#okay im going to apologise again bc this is incredibly nerdy but i just needed to dump

[botheredbuck]

okay you’ll have to bear with me, this is going to be a mess but i just need to dump about this ep so here goes nothing, my first full ee review (by full tho i mean like mostly the ballum and stainie bits with a bit of the other stuff)

(also this is in no particular order because it’s just the order i could remember everything in)

So we started off with callum with di dickhead again. Fuck, the blackmail just keeps getting worse and worse. At first, it felt just a bit like it wasn’t quite there as blackmail but the more we get scenes of the two of them, the more my blood boils. particularly today, when thompson brought up the car crash- you could just see it in callum’s face, and that’s why i love tony so much. he didn’t even have to say anything, and you just knew. and then him telling him to plant the recorder in the arches- fuck, i feel for callum so much. just with the way thompson keeps on talking, he feels like he has to do it, because he can’t see another way out, and that’s the most heartbreaking thing. 

All of the Stuart/Rainie chaos was so great!! honestly they’re such a lovely chaotic couple and i love that about them, it makes them so fun and interesting to watch. also those little bits we got of jay and lola were pretty sweet, i hope they’re doing good. 

Then callum’s breaking into the arches to plant the recorder! at this point may i add that the small bits about callum and ben mixing up keys, having the same sorts of keys makes me soft, i wish we had more time to appreciate how great it is that they’re living together now :(( but!! on with the angst. the way my heart was racing through that whole arches scene, especially when danny just turns up. just like di dickhead, the sight of his smug little face makes my blood boil and i hate him. the whole way through him ranting about ben and theatening i was just screaming hit him, callum, hit him! and im so glad he did tbh. just the fury on his face, the way he would totally do anything to protect ben, ugh it gets me. im back to praising the shit out of tony here because how one man can have this much talent im in awe. and fuck, the way he just went for him- he snapped, and honestly it breaks my heart. he just loves ben so much, and he would do anything to protect him, anything. although something i can see coming- callum’s guilt. we know from previous shit that callum takes so much on himself, he’s definitely going to feel the affects of doing that to danny (even though the bastard deserved it) and that is going to be hard :(

taking a minute to just appreciate the absolute chaos of that ben and stuart scene i am completely in love, fuck was that beautiful. and the whole stainie wedding!! i honestly think that was such a great way of getting around the whole social distancing thing, and it’s so fucking them i just love it. and stainie being pregnant!! uncle callum!! mum and dad stuart!! i cannot wait. 

and a moment to appreciate the looks between ben and callum during the wedding. i’m predicting it now- theyre gonna get married at christmas. fight me. 

then finally that ending parallel of ben catching the blood on callum’s shit, my heart. of all the things we could have had a parallel of. 

anyways, that was imo the best ep since the return so i just had to write something before i exploded. a minute to @doof-doofblog who does regular reviews of every ee ep- my apologies for borrowing your format! i really hope you dont mind, i do love your posts and i really just needed to rant about tonight’s. if you dont already, go give them a follow!! <3

[seoulscenarios]

Mark Lee: Homecoming

Genre: superhero au

Member(s): NCT’s Mark Lee

Word count: 1.5k

Summary: just mark lee as your friendly neighbourhood spiderman

Authors note: very much inspired by Tom Holland’s Spiderman whomst i LOVE and ADORE and very much self indulgent

-So, you all know the drill, bitten by a radioactive spider, get superpowers and suddenly you’re saving Queens from weirdos and saving cats for old ladies

-That was Mark Lee’s life, except well, he’s a high school senior with a secret identity

-The fact that he moonlights as a superhero makes him jittery at school when he can hear the kids talking about his latest romps as “spiderman”

-Part of him is really proud of what he’s achieved ever since that damn spider bit his hand about a year ago but also,,, if his older brother Johnny ever found out that he routinely threw himself off buildings (sometimes even for fun) well,,,, Mark doesn’t want to think about it

-So yeah, his makeshift hero getup was shoved under a loose floorboard of his bedroom floor that he swears to Johnny that it’s fine and they don’t need to get a repairman in to fix it

-Sure,, his outfit wasn’t much, just a hoodie with a spider motif sprayed over it and some lycra pants and shorts worn over it but it was practical and comfy and also very easily replaceable bc he could fish old things out of the junk or at charity shops 

-But after meeting Mr Stark, he got a super cool and exciting new SpiderSuit and it makes him feel very much like an official Avenger even if Mr Stark says he’s not

-Hiding his bruises and scratches from Johnny was extremely hard, especially when he had to come up with more and more outlandish excuses and he just smiles awkwardly as his brother got the first aid kit to wash out the grit from that ghastly cut on his arm

-Honestly, it was such a hard thing to keep a secret from his brother

-He was extremely close to Johnny, who took care of him and is now his legal guardian after their parents moved away and never got in touch with them again, so keeping such an important secret was the WORST thing for Mark

-He wanted to be so truthful to his brother who had sacrificed his whole life and career to look after Mark but he also enjoyed this other, somewhat glamorous life that he really enjoyed keeping a secret, it was something he didn’t have to share it with Johnny

