#nadia rants

[pink-pony-luv]

no seriously how am i nonwhite in 2 different directions and yet i STILL am so whitewashed

[sunnylune]

I have got to get the hell out of my house, yes I’ve lived in an actual house and my own bed for only ten years but my parents do not pay rent or bills and still have the audacity to treat me like I’m 20 and not 31

And they’re homophobic and narcissistic and completely overtly religious that they do not want to discuss things but still order me around

I’m so happy they do not know about my bonus pay yeah they know I have a raise but it’s not like I have gambling problem like they do

I want to move out but I’m also afraid of them either killing my dogs or letting them loose and of my younger siblings not being okay my dad was pretty abusive towards us as children but I would jump in and fight him instead I wouldn’t allow him to hit my siblings

[imjustfloatingaway]

Nadia’s favorite drink is white wine and Lucio’s is red wine but like. Which kind. There are so many different types of wine. Do they just like the general blends?

We know for sure Nadia doesn’t actually know shit about wine and just picks the fanciest label (sorry you had to find out this way). I imagine she prefers Rieslings. Since her favorite dish is spiced swordfish, however, I imagine she may also consume a good bit of Chardonnay. But! Does she prefer it aged in an oak barrel or an iron barrel? My guess is iron, which is typically more sippable than oak barrel. Nobody is just casually drinking that shit like a Caprisun.

Lucio is harder to pin. Just for sipping, I think he’d go with something a little sweeter. I don’t think he’d really fancy the more tannic cabernets. He could probably tolerate a Pinot as long as the flavor is mostly washed out by a fatty steak. I don’t know, I don’t really care for Lucio and I assume he has bad taste.

My wine knowledge isn’t that wildly expansive but this particular question has always bugged me. I need to know what *types* of wine they prefer, the color means nothing to me.

Sorry for the little rant. I have nothing better to do

[blackered]

I don't know if you've done this before but... make a tier list of the arcana routes.

this is an order btw /j

in all honesty I have no idea why anyone would care what I think but since the other thing I'm making won't be posted today, here goes the Yaptron 3000!!!

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S tier - Julian's: still the best written route imo, I recommended it to all of my moots on insta back in the day

A tier - Asra's: would put in S because I'm emotionally attached but I need to fill the A tier. Asra isn't my fav but I really like this route, wouldn't really change anything tbh

B tier - Nadia's: it's in the top 3 so it's obviously better than the other ones, it merges well with the others and Nadia's arc is nice but I CANNOT deal with the kind of flirting in this route, it makes me uncomfortable

C tier - Muriel's: as C tier as it gets. I like Muriel but his route is SO MID oh my fucking god. it's just mid as fuck I almost didn't feel anything reading it

D tier - Lucio's: makes no fucking sense I'm sorry to the writer but shit man, making Lucio into a baby who says oopsie to everything was the wrong move.

Portia's: I remember fighting for it to be finished a few years back but I honestly have NO IDEA what happened, it's all over the place why tf was Tasya the final boss???? The Star didn't even show up???? it's not BAD but it's not good either. Portia deserved better.

[miraluking-respectfully]

felix being referred to more or less exclusively as "your soldier" in-game speaks to how little the writers put into his character beyond his noggin full of sith secrets & his relationship with the consular; still, i do find it kind of sweet and funny, in a way. he's not a republic soldier, not even your personal bodyguard; he's your soldier. the consular is a small nation-state in and of herself

[spacycatmeowx3]

HEAR. ME. OUT. What if the red plague didn’t kill the people who had it and instead they turned into an infected the last of us zombie like?? IF Lucio didn’t burn all those people with the plague who would know what happens to Vesuvia(sry if I didn’t spell it right). Like the MLP infections except the people aren’t ponies and..yk..

[rasby]

Thank you official Arcana accounts for completely ignoring Nadia's birthday :)

I usually wouldn't be petty but they had something special for both Julian and Asra's birthday but niw they're suddenly radio silent, totally not showing favorites

[blupengu]

Oh how naive I was…

[drifting-pieces-blog-blog]

Breaking down the Comics: Like a Drugged Up Business Man (Issues 4-7)

Marc Spector - Moon Knight: Issue #4: Wild Midnight

Written by: Charles Dixon

Art by: Russ Heath

ALRIGHT. Let's get back to our new writer, Chuck. 

So Chuck wrote issues 1-24 and issue 34. Apparently he wasn't too keen on it. It was a job. A job at Marvel. And it was an in to get into the comic writing big leagues. 

Now, issues 1-24 is nothing to sneeze at. It's a good number of comics. However, there is some criticism that he left the series on a half hearted cliff hanger. He introduced plot lines then left before he finished them. 

Never a nice thing to do to a series or to the next writer (Ask Star Trek TNG how they felt about that with the borg writer that tried to leave. Seriously, ask. I love Star Trek.) 

Why am I bringing this up on issue # 4? We'll get to that. Just keep that in the back of your mind as we go along. 

You guys see probably looking at that guy on the cover and going "HEY! That guy looks familiar! And Midnight? This is obviously a play on the name. Is this Midnight man?" 

And I'm here to tell you that: You are paying attention. Good for you. 

