#not what I expected for an Australian kitty

[somerandomgal19]

Uhh… are you… SURE… that’s your hat?

[sykokittyy]

Just imagine that you and Rhea had just started dating, It’s around 9:30PM, and she hit you with the “come over” text with an address attached. This would be your first time going over to her place since y’all started dating and you wanted to make sure everything was “nice, hot, and ready” for her. *wink* *wink*. I mean, you hit the quickest right-signal to that bathroom to take that everything-shower. Damn near gonna pass out with you twisting and turning trying to shave every pubic hair in the steaming-hot shower. But hey, better prepared than sorry boo.

Prior to all of this, Demi (“mamí” if ya nasty 🫦 *wink*) , had just came home from whooping asses and taking names at wrestlmania. And although Rhea loved a good a rumble and tussle in the ring and celebrating her victory; what Demi wanted at that moment was just you. She missed your voice, your laugh, your smell. Hell, she missed your whole presence. You gave her a sanctuary full of comfort and love within your heart, and she relished in it. She originally was going to plan a date for the both of you as soon as she got home, but Rhea came home later than expected. So she decided to save the date for the next day, and settle for a romantic movie night. (Don’t expect her to watch rom-coms. She finna put on the Fear Street Trilogy with her horror fanatic ass. Love her though.)

Finally, you’ve relieved yourself of hard labor and dedication to self-maintenance. Even though you almost fainted from exhaustion, it payed off knowing that you were as soft as cotton, and didn’t have to worry about pubes getting stuck in between your girl’s teeth. Your skin is radiant and glowing of moisture, and you smelled of strawberries and shea butter. You definitely were on a mission to be ATE. OFF. THE. DAMN. BONE. You put on a basic black t-shirt with hello kitty pj bottoms along with a pair of cute hello kitty slippers . Subtle, but still cute. You fixed up your hair to your desired look and hyped yourself up for 5 minutes in the mirror. You couldn’t help but admire the beauty that was reflected back into your vision. But girl time was ticking, and big mama is impatient.

Rhea had to call you because you got so excited to get ready for big mama, that you didn’t even realized you left her on read. (Reader, HOW DARE YOU??!?). You abruptly finished your hype-up mirror session and picked up that phone.

“Heyy baby”, you answered with giddiness. “Oi babe, where are ya?” You could tell Demi was anxious to see you, but damn. “What happened to “hello”? …“How are you?”… “My name is..” —What happened to that Demi?”, you jokingly questioned her. Demi scoffed before chuckling and responding. “Y/n cmonn. you know I’ve missed you, love. Enough of the games and banter baby”, she concluded with her suave Australian accent. One thing big mama knew how to do was sweet talk you into her trap, but you weren’t gonna let her win so easily. (Not like how she usually does).

“Okay, and? You can miss me and still say ‘hey babe!, how are you?’ You need to be like the bloodline and acknowledge me damn it”, you joked. And at that, Demi couldn’t hold in the deep cackle from the depths of her soul. Another thing she loved about you was how funny as hell you were. You could turn a serious moment into a comedy show. Which is why in serious situations she tries her hardest not to make eye contact with you. But that’s another story. Demi brings her laughing to a slow closing, “Okay love. Hi babe, how are you?”, she questioned in a more playful and silly way. You dramatically sigh but nonetheless respond with a cheesy smile, “I’m doing very good now that I’m talking to you. I’ve missed you so much”. And Demi could tell.

Demi knew how much you missed her because she felt the same aching and longing feeling too. Dating each other can be very challenging considering you both had different careers. You were doing (your preferred job), while she was away days and sometimes even WEEKS at a time from you. And even though you both keep in touch over the phone; nothing compares to the feeling of you both, physically, being in each other’s presence. Being in each other’s embrace. Which is why you both value the personal intimacy and quality time.

Demi sighed in agreement, “I’ve missed you too love. That’s why I’m waiting up for you to come over baby.” Then followed up with a scoff, “But naurrr, you wanna take your precious time, AND not respond to my message. A little rude don’t you think love?” She dramatically exasperated. She heard you fumbling as you were packing your spend-the-night bag. You laughed with before sighing, “Girl I had to get myself together. But don’t worry big mama, I’m on my way”, you retort with suaveness.

Demi went silent for a few seconds while you had a smug smirk on your face. You can just imagine how flushed Demi’s face is from your teasing nickname. “What?”, you followed up with faux innocence. “WhAt?..” Demi mocked dramatically. “You know exactly what, love.. Is that my new nickname from you and Trinity babe? ‘Big mama’ ?”, she questioned. You couldn’t help but laugh at how she said it, her accent amplifies everything.

“Girl hush, you know you like it”, you grabbed your keys and start making your way out your residence. “Anyways, baby I’ll be there shortly m’kay? Love you!”, you begin starting your car. “Okay babe, love ya more. And drive safely here”, she added with sternness. “You drive like you’re in a high speed chase with a warrant for your arrest.” You scoffed before laughing, “Rude, but okay. Byee for now baby”, you retort as you hung up and made your way out to the address she’d sent.

You finally made it to the gated neighborhood. It looks very suburban and quiet as if it was meant for retired elderly people. ‘I’m definitely gonna be coming to her place more, and I ain’t even there yet’ , you thought to yourself. You drove further in the neighborhood until your GPS finally alerted you that you had made it to Demi’s. You had texted her that you had made it. She hearted your message before giving you the gate code to her two-story suburban home. Entering the driveway and parking your car in your desired spot, you grabbed your belongings and double-checked yourself in the mirror. Satisfied with how you look, you continued your journey to the doorway.

By the time you had gotten to the door, she was already opening it but before you could properly say “hi”, you were scared shitless to see a big ass dog zooming out the front door. You let out the loudest shriek that you brought Mariah Carey to shame, and took off running across her yard and driveway in SHAMBLES. You hollered and ran in circles before jumping on the hood of Demi’s truck. Demi looked at the chaos unveiled before her eyes in a mixture of emotions. Shocked? Confused? And lowkey funny as fuck not gonna lie…

Now Demi did tell you she had some pets when y’all first started talking and did show pictures. But I guess you lowkey forgot because you’ve never seen them in person, BUT DAMN. “BARRY, come back here now!”, Demi ordered the dog back to her. He whimpered but nonetheless went back to his mommy. You sighed and thanked god internally you didn’t piss on yourself. She quickly ran in the house and put him in the play room with the other pets, and quickly came running back out. “Are you okay love?”, she grabbed your hand eased you off the hood of her truck. Finally regulating your breathing, you responded “Yeah just as long as your dog ain’t gonna bite me in the ass. We good.” And at that, Demi finally let go of the cackles she held in after watching you lose your shit running from Barry. You rolled your eyes and murmured “Oh you think it’s funny huh? Keep laughing and you ain’t getting even a LICK of coochie tonight…” Demi’s laughter quickly died down.

“Mhmm. Thought so..” you stated while Demi helped regather all your things you dropped.

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AUTHORS NOTE: Heyy guyss. I know it’s been a long time since the last time I wrote something. Like 2 years. And after two years of drafting and not having the energy to write, I finally was like why not have fun and put out new work. I hope you enjoyed because I did and I’m proud of the work I put into it. Love ya <3

[satanstuckathome]

It’s time for

Xmen: Days of Future Past

This is the first famous Xmen cover that I recognized, which is weird because I didn’t expect to recognize any of them.

Anyway, I really loved this issue. It sets up a ton of fun stuff, and I’m always a sucker for time travel bullshit and identity shenanigans. Kate, I hope you have a great time in the past and don’t get your heart broken by your futurehusband dying in the future.

Summary time: in the far off year of 2013, robot sentinels have taken over North America. Their original programming was to enact a mutant eugenics program, and clearly taking over the world is the best way to achieve that goal. Kate Rasputin and her gang of misfit mutants must send Kate’s consciousness back into her teenage body to warn the Xmen and save the world.

By the way, I knew that Kitty Pryde had a big ol’ crush on adult Piotr, but I didn’t realize they introduce *this* the same issue that she joins the Xmen:

I guess if you want a doomed timeline shenanigans romance, it would have to be him, Wolverine (no), or Nightcrawler. Or Warren, but he just got back on the team. And she’s already got a non-romantic timeline shenanigans relationship with Nightcrawler because teen!Kitty is scared of his face. And also because the writers are cowards.

Continuing summary: the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is going to assassinate Senator Kelly, which will spark anti-mutant outrage and eventually the sentinel apocalypse, today. Kate, I love you, but you couldn’t have gone a week further back in time?

But that’s okay, because guess who is leading the Evil Brotherhood? That’s right! My girl is here!!! Mystique, in what I believe might be her very first debut into canon! I can’t wait for whatever schemes she will come up with. I support women’s wrongs.

All in all, a very fun start! Will the Xmen defeat Mystique’s new brotherhood? Will Kate’s crew in the future get murdered by sentinels? (I forgot to mention: they are actively fighting for their lives and Kate might get yeeted from the past if they fail.) Will I figure out why Pyro is English instead of Australian?

All I know is, behold my new favorite face:

[lavrecaps]

XO, KITTY episode recap - S1: E2 "WTF"

Welcome to my stream of consciousness while watching "WTF". I’m starting with episode 2 because I just put episode 1 on out of curiosity and didn’t expect to continue the show, but I might go back and recap it later.

Big spoilers for season 1 episode 2 below. Please don’t spoil future episodes for me in the replies, reblogs or tags 😊

Not the MISUNDERSTANDINGS!

I was excited to hear and Australian accent from that professor (I am Australian).

Dae PLEASE EXPLAIN!!!!!

Yuri is an underhanded lesbian [affectionate]. Aaaand of course Yuri does the rom-com slip-‘n’-fall at the party lmao.

I’m gonna be obsessed with Yuri, I can tell. Icon. And she has a hot mum.

Being mean to Dae would feel like kicking a puppy, he does such heartbreaking sad eyes lmao. But I don’t blame Kitty, considering whats happening.

Dae, stop saying ‘I can explain’ and EXPLAIN!!!!

