#Founders prequel

[al-hekima-madara-blog]

Hey! Will there be a New chapter of your fanfic soon? I'm looking forward to it ✧\(>o<)ﾉ✧

YES ABSOLUTELY 🤩!!!! Basically the chapter is done. I'm currently like you now, I'm waiting for the illustration🥺. I've seen the sketch three days ago and all I can say it's gonna be fantastic! I'm so lucky to be able to work with such talented artists, I'm so excited to share everything with you very very soon! I hope the wait will be worth it. If you're scared to miss my updates you can just follow the hashtag #madara golden age

[clonememesfrikyeah]

Durge: “Get out of my way before I introduce your brain to you colon and your spine to your liver.”

Fordo: “Pass.” *Obliterates him with just a taser*

[roguetelepaths]

It's genuinely so funny how fandom paints Weyoun 6 as this like hardcore anti-establishment rebel who just wants to burn the whole system down when if you watch his episode the canon version of him is literally the opposite of that lmao, people are out there treating him like he's an anders dragon age level revolutionary or something when he actually defected out of love for his gods and concern that the path they're going down will harm them further rather than keep them safe

he's not a traitor he's a conscientious objector

(and, of course, in a regime built on constant war and conquest those two things are the same, which is why it suits the Dominion's interests to brand him a dangerous rebel rather than acknowledge that it's love for the Founders that caused him to make the choices he made)

he WANTS the best for the Founders, for the Dominion, but due to his lack of power in the situation, all he can do is leave it behind, and the greater narrative surrounding him has ensured that he can't even successfully do that

eta: I feel like a lot of people are probably misreading this, or are likely to misread it, so let me clarify my intentions. this isn't a pro-Dominion, "the Founders did nothing wrong" type post. I am not implying that Weyoun 6's loyalty or devotion were deserved. however, I do think his genuine love for the Founders makes their cruelty in response even more shocking, and makes the overall narrative of the Dominion even more impactful. and if you paint him as a generic revolutionary who wants to destroy the system, so much of that tragedy is lost.

[judasisgayriot]

(i saw the ending when they turned the page.) out here the bird don’t sing out here the field don’t grow out here the bell don’t ring out here the good girls die

[kankuroplease]

Why do you think so many people in the naruto fandom like the founders era and it’s characters so much

I can’t speak for others on why they may like the founders era, but I like the potential of every character, the bonds, and world building.

[galaxsims]

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[dobercorgis]

Shulk and Rex look so good????? Totally didn’t mistake rex for addam

And Alvis???? Finally????

[hxrpooner]

if we get a sequel dlc or direct sequel game i think i will fully be at peace 

[onebadpunspoilsabunch]

I really think G5 should've been a PREQUEL to G4, instead of a sequel. It could've been about the pillars, or Celestia and Luna as kids, or the founders of Equestria, etc.

That's actually a really great idea. G5 being in the same universe as G4 was most likely a last minute decision made by Hasbro in order to get G4 fans to care about G5, which would explain a few things.

But if they really wanted to do that, why not make it a prequel that doesn't completely destroy the established world, and make everything blander by having it take place in a modern society with smartphones and social media? Lol

The prequel G5 could've shown any number of things:

The founders of Equestria bringing the three pony kinds together and creating Equestria. 

The Pillars of Equestria, who were brought together by Stygian to defeat the Sirens. It could've focused on their adventures. 

Celestia and Luna as kids. It could've shown their backstory and how they became separated from the other alicorns. Starswirl finds them and takes them in, training them to be the rulers of Equestria. 

Luna's descent into Nightmare Moon over the course of the show.

The backstory behind Alicorns and where they came from. BTW, they gave away where Alicorns come from in a THROWAWAY LINE in G5.

They could've adapted some of the Fiendship is Magic issues that showed how certain villains came to be (Tirek, Chrysalis, Sombra). Some other villain backstories too, how they rose to power, and their defeats.

Princess Cadence and Spike's origins. Their parents, how they became separated from them, and them being found and brought to Equestria. 

I could go on, honestly. But you get the point.

