#one piece episode 1034

[mrstraffy]

Me: *watching a show so intently*

F: What are you watching?

Me: Nothing, it's just a fight between a giant raindeer and a dinosaur.

F: *confused*

The fight:

[hauntingblue]

Kiku I will avenge you. There will be not a stone unturned. Not a man unharmed. I do not care if kanjuro is dead this is something else. What the fuck.

[darcycarmela]

Watched Episode 1034 "Luffy, Defeated! The Straw Hats in Jeopardy?!"

[deathbyoctopi]

Perospero fight scenes (anime vs manga)

So unfair how the manga reduces Perospero’s part in the war to a few panels, if any. I always thought there was just too much do draw, but that the anime would expand a bit on them

...then I was disappointed that the anime didn’t show that much of Wanda and Carrot’s fight, I would have loved to see him kick their asses! 

But I can’t be happier to see more action on Queen’s fight. And not just him fighting and being able to shine as a sexy badass for a change, you have him and Queen talking like the two Yonko commanders they are^_^

yes I KNOW Peros’ not a sweet commander, but he’s up ther in the chain command and fuck me if he wasn’t one once and just retired to focus on management, interior design and his singing career

[jimmybuggin]

Itty bitty Buggys from episode 1034

[whumpschild]

One piece whump list

List will be updated as new episodes come out

these episodes in red contain major spoilers!

17. Gets slashed up, faints

29. Trapped in a steal net, almost drowns

39. Gets his legs stuck in a rock, almost drowns (kind of cpr?)

83. Scrapes up fingers and toes climbing a mountain trying to save his friends, frostbite, hypothermia, faints and almost falls off a cliff.

110. Stabbed through by hook,

123. Stab wound reopens, collapses on the road

160. Gets blasted into a tree

161. Gets blown up

219. Collapses after davy back fight.

228. Frozen by Aokiji

236. Gets into a fight with usopp, cries.

255. Gets dizzy, crew concerned hes lost too much blood from sporadic battles

308. Thrown to the ground,collapses

309. Coughing up blood, struggles to get up, more coughing up blood, colapses,

310 paralyzed from prolonged use of 2nd gear and injuries,wheezing 

349. Gets shadow cut off, passes out

373. Appears to defeat ors, passes out,

374, shrinks from 3rd gear, collapses almost turned to dust by sun

376 (zoro) Takes all of luffy's pain and is covered in blood

404, Zoro still hurt, Luffy knocked unconscious, mental breakdown after crew dissapeirs.

408. Lands on amazon lily, eats toxic mushroom that causes more to grow on him, is unconscious, 

435, poisoned badly, blurry vision,

437, still suffering from poison, arching his back in pain

438, somewhat rescued by bon, still poisoned, attacked by wolves, collapses

441. 20 hours of painful recovery, still week and dizzy

473, gets thrown in the water, almost drowns, 

477. Unconscious, threatens suicide if he cant fight to save his bother, injected with steroids 

484. Painful screaming and crying, mentaly breaks down and goes into shock.

489 luffy recued by law, gets surgery

494, child luffy) gets captured and brutally beaten by bluejam pirates

504, child luffy) mauled by a bear, almost dies

528.almost drowns, wakes up coughs up water

547. Fals asleep out of nowhere, (not really whump but i count it)

559, almost drowns fighting hordy

568. Faints from blood loss, needs blood donated

597,suffocated,passes out

604, almost freezes to death

728, deflated from gear four, cant fight or stand

784 poisoned by fish

801/802 Deflated from 4th gear exhausted uncontious

808. Gets beaten, spits up blood, threatens to starve himself

811. Non stop fighting, knocked unconscious beaten, knocked out again

825, collapses, struggles to stand or walk, starved

856. Knocked unconscious

867, shot by poison needle, stabbed, screaming in pain knocked unconscious, passes out

872, being carries around because too weak to stand, kindof just laing motionless after falling, passes out, now being carried by sanji, Sanji faints

873, still unconscious, thrown around a bit (sanji) shot in the arm)

876, dizzy

892 almost drowns wakes up alone on a beach

914, arches back in rage (not really whump but the way he bends backwards gets the whumperflies going

915, flies into a blind rage, knocked unconscious

916, still unconscious, dragged, tossed, and kicked around, still hurt, struggles to move

950, poisoned, collapses

1018, 1019 colapses from 4th gear, faints gets thrown around

1033 beaten around by kaido colapses head bleeding

1034 thrown in ocean seen sparaticly through 1034-1037

1038 rescued by laws crew (not the best whump but what kind of whumper would i be to exlude it) bit of cpr twords the middle-end bit

1041 wakes up laws crew worried

1044 Robin colapses after battle

1061 sanji colapses from harsh battle

1070 luffy colapses during the battle with kaido

[buckybarnesbingo]

BBB Week 6 Roundup!

