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loveroftoomanyfandoms · 8 months

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Of Coffee and Cinnamon Rolls - Chapter 1

Pairing: TASM! Peter Parker x F!Reader

Rating: T

Story Summary: Peter's coffee maker has broken, leaving him in need of a caffeine fix. Luckily, there's a new coffee shop right by the Daily Bugle... With a beautiful barista inside.

Warnings/Tags: Meet-Cute, Coffee Shops, Strangers to Friends to Lovers

Word Count: ~1650

A/N: Continuing my reignited thirst for Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker with this super sweet, super fluffy goodness! Enjoy this first chapter and I'll be back with more soon!

That being said, if you want to be added to the tag list for this or any of my other stories/characters I write for, please let me know!

Ugh, what a morning, Peter Parker thought as he hurried down the sidewalk towards the Daily Bugle's building. His ancient second (or more than likely actually third) -hand coffee maker that he had purchased at Goodwill when he had first moved into his apartment had finally given up the ghost that morning and he hadn't had time to try to fix it before needing to leave for work. Mr. Jameson had eventually relented and hired him on as a staff photographer rather than a freelancer after the former staff photographer, Eddie Brock, had quit to go work for the Post, which meant that Peter was expected to attend the 7am staff meetings.

He slowed as he spotted a sidewalk sign up ahead welcoming people inside a brand-new coffee shop.

Deciding that getting his caffeine fix was more important than potentially being late, Peter adjusted his backpack on his shoulder and headed inside, taking a quick glance around the empty shop.

The woman behind the counter smiled as he approached. "Hi, welcome to Bean There, Done That, what can I getcha?"

Wow, she's beautiful, Peter thought . "Hi, could I get a large black coffee?"

The beautiful barista nodded. "Room for cream or sugar?"

"No, thank you."

"Can I interest you in a cinnamon roll?"

Peter's stomach growled as he eyed the display case of what appeared to be freshly-baked cinnamon rolls. In his haste to clean up the mess his now-broken coffee maker had made he hadn't had time for breakfast. "Uh, yeah, actually, a cinnamon roll sounds great."

"Awesome." The barista tapped at the iPad that was serving as the register. "For here or to go?"

"To go." As much as Peter would've liked to stay and enjoy his breakfast he was already cutting it close.

"Okay, that'll be $6.43. Can I get your name?"

Peter must've looked confused because she pointed to the stack of paper coffee cups and added, "for your coffee order."

"Oh! Peter... My name is Peter."

"Peter," the beautiful barista (or B.B. as Peter was now calling her in his head) repeated, tapping at the iPad again. "Your coffee will be ready at the end of the counter."

Peter paid for his breakfast and moved to the other end of the counter, watching as B.B. set his coffee to brew then moved to the display case. She appeared to be roughly his age, with Y/H/C hair and Y/E/C eyes. She wore black pants, a white shirt, and a flour-dusted apron which bore the logo of the shop and showed off her figure.

"Here you go," she said, walking back towards Peter and handing him a small bakery box. "Cinnamon roll for Peter."

"Thank you."

She put a lid on Peter's coffee and slid it over to him. "And here's your coffee."

Peter picked up his coffee and bakery box as the bell above the door chimed, signaling another customer. "Thanks again."

"No problem. Thanks for stopping by, come back again soon."

"Will do."

Peter ran the rest of the way to the Daily Bugle. Luckily Jameson was running late so Peter managed to slip into the conference room with a couple of minutes to spare.

He opened the bakery box and took a bite of the still-warm cinnamon roll. Wow, this is delicious.

He finished it right before Jameson walked into the conference room.

"Alright, let's get this show on the road," Jameson barked. "We need a puff piece to round out Sunday's edition. Whaddya got for me?"

"The library is having a book sale--" one of the junior reporters began.

"Boring, nobody goes to the library. What else?"

"There's a pet adoption event in Central Park--" another one tried.

"We covered the last one. Gimmie something different."

Peter cleared his throat. "There's a new coffee shop down the street that's having a grand opening tomorrow… Bean There, Done That?"

"New coffee shop, huh? Is it any good?"

Peter nodded. "Yes, sir. I just had a cinnamon roll from there. It was great."

Jameson thought for a moment. "Might get some free baked goods for promoting it. Ok, fine. Brant!"

"Yes, sir," Betty Brant, one of the senior reporters, replied.

"Set up an interview with the owner. Parker, you go too since we need photos of the opening."

Peter grinned. "Yes, sir." Hopefully B.B. will be there.

"Alright, now get out of here. I've got golf with the mayor in an hour and I need to practice my back swing."

Peter headed to his desk to work on editing photos for the online edition of the paper, briefly stopping to eat lunch in the staff break room before getting back to it. As he was packing up to leave for the day Betty stopped by his desk. "Hey, so I stopped by that coffee shop during my lunch break and talked to the owner, and she agreed to an interview but asked if it could be before the shop opens, so I'll see you tomorrow morning around 7:30?"

Peter nodded. "Sounds good."

"Oh and you were right, the cinnamon rolls are excellent. I can't wait to try some other stuff from there."

"Me either. See you tomorrow, Betty."

He grabbed his backpack and headed down to the lobby.

"Bye, Stan!" he called to the elderly security guard as he exited the building.

As he approached Bean There, Done That he noticed that the chalkboard sign was still outside. Maybe I should stop in and get another coffee and cinnamon roll since it's gonna be a long night. And if B.B. happens to still be there, well, that's just a bonus, isn't it?

B.B. looked up from the tray of cinnamon rolls that she was boxing up as he entered. She smiled. "Hi, back again? It's Peter, right?"

Peter nodded. "Right."

"What can I do for you?"

"Um, actually I was wondering if I could get another coffee and a cinnamon roll."

B.B. nodded. "You're in luck. I'm getting ready to close up so I was boxing up the few I have left."

She moved over to the coffee machine. "Large black coffee, right?"

Peter nodded, impressed that she had remembered his order from that morning. "Right."

"Ok, I'll have that for you in a sec."

Peter waited at the register while B.B. brewed his coffee. "So, uh, first day open?" he asked.

B.B. glanced over at him. "Yeah, sorta. Technically tomorrow's our official opening but I decided to go ahead and open for a couple of hours today."

She popped the lid on and set it in front of him, then grabbed the box of cinnamon rolls, waving off Peter's payment. "Here you go. On the house."

Peter blinked in surprise. "Oh, wow, thanks. Are you sure though? I wouldn't want you to get into trouble with the owner."

B.B. grinned. "Considering I am the owner, I don't think I'll get into trouble for giving away free stuff. Besides, you're my first repeat customer, so that should at least entitle you to a free coffee and bakery item, right?"

