#cranky john

[wombywoo]

retired 🩶

[alienoresimagines]

Honestly, Crank is such a mood and might just be my MOTA spirit animal

Exhibit A : He is just so done, all of the time it's so funny

1) "What I get a passenger?" Sassy Crank who then decided to sleep through the rest of the briefing because if he has Bucky the Yapper on his plane, he will need the extra sleep if they both want to make it alive to Algeria

2) Any sequence where he is flying and Bucky's behind him and/or asking for updates on Buck. The way he just... closes his eyes like he's praying a higher deity to take the Yapper of his plane before answering is so funny. I don't know if it's because of Bucky's poorly hidden attempt at making it look like he's not asking after Buck specifically by saying "the stagglers" and Crank realising exactly why Bucky "couldn't skip this one" or simply because he's just been through hell and the war wife that yapped his way on his plane won't stop asking is he's a war widow yet but it's funny. Reminds me of a parent who just wants some sleep but their kid keeps asking questions.

3) His "Oh that makes me feel better" when the mechanic tells him of the plane's condition ("won't go very far but you won't need it" because Münster isn't far and not because Crank gets shot down not 20 minutes later mind you). I know he was probably still angry and bitter after his altercation with Bucky and the fact that Crank does Not agree with the mission's order but I just love him. He reminds me of a cranky, wet kitten

Exhibit B : He is hella competent

Every pilot is good, that's a fact. There hasn't been much focus on the pilots except for the Buckies (even though we've never seen Bucky in the left seat except that one time he was smoking in it during his war widow era), Rosie and Curt (a bit of Brady and Blakely too) so there isn't much to say about Crank specifically. BUT when Bucky, lead pilot, goes down, Crank immediately takes the lead to avoid formation going into chaos like was the case during the Bremen mission ("There was a lot of confusion when lead (Buck and DeMarco) went down, it was chaos"). And don't forget that he flew through the Regensburg mission, which was absolute hell!

Exhibit C : He is Not Afraid to speak his mind or call people on their bs

1) Him being the one to ask Bucky how he managed to be put on the Regensburg mission while very clearly already having an idea, only confirmed by Bucky's vague answer

2) Famous moment but his confrontation with Bucky (and Brady) about the Münster mission. Nobody mentioned Buck to Bucky, except Ken, but no one really mentioned the fact that the Münster mission was a revenge mission. Everybody knew it but there was that fear that mentioning Buck would set Bucky off so nobody did. But Crank does, because Buck was also his friend and so is Bucky and neither of them would have approved or encouraged the mission if they'd been here/in their right mind.

Look at the devastation on his face when Bucky tells him that "it's a war and it won't end until they hit them where it hurts". That's the face of someone seeing a friend absolutely drowning in grief turning to revenge to cope.

So Crank says "None of the people we're going to bomb today shot down Buck" and he sees the look in Bucky's eyes and knows that he may have hit the bull's eye, but it was the wrong move. Only accentuated by the fact that Bucky then makes Crank call him "sir" something that he has never done before, clearly separating himself from his friends and Crank understands that this isn't really Bucky, at least not the one he knows. Buck may have been the only one to go down but the truth is, the 100th had already lost the two Buckies

Exhibit D : He loves his people soooo much

1) The hug he gives Dougie when the goblin fort crew comes back from the dead??? Just looking at that hug I could feel how warm and comforting it was. Crank is one of the best huggers of the 100th I bet. Also Dougie being taken aback at the force of the hug that he has to take a few steps back?? Can you imagine how good and relieved Crank must have felt after losing so many friends but, just this time, one crew came back and intel was wrong, they weren't dead!! They came back!!

See Gif below :

Look at his face when he goes to hug Dougie, he can't believe he gets to see them again 🥺

2) The grief on his face when he comes back from Bremen? Not having the words to say Buck went down because they all thought that no one bailed out and the entire crew was dead? He just shakes his head in defeat. All he can think about is that they lost Buck but someone will have to tell Bucky that he lost Buck. Look at his face and tell me he didn't know it'd destroy Bucky.

