#I guess I just really like Jim Cummings' characters

[zyanova]

"..."

"Oh, did you think I was going to keep talking?"

[cherrychilli]

Consequences

Part 2 of Caught - Steve Harrington Smut, Hopper! Reader

Summary: Your father, the Chief of Police, caught you and your secret boyfriend out in the middle the night screwing in his BMW. By pure dumb luck, he doesn’t bother to check the identity of the mystery girl huddled in Steve Harrington’s lap with her face concealed. You get away- just barely, but will you be able to keep your relationship secret for much longer?

A/N: Thanks for all the love for Part 1. Hope you all enjoy the follow up. Please reblog and comment, it really helps me out!

Warnings: NSFW, Minors DNI, descriptions of lewd photographs, mentions of reckless driving(please don’t)P in V sex, unprotected sex(please don’t), cream pie.

Characters are 18-19(referred to as teens below)

Not proofread

Wordcount:3K

A week and a half had gone by since your close call with your father. You’d found it hard to look at him the first couple of days back home and of course, he’d noticed but never would have guessed the real reason why. To him, it was so beyond the realm of possibilities. Jim Hopper’s daughter, out after curfew? With a boy? And not just any boy. ‘King Steve’? Sure, he seems to have shed his asshole demeanor since graduating high school but that didn’t mean Hopper wanted him anywhere near his daughter.

You’d managed to assure your father that it was nothing more than a little ‘girl stuff’ on your mind, knowing he’d be too out of his depth to try and broach the subject further. He let it slide after that because in his mind, he had no reason to suspect you of anything.

Meanwhile, you’ve grown irksome with each passing day. You and Steve had decided to lay low since the incident and hold off on meeting for a while. No Steve and consequently, no sex. Your dad’s little interruption was a bitter reminder that you didn’t even get to finish that night even though you had been so very close. A sloppy blowjob on the drive back to your place was all you’d had time for and as eager as you were to have Steve cum down your throat, you wish there had been enough time for him to take care of you too. Since you’d last seen him, the both of you had to settle for nightly phone calls to keep in contact. There was far less risk in calling Steve’s house when his parents were barely ever there so you’d spend most of the day counting down the hours until it was time to start dialing. And every call always ended the same way. With you working your clit under your panties as you mewled about how much you missed having his head between your legs and him fisting his cock while he moaned about how much he missed being inside you.

As much as you both needed it, it was nowhere near enough.

You’re just coming down from your last orgasm, panting into the receiver cradled loosely between your ear and shoulder when Steve’s voice filters through, “Can I see you tomorrow?”

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Your morning was spent prancing around your bedroom trying to pick out the cutest set of underwear to go with the new dress you’d bought. You eventually settled on the lace set you’d been saving, the pale pink bra that cupped your tits just right, making them sit nice and high on your chest and the matching lace panties which revealed just enough of your ass while still leaving a little to the imagination. All dressed up in your new flowy, slightly low cut dress, you make your way to the police cruiser where the Chief’s already sat there waiting so he can drop you off his way to the station.

“You’re going to the volunteer center dressed like that?”, Hopper asks, tone tinged with stern fatherly concern.

You’d been so eager to meet Steve today that you completely forgot to stick to the routine you’d gotten accustomed to since the sneaking around first began. You’d always left the house in your usual, unassuming clothes, waved goodbye to your dad as he drove away before hurrying into the nearest public restroom to change into something more suitable to meet Steve. Something that showed off a little more leg, maybe a little cleavage too. And most of all, something he could slip under really easily.

“Thought I’d try something new today”, you reply, flashing him one of your sweetest smiles without missing a beat.

Hopper makes a face of disapproval, but concedes. You weren’t dressed indecently. Maybe a little suggestively by your own admission, but you knew you could sway him. You were the town ‘good girl’ who never asked for anything and always followed the rules. As far as he knew. You’d more than earned Hopper’s trust. How could he argue with you now? Most of all, everyone in town knew your father and he liked knowing that fact alone was enough to discourage any boy from getting too ‘friendly’ with you. Almost any boy anyway.

He grunts out an ‘okay’ and turns the key in the ignition, starting the engine and driving away from the cabin.

You’re still a few minutes away from arriving at the center when the radio sounds off. You recognize the code- a domestic disturbance and not too far from where you’re currently at. Hopper sighs, before turning to look at you apologetically.

“Sweetie, do you mind If I pulled over right here? The center’s just a couple of blocks away”

You nod understandingly as you reply with a smile, “Sure dad, I can meet Steve inside”

Fuck

“Steve?”

You turn to look back at the road as the cruiser skids to a holt, the blood draining from you face momentarily.

Debra. Debra. You’d meant to say your best friend’s name but a Freudian slip of all things gets the best of you. You were usually so much better at this. Are the hormones making you stupid?

“Mmhmm”, you hum affirmatively, lips pursing as you try to appear as nonchalant as possible despite the sweat dewing at your temple.

“Steve Harrington? Why would you need to meet him?”

Hopper’s tone is bordering on tense now so you know you have to think quick.

You turn back to look at him, mustering the most reassuring smile your nerves would allow. “Steve’s new at the volunteer center, dad. Loretta, our coordinator, just wants me to show him the ropes, that’s all”.

Your father’s furrowed brow softens when he suddenly scoffs as if you’ve just said something laughable, “Harrington’s been in a real giving mood lately, hasn’t he?”

Your whole body’s on alert as goosebumps wash over your skin and your shoulders tighten. “um, what do you mean?” you inquire softly.

Hopper shakes his head as he lets out a half-suppressed laugh, “ran into him a while back parked out near the main road. Let’s just say he wasn’t alone and by the sound of it, he seems like a pretty generous guy”

You feel like you’re about to combust on the spot and Hopper mistakes the uncomfortable expression on your face as a reaction to the implication he’d just made.

He clears his throat, suddenly remembering that he’s talking to his daughter and not one of the guys down at the station.

“Just uh, keep an eye out for him ok, honey?”

“Sure, daddy”, you reply with a tight smile.

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You wait for the cruiser to drive out of sight before you hurry past the entrance to the volunteer center and into the parking lot. You perk up when you find Steve’s car parked exactly where he said it would be and just like that, the awkwardness of this morning is cast out of your mind.

You jump into the passenger seat when he leans over to open the door for you and you swing your arms around Steve’s neck, pulling him in for a hungry kiss.

“Your place- drive”

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The entire ride there you do your best to rile him up like an utter menace, spreading your legs apart in your seat before inching you dress up over your thighs enough for him to glimpse your panties, pulling at the front of your dress so that your cleavage and the lacy trim of your bra peek out.

“Are you trying to make me crash?” he laughs, eyes darting back and forth between the road and every new inch of skin you reveal to him.

He’s trying to appear calm but you can still make out the need behind his eyes.

“Missed you so bad, Steve” you pout, reaching for the hand he had resting loosely on the stick shift. His jaw clenches as you guide his it under your dress and between your legs, letting his fingers press against the damp spot growing in your underwear. “Eyes on the road, baby” you tut at him, fighting back a giggle as he presses down on the accelerator.

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You’re breathless by the time you make it up to Steve’s bedroom. You would have been up there sooner if it weren’t for him pressing you up against every wall there was, kissing and groping you through your dress all the way up. Not that you minded.

You step back from him and ease the straps of your dress off your shoulders, letting the garment pool at your feet softly.

“Fuck- baby, is that new?”

You hum affirmatively as his hands reach out to grip at your waist, appraising the pretty lace hugging your body. His eyes eventually rake over the fading remnants of the marks he left on your body the week before. Hickeys and welts are peppered along your thighs, abdomen, breasts and ass, each one a reminder of the many times you spent together in secret.

He’s back on you in seconds, pressing you into his mattress while his lips latch on to every nearly gone mark he’s left, sucking the colour back into them.

You didn’t mind the ones on your breasts when he pulls at the front of your bra or the ones on your stomach or even the ones at the very edge of your bikini line but the moment he starts inching up towards your neck, you’re pressing your palms flat against his chest.

“Not there- don’t leave any marks, ok? Not any that can be seen”, you plead softly.

Steve pulls away from your flushed skin, kneeling over you as he runs a hand through his tussled hair.

“Sorry, babe. Got a little carried away. Fuck- these past few days have been impossible”, he groans.

“I know but we have to be careful- I kind of messed up this morning too so we can’t get too carried away”

“What to you mean, what happened?”

“I’ll tell you later but maybe it would be best if we weren’t seen together for a little while longer- just to be safe”

You both frown at each other.

“If I’m going to have to spend more time away from you, I’m going to need something to help me…cope”, he replies suggestively.

You quirk an eyebrow and offer him a quizzical look, “like what?”

He reaches into his bedside table drawer, blindly rummaging until a big smile breaks out on his face.

“Okay, it’s just a thought- and I won’t do it if you don’t want me to but…”

He produces a polaroid camera in his hand and you know instantly where he’s going with this.

You can’t help the smirk that tugs at your lips or the excitement buzzing in your veins. “Steven, do you know what would happen to you if those pictures got out?”, you tease.

“Don’t remind me. And I promise- no one will ever see them. I’d kill to keep these safe”.

“Good”, you reply, satisfied with his answer.

“So, how do you want me?”

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14 polaroids lay at the foot of Steve’s bed. Every inch of your marked up naked body captured from every which angle.  There’s one of you kneeling at the foot of Steve’s bed, doe eyes peering up at the camera as you sucked dutifully on his fingers.

“Stevie, please, can I have your cock now? I waited more than a week”, you’d whined when he withdrew his fingers from your mouth, saliva stringing from his digits to your bottom lip.

“Mm…not yet, angel. You need to show me that you deserve it first”, he husked, slick fingers reaching down to cup your cunt over your panties.

There’s another one of you laying against Steve’s sheets, bra long abandoned, hair spread out prettily around you and Steve’s broad palm cupping your right breast.

“Poor baby, getting impatient, aren’t you?”, he teased, pinching your nipple meanly and relishing the cute little yelp you let out in response.

Another of you angled from below as you rode Steve, head thrown back and tits pushed out as you balanced yourself with your arms behind you, grasping Steve’s thighs.

“Steve- oh god- you’re so deep!”, you bounced desperately on his cock, driving his ruddy tip against your sweet spot with every buck of your hips.

Somewhere in the mix is one of you on your back looking completely fucked out, legs held up in the air with your ankles crossed in one of Steve’s hands as he used the other to angle the camera well enough to get a shot of his thick cock stuffed inside your weeping pussy.

“You going to cum again, sweetheart? I can feel you tightening up again- fuck, milking my cock like a good little slut”

You’re panting against the now damp sheets as the camera flashes between your trembling legs and the 15th picture pops out. “Think this one’s my favorite, babe”, he grins watching the picture develop. Of course, it was.  The most graphic one of all- your pussy all puffy and ruined and leaking his cum.

“Now, let’s get you all cleaned up”.

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Steve kisses you longingly before finally letting you step out of his car, legs still shaky. He offers to walk you inside but you politely refuse, reminding him that your dad will be home in an hour and you don’t want to risk getting carried away again. You promise to call and make your way back to the cabin,  smiling to yourself when you hear the BMW take off only once you’ve made it to the door.

You enter your home and make your way to the kitchen with a blissful expression on your face. In those few moments, everything was right in the world. You come crashing down from cloud nine however when you find your father waiting at the kitchen table. An empty mug of coffee (probably the Irish kind) and an ashtray brimming with cigarette butts on either side of him, he meets your stunned expression with one so cold and severe.

