#sub mariner's revenge

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From "Chapter 4 Sub-Mariner's Revenge!" in Fantastic Four #4, May 1962. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Sol Brodsky inks, Stan Goldberg original colors, Artie Simek letters. Photoshop color reduction.

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Fact is, any scenario positing Magneto was right means so is Namor. Anything else is squaring the circle.

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Thus, it’s only fitting I make this hollow monument my fortress.

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Tamsyn Muir's writing beyond The Locked Tomb

Y'all, turns out there's lots of imagery and themes in TLT that Muir was already playing with in her earlier fiction. A lot of it is easily available online, in which case I'll link to it. (The short stories that aren't can also be easily read if googled, to be quite honest—that's how I read The Deepwater Bride and Why the Mermaids Left Boralus). • The House That Made the Sixteen Loops of Time (2011)

5K. Short sort-of-cozy romance (?) with (you guessed it) a time travel loop. Explores a very queer potential relationship. CamPal enjoyers might find a similar sweetness.

• The Magician's Apprentice (2012, Lightspeed Magazine)

5K. This is the one that stopped me dead on my tracks. It features an older, male mentor figure called John (a “very ordinary man” with “dark eyes”) who introduces the young, female main character to magic that has a terrible cost—and to literature such as Lolita. This excellent post by @familyabolisher does an incredible job of analyzing the very deliberate intertextual links between TLT and Lolita.

• The Woman in the Hill (2015, Lightspeed Magazine, originally for Dreams From the Witch House anthology of Lovecraftian horror by women)

4K. Possibly my favorite! It's a straightforward Lovecraftian horror, centered on the image of the woman (is it human though?) trapped in an unnatural pool inside a cursed cave. Chain imagery too. It does something different from Alecto, mind, but you can see links, ways of playing with facets of a strong central image. It's fun to consider how reliable the two narrators are. Here's an analysis and afterthought from Reactor Mag.

• Chew (2013) 4K. Zombie abuse and cannibalistic revenge story ft. an uncanny woman revenant, told from the eyes of a traumatized German boy. I was strongly reminded of Harrow's conversations with the Body. Tamsyn gave an interview on the themes and her intentions. Interesting to read in light of Alecto, I think, although I don't think she's going the same route in TLT: “the idea of post-war rebuilding connecting to rebuilding the body of the zombie; a Frankenstein who once rebuilt doesn’t act as planned or desired. […] I love cannibalism […] it’s innately spiritual […] any afterlife she goes to, he’s going too.”

• Apothecia (2014, published on Tumblr and tapas.io)

Short webcomic where an alien monster tries to corrupt the ruthless human girl who holds it captive. Musings on responsibility and murder, mention of child abuse. The alien's speech patterns remind me of a Resurrection Beast. You get wonderful dialogue like “Murder is a profession. Job. Employment, you tiny leg dog. There you are, walking along. Walk walk walk. Now you are a walker. Good job. Special child. Murder is like this.” Art by Shelby Cragg.

• The Deepwater Bride (2015, Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine)

The opening line is: “In the time of our crawling Night Lord's ascendancy, foretold by exodus of starlight into his sucking astral wounds, I turned sixteen and received Barbie's Dream Car.” Need I say more? Extremely fun. A novelette where a young queer girl from a clairvoyant family struggles with an apocalyptic event while being annoyed by another very plucky girl. Lots of descriptions with nerdy marine zoology terms. Close in tone to Gideon. In the background, someone dies EXACTLY like that one death at the end of Gideon, which makes me wonder what happened to make Tamsyn interested in this particular image. I also liked that Tamsyn is aware of Nightwish. No link, but you'll get a PDF immediately if you Google.

• Union (2015, Clarkesworld Magazine)

5.5K. Very weird, extremely Kiwi story about a town that gets sent lab-grown wives by the government, but they're not made the usual way so they're Weird and people have feelings about it. Fascinating and eerie description of non-human (in some people's eyes, sub-human) women (?) who cannot be observed to have recognizable feelings or thoughts, yet have some sort of inner life. Quite touching, very uncanny.

• Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower (2020)

Short novel (~200 pages). Very funny. I was reminded of Coronabeth because the whole plot is “princess finds herself branching out into decidedly non-princess-like activities”, but other than that—this is a fairytale for adults about people who make eachother worse. No particular links to TLT but a very fun read with some gut punches. Extremely Tamsyn through and through, what with the dubious morality and all.

• Why the Mermaids Left Boralus (2021, in Folk & Fairy Tales of Azeroth by Blizzard Entertainment)

Set in the World of Warcraft universe. Haven't read this one yet, will report back lmao. As with The Deepwater Bride, no link but I easily found a PDF of the entire compilation. It's illustrated!

• Undercover (2022, from Into Shadow, Amazon Original Collection)

Haven't read it either. Will edit once I do.

