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isn't the piece where glip beheads marl and eevee done because they both cheated on them with exty? I have to wonder if eevee knew about the stuff from Apollo around then. obviously there's no way to know for sure, but that specific connection has lingered in my head for a while after exty mentioned marl showing the beastiality videos. like, what's the timeline?

The timeline can be gathered well from this old post of Glips reflecting on the cheating that was posted in either January 2014 or December 2013. Glips retelling here also helps.

I am going to make this a general time line of Glip's (And other Floraverse community leaders like Eevee) informed complicity in Marl's sex crimes against animals and children.

Sometime before 2013 - Marl convinced Glip they where low on money if Glip would have sex with a dog on camera for him to distribute. Glip agreed to do this. Marl would also get Glip to have sex with a second dog at a different unknown time under unknown circumstances.

November 8th - 10th 2013 - Glip goes to Australia for Supanova Brisbane. They are ran booth 186, labeled as Papaya Arts. Exty and Marl have sex while Glip is in Australia. Marl had Exty watch stuff with the family dog, Apollo, at the time. This was not the first time Marl had an affair.

November 25th, 2013 - Glip uploads a phone wallpaper of Alice (Glip), Lexy (Eevee), Callahan (Marl) and Exty's OC. Indicating that Glip is not aware of the affair that happened between Exty and Marl.

Sometime between November 25th to December 3rd 2013 - Exty or Marl (Glip flip flops between who told them) informs Glip of the affair. Marl asks for permission to sleep with Exty even though the affair already occurred.

Glip, during the confrontation, supposedly makes an ultimatum. If Marl did anything with dogs again, they would divorce him. ( This does not happen when Glip later learns Marl did stuff with dogs again in a year. )

Right after this confrontation, Eevee, apparently tried to have sex with Exty immediately after Glip left the room upset. (Girl. What.)

December 3rd, 2013 - Glip uploads "Let's Play - Lovely Kitten Surgeon" to deviantart. Showing Alice (Glip) decapitating Callahan (Marl) and Lexy (Eevee) to vent about the entire affair. This shows that Glip is now aware that Marl was abusing Apollo.

March, 2014 - Marl starts to DM a 13 year old girl named Lain / SpaggleDagger photos of dog genitalia. He wasted no time after getting that ultimatum.

October 7th, 2014 - Pengo puts out his massive call out post on Glip / Marl. The only thing that's important here is the fact Marl's zoo interest came out at this time, but Pengo made an effort to keep it on the down low under threat of retaliation.

October 18th, 2014 - Lain, a 14 year old girl at the time, posts to tumblr about how Marl privately messaged her sexually explicit content on Eevee's IRC in March of that year. Including how Marl admitted to enjoying beastiality, how he watched a woman fuck a dog, how Marl sent her photos of dog balls, and how Marl wants to have sex with this 13 year old girl in a hotel room described in vivid detail. This post generally got ignored due to the Pengo Call out.

August 10th, 2015 - Lain makes a second post about what Marl did to her. In this post Lain goes into more detail about the specifics of what Marl has told her, and describes the typically camera shy Marl accurately. Including mentioning his acne scars.

August 11th, 2015 - Glip, ignoring the fact their ultimatum to Marl was violated, makes a twitter thread complaining about a call out post from a child who "they have logs where she admits to sending nudes to someone and wanted to get them arrested for child porn"

Eevee would also write a post platforming the words of other adults who sexually abused Lain and further slandering her that would be posted on Glips blog about this. Despite Eevee being the admin of the IRC the interactions occurred on, Eevee would, curiously, not share the DM's between Lain and Marl. (Glip. You said you would divorce Marl if he did anything with dogs again. Why are you attacking a 15 year old.)

Marl would also make a post about this, claiming Lain, the 15 year old child, was harassing him.

August 15th, 2015 - Glip would again, make another post slandering the 15 year old child by platforming other abusers of hers and would use logs of Lain realizing she was sexually abused and wondering what to do about it as """""proof""""" that this child is a seductress looking to entrap men in a child porn charge.

April 5th, 2018 - Lain would leak direct messages between Big Fluff and Marl that showed Marl doing the same exact thing to Big Fluff when she was 16. They also, notably, involve Marl trying to produce Zoophilic Child porn of Big Fluff with intent to distribute.

April 6th, 2018 - Someone would post the Big Fluff / Marl logs in the Floraverse discord server. Gabby, a current-day-Floraverse-Moderator would approach the user to talk about them, and would act as a telephone between the user and Marl.

Marl would admit that these logs where he tried to convince a 16 year old to commit beastiality on camera for him to distribute were real to Gabby.

Gabby, the-current-day-floraverse-moderator would, also on behalf of Marl, ask the user to take a bribe, not realizing that these logs were already public.

When the user said no, Marl - with Gabby's assistance, would immediately change his story from "I know who this is, and I'm sorry" to "this is soooooooooo totally fake."

Glip would then claim to leave the internet because of "lies and bullshit".

April 7th, 2018 - Eevee claims the logs are edited. But, for some reason, does not have the "original unedited logs". She also tells the victims of Marl that she'll see them in hell.

May 7th, 2018 - It is discovered that Eevee / Marl and Glip are selling their home.

June 18th, 2018 - Eevee gets her name legally changed.

June 21st, 2018 - Glip gets their name legally changed.

July 22nd, 2018 - Glip FINALLY announces that they are divorcing Marl. Following up on their ultimatum against Marl, four years after Lain revealed that Marl violated that ultimatum!

Great. So, by this point, Glip divorced Marl. Additionally, Marl has admitted that chat logs of him trying to convince a 16 year old to produce zoo porn are real. There's no reason to continue this post, surely Glip won't continue to torment his other victims and cover for him by calling them liars, right?

July 23rd, 2018 - Glip posts a letter claiming that it was written by Marl. In this letter, the author insists that Glip never had any idea that Marl was into zoo. This is despite the fact Marl supposedly made Glip rape two separate dogs, and despite the fact Glip was aware that their pet dog Apollo was abused by Marl for years at this point. The author also insists that the logs between Big Fluff and Marl are edited, despite being unable to provide the "authentic" logs.

July 24th, 2018 - Marl gets his name legally changed.

August 2nd, 2018 - Glip mocks people who are suspicious of them not believing Lain, and continues to call her a 'fucking liar', and also how they're Marl's biggest victim and that that they have the chat logs (This is true.) but "nothing was there" (This is impossible to be true. They are continuing to lie to cover for Marl and themselves for their failure to act earlier.)

September 27th, 2018 - Glip would attempt to coordinate serious retaliation against Lain, who started to speak up about Marls abuse of her again.

Glip also created a twitter thread about Lain, platforming the testimonies from other men like Marl who sexually abused her, and calling her a "fucking parasite".

This is despite the fact it is know a known fact that Marl is a pedophile and a zoophile, and that Lain was one of the first victims of him to speak out.

February 27th, 2019 - Glip makes another twitter thread about Lain. Calling her a serial liar and how that traumatized them.

June 14th, 2019 - Glip claims that they thought Marl only had a fetish and that he was not acting on. This is despite the fact Glip was informed of the creation of sexual abuse footage of their pet dog in 2013.

June 30th, 2020 - Glip finally posts an apology document to both Lain and Big Fluff. They also post a document about how Marl abused them.

It is notable that, in the 41 page apology document to Lain and Big Fluff, Glip doesn't mention how both them and Eevee claimed earlier that they had no chat logs of Marl sexually abusing Lain.

The document of Glip recounting their abuse at the hands of Marl is threads through their life history as a way to prove how ill and abused they were is all accumulating to the ultimate implied conclusion that Glip couldn’t possibly have been at fault for what they did to these kids because they were being abused when they did it.

Glip was abused, and they had made horrible choices of their own volition throughout this. Both of these are true at the same time.

You think Glip is done slandering these now young adults because they apologized?

March 28th, 2023 - Glip goes on a rant in their discord server about how hurt they where by Big Fluff remembering how Glip exposed their naked body to the then child accidentally while Marl was grooming them.

September 27th, 2023 - When called out on their treatment towards Lain while knowing Marl was a zoophile, Glip bites back about how there needs to be a focus on how THEY WHERE HURT BY THE THEN CHILD. HOW THERE NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THEYRE A VICTIM OF THE SAME CHILD THEY SLANDERED FOR YEARS.

There is no way to neatly tie up this post in a bow. Glip was aware that Marl was sexually abusing people, and even their family dog and lied and protected him at every chance they had until they couldn't anymore. When the opportunity arose, pillar members of the Floraverse community like Gabby decided to knowingly protect the pedophile. When Eevee was sitting on evidence of her roommate being a pedophile, she decided to lie about it, protect the pedophile, and slander the child. Glip to this day insists that they where, some sort of victim of these two children who where sexually abused by Marl, these two children that Glip themselves abused by using their platform to slander and gaslight them for years.

These people are terrible. Floraverse is terrible. They always have been, and they always will be.

#floraverse #glitchedpuppet #forbidden flora #forbiddenflora #pengosolvent #fox flux #forbiddenflor #purplekecleon

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tiptapricot · 4 months

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MKcember day 19. Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives and/or Notes

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A journal, filled with colored sticker bookmarks and shifting scrawls of Spanish. It’s squeezed into the limo’s messy glove box. He flips through a few pages.

January 13th, 2019 Chicago

—Food cart a few blocks from hotel. Good hotdogs. Cheap. Only takes cash. Order “the usual” if you don’t remember what that is. No vegetarian options. Will understand you without English.

—Falafel place with good drinks near old library. New. Comfy seats. Specify non-alcoholic

—Don’t let Marc find the waffles.

March, Tuesday something, New York

—Don’t remember the street. Somewhere with a big red sign and iron man stickers on the windows. Best fucking (the text is blurred, something smudging the ink)

SOUP ON 6th

Friday, New York still

—Go back to that cart by the mural for the elote and his number

London, new years recently I think. Rough time

—Sweets shop near place with Layla, breads and custard and good malt balls. In bulk.

—Diner downtown, Gena’s. She was nice. Good food ——> Colombian!

—Can’t find my snacks

September 6th 2020, Cairo

—DONT get drinks from place with green overhang. Layla says don’t trust.

—Get ful medames if rushing. Good place a few blocks down from usual hotel.

December, cold, monday(?)

—Gena’s got two kids. Gives leftovers. Ask her about other places to check out. Rice pudding not as good as ours ok though

Valentine’s Day, has to be 2021, London

—Steven’s soda is gross, don’t drink it

He flips a chunk of pages ahead.

The book is now marked with sticky notes and inserted papers. Shopping lists—some crossed off, others half finished—short exchanges, reminders, small drawings. They litter the back of the book, bulging out unevenly as he looks through them. There’s a mess of receipts taped in between an exchange about vegetable broth, and a drawing of a goldfish next to something heated about sushi.

He pauses on another shopping list, this one divided with names denoting the sections to who wants what.

Jake. Steven. Marc.

He glances up at the window, his reflection odd in the tinted glass. The material should be thicker. He thinks distantly of stars. The list flutters to the floor as he moves slightly, and he reaches down to grab it, mouth thinning.

Which one is he?

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Check out the prompt list here!

(Subtle commander fic fOr me!! In prep for the fact I’m absolutely doing another with a later prompt lol)

#moon knight #mkcember2023 #jake lockley #steven grant #marc spector #moon knight 2022 #mcu moon knight #moon knight mcu #the fruit is talking again #my fic #my-fic

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blurredcolour · 2 years

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Lost

Summary: Time runs out on the production of Elvis and you find yourself quite lost.

