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I’m actually serious about this, if at all possible, right now is a very good time to request queer books from your local library. Whether they get them or not is not in your control, but it is so important to show that there is a desire for queer books. I will also say getting more queer books in libraries and supporting queer authors are pretty fantastic byproducts of any action.
This isn’t something everyone can do, but please do see if you are one of the people who has the privilege to engage in this form of activism, and if you are, leverage that privilege for all you’re worth.
For anyone who can’t think of a queer book to request, here is a little list of some queer books that I think are underrated and might not be in circulation even at larger libraries:
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
Harvard's Secret Court: The Savage 1920 Purge of Campus Homosexuals by William Wright
The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley
God Themselves by Jae Nichelle
IRL by Tommy Pico
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser
Queer Magic: Lgbt+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World by Tomás Prower
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam
Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon
Hi Honey, I'm Homo! by Matt Baume
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Homie: Poems by Danez Smith
The Secret Life of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
The Companion by E.E. Ottoman
Kapaemahu by Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun
Witching Moon by Poppy Woods
Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi
Peaches and Honey by Imogen Markwell-Tweed
Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color by Christopher Soto
#queer books#queer history#lgbt history#honestly#libraries are a massive resource in terms of preserving and uplifting marginalized narratives#and as a community#that has been so very excluded from both fictional and nonfictional narratives#this is a great way to reclaim and care for the stories that have been surpressed for so long
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my fanfiction masterlist
POOLVERINE (Wade Wilson x Logan Howlett)
oh my god. do you ever shut up, pal?; 2,7k, Explicit
aftermath.; 6,9k, Explicit
the bucket list; 33k, Explicit
said the pot to the kettle; 11k, Explicit
this is what it feels like…; 9,7k, Teen and Up Audiences
close your eyes. make a wish.; 37k, Explicit
soon to be; 7,2k, Explicit
the dollhouse; 3,9k, Teen and Up Audiences
lithium; 8,3k, Mature
been tryin' not to overeat (you're just to sweet); 4k, Explicit
famous last words; 17k, Explicit
a quick guide to getting the grumpy, brooding guy to fall for the clown dressed in red, by wade wilson; 12k, Explicit, Minot Frank Castle/Matt Murdock
FRATT (Frank Castle x Matt Murdock)
just one of those days; 28k, Explicit
bleed the same; 3,9k, Mature
lonely as i am, together we cry; 16k, Explicit
dear ex; 15k, Mature
glimpse; ongoing, Explicit
these smiling eyes are just a mirror for; ongoing, Explicit
SCOGAN (Scott Summers x Logan)
crawling in my skin; ongoing; Explicit
should i let you fall? (so maybe you can remember yourself.); 15k, Explicit
SPIDEYPOOL (Wade Wilson x Peter Parker)
the closer i get, the more it tingles; 4k, Mature
denial is a river in egypt; 11k, Mature, minor Frank Castle/Matt Murdock
never have i ever; 5k, Teen and Up Audiences
MOON KNIGHT (Moon Knight system or other pairings)
Trade Mistakes; Marc Spector/Steven Grant, 3,8k, Explicit
Whole Again; Marc Spector/Steven Grant, 9k, Explicit
Rough Mission; Frank Castle/Jake Lockley, 17k, Explicit
Sweetie, you had me; Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Marc Spector, 11k, Explicit
Wrong Side of Heaven; Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Marc Spector, 7,2k, Mature
Exchanging body heat (in the passenger seat); Steven Grant/Jake Lockley/Marc Spector (Mostly Marc/Jake), 3,6k, Explicit
Red is a bad color; Steven Grant/Marc Spector, 3,6k, Teen and Up Audiences
If this is what you want, then fire at will; Frank Castle/Jake Lockley, 7,1k, Explicit
New works and parings will be added whenever I post a new story. :)
Pronts and requests are more than welcome! ❤️
#poolverine#wade wilson#logan howlett#deadpool and wolverine#deadclaws#fratt#frank x matt#frank castle#matt murdock#daredevil#the punisher#deadpool#wolverine#moon knight#steven grant#marc spector#jake lockley#ao3#slash fanfiction#marvel fanfiction#spideypool#peter parker
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Rating Marvel's Disco Dazzler variant covers, as someone who knows practically nothing about disco or fashion.
Because why the hell not?
Amazing Spider-Man #55 and #56, covers by Luciano Vecchio. I have no strong feelings one way or the other on MJ's outfit on issue 56, but disco ball spider man? Hell yeah. I don't even mind the round spider symbol belt buckle here, and I usually prefer the symbol to be less round, and more like an actual spider.
The Avengers #17, cover by J. Scott Campbell.
I would like this a lot more if anyone other than J Scott Campbell drew it. God I fucking hate his art style so much. Still, Storm looks great, Thor looks like a member of the BeeGees (and I mean that in a good way) and Tony wearing an outfit OVER his iron man suit? A+
Avengers Assemble #1, cover by Anand Ramcheron. Perfect, no notes, 10/10.
Captain America #12, cover by Elizabeth Torque. I feel like the shield should be sparklier, but I dig the outfit.
Daredevil #12, cover by Scott Godlewski. Oh my god I didn't notice until just now that Matt has the Daredevil logo shaved into his chest hair, that's fucking perfect.
Deadpool #5, cover by Annie Wu. The fact that the red portions of the suit aren't sequinned is disappointing. Come on Wade, commit to the bit!
Doctor Strange #18, cover by Marguerite Sauvage. Oh, this one is fucking phenomenal. The colors, the patterns, the oversized collar and Eye of Agamotto on Steven? All absolutely perfect.
Fantastic Four #23, cover by Ben Su. Incredible Hulk #15, Cover by Todd Nauck. Miles Morales: Spider Man #23, cover by Karen Darboe. Don't really have anything to say about these, they're fun. Though Hulk should have chest hair.
Incredible Hulk #16, cover by Edwin Galmon. Ms. Walters, please crush me with your sequinned thighs.
Immortal Thor #14, cover by Lee Garbett. I actually bought this one, because hell yeah disco ball Mjolnir. Also because Immortal Thor is incredible. Al Ewing don't miss, y'all.
Scarlet Witch #3, cover by Jessica Fong. This one is absolutely stunning. The disco balls for her magical aura around her hands? The pattern on her clothes? The fucking stars? 100/10.
Uncanny X-Men #1, cover byPablo Villalobos. Dig the outfit, but I think the Soul Sword should've been disco ball-ified.
Venom #36, cover by Rickie Yagawa. Looks good, but I feel like they should've gone farther with the theme. Come on, give him some wide lapels!
Vengeance of the Moon Knight #8, cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli. Absolutely fucking perfect. The Mr. Knight look needed very little work to disco-ify it, and god it looks cool.
