#AND JUST NOW I REALIZE CHARLIE COX WAS IN IT?

[krizariel]

All the stars are coming out tonight,

They’re lightning up the sky tonight

For you, for you..._ _

Lyrics from Rule the world by Take That - Stardust OST

[amhrosina]

Hiii

I LOVE your work, and I was wonderful if you could write something with hurt/comfort with Matt Murdock?

Like you were coming home late and someone was following you home, and Matt hears you heart beat and comes to find you juste before the creepy person makes a move on you? And the reader is like “I’m fine, I’m okay” even tho she crying very hard and can’t breathe and Matt is like “no you’re not, but it’s okay I’ll take care of you” and then he takes care of reader and it’s fluff and comfort?

Thank youuuuu

Savior (Matt Murdock x Reader)

A/N: Hiiii! Thank you for reading! It's a short ficlet, but I ended up really liking how it turned out! Also, Charlie Cox is so, so PRETTY. A special thank you to my beta reader @wheredidiputmyfish for being so great! <3 (Word Count: 1.0k)

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You didn’t fully comprehend the predicament you were in until it changed from sketchy to dangerous. Hell’s Kitchen was especially quiet that night, though the argument could be made that it never fully went to sleep. Bodegas, laundromats, and diners stayed open late into the night, and it was the light spilling from their fogged windows that lit your route home.  

You knew Matt wouldn’t be happy with your decision to walk home alone. He’d warned you time and time again to wait for him, or get a taxi if he wasn’t around, but taxis were expensive, and he hadn’t answered your call earlier. Now, you cursed yourself for not waiting. 

The man behind you had been following you for thirteen blocks – you'd counted in nervous breaths – and he was gaining on you. You walked at an increasingly rapid pace, heart thundering as you blindly dug through your bag for the pepper spray Foggy had gifted you when you’d moved to the city. It was big and a stark blue, with the words “I Heart NY” stamped around it, but your hands were shaking so badly that even if you could find it in the black hole that was your tote bag, you weren’t sure you’d be able to use it.

You turned the corner, nervously glancing at the stranger out of the corner of your eye, and almost yelped at the proximity he had gained. He was within ten feet of you, and you didn’t give yourself a chance to hesitate before you took off running. 

“Hey!” He called. 

You ignored him, pushing your legs to move faster. You could see the entrance to your building, a tiny speck in the distance, and you prayed Matt was close enough to hear your racing heart. The man’s feet pounded on the concrete behind you, and you let out a wild shriek that you hoped would alert someone nearby. If it was heard by anyone, they didn’t make it known. You were alone, and the man was so close to you now that you knew you’d be grabbed by him before you could make it to the safety of your building.  

Arms wrapped around your middle, hauling you into an alley. You began shrieking at the top of your lungs, if only to make it harder for your attacker to get away with whatever he planned to do. 

“Leave me alone! Stop!” You fought with all your might, swinging and kicking wildly in front of you in a last-ditch effort to get away. “Get off me, you fucking creep!”  

Hands cradled your face. 

“It’s me. It’s me, sweetheart.” Matt’s smooth voice coaxed your eyes open. You hadn’t even realized they were closed. “You’re safe, sweetheart. I’ve got you.” 

You blinked up at him in relief. Your heart thundered in your chest, making it hard to breathe. He wasn’t in his Daredevil suit, but the way he clenched his jaw told you that the Devil was itching to come out and play.  

“There was a man,” you started, voice scratchy from the screams you’d let out, “He was following me. I-I know I should’ve waited for you to come get me, but I didn’t want to bother you and then this guy showed up and I was trying to find the pepper spray but-” You were rambling now, gulping in air and waving your arms around as you explained.  

“Are you okay?” Matt asked, softly caressing the curve of your cheekbone.  

“Yeah.” You nodded. The lie tasted ashy on your tongue.  

“You’re crying, sweetheart.”  

“I-I’m fine.” You stuttered, attempting to blink the tears away. “I’m fine.” You tried again, but your voice wobbled as the words left your lips. You couldn’t tell if you were trying to convince him or yourself at that point. Matt nodded along with you, kissing your temple.  

“Let’s get you home, okay? You’re safe now. No one will ever hurt you again, okay? I’ve got you.” He led you to the apartment you shared with him, only letting go when you sunk into the cushions of the couch. “I’m going to make you some tea, okay?” 

“Okay.” Your voice was wispy, barely audible to anyone besides Matt, who had tuned himself to you so thoroughly that you sometimes felt like he could read your thoughts. Like right then, as the thought entered your brain, and he responded before you could even finish the thought. Some Chamomile tea would be grea- 

“Is Chamomile alright?” He called, clinking the mug against the counter. 

“Yeah, Matty. Thank you.” You breathed through your anxiety and wondered what happened to the man who’d been following you. 

- 

Later that evening, after he’d drawn you a bath and tucked you into bed, the Devil finally got what he wanted. Matt hadn’t mentioned it to you, but he’d been diligently tracking the stranger’s heartbeat since he’d intervened earlier that evening, and as soon as your heartbeat evened out, suggesting your deep slumber, Matt was jumping across rooftops towards the irregular heartbeat he’d been listening to all evening.  

He wasn’t sure what he was going to do once he got his hands on the guy who had followed you earlier. The blood curdling scream you’d let out was indication enough of your fear, and it echoed in Matt’s ears as he got closer to his target. 

He wouldn’t kill the man. That wasn’t a line Matt was willing to cross, but the thought certainly crossed his mind. If he’d put his hands on you, touched you with his filthy awfulness, Matt might’ve been angry enough to do it, though, and that terrified him. He’d never been so close to murder before, besides maybe with Fisk, but no one fucked with you and got away with it. He wouldn’t kill the guy, but he’d hurt him. Badly.  

Matt took a deep breath and let the Devil creep out. May God have mercy on the stranger’s soul, because the Devil surely wouldn’t.

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[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Just had a random thought. While thinking about the “Indiana Jones” original trilogy, I’ve developed a sort of newfound appreciation for the casting of Harrison Ford. My thoughts haven’t necessarily changed on this character, I still think Indy is fun but not that complex of a character, it’s just that now I imagine casting the character wasn’t the easiest thing in the world.

