#love death and robots vol 2

[ragingphantom666]

Sonic World project plan: Shadow the Hedgehog (Vol. 2)

This series is not an assured project. It is a concept that can still be changed or scrapped.

Synopsis

After the event of "Shadow the Hedgehog" volume one, Shadow has decided to reunite with Team Dark. The rocky reunion is broken up by the impossible return of Mephiles the Dark. They must team-up to stop the new threat of Nominatus, master of technology.

Characters

Shadow the Hedgehog - The ultimate lifeform created by Gerald Robotnik in the Earth dimension. He was brought to Sonic's home dimension by Eggman sometime following his battle with the Biolizard on the Ark. Rouge was the first person he met following his reawakening. For a time, they had quite the bond and formed Team Dark with E-123 Omega. Sometime prior to the battle where Eggman disappeared, Shadow left to be on his own. During the events on this volume, he attempts to repair his status with Team Dark while chasing after the evil Mephiles.

Rouge the Bat - A master thief, treasure hunter, and leader of Team Dark with a flirty personality. She had a close relationship with Shadow and was hurt when he left the team. When he returns, she no longer trusts him enough to lower her guard again.

E-123 Omega - The most powerful robot built by Eggman. He loves to destroy enemies and cause destruction. There is a kinder side to him that only Shadow and Rouge have seen. No matter what, he will always protect his friends.

Mephiles - Dubbed "the Ultimate Lifeform Destroyer," he was created by Infinite the Jackal through the power of the reality-altering power of the Phantom Ruby to torment Shadow. Although the ruby was destroyed and the false reality was torn apart, Mephiles somehow impossibly survived. In a "glitchy" form, he releases Nominatus as part of a plan to destroy Shadow.

Nominatus - An ancient, alien being from the Nero dimension. He can manipulate electronics and radio signals. He was sent eons ago to conquer the world for Black Doom, but he was defeated and sealed within an object known as the "Nominatus Sphere." He morphs Badniks into his demonic minions. His drive is to finish his mission and return home as a champion.

Recap

Other Information

The plan for the Nero dimension is for it to take inspiration from the Shinigami realm from the anime "Death Note." The domain of Black Doom is based on the Black Comet.

I got the name "Nero" when I put "Black Doom" through an Italian translation. It's fitting because I've seen two evil characters who were called "Nero." It's a long story though about how I got to using Italian though.

Although there is no romance in the Sonic World universe, the "bond" between Shadow and Rouge is meant to suggest that they were dating once. Officially though, they were just really, really, really, really good friends 😉

[phantombandit-films]

Christian Slater Movie/Tv checklist.

When I find a actor/actress I like I will go through their IMDB and make a list of the films I think look interesting and watch them. Most of the time that means watching every single movie/ tv show they have been in. Titles with a ✔ at the end are the ones I've seen.

☆ Tales from the Darkside. ☆ The Legend of Billie Jean. ✔ ☆ The Name of the Rose. ✔ ☆ Twisted. ✔ ☆ The Equalizer (Season 2, Ep 4) ☆ Crime Story. ☆ L.A. Law (Season 2, Ep 16) ☆ Tucker: The Man and His Dream. ☆ Heathers. ✔ ☆ Gleaming the Cube. ✔ ☆ Desperate for Love. ☆ Beyond the Stars. ☆ The Wizard. ✔ ☆ The Edge (Season 1, Ep 3) ☆ Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. ☆ Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory. ✔ ☆ Pump up the Volume. ✔ ☆ Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. ✔ ☆ Mobsters. ☆ Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. ☆ Kuffs. ✔ ☆ Where the Day Takes You. ☆ Untamed Heart. ✔ ☆ True Romance. ✔ ☆ Jimmy Hollywood. ☆ Interview with the Vampire. ✔ ☆ Murder in the First. ✔ ☆ Bed of Roses. ✔ ☆ Broken Arrow. ✔ ☆ Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. ☆ Julian Po. ☆ Merry Christmas, George Bailey. ☆ Hard Rain. ✔ ☆ Basil. ☆ Very Bad Things. ☆ The Contender. ☆ 3000 Miles to Graceland. ☆ Who Is Cletis Tout? ☆ Zoolander. ✔ ☆ Hard Ca$h. ☆ Wind Talkers. ☆ The West Wing (Season 4, Ep 7,8,10) ☆ Masked and Anonymous. ☆ Alias (Season 2, Ep 15, 19) ☆ Mindhunters. ✔ ☆ The Confessor. ☆ Pursued. ☆ Alone in the Dark. ✔ ☆ The Deal. ☆ Hollow Man 2. ☆ Bobby. ☆ My Name is Earl (Season 2, Ep 8) ✔ ☆ He Was a Quiet Man. ☆ Slipstream. ☆ Love Lies Bleeding. ☆ Igor. ☆ My Own Worst Enemy (Season 1, Ep 1-9) ☆ Dolan's Cadillac. ☆ Lies & Illusions. ☆ The Forgotten (Season 1, Ep1-17) ☆ Sacrifice. ☆ Without Men. ☆ The River Murders. ☆ The Final Rites. ☆ Playback. ✔ ☆ Sofia. ☆ Freaky Deaky. ☆ El Gringo. ☆ Dawn Rider. ☆ Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood. ☆ Soldiers of Fortune. ☆ Breaking In (Season 1, Ep 1-7 - Season 2, Ep 1-13) ☆ Guns, Girls and Gambling. ☆ Bullet to the Head. ☆ Bound. ☆ Assassins Run. ☆ Stranded. ☆ Nymphomaniac: Vol. I ☆ Nymphomaniac: Vol. II ☆ Ask Me Anything. ✔ ☆ Way of the Wicked. ☆ Mind Games (Season 1, Ep 1-13) ☆ Mune: Guardian of the Moon. ☆ Hot Tub Time Machine 2. ✔ ☆ True Deception. ☆ King Cobra. ☆ The Summit. ☆ The Wife. ☆ The Public. ☆ Mr. Robot. ☆Dirty John (Season 2, Ep 1-8) ☆ We Can Be Heroes. ✔ ☆ Dr. Death (Season 1, Ep 1-8) ☆ Vindicators 2 (Season 1, ep 1,3,4,6,7,10) ☆ Archer (Season 5, Ep 9,12,13 - Season 6, 2,6,8,9,12,13 - Season 7, Ep 8 - Season 13, Ep 7,8) ☆ Inside Job (Season 1, Ep 1-10- Season 2, Ep 1-8) ☆ Willow (Season 1, Ep 6) ✔

