#(Archie notwithstanding)

[jugheadjonezwuzhere]

IMO Jughead is the most compelling character in this show and the more I watch the more tragic his character and arc are.

Where I’m at in season five it just really seems like he’s turning into his dad (alien conspiracy theories notwithstanding) and it’s horribly tragic mostly bc it seems very realistic for kids who grow like he did. Setting all the weird Riverdale shit aside, being abandoned by your mom and forced into homelessness by you drunkard of a father and witnessing a man get beaten to death whilst living under a bridge and being bullied at school and overwhelming not really wanted by anyone in your life are the kinds of things that leave a lasting mark. And on top of that people are a product of the environment they grow up in. Some people get out of it and take new paths and others get sucked back in no matter how hard they try to escape. And tbh Jughead probably would’ve had more luck escaping if he’d had a proper support system.

I like Bughead a lot but they were pretty toxic for each other after a while. They both brought so much baggage into the relationship on top of which Jughead doesn’t know how to set better boundaries bc he’s never really seen a healthy relationship and Betty had way too much going on to acknowledge the fact that she and Jughead were making each other worse not better at a certain point.

The graduation episode I believe it is when Betty admits that she kissed Archie during hedwig is one of the saddest moments bc when she says “I need to tell you something” he knows exactly what she did and he’s not even surprised. But he doesn’t let go. He just holds on tighter. Which again I understand bc she’s the only person who’s ever really cared about him, but this is at least the second time she’s kissed Archie while still dating Jughead and at a certain point you have to say this isn’t working anymore.

Side note but I also felt so so bad for Veronica when Archie tells her about the kiss. I don’t have particularly strong feelings for varchie one way or the other but she deserved so much better than that.

I feel like this is just an incoherent mess but im gonna post it anyways and see if any of y’all can make sense of it

[whispering-about-the-tmnt]

I know Leo is your favorite. I am curious what’s your opinion on Raph?

I love him! I actually love all the guys pretty much equally, it's just that I love Leo a tiny bit more.

The thing about Raph, though, is in some of the iterations he is reduced down to a base "angry guy" personality; and I prefer it when the writers tell us why he is angry, and show more aspects of who he is.

For example, the "why" being, as Splinter put it in my story "Something Wicked", when Raph got angry and punches things after... well, that's a spoiler:

"I am sorry if someone has hurt you in their anger," he said, placing his touch on the teen's arm. "But I swear to you that Raphael would never do so. He is first and foremost a protector, and he believes at this moment that he has failed in that charge. Would you feel any different, if one person you loved was missing, and two others unwell?"

He wants to protect people; that is his primary personality trait, not "angry guy". That is doubtless why he became Nightwatcher in the 2007 movie. It wasn't because he wanted to go out there bashing heads in (that was just a bonus), it was because he wanted to protect people, and when Leo left they stopped doing that. Interestingly, the things that Leo found distasteful about the Nightwatcher were very much the same things that Leo himself was doing in the jungle in South America, but it seems that Raph was actually more conscious of not killing anyone in the process (you can't tell me that Leo let that guy in the Jeep actually live... not with that blood-curdling scream).

But, yeah, Raph and Leo are actually very much alike in that they are protectors of others, except that Leo goes about it very differently. The jungle example notwithstanding, in most versions Leo is the big brother that goes to his younger sibling's bullies and gives them a calm warning; Raph is the big brother that goes to his younger sibling's bullies and pushes them against the wall and tells them to back the hell off or deal with him... then he goes home and smacks the younger sibling across the head.

He can be very soft when he wants to be, though, so those soft moments have much more of an impact. Like in Tales Of Leo in 2k3, when he was the only one to cry when he told his story; or in both Bayverse and MM when he confessed his love for his brothers when he thought they were all going to die; or how well he got along with little Yoshi in TMNT 3; or when, in the 2007 movie, he told Splinter about Leo getting taken; or in Batman Vs. TMNT when he lectured Batman about the importance of family. But one of the most heart-wrenching moments had to be in Same As It Never Was when he was dying and used his last ounces of strength to crawl to Leo's side.

And as I said, I love it when his other interests are put on display. Like when he is shown knitting and carving in Bayverse, or working on his bike in 2k3, or playing video games with the guys in whatever iteration. In the future world of the TMNT Archie run, he is shown to be married and runs a restaurant where he is the chef. And though it is not an interest, knowing that he is afraid of insects makes him seem more down-to-earth and less of just the tough turtle.

