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I posted 119 times in 2022

That's 44 more posts than 2021!

44 posts created (37%)

75 posts reblogged (63%)

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I tagged 105 of my posts in 2022

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#dean fic - 44 posts

#dean smut - 20 posts

#dean-winchester-is-a-warrior - 18 posts

#dean au - 14 posts

#dean fluff - 13 posts

#dean x reader - 12 posts

#dear fucking diary - 9 posts

#dean x daisy - 8 posts

#dean x cory - 7 posts

#rancher!dean - 7 posts

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#fun and wonderful and i can't wait for part 7!

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#5

Gladiator Reborn

Just a drabble that came to me after watching the last few seconds of The Boys Season 3 teaser trailer...

PART 2 IS HERE

The room is tense, silent save for the quiet hum of machinery in the lab and the occasional drip from the thawing in the cryo chamber. In the half light you watch him, still unmoving, ready to quickly retreat and allow the guards to step forward and take him down. There are six of them, all holding guns loaded with tranquilizer darts strong enough to drop a charging rhino. This man is far more dangerous than that.

One of his hands has been freed from its restraints, and you are now waiting for him to become alert enough to remove the rest. It’s too dark in the chamber to see much, but when he does move, it surprises you, sends your heart into your throat. He reaches across to tear loose the restraint from his other arm, grabbing the wires and IV in his large hand and yanking them free. His hair and beard are long and wild from the time he has spent in here, and as he slowly raises his head, his lips parted and his eyes dark and feral, he stares directly at you.

You fight back the urge to turn and run. Vought wanted your scientific expertise in cryogenics, and the money was just too tempting to turn down. You wonder fleetingly if that job at the university was really so bad. He takes a step forward, out into the room, his shoulders barely clearing the doorway of the chamber. You force your feet to stay planted as he approaches you, stopping about two feet away as one of the guards barks out an order to halt.

Your eyes follow a drop of water from his hair down his well-muscled chest, and farther. He is naked, a perfect specimen, a gladiator reborn - taut, glowing skin over smooth, toned muscle, and he continues to stare at you as your eyes drift downward, his only movement a slight roll of one shoulder. He has an erection, an impressive one, normal under the circumstances, but it is difficult to stop staring, and you mentally force yourself to move on, evaluating the strong thighs as he stands unashamedly before you. When your gaze finally glides back up over his torso, his chest, and back to his face, a lecherous smirk curves his lips beneath the forest of facial hair.

“Clean him up and bring him to the exam room,” you order, and your assistants nod, fear in their eyes. The guards part, and he turns to go with them, the weight of his stare finally gone. Your hands shaking, you hug your clipboard to your body and head for the exam room to wait.

About forty-five minutes later, the door opens. Still naked, Soldier Boy slowly strides into the room, and the guard waits for your instructions. “Close the door. I’ll call if I need you.” He nods, pulling the door shut behind him.

Your patient stands there, his eyes back on you, waiting. You are afraid to look him in the eye. His hair has been cut and combed, his beard trimmed close - he is stunning to look at and he knows it. You grab a latex glove, and as you snap it into place, he walks to the exam table, bending over slightly and bracing his hands on the sides, waiting. You try not to think about how perfectly he is formed as you perform the necessary task, remove the glove and dispose of it, then ask him to turn and face you. You are the doctor, if anyone should feel humiliated, it should be him, but he just stares at you with a smug little curve at the corner of his lips as you reach between his legs to cup his balls. At least he isn’t still hard. “Please turn your head and cough.” He complies, and you remove your hand, gesturing towards the table with your head as you turn to wash your hands. “Please have a seat.”

You grab the blood pressure cuff and slide it onto his arm, acutely aware of the power there as he obediently allows you to manipulate him into position so you can take his pulse. It is strong and steady, just like his unflinching gaze on you. You remove the cuff and set it aside, taking your stethoscope from around your neck. You listen to his heart, then glance up at his face and say, “Please take a deep breath for me.”

He leans forward slightly, his face almost touching the side of your head, and inhales, long and slow. When he exhales, it’s warm, ruffling your hair a little, and your heart skips a beat. You remove the stethoscope and step back, not missing the fact that he is half hard again, his dark eyes glowing with amusement.

“All right, I think we’re done here. You may go and get dressed.”

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171 notes - Posted March 13, 2022

#4

Gentle as a Sigh

All Dean wants is a little time to worship her like she deserves.

Pairing: Dean Winchester/Reader

Word Count: 1872

Warnings: Smut, Somnophilia (Consensual and Planned)

Dividers from the amazing @firefly-graphics

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178 notes - Posted September 10, 2022

#3

Gladiator Reborn - Part 2

I had a few requests for a second part to this, but I couldn’t really wrap my head around it until I’d seen Soldier Boy on the screen. Well, we all saw almost all of him 😁, and his personality in general, and this practically wrote itself...

Pairing: Soldier Boy/Reader

Word Count: 1482

Warnings: Dirty talk, rough-ish sex, Soldier Boy’s attitude (😏)

PART 1 IS HERE

“So, Doc – where were we?”

Every muscle in your body is tensed and rigid, and you try to sound authoritative when you speak. “Soldier Boy. We are finished. You should be in your quarters. I have a report to complete.”

He just smiles, cocky and confident, strolling slowly towards your desk and circling around behind you. “Now, don’t be like that. Pretty thing like you, stuck in this shithole of a job, you’ve gotta be a little lonely. And I know I saw you eyeing my package in there.” He moves closer, leaning down, his voice low, his breath warm on your neck. “Just why do you think I was so hard? Saw you standing there, looking all innocent and nervous, I could tell right away you need a big, strong man to unleash your wild side.” He takes the clip from your hair, combing his fingers through it and brushing it to the side to put his lips right next to your ear. “You afraid of me, Doc?”

You clench your teeth as you speak, the only way to keep your voice from trembling. “No. Now go to your quarters before I call the guards.”

He laughs, and a chill runs down your spine. Your body is practically vibrating with a mix of anticipation and anxiety, and something else you are doggedly trying to deny – arousal. Maybe supes exude some kind of pheromone. Maybe you’re just weak.

“You won’t call the guards.” He leans in close again, nuzzling his nose against your neck. “You’re dying to know how it feels to have a supe inside you. Aren’t you, Doc?” He pulls your chair away from your desk, and you vaguely note the pounding of your heart as he turns you to face him. His voice is soft, yet it resonates in your chest as he continues. “Look at me, pretty girl.” You raise your head, powerless to resist, and meet his gaze. “Look me right in the eye and tell me you don’t want me to bend you over this desk and fuck you like you’ve been imagining ever since you saw me step out of that freezer. I can hear your heart racing, and I can smell you, you’re wet for me already. Admit it.”

He takes your hands and pulls you to your feet. You are mesmerized by him, unable to look away from his face, and he smirks knowingly. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.” He puts his hands on your shoulders, pushing the white coat down until it slips to the floor. He never stops watching your face as his fingers deftly free each button of your shirt, and soon it drops as well. His eyes hungrily roam over your chest, a slight smile curving his lips at your plain, white bra. “You are too pure for this place. We’re gonna take care of that.”

Your bra hits the floor in short order, and he grabs your breast with one hand as he crushes you to his chest and kisses you, demanding, breath-stealing, his tongue plunging between your lips aggressively and exploring your mouth. You gasp for air when he finally releases you, your legs weak as he steers you around to face the side of your desk. He shoves things carelessly to the far side of the surface, then palms your breasts, kneading at them as he ruts his erection against your lower back. He plucks at your nipples, nipping and sucking at the slope of your neck, his voice getting rough with arousal as he speaks. “These are too pretty to be in plain white cotton. Maybe I’ll buy you some sexy lace lingerie, you can wear it for me next time.” He lets go of you with one last little pinch to your nipples, pressing your upper body down to the desk and working your skirt up to your waist. He chuckles when he sees your flowered panties, pulling them down your legs and off your feet, tucking them into his pocket. “Those will make a nice souvenir.”

He pulls your hips back, shoving your feet farther apart with one bare foot, and then his hand is between your thighs, his fingers penetrating you, sudden and deep, startling a cry from your dry throat.

“And you tried to pretend you didn’t want this. You’re drenched, kitten. I’m gonna take you for a ride. Might want to hang on.”

You grip the sides of the desk, your legs trembling, blushing as he noisily sucks your essence from his fingers. The blunt head of his large cock nudges you, then splits you open as he drives inside of you with one stroke, grunting, “Yeah!” as he bottoms out. There is no pause, no waiting for you to be comfortable, just a stinging ache that quickly begins to bloom into pleasure as he fucks into you without mercy, your bodies slapping together, his fingers digging into your hips to hold you where he wants you. “Like that big supe cock buried in that cunt, don’t you, Doc? Like being fucked by a real man. Takin’ me like a pro. You’re wasted hidden away in this lab. Maybe Vought will let me keep you, you can be my little live-in cocksucker, be waitin’ naked for me when I get home from saving the world. What do you think, Doc? Pays the same, perks are much better.” God, he liked the sound of his own voice, but fuck if you weren’t getting close, the sound of his voice and his deep, hard thrusts sending you higher and higher.