“Uh, hi dad, you’re back early”, you attempt weakly.

“Where have you been? And don’t say the center”

Despite throwing the question at you, he doesn’t give you any time to respond, immediately launching into the next sentence.

“You left this in the car when I dropped you off today”, he gets up from the kitchen table, pulling out one of your notebooks which you realize had probably slipped out of your bag this morning.

“I drove back to give it to you. Asked around at the center and they said you don’t work there. You’ve never worked there. So just where the hell have you been going for the past two months?”

“I just- I go out- to meet friends that’s all”, you stammer.

“Would any of these friends happen to be Steve Harrington? I checked, he’s never worked there either”

You don’t answer this time. All you can do is clutch weakly at the sides of your dress.

With an exasperated sigh, Hopper begins; “Honey, he’s not a good guy, I told you, last week I caught him out with some other girl in his car! He’s just trying to get close to you before he realizes it’s no use and then he’ll move on to the next g- “

He’s gesturing firmly with the notebook still in hand, punctuating every other word with an irritated swing of his arm but it all gets so much worse when he inadvertently manages to loosen a certain item from within the notebook, an item you’d hidden in the interior pocket in a hurry one day and completely forgotten about until now.

You cringe when the foil packet lands on your kitchen floor right in front of Hopper’s boots and your stomach drops as you both stare wordlessly as the Trojan label stamped on the front for a few excruciating seconds. You feel like you’ve got a lump the size of a watermelon stuck in your throat. You would have remembered to hide the condom better if you and Steve still used them but there it sat in your notebook, forgotten since you switched to the pill last month.

You dare yourself to look at your father’s face and you instantly regret it. He’s seething. You’ve seen him get like this before but you’ve never been on the receiving end until now.

Everything clicks in Hopper’s mind then. The lies about working at the center, your awkward demeanor the days following the night he’d caught Steve and the ‘mystery girl’, the way you froze when he mentioned it in the car this morning, the way you had dressed today, the goddamned condom. Hopper had been foolish to think you’d spent two whole months letting Steve take you out on innocent lunch dates or to the movies. You weren’t a kid anymore after all.

You back out of the kitchen very slowly when he turns around and closes a fist around the mug he’d been drinking out of, knowing what the next five minutes were going to entail. You press your back to the wall outside of the kitchen and wince when you hear the ceramic mug shatter against one of the overhead cupboards. Moments pass and you flinch when you hear a plate follow. Next goes one of the chairs when he kicks it over. Then the bang of one of the kitchen drawers being pulled out and the jangle of cutlery falling to the floor. He needs this. And it’s a mess you’re more than willing to clean up later because you know the alternative would mean having to visit Steve in the hospital. You had been fairly confident that your father would never swing at a teenager. But you weren’t so sure anymore considering this one fucked his daughter practically in front of him.

You hear the chair he didn’t kick over creak when he slumps down into it followed by the sound of his lighter sparking. The tirade might be over but the next round of chain smoking starts now. A litany of curses and very elaborate threats on Steve’s life are heatedly mumbled under Hopper’s breath as he puffs away at the cigarette grit between his teeth.

You take that as your cue to tiptoe to your room, dialing Steve’s number quickly and wait for him to pick up.

“Steve? It’s me. I have some bad news”

Part 3 is in the works – it will be the final part because as much fun as this completely unintentional series has been to write, I need to put a bow on this thing before it consumes my life. I promise there will be a full sex scene in the next one – no interruptions and no brief mentions. Full on raunchy, naughty fucking. But please be patient with me. I write as often as I can but life tends to get in the way sometimes.

[samd1o1]

Negaduck In Let's Get Dangerous

Awe man so I had heard before that Bulba was supposed to get arrested and Negaduck would take over as the antagonist for part 2 of Let's Get Dangerous but I actually found some of the story boards today and man it was so much cooler! https://www.dianahuh.com/ducktales-storyboards

I heard the main writing reason was it would be better to leave him as a roaming threat than do a disservice to his character by trying to squeeze him in but I disagree.

There were plenty of ways to write him in well. Hell, you can even make it a bit that he would get annoyed after there was too much Gos/DW/LP bonding that takes away his screen time.

I think it would just be fun for this character who is known by writers to take up way to much of an episode to finally have to deal with the fact he can't take up the whole episode. Would add some comedy in my opinion. (Even if it's just done through split second facial expressions due to time restraints).

I also think it didn't fit Bulba's or The Fearsome Four's characters. Why would Bulba use The Fearsome Four? I guess spite but that sprite fits Negaduck waaaaay more. The Fearsome Four also have absolutely zero reason to follow Bulba blindly like they do.

They just feel like zombies at certain points in the episode. Why would they follow this guy who just pulled them from their home?

Them following Negaduck makes much more sense. Yes he would have done the same thing as Bulba but he has the added bonus of being an evil Darkwing. That enough would probably entertain The Fearsome Four enough to stay. Negaduck is also known to threaten their lives when they step out of line, one threatening chainsaw and they're in.

Either way I just think it was a cool idea and would of been cool to keep. Part of me is just salty to never see him again because I absolutely adored the idea of Jim Starling.

(Also yes I heard about the Jim Cummings divorce shit and honestly I don't care, just recast him if you really needed to. Liquidator was already recast from his Beware of the BUDDY System appearance.)

Anyway though, it is very poetic how the show was canceled before Jim's story could be wrapped up yet again.

[ask-zaukodar]

Finally Finished Baldur's Gate 3

So it took much longer than it should have, what with my original save file being corrupted by a badly-made mod and having to start over again, but I finally finished my first playthrough of BG3. Thoughts below the line break, very spoilery, listed in no particular order.

So while it took a very, very long time to get to the point I do like that the devs made BG3 a spinoff of the Bhaalspawn Saga, even if the execution was flawed. CHARNAME (and Imoen I guess) were supposed to be the final Bhaalspawn that closed out Bhaal's legacy, but Dark Urge being a Bhaalspawn threw a kink in that, or feels like it did at least. Then again, the whole illithid invasion being a stealth Bhaal plot invented by Dark Urge definitely brought it back home, in a way.

The devs really did Minsc (and Boo) justice, even if I couldn't figure out how to build him properly I kept him in my party the entire rest of the game once I figured out how to successfully recruit him. His lines were definitely in-character compared to his older games, even if the VA's were different. (Whether you think Jim Cummings got stiffed because of his controversy, or because Matt Mercer was the "big name" for D&D, or both, Matt did a great job.)

By contrast, the devs did Sarevok and Viconia very, very dirty. No small number of BG2:TOB characters went through incredible effort to get Sarevok and Viconia redeemed before the end of the saga, so to see them come back as single-scene villains doing villain things just...bwah, no. Viconia kidnaps children? Sarevok is his granddaughter's father? What the everloving fuck, Larian?

For the BG3-originated characters Neil Newbon absolutely stole the fucking show with Astarion, it's no wonder he won that award. When you go to the Mountain Pass I highly, HIGHLY recommend you bring Astarion with you, then steal (STEAL) the Blood of Lathander, and leave Astarion behind to die before resurrecting him with Withers. You will 100% not regret it. Even ignoring that, finishing his Origin Quest was probably THE most moving resolution out of all of them.

Speaking of Astarion: if you need a build to just delete enemy I highly recommend Gloomwalker 5/Thief 7 and equip the two best hand crossbows you can find. I cannot stress how much sheer damage that build was capable of pulling with the proper gear.

Karlach as a throwbarian (Berserker 12 specializing in throwing weapons) with a returning weapon was an absolute delight as well. HIGHLY recommend.

Even if it stresses out my GTX 1080 I really loved Act Three. There is just SO MUCH TO DO.

I still don't understand why the devs fixed the level cap to 12. There was easily enough XP to go higher. EASILY.

[cyclone-rachel]

2022 Omniverse Rewatch + Episode Ranking

Part 4: Arc 4

assorted thoughts and observations:

• This is just a wild way to start a season, really. • Are you sure, Ben? • Also, I see they updated the intro to have teen Ben’s Feedback design. • And what exactly do they want? • I still love that they got Jim Cummings in this episode. • How does Max know about the fleas? • These idiots. • Well that can’t be good. • You can order different things, you know. • Okay, that’s a good one. • This guy really sucks. • Yeah I’m sorry I don’t have more notes on this one, it’s just real weird. • Wouldn’t expect Albedo to use incorrect grammar. • It would be neat to see Albedo have a version of Ben’s Omniverse hoodie in his colors. • Also never thought I’d see this guy again. • Albedo is goofing up just enough that it’s believable he’s Ben. • It would also be interesting if Rook knew this was Albedo, but was going along with his pretending to be Ben because he wanted to see what Albedo would do. • You know a lot, obviously. • That portrait is still outstanding. • Nobody eats chili fries like that. • Yeah, he has the wrong colored Omnitrix to be Albedo. • Rook should definitely know something is up. • So why is his Omnitrix the same color as Ben’s? • Man, poor Ben, and Rook honestly. That sucks. • Why does she need a containment suit? • Do you ever shut up? • Albedo as Goop looks really cool. • As does I can’t spell his name. • Oh hell yeah, Argit. • Classic alien abduction style. • God, I missed Khyber. • And of course Khyber’s used to his coworkers constantly shit-talking Azmuth. • I was just about to ask, did they just steal from a museum or a library? Okay, so it’s museum, nice. • Also to be completely fair to them, some museums do have excellent weapons displays. • How about actually using some of those weapons? • Wait, so Ben seriously has a flip phone? • Aww, so this isn’t the first time that Ben has brought Rook over to his house. • Also I guess he doesn’t go home that often? Like, does the Plumber base have a bed for him, or something? How often does he sleep? • Then what exactly is it? • Is she serious about that? • So you are saying you’re dumb. • Did Ben just slide into the Plumber base? • Like Ben, I think Bloxx is a good choice. He is neat. • You have 14 Necrofriggian children, Ben. Come on. • Wait, is that a real thing? • I can think of something that would match that description. • Okay, that is pretty funny. • I love Rob Paulsen so much. • Who even builds a train track that goes up that high? • Take that hat off, Ben, there’s probably something gross in it. • Rook has the right idea. • That’s nice. • So this version of the theme song has more sound effects. • Maybe he’d be quicker with the info if you would care to listen to him. • Don’t you remember? • That’s real creepy. • Also, if it’s going to be all electrical aliens like I remember it being this episode, they definitely could have had Brainstorm, and then also did a proper flashback with Malware, so Corey could be in it as two characters. • So Max cares about Phil’s condition but not another character who definitely suffered and was in a lot of pain? • And I know it isn’t in this order in terms of production of course, but airing it as the last episode of the season does kind of match with/foreshadow the Galactic Monsters arc to come (like it has the same vibe), which is cool. • “Magister Tennyson’s monster” does that really describe him? • Not gonna hold him for long, judging by the amount of time left in this episode • Again, major props to Rob Paulsen, he’s doing a very good job! • Also funny that he mentions Patelliday, given who voices him as well. • “we’re not Cerebrocrustaceans” oh come on. • Ben, please chill. • I was just going to mention Kevin, yeah. • Appreciation for how Shocksquatch has a Canadian accent, and is voiced by a Canadian. • Oh YIKES • Well shit, this does make episode 3 more relevant. • And that makes sense. • But without them, what’s powering Undertown? • Poor Max. • I guess this is when he hooks up with the Rooters? Unless he was with them before finding a way back to Earth. • What are you even doing? • Also, why is he in Plumber jail? He’s just a regular guy, right • Oh yeah, I guess Yuri isn’t in this episode. • Uh, Zs’skayr did this once, and it definitely didn’t work. And yeah, he did it too. • Kind of impossible to keep him away from it, if they’re driving towards it. • Also, maybe letting it get destroyed wouldn’t be such a bad thing? Given what it is. • Also also, maybe it’s not the best idea to mention Malware to him? Not sure how long after the Feedback thing it is. Or maybe it’s before that? I don’t know. • You didn’t get the point of what they were trying to say, Ben. • Okay, that was funny. • Could’ve at least gotten out of the Rustbucket. • Well that’s clever. • So when exactly did Gwen’s magic change color? • It would’ve been neat if at some point, it turned yellow, because that was its color in the 10K timeline. • Why’d he call her Ben? • Wildmutt is so tiny! Or at least he looks tiny here. • Of course they’re tech support • Is climbing that thing really that much of an effort? • I love how that line was read. • And when were those systems last upgraded? • Didn’t she pronounce it differently last time? I guess that would make sense, if you want similar spells to have different effects, like in the OS. • He has a point. • Just eat the helmet! • So what does Upchuck’s poop do? • I still don’t get the episode title. • That guy has a great design. • Gosh, this is really the season of “Rob Paulsen is great/has a ton of range”, isn’t it? • I like that Jimmy has the UAF jacket.

