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[alxandergoth]

she said yes! ‧₊˚💍๋࣭ ⭑💕

[pastlivesandpurplepuppets]

Sometimes a day or two, or just a few hours, off the line helped. Other times it didn’t. Winters considered T/5 Joseph D. Liebgott an excellent combat soldier, who had proven his worth in Holland. But in the woods outside Bastogne, Winters saw a change in the man; a serious moroseness brought on by unrelenting stress. Kneeling by Liebgott’s foxhole, Winters said, “Joe. I need a runner for a few days. I’d like you to take the job.”

Liebgott looked up at his captain, then nodded. “Yes, sir. Thank you.”

After a few days, Liebgott requested permission to return to Easy. It was granted, but once back on the line his problems returned. Strayer intervened and temporarily reassigned Liebgott to division G2 intelligence, where his ability to speak German could be used to interrogate prisoners. Winters opposed this transfer. Liebgott was Jewish and had an undisguised hatred for the Germans. But the transfer went through.

~ Larry Alexander

[upnorthprogressive]

G2S Superintendent/Principal Hunt: Where Did Jamie Bandstra Go?

G2S Superintendent/Principal Hunt: Where Did Jamie Bandstra Go?

If you look at Gateway to Success’s website today you will notice that tonight is their prom. You will also see that there was an all-school meeting this morning at 11:00 AM. If you take the time to peruse the board meeting schedule you will see there was a special meeting today at 10:00 AM. Finally, click the job postings tab and you will also notice as of today the for-profit charter school…

[magastrom]

Holland, March 2017

[igobets]

[cdmagic1408]

What school subjects do you think Ian is good at? He does say something to Will like: oh its just like this award for math” I do think he’s good at sports and swimming.

I definitely think Ian has a knack for math and science (specifically like biology or something) which being a Tom Holland character sounds pretty obvious lol

But I also believe Ian has a talent for art too considering he painted the sides of G2 and his drawings in the irl QOY book…I bet art classes relax him and is something he’s good at too ✍️

[theinsiderrp]

WELCOME BACK - ST JUDES DORMITORY 2021. 

MOVING IN DAY! 

here are your dorm lists for the new year (2021). please know that in the student dorms, each student has their OWN bedroom and bathroom but share a kitchen and lounge with their specific flat. 

FLAT A, floor 1 

room A1 - elodie gwan  room A2 - oliver cole  room A3 - trystan smith  room A4 - zelda mayfair  room A5 - margaret sinclair  room A6 -  gabe jimenez  room A7 - kobi hare  room A8 - isaak gomez  room A9 - olivia barham 

FLAT B, FLOOR 1 

room B1 - sangwoo heo room B2 - athena carter  room B3 - louis powell  room B4 - dallas jackson  room B5 - posie harwood  room B6 - alexandria cortes  room B7 - natasha banks  room B8 - heidi napier 

FLAT C, FLOOR 1 

room C1 - gisele collins room C2 - joe valenti  room C3 - theo carmichael  room C4 - taylor harwood  room C5 - ahreum choi  room C6 - annabell powell  room C7 - sawyer sloan  room C8 - alyssa amari  room C9 - madison sinclair 

FLAT D, FLOOR 1

room D1 - drew bradford  room D2 - mason carmichael  room D3 - mackenzie quinn  room D4 - max eddison-amir  room D5 - daveed addams  room D6 - sebastian quinn  room D7 - tanner hawthorne  room D8 - wesley higgins  room D9 - disney hamilton 

FLAT E, FLOOR 2 

room E1 - lorelai sloan  room E2 - bella carmichael  room E3 - cassie mendoza  room E4 - imogen hamilton  room E5 - maria castillo  room E6 - isla jong  room E7 - isobel rosini  room E8 - ava quinn 

FLAT F, FLOOR 2 

room F1 - brody carmichael  room F2 - maelyn dawn  room F3 - leo carmichael  room F4 - peresphone reyes room F5 - roxanne woods  room F6 - jiho yoon  room F7 - cameron james  room F8 - mallory shaw  room F9 - anthony henshaw 

FLAT G, FLOOR 2 

room G1 - duyi iamphang-lin room G2 - charlotte barham  room G3 - adrian cortes  room G4 - danica wilson  room G5 - clyde aarons  room G6 - riley james  room G7 - elora amari  room G8 - ruby rosini room G9 - kristofer nilson 

