Mitch McDeere, somewhat recently divorced goes on a business trip with Lamar. Things... get a bit out of hand.
Mitch is too tired to care if he made the right choice.
Some of the Tags to look out for: Extremely Dubious Consent, Drunk Sex, Implied/Referenced SA, Adultery, Transphobia, hurt little comfort, Depression, Angst and Tragedy
So I really enjoyed this book but I'd have quite liked to have seen all the Mafia guys go down/see how the trials in court would go and what became of the wives like Kay for example. Is it just me?
DC Comics Announces 3 New YA Graphic Novels for 2023
DC Comics has announced three new graphic novels in the DC Young Adult Line - Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story, The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley, and Static: Up All Night.
Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story hails from writer Sarah Kuhn and artist Arielle Jovellanos. The graphic novel follows small town girl Lois tackling summer in the big city. “Lois is excited about her internship, her cosmopolitan apartment, and the future she sees unfolding before her, only to find that things rarely go according to plan. When Lois uncovers a potentially explosive scandal, she must team up with the last person she’d expect to publish her own website for young women. And as Lois discovers who she really is and what she actually wants, she becomes embroiled in her own scandal that could destroy everything she's worked so hard to create.” (DC Comics)
Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story goes on sale on April 4, 2023.
The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley hails from writer Melissa Marr and artist Jenn St-Onge. “Harleen Quinzel is many things, a gymnast, anxious, broke—but is it possible there is something else inside her? Something… evil? ... When Harleen signs up to participate in a clinical research trial with her girlfriend, Pamela, the most she can hope for is extra cash in her wallet and a chance to get her anxiety under control. But what she gets instead are increasingly larger gaps in her memory and stolen mementos from some guy named Jack she’s never met. Soon, Harleen discovers she’s sharing her life with Harley—a take-no-prisoners, who-cares-about attendance, maybe-we-oughtta-save-the-bunnies kind of girl." (DC Comics)
The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley goes on sale on May 2, 2023.
Static: Up All Night hails from writer Lamar Giles and artist Paris Alleyne. “Virgil Hawkins has just gone through a bad break up. He can’t get over his ex, so his best friend Richie has an idea for how to distract him: attend a music festival in their city of Dakota. But wouldn’t you know it—his ex is in attendance. And that’s just the beginning of his troubles. In this madcap story of one night, a series of encounters and events leads to an adventure involving Super-Villains, a diner, a reluctant rapper, and a size-changing kleptomaniac, as well as Virgil’s frequent bad decision making.” (DC Comics)
Static: Up All Night goes on sale on June 6, 2023.
(Images via DC Comics - Cover of Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story, Cover of The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley, and Cover of Static: Up All Night)
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characters: mike wheeler, todd chavez, abed nadir, the captain (ghosts), miles morales, amy santiago, harley quinn, spencer reid, nick nelson, alex claremont-diaz, troy barnes, batman, prince wilhelm, ravi singh, crowley
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back to you - ‘Mike Wheeler and Will Byers go to the Upside Down, and after an encounter with Vecna, Will decides to sacrifice himself. Mike, of course, is having none of it. And some truths and explanations slip out along the way.’
like real people do - ‘byler goes on a date. that's it that's the fic. enjoy <3’
in the moment - ‘mike gets vecnaed and all he wants is for lucas to accept him.’
The songs are either based off of general vibes, or the lyrics painfully relate to these characters. Some you'll be able to tell why if you know the song/listen to it. I'm doing all characters across all blogs so its long and the rest are under the cut.
Yuji: Dumb Wit it - A.JiZZLE
Megumi: Duvet - bôa
Gojo: Hey Daddy - USHER
Sukuna: Down with the Sickness - Disturbed
Kinji: Tuca Donka - CURSEDEVIL
Suguru: New Person, Same Ol' Mistakes - Rihanna
Toge: HERO - MONSTA X
Mai: Material Girl - Madonna
Jin: Angel - Shaggy
Tsumiki: Kingdoms & Castles - Virtual Riot, tribes.
Todo: Giga Chad Theme (Phonk House) - g3ox_em
Rika: Cheating Is A Crime - Takayan
Ichigo: Number One - Shiro Sagisu
Orihime: Pipo Pipo - Serani Poji
Grimmjow: CODE MISTAKE - CORPSE, Bring Me The Horizon
Izaya: The Hand That Feeds
Shizuo: Pride. - Kendrick Lamar
Yukine: Stingray Affliction - ISSUES
Shouto: Find Your Flame - SEGA SOUND TEAM ft Kellin Quinn
Eren: Under The Tree - SiM
Akane: Damage - H.E.R.
