#so him hearing Vanessa wasn’t even born in the 90s

[chloesimaginationthings]

Michael Afton is so fucking old in FNAF..

[yourapple56-blog]

I’ve been very sad today.  That’s because I’ve come to the conclusion that Armie won't be back to Hollywood.  Too much time has passed and ppl are not invested in the truth, at least not right now.

Show business  is a much different place now than it was like, back in the 1990s, maybe even 2000s.  Being a weird, kinky person (think Angelina Jolie in the 90s with her blood oath wedding to Billy Bob Thornton) and/or a controversial person (think Marilyn Manson back in the day, or Madonna back in the day) is simply not acceptable now.  We live in a time where ppl want you to be perfect and squeeky clean no matter what.  Even rappers now seem to be very very careful in how they present themselves these days.   

We went from a society that was beginning to be open about BDSM (50 Shades of Grey, anyone?) to a society that doesn't want to see or hear it.  We went from a society that was cool with Woody Allen’s relationship with Soon Ye Previn to a society that sees the relationship as tantamount to incest!  We went from a society where Rob Lowe was able to make a comeback even after spending time with a 16 year old young lady in Arkansas ( age of consent in that state then was 14-and I’m not condoning this ) where he would now be #metoo’d!

I honestly don't even know if most Armie haters truly believe the allegations against him, as they just love to see him suffer! They believed obviously faked DMs with impunity! They just don't like the fact that this straight white cis male from a wealthy background was able to go to Hollywood and make his dreams come true and they have to go to Patreon to beg for money to get their creative endeavors done ( nothing wrong with Patreon, BTW )!  

I think the times have changed, and not for the better.  We live in a world now where immaturity reigns!  Yesterday’s blockbuster movies like Lawerence of Arabia make way for today’s blockbusters like Wonder Woman! We want everyone to be perfect like we did with our Mommy and Daddy!  We no longer use phrases like ‘gourmet food connoisseur’ or ‘petite,’ we now use phrases like ‘foodie’ and ‘fun size’ in their place! 

I really hurt for Armie.  I wish he was born much earlier than 1986 ( maybe 1965 or 1931) where he could have been a brat packer in 80s Hollywood or a heartthrob in the same vein as his hero-Paul Newman in 50s Hollywood and beyond!

I do think, however, that Armie will be OK.  I actually think he’ll be great! I do see him as a phoenix that rises above the ashes-just not in Hollywood in particular or acting in general.  I see him as a businessman and a philanthropist! 

I could be wrong-I am very open to that possibility.  Hey, I thought that Mel Gibson was finished-and he wasn't!  I thought Vanessa Williams was finished-and she wasn't! So, I am not ruling out a comeback completely.  I am coming from a place where I believe that Hollywood is a full of shit hypocritical place that caters to various fandoms that have gotten more dysfunctional and entitled throughout the years.  There is literally a TMFU Tumblr that has replaced Armie’s face as Illya with an unknown nondescript model on her site-I kid you not!  There are many other examples like the psychotic Star Wars fans that hate George Lucas and see his creation as theirs!!

Well, I just had to vent I suppose.  I would love for you guys to tell me what you think.

If you think I’m wrong-convince me! 

Please convince me...

I’m always here :D

Take care.

[thecrownnet]

Josh O’Connor may best be known for this breakthrough role in 2017’s God’s Own Country but the Southampton-born actor has been cultivating a catalog of great film and television performances for years. From The Riot Club and The Program in film and Doctor Who, Peaky Blinders, Ripper Street and The Durrells on TV, O’Connor has built a resume that made him the perfect choice to play the most challenging role of his career, Prince Charles in season three of Netflix’s The Crown. O’Connor play the Prince of Wales at a turning point in the would be king’s life, from the early years of his relationship with Camilla Bowles (the Diana years will show up in season four) to the daunting task of figuring out how to lead the commonwealth when the time comes.

I caught up with two-time BIFA winning actor to talk about God’s Own Country, his role in The Crown, what he likes and doesn’t like about biopics and playing real people and Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There.

I wanted to start by talking with you about God’s Own Country, which quickly became a cornerstone of queer cinema, and I think took off in a way most people weren’t expecting. Can you tell me a little bit the impact working on that film had for you?

It was a kind of monumental moment for me and I think a big moment for queer cinema and insofar as it was kind of a gay love story that we hadn’t seen before, you know, in terms of one that ended with hope and one that told a kind of positive story. It was something maybe we’d seen before, but, it’s rare and people were obviously hungry for that. And so it touched many people and I feel like it’s rare that your project gets to have that effect on people. So it was a kind of, it was a huge moment for me. In terms of kind of career wise also just as a creative, as an actor, I think it was a moment of realization about technique and how I want to work. It built a process, which I still use the basis of now. And so yeah, it was really impactful for me.

I love that. Earlier this year you had Emma., how was it stepping into Mr. Elton’s shoes?

(laughs) It was very different than anything I’ve done before. I’ve never done comedy before. Autumn de Wilde, who is an exceptionally talented director, came in and it was very clear she wanted a kind of Peter Cook-esque Mr Elton and we’ve talked about him having a sort of darker side, which we touch on in the film. I think it was real, I loved it, it was kind of getting to stretch my muscles, my comedic muscles I suppose. And yeah, it was a real treat and it’s a lovely, beautiful ensemble film.

Diving into The Crown, had you watched the first two seasons of the show to help inform you of the style or approach to the series?