Some of his "traits", I must admit, are simply headcanons to me. Because of his protective nature, I like to think of him as a gifted medic (albeit one whose bedside manner could use some working on), whose medical knowledge is second only to Don's. Also, I picture him being able to speak Spanish, which he learned by hanging out with people in the Bronx (also where he picked up his distinct-in-the-family accent). Both of those things, again, I wrote into "Something Wicked", which even has a whole chapter about Raph called "The Protector".

So, yeah, I think Raph is awesome! I just wish we could see more of it onscreen, you know? I am really looking forward to how Tales Of The TMNT utilizes him!

Anyways, thank you for the ask! Sorry the answer was so long!

[transfemme-shelterdog]

I also don’t understand, like I’ve seen the movie I get the context, but is OP implying that the transmasc (I also did not know it was supposed to be one word, my b) is the American spy & the trans woman the Nazi? Isn’t that a bit like...bad? Like, I feel uncomfortable, first of all, at the implication that shit is so bad in our community (or at least, in certain groups within our community) that we’re fucking comparing transmascs & transfems to the Americans and Germans circa WW2, to the point of it being a life-or-death stealth mission to gather information to ultimately defeat the other, but also; I’m really uncomfortable by the comparison of trans women as a whole to Nazis, period?? Like, back to that “life or death stealth mission” thing, is the implication that trans women are a fascist dictatorship?

Which, no, I don't think OP meant it that way, I wanna be absolutely clear on that that I think OP is just using a recognizable image from a popular movie to convey a point about dog whistles (effectiveness notwithstanding), but like....the implications.....? Not fabulous.....? Like I feel like maybe we could all take a step back & think about using this kinda thing given the current political climate?

Yeah, transmasc is one word, as it's short for "transmasculine", not "trans masculine".

They're implying that the transmasc is the English "Nazi" (Archie Hicox was British) while trans women are the German Nazi as the transmasc outed themselves as being not really trans.

It's not really a good look, I agree, but I doubt you'll get any sort of conversation with her, as she literally says that she hates all men, and I'll assume you're transmasc (like 99% of people who interact with this blog are, so taking an educated guess here)

[riverdale-retread]

Do you think Jarchie is a viable ship?

To answer the question with a question: What does it mean for a ship to be viable? Is unrequited love or sexual desire also 'viable'? If the love is unrequited but sexual activity happens between the lover and the beloved, does that make it viable?

My take is that Jughead is indeed in romantic and sexual love with Archie throughout most of the show, but that it's unrequited, because (sobbing for Jughead) Archie isn't attracted to what Jughead has to offer. They're at cross purposes for what they need and want from the other one.

Remainder under the cut because I couldn't stop talking.

Jughead is obsessed with Archie, but his love is very twisted and dark because it's the love of someone odds with his own longings. The one adult who actually understands what makes Jughead tick is his mother, so her assuming that Jughead has finally hooked up with Archie, then dragged him out of Riverdale to come running to her about it in Season 3 is a major clue to me. Jughead acting like she's being mean to him is another sign of that twisted complicatedness that he has about Archie. Jughead seethes about Archie when he's not actively imagining exactly how those abs flex when he's giving it to Veronica. As an adult, in the alternate universe, Jughead says "I love you" to Archie specifically when he knows he looks less than appetitzing at the fair - stuffed to the gills, crumbs all over his face, generally ridiculous lookin' - because he wants Archie to say, Even like this, I want you, but Archie isn't someone who would.

Archie consistently has an approach to sex, attraction, and touch that's uncomplicated, and almost polar opposite to Jughead - sensual, spontaneous, joyful. Archie moreover enacts noblesse oblige about being physically very beautiful - he just calmly accepts, without braggadocio, that people want to touch him and kiss him and look at him naked. If he wants to kiss a pretty girl - and he's had so many, omg, Valerie, Veronica, Betty, Josie - he just does, after he gets her permission. If a pretty boy wants to kiss him for being his adorable himself (Kevin, more than once), he accepts it with a smile.

If Jughead could have just made the move, the way Archie makes the move on people he likes or even in the This is a joke heeheehaha ... unless you want it for real way that Kevin kisses him in public, Jughead and Archie could have totally been a canon couple (Cold Sprouts' contract notwithstanding). But you see, Jughead isn't someone who can do that. Archie even tries to help him make the move - that's what I see the "East Village truck speech" being - but Jughead rejects the opportunity. There's too much pain there for Jughead, about Archie, in addition to the love and desire - envy, feelings of betrayal, inferiority and superiority, as well as competitiveness, frustration, possessiveness, and entitlement.

