#maya spector

[madisoncounty]

BERTHA AND GEORGE RUSSELL IN EVERY EPISODE OF THE GILDED AGE Season 1, Episode 2 — Money Isn't Everything

[blade-liger-4ever]

I need to know something:

I just want to know because I remember the great love going around for Marclayla, and I'm beginning to wonder/worry that the love for Layla/Marclayla has fizzled out.

[comicwaren]

From Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds #001

“Frame Story”, by Ryan Little (W), Todd Harris and Rachelle Rosenberg (A)

“New York Scenes”, by Arihhonni “Honni” David (W), David Cutler and Rachelle Rosenberg (A)

“Midnight Scenes”, by Kelly Lynne D’Angelo (W), Jim Terry and Rachelle Rosenberg (A)

[heckcareoxytwit]

A preview of Kahhori: Reshaper of Worlds #1

KAHHORI: RESHAPER OF WORLDS #1

THE BREAKOUT CHARACTER FROM THE DISNEY+ WHAT IF…? SHOW MAKES HER COMICS DEBUT! The Mohawk warrior Kahhori fell into Sky World and into our hearts from her first appearance fighting invaders to her home. She’s already helped save all of reality from a demented Doctor Strange and secured peace in her own world… So what NOW? Co-creator and award-winning storyteller Ryan Little launches Kahhori into the 616! Featuring exciting guest stars and the comics debuts of some extraordinary creators, Marvel’s Voices brings you an extra-special anthology celebrating Indigenous heritage and one of the most exciting characters to emerge from the MCU!

Written by: Ryan Little, Arihhonni David, Kelly Lynne D’Angelo Art by: Jim Terry, David Cutler Cover by: Afua Richardson Page Count: 32 Pages Release Date: November 6, 2024

[deafblindshorty]

Multiverse dreams

It just occurred to me that when people in the MCU dream, they dream about their multiverse selves.

This means that:

-MCU Peter has had dreams of not being able to save someone named Gwen

-Mentoring some black kid called Miles

-Turning into a giant spider monster

-Marrying MJ, then finding out she's a clone, then her clone dying

-Marrying and divorcing MJ and becoming a depressed, overweight junkie

-Getting beaten to death by Kingpin

-Having a spider baby and becoming a stay-at-home dad

-Watching a kid get choke slammed and chased by an angry spider-mutant and doing nothing about it (better not tell Moon Knight this.)

-Getting hit by a drone

-Breaking his back

-Peter B (and RIPeter) could have dreams of being on a strange planet and disintegrating

-Also, did Peter B have a nightmare about being beaten to death by Kingpin?

-Moon Knight had nightmares about Randall not dying, but becoming a villain who beat up his pregnant girlfriend causing her to miscarry

-Also killing Randall on purpose

-Also carving Bushman's face off

-And stealing a time travel tool back from Rama-Tut and meeting different Moon Knights through time-travel

-Echo had dreams where she can hear and she dated both Moon Knight and Daredevil

-The Echo in the comics had dreams of being completely deaf and mute and having magical healing powers, her mom dying in a car accident and losing her leg, fighting Daredevil, etc

-The Punisher had dreams of his family dying at a family picnic on the beach

-Also of being a bounty hunter and hunting Spider-Man

-Peggy Carter had dreams of travelling to the future and also becoming a MODOK-like entity during WW2 on a mission with Steve

[descaladumidera]

And all twelve chibis from the calendar together. <3

ID in alt text and under the cut.

[ID:

Twelve pictures.

The first one shows a chibi drawing of Peter Parker as Spider-Man in his classic red and blue spandex outfit. He is swinging on one of his webs from the right to the left, arms extended and legs bent in front of him.

The second one shows a chibi drawing of Maya Lopez as Echo, with the white handprint on her face, wearing a black crop top, black trousers, and bandages around her arms and hands. She is standing frontal to the viewer, head cocked, left hand on her waist, right hand lifted, holding a gun.