Yes, I had. I’d seen the first two and I’m very good friends with Vanessa Kirby who played Margaret so, I initially watched it as a kind of support for my friends, but then absolutely, obviously got hooked and I think the first two series’ are exceptional. Claire Foy is kind of spellbinding, Matt Smith I think is extraordinary as Philip, and often sort of, it’s underplayed how brilliant he was. I absolutely loved it and then be a part of this group of actors who I totally adore and look up to, you know, the likes of Tobias Menzies, to go from Matthew is extraordinary, and Olivia Colman and Helena Bonham Carter, you know, these are all people that I aspire to so it’s been a real treat.

What were the main sources and figuring out who Prince Charles is on a personal level?

Well, I think there were a few things to kind of brought out the personal, but initially when I started with Charles, I spent so much time watching footage of him, or hearing recordings of him from the period. After a while I got to the point where I was like, actually, I don’t know that this has helped. It certainly isn’t helping me get any closer to the character and certainly isn’t getting close to who Charles really is behind closed doors. And so I sort of threw all that out the window. The thing that got me there more than anything was something that Peter Morgan had written, which is I think episode eight of series three. Charles described his life as being like he as being like a character in Dangling Man. He says, the character is a working class blue collar guy from Chicago and he’s waiting to be drafted to go to war and he actually wants to be drafted because it’ll give his life meaning, even though it means that they’ll go to a certain death.

And the idea that Charles, Prince Charles is this young boy who’s actually waiting for his own mother to die in order for his life to take meaning, I just thought that was a kind of, it locked into a sort of tragic narrative of this young boy that is so rare and an extraordinary. So that was the kind of, that was the crux of it.

When you’re playing somebody that is so well known, how do you strike the balance between impression and interpretation and what do you think you brought to Prince Charles?

Yeah, that’s such a good question. It’s a question I don’t know the answer to, yet. The best way to, for me, in my personal view of it as an audience member, is that I never enjoy seeing in any kind of biopic or whenever I see an actor playing a real person, I find it very difficult to watch and actor to do something really exactly like the person.

I don’t know why. I think it becomes too much like an impression. And what I always loved is that there was a great film called I’m Not There, which is about Bob Dylan. And so it was like eight or nine actors playing Dylan at different stages in his life and not just different stages but playing different aspects of his personality. So Cate Blanchett, plays the kind of more recognizable Dylan, which is the sort of public eye Dylan, you had Heath Ledger playing the kind of rock and roll Dylan, you had a young actor [Marcus Carl Franklin] playing the Woody Guthrie influenced Bob Dylan. So you had all these different actors, all totally different and most of them looked nothing like and resembled him in no way. And I remember that was the most powerful representation of Dylan I’ve seen or of anyone I’ve seen and I thought when I’m playing Prince Charles there’s no point in me spending all this time trying to get his voice and trying to look like him and walk like him.

Those things will happen naturally. And I think, you know, it’s good to have little aspects and little notes that people feel safe and comfortable in the knowledge secure that you are playing Prince Charles. But as soon as you can get rid of those, the earlier you can get rid of those, the the more interesting and the more adaptive that character is, the more influential that character can be. And as I say, it’s more interesting seeing Josh play Prince Charles than it is seeing just seeing Prince Charles.

I love that example of I’m Not There. It’s a brilliant movie and it is such a great way to bring an audience into a character without feeling like you’re just watching video footage.

Exactly. Because there’s documentary. We also undersell the brilliant art form that is documentary, which I absolutely adore it. There’s nothing better than watching old footage of Charles. I love it. But it’s not the same. I want to see an actor play and Claire Foy is a great example. I should stop rambling but Claire Foy is a great example of an actress who plays the queen so stupendously everyone in the world sat up right when they watched Claire and Matt Smith in series one and two. And it wasn’t because there was, ‘Oh my God,’ she looked and speaks exactly like the queen at that age. Most of us don’t know what the queen looked like at that age and it sounded like at that age because there wasn’t very much TV. So actually all we’re looking at is an incredible performance of the character. And I think I remember watching Claire and Matt and thinking ‘let’s focus on that.’ Let’s not try and play Prince Charles, let’s try and play the character.

Again, that’s a perfect example that makes perfect sense. There’s a turning point in the series when Charles, as the Prince of Wales, has to learn to speak Welsh. Did you know any Welsh or was this something new for you as well?

I mean, I certainly knew no Welsh. I’d never spoken a word of Welsh in my life a lot. I’d heard the language. One of the most kind of influential or most magical moments from when I was in grammar school was I heard an old recording of Dylan Thomas reading Under Milk Wood and was a beautiful radio play that he wrote and it was and poetical and beautiful and Dylan speaks it in this kind of like raucous Welsh voice. It’s like, mind blowing, and it was a kind of really special moment. So that combined with the fact that I love Wales the country, I felt very great affinity for the Welsh language. But as I said, I had no idea. So it’s very much, it was very much kind of like Charles’ feelings about having to learn it. There were muffs the same as mine and we went through a long process of learning everything. And yeah, I mean it’s great. I still know the speech now, but I don’t know what it means.

Which brings us right to that monumental episode where you have to give the speech for his investiture. Tell me about that sequence, which I think is just extraordinary in this series.