[albertonykus]

Doraemon Vol. 3 from The Complete Works of Fujiko F. Fujio

The stories in this one were published in 1970–1976. By and large, they’re settling into their typical format and tone, including the introduction of shooting as one of Nobita’s few talents. With some stories from 1970 here though, there’s still some early-series weirdness. For example, this volume contains the last of the stories featuring the robot duck Gachako. There’s also a chapter in which Doraemon is reluctant to rescue some stranded hikers because he wants to keep his 22nd-Century technology a secret from people in the present, an essentially nonexistent concern later in the franchise. Then there are stories where the central conflict could have been easily solved by recurring gadgets that would be introduced later, such as the Anywhere Door (first appearance in 1973*) and the Doctor’s Handbag (first appearance in 1979).

*Due to the way the Doraemon manga is collected in The Complete Works of Fujiko F. Fujio, the story introducing the Anywhere Door is included in volume 2, despite postdating some of the stories in volume 3. In fact, it’s the same story where Dorami debuted!

We also start seeing the occurrence of distinct but conceptually similar gadgets, like the Lie Realizer (ソノウソホント) and the Lie Machine (うそつ機). Both are beak-like mouthpieces that generate an effect based on the user’s lies, but whereas the Lie Realizer actually makes lies come true (an incredibly overpowered ability—no wonder this gadget has never shown up in the Doraemon movies), the Lie Machine simply makes others believe they’re true.

Some of the most iconic Doraemon stories in this volume (as determined by my personal experience and biases):

“ペロ! 生きかえって” (“Pero! Come Back to Life”, 1971): Shizuka’s dog, Pero, passes away, so Nobita and Doraemon travel back in time and prevent his death. There are no negative consequences to this whatsoever.

“ほんもの図鑑” (“Real-object Encyclopedia”, 1971): Doraemon shows Nobita what a tarsier looks like using a set of encyclopedias that can release real versions of anything pictured inside. Nobita’s friends borrow the encyclopedias and chaos ensues.

“テストにアンキパン” (“Taking a Test with Memory Bread”, 1972): To help Nobita study for an exam, Doraemon offers him Memory Bread, which can copy printed materials and allow the user to memorize them if ingested... for as long as it remains in their digestive system, at least. (This is the story pictured on the cover.) I get the feeling that many people who grew up reading or watching Doraemon wanted this gadget at some point.

“すてきなミイちゃん” (“Beautiful Mii-chan”, 1973): Doraemon falls in love with a toy cat and brings it to life with his gadgets, but it turns out to be a male cat who isn’t into him.

“ネズミとばくだん” (“Mice and Bombs”, 1974): Doraemon goes berserk trying to deal with a mouse in the house, even bringing out an Earth-destroying bomb!

“進化退化放射線源” (“Evolution-devolution Ray”, 1975): Doraemon takes out the titular gadget to upgrade Nobita’s radio, but Nobita gets the idea to try it on other things. I previously discussed this story and its anime adaptations here.

“ニセ宇宙人” (“Fake Alien”, 1976): After Nobita is fooled by Gian and Suneo’s fake UFO photo, Doraemon helps him get even by using a model UFO from the 22nd Century.

[night-gay]

Into the Anthill pt 49 - Schism

Following in the footsteps of the X-Men comics, Avengers Academy had their own schism of sorts. Jocasta and Veil both went out of their way to say the academy was a dangerous waste of time and tried to poach Hank’s students for Briggs Chemical. Only two left (and they were minor characters at best) but Jocasta still tried to tear down everything Hank built and erase all of the campus systems to prove that his way of teaching was reckless and self-aggrandizing. She also criticized him for turning to the Avengers when times were hard and he needed support, but like. That’s literally what friends are for??

On the bright side: Ultron’s creation of Victor Mancha means Hank’s got another robot grandchild to hang out with now.

🐜🐜🐜

Avengers Origins: Ant-Man and the Wasp vol 1 #1

In this new version of Hank’s origin story his serum was denied funding because of the potential military applications and he met Janet on his way out of the committee hearing. Hank was chased out of his lab by a rat after his first time shrinking and he escaped the anthill by asking the first ant he encountered kindly for help. Jan asked him to dinner with her and her father where he admitted his plan to shift his focus to entomology. He consulted with Jan about the colors of his potential suit and within two months he’d suited up as Ant-Man. Jan asked if she could join him in his secret new hobby, but he told her no. He was still too raw from Maria’s death to let anyone get close to him yet.

Her father’s death happened as it did originally. Jan came to Hank for comfort and help, so he revealed his identity to her and swore to help. Jan had already figured out that he was Ant-Man and readily allowed him to subject her to the procedure that gave her her powers. She took the chemicals on her own to kill the Kosmosian once they arrived on the scene. The story ended with cheesy narration about how insect can’t love but these two can.

Needless to say, I thought this lacked the charm of his real 1960′s origins.

Venom vol 2 #14-15

Agent Venom, Red Hulk, Ghost Rider, and X-23 stopped Blackheart (Mephisto’s son) from turning Las Vegas into Hell on Earth. Captain America arrived once the battle was over to take the Venom symbiote into custody but Red Hulk vouched for him as a hero. Hank and Beast theorized that it could be kept under control, so Cap invited Flash to join the Secret Avengers. His symbiote would be kept in a secure facility until he needed it, at which time it would be shrunken down subatomically and sent via broadcast to whatever device he called from.

