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twistedtummies2 · 1 year

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Fifteen Days of Disney Magic - Number 8

Welcome to Fifteen Days of Disney Magic! In honor of the company’s 100th Anniversary, I am counting down my Top 15 Favorite Movies from Walt Disney Animation Studios! We're now halfway through the countdown! Today’s entry proves the quote, “The past is never dead. It isn’t even past.” Number 8 is…The Lion King.

If I had to make a few guesses, I’d say the most unorthodox things about my countdown would be the following: one, putting “Fun & Fancy Free,” of all films, in my Top 15. Two, only including one modern era Disney film in the ranks, and we’ll get to that one eventually, don’t worry. Three, not including “Beauty and the Beast” in my Top 10…and four, making “The Lion King” ONLY 8th place. Yes, I am aware that I am a blasphemous heathen who deserves to be hit with a stick. So sue me. Once again, I must stress, do not take the lower placement of “The Lion King” to mean I dislike the film. Because, obviously, I do not. I think the movie is one of the most epic features Disney has ever put out, and it’s not a surprise that so many people name it as one of their top five favorite Disney movies, or even their absolute favorite. It was one of the most successful features of its time, and for good reason. Combining elements of Shakespeare with earlier animated works, including the anime “Kimba the White Lion” and Disney’s own “Bambi,” and a lot of its own original material, “Lion King” was and still is a unique movie in the Disney canon. In some ways, I would argue it’s a little more adult than many other Disney films, although it still has plenty of elements that can appeal to children, or even to one’s inner child.

There are many things that make this film as “big” as it is. The visuals are sweeping and grand; even the most minor shots always seem to have a lot of punch to them. It takes great advantage of the colors and visual motifs of its natural African setting to create some of the most gorgeous images you’ll find in any animated movie. Practically every frame of this film, if you were to halt it in place, could make a perfectly composed picture; almost something you would want to hang up on your wall. From childhood innocence to the bitterness of adulthood, and everything in-between, it patterns the emotional and physical journeys of Simba beautifully. Hans Zimmer’s score is equally powerful; I feel this actually may be one of his most underrated soundtracks, since when most people think of his name, they probably think of his work with Christopher Nolan, or on franchises like “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and when most people think of music in the Lion King, they tend to think of the songs. And while the songs are great – REALLY great – I think that Zimmer’s score is equally applause-worthy, as it works with the imagery (and the splendid voice cast) to paint every character and scene expertly. However, when I rewatched the film, what struck me most was the overall message of the story. This is where I think it’s most adult elements show: not in the death of Mufasa, or the family struggles, but in its ultimate and most prominent theme. The film is ultimately about one person learning to overcome his own perceived past mistakes, and bring justice and truth to a world filled with lies. We have all made mistakes or wished to correct unjust situations, and I think that theme is just as powerful today as it ever was. For me, it is perhaps especially poignant; I have, more and more frequently, found myself dealing with old wounds and not-so-forgotten errors, and wishing I could find a way to correct all those terrible things I did or said. So I can relate to someone like Simba in a way that’s different from many other characters Disney has created. As far as its competition with “Aladdin,” "Peter Pan," and “Beauty and the Beast” can be concerned, Lion King ranks high on all counts. Using the criteria I named in my previous two entries on the countdown: Lion King certainly has a lot of nostalgic value for me, and I do tend to refer to it more than “Beauty and the Beast” in everyday situations. I’d say it and Aladdin are pretty evenly tied there. I also have a close connection to it in writing, since my commission work has led to me writing A LOT of stories set in the universe of this film and its later spin-offs. And while there aren’t AS many parts I’d like to play in the story, in terms of a stage version, the chance to be in it, or even to just SEE it, onstage would be absolutely fantastic beyond belief – something I’d look forward to more than either of the other two films it was competing with. Therefore, it tops them both…but not the other films yet to come. I'm going to be honest, before I close this out: this film actually rose in the ranks by a grand margin. Just as I fully expected to put Peter Pan at the top of the four-part stretch when I went in, I actually expected to put Lion King at either 9th or 10th place. But upon returning to it, and reflecting on everything it means to me and all its done for me, I realized just how special this film truly was. It's not enough to break it into the Top 7...but I think when you see what those seven films are, you'll understand that being 8th place is far from an insult to this film's colossal credit. The countdown continues tomorrow with my 7th Favorite Disney Movie! HINT: An Underrated Mouse-terpiece.

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rappaccini · 1 year

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from "nobody's daughter", by hole

hole: another great grunge band of the 90s, fronted by courtney love, who is often remembered not for her achievements as an artist, but for being kurt cobain's wife. and is often blamed for his death.

nobody's daughter: this chapter's about gwen finally being fully disillusioned with the society and the man leading it, wanting out, and deciding to own her consequences. and, you know, rejecting miguel for trying to make her the replacement for his daughter.

rot is a bit of a motif for the gwens in this fic. so's drowning at the bottom of a body of water.

opening quote

from everything everywhere all at once, directed by daniels

this is the mentor-confrontation chapter. jess is aware that she's failing gwen, and has chosen to keep doing so and justify it. miguel has no fucking clue. and peter actually recognizes that he fucked up. the former two are the ones to watch out for.

jess

gwen is now a spider-gwen. we're halfway through the story, so it's time for her to embrace that distinction. and to use it to break apart her sense of closeness with jess.

we're at the bargaining stage of the seven stages of grief. this chapter is about gwen talking to three mentors who essentially hold her life in her hands, trying to see if she can come to terms with them, and concluding it isn't possible.

pav called jess. he's a nice kid who trusts the society, and being a friend of gwen's, he's probably had a lot of interactions with her. when he gets worried about gwen, he calls her foster mom.

and jess called miguel.

gwen saw jess as a mother from the moment she blurted out 'can you adopt me' in the guggenheim. she's a teenage girl whose own mother died when she was young, who's constantly searching for specifically female role models.

i've always really wondered about how nueva york feels about the tower of dimension-hopping spiders downtown. probably a lot of conspiracy theories.

gwen's spider-sense is reminding her of earth-65a's cindy moon and sue storm. more on this later.

jess is capable of genuine maternal concern towards gwen. she's just also capable of shutting it down.

jess did the bare minimum of not leaving a teenager alone with her dad while he's pointing a gun at her, and then proceeded to do nothing but neglect her after the fact. gwen has to sleep over at hobie's, so she hasn't even found this girl a place to stay.

in the comics, roxxon is the slimy energy corporation responsible for the spider that bit gwen. she was at a political protest against them when it happened.

timeline note: gwen's been at the society for seven-going-on-eight months, to atsv's five.

'the wrong spider-woman' ... subconsciously, gwen wants to speak to earth-8 gwen.

some jessicas do have pheromones. no clue if 332 jess does.

another important lesson for gwen to learn: not all women support each other simply on the basis of their gender.

jess's origin here is mostly fabrication. comics-jess's origin is honestly so convoluted it was difficult to make sense of. i kept the bit about her father experimenting on her to save her from an illness-- felt like a girl who spent her whole childhood in and out of hospitals would turn into a thrill-seeker once she's finally healthy. so in my mind, jess got the bike and put on the mask to make up for lost time.

and jess is often a spy or agent in her depictions; 332-jess still has those positive associations with the government, given how one of their projects saved her life.

332-gwen's the girl with cancer glimpsed in chapter 1.

jessica drew in the comics doesn't have a gwen; her existence here is all made up for the fic. the death needed to fit jess's hospital backstory, give her some level of agency in causing it, while still making it ultimately out of her control. ergo, jess gets the serum, gwen does not. and like any gwen death: jess does feel responsible, and gwen isn't even given any say in it.

"it was a mercy" girl no the fuck it wasn't.

jess is like any other spider-man, making her gwen's death the most important thing about her.

and jess's issues with gwen are also personal. she isn't the girl jess was best friends with, and she's not happy about it.

every time a gwen is saved by her spider, the narrative tends to sling some bullshit about how ~we would have been better off if she died~ -- so jess very much regrets taking gwen out of 65b.

there are so many different jessica drews. she's a difficult character to pin down because of it. makes you wonder what made miguel want a jess as his right hand, and what made this jess accept.

in my mind, it's that, apart from her preexisting sense of loyalty to shady government/policing structures, she wants that consistency he provides. she wants to be the definitive jess, so if she's in his inner circle, he'll be persuaded to adjust the narrative in her favor.

and jess can't see eye to eye with gwen. all jess wants is what gwen technically has-- a clear-cut purpose in the story that everyone agrees on and finds important. she can't relate to gwen resenting that purpose.

another callback to gwen's best female villains: they're women who want what she has. cindy moon in earth-65 created the radioactive spider and is angry that gwen got powers instead of her, and considers her unworthy of it. sue storm wants the fame and acclaim ghost-spider has as the biggest hero in nyc, and believes she's too ugly and problematic to have such a platform, so she blackmails her into fleeing the universe (... not that the comics ever follow up on that).

65b gwen's three and a half years into being spider-woman, yet she hasn't even had her identity revealed to her dad yet. by that time, 65a gwen had not only revealed it to her father, but been depowered, venomized, exposed, arrested and been to prison. gwen b's taking an oddly long time to meet her canon events.

her supporting cast is also smaller-- there's no harry osborn, for one. and there's no murdock to send the rhino to attack her dad, which is how her identity's exposed to him in the comics. had to point that out.

gwen b is much more... palatable than gwen a. she's a graceful dancer, not a clumsy bruiser. she's sixteen, not nineteen. she's level-headed, not temperamental. she loved her peter back and he died as a mistake; he wasn't a borderline incel who she beat to death. she's capable of infiltrating visions academy and fucking alchemax. she's strategic and level-headed, and doesn't go cracking nearly as many puns and burns or giving emotional speeches.

all of which probably make her more appealing to the society than her comics-alternative.

jess's goal was keeping gwen from slipping off that pedestal. she failed.

the captain gwen stacy is an invention for the fic. just felt like a permutation that'd show up.

jess's method of catching gwen is all in her words.

jess cares, but not enough. she'll tell gwen there are others like her, but won't protect her from miguel.... but she'll still act like she will to save face.

gwen needed a little closure with pav, even if it's just asking jess to let him know she's okay with him.

peter b

the society's fucking giant. probably an intimidation tactic.

peter b also knows-- i imagine the inner circle are all aware gwen's being sent home. he is not okay with it, and wants to get gwen's side of things.

he's also trying to be a dad here.

in the comics, gwen and peter-616 go for hot dogs. little nod to that too.

you really do have to wonder how pete responded to learning that all his exes formed a band and are dating each other.

and a hint of that spider-man entitlement bubbles up, assuming all the girls do is talk and write about him.

i assume peter b's dealt with clones in his world already.

i'm also guessing he's a stay at home dad, simply bc of how complicated having a baby who can wallcrawl would be.

peter b has to be the halfway point in this fic. he's the original peter who dropped gwen, the source of this death curse. and he's the first spider-man to acknowledge that he does not have the answers as to how to deal with this problem.

peter and miles are still in contact. so everything gwen says here WILL get back to him.

one of the central problems with miles and gwen as a couple in the comics is that the relationship is based on the idea of gwen avoiding her problems by attaching herself to a guy, and miles pursuing gwen because she's a way to assimilate into respectable spider-man-ness. their awful date issue happened during a time where marvel was just throwing peter's leftovers at miles to try and make him stick. his leftover villains and rewarmed plotlines. and his old girlfriend.

recontextualized here: miles's crush was genuine to start, but it was still shallow. he barely knows her! he had a year and a half to project anything he wanted onto her, so what IS left at this point except for the aesthetic of her, in his mind? and then when he gets to the society, all he hears is 'you have to be just like peter', so he puts two and two together, and decides that he should get with gwen simply because it'll make him a more legitimate spider-man.

1048 miles is from the insomniac games. that uncanny valley video game model style would undoubtedly creep the spiderverse-animation-style characters out.

another mention of venom: he's one of the central antagonists of the upcoming ps5 game, and venom's going to show up in this fic soon, so you need to keep being reminded of that name.

interesting that miguel centers his canon theory on peter parker's history. one has to wonder what motivated it-- my guess, there are more peter-spider-men than anyone else, so he assumes they're closer to the ideal.

and miles, in the movies, in the game, in the comics, is always held up in comparison to peter. one would think 1610b miles would learn that if he hung out with his alt selves.

gwen very much is peter's sloppy seconds. that's the whole problem with gwiles. it only exists to shove miles's story full of elements that are unique to peter, rather than letting him find his own. if miles and gwen get together, he's still trying to be like peter.

siat salt: the basis of comics-miles's attraction to gwen is that he thinks she's hot, he likes that she has powers, and he enjoys the way his friends react to him overselling their tepid romance. literally, comics-miles sees gwen as a prize.

movie miles at least has an emotional connection with her... but that's not enough to overcome the lack of time spent together, or all the pressure on him to be like peter. his feelings for her are sincere, but the relationship would always be poisoned by those external factors.

itsv salt: gwen, peter b and miles aren't an equal trio. it's miles, his mentor, and the girl who will be his love interest. it's a ninety degree angle, not a triangle. gwen and peter b do not have a deep connection. they behave like coworkers, not friends.

during itsv, why is peter treating a 15-year-old girl like she's an adult when he's mentoring a 14-year-old boy so carefully?

and since gwen landed 'last week' how exactly was she not glitching harder than peter, who was only there for a few days?