We open on Atlanta Georgia! 

We see a glass building with a man climbing up the side with classic 1990s suction cups on his hands and knees. I can't tell you how many movies I saw with these. 

Also? 

“Heh heh heh” (this always gets me laughing.) 

"VERY scary, Mr. Spector!" 

"Marlene! I thought I locked that door." 

"You didn't." 

"I thought that rough guy talk came naturally. I didn't know you practiced." 

"I WASN'T! I was just trying on my new kevlar costume and kind of got in the mood.

The last one got pretty shot up when I was getting you out of Burunda. I thought I'd look into something more bullet resistant." 

Yeah... Marc would need something more bullet resistant since the man doesn't know how to DUCK. 

Marlene doesn't like him joking about Bushman. She is still upset that Marc didn't kill him. 

"He's never going to stop hounding you. You should have kiled you." 

Marc laughs at her blood thirsty attitude. 

Marlene is still not impressed. 

"You were a MERCENARY, Marc. You traded in death every day. But after your original run-in with Bushman you put on that goofy costume and all of a sudden you became a Choir Boy." 

(No, that's Dare Devil.) 

My argument that Marlene is a toxic partner continues. She always wants him to be something different. In the original run she just wants Steven and for him to settle down with her. Here, she has 'accepted' him as Marc, but she wants him to be what her idea of him is: A brutal killer. 

She is not having any of Marc's silly ways. And this just kills me because Marc, under all that angst and trauma, is a silly guy. 

Marlene is not having his silliness. 

"I hope you get a chance to grow up before somebody kills you!" 

And she storms off. 

A little later, Marc goes looking for Marlene and comes across Chloe. The new 'cook'. And there she is cooking in her bikini top again. 

He asks if she's seen Marlene. 

"Not lately, Marc. She took the porsche and went to her apartment in the city. She said that she would see you again when you grew up and stopped playing cowboy." 

"Her exact words?" 

"I would not repeat her exact words, Mr. Spector." 

Frenchie interrupts the two to tell him that Marc's accountant is there to see him on urgent matters. 

"On the last six Friday nights, six different businesses in six different cities were broken into and valuables stolen. A real pro. He only skimmed the best stuff. Cash... Paintings... Securities... Anything that wasn't nailed down." 

Turns out Marc is a major stockholder in every one of those businesses. 

Turns out, this makes Marc a suspect because his name keeps popping up in the investigation. 

Poor Marc. "Paper rich but cash poor." 

(Steven sure did know what he was doing with investing and things as a way to plan for the future. Too bad Marc has no idea what he's doing.) 

Marc asks more about the burglaries. 

Turns out at each robbery, a clock was smashed with the hands at midnight. 

And I give you a close up of Marc’s reaction to that bit of news. 

“Midnight?!” 

This man... 

Elsewhere, we find some thugs trying to offload some fur coats. 

They are arguing about price and things are starting to escalate when BLAAM. 

Moon Knight literally blows a hole in the ceiling and busts in. 

He'd like to talk to one of the thugs. 

"You guys don't mind if Winslow and I talk privately, do you?" 

turns out Winslow used to fence Anton Mogart's stolen items. 

You all remember Aton Mogart, right? The original Midnight Man. 

Winslow is interrogated and declares taht Anton is dead. 

Moon Knight declares that Anton is alive and that "I'll be back. If you've heard from him, I'll find out and I'll burn you down. Kapish?" 

(Awww Marc, I love that Yiddish). 

And then Moon Knight leaves back out the hole he made.

I mean... At least he's actually using the same exit now. 

Back at the mansion, Frenchie noted that Marc was "wound up so tight over Mogart." 

"It's personal. He's goading me. I made a mistake thinking he was dead and now he's rubbing my face in it. Not only is he stealing from me, but he's making it look like I have something to do with it." 

Frenchie tells Marc that it's a shame no one can tell him anything. (Where's Jake when you need him?). 

"Too bad you can't just invite him out for a beer?" 

And I kid you not. Marc and his amazing bad decision making skills everyone: 

"You're just shy of being indicted, you're under investigation by every federal agency but the department of agriculture and you want to throw a bash?

Half of the guests are going to be feds. You're wired for sound better than a David Bowie concert. A low profile would be best." 

"You want me to act guilty, right, Hal? It's Friday night and a week since his last job. The wealthiest stiffs in three states are here. Our thief won't be able to resist." 

"I heard that you were some kind of adventurer in your past. But this kind of stunt is stupid." 

"You're a hardcase, Hal, but you're still an accountant You know your Jungle and I know mine." 

Pretty smug there Marc. 

And at the party, we find a platinum blonde making her way around. Oh look at that! Felicia Hardy! 

For those not in the know, she's an on again off again love interest for Spider-Man and also a cat burglar, and also Black Cat! 

Wonder what she's doing there? Hmmmmmm. 

Meanwhile, Frenchie is also displeased at this whole affair. 

"I hate this whole idea, Marc. There're too many people around. It's a bad situation." 

"Stop worrying, Frenchie. This apartment is unapproachable from anyother building and the basement is locked up tight." 

Marc explains that they've left no option but for the Midnight Man to be drawn out. The place is a 'fortress'. 