Part Three of Production. Read Stuck (Part One), and Caught (Part Two).

Pairing: Austin Butler x Gender Neutral Reader

Warnings: Suddenly A Lot of Plot, Angst, Discussion of COVID-19 Protocols, Mentions of Hospitalization, Alcohol Consumption, Doom Scrolling, Mental Health Struggles, Language, Discussion of Mature/Explicit Themes - 18+ Only

Disclaimer: For entertainment purposes only. This story is in no way based on fact. It is simply the product of my fevered brain which cannot stop. Seriously...it’s looking like six parts at this point...

Word Count: 3216

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‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions.’

You had absolutely every intention of speaking to Austin about what that passionate night in the trailer meant. You knew assumptions and unspoken expectations would lead to disaster, but every time you two were alone together there was an irresistible magnetism. Lips crashed against one another hungrily rather than discussing feelings and meaning, bodies lost in one another completely.

His presence would flood your senses, blank out the thoughts in your head, and you would fall into each other as though the separation had been significantly longer than mere hours. He was insatiable and you were not ashamed to admit you would never get enough of his kisses, his caresses, his thrusts. You’d never been so completely consumed with a lover before, and when you laid in your bed trying to sleep between shifts, the intensity of your need for him somewhat scared you.

With your opposing schedules, it was not easy to find time to see one another, but like a person obsessed, you made time by sacrificing essential things like food and sleep. You showed up an hour early for your shift every night to see him freshly out of his costume, and spent your meal break with him before he went home to sleep. The pace of filming was only increasing as the calendar flipped from January to February to March. There was so much to get done before the last day that you were all working overtime to meet the demands of your director.

Frankly, you were exhausted, but Baz’s demands on the majority of the cast and crew paled in comparison to the demands Austin had placed on himself. You’d always find him with his nose buried in the script, a guitar in hand practicing, or watching a performance or interview. Never resting. The sweet lover who looked at you with eyes filled with awe was less and less present; the bold and demanding character of Elvis became the main fixture of your love lives.

He would barely listen to your suggestions that he go home early, to not wait for you…and the night you tried to cuddle with him instead of indulging in your desires…well it was an utter failure. You had ended up on all fours wailing at each relentless thrust. The night you’d tried to distract him with a shower had led to a very acrobatic moment in the narrow stall. You had become an expert in his body: how to draw the ragged moans from deep inside him, how long he could hold back before need overcame him and drove him wild, how to leave him completely drained and falling asleep. He whined every time you left the bed to go back to your shift, and you begged him to stay there and rest…but you knew he was up and working again as soon as you closed the trailer door behind you.

The most exhausting thing of all, however, was the fear that someone would find out the two of you were willfully violating public health orders. You were both careful, and following every other protocol, but you were definitely not in one another’s working cohorts and the scandal of charges could impact the whole film, and both of your careers.

None of it, however, could compete with the connection you felt with each other. It was unspeakably powerful, impossible to ignore. Your days became a blur of intense focus on either Austin, or your wardrobe work. There was nothing else. Your feelings for Austin were so overpowering you had been afraid you might simply disappear into them; your whole being vanishing without a trace.

When you arrived at your desk near the end of March, you were shocked to see the final call sheet for production laying on your workstation. It was filled with thank you notes from Baz and Catherine and others. It filled you with dread. Tomorrow. How had you let this happen?!

The time frame in which to force a conversation about your relationship had shrunk to a little over a day…And judging by the work orders on your desk, there would be no breaks to spend with him either…In fact, you noticed on the call sheet that your last shift would start a full two hours before filming even ended the next day. Well, fuck. You pulled out your work phone and sent Austin a text apologizing and promising to meet up with him once everything was finally over. The lack of reply honestly did not shock you; everyone was just running towards to finish line, trying not to fall down before they got there.

After the final day of shooting, you were arm deep in washing water, handwashing the blue lace shirt, when a buzz went through the room. Some of your department was off at the wrap party, but the majority of you had too much to do to stop and celebrate. You looked up as Taylor bustled over to you.

“Oh my god, they’ve taken Austin to hospital in an ambulance!” Their hushed whisper crashed into you like a tidal wave.

The shock made you go cold, your body went numb. The shirt slipped from your fingers into the water as you completely lost all dexterity.

“I…Jesus…” You shook your head, words utterly failing you. “I’m…just gonna…washroom.” You stuttered and rinsed your hands before walking quickly to the single stall washroom, locking the door. You pulled out your work phone…of course there was no message from him. The man was sick for Christ’s sake…You paced, filled with nothing more than the desire to run to the hospital to find out what was wrong…what you could do to help. You wanted to be there, to comfort him, help heal him.

The cold realization that, now that filming had wrapped, you were no longer officially Austin’s anything, crashed down on you. You rapidly blinked against the flood of tears, but it was futile. The exhaustion, the fear, the intensity of it all had left you utterly spent, and you crumpled onto the floor sobbing into your knees as you clutched them to your chest. You heard the knocking…heard your name…but you were rooted to the spot, sobs wringing every last tear out of your body.

The door had lurched open as Taylor stepped in, holding the emergency key in hand. You were quickly pulled into comforting arms as Taylor joined you on the floor, kicking the door shut. You had tried to make excuses but could only produce pathetic sounds through your tears.

“You don’t have to explain anything, I’m here. We’ll get you through it.” You sagged into Taylor’s arms and eventually your sobs subsided to occasional shudders and sniffs. You reached for the paper towel and started mopping at your face before you noticed the damp spot on their shirt. “Oh, fuck I’m sorry.” You spoke weakly and started blotting at it, the two of you cracking up at your losing battle. Working together, you were returned to something akin to presentable before rejoining the team. Everyone was so absorbed in finishing their own tasks that no one even spared a glance.

When the security team came to your station to collect your pass and phone at the end of your shift, you felt like throwing up. This was it…the last tether you had to Austin…you watched silently as they reset the phone in front of you, showing you that it was completely erased before moving on to the next station. That is how your time on production of Elvis came to an end.

As you had stepped out into the harsh sunlight of mid-morning, an ordinary citizen far from home, you felt hollow and utterly spent. With the tireless patience of Taylor’s assistance, you were delivered to your apartment where you collapsed into bed and slept for a solid 12 hours. You fed yourself whatever was leftover in your fridge, not really tasting it, as you began the process of packing up the last eight months of your life. The nomadic nature of the film industry was probably the most difficult part of the job, but you had been careful not to accumulate too much.

You found yourself constantly fighting the pull of the man lying in the hospital, every fibre of your being screaming to run there now as fast as your feet could carry you. Truly, though, what could you even say to gain entry? ‘Why yes, Mr. Butler and I have been engaging in copious amounts of sex in flagrant violation of your local health authority because we cannot stop, and I really need to see him.’ You laughed bitterly at yourself as a fresh crop of tears spill from eyes you thought had no tears left. You made several rounds to make sure you got every last item before sleeping a few more hours.

And then you were at the airport at five the next morning, shuffling through the security line in the crowded airport. To think that the most intense relationship of your life would end this way…you were helpless to stop the steady leak of unbidden tears that dripped from your eyelashes. You had flown too close to the sun…too close to Austin…and you had been burned. By the time you were walking through your home airport, dragging your bags, you clued into what a pathetic picture you must paint as you registered the sympathetic glances coming at you.

What-ifs and might-have-beens were your constant companions. It was all so undefined, unforgettable, unfinished. Would you have ever become a real couple? Would you have made it with the distance and different lives, outside the manufactured environment a film production provided? How would you even describe the last two months to someone if you’d been so inclined to talk about it? The only truth you knew was that your relationship with Austin had changed you deeply, permanently.

The temptation to look at your phone, check your messages from unknown senders on your social apps, was irresistible. Every click, every glance, was met with disappointment. Disappointment with yourself for not preventing this. Disappointment with him for not trying. You made a point of reading physical books, trying a new crafty hobby (the product was questionable, but the process was helpful), walking outside even though you felt horrific – nighttime was perfect for morose strolling, no one was around to pity you.

It took a month before you felt some semblance of yourself again. Memories still came as uninvited guests, bringing with them a sharp pain that stole your breath like a body blow. But they were coming less often, and you were recovering from the pain of them more quickly. You started looking for your next job and found that with Elvis on your resume, and Catherine Martin’s glowing recommendation, you had your choice of films. You found yourself working in Northern Ireland next. You had never been a follower of tabloid magazines or celebrity news but there were a lot of gossips on that film and Austin’s name inevitably came up.

They would try and tempt you into talking about what it was like working with him, but you played it off as though you’d never spoken more than a handful of times. The ache in your heart lessened, the work became enjoyable again as you healed. You made a point of spending your free time in the workroom, learning new skills from your coworkers to expand your abilities.

The dreams, however, were persistent. Your mind had refused to let him go…sometimes it would be as simple as sharing a laugh in his trailer…others it would be a full-on passionate experience that left you frustrated and tangled in your sheets.

You had tried to frame them as a gift…something to treasure considering you had little else to remember him by. You regretted not taking his number from your work phone, yet he had never given it to you for personal reasons. While your relationship had obviously evolved, the idea had never crossed your mind until it was too late. You reasoned that even if the idea had come to you in time, it would not have been with his consent, and you would never have violated his privacy in that way.

By the spring of 2022 you’d moved onto the next job in London, riding the success of the last production and tirelessly building your career. Your flat was located in a neighbourhood filled with trees and families. The crew on this picture was a lot more seasoned, less into gossip, but the buzz around Elvis still followed you. The premiere was coming up at the end of May. Catherine had reached out to you with an offer of a ticket to attend. You were seriously considering it, thinking you might be able to chance a run in with Austin without completely crumbling. That was, until the pictures of the MET Gala came out.

Kaia Gerber was her name, according to the caption under the incredibly glamourous red-carpet photo of Austin staring lovingly into the eyes of a statuesque brunette. She was flawless, a model according to your quick Google search. Daughter of Cindy fucking Crawford, 10 years younger than him. It was then you had realized the scab over the wound in your heart had been paper thin. The photos of them together had ripped it wide open again. You felt like you had fallen back to a year before, freshly torn from him.

He had moved on…you had distracted yourself with work and were still thoroughly stuck on him. They looked beautiful together��their height and proportions…professionally styled…that was the kind of person he belonged with. They belonged in the spotlight, basking in each other’s success…What you shared had been behind closed doors for so many reasons.

You were not ready to even breathe the same air as him. You were barely holding it together in the silence of your flat…if holding it together meant being halfway through a bottle of wine and demolishing a bag of the saltiest chips you could find. You carefully worded a grateful decline of the ticket to Catherine, wanting to keep her favour, falling back on the excuse of your current project to get out of attending.

The hits kept on coming as the pictures from the red carpet in Cannes flooded the internet and you had to beg off sick that day, unable to function. You could not stop thinking about the way his fingers framed her face. How their smiles reflected in each other’s eyes.

Hell. You had slipped into hell…and you were dying a thousand deaths. Nothing gave you solace…not food, not drink, not movies, not a walk, not a bath…your chest was heavy with the weight of your feelings as you scrolled aimlessly through your social feed. You were not focusing on anything, just trying desperately to keep the thoughts of him at bay, when you saw the flash of Taylor’s username on Instagram. They had been insistent on staying in touch with you…clearly you had concerned them with your nervous breakdown in the bathroom…they were working in Scotland on something you’d never heard of. In the same time zone.

