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puppetmaster55 · 1 year

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I posted 16,981 times in 2022

1,166 posts created (7%)

15,815 posts reblogged (93%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 13,661 of my posts in 2022

Only 20% of my posts had no tags

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Longest Tag: 140 characters

#about irl stuff. it's just. yeah this is me getting annoyed bc i'm the one awake at 1am feeding them and getting them to sleep for the night

My Top Posts in 2022:

Shiro: why are there rumours that we’re both in a romantic relationship? Lance: *laying in Shiro’s lap letting him play with his hair* Lance: i have no idea.

Shiro would be more suspicious but he likes playing with Lance's hair too much to self-examine

69 notes - Posted June 18, 2022

Why would AFO's bird be a vulture? Obviously he's a goose.

I enjoy the comedy of visually his bird looks like a Chuck Jones vulture, but also the chaos of him being a goose is...

I'm gonna have to field this one to @gentrychild

86 notes - Posted July 22, 2022

Lance fell first but Shiro fell harder

Lance: *fell first, but in a gentle way that allows him to not come off as a simp*

Shiro: *fell slower, but is a simp*

89 notes - Posted June 10, 2022

Love that toh never tries to explain whatever the fuck is going on with Hooty, like everything we get to know just raises more questions. Eda just created him. He can swallow people whole and regurgitate them, he can skin himself and puts his skin like clothes to dry, he can get out of the house and the whole thing is horrifying and leaves behind still beating organs, he has several shark like teeth through out his throat. Is any of this explained? No n i love it, i hope he keeps getting worse❤

absolutely nothing about Hooty is explained and nothing about him should be explained

247 notes - Posted May 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Trying to figure out how to really explain it but god it’s so pathetic that it’s almost hilarious how hard the mcu is trying to make holland spidey into actual spidey when like. green goblin is just some homeless dude

they brought willem dafoe’s green goblin, his rich ceo of a huge science corporation, into the mcu and had him actually state that his company and the Osborne name just did not exist in the mcu. literally, he went looking for his company and found nothing, he went looking for his son and found nothing (he would’ve joined forces with his mcu counterpart if they existed but they canonically just Do Not Exist At All)

and this is meant to be The Big Villain of the movie! Peter Parker’s most famous foe and the mcu just could not make him into a rich ceo and like. Norman Osborne is Just Some Dude in the mcu. the one single villain that literally could not be reworked into “seems like they should be the villain of an iron man movie but go off I guess” and he’s Just Some Random Dude to Holland’s spidey and not the father of his very best friend or the ceo behind the company whose radioactive spider gave him spider powers

like, I know that Willem Dafoe is gonna knock his performance out the park when I finally watch the movie but goddamn this is so fucking pathetic that the mcu, that Mouse Corp, is so against having a villain be a rich dude that they obliterated one of marvel’s most iconic villains

and they want to take on Dr Victor Von Doom, who I’m gonna call will end up being some angry intern with vague beef that he got overlooked by Dr Reed Richards and make some weird iron man-like suit to make him on equal standing instead of the monarch of a country

718 notes - Posted January 13, 2022

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historyhermann · 2 years

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Smashing Stereotypes: Valerie the Librarian in “Spidey Super Stories” [PART 2]

See part 1 here.

Valerie tells the villain, The Vanisher, he can check out books, but only with a library card, on page 4 of a Spider Super Stories issue.

In later comics, Valerie is asked patron information about who had a book, gets her name in one comic on a placard at her desk, and realizes where she is a true hero: as a librarian, helping people. This is clear in one comic where the library is a mess when she isn’t there to help out, and it is noted that her job is important. [6] That’s not something you see in depictions of librarians every day. Her last mention in the Spidey Super Stories series is a comic in which she plays a secondary role, helping a detective, in some capacity, solve a case. She isn’t even seen in a library in that issue, which is unfortunate as its her last appearance in the comic, and it would have been better for her to go out on a better note than the last issue issue she appeared within. [7]

So it makes more sense as to why she was not remembered, as Valerie does not have consistent secondary role in the comics, sometimes more in the background and other times having a more active role. At the same time, it appears, according to the Hattie Winston Wikipedia page, that Easy Reader (voiced by Morgan Freeman) was Valerie’s girlfriend in The Electric Company series, which explains their relation to each other a little more with how they interact with one another in the comics. Other sources show that Sylvia and Valerie, in the same show, are not the same, as I had previously thought. The Root said that Valerie’s actress joined the cast in the third season, playing a “groovy librarian” who sings a duet with Easy Reader in one episode while wearing sunglasses in a library for some reason. This really makes me want to watch The Electric Company, appearing in 520 episodes according to the listing on her IMDB page. [8]

There is more to Valerie the librarian than what I have previously mentioned. For one, she is the only one of Black female librarians that I have mentioned on this blog and I have found in animated shows, films, and comics that has a MLIS degree. Neither Lydia Lovely in Horrid Henry, a Black woman who is voiced by a White actress, nor Clara Rhone in Welcome to the Wayne, a Black woman voiced by Harriet D. Foy, are noted as having MLIS degrees, although it implied that both have such degrees. The same can be said about the unnamed Black male librarian in an episode of We Bare Bears. Unfortunately, some characters are not shown to have professional experience because they are in fantasy realms. This includes two gay Black men, George and Lance in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, are self-declared historians who run a family library, making them de facto librarians, while O’Bengh / Cagliostro, a Nigerian man, in an episode of What If…?. As such, Valerie is the first Black librarian, male or female, that I have found who has a MLIS degree. And that it definitely significant!

People like Valerie are not common in the librarian profession, however. Currently the profession suffers from a “persistent lack of racial and ethnic diversity that has not changed significantly over the past 15 years,” with only 9.5 percent of librarians identified as Black or African American in the year 2020. [9] Despite this lack of diversity, there have been prominent Black female librarians who have their names etched in the annals of history. For instance, Catherine A. Latimer was the first Black librarian of New York Public Library. Dorothy Porter, who led Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, challenged the Dewey Decimal System’s racial bias and created her own classification system for Black scholarship. Marjorie Adele Blackistone Bradfield was the first Black librarian of Detroit Public Library, expanding the library’s Black literature collection. Belle Da Costa Greene was the personal librarian for J.P. Morgan, curating a collection of manuscripts, art, and rare books, but controversially passed as White. Alma Smith Jacobs was the first Black librarian in Montana, spearheading the construction of a modern library for the city of Great Falls. There are many more Black female librarians beyond the five mentioned in this paragraph, as these examples only scratch the surface of Black women’s impact on librarianship over the years. [10] In fact, one of the most outspoken Black female librarians in recent years is April Hathcock, who has been very prolific, passionate, and dedicated to librarianship.Her last post on her blog, to date, explains why she is leaving the American Library Association (ALA), calling it an organization “centered on promoting the ‘neutrality’ of white supremacy and capitalism.”

Notes

[6] Spidey Super Stories Vol 1 49, p. 17-18, 22 (the story “Fargo’s Problem”); Spidey Super Stories Vol 1 53, p. 15-20

[7] Spidey Super Stories Vol 1 57, p. 17-18 (the story “Fargo’s Brother”).

[8] See all episodes cited here in note #8.

[9] AFL-CIO Department of Professional Employees, “Library Professionals: Facts & Figures,” Fact Sheet, Jun. 10, 2021. Of course, being Black and a professional, as not stopped incidents like Stephanie Bottom, a Black female librarian in Atlanta, from being assaulted by police, who don’t care about professional credentials, seeing Black people through their racist mindsets.

[10] Evans, Rhoda. “Catherine Latimer: The New York Public Library’s First Black Librarian,” New York Public Library, Mar. 20, 2020; Nunes, Zita Christina. “Remembering the Howard University Librarian Who Decolonized the Way Books Were Catalogued,” Smithsonian magazine, Nov. 26, 2018, reprinted from Perspectives of History; Audi, Tamara. “Marjorie Bradfield: Put black history into library,” Detroit Free Press, Nov. 20, 1999; Bates, Karen Grigsby. “J.P. Morgan’s Personal Librarian Was A Black Woman. This Is Her Story,” NPR News, Jul. 4, 2021; Milner, Surya. “Honoring Montana’s first Black librarian,” High Country News, Feb. 15, 2021. Other examples of prominent Black female librarians include, as noted by Book Riot, Charlemae Rollins as head librarian at the Chicago Public Library, Clara Stanton Jones as the first Black president of the American Library Association, Eliza Atkins Gleason as the “first Black American to earn a doctorate in library science at the University of Chicago” in 1940, Sadie Peterson Delaney who was key in bibliotherapy, Annette Lewis Phinazee as the “first woman and the first Black American woman to earn a doctorate in Library Science from Columbia University,” Carla Diane Hayden as the current Librarian of Congress, Effie Lee Morris as the “first woman and first black person to serve as president of the Public Library Association,” Mollie Huston Lee as the “first black librarian in Raleigh, North Carolina,” Virginia Lacy Jones as the second black person to earn a doctorate in Library Science, Virginia Proctor Powell Florence as the “first black woman in the United States to earn a degree in library science from the Pittsburgh Carnegie Library School,” and Vivian Harsh became the “first black librarian for the Chicago Public Library where she passionately collected works by Black Americans” in February 1924.

