#plz ignore the dumb hat

[lewiscarrolatemybrain]

Y’know what would be hilarious?

Ace does not give Zoro a shovel talk. He watches, and he observes, and in the end he decides that that poor dumb swordsman is so clearly whipped for his idiot little brother that drawing attention to it would be cruel. Luffy can look after himself anyway, and honestly? His whole crew seem pretty protective of him. He’s made good friends. If he and Zoro ever somehow do get their shit together, Ace will be happy for them.

Sabo does not give Zoro a shovel talk. He’s been gone for so long, and by the time he’s back in Luffy’s life Luffy and Zoro have already been an item for a while. As much as he wants to stand menacingly at Luffy’s shoulder and demand that Zoro have him home by ten, it’s too late for that. He doesn’t need to threaten Zoro anyway; the guy is obviously gone for Luffy, and if he DOES make Luffy cry, Sabo will just kill him. No need for the build-up.

Garp does not give Zoro a shovel talk. Or at least, not in so many words. The man does seem to take extra pleasure in beating Zoro up whenever they cross paths, but it’s unclear if that’s actually happening or if it’s just in Zoro’s head. If Garp brings up their relationship at all, Luffy doesn’t say, and Zoro doesn’t ask.

Dragon does not give Zoro a shovel talk. He stands in a shadowy corner and stares at Zoro very intensely for a very long time, and then he silently walks away without Zoro ever even knowing he was there.

Shanks does not give Zoro a shovel talk. He just slaps him on the back of the head, hands him a beer, and wishes him good luck. Then he tears up when Luffy asks him to be at the wedding.

Dadan does not give Zoro a shovel talk. Why should she care about who that brat shacks up with? Ignore that she’s cleaning her guns threateningly on the table. She’s a bandit. They do things like that. She does not care at all that Luffy is dating Zoro, and if Zoro breaks his heart then that’s Luffy’s own fault for falling for some roguish swordsman. None of her business.

Makino… Makino gives Zoro a shovel talk. Plz imagine Makino smiling sweetly and coming to stand in front of Zoro while he's sitting so that they're eye level. Plz imagine Makino looming menacingly over Zoro. Plz imagine Zoro letting her do that. Plz imagine the Staw Hats all watching as The King Of Hell falls all over himself to “yes ma’am” and “no ma’am” and “right away ma’am” this tiny non-combatant with zero fighting skill or experience.

Plz imagine Luffy just nodding approvingly. That’s Makino! Of course you have to respect Makino! She’s Makino!

[waynedunlaptheorgandonor]

watched s11ep1

i will provide you with a quick review before i disappear back into the ether of twd avoidance

lots of spoilers under the cut. also i wrote way too much and i worked all night and haven’t slept so i didn’t bother to reread literally any of it, so it might be completely nonsensical, tho if you don’t expect that from me by this point idk whose blog you’ve been reading

enjoy:

hokay, first off, i’ll start by saying that i enjoyed it more than i expected to. i’ve been avoiding any sort of discussion about stuff, but my google algorithm is so fucked at this point that i still get recommended articles and stuff every now and then, so i was already pretty aware of what i was walking into, and was expecting it to be eh, but actually i prob enjoyed it more than i enjoyed the finale

(don’t get too excited tho, the finale was rly boring lmfao)

anyway

episode starts off with a tense scouting mission

it takes .005 seconds into the episode for caryl to exchange a look of longing, establishing that they are still having weird conflict and are both too fucking stubborn to do anything about it even tho they hate it desperately

i imagine that will continue for a while

rosita, kelly, carol, maggie, what’s her face with the bad hair, and lydia (i think that’s everyone?) lower down to some army bunker or something, where a bunch of walkers are taking a snooze, and the girls are very respectful of walker naptime, and do their best not to wake them up

obviously they eventually wake up, but i’ll get to that in a sec

as they’re tiptoeing through the walker tulips, there’s this split second where carol spots a machine gun, and looks at maggie with a face like, “can i plzzzz, i am mad horny for that machine gun,” but maggie tells her no. (i 110% expected her to defy orders and accidentally wake up all the walkers, but she actually behaved herself for once. well. mostly)

never fear, tho, after the girl gang collects a bunch of MREs they go back to wait for the dudes waiting up top to pull them up, and bc men ruin everything, one of the ropes break, and daryl catches it before it falls, but then a slow motion drop of blood falls on a walker’s face, and just like that, walker naptime is over, and carol uses her bow and arrow for two seconds before she is like “fuck this” and whips out the machine gun

yes, she is super hot using it

yes, daryl watches her do it

anyway, all the other girls get rescued, and carol is about to be pulled up, but bc she is a #girlboss, she first makes a beeline for one more crate full of MREs. daryl covers her while she gets the loot, and when she gets back up top they have another charged moment as carol hands him back his knife

just fuck already, jfc

titles!

cut to alexandria where everything is still not smilestimes

BUT, we do get to see uncle daryl run and hug rj and judith (and dog), and FUCKING HERSHEL JR, LIGHT OF MY LIFE is also there

istg, they could not have casted a better child, i a d o r e him

oh, and some friends of maggie’s show up too, idk

cut to a staff meeting where everyone is like, whomp whomp, we’re all gonna starve to death unless we figure out something quick

cue maggie going, “oh, i know where food is, but it requires me to tell you my tragic backstory, in case anyone didn’t watch my bottle episode”

she tells her dramatic backstory about all her friends getting slaughtered by the reapers for no apparent reason, and then she’s like “anyway, let’s go back there!”

no one thinks it’s a great idea, but a group of people decide to go anyway, including daryl and gabriel. rosita is super pissed that gabriel is going, and carol doesn’t go, probably partly bc it’s a shitty fucking idea, and also bc they have to keep caryl apart bc otherwise they’ll fix their problems ahead of schedule and they won’t be able to drag out the needless angst

daryl looks kind of annoyed that carol doesn’t volunteer to go 

bitch, i thought you wanted her to stop putting herself in the line of fire! make up your damn mind!

moving on

cut to a thunderstorm, where, if you look closely, you’ll notice daryl is wearing the STUPIDEST hat i’ve ever seen. just get an umbrella, jfc

for some reason negan is with them, bc ig he knows his way around washington dc, and no one in six years has bothered to figure out how to get around the city and/or get a map, and he is like “hey guys, maybe we shouldn’t try to walk in this fucking hurricane,” and everyone is like “FUCK YOU NEGAN, YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF US!!!” 

this will be a common occurrence 

but eventually daryl is even like “actually, it’s rly unpleasant out here, and my hat is mad stupid, can we go inside plz?”

so they go inside an old metro station, which is actually a rly cool cinematic choice. i rly like the idea, and they executed it rly well

speaking of executions

there are some fucking RULL CREEPY walkers. idk why they bothered me so badly, but they were what they at first assumed were corpses wrapped up in tarps, but turns out none of them had been properly put down, so they go through killing these rotted bodies that had supposedly been there since The Fall, and it’s very gross and cool

this entire time, btw, negan is like “hey, i know i’m a shitty person, but i have some rational arguments about why we shouldn’t be doing this right now,” and everyone is like, “FUCK YOU NEGAN, YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF US!!!” and he’s just like “god fucking damnit”

(i forgot to mention that at one point, when they’re headed into the metro station, negan is trying to warn ppl of the potential danger, and everyone is ignoring him, and he tries to talk to daryl, and daryl is like “fuck you, you think we’re BUDDIES?” and negan is like “oh, ok, so you’re gonna be like that too? fanfreakingtastic” and it’s very funny)

anyway. a fat monster zombie escapes its tarp at one point, and tries to eat some npc, and negan saves him, again is like “hey, anyone else realize that this is a FUCKING BAD PLAN?”, and everyone is like “we don’t care, you’re still shitty and we’re not listening to you, and you don’t actually care about random npc i would literally not be able to pick out in a lineup bc his face is so generic, you’re not the boss of us!!!”

