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[monsieuroverlord]

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[sebastianshaw]

I feel like The Dark Phoenix novelisation tries too hard to emulate The Avengers version of the Hellfire Club with its copied dialogue from Harry. He ends up being a worse version of John Cartney and sounds too tacky for an X-Men villain. In a way it makes me appreciate Claremont's take more, considering that he fits the Hellfire Club in the context of the X-Men and still managed to write unique personalities like Shaw instead of the usual villain types.

Is THAT where that came from? That. . . makes sense, actually, because it sounded way wrong for Harry. Which I think proves your point---Harry isn’t on-panel long in the comics, but Claremont still managed to give me enough of an impression of the guy that hearing him say shit like that sounded WRONG.  One of the things I really do appreciate about Claremont is he really did try to make people individuals. Yes, he had a fondness for falling back on certain types, and some villains were DEFINITELY designed to facilitate his personal fetishes, but he had a real knack for giving unique traits and backstories even to very minor background characters. For instance, we never learn too much about Pyro as a person, but he was a Gothic romance novelist and I adore that quirk so much (and I wish even ONE X-Men adaptation incorporated it) And Senator Kelly is an actual human being, who doesn’t come out of the woodwork just hating mutants, we SEE his process and how/why he gets there, and it’s tragic. Or, as with Shaw, giving him actual real-world political philosophy instead of just making him Scrooge McDuck the Mutant, and having him started out as a better person. He even gave personal moments to the likes of Donald Pierce, who is pretty unsympathetically evil through and through, such as  in Uncanny X-Men #249, he and Lady Deathstrike look at paintings by Colossus, and they have this conversation: Lady Deathstrike: “Life is a torment for him. Not even death is a release, merely a prelude to greater tortures. There is no joy left in him.” Pierce: “A man after my own heart. Almost a shame to kill so kindred a spirit. But Colossus is both mutant and X-man, therefore…his fate is sealed.” Like, Pierce is horrible as hell, but this one moment, one sentence, gives a ton of insight into his inner life---he’s admitting he’s in pain and that not even death can release him, and that he can relate to Colossus in this even though Colossus is a mutant. It’s a small thing but it’s so much more than most writers would give a bad guy who is the sort Pierce is and not the tragic noble kind like Magneto. And Magneto only *is* tragic and noble BECAUSE of Claremont, who is the guy who gave him his backstory as a Holocaust survivor and friend of Xavier. Claremont not only created great characters, he built them too upon pre-existing characters that had been fairly flat til then. Again, Claremont’s got his flaws as a writer. His dialogue style, while great in the 80s, really doesn’t work in modern comics. His addiction to exposition has reached meme status. And plenty of his characters are, again, barely disguised fetish fuel. But goddamn, the man was a great character writer, and he really CARED about giving EACH of them a past and a point of view, even if we could only get to see that briefly. 

[brooklynislandgirl]

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mun name: Turtle {or ya know, D also works} ooc contact: Inbox, IMs, if we’re mutuals and you really want to chat ask for my Discord and/or Skype

Who the heck is my muse anyway? Elizabeth Riley is a nurse. Nothing special, nothing unusual on the surface. Scratch deep enough and you’ll find a woman of uncanny ability. Mage, mutant, witch. There are many names for her kind, but she tries to keep her abilities the best kept secret outside of where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. She is also the sister of Sam ‘Falcon’ Wilson’s former wingman, Andrew Riley. 

She exists quietly in the shadow of people much more exotic than herself, that quiet voice of calm in the dead of night, the hand that holds someone else’s and gets them through.

Points of interest:

Beth is...soft. She is sweet. She is gentle. She treats everyone like a long lost friend and has an uncanny knack for understanding what a person needs on a soul deep level. She’s quick to laugh and offer succor. She’s far smarter than she lets on but has never once judged someone for any reason. She’s well off, could live off family money if she chose to, but is a hard worker. She has nerves of steel and doesn’t frighten easy. She’s lived many lives across innumerable centuries. Never quite the same, she’s always been small and delicate and dusky. The only thing she’s retained in all of her incarnations are her eyes, those wide and lovely pools of green with a hint of a honey gold to them. Whether a powered individual or not, and across her verses, one thing that remains a constant is Beth has Auditory Processing Disorder, a learning disability. Also known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder, individuals with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) do not recognize subtle differences between sounds in words, even when the sounds are loud and clear enough to be heard. They can also find it difficult to tell where sounds are coming from, to make sense of the order of sounds, or to block out competing background noises. Symptoms include: difficulty processing and remembering language-related tasks but may have no trouble interpreting or recalling non-verbal environmental sounds, music, etc. May process thoughts and ideas slowly and have difficulty explaining them. Misspells and mispronounces similar-sounding words or omits syllables; confuses similar-sounding words (celery/salary; belt/built; three/free; jab/job; bash/batch) May be confused by figurative language (metaphor, similes) or misunderstand puns and jokes; interprets words too literally. Often is distracted by background sounds/noises. Finds it difficult to stay focused on or remember a verbal presentation or lecture. May misinterpret or have difficulty remembering oral directions; difficulty following directions in a series. Has difficulty comprehending complex sentence structure or rapid speech “Ignores” people, especially if engrossed Says “What?” a lot, even when she has heard much of what was said.