Avengers Academy vol 1 #23-28

In an effort to guarantee his future timeline, the impostor Reptil had Hybrid, a mutant/dire wraith hybrid, recruited to the academy. He kept his identity a secret and intended to have him kill all of the other students save for his close friends. After luring several students to him, Reptil had a change of heart and sounded the alarm to have everyone that was left fight Hybrid off. He brought back Humberto’s current psyche and Hank worked with Lightspeed to quickly assemble a door to Limbo to shove Hybrid into. Juston’s Sentinel delivered the final blow despite being broken down, apparently Jocasta’s doing. Adult Reptil’s last act was to call in Jocasta (who’d faked her death to observe the academy) and Veil to help. Jocasta claimed that this was further proof that Avengers Academy was a failed experiment and should be shut down.

Hank and Clint stopped her from dismantling all of their systems, but she still insisted on pitching Briggs Chemical as an alternate option for the students like Veil had chosen. The students were free to choose but only a few of the part-timers switched sides. After they left, Striker held a press conference to come out of the closet and The Runaways snuck in by disguising themselves as press.

The Runaways came to seek help finding Old Lace, their deinonychus who’d been lost in an alternate dimension. Victor Mancha had the idea to seek out the Avengers Academy for help and Hank agreed, rigging up a machine that used Reptil’s amulet and Nico’s staff to open a portal to Old Lace’s location. While they went out to rescue her, Nico discovered that Hank and Tigra planned to make Molly and Klara stay at the academy since they were so young. The teams briefly came to blows, but the Academy students quickly took the Runaways’ side and stopped. Nico cast a spell that allowed all of them to understand each other and they came to the agreement that Molly and Klara would at least take a robot Hank loaded with educational material. He offered Victor a place in their team if he ever wanted it and the two parted on good terms when he left with the Runaways once more.

Minor/Cameo appearances from this period:

Avengers Origins: Vision vol 1 #1

Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver vol 1 #1

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2023 Media Thread - Master Post

Anime / TV

X - Witch From Mercury Season One

X - Akiba Maid War

X - Bocchi the Rock!

X - Chainsaw Man

X - The Legend of Vox Machina Season One & Two

X - Symphogear

X - Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

X - Yuru Camp

X - Symphogear G

X - Kill la Kill

X - Onimai: I’m Now Your Sister!

X - The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady

X - The Muppets Mayhem

X - the muppets. (2015 tv series)

X - Yuri is My Job!

X - Witch From Mercury Season Two

X - Loki

X - Adventure Time

X - Adventure Time: Distant Lands

X - Fionna and Cake Season One

Games

X - Lonely Mountains Downhill

X - Splatoon 3

X - Hi-Fi Rush

X - Tunic

X - Prey (2017)

X - The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

X - Cruelty Squad

X - Kirby’s Dream Land

X - VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

X - Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

X - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope

X - Carrion

X - Metroid Prime Remastered

X - Star Wars: Episode 1 - Racer

X - Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk...

X - Pikmin 4

X - Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

X - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

X - Lethal Company

Movies

X - Puss In Boots The Last Wish

X - The Shape of Water

X - Nope

X - The Super Mario Bros. Movie

X - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

X - Get Out

X - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

X - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

X - Sunshine (2007)

X - The Grand Budapest Hotel

X - American Psycho

X - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 + Vol 3

X - Godzilla Minus One

X - Jingle All the Way

Yuri Manga

X - Onimai: I’m Now Your Sister! Ch1-Ch70

X - Eyeshield 21

X - New Game!

X - Futari Escape

X - Slow Start

X - Don’t Become An Otaku, Shinozaki!

X - 2DK, G-pen, Alarm Clock

X - Ohana Holoholo

X - Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon

X - Kami Eshi JK to OL Fujoshi

X - I want to be a cute anime girl Ch1-Ch314

X - Ouji-sama Nante Iranai

X - Sougou Tovarisch

X - Mimi Mix

X - Poor Poor Lips

X - Tonari no Robot

X - Opapagoto

X - A Timid Woman Longing For Her Delivery Girl

X - Let’s Love Girlfriends and Secrets

X - Hana and Hina After School

X - Adachi to Shimamura (2016 Manga)

X - Blue Friend

X - Skip and Loafer Ch1-Ch53

X - YuruYuri Ch1-Ch198

X - Yoru to Umi

X - An Easy Introduction to Love Triangles (To Pass the Exam!)

X - The Witch’s Marriage

X - Hino-san no Baka

X - There’s Weird Voices Coming from the Room Next Door!

X - What Does the Fox Say?

X - Shoujo Manga Protagonist X Rival-San

X - The Sheep Princess in Wolf’s Clothing

X - I Won 300 Million Yen, so I Started Raising a Freeloader Pretty Girl

X - About a College Girl Who Gets Picked Up at a Mixer by an Older Girl

X - Gabriel DropOut Ch1-Ch97

X - Vampeerz

X - Oshi V ga Oshiego de Watashi ga Mama de!?

X - Uta-kata, and Minus Literacy

X - Yume Miru Prima Girl!

X - Yuunagi Marbled, and Ami-chan’s Diary

X - I Wanna Quit Being a Hitman!

X - Love/Death, and Nicochuu

X - Goblin Is Very Strong

X - Soulmate

X - Sakura Trick

X - Kimi to Shiranai Natsu ni Naru

X - I Love Amy

X - Senpai, Does It Taste Good?

X - Ms. Vampire Who Lives In my Neighborhood

X - Sekai de Ichiban Oppai ga Suki!

X - Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai ni Koishiteru

X - The Model & The Plain Manager

X - Haru Tsuzuru, Sakura Saku Kono Heya de

X - Catulus Syndrome

X - The Nuisance Daily Life of Robot-dependent Girl

X - KiLa KiLa, Steps, and Game;

X - Omoino-Kakera, Itoshi Koishi, and An Absurd Relationship

X - Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~

X - Netsuzou Trap - NTR

X - All of Humanity Is Yuri Except for Me

X - Our Teachers are Dating!

X - An Aside Told to You

X - Mononoke Sharing

X - Chasing After Aoi Koshiba

X - Yurigurashi

X - Inside Mari

X - Sexual Education 120%

X - Hana to Hoshi

X - Todo no Tsumari no Uchouten & Ame Demo Hare Demo

X - Holy Girl Paradigm

X - Sorairo Girlfriend

X - Iono the Fanatics

X - The Girls' Arcadia

X - Stella☆Record

X - Bad Thinking Diary

X - Ibara no Namida

X - Fragtime

X - Ghosts of Greywoods

X - Sadistic Beauty: Side Story A

X - Oddman 11

X - Atashi no Senpai

X - Blooming Sequence

X - Girl in the Birdcage

X - The Ends of a Dream

X - Rock it, GiRL!!

