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silent-raven13 · 2 years ago

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Okay for my Modern Welcome Au fanfic, I’m making a Mother’s Day chapter, and I decided to draw all the moms. Everyone except for Miss Beagle is my own thoughts how they would look.

Miss Beagle belongs to Clown aka PartyCoffin. I just fan drew her in a cute Barnaby’s paw print apron (You can see his pup print and the large one) and I decided to give her a first name for the fanfic, since she needs one and a cute mama nickname. “Big Mama Betty”

Anyway in order!

Monique Dear “Mama Dear”: Mother of Eddie Dear lives in Louisiana and is a post-man. Her husband die in a terrible truck accident before Eddie was born. She is a feisty, spunky woman that loves to go out doors, train for anything survival. She is a sweet mother and big tiger mom. When she sees her groan son, she would give him a bear hug and pick him up like he was a toddler. Very accepting and would sound like Carol from OK KO (VA: Kate Flannery) She’s always working out, since she have to lift heavy packages, and can cook!

Eleanor Frankly “Mother Frankly”: Mother of Frank. A calm, soft spoken woman. She is a Neurosurgeon, has the most steadiest hands. When she uses knives or scissors, she always cuts beautifully; one thing Eddie finds amazing because hello Crafting! She’s very intelligent, comes from a very wealthy family. Lives in New York, specifically Mid Manhattan with her husband. Yes, they are happily married, but once they saw Monique... 🤭 let’s just say they wanted to do a poly relationship.

Serenity Joyful “Mama Llama”: Mother of Julie. A funny nickname Jonesy came up when he was a toddler and stuck to the Joyful family. Don’t mind the colorful vomit skirt, rainbow monsters love to represent their family. Since, Serenity is all about Maximalism boho-chic outfits, she loves to represent her children’s colors. Believes in nature, spirituality, crystal healing, and listens to trees. Very laid back, sweet, and always goofy. Believes problems can be solved with yoga and Chamomile tea. Lives in the Rainbow Forest not far from the Welcome Home Residents.

Charlotte Partridge “Mama Lottie”: Mother of Poppy. She’s exactly like Poppy, but sweeter like honey! Very caring, hates cursing, and she knows how to cook. Her socks were made by Poppy, when she learned how to sew. Loves to support and protect all her children. She will treat everyone like her own kids. Lives in West Virginia!

Maria Gloria Pillar Garcia “La Jefe or Tu Jefe”: Mother of Howdy. In my fanfic, Howdy is Mexican American. As a joke, him and siblings like to call their mom, the boss or say, “Tu Jefe esta llamando” It’s a thing I noticed with Latino Americans say about their parents like the joke, “Your mom is calling you or My mom...” You don’t have to get it if you don’t. It’s a thing I’ve seen. Anyway, she’s the boss of the family, and knows how to run things. I mean this woman gave birth over 300 caterpillars, so she has the right to run her family and the family’s ranch. What I can say about her? She’s a Monarch butterfly, lives in Michoacán, Mexico. Used to live in East LA.

Chantelle Darling “Mother Darling: Mother of Wally. Lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She’s funny, nice, but cross the line with her and she’s the first to fight. Very protective of Wally, and his a widow. So her and Monique are gonna get along just fine.

Miss Beagle “Big Mama Betty”: Mother of Barnaby. That dog is a HUGE mama’s boy! Everyone in the neighborhood knows her, she’s sweetest Mother Hen.

I’ma say this too. If they were Humans, All of them except Maria and Monique would be African American/black! Monique would be biracial. Maria would be Mexican American with dark brown skin tone. My Au is about inclusivity for BIPOC/POC.

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jezabatlovesbats · 3 months ago

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My Old Garbage WALL-E Human AU

To put this simply, I once made an AU where the robot characters in WALL-E were humans, which wouldn’t work because THE MOVIE WORKS BEST WHEN THEY’RE NOT HUMANS! But anyway, these are all the descriptions for the characters, and drawings of them, that I wrote and drew back in 2021. They’re outdated, so it’s no surprise they’re gonna be god awful. I'm only posting this to let you guys know that this was something I did.

Wallace “Wally” Eaton (WALL-E, age 21): A cheerful and curious young man who lives on and works to restore Earth. He is quite easily distracted, and his heart seems to pull him into both good and bad places. He is a Hello, Dolly aficionado. He and his siblings were born on a ship in space, where they lived until he was seven. He didn’t actually start working until he was old enough to. Ever since they came to Earth, the only people he’d ever seen were his siblings, his mother and his father up until he died. Because of all of this, Wally has had a huge craving for a change. When the Protasov family arrived, he was too nervous to speak to them. He was especially shy around the one he found most attractive, who he later found out was Eve. He soon realized that he was falling in love with her, and he didn’t want such a big chance to pass him by.

Yaneli Eaton (age 22): Wally’s older sister, who’s bright, goofy and enthusiastic. She is known to shout whenever she has something to say, so Wally coined the nickname “Yell,” which she doesn’t mind. She doesn’t care that much about her looks. The family splits up every day to do their work in different areas, but Yaneli and Wally found that they have a lot of fun when working in the same area together. Yaneli is also a big fan of Footloose. When she was younger, she fell on something and knocked two of her teeth out; they were replaced with fake silver teeth.

Clifford Eaton (age 24): Wally and Yaneli’s no-nonsense older brother. He takes his work very seriously, and he doesn’t like it when his siblings goof off. The day they found a plant in the ground, Clifford was working with them. He felt like he had to babysit them; he feels like he needs to keep his eyes on his other family members just in case something happens. Clifford is a really nice person even though he gets impatient easily. He’ll listen to you if you need to talk to him. (No, Bria and Geo did not name him after the big red dog.)

Bria Eaton (born Bria Ricci, age 55): Clifford, Yaneli and Wally’s mother. When Wally was little, his hair was curly; Bria was thought to be where he got that from. She’s a friendly, outgoing and caring woman that knows what her children want, and she comforted Wally when she noticed how upset he was. She let him try and pursue Eve, so long as he stayed safe doing it.

Geoffery “Geo” Eaton (lived to be 49): The siblings’ father and Bria’s husband. Geo wanted to make the Earth clean and beautiful more than anyone else his wife and kids knew. They wanted to help him do it, so they moved to Earth, where Geo taught the others what they needed to know. He put in everything he had and believed with all his being that things would get better. Sadly to say, he died in an accident when his children were 15, 16 and 18 respectively.

Eva “Eve” Protasova (EVE, age 21): A beautiful scout who visited Earth with her parents and her four sisters. She is a middle sibling, and she, Nina and Jane are training to be a part of the E.V.A.S. like their father. Eve tends to be very focused on her goals, so similarly to Clifford with his job, she isn’t foolish about her training. She is focused and serious much of the time, but it’s very easy for her to open up to someone. Wally made a good first impression on her, but it took some time for him to grow on her. She actually found that she has much in common with him. Eve is very smart, and she has a really good sense of humor. She has a bit of a life goals problem.

Nina Protasova (age 25): The second oldest of Andrei and Tatyana’s daughters. She is polite and cordial towards others. She has very well-developed senses and is great at noticing small details. She can tell when someone is feeling excited, sad, nervous or angry. Nina likes to eat, so she often can’t wait for lunch or dinner. She sometimes orders the liquified food in a cup even though her dad wouldn’t recommend doing it. She’s almost done with her higher education.

Sofia Earnshaw (age 29): Eve’s oldest sister. Her whole life, she’s had a heart of gold. She’s dependable and helpful. Sofia has been studying to be a doctor, and she is currently in her residency program. Sofia is hardworking, but it’s a bit too easy to make her laugh. She doesn’t have a very good sense of humor. She is married to a nanny named Norah Earnshaw, and she lives in her cabin with her. She called her often on Earth to let her know she was okay. When her sisters were little, Sofia used to take them out for ice cream.

