#wolverines are actually nocturnal

[captainmaxatx]

Logan and Wade almost always do the nasty with the lights out and Wade is a little disappointed but he gets it and he resigned himself to a lifetime of dark sex long before Logan came along, sucks to know that your partner doesn’t want to look at you while getting down to business but its something Wade can live with.

Meanwhile, after a long day of stupid big bright lights Logan loves to have the lights out when making love with Wade because there isn’t any extra light bugging him and his natural night vision means he can see Wade perfectly, just the way he likes it

[iwtvfanevents]

Rewind the Tape —Episode 3

Art of the episode

Just like we did for the pilot and for episode two, we took note of the art shown and mentioned in the third episode while we rewatched it. Did we miss any? Can you help us put a name to the unidentified ones? Do you have any thoughts about how these references could be interpreted?

On the Origin of Species*

Charles Darwin, 1859

* Not exactly art... ...and not exactly confirmed, but given the time, the subject of their conversation, and Lestat's "...this naturalist that fogs your mind" remark, this seems the most likely attribution for the book Louis is reading during the opening scene.

Darktown Strutters' Ball

Shelton Brooks, 1917

The song Antoinette is first singing was published that same year, and you can hear it performed by The Platters here.

Minuet in G

Christian Petzold, circa 1725

As pointed by @cardassiangoodreads in this post, the song Lestat first plays before he starts improvising is Petzold's Minuet in G, often falsely attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach.

Wolverine Blues

Jelly Roll Morton, 1923

While the scene in which Lestat improvises the melody happens in 1917, Morton would go on to record and release the song in Indiana in 1923.

Slave Auction

Jean-Michael Basquiat, 1982

Our very first look at Basquiat's Slave Auction comes in the third episode, though it will be the backdrop of most of the sixth. While some elements, like the crown of thorns, lend themselves to varied interpretations, it's clear this collage shows a boat (golden for money, perhaps) crossing a blue expanse, and the faces of the slaves being transported.

Mother Daughter and Twins 1

Rahmon Olugunna, undated

Rahmon Olugunna, born in Osogbo in 1975, is a member of the Oshogbo school of artists in Nigeria. His work represents Yoruban mythology as well as modern Nigerian life. He is represented by New Orleans curator Katie Koch. [Identified by @vfevermillion.]

Untitled ceramic totems

Julie Silvers, undated

Each unique totem is made by New Orleans native Julie Silvers, and they are distributed by New Orleans store Villa Vici. Two can be seen in the sitting room. [Identified by @vfevermillion.]

Javelina

Bryan Cunningham, undated

By "Junkyard Alchemist" Bryan Cunningham, who posted about it here. [Found by @iwtvdramacd18.]

In the same shot we can see an unidentified painting, maybe of a man's profile. Perhaps you can place it?

Untitled photo of loading docks in St. Paul, Minnesota

Bradley Olson, 2015 (Alamy Stock Photo)

Forty-two Kids and Cliff Dwellers

George Bellows, 1907 and 1913 respectively

Several Bellows pieces have been featured around Rue Royale already, in episodes one and two. [Identified by @nicodelenfent, here.]

Am I Blue?

Harry Akst and Grant Clarke, 1929 [Identified by @ouizaya.]

The song that Antoinette sings when Jonah first walks into the Azalea is actually an anachronism. Maybe a bit of commentary from Louis, as this post suggests.

Nocturnes, Op. 55: No. 1 in F minor. Andante

Frederic Chopin, 1842-1844

This is the song that plays during Jonah and Louis's escapade to the Bayou.

Roman Bacchanal

Vasily (Wilhelm) Alexandrovich Kotarbiński, 1898

Kotarbiński was a Polish artist and painter of historical and fantastical subjects, and co-founder of the Society of Kyiv Painters. [Identified by @nicodelenfent.]

Weeping Nude

Edvard Munch, 1913

Young Man kneeling before God the Father

Egon Schiele, 1909

Two more artists we've seen already, in episodes one and two.

Self-Portrait

Edvard Munch, 1881-1882

Bouquet in a theater box

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1871

While we have seen Munch's work already, this is the first Renoir featured. He was a French artist and a leading figure in the development of the Impressionist style. [Identified by @nicodelenfent.]

Church in Stein on the Danube

Egon Schiele, 1913 [Identified by @nicodelenfent, here.]

Ship in the Night

James Gale Tyler, c. 1870 [Identified by @vfevermillion.]

Tyler was a New York born marine painter, considered a self-taught artist.

If you spot or put a name to any other references, let us know if you'd like us to add them with credit to the post!

This week, we are rewatching and discussing Episode 4, …The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding. We can't wait to hear your thoughts!

And, if you're just getting caught up, learn all about our group rewatch here ►

[knot-ee]

Someone else already claimed the moniker of wolverine, so his senses were as keen as that of a wolf, a lion, any predatory animal really. Wait... why did Akihiro even need the moniker of an animal? Akihiro was Akihiro or, to the public, he was Daken. Sadistic, sharp senses, beast of a mutant - Daken. He could have smelled a drop of blood in a river, and in a city filled with the putrid smell of death and garbage, that of blood tended to blend into the surroundings. Had Daken not lived in the filth of cities as he grew up, honing his skills and earning his keep, he would have been overwhelmed with the amount of olfactory stimulus.

However his nostrils still flared with displeasure when his mutant senses were hit with that of salinity from tears and urea from a leaky bladder. As of the sight of ten slaughtered goons had not been enough to strike the final blows of fear, seeing freakish claws of adamantium stained with blood and the tendrils of organs up close made the last man piss himself with fear, literally. Was shit coming next? The man was shaking and crying so violently, it did not take superhuman hearing to hear the way teeth chattered inside his skull. He had a good 80lbs on Daken, but the mutant dragged the crying, piss stained gangster with the ease of carrying a child.

“ Ever have that dream where you supposedly know how to fly but suddenly find yourself falling and end up waking up with a jerk? Man, I hate that. Lucky you, you won't be waking up with that sensation. ”

A scream of pure terror bounced off the concrete walls as Daken gripped the man's shirt tighter and flung him outside the window. Daken stayed true to his word. The man was flying, and he would not wake up. Eight stories up, the poor bastard was flung with such momentum he crashed into the wall of the neighboring building, bounced off, and fell to the street below in a sick crunch of broken bones and splattered flesh. Daken was so busy gloating and grinning he didn't hear the approaching footsteps, but then it hit him - the smell of sweat, body odor, and gun powder.

The sadistic mutant whipped his head around and stepped away from the window to set his gaze on the intruder. The floor was flooded with darkness, but gifted with nocturnal vision, the Punisher's @bigidiotenergy body stood out like a pillar of light. A pillar of vigilante righteousness. What was a human doing creeping up on Daken? Oh, right, Daken was pissing on his territory, wasn't he?

No other place on Earth held such a high density of wanna be gangster and actual gangster like Hell's Kitchen. Mutants didn't really keep up with the affairs of humans like the Punisher. He had heard of him and of Daredevil but such weak prey didn't strike any interest in him. While keeping eye contact with the man, Daken wiped his adamantium claws on his pants before retracting them back into his body.

“ Oops? Did I hone in on your action? I'm going after the wife next if you're interested in that sweet piece of ass. ”

[yakool-foolio]

I know you posted about the Nocturnal Detective agency as animals but so you have anything for the Train group as well?

A great idea! It's been a long time (it hasn't, but it feels like it) since I posted that, but I'm always ready to return to older topics! I haven't actually thought much about what the train group could be, but I did some thinking and I believe I've come up with some interesting ideas for animal counterparts.

Zilch - I'm always floating between cat, fox, and wolf for Zilch, both the real one and the hitman. I'm already deep into my indulgence of werewolf symbolism for Hitman Zilch, so let's stick to him being a wolf. If we wanna get super specific, he'd be an Alexander Archipelago wolf (which actually may be the inspiration for his last name, which I wasn't expecting to learn at all). As for real Zilch, since we already have our fox (Halara) and cat (Vivia) and wolfdog (Yakou), let's switch things up a little bit by making real Zilch a black panther!

Pucci - She's a panda! This is solely based on her having a panda on her raincoat, but I think it's fitting nonetheless.

Zange - Getting a little more wild with this one, but I think Zange could be a rhino. It's fits his whole 'toughened veteran' appearance, where despite his age, he's someone you definitely wouldn't wanna end up on the bad side of.

Melami - Despite the dimorphism, Melami would be a peacock. While not as flashy and colorful, she's still got a lot of glitz and glam to go around.

Aphex - Now I know what you're thinking. Aphex is a literal street rat, right? On the contrary! I got a little more creative and decided that Aphex would be a wolverine. They're well-known for their ferocity and fighting predators twice their size. He is chock full of violent urges and we love him for it.

[piraticoctopus]

Froslass headcanons

Alrighty, here’s a condensed version plus some folklore stuff. (The WIP long version goes into way more detail on certain things because I can't control myself. Hopefully I'll get around to posting it eventually.)

(Sorry about the formatting, but I couldn't get multi-level bullet points to work.)