The third one shows a chibi drawing of Luke Cage, wearing his usual yellow shirt and blue jeans. He is turned slightly to the left and looking down at three bullet holes in his shirt. His shoulders are up and his hands are lifted in a what-the-hell way.

The fourth one shows a chibi drawing of Jennifer Walters as She-Hulk in her She-Hulk form, wearing a white and purple spandex suit with short sleeves and legs. She is turned sideways but looking at the viewer, smirking. She is flexing her right arm, touching her biceps with her left hand.

The fifth one shows a chibi drawing of Jessica Jones with her trademark leather jacket and gray scarf. She is turned slightly to the right, arms crossed, expression pissed, as she taps her right foot impatiently.

The sixth one shows a chibi drawing of Marc Spector as Moon Knight, swooping in from the top left. He is wearing his white Moon Knight suit, holding his cape in the shape of a crescent moon. The cape is covering most of his body and his eyes are glowing.

The seventh one shows a chibi drawing of Matt Murdock as Daredevil in his classic red suit, sporting the Daredevil logo on his chest and the horns on his mask. He is standing with his legs apart, slightly turned to the left, holding up his billy clubs in both hands. He looks pissed.

The eighth one shows a chibi drawing of America Chavez, wearing her usual jeans jacket with the red and white stripes on the shoulder parts and the blue shirt with the white star. She is smiling, crouching down frontally to the viewer, her left leg stretched to the side, her right leg bent, so she is resting on her knee. Her left arm is stretched to the side, while her right is aimed at the ground.

The ninth one shows a chibi drawing of Kamala Khan as Ms. Marvel, wearing her blue mask, blue top with the yellow lightning bolt, and red pants and scarf. She is turned slightly to the right, smiling, and her right arm and hand are embiggened and extended above her head.

The tenth one shows a chibi drawing of Danny Rand as Iron Fist in his classic suit with the yellow mask, green and yellow top, which is open in the front, showing his dragon tattoo, yellow sash, and green pants. His expression is concentrated, and he is turned slightly to the right in an attacking pose, hands balled into fists as his right hand is glowing.

The eleventh one shows a chibi drawing of Frank Castle as the Punisher, wearing his trademark skull shirt and a long black leather coat. He is looking angry, facing the viewer, arms extended in front of him, a gun in each hand.

The twelfth one shows a chibi drawing of Kate Bishop as Hawkeye in her purple outfit with the quiver slung over her shoulder and her purple glasses in her hair. Her body is facing the viewer, but she is turned completely to the left, expression one of concentration, as she bends a bow.

End ID.]

[edsheeranmattmurdock]

[thedevilsoftruth]

Brain Micheal Bendis should have never been to pick up his pen and write about Moon Knight. Literally what the shit is this comic book and what were they thinking making Maya Lopez a love interest of his... Like please leave her and Marc alone. They were never meant to be to begin with 😭

Do you know how embarrassing it is to say that Moon Knight dressed up as spiderman and beat up strippers... If you looked up " the writers barely disguised fetish " images of this comic book would come up. Like all this comic was was just full on strippers and boobies sprinkled with a little bit of violence and Marc having Captain America, Wolverine and Spider-man as alter egos... yup. This is just a horrible look on Marc as a character--like please burn this and put it in the garbage disposable and wipe it from the face of this planet. Disgusting.

[echosdevil]

MARC SPECTOR & MAYA LOPEZ

Moon Knight (2011) #8

[viewlumia]

I see we are at the bargaining stage of grief

[moonknightblog]

Headcanon: The Moon Boys know sign language.

[madisoncounty]

BERTHA AND GEORGE RUSSELL IN EVERY EPISODE OF THE GILDED AGE Season 1, Episode 9 — Let The Tournament Begin

[blade-liger-4ever]

On the subject of "forced" couples in fiction:

I know this is a touchy subject, but some ships - or couples, if you prefer - aren't as "forced", "toxic", and "unhealthy" as most are quick to claim. That's not to say that all aren't; look no further than Hal Jordan x Carol Ferris, and the numerous breakups they've had, as an example. If they were genuinely healthy, they wouldn't be stuck in a revolving relationship like the writers have made them for over sixty years. And the reason they're so unhealthy is because of who they are as people: Carol is a workaholic pursuing her own career and maintaining her father's business, while Hal is juggling tons of responsibilities and longs for a woman he can have a family with to have some sense of stability and normalcy.