What Indy lacks in complexity, he makes up for sheer leading man charisma. This is a role where you absolutely need someone who can be able to act without saying anything. Because Indy has to be both:

1) convincing as an Everyman protagonist, in that he’s vulnerable and relatable enough that you can convince the audience that he’s not superhuman and is just a regular guy.

2) the coolest man who has ever lived. Someone who can walk into frame and exude “Yeah, I’m that guy” energy.

Harrison Ford really did have that level of charisma where he can be relatable and vulnerable enough to convince you he’s the underdog, but also make you think he’s the coolest person ever. I’ve tried imagining some other leading actors in the role and, honestly, it makes you realize that Indiana as a character needs more than just a handsome leading man.

Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been able to convince you he’s an Everyman protagonist. Sylvester Stallone is better at playing more vulnerable, complicated characters like Rambo and Rocky. Michael Biehn is good at the underdog role, but not necessarily at being the cool guy. Keanu Reeves, while I love the guy to death, is too wooden to be the charming, cool guy (he’s better off at comedy and darker roles anyways). Kurt Russell and Clint Eastwood were close, but I think they’re better off at being action hero badasses. Bruce Willis, I think he’s similar to Keanu in that he’s better off at comedy and darker roles (even his most famous action movie role as John McClane just shows he excels in being comedic, not necessarily being the cool guy).

The actors who I felt could’ve done Indiana Jones justice, aside from Harrison Ford, were Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, and Charlie Cox (Daredevil convinced me he could be the Everyman protagonist, She-Hulk convinced me he could pull off the cool guy role). And, if South Korea made the Indiana Jones movies, Won Bin came to mind.

EDIT: I just realized. Pedro Pascal! Just imagine a combination of Din Djarin, Joel Miller and Oberyn Martell.

I think “roguish charm” is what I’m getting at here. It’s actually quite hard to pull off the more I thought about it. For example, while I like David Harbour and his character of Jim Hopper, I don’t think Harbour can pull off roguish charm. I think that’s why Hopper came off so hostile and combative in Stranger Things season 3; Duffer Bros wrote him as Indiana Jones-like, but the end result was more off-putting than charming. As another bad example; Sean Penn in the movie “Shanghai Surprise”. That’s probably the worst example at an attempt at roguish charm.

Anyways, I’m curious. Which actor do you think could’ve pulled this role off convincingly?

[farfromstrange]

OKAY.

I’ve got something to share with you!!

So, you guys remember when I said that I had an idea for a new Michael Kinsella fic a while back?

Well, whatever you think you’re about to read, this little news of mine is different, I assure you. But go ahead and read anyway if you find enjoyment in my writing regardless of fandom.

So: As it turns out, the idea I had was way too complex for a fanfic. I carried it around with me for a while, started writing down ideas and that’s when it all took a turn.

Writing for Kin these past few months kind of challenged me to broaden my horizons from the action and supernatural elements I put into my Matt fics, and while I love writing that side of fanfiction, it was also fun to explore something more human.

I’ve been writing pretty dark stuff from the beginning, and as you know I also write a lot of porn. I love dark romance books, I love angst and I love morally grey characters.

My first ever original book idea was also fantasy, and while I’ve spent months planning that one, I never got around to writing it.

HOWEVER!!

When I started writing Butterfly Effect, it sent a stone rolling, and then Chaos Theory happened, and it helped me explore other areas of fiction. I was afraid of diving into Kin, but I did it and it was the best choice I could have made.

The amount of planning I put into the story so far is surreal. The feedback I keep getting makes me feel so appreciated, and I’ve realized that building and writing for morally grey and damaged characters is what I do best. In all genres, really.

While writing this series, I noticed how much easier it is to shape characters when they don’t have any special powers. Like, it is so much easier when they’re just psychologically complex people, and I bow down to everyone who has no problem creating superpowers for their characters because it always takes me so long to get it all planned out. That is a superpower in itself. And while I love it, exploring this new side of my writing is very, very exciting, and I can just write very human humans if that makes sense to you.

Don’t get me wrong, I love writing for Matt and I love working on Foreigner’s God, but writing something about a bunch of normal human beings gave me a joy I had been lacking before. And it makes it so much easier to write.

Don’t worry, I am not switching things up or anything. But I have something else to tell you that directly connects to Kin and Charlie Cox, really, because without him, I would have never gotten back into writing, I would have never started doing Tumblr and AO3, and I would have never watched Kin.

This Mikey fic transitioned into an original idea, and I am so excited right now because I have officially started my first original story!!

I have it all planned out, and while I am still working on the characters, the profiles are slowly coming together as I write. And I owe it all to the Daredevil fandom being obsessed with Kin and me jumping into it for Charlie. Thanks to you all and our shared love for Charlie and his impeccable acting, I think I might have found my niche.

I know you came here for the fanfiction and I will continue writing it as normal, but I was so stressed the past weeks, I had to channel my emotions into something and that’s kind of what brought this to life. I needed an escape. I just wanted you all to be the first ones to find out because you have all been so supportive and I couldn’t wait telling you that I’m starting to put something of my own together.

I was also inspired by that one interview Charlie did for Kin where he said he had no idea that organized crime in Ireland was such a problem, and I did some research into it because I had no idea either, and that shit is scary. I was always like ‘omg the Italian mafia is the only one we always hear about in books’ and stuff like that, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone mention the Irish mob before, so I was surprised, but also intrigued because if we romanticize the Italian mafia in fiction so much, why not the Irish one?

Yeah, you can tell what the story is inspired by if you have watched Kin. And you can tell by the name I used for my main character that Daredevil will always have a special place in my heart (but also because I love the name Matthew, don’t attack me).

AND I took some inspiration from all the fics I wrote, especially when it comes to the names of my characters because I’ve already created OC’s, why not steal some of their traits? They deserve their time to shine. They’re a piece of me, after all. They’re all variants.

So, for those who are interested:

The book I’m working on is Dark Romance. It’s like Kin meets Killing Eve meets Taylor Swift’s Reputation.

