#what does the my chemical romance island look like though?

[empty-pools-vacant-alleyways]

y'know the islands of personality from inside out? yeah. i have a giant my chemical romance island in my head guys.

[taechaos]

Jk and OC's child saying a bad word in front of 'em😹😹😹😹

(can you make a drablble for it if possible?👉👈)

btw I luv ur fics/drabblles💓💓💓

omg this is so 🥺🥺🥺 thank u so much 💕💕

The roads are bumpy and the two kids in the backseat jolt every five seconds from Jungkook's reckless, Fast and Furious driving. After years of being in the same car with your husband and the father of your children, you're rather casual about his swerves without any motion sickness. You got used to it after two years.

It's spring break, and as all parents with stable finances do, you're on a roadtrip to give the kids a worthy vacation. The younger son, Jay, like a typical twelve year old, is rolling side to side along to the game console where he races as a driver much like his father. The older daughter, Eun, is going through her emo phase as a fifteen year old teenager with rock music blasting out of her headset.

You hum along to the radio and tap your foot, Jungkook's hand bouncing on your thigh he holds out of habit with the other on the steering wheel. Things are going well for you.

A groan resounds in the car when Jay places last in the race, fifth time he's lost to bots and made his irritation known to the whole family.

And that was the last straw.

"Can you shut up? I have my volume at max and I can still hear you," Eun exasperates after placing her headphones around her neck.

Jay snickers, "We know, Eun, everyone can hear your trash music."

She frowns down at him. "Oh please, like DaBaby is a musical sensation."

"Because My Chemical Romance is so much better–"

"Kids," you butt in and crane your neck to their direction, "stop fighting. Eun, please turn down your music just a bit, and Jay, stop insulting your sister and please, not so loud."

"She started it!"

"Wha– I just asked–"

"Can you please shut up?" he mocks in a high pitch. "No one cares."

She kicks his calf lightly, prompting him to do it back and you turn to your front with a sigh. It turns into a kicking competition more than a genuine fight until Jay shrieks at a particularly hard hit.

"Ow! What the fuck, Eun?!" he holds onto his leg with a pained expression.

Eun gasps and points a finger at him, "Mom! Jay cursed!"

"Jay," you widen your eyes at him before turning to Jungkook who's nonchalant about the whole situation. You divert your attention back to your son. "That language is very disrespectful, son," you scold and furrow your eyebrows.

"But dad says it all the time!" is his whiny defence before you can continue your lecture.

You give said man a pointed look with a tilted head. Jungkook glances at you before clicking his tongue. "It's just a word–"

"Jungkook."

He gives into your warning easily and turns to the backseat, "Jay, when you're an adult, you can say whatever the hell you want. Just not around your mother." Your mouth falls ajar as you smack his arm, which has little to no effect on him.

"That is not how you should be preaching!"

"What? Is he going to still be saying 'crap' when he's thirty?" he chuckles. Jay laughs with him, the bruise forming around his leg all forgotten. Eun listens in on the conversation with a smile, her music at a low volume so she can eavesdrop without seeming like she cares.

"That's not the point," you pout angrily. Jungkook is not at all a bad father, and he's rather great with disciplining your children, but when it comes to manners... It's something you argue about constantly.

"Listen, he doesn't get into any trouble at school, so he knows when to not swear," Jungkook shrugs, "he takes after his dad, the fucking legend."

Jay starts howling and Eun snorts in surprise before cackling along while you screech and throw Jungkook's hand away from your lap. "Jay, don't listen to your father! I can't believe you're okay with this!" You cross your arms and look outside the window, feeling frustrated and petty with his lack of support in your set of principles. Your mother would scold you for saying freak of all things.

"Calm down, babe," he huffs playfully and grabs your knee, which you attempt to shake off, "I was a lot worse in middle school. It's natural for him to start picking up these words. Eun is his age anyway, but I do draw the line at cussing out his teachers or us," he cocks a brow at the sheepish child who nods with vigor. "So long as he is in his place, I think it's fine."

It takes a few minutes for you to calm your anger, and though you still disagree with his philosophy, you understand where he's coming from. You loosen your arms and hold his hand over your knee that gradually slides up to its previous spot. Peace is once again, an option.

"Are we there yet?"

"Eun, does this look like Jeju Island to you?"

"You don't even know what Jeju Island looks like!"

"I would assume it's not on a highway!"

[wordofrecall]

character playlists: ori

so. let’s do this. my playlists are long and scattered, but they make me happy, so i might as well share them and the thoughts behind song choices. so. here’s some songs for runaway knights & wannabe witches, and what have you.

something holy - childhood & riches & wonders

pearl diver - mitski - oh hunter, if you didn’t want the beautiful so badly, perhaps you would’ve found it in your spirit singing softly - look. it's on the nose, considering that her title is "the pearl hunter," but also, like, that rules. this is a song for wren, i think; ori in the present reflecting on her mother and the similarities between them.

icicles - the scary jokes - i can only be forgiven if i’m giving myself up to you on a silver serving tray / must i bare myself to the stabbing of your knife & gnashing teeth while our lovely company appears so entertained? - aaand a song for childhood. 99% of ori's socialization came from her parents having important guests over, so. uh. yeah. show off your reclusive child prodigy like a pageant whenever you have the opportunity. she probably won't grow to loathe you.

life: the cruel interlude (on god) - kilo kish - why do i dare believe in me when i bleed? - questioning was. always a big thing for ori. i don't think she ever believed that the mirzha was god, and i known that she never truster her father's patron, but. in her studies, in her passions, there's always this tiny sense of desperation for something to have faith in something. not herself.

bluejays & cardinals - the mountain goats - the stars come out of hiding for you, & i would too - there is. a lot, in ori's relationship with her brother. she was the favorite child, yeah, the one destined for great things in spite of her... troubles. but he never had those troubles! she didn't, doesn't understand how he went through life so unafraid. there's envy there. i also think that the line i quoted is terribly true, like, canonically. because. she sure did do that stupid shit.

be calm - fun. - take it from me, i’ve been there a thousand times--you hate your pulse because it thinks you’re still alive! - sometimes you have intense social phobia. and that's okay!

country death song - violent femmes - kiss your mother goodnight & remember that God saves, kiss your mother goodnight & remember that God saves - i think andrei is a much less pitiable or even sympathetic man than the narrator of this song, but. like. it's a country song about a father killing his daughter while preaching godliness. i had to.

i’m all bloody inside - liam lynch - inside me, well, it’s dark & gross as hell, i’m not a pretty sight - the family business!

the hazards of love 3 (revenge!) - the decemberists - but father, don’t you fear, your children are all here - fantasies. part of the fantasy is imagining a world where she doesn't feel terrible about the thought.

shankill butchers - sarah jarosz - they used to be just like me & you, they used to be sweet little boys - "blood hunters are ghost stories." "and also, they're fucking terrible. violent, cruel, zealous. the worst."

sparrow - st. vincent - & no eyes are on the sparrow, eyes are on the sparrow, how could that be the case? the lark keeps whistling his number, silly little number, as if he isn't prey - pity for the boy. sort of retrospective, but it's a thought that's been there since she was a child.

something burning - rituals & fire & running

starchild - ghost quartet - but i will transcend & vomit this loser out of me; i will become the next big thing, i will light myself on fire - maybe she is some kind of angel? bursting with radiance and terrifying to look upon.

arsonist’s lullabye - hozier - don’t you ever tame your demons, always keep them on a leash / when i was sixteen, my senses fooled me - oooor maybe she is a sixteen year-old who is having a panic attack and setting everything in sight on fire by accident.

blood - my chemical romance - i’m the kind of human wreckage that you love! - so she's broken.

girl anachronism - the dresden dolls - it’s not the way i’m meant to be, it’s just the way the operation made me - so she's failed and she's broken and she's sick, and there's no time to fucking think.

when the chips are down - anais mitchell - cast your eyes to heaven, you’ll get a knife in the back. - so she does what her mother did before her, and she runs from that which she has always known.

body terror song - ajj - i’m so sorry that you have to have a body / one that will hurt you, & be the subject of so much of your fear - feelings on being built Wrong; feelings on your mind's undue control upon your body.

in corolla - the mountain goats - & no one was gonna come & get me, there wasn't anybody gonna know, even though i leave a trail of burnt things in my wake every single place i go - very good as an ori song in general but this is her justification to herself in the water. under the docks, she says this to herself.

the harrowed & the haunted - the decemberists - will i be so brave? - just to get that oceanic vibe up.

luna - the mountain goats - rise through the flames & end again in flames at last - an inexplicable feeling.

unwhere - reeder - a song for leaving what you've always known.

something lonely - years & woods & dreaming

runs in the family - amanda palmer - run from their pity, from responsibility, run from the country & run from the city, i can run from the law, i can run from myself, i can run for my life, i can run into debt, i can run from it all, i can run 'till I'm gone - she is broken and all she can think to do is get as far away as possible

panic attack - liza anne - i hate that i can be seen like this

black eyes - david wirsig - my hammering heart hears the voices of spirits that tempt us, the scorn that they’ve spoken

for the departed - shayfer james - they will bury me alive, but i’m not inclined to care; i am too far gone now

hurt - johnny cash - everyone i know goes away in the end; you can have it all, my empire of dirt

my body’s made of crushed little stars - mitski - i work better under a deadline! i work better under a deadline!

blood in the cut - k. flay - guess i’m contagious; it’d be safest if you ran--fuck, that’s what they all just end up doing in the end

little pistol - mother mother - i think i might be scared of the world & the way it makes you feel afraid & how it gets in the way

villains pt. 1 - emma blackery - built to create, designed to destroy

the beer - kimya dawson - & the christians gave me comic books as if i would be scared of burning in hell while i was already there [...] i tried to scream fuck you but blood was pouring out my mouth

something safe - family & finding it & fighting together

haunted house - sir babygirl - i’m running just to hide & i’m hiding just to breathe & around every corner is the same night on repeat

your heart is a muscle the size of your fist - ramshackle glory - i love you & you make me glad to be alive; i promise that i’m gonna pay you back / you always know how funny everything is, even when i’m so serious that it’s gonna be the death of me

medicines - the taxpayers - o, but our rotting corpses lying there soon began to leak & grow these lesions that all smelled just like a rose / & all the blood & guts inside us germinated into timeless pages stained with lines of lovely prose

autoclave - the mountain goats - i am this great unstable mass of blood & foam

alligator skin boots - mccafferty - i’m cool to the touch, leap to my death, i’ll die for you all, i’ll die for my friends, it goes like this

100 years - florence + the machine - lord, don’t let me break this, let me hold it lightly, give me arms to pray with instead of ones that hold too tightly

tomorrow will be kinder - the secret sisters - but i feel warmth on my skin, the stars have all aligned

armour - rae spoon - you know i placed was to build a life for you

amy aka spent gladiator 1 - the mountain goats - play with matches if you think you need to play with matches; seek out the hidden places where the fire burns hot & bright / find where the heat’s unbearable & stay there if you have to--don’t hurt anybody on your way up to the light, and stay alive

curses - the crane wives - won’t you stay with me, my darling, when my walls start burning down?

something daring - islands & visions & loss

jane’s dream - janelle monáe

beekeeper - keaton henson - hear me, o woman that has gone astray, gone astray

fire - kimya dawson - i’m reading books about how they’re corrupt [...] as long as i’m burning, i’ll keep on yearning to save the world, not sure how, but i’m learning

cosmic hero - car seat headrest - i love you, but i can’t stand the touch, & of course i’m alright with death

turn the lights off - tally hall - everbody likes to get taken for turns to see how bright the fire inside of us burns [...] should be stronger, books abandoned

eat you alive - the oh hellos - child, i’m afraid for your soul; these things that you’re after, they can’t be controlled

cry for judas - the mountain goats - hallucinate a shady grove where judas went to die

o death - monica martin - no wealth, no land, no silver, no gold, nothing satisfies me but your soul

blood of angels - brown bird - and i would wage my soul to bet that there ain’t no one throwing lightning anyhow

the universe is going to catch you - the antlers - the arms of the universe kept you from falling [...] those arms did not come back

a burning hill - mitski - i am the fire & i am the forest & i am the witness watching it / i stand in the valley watching it

something terrifying - conversations & selfhood & divination

the lamb - dessa - but blood is blood, & what’s done is done; blood is blood, & its burden is a beast

going invisible 2 - the mountain goats - i’m gonna burn it all down today & sweep all the ashes away

the lion’s roar - first aid kit - she plays a tune for those who wish to overlook the fact that they’ve been blindly deceived by those who preach & pray & teach, but she falls short & the night explodes in laughter

the villain i appear to be - connor spiotto - even if you can’t see the good inside me, i don’t have the time to tell you why i do the things that i do, just please hold on & soon you’ll seem

up the wolves - the mountain goats - there’s bound to be a ghost at the back of closet, no matter where you live; there’ll be a few things, maybe several things that you’re gonna find really difficult to forgive

thursday girl - mitski - glory, glory, glory to the night that shows me what i am

at the bottom of everything - bright eyes - we must take all of the medicines to expensive now to sel; set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell

everybody does - julien baker - i know i’m a pile of filthy wreckage you will wish you’d never touched, but you’re gonna run when you find out who i am

tongues & teeth - the crane wives - i know that you mean so well, but i am not a vessel for your good intent 

a pearl - mitski - you’re growing tired of me and all the things i don’t talk about / sorry, i don’t want your touch--it’s not that i don’t want you

[thepurplebutterflythings]

Curiosity Killed the Cat (Part 8) - Gar Logan

Gif: Unknown on Tenor

Word Count: 1.1K

Paring: Gar Logan x (f)Reader

Summary: Poor Rachel Roth has been forced into the role of Dating Coach when separately calming Y/N and Gar. Rachel and Y/N talk about their respective abilities.