"Just like the Alamo." (oh Frenchie how I love you). 

And then Marc notices "the blonde". Marc no.

Marc. Marc no. No Marc. No. 

Lucky for Marc, he's interrupted by a gushing lady about how generous he is with his donations to the local children's hospital. 

He's ushered up on stage to start the pledge drive just before midnight. 

Marc stars by donating One Hundred Thousand dollars. 

He's informed that someone else has donated Half a Million Dollars. 

Out done at his own shindig, Marc askes who donated the check. 

"A mister Anton Mogart." 

Side note: This art style is reminding me of early Spider-Man art with all the handsome but reactive close up faces of Peter Parker and it is sending me. 

It's at this time that smoke bombs go off in the ballroom. 

Considering that the party is full of FBI and various investigators... We see several of them spring into action, pulling out weapons like it's the 50s. 

Ms. Hardy also springs into action, making a break for it. 

And then we see a figure clad in all black running through the crowd snatching up all the fancy jewelry. 

And then Moon Knight also runs by in the gas. 

Which... now you have two figures in a cloak and hood running through a gassed up room. Good job Moon Knight. 

The feds mistake him for the bad guy and open fire. 

Marc Spector, Everyone:

Our Mystery Moon Knight makes a run for it, sucker punching Frenchie and slipping down a hall. 

He's got a game planned and Moon Knight is invited to play. 

"C'mon, Moonie! You can't win if you don't play!" 

He tosses more gas bombs and makes to escape only to run face first into Moon Knight's fist. 

"You should have stayed dead, Mogart. I don't know where you've been holed up all these years..." 

Midnight man rolls away and runs for an open window then dives out, landing in "One of those slide tubes for high rise rescues." 

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has no idea what those things are called. 

Moon Knight watches as Midnight Man slides away in the tube. 

"But I'm not stupid enough to follow him down this thing..." 

"Then how stupid are you?" Black Cat!

She sucker kicks him. And I gotta say, that had to hurt. 

Little History of Black Cat, AKA Felicia Hardy! 

First appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 1979! Daughter of a world renowned cat burglar. 

Depending on how she's being written, she also has the ability to cause bad luck to anyone that comes up against her. Sometimes love interest, ally, and enemy to Spider-Man. Too bad she has no interest in his alter-ego Peter Parker. 

Something else about her? She has superhuman strength. She packs a punch! Along with agility, balance, and expert knowledge in fighting styles and gymnastics. 

I was honestly surprised to see her in this. There was no indication of a ‘special guest appearance’ on the cover. Usually there is when you bring in a pretty face like this. 

Especially in a two parter because this is the end of the issue! 

But we certainly see her on the cover of the next issue!! Interesting choices being made here. 

Marc Spector - Moon Knight: Issue #5: Rockin’ at Midnight

Written by: Charles Dixon

Art by: Sal Velluto

Another change in artist. In a two parter. That’s pretty weird, honestly. What the heck was going on at Marvel at this time? (aside from the mass exodus to DC that took place followed by a new editor and chief, and Stan Lee leaving New York for LA to start up Marvel studios to start producing cartoons and shows, leaving a void in creative control that was filled by the editor in chief and big wigs. You know… all that.) 

Alright, we open up on Moon Knight not having a very good time. 

We start with Black Cat mistaking him for the other hooded figure that stole all the jewels. 

Moon Knight tries to reason with her. 

"It's Anton Mogart we're after. He calls himself Midnight." 

"And what do you call yourself, Caspter the un-friendly ghost?" 

"Uh... Moon Knight?" 

Yeah she's never heard of him. 

Poor Marc. 

They fight a bit and Marc tosses her in the closet and locks the door to chill for a minute. 

He turns to give chase to Midnight and comes face to guns with the FBI. 

They think he’s the thief and they try to arrest him. 

….Marc that’s not how you… 

So he beats them up and runs off. 

Black Cat bursts through the door and also runs off.

He instructs Frenchie to get them airborne quickly. 

"I ran into some bad luck. It started when a black cat crossed my path." 

Black Cat catches up in time to watch them take off in the chopper and she manages to somehow attach a line and get pulled along without them noticing. 

They manage to spot Midnight Man getting into his car just before he takes off. 

At this point, Black Cat jumps on top of the chopper to say hi. 

"Who is she, boss?" 

"Uh... Someone I met at the party. Keep your eyes on Midnight, Frenchie." 

Yeah... Just...ignore the lady in the literal cat suit sitting on top of the plane. Good plan. 

They zoom off after Midnight and of course he looks up and notices the moon shaped plane chasing him. 

They zip across the bridge and Black Cat is impressed with their gumption. 

"You are WAY crazy, Casper, climbing down a ladder from a chopper doing at least seventy. But, I haven't been to Queens in ages. Not since Parker and I called it finito. Y'know, Casper's costume's not much... But with a build like that... What did he say his name was? Moonbeam? Moonshine? Moonraker? 

Get serious, Felicia. Why would a guy name himself after a James Bond movie. Especially a Roger Moore James Bond movie. ICK!" 

LOL What's great about this is that as a fan of the 90s Spider-man cartoon growing up, they all had fast talking monologue thoughts and I can hear this in that style. 

