#story: ssm

[shrowdly]

THIS IS BIRTH IN REVERSE, THIS IS SACRED

[queen-mabs-revenge]

Something inside me snaps. And I feel myself becoming a nightmare, too. I don't hold back against these abominations. I hate this, but I can't stop. If I stop, the Demon Bear wins. But I finally feel free. Maybe it's because I know this stone in my chest has opened a doorway to my dreams. It's not every day you get to see if you can beat the snot out of the Avengers… and not have any consequences.

Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4

[clonerightsenthusiast]

i woke up in the middle of the night and then when i tried to go back to sleep i couldnt bc i was thinking too hard about harry osborn and that REALLY set the tone for the rest of my day

[kaisludge]

managed to get anesidora from a 10 pull, honestly pretty happy about it

[lavendergalactic]

U USE MODS WHAQT?!?????

ONE OF US ONE OF US ‼️‼️‼️ /hj

yessss i did it so i can fix sumeru's pale ass skin problem look :3

even though i dont own them all it's REALLY nice seeing them in the story quests like that, it's like a breath of fresh air 😭

i also got some mods that cover up my fav girliess who i think were showing way too much skin

also melanin raiden really fits my headcanon of her being half filo half japanese i love that model ssm

i alsso got more melanin for these fellas because i just love melanin impact

i should have done this sooner ngl!!!!!!!!!!! i feel so much better playing the game now

[something-in-the-seas]

"Kratos, Mimir, and Angrboda are going to leave Midgard because Atreus will need their help against enemy gods-" okay, but consider that Kratos, Mimir, and Angrboda are gonna leave Midgard to seek out Atreus because they need his help.

Think about what Kratos said before Atreus left: "we survived today because your choices. Who to trust. Who to call friend. Son, you are ready."

I'm not saying that Kratos saving Atreus from the next Big Bad wouldn't be a good story, but it just feels too predictable and not what SSM is setting up. Kratos sees his son as an equal now. By the time Atreus comes back, he's going to be a young adult. Atreus immediately getting captured by the next pantheon (mostly seen this with the Egyptian pantheon which... the series has established they're not really like that) and needing his dad to go rescue him just feels kinda lame. It also kinda proves Kratos' old viewpoint right.

I think it'd be a perfect bookend for their relationship if it was Kratos coming to Atreus for help, especially when their whole tension in Ragnarök was about Atreus wanting to protect Kratos (and them both hiding the truth from each other). I think when Kratos is inevitably at his lowest point, he's going to need Atreus to raise him up. Everyone will need the hope and light Atreus brings.

And I think that lowest point is going to be Tyr dying. Listen, I love him, but Valhalla gave him so many subtle death flags: him wanting Kratos to take his position as God of War, him helping Kratos find peace and enlightenment, the overall Jesus vibes... I think he's going to heroically sacrifice himself when fighting the next Big Bad and ascend to the Higher Plane of Existence.

[oliveroctavius]

What would be the top ten Harry Osborn that isn't the green goblin stories?

I read this ask and went "ten? Really?", sure I couldn't even come up with ten arcs he had a notable part in. (It's one of the tragedies of Harry Osborn's life that the moments when he's trying to kill his best friend are some of the only times when he has Peter's full attention.)

But then I sat down to write the list and they just kept falling out of my pockets. Not ranked, but in in-universe chronology order:

A childhood flashback. "Nice Things", from Amazing Spider-Man Extra #3. I love this Norman characterization.

Giant-Size Gwen Stacy. High school Harry as Gwen's sidekick... I adore the little friend trio that exists only here.

Obligatory Spider-Man: Blue mention. If you're okay with the background characters truly being in the background, you can also read the non-TLDR'ed version in ASM (1963) #39-47.

Also obligatory ASM #96-98. If people know one thing about silver age Harry, it's the scandalous drug overdose thing. Would be great if they read the actual plotline.

Everyone's read The Night Gwen Stacy Died... so I'll skip ahead to ASM #176-180. Technically he IS the Goblin for a bit during this one, but it belongs here for the finale. Start with ASM #172 for full context, including Liz's side of things.

SSM #63. Getting Harry's house burned down is really not Peter's best moment and that's kind of why I'm putting it on this list.

ASM #260-261, 263: The highest-octane entry in the saga of Hobgoblins harassing the Allan-Osborns. Plus, Normie is born!

"A Matter of Trust", from Amazing Spider-Man Family #4. An exploration of Harry's return in Brand New Day.

"Birthday Boy", from Amazing Spider-Man Extra #1. Short and sweet story about the Peter/Harry friendship.

ASM (2015) #12-15. Rare Slott endorsement. Harry and the ladies bust a supervillain, Peter punches Tony Stark in front of Miles...

