#c: danny rand

[dalekofchaos]

MCU Recast

Just for fun, I will be recasting the MCU

Notice. Because of the 30 picture limit, will not be able to do them all the pics for the fancasts.

Timothy Olyphant as Iron Man/Tony Stark

Glenn Powell as Captain America

Alexander Skarsgard as Thor Odinson

Hugh Dancy as The Hulk/Bruce Banner

Yuliya Snigir as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff

Jensen Ackles as Hawkeye/Clint Barton

Idris Elba as Nick Fury(if Ultimate)

Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Nick Fury(if 616)

Morena Baccarin as Maria Hill

Ewan McGregor as Ant-Man/Hank Pym

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Wasp/Janet Van Dyne

Hiba Abouk as Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff

Jesus Castro as Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff

Ryan Gosling as Star Lord/Peter Quill

Sofia Boutella as Gamora

Simon Pegg as Rocket Racoon

John Rhys-Davies as Groot

Jason Momoa as Drax the Destroyer

Maggie Q as Mantis

Ana de Armas as Nebula

Christian Bale as Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange

Katee Sackhoff as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers

Joe Keery as Spider-Man/Peter Parker

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Black Panther/T'Challa

Ben Barnes as Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes

Robert Pattinson as Daredevil

Alexandra Daddario as Jessica Jones

Trevante Rhodes as Luke Cage

Lewis Tan as Iron Fist/Danny Rand

Frank Grillo as The Punisher/Frank Castle

Jamie Chung as Colleen Wing

Sonequa Martin-Green as Misty Knight

Jesse Plemons as Foggy Nelson

Amanda Seyfried as Karen Page

Yaya DaCosta as Claire Temple

Dakota Fanning as Trish Walker/Hellcat

Stephan James as Malcolm Ducasse

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Stick

Rainn Wilson as Microchip/David Liberman

Jamie Foxx as War Machine/James "Rhodey" Rhodes

Michael B. Jordan as Sam Wilson

Amy Adams as Pepper Potts

Kevin James as Harold “Happy” Hogan

Christina Ricci as Betty Ross

Léa Seydoux as Sharon Carter

Daisy Ridley as Peggy Carter

Charlie Day as Ant-Man/Scott Lang

Amandla Stenberg as Shuri

Maya Hawke as Hawkeye/Kate Bishop

Sasha Luss as Black Widow/Yelena Belova

(I'm changing the direction of the MCU Spider-Man since there would be no mind wipe at the end of said trilogy, no Iron Man Jr, Peter is in college and already an established hero, there would be no pointless change to MJ's name and I would reframe from basically copying everything about Miles and give all his traits to Peter)

Brendan Fraser as Uncle Ben Parker(flashbacks)

Jamie Lee Curtis as May Parker

Stefanie Scott as Mary Jane Watson

Dylan O'Brien as Harry Osborn

Chloë Grace Moretz as Gwen Stacy

Jake Austin Walker as Flash Thompson

Keira Knightley as Jane Foster

Stellan Skarsgård as Odin

Mark Strong as Charles Xavier

Jacob Elordi as Cyclops/Scott Summers

Liana Liberato as Jean Grey

Matt Berry as Hank McCoy/Beast

Finn Wolfhard as Iceman/Bobby Drake

Mason Dye as Angel/Archangel/Warren Worthington III

Kiki Layne as Storm/Ororo Monroe

Jared Keeso as Wolvine/James "Logan" Howlett

Wyatt Oleff as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler

Charles Melton as Warpath/James Proudstar

Sadie Sink as Wolfsbane/Rahne Sinclair

Petr Skvortsov as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus

Maude Apatow as Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat

Victoria Pedretti as Rogue/Ann Marie

Peyton Elizabeth Lee as Jubilee/Jubilation Lee

Olivia Rodrigo as Dazzler/Alison Blaire

Ekaterina Samsonov as Magik/Illyana Rasputina

Sonya Mizuno as Psylocke/Elizabeth “Betsy” Braddock

Esme Creed-Miles as X-23/Laura Kinney

Wolfgang Novogratz as Havok/Scott Summers

Jodie Whittaker as Emma Frost

Dallas Liu as Daken

Kat Graham as Polaris/Lorna Dane

Chad Coleman as Lucas Bishop

Hunter Doohan as Banshee/Sean Cassidy

Austin Butler as Gambit/ Remy LeBeau

Will Arnett as Deadpool/Wade Wilson

Saara Chaudry as Kamala Khan

Madison Reyes as America Chavez

Isaac as Moon Knight/Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley

Andrew Lincoln as Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic

Jodie Comer as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman

Paul Mescal as Human Torch/Johnny Storm

Liev Schreiber as Thing/Ben Grimm

JK Simmons as Iron Monger/Obadiah Stane

Dolph Lundgren as Crimson Dynamo/Anton Vanko(adding Dynamo as I felt not including him was a waste)