"You're the owner," Peter repeated, suddenly feeling dumb considering how obvious it was.

B.B. nodded. "Yep. I couldn't sleep last night, and when I can't sleep, I bake, hence the cinnamon rolls, so I figured it was better to open for a few hours a day early and sell them rather than have to throw them out because I can't eat them all."

She stuck out her hand. "I'm Y/F/N. Y/F/N Y/L/N."

Peter took it, giving it a brief shake. "Peter Parker."

"Very nice to meet you, Peter Parker."

"Nice to meet you as well, Y/N." Peter enjoyed the way her name felt on his tongue.

"Thanks for stopping by again. Hope to see you again soon."

Peter grinned. "Actually, you'll be seeing me tomorrow morning. I'm the staff photographer for the Daily Bugle so I'll be taking photos for the paper during your interview."

A look of realization flitted across Y/N's face. "Ohhh, that makes sense now. That reporter from the Bugle did say that one of her colleagues had stopped by this morning and recommended that she try the cinnamon rolls."

Peter chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Yeah, that was me."

"Well thank you for recommending them to your colleagues. I really appreciate it."

"It was no problem, really. The cinnamon roll was excellent." Peter gestured to the bakery box. "Well, I mean obviously, since I'm back for another one." Not because you're beautiful and I just wanted to see you again, he thought. Well… not only that.

He took a sip of his coffee. "So I'll see you tomorrow, then?"

Y/N smiled. "Yeah, I guess you will."

Peter picked up the bakery box. "Thanks again for the coffee and cinnamon rolls. I really appreciate it."

"It's no problem."

Peter turned to leave.

"Oh, hey, wait!" Y/N added.

Peter turned back towards her.

Y/N bit her lip, then picked up a business card from the holder in front of the register and wrote something on the back before handing it to Peter.

Peter studied the card.

Bean There, Done That

714 2nd Ave.

New York, NY 10016

(646)-555-2390

www.btdt.com

He turned it over and saw an additional phone number written on the back.

"If no one's up front when you get here tomorrow morning you can text me and I'll come let you in," Y/N explained.

Peter put the card in his wallet for safekeeping, making a mental note to add Y/N's contact info to his phone as soon as he left the shop. "That sounds great."

"See you tomorrow, Peter."

"See ya, Y/N."

Peter left the shop with a grin. Maybe my coffee maker breaking wasn't such a bad thing after all.

#lotmf writes #tasm peter parker x reader #tasm!peter x reader #tasm!peter parker x reader #OCACR Masterlist

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neonbrutalism · 9 months

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90's comics Miguel is great, but you know another amazing depiction of Miguel? Edge of Time Miguel. He's such a bitch (affectionate) in that game (and so is Peter, too, they're iconic and insufferable together lol), but it's also super fascinating in that game how even though he argues for one thing, he's VERY quick to jump into viciously caring.

Spoilers in case anyone hasn't played and/or watched a playthrough, but for the first half of the game he's constantly arguing with Peter about how useless it is to go after Brock and that it's gonna get him killed, and Peter snipes back about how he doesn't care because he is concerned about Eddie suddenly going rogue again and he wants to help him! And then when it's looking like Peter really isn't gonna make it Miguel changes tune so fast "Where'd your never say die attitude go?! You can't give up!" And he sounds so desperate and he cares so much.

And then the second half he's arguing about intervening with the history that says MJ dies, and Peter snaps at him again then begs him to save MJ. And he agrees to do it! And as this race against the clock starts he gets increasingly more fervent to save MJ in time that once he does by the skin of his teeth his relief is so palpable and genuine. And when MJ thanks him he's flustered and pleased and he's a little goofy too!

And the end credits where Peter finally makes him follow through on his threats to spend hours explaining quantum causality to him— he's such a nerd and it's just a really good parallel to the version of him in the 90's comics and I really wish more people could grasp his character like that. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk lol

FUCKING

LOVE

EDGE OF TIME MIGUEL.

Why do you think Miguel gets into being Miles' mentor so fast? He talks a big Cool Guy game but he's a total dork and i love him SO MUCH i have the cutscene/gameplay videos on my phone to watch when I'm on my way home from work and need to get into a writing mood.

I bought the Hot Toys Spider-Man 2099 based on his outfit in that!!!

If you won't read the comics .... watch the Edge of Time Let's Play :D the player is really bad at it but I just love it Miguel's such a doofus he gives me cuteness aggression.

HERE'S A LET'S PLAY ITS 2 HOURS BUT IT'S SO GOOD.

My one quibble is Miguel doesn't have an attack to bite anyone and his claws are on his fingernails.

youtube

#miguel o'hara #spider-man edge of time #HERE'S MY SPECIAL BOY

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apocalypse-shuffle · 1 year

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BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP W/ EDDIE BROCK & VENOM (616 | generalized canon)

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random Headcanons

SFW, minor canon action

pic source: Venom: Lethal Protector (2022) comic

part two

Your worst arguments happen because of them being so quick to engage in fights with Spider-Man if they so much as catch a glimpse of the web-slinger. (this was more of a problem earlier in the relationship)

Eddie is very much a man of action, and is allergic to inactivity, so oftentimes he has no idea about the newest pop culture phenomena. If you want him to engage in that media with you you’ll have to be the one bridging the gap.

You can however coerce him into watching a show/movie with you if you ply him with cuddles. He’ll 100% be paying you more attention than the screen though.

Alternatively though, the symbiote loves watching the silly little pictures on the screen and will usually request to watch movies with you if not already preoccupied.

One: because he likes being around you (you’re gonna get real used to the feel of the alien, trust me) and Two: because the dialog helps him improve upon his people skills for talking to civilians.

(Eddie’s natural gruff straightforwardness is only so helpful - ie:not helpful at all - for them when trying to save or soothe spooked people as Venom.)

Eddie’s eyes are a very intense blue-steele and the first time you met you told him he had “doll eyes”. However, he was so baffled he laughed so you count that as a win and mention the natural uncanniness of them every once in a while to tease him. You love his eyes though, really.

They love to kiss (and bite) at the junction between your neck and shoulders. I have a longstanding headcanon about marks and shit but I’m not gonna go into that rn.

Get comfortable with the distinct knowledge that you technically come second for both of them. It’s just that there’s a difference between being romantically involved (you and them) and being codependent and in love(Eddie and the symbiote).

On another note they do call you Precious (and if we take the name out of the context of how some of us were bullied with it it’s actually beautiful so…just let it happen). Eddie let alone Venom is clueless to the connotation. Plus Eddie’s got a really obsessive personality so I think that coupled with Venom’s own baggage coming into play makes the nickname very fitting.

They always reach for your hand in public, especially when around others to show that you're theirs cause they’re possessive like that.