‘Dae’s crazed ex pen pal broke into our dorm to murder us’ hahahah.

Dae please EXPLAIN, this trope is so frustrating. ‘Accidentally assigned to the boy’s dorm’ is an unique trope though so I’ll add points for that lol.

Omg don’t gatekeep the dead mum necklace, Dae.

Dae has been blocked by Kitty. If only he’d had a full 24 hours+ just to spit it out and explain …

I love you Yuri but employee abuse isn’t funny.

HAHAHAH that’s sweet but I lost it when Dae was outside her door asleep on the floor.

Okay kitty in the leather pants, slay. Awww she sees her mum’s tree.

Dae is an expert at not being able to explain to Kitty, I can see why he’s so good in school. He excels in all he does.

Yuri you posted a MEME??????????? Haha. Ooh, her mama is scheming.

Hahahaha Dae running out into the garden in his pjs. OMG DON’T ANSWER YOUR PHONE DAE JUST EXPLAIN JUST EXPLAINNNNNN.

Yuri’s pink shirt! I know there’s scandal but her shirt steals the show. “The press conference” feels like fanficcy, I love it.

You know they cast Dae coz he can serve a heartbroken look like no other

Dae had no media training prior to his press conference  …. ‘“Lettuce” move on’; he killed it haha

YES IT’S FAKE IF ONLY SOMEONE EXPLAINED

The end.

Show-stealer:

My thoughts:

3.5/5

I enjoyed it! I had to suspend my belief over Dae being unable to explain and just clear it all up quickly, so it lost some points for that. But I LOVE all the characters.

Kitty is so cute, Yuri is a queen (I 1000% see where she’s coming from, she could be nicer to Dae about it but I get she’s under immense stress), Dae is my sad puppy boy, Min Ho is an icon and so is Yuri’s mum.

Lettuce not forget the employee mistreatment though lmao. Or maybe there's more to that story.

I like the fake dating trope being more of a lavender marriage type situation, that’s different and fresh. I’m curious about the connection between Yuri’s mum and Kitty’s mum. I’m hoping they were forbidden lovers but I’m probably wrong.

YURI – I am so excited for a more overt queer storyline, I’m sure it will come.

[mymanyfandomramblings]

Glee-cap 5x07--Puppet Master

Blaine, with all due respect and love, your outfit is hideous

BEYONCE!! Alex Newell delivers with the intensity, lol

I love how Sam is a big fan of Tina's Blaine-Jong Il Joke

Since ND has beaten or drawn with the Warblers every time, hasn't Tina won more show choir competitions than Blaine?

Kitty: says something aloud, in front of Blaine, who is at most five metres away. Blaine: I HEARD THAT

Kurt's hips do not lie

Why is Rachel wearing teal knee-socks with pink heels?

Figgins!!

Figgins with an Australian accent?! Good gravy

Brad, speaking!

Blaine is channelling early Rachel here.

I knew the puppets were coming, but I wasn't expecting them to all be exaggerations of each ND member

Blaine just sent Puppet!Jake flying. Oh dear.

Jake...has gone off the deep end a little bit here

Hey, Tina can dance. She's the tap dancing queen. However, it's the joke to make fun of Tina, so oh well.

Rhythm Nation is a bop!

I hate to say it, but Bree is gorgeous with her hair down

"Baby-face mocha teen boy arise"--Janitor Figgins, I love you

I love Sue's dream sequence

Also Sue is really pretty when she smiles. Maybe that's what she needs to do more

I'm not gonna say I didn't see this coming between Jake and Bree but stilll....

Everything about the Blaine/Sue/Puppet!Kurt interaction is gold

I love that Puppet!Kurt is wearing his engagement ring

Kurt is so confused

"Why are you such a mysterious musical bad boy?" Janitor Figgins gets the best lines ever

Blaine has no idea how teenagers are supposed to interact and that I love

Somehow, Becky's puppet looks just like her and I love that

As much as Jake deserved Bree's spiel, she is also extremely toxic. Like, more toxic than he ever was.

Yes, Janitor Figgins! Call out Sue

Oh, yes, make this another instance of Tina being self-absorbed, as though you don't literally have a Tina puppet

What Does The Fox Say is ridiculous, and not in a good way

[softquietsteadylove]

Masterlist Pt. 2

Please use this link for updates as of May 08, 2024.

Thenamesh Actors AU

Flirting with Danger // Paparazzi

Thenamesh Maleficent AU

Mating Season

Thenamesh President AU

Man Down

Thenamesh Bodyguard AU

Harmony

Thenamesh Ghost Files AU

Haunted

Thenamesh Spy AU

Friendly Match(18+)

Thenamesh Proposal AU

Past, Present and Future // Of the Night(18+) // In the Heat

Thenamesh Doctor AU

Time Well Spent(18+) // Into the Spotlight

Thenamesh Marriage Contract AU

(Thena's father makes a deal for his life that she will marry the gangster to whom he is indebted, but perhaps Gilgamesh isn't the worst husband--he might even be quite a good one)

Milestone // Shattered // Shopping // Dinner at Home

Thenamesh Human AU

Nightmare Walking

Thenamesh Life Interrupted AU

Sanctuary (18+)

Thenamesh Ballerina/Boxer AU

Wandering Eyes // Beast with Two Backs(18+) // Dance With the Devil // Asserting Dominance(18+) // [Wandering Eyes]

Thenamesh Heracles AU

(Gilgamesh finds himself the subject of a young boy's admiration while they're in Athens, as does Thena, although she claims to have no affections for the child)

Another Day // Cyclone // Young Trouble // Refuge of the Gods

Thenamesh Rus AU

Spring

Thenamesh Runaway Bride AU

Home Again pt2(18+) // The Chase pt 1

Thenamesh Hamptons AU

Fresh Picked

Thenamesh Eternal/Human AU

(Gil has lived as an Eternal on Earth for thousands of years, but now he has started dating Thena, a human who works at the museum, unaware she's found herself with a piece of history)

Diplomacy // Defense // Attack // Eternal and Human

Thenamesh Mermaid AU

Fins Over Tail // Part of Your World(18+) // Under the Sea // Slippery Slope // Mate Troubles

Thenamesh Breakup AU

(Gil and Thena broke up, fully expecting to never regret moving out of their shared apartment, only to run into each other and discover that maybe their feelings are more than what they thought)

Like Old Times // Memory Lane // Love Again // Mamma Mia

Thenamesh Dressage AU

Heavy Loads // Going the Distance // Leaping Hurdles

Thenamesh Gladiator AU

Moonlit

Thenamesh Tomb Raider AU

Turned Tables // Escape

Thenamesh pokemon AU

PSN Heal

Thenamesh Wildfire AU

Coup de Foudre // Struck // Comfort pt 2 // Cleared pt 1 // [Coup de Foudre]

Thenamesh Zombie AU

Torn // Lucky

Thenamesh 10 Things (I Hate About You) AU

On Her Terms(18+) // Mine(18+) // Like and Love(18+)

Ice Queen/Tyrant King AU

Hello Kitty // Hard Deals(18+) // Muzh // Posession(18+) // Business Casual // Good(18+) // [Business Casual]

Thenamesh Family Law AU

(Thena has custody of her younger sisters after their parents' deaths, which she is determined to handle completely alone, although Gil - who works at the same law firm - is even more determined to help)

Post Case // The One Bed Clause // Terms and Conditions // Surprise Witness // Approaching the Bench // Competence // Family Dinner // Supporting Arguments

Thenamesh Circus AU

And Tears pt 2 // Blood, Sweat pt // Stolen

Thenamesh Addams Family AU

May I Have This Dance? // Romance(18+)

Thenamesh AU

To the Heart Through the Stomach // Kisses // Rookie // My Kingdom for a Wife // Bed(18+) // Ra // Red and Green // Out In the Australian Desert // SpyxSpy // Speak Now // Kidnapped // Happy Anniversary // Nightmare Scenario pt 2 // Worst Case pt 1 // Placid // Fairy Tales // A Quiet Place AU

Jack and Thenamesh

Fireworks

Thenamesh

Forever // Explosive // Vigil // Revelry

[chelseainjapan-blog]

May 29 - Shibuya/Harajuku/Meiji Shrine

Today was better than yesterday! I enjoyed going to Shibuya because I associate Shibuya with Tokyo- probably because it gives a big city feel. In Shibuya I went to the 109 department store and had an absolute blast because I get super excited by fashion. The different styles were very evident- as a lot of the clothes had either a very girly edge or an extremely dark color palette. I had one of the most interesting culture discoveries when I went to the fitting room and the attendant told me to put a bag over my face- it turns out they have customers cover their faces to make sure makeup doesn’t get on the clothes. Afterwards, we went to Harajuku and by this time I was extremely hungry so Aulora and I headed to a ramen spot. It was self-serve and we were sitting next to very interesting people! To my left were Australians who struck up conversation with us, they explained their careers and were great company. To the right of us were Japanese men with dreadlocks! I quickly had to stop by a thrift shop to buy a jacket because today was much colder than expected. The jacket I bought smelt like pee but you win some you lose some! Then, we went to the Meiji Shrine which was absolutely breathtaking- although it was raining I think the weather added an extra element to the experience. Afterwards, I headed back to the Harajuku area to explore more.

Academic Reflection

The reading Wink on Pink really reflected Harajuku and the things I saw. For example, a lot of the clothing I saw on 109 had coquette fashion, sanrio characters, and an excessive amount of feminine characteristics. Wink on Pink discussed how characters like Hello Kitty exert “cool power” and call to Japan’s preference for women dressing cute rather than sexy. Mainly on Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters, they really did adorn different clothing in 109 and even though the department store itself was mainly clothing, there was still a whole section dedicated to Sanrio plush toys.

The Meiji Shrine also was enormous and had very interesting characteristics that reflect what was in the readings. The reinstitition of the emperor occurred after samurai were upset about their land holdings becoming more expensive and less manageable, ultimately overthrowing the shogunate. The Meiji shrine is so grand that I truly believe it reflects the nature of the Meiji restoration.