It’s a beautifully written episode. It has so much significance because it’s about Charles stepping up and becoming an adult. To me it was the thing that convinced me to take the role in the first place. I suddenly realized this as a young man who is, in my in recent history, is kind of known as a bit of a wally [British slang for ineffectual or foolish]. He goes around and talks about the environment, which of course we all know he was right. In the 80s and 90s he was considered a bit of a buffoon. And then there’s the Diana years and the thing that got me and took and basically convinced me to take the role was I suddenly realized he’s a lost boy and the investiture episode is him taking that lost boy and going, ‘No, I’m going to own this and I’m going to become a man.’

Jumping off that a bit, what do you think was the most misunderstood thing about Charles from this period of his life?

I think sort of the misunderstood thing of most of the Royal families, is that they had some perfect childhood. I mean, in terms of financially, they probably had a pretty great childhood, but I think terms of relationships to parents, relationships to siblings, they’re just like anyone else. I mean, they’re difficult. They have their ups and their downs. He was a lost boy but a lost boy with the knowledge that he was going to have to at some point lead, be the king, the reign of England, of the Commonwealth of this huge empire and we now know, it’s taken an entire lifetime and he still isn’t the King.

I think that’s the biggest thing that hopefully people have taken. There’s been a great response within people calling out and saying they feel great sorrow for Charles now. So hopefully that’s what they’ll take.

In looking forward to the future of your career, do you have a dream role in mind that you’d like to play?

I don’t know actually. It’s one of these questions that so hard because I’m always surprised when I say something quick and then a script will come through with a totally original role and there’s nothing better than a new script and a role that you’ve never thought of. It grabs me. But I suppose there are plenty of performances I’ve always kind of aspired to like Daniel Day-Lewis has played and those kind of fully formed characters or Tom Hanks. Those are the kinds of roles that you dream of. In terms of theater it’s easy because everyone wants to play Richard II or Hamlet. I’ve always wanted to play Richard II, so one day hopefully I’ll be able to do that. But beyond that, certainly the dream is to keep getting to play new characters and work with great directors.

All seasons of The Crown, including S3 where Josh O’Connor appears, are streaming exclusively on Netflix.

[happyk44]

1-100 all

ONE HUNDRED FUCKING QUESTIONS

1.. what is you middle name?

Marie.

2. how old are you?

A number.

3. what is your birthday?

April 25th

4. what is your zodiac sign?

Taurus.

5. what is your favorite color?

BLUE.

6. what’s your lucky number?

Fuck, I don’t have my sheet in front of me rn but I’m confident there’s a 3 somewhere among it.

7. do you have any pets?

3 cats: Turbo (mine), Olive (my sister), Daisy (mom and dad)

8. where are you from?

BERMUDA.

9. how tall are you?

5 foot 2 and a quarter

10. what shoe size are you?

8 ½

11. how many pairs of shoes do you own?

Currently?? 3. Sneakers, slip-ons (which I don’t wear now that the ground is wet all the time) and boots.

12. what was your last dream about?

Idk.

13. what talents do you have?

Idk again. Writing seems to be up there.

14. are you psychic in any way?

No.

15. favorite song?

Changes all the time but currently? Way Down Hadestown, Rewrite the Stars, This Is Me, The Greatest Show, Epic (Part 3), Chant, Riptide, Take Me to Church.

16. favorite movie?

Power Rangers

17. who would be your ideal partner?

Uh, idk. Someone who likes to cuddle, doesn’t mind being affectionate but can give space when needed and doesn’t let me fall back on my own shit. Someone who can make me smile just by thinking about them. Someone who I can talk to about the stuff I enjoy and who will talk about the stuff they like, even if they’re not common interests.

18. do you want children?

Not really.

19. do you want a church wedding?

No.

20. are you religious?

No, but my dad wishes (and probably thinks) I am.

21. have you ever been to the hospital?

YEP! Gotta love asthma attacks and chronic sickness :P

Also occassional visits to my papa (rip) when my granny would go on vacation and placed him in the hospital’s care for brief times because of his dementia.

22. have you ever got in trouble with the law?

Nope.

23. have you ever met any celebrities?

None that I’m aware of.

24. baths or showers?

Showers.

25. what color socks are you wearing?

Black.

26. have you ever been famous?

Nope.

27. would you like to be a big celebrity?

Mmm, not really. All that attention seems terrifying. But like, if I could be, celebrity enough that I’m well-known among people and get good wages doing whatever, then yes.

28. what type of music do you like?

All kinds. I have aversions to stuff that picks at my ears wrong or makes my heart beat too fast, though, so a lot of hard metal and soca wind up being out.

29. have you ever been skinny dipping?

Yes. I was a toddler. Clothing means nothing when you’re a baby and live in a hot-ass humid climate.

30. how many pillows do you sleep with?

3

31. what position do you usually sleep in?

On my side or on my stomach. I’ve been trying to sleep on my back lately though.

32. how big is your house?

Small.

33. what do you typically have for breakfast?

Cereal.

34. have you ever fired a gun?

To my knowledge, yes.

35. have you ever tried archery?

Yes.

36. favorite clean word?

Shiz :D

37. favorite swear word?

Fuck.

38. what’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep?

29ish hours? I stayed up one day to chat with a person who lived in Australia, wound up having to go to the store with my mom around 8 to get school clothes and crashed when we got back home about noon/one o’clock.

Though this month should raise that up higher given I have to be up for my exams starting at 9, stay up to catch my early morning flight the next day and stay up to catch my transfer flight and then keep staying up so I don’t crash through dinner and wake up at like one in the morning, like someone with jet lag. (Bermuda and Halifax are literally in the same time zone, I cannot do this to myself)

39. do you have any scars?