They don’t need to sleep per say, as long as they have the right nutrients, so honestly sometimes they don't even go to sleep whenever joining you in bed. They'll just lay beside you smiling to themselves and watch you sleep.

They end up telling you they love you purely by accident after you had gotten hurt by falling debris when Spider-Man and Rhino were fighting. (They say it mid rant).

The only good thing to come out of the whole situation is Venom getting to carry you.

The symbiote, not possessing the concept of human shame, will say the most inappropriate things to you in public without a fuck to give. Eddie, shamelessly, also quietly does this to you because most human conventions mean nothing to him anymore.

They think you're adorable when flustered, and like it even better when on occasion you join in.

They’re constantly fretting over the possibility that Carnage might come and kill you for shits and giggles or that somehow Peter will manage to take the last pure thing in their life away from them.

Being away from them? Ha, ya right. They’ve always got you physically close or monitored by a part of the symbiote (I’m mixing up symbiote abilities so if it bothers you a lot then just say the part that stays with you is the clone of venom). You're really never without a part of them but you don't quite mind it. They’ll also resort to stalking with zero hesitation.

They take great pleasure in making their "mate" feel worshiped so you’ll have a lot of fun with that. Just make sure you accept and are vocal about your appreciation for their antics if you don’t want them to stop. Reciprocation doesn’t hurt either.

you(little spoon) eddie(big spoon)

The symbiote definitely appreciates being held more than Eddie with his intimacy issues and the ingrained notions of how men “should” act.

NOTES: Hope you enjoyed!!

If this looks familiar know it’s because it’s from an old blog I ran (just rewritten a bit), but otherwise it doesn’t really matter. I also noticed that I have a lesser amount of Marvel imagines than I do DC so this is definitely me trying to rectify that. Also, trust me, I know the Lord of the rings connotation I’m just not addressing it.

btw: This is a side blog so while comments are welcome I won’t respond.

#venom #eddie brock #symbrock #black!reader #black y/n #venom symbiote #eddie brock x venom #eddie brock x black!reader #venom x black!reader #eddie brock x black reader #eddie brock x reader x venom #eddie brock imagine #venom imagine #symbrock x reader #venom x reader #eddie brock x reader #headcanons #eddie brock headcanons #venom headcanons

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immaturityofthomasastruc · 11 months

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You know, miraculous fails at rivals And Lila is the greatest example of why

But since I want to make a argument I’ll compare her to 4 other rivals which showcase how to make a good rival

First we have…

Dr.Eggman:the doctor is the total opposite of he’s rival in all aspects, Eggman is red and sonic is blue, one likes machines the other likes nature, one is old and the other is young, one wants to slave the world and the other wants nothing but freedom, one is a man and the other a animal, one makes things to fight for him while the other fights with nothing but he’s quills. The brilliance of Eggman’s rivalry with sonic is how they are nothing alike and that makes a parallelism, they are two sides of the same coin by being the total opposite, I know people usually talk about shadow,metal sonic or knuckles when talking about the hedgehog’s rival, but everything this three have that rival sonic, Eggman has it and does it better

Meanwhile lila does not parallel Marinette in any way, shape or form than being evil. Lila is a lier… but Marinette ain’t that clean either (that time he tried to steal Adrien’s phone for example)

Now we have…

The blights of Zelda BOTW:if you don’t know about zelda then I’ll just make this quick. In this game there’s four champions representing their race and each with their own powers pilot a giant machine to aid in the war against the Calamity of Ganon. However Ganon designed something to get rid of the champions and take over the machines. The blights (fire,water,wind and thunder) do what a good rival does, do what you can do and do it better, the water champion who is a trident user? Water blight can freeze water and is a even better spear user, The fire champion with a almost indestructible shield? Fire has a better shield with a even greater power to break your shield, the wind champion who’s a amazing archer? Wind blight is a even better quick shooter and can control the air to make he’s flying and arrows turn basically useless, the thunder Champion with a great talent on the sword and shield? Thunder blight is even better and has the speed of a thunder making it able to be almost untouchable. The blights perfectly rival and surpass their champions because they are made to do so and that makes their fights so epic in the first place

Meanwhile Lila has illusions, it fits her personality and way of work but outside of using it smartly I don’t see the parallel

The next one is…

Venom:what hasn’t been said about venom? They have a personal vendetta, they hate Spider-Man with all of their soul, they can do everything spider-man Can plus the tentacles and not activating Spider-Man’s spider sense. They are different enough while similar enough to make for a perfect rival in fight, but he’s person is also perfect. Spider-Man betrayed the symbiote and Peter Parker ruined Eddie Brock’s reputation, now all that hatred joins into a corruption of the image of Spider-Man into a hulking monster searching for revenge and vindication

Then we have Lila which only has a personal vendetta against ladybug meanwhile she’s just a sociopath against Marinette, Lila is just crazy which isn’t bad but making her more evil than Hawkmoth and some other choices I made but I’ll won’t spoil… Jesus

Now we have a personal favorite and the most similar to Lila…

King K.Rool (hear me out):K.rool at first was nothing but a sociopath, he wanted DK to die by starvation so he could conquer the island… but then he kept changing after every defeat. He was humiliated so he kidnapped Donkey but he got defeated again and he’s homeland was destroyed, so he tried again kidnapping them to use them to conquer a new land… but that failed as well and now he has nothing but he’s followers… then he tries to blow up DK island out of pettiness! But then he fails again, the brother he imprisoned was freed, he’s new fortress has crashed, and he’s literally kicked out of the ring in the final match (he’s given four uppercuts, he gets he’s head smashed by the ring lights, he slips on a banana peel, he’s toes are crushed and he’s smashed by someone of he’s own size) and then he disappears for years… But he returns and he’s different. He now mimics DK’s moves but he can do them better, he can counter every attack of DK, he’s strongest attack always involves blowing up DK island, he now moves like DK to the point he imitates he’s run like a animal (he even mimics he’s alternative color pallets) and the most important is how he’s main song even mimics DK’s, he’s song starts with even monkey noises DK and crew make, but the song is quickly drowned by drums and trumpets making way for him, guitars and similarity’s to he’s other themes show and he even has a rap segment which seems to talk about how great he is and how you should praise,fear and aid him on he’s quest to conquer and ends with a chorus mocking Donkey Kong saying “you go: Banananana”. K rool sheer hatred made him imitate and improve DK to humiliate him at he’s own game by being the Cooler DK and he succeeds

Lila lacks any connection, any parallel, every reason and every thing that makes a good rival by being nothing but a bad guy who only wins because everyone around her turns into a idiot. I wish Lila tried to step up her game and instead of making Marinette look bad because she already failed at doing so, she would imitate her and be better because People believing her lies does nothing but showcase the moment she actually has to do something by herself without help or puppets involved or when the plot takes her power to make everyone around her stupid, I just know she will lose because she’s not a rival but a plot device

I don’t want Lila and Chloe to be the main villains because they are kids. But if Chloe or Lila ever become something else I just hope they stay has rivals who only want to prove themselves and show they are better than Marinette without having Adrien involved because if you involve Adrien then that will just give everyone another reason to make Adrien the main character, Marinette needs a enemy which couldn’t care less about Adrien and instead just wants to beat her because even if astruc claims this is her show, everyone and everything should he revolving around adrien even if he’s not the best character (I’ll die on this hill)

The thing about Chloe and Lila was that there actually was something to contrast them with Marinette, but the show never did anything with it.