He lets go of you with one hand, shoving it down between you and the desk, his fingers roughly rubbing at your clit, forcing a little shout from between your clenched teeth. “Yeah, you’re gonna come real hard for me, aren’t ya? Practically crying down there, dripping all over me. You’re gonna come, squeeze that little cunt real hard around me, and then I’m gonna fill you up with supe come. I said fuckin’ come!” He gives your clit a little tug, and you try to stay quiet, but it’s impossible as your vision fades at the edges and you fall apart beneath his onslaught. He laughs, then lets out a long, lewd moan, slamming you into the side of the desk with each violent thrust as he finally explodes with heat inside you. He more than fills you up, hot fluids leaking out to run down the inside of your thighs, and he grunts like an animal as he finishes, panting hard.

You jerk in surprise as he pulls out and lands a stinging swat to your ass before he pulls his pants back in place, staring down at you, still unable to move. “You look good all fucked out and naked, Doc. I’m gonna venture a guess that I passed this part of my physical, wouldn’t you say?”

You slowly, every part of you aching, push yourself up from the desk, letting your skirt fall back in place. You cover yourself with your arms, refusing to look at his smirking face as you grab your shirt from the floor and cover yourself. “You’re a real asshole, you know that?” you mutter, and he laughs.

“Yeah, well, I didn’t hear you complaining a minute ago. Don’t pretend you didn’t enjoy it.” He takes your panties from his pocket and holds them up to his face, breathing in deeply. “Delicious.”

“I think it’s time for you to leave.”

The smile fades from his face. “Now, don’t be unappreciative, kitten. Next time I might have to get rough.”

“There won’t be a next time.” You look up at him defiantly, but a leering smirk spreads across his face, his eyes dark.

“Keep telling yourself that, Doc. I’ll be seeing you.” His eyes sweep over you lecherously, and he turns to leave. “You know, and I know, that I’ll be back. And you know you’ll be craving more. You’re not fooling me with your holier-than-thou attitude. You wanted this, and you’ll want it again. Ain’t no gettin’ over me.”

You watch as he leaves the room, one last leering smile aimed your way as he pulls the door closed behind him. You almost sink to the floor, but manage to make your way to your office bathroom to clean up a little before you put the rest of your clothes on and take your coat from the hook. The drive home seems like a thousand miles, but all you want is to get out of this place and into a hot shower.

You try to feel how you know you should feel - violated, ashamed, angry. But you don’t, not really. You know, the next time he shows up at your door, you’ll end up the same way. You know the cocky son of a bitch was right. You won’t be getting over him.

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237 notes - Posted June 11, 2022

#2

Centerfold

It’s 1973, and you are the assistant to the most famous photographer in the U.S., who just happens to be doing the photoshoot for Playgirl Magazine’s first-ever centerfold. Who better to start things off with a bang than America’s favorite superhero?

Pairing: Soldier Boy/Reader

Word Count: 2823

Warnings: None except the usual smut 😊

Fic header was made for me by the FANTASTIC @editsbymichele (Instagram) - thank you again, my friend, you ROCKED IT as always!!!💕

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342 notes - Posted August 29, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

A Little Wild

A middle-of-the-night thunderstorm helps release those pent-up feelings - pretty much just an excuse for Dean smut...

Pairing: Dean x reader

Word count: 1637

Warnings: None really, just smut - oral, male and female receiving

Divider by the ever-lovely @talesmaniac89  

The power is out.

You crawl out of bed and go to the window, opening the curtains halfway. It’s pitch black out there, too, except for strobe light images in lightning flashes, the trees whipping in the wind, the cars in the parking lot gleaming, wet with the driving rain.

You don’t hear him move up behind you, but you can feel him. The heat from his body seeps into your back, and you can smell the warm, woodsy, slightly spicy scent of him, feel the almost magnetic pull on your body, urging you to lean back into him. You resist, but it isn’t easy.

“You okay?” he whispers, and you nod.

“Storm woke me.”

You stand there, silently, watching the raging storm together, the air vibrating with something unspoken. After a few moments, he leans down, his lips next to your ear, and murmurs your name. “Doesn’t this make you kinda feel like doing something a little wild?” The tips of his fingers glide up and down your arm, a whisper-soft touch, and suddenly you have to concentrate very hard on the act of breathing. Inhale, exhale, shallow and slow, and you’re feeling a little dizzy. When his lips brush against the slope of your neck, you sway, and his hands on your upper arms hold you steady. “If you want me to go…” He hesitates, unmoving, waiting for you to respond.

“Stay.” It’s the only word you can manage, but it’s enough.

He pulls you back to rest against his bare chest, and you can feel him, already hard, against your lower back. His hands begin to roam, feather-light touches leaving fire in their wake. His hands are warm on your skin as he slides them under your shirt, pulling it upwards. “The window,” you whisper, and he ducks his head to whisper his reply.

“There’s nobody out there in this storm.” He nibbles, right below your ear, and you shiver, then let him pull your shirt up and over your head. You can’t see him, but you can feel his heated stare as he drops your shirt to the floor. His hands move to cup your breasts, gently squeezing, thumbs strumming at your nipples as he watches in the flashes of light from the storm, moaning softly as you squirm against him. “I always wondered what you’d look like, all naked and rosy from being played with, teased.  Fuck, you’re gorgeous.”

You’re so aroused you don’t even think about the window anymore. You reach behind you, your fingers digging into the hard muscle of his thigh, and he swears softly. With one hand he continues plucking and tugging at a hard nipple while the other slips beneath the elastic of your panties, pushing between your thighs to cup your pussy, the heel of his hand pressing against your swollen clit.

His fingers trail their way through your lower lips, grazing over your entrance, then dipping inside, just enough to make you clench. He teases you without mercy until you’re whimpering, your legs quivering, and then he gives your nipple a pinch and plunges two fingers inside you to the last knuckle. You whine his name, and he bites at the curve of your neck, sucking a mark there as he fucks you vigorously, growling, “Fuckin’ come for me,” into your ear. A few more thrusts and you do just that with a wordless little shout, your head slamming back into his shoulder and your legs giving out as he lets go of your breast and supports you with his arm around your waist. He swears softly as he works you through it, his breath ragged and hot on your neck.

“Need you on the bed, now,” he whispers, helping you that direction and letting you collapse on the mattress, still trembling as he joins you there. He’s sucking your flavor from his fingers with a groan, then he jerks your panties down and off before moving down, bending your knees and hooking his arms beneath them as he lowers his head to drag the flat of his tongue over you. He takes his time, savoring you, lewd sounds of appreciation driving you even higher. He spears the warm muscle into you, wriggling it around and reaching as deep as he can, making you squirm and cry out beneath him. “Dean… Dean, please…” you begin to beg, and he leaves your cunt with one last sloppy, sucking kiss as he raises his head.

“You wanna come this way, or do you want me to fuck you?”

You moan, long and loud. “Fuck me. Please, Dean, fuck me now, fuck me hard.”

He releases your legs and wipes his face on the sheet before pushing his sweats down and kicking them off, moving up close, his cock prodding at your thigh. “You got it, sweetheart.” He guides himself into place, then thrusts into you, hard, holding himself in as you writhe and whimper at the sweet intrusion. He bends to kiss you then, feverish and hungry, a loud groan vibrating through him as you lightly suck on his tongue. He begins to rock against you, finally lifting his head as he starts to pull out and drive back into you, hard enough that you can hear your bodies slapping together. He’s fucking into you so hard, so deep that your head is spinning with the beginnings of another orgasm.

Your nails are digging into his back, your legs clamped around his hips, and he shifts slightly so he can get a thumb down between you, rubbing your clit hard. You shout his name, beginning to buck and arch up into him, and he growls, impossibly fucking you faster, finally exploding into you, spurting hot and thick until he drops, spent, on top of you.

When you wake, the alarm clock next to the bed is flashing – the lights are back on. Dean has closed the curtains, and a ribbon of light glows under the bathroom door. It goes out before the door opens, and he comes back into the room, his naked body lit only by the night light near the sink. “Sorry, guess I passed out,” you mumble, foggy from sleep. He smiles, slipping back under the covers, bending to kiss you, tasting faintly of toothpaste.

“Yeah, me, too.”

You turn towards him, letting him slide an arm beneath you and pull you close. “What made you come in here? I mean, you’ve never…”

“I just peeked in to make sure you were okay, and saw you standing there in front of the window, the lightning flashing around you, and – I don’t know, I just fucking wanted you, bad enough to ignore all the reasons I used to tell myself that I shouldn’t. I just hoped you’d want me back.”

You let your hand roam over his chest, then trail slowly down his belly, feeling the muscles contract as your fingers tickle through the thatch of hair below. His cock twitches, begins to swell, and you caress it gently, encouraging it to grow. “I do. Have for a long time, I just never admitted it to myself. Glad that’s all behind us now.” Dean’s breathing is growing heavier with your every touch, and you slowly pull the blankets down, admiring the view. He’s fully hard now, his cock moving slightly with every pulse of his heartbeat. You move down, one hand grasping him gently as you kiss the very tip, then set your tongue to work, tasting every glorious inch and then focusing your attention to the head, swirling around and then dipping into the slit with each pass. When you finally take him into your mouth, he groans deep in his chest, his hand moving to the back of your head, fingers tangled in your hair.