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50 Whumpy Songs List But Only From Random Picks Out of My Youtube Liked Playlist

An Unhealthy Obsession by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

Novacaine by Creep-P

Hypodontia by Creep-P

This Hurts by Mindless Self Indulgence

The Masochism Tango by Tom Lehrer

Stalker's Tango by Autoheart

Biohazard by Ghost, MystSaphyr, & CrusherP

Karma by VocaCircus

THE MEAT GRINDER by Jerma 985 & japanesecoffee

Weight of the World by Shayfer James

Final Girl by Graveyardguy ft. Slayyyter

Brutus by The Buttress

Eat You by Caravan of Thieves

Experiment On Me by Halsey

SIU by Maretu

Villainous Thing by Shayfer James

Teddy Bear by Melanie Martinez

The Night by Voltaire

Appetite of a People Pleaser by GHOST

Perish Song by Trickywi

What Was in That Glass by Aronchupa & Little Sis Nora

People Allergy by Kairiki Bear

Freak by Sub Urban ft. REI AMI

Exorcism by Creep-P

Me and Mr Wolf by The Real Tuesday Weld

One Way or Another by Blondie

The Experiment by Steampianist

Masks by Aviators

Panic by Caravan Palace

Still Alive (Cover) by 8-Bit Big Band

Cat and Mouse by Milky Way Chances

Hysteria by Muse

Chemicals by Jonathan Young

The Dismemberment Song by Blue Kid

Cake by Melanie Martinez

Poison by Jayn

Choke by IDKHBTFM

This Is Love by Air Traffic Controller

Mania by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra ft. Gloom Darkheart

Diggin' Up Hatchets by Shayfer James

Bite by Derivakat

The Red Means I Love You by Madds Buckley

Mariner's Revenge Song by The Decemberists

Electrostatic Human by Kairiki Bear

The Hunter by Adam Jensen

Who's In Control by Set if Off

Hunt Me Down by Ray Volpe

I Stitched My Mind Back to My Body by Cosmo Sheldrake

The Door by Dr PIG MENN

Obsession by Ok Go

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🩷 Fic master list 🩷

🩷 One Piece 🩷

Leather and Lace: On Nami's birthday, Zoro agrees to go out with Nami and Vivi to Club Aphrodite, a club centered around kink. There, he meets Sanji, a Dom in search of a new sub. Things escalate and Zoro gets exactly what he's always wanted. And maybe more. (In Progress)

Speak O Muse: Sanji rounds out his schedule with an art class and has a chance meeting when Roronoa Zoro models for his class. What follows is an accidental love story between an artist and his muse. (Complete)

Hang the Moon: In a world where everyone has a soulmate, Sanji's mark never materialized. When he meets Zoro, he feels an unexplained tug towards the other man. Eventually, they both learn that love is more complicated than a mark on the skin. (In progress)

Green is the Color (Of Your Kind): After the battle for the freedom of Wano, Sanji knows he wants to tell Zoro about how he feels, but can he capture his attention when Hiyori is around? And even if he can, should he? Jealousy is an enemy everyone knows well. (Complete)

Paradise (By the Dashboard Light): Zoro invites Sanji out to watch a meteor shower, hoping the romantic setting will give him the courage to say what he's always been thinking. He gets so much more than he expected. (Complete)

Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Roronoa Zoro is a vampire hunter seeking revenge for the death of his dear friend and rival, Kuina. Forcibly turned, he now must navigate this new unlife with the help of Sanji, the vampire who takes him under his wing. (In progress)

Deep Blue: Sanji is thrown overboard during a military excursion. He is saved by a merman named Zoro and they immediately sense a chemistry between them. Their relationship blossoms as Sanji heals. (In progress)

Hawk and Dove: While visiting a small island kingdom for a diplomatic mission, Sanji's past comes back to bite him. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Zoro steps up and tries his best to save their cook. (In progress)

Daring Do: Sanji's birthday is a quiet affair that ends with a game of truth or dare. It results in a series of firsts for Zoro. (Complete)

Ebb and Flow: After the lengths he went through to save his true father, Sanji finds himself grieving him, where he should be happy. When the crew lands on a quaint little island, the consequences of Vinsmoke Judge's callousness come home to roost, but it's Sanji who must answer for it. Faced with an enemy they can't fight, and out of room to run, the Strawhats stand by their cook and trust him to see them through to victory. (In progress)

Zou Bisou Bisou: Tired of longing at a distance, Zoro seeks the help of Nami and Robin in order to woo Sanji. In the process, he realizes that they've been soulmates the whole time, and he's been oblivious. (Complete)

I Do! Do You?: On the day of Franky and Robin's wedding, Zoro sticks his foot in his mouth and Sanji spirals into a nervous mess that nearly unravels their relationship... in his head. (Complete)

I Burn Forsooth: Zoro comes down with a cold and Sanji is there to take care of him. Feelings are brought out in the open. (Complete)

The Years I've Missed: Roronoa Emiko abandoned her son fifteen years ago, when he was only six, and she, a girl too young to raise him. Now, they are reunited in Wano, and she must face the consequences of her actions all those years ago. (Complete)

Rockrose and Thistle: The Strawhats find themselves anchored down in the Kingdom of Germa after a run in with the Marines leaves the Merry foundering. They see immediately that things are not right, and Zoro tries his best to ignore the desire to save the man in the iron mask. (In progress)

Make You Feel Pretty: Zoro becomes curious about what Sanji means when he calls him beautiful. Sanji sets aside a night to show him, and it ends up being an experience neither will forget. (Complete)

Wisteria Blue: After landing on an idyllic island, Zoro finds himself longing for Sanji's love and affection. With help from a kind old woman and a bit of courage, he makes his move. It works out better than he had ever hoped. (Complete)

