#poor man can't catch a break

[love15things]

Little details in Across the Spiderverse

In the scene where Mrs. Morales and Lieutenant Morales are climbing the roof tower to see Miles, Mrs. Morales has a tough time getting up there.

But not as tough as poor Lieutenant Morales who got a bump to the head. 

[icarusredwings]

Thinking about Wade just running into a wall and Logan snapping his head around like "What the fuck are you doing !?"

Only for Wade to shake his head and hold it straight like some kind of cartoon charater. "Sorry! The player pushed the wrong button." And as he's stomping away, he's looking at the wall like "Really guys!? Infront of the Wolverine!? You're so embarrassing !!" Through grit teeth.

Logan blinks, and Al's like "Yeah he's just like that sometimes."

[maximura]

[worm-god-murphy]

Probably Silver's experience every time he comes back to the future

(Nov 2) Adding onto this. Have my most favorite edit my friend @/cribsytoons from Insta has done.

[beaningeneralacceptance]

Ooo that's a cool way to intertwine ao and wom :o

GREAT ISEKAI AU IDEA (reader-insert)

Okay so. This has just sprung up on me, I have not worked this out at all in my head but I feel like this has potential.

So, the you get got by truck-kun, and are isekai'd into the world of Arcame Odyssey... and for some reason you spawn in at Cirrus Island, all grown up, memories intact. Which is weird because this isn't the Player's entrance. In fact, news of Frostmill's curse has just now reached the island.

You realise too late that you're playing the role of Beringer and decide to take matters into your own hands --or something like that, I haven't thought lots on it.

[owlofthenighter]

THE COMIC IS FINALLY HERE!!!

the aftermath of this consisted of cart colliding into the guy, causing cross to be flung out of the cart and crash into the guy while papyrus ran at him with his bone attacks!

they ended up getting banned from the grocery store for 3 months

worth it in papyrus eyes, for cross not so much but he was just glad that they didn't get permanently banned

@jakei95

@xtaleunderverse

[penelope-kat]

I cannot BELIEVE no one else is talking about this:

You people make me sick 😤 /j

[fictionalcraze]

This whole scene was so freaking heartbreaking 🥺 Second slide is an old edit of my mine but I wanted to add it here because of how well it fit. The parallels bwt Gibbs saying his job is all he has left to both Mike and then to Vance years after is just too much. The man literally only survived because of his job and NCIS🥺

🖤Also tdy's origins episode was just too incredible. I absolutely loved and adored it. Origins keeps on outdoing itself with every episode and I'm soo here for it.

[loadinghellsing]

Anderson is really out here slaying in every term of the sense isn't he? (link to article)

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[msmc-796-official]

[BEGIN AUDIO TRANSCRIPT]

// Oh... oh god. I- we- no. No...

P? what's going on? is that the Requiem? and what's with all of the- oh no...

[transmission picks up a choked sob from Phoenix]

// They- those bastards-! Something is not right... something is...

hey, hey, woah, P, careful - don't dissociate on me now, stay with me. you're okay...

Kennedi! get in here; shit's bad!

// Something is wrong... all my fault...

> Slipshod? What's wrong? Is Phoenix okay?

[transmission picks up more sobs, devolving into full crying]

// They- they killed her...

> Who killed who, Phoenix? Where is this signal broadcasting from?

it's from the Requiem - something ain't right. someone died here. recently. maybe multiple deaths; hard to tell. obvious signs of a fight. looks like graywash ate part of the hallway too, though that's old damage judging by the blood splatter, and-

// C-Commodore...

> Hold that thought, Slipshod - what was that, Phoenix?

// Commodore... she's dead... they killed Commodore, and it's all my fault, and- no, no nO NO NO GET OFF OF ME-!!!

[transmission picks up the sound of a physical struggle]

WOAH! easy, P, I've got you! you're alright! you're safe! there's nobody here except me and Kennedi!

// No, no, you lie- the voices always lie- get off of me, get off of me, GET OFF-!!!

[transmission picks up further sounds of struggle]

K, gimme a hand here, I can't-

> I've got her. Phoenix, calm down; you're fine. I've got you. We've both got you.

// Something is not right... something is- something... I- we- I... oh, RA, my head... Kennedi? Are you-?

> I'm alright, Phoenix. You're okay. You had a dissociative episode.

hmph. this is a first. I've never seen P dissociate outside of the mech before in all my twelve years of working with her. wonder if something she saw in the livestream didn't trip her off..?

