#russian husk is real

[indoodlingmadness]

Loser Diaries AU reference sheet! Tony and Nik when they were alive. Yes, Nik has always been a short man. (Also yes Tony's trans. gasp.) Look at Nik, everyone's favorite manlet. Short king. If he was drunk enough you could almost pick him up and carry him home over your shoulder. Almost. 'cause If you tried Tony would gut you, nobody touches his man. Tony has definitely killed people over less. Sure, Nik looks tough and serious, but Tony's the one who will shoot you dead in the eye with a smile for even looking at his man funny. (God forbid that he catches you speaking badly about him.) One of them is mafia and it certainly ain't Nik lol. (He isn't actually aware of how many people are dead 'cause Tony's feral about him.) But it's funny how people underestimate him bc he's more feminine.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

How the kleptocrats and oligarchs hunt civil society groups to the ends of the Earth

It's a great time to be an oligarch! If you have accumulated a great fortune and wish to put whatever great crime lies behind it behind you, there is an army of fixers, lickspittles, thugs, reputation-launderers, procurers, henchmen, and other enablers who have turnkey solutions for laundering your reputation and keeping the unwashed from building a guillotine outside the gates of your compound.

The field of International Relations has studied the enemies of the Klept in detail: the Transnational Activist Network is a well-documented phenomenon. But far more poorly understood is the Transnational Uncivil Society Network, who will polish any turd of sufficient wealth to a high, professional gloss.

These TUSNs are the subject of a new, timely scholarly paper by Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw and Ricard Soares de Oliveira: "Transnational Uncivil Society Networks: kleptocracy’s global fightback against liberal activism," published in last month's European Journal of International Relations:

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:5e5a3052-c693-4991-a7cc-bc2b47134467/download_file?file_format=application%2Fpdf&safe_filename=Cooley_et_al_2023_transnational_uncivil_society.pdf&type_of_work=Journal+article

The authors document how a collection of institutions – some coercive, others organized around good works – allow kleptocrats to take power, keep power, and use power. This includes "wealth managers, company providers, accounting firms, and international bankers" who create the complex financial structures that obscure the klept's wealth. It also includes "second citizenship managers and lawyers" that facilitate the klept's transnational nature, both to provide access to un-looted, prosperous places to visit, and boltholes to escape to in the face of coup or reform. It includes the real-estate brokers and other asset facilitators, who turn whole precincts of the world's greatest cities into empty safe-deposit boxes in the sky, while ensuring that footlose criminal elites always have a penthouse to perch in when they take a break from the desiccated husks they've drained dry back home.

Of course, it also includes the PR managers and philanthropic ventures that allow the klept to launder their reputation, to make themselves synonymous with good deeds rather than mass murder. Think here of how the Sacklers used charity to turn their family name into a synonym for culture and fine art, rather than death by opioid overdose:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/11/justice-delayed/#justice-redeemed

Beyond providing comfort to "Politically Exposed Persons" and "High Net-Worth Individuals," TUSNs are concerned with neutralizing TANs. Activists in these transnational networks play an inside-outside game: in-country activists will recruit peers abroad to bring attention to the crimes of their local kleptocrats. These overseas partners target the klept in the places they go to play and spend, spoiling their fun – and if they succeed in getting corrupt leaders censured abroad, then in-country activists can leverage that bad press to fight the klept at home.

To fight this "Boomerang Effect," TUSNs seek to burnish corrupt officials' reputations abroad, getting their names on humanitarian prizes, beloved sports teams, cultural institutions and great universities. They seek to capture international governance institutions that might wrong-foot kleptocrats, co-opting them to enable and even celebrate looters.

When it comes to elite philanthropy, TUSNs are necessarily selective. Kleptocrats' foundations don't fund anti-kleptocratic groups – they stick to "education, public health, the environment and the arts." These domains steer clear of human rights questions that might implicate their benefactors. Russian oligarchs love children's charities and disability rights – provided they don't target the Russian state.

If charitable giving is reputation laundering's carrot, then "reputation management" is the laundry's stick. Think of organized copyfraudsters who clone websites that have criticized their clients, then backdate the articles, then accuse the originals of infringing copyright in order to get them de-listed from Google or taken offline altogether:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/23/reputation-laundry/#dark-ops

Reputation managers also spend a lot of time in court. In the UK – the world's leader in libel tourism, thanks to a legal system designed to let posh monsters sue muckraking journalists into silence – Russian oligarchs have perfected the art of forcing their critics to shut up and go away:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/04/londongrad/#enablers

Indeed, London is a one-stop shop for the global klept, a place were forelock-tugging Renfields will buy you a Mayfair mansion under cover of a numbered company, sue your critics into silence, funnel your money into an anonymous Channel Islands account:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/07/the-klept/#pep

They'll sell you whole galleriesworth of "fine art" that you can have relocated to a climate-controlled container in a Swiss or Irish freeport:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/14/poesy-the-monster-slayer/#moneylab

They'll give your thick-as-pigshit progeny a PhD and never check to see whether he wrote his thesis himself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSE%E2%80%93Gaddafi_affair

Then they'll hook you up with a cyber-arms dealer to hunt your enemies by capturing their devices:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/27/gas-on-the-fire/#a-safe-place-for-dangerous-ideas

But don't let Brexit stop you from shopping for bargains on the continent. The Golden Passports of the EU – available in a variety of flavors, from Maltese to Cypriot to Portuguese – offer the discerning failson access to the luxury good shops and fleshpots of 27 advanced economies, making it a favorite of the Khmer Riche – the junior klept of Cambodia's ruling faction:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/cambodia-hunsen-wealth/

But golden passports are for amateurs. Skilled klepts travel on diplomatic passports, which offer the twin benefits of free movement and consequence-free criminality, thanks to diplomatic immunity. The former Kazakh dictator's son-in-law enjoyed a freewheeling diplomatic life in Vienna; one daughters of the dictator of Tajikistan had a jolly time as an envoy to DC; another, to London (where else?).

All this globetrotting serves a second purpose: when rival elites seize power back home and force the old guard into exile, those ex-monsters can show up in the lands they called their second homes and apply for asylum. It turns out that even bomb-the-boats UK will welcome any asylum seeker who enters via the private jet terminal at City Airport (to be fair, these "refugees" have extensive properties in Zone 1 and country places in the Home Counties, so they won't need housing).

