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Do you think Harry ever found out the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?
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Picture Draco Malfoy as Wizarding Ben Franklin, with The Sorcerer’s Stone tied to a key tied to a kite
Hermione has never regretted teaching Draco to pick locks more than when he switches the lights on in her bedroom at 3 a.m. on the only day-off she’s had in months.
“I figured it out, and you will not believe. You will not believe. It’s a key.” Draco says. “An actual key.”
Had she not seen Draco rant his way to multiple epiphanies, she would tell him to get the fuck out of her room. But she was there when he figured out the sorcerer’s stone drained all the magic from the world, and she was there when he discovered that electrical currents have the same atomic structure as magic, so — “What’s a key, Draco? What are you talking about?”
“I should’ve figured it out ages ago. It was literally on the cover of that physics textbook you gave me. I couldn’t sleep, so I was reading it again, and when I finished, I still couldn’t sleep, so I was going to read it again again, but I didn’t have to because it was right there on the cover. You’ve seen it. The bald guy with the beard flying a kite with a key on it. You’ve seen it.”
“Yes?”
“That’s our answer. That’s how we jumpstart magic. Kite. Key.” He mimics an explosion with one hand. “Lightning.”
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Yes, it is odd Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger are friends; thank you for asking.
Sometimes Hermione will remember exactly how odd; she’ll look at Draco and see all the ways they’re antonyms instead of their decade-old friendship sparkling underneath.
Their Hogwarts class had been small. Her, Draco, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley, and that’s it. Doesn’t that mean something? Did you hear that there were more squibs born in the 90s than any decade prior? The youngest Greenglass girl has no magical ability whatsoever. What the fuck does that mean? The Parkinson child, too.
The four of them hadn’t worried about it. Too many other things going on. A teacher with a lisp and a lumpy head; a troll attack that resulted in Draco and Hermione’s unlikely friendship; an end-of year feast where Neville and Ron won last-minute bonus points for being brave and getting Quirrell fired.
Hermione remembers the banners changing from Slytherin green to Gryffindor gold; standing on a chair and cheering, lifting her fist in the air, and then — darkness.
The lights at Hogwarts would never come back on. Magic, though they hadn’t realized it at the time, had run out.
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A few nights after Draco's epiphany, Hermione wakes to thunder. A storm that jostles their house and sends her alarm clock tumbling to the floor, green digits stuck flashing 11:11 over and over again. I wish Draco was reasonable, she thinks, even as she spies him atop the hill in their garden, trying to control a kite with a red stone and a key tied to it.
“COME ON,” Draco shouts at the sky. “HIT ME! I CAN TAKE IT! I’VE TAKEN EVERYTHING ELSE YOU’VE THROWN AT ME. YOU TOOK MY PARENTS. YOU TOOK MY FRIENDS. AND NOW IM OFFERING YOU A FREE SHOT AND WHERE ARE YOU—”
Crack!
A white flash of lightning zizzles down the kite string.
“Draco!” She says and runs into the storm.
There’s a large burnt spot where lightning met Earth. Draco’s on one side of it, the charred kite bobbing up and down on his chest. He's breathing, Thank Merlin.
A man with a lightning bolt scar bisecting his face yawns and stretches in the center of the circle, one hand grasped around the key.
“How long was I asleep for?” The man asks. He squints at Hermione. “Do I know you? Sorry it’s hard to tell from here; my eyesights never been good and it's dark. Let me just—” He points the key in the air the way they used to point wands, when they still used those. “Lumos.”
The end of the key lights up. Almost like magic.
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Tony Stark and Arthuriana
Coming to you by special request, a very long post about 616 Tony's interest in Arthuriana, with a focus on all of Tony's run-ins with Morgan le Fay!
I feel like I should disclaim the extent of my knowledge here, which is that I still haven't managed to read anywhere near every issue of Iron Man -- at least, not yet, anyway -- so I'm just going by the things I know I've read, and Morgan le Fay's Marvel wiki entry is frustratingly under-cited, so it's very possible I've missed something relevant, but I'm pretty sure I've got the big stuff down. My other disclaimer here is that I'm not as big an Arthurian nerd as Tony is, which is to say that most of my familiarity comes from modern retellings -- T. H. White's The Once and Future King, Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon, Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave, Rosemary Sutcliff's Sword at Sunset -- and not so much the usual classic sources on the Matter of Britain, though I've read bits and pieces of them.
(This is because I wanted to read versions of them that were as close to the original as possible but so far have not ended up finishing any of them because, well, that's hard. So I've never read the Mabinogion because I do not know Welsh. I've got the Norton Critical Edition of Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, which is probably the best student edition if you're looking for something without modernized spellings, as I was. I've also got -- well, okay, it's my wife's but I'm borrowing it -- a relatively recent Boydell & Brewer edition (ed. Reeve, tr. Wright) of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), which is, you guessed it, in Latin with a facing English translation. I haven't gotten very far in it because, in case you didn't know this about Latin texts, the beginning is pretty much always the hardest, so I gave up and read some Plautus adaptations instead. Anyway, if for some reason you too want to read Geoffrey of Monmouth in the original Latin I'd recommend that one, but I can't recommend any particular English translations because I've never read one by itself. I bet you didn't think you'd be getting Latin prose recommendations in this post. I mean, maybe you did; it is me, after all.)
Okay. Right. King Arthur. Here we go.
We've got:
Flashbacks to Tony's childhood in late Iron Man volume 1
A brief discussion of Morgan's origin story and Avengers #187
Iron Man vol 1 #149-150: Doomquest
What If vol 1 #33: What if Iron Man was trapped in the time of King Arthur?
Iron Man vol 1 #249-250: Recurring Knightmare
Iron Man: Legacy of Doom #1-4
Avengers vol 3 #1-4: The Morgan Conquest
Civil War: The Confession
Mighty Avengers vol 1 #9-11: Time Is On No One's Side
In terms of universe-internal chronology, we know from Iron Man #287, from 1992, that Tony has been a fan of King Arthur since childhood. This is an issue of a fandom-favorite arc which features Tony having a lot of childhood flashbacks, including the famous "Stark men are made of iron" line (in #286) that for some reason MCU fandom decided it loved; I mean, seriously, I've seen that quoted in way more MCU fic than 616 fic. But slightly later, in #287, we get an entire page devoted to Tony's love of King Arthur.
The narration reads: "Over the next few years, I learned as my father intended. Discipline of body. Strength of character. But in what free time I was allowed, I worked my way through the school's library. At thirteen, I discovered Mallory [sic], who showed me a whole new world. A world of dedication to a cause greater than oneself. Of chivalry and honor. And the fantastic deeds -- of armored heroes."
The art shows Tony as a child sitting under a tree, reading a book labeled Mort D'Arthur by Mallory [sic] -- no, don't ask me why nobody at Marvel checked how to spell either the name of the book or its author -- and daydreaming of King Arthur, the Sword in the Stone, knights, et cetera. Just in case you somehow missed the extremely blatant hint that we are meant to understand that Tony's knight obsession heavily influenced him becoming Iron Man as an adult, we see one of his armors mixed in with all the drawings of knights. So, yes, canonically Tony is Iron Man at least partly because he's a giant King Arthur nerd, which I think is so very sweet. I love him. He's such a dork!