Consider this: Marinette, Chloe, and Lila are all held in high regard in one way or another.

Marinette earned the status of being the hero of Paris and the class's "Everyday Ladybug", but stays humble about it.

Chloe was born into high status by being the child of the Mayor and a successful fashion designer, but feels entitled to more attention and power.

Lila tricks and manipulates others into believing that she's a super important person with all kinds of connections, but tries to use that influence against the people she views as enemies.

If the show focused more on the connections that Marinette, Chloe, and Lila had, we could have an interesting battle of wits between the three, with Marinette getting the help of her allies to prove she isn't wrong about Lila, Chloe using her influence to make things harder for Marinette/Ladybug, and Lila coming up with new lies to cover up any holes in the ones she's already told to keep her facade going.

Instead, the show just lumps Chloe and Lila together into a single unified force this season, and little is done to actually acknowledge how much influence they have among their peers, while Marinette never uses her connections as Ladybug to deal with Chloe and Lila in the first place.

#immaturity of thomas astruc #iota #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug salt #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #chloe bourgeois #queen bee #queen b #lila rossi

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old-type-40 · 2 years

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I suspected Lower Decks would take a great deal of care in animating Sisko's Creole Kitchen as it appeared in DS9. Tendi and Rutherford are sitting in that little dining area that has a view of the kitchen. And they're sitting at the specific table that's on the right in the screen cap from the DS9 episode Homefront. Also, if you watch carefully during this scene in the Lower Decks season premiere, you get a glimpse through the door way into the main dining area and you can see the alligator suspended from the ceiling.

I know some people were hoping for a quick little cameo of some DS9 character but I'm not certain it would've felt right without the presence of Joseph Sisko. But sadly Brock Peters passed away in 2005. Also, even though one of the relaunch novels had Joseph passing away not long after the series concluded, I like to think he's still alive and well and running his restaurant in the prime branch of the Trek multiverse.

And I noticed that even from the trailer many in the fandom noticed the hot sauce.

Just to put this in perspective, a jalapeno is between 2500 to 8000. A habanero is between 100,000 to 350,000. The carolina reaper is between 1.4 to 2.2 million. Pure capsaicin is 15 million. So this is worse than pure capsaicin.

So here's a head canon. During the war, the Dominion took control of the Kabrel system because there's a fungus there that can be processed into one of the ingredients for ketracel white. So after the war, Starfleet was clearing out the Dominion facility for making ketracel white and some stupid crewman tasted some of the processed fungus and found it was incendiary hot. Thus, Ketracel White-Hot was born.

Also, there was more than one mention of the London Kings. This is the baseball team that had Benjamin Sisko's all time favorite player. As Sisko became a famous war hero, what if his interest in baseball sparked curiosity about it throughout the Federation and eventually led to the revival of the sport on Earth?

#star trek #star trek lower decks #lower decks #lower decks spoilers #though not really a spoiler but i want to be considerate #sisko's creole kitchen

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1donoow · 11 months

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MCU REC

PT.3

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♡ - smut

Most of them are fluff

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<a/n>i somewhat explain why there's alot in my pin post

Peter(pietro) maximoff

miles morales

moon knight

khonshu

stephen strange

wade wilson

eddie brock (venom)

kate bishop

@elius-learns-to-write - Being Shy and Quiet but loving Horror movies

- being Thor's kid and being s sarcastic

- mum friend (teen!reader)

@rendevousz - the favorite (teen!reader)

@writerdream22 - wade's daughter and being avengers latest recruit

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peter(pietro) maximoff

@lanawinterscigarettes - Peter Maximoff with a s/o who's a witch

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spiderverse

@thewriterg - it's amusing love

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miles morales

@moonlit-imagines - repairing miles web shooters for him

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moon knight

@ughhheragain - falling for their therapist

@missdictatorme - playful pinch/slap on the booty

@ithebookhoarder - master of mystic arts!reader

@that-one-weeb-buts-its-the-main - general steven grant hc

@thedaredevilsgirl - the red dress

@nghtwngs - the kiss scene

@bensolosbluesaber - moment

@universallycinematic - a living fantasy

@geo-winchester - fish killers

- wildest dream

@stormkobra-5 - Batons and Unicorns

@fanpageknight -Imagine being a well known artist who's hired by the museum to paint a huge egyptian mural and steven starts crushing on you.

@dont-feel-so-good-peter - nightmares

- sticky note mishap pt.1

- the morning after

- among the deities(avatar/soulmate!reader)

- late night cravings (witch!reader)

@luvr-bunnyy - enough

@rogueonestan - old wounds

@imaginestuffs - what you mean to me

@mamamilki - more steven hc

- Steven grant is head over heels for you

@bowieandqueen11 - living with steven granr would include

@multific - gods and monsters

@quicksilverownsmysoul - just a kiss

- sleepy morning

- after hours of you

- touch ups

- secret ♡

@starrys-night - marc spector nsfw alphabet

@obnoxioussmiley - seeing red

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khonshu

@venomous-musings - ___♡

@mykinkyyandere - husband

@snippychicke - moonstone pt 2

- gift

@inlovewithfictionalcharacters8 - When Khonshu gives you piggyback rides/carries you

@whiskehorange - what's so special?