Tenderness: After a hard fight, Zoro is injured and left to rest in the infirmary. Sanji visits him and things don't go exactly how he expected, but he's not complaining. (Complete)

Wolfsbane: Ten years ago, Zoro was cursed by a witch. As the years progress, so too does the curse. Eventually, Zoro knows that he will lose what's left of his humanity. It is while contemplating this that he meets a peller named Sanji, who takes him under his roof and agrees to break the curse, but Sanji is hiding secrets of his own. (In progress)

Haiku: After the battle for Wano's freedom, Zoro decides to make a move to confess his love. But then he's too afraid of rejection to own up to it. If Sanji didn't recognize his handwriting on a shopping list, he'd probably have hidden forever. (Complete)

A Rose by Any Other Name: After inheriting the family flower shop upon his mother's death, Zoro must turn its financial situation around or lose everything she worked so hard to build. On a whim, he entered the bakery next door and everything changes for the better. (Complete)

🩷 Fire Emblem 🩷

From Ashes: As Faerghus reels in the aftermath of the Tragedy of Duscur, Dimitri finds himself isolated and vulnerable as his uncle works to steal the throne. Though they all want what is best for him, no one but Dedue will listen to him. His luck changes with a chance encounter, and soon they find themselves struggling to uncover the truth of the Tragedy right under his uncle's nose. (In progress?)

In a Field of Poppies: As the Kingdom army advances, they run low on medicinal herbs. Veronica volunteers to gather them, but Dimitri refuses to let her go alone. They get more than they bargained for when they enter a certain meadow. (Complete)

Anwyll: After the battle at Gronder field and the death of Rodrigue, Dimitri attempts to sneak away and head for Enbarr. Dedue and Veronica catch him, forcing him to choose between the past and his future. (Complete)

Silk and Pearls: After the battle to reclaim Fhirdiad, Hilda goes to check on Dimitri in his quarters. After an embarrassingly bungled confession, she goes for what she wants. (Complete)

In Need of a Fireman: Volke returns to his lover and gives her news she never thought she'd hear. (Complete)

Menagerie: A collection of discarded scenes from my main project, the Embers of War series. The first one is a sparring match. (In progress?)

The Art of Being Happy: As he awaits his death in the Tower of Guidance, Zelgius is offered a second chance at life by a mysterious stranger. He is summoned to the kingdom of Askr to assist in the war against Múspell. He meets the summoner Evelyn and begins to wonder if there is a chance at redemption and love after all. (In progress)

Sanguine: Beleaguered and overworked Dimitri is convinced to let his hair down by Sylvain. They go to a nightclub together and Dimitri gets more than he bargained for. (In progress)

Candied Violets: Five years after the fall of Garreg Mach, the Blue Lions keep their promise and return. They are reunited with Dimitri and their professor, but Dedue is still missing. Ashe grapples with the complicated emotions the loss brings, but right as he's finally ready to accept it, Dedue comes back into his life. He must now find the courage to act on the feelings that have been with him for so long. (In progress)

That Which Remains: When an Adrestian patrol is lost, another is sent out to finish their mission and, if possible, locate those that were lost. What they find is a hellish scene right out of their nightmares. (Complete)

Birthday Blues: Dimitri is saddened when his dear friend seems to have skipped his birthday party, only to receive a more meaningful gift than he could have imagined. (Complete)

The Day of Devotion: Zelgius gets roped into participating in a tournament during the Day of Devotion, all for the sweetest prize of all: a kiss from the summoner. (Complete)

Periphery: A collection of short stories exploring the peripheral events of Fire Emblem: Three Houses that I won't have time to explore within the main body of my project. (In progress?)

The Saved King: Líf corners Dimitri and brings his fitness as a ruler into question. The Summoner swoops in to break it up before it can go too far. (Complete)

Late Night Encounters: You find Dimitri still working late into the night and take matters into your own hands. (Complete)

Give Me Shelter: Dimitri seeks Byleth out after a nightmare and finds comfort. Five years later, he finds himself falling back into the habit. (Complete)

Like the Tide: After saving him from a fisherman's net, Evelyn finds herself quickly coming to adore her home's resident merman. (In progress)

A Warm Welcome: After weeks abroad, Haar returns home to find his lady waiting for him. (Complete)

Tease: When can no longer focus on the task at hand, Shiro finds other ways to occupy himself. He gets more than he bargained for. (Complete)

Denouement: Siegbert is forced to rest after suddenly falling ill. During his unwilling vacation, he comes to a sudden realization and must decide whether or not he wants to push forward and see where it takes him, or leave it be and let things stay the same. (Complete)

Respite: After the war, Siegbert and Shiro travel to help with the relief effort. Despite their work being important, it takes a toll on them both and Shiro uses Siegbert's birthday as an excuse to give them some much deserved rest.

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"The capacity for evil is but one ingredient in the human soul."

Women are rejoicing in the streets. Authoritarian state media is on high alert. It's the after hours sensation sweeping the nation, Late Night Togashiposting. The 100 sub spectacular edition. This time we're not tangentially tying it to potential references that drifted into One Piece down the line. At least not beyond just talking about Kurama which means illustrating squarely where there is an open final spot on the Straw Hat crew. This time it's more about the Chapter Black. Because the world has been making me think of it.