The trope: Enemies to lovers.

Title: Checkmate.

It’s not written in stone yet, so just read it for fun or don’t read it at all; I’m just so proud of myself right now. Who knows if this will ever see the light of day, but I share everything with you all already, so maybe you DO care. I don’t know. I’m bad at this.

Basically, it’s ‘mob boss meets female assassin tasked to kill him, but she can’t kill him’. And they’re all morally grey.

I’ve written a little description for myself. It isn’t the official blurb because I want to finish the story first, but to give you a little insight, this is my idea so far:

“Checkmate occurs when a king is placed in check and has no legal ways to escape. That's the law of chess.

In a world of high-stakes assassinations, an assassin dubbed The King reigns supreme. However, unlike popular opinion, The King is not a man, she's a woman, and she is more dangerous than any man could ever be.

Recruited from prison and ruthlessly trained by the Four-Thirty-Two, a lethal organization that has turned contract killing into a lucrative business, she takes only one type of job – eliminating men she deems monsters.

Her next target: Matthew Callahan, a reputed figure in the Irish mafia.

As she delves deeper into Matthew's life though, the man she thought was a heartless criminal shows a side that challenges everything she's believed. Secrets unfold, and a conspiracy emerges, intertwining their fates in a way neither of them saw coming.

It soon becomes clear that she is capable of many things, but she can't kill Matthew Callahan, and she definitely can't stay away from him either. He draws her in like a moth to a flame, and she is highly susceptible to the pleasure of desire. But there is something else about him that she can't shake.

She can't kill him, that much she knows, but is she capable of loving something other than the thrill of the kill?

In a deadly game of cat and mouse, life and death blur, and she must decide where her loyalties truly lie.

A king can't checkmate another king unless there are too many kings on the board. And once the king finds his queen, there is nothing they wouldn't do for each other, even if it means burning the world down together.”

(The assassin organization has a hierarchy based on a chess board’s hierarchy, by the way, that’s why the story is titled the way it is AND that’s why the organization is called the way it is)

I feel like I just wrote an essay and I am afraid of the teacher’s feedback. But yeah, this is what I have so far and I’ve also started writing, but I’m not gonna share that just yet because it’s still in the works.

I think I’m 10k words in so far.

I just had to share this with you because ever since I started writing at like ten years old, my biggest dream was to be able to write my own books one day. I never felt like I had enough ideas, so I took on fanfiction, and that’s when I realized that I CAN build stories and have people like them, and that there might be hope for me after all.

I’ve been waiting for an idea to come around for a while, and the other book I have planned never made it out of the notebook. Doesn’t mean I won’t write it, but somehow this is easier. It really came to me in a dirty ass hotel room before the Harry Styles concert, and it started out as a fic idea. Look how far I’ve come since May.

CRAZY.

If you do want to read a snippet, let me know. Or not. I don’t know. I’m kinda shaking in my boots. It’s just an idea, and it might still change. God, I’m too nervous sharing this. It’s like a heart attack.

Anyway, thanks for staying with me, I gotta get back to packing for my move in five weeks now 🏃🏼‍♀️ (not at all running away in fear or anything nooo)

Bonus:

Possible book cover made by me. Will be edited once the official blurb is finished. (Yes, I do have Photoshop, I’m just very self-critical and barely show anything I make lol)

(The code at the bottom isn’t real. I just put it there so I can see if it would fit)

Okay, that’s it. Bye!

*excitedly runs out of here*

[justzawe]

Zawe Ashton Is Manifesting Her Future

Thrillist has coffee with the 'Mr. Malcolm's List' actress as she heads into Marvel stardom.

When Zawe Ashton walks into La Bergamote, a small French café in Chelsea with fruit pastries gleaming in a glass case, she's bubbly and enthusiastic. "I was here in 2019," she calls to the proprietor. The British actor and writer is feeling a bit overwhelmed by nostalgia. She lived up the street when she was starring in the acclaimed revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal opposite her now-fiancé, Tom Hiddleston, and Charlie Cox which closed in December 2019, shortly before Broadway shut down due to COVID-19.

"I came here every single day, and this became part of my ritual of doing the show. The chocolate mice they do, I welled up just then when I saw them again because they felt like such an iconic part of my experience here," she says, referencing a truffle-and-cookie delicacy. "And of course, what makes it all the more emotional is the fact that this is also the Before Times for me."

Three years and a pandemic later, Ashton is back in New York, this time promoting Mr. Malcolm's List, a Regency romance where she plays the scheming Julia Thistlewaite, a daft but conniving woman who plots to take down the titular Mr. Malcolm (Sope Dirisu), an eligible bachelor, with help from her goodhearted friend (Freida Pinto). She is delicious in the film, a delightful bit of Regency escapism directed by Emma Holly Jones. Ashton is open about the fact that she was third in line to play Julia: Gemma Chan starred in the short, a test run for the feature which got the go-ahead after the success of another diversely cast Austenian spin, Bridgerton. Constance Wu was initially slated for the role before Ashton was called to step in at the last minute on the suggestion of Pinto. "We'd worked together a couple of years ago, and so she was like, 'Can we finally just try Zawe?'" she says. "The script came across my desk and I had about 24 hours to say yes or no.”

Ashton has been acting since she was a child and has fallen in and out of love with it, but she's on the precipice of even greater fame. Next year she'll appear in the Captain Marvel follow up The Marvel. She can't say who she's playing, but it's been reported she's a villain. For now, she's a different sort of baddie in the charming romantic comedy, out in theaters now. "What is right on brand for me, which I keep realizing, is she is very much the antihero of the piece," she says, digging into a shiny strawberry tart. "People are loving to hate Julia, which makes me feel really happy."

Ashton has thought critically about her work as an actor, even writing a semi-autobiographical novel called Character Breakdown, so she has been long conscious of the tradition of overbearing whiteness in British period adaptations. Even though she could read the novels and see herself as an Emma, for example—"Lizzy Bennet is not me," she says—she was never cast in the endless parade of BBC adaptations.

