#....... I think they're gonna kill Helena

[missmagooglie]

That graveside Buddie conversation is making me insane because they are NOT on the same wavelength. They're trying to be, but Buck is questioning everything about himself and Eddie is going through it but they are still each other's person even when the rough edges don't fit together quite right but there is SO MUCH they aren't ready to talk about.

And then to follow it up with that scene with Christopher? Where Eddie left for just a second to go bring him something from the kitchen for them to share together, only to come back and find him passed out on the couch?

The way Eddie has love, has a family, but he still feels alone because Christopher is growing up and Buck hasn't been the same since the lightning strike and the shape of his family is growing and changing around him but he still feels stuck and I'm -

[sirellas]

post canon ds9 fic i won't write for real, in bullet points:

story starts with jake sisko, pondering and writing. he got a commission from some federation news service to do a fluff piece on "the soul of the klingon people" now that the war is over and they have a new chancellor, essentially a "look federation people, klingons are still chill. maybe chiller, even. so everybody be cool" deal (i'm imagining they have to do an article like this for every group of aliens that were a major combatant in the war) but jake takes it seriously and refuses to phone it in.

first he goes to alexander, who's visiting the station while between KDF assignments or something idk. but he says look buddy i wanna know what's up with klingons, you get me? alexander does not get him and also would like to know what's up with klingons, so he says hell yeah human friend let's figure this out.

then it becomes a series of vignettes of these two kind of out of touch young people learning about the klingon spirit and also themselves as they seek out someone who can tell them the secrets of life and honor etc etc. jake has a warped sense of normal from growing up on ds9 and alexander has never felt right in solely klingon or human spaces, so they have some gaps in their knowledge to fill.

i'm thinking they start with worf and martok, who are busy on qo'nos building their credibility and new government. worf isn't great at talking about feelings and martok's being pulled in a lot of different directions, so they're not much help. hanging around on qo'nos is interesting, but ultimately not what jake and alexander are looking for either.

then they start thinking outside the box. order isn't important but they start hitting up all relevant klingons and klingon adjacent folk: darok, sirella, ezri, nikolai, kurn, maybe a duras sisters cameo for equal representation of shitty klingons.

last we saw of kurn of course he had lost his memory but since this is my fic i'm not writing i'm gonna say bashir's not as great at brain reconfiguration as he thinks he is and it didn't take fully. so he's a little confused but getting the hang of it. a lot of "which one of you is my nephew again? i can't tell humans apart" kind of deal even though alexander is 3/4 klingon. he tells them what he's re-learned about klingons since he's been rebuilding his own identity.

nikolai also was essentially exiled but it's fine. he's got a gaggle of kids now and alexander and jake have to do the fake forehead thing to blend in while they talk to him. nikolai's got a lot of insight into worf as a brother but not much on klingons as a whole. alexander brings him some pierogi helena made.

alexander: "wow my foster uncle's wife looks a lot like your stepmom, isn't that funny?" jake: "nah i don't see the resemblance"

maybe at this point nog joins them because he's having his own identity crisis as the only ferengi in starfleet so he decides to just hop on board for jake and alexander's identity crisis.

they go see jeremy aster too, the kid from tng who became worf's brother through a whole thing, and he's got a pretty interesting view of klingons and the klingon spirit from an outsider/insider perspective.

sirella and darok are probably the least helpful but i think sirella baby-ing alexander would be fun. they're both trying to deny it and deny how much they like the attention (sirella at having a new-ish nephew-ish and one who wasn't raised klingon so she can do all the classic klingon things with him fresh, and alexander at having a(nother) mother figure to love him). jake is studiously taking notes in the corner while sirella tries to teach him how to skin a fresh kill or something like that.

anyway this whole journey ends with them finding kahless 2 (the clone of kahless) whose only occupation is thinking about the klingon spirit. but his wisdom boils down to "everyone's different and everyone has to figure shit out on their own, but together we can strive to be greater than yesterday" etc etc and jake gets his article. alexander reaffirms his grasp on his cultural identity and also gets to see a lot of his family so he's reminded that he's loved, even if everyone is doing their own thing. and nog develops a huge crush on sirella. everybody's happy.

[queenvhagar]

Initial thoughts on HOTD season 2 episode 1 "A Son for a Son:"

Alicole

Maybe an unpopular opinion but Alicole seemed to appear out of thin air so quickly with not one but two sex scenes in one episode... Like when did this start? Who started it? How did these characters suddenly get to this place of complete sexual liberation in this way based on literally everything we know about these characters and this world up until this point? Alicent is a deeply religious widow of the king who has lived decades in servitude to the realm without much thought to her own desires and Criston is a knight of the Kingsguard sworn to celibacy who broke his vow once with royalty and almost killed himself out of guilt. Somehow they're at the point where he's giving her head in the middle of the day and she's riding him at night in her bed and the build up is just... non existent save one look and line in season 1 episode 9. Like... what's going on here?

For the first scene I was like "ohh cunnilingus is technically not breaking his vow in a way so maybe this is how they get around the whole Kingsguard vow/honor thing" but then she's just full on riding him later and the way the show shows us this is through the perspective of Helaena as she walks in on them with Jahaera as she's coming directly from B+C sawing Jahaerys' head off in his bed. If Alicole was about reclaiming pleasure or connecting in dark times, there's something there. But compare this almost voyeuristic view of Alicole sex to the focus on female sexual pleasure given to Rhaenyra's sex scenes in the first season... it kind of weird of the show to now just have Alicole have sex as some weird "woah what the heck" bit at the end of the B+C sequence, as if the whole end of the episode really needed some extra shock value. It doesn't even really need to be there to explain why Alicent and Criston weren't there to see B+C... It happens far enough away that the two could've been doing anything else and not have known it was happening.

Alicole sex and particularly this second scene really adds nothing narratively. I would have preferred that Alicent witness B+C like in the original or be doing literally anything else, because the point of Alicole sex in the show of course isn't on their pleasure or their relationship or anything it's just some moments we're intruding on.