Warnings: Mentions of Sex.

Masterlist

Tagging: @ninergirl1d​   reclusive-chicken-nugget @marveling-avengers

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Rachel stood in the doorway of Gar’s room and watched as the boy ran about the room. Anyone else seeing the scene before her would believe that he was about to face-off against the most evil creature in the multi-verse, not go on a date. He was so pale from nervousness that Rachel thought that he might drop to the ground unconscious. It stopped being funny about ten minutes ago, and now Rachel was just exasperated as she watched him tear through all the clothes he brought with him to Themyscira.

‘Shit, what was I thinking when packing?’ He groaned as he threw the last decent top he had on the bed.

‘Dude,’ Rachel rolled her eyes, ‘she’d not gonna care what you’re wearing, as long as you’re wearing something! Cause at least then you’ll be there to pick her up on time. Don’t stand her up on her first date!’

‘I want this to be perfect.’

‘The date can’t be perfect if it doesn’t fucking happen. Pick something.’

‘I don’t know what to pick though,’ Gar said, staring at the clothes around him.

‘Alright,’ Rachel sighed as she walked over to the clothes and started sorting through them. ‘I’ll help.’

‘I’m going to take fashion advice from the girl who dresses exclusively like she’s just came back from a My Chemical Romance concert?’

‘I can leave and let you suffer.’

‘Alright, alright, sorry.’ Gar apologized quickly, ‘Please help me!’

‘Hmm,’ Rachel rolled her eyes as she looked through his clothes, letting his comment fade into the background. ‘Have you seriously found nothing? You’ve packed more than me, and you wear the same damn thing most days anyway – do you really have no other jacket?’ She gestured to the red and white item of clothing hanging on the back of a chair.

‘Gees, I asked for help, not insults.’

Rachel ignored Gar’s snippy comment and pulled a pair of black jeans out of the Everest of clothing, chucking it at him, which he quickly caught, before diving back in to find a shirt.

‘Have you ever gone on a date before?’ Rachel asked curiously.

‘Have you?’ Gar quipped back, turning red.

‘So you haven’t,’ Rachel concluded.

‘Why does it matter?’

‘Cause it’d explain the close-to-fainting-look about you.’

‘Is it that obvious?’

‘I can’t lie to you, Gar,’ Rachel looked at him, ‘yes, yes it is.’

‘Doesn’t really help me,’ he groaned sitting down, ‘does it?’

‘It’s endearing really,’ Rachel assured him, ‘girls like that cutesy ‘I really like a girl and it makes me nervous’ stuff.’

‘So, I don’t need to be worried?’

‘No, you’ll be fine,’ Rachel nodded as she found a button-up shirt in the pile and shook it to see it better, ‘just… don’t faint,’ she said before handing him the shirt.

‘Easier said than done,’ Gar said taking the shirt.

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Rachel thought that Gar was nervous before the date, that didn’t even come close to Y/N, who had asked a fellow Amazon to find the girl and bring her to her room. Y/N was utterly clueless and when Rachel appeared, Y/N nearly jumped the poor girl, asking her question after question about what a date entails of and what she should wear and do. Christ, Rachel thought, staring with large eyes, Gar was a walk in the park compared to the young Amazon.

Gar, at least, had an idea about what a date consisted of, while Y/N knew nothing, absolutely nothing.

How to explain something to someone who knows nothing about it? Rachel understood why Gar spent ages racking his head about what to teach her.

‘Okay, first, breathe,’ Rachel said as she saw the panicked expression on Y/N’s face. ‘You’re going to faint.’ Rachel placed her hands on Y/N’s shoulders and mimicked a deep inhale and exhale for Y/N to copy, which she did, swallowing and nodding afterwards.

‘Apologies, Rachel,’ Y/N said awkwardly, ‘I’m a little nervous about the date. What do they even entail of?’

‘Each date’s different,’ Rachel explained, ‘but, hey, you and Gar have awesome chemistry, so you’ve got nothing to worry about.’

‘Chemistry?’

‘Right… Amazon,’ Rachel sighed. How did Gar do it? Explain things which were normal to him and Rachel to someone who would be utterly bewildered with a mobile phone? ‘Well, chemistry between two people is, like, romantic. When two people have chemistry, it’s a good thing, says they’d have a good relationship.’

‘And Gar and I have chemistry?’

‘Definitely.’

‘Good,’ Y/N smiled, ‘having sex with him makes more sense now that I’m aware we have chemistry.’

‘Wait, you and Gar have had sex?’

‘Yes.’

‘When? Where? Tell me everything!’ Rachel pulled Y/N to sit on the bed, turning to her, eager to know all the details. Was this what it was like to be a normal teenager? Both girls wondered. To not be Rachel Roth or Y/N the Amazon? To be a normal teenager, in a normal life, in the normal world of man? To sit and talk about life and things that they did?

‘I showed him my favourite place on the island. It’s this wonderful Lagoon,’ Y/N began, ‘we swam and then… we kissed and one thing led to another… and, well, we had sex.’

‘But Gar didn’t bring swim shorts for the trip,’ Rachel thought aloud, ‘Dude, did you swim naked?’

‘Well, yes,’ Y/N said as though it as obvious.

‘Man, your coolness is incredible,’ Rachel said, ‘I wish I had that confidence,’ she chuckled awkwardly.

‘I think you are a magnificent person,’ Y/N assured Rachel, ‘you’re wonderful to talk to, incredibly warm and good. Also, Gar mentioned you have abilities? Born with them, correct?’

‘Yeah,’ Rachel nodded, ‘your Amazon stuff is from an experiment, right? Gar mentioned it to me once.’

‘Correct, I was experimented on as an infant in an attempt to recreate Diana’s abilities and form soldiers for the world of men.’

‘Mine are from my dad – an evil demon guy.’

‘Well, it seems you and I will have an awful lot to talk about regarding our abilities, doesn’t it?’

‘Oh, yeah,’ Rachel laughed, ‘hey, maybe we can show each other what we can do. After the date, of course, and when you’re not training Gar.’

‘That would be marvellous,’ Y/N agreed eagerly, ‘see, as I am an experiment, my abilities aren’t the exact same as a true Amazon, so to talk to someone about my differences would be delightful, and it would be wonderful to see what abilities you can do.’

‘I’m still learning my… thing,’ Rachel admitted, scratching the back of her head, ‘kinda tried to hide it for so long… it’s… scary.’

‘Well, Rachel Roth, you don’t have to hide any of it from me,’ Y/N smiled, ‘Amazons don’t frighten easily.’

‘Thanks, Y/N,’ Rachel smiled back, ‘and you can show me everything you can do too. Now, let’s get you ready for your first date!’

[galaxae]

3, 7 and 18 for as many as you can answer; btw do you still have an ocs page? like with introductions and all that

wow this took forever oops!

tysm for the ask!! i’ve been meaning to make a carrd or something with oc intros, but i have so goddamn many ocs and so little time now that i’m in college and all that. and i have the code saved from my old pages before i remade, but those are kind of outdated and incomplete

that being said i’m probably gonna end up making that carrd regardless of how busy i am cause special interest indulgence and all that, so i’ll post about it when i do

anyway! i’m putting the actual oc answers under a readmore because i’m gonna try to do all the ocs i listed and it’ll be kinda long lol

3. What does your oc’s voice sound like? (Or, if you have one, what’s their voiceclaim?) Can they sing, whistle, or roll their rs? Do they have any speech impediments or notable dialects/accents?

how does one even describe voices... ok here goes

avani: she’s my character for a ttrpg campaign, so her voice sounds basically like mine (which might not help much cause you don’t know how i talk lol), but when i’m talking as her i pitch my voice up a bit and make it a bit more nasally. she’s not much of a singer, nor can she whistle, but she can roll her r’s pretty well. also, since she’s autistic and hard of hearing, her tone of voice often comes off the "wrong” way

farhan: he’s another ttrpg character i play lol, or at least he will be next semester, so his voice is again kind of like mine. but when i talk as him i pitch my voice down and it’s a bit hoarse. ig his voice would also be more “masculine” than mine but whatever. he can sing and whistle but has a pretty small vocal range (since he’s, like, 13 right now and will be 16 when i rp him next semester)

carter: i imagine his voice as low and on the quiet and raspy end, with a tiny bit of a lisp. he’s way too insecure to try to sing or even whistle or anything like that, though if he practiced at it he’d probably get pretty good

calira: she’s mute so n/a i guess. but she talks pretty formally in her dialect of elvish sign language, which is definitely unusual

sam: they have kind of a low voice that’s also raspy, but with quite a bit of pep and variation in their tone. they can even sing pretty well and they like to whistle constantly while working. that creates some kind of whiplash cause sam comes off as a typical edgy teen a lot of the time

jizoriel: high-pitched with lots of voice cracks, peak pretentious preteen/early teen jerkass. he can’t really sing or do anything similar, nor does he want to very much

victoria: so quiet and raspy that you can barely make out that it’s low and has a soothing and pleasant tone to it. she can sing well, or at least she could once upon a time

rowan: just! the happiest and most cheerful voice you can imagine! so much love behind how she talks! her voice fills up her whole head and the whole room!! and she whistles sometimes while she walks

ace: defies any masculine or feminine labels, smooth and cool in theory but they stutter quite a bit

charity: gruff but with a hint of cheer and clarity behind it that comes out when she’s startled. she loves to sing but can’t whistle and can’t roll her r’s either

jamal: i actually have a voiceclaim for him! it’s this (the voice that sings from 1:51 to 1:58)

kimberly: her voice is a bit high and a bit... idk how to say it exactly... i guess shrill would be the word?

fabián: his voice seems higher-pitched than it actually is cause he talks higher when he’s anxious, and he’s always anxious. it’s a bit hard to describe his voice otherwise tbh. i can hear it in my head but i can’t quite put it to paper oops. oh yeah also he has a great singing voice but never uses it sooo

7. What song reminds you of this oc? Does this match up with the type of music your oc likes to listen to?

this question opens up a wormhole cause i have playlists for many of these guys but instead i’ll just provide one (1) song for each and vaguely describe their music taste, how does that sound

avani: honestly “mr. capgras encounters a secondhand vanity” by will wood is a “her” song to me. her music taste leans a lot more toward older music though (like some classics from the 70s and 80s and such)

farhan: he’s still very new so i haven’t really found a song for him yet. but i know he absolutely loves peppy and energetic pop music and also sappy gay love songs

carter: (slaps my hand away when i try to type another will wood song) “fantasy island” by the shins always launches me into daydreams about him. which kinda roughly aligns with his music taste, he listens to a lot of those “mainstream indie” artists. he’d also listen to will wood because he’s gay and mentally ill <3

calira: one of my favorite songs on her playlist is “maximillian von spee” by dirt poor robins. but the music she listens to is basically all invigorating church-loving stuff with medieval-era instruments lmao

sam: “sometimes” by nick lutsko is an absolute bop and very much a sam song. sam actually doesn’t go out of their way to listen to music though, but when they do they listen to either the most soothing and relaxing stuff or to the angriest metal emo music. no in between

jizoriel: i’ll go the less emo angle here and say a song that reminds me of him is “upside down” by jack johnson. jizoriel’s music taste is like. old choir music and shit plus incomprehensible magical music that doesn’t even sound like music. if he was from earth he’d like my chemical romance

victoria and rowan: i’m grouping these two together here because a song that reminds me very strongly of both of them/their relationship is “human” by dodie. which actually fits very well into both of their music tastes!

ace: again, going the less edgy angle here, “auntie earth” by walter mitty and his makeshift orchestra. but ace mostly listens to uh, classical flute music and flute covers

charity: absolutely “dance and cry” by mother mother, that’s pretty much her theme song. it’s among her favorite songs in canon too

jamal: “tire swing” by los elk, since his arc is about letting go of childhood and all that jazz. he’s more inclined to listen to fun. and other pop artists and rappers and such. he likes janelle monae

kimberly: “best tears” by the happy fits for sure. in terms of her music taste though, her taste is pretty similar to jamal’s. they bond over being janelle monae fans

fabián: by god does “heal” by so much light fit him. his taste is that he rotates through three (3) specific obscure indie artists lmao, so theoretically i guess that specific song is included in there