it’s at this point that negan finally is like, “why am i even here? bc i know how to get around washington dc? do none of you have a map?” and i was like, “right?! that’s what i said!” 

it’s then revealed that maggie only brought negan along to murder him under the guise of “oops, he got hurt in the line of duty, it wasn’t my fault,” and daryl has this look on his face that says, “i seriously need to stop hanging out with lethal women bent on revenge bc it’s gonna give me high blood pressure,” and maggie has a badass moment where she points a gun she has for some reason at negan and is like “i have like, one shred of human compassion left inside of me, and if you keep pushing me i will fucking kill you without a second thought, so shut the hell up”

(in her defense, negan had just dropped glenn’s name to purposely antagonize her, which was rude as hell)

(for the record, i’m completely on maggie’s side here, but negan still is right that trapping themselves in a metro station is a bad call)

anyway, moving away from that briefly

i think this jump cut happens sooner, i don’t actually remember, but whatever who cares, point is, we get to the part of the show that actually matters, and that’s anything involving my love, juanita “princess” sanchez

and also eugene, yumiko, and ezekiel

they are being asked increasingly invasive questions by commonwealth ppl, some of which i wish they actually would of answered (what do they use to wipe their asses with?? surely toilet paper has long since become extinct)

zeke, who is so much more tolerable as a character now that he’s not larping as a king, has this incredibly weird and sort of sexually charged moment with a dude in an orange stormtrooper costume, where he’s like, “i bet you were an asshole cop back before The Fall, you stupid fascist, #fuckthepolice, mb literally? idk, this moment has a lot of pent up aggression that could easily translate to hate sex, it might just be the intense eye contact, but w/e, let’s just move along,” and then he has a coughing fit to remind the audience that he’s currently dying of cancer, and orange stormtrooper is like “lolz, loser, drink some water you dumb piece of shit”

cut to the wholesome foursome sitting at a picnic table in a guarded courtyard eating gruel, and yumkio, who finally has a personality, and princess are like “hey, this place fucking sucks, can we leave?” and zeke is like, “yeah, i met this orange stormtrooper who i think might be dtf and/or murder, so we should probably bounce”

but eugene is like, “but i want some hot stephanie ass, and also some bullshit excuse about how mb commonewealth will save alexandria” which, they left before things went super downhill, right? idr. it was after hilltop fell, but they don’t know alexandria got fucked either, if i recall? w/e, not important

two seconds after he says this, they talk to some people who are like “we’ve been here for four months, or maybe it’s been nine, i don’t actually remember, i’ve stopped processing the passage of time,” and the wholesome foursome takes this as a bad sign, tho that’s just the life i’ve lived as a night worker during a pandemic, so i was like #mood

but then they watch some guy get dragged away screaming to get “reprocessed” and eugene is like “ok, nvm, let’s bounce”

(my theory on what “reprocessing” is, is that they’re stuck in a room and have to watch hours and hours of customer service training videos on vhs from the 90s)

i definitely got my jump cut scenes mixed up bc i think the negan accusing maggie of a murder plot thing happened in between this scene and then the next commonwealth scene, but w/e, i’ll just finish what happens in the commonwealth arch

the wholesome foursome are trying to hatch a plan to escape, except princess, my love, is distracted watching some stormtroopers flirt, and the other three are like “wtf, dude, how can you even tell any of them apart?” and princess then tells them every stormtroopers backstory bc she is brilliant and pays rly close attention to shit, and the other three are like, “this is useful information, thank you for being an insane person”

their plan involves yumiko and eugene dressing up as stormtroopers and leading princess and zeke out of the place, which works fine actually, except on their way out they come across the Depressing Wall of Probably Mostly Dead Missing Loved Ones

they’re about to leave, when princess is like, “wait, yumiko, you’re on here, that’s weird huh?”

sure enough, yumiko  is on the wall, with a note from ig her sister 

the scene ends with yumiko going, “guys...i can’t leave...i have tragic backstory to unveil”

tragic backstory to be continued ig

back in murder metro town, npc and some other npc have stolen all the supplies, there’s a train blocking the track, and a horde of walkers are coming towards them, so things are not going fantastic

they horde is too big to take down, so they start to climb on top of the train car to get away

but dog runs away!

and daryl, being every pet owner ever, is like “gotta go get my dog, guys, try not to get killed while i’m gone, c u soon!” and he ducks under the train and disappears

#priorities

the episode ends with maggie climbing up the train car but getting grabbed by a walker and dangling off the edge, and negan is there and they have a lion king moment where maggie is like, “scar! help me!” and negan is like “long live the king, bitch” and walks away into the shadows, leaving maggie to a potential death

which, while i know isn’t actually going to happen, would be a really fucking funny move on the writers’ part

like, “look, lauren’s back! and now she’s dead, bet you didn’t expect that!”

anyway

my assumption is negan will actually end up helping her up or something, continuing his ambiguous morality bullshit that actually isn’t ambiguous bc he BEAT GLENN TO DEATH WITH A FUCKING BAT WRAPPED IN BARBED WIRE IN FRONT OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE

the maggie/negan arch is kind of dumb, but whatevs, i’ll tolerate it, as long as my boy glenn gets justice in the end

anyway, cue credits!

final assessment: good episode. i’m much more interested in commonwealth than the reapers, tho i am hoping that daryl’s personality-less ex turns out to be a monster killing machine with no conscience, that’ll be fun. princess is a gift from god. hershel jr needs his own tv show. needs more carol (and caryl)

the end! going back into my walking dead free chamber! see you next episode!

-diz

[ratsoh-writes]

This is the Bad Grammar Anon😜 can I get a match-up plz? If not plz just ignore me.

Good/not bad qualities/personality: my way I like to show love is through acts of service, mostly through cleaning and cooking, if I like someone I always want to make them food, I like to receive physical love but will accept however any guy of mine would give.. I can receive any, ridiculously easy to please, soul trait-kindness, goofy, likes to pick shit for funsies like a game, good with communication for the most part, long fuse but it is ugly if my limit is reached, loves animals massive dogs r my favorite, and I don't take up much space, very submissive person, good listener, pretty reasonable and easy to bring to sense if I'm being irrational, selfless almost to a fault, once I'd get with a guy I'd dress more modest when out and only wear skimpy stuff around him, social chameleon

Bad qualities: can get reclusive at times, antisocial, introverted, can get Moody, can get passive Agressive if I feel disrespected but am working on not doing that will listen if someone says I'm doing it and stop (I like someone who isn't scared to call me out), not very good at flirting (my flirting style is what I like to call 'poking the bear'.. tease him until he does something), bad relationship with food.. I either emotionally eat a ton more than I need or I won't eat and have no appetite., Has body dysmorphia a lot because I used to b able to work out a lot and got an injury to where I can't do it like I used to, can get possessive and jealous at times, my voice doesn't carry that well so it's hard to hear me at times, I can sometimes take too much to heart and overthink stuff he may say or do

Hobbies/likes: I crochet and knit, like to care for animals (I'm a zookeeper), swimming is one thing I can still do a lot so I love doing it, reading, drawing, and , I cook. I enjoy doing spa days every other day on myself n the evening, am never seen without a drink with me mostly it's water but coffee and tea I also bring. I like to play with my puppy and put the hats I crochet on him. I also like my swishy sweatpants.. I feel so fancy n my swishy pants. I also like anything sparkly like a raccoon, (cough cough biting and scratching and being manhandled a little n bed)

Pet peeves: people who make fun of my accent (it's deep Texas accent) and say I sound dumb or uneducated for it (I actually have a medical science degree and a computer science degree), when people mistake me for a kid or talk down to me, people who start real shit for no reason or like everything is a problem to them, and people who wont tell me stuff because they fear my reaction or 'dont want to hurt my feelings' or 'keep me calm', and people who take everything as a joke

