#it's not a good thing that he didn't age past 52

[deathlygristly]

The only alternative to turning 44 later this year is dying in the next few months. I really like being alive and perceiving reality, so I will choose aging for as long as I get to.

Also if your partner can’t handle you aging, are they going to kill themselves when they reach whatever age they consider time to be turned in? Or do they think they’re allowed to age but others should be killed before reaching a certain age? If this killing age is below 30, how do we keep a population of humans going in a world that follows their rules?

If your partner threatens to turn you in for a younger model, I think the appropriate reaction would be to turn them in for a more reasonable and accepting of the physical reality we live in and, if they are of the opinion that only they are allowed to age, less willing to kill off the species just so they get to be the only adult model.

My spousal person is seven months younger than me. We went on our first date when we were both 18, and we got married when we were both 21. We’ve been living and getting older together, and it’s been a very happy life. One that I hope continues a few more decades, even though we aren’t immortal and we’ll keep aging. The only alternative is no more experiencing, no more happiness, no more anything.

My parents were 13 years apart in age. My mother was younger, but now she’s 22 years older than my father will ever be. Getting to age with your partner is an experience that not everyone gets.

the older i get and the closer i am to reaching 30, the more the people around me try to deny me my age. it’s a constant ‘oh you’re just turning 29 again teehee 🤭’ or ‘dont tell your SO that, he’ll leave you for a younger model 😉’ and i just???? hate it?????????

i spent my entire teenaged years fighting for my life. i crawled through the deepest pits of my depression to cling to the promise of a life beyond that pain. i was so convinced that i was going to die young, that i would never see the grace of my age starting with a 2, let alone 3.

so im going to turn 30, and there’s not a damn thing anyone can do to stop me from loving it.

[avatarvyakara]

Presenting the premier Addy Brock collection from Strands of Webbing!

Starting out with diversion of a canon event because, honestly, [bleep] that noise:

52. React

"DON’T!" she screams. But Ven#m is already halfway towards the M.O.R.B.I.U.S. device, a look of determination on its electronic inFace—

Until, with a grunt, all three point one five tons of SP//dr shoves the other mech out of the way of the beam of light just in time. A nearby building fuses into a twisted mess of metal and glass, like a Vonnegut crystogram.

"What the hell was that for?" comes the angry voice of Addy Brock from Ven#m's modulator.

"Rule number one on this team: you don't get yourself killed to prove a point!" snaps Peni.

Ven#m's inFace expresses strong shock.

"…we're a team?"

"I didn't say that."

That chirpy expression looks really weird in black and neon white. It probably doesn't help that the teenager inside has a much more…smug face, and that Peni can see both of them quite clearly.

"You implied it."

"Shut up. Now help me figure out this thing's weak spot. And don’t you dare die."

(Addy survives. But Peni's not sure, after the loud squeal at the end of the fight, whether her eardrums are going to last the week.)

60. Introductions

“You’re welcome to stay longer,” she tells Gray with a little hesitation, as they sit atop the New Chrysler eating putty-cakes from a street vendor below. “You could actually come over.”

His eyes shine, but his brow wrinkles—for once he’s got the mask off. He looks like Peter Parker. He looks nineteen. (Thirty. Eighty.)

“I don’t know if your folks would be okay with that.”

“You already met Addy.”

“Well, yeah.” Admittedly, she did threaten Gray with a fate worse than death and a mech. Neither of which seemed very effective to the other Spider, who had just laughed. One Saturday she’d be very happy to forget, honestly. (But he laughed, so there was some success that day.)

“I’ve been trying to explain this to them, the whole multiverse thing,” she says, and huffs. “They still think I’m crazy. Or that I’m lying and that I’ve actually just gotten myself some shady lowlife koibito to spite them.”

Gray’s face hardens. “If that word means what I think it means, then they should know way better.”

But it softens again when he looks at her. “But a six-foot-three-inch-tall nineteen-year-old with a face like a darned sock isn’t going to be much help to you, kiddo.”

“You’re literally from another dimension—”

“And I look scary. I won’t be making it easier for you on my own, not with how you say your aunt and uncle are. Maybe you can get Miles and Gwen in on this?”

She wants to protest, but then he says: “Maybe Ham and Peter too, Make an outing of it for the whole cluster. That way the others can distract them a little.”

“...I guess that makes sense.” He’s her best human friend, and she wanted to recognize that. But even so...maybe that would be better. She was able to pass off Miguel as a Mercurial pen-pal with a cosplay addiction (most Earthers will believe anything about the decadent and obscenely wealthy and more-than-slightly inhuman Spacers), but the rest are going to be harder—her black-and-white and cartoon counterparts especially. Telling the whole story, with proof, becomes easier if there are kids her age to help soften the blow. (Plus, Peter B couldn’t look threatening if he tried.)

Still.

“You’re not scary, though,” Peni insists. “Not to me.” She grins. “You’re too much of a dork for that.”

He squeezes her shoulder, and gives her a smile no less warm for being in monochrome. “Whereas you frighten the life out of me, doll.”

She hugs him. This time around, he doesn’t resist.

“...seriously, though, what’s in that crispy paste stuff?”

“Sun-fried seaweed, Mercury-style.”

“...it’s not too bad. Tastes kinda like latkes. Like a latke dough, but you can eat it.”

“It’s pretty good. My favourite’s yungay potato.”

“Ah, a lady of quality.”

She laughs at that.

80. Comrade

Adelaide Brock is fourteen when she makes her first two real friends. People who actually get it. Who understand the thrill of the ride, and the joy of the psychic link.

They have their differences, of course. Peni’s more of a drill sergeant in the field, always efficient, applying incredible precision. Addy’s always been more of a performer at heart, and her spider (her spider), Weying, seems to sympathize. Ven#m likes the spotlight, isn’t really up to just fighting and heading home, prefers to mug for the crowds and crow over a few muggers. (And occasionally fantasizes about trapping and eating the monsters they defeat like the oversized prey they are, but that’s spiders for you.) Maybe it’s showboating a little, but hey, if you have a ship, why not display it?

But at the end of the day...Peni saved her life. Soon after, she saved Peni’s. They’re a team. They’re actually talking. And she and Weying have been working together for ages now, and New York loves them. Life is good.

Now, if only Peni would actually let her know who she keeps talking to on that weird 2D group chat of hers...

170. Hardcore

“...until ultimate termination.”

Peni blinks.

“Are you sure we’re the same person?”

Other Peni rolls her eyes. “Yes, I’m sure. Even if your SP//dr is a bit...”

“A bit what?”

“You know...impractical? For fighting bad guys?”

Peni frowns. “Mostly kaiju, actually.”

“You sit in a glass cockpit and punch giant monsters and somehow you’ve survived as SP//dr for...how long now?”

“Three years. How about you?”

“Two. ...oh, no, there is no way you’re older than me. You look twelve!”

“Uh...I’m sixteen.”

“Ah, Peni! I see you’ve met Peni?” says Ham, striding through the workshop with a sandwich and out the other side. “Have fun!”

“I guess,” mutters Other Peni.

“...Dad’s death still bothering you?”

“What? No, that was ages ago.” Other Peni sighs, which helps Peni feel less like yelling at her dismissive tone (which would be counterproductive). “Mostly it’s just the job. It...kinda grinds down on you after a while.”

“...I guess I can relate to that.”

Other Peni coughs. “So...you like listening to music while you work?”

Peni lights up. “Do I? Come on, let’s get the sound started. Have you heard anything by Karam Heiwa?”

For the first time in the entire conversation, Other Peni smiles.

“I can see you’ve got good taste.”

“It’s probably a Peni Parker thing,” says Peni, conversationally. “Gray’s stuck on swing, Peter B’s more Silver Age Electric, and Gwen’s into punk, but you just can’t beat KH for tunes to work with.”

Other Peni cautiously goes through the playlist on the holographic display, as though she’s worried about breaking something. Then her faces lights up.

“Hey, is this ‘Nuke-ular’? I haven’t heard this album in ages!”

...of course Other Peni would choose the most depressing song in the mix. Still, baby steps.

183. Talk

The first time Addy stops by the workshop when Other Peni is there, Other Peni is furious at Peni for suggesting she come and say hi. Genuinely furious.

The second time—after some prompting and a long discussion where Other Peni Parker cries for the first time Peni remembers—Other Peni is there to greet her.

“Uhhhh...Peni? Is that you? You look tired. And...older.”

“...hey, Addy. It’s me. This is gonna sound weird, but...I’m from another dimension and I just...kind of wanted to see you again.”

She sounds so tender.

Addy blinks.

“It’s okay,” says Peni, coming around to the front of the space. “She’s...a friend. Sort of. But you have to keep this a secret. This is beyond mech stuff, it’s insanely important. Swear?”

Addy nods, wide-eyed.

“Good! You two have fun!”

“Peni, you weren’t supposed to—” Other Peni growls, but Peni’s already wheeling herself out.

It should help. She knows it would help her. And she’s about 90% certain Addy will forgive her, and has fifteen different prospective options to hasten that process.

...figures that when she steps back in, Addy and Other Peni give her rather evil grins.

“You know,” says Other Peni casually, “the nice thing about being the same person? It means you’re already well aware of a fair few...embarrassing incidents.”

“...you didn’t.”

“Me? No, no. We just traded life stories. If they match up, it’s just a coincidence, right?”

Addy cackles.

“I’ve created a monster.”

“Aw, lighten up, Choking Hazard.”

“Adelaide Brock, you swore not to tell a living soul—”

“Actually I just said I’d only talk about it with you. And, well...”

Other Peni laughs.

(The sacrifices one makes for the good of one’s fellow Spiders...)

238. Rudolph

“If you think I’m missing this, Peni Parker, you’ve got another thing coming.”

“Addy...I don’t know. I mean, yes, you got bitten, but...I’ve never met another Addy Brock out there. I don’t want you to get hurt.”

Addy tosses her head back and offers her friend an easy grin. “Then I won’t get hurt. Simple as that. Trust me, Peni. I know when to pull back now.”

Peni sighs. “Fine. But be careful, right? Follow my lead.”

The red SP//dr enters the hole in space just before the black Ven#m does, and leads the way.

And on the other side—

“Hey!” calls Miles happily, coming over to meet them. “Glad you could make it!”

“...hi,” says Addy, blushing quite pinkly all of a sudden.

Peni rolls her eyes. “Excuse my friend. Addy, this is Miles Morales, Spider-Man. Miles, my best friend and coworker Addy Brock and her Spider Weying, alias Ven#m.”

“...how are you pronouncing that?” asks Ham. “Hey, I thought me and Mister Egg Cream over there were your best friends.”