18. How does your oc see themself? How does this compare to the way other ocs see them?

i am gonna do my best to keep these short cause this is a loaded question for all of them hoo boy

avani: how she sees herself: honestly the worst person alive. unless she spends every moment of her time trying to make up for what she’s done, she’s worthless, and she doesn’t deserve to love herself in any capacity how others see her: her brother (farhan) really looks up to her! most of the time. the superhero team she’s on (other people’s ocs) all think she’s generally smart and capable enough, and her boyfriend in particular thinks she’s incredible

farhan: how he sees himself: as of right now? a misunderstood emo middle schooler who’s still kind of cool i guess how others see him: his sister (avani) thinks he’s quite an impressive and charismatic young man

carter:  how he sees himself: 1/10 awkward and annoying how others see him: carter reminds calira too much of her old self, so she love-hates him. sam thinks he’s weak and cowardly but admires his kindness. and jizoriel clings to him as a caring father figure and loves carter’s passion for natural studies

calira: how she sees herself: it goes back and forth between “i’m the greatest chosen one ever im such a strong warrior” and “wow i’m literal trash why did the gods pick me for this” how others see her: carter is a bit intimidated by her but appreciates her attempts to vibe with him, sam thinks she’s an annoying pretentious self-important bitch (but their opinion softens over time), and jizoriel sees right through her facade and feels comfortable around her because of it

sam:  how they see themself: evil and in need of redemption, kind of similar to avani ig but with 10x more confidence in their skills and also much more violent how others see them: carter knows theyre doing their best even if theyre kind of an asshole, calira is a fan of their strength and determination, and jizoriel Hates Their Guts (at first) because they baby him too much

jizoriel: how he sees himself: a fucking fraud of a prince. all he has going for him is his abilities as a mage, but even then those are shaky how others see him: carter knows he’s very insecure and wants to comfort him, calira admires his magical prowess and noble air, and sam thinks he’s a snarky little pretentious douchebag but also he reminds them of their late brother and they want to protect him at all costs

victoria: how she sees herself: basically dead. only good for interacting with ghosts. not worthy of the human world or of friendship how others see her: she reminds rowan of her old self. rowan sees a glimmer of love and hope in her and wants to bring it out

rowan: how she sees herself: a fucking mess but she’s trying her best and that’s what counts! how others see her: victoria very much appreciates her cheerful air even if she doesn’t act like it

ace: how they see themself: way too weird to be human, way too weak not to be. their self-image changes constantly. theyre very confused about everything please help how others see them: charity is literally dating them lol she thinks theyre the cutest person alive, jamal appreciates how hard they try as a friend, kimberly thinks theyre an alien invader whom she can study and use to get further in life, and fabián knows more about ace than anyone else and loves them for it

charity: how she sees herself: a Teenager who’s struggling. she desperately wants to be young without the burden of her trauma but whether she thinks of herself as emo and sad and angry or not depends a lot on her mood how others see her: ace adores everything about her, jamal loves how cool and fun and sociable she can be, kimberly is annoyed with her rebelliousness, and fabián worries very much for her well-being and can’t shake the image of her as helpless (oops that’s gonna cause some drama)

jamal: how he sees himself: just a chill guy trying to get by. unremarkable. how others see him: ace is grateful for how forgiving he can be but is still terrified of him being angry over [spoilers], charity loves how sociable and fun he is and how protective he can be of his friends, kimberly secretly envies his carefree nature, and fabián sees him as a solid acquaintance to whom he did not give a good first impression

kimberly: how she sees herself: not good! if she can’t grow up fast and do science well then she’s useless how others see her: ace wants to be friends with her but doesn’t know how to do that, charity is annoyed by her rule-bound-ness, jamal thinks she’s cool but should unwind a little, and fabián resents her at first but would still like to play chess with her sometime

fabián: how he sees himself: he has a moral responsibility to help people Or Else. way too anxious and stuck up but he doesn’t know how to change that how others see him: ace fuckin Loves this guy, charity loves him too but she gets pissed when he tries to help her with anything, jamal genuinely thinks he’s a great guy and wants to get to know him better, and kimberly is actually impressed by him and envies his apparent confidence and charisma

ok ok that’s it i promise. sorry this is so long and tysm for reading if you made it this far!! feel free to ask more oc questions literally whenever, that goes for anyone reading this <3

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𝐅𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒   ♡   𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄

  Instead of having people send these in I just wanted to do all of them myself!

🍍  :    how comfortable is my muse in their body? how do they feel about their height,  weight,  strength,  and body type?  how important is being attractive to them?  

All Scanners share virtually the same physical form, and all YoRHa units use the same base endoskeleton, though the hardware differs between function. They’re short and small-framed to save the maximum amount of materials while still being able to effectively perform their duties. 9S has never felt self-conscious about himself physically because he looks almost identical to every other Scanner and there was never any pressure on any of them to look a certain way like there is with humans. They have no ability to change their height or weight (though non-YoRHa androids can do so for aesthetic purposes if they choose) and it’s forbidden by their uniform code to modify their bodies anyway. 

Since coming to Koi, 9S is quite aware now that he would be very short for a human of his apparent age, but he doesn’t feel bad about it or anything, other than occasionally being irritated at getting mistaken for a kid.

🍅  :    how does my muse feel about plastic  /  cosmetic surgeries   &   procedures?  is it something they have done or would do?  do they mind if others do it?  

As mentioned before, it’s forbidden for YoRHa units to try and alter their bodies, even if it’s for something like a tattoo or piercing. 9S doesn’t feel like he has any reason to do so right now, but that might change in the future. He doesn’t care if others do it. It’s their choice to do what they want with their bodies, as long as they understand the consequences.

🍏  :    how stable is my muse’s physical health?  do they go for regular or semi-regular checkups by a physician?  do they have any diagnosed illnesses and / or take any medication?  how often do they get sick?

9S knows maintenance is extremely important, and he is fairly accident-prone it seems. He’s had a limb or two blown off by machines more than once. Although he’s not a Healer unit, he’s gotten used to performing repairs on himself in the field and gets fussy if he has to sit around and wait while someone else fixes him up or checks him for viruses. As an android, he’s immune to biological pathogens, so there’s never any reason to worry about that. Currently he is functioning just fine.

🍎  :    how stable is my muse’s mental health?  have they been diagnosed with any mental illnesses and  /  or conditions?  do they have any undiagnosed mental illnesses and  /  or conditions?  do they or should they attend therapy?  

An android’s mind doesn’t work the same way as a human’s, but it’s still very possible for their data to get scrambled or glitched due to trauma. 9S was supposedly wiped clean after every execution, but that doesn’t mean nothing ever remained, and every time he rediscovered the true reason for his partnership with 2B it became more and more painful to confront. 

9S does an excellent job at convincing himself he’s stable, but it’s quite easy to push him over the brink. His emotions are terribly repressed so one needs only to scratch the surface to draw them out. He really should talk to somebody about this but there are no therapists on the Bunker.

🍑  :    how meticulously does my muse look after their physical appearance?  do they spend a lot of time on their hair,  makeup,  grooming,  and clothing?  is there a particular reason why they do or don’t?  

9S really likes to be clean! Although it’s not necessary for androids to bathe, since their bodies are naturally resistant to dirt and moisture and they don’t sweat, he doesn’t enjoy getting all dusty or covered in machine oil and will wash himself off the first chance he gets.  He finds being dirty very distracting. Keeping one’s dermal layer repaired is a vial part of maintenance as well, so he mends any small cuts or scuffs quickly. 

🍒  :    how much does my muse value companionship?  do they constantly keep people around them,  or do they prefer to be alone often?  do they have or desire to have many friends?  do they see every meeting as an opportunity to make a new friend?  

Although Scanners are often solitary, 9S really enjoys being around others and will eagerly socialize with other androids. If only the resistance members wouldn’t stop trying to get him to run errands for them... He’s friendly with the other Scanners and will spend time with them if they’re on the Bunker together, though they seem to hold him at arms’ length for reasons he understands now. 

2B is a special case, being his bodyguard of sorts. She could even be considered his best friend, and though his feelings of fondness for her are genuine, they’re very complicated. He’s happy she’s here. He’s also thrilled to be making so many new friends on the islands and does his best to make a good first impression, especially with humans. 

🍇  :    how would my muse describe their childhood?  how much has it impacted the person they are now,  or will become as an adult?  around what age did they or will they start to mature,  and why?  do they wish to go back to their days as a child,  or have they embraced adulthood?  

9S was ‘born’ fully-functional and did not have a childhood of any sort. He didn’t even get to shadow a senior Scanner or anything, he was thrown right to the wolves. Such as it is.

🍐  :    how intelligent is my muse overall?  are they smarter than the average person,  or less than?  are they primarily self-taught,  or did they acquire most of their knowledge in school?  are they more street smart or book smart?  

Uncommonly clever and observant, even among his own kind, though prone to making reckless decisions when driven by his emotions or his insatiable desire for answers. 9S has access to vast informational databases he can draw from, even in his own archives, with even more stored on his Pod he could summon at any time... if his Pod was here.

🍉  :    which of the four seasons suits my muse best,  and why?  

Winter. Everything is buried, dormant, appearing quiet and serene on the surface.

🍌  :    is my muse inclined to help others,  or will they only do it when it benefits them,  if at all?  what makes them this way?  has it ever gotten them into trouble,  or inconvenienced them? 

9S doesn’t mind helping others, though he can get irritated if given tasks he feels will distract from his mission, or that are boring or too difficult. When it comes to helping the surface androids, they more often than not involve combat with machines and him and 2B risking their lives, which he finds completely annoying, and not fun, but he still does it anyway.

🍊  :    does my muse desire romance?  is it something they would actively seek out,  or prefer to happen more  ‘  naturally?  ’  what is their love life like?  do they have any exes or past flings,  or crushes?  

Relationships between YoRHa units are officially banned, though the rule is not enforced very strictly. 9S has a hard time comprehending the complexity of romance and prefers not to think about it, perhaps unconsciously convinced he doesn’t deserve to have anybody feel that way about him. 

🍓  :    how is my muse typically seen by others?  does it ring true to who they really are?  does their reputation matter to them? 

I would imagine, based on his youthful appearance and friendly, earnest demeanor, a lot of people would assume he’s a lot more naive than he really is. 9S lacks a lot of knowledge about how modern society functions, but that’s because he arrived 6,000 years too late to the party. He picks up on things extremely quickly and is quite socially perceptive. Fitting in is important to him, having come from such a conformist culture as YoRHa. 

🥝  :    does my muse have any  ‘  unusual  ’  habits, interests,  and  /  or talents?  do they hide it,  or are they proud of it?  

9S is more interested in human culture than most Scanners and especially enjoys collecting human-created media, particularly music, which he stores on his Pod and plays when he’s out scouting. He’s had a great time in Koi renting movies from the library, because entertainment options back home were extremely limited. He’s also gotten into fishing because of 2B.

🍋  :    what kind of diet does my muse have?  do they eat regularly,  or the standard 2-3 meals a day?  do they have to be reminded to eat,  or are they likely to remind others?  do they cook,  or have others cook for them?  do they eat healthily,  or not so much?  

As an android, 9S doesn’t require food to live. He can’t feel hunger or satiation. YoRHa units are powered entirely by the reactors in their black boxes, which only require water to function. Most of the time they can get all the fuel they need from vapor in the air they breathe, though in dry climates they’d need to find a water source. 

However, eating is an important communal activity, so they have a limited ability to do so. They don’t have stomachs or digestive systems. Any matter they consume is incinerated as soon as it’s swallowed. As a Scanner, 9S can analyze the chemical makeup of things he tastes, so he’s always putting weird shit in his mouth just to see what it’s made of. He enjoys eating with others, especially after difficult missions. It’s relaxing, even if the food is usually terrible because nobody has proper ingredients.

🥭  :    how important to my muse is their hometown,  or where they’re from?  are they proud of it,  or considered a hometown hero? did they move away,  or do they wish to?

9S doesn’t have a hometown, unless the orbital base he was manufactured on counts. He doesn’t like spending extended amounts of time there, because there’s not much to do, but returning is often required in order to meet with the commander and receive mission details. It’s kinda nice to be able to look down at Earth from space, though...

[onewomancitadel]

Yeah I totally agree with you. The only possibilities for Rhodes name is either A. Rhodes = Rhodium (which is a metal chemical in the periodic table), Rhodes = a metal statue that exists somewhere in the world (pardon me I forgot the name of the statue lol) C. Rhodes = rhodopis. I’m REALLY hoping it’s C, it just makes the most sense.

I hope you’re right too!

(This is a continuation from some private asks about Knightfall).

I mean... there's no reason to rule out it isn't all three, but Rhodopis is the most simplistic answer. Rhodes is an island in the Peloponnese, too.

So the thing I want to clarify is that ῥόδον (rhodon) means rose, Rhodes is of uncertain etymology, but one of the likely derivations is from 'rose', though 'snake' is also a possibility. Ῥοδῶπις obviously flatly means rose-faced. If they're really leaning hard into the etymology here, the fact that he could be a Rose or a Snake (and he's a snake in the end) is pretty meaningful.

Also recall that... rhodium is derived from ῥόδον. It already means rose.

The reason Rhodopis being the influence here is it's the most simplistic and likely answer because of Cinder's allusion. He's in her fairy tale, he's a failed fairy godmother, he's also a Summer Rose stand-in. Rhodopis means 'rose-faced' in the Greek, that's who Cinder is, and she styles her hair like Rhodes, and she's also impoverished!bad timeline!Ruby.

They're aware of Rhodopis and to be honest (this is part of a broader post) the allusions seem most significant in the romances so far (BB, RG in particular). If you want to know why that's significant, it's significant because Jaune's sister Sapphron was introduced and named in Volume 6.

When do I think Knightfall was first set up as a possibility in the narrative, or toyed with the creators? Volume 5.

So look at the order of evidence:

1. Volume 5 meeting, confrontation; it mirrors Ruby/Oscar, Yang/Blake also reconcile and meet in the same volume

2. Volume 6 - One of Jaune's sisters is revealed to be Sappho (remember, Sappho's brother frees Rhodopis), same volume when Salem/Ozma is revealed AND reverse Salem/Ozma framed shot, the same as Jaune/Cinder

3. Volume 8 - Rhodes, Cinderella background story mirroring Rhodopis (she goes from one form of slavery to another before she's freed)

No way Rhodes doesn't indicate they know what Rhodopis is lol. That doesn't necessarily mean it will be canon (and I'm putting this here because I don't want people coming on my post and telling me, trust me, I already know) but it is rather conspicuous.