> It's entirely possible. Given you mentioned graywash damage, there may still have been remnants of Chernobog lurking about. (Balors are a recurring dissociative trigger, it would seem.)

// I... I'm okay. I think. Did I hurt either of you?

nah, we're fine. CMC sure ain't, though. what was that about Commodore being dead?

// It.. it was on the security camera feed. Someone breached her sanctum and killed her. She... she's dead.

yeah, but- why? what happened here? I've been in the shop all day getting our mechs ready to deploy; why hack into the Requiem's security feed now?

// I- there was an ask in our inbox. From Morse. The link was part of it. She- someone attacked her; tried to kill her for speaking out against Commodore. Everyone got involved. The Albatross, Brigand, Z, Operator, Headlock- the entire company fell apart all at once, and now Commodore's dead, and- oh, RA-

[transmission picks up further sobbing]

> ...ah.

// I- I need a minute. Excuse me, Commander.

[transmission picks up sounds of footsteps rapidly moving away, accompanied by choked-back sobs]

...can't believe the bastards actually went and did it. they burnt CORSAIR to the ground and fucking killed their own commander. what a bunch of traitors and scumbags. no wonder P took the news so hard; she and Commodore were real close, at least in spirit

> You knew about this?

oh RA, yeah. I saw that transmission from Morse long before P ever did. watched it all go down live. real shitshow of a fight - literally everyone in the company got involved, and then some. Morse got absolutely brutalized by Signal, but from what I've heard around the Omninet, she was rescued in the nick of time - not sure by who though. Chernobog's fully dead; Albatross thoroughly cleaned house on that front. Z almost died; I think Brigand swung by to pick them and some of the other injured folks up. no clue who actually killed Commodore - that didn't get caught on cam

> ...I see.

I also heard that all of the fucks who sided with Commodore's "Mercenary Queen" cult got arrested by Union - the HORUS chatrooms are already up in arms over the video of Signal's arrest as we speak. looks like everything coming from CMC on the Omninet now is all from some automated messaging system

> Unsurprising, but unfortunate nonetheless. I had a feeling everything was going to spiral out of control after Backtalker's sabotage came to light during the Brawl, but I had no idea it would amount to something like this.

I think I'm gonna disagree with you there, K. CMC has a bit of a history of being a powderkeg - this is, what, the third time the Requiem has gone up in smoke? fourth? Backtalker sabotage aside, we all knew this was gonna happen eventually. just was a matter of when, and how violent it was gonna get. (unfortunately for all of us, the answer to those questions were "too soon" and "extremely")

> Point taken, but the original still stands: nobody deserved this.

...if you say so. oh, one more thing, since I just saw it on my feed - Morse did survive. she came online to announce that everyone previously employed by CMC is free from their contract, effective immediately. I take it she means everybody everybody, which means there's gonna be a lot of mercs looking for employment here real soon

> A natural consequence. All the same, I doubt many will be eager to sign on with us. Our squadron was particularly close with CMC, and while our reputation is untainted for the moment, we may come under some scrutiny for our refusal to act in their defense.

hey, we made it very clear when Commodore went apeshit that we weren't getting involved, and we've got the chatlogs to prove it. granted, we had no idea things would blow up quite this dramatically, but still. our hands are clean, as are those of MSMC Legal. that's gotta count for something, yeah?

> ...Phoenix would be incredibly disappointed with your logic right now, Slipshod. If we hadn't received that call from the Baronies when we did, I'm almost certain we would have deployed to aid CMC the minute we heard from Morse.

yeah, and P's seriously gotta get over her savior complex. it wasn't even her fault that Commodore's wedding photo got nuked - word around the Omninet is that the Albatross whiffed a shot fighting off Chernobog and blew up Commodore's room by accident. she couldn't have done anything about it even if she wanted to - you saw the state she was in after she got back; whatever was left of Chernobog at that point clearly got to her. I've never seen her so dissociative - hell, it happened again watching the footage back, and she wasn't even in her mech!

> I won't refute that point. We need to update her file and tell Command not to send us any more commissions where Balors may potentially be involved; at this point, it's becoming life-threatening.

agreed. still, though - CMC's problems weren't ours to solve, and I wish P would've gotten that through her thick skull before things went to shit. what's done is done. it's not her fault, it's not our fault, and I'm sick of hearing her say otherwise. we're mercs, not the Albatross - it's not our job to save people. we're here to do our job and get paid, and that's it

> And yet you think it's your job to save us?