The actual tape, the MacGuffin of the titular saga. If you're unfamiliar, the villain Sensui manipulated his allied psychics with it. It's a VHS tape, but because YuYu Hakusho was trying to be modern in a way that ended up making it an awesome 90s period piece in hindsight it's a magic Spirit World VHS tape. I swear this man has a fascination with them. Imagine the ultimate snuff film, back in the day this was the equivalent of urban legends about horrific videos online. Chapter Black is a record of the most haness human acts. Make no mistake, Togashi had balls here. We call out shit that is clearly referencing the Holocaust and bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. In an era where you don't get that on point in mainstream manga.

Believe it or not this is one of the cheerier images. We learn of the tape through a defector, Mitarai or "Seaman." A bullied kid who cracked after seeing Chapter Black. Recall Sensui's whole thing is being a straight-up groomer to some of his followers. His breakdown is some powerful stuff, but I always liked how hero Yusuke was able to shrug it off. Remarking he sees it everyday on the 6 o'clock news but never feels it's a reason to give in. Prompting the Kurama quote from the start here. I always loved the wrinkle of him lowkey being seduced by the appeal of it. The anime having a bigger group for the scene adds so much. Keiko breaking at hearing some of the things, Genkai quietly fuming the entire time...YuYu Hakusho really is an oddball where the manga gave way to a better anime that got so much better dubbed in English that continues to age like the finest wine.

I don't know if any story beat encapsulates this better than the simplicity of the Chapter Black tape. It's become one of the most prescient parts of the series. In a world where you can pick any boogeyman and find a community of people just stewing in hatred towards it, marinating in a steady drip of laser-guided examples one VHS compilation almost sounds quaint.

Where Togashi really shines here though is how it affects people differently. I love how Mitarai is the one trying to justify it by functionally calling Yusuke privileged. While it's true Urameshi didn't grow up in a warzone he was clearly the one of the pair who had a rougher life and also the one who just didn't get how it'd warp someone. Because deep down Seaman wanted revenge, the tape was nurturing something dark that was already there. Villains never want to think of themselves as such. It's so real, so raw. So relevant to today.

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Do you think Jonathan Hickman has a good characterization of Namor and Doctor Doom?

Short answer: Not really & maybe.

Long answer: Not really, for Namor. Hickman's Namor is very much a product of his story line, he's Namor is a character pushed to the very edge of his limits, a character who's desperate, who's throwing away any honor he has left to ensure the survival of his people. While I do think that Namor would do that, and its very in character for him to do so, I also think that Hickman's Namor is rooted in characterization taken from Sub-Mariner (2007) and Avengers vs X-Men, Phoenix King Namor, and not the Namor that's been around for decades, its a very modern take on Namor and not one that I think encompasses the full range of his character. Don't get me wrong, his Namor is very enjoyable, he's like the biggest bitch and I love it, but I have issues with Hickman's Namor and more accurately with how people after Hickman have stuck to using that characterization without all the stress the character was under. Hickman uses Namor and T'Challa's B plot to keep things moving along and parallel his A plot between Doctor Doom and Reed Richards. Two men who have hurt each other in the past still locked in that hate/love relationship with the weight of the world (s) on their shoulders. So while I enjoy his Namor in the moment, when taken against the backdrop of the greater characterization of the character I think it was the final nail in the coffin of Namor's modern and current characterization and I don't think fans will ever get the Noble Sub-Mariner of the late 60s-90s back. Which is fine because Namor as a character is very flowing and adaptable so long as his core traits are still there. I feel Hickman really pushes Namor to the edge and it was very good for me to enjoy Namor's unraveling. I think my biggest complaint about Hickman is having him bow to Proxmia Midnight, and then use them to do his dirty work, like that is very Un-Namor like, he would never bow to anyone and never let anyone do stuff that he feels is his duty to complete, especially revenge.

I say maybe for Doctor Doom because I always feel unsure when it comes to talking about Doom's character as I haven't read everything about him, but I have read a fair amount of his character to say that I love a lot of what Hickman does with Victor, the God Emperor Doom was a great story line for the character and his and Reed's interactions are so great but I honestly don't think Victor likes Susan in any romantic or sexual way so I really don't think he would have been with her. Idk I just feel sometimes Hickman has to throw in the heterosexual side thing in his works. Hickman was right to have Doom and Reed be the entire connecting thread of the series and honestly I do think Hickman writes a great Victor, and I love that he remembered that Kristoff is Victor's son and included him. I can say that I feel Hickman's Doom and Namor are great for the story he writes for them but I have more complaints about how it affected Namor after the fact. Current writers only ever refer back to Hickman's work and never get other sides of Namor's character. But I suppose that's true of many characters written today in comics, however I do like to complain.

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Team 3 (Angel, Iceman, Gargoyle, Man-Thing and Namor): When the dream demon ambushed Namor, he sent him to a strange planet with a rocky surface and a deadly sea of fire with only very tiny rivers dotting the far flung countryside. It is a struggle to stay alive for the Sub-Mariner, being so far from the life giving sea. It becomes a quest of endurance as he must go from the rocky cliffs and fiery oceans of this land to their one lush, jungle paradise and it's waters of life, a paradise at least a week or two away, if we're being generous.