Hasbro doesn't actually own all of the rights to G4, they share it with Discovery Family. So whenever G5 shows or talks about something from G4, Hasbro has to pay royalties to Discovery Family…

So instead of having the prequel G5 be exclusively on a streaming service, or YouTube Kids, they could've just… made the show on Discovery Family, the same as G4. That way they don't have to pay extra money for no reason…

Whatever 😅 I'll stop b**ching

[al-hekima-madara-blog]

Madara - konoha founder version, new intro from the chinese mobile game

[fatehbaz]

European explorers first set foot on the North Atlantic archipelago in 1505. [...] [C]olonies of shrieking birds, interrupted sporadically by violent storms. Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez came [...] and left nothing but his name behind. Permanent settlers wouldn’t arrive for another hundred years [...] by serendipity. In this case -- tragic serendipity. The Sea Venture, an English ship on its way to the colony at Jamestown, got caught in a monster storm and wrecked on a coral reef off Bermuda’s shore in 1609. [...] Within a few years, Bermuda became a British territory, and with that one of the cradles of English colonization: settled just five years after the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, and eight years before Plymouth.

And yet, reading histories about the early beginnings of the American colonies -- the traditional origin stories of the United States -- one would be hard pressed to find much [...] mention of Bermuda.

“When historians have considered it, they usually dismiss it as a curiosity or a failure,” writes Michael Jarvis, an associate professor of history at the University of Rochester. [...] His latest book, Isle of Devils, Isle of Saints: An Atlantic History of Bermuda, 1609-1684 [...] is his most recent contribution toward that end. As a prequel, it continues the work he started in [...] In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783 [...]. Jarvis makes the case that the small island is nothing less than “[...] crucible of colonization,” [...]. Several earlier attempts at establishing colonies on the North American shoreline failed [...]. But Bermuda started to thrive -- which was of considerable consequence for the future United States. When the newcomers at Jamestown faced starvation, [...] just 800 miles “to the east [...]” another group of English colonists “found a veritable paradise [...].”

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Bermuda became the first of England’s experimental colonial laboratories to produce a successful export staple -- Spanish tobacco -- which, Jarvis argues, once transferred to the mainland became the foundation of Virginia’s economic success.

With the success, however, also came Bermuda’s dubious distinction as the first English colony to import enslaved African people, thereby developing slavery into “an institution that became ubiquitous throughout English America.”

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Drawing on three decades of his own research and [...] [field] work, Jarvis [...] delves into the interplay of slavery, race, gender, and the environment, tracing how “Europeans [...] became distinctly American” on the island -- some 600 miles offshore from what would later become North Carolina.

He argues the histories of several US states and Atlantic and Caribbean islands -- such as Virginia, Barbados, Providence Island, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and South Carolina -- are firmly intertwined with Bermuda and that historic accounts that “omit or ignore founding Bermudian settlers’ presence and contributions are thus incomplete.” [...]

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On the one hand, it was England’s first Puritan colony, founded on the idea of building a [so-called] moral [...] society. On the other, its founders committed, promoted, and helped entrench the profound moral crime of slavery. [...] Bermuda’s puritans [...] saw themselves “in constant battle with the [...] the English Civil War, [...] hurricanes, slave revolts, and the Bermuda parent company [...].” The devil reference also stems from a Spanish nickname given to the island because of its location -- firmly in the path of frequent, roaring storms. With more than 300 shipwrecks on its reefs, Bermuda has rightly earned the moniker “shipwreck capital of the world,” although Canada’s Sable Island still [...] [achieves] that sad record. [...] That [...] lore, by the way, wasn’t lost on William Shakespeare either, who reportedly used the account of Bermuda’s shipwrecks, especially the Sea Venture’s fate in 1609, as a source for his play The Tempest, likely written just a year or two after the wreck.

By the 1670s, Bermuda had freed itself from its former parent company and become England’s most densely populated possession -- on its way to become an intercolonial maritime hub.

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All text above by: Sandra Knispel. “A colonial history: Jamestown, Plymouth, and, yes, Bermuda.” Newscenter [a website published by University of Rochester]. 23 May 2023. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

[heartblobs]

Charlotte & Alexander were married in the summer of 1812. From that day forward, Charlotte was known as Viscountess Charlotte Sarah Beaumont. 

