#the quarry ff

[daftdrac]

I've been looking for a 'The Quarry' playthrough where Ryan pursues Dylan over Kaitlyn (via playing the video and going to the Truth or Dare scene, and seeing who Ryan kisses- if dare is picked. If he kisses Kaitlyn, or picks truth, I move on.) for actually a fucking hour right now. I've been looking for an hour. I just searched "the quarry" on YouTube and for an HOUR I've been SCROLLING and clicking EVERY SINGLE no commentary full walkthrough I could find and majority of the time it's been Kaitlyn. 85%, at the LEAST. The rest, the player picked truth. I actually have a headache from how many times I've screamed in frustration. (Don't even ask about the anger issues, man,)

I FINALLY found one with the Rylan kiss <3333 my life is saved. I swear to God I was staring to have Issues™ with the Heteros™ (/hj). All I want is to have the game playing in the background on my TV while I write. And it took me an hour . There is too much Dylan disrespect on YouTube I swear

[captaincaptainjill]

Highway Encounter - Travis Hackett x Reader Update✨

Chapter 7: And with the tables turned.. is now online 😘 We're getting there. But first, some angst.

Rating: Mature ->there will be smut later, I promise

Status: Chapter 7/9

A big thank you to everyone still interested in my little story!! Sending you a lot of love💕

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[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE OF MONDAY NIGHT FRESH

EMILY DAVIS IS STILL TIRED OF THE DISRESPECT

Previously, Emily Davis (Until Dawn) defeated Elena Fisher (Uncharted) in a match to prove herself. The feud had started when Elena accused Emily of being a crybaby who couldn’t accept her losses. Now that Elena has been decisively defeated, Emily started making demands that she be given a shot at any of the women’s world titles.

In response, the unnamed commissioner has said that Emily still needs to prove herself. One victory wasn’t going to instantly propel her to the top of the contenders list. Emily, feeling disrespected, demanded the top spot.

“Be careful what you wish for,” the unnamed commissioner said. To move up on the contenders list, Emily has to beat someone above her position. And that person, for this episode…is Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII).

[ashes-in-a-jar]

No but did the Archivist literally stop for a snack on the way to its most important quarry??

Like, we did learn from Jon that if the Archivist gets too deep into the role they lose themselves and their ability to resist any statement in their vicinity but gurl you have way bigger fish to fry right now and that's just a poor custodian who kept his head down and just wanted to do his job that you concrete-ified because the train ride here made you peckish ffs

[novaursa]

Dangerous Gaze (the hunt)

- Summary: You meet Brandon Stark for the first time, and the dragon falls for the wolf.

- Paring: targ!reader/Brandon Stark

- Note: These events happen before Robert's Rebellion.

- Rating: Mature 16+ (just to be safe)

- Previous part: 1

- Tag(s): @sachaa-ff @alyssa-dayne @oxymakestheworldgoround

The Kingswood is alive with the sounds of the hunt—hooves pounding the earth, the sharp barks of hounds, and the thrill of voices cutting through the trees. You feel the air buzzing with excitement, though perhaps it has less to do with the chase and more with the man riding alongside you.

Brandon Stark.

You’ve been placed ahead of the party, as is your custom, given leave to do as you please by a father who is often indulgent when it comes to his precious daughter. The courtiers and noblemen trail behind, their eyes ever watchful, but your father, King Aerys, lingers even farther back, surrounded by his guards and some of the less adventurous lords.

Brandon, however, matches your pace effortlessly. His wolfish grin never leaves his face as he steals glances at you, clearly enjoying the break from his father's stiffer company. You’re surprised at how easily you’ve fallen into conversation with him, though it feels less like conversation and more like a game.

“Does your father always hunt like this?” Brandon’s voice is casual, but there’s an edge of amusement.

You laugh, the sound ringing through the woods. “Only when he’s feeling generous. Other times, I think he enjoys watching his prey squirm more than the kill itself.”

Brandon chuckles, his grey eyes flicking over to you as you guide your horse between the thick trunks. “That sounds about right for a king.” He glances around, lowering his voice as if sharing a secret. “But I have to say, I didn’t expect a royal hunt to feel so...tame.”

You smirk, raising an eyebrow. “Tame? You call this tame?”

Brandon leans in slightly, his voice dropping to a near whisper. “I thought hunting with a Targaryen would be wilder. Maybe there’s more fire to come?”

There’s something about the way he says it, something that sends a shiver down your spine, as if he’s speaking of more than the hunt. And yet, you can’t help but feel the pull of it, the danger woven into his words.

You smile back at him, your heart beating just a little faster. “You’d be surprised at how wild things can get, Lord Stark.”

He grins, sharp and unrestrained, and for a moment, the space between you feels charged with something more than the chase, more than the thrill of the hunt. There’s something else here, something untamed, that neither of you seem willing to acknowledge outright.