FLAT H, FLOOR 2 

room H1 - rory fox  room H2 - lucas romano  room H3 - jiwon moon  room H4 - levi winslow  room H5 - janey powell  room H6 - blake cruz  room H7 - matt eccleston  room H8 - felicity calloway room H9 - disney hamilton 

FLAT I, FLOOR 3 

room I1 - park hamilton  room I2 - luke pitman  room I3 - hanuel kang  room I4 - harper foxx  room I5 - river sinclair  room I6 - holland smith  room I7 - miles carmichael  room I8 - florence hamilton  room I9 - marcus carmichael  room H10 - eloise calloway 

FLAT J, FLOOR 3 

room J1 - kyle kingsley  room J2 - chang-woo jong  room J3 - ezra hughes  room J4 - anastasia carmichael  room J5 - natalie castillo  room J6 - isla jong  room J7 - felix kim  room J8 - luke thompson  room J9 - darius richards  room J10 - brielle quinn 

FLAT K, FLOOR 3 

room K1 - christelle cruz  room K2 - autumn west  room K3 - poppy murry  room K4 - kendall barham  room K5 - seon-jun park  room K6 - nate harwood  room K7 - everleigh james  room K8 - zara calloway room K9 - margo jackson  room K10 - hensley west 

FLAT L, FLOOR 4 

room L1 - charlie steeples  room L2 - julian kingsley  room L3 - jack coleman  room L4 - nero haven  room L5 - rosalie harrington  room L6 - danny coleman  room L7 - phoenix lin  room L8 - damon napier  room L9 - hensley west  room L10 - soraya sparks 

[nothingbutimagines]

Somebody Else (Peter Parker)

Pairing: Ex!Peter Parker x Reader

Warning: Cursing, heartbreak, some ffh spoilers

Summary: Y/n and Peter broke up right before the blip and while both blipped out, Y/n was worried about Peter and realized that the break up was a mistake. But, when they go on the school trip to Europe, Ned breaks the news to Y/n that Peter has moved on and Y/n is determined to get back with Peter before it’s too late. 

Author: Dizzy

A/N: I wrote this while I was feeling angsty while listening to the 1975. I know I broke Peter’s heart in the last fanfic I wrote, but we have to break the reader’s heart at some point too. 

PART TWO: “The Sound”

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____________________

Your tears blurred your vision, Peter’s face was no longer visible and his hair became a haze of brown, a halo over his head.

“Y/n, you can’t mean that.” His voice pulled his face back into view. 

You blinked the tears away. “If you-if you kept your mouth shut, Peter, we wouldn’t be here.”

“Y/n-”

“Go home, Peter.” You snapped as the boy took a shaky step back with wide eyes. “Go on, get out!”

Your line of sight grew blurry as you looked through Peter. You were no longer looking at him, you were merely looking through him until he became nothing but a shadow of who he is. You always did this, stared at him so long your eyes grew tired of adjusting to his small movements. The flicker of his hand as he looked through his phone, the way he pulled his bottom lip taut between his teeth.

Liz had told you that morning when you called her that perhaps it was time to move on, but how could you? She had the experience to talk from; she lived on for 5 years while you were blipped out of existence alongside Peter. But did she even have the room to say that? Who’s she to say that he isn’t the person you were meant to be with.

Maybe you were wrong about him. Maybe things could be saved. Sure, it was 5 years since you blipped out, but you blipped back in at the same time as Peter. If you weren’t meant to be together, would you have blipped out and he not?

A hand clapped against your shoulder as Ned appeared beside you, and pulled you from your thoughts.

“You know, Y/n, it’s pretty rude to stare.” Ned laughed.

You groaned and turned to face him, his hand dropping to his side as you shrugged him off.

“I know, Ned. I just-”

“Miss him. I know.”

“Right and he won’t even talk to me anymore.” You said, your voice trailing off towards the end of the sentence as you took another look at Peter.

“Y/n, you spent all semester pining over him and never talking to him. He’s given up.”

“He didn’t even like me anymore to begin with.”

“Did you break his heart? Yes. Did you break it and then stomp on it? Also yes. And did you never speak to him even after he got back at watched the Tony Stark die in front of him? Yes, yes-”

“Okay, Ned. I get it. I screwed up.”