Danila Kozlovsky as Whiplash

Bob Odenkirk as Justin Hammer

Chow Yun-Fat as The Mandarin(No Trevor, he's The Mandarin and actually uses the Ten Rings against Tony)

Michael Shannon as Abomination/Emil Blonsky

Mark Gatiss as The Leader/Samuel Sterns

Jamie Campbell Bower as Loki Laufeyson

Christoph Waltz as Red Skull/Johann Shmidt

Cillian Murphy as Baron Helmut Zemo

Javier Bardem as Thanos

Jeremy Irons as Ultron

Matt Smith as Malekith

Sean Bean as Alexander Pierce

Manu Bennett as Crossbones

Iain Glen as Ronan the Accuser

Oded Fehr as Baron Mordo

Brian Cox as Ego The Living Planet

John Malkovich as Vulture

John Goodman as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk

Boyd Holbrook as Bullseye

Tonia Sotiropoulou as Elektra Nachios

Jodie Comer as Typhoid Mary

James McAvoy as Purple Man/Zebediah Killgrave

Common as Cottonmouth/Cornell Stokes

Taraji P. Henson as Mariah Dillard

Barkhad Abdi as Bushmaster

Željko Ivanek as Agent Orange/William Rawlins

Wes Bentley as Jigsaw/Billy Russo

Dev Patel as Davos

Alexander Ludwig as Nuke/Will Simpson

Matthew Rhys as James Wesley

Kate Beckinsale as Vanessa Marianna

Marwan Kenzari as Bakuto

Brian Tee as Nobu Yoshioka

Lucille Soong as Madame Gao

Julianne Moore as Alexandra Reid

Eva Green as Hela

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Killmonger/Erik Stevens/N'Jadaka

Andrew Scott as Mysterio

(sidenote, Mysterio wouldn't die and would return to form the Sinister Six which would feature the villains from NWH, but it's the MCU variants, no Multiverse)

Bryan Cranston as Green Goblin/Norman Osborn

Mark Hamill as Doc Ock/Otto Octavius

Sam Worthington as Sandman

Sendhil Ramamurthy as The Lizard/Dr Curt Connors

Aaron Paul as Electro

Naomi Scott as Ghost

Henry Golding as Namor

Jason Isaacs as Magneto/Erik Lensherr

Natalie Dormer as Mystique/Raven Darkholme

Pablo Schreiber as Sabertooth/Victor Creed

King Kerim as Apocalypse/En Sabah Nur

Bryan Cranston as Sebastian Shaw

Christopher Eccleston as Bastion

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Mr Sinister

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Adam Warlock

Antony Starr as US Agent/John Walker

Ted Levine as Thaddeus Ross/Red Hulk

Charlie Clapman as Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom

[orangeispice]

it's so hard explaining how i imagine the dynamics of luke cage, danny rand and jessica jones

a) it's important that at some point they've had some weirdass romance pentagon with matt murdock and peter parker and misty knight (who had something with colleen). ahem.

b) lukedannyjess is wholesome bc it's the world where all three of them are happy. usually the three of them raising dani cage

c) lukedanny is good because THIS is a real example of best friends to lovers.

d) lukejess is good because it's canon, and they make each other better people and i just love them so much

e) dannyjess gets overlooked a lot, part of which is because of the fact that danny really didn't like jess when luke first brought her around, but they're since cleared that up. but the narrative potential of luke being injured and falling in love with the partner of the man you're in love with has a lot of hgnnnngnggh good plot to it

f) dannymisty, where lukedannyjess does NOT happen. though in this timeline, danny definitely had feelings for luke at some point, can't convince me otherwise. but in this timeline, we get lucy rand, who CANONICALLY ends up marrying dani cage in a timeline where they both exist

guys im so normal aboout this i swear--

[s10127470]

So since I'm doing “The Amazing Spider-Couple”, I've been brainstorming what the voice cast would be like if it was an animated series.

And this is what I've come up with.

