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ne0nwithazero · 1 month
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The Bride and the ugly ass Groom 🎙️💖📺
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mossy-addison · 4 months
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Fell in love with these goober OCs belonging to @ne0nwithazero
Read one post that said Mike had depression, and honestly, as someone who suffers from it too, mood. So I drew it. Just a depressive episode, crawl into bed, unable to cry.
Enjoy (:
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dark-arts-stuff · 9 months
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Happy Birthday to one of my favorite Mike's from Deltarune (AU)
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Mike, Host, and Tenna belong to @ne0nwithazero
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salamifuposey · 1 year
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don’t mind me, these two also popped in, that might explain the interference whomp  not much but just a lil something for @ne0nwithazero of Host (tv head) and Mike (small microphone duuuude) while I'm at it <3
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dduane · 8 days
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R. I. P. John Trimble
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(image via Mike Okuda over at the once-bird place)
From his and Bjo's Facebook page:
In 1966 they found a group of people interested in mediaeval combat and arts. They joined the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) . John served 2 terms as a member of it’s board of directors, was a landed Baron of the first Barony. His arms were the very first to be registered with the college of Heralds and both John and Bjo have been members ever since. Later that year he said to his wife, “Gee it’s a shame a good science fiction show like Star Trek is going to be canceled. We should do something about that!” And the same Star Trek campaign was born. For over 58 years John and Bjo Trimble have been ambassadors for science fiction, the space program and the SCA. Meeting and hosting people from all walks of life, all over the world. John has touched thousands of lives in a way that positive and full of joy. He will be greatly missed.
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hollowtones · 8 months
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STREAM ANNOUNCEMENT: August 19th, 2023
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VIDEO GAMES AS ART: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
A measured, thought-provoking, insightful discussion about a nascent form of expression and its artistic merits.
YOUR HOSTS AND SCHOLARS FOR THE EVENING:
MIKE (interdisciplinary artist, hobbyist game developer)
PUZZ (student of art & culture, museum & exhibition curator)
HOLLY (just happy to be here)
The show begins around ~6pm Eastern. Won't you join us...?
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will80sbyers · 7 months
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Mike as the very famous writer x Will as the definitely not famous (yet) artist that works part time in his brother's bookshop that's hosting an event for Mike's new book 📚 Will not knowing absolutely anything about Mike and Mike getting bothered by this because Will is the most beautiful man he ever saw in his life, Will making fun of Mike because he says something that makes him seem a bit full of himself... them having a bit of banter before he leaves but then Mike comes to the bookshop again dressing casual to not be recognized by his fans just because he wants to see Will again and is obsessed with his art :P
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unikhroma · 10 months
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[updated: 4/20, clarified where you can contact me because whoopsie i forgot + updated TOS link]
do you wanna see your oc or favorite character spin to win? wanna have it as a discord emoji or a stream decoration thing? well look no further!
the price is complexity/size based; so far the average commission has been $12
i can do furries, humans, animals, characters w armor or mechs (it'll be simplified due to 🤏🏼 size), and characters w gore and/or horror elements. so most characters i guess
these will be paid through ko-fi! be sure to read my TOS also! they'll be unwatermarked unlike my regular stuff and sent in both original and larger sizes. if you're interested, send a message here or on toyhouse!
below is a list of credits for the ocs in the ad + how much each example would cost with an explanation for the price so you have an idea of how much a prospective comm would cost
i'm shortening the non-oc character names because i don't want people getting mad at me for this showing up in several character tags due to tumblr's search function working the way it does
first row
spamt - $9 - he is So small.
swa - $12 - decent sprite size + complexity
queen - $12 - decent sprite size + complexity
roux - $9 - v simple design + only two colors
tama - $12 - decent sprite size + complexity
second row
mike - $9 - he is So small.
