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bylrndgm · 2 years

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The shed scene.

Ok, if Byler isn’t endgame, then explain why in this scene, in the Byers’ shed, there were Joyce, Jonathan and Mike. Wouldn’t have been more intimate to just have Joyce and Jonathan, who are his mom and brother? Why is Mike there?

Let me give a little context here:

We’re in S02E08 and Joyce, Mike, Will and Hop just escaped from Hawkin’s Lab

Will’s unconscious and the characters are trying to find a way to defeat the Mind Flayer

Mike has an intuition which is that Will is the only one that knows how to defeat him

At this point, they need to wake up Will, but doing so would put them in danger as he’s a spy for the Mind Flayer

So they make the Byers’ shed a safe place to connect with him.

We know, from the previous episodes, that the Mind Flayer is increasingly taking up Will’s brain, almost eating Will’s memories. Indeed, he just remembers Mike and his mom.

So, to understand how to defeat the Mind Flayer, they need to talk to Will, but how to, if the Flayer is “commanding him”?

The answer is clear, because we see that: they need to talk, connect to him, through memories of his.

Joyce talks about the moment she brought Will’s drawing to work and Will felt embarassed

Jonathan talks about the moment he and Will built Castle Byers, to escape from the sadness and anger of their household

Mike talks about the moment he asked Will to be his friend and we know for sure that this memory is all about joy and love.

Yeah, any of his other friend could’ve pulled out some joyful memories (e.g., some adventures they had or some DnD campaigns) but could any of them pull out memories that awake LOVE in Will?

Mike’s speech is different: it’s the only one that awakens in Will a positive emotion (and the only one, through which, Will seemed to resurface and have some kind of reaction) and it’s just after that, that Will starts morse coding (he was kinda trying through Jonathan’s speech, but was after Mike’s that he started doing that 100%).

Mike chose their very first memory to reach Will, pretty much what he tries with El*ven in S4, could any other members of the party come up such an emotion-dense memory? I believe not.

Also you can notice that as soon Mike starts speaking, Will’s face is immersed in light:

The light pushes away the darkness. The light, which is the good, eliminates any shadow (evil). Will is fully exposed to the good feelings that his first memory with Mike evokes in him and this is enough to take away any evil.

Mike’s presence is crucial, through love he can help Will out: shortly after Mike stopped talking, Will was eventually able to code:“close gate”.

As I said, Mike tried to do the same thing when El*ven was piggybacking in S4 but did that work? Not even a tiny bit. That’s because his love for her is not the same love he feels for Will.

And this to me screams endgame.

#there's love in every storyline #byler #mine #txt #byler evidence #byler proof #byler is endgame #mike wheeler #will byers #mike i know what you are #mike is queer #byler analysis #byler theory #welcome to another episode of multiverse of madness #i have a great parallel of this scene with fire walk with me lol i need to post that even if it is niche #i wouldn't be surprised if in s5 will uses love to save mike as many theories say #well well well #mom

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respectthepetty · 1 year

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Since I decided the best way to make it through Our Skyy 2 with minimal damage is to drink my way through it, welcome to the fifth round of

CockTails in the Skyy!

GMMTV is taking the music club into the multiverse of cuteness, so this week's drink is For Goodness' Sake:

sake for Chinzhilla's hot pot adventure

more white wine for all the whining and pining the boys did

lemons, limes, oranges, grapes, and apple slices for the sweetness overload (I was going to comment about the variation of fruits, but I don't know the crowd's feelings on the word, so . . . *takes a big sip directly from the bottle*)

There will be a lot of singing. I fear sake was not the right choice. I did not think this through. I need something stronger like everclear, but it's too late now. *pushes the play button*

Bottoms up!

Glad to know that the gay sheets exist in every universe

And so does Scrabble-telling-the-plot

The colors being gray and brown so far better be a statement about how love brings color into our lives because these two were color-coded in the original, so if we can get The Gay Sheets™ and Scrabble in every universe, I want the colors in this one too!

That lion doll is the cutest merchandise, and I need it.

Oh, so Gun just gets the president position. Nepotism at its finest.

I know some people do not like the Our Skyy 2 theme song, but I LIVE FOR IT! It's Pitch Perfect but gayer.

Tinn's roar is adorable. Like a toddler, just looking cute and making cute sounds.

It's the first song, and it's barely the first part of the first episode. This is not looking good for me.

Damn! Tinn's mom did them like that?! Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas in more.

Does Tinn already like Gun?! He gave him the cape thingy in the gym and now the shaved ice.

ANOTHER SONG! Is there going to be a song each part of this. *doing mental calculation* Are there going to be eight songs?!

I like Tinn's wiggle when he is singing about squishing the bullfrog.

This is how I like my animation.

Another blowing-in-someone's-ear GIF for my collection.

"We'll get to date at the water park" - - Based on a true story via Pond and Phuwin's Little BIG World.

What am I supposed to do with these colors?! Does Tinn already like Gun?! TELL ME! He does, right?!

A song while dancing makes sense, but I'm upset. In my DJ Khaled voice "another one."

Mark looks delicious in this tux with his hair like that. De. Lish.

If SoundWin hadn't ruined my Star in My Mind SeanMaithee agenda, I would be thrilled about them now in this episode. But I'm petty, so I'm going to stay mad.

But I am happy for the TiwsonPor crew.

Another For Goodness' Sake because this is a lot of singing.

Why is this man coming with the logic of throwing out the sake instead of drinking it? WE DON'T WASTE LIQUOR IN THIS CLUB!

Kajorn likes Pat's accent?! Babe, that's so gay of you.

Damn it! I should've named the drink For Love's Sake.

Mark jogging in these sunglasses with those shorts and jacket = Delicious. I'm so excited to see him be a slut and film a sex tape in Only Friends. I pray he blackmails Neo's character with it. I deserve that treat.

I have never experienced such a tensive piggyback ride as the one being depicted on my screen right now. God, just make out already!

Por saying "get out" in English is feeding my soul because it sounds like me telling people to leave my office: "Get out. Okay. Bye!"

Tinn's shirt reads "Happier Times Are Coming" yet I don't believe it because there will be more singing.

This SoundWin umbrella scene is trying to win me over. It's almost working.

I think I forgot pivotal moments of the original series because I don't remember Gun asking Tinn directly during the questions if Tinn liked him, yet here, Tinn directly asks Gun. I like this!

Tiwson and Por talking as boyfriends is giving me everything I didn't think I needed.

How dare this installment make me think Tinn's mom was a sick when she was just asleep!

Giving SoundWin and TiwsonPor some of Tinn and Gun's moments is genius, like Sound not wanting this kiss to be in act with the red and blues, and Por disclosing he is already dating Tiw.

Tinn and Gun running around looking for each other is top-tier romance.

The moms stay doing the heavy lifting in this show. Which is why the dad, who never had a name, is MIA in this installment.

The boyfriend question!!!!! WITH THE FRIEND ZONE BARRIER!

MSP got that Lay's money too! We are rich, fam!

Why did I not think there would singing during the Aof tribute?! It's a music video, so of course there would be singing.

I feel this is GMMTV's way of thanking Aof for keeping the lights on and the fridge stacked these past years because this man is giving this company its life!

I don't need these dolls, but gosh darn it do I want them!

My School President should get a sequel called My Doctor Boyfriend, and they should meet Tan and Bun of Manner of Death (WHERE IS TRANSPLANT?!).

I have no idea what was happening with the colors, which bothers me (and there was singing in a show about singing), but the salute to some of Aof's greatest hits with Tinn and Gun being Med and Thun were an excellent choice. Because of that, I'm going to give this installment the score Vice Versa's could've had before it decided to LIE!

9/10 CockTails for being a solid offering that delivered the same story but with a few twists.

Because A Boss & A Babe just ended last week, getting an Our Skyy feature immediately after feels like it didn't end, and we are simply getting another episode, so I'll be watching (and judging) this in its normal Friday slot before I watch Be My Favorite, that way I'll be too tipsy to care how either of them turn out.

Will we finally get to know the backstory about Jack's previous relationship?

#Gun x Tinn #My School President #Our Skyy 2 #episodes 9 & 10 #Cocktails in the Skyy #a boss and a babe episode 11 is loading

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starlightbooklove · 5 months

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Welcome to another episode of things I've realized even though they were pretty obvious.

I found a Fanart of Sjm's universe with all the characters from the series at a dinner and by association I started to look at how the series have crossed paths so far.

And something clicked for me, before the final battle in TOG happened, everything in the acotar saga had already happened, it was halfway through the book in ACOSF when Aelin fell through the worlds, before they had Nyx So while feysand already has children and relative peace, rowaelin is just starting out.

The Fanart I was talking about was with feysand already with nyx and with Aelin pregnant btw, which makes sense

Another thing, if I'm not wrong, Aelin is younger than Feyre at this point And it is somewhat expected that Aelin is going to have children (Because she made it clear that she wanted it and well, Rowan's dream when he's looking for her) so in conclusion I have three ideas:

In the future when they include Aelin in the entire multiverse again, she Will already have a baby or she will have the news that she is pregnant Not in a way that prevents her from helping or anything if you understand what I mean (Like yrene or by the end of the story)

If Acotar has more books where they are said to give small hints of the multiverse, then when Aelin enters the scene she will already have children, because there is more time involved.