What Archie wants is what he had with S7 Reggie - have a fun sexual night together, be really pleased with each other about it, then afterwards watch a beautiful sunrise and reaffirm mutual affection. None of the Jugheads is capable of interacting with him like that, at all.

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Z-lister joined the Meghan Markle-led Sisterhood tearing down perfect Princess Kate with nonsensical spray about the future Queen by u/EleFacCafele

Z-lister joined the Meghan Markle-led ‘Sisterhood’ tearing down perfect Princess Kate with nonsensical spray about the future Queen “Wow, she’s really been getting stuck into those Marlboro cigarettes” was not a thought that crossed my mind when I saw images of a solemn Princess of Wales at London’s Remembrance Day service recently.Instead, like any decent and mature person, I was mesmerised by her bravery.Again. The Princess didn’t need to stand poised and reflective as she watched the wreath-laying ceremony. Wouldn’t any other exhausted 40-something mother-of-three, understandably nervous about every future blood test, give obligation a hard pass? wreath-laying ceremony. ‘To Di For’ Podcast host Kinsey Schofield has blasted Narinder Kaur for “attacking” Princess Kate’s physical appearance.But the constantly-scrutinised Kate put duty first.Meanwhile a wannabe celebrity in the UK called Narinda Kaur thought this would be the perfect time to post on X: “Genuine question – why has Kate aged so much? Isn’t she only 42? Is she a smoker? It’s the only explanation.”Sure, there was plenty of back peddling to follow because condemnation was swift, so much so that Kaur, 51, says she contacted police over the “sexual, racist and violent” abuse she received. Notwithstanding, other female keyboard warriors unleashed, triggering a digital blizzard of icy, bitchy “gosh Kate’s aged”-style commentary.Kaur said a stupid thing by trolling the Princess’s visage and she knows it, however I don’t buy her excuse that the “stupid” thing was to ask about ageing. Ergo, lest Kaur and others be reminded that is not a capital crime to age and in fact look older.But let’s address the real issue here.Following the balcony appearance from the royal, Narinda Kaur posted on X: “Genuine question – why has Kate aged so much? Isn’t she only 42? Is she a smoker? It’s the only explanation.” Picture: ITVEvery time former chemo patient Kate steps out in public and pauses in the forensic glare - and how her heart and stomach must sink at this - you can feel the swell of inane analysis.How sick does she look today?Why is she wearing that catwalk-level mascara and smokey eyeshadow? Are those tears in her eyes?Is that all her own hair? Didn’t she look a little chunkier around the middle last time she wore a fitted, wool coat by her favourite designer Catherine Walker?So.What will it take for a certain type of woman, often the same ones circling the Z-list drain, to lay off and let her be?It is bewildering that some women find Kate’s dual humility and polish such a trigger that they spew out anything, smug in the knowledge that their algorithm will get a bump and she won’t respond.And there’s been nigh on 12 months of this. You’ll recall how last December, Meghan Markle did not step up to defend her sister-in-law over claims in an ‘Endgame’ book translation that she, along with Charles, questioned Archie’s skin colour.For all her “truth” bombing, Meghan has let that one fester.And fester.It remains one of the Duchess’s most egregious acts in my view.Then in March, Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively and others were falling over themselves to exploit the trending ‘Where Is Kate’ narrative for their own nefarious business objectives before issuing breathless apologies.The wife of the future monarch was absent from public life and no one knew why.see the whole article: https://ift.tt/nWP6oBF post link: https://ift.tt/LE1f2ck author: EleFacCafele submitted: November 17, 2024 at 08:58AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[sholb]

all kinds of fucked up implications for wes's opinion on shiv and shiv's place in the project like she calls him the best agent and yet we see him get physically bested by pretty much everyone he encounters in close combat (and when archie insists that she COULD beat him, shiv simply tells her he knows). shiv is even defined by the mistake of shooting the wrong man (whether this is actually his fault notwithstanding, he is blamed by himself and others for it, the narrative places that weight on him). wes even says she's not sure she would have recruited him if he wasn't already a mutant. so it begs the question, what does wes mean when she says that shiv is the best agent they have? why does she recruit a teenager in the first place? why does she recruit him at the moment he tries to save his family (the conclusion of this attempt left ambiguous)? she says the one thing shiv has never been able to do is "live in the world" and she says this like it's a failing on shiv's part and not a consequence of what she actually truly values in shiv: his commitment. to the cause. to his own morality, which is conveniently molded by and now intrinsically tied to the project. she uses the words "naive, scared. arrogant" to describe him as a kid. was it naivete or arrogance that led shiv to try to save george on his own? is compassion just a synonym? it's about how wes doesn't take responsibility, not for shiv, not for turning back time. and how shiv takes responsibility even when there's nothing he could have done, even when everyone else is just as culpable.