X - Kitanai Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii

X - Shino to Ren

X - Asumi-chan is Interested in Lesbian Brothels

X - Yuri is My Job

Other Manga

X - Chainsaw Man Ch1-Ch97

X - Musuko ga Kawaikute Shikataganai Mazoku no Hahaoya

X - Kimi to Pico-Pico

X - Welcome Back, Alice

X - Dungeon Meshi

X - Himegoto - Juukyuusai no Seifuku

X - So I'm a Spider, So What? Ch1 - Ch66.1

X - Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai! Ch1 - Ch85

X - My childhood friend MUST become a girl!

Other

X - Infect Your Friends And Loved Ones

X - I'm Glad My Mom Died

[spacedewey]

That was at least partial hyperbole, but I thought about it. Narrowing it down to Amazing Spider-Man, because if you included all the other titles, it would be harder, and also, it would be just 3 separate runs on Spectacular Spider-Man by Bill Mantlo (RIP, but...).

For those of you just joining us, I've read nearly every Spider-Man comic ever made, most of them in the last 4 years. Let's put this long-ass answer under a cut.

#3: JM DeMatteis. Now, I know he has his boosters among Spider-Man fans, Kraven's Last Hunt, etc, etc. I'm not here to debate his relative merits, but I will say, generally speaking: Not a fan. But his run on ASM specifically, issues 389-406, takes Peter Parker into the first half of one of DeMatteis' most frequent story structures, and then just leaves him there. On Spectacular Spider-Man, DeMatteis loved to do stories where Peter was driven to the brink, seething with rage, wallowing in darkness, usually drugged and hallucinating (So many drugs!), in order to confront some terrible truth about himself and emerge stronger for it. Sometimes DeMatteis would do this bit in back-to-back stories. If you read it all close together, it becomes incredibly tedious and predictable. In his time on ASM, Peter sinks in to a depression and an endless rage over the death of his fake robot parents (THE NINETIES!) and just stays there. He declares that he is "The Spider," gives up on Peter Parker's life, refuses to take his mask off, come home, acknowledge Mary Jane in anyway, and ignores Aunt May until she up and dies (You know, "dies"). Then Ben Reilly shows up, and Peter goes even more insane. It's 15 issues of wallowing in pointless misery with no payoff and it is a chore to read. All of this, ostensibly, was to make Ben Reilly seem far more appealing by comparison and sell the idea that him being revealed as the real Peter is a good thing, which is fuckin' insane, but by the time any of that goes anywhere, DeMatteis is gone. There's no redemption at the end of the vision quest this time, just a painful, boring slog.

#2: Len Wein. Len wrote ASM from #151-180, and the book was just in a holding pattern. Nothing particularly noteworthy happened, unless it was something bad. Really terrible new villains like Rocket Racer and Big Wheel are introduced. Spider-Man, already kind of a jerk under previous writer Gerry Conway, is a full-blown asshole, just a completely unlikable character. Len wrote the 5-parter wherein Harry Osborn's psychiatrist puts him under hypnosis, finds out about the Green Goblin, and just... gives it a try. A middle aged man with no superpowers just starts flying around on a glider, throwing bombs at people and trying to take over the underworld, and is about as successful as the previous Goblins were. Then he accidentally blows himself up with a bomb that looks like an ink pen. Most of the run is just forgettable, and its most memorable moments are all really bad. Nothing of interest happens in Peter Parker's life. He was going to college, he keeps going to college. He was dating MJ, he keeps dating MJ. Just spinning the wheels until Len's good pal Marv Wolfman comes on board and really shakes things up in an underrated run.

#1: Nick Spencer. I wasn't originally thinking Nick was #1, per se, but... he really is. Chief amongst the complaints: Nick Spencer's ASM, Vol. 6, #1-74, begins with Peter Parker losing his job, and for the next 3 years, with the exception of 3 issues in the middle, Peter is unemployed and not worried about it, living in Manhattan in an apartment with 2 roommates, who are also not worried about it. All these characters are open to interpretation, but if your Peter Parker is broke and unbothered, you have fundamentally misunderstood the comic, and it can't be saved. But that makes sense, because this run isn't about Peter at all, and that's the other reason it deserves the #1 spot. It's about Spider-Man. In the 3 issues where Peter has a job, Spider-Man gets a job, not Peter. If any non-super characters appear, they appear as part of the Spider-Man plot, as MJ is kidnapped by villains, or Randy Robertson is dating a supervillain, etc. There is no personal life for what they used to call the "everyman" of Marvel Comics. It's an unmitigated, irredeemable disaster, and that's before the stupid zombie villain he spends 3 years teasing but not really doing anything with turns out to be nothing but an awkward retcon for Sins Past. I mean, yeah, that story sucked, but the culmination of 3 years of bullshit foreshadowing turning out to be a continuity patch to a story from 18 years prior that everyone else was content to just ignore is insane. Along the way, you also get Peter living with the villain Boomerang and just rolling with it, everyone being totally cool with Randy dating a supervillain, and pathetic remakes of famous stories like Kraven's Last Hunt and The Death of Jean DeWolff, "now much longer and much worse!" At least some of the blame lies with editor Nick Lowe, who approved all this, and also promoted literally every storyline as "the worst thing that ever happened to Spider-Man!" "The worst day of Peter Parker's life!" "The most shocking issue ever!" and then nothing happened in any of them. No one died, no relationships were changed, nothing. All sizzle, no steak, for 74 issues. Nick Lowe has been implying that the next issue of Spider-Man will kill Mary Jane for 5 years, he rolled it right into the current run after Spencer left. He should not be running this book. But, yeah, Nick Spencer. In addition to being a genuinely miserable human being in real life, terrible Spider-Man writer.

And that is my entirely-too-long answer.