I think Aelin is going to have certain hints in Hofas, or at least Terrasen and Erilea will, but I don't think she will directly have participation in the entire multiverse until a few more books. I don't know, it just makes sense, at the end of tog they have an awesome job to do, to recover and repair the kingdom So i think they'll be at least two more books from ACOTAR and one more from cc (which is what is expected) to give room to TOG universe and there then multiverse of madness

Everything is very scattered and it is pure rambling but anyway, thanks for coming to my ted talk ✨

#tog #throne of glass #aelin ashryver whitethorn galathynius #acotar #sarah j maas #feyre archeron #rhysand archeron #rowan whitethorn #crescent city #hunt athalar #bryce quinlan #sjm books #sjm multiverse #ramblings

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scruffyplayssonic · 8 months

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Are the ArchieSonic comics actually an 80's/90's syndicated cartoon? Episode 51: Villains team up (part 1)

Welcome back to my look at the ArchieSonic comic series, and how it shared a lot of the same story tropes as a typical ‘80s or ‘90s syndicated cartoon! For today’s episode, I’d like to focus on the bad guys.

…no, not those ones. This is an ArchieSonic blog series, not IDWSonic.

Episode 51: Villains team up

I mean hey, all the best cartoons have extremely memorable episodes where the villains join forces. Darkwing Duck had “Just Us Justice Ducks.” DuckTales 2017 had “Glomtales.” Batman 1966 had Batman: The Movie (and if you want to tell me that the 60’s Batman series wasn’t a cartoon, I will strongly disagree with you on that. xD). So did ArchieSonic have any memorable villain team-ups? Actually yes, quite a few. Let’s start with the earliest example, shall we?

First up is one I’ve talked about before: Evil Sonic and Robo-Robotnik, who actually worked together a couple of times.

The first instance was in Sonic #19, when Robo-Robotnik had conquered his own world and was out to destroy all other Sonics on all other worlds. Sonic rallied his counterparts from across the multiverse to face this threat, and in response Robo-Robotnik hired Evil Sonic to do his dirty work for him.

Evil Sonic was sent to steal a relic called the Giant Hand, which Robo-Robotnik used to form the enormous Giant Borg.

After the Giant Borg was destroyed by the legion of Sonics, each hedgehog took a piece of it with them back to their own dimensions to ensure that it could never be reassembled. Except that’s exactly what happened anyway a few years later in the Crossover Chaos super special. Robo-Robotnik, preparing to come out of the shadows and begin his conquest of Mobius Prime, once again came to Evil Sonic and asked him go dimension-hopping to gather all the pieces of the Giant Borg. Evil Sonic happily went along with this plan, except he accidentally took the pieces to the Robotnik of the Sonic Underground universe instead of Robo-Robotnik.

Robo-Robotnik decided to just cut his losses and move forward with his other invasion plans, and Sonic Prime had to team up with the Underground trio to stop the Giant Borg once again.

Not long after Prime Robotnik’s defeat (seriously, only three issues later in Sonic #53), we got another villain team up when the wizard Ixis Naugus was introduced.

Having just escaped from the Zone of Silence with the former royal warlord Kodos and a spider ninja called Uma Arachnis, Naugus was demanding his right to the throne because King Acorn had sworn fealty to him when they were trapped in the Zone of Silence together. Sonic managed to outsmart the wizard though and Naugus fled, leaving Kodos and Arachnis paralysed as crystal statues.

To be honest I’m not sure if this one counts as a villain team up, as Naugus and Arachnis were only introduced in this issue (although Naugus did get a name drop in an earlier issue) and Kodos had only been seen as part of King Acorn’s confused memories. So they weren’t exactly fully established villains at this point in the story, plus Kodos and Arachnis were mostly just acting as Naugus’ mooks. But I figured this one was worth mentioning as they both become more relevant later on.

Another very memorable team up from the 90s (and another one I’ve mentioned before) was when Enerjak and the Dark Legion were brought together for the first time in Knuckles #7. Enerjak was actually Dimitri, Knuckles’ great-uncle many generations removed, who centuries ago had tried to drain the Floating Island’s Chaos Emeralds of their powers to gently lower it back to the planet’s surface. However his Chaos Syphon had overloaded and filled him with the power of 11 Chaos Emeralds, immediately driving him mad with power and driving him to take over the world. He was defeated and buried inside a mountain for centuries until he broke out in the Knuckles mini-series and once again tried to take over the world. He was once again defeated and exiled to space - which seems extremely unlikely considering the power he wielded, but whatever. That brings us to the Dark Vengeance story arc, where Dimitri was mysteriously sent back to the Floating Island, appearing right in the middle of a Dark Legion meeting.

The Dark Legion had been formed by Dimitri’s son Menniker in response to the ban on technology that had been imposed after Dimitri’s supposed demise, and so they were only too happy to swear loyalty to Enerjak after he revealed his identity to their current leader, Kragok.

In very little time they had captured the Chaotix, Archimedes and his grandfather, Julie-Su, and Knuckles. Julie-Su was able to fast-talk her way into rejoining the Legion but felt conflicted about her loyalties now. The Chaotix were left to die in the desert, and Knuckles was disintegrated by Enerjak when he refused to join him.

It’s okay, he got better. Enerjak seemed unstoppable, at least until Mammoth Mogul, the one who had magicked Enerjak back from space in the first place, appeared and stole Enerjak’s power for himself. The newly empowered “Master Mogul” had to be defeated by Super Sonic, Hyper Knuckles, and Turbo Tails.

You know, I kind of miss this variant of Tails’ super form. I thought the red looked really good on him.

Our next villain team up is centred around the mass breakout of the dreaded prison, the Devil’s Gulag. In Sonic #62 Robo-Robotnik, who was still operating from the shadows in preparation for his full-scale re-taking of the planet, engineered a mass breakout of the prison right as Snively was boasting that he would escape.

Nack the Weasel (now more commonly known as Fang the Hunter these days), Drago Wolf, Sleuth Dawgy Dawg and Mammoth Mogul’s former henchmen, the Fearsome Foursome, gleefully set about taking down their captors. Snively mostly hid in terror during the battle, but the other villains mistakenly thought that he was the one who had released them and decided he should be their new leader.

They took the still-crystallised bodies of Kodos and Arachnis with them, which turned out to be very convenient as the two statues soon reverted to normal and joined Snively’s forces.

Under Snively’s orders they kidnapped Nate Morgan, hoping to force him to make technology and weapons for them. Nate was however rescued by Geoffrey St. John’s Secret Service, with Sonic and Prince Elias tagging along to help.

Most of the villains were recaptured although several escaped, and Snively was thought to have died in an explosion but had actually been captured by Robo-Robotnik.

Kodos and Arachnis continued to work together after this story, collaborating to steal the Sword of Acorns. They would later turn on each other though, and both died from radiation poisoning they were exposed to while hiding out in Robotropolis. Well, technically Kodos didn’t die of the radiation, even though he was driven insane by it…

This post has turned out a bit longer than I expected, so I think I'm going to have split it up. Next time, I'll be covering the villain team ups that happened during Ian Flynn's run on the ArchieSonic series. See you then!

#archiesonic syndicated

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agentem · 2 years

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Emily watches "Inhumans"

Awhile ago I made a post if I should watch and recap the terrible Marvel series "Inhumans" and absolutely no one encouraged me, so I only have myself to blame for this.

My only defense is that I saw someone saying you had to watch this before Ms. Marvel. And I want everyone to know that you do not. They have changed the origin story of Kamala Khan. I've heard three reasons for this.

They didn't want her to have the same powers as Reed Richards (doubtful, his movie isn't in production yet).

They want her to tie into the story of The Marvels better (most plausible).

This is my own pet theory, and I have no proof of it. But I think Kevin Feige hates this show. Not the actors (since we've seen Anson Mount return) or the characters, but the production.

See, in the short history of Marvel Studios there has been but one movie officially announced that never made it to the big screen. That is the Inhumans movie. The release date was set for November 2018. It was supposed to be part of phase 3. But it never came.

Rumor has it that Marvel big wig Ike Perlmutter (known for hits like "no one will know the difference between Terrence Howard and Don Cheadle; Black people all look alike" and "the woman can't be the villain in Iron Man 3 because no one buys girl toys" and "a Black Panther movie is a bad idea") really wanted another superhero team to be the MCU's X-Men, and he was determined for it to be the Inhumans.

Admittedly, they are a team with powers so I can see where that idea would come from. Joe Robert Cole supposedly wrote a screenplay, but he was then moved onto Black Panther.

This was all happening during the Kevin Feige-Ike Perlmutter "turf war", which insiders have reported was because Kevin Feige wanted to make a movie about (gasp) a female superhero, and Perlmutter and his team opposed it.

In 2015, Feige won and got Marvel Studios split from Marvel Entertainment, so he reported only to Bob Iger (then the CEO of Disney) directly while the Marvel Television president, Jeph Loeb, still had to report to Perlmutter et al.

Long story short, I think this production was a point of contention. Because it was Perlmutter's baby and Feige was challenging his authority. Thus, if Feige wouldn't make the movie, it was shunted to TV since Loeb still reported to Perlmutter.

The Inhumans were also inserted into Agents of SHIELD another Marvel TV production, presumably in an attempt at brand synergy.

But some rich guy really wanting a cool superhero team doesn't mean it will happen. You need the right script and this... wasn't it. They hired Scott Buck, who did the first season of Iron Fist as the showrunner. Because that was such a resounding success? So it was probably doomed from the start.

Perhaps murdering Anson Mount's Black Bolt in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was cathartic for some folks at Marvel Studios. I certainly don't think he's bad in the role (except for the sign language stuff which I talk about under the cut). So I'd be okay with him coming back if Feige ever does decide he wants to produce an Inhumans project.

