I have a headcanon on how these guys style themselves postgame and you WILL hear me out.

Kanaya, Roxy, and Jade are self explanatory. They know how they want to present themselves. They know how to go forward with that. They’ve got colour combos and layering and fashion choices suited to their particular style IN THE BAG. Loud, prominent, they know whats up.

Jake, Calliope, and Jane get nudged into giving a fuck about fashion by anyone named above, or rather their own desire to dress up…Jake moreso because as a celebrity he gives too much of a fuck about his image to be anything less. Callie of course is affectionate enough with jade and roxy that they teach her how to style and i think she would like lolita and more daintier feminine stuff than roxy, but she does tend to sometimes switch over to suits. Jane is pure butch energy she dresses like a guy but as a girl with fashion sense. Like strict lesbian style. I dont know how else to fucking put it she would dress like how a butch lesbian would.

Jane and Jake stylewise would be similiar to some retro callback summer movie where everyones on a roadtrip in a yellow van or something except jake is more prone to extravagancy because he gives more of a fuck. Also one of them is wearing dresses and its NOT Jane.

Dirk and Rose.. fashion disasters. Dirk doesnt know fashion weight for a while and tries too hard id even suspect that he would try and mimic daves fashion style for a while until john or someone else blatantly calls him out in an offhand comment and jake and the rest of his friends start getting on his fucking case about being so bland with his fashion takes (all primaries, little to no patterns, basic, no layering.) that he caves and starts taking it like a personal challenge to style well.

At some point he has a revelation and realises he can get piercings and starts leaning into that and punk / gothish fashion. Black with complimentary colours recommended by friends.

Rose is sort of a fashion trainwreck like for all of kanayas nudging she doesnt really give a fuck and kanaya starts dictating her outfits and then of course she also gets the "someone makes an offhand comment that makes them mald really hard about it and go into a snooty onesided competition to prove they GET IT actually and that you were TOTALLY wrong about them not GETTING IT." Its the only way Dirk and Rose start caring.

Terezi and John get nudged around by their respective compadres about fashion sense and style, but they generally dont give a damn and have their own thing going for them. Theyve got their own vibe and style that feels well on them and especially terezi wise i think she would lean into the fashion disaster for fun. As long as the colours taste well together, who gives a damn about layering etc etc. throw in some crocs with a suit. An oversized shirt with a tapered skirt. Who cares. John is more tried and true but he styles out ENOUGH so he doesnt end up in the last (deorgatory) category.

Dave and Karkat are the real stubborn contendors of the friendgroup fashionwise. Baggy on baggy outfitwear. WILL get on your case if you point out had it not been for their respective colour choices they basically dress the exact same. Same mix of cargo pants, sweatpants, tracksuit pants, hoodies, and tshirts to keep them going for the lifetime. There js nothing else. Whats layering. Accessories? Well except for a watch hard pass. Patterned clothing? No way. Basic colours ONLY. Maybe Dave would dig long shorts ive always seen him as a longshorts kind of guy but its never anything noteworthy. Type of guys to choose what theyre wearing with their eyes closed thats how basic their closet is.

Anyways thats my style and fashion thoughts. Let me know what you think. Discuss and all that. Also tag yourself on which one youre closest to stylewise. Im jake. Obviously.

Could you write Reese x reader who has similar style to him but like the girl version? like he sees at her school wearing maybe a tight shirt with baggy cargos and he LOOSES it n NEEDS to talk to her. Thanks so much 🩵

I Like Your Style (Reese Wilkerson X Reader)

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Summary: For spirit week, you convince Reese to participate in twin day with you. Feelings arise when he sees your outfit.

A/N: the ending’s so bad bc i had no idea how to finish this, ive been having such a writers block lately. made them friends instead of strangers, hope that’s ok lol also modern au bc they have cellphones

***

“Please.”

“No.”

“Please.”

“No.”

“Please, Reese!” You whined, following your friend around his house. 

“Spirit week is stupid! There’s no way I’m participating in that.” He shook his head at the idea, opening his fridge to find something to make for a snack. “Never have, never will. How do you feel about peanut butter and jelly?”

“Yeah, I’m good with that.” You answered, going around to sit at the counter he was making sandwiches on so you could be face to face. “Just one of the days, Reese. That’s all I ask.”

Reese didn’t answer until he had finished making both your sandwiches. He put your plate in front of you and took a bite of his food, mulling everything over.

“Which day?” 

“Tuesday.” You answered immediately. You knew it was the only day Reese would consider saying yes to because of how simple it was. “It’s Twin Day, so you wouldn’t even have to really dress up. You just gotta tell me what you’re wearing so I can match. Or we can go to the mall or something.”

“We’re both broke; there’s no way we can buy whole new outfits.” You snorted. Sadly, that was true. 

“So, will you do it?”

“Fine.” He said it somewhat reluctantly, but you still clapped with glee at the answer.

“Yay! Just tell me what you’re gonna wear, and I’ll try to find something like it. But just make sure you tell me in advance.” You finished your sandwich, slowly looking up at your friend with pleading eyes. “Can I have another?” Reese wordlessly took your plate, preparing another sandwich for you.

***

On Sunday night, you were lying in bed when your phone buzzed next to your head. You squinted from the brightness and saw a message from Reese.

Reese: how’s this?

Attached was a picture of him standing in the mirror. The outfit was pretty basic, just some baggy cargo and a semi-tight long sleeve. You mentally went through your closet, trying to put together an outfit of your own.

Y/n: that works!

Y/n: see you tuesday twin lol

Reese: already regretting this

Y/n: booooo

You shut your phone off, rolled out of bed, and went to your closet. With Reese’s outfit fresh in your mind, you picked out some pieces that would match well. 

Setting everything aside, you wondered what to do with your hair. Reese had frosted tips, a good look on him. But you didn’t feel like bleaching your hair; you didn’t have that much school spirit. Deciding you’d figure it out tomorrow, you got back into bed and quickly dozed off.

***

When Reese entered the quad on Tuesday, he tried looking for you. But you weren’t in any of your regular hangout spots. Assuming you were running late, he shrugged and found a place to sit down.

A few minutes passed when Reese felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see you with a wide grin plastered on your face.

“Hey! I would’ve gotten here sooner, but these fake highlights were a bitch to clip in.” You rounded the bench your friend was sitting on so you were standing before him. “What do you think?”

Reese gulped as he took in your appearance. Just like him, you were wearing a tight shirt and baggy cargo pants that hung around your hips. The only difference with your outfits was that you tucked your shirt into your pants, accentuating your figure. A figure that Reese was now thinking about in a way that most friends wouldn’t.

The clip-in highlights you were talking about almost made him laugh. To mimic the frosted tips Reese sported, you bought some platinum blonde extension clips from Lucky Aide and scattered them throughout your hair. It was honestly a bit flattering that you had taken the time to try to mirror his appearance.

“You look…” Reese gave you one last look over before looking you in the eyes. “You look good.”

“Why, thank you.” You fished around in one of the deep pockets of your pants for your phone. “Okay, now stand up. I want a picture.” Immediately, Reese shook his head.

“That wasn’t part of the deal.”

“It is now.” You grabbed Reese’s hand and pulled him up, which he easily could’ve fought against. But you just seemed so excited; he complied when you asked him to pose for the camera. Reese even pulled you closer to him by the waist so both of you were in the frame.

“You should start dressing more like this.” He commented while you snapped a few pictures.

“Oh really?”

“Yeah, you look hot.” 

You laughed, looking through all your pictures to find a good one to post later.

“You don’t look too bad yourself, Reese.” The boy looked at your phone to see the sweet smile on your face as you leaned into him in the pictures.

Yeah, the feelings swirling inside of Reese were definitely becoming less and less platonic.

***

Malcolm in the Middle Taglist: @rattilol

hi! i was hoping to make a hunter cosplay of my own and ive been looking at a lot of different cosplays to see what works for people. I really like your cosplay and how you made it more real than cartoony, and I was wondering if you had any tips on creating a cosplay (and also I just wanted to say again that I LOVE YOUR HUNTER COSPLAY IT LOOKS AMAZING) 👉👈

Oh yes, I would love to offer some tips!! Let me say right out of the gate: I'm mostly going to focus on how I put my costume together, but I really don't want it to come across as intimidating/expensive/complex if you're newer to this stuff, so know that if there are ways you end up deviating or cutting corners or doing something totally different, that's just you figuring out your own path and that's something 100% encouraged! Cosplay is a cool hobby in part because there are a million ways to do it, and everyone makes mistakes along the way that help them learn. That said, here's a look into my process!

(Also my original response to this was apparently TOO LONG and tumblr wasn't going to let me post it, so watch this space for a reblog with some other tips!!)

I really like thinking about the, like, design and materiality of the costumes I make, so honestly my starting point for a cosplay like Hunter is first going "Okay, what do I think these different parts would be made of in the real world?" even before considering what I'm actually going to make them out of. For some things that's an easy question -- obviously the mask and pauldron of the Golden Guard outfit feel like they should look like metal armor -- but for others it's more complicated. Like, what types of fabrics would his clothes be made out of? Why? And for parts like Flapjack, how do you split the difference between "sometimes made of wood, sometimes a real, actual bird" in a way that feels satisfying?

For example, for Hunter, my thoughts were as follows: the Golden Guard outfit is fancier than the normal Scout ones and felt like it should look a little bit showy, but at the end of the day, it's also a military uniform that he wears out on missions, so choosing fabrics that felt both nice and durable seemed like the best way to capture the "feel" of the outfit. I wanted to make something that looked important but practical, and based a lot of my decisions off that vibe.

I also took note of some of the "impossibilities" of his costume as a result of the animated medium -- for example, his cloak shifts from being a simple over-the-shoulder cape (which is what most people seem to make when cosplaying him) to a full-on circle cloak that closes up in the front when he's standing stiff and at attention. That's possible in a cartoon, but not in real life, because those are two different types of garments that require totally different amounts of fabric! So with things like that, you sort of have to pick which vibes you want to preserve, as opposed to trying to mimic the show perfectly. For me, that meant patterning out a more complicated cloak, closer to the circle-cloak style but with seams and shaping in the shoulders that make it possible for me to pin it back and look a little like a cape, even though it isn't one. I liked the bigger, heavier garment because I feel like it really drives home his vulnerability next to Belos. But someone who prefers the cool swooshiness of his cloak when he's out in the field would have wanted to make the cape! If and when you look at patterns, definitely pay as much attention to the energy they have and what they make you feel as you do to whether or not they match Hunter's "canon" look perfectly. You're working with fabric, not animating, and embracing the medium you're actually messing around with is definitely going to help with capturing that realism you're after. Related, but just know you're going to have seams in your outfit where there aren't any in the show. It's impossible to make functional clothing without there being visible seams somewhere, even though cartoons rarely show them. Focus more on making the costume you want and learn to love the realism they add instead of stressing over "inaccuracy"

Another thing: I don't know how familiar you are with different types of fabric (being entirely honest, I am way less so than many of my cosplay friends, so don't worry if the answer is "not very") but doing a bit of reading on them might be helpful, and I really highly recommend going to a fabric store and walking around feeling the different materials, thinking about what kinds of clothes they remind you of and how they move and stuff. One of the things that adds a lot of the "realism" to my Golden Guard outfit is that I used a variety of different fabric types, all with fairly unique textures -- the undertunic is this thick, metallic linen, that looks almost like a fencing lamé, which felt perfect for evoking that "fancy, but also combat" vibe I was going for, the overtunic is a more synthetic material but with a texture to it that definitely makes it look less cartoony, the white cloak fabric is a nice, shimmer-y material that looks the most "luxury" out of all them, but I then lined it with a thick, heavy, gold cotton, which means it doesn't swish around as much but also maintains some of that practical/showy duality. Think about your everyday clothes -- I know right now, I'm wearing a light cotton t-shirt and jeans, both of which are made out of totally different fabrics. To really give Hunter a "real life" feel, I leaned into that same idea. The Golden Guard outfit especially has so many layers, so there's lots of room to play around with mixing and matching materials -- just make sure you like how they all look together, too!

(Here are all my fabrics before I cut them: you can see how they all look and act a bit different from each other, and how the textured ones especially break away from that smooth, animated look some cosplayers prefer)

(......and here were my dozen paint and spray paint tests to try to figure out which colors/sheens I wanted for his armor)

👑 Hannibal Lecter

WOULD I: OH BABY OH BABY YOU KNOW IT

HAVE I EVER BEFORE: NO (and its a crime)

ICON & WRITING SAMPLE : (rip to the sick hannibal psd i used to have and lost)

He can tell before she even enters the room.

An expensive but out-of-fashion perfume, slathered too heavily; covering another smell. New shoes. A small town girl, out of place in Baltimore - too frugal. The anxious sound of acrylic nails picking at her leather handbag. Hannibal glances at the small clock on his desk. It ticks softly. She will not ask if she can sit - she will wait politely to be offered. Likely seat herself too far forward on the chair, as if eager to leave. He leans back, swirling every hint in his mind like wine in a glass. Struggles to form meaningful connections. A closeted queer, perhaps? Rachel... a Hebrew name. A dark-eyed ewe.

***

She has grey eyes, it turns out. Striking against her red hair, fading with stress. The painted edges of her nails dig into the armchair.

"It's not that I hated him, you know? I understood why he did it, all of it. Gambling is, um, it's a real, psychological problem, you know?"

Regurgitated words from half-hearted TV ads, and so-called motivational posters.

"You were angry with him."

Hannibal has some professional interest in this one, though she is far from the first of her kind to sit before him. Just another insecure girl terrified of the violence in her fantasies. She has imagined her hands stained red many times - an influence, if unconscious, to her choice of nail polish. Blood that doesn't wash off. Lady Macbeth and the king at once.

"Angry? Oh, I was furious!" the lady laughs, interlocking her fingers. Prominent knuckles bump together like muddled thoughts. "I... I shouted at Eric a lot. He never said anything. I couldn't stand it... That's why I left."