This stuff works. After Kazakh state goons murdered at least 14 protesters at a Zhanaozen oil facility in 2011, human rights groups around the world took up the cause. But they were effectively neutralized by TUSNs, with former UK PM Tony Blair writing on behalf of the Kazakh government to the EU condemning any kind of international investigation into the mass killings (add "former Prime Ministers" to the list of commodities for sale in the UK to sufficiently well-resourced murderer).

The authors close their paper with two case-studies. The first is of the daughters of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov, Gulnara and Lola. And President Karimov was indeed a dictator: he trapped his population within his borders, forced them to use unconvertible scrip in place of money, and ordered the murder of hundreds of peaceful protesters, plunging the country into international isolation.

But while Uzbeks were sealed within their borders, Gulnara Karimov became an international player, running a complex network of businesses that mixed the products of the nation's oilfields with her family's fortune. She solicited – and received – bribes from Teliasonera, MTS and Vimpelcom, who were all vying for the contract to provide service in Uzbekistan. All told, she extracted more than $1b in bribes, laundering them through Latvia, Hong Kong and New York. She acquired real-estate in France and Switzerland, and her spree continued until her father collaborated with Uzbek security to seize her assets and place her under house-arrest.

Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva was Gulnara's estranged younger sister. She and her husband Timur Tillyaev ran the Dubai-based SecureTrade, which did extensive business with "opaque Scottish Limited Partnerships," laundering more than $127m in a single year to offshore accounts in the UAE and Switzerland. They acquired many luxe assets – a jet, a Californian villa, and an LA perfumier.

Lola styled herself as the face of the Karimovas abroad, a "philanthropist and cultural ambassador." She was a UNESCO ambassador and commissioned works of monumental art – and also sued the shit out of news outlets that reported factual matters about her family repressive activity at home. She organized AIDS charities in the name of Uzbekistan – even as her father was imprisoning a writer for publishing a book explaining how to have safer sex.

The second case-study is on Isabel dos Santos, "Africa's richest woman," daughter of Angolan dictator Jose Eduardo dos Santos. Isabel's vast fortune stemmed from her personal capture of vast swathes of the third-largest economy in Africa: "telecommunications, banking, diamonds, real estate and cement, among many others." Isabel enjoyed seemingly limitless access to state credit and co-investment, and was given first crack at newly deregulated industries. Foreign firms that invested in Angola were required to "partner" with Isabel's businesses.

Isabel claimed to be a "self-made woman" – a claim credulously parroted by the western press, including the FT. She used her homegrown fortune to become a major player abroad, especially in Portugal, where she was represented by the leading Portuguese law-firm PLMJ. Her enablers are who's who of corruption-loving lickspittles: McKinsey, Ernst and Young, Boston Consulting Group, and the Spanish BigLaw firm Uri Menendez.

Isabel cultivated a public facade of philanthropic giving and public spirited activism, serving as head of the Angolan Red Cross. She attended Davos and spoke at the LSE (she was also invited to Oxford, but her invitation was subsequently rescinded). On social media, she dismissed critics of her wealth and corruption as "colonialists," decrying their "racism" and "prejudice."

Isabel dos Santos's corrupt sources of wealth were finally, irrefutably exposed through the Luanda Leaks, in which the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists mapped the network of "top banks, management consultants and legal firms that were central to dos Santos’s operations."

Both case studies shed light on the network of brilliant, driven enablers and procurers without whom the world's greatest monsters would falter. It's a rare window on a secretive world, one that is poorly understood even by its inhabitants. As Michael Mechanic wrote in Jackpot, his 2021 book on vast, intergenerational fortunes, the winners of the lucky orifice lottery often lack any real understanding of how The Money is structured, grown and protected:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/13/public-interest-pharma/#affluenza

This point was reiterated by Abigail Disney, in a brave piece on what it's like to grow up subject to the oversight of these millionaires who babysit the children of billionaires:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/19/dynastic-wealth/#caste

This is an important contribution to the literature. We naturally focus on the ultrawealthy individuals whose reputations and fortunes are the subject of so much attention, but without the TUSNs, they would be largely helpless.

Going to Burning Man? Catch me on Tuesday at 2:40pm on the Center Camp Stage for a talk about enshittification and how to reverse it; on Wednesday at noon, I'm hosting Dr Patrick Ball at Liminal Labs (6:15/F) for a talk on using statistics to prove high-level culpability in the recruitment of child soldiers.

On September 6 at 7pm, I'll be hosting Naomi Klein at the LA Public Library for the launch of Doppelganger.

On September 12 at 7pm, I'll be at Toronto's Another Story Bookshop with my new book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/24/launderers-enforcers-bagmen/#procurers

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[redladydeath]

People have begun faking leaks. The two major ones are:

A storyboard of Husk and Angel kissing

A Russian script exert of Vox preparing to sexually assault Alastor

These are confirmed to be fake by the person compiling all the leaks. Do not pass them around as though they're fact and please correct anyone spreading them. Going forward, I would be leery of anything purporting to be a leak that isn't a fully voice acted animatic (and one where the "voice actors" actually have tone variance since that's the easiest way to tell if something's AI).

(the reason I chose not to put this under a read more is because these aren't actually real leaks)

[irkimatsu]

You could get something really dramatic, even kinda sexy, out of Husk playing Russian Roulette in his casino.

The Russian Roulette room has a high minimum bet, either in cash or souls. His life is worth more than mere pocket change. But oh, the thrill in his heart as he eyes the massive pot in the center of the table, as he brings the revolver to his head, as he wonders if this shot will take him out of the game, or if the soft click will allow him to pass the gun to the next player.

It's not that risky of a game. Sure, losing fucking hurts. It'll take a while to heal the massive head wound, and he won't be much good for anything until then. But it will heal.

But some nights... maybe Husk has had too much to drink and it's bolstering his confidence to dangerous levels. Maybe he needs an even bigger thrill to feed his addiction's gaping jaws. Or maybe, especially toward the end of his reign, maybe he just doesn't care anymore.

On those nights, he brings the minimum bet even higher as he sets an angelic revolver on the table.

"Anyone up for a real game?"

[iaminsideyourwalls]

Sorry for the ask so soon after my first one, but really, I would love to hear about any head canons you'd like to share! :O Do you have a favorite merc?

Don’t apologize for asks, I love asks! I even put it in my bio.

You couldn’t ask a parent to pick a favorite child could you??? ;_; (although I do think about sniper every day.) I’ll give you a headcanon for all of them then.

Scout

he retained some French from when he was little. He’s not good at it in general but is a lot better at understanding it than speaking it. He can eavesdrop on Spy but can’t conjugate être. I also like versions of Scout that speak Spanish when people hc his mom as Latina.

