#inter;; joe

[coralover]

...extremely unusual post, dw i havent abandonded coral glasses

INTRODUCING MY SUPA STRIKAS OC WOOO...!!!

oh no, my football obsession is coming to light

my lovely moot asked me to... how could i refuse?

ANYWAY meet Mila !! the patchwork of all things dear to me

knowing me, it isnt a surprise shes a yumesona (cj im looking at u)

even though, the club is NOT canon in any way in the universe, she is the star and face of Inter Milan !! the club ever

she joined supa strikas as the Coach's assistant, on a loan between clubs, after falling out of the super league as a player, due to a literal cardiac arrest

on-field she is a complete chaos !! a goal-scoring hurricane with an attitude...known for getting carded often...

off-field she is an awkward, but well-meaning, individual who will NOT laugh at your joke, no matter how funny it is, if she hates you

mila has a tons of thing going on: she is a star, a bassist, a collector, a manager of a whole team (!!), and a lover <3<3<3

now, just as with shu-hui, CATCH 3 random facts about her !!

-what she collects, are football jerseys >:D old and new, limited or not !! she has that collecting wire in common with cool joe

-she lives on her own yacht, who cares about a mansion?

-she is based off my two favorite footballers: sergio ramos and ewa pajor >_< and much much more but thats another story...

forza inter !!

feel absolutely free and invited to hit me up, chat, ask or tell me abt your oc(s) !! ;D

i hope i actually start posting reguraly again

[coffeevacation]

Hii

Hii tumblr,

finally decided to make a blog where I actually post something🫣. This blog is gonne be strictly vibes, no weird shit. You can call me Zaza (thats obv not my real name). I love football, music and pretty men. I'm a dutchie so my team is a dutch team (Feyenoord), but I also follow Inter Milan and Liverpool.

As you can see in my bio, I also love the french🥰. They're the one and only pretty fc. Maybe one day I'll start writing fics, for now I'm just here for some friendsss :)

In terms of music i love some R&B, Daniel Caesar is on repeat for me rn. Top artist this year was Queen B. And I love me a little bit of hiphop/rap. Secretly a Future fan hehe.

Please feel free to start a convo (about literally anything) I wont bite (unless you like)😌

[basingstokemercury]

Adam only starts investigating in A House Divided because he's worried that Joe is being used...

But Joe doesn't understand and reacts with anger to what he sees as unprovoked attacks on a friend...

And maybe that explains why Adam breaks so completely at the climax - he was trying to protect Joe from manipulation, but that only hurt their relationship, and he's terrified that having done so much harm with good intentions hardly bodes well for what might happen between them if it comes to a real fight?

[donotdestroy]

Joe Rogan Experience #2190 - Peter Thiel

[gods-revolver-twice-as-shiny]

the next fob music should be just patrick stump going feral and insane for 4 minutes and 26 seconds

[goldenpinof]

updates (corporate & live events manager has been there for some time; Meisha Kelly's departure is new)

(many thanks to Emma @dnpbeats for noticing it)

new management, let's gooo

[nazrigar]

The Main Human Cast of my Transformers: All-Sparks AU

Shifting from the Cybertronian perspective of things, humans are also a vital part of my All-Sparks setting, especially once the conflict reaches Earth.

The AU takes place mostly in Jasper, Nevada. It's a little bigger than in TFP canon, but still tight knit. The story centers around two families, the O'Haras and the Darbys, all the while being observed by some friendly local secret agents supervised by the literal most powerful man on planet Earth.

The O'Haras

Shana, AKA Scarlett. The legendary former G.I.Joe herself, is a single mother doing her best to raise her only daughter, Sierra. She's powering through her own personal demons and working as a baseball coach in Memorial High School. For all her emotional baggage, she is still a formidable athlete and fighter. Haunted by nightmares of a "Silver Demon".

Sierra meanwhile, is an upbeat and assertive young woman who's the captain of her local cheer team. She has a strong interest in chemistry and engineering, and a enormous love of cars, especially how they tick. She does her best to be as supportive of her mom just as she is for her.