(I want to go on record as not having purchased the Nick Spencer run. I have never bought a comic with his name on it. But I did read them all. To my detriment)

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[noahsbookhoard]

📚 Hi! I'm Noah avid reader since age 6 and always happy to discuss books! 📚

I read almost all genre with sweet tooth for fantasy and sci-fi. I also have a growing interest in murder mystery and horror. Lots of queer fiction. I'm also catching up on my classics.

Mostly adult and some young adult but I have enjoy middle grade from time to time.

I especially love Terry Pratchett, Victor Hugo, Agatha Christie and T J Klune.

I read in both english and french, english not being my first language but I'm close to fluent.

Yearly book count : 119

Last finished reading

What Feast at Night (Sworn Soldier #2) by T Kingfisher

Reading in progress

La Dame du manoir de Wildfell Hall (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) by Anne Brontë

Already read this year (in reverse chronological order)

(The lines in pink are book crushes)

Le Bastion des Larmes by Abdellah Taïa

If We Were Villains by M L Rio

War and Peace by Leon Tolstoi

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Rule of Two (Darth Bane Trilogy #2) by Drew Karpyshyn

Les Dragons by Jérôme Colin

Hotel Magnifique by Emily J Taylor

Le dieu d'automne et d'hiver by Pauline Sidre

Les Possibles by Virginie Grimaldi

A Close and Common Orbit (Wayfarer #2) by Becky Chambers

The Outsider by Stephen King

Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow

Tous les silence ne font pas le même bruit by Baptiste Beaulieu

Trois battements un silence by Anne Fakhouri

Kiss Kiss by Roal Dahl

Assassin's Apprentice (Realm of the Elderlings #1) by Robin Hobb

Halloween Party by Agatha Christie

Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diary #2) by Martha Wells

The Light Throught the Leaves by Glendy Vanderah

Et que ne durent que les moments doux by Virginie Grimaldi

The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Ring Shout by P Djeli Clark

The Rest of the Robots (Robots #2) by Isaac Asimov

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgerton #8) by Julia Quinn

Our Missing Heart by Celeste Ng

Book of Blood I by Clive Barker

Ilos by Marion Brunet

Babel by R F Kuang

Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1) by Seanan McGuire

Thud! (Discworld #34) by Terry Pratchett

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

Les aventures de Billy et du Pyrobarbare : la forteresse du chaudron noir by Bob Lennon

Space Opera by Catherynne M Valente

Magie et Sentiments : les secrets de Longdawn by Ariel Holzl

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

It's in His Kiss (Brigerton #7) by Julia Quinn

Les Cinq by Matthieu Rochelle

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Paul Smith

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia #1) by C S Lewis

How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub by P Djeli Clark

An Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie

The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms #2) by Tasha Suri

Time to Orbit : Unknown by Derin Edala

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane

Under the Whispering Door by T J Klune

The Moth Keeper by Kay O'Neill

Cain's Jawbone by E Powys Mathers

Darth Bane : Path of Destruction (Darth Bane #1) by Drew Karpyshyn

Du thé pour les fantômes by Chris Vuklisevic

Labyrinthes (Caleb Tracksman #3) by Franck Thiliez

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

Le dernier des siens by Sibylle Grimbert

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

Going Postal (Discworld #33) by Terry Pratchett

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Blanche-Neige et les lances-missiles (Du temps où les dieux buvaient #1) by Catherine Dufour

When He Was Wicked (Bridgerton #6) by Julia Quinn

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Celle qu'il attendait by Baptiste Beaulieu

Jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive by Olivier Rolin

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Umbrella Academy Vol 1-3 by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bà

Il était deux fois (Caleb Tracksman #2) by Franck Thilliez

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

To Sir Phillip With Love (Bridgerton #5) by Julia Quinn

Le papillon des étoiles by Bernard Werber

Beren and Luthien by J R R Tolkien

A Hat Full of Sky (Discworld #32) by Terry Pratchett

Le manuscrit inachevé (Caleb Tracksman #1) by Frnaxk Thiliez

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Akata Witch (Akata Witch #1) by Nnedi Okorafor

Romancing Mr Bridgerton (Bridgerton #4) by Julia Quinn

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

An Offer from a Gentleman (Bridgerton #3) by Julia Quinn

Delicious in Dungeon vol 1-14 by Ryoko Kui

Doctor Who : the Star Beast by Gary Russell

La promesse de l'aube by Romain Gary

The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms #1) by Tasha Suri

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adam

The Illiad by Homer (trad Emily Wilson)

The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgerton #2) by Julia Quinn

The Me You Love in the Dark by Scotty Young and

The Duke and I (Bridgerton #1) by Julia Quinn

Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

Nona the Ninth (Locked Tomb #3) by Tamsyn Muir

The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger

House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T J Klune

I, Robot (Robot #1) by Isaac Asimov

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld #31) by Terry Pratchett

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in your Home by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink

Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 1-27 by Hiromu Arakawa

The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fischer by E M Anderson

All System Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells

Veiller sur elle by Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Segurant le chevalier au dragon by Emanuele Arioli

Chanson Douce by Leila Sleimane

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

He Who Drowned The World (The Radiant Emperor #2) by Shelley Parker Chan

Et à la fin ils meurent by Lou Lubie

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

The Wee Free Men (Discworld #30) by Terry Pratchett

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir

Histoire de coming out by Baptiste Beaulieu and Sophie Nanteuil

Heartstopper Vol 1-4 by Alice Oseman

The Old Guard by Greg Rucka

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

La Cicatrice by Bruce Lowrey

Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Us by Sara Soler

Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb #1) by Tamsyn Muir

[happymeishappylife]

Comics/Graphic Novels I Read in 2023

1. Doctor Who: Weapons of Past Destruction by Calvin Scott, Blair Shedd, Rachel Sottt, and Anang Setyawan

The Doctor, Rose, and Jack get caught up in a galaxy where two aliens are using timelord technology to prevent others from using time travel in order to prevent another time war. However, good their intentions are, the Doctor proves to them its wrong while also saving Rose multiple times.