“Fuuuuuuck….” His grip tightens in your hair as he struggles not to thrust up into your mouth. You hum with pleasure, taking him in as far as you can manage and sucking as you pull back, taking him deeper each time until he is breaching your throat, making you fight not to gag. Instead, you force yourself to swallow around him, and he arches up under you, a desperate moan grating its way from his throat. Your jaw beginning to ache, you work him harder, pushing him to his limit, and he finally gives in. You relax your jaw as he thrusts up into your mouth, his cock swelling and then pulsing hot, flooding your mouth and throat as he comes.

You struggle to swallow as much as you can, wiping your mouth on the sheet as you pull off him, laying your head on his belly as he pants, moaning softly at the gentle kisses you place there.

After a quick trip to the bathroom to clean up a bit and brush your teeth, you return, and Dean reaches for you. “C’mere, sweetheart.” You join him, crawling willingly into his arms and kissing him, his hands caressing your soft skin, pressing you closer.

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342 notes - Posted May 15, 2022

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QuakeCon Fallout 76 panel

Panel begins at around 37:50, but if you want to skip the panel intro (in which nothing happens) and a replay of the E3 trailer, go to 42:18. Panel includes Fallout 76 development director Chris Meyer, project leader Jeff Gardiner, and game director Todd Howard.

Important/noteworthy info (I’m sure this is riddled with spelling mistakes, bad grammar, maybe even conflicting info; if you notice anything, let me know):

In regards to questing and general feel, FO76 remains “very similar to the Fallout you know and love.” Howard describes it as being 80% the familiar feel of Fallout, with the other 20% being “really different.”

FO76 has more “adventure elements,” focuses more on what it means to live in the world. It “has to feel real” to the player. The game “has a slow burn,” and they want you to really feel like you are your character in this game.

FO76 uses the Quake III networking architecture.

According to Gardiner, Bethesda Montreal is working on the game’s graphics, while Bethesda Austin is comprised of gameplay and network code experts.

Bethesda debuts the Fallout 76 Perks trailer (in the style of similar animated Vault-Tec trailers which came out before FO4), including things like mutations.

Character creation in Fallout 76 is shown at 54:40. The CC has been improved over FO4, though no details on how or why are given. Immediately after creating your character, you are taken to a screen where you can take your Vault-Tec ID badge photo, using the game’s photo mode, which allows you to select character poses and facial expressions.

Photo mode can be used at any time throughout gameplay, and photos you’ve taken appear in load screens. These are randomized along with “curated photos.”

Loading screens do not appear often, but there is a “little one” whenever you fast travel.

You can change your character’s appearance at any point throughout gameplay, from your hairstyle to even your gender.

At 56:25, gameplay is shown of emerging from the Vault, including your first level-up.

Leveling up begins with choosing whichever one of your SPECIAL attributes you wish to increase, which is followed by choosing an available “perk card” under that category. This seems much less cluttered than FO4′s perk chart screen. Taking a perk again increases its rank up to a seeming maximum of three. Each perk card has a “point cost” which requires a certain SPECIAL level in order to equip it.

“The levels keep going up and up and up. We don’t want to make a game where you have to stop leveling, but we had to make some very interesting decisions on what that means for a multiplayer game for balance.

We see level-ups to level 2, level 4, and then level 42. At 58:37, at the level 42 level-up screen, the player is wielding a crossbow.

PERKS SEEN: (any words in brackets were cut off; all assumptions are my own, though any indicated with ? I am unsure of--KEEP IN MIND that the numbers are affected by PERK RANKS and are thus subject to change; the numbers here are taken from perks of various tiers; this includes things like “there’s no chance you’ll be addicted to alcohol,” which is a level 3 perk, in which we can assume the first two levels just have a lowered chance)

STRENGTH

GLADIATOR: Your one-handed melee weapons now do +10% damage.

THRU-HIKER: Food and drink weights are reduced by 30%.

STURDY FRAME: Armor weighs 25% less than normal.

EXPERT SLUGGER: Your two-handed melee weapons now do +10% damage.

BEAR ARMS: Heavy Guns weigh 40% less.

BATTERIES INCLUDED: Energy weapon ammo weighs 30% less.

BANDOLIER: Ballistic weapon ammo weighs 90% less.

EXPERT HEAVY GUNNER: Your non-explosive heavy guns now do +10% damage.

PERCEPTION

GREEN THUMB: You have a 25% chance to reap twice as much when harvesting flora.

PERCEPTI-BOBBLE: You hear directional audio when in range of a bobblehead.

PANNAPICTAGRAPHIST: You hear directional audio when in range of a Magazine.

ENDURANCE

SLOW METABOLIZER: All food satisfies hunger by an additional 15%.

VACCINATED: Chance of catching a disease from creatures is reduced by 60%.

DROMEDARY: All drinks quench thirst by an additional 15%.

PROFESSIONAL DRINKER: There’s no chance you’ll get addicted to alcohol.

AQUAGIRL: You no longer take Rad damage from swimming and can breathe underwater.

CHARISMA 

HAPPY CAMPER: Hunger and thirst grow 40% more slowly when in camp or in a team workshop.

PHILANTHROP[Y? IST?]: Restore some of your [team’s] hunger and thirst when [you eat] or drink.

SPIRITUAL HEAL[ER?]: You regenerate health for [?] seconds after reviving anot[her] player.

SQUAD MANEUVER [perhaps MANEUVERING?]: Run 10% faster when part of [a] team.

STRANGE IN NUMBERS: Positive mutation effects are +% stronger if teammates are mutated too.

LONE WANDERER: [Wh]en adventuring alone, take 10% [l]ess damage and gain 10% AP regen.

TEAM MEDIC: [Y]our stimpaks now also heal [ne]arby teammates for half the normal strength.

BLOODSUCKER: [Blood p]acks now satisfy thirst, no [longe]r irradiate, and heal 50% more.

PARTY GIRL: The effects of alcohol are doubled.

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY: Your Luck is increased by 2 while under the influence of alcohol.

QUACK SURGEON: Revive other players with liquor!

BODYGUARDS: Gain 8 Damage & Energy resist (max 24) for each teammate excluding you.

HARD BARGAIN: Buying and selling prices at vendors are better.

INSPIRATIONAL: When you are on a team, gain 5% more XP.

INTELLIGENCE

FIRST AID: Stimpaks restore 10% more lost health.

CONTRACTOR: Crafting workshop items now costs 25% fewer materials.

MASTER HACKER: Gain +1 hacking skill, and terminal lock-out time is reduced.

EXOTIC WEAPONS: You can now craft Rank 1 exotic weapon mods. (Plans required) [Vault Boy is shown wielding a bow on this card]

AGILITY

MARATHONER: Sprinting consumes 20% fewer Action Points.

GOAT LEGS: Take 80% less damage from falling.

LUCK

SCROUNGER: 50% change to find extra ammow hen you “Search” an ammo container.

STARCHED GENES: You will never mutate from rads and RadAway will never cure mutations.

MYSTERY MEAT: Stimpaks generate excessive, edible meat. Higher Rads improve the chance.

MYSTERIOUS STRANGER: The Mysterious Stranger appears more often when using VATS. [This perk is at level 2 of 3; assume that the Stranger only begins appearing if you have level 1]

LUCK OF THE DRAW: Your weapon has a 10% chance to regain condition when hitting an enemy.

CAN DO!: [30%?] chance to find an extra canned good when you “search” a [?] container.

You can pick any perk that you meet the requirements for when you level up. More become available as you level.

Your stat level determines how many perks you can have active at a time: A character with 12 Strength is shown to have one level 3 perk, three level 2 perks, and three level 1 perks, adding up to 12. Cards can be worth up to 5 points, with each capping at different tiers.

Each SPECIAL stat has a cap of 15.

Charisma in FO76 is designed to share your perk cards with other players in your team.

Perk cards can be unlocked in card packs, which you initially get every two levels, until level 10, after which you get one every five, in addition to the single perk card you unlock every level. They come with four cards and a stick of gum, which can be used as a food item. The gum wrapper has a joke in it, all of which are written by Emil Pagliarulo (writer of such things as Oblivion’s Dark Brotherhood questline, Skyrim’s guard dialogue, and Fallout 4′s main storyline).

You can swap out your perks at any time.

There are “hundreds” of perk cards.

SPECIAL points cannot be increased after level 50, but you can still pick a perk card every level after that.

Beta goes live in October.

They fully expect FO76 to be broken at first; the beta will be used as a stress test.

FO76 will be updated regularly after launch; Todd states it will be a “different game” one, two, five years after it comes out.

On PvP, griefing: When you shoot another player, you do a little bit of damage, not full damage, described as an “invitation” to combat, like “slapping somebody at a bar.” If the other player engages, then both enter combat and do full damage. There is a cap reward to combat based on the players’ levels; you will get more caps for killing a high-level character than a low-level character. When you are killed, you can “seek revenge,” which doubles the reward for killing them.