@dragon-kazansky - khonshu being khonshu

- little piece of heaven

@multific - the priestess of the moon

@pleasantbutterfly - inner peace

@namjoon-koya - khonshu spending time with baby reader

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stephen strange

@girl-of-many-fandoms - i dont get jealous

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wade wilson

@ghost-soap - ___

@syiano - being taller than wade(m!reader)

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eddie brock (venom)

@quin-ns - fix it

@theladyofmanyfandomsfanfiction - Imagine finding Venom raiding your pantry

@blank-slate-jay - What it would be like dating Eddie/Venom

@distortionbobble - sick day

@disasterofastory - after a long day

@darling-i-read-it - kissed her

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kate bishop

@asgardwinter - awful

@thatonebrazilian - with great power

@just-living-in-a-marvel-world - i love you too but no

@somewhatgreatexpectations - your friendly neighborhood spider-woman

- your friendly neighborhood archer

@moonlit-imagines - being yelena's sibling and dating kate bishop

#masterlist #mcu rec #peter maximoff x reader #miles morales x reader #moon knight x reader #khonshu x reader #stephen strange x reader #wade wilson x reader #eddie brock x reader #kate bishop x reader

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honey-minded-hivemind · 2 months

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In a reboot/reimagining of X-Men Evolution, what if the Spider-kids were there, too, with maybe Aunt May and another Spider-adjacent adult, and they were their own group, along with the Brotherhood and X-Men... And then there is Reader, a spider mutant, who is now stuck in the middle of the three groups, and is trying to stay neutral and out of their way? More-or-less wanting to stick to themself, but not cold or aloof, just someone who may be slightly uneasy around them, yet is friendly or at the least amicable?

Like, imagine the Spider-kids consist of Peter Parker/Spiderman, Miles Morales/Spin, Gwen Stacy/Ghost Spider, maybe with their friends/enemies as Spider-kids too, like Harry Osborn but with Carnage, or a green crab spider or orchard spider theme, Mary Jane Watson or MJ with her symbiote or with a trapdoor spider theme, maybe Flash with the Venom symbiote or with a tarantula theme... Reader I can see being a wolf spider, orbweaver, or jumping spider mutant. Especially if they are related to or an experiment involving the DNA of one of the adult mutants.

Would the X-Men and Brotherhood try to get the Spider-teens at some point to join their groups? Probably. Would it work? I think it depends on what the options are and how stable their powers are. Would they be more spider-like? Yes. The Venom symbiotes could be anything from aliens to experiments to even an alternate personality. Or they could be with the adults? It's undecided as of the moment.

Characters that won't be included in this au are Eddie Brock and Miguel O'Hara. I like them, for the most part, but I'm not sure how to write them. I do like Venom, but I'm sticking more along the animted versions of him, as that works better with this AU.

A name for this AU could be the 🕸Silken Threads and Venomous Webs🕷 AU...

Either way it goes, it sounds like a fun AU to me, and I hope to be able to bring it to life a little. Thank you for reading, and have a great day or night 💛🧡🍯🐝

#honeycomb thoughts #platonic yandere marvel #yandere platonic marvel #platonic yandere xmen #yandere x-men #yandere platonic xmen #platonic yandere marvel x reader #platonic yandere #platonic yandere x reader #platonic yandere xmen evolution #platonic yandere xmen evolution au #Spider Mutant! Reader #🕷Spider Mutant! Reader #🕸Silken Threads and Venomous Webs🕷 AU

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shokolandish · 2 months

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PINNED POST

alright i think i should make a pinned post or something

uhh so

hi!

my name is lada and im an artist! kinda

ill leave my tags under the post

TRIVIA

- they/he

- im a minor AND aroace (PLEASE don't be weird about me or my non-suggestuve art)

- adhd

- i need tone tags

- im an age regressor (it is NOT sexual at all and is NOT the same as ageplay, please educate yourself if you think so)

MY LABELS

aroace (aromantic + asexual, feeling little to no romantic and sexual attraction (i feel none))

trixic (a non-binary person being attracted to women, exclusively or not)

queerplatonic (queerplatonic relationship is a close non-inherently sexual, non-romantic relationship that is beyond what most would consider to be a friendship. it consists of emotional commitment and prioritization that is typically seen in a romantic relationship without being romantic)

ambiamorous (being okay with being in both monogamous and polyamorous relationships)

firmic (someone who experiences gender euphoria when another individual expresses confusion on one's gender identity or someone who enjoys presenting their gender in a way that is confusing to most)

agender (feeling like you don't have a gender)

mercury agender (being agender but being ok with being perceived as any gender)

transneutral

MY FANDOMS AT THE MOMENT

- unikitty (i may rarely post about it but it's one of my favorite medias ever)

- hazbin hotel (i do NOT support viv)

- helluva boss (i don't exactly enjoy it but i do watch it)

- object shows

- tawog (not that active in it rn but i do love it a lot and have watched all the episodes)

- spooky month

MY SHIPS

UNIKITTY

master frown x brock (they genuinely helped me get through my burnout and get out of a huge depressive episode, they mean a lot to me)

richard x hawkodile x dr fox (queerplatonic)

feebee x bimbom

HAZBIN HOTEL

cherrisnake (cherri bomb x sir pentious)

two and a half halos (charlie x vanessa (my name for v*ggie) x emily)

huskerdust (husk x angel dust) - it's a brotp for me for now but yk, im looking forward to their relationship developing and don't really mind them becoming romantic... tho i do prefer them as queerplatonic atm

huskdustpentbomb (husk x angel dust x sir pentious x cherri bomb) - i love polycules (cherridust and huskbomb in this polycule are platonic!!!)

onewaybroadcast/one-sided radiostatic (vox x (not interested) alastor)

adamsapple (adam x lucifer)

edenpoly/garden of eden poly (eve x adam x lucifer x lilith)

adampeter (adam x saint peter)

mosie/mimosa/mimrose (mimzy x rosie)

HELLUVA BOSS

blitzfizz

idk if they have a ship name but i like moxxie x blitzø x millie

beelzebub x loona x tex

OBJECT SHOWS

fizzmodeus is alright too i guess.. in the earlier episodes they're better tho i think, i miss old fizz

blitzfizzmodeus - i love polyamory

fubble (bfb) - a huge comfort of mine

snowcoinut

snowtenfries

15x (im their inventor and ceo)

87 - mainly as exes

24 - guilty pleasure (no, they're not siblings)

24x

THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL

pengumrobdog is canon idc what anyone says

carwin ofc

leslanmen (leslie x alan x carmen)

idahochobias

nichard/ricole/whatever their ship name is

one-sided darchel (darwin x rachel)

clachel (clare x rachel)

tinbert has a special place in my heart

bobocho/ochobert

lesbias (that's a crazy ass ship name lmao) (leslie x tobias)

smallarry

SPOOKY MONTH

polyhatz - great. wonderful. amazing.

teddybear/roybert - you know how hardcore of a fan am of em? i was the one who came up with the ship name for them that the fandom now uses

rossroy

cleancoin/patmen - they definitely dated in highschool idc what anyone says

richbitch/carchard - i love them a lot

whatever the ship name for pump's dad and richard is

heateddebate/firetown/evernacio

candybats or, as i like to call them, bloodsugar.... but i guess someone already claimed that name for some other ship after me ughhh... i also like the name sweettooth/sweetfang

DNI LIST

goldenflower/jaumen - they're salty exes and nobody can tell me otherwise

no idea if they have a ship name but i fucking love lila x jaune x aaron (ross' dad)

- basic dni criteria (queerphobes, ableists, racists, sexists, pedophiles, zoo, incest, rapists etc)

- pro/com/darkshippers (please go away)

- pro-lifers

- fatphobes

- victim-blamers

- transcum/transmed

- terfs (get out. now.)