Jane Protasova (age 19): The older of Eve’s two younger sisters. She is an absolute sweetheart, and she loves her family very much. She also has a great fear of death, and she is easily frightened. She doesn’t always look before she leaps. Sometimes, she forgets to read her science books. Jane is in love with Otto’s apprentice, Grover, whom she met at French immersion camp. She has the curliest hair out of all the members of the Protasov family we know of. Jane doesn’t like to talk about certain things, so she writes about them in a digital journal.

Dawn Protasova (age 17): The youngest Protasova sister. Dawn was originally planning to train to be part of the E.V.A.S., but she had lots of energy, sunshine and spirit wrapped within her. She decided she wanted to bring people happiness with the Celestial Sweeties instead. Dawn doesn’t always follow the rules; she brought her cat, Caramel Cookie, to Earth with her even though her family told her not to. She couldn’t stand leaving him all alone. She helped Wally get closer to Eve. She also doesn’t really know what she’s going to do with her life.

Andrei Protasov (age 63): Sofia, Nina, Eve, Jane and Dawn’s father. He is one of the most famous people on the ship, as well as a good friend and trusted general to the captain. He put everything he had into getting where he is now. He is a just and determined man, but he has a faint heart, and it’s easy to break it. If he wasn’t such an emotional person, though, his zest for life would probably fade.

Tatyana Protasova (born Tatyana Sokolova, age 62): The girls’ mother and Andrei’s wife. She is appreciative of beauty, and one thing she loves to do is stargaze. She also likes to learn about different places and their history. Tatyana is humorous and witty, and she’ll give her family a laugh if they need it. She’s pretty protective of them. She thinks that Wally is adorable.

Mordecai “Moe” Oastler (M-O, age 20): A guy who works on the ship as a cleaner, making sure that there aren’t any germs lurking around. To help him get around quickly, he wears shoes with wheels at the bottoms. He’s aggressive and easily agitated, and once someone puts a terrible thought in his mind, it’s hard for him to get it out. He’s thirsty to have his revenge on Sparrow and Buddy since he couldn’t put up with them picking on him or Van. He even made up a song mocking them that he sang to himself often.

Otto Hoffman (AUTO, age 48): Captain Brian’s first mate, although he commands pretty much everything on the ship. (Brian is the captain’s first name in this AU.) Otto used to be bursting with life and self-expression and was also quite mischievous, but now, he’s emotionless and monotone. This is the result of an operation performed on him, as a result of which he became a cyborg. They performed it to save his life after a vehicle crushed him. Otto was quite close to Brian as the two have known each other since childhood. They were the best of friends back then.

Grover Gaumont (GO-4, age 19): Otto’s young apprentice. He has dreamed of becoming the captain someday, but now, it looks like that’s not going to happen. He’s really clever, and his sense of agility is amazing. Whenever Grover is stressed, bored or unsatisfied, he emotionally eats. Grover is in love with Jane, and they both know that the other person likes them, but they lead very busy lives, so they’ve never had time to go on a date.

Van Cumeskey (VAQ-M, age 20): A super close friend to Moe. He is a housekeeper, so he and Moe work together often. He’s a kind guy who loves to give people hugs. He’s severely allergic to dust. He is often subjected to Buddy and Sparrow’s teasing, but people like Moe and Priscilla are there to defend him.

Priscilla Teel (PR-T, age 21): A novice beautician and an aspiring cosmetologist. She’s hyperactive and an enormous chatterbox. She really loves to give people makeovers, and when she’s off duty, she regularly goes to the ship’s spa. At night, she likes to wear fuzzy socks with parrots on them. Priscilla makes it her mission to keep her friends safe from being mistreated. She and Moe are now Wally’s two very best friends.

Sheryl Anne “Sherrie Ann” Breland (BRL-A, age 18): The youngest person in Wally’s new circle of friends. On the ship, she was working her first job, which was a job as a poolside waitress. She will let you under her umbrella if you need some love. She’s also fun-loving, and she loves to dance. Sherrie Ann carries around an umbrella and wears visor glasses almost all of the time. The reason for this is because she’s rather timid, and she really doesn’t like making eye contact.

Vincent Goen (VN-GO, age 22): An artistic fellow who recently began his job of adding a fresh layer of paint to the surface of things. Vincent is an imaginative guy who’s very easily distracted. He loves to just let his mind run wild, thinking up an entire world of his own. He often daydreams while at work, and sometimes, he paints a full picture on the walls instead of giving them a new coat of paint.

Hans Maddison (HAN-S, age 27): A masseur who can’t relax to save his life. His idea of a “calming” evening is going to the ship’s gym to work out or wrestling his friends in the tennis court. He doesn’t like his job and wants to be a professional wrestler instead. He also doesn’t get a lot of sleep. Hans is an extremely irascible person, and he often has angry outbursts.

Dee Finley (D-FIB, age 28): A woman whom Sofia knew from her medical classes. She was in the age group below her. Dee is currently pals with Eve, and she’s training to be a paramedic. Dee is ready for anything and is always on her feet, but she has a little too much energy within her. She tends to rush into things. Overall, though, she’s one of the most helpful people Eve and Wally know. There are times when her arm jerks around for reasons she doesn’t know at all. Because of this, she once accidentally smacked herself in the face with a hot tool and burned it.

Lucio Taylor (L-T, age 29): The oldest person in Wally’s new friend group. He works as an electrician. Lucio has a good sense of leadership and helps guide his friends to where they want to go. He spreads positivity and light to those who need some love from him. He would be able to win any kind of argument.

DJ Wiles (my OC D-J, age 21): A DJ and singer who provides music for the ship’s nightclub. He and Wally knew each other when they were 4-5. His full name is Donald Jeremiah Wiles. DJ throws a lot of hard work and passion into everything he does, and he talks a lot. It’s not easy to fool him. He’s also a helpful person, and he loves the idea of Wally and Eve as a couple. After Wally brought the plant back to Eve, they went to have some fun together in the club. At one point, he played slow music for the two to dance to together.

Sparrow Ames (SPR-A, age 23): A member of the sanitation crew who sprays things down. He’s also in charge of turning on the SPR-A units whenever they’re needed. He tends to treat his fellow cleaners Moe and Van very badly. He’s an assertive but self-centered individual. Sparrow is the kind of person who says things like, “I’m not trying to be offensive, but...” He subconsciously believes that Moe and Van slow things down and are bad at their jobs. When the Protasovs returned from Earth, Sparrow wouldn’t let them clean the floors under the guise that he was going to be nice by doing that for them.

Buddy Fuller (BUF-4, age 21): Another cleaner who gives things a nice shine, turns on the BUF-4 units and can’t agree with his coworkers on anything. Despite his name, Buddy is no one’s buddy. He treats his fellow employees like their abilities have to be synonymous with the robots’. That is to say, he puts people down if he thinks they can’t do their job like the robots made for that job can. He’s conceited and overconfident, and he acts like he knows what’s best for everyone. The only thing he and Sparrow agree on is picking on poor Moe and Van.

Wallace Amberg (WALL-A, age 30): A large, muscular waste allocator who works down in the ship’s garbage disposal. He’s full of joy, and he often sings or whistles while he works. He and his friend Walter crack jokes and make each other laugh all the time. They comfort Wally after Otto tases him. He is trying to find a romantic partner for himself.

Wallace “Walter” Adams (WALL-A, age 36): A very good friend of Wallace Amberg’s that works with him. He’s just as optimistic and cheerful, as well as just as buff. To differentiate him from his pal, he calls himself Walter. He and Wallace love to sing together. He’s in a relationship with someone, and he gives Wallace dating tips when he needs them.