"There's been a lot of unpacking, having now sat down at the table," she says. I ask her to elaborate: "Well, my first costume fitting, for example. I put on a corset and a bonnet and these little silky slippers, and I felt so soft and tender and aspirational and was transported to this world that peers of mine had been transported to millions of times. And I found myself thinking, 'Why would anyone not think I was capable of this softness and sweetness?' Because this is an aspirational genre. We weren't there. We're making it up."

Coincidentally, Ashton had been seeking a break in reality. "Just before Malcolm's List came in, I'd said to my manager, 'Get me in a corset,' after seeing Bridgerton," she says. "It was a throwaway comment. And just before that, I'd had a frustrated rant about the industry and its expectations, and I was like, 'I just feel like I should only play characters that are seriously fictional. I shouldn't play real people, I think I should find a niche where I play people not from this realm.'" Then The Marvels came along.

After Betrayal, Ashton had her agent set up meetings with underrepresented directors. She was more interested in finding people to work with than projects to work on. One of those filmmakers was Nia DaCosta, whose indie Little Woods had yielded a gig directing the new Candyman. They bonded over their love of Austen's Persuasion. And then DaCosta was tapped to direct the Captain Marvel sequel and called up Ashton.

Ashton, of course, had been adjacent to the MCU in Betrayal, given that Hiddleston is best known as Loki and Cox was Netflix's Daredevil, but she wasn't really versed in the material. "It sounds so disrespectful because you should always watch your costars' work when you go to work with them," she says, but she was a fan of their theatrical performances and Hiddleston's work in The Souvenir auteur Joanna Hogg's early films. For Halloween, Cox and Hiddleston decided to swap roles and dress as their respective characters. Ashton donned a blonde wig and went as Captain Marvel, but she had never seen the movie—or any of the movies outside of Black Panther.

"We all just sat down as a cast and looked at the costumes that were going to be available in time for Halloween," she says. "I was like, 'This outfit is cool, I'm definitely going to wear this.' And obviously was a huge Brie Larson fan in her other work, but that was a random manifestation." When her part in The Marvels was announced, the Halloween photo spread across the internet. She's since gotten caught up with the MCU, but still wasn't fully aware of what she had gotten herself into. "I didn't think it through," she says. "I just knew that I wanted to serve Nia."

The clash of fantasy and reality is a theme in Ashton's life right now. The night before we speak, she attended a special screening of Malcolm's List wearing a stunning jeweled Sabina Bilenko Couture gown that gave her the aura of a goddess. Her getting ready process was featured in a Vogue story that doubled as a pregnancy announcement. Some time into our conversation, I ask her about feeling as if she had to reveal her pregnancy with the media attention around her relationship.

"Maybe me a few years ago would have said something different, but I don't feel like I have to do anything," she tells me. "And we're having really important conversations that will help us out of very, very disturbing times about women and their own power and autonomy over their own bodies. That can also be a mindset. So I feel very autonomous in myself at this point in my life." If she can make some kind of statement by appearing pregnant on a red carpet, she will.

As we wrap up, she gets a container for her fresh berries to-go and sweeps out into the Chelsea streets in the billowing dress with flowers growing out of its seam. It's something out a fairytale, just like Mr. Malcolm's List.

"We've had such a difficult, bleak couple of years, and there is just something extremely pure about [the Regency] era and peoples' intentions, and also the tropes that run through these pieces," she says. "There will be enemies becoming lovers. There will be romance, there will be someone who's desperately trying to marry for love rather than position. It's a bit like going to your favorite café every day rather than switching it up." Perhaps even a place like La Bergamote. (x)

[charliethomascoxuniverse]

Charlie Cox’s 1 Tip For Getting into Character

By Briana Rodriguez  December 1, 2014 (X)

When Charlie Cox went to audition for the role of Jonathan Hellyer Jones in the Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory of Everything,” his head was shaved nearly down to the skin. He looked nothing like the character he was meant to be playing. He was sure he’d never get the role.

“My mum said I looked thuggish,” he admits, laughing. “I was reading the script and getting a sense of this character, and I was just thinking, Oh my God, no one is ever going to think I’m right for this part! But James [Marsh, the director] was open to the idea of me, and I heard back relatively quickly afterward that they were interested in me; I thought, He must be really open-minded!”

Marsh cast Cox as Jonathan in the film that chronicles the decades-long marriage of Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones) and Hawking (Eddie Redmayne), beginning with Hawking’s diagnosis with ALS. As his disease progresses, Jane enlists Jonathan to help her, but emotions become entangled with responsibility and they fall for each other; the two are now married.

“My concern, the only real one I had, was that I felt there was a chance that it might seem like Jonathan had an agenda: He met Jane, he fell in love with her, and he was trying to win her off Stephen,” Cox says. “And I don’t think that’s what the script is intending. I think he does meet Jane and falls in love with her very quickly, but he offered his help to the family. It’s almost like he had a love affair with the Hawkings, with all of them, and through that, the love he has for Jane—he thinks he can suppress [it] and he realizes he can’t.”

To prepare, Cox read the script repeatedly (“As you read more and more, the whole thing, the character and the story, slowly becomes simpler and simpler and simpler”) and went to breakfast with Jonathan. “I was interested in the energy he brought into the room, what kind of a man he was, how he greeted you at the door, and how he sat and spoke to you,” he explains. “I realized there was no way you could ever think he would be duplicitous in that way. He was incredibly kind and generous and just a sweet, lovely man, so I tried to bring that energy.”

During the filming process, Cox was on point with his earlier assessment of Marsh, who has a background in documentary filmmaking, as open-minded. The actor says the director’s experience capturing real-life events as they’re happening gave the set a sense of spontaneity and freedom when it came to his performance.

“The way he ran set was that we would always have a feeling where we could try something and if it didn’t work, it didn’t work,” he says. “There’s a scene with Eddie and I in the church and he comes in and he’s basically asking for help with Jane and he brings beers into the church. Just ’cause Eddie’s an old friend of mine and we were just mucking around trying to make each other laugh, for one of the takes I handed him a beer and said, ‘Bear in mind you have to drive.’ [Marsh] ended up using it in the film and it was kind of a silly moment. And the funny thing is I can see Eddie laughing.”

