#miguel: no. this is a dumb and silly name

[cepheusgalaxy]

Saw ATSV yesterday and this movie is everything

Like, there was no ''calm down" the fucking movie was adrenaline from start to end

I loved it

Pavtir and Hobi Brown already have my heart

And maybe I was a little dumb for not expecting a trilogy on this one too but gosh when the screen said "MILES WILL BE BACK IN

SPIDERMAN: BEYOND THE SPIDERVERSE"

I freaked out

[mrsoharaa]

because i was inspired by a tiktok lol

You and Miguel get into a silly little argument before getting ready for bed. After finishing up your nightly facial routine, you crawl yourself into your shared bed. Pulling the comforting sheets over your body with slight assertiveness and aggression, wishing nothing but the pure serenity and peace slumber that was calling to you.

Exhaling one last huff, you felt the bed dip and creak on the opposite side of your own. Overwhelming heat basking off from his looming body, searing breaths prickling over the shell of your ear as wide, large hands gently caress the mount of your covered hips.

You were still angry with him, wanted nothing more but to forget the dumb argument and drift off into a sweet, sweet trance. To numb all of your senses and irrational plundering thoughts.

But一 Miguel was making it that much harder to simply forget.

His lingering touch always made you mold beneath his comforting, torrid graze. Soft, low whispers of feeble apologies in his Spanish tongue and cute pet names always tugging profusely at your conflicted heart.

No, you shouldn't give in. You were mad at him and he needs to know that.

Stand your ground.

Don't give in.

You try your absolute best to compose yourself into giving in to his subtle attempts of wooing you to his luring charm. You could still tell he was still on edge by the tensity in his muscles and heavy breaths, but the fact that he was derailing his pride and ego just to sincerely apologize and get closer to you made you question your own prideful distributions.

You tried.

But the moment his lips were seamed against your ear lobe, hands wrapping around your body to pull you back into his towering frame as he draws delicate shapes amongst the thick sheet shielding your cute belly一 all sense of pride and determination immediately deteriorated from your puttied mind.

"Lo siento mucho, mi amor... No quise decir nada de lo que dije antes...." he whispers huskily into your ear, feeling your body intensely tense under his grasp. He kisses the outskirt of your ringing ear, tenderly. ("I'm so sorry, my love… I didn't mean anything I said before...")

"let me hold you...I just want to hold you, hermosa" he clings onto you more desperately, strong arms tugging you much closer into his firm chest as he nuzzles his face into the crook of your neck. Warm breaths permeating into your warm flesh.

Instantly, you turn over to face him, cup his face and push your lips onto his with such vigor and passion. The taste of his full, sweet lips melding with yours blinding your petty decisions and tampered with your heart and mind.

Your fingers softly caress the solidity of his jaw, pressing your body into his as you hum lowly against his addicting, silken lips. Feeling him immediately, promptly follow your lead, you carefully pull away to take a breath. Allowing him to do the same, but with a tinge of distraught and dejection craning to his hefty breath.

Lidded large, round eyes of mocha following your every motion, finally connecting with your own wandering eyes.

"How can I stay mad at you when you talk to me like that, Miguel?...god, I hate that you have that sort of power over me" you breathe heavily, ghosting your lips just centimeters away from his as you feel the pads of his fingers slip into the sheeted cover and onto the bare of your torrid skin. Your own digits subtly grazing over his warm cheeks.

He gently places his forehead against yours, delicately tugs at your hips and inches closer to your lips.

"I could say the same thing about you, cariño..." he whisks mindfully.

"Just let me embrace you...I want to wrap myself around you and hold you...let me love you like you deserve, mi corazón"

[heroinnne]

“so, do you actually like me?”

you ask suddenly, breaking the silence that was between you and miguel in the kitchen as he prepared pancakes for a late night snack.

“come again?” he say sarcastically, flipping the pancake to the other side.

his back is facing you but you can hear the smirk in his tone.

you huff in response, but repeat yourself, “do you actually like me?”

it’s not like your question was along the same lines as ‘would you love me if i was a worm?’ or any late night silly thoughts, you were actually asking him.

“y/n, amor,” he sighs, “we’ve been together for what? four years? and we’re getting married in three months. of course i actually like you.”

you roll your eyes at his answer —  unfortunately for miguel, it wasn’t the answer you were looking for.

“no, dumbass.” you say, and he whips his head around at the name calling, but you don’t pay mind to his dirty look, “do you actually actually like me?”

he scoffs, “i just told you that i did — ”

“no! i mean, do you actually like me? like why do you like me, you know? why are you so dumb?” you say, crossing your arms.

once more, he decides to ignore the name calling, “i think you need to get better at your wording, sweetheart.” he says and you scoff, “answer the question if you still want the wedding to be on.” you threaten and he laughs.

he pushes a pancake on a plate, “well if i had to talk about why i like you, we’re gonna be staying up the whole night.”

“flattering but not satisfying.”

he chuckles as he pushes over the plate of pancakes to you, and sits next to you by the counter.

miguel was never too good at expressing his feelings in words —  the best he was at was calling you pet names and bringing you gifts every other day, but talking? nope, not his field of expertise.

but for you, he’d try.

“let’s see,” he hums, “i like the way you call my name whenever you want something”

“i like the way you get all flustered whenever i bring you a gift, even if it's something as simple as chocolate. I love the way you always tell me you love me whenever you just wake up, i love the way you kiss my forehead before we go to bed, i love the way you run your fingers through my hair after i’ve had a long day at work and you’re helping me relax —  why are you so silent?”

he asks, afraid that he has been doing bad, but when he turns to look at you, you have tears in your eyes.

“i’m gonna cry.” you say, your voice wobbly as you wipe away at your tears and he laughs, holding your hands to stop you, “good tears or bad tears?” he teases.

you sniffle, “good tears.”

“amor.” he chides, and the realization that you two are about to get married in three months, that you’re already engaged to him, that you’re his and that you will always be his, dawns on him.

he smiles and pecks your lips softly, “i love you for the long term.”

you laugh and smile and peck his lips back,

“i love you for the long term too.”

[swxxtsxcchxrine]

I feel like i need more emphasis on Miguel's level of nasty because he is just messy. point blank period. imagine he's got you on all fours, your face is stuffed into the sheets of your shared bed, he has your arse in the air all the while his face is stuffed right in your pussy. he's sucking and slurping on your cunt from the back because he knows you like it. maybe too much. one hand is laying comfortably on your bum cheek while the other holds your hands in place on the small of your back to diminish any attempts you have to run away. not that you would anyways. his face moves up and down your slick slit, his tongue prodding at your tight hole. he groans in satisfaction as you push your hips into his face and cry out a silly version of his name. his hand squeezes your cheek in affirmation "that's it, bonita," he praises. his words go straight to your sticky cunny as he slurps loud enough for the neighbours and their mothers to hear. he lifted his head momentarily just to spit on your puckered hole: watching as the fat glob slides down the globe of your arse, not before catching it with a finger and sliding it in. he feels you tight hole squeeze as he stares in awe. he lowers his head back onto your throbbing clit and starts suckling on it, drinking up your sweet juices in tandem. he shakes his head from side to side receiving a high pitched sob from you in return. he brings down his heavy hand to slap your soft bum, hard. he rubs the sore spot as his finger continues to work on your ass. he's moaning and groaning, whining and whimpering into your cunt that he loves too much. "Miguel...you have to stop, i need a break PLEASE!" you plead no avail. infact, he pushes another finger into your tight hole. you silently plead he's not hoping to stuff his hefty cock into your puckered hole. it's already too overwhelming for you. he's still playing with your hot pussy while still at it with your rim. he removes his fingers from your asshole and watches it clench and unclench uncontrollably as your orgasm hits like a truck. he lewdly spreads your cheeks apart, mouth agape, watching your tight holes squeeze around empty air, waiting so patiently to be filled by his pretty, long, thick, heavy, pleasurable, delicious, tasty, mouth watering, eye rolling, name yelling, soul snatching, creaming and screaming, sobbing and rolling around the floor, toe curling, earth shattering, squirting fountains, mood lifting, dopamine giving, life changing, powerful thrust, pretty, dark brown tipped - remember nips match tips - veiny all over, a proper 8-9 inches, he's definitely a grower, he grows while he's inside of you so its the most delicious stretch everr, undeniably good, leg shaking, heart wrenching, name forgetting, drooling, mind dumbing, mind breaking, back arching COCK.

i'll glad be on my knees for THIS man. 🥴like im not even joking brooo ill do jumping jacks on the d just for him he can dump ALL the cum he wants in ME, i'll gladly be the mother of his children. i swear, ill be the perfect little wife for him. he wakes up in the morning to freshly made breakfast and coffee. his clothes are washed, dried and ironed to perfection. his shoes are clean and polished, his shower is already running at the perfect temp. he comes home from work? i'll great him with a fat kiss and a home cooked meal. the recliner is out the tv is on his favourite show, when he's getting ready for bed, its ready made, his clothes for tommorrow are out and im waiting for him in bed. i need him so bad he doesn't understand i'm so upset why isn't he real. like...who am i ever going to find thats gonna compare? will i ever find someone that compares, omg imagine if i don't...☠️☠️☠️☠️ see lemme not God forbid🙏🏾

🫨 (ignore that i just wanted to use the emoji ibr)

[stigmalarity]

college roommate!Miguel x reader

| gn! reader, masturbation, dildos, voyeurism

College Roommate!Miguel who gets back to your shared apartment after class and is puzzled by the noise complaint tacked to the door. 