The Main Couple:

-Peter Parker/Spider-Man: Josh Keaton

-Mary Jane Watson-Parker/Spinneret: Cree Summer

The Spidey Friends:

-Eddie Brock/Venom: Jake Green/Daran Norris

-Felicia Hardy/Black Cat: Jennifer Hale

-Miles Morales/Spider-Man: Nadji Jeter

-Flash Thompson/Scarlet Spider: Sam Riegel

-Curt Connors/The Lizard: Dee Bradley Baker

The Daily Bugle:

-J. Johan Jameson: J.K. Simmons

-Robbie Robertson: Phil Morris

-Betty Brant: Kath Soucie

-Ned Leeds: Jason Spisak

The Villains:

-Doctor Octopus: Rainn Wilson

-The Vulture: Dwight Schultz

-Scorpion: Daran Norris

-Sandman: Thomas F. Wilson

-Electro: Yuri Lowenthal

-The Rhino: Kevin Michael Richardson

-Kraven the Hunter: Jim Cummings

-Mysterio: Cam Clarke

-Kingpin: Jim Cummings

-Shocker: Tom Kenny

-Hydro-Man: Neil Patrick Harris

-Molten Man: Rino Romano

-White Rabbit: Hynden Walch

-The Spot: Crispin Freeman

-The Beetle: Grey Griffin

-Tombstone: Keith David

-The Prowler: Phil LaMarr

The Fantastic Four:

-Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic: Ian James Corlett

-Susan Storm-Richards/The Invisible Woman: Jill Talley

-Johnny Storm/The Human Torch: Danny Cooksey

-Ben Grimm/The Thing: Dave Boat

-H.E.R.B.I.E.: Laura Bailey

-Alicia Masters-Grimm: Wendee Lee

-Franklin Richards: Kari Wahlgren

-Valeria Richards: Kari Wahlgren

Street-Level Heroes, Heroes for Hire and Solo Heroes:

-Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk: Cree Summer

-Matt Murdock/Daredevil: Roger Craig Smith

-Marc Spector/Moon Knight: Keith Ferguson

-Frank Castle/The Punisher: Diedrich Bader

-Luke Cage: Khary Payton

-Jessica Jones-Cage: Kate Higgins

-Danny Rand/Iron Fist: Johnny Yong Bosch

-Misty Knight: Cynthia McWilliams

-Colleen Wing: Stephanie Sheh

-Shang-Chi: Kaiji Tang

-Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange: Jeff Bennett

-Ava Ayala/White Tiger: Alanna Ubach

-Eric Brooks/Blade: Terry Crews

-Wade Wilson/Deadpool: John Kassir

-Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl: Milana Vayntrub

The Avengers and Co.:

-Steve Rogers/Captain America: Brian Bloom

-Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk: Joe Zieja/Fred Tatasciore

-Tony Stark/Iron Man: Nolan North

-Donald Blake/Thor: Patrick Seitz

-Natasha Romonova/The Black Widow: Vanessa Marshall

-Clint Barton/Hawkeye: Matthew Mercer

-T'Challa/The Black Panther: James C. Mathis III

-Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel: Janet Varney

-Hank Pym/Ant-Man: Ben Savage

-Janet Van Dyne-Pym/The Wasp: Colleen O'Shaughnessy

-Sam Wilson/The Falcon: Bumper Robinson

-Wanda Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch: Kate Higgins

-Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver: James Arnold Taylor

-Simon Williams/Wonder Man: Nathan Fillion

-Greer Grant/Tigra: Grey Griffin

-Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman: Kimberly Brooks

-James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine: James C. Mathis III

-Bobbi Morse-Barton/Mockingbird: E.G. Daily

-Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel: Kathreen Khavari

-Rikki Barnes/Bucky: Lara Jill Miller

-Humberto Lopez/Reptil: Antony Del Rio

-Edwin Jarvis: Jess Harnell

-Rick Jones: Will Friedle

-Betty Ross: Misty Lee

The X-Men:

-Charles Xavier: Alan Tudyk

-James “Logan” Howlett/Wolverine: Steve Blum

-Scott Summers/Cyclops: Ben Diskin

-Ororo Munroe/Storm: Dawnn Lewis

-Jean Grey/Phoenix: Jennifer Hale

-Henry McCoy/The Beast: Dee Bradley Baker

-Remy LeBeau/Gambit: Phil LaMarr

-Anna-Marie D’Ancanto/Rogue: Jennifer Hale

-Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler: Yuri Lowenthal

-Piotr Rasputin/Colossus: Nolan North

-Jubilation Lee/Jubilee: Dionne Quan

-Bobby Drake/Iceman: Jason Marsden

-Angelica Jones/Firestar: Jessica DiCicco

-Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat: Kath Soucie

-Lockheed: Dee Bradley Baker

-Illyana Rasputin/Magik: Laura Bailey

-Warren Worthington III/Angel: Tress MacNeille

-Emma Frost-Summers: Candi Milo

-Alison Brie/Dazzler: Cristina Vee

-Betsy Braddock/Psylocke: Jennifer Hale

-Laura Kinney/Wolverine: Grey Griffin

-Sophia Sanduval/Chat: Mandy Moore

-Morph: J.P. Karliak

-Shiro Yoshida/Sunfire: Steven Yeun

As you can see, I wanted the cast to be a mix of old and new actors, with a good chunk of the characters being voiced by previous voices.