It's just wonderful to hear how the writing style was back then.

Alright a lot is about to happen and fast talk is only the first half of it! Welcome to the end of the 80s and early 90s! 

Moon Knight drops from the chpper to land on the getaway car. 

"Moon Knight! My main man! You come to see the USA in my Chevrolet?" 

(Midnight man suddenly sounds like Lobo from DC comics who is the MOST late 80s early 90s character I've ever come across and the reason why I still to this day still will randomly call someone "My main man".)

"When did you develop a sense of humor, Mogart? A stupid sense of humor." Marc's just mad he's not the one cracking the jokes. 

"Oh, Lots of things about me would surprise you, Moonie." 

Black Cat is close on their tail as she leaps car to car through traffic. 

She notes that Ol' Moonie was telling the truth after all and seems to be the good guy. 

Moon Knight demands that Midnight pull over. Midnight politely declines. 

And welcome to Marc continuing his string of bad luck. 

I don’t even know where to start. 

It's okay. The car lands in the water. 

Black Cat is sad to see all the stolen diamonds sinking down with the car. 

Frenchie flies in and drops a ladder. 

Luckily, Marc surfaces. 

He's unable to locate Midnight man. 

"No sign of him. ....Huh. You always were a lousy swimmer, Mogart." 

This is a hilarious call back to the first time Mogart fell off a cliff into the water and 'drowned'. Then again later when Mogart kidnapped him in the sweres and 'drowned' again. He uh... He's got a problem with water. 

Moon Knight has another concern. 

"Lost another cape. That's getting expensive." 

And with that, Moon Knight flies off and Black Cat watches him go. 

"Catch you another time, Moonbug. Maybe we'll get to party again. I'll bet he's cute under that creepy mask. What IS it about a man in a mask tha tmakes me melt?" 

Black Cat certainly has bad luck when it comes to men. 

Frenchie and Marc return home. Frenchie remarks about the fuel being on E because Marc was so insistent on searching up and down the river looking for Midnight, just in case. 

"I wanted to make sure he's really dead this time. No more unpleasant surprises." 

"Your entire life is a series of unpleasant surprises, Marc." 

Frenchie, you hit the nail on the head real hard there, buddy. 

Speaking of unpleasant... 

They land and Marlene is there to greet him. A little desperate. 

If you recall, the last we saw her, she had stormed off after picking a fight with Marc. 

Now she's back and she throws herself into his arms. 

"I wanted to apologize for the way I acted yesterday. I have no right to try and change you." 

And then she finds a platinum blonde hair on his outfit. (Black Cat brings all the bad luck) 

"A little disagreement and you run off with the first tramp you can find! You disgust me, Marc!" 

And she storms out again. 

Marc's pretty pissed off. He goes and has an argument with the Khonshu statue as usual. I'm glad to see that remains from the original days. Is it even Marc if he doesn’t have a moment or arguing with and blaming all his troubles on a statue? 

"What are YOU looking at, Khonshu? If it weren't for YOU I wouldn't have all these complications in my life. I'd be happier and things would go a lot smoother with Marlene. Sure. 

If it weren't for Khonshu, I'd be DEAD and so would Marlene. Both of our lives were saved the night that I took on the cloak of Khonshu and became Moon Knight. I just have to learn to live with an Ancient Egyptian GOD in my life--And the guilt over my less-than-moral mercenary days. 

Could be worse. Some guys have to live with their in-laws. Where'd the water on the floor come from?" 

Marc…. 

Window exit! Do I count this? Also, he’s constantly trashing his own mansion. 

Marc.... Marc.... 

He refuses to listen and Midnight puts up a fight. 

"If I have to kick your butt to get you to listen, I can do that!" 

And then Marc's new 'cook' Chloe shows up, distracting Midnight. 

Moon Knight manages to punch him out

Moon Knight unmasks him to find.... "It's just some kid." 

He picks up the unconscious man and starts to carry him inside. 

"What should we do with him?" 

"This kind of situation wasn't covered in your maid job description, but could you get me a bottle of asprins and a couple of beers to wash 'em down, Chloe? We'll BOTH need them." 

Marc, you are just filled with bad ideas. 

Now with the new Midnight man tied up to a chair, he regains consciousness and Marc starts his interrogation. 

"Now maybe you can tll us who you are, Kid." 

"Sure thing. You can ditch the mask though. I already know all about you. Spector." 

“What’s the use of a secret identity if everyone already knows it? How do all the other guys do it?” - Marc who is so bad at keeping his identity that he stopped trying later. 

Yeah, totally called it. It seems any time an old villain shows up and isn’t the old villain, it’s always the son or something. I’m…Just surprised that Mogart had a kid, to be honest. 

Jeffrey Wilde, the new Midnight man, goes into his story. 

His mom didn't marry Mogart. He was a fling baby. 

That makes sense, knowing Mogart. 

Mogart sent money for support "when he thought of it". 

He met Mogart for the first time when Mogart was dying in a hospice of cancer. 

Turns out the chemicals that deformed him also gave him cancer. 

As a kid, he had collected newspaper clippings of Mogart's special activities. While visiting his dying father, Mogart had disclosed his techniques and asked his son to stay on the right side of the law. 