The fine print describes loud noises during the hours that he’s not at home, meaning it would have to be you. But that’s still odd.

In the handful of months that the two of you have been roommates, he’s never known you to be loud. In actuality, most people would probably consider you the perfect roommate. You’re quiet, clean up after yourself, cook extra food for him, stay on top of chores, and mostly stick to your room. When the two of you do spend time together, it’s never awkward, just… comfortable. Neither of you feel the need to over-exert yourselves with social interaction while in the comforts of your own home.

Miguel likes being around you. He thinks you’re pretty.

He brings up the complaint that night as you cook dinner side-by-side.

“By the way, I came home to a noise complaint today,” he says, chopping up veggies to throw into the noodle dish you’re making. “It said something about loud noises, but it’s only during the hours when I’m not around. Have you heard anything?”

He doesn’t look at your face, but he notices the way you pause.

“Oh, um,” you start, stirring up the noodles in the wok. “I dunno, I must have been playing my music a little too loud while you were at school. My bad,” you reply. “I’ll try to keep it down.”

Miguel shrugs. “Got it. No worries,” he replies. Since he’s never experienced you being loud, he doesn’t really know what else it could be. He lifts the cutting board, and sweeps the veggies into the wok.

It’s not until a week later when his final lecture of the day gets canceled that he figures out what the noise complaint could have been about.

He doesn’t see you when he walks in, but that’s nothing out of the ordinary. It’s only when he takes out his headphones that he hears it.

His first guess is that you’re crying, and it’s technically none of his business to figure out why. As he gets closer, though, he hears it; slick, wet sounds accompanied by your voice, a bit muffled, letting out the most debauched, lecherous wails he’s ever heard.

By some sheer, dumb stroke of fate, your door is open just a crack. His palms are sweating and his pants are tightening as he approaches. He considers turning away when suddenly he hears you, clear as day. You must have pulled away from whatever you had been pressing your face into.

“F-fuh- oh, god- Fuck, Miguel!”

All the blood in his body rushes to his cock, and he’s stepping closer faster than he can think, his eyes trained on that crack in the door. When he sees you, his mind goes blank.

You’re on your knees on the bed, your chest pressed to the sheets and your cheek turned away from him. Your arm is tucked under your torso and between your legs, fucking yourself silly with a flesh tan dildo that for a moment, reminds him of his own cock. Your pretty hole is absolutely soaked, and there's a frothy, white ring gathered at the base of the dildo that he wants to see you lick off.

He stays there, his hand squeezing at his now ridiculously hard cock over his pants as you push yourself up to face the headboard, adjust the dildo underneath you, and start bouncing.

You moan his name again. Then, as if remembering something, you press your hand over your mouth, swallowed by the sleeve of the hoodie that your other hand is tugging up your waist. The bed creaks beneath you, but you keep going.

Arousal lurches hot in his stomach when he realizes the hoodie is one he’s been missing for weeks.

Miguel only lets himself watch for a few more moments, hungrily taking in every inch of you, every noise that escapes your pretty lips and committing it to memory before he turns around and walks back to the door. He opens it wide, then slams it shut, loud enough for you to hear. Your moaning ceases. 

His eyes are trained on your bedroom door as you rush over and shut it completely.

[encorific]

what the dog doin???

more about him below break!!! :]

this is my stupid dog he's a workaholic and plays bonescape on the job at HQ

art is a bit old, ham looks kinda different than i draw him now, and i wanna change the spider logo on his back, but dogg..

he and ham have that coworker love-hate-but-usually-hate dynamic because i say so‼️

stupidly long dog infodump incoming vv

-his entire dimension is populated by silly dogs !!

-chased a frisbee thrown by his Uncle Bernard during a game of fetch into a bush with a spiderweb in it. this is when he was bit by his spider

-hes a medical journalist/intern at the Daily Beagle in his dimension. he got a veterinary degree since he wanted to learn more about his abilities on that level, and had always been interested in the concept, but ended up being stuck with an internship instead of a vet job. he uses his Spider-Hound battles to get photos of rare injuries and the like.

-speaking of the Daily Beagle, Spider-Ham physically attacked him once, accusing him of plagiarism.

-he juggles his internship with also being the head of the medical wing at HQ. most work he does is logging information about the various Spider-People that come and go, so he and anyone else there can more easily treat them in the future. he's gained a lot of dumb jokes and weird looks when a dog steps out to treat wounds, though, and every time he does he's gotten used to saying 'i don't shed' before anything else.

-he will sleep in his office under his desk on a dog bed a lot, just so he can go right back to work easily the next day.

-while his world has a somewhat cartoony appearance, toon force is a lot less significant than in universes such as Ham's.

-he has heightened hearing and smell because he's a dog, but it was heightened further after the spider bite. he often wears earplugs, only taking them out when in his office, so he can hear when someone walks into his wing.

-organic webbing, but it usually doesn't hold well since he's always exhausted.

-he can run on all fours, able to outrun most Spider-People like this.

-he's weaker than other Spider-People, and while the toon force's resilience provides some protection, he still struggles to physically fight your usual, non-dog villains.

-he hates any kind of smoke.

-he is 100% the guy to tell you to sleep and drink water and then stay awake for 5 days straight only drinking room temperature pepsi.

-he made a translation collar for hq so that he could talk to others. otherwise, he just makes huffs, gruffs, and woofs. (100% inspired by dug)

-he can be understood by standard quardopedal dogs without the collar on, and can understand them regardless. they don't usually have much to say that anyone would find interesting. food! squirrel!

-if someone is rude to him about being a dog and their ailment is minor, he'll refuse care until they own up to their actions. he's been reprimanded for this before, but knows he won't get fired.

-he's kind of on Miguel's side, but only because he's put his entire life into HQ and wouldn't risk losing it. once he's attached to something, he's locked down, loving like a dog.

-he loves great pyrenese (his gwen was one, named gizmo)

-when miguel came to recruit him, he had to write down 'give me a dictionary and come back in 48 hours' on a notepad, and made his translation collar within that time. miguel was a bit impressed by his dedication, which helped him get his position.

canon events: vv

-a rabid dog broke into his home, still somewhat conscious of decisions and continuing his life of crime in his haze. Pawter had let the man go earlier that day, before the furious rabies had set in, and Pawter had thought the guy was just a bit strange. the rabid dog bit his Uncle Bernard, leaving him to not die then and there, but slowly, with nothing to do to help. this both encouraged him to become Spider-Hound, and encouraged his medical interest onwards.

-lost Gizmo Stacy and Harry Pawsborn in a similar way to the classic 616 Peter Parker

-when his Aunt May's health began to deteriorate, after he'd lost his uncle and closest friends, he began to work at HQ more than back at home, ashamed of it, but too scared to watch as his aunt faded away too.

[spider-phoenix]

HEY GUYS

Finals where kicking my ass, so the trans!atsv headcanons will be coming out a lot later than expected, I'm still working on them though so don't worry !!

In the mean time, I made some silly little insta profiles for a few of my favourite spiderverse characters !

side note, do we have a name for the spiderverse cinematic universe? Outside of the MCU, I know they're part of it but I want something to refer to the spiderverse plots specifically. ITSV, ATSV, and BTSV all refer to their specific movies, and spiderverse is annoyingly long for my ADHD brain to type out. Maybe we could call it SVCU, for "spiderverse cinematic universe"?

Spider-Gram, the multidimensional social media platform for spider-people of all kinds. Owned by Miguel, mostly run by Lyla.

Peni Parker

models fashion in her spare time, not for money she just likes trying on cute outfits. Outside of that she posts a lot of pictures of Spider and any cool landscapes she comes across.

She has the most followers becuz she has actually interesting content with her fashion shit, and none of its pervy she's a teenager who likes clothes don't make it weird. She doesn't do suggestive shit just genuine fashion or styling types.

Spiderman Noir

His username includes the earth he comes from becuz he's a professional.

his story is just rubix cube shit, he owns a bunch of different kinds. Posts are mostly Peni, his honorary adopted child.

He didn't write the description on his profile, Hobie did. I headcanon then as best friends aka Hobie annoys the shit out of him and he's completely fine with it. He only follows Peni + Hobie ofc.