• So Steve Ahn is an actual guy, who did in fact work as a storyboard artist on this episode and many others in this show, and worked on other shows like Generator Rex, Legend of Korra, V*ltr*n (Legendary Defender), Guardians of the Galaxy, the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, and recently directed episodes of Star Trek Prodigy and The Boys Presents: Diabolical. Very cool. • If I had a nickel for every “haz cheeseburger” reference in this series despite that being a big popular thing about six or seven years before this show aired… well, we’ll get there. • “bloag” vs “blob”, choose your fighter • Of course aliens would know and hate those guys. • Insert other conspiracy theory about frogs here. • If they’re not metal, then what are they? • So what would you call him, if you don’t consider him a nerd? • “medieval minds” is a great phrase • It does make a lot of sense that Harangue would work with the Knights. • Tim Curry is great, as well. • I’m sorry, HIGHBREED pulse generator? Genuinely didn’t catch that before now. • How many aliens live on Earth and not in Undertown? • Would that even work? • “reheated leftovers” is a very good way to describe them. • Not wrong. • Those are alien cows? Also this is good teamwork, I like it. • Never say “impossible” to Ben. • So how old is Jimmy at this point? • Uh. Yikes. • “ignore my calls” so are they dating or something • Forever Nuts is a great name for them • Yes, Ben! • “ah, the classics” aww I like that • Again, excellent teamwork this episode. • Actually, yeah, if he couldn’t get Gray Matter, that was a very good alternative. • “America the Beautiful” plays” oh my god

• FORESHADOWING! Harangue is the one who supports the Vengers, isn’t he? • Man, what perfect karma for him, I love it. • I will never get tired of Ben’s motorcycle, it’s very cool. • That’s nice of him. • He even has a 10 on the keychain. • For a second, XLR8 had his 10-year-old design. • That can’t be good. • “Have a good time at the car show… but not too good a time.” What, is she expecting him to fuck a car? • So glad nobody has to actually go through any toilets. • Gosh, Gwen has a sad cat poster on her bedroom wall. • Is that not your only shirt? At least for now. • Lucy is a cutie pie. • This really is the Rob Paulsen season, isn’t it. • “There’s a traitor among us” someone please do that edit. • So how old do you have to be to enter Plumber Academy? • Also don’t be insensitive, Max. • That’s a real scary face, Gwen. • Wait, is that actually how they’re related? • Wouldn’t that make them not really cousins? • Why was that your line to begin with? • Gwen is so powerful • How does Ben know about the borrowed shirt thing? • Also I guess Ben now has a smartphone? • She didn’t like Kevin for another 4 years, come on. • Of course it’s that thing again. • That’s a very cool ship design. • Did he mean to rhyme? • So she’s been taking judo since she was 7? • Oh my god, Ben. • Why the emphasis on that phrase? • First of all, it is cool to have two episodes being linked and taking place at the same time in different locations • Also I do really like the look of the Null Void here? I just think it’s neat. I don’t remember how it looks in the other versions, but this one is cool. • Awwww, tiny Argit! • And what’s wrong with cell phones? • The proto-tool isn’t just a weapon. • Of course he’s here. • What does a Plumber look like, exactly? Also what does “depending on the configuration” mean. • Oh my god, is Argit jealous • Wasn’t that technically Albedo’s idea? • In only that definition of “straight”. • I would’ve liked to have seen an episode about that. • How many times has Ben said that word? • Otto: “Quite a remarkable vehicle you have here. It would be a shame if something happened to it.” *turns it into a giant robot* • So the transformer… LITERALLY turns it into a Transformer. I don’t think that’s how it works in real cars, but it’s still cool. • I mean, if you couldn’t go for a pun that would probably get you sued, this is the next best thing, because the actual meaning of the word “gestalt” is very accurate. • Again, incredibly nice of Azmuth to teleport you there at all. Also, never mind I think Ben could’ve just contacted Azmuth through the Omnitrix, that makes sense. • “it’s hard enough just getting him to return a message” how many messages have you left on Azmuth’s answering machine, Ben? • What would he want with a star system? Can you buy the stars? • UPGRADE! YEAH THAT’S MY BOY! • I mean I love Diamondhead and Heatblast too, they’re probably my top 3 OG series aliens. But gosh Upgrade is cool. • He has a point. • OH HELL YEAH • If anyone wanted to know what Ben as a Cybertronian would look like, there’s your answer, kind of. • I do wish that would’ve been more explored, what he thinks of Galvanic Mechamorphs and all. • Also it feels weird that he’d have an “11” on him instead of a “10”, but I guess that’s just because he’s using Kevin’s car. • Damn, Ben did the Malware move. • Every time. • Couldn’t he just break it off into pieces and sell those? • Do the colors look different, or is it just me? • Also I guess Khyber knocked him out again. • Again x2, I think this would’ve been an excellent opportunity for Ben to use Upgrade, because he has no “natural predator”, only for the Nemetrix to turn Khyber’s new pet into a more feral version of Malware. • I mean, Albedo and Ben have the same DNA while Albedo is in human form, so I don’t know if that would help. • So is Azmuth not answering Max’s calls because he was captured? • Also again, I guess this is the episode where Albedo learns about Malware being kept in the Galvan museum, because there’s no other time he could’ve learned that before teaming up with Vilgax to take his remains and have Vilgax wear his corpse as armor. • It is weird that aside from Ditto’s, we don’t see any new predators in these two episodes. • Also I guess there was some time in between last episode and this one, so Rook got his truck repaired? • Hathor? Very interesting name for a planet. • Max is right. • Yipes. • So which one is the original? • Is that all the predators in the Nemetrix, period? • Ben getting his Katniss Everdeen moment. • I still think it’s so funny that an episode where Ben is trapped in an arena, hunted down by a bunch of creatures, and ultimately escapes by making a hole in the “sky” which is really just the roof of a big dome, aired the day after Catching Fire’s premiere, a movie wherein the same thing happens to its heroine. Also, Catching Fire is just really fucking great, as a movie or as a book. • Albedo wouldn’t be satisfied with that. • So when is Eric Bauza going to play MODOK? • They’ve come so far, it’s really nice. • I definitely remember these lines being in trailers. • Of course, Feedback again. • Khyber going all Vanna White here. • The way he said that is just really funny to me. Also, if anyone can find any interviews that Rene did where he mentioned playing Azmuth, please let me know. • Uh, don’t you say in Malgax Attacks that you always plan ahead, and that’s why you’re the First Thinker? • That looks incredibly uncomfortable. • Smarter than Azmuth, you’d think. • So why is his intelligence presented in that way? • And how do you know so much about Galvan brains? • That’s not good. • What a big explosion. • I don’t think Rook’s truck can take much more of that without being repaired. • Let me guess, and pocket change? • This is incredibly important. • Also, I would’ve appreciated getting to see some more ultimates from Albedo? Besides Arcticguana and Gravattack, and Rath who we’ll see later on. • This just reminds me of the headcanon of Ben being a Ke$ha fan. • Maybe Ben would have a Tiktok? Although I guess he’s on the youngest Millennial/oldest Gen-Z side, since he’d be a little older than me if his timeline roughly lines up with our own. • Again, I really wish Dadzmuth had shown up at some point. And I wish we’d have learned more about Azmuth’s parents. • He does look very cool. • I love Kevin so much. • Why do you even need glasses? • “I am no man’s quarry” yes, but you’re now actually a woman’s quarry. • That does make a lot of sense. Although I don’t think it was a good idea for you to just straight-up eat Khyber’s new pet. • Oh that does look cool. • Did Pesky Dust just almost do the Sailor Moon pose • Okay, I do kind of love this, and would like to see an official AU where Khyber joins the team even though it is I guess his nightmare/dream/whatever here. (or another one where Malware does, for obvious reasons). Also it’s doubly hilarious because David Kaye does voice Max in the reboot. • And we know how much Khyber loves trophies. • Oh hey, it does come back! • We love a man who drinks his respect women juice in this house. • He feels power building inside him and sees a world that only he can create. They really are more similar than Albedo would have thought. • I love that, at the halfway point of this series, we have this moment, where Albedo acknowledges that this is an Omniverse. Which of course will come up later, and we’ll see it in 10 more episodes. • Also how cool would it have been if we did have Albedo literally say the words Malware did, and have him realize that they’ve become so similar? Also I’m sorry that I keep bringing up Malware, I just think he’s neat and had a lot of potential. • So why exactly was he with Vilgax and Eon and the other Bens? • ATOMIX! • Ben just yeets them into the sky • Not every time, Ben. Come on. • How much does Ben call Azmuth? • So he did get his truck fixed. • You had to ask, didn’t you?

Arc 4 rankings: 1. Max’s Monster 2. A Fistful of Brains 3. Return to Forever 4. For a Few Brains More 5. Mud is Thicker than Water 6. The Ultimate Heist 7. OTTO-Motives 8. Evil’s Encore 9. Food Around the Corner 10. O Mother, Where Art Thou?

Basic thoughts: So, this was a really weird season? I feel like we probably could’ve used one more arc episode, with Albedo meeting Khyber and teaming up with him, fleshing out where Albedo’s been since we saw him in Ultimate Alien and what Khyber’s been doing since we last saw him in Showdown part 1. I was surprised at how much I really liked my top episode this season, I didn’t remember it much but it was great! Return to Forever was also really, really good, and I liked that we got an interconnected pair of episodes in this season as well, even if it wasn’t connected to the main arc. I think this is also when we start getting 3-episode arcs, which is fine, but I’d still prefer 4 per season. We also get a classic Animo episode, a very strange season premiere, and an episode that’s funny but unconnected to anything else here.

Original rankings: 1. A Fistful of Brains 2. For a Few Brains More 3. Max’s Monster 4. OTTO-Motives 5. The Ultimate Heist 6. Mud is Thicker than Water 7. Return to Forever 8. Evil’s Encore 9. Food Around the Corner 10. O Mother, Where Art Thou?