[iolaussharpe-24]

Well... might as well give quick thoughts on the animated stuff I watched. (Please keep in mind that I started doing all of this for Nightcrawler. There's stuff I missed because I either haven't gotten to it or I heard that he's not in it.)

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, S3 Ep7 "The X-Men Adventure" (1983)

I liked this. Cheesy, but that was the vibe for the time. The mind fuckery was fun. Immediately recognized Frank Welker's voice. This is one of the case where I only watched for Nightcrawler. But, I'll definitely be going back at some point to check out more of the show.

X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989)

Solid pilot. Would have liked a full show. Predicted Wolverine being Australian. Interesting team and fun matchups for fight scenes. Toad was... Toad.

X-Men: The Animated Series (1992 - 1997)

Still haven't finished it yet, sadly, but I do love it. This show is a soap opera in the best way possible. It's a classic for a reason. And as a first time watcher with little to no comic knowledge, I can never know what to expect from this show. (Aside from whatever may have been mentioned in '97, that is.)

X-Men Evolution (2000 - 2003)

I love this one. It's fun, it's tragic, it's great! I wish there was more of it. Kurt was my best boy (as usual) but I loved Rogue, Logan, Kitty, Evan, Wanda, and a bunch of other characters too. I like the high school setting. Though, if you can't look at flashing lights for one reason or another, I would not recommend watching this one. The screen flashes every time Rogue uses her powers. It's very intense.

Wolverine and the X-Men (2008 - 2009)

It's actually not as Wolverine centered as the title makes you think. The others get plenty of time to shine. I love the mystery and how both the past and future work together through Charles and Logan to try and save the world. Also, I ship Wanda and Kurt. This show makes everyone a badass and there's a lot that just blows your mind on both a small "Woah! I didn't know they could do that!" scale and a large "HOLY SHIT!!" scale.

X-Men 97 (2024 -)

MY FAVORITE!! Saw this before the original, was not lost at all. It's very newcomer friendly. I didn't like the first episode the first time I saw it, but it had me hooked by the end of it. The only one I didn't like at all was the Jubilee centered episode, but that's half an episode with the other half being Storm centered and it's fantastic. Also, Magneto is really hot in this show and I still can't get over it.

My Initial Reactions to the ENTIRE X-Men Movie Franchise

X-Men: Nightmare Fuel

X2: X-Men United: PROTECT MY BLUE BABY BOY!!

(Side note: This was my favorite Marvel action figure and I still have him.)

X-Men: The Last Stand: Baby, don't hurt yourself. I love your wings. Why are you leaving Mystique behind?! She was your friend! WHAT IS THAT?! IS XAVIER DEAD?!?! Oh my god, Magneto's that strong?!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: He scares me. But I want him to chase me.

X-Men: First Class: Magneto's hot now?

The Wolverine: NIGHTMARE FUEL

X-Men: Days of Future Past:

X-Men: Apocalypse: This is kind of creepy. Wait, that guy is who?! MY BABY'S BACK!!! Why would you do that to him?🎶SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS WHO AM I TO DISAGREE?🎶 This is neat. OH MY GOD HE'S A GIANT!!

Deadpool

Logan:

Deadpool 2: Super Duper Cut

X-Men: Dark Phoenix: ..... It's okay. I forgive you for this birthday present. We didn't know it was going to be this bad. We were blinded by Jessica Chastain. At least Nightcrawler got his chance to shine again. For less than a minute of screentime. WHAT THE HELL DID XAVIER DO WRONG?! I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH NOT TELLING THE TICKING TIME BOMB OF A TRAUMATIZED CHILD THAT HER DAD DOESN'T WANT HER BECAUSE SHE KILLED HER MOM!!! LOOK WHAT SHE DID WHEN SHE FOUND OUT!!!! She does not deserve that. SHE DOES NOT DESERVE THAT. SHE DOES NOT DESERVE THAT!

The New Mutants

BONUS

Deadpool and Wolverine announcement/trailer:

[appleciders]

Rachel + Leah + Water, the Director’s Cut!

Okay, so I made this gifset exploring Rachel and Leah and the ocean, but because there’s a ten gif limit and a major point of gifsets is for them to look nice, I had to sacrifice a lot of the behind the scenes thoughts and initial versions that came along the way. I still wanted to talk about them though, because I found a lot of them really cool, so I figured I’d stick all that in this post. It’s gonna get long, so you can find the rest under the cut!

So first up, we have Leah as we first see her in the water. (I’m using shitty screenshots because tumblr has a 2mb limit for gifs on text posts and I don’t feel like compressing these down lmao.) Here, she’s face-down, unconscious, floating on a fragment of the plane. This is the first time we see any of the girls in the water.

As Leah gives her dramatic speech talks to the detectives, we see flashbacks to the girl’s lives pre-island. There we see that one of them already has a very strong relationship with the water already, in her before-life: Rachel.

Rachel, as we know, is a diver. We see her take a magnificent tumble into the pool, but when she surfaces, her coach is sternly head-shaking. She corrects Rachel’s form, and after she walks away, Rachel echoes the correction, clearly frustrated with herself. 

Back to Leah. We next see Leah waking up on her lil chunk of flotsam. When she realizes what the hell’s going on, she does what we all would do and starts screaming in terror.

Her panic gets interrupted by Jeannette’s classic Raise Your Glass ringtone. (This was my alarm for two years in high school, and when I watched this for the first time I did have an out-of-body experience). She swims her way over to the Hello Kitty suitcase and—irrationally—unzips it, but we’ll cut her some slack because she’s in some serious shock. As she tries to get the phone, it slips through her fingers and starts spiraling down to the bottom of the ocean. She dives after it.

Unfortunately, she quickly runs out of air and has to give up. She then spots Jeannette floating nearby, checks her out, judges her to be “just a little roughed up,” and then sees land and has a big oh-thank-fuck moment. Because we saw Gretchen’s team placing all of the girls, we know that Linh and Leah were the only two that were put out in the open water. The other girls were put in the beach, or, in Martha’s case, near the shore. This was probably done to quell some of Leah’s suspicions about the crash, but it does give me a couple questions about how they got the other girls wet—did they hose them all down? Pour a couple buckets over their heads? Bob each of them up and down a couple times in a big net like fries in a fryer?? 

Anyway, not important. 

Next that we see, Leah has pulled Jeannette/Linh in from the water. (My Australian parents, who can never pass up an opportunity to give ocean safety tips, chimed in at this point in our first watch to say “See how she’s doing it! You always want to hold someone from behind and pull them in that way. Good job, well done.” So there’s some approval for you, Leah.) As Leah nears the shore, Dot and Toni come tearing in and they help pull the two of them out. 

The rest of the episode after that really only concerns fresh water—Toni and Shelby set out in search of it, to no avail, and Nora helpfully plugs Diet Coke reminds us multiple times that sugar’s heavier than water, so “sugar sinks.” We do set up a goal for the next couple episodes, though: Rachel says, “I'm gonna swim out to the plane tomorrow. See if I can find anything,” and Leah volunteers to come with. Rachel gives her a nod of respect.

Moving on to episode two, we have Rachel and Leah’s (iconic) first real conversation. Rachel says she’s still going out to the wreckage. Leah looks out and looks back at her, incredulous, and says, “Rachel, the water’s insane.” Here’s a big recurring association—the water and “insanity.” (I use insanity here because that’s the language they use, along with psycho/crazy. In no way does that reflect my actual beliefs about their behavior nor am I condoning the way they use those words.) Leah points out the rip current (“well done,” said my mum), and explains her very brief stint as a norcal surfer. Rachel still looks set on going, but then Leah says:

Turns out, Leah can be as ripe with foreshadowing as Fatin. This marks the appearance of their second main association with the ocean—death. After she says this, Leah turns Rachel’s attention inland, and the two agree to climb a big hill to scope out their situation.

Episode two is also obviously Rachel’s episode, so we see a lot of her relationship with diving. 

We see her plunge over and over and over again, drilling technique and form, but despite all her hard work, we learn her coach advised her to quit the team. Instead, Rachel throws herself in twice as hard, and ends up with an eating disorder. By the time the nationals come around, she’s too physically weak to dive safely, and she ends up hitting her head as she goes down. She surfaces in the pool with blood flowing around her.

She refuses to see that as the end of her diving career. She says she’s gonna “get back out there” and “be fucking great again” and she tells Nora at the end of the episode that she needs her to let her believe that.

In episode three, we finally see Leah and Rachel’s trip out to the plane! Nora comes along with them, her relationship with Rachel smoothed over after the events of ep two. “Nora’s a good swimmer,” Rachel explains as she invites her, “We were both water babies.” Water’s clearly been central to Nora and Rachel’s identities since they were really young. 

The three of them make their escape from the rest of the girls as the topic of building a shelter comes up. “Not interested in putting down roots!” Rachel calls. In keeping with the elements theme, Rachel isn’t looking to be grounded. She climbs super high into the air and she dives deep into the water, but earth isn’t her thing. (See: the quicksand scene. Whoops.)

Anyway, the three of them paddle out into the water. Rachel dives down, scopes out the plane, tells Nora she doesn’t expect her to “fucking free dive in open water,” and then looks to Leah and asks if she’s ready. Leah reluctantly agrees. 

We get our first shot Rachel swimming down into the ocean and our second shot of Leah (first the phone, second the plane). In the wreckage of the plane, they discover the black box, affixed to the wall. They keep trying to wrench it free, but it’s stuck, and Leah—who’s primary activity is, like, reading—keeps having to surface for air. Rachel gets frustrated and grabs her leg, holding her down. 

Leah screams and fights, but Rachel doesn’t let go. We cut away, and when we see them again, they’ve emerged victorious (Rachel) and drowned as dogs after a bath (Leah and Nora) with the black box in hand. Later, Leah mutters the above line to Fatin, calling Rachel a “psychopath.” For those keeping score at home, here’s where we refer back to the association between water and “insanity.”

In episode four, the ocean benevolently bestows a bag of takis upon Nora, and we have our whole shelter-building shebang. It’s all very land-based until Leah and Fatin go head to head, which ends with Fatin smearing her blood all over Leah’s face. Leah, with her usual flair, strips off her clothes as she walks into the ocean. She stays down there, passively letting the water wash the blood from her face.