... and where was she sleeping during that time? visions is a boarding school so crowded miles had to win a lottery to get in-- there aren't any beds available.

and why was she even at visions? miles wasn't even bitten yet. and there was a spider-hero with her exact powers, who she had days to reach out to, and didn't. because she was just hanging around a middle school for no reason.

(the reason: the writers wanted to set her up as miles's love interest. that's the entire purpose of her presence in itsv.)

and how does gwen not mention or seem affected by ripeter's death? he's a second peter parker who died on her watch, and this one was a spider like her, who she had all the time to reach out to.

it'd have made far more sense if gwen is introduced at the collider, collaborating with spider-man and trying to get home, but failing.

anyway. peter b absolutely failed gwen. he did not protect or mentor her in itsv, or after she joined the society. he's complicit in all the shit miguel and jess were doing to her. it had to be brought up.

and here, peter b realizes he fucked up.

the first gwen stacy hated spider-man. spider-gwen deserves that too.

peter ii

(general salt about spider-gwen in general: literally the moment she was created-- the second gwen stacy was alive, had powers and her own world and story-- all the writers and fandom could imagine for her was "which man can she belong to" and they got to work throwing versions of spider-man at her. the one that stuck was miles, not because they were a good match, but because he was the one who babytrapped her in an alternate future. so from day 1, people still saw spider-gwen's 'purpose' as 'spider-man's future babymaker.' they never changed their view of gwen stacy, or questioned what harm that perception of her did to the original. imagine sexism rotting your brain that much. imagine being that fucking stupid.)

(imagine being one of the spiderverse writers, reading the earth-8 shipping episode, and thinking "what if you fall in love with boy #2 instead of boy #1, and if you're really loyal to him, then we won't kill you!" is a stunning twist instead of an insulting step backwards for a character who'd already escaped her narrative.)

(gwen, miles and peter are a trio in the comics, in large part because of synergy with these movies. it never made sense that spider-gwen wanted to be their friend, when all they fucking do is objectify and hit on her. the comic hierarchy will never let her call them on their shit or be angry at them. at least in this fic, she gets to say she hates it.)

"it's okay to be selfish" is right out of the comics. issue 4 of seanan mcguire's ghost-spider run. one of the most touching modern peter parker moments in years.

applied here to a peter who's been spider-man for almost thirty years, who has a family now, it's even more crucial. finding that balance is why he was able to last.

movie salt: a girl who keeps being ordered to give up her life and autonomy to serve the story of a guy discovering that she deserves to be selfish is essential. it's far more revolutionary and genre-busting than 'i should continue to be selfless, but this time For Miles instead of For Peter'

spider-man blue is an amazing comic about peter's connection to gwen. i read it to prep for this section and can't recommend it enough. that's where peter having a box of her stuff in his attic comes from.

it was the consensus of the writers of the original comics that mary jane was the better love interest than gwen. the plan was originally for peter and gwen to remain together, but the second mj appeared, they knew it was over and needed an excuse to get rid of her. her personality was a bigger hit with readers.

the tragedy of peter and gwen isn't that they didn't end up together-- it's that they didn't get to drift apart on their own terms.

peter b tells the truth: in chapter 1, he lied about his gwen being passed out to shield gwen from the uglier details. here, he's finally ready to admit what actually happened.

and he's the first spider-man (apart from hobie) who understands that gwen wants to know who his gwen was while she was alive.

616 gwen's defining feature isn't that she's pretty, though she is. it's that she's smart. she was as smart as peter, and she was a deeply kind girl who cared deeply about her friends and family. (she was also slightly bitchy at times, fwiw) and she was the one who decided to return to new york; peter didn't make her.

65 gwen IS a lot like her-- but here peter stops himself. because it shouldn't matter if they're similar. 65 gwen should be her own person too.

peter b's dad instincts finally function, and recognize gwen as one of His Kids. however, if he prevents gwen from going into this confrontation or tries to go in with her, then it's about him redeeming himself as a father figure and not her growing. it had to be shut down.

everything gwen tells peter will get back to miles.

peter b's hug is another bookend on chapter 1. now he actually holds her like she's alive, and like she's his kid.

in general, during this chapter, i was trying to walk the line of gwen being on the verge of turning into a supervillain, and being pulled back from the edge by this conversation with peter. if he had not been here, if he had not figured his shit out and therefore shown her it's possible for spider-people to change, she would probably have fully disowned all the other spiders. she would never give miles the chance to apologize to her. the eventual council of spider-women would have become the isolationist group it is in the comics, she would not help miles save 1610 from the spot, and she would never have answered pav's call.

(and while we're on that topic, there's a version of this fic where gwen went full villain in chapter 3. she fully snapped and killed pav, snatched a watch from hq on her own, and made the council an organization who actively kill other spider-people to protect their dimensions' gwen stacys. i almost wrote that fic instead, but it ended up being this instead. i didn't end up writing it because it was too depressing, and because after further thinking, i figured hobie's relationship with gwen is what stopped that future from happening: she had someone taking care of her, giving her somewhere semi-stable to stay, and validating all her anger-- and therefore gwen goes into her breakdown with an understanding that it IS possible for spiders to do better.)

miguel

gwen knows she's getting sent home. she just wants to see if she can get the spider-gwen info out of him and get him to let gayatri live.

she accidentally gave him the idea to use alternate gwens as placeholders. that's coming back.

gwen's death is the backbone of the multiverse. so many alternates and what-ifs exist around her death.

the first thing miguel does in atsv is fuck up a canon event scenario-- the captain's death.

how isn't gwen the original anomaly. if gwen's death is a canon event, and there's a spider-gwen running around two years before the collider exploded, something's fishy.

fandom salt: gwen is capable of thinking and feeling and doing things that don't involve miles

offscreen miles activity: his dad's captain, and projected to die soon. he's flipping his shit. someone told him about his anomaly status and earth-42, and he's catching on that this is bullshit too.

miles's arc in atsv is perfect. i wanted to preserve it, even if it's happening offscreen and slower, and without gwen.

margo and peter b are taking on that role here.

sorry movies, but gwen and miles's relationship can't break canon. it reinforces the idea that gwen can only be spider-man's girlfriend, and that miles has to be like peter parker.

hence why miguel's invested in it. the two loose ends are tied up.

on gwen's end, if she marries miles and has kids with him, the subversiveness of her story dies. she'll never be allowed to leave his shadow again and any attempt to do so will be demonized.

the married-with-kids ending for gwiles turns her into an object to make a man more impressive. the spider-man who saves his gwen, keeps her alive and reproduces with her is the most special one, after all. it's not about her. it's about him and his legacy. anyone who wants that ending for gwen is either naive to its consequences for her, totally indifferent to it, or they DO know, and part of the appeal of this outcome is taking an independent woman, clipping her wings, and turning her into a trophy.

(miles is the first. miguel is the latter.)

earth-8 gwen is presented in canon as one of the Best Outcomes for gwen. which, to the men who wrote that storyline, no. gwen's a queer punk girl who wants to play the drums, not get married, pump out a nuclear family and become a supercop. she loves her world so much that abandoning it would break her heart. it's not a perfect future for 65 gwen, it's a miserable one.

fic-gwen has just put that together. her first impulse was to hate gwen-8 because she assumed she's complicit in trying to force gwen to be like her. now she's putting together that she's also a victim to this larger system.

there are plenty of alt-spider gwens, but not very many with any distinguishing features. five were chosen to be featured here:

trn457: ultimate cartoon-- this gwen's a young teen who makes herself a hero with tech from her dad's robocop line, choosing to be a hero even when miles already is one, and not doing so to be his sidekick or partner.

trn684: marvel rising cartoon. a diet comics gwen, aged down for the grade schoolers her show is aimed at. she's a drummer, with a skimpier design, bolder hair, and this gwen, like movies-gwen didn't kill her male best friend (a... kevin), but is assumed to by the cops. she also has gliders!

trn-18157: the marvel action comics, aimed at younger readers, where gwen is one of a plucky reporter trio trio with miles and peter. just friends! imagine that!

trn-17628, marvel spider-man 2017 cartoon. peter, miles, gwen and anya are classmates at a school for genius teens who become spiders together. gwen and anya have a gay vibe here.

earth-8311. spider-guin. the pun is great. gwen still being flightless is hilarious.

atsv gwen's penguin stuffed animal is a reference to her. and that her pink hair's a nod to her marvel rising counterpart.

all the spider-gwens, despite being from separate canons, affect each other. gwen has pink hair because marvel rising gwen did. gwen's a drummer from e65 who lost peter because comics gwen is.... and because movie-gwen is being made into miles's girlfriend, other versions of spider-gwen will probably follow suit. synergy.

which is why the girlfriendification of gwen in these movies is so awful. it's going to spread.

marvel action and msm17 gwen were chosen specifically to show that it isn't required for gwen to be spider-man's girlfriend. it was always possible for her to be just friends with miles and peter.

gwen is a symbol to the society. look at how great we are, we even raised gwen from the dead and made her one of us. and her presence makes miguel seem all the more special for being the one who did it.

the vibe between gwen and miguel is murky and fascinating. he keeps her close but treats her poorly. her father was redesigned for the movie to look more like miguel, whose defining death is now his daughter, whose name starts with a g. he is very much her father figure.

yet there are also miguels who are romantically involved with their gwens. earth-187319 is real. points for gwen for literally choosing to incinerate herself instead of date him.

like peter b, gwen exists for miguel in this gray area between daughter and girlfriend. unlike peter b, miguel can't or won't recognize gwen as her own unique entity. i think even he isn't totally sure what to do with gwen; he's using her as a gabi-replacement goldfish, but he's also very aware of other miguels whose gwens served a different role.

in my mind, he's on the verge of crossing that line. makes for eerier interactions.

adherence to canon is slowly wrecking miguel too. everyone is a victim.

perfect gwen of earth-8 is what a male writer would think is the ideal future for gwen stacy. it's what a father would want for his daughter: for her to grow up pretty, smart, polite, enter a respectable job and surround herself with respectable people. for her to marry and have the right number of kids with the safe boy he approves of, who won't challenge the status quo.

so though perfect gwen has a lot to offer the society, she's really here to be an ideal for gwen to strive towards. there's nothing scarier for a father than watching his daughter grow up and become a complicated, flawed adult.

especially watching her seek out romantic and sexual connections he doesn't approve of.

being the daughter archetype doesn't give you any more freedom or protection than being the lover.

miguel only thinks gwen's special because he's the one that protected her. it's still all about him.

and of COURSE the way gwen's punished in atsv is being sent to another male figure for punishment. it's always about which man is currently in control of gwen.

comic-gwen's most effective male villains are men who want to control, influence and own her or punish her for not using her power (... her body) in ways they approve of. just like in the comics, gwen is pressed into joining a shady organization led by a man whose name starts with the letter m (miguel, murdock) who holds her power at arms length unless she performs services for him, and has a skeevy vibe with her.

and yes, comics gwen beat the shit out of him.

'gwen yeets miguel' was the only note i had for this section in my outline.

the one person who'll do something about gwen's death is hobie.

bringing back the red. and a mention of something dangerous. that's coming back too.

punching up is the answer. she's finally figured that out.

she's on her way to hobie.

another serendipitous moment: if 616 gwen stayed in london, she'd have survived. and look at that, along comes a londoner spider-man who's the only one working to secure her freedom, and who wants her to have self-definition and agency. it's too perfect.

closer quote

from jason latour's radioactive spider-gwen. this is the moment gwen-617 calls the watcher on his shit for trying to force 65 gwen to be with miles to produce the earth-8 timeline, for mocking her female supporting cast, for being angry that getting venomized didn't turn gwen into a villain. in short, for demanding she fit into a neat little box instead of become her own character.

and in context here, it refers to miguel, not being able to handle the thought of a gwen not fitting into her preconceived box.