Gwen Stacy

When writing her description I was going to change it to something else because the joke was super dumb, until I realized that it totally fits her character.

She follows a ton of people but doesn't post so doesn't expect to be followed back. Miles, Hobie, and Jess are her three followers.

She doesn't follow Miles back because I feel like it fits with the whole premise of the second movie, and Pav was going to follow her but couldn't find her page and never bothered to ask about it.

Pavitr Prabhakar

He follows all his friends plus some, except Gwen for reasons stated above and Miles-1610. He was following Miles at some point, but 42 removed all three of 1610's followers for shits and giggles once, Pav never noticed.

He posts the most out of all of them, lots of memes honestly but sometimes pics of his friends. He's not technically "part of" the band, because he doesn't play an instrument or anything, but he helps them write songs and shit so it still counts.

Miles Morales (e-1610)

Hobie Brown

posts dumb pictures of himself (and often Pav) that get sent in their group chat as well as cool pictures of himself that he says he only spent a min taking when he actually spent at least 3 hours on the setup alone.

he's following the following people ;

Miles - 1610

Gwen Stacy

Pavitr Prabhakar

spider-man noir

Margo Kess

Peni Parker

Mayday Parker (- run by MJ + Peter, they only post photos where her face is covered by her hat)

the following people follow him ;

Miles - 1610

Gwen Stacy

Pavitr Prabhakar

spider-man noir

Peni Parker

Mayday Parker

Peter B. Parker

+ 3 random spider-people who think he's cool

Miles Morales (e-42)

isn't verified because Miguel runs the app, followed all his friends but only Hobie and 42 followed him back. Was following Gwen but unfollowed her when he was the only person she wasn't following, becuz he's petty like that and they're still fighting.

He only has two posts because he didn't know the app existed until recently (everyone conveniently forgot to tell him until Hobie spilled the beans, Pav genuinely thought he alrdy knew about it)

the people he's following because I spent forever counting this out and you deserve to know ;

Hobie Brown

Gwen Stacy Mayday Parker

Pavitr Prabhakar

Miles-42

Peni Parker

Peter B. Parker

Spider-ham

Spider-man noir

Margo Kess

doesn't post regularly, when he does it's just cool pictures of himself.

Only agreed to match with Miles so he would shut up about it. He def pretends to hate him but he's also the only person that he follows back.

Mayday, Jess, Margo, Miguel, and Lyla next ??

I loved making these and have ideas for more characters so if you guys wanna see them shoot me an ask !!

[nomnomnomvore]

The New Spider-Man in Town: Sweet Sting!

(Third image was drawn by a friend of mine btw)

So due to popular demand, I've decided to post about my bee OC! His name is Rin Haruki, and he's a horny gay gremlin who loves nothing more than to feed and fatten up people with his sweets or simply by stinging them full of honey.

Despite that, he's still a sweet boy who will make anything to make you happy :3

Feel free to ask me whatever you want about him btw!

Backstory and a few silly details under "read more":

Backstory: Rin is actually the heir of an incredibly successful candy factory (which is definitely not a rip off from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). However, one day, instead of a radioactive spider, he gets stung by a radioactive bee; and from then on, he gained a lot of bee like abilities such a stinging, flying, bee wax, making honey, all the good stuff.

That being said, all of this massive gain of power also "corrupted" him slightly. Not by making him fully evil, but by making his horny desires even stronger. which was something that was starting to show in the candies he made. So much that it was gaining public attention due to the effects the candies had on people, such as making them gain so much weight pretty quickly, turning them into blueberries, etc.

As one would expect, this obviously caught Spider-Man's attention as well. However, despite all of his efforts, many of his battles with Rin ended up with Spidey stuffed with food or ballooned up, but nonetheless, unharmed. Their "encounters" became so frequent, their relationship actually became one of "enemies from lovers" between them.

Unfortunately, their relationship takes a tragic turn when the Carnage from Rin's universe makes an allience with the bee to create a weapon that is somewhat similar to the one in "Into The Spiderverse", having the objective of opening portals to several multiverses and stuff.

Rin plays along and brings Spidey in, thinking this will be the same shenanigans as usual. However, it is only too late when Rin realizes that Carnage wants Spider-Man dead. Needless to say, he didn't take that revelation too well and he actually tries to fight Carnage, with the symbiote beating the poor bee to a pulp.

Thankfully, Rin avoids being killed by Spider-Man taking the finishing blow for him. While hiding away from Carnage (who also escaped), Spidey shares his last words with the bee before passing away, leaving Rin full of guilt over what he brought upon the city, himself and his beloved.

That was his "canon event".

Rin was actually considering turning himself in after what he brought upon, but then he realized: If there was no Spiderman, then what was going to happen next?

And thus, the new hero of this world was born: Sweet Sting.

Some time passes, and eventually Rin gets accepted into Spider-Society, with some hesitation coming from Miguel. However, they eventually start to develop a strong bond with how happy the mischievous bee makes him feel with his dumb shenanigans.

And with how much Rin loves to feed him as well.

Lil' facts of the bee:

-Rin has a rather unique venom in his fangs, which has the ability to turn whoever he bites into a blueberry.

-Since he was stung by a bee, he doesn't exactly has spider senses.

-He loves to cook, and will cook almost anything and in great quantities, too.

-He has many sisters! And they all share the love for cooking and feeding cute boys with him.

-His antennas are pretty expressive at times.

-His home universe is known as "Earth-69" (HAHA). It shares a lot of elements in common with Devilman and many other of Go Nagai's works, but with Spider-Man lore instead (so no apocalypse is happening, bois). Therefore, Rin's usual appearence is that of a manga character from around the 70's/80's.

-His huge crush and affection towards Miguel is quite linked to his love to the now deceased Spider-Man of his universe.

[fellhellion]

8 and 10 for the ask game! for whichever fandom you choose 😁

STEL! IM SO LATE ON THIS SORRY ❤️ I’ll do spiderverse since we’re both in the sauce for it rn shdjdjf

8) common fandom opinion everyone is wrong about

Miguel is not lying about canon events for dumb evil reasons, his actions (not to mention how that Gabriella grief is framed) literally do not make sense without a sincere desire to prevent that universal collapse happening behind it. Characters can just. Not have complete understanding of a conflict and operate on their partial/misconstrued understanding. It happens, she is a fair maiden named dramatic irony.

10) worst part of fanon

uhhhh hard to say because I just try avoid readings that piss me off but ig probably how much the Spot’s anger and resentment and esp the entitlement are sanded down. He’s a fun silly goofy dude and I totally understand playing around w that, I just wish some explorations of that didn’t come at the expense of sanding off what makes him an unsettling and scary villain.

[holographicbutch]

Thoughts on across the spiderverse in whatever order my brain comes up w because I need to write it down while it's fresh in my mind:

Starting with things I was wrong about (based on minor spoilers I'd seen beforehand):

1. Thought spot was another spiderman. Was proved wrong instantly. All I knew was that he was a silly little guy and I LOVE that he's a silly little guy but also fucked up with it <3

2. Thought miguel was the main villain. Sort of right, will go into my thoughts on his character later because he's SUCH a good villain

3. Thought hobie would have more screen time, purely based on the amount of fanart and gushing abt him I'd seen. Disappointed he wasn't around as much as I thought he'd be but I still love him and understand the hype

MOVING ON, scenes I really enjoyed:

1. The opening scene (obviously). As a percussionist every time I see gwen on the drums I get so excited. The visuals along with the music made me have to restrain myself from bouncing my legs a lot because I didn't want to shake the chairs of the people next to me lmao

2. The scene where spot explains his connection to miles and actually becomes legitimately threatening/scary. No longer villain of the week!

3. Every scene with gwen and her father. The way the background steadily becomes more abstract the longer they talk is so good. The way it reflects their emotions and also makes them seem more defined in contrast.

4. Miguel's intro. When his theme kicked in I was like oh yeah. This guy is a villain for SURE

5. When they first entered the HQ and all the spidermen were making quippy one-liners. Made me smile real big. Also the sheer amount of individual spider designs they made was incredible.

6. The chase scene in the HQ had me leaning forward with my heart pounding. Just. Everything about it. The music was amazing (as usual)

7. The way they make you think gwen is listening in on miles' conversation with his mom was so clever, made the reveal that he was in the wrong dimension so much more impactful

8. WHEN THE PROWLER THEME KICKS IN. THE PANTIES HIT THE FLOOR

And now the main event - thoughts on miguel because he's incredibly well-written and I'm obsessed with him:

Finding out that spot was the "main" villain surprised me because of my impression of him before I saw the movie, but after watching it I still don't feel like he IS the main villain, because really, there's two. Spot is a villain because his actions drive the plot forward - he's the Bad Guy that the Good Guys need to stop. His reasons for hating miles are understandable (if misplaced. It's not like miles hurt him on purpose), but ultimately, the viewers aren't supposed to sympathize with his cause. His actions are clearly Wrong, and the heroes' attempts to stop him are clearly Right. While his actions upset miles and the rest of the spidermen (who wouldn't be upset by someone threatening to kill their loved ones?), they don't present any moral conflict, or provide character growth for the heroes.