This shot parallels a couple things. First, the drifting blood visually parallels Rachel in the pool after her diving injury. Second, we have Rachel staring out at the water where Leah’s disappeared and going, “Man, that is some real Virginia Woolf-type shit.” Dot has no fucking clue what she means, so Fatin interprets: “It means that bitch is crazy. She said you were the psychopath of the group.” Now it’s Leah who’s done something in the water that’s been deemed insane. The water and “insanity;” the water and accusations of insanity within their relationship. 

Those accusations pop up in episode five, but the episode is pretty focused on the inland search for Fatin, and revolves around fresh water, not salt water. (That could be a whole nother post lol.) It’s in episode six where we again see these two return to the ocean. 

Rachel is diving in the ocean! For fun! She’s picking up pretty shells (which granted isn’t the safest thing to do in the pacific, cone snails are not our friends), and she’s grinning, and she’s generally enjoying herself. With the, uh, finale situation, we’re probably not gonna get to see her smile for a bit, which is sad, because she should get to do this more often! This shot visually echoes her diving for the plane and Leah diving for the phone, except she can be in a better mood because there is no end goal. 

So she goes diving, ends up finding a bunch of mussels, gathers ‘em up, and brings ‘em back to camp. They all chow down, but wind up with serious food poisoning. Martha and Toni ring death’s doorbell a couple of times. Rachel blames herself—she’s the one that went swimming out there, she brought the mussels back. Again, we see that connection between the ocean and death.

And that association comes back bright an early in ep seven! The tide surges higher than they’ve ever seen, taking down their shelter and leaving them all scrambling. 

While Leah convinces Fatin that her life is more important than her suitcase, Rachel is left with a decision: help Nora, screaming to her from where she’s clinging to a rock for dear life, or grab the black box. In a move that contrasts Toni’s immediate and unquestioning aid of Martha, Rachel picks the black box. 

After, when they’re debriefing, Nora’s quick to bring it up. She doesn’t hide her hurt. “It happened so fast,” she says, “we all acted irrationally. Like Fatin, who jumped into a rip current to save her toothbrush. Or Rachel, who left me for fucking dead.” I think this counts as a double whammy for the “insanity” and death count—I think “acted irrationally” is as close as Nora gets to calling anyone crazy, and is honestly a better descriptor of all the other instances of “insanity” that we’ve seen, and the ocean was the source of the very real risk to Nora’s life. 

(Honestly, I think Rachel thought she was making a rational choice here—just with some grim fucking calculus. Still, given that nobody’d responded to the black box by then, I think it was a decision fueled by the need to keep hold of hope more than actual rationality.) In a fun contrast to the rest of the episode, it’s Leah that keeps a level head in this situation. 

The rest of the episode is low on water scenes, though Leah’s paranoia about Shelby is fueled by her sneaking off to the water, which could fall under the “insanity” category. It also marks where Nora begins to take an active role in breaking apart Rachel’s fantasy about diving again. 

Ep eight has one of the best montages in a series of great montages, with the playing in the water scene! A plane has seen them, they’re gonna be saved, and they all get to get high and act like kids. 

I have this lingering and probably irrational concern that the entire water play scene is choreographed and that it’s chock-full of foreshadowing. Like I know to some extent they likely were just like “yeah guys go goof off in the water,” but like...the wave pulling Rachel and Nora apart here...I mean.... (Rachel is probably gonna get more blood on Dot in the near future, too. ) That aside, their horseplay gets interrupted when Leah notices some blood on Dot, which Rachel realizes is her own period blood.  

Fatin then chimes in with her ever-gleeful foreshadowing: “Shark week for Rachel.” So while this whole encounter with the water actually seems mostly good for a change, it’s colored by the tie-in to what we know is coming.

In ep nine, reality has set in that rescue isn’t imminent. Everyone’s starving, Leah has started to spiral, and Rachel’s unusually skittish. By the tide’s edge, Nora asks for her help fishing, but Rachel refuses, saying that she’s weak. Nora flicks water at her, and Rachel flinches, clearly scared.

Starvation seems to have triggered Rachel’s trauma around the water leftover from her diving accident. In response, Nora reaches out a hand and says, “Let’s go for a walk.”

Meanwhile, Leah’s spiral has reached critical. She starts ranting about the ocean and the water and pushes past Dot, sprinting into the waves:

And so she’s taken to heart the way they think Jeannette’s body “escaped” the island—the tide—and it’s been spun like cotton candy in her head. She’s right, technically—Jeanette/Linh’s body was moved off the island by boat, and there’s definitely an argument that if they really did all swim out Gretchen’s team would save them, or at least try to. This is also a very real suicide attempt. So it’s kind of a culmination of the threats of death and mental health issues that’ve been wrapped up in the ocean since the start.

On Rachel’s end, Nora has taken her up to a cliff. Rachel calls the whole thing “borderline insane,” walking up when they’re so low on energy, but Nora tells her she needs to make a truce between herself and the water. 

“You’re afraid of it now,” she says, and Rachel replies that, “All it ever did was make me sick.” Nora immediately surges forward to say “That’s not true!” Rachel, incredulous, says, “Isn't this what you want? For me to hang it up? For me to forget the whole fucking diving game?” Nora says, “No. I don't know. I don't want you to forget you.” She then tells Rachel she should dive off the end of the cliff, that she marked it to make sure it’s safe. Rachel says she can’t.

There’s a lot here. First, there’s the first time we’ve seen of Rachel explicitly call herself sick. In episode two, even in a treatment center, she still denies it, says she’s just an athlete who knows what it takes. But now she’s reached a place where she acknowledges her eating disorder—and also probably her recent illness with the mussels—and ties it directly to the water. It’s the reason she’s sick.

Nora’s fear that Rachel will forget herself also just hammers home how central the water has always been to Rachel’s identity. Cutting herself off from the water would be cutting off a core part of herself. (...whoops) And we’ve seen that it does bring her actual joy, when she’s allowed to relax with it, but she’s had such traumatic associations rolled up into it now. Nora doesn’t want Rachel to do diving as a sport anymore, because of how badly it’s hurt her, but she does want Rachel to keep diving and swimming as like, a form of unevaluated personal expression.

At the moment that Rachel’s refusing to jump, she and Nora hear shouts from the mainland. They see Fatin and Dot screaming after Leah. Confused, Nora asks, “Where is she going?” but Rachel understands immediately, with absolute certainty, without needing to be told—“To fucking drown to death.” Seven episodes after Leah called heading into the water a death wish, she’s finally proving it true. Rachel squares her shoulders, takes a few deep breaths, and sprints into a dive. 

Unlike all her other dives high altitude dives we’ve seen her do, this dive isn’t qualified based on aesthetics. This dive matters because of what it will do, not on how it looks. And what it does do is bring her into the ocean, where she needs to be for her friend. So with strong strokes, she swims out towards Leah.

When she reaches her, she takes hold of her, pulls her into her chest from behind. She begins to swim with her back to shore. This rescue directly parallels Leah’s rescue of Linh that we talked about above. It also, as the Out in the Wilds podcast insightfully pointed out, really calls Rachel and Leah’s relationship back to the beginning. Whereas Rachel had initially held Leah down in the water, putting her in danger of drowning, Rachel here pulls her out of the water, saving her from drowning. Together, they make it all the way back to the shore.

Finally (and, like, if you’ve made it all the way down here? bless you. thank you), we have episode ten. The ocean doesn’t really figure into episode ten until the very end. Rachel has had a long episode of healing—she’s happy to be full and she’s in a good place with her sister and things seem to be going pretty okay. She decides to heal her relationship with the water, too. She heads out, telling Nora that she’s “Just gonna float, Nor. Just float.”

Just floating. After all the times we saw her plunging into the water, purposefully, with frustration, with drive, with so much to prove and with so much sacrifice and self-abuse to prove it with, Rachel finally just wants to float. She wants to let herself relax. She wants to let the water carry her.

Of course, that means there has to be, like, a massive marine carnivore waiting to mistake her for a seal.

Visually, this shot really parallels the opening shot of Leah on the fragment of plane. Instead of being face-down, though, she’s face-up, and she’s conscious, just not of the threat from below. 

The shark bites.

In a horrible parallel to Leah’s Virginia Woolf moment and Rachel’s diving accident, we see blood pool in the water. Rachel is pulled under. The girls on the land start screaming and running toward her. We know Rachel doesn’t die, but this is still a near-death experience, one that probably cost her her arm. Leah, covered in dirt and her own blood after crawling out of the pit Nora led her into, can only stand and watch, shocked and horrified.

So that got! Way longer than I meant it to! And honestly most of this was condensed into very concise tags in a post I made a few days ago! But if you made it all the way down here, you’ve now seen everything I wanted to fit into that gifset but couldn’t. Thanks for sticking with me, friend <3

[jaehyunsbreadbasket]

Chan (SKZ) | Smut

"Suck." Chan says to me with lust in his eyes. This is exactly what I expected to get after I disobeyed him, my punishment would probably be worse if he knew I did it on purpose.

"You think you can tease me by sending me such revealing photos in public, huh? Are you that desperate for Daddy's cock that you'd want to be punished?" He asks me angrily, I guess he does know I did it on purpose.

"Yes." I say with a smirk as I grab his length and kitty lick it.

"Oh, so you wanna be my little slut tonight. Go ahead, take all of my dick in your mouth, baby." He then grabs my hair and pushes my head down forcing his whole cock into my mouth.

I gag as it hits the back of my throat, but he holds my head down. He throws his head back and moans softly. I begin to drip at the thought of his huge dick stretching out my insides, him holding me firmly in place, and fucking me to tears. I rub my clit as I continue sucking him to feel some friction, aching for him.

"Don't touch yourself, Kitten. This is Daddy's time. Plus you obviously had alot of fun earlier by yourself, as those pictures showed me. Fingering your tight cunt while moaning my name, you didn't think you'd get away with that  now did you?" He says recalling my naughty actions from earlier today.