An attacking player can still kill someone who does not wish to engage, but if they do (i.e., against their will), they become a “wanted murderer,” and get no reward for it (no caps, no XP) and appear on everyone’s map as a red star with a bounty on their head--a bounty which comes out of their own caps. They are also unable to see any other players on their map.

Sneaking removes you from the map (unless you are wanted).

When you die, you drop your junk items--think crafting materials, a large portion of the gameplay loop. You can store your junk in a stash. The point of this is to represent sunk time, to make sure you are preparing before heading into a dangerous area.

You can respawn at any fast travel point; the point closest to you is free, the Vault 76 entrance is free, but everything beyond that has a cap cost dependent on distance from you.

PvP does not “kick off” until level 5.

You are able to “ignore and block” players; ignoring blocks them for the session. (Assuming blocking means you won’t be matchmade with them again?)

There is a “pacifist flag” (mode) which sets the game so you cannot accidentally engage in combat, so that no one can trick you into fighting by jumping in front of your bullets (further preventing griefing)

PvP is balanced so that stronger players will indeed be harder to kill, but if you play cleverly and well you can still manage to come out on top; the cap reward will be incredibly high if you pull off a kill on someone much higher in level

Blueprint system: Save blueprints to a creation so that you can easily rebuild it if it gets destroyed, and so that it can be moved within your camp to fit it nicely with the terrain whenever you move somewhere new.

Camps can be destroyed so that you cannot grief players by trapping them inside a prison.

Example of a trap set by Bethesda employee: Player sat in the middle of the road playing a tuba, but built turrets in the foliage to the side of the road. When players attempt to attack him, the turrets turn on them and fire from the foliage, killing them first.

Camp can be moved so that players can move their camps around when they find a nicer spot, but players tend to settle in to a specific place to keep their camp.

There is voice chat for your team, and for the game world; area-based, so you can hear players near you.

VATS is now real-time. You cannot initially target individual body parts, and the ability to do that is a perk you can unlock. Percentage to hit is based on your Perception. VATS can be used to find players (as you can in other modern Fallout games).

VATS becomes more and more useful the more you invest in Perception.

Inon Zur is scoring Fallout 76.

Licensed music: FO76 has more tracks than have ever been in a Fallout game. There are radio stations you can listen to. There is a balance of “classic” tracks used in older Fallout games, as well as songs new to the series; they seem to be drawing most heavily from 40s music this time around. Howard says there is an “unbelievable amount” of weird, wacky 40s music.

Private servers are definitely happening, specifically because they want people to be able to mod the game. It’s going to be “very, very complicated,” but Bethesda is “committed to it.” They are in the process of solving that problem.

After Endgame, Stephen is off to go willingly embrace the sweet release of death after the traumatising experience he’s had in the two damn movies he’s appeared in. Seriously, he’s only been in two movies and has gone through enough torture to fill an entire timeline.

The first one came in exactly 9 minutes before that.

This is a conspiracy to break me and my fragile nerves, right? Because I really don’t know what else it could be. Or are you trying to motivate me to write a 100.000k novel about just how broken and in need of saving one Doctor Stephen Strange really is? Because I’d love to do that, really, but I’m not built for long novels. Love to read them, can’t write them, unfortunately

Let’s go into the first message here, the other one deserves its own answer. (Probably tomorrow. Not today. Sorry.) I just thought that they fit so nicely, nestled together in my inbox, and if I have to look at that condensed pain and misery so can you.😎

So, let’s put on some Evanescence (although I listened to the Gladiator soundtrack while typing this up), to get into the right mood, and enjoy a wild mix-and-match ride between meta, headcanon and idon’tknowhwhatthisis (I totally understand if run away from it. It ran away from me, as well.):

Okay, first: Anon, you forgot about Thor: Ragnarok! Okay, Stephen wasn’t in it for long but the scenes he had were absolute gold. And no pain and misery in sight! Instead he was having fun with two gods! I swear, the moment I don’t find the scene with Thor falling down the stairs, and Loki emerging from the eternal portal, funny, is the day I give up on myself. The whole movie was a much-needed breath of fresh air, anyway. Just like Ant-Man and the Wasp after IW.But, yes, Doctor Strange and Infinity War are brutal on our beloved wizard doctor and I think I haven’t made secret of the fact that I headcanon him as halfway suicidal since the accident. (There was not enough material in DS for me to form an opinion on this pre-accident. But after? Puh, it was pure luck that he managed to find Kamar-taj before death.)And after finding magic and purpose (again)? Even more pain, misery, torture and death xInifinty with Dormammu. Yay. Torture designed to break the strongest man. He seemed to be relatively fine (for his standards) at the beginning of IW but after Ebony Maw, the crash, the future scrying and the fight against Thanos? Done. And then giving up the time stone, enduring whatever it is what he has to endure until Tony & Co reverse the snap? (Because I’m totally sure that Stephen manages to find some way to suffer even while not existing. It seems to be in his DNA or something.)It’s going to break him, badly, even more than he already is. And we won’t see much of it onscreen because all the screen time will go to the still existing heroes, except for the very end. But there will be hints and some superb acting from which we, the fandom, can take our cues and fill in the blanks.So, Stephen, after Endgame, is done, done, done. With everything. But especially life. I see him as someone who’s so low that he doesn’t even think about slinking of and slitting his wrists or something like that, because that’s not his mindset. But quietly disappearing even though he’s badly wounded but not thinking he’s worth the trouble? That he can take care of it himself? Absolutely. Searching and finding fights he knows he can’t win alone? Justifying his longing for death to himself with the fact that it is for the greater good and that there was no other choice?Yes. Stephen thinks it’s his destiny to go out in freaking suicide attack on something or that he’s meant to suffer through his last few hours alone in some dark corner.And I would love, love to write a whole long story about this concept, and maybe I will, one day, but I have to see Endgame for that. Because if I do that I’ll put in Tony to save the day - and Stephen - but to do that I have to first know how Tony survives and in what state he’s in. Because judging from the trailer it won’t be good. 😭Let’s have little thought experiment:Endgame is done, most of the occupants of the universe are back where they belong, and some of the heroes have, sadly, fallen. Tony Stark is not among them, but he’s in bad shape. Weak, hurt and fucking exhausted in every way imaginable. But on the plus side: Peter’s back! There was a long, drawn out hugging session. There was joy and tears. Peter babbles, while Tony is too exhausted to do much more than listen with half an ear while trying to stay conscious. But he notices that the name Stephen Strange falls a couple of times. He looks around, trying to find the man that is responsible for a good part of the whole mess and the reason didn’t die on Titan, as he should have. (Tony totally thinks that. You can’t change my mind.) His resentment towards Stephen is still there, even if it’s dulled by time and the first stirrings of understanding. But Stephen’s nowhere to be seen.Tony doesn’t like that. All of his people, dead or alive, are accounted for, except for the sorcerer. Helped up by Peter he makes the rounds, asking people about Stephen. Most of them don’t know who he’s speaking about, the rest shake their heads. Finally they manage to track down Wong, who just looks at them. “Gone,” he says and while Peter needs a moment to understand Tony knows immediately that Wong doesn’t mean death.“Where?” Tony’s so tired and everything hurts and every cell in his body screams at him to finally lay down his amour and rest but he can’t. Not yet. He doesn’t understand why but he just knows that the has to get to Stephen.Wong takes one look at him and shakes his head but he conjures up a portal to the Sanctum. “Not the kid,” he warns and despite Peter’s protests Tony persuades him to stay behind and help the rest of the team in the clean-up efforts. He doesn’t want any witnesses between this meeting anyway. Tony’s so tired that he goes through the portal without thinking about the magic behind it.He’s determined to clear the air, to scream at Stephen and maybe hit him or something. He’s not clear on that yet. But the need to know WHY burns in him. Why was he important enough to sacrifice everything for? He would have died in space, if rescue hadn’t come in the last second, and he spent most of the time recuperating and barely did anything. (Not true, but that’s how Tony sees himself. As doing nothing more than anyone else could have done.)Instead of the snarky wizard he finds a broken, sobbing wreck wedged between a couch and a bookshelf. He finds a man so destroyed by his choices that his greatest wish is to just stop existing, to be put out of his misery. 14+ million possibilities, one more horrible than the other, are swirling around in Stephen’s brain and he can’t handle it.He could hold the knowledge at bay while they were planning and fighting on Titan but the interim between becoming dust on Titan and coming back on earth has broken him completely. Without anything to do, without a body, without the constant pain to keep him grounded, he was forced to contemplate everything. His old life and his new, all of his choices in all of the timelines.Stephen came up hating himself even more than before and he has the millions of timelines where he fucked up to fuel his self-hate for the rest of his life.Tony takes one look at him and can guess at least a tiny part of what’s going on in Stephen’s mind. The desire to scream at him flees, it’s obvious that Stephen’s much better at beating up himself than Tony could ever be.It’s also obvious that he needs help. Tony manages a quiet “Stephen?” before his body finally gives out and the collapses just a few meters away. It breaks Stephen out of his endless circle of self-ramification. It takes him a moment before he realizes that what he sees is real and not a product of his broken mind. It takes him even longer to finally move and get over to Tony. By then his instincts as a doctor have kicked in and after some basic first-aid he gets Tony into hospital and to the treatment he needs.He stays on the sidelines until it’s clear that Tony’s going to survive. He whispers a quiet “sorry” in farewell and vanishes back to the Sanctum. His mind is a little bit clearer now but still clouded by self-hate. He tries meditation to push everything down but it only works to an extent.When he’s not busy taking insane risks (and trying to die) he spends his days in solitude and self-hate. It’s Tony who, after having halfway recovered, searches him out once again, still in search of an explanation and closure. He arrives at the Sanctum just in time to see a half-dead Stephen come in through a flickering and unstable looking portal. Instead of finding answers he helps Stephen up and takes care of him. The answers can wait until Stephen’s no longer shaking from exhaustion. While helping him Tony sees the bruises and the dark shadows under Stephen’s eyes and begins to understand.There is a talk, later, when Stephen’s more coherent and awake. There are even more talks in the following days and weeks. Somehow, they never devolve into screaming but they get heated sometimes. The manage to form some kind of friendship, based on mutual understanding and the concept of self-sacrifice. Tony steps down from being Iron Man after Thanos since his body just can’t do it anymore but Stephen’s still an idiot with a death wish. Tony’s trying to work on that but it’s a one step forward two steps back kind of situation.But Stephen’s still alive so Tony counts his blessings and if he still always has one Iron Man armor, untested in battle, with him? It’s just in case. One never knows when he needs one to protect the ones he loves.By the time the villain of Doctor Strange 2 (whoever it may be) comes along, Stephen’s recovered enough and is in some weird kind of half friend- half relationship with Tony Stark that gives him enough strength and hope for the future to not seek death but life.When he comes back home afterwards Tony’s waiting for him and it goes on from there.