#fanfic #arachnophobia fic

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poptart-cat-78 · 2 years

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For the OUAT ask game

7. Character you'd love to punch in the face

12. A line/quote that you connected with the first time you heard it

20. If you could rewrite one character's story, who's would it be, and how?

23. Unpopular opinion (just any one in general)

Ooooh thank you for the ask!💖💖💖

7.) Hmmm there are literally SO many characters I want to punch but if I HAD to choose one, it’d be Peter Pan, smug little bastard he is

12,) (There are many) “People are gonna tell you who you are you’re who life, you gotta punch back and say no this is who I am.” // “I AM NOT NOTHING!! I WAS NEVER NOTHING!! THE POWER YOU HAVE I DONT NEED!!” // “The only one who saves me, is me” // “Never compromise who you are, got it?” (Yes these are all Emma Swan quotes, sue me)

20.) Oooooh!!! Honestly? Rumplestilskins story. I think his sacrifice at the end of Season 3A for not only Henry but for Belle, Neal, and the rest of his family, would’ve been the perfect way to make him a hero imo

23.) Gosh I have many Unpopular opinions- but here are a few of mine

- Season 3B-6 are all amazing seasons (and season 6 is my favorite)

- Rumple should’ve remained dead after season 3A

- I hate the Frozen arc even though I liked both Elsa and Emmas friendship and Ingrid as a villain

- Robin deserved a happy ending with Regina

-Neal sucks

-Snow and Chaarming did their best as parents

- RumBelle was only cute in the early seasons

#ouat #ouattober2022 #personal #asks #i-will-sing-no-requiem #the poptart answers

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just-bible-musings · 1 year

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Copyrights and Translations on the Word of God

So can someone please explain to me why God's Word is copyrighted?

Literally, the only reason copyright laws exist is so that the person or company who owns the copyright can sue the pants off anyone and everyone who quotes or uses their work without their permission (and, very often, paying the copyright owner for the privilege, as well).

Except for one thing: Zondervan and Thomas Nelson and whoever else did NOT write the Bible, God did! That's why we call it "The Word of God." All any of these publishing companies ever did was print a translation, that's all.

But because of these copyrights, these companies could legally sue anyone who uses a verse without crediting at least which version that verse came from. Usually, this isn't a problem- except for the KJV, a lot of those translations have such similar language that people pretty much have to tell you which version it came from. But the law, and the threat that goes with it, still exists.

Yes! That's right! You can get in trouble for quoting the Bible!

That really makes sense, doesn't it? God's Word, spoken freely and lovingly for the benefit of all mankind- and yet you can get your butt fined or thrown in jail for quoting it without citing the reference.

And yes, I've done my research and found that the KJV, which I use exclusively, is also copyrighted by the British Crown. So my argument extends even to the KJV. (However, it is worth noting that, as the law currently stands, you don't need official permission to quote the KJV, you just have to say that you're quoting the KJV.)

And I read the argument in favorite of copyrighting the Bible. "But these translators put in so much work when they did the translating, so they deserve the credit." Bah! What about all the scribes and rabbis who faithfully copied the words of the Old Testament time and time again, down through history until Jesus came? How many of their names can you tell me? And as far as credit goes, there are numerous Psalms whose authors are still unknown. We still don't know who wrote Hebrews, whether it was Paul or Peter or someone else. And while James and Jude are generally believed to have been written by Jesus' earthly half-brothers, no one has ever conclusively proven it.

I don't care who put in the work to translate the Bible, or how much work they put in. The words are ultimately God's, HE is the only One who deserves the credit! Because, if a translation is truly faithful to the words provided by God Himself, then He is clearly also the One who moved the person who did the translation, as well.

People, please look at this logically:

Do you believe that the Bible is the coherent Word of God, divinely inspired to provide one single, cohesive, Gospel message to all men and women throughout all of history, in every corner of the world, despite having been written down by at least 40 different human beings over the course of as much as 4000 years?

Do you also believe that God is capable of communicating to us through His Holy Spirit, and that it is only through His Holy Spirit that we are able to get the wisdom that we need in order to understand His Word as He meant it?

If your answer to both of these is "yes," then why do you not believe that the same God who was capable of preserving and providing us with His full and complete Word, was also capable of providing us with ONE perfect translation of His Word? Why does every Christian I know of sit there surrounded by multiple translations and try to tell me that I am not properly studying the Bible if I don't compare and contrast the various translations made by various people, and of any and all the mistakes that those people may have incorporated into their translations? Why are so many Christians incapable of relying on the Holy Spirit to interpret God's Word, and instead rely on the mistakes and mistranslations of numerous people?

Look. At this point, I'm not trying to tell you which version to use. I'm just saying, if you truly believe that you hold God's Word in your hand, and you truly rely on His Spirit to give you divine wisdom to understand His Word, then why can you not just pick one version, say "this is the divinely and perfectly inspired Word of God" and die on that hill? Do you even realize how many cracks you are putting in your own testimony by your lack of faith in both God's Word and His Holy Spirit, who lives inside you??? Do you ever even think of just how much it grieves God that you put more faith in the mistakes of men than in the perfection of His Spirit???

#the Bible #translations #copyrights #my opinion #God's Word

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raypakorn · 2 years

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Another month has came and went so here is some of the awesome sets/fanart that have crossed my dash. Will be setting up my queue to give all these sets some more love that they deserve. Thank you for continuing to share your gifts with the fandom!

911 Lone Star

ronen x rafa + chemistry & tk x carlos + a thousand times, yes by @roseapothecary

tk strand in every episode by @gwynthmorgan

tk strand + doll collection by @diaaz

tk strand + no matter what by @lutavero

tk x carlos + never about finding someone perfect by @rafael-silva

Top 10 Episodes (x, x, x, x, x) by @maxbegone

Kinnporsche

kinn x porshce + ep 8 colorful waterfall by @liyazaki

kinn x porsche + green/quotes by @jaehwany

vegas vs. kinn by @spicyvampire

kinn + liking a male character by @porscheskinns

kinn x porsche + ep7 bathroom scene by @gusucloud

porsche + how to rock your new job by @longinglook

episode 7 + green & kinn x porsche + i promise by @luna-lina

kinn x porsche + erase all the wrong things by @mrdumpling

kinn x porsche + ep 7 lines by @nanons

kinn x porsche + no walls but a bridge by @mariemarion

Heartstopper

elle argent + fav character by @rodrigolivias

heartstopper + nick nelson’s diary by @birthdaysentiment

heartstopper + 2 more seasons & nick x charlie + yellow & blue by @fatoujallovv

tao x elle + new love languages & ep 1 + colors by @disaster-lineage

the paris squad by @dandilicn

nick x charlie + episodes by @wylanvnneck

ep 1 - 3 title cards by @scinnlaece

nick nelson + bi colors by @steverobin

nick x charlie + joy by @brimay

nick nelson + bisexual rugby lad by @obiewans

scene color palattes by @amaya-jiiwe

nick x charlie + yellow & blue & charlie spring + honey & wildfire by @jakeyp

tara x darcy + golden hour by @nyttvera

nick nelson + definitely bisexual by @tenderlyhands

nick x charlie + rainbow light by @buckhelped

nick x charlie + blue/yellow comic by @arthurpendragonns

tao x elle + hug by @saevity

Misc

new girl + fav sitcom & rebecca welton + mad woman by @michellesmalon

best tv couples by @torisvega

magnus x alec + quotes by @magnusedom

moonknight + episodes & yellow by @poe-dameron

toni x shelby + ur so pretty & leah rilke + i’m a girl by @jennaortegas

star wars + pink/orange/yellow & han x leia + yellow & pink by @brutalgf

ted lasso + every friend group by @lenakluthors

the wilds + twilight of adam boys by @whitetrashjj

disney + pink & flowers by @lightkeykid

emily x sue + pink by @kosem-sultan

cloak & dagger by @disaster-lineage

maleficent by @diaaz

bad buddy + someone like you & bad buddy + seasons by @rose-nebulijia

jake peralta + mint green & jake x rosa + friendship by @jakeyp

stranger things + the spy by @lesbianrobin

steve x dustin + favorite brotp by @usereddiemunson

moonight + steven x marc connection by @idigyourcinema

pope heyward + purple by @kiekiecarrera

yasmina x younes by @sanabakkoushd

the umbrella academy + adopted family & max mayfield + running up that hill by @yenvengerberg

peter x mj + was once mine by @sashafierce

stranger things + colors by @hawkinslibrary

the schmitty bunch by @smblmn

sherlock holmes by @elennemigo

outer banks + top 10 highest rated episodes by @jjmaybanks

scream + red right hand by @aanathemaa

jordan x declan + intimacy by @embeddedinmybrain

#cc appreciation #queue the love 💛

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inkdemonapologist · 4 years

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Been a lot of emotions in recent BatIM Call of Cthulhu events!!

Prophet Sammy slipped and sank into the mud in the swamp and immediately went into DROWNING FLASHBACKS from his inky death back in the Star Pools. Stunningly, panicking and thrashing around did not help and in fact only got him more stuck.

Henry was the one to pull Sammy out, which is a bit weird, because the Prophet didn’t actually... expect them to... want to help him??? Henry was also leaking gold blood out of his face from doing some intense magic (???), it’s fine, don’t worry about it.

Prophet Sammy ran out of ink, which he has to drink periodically to keep himself from changing back into normal Sammy, and JOEY... GAVE HIM SOME OF HIS OWN INK SO HE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME???? Both me and the Prophet were absolutely flabbergasted.

We rescued Jack’s old boyfriend Peter, that newspaper editor guy from before! He was trapped in another world and Jack managed to guide him back to this one and we all pulled his reflection out of the Lake and fought off the eldritch horror that tried to follow him out to our world! THERES A LOT HAPPENING IN THIS GAME

As always Boo has the summary posts for a more detailed description of events, but if you’re here for out-of-context quotes IVE GOT YOU COVERED, here’s some quotes from Session 7:

[Sammy is played by me, Joey is played by Boo (inkyvendingmachine), Henry is played by Maf (inkcryptid), Jack is played by Mochi (whatyouwantedmetosee) and Thren (haunted-hijinxer) is our GM!]

[Henry] *rolling dice* Some nice dice clacking for the auditory experience, [Sammy] Call of Cthulhu ASMR [Joey] Some clacking dice, some screaming,

[GM] But you are on the shallower end of it, so you're not sinking. You are SUPER muddy. [Joey] That's fine-- [Jack] Noooo!! Jack's sweater!!!!!

[GM] Jack's turn! Make a luck roll, Jack! [Jack] *rolls terribly* ...hrrMMM... [GM] Okay. We'll just. We'll just keep that. For later. :)

[Sammy] Sammy is scrambling and panicking and yelling! [GM] Make a strength check! [Sammy] Cool, I'm good at those. *rolls* Success! [GM] You strongly thrash yourself about waist-deep in the mud. [Sammy] [Sammy] OKAY, um, [Sammy] That is. Uh. Worse. Than it was previously, yes? [GM] Yeah. :) [Sammy] OKAY, COOL,,, JUST CHECKING,

[Sammy] I don't think it's good when the GM says "Fun!" I think that's bad.

[GM] *flipping through notes* Where are your stats. Where are your stats, sir. [Sammy] "Young man, where are your stats?" [Jack] If he didn't do his homework, then all his stats are zero.

[Henry] Nope. I'm gonna accept my fate. Henry's goin' to space. [GM] The angel doesn't try to claw Henry, but it does pick him up! He's in the air. [Henry] Bye guys!

[GM] A gunshot does come from the brush also, and it hits the angel next to the one that's got Henry. [Henry] (Thanks, Norman!) [Jack] Does Norman have a gun??? [GM] Norman's not going to go into a cult swamp without a gun! What kind of crazy person would do that?!

[Sammy] I'm sorry if we lose your hat, Jack. [Jack] D: Nooo it's not his hat! [Sammy] Yeah I know, well I'm sorry if we lose it. [Joey] Yeah, sorry. [Jack] Noooo he needs to give that back! [Joey] well then he should wAKE UP!!! [Sammy] Love the idea that Peter later comes through here and finds his own hat discarded on the ground and is like, OH NO, JACK! [GM] Make another luck roll, maybe it's still on. [Jack] Okay dice! This is the ONLY thing I need you t-*sound of dice bouncing off the desk* whoOPS--

[Henry] *still held aloft by eldritch horrors* I'm guessing I don't hear anything either [GM] No, you're just having a nice little roller coaster ride.

[Joey] Ohhh... I guess we wouldn't need to breathe in space, huh. [Joey] ...AM I BREATHING???

[Joey] What time is it... are we at like, 8:30, 9ish? [GM] Well that's highly specific! What happens at 8:39?!

[Joey] Joey's still not willing to let random cultists carry Jack, unless they can do something to convince him??? [Sammy] I feel like the main convincing tool at this point is GUNS? Pointed at us. I think that's the main thing.

[Jack] I guess Jack is the imposter, since he's not doing human things like "breathing"

[GM] And shove all of you into a hut! With Norman-- no, that's right, he didn't get caught, I keep forgetting, his Hide skill is higher than I thought it was. Norman's still at large! [Jack] NORMAN, IS LOOSE, IN THE SWAMP [Joey] What crimes will he commit!