I'm not sure why they felt the need to add this element. We already know Criston defends Alicent no matter what and we didn't need to add sex for that to hit. We also know they have a weird bond with weird feelings so like the sex doesn't add much. Like good for them but character wise I don't really see how this realistically developed. I also am not sure about the power dynamics given she is his personal guard, but since they didn't devote any thought to this is season 1 when Rhaenyra forced sex on him, I doubt they will stop to consider how he ended up getting into another sexual relationship with a royal and/or his thoughts about the whole thing. Basically the "after the episode" clip explained that they think Cole is the most messed up character in the show who just flaunts his responsibilities and vows left and right... and that's about as far as they're gonna go about it. Basically: look, he's a hypocrite! But we knew this already.

Blood and Cheese

I'm glad that the show at least let Daemon basically instruct B+C to take a son for a son no matter what if they couldn't find Aemond like he and Rhaenyra initially intended... However they did cut before Daemon literally said it so count on TB stans to give him the benefit of the doubt despite it all 🙄

I still think the book B+C is supremely superior without the weird walking in on Alicole voyeuristic thing and with Helena choosing between her two sons instead of the twins, but for some reason they erased Maelor to make TB look better in the long run and not have to deal with the whole "Rhaenyra puts a bounty on a toddler that gets him torn apart by a mob" thing... so I guess they're going with what they've got...

I do appreciate the build to the moment, the anxiety and atmosphere leading to what will happen. Very well done cinematically. Imagine this plus being committed to sticking to the source material... The amazing scene that could have happened. However the realistic sawing off a six year old's head sound as his mother picks up her six year old daughter and walks out of the room was something that really makes you remember the horror element of early seasons Game of Thrones and something I really appreciate that they let us have. Could it have been better? Yes. Is the book version better? Yes. But I am overall ok with what we got (minus the ending because... wtf) and I'm really looking forward to the fallout we'll get next week.

[dunces-hat]

Stephcass batfam AFTG AU

guys. i haven't thought this through at all so bear with me but. batfam AFTG au!!!

THINK ABOUT IT OK kevin is damian and obvi bruce is wymack— i don't even need to say it you can see the parallels-- which makes the Moriyamas the Al Ghuls. Babs is Dan, Dick is Matt, tim is allison (the rich kids lol), and i can’t decide for renee and seth… maybe Helena for one? she doesn’t really match either of them, but maybe Maps for Renee, Helena for Seth (sorry and rip Helena). if anyone knows more about Helena/Harper/Carrie/Bette/etc and think they fit lmk! Betsy would probably be Dinah since i think she’s had a few arcs as a therapist? And if you ignore the abby x wymack thing then Alfred could be Abby

and who is neil you ask? CASS!! i love cassie it's so perfect, the wesninskis are the Cains obviously, maybe cass ran away after her dad killed someone in front of the al ghuls (and, unknown to Cass, tried to sell her to the Al Ghuls to be The One Who Is All) and became a runaway with shiva OR after Cain forced Cass' own first kill she runs away by herself, like in the comics. Instead of damian (kevin) scouting her, it's babs (Dan) getting her into the Bat Cave Court!!

Then she moves to Bruce’s and meets The Monsters (the demons? vampires? vampire bats?); Damian (kevin), Duke (nicky), Jason (aaron), and (drumroll please......🥁🥁🥁🥁) Steph (andrew)!— BARE WITH ME bare with me okay some inconsistencies in character are gonna happen here

Jason and Steph are, obviously, twins separated as babies- but they're fraternal twins, so they look pretty different and are different sexes. Either Willis or Sheila could be Tilda, but whichever pair of parents they had couldn't afford/didn't want two kids so they gave Stephanie to the foster system, causing her to be in and out of foster homes until she was placed with Crystal (Cass) and Arthur Brown. black mask or arthur/cluemaster could be drake :(

Duke, their cousin, wants them to make up but doesn’t know how to (ignore nicky’s advances on every man that breathes, i love him but that does not apply to Duke here lol he is not making moves on anyone here— they are his family). Steph doesn’t consider either of them family, only damian who she protects is family to her.

Then the upperclassmen move in once school starts! i’m throwing the gendered rooms out of here cause it doesn’t fit so Cass shares a room with Seth, Renee (maybe helena and maps? still undecided), and Tim. The Monsters/Vampires/Demons have their room, and Dick and Babs share. 

yeah 👍 i have no more comprehensive ideas anymore but feel free to add! 

this probably way too niche but whatever. if you’re in one of these fandoms join the other one too!!

[starlit-dreaming]

[idea] the spiteful fake dating au

inspo from this post [click here]

obligatory tag (im an attention whore and therefore i summon thee): @lithi @hwang-lucas

tl;dr if you dont wanna click on the link:

"i know we could half-ass it, but i would never fake mistreat my fake husband, how dare you" which reads like athy to me

and

"my baby cousins are probably screwed when it comes to their chances of turning out normal, but I’d like them to have one healthy example in their life" which can pass as a caring uncle lucas

.

the setting and my Vision:

modern au, lucathy are probably mid-20s or early 30s im thinking??? maybe kinda like the ons/fwb au where athy's like. 28 and lucas is gonna be 30

so as the lines i've quoted state, lucas is gonna be a caring uncle whose brothers have shit show marriages. a train wreck and not gonna be healthy at all (oldest has a falling apart 15 year marriage and kids were their solution of slapping tape on the problems; youngest has a hateful wife and is a doormat probably; i need a reminder on whether or not lucas is the youngest but im gonna treat him as the middle bro atm cause its the Vibes).

and yeah, he wants Nothing^tm to do with his family, but his nieces and nephews deserve to see a healthy relationship to have as an example and damn does he hate his in-laws more than his actual family

so he asks athy to be his fake wife

(i feel like it'd be funny if they signed a marriage certificate just in case lucas deals with paranoid family (when really he's just paranoid and athy's an overthinker who HELPED him get paranoid at the thought), then they got drunk, and accidentally submitted the paperwork and just straight up forgot