Things I think are going to happen in Daredevil Season 3

1. I think Matt will suffer A LOTTTTTTTT MORE than any other season.

2. I think Foggy will probably get away from Matt’s problems. Not saying that he doesn’t love his friend. I just think he doesn’t want be in that mess again. 

3. As Deborah said on a interview, Karen will be there for Matt even if he doesn’t want. Also, that she will start to notice she and Matt are so so similar to each other, understand his angry and his demons. 

4. I don’t expect Bullseye will be killed. 

5. I don’t expect Karen will be killed, but OF COURSE, they will play with us. She does also have a stunt for the last episode. But nope, I can’t see Karen get killed. No way. 

6. DDS3 will explore Foggy’s family, so idk, maybe Fisk hurt someone to affect him.

7. Foggy’s carreer seems to be on a high level. Did you see his apartment in the trailer? THAT’S HUGE. Also his clothes. So.... Fisk will probably end with that too, since Foggy and Matt + Karen put Fisk in jail.

8. Flashbacks from Karen’s past. I’M HERE FOR IT FOR GOD’S SAKE! Someone said it on a interview too, so yep, confirmed!

9. I think Bullseye will have some kind of bipolarity.

10. Did someone notice the last scene from S2 where Matt told Karen about DD on the trailer? So hell yes, I think we might get her reaction on flashbacks. There was another scene from S2, Matt saving Karen from bullets at Reyes room. Notice the trailer only shows Matt and Karen. Not Foggy, who was also in the scene. So Maybe is Karen remembering these two scenes. 

11. They are saying that Maggie maybe won’t be who e are expecting to be. I think that’s just a mystery they are creating around this like in the comics where Maggie never confirmed she was Matt’s mom, this happens after years at the Waid run, where she teels why she left Matt and we finally get that confrimation she was his mother (but Matt always knew and so did us).

12. I really want a flashback from Jack Murdock. I love him so much. 

13. I can see Karen chosing Matt to tell about her past or Wesley if he wants to kill someone and if she knows what he wants to do she will stop him, and there is no other good way to stop someone to do shit when you tell them about your shit. Also, he chose her to tell about DD and no one else. She might do the same.

14. Maybe they will make Melvin turn into Gladiator for the next season. EXCITED!

15. I JUST WANT A HAPPY ENDING!

16. AGAIN. I JUST NEED A HAPPY ENDING. PLEASE. DON’T LET ME DOWN. 

17. Fisk will know that Karen killed Wesley. I know he will. F***. I know she wrote a fake name on that visitors book at the clinic where Fisk’s mother was. But c’mom there were cameras (probably, that was a fucking expensive place) and also his mom could remember her. Karen is too pretty and smart to forget. 

18. There must be something more I wanted to write on but it will make a book about DDS3 llol 

My 2018 Tumblr Top 10

1). 7,285 notes - 09 May 2018

Madi: *appears out of no where and kills 3 dudes in 5 seconds* Bellamy:

2). 7,206 notes - 03 December 2018

adult content: posted female nipples: “presenting” dick: out I am forcibly removed from the Tumblr Community.

3). 4,983 notes - 14 March 2018

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up.” — Stephen William Hawking, in memoriam (January 1942 – March 2018)

4). 4,979 notes - 10 May 2018

*Finding out Brooklyn Nine-Nine is cancelled*:

5). 3,142 notes - 28 June 2018

I seriously cannot stop ~c a c k l i n g~ over Octavia telling Bellamy “careful, big brother, or I’ll think you helped [Clarke], and we’d have enough prisoners to settle this in the arena,” like they would ever actually fight each other…

Bellamy and Clarke “in the gladiator pit” would literally just be them standing there arguing over which one of them was going to sacrifice themselves to save the other until they both died of old age.

6). 2,749 notes - 20 December 2018

actual footage of me watching the new MIB International trailer:

7). 2,408 notes - 20 October 2018

it is so hilariously ironic that theo, who was basically born to have feelings and literally got her phd in feelings and now works as a feelings professional is The Actual Worst at Feelings.

8). 1,788 notes - 08 August 2018

In the future, some people will have heard the epic and beautiful love story of Bellamy Blake and Clarke Griffin...

But EVERYONE will know the Legend of Monty Green and Harper McIntyre. Two brave and selfless lovers who gave their own lives so mankind could survive. Two beautiful souls who believed in peace and lived with hope and who died with faith. Mother Earth and Father Sky, who gave birth to a better human race, and who watch over their children as they sleep from their place among the stars.

They planted seeds for their legacy of love and faith and peace. Their hopes and dreams for a future that they would never get to see.

They will be constellations. They will be landmarks. They will be songs.

The history books will never forget about them.

They will live on forever, as heroes.

Legends never die.

9). 1,750 notes - 02 July 2018

Littlefinger: I love Sansa, as I loved her mother. Jon: Alexa, play the Kill Bill Sirens.

10). 1,555 notes - 14 January 2018

Honestly I am e n d l e s s l y tired of fuckboys complaining about how all this cracking down on sexual harassment and all these female directors and reboots and superheroes are “ruining movies and Hollywood for men.”

Want to know what has been “ruined” for women?!

Everything.

Night time, bars, college campuses, getting dressed up, employment, public transportation, porn, going literally anywhere alone, the entire state of Michigan.

Seriously... EVE. RY. THING. 

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Valhalla, I Am Coming

Author: Nat / @idontgiveaflyinggrayson69

 Requested: Yes - Anonymous

 Tagging: @claireisbetterthandom

 Fandom: Thor

 Relationship: Established; Loki x Reader

Summary: Reader dies trying to save Asgard.

 Word Count: 834

 Warnings: Kinda spoilers? But not really? The scene is in the trailer so…

Major Character Death!!!

You were a good fighter. You weren’t trying to sound self-absorbed, it was just a fact.

 But, there was so many of them, and so few of you. Sure, Loki had arrived with a ship of gladiators, and that did help your side, but it still wasn’t enough. Not to mention, the best of Asgard’s warriors was Thor, and he was off trying to single handedly stop Hela.

 You fought with your back to Loki, your lover, that way the two of you could watch each other’s sixes.

 It was a good plan.

 But you weren’t stabbed from the back.

 You fought using two short swords; one in each hand. You were trained to fight like this from an early age when you decided to follow in the footsteps of your best friend, Sif, and become a shield maiden.

 This method gave you maximum offensive; however, it lacked defense.

 You pushed one sword through the middle of one of Hela’s undead warriors as you slashed to your other side, tearing open the throat of another undead warrior.

 Unfortunately, this left your center exposed.

 You only realized your mistake once it was too late.

 You felt the iciness of the black blade pierce your abdomen, causing you to drop both your weapons.

 At your defenselessness, another minion slashed his weapon at you, cutting a long gash up your right arm that even nicked your cheek.

 The sudden coldness of the weapon turned to burning heat as your blood began to spill from both your injuries.

 Swallowing thickly, you placed your hands along the handle of the sword stuck inside you and pulled the weapon from your body.

 It hurt.

 A lot.

 With the weapon free from your body cavity, blood began to spill even faster from the gaping hole in your abdomen, staining your beautiful purple and gold armor crimson red.

 The blood loss made you dizzy, causing you to fall backwards onto the rainbow bridge, your blood pooling quickly around you.

 Looking up, you saw the edges of your vision had gone dark.