He imagines her looming atop a bed in the night-choirs of a country home. Outside, perhaps in a shift, blood glimmering like ink on her arms. A house in shambles, plates shattered and chairs upturned. Would she have turned herself in?

"What did your family think of Eric?"

She is pulled from her thoughts for a moment. A pale hand touches something under her sweater. Probably a pendant, some sort of childhood gift. "My... Oh, um. My mother... she always wanted me to marry. I-I'm an only child, and well... you know how old women are. They want to be grandmas so bad."

"But you didn't marry Eric."

Ah, marriage, the greatest war that women wage. It picks at their hearts, cracks their dulcet facades like shellfish. Often, the flesh doesn't spill out. Sometimes it does.

"Oh, God, no. My cousin Winona, bless her soul, she warned me about that kind of man. She's fresh out of her second marriage with some really bad types. I don't think I would've had the courage to leave without her." Nervous chuckling. A secret between them that weighs like stones. A droplet of resentment.

It's too late. This one leaped out before the water could be brought to boil, between the roaring of thunder and the strike of lightning. It's a shame, he thinks. Horror would have looked beautiful on her.

im finally watching under the red hood (ik a jason stan who hasnt seen it, blasaphemous) and holy shit. Ive got so much to say abt this.

Firstly, the line "tell the big man i said hello" is both horrible and amazing. Joker planted the bomb. he knew jason was not leaving that place. He was telling jason to say hi to god.

on that note, joker comparing him to dick? awful. not only did bruce do it, but others too?

dick/nightwing is so funny??? i love it honestly

the idea that joker was innocent before batman caused his insanity just adds a whole new layer to jason using the name, red hood. both of his biggest regrets under the same name? 10/10

batman beating joker to the point hes in a body cast for six months over jason?? good. shouldve killed him.

dick being shocked that bruce thanked him is very sad??

i love little jason and his quips. its so cute and totally doesnt make me wonder if he was doing all the showy flips and lines to mimic dick bc he thinks thats the robin bruce wants

the way bruce puts the pieces together, i lowkey hope it hurt him to even think about it

jason said "these hands rated pg-17. gotta be an adult"

JASON SAYING "YOU HEARD WRONG" abt them saying he uses his power to kill for money bc REALLY HES PROTECTING KIDS

"What took you so long?" "Shut up and fight"

"I missed watching you work" man was not even trying to hide his identity was he

He pushed him out of the fucking way.

"be glad i only killed one" yessir. god i adore it here.

i love jensen ackles all the time but him as my favorite adoptive trauma buddy is the best thing ever. the quips yall.

maybe its my trauma but i like that bruce is blaming himself.

the amount of fucks that joker had in black mask scene is hilarious and very relatable. "not these guys. cause well. theyre kinda dead"

ive been saying ra's wrong. i thought it was pronounced Rays not raysh.

im glad that ra's feels bad. good. fuck you too.

also 10/10 for Talia. bc shes hot af in this movie, would watch anything that had her starring in this art style.

jason absolutely going ham on the league after they resurrect him is very on brand honestly.

BRUCE JUST LEAVNG WHILE RA'S IS TALKING FUCKING GOLD ok

"his life and his death are my greatest failures" good. feel bad you shit show. on that note, when he says life, im assuming he meant the way he treated him not yk actually regretting his life.

my partner. 10/10 my soldier 0/10

"MOTORCYLE FETISH" i love that so much. never heard anything better.

jason is legitimately so smart ok. the whole plan.

what is joker's obsession with slumber parties?

"something you helped make" i love it so much.

i hate that he was right that bruce would come save joker.

"crap." the deadman expression ik that man was wearing under that awful mask.

"what bothers you more? that your greatest failure has returned from the grave?" he thinks that he is the greatest failure when really its his death. awful.

"antiquated sense of morality" agreed. fuck him.

"i thought id be the last person you would let him hurt." how much more can you hurt me?

i hate that the reasoning behind keeping joker alive is actually just his own moral dilemma, no matter how much he says it isnt.

jason just wanted bruce to pick him one time. that was it.

becoming a child soldier was the best day of his life. let that sink in.

why do we never get to see adult jason's face? unfair.

Star Wars: The Franchise

Back in the mid 70s around Modesto, California, it is doubtful that George Lucas could have imagined that his idea for a space opera would become the second highest grossing movie franchise of all time. There has been some questionable content, however, since the groundbreaking original, and the returns have not been as great. There were also some one-offs that a lot of the younger fans might not be aware of. For my own sanity and organization, here is a listing of all feature length movies in the franchise:

Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) -

Definitely the most successful film (heck, one of the most successful films of all time) that made almost a billion dollars at the box office worldwide...in the 80s. Amazing. The story mimics the hero's journey as described by Joseph Campbell, giving it basically the most satisfying story imaginable. Nobody except for friend of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, thought it would be as successful as it was. This kind of popularity meant there was going to be some sequels and, since George Lucas was the man behind the whole thing, only one man was about to get tasked with future success.

Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) -

This was a TV movie that was made to cash in on the massive popularity of the first movie while the second one was in production. It is terrible. I generally try to hold back judgement and point out subjective opinions, but I think I can say that this made-for-TV movie is objectively bad. It is the equivalent of a variety show, a format which was popular at the time, and it was awful. It is widely considered to be one of the worst visual productions of all time. Just to give a hint of its awfulness, the movie follows the adventures of Chewbacca's Wookie family and they only speak in growls with no interpretation or subtitles. Laughably awful.

The Empire Strikes Back (1980) -

Arguably the best of the films as far as story and plot, this film was actually directed by Irvin Kershner with a George Lucas story adapted to the screen by Lawrence Kasdan. This film is legitimately fantastic and not just new and fun. It is so well written and directed with the famous reveal between Luke and Darth Vader. It also is incredibly downbeat at the end that perfectly sets up the next film. I personally think this is the best example of fine film in the franchise, although it doesn't have as much big action and no giant space laser. Well worth watching and makes the third film a must see.

Return of the Jedi (1983) -

Well, not as good as the first two, but still pretty darn good. This film introduced the Ewoks and the Endor moon battle. Many fans thought that the introduction of living teddy bears was a mistake that distract from the story. What really made the film, apparently, was the whole sequence at the beginning that takes place at Jabba the Hut's palace and involves Princess Leia in a metal bikini. We also find out that Luke and Leia are twins, so that kiss in the second film suddenly becomes kind of awkward. This becomes kind of a theme from here on out: should we disavow canon or put in throwaway lines and scenes to cover things that were mentioned in previous movies. It plagues the prequels.

The Ewok Adventure (1984) -

I get a lot of garbage about it, but I love these movies because I grew up with them. They are not that great and the copy that I saw over and over had ads from the early 80s throughout. Heavy nostalgia. Also, some of the Ewoks were played by established actors from what is now called Episode VI, Warwick Davis as Wicket and Tony Cox as Widdle. It was a lot of fun, but definitely a higher budgeted TV movie. It did become so successful that it got a theater release as Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure. This naming style stuck around for the spin off films that were made in the late 2010s.

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) -

Hot dang, they made a second one with Wilford Brimley! Both of the Ewok films were thought up by George Lucas and sold to ABC. Both films were also given special Emmy awards for special effects. I can't fault either Ewok film as far as visuals since both got the ILM treatment. I have stated that I liked both of these movies more than some of the prequels, and I stand by that.

The Phantom Menace (1999) -

The next three films followed the first three episodes in the Star Wars saga and are now generally known as the prequels. They are also pretty widely hated. One reason for that was the introduction of young Anikan Skywalker (eventual Darth Vader) and his growing attachment to Lord Palpatine (Darth Sidious). The problem with the prequels is that it was a path leading to a result that had been established over 20 years ago in the first film. They also introduced a character named Jar-Jar Binks who was just awful. There was a great pod racing scene and an epic Sith vs. Jedi battle that really were the highlights of the film. The music was also pretty epic, but the film was otherwise not that great. It was completely made under the helm of George Lucas and fans were suddenly starting to wonder if he was the genius they had thought him to be. What I consider to be the best YouTube deep dive movie review of all time, a group called Red Letter Media made a seven part review that explains why the movie was such a problem. You can watch the first part and it will auto load all seven here:

(1) Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7) - YouTube

Attack of the Clones (2002) -

Alright, here is where things really start to go down hill. There is a fine actor by the name of Hayden Christiansen that is just awful in this film. He is given nothing to do for the most part. He is supposed to be this amazing Jedi general, but he spends most of his time walking around speaking in a very monotone voice. He does have some fun piloting scenes, but he is written as such a whiny brat. There are two epic battles (the coliseum and Dooku vs. Yoda) and we get to see a bounty hunter in action. It does seem like a lot of fan service glued together by boring politics and horrifically bad acting.

Revenge of the Sith (2005) -

This is widely considered the worst of the prequel movies and generally laughable at some points. There is supposed to be an epic lava battle at the end, but it is just a bunch of screaming about a failed bromance. We get to see the end of the characters in the prequel and set up the original movies...that were now almost 30 years old. It was unsatisfying and not even slightly worth the wait. It was at this time that George Lucas said that there would never be a seventh episode that would follow the original trilogy.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) -

There was a very compelling series of Star Wars shorts in 2003 made by Genndy Tartakovsky that did very well. George Lucas saw this and decided that a lot of the most interesting Star Wars events had occurred during the time between the prequels and the original series. Lucasfilm put out an animated movie to test the waters and it was so successful that 7 seasons of great animated adventures were made to show the epic battles that were supposed to take place between the second and third episode. I honestly believe that this was the very best space action of the entire franchise.

The Force Awakens (2015) -

George Lucas sold the Star Wars franchise over to Disney and fans got a new movie that was never supposed to happen. Once Disney came on board, the brand became much more prolific. Until the pandemic, there were plans to put out a Star Wars movie every year for a decade. The first was episode seven and was made by J.J. Abrams. It was similar to the first film (episode IV) in so many ways that fans started to think it was just a remake. It even had a lot of the characters from the original trilogy. It was much better received by fans following the prequels and introduced a storyline that was not already spoiled by previous movies. There was a lot of unnecessary fan service for those who loved the original trilogy. This makes since because it involved Lawrence Kasdan, who helped with the screenplay for episode five and six from the original trilogy.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) -

A full big budget release of a Star Wars movie that wasn't one of the episodes was an interesting idea. It was an entire movie to explain a throwaway line from the original 1977 movie. I lot of people died to get some plans for the big weapon in the first film and people wanted to know exactly how that happened. Actually they didn't. But Disney thought it was a good idea and it seemed like it would make a lot of money (it did). It gave the producers a chance to make a movie with new characters and only mentions of the famous story (this was important because the other actors where making the next episode).

The Last Jedi (2017) -

This was an interesting change of pace from the rest of the films because it seemed to drop the idea of the "chosen one" and say that anyone could be a Jedi. It is basically one giant escape story and is closer to Mad Max in space than it is to the other Star Wars films. It was given in full by Disney to Rian Johnson and it shows. This was the first episode film that had nothing in common with any of the production group from the original trilogy. No Kasdan, no Kirschner, no Lucas, all Disney. It was not very well received.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) -

The worst performing of any of the Star Wars live action feature length films, this was the story of Han Solo. That's it. There is not a lot of history about the character and he is so cool, fans needed to have a stand alone movie about his youth. That's a lie, Disney wanted a movie to come out between episode eight and nine. This was the best that the suits could come up with and it definitely made money, but it is lame.

The Rise of Skywalker (2019) -

Well, the movie completely helmed by Rian Johnson was not popular enough so there was a total retcon situation and this film basically picked up where episode seven left off. It was the same team from episode seven (since that film was so much more popular) and they made a final film that wraps up with a bow. Sort of. There was definitely room in the film world for more Star Wars movies to be made (it is owned by Disney) and I really don't believe it is finished as a franchise.

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Just in case there are people who were nervous that this was the end of the franchise, there is currently a stand alone film called Rogue Squadron that is supposed to come out in 2023. Thank goodness. There was also the popular Mandalorian series on Disney +. But the franchise has been making huge films for almost 45 years now, so maybe it is time to stop. We have the MCU that has made almost twice as much money as the Star Wars universe, so most movie goers have picked their setting that they want to see. Maybe there could be a crossover (I am kidding, please no) and it would be the most watched film of all time.

Fine Line Masterpost:

A breakdown, musically and lyrically 

In Fine Line, ‘raw honesty’ doesn’t really mean delving into the details of who Harry Styles is sleeping with, but rather it’s a glimpse into the world of a 25-year-old who is both deeply in love and who fucks up a lot; he’s given to sugary supplications, is plagued by jealousy, pouts at consequences, and struggles with understanding an inner self that keeps prodding him towards exploration of his identity.  

The album is constructed to be consumed by various factions of the fandom. There’s no getting away from the surface dedication of HS2 as an ode to a blonde supermodel with a delicious French accent whose new boyfriend’s father owns a gallery, a girl who has golden hair and blue eyes. I won’t be arguing that away, because it’s intentional, it’s meant to be the surface layer. 

The mantle is not the crust, though. Taken individually, each song can be seen as speaking to the queer experience in varied and complex ways, and I’ve seen some truly beautiful explorations of this angle. Especially with TPWK and FL, the anthemic solidarity with queer experience is astounding and gorgeous. I think it’s no accident that this broad take holds true as we zoom in and look at the complex details; Harry has written songs that speak both to this meaning and also hold incredibly personal and intimate significance between him and a partner (in this post we’ll call them Subject). 

I will be focusing on the album as a cohesive narrative in the context of it’s chronological, linear progression. Fine Line details an incredibly personal struggle; it’s a love letter, an at times embarrassing, self-loathing reflection on a love gone wrong, a love struggling, an emerging self, and a hope redeemed. 

Please feel free to ask questions if any of the technical stuff is confusing, but please also remember that these are my opinions, coupled with my analysis as a professional musician (meaning, hopefully I’m remembering those torturous years of theory dictation correctly!) 

