#spactacular

[payidaresque]

Julie Andrews as Victoria Grant / Count Victor Grazinski in ✶ Victor/Victoria (1982)

[kelyghtbooks]

A friend of mine drew Yurt! He came out looking adorable!

[devourmygoodintentions]

Geuss who just got top surgeary baby!!!

[lilybug-02]

THE CREATURE!!! 😈❤️‍🔥🍞

b r e a d

@lilybug-02 :)

[melkyt]

Hero!Luffy and a Villain!Law

Luffy who is new on the scene, saving people left and right cause he feels like it, no concept of the system. No concept of the rules heroes have to follow and that they have to answer to the goverment. Its like if the world goverment tried to make him a warlord instead of an emperor in an attempt to control him and are failing in a spactacular fashion. Still they control the news and twist his actions to be on their side

Law never had a chance to be on the hero payroll. His power is valuable and dangerous, but not in a way where it matters if he is conscious. He has been on the run since childhood, hates heroes, and everything world government.

There is a big catastrophic attack, Luffy is there, probably somehow involved in it. Whoever attacked hurt his friends, got way too close to those he loves and the place he calls home. Luffy absolutely fucking up the man, crashing onto the street right where Law is, who is just there helping people.

Law swearing that he is going to have to deal with a goody two shoes Hero.

Then Luffy speaks, something along the lines of 'i will make you suffer, i will destroy everything you got' Luffy listing threats and smiling all the while.

Law *smitten* at the creative description of violence. He looks into Luffy from the meeting, and every recording on the underground is Luffy being savage to anyone who crosses him. Not killing but destroying them to the core. It only happens to be that he has taken out villains so far, but Law digs far enough to see shit the WG covered.

Luffy taking out officials, and every big hero that try to recruit him. Law is now obsessed. Though wonders if Luffy made some deal with the WG. Thats the only explaination why Luffy is still a 'hero'.

He decides to take that risk anyway, and approach the younger man. Coming up with intricate plans to convince Luffy to join him.

Inviting the 'hero' to get lunch in a public place, using his cover as a doctor, thats not much of a cover if anyone thinks about it for give seconds in the usual Law fashion.

Luffy has no idea who he is, ordering the whole menu.

Law sighing, and explaining that he needs help taking out an asshole.

Luffy says yeah, sure, whatever, before Law even finishes that its Doffy and is in the WG.

Luffy shrugs and says he'll do it on tv if Law wants, he bored with being a hero anyway and was gonna destroy the main WG guy eventually anyway.

Law, already smitten, is gone.

Cute and gunho about anarchy? Yeah, yeah, he is in love.

Luffy, on the other hand, is just chilling, not careing. They split ways. Law leaves with the note that he will get in touch. This conversation is recorded since it's a public place.

Which lands Luffy in hot water, not like he cares. Yet instead of targetting him, they target his family, his brothers.

Ace not having the protection of being a hero, but also not a villain. Vigilante that sometimes causes shit but mostly stays under the radar because of Luffy's status.

They arrest him, and equivalent of marineford follows.

Law is the one who helps Luffy out of the situation, helping Ace hide away, and treating the fire user with his power.

Which is what gets Luffy to really look at Law, something he hasnt done. People give him food and ask him for help all the time but someone giving him the same? Rare.

Luffy crashing in Law's apartment while they have to lay low. Usually he would be bored and itching to go fight and fuck up his enemies, two minutes into staying in one place.

Here he watches Law, all the little things, memorizing what the man likes and who he is. In that intense way Luffy used to study people pre-timeskip to decide if they were worthy of being friends. Its a kind of unblinking stare that radiates power and bothers most people.

Yet Law is unbothered, growing up around villains, with Doffy and dealing with men like Kaido. He is used to it.

Which only gets Luffy more fascinated. Law is different than most people. He has that thing Luffy looks for in friends, with the added bonus of approaching him first.

Law falls first, Luffy falls harder. And ofc immediately acts on it in true Luffy fashion "You're my boyfriend now"

Law no hesitation is just "Okay"

They get caught kissing on camera and that is what makes Luffy a villain lol. Everything else can be covered up, but a third gen hero, colluding with a villain.

