#adam x casper

[sunsproutgarden]

adam's internal self-loathing moments !!

[goatcheesecak3]

Halloween headcanons 🎃🦇🕸🕷

Going thru a few of devon's characters and guessing what they'd be getting up to on Halloween

#1 Adam

He's most likely taking you to some frat party, nothing too special, but he does dress up - well kinda. He puts a little fake blood around his mouth, says he's a vampire and calls it a day. Halloween is more about the parties than the spooks for him.

#2 Freddy Klein

Halloween is a business opportunity for him, knowing that parents are gonna be taking their kids trick or treating, he organises a few spooky games and refreshment to try and get their attention to the dealership. You help the kids play games like bobbing for apples, while Freddy tries to sell cars to their parents. Once the night is over, the two of you celebrate some successful sales wrapped up on the sofa with a couple of beers.

#3 Casper Galloway

Casper HATES Halloween, he's a big scaredy cat. Even the doorbell ringing from trick or treaters makes him jump out of his skin. He's still pretty freaked out from the whole zemon thing, so you go out of your way to distract him on Halloween. You order a pizza and snuggle up in bed to watch anything other than a horror film - he usually picks a rom com because let's face it, this man is a huuuuge softie.

#4 Mike (rip picture quality)

You and Mike go to great lengths to make Halloween fun for Angel. You carve pumpkins together, make her a little boo basket and take her trick or treating. You let her stay up an hour past her bed time on Halloween, so she can watch a spooky film for kids, like monster House. Once she's been put to bed, you and Mike split a bottle of wine while watching a classic horror film and fall asleep on the sofa together.

#5 Dean Taylor

According to Dean, Halloween is just an excuse to go out and raise hell without getting in trouble. He's been known to graffiti people's houses, set people's bins on fire and even mug drunk party goers. He's kinda an ass.

Where are you while all this is going on? You're at home none the wiser, waiting for him to get back so you can watch a movie together. You're under the impression that he's just out getting some snacks.. but now he's been gone an hour and you're pretty sure the store is closed by now.. oh, never mind, he just got back. He always seems to show up juuuust when you start to worry.

#Rodrick Heffley (yeah i made you wait until the very end, I know that's who you came here for)

He's throwing a rager, and you better believe he's gone all out with his costume. He's painted his face to look like a skeleton and ordered a cheap robe off amazon so he can go as the grim reaper. He usually gets pretty drunk at parties, but on Halloween, every time without a doubt, he gets absolutely wasted. It ends up being your job to carry him up to bed and try to wipe his face paint off him so he doesn't ruin his bedsheets. He ends up getting very clingy and insists that you stay and cuddle with him instead of going back to the party - which you have no problem with at all.

A/n happy Halloween everyone! Hope you enjoyed these hcs, and let me know if you think I should do more "How different characters would act in a scenario" type headcanons- because this was a lot of fun to write!

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[charlietheepicwriter7]

Always a man, a city, and a lighthouse...

"Robin, Red Robin, stay back for a minute," Batman said as he dismissed everyone for patrol. "I have a new mission for you. Dozens of civilians have gone missing around the decommissioned Gotham City Lighthouse." A few clicks and the Batcomputer displayed a map of the Upper West Side, a highlight on the lighthouse. "I want you both to investigate the building. Everyone who's gone missing entered the lighthouse, but nothing has been found by the police. I suspect that the lighthouse is being used for gun smuggling, but we need more information.

"That's where you two come in."

Or, I've been reading too much of @virgamsysxvolumes 's Lucky Rush AU, and wanted a true Bioshock AU for dc x dp.

Underneath the city, in the vast and endless caverns beneith Gotham, lies the subterranean city of Amity. Amity was the pet project of the mad scientist couple, the Drs. Fenton, to investigate the effects of ectoplasm on humans, but with the help of their best friend, Vlad Masters, they transformed Amity into a Technocracy City filled with scientists, and completely lacking in morals.

Or at least, that's how it was ten years ago, before the creation of Plasm (the Adam replacement), a neon green goo that's basically meth that gives you superpowers. Everyone from the top scientists to the lower working class starting doping on Plasm, which gave people the ability to control fire, create hallucinogenic spores, summon bats, etc. Vlad, the mayor, was deposed in a cue let by the Fentons and the city descended into anarchy, with people from the surface getting lured down from the lighthouse so they can continue their experiments.

The Fentons are 100% not good people in this. Jack is in charge of all the technological advances in Amity, while Maddie has created human/ghost hybrids--the Little Sisters of the story--that can naturally harvest ectoplasm from dead bodies to use for experiments. Once everyone's hooked on Plasm, the Little Sisters are in danger from acting Splicers, so she creates Big Daddies to protect them.

Danny is the only Little Brother, and Jazz is the only Big Sister. Vlad turned them both into monsters as revenge against the Fentons for the cue, but the couple didn't really care, with Jack barely acknowledging he has children, and Maddie acting like they were never turned into monsters to begin with. Not sure about ages... Jazz is probably the same as her canon age, but if Danny is still 14, he looks 10, tiny and malnourished and pale.

Tim and Damian are trapped in Amity after an automatic system determines them as good test subjects. The AI filters out any cops, so that's why the police never found anything. The elavator brings them down into the city, showing a sweeping shot of neon in the darkness of the caves, and the boys figure out pretty quickly something is blocking their calls.

Tim gets super injured early on. I think, a Jack Fenton booby trap (that exclaims that it's a Jack Fenton Booby Trap moments before activating, which should be funny, but isn't when death lasers are being launched at him.). Damian gets captured, and that's when Tim is contacted by Vlad, who is our Atlas stand in for the game, only Tim immediately realizes that this man is sketchy af.