Reprinted from Pop Culture Library Review.

#librarians #libraries #black librarians #pop culture #valerie the librarian

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sarcasticace · 2 years

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The Legends of Vox Machina, thought dump, the good and the bad, episode 1, 2, and 3

It’s so nice seeing VM again. This stupid band of fuck ups. I missed them.

Vex hears some sort of ringing whenever she’s close to the big bad for the first two episodes. No one else seemingly hears it, just Vex. I was waiting for it to be revealed and... it’s because she’s studied dragons so much that she’s developed a spidey sense whenever they’re near. I mean, yeah... Ranger abilities, I guess. Favored enemy > dragons, but it’s honestly not the best. I kinda would’ve preferred her knowledge of dragons manifest as... you know... actual knowledge. I like Keyleth saving them in the end but I thing it would’ve been better if it was Vex’s knowledge that kept them alive throughout the battle. Like... idk... there are certain movements all dragons do when it attacks or swoops. Vex knows these patterns and it keeps them alive until the rock fall.

Not the biggest fan of the fake out reveal.

So they adapt out the earrings of communication or whatever, but then go ahead and give Vex ‘twin sense’ okay then.

I loved Keyleth in this. I’ve always really liked Keylth, but she was really good in this. All her moments felt very geuine if a bit random while everyone else... mmm... idk their dialogue felt a bit weird at times. But seeing Keyleth animated. Like when she’s shocked during the dragon attack and Vex has to snap her out of it. Beautiful. a bit short, but wow 10/10.

I’m very much not a van of Vax|eth, but I think their little moments are well done here. I can see how the two might become attracted to one later on. But... I’ve seen the final Thordak fight+Raishan so :\

Gimore just... has a dragon slaying lance? And there’s a dragon problem where whole villages and squadroms of emon soldiers get wiped out. Gilmore, please.

Okay, so Gilmore gives them advice, but it’s Vax that makes the whole ‘twin rivers’ connection which, honestly, sucks because if they were really gonna give Vex experience on dragons, this should’ve came from her instead of Spidey senses.

Honestly, I feel like the story really begins with episode 3. The first two feel like a special. Vox machina boiled down into a two part special. The small weird moments that I mentioned before aren’t really present in 3. I mean, the part where Percy tells VM is a bit rushed imo. But episode 3 kicks things up and really gets into the Legend of Vox Machina.’

The opening for ep3 is so good. Very dream like, gives us an idea of why Percy would react like this, but also keeping it kinda vague for us to learn more later. I think the adaptation to have Percy surprised during the dinner instead of finding out before hand is done quite well, however... it does take away from VM learning about what happens. On one hand, cool, VM has his back immediately, but on the other I feel like me missed him just... opening up. But it’s not entirely bad because they do have that scene later. I just think the first conversation where Vax sneaks off is a bit off.

But that criticism doesn’t take away from all the ‘oh shit’ moments. Everything about the dinner party, Percy, the Briarwoods. They really captured the tension imo.

Like there’s a moment early in the episode where Percy asks the rest to be more refined. And Vex says he should cut loose. And Percy is very well depicted as being a bit stuck up, refined,in control in the first two episodes. And then when he hears the Briahwood’s names he fucking snaps. So good. And the battle too. Craven edge, Deliahla’s screaming magic, Percy’s anger, orthax and the mask.

#Critical Role #TLoVM spoilers #The Legends of Vox Machina

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nompunhere · 2 years

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Prompt 27 - Next

Something a little different here. I wanted to show you guys my list of ideas I had for this month! There are a bunch that I missed, but some that I did make a start on and just never got around to finishing. Here’s the list:

So yeah. If you want, you could send me an ask about one that I missed/skipped, and I’ll either post the sketch/fic outline for it (assuming I have one), or I’ll add it to my general idea list and try to get it done sooner rather than later, depending on which option you want (or what I want if I feel strongly about it, of course)

Transcription and further explanation for each idea under the cut! (and by further explanation I mean saying whether I have a WIP for it or not and how motivated I am to work on it)

Tale (I sort of had an idea for this but I scrapped it)

Mint - Writing: Extend A Mint With Dinner into a short oneshot? (A Mint With Dinner is a snippet in the second installment of Bug Bites. I named it before the prompt list was posted lol. I’ll get to it whenever I have time and motivation)

Symbiosis - Art: Quirrel and Monomon(‘s ghost) [Card Style] (Complete)

Greed

Rivalry - Doodle?: Ghost and Zote in a tum together; Ghost calm, Zote angery (Complete)

Tech

Relative - Writing: Midwife noms Hornet after Herrah dies (cross with Whumptober prompt 7 - “My Spidey-Sense is Tingling”) (Complete)

Transport - Art: Stag carrying Ghost in his tum, possibly because the seats are occupied (Complete)

Glitch - Writing: Madeline gets nommed by eye monster (This is for Celeste btw. I have the outline written, and I may get to it whenever I fixate on Celeste again)

Secret

Jungle - Writing: Quirrel, wanting to explore the “cave” he found, gets nommed by the Hunter. He escapes by threatening him with his nail or magic (I have the outline written. Not particularly motivated to write out the fic, but I could)

Yoga

Curse

Tournament - Art: God Tamer’s Beast noms Ghost or Tiso, GT raising her lance from the Beast’s back, the crowd cheering [Dramatic and Graphic Novel-esque] (Cross with Whumptober prompt 14 - “Under Pressure”) (No WIP for this one. I do have a clear image in my head for it though, and I figure I could whip something up if I try not to take too long)

Mirror - Art: Alt Tiso noms his [REDACTED] self. Hide that it’s [REDACTED]-Tiso, only imply it through a blue background [Card Style] (Mild cross with Whumptober prompt 15 (the dream part)) (Complete. Yeah I kinda messed up the “only imply it” part. You can see that they’re underwater, so it’s not to much of a stretch to figure what AU that is. I still refuse to specify, because I know there are multiple variations of that AU and I’ll leave it up to interpretation which one it is)

Cheat - Writing: ...Cheat death? Unn noms Tiso vore dream (Cross with Whumptober prompt 16 - “On a Need to Know Basis”) (Complete)

Role - Art: Grimm hovering threateningly over Ghost [Theatre Poster Style] (I do not have a WIP for this one, and from how I’m picturing it, this drawing would take a while)

World - Art: Terrarium tum (Non-fandom. No WIP. Could be a doodle. I might do this one if I’m bored and feel inspired for it)

Dream - ???: Something with the dream realm (I got nothin’)

Capture - Art: Collector salivating over mini Tiso in a jar [Card Style] (Cross with Whumptober prompt 20 - “Lost & Found”) (I do have a sketch for this one, and I think I’d be willing to make it into a full piece. Idea inspired by *cough* something made by *cough* one of my followers *cough cough*) (I intend to ask if they’re okay with me using them as inspiration but I haven’t yet because ~anxiety~)

Snow - Writing: While visiting Markoth, Xero asks him to nom him (I have an outline for this one and I’d be more than happy to write it into a fic. Crimson Nails babeyyyyyy)

Mindless - Art: Traitor Lord noms Ghost (Possible cross with Whumptober prompt 22 - “They Made Me Do It”) (No WIP, but I’d be willing to draw it at some point or another. If I don’t, I might write a fic about the idea at some point in the future anyway)

Trip - Art: Tiny takes a trip up a “volcano,” trips and falls into a hidden maw (I don’t have a specific enough image in my mind to make this one. Feel free to use this idea if you want)

Tender - Writing: Cheesy Quirrellemm fluff (I have the outline written, and would be happy to write it into a fic)

Honey - Writing: Hive Knight finds Ghost trapped in honey, pulls them out and licks them clean, accidentally swallows them. He freaks out, but Ghost is fine (I’m like halfway done with this one. You’ll probably see it within the next few days)

Control

Next - Post this list, showing what I skipped and (possibly) what’s coming (You are here)

Pawn - Art: Radiance controlling Soul Master to nom Ghost [Card Style] (No WIP. Might draw it at some point, idk)

Elegance

Hide - Writing: Greenpath Vessel goes to Sheo for some quiet time (Outline written. I fully intend to complete this one)

Seek - Writing (and possibly art): Ghost finds the Nosk and follows it to its den. The fight goes a bit differently than usual. (Outline written, but could definitely do with some reworking. I probably won’t write this by the end of the month)

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DNI NSFW blogs, blogs that post exclusively hard and/or fatal vore, weight gain blogs, proshippers, TERFs, ace exclusionists, etc.