(This issue is currently in print in the Iron Man Epic Collection War Machine, should you need your own copy.)
This isn't actually the only reference to Tony as a King Arthur fanboy in this era of canon, either; a little later, in IM #298, we see that one of Tony's passwords is actually "Mallory." (Yeah, no, they still couldn't spell. But it's cute.)
But in terms of actual publication order, this is definitely not the first time we have seen in canon that Tony is into Arthuriana, as I'm sure you all know. I would assume, in fact, that giving Tony a childhood interest in Arthuriana is because Doomquest is one of the most beloved Iron Man story arcs of all time, and that all started at least a decade before IM #287 here was published.
The villain of Doomquest -- the one who isn't Doctor Doom, at least -- is Morgan le Fay. Yes, that Morgan le Fay. Yes, Arthur's evil half-sister Morgan le Fay. Yes, all of this King Arthur stuff is canonically real history on Earth-616. Morgan's first appearance in Marvel, per the wiki, was in Black Knight #1 (1955), which I have not read, and judging by the summary I feel like this is probably just supposed to be a straight-up comic retelling of Arthurian legends for kids; I don't think Marvel really had the whole Marvel Universe in mind as a concept in 1955, so I'm not sure this was meant to connect to anything else. I feel like this is another one of those instances of Marvel discovering that they can write comics about characters in the public domain for free -- like, I'm pretty sure that's how we also ended up with, like, Norse, Greek, and Roman mythology wedged into 616.
As far as I can tell from the wiki, the first time Morgan tangled with the Avengers (or indeed the larger 616 universe) in any way actually predated Doomquest -- it was in an early arc in Spider-Woman (#2-6) and then Avengers #187, which came out in 1979, actually right when Demon in a Bottle was happening over in Iron Man comics. If you read #187, Iron Man is not in it because he's off the team due to his drinking problem and also his accidentally murdering the Carnelian ambassador problem. So Wonder Man's filling in instead. This issue is part of Michelinie's rather sporadic Avengers run, which makes sense, I guess, considering where we see Morgan next.
Anyway, Avengers #187 is the classic issue where Wanda is possessed by Chthon, but what you may not remember from Chthon's backstory (I sure didn't!) is that he was summoned by Morgan le Fay because she was the first person who tried to wield the Darkhold to summon him. As you can imagine, this did not work out especially well for her and her followers and they had to seal Chthon away in Wundagore Mountain, which was where Wanda found him. (The Spider-Woman stuff is only slightly earlier and also appears to be about Morgan and the Darkhold; the Darkhold is not one of the areas of 616 canon I am especially conversant with, alas. It's on my to-read list.)
Doomquest, as you probably know, was a classic Iron Man two-parter in Layton & Michelinie's first Iron Man run that set up Tony and Doom as rivals; Doomquest itself was IM #149-150, in 1981, and then in their second IM run they came back and did a sequel in 1989, Recurring Knightmare (IM #249-250), and then the much later four-part sequel to that was the 2008 miniseries Iron Man: Legacy of Doom, which was also by Layton & Michelinie but generally does not seem to be as popular as the first two parts. They've all been reprinted, if you're looking for copies; I have a Doomquest hardcover that collects the first four issues and then a separate Legacy of Doom hardcover. Currently in the Iron Man Epic Collection line there's a volume called Doom, which confusingly only collects the 249-250 part of the storyline (as well as surrounding issues), because for some reason the first Layton & Michelinie run isn't in Epics yet but the second one is. So the beginning of Doomquest isn't currently in print, as far as I can tell. I'm sure you can find it anyway.
So what's Doomquest about? Okay, so you remember how Doctor Doom's mother's soul is stuck in hell for all eternity? Well, Doom's obviously interested in getting her back, and the strategy he has embarked on is to try to team up with other powerful magicians who can help him out, and he thinks Morgan le Fay would be a good choice, for, uh, his quest. Doom's quest. A Doomquest, if you will. (If you've ever read Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph & Torment, you're familiar with the part where he later ends up waylaying Strange for this and they go to hell together. And if you haven't read Triumph & Torment, you really should, because it's amazing.)
So Doom is off to his time machine to go team up with Morgan le Fay and Tony thinks Doom is up to something -- Doom has been stealing components for his time machine from a lot of people, including Tony -- and he follows him and it turns out one of Doom's lackeys has a grudge and wants to trap Doom in the past forever, and Tony gets caught up in it. Now they're both in Camelot. Surprise! #149 is actually all setup; they don't get to Camelot until #150.
IM #150 begins with Doom and Tony thrown back into the past; there's a fandom-famous splash page of them locked in combat, only to realize that they have found themselves in Camelot.
They are then discovered by knights; Doom would very much like to attack them, but Tony, who naturally would be happy to LARP Camelot forever, persuades him to play nice. Also Doom thinks Iron Man is only Tony's bodyguard so he keeps referring to him as "lackey," much to Tony's annoyance. Somehow everyone thinks they're sorcerers. Can't imagine why. The knights take them to meet King Arthur himself, and Tony has clearly had his introduction all ready to go, as he introduces himself in a timeline-appropriate manner, says he's here to apprehend Doom, and demonstrates his "magic" by levitating Arthur's throne. Doom's response is essentially "I'm the king of Latveria," which is, y'know, also valid. So they're guests at Camelot for the night while Arthur figures out what to do with them.
We then have a page devoted to Tony alone in his room, musing sadly about how alien he feels, how he doesn't know if he'll ever get home, how he could never fit in here without his beloved technology. Then a Sexy Lady shows up to keep him company for the night, and he decides maybe it's not all bad. Thanks, Marvel. I guess they can't all be winners.
Doom is using his evening much more productively; he compels one of the servants to tell him where Morgan's castle is, because he's still interested in having that team-up. Then he jets off. Literally. He has a jetpack.
The next morning Arthur's like "one of you is still here and one of you has punched a hole through the castle wall and flown off to join Morgan so I guess I know which of you is more trustworthy." He then explains to Tony who Morgan is, because Tony professes ignorance, because clearly we had not yet retconned in Tony's love of Arthuriana. Tony offers to go fight Doom and Morgan with Arthur; meanwhile, Morgan and Doom have teamed up and Morgan has offered to help get Doom's mother out of hell if he commands her undead armies against Arthur because for Reasons she can't command them herself anymore. So that's a thing that happens.
So, yes, it's Tony and Arthur versus Doom and Morgan. Fight fight fight!
Tony tries Doom first but then decides to hunt Morgan down, and in the ensuing fight we get what I think is Tony's first ever "I hate magic," a complaint that we all know he still makes even to this day.
Anyway, Tony freezes a dragon with Freon (mmm, technology) and Morgan gets upset and disappears, so the battle comes to an end, and of course Doom is extremely mad at Tony because he blames Tony for Morgan not sticking around to save Doom's mom, because I guess Doom trusted her to keep her word? Weird. (Like I said, for the next chapter of Doom saving his mother, go read Triumph & Torment.)
Doom says if he and Tony work together, the components in both of their armors can send them both home. So Tony has to trust Doom. Which he does, because he really has no other choice. They build a time machine and Tony makes Doom agree to a 24-hour truce when they get back, so they can both get home. So it all works out okay, and they end up in the present, and Doom tells him, ominously, that they will meet again. Okay, then. That concludes the original Doomquest. It's fun! You can see why fandom likes it.