Gray looks like he’s trying not to grin. Peni can feel a blush coming on herself. “I’ve got four best friends. Addy’s the only one you guys haven’t met yet.”

“Well, welcome to the team,” says Miles easily. “And Happy Hanukkah!”

(“Should I tell him you’re a Zuhariyya Muslim?”

“Nah, it’s okay.”)

297. Tea

“So, that’s one Earl Grey for Billy, one Boba for Peni, two Green for Hida and Other Peni, one Black for Cindy, one Lemon Grass for Roshni, and one Masala Chai for me,” says Pavitr, taking notes.

“I feel like we’re inviting stereotypes here,” says Roshni.

“I don’t reckon so,” Billy replies, preemptively reaching for the sugar.

“For Peter...coffee. And a reminder of what civilization looks like when you don’t commit blasphemy.”

Pauker glares. “I told you, that was in Boston!”

“And a Peppermint for Addy.”

On her shoulder, Weying the spider bounces excitedly.

“...no, Addy.” That’s from both Peni Parkers at the same time, exasperated in different ways.

“Aw, man...”

322. Mitosis

“Don’t count on it working,” says Other Peni. “And be careful.”

Peter cracks his knuckles.

“Just gotta give it the ol’ college try.”

And he walks up to the bulky form of Ven#m. Not as nice-looking as Addy’s, honestly. And a cannibal at that. Joke about it though he may, he doesn’t much like cannibalism.

Peter doesn’t entirely know what he’s doing, but there’s always such a thing as giving it the ol’ college try.

(Granted, he never went to college.)

—what are you?—

“Me? I’m just a good buddy here to annoy you into spitting out my friend’s loved ones.”

The capsule opens, revealing a tangled mess of cable-like tentacles that snake towards him.

—is Peni so desperate that she’s sending in cartoons to aid in her futile endeavours?—

—hahahaa—

—don’t make me laugh, little piggy—

—we are Ven#m—

—what are you going to do?—

—“huff and puff and blow my house down”?—

Peter pulls out the giant horn his niece Dahlia sent back from a trip to Switzerland.

“Something like that, yeah.”

362. Celebrity

Do I get one? I get one! Wheeee! ...um. Sorry. Anyway.

My name is Addy Brock. I was bitten by a radioactive spider, and for five years I’ve been one third of the one and only Ven#m. I’m from New York in the year 3150, I have a psychic link with a spider who lives inside the robot I tried to take for a joyride when I was fourteen, and my best friends in the world are Peni Parker and Weying, the aforementioned radioactive spider.

Pretty sure you know the rest. Saved the city, mugged for the camera, saved the city again and again, had a hundredth-of-life crisis during which I, uh...we don’t really talk about that. (I’m banned from Greater Peru until I’m eighty-five, on a completely unrelated note.) But I got back up. Also, I met an alternate version of my best friend who lost her me and really needed someone to keep her laughing. And that’s me. Addy Brock, clown superhero extraordinaire. (Peter Parker? Never heard of him.) Peni may be the OG, but I’m the sequel that nobody knew they wanted but now can’t get enough of. I’ve even been to Mars on business—you know how difficult it is for an Earther to get direct to Mars, let alone for a job? Usually they hire local, or take on seasonal workers from the ecoships. This is big stuff.

...but at the end of the day, I love being Ven#m. And...I like having friends who get it. I got randomly assigned a last name matching my closest genetic relatives, but Peni and her Aunt May and Uncle Ben are the first real family I’ve ever actually had. So guess what? Ven#m is here to stay, with the Parkers, in the Republic of New York, on Earth.

As long as they’ll have me.

(“Well, then, looks like even reincarnation won’t be enough to let you get away, Addy.”

"And when they get sick of you, me and my aunt and uncle and Other Addy will take over."

“Aw, you guys. Peni Parkers? Ultimate upgrade in superhero mettle. Besides yours truly, of course.”

”How modest.”)

[spider-jaysart]

3, 4, 24

DC Comics Asks

@paladin-of-nerd-fandom65

3. First comic read?

The 1st paperback edition of the New 52 Harley Quinn comic book

4. What introduced you to the DC universe? Was it a show, comic, or movie?

I'm not so sure since I was so young, but I think the Teen Titans 2003 cartoon was what got me way more invested in the DC world as a kid since I loved watching it so much and still do

24. If you had total control, what you change?

1. Deage Jon back to being a kid, because he should've been allowed to grow up naturally and honestly deserves the character development that he should've gotten before in the past, and also because it was terrible that he just got ripped away from his original fans like that just because Bendis wanted to make him date Saturn girl (instead of finding someone else who was actually her age, since Jon was STILL JUST 10 years old at the time when he had thought of this ship for her, which is very EW!!) and didn't want a kid character getting in the way of his Superman stories because "it's not that fun to include them", which makes no sense, because he was literally so much more likeable and way more interesting as a kid than he is now, because as an adult, now he just feels like a completely different person and a boring character that many old fans just can't see as the real Jon anymore, even if they tried to, since he's more like a stranger now. He's just a plain, younger clone of Clark now with no real personality of his own in him (he doesn't even have his own style!!!)

2. Make Dickkory happen again and leave Dickbabs behind, because that relationship is just a forced one that DC only wants to happen just so that things can only stay in the Batfamily. But Dickkory is the one that actually has real love in it and a much deeper connection in it between the two. Plus those two are always crazy about eachother, way more than Barbara and Dick could ever be for one another. And I would also make baby Mar'i and Jake happen later on in the future too. Also, the trope that always happens with either Dick or Kory abandoning the other and the kids or dying everytime they finally have a family of their own needs to just stop, because they deserve to be happy together already after such a long time and I would make sure that it stays that way too

3. Make Bruce an actual good father, because #1 it is not cool at all and I do not ever enjoy seeing him treat any of his kids horribly, it just only makes me really irritated to see everytime and #2 it does not make sense for who he is actually meant to be as a character. It doesn't matter how many times writers will make it happen in canon, because that just means that they don't actually know him at all and only think he would do it just because "Oh, he's a dark, edgy man who gets angry at everything, so he must be such a horrible Father too.", which is not how he should be. There should never be anything so wrong about letting him be good Dad to his kids. There's always other ways to create a bunch of drama for Batfamily stories, but him being an abusive parent definitely shouldn't be one of them and if some DC writer thinks it is, than that just means they can't really think outside of the box

4. Stop the "Talia is an evil person who loves killing and is also a terrible Mother who tortures her kid with no mercy if they don't do what she wants" trope, because she originally doesn't actually agree with her Fathers ways at all and has always felt uncomfortable with having to be an assassin who takes lives, and another thing about her original character is that she's also a very loving person at heart and would never want to hurt the ones that she loves, so it doesn't make any sense for her to be a cruel and hateful parent who hurts and uses her Son for only whatever she wants

5. Keep the name "Kon". I heard that Conner is getting a new official name change for himself soon in his series, so he's ditching "Kon" now for something else just because "Clark was the one who gave it to him, but he didn't actually choose it himself, so it's not his", but like... HELLO????!! The writer definitely did not read any of his older books at all, because Kon was literally so happy when Clark offered it to him, because he finally felt accepted into the Superfamily that way and even cried tears of joy from it too if I remember correctly, so what the heck are they changing it for if he actually loves it and originally has no problems with it????

6. Revive Alfred, because to me, he is an iconic character that shouldn't be killed, because then nothing ever really feels the same again without him

7. Batgirl was cool for Barbara back then, especially because she was still young at that time, but I would make her Oracle again because it's just a definitely more fitting role for her nowadays

8. Keep more awesome Supersons stories happening again, because they're always a joy to read and also because I really miss them a lot

Idk if I have anymore ideas in mind for anything else😅 but this is everything for now that I would definitely change if I could

Thanks for the ask, Pal!!

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THE WHITE LILY (Mafia Book #1 - Bang Chan) - Chapter 6 - Nightmareless

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Chapter 6 - Nightmareless

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~1 year and 4 months before Present Day~

~Chan's POV~

~Flashback, 10 years ago~

"Channie, my boy... you're so young and yet-" The old man's speech was interrupted by a rough cough. "Yet there's no other choice for you out there. I wish- I wish I could've given you... more."

"Dad, I- no, you gave me so much, but..."

"I took over father's business when I was 32... much, much older than you are now. Double your age. Double your experience... Now you have to take over mine..."

"Dad, I don't know what you're saying-" I responded desperate, tears stinging the corners of my eyes.

"Son, listen to me!" he shouted, spiralling into another coughing fit. "you can't show any weakness. EVER. If you do, they will take you down with no hesitation. You have to be strong if you're going to own this wicked business of ours."

"I don't- I can't do it, dad. You have so much more left, I-"

"No, son, I'm almost..."

"Dad, stay with me! You will survive this! You have to!"

"My time is up... just remember what I told you... These emotions of yours, they are beautiful, son, but you can't let them see it. You have to stay composed, to be cold. So cold, one would be afraid to speak in front of you. No matter how hurt you are, don't let it show. Can you promise this to me?"

"I- I'll try... Fuck." I could barely see through my tears.

"But there's one thing you have to remember..."

"DAD! NO! PLEASE!"

"It's (...)"

~End of flashback~

"NO!" I woke up, screaming. My whole body drenched in sweat and hurting.

Another nightmare...

This cursed Mafia left in my care by my father was a big weight on my shoulders. I was damn good at leading it, but sometimes I would get stuck in an impasse, not knowing what decision is best. In those times, I would reflect back on my father's words, to the numerous days he spent training me... but as the years passed, his voice became a distant thing of the past. I was not even able to recall his whole dying speech.

Way to be a good son, Chris.

Occasional flashbacks would intrude my mind during night-time, rendering me unable to sleep. But never the whole picture... What else was he trying to say?

With a head heavy as lead, I got off the bed and glanced at the time: 3:52 AM.

Well, the early bird catches the worm, right?

I quietly opened the door to my bedroom and moved towards the stairs. Looking back through the dark hallway, I saw a dark silhouette heading towards me.

"Chan?" a shy voice asked, unsure.

"Emilia?"

"I heard the door opening and... What's wrong? You can't sleep?" she whispered.

"Should ask the same. Let's go downstairs, we don't want to wake up everyone else, do we?" I extended my hand towards her, which she quickly took.

We headed down to the living room and I turned on the electric fireplace, the only source of light in the room appropriate for such an unorthodox hour.

Fierce tones of orange and yellow warmed the room, giving it a cosy feel.

"Kinda rustic, don't you think?" Emilia joked. "Should I also brew some tea?"