The Darbys

Jack Darby is a mostly directionless young man who works in KO Burger, and had his soul thoroughly sucked out of him via the horrors of the fast food history. It does mean whatever insults are thrown at him, he just doesn't care and shrugs. Sierra's boyfriend, and suprisingly affectionate when he can be. When push comes to shove, he is perceptive and resourceful.

June Darby is a doctor, and might just be a bit overworked but so long as she can help save lives and provide for her son and herself, it's all worth it. She is kind, patient but also firm and outspoken. She's a woman that's seen a lot in an emergency room, and has a resolve stronger than steel.

The Local Federal Agents

Agent William Fowler is a heavy set man with a strong sense of professionalism, but if he finds something off or a plan is stupid or dangerous, he'll cut to the chase and call it outright. His job is that as an inter-department liaison for multiple agencies and sections of government. A former Army Ranger with an additional skill in manned flight, in another life he would've been prime G.I. Joe material, but ultimately didn't make the cut.

Agent Seymour Simmons, representing that most secretive of departments, Sector 7, and a man with some very "interesting" ideas on the potential troubles man will be facing off in the future. After all, the long-deceased Cobra Commander was himself part snake-person. Anything can happen at this point, and Sector 7's is always on the case! One man, not-yet betrayed by the country he loves, but WILL step up as its last hope in its hour of need… eventually.

Joseph B. Colton, the Most Powerful Man on the Planet

The Legend. The First G.I. Joe. The Unbreakable Joe Colton, valor and courage incarnate. The man that crushed Cobra once and for all… and the real power within the United States government and the mastermind of security measures around the world. No administration was able to muscle him out of power, too beloved by the people, and just too damned good at his job. He commands the loyalty of servicemen active and retired, to the point many are loyal not to the President or Constitution, but to him. Joe Colton is a man that puts service, sacrifice and doing what must be done for the good of all above all else, having sacrificed so much for the good of his nation and the world… and has been witness to seeing his veterans, even former G.I.Joes, be "welcomed" to a nation that either doesn't care about them or offered mealy mouthed "thanks" for their service.

Years of administrating the U.S. government has made him a jaded man, and he has come to increasingly view civilians as greedy, ungrateful and never satisfied, voting against their best interests while always demanding more from him and his servicemen, without ever knowing what they actually want. Sometimes he wonders maybe… JUST maybe… this country, no, the world needs a massive overhaul… but hopefully it doesn't come to that…

When the Autobots eventually awaken on Earth, it is Joe Colton they'll have to work with... a heavy dose of caution.

[dilf-in-peril]

Notes on the first Raven ROH shoot; or things Raven said about wrestling:

in wrestling you need to be hated or loved, not disliked or liked

a good babyface needs to be able to sell to get sympathy and have a fiery comeback and that's all they need to do

a wrestling match is like edging as you're jerking off, you have to build to the cumshot and not come too early and get a lame orgasm or too late and ruin the whole thing too

if you're a babyface and you don't sell all the way because you want to "stay strong" you're doing it wrong, you gotta hit rock bottom and bleed and drool and puke all over the mat so the comeback looks really impressive

wrestling is not an athletic competition it's a drama. it's a drama. say it again: it's a drama.

wrestling is different from other sport because it's inter-emotional. the fans cheering actually have an influence on the match and they feed their energy into the babyface.

unless you're doing a superman comeback (hulk hogan, ultimate warrior) don't forget to sell during your comeback or you destroy all the selling work you did before and also piss Raven off specifically (and me too)

if you win the match and you forget to sell during the celebration you piss Raven off and me too

after a match you should always be out of breath, doesn't matter if it's a shoot or you're actually fine. you need to be sucking wind by the five minute mark.

"but I'm not actually winded!" — it's a WORK!

if you get really hurt in a match and you don't sell the injury you pretty much need to be put down like a dog

working is what you do between the moves, and what you come up with on the fly

because of everyone trying to be Shawn Michaels but only doing the flips wrestling today (2005) is athletically at a different level but psychology wise it's never been worse [oh, honey, if you knew]. Which sucks but at least it's not the boring lazy matches of the early 80s.