But unfortunately, in order to rescue Damian, Tim has to splice himself with Plasm. Maybe its for fire-wielding, or telekinesis but Tim can't get to wherever Damian is being held and, while torn, splices himself to save Damian.

Damian was kidnapped because his exposure to Lazirus Waters made a Big Daddy think he was a Little Sister, so it brought him back to the Casper Academy, which is where Little Sisters drop their harvests off in the care of William Lancer. Lancer looks after the girls because Maddie Fenton is too busy, but it's against his will despite him caring for them all. He's trapped in the building, can't leave or he dies. He's actually relieved to know that Vlad is still alive and trusts him, because to Lancer he was just a good mayor who was overthrown and the Fentons are the real bad guys, just look what they did to their kids!

This is where the batkids first learn about Danny and Jazz, although they don't meet them until a while after this. Danny actually ends up being the one leaving Plasm out for Tim every time he rescues a Little Sister. (Sidenote, they end up killing people while in Amity. While both do have death counts, the problem with Amity is that they have to use stronger and stronger levels of force to get people to go down, leading them to escalating and killing quite a few).

Lancer points them to communications to get their comms working again, and that area is run by Damon Grey.

At some point after comms are back on, the two learn that Red Hood actually came in after them after hours of no communication and has been captured by Maddie Fenton, who intends to turn him into a Big Daddy.

In late story, it's revealed that Jack Fenton was murdered before the cue even happened, and that the Jack Fenton they'd been communicating with the entire time was an AI assistant created by living Jack to keep his work going. The cue was actually retaliation from Maddie and the Jack AI for murdering Jack.

The story would eventually end with Tim, Damian, and Jason freeing all the Little Sisters along with Danny and Jazz.

[asmrrpaddict]

Favorite characters from favorite VAs

Some will have more than others if I can’t decide or they have a larger catalog of characters. Sorry if I spell names wrong. This actually turned out much longer than I expected, but have you seen my name? I like a lot of them! And this barely scratches the surface of my subscription list. Nothing is in any order.

Nomad Tales and Audio:

Caleb, Deacon, Conner, Caltraxus, & the unnamed Werewolf from the Werewolf x Werewolf series

Redacted Audio:

Sam, David, Caelum, Gavin, & Vincent

Joseph Holloway:

Ivan, Grom, MJ Jarrod Tillus, Casper aka The Inquisitor

Good Boy Audio:

Hades, Yargwyn, Devlin, Kalimos, & Hipswitch (Ok, so I know Devlin and Hipswitch are voiced by Zsaku and Yuurivoice, but they are still GBA characters.)

Reverie Audio:

Law, Desmond, Neo, & Cyril

MasterMissy:

Ethan, Darrin, Jedidiah, Sammy, & Magnus

Escaped Audio:

Jean, Crow, Ivan, & Fletcher

Yuurivoice:

Seth, Alphonse, Charlie, & Aizawa.

Jouska: sadly a lot of his don’t have names, but I’ll come up with something Vampire (Vampire/Cupcake), Morph(eus), & Bounty Hunter or Cosmic??? from (Stardust and Cosmic)

Siren’s Son:

Thresh, Bek, Bren, Abul, Duke, & Faceless

Icey ASMR:

Damon, Nico, & Tatshiro

Scythe Audio:

Hunter, Dark, Kreed, Marcus, L, V, & Jay Jay (Again, L isn’t voiced by Scythe, but she is one of his characters.)

Shining Armor: Robert, Ellion, & Officer Ellis Knight

Nyxmoon Reads: Adam, Henry, & Aiden

Ycey Narrates:

Zach, Oliver, Edlin, & Morgan

AJ Audio

Alistair, Prince Yvan, King Atticus, & the dragon shifter from Eternally Madly Yours

(Yvan is voiced by Siren’s Son, but on AJ’s audio.)

Zsaku:

Xanthus, Zaros, & Ellis

[waklman]

The Showoff

summary: jake likes to show you off or you learn why jake keeps protein bars he’s allergic to in his bag.

pairing: jake seresin x female reader

warnings: no use of y/n. fluff, allergic reaction, mentions of dying, jake being a little mean for a second. 18+ blog in general.

word count: 1k

olympic swimmer au

the halfway mark masterlist

Jake Seresin had virtually every reason to be a show off.

The moment his muscled body hit the water, he was truly unmatched—a force to be reckoned with—a smug face you wouldn’t want to see stretching in the lane beside you. If his name merely floated into the ears of elite coaches, the rival teams they managed were in for it on training days. But no matter how many grueling drills their swimmers were pushed to do, they could never truly emerge as a threat to the United States team.

So, the heavily decorated athlete never faltered, not when he knew his country dominated every arena they strode into. 

However, Jake did falter when he was too busy boasting, that he didn't think to check the peanut butter protein bar that his giggly girlfriend was happily feeding him. There weren’t many things that could render the Olympiad breathless, though, you wearing his gold medals did, that was a given. But, peanuts—his worst food allergy to date, that was also a given.

Before Jake could tell you how his coach had no critique for his freestyle stroke, the walls of his throat started to close in on him—leaving him quite literally breathless.

To his disbelief, you were so distraught that you had to stab your boyfriend with an EpiPen, that your mind simply erased the memory of you coming to his rescue.

Even when he spent half an hour swiping away the fattest tears he’s ever seen off your cheeks, you were still adamant that you most definitely killed him. That he refused to move onto the afterlife because he wanted to look after you. 

“Giggles, you need to calm down. I’m not dead,” he firmly assures you, for what feels like, the hundredth time this afternoon. 

If Jake had to sit on the edge of the pool any longer, legs submerged into the water, his toes might as well shrivel off, separate from his feet, and find its final resting place on the pool floor.