So that's all well and good, but you might have noticed that Tony's ability to get home hinged on Doom actually being trustworthy. And Doom was. But what if Doom hadn't been? What if he'd just stranded Tony in Camelot forever As you may have surmised from the form of that question, that is in fact a question Marvel asked themselves, because, yes, there's a What If about this! What If v1 #33 is "What if Iron Man was trapped in the time of King Arthur?"
The divergence point from canon, as you can probably guess, is the very end of Doomquest. Instead of Doom bringing Tony home, he deceives him and leaves him in Camelot. And since Tony cannibalized a lot of the tech from his armor to make the time machine, he doesn't have a way to go home.
This is not a story where Tony comes up with a way to go home after all. He really doesn't get to go home. But instead of drowning his sorrows in mead -- because, remember, Demon in a Bottle has already happened and Tony is sober now -- he decides he might as well just play the hand he's dealt. So with what's left of his armor, he defeats some enemies that Morgan rounds up to send against Camelot. And for his services, he's knighted. He is now Sir Anthony.
Tony acknowledges that he is both living the dream and would also like very, very much to go home.
He does end up having some fun in Camelot; it's not all miserable. But he obviously doesn't want to be there.
So if you're at all familiar with King Arthur, you know how this goes, right? Arthur fights Mordred and Mordred kills him. And that does happen in this version. Except Tony is right there, and with his dying words, Arthur asks Tony to rule Camelot... and Tony agrees.
So, yes, Tony Stark becomes king of the Britons after Arthur's death and he never goes home again. The end. Man, I love What Ifs.
Heading back to main 616 continuity, there is still more of this arc to go. The original Doomquest was only two issues, yes, but it was popular enough that Layton & Michelinie did a sequel a hundred issues later, in their second run of Iron Man, and that's Iron Man #249-250, Recurring Knightmare. (In the intervening issues were Denny O'Neil's IM run, specifically the second drinking arc (#160-200), and then Layton & Michelinie came back and most famously gave us Armor Wars (#225-232). I would have to say that Armor Wars is definitely the standout fandom-favorite arc of their second IM run; for their first one, I think a lot of people would have a hard time choosing between Doomquest and Demon.) But anyway, yes. Recurring Knightmare.
Recurring Knightmare is... well, the best way I can describe it is "a trip." It is definitely a sequel to Doomquest, and it is also definitely not a sequel you would ever have expected to see for Doomquest.
Much like #149, #249 is pretty much just setup. Fun setup, but the big action is in the next issue. We open with Doom in Latveria, on his throne, pondering which of his servants he should have disintegrated. Anyway, he's just hanging out there when a mysterious object appears. In California, Tony is suited up and entertaining the crowd at a mall opening when the same object also appears! He takes it to his lab. Please note that this is after the Kathy Dare incident, so Tony is still recovering and is walking with a cane. Doom sees on the news that Iron Man has found the same object, which cannot be carbon-dated, and he shows up at Tony's house. He criticizes Tony's taste in art.
Anyway, Doom basically orders Tony to work with him. Tony refuses, and then Doom sends some robots to attempt to steal Tony's version of the object because he thinks if he has them both he will be powerful. Doom manages to steal it, and when he puts the pieces together, both he and Tony disappear.
So where do they go, you might ask? Camelot?
Not exactly. The future! There is a great callback to the Doomquest splash page.
It turns out they are in London in 2093. Merlin brought them there. Tony still hates magic. And in the future, King Arthur is still there, except he is now a child, because he has been reborn. But he does remember Tony from Doomquest, at which point Tony kneels. Doom, of course, is not impressed. He asks why they have been brought to the future.
The answer is that things are going wrong in the future. If you do not personally remember United States politics in the 1980s, I need you to google the words "Strategic Defense Initiative" right now. I'll wait.
Back with me? Okay, so this is a future where Reagan's Star Wars program actually happened the way he wanted it to, and the satellites are still hanging around the Earth in the future and messing everything up, and Arthur and Merlin need Tony and Doom's help to stop them. Doom once again flies away with his jetpack, of course.
Tony is game to help, but he's not in an armor that can stay in space for long. This is when Merlin takes him and Arthur to the mall and Tony manages to get everything to upgrade his armor at Radio Shack. You see what I meant about this issue being weird.
Tony is out in space trying to disarm the SDI platform, which is where he runs into his future descendant, Andros Stark, who is in armor you will probably recognize from Iron Man 2020. He is referred to as "the resurrected spawn of Iron Man 2020" so I assume he's actually directly related to Arno rather than a direct descendant of Tony; Wiki confirms that Arno is his grandfather. This is all from way before Arno was contemporaneous with Tony in canon. Anyway, he's fighting Tony.
Oh, by the way, Future Doom exists. Future Doom would like to rule this future Earth and for some reason Andros would like to help him. Meanwhile, Present Doom finds out from Merlin that he can't leave except by magic and he can't leave without Tony, so he is reluctantly on Tony's side.
They need help from the Lady of the Lake, except the lake has been paved over and is now a parking lot. Merlin makes the lake come back and then of course they get Excalibur. Arthur is a kid, so he can't wield a longsword; Doom assumes he's going to take it because he is basically a king, and he's pretty grumpy when the sword picks Tony. Tony then uses Excalibur to destroy the space lasers, and I bet that is a sentence you never thought you would read. It's pretty cool. Tony concludes that magic has its good points. Tony stops Andros and Doom stops, uh, himself, and the world is saved and they get to go home. Also, Doom finds out Tony is Iron Man, but when Merlin sends them back he conveniently erases their memories, so neither of them remember anything about this and Tony's secret is still safe. And that's the sequel to Doomquest.
And if you think that's weird, wait until you see Legacy of Doom.
Iron Man: Legacy of Doom is a four-issue miniseries from 2008, also by Layton and Michelinie. Even though it's from 2008, it's set during a much more classic time in Iron Man, continuing on from where we left off in this Doomquest saga. We start with a framing story in 2008. Tony, who has Extremis now, is busy scrapping some of his older armors and reviewing his logs when he suddenly remembers that there was a whole thing with Doom that happened that he seems to have forgotten about until right now. So the whole thing is narrated by Tony in flashback.
Tony's in space fixing a satellite when a hologram of Doom shows up and summons him to Latveria. It's not really clear why Doom needs Tony's help in particular here, but Doom tells Tony that he's discovered that Mephisto would like to bring about the end of the world, which Doom finds, and I quote, "presumptive." So Doom has his Time Cube, and with it he takes Tony to hell.
(Yes, I promise this is relevant to Doomquest. There will be some Arthuriana shortly.)
Doom brings Tony to Mephisto, and it turns out it's a setup! Doom trades Tony for an item he wants from Mephisto, leaves, and Tony's going to be trapped in hell forever! Oh no! (I mean, he's not. But it's quite a cliffhanger.)
At the beginning of issue #2, we find out what the Arthurian connection is, which is that we learned that after the events of Doomquest, Morgan had been granted sanctuary by Mephisto in exchange for a shard of Excalibur that she had somehow stolen. Doom still wants Morgan's help with some magic -- he doesn't mention what it is here, but he says he needs someone of Pendragon blood, and that'd be her -- so he traded Tony to Mephisto in exchange for, I'm guessing, Morgan and the Excalibur shard.