Little bit late, Mod Meg was on vacay over the weekend.

Title: Cute Quaterbacks Collaborator(s): Tori/samandbucky Link: AO3 Square: B4 - Sharing Clothes Rating: Teen Ship(s): Steve/Tony Major tags/warnings: AU, School, Fake Relationship, Protective!Bucky Summary: Steve and Bucky grew up as childhood best friends and are now roommates in college. Bucky dares Steve to bring a date to one of his upcoming football games after Steve suggests he could date anyone he wanted to. Enter Tony Stark. Word count: 1767

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Title: The Curse Collaborator(s): Tori/samandbucky Link: AO3 Square: K4 - Kiss Rating: Teen Ship(s): Bucky/Clint Major tags/warnings: Fluff, Established Relationship, Magic, Curses Summary: Clint gets hit during an alien attack with some dark magic, Bucky and Steve can't wake him, so they go to the only person they know who can undo the curse: Stephen Strange. Word count: 1364

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Title: A Regular Harry Houdini Collaborator(s): Bird Link: AO3 Square: K4 - Prisoners/Captives Together Rating: Teen Ship(s): Sam/Bucky Major tags/warnings: Minor Episode 5 Spoilers, Post-The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Captured, First Kiss Summary: “You know, if Steve kissed me in the middle of an escape attempt, he would bring it up after,” Sam said. “I thought we weren’t talking about Steve,” Bucky grunted, closing his eyes. “I’m going to take a nap.” “I can’t believe you’re pretending to take a nap right now.” “I’m 106, Sam. I’m allowed to fall asleep whenever I want.” Word count: 1365

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Title: K5 Card B096 Soulbond Collaborator(s): Rufferto Link: Tumblr Square: K5 - High Fantasy, Curses, Shiny Sword Steve Rating: Teen Ship(s): Stucky Major tags/warnings: Fantasy Warrior Bucky, Curses, Art, Sword Steve Summary: When Bucky went off to war Steve was cursed into a sword. Bucky managed to find him because they share a bond but he's cursed. Bucky now carries Steve into battle wherever he goes looking for a way to have Steve at his side again. This was done on Hot Press Water Color Paper with Windsor & Newton and Arteza paints. I don’t much like the scan, there’s something always lost when a watercolor image is scanned but I will try some other time to get a better photo of it. Word count: none it is art.

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Title: Benevolent Overlord Collaborator(s): IndigoNight Link: AO3 Square: K1 - Bucky Bear Rating: Gen Ship(s): Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers Major tags/warnings: Fluff, PTSD, Codependency, Alpine the Cat Summary: “Hi,” Bucky says, wincing a little at how hoarse and rough his voice sounds from disuse. The kitten just hisses at him again, huge green eyes narrowed into slits. “Yeah, I get it,” he agrees with a grimace and a commiserating nod. Word count: 4921

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Title: I'm James Buchanan Barnes Collaborator(s): e_hytes Link: Tumblr Square: C2 - Art Style: Black and White Rating: Gen Ship(s): No pairing/ship Major tags/warnings: #buckybarnes #wintersoldier #jamesbuchananbarnes #mcu Summary: A drawing of Bucky/Winter Soldier black and white Word count: N/A

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Title: Someone Like You Collaborator(s): Nicnac Link: AO3 Square: C4 - Prison Rating: Mature Ship(s): Bucky/Reader Major tags/warnings: Enemies, Uneasy Allies, Hydra Agent Reader, Negotiations Summary: Taken from their SHIELD prison cell, the reader finds themself alone with The Winter Soldier negotiating for their life. Word count: 2693

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Title: Sambucky Incorrect Quotes Collaborator(s): snowstark Link: Tumblr Square: U2 - Partner-In-Crime Rating: Teen Ship(s): Sam/Bucky Major tags/warnings: Enemies to lovers vibe, Humour Summary: “Bucky, we tried things your way already.” “No we didn’t.” “I did it in my head and it didn’t work.” Word count: N/A