That's where miguel comes in. He doesn't give a lot away from his first introduction - he's more stiff and serious than other spidermen, but the way he fights with gwen and jessica shows that he's used to working with a team, and is ultimately willing to let gwen join them. When he sees her argument with her father, he sees a like-minded individual - someone who's willing to do what they think is right, even when it's not easy.

When he meets miles, we've already seen glimpses of his life with his daughter - but it seems like typical Spiderman Tragic Backstory. The longer he talks with miles, the more he loosens up (his quip about how their official name for the spider-verse is also kind of dumb stuck out to me the most). He becomes more complex and relatable, easier to like when he's not acting like batman. It's easier to understand why so many spidermen across multiple universes follow him, and why gwen and peter listened to him and hid the truth from miles.

He truly and completely believes that what he's doing is the right thing, and that alone makes him feel more like the "main" villain than spot. When he tells miles that saving the captain was the wrong choice, because it means that that universe will start to fall apart, it's both shocking and understandable, to a degree. It's a classic use of the trolley problem: allowing one person to die when you can save them seems extreme, but when you let someone die in order to save an entire world, it's the right thing to do... right?

THIS is the main conflict within the story - not what the heroes should do to stop spot, although that's still important - but whether allowing someone to die is the right thing to do (and by extension, if it's what spiderman would do). Because miles is the main character, it's clear to the audience that miguel is wrong, but the other spidermen don't know they're in miles' story. And generally in media, the option to sacrifice one person to save many is shown as the correct option, or the heroic option. Believing that their loved ones HAD to die, and the idea that nothing they did would be able to stop their deaths from happening, makes it easier for all of them to cope. When miles stands up to miguel, it's clear why the rest of the spidermen would try and stop him.

Miguel's belief that certain people have to die in order to maintain balance, the reveal that miles wasn't supposed to be bitten, and the fact that he turned miles' friends against him is what drives miles' character development. Miles' actions in response drive the development of the rest of the cast - from main characters like gwen and peter, to the spiderwoman who allowed miles to escape. Suddenly, they're found questioning whether what they're doing is right.

But miguel unshakably believes in his cause, and is willing to do whatever it takes for the Greater Good. Which, to me, is the hallmark of a compelling villain. He's angry at himself for inadvertently destroying a universe. He grieves the loss of his daughter and his chance at a happy life. And he projects this onto everyone around him. To him, everyone is as likely to make the same mistakes as him, because they weren't calculated decisions. They were simply the actions of a man who just wanted to live a good life with the people he loved. And if he couldn't have that, why would the universe make an exception for someone else? Why would it be kind to miles, who wasn't supposed to be bitten, but was still able to exist in his universe without consequences? It isn't Fair.

The reveal that the other miles became prowler adds an extra layer to miguel and miles' dynamic: miguel took the place of the other spiderman because in his universe, his family was alive. From what we see of prowler miles at the end of the movie, he feels the same. His uncle may be alive, but his father is dead. (Cue the "we're not so different after all" speech.)

To summarize: miguel provides the bulk of the moral conflict to the story, is a relatable and compelling character, and this is why he feels like the "main" villain, despite all of spot's hard work to not be Villain of the Week.

Also, rip to noir and pig john mulaney for getting like two seconds of screen time

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dear evan hansen ship ranking

//NO PUNCTUATION. NOT SPELL CHECKED. SUPER DUMB AND RAMBLY. I AM NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY LAWLZ

PREFACING THIS BY SAYING THAT IM ONLY GNA DO THE 5 MAIN GUYS PPL SHIP. yknow. them. so no miguel sorry i havent read the manga or wtver also im leaving out the icky gross ships ok lets go!!

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sincerely three: EYUCK!! I HATE THOSE GUYS. GROSS. /a fucking lie. i really like the idea of a stupid love triangle plot but it turns out they actually are gay for eachother and are poly. Also i am a sucker for ships where all the characters are fucking losers. cringefail squad

treebros: idk i think its cute. Maybe gay for forever animatics have rotten my brain but i think they can fix each other and make each other worse simultaneously and i find that so interesting. i dont think they’d be ‘toxic’ but i think they’d be a bit unhealthy. go to THERAPY you WEIRDOS!!! Also autism x autism + bpd realness

klienphy: WORST COUPLE WVER… STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER FREAKS. /positive like I am so insane about them but not like in a literary analysis way in a HOLY SHIT THIS IS SO FUNNY way.

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kliensen: one of the more interesting ships. if i was looking at these objectively kliensen n bandtrees would be higher because zoe and jared are… actual characters. however, i am not as autistic about these 2 as i am about the S tier shipz.

Evlana?? whatevs: it’s cute. idk what else o say. i wouldn’t say that i ship it but it’s really cute.

Conlana??? Lannor?? what is the ship name: really like em, even though i heavily prefer them platonically i like the idea of connor like.. somewhat tolerating alana and alana wanting to be his friend. something something themes of alienation something.

Specifically Platonic phyklien (my very own name for zoe x jared): SO REAL. i think zoe would find him insufferable but put up with him because they are besties and best friends and they make friendship bracelets and skip down happy trails while the sun is shinibga nd theres rainbows and flowers and

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bandtrees: cute. i like more it more platonically/evan just admiring zoe but romantic bandtrees is real too

galaxy gals: i think they could be really interesting if people actually like payed attention to them instead of mashing them together because they already paired off all the others.

i am a aro zoe truther so most zoe ships are going to be lower. sorry.

alana jared evan connor polycule (i call this one TCP): ok so i have thought about this ship exactly ONCE and it was for a silly lighthearted au where alana jared and evan try and help connor not be a total asswipe and i thought it was kinda funny so here ya go.

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all of the ships that i don’t dislike but dont think much about: cool.

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treebros but specifically the way the wider fandom portrays them… YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEM LIKE I DO!! i hate them being watered down to the generic bad boy x uwu shy baby I WILL EXPLODE YOU!!!! i also hate hyperprotective connor FUCK YOU!!!!!! DESTROYING YOU WITH MY MIND BEAMS!! I know since conar is fucking dead theres alot of ways to interpret them but this one is the worst.

[koolcece22]

Enter Vemongirl

ch.34

Shade’s POV

An hour earlier 

I was still a little upset at what Miguel said, I know he didn’t mean it but how he put it it just irks me. I try to shake it off, there are so many things I don’t know about the compound R and what Alchemax has been doing. My mother and father aren’t clean, but they were just as victims as me. They didn’t deceive to die like that. 

I walked over to Go-home-machine where the kids were. 

“Hey Shade! We're waiting on you and Miguel so we can go to your earth and go forth with the plan.”  I nodded and it looked like it was stable to travel back to my world since it is more stable now. 

“Let me make sure things are ok, you all can stay…at my place. Just don’t mine the mess. I had a bad day.”  I said as I tried to work the Gizmo to teleport me to my Earth. I still have no idea how to work this thing. Hobie must have seen me struggle as he signaled me to hand over the device so he could do it. I sigh as I give it to him. Man, it is like asking a 5 year old how to work a t.v.

He hit the button to open a portal for me.

“Thanks”

“Don’t mention it mate. Just tell us when to come over so we can start the party.” Hobie said with a smirk I smirk back at him as I put my mask back on and jumped in. 

~

I landed not far from my place, the sunset was starting so evening will soon be here. I don’t see a lot of Alchepolice running around but it's better safe and sorry. I was about to change into my normal clothes and was about to head home till I heard a splash next to my left. There was river in this area so when I look down I saw Timothy swimming in it. He was happy to see me since it been a few days since I last saw him.

“Shade!!” he shouted. I try sheshing him not wanting people to see us. He covered his mouth realizing how loud he was

“Sorry, I'm so glad you're back. I mean spider-man was here and-

“whoo, whoo, whoo. Spider-man? Miguel?”

“That's his name? But the red and blue one yeah. He was talking to…Blackheart.” Timothy shivered from Blackheart's name. Judging from the feeling he gives off, he does not like him. “They went into the castle doing some stuff. I overheard them because I was heading home from school. Why did he talk to ‘him’? He gives off a bad vibe. A ‘not human vibe’” 

I sigh, I don’t know much about Blackheart but will be keeping an eye on him when I see him. But right now, I have to get to the bottom of this wondering why Miguel and him are inside the castle. 

“Hey! Tim. head to my place. We're going have some guests coming over. I’ll join you guys soon ok?” I asked tim, he nodded and gave me his silly salute as he head to my home. I guess I go to sneak in to the castle. Again.