Sniper

one of my all time favorite headcanons is Māori Sniper. Also, if you’ve seen this blog you’ll know i believe he’s an autistic king.

Engineer

I know a lot of people tend to portray him as a tender, kind, empathetic guy but I genuinely don’t think he’s ever felt empathy or genuine compassion in his life. Sure he knows how to act sweet and polite and soft and nonthreatening all the time but no matter how long you’ve known him, if you get in his way he’s already designing a new machine in his head to blow you away into the last century.

Demoman

Objectum Demoman is one of my all-time favorites. For real. I will genuinely ship him with eyelander, idgaf.

Soldier

I really love trans soldier headcanons. His transmasc swag is off the charts. It’s hard to come up with hcs for Soldier because he’s so fucking wild you could put him in any situation and it could be true. Lived in a diving bell for two years? Sure. Favorite food is un-husked kernels of wheat? Absolutely. Replaced his dick with his big toe so he could use it to walk? I could go on.

Heavy

during and after he obtained his phd in Russian literature he published a number of fiction books under a pen name. They’re all tasteful romances with subplots of political intrigue. They gained high critical praise and are still moderately popular in bookstores in Russia and some neighboring countries. all the royalties from sales go to his family. He’s also an autistic king.

Pyro

I don’t have many headcanons for pyro because I like keeping the whole mystery. I don’t wonder what’s under the mask or come up with possible names because I think the whole of the character is that mystery. But I will say that as great as unicorns and rainbows and cupcakes are, there’s really nothing Pyro loves more than hanging out with Engie in his workshop and pretending to help.

Medic

as far as my own headcanons, I have a lot. Here’s some. He does not have a driver’s license—he taught himself to drive by stealing a car. He’s insecure about his voice but he talks too much to really care. He’s always wanted a motorcycle. He puts drugs in his morning coffee. He doesn’t like classical music, he listens to the top 40s on the radio and sings along. The peppier the better.

One of my favorite Medic headcanons I ever heard was that he only has medical training as a veterinarian and I think that’s hilarious because it could absolutely be real.

Spy

He’s smart but he’s not as highly educated as he wants people to think. He never went to a university and maybe never even finished school. Just like Scout, he’s so damn good at what he does that he can afford to be more concerned with appearance and showing off than anything else. They’re both committed to making people see what they want them to see and nothing deeper.

[mary-laib]

I'm thinking of writing a very long, multi-chapter human!au fic about Alastor (might be the caffiene talking and tomorrow I'll forget to go through with it lol) but I've got a ton of headcannons and have been thinking about a timeline for this thing for months now. Only thing is, I'm making a lot of ocs for it (keeping only Husk and Mimsy in the story) and I want the characters to be as era-accurate and culturally accurate as possible, so I was wondering if anybody here wanted to help beta it while I'm writing out the timeline and details.

I'm doing a ton of research, but I feel like for some of it, it's best to get real-person explanations on things, so here are some of the characters and details about them that I'd like to hear people's personal experiences with:

•Alastor's mother's side of the family:

African American with a lot of cultural roots in their history, such as their practice of Voodoo, and Fijian ancestry (I'd like to reference or even introduce a Fijian character, but I mainly add this piece of info to give Alastor some background with Cannibalism, not necessarily to introduce a character that actually practices). I'm p sure I have most of this down (outside of voodoo, which I'm still researching and will be putting a fantastical twist on) but if anybody has info or personal experiences they'd like to share, please reach out to me.

•Alastor's father's side of the family:

Alastor's father was non-religious, but grew up with an older sister in a catholic household. My dad's catholic so I'm p certain I can work with this, but again, help is welcome.

•Gay Muslim character that appears later:

I know a decent amount about Islam (more than I do about judiasm and I have jewish family lol) but I'd appreciate some tidbits on writing him since I'm def not Muslim myself and plan on writing a lot about this character's experience with discrimination, going to mosque, daily prayers and duties, and Qur'an lore, specifically relating to angels and armies in the afterlife/end of the world.

•Gang characters:

I'll admit that I'm not well-verses in early 1900's gang etiquette, but it's my hyperfixation rn so this is what's happening.

•Russian Husk:

I have some knowledge of Russian culture (specifically in a historical context) but am also looking for info relating to other east-European countries (such as Germany and Slovakia) since his background is going to have him moving around a lot before coming to the US.

•New Yorkers:

A lot of these characters come from New York (due to immigration, city-backgrounds, entertainment industry, etc.) and I'm p confident in my historical knowledge of the city and state, but fun facts are appreciated nonetheless.

•The Queers:

I'm planning on adding multiple gay/lesbian/bi characters to interact with Alastor's ace-ness to kind of compare to. I know some about old-time gay clubs, but if anybody wants to lmk more about them, I'd love to hear it.

•Tech:

I have no idea how modern tech works, so if I'm gonna write about Alastor starting his radio biz through mechanical work, I think I should know a thing or two about how it works lol

Anyways thanks! Might add more later!

[rius-cave]

What do you think Anthony’s last name, Husk’s name and surname, Lute’s surname and Pentious’ name is?

I need multiple shit about this but I’m just asking the important parts

oougghhh... man...... my least favorite part.... naming....

I honestly wouldn't know LOL

I think they'd have their hazbin names in prison, y'know, like a nickname, but it IS true that they need real names.....

God I'm drawing blanks here. Sorry I can't be of any help with this one either oof lol. I think you can give them whatever names you want, to be honest! Maybe just consider that Angel is italian, Pentious is british, Husk was russian I think? and.. that's about it lol

If anyone has any name suggestions go ahead!