Werewolf by Night: Red Band #1, cover by Jeremy Wilson. X-Men #2, cover by Olivier Vatine. These two are pretty cool, but I dont' really have anything substantial to say about them.
X-Force #2, cover by Phil Noto. I am always a slut for Phil Noto, and I love how dynamic this cover looks.
X-Factor #1, cover by David Lopez. This one's alright, but honestly I can't help but think how cool Warren could look in a disco version of his Archangel form.
#Marvel#marvel comics#disco dazzler#disco dazzler variants#Immortal Thor#vengeance of the moon knight
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@stainedglassthreads asked about my inspirations when it comes to comics creation, which I am always excited to talk about! (You have unwittingly activated my trap card, so be prepared for a long ramble!)
My comics are primarily a product of the 2014 Image boom and the 2000s webcomic scene....
...and the main sources of my comics craft knowledge are the works of writer Kieron Gillen, artist Jamie McKelvie, and colorist Matt Wilson. They're an incredible team and everything they've done together is worth checking out, but I'm going to talk about two of their comics here. Young Avengers (2012) is a good place to start. Tons of formalism and interesting panel layouts. It's the first place I looked for inspiration when I was planning the design for Looking Glasses. Definitely worth checking out if you like cape comics, but also worth it if you don't, it's pretty stand alone. (Plus it introduces a lot of ideas and characters that Marvel is currently pillaging for the MCU, so it's always nice to see those ideas in their original context before my employers ruin it)
I can't talk about comics without bringing up The Wicked + The Divine (2014, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Jamie McKelvie, colors by Matt Wilson, lettering by Clayton Cowles). It's an incredible comic and a formalist masterpiece. 12 young people are reincarnated as gods, they have two years to live, and also they're pop stars. Issues frequently challenge the way you read comics, or break into completely other mediums (One issue was written almost entirely by real world magazine writers interviewing the in-universe characters). You can see my influences here pretty clearly: the interstitials, the style shifting, my recent (incredibly blatant) reference to Lucifer's transformation. Also the fashion, Jamie McKelvie is a fantastic designer! This comic is a must read for anyone interested in the medium of comics, especially Kieron's writers notes (all available here on tumblr at @ kierongillen), where he breaks each issue down panel by panel. The writer's notes are essentially a free masterclass in comics craft. (and when you've read that, check out the zine I organized with @gen-is-gone and 37 other artists here on tumblr at @iconic-zine) I cannot overstate that this comic is the reason I make comics.
I feel like I can't not mention DIE (2018, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles). Six kids disappeared into their d&d world and returned two years later, now they're adults and their past is coming back to haunt them. It's a fascinating exploration of portal fantasies, and has definitely influenced how I approach the dark world/darkners. (also, if you read DIE and want a good breakdown of the historical stuff, be sure to check out the podcast DIE-Compressed)
Honorable mentions: The visual stylings of Caspar Wijngaard in Home Sick Pilots (2021, Watters, Wijngaard, Bidikar, Muller) The colors of colorist Jordie Bellaire, in this case Injection (2015, Ellis, Shalvey, Bellaire) The work of Emily Carroll Everything from Pretty Deadly (2015, Deconnick, Rios, Bellaire, Cowles) A lot of stuff from Sex Criminals (2014, Fraction, Zdarsky), it's an incredible comic that goes way beyond it's (fairly nsfw) concept. There's a ton of formalist stuff here, and it tackles all sorts of concepts with a level of depth you wouldn't expect from such a silly setup.
In terms of webcomics influence, I am, unfortunately, a bit of a Homestuck. There's a lot to be said about this comic and I'm trying to keep my word count down here, so let's just say that it's arguably one of the most influential webcomics, and while many of it's ideas aren't necessarily unique or are derivative of other works it is singular in it's scope and presence. I find it mainly affects my own work in the way I think about the website design. (Plus, you know, Toby Fox)
Other notable webcomics that have influenced my work:
The works of Evan Dahm Barbarous Stand Still Stay Silent Lackadaisy (and a bunch more, but this has gone on long enough)
#nickel for my thoughts#I can really talk about comics for ages and I feel like I cut this down a lot but there are still so many that I left off#wicdiv is truly the influence of all time though#that's the piece of media that explains why I am the way I am#I think one of the most important things when creating is to consume a lot of other works#I like to draw inspiration from everything I read and I'm always trying to find new and interesting comics#I'll happily talk about this stuff more if anyone is curious#I've got a suite of craft posts that I'm working on right now so hopefully those will be out soon
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Grand Theft Auto Fancast
Felt inspired after playing GTA V and the GTA Trilogy
Since tumblr has a 30 photo limit, I just decided "fuck it" and just did the protagonists, also I'm mentally burned out.
My other Video Games fancasts
FNAF
The Last Of Us
The Last Of Us Part II
Life Is Strange(New)
Life Is Strange Before The Storm(New)
Life Is Strange(Old)
Life Is Strange Before The Storm(Old)
Life Is Strange 2
Life Is Strange True Colors
Assassin’s Creed
Mass Effect
KOTOR
KOTOR II
The Force Unleashed
Resident Evil
Silent Hill
God Of War
God Of War Norse Saga
Mortal Kombat(old)
Mortal Kombat(new)
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Bioshock Infinite
Skyrim
Oblivion
Dead Rising
Dead RIsing 1
The Wolf Among Us
Telltale’s Game Of Thrones
Telltale’s The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead The Final Season
Red Dead Redemption
LA Noire