Kyo: The Langdon House - ISSUES
Hiro: Tokyo - Leat'eq
Akito: Lost It - Virtual Riot
Link: Blow Me Away - Breaking Benjamin
Ren: Beneath the Mask - Persona 5 OST
Ryuuji: Break Stuff / My Way - Limp Bizkit (I cant choose LOL)
Yusuke: Resonance - Home
Futaba: Brain Power - NOMA (yes that brain power)
Shinobu: Reason - PinkPanthress
Mitsuri: Mosquito - PinkPanthress
Cloud: Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
Mythra: Fight Song - Eve
Kirito: Virtual Paradise - AK, Lynx, Veela
Haruka: Water - Tyla
Rin: Say So (JPN Version) - Rainych
Ikuya: Snooze - SZA
Asahi: Spicy Boyfriend - Shawn Wasabi
Makoto: Cats - The Living Tombstone
Sousuke: Setting Fires - The Chainsmokers, XYLØ
Kisumi: How to Be A Heartbreaker - MARINA
Natsuya: Stay A While - Virtual Riot
Nao: Wings - Tiber
Momotaro: Otter Pop - Shawn Wasabi
Hiyori: Another Night - MYRNE, Nevve
Isuzu: Celebrity Skin - Doja Cat ver.
Gou: Calm Down - Rema, Selena gomez
Azuma: Talk - Khalid, Disclosure
Mitch/ Lamar + "Your pillow smells like [smell of your choice]"
OH done and done! (More under cut)
“Your pillow smells like….cigarettes?” Lamar looks up from the empty spot on the bed next to him. He had just awoke from a deep sleep, having been tired from the plane ride to their… secret place.
So tired that he didn't even say hello to his… partner before he passed out.
It wasn't like Lamar was unfamiliar with the smell. It didn't overpower him or anything it was just surprising to smell that from.. anything to do with Mitch Mcdeere.
What was more surprising was seeing Mitch, standing on the balcony, cigarette in hand. He was still looking out at the view, so he must not have heard him.
He had never seen Mitch smoke before, and he knows it shouldn't be alluring… and yet…
Something about the man standing out, watching the morning light over the ocean while smoke exudes from his stick and his mouth.
God. It turned him on far more than he thought it would.
But then… it hits him. Mitch had never smoked before. This was a new habit. That probably meant he was stressed. That's why HE used to smoke after all.
Indeed it had been a few months since he had laid eyes on Mitch's body without layers of clothes over it. And now it was clear to him that Mitchell Mcdeere was losing weight, at an alarming rate.
His heart stops. Smoking and possibly not eating was a dangerous combo.
Lamar had lost a lot of things to the firm… his sense of pride, a lot of privacy, his sense of safety…. Honestly, he was just waiting for the day for it to take his wife and kids…
But he couldn't let them take Mitch.
It was only at this moment Lamar moved to the edge of the bed, calling out loud enough for Mitch to hear him.
“Mitchell. Put that out and join me… please.”
Mitch listened to the command putting out the cigarette in the ashtray on the small table outside before coming inside.
He moves close enough for Lamar to put his hands on his waist. And Mitch moves with no resistance. He is easy to move. It appears as if he is a fog, he isn’t making a single sound.
Today… Lamar doesn't like it. He sighs.
He is in a daze, more so than usual. Maybe it is hunger? Fuck. No, they are doing this on an empty stomach today.
Lamar let go of Mitch and rubbed his temple, groaning as he did so, “Grab my wallet, woulda? Go get us some breakfast and…”
He was going to suggest something different but… maybe Mitch needs something more. A treat.
“And then I can eat you afterward. Deal?”
Mitch's eyes widened removing any sort of trance he was under. He nodded enthusiastically, a very weak smile on his face. He still wasn't speaking, but this was something.
He quickly grabbed a pair of his jeans and slipped on a shirt before grabbing Lamar's wallet from his pants pocket.
Mitch was about to leave before Lamar added, “And don't spend any money on cigarettes, okay?”
There was a pause before Mitch nodded.
When Lamar heard the door close, Lamar's head hit the pillow again. Truth be told he liked the smell of cigarettes…
Lamar just liked the smell of his partner, much more.
The Church of Many: Andrea Thurber, Elsa Carenbauer, Anna Goss, Maddi Waneka and Emily Merlin
Waffle Cone Club: Kyle Vincent Singer, Scott Kreider, Marjorie Lair
Everything is Terrible!