“You didn’t just screw up, Y/n. You screwed up and then messed Peter up by pushing him away even more.” Ned sighed, “You know, he still loved you after all that. He did want to see you when he came back, remember?”

You groaned. “Oh my god, you’re right! And I never even opened the door for him.” You looked at Ned and smiled. “Ned, I need your help. I have a plan.”

Not long after you and Ned discuss your plan did you board your plane. 

Ned and Peter got on before you, with you being one of the last people to board from your school group. You watched as they took their seats before you decided to take action. 

“Hey, Ned, I think you’re in my seat. I had G2; here.” You stated sweetly, showing him your ticket.

“No, this is definitely my seat, see?” He replied, showing you his ticket before giving you a subtle wink.

You tried not to giggle at his gesture since you both knew what Peter didn’t, you had a seat next to Betty instead. 

“Oh, well they must’ve accidentally given us both the same seat. I hate when they do that. You can keep your seat with Peter. I’ll go sit with Betty, I guess.”

“No, no, you can sit here. It’s probably more comfortable for you. Plus the lady in front of us has a really strong perfume that’s getting to me.” He replied, rising from his seat with his things and walking past you. 

“Thanks, Ned. I owe you.” You smiled before taking a seat next to Peter. “Hi, Peter.”

“Hello, Y/n.” The tone in his voice made you think he had done an eye roll in his head. “Don’t act like I didn’t clearly see that you didn’t have the same seat as Ned.”

“Oh, come on, Peter. Why can’t you have a little faith in me?”

“Cause you didn’t have any in me.” He snapped. 

“Okay, low blow.” You winced. “Look, Peter, I’m not your enemy here. I do want to be friends.”

“Why couldn’t you have asked me this after the blip?” He asked, looking at you deeply. “Why couldn’t you answer your door?”

“You know why, Peter.”

“Why? Cause you think I broke your little promise?”

“That’s exactly why!”

“I almost died, Y/n.”

“I know. But you’re a dick for never telling me why.” 

“I did!”

“Yeah, after I found out Ned knew before me!”

“I’m not doing this. I don’t want to keep being the villain of your twisted narrative.”

“Peter, please, I didn’t mean it.”

“You never do, Y/n.” He replied as he pulled out his phone and put his head phones in, leaving you to sit with your thoughts. 

____________________

You couldn’t remember falling asleep, but as you woke up, you found that you hadn’t just fallen asleep, but that you were now intertwined with Peter as you had done so. His arm was around your shoulders, your face was buried in his chest, and you held onto his shirt tightly. You groaned as you began to sit up, the jacket Peter had thrown over you slipping off your shoulders and onto your lap.

“Nice to have you back.” Peter stated, not looking up from his phone screen. “Did you know that you really like to mumble ‘i love you’ when you sleep?”

“Why are you being nice to me, Parker? I thought you hated me.”

“I don’t hate you, I just strongly dislike you for what you did. There’s a difference.” Peter replied with a chuckle. “Besides, it was nice to have you back in my arms like that. I hate to say that I missed that.”

“I’m sorry, Peter, for everything.” 

“I know you are, but Y/n, I don’t know about us being together if that’s what switching seats with Ned was about.” Peter paused, “I don’t know if that’s the move. I like someone else anyway.”

He’d seen through your lie. He knew what you were doing. Granted, he was your ex boyfriend and knew most things about you, but so often he was naive to it all. But, here he was, within your grasp yet so far away. He liked being with you in that moment, when you were sleeping, and now he’s pushing you away for someone else.

“I’m not, I just- I just thought it would be good for us to finally talk.” You bit back the bile and mixture of anxiety that pressed against the back of your throat. “Who do you like, anyway?”

You were scared to know who it was. You wanted to believe it was a lie.

“It’s a secret, Y/n.” Peter explained. “And as we have learned from past experiences, you don’‘t handle secrets that well.”

You felt the memory push against the back of your mind like the bile in your throat, Peter, across from you, on the other side of your bed, covered in soot and cuts, the Spiderman mask in hand. 

The memory of how he begged you to understand why he couldn’t tell you his biggest secret, how you would be in danger if he hadn’t waited. How he cried with you when you angrily told him that he couldn’t do this to you, that he shouldn’t have lied all those times he stood you up, how he had worried you. 