The moment ties back into Cox’s overall approach to his roles: “When you get to set you don’t try to play the plot, you just play the character,” he says. “I think sometimes if you’re unfamiliar with the text, there’s tendency to try and play the surface of what’s written. If you become really familiar with the text you play what’s going on underneath it all.”

~*~

[doctortwhohiddles]

During Betrayal interviews he barely looked at her

Lol, there is literally a moment of them (+ Charlie Cox) on national television where he is completely lost looking at her while she is speaking. So lost that, when it was his turn to speak, he didn't even realize it and Zawe had to "wake him up" and told him "Say something!"

But I guess, this is selective memory for some people...

To be fair, he could just have zoned out for a moment. It happens to everyone.

But the fact remains that he proposed to Zawe, she said yes and now they have a kid (and Zawe could possibly be pregnant again). As evidence that they are a real couple, that's hard to beat. As usual, tinhaters ignore reality and live in a fantasy world of their creation.

[munsonthemisfit]

yeah, sorry i now realize i should have specified i meant celebrities

Top 10 Crushes Right Now:

- Sabrina Carpenter

- Doja Cat

- Halsey

- Demi Lovato

- Hayley Williams

- Charlie Cox

- James Hetfield

- Andy Black

- blackbear

- Harrington himself.

I have very inconsistent taste in people, from the smallest most petite and feminine humans to the oldest and most masculine borderline grandpa type dudes, I just love everyone idk bro.

[onyxisnotuniqueenough]

am i really the only one getting this icky feeling in my chest when i read thirstposts about celebrities. like i can understand it until it gets sexual and stalker-y and so so obsessed. digging into private family member's instagram, searching up marriage certificates, posting practically naked models or a pic of like a lone mitten or something and tagging it "outfits to put this celebrity in", talking constantly about their body -- 100x times more than the actual show you're a fan of, writing/encouraging followers to read smut for CHILD/TEEN actors, using ai to put celebrities' faces on nsfw content, etc.

LIKE HUH!! WHAT!! HOW IS THIS ALLOWED AND *ENCOURAGED* FAN BEHAVIOR!! AND WHY ARE NORMALIZING IT TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE WHO'D NEVER DO THAT *START* DOING THAT!! OUT OF FEAR OF NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH OF A FAN OF THE MEDIA!!!!

I myself literally used to force myself to pick someone from shows or bands to like romantically or to be attracted to. i'd look for the most attractive one out of the options i had and just read fanfic for them. even if I didn't have any attraction to the character whatsoever

it took me a while to realize that i don't like andrew garfield, charlie cox, chris evans, joe keery or their characters ROMANTICALLY i just related to them or was jealous of their love interest's ability to charm anyone they wanted, even these kind and conventionally attractive guys that i could never "pull". (the only genuine (i think) celebrity/fictional crush i've ever had in the last 4 or 5 years is jess mariano from gilmore girls)

i think the rest of the characters/celebrities that i had actual crushes throughout my life on are so so few i could count them on my hand. and even when I did like someone, fanfiction did nothing for me (for unrelated personal reasons) and i still forced myself to read them. i forced myself to search things up about them remember facts about them, etc, all because the people i saw online were so obsessed that i felt left out not knowing much

I could write a whole thesis on celebrities, being a fan, religion, dictators, kings and political figures and what it means to be human, and i probably will, but for now let me just say this

CELEBRITIES EAT, SHIT, PRAY, DANCE, TRIP, STUTTER, SWEAT, AND SLEEP JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. FICTIONAL CHARACTERS ARE NOT REAL. STOP ENCOURAGING UNHEALTHY AND CONCERNING OBSESSION WITH PEOPLE YOU *DON'T* AND WILL *NEVER KNOW* !!!!!! LIVE YOUR LIVES INSTEAD OF BUILDING/SCHEDULING YOUR LIFE AROUND STRANGERS!!!!!!! AND DON'T FORCE YOURSELF TO DO ANYTHING THAT ISN'T HEALTHY/ENJOYABLE FOR YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR FOMO!!!!!!!!!

[wonderlandmind4]

Goodbye to 2023:

Half of this year was just….not my year, having a job that drained me everyday, feeling like my soul was crushed for a few weeks while having a bad knee injury I’m still recovering from. BUT, I’m not fixing on those things, instead, I’m gonna highlight a few things that made this year for me:

- Meeting Charlie Cox TWICE. On the second time he wished me good luck going forward with my new job journey and it was so genuine.

-Meeting Rosario Dawson and being able to tell her that the movie/musical Rent helped me realize I’m bisexual and how much that movie meant to me and her smile was huge and she took my hand and thanked me for telling her that.

-Taylor Swift Eras Tour- 3 nights, with my sister. It was phenomenal

-Meeting @pastafossa in Philly (when we both meet Charlie Cox too) was one of the MAJOR highlights of the year and I’ll say my life. It’s funny as you get older, it feels harder to make friends. When I found TRT I didn’t think it would lead to this amazing, special friendship and being able to meet her in person, feeling as if we’ve known each other our whole lives was amazing.

-My writing creativity still having a spark

-Being able to see Brendan Fraser

-Spending time with my aunt and sharing the Harry Potter World experience with her- to which she has given me her whole personality, her witchy vibes, her humor and her ti- *ahem* her blessed chest 😂

And finally, being approved for a new apartment.

Now, in January 2024 I start another job at a new spa and move into the new apartment and I am ready for the new year! LETS GOO

Oh I forgot one; animated Bucky/Winter Soldier.