With Law, who has been a thorn in the WG since he was born as he is a result of some superpower experiment and his blood holds some big secret, some formula they lost and need. Luffy should be capturing him, not fucking around xd

They ofc dont care, take out Doffy and topple the system and are a menace in general.

[xxxpression]

Spactacular Indy Sub

[patrothestupid]

Poof! I teleport you into Croatian lime stone cave where you may encounter a spectacular olm.

Damn that was so spactacular, I wish you could have seen that olm ! x)

[nerds-yearbook]

Marvel's first entry into the Direct Comic Market was Dazzler 1#. DC comic's first Direct Market comic was Superboy Spactacular 1, with a cover date of March, 1980. The issue was mostly made up of stories reprinted from Superboy 67, 78, 79, 83, and 88. ("The Origin of Superboy's Costume", "The Dreams of Doom", Life on Krypton!", "The One-Man Team!", "The Three Secret Indentities of Superboy", "The Man Who Destroyed Krypton", "The Puzzle of the Disappearing Pitcher!" Superboy Spectacular 1, DC Comic Event)

[10holmes]

So, I just binge-watched

The Sandman.

(Disclaimer: I have not read the source material (yet) but intend to. I'm merely talking about the TV show and what I read the stories and characters and their relationship and gender identity as)

Alright, so first things first: The first episode and intro immediately got me hooked! And that is saying something because not many shows achieve that

I'm often forcing myself to continue through them because I've heard the show's overall good or I saw gif sets of a later point and really want to get there...

But this was not at all the same here. The sandman definitely is one of the few shows that immediately grabbed my attention and held onto it tightly (so much so that I finished the whole season in one sitting... uuups) - God-tier show right there!

Next: The costume design, the overall setting and scenery, the animations and visual effects, the camera movement angles and lighting effects and just the composition and overall aesthetic of this show was magnificent!!!!

It just left me gaping at my screen because it was done so beautifully and felt so real and palpable! Good stuff and definitely 100% immersive!

(Aside from that one diner episode where my attention shortly drifted... but hey it was late and I'm currently feeling a little under the weather sooo forgive me...)

Now, on to the story. I loved the progression of it all and the continous build-up of suspense, as well as the way all episodes connected but also stood well individually, and that there was always room left to wonder and play detective trying to figure out what was going on, how the characters were related, and also what the characters true personality and goals and intentions are!

Especially the Nightmare wanting to be a dream was so nicely done, the way the viewer was told they were or had to be bad and up to no good, but then the first point of doubt occurred knowing that they were actually helping so how could they be bad?! In the same way there was one episode that really made me question whether Morpheus wasn't going to be the overall villain after all.

I really like this kind of story telling where you can't yet be sure who's really good and well-meaning and whose devious... And, speaking of which, in any way I liked, how the show made it clear that everyone had a reason for everything they did, even or especially for the bad stuff, and that they were ALL flawed and morally gray and not clearly good or evil. (Aside from Death my love and icon, who's 100% perfect and could do no wrong)

Damn I really dig that play with unclearly-cut morality so hard!!!

Then, let's go in to the individual characters and relationships.

As I already hinted at, Death my beloved, you are utterly gorgeous and have my heart!

Morpheus, the definition of broody, black-haired, blue-eyed male character my 25-year-old same as my past 14-year-old self still swoon and droll over. (OMG that deep voice!!! Please spare my ovaries!)

Johanna Constantine (or Clara Oswald? Hello is that you?) - just a female badass, spactacular, so hot and gorgeous it was not the hell fire that made me fan myself during that epsiode. And I want to be held at dagger point by her as well please!

The Fates - I couldn't have wished for better representation of these three almighty goddesses! So well done! (Nothing against Hercules, but what the fck Disney?!)

The biggest shout-out goes to Desire and Lucifer - my personal enby icons!!! Seriously, these two are non-binary to me, I have not read the source material yet and I'm only referring to the show, but please if I'm wrong let me bath in that amazing feeling of nonbinary represantation a moment longer!

They are both so beautiful and like, imagine what a power move it would be to make Lucifer enby because they're a freaking angel and angels don't abide to "human" laws anyway and as celestial primordial beings why would they adhere to a construct such as gender anyway? Yeah Lucifer is nonbinary. You can't change my mind.