And in a few case, they're still being voiced by their long-time recurring VAs.

Let me know what you guys think about this casting!

[swordshadowss]

favorite sw characters list : (waiting around & bored & too much time on my hands)

1. jaina solo

2. leia organa

3. han solo

4. cassian andor

5. bastila shan

6. the exile (f)

7. atris

8. kreia

9. revan (f)

10. tahiri veila

11. kyp durron

12. anakin skywalker/darth vader

13. luke skywalker

14. padmé amidala

15. jacen solo

16. anakin solo

17. jyn erso

18. lando calrissian

19. c-3po

20. r2-d2

21. chewbacca

22. jagged fel

23. mara jade

24. mission vao

25. visas marr

26. atton rand

27. vergere

28. jarael

29. zayne carrick

30. juhani

31. nen yim

32. alema rar

33. tenel ka

34. mon mothma

35. bail organa

36. kleya marki

37. danni quee

38. nomi sunrider

39. ulic qel-droma

40. olee starstone

41. winter

42. wedge antilles

43. saw gerrera

44. obi-wan kenobi

45. yoda

46. palpatine/darth sidious

47. hego damask/darth plagueis

48. vestara khai

49. saba sebatyne

50. cinta kaz

51. vel sartha

52. cilghal

53. allana djo solo

54. hk-47

55. lyra erso

56. malak

57. bix caleen

58. talon karrde

59. bodhi rook

60. brianna

61. mira

62. orson krennic

63. luthen rael

64. lowbacca

65. zekk

66. ben skywalker

67. ania solo

68. ysanne isard

69. tyria sarkin

70. tekli

[that-theaven]

My fan roster for Marvel's Heroes for Hire. I see it as a team of Street level heroes and former villains.

Luke Cage, Danny Rand, and Jessica Jones would be the leads with a semi rotating team

Controversial decision: I won't have The Daughters of the Dragon in the team because Misty Knight is currently with Sam Wilson, and I have Headcannon that the reason he was trying to hand over his title (back when people were pearl clutching at the idea that someone would master the martial arts and NOT be Asian) was because he is suffering from severe depression, and Luke figures his brother doesn't need the drama.

Spider-Man is on the team as a side hustle

D-Man works with them if there is a case involving or they need help from the homeless.

Daredevil is on the team because of the Netflix Defenders connection, but he also works as their legal consultant

Cloak &Dagger are on the team because of their team up with Daredevil in X-men 97. I also thought there's a good running gag about everyone calling C&D Luke and Danny if they were melodramatic lovers.

White Tiger is on the team because of the Ultimate Spider-Man (Disney XD one) connection

Atlas (Thunderbolts) is on the team because I thought it would be fun to have all three versions of Powerman on the team. It made Scott Lang on the team redundant, but if Danny's ex was going to cause drama, Jessica's ex certainly would.

Sandman was the first ex villain, I thought of for the team, and his powers could come really handy.

Prowler (Hobbie Brown) is on the team because the team will need a thief from time to time

IronHeart is on the team because I wanted a tech person, and I could just imagine Luke and Jessica not putting up with her BS, which is what Riri needs

[cogentranting]

I made a claim that there is a trend that won't allow female leads of superhero movies and tv shows to have and end up with a male love interest. So I decided to back that up with some stats. I looked at 60 different lead characters of live-action superhero tv shows and movies from Marvel and DC, sorted them into different categories by gender and type of ending (see the details below the cut).

My findings:

While 95% of male lead superheroes have opposite sex love interests, only 61% of female lead heroes have opposite sex love interests. 62% of male leads end up together with their (female) love interests. Only 22% of female leads end up with their (male) love interest (in fact I can only find 4 examples, as opposed to the 26 male examples. All four are tv shows. I do not know of a female lead superhero movie/movie franchise that ends with the female lead happy together with her male love interest.) In contrast only 5% of male leads have no love interest whatsoever, as opposed to 22% of female leads. Women are also more likely to have their love interest die, with 17% compared to the male 10%.