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Title: darling, you’re the one i want in paper rings Collaborator(s): cyanica Link: AO3 Square: C5 - teasing Rating: Gen Ship(s): steve/bucky Major tags/warnings: first time, demisexuality, period-typical homophobia, fluff, friends to lovers Summary: "Okay, I don't know why I’ve never – you know!” Bucky said after a moment, a soft laugh spilling from his lips – something so genuine and bashful, that Steve wasn’t so sure what to make of. “You're just – you're the only one I've ever had eyes for. You're the only one I’ve ever wanted.” Or, whatever deity had constructed the fragmented pieces of their souls together, they were made of the same smithereens, and Steve was sure he had known that as a child, holding Bucky’s slightly larger hand and accepting that they were of the same love, without even knowing what such a concept was. Word count: 1630

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Title: Unexpected Alliances - Chapter 4 Collaborator(s): PoliZ Link: AO3 Square: C5 - Lending a Hand Rating: Mature Ship(s): Stucky Major tags/warnings: Fantasy AU, enemies to friends/lovers, referenced/implied torture Summary: Buckthorn’s refusal to use his fae magic to support his captor’s cause has left him battered and broken; when he is given a dangerous shifter as his cellmate, they overcome their differences to become allies and perhaps something more. Chapter 4: Upon reaching the shifters’ camp, Buckthorn meets another of Stephen’s companions who seems to have a chip on his shoulder when it comes to fae folk. Word count: 1034

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Title: A Story Told in Flesh, Chapter 3: Together In Dreams Collaborator(s): ChrissiHR Link: AO3 Square: B2 - Rocket Racoon Rating: Explicit Ship(s): Bucky x Darcy x Steve Major tags/warnings: Big Swingin’ Dick!Steve, smut, nsfw, dream sex, sex positive Summary: Bucky and Darcy get massages and discuss Aesir medical treatments; Darcy has an erotic dream about Bucky & Steve. Word count: 1270

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Title: Written In The Scars (On My Heart) Collaborator(s): IndigoNight Link: AO3 Square: K5 - Just Do It Rating: Explicit Ship(s): Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes Major tags/warnings: Past Rape/Non-con, In Heat (but not A/B/O) Masturbation, Sex Toys, Mildly Dubious Consent, Body Worship, Self Body Worship, Rimming, Fuck Or Die (sort of), Porn with Feelings, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, PTSD, Inability to Orgasm, Body Image, Reference to Past Medical Experimentation, Self-Lubrication, Touch-Starved, Touch-Averse Summary: He swallows hard, struggling with himself one last time and losing. “I need your help,” he manages to whisper, voice cracking. The air in the room immediately changes. The wound up tension drains out of Steve, his posture and voice going soft. “Sure, Buck,” he says, cautiously moving back toward him. Bucky can’t move, his arms locked tight around his knees, and he can’t lift his gaze higher than Steve’s knees either. Steve pauses when he’s still a few feet away, squatting down and angling his head in an effort to see Bucky’s face through the curtain of his hair. “Anything. What do you need?” It’s everything Bucky can do to hold still, every cell in his body vibrating with the need to throw himself into Steve’s arms. He opens his mouth, but his throat sticks and he has to swallow again before he can force the words out. Slowly, by sheer force of will, he drags his gaze up to meet Steve’s eyes. “I need you to fuck me.” Word count: 41k

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Title: Acceptance is the first part of Healing Collaborator(s): Laevateinn Link: AO3 Square: C4 - Denial Rating: Teen Ship(s): N/A Major tags/warnings: 1e3 : Power Broker, TFATWS coda, TW for : implied sexual abuse/assault, dissociation, PTSD, flashbacks, Angst, hopeful(ish) ending Summary: "You good ?" Wilson asks him, after he fought against eight men. "You okay ?" Wilson asks him, when they get to Sharon’s house. "You hurt ?" Wilson asks him, when they get out of the car. Yes, Wilson. All good. Now if the guy could shut up and carry on, that'd be great. Why would he be "not fine" anyway ? It's not as if anything that happened that day hasn't happened before. Word count: 906

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Title: The Maze Stumbler (Moodboard) Collaborator(s): Turtles Link: Tumblr Square: B3 - Labyrinth Rating: Teen Ship(s): Darcy Lewis & Bucky Barnes & Sam Wilson Major tags/warnings: Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Thor, Cocktail, Labyrinth Summary: Something, something, Thor spikes the punch at the party and they all decide to re enact the Maze Runner… or something like that. Sam and Bucky wake up in the middle of a maze, nothing but Darcy’s voice in their ear giving them directions and critiquing their methodology Word count: N/A