The couple would go on to live a long and fulfilling life together. Together, they would have three children; Amelia Catherine, Francis Arthur, and Finnegan Theodore. 

Their first was Amelia Catherine, named after her grandmother. Their two sons, Francis and Finnegan, would carry on the Beaumont name. Amelia would grow up wanting more than her life in Britechester, and would marry a banker named Edison Stanfield. Together, Amelia and Edison sailed across the vast ocean to live in Simerica.

And that was the prequel! Pretty long, I apologize. It was actually a lot longer, believe it or not! I had to keep reminding myself that this was a prequel and to not keep it going forever. Though I’m happy I got to tell the story I did, as silly as it was, I enjoyed myself and I hope you did too! Now, we will skip a few years and officially start the Decades Challenge! With Amelia’s grandchild as the founder. I’m so excited for you all to meet them! Before we officially say goodbye to Charlotte and Alexander, I leave you with a portrait of their eldest daughter all grown up! She looks a LOT like her dad, with some elements of Charlotte in there too.

Amelia Stanfield in 1835

This won’t be the last we see of them all, as I’m sure I will post extras about them from time to time. But with that, thank you so much for liking, reblogging, commenting and most importantly, reading! I hope you have a wonderful day, and I will see you next time!

read the story from the beginning // the official family tree

[marvelstars]

Hello,

This isn't exactly a question, but just something I’ve felt like saying for a while. I just wanted to let you know that your posts about Palpatine and Anakin’s relationship are really refreshing. Speaking as a die-hard Palpatine fangirl, I have to say it is very rare to find anyone who realizes what a complex character he is and knows that he has a human side. So many of even his own fans simply like him because he’s (supposedly) pure evil, and that makes him cool. So thank you for your great posts and for actually understanding him.

Hi Thank you :)

I am glad you like my take on Palpatine, I believe he is a character not very explored by the fandom or even official media, he is usually characterized as the evil Emperor which is ok, he is fun, that´s a completely fair take for him because Lucas did write him that way in the original trilogy even if he gave him some nuances but he wasn´t truly explored until the PT.

What I found fascinating about him were the layers Ian McDiarmird and Lucas managed to give him in the prequel trilogy, this doesn´t mean I believe he was right or that he wasn´t the main villain of star wars but he was still human and it´s interesting to explore the story from his pov, because while I believe what he did, he did for power obviously, his character needed to have other talents to be able to fool so many characters in the prequel trilogy and become such a respected politician even by the founders of the rebellion and members of the Jedi Order but I especially like to explore his relationship to Anakin, the character closest to him in both trilogies.

For example, I always found interesting Sidious relationship with Padme in the first movie, he wasn´t just Naboo´s Senator but also Padme´s political mentor, he underestimated her and expected her to give up inmediately, which was a mistake and that was how she, along with Anakin, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon managed to stop his plans of starting a civil war for at least 10 years but he didn´t do so again, and despite the fact that he doesn´t have warm feelings towards her, I believe he respected her as a political rival.

He is the ultimate sith lord but he also is someone who likes art and seems to be able to read everybody around him like a book, you can´t do that if your understanding of people is superficial, he understands human emotion and motives, and more than his powers in the force,I believe his manipulative skills are by far the scarier part of his character, because he truly managed to get the political support of the Jedi Order and Bail Organa in the Second movie, you can´t do that if you don´t work with issues the republic already had and had causes those groups would support.

Finally his relationship with Anakin is openly toxic, is about him grooming a little kid to become his perfect apprentice, a little kid that comes with a prophecy that says he is going to stop his plans and maybe become Palpatine´s killer but this grooming took him 13 years of his life, you can´t spend years of your life espending time with someone and not be a little bit attached, Palpatine didn´t have family left or children of his own and Anakin was a trusting, loving kid starving for affection, you can be evil all you like but the fact that in ROTS novel Anakin knew Sidious pastimes and admired his political skills while also feel the need to defend the Jedi Order from him, the fact Palpatine knew exactly what kind of ship models Anakin liked, that he took time to mentor him in politics, tells that despite the horrible manipulation taking place there, there was a little bit of genuine feelings from Palpatine towards Anakin which unfortunately also came with a need for control, because Palpatine is a sith and they are possesive in their love.