Big disclaimer this isn’t my most sophisticated post, but it does interest me to think about what the storytellers know about their allusions. I have a bit of Greek under my wing which helps me lol.

[thebhorror]

Tagged by @zhadyra Thanks!! You seem super cool!

Rules: Answer the questions and then tag some blogs you’d like to know better!

Nicknames: Becca is a nickname. But also B, Beck, Becks.

Gender: For all intents and purposes, girl.

Zodiac: Capricorn

Favorite bands/Solo artists: You fools all know this answer. My Chemical Romance. But I also love a lot of other bands/artists. I have a very special place in my heart for The Wonder Years.

Song stuck in my head: I don’t have one rn actually. For once in my miserable life.

Last movie I saw: I saw Solo on Sunday and it was good! Not my fave but I’m always a slut for Star Wars so I enjoyed it regardless.

Last Thing I Googled: I googled “chromosomes” because I was making a lecture and needed a picture of chromosomes.

Other Blogs: I have one trash blog that I’ve had since 2012 that I use as like a dump. I just post whatever I want and it’s a mess.

Do I Get Asks: Sometimes. I like getting asks and wish I got them more. They’re always fun to get.

Why I Chose My Username: Once upon a time I thought I would maybe write a book of poetry. It was to be called Five Cups of Coffee. So I made a poetry blog called that. Turns out I like to dream big but don’t like to make my dreams a reality. Plus I realized I’m decidedly average at writing. But I like the name so I still have.

Amount of blogs you follow: Like a lot. I think in the thousands.

Average Amount of Sleep: I feel like 6 is the average. Sometimes I get way more, sometimes way less.

Lucky Number: 22 or 7.

What I Am Wearing: black ripped skinny jeans, a black and red plaid shirt, black shoes with roses on the edge of the soles, and black sunglasses. I look really cool.

Dream Job: If I had all the time and money and resources in the world, a writer. My more realistic dream is a speech pathologist in the NICU.

Dream Trip: Greece or some deserted island where I am all by myself and I can just rot on the beach. I would also love to go back to Italy.

Favourite Food: Eggplant! Would die for eggplant!!

Play Any Instruments: I played flute in middle school but I was trash!

Favorite Song: I don’t have one. I have so many in mind that are so important to me and I don’t think I can choose only one.

Play(ed) Any Sports: Yes! Soccer, softball, ice skating, dancing, and cheerleading (which I did for like 14 years of my life). Also I wish I did lacrosse but never did.

Most Iconic Song: I’m not okay by my chemical romance. You guys knew that already though. Also vindicated by dashboard confessional. I would die for that song.

Random Fact: I love mugs so much! I have so many and it drives everyone I live with crazy because one person does not need as many mugs as I have.

Describe Yourself as Aesthetics/Things: Coffee, chipped nail polish, sweatshirts, fishnets, alcohol, lip stick, late nights, the ocean, black and red.

I tag @xxserenityrosexx @solemnrosary @alyology @letswishonfallingstars @monsterbooksofmonsters @joy--departed @th3roxy29

[poisoning-of-the-party-blog]

A FIVE YEAR LETTER - A RESPONSE TO MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE’S BREAK-UP

I woke up this morning still dreaming, or not fully aware of myself just yet. The sun poked through the windows, touching my face, dragging me from a dream world I wasn’t ready to leave. That tends to be my motive every morning. The dreams are better than my reality. I hope that someday, whether it’s tomorrow or 5 years from now, my reality is much better than my dreams. I’m willing to go the distance. I’m sure I’ll make it. Of course, my slumber was broken by the sound of chaos. Naturally, I panicked. Of course, I did. Loud noises tend to scare me. Or, should I say, loud noises that I didn’t plan nor expect scare me. The sound of dogs barking and my mother screaming. That scares me. The sound of a drum pounding, led by my movements. That doesn’t scare me. But the chaos of the morning ripped me from my half-sleep and caused me to get tangled in my blankets. Take Lucky out, feed the outside cat, do a list of unnecessary chores that my mother simply cannot do herself, or refuses to do herself. I don’t hold it against her. Two jobs, three jobs. Simply too much. But I would definitely prefer it if she used a calmer tone and was a kinder woman. Screaming obscenities at your children aren’t the way to go. I lean on the back door, staring into the outside world. Things looked to be about the same - a beautiful, but cold, day. Yesterday was the first day of spring and as a result, it snowed quite a bit. I hadn’t realized how much it was until I was left taking out the trash to the curb. Tomorrow is trash day. But my thoughts weren’t focusing on tomorrow. They were focusing on today. Today is March 22nd, 2018. 5 years ago today, My Chemical Romance had ended. It didn’t seem that long ago, but yet, it seems so far away. Was 2013 really five years ago? Have five years already passed? I can’t believe. My brain simply cannot wrap around it. I spend quite a lot of time on social media today. My time is spent mostly on Discord and Tumblr. I never thought those would be my chosen social media spots. I always saw myself as a Twitter or an Instagram person. But, alas, it seems lately my choice in social media has changed. I’m careful with it. Too much of it messes with my head. But I definitely enjoy it, I will admit. I find myself getting ready for work. Throwing on new boxers, questioning between ratty old jeans or a new pair of jeans. Straightening my hair in what seems like the first time in months. I treat myself today. I feel as if I deserve it. The walk to work is a quiet one. It gives me time to ponder. Most of the time, I find myself filling myself with sound. Some sort of sound. Somedays, it’s Green Day. Somedays, it’s Nirvana. Somedays, Blink-182. But today? Today is a day of silence. Maybe it’s because my phone’s headphone jack isn’t working anymore. Maybe it’s because I know I don’t need the sound. The walk to work is surprisingly peaceful. Why wouldn’t it be? That’s the perk of small-town life. It’s peaceful, for the most part. Here and there, we do have our little bumps and messes. I won’t lie, I live for those days. I love the excitement. I always love the hustle and bustle. Maybe, someday, I’ll move to a city where the hustle and bustle is every day. But my heart will always have a special spot for small-town life. Small town life can be a blessing and a curse. You don’t meet a lot of people and people tend to all be the same. If you don’t fit in, you’re cast out. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to make friends and connections. I have plenty. Which is a perk? Everyone knows everyone or is related to someone. I’m not a native, so the latter doesn’t apply to me. But still, I feel the lull. I can tell that’s a diesel truck driving by, just by the sound of the motor. This is my home, despite how out of place I may feel some days. It’s hard to find a place, but I found my place. 5 years ago, I found my place. I was young and frail. I was broken and alone. I was isolated and afraid. It’s not surprising. March 19th marked the 6 year anniversary of my father leaving. It’s still a sore pain. Sometimes, the wound is fresh. Sometimes, the wound is a scar. But it’s always there. Always throbbing. It’s one of those pains in which all you can do is put the headphones in and crank it up. When my depression set in, that’s when the isolation began. I became an iceberg. I burned my sketchbooks like every bridge to my island. I smashed the keys on my keyboard just as I smashed the key to every lock to my heart. I shut down. I cut off. I became violent and irrational. I became a ticking time bomb, ready to blow. As I type this, my chest feels tight. I feel numb. The tears well up. I am no longer a 17-year-old man, hardened by battles. I am a 12-year-old girl with arms sliced open with a bloody knife and bruises around her neck from another broken noose. I am no longer me. I am her again, blackish in colour again. With every bomb, there comes a point where it needs to explode. And when I exploded, it was ugly. It was days with a psychiatrist, in a doctor’s office instead of school, suicide watch, revoking and isolation. I was a failure. I was a mess. I was a runaway dragged home. With the healing process came latching. I needed someone to hold onto. Someone to lock myself on to. I clung to an old friend who had been there for so long. I feared to lose her. Kiya was the one who introduced me to this band. They were called My Chemical Romance. It was a sound I had never heard before. Scratch that, it was similar to what I had heard, Green Day and Shinedown. But it was different. The vocalist’s voice, he sounded familiar. But that was a memory I would realise down the road when the red-haired man on Yo Gabba Gabba! that I pointed to at age 10 saying I wanted to be like turned out to be none other than the man that saved my pathetic and worthless life. This was a new feeling. This was a feeling of salvation. It gave me a new-found confidence and new-found identity. Slowly and steadily, the healing process truly began, now with a soundtrack. It was okay to not be okay. It was okay to learn to be okay. I arrive at work to start my shift. I clock in, already tired before the chaos has begun. But this is a good chaos. This is running around, on my feet, taking orders, laughing with co-workers, getting messy. This was blaring music on the stereo, mixing in with the smell of freshly baked pizza, flour on my pants and in my hair. It was smiling at customers and living life. 5 years ago, I wouldn’t have dreamed of being here. That’s the thing, about time. Time changes. Everything changes with time. You grow older. You grow stronger. This will be my third summer here, marking the end of my second year here and the beginning of my third year here at Ison’s Family Pizza. I started about two months after I turned 15. I love it. I never thought my first job would be at a pizza place, a family restaurant when I can’t even spell “restaurant” without auto-correct. I also never would have thought I’d live to see my 17 birthday. But yet, in just a few days, I’ll be on a date on my 17th birthday with my beautiful girlfriend, Kiya. I would never have thought that I would be driving around town in a trashed ‘97 Buick, blaring The Used on some Bluetooth speaker connected to my cell phone, because my headphone jack doesn’t work and neither does the tape player in my car. I never thought I’d pick up music and art again. But here we are. After I returned from my depression-fueled hiatus on life, I learned a lot about myself. My name is Ryder. I’m 1/16 Native American. That’s why my brown eyes are the way they are and why I tan so well and never burn, despite being a pale ginger. I love to play piano and sing. I learnt to sing from years of music lessons, but I learnt to SING from Gerard Way. You can tell, by the way, I say my “R”’s and when you compare to how I sang before I quit. Though I’ll admit, I have a soft spot for the drums. I’m not the best, but I love it. I also love to draw. I’m not the best at that either, but I’m learning and growing. That’s the thing. Learning and growing. It comes with time. Everything comes with time. Just like recovery. My first piece on the piano, after returning from my hiatus, was “Welcome To The Black Parade”. I still can’t play it quite right. I’m still learning. But I’m still learning to be okay. I’m not okay at the moment. And that’s okay. It’s okay to be not okay. I learned that from a very special band. A band that became the soundtrack to my life. There was a time where I needed headphones. I needed to kick the headphones up loud until the world was silent and I was lost in the bass. Now, I can put the music on the speaker and make it simply a backtrack to my life. And now, I tune my own guitar and pluck out my own melodies, something that no one has heard before or thought of before. It’s been 5 years. Things have changed over the last five years. Thank you, My Chemical Romance. You’ve given me a great idea.

[paradisobound]

85 Statements

Rules: Answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people

Thanks for tagging me Hannah, @flyingstarshowell because I never get tagged in anything!  THE LAST:


1. Drink: Dr. Pepper


2. Phone Call: my dad


3. Text Message: It was to my aunt telling her to buy me a comforter at Target and I’d pay her back lol 


4. Song You Listened To: Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance


5. Time You Cried: I don’t remember honestly lol


6. Dated Someone Twice: I dated the same boy in the sixth grade twice but I doubt that counts lol


7. Kissed Someone and Regretted It: I’ve never kissed someone and then regretted it.


8. Been cheated on: No


9. Lost Someone Special: Last year but then we reconciled and it was fine!


10. Been Depressed: legit all the time


11. Gotten Drunk and Thrown Up: Last time I was drunk was April but I never threw up...came close but I didn’t. 

3 FAVORITE COLORS:


12. Light blue/ pastel blue 


13. any form of purple!


14. pastel pink

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU:


15. Made new friends: Most definitely!


16. Fallen out of Love: Nope


17. Laughed until you cried: Legit did this two days ago in my scriptwriting class


18. Found out someone was talking about you: Nope


19. Met someone who changed you: I don’t think so?


20. Found out who your friends are: Every single day


21. Kissed someone on your Facebook List: I haven’t kissed someone since 2015 lol

GENERAL


22. How many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: all of them! I don’t add anyone I don’t know


23. Do you have any pets: a cat! 


24. Do you want to change your name: I used to always hate my name but I’ve grew to really like it! 


25. What did you do for your last birthday: I went to class, then went to my aunts and had cake, and then came back to my dorm and slept lol 


26. What time did you wake up: 9:30 because I had to go somewhere this morning! Normally it’s 10 or after. 


27. What were you doing at midnight last night: I was just getting ready for bed.


28. Name something you can’t wait for: Traveling the world! My journey begins in January of 2018!


29. When was the last time you saw your mom: A year ago...I don’t speak with her. 


30. What are you listening to right now: I’m watching Family Guy so I guess that counts lol 


31. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yes! I graduated and was friends with a Tom! 