"Wouldn't hurt to have a warm drink."

She returned 5 minutes later with two mugs. The smell of green tea soothed me, the hot liquid warming my insides.

"Didn't even realise I was so cold." Emilia broke the silence.

"Mhm. Me too."

Inspecting her face, I noticed dark bags under her eyes and a frown on her otherwise cheerful expression.

"Why couldn't you sleep?" I asked.

"It's... ugh" she shook her head. "Nevermind."

"Come on, don't be like that." I replied, getting closer to her on the couch and placing my hand on her thigh.

"... don't laugh at me, okay?" she replied quietly and turned her head towards me, scanning my eyes.

"Of course not."

"I just... I had a nightmare and couldn't go back to sleep..."

"You too?" I smiled and caressed the back of her head.

My reply seemed to take her by surprise, as her eyes grew bigger.

"Care to share?" she asked me.

"Only if you do the same."

She nodded and urged me to start my story.

"You know, Emi... I don't know how much you've heard about us before we became Stray Kids."

"Hm... not much, honestly. I just know you were called something else and that your older ruler was sort of... cruel."

"Mhm. That would be my father."

Although she seemed surprised, she didn't say anything else, waiting for me to continue.

"My father was a stern man. You could say he was rigid, even cruel at times, as you heard. But he was the best leader. We were called North Side, because he managed to take control of the whole north of the country. He would control authorities, which supplies got in and out, all trades, the politics. Everything. He was a scary man, to be honest." I chuckled, to which Emilia smiled. 

"He would take good care of us... my mother and my siblings. But no matter how much power he had, he also had lots of enemies. It only took one person to betray him... poisoned him, like he was some rat. Got rid of my siblings like it was nothing."

Emilia felt the anger in my voice and grabbed my hand, squeezing it.

"He was my dad's closest ally. His right hand man. So, naturally, when I found out... I cut off his head, displayed it on a spike outside of the mansion as a warning to the others."

"Drew inspiration from Medieval England?" Emilia chuckled.

"Exactly." I chuckled, too. "That was the first time I killed someone. I was 15."

She caressed my hand and smiled bitterly.

"I had to take over the Mafia, but... how could I continue his "Empire"? I didn't know how anything worked. Don't get me wrong – he did train me for this, but theory and practice are so different. He would always make me promise that I would be cold, that I wouldn't get attached. Those worked wonders. But... he also said something else. I just can't seem to remember... I feel like it was important..."

"And that's why you're having nightmares."

"Exactly."

"So... how did you become SKZ?"

"Right. So, after investigating, I found out that a lot of father's old acquaintances planned this revolt against him. I killed them all and figured I would just disband North Side as a whole. There was barely anyone left, anyway. But it's not like I could just give up on the Mafia mindset. I trained my whole life up to that point. I was good at it. So... one thing led to another, and I was back in business with supervising trades and making sure things went by smoothly. I lost some of the territory of the Empire my father built, but I got control back of more than half of it in barely a year or two. Not alone, though. I met some other people along the way... first it was Seungmin, then Minho... Han and Felix shortly followed... and soon enough all of us bonded over this whole affair and decided we would become official. That's how Stray Kids was born."

"Wow. Well, I must say, your father taught you well, since you've been able to manage this Mafia so flawlessly."

"You think?" I chuckled. "I feel like I might screw up. That what my father told me was the most important thing in the world... and I can't remember it. I'm pissed off."

"I'm sure you'll remember it eventually. The right moment just hasn't come yet, that's all."

"Thanks, Emi."

We both looked at the fake flames of the fireplace, but soon enough I resumed looking at Emilia.

"I told you the root of my nightmares. What's yours?"

"Hmmm... you already know my whole life story though, don't you?"

"Pretty much, yea." I chuckled.

"Then you must also know about San."

"Your partner, right?"

"Mhm. Do you also know why he got killed?"

I shook my head.

"I didn't either. Until I came here, that is. He planned on leaving, too... He would always joke around that he would run away with me and show me the world outside of our little bubble. I just put the puzzle pieces together. Our Boss got rid of him, just like he wanted to do with me."

Her eyes darkened.

"The Mission he gives whoever wants to leave... It's always something impossible, you know? He probably planned to finish us off either way as soon as we said we wanted to go." she laughed bitterly. "If we wouldn't finish the mission, we would die trying... and if we did complete it, he would've killed us.  We never had a choice."

I stayed silent, contemplating on her words for a bit, for they carried a lot of weight.

"So... the thing is, I'm scared... I can't sleep. I wake up shaking. Every time I close my eyes... I remember what happened to me. I'm scared of being betrayed again." She put both her hands on her face, covering her eyes. 

I took her into a strong embrace, and started to tell her how different Stray Kids were. We wanted to be human beings above all, and we loved each other more than anything in the world. She was part of our team now.

"I can promise you that it won't happen. You are safe here. I give you my word."

She was shaking badly, but after a short while, her breathing regulated and she straightened her back.

"I'm sorry... it's just... I never told anyone about that, y'know?" she glanced at me, her beautiful eyes staring directly into mine.

Her wounds from our latest mission seemed to be all healed by now, just a small mark remaining on her lips.

Her lips... so plum and beautiful in the soft light. I couldn't help it. I bent towards her and placed mine on top of hers, cupping her face with my right hand.

She responded with a soft peck on my lips, while her hands found their way to my nape.

The kiss grew more passionate in the fire's glimmer, our shadows becoming one as she rested in my lap.

What's with this girl that makes me so crazy? I wondered, slipping my hands underneath her blouse. Her skin was as soft as the first time I touched her. I wished that bruises from our last rendezvous would still be visible on her neck and chest, but it felt like ages since I last met her like this.

I started kissing my way down her jaw and slowly sucked on her exposed collarbone, making her let out a soft moan.

Hearing her quiet whimpers was like music to my ears. I was completely addicted to the moans erupting from her lips, and I wanted to hear them more and more.

With her still on top of me, my next move was easy. I picked her up and got up from the couch, slowly making my way towards my room upstairs. Her weight in my arms felt just right.

We continued sharing kisses as I opened the door to the bedroom and laid her down slowly on my bed.

My hands found hers and, in contrast to the first night I tied her with my belt, I took both of her hands and put them above her head gently. 

I didn't want to leave any part of her body unmarked, so I carefully lifted off her blouse and went down, planting small kisses on her abdomen. Her pants were the next ones to go, and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that she wore nothing underneath.

I couldn't help it but let a chuckle escape.

"What's so funny?" she smiled.

"No panties?" I kissed her inner thigh as she parted her lips and let out another moan.

"Why would I wear any to bed?"

I trailed kissed on her thigh and reached upwards, parting her legs and planting a kiss on her core. Slowly, my tongue found her clit and drew circles around it, her whimpers getting more intense.

"Fuck, you're so good at this." She praised me.

After feeling that she was prepared to take me, I raised above her and kissed her deeply. My member quickly disappeared between her legs, our bodies moving in unison.

"You're so gentle tonight." She complimented me again, my lips in the crook of her neck kissing it ever so slowly while I was pumping in and out of her.

It only took another couple of deep thrust to get Emilia to come, and I followed soon after. She just felt so good. So right for me.

~

The next morning, I woke up, surprised to notice that I fell asleep in the first place. 

Even more, I was perplex that it the first time in God knows how long I've slept without having nightmares. 

I woke up rested, her still asleep in my bed, and had the chance to admire how beautiful she looked sleeping so soundly. I gathered from her relaxed face that she also had a nightmare-less deep sleep.

From then on, I would visit her every night and invite her to my room. We didn't always have sex; just sleeping next to her brought me a sense of peace I haven't felt once ever since becoming the leader of SKZ.

This became our routine, until...

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Chapter 5 | Chapter 7

[orange-s-mario]

Supermen:

this is going to be a long one

1. Kal-L/Clark Kent/Superman

this guy is the actual golden age superman. This universe was basically were they put him since Earth-Two and Golden Age Superman stories; had some inconsistencies. 2. Kal-El/Sonn/Clark Kent. First he was Superboy, then he was Superman

I love this guy. He's great. He feels alienated all the time and is also almost always going through it. He is NOT well at all. He also has a large dating life - mostly with women with L. L. initials; most notably Lois, Lana, and Lori. He also remembers Krypton due to supermemory. He is friends with the Legion of Superheroes (Original)

NON-CLARK DETOUR #1 3. Ar-Val, the tyrant Superman

Kal handpicked a Kandorian successor after some tests, due to Clark losing his powers. It didn't quite go well and ended in tragedy for Ar-Val 4. Not a Superman but a "Skyman," Klar-Don, a predecessor to Superman

He's basically just Superman on Krypton; Although it seems like he just has Flight due to his Flight Belt (the other Superman past lives only had one power; Erok the magnificent had a potion that made him have super-strength, and Skuldor had V-goggles which let him use X-ray vision). He works for the Daily World, he has a friend named Jol-Lar, there's a Lois, and a Perry. I like to think he's the ancestor of Vol-Don (a member of the Kryptonian lookalike Squad

-End detour

5. Kal-L/Superman

This is Earth-Two Kal-L. He's basically golden age Superman with a few differences to make him standout from Earth-One Superman. He also married Lois, and met Lana again after he married Lois. There's also only 4 other survivors of Krypton. He's also great. also I want to give a shoutout to his "Mr. and Mrs. Superman" S logo.

I just think it's neat

6. Clark Joseph Kent/Kal-El

...he was literally born on this planet. At least at first. THIS GUY has THREE ORIGINS. First Man of Steel, then Birthright, then Secret Origins. Secret Origins adds Superboy back to his mythos. He has met all versions of the Legion, but was specifically part of "Original" Legion (Retroboot)

NON-CLARK DETOUR #2

7. Steel 1 (the only Reign of Supermen character to NOT claim he was Superman)

He's cool. Also when Christopher Priest was writing him, he was basing him off Dwayne Mcduffie, I just wanted to let you know that. He's had multiple origins as well, but I think the gist is that the new 52 beginning stuff happens first and then Death of Superman.

8. Eradicator... 2(?)

HE WAS AN EGG. his lore gets pretty complicated, especially due to all the weird absorbing other people's consciousness parts; He was actually made by a different alien, but Kem-L made him a xenophobe. Or something like that. I think all Post-Crisis Eradicator appearances are the same guy? Apparently not; New Krypton Eradicator is a different one, but he DOES have the og's memories. So it's a David Conner situation. He can sense things from not the main universe being in the main universe. He changed and grew as a person because of Guy Gardner 8.5 Eradicator...3 ?