no one in the business now knows how to work, they only know how to perform, and it's only going to get worse because kids these days learn from those guys who don't know how to work so they don't know how to work and eventually no one's left to teach them how to work

don't be too strong in your hope spot or you ruin all the heat - unless you're super over with the crowd and they are chanting your name so loud because you kind of have to give as much as they give you because it's an inter-emotional experience

working used to be making things that don't hurt look like they do hurt so you don't actually have to hurt each other and nowadays (2005) people do hurt each other but make it look like it doesn't hurt. never before have wrestlers taken more bumps and hurt themselves more and yet they're acting like it hurts less than ever before.

japanese strong style isn't "working" because they just shoot hurt each other (compare the punk shoot interview where he says raven told him to stop chopping him cause it hurts)

cruiserweight high flyers who don't sell belong to the mid card while the top of the card belongs to guys like joe and punk

wrestling is the greatest art form in the world. if it's done right there's nothing better and when this is done poorly there's nothing more unbearable to watch; except for when it's so bad it's good

[revolutionizethegame-archived]

College parties. Something that Joe had no real experience with outside of the way that they were portrayed in the media. From those cruddy teen films to horror movies. He hadn't bothered with college, always knowing he had wanted to be a wrestler. That was the sole goal that had been worked towards since he was a teenager. There had been no allure of anything else, no way to shift that focus. And it was something that was finally paying off.

Along the way, he had met plenty of people. Some he got along well with. Others he didn't. The business was far more cutthroat than anticipated, which meant that the number of those people he trusted was significantly smaller. No one had managed to quite get under his skin or pull his attention off of the prize that had long been his goal.

That was until he met Olly. Olivia was something else entirely. An unexpected monkey wrench thrown into years' worth of carefully laid out and thought out plans. And it had not been as if she was trying. It was obvious that she was there to do her job but also use the platform as a stepping stone. Joe hadn't missed the way that she used each and every opportunity presented to her to get her name out there and try to build relationships. She wasn't simply a pretty face, and that intrigued him more than he cared to admit.

Joe had found himself doing something he had done very few times since he had become a wrestler. Create a steady and strong friendship with someone in the business. With Olivia, things had flowed easily. Talk came without trouble, and it felt as if they had been friends for years rather than just a few weeks when everything had started. Of course, the few close friends that he had did pick up on the change.

Punk had been the first to notice the looks that Joe gave the woman, how eager he was to seek her out and spend some time with her. He had left it alone at first, unsure if anything would come from it or if it was something more than a passing interest. Not that he had seen something that was even just a passing interest when it came to Joe.

When he realized it wasn't passing, he did start to bring it up and tease his friend about it. He could see the appeal. The woman was gorgeous. Smart, too. His friend could have chosen worse for sure.

Olly was the reason that they found themselves at this party in the first place. It wasn't exactly Punk's idea of a good night. Alcohol and drunk college kids. There were other ways that would have been more enjoyable. But Joe had asked him to come and so he had. In support of his friend. Though, getting to spend some time with the cute girl wasn't exactly a hardship either. A thought he kept to himself. And would do so without a word breathed aloud. Besides, he didn't mind being the ride home should Joe end up having something more than a drink or two.

The party seemed to be in full swing by the time the two arrived. At least they didn't look fully out of place. Music was playing, and the smell of charcoal told them that there were barbecues already going.

Allowed in, they waited. Frankly, it wasn't like either of them wanted to mingle with just about anyone there. They could be polite and manage it well enough if need be. But, it was simply easier to wait for Olly. They didn't have to wait too long as the woman in question appeared coming down the stairs.

"Good to see you too," he murmured as Joe didn't hesitate to return the hug. There was no hesitation in the action either. Happy to have her close. The music seemed to fade away momentarily, and Joe forgot that his friend was beside him. Though as she pulled back and seemed happy, did it really matter? The world came back into focus, though, once she turned to focus on Punk. "You know things are always boring without you there." His attention shifted to his friend.

"Punk's fine with me." He offered, hand extending out. There was no missing the way that the woman clung to Joe's side. Amusing to a degree. "Would say thanks for having us, but not sure you could even tell whose coming and going," he joked. Joe rolled his eyes.

"Why don't we all grab a drink and something to eat." Joe suggested, wanting to be able to keep Olly close. Hopefully, at least. It was her party, so who knew where and when she might be demanded. But the longer he held her attention, the better. He didn't exactly know where he was going, so he couldn't turn her in the proper direction like he could do at the arena or when they were traveling. He had to rely on her. Everyone else was all but ignored. "Didn't think the party would be this big. You guys normally do things like this?"