[adultswim2021]

Saul of the Mole Men #19: “A Rock and a Hard Place” | July 9, 2007 - 12:00AM | S01E19

WOW! A lot of shit happens in this one. Who’s ready for it? 

Saul cums a rock into the wisdom rock’s rock pussy. By that I mean a red gemstone pops out of his phallic formation. It plops down a chasm and lands directly into the divet in the mother rock that appeared after they embedded the other two gemstones into it. When that happened, you’ll recall that a flash of light knocked down Saul, which is what seems to have afflicted him with his current condition. Saul feels much better now that he’s passed the rock, and feels content in the knowledge that he’s part of something more important than himself. The mother rock is now complete, and a new era of geological peace is surely around the corner. 

Not quite: Clancy shows up and climbs the main wisdom rock and pulls back a curtain of moss revealing UTNIP! It turns out he was the womanly voice of the rock this whole time and orchestrated this whole thing to lead up to this very moment. There’d been some set-up via Clancy’s book that Saul was the key to activating the mother rock, and Utnip reveals that Saul is actually part rock. We see a series of flashbacks, including his mother being fucked by a rock at Stonehenge. This revelation seems to cause Saul to become physically part-rock; his hands and head are replaced by rocks. Could this be taken at face value? Could this be how and why Jim and Jen E. James had become rock people as well? I don’t know, but that would be smart.

The big reveal is that the mother rock will be shooting a big laser into space to summon it’s space cousins, a group of asteroids, to crash into earth, killing all living creatures and creating an idyllic new world order for rocks, and only rocks. It turns out Project Thunderhole was actually all part of this, with Bertram being paid off with the promise of being king. His shortsightedness prevented him from realizing that he only gets to be king during the final hours before all life on Earth being snuffed out. 

Things seem dire; Robot even blows his own brains out. Goodbye Robot, you were mostly a pretty useless character in retrospect.

Saul’s Rocksona is eventually shaken by various visions of people like John Henry, the wise bearded Saul-looking god, and a previously unseen Geology professor of Saul’s. It causes Saul to break the stone on his head, punch Utnip with his rock hands, and eventually regain his humanity. As the wisdom rocks start attacking all of our main characters, the Bird Bats swoop in and save everybody but the evil Bertram. The final shot of the episode is the space laser shooting up through Thunderhole and reaching said asteroids, which being hurtling towards Earth. 

I have to say, the show never really impressed me (and neither does this episode, really) but I guess it technically was heading somewhere. These are decent plot twists, and you get the sense that they actually did figure this all out from the beginning. Frisky Dingo, by comparison, seemed very slapshod in the story department, relying on cutesy jokes about it’s own penchant for retconning stuff that happened mere weeks before. My main issue with Saul is that it all seemed like it could have been told in half the amount of episodes. This episode failed to make me laugh, but at the very least it was a story that sorta somewhat made sense. I guess “deeper than you think” meant “the plot sorta makes sense”. 

So, I suppose Saul’s ship getting downed in Mole Man land in episode one must’ve been an intentional thing? So far that’s sorta unexplained, but it’s fine. Also Bertram glibly shooting down the wife of the Bird Bat king may have been a means to get the ball rolling on Utnip’s plot to give Bird Bat King incentive to get Saul Malone’s stones. I don’t know. I’m not saying the show is GOOD. I’m just saying that the storytelling wasn’t COMPLETE nonsense, and certain moments from past episodes do have a little more meaning. 

Onto the finale. Finally!

MAIL BAG

To all the Tumblr bloggers who took a shit all over my heart... This one's for you! *Olivia Rodrigo pop punk guitars* THERE WAS A MISSION UNDERGROUND

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA

[robotnik-mun]

(Sorry I made a mistake with auto correct don’t answer the old one) what makes you love sonic Satam more than other sonic continuities?

Oh, but I had such an extensive post about my feelings towards Saran and my preferences for it ready.

Heh, but no worries, I got ya.

Hmm, why do I like SatAM most? Let me think...

You'd probably assume that I like it most because it's what I grew up with or was my first exposure to Sonic on the whole, but the truth of the matter is that as a kid I only saw the very last episode while on a family visit to the UK, and didn't see the rest of the series until I was a teenager.

Yet, something about the Sonic presented in 'Doomsday' captured my imagination in a big way, and seeing the rest of the show did much to cement that love.

I guess the reason why I still love it most even to this day is because I find it's setting and the nature of the conflict compelling, and I especially love the nature of Sonic and Robotnik's relationship. I love the very real, intense hatred between the two and the personal nature of their conflict, as well as the fact that the odds are pretty heavily stacked against Sonic and his friends. It makes their victories all the better earned and meaningful, I feel.

Likewise, I enjoy Sonic's characterization. It remains my favorite because while he is indeed the epitame of '90s Cool', this is also the version of Sonic that for the longest time showcased a great deal of emotional vulnerability and depth, with episodes focusing on things like his all too real fear of failure and losing his friends as well as how badly he misses his uncle. I like that there is more going on with him that belies his whole 'Blue Dude with an Attitude' persona.

While I'm at it, I like him having a close knit core of friends whom he can rely on and who assist him in fighting Robotnik, as well as the nature of that team of which he is a part. Because honestly, at the heart of it, the Freedom Fighters are a group of friends, and more to the point? They are all children orphaned by Robotnik's war who have managed to make a new family out of each other. It is not Sally's rank that makes her leader of the Freedom Fighters, but the fact her friends trust her judgment and her ability to lead- at no point in the show does she ever really give an order to Sonic. She'll cajole, beg or ask, but at no point does she ever command him to obey on the basis of her rank or royal authority -she asks, and he obliges because he wants to. It's a compelling dynamic that I enjoy, and it helps that I like ALL the Freedom Fighters.

Oh and then there's Robotnik. I mean you see my name and my icon so you know he'd be a big part of things, and spoiler alert- he is. Robotnik in SatAM remains my favorite iteration of the character- Jim Cummings' performance is perfection, and I like the very genuine sense of menace the guy manages to convey. I find something very intriguing about the implications behind Robotnik given that his goal is nothing short of converting every living thing on Mobius into machines, and anything that can't be converted will simply be destroyed. It's a vision of a desolate, lifeless planet where all minds, all voices, all creatures are Robotnik. Like, what creates such an insane, hateful vision of the world and proclaims it perfect?

And it's not like Robotnik is blind to the good in people or anything like that either- he needs to be convinced that Sonic's egotism would lead him to endanger himself in a speed race, and he is able to accurately gauge that Sonic loves Sally and would do anything to save her. This is not a man who doesn't 'get' other people- he gets them just fine, he just doesn't CARE, and that makes his evil stand out even compared to the various other Eggmen and Robotniks out there. Likewise, his relationship with Snively intrigues me, based on the simple fact he is not only Robotnik's nephew, but once even admired the man before being reduced to his lackey and punching bag.

I could go on, I really could, but this has gone on long enough. I guess the short of it is that I find the show's setting and premise compelling, I love the characters, I ESPECIALLY love Sonic and Robotnik both, and to this day it continues to hit the right notes for me. It's not a perfect show, for no show is, and much of what went into the show would be developed further in Archie (For better and for worse), but at the end of the day SatAM still remains one of my favorite things on the planet, and my favorite version of Sonic. It's prolly gonna stay that way for a good long while.

[darkspellmaster]

Chip n' Dale's Rescue Ranger's Movie: Clues? and a few things I noticed in the trailer

So...Yeah...been away a year due to doing a Master's degree, and I couldn't post or write until it was done. So now I"m back and I just saw the trailer for this...and I have some thoughts. First...Why are we not just letting Tress and Cory reprise their roles? I mean Bill Farmer did a joke about Goofy being a Classically trained actor, why not just do that with these two, and...you know, not have "famous" actors doing the voices of the characters, because it just doesn't sound right. Second, I didn't see Peter Cullen or Jim Cummings listed for voice acting in the Wiki page, so....does that mean we're not getting traditional Monty either? That's going to be rather sad since Cory is back for zipper at least. Another thing, and maybe it's just me, but I'm not liking the hints that they are making more of Monty's reaction to Cheese than just a gag (He's a mouse named Monterey Jack like the cheese and he really likes cheese. It's a joke.) and making it into something way way darker than it needs to be. So really fast here's the moment I mean.

You have this shot here where you can see his "Cheese" eyes going off, which doesn't happen unless he's smelling it. So someone either brought it in or something. Unless this plays a part in the plot (which maybe it does) it just seems odd. Or did they can the show because of Monty? Again odd. The Verity cover is odd too.

Then later we see Chip finding cheese in Monty's fridge

And the look that follow from Monty indicates Cold turkey. So I'm really curious (also worried) that this is just not going to be a good joke to tell with this character. Also Veg-e mite in the fridge? Well I guess because he's an Aussie mouse.

I think there was an episode that he went cold turkey against cheese, but it wasn't treated like this.

Anyway on to more interesting thing from the Trailer.

The Alligator could be Sewernose De bergerac? Who was one of the villains on the show, but I'm not sure about the Gorilla or the Chef. So they may be random characters for the shot.

Aladdin Cosplayer, I think it might be a Pete like character wearing the outfit, since you can see the ears, the stretch and squash is only used for non human Disney characters unless they are very cartoon like, and the gloves give it away.

I'm trying to figure out the girl in the coat with the gold or whatever it is she's carrying. But there looks to be a twin of her ahead.

When the two are walking there's a poster for a voice actress or a creator, not sure who it is though. What I can tell is that there are four girls around he and they are either magic girls or fairies. On the left is a girl in pink, above her is a girl in blue with dark blue or black hair, not sure about the third at the top, and the fourth is a darker skinned girl with a yellow dress and purple hair.

Not sure who the cartoon lady is with glasses and looks like an artist. Same scene has a Pewee Herman cosplay and a Borat cosplay. Behind the woman in the batman/bat-girl is George Jetson, it's a blink and you'll miss it but he has on the green waste belt. Behind him is I think another cartoon character cosplay but I don't know who, and I'm not sure who the guy is that has the mixed mask. Half his face is batman the other half is the joker. So two-face? And the girl with the purple looking costume that looks kind of sci-fi-ish.

Trying to figure out who the guy with the yellow helmet in the back.

I feel like these might be from an animated series but I just can't place it. I swear they remind me a bit of something from Adult Swim or the Venture Brothers, or something from the 80s that was based on a tv show from the 70s.

So going to have to break this into parts See part 2. for the rest.

[hearts-hunger]

querida || javier peña x reader

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Summary: Javi wants to take you on a little roadtrip before the sun comes up, and you two might just have to make a habit of enjoying more mornings like this.

Pairings: Javier Peña x wife!Reader

Genre: fluff and smut, very soft giggly married lovemaking

Word Count: 2.6k

Warnings: smut & me not being a spanish speaker (please let me know if i’ve gotten anything wrong!)

A/N: Yeah, you guessed it, I’m caught hook, line, and sinker for Pedro Pascal and all his characters. I know for a fact that Javier Peña is fully incapable of sleeping with a woman and not catching feelings, and that goes double when he makes love to his wife. If you’re an older follower of mine sticking through my new hyperfixation, thank you! I hope y’all enjoy ♡

It had just started to rain, gently pattering against the windows whose curtains were closed against the sunrise that was still hours away. Javier hovered over you and kissed you with a persistent kind of gentleness, waking you slowly and easily in the darkness of your bedroom.