2. Doctor Who: A Matter of Life and Death by George Mann, Emma Vieceli, and Hi Fi

The Doctor meets a young woman named Josie who has very strong animae powers that bring her drawings to life. Once he saves that situation, he finds a note from himself with coordinates and him and Josie go on some life changing and crazy adventures. I love Josie, she’s cool. And the fact that it’s Twelve and Clara who hook her up with the Eighth Doctor is quite lovely a nice surprise.

3. Neil Gaiman’s Tecknophage Vol 2. by Bryan Talbot, Paul Jenkins, and James Vance

Returning to the world of Tecknophage, we see the pitfalls and the ruin of the man who runs the universe, kind of. I appreciate and also hated that so much of this book resonated with what’s going on in my country right now regarding politics. How Tecknophage very clearly is the example of one side. But watching as others find ways to subvert, rise up, and save themselves was encouraging until the end where Henry Phage returns to his world that is still running off of human suffering and slave labor. I am looking forward to reading more of the other characters in this series if I can find them.

4. I Want to Be a Wall Volume 2 by Honami Shirono

I really love this series. Now that we’ve gotten to know Yuriko and Gakurouta it was interesting to see them explain how they met through the arranged marriage application but become friends first before deciding to eventually get married. I also loved the way they explored both of them learning more about each other and also wanting to be good partners while both accepting that sometime in the future if the other ever felt differently they would leave. It’s such a wholesome exploration of QPRs and also I love that we got to meet Momo-kun, Yuriko’s bisexual friend who introduced her to the term asexuality. I think he and Gakurouta’s talk was really great and beautiful to explain asexuality.

5. Is Love the Answer? By Uta Isaki

In this graphic novel we meet Chika who feels like an alien because she doesn’t experience romantic or sexual attraction. And honestly I was worried the first couple pages because she was almost traumatized by the ‘typical’ relationship standards that her boyfriends wanted and she didn’t, but it ended up being a great exploration of learning about your sexuality, your interpretations of your sexuality, boundaries, and feeling good in your own skin. I loved the instant friendship she had with Enomoto and Ito but I really loved her interactions with Ume even if his story was a little sad.

6. Saga Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

It’s been a while since I’ve been in the saga universe but I always wanted to go back to it and I’m glad I did. It’s such a unique and fascinating world and learning about Marko and Alana and how they met and fell in love over a book that was secretly coded to stop the war between their peoples is fascinating. Especially since the whole story is narrated by their daughter Hazel who is just a baby in the scenes we see. I’m also still very intrigued by the slave girl that is rescued and Prince Robot the IV.

7. Saga Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

In this volume we learn why Alana, Marko, and crew are in the writer’s house after the last cliffhanger we had and that they have been there for a while. Alana and Marko were hoping for answers on what to do next now that they followed the story, but the writer only helps push them along with help from Marko’s mother. Though what will happen next is unknown since they are about to fight their way out. Seeing the story of The Will and Slave Girl was interesting and a good twist to give more humanity to the Will, though the need for romance between him and Gwen seems to be a push. We’ll see where it goes now that The Will has been taken out of the picture for now.

8. March Book 1 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

I learned about this amazing graphic novel because Andrew Aydin was in the Comic Censorship Panel I went to at Heroes Con in 2022. He spoke about March which is now required reading for many schools, but I had never heard of it and since it came out after I was in school maybe that’s why. Still, it’s the graphic narrative and biography of John Lewis’ life and its fantastic as well as hard. This book, which is the first of three, tackled John’s early years growing up on his family’s farm and his rise through his college years where he learned and practiced nonviolent protest as a student to start becoming the Civil Rights leader we know him best for. I’m sure the more we go, the harder some stories will go, but I’m eager to read them and I also love that it is also shown as John looking back before he attends Obama’s inauguration.

9. Sandman Volume 3: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, Malcom Jones III, Charles Vess, and Colleen Doran

So this is where Calliope and A Dream of A Thousand Cats came from! I’m a little sad that I didn’t read these before the episodes dropped, but while Dream of a Thousand Cats was done shot for shot, I’m actually really glad for the way they updated Calliope because I would have been filled with dread to watch it. I mean the basic story elements are the same but Richard Madoc in the comic is way more of a deplorable than the way he's portrayed in the show, because he automatically just starts raping Calliope with no care. Not that he doesn’t begin to in the show, but I think the character change to make him more likeable at first because he doesn’t want to force her, he just wants help to write his novel, but he ignores her wishes to be free with her promise to help and that desperation to not give away the power I think is a better retelling of how greed can actually influence people is so much stronger. I can’t wait to watch it again. A Midsummers Night Dream was fun to see the twist on how Shakespeare performed for the actual fairies that inspired the play and I would love to see Façade adapted because I can totally picture Kirby Baptiste as Death in it and she would knock it out of the park. Can’t wait for more.

10. March Book 2 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Another powerful book in the retelling of John Lewis’ life and his leading actions in the civil rights movement. There were times in this book that were powerful and times absolutely unimaginable because of the horror and the violence committed against black Americans. Especially because while the Kennedys tried to help they didn’t know how to navigate past the racism that this country was founded on and still exists today. And that was probably the most chilling part. That we are still dealing with this all these years later. But as quoted in the final pages of this book, this is important to tell for the next generation of leaders and we must continue the fight until it is won.

[mondoradiowmse]

11/01/23 Mondo Radio Playlist

Here's the playlist for this week's special membership drive edition of Mondo Radio, which you can download or stream here. This episode: "Robot Parade", featuring tunes about automatons and more! If you dig it, don't forget to follow the show on Facebook and Twitter or, even better, become a Sound Citizen today!