[Jack] This is why you don't smear your weird glowing blood on symbols that are known to watch!!!

[GM] They probably did take away a lot of your cooler stuff. [Sammy] I didn't have any cool stuff. I just had a coat. [Joey] You had ink. [Sammy] *muttering* I wasn't going to mention that that was in my coat.

[Joey] Joey is going to grab Sammy's face... and give him some of his ink. [Sammy] *stunned* Oh...! [Joey] We don't need a passed out Sammy!! [Jack] Only ONE unconscious man in this party!

[Jack] How has Cthulhu AU made "Joey feeds Sammy ink" wHOLESOME in some way?!?

[GM] They've got him in a robe now, and they've painted that yellow sign on it -- possibly in Henry's blood, because why not! [Joey] Excuse me, you did not get license to use that; I'm going to sue you in court now, [Jack] Unethically sourced! [GM] ...Did you just call Henry's blood your IP?

[GM] *startled laugh* my husband just said "Intravenous Property,"

[GM] The other prophet guy seems to be having a grand old time. It is even-odds whether he might just look over to see if Sammy's looking, just to smirk at him. [Sammy] oHHHHHH BOY. I hate this guy! I hate him. [Jack] Okay, well, I wanna-- [Sammy] *still going* I know who I'M sacrificing. [Jack] --Sammy, no. [Joey] You want to make a GOOD sacrifice, not give him trash. [Sammy] ...*sighs* Yeah, yeah, you're right... [Jack] You don't want to give the Masked Messenger a McDonald's burger.

[GM] It's Pete! [Sammy] Oh! Sammy vaguely knows who this is. [Henry] I'm gonna make a check to see if Henry recognises this guy, in the heat of the moment. [Jack] In the Pete of the moment. >:3c [Sammy] *groans* Why would you do this. Everyone was being so well-behaved.

[Sammy] I'm gonna... I'm gonna wait. Gonna be actually, a little bit smart. Trying out this new thing.

[GM] One of the angels is definitely heading your way. [Jack] Oops. [Sammy] ...what if we just... close the door.

[GM] And a sanity roll from Joey and anyone else that is watching this. [Sammy] *sarcastic deadpan* Oh No. I'd Better Look Away. *scoffs* Why would I NOT want to watch my lord work?

[GM] It does a d8 + damage bonus, which, I don't think Joey has one. But it does a d8. [Joey] Does Bendy have one? [GM] No! Bendy's damage bonus is NEGATIVE TWO because he's a tiny cartoon character! You don't want his damage bonus. [Jack] You attack and there's a squeaky hammer noise,

[GM] Peter doesn't seem to have a reflection. [Sammy] ...Do we? [GM] Yeah [Sammy] Okay. That's cool, that's nice, luv 2 reflect. [Jack] *whispering* Peter vampire???

[GM] Sammy thinks this is a spawn of the Yellow King, something that happens to people who dabble too much in his worship. [Sammy] Again, MORE reason why this guy is an idiot and trusting the wrong god! [Sammy] ...Sammy knows all this stuff and is still like "yeah, but the Masked Messenger is cool! I'll definitely be rewarded for my service!"

[Jack] Jack didn't learn how to ASTRAL PROJECT for Pete to get eaten by something!!

[Sammy] Did they steal our ink??? [GM] Looks like they poured it out. [Jack] Pour one out for their FAKE LORD,

[Jack] Rescued. From a cult. By a second, different cult! [Joey] Our cult is COOL, though. [Henry] the coolt

#call of cthulu: haunted hijinx #sammy lawrence #joey drew #Henry Stein #when in doubt just keep drawing #wHEEZES THIS SESSION WAS #A WILD RIDE #I LOVE THIS DANG GAME I LOVE THIS WEIRD AU

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guacam011y · 4 years

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***SPOILERS FOR WANDAVISION EPISODE 6***

So I’m still processing everything but holy shite that ep was wild...

FIRST THINGS FIRST - WANDA, VISION, BILLY AND PIETRO ALL IN COMIC ACCURATE-ISH COSTUMES AND TOMMY IN A MINI QUICKSILVER COSTUME

PIETRO CALLING BILLY AND TOMMY DEMON SPAWN - GOD DAMMIT, IT’S MEPHISTO ISN’T IT? HOUSE OF M HERE WE COME

HERB ASKING WANDA IF SHE WANTED SOMETHING CHANGED

AGNES ASKING VISION ABOUT THE AVENGERS AND STUFF AND AT FIRST SHE SEEMED GENUINELY FREAKED OUT BUT THEN STARTED LAUGHING MANIACALLY AND I STILL DON’T TRUST HER AND AGNES BEING DRESSED AS A WITCH? AGATHA HARKNESS WAS A WITCH - COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!

DARCY LOOKING OVER MONICA’S MED SCANS AND TELLING HER HOW THE HEX AFFECTS HER EACH TIME SHE GOES IN - IS SHE DEVELOPING HER POWERS?

PIETRO’S CORPSE - SCARED ME JUST AS MUCH AS VISION’S

MOVIES SHOWING IN THE THEATRE IN THE BACKGROUND - THE INCREDIBLES: A MOVIE BASED AROUND A SUPERHERO FAMILY AND THE PARENT TRAP: A MOVIE ABOUT TWINS WHO MEET AT CAMP AND TRY AND SET THEIR PARENTS UP

DON’T GO PAST ELLIS AVENUE - NOW I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A CONNECTION OR JUST A COINCIDENCE BUT ELLIS IS THE LAST NAME OF THE PRESIDENT DURING IRON MAN 3

TOMMY HAVING HIS SPEED POWERS AND BILLY HAVING HIS REALITY WARPING/TELEKINETIC POWERS - WELCOME SPEED AND WICCAN

A CALL BACK TO INFINITY WAR WHEN VISION EXITED THE HEX? SLIGHTLY DUSTING AND HE PROBABLY WON’T SURVIVE BEING OUTSIDE OF THE HEX - HE’LL JUST DIE AGAIN 🥲

I STILL DON’T TRUST HAYWARD - HE’S VERY SUS

DARCY BEING TAKEN INTO THE HEX WITH THE OTHER S.W.O.R.D AGENTS - HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THE OUTFITS THAT KAT DENNING’S WAS EXCITED ABOUT

I SWEAR THEY BETTER NOT STRAIGHTWASH BILLY AND TOMMY OR I WILL RIOT 😤

***FURTHER UPDATES***

So sit-com wise, it seems they were referencing Malcolm in the Middle as the twins broke the fourth wall and talked to the audience, like Malcolm did

However, the theme song has told the viewer to stop questioning the reality of Westview - which could be a little reference to Mystery Science Theatre 3000? - When Pietro first shows up in the title sequence, along with his name title card, the lyrics say “Though there may be no way of knowing who’s come to play” - Istg, I do not trust Pietro

Vision says to Wanda that he had to wear his Halloween costume because there were no other clothes in his closet, Wanda is trying to move the plot along and forcing Vision to play along

Evan Peters’ ‘Mom’ tattoo is shown, which is a tattoo he actually has in real life ! But could this stand for ‘Multiverse of Madness’ or some other red herring?

Pietro mentions to Wanda that if he had found ‘Shangri-La’ he wouldn’t want to leave either - Shangri-La is a real place on Earth-616 that was founded by a version of Vision

Tommy refers to Pietro’s speed as ‘kickass’ and then Wanda repeats that, saying ‘kickass’ again - Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Evan Peters (both versions of QuickSilver) were in Kick-Ass together

The ad for this episode was freaky af - the character on the beach who starved and decomposed could be a little nod to Indiana Jones, where a Nazi’s face melts in - and it could also be reference to Wanda being all alone and struggling to process her grief. The shark in the ad could also be Nightmare or Mephisto or just someone more powerful than Wanda offering her a new beginning with Vision or trapped her in some way - and is feeding off her magic? The flavour of the yoghurt is strawberry flavoured and strawberry’s are red on the outside and pink-ish on the inside - much like Wanda’s og costume and her magic being red 👀

Pietro and Wanda talk about their Sokovian accents at a point in the episode and how neither have them anymore. Wanda’s, as we know, has disappeared over the course of the MCU movies and Pietro’s just doesn’t exist - another nice little nod to Peter Maximoff from the fox X-Men films? Also, Pietro states that “I’m just trying to do my part, okay? Come to town unexpectedly, create tension with the brother-in-law, stir up trouble with the Rugrats (a 90’s cartoon 👀) and ultimately give you grief.” - in reference to the grief part, could Pietro be killed off again? Stir up trouble with the rugrats, being possible shards of the demon Mephisto’s soul, could this be Mephisto trying to influence them on a deeper level? It’s also many many common sitcom clichès

Pietro talks about how “I got shot like a chump on the street for no reason at all” - nice little nod to how Pietro was killed off unnecessarily and how we as a fandom still talk about how regular bullets shouldn’t have killed him

Herb is dressed as Frankenstein’s monster - Dr. Frankenstein created his monster and soon lost control over him, and he was created using electricity or lightning - much like Vision was created and brought to life by Thor using Mjolnïr to bring lightning down to his incubator thingy majig. Could this also be a reference to either Wanda slowly losing control over Westview or someone else controlling Wanda/controlling the citizens of Westview - we saw in episode 3 that Agnes told Herb to be quiet as it seemed he was about to spill the beans 👀

Vision goes towards Ellis avenue and is at a ‘crossroads’ of sorts - in folklore, crossroads are often used to speak to or summon the devil and are also used when an important character is making a decision that could change everything. He spots some citizens repeating certain actions and/or just standing completely still, could these be npc’s (non playable characters)? And now that the barrier of the Hex has spread, will those citizens now start to move? 👀 Also I know that all stop signs look like it, but the stop sign is also a red hexagon 🛑

Darcy scrolls through Hayward’s computer files and goes past a file called “Project C4-113” - it could reference Avengers Issue #113 in which Wanda and Vision both appear on the cover and she says she’s going to make the world pay for Vision’s death. There’s also another file called “Project M5-247” which could be a nod to Avengers Issue #247, which shows the origin of the Eternals and in the same vein, Scarlet Witch and Vision trying to help Captain Marvel. And when Darcy emails Hayward’s cataract plans, you can see the names of “James Alexander and James Gadd” - James Alexander is a visual effects producer on Wandavision and James Gadd works on post production at Marvel

Also: Agnes pulls as Mrs Hart and repeats the same phrase over and over again

After Wanda blasts Pietro, you can see on a fake grave stone the name of “Janell Sammelman”, Janell is a first assistant director on Wandavision

When Wanda moves Westview to save Vision, she turns S.W.O.R.D and it’s agents into clowns + a circus - I just love that the agents turned into clowns 😂 but there is a nice little plot line in the comics where Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Hawkeye join the circus - and this COULD be stretch, but earlier in the episode there is the number #22 which could be Avengers Issue #22, which is the Issue that they join the circus

As soon as Vision was brought back into Westview, he was healed - which means if he was to exit again, he probably wouldn’t survive 😭

The episode title is ‘All-New Halloween Spooktackular!” - which “All-New” is a designation that is often used on covers for comic books. And the first issue of the second The Vision and the Scarlet Witch series takes place on Halloween night - but the events in this comics didn’t influence this episode’s plot

Pietro points out that he has the “XY chromosome” - X for X-Men? Plus there’s the X gene 😂

He mentions “Uncle Peter to the rescue” - Peter is the name of Quicksilver from the Fox X-Men Franchise

Pietro and Tommy quote the movie Top Gun (1986) by saying “I fell the need, the need for speed”

Wanda almost seems hesitant to trust this version of Pietro (rightfully so, in my opinion) and is wary of him being around Tommy and Billy

Pietro says some very Mephisto/Nightmare-like things this episode - “Unleash hell, demon spawn!”, “The kids need a father figure”, “Damnit, if Westview isn’t charming as Hell...” - And if Pietro isn’t Mephisto/Nightmare, it HAS to be Agnes or her other half Ralph and Pietro is probably Ralph tbh...or could Pietro just be a scapegoat and Hayward is Ralph? 👀

The theatre in town, which is playing the Incredibles and The Parent Trap, is called the Coronet. There’s a classic poem called “The Coronet” written by Andrew MARVELL (Marvell, is also the true name of the first incarnation of Captain Marvel in the comics) and is about a guy who knows that the sins of mankind led to the death of Christ. He attempts to create a new crown for Christ’s head in an attempt to atone, but finds that there is sin in the crown as well, as the devil is within the crown and therefore he may achieve glory and success with his new creation 👀

Hayward’s confidential project “Cataract” included experimenting on Vision’s body, as was revealed by Darcy (my wife 💙 and Monica is also my wife 💚 and so is Wanda 💛, I just love women, you know? 😂). A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that leads to a decrease in vision - is Hayward trying to weaponise Vision? Or maybe even trying to bring Ultron back? Or do what Tony wanted to do in the first place, and make a suit of armour that’s around the world? Either way, it’s for nefarious purposes

Who is Monica’s guy? Jimmy and Monica are off to meet him - could it be Reed Richards (Mr Fantastic)? Or could it be Victor Von Doom (Dr Doom)? Could it be Hank McCoy (Beast)? Or even Adam Brashear (Blue Marvel)? Or if it is a woman, could it be the Skrull daughter of Talos that Monica befriended at the end of Captain Marvel? Could it be Abigail Brand (A major character in recent S.W.O.R.D comics and an Alpha Flight Member)? Or even Toni Ho (Iron Patriot, and could she be introduced to help lay the ground work for my other queen, Riri Williams/Iron Heart?)? Or could it even be Sue Storm (Invisible Woman)?