Side A 

All four songs share an off-kilter-ness, a restless, unsettled, frantic feeling, as if Harry is balancing, undecided between throwing himself at the feet of the one he loves or pulling away. This is no illusion; the tonic base is missing from each song save WS (but even here the tonic is sabotaged in our ear, as we’ll discuss). We’re on a journey to side B; we start with a hope that sweet memories and lust can salvage love, and we end with Harry going his own way.

Golden: There are only two chords in this song, DM and CM7, the V and IV7 of the implied tonic, G Major. We never get to tonic though. We never touch that home base. The songs “da da da’s” give it a happier, peppier illusion than the text reveals. 

Harry is already broken, already reflecting and hopeless as the song begins. His intended listener, Subject - the sun, the golden one - waits for him in the sky, and is all he’s ever known. Subject has always browned his skin just right, but now, Harry reflects, perhaps has been too bright for him. (Is some aspect of Harry buried in the brilliance of Subject’s light?) This golden Subject is scared, though, scared Harry is so open. Harry doesn’t want to be alone, but he also needs to peel back edges of himself previously unexplored. Stepping into and away from light is a major theme for Harry, and this opening song sets that precedent. Subject is scared because “hearts get broken,” but Harry’s heart is already broken, so perhaps this refers not to interpersonal heartbreak, but situational. Harry recognizes he’s “out of his head...” BUT, he counters, “Loving you’s the antidote!” He naively gushes out poetry while Subject remains unconvinced. We establish an impasse. 

Watermelon Sugar: The Dm - Cm - Am6 - GM chord progression is an odd one; my best guess is that the song is in D minor, so the progression is: 

i, VII, v, IV

 That’s not typical in a minor key. Usually the leading tone note (in this case a C) is raised (so C#) making the five chord Major (V) not minor (v) and the seven chord diminished (viio) not Major (VII). also the Major IV ignores the B flat in the key signature of D minor and instead uses B natural. So all this to say that the tonic base STILL doesn’t feel like a tonic home, because the normalcy around the key signature is erased. Everything still feels unsettled, unresolved. 

Much has been made of the oral sex interpretation, so, ya. This is a song about remembering the best of times, a prayer to Subject, a plea for summertime and bellies and strawberries, and a feeling Harry is desperate to get back. 

Adore You: The three chords in this song, Cm - BbM - AbM, imply an E flat Major key, so vi, V, IV, respectively. The tonic, Eb (I), is (once again) never used, and instead vi, V, IV circle without ever coming to rest. 

Subject, “Honey,” creates a rainbow paradise. This is another love letter to Subject, let me adore you, I’ll walk through fire for you, you don’t have to say anything just listen to me, you don’t have to say you love me too, just please, please... you’ve been on my mind. Let me adore you like it’s the only thing I’ll ever do. By this wording, Harry admits that adoring Subject is not the only thing he ever does, yet he wishes Subject to remember, or imagine, this false reality. 

Lights Up: We’re in C Major here, with the chords Am - GM - FM, creating the same exact chord progression as Adore You, vi, V, IV. We (yet again!) never reach the tonic of C Major. It’s a constant tease of resolution, but there’s no solid home base. We’re suspended in limbo. 

Subject is “sorry, btw.” What does that mean, Harry asks? Sorry we’re here in this place, that this is happing? This song is Harry’s declaration: he’s not staying, he’s not coming back down. It would be sweet if things stayed the same, but no, I’m stepping into the light. “All the lights couldn’t put out the dark”... even all the golden sun of Subject couldn’t heal the void in Harry’s soul?  Harry asks subject, do you know who you are? implying that he’s determined to answer this for himself. I’m reminded of the crab in Moana, singing “Shiny.” There’s a certain bravado here, a reckless glittery happiness, a flaunting, an exuberance in discovery. 

Side B 

Tonics are all over the place. Harry is certainly certain about heartbreak. No ambiguity here. 

Cherry: GM - Em - CM, or  I, vi, IV. We’re in G Major and we know it. Repetitive “cou-cos’s” pepper the track like hanging fruit (let’s imagine from cherry trees). 

The song is a simple one, simple in its jealousy. Harry has let Subject go, and now Subject is at their best... and Harry hates it. He doesn't want his former pet term of endearment used on another, even though he has no claim on Subject’s actions anymore. Harry keeps finding bits of Subject in how he dresses. They’re not talking lately, and Harry perhaps is most upset that this separation isn’t going how he planned... Subject is at their best without him. 

The gallery line is inserted as a bridge, a unique line of music rather separate from the rest, an intentional narrative. But what’s most fascinating is the end of the song. The previous repetitive chord progression changes. Now we have 

GM - AM7 (an added C#) - Am7 (4/2 inversion) - GM

or I, II7, ii7, I

The “cou-cou” lands during the AM7 (the II7) and it lands EXACTLY on the note of B, extending the 7th chord to a ninth chord, before, on its second syllable, dropping to the A and holding there (a kind of suspension) while the chord progression resolves to the Am7 (ii7), making the A a chord tone. This is deliberate. Unless the whole piece was harmonically built around Camille’s random use of a B to A in a voicemail (also randomly in the perfect key for Harry’s voice) this was purposely recorded for aesthetic effect. I for one really love it, I could listen to breathy french girls mutter about beaches endlessly...

Falling: A straightforward progression. In the key of E Major,

 EM - C#m - BM - AM or I, vi, V, IV

With Falling, the only ballade on the album, we see Harry shift from jealousy to self destructive behavior. I don’t believe the ‘wandering hands’ line is about cheating (he and Subject were already apart) but rather, Harry seeking to wound Subject by turning to others. Communication is back open, because Subject says they care, they miss him too, but now Harry’s gone and fucked it all up. What have I become? What if Subject never needs me again? I can’t unpack the baggage they left. I just want Subject AROUND! Harry isn’t even begging for a romantic connection, he’s simply begging for Subject’s presence. He was so sure he could discover himself in LU, and now he keeps asking, what am I now? Who has he become on his own? He’s falling, and there’s no one to catch him. 

To Be So Lonely: This song waffles between two keys, just as Harry waffles between defending himself to Subject and finally, finally admitting (in just one small line) that he is, in fact, sorry. The song seems to start out in C Major, with CM and Am chords (I, iv) but then at the chorus the Am chord elides from a iv to a i, revealing the key is really A minor. The chorus goes on to be:

Am - GM - Em - FM 

or i, VII (lowered leading tone in minor), v (lowered leading tone in minor), VI

A fluttering mandolin mimics a fluttering heartbeat, and a folk music lilt gives the song a certain feel of heartbreak. 

Harry asks for Subject to not blame the drunk caller, likely himself. Harry was away. He missed Subject. He was just a little boy when he fell, and presumably Subject caught him that time. Subject is trying to be friends, they mean well, perhaps have taken pity on him, but Harry cannot stand to be called baby now, not when that name doesn’t mean what it used to, not when it’s a hollow word. Harry’s ‘home’ is suddenly a lonely place, but Subject has his reasons for how he’s acted, presumably good ones, and finally Harry gives his mea culpa, “this is it, so I’m sorry.” 

Interestingly, only after admitting that he’s made mistakes too, that he’s not perfect, that he shares the blame, does Harry confront and open himself to the realization contained in the next song, the heart of the album and the crux of what Harry’s been dancing around up until this point. 

She: In E minor, both verse and chorus use the same progression:

Em - DM - CM - Am - (Bm, a quick lead-in to) - Em 

 or i, II, VI, iv, v (no raised leading tone), i 

This Bowie-esc sounding song is the first to have characters. In addition to the Subject (perennially addressed as ‘You’) there is The Man and She. I would argue The Man and She are both Harry, a duality. The man drops his kids off at school, the man is thinking of You, like all of us do (everyone thinks of their SO perhaps). The Man goes through mundane daily tasks, but is he faking it? Does he really know what to do? He’s playing pretend, so pretend. 

Now Harry introduces She. (When speaking of She, Harry sings in a high falsetto.) She lives in daydreams, she is the first one he sees, and Harry doesn’t know who She is. A Woman just in his head, who sleeps in his (a jump up to the falsetto for just this one word in the verse) bed while he plays pretend. Much has been said about the gender/fluidity discovery in this song, and by better than me. It’s clear what Harry is saying, it’s clear what he’s going through and wrestling with. He’s thinking of Subject, but also haunted by She, in his head, in his mind’s eye, in his daydreams. She is a part of Harry, and Harry wants to know who She is. 

Side C

Uncomplicated tonics! All Major! A shift into happiness perhaps? 

Sunflower: F Major. BbM - FM - CM, or IV, I, V.  The bridge is fancy:

iii, IV, V, vi, I, V vi, V (vi?) V 

Some trippie hippie song from the 60s! Two lines of thought are apparent from the get go; Harry says he wants to get to know Subject, but then says “before I got to know you.” It’s as if this is a new beginning, like he and Subject are starting over. Much is made of the ‘seed’ thing, a metaphor for new life and rebirth, “plant new seeds in the melody.” Harry is trying hard not to talk to Subject, to not seem eager, not act a fool. He was just tongue tied, then he’s still tongue tied, implying he’s done this whole dance before. He implores Subject to hold their sweet memories: domestic times, kitchens, kids. In Golden, Subject was the sun. Now Subject is a sunflower, hung up high in the gallery, out of the shade, in the light a sunflower needs to thrive, into the light, step into the light. Little gasps from Harry interject throughout; is he surfacing from water (LU music video?), is he breathing between kisses, is he suddenly gifted new life like Gandalf atop Isengard? The end of the piece devolves into calls of unbridled, nonsensical joy, like birds song, like mating calls amongst brilliant plumage. 

Canyon Moon: D Major. DM - GM - AM - DM (I, IV, V, I)

 Bridge DM - (Em transit?) - AM - DM (I, (ii), V, I) 

Chorus DM - AM - DM - GM (I, V6, I6, IV) 

Perhaps the most straightforward tonic bound song of the album. Harry is missing Subject, but it’s a happy nostalgia now, a hopeful one, a “two weeks and I’ll be home.” Home is no longer a lonely place, like in TBSL. The world is happy waiting (there’s no rush? No need to have everything figured out?). “Doors yellow, broken, blue.” You can’t bribe the door on the way to the sky a sky where Harry’s Golden sun awaits him, and now the sky door is broken, busted through, that blue door to a blue sky that never looked so blue. 

We get another glimpse of She here; Subject remains You, Harry remains Harry, but there’s also a She who plays old hippies’ love songs and pretends to know the words; perhaps this is another Camille reference for narrative purposes, but I lean more towards this being another reference to She as Harry, exploring odd new music he’s never heard, trying not to be so pretentious about it but failing. (He’s such an Aquarius.) Most charmingly of all, the single whistler becomes two by the end of the song. 

Treat People With Kindness: F Major. This is the most interesting piece in terms of text painting. 

We start with CM6 - FM, then FM6/4 - BbM, then back to CM6 - FM, then we hold on the Am chord, and then repeat the whole thing. So analyzed in F Major this would be V6, I, I6/4, IV, V6, I, iii. 

But. By using the I6 to IV, Harry plays with the idea of a V of IV, where you take the IV chord of the key and pretend it has its own dominant (V) and use the V of IV not as the I chord normally is used, but as a Leading Tone chord to IV. 

ALL THAT TO SAY. He’s illustrating the lyrics. During “Maybe we can find a place” the chords are playing with dual resolutions. Where is the actual tonic? Is it F Major or B Flat Major? It’s ambiguous! We don’t know! We haven’t found our place yet! 

But then! The bridge. “And if we’re here long enough” and look where we land, on a CM chord, then BbM, then FM, a solid V, IV, I progression. And THEN (bless this boy) on the word belong we get the same A minor chord (the iii) but we get a 7th added to the chord, a G, and Harry holds this G in the melody (plant new seeds in the melody), a note that VERY MUCH DOES NOT BELONG because in no universe does a iii chord in Major have a 7th added! And Harry not only ADDS but draws attention to this note, this note that doesn’t belong!!! Then this iii7 chord resolves to C Major (V), making the G note a chord tone, making it BELONG, making it fit perfectly. 

GOD. Weep with me. 

This is Over the Rainbow. This is Hair, this is Age of Aquarius. Somewhere there’s a place we can belong and feel good and people will celebrate and rejoice in us, someday a new age will dawn. 

Harry is plunging into the deep end, dreaming, caught up in his good feelings and his euphoria in being “given second chances.” He’s tentative about admitting reckless hope to Subject; instead he says, “Maybe we can find a place to feel good?” Harry says he doesn’t need all the answers. He said in LU “do you know who you are” then in Falling “What am I now?” then in She “I don't know who she is” and now he’s at peace. He feels good in his skin, and he will keep on dancing. 

Most personally, I think the sudden somber turn of the line “If our friends all pass away” is in reference to grief. He’s speaking to Subject, but also to himself. It will be okay, okay, okay. Harry can’t control his life, he doesn’t have everything figured out, but he’s come to accept that. 

Side D

Fine Line: D Major. We come full circle, returning to the use of only three chords like at the start of the album. This time, though, Harry resolves to tonic in a repetitive pattern used for both the verses and chorus: 

Bm, GM7, DM6/4, or vi, IV7, I

FL is the summation of the album, the thesis statement, the conclusion of the journey. Harry has endured tests of patience, and accepted that there are things he’ll never know. He’s trying to shake off trepidation (of plunging in the deep end? Of hoping?). He says “My hand’s at risk, I fold.” The poker analogy is an interesting one; Subject (presumably) has gotten past Harry’s poker face, has sussed out his fronts and acts and strategies, and Harry is left bare and exposed, vulnerable before them. He’s been brought to this point, but willingly he folds. He laments that “spreading you open is the only way of knowing you.” We should open up before it’s all too much. Harry is done fighting. He’s also done sleeping in the dirt. For the first time he’s not sugar-coating his words, avoiding their problems via sex and pretense and flowery language. He’s matured enough to admit, “Man, I hate you sometimes.”