I have probably mentioned this elsewhere, but Legacy of Doom #2 is one of my favorite issues of Iron Man ever, solely because of the next scene. We return to Tony in hell. Howard Stark is also in hell, and he is now a demon, and Tony has to fight him. Mephisto brings popcorn and watches. This is the one time in canon when Tony actually confronts his father, and okay, yes, it's a fistfight in hell and Howard is a demon, but that's comics for you. Howard spends several pages insulting Tony -- specifically insulting his masculinity, but that's a whole other essay -- until he finally insults Maria too, and that's when Tony fights back, because his mother taught him to be good. Honestly if you're a Tony fan I'd recommend this issue just for that scene.
Anyway, we go back to the Doom and Morgan plot, and Morgan casts the spell Doom wanted, which was fusing the Excalibur shard with Doom's armor. Then Doom sends her back to Camelot rather than hell, because he's still mad that she never helped him get his mom out of hell like she said she would.
Tony freezes Howard with Freon -- yes, the same trick he pulled on the dragon back in Doomquest -- and tells him, "You're no father of mine." It is immensely satisfying.
(I had been going to mention that I thought it was a shame that neither canon nor fandom seems to have really engaged with this confrontation, and I know canon never believes in narrative closure but fandom sure does -- and then, anyway, it occurred to me that since the framing story of Tony remembering this is set when Tony has Extremis, there's a very good chance that he no longer remembers remembering it. Goddammit, Marvel.)
(If I got to retcon one canon thing about Tony, I think "the entirety of World's Most Wanted" is up there. I mean, okay, a lot of things are up there, but WMW is definitely on the shortlist.)
Okay. Tony has now engineered his way out of hell, and he's back with Doom in Latveria. Doom has Excalibur. Doom would very much like to fight him. While wielding Excalibur. You get the sense that this is going to be bad. Another cliffhanger!
Legacy of Doom #3 opens with Tony destroying Doom's lab to buy time and running away from Doom and Excalibur. I should probably mention that Doom still doesn't know Tony is Iron Man (anymore), so he thinks he is dealing only with Iron Man, Tony Stark's lackey. Meanwhile, some scientists at SI think there's something weird going on with space. Meanwhile meanwhile, Tony is in a forest taking a breather when a mysterious old man walks up to him.
It's Merlin! Surprise! Merlin wants Tony's help to stop Doom from doing whatever he's doing with Excalibur. The sword makes you invincible and the scabbard makes you invulnerable, so Merlin sends Tony to Scotland on a fetch quest for the scabbard. Doom has now magically sent the sword in search of the scabbard, so the sword flies away to meet it and Doom follows. Turns out the thing that's wrong with space is a thing that's going to hit Earth at the exact place Tony and Doom are. What a coincidence! So Tony and Doom get trapped in a stone circle and fight some stone warriors and then Tony ends up with the scabbard. And by "ends up with," I mean it fuses to his armor. Next issue!
Legacy of Doom #4 is when things really, really get weird. A giant demon made of eyes (???) appears, and this demon is apparently what Doom had been preparing to fight (because it's mad that Doom stole one of its spellbooks), and now he can't, because the sword and the scabbard aren't together. Thanks, Shellhead.
That's when Merlin shows up and says all is not lost. They can defeat the demon... if they put the sword into the scabbard.
"But I'm the scabbard now!" Tony says, uncomprehending.
"Yes," Merlin says. "You are."
Then Tony gets it.
So, yes, Doom has to, um, penetrate Tony. With Excalibur. I love comics. I love comics so much.
So that's a thing that happens.
And then Tony flies off and, I guess, resolves to never, ever think about any of this again.
We head back to the framing story, in which Tony, now having remembered all of this, flies to Britain, buys the land the lake is on, and paves it over, presumably so it will be there for Merlin to bring back in Iron Man #250. The end.
Whew.
Okay, yeah, I know I didn't have to summarize the whole thing, but Legacy of Doom here really is one of my favorite Iron Man miniseries. And I just want to share the love. Please read it. It's great.
But the Arthuriana fun doesn't end there! In fact, now we get an Arthurian-themed arc that actually isn't in Iron Man comics. It's in Avengers! Iron Man is involved, though.
(There is also apparently a Morgan arc in Avengers #240. I actually haven't read it. It seems to be yet another Spider-Woman arc. I get the impression that this isn't really Arthuriana other than having Morgan in it fighting Jess, though, so it doesn't seem quite as relevant. Morgan also apparently has some appearances in FF, Journey into Mystery, and Marvel Team-Up, but those seem like more of just basic villainy. Also, probably not involving Tony.)
Kurt Busiek's 1998 Avengers run, volume 3, is in large part the kind of Avengers run that is a nostalgic love letter to older comics. Heroes are heroes and villains are villains and good triumphs over evil. The Avengers all live in the mansion and are BFFs. I love it. It does assume that you are already a fan of the Avengers, because it starts out by summoning pretty much everyone who has ever been an Avenger and is available to the mansion, and that is... a lot of people. Thirty-nine, by my count. Also, when the entire team is magically whisked away, we are treated to the following narration, as Steve disappears: "And Captain America's last thought, as the world goes white around him, and he with it -- is that Iron Man would hate this."
The narration doesn't tell you why Iron Man would hate this, or how Captain America would know that Iron Man hates this. This is not explained later on. But if you have read comics -- or if you have read the above summary of Doomquest -- you know that Tony is absolutely, one hundred percent, thinking, "I hate magic." And Steve knows it.
The reference is not relevant to the plot; if you don't get it, you'll be fine. But that's what I mean when I say this is a nostalgia run. There are definitely Easter eggs for people who have read a bunch of comics. Busiek does this a whole lot in his work -- there's a reason you can buy an annotated edition of Marvels -- and, yeah, it happens here too. Just know that there will be references you're not getting, if you're new to comics.
Anyway. So Busiek's run actually starts out with an Arthurian arc, #1-4, "The Morgan Conquest." The name is a dead giveaway. Yes, Morgan le Fay is back. Again. For once, Doom is not involved.
The Avengers are all back from their sojourn on Counter-Earth after fighting Onslaught -- don't worry about it -- and mysterious things are happening. There are a lot of monster attacks. So pretty much everyone who has ever been an Avenger is summoned to the mansion, at which point we learn from Thor about some mystical artifacts that are being stolen. (They are the Norn Stones and also the Twilight Sword. That sounds like something from a Zelda game, doesn't it?) The Avengers go to try to stop this, end up in Tintagel, and then they run into Mordred. He wants to capture Wanda, presumably for Magic Reasons. Morgan le Fay casts a spell on all of them, reshaping reality. Yes, all of them. Surprise!
So now all the Avengers are living in a medieval castle and/or town; Morgan is their queen, and thanks to the power of mind-control they are all basically living in Ye Olden Times. The Avengers are all some variety of knight, except for Wanda, who is chained up in the dungeon so Morgan can steal her magic and use it to fuel all this reality-warping.
Wanda calls for help, and that snaps Steve (Yeoman America!) out of the mind control (or altered reality or whatever you want to call it) pretty fast, because Steve's always been very good at resisting mind control, and then Steve promptly goes and snaps Clint out of it, because I guess Steve is also good at inspiring people to snap out of mind control. "Oh, man!" Clint says. "Not another alternate reality! Not again!" (I assume he's referring to Counter-Earth? Maybe?)