But this is the project Marvel Studios wants you to forget about. It's literally not on the Marvel page in Disney+. You have to search for it specifically and even then it's like "Are you sure you didn't mean Inside Out?" (And "The Defenders Saga" as it's now known is featured on the Disney+ Marvel page.)

I watched the first episode so you don't have to. You're welcome.

"Behold... the Inhumans"!

I should say most of what I know about the Inhumans comes from Ms Marvel comics and dumb computer games. (Gorgon was cool in Avengers Alliance and Karnak absolutely wrecks people in Marvel Puzzle Quest.)

If you can make their powers cool in games, you should be able to make them cool on TV.

That is... not what happens here.

We open in Hawai'i and my first note is "damn, hasn't Hawaii suffered enough?" A young Inhuman woman is running from masked people with guns. She is rescued(?) by Triton whose prosthetics look very uncomfortable. In Hawaii too? Seems sweaty. I hope that actor got hazard pay. Also because he is almost immediately shot and falls off a cliff into the ocean.

An alert that something is amiss goes to the Inhuman king, Black Bolt (Handsome Mount). But he's busy fucking his wife, Queen Medusa, and she doesn't let him answer it. I would hope that there would be some kind of hierarchy to the alert system so he doesn't just treat "this guy might be dead" like some random text. This advanced civilization has not thought of that.

Meanwhile a Lunar Rover is exploring the moon but it gets too close to the city of Attilan (currently located on Earth's moon). On Earth, the rover operator is surprised to see a hoof in its final video. It's Gorgon!

We are introduced to most of the group. Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon and also Karnack (who is played by the same actor who played Quill aka Three Inch Spike Guy in X-Men: the Last Stand so he knows of shitty Marvel projects) and Black Bolt's brother Maximus, played by Iwan Rheon of Misfits and Game of Thrones. Rheon is trying a lot harder than the script deserves.

From the jump, Maximus is like "we should invade Earth and stop hiding. My brother's plan is dumb." Everyone is like "Oh you. How silly."

Then we have a Terrigenesis ceremony which is to explain a little more about how the Inhumans get their powers. It's also important because Anson Mount wears a headband that is supposed to be a crown, I think, but it looks more like he's in a kids' karate tournament.

A girl and a boy enter the terrigen mist chambers. The girl comes out with butterfly wings and everyone is so happy for her. The boy has some kind of fit when Maximus touches him and tells him he saw Maximus with "snakes" all around.

He clearly has some kind of vision power, but everyone is like "oh he sucks send him to the mines."

That's right, the mines. The "Lower Caste Facility" is where the people with boring powers go. They have to mine for terrigen crystals, I think? While the Higher Caste people just fuck and don't answer their phones.

Maximus tells the Lower Caste Facility that he thinks they should invade Earth. They are literally standing in a ditch and can't even defeat the six or so Royal Family members so they don't seem into it.

At this point I pause it to see if this is almost over because it seems like I've been watching forever but I am only halfway through.

Karnak is very creepy to a server at dinner. I immediately want to stop using him in Marvel Puzzle Quest.

Maximus comes in to announce that Triton is dead which we would have known at the beginning if Black Bolt had answered his communicator. But also, this presumes that he NEVER looked at it since then which is just bad kinging, in my opinion.

We get some exposition that Earth's water is contaminated and it's causing the descents of those left behind (???) to transform. Black Bolt thinks they should go get them and bring them to Attilan. Maximus wants to--you'll never guess this--invade Earth.

Gorgon is sent to try to find Triton.

Black Bolt conveys to Medusa that he needs to go think, which he does in a weird concrete circular chamber, which I assume allows him to make noise without killing people? But why does he have to think there. Do his thoughts make sound?

Also, it really bothers me that they have Black Bolt using hand gestures to "speak" to Medusa but it's not ASL even though they speak English, it's just him doing nonsense hand gestures and she always says aloud what he is supposed to be signing. This would've been a cool opportunity for representation. FAIL.

Maximus creepily approaches Medusa. All the Inhumans be creepin'. She strangles him with her hair and he is like "snakes!" Get it? Because she's Medusa. He realizes the kid from the ceremony has visions of the future, which I would have guessed when he had a fucking seizure because you touched him. But the Inhumans are slow (probably because they so busy creepin').

He goes to the leader of the "Genetic Counsel" about the kid. This guy says the kid just has hallucinations. Maximus goes on his tirade about how they should invade Earth again and the Counsel member is like "Gasp! I am going to tell the king!" So Maximus has him murdered.

... which ???? He literally said he wanted to invade Earth in front of the King earlier. He also gave a speech to the Lower Caste about it. It's a secret???

Gorgon discovers that Maximus sent the people with guns to attack Triton at the same time Karnak is attacked by some guards.

Karnak's powers are so cool and they make them look so slow and lame. It's a real bummer. Grogon also kicks a guy with his boot, and shouldn't he have hooves? Clearly no one was paying attention.

Karnak sends an alert to Crystal, who I haven't talked about yet. She's Medusa's sister and she literally looks like someone spray painted her hair. It should've been a hair clip or a headdress, anyone would tell you that. And was it permanent? Did the actress have to walk around like that? If so, she should also get hazard pay.

Crystal is listening to headphones and also doesn't answer her alert bracelet!! What is it with the royal family and not paying attention during a crisis! I'm starting to think they shouldn't be in charge.

But Crystal is lucky because she is with the GREATEST of the Inhumans--the dog Lockjaw, who is really the brains of the outfit. Lockjaw teleports Karnak to Earth while Crystal goes to get her sister, Medusa.

Maximus and his guards come for Medusa and they give maybe a minute of terrible CGI hair fighting, before Maximus shaves off her hair with an hair clipper. They put this in slow motion with ~DRAMATIC~ music. And I get that her hair is power... and maybe it hurts to have it shorn but. They didn't kill her.

In fact, they just leave her weeping on the ground and go look for Black Bolt in his "thinking" room.

And I'm like, "Hey, Medusa, get a gun and shoot them." (They do have guns, the guards had them.) So like, find a weapon. Or call for help. They told you they are going to kill your husband and then left you without a guard. That's terrible coup-ing.

But Crystal and Lockjaw show up and teleport Medusa out of there.

Maximus confronts Black Bolt and we get the hilarious flashback of Black Bolt killing their parents by saying "WHY?" Then they are just splatter on the wall. But black splatter. Shouldn't there be blood? Were his parents spiders?

But before the brothers can have a show-down, Lockjaw appears and teleports Black Bolt to Hawaii.

See? Lockjaw is the best one!

Who's the goodest Inhuman? YOU ARE!

End of episode. And people watched this and were like, “yeah nailed it. The guy who wrote this should do IRON FIST next”

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obsessiveviewer · 1 year

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OV388 - 2022 Year in Review – Best Movies of the Year and Viewing Stats

Happy New Year and welcome to The Obsessive Viewer’s 2022 Year in Review episode! It’s our annual episode where Tiny, Mike, and I share our movie viewing stats for the year and our top ten favorite movies lists. So join us as we reflect on another year in our TENTH Year in Review episode!

Become a patron at Patreon.com/ObsessiveViewer to support the show and get instant access to tons of exclusive podcast content.

Timestamps

Show Start - 00:28

Thoughts on Our Years - 06:45

Stats and Stat Tracking

Mike’s 2022 Stats - 13:45

Tiny’s 2022 Stats - 18:55

Matt’s 2022 Stats - 23:06

Honorable Mentions and Movies We Missed

Movies We Missed - 39:11

Honorable Mentions - 45:30

Top Tens of 2022

Numbers Ten to Six - 57:40

Numbers Five to Two - 1:50:40

Our Number Ones - 2:35:26

2023 Movies We're Looking Forward To - 2:45:20

The Obsessive Viewer Top Ten in Ten Years of Podcasting - 2:49:12

Closing the Ep - 2:57:06

Links to Coverage from Our Guests Over the Year

Ben Sears - The Movie State - Best of 2022

Sam Watermeier - The Whale

Brent Leuthold - Brent's Top 10 Films of 2022

Andy Carr - Odd Trilogies Podcast: Logan & Andy's Top 10 of 2022

Joe Shearer - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Mitch Ringenberg - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Matt's Top Ten of 2022

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

RRR

After Yang

Scream

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Aftersun

Decision to Leave

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

TÁR

The Whale

Tiny's Top Ten of 2022

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

The Northman

All Quiet on the Western Front

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

RRR

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

After Yang

Top Gun: Maverick

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Bullet Train

Mike's Top Ten of 2022

Scream

Top Gun: Maverick

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Vengeance

The Whale

The Menu

Pearl

Bodies Bodies Bodies

RRR

The Obsessive Viewer Top 20 Movies in Ten Years of Podcasting

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Arrival (2016)

It (2017)

Hereditary (2018)

Eighth Grade (2018)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Captain America: The Winter SoldIer (2014)

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

Green Room (2016)

Invisible Man, The (2020)

RRR (2022)

Gravity (2013)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Marriage Story (2019)

Scream (2022)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

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satamsquad · 2 years

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EPISODE 3: DR. STRANGE AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Saturday Morning Squad! Ramses and Rob discuss the following: The passing of Neal Adams and George Perez Kenobi trailer WEIRD: The Al Yanovic Story trailer Avatar 2 The way of Water Trailer Dragon Ball Super Heroes international release date 2001 build of Duke Nukem Forever NIntendo Indie Showcase Transformers toy news including Lego Optimus Prime A Review and a spoiler discussion of Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness

And much more! Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SATAMSquad Show's Discord: https://discord.com/invite/hytg7K6xym Another podcast Ramses does: The Saint Seiya Cosmocast https://stcosmocast.com

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MarkWHO42's Universe - Episode 333 - Welcome to the Nightmare of Doctor Strange!