“Rise and shine, pretty lady,” he said softly, brushing your hair back from your face. You turned your face away from him as he tried to kiss you again, and he chuckled.

“Come on, mi amor,” he said gently. “I’m trying to be sweet to you.”

“Let me sleep, if you’re so sweet,” you mumbled, moving closer to him despite yourself, wanting his warmth. He pulled you close and kissed your neck, grazing his fingers over your shoulder. 

“Do you have to leave for work already?” you asked. It seemed early to you, but you were too drowsy to look at the clock.

“Not yet, but I do have to be in early today,” he said. “And I probably won’t be back until late. So I thought it would be nice to see you before I left.”

You thought that was sweet, and you nuzzled against him and tried to be a little more awake and attentive. You kissed his jaw and put your arm over his waist.

“What do you think about taking a little drive?” he asked.

You pulled back from him and looked up at his face. “A drive? Now?”

He smiled. “Yeah. I know this great place we can go and watch the sun rise.”

You groaned a little at the thought of getting out of bed and hid your face against his chest.

“Oh, come on now,” he said with a laugh, pulling you close again. “It’ll be nice, I promise. I’ll drop you off before I head to work, and you can sleep in all day while I’m gone.”

You could tell this was something he wanted to do with you, and your time together had seemed so sparse and unhappy lately that you couldn’t say no. He had been so stressed and tired with work that most of the time you were together was either spent sleeping or bickering, and you’d missed your happy Javier. Getting up early from your nice warm bed was a small price to pay for how much you would both enjoy spending a few hours together before the sun came up.

“What do you think?” he asked.

You gave a dramatic sigh. “Oh, well, if you insist.”

He grinned and gave you a deeper kiss then, pulling the blankets off both of you. You dressed quickly in the early morning cool of the apartment, and Javi surprised you with a fresh pot of coffee he’d put on before he woke you up. Before long you were curled up in the passenger seat of the Jeep, holding your husband’s free hand as he drove out of the city and towards the mountains. The drizzle continued to fall, mixing with the sound of Javi’s quiet humming along with the Jim Croce greatest hits cassette he always kept playing in his car.

You talked through the whole drive, both of you catching the other up on work and life in general. You really hadn’t seen him very often in the past two weeks - Javi and Steve with both running themselves ragged trying to keep up with Escobar, and you and Connie had been busy volunteering. You were thankful for a friend who understood what you were going through, and you hoped Steve and Connie would get some time soon to just be with each other like you and Javi were now.

When you reached the spot Javi had decided on, a small clearing beneath the limbs of a few Andean oak trees that overlooked a beautiful expanse of mountains, the sky had started to turn the slightest shade of blue. He turned the car off and you sat in companionable silence for a moment, looking out on the natural beauty of the place that had been so hard for the both of you to live in.

“It’s crazy, isn’t it?” he said, his voice characteristically soft. “All that trouble going on every single day, and it looks like a paradise from up here.”

You reached your hand up to brush your fingers through his hair. He closed his eyes and let himself enjoy your touch, leaning closer and turning his head just enough to press a gentle kiss to your wrist.

“I miss you,” he said.

You touched the pad of your thumb to the crow’s feet that came from his laughter, that contagious, genuine sound that had come to be your very favorite in the world. “I miss you too.”

He leaned across the console and kissed you for a long time, every touch loving and tender and full of care. He grazed his fingers over your cheek, your temples, the place where your pulse beat in time with his. At some point you decided the small distance between you was too much; you awkwardly made your way to straddle his lap, both of you giggling like teenagers when you bumped your head on the roof and he struggled to get the seat to move back. Settled again, your bodies pressed against each other and you felt a spark with each touch that grew into a warm and comfortable desire, familiar with just how much you loved and wanted your husband.

When you broke apart after a while, he looked up at you and gave you an impossibly tender smile. 

“Thank you for coming with me,” he said. “Next time, I’ll try to plan something a little more coordinated with your sleep schedule.”

You gave a soft laugh. “That’s ok, honey. I’m actually glad you dragged me out of bed before the crack of dawn to make out with me in a government car.”

“Oh, dragged you out of bed, huh?” he said with a laugh. “I must have imagined all that kissing and sweet-talking, then.”

“I know, it was such a chore,” you said in a pitying voice. You traced his features with a gentle touch, feeling the lines that life’s sorrows and joys had etched into his beloved face. “Poor Javier, having to kiss his wife to get her to wake up.”

You grinned as he pressed his mouth to yours again, proving that kissing you was not a chore to him in the least. He fumbled with the buttons on his plaid you were borrowing, just enough to let him kiss the top of your breasts.

“So, honey...” he said against your neck. “What’s the verdict on pre-dawn car sex?”

You laughed and felt his smile against your skin. “Wouldn’t that be a way to start off your work day?”

“A fun way,” he assured you. “A very nice way, considering all I’m doing for the good people of Colombia.”

You let him unbutton your shirt all the way down and weren’t really surprised when he didn’t take it off of you, preferring the way his big shirt hung loosely on your frame. You hadn’t bothered to wear a bra, mostly because you didn’t feel like putting one on, but he grinned like the Cheshire cat as if you’d planned it all along.

“You’re so beautiful,” he said, with all the sincerity in the world. 

He pressed kisses all over your chest, leaving light love marks on your breasts with a tender sort of possessiveness. He was a protective man, and the dangerous nature of life in Colombia had proved very hard for him to adjust to when it came to you. He made sure everyone who came into contact with you knew you were under his care, and anyone who hurt you would have him to answer to. Javier was the only thing that made you feel safe on nights when gunfire rang through the streets; you could have a whole army of bodyguards and defense details assigned to you, but the only thing that would ever make you feel truly safe was knowing Javi would move heaven and earth to protect you if need be.

He murmured to you in Spanish as he continued to kiss you, each world a lullaby you couldn’t translate but still understood. He helped you shimmy out of your shorts, not without a few soft laughs, and put his big hands on your hips as you started to slowly move against him.

“Wait, wait,” you said, a little breathless. He stilled and looked up at you, his expression a little dazed.

“What is it?” he asked.

You gestured to his clothes. “Your work clothes,” you said. “You can’t show up all... crumpled.”

He breathed a laugh. “No problem, honey,” he said, his hands resuming their wandering. “I brought a change of clothes, just in case.”

“Had it all planned out, hm?” you teased.

He hummed in agreement. “Just the part where I got to be with you, querida.”

He rubbed circles against your hips as you moved against him, kissing you deeply like he would never tire of it. You ran your hands over his shoulders before you had the presence of mind to tug open his nice starched button down, and you kissed every inch of his warm, tanned skin you could reach.

With the ease of having handled you well for years, his hand moved between you to rub your clit, the pressure making you draw in a sharp breath.

“Javi,” you breathed. You felt every ridge on the back of his hand as he pushed your panties aside to tease at your entrance; you rolled your hips against his knuckles, wanting him deeper.

He fingered you slowly, your breaths quickening together. He let you set the pace as you rode his fingers and crumpled the shoulders of his work shirt in your fists. His strong, calloused fingers and desperate, stolen kisses quickly brought you to the edge; he murmured words of praise as you breathed his name and gave a choked moan.

“Oh, Javi, ‘m gonna cum,” you whined.

“Go on, mi amor,” he said, his baritone warm with pleasure. “Cum on my fingers for me.”

His fingers curled inside you and drew something like a whimper from your throat, your orgasm crashing over you so strongly it almost surprised you. You rode out your orgasm on his fingers, digging your nails into his shoulders as he took great care to draw it out as long as possible.

“Good girl,” he praised, your breaths never quite leaving the space between you. “So good for me. Mi vida, mi corazón.”

Your hands moved down his torso until you were fumbling with his belt buckle, feeling how hard he was, wanting him to feel as good as you did. You tried your best to palm him - car sex had its drawbacks, and one of them was not being able to touch him a easily as you wanted to - but he seemed to like it just fine. He groaned and pulled your hips down closer, raising his own a little to meet you.

“Hold on, baby - ” He made short work of his belt and zipper, the desperate sound of them making you blush despite yourself as he pushed his jeans and boxers down. As hungry as he was, he settled you on his cock with a very tender, deliberate slowness; he gave you a second to adjust to him and both of you were still for a moment, breathless with the feeling of him filling you up.

“Javi,” you said softly. The windows were foggy as the rain continued to fall; his skin was lit in the gentle blue light of early morning, his curls mussed and his eyes meeting yours with a devotion and adoration that would never fail to take your breath away.

“Querida,” he said. “I love you.”

You didn’t know what to do with how much you loved him. You didn’t feel like you could ever truly express it; it was too much, too much a part of you. You gave him a stupid grin that he found more charming than anything else you could have done, and you felt him smile as you kissed him with patience and the surety of a woman who would spend the rest of her life loving him.

The cassette switched tracks to play your favorite song, the one Javi had playing the first time he told you he loved you. “Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong - so I’ll have to say I love you in a song.” Javi sang it to you all the time, and you felt it was only fitting that it was playing now as you started to move your hips against his.

Javi tried to go slow, drawing out his strokes as much as he could, but he’d been waiting patiently and you wanted to see the look on his face as you made him come undone. You angled your hips so his thrusts went deeper, carding your hands through his curls and tugging a little like you knew drove him crazy. He rocked his hips against yours and hit the spot that made you gasp and tighten around him; he groaned and pressed his face to your chest, his unsteady breaths warm on your skin.

“God, I love you,” he said in a tight voice, splaying his big hand over your back and keeping the other firmly on your hip. “Love you wearing my shirt. Love you riding me at five in the morning.” 

You couldn’t help a choked laugh as he reached between you to circle your clit in time with his thrusts, certain he’d meant to amuse you and pleasure you at the same time, which was one of his greatest talents. You felt another orgasm cresting like a wave between your hips as he continued his dedicated lovemaking.

“Javi, baby,” you almost pleaded. One hand tangled in his hair while the other held his shoulder in a bruising grip. “God, don’t stop. Oh, I’m almost - ”

“Me too,” he managed. He kissed your jaw as he gave a particularly skillful thrust that made you give a sinful moan.

“Cum with me,” he said against your mouth. He gave you a deep, breath-stealing kiss. “Please, baby.”

You couldn’t have argued with him if you wanted to, and you leaned your head back and moaned in pleasure as he drew you over the edge, tightening around him as waves of your orgasm rolled over you. A string of curses tumbled from his mouth as he came deep inside you, giving you a final few thrusts that made you gasp with the delicious sting of almost too much pleasure.

He mumbled something in Spanish as he rested his head against your chest, pulling you as close to him as you could get. You gave a soft laugh and brushed your fingers through his hair.

“English, please,” you teased gently.

He chuckled and gave your chest a few trailing kisses before he looked up at you.

“Me has robado el corazón, mi amor,” he said. He tucked your hair behind your ear. “You have stolen my heart.”

You leaned your head against his and felt happier and more at peace than you had in a long time. 

“I love you, Javi,” you said. You pulled back just enough to see his face. “What’s that thing you always say to me? The orange thing?”

He laughed then, sweet and genuine.

“Eres mi media naranja,” he said. “You’re the other half of my orange. My soulmate.”

You smiled. “Yeah, that’s the one. Eres mi media naranja, Javi.”

He gave you a kiss the way you best loved them, chaste and sweet and tender.