(apparently not the same guy; this guy must have even more identity issues then post-david connor eradicator)

9. Superboy (Kon-El, later Conner Kent)*

He also has two origins. His original origin links him to many Jack Kirby concepts and makes him one - a DNAlien, a metahuman made by genetically modifying human DNA. He was the clone of Paul Westfield (westfield is evil btw). Johns retcons this into a half-Luthor half-Superman clone (superman is good btw), who always is worried about turning EVIL due to EVILLL GENES. Anyways Young Justice (2019) revealed he was on gemworld during flashpoint so he survived. He's also met the legion (reboot) *He has referred to himself as Superman

10. Cyborg Superman (Hank Henshaw)

he has Reed Richard's origins, except his crew doesn't really survive. He became a mass of energy and basically can't die. Much more of a GL villain, but has become a Superman villain again recently

-End detour

11. Kal-El/Clark Joseph Kent

This Superman starts out as a Champion of the Oppressed like his golden age counterpart, then quickly gets into bigger and bigger ideas like a 5th dimensional being trying to sell out Superman. He also met a version of the legion that doesn't exist anymore due to saving him. He died and also maybe he got better (see Sideways) and also he fused with the post-crisis guy, leading to:

12. Superman Reborn (Kal-El/Clark Joseph Kent)

yeah sure this makes sense. (it does not, Superman has a bunch of contradictions with just post-crisis and post-flashpoint) 12.5 Infinite Frontier Superman (Kal-El/Clark Joseph Kent... maybe also Sonn?)

everything is canon now. How does that work with the various versions of Superman? It doesn't. This is where we are now. There really hasn't been much changes to Superman lore though. The biggest thing was probably Lex being a superhero in early metropolis. The one thing I'm pretty sure of is that this Clark has met all the legions

NON-CLARK DETOUR #3 13. Alexander "Lex" Luthor

After Prime Earth Superman died, many people took to the skies to carry on his legacy. One of such people is Lex Luthor

14. Kong Kenan, the New Super-Man

Kenan is imbued with the chi of Prime Earth Superman and gains superpowers, He develops and changes and grows as a person and learns how to use his powers as well as learns more about his family. Highly recommend New Super-Man

15. Denny Swan

He was hit by a sentient bolt of energy that carried a mutated genome of Prime Earth Superman so he thinks he's Superman, He blew up.

16. Emperor Super-Man/Super-Man Zero

A prototype Super-Man, also made by infusing him with the chi of prime earth superman; he was lab-grown

[thejacksmit]

First Take at LYIFF: The Way to Happiness - a delicatessen themed around film, taking its owner on a very personal journey

SYNOPSIS: Saül Birnbaum is a “hidden child”, separated from his parents at the age of 6 to escape the upcoming Shoah, sent by a Kindertransport abroad, from Vienna to Brussels. In 1986, Saül is on the road to resilience, he tries to reinvent his life, to re-enchant it. On the stage of the Délicatessen he owns, the 7th Art triumphs every day. With his protégé Joakin, a young Chilean director who fled Pinochet, they decide to write the story of Saül’s childhood and make a film of it. But love comes knocking on his door and confronts him with his past.

It is a common understanding that cinema has the power to change lives. This film, screened as the second feature of this year's Lytham International Film Festival, came in from Luxembourg from director Nicolas Steil - and while it is a heartfelt piece of filmmaking that has good intentions, based on the general audience response, and reading some of the Letterboxd comments, it feels like some elements may have been lost in translation.

English Language Subtitles available on this trailer - click the CC button to turn them on.

Steil uses a lot of the knowledge he gained making his first feature Réfractaire (The Undercover War as it is known in English territories, another World War 2 inspired piece) in 2009 and the many years of experience he's had in the film and TV production industry to turn in a relatively well paced 1 hour 52 minute feature, that gets a lot right, but in terms of the execution of a pretty heavy plot, does feel a bit of a mish-mash of ideas. Henri Rouanne-Rosenblatt adapts his own book very faithfully to the best of my knowledge, working with Michel Fessler, but the multiple stories ongoing at the same time probably didn't land as well with a British audience as well as it would've done elsewhere - there's the story of back in the war, then back to 1986, then back to the war, again, showing the TV influence of the director more than anything. It's shot well by Pierre Milon, and the original music from Kyan Bayani just about does the job for a film like this.

As for the cast, Simon Abkarian and Django Schrevens are two very likable leads, Pascale Arbillot plays the love interest (central to Abkarian's character Saul going on this journey to discover his past really well), Andre Jung provides comic relief following some of the heavier moments that the film deals with, and rounding out the cast is Eric Caravaca, Helena Noguerra, and Mathilda May. All things considered, the message of the film certainly landed even with it being a subtitled screening, but the general style of the film and how it does the story of 'finding the past while making a whole fictional movie about it' did take a bit of getting used to.

THE VERDICT

The Way to Happiness is a well made, poignant, and very raw tribute to not only what film can do for escapsim, but also what it can do to rediscover the past - I can see why the LYIFF panel selected it, especially as it followed a workshop (for which a lot of what was said in terms of personal films being the hardest to make), but crucially - it has some serious potential on the festival circuit.

RATING: 3.5/5

[ectonurites]

Alrighty I've sat with this for a day and now wanna actually talk about it. The page in question that prompted me making this post was, of course, from Wonder Woman (2023) #5. And I think part of why I had such a gut reaction to it is because it really just reminded me of a notorious page from Teen Titans (2003) #25.

Now, these two pages are different and I do think the Wonder Woman page is definitely preferable of the two—but the common factor that just stands out to me is 'having Cassie talk about her tomboy past in a way that makes it clear that's NOT who she is anymore, that treats it as something she grew out of, treating the fact that she has moved away from it as as a good thing/an improvement:

(Teen Titans Vol. 3 #25 & Wonder Woman Vol. 6 #5)

In the Teen Titans page, it's framed as a 'good thing' through all the negative talk and descriptors of her past self—mocking her own old fashion sense, her 'bad hair' and saying she 'wasn't very pretty'. This page acts like this newer more girly presentation of herself is somehow obviously better—not that it fixed everything because some people still call her a fake... but she acts embarrassed of who she used to be even just in this internal monologue.

In the Wonder Woman page, instead it's being framed as a 'good thing' because it's a change attributed to Diana's influence rather than, like, society's—that meeting Diana allowed Cassie to indulge in girly things she'd previously stayed away from, that this was a positive impact meeting Diana had on her.

Now, a slight but relevant sidebar—debate about Cassie and how she's been portrayed on the tomboy to girly-girl spectrum is nothing new, it's been happening forever. As a general I thing I don't have many positive feelings towards Cassie's creator John Byrne, but I do want to highlight something he said once about her:

Regarding changes to his characters by different creative teams: Byrne: "I've had to train myself not to care, because when we let go, we have to let go. A somewhat recent example is what they had done to Cassie Sandsmark in Wonder Woman once I had left. I'd done this 'all elbows and knees' fourteen year old girl, and they turned her into Britney Spears. And that's because there's an awful lot of artists out there, sadly, male, who can ONLY draw Britney Spears. They can't understand, and there's an awful lot of fans who won't accept anything else. There were a lot of males saying how 'ugly' Cassie was, and I'd say "She's not ugly, she's ordinary. You guys are just used to seeing these cookie-cutter whatnots."" (source)

The change in Cassie's depiction, historically, came about largely because of real life societal pressures and opinions about what a 'Wonder Girl' should look like—which as much as I hate that Teen Titans page I posted above... Cassie talking about how people saw her as a 'fake' and 'pretender' speaks pretty true to the actual real life situation. There very much so were real life people that didn't think this character suited Wonder Girl because she wasn't depicted as pretty/girly enough. And when she was changed in the comics, she became more popular. Go figure.

But that was ~20 years ago, and while it's not like misogyny in comics has gone away (lmao) the general landscape of media is definitely different in several ways than it was then—and at least in the 'talking about DC comics' social media sphere I see somewhat regular discussion and debate about the state of Cassie. Trying to reconcile the girl she originally was with the girl who she became in later iterations.

Especially because of how even MORE extreme the New 52 had gone with her—with not just girly-fying her but also wildly over-sexualizing her. And while that's not the version of the character we're seeing anymore, I think putting screenshots like these side by side and saying 'this was supposed to be the same character at age 14 and then age 16' made a lot of people go 'hang on—'

(Young Justice Vol. 1 #20, Cover of Teen Titans Vol. 5 #1)

(However I do absolutely need to point out that nowadays, since the Rebirth era, Cassie has definitely been pulled back from that over-sexualization from the New 52 era:)

(Teen Titans Vol. 5 #1, Young Justice Vol. 3 #2)

But anyway, yeah, these kinds of comparisons just... got people talking and thinking about the situation more, I think. Got people realizing that this character has been altered so heavily over time in ways that at their root had little to do with character motivation and much more to do with 'making her appeal more to the male audience'.

And so, back to the Wonder Woman page from this week, it feels largely like this 'Diana allowed me to become a 'princess girl' thing was King's attempt at smoothing out Cassie's history in regards to this subject for his approach to her character—to acknowledge her tomboy past, but still make it clear that she's changed. She's not being over-sexualized like in the N52 era anymore, and she's not outwardly disparaging her younger self the way she did in the Teen Titans era anymore either.... but she is a 'princess girl' now.

Which irks me because I feel like a far more interesting story with Cassie would be to allow her to embrace elements of her tomboy past and reincorporate those into who she is now, to salvage the irl situation that has caused these changes in her character and make it into a story about how societal pressures can impact a person and change who they are for a while... but that they can pull themselves out of that and not just be defined by what the world around them thinks they should be—BUT I do acknowledge that's my wishful thinking, that's my approach I'd love to take with her character, that's not something a writer at DC is like... required to explore. If I just hold up every modern comic in comparison to that idea, then of course I'll be constantly in disappointment.

So putting my feelings on how I think Cassie should be handled aside, the primary other thing that irks me is this specific approach to 'smoothing things out' that King took—having this shift in Cassie's characterization be attributed to Diana's influence.

Because, well, I have read most of Cassie's appearances. I can look at release dates of issues and the stories within them. And because of that, I know that Cassie meeting Diana was not the root source of the shift in her character the way this page from King treats it. (Like... Cassie met Diana when she was introduced in 1996... and while Cassie definitely started to shift slightly more girly gradually after the Byrne WW run ended in 1998, the substantial 'huge jump from before' changes were in 2003)

I want to specifically bring up Wonder Woman Vol. 2 Issue 153 for a second here. A relatively-early-in-her-history (late 1999/early 2000) issue in which Cassie does actively try to change herself for the girly-er... temporarily.

