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hellhathfrozethover · 2 years ago

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Mega Man 2 Powered Up - Dialogue (*Mega Man route)

uh.

out of nowhere, I know. but also....please...I've been thinking abt this concept for years. turning it over and over in my head for quite literally, years. at least since 7th grade.

it needs to get Out of my system and Put somewhere...even if it sucks and plenty of people have tread this ground before.

It's not just banter either! got ideas for extra modes, challenges, bonus content, dlc....fuck man i just miss mmpu, what can I say? but i need to focus on one aspect at a time or we'll never get a thing done.

this kind of blossomed out of an abandoned project i was doing w former friends. as far as i know (unless one of them wants to step up and take it from me), it was pretty much left to my hands. we didnt get very far, but i'm fairly secure in Rock's, Metal's, and Air's exchanges, and the circumstances surrounding the Wilybots' playability.

i have plenty of thumbnails, but they're all scribbly and just for personal ref. it's hard to tell what's going on in some of them so i decided not to include them. i might do the ones i scrapped up for the opening cinematic and ending, but eh. only if anyone gives a shit lol.

further apologies if these characterisations don't agree with you lmao. you must understand going in that ive got my own ideas of how ppl sound and act and it reflects in the way they're written.this may lead to Cringe. please contact your health provider if you feel an acute sensation of Cringe lasting longer than five hours after reading this script. other side effects such as dizziness, nausea, dry mouth, and diarrhoea have been rep

(OPENING MONOLOGUE)

Narrator: The year is 200X. Dr. Light's former lab assistant, Rock, has since been modified into a super robot named Mega Man. Mega Man was built to stop the evil desires of Dr. Wily. As such, he rescued his fellow creations of Dr. Light from his clutches and saved the people of Earth. After his defeat, Dr. Wily retired to the cover of shadow…only to return boasting eight new robots of his own…

(TUTORIAL STAGE CUTSCENE)

[Mega Man runs across a terrorised city street in the middle of the night.]

[His COM unit begins to ring as he's running. It rings twice before he picks up, still running.]

Mega Man: Professor? Is that you?

Dr. Light: It is. Roll and I have gathered some intel for you: We have the approximate locations of Dr. Wily's robots.

Mega Man: Right. I'll be back to the lab as soon as I can.

Dr. Light: Don't be reckless, Rock. The maps show danger on the roads ahead of you. Please be careful out there.

[Dr. Light hangs up. Shortly after, an explosion is heard. Mega Man narrowly avoids bullet fire and proceeds to the right, beginning the tutorial stage.]

(VS. WILY - 1st TIME)

--WARNING!--

[Dr. Wily approaches from the background in his new capsule. The top opens, and he steps forward. His irises are distinctly red.]

Dr. Wily: Nu-ha-ha! You are too late, Mega Man! My robots are already busy conquering every major institution in your country! Soon, nothing will stand between me, and a seat at the top of this world!

Mega Man: Dr. Wily, why are you doing this?! You told me you were a changed man!

Dr. Wily: And you truly believed me? You are worse than the idiot human who constructed you! But enough talk -- I have business to attend to!

[Dr. Wily retreats into his capsule, and flies vertically out of sight. A cumbersome red battle mech named PLAT-4M stomps in menacingly from the right side of the screen.]

Dr. Wily: Fare-well, you insignificant little helper robot! Nwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!

(POST-TUTORIAL STAGE CUTSCENE)

[PLAT-4M is totaled, but still present after the fight. Mega Man's COM unit rings, twice again, before he picks up.]

Dr. Light: Rock! Are you alright?

Mega Man: Yeah…I just beat the mech Dr. Wily sent after me…

Dr. Light: Let's have a look…oh, that's very interesting…do you think could you do me a favour? Please, send this machine back to the lab. I have an idea.

Mega Man: What is it, Professor?

Dr. Light: Its moving parts in isolation may be useful to you, if reconfigured. I don't know precisely how quite yet, but I'll keep you updated on future developments as I work.

Mega Man: Understood, I'm on it. Over and out!

[PLAT-4M is sent off to Light Laboratories in a beam of red and white light. Mega Man follows shortly thereafter.]

-LOADING...-

[Mega Man touches base and stops in front of a large, idle monitor. Dr. Light and Roll are waiting on the left.]

Roll: Welcome back! Oh -- here's the location data Dr. Light was talking about!

[The screen cuts on, showing the eight robots available on the stage select.]

Dr. Light: They may not be exact, but the readings show they are stationed in these general areas. A quick search may turn up results.

Mega Man: Thanks, Professor. I'll head out as soon as I can.

Roll: Good luck, Rock! We're counting on you!

(VS. METAL MAN)

--WARNING!--

[A Metal Blade flies across the room just over Mega Man's head. Metal Man flips himself up on the belt from below to catch it, and pose.]

Metal Man: Sorry kid, no access past this point. Afraid I'm gonna have to cut you off here.

Mega Man: I'm not leaving until you give up control of the recycling plant, Metal Man!

Metal Man: Stubborn, are we? Heh…if you wanna get sent home in shreds, that's fine by me.

(VS. AIR MAN)

--WARNING!--

[Similarly to his appearance in Mega Man: The Power Battle, Air Man emerges from the eye of a developing tornado.]