Deal breakers: allowing people to disrespect me or our relationship and him have nothing to say of it or he tries to get me to b ok with it, keeping his thoughts, feelings, and stuff that happens from me and not tell me stuff.. so being secretive, not wanting to b with me long term, and if he's always telling me what to say when I didn't ask (sometimes I do.. that's when I'd accept it.. other than that I don't want to b scripted), taking everything as a joke

Values: I'd want to b respected as an adult, someone who's loyal and won't play games with me mind games, someone who'd b there for me like I'd be there for him, someone who wants to b with me (hopefully for life) long term, and who makes it super clear that he wants me around unashamed

What I look like: I'm 4'5'', a woman, have a petite hourglass figure, wear a corset to give myself a snatched waist most of the time so it brings out my shape a lot, I have pale almost white skin, pale green eyes, and waist length dark blonde hair, long dark eyelashes and full dark eyebrows, and I like to wear short shorts crop tops and comfy tennis shoes, in a relationship I'd go out n sweatpants and jeans, and I'd have a t shirt or hoodie on. Always have sparkly peridot stud earrings on or a peridot necklace or a peridot ring. I own a set, it's my birthstone.

Attracted to physically: I like any guy taller than me which most r, I like a guy with big strong hands, I like a rogue ish / mischievous smile too but it's not a must, and I like when guys have a sassy way they stand, no particular body type I go for

After lots and lots of back and forth it came down to two boys. One I feel is much better suited though.

Second place was boss (lol) and the boys you are matched with is…..

Lush! (Lustfell sans)

What attracts lush to you is not only your goofy nature but also how much of yourself you throw into the relationship. Your devotion endears him to you easily, and for once, he feels spoiled and appreciated in his relationship instead of used. It means a lot to him.

Lush is a sugar daddy lol. He shows his love by spoiling you rotten. He loves appealing to your raccoon side by getting you new shinies all the time. Whether that’s jewelry, or just decor, he gets it.

Lush too is a sweatpants man, and will sneak his into your drawer so you wear them. He likes having his scent on you. He also lets you “steal” his tshirts and hoodies as well.

The only issue I can see is your jealously and his flirtatious nature. Lush will never cheat, but he does flirt with every one. It’s his personality. Communication goes a long way there. He’s respectful of his partners

And he will happily bite and scratch if you’re wondering

[alibabra]

can you write for tamaki, shinsou, and kirishima, with a black s/o who got issue (like they like to fight and stuff ) and they act ditzy but they’re actually really smart??

Shinsou and Kirishima with a Chaotic s/o

Shinsou

it was the weekend and he was on his way to your room for your daily hangout session

since you always left the door unlocked for him he walked right in

from the hallway he could already hear Shanghai by Nicki playing loudly from your room

upon entering he saw you passionately rapping into your metal stand-up fan (idk wtf to call it)

with all black circle sunglasses and a cow-print bucket hat and multicolor strobe lights in the background 

“t-t-t-this shit ain’t regular RICH, so they end up in a DITCH, i’m not a regular bitch so when niggas see me, they jump on my DICK”

wasn’t new to this but was amused nevertheless so he decided to humor you when you pointed your hand in his direction as if there were a mic

came through with the ad libs because he didn’t know all of the words to the song 

despite you playing it literally everyday 

“shanghai, shanghai, shanghai, shanghai, shanghai” voice getting deeper after each repeat while slowing sinking down your knees 

from your bed you heard Shinsou clap at your performance while chuckling at your antics

“mhm, $50 I ain’t free” you said as you went to sit in front of him with your legs spread out on the floor

leaning down he grabbed your face in his hand and connected your lips 

“there” he said leaning up with a smirk on his face

“can you buy me food?”

Kirishima

you and the bakusquad decided to go on a nature walk since it was the weekend and sitting in the dorm was getting boring

Kirishima was in the back of the group having a almost one-sided conversation with Bakugou 

Mina and Kaminari were in the middle looking up animals they thought they saw 

some how getting exotic animals that weren’t even on your continent-

you were telling Sero a story at the front of the group

(you weren’t allowed to be in the back because of what happened during a randonautica adventure but thats unimportant 👁👁

“it fucking peed on me so I threw it in- hold that thought” you mumbled as you looked on the ground a few feet in front of you 

what you saw was very bone chilling, very trauma inducing, very heart dropping to your stomach-ing

a inches in front of you were two big ass moths who had never heard of public decency 

“this is very umm, okay”

due to you Sero being in front of the group your sudden stop caused the rest of the group to bump into you two 

minus Bakugou because he was AcTuaLly PaYInG aTtEntIoN tO wHerE hE wAs GoiNg 🐓

“pause” you said ignoring his yelling “observe”

there were collective wtf’s from all around besides Kaminari whispering about something inaudible

slowly you walked up to the the moths caused one to turn and look at you

“are we gonna kiss right now?” you jokingly asked despite being terrified of it attacking you

as if reading your mind, your blood ran cold as the moth’s wings fluttered and it darted to your arm

“OMFG GET THIS SHIT”

let’s say you were itchy and on edge the whole walk back to the dorms 😼 

a/n: hey....hey 👀 so i like didn’t upload for like 3 months but i have dumb excuses for you 😈 1: procrastination 2: i don’t have any requests that inspired me and i was unmotivated 😞 and 3: when i tried to write this a few weeks ago it got deleted because tumblr is an asshole but i’m back 🥰 so send requests plz a/n/n: i didn’t proofread so 🌌t y p o s🌌🤩 and i didn’t do Tamaki’s because i couldn’t think of anything for him swwy 

[urbanqhoul]

Fallout oc asks~

For more style practice whenever I wanna experiment but and I'm unsure on what to doodle~ Rp asks are welcomed shOVE YOUR OC IN MY FAce plz and thank you u3u

Bbys open for askies atm areee Faust, Bishop and Sinclair (depending how this goes might open em to more later cuz i got a lot of fallout oc’s planned i have no self control

Submit askies here~! https://urbanqhoul.tumblr.com/ask

SLap Keep reading for character detail rambles~

Faust plinkmin (Aka sniper boi with the big hat that gets bigger every time I draw him) Former vault dweller, Grew up in Vault 551 (In New Orleans) Once the former citizens of the vault entered the wasteland they decided it sUCKEd and built a nice fenced in area around the vault to keep to themselves. Most members of this society are very ignorant to the outside world, Faust included when he first left. He almost immediately got himself captured by a local branch of the Children of Atom and got turned into a ghoul upon leaving the vault for 5 minutes. Since then he was banished from his former home and now he wonders the wasteland withapetdeathclawhestolefromthechildrenofatomcough Fredrick Bishop (the glowing one with the dumb bowler hat ) Also lives in New Orleans wasteland 

Formerly a very bored medic until he was captured by the Children of Atom (that just seems to be the norm over here)

Specifically he was captured by their former leader who attempted to kill him with oodles of rads but it backfired when he instead became a glowing one- which the Children of Atom took as a sign from good lordie Atom and let him live. He was vERy not happy with the former leader for trying to murder him so he returned the favor and killed him and was forcefully appointed as the new leader by the cultist. He really doesn’t care for them of their strange beliefs but goes along with because free food and a place to stay safe is quite nice when it comes to living in a nuclear apocalypses.  Sinclair  (Fog ghoul with the veil and raincoat) He’s a prewar ghoul originating from Far Harbor. He was there when the bombs dropped and every since he started to become a ghoul he had locked himself away and avoided seeing anyone. The one time he does end up venturing off the island for a bit he ended up getting captured by a very not pleasant man who kept him around as a extra hand/ bodyguard. Eventually this led him to being dragged to New Vegas (Specifically Gomorrah the NV strip ) Where he met Rich ( @sidoopa​ ‘s son in the flamboyant ass outfit lol) and from there got promptly fired and has been stuck with his chaotic not boyfriend ever since. Whohemightlovekindaalittlebuthestooshytosayanything