So Steve and Clint go around reassembling the Avengers and orienting them as to reality. They get Jan and Monica easily, but then Steve insists on trying to get Tony because, I guess, he likes Tony and would really like to hang around Tony, who is half-naked and asleep in his bedroom, and certainly I am reading nothing whatsoever into this. Clint tells Steve it's not going to work. Tony has historically been fairly susceptible to mind control; it was only pretty recently at this point that he'd been doing Kang's bidding in The Crossing. But the more serious impediment is that this is Tony Stark and he would obviously like to LARP being a knight forever and ever. Tony, therefore, does not believe Steve, and throws him and Clint out of his bedroom and into the barracks.
"Iron Man's a good guy, normally," Clint says. "But he's waaay too into his whole nobleman/lord of the manor trip. That spell musta hit him right where he lives!"
Clint speaks the truth, clearly.
Anyway, they go around and manage to make pretty much every Avenger in the room other than Tony snap out, and attempt to rebel against Morgan while Tony is stil fighting them because he is Still A Knight. There's a lot of punching, because some of the Avengers still aren't free; they weren't ones Steve found.
The day is saved when Wanda manages to channel Wonder Man and break free. This gives the Avengers a fighting chance against Morgan and the Avengers are all lending Wanda their power when Tony finally snaps out of it and is on the side of good.
Then they take Morgan down, go home, and attempt to figure out which of these thirty-nine people should be on the active Avengers team. Hooray.
But that's not the end of Morgan le Fay showing up to screw around with Tony's life! There's more to come! Not much, but there is one that I know of, and at least one more memorable reference.
(I haven't read all her appearances or anything, but one of them definitely involves Tony; I can't swear that he doesn't appear in any of the other books Morgan shows up in, but it'd be a cameo for him, because I only know of one more arc that she's in in a book that Tony stars in.)
In a few more years, we have now entered the part of Marvel Comics history where Brian Michael Bendis writes all the Avengers books at the same time for, like, seven years running. It was sure A Time. There were a lot of word bubbles.
And the thing about Bendis is, Bendis looooooves Doomquest. If you're familiar with the very end of his tenure at Marvel where he made Doom be Iron Man after Tony got knocked into a coma in Civil War II, you have probably figured out already that he likes Doom. But he also likes Doomquest, specifically.
I mean, if nothing else, the giant splash page in The Confession where Maleev redrew the climactic Doomquest fight while Bendis had Tony talk about how deeply meaningful to his understanding of the world this all was -- and how it allowed him to predict Civil War -- was probably a big clue, right?
As far as I am aware, Morgan le Fay makes exactly one more appearance in Tony's life. And that's in Mighty Avengers vol 1 #9-11. Only one of those issues is named, so I'm going to assume the arc is named after it: Time Is On No One's Side.
You remember Mighty Avengers, right? The deal with the Avengers books at the time was that after Bendis exploded the mansion and made the team disband in Avengers Disassembled, the main Avengers book was no longer called just Avengers. Instead, the main Avengers book was New Avengers, and that was the only Avengers book. Then Civil War happened, Steve got killed, and New Avengers became the book about what was left of the SHRA resistance (i.e., Steve's side) after the war. So about halfway through New Avengers, Mighty Avengers starts up, and Mighty Avengers is about an extremely fucked-up and grief-stricken Tony Stark trying to run the official government-sanctioned Avengers team, with Carol's help. This is the comic with the arc where Tony turned into naked girl Ultron. You remember.
So, anyway, there's this Mighty Avengers arc where Doom is Up To Something (there are symbiotes and a satellite involved) and somehow Tony and the Avengers end up in Latveria, punching Doom. Also, by the way, Doom is visiting Morgan in the past because he likes her. The Avengers attacking his castle made him have to come back to the present, so he's kind of cranky. And he fights Tony, and in the course of the fight, his time platform explodes and sends Doom and Tony and also the Sentry to... the past.
This is one of those times where you should definitely look up the comics if possible because the way the past is visually indicated here is that it's colored with halftone dots the way you would expect old comics to be colored, although they have modern shading and color palettes. It's very charmingly retro.
So the three of them are stuck in New York in the past, and naturally they would like to leave. There's one person in this time who has a time machine and it is, of course, Reed Richards. Doom and Tony have a lot of banter in this arc; I think it's entertaining.
Sentry has to be the one to break them all into the Baxter Building because of that power he has where no one will remember him. So they do that, travel forward in time, and end up in Latveria in the present again except Doom is gone and also things are currently exploding where they are.
Doom, of course, has made a side trip to visit Morgan again and he asks her to help him build an army, because I guess this is what their relationship is like. So the rest of the Avengers are captured by what look to me like Mindless Ones and are in a cave in magic bondage, because comics. Jess comments that at least they aren't naked, because she too is remembering that memorable New Avengers trip to the Savage Land. Doom threatens Carol in some creepy sexist ways and eventually it turns out that Tony and the Sentry are fine and everyone kicks Doom's ass. Business as usual.
And the last page of the arc is Morgan alone, wondering where Doom is. So technically Morgan and Tony don't come face to face here, but I think she counts as being at least partially responsible for ruining Tony's day here. And then Secret Invasion happens and Tony has a very, very bad day.
There are a few more Morgan appearances after this, but, as I said, I don't think any of them involve Tony. She shows up in Dark Avengers, apparently, which was one of the post-Civil War Avengers titles I didn't read, and I know that recently, on the X-Men side of things, she's been in Tini Howard's Excalibur one, which I have only read a little of. No Tony there. Just a lot of Morgan and Betsy Braddock and Brian Braddock and the Otherworld.
If you are interested in Morgan's other appearances, you might like this Marvel listicle that is Morgan le Fay's six most malicious acts. I pulled some of the Darkhold backstory from their discussion, but it's not really focused on Morgan and Tony.
So there you have it! That's everything I know about Tony's love for King Arthur and every run-in I know about that he's had with Morgan le Fay! One of two terrible people in Tony's life named Morgan! Actually, I don't think we've seen Morgan Stark in a while. I wonder if he's alive. There should be a Morgan & Morgan team-up. I should probably stop typing and post this.
The tl;dr point is that you should all read Doomquest and its sequels, especially Legacy of Doom. They're great!
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carlycrays replied to your photo “marvel writers and editors trying to decide what to do with loki in an...”