Detroit:Become Human
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Sims
Vampyr
Cillian Murphy as Claude
Michael Madsen as Toni Cipriani
Ben Barnes as Tommy Vercetti
Anthony Mackie as Victor Vance
Michael B. Jordan as Carl Johnson
Ed Skrein as Niko Bellic
Jon Bernthal as Johnny Klebitz
Jorge Lendeborg Jr as Luis Lopez
Hugh Jackman as Michael De Santa
Steven Ogg as Trevor Phillips
John Boyega as Franklin Clinton
Robert DeNiro as Salvatore Leone
Diane Guerrero as Catalina
Marko Zaror as Miguel
Jessica Henwick as Asuka Kasen
Brian Tee as Kenji Kasen
Bill Hader as Donald Love
Rosa Salazar as Maria Latore
Paul Dano as Ken Rosenberg
Jon Hamm as Sonny Forelli
Mark Margolis as Ricardo Díaz
Donald Glover as Lance Vance
Aldis Hodge as Sweet Johnson
Brian Tyree Henry as Big Smoke
Jason Mitchell as Ryder
Samuel L Jackson as Frank Tenpenny
Jonah Hill as Eddie Pulaski
Josh Gad as Roman Bellic
Marlon Waynes as Little Jacob
Aaron Paul as Packie McReary
Jane Levy as Kate McReary
Yuri Kolokolnikov as Dimitri Rascalov
Joe Pesci as Jimmy Peggorino
Morgan Spector as Darko Brevic
Ralph Fiennes as Mikhail Faustin
Liev Schreiber as Vladimir Glebov
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Ray Bulgarin
Krsyten Ritter as Ashley Butler
Benjamin Bratt as Jim Fitzgerald
Michael Rooker as Billy Grey
Matt Dillon as Ray Boccino
Jai Courtney as Brian Jeremy
Katheryn Winnick as Gracie Ancelotti
Sam Rockwell as Tony Prince
Scott Caan as Rocco Pelosi
Nathan Jones as Timur
Harvey Keitel as Uncle Vince
Rainn Wilson as Lester Crest
Wyatt Russell as Brad Snider
LaKeith Stanfield as Lamar Davis
Keke Palmer as Tanisha
Winona Ryder as Amanda De Santa
Kathryn Newton as Tracey De Santa
Jeremy Ray Taylor as Jimmy De Santa
Nicolas Cage as Dave Norton
Woody Harrleson as Ron Jakowski
Steve Howey as Chef
Tom Felton as Wade Herbert
Jamie Bell as Floyd Hebert
Rooney Mara as Debra
Susan Sarandon as Mrs. Philips
Antonio Banderas as Martin Madrazo
Olivia Negron as Patricia Madrazo
Michael Keaton as Devin Weston
Alexandria Daddario as Molly Schultz
Glen Powell as Steve Haines
Omar Epps as Stretch
Hoon Lee as Wei Cheng
#Grand Theft Auto#Fancasts#GTA#Claude Speed#Tommy Vercetti#Victor Vance#Carl Johnson#Niko Bellic#Johnny Klebitz#Luis Lopez#Michael De Santa#Trevor Philips#Franklin Clinton
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Don’t be shy post your fanfic red flags to tumblr
I swear y'all want me dead, I'm not scared of the tiktok teens but the tumblr users will kill me over this
when I say red flags, I mean squicks, I mean things in marvel fanfics that tell me the author is more concerned with fanon than they are with the source material which is just something I don't want to read
Mommy friend Natasha— If it's an avengers fic and Natasha is there to sigh and the boys and tell them to talk care of themselves, make the move on the boy, or just mother them I hate it. I need more than one woman in a fic and I need them to pass the Bechdel test and be more than "the one with the brain cell"
damsel in distress Peter Parker— I need a damn good reason Peter doesn't use his super strength or super genius to escape a kidnapping, he's a fucking superhero who can save himself. This isn't to say I don't like Peter Parker whump, but I need some explanation or it seems like he's forgotten he's super human
the Deadpool thought boxes— most fic authors are writing them because they're saw them in another fic not because they're read them in the comics and it fucking shows!
No murder Avengers—Explain to me why your picture of Steve Rogers wouldn't kill a nazi in a heartbeat?? Quickly!
writing out characters of color—self-explanatory. How can you write a post winter soldier fic without Sam Wilson? Where is Ned in your mcu Peter fic? Why did you make Peter Parker act like the mcu version in every way but you made MJ into a white Mary Jane? Why is there always a convenient mission that the characters of color are sent off to deal with?? Y'all are not hiding your bigotry well
"pretty" Wade Wilson—I don't care if it's a no powers au or if you're using an image replicator, keep the scars! The scars are pretty and I don't want to read a fic that disagrees
Super Family—my beef with this trope pre-dates the mcu Spider-Man, this shit infected tasm fandom after the Avengers came out. The civil war being the stony divorce arc and Peter being the traumatized child of said divorce joke was funny. But it was only a joke. I don't care what adult "adopts" Peter, Peter already has a loving home and Aunt May is doing a fantastic job raising him. It's even worse when Peter was adopted young or the bio child of one of the heroes because it completely robs his story of the importance and impact of Aunt May and Uncle Ben. I hate it so fucking much
"world on fire" in daredevil fic— it's a fucking metaphor! It's a good metaphor you can write into a fic, but if you make it literal so that Matt is "seeing" objects but like as fire oh my god no! He has not light response in his eyes, he's moving through the world through sound and touch like blind people do, his powers just grant him a great degree of precision. Y'all can't handle the idea of disabled people as competent capable adults
Any fic that makes a rational cool level headed woman into a raging bitch—we get it you have no friends and have internalized the not like other girls mindset, but don't make it my fucking problem
#asks#i'm not even going to tag this#i'm a hater what can i say#i have very specific taste#this is why yall come to me for fic recs
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August 2024 MTH fills
The best way to see all the fills that have been shared with us is our monthly roundups tag or our #MTH-fills channel on our Discord, but you can also view them through the following methods:
Our Tumblr tags: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Our AO3 collection (only has works posted to AO3; see "subcollections" for specific auction years)
Completed works tag list
To find specific content, use our completed works tag lists above which includes instructions on how to search for a particular character, gen or romantic relationship, universe, and fanwork type.