3) Him calling for Bucky at the fence when the latter arrived at the Stalag. The pure joy and relief on his face ("You made it!!!"), so overwhelming that he has to take his beanie off because he arrived at the Stalag and Bucky wasn't there and he didn't arrive even days after Crank. And if Crank arrived before Brady did, then he must have thought that the entire crew was dead because he saw them go down, even took the lead afterwards. But then Brady arrived, and Bucky wasn't there and that couldn't be because if Bucky's dead then the last time Crank had ever seen him it'd been in anger and for all Crank disagreed with the mission, Bucky's his friend. But then Bucky comes and Crank is so relieved because Bucky's alive and the Buckies are back together so everything will be fine and Crank's with his friends again.

In conclusion, I love my cranky but affectionate Crank from New England, he deserves more appreciation, thank you for coming to my ted talk.

P.s.: I haven't seen MOTA post ep 6 so this post might be edited if the last 3 episodes give me Crank content :)

[somethingintheforest]

[hbosscreations]

John Constantine Hellblazer: Dead in America Solicits

I've had weird feelings about this run for a bit, so I decided to look at the solicits all together and...am I the only one who gets a weird vibe from these?

One and two feel pretty normal and true to what happened in book. Issue 2 is a little overdramatic, but that's how you get people to buy. No problems here, good hype, though I do think it's hilarious that issue one is billed at 28 pages, which means that of the rest of the issues it's the only one not filled with ads.

Issue 3, the numbers have gone up, the description has gotten small, and this was also where I started to question just what was happening. This was where this series started telling 'stories about the American dream' in overlong framing devices that really don't have anything to do with anything.

For me, Issue 4 is Issue 3 done correctly, and the solicit feels fine. It's sparse on the details because we're doing a mystery, but I thought it felt a bit rushed. I think in the previous run, this owuld have been a two parter much like Scrubbing Up or Britannia Rules the Waves, and I think it would have been better served that way, but whatever, this isn't about my feelings.

Issue 5, my second favorite main cover and least favorite issue so far, feels deeply misleading considering what we actually get out of the issue. Issue 6 also doesn't really tell us anything that's the actual main focus of the book.

But then BOOM!

Issue 7 comes along and I was genuinely surprised that we were getting more issues, since I hadn't heard that the books were selling especially well, but I don't have the sales figures to back it up. Once again, the solicit is technically accurate, but I'm noticing a trend of the 'he's a corpse! he's got to deal with that!' in the solicit and the comic...not actually doing that in any meaningful way.

Issue 8 has the smallest solicits of the entire run and nothing meaningful happens. We could have scrapped this entire comic and gone straight to LA, but for John Constantine: Hellblazer, he hasn't really done any blazing of Hell in this book, so I suppose it was necessary?

Issue 9's solicit is a lie and a nothing burger. It tells us nothing, and for good reason, because once again, NOTHING PLOT RELEVANT HAPPENS.

I'm living for the Hanged Man tarot cover of Issue 10, but I don't know about number 11's solicit. It's the final issue, why isn't it beefier? Why doesn't it SELL the finale?

I have suspicions, thoughts and theories, but all of it basically amounts to 'not enough oversight'. Most of my problems with these books amounts to the fact that the story feels like it wasn't finished when they started producing the comic (That's a thing in the industry, I know, but it's also not a good sign for longevity or future sales, so I don't know why it's a thing), and that unlike the previous run, Spurrier doesn't seem to really have anything to say beyond 'look at how bad America is!' and it just feels very out of touch.

It also feels like we've opened the story to get more traditional characters involved without thinking about the ramifications of adding them. This story didn't need Dream, it didn't need Etrigan, it didn't really even need Swamp Thing. I still like the inclusion of Swamp Thing, but at the end of the day, this run feels like it's not interested in John Constantine, which is a problem when it's called John Constantine: Hellblazer and not 'Wizards in America: We Fuck Shit Up'.

[bwabbitv3s]

John is never in his office in the watchtower as he always ends up found and forced to deal with things when he is there. Today is no different only it is Batman that shows up at his door. He is sorely tempted to hide under his desk and pretend to not have seen Batman at the door. Only Spooky probably knows he is there and will just track him down. A deep sigh and regret about not being allowed to smoke in the watchtower he gets up and unlocks the door.

That, he was not expecting that. Batman standing in the doorway to his office with an armful of cats. Two adults, one young cat just out of kittenhood, and a little kitten. The largest cat, ginger tom with a torn up ear and white blaze, glares and growls at him. The other placid adult cat, looks like a one of those fancy gray leopard spotted ones, just bats at the first and chirps happily. The younger black cat dangles from Batman's arms and gives John that judging look only cats can pull off. The kitten is a tiny cinnamon coloured thing puffed up in adorable fury with seething green eyes.