You flicked to the messages and sent them a DM, asking if they might be available to chat. The seconds ticked by as you waited for their reply, each one taking an eternity to roll into the next. In reality, Taylor had sent an enthusiastic -Sure! - within 30 seconds. You hesitated with your thumb over the call button, fear and doubt holding you back before you slammed it down aggressively to initiate the video chat. You needed this, even though it would be painful and embarrassing, the burden was impossible to carry on your own.

“Hey! Long time no…are you ok?” Their greeting swiftly shifts to concern, and you just shake your head, beyond denying it any longer.

It spills out of you in a deluge, the whole sordid affair – save the intimate details of course. They are quiet save the minimal encouragers; ‘mmhmm, I see, oh no….’ You were shaking and crying but you fought through it to get out every last bit of it. There was stunned silence on the other end, shock evident on Taylor’s face. Suddenly they snapped out of it and there was a rush of sympathy.

“I am so sorry you’ve been trying to deal with all this alone, thank you for reaching out to me. I am going to take a few days and come see you, ok?”

Fresh tears, tears of relief, slid down your cheeks as you continued chatting and planning for their visit…you’d been too emotionally spent at the time to recognize that they were coming on the day of the premiere. Taylor did a spectacular job of distracting you from Austin’s presence in London, driving you out to Bath to visit the haunts of Regency nobility. You’d found your smile again, your ability to breathe again, thanks to Taylor. The second stage of your healing felt more genuine now that you weren’t carrying such a heavy secret any longer. By July, you felt ready…. ready to see the film that everyone could not stop talking about. You had given so much of yourself to see it succeed, you deserved to see the final product with your own eyes.

You picked the latest showing in your neighbourhood and sat in the back, armed with tissues. Surrounded by strangers who would only assume you to be an odd, overly emotional super fan, you watched the masterpiece unfold before your eyes. It was a true spectacle, made for theatres and big audiences. The music was impeccable, you knew you would be buying the soundtrack on your way home. Your heart swelled with pride at the costumes…you had helped make them, care for them…you were a part of this. But it was Austin’s performance that grounded the film in reality. His earnest portrayal of the pop culture legend left no sense of impersonation. It was an honest, and human, performance. Your tears came at different moments than the story called for, particularly Russwood Park (you didn’t even notice if your debut as an extra had merited any screen time). That is where it had all begun, with that damn zipper…you chuckled under your breath and shook your head.

You stayed through the credits, gasping as your name rolled by with the rest of the wardrobe department…that was never the reason behind what you did, and it was always a bit of a shock to see your name on the big screen. You left once the lights came back on, walking through the now quiet streets back to your flat. It was the closest you supposed you were ever going to get to an ending. Bittersweet - a mixture of solace and pain.

You grabbed the mail from the mailbox on the main floor, flipping through the envelopes as you made your way up the stairs. You beamed as an envelope from your next film was there, no doubt holding your next contract. First Poland and then later Germany. It was a very exciting project in amazing locations. The future was bright…and the pain would continue to fade…

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Read Found (Part Four)

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buoyantsaturn · 1 year

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C.J. buoyantsaturn’s 2022 year in review fic rec list

January

blanket octopus [988 words]

Will takes up an arts and crafts project after returning from Tartarus

February

you're not the only one who thinks they're falling in love [8,481 words]

Nico kept his eyes on the script, skimming over each of the lines as though to make sure Will hadn’t skipped over anything important - he hadn’t; he was flawless, as always. “Uh, good, yeah! I feel like you hit all of the beats, and the, uh, the emotion was all there. Obviously, it’ll be better in real blocking instead of just a line read, but-- Um, Reyna? Any notes?”

March

Should've Known That You've Been Dancing With a Wolf [4,040 words]

As the opening credits of some 80s horror movie played, Nico and Will got comfortable on Nico’s bed, pressed together from hip to shoulder as they shared a blanket and held a bowl of popcorn between their laps.

April

comparison is killing me slowly (i think i think too much) [2,643 words]

“Leo,” Nico hissed, and Will stepped back from the door a split second before Nico’s head snapped back to make sure Will hadn’t entered the room. “I thought we agreed that we wouldn’t celebrate our anniversary anymore - that’s not fair to Will.”

May (aka the month where i ONLY wrote no love au so my options were limited)

through all the times we've tried, I could never be what you needed of me (but I wish I was) [4,310 words]

“Who am I supposed to have dinner with?”

Lou shot him a withering gaze. “You can’t really be that stupid.”

[from the series twenty four seven, i hate my love for you]

June

i never noticed anything but you but you but you [5,845 words]

Before Nico and Will had left at the end of their week-long visit, Vernon had handed Nico a cattle rope in exchange for the promise that he would be "the best cattle roper those yankees have ever seen" by the time he returned. And Nico had been practicing.

[from the series farm to table au]

July

Three of Cups [15,793 words]

He knew that whoever had dropped off the coffee had also taken a seat across from him at the booth, though they hadn’t spoken a word - another mercy on his tired brain; they all knew how much any amount of social interaction drained him. It was only when the smell of coffee had woken him up enough that he could lift his head again and reach for the cup that the person across from him said a simple, “Good morning.”

August

I know what I should do, but I just can't walk away [45,188 words]

After the death of his husband, Nico tries to put his life back together with the help of his friends, his cat, and his TA for Biology 103.

September

i wish whoever just sprayed perfume on this enclosed train a very die [3,187 words]

Will had never seen a masseuse that was as attractive as his hot as fuck chiropractor.

October

Safe (better keep that thought to yourself) [34,270 words]

Nico figured he was probably overprepared, but it was better to be safe than sorry, especially when leaving his child with some guy he barely knew and a kid he’d never met.

God, he hoped Will wasn’t some kind of psychopath.

November

Nobody wants to be alone (but that is not why I want you) [4,049 words]

“Oh my god,” Will said, “babe, you can’t live like that!”

Nico flipped his camera back, smiling brightly at Will as he replied, “Then it’s a good thing I don’t live here anymore, huh?”

December

#OnBrand [1,289 words]

Something told him that he hadn’t just seen that conversation because he was missing Percy - and, seriously, he thought he was done dreaming about Percy when he started crushing on Will - and that same gut feeling had him thinking that he was running out of time.

#fic rec #solangelo #mine #my writing #no love au #three of cups au #farm to table au #widower au #single parents au

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Kanato/Rosey timeline

For the purposes of this story, yui did not come to the sakamaki manor. Technically, this is post -bride yui. If yui exists in this AU, she would be with ayato. Big surprise. Big credits to @knivesandsweetsugar for helping write Kanato and Rosey’s story. Kanato is nicer AU at play

May 2023

Rosey arrives at the sakamaki manor and meets the boys. She does not understand her purpose at the manor but remains polite.

Rosey meets Kanato. She had an initial attraction to him. Kanato does not, seeing her as another bother

June 2023

Rosey is highly uncomfortable and high strung. Rosey first tried to get to know the boys over the course of the month, but is kicked when she is down. Kanato enjoys toying with her. Rosey is confused by him.

July 2023

Kanato and Rosey have a “relationship” with each other that is highly toxic. Kanato has threatened to kill Rosey multiple times. Rosey ceases speaking to the other boys during this month in effort to please Kanato.

August 2023

Rosey resumes speaking to the other brothers out of necessity. Rosey develops a wobbly “friendship” with Subaru. Kanato does not take it well. Rosey learns to placate Kanato by behaving extra cute and less of herself.

September 2023

It’s Rosey’s birth month! Determined to stay in a good mood, she plays her role to Kanato and spend the rest of the time alone or with Subaru. Kanato does his first polite act towards Rosey by sharing cake with her. This makes Rosey, reluctantly, fall harder for him.

October 2023

Rosey becomes comfortable enough to behave as herself around the house, except around Kanato. The brothers take notice, but ultimately do nothing with it. Kanato starts to notice the act and becomes irritated.

November 2023

Kanato encounters Rosey about her behavior. Rosey attempts to explain herself, but Kanato is too irritated to really listen. In a fit of anger, Rosey explodes at Kanato. Surprisingly, she survives this encounter. Kanato and Rosey comes to blows about their feelings towards each other. Both admit to liking each other.

December 2023

Rosey and Kanato do not speak for half a month. In the other half, both had given the other a gift, and do partially reconcile. One again on speaking terms, Kanato attempts to have a relationship with Rosey, but it’s going slowly.

January 2024

Rosey can comfortably talk to most of the members of the house. Kanato and Rosey are developing a romantic relationship, but due to Kanato’s behavior the relationship is still toxic but less violative of Rosey’s comfort.

February 2024

The relationship between Rosey and the Kanato settles. The behavior remains the same. Rosey notes her cycle is late. Fearful of Kanato’s reaction, Rosey hides her diary with the information.

March 2024

Kanato is unaware of the problem in process. Rosey starts to recede into her old act and into herself, notable level of stress increase. This confuses Kanato.

April 2024

Kanato finds Rosey’s diary. With some anger and clarity, Kanato decides to be…”better”. This in turn confuses Rosey. Neither is aware the other knows of the elephant in the room.

May 2024

Rosey has been with the sakamakis for a year, and she feels as close as she can be to the type of people they are. Rosey admits to Kanato she is with child. Out of character, Kanato experiences joy. Perhaps this meant he was meant to be the demon king? The thought weighed heavily on him.

June 2024

Kanato has what to Rosey is a personality flip. He’s kind, polite, and she finds comfort in the times he behaves like his old self. Kanato opens up about his past, and Rosey and Kanato sing together. They also reveal to the brothers that Rosey is with child. There are mixed reactions.

July 2024-September 2024

Rosey and Kanato prepare for the baby.including moving into the demon realm where Kanato starts to formally train for his role as king.

October 2024

Kanato and Rosey welcome a beautiful baby girl. Kanato puts aside his ego to suggest couples therapy. Rosey accepts.

November 2024

Kanato ascends to the throne with Rosey and his daughter by his side. The two share a gradually healthier relationship.

December 2024

Rosey can Kanato start to plan a wedding due in 2026. The two share a romantic relationship that is heading in the right distraction and head to their forever ever after. They have Christmas at the sakamaki manor.

#diabolik lovers oc #rosey core #diabolik oc #sakamaki verse #diabolik lovers #kanato sakamaki #pregnancy tw

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netripper · 7 months

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the job

some unfinished stuff from january this year; this is an AU in which johnny and v(ic) are doing jobs together in 2013!

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She hit a few keys on her cyberdeck, and her infovisor lit up with operating manuals in a slow-paced neon scroll. It was the best she could do unplugged; she connected to a camera she could see through the window, all the way across the field of warehouses and squat residential buildings, then to another she could see through that camera, then another, zig-zagging between alleyways and back roads, her path projected in her eyes in a marching green line. It was a tight squeeze—if just one camera went down, she was screwed—but it got her where she wanted to be.

Zooming in to a figure at the deepest point of this alleyway, stood outside the steel latticework skeleton of a maintenance elevator, Vic watched as he lit himself a cigarette, the light bouncing off his chromed hand. She grinned to herself, switching on her headset.

"What'd I say about lights, hotshot?"