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Title: The Maze Stumbler (Fic) Collaborator(s): Turtles Link: AO3 Square: C1 - Stranded Rating: Teen Ship(s): Darcy Lewis & Bucky Barnes & Sam Wilson Major tags/warnings: Thor's Asgardian Booze, a labyrinth, Dubious Timeline, Everybody Lives, Crack Summary: Don’t drink Thor’s Asgardian booze. Ever. Word count: 1657

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Title: 5 Times Steve Received Plums from Natasha or Sam and the 1 Time Steve Realized the Plums weren’t from Them Collaborator(s): Girl_Back_There Link: AO3 Square: K5 - Bucky/Steve Rating: Teen Ship(s): Bucky/Steve Major tags/warnings: 5 + 1, Bucky and his Plums, Angst and Feels, Steve Rogers Needs a Hug Summary: Steve keeps finding plums in his hotel rooms or his bag. He thinks it is Natasha or Sam trying to be a good friend by making sure he is eating and keeping up his energy in the search for Bucky. Each plum he finds reminds him of Bucky growing up in pre-WWII New York. The times they would give each other a plum as a way of saying “I’m sorry” or “I love you.” Word count: 2998

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Title: Faith and Desire and the Swing of Your Hips Collaborator(s): IndigoNight Link: AO3 Square: U2 - French Kiss Rating: Explicit Ship(s): Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes Major tags/warnings: Crossdressing, Nonbinary Steve Rogers, Oral Sex, Body Dysphoria, Gender Exploration, Supportive Flirting Summary: “You look gorgeous, doll,” he drawls, dragging up as much of old Brooklyn as he can to infuse into the words. Steve startles, even though the doorway and Bucky in it are clearly reflected behind him in the mirror. Steve’s eyes flick to him and away again, his face going pink from the tips of his ears and spreading all the way down to his chest. He fidgets with his skirt, hands smoothing over the folds of it self consciously. “It looks a little silly,” he mutters, chewing on his already chapped lower lip. Word count: 5470

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Title: Stay Collaborator(s): Bird/plutosrose Link: AO3 Square: C3 - Free Square Rating: Explicit Ship(s): Sam/Bucky Major tags/warnings: Post-Canon, First Time Summary: “So, are you keeping the outfit?” Word count: 1919

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Title: It's Not a Miracle You Need Collaborator(s): UisceOneLove Link: AO3 Square: Y3 - At a Crossroads Rating: Teen Ship(s): James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Major tags/warnings: Post-Endgame, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hopeful Ending Summary: Sitting out on the dock of Tony's lakehouse while the others slept, Steve thought about where he was expected to go from here. It's a good thing Bucky's around to help him see where that can be. Word count: 1584

[onepiecepodcast]

Episode 699, "Chuji Entertainment Cheese" (with @MinovskyArticle)

Episode 699, “Chuji Entertainment Cheese” (with @MinovskyArticle)

On this week’s episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed and Steve for our recap of One Piece Chapter 1034! We are joined this week by our very special guest Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Shonen Jump and Manga Plus) and Casey a/k/a Minovsky Article! In addition to our Manga Recap for One Piece Chapter 1034, “Sanji vs. Queen” we have our Anime Recap for One Piece Episodes…

[timeisacephalopod]

Snapshot

A lil Ned/ Peter AU because these boys don’t get enough love! They’re aged up, so they’re in their twenties rather than teens, but still. Its a celeb AU also- Peter plays Spider-Man instead of being him.

“Oh my god I can’t go out there,” Ned hisses at Michelle. She looks nonplussed but she always looks like that even when there are celebrities here. Ok, there are always celebrities here but Ned doesn’t really care about most of them its just that he happens to be a huge Spider-Man nerd and Peter Parker is the best person he’s ever seen cast as the character. Toby Maguire was a travesty, and Andrew Garfield is pretty but not the perfect fit. Peter Parker though, Ned has never seen someone bring the character to life the way he does. Everything about him is absolutely perfect and now he’s sitting at a table with Tony Stark and okay this is... this...

“Ned, get your head out of your ass, he’s in your section,” Michelle tells him.

“You’ve got this!” Liz tells him over the little half wall that separates him from the kitchen area she’s in.

Yeah, he’s got this. He’s totally got this- Peter Parker is just a regular dude looking for food and Ned happens to know the food here is good. He probably eats too much of it, though to be fair he works a lot. Celebrities give good tips and he has school bills to pay for and also rent.

He starts walking over and okay never mind he does not got this he’s a lowly fat boy in school walking towards a person who plays one of the most iconic characters on television right now he is not worthy. He goes to turn around and give his table to Michelle when Peter god damn Parker notices him and smiles, waving a little excitedly and Ned has no choice now he has to go over.