#talking about my WIPs #extensively. it's the entire post lmao #vore ideas #hk vore #fandom vore #since it's the whole list I should probably tag this as voretober huh #voretober 2021 #dunno what else to tag #soft vore #safe vore #hk spoilers

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celticcrossanon · 3 years

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BRF Reading - 24th of March, 2021

This is speculation only.

24th of March, 2021

Question: What can you tell me about the copy of the Windsor wedding registry entry that is going around?

Warning: I seem to have gone full on conspiracy theorist here. My apologies. Please feel free to ignore this reading if the interpretations are too ‘out there’ for you. They are almost too ‘out there’ for me, so I won’t blame you one bit for finding it too much to swallow.

Interpretation: The copy is designed to cause conflict and both support and obscure justice. It will have an initial success, but eventually the actions of the people involved will be revealed and judged.

Card One: Five of Wands. This is a card of conflict, but of created conflict. On the card the dragon is breathing fire, and Jason and Medea are trying to scare it/fight it off with torches. There is no actual fighting, everyone is waving torches/breathing fire and posturing. Wands can be PR (a use of creative energy). This registry entry is part of a PR battle between harry and Meghan (the man and the woman) and the monster they have created out of the BRF (the green dragon). Both sides are putting forward claims and counter claims, but like all PR the truth is present in varying amount, and no one is telling all of the truth, only select parts of it.

Card Two: Justice. This is a major arcana card, so justice is one of the two main energies of this reading. Justice is what the law demands, a dispassionate punishment or consequence of an action (in its purest form). Meghan’s tale of getting married three days before the wedding has been shown to be a lie, and part of that showing has been the picture of a copy of the wedding registry entry for the Windsor wedding, showing that the marriage took place then and not earlier. All supposedly above board.

However, this PR narrative overlooks certain things, namely: 1. Proof that a marriage took place does not mean that the same people could not have been married earlier, in a different church, and just kept quiet about it (if you don’t tell the religious clergyperson that you are already married, then how will they know?) and 2. A copy typed on a piece of paper is not an actual wedding registry entry - it could conceivably have been typed up from anything and then handed out as a copy of the actual register. I am sorry if this sounds cynical or far-fetched, but there are so many lies around Harry and Meghan that I don’t believe anything about them unless I have seen the original documents with my own eyes and verified that they are true.

So does this Windsor wedding certificate help or hinder justice? Like the two edged sword in the picture on the card, it does both. One lie (married three days before) is revealed, but another lie (this was their first wedding) is covered up. Look at Archbishop Welby’s very careful statements about the event (both his and from his office). IMO, they do not ring of truth, but of a man who is picking what to say very carefully (e.g. ‘there was no wedding the backyard’ - that is great, but it doesn’t say that there was no wedding somewhere else). Look at Meghan telling the story - IMO, a veiled threat if I ever heard one. Something else is going on here, under the guise of a simple tale about exchanging personal vows three days before the official service.

Third Card: Five of Pentacles. Someone is cut off, out in the cold, isolated. Was the Windsor registry entry a way of cutting someone off? It exposed Meghan’s lie of a wedding three days before, which was quickly changed to a story of personal vows, but is this all that was cut off? I can’t shake the feeling that this is all a cover for a deeper game of threat and counter-threat, action and the public walking back of the threat - so much going on behind the scenes that we don’t see. Sorry if I sound like a conspiracy theorist - all my ‘spidey senses’ are tingling but I can’t put my finger on exactly what is going on. I think that this is related to the threat of Harry and Meghan being totally cut off from the BRF in some way, and by totally cut off I mean duke title, HRH, prince title, money, place in line of succession - everything gone. I just can’t quite see how.

Question: If you are married twice, once secretly, and once in public, and the public wedding is dissolved, does the secret wedding still hold (i.e. you are still married)? I don’t know.

Card Four: Three of Swords. Heartbreak and betrayal, and the betrayal is by your own family (the queen and her lover kill her husband, the king, on the card). Something is going to be lanced, some poisoned secret is going to be revealed, and t will involve a major betrayal by a family member, but then everything will be out in the open and things can start to heal. I don’t know if this is the revelation of the secret wedding or not. I think Meghan and Harry will be the ones doing the betraying, and it will be a large blow against the BRF.

Card Five: Judgement. As a major arcana card, this is the second dominant energy of this reading.

This is the card of your past actions catching up with you. Secrets rise from where they are hidden, like the people rising from their resting places on the card, and you are judged on what you have done and kept hidden. The figure of the card is the god Mercury, the same god who was on the first card of my previous reading about wedding documents (that card was the Magician). The lies and deceptions around the wedding documents (the Magician card) will be exposed, and any secrets about the Windsor wedding registry entry will come out (Judgement, everything hidden is revealed), In the card. mercury is the messenger who travels between the souls in the underworld and the light of day (seen behind him on the card), similarly what is hidden will be revealed, quite possibly by the same person who hid it in the first place - or one of the people involved in its hiding.

Underlying Energy One: The Three of Wands. This is a card of initial success, but with a lot of work ahead to turn the success into a final triumphant outcome. Here wands stand for PR. The initial PR ploy of releasing a copy of the Windsor wedding registry entry was a success, but more work remains to be done if the secret wedding is to remain buried behind this public wedding.

Underlying Energy Two: The Six of Pentacles. Someone, either the BRF or someone else in a position of power, is funding the PR narrative of the Windsor wedding as the only wedding.

Interpretation: This is part of a PR battle. The copy of the Windsor wedding register is being used to discredit Meghan Markle and to support the idea that there was no secret wedding at all, ever. Someone in a position of power is paying a lot of money to support and push this narrative. It has initially succeeded, but eventually the truth will come to light and people will be judged on their past actions. There is something about someone being cut off/out in the cold that is involved somehow, but I can’t see how. My apologies.

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starrykitty013 · 3 years

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Sneak Peak!! This will be a Cake Walk (oneshot)

Here’s the full fic...finally: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33658105

This takes place in my JGLEH universe (https://archiveofourown.org/series/1415002) but this oneshot could be read as a standalone :)

Enjoy!

August 7th, 2019.

That was the date that this year’s birthday fell on. Technically it was the first wednesday of August, since this month started on a Thursday, but it was basically the second week of August, so they’d let it slide. Besides the 14th of August seemed like a good date, but Ned and MJ were just so anxious to finally be spending a birthday with their best friend, because it had been 2 years since they last had - well more Ned than MJ, MJ was cool with anything.

So here they were, lounging around Peter’s - and his parent’s - little apartment/penthouse/whatever-this-place-they-were-living-was-classfied-as in Stark tower, eating junk food and marathoning Voltron - every variation of it, eating a slightly melted ice cream cake MJ bough - they bought an entire sheet cake this time, instead of a small one because Ned and MJ got paychecks now and Peter has the metabolism not to waste it.

Different location, same traditions. Sure the atmosphere of the tower was not as cozy as Ned’s cramped living room or MJ’s box apartment, but they made do. They dulled the settings on the floor to ceiling window that took up an entire wall and viewed over the city. They cuddled in blankets and made an entire pillow fort, and they made it surround them so they were forced to be closer together.

They would’ve invited everyone else in the tower, but his official birthday wasn’t until the 12th and Peter’s sure they had something planned. He kind of just wanted to keep this serenity of the three of them, even if he felt a little guilty about being exclusive. It was worth it.

It felt right.

Keeping his old traditions while preparing for the new ones that he was bound to make this year.

He hadn’t celebrated his birthday with the Avengers last year, because it was the date of the trial and he hadn’t been living with them at the time, even if like a week later he was. Everything had been so hectic and moving too fast that his birthday had barley been on any of their minds. He had spent the night with Wade and Matt goofing off in and out of their costumes though - the aults getting thoroughly plastered and Peter thinks it was only 60% for his amusement.

It was an enjoyable night. Or at least it it was shaping up to be. He liked the chill vibes that they had managed to create. It was almost like they were hanging out just like any other day, and not celebrating Peter being one year away from being a legal adult - in America at least.

His parents had walked in around 11:30ish, and they just were about to pass without looking twice at the kids lounged around and the mess of stolen blankets and pillows they probably didn’t know they owned - and they didn’t own most of them, again they were temporarily stolen, he’d give them to their respective owners again...eventually...maybe.

Ned had greeted them absently, because he was polit like that, and Nat smirked fondly at them, watching them out of the corner of her eye, while Bucky turned and nodded in acknowledgment, lips quirking up for a second at the scene. MJ gave a salute as she had a chip half in her mouth.