[jorgecrespo]

Could you rank the female Chris characters? (Plz ignore if you’ve already done it). Thanks 😊

You know how much I love ranking things 😇

1. Cris. This one is kinda unfair because she's the only Chris to get a season but even s1 Cris is god tier. She's on another playing field. Dumb as fuck, fashion forward, chaotic.... what's not to love

2. Jo. A SWEET BABY. She's a great friend (her and Kelsey are adorable), hilarious, another fashion icon, I love her so much pls send help. She invented broccoli, thank you queen

3. Chris. The creator of being all over the place and not handling serious situations well. She invented silver hats! Also her and Vilde are so cute (very mad most remakes never developed the chris/vilde friendship but that's FINE). Also we don't talk enough about her and Sana's friendship in s4

4. Janna. Chaotic icon. She's in her own little world. Queen of letting things go and fighting in her bra. Gave hippies rights

5. Alexia. She was INCREDIBLE in almost every season. But as per usual, s4 threw her under the bus. And then s5 brought her back to normal and then tortured her. She deserves better. Invented unicorns

6. Sam. It's all about that character development. She has barely any. She's so fun and adorable and I want more from her. More than just boy crazy. GIVE SAM MORE TO WORK WITH 2020

7. Luca. Same problem with Sam, lack of development. She's funny, but let's have her SHINE in s4 pls

8. Fede. Imma keep it real with you chief, I don't really remember her. I watched all three seasons. Enough said

[alphabees-writes]

Glee - S1 E6 (Vitamin D)

They call it vitamin D for the whole thing but wasn’t it just a component for some really hard drug??? We love the bullshit

The millionth step ball change... And we’re only 6 episodes in

Mr Schue just said “Maybe so” and now all I can think of is the gif meme thing

heheheheheheh.......Sorry. Funny youtube. 

Sign #27 That Mr Schuester Is An Asshole: He’s eating that sandwich in the GROSSEST WAY POSSIBLE. He’s chewing with his mouth open, breathing really loud, talking with his mouthful, and he’s clearly being messy about it because there’s mustard all over his chin!!! How is Emma crushing on this dweeb

Sign #28 That Mr Schuester Is An Asshole: When Emma says he’s got a “cute Kirk Douglas chin dimple” (barf) he doesn’t say, hey! Maybe don’t flirt with me, I’m married!

I’m genuinely starting to feel ill whenever I have to just look at Mr Schue...

Everybody trying to learn their choreo and they’re just.... Spinning. Kurt’s about to fall over, Matt and Mike are bumping into each other, and Brittany’s just Tasmanian Devil-ing her way across the room. Love em

Brittany completely ignoring Artie’s high-five and him being like “oh-- okay...” is underrated

Matt Morrison just delivered “simply stopped trying” really weirdly. I don’t know what’s throwing me off about it, but it is

You’re right, Sue. Bones won’t grow properly without fear. AND EMMA’S BLOUSE IS INSANE

“I don’t understand how lightning is in competition with an above-ground swimming pool” You’re RIGHT KURT and you SHOULD SAY IT! Bears and sharks aren’t in competition either! Call out post for Mr Schue: The man knows NOTHING of the most basic ecology!

The look Quinn gives Finn when he yawns... Let my mans nap!!!

Kurt did his best to get to the girl’s side. Can you fucking blame him? Puck’s still an asshole to him as far as we all know!

Santana and Brittany just casually linking arms... Be still my beating heart

Kurt just walking along with Finn to football practice... Look at those brothers go!!! I am ignoring Puck

Ohh Sue’s journal... A wonderful character

You’re right, Sue, Will Schuester IS to blame for the world’s problems. Please do destroy the man

“I’ve always thought the desire to procreate showed deep personal weakness” Got ‘em

And thus begins the saga of Sue pushing problem people down the stairs. I’m not saying she should do that to Mr Schue... I’m just saying, why doesn’t she?

If Will wasn’t flirting with Emma, he wouldn’t get all nervous and upset when his wife turns up. Them’s the facts.

Does Terri know about Emma’s germophobia...? Because if so, it’s probably not cool for Will to have told her that. Unless Sue did, but I wouldn’t put it past him

As if they could get away with hiring a random unqualified woman as a school nurse?

Is “route” really pronounced like that......? Huh

Finn getting Biofreeze in his eye will forever be hilarious.

LEVEL 2!!!

I hate hats. I don’t know why, but I do. And I want Kurt to live his best life, but man, I hate that hat

Cory Monteith really got paid to drool. Goals

“Puck, with respect, you’re more helpful when you don’t contribute” Tell him, Artie!!!

Everybody making fun of Quinn :C Britt, you’re better than this!!

People (I’m people) can hate on Rachel all they want but this scenario is one example of her actually working harder than anybody else in the group. Yes, the solos should be shared more equally, but it’s hard to be mad at her when the others are claiming her ideas as their own and sitting around when they should be rehearsing. Except Brittany! She’s stretching, at least, love her

Terri let him NAP. WITHOUT DRUGS.

Finn’s having some serious mental health concerns but he’s not getting what he needs and I hate it. Help him!!!

Why does Terri care if Finn’s not faithful? Like, yeah, he should be, but it’s not going to affect the baby!

Surely if she took those pills for ALL of high school, they would’ve lost their effect after a while?

God I love high Finn. He just CHUCKED Matt outta that chair. 

Puck knows what’s up. Kurt thinks it’s vitamin C, because Vogue said so, and Iove him. He also looks SO weirded out

Terri gave him a whole BOX huh?

Time for season 1′s best mash-up. I love this so much. They’re all going so HARD and Finn looks like his eyes are about to pop right out. The way he’s rubbing the mic... How could they not tell he was off his face???

MIKE’S SINGING. MIKE’S SINGING BACK UP AND NOBODY’S WINCING. Glee has no continuity confirmed

I feel like I shouldn’t find this performance cute because they’re all meant to be high as shit BUT THEY’RE JUST SO EXCITED???

Kevin McHale bumps every song features in up by at least 2 letter grades and that’s just a fact

LET MIKE CHANG DANCE!!!! LET HIM DANCE FOREVER HE DESERVES SO MUCH

I would say the same for Matt but then I’ll get sad about him being dumped into the void in like 16 episodes time

Oh Rachel worrying about Quinn... Be still my gay heart

Rachel just cuts right through her bullshit without hesitating for a second. She knows what it’s like to feel like the odd one out and she’s doing the absolute most to make sure Quinn doesn’t feel that way and I love her for it

The way Quinn slowly turns to face her... And Rachel says they don’t have to be enemies and Quinn can’t understand why Rachel would offer her a second chance... 

Quinn legit draws porn of Rachel it’s canon. I mean it’s fucked up but there are only so many reasons a person would do that

“I would’ve tortured you if the roles were reversed you know” “I know” And then the way she watches Rachel walk away... My HEART

Ken and Terri, the power duo of awful

“Laughing... Talking... All the stuff she never does with me” I hate it. They suck. Emma is a dumbass for agreeing to date a guy who she just genuinely doesn’t like and Ken’s just an ASSHOLE for bullying her into it

And now Ken’s about to propose because he’s being bullied into it. Why the fuck does this happen?

I don’t buy that Rachel took this long to berate all the girls for not prepping their mash-up harder after the boys killed theirs. She’d be right on that

Kurt I love the waistcoat and the bowtie but WHAT is happening on your ELBOWS.

You really wanted those guys in cornrows, Kurt? None of them have the length for it. ALSO I love that the exotic bird feathers thing comes back next season 10/10

F-ROD!!! GO OFF RACHEL!!! Even if Finn doesn’t know what half these words mean!

Rachel really wakes up with flawless hair, huh! And then she just... Does all that. She never stops being extra...