...I never said that.

> In words, no. But your actions speak volumes. You claim complete indifference in our affairs, and yet you're always the first to jump to our defense, whether we ask you to or not.

oh, fuck off, K - you and Phoenix do it too; maybe not with me, but definitely with everyone else on the Omninet. Z never once asked us to save them, and neither did T-E or Lio - not even Gray asked for our involvement, way back when. hell, from the sounds of it, Z doesn't even want to be saved - it's more than happy to be a weapon for the highest bidder, whether that's HA or CMC or-

[transmission picks up the sound of a firm backhand slap, metal against skin; stronger than intended, but delivered with purpose]

OW! what the fuck, K?!

> Slipshod, I am sick and tired of your feigned nonchalance and petty grievances. Just because you disagree with my and MC Michaelis-Landers' actions regarding our flashclone acquaintances does not mean you can openly sabotage our efforts to reconcile with them.

wha- I never-!

> Furthermore, you will not speak ill of Z-341-A, nor of their previous military affiliations. You will learn to hold your tongue in such affairs, or else. Do I make myself clear, MC Schell?

[transmission picks up approximately a minute of tense silence]

...fine. whatever. yes, I understand.

> Yes, what?

yes, commander.

> Good.

[transmission picks up a heavy sigh from Kennedi's mic, followed by another awkward silence]

> ...I apologize for striking you, Slipshod. That was... incredibly unprofessional of me.

nah, it's fine; I deserved it.

[transmission picks up the faint sound of Slipshod rubbing their face, presumably where they were smacked]

son of a fuck, that's gonna bruise. man. if that new hand puts that much power behind a slap, I'm almost afraid to see what it can do behind a D/D charge

> You very nearly did during the Brawl - had Sawbones not caught me off guard, Commodore would have felt the full brunt of it.

no kidding - you're lucky I saved your ass when I did, then, huh?

> You did not "save my ass"; I had that situation fully under control.

suuuuuure you did >:P

[transmission picks up another period of extended silence, more amicable than the first, but still with some unresolved tension]

...suppose the funeral's gonna be closed casket, then. you think we'll get an invite?

> That depends on if there's going to be a funeral at all. We don't know if Commodore's body has been recovered or not. Do we?

no clue. won't be a pretty sight if they do - from the few accounts I could find, sounds like her head was ripped clean off. definitely won't be telling P those exact details, at any rate

> Ah. Cremation might be more likely. In any case, don't get your hopes up - I doubt many of the members of CMC are eager to reopen correspondence with us in their current state.

fair enough. you wanna go catch P up on current events, or should I?

> Phoenix has already been through more than enough in one day. Let her alone until she's ready to broach the subject herself.

roger that. back to the hangar for me, then - I gotta get our shit ready for the Baronies

> Ah, yes, that. Perhaps we should request that our deployment be delayed; Phoenix may not be in the mental state to do so just yet.

eh, she'll be fine. I'm sure she's dealt with worse over the years - Commodore ain't the first important person in her life she's lost, y'know

> I'm sure she's not. As you were, then, Slipshod.

as you were, K

[END TRANSCRIPT]

[boatswainscall]

mr freeman what are you doing here

[presumenothing]

@ lianhua novel anon: just fyi that i saw your ask and yes would love to talk on it when the braincells permit!! (+ probably also when i finish watching, we're on ep36 rn)

…though i did just have unfortunate and highly cursed but not inaccurate thought that at least some of the plot/coherency issue may be familiar from acd holmes to bbclock adaptation issues, i.e. the addition of Big Backstory Plot followed by the shoehorning of said plot into what were mostly standalone cases in the original writing with varying degrees of success

[thefairy519]

"Interesting... You threaten to end her life should she turn malfested, and yet here you are, trying to keep her alive. Do tell me, warrior, which is more important to you? The girl? Or her ability?"

One of the old screenshots I took of Grøh going up against my possessed Conduit back in the old days of this man being my hyperfixation of the day :')

[fiapple]

oh boy...

Rotating chapter 32 Zoro in my head like meat on a spit.

[cavalera-eternal]

the ballad of buck ravers

[garykingz]

Me explaining Mockingjay without spoilers is always just "so. There's this guy. His name is Jay. Fucked up shit happened to him. Turned him into a serial killer. BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS.........and it's ✨worse✨"