"Fix them." Batman say.

John has the dawning horror that he begins to recognizes the cats the longer he looks at them.

[gremlin-boah]

If you ignore him long enough he'll stop

[weyounthevorta]

Marry, Smash, Kill

[avonne-writes]

https://www.tumblr.com/avonne-writes/752784948545667072/im-so-cranky-i-had-to-get-up-3-hours-earlier

cranky bucky = cuddly and clingy bucky (but that’s reserved toward buck only)

Aw, yes! I feel like he’d be grumbling and complaining but clinging to Gale at the same time. If Gale gives him some affection, his mood mellows out relatively quickly.

[vixen7243]

Early thought:

Gaz bringing you a cup of coffee because he knows you get absolutely cranky in the morning especially if it’s Monday. Setting your cup down on the bed side table he quickly turns off the alarm as it came up on your phone. Smiling as he pushes some hair from your face, he leans down gently kissing your cheek. While he let you sleep in the extra few minutes he gathered some of your clothes for you before gently pulling the blanket off you, your naked form shrinking into yourself as the cold air of the room hits your body. Groaning you started blindly searching the bed for Gaz’s body grumbling angrily when the bed lamp got turned on. “Wakey, wakey princess.” Gaz eased your body up ignoring the soft glare you were giving him as he kissed every inch of your skin as he assisted you to get dressed, smiling when he got you to stand when you wrapped your arms around his neck holding him to you locking your lips with his.

“Thank you baby.” While he zipped up your pants and buttoned up your shirt he followed you with your coffee to the bathroom and soft smile on his face, enjoying watching you slowly get out of the fogginess of sleep. Once finally down stairs your were officially fully awake and telling Gaz about your dream and swaying your hips to the soft music you always put on in the morning to go with your rhythm of things. As you’re about to get in your car Gaz stops you, holding you close and tightly, a soft kiss between the two of you.

“Have a good day babe.”

You smiled and pecked his cheek getting in, “I will love, don’t get too roudy with Johnny this time while your gone, Price looked real tired the last time you guys came back from a mission.”

Gaz gave a cheeky smile as you started pulling off, already counting down the minutes till he was due to come back home to you and he hadn’t even left yet.

———

Very fluffy but just needed it, would be so nice to wake up to such a loving moment like this 😩

[girl-drink-drunk]

finally finished eureka, now watching the librarians. and you're telling me i get john larroquette AND matt frewer?!

[fiishes]

Not to be ~controversial~ but…. I really like John’s short hair in the epilogue

[skellynoodle]

Been really in BatmanXZatannaXConstantine

[astrophysicist-guitar-god]

Queen - DEATH SCRABBLE

 Includes video that the infamous “group + roadies play Scrabble on the bus” pics are from.

[memento-mariii]

Idk how to explain it but Jonathan Sims and Jack Seward have the exact same voice in my head.

[bobauthorman]

Just saw the Super Mario Bros. Movie.

IT

IS 

AWESOME!!!!

-> Only two things wrong with it; Not enough Luigi (What they gave him was gold, though, or platinum) and didn’t agree with Cranky Kong’s voice.

-> That’s it. Those are the only things wrong with it.

-> LOVE that they made modern Donkey Kong Cranky’s son again. Which means DK is Junior after all.

-> Plot is a bit simplistic...but that’s what I like about it. I’m tired of these complex character arcs of emotional turmoil, just gimme something easy and lighthearted!

-> Chris Pratt’s Mario was great. I know, understand, and respect that people do not like him as a person. Man’s said things we wish he didn’t. But his voice work for Mario is good, a solid balance between Martinet!Mario’s high-pitch and Hoskin!Mario’s deep-throated voice work.

-> Jack Black’s Bowser gives the perfect impression of that bully who also wants to be loved, but is too much of a jerk to deserve it.

-> Cameos, references, and other goodies galore! This film was a bonanza of visual tidbits and a feast for the eyes.

-> Soundtrack was so bangin’, and so worth sitting through the credits to hear. Also, there is a stinger at the end of the credits. You have to see the stinger.

In short, I give this flick a solid 

salute and thumbs-up from Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo

[southislandwren]

I worked 2 extra fucking hours today because my boss asked me to stay and help and he didn’t even say thank you. I’m done trying at that place I’m not appreciated one bit and I’m tired of going above and beyond for people who don’t even say thank you