Then the image of his blurred figure in your gaze, the feeling of your throat closing up as you yelled at him to go away, to get out of your house and out of your life. All because of a secret you were never sure was truly a big deal.

“I can handle this secret.” You finally replied after a long standing silence between you two.

“Y/n, trust me, you don’t need to know.” 

You didn’t press on, you didn’t ask anymore questions. You had learned from the last time if he wanted to tell you, he would have. 

____________________

You hadn’t talked to Peter since the middle of the flight, even after you had fallen asleep on him again and even after you attempted to apologize for stepping on his foot getting off the flight. 

He refused to talk to you again for days and you didn’t know why. 

But Peter knew why. You had somehow stumbled back into his life at what felt like the worst time. A time in which he was crushing on MJ and was finally starting to really take the steps in moving on from you. As much as he would like to lie and say that you hadn’t broken his heart, you had and he hadn’t fully recovered. 

Now he was caught between you and MJ all because you fell asleep on him, cuddled into him, and when he asked if you were asleep, all you had to say was “I love you, Peter.” Now, he was caught in your web because you smiled every time he caught you looking at him and you were unbelievable nice, even after he began to dodge you and trying to reject all he felt, because he still liked MJ.

But, he was never going to tell you that. 

However, you were obsessing over why Peter hadn’t talked to you. You asked Betty what to do, but she was so engulfed in Ned, she never gave you a straight answer. 

Was this all because Peter liked someone else when you liked Peter?

You couldn’t help but picture Peter with somebody else, you couldn’t help but try to figure out who it was and you wondered if he had noticed you doing this. You couldn’t talk to Peter, since you could never get yourself alone with him and plead your case. You wanted him to know how you felt, but you couldn’t bear your soul to someone who didn’t want anything to do with you.

So, as you stood in line to enter the opera theater, you decided to catch Peter by the arm.

“Can I talk to you for a second?” You stated more than asked as you gripped his bicep tightly and pulled him over to the side.

“Y/n I can’t talk right now.”

“You’ve been saying that all week. Just talk to me.”

He looked agitated as he opened his mouth to speak and pulled his arm out of your grip.

“And why should I do that?” He asked harshly.

“You don’t have to be a dick about it, I just need to have a moment to talk.”

“Fine. You have five minutes.”

“Okay. I just- I want you to know that I’m sorry, for everything. Peter, I loved you. I really did. And I hate doing this, thinking about you with somebody else. I don’t want that. I want you with me. I have been beating myself up for how things ended and I wish I could take it back.”

“Y/n-”

“No,” You put a hand up, “Let me finish. Please, forgive me, Peter. I want to try again. I have been in love with you since I ended it. And I ended it over something so stupid. I was being selfish and thinking you were choosing others over me when that’s how it should be.” 

You don’t know what happened or why it had, but soon your hand was on the back of Peter’s head and your lips were connected with his. 

His hands held your waist and you thought he was falling into you just as he pushed you away. 

“I can’t. Y/n, I can’t do this. I’m sorry. I like MJ and I need to go, it’s a Spiderman emergency. Tell Ned where I am.” 

And with that, the boy walked away from you without an explanation, just as you had done with him. 

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G2 Esports Founder CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Discusses His Love Of Metal, Putting Together A Supergroup & More

G2 Esports Founder CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Discusses His Love Of Metal, Putting Together A Supergroup & More

G2 Esports recently expanded their reach into the world of music and kicked things off with one hell of a power metal track called “Our Way.” The track features company founder Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez, guitarist Jason Richardson (ex-Chelsea Grin, ex-Born Of Osiris), drummer Luke Holland (ex-Starset), vocalist Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast), violinist Taylor Davis, and cellist Tina Guo…

[alxandergoth]

graduation may not have been what charlie originally envisioned but he still had a good time ❤️

[sophygurl]

Wiscon 42 panel Lighter Side of the MCU

Okay, the rest of my panel write-ups are not going to be quite so dramatic as the Killable Bodies one thank goodness. And I’ll be typing the rest up in chronological order - excepting the ones I was on since I don’t take heavy notes for those, so will add a bit about them at the end. 