Getting past the guards and keeping myself out of sight out of mind is pain in the ass. As I walk near a window that barely have any guards I snuck in trying to see where Miguel is. First, he tried to claim that my mother was some breeding cow. Now he is here without me, also working with the guy that just said not to engage?!

‘Wonder I can change his name to dumb spider’

‘I’m so going to give him a piece of my mind.’

As I walk through the halls trying to used my sound detect to find Miguel’s sound the castle is huge so it going to be hard. As was detecting I heard Penny’s sound and Xina’s. I didn’t need to be close to her as her ‘hands’ came before she went down hall I was in. I jumped onto the ceiling and to the corner bandster as it was dark so it was hard to see me if the lookup.

Oh Great Ones, don’t look up.

“Are you sure you think Tempest is ready? I mean, your father has been hard on her and if people found out she was Meta. Then people's trust within her will be in question.” 

“They will accept her, not like there is any royal that can reveal us.” 

I overheard them, Xina’s emotion give off concern for Tempest. I don’t blame her since Tempest is like the person she is supposed to protect. Penny as usual I can’t read her. Great one, I hate that I can’t. 

Her ‘Hands’ were spreading and touching everything around her and one of them was around Xina’s neck, ready to attack and kill her. Something I prey I don’t have to intervene if Penny does that.

“Penny! Tempest is scared of being a queen, her mother never wants to be the queen! Not like this. I know that Andrew is using Tempest to gain more powers to other sectors. And the fact is that these experiments that Alchemax has been conducting. When will his greed end?!” Xena said as Penny’s ‘Hands’ start to squeeze her neck Xena stops walking and grabs her neck, she bet she thinks she is choking. I was about to drop down and stop Penny from killing her till Penny’s let go. 

“When everything is complete in are control, then we will see. The people of this Sector are all fools and like to continue to play like fools. We all have parts to play and I would like to change that. This false peace that these fools have.” Penny said as she walked off, Xena getting up, having been almost choked out by Penny. I saw her get up and follow Penny, sensing a small amount of fear coming from her but it was waved by her determination for Tempest. 

She really does care for Tempest.

Once the two were out of the hallway I jumped down and try continue looking for Miguel and Blackheart. I kept clicking till I heard a sound that was different. 

I know that sound,

‘Big spider is over there!’ Kuro took control of one tower, so he must be there. I quickly open the window and head towards, climbing as fast as I can. I got near the window and I can overheard Miguel talking to Tempest who was surprised that he was there. She is not the only one.

“Ugh, I was making sure you were ok.”  I heard Miguel say, his voice has some truth in it. But that is not why he is really there. Tempest also gave off a sense of weariness but she wasn’t afraid of him. Why should she? She was saved by him twice. I climb up to window to see them, neither noticed 

“I-Im fine. I've been meeting to see you again, but Penny warned me about- you're not really working with Venomgirl, aren’t you?” I can see Tempest walking up to him and was about to touch him. Something about that…I didn’t like

‘Wow she must really-hey! Wait!’

I didn't have time for Kuro to stop as I barged in between the two conversations as I knocked on the window. Tempest walked up to open the curtains more to see me to her shock and horror. I was more glaring at Miguel wondering what he was doing here. I forced open the window to get in. Tempest steps back to be near Miguel. 

“What the vuck are you doing here Spider-man?!”

“I was called here.” he said I know who called him, Blackheart. Tempest was confused by this, but it quickly turned into fear and anger, mainly she felt hurt seeing him working with me. 

“You really are working with the enemy.” 

“Tempest, look your- the Six are about to do something very bad to this Sector if we don’t stop them.” Miguel said trying to calm Tempest down but it not really working as her emotion are still high

“But why are you working with her?! Don’t know what she's been doing and how she has hurt so many people?! I saw what she really is. a monster that twisted people.” 

“Tempest, that's just propaganda from your Six. There just using you because your power over the Sector” 

Tempest glares at Miguel “How dare you think Penny and them will cause harm to my people. They do many great things. Did she poison you so much that you're blind?! I-I thought I can trust you.” she whispered the last part but both me and Miguel heard it. Super hearing and all. Her tone sounds harsh that even Miguel’s emotion changes abit like he is ashamed that she disappointed her. 

“Don't either of you have any honor then?! Do you regret your action?!” Tempest point at me 

“Do the Six have any for theirs? Have you ever seen what going on to sector or this city? I've been cleaning it up so it doesn't fall vucking apart while you live in this high castle like some dumb princess!” I shouted back, i’m used to these venomous words thrown at me but just her talking about me in front of him…it like I hated it. 

She was taken back when I talked back to her, she stared at me with her rainbow eyes with a hint of terror. Guessing for a moment she forgot she was in a room full of super heroes. But despite that she wasn’t backing down 

“H-How dare you think that of me. I care for my people-

“Do you now?! I don’t think you could even understand-

I understand completely, you're a terrible villain as you and that U.N.I.T group have done nothing but forsaken the people of this Sector.” me and her have a shouting match at this point, I know she is mainly doing this to defend her honor on how Miguel ‘betrayed’ her. But her words, they still hurt, like nothing had changed for the past nine years I been doing this. Feeling nothing but fear and disgust from people.

‘Why bother with this…I should just-’ before that thought was completed Miguel got between us and grabbed Tempest’s wrist too much to both me and her surprise. What surprised me more, Miguel dissolved his face mask and showed her his face. He was not happy.

Is he angry? For me?

“Spider-man?” 

“That's enough! Both of you. I don’t know what's going on with this kingdom crap but she-Venomgirl helps a bunch of people in this city. There are people that are scared to come out because of this Compound R that changes them. And even if they aren't,they are afraid to say anything.” he said, Tempest took back as she saw his fangs and his glowing red eyes.“While your Six are busy with something there not, , ‘While they create problems and property damage, Shade is saving people.’ he looks at me as he can see that was hurt by Tempest’s words. 

“‘She’s been saving people from day one, without recognition and keeps doing it while they are using media and trying to be product placement.” 

My heart skipped a beat when he said those words. It was the first time in a long time someone said something positive about me. 

Tempest pulls away from Miguel. “That is not true my Sister protects this Sector. I saw her true that poor man into a monster. His name was Patrick Cannors, he had a family and you turned him into a monster and when you had no more use for him she killed him in cold blood!!” 

That was it I saw red at that point because the next thing I knew my tendrils rushed towards her. Miguel was able to web seven of them but the eight one slash her chest. If it was for a black flash that slash my tendrail. 

Tempest would be dead.

Miguel’s Pov

How things went this shocking bad?! I swear the O’Hara luck is truly something. Tempest and Shade having a shouting match and I try to defend Shade and calm Tempest down. Tempest must have said something that triggered Shade because the next thing I knew was Shade’s tendrils went straight towards Tempest. I fast enough to web seven of them while eight one head straight towards her. It only gaze at her if it wasn't for blackheart pulling her away in the last second…was Shade really trying to kill her. 

I look back at Shade as her eyes were sclera black and there were purple veins around them. She was breathing hard trying to snap herself out of what she was doing.

“Shade. Stop. don’t let her words get to you, you're stronger than that.” Shade looked at me with surprise and her eyes went back to normal or at least just plan red. Her tendril recedes back into her also as I let go of them. I walk up to her to see if she is ok. I was about to put my hands on her shoulder and she pushed it away.

Right, she doesn’t like to be touched when that happens.

“I wanted to do this quietly but seeing you were about to kill the empress that was not going to happen.” 

I huffed at him with a glare “It would be quiet if you didn’t kick me out from that shadow realm thingy you have! And where were you?!” 

Blackheart growled at us, taking a closer look. He looked like a Blackheart just taller and had the same markings similar to my costume and they were glowing. 

“If I didn’t spit you out, you would have been my next meal.” he growled out. I was in his stomach? Gross.

I was about to say something till we heard Tempest groaning out, she was pushed to the side and on the floor when Shade attacked. She tried getting up till she saw a piece of her clothing fell off of her. It looks like a corset. As it fell, we all saw something coming out of her back. It looks like insect wings. They were pink and yellow colors that match her hair.  

Tempest must realize that her wing that she must have been hiding the whole time was out. As she quickly tries to push them down. 

“Don’t look at me!!” she screamed back away from us. It looked like she was going to scream for help since she really was out numbered till. Blackheart teleported behind her and whisper to her ear

“ Sleep.”

His words must have done something as Tempest’s eye drooped and was about to pass out onto the floor till Blackheart caught her and placed her on the bed.

“What the vuck you do to her?!” Shade shouted as she clicked. I also checked to see she was still breathing. She was. I sigh.

“I just put her to sleep, relax both of you.” he then turned to us and pointed to Shade “weren’t you about to kill her just now?”

“Not on purpose! I-I just…great one. Why the void are you here with him, Miguel? Didn’t you say not awhile ago not engage with a Blackheart?!”

