#record of ragnarok round 10

[jiyura]

I noticed something about Susanoo from Record of Ragnarok.

The kimono is folded right over left.

In Japan the dead are dressed with the straps right over left. Which is how Susan-noo is wearing it.

So he's dressing like a dead person. Either this is really good for shadowing or it's nothing.

Or it's a reference to the mythology. In Shinto mythology Susan-noo guards Yomi, the land of the dead despite being the God of Storms.

[damnedserenity]

lmfaooo- updating my ror au in like a month just to completely change two rounds cause I realised the fighters would work better switched lollll- *is on the verge of tears*

[rukia-writes]

Record of ragnarok hot takes:

Ragnarok isn’t Zeus’ fault and he shouldn’t have lost all his family members the way he did. (Zeus was just following the rules)

If Odin isn’t the last boss I will riot.

Tesla should have won his battle.

Poseidon should have won his battle.

Goll is one of the best Valkyries and people are just mean.

Ares needs time to shine; he can be funny but he needs time to shine.

Qin Shi Huang can come back from his coma any day now 😭 😆

Adamas coming back was brilliant and I’m glad he came back.

Record of ragnarok season 1 animation wasn’t bad.

Imma say it : Hades should have won his battle as well. But I like Qin so it’s all good.

Kintoki shouldn’t fight. he should be a supporting character.

This current round, Round 10, is boring to me. I’m sorry to those who like it.

A big hot take of mine: At the end of ragnarok all the people who lost should come back. So they can fight next ragnarok.

[mizz-sea-nymph]

Questioning people in the RoR fandom:

■ ■ ■

How long have you been in the Record of Ragnarok fandom?

Top 5 favorite characters?

Top 5 favorite RoR OC content creators?

Any complain of the manga or fandom?

Thoughts on the spin-off?

Do you have a main OC?

1. since 2021

2. Jack the Ripper,Hades,Poseidon,Adam,Nikola Tesla

3. @tinyy-tea-cup @amphitriteswife @amoexii @kinaoryi @bumblebees-knees-threes (I’ve got more but they’re over on insta 💔)

4. the fandom can be so ass it’s between people who are weirdos, have no social life or manners and actual decent people I can laugh and talk with, overall the fandom has its blind spots like allot of em, but I’ll say I’ve found good people here and there who i love and adore, they know who they are 💕

5. The authors can’t write women, at all, they channeled everything into brunhilde and that’s it. And the fights are starting to fall off ESPECIALLY round 9 and 10, they’ve become short and it’s draining the color of the manga. If they want to do more background and get the fights done with, why not do the same thing they did with round 5? Add in a chapter where there’s behind the scenes action then add in the fight as well, don’t drain out the fight just like that? Overall hoping round 11 is better cause 9-10 where ass.

6. for the new spin off, I personally hate it, the designs are ass, seeing the egyptain queens dressed in overglorified lingerie made me irritated especially when allot of people who don’t know the difference between Ka and Ba call it accurate. it’s clearly the same bullshit they gave the Indian goddesses in the main manga! over sexualized and flat out plain, also personality wise just that! Plain! I think the authors should focus on the main manga instead of a cheap, dry, gets confusing the longer they stretch them out for, cash grab spin offs, cause ever since round 9 and 10 the fights have been falling off.

7. Yes I do! I think everyone knows me most for having Amphitrite as a oc! 🦈✨

[tinyy-tea-cup]

Questioning people in the RoR fandom:

■ ■ ■

How long have you been in the Record of Ragnarok fandom?

Top 5 favorite characters?

Top 5 favorite RoR OC content creators?

Any complain of the manga or fandom?

Thoughts on the spin-off?

Do you have a main OC?

YEAH 🗣️🔥

How long have I been in this fandom?

- Since 2021! Towards late 2020, a friend introduced it to me. They showed pictures of the characters and I was like “alright I’m invested 👁️👁️👍” the anime then came out and I watched the whole thing in one day. That night, I continued reading the manga and finished it until it was the recent chapter at that time.

Top 5 favorite characters?

Adamas/Adamantine

Raiden Tameemon

Adam

Zerofuku

Kintoki

Top 5 ROR oc content creators

@mizz-sea-nymph

@bumblebees-knees-threes

@amoexii

@amphitriteswife

@kinaoryi

AND MANY MORE!!! Y’all are rlly talented!

Any complaints about the manga and/or fandom?

- The manga has been falling off recently. I’ve gotten so bored with the rounds lately. I’m going to say it… ROUND 9 AND 10 HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BORING NEXT TO ROUND 1! Y’all can come and fight me in the comments all you want but I’m seriously just saying my opinion 😭 Round 2 to 7 have gotten me on my toes, anxious on what happens next! Round 8 was alright. There barely any women in the manga/anime and they’ve been reduced to fan service 😐

- The fandom is… interesting. I’ve seen p3d0s, tracers and just rude ppl in general. I’ve tried to friend people in the Japanese side of the fandom cuz 1. I’m Japanese 2. Why not? But they all turned out to be inc3st obsessed weirdos.

Thoughts on spin offs?

The Lu Bu one was kinda boring except for the Lu Bu childhood part. (Holy crap his dad is hot) The Jack one was kinda boring and I stopped reading it cuz I was confused. The recent one… I’m sorry… it sucks. I don’t like it. I’m not interested in any of the spin offs.

Do you have any main ocs?

Yes I do! As an Adamas pimp, I gave him a wife and son. Yall are welcome!

Narkissa and Lithos 😔💖 I’ll come out with more info on them soon 👁️👁️🙏

Narkissa art by @mizz-sea-nymph

[princess-of-the-corner]

Manga Reccomendation! Record Of Ragnarok

Basically a tournament arc where Humanity goes up against Gods to fight for their right to not go extinct. Just hype as fuck with really cool fights. 10 of the 13 Rounds are complete, with the fighters being:

R1: Lu Bu vs Thor

R2: Adam vs Zeus

R3: Sasaki Kojiro vs Poseidon

R4: Jack The Ripper vs Heracles

R5: Raiden Tameemon vs Shiva

R6: Buddha (Betrayed The Gods) vs The Seven Lucky Gods (The Seven Gods Fusing Into 1. Said 1 is an OC though)

R7: Qin Shi Huang vs Hades

R8: Nicola Tesla vs Beelzebub

R9: Leonidas vs Apollo

R10: Okita Souji vs Susano'o no Mikoto

With the fighters that are yet to be used being:

Humanity: Grigori Rasputin, Michel Nostradamus, Simo Haya, Sakata Kintoki

Gods: Anubis, Loki, Odin.