“And you’re mine, querida.”

i’m not tagging anybody from my forever list, because i don’t know if y’all signed up for me falling head over heels for pedro pascal ;) let me know if you want to be added to my taglist for him!

(actually, that’s a lie. i’m tagging @tv-saved-the-teenage-girl​ and @punkgeekchic​ because they’re legally obligated to know about every fic i write, and besides, they might like it ♡)

[simplyclary]

Ewan McGregor: My Serotonin Booster

[P.S: Upon the time of writing, I have yet to watch most of his films including The Island, Beginners, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Trainspotting along with some of his series/documentaries including Fargo, Long Way Round and Long Way Up]

I have known many celebrities who has given me happiness these past few years, but it was during quarantine when I needed someone the most. Don’t get me wrong though, many of the people whom I discovered during the start of quarantine still provides me happiness until now, the only difference being that there is a specific someone who really provides me the dose of serotonin that I really hunt and yearn for, that specific someone being Scottish actor Ewan McGregor.

Before I get to the cheesy part (I guess), let me narrate the timeline on how I found my happiness in him.

I first saw him as the debonair bronze candelabra Lumiere who sang the iconic song “Be Our Guest” in 2017’s live-action Beauty and the Beast. I instantly found Lumiere charming and cute in that film and him being head over heels in love for Plumette (played by the gorgeous Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is so cute and adorable, not gonna lie. Also, a moving candelabra singing and dancing in the middle of your dinner table is such a cute visualization, don’t you think?

A year later, Ewan then brought me back to childhood nostalgia through the lens of Christopher Robin, where he played the titular character. Seeing that film for the first time and watching him interact with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and the other characters in the Hundred-Acre Wood has awakened the child in me. I honestly melt everytime I hear Pooh’s voice (voiced by Jim Cummings) since that voice was what made Pooh one of the cutest bears in the world of cartoons. Also if you observe in the film, there was a scene where he (Christopher) twirled his umbrella like a lightsaber when trying to "kill" a “Heffalump”. That scene kinda made me giggle and also made me think if it was just Ewan’s muscle memory or not.

Fast forward 3 years later to the current year of 2021, I have made a galactic discovery through Star Wars (yes, I know, I’m so late to the rave but hey, better late than never, right?) and through this galactic discovery, I met the sassiest, kindest, strongest and iconic Jedi warrior Obi-Wan Kenobi. I honestly applaud both Ewan and Sir Alec Guinness for their portrayals of the live-action versions of Obi-Wan as well as James Arnold Taylor and Stephen Stanton who voiced Obi-Wan in the animated series The Clone Wars and Rebels.

Now, believe me when I say that I fell in love with the animated Obi-Wan first because of The Clone Wars. Falling in love with the animated version then made me fall for the live-action version which Ewan portrayed flawlessly. It was really obvious in Ewan’s performance as Obi-Wan how much he paid homage to the Obi-Wan of Sir Alec Guinness and I really admired that. Plus, the iconic (and meme-worthy) lines are utterly unforgettable and it made me so happy to hear that he’s coming back as Obi-Wan in his own series on 2022. It was honestly through the character of Obi-Wan where I really started to love Ewan and because of this, I started to dig and binge some of his past and recent work.

Now armed with the yearning to look for and watch more of his movies, I scoured the internet and I found Birds of Prey among the list of his movies. First of all, I was utterly surprised when I found out he was involved in an all-female movie, but I was even more surprised when I found out that he was playing Roman Sionis, a.k.a Black Mask, who is the main villain in the movie. Truth be told, I have a history of loving villainous characters and he was no different. I honestly found him convincing as a villain, egotistical at best and was kind of saddened when he *spoiler alert* died at the end. I was hoping he would come back in a somewhat miraculous way, but I could accept if that’s how his story ends.

After watching Birds of Prey and witnessing him play a villain, I delved into the world of fashion design through the lens of Halston which is a Netflix series about Roy Halston, a famous fashion designer back in the 70s. Ewan played Halston flawlessly, and while some scenes made me cover my eyes because of explicit content, I still enjoyed the show overall not only because of Ewan but because I got to understand what Halston was really like behind the curtain, if you’d like.

Now, I am not the biggest horror movie fan but I faced my fear when I met Doctor Sleep himself, Danny Torrance. Considering that this is the sequel to “The Shining” which is deemed the scariest horror film ever made, I braced myself for it to be horrifying and I would be jumping out of my skin while watching it, and I did in several scenes. I applaud Ewan for playing the grown-up version of Danny and making me understand his story through this film.

After that horror experience, I decided to watch something that speaks to my heart and that is a movie with music, and Moulin Rouge was the perfect one. Now, this movie is highly recommended for every Ewan McGregor fan, because he showcases both his acting chops and his powerful vocals in this movie. I instantly fell in love with the penniless writer Christian, his sweet smile, kind spirit and utter obsession with the idea of love. Also, those songs he sang with Satine (played by the angelic soul that is Nicole Kidman) are automatic auditions to my playlist. Also, that drama at the end when Satine died and Christian was grieving, it made me tear up indeed.

After drama comes more drama, I went into a real-life story and that is The Impossible where he played Henry who is the husband to Maria (played by Naomi Watts) and father to 3 kids, one of them being my favorite Spiderman Tom Holland. Believe me when I say that the movie pulled at my heartstrings, especially after the tsunami hit and the family got separated as well as the scene where Henry (Ewan) was at this one camp and he was speaking on the phone while crying. I really felt the “dad” emotions there, knowing that he is a dad in real-life. This movie, even though you are a fan of Ewan and Tom, is not for the faint of heart.

The latest addition to my list is the knight-in-shining armor that is Elmont from Jack the Giant Slayer. He is a feisty one, let me tell you that. He does not give up easily and boy, does he look hot with that crossbow. Anyways, him as Elmont was a fantastic casting, showcasing the selfless persona of a knight who was willing to protect his kingdom above all else. The mini swordfights in between serve as bonuses.

Please do know that I will be watching more of his work as the days progress, but while writing this, this is all that I have seen.

Finally, I’m done with that lengthy timeline narration and now, onto the chessy-ish part, because it depends on perception if you are willing to think of my love for him as obsession or just dedication.

For the most part, I can’t really describe how happy he makes me. It’s as simple as me hearing him talk in interviews with that lovely Scottish accent of his, hearing him sing covers of songs and seeing his pictures on Pinterest (I have about a hundred of him on a board on the app, along with a few Star Wars characters) and the internet in general or it’s as bizarre as me smiling when I see a photo of him with a silver hoop piercing on his left ear or as scenic (I don’t even know if that’s the right word) as when I see a clip/GIF of him running his hand through his hair. I don’t really know and therefore can’t describe what is this feeling I feel when I see him.

Recently, I’ve been binge-watching his interviews on Graham Norton, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and other outlets and I can’t help but smile amidst him repeating stories and saying the same spiels and all, there’s just something about his presence that makes me feel happy. I’ve also been listening to his covers of songs and him playing the guitar and I melt. I mean, even with his mundane fashion sense, his charisma just stands out for me. Also, his point of views on career and why he chooses the projects that he does is inspirational. I just love, adore and admire him, amidst all the controversy (which I’m not gonna go deep into because that’s all in the past) that happened.

At the end of the day, all I can takeaway from all of these, is that Ewan really makes me happy. With his expressive blue eyes, charming smile, melodic voice, and sweet personality, he can easily lift up my spirits as high as the galaxies can reach. If only I could tell him all of these, but I would just faint and stutter if I were to see him face-to-face. But seriously, given the chance to speak with him, I would tell him how much he means to me and how much brighter the world is because of him.

I’ll just end this lengthy narration with a line from “Your Song”, which is originally sang by Elton John and Ewan sang it beautifully in Moulin Rouge and is now one of my favorite songs.

“How wonderful life is, now you’re in the world”

[queenevac]

Tagged by @tootalltech

Who are my top 5 comfort characters?

Personally I don’t have a top, like for me they’re all in the same space so I’ll list 5 of them

1: The Bad Batch Tech: Tech is exactly like me. He’s a nerd, he info dumps, occasionally misses social cues and constantly has a holopad in his hand. And he has a love or learning. Love it. Love seeing neurodivergency

2: Hondo Ohnaka (Star Wars): FAVORITE BASTARD I LOVE HIM. Hondo brought me to Star Wars and keep me there. Jim Cummings really brought this Weequay to life and I just. Can’t ever get enough of him. I want more content with him

3: Evac (Transformers the Ride): What can I say? He’s my namesake. Love him so much I decided to use his name as my name sake. I miss Rping as him yeah. But he’s always got a special place in my heart.

4: Figment (Disney, Epcot): ONE LITTLE SPARK of Inspiration! I’ll never forget my child hood riding the original version of Journey Into Imagination. Figment and Dreamfinder were the ones who made me really want to be an artist and be creative. The love of creation.

5: Hotshot (Transformers Armada): THE ORIGINAL the One Who set me to loving Transformers in the first place. My trash son. Unicron Trilogy is always going to be special to me as much as Bayverse is. Don’t even care how much people hate them lol! Die mad about it I guess.

Tagging: @lucky-lacmac @captain-cardinal @sithwitch-crosshairs-toothpick @shanjedi @kybacrystal

[raeloganthesonic06fangirl]

Headcanons for the guy that plays Quackerjack in Jim Starling's show? What would you like to see done with him in a potential DWD reboot, and with the actual Quackerjack character? I think we both agree Quackerjack is better off without excessive Joker characteristics!

Okay, so I've kinda kept this one to myself because I did want to get my hopes up or be disappointed when a preconceived notion gets dashed, but here's what I thought of about as far back as when they established that DWD was a show-within-a-show in DT17:

So, like, going with the naming convection that was established with "Jim Starling" adapted from "Jim Cummings", I thought "Mike Bill" would be a good approximation for the name of the in-universe actor who "plays" QuackerJack in the DT17 DWD show. Kind of a joke within a joke that way, on account of QuackerJack being known for his rather unique beak/bill, and since the VA for QuackerJack is named "Michael Bell", sooooo it just makes sense to me in that aspect.

So anyway, considering that it's implied that the last episodes of DT17 DWD had a dwindling budget and Jim had to really take on extra roles, so my assumption is that the prior "actors" left the show for one reason or another, and there's a line from Jim in "The Duck Knight Returns" that really stuck with me:

"One little boo-boo, and they fall apart."

So, what if, what if one if his co-stars got injured on set during a stunt since Jim insisted on having the stunts done himself, regardless of how dangerous they are.

What if

What if this was an incident where one of the "actors" was injured (remember, QuackerJack doesn't get up after this bit happens, and the scene continues on with him still flat on the ground), and it was because Jim insisted on doing the stunt himself instead of having a trained stunt man?

What if QuackerJack's "actor" was injured by this? Perhaps either a broken femur or damage to the back that resulted in him being unable to continue doing the types of actions QuackerJack as a character needs to be able to do, such as cartwheels and backflips?

So then I came up with the idea that he would have had to retire from acting, and then I thought maybe he ends up as a pediatric dentist, because it's still a job with making kids smile and probably can give out little chatter teeth toys out of the prize buckets for the kids having a good session. He'd also be making good money to pay for the physical therapy he'd need for the injury, and have a job where he wouldn't have to be moving around extensively, probably be allowed to scoot around on a swivel-stool, and still keep the energetic personality, but adapted into this type of scenario. A pediatric dentist would be more amusing than a normal one anyway, because the offices tend to have a more whimsical flair and it's practically expected to be eccentric for the sake of making the environment more inviting for someone who would find doctor settings unnerving.