Suddenly, a loud cry breaks through the trees—the sound of hounds catching the scent of something large. The horses shift beneath you, eager to run, and you meet Brandon’s gaze. Without a word, you urge your horse forward, and he follows, the two of you breaking from the main group.

The forest blurs around you as you race deeper into the Kingswood, the wind whipping at your hair. Brandon rides close, his focus entirely on you, as if he’s hunting more than just the quarry ahead. The thrill of it is intoxicating, and for the first time in a long while, you feel truly alive.

Ahead, you catch sight of the stag—the great prize of the hunt—darting through the trees, its massive antlers gleaming in the dappled sunlight. It’s magnificent, regal even, and for a brief moment, you wonder if this is what your father sees in his own madness—this raw, untamed beauty.

Brandon pulls up beside you, his breath quick with exertion. “Shall we bring it down?” His eyes are alight with excitement, the wolf within him showing.

You pause, your gaze lingering on the stag as it bounds away. “Not yet,” you say softly. “Let it run a little longer.”

Brandon studies you for a moment, his brow furrowing slightly as if he’s trying to understand something deeper, something beyond the hunt. But then, his face relaxes, and he nods, guiding his horse to match your pace once more.

“Do you ever think about what waits at the end of the chase?” he asks, his voice quiet now, almost contemplative. “The moment when the prey realizes it’s caught?”

You glance over at him, sensing the weight behind his question. “I suppose it depends on the hunter,” you say, your voice barely above a whisper. “And what kind of end they want.”

Brandon’s eyes darken, a flicker of something shadowing his features. “Some ends come whether we want them or not.”

You say nothing, but his words settle over you like a chill, a reminder of the world you both live in—where men like your father control fate with fire and blood, and where wolves from the North are never truly safe in the South. You feel it, too, the unspoken knowledge that lingers between you, that this—whatever is growing between you and Brandon—is as dangerous as the game you’re hunting.

But you’ve never been one to shy away from danger. Not when it calls to you as strongly as Brandon Stark does.

The two of you ride in silence for a time, letting the forest envelop you. The stag has long disappeared from view, but neither of you seem to care. There’s something more important than the hunt now, something unsaid, yet felt keenly between you.

At last, Brandon breaks the silence. “You’re different from what I expected,” he admits, his voice low and sincere. “I thought...I don’t know what I thought. But you surprise me.”

You smile at that, turning to face him fully. “And what did you expect? A simpering princess?”

Brandon’s laughter is rich, genuine, and it echoes through the trees. “Something like that,” he admits. “But no, you’re...much more than that.”

His words hang between you, heavy with meaning. And though you don’t speak it aloud, you feel it too—the pull, the undeniable connection that crackles like wildfire between you.

But fate, you know, is not always kind to wolves and dragons.

[doctor-badadvice]

Yayyy comes back at you but with tmnt ask game!

19.) Who is your favorite ally?

23.) What is one of your favorite TMNT fics?

28.) What is one thing you would like to see explored more in TMNT art/fics?

-- Trauma (hi :D)

I'm still doing this thing

19.) Who is your favorite ally?

My favorite ally ever is Irma

Since we're talking allies, I'm going to mention both '87 and '03 which are also the versions I like and know best.

'87 is a challenge because it's ten seasons and I can only rewatch two seasons at the time but even if it's been a couple decades, I'm still fond of Usagi. Good samurai boy overall and while he's in '03 too, I don't have much to say about him there especially when '03 April exists. The choice is a bit too obvious but she's smart, she can fight, she's a redhead and she very much cares about the turtles no matter how many times her home is destroyed without being like, five years old like in recent versions.

A couple of honorable mentions go to Sydney/Quarry & friends, as well as Serling for being always this close to making turtle soup for dinner.

23.) What is one of your favorite TMNT fics?

>:) Let me just open AO3 real quick

I'll be honest, I don't read fanfiction often. My account is still fairly new and I got it just because it clicked that I can use it to keep up with stuff.

Anyways, in no specific order (and with links in case someone somehow missed any of these). It says one but I'm going to give a shoutout to all my favorite works:

Taking Pawns: Excellent all around, I think I read this one like five times. The first chapter had me running in circles for a bit because heck yes and it probably contributed to changing my opinion of FF and even do a proper rewatch of the season.

The Locket from Y’Lyntias: I don't even like mermaids and yet here I am waiting for the next chapter. I likes both ideas for the mernerds but I guess the fun is how messed up it's gonna get regardless.

The Good Way: Still fairly new, yet I think about this one a lot. Few things irk me more than time skips so this one will have me go 👀 throughout the chapters.

28.) What is one thing you would like to see explored more in TMNT art/fics?