In the background of the episode we see a number of children and adults dressed up as many different characters, which includes: Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat, Jason Voorhees, with a sweater striped like Freddy Krueger’s and even a kid that looks dressed in an off-brand Charizard costume 😂 Pokèmon has always been popular, but saw an increase during the 90’s

Pietro and the kids are drinking “Kane Cola” which could be a reference to the 90’s drinks “Jolt Cola” or even “Surge” - it could also, with all the X-Men Easter eggs, be a reference to Garrison Kane, who was a member of Cable’s mercenary team “Six Pack” and is sometimes also known as ‘Weapon X’

The kid that Wanda mentions having a “skin thing” in the orphanage - could that be a reference to her Brotherhood of Evil Mutants co-worker Toad? Or maybe even Mystique? Maybe Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler)?

One of the houses has a sign up that says ‘Macabre Mansion’ - another possible reference to House of M?

During a flashback, it’s shown that the twins are playing Dance Dance Revolution, which came out in 1999. Also this might be a stretch, but the boys have a dog plushie in their room the right - which is coloured red and black - could this be a reference to Dogpool? 😂

I love this show 🤣💙

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makerofmadness · 3 years

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already got another post of generated AAF quotes for y’all to feed on if anybody even cares anymore. I swear this generator is too fun to use but I think I’ve gotten to see most of the prompts already. oof.

Andy: Today is a day of running through hurdles. Claus: Aren’t you supposed to jump OVER hurdles? Andy: Whatever. Fear is only something to be afraid of if you let it scare you.

Margret: Okay, help me please! Peter: Got two words for you. Margret: I bet they won't be helpful. Peter: Your problem. Margret: I was right

Melody: Top 30 reasons why Melody is sorry... Number 5 will surprise you! Felix: Top 30 anime deaths. Number One: YOUR FUCKING ASS RIGHT NOW!!!

Melody: I’m gonna need a human skull and I can't have you ask any questions why. Peter: Only if you also don't ask why Peter: *Pulls out 7 pristine human skulls* Take your pick. Melody: Peter: Melody: This one is fine

Andy: I'm 10 times funnier and sexier than you Felix: 10 times 0 is still 0 though Andy: Jokes on you, I can't do math

Margret: i went through an entire character arc during quarantine Margret: i became more evil if you’re curious Claus: We're still in quarantine, don't worry, there's time for a redemption arc still! Margret: i’m going to get worse on purpose

Felix: Hey, you want some leftovers? Claus: What's that? Felix: You've never had leftovers??? Claus: No, because I'm not a quitter.

Melody: *Gets down on one knee* Margret: Oh my god, it’s finally happening. Melody: *Falls over* Margret: The poison is kicking in.

Andy, going over Peter's resume: Okay, so right here, it states that you’re creative. Peter: Yes Andy: Okay... may I know what you create? Peter: Problems

Claus: Is letting someone win at chess sapiosexual bottoming Peter: Does anyone in this godforsaken group ever think before they speak

Melody: Oh just so you know, it's very muggy outside Andy: Andy: Melody, I swear, if I step outside and all of our mugs are on the front lawn... Melody: *Sips coffee from bowl*

Felix: Someone will die. Margret: Of fun!

Felix, watching the news: Someone tried to fight a squid at the aquarium today! Andy: *walks in covered with ink* Well, maybe the squid was being a dick.

Felix: Peter... Why did you draw a pentagram on the floor? Peter: Your text told me to satanize the house before you returned. Felix: Felix: I wrote sanitize, Peter.

*Felix and Claus skipping stones on lake* Felix: It’s such a beautiful evening. Claus, whispering: Take that you fucking lake

Melody: *Stubs their toe* FUCK! Andy: Mind your language! Melody: What else am I supposed to say, “Woe is I”??? Andy: Melody: You have to accept that swear words are necessary sometimes.

Melody: Please, I'm begging you go to a doctor. Felix: I'm sorry is this OUR stab wound? Stay out of it.

Felix: What the fuck is wrong with you?! Margret: Wow, you could start with a 'good morning'. Felix: Good morning. What the fuck is wrong with you?!

Peter, in a beach shirt: So sue me, it's October and I'd like to be on Island Time for a day! Margret: I have Spotify open right now on my computer, do you want me to blast you? Do you want me to put you on blast? Cuz I've got your history right here on the sidebar, Margret: Take it Back by Jimmy Buffet, Nautical Wheelers by Jimmy Buffet, Jolly Mon Sing by Jimmy Buffet, Steamer by Jimmy Buffet, trEAT HER LIKE A LADY BY JIMMY BUFFET, MAÑANA BY JIMMY BUFFET, WHEN SALOME PLAYS THE DRUMS BY JAMES BUFFET, HAVANA DAYDREAMIN BY JIMMY BUFFET- What the FUCK happened to you?! Peter, laughing: I HAD A CASE OF THE MONDAYS Margret: ARE YOU HAUNTED?! ARE YOU FUCKING POSSESSED?! Margret: YOU USED TO BE MY FRIEND Peter, cry-laughing: ᴵ ᴴᴬᴰ ᴬ ᶜᴬˢᴱ ᴼᶠ ᵀᴴᴱ ᴹᴼᴺᴰᴬʸˢ

Andy, trying to cheer the group up: Things could be worse, you know! Margret: How? Andy: How what? Margret: How could they be worse? Andy: They couldn’t, I lied. Margret:

Felix: Man, I only ever see you awake, do you ever shut down or stop running? Andy: Oh, I’m always running Andy: The question is from what

Melody: English is a difficult language. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though. Andy: You need to stop.

Melody: I'm incredibly fast at math. Peter: Alright, what's 30x17? Melody: 47 Peter: That's not even close. Melody: But it was fast.

Peter: Here's some advice Claus: I didn't ask for any Peter: Too bad. I'm stuck here with my thoughts and you're the only one who talks to me

Andy: Three words. Say them and I'm yours. Peter: Three words. Andy:

Andy: What are your goals? Margret: To pet all the dogs. Andy: No, fitness goals. Margret: To be able to run fast enough to pet all the dogs.

Felix: What if the 'g' in 'gif' is silent? Claus: Go the fuck to sleep Felix: What gif I don't want to? Claus: Fuck You

Melody: In light of what you did for me, you can hug me for four to five seconds. Claus: FORTY FIVE SECONDS?!? Melody: No! Four to five seconds! Claus: Too late!!!

Claus: Stop buying plastic skeletons for Halloween! It's terrible for the environment! Margret: Yeah! Locally sourced, all natural skeletons are much more environmentally friendly!

Claus: I actually have a black belt. Andy: In what, karate? Claus: No, from Gucci.

Claus: Do you think you’d actually notice if someone didn’t cast a shadow? Or if their limbs were just slightly too long? Or if they had just a little too many teeth? like how many times have you passed Something on the street and you just didn’t Notice It? Felix: Stay woke monsterfuckers ur love is out there!!!!! Claus: Yknow what? Not my point at all in any way whatsoever, but I’m glad I could be an inspiration.

Melody: WHAT’S YOUR TYPE Felix: Anything, honestly, but nerds especially Melody, desperately, as Felix bleeds out: YOUR BLOOD TYPE Felix: Oh! B positive. Melody: DONT TRY TO CHEER ME UP JUST TELL ME YOUR BLOOD TYPE Felix:

Andy: Peter and I have the kind of easy chemistry where we finish each other's- Peter: Sentences. Andy: Don't interrupt me.

Margret: So are we flirting right now? Andy: I AM LITERALLY STABBING YOU Margret: That doesn’t answer my question

Margret: Hey Claus can I get a sip of your water? Claus: It's not water. Margret: Vodka, I like your style! Claus: It's vinegar. Margret: Wh-Wha- Claus: It's vinegar, COWARD.

Melody: What is your biggest weakness? Claus: I can be uncooperative. Melody: Okay, can you give me an example? Claus: No.

Peter, struggling to keep upright in their 1 inch heels: Yeah, I-I don’t really think heels are for me Andy, pointing at them and walking flawlessly in sparkly golden 6 inch heels: WEAK.

Peter: Where are you going? Felix: To get ice cream or commit a felony, I’ll decide on the way there

Melody: You kill people for money?! Felix: I can explain! Melody: And all this time I’ve been doing it for free like a chump!

Melody: Don’t worry, I know exactly what I’m doing. Everything is going to be fine! Margret: How can you still say that? Melody: Because sometimes, when things get tough, denial is all we have.

Melody: Date someone who will drag you outside at 3am to look at the stars. Andy: If anyone, and I mean anyone, wakes me up at 3am to go look at the damn sky they will be removed indefinitely from my life.

Claus: Can you keep a secret? Peter: Do you know anything about my life? Claus: No I do not. Good point.

Claus: You know, not every problem can be solved with a sword. Andy: That's why I carry two swords.

Claus: I made tea. Margret: I don’t want tea. Claus: I did not make tea for you. This is my tea. Margret: Then why are you telling me? Claus: It is a conversation starter. Margret: That’s a lousy conversation starter. Claus: Oh, is it? We are conversing. Checkmate.

Peter: So what’s for dinner? Melody, staring at the food they just burnt: Regret.

Felix: So that’s my plan. Melody: Are you alright with constructive criticism? I don’t want to sound mean. Felix: No, go ahead, I want to hear it. Melody: It fucking sucks. Felix: That’s not constructive criticism.

#andy's apple farm #incorrect aaf quotes #incorrect quotes #claus and his black gucci belt

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lightsonparkave · 3 years

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HAPPY TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO LIGHTS ON PARK AVE! 🎂🎉 In celebration of LoPA’s birthday (August 22, to be exact), all of the prompts from the previous year are up for grabs.

Round 24 will end on August 31, 11:59 PM ET (what time is that for me?).

As always, you’re free to jump in whenever you’d like during the round, a wide variety of work types is accepted, and there are no minimum work requirements. Unfinished works and works for other fandom events are allowed. You can find more information about Lights on Park Ave and the participation guidelines here.

Here are all 149 prompts. Go crazy and have fun! 🎈

ROUND 13: TIME

A quote about being infinite in the present moment from The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Vellichor,” the the strange wistfulness of used bookstores

“How long is forever?” dialogue from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

“Time” - Hans Zimmer (Inception OST)

A quote and gifset from Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival (2016) about the nonlinear structure of time

Agnès Varda’s portraits when she was 20, 36, and 80 years old

A John Irving quote about what time does to the people who matter to us

Ten traveling back to see Rose on New Year’s Day in 2005 before he dies and reincarnates in Doctor Who

Future inventions in 2015 as seen in Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future Part II (1989)

A quote about what time does for wounds

ROUND 14: LIMINALITY

A photoset of various liminal spaces

Illustration of a black cat in front of a red-lit house with the caption, “They say no one is living here—but the lights come on, once every year”

A photoset of Victorian-era spirit photography, an art form that attempted to capture the ghost of a deceased loved one

Information on the famous Mojave phone booth, a lone telephone booth in the middle of the desert that received calls from all over the world

Rosemary Ellen Guiley’s The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits Third Edition’s definition of “witching hour”

Illustration of a ghost train on an abandoned trestle bridge in the Pacific Northwest

A quote by Isabel Allende about spirits coming out at night in the library

Gifset of the spirit world in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (2001)

Illustration of a neon roadside sign of a motel that only appears at night by a long-forgotten highway

“Pacific Coast Highway” - Kavinsky

A gifset quote from The Twilight Zone (1959)

Scenery from Twin Peaks season 1 (1990)

A quote about something shifting into a strange, new place inside of a person from Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

ROUND 15: LOSS

A quote about being lost and found by someone special by Sue Zhao

A photo of the Mildred, wrecked off Gurnard’s Head, Cornwall in 1912

A quote about ephemerality and the beauty of it from Troy (2004)

Two paintings of people visiting ruins by Caspar David Friedrich

A quote about desire and loss by Lara Mimosa Montes

A photo of an overgrown, abandoned conservatory

A passage about what disappears and what remains in ruins from Suicide by Édouard Levé