But in this post-modern world, I've seen the term "forced" applied to hundreds of couples that...weren't actually a bad idea. Heck, they were an actually great idea, but the problem lies in the execution.

Let me bring up my favorite of these pairings and explain 1 why I love them, and 2 how they could work.

Angel x X-23 (or DarkAngel, as I like calling them.)

All the haters, stop right now. Let me talk.

Just imagine, for one moment, these two characters outside of the mainstream comics with the age gap. Warren Worthington III, A.K.A. Angel, is heir to a large fortune and company. He probably had heard of or met Tony Stark every now and then at various charity events. He is handsome, a slightly above-average student, and has a head for handling the public and his inheritance. Could he be a massive flirt? Yes, but he was never anything but chivalrous in his dealing with women. He understood boundaries, understood that quite a few of his dates had emotional baggage, and never held/used it against them. He is a knight in shining armor, and as he flies above the world, he can see all the faults on Earth and, in spite of his background, resolves to make the world a better place.

And then we have Laura Kinney, A.K.A. X-23. A child assassin born into a branch of the Weapon X project, she was beaten and tortured into a weapon, though she never wanted that. The love and kindness she received, though it was hidden once she killed for the first time at age nine, eventually flowered and gave her the strength to choose not to kill a target. And while this resulted in an escape and murder of the Facility, and her mother's death at her own hands, Laura, knowing she had hundreds to thousands of innocent blood on her hands, still staggered up to fight the good fight and make amends for her actions.

Looking at these people, they're totally different. Warren is old money, while Laura is an orphan girl who never even knew what a family life looked like. Warren was above average by a bit, only truly excelling in fencing/swordsmanship, and Laura is a child prodigy who could collapse a government if her buyers wanted that. Warren knows social cues and how to navigate delicate interpersonal atmospheres, whereas Laura doesn't know how to start a simple introduction with one person. Warren was born to fly and soar above the world, yet he still dives down to save those caught in fires; meanwhile, Laura was born in a hellhole that taught her how to hunt, and now she uses the skills she was taught to track down evil and prevent it from happening to another innocent child.

They're polar opposites, and at first glance, you would assume they'd be incompatible.

However, these differences, when put together, would actually compliment each other.

Warren wants to do good in the world and has the means to do so, but lacks the hands on knowledge of how to accomplish such acts. Laura, who knows and has seen the scum of the Earth in person, can not only show him what he needs to do to improve the lives of bystanders, but can also learn what normalcy and love really is with him. And when needing to use words first, Warren can tactfully yet firmly set down some ground rules when dealing with the authorities or similar situations; likewise, Laura can in no uncertain terms state what enemies in dark alleyways can expect if they try anything stupid with her or Warren. Lastly, Warren acts as support and strike-and-retreat in a battle, whereas Laura can race through an entire room of highly trained combatants and lay them out flat/kill them. Their differing skill-sets for combat act as a yin-yang, allowing them to cover for each other and ensure the other is protected. And their personalities (when written properly as a Knight in Shining Armor and a recovering Emotionless Girl/Laser-Guided Tyke-Bomb) would actually benefit each other: Warren can gently pull back the layers of pain and abuse that Laura's suffered and patch the wounds, while Laura can keep him grounded to the Earth and give him emotional strength when he's weighed down by his duties and worried by what he isn't bringing to the X-Men.

This is how the two could be great when written correctly, and why I love them so much.

Which leads me to another ship that has potential:

Moon Knight x Echo.

While I feel Marc Spector is best handled in the MCU, and that Layla is the best wife/lover he's ever had, Echo/Maya Lopez shares a trait with her that is something he desperately needs:

She's grounded and emotionally prioritizes Marc Spector more than his separate identities.