She attempts to re-do her whole look into something more feminine because she wants to impress Kon (her celebrity crush/teammate) and gets a makeover from Cissie

(Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #153)

Which she soon realizes was a mistake and it's stupid trying to impress Kon like this in the first place. In part of her explaining to Kon why she tried doing this... she cites the rumors of 'Superman and Wonder Woman' and why that made her think Superboy and Wonder Girl would be a perfect pair.

(Wonder Woman Vol. 2 #153)

So, um, sure. Yeah. Acting like Diana's influence caused Cassie to like... get more in touch with her 'pink and frilly' side? That bugs the shit out of me. Societal pressure from the idea of Wonder Woman (and the idea of 'Wonder Woman being paired romantically with male heroes') caused Cassie to once try to change herself to be more in touch with her 'girly' side, but it backfired wildly and was something she immediately regretted because it wasn't true to who she is.

Like... I dunno, my ultimate point here is that I think this was just a stupid approach to the subject from King. I don't think he was the right person to approach this subject with her at all.

I think he could have easily written an interaction between Cassie & Diana here that didn't involve this topic of Cassie's approach/relationship to femininity at all—I get that the point he was trying to make was about their influences on each other (not that I think the influence he had Diana say Cassie had on her is great either... teaching her 'how to be an American'... 😒) but there could have been... a lot of other things to say!

Things that could be just... far more meaningful. Something about ways Diana taught Cassie to find strength in herself, to find confidence, to find leadership qualities... ya know? I mean hell, that core idea of 'I will not be ruled' that he has her bring up, that exact sentiment could be taken in so many different directions aside from the one he chose—Cassie being inspired by Diana to stand her ground and approach things her own way could be about a million things aside from... her being or not being 'a princess girl'.

i need to hunt Tom King for sport

[theorist-influencer-untitled]

3.25.24 Monday

1 am

I have windblow.....Did Mitchang give me a "simple battery" since 2007? Where is she???

I feel bitterish.... I wanna leave the hometown... I wanna get a bf... I wonder where is Mark? I feel bitter having windblow for nothing... It is like "aging for nothing"...I feel so invalid... It is a bad feeling for yourself that you feel so " invalid".

I feel bitter, nobody wants me....Sometimes it is so good to go back to the past... Though, you wanted a good future but I can't exist...

But! Again, I will feel HURT if Mark is just nearby after all these years, if he is just observing or if he is just one of the people who are laughing at me being poorish these days, I will feel HURT!

17 years I lost myself... I wasn't able to grow on my own, I feel offended...I didn't feel important for 17 years... A lot of people thought I didn't have maturity but year 2011, I was really mature and fully awakened by everything.

I just feel a loser on my exes, coz those 17 years so many things could happened to all my exes and most specially on Mark, probably they already had have a child and just simply looking at me here, laughing at me... I feel HURT... My EGO is smashed and my pride is killed for 17 years.

I lost xfactor for 17 years and I feel invalid, having this windblow and I feel that someone gave me that and this "simple battery" and they created a group and they invited people to join them and some old friends became a member and some new... Worst!!! If my exes are just nearby laughing at me...

People doubt my maturity since 2011, I was really fully awakened but I couldn't get progress... They judged me....I always wanted to be forever young coz I missed a lot in life.

7:49 am

Uncle DD is here for something he just gave me 50 to buy coffee but I ask him extra... So that I can pay Ely but he said he doesn't have extra...

Still, strange feeling on them...

9:01 am

Uncle DD gave extra for food coz last food tomorrow...

I'm thinking of my own life... I need extra fundings....I'm not satisfied being "just like this".

I really wanna see my old bf coz my situation is really a flat tire, unfairly flat tire since 2007.Mark for the chismosas and chismosos and pakilameroz or unfairly interfering. Mark was my personal bf and the rest... But I feel weird if Mark is somewhere nearby....I feel hurt for getting my links...

10:16 am

This is just for food... Back to zero my back-up on Ely but I ask him a 200 plus coz I wanted to buy a serum in Lazadah.

Nana requested for lugaw and mami and coconut milk for something... The left money is mainly for food...

10:47 am

I really wanna leave Cavite... I feel so down and I can't get progress...

10:52 am

I feel offended in Cavite....I really wanna see Mark but I will feel hurt if he is just nearby and fucked by Vagina's here or from any particular group that I don't belong.

I have windblow... 17 years I can't wait for more years...

12:46 noon

I still have windblow... I feel bitter...

Once a guy snap on me, I wanna kill him! I was spoiled... Mark knew... I feel bad if he snap on me? Did he snap on me? Or did someone snap on me on words at my back that they didn't invite me since they are all together since 2007???

It is unfair to snap on me, verbally that I can't defend myself... Did they snap on me???

1:13 pm

I feel bitter... I'm not happy!!! I don't like fooling around... It is too long for their own happiness... They are all fooling around for so long and trapping me... I'm fucking tired of waiting... I don't like fooling around!!!

2:44 pm

I just bought an another food for couple of days coz I back to zero my back-up from Ely... I bought a lugaw and mami and sachet of shampoo for few days and 1 coffee sachet. The money is gone....The rest for the water...

I feel bitter....I asked help from Ely that I wanted to buy a serum around 300, I feel bitter...I was spoiled and I didn't harm anybody since 2007.

I wanted a future,I wanted a career....I wanted someone who can accept me that I'm spoiled! I deserve a nose perfection and other vanity.

17 years if that fucking group didn't interfere, I have a better life now...

Now, I wanna see Mark, I have so many questions for him... I will feel hurt if he is just nearby observing me and laughing at me since 2007??? They are prepared now? Gets? Look at me now, my ugly situation...

There is no extra for vanity!!! I wanted my future...I wanted a new circle of upper friends...I'm so tired being at the bottom...

Have mercy on me!!! I deserve a LIFE!

4:54 pm

I still have windblow....I hate being a supporter, they pull me down their stategy is to trap me unfairly...

Breaker in the universe mga "green monster"....Those are INC's I hate them... Breaker in the universe??

I wanna leave Cavite... I feel bitter...

I lost circle of friends where I can be Kate-Like? Where is Mitch? Did she give that "simple battery"???

7:53 pm

I have windblow... I feel bitter.... I hate being the "new girl" always...How can I be Kate-Like, if I don't have a circle that is truly mine... I feel so low even on Mark, if he found out that I'm s7o alone and a lot are just fakers on me...I don't know if Mark snap or snapped on me???

I wanna leave Cavite,they don't like me from the start... They are together since 2007...Where are they???

8:40 pm

I feel bitter... I feel out of place on somewhere... I still have windblow... I feel like the "new girl" which I hate it so much...

I badly need Mark now, I'm tired 17 years it is totally unfair... I hate being "the new girl"....

[sweetmariihs2]

The fact that the royal sorcerer position was willingly given to him makes a lot of sense! It's unexpected, but really? I can get why Roland says that he felt obligated to give it to him. It would be awkward if he didn't. Just put yourself in Goodwyn's place. He served the king for years, raised his children to be future royal sorcerers (it ended up in Cedric's hands) just for Roland to refuse his son the position. Roland could not refuse, especially because the whole kingdom follows what happens in the royal families, and there would be a small public repercussion. Whether he wanted to or not, Roland really gave the position to Cedric out of obligation.

The "Cedric had the lineage on his side" quote is clearly talking about the sexism in Cedric's family! Goodwyn did the same with the family wand.

@shychick-52 I get that Cordelia found herself more worthy than Cedric (in every aspect, I mean), but I believe she didn't want the position because she would be stuck with it. It's a small punishment, to be honest, the royal sorcerer has an obligation to the kingdom that maybe she didn't wanted to have. And since it was something she didn't want, as Cedric says "you always left me with your hand-me-downs", she left the "bad" future for him. "And why deny him if he wants the position? Let him be the royal sorcerer, at least I won't be the one who has to be stuck in the castle, or cleaning up the mess that Cedric makes. Let him suffer because he's stupid anyway, he damaged my hair and ruins everything, he deserves it", looking from Cordelia's supposed point of view. "LET HIM LIVE TO MY FATHER'S EXPECTATIONS SINCE I DON'T HAVE TO"!

The "long lineage of royal sorcerers" it's not an obligation, is a circunstance. It's tradition, but it's not on paper, get it? If someone wants to break the tradition then go on... but no one has the courage to do it. Regarding the past royal sorcerers, the kings probably kept them because they were really good, after all as the generations passed the royal sorcerers had children and taught their children according to the role, so when they grew up they were already prepared and did a good job, and the tradition started. But then Goodwyn arrived with Cedric to ruin everything, and Roland didn't have the balls to take him out of the role because it would be embarassing.

Maybe all the previous royal sorcerers were good ("except for Cedric") because of the pressure they as parents put on their children. The children normalized this treatment from a young age and from a young age they are known for being very good at magic, and that's why Goodwyn expected Cedric to be the same. But as you know, generational trauma eventually leaves scars, and it all bled onto Cedric since after the incident he felt inferior to this family standard, just as everyone around him also thought he was. It was a domino situation, Goodwyn couldn't force Cedric to be better because neither of them believed he was, Cedric didn't improve because he didn't trust himself and Goodwyn, instead of helping with support, just did what his father taught him (pressured his son). And it ended the way it did!

A good analogy: Imagine a group race where one runner runs to a certain point so the next runner can keep running, until they reach the next runner, etc. Imagine that the previous runner keeps shouting to the next runner: "Run! You can run, run!", the audience watching does the same, and when this runner reaches the next runner, the same thing happens, like a cycle. But then Cedric arrived and in the middle of the race he hurt his leg. Instead of Goodwyn helping to take care of the wound for the race to continue, he kept shouting "run! run!" and the audience watched and said "wow, this one doesn't know how to run, how humiliating, all the others did very well...". Cedric realized he couldn't run (without noticing that his leg was hurt) and noticed the audience was saying the same, so he accepted that he was a bad runner indeed...

Before the incident, Cedric was known as a prodigy! We know this based on what Cordelia said about him performing a spell too advanced for his age (he did great doing it). Goodwyn had started the pattern with him, but then as I said something went wrong among the way, which was the incident. And then it all went down the drain.

Continuing with the analogy, it would be as if halfway through Cedric finally realized that he was injured, and after he bandaged it properly he discovered that he always knew how to run, he just didn't believe in himself, making him act like a bad runner indeed. Like the story of the ugly duckling who always believed there was something wrong with him, but turned out to be a swan :))

Official Cedric lore

So i found some official Cedric lore! I believe Cedric’s birthday would be January 18th? Mainly being that’s nearing the cut off date for Capricorn!

[sparrowsknife]

batjokes and the killing joke

before/during the bronze age of dc joker and batman were often written as fun rivals, nothing really insane happened until the killing joke was released just a few years after the bronze age

the killing joke was so popular it was basically used as canon for future comics to come even though it's not canon. it provided a backstory for joker (even today joker has no canon backstory since he also said in kj "if I were to have a past I prefer it to be multiple choice..." so he makes up his past on the spot to make the victim feel sympathy for him) and a relationship between Bruce and joker of "I don't want us to end." that relationship is now applied to every comic ever that involves them.

the killing joke only revealed the tip of how manipulative joker can be and it's scary. death in the family was released after the killing joke which went more into jokers and batman's obsessions with each other. joker killed Jason because he felt like Jason was taking batman's attention from him, that he would disturb their never ending game

batman himself doesn't even realize his own mental state and how messed up his head is too and how he refuses to let joker die— he constantly saves joker for no reason other than the "I don't want us to end" thing. scott snyder does a rlly good job w that in his comics by making their relationship dependable and unhealthily obsessive. in the Batman who laughs, joker and batman have a similar conversation to the one in the killing joke. batman admits his feelings, but in bwl joker admits he doesn't want batman to die and only does things that he knows batman can get out of, saying that one of them can't be left standing; if they die, they die together.

in injustice Superman saw through Bruce's feelings to joker dying even though joker doesn't deserve that grief. superman straight up told batman "you loved him didn't you" which shocks the reader the most and again shows how messed up bruces mentality is with this attachment

in another comic, joker talks to catwoman (after learning about selinas and bruces wedding) about the end of the killing joke where bruce and joker laughed together under the rain and held each other, again showing obsession. he also tells Selina how she can't marry him because Bruce's attention will leave him. joker needs batman to hurt him, he needs Bruce's undivided attention.

there's also a comic where each year joker would give batman presents in hopes of guessing his birthday. and one year he decided to give himself up as a present. he said they're going to play the game forever until they die. there's no escaping each other and Bruce sadly realizes that what joker said was true. but in catwoman lonely city #4, joker stops their game to tell Bruce he feels tired, he wants them to stop. and Bruce wants the same, but they end up dying together at that moment where joker showed that transparency. both comics show joker calling batman "Bruce" telling the reader that he knows who batman is under the mask. joker only calls him Bruce when he wants to stop their game, when he feels vulnerable. both comics are also centered around a decision of either joker or civilians, and Bruce chose joker. this again goes back to the killing jokes and vaguely connects to it— that they'll be the death of each other, or when they choose to stop, they don't want to lose each other.

in new 52 joker finally loses his grip on his obsession w batman that he goes the farthest he can in showing batman that they need each other. he takes each of Bruce's kids and captures them doing a whole performance or whatever and at the end of death of the family, Bruce tells his kids about jokers intelligence, revealing joker knew who batman and his robins are under their masks basically their entire history (which is also shown in other comics where joker knows Bruce is disguising himself for a case) but joker doesn't mentally accept their identities because it would ruin their game

batman endgame goes even further into that, adding a lot more romantic subtext into their relationship than death of the family did. making them fall in a heart shaped pool of blood, a cover where they posed together as the molds of two lovers found from the remains Pompeii, but still following the killing jokes set relationship of "I don't want us to end"

batman and joker have so much history into them and even in stand alone comics there are still elements of the killing joke, joker reading through batman, Bruce saving joker even though he could've left him and more

also in the joker war Bruce is left with the decision of leaving joker behind or saving him from the explosion and since he knows just how smart joker is he tells him "if you were smart enough to rob the batsuit u can escape easily" and leaves him because he knows he's going to survive similar to how joker leaves Bruce to survive his own games

[chrisevansluv]

I know the whole truth behind CE and AB PR relationship. He found the love of his life in a Brazilian woman, but Megan doesn't allow them to be together and deceived him into believing that he needed a public relations relationship to get more visibility. But the truth is that she (Meg) used it to distance the Brazilian from him and prevent the two from meeting.

They chatted via whatsapp and the agent started to speak in his place, pretending to be him to hurt the Brazilian, even asking for money so that she could meet him. She thinks she achieved her goal and the Brazilian didn't notice, but the girl understood everything. I have evidence

He met the Brazilian in the most unusual way possible, she sent him a letter in the mail in 2020. They started talking since then, but there was always someone to get in the way. It is not the first time that the two, she and Chris, have been deceived. An assistant of his also pretended to be him in the past to hurt her feelings. She discovered the truth and managed to show it to him. But now it happened again and she can't access him anymore. They have such a beautiful, pure and true love. They are soulmates! She loves the trees and the sky, she sent him a letter in a purple envelope, she's brunette, almost his age, she told him her favorite Italian composer…

I need to hide her identity out of respect for her privacy, but this is proof: Brazilians are good at fighting, right?! She is fierce! lol

[21/12, 12:36] she: Christopher, I've tried to give you up, but I can't. I can't forget you, I can't stop thinking about you. I love you, I miss you so much. Come stick with me. You promised me to spend Christmas with me. Come please.

Summer has already arrived, I'm beautiful and hot with a bikini mark. The beach calls you. 😊 Come so we can talk, look each other in the eye and see what happens. Let's have fun and love each other. [21/12, 12:40] Chris Evans: Honey you block me because of money [21/12, 12:40] Chris Evans: You and mummy [21/12, 12:40] Chris Evans: You don't make the payment for us to meet why [21/12, 12:41] Chris Evans: I told you make the payment so we can meet together [21/12, 12:45] she: oh lord I was thinking he was already here. But it's still you, dog! [21/12, 12:46] Chris Evans: You call me a dog? [21/12, 12:48] she: Yeah, that's just who you are, pau mandado [21/12, 12:49] Chris Evans: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 [21/12, 12:52] she: Satanás , é você?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 [21/12, 12:54] Chris Evans: Honey why are you doing this to me honey [21/12, 12:55] she: Just send him my message, okay [21/12, 13:19] she: Do you work for Megan, right? [21/12, 13:21] she: We have a saying here in my country: I am Brazilian and I never give up! So let her know I won't give up on him, e.v.e.r. [21/12, 14:46] Chris Evans: Who are you talking about honey [21/12, 15:00] she: 1. You are the dog

Send my message to Chris, okay, dog?!

You can show Megan too [21/12, 15:01] Chris Evans: I don't understand you [21/12, 15:01] Chris Evans: What do you mean [21/12, 15:05] she: Just do what I told you, pau mandado [21/12, 15:05] Chris Evans: Pick my call [21/12, 15:06] she: No. I don't use to talk to dogs [21/12, 15:06] Chris Evans: Who is the dog 🐕 [21/12, 15:19] she: Did Megan like my voice? [21/12, 17:54] Chris Evans: Honey [21/12, 17:54] Chris Evans: Honey [21/12, 17:57] she: Yes, Megan [21/12, 18:05] Chris Evans: What are you doing me this [21/12, 18:06] she: What are you doing me this [21/12, 18:11] she: Why you don't like me? What right do you have to rule his life? [21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: Honey you have to know I love you too [21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: Please [21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: Come back to me okay [21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: I don't like this way your giving me honey [21/12, 18:19] she: You really don't know the truth, do you? Ask Megan. Oh no she won't tell because she is very bitter and will never say how jealous she is. Does she do therapy?! It's a very good thing to do [21/12, 18:34] Chris Evans: You mean I should send your number to Chris Evans right [21/12, 18:36] she: Oh, now you know?! [21/12, 18:42] Chris Evans: Okay send your email [21/12, 18:43] she: Aeeeeee kkkkkkk, idiota 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thanks [21/12, 18:52] she: No need, no, he already has [21/12, 18:54] Chris Evans: Honey what is going on [21/12, 18:54] Chris Evans: Who are you talking about [21/12, 19:02] she: Are you afraid? Tell Megan I don't bite. You know, I'm praying for her all the time. Maybe she can be a good person [21/12, 19:25] Chris Evans: I don't understand [21/12, 20:02] she: bye

Good fanfic

[greatwesternway]

TTTE/DC (2017)

More DC Comics-themed mini comparisons.

Toby as Nightwing: Nah. You know what woulda been funny though? Toby as ye olde Golden Age Flash with the metal helmet. It'd be like his bell!

Thomas as Batman: No.

Victor as Superboy: No. Superboy is about looking up to a guy who you know you are meant to be like but coming up short on matching his abilities, and having to deal with what that means about your place in the world. Clearly a character meant for James. Superboy's color scheme is even First Day in the Yard James.

If you want red and black for Victor, El Diablo would be cool.

Gator as Swamp Thing: As obvious as Killer Croc was but okay.

Dash as Black Lightning: Not by a long shot! Black Lightning is responsible and has his shit together. Bash and Dash woulda been really cute as Más y Menos.

Toby as Blue Beetle: Yes if this were Ted Cord, but the face markings indicate that this Jaime Reyes so no. But I LOVE this livery on him! It's cashy as fuck.

Thomas as 52 Batman: Even more no than the other times I said no to Thomas as Batman.

Rosie as Star Sapphire: No. Star Sapphire is... complicated but I can't think of a single version of her that makes sense for Rosie. Good matches for Rosie are Supergirl, Wonder Girl, Stargirl, and Miss Martian.

Henry as Batman Beyond: Wow, no, but you know what? Sonny would be good for this version of Batman. Street hoodlum on a redemption arc? He wasn't around yet for this, but I'm tellin' you how it is.

Bash as Booster Gold: Okay, I think what they were going for were sort of similar liveries for Bash and Dash and while Booster Gold is far more appropriate to these guys than Black fkn Lightning is, you know who Booster Gold is really good for? Thomas. Booster Gold's deal is he's a glory-seeker who came from the future to become a superhero in the past using his future technology, but because he isn't acting out of pure good will, he often gets overshadowed by more just heroes. Also he and Thomas have the same color schemes. The blue's been tealed down a bit here for Bash.

James as Krypton Armor Superman: Okay, I actually had to research this one 'cause it's a New 52 thing and most of my DC knowledge comes from TV shows. Anyway, the deal with this is, Superman is normally invulnerable on Earth because of its yellow sun and so he does not need armor. On his home planet, the sun was red so no one had super powers and so if they were gonna get into fights, they had Krypton Armor. So it follows that if Superman goes to any other planet without a yellow sun, he needs armor because his powers are diminished. At least in the New 52. That's a thing that gets handwaved unless the story's too good normally. Anyway, that's kinda cool for James, since his paintjob is a sort of personality armor.

Emily as Wonder Woman: No.