[salatkazorganowplciowych]

letinek draws something no way but uh basically just self indulgent bullshit of what my oc would be in hazbin hotel totally didn't make him mostly for shipping purposes

the following is just what lore i have so far:

♡ full name is grand duke varfolomey (bartholomew) nikolaevich romanov. however most of the time he is just called "duke" or "bates" (nickname given to him in hell)

♡ sinner, though he pretty much deserves to be in heaven because he didn't really do anything wrong besides overindulging in alcohol and sex (but heaven is rigged + he comes from a questionable family)

♡ in hellverse, he was the youngest child (despite being male, he wasn't a first choice heir) and never really received any affection or attention which leads to him seeking it from others...to the point of it being annoying

♡ died in 1917 at 23 during the romanov family execution (the romanov family is a little different in hellverse since instead of the historical figures, they're my characters. however the story remains the same to one from real life history) but unlike everyone else, died of heart attack before he could be executed

♡ had a weak heart in general and still experiences heart issues in hell even though he won't die anymore

♡ personality is sophisticated, anxious, flirty when he wants to be and really fucking depressed. he also rarely ever gets mad, and is really level headed compared to majority of hell. he tries to avoid conflict to the point of often backing out of the slightest quarrel

♡ gender noncomforming cis guy, demiromantic, omnisexual and hypersexual

♡ people pleaser

♡ acts extremely regal and is annoyed because of the animalistic way majority of hell acts

♡ came to the hotel because he wanted a calm place to live but he is honestly too depressed to bother caring about being redeemed

♡ hits on (almost) everyone + is probably a visitor of val's to get rid of his urges but is unaware of how his employees are treated

♡ sir pent pretty much follows him around everywhere which annoys the hell out of him- he also calls him "your majesty"

♡ cat demon (f u r r y) like husk, but he was actually a cat person when alive and didn't hate cats lmao

♡ and regarding husk again he has to legit kick him out of the bar every now and then because otherwise he often gets drunk and then acts like an idiot

♡ insomniac, sometimes has to get himself drunk out of his mind to fall asleep

♡ honestly just needs a hug

♡ kind of broken english since he is russian + he has a heavy af accent

♡ regarding his voice again, he'd probably sound like stolas (helluva boss) but slightly softer and with an accent

♡ obviously isn't allowed to (as of status), but he wishes he could be a part of ars goetia; he is extremely jealous of them since they have the status he used to have

that's what i have so far but just a quick thing of relationships he'd have with the main cast

charlie

"oh, isn't she quite an adorable creature?"

♡ he does like her quite a lot and thinks she's cute, although he finds her amusing and isn't really convinced about the whole redemption ordeal; he only pretends to be all into it to be able to live at the hotel

vaggie

"...maybe put that nasty spear away?"

♡ he thinks she's pretty, but doesn't really like her attitude and whenever she bosses the hotel members around he just goes and locks himself in his room instead of listening to her

alastor

"eugh...he reeks. which is quite a shame, because i cannot deny a certain charm this man possesses..."

♡ disgusted by his lack of hygiene and rather grotesque habits (such as consuming dead deers and cannibalizing other demons), but respects him since he is aware of his powerful status as an overlord

angel dust

"my, my! what a charming lady she is!"

♡ wholeheartedly convinced that angel is a woman, despite everyone trying their best to explain the truth to him. but besides that, he is rather fond of him and is probably the only one to enjoy angel's sex jokes

husk

"banning me from the bar again, huh? how cruel."

♡ has some sort of resentment towards him since he refuses to give him the amount of alcohol he wants...which ultimately is a good thing.

niffty

"cute as a button...however, please stay at least 10 feet away from me. at all times."

♡ to say he is freaked out by her is an understatement. he still treats her with respect, though, and sometimes lets her play with his tail (he has a cat tail <3)

sir pentious

"just so annoying, are you not? please leave me alone."

♡ since pentious has admiration for nobelty, he follows him around most of the time which he finds extremely annoying

and that's what i have so far 🫶

[maxespurr]

request: to fall apart (only for me)

Warning: Smut - 18+ Only - Minors DNI !

Pairing: Wanda Maximoff x Natasha Romanoff

Summary: Natasha thinks that Wanda could do more with her powers, specifically in the bedroom.

Words: 771

A/N: per a request that can be found here.

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"Why not put your magic to better uses?"

Wanda shuddered when Natasha whispered those words in her ear and moved back with a coy smile on her lips. There was no denying the implications that were hidden behind the suggestion.

Natasha's bright green eyes stared right back at Wanda's, twinkling mischievously. The spy continued. "I'll see you tonight?" The redhead idly played with the zipper of Wanda's jeans, knowing fully well that it lit a fire within the brunette.

Wanda swallowed, eyes glued to the plush lips that were mere centimeters from her own, the temptation to close that distance and kiss the other woman hard.

But no.

She couldn't.

They were in the middle of the hallway, and a few feet away was the conference room where Steve and Rhodey were waiting for them for a mission debriefing. If Wanda fell for Natasha's seduction, she'd shove the Russian against the wall and take her right then and there, and she knew that was the other woman's intentions. Natasha loved to tease her, pushing her and taunting her to see if Wanda would ever break, and luckily, Wanda has yet to cave. It didn't mean Natasha didn't receive any form of punishment, it's just that Wanda waited till they were safe and hidden away in Natasha's room before she fucked the redhead senseless and turned her into a whining, moaning mess.

Wanda gingerly cupped Natasha's chin between her thumb and index, the pad of her thumb brushing across the older woman's lower lip. She made sure Natasha saw the fire burning in her ocean-green eyes.

"Tonight," Wanda husked with promise and she smirked at the way the single word caused Natasha to shiver, walking on ahead into the conference room.

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Perhaps Wanda should listen to Natasha's creative ideas more often.

In the dimly lit space that was Natasha's quarters, Wanda had Natasha bent over on all fours on the bed, gripping Natasha's hips firmly so she could bury her favorite strap back into the redhead's dripping pussy. Only this time, with Natasha's suggestion, Wanda used her powers to enhance the phallic toy in a way it functioned like a real cock, throbbing hotly against Natasha's folds. Through the strap, Wanda felt with perfect clarity how wet Natasha was for her. The redhead's pussy clamped and twitched deliciously around her cock that Wanda was absolutely addicted, unable to stop herself from relentlessly thrusting in and out of Natasha, bringing the Russian to multiple orgasms that made her limp and exhausted.

"That's my good girl," Wanda murmured into Natasha's shoulder blade, breath hot against her ear. "But you're not done yet, right? You'll let me fuck you one more time so I can see how beautiful you are when you come undone from my cock, isn't that right?"

"Fuck, Wanda…" Natasha's voice was hoarse from moaning out Wanda's name throughout the course of the multiple orgasms Wanda gave her, but answered the Sokovian by willingly pushed herself back into the enhanced strap, a gravelly moan tearing from her throat at being filled once more.

That was all Wanda needed to bring the Russian over the edge to another violent orgasm, one that brought Wanda to a climax as well.

Wanda collapsed on top of Natasha, panting heavily, both women completely spent yet fulfilled. To Wanda's surprise, Natasha looped her arms around the brunette's middle and pulled herself closer, nuzzling into the crook of Wanda's neck. The gesture was out of place, but Wanda couldn't help the wave of emotion that washed over her as warmth bloomed in her chest. Natasha rarely sought affection after sex on her own accord, and this made her very happy. Wanda gently combed her fingers through silky red locks, murmuring against the crown of Natasha's head.