Norah Earnshaw (NAN-E, age 29): Sofia’s wife. She works as a nanny. She monitors the infants and preschool-aged children on the ship. She also teaches the latter information like their letters, colors and shapes. She’s as sweet as sugar, and she shows compassion towards everyone. She and Sofia have known each other for over a decade, and they’ve been married for about four years.

Violet Tang (my OC V-T, age 23): Bernie’s friend. She’s a social butterfly and loves animals with all her heart. Bernie often calls her up and chats with her while she’s at work. Since he’s got a new job as a welder, she’s going to be calling him while he’s at work now. She is planning to become a veterinarian, and as of right now, she’s petsitting for other people as her job. She was happy to help Bernie try to find his way back inside the ship after he was accidentally locked out. I named her after the purple tang.

Madeline Pierce (age 48): Heather’s mother and Captain Brian’s ex-wife. They got divorced when Heather was 9. The main reason they did it was because of a lack of commitment between them. Madeline is a very easygoing woman for the most part. She was alright with Heather going to Kenny’s party with Melody, so long as Heather could tell her who was going to be there. Madeline was a great virtual golf player when she was a teenager.

Heather McCrea (age 15): Brian and Madeline’s daughter. She is a thoughtful and brave girl. When she called up her father to find that he was feeling upset about Otto, she comforted him and asked him if he needed help with anything. Heather likes to watch cartoons on her tablet whenever she’s bored.

Melody Lennon (age 15): Heather’s best friend. She and Heather both like to write. She is often in a pleasant mood, and her emotions are usually in tune. She has a brother named Lyric, who went to Kenny’s party with her and Heather. Melody and Heather have known each other since they were both seven, and she was there for Heather when her parents got divorced.

Bernard “Bernie” Ensano (BURN-E, age 24): A young man fresh out of his training. It’s his first day on his new job as a welder, but he didn’t expect to get locked out of the ship. He spent hours looking for a way to get back inside while his family tried to find out where he was and get him back inside. Bernie is mostly able to focus on a task, but similarly to Wally, he can get distracted pretty easily. He likes to listen to classical music and chat with Violet. He’s super eager about his job, and he’s glad he worked so hard for it. Bernie gets worried whenever something bad is happening. When scared enough, he fearfully sits down and hugs his knees to his chest. Bernie also likes to sleep. Whenever he rode the trams with his family, he’d nap until they got where they needed to go.

Kenneth “Kenny” Ensano (age 18): Bernie’s younger brother. He does his best to ensure that everything is orderly and that things don’t go haywire. He’s popular among kids his age. He threw a 700th anniversary party and invited all the kids he knows. When he realized his brother was locked out, he put someone in charge and left his own party to look for him. Like a lot of people on board the ship, he doesn’t have his sights set on any kind of job.

Apoyo Ensano (age 57): Bernie and Kenny’s father. He likes to make sure that people live their best lives, and he is very happy with how well his sons are doing. He is one of the ship’s best engineers, and he often talks with Bernie’s boss. He also gets worried when faced with adversity, and that’s probably why Bernie does that. His name is based on apoy, the Tagalog word for fire.

Yukina Ensano (born Yukina Takamura, age 57): The brothers’ mother and Apoyo’s wife. She works as an electrician, and she’s a pretty adaptable person. Most of the time, she’s able to adjust to a new setting or condition. She does grow very scared for Bernie, but she tries her best to stay positive for him.

Sacha Robineau (SUPPLY-R, age 56): Bernie’s boss, who supplied him with spare spires. He decided he would limit him to three on his first day as a way of keeping him focused. Sacha isn’t one to open up to someone right away. He still doesn’t fully trust Bernie yet, but he does want him to be safe and happy. Sacha has a fully-grown son named Eugene.

#WALL-E #Pixar #randomness #AU #alternate universe #gijinka #human AU #gijinka AU #humanization

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stranger-who-writes-fiction · 4 years ago

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Now that the initial shock has worn off--mostly--I feel like I can ramble about the Supergirl comic news in a more coherent fashion.

Under a cut because there’s a good chance it’ll be long. XD

So yeah! Tom King, writing Supergirl. Wild!

As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been jokingly entertaining the notion that King’s teased ‘Super’ project would actually be a Supergirl thing, but I always assumed that if it was, in fact, a Supergirl thing, it would be in the vein of Mister Miracle or Strange Adventures--a prestige, out-of-continuity take, possibly featuring an older Kara, from pre-crisis continuity. Maybe interrogating the whole, ‘her most famous story features her death’ thing.

I never expected mainline, in-continuity, teenage Kara from him.

As I said, wild!

Wild, because King is like. A HUGE name in comics, and his wheelhouse is primarily Sad Dads. He’s also known for making really controversial, polarizing decisions WRT characterization of fan-favorite characters. (See: Wally in HiC, Batman in Batman, etc.)

So, like. I get that immediate ‘What?! Oh no!’

...But also...

He’s written Superman: Up in the Sky, which, barring one particular issue, is an extremely good Superman story.

(The whole premise of Up in the Sky is that Superman leaves earth to rescue an orphan girl who’s been kidnapped by aliens. The issue that’s a bit ‘yikes’ features Clark trying to reach Lois from deep space, and he can’t, so he’s imagining that something terrible has happened to her. That, I feel, is a perfectly fine, in-character reaction, and an idea worth exploring. HOWEVER, in execution, it ends up being Lois dying in several different, awful ways on-panel, which...yeah. Kinda Yikes! I can’t remember if it was terribly graphic but, still. I don’t think it needed to be seen, you know?)

So aside from that misstep? A really good Superman story.

(On the topic of King and Lois, I frequently cite his story in Action Comics 1000 as an example of a writer just being like, ‘screw it, Lois is alive 4 billion years in the future, and still with Clark.’ So I give him props for that.)

Back to Up in the Sky--King’s referenced that in describing Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, so. That’s mostly a positive!

The ‘Tom King’ thing also starts to make more sense once you look at like, the money/sales side of things. I’ve already seen a bunch of tweets from people who are like, ‘I’ve never read a Supergirl comic before but I’m gonna get this because you’re writing it!’

Yeah. I see you, DC. I see you. XD

We’ll probably never know the behind the scenes stuff, but I gotta wonder if this wasn’t so much DC choosing King as King wanting to do this, and DC letting him.

Another valid criticism/concern I’ve seen mentioned: Another dude writing Supergirl!

Which...yeah! Kinda crummy! Would be nice to see a woman write Supergirl for more than, you know. Three issues.

(Side note, though: personally I do not ascribe to the ‘only men can write men, women write women’ thing. That’s kind of a separate topic, but I mention it here because I don’t automatically assume that a book will be better/worse based on the gender of the person writing/drawing/etc.)

(For instance! Bennett just churned out one of the worst Supergirl comics I’ve ever read so...it’s equality! Anyone can write an awful Supergirl story!)

Speaking of Bennett...

The solicit text...kinda sounds like Future State 2.0, which...

Is not promising.

It’s really weird, IMO, that DC is like...letting such similar premises happen back-to-back?

A lot of DC books are incorporating stuff from Future State but this isn’t so much, ‘teasing out plot threads’ as like. Just doing it over again. XD

I mean. Worst thing that can happen is we get another ‘dead in the backyard with the dog.’

(I’m intensely curious about the DC editorial situation, like. Which pitch came first? Was the Future State Superwoman book always going to happen, what with FS being built from the ruins of 5G or whatever? Did King come up with his stuff at the same time FS was being developed? The world may never know...)

Given that this is King’s next big thing...kinda hoping we get some press coverage and interviews. I wanna get a better sense of like...where he’s coming from.