“Russian → ”(Hey, guys.) Peter said absently, not really looking at them as he leaned forward to grab another slice of melted cake. And that’s when Natasha paused for a second, looking frozen. Bucky had just barley managed to ram into her. It was a slight action but it made Peter pause and look up in confusion and slight alarm. His spidey sense wasn’t going off, but Nat had that look on her face where she kept it carefully neutral to not give anything away. Peter turned his head to them and sat up a bit, Ned and MJ seemed to pick up on his vibes because a moment later MJ had shifted into a slightly more alert slouch and that was followed by Ned swiveling his head to look confusedly between everyone while trying - and failing, but it’s okay Ned you are still a precious bean child that will be protected by everyone here - to be subtle about it, his anxiety kicking in a bit. “What’s up?” he said trying to maintain a casual tone. If it was an emergency, he’d know, they would’ve been more on edge. It was more likely that they had gotten taken off guard by something - which was only barley more comforting, since they usually were never taken off guard by much.

Bucky had trained his eyes on Nat, so Peter did the same. She darted her eyes quickly to something next to him and then back to Peter, Bucky followed her gaze and kept it locked on the thing she was looking at. Peter slowly moved his head to where Bucky’s eyes were trained and looked down to see the mostly melted cake, with the watery, sloppy lettering that was supposed to spell out “Congrats on not dying spider dweeb” and then a messily drawn spiderman logo, but they had eaten the cake in a way that it said “C---ats o- ying- ider dw-b” and part of the logo was cut outso it was only the lens’ of the mask showing. Peter then moved his eyes back up to Natasha, still confused over why she was so still about it.

“I thought you're birthday was the... 12th.” Her tone was still carefully neutral, but Peter could detect some tension that his friends probably didn’t pick up on. Bucky definitely did though. It almost seemed like it was hard for her to get that out, for some reason.

Peter cocked his head. “Well yeah officially.” he said. Something seemed to click for Bucky and he looked to Peter and his friends again.

“It’s the 7th.” Bucky said, in a much more genuine neutral tone.

“Yeah, it is.” MJ said sarcastically, but she seemed to tone her usual snark down a bit. Peter was inexplicably grateful for that, for some reason.

“We celebrate it on the second Wednesday of August though.” Ned explained. He had told them the story of how he officially got his birthday with Wade and the army camps earlier that day, because Ned had asked if there was a story he was previously unable to tell them. He had told them the whole truth and they accepted it without any preamble. At this point they had heard so many messed up stories about his childhood that the initial shock and horror reaction had dialed down. At first - when he first started telling them about his past that he had to keep a secret, even without all the spidey stuff like the White room and Special Forces - Ned had been in tears nearly every time and MJ would close off almost to the point of dissociation. But after nearly a year the most reaction he’d get was MJ’s concerned eyeroll and Ned’s shift so they bumped shoulders or they were closer. Still, the birthday story did get a hug out of Ned and MJ to shift a tad closer.

Bucky’s eyes flicked to Natasha and his shoulders slumped like he was holding in a sigh “Why?” Bucky asked after a beat of silence, maintaining the same casual light tone.

“Some stupid thing Wade made up.” Peter shrugged and fought the urge to look away. Why did he feel so weird about this? “Something about sticking it to the man, or society or the government or whatever.” he said looking down at his cake and putting a small bite in his mouth that he could talk around. “We did it every year and then we did it with Ned and MJ and it just stuck. It’s not a big deal, we just chill.” he mumbled more than said. There was a long pull of silence between them, with only the sounds of Allura explaining some complicated space matter to the team of palidins on the screen.

When Peter finally had the urge to look up he found himself looking at the tail end of his mother going into her bedroom and quietly shutting the door. He looked at the door for a moment then at Bucky who was doing the same, but he sighed and shot him and his friends one last supposedly reassuring smile, as if to say ‘as you were’ - it did not have it’s desired effect- and then follow after his partner, opening and shutting the door softly.

That was weird.

Peter just looked at the door for a few moments, not really sure how to feel about that. He felt his friends’ gazes on his back, and it almost felt like they had no clue what to do with that strange interaction either. It hadn’t left bad vibes, but it hadn’t really left any good ones either.

He turned back to the movie, MJ and Ned seemingly following his lead and going back to marathoning. But instead of listening to Keith and Lance’s 143th argument of the show, he was listening to the quiet murmurs coming from the room. Loud enough that Peter could pick up on the sound with his enhanced hearing but too soft to actually make any words out.

Eventually, after about 10 minutes of not knowing what was up and the feeling something was off still lingering in his mind, he stood up and made his way to the door. HIs confused friends’ gazes followed him up and to where he was walking.

“Be right back.” he said absently before entering the room and closing the door just a quietly as his parents’.

#fanfic #spidey #starry's writing #Peter parker #natasha romanoff #Bucky Barnes #michelle jones #ned leeds #birthday #happy birthday Peter!!!#spooner boiiiiiii #unfinished

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gunmetal-ring · 2 years

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11x15 stream of consciouness

Mmmm... gross. Dead as hell. Something about Daryl in this long sleeve shirt is sending me like yum.

Lol Aaron and Gabe like. Mhm. Nothing to see here. Why is he asking Daryl like obviously Daryl will be on their side. Hm I wonder if Lance backed off bc he's like "if they lie about this then that means they don't trust the commonwealth which means they might help me overthrow it" Oh wait no it's bc he's gonna fuck w em. Oo daryls annoyed... oo... it's bc he's SICK OF FIGHTING AND JUST WANTS TO GET ON THE ROAD AND GO!!

Oh SHIT Mercer is so fuckin hot. YES princess GET IT. Lol. Mercer is jelly. Shit princess is a babe g.d sign me tf up. Although I rly wish she wasn't uncrazy I miss her being crazy now she's just like. Socially quirky. Who is saying she can't listen?! Mercer don't be a dick.

I love this sleuthing reporting sister dream team.

Awww aunt carol!! And theater kid zeke is back yes!! Aw Carol and her self esteem 🥺 aww zeke is so in love still its heartbreaking. Reminds me of @waynedunlaptheorgandonor recent drabble 😏

Tch Lance. God he's such a good villain. Yeah they CAN fuckin handle themselves!! OH! DARYL! HA! and here w are I guess at the six month time jump? Fuckin annoying.

Oh... more yumikos brother... gr8 so glad that he's got an extra storyline... gahh I'm so annoyed at the ongoing bloated cast but at least Carol and lydia are getting some screentime. Also is this friend a lie to see how outside the system the brother will go or are we rly gonna have an appendectomy girl show up?

Lol young psychopath. Michael Mercer idk if we knew that but Michael is not what I was expecting. Feel like it doesn't rly fit

I love this mean Maggie tbh especially when it's not abt negan bc I am over it. I rly can't believe its been 6 months that's so annoying ugh but I'm not gonna do that rant again

I feel like John Mercer would have been cool bc it's like oh he's just another soldier not gonna ruffle feathers nameless faceless fall in line and then BOOM he rebels against his name and subverts our expectations! But whatever. Lol they look up to you literally bc hebis on a poster but also he is big and orange. Bro I rly like him

OK I guess there is a surprise appendectomy?

Lol Lance I cannot believe how much I love him!! I've gotten so used to the dick measuring male villains this is awesome. Wonder why the truck didn't start? Clearly Daryl and maggie expected it to

Carol's old man I love learning more about her!! Lol love zeke w the black market health care I fuckin love him. It's the hope that kills you. Hm. Feel like that's alluding to Ed and how she stayed hoping for it to be better etc etc etc

Princess ilu but also you did not use a special sense to tell that Mercer wasn't OK like he is pretty shitty at hiding his emotions lol. Aw but I love that he's rly confiding in her but also maybe don't do it in the hallway? Do it in the apartment w privacy instead? Mercer is tired of the fighting too. I bet he's gonna be on the caryl spinoff. Told you it was platonic. I'm joking don't kill me

AW! AW HERSHEL!!! AT GLENNS GRAVE!! AWW!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg lance.. I'm surprised Maggie isn't guarding hershel. Uh hershel isn't a fuckin snitch Lance. Stranger danger and all that too. Oh no!! Glenn's hat!! Lance good detective work but like its a hat not a glass slipper a hat will fit plenty of ppl. Elijah yes! Whoa f bomb! Damn! Also when did Daryl lose the uniform?

Ugh I guess Leah and Carol probably won't meet... unless she pulls another spidey sense that daryls in trouble or something. But I think Daryl is probably gonna kill Leah to earn back trust at the commonwealth. Blugh. Telling myself it's good writing and makes sense.