32. Something that is getting on your nerves: Life in general lol 


33. Most visited Website: Tumblr and Youtube for sure


34. Hair Color: brown


35. Long or Short Hair: really long! 


36. Do you have a crush on someone: I want to have a crush but no one around is my type and it’s sad 


37. What do you like about yourself: I like the confidence I have acquired that I never used to have.. 


38. Want Any Piercings: So many! I want a tongue piercing, my belly button redone, a nose ring, and more ear piercings! But I don’t have the time to get any of them done lol


39. Blood Type: O+


40. Nickname: Lexi or Lex 


41. Relationship Status: single but I’m to the point where I really am craving a relationship but can’t find one :( 


42. Zodiac: Virgo! 


43. Pronouns: she/her 


44. Favorite TV Show: American Horror Story! 


45. Tattoos: one on my right wrist. It’s a map of the world with wanderlust written. 


46. Right or Left Handed: right all the way! My left hand can’t do shit lol 


47. Surgery: I had my wisdom teeth removed, an upper endoscopy and biopsies so yes...


48. Piercing: two in my lobes, two in my right cartilage, and scars from a belly button piercing that got infected :( 


49. Sport: dance


50. Vacation: Europe, Canada, Virgin Islands, and the whole east coast of the US. 


51. Pair of Trainers: I don’t know what these even are lol

MORE GENERAL:


52. Eating: nothing because my stomach is a fucked up mess right now lol 


53. Drinking: Dr. Pepper and water. 


54. I’m About To Watch: Family Guy


55. Waiting For: my skype session with hannah tomorrow so we can work on our PBB fic! :D (I’m leaving this answer because I really like it even though it was Hannah’s. I’m waiting for this too!!) 


56. Want: To meet all of my Tumblr friends because I feel like they’re some of the only people who get me and I want to meet them so badly! 


57. Get Married: SO BADLY! I have that weird baby/wedding fever happening right now because of being 19 and watching everyone around me get married or have babies. 


58. Career: Magazine Journalism! 

WHICH IS BETTER:


59. Hugs or Kisses: hugs! I preferred cuddling though. 


60. Lips or Eyes: Eyes!


61. Shorter or Taller: Taller because I’m short and I liked to look up to people lol 


62. Older or Younger: older or similar age. Younger is fine for friends but I won’t date someone younger than me because I’m a legal adult now lol 


63. Nice Arms or Nice Stomach: Arms! Because stomachs shouldn’t matter. Everyone is beautiful the way they are! 


64. Hookup or Relationship: Relationship. Who would want just a hook up??


65. Troublemaker or Hesitant: HESITANT! I’m literally the worst person ever to do something with because I always find negatives with it lol

HAVE YOU EVER:


66. Kissed a Stranger: My ex-boyfriend before we were together? Does that count? 


67. Drank hard liquor: ...I’ll admit to this but I’m not proud lol 


68. Lost glasses/contact lenses: I have neither lol 


69. Turned someone down: So many times! But I always end up feeling bad. 


70. Sex on First Date: I never even had sex after three years of dates lol 


71. Broken Someone’s Heart: yes and had mine broken at the same time. It sucked. 


72. Had Your Heart Broken: Yes and it was horrible. 


73. Been Arrested: nope but my mom wanted me to be lol 


74. Cried When Someone Died: of course! 


75. Fallen for a friend: Nope.  

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:


76. Yourself: Yes!


77. Miracles: Yes!


78. Love at first sight: I’m a huge sucker for this cliche. you’ll see it in my writing a lot too. 


79. Santa Claus: No because my grandma ruined it for me lol 


80. Kiss on First Date: I kissed on the like third? 


81. Angels: Yes! So much yes! 

OTHER:


82. Current Best Friend’s Name: Heather and Cailey (I have two amazing friends!)


83. Eye Color: my eyes are a weird blue green. 


84. Favorite Movie: Mulannnnnnnnn


85: Fav Actor: Evan Peters or Sarah Paulsen! 

I’m going to tag @walrusluvr, @succulents-in-space-you-see, @cafepj, and @thisguydan! 

[suhyunggeun]

get to know me tag

I was tagged by @letsanghosing ♡ (I think you’ve also tagged me in a selfie tag that I haven’t done yet so sorry >.<) 

Name: Annabella Nicknames: Anni(e) Gender: female Star Sign: Leo Height: 187cm Time Right Now: 8:11pm MBTI type: ENTP Birthday: August 8 Last Thing I Googled: the garden twins Favorite Bands: My Chemical Romance, B.A.P, FT Island, Fall Out Boy, UVERWorld and ofc Snuper Favorite Solo Artists: I don’t really listen to solo artists…? or can I count Sleeping at last now as a solo artist? Song stuck in my head: 12:30 by Beast for a couple of years now lol Last show watched: I don’t know when was the last time I watched a live-action TV show but I’ve finally finished the 2nd season of Attack on Titan yesterday Last movie I watched: either Red Lights or Captain America: Civil War, I can’t remember which one When did you create your blog: couple of months ago, April or May maybe? What do you post: Snuper related translations, gifs, lyrics every once in a while and OF COURSE all kinds of memey goodnes ;) When did your blog reach its peak: idk? I think I’m still a fairly new blog so I haven’t really had any highs or lows yet Do you have other blogs: no but I’m really thinking about making one… I want to keep this blog purely Snuper-related but I’m in so many other fandoms >.< Do you get asks regularly: nope, just seldomly (I don’t understand why though, I mean, I always answer with high quality edits or 800 world-long essays so what’s there not to love) Why did you choose your URL: first of all, I love Suhyun (bam! surprise) and I also like the idea of stage names so one can play with when to use the stage name and when to use the real one. In Suhyun/Hyunggeun’s case they’re compatible so I decided to go with suhyunggeun (fun fact or idk: I’ve only seen the Platonic Love M/V behind where Woosung and Suhyun fool around with their names after I came up with the url) Following: 58 I should really follow more blogs… Posts: this is my 1000th post Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw Favorite Colors: white Average Hours of Sleep: at night like 5 but nowadays I’ve been falling asleep randomly in the middle of the day Lucky Numbers: uhh don’t have one? my favourite number is 15 though Instruments: piano, the basics of guitar but I only learned it for about 3 months and I also played the flute in elementary school Favorite Characters: I have tons of favourites in everything I read/watch so I won’t list them all but generally my faves are either cheerful on the outside but evil(sometimes just smart) on the inside or just small and grumpy What am I wearing right now: white shorts and black T-shirt How many blankets do you sleep with: it’s still pretty hot here so only 1 Favourite food: thai curry Dream Job: I’d like to know that too… Dream trip: hmm Korea and Japan but I’d also like to go back to Africa and eventually visit America too Nationality: Hungarian Favorite Song Right Now: probably 曇天(Donten) by DOES, I’ve been listening to this non-stop the past week or so (I’ve never looked up the lyrics but I know almost all of it by heart now, help)

I think most people have already done this but I tag @snupersmashbros @irrelevantdivision and my kind of url buddy who I haven’t talked to yet haha hmu @woosunghyuks 

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Stranded (Chapter 5)

Written By: TheHeathenSlave Rating: Mature for plane crash, injury, survival, desert island, stranded, drug usage, drinking, alcohol, awkward flirting, voyeurism, watersports, fetish, sexual tension, extreme illness, graphic, puss, wound cleaning, surgery, vomiting, oral sex, fluff, angst, romance, drug usage, assault, near death, happy ending.  Fandom: Real Person Fiction (Hours Era But Modern Day)

She never thought that a trans Atlantic flight could end in perfect paradise with David Bowie. Well…almost perfect paradise.

Previous Chapters.

When she woke up, she was still naked so it wasn’t an issue to get out of the tent and go pee. She didn’t go as far from the tent as she actually could because she figured David was asleep, or he wouldn’t care. She didn’t know. After that, she grabbed some soap and shampoo from the supply they had found and went to the water. It was warmer than she expected it to be for that early time of day. Refreshing too. It probably wasn’t the best idea to use soap in the ocean, considering the chemicals, but she wasn’t going to walk around dirty and smelly all day. It took a while to wash her hair since it was so long but she felt so much better after doing it. Coming out of the water she saw David. The hand with the wrap had also been covered with a plastic bag she’d found to keep it from getting wet. Mostly. It was damp around the edges but it wouldn’t fall apart and it wouldn’t need to be wrapped again. He was naked too, didn’t seem he cared much about it. She certainly wasn’t going to complain. He had a very nice body.

“Morning.” She said to him and pulled the bag off of her arm. “Should I try to find some sort of breakfast before heading out to explore?” She asked him.

“Sounds good.” He said and took the soap from her.

“Be careful of your side…wait…” She stopped him and leaned in to look at it. The swelling wasn’t getting any better. “You will take those antibiotics right? I mean when we eat? They may upset your stomach and-”

“I’ve been on plenty of antibiotics in my life I know how this works. I’ll be fine.” He said then kissed the side of her head. She gave him a look but walked back onto the beach. After drying off a bit, she found some cleaner clothes that had dried and would somewhat fit her and pulled them on. She didn’t mind staying naked but they didn’t find sunscreen in any of the bags. There was some bug spray, which who knew if that would work on the freaky tropical insects here but it was worth a try. The clothing would protect most of her from the sun and the bugs. Especially if she was going to go in the area with the most habitation. She wasn’t sure how she was going to convince him to stay there. He needed to rest with that gash in his side. Walking around and risking hurting himself further would not be a good idea.

Once she was covered up she found a brush. She brushed out her hair and braided it, using a rubber band to keep it together at the bottom. It was the best she could do since her clip had fallen apart on her and there seemed to be a lot of ordinary rubber bands hanging around in their stuff. They weren’t hairties but as long as she used them while her hair was still damp nothing was going to get caught or too damaged. She found another can of soup but that was it. There were a few containers of instant noodles that hadn’t been ruined but that would require fresh water having been boiled. Because of this she got out some packs of beef jerky. They could share the soup and that, it would give them energy and at least help him heal a bit.

He didn’t take nearly as long as her to get clean and was back just as she was trying to figure out how to get the can open with a knife. Something she would have been fine doing should she have two hands. She looked at him pathetically and he smiled then took the can and the knife and opened it for her. She put it on the rock that she was heating and held out the jerky too. Which he opened and took out a piece. He started to look through the clothes as he chewed and she watched him. He still hadn’t said anything about his side hurting even though she could tell with his limited movement he had to be in a lot of pain. She went to the narcotics stash and got out one of them. She also got two of the antibiotics as she had prescribed and brought them over to him just as he was pulling on a T-shirt. The Aladdin Sane one she had found but not told him about.

“Uh…”

“I know what’s on it, I wanted to fuck with you.” He said, “Does it look good?” She laughed and nodded her head.

“Yes but you look better now than you did then. No offense.”

“None taken because I agree.” He took the pills and swallowed them one by one then pulled on some shorts. They absolutely did not match the shirt because they were neon pink. Only David Bowie would be able to find the weirdest stuff to wear on a deserted island.

“You are an interesting man.” She said.

“What?” He asked and sat by the fire.

“Those are…not shorts for a man.” She told him and sat down too. She checked the soup. It was warm enough so she quickly moved it to the sand so the can could cool to a point where they could touch it and it could be consumed.

“And?”

“I just thought that part of your life was over.” She shrugged.

“I don’t give a damn they are comfortable.” He said, “You’re wearing a shirt for a man you just…tied it to cover your tits.”

“Okay I get your point.”

“Good.” He grinned and looked back into the brush covered area. “So for the record you didn’t care that I saw you take a piss this morning.” She blushed and looked away from him.

“You implied you were into that yesterday.”

“Maybe I am.” He said still being cryptic about it. Part of her, the psychiatrist part which dealt with sexual behavior (since she worked in sex crimes) understood the psychology of the voyeurism fetish. She’d never exactly seen the appeal in her own brain, until now. Something about the way he spoke, maybe how casual he was, she didn’t know. She tested the can again and it had cooled off. Luckily the metal wasn’t thick so it didn’t take long to heat nor did it take long to cool.

“Maybe I want to watch you next time.” She said finally.

“Hell you can hold my cock for me.” He laughed.

“You think I’m your slave?” She laughed back.

“You would be if I asked you to.” He purred in a seductive voice. She looked down again and said nothing taking a sip of her soup. He was right about that and it pissed her off as much as it excited her.

“Well, let me be your slave and go exploring in those woods for you.” She said, “You stay here and rest.”

“But I-”

“I also know what antibiotics do to your stomach and…well, do you want me around for that?” She asked him.

“Everyone poops you know.”

“Not everyone wants to be around for it.” She said and handed over the soup.

“I guess that’s true…never saw the appeal in watching that myself, but I know it’s a thing. Right?”

“Why are you asking me?” She laughed.

“You seem to know a lot of things. What branch of the FBI do you work in anyway?”

“Uh…”

“Come on now, you’ll talk to me about everything else but not that? Is it classified? The X-Files? Something like…oh you know that Twin Peaks show?” He asked and took a few mouthfuls of the soup. She sighed, of course she didn’t want to tell him now, it was embarrassing now. Maybe earlier it wouldn’t have been. She drew some circles in the sand for a moment and looked back at him.

“Sex crimes.”

“Oh really?”

“Look it’s not nearly as sexy as you think it is.” She warned.

“No that’s not what I was thinking. Of course the actual crime aspect has got to be horrid. I can’t even imagine how you still get horny, however you said you are a psychiatrist and then you tell me you work in sex crimes, which means that any kink I could possibly have isn’t going to shock you, is it?” He asked. She felt her face flush and she tried to blame it on the sun, not on the fact she was getting aroused by him. Most men never reached that conclusion. In fact, a lot of men she dated only wanted to hear about the crime part because they found it interesting, like some sort of TV show. The other people she dated well they just couldn’t look at her the same after they found out because all they could think of was the crime part. It was rare for her to meet anyone who didn’t care or, well, thought like he did. In fact, she was pretty sure he was the first person, man or woman, to instantly draw that conclusion over these bits of information.

“No you really couldn’t shock me. Even if I’m not into something–”

“That’s why you are so casual about the whole voyeurism piss play thing isn’t it?”He asked, “You aren’t even into it, or at least you didn’t think you were. Not until now, but you were okay with it because you understand the psychology behind it, don’t you?”