Straddled on his lap sits his teary-eyed girlfriend, tracing a trembling finger over the Olympic rings tattooed under his left pec. “What if…you’re just a ghost right now,” you hiccup, eyes still trained on the red ink you’re drawing over. 

“If I was a ghost I’d be haunting Bradshaw right about now,” he confirms bluntly, eyes running over your stuffy nose and puffy eyes. It looks like you’re the one that just had an allergic reaction. 

You sniff, feeling a bit lightheaded when you lift your chin to look at him. 

“But…Casper the ghost—”

“Alright, that’s enough. I ain’t getting myself compared to that pale freak,” he cuts you off, pulling his arena jacket back up your droopy shoulders. Splashed across the back of the official team jacket is Jake Seresin written in white blocky letters, contrasting against the navy blue of his flag colors.

A weary sigh leaves his lips when the reprimand only makes you weakly fall forward, stuffing your face into the crook of his neck. Then, another flow of tears slip out of your eyes, wetting his shoulder. 

It should’ve been obvious to him that you were sensitive enough to start crying again. Jake should’ve known that—should’ve watched his tone with you. But he didn’t. And for that, he feels like a complete asshole.

Carefully, he wraps an arm around you, bicep flexing to ensure that you won’t fall backwards into the pool. Jake is acutely aware that you can’t swim—or float on your own, so he scoots away from the water, petting the back of your head to signal the sudden movement. 

“It wasn’t your fault, Gigs,” he finally whispers, staring ahead at the floating ropes, separating the swim lanes. Months ago, Jake had been hanging onto one of them, playfully arguing with Bradshaw during practice when he spotted you for the first time, sitting in the stands with the coach’s daughter, peanut butter protein bar held up to your smiley mouth. 

“Yes it was. It's all my fault. I packed your lunch today,” you’re quick to blame yourself, mumbling guiltily against his tan skin.

“Actually,” he lets out a soft breath of amusement, coaxing you off him. With his hands moving to cradle your head, Jake intently cools your hot cheeks with his thumbs. Somehow, they're still cold from the frigid waters soaking his legs. 

“I might have snuck those into my bag when you were busy adding Taylor Swift to my playlist,” he confesses, pulling your face closer in to kiss away a tear that formed in the corner of your eye. 

Not quite sure if you heard those words right, you keep still as he leans back and cocks his head at you, waiting for a reaction to load in.

Once it all hits you, you slap your own hands on his cheeks, holding his head between your smaller palms. Now the both of you are grabbing onto eachother's heads. “Why on earth would you do that!” 

There’s not one plausible reason for him to purposefully toss that in with his ham and cheese sandwich. Did he not like what you made for him today? Was that it? Or did it just slip his mind that peanut dust could take him out faster than a bullet can?

“You’re—you’re allergic to peanuts! And you hate the chalky taste of protein bars!” You exhaustedly remind him, more confused than ever. 

There’s a crooked, and somewhat bashful smile on his face when you widen your eyes at him. Sheer horror is written across your features, leaving you oblivious to the gradual heat that colors his cheeks. 

“Okay, but. Don’t you like them? I wasn’t gonna let my girl starve while I ate like a king,” he gives you a offhanded shrug, as if he wasn’t practically contaminating his own food by squeezing the protein bar next to it. 

It’s silent for a few seconds while you two stare at each other—until your face suddenly scrunches up, bottom lip starting to wobble, and tears beginning to drip onto his thigh.

You can't help but to cry at the small gesture. Because Jake knows how much you love snacking on something he was deathly allergic to. Because Jake loves you enough to remember that. Because Jake doesn't care if it could hospitalize him if he kissed you while you ate it.

“No, no—hey quit crying,” he laughs, chest warming when you weep tears of happiness this time. 

The athlete barely flinches when a confused Bradley and Bob walk through the locker room doors, clearly confused by the sight of their teammate chuckling as his girlfriend sobs in his lap, blubbering about peanuts.

All because, Jake Seresin likes to show off his pretty girlfriend—pathetically drowning in her own tears or not. When he goes to kiss the tears away again, Jake thinks that he has virtually every reason to be a show off.

note: okay i love them so much, i've been wanting a grumpy jake x sunshine reader on my blog for awhile so here they are!! thank you for reading and as always reblogs are greatly appreciated.

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[hotvinimon]

The Gala

Yandere gym bro x reader

Plot : Going to Gala with Casper

Author’s note : The images are not mine. I don not support this kind of behaviour and highly condemn these activities. This kind of behaviour is not tolerated in actual life. Reader is portrayed as pick me girl who is asking for it.

Warnings : MDNI. The images are not mine. Credits to the owner

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After the sleepover incident, Casper could do everything but focus. His mind was clouded by one person only.

His Beloved

And he would do everything to make you stay closer to him. And this is how he found himself at your door once again on a fateful evening.

“Caz~ I told you, I don’t do good in public. I feel nervous and all…”

“You don’t have to do anything, just stay by my side and look pretty. Pretty Please~ “

“But-”

“It’s alright if don’t want to help me, I just thought I could trust you. All my friends would be there with their significant other. They would just mock me for being a sore loser. I didn’t knew-”

“Alright alright, I’ll join come as your date. Don’t be a baby now”

Casper was invited to a Sports Gala, and he couldn’t lose the opportunity to let the world know about his darling baby.

“But Caz, I don’t have a dress” you whined. “ Well, seems like we need an outfit for you and me. To the store, we go “ Casper shrugs.

At the store

“Caz, how about this one ??” you showed him a cute pink dress with frills and ribbons. “This is cute-” “No no no, look at that one.”

you pointed towards a red dress with a heart cut out in the center.