The categories I used:

A. ends up with their love interest (the lead themselves MAY die. For example Tony Stark does get to marry Pepper and have a child, and then dies. Oliver Queen has a similar situation and then also gets an epilogue together with Felicity in some sort of afterlife) B. Has a love interest but doesn't end up with them (they split up; the love interest ends up with someone else; they are permanently separated) C. The love interest dies D. No canonical love interest E. The series is still ongoing/was cancelled mid-story-- there IS a love interest but it's not clear if they end up together eventually or not (EA-- will probably be together/implied they will; EB-- doesn't seem like they'll be together; E-- I have no clue. I recognize these are open to interpretation, that's why they're classified separately) F. Same Sex love interest

"What do you mean by a "lead"?" They have to be THE main character of their series/movie/franchise. Generally this is the title character. Ensembles were included only if there was a clearly discernible main character (e.g. Peter Quill in GOTG). The only times I counted co-leads was in the cases of Agents of Shield (both Daisy and Coulson), TFATWS (Sam and Bucky), BVS (Clark and Bruce), and Hawkeye (Clint and Kate).

Marvel male leads Tony Stark A Steve Rogers A Scott Lang A Clint Barton A T'challa A Nick Fury A Phil Coulson A Peter Parker (Maguire) A Marc Spector/Steven Grant A/EA Danny Rand EA Michael Morbius EA Matt Murdock (Cox- Netflix) EA Peter Parker (Holland) EA Bruce Banner B Doctor Strange B Loki B Luke Cage B Matt Murdock (Affleck) B Peter Quill C/B (I'm counting it as a C, his version of Gamora died) Frank Castle (Bernthal) C/B Peter Parker (Garfield) C Thor C Shang-Chi D (but if I had to guess, will end up with Katy) Sam Wilson D Bucky Barnes E (I'm counting Sarah Wilson as a canon love interest. If not, he's in the D category) Eddie Brock E

Marvel Female Leads Peggy Carter A Daisy Johnson A Kamala Khan EA Jessica Jones EB Natasha Romanoff B Jennifer Walters B (I'm counting Matt as a love interest for her show, but I don't think there's any chance of them being together past what we saw. Categorize this as an EB if you prefer) Sersi C Wanda Maximoff C Shuri D Kate Bishop D Carol Danvers D 26 M 11F

Marvel Male Stats A- 8/26 31% A+ EA- 13/26 50% B- 5/26 19% B + EB- 7/26 27% C- 4/26 15% D- 2/26 8% E- 2/26 8% A/B/C/E (has some sort of love interest regardless of ending)-- 24/26 92% (alt if you don't count Bucky as having a love interest, 23/26 88%)

Marvel Female stats A- 2/11 18% A+ EA- 3/11 27% B- 2/11 18% B + EB- 3/11 27% C- 2/11 18% D- 3/11 27% E- X A/B/C/E-- 8/11 72%

DC Male Leads Hal Jordan A Arthur Curry A Jaime Reyes A Clark Kent (Cavil) A Clark Kent (Hoechlin) A Clark Kent (Welling) A Oliver Queen (Amell) A Barry Allen (Gustin) A Jefferson Pierce A Dick Grayson (Thwaites) A Barry Allen (Miller) EA (or maybe A) Bruce Wayne (Pattinson) EA Bruce Wayne (Bale) A/C Bruce Wayne (Affleck) D Billy Batson D Black Adam D DC Female Leads Courtney Whitmore A Kara Danvers (Benoist) B Diana Prince C Harley Quinn (Robbie) D Sarah Lance F Kate Kane F Ryan Wilder F 16 M 7F DC Male Stats A- 11/16 69% A+ EA- 13/16 81% D- 3/16 19% DC Female Stats A- 1/7 14% B- 1/7 14% C- 1/7 14% D- 1/7 14% F- 3/7 42% A/B/C/E--4/7 57%

Total men: 42 Total women: 18

DC + Marvel Men A- 19/42 45% A+ EA- 26/42 62% B- 5/42 12% B + EB- 7/42 17% C- 4/42 10% D- 2/42 5% E- 2/42 5% A/B/C/E--40/42 95%

DC +Marvel Women A- 3/18 17% A+ EA- 4/18 22% B- 3/18 17% B + EB- 4/18 22% C- 3/18 17% D- 4/18 22% F-3/18 17% A/B/C/E--11/18 61%

Additional Explanations:

I only included movies/shows from after 2000.

If a character has multiple love interests I categorized them by their most important or final love interest. Being together with someone at the end of the series automatically puts them in the A category. If they don't end up with anyone, I made a judgment about which love interest was most significant and grouped them according to that. For instance--- Daisy Johnson has 3 major love interests (Ward, Lincoln, Sousa) but she is grouped as an A because she ends the series in a relationship with Sousa. Frank Castle I counted as a C because while Karen is maybe a love interest, his wife and her death are the more significant story factor.