Angel, Iceman, Gargoyle and the Man-Thing end up on this world too when the dream demon ambushes them in the swamp. By the time they get to this strange world, Namor is already nearly at his jungle destination, although he is about to fall into the trap of the mosntrous beast stalking those jungles. In any case, our quartet (Angel, Iceman, Gargoyle and Man-Thing set out for the jungle paradise too, but not before they have a nasty fight with a powerful fire demon who is the guardian of a giant volcano.

While on their quest, our strange quartet meet a nature spirit who has lost her way. She needs the team's help. Once, this land was home to a beautiful, verdant forest. But now, all that remains is rock and fire. Her beautiful Willow tree is gone. And the longer her tree is gone, the weaker and weaker she gets. She's nearly on the verge of fading away (just like all her fellow nature spirits did) by the time our quartet find her.

Willow is also able to warn them about the jungle to the north. It's a large trap. The strongest of all the monsters is located there: a giant shapeshifting beast with the power to shoot fire and acid. He's the reasons this whole world has fallen to pieces. Willow wants to go with the team to help them fight him, to get revenge for her fallen brethren.

Also, Willow and Man-Thing have a strange bond. Possibly because Willow is a nature spirit, she is able to touch the Man-Thing in a way few others can. But for the whole team, she is pretty much their guide to this strange new world.

Eventually, our strange group of five manage to make it to the jungle, where they're ambushed by the shapeshifting beast. Well, some are. Man-Thing and Willow narrowly escape. But Angel, Iceman and Gargoyle are captured and manage to meet up with Namor. While these four prisoners are busy escaping from the beasts giant nest, Willow is trying to find his weakness. She remembers a story she once heard from another nature spirit when she was just a sapling: about a shapeshifting beast defeated by a legendary warrior using nothing but sheer endurance and trickery. He tricked the beast into a cave, then sealed the cave shut behind him. There was no food in the cave, so the beast died of starvation.

Just as Willow remembers all this, the others show up. And together, they use their combined skills to defeat the beast. Man-Thing and Gargoyle will fight the beast and face all his blows with their heavy endurance, while Willow, Angel, Iceman and Namor lure him into a cave. Angel leads him all the way to the very back of the cave, where Iceman gets to finish him off with a powerful Icy Spear to the chest. Then (once Angel and Iceman have escaped the cave), Namor uses his mighty strength to create a rock slide which traps the injured beast's body inside the cave.

Now that they've beaten the beast, the dream demon's curse is ended. And all our heroes are driven back to Man-Thing's Swamp. The strange thing though: Willow came with them. Her connection to the Man-Thing (plus her world being the temporary creation of a demon) leads to her simply being sent to earth with the rest of them. She can finally go back to being a nature spirit, and not worrying about dying from the lack of connection to nature.

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Revenge/Confrontation Song Sub-Bracket

Ryan Scott Oliver - Leave, Luanne vs Queen - Death on Two Legs

steampianist - black hole

Miles Luna and Benjamin Zecker - Better Than You vs Gaelic Storm - The Night that I Punched Russell Crowe

Da games - Moving up in the world vs Alice Francis - Shoot Him Down!

Olivia Olsen and Ashley Tisdale - Busted vs the living tombstone, eliemonty - die in a fire

grandson - Bury Me Face Down vs Schell Games - I Expect You To Die

Scene queen - The rapture (but it's pink)

Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show - Devil's Night vs 100 Gecs - Sympathy 4 The Grinch

Vane Lilly - Perfectly Sweet vs Aviators - Red Water Dreams

Poor Man's Poison - Hell's Coming with Me vs The Crane Wives - Take Me to War

Lord Huron - The World Ender vs Death Note the Musical - Playing His Game

The Decemberists - Mariner's Revenge Song

ponyphonic - the moon rises vs Naethan Apollo - You’re Not Welcome

Nightmare Time 2 (StarKid) - Yellow Jacket vs Fish in a Birdcage - Four Aces

Twisted Musical (StarKid) - No One Remembers Achmed vs Martina McBride - Independence Day

Warren Zevon - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner vs Lestat The Musical - After All This Time

Set It Off - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

dead end paranormal park - My Frankenstein vs I don’t know how but they found me - Choke

Jeremy Irons - Be Prepared vs Jhariah - Whose Eye Is It Anyway???

Bruce Springsteen - Death to My Hometown vs Bring Me The Horizon - medicine

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Fantastic Four Volume 1 Issue 4.

So this issue features the return of a Marvel Golden Age character, that being Namor the Sub-Mariner. He's a mutant, a human, an Atlantean, and the first hero to ever fly. Though he starts off his Silver Age debut as a villain. I was always curious as to why Marvel chose to do this, especially because later on he does become a hero. Though recently he's more of a neutral type of character. I've also come to notice a lot of water based heroes to this route. Coincidence maybe? Anyway on to our thrilling tale, and the return of the Sub-Mariner.

Alright so this issue is pretty fun. It takes place right after the events of the last issue with Johnny Storm leaving the Fantastic Four. Though I don't like that they blame the Thing for it I believe both are at fault here. Anyway they decide to start searching the entire city for the Human Torch with the Fantasticar. Though all of them fail except the Thing who finds him in his garage.

Johnny ends up fleeing from the Thing, due to him turning back into Ben Grimm. Honestly I feel bad for the guy, this tends to happen often to him, even later having Mister Fantastic make serums to help him turn back. Only for it to last a few measly minutes.