"wdym you guys ACTUALLY filed the paperwork?????????" -- helena probs

"oh shit does that mean we got married fr???" -- athy, before the panic settles in

it becomes an inside joke among their friends after the panic of it wears off because now they're pretty much committed to the bit for the sake of lucas' nieces and nephews so now there are jokes about "where's your wife/husband" and "" etc etc)

athy's gonna constantly overthink it (and desperately trying to avoid ever mentioning it to her parents because her mom would be so disappointed that there wasnt a wedding and claude might kill lucas if he makes athy cry)

plus she's 100% gonna be ready to fite lucas's shitty relatives if they say something bad about him

side note: diana 100% thinks that lucas is athy's long-time bf so she's always joking with claude that lucas is finally gonna drop down on one knee any day now and claude, being a super big grump, is just "at least its not that alpheus kid"

little do they know that lucas became a legit in-law (although they still invite him for family dinners, and when its mentioned that athy's parents treat him as family, lucas's parents and grandparents take that as a CHALLENGE)

athy being petty by having a sickeningly sweet relationship and talking about how wonderful lucas is as a husband and partner because of how much she just straight up hates one of the sister in-laws

i'm self-indulgent, so i'm gonna have the classic "my sister in-law tried to sleep with my husband" stories

also idk if its just me but when it comes to fake dating aus (which i'm a SUCKER for) i think its a++++++++ when one of them casually goes "yknow if we were actually doing this for realsies, we'd probably be making out in a closet rn" and the other person sweating cause that sounds infinitely better than what they're doing rn

ALSO

the casual "oh yeah athy's crazy about that kinda shit" or "lucas would absolutely hate that lmao" and just FLEXING on everyone about how good of a partner they are to the other

and lucas, who originally suggested that they don't have to do any lovey-dovey stuff and that they can just be the same as always, ends up getting a fuming athy who more or less goes "my REPUTATION would be at stake if people found out that we broke up just because i wasn't being a loving and caring partner, so hell no!!!!!"

aksulifdfhbjdkshf i'm running on like,,,,,,, 5 hours of sleep and havent slept in like,,,,, 17 hours now

so i'm just gonna leave this unedited all-over-the-place mess here

[havendance]

A collection of Helena Bertinelli/Huntress panels that are important to me:

(Detective Comics #653)

Batman: That's not the way I work. I'm not a killer. Huntress: You sanctimonious... You're looking for fair play in Gotham? I got you all wrong, Batman. I thought we became what we are for the same reasons; because the streets took away everything we loved.

Detective Comics 652-653 were my first introduction to Helena's character and this was the panel that really stuck out to me about her and who she was. This is what I kept coming back and thinking about. The contrast between them. They way that they're almost similar. Just "I thought we were the same". That's the good stuff right there.

(Huntress (1989) #2)

Huntress: I'm not strong. On TV... those overgrown wrestlers wear show-off flashy costumes... symbols of how strong they are. But it's not strong people who need costumes... It's the weak ones. Weak people who have to hide behind spooky capes and masks... make themselves seem more fearsome... so no one will see them for the harmless creatures they are... harmless as a frightened little girl who's lost her parents.

One of the things that really compelled about Huntress '89 (and to an extent Huntress '94, though that one just wasn't as good) was the dichotomy between the Huntress and the scared little girl that Helena still felt like underneath it. The contrast between the front she puts up, the way she puts on the mask and lives in it, and just how part of her is still caught up in the tragedy that birthed the Huntress in the first place.

(Showcase '93 #10)

Helena (internal narration): Maybe's not the word for it. Monday morning: David Stone will never have a chance to turn savage, never know a child of his own...but I can't bring myself to think it's better this way. Survival is always better.

Helena throughout the entire two part story that this concludes has been reflecting on the cycle of violence. It's really fascinating to see the way that her cynicism interacts with the fact that she really does want to help this student of hers who's been abused by his father. And the way she reflects on it you can see also thinking about herself and the Huntress as a product of violence and you get this impression of self-loathing as well. It's all just a really interesting story and I definitely recommend checking it out if you get a chance.

(Nightwing #29)

Huntress: How can you do what you do? Nightwing: Meaning? H: Look at this town. How can you play the white knight? How long can you stick to your “code”? N: As long as it takes. H: And if you fail? And you will fail. N: Then I fail, Helena. N: But I won’t let them win by becoming one of them. H: You have to play by their rules to defeat the. N: It’s not broken. H: What? N: Your ankle.

I've talked about this page before in multiple contexts, but like, I just really like it. It's an interesting look at what separates Helena from the bats. Her cynicism of you have to play the game to beat them. And also the last exchange "it's not broken... you're ankle", I just really like it. It works for me.

(JLA #32)

Kid: Do you have super strength? Huntress: No K: Are you invulnerable? H: I'm afraid not. K: Then how are you going to save him? What are you gonna do? H: I'm going to do everything I'm capable of doing!

I think this one speaks for it's self. I just boils down what I find compelling about non-powered heroes.

(Huntress: Cry for Blood #6)

Question: There's still time. Helena: Blood cries for blood, Vic. H: Santo killed his sister. Q: Dammit, where does it end? Q: When is it enough?

I'm going to be totally honest, this one's here because it appeals to me personally. I am obsessed with the motif of "blood cries for blood" (and also the Santo killed his own sister thing, because I'm always this close to catching kindly ones brainrot). Anyway, vengeance. Very compelling.

[biohazard-4ever]

I think shippers thought that since Capcom is taking a different direction with the storyline/remake to mean that they'll definitely give an end game ship to Leon or whomever lol

That just goes as far as to say how warped their mindset really is.