I excluded movies/series that are an ensemble without a clear lead such as Marvel's Runaways (or where I didn't know enough about the movie to determine if there was a clear lead, like Suicide Squad). I also left out movies that I just don't know much about (like Deadpool, Elektra, or Watchmen). I left out Cloak and Dagger because I'm incredibly unclear whether they are meant to be future love interests or not. All X-men properties were excluded because determining A) who counts as a lead, B) are the different versions different characters and C) what endings count as canon was just a mess so I decided to skip it.

Why is Fury on this list as an A? He's the lead of Secret Invasion and is married. We might not see his wife again but last we heard they're happily married.

Why did you specify Matt Murdock as (Cox-Netflix)? Right now it's unclear if the main MCU Matt and the Netflix Matt are the same continuity, though it seems like they are not. The Netflix show ends with the suggestion that Matt and Karen will get back together at some point. She-Hulk and what's been seen so far of future Daredevil appearances don't acknowledge Karen.

Why is Peggy a lead/does Peggy really end up with her love interest? She's the lead of Agent Carter though not the lead of a movie. If we're counting Agent Carter separately, she ends that show in a relationship with Daniel. They are different ways to interpret timelines and which shows exist in which timelines etc. but regardless, Peggy is the lead of a show, and ends up married to either Steve or Daniel.

Why are same-sex relationships counted separately? Because I'm specifically looking at a trend regarding putting female characters in relationships with male characters. I contend that it stems from a sexist view that doing so portrays the woman as subordinate or lesser than her male partner, even if she is the main character. This "issue" is side-stepped by putting the lead in a relationship with another woman.

Why isn't Hope Van Dyne (Wasp) a lead even though she's a title character? Because functionally she's still secondary to Scott in the story. When I allowed co-leads they were never each other's love interests. Often the second lead is the love interest of the male lead, which skews the data. Gamora is a similar situation.

Further takeaways: 2 male heroes (Oliver Queen and Bale Batman) have a significant love interest turn out to be evil and betray them, plus an additional 3 (Iron Fist, Daredevil, and sorta Loki) that have some sort of minor betrayal that ends with the love interest on the same side as them. That's 5 or 12% depending on which number you take (I'm more inclined toward the 5%). 2 women have a major love interest turn out to be evil (Daisy Johnson and Sersi) and an additional three have a more minor betrayal with a turn around (Peggy, Courtney, and Kara). Which is 12 or 29%. Plus an additional 2 that were victims of an abusive relationship of some sort with an all out supervillain (41%).

In the above stats, characters were only put in the C (dead love interest) category if that is their main love interest. If they later end up with someone, they are in a different category. If we look at characters who had a love interest die at some point (whether permanently or not) stats are affected thusly: Male characters who have a love interest die: 12 Female characters who have a love interest die: 6 29% of male heroes have a love interest die 33% of female heroes have a love interest die

[ear-worthy]

Let's Burlesque Podcast: The Legends, The Histories, The Scandals

Burlesque is an art form that has been around for nearly 200 years. Although its popularity has wavered in recent generations, it still thrives throughout the U.S. One person actively working with reviving Burlesque is podcaster, burlesque dancer, Instructor, Cosmetologist, and Trichologist Megan Bay.

Meagan tells us that, “Let’s Burlesque is a show about all things in the sparkly world of burlesque! We talk about the Legends, the history, current events and controversies. True crime and current happenings.”

The podcast began in January 2025 and, so far, has covered Burlesque stars such as Betty Rowland, Princess Lahoma, Thida Loy, and Sammy Davis’s roots in Vaudeville.

Meagan AKA Mae December — continues: “My husband, who is also a performer, and I listen to a lot of podcasts. The only burlesque one I really listen to is Viktor Devonne Weburlesque, so I felt a podcast about burlesque legends was an important thing to do.”

When we asked how she started the podcast, Meagan confessed: “I tried to find someone with experience producing, but I couldn’t so I just bought a program and some mics and figured it out.”

American burlesque shows were originally an offshoot of Victorian burlesque. The English genre had been successfully staged in New York from the 1840s, and it was popularized by a visiting British burlesque troupe, Lydia Thompson and the “British Blondes”, beginning in 1868. New York burlesque shows soon incorporated elements and the structure of the popular minstrel shows. They consisted of three parts: first, songs and ribald comic sketches by low comedians; second, assorted olios and male acts, such as acrobats, magicians, and solo singers; and third, chorus numbers and sometimes a burlesque in the English style on politics or a current play. An exotic dancer or a wrestling or boxing match usually concluded the entertainment.