Again we have the reappearance of She. Harry says to Subject, “We’ll get the drinks in, so I’ll get to thinking of her.” This She is something between them, within them now, another facet of his and Subject’s relationship. Harry is going to spend time thinking of Her. She, I believe, is a part of him. 

A fine line is a balancing act, a tightrope, a suspension between extremes. But Harry calls out into the echo of the music, “We’ll be alright.” A declaration, a hope, a promise. Brass, strings, and a building crescendo, a cacophony of movie-credit-worthy emotion, sweeps us towards closure. Ethereal voices fade out, moving from dominant to tonic, but then a solitary piano plinks on a V chord, twice, hanging in the air, a question, an invitation, a hope. 

*slams fists on table* MYSTELEON

I knew you wouldnt disappoint! :D  tho you already know most of these lmaoo  lotsa credit to @herbofoo anyway, i dont remember which of these you came up with but Patchwork wouldnt be the same without your Good Good Content! (And of course thanks for all your patience as i cry about comics lmao)

I’ve lost all shame long since ive started shipping them so brace yourself for the self-indulgent cheese that is Chameleon/Mysterio in my Patchwork verse. (its reallly. really Melodramatic. i gave up all pretense.. also under the cut cuz its long..)

ask meme

Who cooks:

Mysterio! Although Chameleon is objectively The Superior Cook thanks to the long years of being a servant to picky russian nobility BUT exactly because of that, he really doesnt enjoy it, even less when cooking for others and not just himself. So it is usually Beck who prepares meals (that are not bad either, they are just simpler) but as often as they can, they eat out. That said, Cham is very well aware Quentin loves his cooking so sometimes, he makes them something. (Being sick isnt so bad when it means Chammy bringin you a big bowl of hot borscht :)

On the other hand, Cham has quite a sweet tooth which Q notices Fast and decides to learn how to bake. It took more effort and failed tries than it could have, mostly because he got cocky, how hard could this be and just. kept forgetting he put stuff in the oven.. But now he makes quite delicious cookies n cakes which make Dmitri almost tear up because tasty + Quentin baked something Specifically for him?? 

Who does the laundry and other chores:

Mysterio’s laundry is usually booby trapped so he has to clean it himself and he doesnt even let Cham near it. And he keeps forgetting gadgets in his civvies. Not to mention that again, for the same servant reason, Cham really doesnt enjoy house chores in general, so he usually just gets his own clothes cleaned somewhere else (especially since his fancy suits and even fancier gowns are the highest quality and delicate materials, he doesnt even Know how to clean them..) 

As for the rest of the chores, its pretty balanced, although Cham has more of an eye for things that needs to be cleaned up (and Beck already has cooking duties) so he does a tad more. 

How many children do they have + Any pets:

In my Patchwork universe there’s a whole Thing about Leon, the Chameleon of the Ultimate universe but I’ve tried to type up a short summary and failed, it’s a long story lmao ^^;; and anyway he isnt exactly their kid, he is just much younger than them and they ended up sorta mentoring him. 

However, they have Celavi, the escaped ex-spy beluga.(Yes, it started as a joke based on this post that accidentally grew more and more serious until @herbofoo and me were too attached to let it go) She counts pretty much as their adopted daughter that they both spoil to hell and back, I mean no surprise, she saved Cham’s life once and sometimes, she helps out with heists. (Mostly for the show, you should have SEEN the look on Spider’s face when a beluga splashed him. He is used to humanoid sharks, to Hydroman.. not like. real life beluga that LAUGHS at him) Beck’s voice: “Dont you dare to insult her, SHE IS PERFECT AND FLAWLESS and A GOODNESS INCARNATE!! -she is literally a deserted russian spy that was trained to gather everything that could be used to harm USA-yea, i have a soft spot for those ;)“

She was always surprisingly clever so she never really counted as a “pet” and at one point, she even bonds with a symbiote (together they are Vague, again long story ah ha). They dont talk but have quite some range of vocalisations so communication isnt a problem. 

Who’s more dominant: 

They both have pretty dominant strong personalities (ok chameleon’s a bit more complicated with that but like.) with big egos who dont like others questioning their superiority. (Of course not at the level of like Doc Ock etc, they are surprisingly flexible and good team players that can be willing to let someone else take the spotlight if they are Nice) But the whole point of their relationship is that neither of them is dominant over the other, they get enough of that literally everywhere else. It’s very reassuring to be so sure that they are on equal footing, cooperating, no hidden nooses around their neck. Especially in their line of work of course! 

(Also, for the other interpretation of this question: anythin remotely sexual happens Pretty Late in the story and both of them are somewhere on the ace spectrum so it doesnt happen that often but they are both verses tho Beck bottoms more)

Favorite nonsexual activity:

MOVIES!! Sprawled on the giant comfy couch, closer than technically needed, cuddling and watching old movies with great special effects and/or great actors! Listening to Beck excitedly rant through the most dramatic speech of the story as he explains how the next cliffhanger is done with hydraulics! Focusing so hard on the stars in his eyes and his excited tone and gestures and just the tone of his voice you forgot to listen to the words themselves! Watching Cham’s face flawlessly mimic the faces on the screen in a blink of an eye and secretly guessing which one will he pick next. Feeling his head slowly fall on your shoulder, eyes closed, his mask smooth but not tense, instead just.. peaceful. Slight ping of annoyance, after all, this is A Classic movie dammit, but it’s gone in a second because Mitya hasnt slept since thursday and you are just relieved he is finally getting his rest. Feeling his warmth under your hand on his shoulders and suddenly never ever wanting to get up again.. EHM. anyway

PLANING HEISTS TOGETHER!! and more or less successfully executing them but planning is actually even more fun aside from the Big Reveals and Entrances which are actually harder to coordinate than one would think! 

Lots of shobiz/job talk actually, they really enjoy what they do! Lots of people already mentioned that in their hc compilations but i agree, they love goin to see all kinds of movies and plays and performances as well as acting various scenes with one another!  

Their favorite place to be together:

NEW YORK CITY BABEYY. Sure they love to travel and see other countries (and cause mayhem there) but.. they love their mess of a city, it’s never the same without the webhead around as well as the bazillion of other heroes n villains bashin each other’s heads. 

Any traditions:

Oh so many pop culture references and inside jokes, oh my god. One time, they spent the entire heist (and its planning period) speaking strictly in famous movie lines and titles, Max and other sixers tried to join but didnt last too long :’D 

Beck also has a habit of taking pictures of people with Interesting faces or styles he sees and sends them to Cham. Also another fanon classic: together they have a running game, disguising themselves as moderately famous people and the other guessing who..

Their “song”:

‘This is me’ from the Greatest Showman, i just live for the two of them singin it in Cham’s car,off key but fully immersed and living it.��

What they do for each other on holidays:

Neither of them are religious but that doesnt stop Beck from going ALL OUT at any opportunity, Sin Six doesn’t do any heists around holidays because you Know he’d make them dress for the occasion or worse, write them themed lines…  They still meet for Christmas and Hanukkah and sometimes other holidays too because this is my AU and you can pry festivities-related shenanigans from my cold, cold hands. It’s always at Beck’s place tho because he can turn his hideout into the tackiest holiday-themed showcase but he aint roping them into it.  

On the other hand, Cham despises American commercialized holidays in general and Christmas time especially, since it’s not a big thing in Russia and  also once again, he has family issues for days. (Although relatively speaking, he is pretty over these, he is not gonna like mope around or anything) 

Anyway, what they do for each other is that they try to compromise, Dmitri doesnt sneer at stupid kitsch decorations every 5 minutes and Quentin ..chills a little. :’D To be fair, Beck makes everything fun and having Cham there makes Beck appreciate the details more instead of just goin into BETTER!BIGGER! frenzy.

Where did they go for their honeymoon:

After the fuckin Ages of pinning, when they finally end up together for realsies, they wanted somethin Big and Flashy! (Well Beck wanted and Cham kinda too but also with the option to merge with the crowd unnoticed and take some chill time) Anyway they went on a whole world wide tour! Starting with a luxury cruise, they took their time, lots of crime sprees to plan and execute, lots of local shows to see, lots of dumb heroes to fool, they’re gonna have it all! 

Where did they first meet:

Around the time when Cham and Hammerhead had their criminal empire running Fisk to the ground, Otto decided the Sin Six should team up with them for their ressources needed on one heist or something. They agreed but Cham insisted on actually going in the field, it’s been a while since he really stretched his face legs like this and the mafia life was starting to bore him. Doc made him team up with Mysterio much to the fishbowl’s dismay because why do they need another disguise artist?? He is the Master Of Illusions dammit, he can run circles around this guy, what the fuck Otto?? So at the start, he pouts and fumes under his helmet and in general he is his v unpleasant self but… He can’t help but notice that the new guy is a real professional, he even uses Traditional masks, he likes the same movies… And most importantly, he is actually interested in Mysti’s craft, asking questions and even LISTENING to his long winded answers… At one point he even wondered if that X thing was meant as a HOMMAGE to the Y movie, the Six never did that!! (Usually the rest of the sixers dont know the reference, heathens, and when they do, they mock him for it, that he’s copying ideas and mixin them ridiculously.  BUT THIS GUY GETS IT!!) So it doesn’t take long for them to hit it off, of course at this point without any real Trust behind it but it’s a start. 

(Though Beck does pay a visit to Otto like, buddy pal i know you’ve been planning on manipulating these crimelords to your end somehow and honestly, any other day i’d be down, i actually had a robot prepared for my own backstab but i was thinking they werent that bad and maybe we Could hold our end of the bargain this time and just. leave each other on good terms? Mabye? Obviously it’s purely out of respect for our teammate Kraven since him and Chameleon seem to have some history, nothing more, definitely nothing to do with how bright Cham’s eyes were when i was showing him the back of my stage… ) 

What do they fight over:

this whole post has been a mountain of cheese but im bringing more! Honestly, goin through my notes on Patchwork, their biggest arguments have always been about.. the other one not taking proper care of himself :’D Or them lashing out because they were scared and worried about the other and they cant stand being so vulnerable while the other pretends it’s not a big deal because they dont know how to handle genuine concern directed at them. 

Do they go on vacations, if so where:

GIVE!!! BECK!!!! HIS!!!! ISLAND!!!!!!They actually do have one, it’s where Celavi spends most of the time and they visit her often. But never for too long, neither of them can actually spend too long doing nothing.. 

The Fear of Yesterday Interview Questions

these are my answers to the questions from @alexprompts WIP weekly event. thanks for featuring my wip!

SETTING:

Three main settings are mentioned in your post, being Soma, the Facility, and Purgatory. Can you give us a description of all three and the relevance to the story?

the majority of the story takes place on Soma. it’s a tropical island where travel is heavily restricted. whoever is running the show has done a good job of keeping the “zombie” thing a secret, so even most of the people who have gone there have been sworn to secrecy. Soma is part of Vafria, the country the story is set in. the only people that actually live on the island are scientists; military personnel can be seen all over the island as well. Soma is where the next two areas are located.

the Facility is an underground bunker/shelter. due to it being so unnecessarily extravagant, it is thought to be owned by someone rich and powerful. in the Facility are quite a few hallways. these lead to different rooms, including the ones the cast resides in while they are held there. there is also an upper level, which is where the two masterminds behind the deadly game are hanging out.

the most notable areas within the Facility are the Lobby, a circular room with a tall domed ceiling that mimics a skylight, and the Library, which is by far the most spacious room in the Facility.

Purgatory is another underground building. Purgatory is where Robin and the others are sent after they lose the game. it is crawling with the zombies (referred to as Infected in the story). Robin is initially under the impression that only children are down here, but that’s not quite the case.

even though it’s much larger than the Facility, most of the people sent there remain on the bottom floor indefinitely. while down there everyone is required to team up in groups to protect each other from the Infected and survive. there seems to be a way to get to the second floor, but going down that path is frowned upon.

every floor is like a labyrinth, consisting of many twists and turns. the people of Purgatory know their way around the first floor and have no problem teaching outsiders. the rest of the floors, however…yeah. they’ll have to learn as they go.

Purgatory has its own civilization that is hidden from the outside world. Robin can never really get used to the way things work down there.

Are there any other relevant settings?

one other relevant setting is Greenworth, Robin’s hometown. we won’t get to see much of it though, as it only appears briefly. there’s another location that’ll be shown near the very end, but i’m keeping that one a secret for now. :)

What do you draw your settings from? Your reality, imagination, a combination?

the Facility was inspired by some of the locations in the Zero Escape games and the whole tropical island idea was kind of inspired by Danganronpa 2.

Purgatory is mostly just drawn from my imagination. however, i watched a movie a few years ago (can’t remember the name) where a character mentioned an underground labyrinth that no one could escape and that really, really freaked me out. so that’s how that happened haha

CHARACTERS:

How does the main character, Robin, get caught up in the story you’re telling?

someone he trusts is about to start working on the island. this guy knew Robin and Marina’s parents when they were younger, and he also knows that they’re on Soma, as well. he never tells them how or why, but he is allowed to bring people with him. he already has the trust of Robin and Marina’s respective guardians, so they just kinda. let him do that. the people in Greenworth don’t know what’s going on on Soma, but they definitely didn’t expect it to be something like this.

after a tragic turn of events, Robin has no way to get home. things just go downhill from there.

What is the most important piece of character development you have written or planned so far?

so far, the most important piece of character development i have planned for the story has to do with some shared knowledge between Daphnis and Tiffiny. right now all i have is an overheard conversation between them, but it adds to the overall mystery of the story. without spoiling anything, i can say that they just know way too much. but they do use their knowledge to help their team out when they can.

Where do you choose your names from?

the character names so far have been mostly random. even One was random, to be honest. i don’t usually name the characters after anything or anyone in particular, and there’s no theme when it comes to names or anything. usually i’ll think of common names i’ve heard in the past, then if none of those work, i’ll think of japanese names i’ve heard.

however, Daphnis is an exception, here. i’m sure you’ve noticed his name is much different than the others’. i purposely named him after one of saturn’s moons, and i wasn’t sure why at first. but after looking through the plot in detail i’ve noticed that it fits very well. like eerily so. but that was a total coincidence.