tenna - $12 - semi-detailed design, but smaller size
host - $15 - detailed design + decent sprite size
(these 3 ocs are owned by @ne0nwithazero)
malnourished swatch neo (@hawkfoolery) - $18 - the strings and large wings combo makes this one complex
third row
emmy (@emmybeebs-art) - $12 - decent sprite size + complexity
dimen - $12 - simple-ish design, but it's challenging to translate a character that's designed to be 2d only into 3d
o' - $18 - big sprite + his arms are weird to interpret in 3d space especially for a turnaround
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olderthannetfic · 2 months
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Something a music YouTuber I watch said was that he noticed a huge spike in the popularity of AMVs after Linkin Park released the music video for Breaking The Habit, which was done by an anime studio and took great care to make sure the visuals matched the original artist vision of Mike Shinoda (who is an art school graduate and thus had a lot of input and ideas). Can either you or other people who were in fandom circa 2004 when it was released confirm this? It does sound like that would make sense, as Linkin Park fans and anime lovers overlap a TON on a Venn diagram (and AMV makers and Link Park fans, even moreso) but I'd be curious to see the numbers before and after. Unfortunately, though, since it was pre-YouTube, most AMVs were hosted on individual sites, so I can't really go digging and figure this out personally, given my lack of knowledge on where to even look for fandom content from that era + the fact many of those sites are offline now.
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Ahaha. Anon, it is far easier to research AMVs from back then than from the youtube era.
Unlike Media Fandom vidders, AMV editors were fine being out in the public eye, and they very heavily used animemusicvideos.org. I hear the BL crowd didn't as much, but everybody who was entering mainstream con contests listed all their shit there.
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The site opened in late 2000. Youtube started in early 2005, though it didn't fully take off for a while. (Red shows the era between these.) AMV editors may have been using YT for hosting early on (I don't recall), but it took a long time and a lot of turnover for them to stop bothering to list their work on AMVs.org. (It's primarily a database of what exists, not hosting, though it does also have some downloads.)
On the face of it, yes, AMVs seem to have boomed around 2004-2006, so that Youtuber is superficially correct.
However, I suspect this has more to do with the community getting organized and anime cons with AMV contests sprouting up like mushrooms in that era. No doubt the obscene popularity of Linkin Park on AMVs.org was influenced by that official video, but I don't think this was the main driver behind editors editing in general.
(I admit, though, that the height of my anime fannishness was like 1996-2003, and I was not a Linkin Park fan, nor did I care much about AMVs aside from the ones at YaoiCon.)
The rapid decline from 2007 on probably reflects more and more editors being Youtube-only rather than con contests ceasing or anything like that.
The music overall reflects the era and demographic on the site:
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But before you assume too much from this huge Linkin Park number, the site overall lists 169,973 videos.
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wynsvre · 1 year
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more recent stuff: my 1990s college byler au! featuring student radio host will and english student mike.
more art to come! in the meantime, have these:
will's radio show:
some character tidbits:
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ne0nwithazero · 2 years
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UPDATE - Heya! This reference is VERY outdated, please use the new one ^^
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Mike's ref and some extra stuff :)
📺 Host's Ref
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oldfashionedmorphine · 5 months
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on the same frequency
📝 by @oldfashionedmorphine
🎨 by @kaiminluu
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pairing: will byers/mike wheeler
rating: mature
word count: 57k
tags: alternate universe, not canon compliant, major character death, graphic depictions of violence, grief/mourning, ptsd, blood and injury, supernatural elements, time shenanigans, butterfly effect, thriller, emotional manipulation, abuse, grooming, implied/referenced suicide, angst with a happy ending
summary:
Ever since his best friend Will Byers was murdered back in 1985, Mike Wheeler wanted nothing more than to leave his hometown of Hawkins, Indiana and never look back—only each and every year he’s forced to make an exception when it comes to the holidays. And when Mike visits for Christmas in 1995, his mom asks him to help clear out some junk in his room and down in the basement before he returns home to Indianapolis. But when he comes across an old trunk containing his Supercom walkie-talkie and ham radio, he discovers something strange that has the potential to change everything…
(or an AU based on the movie Frequency from 2000)
➜ read it here!
