-duty metal bottle opener features the same antique silver finish as the Hand of the Queen prop worn by Tyrion Lannister.

Justice League Cyborg Metal Miniature™ The Justice League Cyborg Metal Miniature™ features prosthetically-enhanced super genius Vic Stone, one of the featured stars of the Justice League Motion Picture coming this November. This heavyweight collector grade 1:32 scale solid metal collectible features a highly-detailed finish and is spun cast in small batches and hand-painted to exacting standards, perfect for any discerning collector.

Black Panther Metal Miniature™ The highlight of the 2018 superhero movie slate will be Marvel’s Black Panther. The Black Panther Metal Miniature™ features the protector of Wakanda himself, T’Challa, posed in a battle ready position wearing his vibranium weaved suit. This heavyweight collector grade 1:32 scale solid metal collectible features a highly-detailed finish and is spun cast in small batches and hand-painted to exacting standards, perfect for any discerning collector.

The Flash S.T.A.R Laboratories Retractable ID Badge Set and Holder No need to kick in the door to S.T.A.R. Labs with this San Diego Comic-Con 2017 exclusive, The Flash S.T.A.R. Laboratories Retractable ID Badge Set & Holder! Featuring security badges from fan favorite Flash TV show characters: Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon, Dr. Harrison Wells, and Caitlin Snow! Each set comes with a retractable 36″ length cord attached to a belt clip and vinyl strap to secure the badge.

Back to the Future Time Circuit Keychain Pop culture enthusiasts can go back to San Diego Comic-Con as many times as they’d like with the 2017 Convention Exclusive Back to The Future Time Circuit Keychain! This sequel to Factory Entertainment’s 2016 SDCC exclusive features this year’s show dates and times of July 19, 2017 6:00 PM to July 23, 2017 5:10 PM. Factory Entertainment’s Time Circuit Keychain will allow anyone to relive the experience over and over and over and over and over… AGAIN!

Back to the Future 18X24 inch print by Randy Martinez Factory Entertainment is thrilled to offer this Back to The Future convention exclusive 18 x 24 inch print, featuring original and highly detailed artwork by fan favorite Randy Martinez. Experience San Diego Comic-Con with everyone’s favorite time traveling hero in his “hazmat” suit with loyal companion Einstein speeding across the front of the iconic San Diego Convention Center.

Harley Quinn SWAT™ (Soft Weapons And Tactics) Good Night Mini-Bat! Knock stress out of the park with this San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive, the Harley Quinn SWAT™ Good Night Mini-Bat! Measuring 12″ in length, this plush collectible miniature bat is the perfect size to relieve stress, fidget with or even keep annoying co-workers or family members at bay in a soft and friendly way! This exclusive is based on Harley Quinn’s weapon of choice, her trusty ‘Good Night’ baseball bat from Suicide Squad, and is a scaled version (without sound) of the wildly popular full size SWAT™ Good Night Bat, also available to order on the Factory Entertainment website.

Gotham City 14 Miles Metal Sign Nothing would look more fitting in a fan’s Batcave (or ‘Mancave’) than this San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive, the “Gotham City 14 Miles” Metal Sign, a replica of the road sign seen outside of the Batcave in the iconic 1966 Batman TV show. This 14″ x 9.5″ collectible metal sign comes straight from the Classic TV Series and is now ready to be displayed! Best of all, included with every purchase of this exclusive is a $100 discount code for Factory Entertainment’s Batcave Desktop Sculpture, good through September 30, 2017, while supplies last!

Stan Lee’s God Woke Signature Edition Graphic Novel This full color 120 page hardbound graphic novel, offered in partnership with Shatner Singularity, comes hand-signed by creative team members Stan Lee, Fabian Nicieza (Deadpool Co-Creator), Mariano Nicieza and John Herbert. Adapted by comic book veterans including Fabian Nicieza, Mariano Nicieza, Matt Murray, Frank Lovece, Wilson Ramos Jr., Walter Flanagan and many more. Includes hand painted one of a kind variant covers, deluxe leather-look cover, bookmark ribbon, special extras pocket on the inside back cover. Limited to 100 pieces

Mystery Box This San Diego Comic-Con Convention Exclusive Mystery Box is a real steal of a deal! What’s inside? An awesome assortment of collectibles from fan favorite movies and TV shows. For only $60, fans will get over $200 worth of fantastic geek gear! (Value based on actual retail prices, not a fictional “retail value.”) …but that’s not all! 5% of the Mystery Boxes will also include a special “Golden Ticket” which will entitle the recipient to a free limited edition Factory Entertainment collectible with a retail value of at least $250.00. *Golden Ticket must be redeemed by mail on or prior to September 30th, 2017. Winner will be responsible for shipping and any applicable sales tax. Not available to pre-order for pickup online, only available at booth #2647 during regular show hours.