“Easy there, sweetie. How about you try them out and we decide, which one ?? hmm ??” Casper calmed your chaotic ass and handed you one dress at a time.

You took your time and came out with the red dress that hugged you at the right places, sitting just below your ass, showcasing your beautiful set of collarbones just for Casper to mark and adorned with sparkling red sequins. The heart-shaped cut-out at the center framed by pearly whites adds a touch of unexpected romance, capturing Casper’s imagination.

“Enjoying the view young master ?” you said with mimicking Casper’s voice, earning nothing but a wide-eyed, flustered Casper, whose cheeks were matching your dress.

“I really do.” he breathed. You chuckled on his reaction.

“So this one ?? I never knew I would choose something so quick” you said while admiring your gorgeous look.

“Lets get this packed, and choose something for me.” Casper suggested, still looking at the heart.

After a lot of discussion and banter, you and Casper finally found a nice Tuxedo and shirt for Casper. he was really adamant about matching his shirt with your dress, which didn’t seem a good idea and hence he settled with matching his tie with your dress.

“Could you please, pack the stuff for me and my girlfriend together ??” Casper asks the cashier discreetly, but you heard that anyways.

My girlfriend

He likes the sound of that.

After exiting the store, you decide to confront Casper about his conversation.

“Caz, I’m not your girlfriend yet. why did you say that to him ?? “you whisper yelled.

“Ohh… It’s actually couple discount.” Casper shrugs.

“Really?? I never knew that was a thing.”

At Gala, Casper kept his arms on you all night, whether on your waist, shoulder or on the plush of your hip, telling everyone who you belonged to. You met his friends and their significant others as well. Due to your closeness and clothing, everyone was talking about you, a perfect couple.

Casper was really proud for making his sole mission successful. He couldn’t wait to execute the next step. That is,

to propose you to be his girlfriend.

After the event, he corners you in the parking lot and lets out his feelings~

“Y/n, I… I- Know, you know- umm… maybe…” ughh, he had never been so nervous in his whole life. The 2 page smooth speech that he crammed the whole week was somehow deleted from his brain and stored in recycle bin

“You get what I’m saying ?? Like- Like- you know… maybe… umm… you… maybe… one day…” He was wrecked.

“Hey hey hey… Caz, easy there sweetie. Maybe take a breather or two.” you suggested.

How the heck you could look so concerned and cute at the same time. And how easily the nickname fell from your lips, doing nothing but making Casper’s gut summersaults and stuff.

“I don’t know. I-I just. FVCK” Casper pulled you close and captured your lips.

Before you could make out what is happening, he retrieved.

“I’m so sorry-I… I … jus-”

He was cut off when you pulled him by his tie and kissed him back.

You were his from the start, weren't you.

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[sunnysoulzz]

Masterlist!

My MasterList doesn’t always work I’ve learnt, so fuck, I’ve had to remake it, if it doesn’t work please let me know

Aot

Levi headcanons

Camboy Levi

one bed trope with Armin

Gamer reader x subby Armin

Professor Armin

Eren titan form

Bertholdt

Hange

Annie/Yelena (separate)

Walking in on you changing

Idol reader

Haikyuu

SFW Kenma

Tsukishima

Camboy Oikawa

Tendou

Fnaf sb

Glam Freddy/Glam Chica/Roxanne (separate) + others headcanons

Virgin Sundrop

Montgomery gator part 1, and part 2

Misfits

Swaggersouls thigh riding

Fitz cuddle turned smut

Harry Potter

Newt scamander sex pollen

Spiderverse

Miguel unfinished

Doawk (rodrick)

Perv Rodrick heffley

Girl next door trope w/ rodrick

Painting rodricks nails oneshot

Reader that’s like Karen smith (bimbo reader basically)

Ftm!reader

First time with rodrick

Ftm!reader (pre-bottom surgery)

SFW adhd reader

SFW Band kid reader

Dead before dawn 3D (mainly Casper)

Casper Galloway

Being Charlie (mainly Casper)

Charlie’s younger sister (adam x reader)

The entitled (mainly/only Dean)

Dean Taylor gun play (Dean x reader)

Vampire!Dean

Couch fucking

Forest sex

[lairmadness]

You seem rather adamant about being 'just a growlithe,' but you're little cuti- no. Wrong place. That little X-mark there on your rump seems rather telling. Destiny either way, right? Your fluff... that's reminiscent of Them as well, how its almost filigreed in grey. Would almost be more obvious if it were blue. The tail markings too, yes... Why wouldn't you want to talk about that, Casper? Would not such a relation to such a hero only help you? Why must you hide what you are?

"I don't want to talk about this anymore."

[secret-rendezvous1d]

EMILY imagine matthew with a surprise pregnancy with reader and she gives birth on halloween (single baby or twins idk) and he’s all heart eyes and omg halloween baby/babies. i feel like he’d be so on top of the world he’d pass out. also we know that mgg is very private when it comes to his personal relationships so i feel like he’d make 1 post about it which announces his new fatherhood and his relationship (married or whatever)

(also we’re besties now bc my bestfriend is also called emily)

Ohhhh, stop.

They wouldn't plan it out but it would be such a 'them' thing if that came to be true. Learning of their due date being around Halloween-time and it being all they can focus on... thinking ahead for the future and planning the most insane Halloween birthday parties for them and already planning out the most unique and cutest Halloween costumes, that they could all match, that they could come up with. And it gets them so excited - to the point where he's fine missing out on ONE Halloween because it's starting their new chapter in life.