I sighs as he puts his mask back on. “ I did, but I have some useful information or what he told me.” I turned towards Blackheart “so was this ‘stuff’ we were looking for.” 

Blackheart walks over to a large painting of the former Queen Eclisse Namonaihi. He then took down the picture to show the wall but it looked off. It doesn’t take a genius to know that a castle means secret passageways. He then put his hand on the wall and the door open to the passageways. 

“Let go, Penny and Andrew are having a meeting right now with the six and their accomplice. Know that going to take like an hour that all we have. Hopefully you two bickering didn’t make too much noise.” Blackheart then snaps his finger as a weird symbol on the door that leads into this room. 

“Come you two, now I have to babysit both of you now.”

“Hey!” me and Shade said at the same time. I did what he said and came alone and if things went south Lyla would call Jess or Peter as we all play this type of game before. 

We were lead there by the passway that was leading down some stairs. I can sense that Shade was mad at me and didn’t help that she just had an argument with Tempest and was about to lash at her if we didn’t stop her. I know I should told Shade I went to her Earth alone and basically talking to an unknown enemy. 

I was about to say something and going to asked if she was ok till her tendrils lash out, not as wildly but enough to say ‘don’t talk to me i’m upset with you’ 

Been with enough women in my lifetime to know the sign. 

We reach the end of the pathway to a large room, it looks like a secret room. There were tons of books and scrolls. A few computers and paintings of people. Probably pass rulers. I note that most of them were women so i’m guessing for this Earth, women are the charge. 

“Hopefully, her stuff is still here.”  I wondering what Blackheart meant, he went around the room in his shadow like form. Like he was searching for something. I turn to Shade who was look at one of the pictures. This picture had a family, an mother, a father and two children. Shade look at the picture intensely at it.

“Something about the picture caught your eye?” I asked, she just shook her head. 

“It's nothing, let's just find what we're looking for, whatever that is.” 

I was wondering to myself what we were looking for till a t.v. screen turn on behind us. Me and Shade turn to the screen to see a woman, she looks like the woman from the painting up stairs. 

“Hello, I'm Queen Eclisse Namonaihi. If you are seeing this, I am dead.” the woman or Eclisse said 

“Queen Eclisse has been dead for almost two years now. But her tone…” Shade pointed out, still very impressed she can read people through a t.v. screen.

“I was most likely killed, Alchemax had a foot hold on this Sector. No, this world for many years now. I finally learned the truth of their dealings. How they undermined everyone and…ruined my family. Blackheart, I should have listened to you. I guess when you see me in the afterlife you can tell me ‘I told you so’” she said with a cold laugh, just like this Earth Dana it is still unnerving to hear the words of people that know they're going to die. Blackheart stops looking and also stares at the video. From the look he had on his ‘face’ it was a look of sadness, something I never thought I would see a Black Heart have. There the most cold blood evil created next to Mephisto, seeing express emotion like that is something else.

“I bet you right now searching for key data, you are smart and you know where it would be.” Eclisse said with smile, we saw Blackheart eyes widen as he quickly went over to the bookshelf and pull out a book, that said ‘Naku tsuki’

“She wasn’t a foolish Empress then I thought.'' He then opens a pull key and a UBS drive from the book.

“That was all I was able to gather, so please use it and stop Andrew and Alchemax, maybe this Venomgirl might not be the evil monster we thought. They were here sitting right next to me. Blackheart I know you told me do ask for promises from you, but please watch over Tempest. She doesn’t deceive this! I might not be her real mother but she was like a daughter to me. I wish she knew her real mother, Aurora-” 

The video then cuts off. So the queen was assassinated by Alchemax and is now probably using Tempest since she likes a clean slate. Every day Alchemax proves to me that there are mistakes. 

“I got what we need with this, we should be able-” 

We all heard noise from upstairs. It sounded like someone was coming here. Blackheart cured under his breath as he grabbed and Shade and were pull under to Shadow again, next thing I knew we were outside the castle.

[georgi-girl]

Babble: Track 15

Father into your hands, I commend my spirit.

Father into your hands, why have you forsaken me?

In your eyes forsaken me,

In your mind forsaken me,

In your heart forsaken me.

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Zodiac finally got Cloud Guy to meet Tone. Cloud Guy preferred to explore the vents, but since he was from the Trolls' world, they thought he might have some information.

"Love the hairdo kid." Cloud Guy said as he played with Tone's tight curls.

"Thaaaankss." Tone said as polite as she could. She didn't like this stranger touching her personal self. "What are you exactly?"

"My kind are known as Lobs. Don't worry if none of your mind buddies have met one, we try to stay out of people's business."

"What's the last thing you remember?"

"We were going to sleep. And some of us just fell asleep."

"That tracks. When that goopy shadow fog flooded our world, it put everyone to sleep. Th only reason I didn't was because I was floating too high. Then it drained away and all you drained with it."

"That must have been the one they call Pitch Black."

Miguel rolled his eyes. "What is this guy a dark lord? That is so cliche!"

"Oh, he thinks so too," said Jack. "That's why he prefers his other aliases such as The Boogyman, Krampus, El Cucuy, and his personal favorite, The Nightmare King."

"Nightmare King?" the others asked.

"Yeah, he can control them. It's how he feeds off people's fear. Anyway, continue your story little lob dude."

"Right, so, I dove in. and got swept through to this universe. Pitch found me and stuck me in that dumb pendant."

"Why'd you come if you could've stayed out of it?"

Cloud Guy became very coy. "Oh, you know, you see a cool thing, you want to see what's up. Z-man knows what I'm talking about."

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Then it was Species' turn to tell some of what he found out while in the clinic.

November 30th

Species kicked open the vent grate to the basement. He looked around. Big empty room. Tapped up freezer. Not worth breaking into. At least he was out of his cell.

A loud thump came from the freezer. That was something! The man’s six-faceted mind perked up in interest. He happily knelt by the freezer. This would be a piece of cake to crack open, it wasn’t even locked! It was just grey tape with some creepy symbols drawn on it with a marker!

But before he could break the tape, a voice called out.

Russel…

That name. It meant something to him. He looked at the door across the floor. Smoke was coming out of it. Creating a shape.

"And then what?" Miguel asked.

"I... I'll get to that part later." Species told him.

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Zodiac faced the intruder with casual anger. "Hello Kryptos."

"Oh you! You look great." Kryptos became immediately frightened and sycophantic.

"Should’ve known you’d be involved. Found a new monster to suck up too?" They loomed over him as he backed away in fear.

"What’s your deal anyway?" Thy pressed him, "Want revenge on something. Want to prove yourself to someone?"

"Nothing as ambitious as that. I just love setting up experiments and seeing the results. Speaking of which I found a new type of resurrection you might be…"

"Not interested!" They formed their arms into gauntlets.

"Now before you do anything hasty..." Kryptos formed a black curtain. “I have something for you,” he said. Zodiac laughed “What could you have that we want?” “I’m glad you asked.” Kryptos opened the curtain. Out staggered a man in a trench coat. He wore a black fedora and sunglasses, underneath which sprang a bushy mustache. He spoke in a gruff voice.  “What the freaking… Hell…” he looked up. 

Zodiac staggered back, recognizing the man. “You…” 

He looked at them, apparently recognizing them back. “Stan…” Then their eyes flickered like lights and turned yellow. They glared an ugly glare at him. “You!”

Before the man could say anything else, Zodiac flung themselves at him in a blind rage, throwing punch after punch at him. Renee watched them in terror. The silly, chatty, kind person that saved them was pummeling a defenseless man on the ground. The strange shape walked over to her side. “Don’t you just love seeing an abusive parent get what’s coming to him?” He made her look at him. “That’s not an illusion by the by. I actually brought that man back to life for Zodiac to get revenge on. I can make more revenants. Anyone you want to bring back?”      He tried to touch her cheek. She turned and ran away.  

“All those years spent trying to make you proud. What a waste!”

“It is you. Both of you. Boys, I’m so…”

They punched him in the stomach. He crumbled like paper.

“Worthless as a human being? Yeah you are. But you make a great punching bag.”

They knocked him into every surface they could find. Trees, rocks, ice, it wasn’t enough. “Are we good enough for you now? Who’s the screw-up NOW?” Finally, they flipped him onto his back. They were about to give the killing blow, when Riley came running towards them.

Riley reached out for Zodiac's nape, her hand plunged into their body.

And then...

[mysteriousxmidnight]

Feeling blah, so I decided to do some Evguel (Evan x Miguel) HCs using the Ship OTP questions from awhile back :D I definitely see this ship as the least angsty of the DEH ships I enjoy, and I really needed some fluff today. Also TY to @djbead123 because some of these are from hcs that we discussed together :D

1) Who rocks the Ferris Wheel seat and who flips out and begs them to stop? Miguel would totally rock the seat and Evan would be like “STAHP OR NO CUDDLES LATER!”