Marc is surprised to hear that Mogart really IS dead and that he isn't the one that ended up killing him. 

He asks the kid why he's been bothering him and framing him and all that business. 

"To show you what I picked up from my old man. To show you how good I am. That I can be your partner." 

Oh boy, this is going to end well. 

Marc is just as incredulous as I am. 

"Say WHAT?!" 

The kid wants someone to show him how to "learn the crimefighting game" and he figures Moon Knight is the best there is to do that. 

(LOL I Love you Frenchie). 

Marc reads him the riot act, telling him to run home to his "Mama". 

"...Stay off my back and stay away from anything to do with me." 

He has Frenchie send the kid home. 

This is not the last we are going to see of Jeff Wilde. 

A product of the late 80s and early 90s when everyone felt like all the heroes needed some sort of protege or to work with younger kids wanting to become heroes. And, spoiler here: It doesn't end well, as most things don't end well when it comes to Marc Spector. 

Alright.... So now we go elsewhere and pick up a completely different story plot. 

Just, out of the blue that's going to leave off on a cliff hanger and lead into the next issue. 

I find this sort of story telling deeply unsatisfying. There's ending on a cliffhanger, then there's just dropping plots and deliberately setting up another issue. 

Not to mention Marvel did that thing they always do that I hate where you have a whole "LOOK AT THIS CROSSOVER" with Black Cat who then just goes "Yeah, I'm not interested" and leaves. 

It's just such an obvious ploy for readership and money. 

That's my two cents. Anyways.... On to elsewhere. 

We find ourselves in a subway station with a big guy and a bunch of rowdy teens. 

The teens point out that the big guy in a suspicious trenchcoat and hat smells really bad. 

The guy exits the subway (not at all suspicious) and makes his way down town. 

More punks give the big guy a hard time until the big guy pulls out a huge machete. 

The punks pull out their guns and open fire on the guy. The guy gets shot in the head and all over but keeps coming till he stabs one of the punks. 

The big guy goes down while the other punks freak out. 

Then we get a close up look at the guy's face. 

It's actually pretty grusum and I'm not going to post it, but he's pretty decayed looking with yellow and red eyes and gnarly teeth. 

The caption: ZOMBIE FRIDAY NIGHT. 

And that's where the issue ends. 

Now, if you were with me in the Moench run break downs, you’ll remember we already covered zombies with Brother Voodoo. 

.....Taking a peak at the next cover we get "Brother Voodoo comes to town!" 

Yeah... Apparently Brother Voodoo only covers zombies... Hmmm... Only this time he's not in the jungle, but in the big city. 

I'm going to be honest here: I'm not going to cover every issue. There's no way. The late 80s and early 90s were ROUGH. 

You are going to find a lot of themes of BUSINESS and DRUGS and PUNKS and JUNKIES and YOUNG TEEN VIOLENCE. These were all the major hitters for the late 80s or early 90s. 

They did everything to make the comics seem exciting and relevant and were often written by new arrivals to big comics that were trying to attract readers. 

So I'm going to skim this one real quick for you guys (because you're also going to get a lot of stereotypical black man jive stuff in this and it's painful to read through). 

Marc Spector - Moon Knight: Issue #6: One Hand in the River 

Written by: Charles Dixon

Art by: Sal Velluto

We start at "Spector Enterprises Inc" (What the heck business does he do? No one knows. Some complicated business stuff I'm sure) where Marc is pulled in all sorts of directions for his business needs. 

You see, Marc isn't used to business. This isn't Marc Spector's bag. This is why he needs Steven Grant. This is why I don't understand why the writer decided to get rid of Steven and Jake. It makes no sense. 

Marc has placed himself as the president of Spector Enterprises Inc. and he has no idea what he's doing. 

Oh look. Midnight returned all the stolen property to the FBI offices in Brooklyn. The FBI has decided Marc isn't worth looking into....

But the IRS is suddenly VERY interested in Marc's business practices. 

He's being Audited. 

Marc heads to his office to sulk and finds Brother Voodoo waiting there for him. 

Marc points out that Brother Voodoo looks a bit rough. 

He sure does. 

Jericho says he needs Moon Knight's help. 

Marc ones more complains that someone knows who he is. 

"I think I'm going to take out a full page ad in the times and tell EVERYBODY my 'Secret Identity' and get it over with." 

Turns out a cult is in New York. The same cult they fought way back in the day that likes to play with Zombies. 

At this point Brother Voodoo takes off his snazzy sunglasses and reveals that he too has been made into a zombie! 

We cut to outside where Moon Knight's biggest fan is waiting in a car. "Well if it isn't Marc Spector, AKA Moon Knight. Thought you'd shake me, didn't you, m'man? Well Midnight's no brush off I wonder who his creepy amigo is." 

We see Marc walking to a cab with Brother Voodoo. 

Brother Voodoo is apparently fighting off being controlled by the cult by eating salty snacks. The salt does some chemical mumbo jumbo to give him control. 

He can also sense when other zombies are near and look! our trench coat friend is walking by. 

They follow the zombie into a building. Up on the top floor there is a fancy restaurant where some mafia sort of guys are having lunch. 