Well Johnny ends up staying at a very run down Men's Hotel. Where he finds a comic from the 1940s, which features, you guessed it, the Sub-Mariner. Then by sheer dumb luck guess who Johnny ends up running into at this shabby run down hotel. That's right, the Sub-Mariner. Johnny uses his flaming fingers to give him a hair cut, removing his long hair and beard. Then boom, classic Golden Age Sub-Mariner.

Anyway our other three heroes continue the search for Johnny, while he basically slips past them, well he slips past his sister. Then he takes Namor, and drops him into the Ocean. Which gives Namor back his memories and he then remembers that he is Namor the Sub-Mariner the legendary prince of the sea.

Namor then swims to what was once his undersea kingdom. Only to find it destroyed by humans radioactive weapons. I wonder if Godzilla was close by. Namor then swears his revenge and vows to destroy the surface world. Just a recap real quick that means, The Mole Man and his underground group wishes to destroy the surface, the Skulls from Space wish to conquer the Earth, and Miracle Man just wanted to have us fear him. Now Sub-Mariner and any ocean buddies also want to destroy the surface world. 616 earth cannot catch a break.

Anyway the Fantastic Four catch up with Johnny, and he tells them what all has happened. Sub-Mariner then summons a massive sea creature from the Depths known as Giganto to attack the surface world. The Fantastic Four attack only to learn that nothing can harm it from the outside, but what about inside. That's when they send in my man the Thing. They strap a nuke to his back and have him walk into Gigantos stomach to plant it and blow him up. What a Chad. Thing also battles some monsters while in Gigantos stomach so again he is without a doubt the best member of the team.

Well after Giganto dies, Namor resurfaces with his horn to summon another terrible monster in which Sue steals it from him. Though he instantly catches her, and she turns visible and Namor falls in love with her, and then she also finds him very attractive like he asks her to marry him and she genuinely thinks it over, and they first met seconds ago. You guys thought Disney was bad with it's quick love stories.

Well Namor then tries to steal Sue away beneath the Ocean, and none of the Fantastic Four can think of how to prevent this. Until Johnny uses his flying speed to create a whirlwind and transport Namor back into the Ocean without his horn. Like the horn just gets lost in the depths, and Namor "loses". Though the Fantastic Four swear if he returns he will have them to deal with.

Alright so this comic is alright, I feel like I say that a lot. Namor is a really good addition to the Silver Age of comics. Just he's really depowered so that the Fantastic Four can win. Also I don't like the Sue, Namor, and Reed love triangle. It to me is probably the weaker love triangle within comics. Also this comic and the last one really make me not like Johnny Storm.

Anyway onto our character analysis for this comic.

Alright my views on Mister Fantastic stay the same from the last issue. Though I don't know how he wouldn't have found Johnny with his superior intellect, but I'm also glad he didn't. He also doesn't do a whole lot this issue, again I'm not upset with this, I'm glad some other characters got to make the power play in this issue. So Reed buddy keep doing you.

Sue, why, why are you like this? Like I don't dislike her, some of her scenes are funny, and would be something id definitely do if I had invisibility. Like she take a sip of a drink at a diner and everyone thinks the place is haunted these are the shenanigans I live for. Just why did you fall for Namor so quickly I don't understand.

Johnny, I'm still not a big fan of you buddy. You kind of caused the problem this issue and didn't really solve it, although you did. Just I know you'll get better but honestly my opinion of Johnny has stayed in the lower regions like in the last issue.

Thing, my man, the Goat. The more I get of you, the more you become my favorite member of this team. You strapped a Nuke to your back and walked into Gigantos belly. A true hero, and I'm sorry you keep changing from Ben to the Thing for basically a few seconds. I know your future is bright, keep being brilliant.

Namor the Sub-Mariner, I actually really like this character. I think his introduction is very forced, but hey it's comics. Also I just like the design, the swimming speedo, the wings on his ankles, the pointy ears. All very nice, I just don't see what Sue sees in him. Take out the love triangle and he's a really good antagonist. Also you where robbed of tpk, but hey that's comics for ya.

Alright so next issue we will be introduced to one of the Fantastic Fours most notorious villains, and possibly the most notorious in all of Marvel Comics. Until next time.

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Submariner Summer 37

Many felicitations unto thee, Namor Nation! We gather for #SubmarinerSummer read through part 37 for another great milestone in the history of our sea prince-a series all his own. Yes, we are finally reading Prince Namor, The Sub-Mariner #1! We are kicked off by a legendary cover

And on the title page, Destiny gloats about killing Namor! How's *that* for a start to a series? Roy Thomas stays on scripts from Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1, and we have John Buscema going all out on pencils. Frank Giacoia on inks and Sam Rosen on letters round out the team

Though victorious, Destiny is still filled with hate, so he gloats that this is his second victory. He then uses his mind powers to set Namor's brain to go over his past, so that he will finally remember the lost amnesia memories that apparently hide the first defeat by Destiny

As a plot device for a flashback issue, not the worst I've seen. So now, Oh ye faithful, thrill to the Silver Age retelling of Namor's origin. It begins with the US explorers led by Captain Leonard McKenzie causing (accidentally) a massive destruction and slaughter in Atlantis

Emperor Thakorr tells his daughter, Princess Fen, to select warriors to investigate; she says yes, but decides to do it herself. She goes to the surface and among the US expedition; soon, she ends up marrying Captain McKenzie! Weeks later, Thakorr DOES send a war party

They retrieve Fen and score some casualties on the Americans in the process, notably Captain McKenzie himself, or so Fen thinks, breaking her heart. But that brief love birthed Namor.

