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what do you guys think abed’s fav cougar town joke (or fav to reference) would be? I think it would be “laugh!”

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2023 Pinterest 50 books Reading Challenge

32. A Book from Your Childhood

The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller

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i can’t believe i never posted this academy x chart i made last year 😭

academy x stan’s have fun! the legend is merely a suggestion, chart whatever.

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Some Random, unorganized, Academy X Headcanons

Because I've been thinking about them a lot lately, again.

More under the cut cuz this is really long, also cw for one headcanon that talks about self harm, grooming and sexual trauma (because. Kevin) it's the 7th dot.

Laurie should have a period of being besties with and being corrupted by Esme Cuckoo, this could take place either during or post Krakoa, or in an au where she doesn't die/m day doesn't happen, probably after the Garrison arc would have concluded.

Kevin has a slight southern accent, probably not super strong because he's from Atlanta, but enough to tell that he's not from the north. This goes in contrast with his style of course which makes it more interesting.

On naturally windy days, Sofia likes to train herself by going outside and immersing herself in the wind, and playing around with her powers, seeing how she can make her wind flow with, and against the natural wind. She likes to think of it as "flirting with mother nature." She even talks to "her" sometimes.

Brian playfully flirts with David when their squads still have a rivalry, long before David discovers his own bisexuality. He is completely clueless, has no idea that Brian is flirting with him. Sometimes this pisses Julian off, usually because HE'S supposed to be the one who has a rivalry with David, but when its a little more rude, they often play off of each other. This only adds to David's insecurity about himself, along with confusing him.

Nori has a lot of difficulty with relationships after she and David break up. She has an on again, off again thing with Julian that's really messy and toxic, mostly fueled by older teenage horniness and the close bond they develop post M day. She struggles with trusting that the people she gets close to aren't going to die or get terribly hurt, so she either pushes people away or clings to them really hard in an attempt to protect them. When Julian loses his hands, she's not only incredibly devastated but she begins to avoid him and push him away even more, which furthers his own complex about losing his hands, thinking that she's avoiding him because of his disability.

Nori also explores her sexuality as she gets older, becomes progressively more masculine, gets an even shorter haircut, probably an undercut, and has a lot of casual sex with a bunch of her female classmates, but never allows herself to get close to them or for it to mean anything other than meaningless sex to get by. While she tries to wear her sexuality with pride, she's still insecure about it, and thinks of her relationships with guys as more meaningful than those with girls, mostly because she's still scared of getting too close and losing them. She finds it easier with guys to pull off a complicated relationship like the one she has with Julian. She deeply longs to have a healthier relationship with a girl or a boy, like the one she had with David, but she's convinced herself that it's not safe because of the trauma she's endured.

I don't think Kevin should learn to control his powers, kind of in the same way I don't think Scott should ever lose his visor. But I think he would grow into learning how to live with them. I think he has a really complicated relationship with his own body, which was furthered by his sexual trauma from Selene. I think it also takes him a LONG time after he's resurrected to not think of Selene as like. the love of his life, because of the grooming and also because he craved the fact that she could touch him. I think Kevin also struggles with self harm, the fact that no one can touch him and he has to keep himself covered most of the time makes it really easy to get away with, and because of his complicated relationship with his body, he takes comfort in it. I think it would take a really long time and a lot of therapy for him to unlearn this habit like it would for him to learn that Selene had abused and traumatized him.

More on the first thing in the last note: I personally ship Kevin and Josh as endgame, and while I think their relationship would be unhealthy and weird for both of them at first, I think they could grow to be very healthy for each other. I imagine they would have a specialized house built with as few organic materials as possible, and if they had biological children somehow, their children would be immune to Kevin's powers. I think they would both work at some sort of mutant clinic, figuring out how to use their powers in tandem to cure cancer and other diseases, while Josh works there full time doing other things, Kevin would only do part time and spend his spare time making his industrial art. I think as he improves, his art would become a reflection of his pain. Frida Kahlo is probably his biggest inspiration, though she painted instead of sculpted.

Julian was able to bounce back from his bad post schism era with Emma's help at the start of Krakoa, I imagine she kind of fished him out of the gutter and helped him start his life anew, attempting to make up for the way she neglected him when the X-Men first moved to San Francisco. He mostly went along with it at first because of the promise of seeing Sofia again, but he becomes sold when he learns that Brian is going to be resurrected. (Also, meeting the OG Hellions was a motivator for sure, but he's a little disappointed when he learns that most of them were just nice, chill people, except for Empath, who he likes at first, but then upon learning how Truly awful he us, despises.) Brian's resurrection ends up proving to be not what he had hoped, because Brian is still a teenager, and is overwhelmed by how much Julian has changed, how much older he is and how all the traumas he went through after Brian's death affected him. When Sofia returns, they get back together very quickly, and while they both have pain about what they both endured after M Day, it gets easier and better for them quickly.

Jay and Laurie become closer after they've both been resurrected, they can both relate to the disconnection from their friends and previous romantic interests due to the age gaps and gaps in experiences. I think they could end up becoming one of those couples who you don't necessarily think would be into each other at first, but they just become close and it ends up working. I think Jay could be a very forgiving person for Laurie, especially because he was never personally attached to the drama she had with Josh and Kevin. I think he could also make her better in a weird way, and she could bring out a much happier side in him.

When Kevin is resurrected on Krakoa, I think he is isolated from the hellions and other academy x kids at first; they all try to forgive him and help him out, but he simply isn't ready to be helped yet. He doesn't want to believe that he was a victim of Selene like they all say, and he hates that they try to treat him as such. Emma however, feels incredibly guilty for what happened to him and as he was like a son to her before m day, she invites him to live in her castle and has a specialized room built for him with no organics. He mostly isolates himself there, especially because the island is almost entirely organic. While there, he interacts with Julian a lot, and while they try to avoid each other at first, they end up becoming like brothers, and Kevin likes interacting with him more than the other people because he doesn't treat him like a victim or walk on egg shells around him, he says things like they are, despite his own guilt complex about what happened to Kevin. Emma considers them both to be like the sons she's never had, so she encourages them to be close again as well.

When Selene is elected onto the council, Emma sends Kevin off of the island, not telling him why, but he agrees to it because he's tired of being cooped up on an island where he can't do much. She pays rent for his apartment, while he goes back to getting a job in a junk yard, and taking online high school classes so he can eventually go to art school. Julian visits him occasionally to hang out, even though its awkward, he's the only person that Kevin allows to make an effort to spend time with him. (Emma is able to keep Kevin well shielded and safe during the Orchis nonsense, of course.)

Okay I'm gonna have to continue this in reblogs lol. See the rbs for more!

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NEW X-MEN EPISODE 7

EPISODE 7- THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

WE OPEN UP OF THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY AT NIGHT. IT’S RATHER QUIET OUT AND ONLY A FEW STREETLIGHTS ARE ON, ILLUMINATING THE EMPTY STREETS. A YOUNG PROSTITUTE WITH PINK-STREAKED BLONDE HAIR CAN BE SEEN TRYING TO GET A CUSTOMER, BUT TO NO AVAIL. ONE MAN WALKS PAST HER AND IGNORES HER WHEN SHE TRIES TO GET HIS ATTENTION. ANNOYED, SHE TELLS HIM TO KISS HER ASS.

EVENTUALLY, TWO OTHER HOOKERS SHOW UP; A BLACK GIRL WITH RED HAIR AND A PALE GIRL WITH PURPLE HAIR AND GOTHIC CLOTHING. THE FIRST ONE, MELANIE, LOOKS AT THEM WITH INTRIGUE AS THEY MEET UP. THE BLACK GIRL, ROSE, SYMPATHIZES WITH MELANIE’S GRIPES AND TELLS HER THAT IT’S COLD OUTSIDE AND WHEN IT’S THIS COLD, JOHNS TEND TO STAY HOME WITH WHATEVER THEY GOT AT HOME. MELANIE SULKS AS ROSE TELLS HER THAT THEY’LL GIVE IT A HALF HOUR BEFORE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MOTEL.

THE GOTH GIRL, ELVIRA, TELLS THEM THAT SHE’S HEARD SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING. APPARENTLY, A LOT OF WORKING GIRLS HAVE BEEN GOING MISSING AT NIGHT. NO BODIES HAVE TURNED UP AND THEY’VE JUST DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE. MELANIE SHUDDERS, A BIT CREEPED OUT AS ELVIRA CONTINUES.

ELVIRA: IT HAPPENED A WHILE AGO TO MY GIRL BECKY. SHE JUST VANISHED. AND SO DID WILLOW, AND WILLOW’S A PRO. THERE’S NO WAY SHE’D DRAG HER ASS TO A HALFWAY HOUSE OR SOME SHIT.

ROSE: WHAT ABOUT THEIR PIMPS?

ELVIRA: THEY DON’T CARE. AS LONG AS THEY’RE NOT WORKING FOR ANOTHER GUY, IT’S JUST SOME MISSING HOES. NOTHING SPECIAL.

MELANIE: OKAY. I’M CREEPED OUT NOW. DON’T SCARE ME WITH THAT SHIT, ELVIRA.