I'm probably the last person who should be saying anything in this regard but— I guess I'd like more action? The little every day moments and the introspective stuff are nice but I'm a simple person, I like myself a cool fight. A well written fight scene is incredibly fun and it saves you from writing all that pesky dialogue.

[drifting-pieces-blog-blog]

Breaking down the comics: Learning to Crawl (issue 35)

Moon Knight, Issue # 35: Second Wind

Written by Tony Isabella and drawn by Carl Potts

Hey look! The X-men are in this one! And the Fantastic Four! That’s a lot of cross-over. As I’ve stated before, a lot of times when you have a ‘features’ on the cover, it means the characters show up briefly to do a one liner, then leave. A ploy to try to draw in more readers and sell more issues. Let’s see how much they all feature in this! 

And the plot summary? “Following last issue’s devastation, Moon Knight is at a crossroads on whether or not to continue his vigilante career. Guest-starring the X-Men and FF!” 

Now, keep in mind that this is a new writer (One that was acclaimed and recently retired that came out of retirement to guest appear) right after Moench left Marvel. So we're getting the character intro that feels more geared towards the writer than the audience. ALSO this is a cross over ultra long issue so they are hoping to have NEW readers that are here for the X-men and that will get interested in Moon Knight and then start reading regularly.

So we're not only going to get over intros of the characters, but we're also going to get a heavily watered down edition of the characters because the new readers aren't here for lore, they're here for X-men. 

We open at midnight in Manhattan. 

"It's Midnight when the man born Marc Spector (but who has long since glided into other identities as easily as he now glides over the city) spots the quarry that has brought him out into the darkness. 

Thus Marc Spector begins this in his identity as the costumed adventurer Moon Knight. When it ends he will know who he truly is...and why." 

His prey is "The Fly", who focuses on robbing rich vacation homes while the owners are away. 

After noting that The Fly recently went up against Spider-Man and lost, Moon Knight sneaks up on The Fly and immediately gets his ass kicked. He spends a lot of time on the ground. 

He’s doing well. 

OH. OH NO. I know this comic! (it may come as a surprise to some of you that I do not read the comics then write these analysis. I do a life reaction.) I knew this was coming but it had completely escaped me that THIS was how it happened. Oh. My. Khonshu. This is embarrassing. 

As always, Frenchie is up above keeping an eye on things. When he spots "The Fly" getting away, he radios down to Moon Knight. 

Worried for his friend, he climbs down from the chopper and finds Marc laid out on the roof, unable to move and barely able to speak. 

I must say, the art and colors on this issue are spectacular. 

Frenchie gets Marc to his chopper. 

"Moon Knight glides from pain to oblivion to delirium in no discernible pattern. Once he curses himself through agonized tears for being so sloppy this time. 

Once he wakes in madness to quote Keats. 'There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object.'" 

Side note: We've seen Marc, specifically Marc, quote classical literature before. Marc is shockingly well read and it makes me wonder why he hides how smart he is. In later issues he talks about his struggles in school, but Marc Spector really is very smart. (An idiot but smart). 

John Keats is an English romantic poet. He is famously known for "Beauty in truth, truth in beauty".

Jean-Paul takes Marc to a private hospital that 'doesn't ask questions'. 

He undergoes surgery, but his spinal damage is great. They tell Marlene that they've done what they can and the rest lays in subsequent therapy. "I'm afraid it's entirely possible that Steven Grant may never walk again." 

We move to Paris where a young up and coming dancer is running for her life from some unseen danger. 

Her assailant is a woman who accuses her of abandoning Russia and taking all her gifts with her. The attacker uses the wind as her power and sends the girl off into the sky to meet a terrible fate. 

Back in Grant Mansion, we see one of the Moon Boys working on parallel bars to learn to walk again. The whole time, he curses himself for letting The Fly get away. 

Now, for the past couple of issues, Moon Knight has been facing another internal conflict of if he is doing any good. The people he was supposed to help turned out to be th villains and the villains turned out to be guided by circumstances and then paid a terrible price. 

"I'm not sure I should ever think about Moon Knight again... I mean, what if it's somebody else's life on the line next time I screw up?" 

Marlene calls an end to today's therapy session and helps 'Steven' back to his wheelchair. 

Samules, the butler, announces a guest and Gena busts in at full speed. 

"Guests, Sammy? We're family. Right Lockley?" 

"How's the kids, Gena?" (Jake is always such a sweetie). 

She gives him a hug and I may tear up. I love Gena so much. 

Crawley bursts in next. 

Jake's friends have always been his support and his heart. 

Jake is worried about the boys. 

Gena is too. "This sure isn't the easiest city in the world to grow up in...Even for good kids." 

They reflect on the gangs always recruiting new members. 

They talk about how Lenny, from the Music box issue, is serving time despite being a good kid. They reflect on the gang that was poisoned and attacked Gena in her diner. 

"Those are the reasons I'm thinking of leaving. My brother has a place in Houston. He needs a manager. Hard decision to make." Gena admits. 

"Do what's best for you and the kids. But... If you can --stay. You've got family here too." 

It's hard to let go of friends. Especially someone as important to their way of life and joy like Gena. Jake relies so heavily on his routine. He visits the diner for breakfast frequently and he goes there when things are stressful or he wants to get away from Steven's life and people. 

Gena heads out, back to the diner. Crawley lingers to have a word. 

Moon Knight used to pay Crawley for information. Crawley has always had a gambling problem and he admits that he's been in it again and is out of cash and overdue on the rent again. 

"I...I was wondering if Moon Knight would be requiring my services soon." 

I'm not sure who is fronting at this junction, but he's giving Steven vibes so I'll say Steven. 

Steven admits that he doesn't know when he'll be up and able to walk again, much less Moon Knighting... 

"I'm not sure Moon Knight will be back." 

Marlene offers to put Crawley on a retainer and holds out some cash. 

"Oh, no. I'm afraid I've gotten to enjoy working for a living again. Not to worry, my dear, I'll be fine." 

Crawley refuses help and asks to be notified if his services are needed. He heads back to the diner.

Steven is angry. "He's my friend, Marlene, and for the first time I'm wondering if it hasn't been my needs as Moon Knight that have kept him down in the gutters--While I come home to THIS every morning.

Maybe it is time to retire as Moon Knight." 

He heads into the room that houses his Khonshu statue. 

"What do you say, Khonshu, Old boy? Is the wheelchair and the legs that won't work some sort of sign that my tour of duty as Moon Knight is over? Have I paid for the crimes of my past? 

All the men I am... Can I put Mercenary Spector to rest? Can I stop driving Lockley's cab?

Can I finally be the man I want to be? I WANT to be Steven Grant, Marlene. He's a good man...The kind of man who could make you happy." 

"That would be nice. Let's talk about it...Sometime." 

"Right. Well, wheelchair or not, I've still got a life to lead. Let's get on with it." 

Narration: And if Khonshu has any thoughts of his own to add...He keeps his own counsel.

So we are dealing with Steven primarily in the chair. It’s interesting that Steven is the one dealing with the PT and learning how to cope. We get glimpses of Jake, but mostly it’s Steven wondering what sort of life he is supposed to follow. The desire to just be Steven. To be a good man. To make Marlene happy. 

Next we see Marlene and Steven going to a Ballet. Steven has sponsored the local ballet in an effort to be "just a good citizen doing what he can." 

Steven goes to meet the star, Sergey Valberg. He's brought along the media to help promote the company and get more people to the Ballet. 

As the media sets up, we catch a glimpse of the angry woman from before that sent the other dancer to space. 

Sergey has agreed to let the media record his rehearsal. They watch in amazement as he dances when suddenly...

A gust of wind knocks all the security around and the woman enters the room. "Sergey... Your dance is over." 

"Marlene... I think she's here to kill him! Try to cover me while I...I... Sit here like a helpless cripple." Steven is realizing he can't do anything.

Wind lady blows the chair over for his trouble. 

Sergey recognizes her. He calls her Bora. 

"I have heard...of a woman whose heart is as cold as the frigid winds she commands. I had hoped I heard wrong." 

She had once rehearsed under Sergey, dreaming of being a great ballerina. Then she found out that she was a Mutant as she not only gained wind powers, but she also grew to over seven feet tall! 

When she went to him for help, she found out that he had fled Russia to America. 

Her dreams of being a ballerina were over. 

"I awoke to find my long cherished goals thrust eternally beyond my reach, for what choreographer had ever conceived a ballet for a seven foot tall artist?!" 

So naturally she decided to punish all those who defected from Russia. 

She drops the temperature to below freezing as the winds swirl around them.... And Sergey starts to dance. 

"If I die, It will be as I have lived--Honoring life through my dance!" 

Steven is helpless to watch from outside of the rehearsal room as the temperature drops and the winds blow. 

"The Bora is a cold, dry wind. It can reach speeds of 125 miles per hour and has been known to overturn trucks. He lets the gusts catch him in mid leap.

His dance has become a language now... His movements its alphabet. The opposition of arms and legs create words. His dance speaks to Steven Grant. It speaks of courage unconquerable." 

Steven crawls to the glass and struggles to get to his feet. 

"The temperature in the enclosed studio is now sixty degrees below zero. The sentences form more slowly. Indeed, there is only breath left...for one... final... statement." 

Sergey takes a final leap. 

"The dancer is dead... But not his dance." 

The wind woman departs and Steven is left helpless. 

He has realized a truth. He asks Marlene to take him home. 

Love the imagery of Khonshu’s statue behind Marlene. “Inside the mansion there is a cold silence. It reminds Marlene of a tomb…in Egypt.” 

"Because I have to be here. Because I'm needed." Steven sits in the wheelchair clutching at the Moon Knight cowl. "You know what's out there. It's a world in which the savages all too often rule our cities, our streets, our souls. 

The Good citizens... The Grants, the Lockley's...They fight that tyranny as best they can. They aren't always enough." 

Steven is starting to understand that as much as he wants to be the good person and the only person, he can't. 

"Moon Knight is more than a good man. He's a force that transcends the brutality and the fear that are the savages' main weapons--Because he can use those weapons himself. 

He's a savage on the side of the angels. A protector of innocents... A symbol of vengeance and hope. And, God willing, If he does his job well enough... He'll be the last savage." 

It's an interesting understanding by Steven. Viewing Moon Knight a a necessary violence force. But does he see Moon Knight as his own person, as Marc Spector, or as all of them working together? 

I know how Moench would portray Moon Knight, but with him out of the picture, how is Marvel going to let the character of Moon Knight advance? 

Steven attempts to stand. 

He fights through the pain. 

For once, he’s not looking to Khonshu for support. Or a miracle. 

"This is the truth learned. That being Moon Knight is not a curse... Nor a state of penance. It is simply who and what he was always meant to be." 

So what is Moon Knight's first course of action? 

He goes to see Professor Charles Xavier's school for gifted youngsters. 

Alright. We are a little over halfway through the comic and we are finally bringing in the X-men. 

He speaks with the Professor himself. 

"The Russians have been unusually co-operative with the bare facts. She's fourteen, off her nut, and operating without their sanction. Not enough. I need to know how her powers work!" 

Moon Knight notes that there are four more defectors in the ballet company and he bets she'll strike again on opening night. 

Professor tells him how he thinks Bora's power works then asks if Moon Knight thinks one man can stop her. 

"I don't know. I don't see where I have any choice but to try. Thank you for your help, professor." 

Leaving, Professor X watches him go. 

"He has doubts. His injury--His recent failure....The pain that yet wracks his body. They all work against him. And still he strives to overcome. The man's determination is both inspiring and frightening." 

He calls in Colossus and Nightcrawler. 

Mostly because you can’t have a comic that boasts about an X-man crossover without the x-men. And any time there’s a one off X-men crossover, they tend to just kinda throw Colossus and Nightcrawler at the situation back in the day. (Current day it’s more like wolverine or some random side characters that Marvel wants to promote at the time for a smaller comic). 

Nightcrawler makes the argument that Mutants should deal with Mutants. 

"I would agree...Normally... But Moon Knight is at a crossroad in his life. He must be given the chance to prove himself to himself. He is a powerful force for good. 

Perhaps more powerful, in his own way, than we X-men. We will not interfere unless necessary." 

Yet... They do all agree that a night at the Ballet might be nice. 

Outside the school we find Frenchie chatting up Storm. 

Opening night, the theater is packed! And what's this? The Thing! 

He says his hello to Nightcrawler. 

Nightcrawler admits that he's there as 'unofficial back-up'. 

Ben laughs. "I guess that makes yours truly and pals the "Official Back-ups, then." 

It would seem that Moon Knight knew he wasn't fully up to full strength so he called in a little extra help. 

"The Fantastic four!" Kirk turns to his row and admits "I, too, came with 'Pals'!" 

And there we see more of the X-men! I'm not a big X-men reader, so I only recognize two, maybe three of the ones there. 

It's also interesting that Moon Knight would specifically ask for help from the fantastic four. He's only had run-ins with DareDevil, Ben, and the Hulk up to this point. Inviting Dare Devil to the ballet would be... a bit off. And the Hulk wouldn't exactly be good backup. 

It's also hilarious that to this day, Ben still considers Moon Knight a friend and every single year will send him Hanukkah cards. In later issues, Moon Knight admits that there aren't a lot of Jewish heroes and that Ben needs to meet others besides himself, since he isn't exactly the most observant. But it's still touching how Ben said "This is my friend." and clung to him for so long.

We see Moon Knight himself up in a box seat overlooking the stage. (And this image really tickled me for POTO reasons. If you know, you know.) 

"But if Kurt Wagner has gained new respect for the Moon's Knight of Vengeance, the object of that praise is himself still wrestling with doubts.

Bora has the power to level this theater. He was crippled by a glorified burglar. Memories of past failure assail him. The waiting is a battle in itself. And that he does not surrender to his doubts in those seemingly interminable minutes is a victory as great as any he has known." 

Okay okay okay. Let's take a moment to appreciate the actual Ballet! 

"Laurencia" - A story of love and tyranny. 

A ballet by Chabukiani. As wiki informs me, "Created at a time when 'choreodrama' was considered in the Soviet Union the only acceptable form of contemporary ballet.' 