SOLO CHARACTERS
Matt Murdock
thelonebamf/@amazing-spiderling - Art of Matt in court with his new "perro-legal," Cinnamoroll for @gimmesomeguac (MTH 2022)
Steve Rogers
E_Greer/@pawpawholler - Captain America shield stickers with queer pride colors plus one featuring Sarah and young Steve for @alwaysabrighterdarkness
Tony Stark
@klecrone - Watercolor painting of winner's cat as Iron Man for @tehroserose
GEN/PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS
Bucky Barnes & Clint Barton
oper_1895/@oper1895 - "New Opportunities" (AU drabble where warlord Tony encourages soldier Bucky to talk to archer Clint) for @schildmehdchen
SHIPS
Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers
oh_i_swear/@oh-i-swear-writes - "Acting the Part" (omega teacher Steve/alpha actor Bucky fake relationship A/B/O AU fic) for britbrit99
Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
swtalmnd/@amysnotdeadyet - "Diagnostics" (Bucky/Steve/Tony AU fic where Bucky and Tony discuss getting into a relationship with Steve) for @saganarojanaolt and newtypeshadow (MTH 2022) - "Signals" (Bucky/Steve/Tony AU fic where Bucky thinks what he has is enough) for saganarojanaolt and newtypeshadow (MTH 2022)
Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov/Sam Wilson
Writer_Lethogica/@thatmexisaurusrex - "A Witch and His Familiars" (Bucky/Steve/Natasha/Sam fantasy AU fic where witch Sam meets Bucky, Nat, and Steve who become his familiars) for @zepysgirl
Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov/Sam Wilson
Yavannie/@heyitsyav - Art of Bucky, Nat, and Sam chilling on a boat for @rubickk7 (MTH 2022)
Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark
@illogicalkat - "And it feels like I was with you, but what did we do and where have we gone?" (616 Bucky/Tony fic where AI Tony made a promise to Bucky but doesn't remember it when he becomes corporeal) for @massivespacewren (MTH 2022)
Clint Barton/Phil Coulson/Natasha Romanov
E_Greer - "Freedom's Just Another Word" (Clint/Phil/Nat indentured contract AU fic) for @oper1895 and stillcentre
Jack Rollins/Brock Rumlow
Lai (@laidraws) - Art of merman Brock Rumlow offering lighthouse keeper Jack Rollins a necklace during a rainstorm for @kalika999
Nixie DeAngel/@nixies-creations - "Will You Be My One Day, Baby?" (lawyer Jack Rollins/bar owner Brock Rumlow AU ficlet and accompanying aesthetic) for kalika999 (MTH 2022)
@ruquas - "Skulls & Bones" (monster hunter Jack Rollins/Brock Rumlow AU fic where Jack gets bitten by a werewolf) for kalika999
Loki/Stephen Strange
@nova-of-avalonia - "To Heal a God" (MCU Loki/Stephen Strange fic where Loki starts losing his magic and gets sicker when he uses it) for @lailyn (MTH 2020)
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Dodo/@dodomedic - "Tsum prince and his pea" (A/B/O tsum Steve/Tony AU fic where prince Steve and wizard apprentice Tony try to find the perfect bed for nesting) for @starksnack
Eriot/@latelierderiot - NSFW rotoscope of a fully clothed Steve kissing Tony, who's wearing a red thong, and pushing down and touching his thigh for @sabrecmc (MTH 2022)
Nixie DeAngel/nixies-creations - "I'll Just Be Moments Away" (post-Endgame Steve/Tony ficlet about the night before Morgan goes to college and accompanying aesthetic) for @gottalovev (MTH 2022) - "Wait Just A Minute" (Steve/Tony frenemy princes AU ficlet and accompanying aesthetic) for gottalovev (MTH 2022)
@oluka - "The One That Got Away" (616 Steve/Tony fic where Steve pursues Tony romantically and Tony is impersonated by a Skrull) for @magicasen (MTH 2020) (posted in March 2024)
@starksnack - "spilt milk" (Steve/Tony married couple A/B/O AU PWP fic where Steve and Tony have sex after shopping for a baby stroller) for @t0nystark1er (MTH 2020)
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songs from my spotify wrapped that are not yet in the bot
(i'm not saying all of these will be added, but some of them probably will be. mostly i'm putting this here as a reminder to myself)
(under the cut bc its 74 songs lol)
hollywood baby by 100 gecs (its in now!)
clusterhug by i dont know how but they found me (in also!)
heartbreak feels so good by fall out boy
somebody told me by the killers
bud like you by ajr
overexposed by matt and kim
pompeii by bastille
wrecking ball by mother mother
dumbest girl alive by 100 gecs
love from the other side by fall out boy
lights go down by idkhow
ferris wheel by sylvan esso
young volcanoes by fall out boy
choke by idkhow
sunflower by post malone spiderman
tell me ma by sham rock (....i cant explain)
you first by paramore
doctor worm by they might be giants
lake effect kid by fall out boy
rio by mika
icarus by the crane wives
baby you're a haunted house by gerard way
hand of god - outro by jon bellion
wellerman - electric swing remix by betty booom (...I CANT EXPLAIN)
little talks by of monsters and men
one last cigarette by the band camino
turn the lights off by tally hall
joe by ajr
oxford comma by vampire weekend
punk tactics by joey valance (okay this one i can explain)
home run! by shawn wasabi
candy by robbie williams
the last of the real ones by fall out boy
hello brooklyn by all time low
vampire money by my chemical romance
& by tally hall
never met! by cmten, glitch gum, 100 gecs
wage wars get rich die handsome by the mountain goats
everybody loves me by onerepublic
talk too much by coin
so much for stardust by fall out boy
walking on sunshine by katrina and the waves
new york city by they might be giants
pollyanna by green day
philly forget me not by hall & oates & train
you're gonna go far kid by the offspring
rose colored boy by paramore
oh no! by marina
you're nobody till somebody wants you dead by saint motel
everybody wants to rule the world by tears for fears
way less sad by ajr
best friend by toy-box
mememe by 100 gecs
need a little sunshine by augustana
work this body by walk the moon
washing machine heart by mitski
spent my life by kindred
sonder by the wrecks (ehehe its my name)
let's dance to joy division by the wombats
istanbul (not constanstinople) by they might be giants
this december by ricky montgomery
otter pop by shawn wasabi
ok overture by ajr
sweet talk by saint motel
mos thoser by fraxiom/food house/gupi
and the day goes on by bill wurtz
yes i'm a mess by ajr
we are the crystal gems from steven universe
i wish that i could wear hats by brian david gilbert
wilson (expensive mistakes) by fall out boy
waterfalls coming out your mouth by glass animals
only happy when it rains by garbage
let's get this over with by they might be giants
west coast smoker by fall out boy
#not bot#enjoy this glimpse into my bizarre music taste!#slash very loose to-do list#it really does function as a good reminder! like oh huh i HAVE been meaning to put hollywood baby in here for a while
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Thor #32 Review
Thor #32 Marvel Comics Written by Torunn Gronbekk Art by Juan Gedeon Colors by Matt Wilson Letters by Joe Sabino The Rundown: Thor chases after the creature that took his father’s soul as Doom continues his plans for power. Doom has Hela trapped in his castle in Latveria as he attempts to gain the powers of a god. At the same time, Thor and Jane continue to search the ruins of Hel for…
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Daredevil Movie Director Admits Backlash On Kingpin Casting
Did you know that a live-action Daredevil Movie exists? Daredevil is enjoying its 20th anniversary this year! That's right, Daredevil had it's opening way back in 2003 to great fanfare. You are forgiven if you never heard of it but it seems the movie is a hot topic. The movie stars Ben Affleck as the lead character Matt Murdock AKA Daredevil. The movie also stars Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Colin Farrell as Bullseye, and Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk AKA The Kingpin. Director Steven Johnson is sitting down with Yahoo Entertainment to reflect on the movie and talk about his experience making Daredevil. I like the interview because the director seems to be pretty open to discussing his regrets. Daredevil did 'ok' at the box office and went on to generate a spinoff movie for Elektra actress Jennifer Garner. The director mentions regrets and challenges from making the movie and one of the comments is a bit... well, you tell me: You cast the late Michael Clarke Duncan as the movie's other villain, the Kingpin, who has traditionally been depicted as white in the comics. That kind of color blind casting is more common now, but ahead of the curve then. Did you get any blowback from comic fans? Oh yeah, I got a lot of blowback. It's the strangest Catch-22, because you want to have opportunities for everybody. You say, "I'm not going to pay attention to race: I'm just going to cast the right person for the role." But then you get killed for that who say: "The Kingpin should be white" or "He's not my Kingpin" and all that kind of stuff. So I definitely got heat on that, but I don't regret the decision at all. Michael was fantastic. It's hard to find a guy who is that big and also that formidable, and Michael was definitely that guy. God bless him. Were you sorry that casting tradition didn't continue with Netflix's Daredevil series that's now coming to Disney+? Not at all. I think Vincent D'Onofrio is wonderful as the Kingpin. It's all about finding the right actor for the character, you know? Vincent is a great Kingpin and Michael was a great Kingpin. And the show is terrific. It's fun, because everybody gets to have their imprint on it: You don't own the character, you just get to be the steward for a short time and then pass it on for someone else to do something with it. That's why it was so fun to see all the different Spider-Men come together in the last Spider-Man movie. Seeing all those different versions from different decades and different filmmakers coming together was such an exciting moment. Kudos to Steven Johnson for his casting choices. I don't find it surprising at all that he got blowback and that sort of casting would get a strong reaction today. There's a very large audience who does not like race-swapping of characters and there are some that don't mind. I think Michael Clarke Duncan did a fantastic job as The Kingpin. I remember being really excited about his casting, especially after his string of hits like The Green Mile. Sadly the actor didn't get to reprise his role for a sequel so that one film will remain his only outing as The Kingpin. I get apprehensive to talk race-swapping in these sorts of roles. I think it can work at times but I also have seen it backfire badly. Have you seen the original Daredevil? What do you think of MCD's portrayal and what do you think about this topic? That's all for this one... Read the full article
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THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #27: OB-SESSION
After many months, I’m back! Sorry for the long silence. Life=Crazy=Sorry.