R10 literally just concluded, and its really good. The main allure is more the fights rather than the story, even if the author is building smth up.

fascinating

[togetherhearted]

Having one of those moments when I crave Record of Ragnarok stuff but round 10 isn't sparking interest in me atm.

I'm still waiting for Season 3 and I'm more curious about what's going on between Buddha/Odin/Beel than the round itself.

[fallenclay]

Alright. My brain has hyperfixated on record of ragnarok for enough time I can confidently say I think I have accurately predicted round 10s fighters (or at least narrowed it down)

1. The possible human fighters. I believe it will either be Nostradamus or Soji Okita. Simply because they have had enough build up that if they are saved any later, they would have to be the final two fighters.

2. The possible god fighters. One for both possible human fighters is Odin. Soji Okita has already shown to have some grudge against Odin because of him stopping his fight. While Nostradamus and Odin are both very curious people (one in the story and the other in mythology. Odin is known as a god of wisdom) so a battle of wits would be amazing between these two. If it isn’t Odin, then the fighters are either Loki for Nostradamus and Susano for Soji Okita respectively. Loki for obvious reasons of trickery. And susano for the reason of a genuine sword fight.

3. I even theorize that this maybe the battle goll is the Valkyrie for. Goll’s name means the anxious or prepared one. Meaning someone who has been studying. Which fits both humans surprisingly well. Nostradamus is a given, but Soji Okita has been shown studying the fights.

This is my theory, but I could very well be wrong. Either way I’m pretty confident that humanity is gonna win round 10.

[prinzrupprecht]

A 26 year year old dude is a child?

I’ll give a bit leeway since the post is over a year old and the OP may have changed opinions now with round 10 almost ending.

Chiruran treats him as an adult and the same with Record of Ragnarok. Zerofuku was actually portrayed to be a child god and had a childish personality. Okita died at the age of 26. The difference between the two is that Okita acts mature and doesn’t have a childish personality. He was treated the same as the others in the Shinsengumi. He was only called a demon child because Kondo found him at the age of 9 and called him that. His demon child battle instinct became apart of Okita even into adulthood. He only got Tatsumaki treatment because in some scenes he looks like a kid while in other scenes he looks older/mature. So no, he’s not considered a child by the authors

[the-goth-catte]

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[jiyura]

Record of Ragnarok chapter 84 leaks

Looks like Susan-noo is going to fight this round!!! First double digit round too. I wonder if the sword he'll use will be Kusanagi.

Kusanagi was the sword he used to slay the eight headed serpent, Yamata-No-Orochi, in myth. This might make for a cool part of his backstory.

Also hoping to possibly see Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi

Another appearance is Anubis! He was one of the fighters I was looking forward to the most.

I think he's fun. Do wish the jackal head was more prominent. Excited for him to be a menace on the battle field. Plus maybe we'll see other Egyptian gods come to watch him.

Overall excited to see these two do things.

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

Just got back from L&T. Thoughts under the cut. But first, a pic of my girl (sorry, I mean, Your Majesty 👑):

So I have a few negatives to talk about but let's start with the positives.

The scene with Thor and Zeus when he's trying to convince him to join him against Gorr reminded me so much of his talk with Odin in TDW. At some point I thought they were trying to draw some parallels... but honestly I don't know if it's just me seeing things when there's nothing. Either way, I liked it.

Thor's speech to the kids towards the end was touching.

Val handling King duties and enjoying it was lovely to see.

Jane explaining the Einstein-Rosen bridge while under chemo. She was never boring and that enthusiasm is contagious. "You just destroyed your book!" - "Yeah! But now you understand wormholes!". She's lovely and I'll miss her.

Heimdall! My beloved. Only for 10 seconds but hey, I'll take whatever they give me, I love that man. Shorter hair too!

And this is something between a positive and a negative: I like that Thor said to Quill something in the lines of (I'm paraphrasing here): "You have a team that cares for each other, I never had that". I actually liked it because from what we've seen in the movies he had 4 friends who seemed to follow him and look up to him but we never saw him having a deep conversation with them, to me they were more party/battle friends than anything and Thor always stroked me as a very lonely person despite being a prince. Not to mention the Avengers never truly showed any interest, let alone compassion, especially in EG. So that line is interesting to keep in the movie...... that is, if you do something with it. But they just had him say it then ignored it for the rest of the movie. It's such a lost opportunity. Imagine Thor shit-talking the Avengers and setting the record straight after EG... if only.

Now, the negatives.

I don't understand all this talk about worthiness. If Ragnarok was supposed to teach Thor and the audience anything is that being worthy is utterly meaningless! Lifting Mjolnir was always entirely subjective, reliant on a bunch of rules dictated by a deeply flawed character like Odin. Thor is supposed to know he doesn't need that hammer or the axe or anybody's approval. He's the golden child, if he doesn't learn that then his arc keeps going in circles, and round and round it goes. It makes no sense.

I can't believe 2 movies in since she was introduced and my girl Val does not get a name. I appreciate people calling her Val but surely she's got a name, right? And her horse? I'll say this though: I don't remember them giving him a name but I'm grateful, if they call him anything but Aragorn my URL is truly fucked 😜

Why bring Sif back? She's the LAST connection Thor has to his old life. I was so happy to see her again since I genuinely thought he was going to lose it or they were gonna have some chat or something, but nah, they share one scene that's eerily similar to Thor 1 and they're good to go.

Once again character development is done in a rushed one-minute sequence. I watch these movies because I care about these characters, if that means you add 25 minutes to the damn movie then do so. If that means you cut a few fights then do so.

Thor realizing he wants and needs love is nice but giving him a kid is not the way to go, that's giving him someone to care for when he should be caring ABOUT AND FOR HIMSELF.

What kind of relationships does he have with Val and the others? A bunch of scenes with the Guardians and all I saw were screams and nothing more when that team is more a family than anything else, they wouldn't go about it like the Avengers (battle together then each member goes their own way), the Guardians care.

I would have wanted to see how the Asgardians are adapting to Earth or a bit more from New Asgard. Jane gets a statue, that's cool, no statues for anybody else though?