Now, I don't know how to say this and hope this does read like I intend it to. You know how in most new "popular" Netflix productions they make sure to finally include queer characters and then it's basically just one or two and it feels a bit forced and like they only did it for morality points like "look here, we're now diverse and LGBTQ inclusive!" but it just feels a little off and overall lacking or stereotypical...?

With The Sandman, the queerness felt right. Just right. Natural. It was just there and belonged there and that's it. It got the same attention and note the het pairings or allusions did and wasn't shown as something special or new. It just was.

And I loved that so much. Because that's what good representation is supposed to look like. Not pointing with a neon sign at it but letting it appear normal and natural and unquestionable within the narrative. It's just there. Period. 🙏🏼🌈

Talking about pairings... Another thing I liked is how this show allows for so many pairings and ships right from the start!!!

Seriously when episode 1 rolled in I thought this was going to be an enemies to lovers arc between Morpheus and the Corinthian.

(still would read it as such and ship them...)

Then we moved over to Johanna Constantine being introduced and fuuuuuuck the chemistry between her and Morpheus was insane!!!! Being stuck in BL hell for such a long time I thought a het couple (other then Zutara and Lokane or Beefleaf (if you stretch it) ) would not do it for me ever again. But Morphanna might just have given me new kicks and writing juices for a het couple (no I have definitely not already scoured AO3 for fics for them).

Also you can easily make it a throuple if we reverse Rachel's tragic untimely passing (I'm still crying over here... That shit really hurt... ) 🌈❤️ and why not add Hob Gadling to the mix as well and it's a lovely polycule 😍👌🏼(though I personally read Morpheus and him as platonic first and then maybe later developing into romantic love (season 2?) but somehwere on the asexual and aromantic spectrum)

Also what in the ever loving fck was that??!!

I don't know if shipping them would count as incest seeing that they are siblings but holy freaking moly that was one spicy scene.... (that did definitely not give me several day dreams and WIP ideas and the urge to read fic for that ship...)

So now, how to finish this super long-ass post that somewhat escalated... Well, as you may have noticed I really was overwhelmed by this amazing show and am currently developing a new hyperfixation that hopefully won't interfere with my ongoing XueXiao and VegasPete brainrot... So yeah, let's see how it goes from here^^

I swear, I forgot a shit ton of other stuff I wanted to say and add (I mean I could write an essay alone on Lucifer and Death and Morphanna...), but let's leave it at that for now^^

Again Disclaimer: This was written with only my TV show understanding of the characters and relationships if its wildly off of canon then so be it.

[onmymasa22]

More for my wedding:

I want to buy my mom and his mom perfume and engrave it. Perfume for me and him. Gold guilded mirror for entrance table with script writing. My trauma response is fawn

I dont want to be living in my parents house when im 30. I want to just be happy. I want to just be ok. Ive traveled, ive lived with best friends. Ive done everything id ever want to do. I have lived a spactacular life

Heres my rule things:

Cooking stuff is u can use whatever u want just wash it after

Food is if u eat it, tell me so i can get more, i like cooking with and for ppl and eating with ppl

Clothes is u can borrow whatever but tell me so i know where it is, and whether to tell u to be extra careful with it or no.

Im pretty chill, i dont really get angry. I like people. I like cleaning. And i treat roommates like family, and yah.

Pizza buffet

Ice cream sunday bar

Wine bar

I am a great person. Im awesome. Im one of the best pppl anyone can ever meet. I can kindof be on the side as a person, being nice as a person on the side. One of my favprite compliments i got was yah, i temember u, u were the nicest person there.

Socially, im an anyone anytime kinda person

[beecampbell]

Tragic: man who looks expectantly at everyone around him every single time he plays kinda niche 2000s music to see if anyone praises him for his spactacular taste only has 2 people out of the 200 he invited on Facebook confirming they will be at his birthday.

[stoneantler]

I love when people say things like "this character deserves better than to be with that character," bc sure, whatever, maybe that's true but what if I want to see two mediocre people in spactacular love. Or better yet, an amazing person with a crusty purse dog of a spouse who bites everyone and smells weird? What if that's exactly the dynamic I need?