I’m planning over the next couple weeks to post summaries of the rest of Imperial Phase I & II and then hopefully I’ll catch up soon after that. It’s hard to believe there’s only a few more issues left. (Nooooooooooo.)
I’ve actually held off reading the most recent couples issues until I’ve gotten back onto this, so if as we go you’re wondering how it is I don’t already know this or that, that is how. I think the last issue I read had all kinds of crazy reveals about Baal. Speaking of which...
BAALER (I Hate Myself for this Title But There You Are)
The big reveal of issue 27 is that Baal has some kind of magic super secret voodoo he can use to stop the Great Darkness. It builds on last issue, where we learned he’d not only been previously briefed on the GD by Ananke but seen his father murdered by it. It’s also the beginning of another shoe dropping, except we don’t really know what gets squished beneath it for another eight issues and two specials and like a year of reading time so it doesn’t seem like a shoe so much as a hmm, that’s mysterious, I’m sure it’s fine, shall we rave then?
I love the visual structure of this page, the way it uses repetition to express the passage of time and also distance to simultaneously demonstrate our own distance as readers from whatever horrible nightmare things are going on and to minimize those events. (It’s so small; whatever it is, it couldn’t be that bad, could it?)
(Baal, what have you done...)
I also like how Baal’s “reassurance” to Mini repeats his mother’s words from last issue--“It is what it is,” but then adds on in a way that sounds like the sort of ‘steel yourself for nightmares’ mantra learned from everyone’s favorite grandmonster. Even as it gives Baal an adult-sounding stoicism, it also makes him sound like a little boy.
And speaking of Baal’s complicated relationships with children: Had we been told before now that Mini ascended just a month after him? It strikes me as a brilliant move on Ananke’s part. Right from the start she’s set up her replacement self as a little sister for Baal to protect.
Two issues in a row we’ve got Mini as the seeming target of the Great Darkness bug fiesta. Is that because it knows who she really is/will be? Is the GD somehow in league with Ananke, and the attacks on Mini are just another way of keeping everyone thinking of her as Everybody’s Favorite Divine Lil Sis? Or does this, too, have something to do with Baal? Could it be that it’s actually Baal and not Laura that is well and truly cursed?
TOPOGRAPHICAL FLUIDITY
The heart of issue 27 is the five double-page spreads in which the standard left to right, up to down of Western comic storytelling slowly breaks down. On the first splash we’ve got a Laura/Sakhmet story riding the top, then the lower three quarters of each page telling their own stories (though really it’s the continuation of Baal’s story from page one to two). The second spread flips the structural arrangement, but now the left and the runner are continuing a story while on the right page we’re with Laura and Baph and Laura’s sister and ow oh God that hurts to read.
The pages continue to shift and change from there, with one section always following Laura, at least one following Dio/Cass at the rave, and the other one or two checking in on what other characters are up to.
The thing I love about the approach is how it speaks to the disintegration within the group that Laura ordained with her choice of “Anarchy” last issue. We’re not in complete collapse by any means, we can definitely follow the narratives, but the idea that these characters are starting to go in different directions is literally demonstrated in the structure of the page.
And also in the way the pages alter the visual language of Dio’s earlier rave (from issue 8). We’ve got the same 16 block grid structure, but it’s twice as dense; now every block contains an actual story panel, as compared to half for most of 8, with the other half used for the ongoing rave 1-2-3-4 countdowns.
Whereas issue 8′s dance pages had a sort of expansiveness, a sense of the rave as the overriding context that the story panels are just a part of, in 27 we’ve lost all that. In fact the rave is only one small part of what’s going on, even as its grid and color frames remain. (It’s interesting to see the rave visual style used as well for what precedes and follows it; it’s like the energy of the rave is starting to bleed out beyond the confines in which it makes sense.)
It’s also worth noting the rave in issue 8 ends with different members of the Pantheon one after another finishing Dionysius’ sentence, as though all one person. Another great contrast with the never-united narratives of issue 27.
But you know, even seeing how issue 27 offers an intensifying deterioration of the rave joy feel of issue 8, I still easily get lost in the visual dance of its two page spreads. I think it’s those bright frames; they just read to me as “fun”. (Apparently I’d be all good living in a prison camp as long it was decorated with Christmas lights.)
One moment does really snap me out of it, though:
No matter how bad things have gotten, Drunk Child Star Mini feels very unexpected. Plus who is she talking to? The camera team? Herself? Ananke Within?
(Actually, going back to issue 8 I realize we get a similar moment where out of the blue the story cuts to Minerva, talking directly to the camera with that same combination of ‘Don’t mind me.” and “Life sucks.”
So she’s almost certainly talking to their documentary squad.)
Mini drinking is not the worst thing we see in these pages by any means.
Ow. Ow. Oh God, Oh God it hurts.
But somehow that Mini moment (that mini Mini?) (#sorrynotsorry) is the moment I find most off key.
ONE MORE ONE MORE TIME
Hmm. That comparison between the two Mini moments has got me thinking...
You know, give me a second...