Air Man: HARK! The vagabond rapscallion appears! What wind blows you here?

Mega Man: The winds of change! I'm here to stop you!

Air Man: FORSOOTH! The great AIR MAN will not be defeated by an insolent whelp such as yourself! Have at you, MegaMan!

(VS. BUBBLE MAN)

--WARNING!--

[Similarly to his appearance in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Bubble Man rises up in a giant bubble. When it pops, he performs a backflip stroke.]

Bubble Man: Buh, what was it…oh! Ahem... Welcome, Mega Man, to Davy Jones' Locker!

Mega Man: Aww, a bubblemaking robot, he's totally harmless... We don't have to fight, do we?

Bubble Man: B-buh? Harmless?! I…I'm dangerous I tell you, super dangerous! Take me on, I'll make you eat craw!

(VS. QUICK MAN)

--WARNING!--

[Quick Man dashes across the raised floors in a blur. At the peak of his third jump, he flips into a pose on the room's right end.]

Quick Man: What took you so long? Waitin' on slowpokes really drives me crazy, y'know?

Mega Man: Quick Man, hurry and shut this place down! You're gonna wreck the city's central power grid!

Quick Man: No way! Now that you're finally here, I'm runnin' you into the ground! Don't blink -- you'll miss me!

(VS. CRASH MAN)

--WARNING!--

[The pipes on the right end of the room explode violently. Crash Man is blasted in, but recovers with a roll and stumble to a stand.]

Crash Man: You're Mega Man…the evil monster Dr. Wily warned me about…

Mega Man: Evil…? No, you're wrong! I'm fighting against world domination!

Crash Man: I WON'T FALL FOR YOUR TRICKS! For the sake of Dr. Wily, and all my brothers, I WILL DESTROY YOU!!

(VS. FLASH MAN)

--WARNING!--

[Everything freezes until there's a sudden burst of white light. As it clears, Flash Man materialises on the right end of the room in a pose.]

Flash Man: Oh my…even from here, I can see your heart's been blinded by the light…isn't it sad?

Mega Man: Huh? What are you talking about…?

Flash Man: Forced to fight to protect those close to you…hasn't it clicked that we're one in the same?

(VS. HEATMAN)

--WARNING!--

[Heat Man's box sits plainly on the floor until it jumps. His arms and legs pop out, and the lid opens in a flare of fire once he's fully standing.]

Heat Man: Ugh. Guess I don't get my five minutes…hang on, I'll get ignited.

Mega Man: If you don't have the fire, we don't have to fight…

Heat Man: And get roasted by Dr. Wily for ignoring orders? How stupid do you think I am?

(VS. WOODMAN)

--WARNING!--

[The trees and their leaves above shake vigorously. Wood Man falls to the ground in a crouch, with a resonant rumble.]

Wood Man: The air, trees, water, animals, all innocent, all ruined…what kind of hero are you, man?

Mega Man: I…I didn't want to, but if I don't weed you out of here…

Wood Man: I can forgive a lot, but messing with the natural world…you just barked up the wrong tree, little dude.

("WILY CASTLE APPEARS" CUTSCENE)

-LOADING...-

[Mega Man returns to the laboratory. The room's lights are lower. The screen is idle and no longer reflects the stage select.]

Roll: Rock! Look at this!

Dr. Light: We've finally managed to tag Dr. Wily's ship.

[The screen settles into a clouded sky. The camera zooms into it until the perspective is from the sky itself, which is tracking Dr. Wily's capsule as it moves through the growing storm.]

Mega Man: That's him, alright, but…where's he going?

[Dr. Wily flips open the lid. His irises are still red. He briefly acknowledges/teases the camera by pulling a face and waggling his eyebrows. He shuts it again, and tries to outpace the camera.]

Dr. Light: A building mysteriously appeared from underground on a South Pacific island just recently…we have reason to believe it's his base of operations...Wily Castle.

[While Dr. Light is speaking, Dr. Wily vanishes through the clouds. When the camera catches up through the fog, it focuses at the bottom of the fortress. Cue prelude. It tilts up just in time to see Dr. Wily retreating into the eye of the skull. There is a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder.]

Roll: It's under super tight guard...

[The monitor then comes back into play as the view of the fortress becomes a grid map.]

Roll: The only way in, is to break in.

[The camera pulls out and fades back in to Light Labs, where the three are standing, facing the screen.]

Roll: If you climb around the outside wall, you might be able to sneak through the air ducts.

[The three turn to face each other.]

Dr. Light: We'll be geotagging you to build a map of the area as you proceed, so you won't get lost.

Mega Man: Then, I can find Dr. Wily and figure out what's throwing me off about him...

Dr. Light: Throwing you off?

Mega Man: ...N-no, forget it, there's no time. Thank you both -- promise I won't let you down!

Roll: Give it your all, Rock! You can do this!

[The map then becomes selectable, per fortress stage.]

(VS. MECHA DRAGON)

--WARNING!--

[Mecha Dragon's body lurches bit by bit. She then roars out a blaze of flames.]

Mecha Dragon: Rrrrr...chaarrrrrrr…

Mega Man: I-I've been tailed into a corner...there's no backing out now!

Mecha Dragon: Charrr….CHHOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!!

(VS. PICOPICO-KUN)

--WARNING!--

[The eyes in the walls peek before flashing various colours in quick succession.]