They talk a bit of shop about paying people off and yadda yadda yadda... 

We see two heads talking about turf and disputes. They start talking about new guys in town that come from some 'kinda cult thing'. 

And boom! Trench coat zombie man busts in! 

And Moon Knight busts in. (When and where did he have time to change?!?) 

If I had to put money on this... I'd say this was the same fancy resturant that was previously featured in an earlier comic where the big violent guy went on what he thought was a date and then tried to blow the place up. 

Moon Knight and Brother Voodoo fight the gangsters for some reason. The gangsters all dealt with, they turn to confront the zombie to find... He's got a bomb strapped to his chest! (this poor resturant). 

The zombie is ready to detinate and Brother Voodoo tells Moon Knight that "No one can sway him from the spell he is under." 

Just when all seems lost, Midnight swings in (literally) and tackles the zombie. 

He kicks the zombie out the window (hitting him square in the dynamite) and the zombie explodes, blasting out the window and causing some damage to the side of the building. 

"That stupid kid. That stupid, stupid kid!" Moon Knight is not pleased. 

"You've been following me! I told you to back off, Kid! I don't need a partner! I don't want a partner!

Why are you still tagging along behind me, kid?" 

"Could it be your winning personality?" 

Moon Knight is stunned speechless. (I like to think it's because he isn't used to being addressed like this and the jab at his personality hits home since Steven and Jake are apparently being suppressed or just flat out denied). 

Pissed off, Marc storms off with Brother Voodoo. 

They all pile into Midnight's car where awkward introductions are had. 

They head back to the mansion. 

Meanwhile, in South Bronx, we find ourselves in a slum where a bunch of zombies are watching.... THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. The zombies appear to appreciate it. 

And now we got zombie cult guy making deals with south american cartel gangsters that wanted to wipe out the mafia guys. (I told you this was going to get complicated) 

Back at the mansion, we find Jericho trashing a room while Marc and Jeff are waiting outside the room while Jericho 'gets his head in order' before they storm the zombie cult location. 

Oh look! Chloe shows up to demand to know what's going on. 

And Jeff CLEARLY has the hots for her. Hmmm. 

The room inside is getting trashed, but it's better than the time he brought home Jack Russell the werewolf and locked him in his room... Marc...needs to make better decisions. 

ANd Brother Voodoo has his head in order now and pops out to tell him that the zombies are located in the South Bronx and they have work to do! 

End issue. 

Oh boy... A multi parter... I can’t help but think back to Moench’s time when each issue had the ability to tell the story and stand alone. Sure, we got a few multi part stories, but they flowed together so well. 

Thena gain, they didn’t really have standard volumes that told one story like comics do now. In today’s comics, you have Volumes that contain roughly 5-6 issues that all connect together. Sometimes you have a stand alone issue mixed in, but usually it still has a way to lead into the story. In the original comics, each issue stood alone and didn’t end until a massive change in writer and direction of the comic was needed. We moved from Moon Knight to Marc Spector Moon Knight and got a new set of volumes. 

And while, sure, it’s interesting to see them telling longer stories… These aren’t ALL connected stories. These are special guest cross-over stories. Collect them all and put them in a volume and you still get the most random stuff. And each ending of the issues just feels like they are cutting the story in half. 

I’m starting to see why Ol’ Chuck Dixon isn’t a well known Moon Knight writer and why his run in particular was criticized like it was. Interesting. 

Marc Spector - Moon Knight: Issue #7: Zombie Saturday Night

Written by: Charles Dixon

Art by: Sal Velluto

Alright... Now... We uh...

We got the gang all here having breakfast in the kitchen and...

What the hell is going on in this picture...

That GIANT plant up there (I guess Marc’s love of giant potted plants goes back to 1989). The kitchen looks tiny compared to the GIANT mansion we know it’s in. 

Why is Frenchie getting manlier and manlier every time he’s drawn in these issues? Why is he casually oiling all his guns at the table? 

WHY IS MARC DRINKING OUT OF THE BLENDER?!

MARC. MARC NO. 

Well... despite what's going on in that picture...

Brother Voodoo is getting a good breakfast with plenty of salt to help his synapses fire or something. 

He remembers what happened to turn him into a zombie and he regales the group with his... Hey wait... 

....Where's his brother? That's his whole schtick! Brother Voodoo can see the ghost of his brother, who possesses people and helps him! 

Anyways... He tells the group how he was hunting down the zombie cult when he was captured and forced to drink the poison that turned him into a zombie. They also stole his Magical Medallion that was "the focus of my own voudon powers". 

He was then locked up in a ship and taken to New York. 

He tells them about the Slum where the zombies are being trained to kill (and watch Andy Griffith?) 

Frenchie asks how Jericho got away. 

"With the help of my brother, Frenchie." 

See, Frenchie out here asking the important questions. 

Alright, all that out of the way, they decide to head to the Bronx. 

He tells Jericho to take teh van and the rest of them get the chopper (it really only comfortably seats 3, after all). Jeff is excited about the chopper. 

But before they leave, Marc gets a phone call from his really pissed off Accountant. 

It's about the IRS Audit. The accountant is understandably nervous and needs to go over things with Marc. 