“That’s true, yes.”

“You aren’t opposed to it either, are you?”

“I guess not, there are worse thing that–”

“I think you are going to learn a lot about yourself on this island.” He grinned and held the soup back out to her. She took it and drank a few more gulps then held it back out to him and stood up. She found a bag to pack with some water, a few snacks, and a small first aid kit. She was also going to pack some of the fishing gear just in case she found a fresh water place to fish. If not, then she would attempt to do it in the ocean but that was going to be much harder.

“I think you are going to be surprised about what I already know and what I am into and you may learn a lot about me.” She said as she packed. He watched her and she could tell he was mostly looking at her ass when she bent over. The jeans she had chosen were a bit too tight but they still fit fine enough to walk around in. All she had in way of shoes that would fit her comfortable were some sandals she found so she was going to have to be very careful about walking around out there.

“I think I can read you pretty well so far, or would I be wrong to say that?”

“No, you wouldn’t.” She said, “Maybe you should have been a profiler.”

“Maybe you should have been a singer.”

“You hit your head remember?”

“Yes but I’m David Bowie I could convince people that hitting a cat with a violin was music.” He laughed and finished the soup. She laughed a bit too hard at that, because it hit her in just the right way. He wasn’t even wrong that’s why it was so funny and it was something she could see him doing, sort of. Not actually beating a real cat but putting together sounds and other things that mimicked that effect and writing a song to it. “What?”

“It’s funny because it’s relatively true.” She said, “Now, I’m going to head off and you are only allowed to come look for me if I am not back by sunset. Okay?”

“Fine, mum.”

“Good.” She said. Once the stuff was gathered she headed off, she was going to miss him not coming along but what was best for him now was rest. Hopefully, within a few days, there would be some sort of search team and that would be the end of that. She was getting just a bit nervous that he was going to get sepsis before they could be found and she wouldn’t be able to ever treat that even with the half of a bottle of antibiotics that she had.

She walked for what she calculated was about a mile and going north according to the sun. The last thing she wanted to do was get lost. Every few yards she would make a mark on a tree with the knife she had brought to help find her way back if just going south completely failed. About an hour into this hike she definitely heard running water. It had to be a waterfall. This renewed her energy a bit and she hurried towards it, still remembering to mark her way as she did. She wasn’t disappointed when she eventually came to a clearing and saw a large waterfall. Running water. Well, moving water. It was going to be fresh too. Something that could be collected and boiled and she wouldn’t have to remember how to do the whole thing with boiling saltwater to consume it.

She rushed over to the pond area and saw fish in the water which was far more clear than she had expected it to be. This was good too, it meant it was more clean. Not that they could or should drink it as it was but after boiling it wouldn’t taste gritty or like soil. She sat by the side of the pond and splashed some of the water on her face. It was damn hot out there, she hoped David was okay where he was without her. She smiled and moved more towards the cliff where there was shade and leaned up against it to rest. Her eyes closed. She heard chimes. Just for a moment. Her eyes opened. That wasn’t right, was it?

Her hand moved to her forehead to see if she could possibly have a fever, any signs of heat stroke that would also cause her to hallucinate. No, didn’t seem to be the case. The noise had stopped though. She started to relax again but there was a breeze. There were the chimes. Those were wind chimes if she ever damn heard them. Nothing in nature made that noise. Not unless it was put there by man. She stood up but the breeze had stopped. Damn. She waited, and waited, the breeze blew again. She heard them and moved towards the noise.

This was a very long process. It took her a few more hours. Every few yards still marking trees because now she wasn’t going in a straight line, now she was trying to find the source of the noise. It was maddening. As it turned out, she was eventually led to the remains of a stone path. It was very worn and mostly covered with vines and plant life but as she followed it, it got more and more obviously a path and less and less part of the jungle. When she actually found the source of the noise it was bittersweet. The house was run down enough that it was obvious there was no human there. At least not living. There was a possibility she’d find a body in there, which made it good that she had found it alone. The house also seemed self sustaining. As in, it had to have been built because whoever wanted it out there wanted to have privacy. There were wind generators, though vines had grown over them so badly that they weren’t doing much to generate a damn thing. She moved and cut them away quickly hoping to get them going to build up power because she could see light bulbs, the problem was that it didn’t mean they worked. However, there were electronics in the bags with chargers, some of them would surely still work if they could get power to them. Maybe a phone or something to actually call for help. Once she had done that, she headed inside.

“Hello?” She called. Which was kind of stupid, but on the off chance there was a person in there she didn’t want to startle them or get shot or something. The place was in a bit of disarray. A layer of dust covered everything and if it wasn’t that, it was moss. Not too bad though. It was mostly clean. She checked every room, not that there were many, and found no sign of life anywhere. Nothing that indicated that anyone had been there in a decade or two, including the stuff in the kitchen. She went through a bunch of the cans left there, potentially some of it could be good, but it would be risky. The expiration dates were all from the 80’s and that was over 20 years ago now. Well, so what? There was a pond not too far with fish and something resembling running water. She’d have to check and see if the wind generators might power a pipe system or something. It wasn’t working now, but there were faucets in there, a bathroom, a shower and a tub and even a toilet, which thankfully was mostly clean and not backed up with shit or whatever.

The ‘backyard’ though over grown was also clear. There was a grill back there. Rusted. Could possibly be cleaned. God, this was going to save their lives for the time period that they had to be there. The one bedroom had a large bed and was stable it could support weight. She just wasn’t entirely sure she was okay with using a mattress that had been used by lord only knew who and had god only knew what on it. Whatever she could figure that out later. She started to quickly head back towards the beach camp so she could inform David. It wasn’t too far back, now that she actually knew where it was. They could have all of their stuff moved out there by sunset and stop to pick some fruits on the way. Maybe it wasn’t going to be so bad there after all, as long as David could power his way through that infection if help didn’t arrive in time.

  Next Chapters.

[semiconducting]

okay so i wanna give my share of thoughts on wonder woman!!

spoilers under the cut lmao

alright so? holy shit first of all i absolutely loved it to death i was sitting there talking to my best friend who went to see it with me the entire time and just. screaming abt it honestly my mom told me to quiet down a couple of times lmao

so i suppose like it’s a very similar story to the 2009 animated film (though im sure this is kind of a staple plotline for wonder woman leaving themyscira and all, it’s been done a lot, it’s just a part of her story) except it was like. actually done well.

so to begin i really do love how they portrayed the amazons and themyscira, it was so beautiful and i loooove all the diverse women of all colours there. like it made my heart sing thank GOD. i do wish more of them had speaking roles, but i suppose i understand it being partially focused strictly on diana and her becoming a warrior or w/e between antiope’s encouragement and hippolyta’s dismay. but it would have been nice. i do wish to see more of the amazon mythos in films honestly because as entertaining as her adventures with the justice league and such are, i really want there to be more emphasize how crucial they are to who she is! she’s the child of the amazons my dude

also the island itself does remind me of living/touring in europe and i also really hope they based some of it off of turkish architecture? since themyscira is placed in turkey. but idk man.

the scenes with the germans coming to themyscira and how they portrayed the mirage/cloak/whatever was super cool, honestly. cheesy-ish but fun. i loved introducing steve and showing the amazons ready to fight. the bit with the first bullet killing one of them literally got a verbal reaction out of me and the battle was sooooo fucking COOL. as much as i hate war/brutal death scenes, just for my own reasons, it was quick and also just. really what it should have been.

antiope’s death really kinda pissed me off but i just am not a fan of death so early in a film to fuel a character idk. idk man. i guess i should’ve expected especially bc i recognized her tiara as the one diana wears so it. it was there.

i’m glad that she got a role, for sure, but ngl i thought she was supposed to be artemis at first and im kinda disappointed that artemis wasn’t. there. but i mean i love artemis so dsfjd

steve was genuinely good in this film. and i mean really, really good. i’ve never really liked steve trevor, a lot of the times because hes just a boring “charming” soldier (thinking dcau justice league) or a sexist, not-all-men type fucker (ww 2009) and just. ew. but in this film he was like, genuinely funny and sweet and really worth being the love interest. i love that he never took her naivety to take advantage of her, as simple a concept it sounds but it was something that made me smile especially because i just. tensed up at every opportunity that it could have happened. and it didn’t. bless.

the romance was so gradual, it wasn’t a priority, it didn’t take over the plot and the little bits were so cute and it was like? actually likable? holy shit

i REALLY loved doctor poison and god i wish she got so much more screentime than fucken. ludendorf? :/ but every scene with her was amazing i LOOOOVE her mask design and shit, i really wish we could’ve expanded more on her and i would soooo appreciate having just. extra scenes with more on her working/the experiments because that was SO fucked up and well done. a perfect placement for world war i, too, since chemical warfare a huge part of it and all

also i dig the wwi backdrop? wonder woman fighting in a world war is always something that i need in my wondy mythos, though i always figured it was world war ii because of the comics originating in that time period and whatnot.

it, however, was a great choice as a background for the grey-morality plotline, and showing that all sides of war are flawed. instead of world war ii, which, frankly, the nazis should and always should be seen as objectively bad from any standpoint, and standing against them is not.

but yes! grey-morality was very well done here and it’s great to pair with a newly-introduced-to-the-world wonder woman. like GOD i hate born-sexy-yesterday troped wonder woman because it is so so so easy to paint her that way, but just so wrong. she’s not stupid or clueless, and it bugs the hell out of me because it just. throws her as a man-hating violent “feminist” or w/e and just. hlfgh.

however they didnt do that here, while still keeping her naive to introduce that whole grey morality and choosing whats right for yourself, not because everyone is objectively good and one bad man can be stopped to save everyone. her innocence wasnt just because she was amazonian in “man’s world,” because she was shown to be naive and ideological with the amazons themselves as well. it made all the difference and settled one of my biggest fears for this movie

by the way! the clothes scenes and bits with etta were so cute! etta candy was ABSOLUTELY adorable and such a good part of the film, thank god.

also in general it was so pretty? the scenes were so well done and the cinematography was GORGEOUS especially the fight scenes. fuck man fight scenes are so good on the eyes. the choreography was great, i digged the occasional cartoony punch-drop bit? im sure theres a name for the trope but idk how to describe it. also i know so many people have issues with the slo-mo but honestly it didn’t bother me at all, it didn’t feel cheesy to me and i actually thought they did wonderfully by timing it right to place such good emphasis on it? also all the flips and take downs and fUCK man im jsut. oooo i cant wait to watch that again.

also the jumping on shields/that shingle the boys were holding up for her? good fuckin. fuck. AAAAAAAAAA

and goodness diana was so cute. her gasping and going “a babyyyy!!” made me smile oomg. and the ice cream bit. i love the wonder woman ice cream bit she’s so fucking cute. mhm. i love her constant protesting and not quieting the fuck down when steve was trying to reason with her, like she just. it’s so refreshing to see, yknow? and always proving everyone wrong and choosing to save everyone when she’s told she can’t. goooooood that’s a wonder woman i love.

her saving the village and all the celebration was adorable too. but it made the death all the more heartbreaking and just. :(

i’m so glad they made diana a bringer of peace, because any war-mongering wonder woman just isnt her in my books. like i dont mind her not having a no-kill rule? it is necessary sometimes. but she won’t perpetuate an unnecessary fight. war must be stopped. all that. yeah.

which brings me to ares. i feel like the plot twist could’ve brought more hints, because there was no indication that the peace-brokering brit should’ve been the god of war. it kinda made me just. :/ it was pretty clear ludendorf wasnt gonna be him, but i didnt like whatshisface to be ares. sure i dont mind the whole, he inspires war but doesnt control it i suppose, but to literally be a peace-advocate? kinda defeats his purpose imo.

also good guy zeus. lmfao. anyway

speaking of zeus fuck did i not enjoy diana ~ACTUALLY BEING THE DAUGHTER OF ZEUS~ i was afraid it would come and i was so sad to see them take being molded from clay away from her. it made me roll my eyes. stop doing this to her tbh let her not have a ~manly~ influence, tbh? like i just read someone else’s review that mentioned a better take would’ve been to make her an incarnate of athena and like. yeah? yeah. no look i want my wonder woman completely originating free of any man’s influence.

oo and also. the guys she ran around with. idk what to call them but sameer the chief and charlie. they were absolutely adorable, honestly? they were well rounded, enjoyable characters with depth and i appreciate them being flawed. best sidekicks she could have for this movie, tbh. i really REALLY enjoyed sameer being there, because shit! not a total translation but any bit of representation of a race similar to mine is greatly appreciated. also the over-exaggerated stereotype when they were sneaking into the party? great. loved it. made me laugh so hard. 

also they were REALLY daring with recognizing the whole, fuckin, white man taking from the native americans shit? damn. that was unexpected but appreciated. 

and charlie was cute, the whole singing part was so sweet a bit of his character and i love how they portrayed his ptsd. it’s ugly, it’s not poetic or anything, it’s very realistic and i love what they did with it.

also the music was absolutely beautiful and i lost my mind every time wonder woman’s theme came up. dude. good shit.

anyway i’ve run out of steam and coherence but it was a fantastic movie, 9.5/10, i definitely recommend going to watch it. it was such a satisfying way to finally place her on the big screen and just incredibly well done. bravo to everyone who was involved.

