#marty taras

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Pirate Distraction “Popeye And The Pirates” (1947)

[tomoleary]

Baby Huey, the Baby Giant Cover Original Art (Harvey, 1960s)

First two by Warren Kremer, third by Marty Taras, last one no one knows

[windshield91]

I'm excited for NCIS: Origins. Mike Frank Alive and Probie Gibbs. I wish they introduce Ducky down the road too.

NCIS introduced different potential spinoff:

- LA 14x 17 one of my favourites. I like episodes with cold cases allowing you to go back on different times in the same show.

- I didn't like knight father. He can retire but it'll be a new Place rarely showed and new concept.

- I miss the early seasons of LA where the norm were going undercover to solve cases. Elite can be a mix of that and different natural of cases.

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WIP BIG BANG SIGN-UPS ARE LIVE!

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[shelbbswrites]

I wrote about why the epic NCIS crossover is a successful reintroduction to the NCISVerse.

As always, if you like the article and want to support me in writing more like it, PLEASE click the link and engage with the tweet on Twitter. Thank you!

[tender-ghoul]

Some fallout OCs

Terry - Actor who decided to just settle down and become a bartender in the middle of nowhere

Solomon - An ex-priest who is married to a ghoul cowboy. He's had a long life with a lot of different occupations, including sex worker

Tara - My courier six who wasn't shot by Benny but by my boyfriend's OC who was working for Benny at the time. (Not including details because he's not my OC to speak about). She forgave Benny for nearly getting her killed and travels with him and Boone

Loki (Uses the names Martie and Doe) - He's an OC that I'm really struggling to leave in the past so I'm dragging him along by his feet through every fandom I've become obsessed with. I'm not sure how he survived other than pure luck on his part to be honest. He isn't the smartest, but he does have charm on a good day

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Darren Criss Joins Season 10 of ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ as Marty the Party Cat

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Darren Criss Joins Season 10 of ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ as Marty the Party Cat

Emmy Award-winning actor Darren Criss is joining the voice cast of DreamWorks Animation’s hit preschool series, Gabby’s Dollhouse, for its milestone 10th season. Criss will lend his voice to “Marty the Party Cat,” a new character who brings endless fun and surprises to the newly unveiled Party Room. The new season will premiere on Netflix […]

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[louisdotmp3]

genuinely what if i watched buffy season 6 rn and just cooked my brain completely

[raisedbythetv89]

Sometimes I just sit and imagine what btvs could have been like if the women characters and their perspectives were TRULY centered and what all could have been.

How much wasn’t explored

How angel gets his own show but is completely reliant on the presence of Cordelia and the most interesting story lines revolve around her, darla, and drusilla. And how they needed Spike, the most female gaze male character, to even have a 5th season

How Riley gets to live and be a hero with a hot badass wife but Tara, Anya, and Kendra all are dead

How much xander’s abusive, toxic monologues passing judgment on everyone but himself often serve as the “facts or true reality” of the narrative rather than the rantings of a jealous, bitter, repressed, weak and pathetic boy

So much of the show is about a woman but still with men and men’s opinions, needs, desires at the center. We can see jane and marti’s efforts to center women’s narratives more especially in season 6 and 7 but much like I mourn what the first 32 years of my life could have been without patriarchy, what could have been for this show with so many incredible women that left so much potential unrealized.

Fan fiction is a reclamation of this lost potential. It’s a powerful and radical thing to do. Correcting the narrative to center who should have been centered all along heals the parts of us society wants us to neglect within ourselves for the sake of men (or straight people or white people or cis people) and their own narratives. It’s a way to decenter men not only in our real life spaces but our fictional ones too

[acmeoop]

Set It Down “Baby Huey The Baby Giant #14” (1958)

[lesbianmarrow]

btvs 5x10 "into the woods" was very good. i liked the spooky dim lighting it made me think of xfiles. anya so cute as always and i liked getting to see her express hurt at how the others think she's so strange. and especially seeing that she feels willow doesn't like her. ive really been wanting to see more of anya's dynamics with people who are not xander or giles bc all her other relationships are pretty underdeveloped. willow initially disliked her cause she was jealous over xander but now that she's in a happy relationship with tara i wonder how that affects how she feels about anya. xander is often annoying but i thought he was really good in this episode. his conversation with buffy was really good. he didn't mince words but when it's your friend and when it's urgent you can't mince words. he was saying the things we were all thinking re: buffy & riley's relationship. when she said "what am i supposed to do, beg him to stay?" and xander said "why wouldn't you?" oh that was so good. he has grown so much and he understands what it really means to love someone. the vulnerability of that and the work you have to put in. and i like that buffy called him out for not appreciating anya enough. because she was right! and then xander was like oh man shes right and went and told anya how much he loves her. this i approve of. maybe xander just always needs to be written by women. marti noxon you knocked that outta the park. and this was her directorial debut so congrats to her on that! i liked that buffy chose to run after riley but didn't make it in time. sometimes you realize what you want but it's too late. not every mistake can be corrected. kind of a silly way to write riley out but you do not see me complaining.