Did they just start walking in the opposite direction?

I feel like it’s dumb that Rachel doesn’t just tell Mr Schue that they all took pills, but it’s more in character for her to not waste an opportunity to perform anyway

Howard Bamboo,totally unqualified man who absolutely isn’t staff, is just allowed on campus to deliver DRUGS? HELLO???

Quinn only gets folic acid... And yet I’m pretty sure she manages to keep up with everybody else. HOW?

“What’s up with Ken?” [FRANTIC PAPER SHREDDING] 

I don’t care how married you are, no person should lick another person’s face

I can physically feel the awkwardness between Will and Terri. JUST DIVORCE ALREADY

Don’t like ya Will but you’re right, shit’s not healthy if there’s no space!

Imagine proposing in the staff room at work just because a random woman told you to

“Emma Pilsbury, this is not an engagement ring” “Oh thank god--” “No, I mean, it is” Just take the L, Ken

AND ALSO ANGELS!!!

Quinn’s so fucking concerned. I love this

I usually don’t like yellow clothes but these girls make it look so dang CUTE. More pastels plz

Again, I have no idea how pregnant Quinn is keeping up at all...

HALOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Kurt’s wearing those blocky shades so the boys can’t see his betrayal

Where the hell did this mock-stage set up come from

“We came up with the idea together!” No... Will, that was Sue. Sue gave you the idea

Emma’s pretty much explicitly told Will she’s only marrying Ken because Will won’t be with her. EVERYBODY SUCKS

This argument between Terri and Emma is a nightmare. The most confrontational person VS the least... I’d fucking evaporate if Terri came at me like that

The way Emma’s voice shakes when she tells Terri that Will deserves better... Ouchie

Quinn is just adorable. Diana made this character, and she did such an amazing job... She’s more empathetic than she lets anybody realise

The fact that Terri won’t even help this TEENAGE GIRL pay for the baby that she’ll eventually adopt is a nightmare. Where do you expect her to get the cash from?

Wanting to get married without being married is kind of a mood... Secret marriage

BEING A PUSHOVER WHEN IT COMES TO YOU DOESN’T MAKE HIM A GOOD MAN

Finn and Rachel both realising they screwed up is perfect. 

Finn continuing to not know what any words mean is also perfect

This is a cute Rachel moment actually... Yes girl compete WITH your friends!!! You’re a team!!!!

Ahh, methamphetamines! That’s what it was. Yeah, fuck Terri

I’m still looking at Matt Morrison’s lips and trying to figure out if he’s had fillers. They just curl too far!!!

Mr Schue being called out for making things too competitive - fine, I guess. Bringing in SUE to rectify that...??? Hello? Figgins?

Those white jeans are a LOOK Kurt. He’s like a twink Steve Jobs rn

Britt and Santana’s little smiles at each other when Sue’s announced as co-captain... Hell yeah future wives

I’d like to think Will’s upset about Emma marrying Ken for the right reasons (i.e. Ken’s an asshole) but we been knew he’s not. He’s looking at her like he’s just been shot

AIN’T NOTHIN GONNA BREAK MY STRIDE! NOBODY GONNA SLOW ME DOWN! OH NO, I’VE GOT TO KEEP ON MOVIN!

I really just love how stupid this show is! It makes no god damn sense and I fall for it every time!

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: Avengers #160: ... The Trial!

June, 1977

So here we are once again. Some doofus in a mask who once fell on his own scythe versus the Avengers and also he beats the Avengers. That must sting.

Actually, I was prepared to dislike this issue because Grim Reaper and because the kind of overused trial plot but actually hey, stay tuned. Despite this post lacking any dials whatsoever.

So last time: Wonder Man came back to life and its a mystery and Vision has been feeling the robo-angsts about it. The Avengers recently got their asses kicked by a statue and a dick named Graviton and were played for fool chumps by Attuma and Doom. And also Vision and Wonder Man threw down because punching is easier than talking.

They’ve had a bad time of it, is what I’m basically saying.

This time: some Avengers take off early to avoid the menacing, glinting scythe that somehow got through the Avengers’ lackluster security.

Maybe Gyrich has a point in the future, even if he is an incredible dick about it.

But to be serious: Iron Man is taking Whizzer back to the hospital. I was about to comment on how his plot line just got dropped but Shooter at least remembers to tie it up loosely.

Whizzer complains that they didn’t call him to help with Graviton, Iron Man rebuts that Dude You Have A Heart Condition, thinks himself a secret hypocrite for fighting so much crime with a heart condition.

Yellowjacket and Wasp head back to Pym’s lab because Hank wants to specifically improve Yellowjacket’s powers. Doesn’t even consider improving Wasp’s powers though.

Which is interesting, sorta. I’ve been omitting the letters in the back when they do show up because I’m not sure how interesting ‘hey look at what this fan said decades ago’ is. I’m sure there is interest to be mined there, looking at fan reaction, contrasting it to my own. But I also usually end posts in a natural feeling way and including the letters would interrupt my funky flow. But to get to the point: someone wrote in suggesting that Hank give Wasp a power boost so she can actually start to matter in fights more. So its interesting to see this reflected in-comic with Hank going ‘nope my powers.’

Anyway.

Thor carries Cap back to SHIELD HQ but has some private concerns about how long he’s been absent from the Avengers and how he wishes he could stay longer. A perplexement indeed since it seems like its maybe been a couple days since the new roster. Something is going on here.

Meanwhile, back at the mansion, Beast is in a bit of a mood. He wishes he could have someplace to go that isn’t the mansion.

Everyone else Doesn’t Get It, remarking that the mansion isn’t a bad place to be stuck. Wanda and Vision even have a recently rare cute couple moment about it, Wanda declaring that anyplace is great if she’s with Vision and Vision responding without bemoaning and tearing his shirt over what a fakey fake boy he is.

And Beast remembers his time on the X-Men, a perhaps more successful time.

The plot thread of Beast not knowing his place on the team hasn’t gone away. Although, for a while, his predilection for disguise has.

So he loudly announces he’s going to go clean up the lab because hey if he can’t be a vital part of the team during battles, he may as well be the janitor.

And then he’s instantly blasted through the wall. Everyone’s a critic, I suppose.

The Avengers rush in to the lab and Black Panther switches on the light to reveal...

GRIM REAPER! This isn’t a surprise because he was on the cover and also his scythe was on the splash.

But here’s the interesting thing.

Wonder Man was never told about his brother and his silly hat. But he recognizes Grim Reaper’s voice.

So Grim Reaper gets a dramatic unmasking moment and gets to say “I AM YOUR BROTHER!”

Alas, its three years too early for Wonder Man to appropriately respond ‘THATS NOT TRUE THATS IMPOSSIBLE!’

Also, Eric “Grim Reaper” Williams looks kind of like crap. He has a kind of haggard face and a scar over one eye that is somehow not visible when he has the mask on despite the mask having a little room around the eyes.

Vision and Black Panther recap the previous Grim Reaper events for Wonder Man.

And cute couple moment dashed because when Vision says he’s an artificial boy with Simon’s brain patterns, Wanda tries to tell him that he’s not just a machine and he tells her to shut up.

Rude.

Anyway, Vision logically points out the logic that Grim Reaper should have no beef with them anymore. Look, your dang brother is alive.

Grim Reaper: “I WILL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT!”

Ffs, man.

Beast comes to and has lost nearly all of his humors because he is just sick and tired of being useless on this team when he was the strong dude on the X-Men. So he just rushes straight at Grim Reaper and gets his ass reclobbered. And then its time for fight.

But Wonder Man hesitates. Eric is his asshole brother. He can’t fight him!

Scarlet Witch can though and attacks with the power of explosions. Which Grim Reaper (not joking) scythe helicopters over. He then blasts Scarlet Witch, Black Panther, and Beast with some kind of attack that instantly puts all three in a coma.