STORY:

How do you plan?

when i first started this story, i didn’t have any plans, actually. over time i would type up any idea that came to mind and copy it to my notes later. eventually i had enough of those entries to start creating an outline. it’s not organized or anything, but it helps me keep the story in order.

Where did the inspiration for your story come from?

the Zero Escape series inspired this story, for sure. after i finished the trilogy, i decided i wanted to put my own spin on the whole deadly game thing.

THE FUTURE:

Do you plan sequels? If so, how many, and what will their connections/places in the universe be?

The Fear of Yesterday is part of a four-book series called Tomorrow’s Message! there is no direct sequel, but some of the characters in this book show up in the other entries. the other books are from the pov’s of two other characters in the series.

book two, The Door to Tomorrow, is the first half of book one told from Chuck’s perspective. it shows what really was going on in his head as well as his motives.

book three, Today and Forever, is about Joseph’s life (from his pov). it’ll reveal more of his involvement with this whole mess and how he feels about it. it’ll also showcase what’s really happening and why. as such, this book will answer a lot of the questions brought up in The Fear of Yesterday. there will be a detailed intrigue plot, a group of childhood friends, and lots more of that conspiracy stuff.

book four, New Century Endeavor, is told from Chuck’s pov once again. this focuses on his life after he’s come to terms with what he learned about himself in the Facility. this has almost nothing to do with the intrigue/conspiracy and is mostly about how his life gets totally derailed shortly after meeting a certain someone.

i’m currently trying to write the whole series at once. so far ive completed book two, which is actually quite short. this method is challenging and i’m not sure if i can recommend this kind of approach, but it’s fun connecting the stories together while they’re simultaneously being written.

Do you plan to publish? If so, what is your biggest goal in relation?

i plan to self-publish this series eventually. i’m not really sure what the goal is yet i just want a lot of people to enjoy my work.

If your story were to be turned into a movie, who would you want to play your main characters ideally?

well, i’d imagine it to be an anime-style movie. when i think of The Fear of Yesterday as a movie, i think of those netflix anime titles. so, i’d prefer for it to be a netflix movie, but a theatrical release would be cool, too. as for the cast, i… actually have no idea haha. but they’d be anime voice actors for sure.

What Happened At Carnelian Bay

Part IV. 

Transcript of audio recording made by Lizzy Styles, 25 February 20xx, 2:31 am.

Lizzy here. (yawns) It’s two-thirty in the morning.

I talked to that night manager Seanathon. He insists that no one has touched the GoPro since his conversation with me about it two days ago. But he did mention that since it wasn’t found until well after I checked out, there’s no guarantee whoever tried to steal it didn’t use it. He seemed bewildered about my even asking about it. I told him there was a new video on it that I didn’t take, and his reaction was something like “A mystery? How exciting!” (deep, exasperated sigh)

I also managed to find Darrius Perreira. He pulled in just before one with the Tahoe Vista delivery. He declined to be interviewed, but he offered one comment: (sound of rustling paper) ahem. “Listen lady, I don’t know what you think I mighta saw, but I didn’t see nothin’. There wasn’t nothin’ to see but a big damn hole where the road’s supposed to be. You can go check it out if you really want, but I seen enough of it.” That’s all... it’s weird though. I can’t mimic the way he said it, but he sounded defensive... I think maybe he did see something. He saw something and for whatever reason he’s too scared to talk about it.

I need to go see the highway for myself. 

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Transcript of a telephone conversation between Andrew Silva-Hayes, recent customer, and Seanathon Moore, assistant night manager of Red Wolf Lakeside Lodge, dated 25 February 20xx, 6.04 am.

Moore: Red Wolf Lodge, how can I help you?

Silva-Hayes: Could you please transfer me to the room Lizzy Styles is staying in?

Moore: Let me just look that up. (sounds of keyboard typing) I’m sorry sir, we don’t have a guest by that name staying with us.

Silva-Hayes: ...What about Elizabeth Styles?

Moore: Certainly sir. (sounds of keyboard typing) No, I’m sorry sir, we don’t have anyone by that name either.

Silva-Hayes: Could you double-check the last name? Styles with a Y, not an I.

Moore: I’m sorry sir, we don’t have anyone named Styles staying with us at this time.

Silva-Hayes: Ah shit.

Moore: Are you certain you have the correct hotel, sir?

Silva-Hayes: Not at all, I just thought she’d go back there. Look, she was supposed to call me last night and she didn’t. I’ve been trying to reach her cell for the last hour and it keeps telling me her number isn’t in service.

Moore: Maybe she turned her phone off? It is rather early.

Silva-Hayes: No, she never turns her phone off, not for anything. Never!

Moore: I’m sorry sir, I’m afraid we can’t help you.

Silva-Hayes: (frustrated groan) Yeah well, thanks anyway.

--end call--

let’s talk about James Olsen

it’s thanksgiving, im alone, ive had too many whiskey ciders, let’s GO.

whoops, did i title that wrong? i meant let’s talk about the FUCKING REACTION to James Olsen.

i think people on tumblr fundamentally misunderstand character arcs. so let me establish what they are NOT.

character arcs =/= going from good character->great character in a neat line.

character arcs =/= never once making a mistake

character arcs =/= never once challenging both character and audience perception.

at least, good character arcs aren’t.

some examples:

in order to have Kara choosing Earth > Argo, and choosing her sister > her mother, she needs to be presented with a challenge. she might try it. she might even like it for a while. but she chooses to live her life differently, even if the choice is painful.

in order to have Lena choosing good > evil, friendship > family, she has to be tempted, has to be presented with that options, fail, and come back from her mistakes. otherwise, her achievements don’t mean anything. 

and in James Olsen’s case? in order to have him choose the moral good for the sake of protecting other people, he has to first be tempted to dabble in morally dubious situations. we already know from the end of episode 4x06 that he’s likely to already suffer consequences for his trust in people who have a racist agenda.

but you know what infuriates me about the backlash?

the man on the right is daryl davis. he is a black man who has convinced 20 kkk members to quit the KKK.

think about that. this man convinced 20 racists, over the course of several years, to denounce an inherently violent and racist institution.

while it’s possible that not all audiences know about Daryl, it’s very likely that the supergirl writers are setting up James Olsen’s arc to mimic this. now, they may differentiate James from Daryl in various ways---its more than likely that James WILL react violently as guardian after his life is threatened in the coming episodes, will denounce them, will pursue them with a vengeance and in the name of justice.

it’s also possible that he will be the counterpoint to supergirl’s arc this season: that while she may believe in people’s inherent goodness, the safety of other people’s lives come first.

meanwhile, guardian has been set up as a pseudo-wannabe dark knight of the streets of national city. so it’s possible that his arc this season is to stand up against the worst humanity has to offer, and fight back, but also convince one or two men that this is evil, this is wrong, this has consequences.

neither i nor the supergirl writers are saying that all violence, all racism, all sexism, all misogyny is redeemable, or inconsequential. neither is supergirl unaware of the parallels they are pulling (subtext is not their strong suit), nor will they attempt to argue that every racist will put down their pitchforks for a good thanksgiving-style hug. but fuck, have you convinced 20 racists to stop being racist in the past years? i sure haven’t. and im not about to go tell Daryl that his approach isn’t working, that his rhetoric isn’t strong enough.

now, the supergirl writers have plenty of fucking time to screw this up. this season the writing both impresses and baffles me all the more (again, subtext is not their strong suit). and i understand that after season 2, a lot of trust was lost. but shit, season 2 was run by andrew kreisberg, the man who was fired over sexual harrassment halfway through s3. anyone who thought s3 was fine, but has not yet learned to trust the writers again, HAS NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION. (also if you are still making queller jokes? get over yourself.

wait til the season is OVER before you start denouncing their writing of James, or Lena (who will definitely not emerge 100% morally perfect by the end of the season), or Kara, or any morally imperfect character.

i mean, you really think trumpists are watching supergirl anyways??? after season 2????? really???????? granted, a bunch of supercorpers and karamels are hate-watching the show now, or barely watching at all. but i highly doubt the KKK is getting ideas about dropping manifestos from fucking supergirl.

in conclusion: ho-lee FUCK y’all. learn some fucking narrative 101 before you denounce EVERY. EPISODE. WHERE. THE. CHARACTERS. MAKE. BAD. DECISIONS.

THEY. ARE. SUPPOSED. TO. GROW. FROM. THEIR. MISTAKES.

Hmmmmn do u have any all-time fave fics u could ref? I trust u

OH MAN!!! u didnt specify any fandom so im assuming you mean my all time faves from WHEREVER and OH BOY!!! 

i actually have fic rec page on my blog which spans over a whole bunch of fandoms and has cool legends like humor and angst and stuff (im still working on it tho omg) along with my catchall fic tag where i shove all the fics i reblog. but you asked for my ALL TIME FAVES so here are some off the top of my head (im limiting myself to one per fandom or else id be here FOREVER). 

(note: pls check the tags of fics before you read them)

Designations Congruent with Things by cleanwhiteroom (alt link) [Pacific Rim]

He begins at it already pried apart

OHHHHHH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. oh my GOD. okay i lose my shit over Designations Congruent with Things on a yearly basis because it is, by far, one of the most stunning pieces of fiction ive read. full stop. not only is it a feat of fanfiction (it’s GODDAMN LONG. it’s been taken off of ao3, so i cant check the wc, but damn i remember it was long), but as a story, it’s just. god, i dont even know what to say. ive already talked about this fic in a previous ask, so im just going to reiterate all my love again, just phrased slightly differently.

DCwT is an epic piece of Newt/Hermann Pacific Rim fanfiction. it follows Hermann and Newt after the events of the movie and delve painfully into each and every consequence their actions cause. it’s quite possibly the hardest thing ive ever read, for many reasons; the emotions are so vivid and they hurt; the science is so well researched it took me an hour to get through a paragraph because i my brain was still trying to catch up; Run On Sentences For Miles; it’s really, really goddamn long. i remember it got some flack for being over complicated, but in my opinion, the things that make this fic difficult are exactly what make it incredible. it’s overly cerebral in a way two messed up genius scientists would absolutely be. this fic is. i dont have words for it. i have only read the whole thing in its entirety ONCE and i have tried to reread it but goddamn is it difficult. this fic is definitely not for everybody, but it’s a piece of art that gained a bit of a cult following back when it was updating. (theres a fictional band in the fic that inspired ppl to make the band and the music real. RIGHT???) anyway this fic is basically the cornerstone which i worship when it comes to fanfiction as a genre of literature. jesus christ. jesus christ.

World Ain’t Ready by idiopathicsmile [Les Miserables]

Enjolras presses his lips together. He already looks pained, and Grantaire hasn’t even opened his mouth yet. That’s got to be a record, even for them.

“I need a favor,” he says at last.

“With what?” says Grantaire. “Ooh, are you forming a cult? Can I join? I’d be awesome at cults, I just know it.” He ticks off his qualifications on his fingers. “I love chanting, I look great in robes—”

(High school AU. Grantaire the disaffected stoner is pulled into a cause bigger than himself. Or: in which there are pretend boyfriends for great justice.)

if youve ever been in the les mis fandom i know you know this fic. i know youve already read this fic. i know that your dog has probably already read this fic. i know that this fic has been recced to hell and back, and currently resides as the most kudo-sed work in the les mis tag on AO3. but im reccing it anyways because it’s just THAT GOOD. this fic got me INTO THE FANDOM. pacing. plot. characterization. teen angst. HUMOR. this fic is perfect. literally no other words. it’s just perfect. i read this in my last few months of senior year high school, and never before have i ever read a fic that actually, truly, felt like it was about teenagers. the narrative and the voice. the dialog. god. if this were a book, id buy it. and that’s saying something because im always BROKE. but id buy this fic. several times. who am i kidding. you dont need to know this bc youve read this fic before. if you havent, please. do yourself a favor. oh my god. oh my god. (and when youre done, read all of idiopathicsmile’s other fics too god theyre all SO GOOD)

catch me if you can by isawet [Teen Wolf]

What do you think of my solution to the Kobayashi Maru?

hands down one of my favorite teen wolf fic. a vague summary gives way to a fic with incredible characterization. fucking beautiful writing style. non-chronological story telling done wonderfully. and gosh, that ending. hilarious in tiny bits that make it all the more better. just, honestly. this fic needs so much more love. it’s my go-to fic whenever i want to understand just how one can utilize suspense and tension in writing. what the hell. what the

Segments [series] by d_aia [Kingsman: The Secret Service]

“Are you sure that’s how you want to tell him?” Merlin asked once again.

“He will need space to deal with situation. It’s how he copes,” Arthur explained and a bit pretentiously at that, if one were to ask Merlin. “I’m giving him a place and a reason to run.”

Merlin chose to shut up.

all fics in this series? my favorite. it’s intelligent, brutal, beautiful. it’s been a while since ive read these, but theres a reason these fics still haunt me. god. god.

Graduate Vulcan for Fun and Profit by lazulisong [Star Trek: AOS]

It really does take a village to raise a Jim.

The members of the Kelvin’s crew watch over Jim as much as he lets them.

I LOVE THIS FIC SOOOOOOO MUCH. it’s a really delicate, heartfelt piece that isnt afraid to be an asshole sometimes, which is basically jim kirk in a nutshell. not only does it go through an incredible reflective relationship with some rando vulcan who decided to take him under his wing, but it does so in a realistic way that doesnt over dramatize aspects, but still ends up very vivid. also, THERES VULCAN LINGUISTICS. linguistics + fanfiction = 10000000% Best Shit EVER.

fathers and sons by M_Leigh [X-Men: DoFP]

“I have an – interest – in Peter Maximoff,” Erik said, somewhat grudgingly, glaring. “A – familial – interest –”

Everybody stared at him.