Solitary-living, mostly nocturnal omnivore with meat as an important part of its diet; Diet shifts to almost fully meat-based during the coldest months; (I like to imagine that “souls”/“life energy” are separate from physical calories; since they can and do also eat actual food)

Tend to inhabit more forested areas, whereas Glalie prefer open habitats; This reduces resource competition between the two

Hunting method: manipulate prey by various means to lure them in, then incapacitate them by draining "life force", body heat, or directly freezing (or some combination)

Employ different tactics based on target, and thus have to be intelligent enough to learn from experience and observation; Some tactics might fall under aggressive mimicry

May alter the terrain to passively direct prey (for example, by making the route of easiest travel lead toward their dens; easiest route is where Froslass wants you to go)

Notable moves learned by level-up: Confuse Ray (since Gen IV), Captivate (from Gen V until its removal from the games in Gen VIII) (note: only works on opposite gender), Draining Kiss (since Gen VI), Will-o-Wisp (since Gen IV) (I just think this one's interesting for an Ice type)

Prey availability varies by proximity to human-inhabited areas; those living closer to humans have more room to be picky (better variety)

Humans (usually) know better than to fall for their tricks, but aren't off the table; Actual documented cases of humans killed by wild Froslass are few, but missing people are often attributed to them anyways

Teeth built for crunching frozen stuff (see wolverines as a real life example); Base Attack and Special Attack are equal, and it has access to Bite, Crunch, and Ice Fang through Snorunt; However, usually rely on Special moves

The way their mouths work means they'd either have to use the middle part of the "mask" like a weird beak, or would have to always bite off to one side or the other

Extra/unfinished food is frozen and kept for later, but will be arranged in an aesthetically pleasing way; They keep durable, non-edible remains to use as decorations

Collect non-food-related items of interest, too, such as rocks or man-made objects

Have an eye for finding beauty in the morbid and grotesque; Understanding of visual balance might make them good at things like flower arranging

Possibly possess some method for detecting thermal energy (heat) (This one is purely speculative and has no basis in canon); Seen in certain snakes and in vampire bats (only mammals to do this!); Physical mechanisms of how it works in animals might align nicely with Ice-type traits (requires heat-sensing organ and surrounding areas to maintain a cooler temperature); The diamond shape on its forehead could function as a heat pit??

Red possibly serves as an attractant of sorts?; Presence of a visually-obvious color is irrelevant if being seen by prey isn’t a bad thing (in fact, if you’re trying to bring prey to you, perhaps it's best if they DO notice you); This possibly conflicts with Snow Cloak? (unless they make themselves completely invisible to hide); Conclusion: 🤷‍♀️

I imagine that they sort of have a “torso”, but that at least the lower half of their body is hollow

Temperament generally calm, level-headed; Introverted but not inherently “shy”

Limited emotional displays and minimal outward expression; Hard to read

Face mostly obscured; Hand over mouth is a common pose, which hides it further

Capable of feeling emotion, just don’t tend to show it (there’s no need to do so if solitary, and doing so may even be detrimental)

Solitary traits impact their social behaviors: Generally bad at communicating, prefer to avoid conflict when possible, likely to stay quiet when upset

Cohabiting with others can be hit-or-miss; Will often simply maintain acquaintance-level relationships with others, apart from select individuals they decide they like; Do best when given time and space for themselves

Value self-sufficiency and tend not to seek help; Relationship with trainer may take some work because of this, especially if not caught as a Snorunt (requires patience)

Froslass would likely consider chilling in the same area as someone else while doing separate activities or just zoning out to be “bonding” (no judgment from me, because same)

Pain in the ass to do field research on, because they’re aware of observers and (like many Ghost-type Pokémon) find amusement in messing with equipment like trail cameras

Wild Froslass do not occur naturally in Hoenn

The not-headcanons-but-other-stuff:

Pokémon as a series is full of chances to explore the dangers of anthropomorphism and I could talk about it for ten years; Pokémon don't have human morals, yet some of them operate at a nearly-human level of intelligence, which is kind of terrifying to think about

Froslass is based on the yuki onna of Japanese folklore (see here for a good overview); It seems to largely be inspired by two varieties that make for an interesting combination: 1) The forest-dwelling, soul-sucking ones from Aomori/Niigata/Miyagi Prefectures, and 2) the version first written by Lafcadio Hearn [x], (this is the yuki onna story, and is the one where the yuki onna marries a human man)

Specific Pokédex entries seem to draw from other varieties, as well

If the Pokédex is taken at face value, Froslass is out here selectively hunting down physically attractive human men to take them home and eat their souls; This is exactly the image the devs have been going for this entire time, and no one can convince me otherwise

If the “Traces of a Lost Village” quest in Legends: Arceus is taken as true (and there’s no reason to believe otherwise), it implies that Froslass (or at least the one in question) is not only capable of physically disguising itself as human, but also imitating human speech and behaviors convincingly enough to pull off said disguise for years; I have seen no one talk about this particular detail despite all of the things it could do with such abilities, and it’s driving me crazy

To make that clear: the game devs of Legends: Arceus looked at Froslass, which has been stated more than once to prey on/victimize human men in some way (including in said game), and gave it the ability to convincingly disguise itself as a human woman; Combine this with the previous point about the Pokédex and Froslass is now an even more dangerous catfisher than it arguably already had the potential to be

[beastlybardou]

For the game:

Definitely some darker creature, probably a feline? Simple due to a love of the dark and forests, it seems. Very very muted tones definitely don’t make me think a diurnal creature. Forest-themed almost, I wanna think wolverine or feline due to the self description of a beast, and I almost wanna think arboreal. So probably a jaguar or a wolverine, really. You seem very predatory, in the animalistic sense >:)

Thank you >:)

I like this answer a lot. Wolverines are amazing, if I could pick my kintypes wolverine would definitely be one of my top choices - they look so cool and I admire their ferocity and endurance. Jaguars are also amazing! There was actually a suspected jaguar attack on some livestock near where I live a few years ago, that was exciting. They don't come up into Texas often. (That's assuming it was actually a jaguar and not just a mountain lion that some farmers were exaggerating the shit out of).

As a little treat below the cut is a picture of my wolverine pelt piece if you wanna see it! I got it at a vintage store and keep it on my altar as a symbol for the wilderness, bravery and ferocity in the face of all odds.

And for you! Hmm, I wanna say a Black Shuck. Very dark, a nocturnal apparition than can be either benevolent or a sign of doom depending on the day and who you appear to. You've got very red and black vibes, as well as lots of forests, teeth and bones. I think thats what makes me lean that way.

[mandarinsan]

List of interracial/interspecies Marvel comics pairings:

Luke x Jessica

Danny x Misty

Carol x Rhodey

Cloak x Dagger

Miles x Gwen

Matt x Kirsten

Gamora x Nova

Scarlet Witch x Vision

Quicksilver x Crystal

Johnny x Daken

Tony x Rumiko

Matt x Maya

Spidey x Silk

Miles x Katie

Namor x Sue

Angela x Sera

Sam x Jane

Medusa x Johnny

Crystal x Ronan

Hercules x Noh-Varr

Amazing Man x Maxima

Moondragon x Phyla-Vell

Wanda x Jericho

Star-Lord x Gamora

Silver Surfer x Dawn

Silk x Spectro

Sersi x Dane

Thor x Zephyr

Tara x Bethany

Tony x Anna Wei

Miles x Lana

Mettle x Hazmat

Black Knight x Faiza

Black Knight x Crystal

Deadpool x Shiklah

Hulk x Caiera

Tony x Doctor Su Yin

MJ x Mariko (Exiles)

Nova x Namorita

Vision x Mantis

Thanos x Death

Gamora x Adam Warlock

Amadeus Cho x Delphyne Gorgon

She-Hulk x Wyatt Wingfoot

Janice x Randy

Johnny x Namorita

Ant-Man x Beetle

Deadpool x Death

Blade x Spitfire

Tigra x Criti Noll

Amadeus Cho x Viv

Silver Surfer x Mantis

Hawkeye x H'rpra

Deadpool x Orksa

Deadpool x Satana

Peter x Aradia x Mors

Mantis x Swordsman

Peter x Lian Tang

Gwen Stacy x Darius

She-Hulk x Luke Cage

X-men

Wolverine x Storm

Angel x Psylocke

Storm x Forge

Emma x Namor

Northstar x Kyle

Rictor x Shatterstar

Beast x Cecilia Reyes

Psylocke x Fantomex

Psylocke x Sabretooth (Exiles)

Psylocke x Thunderbird (Shaara)

Wolverine x Silver Fox

Wolverine x Mariko

Wolverine x Melita

Wolverine x Itsu

Wolverine x Yukio

Wolverine x Atsuko

Wolverine x Tyger Tiger

Wolverine x Gahck

Wolverine x Amir

Sabertooth x Monet

Sunspot x Magma

Bishop x Deathbird

Daken x Miss Sinister

Daken x Johnny

Daken x Marcus

Daken x Aurora

Storm x Yukio

Iceman x Opal

Laura x Synch

Storm x Beast (Ultimate)

Storm x Quicksilver (AoA)

Storm x Doctor Doom (infatuation)

Storm x Slipstream

Storm x Cyclops (Earth-12245)

Dani Moonstar x Sam Guthrie

Nocturne x Thunderbird

Jubilee x Chamber

Iceman x Daken

Hank x Trish

Beak x Angel

Mimic x Blink

Pietro x Monet

Colossus x Neerel

Corsair x Hepzibah

Professor X and Lilandra

Bishop x Jean Grey

Jubilee x Tim Drake (crossover)

Young Justice & Runaways

Hulkling x Wiccan

Speed x Prodigy

Hawkeye x Patriot

America x Lisa

Surge x Prodigy

Hawkeye x Noh-Varr

Alex x Nico

Karolina x Nico

Karolina x Xavin

Victor x Gertrude

I also saw panels of Nico kissing Victor / Chase but I don't read Runaways comics so idk how serious it was.

note: Psylocke's relationships are kind of tricky since Psylocke herself wasn't actually an Asian woman but a white woman occupying the body of an Asian woman.