- anti-objectum

- i don't even fucking care about queer discourse anymore, just PLEASE don't involve me in it

- ageplay blogs (it makes me really uncomfortable, please don't interact)

- valentino (hazbin hotel) fans (thin ice) or apologists (get out), i don't care if you like him, it just makes me uncomfortable, however, if you try to excuse him in any way, i do not want to associate with you

- if you ship alastor with anyone (i can tolerate qprs but romantic ships where he reciprocates cross the line for me)

- unifrown, gumwin, charlastor and valangel shippers pleeeease go away, staticmoth shippers are on thin ice

- if you erase canon/heavily implied representation

- if you mock/make fun of people for using tone tags

- vivienne medrano supporters (hazbin/helluva fans/casual viewers are fine)

SOME OF MY ART

some of these are pretty old but whatever

(no, im not quite sure if i draw noses on a regular basis or not yet)

okay that's about it i think..... give me a follow if you wanna?

byeee!

#pinned post #cw hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel #cw hazbin #tw hazbin #tw hazbin hotel #shokolart #<- my art tag!#text post #<- for text posts #my hazbin redesigns #<- ...it's in the name #shokoledits #<- for my edits!#osc #unikitty #tawog #shokolask #<- for my ask baits lol

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 3 days

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"So far as my experience at Durham goes, it would appear that the same men turn up in prison time after time. Prison is a deterrent in imagination, but when one has experienced the reality, one sees that prison terrors are to a certain extent fictitious. Of course prison has its discomforts, even its terrors, but habit deadens them, and one comes to endure them with equanimity. There are many things worse, and it speaks ill for our social system that to some its punishment should be preferable to its protection. To many men in prison, life would offer worse things were they honest, so they can accept with equanimity an existence three parts of which may be spent in prison."

- E. Williamson Mason, Made Free in Prison (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1918), reprinted in Peter Brock, ed., 'These Strange Criminals': An Anthology of Prison Memoirs By Conscientious Objectors from the Great War to the Cold War. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. p. 36.

#life inside #prisoner autobiography #world war 1 #conscientious objector #pacifist socialism #uk prisons #convict code #british history #these strange criminals #research quote #history of crime and punishment #reading 2024

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holylulusworld · 2 years

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The Fitness Pack - Steve (1)

Summary: They are up to more than just helping you improve.

Pairing: Trainer! Steve Rogers x Plus-Sized!Reader

Characters: Trainer!Thor Odinson, Trainer! Bucky Barnes, Trainer!Sam Wilson, Peter Parker, Maria Hill

Warnings: angst, chubby reader, language, flirty Steve, fluff, a hint of groping

A/N: Every man will get his own story. It’s the same reader but in every story, she gets with another member of the pack. This will not turn into a polyamorous story.

A/N2: Brock Rumlow is her ex in every 2-parter for this series. The breakup happens differently for every story, though.

A/N3: Part 1/2

The Fitness Pack masterlist

Divider by @firefly-graphics

“Watch out!” you squeak as a basketball hits your ass with full force. Your bag drops to the ground, and you cry out at the sudden impact. “Fuck, Sam. Where did you look? I’m right here!”

“Ouch,” rubbing your bruised ass you try to figure out what just happened. You minded your business and walked toward the fitness studio you heard about only to get hit by a basketball.

“Hey, are you okay?” a tall blonde hunk asks. You blink a few times, too distracted by the fact he’s not wearing a shirt. He shows off his ripped body and you fear a whimper just escaped your lips. Sweat runs down his perfect body and you follow a droplet down to his abs. “Doll, I’m sorry. My friend is the worst at aiming. We didn’t want to hurt you.”

“It’s fine,” you shrug. “I got a big ass.”

“Uh-I,” he dips his head to glance at your ass, humming as he likes what he sees. “Sorry, for hitting your cute butt, miss. I’m Steve,” he holds out his hand and smirks as you hastily shake it. “The idiots over there are Sam, Bucky, and Thor.”

“Oh, nice to meet you, Steve. I was on my way to the fitness studio,” pointing at the building behind Steve’s back you try to get away from the man still holding your hand. You don’t want to embarrass yourself in front of a handsome stranger and prefer to find an excuse to leave. “I should be on my way. I got an appointment with my trainer in not ten minutes.”

“We don’t want you to be late,” Steve flashes you a bright smile. “Maybe he’ll get mad and tells you to give him twenty pushups or stuff.”

“You think he’ll do that? I’m a beginner,” you glance down your body, sniffing as you fear your new trainer will laugh at you. “Do you know them?”

“Rogers, stop flirting with her. If you don’t move your ass over here, you’ll lose the bet,” the other tall blonde of the small group of gorgeous men calls for his friend. “Come on!”

“Nah, you can have the twenty bucks,” while you try to not look at the other shirtless men, Steve picks your bag up from the ground. He throws the basketball at his friends before slinging one arm around your shoulders. “Let me walk you to the fitness studio”

“I-what? Don’t you want to play with your friends? You don’t even know me.”

“Doll, I’m done playing with my friends. Why would I want to play with these guys if I can accompany a pretty girl like you? Now, if you want us to stop being strangers, tell me your name.”

“Y/N,” you shiver at his closeness. It feels odd to let the stranger called Steve walk you toward the fitness studio. “Do you know the studio? I want to lose weight and need a trainer who will not judge me for being a beginner.”

“I promise your trainer will make sure you feel comfortable and safe,” he says while holding the door open for you. “They are all cool guys wanting to have fun and help people reach their goals. Over there is Maria. She will help you, doll.” Steve points at the reception desk.

“Thank you,” you shyly glance at Steve. “Have a great day.”

“You too, and sorry for the basketball again. I promise next time, I’ll slap your butt with my hand,” he snickers as you make an odd noise. “See you around, Y/N.”

“Yeah…okay,” swallowing thickly you watch Steve walk away. He strides toward a few women, greeting them on his way. You watch him until he enters a room, sighing as you fear to never see him again.

“Can I help you?” the woman at the reception desk asks. “I’m Maria Hill.”

“Hi. I’m Y/N Y/L/N,” you turn your attention toward the friendly woman. “We talked about a membership a few days ago. I’m here for my first session.”

“Ah, yeah darling. I remember our conversation,” Maria nods knowingly. “I prepared a contract and took some notes for the trainers.”