Now, while I'm not a big fan of Marc being ret-conned into being DID (I have no issue with a heroic DID person, I merely wish it were used with a new character instead of a previously established character), Marc does however juggle three separate lives: a rich boy, a cabby man, and the avatar of an Egyptian deity. That's not easy, and can lead someone to insanity. What Marc needs is a woman who is not going anywhere, who will stay with him come hell or high water, and who will reach out to him when he's desperately trying to drown himself in guilt and shame for things that were ultimately out of his control. Layla, as I have said before, continuously reaches out to Marc and keeps him on the ground and focuses on him both from a romantic and pragmatic standpoint. She won't let him spiral into madness from his circus act, she won't let him fall into despair without a fight, and she'll come back for him no matter what.

Echo possesses many of these traits because, like Layla, she has a background that isn't glamorous, and required her to be practical rather than a silly, upbeat girl who would get her head beat in if she wasn't careful. For this, while I personally love Marclayla best, I can respect and encourage Marc getting together with Maya because she can offer that same stable, grounding force as Layla. It also is why I don't like Tigra/Greer Grant-Nelson with Marc. She's a good woman, and wouldn't mistreat him, but until she became a mother, Tigra was far too flighty and unrestrained for him. When you're juggling so many things and suppressing trauma, you don't need a boyfriend/girlfriend who is a life of the party type. You need someone to ground you, and only lately has Tigra herself become grounded enough to provide that same security and safety to Marc.

Its not as articulate as it could be, or as I'd hoped, but I hope this post made sense and put things into perspective for y'all. "Forced couples" is a term that weighs me down, and I hope this at least made you think..

See you around.

[loonymeowny]

marc spector kisses matt murdock's forehead in the cutest way possible while fixing his lover's tie in the morning right after they had the wildest night of all (they just had wine and movies til 4am)

[captainvell]

[deafblindshorty]

Moon Knight and Echo may not have appeared in each other's shows, but...

Their shows take place at almost the same time!

Someone on here deduced that MK takes place in May 2025 based on the moon's Waning Gibbous (right?) setting at around noon in the Stinger in episode 6 on May 16(ish?). Full moon in May 2025 is on Monday, May 12th. So, Moon Knight takes place between May 3-16th.

Echo is five months after Hawkeye and in episode 2 "It's almost full moon", which is, again, May 12th. Echo takes place between May 6-11th.

Imagine if they were friends (they met in NYC, MK helps Maya evade Fisk's men). After Marc (and Jake and Steven. But I kind of like the idea of Jake being friends with Maya) returns to London, he texts Maya.

"Hey, I'm sorry I've been AWOL for a while. I just had to sort some shit out. How have you been?"

"It's okay. I actually had some shit I needed to sort out, too. I returned to my hometown of Tamaha, OK, and I found out that Fisk is still alive. He put a bounty on my head and my uncle's employee sold me out, my uncle and cousin were put in danger, then Fisk showed up telling me he wanted to give me his empire. I turned him down, and he threatened my grandmother and my cousin, but then I realized I have energy powers from my ancestors and I trapped Fisk in his own memories. And after a long time being away, I decided to stay in OK with my family. You?"

"Wow, sounds intense! Well, as Khonshu and I were getting close to getting the scarab to Ammit's ushabti, the walls broke down between me and Steven, so we kept blacking out and appearing in strange places and missing time. Then my estranged wife showed up, and I got kidnapped Harrow's (Ammit's cult leader) men, then Harrow sicced an Egyptian jackal on me, we fought, I lost the scarab, so I tracked it down to Cairo. We tried reporting Harrow to the Egyptian Ennead, but they didn't believe us. We stole a map to Ammit's tomb from an old friend of my wife, then a huge battle broke out. We found Ammit's tomb, but then I was shot to death. I returned to life after Ammit was released, then Layla (my wife) became a superhero/avatar herself and helped us fight Harrow. We won, but I blacked out again and came to to a massacre that looked like a bomb went off. Anyway, we binded Ammit to Harrow's body and sent him to an asylum. So now, we have to figure out who our third alter is."

"...You win."