(DC version)

[leagueimagine]

Ok, but.. Who do you think is Alpha and Who do you think is Omega?

Ok so! This took a while to make and I need to make a lot of considerations and plus, so bear with me! Mind that this is my headcanons and they’re not absolute, I love writing champs on all possible aspects they can be, I can surely imagine an omega Aatrox for example. Anyways!  Here we go:

- Kayn/Rhaast, as a darkin I see Rhaast as an alpha but Kayn... I’m between an omega/alpha, I’m more leaned toward Kayn be an omega before he meets Rhaast and once they ‘fused’ Kayn turns on an alpha, would make so much sense for me Zed take pity of this orphan omega that is so determined and take him in. 

- Morgana/Kayle, Leona/Diana - I like this dynamic, one be and alpha, other be an omega, this was actually randomly picked, but I’d surely guess and bet roles can charge or be equal. I feel like Morgana and Leona have a more Alpha vibe than Diana and Kayle, specially Kayle, I’m a bit learned toward considering she as an omega. 

- Lissandra, Sejuani, and Ashe - Ah the sisters... For me it makes perfect sense Avarosa/Ashe be the ‘black sheep’ and be an omega, of course, Sejuani could also be there but I think Ashe fits the role better.  - Ka’zix - Can’t help but feel Ka would start as omega and grow himself to an alpha, I believe at the evolution state he’s after Rengar encounter he’d surely be an alpha.  - Xayah/Rakan - I’M A SUCKER FOR SUB OMEGA MALES AND THAT’S THE ONLY REASON OK? That can switch around, surely, but I feel like Xayah as alpha fits better for the relationship and roles at the game, haha.  - Yordles - Ok so why most yordles (I'm looking at you Kled), are at betas? Yordles are special and they can mostly choose if they’ll go tho runt or heat, there is some factor that helps make this, preference is heavily taken on consideration, and that’s why someone as Kled always will pick be Alpha. 

- Nasus/Renekton - So, this was an easy choice and I really believe even ascended Nasus would still be an omega doggo, he’s quieter and he honestly prefers it that way, his ascended form actually hides his secondary gender,  so it’s all fine, his brother tho. Renekton screams out he’s an alpha, he’ll make sure his scent is everywhere and he’ll even make most alphas bend at his presence. 

- Kindreds - Wolf would be an alpha and lamb an omega, but both together I would consider beta. 

- Garen - “But Author, why Garen is not an Alpha?” Ok so this is a bit hard, I think common Garen as a beta makes much more sense, he’ll be so dedicated to Demacia considering he won't have an alpha mind telling him ‘hey omegas are more important than the country’ and this makes him a perfect soldier. But God-King Garen is an Alpha for sure.  - Anivia, Nocturne, Brand, and Zac - I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA, I CAN PUT THEM ON ALPHAS BUT AT THE SAME TIME I FEEL LIKE ZAC IS NOT REALLY AN ALPHA? I. DON’T. KNOW. Anivia I consider different from Voli and Orn, she’d simply not mind or care, I bet she’d prefer to don’t have such ‘neon sign’ above her head saying she’s an alpha. Nocturne simply doesn’t need it, it’s not important for him. Brand I’d go around he used to be an omega but now he’s an alpha so he’s set on beta. 

- Draven - Same with Garen, I’d actually put Draven as and Omega and that would do all the sense in my mind but, c’mon, look at Draven, he screams Alpha - sometimes -. So I put him on beta because he’d honestly be both. 

- Jhin, Talon, TF, and Yasuo - Sub boys, I don’t make the rules. Want to look all mighty powerful but heh, wait they heat comes around to see if they’ll not be BEGGING their s/o for some release. Of course, They follow the same line as Garen and Draven, but I find it much more appealing having them as omegas. 

- Jarvan - It is really funny on my mind having a king omega, coated on fake scenting but going wild with their s/o because fuck, he pretends for so long and he just wants to feel like himself around you. 

-  Varus- Yeah I know about darkin stuff, but Varus body is surely omega, he’d go around alpha and omega tho, a bit like a yordle depending on how much control he has over the human's hosts.  - Sett - Alpha, I’ll not risky my neck saying your wolverine daddy looks much better as an omega on my mind; - Aphelios - Omega. 

- I’ll add more as I remember it but that pretty much covers the details I needed. 

Tell me your thoughts to, I’d love to listen to it. 

[gefdreamsofthesea]

I'll tackle the Guardian of the Night Tarot first.

The deck is by MJ Cullinane who has also done the Crow Tarot, the Grimalkin Tarot, and the Wise Dog Tarot. I also have the Wise Dog Tarot. Unfortunately this deck is printed on the same flimsy cardstock. It's bigger than a standard deck and has bluish-green borders (I actually don't mind the borders). The backs are green with a sunburst pattern that kind of reminds me of wallpaper.

The art is stunning. Some cards are pretty busy. I love the choices of the animals for the majors (the raccoon makes a great Magician). There are no people in this deck, just animals. You might think based on the title that the animals are all nocturnal and that is not the case. There are animals that I don't see very often (a capybara, rats, scorpions, a honey badger, scissor-tailed flycatcher, wolverine, etc.) the only fantastical animal is the jackalope in the devil. Do you like owls there are a bunch of owl cards.

I gave the guidebook a look for help IDing the animals and I like that there are lists of cards that mean yes, no, and maybe so you can ask the deck yes/no questions. I also like how each card has a paragraph or two of card meanings but also has keywords for the animals.

I think a beginner could use this deck but they might find it hard to focus on one particular element of the card due to the busy art. Ì really like it though.

[mister-wagner]

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Arabic:

المتسلل ليلا    “Roughly translates as “The one who sneaks in at night”. ” —————————————   

Chinese:

夜行者(Ye Xing Zhe)   “Which means the one who walks in the night or just the NightWalker.” —————————————–

Danish:

Sorte Springer / Slamkryberen    “In one issue he was called Slamkryberen, which means the sludge/sewage crawler, but in all other translated issues he’s called Sorte Springer which means black leaper or black knight (like a chess knight)” —————————————–

Dutch:

Nightcrawler / Harlekein  / Harlekijn   - “Nightcrawler these days, but old Dutch translations had Harlekein.” - “Old Dutch translations were Harlekijn, which literally means harlequin but I don’t think anyone actually calls him that. So just Nightcrawler.” —————————————–

Finnish:

Painajainen  -  Meaning: nightmare   - “We don’t have a word for a nightcrawler, so the translator has taken the second best option with Painajainen/Nightmare. ” - “His nickname Elf doesn’t work in Finnish, so Logan keeps calling him Pörr��; Fuzzy/Fluffy.” * - "Elf" is translated as "Peikko" which means "troll" :) —————————————–

French:

Diablo     “The translators probably choose this name because of his look and religious upbringing? ” —————————————–

German:

Nightcrawler     “Because Germans NEVER translate English names.” - “Nightcrawler would be  translated to "Nachtkriecher" but in the films it's still called Nightcrawler  ” - “After some googling I found out that during the 70s and early 80s the German translation sometimes called him “Nachtkrabbler” (literally Nightcrawler). This was dropped rather fast because… well, it sounds really dumb to a native German speaker. In fact, just thinking about it makes me laugh. A lot.” - “ ‘Nachtschwärmer’ is sometimes used as a translation among German fans, because it sounds very elegant and cool (unlike “Nachtkrabbler” wtf). I think there is at least one piece of official (?) artwork that used this name.” - “ ‘Nachtkriecher’ and ‘Nachtkrabbler’ would both be literal translations of Nightcrawler. "Nachtschwärmer" could be translated to something like "Nightroamer"! Personally, a German translation I would think is cool would be "Nachtmahr" or "Nachtalb", which is a mythological creature that feasts on nightmares and that's very goth and cool” —————————————–

Greek:

Nightcrawler (written as Νάιτκρόουλερ)  /  Νυχτοβάτης:      - “They use the name Nightcrawler in the X-Men Evolution greek dubbing (written as Νάιτκρόουλερ) and in a recent edition of the Dark Phoenix Saga they have translated the codename to Νυχτοβάτης. ” ( “A suitable term would be “Νυχτοπερπατητής”, that means the one that walks in the night.”) —————————————–

Hungarian:

Árnyék  -  Meaning: shadow     “We don’t have a word for Nightcrawler, so the translator used a name that was somewhat close and sounded cool.” —————————————–

Irish - Gaeilge:

 ——       - “There’s no official name for Nightcrawler in the Irish language, but Oíchephéist (ee-ha-fay-ssht) is the literal translation for a nightcrawler (the bait worm that comes to the surface at night)” - “Another possible name, if he’d been translated into Irish, might have been Phúca (Irish trickster spirit)” —————————————–

Italian:

Nightcrawler     “In Italian he's simply called Nightcrawler because the literal translation sounds bad. It sounds something like “person who crawls at night. We don’t have the possibility to make composite words like that - we can’t translate it into a single word” ——————————————

Japanese:

ナイトクローラー     “It’s a phonogram. Some fans also call him “Kurt-kun”. “Kun” is an honorific for male friends.” ——————————————

* Norwegian:

Nightcrawler “In Norway whenever X-Men Evolution was on tv he was still named Kurt Wagner and Nightcrawler which I think is good cus nightcrawler is a rad name and the options don't really sound good. Technically Nightcrawler would be translated as ‘nattekravler/nattekravleren’ but it doesn't roll off the tongue as well and sounds odd. It'd be better to change the name entirely than translating it so they kept the name in English.” ——————————————

Polish:

Nightcrawler    “In Polish Nightcrawler means gąsienica, but in X-Man cartoons and comics has not usually translated his name.” ——————————————

Portuguese (Brazil):

Noturno     “Nocturnal. It means Someone who is active at night.” ——————————————

Russian:

Ночной змей       “Like… Night Snake???” ——————————————

Scottish Gaelic - Gàidhlig:

Duine Beag Dubh Na Oidhche      “Ages ago there was a dubbing of the Wolverine and the x-men cartoon into Gàidhlig aka Scottish Gaelic and in that they called him “Duine Beag Dubh Na Oidhche”, which is little black/hidden man of the night in English.” ——————————————

Spanish:

Rondador Nocturno / Rondador / Nocturno   “En algunastraducciones al español lo llaman “Rondador Nocturno” aunque en ocasiones lo acortaban a solo “Rondador” o “Nocturno”.” (In some translations into Spanish they call it “Rondador Nocturno” although sometimes they shortened it to only “Rondador” or “Nocturno”.)