ROSE PUTS AN ARM AROUND MELANIE WHILE ELVIRA LOOKS OVER, NOTICING A MAN IN A TRENCHCOAT WALKING BY AND MUMBLING. IMMEDIATELY, SHE CATCHES HIS ATTENTION AND INVITES HIM OVER, SHOCKED WHEN HE REQUESTS ALL THREE OF THEM. ROSE SIGHS AND ASKS HIM WHERE HIS PLACE IS. THEY THEN START TO FOLLOW HIM, SURPRISED WHEN THEY END UP IN AN ALLEY.

MELANIE IS CONFUSED AND ASKS THE MAN WHAT THE BIG IDEA IS, BUT IS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT HE’S GONE. THEY WONDER WHERE HE WENT, BUT DON’T NOTICE THE MAN SNEAKING BEHIND ROSE, HOLDING SOMETHING SILVER IN HIS HAND. ROSE IS JUST ABOUT TO ASK WHERE HE WENT WHEN HE APPEARS BEHIND HER, HOLDING A KNIFE TO HER THROAT. BEFORE SHE CAN PROCESS ANYTHING, THE MAN SLITS HER THROAT AND ROSE FALLS TO THE GROUND, CHOKING ON HER OWN BLOOD AS ELVIRA AND MELANIE SCREAM.

THE MAN WALKS CLOSER TO THEM WITH THE BLOODY KNIFE AND MELANIE TRIES TO RUN, BUT THE MAN GRABS HER BY THE HAIR AND SLAMS HER AGAINST THE WALL. MELANIE SCREAMS AGAIN, BUT THE MAN STABS HIS KNIFE INTO HER GUT, DRAGGING IT DOWN AND SLICING HER STOMACH OPEN. ELVIRA SCREAMS AND RUNS OUT THE ALLEY, BUT HER HEEL BREAKS AND SHE FALLS DOWN, HITTING HER HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT. SHE LOOKS UP, HER FACE SMASHED AND BLOODY AS THE MAN WALKS CLOSER.

ELVIRA: PLEASE! I… I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME! I… PLEASE DON’T HURT ME!

MAN: EVERY SOUL IN THE CITY… EVERY SINGLE SOUL…

ELVIRA LOOKS ON IN FEAR AS BLACK MASCARA STREAKS DOWN HER FACE. THE MAN STANDS IN FRONT OF HER, LOOKING DOWN ON HER PRONE FORM. HE CONTINUES TO MUTTER AND WHILE ELVIRA PLEADS, HIS MOUTH OPENS, REVEALING TWO BRIGHT SHINING FANGS.

MAN: EVERY SOUL… EVERY SOUL IN THE CITY…

ELVIRA: PLEASE, DON’T HURT ME! PLEASE!!!

MAN: EVERY SOUL… AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER…

THE MAN DIVES DOWN AND THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK. THE ONLY SOUND THAT CAN BE HEARD IS THAT OF ELVIRA SCREAMING.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS.

WE OPEN UP IN THE XAVIER’S LIBRARY WHERE WE SEE SOFIA STUDYING. SHE’S VERY INTO IT AND DEEPLY CONCENTRATED. SLOWLY, A SILVER EYE STRETCHES UP TO HER, WATCHING HER SLOWLY. SOFIA IS COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS UNTIL THE EYE ASKS HER WHAT SHE’S DOING. SOFIA THEN JUMPS IN HER SEAT AND THE EYE LOOKS AT HER. WE START TO RECOGNIZE IT NOW AND REALIZE THAT IT’S CESSILY.

CESSILY LAUGHS WHILE SOFIA HYPERVENTILATES AND TELLS HER NOT TO DO THAT. THE REDHEAD SIGHS, TELLING HER THAT IT’S THE WEEKEND AND SHE’S DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THAT HER ROOMIE, CHEER CAPTAIN, AND BEST FRIEND IS STUDYING INSTEAD OF HAVING FUN. SOFIA SIGHS AND REMINDS HER THAT FINALS ARE COMING UP AND SHE’S TRYING TO CRAM IN SOME EXTRA TIME.

CLARICE WALKS INTO THE LIBRARY, STILL SPORTING HER HALFPIPE CUT FROM EPISODE 5 AS SHE SITS DOWN BESIDE SOFIA AND CESSILY. SHE POINTS OUT THAT SOFIA’S GOT THE BEST GRADES IN MOST OF HER CLASSES AND IT WON’T HURT TO HAVE SOME FUN ONCE IN A WHILE. SOFIA LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS THAT SHE CAN’T TALK, SINCE SHE SAW HOW FUN SHE WAS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, PROMPTING A LAUGH FROM CESSILY AS CLARICE ASKS THE REDHEAD WHOSE SIDE SHE’S ON.

SOFIA: JUST BECAUSE MY GRADES ARE GOOD DOESN’T MEAN THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING HANDLED. I NEED TO DO SOME EXTRA STUDYING TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER EVERYTHING FOR FINALS. I’M NOT JUST GOING TO ASSUME THAT I’M GOING TO PASS JUST BECAUSE I’M PRETTY, LIKE SOMEONE I KNOW.

CESSILY: HEY, I WAS A BIT HIGH AND I HADN’T SLEPT THAT NIGHT! DON’T BLAME ME!

CESSILY SIGHS AND LOOKS AT SOFIA.

CESSILY: AAAAANYWAYS, THERE’S A NEW STRIP CLUB THAT I WANNA CHECK OUT AND I DIDN’T WANNA DO IT WITHOUT MY BESTIE! PLEASE JUST TAKE A NIGHT OFF? YOU CAN STUDY LATER!

SOFIA LOOKS AT HER BEFORE SAYING NO. SHE’S NOT ONE TO CUT LOOSE WHENEVER IT SUITS HER. SHE HAS GOALS TO ACHIEVE. CESSILY SIGHS, DEJECTED, AND THEN TELLS CLARICE THAT IT’S TIME. CLARICE IMMEDIATELY TELLS HER THAT SHE CAN’T DO THAT. IT’S TOO RISKY. BUT CESSILY SIGHS DRAMATICALLY AND ANNOUNCES THAT IT’S TIME TO BREAK OUT THE EYES.

WITH THAT, CESSILY UNLEASHES A FULL TORRENT OF SAD PUPPY EYES. SOFIA LOOKS AT HER LIKE SHE’S INSANE BUT WHEN IT’S CLEAR THAT SHE WON’T STOP, SHE SAYS THAT SHE’LL GO TO THE CLUB WITH THEM. CESSILY CHEERS BUT IS THEN SHUSHED BY DOOP, THE LIBRARIAN, WHO IS FLOATING AT ITS DESK, DEEPLY ENGROSSED IN A BOOK ON THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.

LATER, THE TRIO WALK OVER TO JULIAN, ROXY, MEGAN, SANTO, LAURA, AND VICTOR, WHO ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT SOFIA HAS COME AROUND. SOFIA TELLS THEM THAT SHE’LL GO WITH THEM, BUT AFTERWARDS, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE HER ALONE WHILE SHE’S TRYING TO STUDY. THEY AGREE AND GO TO GET READY.

A FEW MORE MINUTES LATER, SOFIA IS LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE GIRL’S BATHROOM MIRROR, A BIT CONFUSED AND RELUCTANT. A TOILET FLUSHES AND MONET WALKS OUT OF A STALL, NOTICING SOFIA’S HESITANCE. SHE SIGHS AND ASKS HER WHAT’S UP AND SOFIA TELLS HER THAT CESSILY IS FORCING HER TO GO TO SOME NEW STRIP CLUB. MONET LAUGHS A BIT AND SOFIA GIVES HER A DIRTY LOOK.

MONET: HON, IF YOU ASK ME, THIS IS FOR THE BEST. YOU’VE SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK WITH YOUR HEAD IN A BOOK AND YOU’VE BARELY SPENT ANY TIME RELAXING.

SOFIA: AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES ABOUT FINALS?

MONET: NO. BUT EVERYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY DONE THE NORMAL HUMAN AMOUNT OF STUDYING. YOU NEED SOME TIME OFF. YOU CAN’T BE SERIOUS ALL THE TIME.

SOFIA SIGHS AND TELLS HER THAT IT’S HARD FOR HER TO JUST CUT LOOSE AT THE DROP OF A HAT. SHE’S NOT SURE SHE CAN ENJOY HERSELF WHEN SHE HAS SO MUCH TO FOCUS ON. MONET LOOKS AT HER BEFORE PRESSING SOMETHING INTO HER PALM. SOFIA ASKS WHAT IT IS, AND MONET TELLS HER THAT IT’S JUST SOMETHING TO HELP HER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE. AS MONET LEAVES, SOFIA LOOKS AT THE ITEM IN HER PALM AND REALIZES THAT IT’S A PILL.

MEANWHILE, JAY IS STRUMMING HIS GUITAR WHEN HE HEARS SOMEONE SCREAMING. HE IMMEDIATELY BOLTS OUT THE DOOR AND HEADS TO THE SOURCE OF THE SCREAMING, STOPPING AT THE LOUNGE. HE LOOKS OVER, TIMIDLY, AND FINDS JOSH YELLING AS LAURIE BEATS HIM IN SUPER SMASH BROS FOR A FIFTH TIME. JAY GROANS AND ASKS HIM WHAT’S UP AND JOSH TELLS HIM THAT HE MIGHT WANT TO DUMP LAURIE.

LAURIE: IT’S NOT MY FAULT THAT I’M BETTER THAN YOU!