Also, it means absolutely nothing re: the book, but I appreciate that King used a gif from the show to respond to some well-wishes on twitter. Specifically, the ‘thumbs up’ gif from one of the season blooper reels. Good choice, sir.

Okay, enough about King. Let’s talk about the ONE SUREFIRE THING ON THIS BOOK.

BILQUIS. EVELY.

Wait, I take that back. TWO SUREFIRE THINGS:

BILQUIS EVELY, AND MAT LOPES!!!!!

Gosh this book is gonna be so pretty.

Like, just look at this:

Now I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking: that looks stunning. BUT WAIT!

BOOM. LOOKIT THOSE COLORRRSSSSS!

Guh, it looks so GOOOOOOD. And it’s just the cover.

(I'm ignoring the sword because I need more info before jumping to conclusions, but as some sharp-eyed folks have noticed, that *might* be a red sun which*might* mean a de-powered Kara, in which case the sword could be used in self-defense. Also, give me a Super wielding a sword over a gun any dang day.)

Evely drew an AMAZING Silver Age Kara back in Sugar & Spike and had a pretty stellar run on Wonder Woman.

Fun fact I just learned from a few interviews she shared recently! Supergirl is the character that got her into superhero comics, and when Giffen was writing Sugar & Spike, he asked if there were any characters she wanted to draw specifically. She said Supergirl, so Giffen made sure she showed up in one of the issues. :D

Also from those interviews: She’s excited about the book, and enjoys working with King. It was harder to figure out the art talk in said interviews (I was using Google translate) but I think...she was saying that there’s some specific influences that folks will pick up on when the book comes out?

Also, when asked to tease anything about the book she just said Mat Lopes colors and stars.

WOOOOO, pretty space backgrounds, yay!

It cannot be overstated, how pretty this book is going to be.

Evely’s a little similar to Sauvage in that they both have like...an almost fairytale quality? To some of their work?

(Evely just did a Batman: Black and White story that was quite literally a fairytale.)

But Evely, I think, has a little more range, particularly in the area of expression/acting.

And Lopes knows how to make her work shine.

Who knows about the writing though. XD On the one hand, the bar for bad Supergirl comics is so incredibly low, but also.

...Future State.

*shudders*

TL;DR: I refuse to let myself get excited for the story side of this because you could make an IHOP-size omelet, with all the egg on my face from my Future State hopes, but if nothing else: EVELY. DRAWING. SUPER. GIRL. *wild muppet flailing*

#DC comics #DC comics news #SG post #stranger rambles #long post #ish #Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

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disregardcanon · 5 years ago

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a decade of self recs

i’d like to invite anyone who wants to to participate in this exercise along with me!

this is a self rec and a reflection on a fic from each year of the decade

fandoms include: percy jackson, adventure time, a song of ice and fire, girl meets world, gravity falls, young justice, the flash, my hero academia, the mcu, and the handmaid’s tale.

2010: I didn’t even know what fanfiction was! oh my gosh i was a baby!

2011:

I Won’t Ever Leave You Alone

Fandom: Percy Jackson

Pairings: Percy/Annabeth

Summary: What happens when Percy's sent to the Roman Camp and flat out does not want to remember his past? Can it have a happy ending? It's my first fan fiction and I hope you enjoy.

A.N: This WAS the first fanfiction that I ever wrote. It was bad. It’s STILL bad. however... if I didn’t ever write this one, then I never would have gotten less bad. That’s important!

2012:

The Ice Prince

Fandom: Adventure Time

Summary: "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice" Robert Frost. The lonely ice prince wonders a frozen wasteland of his own creation, searching for companionship he will never be fortunate enough to find, with only vague recollections and half memories as comfort. Drabble Ice Prince!Finn

A.N: this fic is actually shorter than the author’s note I wrote for it, but... I’m not going to lie. The atmosphere work is really great and the wording flows really nicely. I’m proud of this little piece. I think out of everything that I wrote that year, it shows my potential the best.

2013:

Hot Chocolate Heals All Wounds

Fandom: Percy Jackson

Pairings: Reyna/Annabeth and past Percy/Annabeth

Summary: Moving on is never easy, but with hot chocolate, love, laughter and Reyna by her side, Annabeth might just manage.

A.N: 2013 was where I really started to take off as a fic writer. I improved drastically over the course of the year, but I still think that this fic that I wrote during the summer is the closest to my heart. It’s the first of my “ladies getting over trauma together and falling in love” genre.

It’s not as good as I remember it being, and oh lordy. the smut.. the smut is bad. But there’s a lot of potential here, and I can still look back on it fondly.

2014:

The River Rushes On

Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire

Pairings: Catelyn/Cersei

Summary: The official reason that she is sent to Riverrun is so that she can learn to be a proper lady alongside Hoster’s daughters. The unofficial reason, of course, is that Tywin found his golden twins having sex.

Or, the one where all good things end, but life continues.

A.N: I had a bit of debate going between this one and a sansaery fic that I wrote that year, but I decided that this HAD to be the choice. Catelyn/Cersei is a pairing that I came to on my own, but I ended up really loving because of the friends I made through the pairing. While this might not have been might best writing of the year, I feel like it was a formative enough experience that it overrides that.

honorable mention: like the songs, a tragic sansaery au where sansa was a traveling singer

2015:

Caged

Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire

Pairings: Sansa/Margaery

Summary: In an alternate universe where many of the members of the Westerosi elite are magical creatures, the Lannisters seal Sansa Stark's wolf form deep within her. Margaery Tyrell vows to break the spell.

A.N: this is where we get into fics that I might actually recommend to someone. This one was one of the last fics that I wrote during high school, and it was inspired by our class reading of Macbeth and the emotional turmoil of getting ready to head off to college. There’s still some stuff I’m REALLY proud of in there. The spell ingredient “blood of a lover, willingly drawn” is still fantastic, the dream is still chilling, and I honestly sometimes think of adapting this premise into an original story.

honorable mentions: a guide to coming out, the girl meets world edition

her heart’s duet, the mabifica soulmate’s au

2016:

Over the Shadowy Hills

Fandoms: Young Justice

Pairings: Artemis/Zatanna

Summary: Wally is dead, but Artemis isn't. She's trying to learn how to deal with that.Featuring: Bart Allen, product placement Netflix isn't paying me for, blatant symbolism, and snaibsel sweaters.

A.N: 2016 was a REALLY hard one. I wanted to put like, 3 star wars rebels fics, but i’m holding myself to my one fic per year policy, and if it’s one fic for year... then it has to be over the shadowy hills.

one of my other friends helped me work this into a fic that i could be really proud of, and it’s the better version of the same fic type as “hot chocolate heals all wounds” from a couple years earlier. i’m still really pleased with the way that this one panned out and i couldn’t leave it out of a best list,

the honorable mentions: you were someone, once the winter soldiered! ezra fic that helped me become friends with @bodhimcbodeface, the ketbine soulmate au where sabine drew dicks all over her face, and then there’s the mirialan!ezra au.

2017:

you, me, and the flash makes three

Fandom: The Flash

Pairings: Cisco/Iris, eventual Cisco/Barry/Iris

Summary: When Barry Allen wakes up from his coma, he finds out that Iris is dating Cisco. He tries really hard to dislike the guy, but Cisco makes it really hard. He's a likable dude.Things get more complicated from there.