 You tried to swallow again, but it left you coughing, blooding staining your lips and chin.

 You pressed your hands to your wound, though you knew it was useless.

 You had lost too much blood already.

 Hela’s minions must have come to that realization as well, as they all walked away from your body.

 You tried to turn to find Loki, but you found that you could no longer move your legs.

 ‘The sword must have punctured my spine’, you decided.

 Turning your head to the side, you saw the green of Loki’s cape fluttering around him as he fought, oblivious that his girlfriend was on her deathbed.

 ‘It’s for the best’, you thought. ‘At least he won’t have to watch me die.’

 You kept your eyes on him, the only man you had ever loved, and stopped the pressure you had applied to your wound.

 You smiled, recounting the many memories the two of you had, blood staining your teeth.

 You remembered the time when the two of you were alone in the palace garden, you laid your head on Loki’s lap and he read you a Midgardian play called MacBeth that he had come to love. Loki lightly stroked your hair and smiled down at you every time you laughed at the strangeness of the mortals. The weather was so warm that day, and the flowers of the gardens smelt lovely.

 You remembered dancing with Loki at all the palace parties the two of you attended. The two of you were so connected to each other that the two of you were unparalleled on the dance floor. Dancing with Loki was one of your favorite things to do. Out there, with the music and the quick steps your feet, the rest of the world melted away, leaving just you and him, gazing deeply into each other’s eyes.

 Suddenly, the darkness around the corners of your sight got drastically worse.

 At the same time, you felt your pain began to melt away.

 You felt tears trickle down your cheeks as you knew that it meant your death was coming quickly now.

 You wanted to cry.

 There was still so much you wanted to do with your life.

 Marry Loki.

 Have children with Loki.

 But all that was robbed from you by the Goddess of Death.

 You tried to take a breath in, wanting to face your death bravely, not crying, but you found that no longer could you inhale.

 Instead, blood split down your chin, caking your face.

 ‘This is it,’ you thought, looking around the battlefield for the green cape once again, only to realize the blurriness of your vision had gotten so bad you could no longer make anything out.

 ‘Okay,’ you thought.

 More blood ran down your chin as you closed your eyes, the sound of the battle fading around you.

 ‘I will be welcomed in Valhalla,’ you reminded yourself and you let the darkness take you.

--

Read Loki’s reaction in Part 2

Archive Project - May 1, 2014 - Legend of Hercules Review

The Legend of Hercules, 2014. Renny Harlin 99 Minutes Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0GMzQwO2l0 ————————————————————————————————————————— —————���——————————————————————————————————— This movie holds a odd precedent. Being released in January of this year, it was met with an overwhelmingly negative series of reviews and a shockingly low 3% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The oddity of this is that, as a movie, its not that bad. Not THAT bad at least. As a movie, Legend of Hercules is basically a really good ScFy original movie. Alternatively, drive-in schlock if thats how you'd like to look at it. The story follows Kind-of-Hercules in a plot very similar to that of Thor. After being banished from Rome, Hercules must duel in a series of 300 and Gladiator style action sequences to earn his freedom, take back his kingdom and save the woman he loves. The story is fairly competent enough to be considered passible. Its not confusing, its simple and it works. Most of the individual elements are decent. The action scenes are all well choreographed, as this movie's director is the guy responsible for Die Hard 2: Die Harder. The acting is… presentable… I'm pretty sure the main actor was a former Twilight background character so his combination acting of melodrama and gruff is fairly laughable at the worst of times. The film's main problem is merely it's flatness. Nothing really resonates. There is not tension and very little engagement. That being said though, it doesn't bother me that much. The movie clearly has very little ambition of being more than schlock and succeeds in attaining the level of integrity it wants. It has a level of competency that a lot of really bad movies i've seen this year like I, Frankenstein and Transcendence lacked. I don't get the 3% rating. Its not intellectually offensive or stupid. Its dull, but competent in ways most bad movies aren't. I can give this movie a recommendation to people with proper expectations. If you just want a movie to watch, its fine! Its schlock! ————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————— Thank you for reading! Live long and prosper! 1 CommentLikeCommentShare

Transit of Sparks, 2 - Serial Fic

I made a real rookie mistake and didn’t take my medication at the right time last night so I am running on fumes. Still, I managed to write a tiny bit more on my phone on my way home from work. I think this might just be my new thing.

No serious warnings this time, but it probably makes more sense to read the previous post first if you haven’t already.

Ratchet was not alone when he rounded the corner. The medic was flanked by mechs almost exclusively as the Twins by those not close to them. Optimus Prime was a step behind them. Jazz only released the damaged line in Prowl's chassis when Ratchet dropped to his knees opposite the Praxian's frame from him. He felt a tingle as the medic ran his scanners over the newling the Polihexian was clutching. A grunt of approval was all the noise Ratchet made as he transformed his servos into tools and went to work in Prowl's gaping chassis.

"Optimus, get outside and transformed," the medic ordered. "Jazz, mechlings you're with me."

"What do you need us for?" Sideswipe asked. Staring anxiously at the downed tactician.

"I need your energon," Ratchet replied. "But first, help me lift him. These patches aren't going to hold if he's jostled."

With more care than anyone would have expected from a pair of ex-gladiators, they lifted Prowl from the floor. Though their chassis were immediately splashed with the Praxian’s mechfluids, the ever fastidious Sunstreaker made no complaint. Before Jazz could really process what was happening, he was stepping into the Prime’s trailer behind the Twins and Ratchet. Smokescreen whimpered against the Polihexian’s chassis, his tiny doorwings twitching fitfully. As soon as the Twins had placed Prowl down, Ratchet was back at work, cursing with increasing creativity, at first before falling silent, the speed at which his servos worked took on a fiendish pace.

He paused only long enough to set up lines between Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Prowl, before going back to work. The silence was worse than any battle, any threat the medic had thrown, silence all seasoned Autobots learned sooner or later meant Ratchet was not confident in his ability to safe his patient, if he was not cursing you for getting injured than you were really in a bad way. Jazz was aware when Optimus rolled up a loading ramp, the medic did not raise his helm, or acknowledge it in anyway. The Prime made no attempt nor suggestion that Ratchet disembark with his patient. Until Ratchet said otherwise, Optimus’ trailer was his medbay.

“How’s the bitlet?” Ratchet asked after too long a silence.

“He’s quieted down,” Jazz replied. “Still fussin’ a bit.”

“Prowl’s spark rate dropping put him through a loop,” the medic said. “Based on his size, I’m guessing he’s a stellar-cycle or two early. He’ll need some extra support but his sparks strong. Just keep him warm."

“Why didn’t he wait?” Sideswipe asked, shifting his optics away from the injured Praxian to get his first real look at the newling. “Or go into stasis.”

“At this late stage in development, Prowl going into stasis lock would have caused the bitlet’s spark to extinguish with shock,” Ratchet explained, the tone had lost some of its gravity, left behind was respect. “Prowl made the conscious decision to rip his frame apart to save his newling.”

Smokescreen whined against Jazz’s chassis, and the saboteur reduced power to his fans and allowed his frame to run hotter. Cupping his servos around the tiny frame, he opened his EM field to bathe the newling in love and comfort. How could he not love the little mech when he had come from Prowl? He had questions, burning ones that could only be answered if, no when the Praxian woke up. For now he would focus on Smokescreen, and keep his promise to his dearest friend.