Oh, sweet summer child, you clearly don't know how this works. Loki literally can't stay dead. That's a canon rule. Also, while Marvel hasn't had the best track record with the transgender community, when have they made transphobic jokes at Loki's expense?
nothing has ever made me jump out of bed and race to my computer faster than seeing this message. what is it this weekend that makes people feel like they need to answer my joke posts with a novel telling me how dumb i am?
first of all, allow me to allay your fears. at this point i have read over 400 issues of the original 1966 thor series, and i am still working my way through the rest. ive also read several of the modern retellings of the old comics, journey into mystery (2011) with kid loki and all the tie-ins, loki: agent of asgard, both of the angela series, vote loki, jane fosters entire run as the mighty thor, loki: sorcerer supreme, infinity wars (2018), the current thor series, and now war of the realms. ive also read a little thing called the mythology, as well as a few other modern adaptations. so, to recap, thats easily around 500 issues of asgardian comics, as well as the originating material, and assorted other sources. i know what the fuck im talking about, and i am not your sweet summer child, you condescending ass.
beside that, i am a real human being deserving of basic respect, and if this were actually a case of me not knowing something, you could easily communicate that without being so patronizing. people do it all the time! there are tons of things that i dont know about. unfortunately for you, this is the one thing i know a LOT about.
as for when loki has been subjected to transphobic jokes, well, thanks for giving me an excuse to make a post that ive been meaning to make for a while now. let me start off by saying: loki is genderfluid, and i am genderfluid myself. this list contains things that i personally found to be insulting or uncomfortable. not every trans person may agree with me, but that doesnt mean it doesnt need further examination. this list may also not be exhaustive because im not going to spend hours trawling through comics at 10:30 in the morning no matter how badly i want to prove you wrong.
we all know that loki was officially recognized as transgender and bi/pansexual (depending on your preference i guess, i like them as pan) in loki: agent of asgard (2014). however, never once does anyone in the series use any of the actual WORDS to communicate this. never does anyone say “genderfluid” or “transgender” or “bi” or “pan” or “queer” or even “lgbt”. odin calls them “my child who is both a son and a daughter” which is very binary and not a great take on genderfluidity, but hey, odin right? this isnt part of the list, i just think its something that people need to talk about more.
anyway, after that is when the bullshit starts. i mean, ignoring how making loki a queer-coded villain from the beginning was scuzzy, ignoring the almost 50 years time where they did play that role, and ignoring the whole lady loki thing where they were pretty much portrayed as a man pretending to be a woman. heres the list:
vote loki (2016) issue 1 by christopher hastings and langdon foss
loki “turns into a woman” because it might do better in the polls. the reporter whose name i dont care to look up points this out because thats a totally acceptable thing to do when you see a trans person. after these few pages it never comes up again. lokis genderfluidity is being used for a cheap joke here. dont even get me started on how female-presenting loki is portrayed as being more clean and feminine than male-presenting loki, which is in and of itself a form of transphobia: that transgender women have to be ultra feminine to be accepted as the gender they are.
the mighty thor (2015) issue 3 by jason aaron and russell dauterman
loki summons a bunch of other versions of themselves for seemingly no reason, and of course all of them are presenting in a masculine way because lokis genderfluidity is only acknowledged when convenient. lady loki from dark reign pops up and says that since shes the only REAL female loki, its her job to fight jane as thor. now, im not going to sit here and unpack all of that for you, so please fire up your critical thinking skills and try to decide why exactly this is bad.
infinity wars (2018) issue 5 by gerry duggan and mike deodato jr
i went and scanned my physical copy of this just for you. here we see loki leading their team to talk to the child version of gamora who lives inside the soul stone. once they get there, emma says that she and ms marvel will go in alone because it “calls for a womans touch” and loki would just get them killed. in case youre missing the subtext, emma is saying here that loki cant do this, but a woman can, which means she is calling loki a fake woman, or at best, shes completely ignoring their gender and calling them a man.
these are just the three examples that stick out the most in my mind. its worth mentioning that the only time loki has “become a woman” (i hate using this phrase btw) is in those couple pages in vote loki, and the only time that loki has been actively called genderfluid was in squirrel girl (2015) issue 27. yknow, squirrel girl. the series that no one takes seriously and will insist isnt canon even though it is?
there is a very insidious form of quiet transphobia simply in the fact that no one at marvel will acknowledge lokis identity, much less say it out loud or use the correct terminology. in fact, ever since agent of asgard (the series that cemented lokis trans and pan-ness) ended, many writers including jason aaron and gerry duggan have all but ignored that it happened, erasing the progress that loki made as a person as well as their newly gained autonomy and, indirectly, the fact that they were ever confirmed as genderfluid and pansexual.
one last thing that i want to say is that while it may be a rule that loki never stays dead, subjecting a trans and gay character to repeated deaths for the sake of furthering plot is NOT a good thing. having the gay come back does not erase the fact that you buried them in the first place. being that loki is amab, this is extra sketchily tied to violence against trans women, which is a point that we all need to consider.
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Here you go Anon! Thanks for playin haha
1. 3 Fears: Being Alone,Spiders, Crowds
2. 3 things I love:Concerts, My Husband, One Direction
3. 2 turns on: Someonewho can cook, Honesty
4. 2 turns off:Ignorance, Bad Hygiene
5. My best friend: I have4 best friends is that allowed? All in different ways! My mom, my husband, Minnie,and Becca ( @louistomlinsong )
6. Sexual orientation: I don’treally have a defining word sorry
7. How tall am I: Five footfour inches
8. What do I miss rightnow: One Direction
9. Favourite color: Pinkat the moment
10.Do I have a crush?Yeah but im married to him so I think he knows
11.Favourite place:Seattle, WA- so many happy memories there
12.What am I listening toright now: I am listening to my ‘random songs I like playlist’. I Don’t Care byEd Sheeran and Justin Bieber is on right now
13.Shoe size: 7 ish
14.Eye color: Green, butI have a blue ring around the outside too
15.Hair color: Brown
16.Meaning behind my URL:Well I actually had a dream about this URL a long time ago. I was in collegeand considered myself the female version of Harry so I was Femstyles
17.Favourite song: Outsideof my usual One Direction, 5SOS, Little Mix bubble I’d say Sucker by JonasBrothers at this time
18.Favourite band: I would die for One Direction
19.How I feel right now:Im exhausted and feeling down today tbh
20.Someone I love: HarryStyles
21.My currentrelationship status: Married
22.My relationship withmy parents: Very good, and I’m very grateful for that
23.Favourite season:Summer! Give me ALL the warm weather
24.Tattoos and piercing ihave: Left Ear: 3 (2 lobe, 1 cartilage); Right Ear: 2 (2 Lobe); Bellybutton (its99% closed now though); tattoo on my ankle of a flamingo (looks like a dodobird and I love it lol), Left ribcage tattoo of a bird with ‘Forever Loved’written in it
25.Tattoos and piercing iwant: I want one more tattoo so I’m not all bird tattoos lol
26.The reasons I joinedTumblr: I think it was because my friend had gotten me into 1D and said she hada Tumblr so I joined too. Didn’t use it as much until later though
27.Do I ever get “goodmorning” or “good night” texts? Yeah, I do
28.Have I ever kissed thelast person you texted? Not on the lips, but I’ve kissed her cheeks yeah aha
29.How long does it takeme to get ready in the morning?: I wake up at 7 and leave by 7:45, but I reallyrush myself tbh
30.Have you shaved yourlegs in the past three days? Yeah, I did last night
31.Where am I right now?Work :/
32.Do I like my musicloud or at a reasonable level? In the car I crank it, otherwise reasonable
33.Do I live with my Momand Dad? Nope! Moved out officially three and a half years ago, but for the firsttime almost 5 years ago (holy shit how has it been that long)
34.Am I excited foranything? Yeah, I get to see my mom on Saturday and spend time with her, alsoexcited for future concerts etc
35.Do I have someone ofthe opposite sex I can tell everything to? Yeah
36.How often do I wear afake smile? Not as often as I use to (Cue Ariana Fake Smile)
37.If I could meet anyoneon this earth, who would it be? Id take any One Direction member, but I’d haveto say Harry if you really made me choose
38.What do I think aboutmost? Right now, its pregnancy stuff, we are trying to conceive and its harderthan I thought haha
39.Do I prefer to bebehind the camera or in front of it? Behind
40.What was the last lieI told? I haven’t lied in a while I don’t think. I don’t know, it was probablysomething really dumb and small
41.Do I perfer talking onthe phone or video chatting online? Video Chatting, I guess
42.Do I believe inghosts? How about aliens? Yes ghosts, and yes aliens
43.Do I believe in magic?Not in the literal sense..