In-Booth Appearances and Signings with Stan Lee, Fabian Nicieza, Randy Martinez and More! Factory Entertainment is also very excited to have comic legend Stan Lee appearing at their booth at 12:00 PM Friday, July 21st to greet purchasers of his God Woke Signature Edition Graphic Novel, along with Co-Creators Fabian Nicieza and Mariano Nicieza. In addition, Deadpool Co-Creator, Fabian Nicieza will be signing Factory Entertainment Deadpool collectibles, which may be pre-ordered on their website for pickup at Comic-Con, or for shipment immediately after the show. Lastly, Randy Martinez will be signing a Back To The Future 18 x 24 inch exclusive Back To The Future Print that he created on Thursday, July 17th and Friday, July 18th. Check Factory Entertainment’s booth for specific signing dates and times.

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Movie Review

Hello, welcome to my more detailed top ten list of 2016. I tried to go to see as many films as possible within the year. I didn’t get to see every movie in 2016 due to their limited release such as “Manchester by the Sea” and “La La Land” for example. Anyway, here is my list… 10.) Hacksaw Ridge There were several movies I wanted to put in the number ten spot. I decided to go with Hacksaw Ridge since I found it to be the most intense war movie since “Saving Private Ryan.” I felt that this movie contained Andrew Garfield’s best performance to date. Say what you want about Mel Gibson but damn, does he know how to direct a movie. 9.) Don’t Breathe “Don’t Breathe” is the best horror movie of 2016 and possibly the best home invasion movie since “You’re Next”. Stephen Lang plays a frightening yet complex villain in this particular movie. 8.) The Boy and the Beast Mamoru Hosoda knocks it out of the park once again with “The Boy and the Beast”. What makes “The Boy and the Beast” great is the father-son relationship between the human Ren and the bear-man Kumatetsu. That, and its fantastical animation. This is one of the most underrated movies of 2016. 7.) Hell or High Water What makes this movie great is its cast and its Coen brothers-esque dialogue between its characters. It’s great seeing Jeff Bridges in a great movie again. 6.) The Nice Guys Another underrated gem is “The Nice Guys”. Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe have a great comedic chemistry between them. Shane Black knocks it out of the park once again with his witty script. This film makes a great companion piece to “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang”. 5.) Zootopia Disney had a great year with the release of this movie and “Moana”. While both films were awesome in my opinion, “Zootopia” won out due to its handling of mature topics such as racism and discrimination. The characters of “Zootopia” are likable. Although it has great comedic moments, it does have a heart. 4.) Deadpool I would be surprised if this movie doesn’t become a game-changer in the superhero genre. Ryan Reynolds manages to redeem himself as the merc with the mouth. Reynolds manages to capture the anti-hero’s mannerism’s with such precision. Plus, it works as a date movie. 3.) Captain America: Civil War This may be a controversial opinion, but I think “Civil War” is the best MCU movie since the original “Iron Man”. The best aspect of this film is the conflict between Steve Rogers/Captain America and Tony Stark/Iron Man 2.) Arrival “Arrival” is a great science fiction movie with a very intelligent script. I thought it was a well thought-out scenario over the possible language barrier between humanity and extra-terrestrials. “Arrival” may be the most thought-provoking movie of the year. Denis Villeneuve has the potential to become the next big director. 1.) Nocturnal Animals Where do I begin? “Nocturnal Animals” has a great script that does a fantastic job tying three different storylines together. I was surprised that this was only the second film directed by Tom Ford. He has the marks of a master director already. I love his noir-ish approach to the movie. I felt he was snubbed for the Best Director category at the Oscars. Speaking of snubs… I thought that Amy Adams was snubbed for her performances in the aforementioned “Arrival” and this movie. But the real crime is the snubbing of Jake Gyllenhaal. He was truly the standout role in this movie. In terms of supporting actors, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Michael Shannon gave really fantastic performances as characters in the titular novel within the movie. Aaron was really haunting as the leader of a gang of West Texas rednecks. I felt that he deserved the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. Oddly enough, it was Michael Shannon was nominated for Best Supporting Actor category at this year’s Oscars. I really liked his character as well. Thanks for reading and have a happy new year!