“Uh, hey. I’m waiter, I’ll be your Ned this evening. I mean I’m a waiter, my name is Ned. I will be waiting. On the food. With the food, on you. Um. I’m going to shut up now,” he says, wishing he could banish himself to the shadow realm forever for that. Holy Christ he managed to embarrass the hell out of himself in less than two seconds this is the worst day of his life he hopes the earth gets hit by an astroid large enough that he’ll die long before he has to deal with poor Peter.

*

Yeah, Peter knows Ned is embarrassed but it was cute, watching him flounder a little. “Do you ever get used to that?” he asks Tony.

He shakes his head, “not really. I mean you get used to it in a way that you kind of expect it, but not in a way where you can really accept why people treat you that way. Or I didn’t, I know a lot of people who kind of let that kind of treatment go to your head and we’ve all watched what happens when child stars leave Disney. It really does fuck with people to have everyone treat you like a god only for them to turn around and get pissed off that you act like one now too.”

Shit, yeah Peter has seen that happen plenty but that’s just... not him. He grew up in Queens and didn’t even think he had a shot at landing the role of a lifetime. Hell, he would have ended up working a shitty dead end job because he couldn’t afford to go to college if not for Tony finding him at an improv group and deciding he had enough talent to fund his education. He’s always loved acting, putting on a show, and boy that has come back to bite him in the ass in really weird ways but in the end things worked out really well. Except for the part with the crazy fans, he doesn’t care for that, but that’s part of the job so.

“Hm. It wouldn’t be like... creepy to ask a fan out, right? Like because they’d be way less likely to say no to you? Would that be weird? I think that might be weird I won’t say anything,” he says, sealing his own fate.

Tony laughs, “depends on the fan and that one isn’t the type to worship you and also isn’t the type to stalk you. Keep in mind that consent goes both ways and fans are just as likely to ignore your boundaries. Maybe more, actually, since totally ignoring our privacy and personal space is considered normal and kind of encouraged. But that guy- just flustered. Probably a comic book nerd too,” he says.

If he’s a comic nerd Peter doesn’t see why he’d like Peter much. He can’t even believe the amount of blowback he got from the comic fandom over the fact that he’s trans and playing Spider-Man. Yeah, he obviously expected some blowback because that’s... well, normal not that he wants to admit that casual transphobia is alive and well. But it is, and he expected it, but the sheer amount of people that thought just that part of who he is should disqualify him from playing the character was nuts. Thankfully Peter Quill happens to be a crazy bastard and basically told everyone and their dogs to shove it because he knows what he’s doing. Which, to be fair, he does. And casting happens to be a skill he’s especially good with.

“Think you might be wrong about the comic nerd thing,” Peter says. Comic nerds are bird brains, he has decided.

“If you say so, kid,” Tony says and Peter can tell Tony thinks he’s right but he doesn’t say it.

*

Tony is trying to explain how he and Arthur Curry of all people ended up in a relationship when Ned comes back with food. Poor guy already suffered through drinks and Peter tried to talk to him to try and make him feel more comfortable but it didn’t really work. So when he comes back over Peter grins, “that smells so good,” he says and he is starving. Being stuck under film lights all day is actually exhausting work contrary to popular belief and obviously he gets fed but he’s like a bottomless pit with food. Can’t ever seem to get enough, but he’s always that way. The bonus is now that people read him as a guy no one asks if he should eat that much they just kind of assume he’s a glutton. Which, yay, because pastries.

“Um yeah, its pretty good. I’ve tried basically everything here except the caviar and the escargot because I draw the line at rich people food that sounds like it should be poor people food,” he says and Tony snorts, laughing into his hand.

“Yeah, guess fish eggs kind of do sound more like a thing poor people would eat than rich people. Weird. Also, not good- I’ve tried it and I don’t get the hype,” he says, shrugging.

“Tastes like spunk, I don’t get it either,” Tony says and the response obviously surprises Ned because he looks at Tony with a shocked expression on his face which, in hindsight, is probably why he doesn’t notice Peter’s food go overboard and into his lap. He jumps up before the hot food can do damage, then winces when the plate ends up in several pieces on the ground and Ned looks horrified.

“Its okay!” Peter says fast. “Things happen!”

“I am so sorry!” Ned says, eyes wide in horror.

“Its fine! I’ve had worse things thrown at me,” he says fast. Which is true, but also.