Something that makes sense visually, while putting a twist on the character in a way that makes sense when you tilt your head a bit.

Because I just don't want him being a bitter miser who hid away for decades, stewing over how much he hates Jim/Negaduck for ruining his life. We're not doing that again, I'm tired of that angle. 👀

Also, Joker himself as a whole isn't really too bad of a character to take inspiration from, but I really wish people were more interested in the 1960s Joker from the Adam West Batman continuity

Like, this would be great to work off of

... Wishful thinking, I guess. 😅

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

September 19th: Favourite scene of  your favourite character.

for anyone who cares here is the master post

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oh my, where oh where to take this?

every character in this show is so good so this is just hard man....

but I will go with “The Duck Knight returns” one of my favs, and honesty i could talk about this episode all on its own (and I just might after “Lets Get Dangerous” airs)  but for me one of the scenes that really stuck out to me (that others have not really touched on) Is when they have the “meeting” with Alister, Jim, Scrooge and Dewey and then Drake comes in (and then immediately gets his shit wrecked by Jim).

As a film student, I feel this scene on a personal level. 

the old(er) man who knows nothing but wants to take control. 

the Pretentious “artist” that thinks “making it dark” makes it meaningful.

the person who pretends they know what there talking about but is to stuck in their ways to really change their mind.

and a child or child like understanding (its more common then you think) 

(tho i would place LP in the audience position, which is the point of this scene) This scene hit me where I live, and is a really good commentary on Corporate meddling. As there are three ‘battles’ happening in this scene

1) Scrooge Vs Alistair 

this acts as a money vs art argument, that is seen all to often in movies and shows, as I can guess we can all name at least one movie or show that has the “the record studio is changing your sound its not authentic...” 

but Dt 2017 shows the other side to this and asks 

authentic to what? like its one things when its your own creation but what if its was someone else's (like a reboot)   

is it better to be authentic to what was before (the og material), or is it best to take a new direction because its more ‘comfortable’ for you to do (fits your style / sensibility's) 

thus leading to

2) LP Vs Dewey  

or a young audience vs the older audience, now Dewey and LP don’t really clash in this ep per say but, they act as a more “aggressive” views on audience backlash now they are Not Malicious but they do act as conflicting presences. Dewey (understandably) doesn’t get why it has to be dark and gritty, or what was happening at all as Alistair is going for a high concept film, but guess what, kids aren’t always great at picking high concepts up (at least not right away) and they can be easily bored by it, if its not engaging in a way that can appeal to them.  

and LP as an older audience member does know what the show/ movie is “meant to be” so seeing these high concepts added in a way that is not in the sprit of og material can be unnerving. And high concepts can miss the point or main message/style of the og material to the point that unrecognisable (*cough*Live action, Titians *cough*). 

both of these points are legitimate concerns for audiences to have, as if something is so different its not unrecognisable then why not just make something original? and not draw a comparison.

and if your main audience is meant to be younger, they how are you going to engage them in way that matters to them or in a way they can understand (youth culture or ‘young truths’ i.e. things kids deal with/experience when growing up)          

speaking of which

3) Jim Vs Drake

this one is kind of the mix of the pervious two, or nostalgia vs update? (i can’t think of a better word),  

Jim is so determined to be in the spot light that he is willing to ‘throw away’ is morals (as seen at the end), his ‘artist integrity’ no longer matters as long as DW gets to come back, he just wants some sense of being back that it doesn’t actually matter how (*cough* Teen Titians Go*cough*), so he losses a big part of what made it DW to begin with and not because he don’t care about DW but because he places his value of it in one spot (himself as darkwing)  

as Drake on the other hand. understands that changes need to be made but he knows the movie is off base (he says so himself later), but he puts the value of DW in more then himself, as he has felt it be bigger then what was just on screen (Jim) and has carried that with him here. And since he is set up as an ‘enemy’ here (Jim jumps him) new is seen as an enemy as well, but he literal gets attached for just existing, so yeah not a great move by Jimbo there, and due to nostalgia (both in and out of the show due Jim starling/cummings) most may not of have pick up on it right away.

so yeah, this is an underrated scene and i wanted to talk about it a little as it sets up the rest of the episode.   

[dt-unpopular-opinions]

A lot of the things people are mad about are accusations from Jim’s ex-wife; accusations that even the police/cps aren’t investigating (at least that’s what a 2 second google search says). The biggest problem seems to be he’s a conservative because oh no a political view that literally does not affect his skills asa VA. Yeah the main problem is he’s a conservative. Kinda pathetic. Also I feel like if this was REALLY such an issue they either wouldn’t have hired Jim at all, or people would’ve kicked up a fuss the second they found this out/the second Jim was confirmed to be voicing Negaduck. I guess Riss and her crew were bored and needed another character to go after. They did it with Mark Beaks, they did it with Weblena (afte a whole bitchfest towards HDL/Webby shippers) and now they’re doing it to Negaduck.

I wish my life was so boring and pathetic I could sit around spewing bs with no actual proof just to get attention.

Also I clicked for this to be on anon so I’m hoping it went though on anon; if not please ignore, I’ve had trouble in this fandom before and just want to be left in my own corner because of it.

He was cleared on all parts with the divorce claims. 

https://insidethemagic.net/2019/05/jim-cummings-accused-of-rape/

This was last year in May, so I guess the pandemic gave this discourse a bit of a time delay. 

So they must be really really bored atm. 

but its just them being assholes about him being conservative politically. 

Honestly I dont care, he keeps it to his personal life for the most part, and doesn't bring it to the fancircles or cons. 

So why even bother picking this fight?

[twiststreet]

It’s Complicated (2009): I didn’t get to celebrate Nancy Meyers Week last week because I was too busy trying to get a videogame Keanu Reeves to tell me the Christ Story.  Thanks a lot, Poland!  But I’m done with that life now so I watched this one since it was free on Peacock (which I hadn’t downloaded before-- it’s a little too stuffy for me, a Tubi user)(you think you’re better than us Tubi users, Peacock?  you think you’re better than us?  You don’t know my life!).  

I hadn’t seen this one before. This one was about how old ladies still look hot naked, and their ex-husbands would definitely rather be fucking them than their second wives.  A lot of movies are wish fulfillment probably but you notice it more when it’s not your wishes, I guess.  There are Nancy Meyers movies I like more and ones I like less.  (The one I strongly don’t fucks with it is What Women Want-- that movie’s just creepy-- Mel Gibson just invading people’s minds-- no thanks, Nancy Meyers.  That was spooky even back when the worst that could happen was Mel Gibson would make you watch his shitty Three Stooges’ impressions-- he got considerably worse after that... or the Three Stooges were considerably more racist than I’d remembered, not sure). But it’s pretty likable about 3/4ths of the way in because everyone’s getting stoned and baking pastries and doing gags, and Alec Baldwin just constantly looks like he’s about to yell  “I’m getting to play a character who has sex with Meryl Streep in a movie” out loud (except in a really mean way at his daughter, Piggy Baldwin, but Alec’s got a weird energy that way).

But then at the end it kinda flops a little because Meryl Streep has to do like 3 speeches in a row where she has to sell that the movie had a point to make about divorce, and how divorce only makes older ladies stronger, like broccoli does for Popeye, or something-- but I imagine those speeches went over huge with the audience that saw this movie in theaters (you know, guys who play dungeons and dragons).  But besides that-- there’s some likable stuff in there.  Steve Martin and Meryl Streep make a croissant-- I liked that part.  Or usually I’d be like “oh man I don’t know about Jim from the Office” but the other people in the movie besides Meryl were Alec Baldwin and Zoe Kazan, and I don’t fucks with those people; Jim from the Office at least didn’t cry, for once-- I was okay with him in this.  

My favorite part was either when Alec Baldwin suggested that Meryl Streep had a huge 70′s bush, or when Meryl Streep tells a doctor that she wanted Alec Baldwin to cum greater quantities of semen.  (Those jokes were a little more R-rated than I expected, considering!).  

The weirdest thing in the movie (besides just imagining Nancy Meyer’s ex-husband watching this movie) was Steve Martin mentions he’s older than Meryl Streep and I had to pause and check, and that was true, he’s got like 4 years on her, even though he looks like he’s about 5-7 years younger to me, and he always 100% looks like he should be dating complicated girls in their mid-30′s who work at art galleries, no matter what movie he’s in.

When I go online, I constantly see ladies putting up screenshots of like, guys in their 20′s losing their shit over text messages, just acting psycho crazy killer when they’re texting girls they want to date.  It’s weird imagining those people getting old, like Nancy Meyers movie old, and becoming the people in this movie, doing romances to each other.  Like, is Cyberpunk 2077-era Nancy Meyers characters, are they going to be old dudes going “why aren’t you responding to my texts right away, you bitch, aarrrghh”, except they’re in their 50′s and 60′s??  What do Nancy Meyers look like to you in your head in the Cyberpunk future, if humanity survives the Earth being on fire but like, dudes continue to just fall apart???  I don’t know.  I don’t like to think about that... 

[popculturebuffet]

Darkwing Duck Reviews Halloween Special: Fungus Amongus and Ghoul of My Dream

Happy Halloween! Halloween Havoc races to the finish with another Darkwing Double Feature! Love is kinda crazy with a spooky girl like Morgana, and in this case “kinda crazy” means a board of ghouls stealing pizza, sentient mushrooms, grumpy spiders, student lone debt, and a gremlin who somehow sees himself as a valid romantic option. It’s a Darkwing Duck Halloween under the cut.+

We’ve made it! While I got less Halloween reviews done than I would’ve liked, I’m still happy with the ones done and there’s still two more to get in the pocket before the day’s up. So with Halloween today it seemed fitting to talk about the Justice Ducks resident sorcerer and Darkwing’s Girlfriend, Morgana Macawber. Morgana was the only one of the four to stick around as a recurring character out of the four Justice Ducks: Gizmoduck would show up once more after the four parter, and sadly Neptunia and Stegamutt just seemed to vanish but the crew clearly liked Morg a lot and her relationship with Darkwing, so she stuck around for the rest of the series, and is even the focus of the final episode “Malice’s Restaurant”, as well as a sizeable part of the comics. And it’s easy to see why as Kathie Sourcie had great chemistry with Jim Cummings and Morgana’s very presence, being a sorceress raised by the munsters and living in a creepy mansion, allowed for diffrent stories than what Darkwing usually dealt with. While magic didn’t feel like it contrasted with the world, as Darkwing’s world feels like your standard superhero fantasy kitchen sink where anything is possible, most of his foes were either super villains or the kinds of super spies you’d find in a comic book. So fighting ghoouls, goblins, and Satan himself, yes that’s an episode that actually happened, no it’s sadly not on Disney plus, and yes I will be covering it eventually, was a nice out of genre experience and a nice way to put our daring duck of mystery out of his element.

She brought something diffrent to the table, both forcing Darkwing to grapple with letting someone into his life, and with having something to focus on other than Gosalyn or crime. So I wanted to see how this plays out, so expect me to cover all her episodes and not just the Satan one or the Valentine’s Day one, though like my Tom Lucitor retrospective, expect this one to also take some time. So with that all set up, Halloween is the perfect time to begin our journey with her first two episodes.. and Morgana’s Villian Career. Yeah while she only had about 9 episodes to her name, 2 of them are as a Catwoman or Black Cat style antagonist, someone whose likeable and who are hero is attracted to, but is on the wrong side of the law.