Merodeador Nocturno   “Since it means basically the same as Nightcrawler (Nocturnal Marauder lol) people usually use the English name, or at least I usually hear people use the English one.” ——————————————

Swedish:

Nightcrawler     “He is just called Nightcrawler here as well because Nattkryparen would sound really weird.” - In some of the comics, I’ve read people call him ‘troll’ instead of 'elf’. Also ’svanspetter’. - “Svanspetter is probably for Elf; It literally means 'tail Pete’. I think it’s a play on ’svartepetter’/'black Pete’, which is the name of a card game as well as a euphemism for the devil.” ——————————————

* updates

[djinmer4]

First Impressions (Evil Wizard AU)

“I don’t think there’s anything else to do,” reported Doug Ramsay.  “We’ve exhausted all our leads.”

Logan shifted uncomfortably behind his desk.  “I think I’ve got one more contact who might know something useful for you.  Not sure if letting you talk to him is the best idea.”

“Wolverine,” Brian Braddock, leader of Excalibur, took up the thread of the argument.  “We know the Hellfire Club is also after this artifact, and they’ve got a lot more resources than we do.  This isn’t a case of we can hope someone else gets it first.  If we don’t find and destroy it, they’ll get it and will use it.  If you know anything, anything at all we’ll take it.”

“Alright, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.”

“First thing you should know, the guy’s a necromancer.”

“Like Jude?”

“No.  Jude may be a necromancer, but he specializes in calming the restless dead, fulfilling last requests and generally protecting people from vengeful spirits.  Jude’s a good guy.  The guy I’m sending you to, this is the guy could give lessons to all the evil wizards and sorcerous overlords and dark archmages that you’ve ever heard of.”

The first clue that they were in the right place was that the circus they found was nearly dead silent.  Most encampments of this size were a hive of activity.  People would be shouting orders, animals would be sounding off in displeasure, things would topple over and crash.  This place, none of that occurred.  The animals made no noise and stood stock still to be handled.  People didn’t speak to each other, and every move they made slid past each other as if choreographed.  Nothing fell out of place or was put down too hard or off-balance.  “Well this is creepy,” said Doug.  “I thought Logan said this guy had a few living minions mixed with the corpses.”

“He sometimes has human minions,” corrected Brian.  “But not always, and when he’s out in the woods like this, I guess he doesn’t feel the need to pretend.”

A voice called out from one of the dark wagons.  “Are you the people Logan wanted me to talk to?  Bitte komm rein.”

The rest of Excalibur looked to Doug.  “Er, he said, come in.”

“Second, this guy looks like a demon.  Think like Nocturne and Salamander, but much worse.  Don’t freak out too much when you see him, or he’ll get offended.”

The man in the wagon certainly lived up to his reputation.  He had blue skin, waist-length white hair, and beard, and was covered in scarification patterns. His eyes were completely gold, with no pupil or iris to be seen.  His hands were malformed, with only two fingers and a thumb on each.  He had pointed ears that peeked through his hair, pointed fangs that flashed when he smiled at each of them, and a pointed tail that he used to pour tea for all of them.

The sorcerer half disappeared in the gloom of the wagon.  Behind him, gold eyes reflected the light and shifted about, indicating many somethings watching them in the dark.  The low light made it difficult to see anything around them, and the members of Excalibur huddled together, afraid of bumping into anything.

“So Logan told me you’re searching for an artifact of doom of some sort?”

“That’s right,” Brian once again took the lead on the conversation.  “Logan said you might be able to help us retrieve it or at least know it’s location.”

“That might be possible.  Do you know what the name of the artifact is?”

“The name is another thing we’re missing.  But we do have a description of what it is and what it does.”  The blond gestured to Kitty, and she reached over to pass a copy of the description to the sorcerer.

“Third, this guy is very expensive.  You might not be able to afford his help.”

“He seems pretty mercenary in that case.  What happens if you can’t afford it, does he take your soul?”

“Nah, he’s upfront about it.  No payment, no information, help or goods.”

“What does he do if people are asking for help with a plague or a war?”

“He’s not all bad.  If someone asks for help because of a natural disaster or a plague, he’ll actually work for free.  Everything else though, you pay through the nose.”

“Even a war against a tyrant or trying to find an artifact for safekeeping?”

“Yeah.  He’s said he’s seen too many revolutions become worse than the old regimes when they win and too many well-intentioned heroes become monsters to have any faith in people.”

“Geez, how old is this guy to be that bitter?”

“Oh yes, I made this one.  Xian ran off with it years ago, not that it did him any good.”  The sorcerer turned the paper over and conjured a quill to write with.  “Before we go any further, here’s how much it will cost you.”  He wrote out a list on the back then handed the sheet over to Brian.  The head of Excalibur checked it over and went dead white.

“The good news is, the guy’s a lech.  Since you do have several pretty women as part of Excalibur-”

“I’m not whoring my people out just to get some information!”

“Hey bub, you’re the one who said he’s desperate.  And it’s not like the guy will rape anyone, he just wants something pretty to look at.  Tell him you’re not interested and he’ll back off.  But he might be willing to reduce the price for a date.”

Brian swallowed then passed the price list to the rest of Excalibur.  When Kitty received it she could see why the blond had panicked.  They definitely could not afford this.

“I’m open for negotiation.”

“Well we don’t need the name, and we’re planning to get it ourselves so we don’t need your help either.  As for the location . . . I don’t suppose you’d be willing to take a partial payment and receive the rest later?”

“I only accept credit if I know the party well or will be going with them on their mission.  Otherwise, it’s too much work to chase them down.”  The blue man turned towards the other members of Excalibur.

Rachel frowned at him.  “Isn’t it a little rude to start hitting on people when you haven’t even given your name?”

One hand waved in a desultory fashion.  “I’ve had so many names over the eons, it hardly matters to me what you use.  Kemmler, Captain Bluetail, Darkholme, take your pick.”

“Who’s Kemmler?”

“Wasn’t Captain Bluetail a hero?”

“I’ve heard of Darkholme.  He was a master assassin several decades ago.”

“You know what, you can just call me Kurt.  No one’s used that name in a while.”

“Kurt,” Kitty tested it out.  “You sure you don’t want something like Numair Salmalin?  Or Elminster?”

The sorcerer smiled and leaned forward to rest his chin on his hands.  “Kurt’s short and easy to remember  And what are the names of the lovely ladies here?.”

Brian cleared his throat.  “Fine, Kurt, if anyone’s actually interested . . . “

To the surprise of no one except Cerise, gold eyes turned to Meggan first.  She bristled.  “I’m Meggan and I’m engaged.”

“Whoever you’re engaged to is a lucky man, fraulein.”

“That would be me.”  Brian quickly took Meggan’s hand and frowned at him.  Kurt just smiled and turned to Rachel next.  She looked him up and down, then sneered.  “Rachel.  And I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong parts to attract my interest.”

“But fraulein I have extra ones!”  His tail waved to attract attention.  He turned to the last member of their party.  “And what’s your name, fraulein?”

“Cerise, you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.” Brian reminded her.

The Shi’ar refugee just shrugged.  “Why not?  This sounds like the type of thing you humans do for fun.  I might as well try it out once.”

“Wunderbar,” Kurt grabbed the paper and scribbled a new number beside the middle line.  When Brian looked at it, he gave a sigh of relief.  “Now, are you in a hurry or shall we take the evening off?”

“We’re in a hurry,” Brian insisted.  While Kurt gave the details of where and how to gain the artifact, Doug leaned over to whisper in Kitty’s ear.  “Jeez, so what are we, chopped liver?  He didn’t even ask for our names!”

[ulfwolf]

Bird of Prey-- Musing 63

Hawk wings absolutely still Eyes of purest greed

Gliding, circling, up-wind, hunting, looking, meadow, hunger, gusts, clouds, two wing beats, banking, feathered hunger, airborne greed, survival of the keenest eyesight and shortest reaction time.

My own eyesight is not the best these days—although this year is 2020 it feels more like 1919 was the last time my eyes were 20/20—but slow age-dimming notwithstanding, I did catch this large, majestic hunter up there, way up there, riding what winds move at that altitude, gliding and gazing down.

A hawk? An eagle? Actually, too high up for me to tell. Predator, that I could tell; which kind, not.