Picopico: FOREIGN PRESENCE IDENTIFIED. SCANNING...PLEASE STAND BY FOR CLOSING WALLS.

Mega Man: Who's talking to me...? Where are you?!

Picopico: MALICIOUS INTENT DETECTED. PLEASE WAIT...ENGAGING TERMINATION PROTOCOL.

(VS. GUTS TANK)

--WARNING!--

[Guts Tank rolls onscreen, then straightens up, punching its fists together.]

Guts Tank: I'VE...GOT...GUTS.

Mega Man: G-Guts Man? As a tank?! Where does Dr. Wily come up with these things...?

Guts Tank: I'M TAKING...YOU DOWN...WITH ME.

(VS. BOOBEAM TRAP)

--WARNING!--

[The eyes of each cannon rove about and glow until they fix on Mega Man. They then blink in unison.]

Boobeam: Mega Man is here? Mega Man is here! He is? Here! Where? There!

Mega Man: Who's controlling this room...? Can you hear me? Please, let me underground!

Boobeam: Request? Negatory! Invalid? Failed check! Fire? At will! At will? We will!

(VS. THE DR. WILY TELEPORT STATION)

*Conditions for this one being, only the first robot you encounter here is the one you have any dialogue with. The WARNING! also only shows up once.

--WARNING!--

[The robot you're rematching appears in the same manner and pose as they did when you first fought them. Their textures appear somewhat holographic.]

(VS. WILY MACHINE #2)

--WARNING!--

[The mech descends on screen with just a bit of puffing steam. Dr. Wily then drives his capsule into it, and pushes the windshield open. His irises are still red. His skin is now very slightly discoloured.]

Dr. Wily: Ack! You, are still alive?! My robots were better than that human Dr. Light's, so much stronger, and not a one of them could put a stop to you?!

Mega Man: Enough is enough, Dr. Wily! You're finished! Come out of the ship and turn yourself in!

Dr. Wily: I am "finished", am I?! We will see about that! My Wily Machine #2 is bigger and better than ever! One can only get lucky once, Mega Man! Say good-bye -- this is game over! Nu-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!

[He shuts the windshield and prepares the guns.]

(PHASE 2)

[The face of the ship breaks off, revealing Dr. Wily in the cockpit.]

Dr. Wily: RAGE!! No-no-no-no-no-no-no! Now you've gone and done it! But I am not defeated just yet!

[He improvises a temporary solution, shedding any extra broken parts. Wily Machine #2's HP refills.]

(PHASE 2 - END)

[Wily Machine #2 fully breaks down. While it does, the floor begins to rumble.]

Dr. Wily: Irritation...it appears I must rely on my true form after all...if you can break your fall, that is!

Mega Man: What? True form...?

[The floor gives way from underneath of Mega Man before Dr. Wily is seen getting away. This transitions the player directly into the secret final stage.]

(VS. DR. WILY?)

[Quietly, Dr. Wily's capsule descends. He jumps out of it and floats idle in the darkness. It spins away on autopilot without him. Roll is not heard giving a warning.]

Mega Man: What...what is this? Dr. Wily, where are we?!

Dr. Wily?: Tear down my robots, will you? Meddle with my perfect plan, will you? You have no idea WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, MEGA MAN.

[Halfway through the last sentence, his body begins to transform. Mega Man takes a step back, horrified.]

Mega Man: N-no...there's no way...!

[The vast starscape fades in around them once the Alien is fully transformed.]

Alien: EVERLASTING PEACE IS NOTHING BUT A FARCE. HERE AND NOW, EARTHLING, I WILL SHOW YOU JUST HOW MUCH YOUR PRECIOUS JUSTICE IS WORTH.

(POST-ALIEN BATTLE)

[Mega Man looks around as everything begins to deteriorate.]

Mega Man: It was...just a hologram...?

[Dr. Wily is seen trying to get everything back in good working order behind his terminal. He looks quite ragged.]

Dr. Wily: Guh...uh-oh! ...Please, have mercy?

[The machine that generated the alien hologram falls at Mega Man's feet. He shoots it, causing it to explode. The projector atop the room then powers down to dormancy.]

Dr. Wily: YIPE!!!

[Dr. Wily jumps out from behind the terminal, and proceeds to bow frantically.]

Dr. Wily: M-Mega Man, please forgive me! I-I had no intentions of going any farther, really! I'll pay reparations! [Cue fanfare.] I'll even make amends with Dr. Light, alright?! You win! I give, I giiiiiiive!

(ENDING CUTSCENE)

[The camera is focused on the now black stage select screen. Light Laboratories, shrouded in darkness, is then dimly illuminated by it whirring to life. Dr. Light and Roll meet up in front of it from opposite ends of the room. Its display shows Wily Castle billowing with smoke, and returning underground.]

Dr. Light: It's over...it's all over, he's done it! Rock's defeated Dr. Wily!

Roll: Oh, thank goodness he's out safely! So, when can you get him back home?

[Dr. Light immediately gets to work trying to locate Mega Man's signal. The monitor cuts to static.]

Dr. Light: If I can get a read on him, he's...ah...

Roll: Professor? What's the matter? What's wrong with Rock, is he okay?

Dr. Light: ...This...may take a bit longer than I thought...