The fact Palpatine calls Anakin Son while Anakin thinks of him as family and in the end the Emperor uses all the skills in the force and his personal resources to keep Anakin alive after Mustafar, that is something I don´t believe he would have done for Dooku or Maul and he raised Maul, which has it´s own implications.

The fact they are not only master and apprentice but subtly have called each other family directly or indirectly, it adds a whole other layer to them as main antagonists and villains, the fact Lucas point blank said Vader still loved the Emperor on ROTJ, despite the fact he made him fight his Son and it makes sense, you can´t spend 20 years of your life supporting someone you thought as family/leader and not have feelings about it as much as a sith you may be, that goes for both of them, this nuance tells that you can be a villain, commit evil acts and still have this little space for humanity and need for contact that not even the Emperor was safe from. He only let down his guard for Vader in ROTJ.

I just find it fascinating how between Anakin´s loved ones Shmi, Padme, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Rex, etc Palpatine was one of them and that while it was the result of manipulation and grooming, it also had some genuine elements. I could see a time travel story in which Anakin/Vader Post ROTJ tries to do for Palpatine what Luke did for him and be serious about it while also doing everything in his power to stop his plans from happening.

This kind of nuance is hard to get from a story like star wars with the main villain yet Lucas, Stover and Ian managed to do so and I like to explore the implications of this and I believe that´s what makes Palpatine cool as a character.

[bitimdrake]

How would I get into teen titans but like everything? I want the fab fave AND the Kori, Raven, BB group but idk where to start

Yes okay so!!! Short answer: New Teen Titans if you can. Also Titans vol 1 (1999). Maybe Teen Titans: Year One if you want an easy intro. And a full guide here:

Guide to (Teen) Titans Comics

I'm going to list things here chronologically, but you do not have to read everything, or read it in order if you don't want to. (I've still only read a few issues here and there from the original run, myself. It's the 90s series that got me into the fab five.)

I recommend starting at the beginning, but jumping ahead to the next section if you're having trouble with an era.

Overview:

The original, Pre-Crisis team, beginning with the fab five

The New Teen Titans team of the 80s, which is the blueprint for the famous Kory/Raven/Vic/etc team

The fab five return to prominence in the 90s Titans, blending in the NTT team

The "Teen Titans" name becomes more generic in the 2000s, but the original generation remains as the blend of fab five and NTT

The Original Team

This era is very dated and often corny, but it's also the inception of the team. This is the original era of the fab five, who will be joined by many others, including briefly Beast Boy.

The Brave and the Bold vol 1 #54 (first meeting of the original trio: Dick, Garth, Wally)

The Brave and the Bold vol 1 #60 (addition of Donna)

optional modern prequel: Teen Titans: Year One - an easy introduction and light read, though with its own interpretation of the characters

Teen Titans vol 1 (1966-1978) - the original run of 53 issues. If you want just a few issues, I recommend: #1, #4 (Roy!), #22 (Donna's origins), and #53 (final issue, and reveal of an early mission that explains why Roy is a founder)

The Teen Titans break up by the end of the run, splitting into their own lives. But they won't all be apart for long:

New Teen Titans

The origin of the second team you named, with plenty of guest spots from the original Titans that aren't leads.

Now in the 80s, we leave the corny antics behind for a more mature tone with a lot of focus on civilian life and character arcs. This era is dated for different reasons, most notably some stuff that has not aged well.

It's flawed, but I still adore this series. And, 40 years later, it's not hard to argue this remains the seminal Titans run to this day.

...It also changed names or reset ordering multiple times, and had a bunch of tie-in miniseries, so the list of how to read is going to be kinda long. I swear it's worth it.