Oh the """queer rep""".... we were told she would look for her Queen but of course that didn't happen, I wish I could say I'm surprised but I'm not. And she doesn't even get to say anything, it's Korg who says "girlfriend" and leaves it at that? You know what, it's far worse to have this, I'd rather not have anything. If this is as far as they're willing to go please STOP. Everyone is straight, that's easier to digest.

Also, it's so fucking annoying to see people erasing her identity and saying she's a lesbian. No she isn't, Valkyrie is bisexual. We have enough bi erasure as it is, don't contribute to it.

And speaking of my girl... where the fuck is her arc? She gets no story, her pegasus is only on screen a couple times, she seems to be enjoying being a King so why not show that and how she's growing from being a warrior raised to kill to becoming someone trustworthy who loves her people and learns the humans' rules so she can defend them? Also she's still not redeemed, she has never said anything about how she feels after being raised to kill and commit genocide, how she felt about Odin (when Gorr was telling her I was almost begging! for her to speak up). I will admit I jumped when she was stabbed though. I may have a weird definitely non-healthy attachment to her lol

The problem about introducing new and powerful cities and weapons while Feige keeps parroting all that bs about "connected universe" is that it makes previous movies absolutely useless. So Thor knew about Omnipotent City? Why not go there in IW instead of Nidavellir then? Once you open the portal to Eternity why not kill Gorr and ask for anything...

Gorr the God Butcher who's shown on-screen killing the crazy amount of......... one god in the entire movie. So much for butchering.

"Lady Thor", "the name is Mighty Thor or Dr Jane Foster", I knew she was going to say that. Way too forced. You want feminism, Marvel? Flesh out the female characters and stop giving them the suits and powers of their male counterparts.

And lastly, what Mjolnir means to Thor. What that hammer represents is his past, his family, the time when stability was ensured and he had everything he wished for, back in the day when he didn't know the lies and what was hiding underneath the golden palace and his father's machinations. His attachment to Mjolnir in reality what it hides is his subconscious desire to go back to that time, which is exactly why he should despise that hammer! Not through hate for Hela but disappointment and anger towards his father.

All I keep seeing in these movies is Thor not growing up or out of his golden child status and I HATE IT. And it seems the only way they know to make characters "grow" is by giving them a romance or a kid... these characters need self-love, how is it possible that these writers and directors don't understand that familial, romantic, etc love is not the same as self-love? That you can have a million people who love you and still not love yourself?

Overall this is clearly the worst Thor movie for me, worse than Ragnarok, and I give it a 4/10 and I'm being generous (3,5 of those are for Val 😂). I still love Thor though, there are.... flashes of his old self and while short they remind me why I've always been a big fan of his.

Thor honey, you deserve so much more than this.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Gale's Impression: Record of Ragnarok episode 12 (Season 1 finale)

Spoilers below

-Poseidon is now getting serious. Moving faster

-Oh damn! Poseidon got REALLY COOL ATTACKS

-Sasaki aint giving in tho

-There is so much depths to Poseidon's power

-Dont give up sasaki!

-But Kojiro sasaki is more than a loser. He is the LEGACY OF THE BLADE!

-EVEN THE KID JOINED IN

-Sasaki getting support.

-The power of the blade.

-PARRIED!

-Sasaki wants to win!

-The tip touched the abyss!

-SPECIAL MOVE MOFOS!

-Sasaki Kojiro can feel it all. He has attained ultra instinct.

-HE GOT HIS ARM! POSEIDON HAS BEEN DISARMED

-He got them both!

-Oh damn!

-POSEIDON JUST GOT TURNED INTO SASHIMI

-HUMANITY'S FIRST WIN!!!!!

-THE ULTIMATE UNDERDOG!

-Sasaki attained his first victory.

-The gods are shook. They just found out they could be killed by humans

-Loki stopped laughing

-Sasaki and his blade bonding.

-S*** is about to get real.

-Brünnhilde intends on beating the gods.

-Zeus looks really beat up.

-Zeus is like "Dude, this was always a possibility."

-Shiva got cocked blocked.

-But Zeus is being reasonable.

-Shiva is like, yea I get it.

-Brünnhilde talking with Hermes. S*** is going down.

-Ragnarok round four. The tone is being set.

-OH S*** THE ARENA CHANGED!

-Replica of London.

-Street fight! Street Fight!

-JACK THE RIPPER!!!!!!!! AH SNAP!

-Humanity's example of evil. Oh snap.

-The most infamous killer. OH DAMN HE LOOKS SO COOL!

-Loki chips duck lips

-OH NO

-THE god that is fighting! HERCULES!!!!!

-The greatest hero vs humanity's darkest evil.

-9.5/10 The hype for season 2! My favorite strategic fight in the series! Also Sasaki's victory was glorious! I can't wait for more.

-Overall, People were WAY TOO HARSH ON THIS. Its fun!

[recentanimenews]

Here's All the Big News That Was Revealed at Anime Japan 2021

  This weekend was filled with pretty much nothing but big news from Anime Japan 2021, and unless you were keeping your eyes glued to your screen, you might have missed out on a few key items. With the dust still settling, we decided to round it all up in one handy list, with news pieces separated into a small handful of categories for your convenience. 

  See what went down at this year's big event, and let us know which announcements had you surprised, delighted, or downright flummoxed. 

  Heavy-Hitter Premieres

    Some of the biggest stories had to do with dates and other announcements regarding hotly-anticipated projects. The whole weekend was sandwiched between JUJUTSU KAISEN and Black Clover movie news, and here's what went down in between both. 

  Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night Anime Film Premieres in Japan in Autumn 2021

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop Anime Film to Finally Release on July 22

My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes Mission Reveals August 6 Release in 1st Trailer

World Trigger Season 3 TV Anime to Air in October 2021

Mahouka Spin-Off The Honor at Magic High School TV Anime Reveals July 2021 Broadcast

  New and Updated Projects

    A few projects were announced for the first time, while others were updated with new details. Here's an overview of what came out over the weekend. 

  Original TV Anime Visual Prison Combines Vampires With Visual Kei

New ETOTAMA Web Anime & Audio Drama Hit ABEMA in May of 2021

Uta no Prince-sama New Concert Film "Maji LOVE ST☆RISH TOURS" Coming in 2022

MUTEKING THE Dancing HERO TV Anime Goes Full Disco in Fall 2021

Blue Reflection Ray TV Anime to Spread Hope Over 2 Cours

DEEMO THE MOVIE Reveals Full Name in New Trailer for CG Anime Film

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S TV Anime Re-Enlists Fhaná for Opening Theme

The Case Study of Vanitas Sinks Its Fangs Into a TV Anime

    Trailer Debuts

    From a bunch of reels out of Netflix to new promos for some of the biggest upcoming shows, Anime Japan 2021 had no shortage of footage to go around. 