"I love you."

It was true. To Wanda, Natasha was the most important person in the world. She would do anything for her.

Wanda thought she heard Natasha mumble "me too" but she wasn't sure. She also didn't want to push for confirmation, well aware that Natasha was still trying to get used expressing her emotions verbally, to be honest, to feel, to break away from what the Red Room taught her, and that was something very difficult for the former Widow. However, Wanda was patient, filled with love for Natasha; she'd wait for as long as it took.

So instead, Wanda pulled Natasha even closer to her, kissed the top of her head, and whispered a slew of praises and terms of endearment that pulled out a pleased hum from the other woman, letting the moonlight guide them to dreamland.

[dykefever]

this prompt game is so hot and sexy

there isn't anything sexier than a slender boy with a handgun, a fast car, and a bottle of pills.

i've written rovinsky for you lana you've corrupted me xxx also this one is sooo rovinsky-coded

7. there isn't anything sexier than a slender boy with a handgun, a fast car, and a bottle of pills.

There's a handgun sliding across the dash, vibrating with the heartbeat bass of Kavinsky's music. It's something Russian and Kavinsky mouths along, pupils blown, the occasional streetlight slashing through the windows and cutting his face harsh, sharp. He's too thin, too much, with a junkyard dog grin and the ribs to match.

Ronan can't stop looking at him. It's like when he dreams and there's the breathless moment where he's trying to decide if he's real, if the world is real. He stares at Kavinsky and it feels the same way; like he's going to wake up with something to hide.

Kavinsky reaches over and grips the back of Ronan's neck, squeezes, his ragged nails scraping his skin. "Hold on," he speaks over the music and pulls his hand away.

The car jerks to the right and Ronan's shoulder slams into the car door, heart pounding. The handgun goes sliding and he snatches it off the dash, holding it in his lap. It's cold, greasy in his grip.

He wonders if it's loaded.

He exhales heavily through his mouth and flips open the glove compartment, shoving the gun inside.

"It's not going to spontaneously shoot you," Kavinsky drawls, the car come to a halt in a field with the burnt out husks of cars.

Ronan turns his head. He looks at Kavinsky. He says, "You don't know that."

Kavinsky grins, brutal. A riverbed run dry. His crooked eyetooth hooks over his lip. Ronan shifts in his seat, the leather creaking.

"What the fuck are we doing out here?" he grunts, running a hand over his shorn hair, glancing at Kavinsky. Glancing away. Glancing at him again.

A rattle. In the haunted half-light glow of the dashboard, Kavinsky holds a white prescription bottle.

"We're doing this," he says, voice low. His blonde hair is almost white in the light.

Ronan bites the leather bands at his wrists. They taste of salt, of memories and a home.

He wonders what the skin of Kavinsky's neck tastes like.

He leans forward. He lets Kavinsky place a little white pill on the tip of his tongue, finger pulling at his bottom lip as it falls away.

Swallowing it down, Ronan hooks a hand around Kavinsky's neck and pulls him in.

[villain-in-love]

🌍🌍 for nanbaka again if that's okay? She keeps popping into my thoughts now and then, reminding me of her existence. If she were canon, would probably clap and cheer each time she came on screen/panel I feel like. (@canarycurse)

I’m envying Zero like never before right now. I fucking wish I was just an unknown beast who lives in the forest and eats people instead of having to go to university.

Sorry it took so long, I’m as good as dead right now.

Anyways, it's time for some nonsense:

Fact number one: Apparently, at some point in her life Zero befriended a group of Russian gopniks, who taught her all sorts of weird shit (including but not limited to spitting sunflower seed husk into targets, making DIY petards, doing tricks on pull-up bars and children’s climbing frames, and swearing like a sailor). They found her chilling in an abandoned building and after nearly starting a fight over who’s territory it’s going to be, they all ended up drinking together. These guys were almost like older brothers to her, and she tells stories about them to this day.

Fact number two: I think it’s a given that most of the inmate characters' names are most likely not their real names. Well, Zero doesn’t even have a “real” name. Different people know her under different names that she chose at random when introducing herself throughout her life. Some names were even given to her by other people. She doesn’t get the importance of the singular given name and doesn’t get attached to them. For now she is Zero. It will most likely change again when she gets out of this prison and she will be already called something else after starting to work for Mashiro.

Her Grandma called her Forest Child or Krasa. Among various monsters and witches she was mostly known as Gorica or Chernavka. She also went under such names as Karina, Aleksandra, Ira, Yaroslava, Valeria and many others.

[indoodlingmadness]

This is a comic I made for a Huskerdust AU I'm roleplaying with a friend. We called it the Loser Diaries AU, because the idea is that Nik (human name I chose for Husk, it's short for Nikolai, yes he's a russian immigrant in this AU) and Tony meet when they're human, date for 10 years until Tony eventually, tragically dies from overdose. And then Nik keeps the diary, addressing all the following entries to Tony, as if he's talking to him. They diary (a real google docs file) follows the rest of Nik's life, his sorrows, his career as a professional magician in Vegas, and his eventual fall from grace as he crashes and burns after a messy divorce (it was an awful marriage in the first place and did nothing to help him move on) and sinks deep into his vices.

The last entry in the diary implies that Nik finally had enough, and ended his own life at 67 years old, to meet Tony again. (Threw himself off the tallest casino in vegas.) Nik goes to hell, renames himself Husk because of all the emptiness he feels inside, and never. EVER. Stops looking for Tony. The whole reason he even became an overlord and built the casino was to find him. But he never did. Eventually he had to give it up, or at least try to accept there was a real chance Tony got permanently erased from existance.

Then he meets Angel Dust. God, who does he think he is?? Annoying, disrespectful, impossible bastard of a man. But fuck he does sing good, at least.

So Angel starts working for him part time, with Valentino's approval. They get closer, starting a bit of a relationship. Husk has a million hang ups about Tony, he feels like he's betraying him despite everything. Angel doesn't fully trust Husk because he's an overlord.

Eventually it all boils over and they have a messy fight. Husk had paid to have the diary returned to him from the human world, it was sitting there in his desk the entire time. Angel gets angry, Husk comes clean about Tony. Angel gets even more enraged. Husk leaves him be, and Angel completely trashes his office, finds the diary, and remembers everything. The gambling of the contract only happens after they truly confirm it's them, Nik and Tony behind these new demon forms. And they... they don't live happily ever after, they have a ton of shit to work through. Nik being suicidal and insecure, Tony's sexual trauma and years of abuse. But you know what? At least they're in this shit together. And they wouldn't have it any other way.