**[Ending cutscene will be fully animated. There's more than 30 thumbnails. Will need to be a separate post in the future.]

(POST-CREDITS STINGER *pending)

[The screen is black.]

Dr. Wily: I know all the harm I've done. You don't have to forgive me, Thomas.

[The light lifts marginally. The two doctors are silhouetted, sitting in what looks to be a detention center. Cue music: a slow, melancholy remix of Dr. Wily's final boss theme from the original Powered Up.]

Dr. Light: I wouldn't have if I didn't get a chance to see you like this. To punish a man already deep in remorse…that isn't me. I only wish I could help you build a better future.

Dr. Wily: …We could start over.

Dr. Light: What do you mean?

Dr. Wily: Let me join you again. With our strengths combined, I can do what I've always wanted: show the world the true power of robotics.

Dr. Light: If your intentions truly are honest…then working towards everlasting peace is the only way.

Dr. Wily: That's it! A peacekeeping robot! We'll build one so supermassive, no evil could ever threaten it! We could retire MegaMan's hero act for good!

Dr. Light: He has always hated fighting…but to build a guardian for the entire planet…

Dr. Wily: It would take materials beyond what's available on Earth, but that's a non-issue in our modern times! If we work together, I believe all things are possible…don't you?

Dr. Light: …I do.

Dr. Wily: I knew you'd come around. But…I can hardly do anything held captive by the state.

Dr. Light: That won't be a problem. I'll post your bail by tomorrow and hire you back at Light Laboratories ASAP. Your robots, too. For such a big project, we'll need all hands on deck, possibly another set altogether…this is going to be revolutionary. I'm proud of you, Albert, truly.

Dr. Wily: I can't thank you enough. You're making the right decision, Thomas. From now on, I promise…we won't speak anymore of war.

[The player is prompted to save once more before being returned to the company logos and opening cinematic.]

--END--

#mega man #megaman #rockman #ロックマン #mega man powered up #mega man 2 powered up #MM2PU #head vomit #200th post. not 200th original post but yk. in general #hopefully this is passable right #IVE REALY JUST GOT SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT IT.....from the music to the art direction #the UI the gameplay the way old style mode works....construction mode #since they gave us a christmas and halloween pack in the original like #i started thinking about more holidays. new years pack. valentines day maybe #AND THEN OUTFITS FOR ROCK BC HE NEEDS TO SHARE IN THE COSTUME FUN AS WELL #we'll save all that for separate posts tho bc hell. the art of pacing oneself is a virtue lmao

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moonlight-mistral · 6 years ago

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a concept sketch for a meowstic mega evolution I'm designing!

#pokemon #meowstic #mega evolution #my art #I'm trying to incorporate some mystical elements into the design #sort of like delphox #sorry for being so inactive lately #i'v been super busy with school this quarter and most of the stuff ive been drawing wouldn't really fit in with this blog #im going to try to post a bit more on twitter #by posting small updates about what i'm doing and stuff

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normal-thoughts-official · 3 years ago

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Do you think Alec and Magnus use condoms? How do you think warlocks deal with STD?

REALLY interesting question, i must say that i love it. thank you anon. i hope you know that i will take it way too seriously

okay, so the first question is, ARE magnus and alec susceptible to STDs? unexpected p-words are not a problem because warlocks are sterile anyway (and, if you subscribe to both magnus and alec being of the same AGAB, also because it's not possible to get both gametes or whatever), so let's focus on the STD aspect (really important!). i think human STDs would not affect them, or at least not magnus. maybe alec because shadowhunters are notably more susceptible to weaknesses humans have, like disease and mortality and whatnot. but would human STDs affect warlocks?

i tend to go with no, because warlocks are immortal. immortality, especially as it is built in the sh verse (immortals can be killed but their body won't die on its own) kind of implies that they have, like, supercells or superorgans or something, that don't deteriorate - or, alternatively, that can rebuild way faster than they could be deterioriated. im saying that because stuff like aging and eventually dying is essentially the process in which your body can no longer replace dying cells at the same speed at which they die, which leads to your body weakening as a lot of its functions are impaired. therefore, immortality as in not aging and not dying on your own but still being able to be killed if you are, say, stabbed, implies that that process simply doesn't happen. so we have one of the two: either the cells don't die, or the speed at which they are replaced never changes

in my understanding, this implies that diseases don't affect immortals. maybe they can even contract them, but their body is too strong for it to have an effect. like having a disease without symptoms. but i tend to believe that rather than living with 8945134081 deadly viruses and bacteria inside them just sleeping around, the viruses and bacteria simply can't live inside them - both because superbody means super-immunological system and because superbody means that the bacteria and viruses essentially have no place to grow in, as they can't break their cells or whatever it is that that particular strain does

like - and that is true particularly for viruses as far as i remember, not so much bacteria - the way these mfs work is that they attack the cells of a body and use them to reproduce. but if you are talking about a body that has cells that are essentially unbreakable or so highly regenerative any attack on them is dealt with so quickly it doesn't even have an effect, i don't think any virus should be able to break into their cells in the first place. they would die without reproducing and bam, done. if you are going with the second theory (warlock cells do die, they just can keep replacing them as much as they want without a problem) then you probably have a situation where the virus can reproduce, but its reproduction doesn't lead to any problems because the dead cells are replaced as fast as they are killed. in that case, the warlock would be, technically, carrying the disease indefinitely. but i tend to think that considering how strong that body is and the fact that they have an immunological system (as they are half human and have no reason not to inherit that from their human parents) that is ALSO mega strong would mean these viruses would probably be eliminated quickly