Aw Carol my heart keeps breaking. OMFG CAROL JUST REJECTING ZEKE POINT BLANK LMAO. I guess they're making antibiotics still hm.

Ik the love story is a Big Deal but I gotta say I am just fully uninterested. Hope fake Stephanie doesn't return bc that love triangle would be so un-compelling.

My guess is that Leah is like 30 feet away from daryl or something. Maybe they take her to commonwealth and put her in jail? And then she and Carol can meet? Bc Lance asks Carol to interrogate her or something? Ugh stop it don't let the hope take over. Damn she's such a babe. Oh SHIT YES SHES GOING TO COMMONWEALTH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ugh fuck goddammit Maggie is gonna be the reason Daryl kills her God fucking dammit jfc this is so fucking stupid and annoying and terrible fucking writing. Ok end rant I gotta stop this train in its tracks.

Overall decent episode. One of the better ones of the season. Idk. Im rly looking forward to Leah's arc being over so that I can stop hoping for her to meet Carol. Anyway. I guess yumikos brother is gonna play a big part in overthrowing the commonwealth. It's a shame that honestly at this point I'm kind of waiting for the show to be over bc I'm so unimpressed but oh well.

#twd #op #twd season 11 #twd s11 #twd s11 spoilers #twd spoilers #review

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angelsunflowers-fanfics · 4 years

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Requests as of October 2020

So, first things first everyone, I’d thought that I would let all 119 of my followers know that I am still writing these fics, and I have been writing much more as of recent than I have this entire year. And I my inbox is still very much open and if you guys don’t know the rules for requesting please go to my prompt list that you can find on literally every single fic.

and Second, I’m posting the names and summaries of all the things I’m writing at the moment. And please remember than commenting and talking to authors is amazing for motivation and Don’t forget to reblog! <3

You are allowed to request smuts if you so choose to. I am an asexual virg, but I am comfortabel to smut and the good ol’ Devil’s tango. I am not repulsed by it to be blunt about the topic. I have at least 3 smuts on this list that I can think about. So go ahead if you’ve been waiting to request. <3

6teen

Jonesy Garcia x Female!Goth!reader: Jonesy and the reader are in the gray area of their relationship between friendship and relationship and end up making out in a closet

Avatar: the last airbender

Sokka x Male!reader: Sokka thought that the fire nation killed the reader is very relieved to see that wasn’t the case and celebrates with a steamy night alone with his lover (Yes, this is a smut)

Sokka x reader: Sokka cuddles up next to the reader very early in the morning after a nightmare

Adult!Toph x Adult!Female!Clumsy!reader: Toph is practicing and the reader tries to sneak up on her but fails of course due to her own clumsiness.

Zuko x Earthbender!reader: Zuko says something hurtful to the reader and tries to make up for it.

Injured!Zuko x reader: Zuko gets injured as the blue spirit and finds himself in a inn being healed by a kind stranger

Bioshock

Rosalind Lutece x reader: Rosalind finally realizes that she’s in love with the reader, her assistant

Boku No Hero Academia

Katsuki Bakugou x Quirkless!reader: The reader develops their quirk 10 years late and bakugou is surprised by his childhood friend’s new ability

Borderlands (2, pre-squel, Tales from the borderlands, 3)

Fl4k x Female!Short!reader x Zer0:The reader is being a brat towards Zer0 and Fl4k and they both snap and ask her what’s wrong

Tyreen Calypso x Female!reader: Tyreen kidnaps the reader for her own special interest but is surprised when she shows no fear to Tyreen.

Zane Flynt x Female!reader: The reader is a new recruit and Zane takes her under his wing to train her. On their first day of working together, they are lead to stay at a cozy inn but there’s a catch... there’s only one bed. (a favorite trope of mine)

Zer0 x Female!reader: Zero and the reader are stuck in a closet, shenanigan's ensue (Smut)

CEO!Rhys Strongfork x Female Secretary!reader x Timothy Lawrence: This is one of mine and is very self indulgent but I wanna post it when it’s done just in case people also enjoy my favorite boys. The reader is the secretary to Rhys under Atlas and one day Timothy Lawrence shows up (Takes place after the casino) in his office for a meeting and the reader and him reunite because they used to be lovers and partners in vault hunting.

Bully

Jimmy Hopkins x reader: “Every time I see you, my heart skips a beat.” I have literally nothing for this, I’m sorry but I will figure something out.

Jimmy Hopkins x reader: Jimmy notices how the teachers keep pairing him up with the reader but he isn’t against the idea of spending more time with them at all

Jimmy Hopkins x Shy!reader: the reader is shy and kind but people think they’re innocent but they’ve seen more trauma and terror in the world than they should at their age and Jimmy finally finds out and comfort them to his best ability

Jimmy Hopkins x reader: The reader is getting harrassed by some students and Jimmy defends them

Pete Kowalski x Female!reader: Pete gets into a fight with some kids from the school and the reader, who is the exact opposite of Pete, defends him and asks him out

Jimmy Hopkins x Male!reader: Jimmy helps pick up some books after some jerks knock them out of the reader’s hands

Gary Smith x reader x Jimmy hopkins x Pete Kowalski: The reader takes care of the main 3′s wounds after they come back from a particular bad fight

Detroit: Become human (Video Game)

Ralph x Female!reader: Ralph is upset and the reader calms hi down

Ralph x Female!reader: Ralph learned something new whilst the reader was away and wants to show her (Smut)

RK900 x Female!reader: After a tough case, Nines helps the reader wash their hair and the stress of the day away

The Incredibles (Movie)

Teen!Dash Parr x Artist!reader:The reader sketches graffiti and Dash passes by them one day and confesses

Life is strange 1, 2 (Video game)

Finn McNamara x Female!Diaz!reader: Finn likes the reader quite a bit but his timing isn’t the best with her and the Diaz’s being on the run.

Sean Diaz x Female!reader: Sean and Daniel discover someone with powers similar to Daniel’s and ask her to join them on their adventure.

Miraculous ladybug (Series)

Adrien Agreste x Foreign!reader: The reader’s heat goes out in their apartment and Adrien offeres his place until their heat comes back on since it’s the middle of winter

Onward (Movie)

Ian Lightfoot x reader: “I care about you.” (Again, I have no outline yet, but i’m working on it.)

Red vs Blue (Series)

Church x reader x Tucker: Tucker and Church fight for the reader’s attention like children

Rise of the Guardians (Movie)

Jack Frost x Female!Spring Spirit!reader: Jack and the reader are close and kissing quickly leads to smut

Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles (Series)

Donatello Hamato x Insomniac!reader: After Donnie figures out that the reader is sleep deprived, he pulls them to the side to comfort them over their stress of not sleeping

Donatello Hamato x reader: Donnie is just wondering in a library when he sees a cute person stressing over a class they haven’t been paying attention to all year and decides to help them

She-Ra (Series)

Hordak x Female!Shy!reader:The reader just wants to give the world some light because she’s seen darkness but people think it’s because she’s innocent

Ps4 Spider-man (Video game)

Ps4 Spider-man x reader: This is one of my own fics, but basically Spidey saves the reader from some thugs and walks them home like the gentleman he is.

Steven Universe (Series and movie)

Sour Cream x Female!reader: Sour Cream comforts the reader as she’s just been dumped by Kevin

Steven Universe x Boyfriend!reader: Steven is worried that his boyfriend may be hurt when he goes off to college or even out of town, so he trains him in self defense.

Steven Universe x Male!Psychotherapist!reader: The reader is Steven’s Psychotherapist and helps him whilst also falling in love with him, but it’s not one-sided

Steven Universe x Female!Impulsive!reader: Idiot x That’s my idiot trope, Steven saves the reader’s ass from getting hurt in a fight

Steven universe x reader:Once a week Steven visits the pet center that opened up in town and relaxes with the reader

Steven Universe x Tough!reader: Steven gives the reader weekly healing sessions after finding them with multiple wounds every week

Stoked (Series)

Ripper x reader: Ripper and the reader cuddle on the couch outside their rooms on the porch

Telltale’s the Walking dead game (Video game)

Mitch x reader: Mitch and the reader are fighting until it eventually leads to kissing

Voltron (Series)

Keith Kogane x Female!reader: Keith is immediatly attracted to her when she punches Lance because his flirting it getting too in her face.

Lance McClain x Female!reader: After being yelled at by Keith, Lance comforts his friend of many years

#request #requests #asks #please feel free to request

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duelingdestiny · 3 years

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How long have you been rping? Pet peeves? What is on your wishlist?