[bhikshu]

Can you show me where in the post I defended the Russian invasion?

Sure thing, you empty fucking shell of human inadequacy, you did it here

You notice how at no point do the words “Russia”, “Invasion”, or “Defense” are present in this post? How you at no point make reference to the actual, you know, invasion by Russian forces and the fact that the Ukrainian people are defending themselves from it?

Oh, but you sure do make sure that we know who the real bad guys are!

This is Kremlin propaganda. These are the talking points they harp on and shed crocodile tears over to sway stupid fucking leftists into decrying "NATO imperialism" while their armed forces massacre civilians. You are the modern descendant of That Guy who interjected into every discussion about the War On Terror with "But don't forget that the Arab hates us for our freedom" and "But don't forget about Saddam's WMDs!" and then claims he's not supporting either the invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq, but that he's "just saying".

Also not to put too fine a point on it but

Do you have wet dreams about children being blown apart

Is especially funny because Russia has repeatedly shelled civilian centers and caused this exact scenario. Ukrainians wanting the people who chose those targets to maximize terror and disruption dead is not "But NATO's Afghanistan!" as much as you are desperate for your perverse, retarded worldview to be true.

Anyway, you are a blatant fucking apologist because you are utterly consumed by the fucking worms that live in your brain. You are just another empty, mumbling husk of “Well ACKHSULLY”ism that worships leftist grandstanding in place of bothering to interact with the real world.

Blocked because you deserve a brick to the teeth but this'll have to do.

It is depressing seeing leftist anti-war organizing during the first world war, where it was understood that funneling arms into the hands of reactionaries overseas so they can keep a meatgrinder perpetually churning out money for weapons manufacturers was a bad thing, compared to now where half the leftists on here earnestly believe that the only way we can achieve peace is shipping planeloads of cluster munitions to the Azov Battallion.

At least when this results in Ukraine being NATO’s next Afghanistan and fascist paramilitaries run everything, there won’t be much of a population left for them to pogrom (:

[redladydeath]

A very vague summary of what was in the Hazbin leaks

Last night, part of what compelled me to seek out the leaks was the anxiety of not knowing what was in them and if any of my favorite characters were involved. Thankfully, there was only one huge bomb dropped, and the rest was stuff that we either knew would happen eventually or isn't too big a deal, plot-wise. My goal with this post is to give an extremely vague, factual overview of what was in the leaks so no one else feels compelled to search them out to assuage their own anxieties, or gets caught up in a game of fandom telephone.

The leaks contained...

The reveal of who Alastor got his power from. Includes one song. A mix of stuff that was already confirmed in pre-series content and new information. (Do not click on any B&W animatic clips that include Alastor unless you want to be spoiled)

Sir Pentious’ human backstory (it’s a little unusual, but nothing too wild, don’t worry)

Scenes of Heaven struggling to come to terms with Sir Pentious’ ascension; includes three songs (nothing huge or unexpected)

The introduction of two new Heavenly characters (they seem like they’ll be important, but aren’t anyone mind blowing like God or one of the archangels)

Very brief clips of the Vees trying to use the media to misrepresent the hotel (nothing huge or unexpected)

Various out-of-context storyboard frames and ref sheets

There are also two “leaks” that are confirmed to be fake: one frame of Husk and Angel Dust kissing, and a Russian script exert of Vox preparing to sexually assault Alastor. If you see anyone talking about these as though they’re real, please let them know that they’re not.

Note: The episodes that were subject to this leak are E2, E4, E6, E8. So far, the entirety of E2, ten minutes of E4, a few seconds of E6, and only two contextless frames from E8 are available. There’s still plenty of plot/character stuff that’s yet to be revealed. Hopefully nothing else will leak and we’ll be able to go into the season relatively unspoiled.

[maginxlia]

Starring Nanami, Gojo, Toji And Sukuna Ryomen in How They spend Autumn days with you

Rated PG-13

Contains foul language and Suggestive Themes

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✨Director's Commentary✨ Thank y'all for all the love and support ✨ It's finally getting all chilly and over here in the Southern Wonderland 💖 October is one of my favorite months and I just had to write something about some of my favorite men🍁I hope y'all enjoy these headcanons and I hope y'all enjoying what’s left of October too☺️ As per Usual No pronouns in this ish cause if I got a plate we all eating 🍁I appreciate all the likes, Comments, Requests and Reblogs 💖 I honestly love y'all so much🍁 Please Stay Safe, Healthy and Hydrated 💖Askbox Open 24/7

Nanami Kento

Nanami is a Simple man, as long as he with you he is happy and having a good time

So needless to say when the leaves started turning orange and the wind got a lot cooler he was excited for the new events y'all can do together

This man love it if you decorate the home with fall inspired decor

Those mini pumpkins warms his heart

Raking leaves together as bonding and cuddling together when you both get chilly

Pumpkin patch date where y'all walk hand in hand trying to find three pumpkins that speak to you two

Pumpkin carving with this man is effortless fun experience, if you want he will gut the pumpkins for you

He go for a Traditional Jack o lantern which looks so professional with perfect lines

He want to try all the pumpkin flavor alcoholic beverages with you (He personally love Pumpkin spice White Russians)

Makes the best Apple cider

Roasting and Eating pumpkin seeds while watching spooky films

If you forget your jacket he's draping his around you with no complaints

Hayrides with his warm arms around you as the smell of his cologne gently caress your nose🤤

Baking Halloween theme cookies together and just having a hell of a time

King of the kitchen He loves to try new recipes with you ( Plus Nanami Wears a apron over his dress shirt and slacks, he looks absolutely delicious)

Y'all make Homemade candy and his coworkers is swooning

Cook this man pumpkin bread and his heart is yours forever

Gojo Satoru

Gojo is so excited he could combust

HALLOWEEN INSPIRED PRANKS LETS GOOOOO

He went full apeshit, been planning this shit since Autumn of 2020

He scared the FUCK outta of Nanami with... a fucking Chucky Robot? We don't know how this nigga got his hands on one or who made it but the shit should be a crime

He hired a man of husky and tall stature(Aka Beefcake) to be Michael Myers to scare the fuck outta of you; Dude cornered you (in your home) and had a knife drawn and everything, needless to say your pants was wet and your relationship with your boyfriend was on ground so shaky the shit was crumbling (will try to make it up to you with a vacation to the mountains or buying you something you wanted for a while)

No more pranks (on you at least) Nanami and Megumi I'm sorry but it's over for y'all tho

Not including his horror inducing pranks the best part of the weather getting chilly is the change of his outfits and the fact he will wrap you in his coat while resting his head on yours is 100/100

His cologne goes from Dolce & Gabbana Light blue To Eau D'Aromes By Armani

Can and will buy enough pumpkins that his car trunk is full (He swears it's for pranks, cooking and carving)

Carving pumpkins with this nigga is messy, Pumpkin guts fight will happen and yes he got seeds in your hair

His poor jack o lantern tho, he calls it the Pump-in and it just a pumpkin he carved different genitalia into🙄

Only bring out Pump-in when its very late and the kids are indoors, he's not a deviant.