The first panel I went to was Lighter Side of the MCU

Reminder that these panel notes are only my own recollections and the things I managed to write down - my notes are incomplete and likely faulty in places. Corrections and additions are always welcome. Especially please do correct me if I get names or pronouns wrong! 

Also I name panelists as that’s publicly available information but not audience members unless requested by that person to have their named added. 

Panel description:

In 2017, the Marvel Cinematic Universe gave us 3 movies that were lighter, funnier, and a bit different from their normal fare: Guardian of the Galaxy Vol 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok. All three of these movies felt like a year-long palate cleanser after the darker path the MCU has been on. However, with movies like Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War coming next, are we back to serious business, or is there still room to play? 

Moderator was Christopher Davis. Panelists were Jess Adamas, V. Greyson, and Carrie Pruett. 

Chris talked about Thor: Ragnarok as having a shift from the other Thor movies, not just due to Taika Watiti’s influence but the writing and acting as well. 

Jess said people figured out that Hemsworth can do comedy and is not just ridiculously good looking, but also willing to make an ass of himself.

Jess and V. agreed that they almost can’t even remember Thor 2. Thor should be funny and silly - the comics are. There are still real feelings and relationships in there, but every scene looked like it should have been painted on the side of a van. 

Carrie said the movie found the right tone for including the Led Zeppelin song. The use of Bruce/Hulk in the movie also used more comedy than earnestness. She compared it to Deadpool as far as pointing out the ridiculous parts. 

She also talked about her desire for Darcy to interact with more MCU characters. 

V. talked about Kenneth Branagh’s Thor 1 and that she liked how serious it was. But she enjoyed the comedy of Ragnarok even more as a contrast. She brought up an article that talked about the Maori flavor of the comedy in the movie, the deprecating aspect and poking fun at the earlier movies (example: “the sun is going down”). 

Carrie liked the calling out of Loki as Odin as a reminder of how Thor 2 ended, but doing it in such a funny way.

Jess talked about Korg and the hilarity of how his revolution failed because he didn’t print enough pamphlets. She brought up the Grandmaster - Carrie asked who? - Jeff Goldblum - oh yea! (lol)

Chris discussed the heavy 80′s nostalgia and Jack Kirby aesthetic in the visuals and musical choices. For example, the Pure Imagination song while going through the tunnel.

Jess and V. joked about their husbands not getting why certain things were funny (IIRC this was because they weren’t as familiar with some of the references to earlier Marvel movies?).

Chris said that Goldblum was the perfect choice for that role. He asked the panelists what their favorite bit of his was.

V. said the meltstick part. Carrie added - accidental killing is hilarious. Jess brought up the part about Bruce looking for a button on the ship for a weapon and getting the song and lights - the discovery that it’s an orgy ship. Carrie added that Bruce’s whole life is a series of wondering how he got here. 

V. talked about the deleted scene of the Grandmaster engaging in tentacle porn. Chris said in Watiti’s director’s cut, he filks the Marvel logo at the start and it just goes from there.

Chris moved on to the Guardians movies - a part of Marvel that’s not well known outside of the deep fandom. This gave them more freedom in their choices. They mostly take place outside of the MCU world, but still did well.

Carrie compared Guardians to Deadpool 2 saying that there is such a thing as too many ironic music cues and Guardians had just enough while D2 went too far. 

Carrie also added that the Guardians/Thor part of Infinity War was the best part. The bit where Thor keeps calling Rocket a rabbit (I added from the audience that this somehow didn’t make Rocket mad) and Carrie agreed saying he really responded to Thor as an authority figure in ways that he usually doesn’t do with anyone.

Jess said that she has James Gunn issues and especially didn’t think Guardians 1 was that well written, but that G2 did a good job of balancing the serious with the funny. She was really resentful about crying at the end. She really bought the Peter/Yondu relationship. Jess tears up talking about the scene with Rocket at the funeral and how he noted that Yondu yelled a lot and was mean but that people still stuck with him. [I teared up a lil too, that part hit me hard]

Jess also added that the rainbow glitter aesthetic of the Guardians movies seems to be responding to the darker superhero greyscale we usually get.

Carrie said that they did good with the Ego stuff, as well. She knew that a twist was coming, but not what the twist was going to be. It called out toxic masculinity in a unique way. Kurt Russell was used well in the role. Peter has his own sexist issues, especially in G1 - which is not interrogated - but in G2 he’s clearly trying to be better than his dad. 