Yes. It stretches shortly on my forearm. I got it from an iron burn when I was about 12, I think?

40. have you ever had a secret admirer?

I think so?? If that’s what you’d call whoever keeps sending me those really sweet anons. :D

41. are you a good liar?

Sometimes.

42. are you a good judge of character?

I’d like to think so.

43. can you do any other accents other than your own?

I can do a semi-decent Irish/Scottish accent from my years of obsessively watching Ronan Inish and a thicker, more prominent Bermudian accent, like what my granny or teachers would have.

44. do you have a strong accent?

I don’t personally think I have an accent. My mom is deaf, my dad is American and the kids and family I grew up around never really used the thick version of a Bermudian accent. 

45. what is your favorite accent?

I don’t know. I don’t think I have one? Mostly other accents are just the way people talk and if anything,  just amuse me. Like for example, my friend’s Bahamian accent kills me, especially when she starts chatting with her friends from Nassau and their accents start rolling out super thick to the point where you gotta really pay attention to zero in on their words.

But, in Bermuda you’re taught by literally anyone so accents are just?? a thing that exist. I don’t have a favourite.

46. what is your personality type?

MBTI wise, a split between INTJ & INTP. Other types? IDK.

47. what is your most expensive piece of clothing?

PFT, prolly my shoes? I don’t really buy clothes. Though if my cousin’s coat no longer fits by the time the cold really hits and I need to use it, it’ll probably be a winter coat.

48. can you curl your tongue?

Yes.

49. are you an innie or an outie?

Innie

50. left or right handed?

Right handed.

51. are you scared of spiders?

Small spiders? No.

Giant spiders? Yes.

Weird looking spiders? Only if they’re too close to me.

52. favorite food?

Pineapple pizza. Apple spice cake too, I guess??

53. favorite foreign food?

Chinese, please and thank you, hit me up with that sweet and sour chicken.

54. are you a clean or messy person?

I try to be clean but depression and lack of energy makes it difficult. But I keep myself as organized as I possibly can and use procrastination to keep stuff as well-put as I can.

55. most used phrased?

I don’t even know.

56. most used word?

I also do not know.

57. how long does it take for you to get ready?

Pft, 7 to 15 minutes to shower on average (depends on if I’m washing my hair or not), fives minutes for face and teeth, five minutes to dress and like three hours to actually get up to get ready. :P

58. do you have much of an ego?

I try very hard not to.

59. do you suck or bite lollipops?

Suck.

60. do you talk to yourself?

I used to when I was younger. Still do sometimes.

61. do you sing to yourself?

I used to and then I realized that a) my self-improvised songs are terrible and b) I can’t sing.

62. are you a good singer?

My mom is deaf. My dad has hearing difficulties. My papa’s singing voice is a wail and my granny’s is shrill sadness.

I was not born into this world a lucky man.

63. biggest fear?

Demon clowns. Dying alone. Being alone forever. Not getting to say the things I want to say to people. That I’ll crash and burn before I graduate or sometime soon after.

64. are you a gossip?

No.

65. best dramatic movie you’ve seen?

I dunno. The most dramatic movies I can remember tend to be war films based on true stories and I normally check out during that kind of stuff because thinking about the horrors of history and the fact that people suffered and died at the hands of people who still objectively exists freaks me out, sends me into a pit of misery until I combust within myself.

66. do you like long or short hair?

No preference for other people, short hair preference for myself. Currently, I’m growing it out so my friend can braid it then I’m gonna chop it back off when I get home in May.

67. can you name all 50 states of america?

If an American can’t do that, then what makes you think me, a Bermudian who’s only concern with the US is how it will affect me and my country and literally was over-relieved when I got dropped from a US history class, would ever know that.

Case in point, I spent most of my childhood assuming New Jersey was a city and only found out it wasn’t last year.

68. favorite school subject?

Accounting.

69. extrovert or introvert?

Introvert.

70. have you ever been scuba diving?

No.

71. what makes you nervous?

Life.

72. are you scared of the dark?

Depends.

73. do you correct people when they make mistakes?

Sometimes. It really depends on the person and the situation.

74. are you ticklish?

Yes.

75. have you ever started a rumor?

No.

76. have you ever been in a position of authority?

No.

77. have you ever drank underage?

Unfortunately, I have? but not anything serious. Just a few sips I didn’t want to take three times throughout my life.

78. have you ever done drugs?

Aside from my prescribed and despite my friends’ best efforts, no.

79. who was your first real crush?

Vanessa Hudgens and whoever that boy who played Freddie from iCarly was.

80. how many piercings do you have?

None.

81. can you roll your rs?“

Yes!

82. how fast can you type?

Who knows??

83. how fast can you run?

I can’t.

84. what color is your hair?

Dark brown with a bunch of purple & pink in it.

85. what color is your eyes?

Brown.

86. what are you allergic to?

Severely allergic to dust mites and extremely irritated by pollen and highly perfumed scents. Which, as far as I’m concerned, means I’m allergic to the damn air.

87. do you keep a journal?

Used to. Don’t anymore.

88. what do your parents do?

My dad is an electrician. He does freelance work for people building houses on-island and my mom is a records management administrator at my bank.

89. do you like your age?

I guess?

90. what makes you angry?

Lots of things. I’m very prone to anger. It’s why the Hulk/Bruce Banner was my favourite superhero as a kid and still is.

91. do you like your own name?