A.N: i have a few others that i would have liked to put for this year, but i saw “you me and the flash makes three” and then i was like. well shit. i can’t pick anything else. this fic is a little under 15k and it’s really one of my favorite things that i’ve ever written. it’s a little cheesy and at parts feels a little clunky, but i think that the way that i was able to hit the most important emotional beats for season one of the flash and flesh out all the relationships within an ot3 outweigh that.

honorable mentions are: how to fall in love with your mark, the bluepulse fic where bart allen realizes that he can’t kill jaime reyes and

mantis prays to oregon, the guardians of the galaxy vol. 2 fic where mantis is ego’s biological child, but that somehow makes everything worse

2018:

Ad Astra Per Aspera

Fandom: My Hero Academia

Pairings: Ochako/Bakugo

Summary: Ochako sees none of herself in Bakugo’s pure rage, her sheer confidence. Bakugo holds up an enormous middle finger to the world and says come and get it. She’s harsh. She’s loud. She’s angry. She doesn’t say what’s on her mind; she shouts it.If she’s being completely honest, Ochako is a bit in awe with her.People might not like her, but they take her seriously. Bakugo grabs them by the throats, pulls them in and says “I am woman, hear me roar."

Sequel to "knights in shining armor"

A.N: 2018 was the year that I embraced the gender bend and started writing bildungsromans that deal with coming of age and trying to puzzle out wtf being a person and gender even are. I’m really pleased with all of them, but this is my favorite. Partially because I think it’s the most well-written, partially because I like the motifs the best, but mainly because it taught me a lot about myself and my writing.

Also it accidentally got me to ship kacchako, which is something I appreciate.

honorable mentions: hers, not his: the fem!todoroki one where she learns that sometimes telling your dad to fuck off isn’t worth giving up the things that you love

gimme a boost over heaven’s gate, the one where eleanor and tahani end up on the same talk show together. then bone. then become better people

2019:

Paint a New Horizon

Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire

Pairings: Sansa/Margaery and abusive Sansa/Joffrey

Summary: Sansa is a painter. The moment that she meets Joffrey he becomes her muse. After they get married she starts to see his true colors unfold in front of her and she loses her passion. Then she meets Margaery. Her presence changes everything, and reignites a passion for painting and for life that Sansa thought was long buried. It’s too bad that leaving Joffrey isn’t an easy task.

A.N: this fic is 23k of my sweat and tears. i know that it’s kind of a weird premise, but this was the most gripping writing i’ve done all year. it was exactly right for me at that moment.

however, it does spell a bit of a turning point in my writing and life. in the past, i have written short fics that i could get posted fairly quickly. this fic was the result of multiple weeks of work when i was off school, not working much, and focusing mainly on... writing this damn thing. moving forward, i’m going to have to try to figure out a way to keep up my motivation and drive with longer projects when i don’t have the time to dedicate to HUGE chunks of work at one time when i also know i’m not going to get the instant gratification of kudos immediately after a long writing sesh. i know that sounds silly, but this is the first year where the majority of the fics i wrote WERE longer.

while i’m very pleased with all of these longer fics, it does mark a shift that i will just have to learn how to deal with.

honorable mention: A Woman’s Place, the handmaid’s tale time travel fix it fic

#self recs #decade meme #a decade of writing in review #sansaery #reynabeth #mabifica #bluepulse #barriscowest #ketbine #rilaya #larkle

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A bit of fluff from the Beast son Bendy au to make up the angst from me lately.

It’s not really plot-development content, except that the stuff at the end I would love to have happen, but that’s only possible when he’s tiny and not the giant beasty boy that is he right now.

Also, I’ve got some more angst in the works for this au, so enjoy the dorky content while you can.

On with the fic!

Being stuck in the house most of the time had allowed for Bendy to see that animation had changed over the years since the studio was up and running.

He enjoyed watching television during the day, he got to learn more and more about the world outside of Joey Drew Studios, but his favorite thing to watch was, obviously, cartoons. Oh, Bendy was aware that there were cartoons from other studios back in the day, Wally had shown him magazines and such that advertised the competition.

He just never got the chance to actually watch any of them until he was with Henry. And he loved it! He loved watched all these different types of cartoons that played on the little television screen.

Bendy was fascinated by the different characters and styles, all these old and new studios had such different looks to them, different themes.

Fleischer’s content was much like the stuff his studio created, silly and sometimes dark adventures for the protagonist. Betty Boop reminded him a lot of Alice, hm, he wondered if one inspired the other. He really liked Koko the Clown, especially when he sang!

Then there was older stuff like Felix, but those cartoons played really early in the morning. Bendy liked the cat, he was always getting into trouble. Henry actually had a few small collection books of the comic series, he’d read some of the strips to Bendy, who enjoyed them.

Speaking of comics, there was the stuff like Superman! Oooh, those were such fun shows to watch! Crime fighting and He had never heard of superheroes before, and Henry introduced him to characters like Batman and Captain America from comic books. Bendy really liked those, strange characters with mysterious powers or circumstances that they didn’t understand but used to help others.

Reminded him a bit of himself now, hehe.

In the evenings, Bendy watched Hanna-Barbara cartoons with his parent-figures. Henry wasn’t the biggest fan of them, simply because the animation was so... stilted. He found it funny when Henry would mumble something under his breath about lazy work and that he could draw circles around these guys.

Considering how much movement Bendy had done in his cartoons as a dancing demon, he was sure that Henry knew how to give characters a lot of animation! But Bendy did enjoy these shows, like the Flinstones and such, there was a weird charm to them that he couldn’t explain.

Probably something with the fact that this was clearly the animation of now, it was so new to him, he wasn’t there for when this studio started, so he was seeing it all through new eyes.

These were all great programs and such to watch, but the one that Bendy adored the most was the content of the Walt Disney Channel.

If Joey knew that Bendy was a huge Mickey Mouse fan, he’d probably flip out.

He liked watching the Mickey Mouse Club, this was when the old cartoons would play. He’d getting to see shorts from different eras, different styles, and it was amazing. He really liked the ones where Mickey, Donald, and Goofy teamed up together, made him think of himself, Alice, and Boris.

The channel didn’t just show cartoons, it showed other programs, like Davey Crocket, and documentaries with Mr. Walt Disney himself narrating. But Bendy’s favorite thing to see from these other shows was the content for Disneyland. Oh, if he wasn’t a giant demon, he’d love to go... maybe one day? Henry said if he could figure out a way to get Bendy there, he’d take him.

Well, for now, he’ll put up with sitting on the floor, watching Disney talk about the attractions while interacting with the characters. Hmm, if Bendy ever did get to go, he’d love to hug Mickey. Or fight him, whichever seems more fitting for a cartoon demon to do with a cartoon mouse.

Hmm, probably hug, Henry wouldn’t be happy if he got into a fight with a Disney character. Though he was sure Tom and Wally would find that hilarious.

#bendy and the ink machine #batim #batim bendy #beast bendy #john's drabbles

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Wally and Dick for the character ask?? and how about one of your OCs if you feel up to it?? ;)

omg this was great thank youuu!!

Wally West

• favorite thing about them

literally everything? if i had to pick something i would say his sense of humor and his optimism

• least favorite thing about them

the only thing i can think of right now is like, in the beginning of young justice i found his flirtiness a little over the top but now i just find it endearing honestly

• favorite line

“The Flash isn't just me. It isn't about Wally West. Or even Barry Allen or Jay Garrick anymore. It is a symbol. An image for Keystone that helps these people fight to be something better. I'm proud to be a part of this. And I always have been.”

• brOTP

Roy and Wally are everything

• OTP

take a wild guess (it’s Birdflash)—but I’ll also take Spitfire

• nOTP

oof I don’t really have any nOTPs? I can ship Wally with anyone. But I guess I don’t really love the idea of a romance between him and Donna, they’re just so good as friends

• random headcanon

this is so random but i had this idea that when he was president of the Flash fan club before becoming Kid Flash, he and his dad built a treehouse in his yard and he called it his “headquarters” and he kept all his Flash memorabilia and posters up there, and then later he would just hang out up there after patrol or with Dick and Roy.