• Ada kissed Leon = they're the end game

• Claire and Leon shared a light-hearted moment? = Endgame

• Ashley and Leon shared some light-hearted flirting/banter? = ENDGAME

And i could go on but it's genuinely so funny how easily people get baited into this thinking it's gonna lead somewhere lol

People forget the smallest details in life -, and that is... Leon is a guy who loves people. He will naturally be nice to people until they give him a reason not to be.

Leon did not showed "mercy" for Krauser because he was "in love" with Krauser. He saw a person he trusted, who trained him, someone who has HONOUR and got corrupted.

Leon didn't mourn Luis's death because he was in love with Luis. He mourned because a good person had to die on his watch. Again.

Leon didn't mourn the president's Adam death because he was in love with Adam. He mourned the fact he had to kill his own FRIEND. And if was Claire in the place of Adam he would react the same way to the point of getting into depression. And NOT BECAUSE HE IS IN LOVE WITH CLAIRE

LEON LIKES PEOPLE

LEON WANTS TO HELP PEOPLE

LEON IS A PROTECTOR. NATURALLY.

Leon did NOT try to save Shen in INFINITE DARKNESS BECAUSE HE WAS IN LOVE, he tried to protect her because THAT IS WHAT LEON DOES.

Leon was NOT in love with ANGELA. He did for her what he would have done for ANYONE! Try and HELP! Especially someone having to kill their own FAMILY/Brother and watch them become a monster

Capcom words: Leon has weakness for Women. Leon is flirtations. True. But guys, please, DON'T OVERTHINK IT!!!!!!!!!

Ada is a woman. So yes, she will be part of Leon's weakness even when she and Krauser pretty much did the same for him -, which is, betray him and, in Ada's case, USE him (HIS words in RE4, not MINE)

He is flirty? Yes. Leon and Claire had more than just "one light-hearted moment" mind you. Infinite Darkness is almost a full meal for the Cleon fandom whenever they interact. (Ep.1 and last ep.)

But, that is not the point.

The point all resumes to the same: Mental Yoga and overthinking the smallest and tinniest details.

Leon is flirty because that is his character. He will flirt with Helena, with Ashley, with Claire, with Sheva if he sees her, with Jill if you give him enough time to, with Rebecca if you put them together for long enough, with Ada if he ever let his guard down around her instead of raising his guns and knives at her, Flirt with Angela, Flirt with Shen May...

BECAUSE. THAT. IS. WHAT. LEON. DOES.

Don't OVERTHINK.

And honestly, I will not answer asks about it anymore for quite sometime because My opinion on it is already pretty much written in stones now, no?

I do not agree with Mental Yoga.

I do not appreciate the Shipping fandom

People are delulu

People are stupid for thinking any of that is actually a "prequel" to the endgame ship.

Marriage is no one's final goal in the cast. Their goal is to beat bioterrorism.

Shipping should be an ACCESSORY to enjoy something or write something. Not the MAIN meal.

And that is final.

[magicofrobin]

with bruce deciding he needs to wear the nightwing suit (nightmare fuel) and go out as nightwing it should be a thing that, whenever one of the batfam & co can't go out for whatever reason, they ask someone else to go our in their costume and cover for them. they have to act like nothing has changed especially if they look nothing like the person they're covering for.

jason only trusts steph & tim (& helena if she was down) to go out as red hood if he can't. tim bc he trusts him and timothy drake is just unhinged enough that no one is gonna mess with him. steph bc he trusts her a lot, she's familiar with the area, and they both think it's a little funny. helena only bc they have similar methods, and i think he would mostly joke abt it tbh. bc honestly the whole covering for each other thing is mostly a joke anyways.

if anyone brings up the pretty big differences between them (steph n tim) & the real red hood they gaslight the FUCK out of them.

i feel like damian would offer / try to convince jason he should be allowed to and it would take everything in jay not to agree bc it would be so fucking funny. dick gives him a look that would kill him ten times over if he was capable. jason, obviously pained, tells damian no.

dick trusts jason enough to go as nightwing, also jason literally would just do it for fun to mess with him. & he canonically does go out as nightwing to fuck with dick and that's so funny to me why is he like this.

jason agrees to go out as batman twice at most. he hates it and tries to pawn it off on anyone else. when he has gone out as batman you best believe he did some embarrassing shit so bruce would get memed to hell and back online.

idk man it would be chaotic as hell

[daydreams-to-passages]

So I found this little snip bit in my docs and figured I share. It's clunky at best and can feel a bit odd since it's an isaki.

Anyways best of reading for yall.

I just about threw my phone again. It was getting on my nerves! Like why is she such a bitch to him! She manipulates and is so toxic.

The concept of this show is great the love interest hate her-hate hate hate her! It's not even meant to be a romance!!

The Flash was apart of the arrowverse list I decided to finally sit down and watch. Green Arrow season 1 passed, building was solid Helena that show’s Iris was dead. Omgosh how happy was i to see her die on screen. Why did the female leads or potential female leads have to be so manipulative. Like give me someone sweet and gentle with their hero partner. Something that while not physically strong is still strong and able to overcome stuff. I don't want her to feel so out of this world, more like if a hero clinged to the idea of normal. And her turn around to “i didn't want to be normal. I wanted to be abnormal like you. But with you I learned that normal is just fine. That normal is peacefully morning with coffee. They're watching kids in yards.” Domestic shit. And the hero? He gets that normal that he so desperately wanted.

Like that'd feel so much more in character for someone sweet and nerdy like Barry. Why the hell would he go for a journalist? Why would he stick with his first love who clearly wasn't interested in him. Like think of the angst of a world crossover where an Iris gets Barry versus not. It'd be much more interesting than whatever the hell Spiderman x Superman fusion they wanted for flash.

“did you throw you phone again?”

Stocking my tongue out at my Roommate, “Your sure one big simp.” They laughed at my agony, “they could do Barry so much better if they gave up the Iris subplot! Let her die and stay dead!”

“What like you?”