These are 101 of my favorite film scores edited together into one ultimate medley. Technically, there are 105 music tracks, but 4 of them are not counted because 2 are repeats (same film, different track), 1 is from television, and 1 is from a film trailer. How many can you guess? Want an extra challenge? Try guessing with your eyes closed. Leave a comment with your highest score. Enjoy! (Track list below) • • • • • • • 00:00 Close Encounters of the Third Kind - “Wild Signals” 00:25 August Rush - “August’s Rhapsody” 00:44 Man of Steel - “What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?” 01:14 Waterworld - “Escaping the Smokers” 01:42 X-Men: First Class - “First Class” 02:11 Saving Mr. Banks - “Uncle Albert” 02:38 Braveheart - “A Gift of a Thistle” 03:10 King Kong - “Central Park” 03:39 X2: X-Men United - “We’re Here To Stay” 04:00 The Matrix Revolutions - “Neodammerung” 04:11 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - “Up Is Down” 04:27 Titanic - “Take Her To Sea, Mr. Murdoch” 04:57 Gravity - “Shenzou” 05:24 Sunshine - “Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor)” 05:48 Frost/Nixon - “Frost Despondent” 06:28 Up - “Stuff We Did” 06:49 Catch Me If You Can - “Catch Me If You Can (Reprise And End Credits)” 07:18 Hook - “Remembering Childhood” 07:32 Stargate - “Mastadge Drag” 07:50 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - “The Ring Goes South” 08:20 Hugo - “The Thief” 08:43 The Artist - “Fantaisie D’amour” 09:02 Mission: Impossible - “Main Title Theme” 09:24 Drumline - “The Classic Drum Battle” 09:47 Batman Begins - “Molossus” 10:18 Dark City - “You Have The Power” 10:46 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - “Escape / Chase / Saying Goodbye” 11:03 Mortal Kombat - “Taste of Things to Come” 11:21 The Lone Ranger - “The Railroad Waits For No One” 11:46 Speed - “Main Title” 12:05 The Mask of Zorro - “The Plaza Of Execution” 12:34 How to Train Your Dragon - “Test Drive” 12:59 Warrior - “Listen to the Beethoven” 13:25 Beauty and the Beast (2017) Trailer - “Reborn” 13:53 The Grey - “Writing the Letter” 14:17 I Am Legend - “I’m Listening” 14:43 Casper - “Casper’s Lullaby” 15:12 The Shape of Water - “The Shape of Water” 15:50 Let Me In - “Peeping Owen” 16:18 Atonement - “Briony” 16:40 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - “Hedwig’s Theme” 17:16 Interstellar - “Detach” 17:45 Batman Returns - “The Finale (Pt. 2)” 18:13 The Pursuit of Happyness - “Welcome Chris” 18:42 The Walk - “Perhaps You Brought Them to Life - Given Them a Soul” 19:00 Tron: Legacy - “Flynn Lives” 19:28 Back to the Future - “Main Theme” 19:50 Home Alone - “Setting the Trap” 20:15 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - “Overture” 20:38 Raiders of the Lost Ark - “March” 20:56 Men in Black - “Main Theme” 21:13 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - “Opening Title” 21:34 Spider-Man - “Revenge” 22:09 Deadpool - “Maximum Effort” 22:29 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - “Love Theme (Extended)” 22:52 Ruby Sparks - “The Past Released Her” 23:20 Dragonheart - “To The Stars” 23:49 The Shawshank Redemption - “End Title” 24:08 Love Actually - “PM’s Love Theme” 24:39 Superman - “Main Theme” 25:06 The Great Escape - “Main Title” 25:26 Ratatouille - “End Creditouilles” 25:47 Mr. & Mrs. Smith - “John Drops In” 26:12 Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - “Drive Away” 26:43 Cast Away - “End Title” 27:20 Hook - “You Are The Pan” 27:41 Meet Joe Black - “Whisper Of A Thrill” 28:02 The Brave One - “Erica” 28:28 Oblivion - “Fearful Odds” 28:58 The Lion King (1994) - “King Of Pride Rock” 29:27 Game of Thrones - “Main Title” 29:52 Prisoners - “Through Falling Snow” 30:12 Shame - “Brandon” 30:25 The Man in the Iron Mask - “Surrounded” 30:42 Rush - “Lost but Won” 30:54 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - “Duel of the Fates” 31:24 Beauty and the Beast (1991) - “Prologue” 31:50 The King’s Speech - “The King’s Speech” 32:10 Finding Neverland - “The Play and the Flight” 32:39 Inside Out - “Bundle of Joy” 32:54 Casino Royale - “The Name’s Bond…James Bond” 33:23 The Incredibles - “The Incredits” 33:37 La La Land - “Epilogue” 33:55 The Terminal - “The Tale Of Viktor Navorski” 34:14 Ghostbusters - “Get Her!” 34:31 Joker - “Bathroom Dance” 34:52 Drive - “Tick of the Clock” 35:20 Big Eyes - “Opening” 35:44 Psycho - “Prelude” 36:04 Signs - “The Hand of Fate Part I” 36:23 West Side Story - “Prologue” 36:59 American Beauty - “Opening Theme” 37:25 Brokeback Mountain - “The Wings” 37:58 Inception - “Time” 38:32 Corpse Bride - “The Piano Duet” 39:06 Devil - “Devil” 39:28 Jaws - “Main Theme” 39:40 Wall•E - “Wall•E” 40:00 Edward Scissorhands - “The Grand Finale” 40:38 Batman - “The Batman Theme” 40:53 Gladiator - “Barbarian Horde” 41:22 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens - “The Jedi Steps and Finale” 41:55 Independence Day - “End Titles” 42:24 Jurassic Park - “Welcome to Jurassic Park” 42:50 Avengers: Endgame - “Main on End”

Chapter Reviews: June 11-15, 2019 + Thoughts on TRH and Sunkissed

Wishful Thinking Chapter 10:

Not a surprise Charlie is shady all along. I guess the rest of the story will revolve around digging up more dirt on him. My gut tells me that Ellen is cackling internally if she learns about this.

Me spending diamonds to help a character with a reused model? No thanks. Tony should get advice from other co-workers instead of the MC. I have more important matters to focus on, like who defamed the MC and what Charlie is up to.

Nightbound Chapter 9:

For the confessionals, the one that moved me the most is Vera's. I like that she acknowledges her mom's reappropriation of the Reimonenq Cruse for her benefit and the fear she commands while still disapproving of the abuse she inflicted on Vera. Whatever that is, I hope Vera well use her power for the greater good and step out of her mom's shadow.

I kinda like the Fate. She may seem like an ominous figure, but I like her concern for others while maintaining an aura of dignity. Her tear flashback was really emotional when telling the futures of her clients. For the young woman, I told her that her lover loves her back, even if this path leads to an untimely death. For the soldier, I chose to tell him that he'll die gloriously in battle. For the king, I told him he'll be kind, but his kingdom will be poor. Every time I picked my decision for the first two, I wanted to cry because of their untimely deaths. In the first's case, I was satisfied with telling the truth and having the knowledge that the woman will die surrounded by love.

Since one of the upcoming chapters involves meeting with the fae, I think Lord Elric's monster tear will be acquired soon. But first, let's see how the encounter with zombies go.

Passport to Romance Chapter 14:

Honestly, the MC of this story is so annoyingly ungrateful. Yvette has been covering their travel budget and ensuring their accountability in doing their job, and they paid back by quitting without acknowledging Yvette's hard work. And the premium option to get back on Carlisle isn't convincing. Sure I have no love for him and Bronwyn, but they're also underdeveloped and forgettable.

To aggravate matters, one of the bloggers ships the MC with Elliot. Ugh! I have made no secret of how much I dislike him for his immaturity and irreverent behavior. Let me be with Sumire in peace, you idiot! And I'd rather go to Ibiza alone than go to London with Elliot.

A Courtesan of Rome Chapter 21:

Wow! That was one way to end the story. The buildup to the MC and her family preparing for Caesar's assassination was fun to watch. Victus rallying gladiators to revolt, Delphinia gathering worshippers to give the MC strength and weaken Caesar, and the MC having premium options to hook up with the love interests. I didn't pick any of them, though. The real cake is watch the MC kill Caesar and getting to pick whether to side with Cassius or Antony. It was more or less a moot point because the Republic will soon be replaced with an empire, but because I'm pursuing neither, I might have dodged a bullet.

I'm glad this story gives me the option to stay single. Even though my MC's with Syphax and they chose to rebuild her tribe, I'm glad having a love interest isn't necessary to advance the plot. What's ultimately heartwarming is seeing the MC's family reunited properly once Caesar has been dealt with.

Overall, this story is pretty enjoyable. The middle chapters were a bit of a drag on the MC's story, but they pick up once again when Sabina gave Aquila a verbal smackdown. I also enjoy Delphinia's story and think it's the best of the three because of her charisma, care for others, and firmness. The story still has weak points, however, the most notable being Xanthe, who is undoubtedly an underused character who could've been an interesting character that provides commentary while still someone people could love to hate. Anyway, this story is one of several genderlocked stories I enjoy.

Platinum Chapter 4:

This story is starting to remind me of America's Most Eligible. The fake backstories and PR moves, the urge for competition and the need to reach the top. That looks like a recipe for fun, though.

I don't feel the urge to spend diamonds on instruments, songs, or moments with the LIs. To be honest, I'm generally uninterested in the romance aspect this time. Anyway, I would be excited if I get to customize the MC's stage name.

Red Carpet Diaries Chapter 2:

As expected, I got engaged to Victoria. Nice. And not to mention that I chose to be exclusive with her. Pity that buying an engagement ring with her costs diamonds, but no matter. This better mean that I won't spend too much time with Hunt, who doesn't deserve to be a love interest. Him becoming one involves disregarding the sexual harassment plot in Book 2, which is downright unacceptable.

On another bright note, the ocelot's back! Seriously, I'm annoyed that he can't go on vacation with me. What if he also stars in The Secret of Ninradell? He better do.

Ugh, seeing Markus von Groot today pisses me off. Why is this egotistical, entitled bully allowed to keep directing movies under different aliases? On the bright side, he didn't get to direct the movie of the book, but then again, he was never qualified to direct movies in the first place.

Another collection. Hooray. It looks like it functions more like the memory box in The Senior. Might as well avoid that.

Apparently, a summary for an upcoming chapter says that the MC will find a suitable director for the movie. Well, my money's on Thomas Hunt because he knows the content well.

The Elementalists Chapter 10:

Man, it feels like forever since I last played The Elementalists. Nevertheless, here it goes.

I like that the MC and Atlas chose to have each other's backs after the incident with Kane and Alma. Proof that siblings should stick together. I had to grab the gun because it might come in handy later on, though by that point I couldn't afford to listen to Raife's voice. *sigh*

Speaking of siblings, I seriously wonder what's with Beckett being emotionally needy that he has to have the MC accompany him. I have a love-hate relationship with him because of that and his intelligence. At least things went well with Katrina.