bacterial diseases are different since mostly what bacterias do (again as far as i remember) is that they live inside the body, not necessarily inside the cells, but using the body's space to reproduce, and eventually their presence - usually due to the fact that they produce toxic elements that affect the host - leads to nearby cells dying/the space they are in deteriorating, etc. but again warlock's cells are either essentially unbreakable or highly regenerative, so that wouldn't be a problem, and they could overpower invasive bacteria easily before a colony could form. so, no human bacterial diseases would be able to flourish, either

and that's not even considering the fact that as they are half human they probably have an immunological system that is ALSO superstrong and therefore able to fuck up any disease causers. or the role magic might take in protecting the body, like, who's to say the magic itself doesn't kill any invasive bacteria or viruses that come into the body before it can do anything? why not?

so all of that, allied with the fact that many viruses and bacteria are evolved to develop within the systems of a particular species (for example, that particular virus has evolved to grow in a cow's digestive system, and therefore can't survive for long in a monkey's or a human's), is interpreted by me as "warlocks can't contract human diseases", since warlocks are a different species from humans, as are shadowhunters. sure, they're hybrids, which makes this part of the argument a little more complicated but obviously their demon side is stronger than their human side, since they are immortal. and demons definitely aren't getting rabies or whatever because that is just too fucking lame

so okay! no human STDs. we have established that now. bUT, i think it's possible that warlocks are able to contract their OWN diseases - strains that attack warlocks specifically, particularly a warlock's magic, since again they kind of have a superbody but i feel like the magic is a more fragile thing, especially as they aren't fully magical (because they're half human)

don't ask me how these work <3 obviously magic can interact with non-magical beings and elements so maybe there are bacteria are viruses that developed specifically to settle in magical components, but that sounds like a huge evolutive leap since magic is so different from like, cells. or maybe there are also magical beings that work as disease transmitters in a similar but essentially different way. and they probably can also be transmitted via sex because i mean, why not? sounds as good a mean as any

but, could magnus and alec transmit those to each other? i don't think so, because shadowhunters have wildly different magic from the one warlocks do - their magic is angel magic, warlock's is demon magic, AND, furthermore, they work in completely different ways. for starters, shadowhunters magic is so pathetic diluted that some of them don't even consider it magic at all. i mean, that is also because of good ole racism (hardly the first time racism led people to call the exact same thing by different names so they can convince themselves their way of being is superior even when it is the same) but there is a huge difference because warlocks are able to conjure and interact with magic and have it as a part of their beings and experience of the world through it, whereas shadowhunters can "borrow" particular powers for a small period of time at best. it is possible that the magic doesn't even exist within them, they are just capable of handling it inside their bodies for some time, which is why they need runes to use it and it has a limited effect

so i think diseases that affect warlocks could not be passed between magnus and alec, and WOW is it weird to realize that magnus and alec are of different species. like i knew that but when that knowledge comes to practice it's just so weird. anyway

and idk if diseases that affect warlocks would be able to live dormant inside shadowhunters and then be transmitted because, like i said, shadowhunters have completely different magic if they even have it at all, and i don't think the disease beings that live in warlock magic would be able to be inside their body. so, to answer your first question - i don't think magnus and alec would NEED condoms, because i don't think they are capable of passing STDs to each other, and in at the very least magnus' case (debatable for alec, i tend to think that because shadowhunters are essentially human they can catch any disease humans can, altho maybe they have a rune to begone them) i don't think they can even catch human STDs. and magnus has a cum kink so that probably means no condoms

as for how warlocks deal with STDs! like i said i think they are only affected by STDs (and diseases in general) that affect their magic, not their body. so, they probably have treatments for those. we gotta remember that warlocks have a very developed society full of academics, so they probably have worked to find cures for magical diseases, if they exist at all. so, there are probably particular treatments for those. i don't think magical diseases abound or anything, particularly because the amount of magical beings is pretty limited and magic is so different from non-magical elements so non-magical beings such as viruses and bacteria would have to change a lot to be able to evolve into magic-affecting beings. again, if they even exist. but yeah i think they as a (group of) society(ies) have worked on cures for those. which is funny to think about because like, do they blast the magical diseases with begone rays or something? please say yes. id love that

with all of that being said, i hope u know that i was planning on answering asks the next weekend (not this one, the other one) cuz ive been busy as hell lately and it'll be the first time i'll have time lmao, and i was literally just in a bathroom break between readings when i saw this ask and i just couldn't resist answering it. this is it. what broke my studying resolve. magical STDs. you should be proud

mandatory disclaimer that please for the love of god use condoms, you are not immune to STDs. also, this post is about show canon, not book canon, so i don't care if this is in accordance to what the books say. also, i'm no expert in healthcare, this post is just for fun, so don't take anything i used to build my arguments as scientific truth or anything like that

#sh #shadowhunters #magnus bane #alec lightwood #dirty words #hello everyone! i have been gone for quite some time. please accept: this #now back to studying #lore #meta #ask #anonymous #long post #im not sure if this is very comprehensible but i did my best

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restinpicturespod · 6 years ago

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LARRY AND THE HULK  Before Mark Ruffalo or Edward Norton or even Eric Bana, Marvel nearly produced the first feature film adaptation of the big green behemoth in the early 90s as portrayed by… Brigitte Nielsen?