Marc blows him off and they leave. (see? There's so much business at stake in these comics.) 

We enter into the typical Moon Knight landing on a roof and rolling into action scene. Only now we have the kid, Jeff, stumbling around because he's not used to Marc's hard hitting take the punch and glider style of fighting. 

Inside, we have the Drug cartel arguing with the Zombie cult about what's going on. With Moon Knight making his way in, the Cartel boss gets antsy and makes a run for it. 

We see more Zombies watching tv and...Oh. I get it. It's the early 90s hysteria about how watching TV makes you into zombies. I remember that. It's a commentary. Hm. 

Brother Voodoo make his way through the building and faces off against the cartel guys. 

Moon Knight makes his way down from the roof, fighting zombies and trying to keep track of Jeff, who reveals his costume is just spandex and not Kevlar like Marc's is. 

Marc... Not everyone can afford Kevlar. 

Marc's fighting zombies, trying to protect Jeff, and trying to deal with Jeff bumbling around. 

At one point Marc gets mad and resorts to his old style of just punching things till they go down. ....Problem is, you can't just punch a Zombie down. 

....So Marc punches him out the window. 

I see Marc's moved from jumping through windows to just throwing things through windows. 

They eventually meet up with Jericho and find themselves surrounded by zombies and the leader. 

Jericho calls for his brother. A little possession here, a little spell chanting there, the zombie leader loses his power and all the zombies go down. 

Jericho manages to get his Medallion back and it restores his power. 

We cut to the Cartel leader calling someone saying he's done with zombies and they need to get their gig up and running again. But outside, another zombie (or the same zombie, it's not clear) in a trench coat has a gun and his picture, clearly there to eliminate him .

And that's the end of this issue and FINALLY the end of this cliffhanger run. 

WHEW. 

Look, some stories are harder to get through than others. Even Moench had a couple of issues that were difficult to read, but they were difficult because sometimes the story just didn’t click with me. I still appreciated the art and the little side bits and nods and fun Moon Knight moments. 

The Marc Spector Moon Knight is difficult for a LOT of reasons, that unfortunately have a LOT to do with the age, the comic style, and the art isn’t as pretty either. 

You got a lot going on and they sacrificed art style for getting as much in as they could to keep the action GOING. It’s rough. There’s a reason why a lot of things from the late 80s and early 90s feels like you’re talking to a coked out business man. And boy howdy do these feel like we’re talking to a coked out business man. 

There’s just so much at stake ALL of the time. And Marc is so bad at managing things. I’d say it’s fascinating to watch Marc crash and burn without Steven and Jake, but the writer CLEARLY has no intention of including Steven and Jake and honestly, would probably prefer to remove all the mental health issues that Moench so lovingly included and dealt with in the creation of Moon Knight. 

So am I going to do a breakdown of ALL the comics in Marc Spector Moon Knight? …I’m going to burn out if I try. So I’m going to find a way to get through them, because I want to read it. I know I skimped it the first time I laid my hands on it, and now I want to see where our Moon Man has been. (plus the next issue includes the Punisher!)

Most likely I’m going to do big long posts that are a summary of multiple comics at once with some pictures to highlight certain aspects, art, or just Marc being MARC. (he’s so bad at everything here). 

Let me know what you think! The 90s were rough people! 

[kamryn1963]

2x19 PD rewatch

This is my thoughts on this episode 2x19 (The Three Gs), as it was the most recent one I watched in my re-watch. And one of my favorite episodes of all times, so naturally it's the only episode I've shared my thoughts on yet... But Michelle Sovana is being introduced soon so I might share my thoughts/notes on those episodes too. Anyhow.

• Al centered episodes are my absolute favorite and we had so little of them

• I watch this episode a lot, but I haven't seen it in chronological order in a long time and it definitely gave me a new perspective on the episode and small details in it. I'll do a separate post on how Al wasn't doing very well mentally most of this season (actually most of the show tbh) and how that just made this case so much worse

• I do love when cases from the characters pasts are revisited. It tells more not just about the character, but also adds a different stake to the cases

• The scene at the beginning!! I love Al and Erin's friendship and that scene with Lexi was so good

• I wish we could have seen more of Lexi and Erin interacting as (from my rough calculations of the timeline) Lexi would've been young when Erin started living with Hank so I assume Lexi knew Erin most of her life and they should've got more scenes. Same with Al and Justin (who didn't even get one scene which is insane)

• Kim instantly asking Al if he was okay when her and Roman arrived on the scene 😭 not focusing on the victim or shooter, just checking in with him (the writers did them dirty in season 4. Season 2 Al never would've treated Kim like that)

• You know, I usually hate Roman but he's pretty tolerable in this episode. Surprisingly he wasn't the one being the dick

• This episode was definitely about 90% about Al and definitely focused on three main friendships imo. Al's friendships with Erin, Hank and Antonio.

• Al and Erin had the scene at the beginning, their banter and than the scene in the warehouse where they found the dead girls :/

• Al and Antonio friendship was subtle in this episode and they didn't talk to each other much but it was definitely there. The scene at the beginning in the elevator stuck out to me, the way Antonio was looking at Al clearly knowing something was up. In the warehouse too when they were interrogating the suspect and Al wouldn't let go of him. It showed in the end scene as well.