Artist - Song - Album

Kraftwerk - The Robots - The Robots (Single)

The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot - I Robot

The Buggles - I Love You (Miss Robot) - The Age Of Plastic

Tom Harrell - Robot Etude - Oak Tree

Joel McNeely - The Robot - The Day The Earth Stood Still (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

E. Nordgren - Crazy Robots - Crazy Robots (Single)

Louis And Bebe Barron - Flurry Of Dust - A Robot Approaches - Forbidden Planet (Original MGM Soundtrack)

The Tornados - Robot - Vampires, Cowboys, Spacemen & Spooks: The Very Best Of Joe Meek's Instrumentals

Rufus Thomas - Funky Robot (Pt. 1) - The Funkiest Man Alive: The Stax Funk Sessions 1967-1975

Bo Diddley - Do The Robot - The London Bo Diddley Sessions

Plastics - Robot - Plastics

The Saints - Do The Robot - (I'm) Stranded

Swell Maps - Robot Factory - Swell Maps In "Jane From Occupied Europe"

Guided By Voices - Gold Star For Robot Boy - Bee Thousand

Mogwai - Robot Chant - Rock Action

DJ Shadow - I Am Not A Robot - Our Pathetic Age

The Bad Plus - The Robots - It's Hard

Bilal - Robots - Airtight's Revenge

Mayer Hawthorne - Robot Love - Where Does This Door Go

The Lemonheads - Dirty Robot - Varshons

The Futureheads - Robot - The Futureheads

Weezer - I'm A Robot - Death To False Metal

Andrew Bird - Not A Robot, But A Ghost - Noble Beast

Neil Young - My New Robot (Home Host-Bot) - Peace Trail

Gorillaz - Intro: I Switched My Robot Off - Humanz

Damon Albarn - Everday Robots - Everyday Robots

The Flaming Lips - One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21 - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Pet Shop Boys - Sad Robot World - Super

Daft Punk - Robot Rock - Human After All

Dirty Sound System - I Robot (Pilooski Edit) - Dirty Edits, Vol. 1

Röyksopp - The Girl And The Robot - Junior

Robyn - Robotboy - Robyn

Flight Of The Conchords - Robots - Flight Of The Conchords

They Might Be Giants - Robot Parade - No!

Yo Gabba Gabba! - The Robot Song - Music Is … Awesome!, Vol. 2

Go Genre Everything - Giant Robot - Domestic Dreams And Robots

Les Robots Musique - Good Night Little Robot - Plan 9

[agkrakow]

[47] Zimring, Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste

Now I may have to eat my words.

[48] Brooks, Quick, Margiela artisanal 2022 collection

And where the hell are we? Come on, dance.

[49] Max Ernst, Écritures

Interrogation au second degré

What kind of bird are you?

Êtes-vous niniche?

Un petit bleu?

Un ami?

Un vrai?

Gai?

Parisienne?

Un peu de calme

[50] Marx, Collected Works

At the same time the shadow gathered color, like a confused daguerreotype.

[51] Abelard, The Letters to Heloise and other Writings

Wine and youth together make a double conflagration.

[52] Asimov, Complete Robot Anthology

It's as heavy as sin and as hot as blazes.

[53] Jung, Memories Dreams Reflections

The burning one is eros, who hath the form of flame.

[54] Lindsay, Aerotropolis The Way Well Live Next

But Mumford confused the lobster with its shell.

[55] Handke, Crossing the Sierra de Gredos

All colors seemed to be gathered here, and the objects also revealed a new color—which had existed nowhere in the world until this morning—which had never before been seen by a human eye— and for which there was also no name and never would be—and rightly so.

[56] Einstein, The Meaning of Relativity

By multiplying all the components of the first tensor by all the components of the second tensor: Contraction.

[57] Deleuze Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus

These plaques constitute traits of expression of pure speed, carried on objects that are themselves mobile and moving. The relation between them is not that of form matter but of motif support, where the earth is no longer anything more than ground (sol), where there is no longer even any ground at all because the support is as mobile as the motif.They lend colors the speed of light, turning gold to red and silver to white light.

[58] Hobbes, Leviathan

These simple Passions called Appetite, Desire, Love, Aversion, Hate, Joy, and griefe, have their names for divers considerations diversified. As first, when they one succeed another, they are diversly called from the opinion men have of the likelihood of attaining what they desire. Secondly, from the object loved or hated.Thirdly, from the consideration of many of them together.Fourthly, from the Alteration or succession it selfe. Hope   For Appetite with an opinion of attaining, is called HOPE. Despaire   The same, without such opinion, DESPAIRE.

[59] Hegel, The Science of Logic

Water, in cooling, does not become hard a bit at a time, as if it became first like a porridge and would then gradually harden to the consistency of ice, but is hard all at once; it can persist in fluid state even at freezing temperature if it stands still, but then the least disturbance brings it to the state of solid.

[60] Michelet, The History of France Vol 2

Sound and sick would dance confusedly together.

[61] Moore, Complete Poems

Then the ermine: “rather dead than spotted”; and believe it despite reason to think not, I saw a bat by daylight; hard to credit but I knew that I was right.

[62] Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californication

First born unicorn Hardcore soft porn 

[63] Christopher Wool, Apocalypse Now

Sell the house sell the car sell the kids

[64] Nick Cave, Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow

I waved to my neighbour

My neighbour waved to me

But my neighbour

Is my enemy

I kept waving my arms

Till I could not see 

[65] Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Do you keep the rest of the city out of these blind eyed purlieus? How difficult and how unpalatable. Do you invite the rest of the city in? How difficult and how impossible.

[66] Borges, Collected Fictions

One of them was holding a branch (which belonged, no doubt, to the simple botany of dreams); another, with a sweeping gesture, held out a hand that was a claw; one of Janus' faces looked mistrustfully at Thoth's curved beak.

[67] Kerouac, On The Road

Just show me the bluefish spangle on a seafood menu and I’d eat it; let me smell the drawn butter and lobster claws.

[68] Derrida, Of Grammatology

Children scream, cry, but they don't sing. 

[walkwithursus]

Rules: pick an artist or a band and share your favourite song from each of their albums, then tag some mutuals!

Tagged by @rootingformephistopheles. When I do listen to songs, it’s usually a one-off here and there. It’s very rare for me to like an artist or band enough to consume their work across multiple albums. So here’s a random one from my teenage years. The Aquabats!

The Return of the Aquabats: Ska Robot Army

The Fury of the Aquabats: Super Rad

The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death!: Canis Lupus

Charge!!: "Look at Me (I'm a Winner)!"