[coraniaid]

I do often find Xander incredibly frustrating – especially in the high school seasons which I’m rewatching now – but I don’t particularly think the issue is that Xander is a “Whedon self insert” (whatever that means).  In fact, Xander is often at his worst in episodes written by people other than Joss Whedon, whether that’s Teacher’s Pet or The Pack or Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered or Dead Man’s Party.  If the self-insert theory were true, wouldn’t that be the exact opposite? Or is the problem that Xander is a Marti Noxon self-insert too?

No, I think the problem is a lot simpler than that: I just don’t think the writers are very good at writing sympathetic teenage boys (which is why Oz is painfully underwritten and why Xander is … well).  And in particular I think that the writers really struggle to work out who Xander is (beyond being the token boy with no magical powers or super-strength) after Season 1.  Other than his unrequited attraction to Buffy, what does he want?  What motivates him?  I genuinely don’t think the writers have a consistent answer to this question yet, and although The Zeppo (which I’ve not quite gotten to on my current rewatch) will start to address this, I think they won’t really have one until Season 4 at the earliest.  Yes, there are fragments here and there that you can build on if you want – the hints that imply his parents are abusive, a suggestion that he looks up to Giles almost as much as Giles look down on him, the occasional moment you can claim as evidence that Xander might be attracted to men –  but if you do start building on those fragments you’re ultimately engaged in fanfiction as much as you are analysis of the actually-existing material.  The writers themselves hadn’t put in the work to make those pieces coalesce into something cohesive at this point in the show’s history (and some of those hints will never be developed further).

And the other problem, which isn't quite unique to Xander but probably affects him more than anybody else, is that the show is still mostly very episodic in these three seasons.   So – even when we’re clearly not supposed to approve of Xander’s actions – the show never really allows them to have any long-term negative consequences for him. (Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered might have Giles rage at Xander for trying to cast a love spell on Cordelia for a few minutes, but it still ends with Buffy cheerfully thanking him for not sexually assaulting her – despite his admission that “for a minute it was touch and go” –  and with the popular girl he was actively trying to take “revenge” on at the start of the episode deciding she’s so touched by the romanticism of this act that she’d rather be with him than worry about the good opinion of any of her friends.  And the events of the episode are never mentioned again.) So it’s very easy to get the impression that the writers don’t particularly think Xander’s doing anything wrong after all, even when I don’t think that’s the case.

Ultimately, I think you just have to accept that Buffy and Xander are close friends and that this friendship means a lot to both of them for the show to work, in much the same way you have to accept a lot of the show’s rather silly worldbuilding.  Which … is fine, really.  If I can accept a magical human-detecting chip in somebody’s head or Sunnydale’s ever-changing geography or the nonchalant way everyone in school reacts to their fellow students being violently killed on a weekly basis or any of the nonsense the show says about the Watcher’s Council I can, I suppose, accept a teenage girl with poor social skills and a reputation that makes her something of a social pariah becoming friends with a teenage boy who is mostly well-meaning but often kind of sucks.  This aspect of the high school seasons is perhaps a bit like the Season 6 issue of Willow and Tara living rent free at Buffy’s house while telling her she has money problems and has to get a job: in order to appreciate the show the way you’re meant to, you just have to handwave away a lot of what the writers actually show happening. 

[heartstopperfireworks]

Welcome to Day 2 of FireWorks Fest reveals! We have a sparkling selection of fics for you today. And you can keep using this handy Masterlist to keep track of your reading progress and creator guesses. Let’s jump right in with a bang!

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DAY 2 REVEALS!

mastermind (none of it was accidental)

Nick/Charlie

Rated: T

Word Count: 2,387

“They totally have a crush on each other.” Her friend Jesy whispers, poking her arm. Marti, distracted, looks back at her with a questioning look. “Mr. Nelson and Mr. Spring. They totally have a crush on each other, don’t they?”

“They totally do.” Marti giggles. “I thought I was the only one who noticed that. (...) We should do something about it.” She pops her head up, leaning into Jesy’s shoulder to whisper quietly. At the friend’s confusion, she gestures with her head to the teachers, engrossed in a conversation inside their little bubble once again. “Try to get them together.”

“I’m not sure if meddling is a very good idea when we’re talking about our teachers.”

or

Martina can't help but notice the infatuated way her French teacher, Mr. Nelson, and her Music teacher, Mr. Spring, look at each other. The sparkles are definitely there and her idea is good, so she figures the meddling will be smooth and easy. She's right - it is easy... But not for the reason she thinks.

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when you’re ready

Nick/Charlie

Rated: G

Word Count: 3,962

— ‘I’m Nick, your new roommate!’

— ‘Oh no.’

— ‘Hi. I’m Charlie? Sorry about Tao.’

— ‘Hi. … Oh, and this is my mum, Sarah.’

— ‘Oh, hello, I’m Nick’s roommate, Charlie.’

— ‘Oh dear.’

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Oops! I tripped during a coffee run and accidentally fell (in love)

Tara/Darcy, Nick/Charlie

Rated: T

Word Count: 4,804

Prompt:

Coffeeshop AU, but this time Tara is the barista, and Darcy is the intern at a nearby office constantly being sent on coffee runs

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Touch the Grass

Nick/Charlie

Rated: T

Word Count: 5,471

Nick Nelson has had a secret for many years.