By the early 20th century, two national circuits of burlesque shows had emerged, competing with the vaudeville circuit, as well as resident companies in New York. The strippers gradually supplanted the singing and dancing soubrettes; by 1932, there were at least 150 strip principals in the US.

Star strippers included Sally Rand, Gypsy Rose Lee, Tempest Storm, Lili St. Cyr, Blaze Starr, Ann Corio and Margie Hart, who was celebrated enough to be mentioned in song lyrics by Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter.

By the late 1930s, burlesque shows would have up to six strippers supported by one or two comics and a master of ceremonies. Comics who appeared in burlesque early in their careers included Fanny Brice, Mae West, Abbott and Costello, W. C. Fields, Jackie Gleason, Danny Thomas, Phil Silvers, Sid Caesar, Danny Kaye, and Red Skelton.

The best way to describe the Tails And Tassels podcast is to allow the creator / host Gemma Smith to tell you herself. “Hello, kitty cats! Welcome to Tails and Tassels. I’m your host, Gemma Smith, and I’m passionate about growing a com-mew-nity of cat-loving creatives. By day, I’m a manager at a Kitten Nursery in New York City, and by night, I host the Catbaret, my cat-themed variety show!​”

Meagan explains her take on Burlesque in podcasting this way: “A show about all things in the sparkly world of burlesque! We talk about the Legends, the history, current events, and controversies. True crime and current happenings. In each episode, burlesque performers and industry figures reveal their burlesque origin story, tease with tales from behind the scenes, and strip down to the naked truth of life on stage.”

There is a lot to like about this podcast, the subject notwithstanding. First, co-hosts Meagan — aka Mae December — and Creme De Violence made a strong team, sharing a sharp wit, a zest for fun, a curiosity about burlesque history and its stars, and a playful chemistry. As Indie podcasters with no “mic” experience, they are superb.

Episodes vary in length from approximately 40 minutes to one hour, which suggests that runtimes should be based on content, rather than some arbitrary rule that equates episode length with value.

Let’s Burlesque is yet another example of a superb independent podcast and an entrepreneurial, kick-ass podcaster, Meagan Bay. I highly recommend you listen to the show.

In case you are wondering, a Trichologist studies hair and scalp. If you’ve seen my profile picture, you'll notice that I've taken a photo of myself with my exposed scalp. The hair part is history. Meagan, please help!

[thefoxvampire]

Name: Mike

Species : a Skeleton

Age: 31

Height : 7'1

weight: Nothing

Personality : cool , radicle

Job : gamer

Likes : video games, rock music and his Girlfriend "Zoe Zee"

Dislike : humans , vilains , zombie hunters

Voice : Greg Cipes: Iron Fist / Danny Rand Voice - Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (TV Show) - Behind The Voice Actors

Bio: mike is most a best gamer is only a skeleton, he was human being alive but he being come to love interest zoe zee

Ending/ Backstory: after will get married to zoe later , he was alive to barely to grave for burning his house when he move out for two years the past

Mike from toony show: a Spooky Quest (c) by me

[glxrious-purpose]

[ text ] Have you gotten any work done? -- @immortalweapon

[Mister Rand] Sadly not. Your mortal "social media expert" seems unwilling to take many of my suggestions. [Mister Rand] And I am not entirely thrilled with his suggestions either.

[fxllen-one]

@immortalweapon​

One of Lucifer's many talents was always being able to appear important. He had been welcomed into the courts of kings, the offices of politicians, the sets of adult films...even houses of worship over the centuries. At weddings, people tended to think he was some well-dressed relative whose name they just could not recall. "Oh yes, absolutely! I'll tell Uncle Albert you're just dying to see his stamp collection," he said to whichever mortal had been asking him about his connection to the wedding party. They believed it, naturally, and he smiled as he turned and found himself face to face with the groom.

"Ah, congratulations my good man!" Lucifer exclaimed, reaching out to shake Danny's hand, "Congratulations on the drink selection, that is. Almost as good as I would stock at my club! Well done! Oh, and congrats on the marriage too. I'm sure you'll be 'loving and honoring' extremely well." He tried not to make a face at that, as well as when he added, "Dad would definitely approve that you put a ring on it."

[aldilu]

You’re not going to stand in the corner all night, are you? // @immortalweapon WILL befriend tarik 

There was something about the masquerade that was rubbing Tarik the wrong way.  Maybe it was the fact that half the people here were either walking weapons or made their livelihood profiting off the sort of wars he’d watched so many die in.  Maybe it was the masks--convenient but tasteless, as far as he was concerned, given that just weeks ago anyone running around in masks was apt to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.