She eventually came around, but it’s still an intresting way to start things and an intresting dilema for our hero I wish stuck around for just a smidge longer. These aren’t bad episodes with Ghoul of My Dreams being a pretty good one. If I had to guess though the reason the dynamic fizzled out.. is they simply didn’t have a lot of ideas of how to use her as a bad guy. Part of the reason i’m covering these two episodes together is that they follow basically the same plot beat, the only differences being Darkwing meets Morgana in the first one and they know each other in the second, and that the evil entity who ends up turning against her she works with is different for both. The third act is also entirely unique to each episode, so it feels less like them lazily repeating themselves on an episode and more like they genuinely realized they didn’t have a ton of ideas for Morgana as a villain and thus had her reform with the Justice Ducks two parter. And I can’t blame them: fan would get annoyed if basically every Morgana plot played out the same, and this way she could know Drake’s secret identity, and thus allow the stories to use Gosalyn, though I do wish she’d shown up in one of the villian ones just to see how that played out. But still her time as a Villian is there, and is even a plot point in the valentine’s episode, so let’s see how it played out and see what I think.

Fungus Amongus

The plot here is fairly simple: there’s been a rash of mysterious thefts in St. Canard, and Darkwing is stumped.. until Launchpad asks if they can go for pizza, because he’s hungry and Darkwing is the terrible kind of boss that doesn’t’t care about meal breaks. It makes our hungry hero realize that each of the thefts are connected to PIzza Toppings, and after thwarting the bats and spiders stealing some anchovies, figures there’s only two left: Green Peppers and Mushrooms, and so he decides it’s time to split up gang and while Launchpad guards the peppers, Darkwing goes to visit the head of the mushrom company, who naturally turns out to be Morgana. The two end up taken with one another, to the board’s annoyance as Darkwing is onto them and could stop their whole evil plan and they want to just murder his ass and be done with it. But Morgana proves seduction’s a bit more useful as she sweetalks our hero into leaving, and points out given he’s also a creature of the night in a sense, she plans to turn him.. or kill him if she has to. More on that in our next episode. The facade dosen’t last long as Darkwing goes to help launchpad at the pepper place, and ends up finding out oh no the hot lady he met five minutes ago is bad! While the board plans to feed Launchpad to mutant mushrooms, while Morgana seemingly turns Darkwing into her mindless slave.. but really just played the board and switched sides, not wanting to hurt the guy she just met because he’s cute, they defeat the mushrooms and the board who turn into mushrooms in the light because....

The day is saved though we do get the one standout bit of the episode. Darkwing despite his attraction to her, wants to turn her in, while Morgana simply teleports her house away. And thus the dance begins. As for the episode... as you can tell by how brief I was... for one i’m not doing my usual died in wool recapping for these two to get them out on time. And i’m also not because this one.. is pretty thin. The mutant mushroom and boards’d esigns are cool and Morgana is intresting.. but having seen Ghoul of my Dreams first.. it’s just not as fun, funny or good on the Morgana Darkwing dynamic. Morgana just decides because she wants to ride that dick she’ll be good for a moment, and throw away her hard worked scheme, and the board is turned into mushrooms because.. well see the lex luger pic above. It’s not a TERRIBLE episode, just not a terribly intresting one. It has good elements, but they just don’t come together well and the pizza scheme isn’t as funny as the episode thinks it is. I can kinda see why this one was buried deeper into the series and Ghoul of My Dreams is where they put focus. I just don’t have a lot to say about this one, it’s just bland and uninteresting. It’s kind of why I just sorta plopped it next to Ghoul, I needed to review it for completion’s sake, but lord if I can think of a lot to say about it that isn’t tied into the next one. So since I can’t...

Ghoul of my Dreams:

Now this is better. The basic plot is still simple but allows for a lot more intresting set pieces: It’s a slow night in St. Canard, to Darkwing’s natural annoyance, until a bunch of fire fighters start sleepwalking and throwing gold to some spiders and bats. Something is afoot and since the bats belong to Morgana, Darkwing goes to investigate her. Granted we just MET eek and squeak, but it’s easy enough to assume Morgana struck again off screen and some time has passed. And i’ts honestly what makes this episode more interesting: now it’s more of a cat and mouse game, with Morgana using their chemistry against him, but still being genuinely drawn to him and not wanting to hurt him. It’s better than “I met you five minutes ago might as well throw away my money for you”.  Instead Morg truly likes Drake, but wants to keep doing crimes to, in easily the best joke of the entire series “Finally pay off my student loans”.. which makes her already not really a bad guy. I may not haves em but I know people who do. Those loan people do not play around. It’s investing and Sourcie and Cumming’s chemstiry really makes it pop. Sourcie really is what makes the character, giving her energy, sedcutivness when called for and a really sympathetic quality that makes her face turn, sudden as it is, believable. It’s why I really like the character. And I get why some don’t: Her romance with darkwing is sudden,  her face turn is even more sudden, and she gets in the way of Drakepad shippers. The first two are valid criticisms, while the last one is understandable.. depending on motive. If your just bummed this relationship you don’t like is forced into the show and gets in the way of the one you actually enjoy.. trust me...

BEEN THERE. And far far worse.. I didn’t start up an entire retrospective on the guy who DIDN’T get the girl here for nothing. But if you say “oh well it’s homophobic or you hate gays” if you don’t ship drakepad, which I have actually heard for both this ship and delpad.. kindly go fuck yourself and stay away from my posts. It’s NOT homophobic to ship a character who is CANOCIALLY into women, with a woman. Launchpad had a girl of the week or two in ducktales, Drake’s attraction to morgana is canon and he also had some ship tease with Neptunia. They both like women.. but there’s nothing saying they DON’T like men, don’t want to date men, or aren’t attracted to them.

Been waiting to reference Schitt’s Creek at some point here now i’ve started watching it. It’s biphobic to say this sort of harmful shit, and it doesn’t’t help there are plenty of gay people who genuinely believe bi and pan aren’t sexualities and harm their own community by doing so. Saying this kind of shit just fuels their fire and bi people like me and pan people like my firend have a hard enough time with straight people being dicks about this. You should know and be better. Don’t bring that shit into this fandom. We’ve already ridden incest out on a rail we don’t need this. I already put up with enough bullshit being a loud house fan and having to deal with ACTUAL homophobic ships like Sam/Lincoln, aka setting up a character you don’t know to be anything but gay, versus her girlfriend whose canocially been shown to be bi if preferring women, whose the proment and well like love interest of a woman, and pair her with her younger brother to clearly troll people. Now that’s a homophobic ship and that you shoudl be angry about, not “oh no the person who likes women in canon.. LIKES A WOMAN IN FANON”. It’s part of what made shiping delpad hard at times because people got really dumb about it to the point someone drew some very horrible fanart just to clog up the tag. Knock. it off.

And if your curious for my actual thoughts on Drakepad: in the classic series.. i’m not a fan, but I get it, and I do think they could work... it’s just. that Drake treats Launchpad really bad, including throwing him out of the house for a year without telling him why over something that really wasn’t his fault, not feeding him, not treating him as an equal after a while. This would have to change for them to work but I could see it happening, as the comics and one of the peisodes make a point that Drake can be a pretty shitty partner to Morgana too.

And just to show i’m equal opprtunity, despite shipping Delpad in the past, i’ve moved on to Penpad and Drakepad , ironcially enough, i’m not as big a fan anymore. LIke the above, Della just dosen’t respect launchpad as a human being. She was willing to keep the Halloween thing up JUST to scare children, looks down on him, and whie is his friend, is not all that close. I could see them happening, and do still think it’d be cute, it’d just take a ton of work and there are better ships for both. And yes I do ship Drakepad in the reboot, but there the two aren’t employer and employee, but equals who genuinely love and respect one another, listen to one another, and value each other. In the Reboot they have genuine chemistry and I could see them together, while in the original Launchpad and Morgana both really deserve better.

Now that’s settled, we get a fun scene of the two primping for each other. then flirting a bit, though Morgana, in AWFUL looking black lipstick wins with the move above and has her spider web launchpad, who hates morgana.. which is one part common sense given how darkwing gets around her and one part ho yay. But yeah this is pretty much Launchpad for both these episodes.

And darkwing dick is calling the shots so fair enough. But Morgana is once again nto wokring alone and is working with a creepy, well designed gremlin, named Nodoff... eh i’ve heard worse, whose giving her sleeping dust to knock out her targets and hits on her constnatly. Naturally he plans to betray her as soon as he can, and is likely only tolerating her because he wants to hit that.  There dynamic boils down to this.

There’s also tons of fun dream sequences including one at the top with darkwing being confronted by his enitre Rogue’s gallery before seeing morgana, NOdoff using baseball on Morg’s next target and some great ones at the climax. It’s part of hwy I like this episode better: While someone using dreams for stuff has been done a lot, it’s given a creative spin here as instead of killing them, Morgana’s simply using them to steal. Good stuff.

Darkwing foils their first attempt, though gets blamed for it because St. Canard is about as grateful as New York when it comes to superheroes. Morgana knocks darkwing out with some dust via Eeka and Squeak and admits Nodoff is working for her, though fobids him to harm Darkwing. This.. dosen’t last and we get another great setpiece, of sarkwing on a high dive. Thankfully, Launchpad finds him, and they find Morgana, who gives off the student loans comment. But in the struggle to stop her, Darkwing accidently puts her and the city to sleep.. and Nodoff is now super powerful and imprisons morgana. Darkwing i s back at her house, wondering what to do, but the bats give him a clue.. by flying him thorugh the door to fight Nodoff. It goes about as well as you’d expect with him freeing Morgana.. then trying to murder them both. Darkwing however pulls an Elm Streett 3 and says to think happy thoughts and take control of the dream.. which ends up at Darkwing’s Wedding to Morgana to his horror..... remind me whose the hero again. The woman who, while doing crimes is trying to pay off unfair debts, or the guy who finds the idea of commitment horrifying.  

Anyways we get some more great bits, I brush over them so I don’t ahve to talk about them conantly, including darkwing getting a cake on him, before Darkwing turns the tables by finding the hourglass full of the dust.. and in a clever finale, loading it into his gun and firing it on nodoff. This puts him to sleep.. which puts him in the real world, while Launchpad uses a giant alarm clock to wake everyone. They throw NOdoff back into the dream world.. for some reason.. and the episode ends iwth morgana kissing darkwing and the episode possibly having been all a dream.

This one, while I was again breif, is a classic, with a much more interesting dynamic. Instead of a morgana who goes from willing to kill we get one whose conflicted over things, who clearly wants to be a crook but may like darkwing more than that, as evidenced when he talks her out of taking Nodoff’s offer of riches. It’s good stuff and the gags are back to the show’s usual top notch level. It’s a creative, fun episode that really helps Morgana come into her own and I look forward to more of her. Overall i’d recommend skipping fungus amongus, but DEFINTELY check out ghoul of my dreams, as it’s throughly fantastic. I’ll be back in a bit for one last Halloween review and as always you can find my backlog on my blog. i recently covered Tiff of the Titans and there’s regular ducktales coverage every monday. Until then make sure to vote, wear a mask and check your house for gary busey till we meet again! Play us out Gerard Way!