• unpopular opinion

i don’t know if this is unpopular or not (?) but the ezra miller version of the flash in the justice league movies should’ve been wally instead of barry

• song i associate with them

I’m Born to Run by American Authors and Legend by The Score

• favorite picture of them

the motorcycle outfit!!

Dick Grayson (i’m basing this one off of yj!Dick because i’m not familiar enough with his Very Extensive comic history to do it from the actual comics)

• favorite thing about them

the sarcasm and also the utter demolishment of the english language

• least favorite thing about them

i’m so bad about thinking about the flaws of my favorite characters agdksjd probably the fact that he closes himself off from people it’s frustrating

• favorite line

“I hate being the grown up.”

• brOTP

Dick and Artemis or Dick and Roy

• OTP

birdflash birdflash birdflash birdflash

• nOTP

i’m not really opposed to any of his ships? i’m not a huge fan of Dickkory i guess

• random headcanon

this one’s angsty but hc that after Wally’s death he calls his phone a lot just to hear his voice mail and leaves random messages if he’s having a hard time coping.

• unpopular opinion

not sure if i have any?

• song i associate with them

Scared of the Dark by Lil Wayne, Ty Dollar Sign, and XXXTENTACION, and The Last of the Real Ones by Fall Out Boy

• favorite picture of them

maskless nightwing...

One of my OCs (thank you for this i looove talking about my OCs)

so this is about an OC of mine named Griffin Darhk, from an RP i’m in with @mistyw273. he’s the son of a pair of villains who gets sent as a spy to a school for superheroes—and things kind of backfire when he starts to reconsider his ideals. his full arc is still in the works but i have the gist of it planned out, and i really love him

• favorite thing about them

he’s such a laid back person when it comes to school and a huge troublemaker in his classes, but he’s actually incredibly smart. people tend to underestimate him because of his overall personality and he uses that to his advantage a lot. he’s really into robotics and technology and builds his own inventions and such.

i also really like his powers. he has telekinesis, as well as the ability to make people see whatever he wants them to (with some limits, obv)

• least favorite thing about them

he can be...kind of a dick. he pulls pranks on people a lot and sometimes he can cross the line between funny and hurtful, and he’s not really evil but he’s not the nicest person, either.

• favorite line

we’re not that far into the roleplay so i haven’t put that much out there yet, but one of the lines from a scene i started drafting was this:

“You were never my family. Family is supposed to look out for each other, and care for each other—all you ever did was manipulate me. I get it now. I don’t want to be like you. I will never be anything like you.”

• brOTP

him and one of @mistyw273 ‘s characters, Michelle!! she’s an absolute sunshine child and their contrasting personalities are the best thing ever.

• OTP

no ships with him yet (i ship him with happiness)

• nOTP

honestly we haven’t gotten far enough into the RP for me to really hate a ship between him and anyone.

• random headcanon

technically everything about him is a headcanon but here’s one: he never talks about this and hardly ever does it with other people around, but he’s a really really good singer and guitarist. he saved up pocket money and bought his first guitar in secret and then taught himself how to play, since his parents didn’t approve of him “wasting time” on stuff like that

• unpopular opinion

there’s not really such thing as a popular opinion with him? but i guess my “unpopular opinion” is that he deserves better

• song i associate with them

What’s Up Danger by Blackway and Black Caviar (can you tell i’ve been listening to the Spiderverse soundtrack) and Champion by Fall Out Boy

• favorite picture of them

i drew my son a while back!!

#this was fun #3 of my fav boys #wally west #kid flash #flash #dc #young justice #yj #dick grayson #nightwing #my ocs #oc #asks #umana answers asks

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daleisgreat · 7 years ago

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2016-17 TV Season Recap, Part 1

Previous TV Season Recaps – (2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16) 2016-17 TV Season Recap, Part 2 (Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Legion, Riverdale) 2016-17 TV Season Recap, Part 3 (24: Legacy, South Park, Horace & Pete, Stranger Things)

It is time for my annual TV season recap blog. Check out the links above to previous seasons in case you missed them. Like last year I wound up keeping up with a few too many TV shows so I will split this up into a few parts and link them above. For part one, I am going to focus on the four TV shows I followed based on DC Comics properties. Gotham - If you thought last season of Gotham was off-the-rails, then be prepared for a whole new level of craziness for season three. I do not know where to start. How about with my only real qualm being, like in actual comics is that no one stays dead. Thanks to the science experiments of Hugo Strange (BD Wong), he keeps finding ways to bring back past fallen villains of the show, for better or worse. Yup, the writers found another way to bring back Fish Mooney (Jada Smith) for a few more episodes this season, and she is just as dreadful to endure as past seasons. We do have a few new villains join the fray this season, and if you grew up with the classic animated Batman TV show you will be delighted to see Mad Hatter (Benedict Samuel), Poison Ivy (Maggie Geha) and Mr. Freeze (Nathan Darrow) join the mix of the ever-growing list of Gotham antagonists. The big foil this season is a blood virus that Mad Hatter unleashes upon the city of Gotham that turns people into blood-lusting lunatics. It affects a number of major and minor players on the show this season and watching them succumb/overcome the disease lead to some compelling television.

Other favorite parts of this season for me are the constant love/hate/love relationship between Penguin (Robin Taylor) and Riddler (Corey Smith). Both wind up playing the political field this season before declaring war on each other to amusing results. Another constant dynamic I enjoyed playing out through the season was Barb (Erin Richards) getting more twisted each episode as she bosses around Tabitha (Jessica Lucas) and Butch (Drew Powell) to do her bidding to middling results. Once again, Ben McKenzie and Donal Logue nail the roles of the two primary detectives Jim Gordon and Harvey Bullock. Bullock is now the head of Gotham PD and Gordon starts out as a private detective hauling in baddies on his own terms. His season arc is unbelievable if I lay it all out for you now so you just have to tune in to see it. Finally, David Mazouz is really coming into his own this season as Bruce Wayne. He spends most of the season feuding with the underground Gotham society, the Court of Owls. I loved that comic arc from a few years ago and really dug Gotham’s take on that faction. There is so much more that happened this season and other major characters I have not even touched on yet. It does get to be a bit much to keep track of, but last season I just said “screw it” and rolled with whatever Gotham threw in my face and let the recaps starting off each episode serve as a much-needed refresher. I very much enjoyed this season, and my only takeaways are Fish Mooney and a couple other minor villains that did not hit the mark of the many they introduced this season. Also, if you were following week-to-week like me then it got to be a bit difficult to keep tabs on everything since Gotham took two extended midseason breaks this season and I had trouble recalling if certain events transpired in specific seasons. Grade: A

The Flash - This is difficult to admit, but The Flash lost its way for its third season. Last season introduced Wally West (Keiynan Lonsdale) into the mix, and he just never clicked with the rest of the Star Labs crew. The writers of The Flash took this criticism to heart and doubled down on Wally this season by having him mope around the first several episodes about not having superpowers like the rest of the team. Then he finally gets powers and redubs himself Kid Flash and instantly becomes annoyingly arrogant. He is scripted to be as gut-wrenching as Spider-Man was in the disastrous Amazing Spider-Man 2 from a few years back. Wally West sir, you hereby are the runaway winner for my ‘dopiest character’ of all of TV this past year. The third season of The Flash also doubles down into exploring the 52 Earths of the DC-Multiverse. If you do no recall from my recap from last season, there are 52 Earths/alternate realities where each one has its own version of Team Flash members. It seems now the writers are getting into a new comfort zone where if they need to write off a certain character they will bring in a new multi-verse doppelganger to take their place. Each season has had a different version of Harrison Wells (Tom Cavanagh), with season three’s being a very lighthearted, coffee addicted version who calls himself ‘HR.’ HR is a fun addition to the team, but by the end of season three there were so many different multi-verse versions of each character introduced that it got to be groan-inducing whenever they time jumped to a new multi-verse.