Ned rolls his eyes, “all those people who decided you couldn’t play Spider-Man because of some comic book inaccuracy or whatever bullshit need to look at those comics again because in issue 1034, which was released eight weeks before you even got the role, Gwen Stacy asks if you can lay eggs. Tom Holland, not you, you just play him. Whatever. Anyway, Gwen Stacy is a genius so she’d definitely know that only lady spiders can lay eggs. Also, Spider-Man is well known for his slightly high pitched voice and sure, people can argue that’s because he’s a teenager but I was sixteen once too and by then my voice was normal, so for Tom Holland to have hit puberty that late its totally acceptable to consider the effects of T on his voice and also- wait, no, oh my god. You don’t give a shit about any of this, people suck. They’re transphobes and also you have the perfect frame for it and lets be real, Christian Bale would have been a better choice than Toby fucking Maguire,” he says, flapping a hand around and wincing at his rant.

Peter raises an eyebrow, “there’s actual comic text evidence for trans Spider-Man?” he asks and Ned shrugs, cheeks turning a little red.

“I mean, you kinda gotta dig but if they can randomly make Captain America HYDRA and then unmake him HYDRA when everyone hated that shit trans Spider-Man is much less controversial. Actually, its totally inconsequential because why would that affect being Spider-Man, it just means you gotta take T and you- Tom Holland not you- got bit by a radioactive spider. Is being trans really more unrealistic than that? Because any idiot who claims realism probably need to pull their head out of their ass because the real world ain’t got super soldier serum to give you a shredded bod. Which, by the way, is my kind diet plan- just taking some experimental serum and come out hot. You don’t care about that either, oh my god, I’m getting comic nerd on a celebrity and also your food and-” Peter cuts Ned off to save him from himself.

“I think I might be in love with you, Ned,” he says and then winces, looking to Tony in a panic. Why the hell would he even say that!

“What he means,” Tony interjects smoothly, “is that he thinks you’re adorable, and he wants you number. Maybe a date, if you’re comfortable.”

Ned stares for a long moment. “Oh my god this is exactly season two episode four where MJ asks Gwen out for you even though that’s dumb because MJ and Gwen clearly belong with each other,” Ned says, eyes wide.

“Yeah I know right? Peter- Quill-” he clarifies when he remembers too late there’s two Peters involved in Spider-Man, “keeps pushing for it but stupid TV people won’t let him. So now he’s writing them as gay as possible to piss everyone off, except its kind of backfiring because now everyone thinks he’s queerbaiting but he’s not he’s queer expliciting as much as he can before someone fires him. Also yeah, I just don’t think Gwen is a good match for my character anyways, I mean she’s nice and all that but they’re kind of... platonic. Oh, um, do you know what a Miles Morales is?” he asks because Quill mentioned him and Peter has no idea who that is.

Ned does because he lets out a loud noise that’s halfway between a huff and a squeal and Peter is sure he’s never heard a noise like it before. “Oh my god they’re introducing Miles Morales! Yes!”

Tony throws a dinner roll at him and it bounces off his head, “you shit head, don’t give away spoilers!” he says like it isn’t a meme that Peter consistently gives stuff away. At this point they’ve started using it as marketing material it happens so often. Like that time he opened a supposedly internal poster on his Instagram and faked being shocked when he realized it wasn’t supposed to be public. Everyone ate it up even if they all knew it was fake- obviously it was considering the video was never taken down, but the fans loved it anyway.

“Give me every single spoiler now!” Ned says, excitement written all over his features.

Peter considers saying no but he’s not good at peer pressure, its how he got talked into doing shrooms when he was thirteen and that was a bad plan. “The multiverse explodes and one of the spider people dies but I can’t tell you which one,” he says quickly. Tony throws another roll at him for it but he can’t help it.

Ned lets out a loud screech, “oh my god if Peter Quill kills you I’ll go kill him!” he yells way too loud. People turn to stare and Peter waves them off.

“Talking about a TV show!” he assures people and Ned, to his credit, looks like he kind of wants the earth to swallow him.

“Peter doesn’t die,” Tony says, “and we’re going to leave before Dipshit McGee lets any more spoilers loose. You might not want to tell anyone any of that stuff, people will find you and I really wish that was a joke but its not. You’ll get like twelve cease and desist letters.”

“That’s true, I have like fifty of them in frames and also I’ve been banned from reading scripts until shooting schedule because I really am terrible at keeping things secret and this is really Quill’s fault for telling me any of this stuff and hey wait I don’t have his number yet,” he says and Tony drags him off.

“I’ll get his number and pay, you stop spoiling Quill’s hard work before he decides to kill you next,” Tony says.