Johnny nearly jumped out of his skin. He flicked his lighter shut and stuffed it back in his pocket, carefully scanning his environment. When he spotted the camera at the mouth of the alley, he took a long drag, pinching the cigarette out of his mouth and lowering his hand to his side. The other in his pocket, he let the smoke out through his nose.

"Took your sweet time," he murmured, his low voice picked up by the comm shell in his ear. "For a minute there, I was afraid you fell asleep, sunshine."

Vic scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Oh, please. I could go for hours."

He smirked at that. He pointed at the camera approvingly, cigarette perched between his fingers.

"I'll hold you to it." He spun around to face the elevator panel and planted the cigarette in his mouth. Then he fished a notepad out of his pants, flipping it open to a specific page. Vic couldn't see what he was looking at.

Johnny looked up after a few seconds and dialed a code with his left hand. No fingerprints, Vic noted. Clever.

He smacked the call button with his fist and looked up. She zoomed out to see. The elevator didn't budge. He waited a little bit, then pressed it again. Still, no dice.

Johnny wound his arm back and punched the panel as hard as he could. With a loud ka-chunk!, the elevator slowly slid its way down the shaft, rattling along with a low mechanical wail. She heard in her headset a hard swallow, saw the bouncing of Johnny's foot against the pavement. The noise made her antsy, too.

"How long's this place been outta business, do you think?"

The elevator gates slid open, the springy metal frame bunched up into little diamond shapes. He shrugged as he stepped inside.

"Dunno," Johnny said. "Reckon it's been... ten, maybe twenty years." He twisted around to look up at the side of the building, following what looked like an old oil stain caked down the back of the elevator shaft. He turned back, shrugging at the camera down the way. "We'll say fifteen."

She only huffed in amusement. Johnny hesitated before he pressed the elevator button again, grimacing as the racket followed him to the roof. Vic watched his ascent with bated breath, chewing on her bottom lip.

#cyberpunk 2077 #cbp2077 #cp2077 #oc: victory bell #johnny silverhand #silverv #this is likely never gonna be finished but i felt like sharing #i had a whole fic in mind and it still sounds fun #just gotta get to a place where i feel like writing smth longterm!

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polyboros · 4 months

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2k23 writing in review: it's mostly sauces

JANUARY

“i’m going to be the one to kill you,” she tells them. “it’s mine. so don’t die, acevedo.” a smile, cheeky. “they’d have to try harder than this,” they answer. not quite a promise, but the look in their eyes is brighter than the lightning. she snorts, rolls over. their footsteps are soft when they leave.

from fine in fire and of frame, a blaseball au fic about luisjon (<3)

FEBRUARY

IF YOU COULD EVER DO ANYTHING AT ALL IF YOU COULD EVER DO anything at all if you could ever claw your way out of here and back into his body where he couldn’t take it back because he killed the only good thing in his life you’d kill him. you’d kill him you’d kill him you’d kill him and you will not let yourself forget that NOT LIKE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN THE REST OF YOU

from when the radio's gone (we've got to turn it back on), a sauces rewrite fic

MARCH

[The camera distorts. When the feed returns to normal, 10 has his hand crossed over his chest to rest on his shoulder, between streaks of red-brown stark on the white cloth, splayed in a mockery of fingers—as if he’s holding someone’s hand. There is something inexplicably soft in his expression.] 10: I’m working on it. Do you want to hear about it? RADIO: [STATIC] 10: It always went over his head too, don’t worry. I’ll walk you through it.

from the weighty click of her heart against my spine, a sauces horror au fic

APRIL

the books are heavy in evan’s hand, and he’s happy to drop the bag in the booth next to echo, sliding across from them as they start sorting through them. “that was quick,” they hum. they had said something similar, over the comms. evan shrugs it off like he did then, too. “it’s a day trip. wasn’t any trouble- i’ve been meaning to get some honey from there, anyway.” “they have honey?” with a little bit more prodding, evan launches into a description of the grounds around the library, punctuating his points with the occasional reminder that echo is more than capable of sneaking around (remember that event?) and that yes, he’d go with them if they did, they’re a bad influence (that gets a laugh). the waiter comes to take their drink orders, and evan pauses to finally flip through the menu.

from we are far too young and clever, a sauces fic about echo/evan, beloved crow-ocs

MAY

their next breath comes out icy over their crossed arms, shivers seizing their spine, and they decide not to ask. instead: “i’m not going to be the in-between for your- goddamn divorce.” it draws a laugh out of it. a piece of void peels out from between eli’s fingers, flicking back and forth in some gesture that could mean okay or that’s what you think or more laughter. they reach with their other hand and push it back into their palm, holding it there until it slips beneath their skin again.

from i made it late, didn't have a vision, a sauces fic about eli meeting the void's kid

JUNE

declan casts no shadow across the bushels of blooming pink-red flowers, nothing to protect them from the beating heat of the midday sun. for the rest of the day, the house will do that for them; the plants are carefully nestled in the place that gets the most shade, protected from the worst of the wind and light. eli joins him a few minutes later, wings extended. in their shadow, the flowers seem small. what’re these called? he tells them. oh, eli says. that’s kind of depressing. maybe. declan should’ve planted these before, instead of the sunflowers. they would’ve kept better down there, beneath that spire. but he planted the sunflowers. not really, he finally answers. too little, too late.

from fasciation, a declan shepherd of sauces fame character study

JULY

EV: cave diver? EV: you’re kidding. EL: what, like it’s hard? EV: i mean. EV: the skeletons? EV: and other things in there. EL: the skeletons EV: you know what i mean.

from it's just friends in here, a sauces chatfic between eli & evan

AUGUST

“this is a bad idea.” “i know,” the gardener says, indulgently. the shadows slide over his skin harmlessly, the chill more chastising than cutting. finally, they slide out into the light, facsimile of human arms pulling him close. “i know you do,” they sigh, thousands of bad ideas in a tattered trenchcoat. scars from their last mortal form scrape across his cheek. he leans into their hand fondly.

from collect, collect, collect my anchor, another sauces au fic

SEPTEMBER

lazarus writes them all neatly under present, and then pauses at past, looking back up. hestia meets their eyes again—her hands have moved from gripping her companions’ forearms to holding their hands, and she squeezes them once for reassurance before she speaks again. “past names- the first ones we don’t remember, for the most part. and the second…” another glance. the smallest of nods. “guy. guy shepherd. for- for all of us.” they don’t miss a beat in writing it down, again and again, and with each time they all seem to relax, tension loosening in pressed-together shoulders. “it’s nice to meet you,” lazarus says, and they don’t say again, they can’t say again, but that doesn’t matter so much.

from say i won't return, but i never learn, a sauces fic about guy & 5, two fragments of nemesis (and dearly beloved)

OCTOBER

“yo-ou’re go-o-onna trip and ea-at shit,” declan teases, swinging his legs. his perch atop the porch railing gives him the perfect view of echo walking across the grass, tentatively working their heels across the grass and dirt and errant roots. “i wa-ant a gi-i-irl with sho-oes that cut-” “you had plenty of faith in my abilities asking me to become your partner in crime,” echo retorts, drawing out the plenty with an exaggerated shake of their head. “just ‘cause i’m taking a bit to get used to it doesn’t mean shit. i’d love to see you try.” declan sticks his tongue out, kicking a foot out in echo’s direction. “ki-ickin’ bo-oth my heels off- do-on’t need ‘em!” “it’s not about need, dec, ‘s about looking good. obviously.”

from it's a shipwreck note for note, a sauces fic about echo & dec in the leadup to their first joint heist

NOVEMBER

eli huffs a laugh, gently brushing some hair behind his ear. “fish for compliments some more, you’ve almost got me hooked.” declan mimes a fishhook with one hand and loops it around their wrist, squishing their palm into his cheek. “oh- dork. seriously, though, i- you look really good. i like the motif? ‘s less grotesque than the corset usually is.” “i’m cu-ute,” he sings cheekily, beaming up at them. they roll their eyes and extract their hand from his grasp, wiping off lingering grime on their cargo shorts and glancing dec’s face over for any sign of dirt. none. “da-ance, dan-ce- co-ome and sha-are it with me?”

from GET INTO THE GROOVE, a sauces fic about eli accidentally stumbling right into dec's lovecore trick. honorary mention to the like seven other fics i wrote in november, six of which were a part of the saucesversary project (3 years!!)

DECEMBER

snow covers the ground in uneven slopes, the highest of which get up to declan’s knees; the crop fields are completely covered despite the best of their efforts to shovel it, most of which they’ve given up on by now. the greenhouse is the last bastion of plants, but every time they try and tend to it more than twice a day eli grabs them by the arm, and they can practically hear their dads—can’t go out to the greenhouse all the time, as if declan hasn’t changed an ounce from the little kid who used to sit in the window and sulk at the weather.

from let's go down to bremen, a sauces fic about declan reuniting with guycule on spectre with... some difficulties

END NOTE

this was a fucking insane year for original content, for me, and obviously i have to shoutout the sauces crew fur that because holy shit man. it's like sauces in here. there were a couple more fics i posted to ao3 i could've put on here but i didn't want to! as always if you're curious about sauces - talk to me about it. furever. my asks are always open i love infodumping. here's to a lovely 2024<3!!

#kbitycus talks #sauce smp #<- i might as well fucking tag that. 11/12 of my greatest hits ba-bey!!

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Blockbuster Crimes (Bonnie & Clyde)

The story behind one of history’s most infamous criminal couples.

On 5 January 1930, in West Dallas, Texas, Bonnie Parker, 19, met Clyde Barrow, 21. Bonnie was a bored waitress, estranged from her jailed husband, while Clyde was a petty criminal.

They fell head over heels in love. Soon after, when Clyde was jailed for burglary, Bonnie smuggled in a gun to help him escape. He was recaptured, sent back to jail. But when he was released in February 1932, Clyde rejoined Bonnie and they stole a car, committed a string of robberies. That April, Bonnie was caught and jailed for two months.

And when she was released, she and Clyde embarked on their infamous crime spree, rampaging through Depression-era America with an ever-changing team of accomplices. They robbed banks and convenience stores, murdering anyone who got in their way.

In the summer of 1932, the couple travelled with Clyde’s boyhood friend Raymond Hamilton, although he was later jailed. That August, while Bonnie was visiting her mother, Clyde and Raymond were drinking at a country dance. Sheriff Maxwell and his deputy Eugene Moore approached them in the car park.

Clyde opened fire, killing the deputy. As their crime spree continued, they became known as the Barrow Gang. In March 1933, Clyde’s brother, Buck Barrow, was released from prison. He and his wife Blanche joined Bonnie, Clyde and their gang.

The Barrow Gang committed a string of daring robberies and made headlines across the country, particularly Bonnie - an unlikely criminal. Bonnie and Clyde even posed for playful photos, brandishing guns. However, the notorious lovers were almost caught in April 1933, when police raided their hideout.

Bonnie provided cover with a hail of bullets from her automatic rifle as the gang shot their way out. Two police officers were shot dead as the gang escaped. But the criminal couple had to leave behind most of their possessions in the hideout - including a roll of undeveloped film, containing photos subsequently released to the media.

They included the now-infamous snap of Bonnie beside a car, cigar clenched between her teeth, and pistol in her hand. Photos of the outlaws were front-page news. In June 1933, Bonnie suffered terrible burns to her right leg during a high-speed car crash.

Clyde had missed a detour sign, flipping the car into a ravine, and acid from the crushed battery melted Bonnie’s flesh to the bone. Her burns were so severe that, from then on, she limped, hopped or was carried by Clyde.