44.Do I believe in luck? Yes
45.What’s the weatherlike right now? Its beautiful! 59F and sunny, it’ll get up to 74F today though!
46.What was the last bookI’ve read? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone I think
47.Do I have anynicknames? Kiki, Ky
48.Do I spend money orsave it? I do both. I would rather save right now though
49.Can I touch my nosewith a tounge? Nope!
50.Favourite animal?Flamingo or cat
51.What was I doing lastnight at 12 AM? Sleeping because I’m old
52.What’s a song thatalways makes me happy when I hear it? Black Magic by Little Mix
53.What is my favoriteword? Uhm… Fuck probably I use it a lot
54.My top 5 blogs ontumblr: @louistomlinsong @babyhoneyau @kingsofeverything @shadyshit91 @jimmytfallon
55.If the whole worldwere listening to me right now, what would I say? Your own personal opinionsand moral compass doesn’t reflect the ideas of everyone else. Also, treatpeople with kindness and spread love instead of breeding hate. I’d say more butI could go on for hours tbh
56.Do I have anyrelatives in jail? Not that I know of
57.What is my currentdesktop picture? It’s a photo from my wedding day of me and Michael walkingthrough a field and its lovely
58.Had sex? Yes
59.Bought condoms? Yes
60.Gotten pregnant? Notyet
61.Have I ever kissedsomebody in the rain? Yes
62.Had job? Yes (ugh)
63.Smoked weed? Yepppp
64.Smoked cigarettes?Smoked one and didn’t like it
65.Drank alcohol? Yes
66.Am I avegetarian/vegan? No but I’ve been thinking of it so who knows
67.Been overweight? No
68.Been underweight?Probably pretty close
69.Gotten my heartbroken? Yes
70.Been to prom? Yes (3times wow)
71.Been in airplane? Yes
72.Learned anotherlanguage? I took Spanish in High School but I’m not fluent at all
73.Wore make up? Yes
74.Dyed my hair? Yes unfortunately
75.Had a surgery? Yes,Wisdom teeth removal
76.Met someone famous? Yes,I met Taylor Swift
77.Stalked someone on asocial network? I think most people have lol
78.Been fishing? Yes
79.Been rejected by acrush? Lol yup
80.What do I want forbirthday? I want concert tickets probably haha
81.Do I like myhandwriting? It’s alright
82.Where do I want tolive when older? I want to move back to Spokane
83.Have I ever got caughtsneaking out or doing anything bad? Not really, I was a pretty good kid
84.What I’m really bad at:Procrastination (Hence why I’m doing this instead of what I should be doing)
85.What my greatest achievementsare: Got married, Skydived, got promoted three times in 1 year of my career
86.The meanest thingsomebody has ever said to me: I once had someone tell me he hoped that I was infertileand wouldn’t be able to have my own babies and that really stuck with me idk
87.What I’d do if I wonin a lottery: Pay off my debt, buy a house, spend a little, put the rest insavings for retirement
88.What do I like aboutmyself: I try to be nice to everyone
89.My closest Tumblrfriend: @louistomlinsong
90.Any question you’dlike? Uhm..
91.Are you outgoing orshy? I lean toward shy
92.What kind of peopleare you attracted to? People who are nice and make me feel calm and safe
93.Do you think you’ll bein a relationship two months from now? I sure hope so
94.Does talking about sexmake you uncomfortable? Nope
95.Who was the lastperson you had a deep conversation with? Minnie
96.What does the mostrecent text that you sent say? To my husband: “I’m sorry. In my head today and I’mtired” because I’m being grumpy (my neighbors dogs kept me up ALL night and I feelsick)
97.What are your 5favorite songs right now? Sucker by Jonas Brothers, You’re Gonna Miss This by TraceAtkins, Strip by Little Mix, 7 Rings by Ariana Grande, Breathin by ArianaGrande
98.Do you like it whenpeople play with your hair? Yeah sometimes
99.Do you think there islife on other planets? Space is so freaking scary and complex that I think itsdumb to think there ISNT life out there
100. Do you like bubblebaths? Yeah, my cats get very confused its funny
101. Do you like yourneighbors? Most of them I don’t notice, but our upstairs one is weird and I don’tlike him much
102. Where would you liketo travel? I want to go to the Maldives and also the UK
103. Favorite part of yourdaily routine? Going to bed after a long day and cuddling with my husband and ourcats
104. What part of your bodyare you most uncomfortable with? All of it My stomach right now
105. What do you do whenyou wake up? Lay in bed for a few minutes, then get up and brush my teeth
106. Do you wish your skinwas lighter or darker? Neither, I’m happy how I am
107. Do you ever want toget married? Already am :)
108. If your hair longenough for a pony tail? Yes, it’s too long and imma cut it off soon
109. Would you rather livewithout TV or music? TV
110. Have you ever likedsomeone and never told them? Yes, I have
111. What are your favoritestores to shop in? Walmart haha also though I like to shop at JCPenny andH&M too, I guess. I don’t shop much any more
112. Do you believeeveryone deserves a second chance? No. There are somethings you shouldn’t forgive.But people also can grow and change and become better.