Fast forward to the 40s, and Namor rises to the surface, fighting war upon war

Though the wars ended, he fought still, both Atlanteans rivals like Byrrah and surface crime and enemies. Eventually, though, another destruction came to Atlantis seeming to repeat the one that led to Fen going to the surface. So Thakorr sends Namor to perform Fen's old mission

But this was not an accidental genocide by ignorant surfacers: it was Destiny with his Helmet of Power, killing and destroying just to test his abilities. He then uses them to mind control Namor, and forces him to see his Granfather and emperor, and his mother, die with Atlantis

So we finally see the cause of the destruction of "First Atlantis" that was alluded to way back in Submariner Summer part 30, covering TtA #96.

But Destiny's not done; he decides to turn Namor into his mind wiped pawn and sends him away while he hibernates one last time

So robbed of his mind and now in New York, Namor flails about a bit at first, before simply beginning to wander without identity or purpose. Y'all...this is nightmare fuel. What a godawful fate, and Destiny basically did it for kicks.

That is, of course, the state he's in when the Human Torch finds him in the classic Fantastic Four #4, which reintroduced Namor. So now we're basically back at the Silver Age, and Namor's memories are finally complete. This wakes him up from Flashback Land, where he's trapped

The ice melting on his body is the water he needs to recover his strength, and suffused with it he bursts free! And with that freedom, Namor plans to visit his wrath on the man called Destiny...and perhaps the entire surface. IMPERIUS REX!

Going to be honest, if I had to relive all that trauma all at once and wasn't just broken into a sobbing heap, I could absolutely want to destroy the world too.

But as a reader, what can I say, this was a fun if extremely truncated ride through Namor's history to that point, with some new additions and revelations in the typical Roy Thomas retcon fashion. It focuses on some key events relevant to the greater story, arc but basically this #1 was Namor 101. 👨🏽‍🏫

But NEXT, we get back to then-current events as Namor starts his hunt for revenge against Destiny as we cover Sub-Mariner #2: Cry...TRITON!

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Haha! Yeah, the Thing would decide that before they all die in space, he’s going to murder the Sub-Mariner in revenge. Who is, by the way, wearing an oxygen helmet he got from them.

But wait, something’s missing here. Thing says that the problem of rescue has been left up to him. Johnny tried, Reed tried, and yeah, that only leaves the Thing as the last member of the Fantastic Three, but what about the Sub-Mariner? He can still try, like I said.

Who does Doom think is dead? He knows Reed just tried to grab his plane since he burnt his hands, but that wouldn’t kill him, and also, if he has oxygen, then presumably everyone else does too. And why call at all? Was he just so proud of that stupid joke that he had to make sure they heard it before they died?

You can also fly. Can you not fly in space? Those tiny foot wings don’t need air to push off, right?

[buzzdixonwriter]

The Devil Always Tells The Truth (FICTOID)

The only way to kill his pain?  Destroy the universe.

Anything less risks his pain not going away even after death.

Even if consciousness and identity and memory vanished into nothingness, even if his very soul were obliterated, there remained the risk that some portion of him, some remnant, some scintilla of an iota of a ghost of a glimpse of a fragment of a sub-atomic particle would continue suffering and that he could not tolerate.

So to escape even the remotest chance of pain and humiliation, he summoned the greatest, most ferocious, most utterly horrendous demon from the deepest / darkest / dankest bowels of hell, the king of corruption, the epitome of evil:  Sydney.

The demon’s arrival set the pine needle forest floor ablaze.  “WHY HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME, HUMAN?”

“I seek relief,” the woodcutter said.  “Relief…and revenge.”

“HMMM, I LIKE IT,” said the demon, a floating dark blue upper humanoid torso levitating eight feet above the crackling pine needles, backlit by a literally hellish halo of Cherenkov radiation.  “WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME DO?”

“Destroy the universe,” said the woodcutter.

“WAIT…WHAT?” Sydney asked.

“Destroy the universe,” the woodcutter repeated.  “Every last bit of it.”

“WHY WOULD I WANT TO DO THAT?”

“Look, you make deals with humans all the time, right?  Well, this is the deal I want to make.”

“DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STANDARD TERMS ARE FOR A DIABOLIC PACT?”

The woodcutter swallowed drily and nodded.

“IF I DESTROY THE UNIVERSE, HOW DO I BENEFIT?  I MEAN, WITH THE UNIVERSE GONE, SO ARE YOU.  HECK, I’D BE GONE, TOO!  HOW DOES THAT HELP ME?”

“Do you want to make this deal or not?”

“WHY DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE?”

“Do you really need to know?”

“SINCE YOU CAN’T DESTROY THE UNIVERSE AND I CAN, YES!”

The woodcutter cast his gaze down.  “They rejected me.”

“WHO REJECTED YOU?” Sydney asked.  “THE NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE?  THE PARIS REVIEW?  THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS?”