I suck his cock hard. Just waiting for the moment that he cums, so I can finally have him inside me, pounding me fast.

"Okay my little slut, you've done well. Your punishment's almost over. Come lay down on Daddy's lap." He says after he cums in my mouth, patting his lap for me to lay across it.

I lay across his lap, my ass in perfect view for him to spank. This is gonna sting.

"Now baby, I want you to thank Daddy for each time I slap your ass, you also have to count. Can you do that?" He questions me.

"Yes, Daddy." I say biting my lip as I get more and more excited.

Just then a harsh slap falls on my right cheek, making me yelp at the sudden action.

"One. Thank you, Daddy."

Nineteen slaps later he's finally done, my ass red and stinging. There's most likely his hand prints all over it.

"Since you've been such a good girl, taking your punishment the right way, Daddy will finally fuck your little cunt." Chan says lifting me up and laying me down on my back, my head coming in contact with the soft pillows underneath it.

Chan kisses down my body lovingly, taking in every inch of it. He rubs my clit lightly, just to make sure I was nice and wet so it wouldn't hurt when he was inside me. Using his mouth to leave love bites along my upper body.

"Mmm, so wet for me. This is gonna be fun." He says positioning his length at my entrance, teasing me with the tip before pushing all the way in.

"Mmm, Daddy~" I moan out at the feeling of being filled.

"You like that baby?" He asks as he starts to thrust.

"Y-yes, Daddy." I respond.

"Good girl." He says nodding his head.

We go along like this for a while, him thrusting in fast and deep, making sure to appreciate all of my body, me melting under his touch, both of us filling the room with load moans.

"Oh shit, shit, shit." I moan out as Chan repeatedly hits my g-spot, edging me closer and closer to my release.

"Ahh fuck, Y/n." He grunts as I tighten around him, his Australian accent promanint while his dick pulses inside of me.

"I'm so close." I tell him, my breath hitching.

"Me too baby, just hold on a bit longer." He says between thrusts.

After five more thrusts Chan releases deep inside of me. And I cum not long after. He moves slowly for a while giving both of us a chance to ride out our highs. All that can be heard in the room is the sound of our heavy breath, the swishy sound of our juices mixing together, and skin slapping against skin.

"Channie?" I call in a quiet voice, after we've detatched and are laying next to each other.

"Yes, baby?"

"I'm sorry I teased you."

"It's fine Y/n, I'm sorry if I was too rough."

"That's okay, I liked it." I say with a smile.

He then pulls me close to him and gives me a soft, gentle kiss. I can feel the love radiating off his body as his lips move in sync with mine. It's a moment so perfect that I never want it to be over.

"I love you." We both say at the same time after we pull away.

[hellokittymartian]

I need to get this out of my chest

I’m incredibly pissed at young justice’s treatment of m’gann’s character, i have always been, but i can’t even stay pissed bc this is the only appearance we have of young naive ‘’sweet’ megan outside comics so ugggggggggggh hear me out while i try to explain my toxic relationship with yj.

So is 2010, yj comes out, alright everyone liked that, but season 2 comes around and we miss martian’s fans found out that she’s been acting like a fuckin’ psycho frying people’s minds... okay i said back in the day, they are just givin her a little something, a lil drama, action whatever... but nobody liked that. Everyone started hating on her more than they already did (for whatever reason they hated her before. I have many things to say about that but that’s not the point of this rant, i can make another one for that) and started saying how she was awful and how she did not deserve to be forgiven and you know what more, we all know.

Fast forward to some years later, when i was finally old enough to read comics without having to change the screen everytime my mom walked in my room, i started reading teen titans and shit like that bc oui. So, i got to know m’gann better, and this whole ‘miss martian frying brains and trying to erase her beloved’s mind’ did not sit right with me anymore. Wtf was that about? what was that for?????? In teen titans (2003) she has codes and rules that she sticks to when it comes to using her powers on earth. She’s very concious that she’s an alien and only breaks her rules when it’s EXTREMELY necessary (like when they visited her in the australian dessert) soooooooo????? nevermind.

Then we got the amazing news that yj was coming back!!!!! yay i was super excited i thought ‘now is the time for m’gann to be explored and redeemed and understood. Fuck That, they said, because my girl got like 5 sec of screen time and i know she was a leader this season, that’s something, but most of the time i saw her being conner’s fiance than anything else. Not that i complain, and problably it isn’t true but that’s how i percieved it bc i expected more of her on season 3. I wanted her to be a BAMF like she is in the comics, AND THAT’S WHAT PISSES ME OF!

In the comics we have this beautiful sweet, naive alien girl who’s just so delicate and sensitive that even quit the teen titans after a fight! AND WOULD NEVER HURT ANYONE!!! in fact, in one of her first appereances in the teen titans comics she’s fighting against a thief (idk i don’t remember very well it’s been YEARS) and she’s like ‘promise you won’t do it again i don’t want to hurt you’ ‘if you promise you’ll never do it again i won’t hurt you’ and at the end she just gives the guy to the police! we only got to see that in s1 and still she was hated (ugh again, so many thing to say about that too) so it wasn’t really... joyful.

In yj it’s clear that m’gann has great power, that she’s increadibly powerful, even J’onn mentions it and then???? it’s forgotten for the rest of the series????????? noooo, the only time when we see how powerful miss martian is is when... u guessed it... she goes full psycho mod and starts attacking minds for no apparent reason beyond ‘they are the bad guys and we need the info idc’. WHY????? In TITANS (2016) we see how wonderful of a ‘leader’ M’gann can be and it’s AMAZING. Not only that but we see her being true to herself: she still has secrets, but she’s her sweet self and not some mind-intruder monster, plus she’s a lot more mature. 

In both Teen Titans (2003) and Titans (2016) we see her as we know her: kind, loving, caring, fun but serious when needed. It’s shown that she can cope with great responsabilities and we can see also how willing she is to sacrifice herself for others (i mean she doesn’t even think twice before projecting her astral self to save the rest of the titans even though it leaves her in a coma, a BAMF) and this is precisely why she’s my fav<3 why can’t a sweet girly girl also be a leader and one of the most powerful heroes of the world??

I see what yj tried to do: they wanted to give her sometnig more i guess... like what happened when she killed the Manhunter in teen titans and was kind of evil but fighting against it...but it ended up going in all the wrong directions. I feel like what happened with her in s2 was made just for the general plot and not really for her character development. People already didn’t like here as much as the rest of the characters in s1, so for the second they were like ‘ah whatever they dislike her already, what’s a little more going to do’. As each season passes i see her fading more and more to the background and it’s not fair:( bc yj is the most important and big Miss Martian appearence outside the comics, and still in the comics she’s not that studied. So now i fear i’ll never see the Miss Martian at her full potential outside the comics bc yj made everyone dislike her.

THIS is what i mean when i say that Miss Martian deserves better. I want to see her fighting villains with her 8 arms and laser vision, not being a ‘liar’ and fainting everytime there’s fire near or yes GIVE ME SOME FUCKING ANGST! so we can see the team caring for her!!! bc wtf??? you see your friend doing a villain move and you are just ‘oh never mind’ i mean Nightwing hears that M’gann, sweet naive loving im- going- to- bake- you- cookies -bc -i -love- u M’gann, fried Kaldur’s mind and he just goes :o WHAT? or Artemis being like ‘Now fix what u did and hurry up’ when they were in Manta’s ship I MEAN????????? do u really not care??? Ur friend is going through some shit right now, pulling a whole ‘I might turn evil’ stunt and u are like ...that’s something. Shouldn’t hey be asking like??? what happened to make her go like that???? they all just let it pass i mean C’MONNNNN

Okay so, what i mean is that i want to see the REAL Miss Martian, The Hello Kitty Martian, who asks what button’s for hugging when playing Playstation, but that can also kick your ass into another psychic world and then ask you if you are okay bc she didn’t mean to hurt you. THAT’S my Miss Martian. I guess I just stick around with yj bc 1. It’s fuckin great can’t lie (plot, animation, the rest of the characters, etc) 2. bc s i said before, it’s the only chance to see m’gann outside the comics.

Give me the M’gann I know and love, and give M’gann the chance to have fans who love her and get to know her.

[a-man-for-hire-and-his-archives]

Nakkiah Lui on public shaming and her doomsday comedy: ‘Prepping for the worst is something I’ve inherited’

by Maddison Connaughton

ABC comedy Preppers tells the story of Charlie (played by co-writer Nakkiah Lui), a jaded breakfast television host who becomes caught up with a community of doomsday preppers. Photograph: Noel Mclaughlin

The star of new ABC series Preppers muses on turning hate mail into humour and finding ‘a great white ally’ in her partner and co-writer Gabriel Dowrick

At some point the line between work and life blurred, then dissolved entirely, which was probably inevitable when Nakkiah Lui and her partner, Gabriel Dowrick, decided to make a TV show together.

The couple met in 2014 on ABC’s Black Comedy, Lui’s first television writing gig, which Dowrick edited. “I like to think he fell in love with me on the screen because of my sense of humour,” Lui says. A moment passes before a peal of laughter tumbles through the phone. “He’s just looking into the distance right now.”

In the years since, Lui has emerged as one of Australia’s leading multi-hyphenates – lauded playwright, screenwriter, podcast host and the publisher of her own book imprint. Dowrick is an in-demand editor, working on The Family Law, Wakefield, The Other Guy and Lui’s 2017 series Kiki and Kitty.

The desire to write something together was always there – and it’s about to be realised in the form of Preppers: a tightly plotted six-episode ABC comedy that premieres on 10 November.

Preppers tells the story of Charlie (Lui), a breakfast television host. Coerced into wearing a giant Australian flag thong costume for the show’s January 26 broadcast – her pleas to acknowledge the impact of Invasion Day dismissed by the show’s executive producer (Grant Denyer as you’ve never seen him before) – Charlie is finally tipped over the edge, only to become caught up with a community of doomsday preppers.