[skaruresonic]

I've also encountered stray arguments online which call for people not to treat Nine the same as Tails because they're not the same person.

First of all, can Sonic get the memo?

Second, it only took Games!Sonic like three gentle nudges at most to get the memo that his friends' Storybook counterparts were their own people, some of his jokes notwithstanding; however, it seems Prime!Sonic still doesn't get it;

Third, then why not make Nine an OC? Why staple Tails' face on top? People are likely treating him like a wayward Tails because Nine's entire premise, IIRC, is that he is what Tails might have turned into had Sonic not been there to shape him into who he is today, which, Fourth, makes no fucking sense because it implies Nine had these latent genocidal tendencies all along, suppressed by Sonic's love and light uwu. And idk about you but that's pretty insulting towards Tails. The reason you have to pretend Nine and Tails are different is that you'd have to, by proxy, admit that Tails could potentially become genocidal without the grace of Sonic.

And I'm not about to subscribe to your Calvinist brand of bullshit. Didn't buy it back when Archie tried it with King Shadow, don't buy it now.

[lorekeeper-backset]

My logic was kinda like, Tabitha is the popular one in Team Magma. While Maxie commands respect and Courtney is generally off-putting to most, Tabitha is actually liked, slight ego notwithstanding. To quote his bio on the official Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire website, accessed through the Internet Archive, "His natural inclination to be helpful has apparently made him very popular with the Grunts."

So I figured, if he's like this with the Grunts he's probably the same way with kids, just not with the protag because they're being a little shit and fucking up their plans.

Also because I was thinking about my "May as Archie and Maxie's daughter" AU and was wondering which admins would most easily settle into the Aunt/Uncle role (its Tabitha and Matt, Courtney and Shelly aren't quite as good with kids, particularly Courtney).

I think Tabitha is actually great with kids when they're not trying to ruin Team Magma's plans.

[thankskenpenders]

I somehow completely forgot today was the day, but today is, in fact, Archie Sonic's 30th anniversary. (TKP also turns 8 in a few days)

Well... maybe today's the day? The main Sonic wikis list November 24th, 1992 as the release date for issue #0 of the original pilot miniseries, while Sonic Retro lists November 4th as the date based on an ancient news group post about comic releases from that week, and Wikipedia lists November 22nd, which was... a Sunday? And of course the cover date is way off and says it was for February 1993. Whatever! It was 30 years ago this month, is the point. So I should say something

While this blog has become sort of a go-to source for learning about the many weird and bad parts of the series, Archie Sonic will always mean a lot to me. It was the first comic book I started actively following as a kid, and it was what really introduced me to the world and characters of Sonic. I might have joined during one of the worst eras of the series, but the expansive mythos that had been built up over the prior decade really grabbed me. I'd pore over Penders' bullshit character bios and take them as gospel. I'd trace over panels to make Shrinky Dinks. For a time I cherished the climactic 10th anniversary issue, #125, as my prized possession, keeping it in my parents' fireproof box meant more for things like, you know, the deed to our house. I fell out of following it in middle school, but it was pretty crucial in shaping my tastes. I can easily trace a direct line from the stuff I'm working on now back to Archie Sonic

It's been almost six years now since the series was canceled. At the time it was hard to believe this was even possible. Archie Sonic was an institution. Everything else came and went, but "those weird Sonic comics with their own continuity that were still using the SatAM characters" were eternal. At this point I've made peace with it, in no small part due to the existence of the IDW series. But even if they're gone and never coming back (continually delayed projects from a certain writer notwithstanding), they're definitely not forgotten. I still see people drawing fanart, sharing individual moments, coming up with AUs to fix things that didn't work, redesigning the cast to fit in with Sega's Sonic. And I'd be remiss not to mention that we just got the first mainline Sonic game ever written by an Archie Sonic writer. A game that has some surprising parallels with certain pre-reboot Archie material, intentional or not. (Given the lawsuits and Sonic Team's disinterest in Archie, I'm guessing "not," but it's certainly there.) The spirit of that series lives on in small ways, even if characters like Sally and Rotor are currently relegated to fanon

Archie Sonic remains one of the largest branches of the franchise, rivaled in scope only by the games themselves. And people are still coming back to it, either as returning readers or as new fans discovering it for the first time. I'm happy to have been a small part of that

[theblogtini]

"Respectfully disagree with your view that Archie + Lili were taken away from a close family."