DC Comics Presents #26 (optional) - a preview of the team before the book launched

New Teen Titans vol 1 (1980) #1-9 - the real start of the team

Best of DC #18 (optional)

New Teen Titans vol 1 #10-20

Tales of the New Teen Titans (1982) #1-4 - tie-in miniseries

New Teen Titans vol 1 #21-25 / Annual #1 / #26-34 / Annual #2 / #35-37

crossover into Batman and the Outsiders #5

New Teen Titans vol 1 #38-40

series changed names to Tales of the Teen Titans #41-44 / Annual #3 / #45-58

(NOTE: TotTT technically continues after #58, but it's all reprints)

numbering restarts in New Teen Titans vol 2 (1984) #1-12 / Annual #1

New Teen Titans vol 2 #13-14 - tie-ins for Crisis on Infinite Earths

New Teen Titans vol 2 #15-23 / Annual #2

Teen Titans Spotlight (1986) - another miniseries, this one spotlighting various characters. Only the first two issues are really referenced in the main run.

New Teen Titans vol 2 #24-39 / Annual #3 / #40-49 / Annual #4

series changed names to New Titans #50-55 / Annual #5 / #56-59

New Titans vol 2 #60-61 - part of Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying

New Titans vol 2 #62-70 / Annual #6

I recommend stopping here. The series gets very bad after this. (And what they do to my dearest boy, light of my life, apple of my eye...) But, respecting the completionist urge:

New Titans #71-79 / Annual #7 / #80-86

New Titans #87-92- crossover with Deathstroke and Team Titans

New Titans Annual #8

Titans Sell-Out Special (1992) - oneshot

New Titans #93-99 / Annual #9 / #100-114

Optionally, get continuity for Starfire in the third story of Showcase ‘94 #11

The run continues here with an almost entirely new team, led by Roy, that is far less known. Most of the original New Titans return for the last few issues.

New Titans #0 - tie-in to Zero Hour

New Titans #115-122 / Annual #11 / #123-130

Something Completely Different

The 90s tried out an entirely new Teen Titans with entirely new characters in Teen Titans vol 2 (1996). I've heard decent things about it, though never read it.

If you're just sticking with established characters, the fab five takes the spotlight for a single arc in Teen Titans vol 2 #12-16.

90s Titans

Here we reach comics that feel more modern. This iteration returns the fab five to precedence, but blends in the New Titans line-up and a few new faces, to turn them into a cohesive generation.

Like I said, this run is what made me fall in love with the fab five. imo, it starts very strong, though quality starts to slip later on.

JLA/Titans #1-3 - the miniseries that kickstarts the new run

Titans vol 1 (1999) #1-2

Titans Secret Files and Origins #1 (1999)

Titans vol 1 #3-19 / Annual #1 / #20

Titans Secret Files and Origins #2 (2000)

Titans vol 1 #21-50

Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1-3 - the team ends as it began, with a crossover miniseries

Messy Generations

So at the same time as Titans was Young Justice (1998), which focused on the new generation of kid heroes. (Happy to make another post for how to read YJ if you like.) But when the TT cartoon came out in 2003, DC decided to split up both teams--in the above miniseries--to launch a new run that would hopefully capture fans of the show.

At this point, we split into two pieces. Some of the old Titans join with some of Young Justice in Teen Titans vol 3 (2003). Meanwhile other former Titans (or, well, Dick and Roy, and later Kory) start up Outsiders vol 3 (2003).

Which (or both, or neither) you consider to carry the spirit of the Titans is up to you. I love Outsiders for Dick and Roy, but the team overall is not very Titans, and I lost interest after Roy leaves. Meanwhile TTv3 carries the name and more characters, but is of consistently meh quality, and eventually shifts to just the younger generation.

These series crossover plenty, so I'll list them together. Pick the bits you're interested in.