[caman96]

One Piece Episode 1034 Subtitle Indonesia

One Piece Episode 1034 Subtitle Indonesia

[sanepo]

✅ Link Nonton One Piece Episode 1034 Sub Indo, Kekalahan Luffy? Baca selengkapnya dibawah ini:

[aion-rsa]

Snowpiercer Season 2 Episode 3 Review: A Great Odyssey

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This Snowpiercer review contains spoilers.

Snowpiercer Season 2 Episode 3

A friend of mine from high school dropped out of college and bounced around multiple jobs before he got a job he loves. He now works as, of all things, an engineer in a train yard. Rather than taking the trains out on long hauls, he drives to the yard and moves trains around from the shed to the appropriate track and back as needed. The work is hard and outdoors in all weather, but satisfying enough that, last time we spoke, he was still an engineer. Even his relatively easy job is still very difficult, as it takes time both to get trains moving and to get them to stop; a train handles nothing like a car. Trying to drive a 1034-car super train with two disconnected engines up the Rocky Mountains seems like a nightmare, and yet, that’s the task given not to Bennett (Iddo Goldberg) or Melanie (Jennifer Connelly), but to teenage Alex (Rowan Blanchard) courtesy of one Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean) on this week’s episode of Snowpiercer.

Even though it’s just CGI, just watching Snowpiercer and Big Alice tilt at crazy angles to go around a curve, snow flying all around them, is intimidating. Perhaps it’s my fear of heights, but just thinking about that track curving around the side of a mountain with nothing between the train and a freefalling death but a couple of pieces of bent steel and the skill of someone who can’t drive a car is one of the most unnerving moments of the series. Given that the people on board Snowpiercer are being forced to huddle together in their emergency muster stations for the attempt only makes things worse; no wonder Audrey is drunk in the night car and everyone’s on edge throughout the train. Melanie’s trip to the research station is a suicide mission for the whole train, not just for her.

Of course, life is nothing but a suicide mission. In the cold opening, as Wilford sparks up a joint and liquors up his coffee, he mentions that the end of life isn’t a surprise. Everyone dies, no exceptions. There is no real way to escape that fate, but there is still power in knowledge, and weapons are very useful. His metaphor is mixed, yet pointed. Icy Bob is the point of a spear, knowledge is used like a sword, and he’s going to either get Snowpiercer back or drive humanity to extinction in the process. And, like Till suspected, he’s got loyalists on the inside of Snowpiercer, and true believers are always a problem when they’re being guided by a self-serving sociopath.

That Wilford is a danger to himself and others isn’t surprising, but Zak Schwartz’s script makes it clear that Wilford was manipulating people long before the earth began to freeze; Bennett and Melanie confirm this in their conversations with one another, with Layton, and with Alex. Alex, who is clearly a smart girl, is smart enough to see her way through Wilford, with a little help from her mother, but also smart enough to make sure that Wilford doesn’t see through her own wall of distain for her absentee parent.

The reunion moments between Alex and Melanie are well done, with the two working together to both get to the root of their relationship issues while not directly talking about them in an unnatural way. It’s performed well by Connelly and Rowan Blanchard, but also well written. Teenagers in particular are reticent to discuss their feelings directly, so Mel figures out how to solve that problem by working her way around them through their shared interest in the train.

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Director David Frazee also does solid work with the other actors, in particular the goodbye scene between Melanie and Alison Wright’s Ruth Wardell. Melanie doesn’t ask for forgiveness, and Ruth doesn’t offer it, but there’s enough there between the two of them that Ruth has to keep her façade up at that final moment, all the same. Wright does a wonderful job here of not giving away too much of what Ruth is feeling, only letting her voice quaver a little bit, and her eyes mist up just slightly, while keeping the Head of Hospitality appearance ship-shape in front of the assembled passengers of Snowpiercer. Melanie isn’t dead, but everyone seems to be mourning her in their own way all the same.

Melanie knows when Wilford is most likely to make a move on Snowpiercer, and it’s while she’s gone. She’s careful to warn Layton of that, and give him good advice on taking Ruth into the fold as a confidant because of her straight-shooting mentality. She warns Alex to be wary of Wilford, as well, with full knowledge of his mind games and tendency to abuse others out of boredom rather than any pressing reason. Wilford’s interest in Icy Bob doesn’t seem to bode well for Melanie, or for Snowpiercer, though he’s still a work in progress. The Headwoods are busy sharpening the point of the spear for Wilford, even as they seem to be rooting for Melanie’s mission to succeed (or are just looking for something new to turn their attention to when not doing mad science).