*time passes*
So hey, I’m back. I just went back through the rave in issue 8. Here are some of its major beats:
Dio tries to help Laura let go.
Laura becomes a part of everything going on.
Laura talks about her family and sketches them in light.
Cassandra cannot connect.
Sakhmet and Laura look each over and then start dancing together.
Woden watches.
Mini is left out.
The Morrigan warns Laura about getting too into Baphomet.
Everyone unites around Dio’s thought of making people’s lives better, because the end is coming soon.
Each of those beats is returned to issue 27.
Dio tries to help Cassandra let go.
Laura tries to disconnect from everything that’s happened.
Laura thinks about when she got Baphomet to create an illusion of her family.
Cassandra finally connects, saying “You’re full of stars”, which is what Laura said to her at the rave in issue 8. But then she rejects the connection.
Laura, now with Sakhmet, wonders what’s the worst thing she could do to her.
Woden watches. (Jamie uses the very same image.)
Mini is still left out, and now drinking.
Laura gets too into Baphomet, and now Baphomet is locked away with the Morrigan.
Cassandra rejects the connection.
There’s a little more in each rave than that (Woden plotting, Woden calling for a hook up, Baal and Inanna), but you gotta love the way the parallels show those stories having progressed (and not for the better).
(Also, I know Dio is on life support at this point, but man it feels like there should be one more cast rave, doesn’t it? Jonesing for my rule of threes.)
LOCK STEP
In the final pages we shift to two pages of a sort of call and response; on the left side we get David telling us what’s “really going on”, aka in year two the gods lose it, and on the right we cut back to each god in their own version of doing that, and ending on the punch line of Cassandra.
She’s the one god who seems to have her head well and truly on straight, the adult in the room, but here she is just staring silently at what has been her white whale the whole issue, Ananke’s Murderous Mystery Machine.
Gillen’s notes on this moment are familiar, chilling and wonderful:
Comrade Rossignol, my old partner in crime, game developer and co-writer on The Ludocrats, and I have a line we tend to quote to one another. It’s a paraphrase of a quote from Ballard: ‘My advice to anyone in any field is to be faithful to your obsessions. Identify them and be faithful to them, let them guide you like a sleepwalker.’
We quote it as: ‘Stay true to your obsessions and your obsessions will be true to you.’
It’s basically been our respective careers’ magnetic north, but there’s certainly times when I wonder how good it’s proved for us as human beings.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE
You could easily go from Cassandra staring silently up to the spooky final full page spread of her white whale itself. But instead Gillen gives us an extra six panel page first. It seems puzzling; we don’t really need to have David ask “Are you okay?” We already know that Cass isn’t, and that she doesn’t know it.
But for me what makes that page so important is that it gives the other Norns the chance to ask David about their own fate. Imperial Phase I has taken Skuld and Verdandi from silent back-up singers to real emotional partners with Cass, indeed the dominants to her submissive. By presenting us with the question of their fate we’re reminded of the fullness of their humanity; their lives are just as valuable as that of Cass.
Their question also plays very much to Gillen’s comment about the destructive impacts of artistic obsession. These gods don’t just hurt themselves; they put their families, their fans, their friends at risk. What will Skuld and Verdandi do when those dangers come for them, one wonders...?
#wicdiv#kieron gillen#jamie mckelvie#Hoping for a Skuld and Verdandi sitcom spinoff#matt wilson is the god of colors
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AFTG “MONSTERS”: CHARACTER PLAYLISTS
NEIL JOSTEN
dog days are over - florence + the machine
cut deep - matt maeson
midnight sky - miley cyrus
break my face - ajr
crush culture - conan gray
some nights - fun.
cringe (stripped vers.) - matt maeson
blood runs red - matt maeson
naruto themed sexting - panucci’s pizza
how to disappear completely - radiohead
good in red - the midnight
family line - conan gray
familia - nicki minaj, anuel aa, bantu
if i die young - the band perry
darling - halsey
ANDREW MINYARD
kids - pup
favorite crime - olivia rodrigo
replace you - justus bennetts
control - halsey
bored - billie eilish
just a kid - noah vela
seventeen going under - sam fender
tears of gold (stripped vers.) - faouzia
don’t blame me - taylor swift
rip 2 my youth - the neighbourhood
body - mother mother
home - cave town
the audacity - emlyn
lotta true crime - penelope scott
AARON MINYARD
people watching - conan gray
sex, drugs, etc. - beach weather
colors - halsey
brother - madds buckley
oh my God - Ida Maria
mama - my chemical romance
set me free - joshua bassett
fuck this town - glaive, ericoda
you found me - the fray
if i killed someone for you - alec benjamin
i want a dog - hobo johnson
ribs - lorde
happy little pill - troye sivan
little lion man - mumford & sons
fake id - big & rich, gretchen wilson
mommy - acacia
KEVIN DAY
bad habits - fidlar
what the hell - avril lavigne
good person - gilanares
lion - saint mesa
middle finger - bohnes
weak - ajr
miss missing you - fall out boy
afraid - the neighbourhood
you should see me in a crown - billie eilish
throne - bring me the horizon
sober - fidlar
motherlove - bea miller
little league - conan gray
original me - yungblud, imagine dragons
NICKY HEMMICK
sanctified - matt maeson
you might not like her - maddie zham
nelsonwood lane - matt maeson
if it’s not God - maddie zham
yucky blucky fruitcake - doechii
oak trees - daniel nunnelee
bartender - lady a
fake happy - paramore
prideful - nf
crusader - stevie howie
the village - wrabel
cry baby - the neighbourhood
for your entertainment - adam lambert
father - the front bottoms
mean! - madeline the person

#aftg monsters#character playlist#all for the game#aftg#andrew minyard#neil josten#aaron minyard#nicky hemmick#kevin day#the foxhole court#the raven king#the king's men#the foxes#allison reynolds#renee walker#dan wilds#matt boyd#aftg headcanon#aftg trilogy#aftg fandom#all for the game headcanon#david wymack#riko moriyama#edgar allen ravens#andriel#aftg music#nora sakavic
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* characters with an asterisk are now platonic only
ARCANE
Silco
prologue -a taste of mercy
DC
Arthur Curry
melted stars, melted sea
Donna Troy
sunlight
morning sun, burning waffles
headcanon: a snowy afternoon
to bloom through a blade