And you just know he and his partner would choose the most 'spooky'-related names possible. Blair or Luna or Raven or Carrie... or, he'd probably go down the route of Wednesday (like Wednesday Adams)... Casper or Damien or Jack... or he'd maybe go down the route of a horror movie character and choose a name like Freddie... it just screams MGG.

Emily's always make the bestest friends. ;) x

[michaelgruberfan]

All of the photos I could find from “History Of Sex” which was at the Golden Nugget in 1998! It was a short show only being about 75 mins and the story "starting with Adam and Eve and ending in an overlong dance sequence as WSEX radio captures the music of the 1970s, '80s and '90s"  Gruber plays the "star/ Narrator" Here are some articles about the show incase you wanted some extra reading: By Jess Cagle - Published August 14, 1998 For Entertainment Weekly “Vegas Stage Reviews: 'Siegfried & Roy'; 'EFX'; 'The History of Sex'” (X) By Joe Delaney - Published July 24, 1998 for The Las Vegas Sun “‘History of Sex’ told by capable cast” (X) Plus one little paragraph about the show from the same as the previous source Published Oct. 30, 1998 (X) Below the cut you can find the full 3 articles

“Vegas Stage Reviews: 'Siegfried & Roy'; 'EFX'; 'The History of Sex'” By Jess Cagle - Published August 14, 1998 For Entertainment Weekly (X)

”There is a very special guest in the audience tonight,” said Siegfried, the blond half of Siegfried and Roy at The Mirage on July 10. ”An Oscar-nominated actress whose performances have moved us…”

Cathy Moriarty, the beautifully blowsy star of Raging Bull (Best Supporting Actress nomination, 1980), Soapdish, and Casper — and who happened to be seated next to this ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY critic that night — slunk deep into the show-room banquette. ”I can’t believe he’s going to do this,” Moriarty growled. ”This is so embarrassing.” Siegfried extended his arms grandiosely in our general direction. Those of us lucky enough to be sitting with Moriarty straightened our posture, preparing to be doused by her spotlight.

Tension at the table mounted, until: ”Ladies and gentlemen,” said Siegfried, ”Miss Gloria Stuart!”

As Moriarty just sat there, either calmed down or let down, the 88-year-old Titanic star took a bow and a microphone and began expressing her appreciation for Siegfried & Roy’s artistry. And then expressing her appreciation for all the people who made it possible. And then expressing God knows what all; the woman can go on, and Siegfried seemed not quite sure how to get her to stop. Stuart was wearing a spangly little heart-shaped beauty mark decal on her cheek, which was enough to give me a giggle fit. Put off by such rudeness, Moriarty punched me in the arm — hard.

This incident, in a metaphorical nutshell, sums up a great deal of the current Vegas entertainment experience: magicians, tourists, quasi-name-brand celebrities, disappointment, a good laugh now and then, and not a little pain. And if the Vegas hotel-casino operators have a say in it, you’ll be having that experience soon. Despite the worried Asian economy, the glut of hotel rooms in Vegas — more than 105,000 by last count — is expected to increase by about 15,000 by the end of the millennium. Vegas wants you, and Vegas’ stages are considered a major untapped resource for keeping you happy. Casino mogul Steve Wynn and Hollywood producer-manager Sandy Gallin are planning to develop Broadway-caliber shows, and Peter Morton’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is catering to its young clientele with acts like Sheryl Crow and the Wallflowers. (Take a look at the new breed of Vegas tourist lounging by the Hard Rock pool — nubile hipsters hell-bent on disposing of income.) What, then, does this impending renaissance mean for the old-fashioned Vegas spectacle — the long-running comedy-variety shows installed in hotel show rooms long ago in order to lure gamblers? A quick tour through three shows from different Vegas genres — a spectacle, a star vehicle, and a T&A romp — reveal a very American art form (if you could call it that) at a crossroads.

It costs $89.35 per ticket to get a look at our first genre, represented by the two taut Teutonic titans of magic. I refer, of course, to Siegfried and Roy (The Mirage; 702-792-7777), though if you think you’re buying a magic show, think again. What you’re getting is pure Vegas-style spectacle. Siegfried spends much of the 95 minutes posing and gesturing amid a dense population of dancers; the chorus boys have big leonine hair, the girls are dressed, I think, as some kind of insect. There is much fog and fire, and Roy keeps popping up like a bad penny — from boxes, the back of the show room, etc. But the real star is the glorious parade of rare white tigers, all of whom pose as professionally as Siegfried, and one of whom is hoisted high … and then disappears! Whether this magnificent menagerie is worth the price of admission is up to you and your accountant. Siegfried & Roy are as slick and interesting as Wayne Newton’s hairdo, and they’re just about as hip. The face of Vegas is changing; it’s time Siegfried and Roy changed theirs. From the looks of them, this would not be an alien concept.

Speaking of hair, remember when David Cassidy’s cascaded past his shoulders and you thought Shirley Jones was the coolest mom in the whole world for allowing such a thing? Well, the hair is cut short, Cassidy is 48, and he’s Vegas’ resident former superstar — here to remind us (and this information will cost you at least $45 a ticket) that he’s still kicking, not to mention singing, leaping, and flying through the air in the monolithic, cast-of-thousands $45 million musical-variety show EFX (MGM Grand; 800-929-1111). Cassidy stars energetically as a busboy who takes a journey through his childhood imagination, bounding into the shoes of Houdini (magic tricks!), P.T. Barnum (trapeze artists!), and H.G. Wells (a 3-D time-travel movie! You can keep the glasses!). To call EFX a star vehicle is an understatement. It’s a star battleship; you may never see a live show this extravagant, which makes it somewhat important and a joy for the kids. But the show’s script makes The Partridge Family look like the Brontë sisters, and that makes EFX weirdly pornographic — so much to see, so little to think about, and after you’ve seen enough of it, your own boredom might surprise you. Until Cassidy starts pattering with the audience, shaking us awake with self-deprecating humor and a few topical jokes. The audience roars, free for the moment of empty glitz and common-denominator humor. Under Cassidy’s famous hair lies EFX‘s brain.

Then again, who goes to Vegas for brains? I, for one, was titillated by the town’s promise of south-of-the-neck entertainment. But while the signs on some shows say ”adults only,” they’re largely PG-rated affairs, many of them operating on the premise that audiences are still capable of lip-smacking over two bare breasts, even when their showgirl owner is otherwise covered in gowns by Bob Mackie wannabes and Teletubby headdresses. The T&A arena seems wide open for shows that can appeal to audiences born after 1955, and there is a new show that does just that: The History of Sex (Golden Nugget, 702-386-8100). Starring handsome Broadway vet Michael Gruber (Cats) and gorgeous Candace Davis (she paid her dues singing on Norwegian Cruise Lines, bless her heart), The History of Sex bounces through the titular topic, beginning with a nearly naked Adam and Eve and consistently — cleverly — objectifying with equal opportunity the 12 Fosse-esque whistle-worthy male and female dancers. In a retrofitted version of the Cole Porter ditty ”Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love,” Gruber tells us that ”For cash a girl on the phone does it/George Michael all alone does it.” That’s smart stuff by Vegas standards, making the small-scale, unassuming History of Sex the best adult bet in town at $29.95 a ticket. This is not to say that Siegfried & Roy and David Cassidy should take their clothes off, but even Gloria Stuart might appreciate a good George Michael joke. Siegfried & Roy: B- EFX: B The History of Sex: B+ ---------- “‘History of Sex’ told by capable cast”  By Joe Delaney - Published July 24, 1998 for The Las Vegas Sun (X) 

"History of Sex," new at the Golden Nugget, is an original production with a fine off-Broadway feel. The print and video ad campaign is extremely well done, promising more than the show actually delivers. Ted Pappas does make an auspicious Las Vegas debut as producer-choreographer-director. He has assembled an impressive, very attractive, mostly local company backed by a small but mighty seven-piece orchestra under the direction of Hap Smith.

Michael Gruber, not local, is the star, narrator and an excellent singer-dancer, with fine comedy timing. He takes the audience nicely through the 75-minute series of well-performed vignettes, starting with Adam and Eve and ending in an overlong dance sequence as WSEX radio captures the music of the 1970s, '80s and '90s.

Candace Davis, also a non-local, has a stately presence even when singing "Ten Cents A Dance." Earlier, in her first number, she starts out as a nicely under-stated Lena Horne but soon becomes Barbra "Strident" and remained so for the balance of the show.

Comedian John Padon, a local, an Emmy-Award winner, enters at the 25-minute mark and had a never-miss, today-fresh routine, scoring consistently, and with the entire audience of approximately 300 in the 400-seat Theatre Ballroom. This is quite a feat considering the variety of ages and types present. His turn would work even better at the 40 or 45-minute point in the show.

The song selection is outstanding, as are Ned Ginsburg's orchestrations as performed by Smith and his men, occasionally replaced by taped music also well selected and reproduced. Compliments go to the 14 men and women who sing, dance and go through an athletic dance mini-decathlon, plus an extra nod to Michael DiFonzo as assistant choreographer.

James Noone's set design, David F. Segal's lighting design and David C. Woolard's costume design deserve mention, along with comedy writer Bruce Vilanch's dialogue for Gruber and special topical lyrics for several of the standard songs -- very funny.

It is well worth the trip to Casino Center if you're staying on the Strip, or if you live some distance from there. Would I see it a second time? I think not, but I would go see John Padon again wherever he might be playing.

JOE DELANEY is a Sun entertainment critic.

---------------- (X) "History of Sex" ends its run -- somewhat suddenly -- on Nov. 12, at the Golden Nugget. ... Officially, the story is that, despite heavy advertising expenditure in all the media, the show never achieved satisfactory attendance numbers. ... Unofficially, it may also have been artistic differences between management and the producer-choreographer.

[cornwithhorn]

Welcome to my Tumblr page!

Hello, hello, hello, the name is Corn or Cornelious. I'm Non-Binary going by They/Them. And I'm also Bisexual. I'm 18yrs old, and I generally prefer if minors don't interact with my blog considering I sometimes post drawings that lean more on the NSFW side of things, and I sometimes reblog stuff that's not meant for kids. So if you're a minor, I kindly ask you leave. For your safety and my own. On my Tumblr page, I post art, my hyperfixations, sleep deprived rambles, and all as such. I love these Movies/TV Shows: Doctor Who (9-12 fucking hate 13) Invader Zim, Trollhunters, Good Omens, Ghost Adventures, Darkwing Duck, Ash Vs. Evil Dead, The Dark Crystal, The Labyrinth, Star Trek DS9, Beetlejuice, Gargoyles, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The X-Files, The Addams Family, DBZ, MIB 1-3, Gremlins 1-2, and TMNT (2010 because it's the best version and you can fight me on that). I like these Movies/TV Shows: Star Trek Voyage, Edward Scissor Hands, Beetlejuice, The Lost Boys, The Neverending Story, Willow, Goonies, Critters 1-4, It old and new, Duck Tales, Astro Boy (The original), Inspector Gadget, Sweet Tooth, Angel, The Matrix, Back to the Future, Sailor Moon, The Witches (I fucking hate the newer one), The Pagemaster, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Casper (Live Action), Hook (Live Action), Jumanji (Old, I think the newer ones were alright), Hercules, Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent, Matilda, Hocus Pocus (The old one, the new one was alright I guess), Ferngully, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Brave Little Toaster, Wild Wild West, The Iron Giant, A Goofy Movie, Aladdin (Original one), The Lion King, The Jungle Book, Cats Don't Dance (Watch it if you can, it's so underrated), and I love these music artists: Forrest Day, Sub Urban, Will Wood and the Tapeworms, Imagine Dragons, Lemon Demon, The Correspondents, Venga Boys, Lady Gaga, Queen, Twenty One Pilots, David Bowie, Elton John, Neoni, Cg5, Missio, Layto, Unlike Pluto, Glass Animals, SAFIA, ck9c, AViVA, Aurelio Voltaire, Adam Jensen, updog, Jake Daniels, The Chainsmokers, Jagwar Twin, Des Rocs, YOHIO, NIVIRO, Depeche Mode, grandson, Weathers, Halsey, Icarus Dive, Dagames, FAKE TYPE., Cosmo Sheldrake, Lorde, Lewis Blisset, They Might Be Giants, Mia Rodriguez, UPSAHL, The Ready Set, Timmy Trumpet, Bronze Radio Return, Napolean XIV, and Conor Maynar. I love these video games: The Last of Us, PVZ, Psychonauts, Batman Arkham Asylum, Destroy All Humans, Little Big Planet, Infamous, Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas, Kingdom of Amalur Reckoning, Medievil, Dragons Crown, Bendy and the Ink Machine, Stray, Skylanders Spyros Adventure, Alice Madness Returns, Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Astroneer, Minecraft, Terraria, Forager, Cookie Clicker, Grounded, Roblox SCP: 3008 Infinite Ikea, Roblox Bee Swarm Simulator, Ark: Survival Evolved, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pacman, Alex Kidd, Bonanza Bros, Death Jr. Root of Evil Wii, Coralina Wii game, Rabbids Rayman TV Wii, and Mario Kart Wii. DNI: P*dophile/MAP

Minor N*crophilia

Foot Fetish

Scat or piss fetish

Conservative/Republican/Far Righter/Libertarian

Transphobic, Homophobic, racist, sexist, and or misogynistic

[sunsproutgarden]

Was inspired by a TikTok I saw of some big dude screaming about this twink and carrying him around on his shoulders in a mosh pit and I was like "ugh, it's so them*" (*Adam and I)

(said TikTok under the cut)

[goatcheesecak3]

Feeling really uninspired atm, someone pls request something pretty pls

[takato1993]

I watched a bunch of spooky movies this month. i watched most of them on Tubi for free I have been meaning to watch some movies on there but I just never got around to it until this month partly because I did not know it had such a good selection of movies which do ...

seem to rotate out after a set amount of time so some of the movies I am reviewing will be gone today and some might be there permanently of gone in a month or two so catch them quick if anything I watched is on your to watch list. ( 5?10 is average and thats ok)

Phantasm- 7/10

a classic with really good theme music and practical special effects. about a boy who discovers some dark and creepy things going on in the graveyard.

Tubi only had Phantasm I and III so I only watched the first one I think Phantasm II was the one I was curious about in the first place.

Jason X- 6/10

one of 2 movies in the Friday the 13th that were not aired in the marathon I saw on tv last year ( still don't know why they skipped VII but thats the only one left to watch now)

I enjoyed this movie it was fun but flawed I don't have much to say but I think the hate for it is a bit silly

Creepshow 2- 8/10

I think this movie hasn't aged the best but the middle segment " The Raft" is just a compelling and horrifying as I remembered and I highly recommend it.

Remember to always make sure someone knows where you are when you go to an isolated location is just good advice, tho cellphones sort of mitigate this problem- if you have a signal a charged battery

Subspecies I, II, and III- 7/10, 7/10, 5/10

honestly this was one of the best vampire movie series I have seen

this movie is about three college students that go to Transylvania to study the local legends.

this movie is very ambitious with very good practical effects, on set castles and ruins, and to my delight Ray Harryhausen inspired stop motion animation.

and I promise the antagonists constantly blood stained dripping lips will go from a little silly to creepy as the movies go one

theres a spinoff and a 4th movie I didnt watch them. I might later on.

C.H.U.D- 4/10

I Liked the creature designs well enough but this movie was painfully boring and If it was trying to have a message about polution and treating homeless people better i don't think it did that well either

tempted to watch the sequel even tho its supposed to be worse

Warlock I, II, and III- 8/10, 6/10, 4/10

another horror series with beautiful practical special effects this time we have time travel, witchcraft, and the antichrist

the same actor plays the Warlock/antichrist each movie even tho its a different character each time

a delightfully evil character just so over the top with it

avoid the second movie if animal death scenes bother you a lot, theres only one but hoo boy it's a lot.

this series does sadly get worse each movie but I genuinely enjoyed the first 2

Re-animator, Bride of Re-animator- 8/10, 7/10

A movie about a man who is very arrogant and adamant about being able to bring people back to life but they turn into violent mindless monsters every time.

and also a man that should know better and should have kicked him out of his house immediately but instead follows him pretty blindly

Herbert West is both the antagonist and a villain protagonist and I think it is hilarious that he tries to solve every problem by bringing the dead back to life (usually the problem is that he tried to bring the dead back to life)

a better antagonist does arise as well and they are delightfully messed up

contains one very disturbing and prolonged animal death scene

there is also a cute little monster made from a hand and some eyeballs int the second movie. it should be like the series mascot or something but alas it gets squished.

haven't watched Beyond Re-animator yet but I am curious about that one scene

Basket case- 5/10

I actually learned about this movie from Who's Line is it Anyway which is a pretty weird place to learn about such a graphic horror movie from

Casper- 7/10

not all movies I watched were horror or thriller movies

rewatching this I am surprised that it seems to have been completely forgotten.

it was fun, the effects were good, the set was a beautiful spooky mansion with vaguely gothic architechture how is this not a beloved mainstream Halloween classic

Witchouse- 5/10

Tubi's autoplay feature selected this one

a spooky witch themed horror movie with a lot of dead teenagers . its just okay

Nightbreed- 8/10

Rawhead Rex- 5/10

The Pit- 5/10

Black sheep- 5/10

Witches in Stiches- 8/10

Frankenhooker- 6/10

a modern comedic take on Frankenstein

my only question about this movie is why this man who is clearly devoted enough to his thicc dead girlfriend to spend all his time figuring out how to bring her back to life with stolen body parts decides to bring her back super skinny.

a coward that makes Herbert West look heroic by comparison uggh

had a cute little brain monster with an eyeball it lives in an aquarium

May- 6/10

another modern take on Frankenstein in a way, this time the focus is on May a socially awkward woman who gets pushed past the breaking point over and over

this movie also contains an animal death scene, and frankly it was unnecessary for the plot

Bad Taste - No rating

before Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson directed some very weird lower Budget movies

for the second time watching one I can't genuinely recommend it to people ( the first time was Meet the Feebles)

I am not going to criticize this one as much as i could because it was very independently made on a very low budget

Parents- 6/10

Repo! the Genetic Opera- 7/10

Castle Freak- 6/10

The Church- 7/10

Feast- 6/10

Deathgasm- 6/10

Tucker and Dale vs Evil- 7/10

The Stuff- 6/10

Tourist trap- 6/10

The Lair of the White Worm- 7/10

vampires, snake gods, the lambton worm this is a solid fantasy horror movie.

its also vaguely a comedy and I do not usually detect that in most British movies and I probably should not have in this one

there a weird scene where the villainess tells a series of bad and obvious lies and the burns her favorite board game " Snakes and ladders" to convince the protagonist she is telling the truth

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) - 8/10

this ones about a dysfunctional family that move into a spooky old mansion that has a bunch of little monsters living under it deep under its buried and hidden basement that the family opens back up of course.

this is a remake by Guillermo Del Toro I have not seen the original and I know most people prefer the original but I don't think this is by any means a bad movie.

the father can be insufferably mean spirited at times. but hey step mothers get a rare kind representative.

The Babysitter- 9/10

this one is about a boy who discovers his beloved babysitter is doing human sacrifice and stealing his blood for a dark ritual

i watched this one on netflix with friends

its every bit as funny and clever that i hoped for and more

The Babysitter: Killer Queen- 6/10

Deadly Blessing- 4/10

the 4th worst twist killer reveal in a horror movie I have seen, at least there were hints.

Howling 3- 3/10

this movie convinced me that The Howling series really is bad tho i still like The Howling 2

oddly almost heartwarming

Its like the writers couldn't decided between weather this was a werewolf movie with Australian folklore tacked on ( kind respectfully tho I think), or a werewolf/ political drama, or werewolves in the movie industry/hollywood

whoever made the baby marsupial werewolf puppet really wanted it to get the most loving and lingering shots in this movie and it shows

Suspiria (1977) 7/10

the Monster Project- 4/10

Frightmare- 4/10

[residentsocialfailure]

Me listening to any podcast Briggon Snow has been in, ever: Oh, hey, a new podcast with Briggon Snow. Those are always fun, no stress shows. I'll give it a shot.

Me a few episodes later: I am going to actually murder these two idiots if they do not communicate, I swear to God.

[a-pretty-nerd]

Period Sex Hcs (Devon Bostick Character Addition)

Request: "How do you think devons characters would react to period sex? Cuz like there doesn't have to be actual skin to skin contact there's toys and dry humping and grinding yaknow?"

Warnings: NSFW, period sex, ETC

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Jasper

"So?"

Jasper gives 0 fucks.

He's not gonnna go down on you, thats a little too much for him, but he is down to clown.

Jasper is generally a very caring and attentive lover.

So period sex is so no problem and sometimes, its a necessity.

Nothing takes away cramps like having them fucked out of you.

Rodrick

"You can have sex when you're on the rag?"

C'mon, you really thought Rodrick would even know how a period works?

He's not 100% apposed to the idea, he's just...scared.

He knows virtually nothing about girls, you're starting from scratch here.

I mean, he'll do it, just probably not the first few cycles.

Adam

"I'm not in the mood."

Look guys, Adam is kinda an asshole.

He's a player, and it takes a lot for him to really fall for a girl.

Come to think of it, he's never been in love before. Not really.

And yes, he's been with many girls before but if he can help it, he's gonna say no when its your time of the month.

Maybe he'd do it with a condom if you're in a relationship, maybe.

Freddie

"Pass."

You're more likley to just suck his dick and get him off.

Aint no way this punk is touching you downstairs.

Like Adam, Freddie is kinda a prick.

He's like is he had the sleezy charisma of Adam, and all the cluelessness of Rodrick.

He barley knows how to care for you while you're on your period, much less please you sexually.

Be prepared to hear, "You're just being emotional cuz you're on the rag!"

He's not the best.

Casper

"Cant we just make out and snuggle?"

Casper is anxiety personified.

It's not that he doesn't want to please you, or do it, he's just scared.

Blood isnt his deal (even if its not really blood) and he's so afraid he'll mess it up.

He's way better at bringing you chocolate, the heating pad, advil, whatever you need.

Im fact, sometimes he likes it when you're on your period because its an exscuse to just snuggle up, relax, practice some self-care with you snd watch tv.

He's SUCH A SNUGGLE BUG