Teen Titans/Outsiders: Secret Files and Origins #1 (2003) - inception of both teams

Outsiders vol 3 (2003) #1-3

Teen Titans vol 3 (2003) #1-6 (in which they massacre my boy, light of my life, apple of my eye, again)

Outsiders vol 3 #4-7

Teen Titans vol 3 #1/2 - that's issue "one half"

Teen Titans vol 3 #7-12

Outsiders vol 3 #8-15

Teen Titans vol 3 #13-16 / Teen Titans/Legion Special / Teen Titans vol 3 #17-20

Outsiders vol 3 #16-19

Teen Titans vol 3 #21-23

Outsiders vol 3 #20-23

Insiders crossover: Teen Titans vol 3 #24 / Outsiders vol 3 #24 / Teen Titans vol 3 #25 / Outsiders vol 3 #25

The Return of Donna Troy #1-4 - miniseries

Teen Titans/Outsiders: Secret Files and Origins #2 (2005)

optional: Outsiders #26-27, where the unrelated original team of Outsiders return

Outsiders vol 3 #28

Teen Titans vol 3 #26-28

Infinite Crisis begins and bleeds into everything:

Outsiders vol 3 #29-30

Teen Titans vol 3 #29-31

Outsiders vol 3 #31-33

Teen Titans vol 3 #32

Robin #146-147

Teen Titans vol 3 Annual #1 / #33

Here we jump ahead with One Year Later.

Roy and Kory leave the Outsiders and I no longer consider this run even Titans-adjacent, so I'll stop including it here. It'll last until issue #49, where it changed to a whole new Batman-led team.

Meanwhile any older characters leave the Teen Titans, and it is purely the younger generation after that:

Teen Titans vol 3 #34-47

Teen Titans vol 3 #48-49 - tie-ins to Amazons Attack, which is not good

Blue Beetle vol 7 (2006) #18

Teen Titans vol 3 #50-54

The Titans / Teen Titans Split

DC made a stupid problem for themselves. People still love the older generation of Titans and want them back. But the younger generation has now also taken the same name. What to do?

Well you see, uh. The Teen Titans and the Titans are now two completely different teams. Just go with it. The new run of Titans had a great line-up, blending the OGs and NTT, but didn't last long and ultimately accomplished very little. Again, listing the two runs together, as they intersect a lot.

Titans East Special #1 - prelude to the Titans reforming

Titans vol 2 (2008) #1-4

optional mini DC Special: Cyborg #1-6

Teen Titans vol 3 #55-61

Titans vol 2 #5-10 (they keep massacring my boy!!!!)

Teen Titans vol 3 #62-68

optional Terror Titans #1-6 - miniseries related to Teen Titans

Titans vol 2 #11

Teen Titans vol 3 #69

Death Trap crossover (my boy.....): Teen Titans vol 3 Annual #2 / Titans vol 2 #12 / Vigilante vol 3 (2009) #5 / Teen Titans vol 3 #70 / Titans vol 2 #13 / Vigilante vol 3 #6

Teen Titans vol 3 #71

Titans vol 2 #14

Teen Titans vol 3 #72-74

Titans vol 2 #15-18

Teen Titans vol 3 #75-76

Titans vol 2 #19-20

Blackest Night tie-ins: Titans vol 2 #21-22 / Blackest Night: Titans #1-3 / Teen Titans vol 3 #77-78

Titans vol 2 #23 - This issue fills me with anger. If you have not read all the stuff before this, it is very important to me that you know everything in it about Roy is wrong and bad.

Teen Titans vol 3 #79-87

The Teen Titans get to continue on as normal:

Teen Titans vol 3 #88-91

Red Robin #20

Teen Titans vol 3 #92-100

However, once again the older generation is thrown apart. From here on out, Titans weirdly becomes about a team of mercenaries led by Deathstroke. Why this was not just made a new run I have no idea. It's also not good fyi. It kicks off in Titans: Villains for Hire Special, then ends the Titans run with #24-38.

Reboots

After that, the universe rebooted for the New 52.

The New 52 is bad. The New 52 brought us Teen Titans vol 4 and 5 (both still about the Tim/Cassie/Bart/etc generation). Do not read these runs. And if you even think about bringing up New 52 Roy or Kory I will stomp you with my hooves.

Then we reboot again for Rebirth, and my expertise ends. I know the original Titans finally return from the war with Titans vol 3 (2016). I cannot weigh in yet if it's good. I know there is also a new Teen Titans vol 6 (2016) run, with most of the cartoon's characters, led nonsensically by Damian Wayne, which I suspect is not great but cannot confirm yet.

And then nowadays we have uh. Teen Titans Academy, I think? Look, at this point, I am as lost as you, but pretty sure all the worthwhile stuff is already listed above.