The primary villain for season three is the mysterious Savitar. An early season episode shows a flash-forward of Barry’s love of his life, Iris West (Candice Patton) meeting her demise at the hands of Savitar so Barry (Grant Gustin) and the rest of Team Flash spend the bulk of the season trying to prevent that from happening. How they get there and what they wind up doing to try and save Iris is an interesting journey, but it has severe consequences that wound up being a big turnoff and does not have me anticipating season four whatsoever since the ending (light spoilers ahead) essentially implies that the cringe-worthy Kid Flash will be taking over as the new protagonist. There are still a fair amount of decent episodes this season (the annual Christmas party is a feel-good scene that delivers again this season), but I could not help but shake this season as a real letdown. Grade: C Arrow - This is a big redemption season of Arrow after a couple of good, but not great seasons. Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) starts the season as the new mayor of Star City and he still somehow manages to moonlight as The Green Arrow in his downtime. With season four leaving the old Team Arrow in disarray, Oliver recruits several new vigilantes to take under his wing for season five. This reminded me of the not-so-desirable new recruits Gordon was in charge of in season two of Gotham as most of these new characters just did not cut it and they become early cannon fodder for season five’s primary antagonist, Prometheus (Josh Segarra). There was one likeable new recruit though that stayed on board the entire season with the codename Wild Dog (Rick Gonzalez), and I dug his story arc as he wound up teaming with Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) for most of the season and the two meshed well together so much that I was always glued to my device whenever the two were onscreen.

Prometheus proves to be one of the major villains that Ollie has ever encountered as the two have several impactful moments throughout the season. They manage to outdo themselves in their final confrontation in a pivotal showdown between the two that had me in goosebumps throughout. Fans that follow Arrow every year know that each episode has flashbacks that lay out what happen each year that Oliver was away for the five years before returning to town in Arrow’s first episode. For the fifth year of Arrow flashbacks Ollie is in Russia teaming up with the Russian gang known as Bratva and his antics there all tie in to how he winds up back at Star City at the very beginning of Arrow. The final flashback scene is another powerful moment that combined with Green Arrow and Prometheus’s final showdown as one of the best season finales in the history of a TV superhero show and capped off one of the best seasons of Arrow yet. Grade: A Legends of Tomorrow - The show featuring the castoffs from Arrow and Flash returns for a slightly more streamlined second season. Instead of focusing on a huge superhero roster of 10, they slimmed the team down to seven Legends this season due to how the first season wrapped up. The season starts off with team captain, Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) lost in time and Sarah Lance (Caity Lotz) taking over the captain’s chair to lead the Legends to track Rip down.

Season two has a new team of former Flash and Arrow villains dubbed the Legion of Doom (Whaaaaaaaat a rush!) consisting of Eobard Thawne (Matt Letscher), Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) and Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman). I was a fan of these guys before, so seeing them team up and intentionally ham up the evil villain factor made them the perfect foils for the lighthearted Legends. This was a much improved season that stayed on point better, did not feature love triangle plots that overstayed their welcome and a better group of antagonists. The Civil War zombies episode I imagine will be a hit with a certain audience. Even though they improved a lot this season I would still state Legends of Tomorrow is not a top tier superhero show, as even with a slimmed down roster, there was still a lot to keep track of, and new Legend member Steel (Nick Zano) is a little too cheesy and requires a high tolerance level. Grade: B Past TV/Web Series Blogs 2013-14 TV Season Recap 2014-15 TV Season Recap 2015-16 TV Season Recap Adventures of Briscoe County Jr: The Complete Series Angry Videogame Nerd Volumes 7-9 Mortal Kombat: Legacy - Season 1 OJ: Made in America: 30 for 30 RedvsBlue - Seasons 1-13 Roseanne – Seasons 1-9 Seinfeld Final Season Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle Superheroes: Pioneers of Television

#TV/Web Series #Gotham #arrow #Flash #legends of tomorrow #stephen amell #grant gustin #caity lotz #robin taylor #keiyan lonsdale #bd wong #benedict samuel #nathan darrow #david mazouz #corey smith

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itsworn · 6 years ago

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Rain Couldn’t Damp the Enthusiasm of Nearly 400 Drag Racers at the 2018 Meltdown Drags

After we flew five hours from Los Angeles to Chicago, news of a weather front moving through the Great Lakes Region wasn’t what we wanted to hear. Pressing forward up I-90 in afternoon traffic towards Byron, Illinois, to attend the Ninth Annual Meltdown Drags, our thoughts were with past Meltdown events and how much fun we’d had covering them. In today’s structured world of motorsports, the Meltdown Drags are something of a rarity. No eliminators, no record runs or qualifying brackets, no huge cash payouts or trophies. And above all, no whining. The basic premise is just go out there, be safe, and have fun!

Sanctioned by Vintage Drag Racing 101 and manned by such dedicated Midwestern gasser enthusiasts as Eric and Jeff Koopmeiners, Paul Zielsdorf, Art Zangerle, Tom Bucek, Steve Liberto, and “Smokey Moe” Petersen, the Meltdown Drags also features a car show, a swap meet, and Gasser Alley, where you may run across a vintage gasser or altered on display from the bygone era. Heck, there is even a pinup-girl contest, won this year by Cassandra Hicks.

The event also attracts its share of luminaries from back in the day, including featured guests Ed “the Cam Father” Iskenderian and gasser great Robert “Bones” Balogh, along with former Funny Car stars Arnie “Farmer” Beswick, Hawaiian and Chi-Town Hustler driver Ron Colson, Randy “Super Nova” Walls, ex-Ramchargers Top Fuel driver Merek Cherktow, and fuel altered star Gabby Bleeker.

This year, 390-plus entrants who braved the weather represented groups like the Scott Rods AA/Gassers, Great Lakes Gassers, Brew City Gassers, Nostalgia Gasser Racing Association, Southern Outlaw Gassers, Northern Indiana Gassers, Geezer Gassers, Southeast Gassers, Southern Gassers, Mid American Willys Club, Straight Axle Mafia, Twisted Pistons, Tin Butchers, Nostalgia Super Stocks, Border Bandits, Gopher State Timing Association, No Car Club, and others. Talk about a slice of vintage drag racing Americana!

Strip promoter and track owner B.J. Vangsness and his crew had to fight 3 inches of rain on Friday repeatedly prepping the track a whopping 12 times, but they were not to be deterred. As for the racing itself, it became necessary to shorten the measured distance from a quarter to an eighth of a mile on both Friday and Saturday for safety reasons (racing late into both nights). But none of the 10,374 spectators (which included visitors from Sweden, Australia, and Great Britain) seemed to mind, as the actual show itself was on the starting line. Then with a dry track surface, quarter-mile racing resumed on Sunday.

Meltdown 2018 was a rousing success in spite of Old Man Weather. If you like what you see here, start making plans to attend the 10th anniversary edition of the Meltdown Drags July 19-21, 2019.

On the Back Bumper The unofficial wheelstander award went to Don Moyer and his 401 AMC–powered, (that’s right) Rebel Reaper fiberglass B/Gas 1941 Willys coupe. He pulled bumper-dragging wheelies on every run.

(Not) the Pits Come hell or (almost literally) high water, the Meltdown Drags pits were bustling with activity throughout the weekend. More than 390 competitors participated in front of a record attendance of 10,374 spectators.

Off-Track Action The swap meet and car show areas at Meltdown 2018 also had plenty for the fans to see and buy.