➜ check out the art!
🎶 soundtrack 🎶
✨ chapter moodboards/previews ✨
ch1 | ch2 | ch3 | ch4 | ch5 | ch6 | ch7
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special thank you to the @bylerbigbang mods for hosting this event!
tagging:
@greenfiend @total-serene560 @across-thestars @boahey @magentamee @daydreams-in-the-moonlight @soyboystan @foodiewithdahoodie @booksandpaperss @likegoldintheair @mandycantdecide @hazmatazz @sparks-olivarpente @1-tehe-1 @karenchildress @rebellius @maru-chu @septembr-moon @kamomillatea @trvbblemaker
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dreamlandforever · 11 months
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Welcome? To Hellfire Club
Hello, everyone ! I have decided to write a fic following this post I made a few weeks ago and I have not been able to get out of my head. It will be made up of different parts, I think about 5. I hope you enjoy it!
Steve isn’t really sure how it happened. One moment Eddie was going on a rant about how the school had forbidden all students from forming or participating in any activities related to Dungeon and Dragons, and how Mike’s basement just wasn’t big enough for the entire Hellfire Club, and how just what once was a club for all of those you didn’t belong anywhere else would just have to stop existing, walking back and forth on the very limited space in front of the checkout counter of Family Video. Eddie was going for angry and self-righteous, but by now Steve has spent enough time with Eddie Munson, especially with a terrified and stupidly heroic Eddie Munson, to know that he was more hurt than angry.
Steve’s mouth seemed to be doing things his brain hadn’t really had the time to process, but before he knew it he was saying, “You can have Hellfire at my place, Eddie.”It doesn’t really matter, in the end, because he still means those words. Steve Harrington has learned a lot of things in the last four years, but the best of them had been that he could turn his big empty house into a home. It was mostly the Party so far, since he had exchanged his crown as King to become the Babysitter, but his doors were open to Hellfire Club as well. They had made sure that Eddie actually worked in recovering from his trip to the Upside Down instead of letting him make every effort to worsen everything, so, in Steve’s book they were part of the family too. Maybe not friends, but Steve thought there was some camaraderie between them, even if the only bridge between them was Eddie. 
For a second, Eddie seemed just as surprised as Steve at the invitation, but soon his confusion melted into a big grin. “Are you offering up your castle, my king?” Eddie asked, with an exaggerated bow. But the thing is, the way Eddie said King was never the way Steve had gotten used to hear it back in high school. It wasn’t said with admiration, or fear. It was said the same way he said Dusty, or Red, or Sweetheart. One more name in Eddie’s repertoire, because God knew that man had a thing for nicknames, and a weird aversion at God given names. So, despite himself, Steve smiled. 
“But, are you sure, Stevie?” Eddie asked, straightening again. If his voice hadn’t given his nervousness away, the way he was trying to chew on a strand of hair did. Without thinking, Steve pulled the strand behind Eddie’s ears, taking the ends of it out of his mouth. Steve had perfected the art of taking someone’s hair out of their mouth without touching their saliva. His hand didn’t linger, just a knee-jerk reaction he had picked up from spending so much with Robin and her multiple nervous habits, but the air still felt charged somehow in a way it never did with Robin. 
“Of course, why wouldn’t I?” But Steve knew why. He wasn’t the King anymore, but he had seen the way oldest members of Hellfire Club looked at him. Steve couldn’t say he really knew them from his high school days, but they seemed to know him. Or at least of him. They always seemed wary of him, even if no one was outright rude or mean. Steve knew he had to gain their respect, and show them how he was now, the way he had with Jonathan Byers. And hosting Hellfire Club and getting to know them was as a good start as any.
Eddie didn’t state the obvious, instead giving Steve an out. “He usually play for hours, Harrington. Like hours. Are you sure you want us around for that long?” He teased, but his eyes remained in Steve’s. Steve wasn’t sure if he was looking for something specific in there, or just letting Steve know that an answer was expected, and it made him nervous. Was this a test? Was there a right answer?