Hi-Five Soup: Lovers of Loving Love

Myths, Legends and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2: Pool Party

This one is my favorite song of theirs. I fuck so heavily with this song.

The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One: Burger Rain

And I haven’t really listened to their new album all the way through, so I don’t have a favorite from Kooky Spooky.

Tagging: i don’t know! anybody who likes music :)

[multi-fandom-imagine]

A/n: man how can I not love him! It’s Nolan North! Also I take no credit for the gif!

Briggs didn’t know how he ended up in this mess, miles from any civilization with a gun pointed at his chest. He knew it would be suicide to leave the home due to the freezing weather and he knew it would be suicide to shot. Finger still gripping his gun the man locked eyes with you as he slowly placed the gun on the ground. 

“Slide it to me...now.”

You weren’t shaking, your hand was steady on the trigger and he wondered if you’ve been in this situation before.

“Okay.” Keeping his gaze on you he slide the gun towards you as it moved across the hardwood floor. Kneeling down you picked the gun up, sliding it in your waist band you gave him a nod. “Up!”

“Y/n...please....no more violence.”

“He came here to kill you Rosie and your child...I’m not letting him do that.”

Then he saw her, along with the small child clinging to the woman's skirts. “Please.”

Briggs tried not to flinch at the pleading in the voice.When he first saw you the man was interested, you were kind to everyone that lived in the slums so he found himself going down to see you more even getting the nerve to talk to you. He enjoyed spending time with you, you were different then her. He liked the more blue tones you wore over the red he was constantly seeing. You were kind though you also cared about the people around you and weren't afraid to stand up when something was wrong.

But then one day he saw it, you slipped into a small shot. He didn’t know what to make of it so he followed and when he saw your perches a small stuffed toy he could have sworn his heart nearly stopped. You had a kid? were you a breeder? He didn’t think he could kill you if that was the case though the man was thankful no one else saw.

“Y/n...I won’t.’

“Don’t you dare say my name....I know what you do.”

He hated seeing tears in those pretty eyes of yours, the very eyes he found himself getting lost in when ever you spoke.

“I’ll leave...I won’t say a thing and you won’t see me again.” It was true, he’d do anything to keep you safe. While he was not looking forward to stepping out in that storm he knew that he had to keep what little trust he had. Backing out he kept his gaze on you.

With your gun still trained on the man you had to blink your tears away as he slipped out the door.

“Y/n...you have to go after him.”

You knew your friend was right, this house was farm from anything and with that storm coming his chance of not freezing to death was low. Closing your eyes for a moment you turned back to your friend, her child was in her arms. The little boy clinging to a dinosaur plush as he buried his face into his mothers neck. “Christ...” Swallowing thickly you knew what you had to do, you couldn’t just leave him out in the cold. Not after the small moments you two had shared, not when you felt something for the man. “Go up to your room and lock the door alright...I’ll be back.”

Grabbing a large coat then slipping in on you quickly slipped out the door. The harsh wind biting at your exposed skin. You tried not to think about what Briggs might be going through when all he wore was a suite. Trudging through the snow you tried to scan for his foot prints but it was hard with all the snow being kicked up. He didn’t know this place like you did, it would be easy for him to get lost. Wetting your lips you noticed a small indentation in the snow, knowing you were on the right track. Walking a few more feet you spotted a black shoe, closing your eyes tightly you wished you would not be stumbling upon his body.

Finding him resting against a tree you let out a breath of relief seeing his chest rise. “Thank god.” Moving closing to the man you removed the gloves you were wearing placing your hands against his cheeks, he felt so cold. Biting your lip you wrapped your arm around his waist hoping it would wake the man. “Come on Briggs, get up.”

“Y/n?” Briggs couldn’t understand why he felt so warm, he was cold a minute ago and why were you here?

“Yes....now come on and help me...can you stand?”

Gritting his teeth Briggs placed his hand against the bark of the tree, his legs shaking as he stood. “Yes.”

It took longer to get the man back to the house than it did to look for him. You could feel him shaking by your side as you helped him near the fire place. Biting your lip you shrugged off the large coat then grabbed one of the blankets. Placing it over the mans shoulders you heard Briggs let out a small sigh, you noticed how tired he actually looked.

“Why did you save me? You could have left me to die...I wouldn’t have blamed you y/n.”

Biting your tongue you sat beside him, his gaze on glued to the fire place his body tensing for a moment when your grasped his hand. “I did it because...I still care about you Briggs.”

“Why? After what I’ve done....I.”

Shaking your head you shifted your body, you were trying to figure out your words. “It’s....I don’t know Briggs....you can’t just turn that off...part of me hates you for what you’ve done but I know you’re a good man...do you still care about me?”

“Y/n...of course I do.”

Letting go of your hand the man placed his own against your cheek. It still felt cold but you were happy you felt some warmth to them. “I...think I love you y/n.”

Two years, it’s been two years since Briggs followed you home. Two years since he faked his death and it’s been two years since he has had a child of his own. The home he was now living in was bigger, it was hard not to expand the little home since his own family was growing, he was grateful for your friend still being here. He didn’t know what to do when he first found out you were pregnant, it scared him.

When his child was still a infant Briggs rarely went out, he couldn’t risk anyone recognizing him. Scratching his beard the man glanced around the property, his eyes scanning the area to make sure his family wouldn’t be compromised. “Briggs? something wrong?”

Snapping out of his day dream he turned to face you, a small smile forming on his face as he walked over to you. “Nothing is wrong...in fact...everything his perfect.” Taking his daughter from your arms he placed a small kiss to your forehead as he then gave her a playful toss in the air. “How about we go for a swim?”

“YES!!”

Little girl cheering you let out a soft laugh shaking your head, you were happy. Happy that Briggs put that life behind him, happy that your little girl was healthy and happy that things were finally going right.

Everything was perfect.

[livingdeadparker]

Who else binged watch all of Volume 2 for Love Death and Robots as soon as it came out? Love it! Hopefully there’ll be a 3rd!

[tivisiries]

[youve-doomed-us-all-jerk]

me, knowing full well robert valley did the character design for motorcity: hey this robert valley short in LD+R reminds me of motorci- *gunshot*

[emmettspeakz]