Or maybe the wine just hadn’t kicked in yet.  

Either way, Tarik had made his cursory pass through the room to identify who he could, and was currently leaning against the balcony’s banister watching the crowd below.  There was always a method to the madness, and Tarik had flagged a few people he might need to go introduce himself to when he felt someone come up next to him to strike up conversation. 

Judging on sight alone, he wouldn’t have been able to identify the man.  The mask was large, the man’s remaining features not particularly distinctive.

But the demeanor... 

A derisive sniff from Ra’s, in the midst of his recounting of New York’s current power players.  “The CEO of Rand Corp may as well be a golden retriever.  Bakuto tricked him as easily as a child.”  

Golden retriever.  Tarik’s lips tugged up at the edges of his glass as he brought it to his lips.  The description certainly fit.  

“I suppose I shouldn’t, right?  I just don’t know very many people here, and schmoozing has never exactly been my forte,” he lied easily.  “I was hoping some liquid courage might help speed things along.”

[legendxry-outlaw-archive]

❛ who’s roger? ❜ -- @immortalweapon​

“Down the street there? And past the pizza place? Yeah, ok, roger that!" Peter waved to the street vendor who had been kind enough to give him directions to the nearest convenience store, then as he was turning away, another guy suddenly asked him a question. Considering how many questions Peter was ending up asking about the way things were on Terra these days, he was taken off-guard at a question being asked of him. "Who...what? Well, uh, I don't know. I mean, that's just a phrase. All the cool guys in the movies always used to say that. But you know, it's a good question. Who the heck is Roger and why does everyone use his name instead of just saying 'Yeah, I got it?'"

[dutysoverlove]

@kunlunsironfist

(✉️ ➡️ damn daniel ): okay i have some news for you (✉️ ➡️ damn daniel ): [unsent] but you probably wont get why this is big bc you know. fifteen years in a monastery or whatever (✉️ ➡️ damn daniel ): [image attatched]  (✉️ ➡️ damn daniel ): i have a boyfriend! 

[thedragoncolleen-a]

[text] i just made this awkward, didn’t i? || Danny

(✉️ ➡️ danny 💖 ): how badly are u blushing rn danny? (✉️ ➡️ danny 💖 ): i feel like it’s more awkward for /you/ than anyway else

[melindaofshield]

“Did he tell you anything?” || @kunlunsironfist

After the Raft had come ashore, most of the inmate files had been transferred to SHIELD and Melinda had been one of a few agents sorting through the files to determine who was the highest risk and who could use a second chance --- Davos was one of the names on Melinda’s list. He had shown violent tendencies and was prone to outbursts, but all the rage he showed it seemed to be directed at one person. Danny Rand. And when it came across her desk that Davos was in a mental hospital and that Danny Rand, along with a Colleen Wing, had been hospitalized because of injuries sustained by Davos, Melinda knew that she had dropped the ball on this one... but she needed to fill in the blanks for SHIELD and find out if (and when) they built another prison for powered people, if Davos needed a spot there. But her interview with Davos was hardly lucid. The institution had him drugged up to the point that nothing he said made sense. He kept rambling about K’un-Lun? Dragons? 

None of what Davos had said made sense, so she went directly to Danny in hopes that he’d fill in the blanks. After all, he was the center point of Davos’s rage, he had to know something. She showed up at one of the residences he had been spending more time at --- a Colleen Wing’s place (though there was a dojo sign still hanging outside). Melinda had told Danny that she was there to talk about Davos, and his first question was to be expected. “He’s heavily drugged so it’s hard to sort the truth from fiction. He talked a lot about a place called K’un-Lun? He also said that death would be more honorable --- and he asked for you.” 

[sofiasinclair]

@kunlunsironfist

Sofia was rapidly going through her contacts to see who was still in town -- and Danny was one of them. She would have invited him out to try out meditating again, but given the state of chaos the world was in (and finding out that Danny had broken his leg), Sofia opted for showing up at the dojo he was living at. She didn’t understand why he was staying there of all places, after all, if his leg was broken, why was he in a dojo of all places? Not that Sofia was really in a place to judge, when her life got rough she would set up camp in the back of the hex shop instead of going home to a bed. And even then, she preferred Jessica’s couch over anything else. 

Knocking on the door, Sofia called through it, “Danny, it’s Sofia!” It took a moment, but when the door opened, Sofia offered him a small smile before she realized behind him --- that was not what she imagined a dojo to look like. “So... what’s with the dojo sign outside? Because this is not what I imagined. At all.”