Mun Questions LINK HERE

STATUS: ACCEPTING

How long have you been rping? Uh...I think I decided the other day 13 years now? Off and on. But yeah. I AM THE LION TURTLE

Pet peeves? It will never change. People who have container themes that keep their posts in TEENY TINY boxes when there is just a BUNCH of space for you know actually readable things. Like...Bruh it's small, you used some crazy ass font my ADHD/Lydexic brain cannot suss out. Just please think of your poor readers before you choose your "aesthetic".

What is on your wishlist? Oh man. For everyone? Atem: Some AE stuff. Haven't gotten to do that in a while OH! and a MAGICAN for him to play with. Lance: I dunno man. Like a Keith? I miss Sam. And Lance hasn't gotten to use all his sass in a long time. Loki: MORE INTERACTIONS WITH MY IDIOT. A tony maybe? A spidey? Yes...Trevor: Literally anything, no one rps with him and his bitter. Dean: I really want a post canon heaven isn't real thing with him.

#Talking with Tiffers: OOC #panickypaladin #ask and ye shall receive

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klanceyy-pants · 2 years

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I will never successfully draw Lance the same every time.

#klance spider man au #voltron #voltron fanart #lance mcclain #my art #lance fanart #vld #vld lance #voltron legendary defender #lance #lance vld #lance voltron #klance #spider man #have some more spidey lance #spidey lance

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dampkiiwi · 2 years

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As I’m currently hyper fixating on mcu spidey rn I don’t have many ideas for Voltron at the moment BUT just to stir the pot let me propose Lance bonding to a Klyntar in space 👁 I’d like him to stay good or even develop more of an anti-hero vibe

Wait does that mean Blue (or red) would also be mentally bonded to the Klyntar 🧍‍♂️ OH GOD NOW IM IMAGINING THE SYMBIOTE ENCASING BLUE THATD BE BADASS WHAT. Does that also mean lance would end up eating some Galra at first 💀lmao imagine explaining that as a “Defender of the Universe”

IMAGINE HIM GOING BACK TO THE GARRISON (id think the team would know by now) AND THEN SHOWING THEM THE FORM- PLZ. Hed also be a little too op in their universe but let’s be honest, we love lance fics like that.

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ryleighisapanda · 4 years

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Love Ain’t

Pairing: Peter Parker x Stark!Reader

Warnings: slight smut? just at the very, very end, and cursing

Genre: slight angst?, fluff, bestfriend to lovers

Summary: Peter and [Name] are forced to confront their feelings about one another when she turns to him for comfort after being stood up.

Inspiration: @spiderbabyparker‘s long-ago (when you were still lovely-parker, haha) ask sent to @petersshirts - “Stark!reader getting stood up on her date and rushing to her room crying when she gets back from her date leading to Peter (her best friend) going to comfort her, and he kisses her forehead and says “it’s okay babe” and they end up admitting feelings for each other?”

Notes: So it’s a little different from the ask, but I hope it’s still up to par :)

At the time, [Name] wasn’t even sad. She was pissed. She had put way too much time and energy in to be stood up like this - no call, no text, nothing. Not to mention she had bought a new dress specifically for this occasion (she blamed her dad for raising her to believe a new outfit had to be bought for every event).

[Name] plopped down on the spinny bar stool and flagged down a waitress. After ordering a milkshake and cheese fries, she pulled out her phone and opened TikTok. Already her “grwm: date edition” video had a couple thousand views. There were those stupid comments like “first” and “early”; annoying ones like “legend has it she replies if you’re early” (what do you even say to that??) and “bet she won’t reply” (guess what, you’re right); heartwarming ones like “omg where did you buy that dress??” and “can i be that pretty”; and then excited ones like “let us know how it goes!” and “someone remind me to come back”.

When the waitress came back, [Name] thanked her and gave her exact change. [Name] scrolled through her For You Page for the next hour, long after she’d finished her shake and fries. She probably would’ve sat there until the diner closed had it not been for a TikTok Flash had posted featuring - are you fucking kidding me? - Lance Thompson, Flash’s cousin but more importantly: [Name]’s date.

[Name] had tried giving Lance the benefit of the doubt. Maybe his phone had died, and his car had broken down. Maybe his mom had gone into labor. Maybe he’d been attacked by a pack of sewage rats while taking the subway.

The last one was a bit extreme, but after seeing that Flash’s video had been posted a mere seventeen minutes ago, [Name] wished it had actually happened. She clicked on the tag that led to Lance’s account -- for why, she didn’t know. She didn’t know what she expected to find, but multiple videos of her was not on the list. She clicked on the most recent one, a video taken just the other day.

“Lance, I’m cold,” [Name] had pouted, tugging on Lance’s hoodie sleeve.

Lance raised his eyebrows, but after seeing [Name]’s wink and playful smile, he knew what she wanted him to say. “Well, damn, [Name], I can’t control the weather!”

After a giggle and a combination of pouty lips and puppy dog eyes up at him, Lance had yanked off his hoodie and given it to [Name] before planting a kiss on her lips.

The bittersweetness of watching the video proved to be more bitter than sweet after [Name] read the caption: week five of making the snobby rich girl fall in love with me before giving her a taste of her own medicine.

Snobby? Her own medicine? Confusion washed over [Name], but it was nothing compared to the heartbreak she felt. She wasn’t in love with Lance by any means, but she had started to genuinely care for him.

This small heartbreak would take a little time to get over, but there was one person who could make it just a bit more bearable.

To say that there was no privacy between Peter and [Name] would be an understatement. After May had told her that Peter was in his room, she’d walked in without even knocking. Without a word, really, because her heart hurt so much, she didn’t feel like talking.

“[Name]!” Peter exclaimed, surprised yet happy nonetheless, to see her. “How’d your da--” He didn’t need his Spidey sense to tell him that that question was better left unfinished.

[Name] went to Peter’s desk where she kept a drawer of the things she’s needed before that she couldn’t snitch from Peter (bras, panties, etc). Been through this routine a million times, Peter turned his back to [Name] as she stepped out of her dress, pulled on a sports bra, and stepped into a pair of his sweatpants. [Name] threw her hair up into a bun, then yanked the scrunchie out and hoped Peter would play with it; that always seemed to put her at ease and content.

After crawling under the covers and wiggling her way into Peter’s arms, [Name] finally mumbled, “He stood me up.” Peter didn’t say anything, just started twirling a lock of her hair. She closed her eyes for a minute, enjoying the moment. “He doesn’t even like me. He put it on his stupid TikTok.”

“Are you serious?” Peter’s temperature was rising; he never liked this guy from the beginning, and him being Flash’s cousin didn’t help his case.

“Yeah, something about giving me my own medicine?” [Name] picked up Peter’s phone from his chest and went to Lance’s TikTok. “I didn’t even know he had an account, and now there’s all these videos of us being all cute together and his caption is always the same: “week whatever of making the snobby rich girl fall in love with me before giving her a taste of her own medicine”. I don’t even know what that means.”

“Let me see.” [Name] gave Peter his phone and watched him scroll through the videos, even the ones without [Name] in them. “Who records the videos? The ones of you and him?”

“I dunno, I never really paid attention,” [Name] sighed. “I mean, in all those videos, we’re with our friends.”

Peter paused a video [Name] herself had recorded; it was some football TikTok Lance and a couple of his buddies had done. “Who’s this?” Peter asked, pointing to a guy with dyed black hair and one dangly earring.

“Braxton?” [Name] looked up at Peter. “That’s Lance’s best friend from, like, Kindergarten. Why?”

Peter didn’t answer for a minute; he was concentrating on something. “Do you remember that party your old friend Lorelai threw back in middle school? The one her parents sent her away to some troubled behavior school because they couldn’t keep her under control?”

“She preferred Rory, but yes,” [Name] answered. “Where are you going with this? That I had a lapse in judgement when it came to friends and hung around the wrong crowd during my preteen years?”

“Well, you did, but no,” Peter chuckled; this provoked a small chuckle from [Name] as well, which meant Peter was doing something right. “Remember the kid with the round glasses and freckles and carrot top hair?”

“Yeah,” [Name] furrowed her brows and thought back to that dreadful night. “I didn’t like him, but she knew he liked me, so she forced us to play Seven Minutes in Heaven. I didn’t wanna hurt his feelings so I let him kiss me, but then I dodged him at school and avoided his texts. Oh gods, the rest of that semester was SO awkward and embarrassing.”

“[Name], that’s what Lance is getting you back for,” Peter realized with a heavy sigh. “That kid was Braxton.”

All the color drained from [Name]’s face. She felt like she’d been sucker punched in the gut. Maybe Rory was right; being nice did backfire.

[Name] didn’t feel like talking anymore. She grabbed her phone and pressed play on her previously made breakup playlist. As the songs spoke the words she felt, [Name] synced her breathing to Peter’s and fell asleep to his heartbeat.