MarkWHO42’s Universe – Episode 333 – Welcome to the Nightmare of Doctor Strange!

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has given Marvel another global hit in theatres and soon it will be released on Disney+. What have we learned about the Multiverse? Is Wanda evil or could the Darkhold be corrupting her? Will America Chavez be reunited with her family? Has Stephen Strange gone to the dark side? Where can we buy a pizza ball? Join Eduardo M. Freyre, Vicky Jakubowski, and…

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Episode 333 - Welcome to the Nightmare of Doctor Strange!

Episode 333 – Welcome to the Nightmare of Doctor Strange!

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spiderling-space · 2 years

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This idea has been on mind since last year but life happens. Previously I've done What if MC was Rogue? and similar titles such as that. Now I have another one in mind. Let me tell you, I love Wanda since AIW when she was holding off Thanos with one hand and destroying an infinity stone with the other. After that WandaVision made me a huge fan of her. That show was so amazing that I had theories after every episode. After that, I read the whole House of M event, was amazed by Zombie!Wanda and again made countless theories about her in Multiverse of Madness. After watching the MoM trailer both at the cinema and on YouTube plenty of times, I got the inspiration for this list of headcanons and short scenarios. To be honest, I wanted to write a full fic of Wanda being MC and experiencing the whole main story but I don't have patience for it so I just imagine it and write it in this format. This Wanda will be a mix of comics/cartoons/MCU with my twist. She is so OP and I love her!!! It will be in parts because it's longer than I thought.

Part 1 - Part 2- Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7

What if MC is Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch? - Part 1

Wanda, wake up... Wanda came to her senses when she heard a faint whisper. The next thing she knew she was sitting on the floor and met with a cat lookalike thing demanding her outfit, she didn't react at first. She was so confused, and fatigue took over her body. She just wanted to lay down and rest.

The little creature talked about who he was, how and why he wanted her outfit, what would happen once he had it, how great he was, and how he would look once he wears the goddamn outfit over and over again. She was getting a headache because of his non-stop repetitive talk.

She rubbed her temples, "I don't want to hear you anymore," she whispered to herself. The moment she said it, silence adorned the room she was in. The creature no longer was speaking.

Wanda looked up to the creature, seeing his dumbfounded face. He moved his mouth but no sound got out. He did again and again yet kept failing to speak. She had no idea why he was no longer speaking. Tilting her head in confusion, she tried to figure out what he was doing. Seeing her nonreactive response, the creature furrowed his burrows and inhaled. When he exhaled, blue fire came out of his mouth.

Seeing the blue fire, Wanda panicked, "No, get away from me!" She yelled, running away. She didn't look back when she heard a loud crashing sound. She just wanted to be by herself. She didn't look where she was going until the moment she felt tired from running. She found a room and hid there.

Being alone and staying in silence calmed her down and she could finally think. She only recalled her name and some basic information about herself. Her name was Wanda Maximoff and she's from Sokovia, an Eastern European country and she had no family. No, that doesn't seem right... She tried to dig deep into her memories but it just resulted in an excruciating headache.

Before she realized it, that creature, Grim, found her. He looked angry and moved his mouth but no sound came out again, making him angrier. They were interrupted by a strange man using his whip on Grim. He was talking a lot but it was less chaotic than Grim. Since he seemed to be knowledgeable, Wanda followed him as he explained where she was, who he was and more. Going to a school for gifted children seemed strangely familiar.

Soon they reached the Mirror Hall as Wanda's headache started again. Upon entering, her headache got worse as she heard every single person talking. "Why are there over 600 people in this place?" she asked Dire as she rubbed her temples. He said it's a tradition to have every student attend the welcoming ceremony.

Her head felt like it was about to explode. Even though she just walked in, people were calling her an idiot, weirdo or an annoyance who caused the ceremony to be disrupted. Why isn't the principal saying anything to them?

Before she reached the end of the aisle, she had heard one person making fun of how she walked, the state of her outfit and more degrading things. She had had enough of it and glared at that person. He didn't stop talking even though she spotted him but she saw that his mouth was shut as if he wasn't making any sound. If he isn't speaking then what am I hearing? Just the thought of it was giving Wanda chills down her spine.

Thoughts... Her question was answered by that voice again. Although she didn't know whose voice it was, her guts were telling her that the voice was right. I don't want to hear thoughts anymore. The moment she made a wish, she couldn't hear people intensely anymore. There were just faint whispers but none of them was echoing in her head nor gave her a headache.

Getting rid of the pain, Wanda fixed her posture and listened to the instructions. She told her name to the talking mirror. She was curious about the talking mirror, she was gazing into the face alike looking shape in the mirror.

Then it spoke "The nature of your soul is D..." it abruptly stopped. "The nature of your soul doesn't belong here. Therefore, no dorm would be appropriate." People started to talk between themselves about how her soul was unnatural to not belong there, how a girl was admitted to an all-boys school and how the magical carriage made a mistake.

Among the chaos, Grim freed himself. He looked like he was speaking but he remained silent. Allow him... said the voice before Wanda whispered "You can speak." The moment those words let out of her mouth, Grim was able to talk.

"What did you do to me?!" is what he said when he realized he could talk again. She didn't react to his question, only observed him. Hearing no response from her, Grim went on his rambling. "I'll be a student in her stead. I'll show you how powerful I am!"

"Everyone back down!" someone yelled as Grim blew fire again. Wanda closed her eyes, blocking her face instinctively.

Yet something strange happened. Wanda didn't intend to move but her body was like on autopilot. She arched her back as her hands made a sphere shape on air, her fingers bending on their own; her left hand indicating under the sphere while her right hand indicating top on it. She opened her eyes, only to see the blue fire being contaminated in a large magenta coloured transparent sphere in the air. There was absolute silence in the room not that she noticed it.

Her hands moved on her own again. Her left hand moved up simultaneously the magenta sphere moved up. When high enough, she released the sphere and the fire turned into dozens of butterflies.

Everyone was shocked to see what happened, including Grim, as no one was able to turn the non-living object into a living one.

No... When Wanda was in charge of her body once again, she dropped her arms to her sides as the butterflies turned into dust. There were weird feelings on her hands, something so familiar yet so foreign. She glanced at her hands, only to see strange magenta coloured mist around them that soon disappeared.

People who looked at her mockingly and doubted her now looked at her in awe and some in fear. The principal dismissed everyone. He was about to send Grim away too but Wanda stopped him, assuring him that she'd take care of him. After explaining the situation shortly, he took her and Grim to the library then started to look through the books. When there was nothing, he promised to look into her situation and offered her to take classes in NRC as her magic was different but powerful. She agreed to take classes if Grim joined her. She just didn't want to be alone and thought the first person she was the closest thing to her in the new world.

Wanda and Grim were escorted to the Ramshackle Dorm that lived up to its name. Dire went to get essentials for them, leaving the duo alone. While Grim and Wanda were chatting, ghosts appeared. Defeating them was easy for the duo, Wanda was telling him where to strike when she heard it again. Materialize them... The voice inside her told her. The first thing she thought was to shift their density so they won't phase through anything. Her hands moved automatically, magenta mist covered the ghosts and they weren't able to phase through Grim's attacks anymore. Again it felt as if she did it before.

The classes she took was strange; while everyone was able to show their magic casually, she wasn't. When everyone was able to fly on brooms, she couldn't levitate. Still, the classes were interesting and different than she thought. Some theorems were strangely familiar as if she learnt them once. Some of them were unnecessary in her opinion. The voice inside her was telling her that she didn't need to say those magic words to cast the spell.

Her relationship with Grim was good too. Their situation reminded her of a sitcom she knew from her world, a teenage witch and her cat. The thought of that sitcom warmed her heart as if watching sitcoms had a different meaning to her but she couldn't recall it clearly.

She was once involved in a fight - no - more accurately, she was involved in multiple fights. The first one was caused by a jerk insulting Grim, her only companion, saying that he was only able to enter NRC because someone as powerful as Wanda wanted that he didn't have any merit. Their fight resulted in one of the statues getting burnt. She was thinking of reversing it but Dire showed up and gave all of them punishment despite that he cleaned up the statue with his magic. Later on, since that jerk skipped the punishment, Grim and Wanda went to find him. They met Deuce, tackled Ace while Grim escaped. When trying to get him down, he fell along with the chandelier. Wanda instinctively reacted to Grim falling and somehow made him land softly.

This resulted in them going to mines to get a magic stone, only to meet a huge monster. Wanda was afraid first and escaped with others but when they were faced with it again, her body moved on its own. As if she had done it before, she sent him flying into the mine, crashing and breaking into each wall of the mine. Grim, Ace and Deuce were too shocked to say anything. They were all mesmerized by her power. They returned with the magical stone and going through such endeavour made the team bond together.

She got involved in fights when Grim's temper got better of him but after one of them, people avoided fighting when they spotted Wanda with them. She involuntarily made the bullies unable to move with a wave of her hand. No one was sure if she really used her magic or if she had some defensive magic on her. Teachers were able to undo it after hours working on it and it only happened when Wanda went sleeping. Her reputation from the ceremony and rumours about the fights she got involved in made her notorious in the NRC. No one messed with her nor people she called her friends.