Basically it stresses that dance was an ultimate form of expression and all movement should serve as a purpose. 

So ballet at the time seemed to focus heavily on drama based plays. 

The story the ballet is based on is one of a peasant revolution. Which, if you know the most basic of Russian history, this was a big deal for the Soviet Union. 

Now, Chabukiani created his own form of choreographic language in Ballet where he focused heavily on the Male Dancer and created 'the heroic male dance'. 

The play is pretty simple. Village awaits the return of some grand Commander with his army. Meanwhile a girl and her admirer are flirting. The commander returns and immediately desires the beautiful girl. She rejects him so he leaves with his army. The admirer asks the girl to marry him but she isn't sure and doesn't answer. The Commander returns and tries to have the girl. She rejects him again and this time he leaves promising revenge. The girl marries her admirer but the commander interrupts the wedding and arrests her groom. Pretty pissed off, she rallies the village and they storm the castle. They kill the commander and free the groom. 

The original story was written in the 1600s and was based on a real story. 

Back to the comic! 

Bora interrupts just as the revolt against the evil Commander is taking place. 

Winds batter around the ballerinas as Bora steps on stage. 

"The winds of retribution have pursued you from the homeland you hae betrayed! They have decreed your punishment! And they have named Me Your executioner!" 

The X-men and the Fantastic Four hold off, wanting to let Moon Knight take his chance to redeem himself to himself. 

(It's also funny to watch a woman command the winds and have Storm be there like, "Oh she is not going to get away with this".) 

Moon Knight leaps down onto the stage. 

She immediately blasts him with wind. This gives the dancers time to make their escape as he fights against the wind storm. 

Professor X had guessed that Bora's powers were psionic in nature. She was not generating the wind herself like Storm does, but she was opening a sort of portal to harness the winds from their original location. 

Off stage, Marlene and Frenchie flip on the lights and buzzers, giving Bora a massive headache and thus she loses control of her wind. 

The notion that Steven goes around building things ‘just in case Moon Knight needs them’ is hilarious. 

The Fantastic Four do their thing and ensure that the audience and fleeing Ballerina are not injured in the wild winds. 

You gotta love cross-over comics. The X-men could have ended this immediately. Much less the Fantastic. Both in the same building? Come on. But this isn’t their comic. They are guests in this comic so they gotta watch Moon Knight, a man without a single ounce of power who just finished recovering from massive spinal injury crawl across the stage. Look at him go. He’s used to being on the ground anyways. 

We get to see the Various X-men like Kitty Pride and storm and Colossus do their thing to help people. We also see the Fantastic Four do their own thing. 

Pretty pissed off, Bora now focuses fully on Moon Knight and he's getting blown around a bit. 

"The temperature drops rapidly, a full degree per second. He cannot feel what he clutches in his hand. He does not stop. Ice daggers cut deep into his flesh. And still he does not stop." 

Nightcrawler pops in just behind her, giving her a start. The momentary distraction is enough for Moon Knight to get to her and...

DID HE JUST CHLOROFORM HER?!

Yep. Sure did… 

Well... It worked. She passes out. 

Later, back at Grant Mansion Marlene and Steven talk.

"You're tired." "I am exhausted--and in excruciating pain--and feeling completely, totally wonderful!" 

"No more doubts?" 

"Lots. But I won't quit again. What we do is important." 

"I can live with that." 

And we end on Khonshu's statue gazing at Marlene and Steven embracing. 

OKAY. Coming from the future and gazing upon the past, we know what is to come in the comics much much distance from when this one was written. 

He does in fact quit again. He also ends up in a wheelchair again. What’s the difference? This time, it is Steven that handles it. In the future issue, it’s MARC that handles it. Another huge difference? In the future issue with Marc being left crippled, his friends have all left him and he suffers alone, angry, and in despair. This time, we see their friends rally around him. Steven is practical in how he confronts the problem, and Steven takes them through the rehab PT, he puts in the work, and he understands what it means to not be able to recover. He accepts potential failure and he makes peace with it. 

Marc does not. In that future episode, Marc pushes himself over and over again and suffers in miserable agony as he fails and fails and fails. Steven accepts that he is a good man and he can live with himself if he can’t be Moon Knight. Marc cannot. 

We also see the general use of ‘What WE do is important.’. He won’t quit again. He, being Steven Grant, acknowledges that he gave up too soon. He settled too soon and didn’t leave the others any say in the matter. He wrote off Jake and Marc and Moon Knight. Now he sees that he can’t do that. Moon Knight needs his place. 

What I also love is that this was again another show of a battle against oneself. We see him struggling again with his own failures and dip into self depredation. They suffer with imposter syndrome and doubt and depression. He acknowledges that the doubt is still there. That they are still struggling, but that they now know that they need to keep pushing on and forward. 