“Oh, no, Munson, I wonder what will I ever do if my friends spend so much time with me.” Steve deadpanned, opting for a joke. It seemed to work, because as soon as Eddie let out a bark of a laugh the air seemed to clear, leaving them both back with the easiness they usually shared. 
“All right, then Hellfire Club in the Harrington Castle this week.” Eddie said excitedly, finally stopping his pacing just to lean on the counter, resting his chin on both his hands. Steve rolled his eyes at him good-naturedly, smiling at the other boy’s antics. 
“Only if you stop calling it that.” Steve answered, finally getting back to sorting the returned tapes around him, which he had stopped doing somewhere around the time that Eddie had started his monologue a few minutes ago. “Now, tell me when this meeting is taking place and get out of here. Robin’s break is up in about five minutes, and if you are still here we will both be in trouble.”
“Oh, am I distracting you, Big Boy?” Eddie teased, not moving an inch from his place. “We usually do Hellfire on Thursdays. You get off at 3 pm, right? Will it work at 5?”
Steve did a mental recap of his schedules, but Eddie had it memorized better than Steve himself, so he just nodded. “Yes, Thursday at 5 it is. Let me know who I have to pick up, I can do it on my way home.” 
Eddie nodded excitedly, banging his hand on the counter. Steve took that to mean that he agreed, but really he had no way of knowing. Eddie marched to his own rhythm. “See you Thursday, Steve-O. Robin.” He said, saluting, while walking backwards to the door. Steve watched him go, unsure if the man would trip over his own two feet. 
“What is Thursday?” Robin asked, making her way to Steve from the back room. 
“You are coming to my place after work. Eddie and the rest of Hellfire Club are playing their game at my place. I need to keep them from setting something on fire, and I need someone to keep me from going crazy.” Steve replied easily, handing Robin a pile of already sorted tapes so she could place them back on the shelf.
“You are what?” Robin asked incredulously, sitting on top of the counter instead of the chair they kept there specifically so they could sit. Steve decided that fight was not worth his time, he had lost it several times before.
“Hosting Hellfire, Bobby. They had nowhere else to go, and it is Will’s first time playing with the rest, and you know Dustin loves it.” He said, stopping his work to look at Robin. 
“You do know they are not actually your children, right, dingus?” She asked, offering him some of the Nerds she had been eating during break. Steve took a handful, but didn’t bother with a response. “Steve, I love you. But you know that Hellfire is not just your kids.”
Steve let out a sigh at that, leaning on the counter with his elbows and resting his forehead on his hands. He thought for a few minutes before answering. Thinking now seemed to take a bit longer than it did before, but there was only so much brain capacity he could keep after so many blows to the head. “I know, Robin. I do. But they are Eddie’s friends, okay? They are his family, just like you guys are mine. It’s my white flag. They don’t know me, but maybe they can get to, you know?”
Robin smiled at him. “Okay, dingus. Operation let’s get Eddie’s friends to like you so you can grow the balls to ask him out is on!” She exclaimed excitedly, hopping off the counter and going to re-stock the tapes that Steve had arranged for her.
“Robin!” He screamed alarmedly. “That is not what I said!”
“That is exactly what you said.” She countered, sticking her tongue out at him. 
“It’s not like that.” He said softly, and he knew he was an unflattering shade of red. Steve had recently come to terms with his bisexuality, and had only said it out loud one time; to Robin. He had known for a while, it was kind of impossible not to. But after talking to Robin it had felt less like a cross to bear and more like something else about himself he had learned in the last few years. Along with learning how to take care of feral children, how to better style his hair, how to be less of an asshole, and just how many concussions one can take before they are too many. 