How well do these airborne hunters see? I asked Mr. Google. Who said:

All birds of prey have excellent long-distance vision, but eagles stand out. They can see with clear precision about eight times farther than humans can, allowing them to spot and focus in on a rabbit or other small animal at a distance of about two miles (spotting a rabbit from two miles up, or two miles away, I’m trying to get my head around this). While we, with 20/20 vision, can see a candle flame at that distance, a small animal camouflaged in its surroundings would be hidden from us.

Eagles can also quickly shift focus, allowing them to essentially “zoom” in on their prey. They also can see a wider range of colors than we can, allowing them to differentiate small changes in coloration on the ground and so, again, zoom in on their prey; they also see UV light.

As far as daytime vision goes, eagles, hawks, and falcons reign supreme. However, they don’t do as well during the night.

Owls do, though. These nighttime predators take the torch from eagles as soon as the sun goes down. Unlike many birds with eyes that sit at an angle, owl eyes face directly forward, giving them incredible binocular vision. Although their large eyes can’t move or roll like human eyes can, owls can move their heads nearly all the way around, allowing them to have a 270-degree range of vision (in both directions, mind you) without moving their bodies.

Their large, tube-shaped eyes contain significantly more rods than human eyes, which allow them to be far more sensitive to light, and depending on the surrounding light, their irises widen to allow more light to reach their retina as the light dims. Because the iris adjusts, owls can also see during the day (unlike other nocturnal animals that can only see well at night), but their day vision is slightly blurry and they cannot see colors well.

Also, and this is key, owls and other animals with good night vision sport a reflective layer of the choroid (the pigmented vascular layer of the eyeball between the retina and the sclera) known as the tapetum lucidum. This thin reflective layer allows light to bounce back into the animal’s eye (through the retina) after it’s already passed through once, giving the animal two chances to collect an adequate amount of light to see with clarity even in the near dark.

Eyes like telescopes with well-polished mirrors catching even the faintest star.

This layer, adds Mr. Google, is also what sometimes make their eyes (like a cat’s) shine in the dark, especially if you shine a light on them.

How high up was this bird I saw? Perhaps a quarter of a mile, a little higher perhaps; meaning, if it was an eagle, it could probably spot a field mouse on the ground, no problem. This is hard even to imagine.

Am I really right (in my wolfku) in calling its eyes, “the eyes of purest greed”? True, they scan for edibles, killable edibles, but greed, when I reflect on it now, seems to be a distinctly human condition. Animals kill to eat, well, in the main; the wolverine often kills for pleasure, as does the hyena.

As an aside, the laps in northern Sweden have problems with both wolves and wolverines. They hate but understand the wolf, who kills to eat, and if a pack of wolves attack a reindeer flock, they will only kill one animal, the one they will then eat. If, on the other hand, a wolverine (who normally hunts alone) attacks a flock or reindeers, it will kill as many animals as it can, just for the sheer wolverine joy of killing, even though it can hardly eat more than a slice or two of one.

Is that greed though? I guess it’s an animal manifestation of greed, but I don’t think the wolverine has a say in the matter, it’s all instinct. Not so with human greed, it’s consumerism run amok, and it’s voluntary. Humans can cease to greed; I don’t think the wolverine can.

Nor the hawk or the eagle, gliding, circling, up-wind, hunting, looking, meadow, hunger, gusts, clouds, two wing beats, banking, feathered hunger, airborne greed, survival of the keenest eyesight and shortest reaction time.

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[trevorarms-blog]

Sabretooth AKA: Victor Creed HEIGHT: 6’6” WEIGHT: 275 lbs Powers and Abilities Sabretooth is a mutant with a number of both natural and artificial improvements to his physiology compared to normal humans. His primary mutant power is an accelerated healing ability that allows him to regenerate damaged or destroyed areas of his body and cellular structure far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human. His healing powers, like Wolverine's, have been depicted with variable degrees of contradiction by numerous comic book writers and artists. Sabretooth's natural increased attributes stem from, at least partially, his accelerated healing factor. This "healing factor" also grants him virtual immunity to poisons, most drugs, toxins, and diseases, and limited immunity to the fatigue poisons generated by his own body. The regenerative qualities of his healing powers and an "age suppression factor", cause him to age at an unusually slow rate. While he is of an unknown advanced age, Sabretooth has the appearance and vitality of a man in his physical prime. The depiction of Sabretooth's powers has evolved with his treatments by various writers. His healing power, in particular, was introduced as a retcon. When he became Wolverine's frequent antagonist, Sabretooth started being depicted as possessing a healing factor comparable to his foe's. In other, earlier appearances, Sabretooth was much more human. In The Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 1 #116, he was incapacitated when his face was severely wounded, and did not display any accelerated healing ability. In issue #119 of The Spectacular Spider-Man, a still badly scarred Sabretooth returned, and his wounds reopened when he was hit in the face by the Black Cat. Sabretooth possesses acute senses that are comparable to those possessed by certain animals. This includes the ability to see objects with greater clarity and at much greater distances than an ordinary human, and is also able to see with this same level of clarity in almost complete darkness, just like a nocturnal cat. It's even said he can see infrared and ultraviolet portions of the spectrum. His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing him to hear sounds that humans can not. He is able to use his sense of smell to track targets by scent, even if the scent has been eroded by natural factors such as weather conditions. Even his sense of taste is also developed to an unnatural level. Many of Sabretooth's natural physical attributes are beyond human levels. He possesses some degree of superhuman strength due to his healing factor. The exact limits of his strength are unknown, though he originally could crush an iron barbell with ease. Sabretooth's physical strength has been artificially enhanced at least twice. Sabretooth received his first strength enhancement from his son, Graydon. Then Sabretooth's strength was further enhanced after joining the latest incarnation of the Weapon X Program. His healing factor also grants him superhuman stamina, so he can push himself at peak capacity for several days before fatigue sets in. His agility and reflexes were both naturally above human and further artificially enhanced. With an ability to flex, relax, and reflex his musculature at dramatically improved speeds, Sabretooth's pounce can be devastating. These also allow him to stalk and move quietly as depicted in both movies and comics throughout his appearances, most human and mutant enemies can not react to his leap before being hit. Sabretooth's physical appearance is described with animal-like mutations, including sharper-than-normal teeth with two pronounced canines and retractable claws where ordinary humans have fingernails and toenails. He also was portrayed to have thick, bushy eyebrows, which gave him an animal like appearance as well. His eyes were said to originally amber without visible pupils, as this was noted by the Foreigner as something that caused him to stand out. Skills Sabretooth is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having been trained by various organizations such as the CIA, Department H's Weapon X program, the Foreigner, and HYDRA. He is also an expert at hunting and tracking, even without the use of his heightened senses. Sabretooth also developed a high resistance to telepathic probing and manipulation, after an incident where his brain was skewered. Although his extreme arrogance and bestial nature gives him the appearance of stupidity, he is actually quite intelligent. This is demonstrated by his ability to avoid capture and escape the highest levels of incarceration without assistance. He is also highly skilled at psychological manipulation. Beast AKA: Hank McCoy HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 402 lbs Powers and Abilities It is possible that Beast's mutation is a result of genetic atavism. However, he also possesses neotenous characteristics, which may explain him having a genius-level intellect despite his animal physique. He also possesses superhuman strength, speed and agility. He is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, employing a unique style of acrobatic combat, from combat training he received at Professor Xavier's and coaching from Captain America. Anthropoid/Simian physique Originally, Hank McCoy retains the basic features of a normal human alongside a generally simian physiology (e.g., elongated limbs and enlarged extremities) equivalent to that of a Great Ape. This mutation gives him superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, balance, and endurance. Hank is equally dexterous with all four limbs; able to perform tasks with his feet or hands with equal ease. Because of his talents and training, Beast can outperform any Olympic-level athlete, contorting his body and performing aerial feats gracefully. His strength and dexterity allow him to climb vertical surfaces with just his hands and/or feet, jump great distances and survive falls that would kill any ordinary person. He also possesses enhanced senses and can track people for great distances over open terrain and his feet are sensitive enough to detect electronic signals (from bombs, listening devices, etc.) through solid walls and floors. Later, he drank an experimental solution of his own making and mutated further through the growth of grey fur covering his entire body and the enhancement of all of his existing abilities, especially his strength, and Hank also gained a nearly instantaneous healing factor. The psychological impact of this first transformation caused Beast to experience short-term amnesia and also made it difficult for him to control his animalistic instincts, which would cause him to slip into an uncontrollable berserker rage during combat. However, his body suddenly mutated again after a short time, changing his fur color from grey to black (although comic book printing technology depicted it as blue), returning his strength back to previous levels, and losing his healing factor. He was also able to more easily control his animal instincts after this second mutation. Beast gained the ability to emit mood altering pheromones, causing sexual attraction in women. Hank McCoy briefly returned to his humanoid/simian form with his hair color now being depicted as black, not reddish brown. During this time he was occasionally depicted with claws and fangs, but these were not a part of his original mutation. However, as a result of being touched by Pestilence his strength began to increase exponentially while his intellect began to decrease. After Infectia's kiss restored Hank to his simian physique, his intellect had stabilized and returned to his previous genius-level, and his strength had increased to superhuman proportions. Beast's fangs and claws became a consistent part of his appearance after this return to his "blue and furry" form. Feline physique After being critically wounded, Hank's body undergoes a secondary mutation, jump started by Sage. The result is a more feline appearance equivalent to that of a big cat. His strength, speed, stamina, sturdiness, and senses increase further with this change. He gains cat-like agility, flexibility, coordination, and balance, and all his senses are enhanced to twenty times that of a normal human being. In addition, Beast develops an accelerated healing factor that allows him to repair mild to moderate injuries within the span of a few hours. However, as his hands and feet change from simian to feline (going from a normal human set of four fingers to just three, retaining the opposable thumb), he loses his superhuman dexterity, once admitting that he used to play the guitar, but is now learning to play the drums instead. Following the X-Men's relocation to San Francisco, Beast discovers that he had regained some of his old manual dexterity. In the first issue of Warren Ellis' Astonishing X-Men run, Beast also comments he no longer needs full sleep. It is later discovered that his secondary feline mutation is still detrimental to his health: as such, with the combined efforts of past versions of Jean Grey and himself, Beast's condition was stabilized in a more human-like form, possessing blue fur and larger than the average human male but otherwise fairly human. Genius-level intellect Hank possesses a brilliant intellect. He is a world-renowned biochemist, having earned Ph.D.s in Biophysics and Genetics, and is the man who cured the Legacy Virus. He frequently functions as both field medic and in-house physician for the X-Men, despite not technically having an MD. His intelligence and expertise in genetics rival that of Professor X, Moira McTaggert, and Kavita Rao. Despite this, he has never received a Nobel Prize or been elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. A Renaissance man, McCoy is well-versed in many fields including languages (fluent in English, German, French, Latin, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, and Russian as well as the fictional language Latverian), literature, philosophy, psychology, and sociology, history, art and art history, anthropology, linguistics, and music, as well as in political science and economics with a special affinity for science and technology and a penchant for quoting literary classics. His vast scientific knowledge ranges from theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, differential equations, nanotechnology, anatomy, biomedicine, analytical chemistry, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering to the construction of a hyper-magnetic device. An electronics expert, he often repairs Cerebro and makes upgrades to the Danger Room settings. He has made several deus ex machina devices on par with Reed Richards, including a device that strips entities of cosmic powers. While not a medical doctor, he was able to perform brain surgery on the Red Skull to extract the fragment of Charles Xavier's brain that the Skull had grafted onto himself, removing the Skull's telepathic abilities while leaving the villain otherwise apparently healthy. After a meeting with Doctor Strange, the displaced younger Beast has mastered a combination of science and magic, allowing him to return himself and his four teammates to the past for a few minutes, although he notes that it took a great deal of effort to send them back for that long and it merely confirmed that history has been 'reset' so that the displaced X-Men are no longer 'needed' in the past. He has also mastered a mystical portal that allowed him to send the Juggernaut to Siberia after passing through Hell. WINNER To my surprise Sabretooth wins with a 71.1% of winning do to actually being a very skilled opponent.