“In that – mutantkind is one – large – family –” Erik said valiantly, if pathetically.

“Oh, shit,” Alex said. “No way. No way.”

ghghgfjhdh the first xmen fic i ever read and by far, the most fukcgin hilarious. jesus CHRIST. theres just something subtly incredible about how the author uses phrasing to make every sentence as goddamn funny as they are. im really in love with the comma placement in this fic. every comma is exactly where it needs to be. every em dash is where it belongs. IM NOT MAKING SENSE, but i would send this fic to people as a prime example of narrative humor uplifted via phrasing and punctuation. just read this fic. it’s got Hank POV, Charles being a “strange lecherous Englishman”, Peter being a Teen, and everybody drags Erik’s fashion choices. 

Repeat After Me by queenieofaces [Yuri On Ice]

Victor learns language through mimicry, hears phrases and repeats them back until the inflection becomes second nature. Yuuri seems to communicate best through euphemism, through metaphor, through talking around the subject rather than approaching it head on, and so Victor tries his best to mimic him, to take his words and echo them back.

(Vignettes in language learning and communication, spanning the whole series.)

SO!! FUCKING!!! GOOD!!!!!!!! i think ive mentioned how much i LOVE LANGUAGE and this fic tackles the language barrier in a beautiful, earnest way. as a bilingual, this fic was just so so so good. victor is just bounding with love in this fic and the writing just feels so..,,,,warm.,,,,, 

OKAY i know you only asked for fic recs and not….all these rambles but. i just have a lot of love for fanfiction. fanfiction is so great. we are so lucky. we are so lucky. dont 4get to leave kudos and comments on fics you like! happy reading anon!!!