Robin looked at him for a second, before making her way back and leaning heavily on him. Robin’s version of a hug. “Whatever way it is, Steve, is okay. I think Eddie likes you, too, though.” She said. Steve chuckled slightly, but pulled Robin into a hug. He had also learned that things can change in an instant, and he was done holding back. Robin found her place in his arms easily, and they stayed like that for a few seconds, grateful that it was Tuesday morning and literally no one came at that time, especially with how many people had simply moved out after the ‘earthquake’.
“So, will you come?” Steve asked, finally letting Robin go. 
Robin frowned at him. “Will you come?” She parroted back at him. “Of course I will! Will you come. What snacks are we having?” She asked, happily, grabbing the next pile of tapes. Steve smiled at her, while she listed all of her favorites, and not a single one of the kid’s favorites. Steve was finally starting to feel like himself, even if a few months ago he hadn’t known who that was. Steve Harrington, his own man. He felt free, with the people who see him for who he is and not what rumors said of him. Except maybe Mike. Steve never seemed to quite understand where he stood with that kid. He was rude and angry at everyone, seemed to specifically hate Steve, but he was always there anyway, and sometimes even thanked Steve for rides. It was mostly at Will’s insistence since he had come back to Hawkins, but Steve still counted it as a win. 
“All of those if you want, Bobby.” Steve agreed easily, once Robin was done listing everything she wanted. Robin smiled widely at him, and he couldn’t be more thankful to be where he is now.
@queerdeerling @swimmingbirdrunningrock I don't know if you are still interested!
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moth-nana · 9 months
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Wallflower pt 1
Alice Cullen x (fem)reader
English is not my first language so you might find some typos.
Summary: exchange student reader has a huge crush on Alice Cullen. Alice too notices her.
Word count: 1.4k
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You had gotten yourself into an exchange program after lots and lots of convincing. Your parents had not been so keen on it after learning that your school did have an exchange program that gave students the opportunity to go to America for the next year. You wanted to do it regardless of where you would end up for the next school year. You wanted adventure and change to your routine.
When you were dropped off to the airport by your parents they made sure that you actually wanted to leave for the next year. You made sure that they knew and understood that you wanted to leave and you would be okay.
Now you are sitting in the airport waiting for your ride to Forks. You didn’t have lots of knowledge of what kind of place Forks actually is but you had a hunch of it. You knew that Forks was surrounded by lots and lots of forest. You were excited to see everything that Forks is going to offer.
Your host family was a little late from picking you up but you weren’t really mad about it. You had taken all your favorite clothes with you and some of your favorite music cd’s. Of course you had your flip phone and headphones with you and some of your favorite decoration elements like a few posters and pictures of you and your family.
You were staying with the Newton family. Their son Mike was sitting next to you with a big smile and he was talking endlessly. “You are the only exchange student right now. If I’m being honest we haven’t had students from abroad in a long time.” His smile reached his ears. “But don’t worry, you are not the only new student.” He was telling you about his friend and some other students. “What is your favorite school subject?” He asked and you gave your answer to him. “It’s really hard to decide but if I had to I would say History but I like Arts and English literature too.”
The rest of the car ride was filled with Mike's questions and your answers. His mother tried to keep him quiet but he was adamant to keep talking to you.
“So this is your room and that is mine over there.” Mike pointed towards his room and then let you open your room door so he could put your suitcase down for you. “You can call me whenever you need help. And also, I will show you around the school tomorrow.” You thanked him before he left you alone.
Your new room was kind of boring. It had a bed on the left corner of it. Your bed had newly changed sheets that were green. Your room had a reasonably sized window and a desk that was under the window. On the right corner there was a bookshelf and closet for your clothes. On the ground there was a white rug that looked just bought. You were so sure that they had changed this room a bit before you arrived.
You put your bag that was on your shoulder to the ground to unpack it and your suitcase. You didn’t feel the need to hurry to unpack.
That evening you ate with your new family and enjoyed the evening by getting to know everyone a little more. Mike showed you their backyard and let you take a little walk around before going back to the house.