Not long after [Name] had fallen asleep, her phone rang. Peter picked it up off his stomach and saw that Mr. Stark was calling. Peter’s face burned; Mr. Stark and May both had seen he and [Name] cuddling and sleeping on the same bed or couch or even chair, but when it came to Mr. Stark, Peter still felt as if they were caught doing something they weren’t supposed to be doing--even though they weren’t even together. Not wanting to make Mr. Stark wait even longer, Peter slid his thumb across the screen. “H-Hi, Mr. Stark.”

“Peter. How’s she doing?” At Peter’s scrunched eyebrows, [Name]’s dad elaborated, “May told me she’d come over visibly upset and looking for you. Don’t tell me it was that boy.”

Peter pursed his lips, but there was no sense in being vague; Mr. Stark already knew. “Yes, sir. Apparently he’s been playing her all this time.”

Mr. Stark groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose. “Peter?”

“Yes, sir?”

“Take care of her, will you? And one more thing.”

Peter raised his eyebrows.

“She loves you more than she realizes. Remember that.” And just like that, Mr. Stark was gone. Peter refused to let himself think about Mr. Stark’s last message. He’d morph it into something it wasn’t, and his and [Name]’s whole friendship would be ruined.

The first thing [Name] noticed when she woke up was that Peter wasn’t there. She rubbed her eyes, which were irritated from crying, and looked around his room. He was nowhere to be found. He was most likely in the bathroom and grabbing a late-night snack, but that didn’t soothe the ache in her heart that always came when Peter wasn’t around.

[Name] grabbed her phone from the nightstand and checked the time.

Oof. Too bright.

She turned the brightness down. 2:16.

As it always did, the picture of Peter made her smile. They’d done the chubby bunny challenge, and Peter had stuffed so many marshmallows into his mouth, it was impossible for [Name] not to snap a picture.

The events of last night felt like a faded memory, even the hurt. Peter always managed to do that, somehow, make everything else disappear. Some lucky girl was going to have an amazing husband that would make a wonderful father.

Maybe MJ.

Hopefully [Name] herself.

[Name] dropped her phone. She ignored it as it clattered to the floor. Consciously, she had never thought of Peter as anything but a best friend. But now everything--the way her face lit up when he walked in a room, the tingling down her spine that accompanied Peter’s breath when he whispered in her ear in class, the giddiness in getting ready for their friend dates, even the occasional dreams of them together that she’d refused to acknowledge--all made perfect sense.

Peter walked into the room then, his shower hair now curling in ringlets.

“I love you,” [Name] blurted, before her fight or flight had a chance to stop herself.

Peter’s face warmed as blood rushed up his neck and on his cheeks. He seemed happy for a split second, before he laughed nervously. “Uh, yeah, I love you, too, p-pal.”

[Name] shook her head vigorously. She was filled with so much adrenaline now that she’d have a panic attack if she didn’t release it. “No, not like that, I’m in love with you, Peter. You make the world disappear and there’s only me and you, and every time you put the suit on I lose my shit worrying about you, but then you come in my room every night to assure me that you’re okay, and I’m always thinking about you, and it pains me if I ever think you might not be in my future. You weren’t my first kiss, Peter, but I want you to be my next and the one after that and the one after that until it’s my last. Stark is a very infamous and honestly really cool name, but I don’t want it forever, I don’t want anyone’s name but yours, Peter Parker, and I love you so much it hurts, and I may have only just realized it now but I’ve loved you for so much longer and now that I think about it, you may not even feel the same, and I very well could have just jeopardized our who--”

No longer was Peter standing by his bedroom door. It was closed now, and Peter was hovering over [Name], his hand around her throat. “Do me a favor, baby girl, and stop talking.” He smashed his lips against hers, and when he pulled away, he raked his teeth along her bottom lip.

Peter rested his forehead against [Name]’s, his eyes closed; they were both breathing heavily. “You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do that,” he admitted breathily.

“Then get back here and do it again.” [Name] grabbed a fistful of Peter’s shirt and pulled him back down to her.

Needless to say, there was not only a meeting of the minds and souls that night, but also the bodies.

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qcpmedia · 4 years

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“Birds of Prey”: A Crisis of Infinite Harleys

by Chris Clay

Ok-- let's get this part out of the way first: I love Harley Quinn.

Have done since her debut on Batman The Animated Series. My mother let my dad take me to see Tim Burton’s brilliant 1989 Batman film (I was 5 at the time) because she was under the assumption that Batman was always the high camp she remembered enjoying in the television show from her childhood. Thanks, Adam West! My journey into comics began shortly after learning to read with classical mythology, so I was totally prepared for all manner of tales about monsters, demons, serial killers, human traffickers, etc. Quickly becoming an avid comic reader, 10 year-old me was a DC & Marvel veteran who spent a lot of mental energy filling in the blanks on the softened-for-cartoons versions of Bats, Spidey & the X-Men.

After years of seeing "versions" of my favorite supers onscreen, I thought this new character, originally the Joker's jester henchwoman, was a breath of fresh air. She seemed like the perfect fit for both the show and the Joker, the first real Manic Pixie Dreamgirl. She was funny but also scary, vulnerable and just overall awesome. Best of all? She didn’t seem nerfed for kids tv. She just seemed oddly... real. And she was contagious. That complex reality bled onto anyone she shared enough screen time with. She helped me to see Poison Ivy as the troubled yet brilliant and sensitive person the show had always hinted she was. Besides Catwoman, no other character tested Batman's rigid sense of right and wrong more beautifully. Even Joker seemed multifaceted when Harley was around. I cheered as loudly as anyone when she ditched that clown, and those Harley/Ivy episodes were some of the best the series had to offer.

OG Harley & subsequent versions over the years tended to show a woman that was preyed upon by a master manipulator who pushed her to the edge of sanity. To the edge, not over it. She was definitely traumatized, but the original portrayals never presented any extreme mental problems. Sure, she was codependent & had a temper. And shitty taste in men. Those traits in moderation are not craaaazy. That's just being human.

Harley continued to evolve over the years, shaped by many creators and performers across multiple mediums. Her look has changed, her status as villain or antihero has vacillated and her relationships have been presented more and more as on her terms rather than something foisted upon her by chance.

The characterization problems started in comics, but David Ayers' disappointing 2016 Suicide Squad film brought this lesser Harl to the masses, along with a version of her *ahem* more revealing New52 costume, seemingly metahuman durability & chalk white skin. I always loved the idea that Harleen had the ability to take her jester clothing & clown makeup off, sit around with an equally dressed-down Ivy and talk about who they really were, what made them tick. This new Harley (like her modern comics counterpart) was always "on", displaying very little of the soulful, mature character many of us comics & animation fans know and love. Despite that, she was definitely the highlight of the film, and there were flashes of brilliance that made me believe Margot Robbie could get to the fundamental truths of the character if given another chance.

And that brings us rather neatly to Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).

Harley Quinn, last seen in the aforementioned Suicide Squad, has just been dumped by the Joker & is forced to make her own way in Gotham City’s underworld. In short order, she meets Dinah Lance, Renee Montoya, Helena Bertinelli & Cassandra Cain. All of these ladies have, for various reasons, fallen onto the radar of neat-freak gangster Roman Sionis, played with scenery-scarfing delight by Ewan MacGregor. Forced to band together to survive, they eventually learn that despite their considerable individual talents, they're more formidable as a team.

For some reason I still can’t quite articulate, I remember being slightly underwhelmed when the cast was announced. I liked all of the actors... hell, each of them has had at least one role I absolutely loved them in-- but I still felt they were odd choices for their respective roles in this movie (more on that later). The trailer was where I got genuinely worried that Warner might be climbing back into the hole so many creators toiled to pull the DC film properties out of.

However, as I said in the beginning, I love Harley Quinn. I was definitely going to see this movie. In Margot Robbie, I felt Harley had a champion on par with Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool or Hugh Jackman as Wolverine; an actor who would work tirelessly to get their character right, on the page & onscreen, however many tries it took. Plus she was saying some interesting things about what she thought the the film & the character should represent during the rollout (and I know the movie isn't the trailer), so I was at "cautious optimism" by the time I sat down to watch the film.

I was totally wrong about one thing: the cast is the best thing about the movie, and that’s not some backhanded compliment. K.K. Barrett's production design is great, colorful while not feeling cheap or phony, and Cathy Yan has a great eye for fun directing choices that keep things zipping along... but the cast is the real MVP. They’re actually great.