Needless to say one morning he woke up to seeing poor Pump-in smashed on y'all doorstep and the rumour is it might have been a vengeful Nanami who slaughtered Pump-in (Press F in the chat for respecks)

Will get you two lost deep in a corn maze on purpose just so he give it to you on a pile of corn husks

The man is shameless about it, he will fix your clothes real quick afterwards and magically find the exit of the corn maze

Eats every cookie you bake. those cute little ghost cookies? Yeah he ate em. Pillsbury Halloween inspired cookies? In his tummy. Sweet tooth on dummy thicc

Eats pumpkin pies like he's getting a prize for it

Candy connoisseur, Candy corn and licorice will not be anywhere near his mouth

Type to leap in random leaf piles because he can't contain himself so beware

Fushiguro Toji

It seems the colder it gets the more you see Toji when it's late at night

He says it's because he got local jobs but the fact is that he just love to keep you warm at night

Toji still dresses like it’s warm out and he swears the chilly wind doesn't bother him

Will bitch about you not dressing appropriately for the weather tho

But If you're cold don't fret he keeps his jacket/coat in the trunk of his car and lord when he wrap it around you it smells so good

Really Hate to see his baby cold

Doesn't really care if you decorate the place for autumn but he will compliment you all the same if you do

Let's you pick out the pumpkins

Mans skilled with the blade, let him hollow out the pumpkins for you quick and neat

His Jack o lantern can be considered art, it could make Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Austin Spare gush in amazement

Don't watch horror movies with this nigga tho, he will critique the way weapons are held and how realistic the blood spatters are🤦🏾‍♀️

Also good luck trying to prank this sexy fucker, His assassin skills are sharp and he can sense you boo

Fear factories with him is hilarious tho; Mans got his arm wrapped around you and when someone scare the fuck outta of you this man will just shout so what?? to the person who scared you (Toji needs to cool his fucking ass down fr, they're just actors my dude)

This man secretly buy those giant bags of assorted Halloween candy and eat that shit with the quickness

Secretly love those lil gourds

Toji will meticulously rake y'all lawn of leaves

He will pick you up and toss you into the biggest crunchy leaf pile you ever laid your eyeballs on

Toji appreciate home made cookies but he will still eat the fuck outta of the Pillsbury ones

Ryomen Sukuna

Sukuna can actually enjoy this time of year especially since you're in the picture now

He really like the different types of candy and food that comes hand in hand with October

Yuuji usually plan the cute little activities for y'all since Sukuna can't be trusted on his own

Pumpkin Patch dates with the king of curses is really fucking cute (change my mind)

He will hunt for the biggest and perfect one he can find

Carving pumpkins with him is a pissing contest tho

He wants his Jack o lantern to be the perfect one; since his pumpkins carving skills is on minimum and he using his FUCKING CLAWS..... Lemme tell you Babe that shit is BUSTED but don't tell his ass this because he will be embarrassed and pissed

He's actually proud of his Jack o lantern and if unadulterated massacred pumpkin flesh is your thing then hell yeah it's a fucking masterpiece

Wears a oversized Ralph Lauren Topcoat (Yuuji Wallet is aching) When its too cool out

He claims he doesn't get cold but if he's wearing his coat oml he would love if you get into the coat with him for extra warmth; Lay your head on his chest and he will melt

Pranks on him is a no go, He will fucking rage

Only watch old Stephen King movies with you, Will laugh his ass off when Kathy Bates bust old boy's legs up in misery

Eats candy by the bag

Shit he wants to eat any autumn theme snacks

Cook him pumpkins pies or any food with pumpkin in it and this nigga goin Apeshit

Unfortunately the king of curses is addicted to those fucking Pillsbury Halloween cookies and he will eat boxes of them RAW (I don't think it's below him to not eat poor Poppin fresh Aka the pillsbury doughboy if it was a option)

Sukuna got Yuuji getting chubby with his constant need for sweets

Comments, Likes, Reblogs and Requests is Hella Appreciated and Loved💖 Please don't Steal My Shit

[animefreak1145]

The Irony of Adler and Bell

Call of Duty: Black Ops Analysis of Adler’s Brainwashing

It’s me again. And I’m here with another analysis! This time based solely around Adler. It’s always about Adler. But also Bell.

And this is about the brainwashing of not Bell, but Adler.

We have all had our theories since we first saw Adler getting tortured in the Cinematic Warzone Trailers, shown in Season 3 of COD:BOCW. Our suspicions growing when we see Sus Adler™️ doing what he does best in Season 4 by stealing an important looking chip within the crashed satellite that was taken down. (Also, Hudson, what is wrong with you letting Adler be cleared for a mission when he was just rescued like two weeks ago?!)

And although we did not see him in Season 5, we can all gather that anyone could be potentially brainwashed if you have a certain brand of earpiece. (Woods and Stryker appeared unaffected despite having their own earpieces). So the naive hope and calming words to others that Adler being different and strong is out the window. All it takes is hearing the numbers. What do the numbers mean, Mason?

Besides Bell wasn’t your average run of the mill agent either. An amazing decoder and created codes(I am with the theory that Bell did create the codes for Perseus that we have to decrypt in the game for Operation Chaos and Red Circus) with a brutal close combat skill as well as charming based on how one could talk to everyone and be a social butterfly. Also, able to handle and withstand torture after one hour of leaving Cuba despite previous injuries AND be able to go to Solovetsky/Duga and able to aim and shoot despite having a needle shoved in their eye a few hours earlier.

Bell had crazy skills. Just like Adler does. Bell was brainwashed. So is Adler.

Confirmed with this bundle that will be released. Thank you to @reclaimedbythesea who first found it and pointed it out.