[violaobanion]

Honestly Michael Zegen is so not the guy I’d go for usually but his Joel role made me fall head over heels… what else do you recommend watching with him in it, any cute interviews or facts about him??

oh honey, my darling, hiii. i'm so glad you asked! (i love him too)

i realized when i saw your ask, that despite him being one of my actor crushes for over a decade now, i haven't really seen him in a lot of different things. alongside the marvellous mrs. maisel, there are only two other things i've seen him in it that i'd like to recommend:

BOARDWALK EMPIRE (2010-2014) - one of my all time favorite shows. prohibition era in america. he plays the ever so charming benny siegel (imo the real benny is way more handsome than michael, but mikey sure has the vibe™ so i'm not complaining). other actors in this you might enjoy are steve buscemi and charlie cox

FRANCES HA (2012) - i think i watched this for michael zegen and adam driver tbh. and i don't remember what it's about anymore but i do remember liking it. i guess you just have to trust me on this one lol. btw, the main character (frances) is played by none other than greta gerwig (who was probably way less famous back then than she is now?)

i should probably watch more things for him... if you see him in anything good - let me know!

[jbreenr]

I didn't want to post my NWH spoilers just yet but I need to let it out so…

⚠ Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers under the cut ⚠

Michelle didn't convince me in the first two movies as a character and love interest, but I really liked how supportive and great she was with Peter and how she put up with all that crap for him.

Now, and I apologize beforehand… MATTHEW FUCKING MURDOCK IS BAAAACK, BITCHES!!!!! THOSE CHARLIE COX LEAKS WERE REAL AND I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY BECAUSE MY BOY IS FINALLY GETTING WHAT HE DESERVES.

Istg I screamed when he caught that brick? stone? idk, and everyone was like “how did you do that?” and he goes “Well, I'm a good lawyer.” It was only a few minutes of him onscreen but those minutes were worth the cost of the ticket.

Right now I didn't care if the Spiderverse actually happened. I was more than good with Matty on the picture.

Back to the movie, i did feel bad for Michelle and Ned not getting into the MIT because of recent controversies. Y'all are the reason people say Thanos was right!!!

Strange accepting helping Peter was such a great gesture of comradeship, in the absence of another word.

And even though I understand why Peter kept interrupting him while performing the spell, I couldn't help but to be frustrated. Like, ugh, Pete, shut up and let the wizard do the favor you asked for!

Okay so, the spell didn't go as planned, Peter's trying to convince this lady to give Ned And Michelle a second chance to get in and BAM! we have Otto and the whole spot from the trailer.

+ Peter saving this woman who, in gratitude, will convince the MIT to consider his friends AND him.

I had no idea how Otto got the Stark tech, and now we know he took the nano from Peter's suit, which didn't work well for him in the end but whatever.

Then we have that quick glimpse of the Green Goblin before Stephen brings Peter back and tells him he captured the Lizard, that everyone from other universes that knew Peter was Spider-Man was coming and that he'd have to capture all of them to send them back.

Something I don't understand is why are they all so angry at Peter? As far as I remember from the previous movies, they redeemed themselves.

Maybe Max didn't, but Connors, Doc Ock, Sandman…

Which is brought up again when Flint saves Peter from becoming barbecue thanks to Electro and then he's like yeah, I don't need fixing even though I want to go back to my daughter, I'll be a villain.

Lemme point this out, Stephen separated Peter from his physical form to his Astral form and he was able to go back into his body and keep Stephen from taking the box from him. Was it his Spidey-sense (no, I'm not calling it tingle)? Because it was awesome.

Otto having his silence and mind back is just so good.

And well, Max suggested there is a black Spider-Man somewhere. Miles, I'm looking at you, bud.

Norman. Just ✨ perfect ✨. The way the Goblin analyzed Peter through Norman was brilliant.

And him convincing both Max and Flint and, well, Connors they were Gods and they didn't need fixing.

Now, freaking hell if I knew what was about to happen and still was not ready. I already knew May was going to die, but I had this slight drop of hope when she stood up and walked to Peter saying that she was okay.

She told Peter that with great power comes great responsibility and I'm totally sobbing at this point.

I ugly cried, people. Not as much as I did with Loki or Nat or Tony, but it's fine because we're finally getting a Peter who suffers and has nothing. Which is sad but that's the essence of the character.

And then, Happy watching from the car.): His realization of what was happening broke me.

Okay but Ned is ✨ magical ✨ and he freaking opened portals.

TO NO OTHERS THAT ANDREW AND TOBEY'S PETERS!!!!!

SPIDER-VERSE CONFIRMED. 👏🏻CON👏🏻FIR👏🏻MED👏🏻

FFS I almost end up hoarse. My hands were shaking and sweating and yes, you can call me ridiculous but this is a freaking big event in the History of television.

Then, we have the other two Peters telling… Peter about their losses, about Gwen and how Uncle Ben told them the same thing May did the day(s) he died. It was very emotional.

And they deciding they were going to help the villains.

That joke about Peter, no I mean Peter Parker. Was hilarious. Mostly because in the group of people I went with there is another Brenda and we get that a lot.

Peter (Andrew) saying that he wants to fight an alien. Oh, boy no, you don't want to. Trust me.

And then Peter (Tobey) telling him that he's not the worst Spider-Man, that he's amazing. Man, he is. I love Tom, Tobey is part of my childhood but Andrew's SM has been my favorite till now. Though I believe Tom's is talking over.

I froze when Michelle fell and Peter was about to get her and the Goblin stopped him. I was certain she was gone too.

But then we got Peter (Andrew) saving her and I cried again. His face when he realized that he saved her, that he didn't let Peter's girlfriend die... GOD!!! Too many feelings.

They stop them all, except for Norman and damn if I saw Peter beating him to death.

I gasped really loud when Peter (Tobey) stopped him and then got freaking stabbed. Like what's gOING ON?!? WTF, WHAT'S THIS?

Oc, they heal Norman too and I breath normally again when Peter says he's fine, that he's been stabbed before.

Now, the multiverse is opening again. Whoever that knows Peter's identity is coming through and Strange does his best to stop them.

And Peter makes the most difficult decision ever. A variant of the spell, where everyone forgets about him. Not only that he's Spider-Man, but about his whole existence, as if he'd never existed.

And my heat aches because it works and he couldn't tell Michelle or talk to his best friend or--.

Or Happy, in the cemetery with May. I would have liked it if the gravestone had said “Ben Parker & May Parker” instead, but I guess we'll never know what happen to uncle Ben.