[callmeblake]

Interview: Frank Iero talks touring Russia, the real sound of his new album and My Chemical Romance’s legacy

By:

Tom Shackleford

 AXS Contributor Apr 12, 2017 

Frank Iero talks touring in Russia and his new album in a new interview with AXS.

photo (by Justin Borucki)  courtesy of Frank Iero and the Patience 

Guitarist Frank Iero and his band, The Patience, are currently enjoying some well-deserved time off from touring. Their upcoming run of shows will be their third tour since 2017 began, having just spent some time over in Europe and Russia. The latter, which Iero pointed out, was “the hardest tour that [he] had ever done in [his] entire life.”

The band’s second studio album, Parachutes, was released back in October of last year, but it’s taken a minute for Iero and the group to build any momentum behind it. Just a few weeks prior to its October 28 release, the band was forced to cancel the year's remaining tour dates following a car accident during an Australian tour which left multiple crew members seriously injured.

With a new year comes a fresh and much safer start for the veteran musician. AXS caught up with the former My Chemical Romance guitarist while out bulk shopping recently. Throughout the conversation, the rocker spoke about how 2017 has been treating he and his band thus far, what it was like touring across Russia in the winter, whether he thinks there will be another movement like the post-hardcore scene throughout the 2000s and more.  

AXS: I hope you guys are doing okay following the car accident back in the fall? Has 2017 been off to a better start for you and the band so far?

FI: So far so good! We just finished our second tour of the year where we were in Russia for three weeks. The shows were amazing, the kids were unbelievable, but it was definitely the hardest tour that I had ever done in my entire life. The travel was … I had never experienced anything like it [laughs]. The main way you tour over there is in these trains. Initially, I figured, ‘Okay you put your equipment in like a luggage car or something then you go and sit on the train.’ You only get five minute stops though, and that’s it. We had like nine guitars, pedalboards, drum equipment, plus our suitcases and all that stuff, and you have to load them onto this train and shove them into the seating area in five minutes like a fire brigade. There’s also people getting off and on the train while this is happening and nobody really waits in line, they just kind of rush in [laughs] I just realized I said ‘Russian.’ Then you get everything in and you’re on the train for 22 more hours, before you have to eventually get it all off the same way it got on.

AXS: What happens if you don’t make it in time?

FI: I don’t know, and I was too scared to find out. I probably have three ulcers just from being so stressed out the entire trip because of that. The best part is, once you accomplish this impossible task, then you’re at this station with no ramps or elevators in the middle of the night. I survived it tough, so chalk it up as a win.

AXS: Now six months into a new album cycle with your second project post My Chemical Romance, how are you feeling with this album and shows so far compared to Stomachaches?

FI: We’re six months in, but we’re only two tours in because of everything that happened. At the same time, I didn’t think I was ever going to play again, so there’s this sense of having a new lease on life and what it is that you do and how you create. In a live setting, it’s been really invigorating. I also could not have asked for a better record and a better batch of songs to do that with, because that’s kind of what this record is all about. As far as it evolving and changing, it’s been such a surreal experience from the get-go that every show I feel like this rush of different emotions coming through and it’s pretty incredible.  

AXS: Because the album seems to sound pretty evocative and heartfelt at times, would you ever consider it more of an emotionally revealing singer-songwriter album just with the amps turned up real loud?

FI: You know, I thought about that. It’s funny you mention that because at the heart of it, this record is very much a folk record, and at times so was Stomachaches. There’s this singer-songwriter storytelling type of vibe that could really lend itself to that type of a setting or that kind of a record. What I do see though is a pretty vast evolution from Stomachaches to Parachutes. Where that goes next, I’m not sure. I’ve been thinking about it a great deal, but as far as where we actually land with it, that’s going to be something very exciting.  

AXS: Having worked on the Parachutes with Ross [Robinson] and tracking it over a very short period, how did that work with pretty much forcing the band to make the songs come alive right there on the spot?

FI: That was the challenge. We only had seventeen days and we had 12 songs. I had a lot more songs that I wanted to look into and work on but we just didn’t have the time. So immediately on the first day, it was like, this goes and that goes. We got into a room where I had to, not fight, but really convince Ross that we could do the 12. I was like ‘I will do anything that I have to do to get these 12 because it doesn’t make sense without the last two.’ We got them all done but it definitely took us knowing what we wanted before we even got there. The only wild card was that I was going to be playing bass, but when we got there, we were able to convince Steve Evetts to play with us so we were able to track everything live. Having him in the room with us and playing with everybody crushing it together is really what kept the album’s energy and feeling of intensity.

AXS: If you had to do it over again would you go about it the same way?

FI: I would still track the same way musically. I would probably give us an extra day or two so we could track the extra songs that I had wanted to do. I would have also left some space to let my throat heal, then I would’ve done the singing parts a week later. Doing it the way we did it, I actually had to go to the doctor’s twice and get steroid shots just to be able to finish tracking vocals. I sang at 100 percent from day one until day 17. One of the crazy things about tracking with Ross is that he has you all in the room playing at the same time, and also singing. [He] hates isolating vocals and would rather use this live, frantic take. In a perfect world, I’d probably just give myself a week and a half to heal so I wouldn’t have to get large needles injected into my butt.

AXS: What have been some of your favorite new songs to play live so far?

FI: “I’ll Let You Down” has been a favorite of mine for a while. I wrote that song on an acoustic guitar when we were on tour in England late one night, and that’s all I ever saw it as - just this acoustic song. We were scheduled to record and a few days before, something happened and Ross needed to push the sessions back a week. I brought out “I’ll Let You Down” because I didn’t want to over-rehearse the songs we’d been doing a lot up until then. I threw together a quick arrangement for a full and ended up making the record and being one of my favorite songs. It’s kind of like one of those tracks that wasn’t supposed to exist but ended up working great.

AXS: As someone who spent their teen years throughout the 2000s and in New Jersey, I remember the impact that bands from around the NJ/Long Island area like My Chemical Romance, Senses Fail, Taking Back Sunday or Brand New, were all having on teenagers. Looking back on it do you think that may have been the last real movement in commercial rock music?

FI: Ah jeez, I have no idea. When you’re doing it, it just seems so ridiculous that people are even paying attention. No one ever thought that this was going to be huge commercially, because that just doesn’t happen. The fact that major labels were calling the rehearsal studio and sh*t like that, I can’t speak for every band but for us, it was just so laughable that it seemed like a dream. We just kind of shut all that out, put our heads down and worked really hard. As far as it ever happening again, I don’t know man I feel like bands don’t really need that to happen for them anymore. There are just so many outlets now where you can do it yourself. I don’t know if people rely on this major corporation to just come in to get you heard. Will it happen again? Who knows. Does it need to happen again? Probably not, and that’s kind of awesome.

The band will head back out on the road again with a run of spring shows starting April 18 at New York’s Music Hall of Williamsburg.

[positive-stress]

Bands 4 the Sads

Hi I know I never use this blog, this is a weird thing. I’m making a big list of musics that get me through the Sadtimes. It’s for a facebook group but you can look at it too! Warning: this is gonna get long. I’m a sad boy.

Some of these are happy for when you need to fight the feels, and some of these are sad for when you need to feel the feels. I’ve included short blurbs with each one so you should know what you’re getting into.

I’m gonna break this up into songs, albums, and bands. Here We Go [INHALES]

BANDS

Fall Out Boy Obviously.

Good Clean Fun A goofy-ass positive hardcore band. They’re vegan straightedge but don’t let that turn you off. If I can listen to hip-hop, you can listen to this.

Jukebox the Ghost The best boys!!!! I love these good good piano rock boys. You will never have so much fun jamming out to an upbeat song about the end of the world. Their album Everything Under the Sun is a god damn masterpiece.

Math the Band If you know me at all, this is the biggest not-surprise ever. Math the Fuckin’ Band. The goofiest, funnest band in the world. It is impossible to feel sad while listening to their sick jams.

The Mountain Goats John Darnielle is maybe the most talented songwriter in the world. An emotion does not exist that he can’t make you feel. Listen to The Sunset Tree.

Lil B With as much music as this guy has, it can be easy to think Lil B sucks. He can be dumb and he can be gross and he can be mean, but he always listens to his fans and tries to do better and bring positivity into the world, and I love him for it. Listen to 6 Kiss, listen to Im Gay, listen to Everything Based, listen to Angels Exodus, listen to everything. Collect the rarest tracks. TYBG.

PWR BTTM A band that will make even the most self-conscious boy (me) smear glitter all over his face before going to their shows (I did). Whether they’re making you feel unstoppable or hitting you right in the feels, this band is always the fucking best thing to listen to. Please listen to PWR BTTM, you will not be disappointed. (At the moment they only have one album, Ugly Cherries, but their second, Pageant, is coming out soon and I expect it to be every bit as worthy of this list so I’m putting them under bands.)

Snowing RIP this perfect emo band. They got a perfect EP and a perfect LP out and then had to break up because that’s how it works. Some people say they hate this guy’s voice but those people just need to be sadder, damn it. I CUT MY AAAAAAAAAAARMS OFF

Terror Pigeon! / The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! I don’t even know how to describe this one-man band. It doesn’t sound like anything I’ve ever heard. It’s dance music for people who feel isolated and hopeless. It’s the cheesiest, sweetest love songs you’ll ever hear. There’s very often a saxophone. Neil’s lyrics are blunt and goofy, but they’re the most heartfelt lyrics in the world. “If you put up with all of my bullshit, I promise that I’ll make you smile / I’ll remember your birthday and love you forever / The sun will be shining ‘cause we’ll be together.” Their debut album is called I Love You! I Love You! I Love You and I’m in Love With You! Have an Awesome Day! Have the Best Day of Your Life! With any other band, I’d see a name like that and say “alright, chill.” With Terror Pigeon, I feel like he really means it.

ALBUMS

Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet Sometimes you just need to party.

Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue A super fun upbeat indie rock ride from start to finish. Only a little blue, only sometimes.

Carly Rae Jepsen - EMOTION BABY!!!! TAKE ME!!!! TO THE!!!! FEELING!!!!

NATSUMEN - NEVER WEAR OUT yOUR SUMMER xxx !!! The summeriest boys. The jazziest rock. This band loves summer and hates winter more than anyone in the world. Fuck winter. KILL yOUR WINTER!!!

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Let It Sway This album is criminally underappreciated. Some of the most relentlessly uplifting indie pop I’ve heard in my life. HIGHLY recommended.

Dan Deacon - Bromst If there’s any album I would say changed my life, it’s this one. Great for when you’re in a good mood and want to have fun, great for when you’re in a shit mood and want to have fun.

fun. - Aim & Ignite This band actually used to be fun! Who knew? I kind of have to be in the mood for this one but it has gotten me through some shit. Rule of thumb: listen to “Be Calm”. If it makes you feel amazing, keep going.

Japandroids - Celebration Rock I’ve never heard a band say “OOOOOHHHHHHHH” so good. Listening to Japandroids makes me feel the way I assume listening to Imagine Dragons makes normies feel. This band will make you hold one clenched fist in the air or your money back.

Cap’n Jazz - Schmap’n Schmazz Required listening for emo boyz.

Electric President - s/t This album gives me the feels like no other. Hoo boy. This is an album to curl up with on a gloomy night.

Low - I Could Live in Hope I lied, this album gives me the feels like no other. Hoo boy. I thought this album was super boring until I listened to it at 4 in the morning when I wanted to die and it hit me like a train full of sacks of bricks. Incredible album.

i hate myself - 10 Songs This is a rough one in every way. Rough on the ears, rough on the emotions, and rough on the dude’s throat. Maximum strength emo.

Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster... The happiest sounds, the saddest feels.

My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge I know, but like, actually. This is a legitimately amazing album. Sure it’s super cheesy angsty teenager music but my god if this isn’t the perfect super cheesy angsty teenager music I don’t know what is.

Neil Cicierega - Mouth Moods Jesus christ, this album is so dumb. 10/10. A mashup album that will catch you off guard and make you laugh out loud over and over.

Ninja Sex Party - NSFW Jesus CHRIST, this album is so dumb. Honestly though, it’s made me smile at some really shitty times. At first I thought this band sucked, then I realized they’re actually the best, assuming you think it’s funny when a man in a kimono sings about boners.

Spraynard - Funtitled Like, okay. These guys hit every pop punk/emo cliche in the book. Song titles referencing comedy shows? Check. Lyrics about “this town”? Check. Whatever. This album is perfect.

The Ergs - dorkrockcorkrod An album almost entirely comprised of self-described broken-hearted love songs, in the form of some extremely fun, fast, hard punk rock.

SONGS

Algernon Cadwallader - “Motivational Song” Johnny, Johnny, get on with your life! Won’t get a chance to get on with it twice So if fuckin’ up feels right, then fuck it up! BOP SHOO BOP, SHOO BOP BOP BOP

Animal Collective - “The Purple Bottle” This song is just so god damn... bouncy. Doodoot, doodoot, doodoot

Avey Tare - “Laughing Hieroglyphic” This song hurts in the best worst way. Be careful with this one, honestly.

Fang Island - “Daisy” The ENERGY of this song. My god. This is one of those songs that just makes you feel like you’re flying.

Four Year Strong - “One Step at a Time” Just a really great song about moving forward.

Future of the Left - “Land of my Formers” A surprisingly earnest, positive breakup song from a normally surreal, pissed-off band.

Sammus - “Nighttime (feat. Izzie True)” If you’ve ever stayed up way too late just stuck in your head, this is the song for you.

[EXHALES]

[aion-rsa]

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Complete Guide to Marvel Easter Eggs

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This article consists of nothing but Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse spoilers. We have a spoiler-free review right here if you prefer.

Well, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse absolutely delivers everything a Spider-Man fan could possibly want. Who needs the Marvel Cinematic Universe when you've got a movie that tell such a wonderful, compelling story on its own, and one that draws so heavily purely from Spider-Man mythology, right?