  Netflix Comes in Hot With Anime Announcements at AnimeJapan 2021

The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt Posts Teaser PV with English Narration

Record of Ragnarok Anime Releases Brand New Trailer 

Rom-Com Koikimo TV Anime Previews ED Ahead of April 5 Broadcast

Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Anime Reveals 2nd PV Ahead of April 3 Debut

How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Season 2 TV Anime Previews OP in New Trailer

86 EIGHTY SIX TV Anime Releases a Blast of a New Trailer

TV Anime The Vampire Dies in No Time Teaser PV Announces October 2021 Premiere

Fate/Grand Order: Camelot Paladin; Agateram Summons New Trailer and Visual Ahead of Anime Film Release

The Duke of Death and His Maid 1st PV Confirms Its July 2021 Premiere

Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA Licht Film Teaser Trailer Foreshadows The Beginning of A New Battle

Original TV Anime Back Arrow TV Anime Gets New Visual and Trailer For 2nd Half

SSSS.DYNAZENON Reveals New Promo and Visual at Anime Japan

Three-Way Relationship TV Anime Series Girlfriend, Girlfriend Reveals 1st Trailer and July Broadcast

Harem TV Anime Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun Gets 1st NSFW Trailer

Historical Romance TV Anime Taisho Otome Otogi Banashi Receives New Visual and Trailer

Meet the Nine Idol Candidates in SELECTION PROJECT TV Anime Trailer

Final Evangelion Film Shares a Pair of 90 Second Clips

NisiOisin's Pretty Boy Detective Club Anime Reveals New Promo, Visual

  Fresh Visuals

    You want key visuals? Buddy, Anime Japan had 'em up comin' out of its ears. Here are all the KVs we covered that weren't attached to news about a trailer. 

  I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level! Gets New Key Visual Ahead of April Premiere

Kumoko and Humans Feature in New So I’m a Spider, So What? TV Anime Key Visual

Fairy Ranmaru TV Anime Releases Striking New Visual

3rd Key Visual for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 TV Anime Unveiled

Girls are Hockey Idols in PRIDE OF ORANGE TV Anime Visual

Nemo and Faria Get Their Own Seven Knights Revolution Visuals

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle Anime Shares Beary Nice Visual

My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission Anime Film Goes Plus Ultra in 1st Poster

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day TV Anime Gets Aged up Key Visual for 10th Anniversary Project

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Visual Hypes Continuing Anime

Gil and a Pair of Jeannes Join Fate/Grand Carnival's Ever-Growing Key Visual

Fruits Basket: The Final Season Gets 12 Ending Illustrations From Manga Author

    BONUS ROUND

    If you're wondering which manga series fans currently want to be adapted into an anime the most, look no further than this year's poll out of Anime Japan.

  Top 10 Manga Fans Want to Be Animated According to Anime Japan Poll

  Some interesting collaborations made themselves known, as well: 

  Battle Athletes Victory ReSTART! Kicks off with Women's Soccer Collaboration

Go on an Onsen Adventure During Golden Kamuy's Latest Collaboration

  Until next year, AJ! 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his brand new comic, MONSTER FLIGHT, at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

[banashee]

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52) Lebanon Hanover - "The Last Thing"

53) Diamante - "Unlovable"

54) IAMTHESHADOW - "Hurts and Takes"

55) The Last Dance - "Somewhere More"

56) Blouse - "Into Black"

57) Dope - "You spin me round (like a record) (cover)"

58) The Last Dance - "Distantly"

59) Ritual Howls - "Nervous Hands"

60) Soviet Soviet - "Gone Fast"

61) Sisters of Mercy - "More"

62) Hearts of Black Science - "Protector"

63) The Last Dance - "Mystery - 1998"

64) Drab Majesty - "Foreign Eyes"

65) Wardruna - "Rotlaust Tre Fell"

66) Lacuna Coil - "Kill the Light"

67) Lacuna Coil - "Daylight Dancer"

68) False Vampires - "For us"

69) (nice) The Beauty of Gemina - "This Time"

70) Rammstein - "Feuer Frei"

71) Lebanon Hanover - "Hard Drug"

72) Inkubus Sukkubus - "Vlad"

73) Box and the Twins - " Love Song for a Ghost"

74) Amon Amarth - "Blood Eagle"

75) Joy Division - "Day of the Lords"

76) Selofan - "Vitrioli"

77) Generation X - "Dancing with myself"

78) Amon Amarth - " Raise your horns"

79) Nightwish - "Nemo"

80) Pet Shop Boys - "It's a sin"

81) Hapax - "Shining Lover"

82) White Lies - "Getting Even"

83) Danheim - "Vigridr"

84) Vandal Moon - "Lovely Never"

85) Sisters of Mercy - "Vision Thing"

86) The Beauty of Gemina - "Kingdoms of Cancer"

87) Sonsmbre - "Burn in Heaven"

88) Depeche Mode - "Enjoy The Silence" Live

89) The Mechanisms - "Death to the Mechanisms"

90) Deine Lakaien - "Love me to the end"

91) Drab Majesty - "Forget Tomorrow"

92) Echoberyl - "A Prey"

93) The Beauty of Gemina - "Nevertime"

94) Vandal Moon - "Crying on the Dancefloor"

95) The Beauty of Gemina - "Heart of a Gun"

96) Lebanon Hanover - "Hard Drug (Qual Remix)"

97) Lacuna Coil - "Angel's Punishment"

98) Lebanon Hanover - "Petals"

99) Volbeat - "Maybe I believe"

100) Clan of Xymox - "All I have"

I'm tagging anyone who wants to do this. Feel free to tag me! :)

And also you Folks if you want to, no pressure though

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[the-magic-lava-lamp]

Ragnarok & Roll

Summary: Thor rolled his eyes. “Of course, I miss you.” He shook his head. “But this is our path. We’re both working really hard right now, chasing our science-y dreams.” He laughed, tongue slightly peeking out of his smile. “And while we’re on the subject...” 

Bruce raised his brow. 

“Maybe listen to the radio station while you’re working.” 