Dick Grayson
car crash hearts
with fear, i fall
headcanon: going to a haunted house
watchers in the night
portraits for lovers
Jason Todd
lightning fields
now cracks a noble heart
headcanon: watching it snow
we are unsung hymns
a shelter made of mercy
i didn’t know the world could be so warm
they say fear is for the weak
sky full of song
headcanon: going to a haunted house
atlas bewitched in a diner
trials of the gods
headcanon: jason is scared of loving you, but cant stay away
run away from the sun
fall
John Constantine
death wrapped in velvet
the muse of venus
Roy Harper
my dear, how sweet we could be
DEADLY CLASS
Billy Bennett
constellation dreams
Lex Miller
midnight reality
anthology pt I
anthology pt II
a rose colored curse
we walk in beauty
i can see fire in your eyes
Marcus Lopez Arguello
neon anchors
merciful souls
starlight sins
inscendence
from dusk ‘til dawn
Saya Kuroki
shallow glory
CALL OF DUTY
Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley
heart under the gun
ares crowned by persephone
CASTLEVANIA
Alucard ( Adrian Tepes )
revival of a soul
haunted
touched by fire
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
Nicholas Scratch
hush
sweet cravings
DRAGON AGE
Cullen Rutherford
the night that keeps our secrets
Fenris
the honeyed kiss of betrayal
Lucanis Dellamorte
tongue-tied
Sebastian Vael
our graveyard of dreams
The Iron Bull
our names are carved in steel
GENERAL
headcanon: vigilante/hero x you
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
Aemond Targaryen
through the thorns
the shadow’s crown
even dragons must yield
MARVEL
Bucky Barnes
letters from poseidon
we’re nothing but a falling star
skin & bones
Frank Castle
soft and wild
abandoned valor
once upon an ugly sweater
ache
Hobie Brown
headcanon: going to a show with hobie
Loki
the oracle at the end of the world
Matt Murdock
aphrodite’s kiss
blood of the holy
lucifer in the arms of persephone
Peter Parker (TASM)
a duet, honey sweet
muse of the heart
Quentin Beck
careful, i bite pt I
careful, i bite pt II
Sam Wilson
stars in high tide
Shang-Chi
steady heart
Sylvie Lushton
tired eyes and gentle hands
* Yelena Belova
the glow of a valley
amaranthine
ghosts
PRODIGAL SON
Malcolm Bright
we move lightly
fragments
crimson darling
STAR WARS
Captain Rex
dewdrops
Din Djarin
a legion on crimson wings: pt I II III IV V VI
violent delights
the golden rays of night
wicked, wicked dreams
Obi-Wan Kenobi
fallen kingdoms and starlight hearts
STRANGER THINGS
Billy Hargrove
head full of noise
Eddie Munson
sunset leather + rooftop smiles
headcanon: going to a metal show with eddie
monster hunting would suck without you
too young to fall in love
inferno
golden crowns and whispering roses
april
TEEN WOLF
Peter Hale
on the breath of a hurricane
THE DREAMER TRILOGY
Declan Lynch / Jordan
veiled in vintage thorns
THE OLD GUARD
Booker ( Sebastian le Livre )
funeral for a ghost
THE ORIGINALS
Kol Mikaelson
watch me crack and shatter
THE 100
Roan
sunrise over the devil’s revenge
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@brainrotcharacters masterlist
(set during Inversion) I Was Going To. sfw. angst. Babe and Angel pov while waiting outside the ward. They try not to be scared. They fail.
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(writing prompt not mine) "Your enemy stands before you bragging about how he can copy your power and use it against you. Learning that, you point out how dumb that is since unlike you, he has no experience using that power." - In The Middle of Nowhere. enemies to lovers but I cut it before they could be lovers.
(writing prompt not mine) "You became a "supervillain", not out of any particular desire to do evil deeds or take over the world or whatever, but just because your friend is a somewhat underpowered superhero, and you wanted to make sure they had a "nemesis" who wouldn't actually hurt them." - My Bitch My Buddy.
(writing prompt not mine) "Pick a god and pray" - Pick.
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(Logan/The Worst Wolverine x Wade Wilson/Deadpool) - The Almost Breakup. sfw. angst action. What would it take for Wade to want to get rid of Logan?
(Logan/The Worst Wolverine x Wade Wilson/Deadpool) - Real and Mine. sfw. angst fluff. occurs after the events of the movie. demanded by the gods.
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(Klahadore/Kuro x fem!painter!reader) Colors - fluff. no established relationship. reader paints and sketches. requested by angeli-fucking-cat
(Nami x fem!reader) Drink - fluff. no established relationship yet. sfw. female reader. it's a meet cute where alcohol was involved. requested by 0amy5.
(Nami x fem!reader) - fluff comfort. sfw. female reader. domesticated moments of dating the girlboss. requested by fairy-geek-ackerman.
(Luffy x reader) Lifeline - angst comfort. sfw. gender neutral reader. I thought my meltdown was done but it wasn't, so I chose the live action as a coping mechanism.
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(Price x filo!141!reader) Legacy - angst comfort. sfw. gender neutral reader. I awakened my daddy issues and create a little something for the platonic dad Price lovers of the fandom.
(Ghost x 141!reader) She Wasn’t Always Like That pt 1 pt 2 - angst comfort. sfw. she/her. In Ghost’s humble opinion, the rest of the world isn’t appreciating her as much as they should.
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(MCU crossover) MCU Moon Knight + Scarlet Scarab come to Talokan - sfw. headcanons.
(MCU/COD crossover) MCU Falcon as a member of 141/Los Vaqueros - sfw. situationship.
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(Morpheus x f!OC) The Flying, The Falling - comfort. sfw. she/her. I remember the last dream I had where I flew, and I completely used it as reference. no use of Y/n because I said so.
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(Steven x Marc x Layla x reader) You all right, love? - angst/comfort. sfw. she/her. mentions of suicide and death. Layla only arrives near the end. now beta'd.
(Steven x reader) The Home I Choose - sfw. she/her. Steven and reader simp for each other, established relationship, reader writes to cope but can't write
(Steven x Marc canon timeline) Not Without Steven - Steven is rejected by the Field of Reeds, told through Marc's perspective
(Steven x reader) Name Me - she/her. Steven vs reader's parents, obvious avoidance of a last name, Steven fighting as Mr. Knight, reader gets kidnapped, crime + violence + blood because it is the spine of every superhero project ever, idk how sedatives and adrenaline shots work, reader is also a dual wielder.
(Marc x reader) With me, sweetheart - sfw. she/her. Gender neutral reader. marc’s love language is actually sparring.