For the most part the Windsors are a close family. Had Archie and Lili not been taken to CA, they would still have had a chance to get close with the other children and even some of the adults due to seeing them at gatherings, assholery of their parents notwithstanding.

Yup yup. We see The Wales kids playing with their Phillips & Tindall cousins. And I’m sure in a couple years we’ll see them playing their Brooksbank and Mappelli Mozzi cousins.

The Sussex kids are missing out and it’s a huge shame.

[thetaoofbetty]

Hi! Would you rather see a bughead slowburn stretched over s7 as well or get them together early in the season and see them as a couple? Bc I want them to work through things (which they probably won't do properly anyways) but I also don't want them to get together 1 episode before the final if it's the end. I wanna see adult bughead as a couple. And get a good look in their relationships. I doubt a few episodes will do them justice

honestly i'm more interested in the rest of the drama this season over s7 right now. giving archie, jughead, and betty a plot as veronica is becoming single (allegedly) seems like a good way to ramp up the plot, bring in a mystery, and cause all kinds of trouble for the middle of season.

and sure, i'd like to see them talk and at least be friends during that time but do i think they will until the writers need that plot to move forward? eh. with the inclusion of whatever is left over from the vale and whatever new mystery they're going to get on top of whatever archie (and probs veronica) plot that's coming forth, my vote is that a lot of things all coincide near the end of s6, i somehow sort of have my doubts about them dragging out any of the vale stuff into s7.

and while we never know what's going to happen, i don't think any couple is going to get a one and done end of series anything tbh. look at how they treated varchie after the time jump (the last two eps notwithstanding): archie was all up in veronica's business even while hooking up with betty and with veronica being married. i think the rivervale event and the 180 change from the story 5x04-5x17 told along with the length of the hiatuses has let people forget how much story they gave varchie in s5, and to a little bit of a lesser extent, bughead.

historically, this show can and will put some effort into the relationships that they're invested in.

[crippleprophet]

Hey, do you have any recommendations for books or fics (if there are any that aren't in your chronic pain fics folder on AO3) with characters with chronic pain or a disability?

Bonus if there's a hurt/comfort thing and bonus if it's shorter stories but anything really would be appreciated

oh goodness i am very flattered but i don’t think i’ve read anything that meets your bonus requests so i’ll just link everything i’ve got (in no particular order) and hopefully something will interest you! as far as like published books i really only read research/theory lol, not fiction, but if anyone has recs feel free to mention them in the reblogs/replies!

the folder anon mentioned of fics i’ve written about chronic pain is here for anyone interested!

whatever here that’s left of me by asifnotbound

12.7k, explicit, joe/nicky from the old guard

"Nicky is making himself a coffee, bleary-eyed from a fitful sleep, and trying to recall if Joe is drinking it this decade, and if he is then does he take it with sugar?, and he’s also thinking about The Odyssey, which is sitting in amongst a pile of books in the next room.

He’s thinking about a question written in the margins, scrawled in Booker’s handwriting: how long does it take for a man to return from war? Does he ever return, can he ever return, what does it mean to return home, when home is not home and he is no longer the same man?"

After Merrick, Nicky's right shoulder starts hurting, and it doesn't stop.

i’m not the cruel type, but they are, and that’s the secret by postcardmystery

2.5k, mature, newt/hermann from pacific rim

The world’s on fire and it’s time to, as he says, go big or go home. It’s just a patella, a femur, a tibia. The whole planet’s an open wound, and it’s your job to stitch it back together. You fit. You match. You’re going to get through this surgery if it kills you. You’ve given them everything, and you’re right, you know you are. You’re a cripple, and a genius, and both things notwithstanding, you’re going to save the bloody world. Now watch, or get out of the buggering way.

anything by @brittlebutch but i’ll link and the punchline to the joke is asking SOMEONE SAVE US

5.8k, teen, good omens

The fact of the matter is that Crowley was the first bitter cripple to limp across the face of this planet.