Yes! I do actually really like my name, which sucks because sometimes I get upset or uncomfortable when people refer to me by it and why I like it when people call me Jay, but otherwise my birth name is just beautiful and I don’t think I’d ever be able to give it up.

That being said, I super love the name Jay and when I finally move out of my house and away from Bermuda, I want to try using it more socially rather than just online.

92. have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they?

I don’t want babies.

93. do you want a boy a girl for a child?

Neither. I want another cat.

94. what are you strengths?

I write well, I can speak well and my pale as fuck skin doesn’t let people realize I’m mixed race so, like my friends point out, I get to skirt around the world, practically invisible and I like to work.

95. what are your weaknesses?

Procrastination, tendency to misery over small mistakes, tendency to blow up small things into large problems, tendency to feel abandoned by people who are not abandoning me, inability to properly fall asleep when I feel a lack of affection and touch in my life, inability to listen to people when they ramble on about things I don’t care about, inability to be upfront with how I feel towards my friends and how I feel they’re treating me, etc, etc, etc.

96. how did you get your name?

With my birthname, my mom picked it out from a book, I think?

With my preferred name,I was reading a book about a trans man called “I Am J” and when I got prompted about my name by a friend online, the name just popped into my head, felt immediately right and I used it and connected to it right away.

97. were your ancestors royalty?

I mean I doubt it but I WILL NEVER KNOW.

My mom is black! My dad is adopted! HOWEVER, FINDING OUT ANY ANYTHING ABOUT HER ANCESTRY IS MY MOM’S NUMBER ONE GOAL AND BELIEVE ME, ONCE SHE LEARNS THAT, I WILL LET Y’ALL KNOW.

98. do you have any scars?

Hasn’t this already been asked?

99. color of your bedspread?

Blue and white.

100. color of your room?

Dull green.

[pluckyredhead]

Daredevil 101: Last Rites

Last time on Daredevil 101, Matt returned to New York, regained his memory and as much of his mental health as he ever has, and reconciled with Foggy. Now he turns his attention to the next big item on his agenda: taking down the Kingpin once and for all. Also, Nocenti is gone and our new creative team is D.G. Chichester, who is honestly all over the place in terms of writing, and Lee Weeks, who is pretty good but was slightly “A girl??? Reading comics??? My word!” to me at NYCC a couple years back so meh.

CONTENT WARNING: Dubcon and...fraudulent mental health practices, I guess is the best way to describe it? And Matt is the perpetrator of both. Seriously, it’s disturbing.

Anyway, Nelson & Murdock isn’t quite back in business yet, but Matt and Foggy are working hard on getting Matt’s license back:

I cannot explain why Foggy looks weirdly sinister in that first panel OR why Matt is wearing a turtleneck, but I do like seeing him with a cross. This might be the first time we’ve seen him wear one.

Meanwhile, Fisk has decided to add a more legitimate revenue stream to his criminal empire and build a media conglomerate. One of his major investors is a group from Texas, represented by a ridiculous cowboy stereotype named Strang:

Uh oh, looks like Strang is more than just a rural stooge!

Fisk’s broadcast empire, btw, is basically Fox News - all inflammatory conservative talking heads stoking racial prejudice. This comic is 25 years old but not much has changed outside of car phone technology.

Meanwhile basically all Typhoid does these days is perch on Fisk’s desk sexily, which is an infuriating comedown for a villain who nearly destroyed Matt on her own, and I don’t even like Typhoid.

Oh, and Frank shows up for a bit with his rad 90s sweatband (YES):

guys that’s really gay

More importantly, Matt manages to track down Karen, who now has a job...well, it’s not clear if she works for a nonprofit or what, but whatever she does, it’s dedicated to taking down the porn industry:

(I should note here that while there are feminist arguments in favor of porn, Karen is responding to the porn industry of a quarter century ago and one that she was coerced into thanks to her dependency on drugs. She’s not trying to shut down indie feminist porn but the creepy trench coat peep show stuff of the 80s and 90s.)

Anyway Matt goes on about how Mary meant nothing to him, nothing - and also did Karen cut her hair, he can’t hear it moving around her shoulders and he always liked it...? At which point Karen absolutely lets him have it:

Karen is by no means ready to forgive Matt, but she agrees to slowly - slowly - start socializing platonically with him again.

Meanwhile, Matt launches his grand plan: trolling the Kingpin into madness. No, seriously:

Matt needles Fisk a bunch, then pulls out a picture of Vanessa that he somehow magically knows Fisk keeps in his desk drawer and gives it to him to remind him of how far he’s fallen:

How did Matt know what that was a picture of? It could have been the picture that came with the frame. It could have been a picture of a butt. “REMEMBER THIS BUTT, WILSON.”

In between moves in this very silly game of chess, Matt more takes tentative steps towards reconciliation with Karen:

I love Karen’s jacket and her short haircut and her not having any of Matt’s bullshit, I love it all so much. Karen!

Meanwhile, he and Foggy are still working on that license:

1. Foggy needs better self esteem. YOU ARE JUST AS GOOD A LAWYER AS MATT, BABY.

2. Matt affectionately full-naming Foggy is everything.

3. This is how they relax. WHAT A PAIR OF NERDS.

4. Right, so here’s the kicker: Matt knows that if he wants to take out Fisk, he needs to take out his support systems first - and one of Fisk’s biggest supports right now is Typhoid. So he’s laying the groundwork here to do just that, in possibly the most fucked up way possible, and using an unwitting Foggy to do so. MATT NO.