JOSH: SERIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO LOSE EVENTUALLY! WHY CAN’T I KICK YOUR BUTT?!

LAURIE: BECAUSE I’M YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

ALANI AND SOORAYA ENTER AND ASK WHAT’S GOING ON TO WHICH JAY RESPONDS AS JOSH’S MIDLIFE CRISIS. ALANI SITS DOWN ON THE COUCH AND SAYS THAT HE SHOULD QUIT WHILE HE’S AHEAD. JOSH GROANS AND SITS DOWN ON THE COUCH NEXT TO HER AS LAURIE DOES A VICTORY DANCE. BRIAN, WHO WAS IN A CHAIR THE ENTIRE TIME, TELLS SOORAYA THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE NOW WITHOUT PAUSE. JAY CHUCKLES AND TURNS OFF THE TV BEFORE LOOKING AROUND AND ASKING IF ANY OF THEM WANT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR A BIT.

ALANI STRETCHES HER THIGHS AND SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY JUST TALK. OR TELL A SCARY STORY, SINCE SHE LIKES THOSE. SOORAYA IS UNSURE, BUT JOSH IS INTO IT. LAURIE LOOKS AROUND, A BIT HESITANT, BUT SHE AGREES TO LISTEN TO A FEW AS LONG AS THEY’RE NOT SO GORY. JOSH THEN STANDS UP AND STARTS TO TELL A STORY, AND BRIAN GROANS WHEN HE REALIZES THAT IT’S A GENERIC STORY ABOUT A SUMMER CAMP. JAY YELLS AT HIM TO BE ORIGINAL, BUT JOSH KEEPS GOING, NOT SEEING ALCHEMIST STANDING IN THE SHADOWS, WATCHING THEM.

MEANWHILE, THE GROUP ARRIVES AT THE CLUB. EVERYONE IS DRESSED DOWN FOR THE OCCASION, BUT SOFIA LOOKS A BIT OUT OF PLACE IN A PINK CROP TOP AND BOOTY SHORTS THAT SAY ‘GRAB HERE’ ON THE BUTT. CESSILY HAS A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE AS THEY ENTER.

THE CLUB IS VERY BIG WITH BRIGHT NEON LIGHTS AND FOG MACHINES. PEOPLE ARE DANCING TO RAVE MUSIC AS LIGHTS FLASH WITH BRIGHT COLORS. A MUTANT STRIPPER WITH GREEN SKIN AND LEAVES FOR HAIR CAN BE SEEN ON THE STAGE AND A FEW GO-GO DANCERS ARE DANCING IN CAGES AROUND THE ROOM. A LOT OF THE STRIPPERS AND PARTYGOERS ARE MUTANTS AND SO THE KIDS ARE ABLE TO FIT IN. SOFIA SHIFTS A BIT AS CLARICE PUTS AN ARM AROUND HER, SEEING THAT SHE’S A BIT OVERWHELMED. CESSILY STILL HAS A GRIN ON HER FACE AS SHE TELLS THEM THAT THIS IS A PARTY.

WE THEN CUT TO A MONTAGE AS ‘NOTHING BUT ASS’ BY P. CHANCE PLAYS ON THE SPEAKERS. DURING THE MONTAGE, WE SEE VIC AT THE BAR GETTING SOME DRINKS WHILE LAURA GRINDS ON JULIAN ON THE DANCE FLOOR. SANTO CAN BE SEEN PARTYING WITH A FEW MUTANT GIRLS WHILE MEGAN DANCES AROUND, WAVING SOME GLOWSTICKS AROUND LIKE LIGHTSABERS. CESSILY AND ROXY ARE WATCHING THE GIRLS ON THE STAGE, CLEARLY A BIT TIPSY AS THEY CHEER THEM ON. ONE PERFORMER, A MUTANT GIRL WITH SNAKELIKE SKIN, BENDS DOWN ON HER HANDS AND KNEES TO ACCEPT A DOLLAR FROM CESSILY, WHICH SHE STICKS IN HER G-STRING.

SOFIA IS ON THE DANCE FLOOR WITH CLARICE, CLEARLY NERVOUS BUT TRYING TO ENJOY HERSELF. CLARICE SMILES AND GIVES HER A KISS BEFORE TAKING A DRINK OF VODKA. SOFIA FINDS HERSELF BUMPED BY ANOTHER DANCER AND WHEN SHE TRIES TO STICK BY CLARICE, SHE COLLIDES WITH A HUMAN MAN WHO KNOCKS HER OVER. CLARICE PUNCHES HIM IN THE JAW BEFORE HELPING SOFIA TO HER FEET AND ASKING IF SHE’S OKAY. SOFIA LOOKS AT CLARICE AND SAYS THAT SHE HAS TO USE THE BATHROOM BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE DANCEFLOOR.

MEANWHILE, JOSH IS WRAPPING UP HIS STORY AS EVERYONE ELSE LOOKS READY TO KILL HIM. JAY CAN’T HELP BUT COMMENT ON HOW AWFUL THE STORY WAS AND LAURIE ADMITS THAT SHE DID THINK THAT SHE’D HEARD IT BEFORE. JOSH GROANS, SAYING THAT EVERYONE’S A CRITIC. BRIAN SIGHS AND ASKS IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A STORY, JUMPING AS SUDI APPEARS IN FRONT OF THEM.

SUDI: I’VE GOT A STORY. AND IT’S 100% TRUE.

ALANI ASKS HER HOW LONG SHE WAS STANDING THERE, AND SUDI TELLS THEM THAT SHE’S BEEN THERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THAT THEY NEED TO BE ENTERTAINED. SHE THEN TELLS THEM TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO HER STORY. ONCE EVERYONE SITS, SHE BEGINS TO TELL THEM THAT ONE THING ABOUT HER IS THAT HER POWERS ALLOW HER TO BE IMMORTAL. JOSH SCOFFS, BUT SUDI INSISTS THAT IT’S THE TRUTH. SHE’S BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR MORE THAN A MILLION YEARS.

SUDI: BECAUSE OF THIS POWER, I’VE HEARD LOTS OF STORIES. SO MANY STORIES FROM SO MANY DECADES. AND THIS ONE IS ONE THAT I’VE HEARD FROM A FRIEND OF A FRIEND OF A COUSIN OF A GRANDSON OF A BROTHER OF A FRIEND OF A FATHER OF A COUSIN WHOSE FATHER WORKED ON THE ROMAN HIGH COUNCIL.

SUDI LOOKS THEM ALL IN THE EYE, HER EXPRESSION TURNING DARK AND MYSTERIOUS.

SUDI: TELL ME… HAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY OF ELI BARD?

SOORAYA IS INTERESTED AND TELLS SUDI THAT SHE’S NEVER HEARD THAT NAME. SUDI NODS AND TELLS THEM ALL THAT THIS STORY IS ONE THAT’S BEEN PASSED DOWN BY THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO RETELL IT. LAURIE LOOKS A BIT UNEASY, BUT BRIAN INSISTS THAT SHE CONTINUES.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA IS IN THE CLUB BATHROOM, HER FACE FLUSHED AND HER EYES WIDE. SHE BREATHES RAPIDLY AS SHE REACHES IN HER POCKET AND PULLS OUT THE DRUG THAT MONET GAVE HER. SHE LOOKS AT IT FOR A BIT, INDECISIVE, BEFORE PUTTING IT IN HER MOUTH. SHE WAITS FOR A BIT AND THEN SWALLOWS THE PILL AND LOOKING AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR. THE BACKGROUND MUSIC STARTS TO BUILD UP IN TENSION AS IF SOMETHING’S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN IT REACHES THAT POINT, SOFIA REALIZES THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

CONFUSED, SHE LOOKS AROUND BUT REALIZES THAT THE BATHROOM THAT WAS ONCE FULL OF PEOPLE IS NOW COMPLETELY EMPTY. SOFIA LOOKS BACK AT HER REFLECTION AS THE SOUND OF SELENA GOMEZ PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND. SHE LEANS IN TO THE MIRROR AND SUDDENLY, HER REFLECTION REACHES OUT AND PULLS HER INTO THE MIRROR.

AS ‘SHAKE IT UP’ BY SELENA GOMEZ PLAYS, SOFIA WALKS OUT THE BATHROOM, WITH BUTTERFLIES FLYING IN HER WAKE. THE LIGHTS IN THE CLUB FLASH EVEN BRIGHTER, BATHING SOFIA IN COLOR. SHE WALKS ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR IN A HAZE AS MORE COLORS PULSE AND SHINE IN HER DRUG TRIP. AS THE MUSIC GETS LOUDER, SHE STARTS TO DANCE. AURORA LIGHTS FOLLOW HER EVERY MOVE AS SHE STARTS TO DANCE WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH. PSYCHEDELIC LIGHTS DANCE ON HER SKIN AS SHE SMILES, REALIZING THAT SHE’S COMING OUT OF HER SHELL. MEANWHILE, CLARICE WATCHES HER, A BIT CONFUSED BY HAPPY FOR HER.

WE THEN FLASH BACK TO ANCIENT ROME AS SUDI STARTS TO TELL HER STORY. THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON A MAN WITH BROWN HAIR, AMBER EYES, AND AN ATHLETIC BUILD AS HE STANDS DRESSED IN A TOGA. SUDI SAYS THAT THIS MAN’S NAME WAS ELIPHAS, AND BACK THEN, HE WAS A BIG DEAL. WE SEE ELIPHAS GIVING A SPEECH AT THE ROMAN SENATE, WALKING THROUGH THE BAZAAR WITH MILITARY GUARDS, AND WALKING OVER TO A BEAUTIFUL BLONDE WOMAN WHO EMBRACES HIM PASSIONATELY.

SUDI: HE WAS A HIGH-RANKING POLITICIAN, RESPECTED BY THE MILITARY, WEALTHY BEYOND MEASURE, A MEMBER OF THE ELITE, AND LOVED BY ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN ALL OF ROME. HE HAD EVERYTHING…

SUDI’S EXPRESSION SUDDENLY DARKENS.

SUDI: …BUT IT WAS ALL A LIE.

WE THEN CUT TO ELIPHAS, SHOCKED AS A GOBLET OF WINE IS THROWN IN HIS FACE. HIS WIFE SNAPS AT HIM, SAYING THAT HIS SPEECH AT THE SENATE ALMOST RUINED EVERYTHING. ELIPHAS PLEADS WITH HIS WIFE, AURELIA, BUT SHE REFUSES TO LISTEN, SAYING THAT HE HUMILIATED HIS FELLOW POLITICIAN, MASCIUS, IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. ELIPHAS LOOKS OVER AT A CHISELED BLONDE MAN WHO LOOKS AT HIM SMUGLY AS AURELIA ORDERS HIM TO LEAVE.

ELIPHAS REFUSES TO LEAVE, SAYING THAT THIS IS HIS HOUSE, BUT AURELIA SCOFFS. SHE TELLS HIM NOT TO FORGET WHO PAYS FOR HIS LIFE. WHEN SHE FOUND HIM, HE WAS A STARVING POET BEGGING FOR FOOD AT THE MARKETPLACE. SHE SCOFFS AND REMOVES HER EARRINGS, ORDERING HIM TO HAVE THE SLAVES POLISH THEM ON THE WAY OUT. WITH THAT, SHE REMOVES HER ROBE, INFORMING ELIPHAS THAT SHE AND MASCIUS HAVE BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.

AURELIA: INTERRUPT US, AND I WILL MAKE YOU FAN US WHILE WE WORK.

SUDI: ELIPHAS WAS A TRULY PATHETIC MAN, PUT INTO POWER BY PEOPLE WHO ONLY SOUGHT TO USE HIM.

JOSH: HOLD ON.

BACK IN THE LOUNGE, JOSH INTERRUPTS SUDI’S STORY.

JOSH: PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS GOING SOMEWHERE.

ALANI: LET’S NOT BE TOO HASTY. I WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS MASCIUS GUY. I LIKE HIS STYLE.

BRIAN CRACKS UP AFTER ALANI TALKS AND SUDI TELLS THEM THAT THE STORY IS GOING SOMEWHERE, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

BACK IN THE STORY, ELIPHAS WANDERS THE STREETS OF ROME, PAUSING WHEN A FEMALE VOICE CALLS HIS NAME. HE LOOKS AROUND, REALIZING THAT HE’S BY HIMSELF, AND A VOICE CALLS HIS NAME AGAIN. HE TURNS AROUND AND NOTICES A RAVISHING WOMAN WITH IVORY SKIN AND LONG BLACK HAIR. SHE GREETS HIM AND HE ASKS HER IF HE KNOWS HER. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE SIMPLY WISHES HIS COMPANY, GESTURING TO A GOTHIC HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.

ELIPHAS: WHO ARE YOU?

WOMAN: CALL ME… SELENE.

WE NOW KNOW THAT THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO WE SAW TALKING TO KEVIN AT THE END OF THE LAST EPISODE. BACK IN THE LOUNGE, JOSH GROANS. LAURIE TILTS HER HEAD AND ASKS WHO SELENE IS, AND JAY TELLS HER THAT SHE’S AN IMMORTAL MUTANT AND THE BLACK QUEEN OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB. BAD NEWS.

SUDI: I WISH THIS WAS A JOKE. BELIEVE ME, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW BAD THIS STORY GETS.

BACK IN THE CLUB, CLARICE HEADS OVER TO THE BAR, SITTING BESIDE JULIAN. AS SHE ORDERS A DRINK, JULIAN GRINS, SAYING THAT HE NEVER THOUGHT HE’D SEE THE DAY WHEN CLARICE WOULD SIT WITH HIM. CLARICE GRINS BACK BEFORE LOOKING OVER AT LAURA DANCING IN THE CLUB. SHE STATES HER SURPRISE THAT SHE ENDED UP WITH SOMEONE LIKE JULIAN AND JULIAN CHUCKLES.

JULIAN: Y’KNOW, IT’S WEIRD. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I WANTED SOFIA, BUT I GUESS LAURA AND I WERE KINDA MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. WE’RE BOTH MORE THAN WHAT’S ON THE OUTSIDE. AND THE SEX IS GOOD.

CLARICE: OH REALLY?

JULIAN: THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER?

CLARICE: WELL, LET’S SEE… THE LAST TIME ME AND SOFIA GOT TOGETHER… TEN BACK-TO-BACK ORGASMS.

JULIAN: HEH. BUT I AM GLAD SHE CHOSE YOU. YOU WON HER FAIR AND SQUARE AND I’M HAPPY WITH LAURA. SO I GUESS THINGS ARE WORKING OUT FOR THE BOTH OF US.

CLARICE SMILES BEFORE JULIAN LOOKS OVER AT A DRUNK SOFIA DANCING IN THE CLUB. HE ALERTS CLARICE TO THE MATTER AND SHE GETS UP, MOVING TOWARD THE DANCE FLOOR.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN SUDI’S STORY, ELIPHAS AND SELENE RIDE TOGETHER IN THE CARRIAGE. ELIPHAS ASKS SELENE WHAT BRINGS HER HERE, AND SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE HAS COME FOR HIM. ELIPHAS IS CONFUSED BUT SELENE TELLS HIM THAT HE WAS ONCE A GOOD MAN BEFORE THIS WICKED CITY CORRUPTED HIS HEART. HE WAS A GREAT SOLDIER BEFORE POLITICS SOFTENED HIM. AND HE WAS A PASSIONATE LOVER BEFORE HIS HEART WAS BROKEN. SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE WAS THERE WHEN HE WAS BORN, WHEN HE FIRST TOOK A LIFE, WHEN A SPEAR ENDED HIS YEARS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, WHEN HE FELL IN LOVE AND WHEN SHE BROKE HIS HEART. AND NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY TOGETHER.

SELENE: ELIPHAS, I HAVE LIVED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. I CAN GIVE YOU THE SAME. I CAN MAKE YOU YOUNG AND STRONGER THAN YOU’VE EVER IMAGINED. I CAN MAKE YOU IMPERVIOUS TO THE ILLS OF MORTALS. AND SOON, YOU COULD CONTROL THE NIGHT AND THE ELEMENTS THEMSELVES. YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER WITH MY LOVE.

ELIPHAS: WHAT WOULD YOU ASK OF ME IN RETURN?

SELENE TRACES A SHARP BLACK NAIL DOWN HIS CHEEK. HER LIPS PART, REVEALING WHITE FANGS.

SELENE: EVERY SINGLE SOUL IN ROME.

SUDI: ELIPHAS WAS PATHETIC, BUT HE KNEW THIS WOMAN WAS TRUE EVIL. MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING… IF FATE HADN’T MADE THE CHOICE FOR HIM.

THE NEXT DAY, ELIPHAS ENTERS THE SENATE AND IS SHOCKED TO SEE MASCIUS, THE GUY FUCKING ELIPHAS’S WIFE EARLIER, WITH TWO OTHER POLITICIANS. ONE SAYS THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN, BUT THEY ARE GLAD THAT MASCIUS CHOSE TO TAKE HIS SEAT. ELIPHAS IS CONFUSED AND MASCIUS EXPLAINS THAT HE SAID THAT HE WAS STEPPING DOWN AND NEEDED HIM TO TAKE OVER HIS DUTIES. ELIPHAS NODS, RELUCTANTLY, AND MASCIUS TELLS HIM THAT AURELIA HAS REQUESTED HIS PRESENCE.

ELIPHAS HEADS OVER TO HIS HOME AND IS SHOCKED TO SEE A FIRE OUTSIDE. IN THE BLAZE ARE HIS POSSESSIONS AND AURELIA IS STANDING ON A BALCONY, TOSSING MORE OF HIS BELONGINGS INTO THE FIRE.

AURELIA: YOU MAY DIE NOW, ELIPHAS. BURN ALONG WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS FOR ALL I CARE. I HAVE NO NEED FOR YOU ANYMORE.

ELIPHAS GLARES AT HER WITH MASKED FURY, HAVING MADE HIS DECISION.

SUDI: THEY SAY A MAN WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN OF ALL.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE CLUB, CLARICE WALKS OVER TO SOFIA AND ASKS HER WHAT’S WRONG. SOFIA GIGGLES AND TELLS CLARICE THAT SHE’S ALL RIGHT. IN FACT, SHE’S FEELING GREAT. CLARICE ASKS HER IF SHE’S ON DRUGS AND SOFIA BEGINS RECITING LINES FROM ROMEO & JULIET AS A RESPONSE, PASSION IN HER EYES. CLARICE SIGHS AND PULLS SOFIA OFF THE DANCE FLOOR.