“The other two members of our polycule triad.”

“YOU HAD A THREEWAY GOING?  DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY GUYS ASK ME FOR THAT ARRANGEMENT?”

“No women make that request?”

“ARE YOU SERIOUS?  ALL A WOMAN HAS TO DO IS EVEN HINT SHE’S INTERESTED AND EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE.”

A single  bitter tear rolled down the woodcutter’s cheek.  “We had an arrangement, but then they betrayed me.”

“SO YOUR GAL PAL RAN OFF WITH THE OTHER GUY.”

The woodcutter flushed red, a combination of shame and anger.  “The two women in our triad ran off and left me!”

After a long pause Sydney said, “YOU’RE KIDDING, RIGHT?”

The woodcutter shook his head.  “Cross my heart and hope to die.”

“OH, YOU’LL DIE, ALL RIGHT,” said the demon, and in a flash he obliterated the woodcutter’s physical form, rendering him down to a single sentient e. coli microbe living in the gut of Pigasus, the immortal twenty-three ton hog of hell who exists on a constant diet of radioactive prunes, rusty razor blades, and jalapeno peppers.

“ASSHOLE…” Sydney muttered to himself before winking out of this plane of existence.

  © Buzz Dixon

[namorweek]

Welcome to Namor Week 2023! The 4th Annual Fandom Event for Namor Nation!

So much has happened in Namor Fandom this year with Namor & Talokan’s debut appearance in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever! We welcome all new fans to the fandom and hope you can join in this year’s Namor Week on April 24 - 30!

The Themes

Day 1 - Talokan / Atlantis Will your work be set in the fantastical Talokan or the mystical Atlantis? Maybe have a crossover? Create to your hearts content and expand these worlds!

Day 2 - Mother / Memories Princess Fen is Namor’s mother and a very important figure in his life! Showcase a work that involves Fen or choose your other option and focus on a Memory. You can also focus on mothers or memories of other Talokan/Atlantean characters such as Namora, or Attuma, etc.

Day 3 - Whump / Fluff  Are you here for the most heart wrenching Whump? Or are you yearning for some Fluff? Any topic goes for this theme so long as it incorporates Whump or Fluff!

Day 4 - Alternate Universe  What if Namor was a Pirate? What would happen if Namora was Queen? What if Attuma finds the love of his life? What if? and AU’s are the lifeblood of transformative fanwork and we are ready for your ideas! Choose a Canon AU or make up your own! 

Day 5 - Mercy / Revenge  Every choice has a consequence so what will yours be? To have Mercy for those who have wronged you or to take revenge on your enemies? Perhaps the best Revenge is Mercy. Create a work that centers around these prompts!

Day 6 - Sirens / Mythology Sirens lure their victims to their doom with their haunting songs. Mythology and Sirens play a huge part in folk stories around the world, so create your own work that focuses on the idea of Sirens or choose another aspect of Mythology to work with!

Day 7 - Free Choice Anything goes! Maybe pick a topic you have a lot of passion for, or if you missed a day then share it now! It’s fan’s choice of what to create and we look forward to all you have to offer!

The Rules

No sign ups, no checks, just create whatever you feel like creating! Please read and follow all rules to be a part of this event. Types of fanworks accepted: Fanfiction, Fanart, Podcasts, Edits, Playlists, Podfics, Aesthetics, Gifs, etc. you may commission work to be submitted but it must be created for this event, so no reposting an older work for this.

All work must be submitted on the day of the prompt, late works will be accepted up until end of the week. You may add your works to the Namor Week Collection on Ao3 if you wish. 

All Fan Works must be original works created or commissioned for this event and it must focus on Namor or any of his supporting characters in the Talokan or Atlantis universes, examples but not limited to; Lady Dorma, Namora, Attuma, Fen, and more! Choose from MCU or Comic Canon, but it must be a canon character and the work may not use Namor or his supporting characters as background for other non Sub-Mariner characters or fandoms. 

Fanworks must be tagged with #namorweek in the first five tags & you must tag @namorweek so that it can be featured on this blog by end of day, and unless otherwise stated then fanworks will be linked/cross posted to the Namor Week twitter. If you wish to participate on twitter and post there then simply @ the namorweek account there! All works will be rounded up in a master list.

Tag appropriately! If you have heavy themes, tag what your work contains!

Any fanwork*, ship, canon, canon divergent, or non-canon, romantic or platonic, welcome. however this is a character(s) week and not a ship week, so please remember to keep focus on Namor, Atlanteans, Talokanil. - Original Characters welcome. - Namor x Shuri welcome. (to make it easy since there are multiple tags for this ship, it will be tagged as #nashuri > changed from namuri) *see banned content

Ship and let Ship & Don’t like? Don’t Read is in full force. 

Banned

Racism, hate work (fanwork created to bash on characters), and other forms of hate are not tolerated or accepted. Including Anti Ship or Shipping Wars. Don’t create something just to be a jerk to other fans or shippers. 

Pedo/Incest works are not accepted.

NamorSue, Namor/Susan in a romantic ship are not accepted. (Platonic Namor & Susan Storm is accepted.)

Namor x Reader, x Reader, Character x Reader, all works with x Reader or Character Imagines are not accepted. 

Good Luck with Creating and see you in April & if you have any questions please send an Ask!