[@revolutionizethegame] @[theoneandonly] w/ cm punk + samoa joe

The small student house buzzed with energy. Downstairs, the party had already started. People had been coming and going ever since earlier that afternoon. Someone, at some point, had fired up the BBQ, making it official that the fun could start, so people started drinking and playing music. Upstairs, some of the girls were still getting ready. The multiple rooms were messy and open as girls and girlfriends came and went, borrowing make-up, trying on clothing and just generally chatting.

From downstairs came the loud chattering of many people mixed with music, the speakers pumped Nelly Furtado's last year's most famous Promiscuous, clearly setting the vibe up.

"How many people have you invited?" Olly asked, sending Val, one of her housemates, a look through the mirror while trying to fix her earring.

"Oh, you know how these things go. It was supposed to be just a couple of dozen but-" The girl shrugged innocently, sending Olly a little smile in response. "Can't help it if the entire campus decided to join. We are hot."

Olly laughed, shaking her head. "Well, it's clearly more than that. Let's just hope no one is going to break anything and that we won't get the police called. Neighbours already hate us enough around here."

"What is there to hate about a house full of college girls!?" Another housemate popped by the door bearing a bottle of clear vodka as an offering. Val took it without too much thought, while Olly shook her head, declining. "I think the answer to that is: a house full of college girls." They all chuckled, and then Val pressed on, trying to pass the vodka over again. "You got your boy coming over, right?"

Right. Olly's nerves shook and the warm twist of adrenaline tickled her stomach as she felt her anxiety rising. "He isn't my boy," she specified, obsessively checking out how her skimpy outfit fell on her thin body.

She met Joe at work. Most stuff about working there was pretty grim, but the pay was good. Good enough for her to ignore how she got hired exclusively because she was a "pretty face" who could catch the audience's attention being the new young little thing and not much more than that. And it worked; they certainly had an eye for business around those parts. Olly would have had fun with it; the mostly unwanted attention from the locker room and the audience alike wasn't the problem. Her barely having a say on what she could wear - which mostly included her being as uncovered as possible - and having her weight checked twice monthly was. But, working there had its perks besides the money. She got the chance to travel and network all across the US, something estremely lucky for someone in her position as an undergrad of sociology and public relations.

Who cared if to get there she had to go through a few uncomfortable conversations, it's not like she was going to do it for the rest of her life and she was twenty two only once in life.

Plus, the place had other perks. Like Joe.

Joe may not be her boy yet, but she had a pretty definite goal in mind. She liked him. She liked him a lot. He made her laugh, and he made her nervous, like not many other boys could say to have the privilege. And he was charming and easy to talk to, someone able to make her feel pretty, but not uncomfortable about it.

On that thought, Olly rolled her eyes, easily giving into Val's temptation, grabbing the bottle off her hand and taking a sip directly from it. Both her mates encouraged her with a cheer while the only thing the girl was thinking was how embarrassing it could have been if she was developing the biggest crush on a wrestler that did crazy shit for a living, and it may not be reciprocated.

"Olly!" Someone, a guy voice she didn't recognise, shouted from downstairs. "It's for you," to which point she just knew it must have been Joe arriving. Was it already six? She wondered in a slight panic, feeling like she wasn't at all ready or pretty enough. Both her friends, as she walked by, gave her a slap on the butt. "Go and get 'em," joked Val.

Olly hurried down the stairs, still trying to keep composure, unwilling to show her nervousness, especially to Joe.

As her eyes landed on him, a large smile popped on her lips while approaching. Her heart skipped a beat. He patiently waited by the door, chatting to someone she didn't pay attention to for the time being. "Hi, welcome," she caught his attention placing a hand on his arm, "it's nice to see you, glad you made it." She truly was, daring to pull him into a friendly hug only to have the excuse to feel him close. "Did you miss me?" She chirped happily.

Her eyes then switched to the other guy standing by, recognising his badly bleached hair. "Oh, hey," she was more surprised than anything, not expecting Joe bringing someone along. She knew him from work too, but it wasn't like her and Punk had talked much before then. "I don't think I know you as well," she hanged by Joe side, pushing a hand out, "I'm Olly. Punk, right? Or you go by something else while not in the ring?"