I hope this is helpful! Feel free to ask any follow ups :)

[erikiara80]

(Edit: I noticed more George mentions and even a connection with Will’s birthday)

I just remembered that they mention a George at the beginning of S3. A woman tells Joyce that her son, Georgie, is almost 13 (also, big clock on the wall)

Maybe the “George” Smith in the prequel is a reference to George (Georgie) Denbrough, the first victim, in 1957, of Pennywise (IT), an ancient interdimensional eldtritch entity that can turn into a giant spider.

To the world, Henry Creel also died in the 50s. But we know that a monster took him to his lair (lab) and that’s how it all started. He’s also connected to the Mind Flayer/giant spider, plus cursed Derry/cursed Hawkins.

Georgie Denbrough is taken by an evil clown at the beginning of the story. Henry is taken by Brenner and ends up in another dimension. Will, who’s afraid of clowns, is taken by a scary creature at the beginning of the show. 

Every time the story begins with a child getting lost (IT is one of my favorite novel, I love these parallels)

Other mentions

They seem connected to Henry and the lab, but we’ll see. We’ll see if there is some surprise.

Here Hopper tells Callahan that if you jump from that height, the water breaks every bone in your body. This sounds like how Vecna kills his victims.

In 2x04, Owens quotes George Sarton: “Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind.”

Sarton is considered the founder of the discipline of history of science, and I think it’s not a coincidence that they quoted him, because he died in the 50s, on March 22. Will’s birthday and the day Brenner took Henry. Lab. Will (Owens mentions him too. “The men who are responsible for what happened to your brother”) Ok.

And after quoting Sarton, Owens mentions One. When Jon and Nancy sees the gate he says: I call that one hell of a mistake.”

[twilightarc-gm]

tag someone you want to get to know better

🧡Very honored and loved to be tagged by @iri-vail and @incarnadinedreams 🧡

Favorite color/s: In nature; orange. In clothing and personal style; purple. In general or for the vibes; red. Color combo; orange and purple, followed close second of purple and red.

Last song: Punching Bag by Set it Off is so catchy I have been listening to it alot. 🎶So say goodbye / to your mister nice guy / you got your wish / he's rotting in hell🎵

Last movie: The second spiderverse movie. It was too fast for me, but it seemed cool. Good vibes. I do enjoy animation and stylized cg over live action, so I am glad these movies are doing so well, but I think this is it for me on watching any more.

Currently watching: Just finished binge watching The Good Place. An extremely solid show. Well rounded, funny, great acting. Cathartic ending. Cried about it a lot thinking of the message it's trying to convey. Eleanor and Michael were my favorites, but that's no surprise that I like the Arizona trashbag and the fire squid demon in a Ted Dansen suit.

Currently reading: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, by Pu Songling. And as always, Modao Zushi every time I have to check something for my donghua rewatch. And slowly catching up with The road to reunion by Onomatopoetikon (prequel movie xmen ff)

Currently working on: Still in the process of my Extensive Note Taking rewatch of the Founder of Diabolism (mdzs) donghua. I am mostly done with notes up to s2, but I binged s3 again because I wanted to write instead of take notes (WIP doc available on the CX Heaven discord). s3 continues to make me so angry I am not sure how I'll convince myself to do the full note taking. Comparing each episode to relevant novel sections is also emotionally taxing, in the sheer damage that the donghua does to the Twin Heroes relationship... so! This will be a while... but this an underlying project for my fem-mxy!wwx fic which ... may... take the place of "mainfic" for ever getting published? Jury is still out on that.

Current obsession: MDZS themed brainrot continues to make a marshy bog of my psyche. Chengxian, Twin Heroes, and Jiang Cheng in that order, but surprisingly I seem to be writing and thinking more about WWX in all my WIPs and I just noticed? Predominately, I have been writing these stories from his perspective 😅 Zoids au, naga!jc au, majority of fem!mxy au, jc wolfcurse post-canon, White Hair Wuxian smutty oneshot... Maybe it's just easier to write him because the novel is a baseline but also I think I understand and respect his multiverse shidivision.

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