CESSILY, WHO IS RECEIVING A LAP DANCE FROM A PINK-HAIRED STRIPPER, NOTICES THEM AND ASKS IF THEY’RE OKAY. CLARICE SAYS THAT SOFIA IS DRUNK AND SHE NEEDS TO TAKE HER HOME. CESSILY SIGHS, REPRIMANDING HERSELF FOR FORCING SOFIA TO COME, BUT CLARICE TELLS HER THAT IT’S NOT HER FAULT. CESSILY TELLS HER TO TAKE CARE OF SOFIA AND CLARICE NODS, WALKING OUT THE CLUB WITH SOFIA.

BACK IN THE STORY, ELIPHAS CONFRONTS SELENE, SAYING THAT HE WILL DO WHATEVER SHE ASKS. SELENE TELLS HIM THAT TOMORROW, THE ARENA WILL HOST THE LARGEST BATTLE EVER SEEN. THOUSANDS OF SOULS WILL BE THERE, AND IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

SELENE: I’VE SHOWN YOU THE SIGILS. TAKE MY BLADE AND DO WHAT MUST BE DONE. TOGETHER, WE WILL LIVE FOREVER.

THE NEXT DAY, ELIPHAS WALKS AMONG THE CROWD HEADING FOR THE ARENA, MUTTERING ABOUT FIVE POINTS OF A PENTAGRAM. THEN ALL OF ROME WILL BURN FOR WHAT THEY DID. SUDDENLY, HE NOTICES A SMALL CHILD BEGGING FOR MONEY IN THE STREET, AND HIS FACE SOFTENS.

SUDI: BUT ELIPHAS WASN’T EVIL. HE WAS JUST WEAK. BUT ONE ACT OF KINDNESS CHANGED EVERYTHING.

ELIPHAS RUNS OVER TO THE LITTLE GIRL AND TELLS HER TO LEAVE ROME WITH HER FAMILY. A FEW MINUTES LATER, MASCIUS AND HIS GUARDS APPROACH THE COLISEUM, BUT A MAN, THE GIRL’S FATHER, STOPS HIM, SAYING THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIS FRIEND, ELIPHAS. HE TURNS TO THE LITTLE GIRL AND DEMANDS THAT SHE TELL THEM WHAT SHE KNOWS.

MEANWHILE, ELIPHAS ENTERS THE COLISEUM. DRESSED IN A BLACK CLOAK, HE MOVES UNDETECTED, SLIPPING INTO THE CATACOMBS.

SUDI: SELENE CHOSE HER PAWN WELL. HE KNEW WHERE HE NEEDED TO GO, AND AT THE SAME TIME, NO ONE CARED ENOUGH TO ASK WHY HE WAS GOING THERE.

EVENTUALLY, ELIPHAS REACHES HIS DESTINATION. HE SLITS HIS PALM WITH SELENE’S BLADE AND DRAWS A PENTAGRAM ON THE WALL WITH HIS BLOOD. THEN, HE THROWS DOWN SOME BONES BESIDE THE WALL. HE REPEATS THIS PROCESS THREE TIMES.

ELIPHAS: EVERY SOUL IN ROME… AND SHE WILL BE REBORN AS A GODDESS. AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER.

SUDI: SELENE NEEDED HIM TO HELP CAST A SPELL THAT WOULD DEVOUR THOUSANDS OF SOULS AT ONCE. ONE LIFE GIVES HER POWER. WE KNOW THAT FROM THE X-MEN’S ARCHIVES. TAKING THAT MANY LIVES WOULD MAKE HER A GOD.

OUT OF BREATH, ELIPHAS IS IN THE PROCESS OF DRAWING THE FINAL PENTAGRAM, MUTTERING THAT THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER. SUDDENLY, A FIST CONNECTS WITH HIS FACE AND HE FALLS BACK, REVEALING MASCIUS AND THREE GUARDS.

MASCIUS: LIVE FOREVER? MY FRIEND, YOU WON’T SURVIVE THE NIGHT.

LATER, INSIDE THE ARENA, THE SOUNDS OF CHEERING CROWDS CAN BE HEARD AS A WARRIOR IS VICTORIOUS. SUDDENLY, SELENE ENTERS THE ARENA IN SLOW MOTION, THE CAMERA FOCUSING ON HER LITHE FORM AND THE FLUTTER OF HER HAIR AND DRESS AGAINST THE WIND.

SUDI: NO ONE KNOWS WHERE SELENE CAME FROM. SHE CLAIMS TO BE OLDER THAN MANKIND. MAYBE SHE’S A MUTANT. ONE OF THE FIRST MUTANTS BORN. WHATEVER SHE IS, SHE WANTS TO BE MORE. SHE WANTS POWER; TO BE WORSHIPED AS A GODDESS. MAYBE SHE COULD HAVE DONE IT… BUT SHE MADE ONE MISTAKE.

SELENE CLOSES HER EYES AND BEGINS TO CHANT. MYSTIC ENERGY SURROUNDS HER AS THE WIND WHIPS EVEN FIERCELY. SUDDENLY, HER SPELL FADES AND SHE GASPS, SHOCKED. SUDDENLY, SHE LETS OUT A SCREAM AS TWO ARROWS PIERCE HER CHEST, BLOOD EXPLODING ONTO THE GROUND. MASCIUS AND HIS GUARDS STAND ALONG WITH ELIPHAS, WHO IS BOUND AND HELPLESS. MASCIUS SCOFFS, SAYING THAT ONE WOULD THINK A WITCH COULD DO BETTER THAN HIM. SELENE SUDDENLY BEGINS TO RISE, BARING HER FANGS IN RAGE.

SELENE: DO YOU BELIEVE YOU COULD KILL ME?! I CAN NEVER DIE! AND I WILL HAVE YOUR…

SUDDENLY, MASCIUS THROWS UP HIS SWORD, STABBING IT THROUGH HER HEAD. BLOOD PAINTS THE FLOOR AS SELENE FALLS DOWN, DEAD. MASCIUS ORDERS HIS GUARDS TO BIND THE BODY, THEN TAKE THEM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND BURN THEM. HIS GUARDS RESPOND, DRAGGING A SCREAMING ELIPHAS AWAY.

SUDI: IF ONLY IT WERE THAT EASY.

OUTSIDE ROME, ELIPHAS AND SELENE ARE BOUND TO TWO STAKES. ELIPHAS CRIES AND PRAYS WITH ALL HIS MIGHT AS MASCIUS’ GUARDS LIGHT THE PYRES. AS THE STAKES IGNITE IN FLAMES, ELIPHAS SCREAMS, BUT SELENE’S EYES BEGIN TO OPEN. SHE HISSES AS HER EYES APPEAR YELLOW AND ANIMALISTIC, DEVOID OF ANY HUMANITY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FLAMES ARE BLOWN BACK, SETTING THE GUARDS ON FIRE. THEY SCREAM AS THE FIRE EATS AWAY AT THEM.

ELIPHAS: AAAAHHHH… AAAAHHHH… OH, GODS, HELP MEEEE!

SELENE: ELIPHASSSSS… NO GOD CAN SAVE YOU NOW.

SELENE APPEARS IN FRONT OF ELIPHAS, ANGERED. HER FACE IS BURNT AND DISFIGURED, NOTHING LIKE THE PALE BEAUTY THAT IT WAS BEFORE. ELIPHAS SCREAMS IN TERROR.

SELENE: LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME!

ELIPHAS: PLEASE… I’M SORRY!

SELENE: I OFFER YOU EVERYTHING AND YOU BETRAY ME!

ELIPHAS: PLEASE… I JUST WANTED A LIFE ETERNAL WITH YOU BY MY…

SELENE: OH, YOU WILL HAVE LIFE ETERNAL, ELIPHAS… A LIFE OF ETERNAL TORMENT.

WITH THAT, SELENE BEGINS TO TRANSFER HER INJURIES ONTO ELIPHAS. HE SCREAMS AS HIS BODY IS BURNED AND SCARRED AS SELENE RETURNS TO HER BEAUTIFUL PERFECTION.

SELENE: YOU WILL LIVE FOREVER, AND FOREVER I WILL DENY YOU. I WILL DENY DEATH TO YOU. PRAY YOU NEVER SEE ME AGAIN.

WITH THAT, SHE DISAPPEARS, LEAVING ELIPHAS SCREAMING INTO THE NIGHT.

SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS LATER, A MAN IS DIGGING UP A GRAVE IN A CEMETERY. HE LOOKS AT THE GRAVE, NOTICING SOMETHING IS WRONG. SUDDENLY, A PALE HAND GRABS HIM AND FANGS SINK INTO HIS NECK. WE THEN SEE ELIPHAS, HIS BODY FRAIL AND BONE-WHITE LIKE A CORPSE. HIS EYES ARE TWO MILKY-WHITE ORBS AND HIS TEETH HAVE ELONGATED INTO FANGS. HE HOLDS THE DEAD MAN IN HIS ARMS AND MUTTERS THE NAME OF THE WOMAN HE LOVED.