Olly then cleared her voice, deciding to shake off the awkwardness quickly. There was no reason why it was going to be a problem to hang with both. "Can I offer you anything? Want a drink? And I'm pretty sure we got hot dogs on the go in the back garden," she tapped her chin. "You tell me, boys."

[coralover]

okay. hear me out.

i'll never know if adding the non-canon inter milan into my supa strikas delusions (might aswell call it an au smh)

BUT hey !! doesn't cool joe look cute in an inter jersey??? i do think so

YES i used el matador's pose NO i will not be accepting criticism on this specific matter

now, there's two (three) possibilities on what happened here :0

• whole ass AU happens in which cj actually joins inter (thats like my personal heaven)

• mila (my oc) made him wear it. thats it. OR they swapped 🙏

nothing beats being an irl football fan and consuming every single football piece of media i find

also my national team is losing a match, versus an embarrasing opponent, as im typing this goodnight

[kingratmilk]

You know what's interested me most about Zenless Zone Zero? Thirens

As of rn, there are (soon to be) 6 playable thiren characters:

Nekomiya Mana (Cat)

Ben Bigger (Bear)

Von Lycaon (Wolf)

Ellen Joe (Shark)

Seth Lowell (Cat)

Jane Doe (Rat)

From looking through the story, trust events, character profiles, in game news articles, and Inter-Knot, we can find out the following about thirens:

- Some thirens can't have coffee because it causes heart issues

- Thirens that are fully covered with fur are called "beast thirens"

- They have sensitive hearing (most notably seen with Nekomata)

- Their tails are pretty sensitive

- They usually only let people they trust touch their tails (most notably seen with Ellen and Lycaon)

- Their fur is affected by their diet (tail fur included)

- Animals are naturally attracted to them (as seen with Lycaon and Seth, possibly others too but idk)

- They naturally have a higher ether aptitude than humans

- There are specific shampoos and massages for thirens

- Soap can cause their fur to knot

- Their ears/tails may move/twitch depending on how they feel

- They share multiple other traits with their normal animal counterparts, such as agility, dexterity, and more

- Thirens can shed

- Thirens can have allergies to their own fur when they shed

- Some thirens enjoy neck/head scratches

- There may be a law specific to protecting thirens, though I'm not 100% on this

And that's not all, as there is actually quite a bit of obvious discrimination against thirens such as:

- Sterotypes are casually said to the faces of thirens

- Some people view them as "dangerous creatures"

- Some accommodations aren't available to thirens (most notably the issue with movie theatre seats when it comes to bear thirens)

- Being harassed on the street by people who want to touch their tails (or even in Lycaon's case, a child wanting to ride on his back)

- Thirens in movies often don't get played by actual thirens, and instead by humans or bangboo

- In these movies, they're often times shown as dangerous

- Maybe I'm looking too into this one, but I find it weird that a large majority of bear thirens work at Belobog Industries

There are just so many things you can find out about thirens in this game and it makes me wanna ask so many questions. How do they exist? Why are only some thirens fully furred? What's with all the casual discrimination against them? Why are there so many different species of thiren? Why does someone like Nekomata have 2 tails instead of the standard 1? I genuinely hope the game goes more into the factors of thirens and especially the discrimination of them as I'm curious just what the full extent of it is

If there's anything else I missed about thirens plz let me know! These guys interest me so much so I'm trying to gather as many facts about them as possible

[thealtofvalleyxdoodles]

"Tell her her dress is pretty."

You were just an average babysitter. Nothing too grand-sure you loved kids, sure the parents paid nicely-but fucking hell, Joe Graves.