Jurnee Smollet-Bell is understated & surprisingly physical as tough-as-nails chanteuse Dinah Lance, a classic “woman trying to keep her head down in a bum situation”. She gave modern comic book moll vibes & I Stan. Rosie Perez's Renee Montoya brought a dose of realism to the candy-coated insanity swirling all around her while also giving Harley an entertaining foil for the first 2 acts. She has probably my favorite fight scene in the entire movie.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the person I went into the movie thinking was the most grossly miscast, is hands down my favorite character in the film. She's equal parts ruthless & socially awkward, a take on Huntress that is somehow both anachronistic & perfectly in step with her comic counterpart. Even newcomer Ella Jay Basco brings a unique charm to what could have easily been an irksome reimagining of fan favorite Cass Cain as a sassy teenage pickpocket. MacGregor’s turn as Sionis is less a character than he is a symbol, acting as a stand-in for various brands of broken maleness, but the guy’s clearly having a blast and he has decent enough chemistry with the leads. Chris Messina as Victor Vsasz is an absolute snoozefest, a waste of both character and actor that I’ll give no more space or attention.

Now for the elephant in the room: Margot Robbie's Harley is my least favorite thing about the whole movie.

"But Chris..", I hear you yelling at your computational device, "...you said she was the lone bright spot of SS!"

True, but in a film with clever, unmuddied direction & other actors that actually display some semblance of emotion or charisma for more than one scene a piece, the bar has been raised this go round & Robbie's frantic mugging limbos under said bar by a mile. What’s worse is that she actively takes screen time that could be better spent fleshing out one of the other four characters. Only Huntress (who has probably the least screen time of any of the leads) actually has a backstory, but her origin is a large part of the plot. One could be forgiven for thinking the she wouldn’t have had one at all otherwise. We don’t really know anything about Cassandra Cain, Montoya is literally just Stock Cop, and you could make a whole movie out of how the hell Dinah ended up singing at Sionis’ club. And where the hell is the Joker?! Why is he letting Harley destabilize Gotham’s balance of power or letting Sionis threaten his ex-puddin’ while also claiming to be the the underworld’s top dog? Instead of answering these questions, we get a bunch of throwaway characters attacking the newly-emancipated Quinn and Suicide Squad flashbacks that look even uglier than before when placed side by side with the production design of this film. The fact that most of these characters are so thinly characterized yet still connect is a testament to the performances and chemistry of the central cast.

You get the feeling that a lot of this movie was Robbie as producer, exerting her ideas & energy onto a massive production that needed a lot of moving parts to line up in order to work. It's not easy to have everything riding on you, whether it’s the future of the DCEU, progressive representation of women in film or just your own movie stardom. I understand that and I sympathize. This frantic, flailing movie is the product of some 3 years of rewrites and pitching, shooting on and off for 9 months, plus all the promo stuff. Every interview that I've seen the cast do has basically been Robbie explaining things ad nauseam while Jurnee Smollet-Bell or Mary Elizabeth Winstead kind of quietly nod in agreement, with the exception of the recent season premiere of Hot Ones, where capsaicin finally allowed someone else get a word in edgewise. The real problem with that comes when you see the movie and realize she’s contextualizing so much of the film on other media outlets because the film itself doesn’t really seem to have the time or interest, leaving it’s star to try and explain what we actually see onscreen on the press tour. This leads to a situation akin to Final Fantasy XV, where the player needed heaps of supplemental content to understand what could and should have been included in the story proper. She just seems overworked, similar to when Ben Affleck wanted to perform the Herculean task of writing, directing & starring in the next solo Batman film. Maybe Margot & Harley both need a little break?

The internet is scrambling to diagnose why a well-reviewed movie starring a beloved character played by a popular actress is underperforming at the box office, citing everything from the trailer to the rating to the movie’s title, with many (including BoP creator Gerry Conway) blaming the lackluster box office on sexism, but I think there might be a simpler answer: this version is trying to pull from the entire history of Harley to create a singular characterization from sometimes disparate portrayals. It doesn’t help that Robbie’s Quinn exists in a universe that’s constantly shifting under her feet after every film.

Most comic characters are criticized for being inaccurate to the source material but Harley has arguably the opposite problem; almost a Crisis of Infinite Harleys, where Robbie and Warner Bros. want to stuff the best elements from every version of Harley into every movie she’s in. It’s supposed to be fan service but instead, often feels scattered and tiring. Not to mention the stuff these films just pluck straight out of thin air that don’t work...

The DC Universe version of the character chose to leave the Joker on her own terms and I thought that was a brilliant and socially relevant writing choice, so it was strange to then see the more mainstream (and arguably more popular) version of Harley be dragged out of Joker’s hideout, kicking and screaming. In a film who’s title was purposely made ridiculously long to accentuate the character’s supposed newfound self-sufficiency, For all of the things that do work well, Birds of Prey just doesn’t feel like what’s explicitly promised on the tin.

I still love Harley Quinn, and I still think Margot Robbie’s the right person for the job. No need to Pattinson her or anything... just put less on her plate and give the character and the movies she’s in a clear, singular direction. Pretty please, puddin’?

#birds of prey #harley quinn #dceu #margot robbie #ewan macgregor #jurnee smollett bell #rosie perez #dc comics #black mask #renee montoya #batman #ben affleck #robert pattinson #movies #essay

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spidey-babe-parker · 5 years

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♡ So I have officially hit 1.5k and that just blows me away. When I created this account didn’t expect to even have a hundred followers. Thank you to anyone who follows me ♡

In honor of hitting this milestone I decided to throw my first writing challenge.

A big shout out to my love @chasecollins for making me a beautiful header for this contest, and for literally every other beautiful header and icons shes made for me ♡

Rules:

Giving me a follow would be greatly appreciated.

Please reblog to signal boast!

Due by: April 5th (you can always shoot me a message if you need more time)

Send me ask with the prompt you would like and which character you will be writing for.

You can write for basically any Marvel Character (I really love Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers) or character Sebastian Stan has played (aka Lance Tucker, Dr. Chris, Beck, or Carter Baizen. These three personally make me swoon. You can use any of his other characters as well.)

These can be drabbles, one shots, multiply chapter stories.

It can be fluff, angsty, or even smut (but if you write smut please make sure the character is of age.)

AU’s are allowed, in a big fan of College AU’s right now.

Use “read more” if the story is over 500 words please.

They can be reader-insert, ocs, or ships if both people in the ship are both of legal age (nothing incestuous or pedophilloic)

Please tag me @spidey-babe-parker and use the tag #spideybabe1.5k also please send me a message linking your story.

If for some reason I run out of prompts, I will add some more.

Feel free to hit me up if you have any questions.

Dialogue prompts

“Some times I wonder what I did to find you?”

“You’re voice voice is the sweet thing I have ever heard.”

“Sometimes you have to realize that things aren’t suppose to work out.”

“Can you stop calling me cheesy nicknames?” @holy-captain - Bucky Barnes

“Maybe he’s not the write person for you?”

“I don’t think I will ever be able to get enough of you.”

“I knew you were the one when you learned my coffee order.”

“Can someone please explain to me why I’m actually in love with you?” @jewelswrites-ish - Bucky Barnes

“Why did you think I was actually going to be okay with this?”

“You sure are the most beautiful person I have ever seen.” @lookwhatyoumademequeue - Loki

“If you want you can scream at me, if it will make you chill out.”

“Wow you’re really being an asshole.”

“Are you going to return that sweater that you stole from me?”

“Maybe you should put down some of those walls you have built up.”

“I have never wanted to kiss someone so badly in all my life.”

“What happens if I ask you to dance?” @this-side-of-midnight5 - Bucky Barnes

“Maybe all of this was a mistake.”

“How many shots do you have to take before you admit how you really feel?” @colossalfvckup - Stucky

“Sometimes life isn’t a like a movie.”

“If I agree to marry you, will you promise me you won’t ever cook breakfast again?”

“I can’t imagine my life without you annoying me everyday.”

“He’s so pretty it should a crime.”

“Please shut up and kiss me.” @buckycheri - Bucky Barnes

“It should matter what I think, or anyone else.”

“I grew up expecting my whole life would be completely figured out by the time I was in my mid twenties, and honestly I’m just floating by.”

“I will continued to fight with you through the night if it makes you realize that nobody will ever love you like I do.” @hufflebucky - Bucky Barnes

“Sometime you have to swallow your pride and say you love someone.”

“Why do I want to kiss his stupid face?”

“Nothing matters when we’re together.”

“I never saw you coming.”

♡ I’m tagging some lovely writers who are mutuals ♡

@hufflebucky @hollyxxcxx1996 @buckychrist @lostinthoughtsandfeelings @rogue-barnes-16 @obrreogneon @lokissoul @geminimoonbeamx @blackberrywidow @poeticbarnes @brieannakeogh

If you would like to participate that’s amazing, if not if you would like to signal boast that would be also amazing.

#spideybabe1.5k #writing challenge #bucky barnes #steve roger #my writing #marvel writing challenge #bucky barnes writing challenge #steve rogers writing challenge

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