(Layla x reader) The Blue - sfw. she/her. reader uses painting as an outlet, reader's period doesn't sync with Layla's, established relationship, metaphorical dialogue, angst/fluff
(Layla x Marc x Steven post-canon timeline) All It Took - spectormobile is featured which means Jake is lurking but not addressed, Taweret the therapist friend
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(Matt Murdock x reader) - Not A Bother If It's You - sfw. she/her. mutual pining, parents worry about their child's future, angst comfort
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(Ayato Kirishima x f!human!reader) - You're a ghoul? Cool,cool. - she/her. established relationship
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Kir-Lanan
Image by Matt Wilson, © Wizards of the Coast. Accessed at the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Art Gallery here
[I feel sorry for the kir-lanan. And not just because of its bondage straps/nipple rings outfit. The kir-lanan were clearly supposed to be the Next Big Thing that hit the Forgotten Realms when the 3e version of the Campaign Setting book came out. Their entry hypes them up as a new and emerging threat, and they appear prominently in City of the Spider Queen and Lords of Darkness, two early 3.0 Forgotten Realms products. And then... nothing. They aren’t even mentioned in either 4e or 5e, having been completely swept under the rug. Maybe they’re victims of the constant retcons and catastrophes that mark the Realms between editions. Maybe it’s because they originated in the Time of Troubles, which a lot of folks hate. Maybe it is the nipple rings.]
Kir-Lanan CR 2 CE Monstrous Humanoid This muscular humanoid has leathery wings and clawed hands. Its skin is charcoal gray and finely scaled. Its face is surrounded by horns, and it has a thin tail ending in a spur. The thing wears a body-wrap of cloth studded with bones and bits of metal, leaving its limbs free.
The kir-lanan are a mystery. They appeared rapidly and recently, and their own lore tells that they were the byproduct of a war between distant, alien gods. Whether this is true or not, the kir-lanan despise all things divine, and seek to destroy churches, murder clerics and parishioners alike and generally tear down all testaments to godly power. As such, they have many enemies and few friends. Some kir-lanan wings may find themselves under the sway of demodands, nightshades or asuras, all of which share their opinions of the divine order.
A kir-lanan’s body is infused with negative energy, allowing it to use a variety of necromantic spells and drain life with a touch. They are fast and nimble in the air, making hit and run attacks. They prefer to soften opponents up at range at first, sniping with crossbow bolts and ray of enfeeblement spells before diving down to melee.
Fighter, sorcerer or magus are the most common class options taken by kir-lanan. A few become oracles, which are viewed with both awe and suspicion. Awe because of their mastery of negative energy magic. Suspicion because their powers seem too close to those of “godslaves”, clerics, for comfort. Kir-lanan society is ruled by the strong, with no social distinction between the sexes. Childcare is typically foisted off onto the weakest member of the band, who fosters all of the wing’s children at once regardless of parentage.
Kir-lanan vary widely in terms of skin color. Grays, blues and purples are the most common, always in dark hues. Some individuals are very dark green, brown or midnight black. It is as of yet unknown how long they live or if they suffer the effects of old age.
Kir-Lanan CR 2 XP 600 CE Medium monstrous humanoid Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +4 Defense AC 16, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+1 Dex, +2 natural, +3 armor) hp 16 (3d10) Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +3 Defensive Abilities negative energy affinity Offense Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (good) Melee 2 claws +5 (1d4+2) Ranged light crossbow +4 (1d8/19-20) Special Attacks drain life Spell-like Abilities CL 3rd, concentration +4 (+8 casting defensively) 3/day—chill touch (DC 12), command undead (DC 13), ray of enfeeblement (DC 12) Statistics Str 14, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 11, Wis 8, Cha 13 Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 16 Feats Combat Casting, Great Fortitude“ Skills Escape Artist +2, Fly +9, Knowledge (religion) +2, Perception +4, Stealth +9, Use Magic Device +7; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth, +4 Use Magic Device Languages Common Ecology Environment any land or underground Organization solitary or wing (2-12) Treasure standard (studded leather armor, light crossbow, 20 bolts, other treasure) Special Abilities Drain Life (Su) As a swift action, a kir-lanan can charge its claw with negative energy. If it misses with this attack, the use of drain life is wasted, but if it hits, it deals an extra 1d6 points of negative energy damage, and heals the same amount. This negative energy can only harm the living, not heal the undead. A kir-lanan can use this ability a number of times a day equal to 3+ its Charisma modifier (4/day for the average specimen).
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For my friends in the U.S.A.
If you are asked about you connection to Scotland, you don’t have to say, “Oh I am quarter Scottish” etc, believe me when I tell you it sonds cringeworthy hearing something like that, instead all you need to say is you have Scottish blood going back through generations.
Here are a few facts and quotes from over the centuries.....
"If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to British tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger." George Washington, Valley Forge.
"Every line of strength in American history is a line colored with Scottish blood." President Woodrow Wilson
More than 100 governors of pre- and post- Revolutionary America were of Scottish birth or descent.
5 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, 25 of them are in the Great Americans Hall of Fame.
Almost 1/2 of the Secretaries of U.S. Treasury and 1/3 of the Secretaries of State were Scots.
9 of the signatures on the Declaration of Independence were from Scots descent.
9 of the 13 colony governors made in the new USA were Scots.
61% of American Presidents are of Scots or Scots-Irish descent.
“History credits the Rev. Elijah Craig, a Baptist minister, with being the first in 1789 to make bourbon.” He was a Scotsman.
James Pollock, of Scots descent, put the slogan "In God We Trust" on American coins!
And as for the first printed dollar sign, that was made on a Philadelphia printing press in the 1790s and was the work of a staunch American patriot – or at least a vehemently anti-English Scotsman – named Archibald Binny, who’s today remembered as the creator of the Monticello typeface.
Scots emigres to the US are five times more likely to become dollar millionaires than those from any other country, according to a study of wealth. Thomas Stanley and William Danko, in their book The Millionaire Next Door, analysed the ethnic backgrounds of the wealthiest members of US society and discovered that while people of Scottish origin make up 1.7% of the population, they comprise 9.3% of its millionaires.
Famous Americans with Scots heritage include, Elvis Presley a fan discovered when he traced his idol’s ancestors back to Lonmay in Aberdeenshire in the 1700s.
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg descended from Scottish Immigrants. He began working with his brother Will Keith Kellogg to develop breakfast cereals in 1897, launching the brand that would later give the world many breakfast cereals.
Ben and Casey Affleck have small amount of Scottish ancestry
Lucille Ball was another with Scottish blood.
Other Hollywood stars with ties to the homeland include Jim Carrey, Shannon Doherty, Matt Damon, Laura Dern, Ted Danson, Jane Fonda, Clint Earwood, The Jenner's and Judy Garland.
The list is endless, I would be here all night going through them all
In other fields, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Apollo 12 Astronaut all made sure that Scots blood were among the first people to walk on the moon.
Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash, Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, Don McLean, Meat Loaf, Axl Rose, Taylor Swift and Jack White are only a few of the musical family that are ofScottish descent.
I have to bring name checkst to an end and will just say that we aren’t so proud in Scotland of my last name, whose mother came from Scotland, Donald J Trump
Many of my followers have commented through the years that they are proud of their own heritage, or that they have an affinity with Scots or Scotland, I just have to say back that we are proud to have a connection with you all too.
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