Ships: ThorBruce (mentions of ValJane)

Word Count: 5,010

“Seeing three concerts a week, that’s what got me the gig.” 

Peter Quill smirked in a way that might’ve come across as rude if he wasn’t simultaneously looking blissfully proud of himself. 

Gamora glanced at the back of her boyfriend’s head as she passed by his conversation, headphones slung around her neck. To put his interviewee to wise would mean admitting that Peter only truly got the gig because he was just the best at pestering the project head. She restrained herself from sharing that story because Peter was far to fond of music, in a way she just couldn’t understand, and seemed to be taking this quite seriously.  

“They saw my dedication to good music and made me the main DJ host.” Quill swirled his spinning chair and made a wide gesture to his equipment. “They haven’t regretted the decision since.” His hands cupped the back of his head as he made a care-free shrug. 

The interviewee, Thor Odinson, looked amused as he smiled. “Not even that time you accidentally left while you were still on air?” 

Quill chuckled. “Not so much...regretful. Maybe more...pleasantly surprised that I handled it so well?” He smirked but tilted his gaze in a way that looked incredibly flustered. Thor laughed with him, liking the back-and-forth. “Now, judging by the long hair and all-around...” Quill swirled his finger around his own face. “Hippie look that you’ll be down with our style here. Our ‘Awesome Mix’, if you will.” 

Thor’s eyebrows drew together as another hearty round of laughter escaped him. “I am most pleased with your collective taste.” He gestured towards the two of them. “You and your crew seem to have a lot of fun on air.” 

Thor continued smiling to himself as his eyes drifted around his college’s radio station studio. The room wasn’t particularly small but sort of tight with large posters on the bland walls. The desk was chunky on it’s own but the three large mic stands (which could swing out) didn’t help either. 

Quill looked rather proud at that last sentiment, which Thor took as a good sign. “Yeah we are a fun bunch.” He looked positively joyous and would probably burst if he saw the way Gamora’s sincere smile took over her face. “Why should you be part of our team?” 

                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

—CUT—- 

  ~*REC*~

The fuzziness focuses to the warm setting of the space between Thor’s chin and chest. He shook his head and thumped his hand on the side of the bulky camera. There was a few seconds of frizzling sounds before it seemed to beep awake. “Is it on?” His voice was soft and confused, growing even quieter as his head twirled back. He was attempting to glance at his friend behind him, who’s only part in the current shot was his fast-moving hands. 

“Is the red light flickering?” 

The shot wiggled again as he examined the camera and finally looked through the viewfinder. There was able a slightly foggy vision of their small apartment, he moved slightly and it zoomed right in on Bruce’s focused stare.

There was a small pile of what should be parts for their kitchen table in front of him but looking at the mess (and zooming in further)...it looked like junk. “Yes! We are officially recording.” Came Thor’s undeniably joyful voice. 

Bruce peeked up from what looked to be a wooden leg and smiled, bashfully as he pushed his glasses up the slope of his nose. 

The sun was in it’s sweetest spot, hanging just outside their window. The peace of domestic life came with it and bathed them each in bars of golden light that broke through the new blinds. The shot didn’t do it much justice, picking it up in a sort of light-fuzz. 

Stubbornly but patiently Bruce went back to his directions. He threw open the pamphlet and clicked his tongue. The glossy pages easily flipped and flung from his fingers. He smacked a page down, gliding his finger down the spine and landing it on top of the black and white fuzzy photo of the completed piece of furniture. “I have no idea how to turn this-” Bruce waved the table leg around the pile of pieces “Into this.” He held out the photo to Thor & his trusty camera. “Do you honestly think it’s possible?” 

“I don’t know. Let’s ask the audience.” Thor chuckled and turned the shot onto himself with the happiest smile. 

-“So...Loki now or us in like ten years?” Bruce smirked and Thor burst into happy, hearty laughter. The true and genuine affection he so obviously felt from the mention of 10 years in the future was clear on his face. 

“It was my idea first. Loki just gave me the camera.” He shared a observational glance with the equipment. “I want to log our memories, Banner.” He tore his eyes away to put his full attention on Bruce again. “Loki just wants to have footage of me embarrassing myself for future amusement.” 

The shot spun around the room a few times before landing back on Bruce’s crouched position again. The man smiled in that way which suggested he understood the true intentions behind Loki’s gesture. Which...he did. They both did. 

Thor and Loki’s relationship had grown much stronger over the last few years. After dealing with the rough passage of their younger years and struggles with their father, at some point they’d just decided turning on each-other was stupid. 

For years, Loki felt inferior. Which stemmed from the fact that his codependent need to gain his fathers favor was never resolved. That much was obvious to Bruce and at some point, Loki finally explained that all to Thor, who felt awful for being so ignorant despite his own issues. 

So Loki’s memories of growing up weren’t always warm & fuzzy. That’s why Bruce figured his amusement & support of ‘Home-movies’ being made now wasn’t just for the sake of trickery. Maybe that was just a bonus. 

Bruce’s train of thought was seen in the shot but obviously couldn’t all be interrupted correctly just by viewfinder. “It is a nice idea.” Bruce wiggled his body to get comfortable on the hardwood floor. “Considering, I can put them on in the background when we’re away from each-other.” Bitterness was clear in that tone. 

Thor’s voice hummed from behind the camera. As of late, both college students had become swept up in their course-work and spent long hours apart. Bruce was deep into his back-and-forth with biochemistry studies while Thor was in the midst of his astronomy/astrophysics major. It was a bit of a strain on both of them. 

Most frustrating were the few hours Bruce spent down at the lab to study & experiment. Thor didn’t like the idea of his boyfriend rattling around the place by himself, bothered & stressed. Bruce didn’t exactly love it either but the isolation proved to help his focus. 

The camera shot wiggled once more as Thor placed it on the cushion of the lounge chair next to him. An accidentally well-framed scene, with both men in the shot looking incredibly domestic. Bruce still fumbling with the table pieces while Thor glanced at the instructions for himself. 

“The goal is to have it put together by your Birthday.” Bruce shot Thor a smile smile. 

The red light kept flickering away, forgotten until the battery ran itself out, proved worth the extra long footage. Capturing Thor’s wild yet softly earnest grin as he reached out and grabbed for Bruce’s hand, who instinctively squeezed back.  