2) Who is always horny and will have sex at any time, at any place and at any time? I hc Miguel as the flirty, sassy one in the relationship, so probably Miguel. Although Miguel has really brought Evan out of his shell, so he would definitely feel more comfortable initiating sexy times, as well

3) Who is more into taking showers/baths together? Who tries to make it relaxing and who tries to make it sexy time? They both love taking a bath together. But it’s their Relaxing Time. Especially when Evan’s sick. When Evan’s sick, they’ll take a bath and Miguel will sing softly to him, and Evan often falls asleep. Shower time is sexy time tho

4) Who likes to walk around the house naked and who tells the other to go put some clothes on? Miguel would totally walk around nekkid and Evan would be like “omfg can you please put some clothes on but also plz don’t because i’m enjoying the view”

5) Who sleeps on the couch when they get into a fight? Neither, they sleep better together. Miguel is always cold so he likes to snuggle up to Evan, who’s always warm. Miguel be like “I’m still mad at u but come cuddle. But no talk. Just cuddle.” And Evan be like “ugh fine, cuddle. but i’m mad too. so no talk. just cuddle.”

6) Who takes photos of the other while they sleep? Can 100% see Miguel taking pics of Evan. But then Evan’s like “pls don’t?” So Miguel stops.

7) Who said “I love you” first? and who ends their arguments in a fight with “Because I love you”? Evan said it first, but then he freaked out, worrying Miguel didn’t feel the same way, and that he’d hate him now. Miguel calms Evan down and then assures him he does, in fact, feel the same way. Although Evan has really come out of his shell with Miguel, he still has bad days where his anxiety is just awful. On those days, his brain tells him dumb things and he and Miguel will fight, and then Miguel will be like “Because I love you. Stop doubting that.”

8) Who likes to wear the others sweatshirts? Evan loves wearing Miguel’s sweatshirts because they smell like him and comfort him.

9) Who wakes the other up in the middle of the night to tell them a cool dream they had? Who has the most nightmares, and who sings them back to sleep after? Miguel wakes Evan up to tell him about cool dreams. Evan has nightmares, and Miguel sings him to sleep

10) Who is more likely to cheat? Neither. This is my blanket answer for all my ships and it won’t change.

11) Who makes fun of the other for having a crush on them, and who has to remind them that they are in a relationship? Miguel has to do both. He makes fun of Evan a lot, but in a teasing, good-natured way. And on Evan’s Bad Days, he has to reassure him that they’re in a relationship and he loves him.

12) Who starts a food fight in the kitchen? Miguel would 100% start the food fight.

13) Who initiates duets? and who is the better singer? Evan doesn’t think he can sing AT ALL. But he loves listening to Miguel sing, and they sing in the car a lot

14) Who starts the hand holding? Who grabs the others butt? Who slides their arm around their waist? Who likes to put their fingers in the belt loops? Evan definitely loves holding Miguel’s hand, even though Miguel has cold hands. Miguel would 100% pinch and grab Evan’s butt, and it makes him squeak every time, which makes Miguel VERY happy. Evan slides his hands around Miguel’s waist. He’s also the one to put his fingers in Evan’s belt loops and pull him close

15) Who likes writes the others name on their wrist? Neither. I mean, MAYBE Miguel because I could kinda see him being into art and calligraphy. 

16) Who is more seductive when they are drunk? and who is louder in bed? Miguel is more seductive ALL the time. He’s just a giant flirt. Drunk Evan is very flirty, too. Evan used to be really quiet in bed because he was nervous he would sound weird but Miguel has reassured him that he doesn’t need to hold back, ever

17) Who is more protective? Miguel. Evan’s anxiety still sometimes makes him feel really crappy and he doesn’t always defend himself. Miguel will literally bitch slap someone if they mess with Evan.

18) Who talks to the other while they are sleeping? Neither. They either sleep, or they’re up and talking. Although I could see Evan staring at Miguel while he’s asleep, shocked that this beautiful boy loves him and wants to be with him.

19) Who drives and who has the window seat? Miguel drives, Evan has the window seat.

20) Who falls asleep in the others lap and who carries them to bed? Evan falls asleep very easily when he and Miguel are cuddled up on the couch, and Miguel carries him to bed

21) Who cuts the others hair? Neither

22) Who is super bad at sexting? and who sends them encouraging messages throughout the day? Evan is SO bad at sexting, omg. Miguel teases him for it, too. They both send encouraging messages to the other throughout the day, though

23) Who thinks they are not good enough for the others love? and who’s more afraid of loosing the other? Who thinks they keep messing up, only for the other to tell them they don’t need to worry? Evan doesn’t think he’s good enough for Miguel - at least in the beginning, and on bad days. I definitely think, over time, he’d become more confident in himself and the relationship. But at certain times, Evan definitely feels like he’s going to mess things up and lose Miguel. And Miguel is like, “Nope, you’re stuck with me.”

24) Who starts random slow dancing with the other in the kitchen? Who holds the other just above the ground and kisses them? Evan thinks he’s a bad dancer, but Miguel loves dancing with him, and picking him up and kissing him.

25) Who says shitty puns and sex jokes just to see the other giggle and blush? Miguel. Again, he’s the goofy silly flirty joker, and he LOVES making Evan blush. But once in awhile, Evan comes out with something that makes Miguel laugh so hard, he can’t breath. And Evan’s always very proud of himself for that.

26) Who kissed first? Evan kissed Miguel first, very impulsively. And then he was like “OMG i shouldn’t have done that! I should have asked first. I shouldn’t have assumed. I mean, it’s cool if you don’t like me that way, I’ll just..” And he tries to run away and Miguel grabs his hand and is like “Nope, you stay” and kisses him back. And Evan just.. melts into the kiss.

27) Who orders take out at two in a morning? and who wakes the other up at three in the morning to go downstairs with them to get a glass of water because it’s too dark? Evan has trouble sleeping (nightmares, like I said, plus stupid anxiety insomnia). He often accidentally wakes Miguel up with his restlessness, but Miguel is like “no worries, I’m craving pizza anyway!” And they order food and watch netflix

28) Who writes poems/stories and love songs about the other? Neither. I mean, Evan likes to write and Miguel likes to sing. But I don’t see them writing poems and love songs. 

29) Who does some crazy stunt to try and impress the other and who ends up driving them to the emergency room after it backfires? Miguel would definitely pull a crazy stunt and end up in the emergency room

30) Who is embarrassed when they have to wear their glasses and who thinks they look super cute? Miguel wears contacts. The first time Evan saw him in his glasses, he flipped out about how cute he was, and Miguel was like “I disagree but ok” and now, when he and Evan hang out at each other’s houses, he wears his glasses instead of fussing with his contacts. But in public, he still wears his contacts as much as he can.

[shinylitwick94]

Best/Worst Reads of 2020

My life got turned upside down in 2020 and not just for the same reasons as everyone else, so it’s been an odd year and my reading(or lack thereof) kind of reflects that.

As usual, there’s a mix of SFF titles and some good old classics, with some random stuff thrown in.

I tried to read a lot of Big Name Fantasy Authors this year, to keep up with the times a bit. Some I liked, some I didn’t, but overall it proved to be a fun exercise.

Going back over previous comments/reviews I’d made on specific books really made it stand out to me that feminism was kind of a theme this year. Both because I ran into a lot of bizarrely sexist sixties stuff and because I tried reading a couple of more explicitly feminist essays/books at a friend’s recommendation. It was ok, I suppose, but I don’t think it’s my thing.

The best/worst thing is, of course, completely based on my personal enjoyment of these books and nothing else.

Worst

5.Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier

This wasn’t so much a bad book as a complete mismatch for my reading tastes. I ended up DNFing it fairly early on because I realised I was going to hate it.

4.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

I had high expectations for this book and it lived up to almost none of them. Yes, burning books bad, we get it. Very flat characters, a prose that drove me up the walls and a premise that was interesting enough for about 5 minutes.

3.Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

Another colossal disappointment. This one hurts especially because I’d looked forward to it for so long. The story seemed interesting enough at surface level, but I couldn’t stand the characters or the writing. DNF’d

2.The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander

LOTR for kids too young or too dumb to read LOTR, I guess. Or LOTR with all the interesting bits taken out and all the great characters replaced by whiny 12 year olds. The only reason I finished this at all was because it was so short. Wanted to strangle those stupid kids.

1.The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

I hated this thing so much. I wrote a pretty detailed rant as to why when I decided to DNF it, but in a nutshell I detest the way it’s written. To quote myself:

“It’s just a jumbled mess of unnecessary metaphors and similes and puttogetherwords and Unnecessary Capitalization and (parenthesis) that drove me completely up the wall.”

It just stinks of r/iamverysmart and I couldn’t stand it. Doesn’t help that the prose was so annoying I could barely make out the characters and the plot through it.

Best

I’m doing 8 of these, because I can.