Rosie as Starfire: Yeah! There you go! Now you're cookin' with butter.

Toby as Blue Beetle: No, but it looks so goddamn good on him!

Henry as Green Arrow: You know what? I didn't actually say if I thought Green Arrow was an appropriate character for Henry. The thing about Green Arrow is, he's kinda like Batman in that he's just a regular guy with a lot of money, but unlike Batman he's friendly and personable. The main thing about him, though, is that he tends to be characterized as a bleeding heart type who fights not only regular crime, but oppression from other rich guys and the military and shit like that. I don't recall this ever translating into treehugging, but I could see that kind of plot for him. Anyway, Green Arrow isn't perfect for Henry, but I can see some logic there.

James as Brainiac: loul no. Not to say that James isn't capable of some rat-fuck connivery, but that's actually not Brainiac's style. He's more of a 9D chess kinda guy.

Percy as Reverse Flash: I originally thought this was James and I already said I liked Flash for James, but Reverse Flash is quite good in respect to James' bullshit with Duck. But this is, in fact, Percy and I don't think this is him at all, but I do like that he's at least been given a character that isn't a sidekick to a character Thomas has. And Percy as a villain... now there's an idea that could bear more exploration. Kinda like that episode with Bulgy where he daydreams that Percy is the one keeping him and the roadways down? Percy as a villain is so fuckin' funny.

Belle as Raven: No. There's another match for Belle coming up and I think it's perfect. As for Raven... maybe late-game Mavis who's not so full of her own ideas anymore and takes shit more seriously?

Emily as Poison Ivy: No, I'm tellin' you, Poison Ivy is Daisy.

Hiro as Bane: No. Ryan might be fun as Bane. 'Cause of the pipes and all. As for Hiro, if you want to make him a villain, maybe Ra's al Ghul? Or Vandal Savage. You know, guys who live for fucking ever. If you want to not do that, you could make him Martian Manhunter, who's also a million years old, wise as all hell, and who in at least one continuity took up a secret identity as a normal man in an Asian country.

Belle as Batgirl: This isn't the perfect match for Belle, but yeah, I could see this. Might also work for Emily.

Gordon as Darkseid: Goddamn, what did Gordon ever do to you, Fisher-Price? Darkseid is one of the biggest bads there are. Gordon's kind of a dick a lot of the time, but he's not that bad. That bein' said, if you want to make him a big bad, I think he'd look real handsome as the Anti-Monitor. Otherwise, I think he'd ought to be Superman. He's biggest and best and a member of the press.

Luke as Beast Boy: Yes. Perfect.

Ferdinand as Martian Manhunter: Nope. For real. Lobo. It'd be fun!

Belle as Big Barda: There she is! Perfect, beautiful, love that for her.

Gordon as Azrael Batman: Man, here's a dark-ass take too, goddamn. What do they got against Gordon? Suffice to say, no, I don't think insane assassin taking up the mantle of Batman is right for ol' Gordo. Although, Azrael was a test-tube baby which is kinda like being a prototype. All the same, no.

Henry as Green Arrow: Yeah, all right.

Millie as Harley Quinn: No, Rebecca.

Diesel 10 as The Joker: No, Lex Luthor.

Hiro as Steel Superman: Okay, so Steel Superman (just Steel) was a guy who tried to become Superman after actual Superman died. Had a metal Superman suit, kinda like Metal Cap Mario but it's Superman. Except it's not Superman, it's a guy dressed as Superman if Superman wore a metal suit because regular Superman is dead. Yeah, it's confusing. Howeveur, apart from being Metal-skin Supeman, Steel's also railway themed! His secret identity is John Henry Irons and he carries a sledgehammer and has wrist-mounted rivet guns. Is it perfect for Hiro? No, but I'm kinda into it!

Porter as Captain Cold: Okay enough but I'm still tickled about him being Hourman for the sand.

Percy as Red Tornado: I like Red Tornado way more for Victor, but I don't hate this. It's not right for Percy though. Let's see. Static maybe, if we're bein' serious. Long Shadow would be a fun joke since Percy's short and small. Lagoon Boy if we want to be mean.

Stanley as Black Hand: Uh, in a really tenuous way, you might say that Thomas interpreting Stanley's arrival as a threat to his position is sorta like Black Hand stealing Green Lantern ring energy. But I wouldn't. I think he'd look quite handsome as Aztek.

Gordon as Darkseid: No.

Paxton as Lex Luthor: No, Diesel 10.

Luke as Beast Boy: Yes!

Edward as Arctic Batman: No, but that's a cute livery.

Sidney as Mister Miracle: No. If anyone should be Mister Miracle, a magician specializing in escape artistry, I think it should be Oliver.

Diesel as Captain Boomerang: Love it 'cause Diesel's bullshit always comes back around to him, don't it?

Diesel 10 as Deadshot: You know what? At first glace I was like "no", but actually, I'm like "yeah". 'Cause see, on the one hand, Deadshot is an impeccable marksman whereas Diesel 10 can hardly control his hydraulic arm at all, such that he gave it a name and treats it as if it has a mind of its own. On the other hand, Deadshot is a tactical genius and (ignoring The Magic Railroad) Diesel 10 is too. For a train, anyway. Deadshot is also a demolitions expert and Diesel 10 once inadvertently set the Dieselworks on fire. Overall, yeah, I like this match for its irreverent play on parallel.

Millie as Bumblebee: Yyyyyeah, okay. Millie is one of the more capable trains (it's why she's in charge of the Estate Railway) and she has a similar sensibility to Bumblebee. Not completely deadpan, able to joke and have fun, but takes the job seriously.

Thomas as Superman: Nope.

Bert as Shazam!: They gave 'Arry Shazam the year previous, but I'm really thinking Phillip would be the best Shazam. Phillip might not have been on the show yet, but he's perfect for Shazam. As for Bert, since I suggested Metallo for 'Arry, how about a wild card match: Steel. Those two fought once and they're both metal-themed. If we're disregarding matched pairs, I think one or the other of them would also make a good Orion.

James as Flash: Yes, perfect.

Skarloey as Arsenal: I want to say no, but there is a little bit there maybe. Skarloey gettin' his extra wheels and new cab is a little like Arsenal getting his hotshit robot arm. And Arsenal is kind of a dickhead for a while while he gets over hisself. I don't know if Arsenal is who I'd pick for Skarloey, but there's at least a tenuous logic.

Victor as Hawkman: No, make my boy Red Tornado!

Scruff as Armor Batman: Nnnnno, I don't think so. Still voting that Scruff would make a cute Creeper.

Ferdinand as Mr. Freeze: Actually, I wouldn't say no to Porter as Mr. Freeze. That'd be quite apt. But I maintain, Ferdinand oughta be Lobo.

Charlie as the Riddler: Yes!

Emily as Vixen: No. Nia would make a fun Vixen because the thing about Vixen is she has animal powers, but she's actually never been in the jungle and has no survivalist knowledge at all. She's a fashion model and lives in a loft in Chelsea.

Salty as Clark Kent: I have a tenuous thought about this which is, Salty is always tellin' his yarns and these dumbass trains believe him which is quite similar to Superman putting on a pair of glasses and telling people he's not Superman and they believe him too. So yeah, all right.

[agent-flame]

@gecemi09 This is a doozy... lol

Barry Allen was THE Silver Age personified in a way. It's widely acknowledged that the Silver Age began with his creation and ended with his death (Crisis on Infinite Earths), and his character really embodies that era. He was smart, he was a good hero, he didn't really have anything driving him to be a hero beyond the desire to be good and to use his powers for the greater good. He was, in many ways, a perfect hero.

His death also changed comics. He died a hero's death, sacrificing himself to save the world after having already retired to the 30th century. It really changed the tone of comics from the more whimsical and goofy ideas to a world that could have very real deaths. Jason Todd absolutely wouldn't have been killed off, at the very least in the way he was killed, had Barry not died. Hal Jordan wouldn't have become Paralax had Barry been alive. Thus, Kyle Rayner (probably my favorite and, in my opinion, most interesting Lantern) wouldn't have been made.

But above all, it comes back to Wally. Wally was out of the superhero game due to a disease caused by his powers that was healed during Crisis. He still went to fight regardless, and as Barry destroyed an anti-matter canon, weakening the Anti-Monitor significantly, his body began to decompose as it destroyed him. He was projected into various moments in the past, talking to Batman, Wally, and a few others and before long, he was reduced to nothing but his suit and ring, which was given to Wally.

Wally decided to become the Flash to honor Barry but he was significantly slower, only able to reach the sound barrier when he was previously able to keep up with Barry at around light speed. Turns out it was due to a mental block he put on himself to try and make sure he never replaced Barry, but after Eobard Thawne pretended to be Barry and was actively ruining Barry's legacy, Wally finally let go of that block and grew as a character.

Wally's Flash was easily the most human one. He made a ton of mistakes and missteps, but ultimately, was better for it. He was able to befriend and redeem Rogues, Pied Piper being the best example, and actively tried talking them down first. The thing is Barry was never forgotten and he actually would show up in the comics as a mentor who would give Wally some advice. That's where Barry retiring to the future comes in to play. He knew he died in Crisis and accepted that fact, going to the past to talk to Wally but knowing that his time as a hero was over.

Him coming back to life ruins a lot of that, hence why they did Flashpoint and the New 52 just 2 years later. Because Barry was still a Silver Age hero. Because him coming back was him immediately after he was presumed dead. Jason Todd was still coming off of the Silver Age when he died, yes, but he had canonical years to adjust to the new world and was actively a more developed character than he was before. Barry didn't have that time, so they decided to give him a backstory he didn't have before and killed off his mother to make him fit in more. Then they used that backstory to make him go back in time, something Barry actually commonly warned Wally about, and reset the world, taking away Wally's character, making Barry seem more hypocritical, destroying the impact of a major death, and otherwise destroying the lore. All. Because. Barry. Came. Back.

People on reddit who say "Jason Todd" when theyre asked "one dc character who should have stayed dead" are soo rage inducing to me. Like yes, I am obssessed w Jason but also. ALSO. "because his death was a very important thing for batman mythos but now that hes back its worthless" bitch are we reading the same comics??? Jasons death i literally more relevant now that hes back than it was while he was dead. Back then it was just the occasional "oh jason was reckless impulsive angry *insert any insult abt ur dead son/grandson here* etc." from Bruce where he would feel his manpain and angst abt Jason and the "wow jason was such a loser lol" from t*m and uhh idk what was going on w dick tbh. Anyway that was all jason was reduced to for SEVENTEEN YEARS. And also if you ask me Jason fulfills a niche in the "batfam" that can't be filled by anyone else. (Sans Lance Bruner perhaps but who even remembers him. Also he was robin for a day to impersonate dick so its not the same) And before the Helena stans come at me, yes she also kills but she sinply doesn't have the same relationship with the bats that Jason does and thats a fact. She has no prior history with them and there is no "familial" relationship. I really got off point but like. Jason never being resurrected would have been such a missed potential for a great character imo. Same goes if he is killed off now, when we've already seen what a writer that cares abt him can do with him(there are some parts of Winick's writing I don't like but compared to..certain others its immensely better).