You fall into an easy conversation with Maria, even laugh as she talks about the trainers and their stupid bets.

“Oh, look at the time,” she finally says. “We talked for almost half an hour, Y/N. Let me check on your information and you can start your first session.”

“That would be great.”

Maria looks at the papers on her desk, checking on your information again. “I paired you with Sam Wilson. One of our best trainers. He’ll be here in—hey!” you jump a little as Steve stands next to you to snatch the clipboard with your information out of Maria’s hands. “Rogers! She’s not your client.”

“She is now,” the tall blonde states. He gets a pencil out of his pocket to cross Sam’s name out. “We already talked about her goals. Y/N is my client. You can pair Sam with Sharon Carter.”

“Why would I do such a thing?” Maria huffs.

“I don’t think Sharon wants to train with me any longer. 's all,” you watch Steve look over your information. He hums and nods to himself.

“Yeah, as you never asked her for another date, Romeo,” laughing you watch Steve and Maria bicker about his qualities as a trainer.

“You’re a trainer?” licking your lips you admire Steve in his trainer outfit. You want to start training as soon as possible so you stop them from fighting.

“Sure, doll,” and his arm is back around your shoulders. Steve seems to be the touchy kind of guy. Not in a creepy way, though. “We can go to a more private part of the studio. How about we start with a little warm-up?”

“Sounds good,” while you follow Steve inside a smaller training room, three pairs of eyes follow you.

“So, do the others work here too, Steve?”

“Yep. We opened the fitness studio shortly after we left the army. All of us were looking for a new job. We spared some money and opened our studio. We are the fitness pack.”

“The fitness pack,” you smirk as the name sounds a little funny to you. “Funny name, but I kinda like it.”

“I’m glad you like it, sweet doll,” he whispers in your ear. “Now let’s start to make you sweat, Y/N…”

“Give me one more, doll,” you’re just done for today. Your body aches and every inch of your training outfit is soaked. “I know you can do it.”

“I can’t, Steve,” fighting his hands you try to make him stop torturing you. Over the last three months, he helped you get in better shape. Now Steve wants you to push yourself to your limit. He forces you to eat cooked carrots, and you hate it.

“Y/N, eat the carrots!”

“I hate cooked carrots. You promised me food for lunch, not disgusting carrots,” you glance at the food in front of Steve. He invited you to the fitness pack’s break room to have lunch with him. “Can I at least have some broccoli or red pepper?”

“I told you,” he leans closer to hold the fork with carrots in front of your face. “One more for me, doll. The carrots are good for you.”

“No-“ you press your lips into a thin line and refuse to cooperate. “You lied. I deserve lunch, not this.” Scrunching up your nose you cross your arms over your chest. “I’ll never eat with you again.”

“You love our lunch breaks,” it’s hard to be mad at Steve Rogers. His boyish charm and those baby blue eyes get him out of trouble without any effort. “I promise you’ll get something better later. Let me invite you for dinner, Y/N.”

“Dinner?”

“Yeah. The pack and I want to go for dinner tonight. You can join us doll,” you hide your disappointment well. It’s not the first time you had hoped that someone likes you back. Even though Steve is the nicest guy you ever met, he’s still out of your league. “Do you want to come too?”

“I got work to do later. My mom wanted to call and I,” shaking your head you try to find an excuse to not join the dinner with Steve’s colleagues, “don’t think I’ll make it. Sorry.”

“Doll, please join us for dinner,” he moves his hand to your thigh to give it a gentle squeeze. “Don’t leave me hanging. I’ll be so lonely without you.”

“All of your friends will be around, Steve,” you mumble, fighting the urge to give in. It’s hard enough to accept that Steve will never require your feelings. You don’t need to watch him flirt with some other girl.

“I’ll pick you up at eight,” Steve won’t give in. “Wear that sundress you wore the first day we met. You know, the blue one. It’s cute.”

“I-it won’t fit any longer. It’s too wide,” biting your lower lip you shyly glance at Steve’s hand on your thigh. “You did a good job.”

“It was your hard work, Y/N,” Steve presses his lips to your ear. “If you eat your carrots now, I promise you can have dessert tonight. I love a girl who can eat. Just not after training. Your body would protest.”

“Eight, you said,” you will hate yourself later for agreeing to join the pack for dinner, but don’t want to disappoint Steve. Not that he’ll be around for long. Some girl will get his attention and you can sneak out of the restaurant and go home to cry yourself to sleep.

“You fucker!” Sam grunts.

“We never clarified the rules,” while Steve straightens his tie, his friends are fuming. “I invited her for dinner, and she said yes.”

“Yeah, as you lied!” Bucky retorts. “You told Y/N it’s going to be all of us and her, not just you. Cheater!”

“I did not cheat, gentlemen,” flashing Thor, Bucky, and Sam a dirty smirk, Steve fights to hold back a chuckle. “Y/N will be my girl and wear my ring one day. If you would excuse me now, I’d like to be on time to pick my girl up.”

“That fucker!” Thor kicks a chair. “I saw her first.”

“I hit her cute ass with the basketball.”

“Guys, he will win her over tonight. That’s just…” the brunette sighs deeply. “I thought I get a chance.”

“Steve where are the others?” you question as Steve guides you toward a table. “There are only two chairs. What’s going on?”

“We are going to have dinner,” he pulls the chair for you, pecking your cheek as you try to tame your wildly beating heart. “What do you want? Nothing is off-limits tonight. You can eat as much as you want to.”

“Is this a date?” fearing Steve will laugh at you, you look at him as he sits down. He smiles softly, hand reaching out for the one you placed on the table. “Steve?”

“I asked you out for dinner and you agreed. I think people call this a date,” you open your mouth to tell Steve he lied. He didn’t tell you that this is going to be a date. “What do you like? Fish or chicken?”

“Fish, maybe,” swallowing thickly you watch Steve open the menu. “And water. I get a headache if I’m drinking. I want to train tomorrow so…no alcohol for me.”

“I’ll love to train with you tonight,” you shudder as Steve’s eyes are darker than usual tonight. “You should know that I want you to be my girl from now on.”

“You…what?” looking around the restaurant you wonder if this is a sick joke. “Is this a joke?”

“Why would you ask such a thing? I like you a lot and I already know how it feels to put my hands on you. I want to peel that dress off your body and make love to you, doll.”

“I’m not one of the other girls you seduced and never called, Steve,” you sniffle. “I thought you are a nice guy.”

“Baby doll, you got it all wrong,” he gets up to sit next to you. “You are precious to me. Do you know how happy I was getting to know you are single? I almost asked you out right there and then.”

“I broke up with my boyfriend before I came to the fitness studio. He was not a nice man,” wiping your eyes you sniffle silently. “He lost a lot of weight and suddenly, I wasn’t enough. Brock cheated on me.”