As a bonus, the backup story about the Coffee Bean at the end of Amazing Spider-Man Presents: American Son #1. (Ignore the main story, I know he gets shot on the page before the story break, just, don't worry about it, he's fine.)

I'll also drop a handful of underrated bits from the Harryliz era: ASM #188, ASM#249-251, SSM #130, SSM #177... These are more background appearances, but ones that I consider to have solid characterization and/or make up important dots in his overall arc.

[stupidrant]

at the end of the day i trust ssm on this, but i'll only accept sigyn (loki's other wife in the myths) if 1. that's angrboda's nickname or 2. another pretty black girl who then becomes angie's number one bestie. guess who just listened to brandy ft. monica - the boy is mine and started think of this LOL.

ok i have a few things to say abt this. 1) From what ive seen in the past year, i think the topic of sigyn is unfortunately sensitive in this situation due to the way the fandom treats angrboda and kinda uses sigyn as a “hopeful” replacement against her or want them in a love triangle (and so far, nobody wants that).

Ive recently seen someone make a rant abt how media constantly merges sigyn with angrboda and i respect that rant but this is in terms of the game ONLY. Game development is a much different process than film/TV. And i feel like putting her in would just make things complicated for the development, story, and potentially for atreus and angrboda’s relationship UNLESS its another name for angrboda (which i think most of us agree this is likely) or theyre in a poly relationship (honestly dont want that lol) i dont think we’re gonna see her in the next game due to this and the fact theres not any pointers towards her in the near future (if ever).

2) dont do that. Please. 😭 yall might think im just spewing shit but i can tell you this right now as a black girl myself, this is not healthy way of thinking! I know it is amazing to have representation with those that look like you or are in a similar position as you but theres a high chance youre gonna get disappointed (or maybe not bcuz again, we dont know what theyll do) if shes not black. This can lead to setting yourself up, feeling “betrayed” and or getting jealous off anyone that doesnt necessarily look like you and i can assure you, you do not want to deal with that. This creates a HUGE insecurity issue within that shouldnt be present! know at the end of the day this is a game but i see stuff like this even with celebrities and 10/10 it ends up badly.

3) obviously i do not mind if shes black or another POC. I saw some ppl say they would like that trend of atreus have POC love interests and that would be nice but idrk whats gonna happen 😭 I do believe the giants will be very mixed as this was confirmed by sms and i wish so badly to see how theyd look!

[simplysparrow14]

Some Things That I Want / Some Predictions In The Atreus Spin Off Game* (In no particular Order)

*Please note that there had not been an offical announcement for the atreus spin off game, this is just me speculating because i'm currently in my "I-Miss-Atreus-Kratosson" hours

Let👏us👏ride👏the👏giant 👏fucking👏 wolf

Copious amounts of Mimir stories (particularly more Shakespeare or Arthurian legend stories)🥺

Angrboda being absolutely oblivious to any or all romantic advances by Atreus OR both Atreus and Angrboda both pinning so hard for each other but neither of them want to destroy their friendship because of it. 💛💙

Atreus confiding in Mimir or Kratos or any of the Norse fam about his crush on Angrboda.

LET ATREUS DREAM ABOUT HIS MOM AND HAVE MEMORIES WITH HER (one of the things i was so sad that they didn't address in Ragnarok was the fact that Kratos was dreaming about Faye, but not Atreus)

more Laufaye lore please. I need it!

Love Triangle???? (listen, you cant have an angsty teen/ Young Adult adventure without some sort of love triangle.)

A deeper dive into Giant society / magic

Let us meet some of Atreus maternal Giant family (namely grandparents)

Angrboda being Freya’s apprentice and doing cool witch of the woods stuff 🥺

Let the Celtic Pantheon be the exact opposite of the Norse Pantheon. Let them be chill and nice and actually decent gods until it’s revealed that they are indeed a little fucked up actually.

✨Playable Angrboda✨ I don’t care if you give her a stick as a weapon, let my artistic daughter beat the shit out of some gods

Let Sindri meet Angrboda. Angrboda could absolutely be the bridge between Atreus and Sindri reconciling with each other. Not to mention all of the cute moments Sindri could have with Angrboda and how she reminds him of Faye 🥺

One of the Celtic gods is played by David Tennet. this is mostly just to my own enjoyment because I would play good extra money to have David Tennet and Alister Duncan cuss each other out in their heavy Scottish accents.

WHOLESOME Kratos and Angrboda content (please SSM, I beg of you.)

LET SKJOLDR AND THRUD DATE

[zoropookie]

Will we get after shorts and dabbles/dm texts? For sm! Like we did HHAB? Perhaps to show us some more of the lore and story behind the characters and their details!