Hax. Too op. Plz nerf.

Vision, of course, gets super nettled about Wanda being hurt but Grim Reaper has studied every detail of Vision’s construction and has an attack that puts him down instantly too.

Possibly sonic? There are concentric circles. And sonics have proven effective against Vision before.

And then he turns his scythe on Wonder Man and blasts him, although apologetically.

There’s darkness, as if to represent the passage of time during unconsciousness.

Then the Avengers all wake up at their conference table, with special manacles specially attuned to their molecular makeup and designed to cause ludicrous pain in case of contempt of court.

And we get to see two more of the chair logos!

Scarlet Witch has a stylized W for Witch but I can’t help but notice that it is also her tiara thing upside down and now have to wonder if that was always supposed to be a W. Although upside down would be an M. For mutant? Costume design, you are an enduring mystery.

Vision has his diamond but I’m pretty sure we saw that one before.

And Black Panther has a cute little kitty cat. So he wins.

Anyway, as implied by the cover the theme of Grim Reaper’s emotional turmoil for today is a trial.

He will be playing the prosecuting attorney slash inquisitor. Black Panther will arbitrarily play the defense counsel.

I have to wonder why Black Panther but the other options are Scarlet Witch, who may be slightly biased, and Beast who Grim Reaper doesn’t really know. So I guess that makes sense.

And the name of the game is:

Grim Reaper: “Two men cannot share my brother’s identity! One of them must die!”

So Grim calls Vision to the stand. Which is a chair that Grim Reaper has pulled away from the table to represent a the stand. Because he is committed to this farce.

On the cough cough ‘stand’ Vision recaps his origin: created by Ultron, well actually, adapted from the original robot Human Torch and given the brain-waves of Simon Williams because programming is hard.

So because his personality is derived from Simon Williams’ brain waves, he is in many ways somewhat like the original deal. Although they don’t here explain those similarities.

In Kurt Busiek’s run, where we revisit many of these robo-angst plot points, its revealed that Vision and Simon have very similar tastes in music and literature and women. The last one is the real sticking point.

Anyway, Grim Reaper threatens to destroy Vision if he’s just a mechanical mockery of his brother. Oh and then he reveals that once Vision accepted Grim Reaper’s offer to steal Captain America’s body, which Vision has to confirm that yes he said yes to the offer.

Which is clearly evidence that Vision is Grim’s real brother because he felt a right to a human body even at the expense of a teammate. BUT ALSO: remember how Vision protected Grim Reaper from a deadly Hydra attack? LIKE A TRUE BROTHER???

So is the supposed “Wonder Man” merely an imposter that Vision is trying to shield from Grim’s wrath? YOUR WITNESS BLACK PANTHER.

This line of questioning is dumb because it is finally revealed in this issue who was behind the resurrection of Wonder Man. Spoilers: Its Grim Reaper.

Anyway, Black Panther first objects that any Avenger would act to preserve life, even if that life is Grim Reaper life.

Although, this is not the whole truth. At the time, Vision revealed that because Grim Reaper may be his brother kinda, he felt the need to protect him sorta. It was vague and not entirely logical. Like Vision himself.

Black Panther cross-examines Vision and asks why he agreed to Grim Reaper’s mad body-swapping scheme. And Vision reveals, as the issue at the time revealed, that he was just playing along so Cap could ambush Grim Reaper.

Grim Reaper seems confused by this, almost like he didn’t remember Cap and Vision kicking his ass.

Also, Black Panther burns him almighty.

He also says that Vision won’t fit into the role that Grim Reaper wants to cast him. Vision is his own man, taking his life into his own hands. Why he has even taken a wife.

Which seems an AH HA moment for Grim Reaper because his brother would never marry a mutant! Because Grim Reaper is a bigot in addition to being weirdly fixated on his brother.

Meanwhile, Wonder Man is off to the side trying to ignore the crush he has on Wanda.

I joke, he’s really off to the side flummoxed that his brother is doing all this. But he does have feelings for Wanda at some point. Supposedly he was attracted to her even before he died (when?? when did he ever meet her?) and that formed the basis for Vision’s own interest in her. But that’s a dumb retcon.

Anyway, Grim Reaper calls Wonder Man to the stand/chair.

And Wanda asks Vision what he’s playing at when Grim Reaper may kill him. But Vision says he’s not Simon Williams and if that’s a crime, well he guesses he’ll die. But better he die for not being Simon Williams than Simon Williams suffer a second death for not being Simon Williams.

So now its Wonder Man’s turn to sit in the chair and recap his backstory. Recruited by the Masters of Evil when he was at his lowest point, made swole with ionic power and used as a traitor against the Avengers.

But it wasn’t the Avengers who killed him! To Grim Reaper’s apparent shock. He seems really clueless of a lot of things, actually.

Wonder Man died after turning on Zemo. And seems to think he got blasted for it. But it was really that Zemo didn’t give him the cure. I mean, that was the plot, right?

Then the ‘corpse’ was kept in a special preservative coffin but was stolen (by Grim Reaper). Then ??? and then he was delivered as a zombie (wait we can say that now?) to the Avengers’ front step in a big crate. The Avengers tracked down a voodoo priest called Black Talon and Scarlet Witch kicked his ass but Zombie Wonder Man still walked. And began to feel and think and remember. And by the time the Avengers were fighting Living Laser and the Serpent Crown and Nuklo and all that nonsense, Wonder Man was back to himself again.

Good enough for Grim Reaper! (Redramatically unmasks) The voice and mannerisms are right! This must be the real brother!

OBJECTION says Black Panther

(I knew I kept that for a reason)

Returning from death is impossible! True death is irrevocable!

(Oh Black Panther, how little you know of the comic book world...)

Whatever this Wonder Man is, he is not the same as the man he was before or even ANY man who EVER lived!

And Simon Williams is shocked, shocked, that someone figured it out. He takes off his goggles and reveals that his eyes glow with crimson kirby crackle. He knows he isn’t the same. But he doesn’t know what he has become... and it scares him.

Imagine coming back to life. Years have passed. The world is different. And there’s a feeling deep inside, staring at you in the mirror, that you’re not what you were. The world is not the only thing that has changed. And you wonder (hah!) if you are even human anymore...

There’s a lot of good material you could mine with Wonder Man. I remember it being squandered but maybe I remember wrong.

Grim Reaper is taken aback at Simon’s reveal and it actually feels like a small, human moment. Like maybe there’s a human connection still to be preserved here beyond the hyperbolic dramatics of the Grim Reaper.

But Vision calls Grim Reaper out. If he’s going to kill one of them, just get it over with and also kill him specifically. Because he (the Reaper) is a fool to think that he can ever have his brother back as he was.

Maybe Vision was a fool too because he had once hoped that he was in some way Simon Williams but he is his own unique, beautiful individual! He is the Vision! And he is content with that.

And if Wonder Man has somehow stepped beyond humanity, maybe he and Vision are the true brothers?

NO THAT IS NOT AN ANSWER I LIKE Grim Reaper expresses by torturing his captives.

And with all the Avengers knocked unconscious, Grim Reaper monologues that they would tremble if they knew who provided him the technology to build the manacles. Also now he’s going to execute the android kthx.

And then Wonder Man punches him in the face and it is super satisfying.

Sometimes comics are good.

Wonder Man says that his molecular structure must be different now, since his change. The manacles don’t work right on him.

Grim Reaper: “Simon, you fool! Don’t you realize that what I’ve done... and what I’m doing is for you? Stay back!”

And he blasts at Simon and Simon punches a big piece of machinery at him which Grim Eric shreds with his helicopter scythe.

Back when they were kids, Eric used to beat the stuffing out of Simon all the time. Eric was the big brother and the more athletically inclined to Simon’s quiet bookish type. But things have changed.