“Doll,” Steve moves his hand to your thigh to toy with your new sundress, “I want to make you mine.” A tiny whimper escapes your lips as he moves his hand between your thighs. “How about we order takeaway and I’ll bring you to my home to bury my face between those thighs.”

“Mr. Rogers,” you dip your head to look him deep in the eyes, admiring his handsome features, “you need to try harder to get me in your clutches.”

��Challenge accepted, baby doll,” he cups your face with his free hand and leans impossible closer to kiss you softly. “After tonight you’ll never want to leave me and my bed, Y/N. That’s a promise…”

>> Part 2

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#The Fitness Pack - Steve (1)#steve rogers #steve rogers x reader #Trainer!Steve Rogers #steve rogers x you #au!steve rogers #plus size reader #steve rogers x plus size reader

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silveruskiwami · 6 months

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The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008) (SPOILERS BEWARE)

finally managed to finish this series and god damn is it so good.

the spectacular spider-man is what you get when you have a series written by people who know what makes the source material and its characters tick so damn well.

"Point is, you're changing - into the man you're going to be. And just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should. With great power, there must also come great responsibility."

peter parker and his high school friends are your average teenagers bumbling through their social lives, making mistakes and relationships throughout the way. the show manages to give a lot of the side characters a good amount of spotlight (and setup for plots that unfortunately didn't happen) with flash thompson's development into a more caring person in spite of his egotistical nature and tendency to bully, mark allan's gambling addiction causing him to get roped into shady ultimatums and grief from his sister liz, and harry osborn's spiral into madness after being neglected by his father, causing him to turn to substance abuse in order to finally be respected by his peers and the consequences that ensue.

peter specifically demonstrates the all-important central theme of spider-man: responsibility. the responsibility of balancing what's important in your life, to stand up for what's right and when others need your help, to own up to your mistakes and give up the things we want most to do what's right. whether losing trust in his friends by snapping pics for the daily bugle as they fight for their lives against the lizard, or failing to live up to his promises to be there for liz allan due to having to fight crime as spider-man, every mistake peter makes has consequences and what proves him to be such a good person is how he owns up to each mistake he makes.

"Sorry, no. My fans expect a certain amount of quippage in every battle."

the action in this show is like, INSANELY good. i'm talking raimi spider-man levels of fun fight scenes here.

the simple yet stylized designs of spectacular mean the animators are more able to pull of complex, fluid and fast action scenes, with spider-man effectively using his quick thinking and both he and his enemies learning from every encounter they have with him.

one of my favorites is in the episode "gangland", where spider-man and tombstone face off in the sewers, hidden from public eye during a valentine's day opera, trading blows in complete silence with nothing but the opera singers in the background. it's brutal, well-animated, and it's fuckin' awesome.

"Truth is, I plan on crashing a lot of parties this year. So if you see my bro, Pete, tell him WE will see him real soon."

eddie brock/venom remains my favorite character from this show for the inventive take on him and the direct counter he plays to peter parker.

under the influence of the symbiote, both he and peter were angry. violent. bitter. eager to let their innermost, darkest feelings out, they pushed aside and lashed out at those who cared about them deeply. but where peter rejected the symbiote after he saw the effect it had on his personality, eddie instead reveled in the power and freedom it gave him to beat the everloving shit out of the one person who had wronged him greatly - peter parker.

like the ultimate comics version of eddie brock, he had been a close friend to peter for as far back as they can both remember, and i think that kind of relationship between the two further makes brock such a good tragic character in this show. his tendency to shift the blame of his failures onto other people causes him to destroy his friendship with peter and give in to the symbiote, and show peter a tragic mirror as to what could have happened had he let the hatred of the symbiote fester within him. when peter reaches out to brock and pleads him to abandon the symbiote, it's not just because he knows what it's like and the consequences he's seen firsthand, but because he cares for brock as a friend.

"Think fast! Think fasteeeer~! Tonight, you're in a PARTICULARLY unfriendly neighborhood, Spider-Man!"

how the green goblin was handled was also nothing short of masterful in both his personality and the reveal of him being norman osborn.

rather than adopt a split-personality approach to the green goblin/norman osborn as both the 90s cartoon and the sam raimi trilogy did, spectacular instead opts to portray gobby closer to his 616 counterpart; a separate persona norman willingly plays up, completely aware and in control.

norman is already done incredibly well in this cartoon, playing two-faced with his adoration of peter as if he were his own son, while secretly developing supervillains for tombstone and his crew, and neglecting his son harry osborn. he's a cold, calculating, snarky asshole who commandeers respect and steals the show any time he's in the room, going so far as to live by a rule to never apologize to anyone, never stopping for a second to think of any of his employees as anything but beneath him.. but there's no way he could be the goblin, right?

..right?

"I protected Harry! If I was sent to prison, who'd have made a man out of him?! Just look at what he's done today.. I've never been prouder of the boy!"

"norman osborn is the green goblin" yeah, we know. everyone knows. but that won't stop the spectacular spider-man from making you play the guessing game anyway.

all different kinds of instances and clues help to throw you off the track of thinking norman could actually be the goblin. the goblin is insane! he's a cackling, goofy son of a bitch compared to norman's calm-yet-cold demeanor, not to mention harry was the one drinking the globulin green! the series veers more into making you, and peter, think harry was behind the mask the whole time..

..which is why it becomes shocking once more to learn norman osborn was the goblin all along.

i think not only do i find it impressive of spectacular to throw the viewer off from what should otherwise be an obvious reveal, but the "one personality" approach to goblin i believe makes norman much scarier as a character. he becomes a much more intimidating character once you realize he can switch between the two personas at the drop of a hat, and in full control.

not to mention his twisted care for harry coming front and center, breaking his leg and gaslighting him into believing he was the goblin so as to throw suspicion off his own self, and supposedly be there for harry to "make a man out of him", which of course means raising harry to be the exact same slimy, ruthless man he is.

talk about a character you love to hate!

i'll always lament how the spectacular spider-man was canceled far too early - really when it was just getting started - out of sheer bad luck. future plans intended for the likes of the jackal, the hobgoblin, sin-eater, and cletus kasady/carnage to join the fray, direct-to-dvd movies detailing peter's college life, and lots more!

at the end of the day though, the fact we still got one of the best pieces of spider-man media out of these two seasons, though short-lived, is something to feel real good about. the spectacular spider-man is a damn good cartoon both on its own and as a spider-man story, and never say never - there might be a chance, however slim, we can see it return.

"Tell me there's something better. Go ahead, try."

#the spectacular spider man #spectacular spider man #spider man #marvel #marvel comics #silverus be writing shit

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