After going back you took a hot relaxing shower. It did make you feel a lot better after a stressful day. You knew that you were jetlagged after the time difference that you have, but you weren’t tired. You were anxious and felt jumpy.
That night you slept for at most four hours after rolling around your bed in a cold sweat.
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Sun hasn't shown since you had entered Forks yesterday and now that you made your way with Mike to get your schedule. Your almost non existent sleep last night made you feel tired and anxious.
“Is it always this cold and dark around here?” You asked Mike after getting your schedule and he laughed a bit. “Yes it is. I wouldn’t be worried you will get used to it and even if you wouldn’t you have to be here for a year, not the rest of your life.” You had gotten used to Mike quite quickly. He seemed nice and welcoming. But that didn’t change the fact that he is a little bit overwhelming for you to be around.
You had made your way to the building where history class was held. Mike had let you leave after you had convinced him that you would meet him at lunch and at math class and you wanted to get your day really started. You had met one of Mike’s friends Jessica and she seemed to not be too fond of you. You guessed that this was due to reasons that you had no control over. She most likely likes Mike and you being a new girl at the school that lived with him made her feel threatened. But what she didn’t know was that Mike didn’t interest you. He is nice but he isn’t your type.
As you made your way to History you were met with a lot of curious eyes. You spotted a few people who actually seemed nice. You made your way to one of the few seats that were available. Everyone had a deskmate and you got a boy who seemed to take too much interest in you. While you waited for the teacher he seemed to just stare at you up and down. Now that you thought of it, not taking your headphones and walkman felt like a big mistake you could have easily avoided.
The teacher who made his way into the classroom gave everyone a knowing look before his eyes met yours and then you knew what was coming. “Can we get everyone's attention! We have a new student from abroad here who is going to introduce herself to us.” He made a hand gesture for you to stand up and you did. Everyone seemed to keep quiet. “Hi, my name is (name) and I will be a part of your class for the next upcoming year. Thanks for having me!” As you ended your little speech the teacher nodded and let you sit down before giving you the history textbook.
At lunch you walked straight to Mike and his friends without picking any food. “Shouldn’t you eat?” He asked when you had sat next to him. “I will pick up food in a second. I just need to calm down for a while.” And then you took your time before rising back up again. You made your way to get your food. You paid for those and started to make your way back.
As you made your way back to your new friends you noticed a table. There sat five of the most beautiful people you had ever seen. One of them was a girl with a fairy-like appearance who had a pretty pixie cut. Her mouth was curved in a tiny smile that was so subtle that it was hard to notice. You had a hard time tearing your eyes away from them.
When you sat back down next to Mike he was so deeply in a conversation with Jessica and a boy you hadn’t been introduced to. When Mike noticed you he welcomed you back. “Guy’s this is (name) and she will be joining us with our other new girl Bella.” Bella, the girl who he mentioned to be the other new girl, made her way to your table. She looked pale and her demeanor told you that she was more introverted than others in this group. “You must be Bella?” You asked though you knew that she was. She nodded and asked your name and you happily gave it to her.
You looked back to the table where the girl was sitting. She was leaning on a boy with honey-like blond hair. He looked like he was in pain or fighting against an urge to run away. As you studied her she looked up to meet your eyes. She gave you a little smile. You looked at her with a little surprise. The hair on your arms had rosen a little. You tear your eyes from hers and your cheeks heated up a little. When you turned back to look at her she had removed her eyes from you.
You made sure to remember to ask Mike about them but especially about her.
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writing-for-life · 8 days
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Sandman March Mania: Winner Announcement
This is it, everyone! Since March 25th, you voted every day. Four rounds, 24 amazingly talented artists who qualified, and each time one of them had to go, it hurt a little.
But we didn’t do this because we truly see these artists in competition with each other. Our goal was to get to know them better, share what moves us about their art, also have fun with the… weird depictions and generally just acknowledge:
The Sandman wouldn’t exist without them.