Dialogue about gratitude for people who aren’t meant to stay in your life but shape who you are from BoJack Horseman

A scene from Fleabag where the Priest chooses God over Fleabag and gently tells Fleabag that her love for him will pass before they part ways

A prayer to St. Anthony, patron saint of lost things, people, and souls

Oscar Wilde’s tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, covered in lipstick kisses from admirers

Photos of a cemetery statue in Austria, wrapped in branches and dead leaves, holding a single flower

ROUND 16: DEVOTION/SERVICE

A gifset of Kevin on the phone, telling Chiron he’ll cook food for him from Barry Jenkin’s Moonlight (2016)

Buttercup’s monologue to Westley about how she would do anything for him from The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Gifs of Merlin saying that he was born to serve Arthur from BBC’s Merlin

An excerpt about giving all of oneself to someone despite what it costs from House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

A gifset of various times Jaime and Brienne demonstrate their loyalty to and love for each other in Game of Thrones

A gifset of all the different ways Cliff is there for Rick in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

A gifset of Nadia deciding to be by Alan’s side no matter what in Russian Doll

“Devotion” - Ocean Vuong

A gifset of Bond comforting a traumatized Vesper in the shower in Casino Royale (2006)

A gifset of Sookhee refusing to leave Hideko, saying her job is to look after her in Park Chanwook’s The Handmaiden (2016)

ROUND 17: DREAMS

A dreamscape gifset and quote about repressed thoughts in dreams and the Internet from Satoshi Kon’s Paprika (2006)

A gifset of Mitsuha and Taki finally meeting in their own bodies in a dream from Shinkai Makoto’s Kimi no Na wa (Your Name) (2016)

A quote by Tinker Bell telling Peter Pan where he can find her and where she’ll always love him in Steven Spielberg’s Hook (1991)

The scene where Keating tells his students that poetry, beauty, romance, and love give life meaning in Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society (1989)

An animated illustration of a storefront called “Hauntings” with a flickering “99¢ dreams” neon sign

Various dreamscape scenes and a quote about ideas being the most resilient parasite from Christopher Nolan’s Inception (2010)

A quote about how all living beings must dream to survive reality from The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

A comic about people we love taking turns to visit us in dreams every night

Lovers and Sleeping Couple, two drawings by Egon Schiele

A quote about belief in a better world by Robert Frobisher to his lover, Rufus Sixsmith, in Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

A quote about the feeling of falling in love lingering when you wake up from a dream in Alexis Dos Santos’s Unmade Beds (2009)

A photo of subway graffiti by an unknown author insisting that they’ll never give up making the world a better place to live in

ROUND 18: PHYSICAL TOUCH

A scene about how to return a stolen kiss from Daniel Ribeiro’s The Way He Looks (2014)

A line about kissing someone the way a flower opens from “I Know Someone” by Mary Oliver

A gifset focusing on showing affection and care through hands from Park Chanwook’s The Handmaiden (2016)

A passage about two people leaving invisible marks on each other through the accumulation of touches over the years from A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood

Two conversations about never being touched before and only being touched by one person from Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight (2016)

Going from yearning to touch someone but stopping oneself to being allowed to touch them from Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy

Moving art of two bodies made of stars and the cosmos embracing

A quote about maintaining sanity by touching someone but being separated despite proximity from The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje

A line about proving that one still exists and is real through touch from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Different touches between Villanelle and Eve expressing violence, threat, sexual tension, comfort, and companionship in Killing Eve

A juxtaposition of two scenes from Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love (2000) of Su Li-zhen rejecting and accepting Chow Mo-wan’s hand

A compilation of marble sculptures by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Syd (Chris Evans) trailing kisses down London’s back in London (2005)

ROUND 19: IMMORTALITY

James Baldwin talking about how art helps you discover that people before you have experienced the same thing as you and you are not alone

Dr. Brand saying that love transcends time and space in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014)

Nadia and Alan meeting for the first time as they’re about to die and relive the same day again in Russian Doll

The loneliness of losing everyone by having a long life as expressed by Ten in Doctor Who

The doomed eternal time loop romance of Simon and Alisha from Misfits

A quote by Edvard Munch about becoming eternal through the flowers that grow from his body after death

Nagai Kei recalling the traffic accident that killed him and triggered his immortality, making him one of the rare persecuted humans to possess the power, in Ajin

A collection of moments from Jay Russell’s Tuck Everlasting (2002)

A quote by Mary Wollstonecraft hoping for something that lasts inside the heart

Various scenes with Jack Harkness from Doctor Who

Aya telling Asou-kun to live on and live forever as she nears the end of her life in 1 Litre of Tears

An excerpt about the immortalization of the self through love from “Love of the Wolf” in Hélène Cixous’s Stigmata

A collection of scenes from the Black Mirror episode “San Junipero”

Naoko telling Toru to always remember her and remember that she existed in Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Dom explaining to Ariadne that he uses the PASIV to dream as it’s the only way that he can be with his wife and children in Christopher Nolan’s Inception (2010)

ROUND 20: POETRY

“I’m Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense” - Danez Smith

A line about wanting to forget how much you loved someone and then actually forgetting from Bluets by Maggie Nelson

“Perhaps the World Ends Here” - Joy Harjo

“In Time” - W. S. Merwin

“By Small and Small: Midnight to Four A.M.” - Jack Gilbert

“Magdalene: The Addict” - Marie Howe

“Wild Geese” - Mary Oliver

“Morphology 2″ - CJ Scruton

“20″ from Moscow in the Plague Year by Marina Tsvetaeva

“To Hold” - Li-Young Lee

ROUND 21: LONGING

“I Loved You Before I Was Born” - Li-Young Lee

A poem about longing for someone through worlds by Izumi Shikibu

A gifset of Marianne and Héloïse falling in love from Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

“Make Me Feel” - Janelle Monáe

A quote about living in longing being better than realizing that longing from 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

“I Want You” - Mitski

Orpheus and Eurydice in Hades - Friedrich Heinrich Füger

Long definition of the word “saudade”

Definition of the word “hiraeth”

“Something About Us” - Daft Punk

Two lines about burning quietly from the poem “The Pillowcase” by Annelyse Gelman

A conversation about wanting each other after decades of separation from Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (2019)

A Hanahaki disease mood board

“Shrike” - Hozier

Two lines about wanting someone to return from Herakles by Euripides

“Love of My Life” - Queen

“Eyes, Nose, Lips” - Taeyang

A screenshot of Kathy and Tommy holding onto each other desperately from Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go (2010) and a quote from Kazuo Ishiguro’s eponymous novel

ROUND 22: YOUTH

“Perfect Places” - Lorde

A piece about realizing you’ll never be this young again, but it’s the first time you’re this old by Kalyn Roseanne Livernois

A conversation between Neil and Mr. Keating about Neil feeling trapped and unable to live the life he wants because of his father from Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society (1989)

An excerpt about being too young to know how to love properly from Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” - Arctic Monkeys

Elio’s father telling Elio not to try to rid himself of his sorrow and pain—and with that joy—which he feels so strongly because he’s so young from Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman

A quote about how everything feels final to young people because they’re experiencing it for the first time from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Lara Jean telling Peter that she had to make it seem like she liked him to deal with her love letter fiasco in Susan Johnson’s To All the Boys I Loved Before (2018)

Rue and Jules dancing together and partying it up in Euphoria

“Le Plongeoir” by Laurent Roch

A quote about being pushed into adulthood and not being ready from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

A photo of a roller rink illuminated by pink and purple lights

Pastel photo series of Coney Island by Mijoo Kim and Minjin Kang

“Hips Don’t Lie” - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean

“Young Dumb & Broke” - Khalid

Different moments accompanied by the letter to Mr. Vernon at the end of detention from John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club (1985)

Various scenes and a quote about growing up and realizing life isn’t like a fairy tale from Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Stills of the young lesbian couple in love from the music video of “You Know” - Jaurim

Lines by Effy about her emotional and mental struggles from Skins

Nathan chiding the group for not taking advantage of their superpowers as young offenders from Misfits

ROUND 23: HEDONISM

A passage about giving into passion and losing control from The Secret History by Donna Tartt

“Thot Shit” - Megan Thee Stallion

An aesthetic photoset of the Greek god Dionysus

A quote about living for ecstasy rather than balance from From a Journal of Love by Anaïs Nin

A photo of an anonymous person in nothing but a silk robe and lingerie

A photo of Donatella Versace lounging in a chair, surrounded by shirtless, muscular men sunbathing around her in Capri, Italy in 1994

An aesthetic photoset based on The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The music video for “Heartless” by The Weeknd

A plea for summer to never end from Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

“Plastic Love” - Mariya Takeuchi

A gifset from the music video of “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, a continuation of the “Heartless” music video

“XS” - Rina Sawayama

A gifset from the music video of “Body” by Mino

Photos of people dancing at the legendary Studio 54

Photos and a description of the party scene at Studio 54

Chris Evans and Evan Rachel Wood hooking up in a car in the “Gucci Guilty Black” commercial

#stevetony #steve/tony #superhusbands #stony #stevetony prompts #stony prompts #lightsonparkave #round 24

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gaeilgeoirgay · 3 years

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SpideyTorch Week Day Six -Space

I used the alternate theme of space today, so I hope you enjoy it!

Ao3 Link

@spideytorchweek

it could be a smile (if you’re feeling generous)

Johnny scowls at the alien prince who’s daring to flirt with his Peter. The prince knows they’re together and he’s still trying to get into Peter’s pants! Johnny can’t blame him for thinking Peter’s attractive, but God, when someone tells you they’re not interested and in a happy relationship, it’s practically a neon sign saying “no flirting allowed!” and this guy is just not getting it.

Peter looks uncomfortable and Johnny would go over and save him (and maybe punch Prince Can’t Keep His Hands To Himself) except he’s currently talking to the Queen and he can’t exactly leave the conversation just to deck her son in the face. That would incite a massive intergalactic diplomatic incident and then Sue would be disappointed in him and also all of them might die because Johnny committed the crime of assaulting literal royalty.

The Queen notices his straying gaze though and sighs when she sees where its landed. Johnny panics for a second, thinking she’s sighing at his rudeness but her eyes are locked on her son.

“That boy, honestly. No matter how his mother and I try to teach him he goes and does this again and again. Sir Storm, feel free to go to your beloved and send my son to me. It seems he needs yet another lecture on what it means when a person says no. And he wonders why his sister is heiress to the throne instead of him. My deepest apologies on his behaviour.” She says, shaking her head sadly.

Johnny’s eyes widen and he gives a hasty bow to her. “Thank you, my lady. The fault is not yours.” He says before he makes a beeline for Peter, who sees him coming instantly. His shoulders slump in relief and Johnny quickens his pace as the prince has the sheer audacity to lay a hand on Peter’s arm.

He slides between two of the glowing-blue aliens that make up the planet with a quick apology and finally makes it to Peter. He takes hold of Peter’s hand and bares his teeth at the Prince in what might be called a smile if the observer was being generous.

“Prince Ahkilus. I see you’ve been keeping my lover company while I’ve been gone. Your mother, the Queen, was just asking after you.” He says as politely as he can manage and the Prince’s face hardens. Literally. The inhabitants of the planet have a jelly-like blue form that can change consistency at will. It’s both cool and creepy.

“You’re his lover? I’ll admit I’m surprised. Such a lovely creature like yourself could do a lot better.” Ahkilus says condescendingly. Both Peter and Johnny are taken aback by the sheer confidence he has in insulting Johnny, despite this being a diplomatic alliance that both parties want.

Peter recovers first though. “Yes, Johnny is my partner, in all ways, and I could not in fact “do better”. I love Johnny and I happen to think he’s incredible. I don’t like your tone of voice nor your words, Your Highness, and I certainly do not appreciate you calling me a “creature”. I believe this conversation is over.” He says sharply, and the Prince gapes at him.

“I am a Prince! How could this.. this.. glorified flamethrower be better than me!” Akhilus splutters indignantly. Glorified flamethrower. Huh, gotta give him points for no creativity whatsoever. Johnny’s been called better by worse people. Even Doom has better insults.

“For starters, Johnny treats me like the person I am. He also loves me genuinely rather than just my body. And yes, the “glorified flamethrower” is a better match than you are.” Peter retorts. Hah, match. Probably not an intentional pun though, because that’s the third time he’s quoted Akhilus’ words back to him. When Peter starts quoting, you start hiding. It’s one of the few indicators that he’s truly furious and any sane being should be running.

Akhilus however, is not just short a few spanners, he never had a toolbox in the first place. The idiot continues spluttering and starts gearing up for more insults against Johnny and for more creepy “compliments” to Peter. Johnny may not know much about this planet’s flirting customs but he’s pretty sure it’s a bad idea to call the person you’re interested in a creature. “I will not be disrespected like this! I am royalty and I may choose whatever consort I please! No man could be better for you than I am.” Akhilus says, offended. Okay, Johnny is pissed now. Peter is his own person and Akhilus doesn’t get to just decide that he’s his consort. He lets Peter handle it though because he’s the one Akhilus is trying to “claim”. He gets to kick the creep’s ass, no matter how much Johnny would like to do it.