113. Do you smile atstrangers? Yes, I do all the time
114. Have you done anythingrecently that you hope nobody finds out about? Nope
115. Ever wished you weresomeone else? Yes, I use to, now I’m pretty happy
116. Favourite makeupbrand? I use NYX, ELF, and Tarte mostly. I like Tarte a lot
117. Last thing you ate? Abowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
118. Ever won acompetition? For what? We did really well in marching band but I haven’t wonanything on my own
119. Ever been in love? Yes,twice.
120. Facebook or Twitter? Bothsuck loll uhm Twitter
121. Twitter or Tumblr?Tumblr 100%
122. Are you watching tvright now? No but I can hear it in the next room
123. What colour are yourtowels? We have white ones that are the BEST, and then some shitty ones in purpleand black
124. Favourite ice creamflavour? Chocolate Fudge Brownie by Ben and Jerry
125. First person youtalked to today? Michael
126. Last person you talkedto today? Michael so far
127. Name a person youhate? I don’t hate anyone
128. Name a person youlove? Becca!
129. Is there anyone youwant to punch in the face right now? Nope
130. Do you tan a lot? I getpretty tan in the sun but I don’t go tanning
131. Have any pets? Yes, I havethe worlds best two kitties
132. Do you type fast? Yes,I do
133. Do you regret anythingfrom your past? There are somethings I don’t like, but I don’t regret thembecause they helped me grow into who I am now (and I’m really proud of who I amnow)
134. Ever broken someone’sheart? Well I broke my own heart haha idk if his was broken or not. I probablybroke someone else’s heart too but I don’t know
135. Have you ever likedsomeone so much it hurt? Yes haha
136. Is cheating ever okay?Nope. If you want to be with other people talk to your partner
137. Do you believe in truelove? Yes, I do
138. What your zodiac sign?I’m a full-blown emotional Cancer bitch
139. Do you believe inghosts? You already asked this! Yes, I do lol
140. Get the closest booknext to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page? (viacatscuddlingandyou) “That’s because we evolved to see the stakes in norm violationsto be much greater than the are at the local Walmart of Kroger.” From Suicideof the West by Jonah Goldberg (Someone left this in my office lol)
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Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5′2
Last Thing Googled: Ars Paradoxica - an ongoing podcast featuring a 21st-century physicist who accidentally invented a time-machine and got herself stuck in WW2 timeline. please try it if u love some time travelling shenanigans and a lil bit of rare aro/ace representations tbh. oh, have i mentioned that they have a secret code for u to solve every episode? :”)
Favorite Music Artist: uhhhh, idont think i currently have one? most songs on my phone are performed by 90s boy bands who are pretty much already disbanded by now. rip. at times, when it comes to my shitty taste in music, it almost feels like im out of time n refuse to move on lmaoooooo
Last TV Show Watched: How To Get Away With Murder. will cover various topics including but not restricted to destroying evidence, framing the innocents, silencing the witnesses, bribing the authorities, etc. also contains highly valuable tips n solutions to most ‘what should i do w the body’ situations.
Last Movie Watched: Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone. yup im rerunning an HP marathon.
What am I wearing right now?: a sweater and a sweatpant. pretty comfy tho just being in pants would be much better. gdi social convention.
When did I create my blog?: i have this blog for almost 3 years but its not quite active until this february.
What kind of stuff do I post about?: i mostly reblog MM stuff n occasionally release the salt thru memes when my saltimeter is full lol
Do I get asks regularly?: only now n then. i guess idont have as many as original posts as i used to so its understandable. tho, shoot me an ask if u would like to discuss w me abt anything!! curious anons are always welcome ^^
Why did I choose my URL?: i turned this blog into my salt fandom blog in february n jumins theme song “Urban Night Cityscape” was my fave around that time, hence this url. idont give much thought to it bc everything was on an impulse n i figured my interest would soon fade eventually at the speed of light anyway. yet here i am 10 months later. so yeah, really nothing too meaningful abt it. idont change it now bc ive already had some semi-famous posts n also mainly bc i still suck at choosing url. me?? good at meaningfully naming?? less likely than u think lmaoooo
Gender: female, altho im not sure if i consider myself to be one. idont give much thought to genders in general tbh.
Favorite color: 50 shades of purple :”)
Favorite food: i have a crave for sweet 24/7, so u have the idea.
Average hours of sleep: 4-6 hrs if when i have classes; midnight to midday if idont. healthy sleep schedule? dont know her.
Favorite characters: Jumin Han from Mystic Messenger, Annalise Keating from HTGAWM and Sally Grissom from Ars Paradoxia. ive just noticed something. it almost seems like my faves all have this one thing in common: they all get fucked over by their own creators. i wonder why lmao
Dream Job: its used to be forensics-related but ive now figured any job that stirs up my curiosity of any kind n allows me to satisfy it would do. be more practical, u say? pls just give me any job that is within my capability and pays enough to feed myself. ‘kay? thanks.
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1: Are you named after someone?
i dont think so? i do remember there used to be this news channel called nova and when i was born they talked about me but that doesnt count i think haha
2: When was the last time you cried?
not to be emo or anything but i am always crying about shelter. did you know theres only two shows left? what the fuck
3: Do you like your handwriting?
its......absolutely terrible.....ive been trying to change it but it just doesnt work i simply cant write
4: What is your favorite lunch meat?
i never rlly eat lunch meat?? i guess ill have to go for salami
5: Do you have kids?
no, and i dont rlly want any. maybe someday through adoption, but i dont want to give birth to a fucking gremlin yikes (im sorry but being pregnant just totally grosses me out)
6: If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
haha that really depends on what kind of person i’d be? like idk if i could keep up with my own antics if i didnt understand what causes these antics, you know?
7: Do you use sarcasm?
never heard of it (yes)
8: Do you still have your tonsils?
hell yeah
9: Would you bungee jump?
if i can sabotage the rope and die
10: What is your favorite kind of cereal?
the minions banana berry flavor nick ate in that vid (jk i dont eat cereal like at all)
11: Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
yeah
12: Do you think you’re a strong person?
physically NO emotionally???? idk?? what is emotionally strong? does the fact that im dealing with mental illnesses make me weak or strong? we’ll never know
13: What is your favourite ice cream? Ever, ever?
just plain good ol milk chocolate, or maybe lemon?? but with lemon im really specific!! like theres this ice cream shop around the corner that has terrible lemon, but one time i went to one place that had the Best lemon flavor EVER. id do anything to taste that again
14: What is the first thing you notice about people?
that really depends on what their most noticable feature is haha. like when they got pretty eyes or a cool nose or nice hair thats what i notice first
15: What is the least favorite physical thing you like about yourself?
the fact that my hair and skin get really oily and greasy very quickly... its uglie and annoying. and maybe that im so small lol. overall im p positive about my body tbh
16: What color pants and shoes are you wearing now?
none shoes grey pants
17: What are you listening to right now?
snail’s house is the shit
18: If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
a darker shade of blueish green? like midnight green or something? thats not exactly what im looking for tho
19: Favorite smell?
yknow when it just rained after a long time without rain and you go outside
20: Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
my sister i think?
21: Favorite sport to watch?
i dont rlly watch sports like at all..... i do like.... swimming,,,,and ice skating....yeah those are anime references and i am sorry
22: Hair color?
my natural color is blonde but once that started fading into this uglie gross blonde i just dyed it orange, and its been like that for a couple years now. recently i dyed it pink, but you cant rlly see that anymore
23: Eye color?
green
24: Do you wear contacts?
nope
25: Favorite food to eat?
anything pasta, nasi goreng (without the egg ew), or just plain ol fries
26: Scary movies or comedy?
that really depends on what movie it is but overall i prefer scary movies
27: Last movie you watched?
spirited away i think ;w; i cried a lot
28: What color of shirt are you wearing?
dark gray, with a deathly hallows print lmao. once youre in the hp fandom you never get out
29: Summer or winter?
summer, but i do love winter when its actually snowing. when its just rain and grey skies i hate it
30: Hugs or kisses?
why not combine the two??
31: What book are you currently reading?
a couple days ago i started reading harry potter and the sorcerer’s stone again lmao
32: Who do you miss right now?
@void--star
33: What is on your mouse pad?
dont have one lol
34: What is the last TV program you watched?
bates motel
35: What is the best sound?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C880_JzUTw
36: Rolling stones or The Beatles
dont rlly listen to either tbh
37: What is the furthest you have ever traveled?
to turkey was the furthest i think?
38: Do you have a special talent?
i guess i can draw?? and im p good at writing even tho i never do it
im tagging @void--star @synthettique @mlemilly @comeonandsmash @dogtracksjacks @passiphae @daniandpuffins @trashdotpng assuming you havent done this one already lol
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