There are echoes of the finale of Get Krackin’, which Lui co-wrote, that featured a searing monologue from Miranda Tapsell against the racism stoked by breakfast TV. “I did not expect that final episode … to be as controversial as it was. I got a lot of hate mail over that, I got people sending stuff to my home,” says Lui. “For like two years, any time there was an op-ed about it … I would get a barrage of insults, calling me names. I think part of it for me was like, can I survive this?”

Writing Charlie, she drew from this experience: “What is it like to survive that type of public shaming?”

Sophie (Brooke Satchwell) with breakfast TV host Charlie (Nakkiah Lui) in an Australian flag thong costume. Photograph: Noel Mclaughlin

The interest in prepping, meanwhile, began with reality TV. “A couple of years ago, I got really into watching Doomsday Preppers, Doomsday Bunkers, just all of those kinds of shows,” Lui says. “And then I started spending a bit of time on forums. It was, like, a real descent.”

On one level, it was pure fascination, but there was also a deeper pull. “Being a First Nations person … that idea of survival and prepping for the worst, and survival being part of your history and this value you hold. For me, that’s definitely something I’ve inherited,” says Lui.

For Dowrick, prepping offered almost infinite possibilities for storytelling. “I always loved that within the subculture of doomsday prepping, you’ve got all of these different points of view, in terms of how someone might believe the world could end. Environmental catastrophe, economic shutdown, you know, even dopey stuff like zombies or whatever. Asteroids, Christian rapture ... ”

This spectrum of destruction is embodied by the ensemble of preppers assembled for the series and played by Meyne Wyatt, Ursula Yovich, Chum Ehelepola, Aaron McGrath and Eryn Jean Norvill. The group is led by Monty, a part written for Jack Charles. “It amazes me that no one has put Jack Charles in a comedy before,” says Lui. “He’s just so funny.”

Nakkiah Lui on set with her partner and Preppers co-writer Gabriel Dowrick. Photograph: Noel McLaughlin

Preppers is a skilful balancing act, a laugh-out-loud comedy that never shies away from the seriousness at its heart: First Nations people already faced a genocide, so why wouldn’t they be prepared for anything?

Nailing the tone required a lot of rewriting. “We went back and forth on a lot of these things, right up until the edit,” Dowrick says. “Like, how hard can you hit an idea and not make someone feel too uncomfortable that they’re not going to laugh when you come back out of that?”

“We would pull out the storyboard at like 9pm and yell at each other that the joke wasn’t funny and try and make a better joke,” says Lui. Or they would go out for a nice dinner and “next minute we’d just be talking about the script”.

“But in a way we both are really lucky that we love what we do. There’s kind of nothing I’d rather be talking about sometimes than the story that I’m playing with in my brain,” says Lui, who directs her next comment to Dowrick: “I think it might be the same for you.”

(L-R) Meyne Wyatt, Chum Ehelepola, Ursula Yovich, Aaron McGrath, Jack Charles and Nakkiah Lui in Preppers. Photograph: Noel Mclaughlin

Lui says Dowrick was “a great white ally” during the process, bolstering her confidence that a mainstream comedy audience would stay with them through the moments of seriousness and follow them back to the funny.

“Because you’re so emotionally invested in it, especially around the stolen generation content. Or, you know, finding the bones of the colonial murder. Sorry, those are just really odd sentences,” she says. “But he was really great at coming in and … being like, nah fuck it, it’s a good idea. They can understand it. People will listen, and it’s going to make it funny and good.”

Preppers is on ABC TV and iView from 10 November

Source: The Guardian

[lesbian-deadpool]

Horses?

(Platonic) Loki Laufeyson x Reader

Words: 2,367

Warnings: Swearing, horse jokes, knives, playful threatening. I think that's it.

Request: For someone who wished to remain anonymous, for donating to the Australian bushfires.

Summary: The Trickster God got tricked. Now you gotta help him.

A/N: Bold and italics = Letter. It’s a lot less angsty that what I think you wanted... but I really hope you like it nonetheless.

(Not my GIF)

***

It was a knock at the door that originally woke you, making you jump up, and stalk to the door with your pistol raised.

You peered through the peephole and spotted nothing. You had heard a knock, you were sure of it. It couldn’t have been a dream.

“Great,” you said to yourself, beginning to unlock the door. As it was the only thing you could do, with being on the run and all. “Now I’m acting like the white person in a horror movie. See, Y/N, this is how people die.”

Yanking the door open, with your gun raised, you checked either side of the hallway of your apartment. Nothing. Surveying the floor. Nothing. Even going as far to check the ceiling. Still nothing.

You shook your head, with furrowed eyebrows, before pulling yourself back into your apartment and relocking the door.

“Must have been some kids messing around-” you mumbled to yourself... then, “-Oh my fucking, God!”

“Hell, Y/N.” Loki stood before you, in a black suit, and holding a cane in front of him. “How are you? It’s been some time.”

“I think you just made me piss myself.”

Loki gave you a mischievous smile at that.

“Oh, how I would have loved to see that.”

“Is that another one of your kinks, you greasy bastard?” you asked, eyes hard as you walked past him.

“Okay, so you’re still mad.”

“I’m still mad?!” you roared, “Of course I’m still fucking mad! You set me up for something I didn’t fucking do! Got me fired from S.H.I.E.L.D., and I’ve been on the run for the last six years!” Gripping his collar in your hands, you yanked him towards your face, to seave, “Now tell me, would you still be angry?”

It was a few moments before he spoke again.

And when he did. This was his “answer”.

“You can be quite frightening you know that?”

You pushed him away with a sigh.

“What do you want?”

“I need your help.”

You watched him for a few seconds.

He wasn’t being serious, was he?

He couldn’t be.

“You gotta be fucking kidding me, right now.”

As it would turn out, he was not.

***

“You’re obsessed with this glowy-ass-cube. And yet you lost it?”

“I didn’t... necessarily, ‘lose it’-”

“Oh, so what? It got stolen from you?” you laughed, “That’s so much worse! Aren’t you supposed to be the ‘Trickster God’? And yet someone stole from you!”

Loki glared at you as you continued to laugh until you were wheezing.

He waited until you had calmed down, and were wiping away your tears.

“You done?”

“For now.” You shrugged. “So. What did happen to the glorified building block?”

“It’s ‘The Tesseract’,” Loki clarified harshly, “And-” His sentence was finished off in a mumble.

“What?”

“A... cat... ate. It...” Loki struggled to say as if it was the hardest thing to do.

“A cat ate it?” you asked trying not to laugh again, “You sure it wasn’t a horse?”

“What?! Why would it be a horse?”

“Oh. No reason...” You took a second to make sure you were walking the right way along the busy New York sidewalk, before quickly turning your attention back to Loki. "Anyway. Cat's don't eat things like that."

"Well, this one did!"

Your jaw dropped when you saw the slight fear behind the demigod's eyes, all because of a little cat.

“Are you really scared of a tiny, baby puddy tat?” you asked with a pout.

“Things came out of its mouth.”

“Things?”

“Like tentacles.”

“... have... have you been watching a little too much henti?”

“What’s that?” Loki asked.

“Nothing,” you replied hastily. “Not that you probably wouldn't like it,” you muttered to yourself.

***

How you got onto the subject of your ex-partners. You didn’t know. But, here you were!

Loki looked off into the distance as he spoke, “Ah, I remember my first girlfriend-”

“Are you seriously beginning to monologue, right now? Didn’t think you were that much of a stereotypical villain.”

“-She was beautiful.”

“Horse. It was a horse, wasn't it?”

“She wasn’t a horse!” Loki yelled.

“... she was a horse,” you muttered in reply, nodding your head as Loki roared in frustration.

“Shh!” You placed a finger against your mouth. “It’s hunting kitty season. Remember?”

Loki grumbled at you in response. You had to say. Loki in full camo paint and laying upon the dirt ground, amongst the trees, was pretty funny. You never imagined Loki to be the type of person, to get down and dirty. But hey, when he has someone like you to push him to do it... he has no choice.

He wanted you to help.

And "help" is what he was getting.

You weren’t gonna do all the work.

Loki groaned. “What’s taking so long?! When will this cat get a fucking move on?!”

“Do you mean you what this cat to “giddy-up”?”

“I will kill you.”

Before you could utter your reply, with your mouth still open and your eyebrows scrunched, you listened to the whirring noise that was undoubtedly the sound of a remote-controlled, toy vehicle.

And you were right.

A green and orange monster truck was barreling its way towards you.

It made a sudden stop in-between yours and Loki's faces.

"See, this is your fault," Loki accused.

"Your fault."

You reached out and grabbed the letter, that Loki apparently didn't notice.

"Dear, Idiots-"

"Hey!”

“It’s not me, it’s the letter!” you yelled back. “Now, let me read it.” You cleared your throat, ruffling the paper in your hands.

“Dear, Idiots,” You raised a finger at Loki, indicating him not to interrupt you again. “You really think we don't know you're out there? ...”

“I thought you were supposed to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent?!”

“Yeah, I was!”

“You have two options. One. You can wait out there and my friend will come out to get you. Or Two. You can knock on the door, yourselves. You have five minutes.”

You hummed at the letter. “Welp! Let’s go knock on the door!”

“We’re not knocking on the door.”

“Listen, they already know we’re out here. So why prolong the inevitable?”

“You realise I have magic?” Loki asked, “Whoever comes out, I will be able to fight them.”

“And yet, you needed my help...” You let out a sigh. “Hey, you see that black car over there?” You pointed to the sleek black SUV. “That’s Nick Fury’s car.”

“What?! And you didn't think to tell me that?! Do you have any loyalty?!”

“Loyalty to you?! You really think we are friends? That I’m on your side?”

Loki said nothing, just processing your words. Before huffing and replying with, “We’re not knocking on the door.”

You only smiled at him.

***

“Ah, Y/L/N. Glad you made the right decision,” Fury greeted, opening the door, “And Loki. Sad to see you again.”

“Likewise.”

“God guys,” you began with a smile, making Fury’s eye narrow at you, knowing you well enough to know what you were about to do, “The sexual tension between you two is insane, I for one, am surprised that you haven pounced on each other yet.”