“Excuse me? I am no ones consort. I chose Johhny and I will continue to choose Johnny, especially over you! I’ve already told you that I’m not interested, I have continually shown I am not interested and I would very much like for you to fuck off!” Peter snarls at Akhilus, flushed and angry. It’s kind of hot though.

Johnny can’t resist getting in a little bit of verbal evisceration for himself though. “Peter’s made it clear he doesn’t want you, Akhilus. Your mother does though and I imagine she’ll be having a pretty long conversation with you as to why the third royal in line to the throne should refrain from ignoring other people’s refusals. You and the word “no” may not get along but it’s gonna cost you a whole lot more than a shot at the throne if you don’t try to learn it.” He says smoothly and Akhilus goes purple.

“Are you threatening me?” He demands. Johhny shakes his head. “I’m just letting you know how the world works, Princey. But yeah, if I wasn’t here as a diplomat I’d be setting you on fire. Just a bit.” He says pleasantly, a bright smile fixed on his lips.

Akhilus starts to raise his hand, probably to hit Johnny, and Johnny is fully prepared to claim self defense if he does, but the Prince's arm is caught by the Queen, who is radiating displeasure like an angry mother-shaped tornado. Rest in pieces Akhilus, Johnny will not miss you.

Akhilus grows a braincell and stays silent as his mother tells her guards to bring him back to his room, which is probably the best idea he’s had all night. Meanwhile, the Queen turns to the two of them with apology written all over her face.

“I am truly sorry for how Akhilus acted. Rest assured, he will be punished for his blatant overstepping of your boundaries and for the insults he cast at you.” She says gravely and Johnny shakes his head.

“You did the best you could to raise him, Your Majesty. His words are his own. You don’t need to apologise.” He says sincerely and the Queen smiles.

“I see why your lover defended you so vehemently. You are a kind man, Johnathan Storm.” She says kindly and Johnny blushes. It is nice to hear though, especially after how harsh Akhilus had been.

The Queen soon says her goodbyes, stating that she must attend to the other guests and speak to her wife and Johnny and Peter both gove her their best wishes. Every other aspect of their visit has been perfect and Johnny would honestly love to come back. She extends her invitation to the two of them anytime they want it as well, so they’re definitely welcome.

Peter slumps against his side once the Queen is gone and sighs deeply. Johnny can’t help but emulate him, because it’s been a really long day and Akhilus’s bastardry was really the cherry on top. God, he could sleep for a week.

“How about we head back to our room and go to sleep on that ridiculously comfy bed?” Peter says tiredly. “You read my mind, sweetheart. You read my mind.” Johnny says so they do exactly that. Johnny’s asleep within seconds, his hand intertwined with Peter as they both drift off, all thoughts of Akhilus replaced with each other.

#spideytorchweek2021 #spideytorch #peter parker #johnny storm #fanfiction

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bisexualoftheblade-old · 3 years

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how many wips do you have? like what are they all, and not the number of wips in a fandom? what are all the names?

okay. fuck you. fuck you so much. fuck you.

i’m putting this under a read more cut no one else deserves to see this shit. a lot of these are requests, and for those i will just write out the request itself

Shadowhunters:

domestic polycule fluff with tem, jessa, and will because im not a coward

Supernatural

- hehe hoho i request destiel hehehe

- request 61/? cai cai cai cai i need you to rewrite the destiel scene but yk. GOOD. not like i'm in the know about the spn fandom or anything, it's been years for me. but DO IT

Bright Sessions

- caleb/adam grisha AU

- mark bryant vs. united states aka sue the AM

- caleb/adam college fluff

Umbrella Acaademy

- request 31/? i want a ben and klaus drabble please spare me some brotherly bickering

- AND SO BEGINS NIGHT 4 with request 13/? oooh oooh can i get a raymond and allison playlist??? i think their vibes together would SLAP

- hi there night 2 is technically morning 3 but who's counting not me anyway request 5/? can i get a ben moodboard? gotta rep my tua bb

Percy Jackson

- request 9/? can i get a percabeth moodboard or quote edit?? like god they're the og couple goals take me back to high school cai

- For the 100 follower things :D Jercy getting caught in the rain

- request 29/? a drabble about literally anything to do with pjo. i’ll be happy with anyone and anything i’m love these children

- *somersaults in like I’m a real fancy acrobat* hello ello ello may I request some camp half blood chaos possible involving *does a flip* ✨side characters✨ <3

Penumbra Podcast

- request 52/? drabble about the penumbra podcast. this is for ren bc ren likes it and i don't actually know anything about it. juno? i think? that's the one ren likes. write it for ren

- Tpp ghost hunting / buzzfeed unsolved au

- sad juno smut

- final resting place fic go brrrr

Marvel

- request 6/? i'm going to my roots y'all can i get a spider-man playlist? if not a playlist then i'd honestly be happy with literally anything involving spider-man

- request 15/? i'm going crazy this is recorded evidence of me actually losing it ANYWAY can i get a quote edit for something from iron man? literally anything that man says is gold so cai's choice :D he deserved better in endgame i'm still bitter

- request 42/? do another spidey thing that differs from the other spidey thing

- request 73/? you have Opinions. rant about infinity way and/or endgame. go.

- request 74/? quote edit for deadpool!!

- spideytorch relationship character study

- peter parker as a tired grad student monitoring the young avengers (send help)

Six of Crows

- okay listen i wasn't going to request anything bc i worry about you but also? if you want to/have the time hit me with a playlist for our girl nina zenik

- request 43/? fuckin give me the ending anya should have had. she is alive and with her new son and having a great time

- request 45/? inej moodboard?

- request 47/? will you make literally any meme of your choosing for six of crows?

- request 48/? write a drabble for kaz, my favorite bastard

- okay so i don't actually like nina or mattias that much but i still wanna hear about your thoughts (and also see if you'll change my mind)

- kaz brekker turning 18 fic. birthday party, everyone singing, whole shebang. i need it stat

- religious trauma fic aka i started shipping kaz/alina/inej and i can’t stop

- kaz trauma soup (he has D.I.D. and you can’t prove me wrong)

- my two redacted fics for @grishaversebigbang

- wesper fake dating

- six of crows bright sessions crossover: everyone gets therapy

TMA

- uhh... s1 gang having a nice time? melanie getting to have some Pride™️? some "fun" horror thing?

- request 7/? spare steph and jason bonding? please sir? spare some for a humble child such as myself?

- okay so this was meant for night 3 but i had midterm shit SO this is honorary night 3 let's DO THIS request 8/? i want a moodboard of extremely out of context magnus archives shit like i mean confuse the FUCK out of me i don't go here i know Nothing about it

- request 11/? OKAY so i need tim stoker meeting tim drake now i need my timmy to meet your tim plus i want to see character differences no i'm not trying to create a tim stoker in my head so i can read a's fic while NOT thinking of tim drake whaaaaaat you're crazy

- request 18(i think)/? i need a quote edit of every time within the first like. 15 eps of tam where jon is like “sounds fake but go off” thank u bb

- request 40/? i challenge you to write a tma drabble based only on the episodes i've heard. i'm currently halfway through episode 23

- Jon being lovingly bullied into taking a break. I'm aware this has been written a million times but it is one of my favorite things.

- spiral!sasha AU

- extinction martin go brrrrr

- high school era timsasha. they've both been friends for years, and everyone always asks when they will be a couple. they decide to fake date, to prove everyone wrong and show what a bad couple they would be. turns out that's a bit trickier than they thought

- after sasha comes back, tim is broken. he can't let go, scared that if he looks away for even a minute he'll lose her again. sasha suggests shibari as a way for him to give up control

- sasha pov mag 19 au, sacrificing herself to save the others, knows that if she gives herself up to the not!them it will let the others live

- this is the "tim finds a polaroid of sasha" trope

- early archives days,, long nights in research,,, clothes sharing,, somft. late nights and falling asleep at their desks warm and safe in the other's presence

- two parts: timsasha as kids, each picking a constellation that is "theirs". just soft kid antics. tim at sasha's grave glancing up to see their constellations

- continuing your job’s a joke (you’re broke)

DC Comics

- TIMSTEPH HADESTOWN AU,,,

- my redacted fic for @batfam-big-bang

- request for you to get a decent amount of sleep? serious answer, dickkori, SAL's Venus

- request 4/? timsteph morning after 👀 mayhaps?

- a concept: nonbinary stephanie brown

- teehee hi mom, you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to, but can i request damian angst for your accomplishments 100 followers?

- hi you can ignore my first request if you want, or you can ignore this one. but bls possibly write some bikini ra’s? -the bikini bitch

- request 27/? jay is asking through me for a jondami playlist but tbh i also want it so win win yk?

- "I don't know how to help you but I can help you find someone who does" with bruce and jason? im just craving bruce being a good day to jason for once

- “I am putting you in time out because you need to understand the consequences of your actions.” with steph and jason as dumbass disaster bi best friends pretty please?

- request 32/? timsteph patrol date!!!

- request 33/? timsteph *gala* date? mayhaps??

- request 37/? tim drake drabble but make it Edgy cai

- request 39/? drabble of a prank war between tim and damian

- joyfire cuddly fluff please? or like just any outlaw fluff if joyfire isnt your thing (feel free to add every member of the outlaws, dont feel like u gotta stick with jason, kori, roy i love them all)

- barbara and robin! jason fluff? bonding over books or something?

- request 62/? i need a drabble about the chaotic trio jason, tim, and steph i'm love them ty

- request 63/? batfam x mcu crossover. batfam meets ironfam. give me ALL the cliches. ALL OF THEM

- request 64/? young justice x young avengers - jay cuz idk SHIT about the young avengers

- request 66/? jondami moodboard pls and ty

- request 67/? timsteph moodboard!!!!!!

- request 69/? HEHEHE kinky 😏 i would v much like a timsteph drabble of the almost first time. does that make sense? like i don't want you to go all the way NSFW cuz i know that's against the rules and i'm a rule follower. but like they *almost* go all the way. this could be fade to black or some shit i don't care just make it a lil steamy and have Fun

- i request damian angst! all of it

- hmm... maybe i request? jondami?

- mayhaps,,,,some batfam,,,,,committing crimes? ily be gay do crime <3 - lu

- How about a ficlet with Steph and Cass?

Found Family Bingo Prompts

- no powers au

- tunnel

- first day

- join the club

- hurt/comfort

- experiment

- playing favorites

- hold on

- possession

- 10 o’clock

- singing

- road

- snitch

- curfew

- timer

- fantasy au

- zombie au

- dreams

- campfire

- are you okay

- movie night

- games

- scared

Miscellaneous

- a request: Write A Drabble, Coward

- is it too late to request a moodboard for me?

- request 20/? i’m going off book because i’m in a Chaotic Mood™️ can you just absolutely vibe check me like go off cai demolish me

- request 21/? i formally request that you pick a favorite cai. i don’t care what that favorite pertains to, just pick a favorite something

- request 23/? roast me

- request 24/? can i have a buzzfeed unsolved spoopy playlist but spoiler alert it’s not spoopy bc shane doesn’t believe does this make sense it has been a Day™️

- request 25/50 i want a jake and amy fic make it Soft cai i’m love them b99 is so good

- request 28/? i know nothing about the lord of the rings so make something that will confuse the shit out of me

- request 34/? malvie and jaylos moodboards 😈

- request 35/? a moodboard for the bbb mods!! perceive all of us!!!

- request 36/? moodboard for the tua mods too???? mayhaps??

- request 41/? doctor WHO? idk but i want a drabble of him and the one character i know from doctor who which is rose

- request 46/? make an alignment meme with our group, have fun!!!

- request 49/? i want you to kin assign me a character from every fandom you can/want to. go feral

- request 50!!!!/? this is a special request. the most special request. can you make a bastards tbh playlist? i want our vibes encapsulated. i want us in music form. i want to hear those songs and be like "that's me and cai" and smile.

- requests 51/? i know jack shit about good omens. explain it to me in the most confusing way possible. make me know less by the end than i know now

- request 53/? can you write a mel aesthetic? i'm Curious

- request 54/? give me a list of book recs cai i want some good book recs pls

- request 56/? edit a picture of US together too

- request 58/? oooh can i have a disney edit? like. hm. i just really love disney and i want anything to do with disney. like a quote or an aesthetic or an aesthetic edit i just want disney.

- request 59/? i would v much like a recipe for carbonara. i've never had it but it sounds fucking delicious

- request 60/? ooh hey can i get a makeup tutorial? i know you like makeup, i'm shit at doing makeup. teach me

- request 65/? i need the most emo playlist you can make that vibes with dear evan hansen thank you

- request 68/? i want a superwholock moodboard. this can be serious, with the actual fandoms in mind, or literally what the era felt like. the insanity. the horror.