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Then again, Wilford needs Snowpiercer for more than just the egotistic reasons he suggests as he calls it “my train” over and over. From the brief reveals of the cold open, Big Alice’s crew seem tired, hungry, and most importantly, over Wilford’s big talk—you can’t fill a belly with deft wordplay and rousing speeches—while the breechmen on Snowpiercer remain true believers simply because they haven’t had to deal with Wilford all this time. A change in leadership on the big train would benefit Big Alice immensely, so while Wilford’s crew is smaller, they’re motivated because the alternative is canned meat and the rages of a despot.

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Is Nosedive a Faithful Depiction of China’s Social Credit System?

In this short and fascinating piece, Mr Xueliang Zhang (J.D. Candidate, Class of 2021, Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong) compares China’s social credit system with Black Mirror’s famous episode of Nosedive. He discusses similarities and differences of the two regimes. (Editted by Michelle Miao, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, the Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Xueliang Zhang

Nosedive, one of Black Mirror’s famous episodes depicts an orderly world based on a rating system, where everyone uses a mobile app to rate others’ behaviour. Everyone gets five points at the beginning. The score is boosted upon receiving a good rating and goes down upon receiving a bad rating. It is in close relation to people’s social activities, determining what type of car they can rent, whether they are invited to a wedding or have priority to medical treatment and so on[1]. China’s Social Credit System is often regarded as a real-world version of Black Mirror. For example, in Rongcheng in Shandong Province, a pilot city adopting a social credit system, every citizen is assigned 1000 points to start with. Good deeds, such as donating money or blood, returning a found wallet to its owner, will be given a good rating and by doing these deeds, citizens can earn more scores. While bad acts, such as beating one’s partner, failing to pay off their debts in a timely manner, will be given a bad rating and their scores will drop[2]. Citizens are awarded a good reputation with high scores as the ratings will be made publicly available. Also, the scores in Rongcheng’s rating system are linked to their social entitlements, such as the access to low-interest loans, eligibility to high spending and so on.

China’s social credit system and Nosedive’s rating system are not newly developed concepts. The financial credit system is their precedent, where financial institutions publish a list of low credit ratings and restrict people’s exercise of rights[3]. China’s social credit system and Nosedive’s rating system are extreme cases compared with financial rating system as they extend the idea of a standard credit check to all aspects of life. Although both systems are quite similar, there are many differences between the Rongcheng City’s credit system and the one in Nosedive. The most significant difference is that ratings in Nosedive are based on people’s subjective judgments, namely people rate the behaviour they directly get in touch with according to their feelings (similar to Uber’s or China’s take-out or courier rating system, where customers rate services they receive[4]), while under China’s social credit system, people’s behaviour is given rating by the authority, making the rating standard more objective[5]. Besides, as far as the application scope is concerned, not all regions of China apply a credit system (though it’s an official target), whereas rating system in Nosedive applies to the entire virtual world.

Yet China’s social credit system still has many problems: First, an accountability system is needed in order to make the entire regulatory process more transparent and restrict the regulator’s power[6]. For instance, people in Rongcheng donate money without knowing how it has actually been used. What if there are some corruptions? Another issue is the vague criteria of rating and that the public does not have access to the specific rating criteria. Lack of accountability system may lead to abuse of power. Second, the rectifying measures may not be scientific. For example, when a man beats his wife and he only need donate money to pay for it, then he may not be regretful. Third, a comprehensive rating system may violate the individual privacy. Indicators of all aspects of people’s life will be published. Everyone may be under scrutiny and there is a lack of privacy. Finally, most of Chinese medias have thought highly of the credit system only because the Chinese medias are officially controlled, it is hard to expect them to publish critical comments on such an officially launched scheme.

Despite these shortcomings, the credit system also has its practical function. Its original purpose is to force those who do not fulfil their obligations to rectify; for instance, those who often borrow money may have to pay off debts due to so many harsh restrictions. As a citizen, I’m not in support of the credit system as this system raises moral obligations to a level close to legal obligations, whose legitimacy has yet to be tested over time. It is also a challenge to the basic human rights of citizens through excessive intrusion into personal space. We can only make a conclusion that there remains a lot of room for improvement of China’s social credit system.

[1] Daithí Mac Síthigh & Mathias Siems, The Chinese Social Credit System: A Model for Other Countries?, Modern Law Review, 82 (6) 1034-1071, p.1069.

[2] Id., p. 1051.

[3] Id., p. 1035.

[4] Id., p. 1039-42.

[5] Id., p. 1069-70.

[6] Id., p. 1071.