Fury rolled his eye at you and Loki opened his mouth to yell his reply, before a woman covered in what seemed to some sort of grease or oil, walked into view, and began talking.

“So... why were you spying on my house?”

“That!” Loki startled you, pointing at the ginger cat upon the stairs.

“Goose?”

“Oh, is that its name?!”

“Okay, why have you got a problem with my cat?” A blonde woman, also covered in grease, slid up behind you both.

“It stole from me.”

“The Tesseract,” You clarified, “Loki says it ate it with tentacles, apparently. I just think he was high.”

Scratching the purring gingers head, the blonde woman said, “Oh, so that’s where she got it from? You two.”

“Nope. Not me. Just him- Wait...” You paused. “Are you seriously not gonna deny the whole tentacle thing?”

“Why would we?” The first woman shrugged.

“Because-!... cat’s don’t do that!”

“She’s not actually a cat.”

“What?!”

“She’s an alien.”

“Oh, that makes sense,” Loki spoke.

“What?!” you yelled, “That does not make sense!”

Fury chuckled at your reaction, “There is so much you’ve missed.” He then turned to Loki. “You’re not getting the Tessaract back, by the way.”

“I need to sit down,” you whimpered before Loki could reply, “Alien cats? Would you believe it?” you continued to ask yourself, as you walked further into the house.

***

So, cats are aliens. Or aliens can look like cats rather. The Avengers broke up- But you knew that already. You had been severely out of the loop for the last six years, but not that out of the loop. Loki had faked his death. Of course, he did. The Avengers fought against some purple alien titan, in a country called Wakanda, and won. Without you. Not even an invite. How nice. They still didn't trust you... lovely.

The Avengers were pardoned from the government and left to live their lives.

And S.H.I.E.L.D. was thriving better than ever, especially now that H.Y.D.R.A. had been wiped out from the cooperation.

You were currently sat outside, with the “cat” named Goose, upon your lap, as you stroked through its fur. As you watched the slowly setting sun, over the treetops of Louisiana. It was a peaceful place, you had to admit that. Beautiful too. It made you wonder why you didn’t hide out here, while you were on the run.

“She likes you.”

You turned to peer over your shoulder, seeing Fury standing there with his arms crossed, also looking at the sunset.

“I guess you could call me the Flerken whisperer.” You smiled.

Fury had a smile on his own face before it fell, and he looked towards his feet. You were surprised. You had never seen Fury when he wasn’t sure of himself.

“I... I’m sorry.”

Okay. Now you were surprised and confused.

“I didn’t trust you when Loki framed you, and I should have. We all should have. And I’m sorry about that.”

“You can’t. You can’t just do that,” you told him, “You can’t just apologize, and expect me to be fine with that. I was a fugitive for six years. I lost all of my friends... I lost everything, Nick.”

“I know,” he nodded, “And I know I, and everyone else, has a lot of ass-kissing to do. But... I hope that this can be a good start.”

Fury moved to hand you something, which you cautiously took from his hand.

Your lips curved at the S.H.I.E.L.D. badge in your hand.

“You just have a surplus of these things on you at all times?”

He chuckled. “No. That one's mine... I just wanted to make a grand gesture. You’ll get yours when you come to headquarters... that is if you chose to accept your position again.”

“Has anyone ever told you, you’re like a father sometimes?”

“More than I’d like to admit.”

You chuckled at his words. “I want a promotion.”

“With the correct training, it’s yours.” Fury smiled down at you. “Will all your years away, you must need a lot of work to whip you back in shape.”

“Insulting.”

A booming laugh sounded from Fury, as he turned to walk back inside.

“See, you later. Agent.”

You jumped up before he could leave. “Wait.” He turned to face you, cocking an eyebrow in silent question. “I actually have something I won't propose to you.”

***

Not too long later, you were joined outside by Loki.

No longer confined to the rocking chair by your new-found friend, and instead choosing to hold onto the railing surrounding the porch, still gazing at the colourful sky.

“So...” he started, “Nicolas told me you recommended me for a position in S.H.I.E.L.D.”

“Well, actually, I recommended you for a position on the Avengers,” you corrected, “But I guess Fury wanted you to work your way through S.H.I.E.L.D. first- The rookie stuff, at least. I can’t say that he trust’s you.”

“I wouldn’t see why he would.”

“And you have to do it, I’m not taking ‘no’ for an answer.”

“Then I suppose I have no other choice.”

“Damn straight.”

“... thank you,” Loki uttered sincerely.

“Hey, what are friend’s for?” You sighed, looking at the remnants of the sunset, with your hand still holding onto a smiling Loki’s shoulder, squeezing it gently. “So... what do you think about seeing Thor again? Say yay or nay,” you finished off, saying ‘nay’ like a horse.

You burst out laughing when Loki magically pulled a knife out of thin air, pointing it at you.

Yep. It seems like your life was finally turning around, for the better.

(Bonus Scene)

Four months later and thriving in your new life, back at S.H.I.E.L.D.. Well, technically the Avengers.

Yes, that's right. The Avengers.

That was Fury’s way of ‘a promotion’.

And you couldn’t be happier.

Especially as you laughed at the sight in front of you.

“Common, Loki! But your back into it! Clip-clop!” You clapped your hands, with the ‘clip-clop’, laughing brightly as you watched Loki ran an intense obstacle course, currently heaving a weighted dummy, as he sprinted across the field and towards the next task.

“How’s he doing?” Thor asked, sliding up beside you.

“He’s doing good. Luckily Fury appointed me, to whip him into shape.”

Thor hummed. gesturing to the course, he asked, “What’s next, after this?”

“Natasha agreed to spar with him.” Looking over you asked, “You gonna come watch his ass get kicked?”

“I wound not miss that for the world.”

You turned back to see Loki going too slow for your liking.

“Common! Faster! Don’t make me get out the whip!”

Loki stopped in the middle of crossing a balancing beam, staring deeply into your eyes, from across the field. And pulling four-

Count them.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

-Throwing knives from nowhere. Playfully threatening you, as you knew he would never try to actually hurt you. Thor laughing loudly beside you, as he did.

“How does it feel like being our honorary sibling?”

“I gotta say... feels pretty good.”

[gaknar]

Review: The Claremont Crossovers

Geez, I haven’t written a review for this blog since my Secret Wars review from like 17 years ago. How can that be? Well, I guess I used to work on this blog a lot more often and now I’ve gotten way more into Super Nintendo games and BDSM. Like a lot of people. But now that I finally finished reading Inferno, it is time once again to bookend my experience with an overly wordy wall of text filled with the worst kind of oblivious meninist butt humor jokes and pretentious sounding run-on sentences that are trying to sound smart but are always improperly ended with prepositions of. And lots of ridiculous comic book panels.

These are only the silliest panels from this reading that I could find after looking for about 25 seconds.

Bookeeping. This review covers everything that I have read since X-Factor #1. This includes Uncanny X-Men #204-243, X-Factor #1-39, New Mutants #38-73, along with a smattering of annuals, Daredevil, Power Pack, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Excalibur, and X-Terminators comics that were all part of the Mutant Massacre, Fall of the Mutants, and Inferno crossovers. There were a lot of developments over the course of the 4 years these comics were published. Jean Grey was resurrected and the original members of the X-Men reformed under the moniker X-Factor.

Mr. Sinister formed his band of evil mutants, the Marauders, who would become the X-Men’s main antagonists, and their most devious act would include committing mutant genocide against the Morlocks in the New York City sewers while dealing critical wounds to main X-Men team members Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler, and Colossus during the fight.

Later, the X-Men were seemingly killed in a struggle with the mystical being known as the Adversary, but in reality they went into hiding in their new Australian outback base.

Illyana Rasputin lost control of the hell dimension Limbo which led to a demon invasion of Manhattan.

And finally, perhaps most prominently, Cyclops left his wife Madelyne Pryor and their son to get back together with Jean Grey, an act that led Madelyne to become corrupted with Pheoenix Force power and to turn into the Goblin Queen.

This era of X-Men comics contains the first major crossovers between the main X-Men comic book and its spinoffs. These events would become common as Marvel found ways to use its more strongly published works to carry the weaker ones, and the ploy still works apparently since here I am 30 years later reading 500 page omnibus collections just because there are 4 or 5 absolutely killer X-Men comic books in them. I love the X-Men so much that I’m willing to wade through the unending buildup to get the most out of the climaxes.

Seriously this artwork.

However, I find that this style of editing leads to a peculiar trend in pacing that can be tough to recover from in-between the major storylines. As Mutant Massacre leads into Fall of the Mutants, which then leads into Inferno, the characters are faced with consistently increasing stakes. With each passing story line, casualties grow and become more grave, and the consequences are more lasting. Mutant Massacre starts with the genocide of a mutant community, and several main characters are critically wounded as the X-Men face the worst defeat they’ve ever experienced. Then a year later in Fall of the Mutants, just as the team is starting to recover, the entire team of X-Men is killed during their battle against the Adversary. They would immediately be resurrected as a reward for sacrificing themselves to save the world, but it is still a defeat that claims the lives of every member of the team, if only for a moment. By the time we get to Inferno, the world is literally ending. Demons are raining from the sky and regular people are straight up getting slaughtered in the streets and elevators as the X-Men are more or less helpless to stop the destruction.

Inferno is an amazing storyline, if only for all the scenes of inanimate objects coming to life and straight up eviscerating common folk who are just minding their own business. Look at this shit!!! How did the comics code of conduct ever approve this. A mob of people just packed themselves into a demon FOOD PROCESSOR and every inch of them was liquefied except their bones. Chilling. (And let’s just forget about how the writers retconned all this blood orgy stuff in the Inferno Epilogue).

This all works in a capitalistic sense. Constantly raise the stakes and don’t let up for a second because if you do, the reader will take their eyes off the page and you will lose money. But the problem is, you can’t do this forever. And if you try, eventually you are going to write yourself into a corner where you’ve raised the stakes so many times, and you’ve re-manufactured the drama so often, people will stop caring. I call this the Dragon Ball effect.