I was lowkey expecting to see Mr. Ditkovich when someone said something about rent in Peter's new place.

Also, did y'all see that new suit!??!??!?!??!? The colors, the spider in the back, the eyes in the mask. Great, beautiful, magnificent. *chef kiss*

And those post-credits. MAAAAAN. Eddie going back to his universe but Venom leaving a little Venom behind!?!! We already knew it was likely to happen but.… YESSSSS!!!

AND MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS TEASER AS THE SECOND POST-CREDIT. MAAAN, STEPHEN ASKING WANDA FOR HELP, ASKING HER WHAT SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE MULTIVERSE AND FREAKING KAECILIUS AND MORDO AND AMERICA CHÁVEZ.

Dude, I can't wait to watch this movie. It's gonna be crazy.

[farfromstrange]

There was something so wrong about 2022 that it all feels like a long, bad dream now.

I’m writing this before I can get blackout drunk tonight. This is a small thank you note to all of you, and a bit of a rant as well.

I lost some of my best friends this year, most of them I’ve known for almost ten years. I also got a job, then quit my job again because customer service is a hellhole swallowing everyone who works there, my grades suffered and my mental health took a mortal hit. At some point this year, I actually thought I wasn’t going to make it. Though as 2022 comes to an end, I have started to reflect on the past 12 months and realized something.

If I hadn’t joined this fandom, I probably wouldn’t be alive today. And if I hadn’t decided to publish Foreigner’s God, I probably wouldn’t be here today. It’s surreal to think how many new people I’ve met during the past five months just through bonding over our favorite fictional character. I started writing as an escape YEARS AGO, I just never thought my work would actually get (positive) attention, but it did and now I’m here. It’s truly insane and I could cry, that’s how thankful I am.

The reviews on all of my work are astronomical and I’m so overwhelmed by the love you’ve given me, my heart is so full right now.

At the beginning of this year, I never thought I would meet Charlie Cox either. It was just a fever dream of mine. And yet I did. That man saved my life. I owe him and his work so much, especially this year, and I want nothing more than to tell him that. But knowing I’ve met him gives me some sense of closure and it brings a smile to my face whenever I see the picture of us on my wall…

The Matt Murdock and Charlie Cox fandom pulled me out of a very dark hole and I can’t even put into words how thankful I am. And I’m a writer, words should come naturally. But there is not a single word that could sum up the kind of love and gratefulness that I’m filled with whenever I get to interact with you.

Writing Eliza and Matt’s story has made me into a different, more reflective person. I managed to deal with some of my own mental issues through that story. I’m so glad I made the choice to write this and then publish it too… I don’t even want to know how my life would look like if I hadn’t. And when I started writing reader inserts, it felt like I finally created something great, a space for all of us to come together and bond over Matt Murdock and Daredevil, not just with Foreigner’s God but with my writing in general. I created a creative world for myself and I invited you to join, which you did, and now I’m happier than ever. I finally have something to look forward to and it makes me so happy to hear that some of you (if not most) feel the same way. Writing is supposed to be fun not only for the author but for the writers as well, and I think I managed to do that, even though angst is my primary focus. (Let’s ignore the smut, even though we are in for a wild, horny ride next year).

My writing also improved a lot, all thanks to you and all of this practice I have now. I feel like I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel and perhaps find my life’s purpose along the way. I’m graduating next year, I’ll be turning 20 in no less than three weeks and everything is about to change – the only constant I have right now is you. This fandom offers me an escape from the brutal reality that’s about to hit me in the face any second now, and I can’t not continue. I need to stay sane somehow. Thank you for subconsciously helping me through everything this year! Please, don’t ever change. This is a place where you can be whoever you want to be. In fact, I encourage you to do so.

I like to think that the universe chose to have mercy on me and that’s why I’m where I am right now. You guys are the one thing I look forward to the most in the next year and I can’t wait for what’s to come. Thank you!

Have a great start into the new year and if there is something you need to rant about, my inbox is always open!

Here’s to 2023! Don’t disappoint us.

With love,

Lizzi <3

[Ps: stay safe tonight! New Year’s Eve can get quite dangerous and the holidays are hard for a lot of people, so just take care of yourselves! I love you <3]

[thebookwormlife]

Spiderman No Way Home Rant (There Will Be Spoilers)

I will say it again: DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT SPOILERS

I have a list have a list of things I need to say/scream/cry about in no particular order:

The lost chance of recreating the spidey meme (apparently they did and I FUCKING MISSED IT!!!)

All 3 of them were so wholesome and their interactions were just so cute

Andrew and Tobey were amazing

Venom, fucking Venom

MATT FUCKING MURDOCK!!! Charlie Cox did say that it was not his arm in the trailer, BUT AHHHHHH

THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS TRAILER, that ending!!! What If directly jumped to mind

The references, the jokes

Aunt May!!!!! How many people does this that kid have lose????

Electro talking about a black Spiderman!!! MILE MORALES PEOPLE!!!!

His sacrifice in the end!!

The small rites of passage for Spidey (as seen with the other 2), making his own suit, “With great power comes great responsibility.”, being on his own completely

I was so fucking happy and relieved that it was Andrew’s Spidey that caught MJ because it was his second chance, he must’ve been relieved, proud. He saved her!

Tobey stepping in front of Tom, to save his soul, to protect him from killing Goblin, was beautiful, even if he did get stabbed :/

THEIR GROUP HUG!!!! 

Holding onto his values and how May raised him, keeping her memory and spirit alive. Broke my fucking heart and made it whole again!!!

MJ and Ned are happy, safe, attending MIT together. He kept them safe, even when he wanted to tell them and he could have, seeing them in the end made him realize that they are peaceful now and he did not wanna mess with that

I am proud of Peter, we have seen him grow up to become a mature young adult. He has been through so much, lost so much, sacrificed so much. 

I just wanna say I loved all of it! It is by far my favorite MCU movie, they did well. I am proud of the cast and crew, they have outdone themselves. Mr. Jon Watts is a fucking genius, and Tom helping write the ending! I am utterly speechless. (Well not really hahhahhahahha, I wrote an extensive list haven’t I?)