[mylistofmovies]

2016

suffragette

the hateful eight

anomalisa

black mass

sleeping with other people

joy

the diary of a teenage girl

sisters

x-men first class

marie antoinette

the skeleton twins

ashby

straight outta compton

set fire to the stars

the big short

spotlight

bridge of spies

moonwalkers

the brady bunch movie

pride & prejudice

julie & julia

freeheld

regression

my super ex-girlfriend

the devil wears prada

freaks of nature

macbeth

brooklyn

predestination

trumbo

ex-machina

the night before

creed

the voices

45 years

don verdean

the 5th wave

x-men origins wolverine

kill your darlings

anesthesia

deadpool

jumanji

irrational man

pride and prejudice and zombies

ocean’s eleven

zoolander nº2

shame

life after beth

x-men: the last stand

rocky

max

daddy’s home

i smile back

nymphomaniac vol ii

batman vs superman dawn of justice

pulp fiction

reservoir dogs

get a job

point of break

kill your friends

the longest ride

wet hot american summer

won’t back down

nightcrawler

fifty shades of black

shutter island

twister

the dark knight rises

captain america winter soldier

rocky ii

walking tall

the reality of love

colonia

hail, cesar

fight club

physco

taxi driver

inglourious basterds

the holiday

the dressmaker

angus, thongs and perfect snogging

the boss

the adjustment bureau

drive

moornise kingdom

requiem for a dream

how to be single

green lantern

jaws

triple nine

the royal tenenbaums

the day the earth stood still

end of watch

concussion zootopia

the d train

our idiot brother

batman begins

the huntsman winter’s war 

ghostbusters ii 

louder than bombs bessie

looper

eat pray and love

dark places

how to train your dragon

death becomes her

the  angry birds movie

argo

 last knights

rain man

xmen apocalypse 

the jungle book

captain america civil war

alice through the looking glass

dirty harry

the do-over

stuck in love

wanted

kill bill vol 1

the finest hour

kung fu panda 3

dirty grandpa

she’s funny that way

london has fallen

take shelter

whiskey tango foxtrot

the divergent series allegiant

kill bill vol 2

independence day

now you see me 2

pop star never stop never stoping

mr right

an inappropriate comedy

me before you

finding dory

equals

ghostbusters

the fundamentals of caring

do you believe?

jane eyre

queen of the desert

in the heart of the sea

the bourne supremacy

survivor

the matrix

the legend of tarzan

die hard

man of steel

madame bovary

the bronze

what if

x men 2

the overnight

just before i go

queen of earth

submarine

suicide squad

robin hood

star wars episode I the phantom menace

sicario

money monster

warcraft

independence day resurgence

nasty baby

the nice guys

the walk

se7en

the shawshank redemption

far from the madding crown

the man in the iron mask

secret in their eyes

tallulah

mona lisa smile

cruel intentions

ride along

we are your friends

the duff

macgruber

stand by me

gods of egypt

star trek

friends with kids

star trek into the darkness

barbarella queen of the galaxy

the neon demon

big fish

xoxo

dead poets society

danny collins

dinner for schmucks

the life aquatic with steve zissou

man up

the immigrant

frida

seven pounds

demolition

cafe society

enemy

midnight in paris

mike and dave need wedding dates

solaris

florence foster jenkins

ten thousands saints

victor frankenstein

into the wild

the secret life of pets

coco before chanel

sixteen candles

the lobster

the choice

swiss army man

holding the man

central intelligence

closer

my blind brother

love and friendship

pretty in pink

burnt

star trek beyond

the brothers grimsby

the late bloomer

i saw the light

yoga hosers

a hologram for the king

nerve

la môme

maggie

all the way

our brand is crisis

sausage pary

the salvation

no country for old men

eye in the sky

king cobra

wilde

the barbershop 3 the next cut

superstar

the meddler

shaun of the dead

the magnificent seven

the bigger slash

rocky iii

how to train your dragon 2

war dogs

miss peregrine’s home for peculiar children

bad moms

captain fantastic

ferris buellers day off

high rise

jane got a gun

loving

peter’s  dragon

sully

tumbledown

ben-hur

star wars rouge one

pet

risen

the light between oceans

bridjet jones’ baby

mother may i sleep with danger?

the lady in the van

snowden

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boys don’t cry

nocturnal animals

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masterminds

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love actually

the infiltrator

trolls

the girl on the train

deepwater horizon

mr church

goat

keeping up with the joneses

[scientifically-strange]

A villain shows the avengers their worst fears and this is how they learn about dan?

Dr. Strange hummed as he led Phantom, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Wolverine through someplace he liked to call the Dream Realm. One of the Doc’s old villains, Nightmare, had returned, drawing people into endless sleep to feed off of their nightmares so he could grow powerful enough to escape the Dream Realm. Sounded easy, but if they got caught in the Dream Realm there was no going back to the real one, so they had to be extra careful.

They walked along a path full of doors, but they didn’t look like they opened up anywhere. Phantom opened one and he and Spidey peered inside.

It was Cap’s dream. He was in an empty dance hall with a beautiful woman in a red dress, swaying back and forth to the music with no origin.

“We can finally go home, Steve. The war is over,” she said. She sounded absolutely gorgeous. But before they could keep watching, Wolverine came and slammed the door.

“That ain’t your business,” he told them before stalking off towards Dr. Strange. Spider-Man mocked him in a funny voice, and Danny turned into a giggling mess. Neither of them wanted to know what Cap’s biggest fear meant.

Then a blast of black energy came out of nowhere, hitting Spider-Man in the back. He flew forward, landing only a couple of feet behind Iron Man, who whirled around and started blasting Nightmare and...

“Who is that guy?” Wolverine asked, unsheathing his claws.

“Nocturn,” Phantom said, turning paler by the second. But he quickly gained his footing and sent an ice blast at Nocturn’s face. It hit him dead on, but did practically nothing to phase him. He grabbed Phantom by the throat and lifted him up, feeling both Nocturn and Nightmare’s powers pulling at his mind, making him wan to sleep but he couldn’t. If he failed here there was no going back.

Nocturn laughed and threw him to the ground, laughing maniacally alongside Nightmare, who was apparently having a blast. Dr. Strange flew after him, pulling out his magical chains as another being started to beat Phantom up.

He was blue with white hair and his logo, and Phantom suddenly found himself unable to move. They hadn’t been trying to get him to go to sleep, they had been searching for his biggest fear.

His biggest fear was Dan Phantom.

“Who is that guy?” Spidey called, jumping in to help Phantom up.

“Later,” Phantom replied. Dan chuckled darkly and used his powers to swat Spider-Man away. When Phantom made a move to go after him, he as blasted backwards. Phantom tried getting up, but a large boot came down on his chest. Dan leaned in close to Phantom’s ear with a grin, his forked tongue swishing this way and that.

