#Daniel McCoy

[ocelott]

Daniel McCoy

Muscle Shoals Light Reflection

Oil on Panel

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Members of the Up Helly Aa Jarl Squad set fire to a replica Viking ship in Shetland. :: [Robert Scott Horton]

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“But the attitude that Viking society held up as the ideal one was a heroic stoicism. In the words of archaeologist Neil Price, "The outcome of our actions, our fate, is already decided and therefore does not matter. What is important is the manner of our conduct as we go to meet it." You couldn't change what was going to happen to you, but you could at least face it with honor and dignity. The best death was to go down fighting, preferably with a smile on your lips. Life is precarious by nature, but this was especially true in the Viking Age, which made this fatalism, and stoicism in the face of it, especially poignant. The model of this ideal was Odin's amassing an army in Valhalla in preparation for Ragnarok. He knew that Fenrir, "the wolf", was going to murder him one way or another. Perhaps on some level he hoped that by gathering all of the best warriors to fight alongside him, he could prevent the inevitable. But deep down he knew that his struggle was hopeless - yet he determined to struggle just the same, and to die in the most radiant blaze of glory he could muster.”

― Daniel McCoy, The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion

[lichqueenlibrarian]

I beg your finest fucking pardon, he’s doing what

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

My mom gave her ranking of the men of X-Men ‘97 by sexiness, and her reasoning.

I gotta say, she’s got great taste.

1. Gambit - ‘Let’s be honest. There was no competition for first place.’

2. Magento - ‘That hair.’

3. Wolverine - ‘He was almost second place, but I can’t get over Magneto’s hair.’

4. Bishop - ‘A solidly good looking guy.’

5. Nightcrawler - ‘He’s just such a cutie.’

6. Forge - ‘Yeah, he’s a nice looking guy.’

7. Beast - ‘I like how smart he is.’

8. Cyclops - ‘I guess he’s good looking, but he’s just so bland.’

9. Cable - ‘No.’

10. Professor X - ‘Ugh, he’s so annoying. Do I have to count him?’

[sidecharactersdomatter]

X-Men Evolution was one of the best action cartoons of the early 2000s that is all.

[why-i-love-comics]

X-Factor #8 - "The Summers of Days Past" (2025)

written by Mark Russell art by Bob Quinn & Jesus Aburtov

[ghostie-cola]

i HATE the x-men

why they all gotta be sexy

[wwprice1]

Godzilla vs. X-Men covers by Tony S. Daniel and Taurin Clarke!

[honey-minded-hivemind]

Reader, in a random X-Men Evolution A/B/O AU or reboot, semi-adopts Laura. Let's imagine that Reader, some of the other mutants, and Laura were experimented on. Jailbreak happens, but something goes wrong, with Wolverine snapping and the other escapees taking vengeance or herding the others to safety, falling into protective pack instincts, so what does Reader do?

They take Laura and run like H*ll.

The last thing they want is for her to get hurt worse than she already has been, Reader wants to offer assistance and help, and Laura is small and in need of care. So Reader and Laura go on a small roadtrip/escape route, and Reader tries to help her understand her emotions and powers. Reader gets her food, helps hide evidence if they had to knock someone out, and keeps putting most of the blankets and jackets on Laura to keep her warm. Reader fights tooth and nail to keep her safe and happy, they try to let her know she isn't bad or wrong to exist, and they keep giving hugs and free food and water and blankets and comfort, with no hidden agenda or strings attached.

This leads to Laura becoming attached. Dangerously so.

Reader is HER sibling, or friend, or whatever. Make no mistake. If someone comes after them, if she can, she kills them before they can get near Reader. If Reader is struggling to keep them alive, Laura is catching small animals for them, or even a deer. If Reader is upset, she tries her best to ge then to feel better. It doesn't matter to Laura if they're older or younger or even the same age as her. This is HER person, or friend, or sibling, and NO ONE can take them from her! (She'd gut then if they tried-)

Things become weird, in an uncomfortable, tense way, when the X-Men (and possibly Brotherhood) show up (they're working together/became one big team/family). They want to have their two odd, fellow ex-prisoners or experiments with them, and somewhere safer and more secure, than the open road and where humans can get them. The X-Teens are insistent that the two join them, offering friendship and telling them about the Institute and the adults and their adventures, and adding that they remember them from where they were all held captive. The X-Adults are trying to force them to come with them, citing that the two need proper care and guidance, which can't be found with just the two of them... Logan is being a papa wolf, insisting on having Laura with him, and Reader too, and tries to open up to them emotionally, and tries to get them to trust him and give in to their care... The Brotherhood teens are doing their best to not p*ss Laura off, and try to appear harmless and fun (which works, partially?). Magneto and Mystique and the Acolytes are more focused on intimidating the two into joining them, hoping to patch up relationships after they have them with them. And Sabretoorh is busy trying to get the two to join him, and be a crazed family, or at the very least, get them to Logan, so they have some form of parenting by someone who can meet their feral needs.

Reader is adamant that they and Laura keep to themselves, stating something isn't right about the others, that there's something off with them... While Laura agrees with them, but does visit Logan when he shows up, simply keeping him away from Reader.

Things come to a head when things get harsher on Reader and Laura, and the adults, knowing Reader won't budge in their choice, go to Laura... They tell her that she and Reader need help, need care, need pack, that she and Reader can't provide entirely for each other. Reader isn't doing well, and neither is she. If they come with them, they can make it better. They can give them pack, and comfort, and whatever they need to feel safe. Reader won't agree to it, because they're stubborn and worried for the both of them... but all they need is a yes from Laura, and they'll see to it that they're both in a nest and warm and happy as soon as they're home...

Laura ends up begrudingly agreeing, worried about Reader, who has been struggling to provide enough care and warmth and protection, but isn't able to take care of themself, and so she and Reader don't have to run anymore. She hopes they aren't mad, and decides to keep to their side while they wait to go back to where the others live...

(And they and the teens end up nesting, sleeping and wrapped in fluffy blankets and exhausted, they're warm, and while Reader is drugged, they're still being hugged, especially by Laura and Kurt and Kitty, and by Logan, who is now a dad to even more pups... When Reader is well again, they're still stubborn and resistant... so, the adults decide to try and fix that, while Laura keeps them company and is around, so Reader doesn't feel as scared, and so she can hug them...)

[stormandforge]

Walking into Monday be like

[comicwaren]

From X-Men Vol. 7 #013, “Gods and Monsters”

Art by Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo

Written by Jed MacKay

[delightfulkingtyphoon]

Don't talk to me or my son ever again

[julibmusic]

Mr. Spock/Leonard Nimoy striking a pose bts.

[lichqueenlibrarian]

McCoy: I hate to say it but Spock’s *gags* ri-ri-right (ew)

Spock: thank you, Doctor

[evetronia]

Child Soilders

[nkp1981]

Doctor Who Stars Attended The Premiere Of "The Star Beast", 2023