[chiefcomputergladiator]

Professional Sabrage Sparkling Wine Personal Sabrage Wedding Sabrage Spactacular Sommelier FISAR Catering Sabrage Wedding Planner Sabrage Event Planner Sabrage Private Sabrage Events

[nicholasbritel]

She’s so talented I bet she’ll have a Tony and an Emmy by the end of the decade and I think she and Rachel Ziegler were easily 2 of the best things about West Side Story she also has a lot of charisma and should host the Tonys annually.

i agree, she and rachel were spactacular. i really hope to see her thrive as she deserves, she's got such a lovely energy about her. i haven't watched the tonys when she hosted but i saw a few clips and she was amazing. really hope to see her in some new musical soon

[pedallingthepyrrhicpindus]

Day 3 - Smixi to Konitsa

The sun is shining. The view is stunning. John has been cleaning his chain since 6.00. We leave early. And straight up the long hill we came down last night. The views are amazing.

For a day billed as mostly downhill, there is a great deal of uphill.

Coffee in a pretty town square sets us up for the day.

The landscape is jaw dropping. Beautiful forests. Serpentine roads. Myriad hairpins. How to show you when you can't take a hand from the handlebars at 50km an hour hurtling downhill, braking for the next hairpin desperately hoping the cables don't fail.

There’s a moment when we all stop to watch a grpup of large dogs herding a flock of sheep. The sun is shining, They are on the grassy slope or a long mountain valley. The sheep are wearing bells. Time stops. The dogs and sheep are walking on at a relaxed pace. Bells ringing. It is so relaxed. And relaxing. We could have stayed for hours....

Not much further on, at the top of a particularly large climb, we reflect on a couple of dramatic changes in performance in the team and the probable cause.

Alcohol John is back to the climbing form we have come to expect. This is clearly down to his claimed reduction in alcohol intake. Martin too had a go at abstinence but couldn't hold out til the trip, which certainly explains his improved performance compared to last year. He may well have achieved the fastest time up some of the hills - on his electric bike.

Love Andy, by contrast, is a changed man. He is deep in love, which is truly wonderful to see. But this seems to have injured his knee, his back and his mental resilience. The poor man is suffering badly. But we've never seen him happier.

Life's swings and roundabouts.

We arrive at Konitsa and a small contingent of us carry on towards Albania for a bonus loop. Lightning flashes and thunder echoing down the valley. Light showers and one heavy one.Then sunshine again. The weather really has been unpredictable. The landscape has been consistently extraordinary.

Over this year and last, we have cycled the length of mainland Greece - from Nafpaktos to Albania. Up the Pindus - the spine of Greece. Really some of the most spactacular scenery we have seen.

We finish exhausted, low on fuel, but happy to have made it. Lovely hotel. And more food than we can eat at supper - with a proper royalist of a proprietor.

112km. 2000m climbed  2,700m descent

[trashendence]

got a not-so-happy anon about this the other day and was going to leave it at that because i couldn’t care less but my ‘eddie doesn’t remember’ fire is thriving today so.

because- this does not completely rule out the possibility of an in-depth Conversation about the shooting. buck remembers - i bet he would like to remember a little less about that day, actually - and wouldn’t it be spactacular to have the shooting (and then the lightning strike) retold by the half of buddie who was just standing there, doing nothing to protect the other? plus, memories can be triggered and this show has played with memory loss caused by trauma before (both in a call and with chimney, who actually remembered everything about his accident).

9-1-1 is also great with the long-lasting effects of trauma. stuff that happened in season 2/3 is back to bite them now - bobby’s family dying in s1 was just brought up the other day, in the year of the lady 2023 !!! -.

so yeah, do with that what you want ig.

i’m just gonna say it. eddie does not remember realizing he’s in love with buck.

“i remember falling and everything got dark. and i thought ‘this is it. this is the last moment of my life’. then i woke up in the hospital.”

he does not remember reaching for buck or asking him if he’s hurt, or even looking at buck and thinking he was the very last thing he was seeing. the very last thing he wanted to see. he does not remember and his trauma is keeping it all locked up. that’s why he started having panic attacks exactly when ana started playing house with him and chris, right after the shooting; she was standing where buck should have been and eddie knew - deep down, in his heart - something was wrong, but couldn’t quite figure out what it was.