“Miss me?”

Danny squeezed his eyes shut and looked over at the bigger fight. Dr. Strange and Wolverine were tag teaming against Nightmare while Spider-Man and Iron Man took on Nocturn. Missiles that weren’t Stark’s flew in every which way, while several soldiers from the early 1900s, maybe WWI or WWII, fought alongside Nightmare. He looked like he was getting stronger with every passing minute. Danny strained against the being that was holding him down.

He pressed his foot further into Phantom’s chest before grabbing his throat and lifting him up. Phantom’s throat burned from the energy Dan was emitting, making it harder for him to speak. Meaning he probably couldn’t use his ghostly wail.

But he had gotten stronger over the years since they had last seen each other. He had gotten taller and broader, and now he was almost as big as Dan.

Over to his side he heard Spider-man cry, “No!! Aunt May!” And he had o force himself not to look. It was just a mind trick. Nothing more than that.

He wrapped his legs around Dan’s arm and twisted, bringing him down to the ground. Phantom stood up and quickly took a few steps back. He glanced over at the fight, and it looked like they had things under control. Sort of.

Dan got back on his feet and tackled him into another door.

It was bright and outside inside of the door. They were in a desert-like area. Arizona or Nevada probably. It was completely empty aside from the small man in a lab coat and glasses hiding under a rock. It was Bruce, and behind they rock was Hulk. But weren't they one and the same?

Phantom dodged a hit from Dan and wept his legs out from under him, pulling out an ecto-ray he kept on his belt that Stark had specially made for him, to make his ghost hunting needs a little easier. He hit Dan with the green beam and he went flying, bouncing off of the ground once before rolling to a stop. Bruce nor the Hulk gave them a second glance.

Danny ran and tackled Dan as he got up, sending them back outside onto the pathway with the multi-colored sky. He tried punching Dan in the face, but he caught his fist and flung him towards Nocturn.

Nocturn. That was it. He and Nightmare were the cause of Dan. Dan wasn’t actually there.

“Everyone, back up!” He yelled. Iron Man and Spider-Man listened, half-dragging Wolverine with them. Dr. Strange was standing up again.

Dan charged at him again, and Phantom was ready for him. As his evil future self wrapped his arms around Danny from behind, he gripped his arm and flung him over his shoulder towards the two dream thieves. Then he sucked in a large breath and yelled.

The first time he had used his Ghostly Wail, he almost passed out form the amount of energy it took away from him. But he had been using it more often to get used to it, to build up immunity to the exhaustion. To make them last longer. 

Long enough to last almost two whole minutes.

By the time he was done, Nocturn had disappeared, Nightmare was holding onto the edge of the path, not wanting to fall into the endless abyss below, and Dan, who had managed to stay on top using a door. His flaming hair had disappeared, making him look like a bald version of Danny.

Danny walked forward, ignoring the weakened Dan and stepping on Nightmare’s hands, making him scream in pain.

“Don’t mess with our world again,” he threatened. With his hands charged with ectoplasmic energy, Nightmare didn’t need to be told twice. He got his hands out from under Danny’s boot and fell into the endless multi-colored sky.

“That was awesome,” Spidey breathed.

“Who was that, kid?” Wolverine asked. Danny didn’t want to answer, but a part of him always knew they would have found out about Dan sooner or later. But that didn’t mean he couldn’t put off the story for another couple of hours. He sighed.

“I’ll tell you, but after we get everybody woken up. Okay?” He had never been more thankful that they agreed.

[inhumansforever]

Hey, let’s get to know The Dark Riders!

Although primarily X-Men foes, the membership of the Dark Riders in modern times has been composed predominantly of Inhumans; and surely it is only a matter of time before these villains face off against fellow Inhuman adversaries, either in the pages of Secret Warriors, The Royals, or some other Inhuman tale down the line.  With that in mind, lets get to know this cunning collection cut-throating cads.  Check out the full details following the jump...

The Dark Riders were originally known as ‘The Riders of The Dark’ or ‘Riders of The Storm,’ and were a group of fearsome warriors and assassins gathered by the Mutant tyrant, Apocalypse at some point during the 15th century.  Apocalypse had gathered this army of murderous rogues to forward his agenda of the strongest of the fittest.  They roamed the lands, pillaging villages and kingdoms and leaving nothing but carnage in their wake.  

The Riders of The Storm were completely faithful to Apocalypse and they dedicated themselves to watching over their lord during the long periods in which he remained in his stasis chamber, asleep and regenerating his powers.   The heroes, Cable and Deadpool, traveled back in time to try to prevent Apocalypse from reawakening and ending the threat he posed while he was in a vulnerable state.  The two were unable to destroy Apocalypse, but they did manage to take out the entirety of his forces and The Riders of The Storm were all killed.  

Apocalypse returned centuries later, fully restored from his slumber.  He was pleased to see that Mutants had so proliferated, but it renewed his conviction that only the strongest of the Mutants had the right to survive.  

To this end, Apocalypse decided to recruit a new army of riders.  He attacked the Inhuman home of Attilan when it was located on The Moon, conquering a portion of the city.   During his siege of Attilan, Apocalypse recruited several Inhumans whom he conducted experiments on to augment their powers.  He indoctrinated them to his views of social Darwinism and survival of the fittest, leaving them entirely loyal to his case

These Inhumans included Medusa’s cousin, the telepath, Psynapse, as well as Foxbat, Gauntlet, Barrage, Tusk, and HardDrive.  Together they became  Apocalypse’s new Riders of The Storm, whom he renamed ‘The Dark Riders.’  

Apocalypse sent his Dark Riders to Earth where they were tasked with neutralizing the threat that Cable posed to Apocalypse.  At the time, Cable was still a newborn baby, born to Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Madelyne Pryor (a genetic clone of Jean Grey).  The Riders infected the infant, Nathan Summers, with the techno-organic virus.  This ultimately forced Scott Summers and Jean Grey to send their son into a distant future timeline.  

Cyclops and his team, X-Factor, traveled to Attilan and combined forces with the Inhuman Royal Family to defeat Apocalypse.  They succeeded and Apocalypse was seemingly killed.  The Dark Riders escaped, taking Apocalypse’s body with them so that it may be placed in its restorative chamber.  

A fully restored Apocalypse rose from his chamber some time later and The Riders were there to once again assist him.  Apocalypse came into conflict with the Mutant known as Stryfe (who was actually a clone of Nathan Summers who psychic abilities were unencumbered by the techno-organic virus).    Stryfe ultimately defeated Apocalypse, forcing him to flee.  In the aftermath, The Riders saw Stryfe as proving himself as the strongest, the most fit, and they pledged their services to him.  

Stryfe and his team of Dark Riders sought out Apocalypse, to finish him off.  Apocalypse temporarily allied himself with The X-Men, joining forces with the Mutant heroes to battle the superordinate threat that Stryfe posed.  

In the ensuing battle, The X-Men fought Stryfe while Apocalypse faced off against his former agents, the Dark Riders.  The Riders proved too much for Apocalypse and he was seemingly killed.  Meanwhile, Stryfe himself appeared to perishing in his battle with Cable.  Now leaderless, the Riders fled to places unknown.

The Dark Riders resurfaced some time later, now led by one of their own, Foxbat.  The Riders remained committed to the central tenets of survival of the fittest and they set out to ‘test’ various Mutants so to strengthen the Mutant bloodline and ensure that only the strongest survived.  

The Riders tested and murdered numerous Mutants before taking on Cyclops.  Cyclops endured an intense battle with The Riders, they may have killed him had it not been for the intervention of Mr. Sinister (who had his own plans for Cyclops).  Although severely injured, Cyclops survived and was informed by The Riders that he had been the first mutant to pass their ‘test.’

Some time later, The Riders came under the control of the Mutant villain known as Genesis (the son of Stryfe who had traveled back to the present from the future).  Genesis gained leadership over The Riders by proving his superiority, that he was the most fit of them all.  This resulted in The Rider’s former leader, Foxbat, being killed.  Genesis added to The Dark Riders’ ranks, recruiting the Mutant villains known as  Spyne, Lifeforce, Hurricane, and Deadbolt.

Under Genesis’ leadership, the Dark Riders continued to hunt Mutants and cull those deemed unworthy.  They targeted the Mutant known as Caliban, but were thwarted in their efforts by the combined forces of the X-Men, Cable, Domino and Storm.   These X-Men were then lured into a Trap by Tusk that resulted in Cable facing off against Genesis.  Although the son of Stryfe, Genesis convinced Cable that he was actually his own son.  Cable was torn, wanting to defeat these vicious killers while also desperate to save and somehow reform his son.  The battle ended in a draw with Genesis and The Dark Riders escaping.  

The Dark Riders were next seen in a battle against Mr. Sinister.  Genesis had the riders abduct, Faye Livingstone, the one person Mr Sinister had ever loved.  Sinister recruited the X-Men in his efforts to combat the Riders and save Livingstone.  The Riders were ultimately defeated, but sadly Faye Livingstone died int he ensuing battle.  The Riders teleported away before they could be apprehended.  

Disappointed by The Dark Riders’ poor showing against The X-Men, Genesis decided it essential that he recruit Wolverine to his cause.  At the time, Wolverine (Logan) had been stripped of his adamantium following a terrible encounter with Magneto.  Genesis planned on both re-bonding adamantium to Wolverine’s skeleton and brainwashing him…  in so doing gaining a formidable chief lieutenant for his Dark Riders.   To this end, The Riders facilitated the escape of the villain known as Cyber.  Cyber thought he was being recruited by Genesis, but it turned out that Genesis was only interested in Cyber’s adamantium shell and he used a hoard of flesh-eating beetles to devour Cyber, leaving only the adamantium behind.   Gauntlet then lured Wolverine into a trap and Genesis subjected him to a process meant to restore Wolverine’s adamantium bonding.  The process did not succeed and instead Wolverine was reverted to a primitive, beastly version of himself.  