Maybe even a SSM (sweet sweeter melody smau)

no part two for sweet melody, i’m sorry, but i will do stuff as long as people are here to request them!

[shrowdly]

[measuringbliss]

Spider-Man Read-Through 078 Stalkers in the Shadows (SSM 81-83)

MASTERPOST

In this post, you'll find...

Cloak and Dagger! The Punisher! Woo-hoo!

So... Remember that Boomerang and the Punisher are in prison?

Yeah, well Boomerang got a spare spoon and uses it to open their cells. As they escape, he says, "Boy, if the Kingpin could only see me now! He'd make me his number one assassin for sure!"

Frank Castle isn't so sure, though. He actually throws Boomerang at the guards. He never intended for Boomerang to escape, but he sure intends to kill the Kingpin.

Meanwhile, Peter makes another reference to Rip Van Winkle (the writer must have really loved that story) and helps Mrs. Muggins deal with hooligans.

Oh.

Peter unknowingly and indirectly compares these addicts to the Cloak and Dagger, who just saw the assault. They follow the addicts and actually help them. Yay!

Frank's sudden arrival is very funny.

I love that outfit.

DeWolff's protection of Black Cat is much stronger.

After making sure she was alright, Spidey does some swinging, and we get the secondary casts's necessary 1 panel appearance, in Spidey's thoughts, even! He eventually finds Cloak and Dagger in a room with dead addicts, he fights them because he can never ask questions before doing so, then they explain someone killed them with bullets.

It's the Punisher, oh no!

In #82, we're treated to Frank's monologue.

Okay girl.

Let me tell you, Frank has truly become a buffoon because what is this?

"*gasp* Not the littering!" You need help, buddy.

In the meantime, C&D quickly get away from Righteous Spidey, and the Black Cat escapes the hospital because she's getting really bored. Very understandable.

At the Kingpin's, the latter understands that Spidey's there to protect him (which is bonkers but true and not really justifiable in a universe where justice is flawed, please Peter make an effort).

The Punisher ends up threatening Vanessa (who calls Fisk "Wilbur" instead of "Wilson"), which angers the Kingpin. He leaves Frank unconscious and flees.

In #83, Black Cat saves a cat <3 I hope she gets to keep it <3

Meanwhile, Spidey stops a group of forgers, and DeWolff's thoughts indicate she's into Spidey. No. No no no no no. You're a lesbian, lady.

Spidey reminisces about events that I haven't read about but seem exciting, then he's scared because Felicia's not in her bed.

She quickly returns, and he's pissed off.

She still has the cat <3 She wants to team up with Spidey. "Like Captain America and Bucky?", wonders Spidey. Even he ships them!

He needs time to think about. So he goes to... the Bugle!

Looking snazzy, Peter!

Ben reads Frank's biography aloud (his family died, blah blah blah) and Peter goes to his hearing, but not before Jameson mentions Spidey could very well lose it like him. Peter's a bit shaken up by this, and Robbie tells him "to not take it personally". Oh, Robbie, you know, don't you?

At the hearing, Peter keeps being conflicted about what everyone says about Frank. He's a complete dumbass, because one fundamental difference between him and Frank is that he tries to not kill if he can help it.

Frank's set to go to a mental institution, but he's terrified because "they think society's being run correctly". His attorney asks Peter to not take any picture, to which he agrees.

Ben has a story, but Peter has some thinking to do.

The issue is interesting, but my problem is that the writer seems to think society and justice *are* run perfectly. It's a bit weird. I don't know.

It was a nice storyline but Peter needs to stop with those false equivalencies.

[pumpkinrootbeer]

DONT listen to redditors when they tell you a good jumping off point to get into spiderman comics is Superior!! they are lying to you!! not even as a dig at superior spiderman, as much as i love making fun of it it's a good comic run

but I can't imagine recommending the one where Peter gets freaky friday-ed into a dying doc ock's shriveled body and then proceeds to die in said shriveled body as Doc Ock fucks around in Spiderman's body. and you have to read dying wish which is honestly a pretty dense 5 issue run leading up to Superior Spider-Man on its own, filled with characters that you won't have encountered unless you've been reading asm up to that point (be honest how many of you have even heard of horizon labs.) But then the first like 5ish issues of ssm Doc Ock just tries to get with MJ and also it is HEAVILY SUGGESTED to that doc ock has feelings for May. In Peter's Body. And the whole time Peter is just stuck as a ghost watching doc ock SORT OF FLIRT WITH HIS AUNT IN HIS BODY ? and I'll stop here. but in no world would I suggest maybe one of the most absurd spiderman comics (sure it's no sins of the past but come on) to someone who has only seen the movies or the cartoons, and wants to get into the comics. I get that it's like a fan favorite but come on!!

anyway here's what id recommend people read if they want to Spiderman:

Obviously ASM is the main title and if youre really committed to being in the know on spiderman, it's definitely The place to go. But also it has 900+ issues and it can hard to find a good starting place.