“What no! Why does everyone assume that? Like sure I'm not against filling shoes but I don't think I'd be a good match for him.”

“Why? You simp hard enough.”

“Romance and relationship aren't about simping, dude. Plus he needs to slow down and breath. I'm someone who needs to go fast. Sure theorically would could balance each other out but…”

“But?”

“I'm not that much in dululu land. I'm aggressive and visually angry all the time. Defensive at the best. We'd probably grate against each other and ruin the whole friendly sweet personality Barry has.”

“You know? I think it'd be the opposite. Like you want to go fast but he needs to slow down for you. Where he's friendly you could keep a leash on him. Where he's late your already planning and coming up with ways to make him on time. I think it'd be a match made in heaven.”

“Ewww stop feeding my delusions. It doesn't matter anyways.”

“Why?”

“Cause he's a simp for Iris.” I say turning back to my phone with the paused TV show. Grumbling going back to it.

“I wonder….” My roommate trailed off clicking my door shut once again, I got the weirdness uneasy feeling running down my spine. Though shrugged it off for a hunch that something bad was going to happen in the show.

Oh how right I was.

3 days later.

“Your Caitlin Snow. Your Cisco Ramon. Your Harrison Wells.” I slowly spun pointing at the once characters so far away was now within touching distance. “And that means your…” A red blurr skids to a stop, “Flash.”

I let the silence steep in the air as I chewed my thumb, “fucken Void.” I grabbed phone calling them immediately, “YOUR A FUCKEN BITCH! What did we say about dululus! WE DONT NOT ENCOURAGE OR CHANGE WORLDS TO SATISFY CURIOSITIES!”

“Well hello! I wanted to see if sparks would fly.”

“Oh sparks are gonna fly when I kill you and burn your body.” I snapped back before ending the call rubbing my forehead trying to think of a way go fix.

“So how'd you get in?” Cisco asked over his snack of the moment.

“Didn't mean to I opened a door.”

“A door?”

“Ya? Worlds are interconnected. You know the speedforce and realm jumping and all that shit.”

“You know about the Speedforce?”

“Now to find the right door so I can strangle my darling roommate. They said go for it. They said what could happen with an interdimetionable being? Nothing they'd be too scared to ruin the balance of things. NO NO ONE MET THIS Stupid fucker! So long as it's interesting it'll happen.” I wandered through Starlabs I could feel people staring into my back as I open and closed various doors in opens to finding the right one but no luck.

“So this happens often?”

“Yep.” Popping the P with a big sigh of defeat, as another door failed.

“So Void? Just sends you off with nothing?”

“No no. He chaotic neutral bish knows I know my way around this world.

“So its not random?”

“No. Gods do you enjoy interrogating me? World's often have echos of each order. Speedsters can only come I contact with ones that either have speedforce on it or if a doppelganger is there. Void doesn't have those restrictions. He's not a bad guy or even someone who you can fight. He's not a rogue or a metahuman you created. He just like putting theories to a test.”

“Is it alright that your sharing this information?”

“Sure it's not like you'll remember me when this is over.”

“Wait why not?”

“Cause I don't exist here? By allying myself with my roommate I essentially killed off any dopples of myself. I'm the one and only. And two you wouldn't remember me cause it'd break timelines. Everything I do will be edited to fit whatever narrative. With minor exceptions.”

“and those exceptions?”

“I'll will be replaced by someone who fits better.”

[excusethequality]

🔪 - What is the strangest horror movie you’ve ever watched?

Oh, jeeeez...I watch so much weird shit (especially horror movies), I'm sure my take on this is very warped. It also very much depends on what exact definition of "Strange" you use.

I'm gonna have to be one of those annoying people who can't give a straight answer and give a few, because they're all strange in their own distinct ways.

Los Parecidos (2015) is a Mexican horror movie about a group of people that get caught in bus station during a hurricane when strange phenomena begin to occur. It's is based around a mystery and some places online seem to straight up spoil it in their description (so be warned), while others leave the mystery intact. I think if you're going to watch it, it's best to know as little as possible, so I won't say any more. But, suffice it to say: it's one of the weirdest reveals you've ever seen.

Monkey Shines (1988) is a movie from George Romero (aka the director of Night of the Living Dead) about a quadriplegic man who winds up getting a lab experiment as a helper monkey. Unfortunately for him the monkey forms a telepathic bond with him, falls in love with him, and then tries to kill anyone who gets between them. So...ummm, yeah, I think the strangeness there speaks for itself.

This one might just be an honorable mention, but Boxing Helena (1993). There's a strong argument to be made that this isn't a horror movie at all, but a thriller. But I also think that the movie goes so far outside the norm that I think you have to put Horror in the conversation again. If you consider Misery (1990) to be Horror, then this has to be considered as well. It's about a man who becomes obsessed with a woman and, uh, how do I put this...he tries to take away her autonomy in order to posses her. When I heard exactly what it was about I thought it was a joke so I looked it up, learned it wasn't a joke, immediately tracked down a copy, then spent the entire movie going, "what the fuck even is this?"

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) is conceptually strange. First of all it is one of the rare horror movies written and directed by women. You see it was written by noted Mystery novelist and feminist Rita Mae Brown as a satire of the slasher genre, but all her satire went right over the studio's heads and they wanted it as a straight-forward slasher. Enter film editor Amy Holden Jones who wanted to try directing something and used the script to prove her worth. The result is this weirdly interesting concoction where you take a feminist script, translate it into typical genre piece, then direct it from a woman's point of view. I don't know if people who aren't big horror heads will appreciate just how odd this all is for an early 80s movie, but it's such a strange film when you look at it closely.

And then if we're talking truly "WTF even is this?"-level strange, then Mad God (2021), Skinamarink (2022), and Rubber (2010) have got to be up there. Because they're all movies where the creators clearly didn't give any fucks what anyone else thought and just went out there to make some weird shit.