• Al and Hank was the final friendship that they showed a lot of. I love their friendship so much (one of my favorites. Would've been my all time favorite but I also ship them romantically so...) but the scene in the warehouse and the one when Meredith called Hank to talk to Al were amazing. They also had the end scene in the hotel.

• Meredith pisses me off everytime she's on the screen but especially here. She called Hank at 2 in the morning because she was worried about Al and then did what she did in season 5/6. Like come on, she obviously knew how close they were, god.

• The scene with Al and the girls parents 😭

• The conversation between Adam and Antonio about Al having full pension 5 years ago was very welcomed. They should've done that more. We knew so little of Al before he joined Intelligence/his childhood

• The end scene at the hotel when they arrested Dennis Lee was fabulous. Al almost snapping, Adam getting Hank and Antonio over there since he doesn't know what to do, Antonio trying to rush towards Al before Hank stops him

• "Detective Olinsky, organized crime, I never forget a face".

• "You shouldn't of come back here, you should've never came back here. This ends for you right now".

• Hey I wouldn't of blamed Al if he did shoot the guy, but I guess it's better he didn't in broad daylight

• The scene with Antonio and Hank coming around the corner and see Al with his gun to Lee's head, and Antonio rushing forward is so good and honestly says a lot. But it was definitely better Hank was the one who talked to Al

• I love gentle Hank

• The way he put his hand around Al's shoulders and rubbed his arm until Al looked at him :(

• The scene with Al and Erin at the end also

• The "don't go crawling under a rock after this" Erin's just looking out for her (honorary) uncle 🥲

• This episode definitely should've led to more. We could've had more episodes focused on Al's trauma and it sucks that nothing more really came out of it

• Like I get why since the next episode was 2x20 where we got to (unfortunately) meet Gregory Yates and with that storyline, Nadia dying, Erin's grief and the team grieving there wasn't much opportunity

•But I'm still bitter about it

• I should focus on the other storylines in this ep tho, cause while I didn't really care about the Roman scenes, I do really like patrol Kim. I'm not that mad she didn't go into Intelligence until later, since I personally liked her much better in patrol

• Nadia!!! I'm going to pretend she got a happy ending and what happened next episode didn't actually happen, because she could've been a great cop. Holy shit the writers fumbled that so bad.

• Her and Trudy's friendship is so precious to me. Like I love Nadia and Erin of course, but they didn't really interact much Nadia's last couple episodes, that was mostly Nadia and Trudy

• So it's very very stupid and annoying that we only really saw Erin grieve and not Trudy when she was very obviously close to Nadia and hurt

• Overall Nadia deserved better and Al needed therapy or a hug... probably both

This ended up long so kudos to you if you made it to the end lol. I just really love this episode and took the opportunity to rant and share my thoughts.

I'm going to make a seperate post tho on how this case was the boiling point for Al's already declining mental state at some point.

Because it's also very important to me :)

[nanno-arts]

went through my first day of college as a full time student 10AM-5PM, 4 classes back to back. I'm fucking exhausted. I don't even know how people have the time to have friends but yet again I'm a low-energy person with the obsession of finishing everything all at once

can't wait for 2028

gosh I wish I was Nadia Vulvokov, need her 'idgaf' mindset. Even dyed my hair amber to feel more like her.

[pink-pony-luv]

whyyyyyyyy do i have no dreams no goals no future no hope no thoughts no long term plans no ideas no majors no potential no interests etc etc

[femslashspuffy]

Omg I just saw the wwdits teaser on Harvey's Instagram and omg it would be soooo funny if memo is just immune to vampirism

Like waiting 16 days to become a vampire AND being able to walk in the sun? Either Derek is incompetent or you just can't do it

[rattrapdadfigure]

The only characters in The Arcana I like are Muriel and Julian lmao. I like Murial more.

Absolutely despise Asra, idk why. I think it’s because he reminds me of all the people in my life who betrayed my trust and the fact he revived me without thinking about how I would feel. Because I would absolutely hate being revived without consent. Like wth. Some people find that romantic and that’s fine, valid. But I wouldn’t be able to handle that, never asked you to do that (and you used all your friends to do it) so what, are you entitled to my love, my autonomy, my thanks now? Nah fuck that, that’s majorly fucked up. Red flag for me, sacrificing all your morals and risking others for your own gain? Nahhhhh.

Anyways Nadia is hot but her personality isn’t attractive to me. Rich people in general are eh. Portia is cool but she’s more like a little sister to me or friend.

Anyways, not mc falling in love with Muriel first and then also accidentally falling in love with Julian 👹

[bottomvalerius]

I really under utilize “Sam knew Nadia before Nadia knew Sam”

[angieschiffahoi]

only way out of this mess is:

joe fixates on another You (because THAT’s his pattern, not being a killer for hire)

kate gets jealous and tracks people from his past to blackmail him or to destroy him

he kills her

with no protection everyone left alive from previous seasons teams up and takes him down

joe rots in a cage for eternity with the ghosts of the people he killed: poetic justice. curtains close. the end.