And Sarah-the cutest little thing ever! She's so sweet, little chatter box, sure, but it's cute, you think, hearing her rant about how cool her daddy is, and how he's got some of the coolest friends. When this happened, you just sat there, letting her talk-but one day, it happened in your front yard. So you played with her and her dolls-kinda. She forgot they were there and started waving her armsand hands around as she told a story that Joe told her, one about where had to swim in a big river. "Really, Sarah? Did you daddy say all of that?" "Yeah huh! Yea huh! He's so cool!" Sarah said, jumping up and down on her feet now. You giggled before saying, "Careful hunny. Dont wantcha falling now do we?" And Sarah shook her head. "Nuh uh. That would hurt...hey-Miss Y/n? Why don't you have a husband?"

you ch0oked on your spit. "Uhm-where'd you learn that word hunny?" "Daddy! He was talking his friends about you-" "And I told you not to eavesdrop anymore, Sarah." the gruff voice made the both of you jump. "Joe! Hi! Goodness, I didn't see you!" "I walked," he said simply. "I don't live far anyway. Besides, it's good for my health." You nodded your head, "True." Joe smiled at you, and you smiled back. Sarah huffed before saying, "Daddy! I was talking to Miss Y/n! And you said it's rude to inter-inner...I don't know!" Sarah pouted, crossing her arms over her chest in that cute little way only toddlers could. You laughed and said, "Sarah, calm down sweetie. I'm listening."

But Joe quirked a brow up. "You've never pouted like that before..." he grumbled to himself, watching Sarah go on her little taggant to you. He listening somewhat, but then looked at his wrist watch, "Sarah, sweetie. It's almost time for mom to pick you up." And Sarah pouted-again. "I don't wanna go to mom's! I wanna stay with Miss Y/n!" "Sarah...I'm being called in-you have to go to Lena's." "I'm not going!" Joe sighed and picked up his daughter. She started to fake cry. "Sarah! Enough! What the hell is wrong with you today?"

He felt bad for saying that to her, he knew it was probably a side affect of aging, but jeez...this was bad. You got up off the little picnic blanket and said, "I'm not going to tell you how to parent, Mister Graves...I'm just going to say, maybe it's because she sees how stressed and annoyed Lena makes you-maybe she's reluctant to go with her mother because of this." Huh. Good point-Sarah's was always a Daddy's girl. "Yeah-Yeah maybe..." but his daughter was (trying to and failing) glaring at him. "Sarah. Sweetie. We'll have a talk at home, okay?" Jeez-he already had to pull out the dad talk? ...Maybe Lena was right-Maybe he spent too much time at work and not enough at home.

"Say bye to Miss L/n." "Bye, Miss Y/n..." Sarah said sadly, waving to you even more so. You jutted your lower lip out before saying, "Well-here's the bag of toys she brought, Joe. Have a nice day!" Joe nodded and he took the bag, "Yeah-you too..."