—CUT—-

                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“-Now, these are probably the worst hours to host. Like straight up boring.” Quill smiled as if that wasn’t an odd way to advertise the job. Thor decided he liked the weirdo. “But if I offered you the chance to be the regular Co-host DJ for the 1 to 5 am time-slot on Tuesday & Thursdays you’d say?” He waved his hand out with excitement. 

“Yes.” Thor happily tipped his chin and reached out to shake hands on that deal.

Quill looked surprised but at the same time, beaming with appreciation. Gamora was peeking from over her shoulder as she reorganized some of the records that she was sure Peter would forget to do. 

“Good deal, man!” Quill reached out and swung their grasp up-and-down a few times before leaning back in his chair. “Let’s break this interview for lunch and then we’ll let you have a feel for what the job while be like.” 

: : : : : : : :

“I want to introduce you to the little crew which will accompany you during your shifts.” Quill ran around the hallway as if he owned the place which was a sure sign that he was appreciated by his peers. His grin was hearty and his walk was more like a happy bounce. 

With a sharp turn, he was opening the studio door and slurping down the rest of his soda. The creaky thing swung open and a girl with wavy blonde hair stood up straight from where she’d been previously leaning. 

“That’s Carol Danvers.” Quill pointed and flashed a little finger-gun to her. “She’s the other co-host.” 

Carol shot Thor a tiny, corner grin and waved her hand. She was almost exactly how Thor pictured a college radio DJ would look like. The flannel tied at her waist and tightening her ‘Bob Seger’ concert t-shirt were the perfect attire for an unofficial uniform. “Excited for every insomniac in town to know our names?” She popped her knee out slightly and smirked. 

Thor smiled softly and nodded his head. “Very.” 

                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“Thor! I’m so tired that I might just pass out. This workload is slowly killing me. Good news though, you can save some time and just bury my body under the piles & piles of papers I have to do! ” Bruce started talking, or rambling really, before he even had the apartment door fully open that first Tuesday afternoon. 

Thor frowned softly as he slouched forward. Both of his arms glided across the counter but the right hand was serving as a stand for his phone. Bruce almost thought his boyfriend had given up on the bulky camera to film their home-videos but before he could speak-

“I never knew you to be that dramatic, Bruce.” 

Thor turned the phone around to reveal Loki, in the middle of his makeup routine with a tiny smirk on his face. Bruce registered him and chuckled while he started to put his things all over the small counter (table still in pieces on the floor). 

“Should’ve seen me during my Freshman year of High-School, buddy. To this day, the most use I got out of a purchase was my .99 cent addition of Elton John’s ‘I Think I’m Going to Kill Myself’ to my music library.” Bruce pursed his lips in a joking manner but Thor wasn’t all that fond of thinking of Banner in that way. He reached his free hand under the table and gently pulled Bruce closer, who naturally leaned into it. 

“Good look, by the way-” Bruce tipped his chin towards Loki on screen and cut himself off with a sip of Thor’s water. “Going somewhere special?” 

Bruce and Loki hadn’t gotten off on the best foot, nor the worst foot really, when they were first acquainted. But it had been sort of awkward due to the evolving involvement in each others lives that Thor & Loki were experiencing. 

The brothers were closer than ever these days which Bruce couldn’t be more grateful for. He wasn’t a therapist or anything but he knew just as soon as he & Thor started dating their Senior year of High School; The two of them desperately wanted to bond, even if they had a hard time showing it.  

They had just started to feel more like close siblings when college came into the picture, which sent Thor to New York and Loki to California later. 

Loki flashed an accidental genuine smile. “Thanks.” He mumbled, swiping at his eye. “And no. My roommate is insisting we go out and do something. You remember? I told you about her.” 

Thor nodded. “Yes. You described her as the-...?” He trailed off, looking to Bruce with the cutest thinking face. 

Bruce glanced over from cleaning his glasses. “The weird girl?” He chuckled. “Who you moved in with after a week of knowing her?”

“I thought you said she was closed off? You didn’t know if you got along.” Thor added. 

Loki hummed, tapping a tiny brush against the sink. “Yeah well, I like her now.” He shrugged. “She thought she was a witch when she was a kid and she has Halloween sound effect records from the fifties. And I think she actively listens to them.” Loki pointed his thin brush.

“That’s how I pick my friends.” Bruce chuckled softly. 

“Plus, her brother is also the complete opposite of her.” Loki smirked and picked up his phone to walk carefully through his apartment. “So we have that in common.” He lowered the shot and seemed to loose interest in looking at the screen. “Ok. I’m gonna hang-up soon.” 

Thor chuckled. “Make sure you have your work done before you go out. One time I-”

Loki frowned. “Do you have to try and bond with me while Bruce is listening? It’s embarrassing.” He smirked, obviously uncomfortable. 

Thor just smiled again. “Have fun.” 

“Bye.” Loki put his phone down and hung-up. 

Bruce wrapped his arm around his boyfriend and started rubbing small circles on his back. He set his glasses down on the counter and gently leaned closer to kiss Thor’s warm hair. 

“I love you.” Thor mumbled gently and no matter how many times he’d heard it, Bruce still needed a second to breathe that in. 

“I love you too.” He let his chin rest atop Thor’s head. “Sorry about my long nights at the lab.” He added miserably. “I won’t do it on your Birthday.”

Thor pulled away slightly and eased into their next touch; dragging his hand down Bruce’s arm and grabbing his hand which dangled between their bodies. He met his eye-line and couldn’t hold back an ounce of his adoration of Bruce from bleeding into his stare. “You don’t have to apologize.” 

Bruce didn’t seem entirely too convinced. 

“We’re gonna be in each others lives forever, Banner.” a shrug rolled off his shoulders as if it were just that simple. Life and the great beyond. “I think we can afford sacrificing a few days for the sake of your passion.” Thor raised their grasp and shook it lightly. 

“My mother always said I was a...visionary child, determined too. I had big plans at eight years old.” Thor rolled his lips together. “I have been dreaming of our life together since I met you.” He looked away, sort of bashful. “We’re gonna be just fine.” Another shrug. 

Bruce pursed his lips and might’ve blushed. “That was really cheesy.” He chuckled and admired the way Thor giggled. “But don’t you get lonely...dreaming about that all on your own while I’m up in the lab?” 

Thor rolled his eyes. “Of course, I miss you.” He shook his head. “But this is our path. We’re both working really hard right now, chasing our science-y dreams.” He laughed, tongue slightly peeking out of his smile. 