And for those of you who want to dig as deep as you can on everything Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has to offer, we give you this (mostly) complete guide to Easter eggs in the movie. If you spot something we missed, mention it in the comments, or give Mike or Gavin a shout on Twitter...and if it checks out, we'll update this and credit you!

Now, let's get swingin'...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Characters

While the multiverse is, of course, infinite, this movie focuses on a handful of key Spider-people.

Miles Morales

Miles Morales was created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli. He originally appeared in Marvel's (now defunct) Ultimate universe, as the replacement for a very dead Peter Parker. Sound familiar? He's currently part of the main Marvel Universe, though.

read more - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Who is Miles Morales?

- The genetically modified spider that gives Miles Morales his powers has the #42 on it, this is straight out of his Ultimate Spider-Man comics origin, as is the stuff about Miles getting into the private school due to winning a lottery is taken from the comics.

- Miles is often seen reading a comic called True Life Tales of Spider-Man. The name and the logo recall an actual Marvel series called Untold Tales of Spider-Man, which came out during the 1990s, and told stories that happened “in between” important moments in Spidey’s early career. One of the covers is an obvious callback to Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Peter Parker.

- Names in Miles’ phone include B. Bendis and Sara Pichelli. He'd better have those names in there...they are the people who created him! The pair get another shout out later on, as when Miles accepts who he is, the comic book cover mentions Bendis/Pichelli.

Meanwhile, Miles' Dad’s phone has Peter Parker co-creator Steve Ditko on speed dial. Of course, Steve Ditko wasn't really fond of taking phone calls, but it's great to see him referenced here (and of course, Stan Lee has his traditional, but first posthumous, cameo).

- Miles wonders how two Spider-Men could exist and for a second we see a comic cover of “Two Spider-Men.” Spider-Men is the first crossover between 616 Peter and Miles.

Peter Parker

- This movie takes place about 10 years into this world’s version of Spider-Man’s career. To fill in the blanks, there are loads of visual homages to the three Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies during the scenes establishing who this world’s Spider-Man is, including the restaurant/taxi/spider-sense sequence, the famous bit where Spidey stops the subway on the elevated tracks, the upside-down kiss, the horrid dancing from Spider-Man 3, and more. Later in the movie, Spidey’s “broke my back” joke is both another Spider-Man 2 reference and a callback to Tobey Maguire’s back problems/negotiating tactics between the first two movies. There’s also a visual homage to him pulling the Staten Island Ferry together from Spider-Man: Homecoming.

read more - Every Marvel Easter Egg in Spider-Man: Homecoming

- Peter Parker and Mary Jane are divorced in the older Peter’s world. This is rather surprising to see if you were following the character back in the mid-00s. Joe Quesada really did not like the idea of the two being married because he felt it made Peter too hard to relate to. He had to go through the stunt of having them sell their marriage to Mephisto (the Devil...but from space!) to create a retcon that they never got hitched. Why not just have them straight-up get divorced? Quesada claimed it would age Peter too much and would make him even harder to relate to. Meanwhile, this movie makes a 40-year old Peter Parker going through a midlife crisis as easy to relate to as any version of the character in history, but whatever.

Spider-Man Noir

- Spider-Man Noir comes from a brief line when Marvel released miniseries that reimagined their characters as grounded 1930s-1940s counterparts. For instance, X-Men Noir was about a group of grifters with special gifts (ie. Rogue’s ability to perfectly steal someone’s identity) opposing a corrupt police force. Spider-Man Noir received two miniseries and appeared to be the only hero of that line to have actual powers. His origin is rather ill-explained, where he’s bitten by what appears to be mystical spiders and hallucinates seeing a spider god.

Spider-Gwen

- Spider-Gwen made her first appearance in Edge of Spider-Verse #2, created by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez. There are a lot of differences in her reality, but one of them is that Gwen Stacy was the victim of the radioactive spider bite instead of Peter Parker. The gist of her quick backstory from the movie very much lines up with the comics. This includes the fact that her boyfriend Peter turned himself into the Lizard after being broken down from constant bullying. Spider-Gwen fought the Lizard a little too hard with the offense and ended up killing him by accident.

She also plays in the Mary Janes, a band also made up of Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, and Glory Grant.

She'll return in an animated spinoff of her own, so don't you worry.

Spider-Ham

Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (typing that will never, ever get old) first appeared in a one-shot comic in 1983 called (seriously) Marvel Tails, and then went on to headline his own book. He is exactly what you expect.

For more on Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham, well...we have his complete and weird (and completely weird) history right here for you.

Peni Parker

Peni Parker and Sp//dr first appeared in Edge of Spider-Verse #5, and they were created by Jake Wyatt and My Chemical Romance's own Gerard Way.

Believe it or not, this is only a small sampling of the Spider-Men of the Spider-Verse out there. We have a complete guide to all of them right here.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Comics Easter Eggs

- Throughout the movie, there are loads of great references to printed comic book storytelling, like using the captions as thought balloons, Ben-day dots for effect, sound effects on screen, and more.

read more - The Making of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

- On a monitor when Kingpin’s scientists were turning on the particle collider during the Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin fight, there are different Earth numbers mentioned like “E-616” and “E-1610.” 616 is the designation for the "main" Marvel Comics Universe.

- Is it us, or does Mary Jane in this movie look like J. Scott Campbell art?

- The shot of Uncle Ben “dying” looks an awful lot like one of the covers of Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man where we see Peter and Ben walking into the afterlife together.

- The pink-haired girl from Miles’ old school might be a reference to the Ultimate Comics version of Kate Bishop, who dated Miles for a bit.

- The revelation that this Spidey is blond feels like a slight nod to the Ben Reilly era of the character. Essentially (hoo-boy) in the ‘90s Marvel had this awful idea called The Clone Saga. In it, Peter Parker retires as Spider-Man and is replaced by his clone, who, to distinguish himself from Peter, dyes his hair and takes the name Ben Reilly (Ben after his Uncle, and Reilly being Aunt May’s maiden name).

- Peter plans to take Miles under his wing, but dies. In an issue of Ultimate Spider-Man where Miles and his friends discuss how things probably would have worked out if Peter survived, Miles admits that although he never got to meet his universe’s Peter Parker, he feels that Peter would have been his mentor.

Spidey's Secret Headquarters

- In Spider-Men, 616 Peter does visit Ultimate Aunt May’s home. Although things work out in the end, her initial reaction is to attack him until Miles (who she knows) explains that he’s the real deal. Bonus! Aunt May appears to have her furniture covered in plastic. That's a nice detail for anyone who has an elderly relative living in the boroughs of NYC. It's basically standard issue.

- Pretty sure you can spot “The Rose” on the wall with the chart of the Fisk family in Spidey’s hideout.

- The infamous Spider-Mobile is on display in the late-Spider-Man’s lair. The Spider-Mobile was always a merchandise-driven creation, the irony being that Peter Parker didn't actually know how to drive. Why? Well, for starters, he lives in New York City. If you grow up here, there's little reason for you to drive. More importantly, he got his powers at 15 or 16, and the driving age in New York is 16. Why bother learning to drive when you can web swing?

- Suits in the lair include the video game costume, Iron Spider suit, stealth suit, MCU suit. The caped one is from What If v.1 #19 (he stopped the thief and remained an entertainer). One of them is Spider-Man from Exiles, coming from a world where Peter Parker wore the Carnage symbiote.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Villains

Now, let's talk baddies...

The Prowler

- There have been several characters to assume the identity of the Prowler. The character has been kicking around the Marvel Universe since 1969 (as Hobie Brown), before a guy named Rick Lawson took over the role. But neither of those are the guy on screen here...

It was the Ultimate Universe Prowler who was Aaron Davis, Miles Morales' uncle, and he didn't come around until Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1 in 2011.

Kingpin

It's kind of amazing that this is Wilson Fisk's first big screen appearance, especially given the popularity of the character both in the comics on TV. Liev Schrieber manages to deliver a different enough performance from Vincent D'Onofrio's to make it his own, though.

- Kingpin is haunted by the rejection and deaths of his wife Vanessa and son Richard. In the comics (and especially the Daredevil Netflix series), Vanessa is a lot more open to Wilson’s dark dealings. In the main comics, Richard was an adult and hated his father, though never sure whether to usurp him as a villain or betray him as a hero. In the end, he was shot dead by Vanessa.

- The closest counterpart to the movie’s depiction of Richard Fisk is in Punisher MAX, where he was an 8-year-old boy. Wilson Fisk coldly allowed him to die in a hostage situation rather than give himself up to an enemy and Vanessa forever hated him for it.

- Kingpin’s bodyguard is Tombstone, otherwise known as Lonnie Thompson Lincoln. Created by Gerry Conway and Alex Saviuk back in 1988, Tombstone is an albino with the strength and fighting skill that makes him capable of trading blows with Spider-Man. He tends to exist as a mafia figure for the most part instead of a cackling supervillain and has indeed worked for Kingpin in the comics once or twice.

Doctor Octopus

- Dr. Olivia Octavius is an original character. Or as original as you can get for being a gender-flipped Otto Octavius. That’s kind of the point of the twist is. That said, there have been at least two female versions of Doc Ock in the comics. The most famous one is Carolyn Trainer, who took the mantle back during the Clone Saga days after Kaine snapped Otto’s neck. More recently, the Web-Warriors gained an ally in Octavia Otto, a member of the Young Avengers from a world where Spider-Man is the villain.

- Dr. Octavius talks up alternate universes and describes them as “WHAT IF to Infinity,” referencing Marvel’s famous alternate history comics as well as their most famous crossover events (and live action movies).

- The version of Green Goblin seen on the screen in this movie feels very much like the Ultimate version of the character, where Norman Osborn had actually mutated himself into a hulking green beast, rather than dressing like a goblin.

- This is a different version of Scorpion than we've seen in any movie, animated series, or game. Any ideas where he's pulled from? In any case, this is Scorpion's first shot at the big time on the big screen, although there's an excellent chance he'll appear in a future live action Spidey movie, as Mac Gargan was played by Michael Mando in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

- During the sequence showing off Spidey's villains (most of whom make more substantial appearances in the movie), you can see a quick flash of Rhino at one point, but he doesn't seem to appear anywhere else in the movie.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Video Game References

- The shot of Peter Spider-Man crawling upside down towards the viewer looks exactly like the cover to the great PS1 game.

- Spidey does the “finger guns” like he does in the amazing PS4 video game.

Miscellaneous Spidey Stuff

- When Miles goes to his Uncle Aaron’s house, the episode of Community (“Anthropology 101”) with Donald Glover in a Spidey costume is on TV. This visual was one of the main inspirations for Miles Morales’ very creation. Glover himself has voiced Miles on Ultimate Spider-Man: Web-Warriors and played the live-action version of Aaron Davis in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

- It’s not an Easter egg, but this movie has a terrific use of Black Sheep’s “The Choice is Yours,” a guaranteed party starter whenever it drops anywhere. Later in the movie there’s an appropriately cheesy use of “St. Elmo’s Fire.”

- Billboards in Times Square include: From Dusk til Shaun (the Shaun of the Dead sequel we deserve) and John Mulaney and Nick Kroll in “Hi, Hello.” Also a cartoon called Clone College (uh-oh...don't say "clone" around Spider-Man fans) and a toy called Mr. Tomato Head.

Elsewhere in New York City you can spot signs that say “Bendis” (another nod to Brian Michael Bendis, Miles' co-creator) and “Romita Ramen” (for John Romita Sr. and Jr...both of whom have made their mark on the Spidey mythos...but especially sr.)

- The shot of Peter sitting behind the desk, up to his shoulders, is from the ‘67 cartoon and lives on in meme form. This includes the infamous “And I’m just sitting here masturbating” memes, which was specifically referenced in a Web-Warriors comic when Spider-Gwen visited that cartoon’s world.

- Miles’ Spider-Man costume Halloween mask looks exactly like the old, cheap plastic Ben Cooper mask, right down to the nose holes.

- Did you know this movie almost featured a Doctor Strange cameo? Well...it almost did! More details here!

- I couldn’t tell for sure, but a piece of art in the underground area looked an awful lot like Leon: The Professional.

- Spider-Ham’s “That’s all folks!” is...well...you know where that's from. Wait...is he even allowed to say that?

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Post-Credits Scenes

The initial end credits include at least two references to Spider-Man ‘67 stills that became popular. One is an image of Spider-Man sitting behind a desk while the wall behind him is covered in framed photos of himself. Another is the “hay” image, where Spider-Man was laying down on a train track. Despite the intent of the animated scenes, the way he’s posing makes it look more like a sexual invite. Earth-67 is where the 1967-1970 Spider-Man cartoon takes place. The footage originates from the season one episode “Double Identity.”

Spider-Man 2099

Spider-Man 2099 is Miguel O’Hara, an Alchemax employee from the future who accidentally gave himself spider powers. Taking up the mantle of Spider-Man, he was the first of many hero reprisals from that era. He has teamed up with his past counterpart on various occasions and has taken part in his share of dimensional team-ups.

Funny enough, the movie had set up Spider-Man 2099's appearance way earlier, as Alchemax was introduced in the Spider-Man 2099 comics  as a mega-corporation that does everything from pharmaceuticals to privatizing the police force. Only recently has Marvel created a modern-day take on the company, revealing it to be Liz Allen’s Allen Company after absorbing Oscorp and Horizon Labs.

We went into much more detail about those post-credits scenes right here.

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