[otakween]

Cyborg 009 BGOOParts Delete (2020) - Volume 3

This manga is clearly meant to be binged and not read extremely slowly like I've been doing, so I'll try to read more at a time to do things properly. I'm still really frustrated that this is such a rehash of tired material. It might be acceptable if this was a reboot, but it's supposed to be more like a sequel/continuation so...

Ch. 15

The monologuing continues! Apollon and Joe talk about their respective squads, what makes them similar and different. Joe emphasizes the fact that the numbers cyborgs resent being made and plan to eradicate all of Black Ghost's cyborgs from the face of the Earth.

Helena asks Francoise to help her stop the fighting, but Francoise says that she can't because she doesn't want to abort the mission. Helena knocks Francoise out and turns into her dark, Artemis form, complete with creepy looking wings jutting out of her cyborg spine. They drew her all sensual this chapter which made me kinda uncomfortable lol.

007, 002, and 006 fight the lesser Mythos cyborgs in the background. They're not given much to do and it's hard to care about their part of the story.

Ch. 16

This chapter was straight up incomprehensible for me. Not only do they shout out some new attack name every two seconds, but half of them aren't even in Japanese or English. Also, a lot of the characters use old timey Japanese. At this point I'm just hear to admire the art.

Artemis' body is now the Dolphin apparently. What is this Arpeggio of Blue Steel??

At least 005 and 008 got some screentime this chapter. Every time 008 does stuff outside of the water I'm like "he's just a dude" lol. The Aquaman conundrum...

Ch. 17

Geronimo's battle wraps up with the Minotaur dude. DAMN that guy was annoying. I think he said "The Dark Labyrinth" about 50 million times. I was so pissed off having to read it over and over lol. Like...shut up already (thankfully, he did).

I really love how Pyunma has been drawn by this artist. He's come a long way. He acknowledged how limited he is outside of the water in this chapter, which I appreciated. Chang comes to his aid.

Ch. 18

Apollon monologues himself to death lol. The dialogue is sooo bad in this manga. They keep repeating the same phrases ad nauseum and it feels cheesy for them to be ranting so much during a battle. Just have them fight in silence and monologue after or something.

In addition to the dialogue being cringey, the action isn't really good either. The Mythos cyborgs keep dying and I keep thinking "wait...how'd they die??" It's not drawn clearly at all. Apollon gets shot up and then set on fire somehow, but they didn't draw Joe doing any of that so I'm like ???

Ch. 19

Okay, Hippo Man making 007 melt was pretty disturbing body horror, I gotta say. 004 then easily takes him out in a pretty boring battle. Hippo man went on and on about his "true name" and they made "kaba/baka" puns. Hey Cyborg 009, aren't comic relief characters supposed to be...funny?

Artemis is pissed at Joe for killing Apollon, but what did she think was gonna happen? This is such a blah retread.

Ch. 20

Lion dude turns into Heracles (which looks like a guy wearing a lion fur and wielding clubs). The cyborgs all gather for their final battle (aside from Artemis probably)

Who was the hairy dude in the beginning? I'm sure I'm just supposed to know who is his but I forgot lol. It's so hard to follow this manga when no one's documented it on the 009 wiki yet boohoo

Joe looked pretty badass showing up at the end there ngl (plus the shippers probably like to see him carrying 002 like that)

Ch. 21

Okay, this last bit was interesting (finally). They talked about how the numbers cyborgs have already defeated Black Ghost and are now just cleaning up their ooparts. Heracles disagrees and says that the Mythos cyborgs ARE Black Ghost because they're following through on their mission.

I had to remind myself what ooparts are. It stands for "Out of Place" parts. It's supposedly an American term, but I've never heard of it. It's related to cryptozoology and refers to anachronistic artifacts. I guess the Mythos cyborgs kinda fit that, but instead of being new stuff in olden times, they're old stuff in modern times? IDK. I wonder if OOParts is a well known concept in Japan or just this mangaka's hobby?

GDI Helen showing up at the last second to resurrect everyone is cheating >:/ now this arc will never end!

I like learning random stuff from manga. Heracles kept bringing up the Nemean lion so I looked it up and basically it's a lion whose fur was impervious to weapons. Never heard of that myth before! With the added context I appreciated Heracles' design more.

The mangaka's fanart sketches at the end were really charming, I liked their little self portrait too (they didn't need to draw 008's OG design though -cringe-)

[pass1onepr1ncess]

Fan-made Houseki no Kuni x IDV crossover lineup because I said so and I'm having fun thinking about it! Also including the explanation behind each assignment!

Phosphophyllite - Cheerleader/Lily Barrier

Specifically Phos after Ventricosus's betrayal but before Winter and Antarc! So they've got the Agate legs from Aculeatus, but still have their original arms and head! I think Phos is perfect for Lily because 1)The agate legs made them SUPER fast and we all know Lily can RUN and 2) Phos at this point in the manga is still very cheery and optimistic!! It makes sense for them to cheer other people on and still be so happy!

Cinnabar - Enchantress/Patricia Dorval

This one isn't perfect, but I think it works! I think they way Patty holds herself and acts relatively fits Cinna, and I think it could be cool if the stun animation made Cinnabar's mercury poison float them around them! And when you do a long stun, it could cause Cinnabar's mercury replicas of themself to briefly form around the hunter's feet!

Diamond - Gardener/Emma Woods

As we see in Dia's first major appearance and introduction, they have a tendency for thinking outside the box with battle tactics! It makes sense to me that Dia would get creative enough to think about breaking the rocket chairs! Plus, I think Emma's bubble shield could be like the light refracting around Dia's hair :). Not only that, but I think Emma and Dia have pretty similar personalities!

Bort - Antiquarian/Qi Shiyi

This one I feel is pretty obvious, gameplay wise djbdi. I thought about giving Qi Shiyi to Dia at first, but I think she fits much better with Bort!