“And while we’re on the subject...” 

Bruce raised his brow. 

“Maybe listen to the radio station while you’re working.” 

                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

{ *Faded notes of Zeppelin’s classic; Immigrant Song, as it ends*}  

:

: {*Steady static*}

:

:

: 

: {*Loud Record Scratch*}

Carol playfully smacked her fist onto the table next to the co-host who’d suddenly faded off. 

Thor picked his head up and finally reached over and lifted the record from the player. “Now, I know what you’re thinking.” He smirked as he lowered the microphone closest to him. “Oh no, who’s this guy and what has he done with Quill?” He chuckled warmly & waved his arms about to nobody. 

The tiny buzzing of the neon sign outside the door (reading ‘RECORDING’) bounced in his ears. 

“I’m sure the five people listening are thinking just that.” Carol fiddled with her mic, the blondes shared a quick smirky grin. “I’m Carol and that’s Thor-” Both DJ’s gestured as if people could see them, Thor even waved into the microphone. “We’ll be the hosts for all you nocturnal friends.” 

“Ask me why I took this junk time-slot, Carol.” Thor bumped his new partner’s elbow. 

“Why did you take this time-slot, Thor?” She happily obliged.

“I’ve been dating my boyfriend for nearly three years now.” Thor spoke with earnest ease that Carol couldn’t help but admire. “He’s incredibly hard-working and dedicated to his studies.” He pulled his mic even closer. 

“But that means he’s off doing his research alone, in a lab into the early hours. I didn’t like for him to be so lonely.” He shook his head, rolling his lips together. “So, because I can’t just stay with him, I thought I could accompany him this way. It just so happened to align with his study days.” 

“We love cute couples!” Carol spun around in her chair. “My girlfriend & I decided to race each-other on the way to the studio.” She slapped her hand over her heart and sighed affectionately. “I cheated and took a short-cut & she still beat me. Now she’s asleep in a spinny chair in the corner even though she bet me five dollars that she wouldn’t be too tired to listen the whole show.” 

Thor glanced at Maria, still asleep with the pair of headphones on. He smiled. 

“I love her so much.” Carol slid her hand off her chest and leaned her elbow on the table. “What song do you want to dedicate to your boyfriend, Thor?” 

Thor paused in thought, hoping that Bruce was listening. He prepared the song to play with an eager yet nervous expression. “This is ‘You Got It’ by Roy Orbison...for Bruce.” 

:

{ *Faded notes of Roy’s intro*}

: : : : : : : :

“I'm glad to give my love to you I know you feel the way I do.

Anything you want, you got it Anything you need, you got it Anything at all, you got it Baby...”

Bruce was alone yet still felt the need to hide his embarrassed grin behind the cupped palm of his hand. 

                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bruce had patiently waited until the morning to say anything about the show, due to the fact that Thor was asleep when he came home & he was too dead tired to wake him. 

When he woke up to find himself alone in bed, he figured Thor was allowing him to sleep in because he knew it to be his free day. 

And though Bruce was still exhausted, he found the energy to roll out of bed and bound to the small kitchen area where his boyfriend was eating eggs & reading through a textbook. 

Instead of initially speaking, Bruce darted past him and gently pushed Thor’s head as he went past him to grab a plate for himself. He could almost feel the heat of the man’s blush. 

“Did you like the show?” Thor leaned so far back that his chin was pointing to the sky in order to watch Bruce go about his morning routine. 

Another smile was hidden, behind a coffee mug this time, as Bruce sipping at the pre-made cup. He slowly glided over (Thor timing the speed in which he lifted his head accordingly) and started running his hands through Thor’s hair. 

“You’re ridiculous, you know that?” 

Thor took that as victory and hummed happily.

“But seriously...” Bruce paused. “I loved it. I love hearing your dumb voice when I’m about to explode from stress. Always calms me down.” He chuckled. “But you really don’t have to keep yourself up on those nights too.” He frowned but felt all bashful again when Thor shook his head. 

“I love making you happy.” Thor shrugged and Bruce shook his head with a smile. “Can we go to that drive-in root-beer place that I’ve been dying to try for dinner?” 

Bruce pursed his lips and glanced at their ‘table’ on the floor. “The one that’s across the street from the abandoned 7/11?” He asked, remembering the time he’d gotten his last Slurpee there with Valkyrie. She had gotten a roller hot-dog and dipped it into her slushie. And he’d nearly fought that worker for dropping the first dog on the floor and trying to shove it back on the tray before they noticed. That place was probably better off closed...

“Yeah. I want one of those Root-beer Floats.” Thor grinned. 

“You don’t want to save the little trip for your Birthday? What’s your schedule like for today again?” Bruce ran his fingers out of the blonde and took a seat next to Thor on the couch. 

“I have my experimental physics class with Heimdall and Jane at three.” He gestured to his textbook. “But that’s all for today.” 

                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

—CUT—-

 ~*REC*~

-”Oh, I got it! Bruce, look!” The camera shook and got a few glamorous shots of Thor’s bumbling legs as Bruce moved to look through the viewfinder.

“Now what?” Came a voice came from the right. The camera whirled around to get a well framed shot of Valkyrie leaning against a stop sign, holding a forgotten chip up to her mouth.

“This is Valkyrie as she was on this fine Saturday, folks.” Thor narrated, zooming in close on her face. Valkyrie scowled and reached over to playfully slap him, the camera shook and the shot fuzzed a little. 

“Hey! That cost us a pretty penny.” Bruce chuckled and Thor smiled, giving the camera the finger to show he was ok. 

“Charming, isn’t she?” Thor zoomed in once again while Valkyrie’s laughter got louder and louder. The camera turned and shook as Thor’s hand came into the shot. The sound of the pebbles crunching becoming the main sound.

The three of them continued walking down the sidewalk and into town to enjoy some of their free-time. 

Valkyrie strolled slightly behind the boys, making the occasional face at the camera. “I thought the idea was to record family videos? Why are you so desperate to zoom in on me-?” She wrinkled her nose playfully as the sound of the zoom buzzed from the camera. 

“You’re apart of our family!” 

Both boys made offended sounds. The camera captured a cute shot of Bruce turning to bump her arm & Valkyrie bumping him back with authentic joy all while Thor was still trying to explain how important she was. 

She skipped forward and leaned her elbow atop Bruce’s shoulder. “Your radio shows have been really entertaining by the way.” She glanced up at the taller man with amusement. “How’s someone get a song dedicated to her?” She teased. 