We have the confirmation—the amazing, horrible, war criminal man we all love has become an agent of the man who he swore to chase down and capture/kill for longer than a decade. (Adler said thirteen years in COD:BOCW universe, so 1984 it would be sixteen years. Sheesh. Correct me if I’m wrong. I may be mistaken.) Is it wrong I kinda find it funny? Especially since he did the same thing to Bell—believing it to be necessary. Just as Stitch I’m sure finds it necessary.

It’s just a big brainwash back and forth between these two countries, a race to see who has the most mindless agents on their side in the end. But we’re not focusing on that.

We’re focusing on how Adler’s karma finally caught up to him with all his war crimes. We can infer that he hasn’t just done a cruel action like that to Bell, but to others. “Whatever it takes.” That’s his motto. He’s messed up other’s lives—hundreds, maybe even thousands. The Vietnam War has a deep dirty history, such as the real operation of Fracture Jaw, Operation Ranch Hand with the use of Agent Orange, the Mai(My) Lai Massacre and who knows how many other operations that would/did affect civilians. Not that I would see Adler doing anything like the massacre, but you can’t expect me to not believe that he may have been involved with Agent Orange somewhat? And who knows what other operations and missions he’s done as a CIA agent after the war?

My point is, the man has been gathering karma for awhile. Not just with Bell(I am aware he had his orders in the war, I’m just saying I’m not sure if he feels much guilt about some said orders. Guilt I believe he may has, but I’m not sure it’s a high degree.) Of course, Bell isn’t a saint either. They were willing to kill millions with Perseus after all. A wayyyy higher body count than Adler. And who knows what Bell did with Perseus even before the Greenlight plan? Didn’t seem to mind millions blinking in an eye, so must be pretty cold or delusional about the whole free world killing their country thing. Thank you @yunatheintrovert for this post pointing out and showing a hint of just how not good a person Bell was.

I’m not going to say they deserved what happened to them due to Adler. I feel for Bell. I really do. Just like I can’t say if Adler deserves it for everything—just can’t say that because I’m not at liberty to judge other’s actions and claim what is deserved and undeserved. Leave that to judges.

But now I’m going to point out certain things—other things. Such as what I think to be Adler’s “new” name. At least to those in the Perseus Collective/Stitch.

Do I realize that “Cipher” may just be what this awesome skin is called? Yes. Will I rather ignore it and rant about the name for two ten minutes? Also yes.

On to the analysis!

ci·pher/ˈsīfər/: a secret or disguised way of writing; a code.

This first definition is what we can all gather of what the numbers represent—the code and simultaneously the key of brainwashing others in earpieces with just a certain order of number together.

Stitch and co. used said numbers on Adler, so why not call him Cipher? The Code? Funny, cause he killed Bell—the Decoder. Maybe Bell would’ve helped him out if he didn’t kill them.

Another hammer to the irony of between these two.

But no. The name gets better. Second definition!

ci·pher /ˈsīfər/: a person or thing of no importance, especially a person who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own.

PAHAHAHAHAHA! *clears throat* Now, this, this is what I think Stitch calls some true vengeance. Not only did he get to torture the man who did the same to him before, but made Adler a shadow of who he was before. A husk. Nothing really there. “Whatever it takes” indeed but for the opposite side now—a puppet with numbers for strings. Stitch did a good job in naming Cipher—I mean Adler. We don’t even know how far Adler shall go now, will the CIA have to kill him or will they be able to recondition him when/if they capture him? Will he even be the same? Nope.

Why do I find that definition funny? Well, I think Adler had a multitude of reasons for naming Bell, Bell. Just like Stitch did with Adler. And not just the obvious reasons of him ringing the bell at them to condition them as he was torturing/brainwashing them(we love Pavlov!). Let’s get the first definition out the way.

bell /bel/: a hollow object, typically made of metal and having the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, typically by means of a clapper inside.

I wonder if anyone knows where I’m going with this or I’m starting to seem like a madwoman.

I’m going to ask you guys to focus on the word, “hollow” for me. Hollow, as in not filled. There’s something in the bell alright, but it doesn’t do enough to fill out the hole does it? Like Cipher is now made a husk. Bell was made hollow—only a little bit filled with the little memory they got back before they were killed(maybe they weren’t, let’s just go with it for now). Or perhaps just a bit filled with false memories of Vietnam, of camaraderie. I doubt Stitch did anything like that.

Also, Bell is just an instrument for someone else to play. Play the right tune, and the Russian agent will do anything for you. Right, Adler?

Cipher is the puppet, just doing what he’s told when they give the orders. No will or thought. Just how Stitch likes it.

I’m not done yet! Second definition!

bell /bel/: a. A stroke on a hollow metal instrument to mark the hour.

b. The time indicated by the striking of this instrument, divided into half hours.

Another play on words of Bell being struck(jabbed with needles) to do what needs to be done. But it also represents the limited time that Bell has. Bell needs to help to stop Perseus and quick, Adler will make them go faster if needed by putting the highest dosage as possible without killing them to accomplish it. Or maybe it’s also a representation that Bell does actually have limited time left—Park did say MK—Ultra will be hard on the body physically and mentally. Perhaps MK-Ultra was slowly killing us and Adler just decided to give us a mercy kill while he was at it as he “tied up our strings.”( @cryinginthebackseat does point this out in their Adler/Bell story, go check it out!)

Let’s focus on the instrument thing again though, but back to Cipher. The third definition!

ci·pher /ˈsīfər/ : a continuous sounding of an organ pipe, caused by a mechanical defect.

Oh man. Sounds like Adler is being played like an instrument too, continuously due to all the numbers and how the numbers can be everywhere if one is in the armed forces since they all use earpieces. Interesting shape too, a pipe. Long and thin and has two holes, a beginning and an end but which one is the top or the bottom? The beginning and the end? We don’t know how far Adler will go like this—as Cipher. It will eventually come to a point, where something squeezes within the pipe and manages to get out. Maybe. Or maybe Adler is just forever defected, like the definition suggests.

Not quite Adler anymore and just Cipher.

Just like Bell will always just be Bell. The other self practically gone.

It seems these two will always somehow reflect and affect one another, whether one is dead or not.

I swear I love Adler, so don’t mind some of my dark humor about him and this situation he’s in. It is pretty funny. At least to me. Stitch is funny. And petty.

Hope you guys enjoyed!

@salvija @smokeywhalee @quizzyisdone @efingart @samatedeansbroccoli @weirdoartist21 @tr1ppylady