- request 70/? ooh ooh ooh do you have a good bread recipe?? i wanna get that bread

- request 71/? i want a playlist with the vibes of summoning a demon. please don't ask questions. i don't have answers. and if i do, no i don't.

- For the requests, how about writing something based on a friend?

- request 75/? MMMM i want literally anything to do with natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812

- request 76/? i want some healthy recipes. help a girl out

- a feral bbb quote or two?

- you perceive my plant but now I dare thee to perceive mine own visage

- okay this is a two for one request. 1. you did the bee movie script so now we need a shrek two script edit 2. sleep please

- Pansexual mb for my lil queer soul?

- my (probably) final request is just for you to ramble about something, i don't really care what

- HI ILY CONGRATS AS WELL CAUSE IM LATE BUT CONGRATS. could i request a pirates of the caribbean (or just pirates) or whatever you what to do, free range.

- mood board for the beluga whales who got brought to the animal sanctuary in Iceland please?

- 100 follower request: Moodboard for my stuffed cow Oaky?

#cai's 200 #asks #mininacl

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Why Peter hates alcohol

The party was held at the Baxter Building. The Fantastic Four’s five-year anniversary was supposed to be low-key, but as more and more superhero allies and friends caught wind of the celebration, so did the media.

Peter was happy to have been invited, even though he had to reject the offer- after all, he couldn’t attend as both Spider-Man and Peter Parker.

There were only a handful of guests that Peter didn’t recognize, and dozens he had to pretend to not recognize. A couple tipsy guests had come up to him asking for their picture taken. Including at one point a lawyer and his partner, Matt Murdock, who spent the whole time pointedly ignoring Peter. Smooth Matty.

Peter spent the most of his time snapping pictures, carefully avoiding people and snacking at the food table.

Johnny Storm had caught his eyes a couple of times, leaving Peter to careful avoid him. It was Johnny’s house, and Peter knew he was bound to catch up with him sooner or later.

The party had been going for about two hours when Peter realized he had been cornered. The only spaces to move were through the throngs of people he was also trying to avoid, or through Johnny. Peter took a deep breath and put on his game face.

Johnny had a glass of champaign, and was swaying gently to the music. Peter stuffed the rest of his hors d’oeuvre into his face and waited for the inevitable.

‘Parker!’ Johnny exclaimed, leaning on Peter’s shoulder. ‘Sent by the Bugle, huh?’ Johnny was a little tipsy, his eyes wide and intense.

‘You know it.’ Peter responded with a tense smile.

‘Can’t be often you get to come to parties like this? Bet your gonna get a butt load of money off of this party. Better this than slandering Spider-Man, right?’ Johnny gave himself a shake as though to shake of his irritation. Johnny snatched another champagne flute. ‘There’s gotta be a good amount of money in showing off the superhero lifestyle, huh? Gotta show people what their missing out on more than just violence.’

‘Anything you say, Hotstuff.’ Peter chuckled raising his camera to snap a candid of Jennifer Walters with her boyfriend.

Johnny pushed the extra champagne towards Peter. Peter acquiesced if just to diffuse his own tension.

Peter sent him an amused glance. With a blush Johnny realized he’d been staring.

‘So, what are you taking pictures of?’ Johnny cleared his throat.

Peter simply gestured at the crowd.

‘Yeah, but of what? I figure if you’re making money from this, it’s probably more than just a group picture.’ Johnny finished his drink.

‘Well, I got a nice one of Jen and John over there.’ Peter held up the display showing Jennifer Walters towering over her boyfriend, with him gazing lovingly up at her. The chaos of the party was blurred around them like a halo.

‘I was told to -and I quote- ‘get the superhuman angle, Parker! We want to bedazzle the readers so they don’t realize how boring those schmutz parties are.’’

‘You’re bored?’ Johnny asked, only half listening. All of the guests painted a gorgeous picture. Everything that was good about parties without the bad choices and drinking games. Johnny itched to be among them, while also feeling suffocated by them.

‘So, you weren’t listening to anything I just said?’ Peter’s voice pulled him from his thoughts.

‘What? I … No!’ Johnny stuttered.

‘Oh yeah, what did I just say?’

Johnny got ready to snap back before recognizing a teasing pull at Peter’s lips.

‘Okay, I might have zoned out for a moment there.’

‘I was saying that I almost got a good one of Sue, but she went invisible just as I took the picture, so it’s just an empty space. Here, see?’ Peter showed Johnny a shot of empty space that Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym seemed to be talking to.

‘Yeah, well… are you almost done? You got enough pictures yet?’

Peter’s pretty brow creased, whether in frustration or confusion Johnny couldn’t tell. ‘C’mon Parker, drink with me, for new times sake.’ Johnny plowed on. Johnny didn’t want to re-join the party just yet; he also didn’t want to just linger on the edges. A small part of him didn’t want to leave Peter either.

Peter woke from one of the worst sleeps of his life. His head pounded and mouth was dry. He groaned lightly. Head buried in the pillow; Peter tried to work out who had beat his ass this time. He had been at the Fantastic Four’s party, but he didn’t remember swinging home. Or getting home at all. Moments passed and Peter realized that only his head hurt. There were no tell-tale pains or aches in his limbs that could justify the headache.

Peter pushed himself up. His stomach lurched. ‘Oh god.’ Peter muttered. He could taste bile. Peter lowered himself down.

‘Good morning to you too.’ A familiar voice responded, cocky and familiar.

He was in Johnny Storm’s bedroom. He was dressed in only his jocks, and he was in Johnny Storm’s bed. ‘Oh god.’ Peter repeated.

Something smelled really good. ‘I made us bacon and eggs!’

At this, Peter pushed himself up. His stomach gurgled unhappily. Johnny pressed a glass of water into his hands. Peter drank it down greedily.

Johnny looked infuriatingly good as usual. He was in only a pair of white and blue trackpants, slung low over his hips. There were tiny bruises on Johnny’s waist. A small pattering of finger sized bruises over the swell of his hips. Peter remembered causing them.

Embarrassment washed over Peter.

‘I don’t remember much?’ Peter trailed off looking down and missed how Johnny’s face fell.

‘Well… We mostly just made out, a little bit of hand stuff.’ Johnny told him as easily as if they were discussing the weather. ‘I gotta say, you have an impressive physique for someone who takes photos for a living.’ Johnny gazed Peter up and down. He really was a work of art. Peter blushed at the praise. A cute work of art too.

‘Here, I’ve got some Panadol that will make short work of your headache.’ Peter accepted the pills even though they wouldn’t be effective on him.

‘You don’t drink much, do you? I would almost be worried if it wasn’t you coming on to me all of last night.’ Johnny couldn’t help the pride in his voice. He knew was very attractive, confirmation was always flattering though. Peter blushed again.

‘The photos,’ he gasped, shooting up from the bed just to sit down as a wave of dizziness passed over him. ‘What- what time is it?’

Johnny passed him his camera, ‘About 10 am. There’s some really good pictures in there, by the way.’

‘Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck shit fuck. I have to go. Jameson is going to kill me.’ Peter looked around wildly for his shirt. Shoving it on, grabbing his camera and his shoes, Peter propelled himself out of the door without a goodbye, which he would later come to regret.

Johnny looked at the sizzling bacon with a twinge of disappointment and loneliness. Looks like he was eating breakfast alone again.

#Spideytorch #Peter Parker #Johnny Storm

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #268

Wed Dec 30 2020 [10:56 AM] Wack'd: Otto has decided Reed knew Sue would miscarry and brought him here as a scapegoat and now he's going to make them all pay [10:56 AM] Wack'd: Reed is having none of it and sends him back to the psych ward with a stern word [10:56 AM] Bocaj: What’s the point of this [10:57 AM] Wack'd: I think this scene is supposed to be like when Peter stops quipping and everyone knows shit has gotten real but it doesn't really play with Reed and definitely feels more like awkwardly shuffling off a loose end [10:58 AM] ThreeOfFour: Reed: "Oh fuck you Otto, I get blamed for all sorts of imagined shit from Victor already. I don't need that in stereo." [10:59 AM] Wack'd: Johnny decides this is a good time to show Jen around the Baxter Building. You know. While his sister is going through unspeakable trauma [10:59 AM] Wack'd: He also mentions that none of the Four are currently living at the Baxter. Uh [10:59 AM] Bocaj: Huh [10:59 AM] Wack'd: I...read a lot into what turned out to be a weird continuity glitch [11:00 AM] Wack'd: Which makes "was the miscarriage planned" a much more thorny question [11:01 AM] Wack'd: Johnny even brings up the secret identities and mentions Jen has one [11:02 AM] Wack'd: And Jen says "Well. It's not that I'm being secretive, really. It's just...no one ever asked!" [11:03 AM] Wack'd: So she gives her backstory. Hunted down by the mob, blood transfusion from Bruce, etc etc etc [11:03 AM] Bocaj: A lot of people ask Jen [11:04 AM] Wack'd: Great continuity! [11:04 AM] Bocaj: From the cbr article: [11:04 AM] Bocaj: Byrne was also writing The Thing's solo series & has said he found it difficult to come up with good Thing stories that didn't have a reason to include the Fantastic Four, which would make them Fantastic Four stories. So when he heard about the weird planet the Beyonder had created, he decided Ben would stay there, so he could write Thing solo stories that couldn't involve the FF. As Dermie says, as a replacement he thought of She-Hulk, in his own words telling his friend Stern that he was stealing She-Hulk off Stern, and Stern replied "Oh, okay".” [11:04 AM] Bocaj: Grain of salt because still no direct quotes [11:05 AM] Wack'd: I mean the folks behind Two-in-One managed it for years. Maybe Bryne is just bad at things [11:05 AM] Bocaj: Maybe [11:06 AM] Wack'd: Also Bryne ditches the Thing ongoing before the space arc wraps and never goes back to it so like [11:06 AM] Bocaj: Ha ha ha [11:06 AM] Wack'd: And then the next writer, Mike Carlin, brought Ben back to Earth and wrote another year's worth of story with no Fantastic Four [11:06 AM] Bocaj: Geez [11:07 AM] Bocaj: I also saw speculation that the miscarriage was planned ahead of time because Byrne is using the Ock quo from spectacular 79? [11:08 AM] Bocaj: Doesn’t entirely make sense with how secret wars ends but whatever [11:08 AM] Wack'd: But anyway I'd make another "just bad at things" joke but that Ben arc involved him stalking a lady because she looked like his space ex and trying to keep her from making personal medical decisions so like [11:08 AM] Wack'd: *shrug* [11:08 AM] Bocaj: Jesus [11:08 AM] Wack'd: But back to this story [11:09 AM] Wack'd: During the tour Johnny shows Jen a trophy room in the Baxter which includes Doom's mask from when he was recently blown up by Norrin and Terrax but, unbeknownst to all, escaped into the body of a conspicuously dramatic bystander with the mind powers he has I guess [11:10 AM] Wack'd: Doom's mask's eyes glow ominously [11:11 AM] Bocaj: I’m also not sure how this fits with Secret Wars but I think some of the participants were grabbed from different times [11:12 AM] Wack'd: ...hey yeah! [11:12 AM] Wack'd: What the fuck?!? [11:12 AM] Bocaj: Iunno [11:12 AM] Wack'd: Back in Connecticut, a snoopy neighbor of the Benjamins' finds it suspicious that there's never anyone home. Another neighbor makes fun of her for being a snoop [11:13 AM] Wack'd: And back in New York, Doom's mask has superpowers and starts kicking Jen and Johnny's asses [11:13 AM] Wack'd: And then Reed comes home because Sue's sleeping and also starts getting his ass kicked [11:13 AM] Bocaj: I think this was adapted into the teen Titans cartoon haha [11:14 AM] Bocaj: More psychotropic drugs were involved in that one though [11:14 AM] Wack'd: Reed defeats the mask by using a "cancel all outside signals" button on the Baxter that got mentioned earlier but I didn't think it'd be relevant [11:14 AM] Bocaj: Huh! You got Chekhov’d [11:16 AM] Wack'd: I kind of assumed now that Bryne sprung the miscarriage, the issue wouldn't be consumed by a pointless fight scene, but we were halfway through the issue when the attack started and Sue's miscarriage had hardly been dealt with at all, so that's egg on my face I guess [11:17 AM] Wack'd: Unbelievable. The magazine really is just gonna proceed as though this isn't a huge deal, isn't it?

[11:21 AM] Bocaj: She Hulk: “I’ve just inherited a lot of drama I didn’t ask for. Thanks Ben” [11:21 AM] Bocaj: Re: she hulk’s first speech bubble in the snap

#1984 #John Bryne #The Main Book

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