but as he walked away, "Tell her her dress is pretty, Sarah," Joe said, smiling, "YOUR DRESS IT PRETTY MISS Y/NNNN!!!"

~~~~~ 𝕋 𝔸 𝔾 𝕊 ~~~~~

@spicy-seaweed @seconds-over-first @thebunnednun @staytrueblue @writing-with-moss and my backup blog: @valscodblog bc i can c:

[yusakiiiii]

The Crossover really was something. Here’s one of my favourite interactions. What’s yours?

Scott: I hate the gays!

*Joe Hills begins shooting Scott*

Scott: Joe I can say that! Joe I am gay!

Joe Hills: Okay, so not everybody has that context. My viewers don’t know that. I don’t know that.

Scott: I am very gay which is why I’ve said that Joe.

Joe Hills: That is a valuable bit of context to provide

Scott: I’m aggressively homosexual. I’m very aggressively homosexual Joe I thought everyone knew. It’s kinda my brand.

Joe Hills: There’s a lot of inter-audience cross pollination right now.

Scott: I did appreciate the aggressive nature you took right away though, that was a good ally.

Joe Hills: I do what I can.

Scott: I thought Joe when I said I’m gonna say the one slur I can you’d have picked up.

Oli: Did you say a slur?

Scott: No I didn’t. I said when Jimmy was copying me I was tempted to do it and then I said “I hate the gays” and then Joe decided to shoot me cos he didn’t realise I was gay. Even though I’m aggressively homosexual.

Joe Hills: I don’t have time to know every gay person!

If you want to watch this properly. Go to the 2:40:00 mark in this video: https://www.youtube.com/live/2heYeEOTqrw?si=a1urB22nQZZPq_tk

[rei-ismyname]

The (character) assassination of Wanda Maximoff by the coward Joe Quesada

Charles Xavier is not a psychotherapist

After giving her coworkers some unwelcome feedback, Wanda Maximoff is in a bit of a state. For some reason Xavier thinks he can help by shouting at her. He's a PHD in psychiatry but his record in nurturing the mental health of others is ... shit. He's really bad at this okay. There's a whole thing with Wanda's kids not existing and it doesn't make a lot of sense tbh. Whether by magic or reality warping she's not allowed to create kids for reasons unstated.

This back and forth goes on for a while but Chuck deems no progress made. Just ... Let her have the kids dude. Wanda reality warps to undo tragedy, harming nobody, and Chuck just yells at her to stop. It's profoundly cruel and unproductive. Marvel events play fast and loose with narrative causality and characterisation but House of M is so fucking egregious. The misogyny and ableism behind it is still felt today. Ironically, Charles Xavier is probably the worst parent on the island.

Generally speaking Magneto is a terrible parent but here and now he does want to be there for Wanda. When it was just him being supportive he read to her and spent time with her while she slept. As much as you can help someone with grief that's about all you can do. Now Wanda's powers are ... making her crazy? I guess? Let's not beat around the bush - it's ridiculous framing. House of M contains oh so much man pain compared to voicing the pain of Wanda.

Chuck has been telepathically drugging and sedating Wanda, and he's baffled as to why she's not magically getting better. Sounds like torture to me, frankly. Classic Chuck to first present it as inhumane, then not foolproof, then admit it's not working. If it was working you bet your bottom dollar he'd continue with what he's already doing. He says Magneto shouldn't blame himself (he should) and that she's a grown woman. That sounds like blaming Wanda to me. You'd think he'd have learnt his lesson from sedating and drugging his son David for years without improvement (by his metrics.) Nyet.

That's a pretty reductive summation of their history but the broad strokes are there. Mags was an abusive maniac to the twins before they knew they were related, and his behaviour since then has been... mixed, at best. His culpability is severe but it's often used to minimise anyone else's. The Avengers have been pretty awful here and there as well, especially here reproductive autonomy is concerned. Ask Carol about that one.

Mags casually walking on the sky is pretty damn cool and he should do it more often. IDK why he's doing it now, but good for him I guess.

Sometime shortly, The Avengers and X-Men get together to 'decide the fate' of Wanda. It's like they know they're in an event and dutifully summon everyone they know to argue. Their sources for this decision are not especially reliable, and a lot of people that should know better are either silent or absent.

Pietro knows what's up. The gathered heroes are just giving off that vibe. He's obviously not happy about the prospect at all, but Magneto is not much help. I find it hard to believe he'd think they may be right. He's a terrible father but he's not an idiot. He asks 'what would you have me do?' as if there aren't hundreds of options that don't involve killing Wanda. Let her have the kids! Take her to space or something. Isn't there a mutant cure kicking around ATM? None of these are mentioned.

Back at the brain trust zero progress has been made. Emma has Logan's script and advocates for killing her, and Logan obviously callously agrees. This frames the argument as 'kill Wanda: Y/N?' and magic/telepathy the only possible solutions. Pietro was right, honestly, but Wanda doesn't even get a voice. Cap insists that there's always another way, but nobody has one. In the end, everyone heads to Genosha to talk to Wanda but we'll never know how that would have gone. House of M isn't interested in asking those questions at all.