Kevin Bourland
Michael Lujan
Moment Factory
Nina Mastrangelo
Scott Geary, Wayne Geary, Gary Ashkin
Appropriating
Paneel "Rehearsal for an Icon 2001 - Mona Lisa" von Olbinski, Grafikdruck. Digital Print
Hybridizing
Untitled (Studio)2014
Kerry James Marshall
Simulating
Andy Warhol
(American, 1928–1987) 1962. Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases, Each canvas 20 x 16" (50.8 x 40.6 cm). Overall installation with 3" between each panel is 97" high x 163" wide
Mixing Media
Mama, Mummy and Mamma (Predecessors #2)
Njideka Akunyili Crosby. 2014
Layering
Zephyrus Rising, 2022. Acrylic on Acrylic. 32 × 16 × 22 in Duncan McDaniel
Mixing Codes
Recontextualizing
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, 1503-6; On Winnie: Denis Colomb stoles (worn as a headdress, top and sleeves)
Confronting the Gaze
Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad David Ayer 2016 (left), Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey Cathy Yann 2021 (right)
Facing Abject
Jane Alexander, Butcher Boys, 1985/86, mixed media (Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, photo: Goggins World, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Constructing Identities
Creating Metaphors
Martin Puryear. Ladder for Booker T. Washington, detail, 1996. Installation view at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. 2003
Using Narratives
Damien Hirst
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 2013 Lentikulardruck80 x 120 cm
Irony, Parody, Parody Dissonance
A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby (2014). Kara Walker Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Rules: answer these questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to get to know better.
Questions:
Name: Hailey
Sign: Leo
Height: 5 ft 3
Time: 4:04 pm
Birthday: August 17th
Favorite bands/artists: Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Joji, Greta Van Fleet, Alice In Chains, Guns N Roses, Beastie Boys, a bunch of others
Last movie: Evil Dead
Last show: probably Squidbillies
When I created this blog: late 2020 I think
What I post: a bunch of shit lol, personal stuff, memes, bands
Last thing I googled: Eddie Munson (have only watched like 4 episodes of Stranger Things but Joseph Quinn is cute af)
Other blogs: none
Do I get asks: not very often but I enjoy it when I do
Following: 43 blogs but I don’t know everyone that well and I don’t want to tag all the people I do know bc I feel like that’d be annoying lol
Following: if this means how many followers I have I think it’s 20 something
Average hours of sleep: like 6 or 7
Instruments: clarinet, kinda bass and kinda guitar
What I’m wearing: scrubs bc I’m at work 🙄
Dream job: being a musician, artist, or race car driver. If I can ever get good at any of those lol
Dream trip: literally anywhere outside of Texas. Particularly Seattle, Las Vegas, or London
Nationality: American
Favorite songs: oh god there’s so many… Wash by Pearl Jam, Loud Love by Soundgarden, Lookin Down The Barrel Of A Gun by Beastie Boys, Paradise City by GNR, Nothin But A Good Time by Poison, Weight Of Dreams by GVF, Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Warning by Incubus, Daylight by Joji, Backseat Freestyle by Kendrick Lamar, Echoes by Pink Floyd
Last book I read: I think it was Pet Semetary, I don’t read as much as I’d like to
3 fictional universes: Supernatural, Ed, Edd, N Eddy, and Courage The Cowardly Dog
I don’t think I even know 20 people on here so if you see this and haven’t done it yourself yet then I tag you 😊
To make this edit, I used clips from YouTube which I then trimmed to get the exact footage I wanted, once I had done this I put them into an order based on how well each clip matched the music and also identified what looked the most aesthetic being placed next to each other. I used minimal transitions as I felt the clips went well together as they were and matched the beat in the music more efficiently. I would also have to adjust the brightness and sharpness of clips so I could try to achieve a consistent quality level throughout the video as well as isolating audio in clips where I kept the original audio, however, this is definitely something I need to learn more about.
I chose this music after hearing it in the trailer for Creed 2 and thought it matched the action of the clips really well whilst having some quieter moments so I could have some dialogue in the edit.
I chose Harley Quinn as a subject matter as I am a fan of the character and Birds of Prey was a film I really enjoyed and felt was under-appreciated, so I wanted to show my appreciation through making this edit. It was also fun getting to just focus on one character and attempt to show their personality through the clips used.
Made using Wondershare Filmora Video Editing Suite
Music: DNA by Kendrick Lamar