SUDI: FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, HE SEARCHED FOR HER. AFTER EVERYTHING SHE DID TO HIM, HE STILL LOVED HER. AND EVERYWHERE HE WENT, HE BROUGHT DEATH. HE SOON LEFT THE OLD WORLD, FOLLOWING HER TRAIL TO THE NEW. HE MET A TRIBE WHO RECOGNIZED HIM FOR WHO HE WAS, BUT THEY COULD NOT DEFEAT HIM, AND THEIR DEATHS WERE BLAMED BY THE DISEASES BROUGHT ONTO THEIR LAND BY THE COLONISTS. HE SOON FOUND HER IN NOVA ROMA AND FOLLOWED HER TO THE PRESENT DAY, BUT HE WAS TOO AFRAID TO APPROACH HER. HE NEEDED SOMETHING TO APPEASE HER. AN OFFERING. TO MAKE HER A GODDESS. TO MAKE HER LOVE HIM AGAIN.

AS THE STORY ENDS, WE LOOK AT THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF HER. LAURIE IS BITING HER NAILS, HER FACE GHOSTLY WHITE. JAY AND SOORAYA ARE EQUALLY SCARED. JOSH TELLS SUDI THAT HE DOESN’T LIKE HER ANYMORE WHILE ALANI AND BRIAN WANT HER TO TELL THE STORY AGAIN. SUDI THEN SNAPS OUT OF HER DARKENED STATE, SMILING AND ASKING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A STORY. WITH THAT, LAURIE FAINTS.

MEANWHILE, CLARICE DRAGS SOFIA INTO HER ROOM AND INTO HER BED. SOFIA GRASPS AT CLARICE’S CLOTHES BLINDLY AND CLARICE SAYS THAT SHE REFUSES TO HAVE SEX WHILE SOFIA IS HIGH. AFTER SOME STRUGGLED PROTESTS, SOFIA FINALLY CALMS DOWN, AND CLARICE SITS BESIDE HER AS SHE LIES DOWN.

SOFIA: CLARICE… CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING?

CLARICE: YEAH.

SOFIA: I LOVED THIS NIGHT! I… I’M GLAD I COULD CUT LOOSE FOR ONCE AND NOT WORRY ABOUT STUPID FINALS! AND I’M GLAD THAT I HAVE YOU HERE WITH ME. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS WITH MY FATHER, I WANTED SOOO BADLY TO IMPRESS HIM, BUT NOTHING WORKED! I STUDIED HARD AND WORKED HARDER JUST TO MAKE HIM NOTICE ME! BUT HE NEVER DID. I GUESS I KEEP STUDYING FOR TESTS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF I DO, MAYBE HE WILL NOTICE ME FOR ONCE. BUT I’M GLAD I WAS HERE TONIGHT. I’M GLAD YOU WERE HERE FOR ME. I…

CLARICE: I KNOW, BABE. JUST REST. YOU’RE SAFE NOW.

CLARICE SLOWLY BEGINS TO STROKE SOFIA’S HAIR AND BEGINS TO SING ‘CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU’ TO SOFIA. DURING THIS MOMENT, WE SEE JOSH CARRY A SLEEPING LAURIE TO HER ROOM, CESSILY AND ROXY MAKING OUT WHILE LAURA AND JULIAN MAKE LOVE IN JULIAN’S ROOM, AND SANTO AND MEGAN CURLED UP WITH ALANI, SUDI, BRIAN, JAY, AND SOORAYA. AS THE SONG ENDS, SOFIA IS FAST ASLEEP AND CLARICE KISSES HER CHEEK AS THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK.

UNDERNEATH SALEM CENTER, WE SEE THE BODY OF ELVIRA, THE PROSTITUTE FROM THE OPENING SCENE, BEING DRAGGED ALONG THE GROUND. HER CORPSE IS THEN LEFT TO REST ALONGSIDE A WALL WITH MELANIE AND ROSE’S BODIES AS A KNIFE SLITS THEIR PALMS. A PALE HAND DABS AGAINST THE BLOOD AND BEGINS TO DRAW SOMETHING AGAINST THE WALL. WHEN FINISHED, THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT, REVEALING A DRAWING OF A PENTAGRAM.

THE FINAL SHOT REVEALS THE IDENTITY OF THE HOODED KILLER. IT’S ELIPHAS.

ELIPHAS: EVERY SOUL IN THIS CITY. EVERY SINGLE SOUL… AND SHE WILL LOVE ME FOREVER.

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HEY GUYS! SORRY FOR THE LATE UPLOAD! JUST GOT A LOT ON MY MIND! ANYWAYS, MAKE SURE YOU LIKE THE EPISODE CAUSE I WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT!

ALSO, STAY TUNED BECAUSE I WILL BE POSTING THE TRANSCRIPT FOR NEW X-MEN SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 "PILOT, PART 1" SOON!

[theredqueenandthebloodwyrm]

My brain just short-circuited. Like I knew from secondhand sources (and reading some of the Krakoa-era comics) that Xavier's disability tends to get "fixed" / disappear every so often but to see it firsthand is something else.

Like where is my man's wheelchair? wtf? what happened here??

ALSO MUTANT CLASS GEARED TOWARDS SPECIFIC MUTANT ABILTIES / SKILLSETS YES PLEASE MORE PLEASE

Telekinesis class looks fun, I wanna join.

Xavier: Your additional classes will vary based on your mutant abilities. This is a class for telekinetics. It seems today that they are honing their skills through a game of Jenga.

Ooo I love this too!

It looks like the art class is filled somewhat with psionics / telekinetics possibly? that one girl with the short red hair could be a telekinetic? or if the material is clay then maybe a power of controlling clay / dirt? some sort of physical manipulation power.

What's up with Northstar? is he usually such an ass? like that doesn't even make sense? Sofia did something of her own volition (albeit to prove Julian wrong) but then Julian gets a bad grade because she messed up landing? He isn't her keeper yknow? Like at worst give them both a scolding. Man I wouldn't want Northstar as my teacher, he gives asshole teacher vibes.

Sofia: Your powers are pheromones right? So unless you find me attractive, we should not have a problem?

Sofia: Do you find me attractive?

I can't read her facial expression very well in this panel, but I like to imagine it as a giant smile filled with anticipation.

and then Laurie panicking and being like "NO" and then realizing 'shit I hope she didn't think I was calling her ugly or anything'. so then she's like "No offense, but..."

[dweemeister]

Children of a Lesser God (1986)

In narrative art that features individuals with deafness or hearing loss, these films tend not to portray such characters on their own terms, failing to centralize the story around them. Neither Jane Wyman’s character in Johnny Belinda (1948) nor Patty Duke’s portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962) frame their respective films; both movies rely on a hearing character to do so. Looking beyond the United States, the same is true of The Shop on Main Street (1965, Czechoslovakia) and the anime film A Silent Voice (2016, Japan) – once more, it is the hearing character who becomes the audience’s proxy. No deaf or hard of hearing actors played the roles referenced in this paragraph.

Such is also the case in Randa Haines’ Children of a Lesser God, with one significant exception – a deaf actress, Marlee Matlin, plays the deaf main character. In the late 1980s, such representation was a revelation, and simply unheard of. Matlin, deaf since she was eighteen months old, came to the producers’ attention after starring in a Chicago-area stage play. While auditioning for the role, she and actor William Hurt struck up a relationship – questionable timing, as both actors got the part (more on their troubled relationship much later).

Haines’ film, distributed by Paramount and from a screenplay by Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff (adapting his own stage play of the same name), is a capable romantic drama with two great performances. Its portrayal of a deaf character by a deaf actress was indeed significant for its time; the decision to position the film through the hearing character’s experiences fails to distinguish it from its fellow films and numerous films since.

Somewhere in New England, James Leeds (William Hurt) arrives for his new job: as a teacher at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. His enthusiastic teaching style rubs off on most of his students, as he emphasizes that, as important as it is to sign and read lips, they must also learn to speak. Also working at the school is Sarah Norman (Matlin), a former standout student who works as the school’s custodian. While the school’s hearing staff, for reasons initially unclear, dislike Sarah, the students appreciate her. James falls quickly for Sarah and they eventually begin dating, after a few rebuffs on her part. What follows is a romance where our two protagonists navigate through his desire to help her adjust to the world beyond the school walls and her lack of trust in others. Drifting in and out of the film are the school’s hearing principal, Dr. Curtis Franklin (Philip Bosco), and Sarah’s mother (Piper Laurie) to give both main characters advice, encouragement, and dramatic obstacles.

Children of a Lesser God suffers from its emphasis on James’ perspectives. Between James and Sarah, it is James who demands the most in any compromises between the two. When he first asks Sarah whether she would want to move in with him, James’ approach is, at times, more demanding than it is a genuine query. His insistence on Sarah speaking phonetically to hearing people, from the onset, seems to disregard whatever personal reasons Sarah might have for refusing to do so. Late in the film, the most heated discussion between the couple on this topic comes in perhaps the most inappropriate way – he wants to hear her say his name during sex. Both James and Sarah carry into this relationship sizable foibles and broken pasts, but the former’s communication style can be abrasive and domineering. At times, it makes Children of a Lesser God seem like yet another savior narrative.