Secrets can be hidden away, but they are always there waiting to be shared.

A story about acceptance.

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Sometimes Good Things Happen

Nick/Charlie

Rated: T

Word Count: 7,802

Nick Nelson needs a fake boyfriend asap. And then Charlie joins his form class and everything just sort of falls into place.

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CREATORS: If your works were released today, please don't forget to update your posting date!

[romancemedia]

The Boat Shed Attack (14x10)

[palmviewfm]

any mw counterparts?

there's  soooooo  many  counterpart  options  that  you  can  go  with  !  i'll  leave  some  under  the  read  more  for  you  to  make  it  easier.

riverdale:  betty  cooper,  veronica  lodge,  archie  andrews,  cheryl  blossom,  jason  blossom,  reggie  mantle,  midge  klump,  kevin  keller,  polly  cooper,  toni  topaz,  jughead  jones,  moose  mason,  and  josie  mccoy.

pretty  little  liars:  aria  montgomery,  spencer  hastings,  emily  fields,  alison  dilaurentis,  maya  st  germain,  mona  vanderwaal,  mike  montgomery,  caleb  rivers,  noel  kahn,  and  toby  cavanaugh.

teen  wolf:  lydia  martin,  scott  mccall,  allison  argent,  malia  tate,  derek  hale,  isaac  lahey,  liam  dunbar,  cora  hale,  theo  raeken,  kira  yukimura,  jackson  whittemore,  and  erica  reyes.

clueless:  dionne  davenport,  amber  mariens,  murray  duvall,  travis  birkenstock,  christian  stovitz,  summer  bonet  and  elton  tiscia.

charmed:  prue  halliwell,  phoebe  halliwell,  piper  halliwell  and  paige  matthews.

all  american:  olivia  baker,  layla  keating,  asher  adams,  patience,  simone  hicks,  thea  mays,  jj  parker,  damon  sims,  jordan  spencer,  spencer  james,  and  jaymee.

greys  anatomy:  lexi  grey,  arizona  robbins,  atticus  lincoln,  derek  shephard,  addison  montgomery,  callie  torres,  alex  karev,  and  april  kepner.

bridgerton:  francesca  bridgerton,  penelope  featherington,  daphne  bridgerton,  simon  basset,  kate  sharma  and  colin  bridgerton.

sex  and  the  city:  carrie  bradshaw,  miranda  hobbs  and  charlotte  york.

twilight:  bella  swan,  alice  cullen,  carlisle  cullen,  esme  cullen,  emmett  cullen,  and  jacob  black.

friends:  ross  geller,  joey  tribbiani,  chandler  bing,  monica  geller,  mike  hannigan  and  janice  litman.

the  vampire  diaries:  elena  gilbert,  katherine  pierce,  stefan  salvatore,  caroline  forbes,  bonnie  bennett,  enzo  st  john,  hayley  marshall,  klaus  mikaelson,  elijah  mikaelson  and  rebekah  mikaelson.

pitch  perfect:  beca  mitchell,  chloe  beale,  aubrey  posen,  lilly  onakuramara,  cynthia  rose,  and  stacie  conrad.

the  summer  i  turned  pretty:  belly  conklin,  conrad  fisher,  jeremiah  fisher,  steven  conklin,  taylor  jewel,  and  cam  cameron.

shadowhunters:  clary  fray,  simon  lewis,  isabelle  lightwood,  jace  herondale,  alec  lightwood,  and  magnus  bane.

gossip  girl:  blair  waldorf,  serena  van  der  woodsen,  georgina  sparks,  nate  archibald,  and  dan  humphrey.

scream:  sidney  prescott,  tatum  riley,  kirby  reed,  tara  carpenter,  sam  carpenter,  gale  weathers,  dewey  riley,  randy  meeks  and  casey  becker.

gilmore  girls:  logan  huntzberger,  lane  kim,  dave  rygalski,  paris  geller,  lorelai  gilmore,  tristan  dugray,  luke  danes,  dean  forester,  emily  gilmore,  richard  gilmore,  sookie  st  james,  and  kirk  gleason.

the  notebook:  allie  hamilton  and  noah  calhoun.

interview with a vampire: louis de point du lac, lestat de lioncourt, estelle, santiago, armand, samuel barclay, and grace de point du lac.

a  cinderella  story:  austin  ames  and  sam  montgomery.

10  things  i  hate  about  you:  kat  stratford,  cameron  james,  joey  donner,  and  bianca  stratford.

grease:  sandy  olson,  danny  zuko,  betty  rizzo,  marty,  jan,  frenchy,  doody,  putzie,  sunny,  chacha  and  kenickie.

dirty  dancing:  frances  'baby'  houseman.

heathers:  heather  chandler,  heather  mcnamara,  heather  duke,  and  veronica  sawyer.

scooby  doo:  velma  dinkley,  daphne  blake,  shaggy  rogers,  and  fred  jones.

powerpuff  girls:  bubbles,  blossom,  and  buttercup.