With his paperwork all planned out, he confronts Typhoid, more aggressively than he’s ever done before:

Yeah, so this is all really explicit: Matt is domming here instead of subbing, and Typhoid’s completely thrown by it. Like, the BDSM aspect wasn’t subtle in the Nocenti run, but it’s completely textual now.

Eventually Typhoid goes with it, and we fade to black, and cut to...

Yeah, so apparently their lovemaking was so tender or whatever that Typhoid turned back into Mary in the middle of it, which means she doesn’t have her powers at the moment. Because men domming is romantic and women domming is kinky and evil, I don’t fucking know. This is gross, and coercive, and makes my skin crawl.

But Matt didn’t just do this to get a happy, no; he has also forged papers that show grounds for forcibly committing Mary, and snuck them onto the desks of several mental health and law enforcement types, so that Mary wakes up to a nightmare scenario:

A sobbing Mary is forced into a straightjacket and, well, that’s about all we see of her for a good few years.

I just. This is so upsetting on a number of levels:

1. The female villain is undone by sex, of course.

2. Matt basically uses aggressive sex to defeat a villain - and since Mary is a separate personality who is unaware of Typhoid, she never consented to this.

3. Obviously Mary is not well and should be given medical care and prevented from harming others, but FORGING HER PAPERS AND HAVING STRANGERS BREAK INTO HER APARTMENT AND FORCE HER INTO A STRAIGHTJACKET WHILE SHE’S NAKED???

4. He’s straight up trying to date Karen in the middle of all of this.

5. I’m still mad that he made Foggy an unwitting, nonconsensual party to this.

At least (?) Matt’s pretty devastated by the choices he felt he had to make:

(I think that’s supposed to be vomit on the floor, not pee.)

Back to Fisk! Well, back to Strang, actually, who turns out to be not what he seemed:

Yeah, so Strang is Hydra. And I gotta say, reading about a bunch of Texas millionaires who are secretly Nazis using a corrupt New York City businessman to gain power and manipulate the media with an incendiary right wing platform was really, really unsettling in 2017.

There’s a lot of malarkey in here with Nick Fury and SHIELD, but basically Fury knows about Hydra’s involvement in Fisk’s enterprises but his hands are tied, so he leaks it to Matt to let Daredevil do his dirty work. Matt knows he’s being used but he wants to take Fisk down, so he brings his information to a federal prosecutor, since local law enforcement and politics are paid off by Fisk:

Daredevil starts spreading the word on the street that Fisk is being manipulated by Hydra. This weakens Fisk’s reputation, but also exposes Hydra, who decide to attack Fisk straight out. And while Fisk has big meaty hands and a lot of lackeys, Hydra has, like, helicopters and shit:

Fisk’s office is still in ruins when the federal prosecutor comes after him:

And Fisk is dragged into a lengthy trial exposing not just his dealings with Hydra, but all of his criminal activity, despite his insisting that he’s a legitimate businessman. Matt cranks up the trolling, sensing that Fisk is on the verge of a rage-breakdown:

MATT U TROLL

But Fisk has an ace in the hole, because of course he does. I kind of glossed over this when I covered Born Again, but at one point Fisk attempted to kill Matt by knocking him out and placing him in a cab which he then had thrown in the river to make it look like Matt had gone on a blind joy ride that ended badly. Well, the cab driver in question was in the trunk of that cab, and Fisk made sure to have a nice solid frame for Matt’s involvement in his death, too:

Fisk had the billy club with Matt’s fingerprints and the cabbie’s blood stored away in a locker at Port Authority (the city’s main bus terminal), and he goes to pick it up - but Matt already knows about this bit of “evidence,” and he’s ready to confront Fisk:

They fight. It doesn’t go well for Fisk:

The fight rages all over Port Authority (which looks much the same 25 years later, funnily enough), but finally Fisk breaks, mentally and physically, and Matt gets something like a catharsis:

Fisk manages to scurry away and basically goes feral for a while, slowly gaining power among the street people of New York (yes, really). Matt gets his license back, a favor to Daredevil from the federal prosecutor, and Nelson & Murdock is reborn.

...Aaand a few issues later he’ll have a nervous breakdown and fake his death again, but hey. It was nice while it lasted!

[itsmatina864-blog]

The Baby 4

Nicole

We spent the day in the immigrations office  talking about everything and everything. They asked questions about where we was from and why are we here I don’t know what Waverly was telling them but I knew she was saying the right things I could feel it.

“ Well since you father is Canadian and your Mother American you really don’t have to do anything but bring in a copy of your daughters medical records and birth certificate. And how everything here looks you are ok. She automatically gets citizenship because she is so young, but as far as your fiance goes she has 90 days to get everything in order it's better that you marry her before the 90 days are up they don’t know how long you have been engaged, but you didn’t hear that from me.” he said Standing  

I said a polite goodbye and me and Brit made our way out to the hall where I saw Waverly sitting waiting for us. She was looking through the book as she waited.

“Hey how did it go?” she asked as we walked up.

“It went fine he told me because I was born to an American mother and a Canadian father I have dual citizenship and I don’t have to do anything but they took a copy of Brit’s birth certificate and health records.” I say

“Well it’s a good thing we got all that before Purgatory turned into a lake.” She said  running her hand through her hair.

“Yeah he said heard heard about that and said that he was sorry about our loss.” I handed her Brit’s file.

“We’re really doing? this this is going to be our home for now.” Waverly said as we walked out to the car.