Free spell from Professor Englund? Yes, please! I need to arm myself with shurikens if the gun fails on me.

Finally Shreya has a good plan. Talking to Greygarden is definitely a good idea for more answers on Alma and Kane. And it better be good at the Gala.

Bloodbound Chapter 5:

What kind of scene was that with Lester? At first, I thought he was gonna kill the girl with Clarissa Waverly's model, but after it was revealed to be some sort of foreplay, I'm just horrified. Even if it was presented as consent, I'm still grossed out at the idea of an old creep like him feeding from a young girl. At least throwing a mannequin at him was satisfying.

Also, Jax in a disco outfit and hairstyle made me cringe. On a more important note, is anyone bothered by the lack of consistency with him? He mentioned that his parents met during a student protest during the 1960s, so shouldn't this vision be in the 1990s instead? Either way, I need to save diamonds for this fragment.

No way am I picking the premium option to hook up with Priya. It's just schmuk bait that leads to certain doom. Not to mention that she's never someone I have any respect for because of the way she treats her employees and muses. I seriously dodged a bullet.

I can't wait to see how the confrontation with Gaius goes. I think Lester has made a valid point that the Blood of the First should be destroyed because of the power it contains and that Adrian's feeling the effects through the serum he injected. After all, he mentioned that his serum contains some similarities with the blood.

Thoughts on The Royal Heir and Sunkissed:

It's no secret The Royal Romance has become a cash cow like The Freshman series, though I prefer TRR because of the politicking, Liam's subtle cunning, a cast of characters I enjoy (especially Maxwell, Olivia, and the corgi), and the opportunity to have my own piece of land. Anyway, one book of TRH should be enough.

I'm never excited for Sunkissed when it was first announced. The title and its first two ads on Instagram is enough for me to conclude that it's some forgettable summer romance, so I don't care that it's genderlocked. Even the recent trailer isn't too exciting for the most part. What captured my interest are the bottled message and the girl with long brown hair and creepy looking eyes. This book could be an intriguing mystery like Veil of Secrets or an utter failure for a light hearted story like Home for the Holidays. Either way, best keep a cautious eye on this story.

Alternate season 2

This was written out before the teaser trailer came out, maybe mid October at the earliest. I wanted to torture my friend and I wasn’t really feeling Sendak as a bad enough villain so the majority of the following was sent to her in messages (which is why it is nigh incomprehensible). I decided that this ‘Lotor/Lothor’ I’d been hearing about in fanfics was fair game as he’s not in the show and probably won’t be unless he’s secretly working for the resistance.

Content warning: non con, murder, evil experimentation, mild gore??

Just treat it like the world’s weirdest, skeeviest, most unprofessional script

Part 3

Whatever Haggar gives him in the needles means he can feel the paladins (and Allura to a lesser extent) This happened almost at once on capture, Haggar wanted to make him hurt, so she gave him a fuckload of stuff and left him to die. He didn't so she made him a collar to keep him controlled, and chastity belt because that’s easier than working out how to remove his reproductive organs. So extra angry Shiro on steroids and now he's feeling withdrawal (or should be)  He's going to where he can feel they're gathered

Hunk: he seemed defensive but we were in his room and he was basically nude Keith: that doesn't give him the right to throw us out, we just saved him Lance: yeah and he just woke up no wonder he told us to fuck off Keith: he's been awake for two hours!! He should have come got us! ...Where is he anyway Shiro: Keith calm down, I was just showering Everyone: Shiro!*walks in and sits at the table, takes some food from the middle and starts eating* Coran: I'm glad you're ok Shiro: thanks Coran, how did the attack go did everyone get out ok Keith: I'm right here you know, you don't have to Shiro: don't have to worry if anyone got hurt? I care Keith just because I didn't come to seek you doesn't mean you're not my crew. Still my responsibility dipshit *more awkward silence*

Shiro is gonna tell them everything because they're his crew even when he wants to never talk about things, they kinds have a right to know as they’re allies with Lothor

Shiro: Lothor's a piece of shit. Half altean, half galran and his mother's Haggar. The collar had a tracker and allowed for him or whoever to physically subdue me, I tried to escape as often as I could in the beginning. Not as often as I’d have liked but enough they needed something to stop me and Haggar refused to just kill me off, said I was of use to her. She needed the collar and Prince Lothor is also her apprentice. When he told me he'd met with you(Allura) and Keith...I gave up. I thought you guys didn't care. As far as I knew he told you I was dead… So what was the point *gestures at his right arm* The wrist panel came off during the first fight after that, I thought I was going crazy to see a human wrist underneath but then I actually looked at my hand. It’s all metallic to touch, all the panelling is imprinted on it in purple on that side, my skin’s thicker and it's spreading. There's a general helping us as well- Lothor told me. He's invested on keeping us alive but i wasn’t told why

Shiro: Keith sit down Shiro: I can feel your strong emotions most days but whatever they gave me amplified it so I could feel you in my head? For example, I felt that Hunk was on a desert planet because it was dry and I felt thirsty for a full day. With Pidge I kept ducking invisible branches, also bug bites that weren't there. Lance was soaked so I think he fell in a lake and I knew where Keith was because I was there too

Allura: that's amazing, I remember hearing about this from some of the paladins as a child their strong bond allowed them to communicate through their lions but I didn't realise it could be one sided Pidge: I'm not sure it is, when Keith came out of the black lion I knew something bad had gone down Lance: yeah, I'm pretty sure I could feel his panic it's why I ran for Coran when Red opened

Shiro: *wiping his mouth on his sleeve* is there anything else or are we done for today Keith: no we're not done *slams hands on the table* what hell is up with you and Lothor? And, we were checking the rooms before we escaped, we were looking for you, why weren't you with the other gladiators? Shiro: If Lothor's our best hope for overthrowing Zarkon then isn't it good to know we're intimately acquainted *blank face of implied rage/disgust* Shiro: and that's where I normally was, they didn't put me with the rest of the prisoners because Lothor doesn't want me down there and I try to kill the guards and escape- Lothor could control me

Lance: yeah that collar that you melted to slag while it was attached to you looked super consensual Shiro *flashback to when Lothor was feeling Shiro up in front of them (Keith's flashback)* Shiro: Lance- Keith: and what were you doing with Sendak, that was his room and you left him face down bleeding onto a desk. When we first checked that room..

Shiro: when you first checked that room what Keith *glowing arm of doom* Keith: Shiro Shiro: WHAT, the fuck do you want to know so badly? *contiued ominous glow* Sendak’s dead, finally, good riddance. I got to an access port yay, you know I know Lothor what else do you need to know Keith Keith: I need to know if you're OK! You won't tell us anything about Lothor even though he's never told us he knew you, you won't tell us why you went back to your room when you almost escaped before Lothor came along and MOLESTED YOU IN FRONT OF OUR EYES

Allura: we don't need Lothor Shiro, he's useful but frankly i’d kill him in a heartbeat for any of you Hunk: I want to kill him right now, he knew where you were and didn't tell us!

Shiro: When Haggar was done torturing me she chucked me right back into the gladiator pits and put me under Lothor's care. I wish that she'd chucked me out the airlock at least then I knew I might be able to escape. The collar was like a brand, when he told me to do things, simple things. I had to obey or i’d lose total control *sigh* Lothor was fascinated by me He was so obsessed I wouldn't be surprised if he joined the alliance because it meant he'd know more about me, he was holding it over my head actually, if I was good he'd tell me any voltron news and if I was bad he'd give me three of those needles then make sure I didn't get any for a day. Let’s just say that withdrawal symptoms are awful. He kept threatening to share me with Sendak, so I told him to fuck off after the match because Sendak's room had an access port

Pidge: when you say he threatened to share you... Shiro: he couldn't put his dick in me the right way so he'd rub against me and complain that they'd inconvenienced him in putting the chastity belt on, never have I ever been so glad for limited access to my own junk *you know when you try to make a subject lighter by laughing it off but the subject is awful and no one laughs? That's now*

Shiro: I think he thinks I liked him, I went back to my room after killing Sendak because I thought that you were working with Lothor which meant you knew where I was but didn't care *Hunk hugs Shiro because that is very sad and they all love Shiro so Lothor is getting assassinated asap* *which turns into group hug where Shiro cries and is cried on because he's home and they do love him and Lothor is gonna die screaming if Keith and Allura have anything to say about it*

Matt: so, is this a paladin altean only hug or can I join in too Shiro: Matt! Matt: holy shit nice teeth, also holy shit! You saved my life and live in a space castle Shiro: cut out the and swearing there cadet, we're in the presence of a lady

Shiro and Matt laugh/cry and hug Mr Holt too Paladins plot revenge on Lothor Keith looks over at the Holt's who are now telling Shiro about the ship with Katie's help and Shiro grins at him Like terrifying because teeth but like, Shiro home now and tbh that's all Keith cares They've still gotta check his arm out and the purple skin scars but fuck that shit when you can hug Shiro in the now Also when they kill Lothor they get the black Bayard too because Shiro is sneaky