She’s also a terrible cook and can scorch water.

The most terrifying thing about Beth...is...you see that shadow there? Just a few feet to her left?  Darker and colder than the rest? That feels like the chill of the early grave and robs you of your breath just thinking about? Yes, that one.  If you look close enough, you’ll see the outline of a man. Tall and predatory. A lethal grace. If you’re lucky, that is all you’ll ever see. If you’re unlucky, you’ll come to find out his woman is NOT your playtoy, and he’ll teach you the error of your ways.

What they’ve been up to recently:

Saving the world, one soul at a time.

Where to find them:

Mostly in New York: In Manhattan {WoD/Main verse}: Saint Vincent’s where she works regular hours and on call. {Defenders} In Hell’s Kitchen: She, along with her partner, an EMT who is also gifted, she runs a free clinic. No questions asked. ~Various AUs~ {Legend} London: A small pub in the East End called The Sole Trader, as owned by Mr. Ronnie Kray. {shifts across various eras...from the 1940s through Modern day, but she’s rarely found beyond Ron’s company} {Xmen} A supporter, believer and general trash-panda of Magneto, Beth wants nothing more but to live in a world where she doesn’t have to fear people because she’s a gifted individual. {MI-5/Spooks} The Hospital of Saints John and Elizabeth {which she finds funny}. {Hawaii-50} Beth’s life took a turn unexpectedly in which she gave up her career in medicine for one in law enforcement, in which she became a rookie under Danny Williams in New Jersey. They were partnered for many years before he took a transfer to be with his daughter, and beth eventually followed in his footsteps, finally returning ‘home’ to Oahu. She currently is an officer with HPD and likes to surf on the weekends. {Agents of Shield} Beth became a SHIELD asset and medic for various teams under the watchful eye of “Uncle” Phil Coulson. Her supervisor, Vivian Harrison isn’t quite sure she’s cut out for the job and there’s often conflict because of her...peculiarities. {Stranger Things} Beth’s father and brother have recently come to rescue/employ of Hawkins Laboratory, leaving the neglected teen-age girl to pretty much raise herself. {Supernatural} A good and decent witch who lives in the hills of Appalachia. She might be dirt poor and illiterate but has a heart of gold. {Peaky Blinders} Set in the 1940s, Beth is a little Romani woman poised to set the world on fire. {The Stepney Mob} The whisper of witch or avenging ghost is quickly hushed in the confines of the Blind Pig and maybe only Davy Lloyd knows the truth {always up for new AUs or places for her to be!}

Current plans:

Doing her job, saving people when he allows her to. Hopefully, saving him from himself.

Desired interactions:

She’s the avenging angel of the down-trodden and ill-spirited, and will patch anyone up for any reason. She is currently also the head of the James Buchanan Barnes protection detail and will kill a bitch for looking at him cross-wise. She’s usually quite reasonable when it comes to playing well with others and can in fact bend over backwards to accommodate rp.

{I’d kill to have a Phil Coulson or other AoS character to play with, I’d love to have a Frank Castle, and I just really wanna make new friends and murder them. With feels. Because murder is wrong. >.>}

Offered interactions:

See all of the above. If questions remain, feel free to msg Turtlemun and we’ll work something out.

Anything else? I like grapes. I drink coffee. I know too many things. A particular note: @brooklynislandgirl is Beth’s blog and my main rp ground. Super-selectively there is a blog for Andrew Riley {her brother and Sam Wilson’s former wingman} which I might share if you ask nicely but keep in mind has to be very canon divergent. Beth also comes with a host of npcs which currently consist of: Ian Barrie of the Firm {Legend} Chauffer/Knife-Wielding Scot/Confident and Loyal to Ron Kray Dmitri Woźniak: Black Market Dealer/Conspiracy Theorist Quothe Ravenchenko: Were-raven and general bane of your existance, what doesn’t say the N word, and will absolutely get whatever you need, whenever you need in one scene change or less. Father Vincent Dafaux: Catholic Priest and Celestial Chorus Mage, nominal leader of the Latch Key Saints cabal. He runs numerous safe houses, keeps his church and rectory open at all hours, and supplies a daily Soup Kitchen and Tent City in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.  Lucien “Luc” Toussaint: A med-school drop out and current EMT with the FDNY out of Bed-Stuy. Originally from Tangipahoa Parrish, Louisianna.

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