This beast-like version of Wolverine broke free and went berserk; in his murderous rampage, he killed a number of the Dark Riders, including Lifeforce, Hurricane, Spyne, Deadbolt and finally Genesis himself.

The remaining Riders escaped and remained in hiding for many months.  They finally resurfaced, once more under the leadership of a newly resurrected Stryfe.  This time Stryfe tasked the Riders with hunting down and eliminating all telepaths on the planet.   The team did not fare well in this assignment.  They attacked Jean Grey, but she was assisted by Madelyne Pryor.  Barrage and HardDrive were both seemingly killed and Gauntlet was just able to escape.  Meanwhile, the other Riders attacked Nate Grey.  Once more the team was defeated and Psynapse perished int he battle.   Stryfe was ultimately defeated by Cable and X-Force and what was left of The Dark Riders were left without a master.  

Gauntlet later resurfaced, this time acting as a mercenary for hire.  The Mutant known as Blaqusmith hired Gauntle to track down Scott Summers after he had become possessed by Apocalypse.  

Many months later, The Dark Riders returned, this time with many of their members mysteriously resurrected from the dead.  How exactly these villains returned to life has not been revealed, but it is possible that they had gained access to the restorative technology utilized by their former master, Apocalypse.  

Once more dedicated to their agenda of survival of the fittest, The Dark Riders began hunting and killing any Mutant who possesses healing powers.  In their view, such powers were an effrontery to their values and interferes with the process of refining the metahuman bloodline so that only the strongest remain. 

Magneto’s new team of Uncanny X-Men became aware of The Rider’s new campaign and set out to save those Mutants the Rider’s were targeting.  The X-Men failed to save several such Mutants, including the former X-Man, Elixir.  They then used the new X-Man, Triage, as bait to lure the Dark Riders into a trap.  

Triage was left seemingly defenseless in the ruins of Geonosha.  The Riders converged on him only to be ambushed by The X-Men.  The Riders were defeated, with many killed and those that remained left bound in the ruins.  To ensure the Riders would not escape to further trouble Mutantkind, Magneto set off a series of explosions that consumed the ruins.   The Dark Riders all apparently perished in the explosion.  Yet it is not the first time that they have seemingly died and it is quite likely that they will resurface once more in the not too distant future.  

The original Dark Riders were composed of the following Inhumans:

Foxbat - An Inhuman with nocturnal vision, enhanced strength, speed and reflexes.  He additionally had a pair of large, horn-like protrusions that he wielded like swords in combat.   Foxbat was the original leader of the Dark Riders, answering only to Apocalypse.  After control of the team was taken over by Genesis, Foxbat was deemed as unworthy and he was killed by Genesis’ new recruit, the mutant known as Lifeforce.  This was the last The Foxbat was seen from and he was never subsequently resurrected with many of the other Dark Riders.  

Psynapse -  The cousin of Medusa and Crystal who possesses formidable psychic/telepathic abilities.   Psynapse was initially killed by his fellow Riders after he failed in his efforts to take out the Mutant known as Mesmiro.  It turned out that this was a ruse and Psynapse had used his psychic powers to only make it look as though he died.  He later rejoined the Riders and was again seemingly killed when attempted to manipulate the mind of Nate Grey.  The process acted to reactivate Grey’s omega-level psychic abilities and the feedback caused Psynapse to experience a fatal aneurysm.  Seemingly resurrected once again, Psynapse returned as a part of The Riders’ campaign to hunt any Mutants with healing powers; where upon he was again apparently killed when Magneto set directed a torrent of metal debris that cut through his body.   In some appearances, Psynapse is portrayed as having a very diminutive form, only about one meter in height.  In other apparances, however, Psynapse is shown as being the same height as the other member of the team.  This matter has never been explained, but adds credence to the idea that the Dark Riders who have been so often resurrected from the dead may all be clones created by an individual yet to be revealed.  

Gauntlet - An Inhuman with slightly reptilian features and shared fangs.  He possesses enhanced strength, speed, agility, and healing; and has been additionally outfitted with several cybernetic enhancements that augment his skills as a fighter and tracker.   Gauntlet acted as the field leader for The Riders on most missions.  He also acted as a mercenary for hire on several occasions.  He appeared to be the leader of the Riders during their campaign to kill those Mutants who possess healing powers.  He was seemingly killed in the destruction of Geonosha; yet with his healing powers Gauntlet may be the most likely of the group to have survived.  

Barrage - An Inhuman who possessed the ability collect ambient energy within himself and fire it out in a conclusive blasts.  The cybernetic augmentations provided by Apocalypse enabled Barrage to transform his hands and forearms into cannons that fired the blasts in a more powerful and precise fashion.   During The Riders’ hunt for Mutants with healing powers, Barrage attempted to take out the X-Man, Xorn, firing a blast at his head point blank.  Xorn caused the blast to be redirected back at the Rider at a greatly amplified level, completely obliterating Barrage.  

Tusk - A hulking behemoth of an Inhuman who had two large tusks that protrude out of his shoulders.  He possesses superhuman strength and durability, as well as the ability to manifest smaller duplicates of himself that do his bidding.  Tusk usually keeps three of these duplicates about him and they refer to their master as ‘Tusk Prime.’ During his encounter with The Dark Riders, Nate Grey discovered that Tusk Prime was himself a dupe and that the real ‘Tusk’ is actually a diminutive worm-like creature that lives deep inside of Tusk Prime’s body.   Tusk was seemingly killed in the explosions that destroyed the ruins of Geonosha.   It is possible that Tusk’s true worm-like form survived the explosion.  

HardDrive - An Inhuman who had the ability to mentally control sophisticated machinery.  He additionally possessed the ability to teleport.  Following his being recruited by Apocalypse, HardDrive was fashioned with cybernetic prosthetics transforming him into a cyborg.   HardDrive was among the Riders most dedicated to their former master, Apocalypse.  In their final battle, upon seeing the X-Man, Archangel, HardDrive became convinced that his former master had returned to them.  Distracted, HardDrive was taken out and seemingly killed by Psylocke.  

Once leadership over The Dark Riders was obtained by Genesis, he added a number of Mutant villains to their ranks.  Many of these Mutants were killed by Wolverine, but those who survived remained with The Riders and were part of the team that hunted those Mutants who possess healing powers.  These newer Dark Riders included the following Mutants.

Lifeforce - A Mutant who possessed the ability to absorb and drain the life essence from others.  Doing so revitalized her own body and she could use the excess energy to manifest force bolts that she could fire from her hands.   Lifeforce was killed by adamantium shrapnel that resulted from the explosion in the device that was meant to re-bond the metal to Wolverine’s skeleton.  Life-force was one of the few members of the Dark Riders never to be resurrected and her death appears to be final.    

Spyne - a monstrous mutant with a body somewhat similar to a large, crimson-skinned velociraptor.   He possessed enhanced strength and durability, as well as sharpened claws, fangs and a long tail that he could wield like a whip. Spyne was originally killed by Wolverine, but was later resurrected by Selene with the use of the Transmode Virus.  He returned once more as part of the Dark Riders team hunting Mutant healers and was seemingly killed by Magneto.  

Hurricane - a mutant with the power to summon and direct gale-force winds.  In an encounter with The X-Men, Hurricane was eager to take on Storm, confident that his control over wind was much more powerful than her own.  He was very much mistaken and Storm beat him back with ease.  Gauntlet nearly killed Hurricane over his embarrassing failure, but Genesis steadied his hand, stating their was still use for the Mutant.   Hurricane was later killed when the process to re-bond adamantium to Wolverine’s skeleton failed.  The bonding device exploded, hurdling forth spikes of adamantium.  Hurricane was empaled by several of these spikes and died instantly.   He was later resurrected by Selene using the Transmode Virus.  He then perished and was seemingly resurrect once again when he showed up as part of the Dark Rider team that were hunting down Mutant healers.  He was killed by Archangel, who swooped down and used his razor wings to severe Hurricane in half.  …yet this was by no means the first time the Mutant had died.    

Deadbolt - A Mutant who appeared to be a living skeleton encased in a pulsing electrified form.  He had the ability to remove one or more of his bones from his body and utilize them as weapons.   Deadbolt was originally killed by Wolverine, who decapitated him while in a savage rage.  Deadbolt was later resurrected by Selene with the use of the  Transmode Virus.  He returned once more as part of the Dark Riders team hunting Mutant healers and was killed by Sabertooth, who literally tore him apart.  

Dirtnap - a mysterious mutant with the ability to absorb living beings and take on their forms. Most frequently Dirtnap maintains the form of a large rat. The Mutant left The Dark Riders following Genesis’ demise.  He later encountered the young group of heroes known as Generation X and helped them in a battle against their foe, Emplate.  Dirtnap was able to defeat Emplate, but at the expense of his own life; though ostensively he died a hero.  

What the future holds in store for The Dark Riders remains to be seen.  Perhaps their run-in with Magneto’s X-Men team will prove their final battle.  Although it is more likely that they will return again to either once more bedevil the X-Men or possibly as adversaries of The Inhumans.  Time will tell.