Please share your thoughts if you have any, I always love to see what other people think!

[charliethomascoxuniverse]

Omggggg, I’m dying laughing from this old Charlie interview I just found!! 😲😳🤣🤣🤣 (Hint: see question four.)

Friday Famous Five Interview: Charlie Cox

Graphic Alliance - 28 February 2010 (X)

Next to face our “Famous Five” grilling is the quintessential English actor, Charlie Cox. Most renowned for his starring role in the film Stardust, (alongside Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller and Claire Danes), Cox is a guy who has it all. A Hollywood career, model good looks, celebrity girlfriend (sorry girls), and…the answers to our five questions.

GA: Charlie, what’s your favourite website?

Charlie Cox: YouTube. Watch a clip called “bug in mouth” and notice how the guy’s voice changes when he is no longer “reporting”.  I’m laughing just thinking about it now.

GA: Facebook or Twitter?

CC: Have never used either, and secretly feel very proud that I haven’t been sucked in yet. Although, if I was to “follow” anyone, it would be Oprah Winfrey.

GA: What can’t you live without?

CC: My best friend Ned… actually no change that Marmite!!!

GA: What’s your best feature?

CC: I have no idea how to answer this without being crude!!! (👀👀👀)

GA: Best present you’ve ever received?

CC: See previous!! 

~*~

So it appears our sweet cinnamon bun isn’t as angelic as he seems.🤯😳🤣 And he’s, uh, even more “gifted” than any of us realized! 😏 Not that we hadn’t already noticed, but now we have confirmation from the horse’s mouth himself! 😮💨🥵

[freddieslater]

A post about No Way Home that is absolutely not spoiler free so please beware

• We all called Matt Murdock being Peter's lawyer BUT THE WAY I SQUEALED AT CHARLIE COX! I hope we see more of Peter and Matt working together, especially because of Matt catching that rock and Peter's expression - let Peter find out that he's Daredevil and let them work together

• I now have a soft spot for Doc Ock, that man was tired and wonderful and I want him to just have a nice life now - when he saw Tobey's Peter and was just like, "it's good to see you, dear boy" I WAS GOING TO CRY

• AUNT MAY, YOU DO NOT GET TO DO THAT TO ME, THAT WAS BEYON HEARTBREAKING. I felt it coming, Someone had to die, but it still had me silently crying my eyes out when Peter realized. Especially because as soon as she said the "great power, great responsibility" line, I knew she was going to die, it had to happen. Peter needed that turning point where he just would't be the same after it happened, and he is definitely different now but OW.

• NED CAN DO MAGIC, OKAY, THAT'S A COOL DEVELOPMENT

• ANDREW GARFIELD, MY BOY!! Everyone in the cinema CHEERED AND SCREAMED with utter joy, me included! I love older Andrew!Peter Parker, he looks so good and he has the exact "I am so done with this" energy that I desire from Peter Parker. The way he was so extra done with MJ telling him to crawl on the ceiling to prove who he was, arguing with her about it, then getting the cobweb from the corner when Ned's mom asks him to 🥺😭

• TOBEY MAGUIRE, MY OTHER BOY!! Oh, I adore middle-aged, normal person Peter Parker who absolutely dressed like a youth pastor as Andrew's!Peter put it. I just love his Big Brother/Dad energy, it's so wholesome.

• I have never felt so bad for Willem Dafoe, I have weirdly fallen in love with Norman Osborne even more now?? Sad Old Man Norman needs a hug so bad.

• God, Electro's glow-up makes me so happy, I am absolutely in love with Max (not gonna lie, I think that Andrew's!Peter was a little bit as well). 

• Andrew’s!Peter and Tobey’s!Peter showing up on the roof to talk to Tom’sPeter, and them all talking about the one they lost. Tom's!Peter saying he lost Aunt May, Tobey's!Peter talking about Uncle Ben, and Andrew's!Peter talking about Gwen 😭 THE WAY THAT TOBEY'S!PETER FINISHED THE "great power, great responsibility" QUOTE AND LOOKED AT ANDREW'S!PETER AND THEY ALL REALIZED!! 😭😭

• Ned asking Tobey's!Peter if he had a best friend, all excited because there's more than one MJ, so maybe there's more than one him, and Andrew's!Peter listening from the background, and Tobey's!Peter saying, "He died in my arms after he went crazy and tried to kill me." And Ned's HORROR, only to then promise Tom's!Peter that he will never go crazy and try to kill him. And Andrew's!Peter patting his shoulder??? 

• Not gonna lie, there's just something about when Norman went Goblin again and said to Doc Ock,"Norman's on sabbatical, honey" 👀 I'm not saying I ship it, but...

• WE ALL KNEW THAT ANDREW AND TOBEY HAD BEEN EDITED OUT OF THAT SHOT IN THE TRAILER AND WE WERE RIGHT!! 

• No, I was SOBBING and SCREAMING when Andrew's!Peter caught MJ. HE WAS CRYING SO MUCH, HE SAVED HER, HE DID IT THIS TIME. 😭  And then him asking her if she was okay, only for her to ask if HE was okay!!

• Oh god, they actually had the conversation about the webs that we all made fun of but asked for so much!! I loved them teasing Tobey's!Peter about it and being slightly horrified. 

• Speaking of, Andrew's!Peter and Tobey's!Peter had a hilarious dynamic - THEY'RE OLD MEN OVER HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR BACKS, THEN ANDREW'S!PETER CRACKING TOBEY'S!PETER'S BACK FOR HIM??? They had some Chemistry going on and it was very interesting. Andrew was really out here like "I am going to exude the most bi energy" and I love that.

• Peter's on his own now and it hurts me. I'm not gonna lie, though, when he was in the cafe place and Ned walked over to MJ, I fully expected them to kiss. Just a little extra angst for Peter.

• Oh, the scene at Aunt May's grave with Happy. Happy menioning Tony!! Just twist the knife why don't you?

I’m sure there’s so many more that killed me but these are the ones that really stuck with me. I will add more if I remember!