Before the global domination of the current MCU world that we live in now, the early productions of Marvel Comics onscreen counterparts were anything but smooth. She-Hulk would have made for an extremely interesting subject. Not just as a female superhero but a fairly new character only just being introduced in 1980 by Stan Lee and John Buscema as Bruce Banner’s green hued cousin, Jessica Walters. Marvel wanted to quickly bank on the the late 70s popularity of THE INCREDIBLE HULK and THE BIONIC WOMAN with their own hybrid creation. Thus Jessica Walters and her alter ego were born.  

She-Hulk has been anxiously waiting to get on screen since the falsely rumored appearance in the 1989 TV movie THE TRIAL OF THE INCREDIBLE HULK (above). After she failed to show up alongside Bill Bixby’s David Banner, Walters had two very close shots at becoming an onscreen star. First there was an “in the works” TV series that was inevitably axed by ABC before it went into production. The second was a SHE-HULK feature film from the dream makers of New World Pictures in 1991.

Marvel’s early on screen endeavors were extremely messy, muddled and would eventually lead to the split that we see with today’s modern mega franchises of the X-MEN at Fox (Now owned by Disney), Spider-Man at Sony (now leased out by Disney), and the MCU at Disney (you know, that Disney). But from the late 70s until the late 90s, Marvel’s Film Division was nearly non-existent and the productions simply went to the highest bidders.

However, the superhero genre was a fairly untested commodity that would quickly impale itself. The only real frame of reference at that time was with 1978’s SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE which blew everyone away as it raked in nearly $300 million. But with 3 sequels in 9 years and production woes being sold over to Cannon Films, the diminishing quality brought diminishing returns and 1987’s SUPERMAN: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (below) $15 million bomb would put Cannon into a financial tailspin.  

So with such uneasy numbers the highest bidders were frequently the bottom feeders of the cinematic landscape and in return the supers were barely given the big budget attention they would need to fulfill their grand vision. Marvel characters were mainly dispersed into cheap television productions with The Hulk finding fame at CBS, Spider-Man stuck in Japan with Toei, and Cap at Universal under the brawny heroism of Reb Brown.

This would lead to George Lucas turning into the comic book movie saviour… or so he thought. By this mid 80s Lucas was in his post-STAR WARS phase and had relinquished his presidency at Lucasfilm in order to focus on becoming a full time producer. Lucas found inspiration in the noir absurdity of HOWARD THE DUCK after he created AMERICAN GRAFFITI, but only now had the financial stability to bring it to life. So Howard became the first Marvel entity to get the big screen treatment. Unfortunately HOWARD THE DUCK didn’t so much as pave the way for comic book movies as the duck-punned flop merely threw a handful of rocks into the street tripping up any future plans for comic book movies. This pushed features like the 1990’s CAPTAIN AMERICA and the Corman produced PUNISHER movie from the big screen dreams to direct-to-video ambiguity.  

But Corman would have two more ideas in his cinematic utility belt. One was 1994’s fully shot, yet never released FANTASTIC FOUR (above) which now resides solely in bootleg infamy and the 2015 documentary DOOMED. The other project being the ill fated SHE-HULK. So when it comes to the state of big screen adaptation for Marvel superheroes, She-Hulk would have been #1. How crazy is that? With Howard the Duck, regarded as pulp comedy and THE PUNISHER and CAPTAIN AMERICA getting booted to video, She-Hulk would reign as Marvel’s supreme super powered being on the big screen. But who would be brave enough to take on such a challenge?

Larry Cohen had previously worked with New World Pictures on three previous films as well as with Corman’s earlier company, AIP. Not much is know where Larry came into the production or how far it actually went. He may have gotten the deal straight from Corman himself, but one might wonder if Stan “The Man” Lee had anything to do with Larry’s involvement. It was in Cohen’s 1990 film THE AMBULANCE, where we can find The Godfather of the MCU in his first feature film appearance. Could water cooler talk of the mighty She-Hulk have peaked Larry’s interest from there?

With Larry now set to write and direct the movie, a lady hulk needed to be obtained. Instead of going the Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno dual role route, Marvel found Brigitte Nielsen was the perfect fit as the 6 foot tall Danish actress. Brigitte was busy making a name for herself in ROCKY IV, COBRA, and a very brief stint as Mrs. Sylvester Stallone. Brigitte was already familiar with the folks at Marvel Comics after slashing her way through RED SONJA alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.  

Apart from the involvement of Ms. Nielsen and Mr. Cohen, there is little else known about the tale of the SHE-HULK that would never be. All that remains are a selection of proof-of-concept publicity photos (above/below) featuring Brigitte in a shimmering purple bodybuilder onesie, bathed by green tinged lights, and highlighted by some glam rock style makeup that looks like she walked straight off of a Stryper video shoot.  

But can you imagine what could have been? We could have had a tried and true Marvel hero alongside one of Larry Cohen’s crazy scripts. We could have had a Rick Baker Abomination on the loose, a police procedural tracking down She-Hulk, maybe even Michael Moriarty as The Leader?! The final result could have been bad, could have been great, but there is one thing that Larry never made: A boring movie.