And ofc bc it wouldn't be IDV without that fifth identity:

Prince Aechmea/Yama - Opera Singer/Sangria

Listen, I know Netease is never going to do a genderswapped crossover skin because they're COWARDS (jk I know they have to abide by Chinese censorship laws) but it's too perfect! I mean if you just look at Sangria's shadow abilities as clouds then it's perfect! Just like on the moon! I think a good way to get around the censorship is to probably just make this skin one of the generic feminine-looking Lunarians but that's not nearly as interesting dbcjfbd

And, because IDV sometimes does Crossovers that go past just a part 1: IDV x HnK Part 2; On the Moon! Starting with the hunter this time!

Shattered Phosphophyllite - The Feaster/Hastur

Gonna be honest, this is mostly because I think the tentacles would be a good way to portray Phos' goopy gold/platinum alloy limbs. Plus, I think seeing Shattered Phos slouched over to fit Hastur's overall meaty and fleshy vibe and animations would be fucking terrifying vdjcbd

Lunar Dia - Psychologist/Ada Mesmer

Listen, hear me out. The whistle is Dia's singing. Also they gave Emily an accessory that makes her healing animation be singing and I just think Ada should also get one!

Moon Princess Cairngorm - Perfumer/Vera Nair/Chloe Nair

When she perfumes, the imprint of the Euphoria could be Ghost Quartz :). Also there's a theme of killing/getting rid someone who was so similar to them that they couldn't help but be jealous/resentful towards.

Alexandrite/Lexi - The Mind's Eye/Helena Adams

Lexi isn't actually blind like Helena is, but I mean. She spent 100+ years blindfolded so. Also! When she stomps her cane and for the duration of when the effect is active, it could change her hair and nail color to Red Lexi!!!

Amethyst 84 - Lawyer/Freddy Riley

Not much thought went into this one, I'll be honest. Ame became a scientist on the moon and I just think it'd be cool to watch them run around looking at one of the Lunarian notebooks to replace Freddy's map lmao

As for the graffitis, I think it would be rlly cool to have little cartoon chunks of the actual gems with their hardness level! It would also be really cute to have a little Shiro pet!!! Or even Kongo's Machine Brother!!

[fancyfade]

What if Miss. Bertinelli taught Damian...?

IDK if this is like she doesn't know who she is and she sees him in her day job (or she does know who he is but also sees him at her day job and they're both civilians) or she teaches him stuff as Huntress when he's Robin :P

I think that in school Damian would probably have positive rapport with most of his teacher since he's diligent with his work and pays attention. I imagine if he did one of those over-the-top extra credit things (like we see him in a super sons comic do like.... multiple pages of extra credit essay for a single exam question) she would be like "please don't make me grade this ;_;"

She'd be teaching English Language Arts according to canon so she would be teaching something he doesn't already know* which means he hopefully would find her class not boring :P I think he might kind of remind her of James (her adopted son) as well.

if she knows he's Robin and they've interacted before she might be a little surprised that he seems more subdued in school (which he's like. still intense for a middle school student but :P he also doesn't seem to try to dominate the room he just answers questions when they're posed). he would probably also be very surprised to see her teacher voice if he knows she's huntress XD Because like you have to use a different set of social skills when interacting with high-schoolers (or middle schoolers) Most batfam members would probably be very surprised to see teacher-mode helena (except in my head she turned on teacher mode a little when she was interacting w/ Tim as Robin and Tim got spoiled by vigilante lessons that had good pedagogy before he had to go back to Bruce XD)

Since Damian is a lot less prone to let other people take the lead when he's Robin I imagine they would have a different rapport if she was trying to teach him something as Huntress when he's Robin. But I also imagine that especially when he just joins the Batfam he appreciates her general lack of judgment towards him (and they could potentially bond over being assumed to be more dangerous/ready to kill people than they actually are). Also obligatory plug to my fanfic one-shot I wrote where fresh-out-of-LoA-Damian interacts with Huntress during final crisis (link)

*Like obviously he has lots of the skills you develop in ELA classes but he presumably hasn't read every single book they're gonna read.

[anyathefandom]

To Those Fortunate Enough chapter 30:

@burned-lariat

So val and the gang are trying to find Charlotte in the boarding school and this happens🙈

"Excuse me?"

Valentin whipped his head around, his focus locking onto the nun that appeared behind him.

"Yes?" Valentin cleared his throat, stiffening his posture.

"Are you lost?"

A cursed memory resurfaces in my brain:

"Can I say something?"

"Of course," Laura nodded gently.

"You look like my grandmother."

"Do I?"

"Yes. You both have the same sweet face, you even sound the same."

Me:

He slowly opened his eyes, blinking rapidly as he took in the bright white around him. An old woman entered his view, looking down at him with a smirk. She was dressed in a sleek, shiny suit, a matching silver blazer and pencil skirt

"Good, you're awake," she said, her voice lilted and polished.

Me:

"My mother," Dex replied shakily, his eyes stinging with tears.

"What happened to her?"

"She…she died…"

"How?"

"...Her mother shot her," Dex looked down at the woman, a sharp glare in his eyes. The woman tilted her chin up at him, a smirk slowly forming on her face.

"That's a shame," the woman ran a hand across his back ever-so-slowly. Dex felt his spine stiffen at the contact, "A mother leaving her child in such a manner is unspeakable."

Me: One thing will remain true about Helena whether she's dead or Alive she's gonna Girlboss Gaslight Gatekeep.😂

"Back off…grandmother."

"Oh, sweet Dexter, I'm afraid I can't do that," Helena drew closer, "You see, I've spent years trying to track you and your bastard father down, aiming to right a wrong that occurred 25 years ago. I've dreamed of the day where I get to see the light in your eyes, the light that cruelly ensnared my daughter, leave. That day has finally come."

Me: Helena really ain't shit because girlie is already dead but she still want this boy to die because Irina decided to keep him.😭🙈

"You would've killed a baby if it meant getting your way…" Dex shook his head, "What did I ever do to you?"