Grim Reaper: “Listen to me! I’ve worked long and hard for your sake! Right or wrong, for years I held the Avengers responsible for your death, and sought revenge! I paid the Black Talon a fortune to use his voodoo -- to raise your body and send it among the Avengers to kill them! But for the Scarlet Witch, you yourself would have been the instrument --.”

A lot to unpack here. Grim Reaper basically admits that maybe his revenge was misplaced but eh, sunk cost. Also, that he was the one that resurrected Black Talon but it doesn’t seem he thought he’d get his brother back. He just wanted a Wonder Man zombie (seriously, we can say that now? Its only been a few issues...) to bludgeon the Avengers to death with.

I’m not sure what the actual plan was since the Wonder Man zombie collapsed rather than murder anyone. But maybe that’s the point. Wonder Man had been brought back, not just as a body, and wouldn’t revenge on anyone. That was what derailed the plan.

Grim Reaper blasts Wonder Man with all his remaining power but just shreds his shirt.

Grim Reaper: “Look, I -- I’m trying to tell you how much it means -- to have my real brother back, instead of that android copy! But I had to be sure! I had to test you both!”

With the blade out of power but the whirl engine still whirling, Grim Reaper tries to fend Simon off with the helicoptering. But Simon just marches right into it, the scythe breaking off on his pecs.

And as Grim Reaper stares in disbelief at the stump of his weapon, Wonder Man punches him out. And then deactivates the manacles from the rest of the Avengers.

The Avengers rouse, glad to have survived that nonsense. Scarlet Witch thanks Wonder Man for saving Vision and Vision himself says he is ever in Wonder Man’s debt.

Its Beast that notices that Wonder Man isn’t altogether okay with what he had to do.

But Wonder Man just asks to be left alone for a while.

Because its not Avengers if someone isn’t brooding at the end.

And because in addition to coming back to life having missed several years, feeling like his humanity has slipped him by on his resurrection, Wonder Man had to learn today that his brother, who he already had a contentious relationship with, has become a supervillain who has already done terrible things in Simon’s name. I have to imagine that Simon hasn’t gone looking to reunite with any of his family because he doesn’t know how to explain his death and because he wasn’t sure he was himself anymore. But someone came looking for him and even if it was the brother he didn’t get along with, it was someone from his past reconnecting with him. But the way it seems is that now they’ll forever be at odds. Because having his brother back isn’t enough for Eric. He has to kill the ‘imposter’ and Simon can’t stand for that.

Heavy melodramatic stuff.

...

This issue should have gone before the Graviton arc.

You have all this increased tension from Wonder Man’s resurrection and Vision’s existential crisis, leading Vision to be moody and distant and finally come to blows with Wonder Man.

Then the rest of the issue is some gravity jerk.

It would have required a little rewriting but after Vision and Wonder Man throw down is when Grim Reaper should have struck. Get Black Panther in there somehow or use Iron Man or Captain America in Black Panther’s place.

The Avengers are weak and in turmoil from being just off the Attuma misadventure. From just having their asses kicked on Christmas by a statue. And with tempers at a fraying point, Vision at last lashes out and he and Wonder Man rumble.

And Grim Reaper takes that opportunity to jump in. And enact his trial.

Things play out as they did. Maybe expand into a two parter to give some more time to explore Vision’s discontent and the temptation to be considered the ‘real’ brother even by an ass like Grim Reaper. And then its worth more when, as before, he refuses to play Grim Reaper’s game. He stands up for his own individuality and for Wonder Man’s life. And things play out roughly the same.

With the insinuation that the Statue Knight was Ultron’s work, this makes things flow so much better. Ultron and Grim Reaper are implied and later explicitly stated to be working together.

That’s where he gets all his wonderful toys.

Ultron uses the statue as a distraction to allow Grim Reaper to infiltrate into the mansion and set up his little farce. Which Ultron uses as a distraction from his own plans (as we’ll see soon).

The Graviton story can still happen after this but moving the Grim Reaper stuff forward lets the Vision/Wonder Man thing play out instead of being interrupted by a story that didn’t advance it.

Anyway. Those are my thoughts.

Obviously, I liked this issue more than I thought I would, going in. What with Grim Reaper an all. This is a good Grim Reaper use. And it pays off his previous appearances. The problem is that this then, is the only Grim Reaper we ever get, when I think he kind of ran his course here.

In the future, he will seriously try to put Wonder Man and Vision in a blender to create a one, true brother.

So the true brother schemes should have stopped here. As hilarious as that laconic plot description sounds.

Next time: everyone who ever thought the power of small or ants was worst power I laugh at. Next time, beware the Ant-Man.

Follow @essential-avengers because I have always known ants is best power.

[cl-babydew]

THIS IS EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED WITHIN A FIC! GET READY CUZ IM ABOUT TO START RAMBLING ABOUT A LOT!!!

FOR STARTERS, AHHHHHHHHH THANKKKK YOUUUUU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHH I LOVEEEEDDDD EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!

I SEE YOU ADDED HUELLYYYYY!!! X3

ALSO I LOVE HOW LENA DROPPED A HINT BUT WEBBY WAS OBLIVIOUS BOTH TIMES! XD LIKE

“Exactly, Dewey cares about you..I just don’t understand why Louie cares for me..”

LIKE THAT WAS A BIG HINT WEBBY!! BUT I GUESS I CAN SEE WHY YOU DIDNT GET IT! YOU TWO ARE SO OBLIVIOUS!!!! XD

Ok so I wanted to talk about how I see how Louie deals with falling in love and etc,

So I’d say he’d fall for Lena in a very funny way, like we all know he flirts with anything really! XD So he probably tried flirting with her, not being ready for her to flirt BACK! This caused him to blush and not know why for a while!! Until he feels all weird inside! Like he’s normally the flirter, not the one who gets flirted with, so Lena caught him off guard, he didn’t see it coming!!!

Louie loves girls who play hard to get, and Lena is one to some extent, but Lena knows how to play hard to get RIGHT, to the point it drives him crazy, and he doesn’t know why, cause he isn’t used to being flirted back with! He wasn’t ready! Then when he realizes his feelings, I imagine you’ll be able to obviously tell if Louie is in love with someone, he’d be helpless in a way, like he would NOT flirt with Lena, he’d be more...scared around her I guess, not scared, but nervous I guess? Idk, well if Louie doesn’t flirt back with her, she’ll start realizing somethings up!

That’s just what I believe, Louie’s a complicated one! But that’s just if he’s in love, now if he liked someone, he’d try and flirt with them non stop! Ya see where I’m going with this?! XD Yeaaaa...

Huey: The nervous and jittery one, that tries to find books to understand what’s wrong with him and how to talk to Shelly(also terrible at flirting) talks about Shelly a lot, without even realizing. (Huey and Webby are kinda the same)

Dewey: The hopeless romantic, denial at first, is terrible at flirting, melts easily at her touch, laugh, giggle, literally anything. ONE BIG MESS, CLEAN UP A MELTED DEWEY ON AILE 4 PLZ! XD(his is my fav honestly) Suffers a LOT! Tries to distance himself BIG TIME! Gets lost to easily within her eyes when she tries talking to him, he has to always ask for her to repeat herself. Thinks about her too much for his ow health! She drives him crazy ok?! XD

Louie: Never has his guard up, doesn’t understand why, doesn’t flirt back or with if in love, (flirts if he just likes someone), obvious to Lena.

Webby: AS OBLIVOUS AS ADRIEN! (That’s all you need to know! XD) Is more giggly, blushy, and twirles her hair more. Gets TONS of butterflies to the point she could literally be 10 feet in the air. Talks about Dewey a lot around Lena!