It's been 6000 years and things don't seem to have gotten much better.

a little child shall lead them by zetared

26.5k, teen, good omens

One minor difference in the fabric of history means that, when the time comes, Crowley can’t bring himself to deliver the antichrist. This is a “Raising Adam fic”.

the theory of harmony by @r0b0tb0y

11k, explicit, din djarin/cobb vanth from the mandalorian

Din Djarin goes back to Mos Pelgo to lay low. Cobb Vanth asks Din to teach him Tusken sign language, and Din has to decide which of his secrets are worth keeping. Since swearing the Creed, Din has never told anyone he’s deaf.

umm this orphaned pacific rim fic theory and chalk - warning for some lateral aggression ableism in the autism department but i think it does a really good job exploring the tension brought about by the danger of not being The Only One when the world wants to tokenize you

2.2k, teen, it says 1/9 chapters but it decently works on its own

Newt and Hermann blunder their way through 3 Shatterdomes' worth of arguments, tensions and misgivings. The PPDC is a bag of dicks, the Earth has a chronic illness, and time stops for no man. Or something. From one cranky disabled scientist to another: I detest you, but nobody else understands about the shower chair.

not to actively recommend riverdale content but i read homemade dynamite by @gaycinema the other day & thoroughly enjoyed it, not disability-centric by any means but features HoH jughead

37.5k, teen, archie/jughead

He has nothing to write. It's like the words are all stuck inside him, pushing and pushing but they just—can't get out. Like build up in a pipe. Empty bottles piled in the trash can. Empty empty empty. He has nothing important to say, nothing to wrap up The Story or keep it going, so one night he gives up and opens a new, blank document.

In the document, he starts: I think there's something wrong with me.

or: a ‘jughead half-way joins a gang, finds himself, makes friends, has an argument with but ultimately finds a kind-of boyfriend, too’ story in five parts

[crusherthedoctor]

What would the pros and cons, from a storytelling standpoint, be of Knuckles/Rouge being done in the games or any official media?

None that would be worth the shitstorm that would inevitably ensue from a ship being made canon.

That stuff's all fine and dandy in fanfiction, but in a franchise that doesn't focus on romance (pre-reboot Archie notwithstanding), it becomes a much different ball game in canon material. You know what the shipping wars are like, I know what the shipping wars are like, and - most importantly of all - SEGA knows what the shipping wars are like. They know it's a fool's game to bother, because that's not what Sonic's about, and because the fallout wouldn't be worth it.

[petalsmooth]

Also they really need to get off the ratings kick since I was the one following the decline and cheering it on since 4-17 NOT them. They barely made note of it while she was sleeping with Archie because they didn’t want to draw attention to their Princess’ role in the show being dead. They even said it was good because she needed to get it out of her system or we were anti feminists for shaming her. They didn’t suddenly discover how bad the ratings were as a theme until Jughead fell in love with the black woman THEN the racists decided Jabitha killed the show. No you bigots...the two whitest characters on the show (KJ’s personal situation notwithstanding) did. Because no matter the actor playing him, ARCHIE is as white as snow as is Betty in the “perfect” suburbia middle class life. The cheerleader and the football jock. Mr Pureheart and Ms Ivy league. They so scarred the audience they fled in horror and aren’t returning.

[hopelessdreamer80]

I guess I’m confirming @fyeahmeninroyalnavy’s suggestion that I’m a masochist, because I’m sharing an Archie/Horatio fanvid to “My Immortal”. As you can imagine, it’s a DKU, so watch at your own risk 😅

I started this project months ago, then it got left behind because of lack of time and/or inspiration. I finally got back to it and I had almost finished it when the software decided to crash on me and I lost everything!! I had to start from scratch all over again, and even if it was an editing nightmare, I finally got it done. All of this notwithstanding, I’m quite happy with how it turned out. Hopefully you will enjoy it 😊

Also tagging fellow Indy Husbands shippers @ailendolin and @professorlehnsherr-almashy 

[greenyvertekins]

I still remember when IDW Sonic first came out. Back then, Ian Flynn wrote the characters (including Sonic - releasing Metal Sonic like nothing ever happened notwithstanding - and Eggman) in a way that gave the impression he DID understand them, but as it approached twenty issues, it seemed like the education he accumulated about them over the years regressed, or his true methods got unmasked. Either way, in hindsight, his writing for this comic began on a deceptive note. Know what I mean?

Yep.

Hell, I was singing IDW Sonic's praises for the first 13 issues or so because it genuinely did start-out on a high note - Characters weren't stupefied to suit plot developments, canon foreigners weren't being portrayed as being inherently superior to game characters intelligence-wise and there wasn't really any shameless recycling of ideas to make the book seem like Archie Sonic V2.0

Then all that started happening.