Professor Layton and the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Try our new Bulbapedia Android AppobservSneasel (Pokémon)From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.← Heracross #214: HeracrossPokémon#216: Teddiursa Teddiursa →This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Sneasel (disambiguation).SneaselSharp Claw Pokémon ニューラNyula#215SneaselImages on the Bulbagarden ArchivesTypeDark IceAbilitiesInner Focus or Keen Eye PickpocketHidden AbilityGender ratio50% male, 50% femaleCatch rate60 (7.8%)BreedingEgg GroupFieldHatch time5140 - 5396 stepsHeight2'11" 0.9 mWeight61.7 lbs. 28.0 kgRegional numbersPokédex#218Johto #144Sinnoh #252Unova Mountain#091Kalos #249AlolaBrowserR-199Fiore R-244Almia R-202/N-130ObliviaBase experience yield132Gen. II-IV 86V+Leveling rateMedium SlowEV yieldTotal: 10HP 0Atk 0Def 0Sp.Atk 0Sp.Def 1SpeedBody styleBody06.pngFootprintF215.pngPokédex color  BlackBase friendship35External LinksOn Smogon Pokédex:Generation IIGeneration IIIGeneration IVGeneration VGeneration VIGeneration VIIOn Eevee's PokédexArtwork on Bulbagarden ArchivesSneasel (Japanese: ニューラ Nyula) is a dual-type Dark/Ice Pokémon introduced in Generation II.It evolves into Weavile when leveled up holding a Razor Claw during the night.Contents [hide] 1 Biology2 In the anime2.1 Major appearances2.1.1 Harrison's Sneasel2.1.2 Other2.2 Minor appearances2.3 Pokédex entries3 In the manga3.1 In the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ manga3.2 In the Pokémon Adventures manga3.3 In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master! manga3.4 In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga3.5 In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga4 In the TCG5 Game data5.1 Pokédex entries5.2 Game locations5.2.1 In side games5.2.2 In events5.3 Held items5.4 Stats5.4.1 Base stats5.4.2 Pokéathlon stats5.5 Type effectiveness5.6 Learnset5.6.1 By leveling up5.6.2 By TM/HM5.6.3 By breeding5.6.4 By tutoring5.6.5 TCG-only moves5.7 Side game data5.8 Evolution5.9 Sprites5.9.1 Japanese sprites6 Trivia6.1 Origin6.1.1 Name origin7 In other languages8 Related articles9 External linksBiologySneasel is a bipedal Pokémon that resembles both cats and weasels. It is primarily bluish black with three bright red feathers for its tail and a single one on its left ear. The ear feather is shorter on the female than on the male. The other ear is short and pointed, and it has narrow red eyes. On its forehead and chest are yellow, oval markings. It has red eyes with black eyelash-like markings on the edges. It has long limbs with two large, retractable claws on its hands and feet.Sneasel is a notoriously vicious Pokémon, which is perfectly capable of using its claws to do substantial damage. The claws are also used for climbing trees in its forest home. Sneasel steals eggs from unattended Pidgey nests. Sneasel has been known to form pairs to hunt. One will lure the parents away from the nest, while the other steals the eggs. Its former signature move, Beat Up, allows it to call on its teammates to attack its opponent.In the animeSneasel in the animeMajor appearancesHarrison's SneaselIn Pop Goes The Sneasel, this Pokémon was blocking access to the Flame of Ho-Oh. Harrison captured that Sneasel and later used it in the Silver Conference, where it beat Ash's Pikachu, then lost to Totodile.OtherSneasel's first appearance was in Celebi: Voice of the Forest. The Iron-Masked Marauder sent this Pokémon along with Scizor to get Celebi.Sneasel also made an appearance in Hail to the Chef under the ownership of Rhoda, a girl that lives outside of Saffron City who was competing with her sister, who owned a Mr. Mime, for the ownership of her father's restaurant. Sneasel took a dislike to Meowth and deliberately made his food taste terribleIn Duels of the Jungle, a female Sneasel tried to stop a feud between two Weavile.A Sneasel appeared in Sliding Into Seventh! under the ownership of Candice where it battled Ash's Grotle and lost despite a type disadvantage.Multiple Sneasel have appeared in From A to Z!, An Explosive Operation!, and The Right Hero for the Right Job! under the ownership of Team Flare Grunts.Minor appearancesA Sneasel was used by one of the students of the Pokémon Trainer's School in Gonna Rule The School!.A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in Off the Unbeaten Path participating in the Pokémon Orienteering.A Sneasel made a cameo appearance in One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!.A Trainer's Sneasel appeared in Foggy Pokémon Orienteering! and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!.A Performer's Sneasel appeared in Performing with Fiery Charm! participating in the Dendemille Showcase. It reappeared in A Performance Pop Quiz!, Party Dancecapades!, in Master Class is in Session!, where it was used in the Gloire City Master Class Pokémon Showcase, and then again in Performing a Pathway to the Future!, where it was seen watching the same Master Class Pokémon Showcase.Pokédex entriesEpisode Pokémon Source EntryEP265 Sneasel Ash's Pokédex Sneasel, the Sharp Claw Pokémon. Sneasel can extend or retract its claws instantly during attack.This concludes the entries from the original series.In the mangaSneasel in Pokémon AdventuresSneasel in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden BoysIn the Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~ mangaKunoichi was seen with a Sneasel.In the Pokémon Adventures mangaMain article: Silver's SneaselSneasel's most predominant role is as one of Silver's Pokémon. He first appeared in Who Gives a Hoothoot?, and is his first Pokémon as he was the Pokémon he used during his training under the Masked Man, and the only one seen with him in flashbacks of his childhood prior to being kidnapped. He is a dexterous and crafty fighter that fully utilizes his speed and attacks of both the Dark type and the Ice type. After many years, he evolved into a Weavile in Lance's hidden Whirl Islands chamber.Much later, in My, My, My Mimic, another Sneasel is shown having been captured by Carr to try to ambush Red and Blue, but it is frozen and beaten by the newly arrived Lorelei.In Striking Out Snover, wild Sneasel are shown near Snowpoint City, some of them being cared by Candice.Multiple Sneasel appeared in All About Arceus III.Two Sneasel belonging to Workers appeared in PAORAS15.In the Pokémon Battrio: Aim to be Battrio Master! mangaRyū owns a Sneasel.In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys mangaSneasel is Black's main Pokémon in Golden Boys.In the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All mangaShu has a Sneasel in the Pokémon Gotta Catch 'Em All manga.In the TCGMain article: Sneasel (TCG)Game dataPokédex entriesThis Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.Generation II Gold Its paws conceal sharp claws. If attacked, it suddenly extends the claws and startles its enemy.Silver Vicious in nature, it drives Pidgey from their nests and feasts on the eggs that are left behind.Crystal This cunning Pokémon hides in the cover of darkness, waiting to attack its prey.Stadium 2 Its paws conceal sharp claws. If attacked, it suddenly extends the claws and startles its enemy.Generation III Ruby Sneasel scales trees by punching its hooked claws into bark. It seeks out unguarded nests and steals Eggs for food while its parents are away.SapphireEmeraldFireRed Vicious in nature, it drives Pidgey from their nests and feasts on the Eggs that are left behind.LeafGreen Its paws conceal sharp claws. If attacked, it suddenly extends the claws and startles its enemy.Generation IV Diamond It feeds on Eggs stolen from nests. Its sharply hooked claws rip vulnerable spots on prey.Pearl It is extremely vicious and will not stop attacking until its foe is incapable of moving.Platinum A smart and sneaky Pokémon. A pair may work together to steal Eggs by having one lure the parents away.HeartGold Its paws conceal sharp claws. If attacked, it suddenly extends the claws and startles its enemy.SoulSilver Vicious in nature, it drives Pidgey from their nests and scavenges any leftovers it can find.Generation V Black A smart and sneaky Pokémon. A pair may work together to steal Eggs by having one lure the parents away.WhiteBlack 2 A smart and sneaky Pokémon, it makes its opponents flinch by suddenly showing the claws hidden in its paws.White 2Generation VI X It feeds on eggs stolen from nests. Its sharply hooked claws rip vulnerable spots on prey.Y Its paws conceal sharp claws. If attacked, it suddenly extends the claws and startles its enemy.Omega Ruby Sneasel scales trees by punching its hooked claws into bark. It seeks out unguarded nests and steals Eggs for food while its parents are away.Alpha SapphireGeneration VII Sun It has a cunning yet savage disposition. It waits for parents to leave their nests, and then it sneaks in to steal their eggs.Moon It uses its claws to poke holes in eggs so it can slurp out the insides. Breeders consider it a scourge and will drive it away or eradicate it.Game locationsThis Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.Generation II Gold Silver Route 28, Mt. SilverNightCrystal Ice PathNightGeneration III Ruby Sapphire Trade, EventEmerald Trade, EventFireRed Trade, EventLeafGreen Icefall CaveColosseum The Under Subway (Shadow)XD TradeGeneration IV Diamond Pearl Routes 216 and 217, Acuity Lakefront, Lake Acuity, Snowpoint TemplePlatinum Routes 216 and 217, Acuity Lakefront, Lake Acuity, Snowpoint TempleHeartGold SoulSilver Route 28, Mt. Silver (exterior)NightMt. SilverPal Park MountainPokéwalker Icy Mountain Rd.Generation V Black White Giant ChasmBlack 2 White 2 Giant ChasmGiant Chasm (Hidden Grotto)Dream World Icy CaveGeneration VI X Y Route 17, Friend Safari (Ice and Dark)Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire TradeGeneration VII Sun Moon Mount LanakilaIn side gamesThis Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.Generation II This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.Generation III Trozei! Endless Level 53, Endless Level 66, Forever Level 3, Mr. Who's DenMD Red MD Blue Buried Relic (1F-4F)Ranger Panula Cave, Sekra RangeGeneration IV MD Time MD Darkness Blizzard Island (1F-20F), Crevice Cave (B1-B10, Lower Crevice Cave B1-B4), Mt. Avalanche (B1-B19)MD Sky Blizzard Island (1F-20F), Crevice Cave (B1-B10, Lower Crevice Cave B1-B4), Mt. Avalanche (B1-B19)Ranger: SoA Almia CastleRanger: GS Mt. Sorbet, Ice TempleGeneration V Rumble Blast Glacier: World Axle - B2F (post ending)Conquest Yaksha (special), Nixtorm (special)Rumble U Wonder Area: Pokémon Outbreak!, Challenge Battle: The Battle for Sky and LandGeneration VI Battle Trozei Mysterious Fountain: Stage 1Shuffle Pedra Valley: Stage 181Rumble World Starlight Islands: Wishing Star Tower (All Areas, Entrance Boss)In eventsGames Event Language Location Level Distribution periodGSC Gotta Catch 'Em All Station! Moonlight Sneasel English United States 5 December 27, 2002 to January 2, 2003RSEFRLG Gather More Pokémon! Third Campaign Sneasel Japanese Japan 10 January 14 to 29, 2006Held itemsGame Held Item(s)Gold Silver Quick Claw Quick Claw (8%)CrystalEmerald* Quick Claw Quick Claw (5%)Diamond Pearl Grip Claw Grip Claw (50%) Quick Claw Quick Claw (5%)PlatinumHeartGold SoulSilver Grip Claw Grip Claw (50%) Quick Claw Quick Claw (5%)Black White Grip Claw Grip Claw (50%) Quick Claw Quick Claw (5%)Black 2 White 2 Grip Claw Grip Claw (50%) Quick Claw Quick Claw (5%)X Y Grip Claw Grip Claw (50%) Quick Claw Quick Claw (5%)Sun Moon Quick Claw Quick Claw (5%)StatsBase statsStat RangeAt Lv. 50 At Lv. 100HP: 55 115 - 162 220 - 314Attack: 95 90 - 161 175 - 317Defense: 55 54 - 117 103 - 229Sp.Atk: 35 36 - 95 67 - 185Sp.Def: 75 72 - 139 139 - 273Speed: 115 108 - 183 211 - 361Total: 430 Other Pokémon with this total Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable.Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.Pokéathlon statsSpeed5/5 ★★★★★Power2/3 ★★☆Skill4/5 ★★★★☆Stamina1/1 ★Jump3/4 ★★★☆Total15/18 ★★★Type effectivenessUnder normal battle conditions in Generation VII, this Pokémon is: Damagednormally by: Normal 1×Flying 1×Poison 1×Ground 1×Water 1×Grass 1×Electric 1×Dragon 1×Weak to: Fighting 4×Rock 2×Bug 2×Steel 2×Fire 2×Fairy 2×Immune to: Psychic 0×Resistant to: Ghost ½×Ice ½×Dark ½×Notes:If Miracle Eye is used by an opponent or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Psychic-type moves is 1×.LearnsetBy leveling upGeneration VII Other generations:II - III - IV - V - VI Level Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100% 351 Leer Normal Status — 100% 301 Taunt Dark Status — 100% 208 Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100% 3010 Feint Attack Dark Physical 60 —% 2014 Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95% 1516 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 1520 Agility Psychic Status — —% 3022 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95% 3525 Hone Claws Dark Status — —% 1528 Beat Up Dark Physical — 100% 1032 Screech Normal Status — 85% 4035 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 2040 Snatch Dark Status — —% 1044 Punishment Dark Physical — 100% 547 Ice Shard Ice Physical 40 100% 30Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by SneaselItalic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of SneaselClick on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generationsBy TM/HMGeneration VII Other generations:II - III - IV - V - VI TM Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP Bag TM Psychic VI Sprite.png TM04 Calm Mind Psychic Status — —% 20Bag TM Poison VI Sprite.png TM06 Toxic Poison Status — 90% 10Bag TM Ice VI Sprite.png TM07 Hail Ice Status — —% 10Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100% 15Bag TM Fire VI Sprite.png TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status — —% 5Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM12 Taunt Dark Status — 100% 20Bag TM Ice VI Sprite.png TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100% 10Bag TM Ice VI Sprite.png TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70% 5Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM17 Protect Normal Status — —% 10Bag TM Water VI Sprite.png TM18 Rain Dance Water Status — —% 5Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM21 Frustration Normal Physical — 100% 20Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM27 Return Normal Physical — 100% 20Bag TM Ghost VI Sprite.png TM30 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 15Bag TM Fighting VI Sprite.png TM31 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100% 15Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM32 Double Team Normal Status — —% 15Bag TM Psychic VI Sprite.png TM33 Reflect Psychic Status — —% 20Bag TM Flying VI Sprite.png TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 —% 20Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM41 Torment Dark Status — 100% 15Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM42 Facade Normal Physical 70 100% 20Bag TM Psychic VI Sprite.png TM44 Rest Psychic Status — —% 10Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM45 Attract Normal Status — 100% 15Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM46 Thief Dark Physical 60 100% 25Bag TM Fighting VI Sprite.png TM47 Low Sweep Fighting Physical 65 100% 20Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM48 Round Normal Special 60 100% 15Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM54 False Swipe Normal Physical 40 100% 40Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM56 Fling Dark Physical — 100% 10Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM63 Embargo Dark Status — 100% 15Bag TM Ghost VI Sprite.png TM65 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100% 15Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM66 Payback Dark Physical 50 100% 10Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — —% 20Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM77 Psych Up Normal Status — —% 10Bag TM Bug VI Sprite.png TM81 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100% 15Bag TM Poison VI Sprite.png TM84 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100% 20Bag TM Psychic VI Sprite.png TM85 Dream Eater Psychic Special 100 100% 15Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM87 Swagger Normal Status — 85% 15Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status — —% 10Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM90 Substitute Normal Status — —% 10Bag TM Water VI Sprite.png TM94 Surf Water Special 90 100% 15Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM95 Snarl Dark Special 55 95% 15Bag TM Dark VI Sprite.png TM97 Dark Pulse Dark Special 80 100% 15Bag TM Normal VI Sprite.png TM100 Confide Normal Status — —% 20Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by SneaselItalic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of SneaselClick on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generationsBy breedingGeneration VII Other generations:II - III - IV - V - VI Parent Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP SkittyGlameowPuruglyPurrloinLiepard Assist Normal Status — —% 20SwinubCubchoo Avalanche* Ice Physical 60 100% 10RattataRattataRaticateRaticateEkansArbokMeowthMeowthPersianPersianGrowlitheArcanineEeveeFlareonSnubbullGranbullHoundourHoundoomPoochyenaMightyenaLoudredExploudMawileElectrikeManectricSeviperAbsolShinxLuxioLuxrayStunkySkuntankHippopotasHippowdonGlaceonPatratWatchogLillipupHerdierStoutlandPansagePansearPanpourSandileKrokorokKrookodileChespinQuilladinChesnaughtFurfrouLittenTorracatIncineroarYungoosGumshoosRockruffLycanrocLycanroc Bite Dark Physical 60 100% 25SlakothVigorothSlakingLucarioLycanrocMudbrayMudsdale Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20SandslashZangoose Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95% 10AipomGirafarigBuizelFloatzelAmbipomMamoswine Double Hit Normal Physical 35 90% 10MeowthMeowthPersianPersianNuzleafSkittyDelcattyGlameowPuruglyPurrloinLiepardMienfooMienshaoEspurrMeowstic Fake Out Normal Physical 40 100% 10PikachuMeowthMeowthPersianPersianFarfetch'dSeviperKecleonAbsolMonfernoInfernapeStunkySkuntankLucarioChesnaught Feint Normal Physical 30 100% 10SentretFurretSkittyBunearyLopunnyLucario Foresight Normal Status — —% 40DelibirdBunearyScraggyCubchooStufful Ice Punch* Ice Physical 75 100% 15VulpixNinetalesSeelDewgongSwinubGlaceon Ice Shard Ice Physical 40 100% 30SandslashBeartic Icicle Crash Ice Physical 85 90% 10MankeyPrimeapeSlakingInfernapeWeavileZoruaZoroark Punishment Dark Physical — 100% 5RattataRattataRaticateRaticateMankeyPrimeapeTaurosUmbreonDunsparceZangooseAbsolBuizelFloatzelPurrloinLiepardBlitzleZebstrikaZoruaZoroarkEmolgaBouffalantYungoosGumshoos Pursuit Dark Physical 40 100% 20Dunsparce Spite Ghost Status — 100% 10Incineroar Throat Chop Dark Physical 80 100% 15Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sneasel in Generation VIIMoves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Sneasel in that game.Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by SneaselItalic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of SneaselClick on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generationsBy tutoringGeneration VII Other generations:II - III - IV - V - VI Game Move Type Cat. Pwr. Acc. PP This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Sneasel can be tutored the move in that gameA colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Sneasel cannot be tutored the move in that gameBold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by SneaselItalic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of SneaselClick on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generationsTCG-only movesMove CardDouble Slap Sneasel (Diamond & Pearl 100)Side game dataPokémon Trozei!Trozeiani215.pngRarity: CommonPokémon Mystery DungeonRed Rescue Team and Blue Rescue TeamMDP215.png Body size: 1Recruit rate: 7.7%Friend Area: Darkness RidgePhrases51%-100% HP Never let your guard down. That's for your own benefit.26%-50% HP Tch. My HP's down halfway already?1%-25% HP The jig is up... I can't put any power behind my claws...Level up Yes! I leveled up. Watch me claw with authority!Pokémon Mystery DungeonExplorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of SkyMDP215.png Body size: 1Recruit rate: 6.4%IQ group: FPokémon RangerGroup: DarkPoké Assist: Dark PA.pngDarkField move: Cut fm.pngCut fm.png(Cut ×2)Loops: 3 Min. exp.: 42 Max. exp.: 52Browser entrySneasel dashes about to slash with its claws. They have amazing cutting power!Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of AlmiaGroup: DarkPoké Assist: Dark PA.pngDarkField move: NoneBrowser entryIt hurls blocks of ice and sends gusts of dark wind to attack.Pokémon Ranger: Guardian SignsGroup: DarkPoké Assist:(present) Dark Assist.pngDarkField move:(present) Cut 2 field move.png(Cut ×2)Poké Assist:(past) Dark Assist.pngDarkField move:(past) Cut 1 field move.png(Cut ×1)Browser entryIt sends gusts of dark wind to attack.Pokémon Rumble BlastAttack ●●●Defense ●●●Speed ●●●●PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's AdventurePPW215.png PokéPark Pad entry:A pair of naughty Sneasel came to the Iceberg Zone to see the Ice Tree. Their favorite Attraction is Tangrowth's Swing-Along.PokéPark 2: Wonders BeyondPP2215.png Strong: Tepig icon.png Weak: PokéPark Pad entry:He came to explore the warehouse. He is wandering around to find something interesting but hasn't found anything yet.Pokémon ConquestPCP215.png HP: ★★ Move: Faint AttackAttack: ★★★ Ability 1: Inner FocusAbility 2: High-riseAbility 3: MeleeDefense: ★★Speed: ★★★★★Evolves into Weavile when its Speed is 175 or higher, and its link is improved while its Warrior is equipped with a Razor ClawRange: 3 Perfect Links: Kunoichi and ToshimitsuPokémon Battle TrozeiDarkAttack Power: ★★★★★BT215.pngPokémon ShuffleNone.png DarkNone.png Attack Power: 60 - 80 Raise Max Level.png 0#234Shuffle215.pngPrankOccasionally changes when a foe will next disrupt your play.Pokémon GO80px Base Stamina: 110 Base Attack: 189 Base Defense: 157Egg Distance: 5 km Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/AFast Attacks: Ice Shard, Feint AttackSpecial Attacks: Avalanche, Ice Punch, Foul PlayEvolution215Sneasel.pngUnevolvedSneasel Dark Ice Razor ClawLevel upholding Razor Claw(Night)→ 461Weavile.pngFirst evolutionWeavile Dark Ice SpritesThis Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.Generation II Gold Silver CrystalSpr 2g 215.png Spr b 2g 215.png Spr 2g 215.png Spr b 2g 215.png Spr 2c 215.png Spr b 2c 215.pngSpr 2g 215 s.png Spr b 2g 215 s.png Spr 2g 215 s.png Spr b 2g 215 s.png Spr 2c 215 s.png Spr b 2c 215 s.pngFront Back Front Back Front BackGeneration III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreenSpr 3r 215.png Spr b 3r 215.png Spr 3e 215.png Spr b 3r 215.png Spr 3r 215.png Spr b 3r 215.pngSpr 3r 215 s.png Spr b 3r 215 s.png Spr 3e 215 s.png Spr b 3r 215 s.png Spr 3r 215 s.png Spr b 3r 215 s.pngFront Back Front Back Front BackGeneration IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilverMale Male Male Male Male MaleFemale Female Female Female Female FemaleShiny Male Shiny Male Shiny Male Shiny Male Shiny Male Shiny MaleShiny Female Shiny Female Shiny Female Shiny Female Shiny Female Shiny FemaleFront Back Front Back Front BackGeneration V Black White Black 2 White 2Male Male Male MaleFemale Female Female FemaleShiny Male Shiny Male Shiny Male Shiny MaleShiny Female Shiny Female Shiny Female Shiny FemaleFront Back Front BackGeneration VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha SapphireMale Male Male MaleFemale Female Female FemaleShiny Male Shiny Male Shiny Male Shiny MaleShiny Female Shiny Female Shiny Female Shiny FemaleFront Back Front BackGeneration VII Sun MoonMale MaleFemale FemaleShiny Male Shiny MaleShiny Female Shiny FemaleFront Back215MS.png For other sprites and images, please see Sneasel images on the Bulbagarden Archives.Japanese spritesSpr 2g 215 jp.pngSpr 2g 215 s jp.png Spr b 2g 215 jp.pngSpr b 2g 215 s jp.pngGold/Silver Gold/Silver backTriviaSneasel is one of fourteen Pokémon that one could collect foreign Pokédex entries for in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Sneasel and its evolution.Sneasel has the highest base Speed of all Pokémon that can evolve.In Pokémon Gold and Silver, Sneasel's skin was brown and it had pale turquoise feathers. This was rectified to match the original artwork in Crystal.Sneasel can be seen as a parallel to Gligar. Both of them are dual-types, have the same base stat total, evolve into Pokémon that were introduced in Generation IV, and do so by leveling up at night while holding items both containing the word razor.OriginSneasel may be based on the kamaitachi, a type of yokai often represented as weasel demons with sickles on their front legs and sometimes understood as the cause of mysterious cuts on the skin, especially in cold weather. It also shares some traits with cats and weasels. Its eye markings are similar to that of ones in Egyptian style, possibly Horus's.Name originSneasel is a combination of sneaky and weasel. It may also derive from sneeze, an action associated with having a cold or being cold, referring to its Ice-type.Nyula may be a combination of 潜入 sennyū (sneaking in) and 鼬 yū (weasel, an alternate reading of itachi). Alternatively, it may be a combination of new and 野良 nora (stray, as in a stray cat, as strays are usually violent and tricky). Nyu itself may be a combination of ニャー nya (the sound a cat makes) and 鼬 yū.In other languagesLanguage Title MeaningJapan Flag.png Japanese ニューラ Nyula From 潜入 sennyū, ニャー nya, 鼬 yū, new, and 野良 noraFrance Flag.png French Farfuret From farfadet and furetSpain Flag.png Spanish Sneasel Same as English nameGermany Flag.png German Sniebel From its English name and DiebItaly Flag.png Italian Sneasel Same as English nameSouth Korea Flag.png Korean 포푸니 Popuni Hong Kong Flag.png Cantonese Chinese China and Taiwan Flags.png Mandarin Chinese 狃拉 Niǔlā Transliteration of its Japanese nameMore languagesIndia Flag.png Hindi स्निजेल Sneasel Transcription of English nameRussia Flag.png Russian Снизел Snizel Transcription of English nameRelated articlesSilver's SneaselHarrison's SneaselExternal links← Heracross #214: HeracrossPokémon#216: Teddiursa Teddiursa →Project Pokédex logo.png This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.Categories: Generation II PokémonDark-type PokémonIce-type PokémonDual-type PokémonPokémon in the Johto PokédexPokémon in the Sinnoh PokédexPokémon in the Unova Pokédex in Black and White Versions 2Pokémon in the Kalos PokédexPokémon in the Alola PokédexPokémon with a gender ratio of one male to one femalePokémon in the Medium Slow experience groupBlack-colored PokémonBody style 06 PokémonField group PokémonPokémon with wild held itemsPokémon with a base stat total of 430Pokémon whose base Speed stat is greater than 100Pokémon with 18 max performance starsBody size 1 PokémonPages with broken file linksPokémon that are part of a two-stage evolutionary linePokémon with cross-generational evolutionsPokémon that evolve based on timePokémon that evolve by leveling up with a held itemPokémon that evolve only at nightPokémon that evolve through held itemsRanger Partner PokémonShadow Pokémon in Pokémon ColosseumNavigation menucreate account log inSearch Bulbapedia Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Powered by MediaWikiThis page was last modified on 13 May 2017, at 17:31. 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I found the following article on Anabolic Extreme. I can not tell whether this guy is for real, but I find myself waiting for the punchline in part 2. In any case, I have to wonder how many of us would go for it (that is, those who could spare the cash)! Issue #104 "The Next Evolution of Chemical Warfare, Bodybuilder Style" Part 1 by: apowers3 "Listen man, I am telling you, I heard all of the big guys are going to this doctor X for the special treatment. It is some sort of "prosta-something" and "dinitro-fennel" or something, and I read about it in Muscle Mag. They said it is the new wave, even better than cell tech mixed with nitro tech, if you can believe that. These guys go to his secret office, and come back 12 days later with 20 pounds of new muscle and 20 pounds of fat loss, it is fucking amazing. I heard Ronnie did it last year, and look at that bastard. Come on man, we are banging 5 grams of test a week here and what the fuck is another gram going to do. You need to do this shit man, you are the one here with the shot at being a pro; this is your chance." I must say I was intrigued by what my training partner said. He had never steered me wrong before, although he was an asshole, so I had to check it out. I asked around my gym buddies for any information, but these guys have never heard of fucking Nolvadex, so I should have known that they would be of no use. I thought about this "Doctor X" and what 20 pounds of muscle could do for me, so I drove about an hour away to my dealer's house for my usual stash of 'bain, and an extra 1/4 ounce (can't get rid of this damn glaucoma), then stopped off at my Doc's office for my scripts. As I walked out the office door, I asked him if he knew anything about this doctor. It always seems that the crooked docs stick together, so I figured it was worth a shot. "Why yes, my man, I have heard of the wonderful things Doctor X can do and I personally know him very well. Would you like a referral?" What the fuck could I say, "Hell yeah, I want a referral, Doc", and so it was. He waddled back to his office, all of his 300 pounds of Wesson cooking oil plus the five pounds of water that he sweat out during my examination, and with the magic hand (or so the DEA says) gave me my ticket to new muscle. When the doc handed me the referral, I was about as excited as opening my first package of 1000 dianabol, so long ago. I pressed that referral close to me, as I couldn't lose this. I couldn't even wait until I got back to my house to call his office, so I called right from the cell phone in my car. "Hello, this is the Ten Thousand Lakes Health and Rejuvenation Clinic, Sandra speaking, how may I help you?" What a fucking mouthful, and it probably cost me 10 dollars just to hear that, because the damn office was across the country, in Minnesota, but, fuck it, I want this procedure. I asked to talk to Doctor X, but she said that I would need an appointment before anything could happen, typical doctor shit, so I made an appointment for a few days later. You would be surprised how hard it is to get a damn flight and a decent hotel in St. Paul. But the fun wasn't over after I got out there and into my hotel, as my three-door spec could barely fit me, and don't even get me started on how I got my luggage in the car. All of this was minor though, as I felt like a 15 year old getting his first blow, but the time went on forever before the appointment. The day came, though, and I was finally in the doc's office. It was like one of those art deco things that you see in movies, and I got the impression, then, that this shit wasn't going to be cheap. After checking in and doing all of the paper work, I was put in an office room and I waited for only a few minutes before I heard a knock on the door, "Oh sorry, trying to find the pisser." "Does the pisser usually have "Patient Number 3" on the door, jackass?", I said. And I slammed the door in the guys face. A few more minutes passed and the doc finally came in. "I bet I know what you are looking for", and before he could finish, I told him about the "fennel" shit I wanted. He seemed to know exactly what I meant and started to explain to me in all of this science shit. I just phased out and acted like I was listening, but I knew the science fags would want to know, so he gave me a paper on it, too. "We put you under a general anaesthesia for a period of 10 days, while you are constantly fed and hydrated through an IV and a tube in your stomach that is inserted through your nose. During this time, you will be given localized IM injections of a compound that you may have heard of before, "Prostaglandin 2-alpha". This compound can mimic the muscular damage done during a workout, without a workout, so muscle damage can occur even while you are out. To maximize the muscle gain, we also combine the Prostaglandin 2-alpha injections with a precise amount of IGF-1, to force anabolism to happen to repair the muscle damage caused by the prostaglandin injections. During your stay, you will be injected in every major muscle group up to ten times, to simulate 10 workouts with perfect endocrine and nutrition factors to assure muscle gain. You will also receive oral feedings of "2,4 dinitrophenol". This compound will allow you to burn up to two pounds of fat a day, without any muscle loss. The limit of 2,4 dinitrophenol is that the user can only use what they can handle, as the compound makes the user very hot, but while you are out, you don't feel this, so we can dose you up until the safe dose limit, again to maximize the fat loss. After the ten days of the procedure, you are slowly reduced in anaesthesia dose over the next two days, until all of the 2,4 dinitrophenol wears off in the body, so you can awake and be comfortable. The overall effects will look the best in a week after your procedure, but results will be noticeable immediately." The doc then mentioned the cost of the procedure, 10,000 dollars for ten days. I about flipped when I heard that number, but the doc explained that, compared to my growth hormone and other drugs, this was a small cost, and that bastard was right. So, I told him right there that I was going to do the procedure. He smiled and said that noone had ever been ready so quickly before. But I really don't give a fuck, so I pulled out my Visa card and charged the first 2000 dollars right there, and would pay the rest, the day of the procedure. My date was set for three days from today, and even that seemed like forever to me. Looks like I am going to have to spend a few more days in this hell hole� End of Part 1. *********************** What can I say... If Only I Were Wealthy, If Only It Were True, One Hell Of A Cure, I'd No Longer Be Blue!!! My Question Is... ...Would "YOU???" MH.