They all gave us unique and wonderful interpretations of Dream (and not just Dream) and we’re so grateful for all of them. So without further ado, here are your winners (are you surprised?):
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1. Mike Dringenberg (50% of the vote)
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2. Jill Thompson (37% of the vote)
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3. Shawn McManus (13% of the vote)
And if you’d like to know how we got here, have a look at the recap of all four rounds—we really recommend you do, because each link contains all individual pairings with all the art, all the knowledgable, interesting, funny and sometimes heartbreaking stories people shared, and is generally just what fandom should be about:
Sharing the love.
Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
That’s us. We want to thank all of you who joined us over the past four weeks, because that’s also what this event was about: Something everyone can participate in. You didn’t have to write fanfic, you didn’t need to support a ship, you didn’t need to create art. You could just bond with other people over your favourite thing if you wanted to. Or simply vote.
And although we normally wouldn’t do so, we decided (after some agonising) to be annoying and tag @neil-gaiman in this to share what a small corner of fandom came together for over four weeks: To engage in, and bond over, art appreciation. We thought you might like it or think it was a silly thing to have a bracket match, or maybe both at once. But either way—we loved hosting it and joining in!
Thanks again everyone, and who knows, we might see you all again next year for something equally manic with a different topic.
Your hosts,
@tickldpnk8 and @writing-for-life
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panda-escapades · 9 months
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Easter Eggs/references from Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal
I wanted one place where all of this was together so I'm putting it together. I was hooked when I saw that the episode title itself was a reference to Ouran Highschool Host Club. I primarily enjoy DC content through their animated works, please let me know if I'm missing something from the comics, live action, or something else.
First we get Superman from Earth-F aka Superman from the Fleischer Superman Theatrical Shorts(1941–1943) (Mxy calls it Earth 12, this seems to be a typo in the script as Earth 12 is the MAwS earth and mentions that earth just before in the list, or there are multiple Earth 12s.)
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Then we get Superman from Earth 50 aka Superman from Super Friends (1973-1985)
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Then we get Superman from Earth 508 aka Superman from Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000)/ Justice League (2001-2004) / Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006)
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Then the final Superman from this scene Superman from Weird Earth. I think this is first instance of this kind of variation with superman as doing a quick search links the DC character 'The Weird' But I also love when multiverse productions just do weird and silly versions of things (looking at you hot dog hands Everything Everywhere All at Once)
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Our next batch of References is to and to the League of Lois Lanes, founded by Lois Prime, the first Lois to discover (and based on how she is talked about communicate and or travel to other universes). Our introduction to them has he League of Loises asking Lois lane and Jimmy Olsen of Earth 12 to come with them. While discussing the situation The League of Loises tell us that Earth 12 was a previously unknown universe to them (until Monsieur Mallah and the Brain opened it up last episode) and Mr. Mxyzptlk has used that opportunity to get MAwS Superman to help them. (We know that the League of Lois Lanes has lied to our MAwS Lois and Jimmy, and that Lois Prime didn't trust everyone. The very foundation of the organization could be fabricated to some degree as they all could be considered unreliable narrators but I can't see why they'd like about that big of world building so for now I'm taking that exposition as is). Lois Prime is also always refereed to in the past tense so we as the audience are supposed to assume she's dead.
For the Time Being I'm not going to discuss the League memebers as I am trying to just focus on the easter eggs (or so I told myself) But in the credits they are listed without an earth number and as Leader Lois; Grizzled Lois Lane; Robotic Lois; Lewis Lane; Jalana Olsen
Here are the images we get of Lois Prime. She appears to also be from the Fleischer Superman Theatrical Shorts(1941–1943) just with the art style blended a bit with MAwS.
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The next batch of references are the ones from the museum, which is said to be on earth prime.
First we get some establishing shots with a Big Mace (Thanagarian Mace) aka Hawkgirl's next to a Mother Box. This version of the mother box is based on Jack Kirby & Mike Royer's design.