Conclusion: People who want jason dead are just haters.

[ihatebnha]

I NEED MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT OLD DAD BAKUGOU!

Also in the tags you mentioned us being 40 and bakugou being 52, how did the world think of the age gap or our parents?

Is bakugou still horny all the time at the age of 52?

OLD DAD BAKUGO... I've honestly always been a bit sorry that no one seemed to like that post as much as I did (as well as the fact that I didn't make you a bit older in my tags) because I had a ton of thoughts on it at the time...

BUT from what I remember, the post initially stemmed from my HC that Bakugo has children SUPER LATE just because he like... "forgets to" (meaning he only really decides/realizes he's up for them after his prime), and is actually the guy who asks YOU for one.

(Which, with my timeline, would be when you were around 35 and he was like... 47?)

The thought works pretty well if you wanna consider yourself his long time partner... but in my head (LMFAOOO this is so wild, I'm sorry), what I was toying around with was the idea that maybe you've actually only been dating him super casually (meaning... the public doesn't know about you) for the past couple years because... you both like each other A LOT but sorta go into it assuming that he's never gonna want to settle down since he hasn't for so long?

But finally, being with you (and I could talk about this forever but like, being the first person he's dated and really LIKED this much) and seeing all his nieces and nephews grow up has finally made him realize that maybe it's something he wants, too? And especially now that work is slowing down for him, as well.

So... it becomes this whole ass thing when your older, long-term bachelor boyfriend asks for a kid and to get married at the exact same time LMFAOOO🤠🤠🤠

(It's weird but ofc, you go with it because like, he's super honest and genuine about it AND you're not getting any younger either, right? Plus, he would be a pretty good dad now that he's got things all worked out, you think.)

...But I actually think you don't get too much shit from the media about your age gap, mostly because you're not that young, and because... people are genuinely more surprised about the relationship in general.

(The magazines are like, 'DYNAMIGHT MARRIED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS????????????????????????)

Same with his parents too, though... since you're not in your 20s and they REALLY, truly thought they'd never get a grandchild... they don't give a crap LOL and are just happy you're with him.

(Even if they didn't agree, his parents know him and the fact that he'd just make some public speech about how he's gonna do what he wants LOOOL regardless of what anyone thinks.)

But, yeah. Then he's 45 ish with his first baby. It's cute!!!!!!!!

-

As for horniness......... I feel like he'd be offended you even asked that. He's older not OUT OF SHAPE and IMPOTENT. Of course he's horny!!!

...just maybe... things have slowed down a tiny bit and he's not in it to prove anything or break any backs so much as he is just to take it easy and make you both feel good <333

Soft, slow sex... though he's always had a bit of that in him... nothing that makes him Hurt in the morning, at least adlfjads!!!

[layanasstories]

I posted 220 times in 2021

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#don’t forget to think about the real reason for this day; we all love v but the original history is important. <3

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

One shot - regrets.

"Hey Grandma, can I ask you something?"

"Of course you can dear. What is it you want to ask?"

"Do you regret something in your life, or in the past?"

"Hmm, not that I can think of"

"Ooh come on.. there must be something"

"There is something, but are you old enough to hear it?"

"Grandma! I am 22, I think I am old enough!"

"Alright, alright I will tell you. When I was around your age, maybe a bit older. I was in luck to meet the most wonderful, bright and loving man I ever met."

"Was it Grandpa?"

"No my dear, and thats what I regret. Don't get me wrong. I love your grand father, he was a good man for me. But I regret, never chasing this man, and just take the leap and see where it would end"

"You didn't? Why?"

"Oh secrets I cannot tell you love. But oh goodness did he steal my heart"

"What was his name Granny?"

"Jake, his name was Jake"

111 notes • Posted 2021-07-30 18:18:04 GMT

#4

I was wondering... can we just make this a common thing? Like that way we can recognise Duskwooders in the wild?

For example when someone is being rude, just say. "Don't you dare to pull a Dan on me!"

Or when someone is nosy... "Really Cleo?"

Or maybe when someone is being a bit of a whimp "Oh you're such a Tommyboy"

117 notes • Posted 2021-06-07 06:39:49 GMT

#3

Jake x the Group

Lilly: I want to hold a vote

The group: goes beserk...

Jake interrupts with his video

The group incl MC: what did I just see?🤨

....

MC: uhm... Jake? Did you just share your tiktok dance video?

Jake: ....

....

All phones die at the same time.

120 notes • Posted 2021-02-24 17:52:55 GMT

#2

Jessy? X MC

MC ranting to her friend

MC: Jessy, I know you think he creepy and all that. But you don't know him like I do.

MC: He is kind and funny. He protecs me when I needed and he is sweet. Also confusing, see he said he cares about me. But I care about friends too, really hope he didn't frienzone me. Because, I am head over heals for this guy. I know it's weird I never saw his face or heard his real voice. But I fell in love with him anyway. Is that weird Jessy?

Jake: No, it's not. I am 100% sure I am in love with you too.

Jake: Also, I am 100% sure, I am not Jessica

MC: ...

MC: 😱

MC now offline

MC now online

MC: Wait. What?!

Jake: ;)

Jake now offline

135 notes • Posted 2021-02-22 07:42:54 GMT

#1

Jake x MC

- after he has read Phil and Jessy's chat.

Jake: what are you going to anwser, if Jessica asks you?

MC: what do you want me to say?

Jake: the truth.

MC: and the truth is? Am I still single, Jake?

Jake: ...

Jake: No.

***Jake offline***

775 notes • Posted 2021-02-10 09:05:41 GMT

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[barneswilsonrogers]

I know the whole truth behind the CE and AB PR relationship. He's found the love of his life in a Brazilian woman, but Megan won't let them be together and deceived him into believing he needed a public relations relationship to get more visibility. But the truth is that she (Meg) used it to distance the Brazilian from him and prevent the two from meeting.

They chatted via whatsapp and the agent started to speak in his place, pretending to be him in order to hurt the Brazilian girl, even asking for money so that she could meet him. She thinks she achieved her goal and the Brazilian didn't notice, but the girl understood everything. I have evidence

He met the Brazilian in the most unusual way possible, she sent him a letter in the mail in 2020. They started talking since then, but there was always someone to get in the way. It’s not the first time that the two, she and Chris, have been deceived. An assistant of his also pretended to be him in the past to hurt her feelings. She discovered the truth and managed to show it to him. But now it happened again and she can't access him anymore. They have such a beautiful, pure and true love. They are soulmates! She loves trees and the sky, sent him a letter in a purple envelope, she's brunette, almost his age, she told him her favorite Italian composer...

I need to hide her identity out of respect for her privacy, but this is proof:

Brazilians are good at fighting, huh?! She is fierce! Lol

[21/12, 12:36] she: Christopher, I've tried to give you up, but I can't. I can't forget you, I can't stop thinking about you. I love you, I miss you so much. Come stick with me. You promised me to spend Christmas with me. Come please.

Summer has already arrived, I'm beautiful and hot with a bikini mark. The beach calls you. 😊 Come so we can talk, look each other in the eye and see what happens. Let's have fun and love each other.

[21/12, 12:40] Chris Evans: Honey you block me because of money

[21/12, 12:40] Chris Evans: You and mummy

[21/12, 12:40] Chris Evans: You don't make the payment for us to meet why

[21/12, 12:41] Chris Evans: I told you make the payment so we can meet together

[21/12, 12:45] she: oh lord I was thinking he was already here. But it's still you, dog!

[21/12, 12:46] Chris Evans: You call me a dog?

[21/12, 12:48] she: Yeah, that's just who you are, pau mandado

[21/12, 12:49] Chris Evans: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[21/12, 12:52] she: Satanás , é você?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[21/12, 12:54] Chris Evans: Honey why are you doing this to me honey

[21/12, 12:55] she: Just send him my message, okay

[21/12, 13:19] she: Do you work for Megan, right?

[21/12, 13:21] she: We have a saying here in my country: I am Brazilian and I never give up! So let her know I won't give up on him, e.v.e.r.

[21/12, 14:46] Chris Evans: Who are you talking about honey

[21/12, 15:00] she: 1. You are the dog

2. Send my message to Chris, okay, dog?!

3. You can show Megan too

[21/12, 15:01] Chris Evans: I don't understand you

[21/12, 15:01] Chris Evans: What do you mean

[21/12, 15:05] she: Just do what I told you, pau mandado

[21/12, 15:05] Chris Evans: Pick my call

[21/12, 15:06] she: No. I don't use to talk to dogs

[21/12, 15:06] Chris Evans: Who is the dog 🐕

[21/12, 15:19] she: Did Megan like my voice?

[21/12, 17:54] Chris Evans: Honey

[21/12, 17:54] Chris Evans: Honey

[21/12, 17:57] she: Yes, Megan

[21/12, 18:05] Chris Evans: What are you doing me this

[21/12, 18:06] she: What are you doing me this

[21/12, 18:11] she: Why you don't like me?  What right do you have to rule his life?

[21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: Honey you have to know I love you too

[21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: Please

[21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: Come back to me okay

[21/12, 18:15] Chris Evans: I don't like this way your giving me honey

[21/12, 18:19] she: You really don't know the truth, do you? Ask Megan. Oh no she won't tell because she is very bitter and will never say how jealous she is. Does she do therapy?! It's a very good thing to do

[21/12, 18:34] Chris Evans: You mean I should send your number to Chris Evans right

[21/12, 18:36] she: Oh, now you know?!

[21/12, 18:42] Chris Evans: Okay send your email

[21/12, 18:43] she: Aeeeeee kkkkkkk, idiota 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thanks

[21/12, 18:52] she: No need, no, he already has

[21/12, 18:54] Chris Evans: Honey what is going on

[21/12, 18:54] Chris Evans: Who are you talking about

[21/12, 19:02] she: Are you afraid? Tell Megan I don't bite. You know, I'm praying for her all the time. Maybe she can be a good person

[21/12, 19:25] Chris Evans: I don't understand

[21/12, 20:02] she: bye

This is the wildest thing i've ever read on tumblr and given that I've been here for years, that says A LOT