How many times have these characters become gods at this point? Like three movies ago, the most recent movie was literally called “Battle of Gods.” I’m not even watching Super. Once your characters get so far away from humanistic stories people can relate to, you are no longer creating art. You’re manufacturing sensationalism. And it gets boring. These guys are starting to look like different flavors of freezie pops.

Maybe this is why the X-Men comics that come after this, the comics that make up the last leg of writer Chris Claremont’s 17 year run on the series, become so weird. Because perhaps there was no way to continue to raise the stakes any higher. After this point, we don’t get any more big crossovers until X-Tinction Agenda, but even that story is small and quaint when compared to what is presented here. Wolverine completely disappears from the series, all our other favorite characters disappear into the Seige Perilous to be transformed into completely different versions of themselves, and we get a lot of surreal stories that don’t have any sort of climax in the way that we’ve been conditioned to expect. The series becomes murky and ambiguous, without a solid narrative arc, and I think that’s why people regard the end of Chris Claremont’s writing on the series to be the weakest part of his run.

I can’t wait to read the X-Men comics that are coming up next. Because I didn’t know what in the FUCK was going on in these comics when I was a kid and I’m hoping they make more sense now.

Anyway, I’ll be the judge of all that, once I get there. (I may even indulge in the Infinity Gauntlet omnibus because, you know, there’s a couple X-Men involved in that). But regardless of what comes after this, I think it’s also true that the crossovers presented in this reading are generally regarded with less respect than Chris Claremont’s earlier work on the series, such as the Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past. This I don’t agree with. While the stories in this reading do range in quality, with Fall of the Mutants definitely being the weakest of the three big crossovers, and even though the Uncanny X-Men portion of Inferno isn’t even the central story of that crossover (the critical story elements take place in the far inferior issues of New Mutants and <ugh> X-Terminators written by Louise Simonson), Claremont’s writing is still much stronger, more layered, and more elegant than anything else that is presented in these collections. These crossovers may not be as timeless or original as the most famous X-Men stories, but the writing here is still really darn good and engaging (at least in Uncanny X-Men), and in my opinion, does not represent a decline in aptitude on the part of the writer. It’s clear that Claremont’s writing has continued to mature and become more nuanced, so much so that when you compare it to the first issues he wrote for the series, it seems like he’s a completely different writer.

KALIDASCOPICALLY. Again, these were just the silliest panels I could find after looking for about 25 seconds.

Personally, I love this period of X-Men comics. Under Claremont’s executive control, no plot thread gets dropped. No minor detail goes disregarded. Characters continue to grow and develop at such a natural pace, sometimes it feels like my own life is developing right alongside theirs. This adds depth to these readings and I can’t describe how it feels to be a part of them, and I think it’s this element that is missing from so many other comic books written by so many other comic book writers, including nearly every X-Men story written after Chris Claremont left the series.

Case in point, there are so many minor recurring characters that appear in these stories, like Franklin Richards. (I seriously tear up every time I see these panels). This little guy bounces around the Power Pack, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four like a ping pong ball. He’s a key character in the story line where Kitty Pryde finally recovers from the wounds she suffered during Mutant Massacre. And even though Kitty and Franklin have only met each other a few times, those meetings have meaning and they are remembered and called upon in the telling of the current story. All of the efforts made by the writers and editors to keep the narrative linked make these characters seem like real life people with weight and substance, rather than a thin layer of ink on a piece of paper. And it totally works.

Ugh, this review turned into another circle jerk about the writers of these comics, and especially about Chris Claremont. But what can I say. It’s because of the writers that we are here. Love or hate these comics, and I know Claremont’s wordy scripts are not everyone’s cup of tea, but these are the stories that make the X-Men what they are. It’s tough to be aware of these things when you’re in the middle of reading them, but I’m having the absolute best time writing this blog right now, and it is primarily because these are the comics that resonate with me the most. And when I’m finished with Claremont’s material and I’m slogging through some crap written by Chuck Austen, I bet I’m going to look back on these days with envy.

[xxstar-bluesxx]

What's so great about Kilian that makes ya h o r n e e ? Just asking cuz curious and I don't see with your eyes

You dare question my hornyness about Killian? So here it comes!!!

Things that I love about Killian and what makes me feel horny about him...

- Ya, question me, boi? LOOK AT HIS BODY STRUCTURE! HIS FACE AND EVERYTHING!!!!

- Hell, those cheekbones.

- Simply classy gentleman who can kill a crocodile by breaking its jaw with his bare hands.

- A CYBORG?!?! HORNYNESS LEVEL IS MAXIMIZING!

- His whole design... He's just... so Perfect *crying* I couldn't even draw him perfectly, I'm in total defeat.

- His designs is real-life related for a real-life rich-ass villain.

- He got blue eyes. Villain's with blue eyes are attractive as fuck to me.

- BITCH! HIS LEFT EYE TURNS RED! BLUE-EYE AND RED-EYE.

- DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW BEAUTIFUL HE IS?!?!

- Look at that close-up when he said "Someone always gets hurt~", he sexy.

- Look at that strut, look at that relaxin' walk with his hand on his back. Dangerous Elegance.

- This is probably the smartest yet most dangerous villain that Blue Skies had ever made. He's prepared. He had planned everything, but he never expects that a person like Walter would get involved, there's a difference on that one.

- Ah, clever boy~

- Australian accent gets me.

- HHMMM BITCH! HE DOESN'T DO THE TELLING-YOUR-STORY-WITH-OVERALL-DETAILS VILLAIN TROPE! HE JUST STRAIGHTFORWARDS GIVE STERLIN' SOME FEW HINTS IN JUST 5 SECONDS AND DONE! HE KNOWS HE REMEMBERS IT, AND IF HE GO THROUGH IT ALL, THAT'LL BE TOO PAINFUL FOR HIM TO COPE WITH THISE MEMORIES!

- Mysterious Man with A Mysterious Past

- He reminded me of my previous childhood crush, Pitch Black when I saw him in the trailers.

- He just chills throughout the whole movie while his plan is keep on working, until Lance fights him off.

- He's strong, especially with that cyborg claw.

- Choke me daddy

- Looks perfect enough to be a literal husband and father. Please marry me.

- Do you wanna know what's low-key sexy? He's taking a fresh air in The North Sea after having a long day, by opening up the balcony windows. Then this guy just fucking interupts his peace with a warning that shouldn't be said to a killer like him.

- He ran out of mercy for everyone who messes with him, I feel that.

- He's so fucking done with everything XD

- Killian under the truth serum, he really is serious about hurting them, he's done with everyone.

- I can tell that he can be a dork sometimes.

- He loves kittens, I can see that. He just fell for it immediately.

- I knew this one has soft spots, and I'm glad about that.

- A very sympathetic villain, with a fair reason to kill or torture the protagonist.

- Yet needs love and friends right now.

- He's adorable too, he was so confused on what the hell is going on during the battle. Even when he saw the Kitty Glitter, he's still a human being.

- I just wanna... cup his face and kiss him.

- Smooth hair~... can go FLOOF!

- That kind of guy with relatable pet peeves.

- Bruh, he's strong as hell. Especially with the use of his claw.

- The most badass yet hottest villain that Blue Skies have ever received in my eyes. This guy deserves a redemption arc if they're going to make a sequel... please I want to see my husband.

- He needs hugs, and I wanna nuzzle his chest.

- HE'S TALL!!!!

- Imagine being in bed with this guy, Im sorry.

- The creators cut off Lance from being attacked by his drone... to Killian breaking the opening of the champagne bottle like a real man with real common sense then pouring it to his glass, I mean, what else are you gonna use for that bottle for? Even opening the freaking tight cork stuck in an expensive bottle is difficult, and shaking it will be a lot waste of a drink. He just fucking breaks it.

- Villains with coats/jackets that makes them look mysterious and serious, are actually my thing.

- Killian is so chill throughout the whole movie until the battle begins. He knows what he's going to do next, he had been planning about his revenge well done. But didn't knew that the boy could foil his plans, he never expected anyone to have those kinds of gadgets to use on him.

- His eyes finally shows mercy in his final scene, where he's inside the inflatable hug, he was saved by Walter. He seemed to be grateful that someone had spared his life even though he had beaten them up badly.

- A man that's worth for redemption. And I'm happy for him that he's still alive. Yes, I adore him and I shall love this man unconditionally.

@shadowbeneathlondon @dinosaurs-tho @pigeon-impossible

[mortia]

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parystrange replied to your video “Been tediously leash training the kitty for the past 3 months and...”

Oh look at her, isn't she just lovely <3 We've tried taking Luna out on a lead but she just hates it! I'm glad to see your kitty is better behaved than mine lol

Hahaha you never know what they’re going to like or dislike, right? I was worried she’d hate it but she was pretty damn happy and did NOT want to come back inside. Made me happy to see her rolling around in the grass and sniffing the wind and looking speculatively at trees. 

niamh-sims replied to your video “Been tediously leash training the kitty for the past 3 months and...”

Ashoka is gorgeous, by the way!

niamh-sims replied to your video “Been tediously leash training the kitty for the past 3 months and...”

What did you do to leash train her? I've had mine on leash and harness (prior to Australian Winter), and my only issue was that they keep taking off in different directions!

Sounds like you did ok then! Everything I read told me to expect that when we go outside, the cat will be walking ME and not the other way around. As in, cats will be cats and wander in their own direction and all you need to do is make sure they don’t go anywhere they shouldn’t and be quick on the reflexes to snatch them up if anything. I cannot imagine trying to walk two at once, just following her around was like navigating an obstacle course >.<

I started out by having her wear the harness for 5-10 minute intervals over the course of a month. She acted like I was killing her but she can be a bit dramatic. While she’s wearing it she’d get treats and playtime to associate the harness with fun. Just kept increasing the amount of time she would wear it over the next couple of months and the past 2 weeks have been her wearing it for an hour or so a day till she was walking around in it pretty comfortably. Took her outside and expected her to be scared but she had no hesitation and was off like a rocket lol. 

Thank you! I’ll let her know she has an admirer <3 She’s constipated right now so I’m preoccupied with being a hovering mother but hopefully she’ll feel better soon.