Despite her having powerful magic, she wasn't able to use them whenever she wanted. Only when the voice inside her whispered or when she was in danger. She was researching why her magic was different from the others, why she didn't need a magic pen and why when in danger her body was moving on its own.

Of course, her research was interrupted when Ace the dumbass knocked on her door one night.

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Loki (TV): 5 Things the Disney+ serie got right (& 5 it ruined)

With its new Disney+ shows, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has managed to expand its reach and develop characters that didn't quite get enough attention in the movies. WandaVision grants Wanda Maximoff her rightful role as the Scarlet Witch while also developing her relationship with Vision. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier tackles some heavy themes as Sam Wilson struggles with the weight of Steve Rogers's legacy and Bucky tries to overcome his trauma.

In Loki, fans are reunited with a beloved character, one many deemed lost with his death in Avengers: Infinity War. The show centers on the adventures of a variant of Loki created after the Avengers' Time Heist. Loki's return to the MCU is more than welcome and gets many things right, but some elements could have been dealt with better.

10 Got Right: Loki's Enduring Affection For His Family Still Stands Out

Loki is easily one of the best villains in the MCU, and a big reason why he stands out is his affection for his family. He has a genuine bond with his mother Frigga, who is among the few people who support him. His rivalry with his brother Thor gradually disappears, and the two eventually mend their bond.

In the Disney+ series, Loki hasn't yet reached the right mental state to forgive and be forgiven. He is forced to confront the fate of his people--and his own--and it's one of the most touching moments in the series. Tom Hiddleston's portrayal is as always impeccable, adding another layer to the emotionally aloof god.

9 Ruined: His Character Doesn't Shine As Much As It Could Have

Despite the series being titled Loki, it doesn't really focus on him as much as it should. After Loki makes his escape using the Tesseract, he's taken captive by the Time Variance Authority and eventually joins them. He's then forced by circumstances into cooperating with a female variant of himself, Sylvie. Caught in a web of events he's unprepared for, he often seems just along for the ride. This wouldn't normally be an issue, but the limited number of episodes makes the pacing a problem. With a better balance, Loki's character could have shined through properly.

8 Got Right: Loki Is Confirmed To Be Bisexual And His Relationship With Sylvie Is Very Interesting

During a conversation with Sylvie, Loki comments that he's had relationships with both men and women in the past. The admittance of his bisexuality isn't a surprise, but it's still a welcome element. His subsequent relationship with Sylvie--who is, in the end, a version of himself--is interesting and chaotic, suiting the nature of the rule-breaking god.

7 Ruined: Sylvie Creates A Missed Opportunity As Viewers Would Have Liked A Truly Genderfluid Loki

Sylvie's character has its origins in the second Enchantress, Sylvie Lushton. Her look--mimicking Amora's in appearance--is combined with the concept of Lady Loki. Unfortunately, her presence comes at the expense of a highly-anticipated element of Loki's character.

Before the series came out, rumors were rampant that the show would finally give viewers a genderfluid Loki and tackle his sexuality in a more elaborate way. Loki's bisexuality may have been confirmed, but it doesn't feel like enough. Sylvie just isn't the Lady Loki viewers wanted.

6 Got Right: Loki's Relationships In The Series Make Him Grow As A Person

Throughout the series, Loki builds close relationships, not just with Sylvie, but also with TVA agent Mobius M. Mobius. Mobius places his faith in Loki and helps him realize many things about himself, even risking his own life for Loki. Meanwhile, Loki's romantic connection to Sylvie is so powerful it creates a nexus event. It gives Loki hope that he doesn't have to be alone, making him grow as a person.

5 Ruined: His Abilities Become Even More Confusing

Loki's abilities in the MCU have always been somewhat puzzling. He's a highly skilled sorcerer, but half the time, he doesn't use his powers. Thor mentions his brother shape-shifted into a snake as a child, but the ability is never used.

The Disney+ series makes things even more confusing. Loki is easily incapacitated by the TVA, even if their physical strength shouldn't be enough to overwhelm an Asgardian/Jotun. Later, after he makes his escape, Loki uses highly advanced telekinesis to hold falling buildings upright on Lamentis. The addition of Sylvie's strange form of mental projection muddies the waters further. It's not a new thing for characters in the MCU, but it could have been dealt with better.

4 Got Right: Classic Loki's Sacrifice Steals The Show

Sylvie isn't the only variant of himself Loki meets throughout his journey. After being pruned by the TVA, Loki ends up in The Void, where he meets Classic Loki, Boastful Loki, Kid Loki, and Alligator Loki.

Classic Loki easily steals the show, and his sacrifice to help Sylvie and Loki defeat Alioth is one of the best scenes in the series. Richard Grant's portrayal of the character is as powerful and emotional as Hiddleston's and leaves a true impression on the viewers.

3 Ruined: Most Variants Of Loki Barely Receive Any Attention

Despite the huge potential of the Loki variants, most of them don't get enough time in the spotlight. Kid Loki is said to rule The Void because he killed Thor, but the concept doesn't go anywhere. President Loki appears briefly as a villain, but his background is unknown. Alligator Loki--affectionately called Croki by the fandom--receives more attention than most other variants of the character. It's truly a shame, as each individual Loki had their own fascinating stories to tell.

2 Got Right: The Inclusion Of The TVA Tackles An Important Theme That Leads Into The Multiverse

Loki isn't the first MCU release that has mentioned the Multiverse, but it develops the theme much further, in a way that leaves a lot of room for further expansion. The concept of the "Sacred Timeline" sets into question the idea of free will, of the consequences of each choice. The TVA polices the path people have to take, enforcing a fatalistic design that would make many want to rebel.

Loki and Sylvie understandably want to topple it, but they soon learn that the TVA may very well be the lesser evil. With Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness just around the corner, the themes and issues that appear in Loki will doubtlessly be even more important than ever.

1 Ruined: The Overabundance Of Elements Makes The Final Villain Underwhelming

The addition of the Multiverse may have been a good idea, but the multitude of elements end up clashing against each other due to the format of the series. The introduction of a whole new figure as the villain ultimately makes him fall flat. He Who Remains may have great influence and power, but he doesn't do much except monologue. Presuming that he is indeed Kang the Conqueror, he isn't a bad choice as an antagonist. The series just doesn't do him justice, and the finale feels weak and underwhelming.

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guacam011y · 3 years

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***SPOILERS FOR WANDAVISION EPISODE 6***

So I’m still processing everything but holy shite that ep was wild...

FIRST THINGS FIRST - WANDA, VISION, BILLY AND PIETRO ALL IN COMIC ACCURATE-ISH COSTUMES AND TOMMY IN A MINI QUICKSILVER COSTUME

PIETRO CALLING BILLY AND TOMMY DEMON SPAWN - GOD DAMMIT, IT’S MEPHISTO ISN’T IT? HOUSE OF M HERE WE COME

HERB ASKING WANDA IF SHE WANTED SOMETHING CHANGED

AGNES ASKING VISION ABOUT THE AVENGERS AND STUFF AND AT FIRST SHE SEEMED GENUINELY FREAKED OUT BUT THEN STARTED LAUGHING MANIACALLY AND I STILL DON’T TRUST HER AND AGNES BEING DRESSED AS A WITCH? AGATHA HARKNESS WAS A WITCH - COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!

DARCY LOOKING OVER MONICA’S MED SCANS AND TELLING HER HOW THE HEX AFFECTS HER EACH TIME SHE GOES IN - IS SHE DEVELOPING HER POWERS?

PIETRO’S CORPSE - SCARED ME JUST AS MUCH AS VISION’S

MOVIES SHOWING IN THE THEATRE IN THE BACKGROUND - THE INCREDIBLES: A MOVIE BASED AROUND A SUPERHERO FAMILY AND THE PARENT TRAP: A MOVIE ABOUT TWINS WHO MEET AT CAMP AND TRY AND SET THEIR PARENTS UP

DON’T GO PAST ELLIS AVENUE - NOW I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A CONNECTION OR JUST A COINCIDENCE BUT ELLIS IS THE LAST NAME OF THE PRESIDENT DURING IRON MAN 3

TOMMY HAVING HIS SPEED POWERS AND BILLY HAVING HIS REALITY WARPING/TELEKINETIC POWERS - WELCOME SPEED AND WICCAN

A CALL BACK TO INFINITY WAR WHEN VISION EXITED THE HEX? SLIGHTLY DUSTING AND HE PROBABLY WON’T SURVIVE BEING OUTSIDE OF THE HEX - HE’LL JUST DIE AGAIN 🥲

I STILL DON’T TRUST HAYWARD - HE’S VERY SUS

DARCY BEING TAKEN INTO THE HEX WITH THE OTHER S.W.O.R.D AGENTS - HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE THE OUTFITS THAT KAT DENNING’S WAS EXCITED ABOUT

I SWEAR THEY BETTER NOT STRAIGHTWASH BILLY AND TOMMY OR I WILL RIOT 😤

***FURTHER UPDATES***

So sit-com wise, it seems they were referencing Malcolm in the Middle as the twins broke the fourth wall and talked to the audience, like Malcolm did

However, the theme song has told the viewer to stop questioning the reality of Westview - which could be a little reference to Mystery Science Theatre 3000? - When Pietro first shows up in the title sequence, along with his name title card, the lyrics say “Though there may be no way of knowing who’s come to play” - Istg, I do not trust Pietro

Vision says to Wanda that he had to wear his Halloween costume because there were no other clothes in his closet, Wanda is trying to move the plot along and forcing Vision to play along

Evan Peters’ ‘Mom’ tattoo is shown, which is a tattoo he actually has in real life ! But could this stand for ‘Multiverse of Madness’ or some other red herring?