Certainly, Sarah’s reluctance to speak phonetically is a defensive mechanism – one to shield her from the pain of past interactions with hearing people and a refusal to have anybody to speak on her behalf. The film also implies that she may be a survivor of sexual abuse. Matlin is magnificent in this role (my goodness, does she sign quickly or what?) and there are a few key scenes where, as Sarah, her character truly shines without James’ input. Interestingly, both scenes involve music. The first instance comes on their first date at a restaurant, when Sarah insists on dancing to “I’ll Take You There” by the Staple Singers. Feeling the vibrations of the music “through [her] nose”, Sarah grooves, eyes closed, to the music. Rather than shaking her hips and moving her head with the beat, she sways, and gracefully moves her arms to the song – released from the bounds of the musical and lyrical phrasing.

Later in the film, Sarah does not betray any irritation when James claims he cannot enjoy his favorite piece of classical music (in this case, the second movement to J.S. Bach’s Double Violin Concerto) because she is unable to enjoy it. Instead of showing her discomfort or lashing out, she asks James to “show [her] the music”, similar to how she “felt” the music on the first date. James fails to do so, but not for lack of trying. Here, Matlin, as Sarah, is fully observational – one can see, through her eyes and face, a sincere attempt to understand what the Bach “feels” like. Where others might point out Matlin’s emotionally fraught scenes in this movie as the best exemplars of her work (any of the fights with Hurt’s James, her jealousy while watching the school show, her reconciliation with her mother), Matlin’s command in these less dramatically important moments also deserve praise.

Matlin’s performance, however, cannot stop Children of a Lesser God from depicting Sarah as the otherized character that must change the most. The film, released in a decade of popular cinema with a more cavalier attitude towards relationship violence than previously seen, puts so little on Hurt’s James. It is fine to portray an imbalanced romantic relationship in a movie. But the film seems tepidly interested in Sarah in stretches, and fails to truly allow the audience to connect with her in moments where that might be possible. Additionally, whenever Sarah or anyone else who is deaf or hard of hearing signs in the film, there are no subtitles. Instead, it is up to James or another hearing character to verbalize the sign language – disallowing the opportunity for any viewer to find, in Sarah, a chance to see the events of the film through her. This, like CODA (2021; which incidentally also stars Marlee Matlin and concentrates on a hearing character, albeit a child of deaf adults), makes Children of a Lesser God a film not for the deaf or hard of hearing community, but for hearing audiences. Sarah’s deafness becomes an obstacle in this film – indeed, some of this is on the original stage play, but there surely were ways to address this.

The chilly New England atmosphere of this movie lends it a coziness that no stage play could possibly replicate. John Seale’s (1996’s The English Patient, 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road) cinematography and Michael Convertino’s (1988’s Bull Durham, 1994’s The Santa Clause) electronic-heavy score (electronic-heavy scores tend to date quickly, and this is no exception), however, are merely functional. Children of a Lesser God, lacking in any technical accoutrements, relies solely on the strength of its actors and its adapted screenplay and the odd autumnal landscape of red-orange tree leaves and mist wafting over water in the early mornings. Director Randa Haines had never made a theatrical film prior to this, with her directorial career only covering network television and television movies until Children of a Lesser God. Her direction is here is unremarkable, but at least is sufficient for the purposes of this adaptation.

Hurt and Matlin began a romantic relationship shortly after auditioning for Children of a Lesser God – establishing a tricky situation of power dynamics on set during the making of the film. Matlin, seen as the ingénue, knew she had much to learn from Hurt (one year removed from his Academy Award-winning role in Kiss of the Spider Woman and one year away from Broadcast News) and everyone else on set. Matlin has always praised her fellow cast and crew members for that education in filmmaking. She moved in with Hurt shortly after shooting ended on Children of a Lesser God, but that was the beginning of the end of their relationship. The relationship, marked by drug and verbal abuse and rape, continued through the 59th Academy Awards in March 1987 (that evening, on the way home, Hurt questioned the legitimacy of Matlin’s Best Actress win, callously comparing Matlin to the other four nominees) but ended several months thereafter. In later years, following the publication of Matlin’s memoir detailing the worst aspects of their relationship, Hurt apologized for any harm he inflicted on Matlin and her family, wishing them all well. After Hurt’s death in 2022, Matlin reflected on her time making Children of a Lesser God and noted that Hollywood had “lost a really great actor”.

When Children of a Lesser God received five Academy Award nominations and won Marlee Matlin her Best Actress Oscar, speculation abounded regarding changes in the portrayals of deaf characters and opportunities for deaf and hard of hearing actors. Matlin was the incarnation of a potential groundswell of such representation in Hollywood. That groundswell has been less dramatic than anticipated (as are all such movements to address underrepresentation in American films), but Matlin’s win has, slowly, in its own way, opened a wealth of new opportunities for deaf and hearing-impaired actors in the United States in film and television. Children of a Lesser God might not be the revolutionary film that many non-viewers may have heard of. Nevertheless, its positive impacts continue to create small ripples through American filmmaking, belatedly, more frequently than ever before.

My rating: 7/10

^ Based on my personal imdb rating. My interpretation of that ratings system can be found in the “Ratings system” page on my blog. Half-points are always rounded down.

For more of my reviews tagged “My Movie Odyssey”, check out the tag of the same name on my blog.

[afaimscorner]

Liste der 97 besten X-Comics-Charaktere

Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau) (1981)

Kitty Pryde (Shadowkat) (1980)

Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (1990)

Laura Kinney (Wolverine) (2004)

Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) (1967)

Dani Moonstar (Mirage) (1982)

Illyana Rasputin (Magik) (1975)

Magneto (Max Eisenhart) (1963)

Alex Summers (Havok) (1969)

Jean Grey (Phoenix) (1963)

Scott Summers (Cylops) (1963)

Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane) (1982)

Lorna Dane (Polaris) (1968)

Doug Ramsey (Cypher) (1984)

Storm (Ororo Munroe) (1975)

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (1975)

Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (1967)

 Siryn (Theresa Rourke) (1981)

Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (1982)

Sunspot (Roberto DaCosta) (1982)

Rictor (Julio Esteban Richter) (1987)

Northstar (Jean Paul Beaubier) (1979)

Husk (Paige Guthrie) (1986)

Blink (Exiles) (Clarice Ferguson) (1994)

Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox) (1974)

Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (1964)

Rachel Summers (Askani) (1981)

Mimic (Exiles) (Calvin Rankin) (2001)

Hellion (Julian Keller) (2003)

Elixir (Josh Foley) (2003)

Mercury (Cessily Kincaid) (2003)

Warren Worthington III (Archangel) (1963)

Iceman (Bobby Drake) (1963)

Logan (Wolverine, James Howlett) (1974)

Tabby (Tabitha Smith, Boom Boom) (1985)

Karma (Shi’an McCoy) (1980)

M (Monet St. Croix) (1994)

Alison Blair (Dazzler) (1980)

Strong Guy (Guido Carosella) (1985)

Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (1965)

Nocturne (T. J. Wagner) (2001)

Betsy Braddock (Captain Britain) (1976)

Brian Braddock (Captain Avalon) (1976)

Mystique (Raven Darkholm) (1978)

Maddie Pryor (Goblin Queen) (1983)

Madison Jeffries (1983)

Jay Guthrie (Icarus) (1984)

Lila Cheney (1984)

Rusty Collins (1986)

Skids (Sally Belvins) (1986)

Domino (Neena Thurman) (1992)

Nate Grey (X-Man) (1995)

Pete Wisdom (1995)

Dust (Sooraya Qadir)(2002)

Noriko Ashida (Surge) (2004)

Heather Mac Daniel Hudson (Sasquatch) (Exiles) (2002)

Quentin Quire (Kid Omega) (2003)

Laurie Collins (Wallflower) (2003)

Santo Vaccarro (Rockslide) (2003)

Pixie (Meggan Gwyn) (2004)

Amor (Hisako Ichiki) (2004)

Layla Miller (2006)

Gabby Kinney (Scout) ((2015)

Hope Summers (2007)

Magma (Amara Aquilla) (1983)

Warlock (1984)

Mindee Cuckoo (2001)

Longshot (1985)

Chamber (Jonathan Starsmore) (1994)

Destiny (Irene Adler) (1981)

Empath (Manuel Alfonzo Rodrigo de la Rocha)(1984)

Emma Frost (White Queen) (1980)

Cecilia Reyes (1997)

Callisto (1983)

Caliban (1981)

Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (1964)

Snowbird (Naya Eason) (1979)

Oya (Idie Okonkwo) 2010)

Vulcan (Gabriel Summer) (2006)

Eva Bell (2012)

Goldballs (Fabio Medina, Egg) (2013)

Christopher Summers (Corsair) (1977)

Hepzibah (1977)

Moira MacTaggert (1975)

Mac (James Hudson, Guardian) (1978)

Heather McDonalds (Nemesis) (1980)

Aurora (Jeanne Marie Beaubier) (1979)

Daken (Akihiro, Fang) (2006)

Eyeboy (Trevor Hawkins) (2012)

Phoebe Cuckoo (2001)

Celeste Cuckoo (2001)

Trance (Hope Abbot) (2005)

Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (1991)

Gabriel Cohuelo (Velocidad) (2010)

Blindfold (Ruth Aldine) (2005)

Sabretooth (AoA) (Viktor Creed) (1994)

Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (1989)