Past Gas Minnesotan John Zechbauer rolled up with the restored Lutz & Lundberg 1941 Willys B/Gasser. This was L&L’s breakout car. In the early to mid 1960s, the famed gasser team also raced Anglias and a very weird and wonderful altered-wheelbase Oldsmobile Funny Car named 442 Much.

First Out Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada’s Gary Misko with his red 1937 Willys Americar two-door sedan, and the Long’s Garage 1967 SS396 El Camino, were the first ones down the track during Friday’s rain-delayed eighth-mile drag racing.

Living Legends For the third year in a row, special celebrity guests Ed Iskenderian (left) and Robert “Bones” Balogh signed autographs and sold drag racing memorabilia including hats, T-shirts, and posters.

Twisted Deuce Meltdown fans loved the starting-line gyrations of Gold Chain, the 1932 Ford C/Gasser belonging to Midland, Michigan’s Dave Gray. The coupe, powered by a small-block Chevy engine, ran in the low 10s.

Tailwind This is what it looks like when you are trying to do a respectable burnout with the wind at your back. The event director of Meltdown Drags, Paul Zielsdorf, took a little time out on Sunday to lay down a 10.46/129.00 run.

Off the Map Meltdown Drags board member and all round good guy “Smokey Moe” Petersen poses with some of the European visitors who routinely attend the event.

Street Driven Ex-Ramchargers Top Fuel driver Merek Cherktow warms up the tires on his street-legal, two-seat blown Chevrolet/Bantam. The car is capable of low 8s, although Cherktow struggled with the rain-washed track surface.

Big Beats Small Mark Benjamin, driving the Benjamin, Kasicki & Klink AA/GS 1933 Willys with blown small-block Chevy power, took on Scott Rods’ Al Borowski in a big-block Anglia. This particular heat was won by Borowski, recording a 5.62-second eighth-mile e.t.

Up, Up, and Away Muscle car collector Jim Paulson wheeled the ex–Candies & Hughes-Jake’s Speed Shop altered-wheelbase 1965 Plymouth Savoy past Wally Petersen and his 572-inch AWB 1965 Hemi Dodge Coronet. Paulson ran a best of 10.50/123.00, but since Petersen didn’t file a flight plan with the tower, no times were recorded!

Wheels-Up Chevy David Tanner’s blown small-block, chop-top 1932 AA/G Chevrolet coupe has been a regular at the Meltdown Drags. His wheels-up runs are always popular with the fans.

The Future These two small fries appear to be poised and ready to jump into Junior Dragsters and get with the program. Someday, dad, someday!

Wheelstand Battle The anticipated side-by-side wheelstand showdown between two of the Midwest’s Tri-5 wheelie kings, ex-Chicago police officer Mike Bilina and “Iron Man” Tony Shervino, failed to fully materialize. Timing between the two racers appeared to be the problem because it sure as heck wasn’t the cars.

Classical Gassers Nostalgia Gassers’ Steve Bacon and his Innocent Rascal 1941 Willys B/Gasser squared off against the Lost Wages 1956 Chevrolet B/Gasser of Robbie Roberson in a match that Bacon won.

Ford vs. Chevy Tommy Killingworth’s Miss Fit, a 1963 Ford Fairlane AA/GS running out of the Southern Outlaw Gassers group on pure Ford power, faced Randy Stone’s Bootlegger A/Gas 1955 Chevrolet shoebox, which won this particular heat.

Colson Stude Pitside attractions at Meltdown 2018 included the former Colson & Wood/Scott Hammack AA/Gas 1941 Studebaker coupe. A Pennzoil ad from the March 1963 HOT ROD, which was displayed with the car, extolled back-to-back class records: 11.64/118.42 at Oswego, Illinois, followed by 11.33/131.78 at Cordova. At the wheel was Ron Colson, who also earned fame driving the Chicago Patrol, Hawaiian, and Chi-Town Hustler Funny Car (among others).

Stead(y) vs. Crazy Marty Stead driving the Stead Speed Shop 1941 AA/Gas Willys went off against fellow Scott Rods circuit member Brian Spotts and It’s Crazy, his 1952 AA/G Anglia. Running on a 5.60 index, Stead posted a winning. 5.64 seconds in the eighth-mile.

Black Magic Check out Alex Case’s street-driven 1965 Dodge Coronet. It is powered by a Keith Black alloy Hemi with Stage V twin-plug Hemi heads, twin magnetos, a Danekas blower, and eight (count ’em!) Stromberg carburetors. Unbelievable!

Missing a Few Another oddity to be found in the Gasser Wars display was this blown Chevrolet Hemi V6. We’re not sure about the who, what, or why, but the pintsize Hemi sure drew a lot of attention.

Holeshot In round one of the Scott Rods show, Mike Kalinowski’s Un-Finished Business AA/Gas ’52 Austin took on Jeff Cryan and his wheelstanding 1933 AA/G Willys known as the Phenomenon. Can you guess who won?

Burnin’ and Churnin’ Nostalgia Super Stocks member John Grinwald and his Gold Digger 1965 AWB Dodge put on one heck of a show for Meltdown Drags fans Saturday with eighth-mile smoky burnouts.

Street-Legal Sprint Car Street-Legal Sprint Car: How many times have you seen an old Kurtis sprint car running around town? Well, if you live in the State of Illinois, you might run across this Ford flathead-engined single seater.

Dueling Hemis The ever popular two-car fuel duel: Jim Henry’s Big Iron injected nitro Hemi-powered 1964 Plymouth and Steve Moth’s Bad News 1964-1965 AWB nitro Hemi Dodge traded wins throughout the weekend.

Beating the Bully Rich Maier and his Blacktop Bully 1940 Chevrolet C/Gasser went up against the Mr. Quick’s Speed Shop–sponsored Moon Dust 1965 AWB Plymouth. The Hemi won.

Ultravintage Floyd Craig’s 21-stud, flat-motor-powered D/Altered Model A and Kevin Croise’s similarly powered Ornery Buzzard front-engine dragster are regulars at the Meltdown Drags and underscore the meaning of dragstalgia.

Free Booty A popular feature with Meltdown Drags participants is the prize booth. The racers’ ticket numbers are randomly drawn throughout the event, and they are allowed to select from a bevy of really cool items.

Sincerest Form Paul Brown decided that since he already owned a replica of Doug Thorley’s Chevy 2 Much, why not replicate the former Burgeois & Wade Doug’s Headers Logghe Chassis flip-top Corvair? A close inspection reveals that the car is expertly done, borrowing visual cues from both the B&W car and Thorley’s U.S. National–winning Corvair. Yes, there were two. That’s car owner Brown in the fire suit.

Chip off the Old Block Following in his dad Paul’s footsteps, 17-year-old David Zielsdorf jumped behind the wheel of the family’s 427 big-block 1963 Chevrolet Biscayne on Sunday and hammered out a 12.06/116.00, topping the old man’s personal best by a couple thousandths of a second.

Hot Track Seven-year-old Oliver Bucek mans the Mattel Hot Wheels race track, where every kid who participated got to choose and take home his own Mattel Hot Wheels die-cast miniature.

Broke as Hell According to the shoe polish on the windshield, the “world’s fastest outhouse” Model A runs in the 10s thanks to a 371-inch “Chevy/Olds” V8. Rick Neal’s Possum Killer Garage built the roadster pickup, which now belongs to T.K., Tug, Bo, and Trouble Thompson of the Broke as Hell Garage of Memphis.

Henry Battle Nostalgia Gassers member Tom Peter’s Drag Addict B/Gas 1951 Henry J went up against Nick Nampa’s No Quarter 1951 Henry J B/Gasser. Nampa took the win.

Quicker Than the Auto Club Whenever one of the contestants lost fire, the Meltdown Drags starting line crew was quick to remedy the situation.

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