Pietro mentions to Wanda that if he had found ‘Shangri-La’ he wouldn’t want to leave either - Shangri-La is a real place on Earth-616 that was founded by a version of Vision

Tommy refers to Pietro’s speed as ‘kickass’ and then Wanda repeats that, saying ‘kickass’ again - Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Evan Peters (both versions of QuickSilver) were in Kick-Ass together

The ad for this episode was freaky af - the character on the beach who starved and decomposed could be a little nod to Indiana Jones, where a Nazi’s face melts in - and it could also be reference to Wanda being all alone and struggling to process her grief. The shark in the ad could also be Nightmare or Mephisto or just someone more powerful than Wanda offering her a new beginning with Vision or trapped her in some way - and is feeding off her magic? The flavour of the yoghurt is strawberry flavoured and strawberry’s are red on the outside and pink-ish on the inside - much like Wanda’s og costume and her magic being red 👀

Pietro and Wanda talk about their Sokovian accents at a point in the episode and how neither have them anymore. Wanda’s, as we know, has disappeared over the course of the MCU movies and Pietro’s just doesn’t exist - another nice little nod to Peter Maximoff from the fox X-Men films? Also, Pietro states that “I’m just trying to do my part, okay? Come to town unexpectedly, create tension with the brother-in-law, stir up trouble with the Rugrats (a 90’s cartoon 👀) and ultimately give you grief.” - in reference to the grief part, could Pietro be killed off again? Stir up trouble with the rugrats, being possible shards of the demon Mephisto’s soul, could this be Mephisto trying to influence them on a deeper level? It’s also many many common sitcom clichès

Pietro talks about how “I got shot like a chump on the street for no reason at all” - nice little nod to how Pietro was killed off unnecessarily and how we as a fandom still talk about how regular bullets shouldn’t have killed him

Herb is dressed as Frankenstein’s monster - Dr. Frankenstein created his monster and soon lost control over him, and he was created using electricity or lightning - much like Vision was created and brought to life by Thor using Mjolnïr to bring lightning down to his incubator thingy majig. Could this also be a reference to either Wanda slowly losing control over Westview or someone else controlling Wanda/controlling the citizens of Westview - we saw in episode 3 that Agnes told Herb to be quiet as it seemed he was about to spill the beans 👀

Vision goes towards Ellis avenue and is at a ‘crossroads’ of sorts - in folklore, crossroads are often used to speak to or summon the devil and are also used when an important character is making a decision that could change everything. He spots some citizens repeating certain actions and/or just standing completely still, could these be npc’s (non playable characters)? And now that the barrier of the Hex has spread, will those citizens now start to move? 👀 Also I know that all stop signs look like it, but the stop sign is also a red hexagon 🛑

Darcy scrolls through Hayward’s computer files and goes past a file called “Project C4-113” - it could reference Avengers Issue #113 in which Wanda and Vision both appear on the cover and she says she’s going to make the world pay for Vision’s death. There’s also another file called “Project M5-247” which could be a nod to Avengers Issue #247, which shows the origin of the Eternals and in the same vein, Scarlet Witch and Vision trying to help Captain Marvel. And when Darcy emails Hayward’s cataract plans, you can see the names of “James Alexander and James Gadd” - James Alexander is a visual effects producer on Wandavision and James Gadd works on post production at Marvel

Also: Agnes pulls as Mrs Hart and repeats the same phrase over and over again

After Wanda blasts Pietro, you can see on a fake grave stone the name of “Janell Sammelman”, Janell is a first assistant director on Wandavision

When Wanda moves Westview to save Vision, she turns S.W.O.R.D and it’s agents into clowns + a circus - I just love that the agents turned into clowns 😂 but there is a nice little plot line in the comics where Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Hawkeye join the circus - and this COULD be stretch, but earlier in the episode there is the number #22 which could be Avengers Issue #22, which is the Issue that they join the circus

As soon as Vision was brought back into Westview, he was healed - which means if he was to exit again, he probably wouldn’t survive 😭

The episode title is ‘All-New Halloween Spooktackular!” - which “All-New” is a designation that is often used on covers for comic books. And the first issue of the second The Vision and the Scarlet Witch series takes place on Halloween night - but the events in this comics didn’t influence this episode’s plot

Pietro points out that he has the “XY chromosome” - X for X-Men? Plus there’s the X gene 😂

He mentions “Uncle Peter to the rescue” - Peter is the name of Quicksilver from the Fox X-Men Franchise

Pietro and Tommy quote the movie Top Gun (1986) by saying “I fell the need, the need for speed”

Wanda almost seems hesitant to trust this version of Pietro (rightfully so, in my opinion) and is wary of him being around Tommy and Billy

Pietro says some very Mephisto/Nightmare-like things this episode - “Unleash hell, demon spawn!”, “The kids need a father figure”, “Damnit, if Westview isn’t charming as Hell...” - And if Pietro isn’t Mephisto/Nightmare, it HAS to be Agnes or her other half Ralph and Pietro is probably Ralph tbh...or could Pietro just be a scapegoat and Hayward is Ralph? 👀

The theatre in town, which is playing the Incredibles and The Parent Trap, is called the Coronet. There’s a classic poem called “The Coronet” written by Andrew MARVELL (Marvell, is also the true name of the first incarnation of Captain Marvel in the comics) and is about a guy who knows that the sins of mankind led to the death of Christ. He attempts to create a new crown for Christ’s head in an attempt to atone, but finds that there is sin in the crown as well, as the devil is within the crown and therefore he may achieve glory and success with his new creation 👀

Hayward’s confidential project “Cataract” included experimenting on Vision’s body, as was revealed by Darcy (my wife 💙 and Monica is also my wife 💚 and so is Wanda 💛, I just love women, you know? 😂). A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that leads to a decrease in vision - is Hayward trying to weaponise Vision? Or maybe even trying to bring Ultron back? Or do what Tony wanted to do in the first place, and make a suit of armour that’s around the world? Either way, it’s for nefarious purposes

Who is Monica’s guy? Jimmy and Monica are off to meet him - could it be Reed Richards (Mr Fantastic)? Or could it be Victor Von Doom (Dr Doom)? Could it be Hank McCoy (Beast)? Or even Adam Brashear (Blue Marvel)? Or if it is a woman, could it be the Skrull daughter of Talos that Monica befriended at the end of Captain Marvel? Could it be Abigail Brand (A major character in recent S.W.O.R.D comics and an Alpha Flight Member)? Or even Toni Ho (Iron Patriot, and could she be introduced to help lay the ground work for my other queen, Riri Williams/Iron Heart?)? Or could it even be Sue Storm (Invisible Woman)?

In the background of the episode we see a number of children and adults dressed up as many different characters, which includes: Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat, Jason Voorhees, with a sweater striped like Freddy Krueger’s and even a kid that looks dressed in an off-brand Charizard costume 😂 Pokèmon has always been popular, but saw an increase during the 90’s

Pietro and the kids are drinking “Kane Cola” which could be a reference to the 90’s drinks “Jolt Cola” or even “Surge” - it could also, with all the X-Men Easter eggs, be a reference to Garrison Kane, who was a member of Cable’s mercenary team “Six Pack” and is sometimes also known as ‘Weapon X’

The kid that Wanda mentions having a “skin thing” in the orphanage - could that be a reference to her Brotherhood of Evil Mutants co-worker Toad? Or maybe even Mystique? Maybe Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler)?

One of the houses has a sign up that says ‘Macabre Mansion’ - another possible reference to House of M?

During a flashback, it’s shown that the twins are playing Dance Dance Revolution, which came out in 1999. Also this might be a stretch, but the boys have a dog plushie in their room the right - which is coloured red and black - could this be a reference to Dogpool? 😂

I love this show 🤣💙

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blue-saaaaargent · 3 years

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OKAY OKAY SO

I’m just spitballing here but I think I have a wandavision theory

So there’s still a whole lot that has to be resolved in the finale next week but I’m just gonna focus on three specific parts: the person in witness protection, “Fietro”, and the creation of the multiverse.

We know that wandavision is the beginning of the multiverse saga and will lead into the events of spider-man: no way home and doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, but even with only an episode to go we have yet to see how this actually ties into the multiverse or any indication that wanda is going to rip it open. But what if wanda isn’t the one to break open the multiverse. What if it’s already happening.

In Endgame we are given what seem to be two contradictory pieces of information: that thanos has destroyed the infinity stones but the removal of even one infinity stone from the timeline would send it into chaos, which is why they have to return them to the exact point they were taken after they bring everyone back. Initially I just thought that the reason the main timeline wasn’t devolving into chaos was because of a hand-wavey science explanation about the stones being destroyed by natural means instead of being just plucked out of existence, but what if that isn’t true? Maybe the stones being destroyed created cracks in the fabric of the universe, cracks that lead into the multiverse and continue to grow and that something - or someone - could fall through.

Which brings me to “Fietro”.

We know that Agatha can’t bring things into existence and there were too many issues to bring back real pietro so she’s just been mind-controlling someone to act as pietro so she could get some information out of wanda, but that doesn’t explain why he actually has super speed, and why evan peters? Sure it could just be a red herring and a nod to the x-men movies, but considering that we know they’re bringing in the multiverse literally with this show, I doubt it. I don’t think Agatha brought him over, I don’t think she has that kind of power. I think that sometime in the last five years the actual peter maximoff from the x-men movies fell through one of the cracks in the universe created by the void left from the infinity stones, and since being from another universe is kind of a big deal, he’s been monitored by the government and was placed under witness protection, and he’s the person whose disappearance the fbi was investigating.