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The Next Establishing shot we see a green lantern Power Battery, a T-Sphere, and a leather bound book with a that has a circle with a triangle in it. I'm just not sure what it is. The Book of Black does have a circle with a triangle on it, but it's black so I figure it's probably not that.
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Then we have Mxy and Superman enter and Mxy drops the act and admits he just wants to steal and knocks off a golden helmet. The gold helmet that is Doctor Fate's Helmet. Then in the background we have some metal objects, a sword, and a blue cloak. The silver and gold metal objects could be shields, but there's just not enough details for me to sink my teeth into looking deeper. The sword is very generic, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Excalibur as that shows up from time to time. Another Option could be the Vorpal Sword as its in the same display case with a blue cloak which could be Blue Boy's Witching Cloak. Though its also possible to be Raven's Cloak, or anyone who used a blue cloak.
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Next are named objects by Mxy Cosmic Rod aka Stargirl's staff.
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And the Flight Ring aka Legioneer flight ring. In the background we can also see Wonder Woman's gauntlets as well as her lasso of truth. The flight ring also blocks the view of a triangle on a staff as well as some metal tubes.
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Then Mxy Passes by the Soultaker Sword (The Katana) before grabbing the tape recorder he came for and that's the last of any clear objects in the museum.
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Then we get a cute bonding moment with Jimmy and Jalana where she shows off meeting Comet the Super-Horse.
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While that happens Earth-12 MAwS Lois sneaks into the locked room to see files on other Loises. The first we see is Lois Lane from Earth-52 who's an award winning reporter.
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Then we see Lois Lane from Earth-24. She's sporting a key to the city, but with her style of fashion is very kingdom hearts. They even have the detail of using one of Utada Hikari's hairstyles for her as has been done for Kairi.
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Then we get the last computer file Lois Lane from Earth-1 who is "Ready to meet with Dad" I personally think this is another foreshadowing moment that in this iteration of the characters her dad is going to be "The General" that we saw back in episode 2.
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Next bit we get is the meet up in Earth 14, which could have them landing in an uninhabited area, or it could be fully desolate. While everyone else is there Mxy steals the ship with Earth-12 MAwS Lois and go Headquarters. The entrance of Headquarters has holograms of several Loises.
The front most Lois lanes we get include Lois from Earth-F aka from the Fleischer Superman Theatrical Shorts(1941–1943) (just like the first other Superman we saw). And across from her we get the another Lois paired with one of the other Superman we saw. Lois Lane from Earth 508 from Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000)/ Justice League (2001-2004) / Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006)
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Next to Lois Lane from Earth 508 we see a Lois Lane as Superwoman.
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Next to Lois Lane from Earth-F we see a woman with a Hijab and Labcoat. There are 3 more holograms on this side of the hall, but we don't get a close up and the other Loises.
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We do get a few more details of the others as Mxy and Lois of MAwS walk through the hall. We see one black woman and an indigenous woman.
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The Last bit of HQ potential Easter Eggs we get is this shot of Mxy opening storage for weapons. However, if they are references I think they're to things outside of DC. The biggest sword in there is Gut's sword from Beserk. I would love to hear from people if they recognize any of these objects. I'm going to make a second post focusing on just that shot here.
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The the last ones we get are Lois reviewing the Superman File X
The first Superman we see doesn't have any kind of chest logo is Overman from Earth 17
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The second Superman with white cape is Superman is a villainous Justice Lord called Lord Superman.
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The Last Superman we see with the face scar doesn't seem to have any counter part so my money is he's a Superman from one of the League of Loises Earths.
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I'm really enjoying My Adventures with Superman. The team seems to really get what a Superman story is supposed to be about and how there is supposed to be fun and love in it. I do wish we could have a longer season because the pace is just so fast and it would be nice to settle in. But that's a bigger issue with the industry right now with studios ordering seasons to be short mini series instead of the traditional 26, but that's a conversation for another post and not a reflection of the team making the show.
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