I'm skipping the entire event here because the focus is Wanda and she's not a character in the House of M reality. She's barely a character in 616 at this time, simplified into 'crazy mother.' I certainly blame Brian Michael Bendis, as the writer of this event, but it was Quesada's decision and the buck stops with him. Mutants (allegedly) needed to be decimated and Wanda was the means. After using her similarly for Avengers Disassembled it's wild in retrospect that they doubled down. Not surprising, of course, but considering how many people would have had the chance to say 'this is sexist and ableist garbage' before it went to print...

Worst of all, 'no more mutants' defined and derailed Wanda Maximoff's character for decades. I'd say she's only escaped the shadow of it in the last few years, but her peers never had to face their part in the tragedy. I was glad that she was being used as Krakoa's boogeyman because it highlighted how ridiculous the whole thing is. It also led to her reclaiming her narrative, which needed to happen but it's not a good look. I will do a part 2 covering that end soon.

[hotvintagepoll]

this is a poll for a movie that doesn't exist.

It is vintage times. The powers that be have decided to again remake the classic vampire novel Dracula for the screen. in an amazing show of inter-studio solidarity, Hollywood’s most elite hotties are up for the starring roles. the producers know whoever they cast will greatly impact the genre, quality, and tone of the finished film, so they are turning to their wisest voices for guidance.

you are the new casting director for this star-studded epic. choose your players wisely.

Previously cast:

Jonathan Harker—Jimmy Stewart

The Old Woman—Martita Hunt

Count Dracula—Gloria Holden

Mina Murray—Setsuko Hara

Lucy Westenra—Judy Garland (rip)

The Three Voluptuous Women—Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall

The Agonized Mother—Mary Philbin (rip)

Dr. Jack Seward—Vincent Price

Quincey P. Morris—Toshiro Mifune

Arthur Holmwood—Sidney Poitier

R.M. Renfield—Conrad Veidt

The Captain of the Demeter—Omar Sharif (rip)

The First Mate of the Demeter—Leonard Nimoy (rip)

Mr. Swales—Ed Wynn (rip)

The Correspondent for The Daily Graph—Ethel Waters

Dracula in dog form—Frank Oz with a puppet

Sister Agatha—Angela Lansbury

Mrs. Westenra—Gladys Cooper (rip)

Dracula's solicitors—Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee

Dr. Van Helsing—Orson Welles

Mrs. Bilder is the wife of the zookeeper Thomas Bilder. She is also very fond of wolves.

[batboyblog]

But it is worth noting, of course, that non-college-educated people in the top 20% (such as due to inheritance or such) still voted R, and at higher frequencies.

Right now I feel politically homeless. The Republicans are obviously not an option. I disagree with the progressive Dems on foreign policy, but I disagree with the centrist Dems on economics to a great degree.

Yes, I mean the whole break down of who in what economic group (and then splitting it by race) voted for which party is not cut and dry, I just wanted to express frustration at the idea that if we just were "like FDR" or were progressive or whatever, people would flock to the Democratic banner and we'd win FDR in 1936 style landslides forever and always Aman. Because very clearly Joe Biden modeled himself on FDR or LBJ and did a bunch of very progressive stuff and like... the landslides and overwhelming popularity failed to show up. Its just annoying to see that take over and over when its clearly not true, now, I support all that stuff because I think its good stuff to do, but also lets be realistic its clearly not a vote winner (I don't think its a vote loser as such either)

personally I'm pretty comfortable being politically homeless. In a general sense I'm a Democrat but that really only describes any at least semi-serious person anywhere on the left of center of American politics. I personally believe in American leadership in the world, are we perfect? nope, but history shows us that one country is usually the lead, the agenda setter, the tone setter, the Primus inter pares, etc and if I have to pick between us and the other countries who want to be setting the agenda, what China? the techno-totalitarian state? Russia? thats literally waging a war of genocide as we speak? no thanks I'll take the flawed USA over those two any day. But I'm also progressive, I don't believe in a "little" interference by the state in abortion or trans healthcare I think people should be left alone to make their medical choices with their doctors. I believe in a role for the state in the economy, I believe in strong climate action (thus why American leadership in the world, China and Russia don't want to do shit on climate change) and that more immigration is a good thing.

and honestly I'm okay not fitting neatly into one camp with set answers for all our policy questions. We live in an age where aren't thinking, at all, much less for themselves, everyone spits out slogans with no meat behind them "Make American Great Again" wtf does that mean? "Green New Deal" huh? "Defund The Police" but we don't really mean defund we mean complex explanation followed by someone yelling "yes we do, abolish the cops!" "Free Palestine" "DOGE" "Make America Healthy Again" "raw milk!" "no cops at pride" we're all just yelling CRAP! and no one has any thoughts much less answers. So I'm not worried about fitting into a home, and having like minded people, if I agree with people 100% on everything political, I'm gonna start to get worried. Any political movement has to be big tent, has to involve people who don't agree on everything, doesn't mean you give up on what you believe in, you fight for it in the tent, and sometimes you lose and you sit it out because you don't get anywhere taking your toys and going home, you just keep fighting till you get what you want.