“ Yeah I have to come back to have the test and everything.” Waverly said as I put Brit in the seat base.

“We should get married.” I say quickly.

“Why, I mean I have no issue with marrying you that’s what i want but why so early?” She asks.

“You wouldn't have to go through nearly as much as you have to go through now. You only have 90 days before they send you back if we get married all we would have to do is put up with the home visit and you would take a test on me to make sure your not lieing.” I say looking through the little booklet that the man slipped in Brit’s bag.

“So if we get married say next month they would set up a home visit and a family history test?” Waverly asked.

“Yeah I mean it's more than that but far less than what they are asking for now, have been together for a year you know all about my family and I know all about yours with everything I learned in Purgatory I can go all they way back to when Wyatt’s family first came over from England. I doubt they will ask me all that but I know about you and your family and you can say the same for me.” I say pulling out onto the main road.

Waverly sat back and thought about it for a moment before speaking.

“I want a big wedding on our anniversary ok.” She said.

“There is nothing wrong with that.” I say before hitting the bluetooth button  t call my mom.

“Hey Nicole it’s good you called your dear old mother after you said you would call on Sunday.” Mom said into the phone.

I could hear the smile in her voice.

“I know mom I’m sorry we just had a big day with Brit on Saturday we kinda just laid around all day yesterday and catched up on some rest.” I say.

“How is my granddaughter?” She asked

“She’s fine she’s sleeping right now.”

“And Waverly?”

Mom just fell in love with Waverly and Brit the moment she laid eyes on them.

“I’m Fine Mrs Haught.” Waverly says laughing.

“Oh honey I told you it’s mom.” she said

“Hi Mom.” Waverly said smiling.

“Mom I was calling to tell you that Me and Waverly are getting married next month.” I say

“Oh Nicole I was wondering when you was going to marry her, you have been talking about this mystery girl for years since you moved back to Canada And now this I’m so glad.” She says really loud.

Waverly looks at me with a raised brow and I blushed.

“Anyway mom we are getting married next month nothing big we can't afford that right now but I would love for you and daddy to be there maybe Vanessa and Luke too. The big wedding will be next year when we can afford it.” I say.

“Oh this is great My pastor does same sex weddings all the time, I’m sure he would love to do yours. We can have a nice dinner after at the house and we will be more than happy to watch Brit while you two take that weekend to have a weekend at the Bellagio. It's not much but your Father and I will pay for it.” She says

“Look at that mom has it all planed out.” I say laughing.

“I have been waiting forever for my baby girl to get married you bet I can come up with things on the fly.” She said

“OK mom we will get together tomorrow for dinner and talk about it ok?” I say.

“Ok Nic, have you eaten yet?” She asked

“We are Heading to Vanessa’s now for lunch now.” I say.

“Ok good. I will see you tomorrow.”

“See you tomorrow Mom.” Both Waverly and I say.

I ended the call and looked over at Waverly.

“I knew I was meant to meet you something in my gut told me that I was going to meet you. So to stop mom from trying to set me up I told her that I was with you. I never gave her any names just that we was together.” I say answering her questioning eyes.

“You was very sure of yourself.” She says.

“Yep I knew you couldn’t resist the Haught charm.” I say pulling into the parking lot.

“Oh we will see about that tonight.” Waverly said as I turned off the car.

“What No that's not fair.” I say as she climbed out.

She just laughed and closed the door  before opening the back door and getting Brit’s baby bag.I climbed out and got Brit before following Waverly into the restaurant. We picked a table that was away from the windows so the sun wouldn’t bother Brit, I noticed that she really wasn’t too happy about the sun being on her while she was sleeping and it was a good thing that I had tinted windows in the SUV because she would have a fit in the car if she fell to sleep.

“I’ll let Vanessa that you're here what can I get you to drink?” The waitress asked giving Nicole starry eyes.

“I rolled my eyes.

“I’ll take a ice tea with lemon.” I said

“Yea,is there anything I can get you Nicole?” She asked not even writing down my order.

“You can start by sending someone else over here to take our order, you don’t disrespect my fiance like you just did.” She said giving her a hard look.

“Go away now.” Nicole said when she didn’t move.

She huffed and walked off but not before she gave me a evil look and I matched her’s with my own.

“Stop it now Nicole said as a boy no older than 17 came over and took our orders. He walked away and I turned back to Nicole.

“Anyway I was thinking when we get home we put Brit down for a little nap  and  watch something romantic Before I cook us a nice little dinner and we can see how well that Haught charm works.” She says  running her hand up my arm.

“Ha I wish Vanessa would flirt like that with me now.” Luke said coming over and sitting down.

“I would if you wasn’t so loud about it.” Vanessa said walking over with our drinks.

“What brings you here?” She asked sitting down.

“We was at immigrations all morning and I asked Nicole this morning to bring me here for lunch.” Waverly says taking Brit out her seat.

She started to burrow her face in Waverly’s chest and rute at if as if she was looking for food.

“That’s new.” I say

“Yeah it is she has never been interested in breastfeeding before” Waverly said

“And you never lactated before either.” I said pointing at her shirt.

“Oh my god.” Waverly said

“Come on we will go to my office I have a few shirts in there, and we look to be the same size in bras.” Vanessa said  helping waverly to the back.

I sighed Brit was making a lot of strange things happen and I didn't know how to make her control them. She was only one month old I don't think there is anything I can do at this very moment.I looked up to see one of the workers walking past with a bag with a box inside and headed back to Vanessa’s office. I was about to stand to find out what was going on when the busboy walked over.