-And as much as he loved Johnny, he was incredibly overbearing and involved in as many aspects of Mark’s life as he could 

-So, he just shut up and let Johnny rant about his day at work or let him fuss over him because that was way easier than trying to convince Johnny that it’s okay for him to be swinging around Queens or fighting Captain America and Black Widow in Germany (Johnny thought he was on a trip to Switzerland with Tony Stark to attend some kind of conference)

-But outside of his “superhero” world, Mark was the most uncool and nerdy kid you could imagine

-He loves physics and maths so much, studying in all of his spare time and making computer programmes and coding in his lunch break instead of going to the school cafeteria

-Thought, if he was being honest, if he actually went to the cafeteria someone would probably trip him up or knock the tray of food out of his hands “accidentally”

-(Not to mention, Johnny would pack him lunch to take with him that he normally he’d munch away at in his classroom, even if it wasn’t the best sandwiches he’d ever eaten)

-He had his enemies, picking on the nerdy, quiet, skinny boy seemed the best thing for the school bullies especially Flash but he was just kind of used to it now,,, besides if Flash ever found out if he was the Spiderman,,,, well,,, he’ll just keep it a secret for now

-But the thing he liked most about school

-You, his best friend ever since you bumped into him, knocking both of your trays out of your hands because you were too busy trying to balance your comic and food tray as you were navigating the cafeteria and you immediately apologised but Mark apologised even more until he saw your comic and got very excited that you read the same comics and since then you had been best friends

-You bonded over comics but you definitely didn’t know that your best friend was the Spiderman whom you ADORED and in actual fact you were a huge fan of the Avengers and absolutely gushed about them to Mark all the time

-Unbeknownst to you, Mark had only just returned from the airport where he made his “debut” in the Avengers thanks to Tony and did in fact kinda know them maybe he wasn’t sure on their actual relationship but he did like Mr Rogers even if he did have to fight him Mark has MAD respect for Mr Rogers

-He just let you gush about your love for the heroes, knowing that you admired him in not just his spidey persona but him in real life too

-It just meant that keeping it a secret from you even worse than from Johnny

-Like the amount of times he nearly accidentally revealed himself to be your favourite superhero was actually so unreal he’s more shocked that you haven’t actually figured it out yet

-But, of course, this is Mark Lee

-The nerdy, bashful, shy superhero with a blabber mouth and easily forgets the details of his normal life when he’s out superhero-ing

-So when he goes out one night, kicking some leftover cronies of the Vulture that still roamed the streets of Queens he swings in to his open bedroom building with a few cuts littering his face

-As he swings in, he rips off his mask and shrugged off his hoodie before trying to open the loose floorboard

-Trying is the keyword here

-Because lo and behold, you were actually stood on the floorboard holding your joint Lego project you’d been working on for weeks (a work in progress Millenium Falcon), mouth wide open as you realise that your best friend is actually the Spiderman

-“Uh… Y/N ? Please don’t drop the Millenium Falcon but uh, hi… I guess you figure it out… I’m Spiderman ?”

-“I hadn’t noticed thanks, wanna prove it?”

-“Um… shouldn’t you be more worried that I revealed my secret identity to you by complete accident?”

-“Shoot a web”

-And he does,,, much to your surprise as he bound your hands to the Lego, accidentally using a bit too much force and breaking some of the pieces off

-But to Mark’s surprise, you’re really not that shocked that he’s crusading as The Spiderman you had been admiring for ages and it really calms his anxiety about this whole situation because if there’s one thing Mr Stark taught him was to keep his identity a secret but knowing that you’re not that bothered and seem more interested in the biology and chemicals that the spider who bit him in the first place and the fact you wanted to meet Thor and Captain America

-With you knowing meant that Mark was way more relaxed and joking around about his nightlife, making everyone around you think that Mark had a badly behaved pet

-And sure, sometimes he rocked up to yours with serious cuts all over his arms and chest and he was so sure that you were going to turn him away and the fact that you kept a spare set of clothes and a first aid kit and cleaned up and made him sleep at yours that night, you soothing him as nightmares took over him

-He would always apologise in the morning and it made your heart break

-“Mark, you’re never a burden to me, if anything… I’m grateful you trust me so much so don’t ever, ever try to hide anything from me… I’m here for you both as Spiderman, but more importantly for you, Mark Lee, a kid from Queens”

-“Thanks Y/N”

-“So when are you introducing me to Thor, it’s been a while and it’s taking a toll on me to keep your secret…”

-“Y/N for the last time I haven’t even MET Thor, so how can I introduce you to him?”

-“FINE, then maybe your precious Mr Stark”

-“That’s more plausible now can we watch The Goonies finally?”

coming up soon will be a bang chan scenario which has been a WIP for ages as i just haven’t had the time to fully invest in it yet :(((

hope you’re all happy and healthy and hydrated! the air quality in korea is super bad at the moment so im trying my best to stay as healthy as i can

love, admin leigh