The following month, they were almost caught during a second raid on a hideout in Missouri. Buck was killed during the shootout, Blanche arrested and later jailed. But Bonnie and Clyde continued their life of crime.

In January 1934, they attacked Eastham Prison Farm in Texas, freeing five prisoners, including Raymond Hamilton. Several guards were shot, one killed by the escaping prisoners - using automatic pistols Clyde had hidden in a ditch.

As the prisoners ran, Clyde covered their retreat with bursts of machine-gun fire. After this, Texan prison officials hired special investigator Captain Frank Hamer to track down the couple.

Hamer soon traced the duo, set up an ambush. Before dawn, on 23 May 1934, Hamer and four police officers hid in bushes along a country road near Sailes, Louisiana.

When Bonnie and Clyde appeared and attempted to drive away in their stolen car, the officers opened fire - killing Bonnie and Clyde instantly. Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and the Barrow Gang were responsible for at least 13 murders, including those of nine police officers.

And while their violent story has been romanticized - their bullet-riddled car is still on display at a hotel and casino in Primm, Nevada - they take their place as one of history’s most dangerous criminal couples.

The Movie Take

The 1967 double-Oscar-winning film Bonnie and Clyde starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Some criticize it as romanticized, glorifying the couple’s cold-blooded crimes.

In the film, they meet when Bonnie thwarts Clyde’s attempt to steal her mother’s car. But Bonnie’s mom said they met over a mug of hot chocolate at a friend’s. Clyde was portrayed as impotent, but was actively heterosexual.

Beatty invented this to give his film character more depth. However, Clyde really did chop off two toes in prison! In the film, the gang are ‘Robin Hood’ types, stealing from rich banks, soft on ‘regular folk’. Yet, in truth, the gang’s main targets were small-town stores and saving banks.

And, unlike real life - with the pair imprisoned for stints - the film takes place over one long, murderous spree. But, like all retellings of this infamous due - their story ends the same. The couple die in a hail of bullets.

#Bonnie and Clyde #Criminal Couples #robbery #murder #Bonnie Parker #Clyde Barrow #Barrow Gang #Killer Couples #dangerous #infamous #famous #1930 #1934 #Louisiana #texas #Warren Beatty #Faye Dunaway #1967 film

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wrestlingisfake · 10 months

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Forbidden Door preview

Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson - Danielson issued the challenge for this match on June 4. It's a dream match, and expectations are running high. The entire build for the match is that you know it's gonna be good, so it'd better be.

Danielson has not wrestled since May 28, and that was his first match since March 5. He's reportedly banged up and clearly saving himself for big matchups like this. Conversely, Okada has been working a regular schedule, and after this he's headed into the G1 Climax, where he'll have anywhere between seven and ten grueling matches in a month.

Bryan turned heel a couple of months ago, with the gimmick that he's embarrassed by wrestlers that act like "amateurs" and wants to teach them a lesson in violence. Meanwhile, Okada has been acting more heelish this year, acting like he's too good for the young guys who challenge him, and beating the fuck out of them when they piss him off. So I'm figuring Danielson, 42, will treat Okada, 35, the way Okada treats Kaito Kiyomiya and Ren Narita, and Okada will flip out and go apeshit on Bryan's ass. That should be a good time.

Okada almost has to win. Even when he isn't the world champion or factored into the main event of the next Tokyo Dome show, protecting Okada is always paramount for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Danielson, on the other hand, has already settled into an aging legend role that can be pushed as a top guy but mostly gets used to put over younger top guys. I guess there's a small chance of Danielson winning, but it'd be a huge story, and everyone would be scrambling to figure out when they'll do a rematch.

Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay - Omega won the IWGP United States title from Ospreay on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. On June 4, Ospreay won a tournament to earn this rematch.

The last Omega-Ospreay match was easily a match of the year contender, with Will bleeding all over the place and desperately trying to hang with one of the best of all time. Ospreay has been leaning into that, saying that match "broke" him but he's coming back for more. Omega is from Winnipeg, so Ospreay has made a big deal of beating Omega in his home country, and heeling on Canadians. It's kind of basic, but it'll probably work.

The x-factor in this match is Don Callis, who cornered Kenny in the first match but turned on him on May 10. Callis is clearly planning to assemble a new faction to square off with Omega and the Elite. I don't sense that Ospreay will be a part of such a faction, but Don is clearly trying to get his hooks in. Even if Will wants nothing to do with Callis, you can bet Don will stick his nose in this match just to screw over Kenny.

I think Ospreay has to get the belt back. The simplest way to book this is to have Callis cost Omega the win, so that Will gets his revenge and Omega is more interested in chasing Don than getting a rubber match.

MJF vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - MJF is defending the AEW men's world title. One of the many facest of MJF's gimmick is that he acts like he's too good for New Japan, and he has no idea who those guys are and he thinks they're overrated by the internet. So the money is in convincing us that Tana will kills this little pecker as soon as he gets his hands on him. Except MJF will pull a cheap shot or something and Tana will end up selling the whole match to build sympathy.

MJF has to retain. I just can't picture his title reign ending here, against someone from another promotion. And anyway, Tanahashi is already scheduled for the G1 Climax, so that would mean AEW has to go a month without any appearances by its top champion. The only question is whether the finish involves a nutshot, a foreign object, or a basic headlock takeover.

SANADA vs. Jack Perry - Sanada issued an open challenge for the IWGP world title, and Perry answered. I was hoping Sanada would get a more impressive challenger from the AEW locker room, but at least it advances the story that Perry is fixated on winning his first singles title. Jack asked HOOK to be in his corner for this match, so I assume that'll play into things somehow.

The intrigue around Perry right now is that he almost tried to win the main event of the May 28 main event with a belt shot. So everyone figures he's this close to a heel turn. I don't think we'll see it during this match. But a loss to Sanada would go a long way to increasing his frustration.

CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima - This is a first round match in the Owen Hart Cup men's tournament. It's also Punk's first singles match since September 4, when he won the AEW men's world title, tore his triceps, and got into a backstage fight with the Elite. By the time Punk healed up from surgery and negotiated a return to the ring, most of the better opponents from New Japan were booked, so Punk ended up with 52-year-old Kojima, who is basically a jobber to the stars at this point.

These two have 16 world titles between them, so I'm sure they can have a good to great match. But the outcome is in little doubt--Punk is stil riding high off his return, and Kojima is so far off NJPW's radar that he's been primarily on loan to All Japan Pro Wrestling. Punk is the heavy favorite here, and probably throughout the Owen tournament.

Sting & Darby Allin & Tetsuya Naito vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara & Minoru Suzuki - Sting and Allin have been encouraging Guevara to re-evaluate his relationship with Jericho. Suzuki has teamed with Jericho before, for whatever reason, so that's why he's here. Last year Sting and Allin teamed up with Shingo Takagi from Los Ingobernables de Japon, so now their partner is the faction's leader, Naito.

The big story in this match is the first in-ring action between Jericho and Sting. The problem with that is it makes Suzuki and Naito feel secondary to the match, which is counterproductive on an AEW/NJPW supercard. It should be at least as big a deal that Sting is across the ring from Suzuki, and teaming with Naito.

The Sting/Allin team has never lost a match, and I don't expect that to change here.

Orange Cassidy vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia - This is a four-way for Cassidy's AEW international title, so whoever scores the first fall on any opponent will win the match and the belt. Sabre is the NJPW World television champion, and Shibata is the ROH pure champion; their titles are not at stake here.

This whole thing started because Sabre wanted a title shot against Cassidy, but Garcia has been trying to challenge both Cassidy and Shibata. So Cassidy proposed an Orange/Shibata vs. Sabre/Garcia tag match, which led to Garcia pinning Shibata when Cassidy accidentally punched out Shibata. So now Shibata is kind of pissed at Orange too, and everybody wants a piece of him.

The storyline for Cassidy is that he's been defending the international title at a grueling pace, and he's never given his right hand time to heal. Sooner or later that's going to cost him the title, although I'm not convinced that will happen tonight. My pick is for Cassidy to pin Garcia to retain.

Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale - Storm's AEW women's world title is at stake; Willow's NJPW STRONG women's title is not. New Japan is just barely starting to establish a women's division so even though both of these ladies are primarily based in AEW, this is as close to an AEW/NJPW women's match as we're going to get. Toni is 2-0 against Willow in singles matches, and in their last tag team encounter Willow's partner pinned Storm's partner. So I'm not exactly sure how Willow got this title shot, but okay.

The direction all year has been for Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter to feud with Storm, Ruby Soho, and Saraya, with other women like Willow kind of vaguely orbiting the main storyline. So unless there's been a big pivot in the booking, I don't see Willow capturing the AEW title before Baker or Hayter get to it. Then again, Willow is catching fire with the live crowds, so maybe they decised to hot-shot her to the top. There's only one way to find out, but try not to be too disappointed if Willow loses.

Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta & Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino vs. Adam Page & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson & Eddie Kingston & Tomohiro Ishii - Mox, Claudio, and Yuta represent the Blackpool Combat Club; Page and the Young Bucks (Matt and Nick) represent the Elite. The two groups have been feuding for months. Since Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson are busy in other matches, they're bringing in reinforcements.

Takeshita had been an ally to the Elite until he turned on them to align with Don Callis on May 28. Umino has been Moxley's young sidekick in New Japan, and on June 4 he brought in Moxley and Claudio in a bid to take the NEVER trios titles from Okada, Tanahashi, and Ishii. Kingston doesn't really like anybody on his team, but he loathes Castagnoli and will happily fight his old buddy Moxley to get to him.

Technically, standard tag rules apply and only two men can be in the ring at any time, while the other eight have to stand in the corners. But I expect this one to break down into a wild brawl real quickly. There's way too much going on for anyone to meaningfully enforce the rules. Either team could win, but if I gotta pick I'll go with Moxley's team to build heat to whatever blowoff match they're planning.

Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor - AEW recently announced MJF and Adam Cole have to be tag partners in an upcoming tournament, and after Cole badgered MJF into accepting the title match with Tanahashi, MJF returned the "favor" by requesting this match for Cole. Lawlor's affiliation with New Japan is mainly through their US-based STRONG brand, so you'd have to be a pretty hardcore NJPW fan to even know he's there. I'm sure Lawlor can project the image of a legit MMA fighter who doesn't sweat a scrawny flippy-superkicky guy like Cole. But he's nowhere near Cole on the pecking order, so Adam has to win this one.

Athena vs. Billie Starkz - This set for the pre-show, and it's a first round match in the Owen Hart Cup women's tournament. Athena is the ROH women's world champion, but the belt is not at stake here. As far as I know Starkz is not under AEW contract but this is still largely an AEW vs. AEW match. I figure Athena will get knocked out of the tournament by someone who will be her next challenger, but I'm not thinking Starkz is the one who will get that spot. Athena wins.

Kyle Fletcher & Jeff Cobb & TJP vs. Shingo Takashi & Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI - Another pre-show match. All of these guys are New Japan regulars; in fact I wouldn't be shocked if this exact match has already happened on a New Japan show. The only hint of an AEW connection is that Fletcher recently signed with AEW and works for both promotions. I assume the main idea here is to get Hiromu on the show after he was forced to miss last year's. I hope his team wins.

Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo - Yet another pre-show match. Well, at least it's AEW vs. NJPW, though I can't say this is a matchup I was hoping for. I guess both guys are Canadian so they wanted to give them both spots on the card. ELP's storyline is that he got kicked out of Bullet Club and doesn't have any friends right now. Grayson's storyline in ROH is that he defected from the Dark Order to the Righteous, but I'm not sure what that really means. Phantasmo should probably win.

Swerve Strickland & Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona vs. Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta & El Desperado - More pre-show action. Romero and Despy are the only New Japan guys in this match, and Romero appears in AEW semi-regularly, so it feels like he shouldn't count. Swerve and his Mogul Embassy faction seem to be going nowhere fast, but they ought to be able to at least win this match.

#aew #njpw #forbidden door #bryan danielson #kazuchika okada #kenny omega #will ospreay

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Sangheili Bracket Round 1 Match 13

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Dural 'Mdama / The Pale Blade:

Debuted in Halo: Glasslands

Born Dec. 8th, 2537 as the first son of Jul and Raia 'Mdama and the older brother of Asum. He was trained in combat by Naxan - the great-uncle of Raia. When his mother died in March 2553, Dural vowed revenge against humans - who were involved in her death - and was taken on by Avu Med 'Telcam as an apprentice, joining the Servants of the Abiding Truth in the process. By July 2557, he had become a leading member of the Servants and gained the name of the Pale Blade. Following 'Telcam's assassination on January 21st, 2558, he became the new leader of the Servants.

Learning of the portal his father used, Dural arrived at Hesduros with a Huragok - Even Keel - to fix it and enter Onyx with it. On the other side, he has a heated discussion with Buran 'Utaral before the Servants establish a base inside one of Onyx's Forerunner facilities, which they would come to call "The Cathedral" or "The Great Cathedral of the Esteems Avu Med 'Telcam". While doing so, they come across a pair of marines and Dural kills his first human. Over the next several days, the Servants prepare for an assault on the rest of Onyx, preparing armories and equipment, even bringing vehicles through the portal from Hesduros. As they do so, restlessness causes more arguments between Dural and Buran. Meanwhile, hearing that another Huragok is on Onyx, Dural planned to capture it and use its knowledge. He would scout out and locate said Huragok - Prone to Drift, unknowingly one familiar with his father. Then, he lured a Rafakrit beast to sow chaos in the Repository and act as a distraction while he went to go capture Drift. However, he would instead rspot his younger brother - now going by the name Bakar - and his human and Unggoy friends. Angry that his brother was fraternizing with those "responsible" for their mother's death, he nonetheless forced himself to focus on the mission, only to be forced to retreat without the Huragok. Much later, Cortana's message would be heard across the galaxy, with Onyx's Guardian awakening. One of Dural's men would recognize it as a thing of worship that was submerged in his planet's ocean. As they watched the humans attempt to attack it, Dural would be forced to kill Buran. Dural, after flip-flopping on plans briefly, finally decides that this is the perfect moment for the Servants to go on the attack. Spotting Prone to Drift floating about, they follow to Pax Institute. Entering, he begins to kill those inside while demanding the Huragok. Prone to Drift would appear and beg the killing to stop by threatening to kill himself. Dural would then take Drift whilst leaving the other survivors - including Kasha 'Hilot - alive, only for Spartan Tom-B292 to arrive and follow Dural to the Repository. However, Dural would stab Tom in the chest. But then one of Dural's men - Ruk 'Nuusra - would betray him while panther-like creatures attack them. It would be at this moment that Dural and Asum reunite face-to-face, Asum begging his brother to stop and to come with him while Dural claimed he has been dishonored and should kill himself. Dural would ultimately choose to whistle a distraction, so that the attacking creatures stay away from his brother. Yet he would survive and make it back to the Servants, killing Ruk and successfully threatening everyone else back into submission, before going off to check out a hanger of Forerunner ships that Even Keel discovered.

Raia 'Mdama:

Debuted in Halo: Glasslands

The wife of Jul 'Mdama and the mother of Dural and Asum. During the Human-Covenant war, she would help maintain Bekan keep while her husband was away. When he returned, she shared in his concerns for the future but differed in subject matter - Jul worried what the humans' next move would be while she focused on how the Sangheili would carry on now that the war and the Covenant Empire as a whole was over. She showed a willingness to trade with Kig-Yar and recognized the damage that San'Shyuum's rule over them all had done. As Jul schemed behind her back, she herself had a feeling he was plotting against the Arbiter somehow.

Then, Jul suddenly went missing. Speaking with his friend Forze 'Mdama yielded no clues, so Raia decided to leave home and confront Avu Med 'Telcam - a man Jul had been working with in the days leading up to his disappearance. When he suggested the Arbiter might've taken him, she demanded to accompany the assault on Vadam state in order to check. She was aboard the Unflinching Resolve when it was shot down, surviving the crash landing on Vadam shore. Later, she and Forze would be tasked by 'Telcam to retrieve a human named "Philliss" (aka Professor Evan Philips) at Nes'alun keep, only for Kilo-Five to beat them there. However, upon informing 'Telcam, he said it was okay and to help Kilo-Five with repairs to their dropship Tart-Cart. After this, they returned to the rebel's camp and prepared for further bombardments on Vadam keep. Yet things would go awry once the UNSC Infinity arrived to assist the Arbiter, destroying Defender of Faith and the rebel ground forces. Raia would be among those attempting to retreat on Cleansing Truth to Laqil, only to meet her end when it was shot down by Swordsman - one of the Arbiter's ships.

When Jul finally returned home and learned of her death, he formed a new Covenant faction with the purpose of exacting grief-fueled revenge on humanity. Her eldest son Dural would similarly swear revenge on the Arbiter, becoming 'Telcam's apprentice due to 'Telcam's guilt over allowing Raia to come into danger.

#halo #sangheili #halo sangheili #halo aliens #halo elite #halo elites #halo fandom #halo tumblr #tumblr bracket #tumblr tournament #dural mdama #dural 'mdama #raia mdama #raia 'mdama

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Lol, HS BDay. Kinda sad premise though. I wonder if he ever heard of it?

Birthmark by Akon

Yea yea Oh oh Yea yea Oh oh Yea

I made the mark on February 1st Between me and you you can call it birth The beginning of our universe Remind me of Alicia keys verse I'm falling for you I wish I had an opportunity to not do What I did to hurt you Now I'm here living with regrets

I know that it was my fault, I know that I got caught, So please don't loose your thoughts Of me loving you and you loving me I'm on the highway swerving I ain't drunk but I'm about to hit the curb'n Looking at the calendar getting nervous Just a few more days to the first soul

This the day it all began One place that it came together More than a ring or a tattoo Wish your birthmark that reminds of you So let's get on an airplane Go back to where we began To that point which is days apart That stamp right next to your heart To your heart

Get the calendar go to August 3rd first words Stay we heard our first words First argument gotta let it go Cause it could possibly affect what our future holds Flipping pages now famous thinking back I aint seen you in ages Wishing that I could of made it less painless Brings me back right back to the same as

January February March April May June July August is just another day, September October November trying to find a way In December to mark my calendar to meet again If only we can go to that place where me and you know, There's no faith fronting cheating even lying, The time has come where we stand face to face

That step right next to your heart

To your heart

That step right next to your heart

It’s weird how this song fits them so well lol Harry listens to a bunch of different music so he could have heard this song.

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I want to go ahead and apologize now to anyone who is still waiting on a commission from me. I know of like two off the top of my head, but please keep in mind I do suffer from memory loss problems so I may need a reminder if you're unsure if I recall you or not.

My life this year had started off in a not-so-great way, and while it's no excuse, it has greatly affected my mental and physical health in ways I'm actually pretty afraid of, given my recent bout with a hospital stay and surgery.

My current home is owned by someone I thought was a friend of mine. He bought the house back in 2019 with the full intention of us moving in together: his sister, Cori, myself, and him of course. This was all great until his sister turned into an absolute nightmare of a roommate, moved out (and ran off to florida with some online friend) and left us high and dry.

So we found another roommate, and things were decent from there.. until towards the end of last year.

Main roommate in question took a trip to chicago to be with some friends, and ended up falling in love with the place, and planned to move there eventually - okay, not so bad, we were all okay with this, we knew it was happening.

Then my surgery happened. Along with being unable to work until January 1st when I was finally cleared, and now trying to scramble to find a job, and throwing out anywhere between 5-10 applications a day. In the meantime it's fallen on my poor girlfriend to pay my portion of the bills, which I am eternally grateful for, but also dreading and ashamed of. I owe her the fucking world.

All of a sudden, my roommate has put his foot down saying he's selling the house by the end of March. April is as long as he's giving us to figure out things out and find a place to go. girlfriend's mom's apartment is way too small, and doesn't allow for the 3 cats we have, and my mom sold her house shortly after we moved into the new house, and lives in a senior apartment complex. Neither places are places we can go to.

When we tried to plead our case, stating to him that my bank needs *60 days* of work history to help me with a house loan.. he simply shrugged his shoulders and walked out. In his exact words on discord, he stated "As the owner of the property this is my decision and it is non-negotiable." AKA he doesn't care what happens to us, he's dead-set on going to chicago, with those rose-tinted glasses glued to his face. This was what he sent to us yesterday. Saturday the 14th.

Needless to say.. my emotional state is a wreck. I'm worried I won't find a job in time, worried we'll have to move way far away from where we've settled, flip everything around to start somewhere else.. and before anyone tries to suggest apartment hunting: we can't. My girlfriend is self-employed making iron-on patches, which involves a LOT of noise running constantly. Embroidery machines and sewing machines all times of the night/day.

We would either need to specifically be placed in a corner lot where we can't disturb anyone, or luck out and have some deaf neighbors. It would also need to accept 3 cats, as these cats are *not* going anywhere else but with us.

I'm so fucking stressed to the point of headaches, and my body thinking it's time for my monthly flow.. all month long. It's scaring me that all of this is happening, and I'm dreading another hospital stay, especially because my surgery site still bleeds from time to time.

So, I apologize if I've been slow with activity or you're waiting on something from me. My life is being quite literally ripped out from under my feet, and there's not much I can really do about it except to pray for a job and grind myself into dust trying to make a living. In this fuckin american economy.

I wish I could get a fucking break.

#Vent

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Yee~ Congrats, bby! If I can bug ya, then, when did you first figure Ruggie was THE Oishii for you? (And what was your reaction?)

RUGBERT!!!!

Honestly, I downloaded TWST when it came out last January and did not open it until somewhere in March, I think it was around Sebek's birthday if I remember right?

When I finally opened it, I kid you not I was staring at my screen flipping through the dorms for at least 15 or 20 minutes. I was flipping between Savanaclaw and Diasomnia because Ruggie looked like a character I would really like, but Malleus was RIGHT THERE.

I ended up choosing Ruggie, could not be more happy. And the more I played and saw memes and content made by everyone who enjoys TWST, the more I liked the character. Really in the second chapter, I was so mad when he tried to push Riddle and Trey got hurt. Screaming at my phone RUGGIE NOOOO, WHYY!!!

Playing Ruggie's story for his birthday card I think is what made me love him. I think that as far as our lives growing up, we had similarities and it was comforting finding a character that I related to. The more I played and read through his cards, the more clear it was that Ruggie was my favorite.

Also, the fact that he loves donuts. Man, you should see me when food comes out- and I will eat a whole dozen donuts by myself if you let me.