“Vanessa told me to tell you everything was ok and that you should eat you lunch.” He said smiling.

My food was placed in front of me but all I could do was look back  at the door they went thru that lead to Vanessa’s office. I picked at my food no longer hungry and very nervous.

“Look it's fine just a little breastfeeding mishap I have learned that when women have babies strange things happen to their bodies.” Luke said patting my arm.

I couldn’t very well tell him that Waverly wasn’t the one to have Brit. Wynonna went out on a lim telling the doctors that she was Waverly Earp just so her name would be on the birth certificate as the mother along with me she went as far as saying she had blue contacts in just to keep up the fact that Waverly was the mother. Purgatory was far more advanced than people would like to think the little town to be.

I picked up of piece of grilled chicken and put it into my mouth. Luck started to talk about what he heard from mom.

“Yeah that’s one of the reasons I came here I wanted to ask you two to come to the wedding. Right now we can't afford anything bigger that what we are going to have but next year we will have a nice pig one with all the family.” I say

“OK all done and everything is fine, Waverly’s body just had a delayed reaction to breastfeeding it’s not common but it does happen.” Vanessa said as they came back to the table.

“Don’t forget you can freeze the milk your body is going to make more than Brit can drink and that way you won’t be wasting any.” She says putting the bag with the box down next to the table.

“I have to get back in the back put to answer the question you was going to ask Yes I will be happy to come to your little wedding mom talks way to much too fast.” She said and we all laugh

They left us to enjoy our lunch and I just couldn’t help but look at Waverly.I was about to say something when her phone rung and she fished it out.

“Hey Wynonna!” she said putting the phone on speaker.

‘Hey babygirl what are you doing?’ she asked

“Having lunch at Nicole's sister’s restaurant.” She says.

‘I’m just outside Vegas by an hour or so what’s your address?’ Wynonna asked

Waverly gave her the address.

‘Hey can you get me something to eat  I just want to get there eat and fall into bed.’ She says.

“Sure thing What do you want?” I ask

‘I’ve been craving one of those veggie burger things that Waverly is always eating with some firse and a nice glass of whiskey.’ She says

“Ok I can make that happen.” I say looking at the menu.

‘Ok see you in about an hour or two.’ Wynonna says

After we was off the phone I waved the water over and ordered a veggie burger plate to go. Daddy made sure I had a bottle of whiskey in the house for down time as he says. I payed the bill and we gather our things.

“What’s in the bag?” I asked as weg got in the SUV.

“It's a pump so I can….”

“I know what a pump is for, this is just getting strange.” I say

“Yeah it is I didn’t think it was possible.” Waverly says

It didn't take us long before we got back to the house and put Brit down for a nap. Waverly went to put the pump away and put the bottle in the fridge. I was sitting on the couch when she came into the room.

“Come here.” I say softly holding out my hand for her.

I pulled her into my lap and started kissing her.

“Nope Not going to work Haught you have to do better than a few little kisses.” She says as I kiss down her neck.

I watched as she tiredly ate her meal as Waverly went to make sure her room was ready.

“How was it getting over the border?” I ask setting a glass of whiskey down next to her.

“ It was easy they didn't ask me anything and I'm glad I don't need anymore questions.” She said

I shook my head and went over to the fridge and pulled out a cold beer.

“Waverly started lactating so we have a pump if you needed to do that.” I say pointing at her chest.

“Oh come on really?!”Wynonna said looking down at the wet spots on her shirt.

I don’t really know what to do with Wynonna or Waverly I’m the youngest of 6 kids I don’t know anything about pumping or breastfeeding but I did have magic and maybe I could help that way.

“Hold still.” I say putting my hands on her chest.

“Nicole?” She asked looking down at my hands.

“Hush.”

My hands started to glow a deep gold color before pulling back.

“That Hurt!” Wynonna said covering her chest with her hands.

“Yea well you won’t be making anymore milk now.”

“I was wondering why you was feeling up my sister.” Waverly said walking into the room.

“She just needed a little help that's all, by the way your looking really good Wynonna.” I say winking at her.

She let out a laugh and went back to eating her food. When she saw that Waverly was holding Brit she pushed everything away and held out her hands for her.

“Hey little monster I hear you're the reason that our home town is now a lake.” she said looking down at her.

Brit let out a coo and smiled up at Wynonna I stood up to go and get dinner ready  while Waverly an Wynonna sat and talked.  

It was almost October and the season was changing or as much as they could in Nevada we had a wedding to get ready for and immigrations to dig into our lives. Wynonna was here but for only god knows how long and Waverly was surely not going to let her get away they have already spent too much time apart as it is.

My family was already looking at me to keep Luke and Vanessa together and god knows why they are splitting up but I can't be the one to try and fix everything, I have a super natural baby to deal with on top of my own abilities.

“Nicole!?”

I jump and turn around.

“So you was just going to wait til the last minute to tell me you was marrying my sister next month?” Wynonna said

“What no we just came up with that today.” I say as I started to cook.

Wynonna let out a chuckle and went back to playing with Brit I went back to cooking and soon felt Waverly put her head on my back making me turn around.

“I wanted to tell you that I want to take you to bed and let you have your way with me, Maybe have a romatic bath before that.” she said running her fingers through my hair.

“That is the best idea for after family time.” I say pulling her into a kiss

“Hey watch it you’re going to scare her for life.” Wynonna says kissing Brit’s head