I still think wanda could break open the multiverse even more to the point that its a full blown crisis, but I don’t think she started it. We’ll see next week and you’re welcome to draw your own conclusions but that’s just where i’m at

#wandavision #wandavision spoilers #wandavision theories #wanda maximoff #pietro maximoff #peter maximoff #avengers: endgame #doctor strange in the multiverse of madness #sm:nwh #agatha harkness #marvel

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scatterpatter · 3 years

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Huevember Day 4: Welcome to another episode of “I SWEAR JULIAN AND CORREN AREN’T JUST MY BROTHER AND I”

Story time under the cut!

Not only is this based off of my brother and I, both with ADHD and deep into a hyperfix, having pages upon pages of handwritten notes and spreadsheets and what-have-you, but I tried to roughly guess the timeline my brother laid out to me when we were younger. I remember this was well before Hyrule Historia brought up the 3-timeline split, and before Skyward Sword was a thing, but him and the fandom were big on the “2 split timeline” theory and he literally drew it out while explaining how OoT’s time travel lead to the timeline split and-

... You know I think I know why I love multiverse so much

ANYWAYS during one of our playthroughs of Ocarina of Time, he was playing and I was watching per usual... We were still pretty early-game, we left Kokiri Forest but haven’t gotten all 3 spiritual stones yet so we couldn’t open the door of time. Now to open the Door of Time, you need those 3 stones, the Ocarina of Time, and to play the Song of Time

Well me, thinking I could be so cool, thought I could open the Door of Time early. So I actually went to my brother’s OTHER save file one day while he wasn’t playing, this file he beat the game on so he had all the songs, and I went to the Song of Time and WROTE IT DOWN so I could play it in our other file.

I go to our other file. I play the Song of Time.

...

Nothing happens.

I was SO MAD. I felt so cool thinking I could pull a clever shortcut and impress my bro but LITTLE DID I KNOW SCRIPTED EVENTS ARE A THING and you dont LEARN A SONG until you trigger the EVENT for LEARNING THE SONG

Anyways uh- yeah in modern aus I imagine this exact type of thing-

#my art #huevember #huevember day 4 #huevember 2021 #dnd ocs #corren #julian #modern au #necromancy bros au #some kind of amalgamation of the 2 aforementioned aus #remind me to tell you guys about the hl 2 ep 1 story sometime #or the halo story #or the spore story #... i have a lot of stories of my bro and i dicking around with video games as kids

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vic394 · 3 years

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A messy and superficial bullet commentary of LOKI:

- First of all, Alone Together by Fall Out Boy summarized the whole series years before it was even written. You’re welcome;

- Nice of you to try and make me believe the contrary, this Loki version is clearly post-Ragnarok Loki and nothing can make me change my mind;

- I’m also super grateful for that because I could never stand pre-Ragnarok Loki;

- Yes, I said it. Sue me;

- Took me 10 years to appreciate Loki as a character and BOI am I never going back;

- I’m so proud Loki finally made a friend;

- I also can’t get over the fact that friend is OWEN WILSON OMFG I FLIPPED;

- Loki out there, never afraid to cry, being a true hero;

- I want to know what the bet was about;

- The series taking narcissism to the next level;

- So chaotic you can’t have a bad time;

- Unless you’re a salad, in which case you’re doomed;

- Pompeii is the funniest thing Marvel has done since “Why is Gamora?”;

- Thank you, Marvel, for confirming what we’ve all known for years: Loki is a flaming bisexual;

- Also, thank you for confirming Loki is genderfluid;

- Also also, thank you for confirming he’s a hopeless bottom;

- I’ve never been attracted to Tom Hiddleston but seeing him with long, scruffy hair and a simple shirt and tie is DESTROYING ME;

- Like that should be illegal;

- Please send help;

- Hiddlenston's performance is top notch, especially in episode 3;

- Such a simple setup and he just had me hooked;

- My new favorite hobby is listening to an orphan demigod talk about his mom;

- Love is a poorly constructed metaphor and I kinda dig that;

- “ANOTHER!” *Slams glass*;

- Has anyone been keeping track of all the plot twists;

- I want each episode of season 2 to be dedicated to a different Loki, we can pick the plot back from season 3;

- Loki being so done with himself is how I feel reading my old posts tbh;

- Must protect Classic Loki, the most precious of all the Lokis;

- Raise your hand if you’re obsessed with the alligator;

- Also raise your hand if you’re now very afraid of clocks;

- Sooooooo are we bringing self-cest back? Just asking;

- “Sylvie no” “Sylvie yes!”;

- The final episode was??? Underwhelming??? Was I supposed to feel on edge?

- Except the very end because OH NO OWEN WILSON (I’m still flippin’ btw);

- The whole series trying to convince you it’s an introduction to the multiverse when it’s really just a guide on opening your heart to love and trust even if you can and probably will get hurt;

- Dr Strange is gonna be sooooo mad;

- What are your thoughts on the series?

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topherfoxtrot · 3 years

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Resilience

Here's the third part of my thunderbolts au. Emil Blonsky scaped his long imprisonment but he didn't went after the Hulk. Where did he go? The answer is bellow the cut. There's an original character here too. I'm not kin of OCs but I didn't find any character who would fit the role I wanted. Said oc will only be a part of this episode so consider it a special guest appearance. I've realized I've been writing more and more with each installment. Sorry about that, I'm getting more comfortable with the whole precess and I like to challenge myself. Continuing the trend, this chapter has a widely different vibe from the previous ones. As usual if you enjoyed please like, share or comment something.

Episode one

Episode two

Emil woke up from a nightmare. It was a fight. From as long as he could remember all Emil did was fight. Now even when he's not awake he's still fighting. He sat on the bed breathing heavily. Wait, where am I? He thought.

"You must be confused." A female voice was heard nearby.

Emil looked around looking for it. The cabin was small. The bedroom, the living room and the kitchen were all occupying the same space. There were two doors, one of them was probably for the bathroom. The woman was sitting at the kitchen table. She dressed a knitted sweater and rabbit slippers.

"My name is Charlie Reznik." She pointed at the soup, "Are you hungry?"

"Where am I?"

"Alaska. Three hours driving from Barrow."

Emil sat on the bed. He was naked. He covered himself with the blankets not for modesty but because they were warm.

"You weren't using any clothes when I found you and you don't seem like the kind of person who would wear my clothes. I hope the blankets kept you warm."

"Found me?"

"Yeah. You were screaming a lot. And throwing trees around." Charlie chuckled, "Eventually you got tired and just fell asleep right where you were. I was thinking about calling the police or something but when you started to shrink I decided to bring you here."

Suddenly Emil looked at himself realizing he did indeed shrink. He didn't look like that anymore. Still, the bones in his hands and abdomen were more prominent than they should be. He took his hands to his back to feel his spine was also prominent. That made him think of the super soldier serum, of the Hulk and of the prison he just scaped.

"I need to contact someone." Emil got up only to fall on the ground.

"Are you okay?" Charlie approached him with caution.

"I think I'll have the soap first actually." Emil muttered realizing how weak his body was.

***

The soup made with vegetables reminded Emil of his childhood in Russia. He had almost no recollection of those few years before he moved to England. He mostly remembered the cold and his mother's soap.

"I need to ask you but.. it's gonna sound weird." Emil was at the table tangled with the blankets, "What year is this?"

Charlie looked him in the eyes to decide if he was being serious or not. Emil didn't flinch so nor did Charlie, "It's 2023."

Emil pressed his lips and started to breath heavily. He was sleeping this whole time. They kept him asleep without ever giving him a chance to explain himself. No consent and no agency.

"No one has heard anything about you since 2008 Mr Blonsky and now you show up in the middle of the forest not knowing the year?" Charlie seemed genuinely curious.

"You know me?"

"I didn't recognize you at first. There isn't much footage from big you. But the sketch from witnesses matched pretty well. They call you the Abomination."

"Abomination?" Emil suddenly smashed the wooden table with enough strength to crack it. Charlie quickly moved her left hard to somewhere under the table. They locked eyes. For the first time Charlie didn't seem warm and inviting but rather fierce and absolutely ready to react. Emil closed his eyes a bit before recomposing himself.

"I'm sorry."

"I also think the name is impolite." Charlie brought her hand back, "But no one knew anything about you except you were military assigned to find Bruce Banner. I had to make some phone calls and turns out my guess was right! You are indeed in the accords database. Quite high level threat.

"What accords?"

"Alright." Charlie put her hair behind her ears, "I need you to be honest with me Mr Blonsky. What's the last thing you remember?"

So he said. He fought the hulk on Harlem, fell unconscious and woke up in Alaska. Charlie brought a computer from a big bag under the bed and put it on the table in a way that both of them could see it.

"The world changed a lot since 2008 Mr Blonsky. Put on your seatbelts."

Charlie then gave him a contemporary history class the best way she could while showing videos and pictures whenever she felt necessary. She talked about the avengers assembling in 2012 to stop an alien invasion caused by a norse god. She talked about the genocidal robot destroying a whole country in 2015. She talked about Wanda Maximoff killing those people back in 2016. She talked about the Sokovia accords and how that made the avengers disassemble. She talked about Wakanda opening up to the rest of the world. She talked about the avengers coming together again to fight yet another alien invasion. She talked about the snap and the chaotic years that followed. She talked about the blip and the even more chaotic year that followed it. Emil listened to everything in silence. It was a lot but he was smart.