What I didn’t like about this issue? What happens to the girl? What happened to Bora after she is defeated? 14 years old and her dreams of ballet are gone and she is obviously not taking anything well. Do they just hand her over to the X-men to deal with? Also the main ballet dancer was killed! And the ballet just goes on? He was a pretty important figure it seems like! And the girl from earlier that was killed! I hate loose ends. 

Overall, I really did enjoy this issue, even if it was a cross-over with loose ends. This is the last we see of special guest writer Tony Isabella. In the next issue, we get our first full one from Zelenetz!

[delusion-of-negation]

so apparently youtube is getting stricter and stricter with what is 18+ content now (games like the quarry, even with gore cut out, seem to be getting hit), and in some regions they require a real id verifying you're 18+ to view it, on top of it basically meaning the creator gets no profit or reach from that video. this is bad. idk how exactly to convey to y'all that this is not going to help anyone at all besides advertisers. ticking an "I'm over 18" box is enough. you've already got youtube kids that parents can set an account to if the child's like 5 and can't peruse regular youtube. jfc the quarry isn't a particularly gory or scary game ffs I have it, I played resident evil excessively as a kid, I watched gothika and the shining and... like, I genuinely don't think you need to censor this shit, but even if that wasn't the case this still isn't the right way to handle doing so.

[theartofdreaming1]

WIPs

Oof, got tagged by the lovely @queenofbaws to share my WIP folder - and it's bad, folks 😰 Most of these have been around for years and while I have kept working on most of them, still none of them are finished 😩 (hence the status "WIP", I guess):

Birthdays (4 birthdays in the life of Bruce Wayne... will I ever manage to finish this one in time for Bruce's birthday in February? Who knows... haven't succeeded in that in these past 4 years ^^;)

The Beast in the Cursed Woods (the Quarry fairytale now has a title... yay?)

Attempting to Connect... (A DickBabs Sci Fi/Cyber AU... first chapter is almost done, actually)

A Night at the Museum (third installment of my "The Taste of Something Stolen" BatCat series...)

Welcome Home (Airport ff with Bruce + Dick + Alfred)

5 times Laura had to patch up her bf + 1 time Max took care of her (Quarry fic in which I mostly make Max suffer through all the embarrassing mishaps that have happened to clumsy ol' me)

Captain Duckling AU (based on this drawing of mine)

and of course all my unfinished fics that torment me (and probably my readers as well) with their incomplete status on AO3:

Partners (DickBabs NoCapes BPD AU)

Ocean's Treasures Washed Ashore (DickBabs Merman Regency AU)

On the Reciprocal Attraction of Heavenly Bodies (DickBabs Regency AU)

This is Not Over, But Just the Beginning (LauraMax Quarry continuedCurse AU)

If you're curious about any of these WIPs, ask away! Maybe talking about these stories will finally get my creative juices flowing, who knows? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'mma tag @wurzelbertzwerg , @clearbluewaters , @thychesters and @rosegardeninwinter , should they like to share info about their WIPs and anyone else who wants to talk about their WIPs... consider yourselves tagged by me :)

[captaincaptainjill]

Highway Encounter - Travis Hackett x Reader Update✨

Chapter 6: At the Lake is now online 😘 Stuff is happening and things might get nasty.

Rating: Mature ->there will be smut later, I promise

Status: Chapter 6/9

Thank you for all the kudos over at ao3. It really makes me so happy. Love you all💕 I know I've been gone for a while and I am so sorry. But I promised to finish this story. 3 chapters to go. Thank you for being so patient with me.💕

[oldwebmlp]

From: http://web.archive.org/web/19990916081207/http://www.whz.com/icefeather/ChurchofMimic/index.html

Text from page below the cut:

Welcome, brethren, to the Church of the MOC Mimic. The Church does not appeal to everyone, though all are welcome. The Church was formed to provide a shelter for all those MLP followers that didn't quite feel....at home in the main community of Pony believers. Our teachings are unique and open-armed.

The Church's deity is the MOC Mimic, which we all know is out there, but none of us have seen or touched. All of our pony hunts lead us towards one illusive quarry- the hitherto unheard of MOC Mimic...in our hunts we have discovered MOC FF ponies, So Softs, Twice As Fancies, First Years, Flutter Ponies...we have stumbled across ponies with their lovely locks cut and tattered, and their bodies marred by imperfections inflicted by careless mortal hands. The purity of the MOC pony is to be marveled at, and the height of pony collecting, our ultimate aspiration, to stand before the MOC Mimic.

We invite you to explore our sancutary.

[camelotsfavouriteknight]

Crystal Ball - Quarry FF (final chapter out)

Fandom: The Quarry (video game)

Pairing: Ryan Erzahler/Dylan Lenivy

Summary: Ryan gets hold of a Crystal ball. Being curious and having listened to maybe a few too many podcasts, he decides to stare into it. Unfortunately for him, it isn’t a normal crystal ball. He is dragged into scenes where he sees one of his campmates and friends die a gruesome death. Terrified but determined, he continues to come back, looking for clues. Anything that might help him stop it from happening and save his friends.