"You exist," Helena licked her lips, "Though, for what it's worth, I wasn't going to kill you even when I confronted your mother about you."

"...What were you going to do?"

"As Victor established, you're quite a reliable vessel of life. I could've used some spare parts."

Me: I-

Narrator: The woman was too stunned to speak.

"They're pulling you out. They must think you're stable enough to wake up…that or they think your time is up."

The bright world began to flicker around them. Neither person moved, taking it all in. Dex looked one last time at Helena, waiting for her to grab him. Instead, she stood still, her eyes sharp and locked in.

"You failed," he said.

"On the contrary, it appears it's not your time quite yet," she replied with a smile, "but I haven't failed, and I won't fail. When it's finally time for you to go to Hell, I'll be waiting, and then I'll finally have my way with you. Just you wait, Dexter. Just you wait."

Me: Oh she's biiiiiter🙈

His eyes fluttered open ever-so-slowly, drifting to his right. The more his vision improved, the clearer Wallace appeared to him. He felt his father's thumb run against his cheek, and the weight of everything that’s happened was just beginning to set in.

"Mein schöner Sohn…," Wallace cooed, beaming with relief, "willkommen zurück."

Translation: My beautiful son...welcome back.

Me: Well at least my got to wake after enduring the emotional hell Helena was putting him through.😂

Sidenote: the way you stayed true to how much of an callous ice queen Helena is.🫡

[pink-strawberry-kissess]

Not me putting on my clown makeup waiting for the RE6 remake.

No but seriously, with the four different campaigns and all, how do you suppose Capcom would approach a remake for 6? If they're continuing with the re-horroring of the franchise, then things would need to be tightened up but I'm not sure what they would cut. Maybe some of Chris' campaign? (although I do like Piers but yeah I don't think they're too important aside from Carla constantly killing Chris' team and Chris and Jake's connection). and then like some of Jake and Sherry's campaign? Maybe cut down/restructure the first chapter of Leon and Helena, although it was more in-line with horror it really did feel sluggish. Or remove one of Simmons' boss fights? IDK I'm hesitant with them because 6 is literally Aeon The GameTM so I don't think they could/would touch those two campaigns too much.

They could just drop the C/P and J/S campaigns and make them side characters but then I'm not sure how the information with Carla or Jake's blood needed for the C-Virus cure would be conveyed because Leon, Helena, and Ada are never in Edonia. It would be fun to see Chris as more of an antagonist though (after that little taste we got in Village) if they were to remove him as a protagonist so the only contact we get is his and Leon's fight and him chasing after Ada.

😭😭😭

the fact that re5r is heavily hinted at makes me wonder if they'll do re6r. i really don't know tbh

there's two issues with this, will they

change the story unlikely but re6 has not been touched upon lorewise *that we know of

cut campaigns

or both

re6 is very much an aeon game, as Leon/Helena's campaigns and Ada's are NEEDED to understand re6 as a whole.

The Jake/Sherry campaign is nice and good for information, but I agree I think Chris/Piers campaign can be SEVERELY shortened or cut and not affect any large portions of the games. P/C (gonna change the order of that for reasons 😭) campaign is much more action based and touches more with Carla, but since we have that with Ada's, I think a lot of that can be cut on Chris's side. As it also ruins the whole mystery of it imo.

J/S is only needed for the smallest portion of Leon's campaign so that they can save J/S near the ending.

i would not be heartbroken at all if Chris's campaign was cut ENTIRELY from re6r. tbh it was my least favourite out of the bunch. and it did not seem to have that much story that pertained to re6 as a whole. it was more so about chris's trauma which i guess is fine to explore but (i don't care about chris that much to be completely honest. I think he has enough games)

the idea of painting chris as the antagonist is PERFECT set up for village. and it also drives a stake between chris and leon, which was one of the pivotal moments for re6.

i don't know i have many thoughts

[veryliteralsin]

go go reading comprehension for me — for the ask game: A, B, J, F, G, and M for mash and indiana jones!

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

MASH: I'm always gonna be all aboard the Hawkeye/Margaret train but this is where I get weird: only in my head. like...would I want it to be canon? absolutely not, it would fuck me up; the tension is perfect how it is when it is. this is also me admitting that BJ/Peg/Hawkeye is kind of sweet.

IJ: currently living for the Indy/Marion thing (of course) but I'm also kind of working on a fic that's literally just Indy flirting/sleeping with a ton of different women from different places just because 1) he can and 2) the poor man needs to forget

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

MASH: okay, look. I've been watching this show since I was born, you know? I never considered ships outside of the obvious Hawkeye/Margaret because well, what kid didn't want that?? but... BJ/Hawk and BJ/Peg/Hawk kind of consumes my brain sometimes.

IJ: initially I hated pairing anyone with Indy except for Marion. like...my angry ass was like "why bother when we know they're perfect for each other" but a few years ago while scrolling through Tumblr it clicked that like... it's all valid. like you absolute idiot, relationships are a learning experience!!

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

I'm not counting MASH because I've been watching it since birth... probably if you count To Kill a Mockingbird as a fandom?? I read the novel when I was 8 (while asking a LOT of questions to my mother) and it's lived rent-free in my head ever since. if we're not counting TKaM then probably Hannibal Lecter (etc.) since I was like... 11. yeah, I watched Silence of the Lambs too early in life. whoops

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

you know, I don't really know?? my first (and possibly only OTP) was/is Heavy/Medic from Team Fortress 2. it clicked in my 14-year-old brain and never left.

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

I had no idea people were that into Critical Role????

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

MASH: gotta be honest (and predictable) here: Hawkeye. especially post-war, that man and I would get along so well.

IJ: aside from Indy (who would totally be my frenemy because God I cannot stand that fucking asshole sometimes), Helena Shaw although it'd probably be weird bc I'd probably hit on her godfather. she's just such an interesting character and I know she gets a lot of hate but goddamnit I don't care