#~.chats #~.asks #thank you for asking!!#Ruggie and I shake hands in solidarity #he is my favorite because I see myself in him

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Ramble of the month May 2022: The plot of my 90’s Marvel MCU

Here we are in May, and on my fifth ramble of the month article. Having done one in January on how a 90’s MCU fancast is more than just putting 90’s actors into the current MCU, and one in March explaining my own choices in terms of who to cast, now there’s the matter of what those actors are playing. In other words, what is the narrative of this hypothetical 90’s MCU I’ve conceived of? What story does each film tell?

First off, let’s remind ourselves of the film slate I’ve come up with that would be the ‘phase one’ of the 90’s MCU;

1992: Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man

1993: Thor, Spider-Man, Ant-Man & The Wasp

1994: Captain America, Fantastic Four 2, Iron Man 2

1995: X-Men, Avengers, Daredevil

As with the phase 1 of the real MCU, this one is about establishing the various characters and the world in which they exist and operate. As I explained in my March ramble, the Fantastic Four kick us off to better honour the comics by putting them in as the first superhero team of the MCU. To that end, we’ll start our plot outlines there, but before we get into plot, here’s the cast list again;

Fantastic Four:

Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic = Tom Hanks

Sue Storm/Invisible Woman = Meg Ryan

Johnny Storm/Human Torch = David Spade

Ben Grimm/Thing = Bryan Cranston

Alicia Masters = Heather Graham

Wyatt Wingfoot = Robert Beltran

Phillip Masters/Puppet Master = Ben Kinglsey

Mole Man = John Rhys Davies

For me, this film would very much be the F4’s origin arc, but like most Marvel hero origins, it needs a tweak. The idea of the F4’s space mission origin remains valid in the present day, but it needs an alternative rationale to what the comics first gave it if it’s sent outside the Cold War. In 1961, Reed Richards and the other F4 members pushing their shuttle launch in the midst of the “space race” makes perfect sense. In the 1990’s, it needs a different spin; the F4 animated series suggested the mission was to investigate what would later turn out to be the Silver Surfer flying past the Earth. However, this then undermines the idea of using the Surfer and Galactus on later films, or else forces them to become featured antagonists too soon.

As such, my idea would be to put an MCU twist on what Fox gave us in their first version of the F4 on screen. Reed wants to get up into space and study the cosmic radiation cloud about to pass Earth’s orbit, only this time he’s been building the shuttle and space station as part of a joint venture between Stark Enterprises and SHIELD, which teases the wider MCU without bringing non-F4 characters into the main film (you might get Fury or Stark doing a mid-credits/end-of-credits tag scene). Something gets the higher-ups nervous, the launch is officially scrubbed, but Reed and his team go anyway, resulting in the incident that causes them to manifest powers when they crash-land back on Earth.

However, rather than bring the F4 back down somewhere in rural Pennsylvania like the comics, I’d have them brought down over New York City, perhaps over-shooting it a bit to crash-land a bit upstate. In the process, radiation-laced debris shards would rain down over New York City and result in an early rise of super-villain types. One such individual that would be affected would be Phillip Masters, the step-father of Ben Grimm’s blind girlfriend Alicia Masters. Known as the Puppet Master in the comics, Masters has the ability to control others by making clay puppets of people out of a radioactive clay. In this film, I’d want to flip that power and make the clay simply a conduit for a power within Masters himself.

However, I wouldn’t want Masters to act right off; he’d be in a coma for a while, during which the Fantastic Four would establish themselves as heroes and become public celebrities, alternating between fighting minor supervillains, scientific exploration and charity work, not to mention Reed’s inventing that funds the F4 via his patents. At the same time, Reed would be looking into how to reverse Ben’s transformation into the Thing, though with true-to-source lack of success. Masters would awaken from his coma and take his over-protective dad routine against Ben to supervillain heights, resulting in a confrontation with the F4.

Unfortunately, Masters’ efforts would also attract the attention of the Mole Man, a man who has claimed dominion over a secret underworld kingdom after being shunned by the surface world for his appearance. Fearing the surface world is now a threat with the emergence of enhanced human beings, Mole Man decides to attack to wipe them out. In the ensuing chaos, the F4 are temporarily separated; Reed and Johnny work to keep Alicia safe while Ben and Sue try to muddle through despite the interference and objection of a wounded Masters.

In the third act, Masters would come to realise his error in misjudging Ben, and would commit an act of self-sacrifice to stop the Mole Man, resulting in the elimination of both antagonists. The vindication of his girlfriend’s step-dad would convince Ben to have Reed leave off any cure efforts for a while, and the F4 would proceed with continuing their various good works. Cue some appropriate end-of credit scenes and on to the Hulk;

Hulk:

Bruce Banner/Hulk = John Cusack

Betty Ross = Jennifer Connelly

General Ross = Sam Elliott

Major Talbot = Steve Guttenberg

Rick Jones = Tobey Maguire

Emil Blonsky/Abomination = Sam Neill

Dr Leonard Samson = David Duchovny

For Hulk, we’re again going down the origin story route, complete with Major Talbot being General Ross’ adjutant, the inclusion of Rick Jones, etc. Like the F4, the Hulk’s origins are heavily steeped in the Cold War in the comics, with Bruce Banner saving Rick Jones from being caught in the test explosion of a gamma bomb being the basic premise. More modern adaptations have made the Hulk an effort to re-create Captain America, which lacks the requisite self-sacrifice of a true heroic origin, and for that reason, I’d steer well away from doing that. Instead, the origin would be adapted as the 90’s Hulk animated series did; make it a gamma power reactor instead of a gamma bomb, have the reactor meltdown, and get Banner to save Jones by shoving him into a proper bunker, not just some open trench like in the comics.

This film would still end up with Hulk fighting the Abomination after a few rounds with the military, but this time round, Blonsky would be closer to the comics than we get in The Incredible Hulk. The beauty of an early 90’s film is that not all Russians went quietly into peace, so it’d be easy to play Blonsky as an undercover ex-KGB agent who covets Hulk’s power so he can go home and try to restore the USSR. In essence, he’d sell Ross and Talbot on being turned into a gamma-powered opponent to the Hulk, using the inverse of a process developed by Betty and fellow scientist Dr Leonard Samson to remove Hulk’s gamma powers. Once he has his powers, cue the typical villain reveal, and the subsequent climactic battle.

In the wake of the battle, the Hulk would escape, Rick Jones heading off to keep him out of trouble, the military forced to let him go for now, and Betty and Samson ready to figure out a new cure effort. We could also see a teaser for Samson eventually going in for his own set of gamma powers, and again throw in the odd mid/end-credit scene to tease suitable MCU links.

Iron Man:

Tony Stark/Iron Man = Tom Selleck

James Rhodes = Samuel L Jackson

Pepper Potts = Uma Thurman

Happy Hogan = Sylvester Stallone

Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger = Kelsey Grammer

Agent Jasper Sitwell = Bill Paxton

Agent Clint Barton = Kevin Costner

For the most part, what we got by of the Iron Man film in the existing MCU would go into the 90’s version as well, but there would be differences as well. First off, I’d want Tony to eventually cut out his drinking, etc. out of necessity a la the comics, so I’d be careful to drop hints that this would be coming and be less casual with it compared to Favreau’s version. Second, because I’d be gearing up to ultimately do a film in a later phase show-casing Tony’s alcoholism, I’d avoid putting Rhodey in armour for a while longer than the real MCU did. In the comics, Rhodey was an interim Iron Man, then became War Machine, and I’d want the ability to go down that route kept intact for my 90’s MCU.

Next, working Hawkeye and Sitwell in as the SHIELD agents is done on purpose because both have ties to Iron Man above most other characters in the comics; Hawkeye was initially an Iron Man foe along with the Black Widow, and Sitwell was a SHIELD loyalist who was the spy agency’s liaison to Stark’s company. Finally, this time Tony’s keeping his dual identity under wraps. The F4 can’t stand out for lacking secret identities if all other superheroes go public with theirs, so Iron Man needs to be kept separate from Tony Stark in the eyes of the 90’s MCU general public.

Thor:

Thor = Dolph Lundgren

Loki = Gary Oldman

Odin = Anthony Hopkins

Frega = Glenn Close

Fandrall = Cary Elwes

Hogun = Tony Leung

Volstagg = Thomas Haden Church

Sif = Demi Moore

Heimdall = Keith David

Balder = Sean Bean

Jane Foster = Courtney Cox

Thor’s basic origin arc as provided by Kenneth Branagh’s film is a good overall template for our 90’s MCU, but some tweaks are still needed. For a start, this time I’d probably want to keep SHIELD out of the main areas of the story and avoid some original characters like Darcy, or at least change them a bit more. Take the Earth scenes from New Mexico to New York and make Jane Foster a paramedic, who comes across Thor after he’s been beaten by muggers following the loss of his powers and exile to Earth. As to why the F4 might not appear in the film if Loki sends the Destroyer a la Branagh’s film, easy enough to show Loki using his magic to teleport the “local heroes” out of the way to another Asgardian realm.

Now as I noted in outlining my casting reasons on this film in my March ramble, in the comics Jane Foster was a nurse to Dr Donald Blake, Thor’s then-alter ego. The modernisation of her as a paramedic, used in Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, gives us a more comic-accurate option than her astrophysicist occupation of the real MCU. It also makes her more action-oriented and thus a better partner for a very physical, non-cerebral hero archetype like Thor. If Darcy was kept in from the real MCU, I’d probably work her in as Jane’s junior partner on the ambulance runs.

Spider-Man:

Peter Parker/Spider-Man = Wil Wheaton

Ben Parker = Gary Sinese

May Parker = Marg Helgenberger

Flash Thompson = Ben Affleck

Liz Allen = Alicia Silverstone

J Jonah Jameson = J. K. Simmons

Joseph "Robbie" Robertson = Denzel Washington

Betty Brant = Parker Posey

Jacob Conover = Steve Buscemi

Randy Robertson = Taye Diggs

Norman Osborn = John Travolta

Harry Osborn = Ryan Phillippe

Adrian Tombs/Vulture = Richard Dreyfuss

With Spider-Man, I’d be taking everything right back to Peter’s classic comic-book origins; he’s in high school with Liz Allen as his crush, Flash Thompson bullying him, Harry Osborn, Mary-Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy still in the future. That said, I’d give him Randy Robertson as a best mate as a better compromise of comic accuracy and diversity requirements than race-shifting Ned Leeds, Flash Thompson and MJ, plus it gives added viability to the idea of Peter getting a freelance photography job at the Daily Bugle (Randy’s dad being Jameson’s editor and thus right-hand man of the Bugle).

Of course, the origin arc is just act one of the film; for the rest of it, we’ve got the Vulture rearing his head, presenting as a former business colleague of Norman Osborn’s who is committing acts of theft and sabotage as revenge for being pushed out by Osborn. Now although this does mean we get to meet the Osborns in this film, Peter only meets the dad as Spider-Man and doesn’t meet Harry yet at all; this film is just setting up for a film two as Peter goes into college, where he gets to meet Harry, Gwen and MJ a la the comics. In essence, this film is an amalgam of the classic comic origins, the Spider-Man film made by Raimi and Maguire, the 90’s animated series and the first Spider-Man film of the real MCU.