Words: 16.617 (finished!)

[flameflash]

Dec '22: Like Peas in a Pod

After the quarry we moved on to the indoor playground area. They added this new pod swing and they all made sure to take advantage of it. Though one of them was much harder to swing than the others. -FF

[whatilistenedtoatwork]

From May 29th to June 2nd, 2023

29-05-23

MILES DAVIS “’Round About Midnight”; KRAFTWERK “Trans-Europe Express”; LINDISFARNE “Nicely Out Of Tune”; MORRISSEY “Vauxhall & I”; SINEAD O’CONNOR “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got”; ECHOBELLY “On”; JULIAN COPE “World Shut Your Mouth”; THE BEATLES “Live At The BBC”; JULIANA HATFIELD “Beautiful Creature”; DJ SHADOW “The Less You Know The Better”

30-05-23

SUPERTRAMP “Crime Of The Century”; BUTTHOLE SURFERS “Electriclarryland”; SAM FENDER “Hypersonic Missiles”; SOUNDGARDEN “Superunknown”; ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA”A New World Record”; BOARDS OF CANADA “Geogaddi”; MORCHEEBA “Big Calm”; NINA SIMONE “Forbidden Fruit”; FFS “FFS (Deluxe Edition)”; GREEN DAY “American Idiot”; METALLICA “…And Justice For All”; THE SPECIALS “The Specials”

31-05-23

KRAFTWERK “Kraftwerk”; STEREOLAB “Dots And Loops”; SONIC YOUTH “Kill Yr. Idols”; MORRISSEY “You Are The Quarry”; LFO “Frequencies”; OZZY OSBOURNE “Blizzard Of Ozz”; GALLIANO “:4”; WHODINI “Escape”; THE ROBERT CRAY BAND “Too Many Cooks”; METALLICA “Ride The Lightning”; VENOM “Welcome To Hell”

01-06-23

BUZZCOCKS “Love Bites”; LUCINDA WILLIAMS “Happy Woman Blues”; BE-BOP DELUXE “Modern Music”; LAIKA “Sounds Of The Satellites”; JULIANA HATFIELD “Bed”; THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET “Mission Impossible”; THE RUTLES “The Rutles”; RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE “Evil Empire”; THROWING MUSES “House Tornado”; TANYA DONNELLY “Lovesongs For Underdogs”; FATBOY SLIM “Better Living Through Chemistry”; LED ZEPPELIN “Houses Of The Holy”; JULIAN COPE “Fried”

02-06-23

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE “Stand!”; ESTELLE “All Of Me”; JULIAN COPE “Skellington”; DJ SHADOW “Private Press”; JAMES BROWN “Black Caesar”; KRAFTWERK “Minimum-Maximum”; JUDAS PRIEST “Killing Machine”; BIG DADDY KANE It’s A Big Daddy Thing”

[seoafin]

nier !!! is ! my!! fav! its so beautiful and smth about like, empty spaces and nature but specifically in abandoned settings…and dont forget the moral challenges, i love me some existential crises <33 also my first game from funamu was mogeko castle and that 1000% traumatized me, to this very day i flinch at the word "prosciutto" so take that info as you'd like :))

and tysm for the recs!! ill check those out for sure! and if you like story games maybe you'd like detroit becomes human? or 12 minutes? orrrr if you want more horror, the quarry was popular for a while (idk why it lowkey gives life is strange vibes). my lowkey (highkey?midkey??) fav game is little nightmares, if youve heard of that !! i played both 1 and 2 and loved it, spoiler not spoiler the gamemakers were apparently inspired by spirited away (im also a studio ghibli fan so yk how that went for me LOL)!!!

oh, as a side note TY FOR REPLYING TO ANYTHING I ASK BC ILL BE SPAMMING YOU QUESTIONS AND STUFF JUST BC I LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS <3 (you can ignore most of them idm <333)

oh god the atmospheric setting of nier is probably one of my favorite things about the game. i love love love the kind of post-apocalyptic settings where nature has overtaken desolate cities there's just something so beautiful about it...like beauty in the wake of tragedy (or in nier's case the extinction of mankind) nier automata is truly THEEE existential crisis game i love replaying it whenever im going through anything LMAO

not mogeko castle FJNEKJFNK funamu is really out here just traumatizing us huh.....i didn't know wadanohara was one of their more mild games until i played mogeko castle LMAO

and yes!!! i've played detroit become human (i literally wrote ff for it HAHA) but i also know of 12 minutes and little nightmares. little nightmares is actually on my list to play but i will definitely check out everything else u listed <333