I don't hate the 2022 run as much as some people do (totally reasonably btw there's some choices I'm not crazy for eithsr), and since it's the ongoing run there's not as much you'd have to read to be caught up. A lot of it is little 3-4 issue self contained stories! There's only fifty-threeee (?) issues out rn so plenty to read but not as daunting as the almost One Thousand Issues that lay before you and a near 60+ year run. I also hear the 2012 run is pretty good but I've only read a few issues here and there of that one so I cannot speak to it myself lol

Another series that's not too long but still has plenty there: Deadpool/Spider-Man! has two fan favorites and absolutely plenty of wacky comic antics. The first big plotline isn't the best but the character moments more than make up for it. Only 50 issues so not too bad! Plus, the run is over so you won't be trying to catch up (im hoping they revive it <-self delusion)

Avenging Spider-Man is another good jumping off point imo! It's a team-up series that will point you to ongoing plotlines without dragging you into them, so if one happens to strike your fancy you can go find those comics to read that storyline. It's fun, heartfelt, and self contained (for the most part). Can you tell I like team up stories yet.

For individual issues you can read completely standalone:

Deadpool annual #2 (2013)

Avenging Spider-Man #4

Amazing Spider-Man #248

Daredevil #8 & #9 (2016) (two issues ik im cheating, trust me though)

And if you're just looking to get into comics in general, here's a couple stand alone miniseries that I really like (all 10 issues or less!)

Gwenpool Strikes Back (spiderman is in this one!)

Hawkeye: Freefall (spideys here too!!)

Defenders 2017 (he's not here though... as far as I can remember)

(also you can find all of these online! (for free ;)) at readcomicsonline.li but for the love of god don't use that site if you don't have an ad blocker)

[jackoshadows]

Some of GRRM’s comments about the 5 year gap with relation to Arya Stark

GRRM SSM, May, 2005

1) Will AFfC and aDwD cover the five-year span that you initially planned to skip?

He said the five-year hiatus is as dead as his plan to finish the  series in a trilogy. While he would like to skip ahead to age the  children (esp. Bran and Arya), he feels the back-story is too  interesting and important. He needs to focus on their development. While  he would like to find a time to skip ahead 6 months in the story, it’s  unlikely.

Other comments:

George mentioned that he felt really silly about that planned 5 year jump. He imagined it originally going something like Jon sitting on the Wall going “Well, it’s been 5 fairly quiet years since I’ve been Lord Commander. But I’m starting to think that’ll pick up now…” and realized that the adults wouldn’t wait in their plot lines for Arya to hit puberty

It was also part of the five year gap that was supposed to happen in the books so the children could grow up a bit. This worked well for characters like Arya and Bran, but not at all for Jon Snow or others.

He said he will treat some of the younger POVs like adults in ADwD, even though they’re technically young adults. Um… he thinks Arya is “older than some of the 40-year-olds in the book”, what with all she’s gone through

It’s clear from these little mentions in his old interviews that GRRM wants an older Arya Stark (And Bran Stark) going further and he will write as if he has an older Arya Stark even without the 5 year time gap. The TWoW sample chapter is proof enough of that.

[sinstring-manor]

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sinstring manor is a horror-survival RPG that i'm developing. it follows a young girl, minette, trying to escape her family home after a shocking realisation.

this account will chronicle SSM's development in all factors, save for major story spoilers. asks about the content of SSM are welcome!

current status: pre-production

[robertybob]

Check out this little doodle :p im still brainstorming on the whole story but this past week ive been FILLED TO THE BRIM WITH IDEAS IN MY HEAD!!!

Dragons are so hard to draw, doodling them is just as hard, so i covered over it :p I’ll probably try again later today.

Dragons are so fucking cool when you look at how different cultures used to describe and talk about them.

The biggest difference in dragons is the one between western & eastern cultures. Western dragons are quite stocky, while eastern ones are quite flexible with their bodies. But then you have different types of cultures, some cultures have wyvern-types (ones where the two front arms are one with the wings) its very cool.

Anyway ive also just been watching alot of ‘what’s new scooby doo’ era movies (2003-sorta present?? They still use the style which is cool but the show concluded ages ago lol)

Also the afanc is such a cool beast but ive always hated how fucking small it’s usually described as, so i was like MAKE IT BIGGER YEAHHHH

Also take a look at these silly robots Fiona and SSM!