Lena: She’s the hardest to decipher!!! It’s hard to tell when she likes someone, or in love! She’s a tough cookie! XD She hides her feelings better then the others! Tho she may let a few blushes slip! Flirts a bit. Plays hard to get! Ignores her feelings. Would ask why someone likes her and thinks they got their feeling mixed up. (While in love, she may secretly want to here comforting words, and wants to believe that she can be loved. But she’d never tell anyone, she has a reputation to keep)

Shelly: (tell me if I get this right) Tries to drops hints as much as she can! Gets annoyed at times with how oblivious Huey can be. Worries a lot with how Huey sees her. Tries not to be those jelouse types. Distance herself to cool down. Heart melts when Huey looks into her eyes. Faint blushes. Is embarrassed around him at times. She may love him, but GOSH he can be annoying! Wants to tell Huey that not everything is by the book, she should know! Is playful, wears his hats a lot, that’s her way of flirting. Another way is by fighting over something dumb, while she adds a flirty sass to it. Is even more sassy then Huey can be. Loves when Huey studders, gives her butterflies. Loves to tease Huey.

Don’t @ me, I’m a sucker for romance! XD @sophfandoms53 @debbigail-lover THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS THO SOPH!!!!!!💚💜💚💜

“Wanna go out sometime?” Louna plz?! X3

Louna Fic Time!!! I’m excited for this cuz this ship is growing.

Louie is 15 and Lena is 16!

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She noticed the glances. The try-hard smirks. The slight blush. The nervous tapping on his phone screen. She noticed everything.

Lena wasn’t an idiot. She recognized all the signs from a mile away. Louie had a crush on her. It was obvious. It would be foolish for her not to noticed. Everyone noticed.

Something she didn’t understand, was why? Why did he have these feelings towards her? Why her? After everything she did. Why? She even consulted Webby on this for another opinion.

“Why wouldn’t he like you?” Webby asked innocently, sitting on her bed legs crossed.

Lena leaned back onto a desk, “I can think of a few reasons Webby..”

Webby smiled at her friend, “Okay so maybe you don’t have the best track record but.. none of that was your fault. Magica was the one who made you betray us. You had no control over your body. You can’t honestly think Louie would hold that against you, do you?”

Looking up Lena said, “Well.. his brother does… so why wouldn’t he..”

Webby jumped out her bed and walked over to Lena, “Dewey and Louie are two different guys, Lena. I’m not entirely sure why Dewey holds this grudge towards you but-”

“We both know why he holds it, Webby.” Lena said sternly.

She was right. Webby knew the reason… well.. part of the reason why Dewey held Lena’s actions in the past against her. “Okay well…. Dewey’s just protective of me is all.. he just wants to make sure I won’t get hurt again..”

“Exactly. Dewey cares about you..I just don’t understand why Louie cares for me..” Lena said.

Her best friend placed her hands on her shoulders, “Of course he does! Lena, you’re smart, beautiful, fun and you’re the coolest girl I know! But you’re also artistic and sensitive. That’s a side of you Louie has attached himself to. It’s a side you let him see. Lena trust me, Louie has every reason to care about you.”

“Should I do something about it?” Lena asked.

“Have anything in mind?” Webby asked.

Lena smirked, “I have one idea.”

Making her way downstairs and towards the living room, which is where Louie would be during the afternoon. Usually the couch was where he’d be but right now Lena noticed the couch was occupied by Huey and Shelly.

The duo, who became an official couple a few weeks ago, were cuddled up in a blanket on the couch, watching a movie and having a discussion over the movie’s merits.

“I just don’t think Steve Duckers should be against Tony Storks in regards to the accords. Tony is just trying to protect the citizens.” Huey said. (I’m subtle about this reference aren’t I lmao)

Shelly nodded against his chest, “I see your point but Steve is only against it because it doesn’t exactly help him and his friends. Especially Ducky Barnes. If he signs, the government controls them and wouldn’t that put the citizens in more danger?”

“I guess that makes sense..”Huey said.

“At least we can agree the addition of Spider-Man was great.” Shelly smirked.

Huey scoffed, “You’re only saying that ‘cause you think he’s cute.”

Shooting her head up, Shelly responded, “I am not. I mean yeah he’s cute but his motivations to protect people is admirable.” She then snatched Huey’s hat and placed it on her head, “A word that seems to be missing in your vocabulary.”

Huey smirked and chuckled. Wrapping his arms around her waist he held her closer to him, “Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say, Shelly.”

“It’s sickening how touchy they are huh?” A familiar voice spoke.

Lena looked over and saw Louie coming downstairs. She smirked, “Jealous much?”

“Of my older brother and his girlfriend? Ew no.” Louie smirked, “I mean I can’t be in any worse situation than Dewey.”

Chuckling, Lena nodded, “That’s true.” The duo began to walk towards the kitchen, “Ya think Dewey will ever tell Webby?”

Louie shrugged, hands in his pockets, “I hope so.. but knowing Dewey. Not likely.”

“Why not though? She’s Webby. And we’ve all seen how she is around him. Giggly, blushy, she even twirls her hair.” Lena said, “There’s no reason for him to worry.”

Louie began to blush lightly, “Maybe he doesn’t want to say anything because he doesn’t know for sure she feels the same…If that’s the reason I’d understand him..”

Opening the door to the kitchen Lena said, “How so?”

“Well-” Louie began but stopped when he saw Dewey sitting at the table, “Oh hey Dewey.”

Looking up from his book, Dewey greeted his brother, “Hey Louie. Uncle Donald left your pep in the fridge for you.”

Louie nodded, “Thanks. Uh Dewey.” He nudged his head in Lena’s direction, hinting to Dewey to greet her.

Blinking boredly, Dewey replied, “I see her. What’s your point?”

“Dude.” Louie said, “C’mon. Would you drop this already? She’s been back for years Dewey. Let it go.”

Dewey picked up his glass of water, “I’ll let it go, when she proves to me she’s changed. It’s called showing, not telling.”

Lena sighed. She really did try to prove how she isn’t that same person who Magica controlled. Everyone seemed to have trusted her again, Dewey being the only exception. And it sucked because she knew how he felt towards her best friend and she wanted to help him with Webby. But of course, he probably wouldn’t let her help.

Louie went to defend Lena again but she stopped him, “It’s alright Lou. I can handle Dewey disliking me for Webby’s sake. You know especially since he’s in love with her and everything.” She smirked, not exactly helping her case but she didn’t want Dewey knowing his attitude affected her.

Dewey rolled his eyes, “Bringing up my unrequited feelings for Webby, very smart.” He stood up and held everything in his hands, “You’re proving my point extremely well. Thanks. Good Luck Louie.” With that he walked out of the kitchen leaving the two by themselves.

“I’m so sorry about him, Lena. I really don’t understand why he won’t let that go.” Louie said taking his can of pep out of the fridge.

Lena sat on top of the counter, “It’s alright Louie. I understand where he’s coming from.. but still. I just wish he’d understand I’ve changed and I’m really trying to fix what I did..”

Louie’s eyes sparked up at Lena. He really felt for her. Having this image of herself that she’s trying to prove is true but his brother refuses to listen.

He walked over and placed a hand on Lena’s knee, “I believe you, Lena. I know you’ve changed. And if you need someone to talk to.. I… I’m here…”

Lena smiled and blushed from Louie’s physical content. She placed her hand on top of Louie’s, “Thanks, Louie.. I appreciate it.”

“Anytime.” Louie smiled softly, gripping her hand, “Hey Lena.. there’s something I-”

“Let me.” Lena said, “I think I know.”

“You.. you.. huh?” Louie said

“You like me. A lot. And you were afraid to tell me before because you weren’t sure if I’d feel the same back. Yeah I know.. you didn’t exactly hide it very well.”

Louie blushed deeply, “Uh.. well… umm.. Would.. Would you wanna go out sometime then?”

Brushing her fingers through his soft white locks Lena said,

“I’d love to.”

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I hoped you liked this Izzy! So much fluff I think lmao. Anyway hope you enjoyed!!!