Ant-Man & The Wasp:

Hank Pym/Ant-Man = Michael Douglas

Janet Van Dyne/Wasp = Catherine Zeta Jones

Dr Elias Starr = Richard Schiff

Darren Cross/Yellowjacket = Rob Lowe

For me, this film is very tricky to plot out, beyond perhaps doing Hank Pym and Elias Starr as rivals in the development of shrinking tech, and Cross being a criminal who double-crosses Starr to gain the Yellowjacket suit, forcing Pym not only to hero up and stop him, but also accept the assistance of his new love interest Janet Van Dyne. Assuming that to be the most basic outline of the plot, I would be tempted to borrow further from the comics and show via flashback Pym’s original wife being detained and later executed by the soviets. For that role, I’d add Izabella Scorupco from the mid-90’s Goldeneye film as the late Maria Pym. Set up could also be worked in for the later appearance of Whirlwind, Janet’s chauffeur-turned-stalker from the comics, but as yet I’m not sure who I’d cast for that role.

Captain America:

Steve Rogers/Captain America = Brad Pitt

James Buchanan Barnes/Bucky = Chris O’Donnell

Peggy Carter = Lea Thompson

Colonel Chester Phillips = Charlton Heston

Dr Abraham Erskine = F. Murray Abraham

Dum-Dum Dugan = David Graf

Gabriel Jones = Cuba Gooding Jr.

Nick Fury = Tommy Lee Jones

Johann Schmidt/Red Skull = Hugo Weaving

Arnim Zola = Toby Jones

Howard Stark = Donald Sutherland

A Captain America film like the one we got for the real MCU would work best here, but as ever when using what the real MCU gave us, my hypothetical films need to make some tweaks. For starters, the Carters are all American, so Lea Thompson isn’t about to play her role with any kind of an English accent. Next, I’m working in Fury as a sergeant leading the Howling Commandoes under Cap like the comics, with the intention of a later film showcasing how he’s then able to live unaged into the 1990’s. Barnes is given a bit of a Nightwing-style persona compared to his original Robin-like one as there’d be no Winter Soldier yet conceived of as an alternative formulation for the character.

Finally, I’d probably want to include the odd cameo of Cap fighting alongside characters that might make it into later films. The original Union Jack and Wolverine would top that list, and it’s not like a full roster of Cap’s old World War II allies would even be necessary. Just a couple of options to tease future projects would suffice. As ever, end on Cap going for an ice bath and coming to in the modern world, and this gives Fury’s appearance added resonance and mystery because he’s the one the guy who has beaten time, though the how of that is left for a future film to explain. Oh, and no Tesseract/Space Stone involvement either; if my MCU ever did go down the Infinity arc, it’d be a lot later in the run.

F4 2:

Silver Surfer = David Wenham

Galactus = Tony Todd

At just past the half-way point of this first phase of the MCU, working in a sequel or two isn’t the worst idea in the world for breaking up the run of introductions we’ve been making. For the F4’s second film, we’re doing the classic Silver Surfer and Galactus arc from the comics that started off multi-issue story-telling in comics, or at least encouraged it as a regular tool of the industry. Outside of that, and the would-be love triangle between the Surfer, Alicia and Ben Grimm, I’d also want to see a Sue-Reed romance arc culminating in the pair getting engaged, setting the team on the road to becoming a superhero family. It occurs to me, however, that to do the Silver Surfer and Galactus story from the comics, the Watcher also needs to appear. As that would be a CGI role needing a great voice actor, I’d probably cast James Earl Jones for that part.

IM 2:

Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow = Famke Jansen

Crimson Dynamo/Ivan Vanko = Alan Cumming

As with our first Iron Man film, 90’s Iron Man 2 borrows from its real MCU counter-part, but with tweaks, the first one being Vanko sticking to his original comics alter ego instead of borrowing from Whiplash. Second, no Justin Hammer, we leave out Tony’s chest-piece killing him and just worsen his drinking problems, and of course Tony’s keeping up a dual identity. As such, the film ends on a less positive note, with Pepper Potts going off with Happy Hogan and no War Machine yet to be seen.

X-Men:

Professor X = Patrick Stewart

Cyclops/Scott Summers = Patrick Swayze

Jean Grey = Milla Jovovich

Wolverine/Logan = Tom Cruise

Storm/Ororo Monroe = Halle Berry

Beast/Hank McCoy = Alec Baldwin

Banshee/Sean Cassidy = Liam Neeson

Polaris/Lorna Dane = Jeri Ryan

Havok/Alex Summers = Kevin Bacon

Kitty Pryde = Selma Blair

Sam Guthrie = Paul Walker

Roberto Da Costa = Mario Lopez

Tabita Smith = Anna Faris

Magneto = Ian McKellan

Toad = Daniel Craig

Mastermind = Keanu Reeves

Scarlet Witch = Kate Beckinsale

Quicksilver = Robert Sean Leonard

Pyro = Hugh Jackman

Senator Robert Kelly = Robert Hays

Henry Peter Gyrich = David Caruso

Bolivar Trask = David Ogden Stiers

After so long borrowing from existing films, my MCU’s version of the X-Men will be going down a different route. For this film, the X-Men and the Brotherhood are engaged in a shadow war that is starting to spill into the public awareness, which is then escalated when troubled runaway Tabitha Smith (better known to comic fans as Boom-Boom) gets caught in the crossfire of one such clash. Soon after, Magneto takes his crusade public, and the government reacts with a heavy-handed paranoia typical of the comics. Enter the Sentinels, who soon decide to attack humans as well, prompting the X-Men to stand up and be heroes in a very public light. For the purposes of appeasing fans that may ask “why didn’t x, y and z get involved,” a scene or two could be thrown in showing intervention by the F4 and Spider-Man.

Avengers:

Tony Stark/Iron Man = Tom Selleck

Steve Rogers/Captain America = Brad Pitt

Thor = Dolph Lundgren

Bruce Banner/Hulk = John Cusack

Hank Pym/Ant-Man = Michael Douglas

Janet Van Dyne/Wasp = Catherine Zeta Jones

Clint Barton/Hawkeye = Kevin Costner

Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow = Famke Jansen

Nick Fury = Tommy Lee Jones

Agent Jasper Sitwell = Bill Paxton

Maria Hill = Marina Sirtis

Loki = Gary Oldman

This film would again have similarity to the original Avengers film of the real MCU, but having tweaked some of the past films to give us something more in line with the comics, this one would undergo the same process. Stark would have to downplay his alcoholism and the team would be less open due to his dual identity not being public knowledge. This would give the Avengers something to overcome in their formation beyond the threat of Loki. As this film would also pre-date the creation of the Chitauri in the comics, Loki’s invasion would be fully headed by him, there’s be no space stone involved (my idea of an initial long-term pay-off for the start of my MCU not being Infinity War), and as with the X-Men film, there’d need to be scenes or exposition to show if other heroes were involved, and if not why.

Daredevil:

Matt Murdock/Daredevil = Christian Slater

Foggy Nelson = Jon Favreau

Karen Page = Denise Richards

Wilson Fisk/Kingpin = Bruce Willis

Bullseye = Colin Farrell

Ben Urich = John Spencer

Finally, we come to the cinematic introduction of the man without fear into our 90’s MCU. As ever, start with the classic origin of the comics and go into the present-day showing Daredevil taking down the Kingpin despite opposition in the form of Bullseye. However, unlike Fox’s film effort from the early 2000’s, I don’t want to rush the incorporation of Elektra into the films, so the first film is really about setting up Fisk and Bullseye with the kind of mad-ons for ol’ hornhead that would justify an Elektra arc later on. For this film, we’re just going with Matt having a thing with his secretary in honour of the early Daredevil comics.

In due course, I may return to this 90’s MCU yet again and outline more films to expand on what I’ve conceived thus far in the hypothetical. Plenty of sequels can be made, and I’ve yet to touch on characters like Dr Strange, Black Panther and various solo superheroines, not to mention the original superhero non-team the Defenders (not to be confused with the Netflix line-up that was really just Heroes for Hire plus two). So, until next time, ta-ta for now.

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Last 10 Fics/Writing Patterns meme + Last First Line Tag Game

Stealth tagged by @delta-pavonis (tagged spring birthdays, hear me shrieking in Taurus)

Rules: Post the first lines of your last ten fics posted to AO3 (Sort by date posted), AND see if there's a pattern!

By last updated date:

March 6th 2024, Summer Knight

Once, in a time out of thought and memory, there was a realm called the Dreaming- so named because a place so magical and splendid could only possibly exist in one’s most vivid imaginings. The weather was always as it should or needed to be, the land lush and bountiful, even in the harshest climates. The people of the land were, on the whole, prosperous and contented. The Dreaming was not without its troubles and hardships and tragedies- no land is, no matter how prosperous- and for some, life was rather hard, but never unbearable.

January 10th 2024, On Marginalia In Illuminated Manuscripts (and Hob's Subsequent Illumination)

Hob was convinced the entire campus descended into an alternate plane of reality during finals week. The unnatural stillness and quiet, the haggard faces- it was its own ring of hell.

December 22nd 2023, The Oldest Game of You and Me

“I challenge you to a game.” The Toymaker’s face hardened into something hard and blank. He stepped out from behind the puppet stage and strode with careful purpose to the card table and two chairs that had appeared from nowhere. The Doctor was already waiting for him on the other side, grim and determined. They slowly sat, never taking their eyes off the other. Like flipping a switch, he changed his accent to something posh and British, mocking in its refinement.

December 20th 2023, Infinitas

Hob shivered as he peeked up at the signs of the buildings before him. He squinted against the just-harsh-enough-to-be-uncomfortable winter wind blowing in his face. Thankfully, he could see the one he was looking for through his lashes, just at the end of the block. The hanging black sign emblazoned with a golden infinity symbol guided him down the sidewalk as a lighthouse guided a ship.

November 28th 2023, Eyes of Night

Everyone knows that sleep paralysis is basically the brain getting stuck between stages of sleep. But why does it do that? Sometimes it’s because neurons just misfire, happens to the best of us. Other times, it’s because the King of Nightmares is bored.

November 3rd 2023, Blood On My Name

It was a well known fact that the forest was a dangerous place to be at night. The trees stopped any light the moon may offer from hitting the ground, wild animals hunted for easy prey, and even something innocuous as a raised root could prove to be one’s downfall. You did not venture out of the safety of the village after dark, not when there were any number of horrors waiting between the trees.

October 18th 2023, Throne(s)

“Come on Dream,” Hob goaded, his fingers kneading into the small mounds of flesh that passed for Dream’s ass. “Take a seat atop your throne.” His eyes never left Dream’s as he salaciously licked his lips- Dream groaned when the meaning of Hob’s words hit him, and it was like being punched in the chest.

October 16th 2023, Gold

It probably went without saying, but the Doctor could never get enough of River’s hair. It had a life of its own, a color and soul that would put Rapunzel’s to shame. In fact, he can neither confirm nor deny that Rapunzel’s luscious locks were directly inspired by his wife.

October 14th 2023, Can You Feel It

A shiver wracked Hob’s entire frame. He swore under his breath- the room was freezing cold at his request, something he had wanted to try, but Dream was taking his sweet ass time.

October 13th 2023, Just Admiring

“Oh Ezio,” Leo groaned softly, low in his throat, as if he had never seen something so beautiful in his entire life. The Assassin was spread out naked beneath him, hands tucked behind his head to show off the strength of his chest.

Only pattern I'm noticing is that you're either gently eased in, or dropped on your ass in the middle of the action and there's no in between xD

Consider yourself tagged with zero pressure if you have a tattoo and/or want to do this!

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