#larry cohen #she-hulk #brigitte nielsen #roger corman #superhero #marvel #mcu #stan lee #rest in pictures #blog post #blog

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adultswinmoved-archive · 6 years ago

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okay, i am super mega late for milos @tyhplosion birthday cause ive been busy and art hasnt been working with me BUT she is my best friend and i couldnt do nothing!!

milo i love you so much!! you light up my life and im so happy you exist with me. i hope we can see each other again really soon!!

#red draws #sfw furry #fursona #rocko #milo #tyhplosion

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torontotravelblog · 6 years ago

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So how’s Toronto?

That’s right friends, it’s Andy Goes to Toronto, Part II: Return to OMGHOLYGEEZITSCOLDLand.

Before you get all jealous, let’s look at some things:

It’s a business trip

It’s December in Canada

I don’t really want to be on the road at the moment

But ultimately that’s ok. Not every trip is a winner (like the total bummer of a trip I took to Hong Kong last May). I do whine every once in a while but I try to keep it to a day or two max and then move on. We’re on Day Two today so not too much whining left.

Let’s start with a picture. This is Toronto. Well, at least the CN Tower. It’s the tallest freestanding structure in North America at 1,818 feet! For those of you in MetricLand (i.e. literally the rest of the world outside of a small African nation I think) that’s 554 metres.

The CN Tower is one of the icons of the Toronto skyline, but it’s not all there is to do here. Around the tower (aside from the viewing deck where a section has a TRANSPARENT GLASS FLOOR) are a few other attractions like the Rogers Centre, where the Toronto Blue Jays play, Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, and some other things that I skipped looking up because I saw them while jogging in temperatures right around freezing. Jogging in the cold would be better if I were a fast runner buuuuuut I’m not, so yeah I pretty much froze.

Where I Stayed in Toronto

So I’ve stayed at two places on this trip: the Hyatt Regency Toronto last trip (late November) and a hotel just around the corner this time. Both have been pretty standard hotels as far as business hotels go: comfy beds, coffeemakers, um…coat hangers, you know, the usual. We’re not talking any mega ultra super deluxe accommodations here which is fine with me: when I’m on a work trip I usually work late into the evening so the most important things for me are a good desk and a good chair. Both places had good chairs and good desks, so job well done there. I honestly didn’t get any pictures of the hotels, I simply didn’t have the time. I realize the irony of that statement when I’m currently sitting in one of said rooms while writing this blog post, I just don’t feel like taking pictures of a typical 2 queen bed hotel room.

I will say, though, that the room next to mine currently has a very loud-talking group of 4 people in it. I can hear their conversation very clearly as they’re yelling and conversating at each other. It’s to the point that I want to try and time it right and yell out “naw you’re stupid” after someone makes a particularly controversial point and see if I can get them to think it was one of the people in their group and start a big argument. But I’m too nice to do something like that…or am I?

How is the weather in Toronto?

As you can imagine, Toronto is quite cold right now. I think it’s my fault though. The last time we flew in was late November, literally the night that Toronto had its first freeze of the year. It was windy, there was some sideways snow at times, and we had about a 1km walk to the office each day, so to put it lightly we were cold the whole time on that trip back in November.

(Ahhhh….update: the people in the next room left, now there’s peace and quiet. It suddenly occurs to me that my Bose QC35 noise canceling headphones have been sitting next to me this entire time and I didn’t even realize it #fail)

Anyway, this time we landed in the middle of a vicious snowstorm (if you follow me on Instagram at @realandyluten you would’ve seen it on my Instagram story!). Yes, it also happened to be Toronto’s first big snowstorm of the year. So the simple act of Me Going to Toronto caused the first freeze of the year as well as the first big snowstorm of the year.

Ok so is it just miserable there? What about the food?

Well I’m excited to say the food has been pretty excellent, as Toronto is well-known for its food. On the first trip I went with a few people who knew people in the area and made some great recommendations near our hotel.

The first place we went, Weslodge, had a saloon-type feel to it. That’s in fact what they call themselves, a casually refined saloon. The service was absolutely stellar, their drink menu was diverse and creative, and I enjoyed the food. Their menu was chock full of simple meals cooked well. Among my favorites were the Scotch Quail Egg, the burger, and the Brussels sprouts. Ok not really the Brussels sprouts, there’s only one person in the world who can make those where I can eat them, but the house fries were wonderful and came with a great aioli.

The second night we ate at an amazing Mediterranean tapas restaurant called Byblos. Their fare is eastern Mediterranean and is ordered tapas style (smaller dishes for the table to share). We had the labneh, the duck kibbeh, ceviche, a wagyu striploin, black truffle rice, and my favorite, cauliflower seared in duck fat. I’m not a huge vegetable lover but that seared cauliflower was absolutely amazing. We finished the night off with a serving of mint tea (one of my favorites from my trip to Morocco when I was younger). All in all it was a unique meal a little on the pricey side but the venue was perfect and it left a few last memories. Would absolutely eat here again.

The final place we ate was an incredibly cool Italian place called Buca. The entire place has a really modern sort of feel to it but the dishes are a little more classical Italian. If I remember correctly I had the tortellini in brodo (which is Italian for “Tortellini in Brodo”). It was a delicious pasta dish with a simple combination of beef and mortadella. The wine was flowing so if I don’t remember exactly what I had at Buca that’s why.

So last night was our first night back in Toronto and I failed miserably. We were looking for a place that wasn’t around in the USA and found this place none of us had ever heard of called Jack Astor’s. Sooo we went and yeeeeeah, it’s basically the Canadian version of TGI Fridays. Not that the food was bad, it was just a chain and in a great food city like Toronto, chains should be avoided at all costs.

So what else have you done?

That pretty much covers it! Work, eat, sleep, do some fitness down at the hotel gym, and do it all over again. Oh yes, and freeze.

Should I visit Toronto then?

Absolutely! It has kind of a New York City vibe to it without all the noise or shouty people and it’s a really close flight for most people in the USA. Although I would have to say you should check if I’m going around that same time to avoid the bad weather!

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alloutofhoneynutcheerios · 8 years ago

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I had a pretty dumb day. Here's a long rant that I should just write in a diary but typing is so much faster and honestly posting rants feels nice. Because it's like letting it OUT rather than keeping it in a hidden journal. Idk it makes sense to me tho So I took off of work to go to Eeyore's birthday party (Every April Austin has this festival for Eeyore and it's SUPPOSED to be for kids to have fun and there's a costume contest and everyone dresses up but it's just an excuse for all of the hooligans to come out, smoke weed, and be naked. I see so many boobs flopping around. Not just girls in their 20s but like old ladies man.) so I drive and park way far away and I'm already af and feeling blah. I get to the thing and nobody takes cards and there are no atms and I can only afford a Popsicle so I get one and that keeps me happy for a while. BUT I'm there for over and hour waiting for my friend and her roommates. I do not do well in heat or big crowds of people, plus I hadn't eaten anything Bc I was planning on eating there. So there I am wandering around getting bumped into by sweaty naked hippies feeling like I'm about to fuckin pass out. So I walk deeper into the park where the festival doesn't creep into and sit on a rock for a while. I'm fuckin dying and my Popsicle is gone and I don't have water and all of the water there is like 4 bucks and I only had a 1 on me and like flashing boobs wouldn't even get me anything because there are so many everywhere anyway. So at this point I'm like ok fuck I really need water right now and text Ciara that I gotta go and start walkin to my car. I was gonna go to the soup peddler for water and see my friendos but I didn't because they all flirt with me a lot and I've been feeling bad about it lately Bc of Blaise? So I decided to just go to my car, met a kid having a lemonade stand, bought a bottle of water for a dollar- MIRACLE. And then all of a sudden after walking up a San Francisco fuckin hill, I run into fucking Séamus. (The guy that I think was trying to date rape me and either slipped something into my water or gave me k2 instead of weedo because I only took one hit (and I was like a mega stoner back then) and had a psychotic episode and almost died and he wouldn't call an ambulance so I texted my friend to because I was losing control of my body Bc PSYCHOTIC EPISODE) So that fuckin sucked. He grabbed my arm and was like "wow I'm so glad to see you're doing well" the FUCK SÉAMUS GO CHOKE. So I start having flashbacks and when I'm stressed or something triggers these flashbacks lately, I start feeling the symptoms. My therapist and I have been trying to work on it slowly so it doesn't make me freak out. And it's been happening less often but you can see how seeing the fucking guy who caused it would trigger that. So I start feeling the tube in my throat and the IVs and monitors on my arms. I'm already dehydrated and hungry and about to pass out so this is not good. My knees kept giving out and I kept almost falling?? That happened during my episode and I laid on the floor the whole time because I couldn't stand. So I started feeling that and I was still blocks from my car and the only thing I could think of to get me to get to my car to sit down and breathe and drink was "it's ok I'll see blaise soon and I'll get one of his Blaise hugs" And of course nah he's busy with Josiah and can't see me until hours later and I wasn't about to wait in Austin for hours in that condition. I mean I didn't wanna drive over an hour back home with no ac either but after having to wait on mike so much I am neeevvvvveeeerrrr waiting hours somewhere to go see a boy I'm done with that. So I get upset like honestly too upset and it's all because of everything going on and also feeling like blaise doesn't care and blaaahHHhjJJJJ So I start heading home and go to jack in the box in San Marcos. At a fuckin stop sign before I get there I get rear ended. So I pull over and the girl does too at first. We both got out, and she just yelled "IT LOOKS FINE HAVE A GOOD DAY" and runs back into her car and speeds off. Like she did all of it so fast I wasn't done looking at my bumper? Like it's probably fine but what the fuck man So I'm mad af and I go to jacks butthole and order some shit And before she hands me my food I just start crying like I just can't fuckin hold it in anymore It was so embarrassing So after I get my shit I pull over and read the texts blaise sent me while I was driving and send him a long one that's kinda harsh And someone Fucking Almost drove into me I was in a parking spot Oh my god I lost my fucking shit man I almost screamed But now I'm home and everything is fine and I am fine But Jesus Christ like I wasted an entire day I could've worked and made money that I really need or I could've gotten my homework done that I super need to do but nah I spent like 3 hours driving and more hours being alone and upset af I haven't been this angry or sad or anything in so so so soooooo long and it scared me a lot

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