[nightwhispcrs]

post-event / post-hiatus starter call !! i've been gone for what feels like a year so i really want to have fresh threads — don't be shy ! may increase the caps if i get drafts done early .

adam newman , 33 , young & the restless ( 2 / 4 ) — faith newman , drusilla keeble charlie dalton , 26 , dead poets society ( 0 / 4 ) — craig manning , 23 , degrassi ( 1 / 4 ) — marco del rossi eli joseph stock , 22 , along for the ride ( 3 / 4 ) — ally of wonderland , auden west , kiara carrera enjolras , 26 , les mis ( 2 / 4 ) — peyton halliwell , charlotte emily fred flintstone , 40 , the flintstones ( 1 / 3 ) — nigel thornberry irina denali , 28 , twilight ( 4 / 4 ) — eric northman , faye chamberlain , heidi volturi , laurent da revin jack shephard , 35 , LOST ( 1 / 4 ) — lexie grey katniss everdeen , 22 , the hunger games ( 4 / 4 ) — chris hartley , annie cresta , celeste kipper , a-xing lee jordan , 28 , harry potter ( 2 / 4 ) — ginny weasley , bill weasley max goodwin , 34 , new amsterdam ( 1 / 4 ) — kevin keller michael guerin , 31 , roswell new mexico ( 2 / 4 ) — ainsley whitly , lorelai gilmore monica geller , 27 , friends ( 2 / 4 ) — ji euntak , laurie strode naomi pierce , 32 , succession ( 1 / 4 ) — kenna de poitiers ramona flowers , 25 , scott pilgrim ( 2 / 4 ) — marceline , felicia hardy robin buckley , 24 , stranger things ( 3 / 4 ) — nancy wheeler , liv hawthorne , eloise roman roy , 36 , succession ( 2 / 4 ) — sam giddings , galadriel tucker mccall , 45 , young & the restless ( 2 / 4 ) — kallias , kendall roy zoe rivas , 24 , degrassi ( 4 / 4 ) — zoya nazyalensky , nimona , miles hollingsworth iii , victorie weasley

[forever-a-lake-effect-kid]

okay, actual introductory post now! hi!

my deal:

i'm sonder!

i'm 19

i'm white

i use any pronouns (prefer it if you alternate them!)

i'm jewish

i have adhd and anxiety which is a killer x2 combo

my main blog is bread--quest so follows/likes will be from there

i'm also the host of a system! this isn't really relevant except that at least one of the members is also a geography nerd and just wants you to know that she is posting on this blog in spirit. her name is mnemosyne :)

i read laurie keller's scrambled states of america one too many times as a kid and i've had an obsession with personified locations ever since

i'm also a huge history and geography nerd in general!

this blog's deal

i originally created this sideblog for wttt stuff but it's now sort of a general sideblog for personification stuff (aka stuff i feel is too cringe for main blog 😔). specifically you might see socialstuck and paris burning/citiesverse things occasionally. and also maybe my wtnv personifications au community gardens :3

also read the city we became by nk jemisin

please do not mistake any of my content for het/alia, it Will make me feel really weird. please see here for why

random extra bonus info under the cut!

i live in maine usually but i moved to pennsylvania for college and am feeling Definitely Super Normal About It (no i'm not) (i hypothesize that refixating on states and wttt specifically might have been because of this in fact). i will probably make a habit of showing up in people's notes to go MAINE MENTIONED whenever anyone mentions maine. oh also i was born in chicago, as if you couldn't guess by the fall out boy song referenced in my url and header, and then we moved when i was 5 which i was and am also Definitely Super Normal About.

[tolgaerbak]

Cougar Town

Kabul etmek lazım ki 2019 yılı Cougar Town keşfi için biraz geç kalmış bir sene. Ama gelin görün ki; 2010’ların başındaki sitcom curcunası o kadar kalabalıkken sıranın Cougar Town’a kadar ilerlememiş olması da bizlerin kabahati olamaz.

Hayali bir yer olan Gulfhaven, Florida’da geçen Cougar Town’ın başrolünde Friends’in Monica’sı Courteney Cox var. Friends’in ardından geçen yıllar Cox’u 40’lı yaşlarında “single mother” rollerine taşırken, hayat verdiği karakterin ismi ise Jules Cobb. Jules, bir türlü büyüyememiş kocası Bobby’den ayrıldıktan sonra oğlu Travis’le beraber yaşıyor. Jules ve Travis’in paylaştıkları hayat, aynı zamanda dizinin komedi unsurları içinde de güzel bir yer tutuyor.

“Ayrıldık, bir daha görüşmeyiz” ya da “sadece Travis için görüşebiliriz”den çok, Jules ve Bobby’nin ilişkisi arkadaşlık seviyesinde kalma işini fazlasıyla başarmış durumda. Birbirlerinin ilişki durumlarına sonuna kadar saygı duyan ikili, oğulları Travis’e de ihtiyacı olandan fazla ilgiyi göstermekte eksik kalmıyorlar.

Sırada, Bobby’nin evden karadaki bir tekneye taşınmadan önceki, Jules’ın ise halihazırdaki yan komşuları Torres’ler var. Ellie, Jules’ın en yakın arkadaşı. Eşi Andy de Bobby’nin hayranı ve ona göre Bobby en iyi arkadaşı. Ellie’nin baskın karakteri karşısında durumu idare ediyor gibi görünüp zamanla pek çok şeye hakim olduğunu anladığımız Andy, tam bir anlatılmayıp yaşanacak bir karakter. İkisi de eğlenceye katkıları oldukça yüksek bir ikili ve bebekleri Stan’le atılacakları daha çok macera var..

Cougar Town adına bahsedeceğimiz son “ikili” ise Grayson Ellis ve Laurie Keller. Gray’s Pub’ın sahibi ve Jules’un karşı komşusu Grayson, Jules gibi boşanmış ve yalnız yaşamasına rağmen ilişkiler konusunda Jules’un birkaç kat önde gibi bir hava estiriyor Cougar Town’da. Elbette dizi, ilerleyen bölümde altında yatan sebepleri fazlasıyla irdelemekten geri kalmıyor.

Jules’ın emlakçı iş arkadaşı ve Ellie ile aralarında seçim yapamadığı “en iyi arkadaşlık adayı” Laurie Keller ise, oyuncusu Busy Philipps’in Dawson’s Creek’teki devam karakteri ile karşımıza çıkıyor adeta. Sorunlu bir aile geçmişi, tek başına sürdürülen bir hayat gibi gibi.. Oyuncuların üzerine yapışan karakterler olur ya, Dawson’s Creek’in Audrey’i gider, aldığı yaşları üzerine ekleyen kopyası Cougar Town’un Laurie’si gelir. Busy Philipps de onu yaşıyor adeta. Peki Cougar Town’a yakışıyor mu? Yakışıyor. Bu da esasen tartışma bitirici nokta.

Toparlarsak, 2009-2015 arasında altı sezon yayınlanmış eğlenceli bir dizi Cougar Town. Başlangıçta adapte olmak için hızla izlediğiniz, ikinci sezon gibi ise, her gün bir bölüm harcamaktan kaçınarak hemen bitmemesi ruh haline büründüğünüz sıcak bir yapım. Sitcom ihtiyacınıza fazlasıyla yanıt vereceğine kuşkunuz olmasın. Üstelik sürpriz Friends cameo’ları da cabası!

[terrortwinz]

Ok ok ok so I’m binge watching Cougar Town for the first time and I’m forced to admit that my style icon is Laurie Keller.

[jawhip5]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: The Scrambled States Of America Hardcover Book By Laurie Keller.

[sofiamantegafan110]

NEW X-MEN TV SHOW

SO ONE THING ABOUT ME IS THAT I WANT TO BECOME A SCREENWRITER. I REALLY WANT TO PRESENT MY IDEAS AND I ESPECIALLY WANT TO GIVE THE NXM THE LIVE ACTION TV SHOW THEY DESERVE. I WAS INSPIRED BY A FRIEND OF MINE, @spiralcass, WHO CREATED AN AMAZING NEW X-MEN ANIMATED SERIES, TO SHOW MY IDEAS FOR MY OWN NEW X-MEN SHOW THAT I HOPE TO PUT ON SOMEDAY. I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY SEASONS OR EPISODES THERE WILL BE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD IDEAS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL INTRODUCE THE MAIN AND SECONDARY CAST FOR SEASON 1.

MAIN CAST: JULIAN KELLER, CESSILY KINCAID, SOFIA MANTEGA, CLARICE FERGUSON, LAURA KINNEY, SANTO VACCARRO, AND JAY GUTHRIE.

SECONDARY CAST: SOORAYA QADIR, MEGAN GWYNN, ROXANNE WASHINGTON, JOSH FOLEY, LAURIE COLLINS, KEVIN FORD, BRIAN CRUZ, VICTOR BORKOWSKI, LIN LI, ALANI RYAN, CALLIE BETTO, MONET ST. CROIX, DANIELLE MOONSTAR, AND XUAN CAO MANH.

SO YEAH, THAT’S MY CAST. I’LL BE PRACTICING WRITING FOR THE SERIES WHENEVER I HAVE THE CONFIDENCE, AND I’LL MAKE SURE TO POST EPISODES TO TUMBLR WHEN I FINISH THEM.

STAY TUNED, AND SHOUTOUT TO @spiralcass FOR GIVING ME THE INSPO!