"They put me to sleep for fifteen years." He whispered.

"I'm so sorry about that. It's unfair."

Emil had finished his soup but he stayed exactly where he was. Thinking about everything.

"I became strong. I became as strong as I could and still... they defeated me with bed time."

"You're being unfair."

"How come?"

"I don't think strength is really what you think it is."

"How would you know?"

Emil looked at Charlie's small stature with unconscious disdain. She picked on that and wore her fierce eyes again.

"With all due the respect Mr Blonsky..." It was possibly to hear the rage under her words, "You have no idea how strong I am. Thanos snapped my whole family! I wasn't even at home when it happened. Do you have any idea how much strength I needed to gather to simply get up every morning? I may not have big muscles like you -in fact no one does Mr Blonsky - but guess what? You could not have went through what I did. I'm sure of it!"

Emil got up aggressively and so did Charlie.

"You're really pulling the trauma card?"

"Wanna compete?"

"I think I do." He showed his teeth.

Charlie walked across the cabin stepping heavely. She sat on the bed. "Enlighten me."

The challenge got Emil off guard. He hesitated.

"I don't need to tell you anything."

"Of course you don't. If you tell me how traumatized you are, I'll tell you how traumatized I am. Then you will have to admit that none of it gives you permission to do the shitty things you did!"

The cabin merged in silence. Outside there was nothing but the cold wind running through the trees.

"I know your type." Charlie continued, a little calmer now, "Though childhood huh? No perspective of a future so you joined the military. Felt good to explode some heads didn't it? It felt powerful."

Emil remained in silence. He still looked mad, but remained in silence. Charlie went to the kitchen and grabbed a photograph from one of the drawers. She gave it to Emil.

"You're military." Emil studied the photo of Charlie and other soldiers smiling inside a tent.

"Used to be. Came back in 2019. The welcoming party wasn't exactly a party as you can imagine. My house was empty. As I said both my parents and my little brother got snapped. That's when I found this cabin."

"It's not yours?"

"Nah. I don't know who it belongs to actually. It was a cold night and I was just driving aimless. I don't know why exactly. Everything just seemed so meaningless back then. I felt weak."

Emil put the photograph on the table and they both locked eyes again. Not with anger this time though.

"It's cold but it's isolated enough. I could cry and scream as much as I wanted without anyone knowing. And did I need to scream! Scream at Thanos, scream at my parents, scream at myself. A part of me wish it could've been me, y'know? Trust me I would give my life for theirs in the blink of an eye! Yet, here I was."

Charlie sat at the table again. The temperature of the cabin went from 20°C to 40°C and then to 20°C again. Emil felt sorry about the table but most importantly he felt sorry for making Charlie mad.

"There's no much to say." He started, "Though childhood. No perspective. Joined the military. After everything I've seen, being strong is honestly the only option. It's survival."

"I get it. I really do. But strength is not on your muscles."

"Don't come with this heartfelt bullshit."

"It's not." Charlie chuckled, "Trust me I won't fall for that bullshit either. It's something else."

She got up and grabbed an old book from the shelf near the bed.

"All those things were already here when I got here for the first time. There was water, gas, energy, the bed, the blankets. It's like whoever lived here had just left. I've known this place for couple more than three years now. No one is ever here except me, yet the feeling never goes away."

The old book was covered with leather.

"Self help book?" Emil asked.

"In a way." Charlie tilted her head, "This book is about the universe. But not like a scientific encyclopedia. This book is about the whole universe, about the energy that comes from different parts of the multiverse and how to harvest and manipulate them. Essencially, magic!"

"Alright it's a self help book. Magic is not real."

"I was honestly hoping you would say that." Charlie smiled, "Check this out!"

Charlie put her hands in front of her and took a deep breath in order to focus. She moved her hands vertically and a orange string appeared from thin air. Charlie's hands drew a circle in the air and the string curved itself in a circumference. Charlie closed her hands as if grabbing something and with another gesture polygonal forms started to draw themselves in the magic circle. Charlie snapped her fingers with both hands and the whole thing started to spin like a magical ferris wheel.

"You discovered magic!" Emil whispered.

"Of course I didn't! People have been studying that for a long time. I just happened to find a weird book." The magical strings disappeared as Charlie stopped focusing so much on them, "You know when you are depressed so you set a simple goal just to give yourself a little achievement?"

"No, actually. But that's seems like solid advice."

"It is!" Charlie chuckled, "Anyways I read this whole book in like two days and I didn't understand shit. But I was super interested and started to dig the internet and beyond for anything related to all the weird concepts I found. I read the book more two of three times after that. Each time I learned something different and gained a new perspective over myself and the universe around me."

"So it is a self help book!" Emil laughed.

"As I said, it is but in a weird way. I mean look around. There's aliens and gods and the multiverse. When you think of all of it don't your problems seem way smaller?"

"I'm not sure."

"Here's how it's gonna be. I go to Barrow buy you some clothes and you think about everything I just said." She grabbed a jacket and wore boots, "But you have to pay me back alright? Otherwise I'm gonna hunt you and I'll find you. Remember: I know magic!"

"Okay, that's fair!"

Charlie grabbed a ring with slot for two fingers in a kitchen drawer. "That was one of the things I found here. Magic becomes weirdly intuitive once you learn some basics."

She made that focused face again and started to draw circles in the air with her right hand. The air in the middle of the cabin heated up and started to sparkle. An orange circle (much like the one she conjured with the hand gestures) appeared but in the middle of it was possible to see an alley.

"What is this?" Emil was shocked.

"Fast travel!" Charlie winked before passing through. The portal was gone as soon as she was gone and Emil found himself alone in the cabin.

***

There was a small mirror in the bathroom. Alone, he could check his own body for the first time. His face looked pretty much the same, he hadn't aged one day in the past fifteen years. Besides his hands and shoulders and spine, his elbows were also abnormally prominent. Was he the Abomination after all?

The power felt good, he remembered. Felt god-like. But the cost was too high. Emil became too dangerous and lost control over his own life for more than a decade. He wanted to blame Ross and Banner but would it be even fair? Emil was the one who accepted to take the serum in the first place. He actually pointed a gun at that scientist. He begged to become as strong as the Hulk is.

Emil left the house still covered in blankets. The cold snow made his feet burn but no enough to bother him. He was strong after all. Or maybe he enjoyed the pain in a sick way of reinforcing his own superiority belief. An orange portal opened nearby after a while.

"Aren't you feeling cold?" Charlie asked coming with a bag of clothes.

"A little."

"Come. See if any of those fit you. They're from the local thrift shop by the way."

"I've wore worse."

Charlie bought a simple jeans, two shirts, a flannel and boots. Really simple stuff just to protect Emil from the cold. It fit well.

"Thank you." He said.

"You're in debt, Mr Blonsky. Don't you forget that."

"You know magic." He chuckled, "I can't allow myself to have you as an enemy Ms Reznik."

They both laughed. Charlie sat at the table and started to type something on the computer.

"The feds are all over town." Charlie commented, "They're looking for you."

"Listen," he said, "I need to ask you a favor but first can I go for a walk?

***

Emil took a deep breath before jumping as high as he could. He could not see above the tall trees so he jumped again but grabbed one of the trees this time. Even with his bare hards, the wood bowed to his will. He kept climbing until he got to the highest part of the tree. From up there he could see the whole forest, including the trees he threw around the day before.

He jumped to the ground again. The snow splattered around him. His hands and knees started to bleed but he didn't care because he would break soon enough. He felt powerful and smiled without realizing it. Not a happy smile, bur rather a challenging one. Hey jumped a little before running in the direction of the destruction he caused. He started slow (more like jogging actually) but quickly escalated to marathon running and super human running. The cold wind cut his face like knifes but he didn't care. He just kept going faster.

When he finally reached the glade he jumped again. Even higher this time. When he landed his feet felt bigger. Breathing heavily he looked at his own hands and realized they were indeed getting bigger and muscled. Without wasting any breath he took off all his clothes and started running again. The cold started to bother him less and less as his body grew in size.

He started to scream so he could liberate his anger. He jumped high and landed with his fists causing the ground to crack bellow him. Emil grabbed a fallen tree and threw it to the air. He picked big boulders and threw them around at will. In the middle of the chaos he also started laughing. He was strong. He could destroy anything he wanted. He was as strong as he could be.

When Emil finally felt satisfied with his own display of power, he grabbed the trees and rearranged them back into the ground as best as he could. He picked the boulders and put them back where they were. So when the glade resembled the glade it once was, Emil sat on the ground next to his new clothes.

He started to think about everything Charlie said. Yes, he was big and could destroy everything is his way. But there were gods and aliens and robots and uncontable planets and entities across the universe. He was big and strong but he was also small and weak.

His strength though wasn't on his muscles but on his ability to survive. He survived his childhood, he survived the military and he survived the Hulk. Just like Charlie survived the snap and the aftermath. Like Charlie found new meaning in magic so could Emil find new paths to follow.

"I'm big and I'm small. I'm strong and I'm weak. I'm still here." Emil whispered to himself.

His body started to shrink calmly. Once he achieved regular size he wore his clothes and walked towards the cabin. Charlie smiled when he entered.

"Had fun?" She heard the screams obviously.

"Yeah actually. Thanks for everything."

"No problem. Remember, you're still in debt! So what favor do you need?"

"I need a portal but I also need an address. I believe you can find the person I'm looking for in the Sokovia accords database."

"Hm alright. What's the name?"

"Ava Starr."

#emil blonsky #thunderbolts #FoxtrotFanfic

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