8.The Satyricon by Petronius

I had so much fun reading this. It’s ridiculous, it’s insane, it’s debauched, it makes me want to cook decadent roman food, and I had a great time.

7.The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula le Guin

Very different from the previous Earthsea book, but I loved the atmosphere in this, its characters and the fairly simple story.

6.Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart

Another one that was just fun to read. It’s a sort of fairytale adventure that has us running through ancient China. It’s sometimes silly, sometimes touching, and I quite liked how it ended.

5.Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

I read this at one of my lowest points in the year, and thank goodness I did. It’s quiet, relaxing, the story and characters are easy to follow and their kindness and compassion was just something I needed at that time.

4.The Shadow of the Wind/La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Another great fun read. Not usually my genre, but I got completely sucked into the story and its characters. Reading it in the original was also definitely worth the effort.

3.O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá by Jorge Amado

I’m embarrassed that it took me this long to read this. @ my fifth grade portuguese teacher: fine, you win, it’s really good

Mind you, I probably wouldn’t have appreciated it nearly as much back then, but I’m glad I’ve read it now. Jorge Amado’s writing is just too pretty.

2.Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy

I’d been meaning to read this for a while, but let’s face it, it was peer pressure that finally did it (thanks @frederick-the-great).

And of course I loved it. I do think I still prefer W&P, but there’s something about the way Tolstoy writes his characters that resonates SO MUCH with me and I’m left in awe every single time.

1.Novos Contos da Montanha by Miguel Torga

I didn’t expect this to be my favorite book of the year, but thinking on it, yeah, it definitely is. It’s a collection of short stories set in rural Portugal. Most of them are fairly dark, but in a way that feels meaningful, and not grimdark, if that makes sense. Some are also quite beautiful and uplifting. I remembered reading Torga when I was younger and liking his writing, but looking at it now, I definitely need more Torga in my life.

[kingabezka]

Polish translation of Coco

Polish dubbing is great. Polish movies generally suck and there’s not much to see, but dubbing is always top notch. In almost all cases making movies better than the original. You can see that I’m clearly biased but the greatest example is Shrek- it’s 6 times as funny in Polish thanks to a great amount of added references and jokes, many made by the voice actors themselves. I gathered some stuff I noticed lost or different in the translation of the movie. Not all of it ofc.

>Polish version for “Seize your moment” is “Walcz o swoje” which means basically “Fight for what is yours”.

>Imelda’s voice sounds way more aggressive in Polish and during her first scene she calls the lady behind the computer “Devil’s servant”. >When Miguel tells Dante to make tricks, he says “Sit, lay, now hot-dog, electicity!” As in electric shock. >During Miguels story, he says that De La Cruz was ‘silenced’ instead of ‘crushed’ by a giant bell. >Instead of “Never name a street dog” Abuelita says to never hang out with a street dog. >When Miguel says he wants to go to the talent show, his cousins say “You kind of need a talent to perform at a talent show” “What are you gonna show them? Your one dimple?” >Abuelita, similar to Imelda, has much harsher voice and yells more.

>Ernesto has a deeper voice. >“Rivera is a shoemaker through and through” is changed to “Rivera is a shoemaker from grandpa, great grandpa”. It’s a polish way to say ‘through generations’

>Polish word for a grandson is “wnuk” or “wnuczek” which means there is no “son” (syn) in it. It takes away some of the family feel.

>When Miguel bumps into a skeleton and catches his head, skeleton says “Where do you have your head?” which is polish saying for “What are you doing?” while doing something silly.

>When Miguel bumps into Julio, he says “I’m sorry! I’ll pick you up in a moment, mister.”

>“You will suffocate me, lady!” “What, you don’t recognize your aunty?” instead of “Remind me how I know you” “We’re your family”

>“Your photos are on your sons ofrenda! How nice of him to remember.” “You were your dentist main sponsor- he’s still grateful!”

>“I’m on so many ofrendas that thing of yours will overheat” “What times! Living don’t know real art… Frida” >“Dumb flower bridge!” is changed to “Bless the free bridge!” said mockingly.

>Rosita says “If I was in his place I would burn into ash from shame.” (another polish saying, burn from shame)

>“He looks like a plain old dog” “Or Rosita’s leg, when she was still alive” >“How do we send him back” is changed to “Find some kind of catch/paragraph/clause” which sounds weirdly as if she wanted to sue Miguel

>“I give you my blessing to return home, put my photo on the ofrenda and never touch a guitar again” Which fixes the fact that Miguel didn’t play the guitar next scene but just grabbed it, but technically Miguel could play some other instrument after he returned :P

>“I need to visit the restroom” is replaced by another saying “I need to go where king goes on foot”

>When family reports Miguel missing, we immediately hear an announcement ”Looking for a boy, special features: Has a body”

>When the station guard sees Miguel and starts saying “excuse me” he says “Dogs bone” at the end. It’s a common, light curse in Polish.

>As I pointed in another post, ‘uni brow’ was changed to ‘eye sockets’ in Polish and the joke was pretty much lost.

>“This is you?” “Eh, hottie Latino?”

>“You said you can get the tickets!” “Yes… but I lied. It happens to me sometimes.” can also translate as ‘I do that sometimes’

>Instead of “I lost the dress” Hector says “The dress… got lost” Also dress in Pl version is ‘suit jacket’ for spelling problems. (Polish word for dress is too long to fit nicely in most dialogues)

>“I don’t think he’s a spirit guide” - > “He’s not a spirit guide material”

>“They are as mysterious as they are powerful. …Not all of them of course”

>“Is it too obvious?” - > “Is it too intrusive/pushy?”

>“Ernesto doesn’t have time for art anymore. He’s too busy with his fancy banquets”

>“Doesn’t he know that who doesn’t rehearse, squeaks badly?” Can’t translate this properly. The fun in it is that it rhymes in polish- on nie wie że kto nie ćwiczy ten marnie kwiczy?

>“I got food poisoning!” is “I was finished by the botulinum!” except another name for botulinum in polish is ‘jad kiełbasiany’ that transletes into ‘sausage venom/poison’.

>“Or my femur?! Give back the leg, you!...”

>“I’m fading Hector, I can feel it in my bones” >There’s a word play on the song. “Jak się patrzy” (lit. How it stares) can mean either ‘pretty’ (“wow, sukienka jak się patrzy!” “Wow, what a pretty dress!”) or “How/when someone is staring” (”Kiedy się na mnie patrzy czuję się niezręcznie” “When she stares at me I feel uncomfortable”). In the Juanita song, the verse goes “Everyone knows Juanita, that she has strabismus jak się patrzy” which you can interpret that she has strabismus when she looks, or that her strabismus is pretty.

>Chicharon says “Just like old times” instead of “Brings back memories” which breaks the intended foreshadowing.

>As posted before, the part on the trolley got changed to:

“He is the biggest musician of all times!”

“Maybe his nose was big, but his music, nahh not much”

>Words in “Un poco loco” are changed: “Where does milk come from, Ay mi amor, ay mi amor From a store you tell me, Ay mi amor, ay mi amor Is sun powered by electricity, Ay mi amor, ay mi amor It’s powered with coal, like a grill! Ay mi amor, ay mi amor (…) You love leading on, And you trick me on it It’s a miracle in this state I’m only un poco loco (...) For you sense means nonsense So much it calls for a revenge” >Also in the middle Miguel says “You dance good for a stiff guy” referring that Hector is dead and Hector replies with “You play good for a living guy”

>“Hey, you did great! You proved yourself!”

>“Stick your stupid photo in your shoe!”

>“I’m going home. Curse me for it, but I can’t do it anymore”

>In Polish version “poison” is always replaced with “arsenic”.

>Also visiting your living is almost always called “nawiedziny”. It’s mix of words “nawiedzić” and “odwiedzić” where the first means “haunt” and second “visit”. It sounds like a nice form of haunting someone. (Can you imagine haunting someone’s house, but only to open doors for them and turn on the light? And make sure they never burn their food? Niceghost au? Anyone?)

>“I know you understand” is changed to “Don’t be mad at your grandpa”  but it’s obv he is talking about himself

>And instead of saying “I’m a pretty sorry excuse for a great-great grandpa” Hector says “You don’t have much luck with great-great-grandpas recently”

>When Hector tells anything about his daughter he uses “córeczka” which is diminutive for “daughter”. In Polish it’s used almost only when you mean a kid to the age of 8. Hector still thinks of Coco as a small child he left at home.

>“No way! Previous one was a liar and a murderer! You are a whole class up”

>“Am I really the love of your life?” “That’s just what people say/That’s just a saying” “Especially when one thinks so”

>“La Llorona“ has been translated so the true meaning hits viewer in the face on the first watch (I highly suggest listening to polish version, it’s good)

>“He’s a threat!” - > “He’s my enemy!” >None of the characters have their accent in Polish version :( >Hector shares Polish voice with: