#badass norman reedus

[fullcollectivecloud]

“Confidence”

Y/n sits in a chair, her hands handcuffed behind her. She has a split lip and bruised cheek, she looks at one of the men that kidnapped her, “You’re not gonna live to see tomorrow” She said with a smile. The man turns around to look at her “Awfully confided aren’t you princess?” he and the other men around him laughed “I can kill every person in this room before most of them have a chance to get to their feet. Skills like that do wonders for a person's self confidence.” Y/n smirked, all the men in the room seemed to freeze for the atmosphere got very eerie quickly, like something bad was gonna happen to those men “But lucky for you I won’t have to use them” Y/n continued. The man who spoke to Y/n first lifted an eyebrow “Huh?” was all he could get out before one by one his comrades were all sniped in the head.The man tried to find where the shots were coming from but whoever was shooting had a silencer on. The man was looking around frantically until Daryl Dixon made himself known, The two men locked eyes, Daryl's eyes were hard and narrowed, The blood staining his visage only adding to the intensity of his gaze. “Give her back to me,” He growled, His voice an unnerving timbre. “NOW!” The Kidnapper was shaking like a leaf, the aim with his gun was so unsteady, he would make a stormtrooper’s aim seem pristine. But before he could try and threaten Daryl, He dropped dead a knife sticking out of his head. Y/n was revealed after his body dropped. Daryl lowers his gun, a look of disappointment on his face. “Ya just couldn’t let me have this one could ya?” He asks Y/n. She just smiles at him “Now Darlin’ you know better than anyone I get the last say”. Daryl scoffs “Whatever”, They two leave the room and make their way home.   

[mandy-eminem-moxley77]

My two favorites Norman Reedus of The Walking Dead & Eminem of The World of Rap Music

[groovyruckus]

Daryl Dixon in France Poster Fan Art Home Decor Gaming Room Poster The Walking Dead Art Bedroom Printable Fan Art Poster Digital Art Print

In this captivating digital poster, we witness an unexpected convergence of two vastly different worlds. Amidst the desolate and post-apocalyptic cityscape of Paris, the enigmatic and resilient Daryl Dixon, a beloved character from "The Walking Dead" series, finds himself standing in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower. Clad in his signature weathered long coat, Daryl's stern expression reveals his confusion and wariness as he grapples with this perplexing and unfamiliar environment.

Daryl, known for his survival skills and his unwavering determination, appears to be questioning his place in this bizarre setting. How did he end up in France? What cataclysmic events unfolded to bring him to this once vibrant, now desolate city? These unanswered questions only add to the intrigue and mystery of the poster, leaving the viewer eager to uncover the untold story behind Daryl's journey.

[hiro--aoki]

The Walking Dead Awards Pt 1. (But with favouritism, opinionism and I’ve only watched up to season 7)

Most attractive male character- Carl Grimes

Most attractive female character- Michonne Grimes

Smartest(highest IQ) character- Eugene Porter/ Doctor Edwin Jenner

Dumbest character- Sam Anderson/ Andrea Harrison

Character that made the biggest mistake- Rick Grimes

Most traumatized character- Carl Grimes

Best golden retriever character- Jerry

Best black cat character- Daryl Dixon

Best character development- Father Gabriel

Best canon ship- Richonne

Worst canon ship- Carnid

Best fanon ship- Rickyl

Worst fanon ship- Still Carnid

Most badass male character- Rick Grimes/ Daryl Dixon

Most badass female character- Michonne Grimes/ Carol Peletier

Most coward character- Sophia Peletier/ Eugene Porter

Best actor/s- Andrew Lincoln/ Norman Reedus

Best villain- Negan Smith

!These are my opinions! Fight me if you want but I ain't budging unless you make a valid point! Any other awards I should give out?

[cometcon]

I know this is generally supposed to be a Transformers focused blog, but I've been a little obsessed with Helluva Boss characters lately, and pre-'Western Energy' Striker in particular. (Ed Bosco did a great job picking up the role after they couldn't get Norman Reedus again, but I still much prefer sinister seductive Striker with Reedus' awesome performance voicing him. And while I'm sure the writers had their reasons for where they want to take the character, I'm much more of a slut for the competent, non-undermined villains lol).

I recently saw someone (in a YouTube comment somewhere I think) mention offhand how it seemed like Striker was trying to frame Moxxie rather than outright kill him in Harvest Moon and I think that person was right in their general point of 'strangling is an odd way to go about it when he could have just stabbed him to death or snapped his neck and been done with it.' I agree that was definitely interesting but there's actually more to support this argument and speculate further, I reckon.

(It's a long waffle so I've put it below a read more line.)

Hopefully they'll be added soon but atm there aren't proper subtitles* for the episode so I can't easily screengrab the lines, but basically Moxxie has this adorable nerd-out about angelic weapons, so Millie's family knows from that point on that he knows a lot about them.

Blitz takes an instant shine to Striker (I went brrrr on that during the conversation too but I'll save that for another time lol) and it can be assumed during all of that juicy but unfortunately offscreen interaction when he was inviting Striker to I.M.P that Blitz would have told him more about his current employees, with or without prompting, since he thought Striker was going to join and Blitz would be thinking to show off his employees as a positive draw because he doesn't know at this point that Striker is a supremacist asshole. ie: He probably would have said Millie is a vicious badass and Moxxie the weapons specialist and it isn't much of a stretch to assume he probably would have mentioned the little angelic weapons nerd-out Moxxie had before Striker got there as part of talking about how much Moxxie knows about his job. And then it doesn't take much observation to see Millie's parents love, trust and respect their daughter and think very lowly of Moxxie (I'm going somewhere with this, I promise lol).

The biggest factor for me though is exactly how the scene where Moxxie finds the gun is set up.

First of all, the gun case is in full view on Striker's bed, open, and glowing magenta light so bright it easily leaks out beneath the door. And while again, the auto-gen subtitles take a second to cover the line properly, Moxxie says "Well that's troubling" before he even touches the knob, indicating he already strongly suspects what that glow is being made by before he even opens the door, which is what draws him to open it in the first place.

And while I know there's clearly a whole dramatic appearance timing thing going on because animation, there still has to be some level of believability for Striker to suddenly be there, meaning he literally had to be lying in wait nearby to appear that damn quickly from the moment Moxxie starts entering his room to the rapid pan 'empty door space/boom Striker's there now' shot we get.

And he's not at all fazed by Moxxie's discovery. Unlike when Blitz barges in unexpectedly and catches him off-guard later (I'll explain my reasoning for that in a second) he's completely ready for this. He's not bothered in the slightest. Almost like he planned it.

How perfect would it be to frame Moxxie, an imp already looked down on by the townsfolk here as essentially an annoying city kid who annoyed Millie's parents further by showing off his angelic weapon knowledge, for the murder of a Goetian Prince via blessing-tipped rifle?

And then of course there's that original point the YouTube commenter made that it would have been even easier for Striker to off Moxxie in pretty much any other way besides strangling if he needed to silence him quickly, and the second time he catches him makes it look even more like he might be trying to make him lose consciousness rather than kill him (fun fact: it's actually a lot harder to knock people out with a whack on the head than they make it look in the movies and Striker is also clearly intending this as a power trip for himself as well. Getting to overpower Moxxie helps feed his whole 'stronger superior imp' bullshit that is essential to his character and which he's been lording over Moxxie the whole episode with Millie's family at his back. You could argue that's also a reason to use it as his killing method but there's still that little thing of Moxxie having shown off his angelic weapons knowledge and not being popular with the Wrath crowd and using the gun to trap him in the first place.)

Unfortunately, Moxxie manages to do something unplanned in smashing the vase, alerting Millie to the situation. But Millie was not in Striker's game plan. Easy to take out? Apparently. Easy to frame? FUCK. NO. XD

Millie is her family's darling daughter, and while Striker has clearly developed a decent rapport already with the family (presumably to get the lay of the land and establish some support from the family for himself beforehand to help cover his ass during an inevitable investigation, before Moxxie turns up and gives him even better cover options), there's no way they would choose to believe him over their own very much beloved family member, no matter how good a rapport he's established over however many days or possibly even weeks he's been there.

So now he has a problem. He's not only lost the option of framing Moxxie, he has to somehow keep Millie - someone her family will instantly believe - from dobbing him in. Sure, he could kill them both and just go back to Plan A, but as he points out himself, he would have to deal with cleaning up after it well enough to avoid shit for it and cover himself for Stolas' murder. Also he has multiple stab wounds to potentially have to hide or explain. That's a lot of shit to deal with without help... Which is where the line "there's more leverage with your Rodeo clown of a boss if I don't" becomes relevant.

He's switched tactics. Plan A was replaced with a better Plan B, which got destroyed by Millie turning up. Plan C now involves using Blitz by threatening to kill the M&Ms if Blitz doesn't cooperate in helping him cover up Stolas' murder. But he also has one more card in his back pocket which he's created over the time he's observed how Stolas treats Blitz plus his own interactions with Blitz where Blitz clearly is already at least somewhat into Striker (I'll analyse that another time. I've run out of Tumblr pic limit unfortunately).

So now I'm up to how Blitz definitely wasn't expected during the assassination attempt. We can tell by the expressions we see but Blitz can't:

And then Striker clearly changes tack again.

He's actually caught off-guard here and is thinking on the fly, though with how quickly he does switch into confidence and calm again I don't think the card he plays was entirely improvised; it's a back pocket card he had ready in case.

Time for 'Plan D: Operation Seduce Blitz/Point Out How Much Your Life And Transactional Relationship With A Royal Sucks And Wouldn't It Be So Much Better If You Just Teemed Up With Me, The Guy You Like Who Is Oh So Relatable, Hot And Really Cool Actually Don't You Think?'

He clearly believes he can get through to Blitz after their time bonding over however long they've all been there (I'm assuming it was also at least overnight since they were taking the hog for dinner and the Pain Games look to be like an all-day kind of event that started the next day but that's definitely an assumption idk how time works in Hell XD ). And with that lighting and frame change

it definitely looks like he might have been at least for a few seconds, before Moxxie comes in and Blitz apparently regains his senses and remembers they're trying to stop Striker (Now it's Blitz's turn to seem like he was expecting Moxxie. I'm assuming Moxxie found him first and they went to stop Striker together with Blitz as bait, considering it would be really fucking stupid for Moxxie to try to take on Striker alone after what happened last time, and it would be really weird for Blitz to randomly go into the house and into what I'm assuming is Millie's parents' bedroom in order to just coincidentally find him.) So unfortunately for Striker, while he might have once been able to manipulate Blitz at some point prior to the whole M&M problem and Moxxie telling Blitz what was really happening, Blitz already knowing what he did to the M&Ms and his plan to use them against Blitz pretty much ruined that card's potency, which is why the small sway didn't last long even with all of Striker's time spent getting Blitz to bond with him and trust him. Again, older pre-established ties will always win out no matter how good a manipulator the antag is.

So yeah, that's why I think the whole thing was planned pretty early on, Moxxie finding the gun on the bed was a carefully laid trap to frame him all along, and my thoughts on what was likely going on in all the off-screen things we didn't get to see and have to put together ourselves.

(I don't watch the livestreams and haven't seen this covered anywhere else outside of the short offfhand knocking Moxxie out to frame him comment, so if this isn't remotely new, well it is to me and I had so much fun nutting it out. XD )

*Thankfully the auto-generated subtitles are better in this episode than the previous ones, but there are still many lines completely missing my friend had to help me decipher, and the previous episodes are pretty much impossible for me to watch properly because way too much shit is missing or mistranslated to the point it's an incredible drag even with help. Always put proper subtitles on your videos please, especially if your videos are animations/complex stories with necessary dialogue. The auto-generated ones are not always as helpful as you think they are and even the better ones still don't always pop up for lines and are far more exhausting to keep up with than proper ones even if they are mostly accurate. Please try watching your videos with the sound off and the auto-gen on a few times to get some idea of what it actually feels like - remembering also that you know what's happening as the creator while we don't - before you decide that's good enough for people who need them. It really isn't and I need my friend's help to understand what's going on in many parts of the first season before they put proper subtitles on the very last ep and then Season 2. It's exhausting. On the plus side I got to fully appreciate the second season entirely on my own without help and it was fucking EPIC getting to just watch and enjoy without having to do mental gymnastics keeping up with and guessing or having to ask my friend what was said because the fucking auto-gen flaked out for the umpteenth time.

[alexzalben]

THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON is exactly what you'd expect: Norman Reedus being a stoic badass, killing lots of zombies in wild ways... But in France this time. I don't think this will win over new fans as its essentially TWD Season 12 (with just Daryl), but as a fan, I generally enjoyed it.

[esoterium]

MUSES. list order: seasonal, ahs, marvel, sons of anarchy, twd, stephen king's universe, rob zombie's world, anne rice's novels, general horror && others

–SEASONAL / FEATURED. may become permanent if they gather partners. i won’t delete seasonal and featured muses if i am writing with people and we have threads and plots!

none, atm. removed to moved to permanent depending on interest!

–MARVEL/MCU. 

name: steven grant rogers age: verse dependent sexual preference: bisexual occupation: captain america faceclaim: chris evans notes: heavily canon divergent in endgame. if you are curious on my development and writing style for steve, his main blog was/may be again found @shieldbound.

name: james buchanan barnes age: 19+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: wwii sergeant, former winter soldier, assassin, wanderer. faceclaim: sebastian stan notes: a long running character for me that i miss terribly and need to write again. i just don't have the spoons to run a lot of blogs. he is near and dear to me. if you're curious about how much i've developed and love him, you can find my main blog for him here. @loyaltyworn

name: wanda maximoff age: verse dependent sexual preference: bisexual occupation: verse dependent faceclaim: timeline dependent notes: will write any time in mcu/wandavision timeline only.

–SONS OF ANARCHY.

name: jax teller age: 25+ sexual preference: straight occupation: soa member of various ranks, mechanic faceclaim: charlie hunnam notes: divergent past last episode

–THE WALKING DEAD.

name: carol peletier age: 30+ and timeline dependent sexual preference: straight, bi-curious occupation: survivor, queen badass, woman who gets shit done faceclaim: melissa mcbride note: carol's blog can be found @peletier. any threads i start here can be moved over there once i open her blog back up. timeline on that is up in the air. she is and always will be a beloved muse. because she's carol and a loml.

name: daryl dixon age: 30+ and timeline dependent sexual preference: straight(ish?) occupation: survivalist, jack of all trades, dog dad faceclaim: norman reedus notes: i’m willing to play all timelines up to the end of season 11. so far, i’ve not watched twd: daryl dixon. i don’t plan to til i find out what happens with carol in it. tbh i’m not interested if they hurt her. lol! so i’ll be divergent with my own canon til then.

name: paul ‘jesus’ rovia age: 27+ sexual preference: homosexual occupation: thief, survivalist, menace, reluctant leader of hilltop faceclaim: tom payne note: i do have an alternative take on the graveyard scene that gives him his comic ending on this blog cause eff that noise. a lot of my paul content is on his singular blog @nomadical and you're more than welcome to check out my headcanons and writing for him there!

name: rick grimes age: 23+ sexual preference: bisexual, mostly curious til plotted occupation: father, husband, former deputy, leader, survivalist faceclaim: andrew lincoln

name: beth greene age: 25+ (prefer to write beth post season 7 and plotted!) sexual preference: straight occupation: former farmer’s daughter, survivor, thief faceclaim: emily kinney notes: heavily divergent. was found by a surgeon of the hospital and taken in. they have remained together since then. she is a thief/nomad who lies on the outskirts of the commonwealth and has yet to be encountered.

–GENERAL HORROR.

name: stuart 'stu' macher age: 18-40+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: infamously known accomplice to william 'billy' loomis, ghostface killer 2, serial killer, all reformed of course, it was a bad childhood and a whole lot of crazy video games without supervision--okay? recently released from a maximum security psychiatric hospital much to the public's outrage. faceclaim: matthew lillard fandom: scream

name: wilhelmina "mina" murray / harker age: 20+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: schoolmistress, wife (in other verses can range from warrior to dracula's lover and wife to agent for the british secret service and leader of the league of extraordinary gentleman as i'll play both versions of her. bram's or league's!) faceclaim: winona ryder in bram stoker's / peta wilson in league fandom: bram stoker (default) / abc/dc/disney (pick one. all over the place.)

name: david mills age: 32+ sexual preference: straight occupation: homicide detective faceclaim: brad pitt fandom: se7en

name: eric draven age: 24-28 living, 28+ post devil’s night sexual preference: straight, bi-curious occupation: heavy metal guitarist, mechanic to pay the bills, backup/side gig singer if forced. faceclaim: brandon lee fandom: the crow

name: shelly webster age: 21+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: photographer faceclaim: sofia shinas, morena baccarin fandom: the crow

name: lydia deetz age: 39+ (will only write her in the first era w/ est. partners!) sexual preference: bisexual occupation: photographer faceclaim: winona ryder fandom: beetlejuice (film! see above for musical!)

name: ellison oswalt age: 35+ sexual preference: straight occupation: famous true crime author, currently on a comeback? kinda hated by some. mostly cops. and district attorneys. and most law enforcement. faceclaim: ethan hawke fandom: sinister

name: grace le domas age: 26 sexual preference: straight, bi-curious occupation: former server at a high end restaurant, writer, survivor of a hell of a honeymoon night faceclaim: samara weaving fandom: ready or not

name: timothy price bryce age: 27+ sexual preference: homosexual straight occupation: another vice president of mergers and acquisitions at pierce & pierce faceclaim: justin theroux fandom: american psycho notes: heavily influenced by headcanons. please see rules @traintracked as they are unique to him for extremely important reasons!

name: laurie strode age: 18+ sexual preference: demisexual occupation: babysitter (younger), former headmistress && teacher, writer faceclaim: jamie lee curtis fandom: halloween

–STEPHEN KING'S UNIVERSE.

name: pete moore age: 32+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: wanted to be an astronaut but became a car salesman faceclaim: timothy olyphant fandom: stephen king's dreamcatcher, derry crossovers welcome!

name: joe 'beaver' clarendon age: 31+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: the comic relief, the divorced drunk, the seer faceclaim: jason lee fandom: stephen king's dreamcatcher, derry crossovers welcome!

name: stanley "stan" uris age: 12+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: the birdmad boy, accountant, the one who remembers faceclaim: wyatt oleff, andy bean fandom: stephen king's it, primary muse from it.

name: daniel “danny” torrance age: 35+ sexual preference: straight, bicurious occupation: drifter, janitor, caregiver, blessed/cursed with the shining. faceclaim: ewan mcgregor fandom: the shining & doctor sleep, stephen king verses

name: susan "sue" snell age: 17+ sexual preference: straight, bicurious occupation: the popular girl, the redeemed bully, the guidance counselor faceclaim: amy irving / gabriella wilde fandom: carrie

–ANNE RICE'S NOVELS.

name: louis de pointe du lac age: 25, born 1766 sexual preference: demisexual occupation: former plantation owner (mortal and beginning of vampire life), owns real estate in and around new orleans mostly now under various pseudonyms, vampire faceclaim: brad pitt (1994)

name: lestat de lioncourt age: 20, born 1758 sexual preference: bisexual occupation: former hunter, performer, rockstar, brat prince, && many titles/roles/and self-proclaimed 'jobs, duties, and obligations' much to the chagrin of those that know him and whether they approve or not. vampire. faceclaim: luke eisner

–OTHERS.

name: malcolm whitly bright age: 32+ sexual preference: questioning occupation: former special agent. profiler, psychologist, nypd consultant faceclaim: tom payne fandom: prodigal son

name: terry bellefleur age: 35+ sexual preference: open minded occupation: retired military, jack of all trades, construction worker faceclaim: todd lowe fandom: true blood

name: gina gray age: 23+ sexual preference: straight occupation: asshole faceclaim: anya taylor-joy fandom: peaky blinders

–&& THE SIDEBLOG // PLACES TO FIND ME.

name: dean winchester age: 21+ sexual preference: bisexual occupation: we'll just leave it at hunter. can we leave it there? okay. yeah. faceclaim: jensen ackles fandom: supernatural blog: bloodsalted

[thebikerbookforcharity]

Meet Richard Snow…

Richard’s beautiful, intelligent, loving, enlightened, generous daughter bought him a copy of The Biker Book for Charity—inspired and written by the motorcycle community.❤️

——

The Meaning of Life According to Bikers:

The Biker Book for Charity

Motorcycle riders from all walks of life—from Main Street to Wall Street, Hollywood to Washington, D.C.—are invited to peel back their “badass” masks and answer one simple question: What is the meaning of life?

Their answers expose the motorcycle community’s lesser-known philosophical and charitable nature and help to smash the typical motorcycle-rider stereotype.

In addition to “regular folks,” celebrities also submitted their quotes, including Peter Fonda, Gen. Tommy Franks, John Paul DeJoria, Jillian Michaels, Kyle Petty, Carey Hart, and Norman Reedus, along with a former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a congressman, a senator, a former NASA astronaut, governors, military generals, actors, rock n’roll and country artists, corporate executives, and NFL, NBA, MLB sports figures.

Whether you drive on four wheels or straddle a “wild thang" on two, these voices are sure to enlighten and entertain.

BOOK ORDERS:

www.thebikerbookforcharity.com

Proceeds donated to children’s hospitals.

Generosity of Spirit at work.❤️

#motorcycle #book #charity #fundraiser #childrenshospitals #sickkids #children

#motorcycles #aprilia #bmwmotorrad #ducati #harleydavidson #hondamotorcycles #indianmotorcycle #kawasaki #suzuki #yamaha

#thebikerbookforcharity

#fathersday #fathers #gift #daughters

[halfblood-princes-crown]

In the fic, Sev was an outcast and was into weird shit and had a very concerning amount of knowledge on a lot of things…but now that they’re in an apocalypse he’s useful asf.

You have no idea how excited that prompt makes me, i fucking love when the tables turn to Severus favor and he has a chance to say Who is the idiot now ??

I'm rewatching twd, i forgot how scary Shane was, he was vibrating with violence in every scene , he was complete unhinged and he felt so dangerous even through the screen. You say Sirius is going to be even more unhinged and I'm already nervous of what he'll do lol

Also how could I forgot that Darryl was such a softie ???????? Like???? Sir you are not fooling anyone. Everything he did for Sophia and Carol on season 2 made me remember again why he is my favorite and the first thing he does when he sees Judy is go to a run looking for milk for her and I'm just like sir????? My fucking heart????

Carol as McGonagall makes sense, or at least the Carol that is becoming her own person. Dale as Dumbles now that's interesting, i was sad when Dale died i liked him well enough and Dumbledore not being a Warlord and just being a wise? old man who likes to fish and drives a van is hilarious

I'm so exited for this au! Do you know when the fic will be available? I'm not trying to rush you or pressure you I'm just curious, it'll be worth the wait I'm sure! <3

I’m glad you liked it 😆 I play on the “you only need me now that I’m useful” in the beginning of the fic so you’ll see plenty of it!

And yes, I’m also rewatching! I’m writing down every small detail about Daryl so that I can portray Sev correctly. I’m also going to pay attention to Shane for Sirius, I have a lot planned for that

also, YES, Daryl is a softie at heart 😍 I’m literally so in love his character, he’s so well written and Norman Reedus added so much flavor to the character. His character development is what I’m extra excited to portray

And ofc I had to make Minerva Carol! The relationship Carol has with Daryl is SAME one ppl hc Sev to have with Minerva, and I can’t wait to write about them being chaotic badasses together 😆 and Dumbledore as Dale was a given, I couldn’t bare myself to make him Hershel

About the release date, I was thinking maybe I should just release chapters as I go, but y’all would hate me if I did that because the way I write, I wouldn’t have a posting schedule. So I think it would be in everyone’s best interest if I write the whole fic and THEN post chapters. Then I’ll have a schedule because the whole thing is written already!

Unless y’all are cool with not knowing when the next chapter is coming out 😭

[artofapeach]

what do you think of striker's voice in helluva boss compared to zora's voice in epithet erased?

You really trying to make me choose between my two loves, huh?

Okay, listen. I LOVE Norman Reedus. I’ve been a fan of him since The Walking Dead. He’s been a long time celebrity crush for me and his voice is so badass and soothing. I still can’t believe that Viv was able to get him for Helluva Boss.

BUT

I’m way more attracted to Zora’s voice :3c

Her voice is also badass and soothing, but it’s like, different. There’s a hint of danger in it. Like she can kill you at any second. Because she can! And it’s hot. Hell, it was her voice that made me first fall in love with her.

Plus! Striker’s voice was more subdued, keeping a lot of emotions to himself. Zora had a range, you can really tell when she’s excited, pissed, disappointed, etc.

Granted, we have so far only had one episode of Striker and three of Zora, so my opinion might change once season 2 of Helluva Boss comes out, buuuuuuuut yeah. Zora 2, Striker 0.

[mymanreedus]

aspictures Remember that alley in which we photographed Michael Mann? Well, we also took Norman Reedus to that same alley for a Men’s Journal cover, but only after photographing Norman in the back yard at the office against a white flat that we had built during the pandemic, in case we ever needed to do a shoot in the backyard.

Run-on sentence much?

Norman is a fantastic subject and was absolutely game to look like a badass, which he is capable of doing with very little effort. First…the backyard.

That’s an elinchorm_ltd Octobank, unbaffled right over the top of me and an profotousa deep umbrella behind me for fill. And while it was all fun and games with the strobes, the true badassery came when we turned off the strobes and let the dappled light streaming through the branches hit Mr. Reedus. OMG.

Then, it was off to the alley. Running AND gunning. No motorhome. No permit. No warning. No catering. And…what? NO MF STROBES. What is that shiny silver thing? That my friends is the old stand by, the Matthboard and Polito bracket named for Gene Polito, a cinematographer born in Brooklyn in 1918, who went on to teach at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The Matthboard (and Polito Bracket) can be found at msegrip.com and is considered an EXPENDABLE because it’s made of cardboard. It’s lightweight and 40x40 and you need the bracket if you don’t have erincpeterson to act like a human rolling stand.

Many thanks to the folks at mensjournal and talentconnectgroup for signing us up for the shoot. Thank you to evanmulling for running a very tight ship and to rapberry for interning and for the BTS imagery.

[athkatla]

I started watching the walking dead

Why didn’t anybody tell me that Norman reedus doesn’t play a stone cold badass like I assumed from his photos, his character is actually a skrunkly weirdo man with a soft heart hidden beneath an exterior that’s layer after layer of trauma and insecurities

[themovieblogonline]

What can we expect from Daryl Dixon?

**Beware, spoilers below** When Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) woke up in a ravaged hospital, with the words "Don't Open Dead Inside" painted on a double door, no one could have predicted that his story would give life to eleven seasons of zombie fighting, survivalist mayhem. Based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead is one of the most-watched TV shows in history. At certain moments, it was bringing in 15-17 million viewers per episode. As Rick survives this nightmare, he meets a long list of incredible characters, from Glenn, Hershel, Michonne, Ezekiel, Abraham, to name just a few. However, one of the most important, and coolest personalities has to be Daryl Dixon played by Norman Reedus. Introduced in the first season, and not originally part of the comic book series, Daryl cross-bowed his way through an endless amount of zombies to become a fan favourite. After Rick Grimes disappeared in a later season, Daryl Dixon really did help to keep the show afloat. This was kind of in the same way that The Office survived with Dwight Schrute holding up the fort when Michael Scott left. With The Walking Dead now finished, and with it still having such a huge following, this brings us to a new spin-off simply titled Daryl Dixon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTOaFootkSk Daryl Dixon is the fifth spin-off to emerge from the world of The Walking Dead.  Originally, the show was set to also feature Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), someone that Daryl is very close to in The Walking Dead, however, logistical issues caused this not to happen. Set after the frantic ending at the Commonwealth in The Walking Dead (That also promises other spin-offs that you might have already seen...) Daryl Dixon shows us a new adventure for this crossbow-shooting badass, backed by actors Clémence Poésy and Adam Nagaitis. Set to premiere on September 10th, with six episodes, and already renewed for a second season, you can expect to see Daryl venture into Paris, which, like The Walking Dead: Dead City, is exciting, as it takes us very far away from the original location of The Walking Dead. In a lot of zombie movies/TV shows, I always tend to wonder what the rest of the world might be like. When he wakes up on a beach near Paris, Daryl isn't quite sure how he got there in the first place, but he is shortly tasked with the mission of looking after Laurent (Louis Puech Scigliuzzi). Set around the stunning location of Mont-Saint-Michel, he sets out on a savage, zombie-fighting quest to help this character out, whilst attempting to find answers to his own story. As I mentioned, Daryl is one of the coolest members of The Walking Dead, and it will be a blast to watch him cruise around Paris on his motorbike, taking out zombies, however, I really hope to see a solid story support that. So, what are you excited about the most with the Daryl Dixon TV show, and what are you expecting? Read the full article

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A New Normal

Summary: Set in the future of the TWD timeline, this story follows Daryl, Y/N and her brother through their journey in the world of the undead. It wasn’t like Daryl to let people in to his heart easily, but it was Y/N’s smiles that had captured him completely, and before he knew it, there wasn’t a scenario Daryl could think of about his future that didn’t have Y/N in it.

A/N: Hi guys, this is my first time writing a fic of our TWD badass, Daryl Dixon. It’s gonna be a long one, and a work in progress. I write because it makes me happy, and I hope it’ll make you happy too. The intro for this fic would be pretty long, and Daryl wouldn’t appear until slightly later, but I thought it would be important to touch on Y/N and her brother’s background since we already know Daryl’s background pretty well. I’m not a zombie apocalypse expert, and neither dare I call myself a TWD expert (I’m not, please pardon me if I get some facts wrong!), so some parts of the story may not be realistic. It is most certainly strayed from the current universe since this is meant to be set in the projected timeline after the eventual season 11, which of course we don’t know yet how Daryl’s narrative would be changed or if it would at all, (or do we?), so this story may or may not make sense after season 11 ends (maybe think of this as a spin off?). I do hope you like it, and don’t mind the fact that it is set way in the future of the universe. As mentioned, it’s still a work in progress and I don’t know how many parts it’ll be. But writing this is extremely cathartic for me so I’ll continue writing for as long as my brain (and my full time job) allows.  Comments and feedback are welcomed and appreciated! Please sit back and enjoy this journey with Daryl. :)

Photo is not mine. All mistakes in this are mine, please pardon them. 

There aren’t many moments in Y/N’s life where she’d just sit on a spot, completely and utterly at a loss. The camp where she’d called home for the last month was gone – just like that. Along with it, the people she considered her family. When an unexpected rogue herd of walkers stumbled across the cabin, she was out on a supply run with her older brother, Andrew. By the time they had came back, the cabin was in shambles and the smell of the dead overpowered their senses. Y/N stood rooted to the ground in shock behind the bushes, throwing a look of fear at Andrew. Biting back a scream, knowing it’ll give her position away, Y/N looked around, hoping to see a familiar face. A familiar face that was alive. There was none. It was too late for them to do anything to salvage their family, their home. There were too many walkers to take on and honestly, nothing much left for salvation.

Y/N had no idea how long she was behind the bushes watching the dead feeding on mangled bodies of people she once knew. She knew she had to move, but her feet wouldn’t allow. It was as if they were locked in position, trapped in the nightmare of a scene before her. The only comfort she could gather was seeing quite a number of fallen walkers with slash marks on their heads – meaning they had put up a strong fight against them.

“Come on, we got to go.” Andrew’s voice called out, his hand grabbing hers nudging her to move. There was a catch in his voice, although he tried to hide it. Still in shock and tears, Y/N willed her legs to move. Just one foot in front of another, just one foot in front of another. She had to keep her mind focused on what was in front, and to keep her legs moving forward. Y/N followed him, almost in complete auto-pilot. 

Without actually knowing how long or how she even managed to keep in tandem with her brother’s pace with her state of mind, he had led Y/N to a spot in the woods where the two of them finally crashed on the hard grounds. Y/N was shaking violently as she buried her heads between her knees. She had no idea if she was shaking because of the nip in the air, or because of shock. A low growl shook her awake from her reverie. She looked up to see a lone walker approaching from the right. Reaching for her hunting knife from her belt holster with her shaky hands proved to be a tremendous task. Y/N finally managed to unsheathe the knife and plunged it hard into the walker’s temple right before its jaw got onto her. She had no idea she still had that strength somewhere in her.

“Are you okay?” Andrew had walked over to her just in time to plunge his machete into the head of another walker that had approached Y/N from her blind spot. “Thanks. I didn’t see it coming.” Y/N mustered her strength and stood up before kicking the walker in its head with a mixture of anger and disbelief.

“I don’t, I cant –“ Y/N finally allowed herself to sob into Andrew’s shirt. While there were only a few people in the group to begin with, she have had time to know them through this shitstorm and had grown to like them like her own family. They were the people she had been moving with for years. They had lost some people in their journey, but they’d never lost all of them entirely before. To lose them all at once was devasting. But all in all, she was glad her brother was there. Andrew was fiercely protective of her, especially in this new world. She wouldn’t be alive and standing today if not for him. All her survival skills, her knife works, hunting and tracking skills, had all came from him. Y/N was not prepared for this world at all. Without Andrew, she would have become one of the walkers a long time ago. But she was a fast learner, and had more than proven her survival skills. Despite all that, she never lost her sense of hope and cheerfulness, that was until that day.

She was thankful for Andrew for giving her the time to grief while he single-handedly took down more than a dozen walkers while she was still in a daze. She felt horrible, leaving her brother to keep her alive knowing he needed his time to process everything too. Andrew didn’t say anything, he just kept her alive.

Nightfall brings another set of danger – the temperature had dipped drastically. Y/N worked with her brother to build a makeshift shelter with leaves and twigs. Andrew had also got a small fire going to provide a bit of warmth. If the walkers doesn’t get to them, the elements most certainly would. Satisfied with the perimeters, lined with makeshift cans and marbles to alert them when any walkers enter the camp, Andrew gestured for Y/N to sleep while he kept watch.

Y/N tucked herself in next to the small fire and tried to sleep. But of course sleep eluded her. Every time she had her eyes closed, all she could see was the grotesque bodies of her friends back in the cabin. She kept your eyes close despite that, hoping to catch at least a little sleep. Y/N knew she would be in no state to fight for survival without rest. Andrew sat next to the fire and finally allowed himself to process the events of the day. Most of the people in the group had been his friends since he was a child. He had grown up with them, went through triumphs and heartbreaks together. Losing them was painful. Losing them and not being able to do anything for them was painful. He looked at Y/N who had now finally fallen asleep and willed himself to stay strong. He couldn’t – he wouldn’t let the same thing happen to his sister. Y/N was his only family left.

Three hours into Y/N’s fitful sleep, she woke up in a pool of sweat despite the night cold. Before this all happened, Y/N always slept like a log. An earthquake could literally be breaking her room down and she would have no idea. But in this new normal, her body had adjusted itself to wake up within a few hours and it had learned to survive on a couple hours of sleep each night.

She saw Andrew throwing logs into the fire to keep it going. Approaching him silently, she gestured for him to sleep while she took over the watch. Nodding his head, he vacated his space before taking over hers. Y/N was on high alert, determined to keep her brother safe while he catch his much needed rest. Andrew had been there for Y/N all her life. She was only a couple of years younger so they were very close since young. This trip was supposed to be a break from work, but instead, they were thrown with an even bigger shitstorm than they could imagine. Y/N almost laughed when she thought about the irony. She would choose to go back to her office job any day over this. Before long, the cackle of the fire begin to diminish as the day broke. Y/N looked up at the skies, trying hard to fathom how this was the very same sky before the world had turned into hell. The sun still came up in the East and the morning birds still sang, but nothing else about the world right now was the same.

Gathering up all of their belongings, Y/N and Andrew set off for another day. They had to find a more permanent shelter, a sturdier shelter than twigs and leaves at least. Stopping by the creek to gather some water, Y/N took the chance to splash herself with the cold water. As the water hit her face, she perked up. Having not had a shower for days, Y/N’s skin was starting to itch and peel. Her feet was swollen with blisters and her arms were filled with dried scabs from all the cuts she sustained while running away from walkers. Y/N looked at Andrew with a longing in her eyes. She needed that shower. Convinced that the area was free of walkers, Andrew gave in and gave her privacy while Y/N washed yourself. He told her he would try to track something for their food today and set off with his bag, gesturing for Y/N to follow when she was done. A smile almost crept up Y/N’s face as she washed away days of sweat, dirt, and walker blood off her body. She hadn’t dared to take her time though. Once she was done, she quickly put on a fresher set of clothes that she had and set out to look for Andrew.

Feeling more refreshed, Y/N tried to put on a new perspective of how life was going to be moving forward. She was determined to continue living, living for the friends who couldn’t. She was going to continue living for Andrew. She didn’t want all of Andrew’s effort teaching her survival to go to waste. Y/N followed the tracks on the floor, hoping to find Andrew soon. No more than 10 minutes into following the tracks, she heard a slight ruffle of leaves to her left. It was so slight it was almost unnoticeable. It can’t have been a walker – a walker would have made a louder noise than that. It was most certainly a person. She smiled and moved towards the direction where she heard the sound from, anticipating to see Andre.

“Hey, did you managed to –“ Y/N’s whispers faltered into complete silence when a tall, crossbow donning man with striking blue eyes, greeted her. The man had his crossbow trained on Y/N’s head. She stopped in her tracks, knife in hand ready to strike.

“Who are you?” The man demanded. Not only was his crossbow trained on Y/N, his eyes were trained on her too.

“Y/N.” She spoke calmly, hand still steady on the knife. While she knew she’d be dead with his arrow before she could attack him with the knife, she weren’t about to go down without a fight if she had to. Y/N looked at the man, trying to download as much details about him as she could. He wore a long sleeves black shirt with two top buttons missing, a pair of cargo pants that were slightly ripped on some parts and his boots carried the obvious evidence of blood and someone who had been out in the open. Y/N tried not to wince as she stared directly into the man’s eyes. Although his hair covered the side of his face, she could make out his stern expression – an expression of someone who had been surviving on his own. But behind all that, she just had a sense, a strange and unspoken sense that he wasn’t a dangerous man.

“Look, I’m just looking for my brother, all right? I don’t mean to walk into your zone.” Y/N explained. “If you promise not to shoot me, I’ll just turn around and be on my way.”

Adrenaline from meeting a lone stranger in the woods had had blood rushing to her ears, muffling her surrounding sounds. As she prepared to turn and leave, the man spoke again. “Behind ya!” That was when she heard it – the unmistakable sound of a walker behind her. As a reflex, Y/N bent her body forward and side stepped, but in her haste to evade the walker, she had missed her footing. Y/N cursed under her breath but quickly regained her posture. She raised her arm, ready to strike, but before she could, the walker’s dead weight had pushed her, causing her to fall backwards on the hard ground, losing her knife in the process. Y/N quickly worked to fight the walker off but all she heard was the hustling sound of an arrow and the silenced growl from the walker. Feeling the full weight of the walker now, she pushed it off and saw that it had an arrow right smack between it’s eyes. Y/N turned to look at the man as he approached the walker. With one foot on the walker’s head, he pulled out the arrow with one swift motion with his free hand. He then turned sideways to look at Y/N.

“That was really cool.” Y/N couldn’t help but chuckle slightly. Seeing that the man had made no move to point his crossbow at her again, Y/N relaxed. She spotted and dug out her knife that had been partially buried during the fall and tussle with the walker.

“That was really cool.” Y/N couldn’t help but chuckle slightly. Seeing that the man had made no move to point his crossbow at her again, Y/N relaxed. She spotted and dug out her knife that had been partially buried during the fall and tussle with the walker.

“Thanks. I owe you.” Y/N gestured to the walker on the ground as she dusted herself off. “What’s your name?” She smiled.

Daryl was immediately captivated by Y/N’s smile and the sound of her chuckles. Earlier when he had heard someone approaching, he was ready to strike, ready to take them down if he had to. But as he heard Y/N’s voice for the first time, he knew immediately that she was no threat. He hadn’t seen or heard another person’s voice for days. But even if he had, there was something about Y/N’s voice and her smiles that enchanted him. Despite the situation the world was in, Daryl was comforted to see a smile that seemed to make him forget everything else.

“Daryl.”

“I’m sorry again, you know, for walking into you.”

“Sorry for ta’ crossbow on ya head.” Daryl nodded his head slightly at Y/N as apology.

“We’re even then.” Y/N smiled again. It was nice meeting someone else in this crazy world of the dead. Something about Daryl had made her feel a sense of comfort and calm, despite just meeting him a few minutes ago. Daryl looked away, feeling his face flushed from seeing her smiles. There had never been anyone who had that effect on him before. Her smiles were a huge contrast to everything he had come to know in the last ten years. He wanted nothing but to remember them.