off the rack #1223

Monday, July 30, 2018

 Many comings and goings here recently. I had a visit with a friend from Victoria, BC over the weekend. Treated him to a fishing trip and he had a blast. My niece is moving to Bahrain tomorrow after being home from Japan for 8 months. I will miss her but we will keep in touch via social media. Penny is off on a road trip today to visit family up north and friends in Huntsville and Barrie, Ontario. She'll be back in time to welcome dear friends from Calgary, Alberta arriving next weekend while they are here visiting family. I'm not going anywhere soon but that's the way this homebody likes it.

 Detective Comics #985 - Bryan Hill (writer) Philippe Briones (art) Adriano Lucas (colours) Sal Cipriano (letters). I like the short and sweet origin story for this new super villain Karma. We find out why he's terrorizing Gotham City and what his demands are. This is a really good challenge for Batman and his allies.

 Moon Knight #197 - Max Bemis (writer) Jacen Burrows (pencils) Guillermo Ortego (inks) Matt Milla (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). It's a sit down dinner with a select group of extreme sadists. I question the "Teen+" rating for this issue. It definitely should have been rated "Parental Advisory". I mean, even I got a little queasy reading each guest's story. I kept waiting for the host to announce that they were going to kill someone for the main course. Yuck.

 Infinity Wars Prime - Gerry Duggan (writer) Mike Deodato Jr. (art) Frank Martin (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This story starts off promising enough with Loki in a library reading old stories about himself. This leads to Loki going to the Quarry of Creation to find some missing parts to one of his stories. I felt like I was missing a lot as I continued to read since I did not follow the Infinity Countdown and related tie-in books. I was left wondering what the fork was going on when Adam Warlock pays a visit to Doctor Strange. By the time the inevitable super villain was introduced I was feeling so lost that I decided to skip this war altogether. Other readers may be intrigued enough with the mysterious character with the infinity goggles to want to see what happens to the stones. I was completely shocked by the one death in this issue though.

 Justice League Dark #1 - James Tynion IV (writer) Alvaro Martinez Bueno (pencils) Raul Fernandez (inks) Brad Anderson (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). When Peter Milligan (writer) first introduced this team to the racks in 2011 I did read some of their adventures but I stopped before that run came to an end in 2015. I guess the team was disbanded but now there's a threat to magic in the DCU and all the mystical members have to join together to survive. This time they will be lead by Wonder Woman. Zatanna and Swampthing are front and center in this issue but there are plenty of other magic users waiting in the wings. I like the new Man-Bat but I'm not a fan of Zee's braid.

 Saga #54 - Fiona Staples (art) Brian K. Vaughn (writer) Fonografiks (letters). Many shocks this issue, the least of which is the announcement that Saga in going on a year long hiatus. Brian Michael Bendis (writer) walking away from Miles Morales bummed me out and this news also makes me sad. Having Hazel narrate this stunning issue prepares me for the major changes coming when this title hits the racks again next summer. I hope the creative team enjoys their much deserved break and look forward to the continuation of Hazel's story.

 Mr. & Mrs. X #1 - Kelly Thompson (writer) Oscar Bazaldua (art) Frank D'Armata (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). Love & Marriage part 1. I did not read the heavily hyped wedding issue where Kitty and Piotr followed in the footsteps of Batman and Catwoman so I don't know why they didn't tie the knot. Somewhere in there though Rogue and Gambit decided to take their on and off relationship and really get it on Marvin Gaye style. So we are gathered here to witness the wedding and part of the honeymoon until they are called to duty and have to retrieve something out in space. I like that Kelly toned down the southern drawl for Rogue and the Cajun inflections for Gambit so that their dialogue didn't get too annoying in my head. I loved the art and wish that Storm would wear her hair like that all the time. Very stylish and classy. Good job Oscar. Remy and Anna Marie make a cute couple and a surprise appearance on the last page will make for a fun threesome.

 Silencer #7 - Dan Abnett (writer) Viktor Bogdanovic (pencils) Viktor Bogdanovic & Jonathan Glapion (inks) Mike Spicer (colours) Tom Napolitano (letters). Honor's mission to make sure Talia al Ghul stays dead takes her and her family into the friendly skies. Unbeknownst to her Cradle and Grave are on the same flight. I like how the inevitable fight shows off what her super suit can do. I know she won't be successful in killing Talia for good and gone but it will be fun to see her try.

 Doomsday Clock #6 - Geoff Johns (writer) Gary Frank (art) Brad Anderson (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). We're at the halfway mark and this is my favourite issue yet. It's an all villains issue. I like how the Marionette and the Mime's origin story is woven in. This mature version of the Joker is much more interesting and I can't wait to find out what he does with the incapacitated Batman.

 Multiple Man #2 - Matthew Rosenberg (writer) Andy MacDonald (art) Tamra Bonvillain (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). This story is confusing enough with the time travelling but adding in the many Jamie Madroxes makes it even more confusing. I was almost willing to continue reading more issues when someone who knows stuff showed up but she was only there for a cameo. Layla was my favourite X-Factor member.

 Action Comics #1001 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Patrick Gleason (art) Alejandro Sanchez (colours) Josh Reed (letters). One of my favourite things about Brian's writing is his nice flowing dialogue and there's plenty of it in this issue. We find out who is setting fires all over Metropolis as a new super villain is introduced. Her name is Red Cloud and she is as fatal as a sarin gas attack.

 Amazing Spider-Man #2/LGY #803 - Nick Spencer (writer) Ryan Ottley (pencils) Cliff Rathburn (inks) Laura Martin (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Back to Basics part 2. Boy, talk about getting back to basics. We start off with a little fight with Man Mountain Marco and the Ringer and then another fight with the Black Ant and Taskmaster. Gee, Stan the Man and Steve Ditko used to do this sort of stuff every issue too. What is really tickling my fancy are the changes going on in Peter Parker's life. For one thing Stan and Steve never showed Peter and Mary Jane waking up in bed together. Then there's the surprise on the last page. Who is that masked man?

 Marvel 2-In-One #8/LGY #108 - Chip Zdarsky (writer) Ramon K. Perez (art) Frederico Blee (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Ben and Johnny are powerless now and stranded in a universe where Spider-Man is a despot. It's very dramatic when Johnny finds out that Ben didn't tell him that Reed, Sue and the kids are dead. I don't believe that for a second. Who's going to be in the new Fantastic Four comic book if that's true? Chip is doing an excellent job writing this.

 X-23 #2 - Mariko Tamaki (writer) Juann Cabal (art) Nolan Woodard (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). The Stepford Cuckoos suffer a death in the family and they go cuckoo for real. This leads to Gabby being captured and Laura needing to come to the rescue. This book gets my highest recommendation.

 The Sentry #2 - Jeff Lemire (writer) Kim Jacinto & Joshua Cassara (art) Rain Beredo (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). I was not prepared to like this as much as I do now. Jeff has made this character a lot more interesting with the crazy situations and supporting cast. This book and Moon Knight are weirdly psychological.

 Wakanda Forever: X-Men #1 - Nnedi Okorafor (writer) Ray Anthony-Height & Alberto Alburquerque (pencils) Ray Anthony-Height, Ray Anthony-Height, Juan Vlasco & Keith Champagne (inks) Erick Arciniega (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). It's Storm, Rogue and Nightcrawler's turn to team up with the Dora Milaje to fight Malice and her doomsday weapon Mimic-27. So just three X-Men then. Colossus isn't in this like he is on the cover. This issue leaves Mimic-27 more powerful than ever so we'll see what the Avengers can do when Wakanda Forever: Avengers #1 hits the racks August 22. I'm going to guess that T'Challa is going to set the lovestruck Malice straight and Mimic-27 will be blowed up real good with the help of, oh I don't know, Captain America and maybe She-Hulk.