Thor smirked. “She could try finally asking out Jane & maybe she’ll call in a dedication for her-” The camera lost it’s focus as Valkyrie tried to whack him again.

which inevitability turned into her chasing him down the sidewalk.

“Woo-hoo! Run Thor!” Bruce shouted from behind them. 

As the chase ended officially, Thor whipped the camera around to get a good shot of Valkyrie but ended up tumbling on his ass. He was laughing so hard, he nearly dropped the camera.

Thor stretched his arm out, allowing Valkyrie to swipe the camera. She raised it, turning it to her own face, Bruce way in the background. “Future me, these two seem to think I’m in it for the long run so I hope you’re still being the glue that holds this group together.”

“Don’t flatter yourself! We all know that’s Heimdall!” Thor shouted from where he was laying in the grass. 

She turned the camera to get a shot of Bruce now charging after them. Once he got close enough, she bent her knees slightly and took on the tiny man’s weight as he jumped on her back like he’d done it a million times. 

With Bruce nervously on her back, she gently tossed the camera to Thor. 

—CUT—-

                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

{ *Faded notes of rock music*}

: : : : : :

“That was ‘Jukebox Hero’ by Foreigner. Lovingly dedicated to Maria Rambeau, who allowed me to perform that song to her during karaoke night. She’s most likely asleep right now but just know, I’m with you baby.” Carol giggled. 

“If anyone happened to record that moment, please call the number to let me know-” Thor chuckled as Carol thumped her elbow into his side. “Anyway, keep on listening because here comes the start of our AC/DC Rock Block--” Thor prepared the music. “Requested by the great Tony Stark, who never sleeps.” 

As ‘Shoot to Thrill’ faded in, both DJ’s peeled off their headphones and tended to their immediate cravings. Carol went to the tiny coffee machine to brew herself some energy & Thor went to the bathroom. 

When he returned, he plopped back down in his soft chair and took the offered cup of coffee Carol made for him. He was enjoying the slight burn that came down his throat as he drank when three sharp and soft knocks came at the door. 

Thor got up to let the person in & couldn't be happier with the new company. “Banner!” He grabbed his arm and closed the door behind them. 

Bruce slipped in, books to his chest and a soft smile on his face. “Hey. I finished up what I was doing in the lab early so I just came to...see the magic.” He chuckled. “Hi, I’m Bruce.” He politely reached his hand out to shake.

Carol smiled back. “Carol. I’ve heard a lot about you.” 

She watched as Thor kneeled down next to the chair Bruce sat in and started up a small-chat. It was endearingly close as the two men where startlingly in sync with their movements. 

Bruce flattened his palm and rested his chin in the small dip of his hand. Thor casually threw an arm around his shoulder and warmed his back as he curled up on the velvety chair. The pile of books poked slightly into his stomach, reminding him that he should probably be sitting up straight. Though he made no move to do so. In fact, he snuggled down further and his eyes followed his boyfriend’s fingers as they played with the top notebook, flipping it open. 

: : : : Bruce ended up falling asleep near the end of the show, glasses slowly slipping down his nose but never falling off. 

                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bruce Banner set up that lovely camera on the kitchen counter before he entered their bedroom...& hopped directly atop Thor. “Good Morning to you too, Banner!” The blonde rolled over and sat up against the headboard. 

“I made pancakes.” Bruce hopped off the bed and held out his hand (as if Thor needed his help to get up). 

                                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~*REC*~

A sleepy looking Thor was the first to enter the shot, following Bruce out into the dark space of their living area. He was rubbing a curled fist into his eye & yawning when the lights suddenly turned on and--

“Surprise!”

The room was suddenly revealed to be filled with their closest friends and Thor nearly jumped clear out of the shot. Bruce looked on with a beaming smile. “Happy Birthday!” He picked up the camera and strolled over to poke his boyfriend’s side. 

The screen fuzzed over as Thor lifted Bruce up with adoration & cleared it’s focus on a closeup of his beard. A few people whistled (Tony Stark’s was perhaps the loudest). 

“Must you do that in public?” 

The sudden (and close) voice of his brother nearly caused Thor to drop Bruce but he’d managed a safe landing. “Brother!” 

Loki shrugged with a smile and Bruce tried to zoom in on the kind expression... 

—CUT—-

                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~*REC*~

"-Loki?….Loki?….Loki?!”

“What?!” Loki whipped his head around to look at Thor who was sheepishly sitting on the couch. Loki was leaning against the wall closest to the radio.

“Can you turn it up?”

He rolled his eyes and turned the radio up. It was clear that Jane had the camera, considering for some reason she was the only one with steady hands.

'Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now’ faded in and was met with mixed emotion. Quill wasted no time spinning Gamora and initiating the dancing. Carol & Maria wasted no time either, singing along every once in a while.  

“Somebody dance with me! It’s an emergency!” Jane hopped up and handed the camera off to Loki. He whipped the camera around to view Valkyrie being poked over & over by Bruce. Jane grinned and reached out a hand, wiggling her fingers, waiting for the girl to go uncharacteristically shy and accept the offer. It didn’t take long. 

The camera was handed off to Heimdall, as Loki had no interest in recording.

—CUT—-

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~*REC*~

The shot was grainy and fuzzy but clearly Heimdall didn’t care much. He continued to quietly film everyone. They were all in sitting around making conversation, Nat and Clint leaning on each other and occasionally whispering.

Bruce’s head was in Thor's lap as he was waving around and gesturing while he told some childhood story. Bruce’s legs were in Valkyrie’s lap, who was drumming on them while she listened intently on Thor's story.

Loki jumped in every once in a while to add more to Thor’s rambling & occasionally they’d bicker to everyone’s amusement. 

—CUT—-

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~*REC*~

The radio was still going but a little softer. That was until the beginning of a song faded after another.

Thor began to happily (and a bit drunkenly) sing along to the Beatles...

 “Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends...”

It didn’t take much longer for all of the guests to be singing their hearts out and dragging each other into shot. They were all passionately singing the lyrics in no time. Falling on top of each other with the biggest smiles on their faces.

Thor spun Bruce under his arm and made a note to play the song on his next show with Carol. 

—CUT—-

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~*REC*~

A shot of Thor, and everyone trying to squeeze in behind him on the living room floor. 

the camera fades to black.

—CUT—-