Jess said Russell was great in the role because the audience sees him as his oeuvre.

V. didn’t like G2 as much as G1. G1 had a lot of lampshading of Peter calling himself Starlord and the group the Guardians of the Galaxy. Also - so many Groot-based tears. She didn’t like the start of G2 with the team all fighting and being mean to one another. But G2 and Thor:R both used that rainbow glitter aesthetic well and showed that you can have serious issues going on even if it’s sparkly - things don’t have to be all grey with just some blue.

Chris brought up that lighter movies can still have some very serious issues and still be funny. The characters and relationships can grow and change, for example Thor finally acknowledging that Loki is going to keep tricking him. 

V. talked about how Spiderman: Homecoming’s humor is more of the #relatable type. Peter is “just like us” and we identify with him. 

Carrie said she has a complicated relationship with Spiderman. She saw the Toby Maguire movies before she got into comics and didn’t realize that Spiderman was supposed to be funny. Andrew Garfield did okay but still didn’t really feel like Peter. Tom Holland does Spiderman/Peter better. But the movie changed around some of the characters from the comics. Also - why is it appropriate for Tony to have this relationship with a high school student? On the other hand, Tony’s use as a side character is funny and done well.

Jess added that Tony makes terrible decisions but doesn’t realize it until someone else points it out to him - like, maybe don’t take a minor out of the country for combat-related reasons?

Jess went on to say that all Marvel movies have some humor, and it often is that relatable kind, but it also comes from the fondness for the characters and their relationships to one another. It’s not just references (V. - like The Big Bang Theory).

Jess talked about how Thor:R addresses colonialism and anti-colonialism while being funny. Spiderman:Homecoming culminates in a homecoming dance. Jess always wanted a Marvel high school movie. Also Michael Keaton did well in the role for similar reasons as Russell in G2. Both actors bring their career history with them into the role. 

V. talked about the humor of Spiderman in the pratfalls. Heroes already have such exaggerated physical movements, so this leads well to physical humor. Holland is a good physical actor in both senses.

Carrie lamented the lack of funny women in the MCU. (I spoke from the audience again pointing out MJ) 

Jess said that Gamora did not get a lot of comedy - a lot of her character is wrapped up in drama with Nebula. Mantis is a character we laugh at and she is not comfortable with that. Valkyrie gets to be funny. Cate Blanchett as Hela was very campy but in a straight-faced way. She does tell jokes, but they’re terrifying.

Carrie discussed the issues with Mantis a bit more. The jokes were mostly about her fitting the submissive Asian trope. Black Panther has women who got to actively do stuff and be funny! There should be more little sisters in superhero movies. Lupita  Nyong’o was used better as a funny character in BP than she was in more serious roles. Jess added that Okoyo was used in humorous ways too.

Carrie said BP was not just about found family, as many of these movies are, but is actually a family movie. 

Chris said that Hela got some of the best lines in Thor. Examples: “Whoever I am?” and the bit about the executioner to execute plans ... but also people. 

He added that BP did have a lot of humor. It also had a similar plot as Thor, but with a very different tone and narrative. 

Carrie said BP makes you care about Wakanda. Asgard feels more distant. While watching Infinity War, her concern was for Wakanda - why are they bringing the fight there?!

Thor:R builds on the other movies for it’s worldbuilding, whereas BP is introducing us to this world for essentially the first time. There is a sense of wrestling with what is the right thing to do. An audience member added - it’s a less mythical world. 

Jess talked about BP having lots of joy - you get the sense that the cast and crew just loved being there and making it what it was.

V. talked about Thor 1 having more of a fish out of water type humor. The humor in BP comes from investment in the character relationships.

An audience member brought up the M’Baku vegetarian joke. Someone (another audience member maybe?) brought up how the Grandmaster was queer-coded and a villain and funny but it was not offensive. 

Jess said that was just Goldblum being Goldblum. It also works because Watiti is queer, so he’s aware of the tropes and it’s not a mean-spirited laughing - we’re not laughing at the queer-codedness of the character. Contrast this to Mantis, where we are supposed to be laughing at the racial and sexist stereotypes.

Chris brought up that Mantis literally personifies emotional labor. 

An audience member said that the Grandmaster reminded them of Tim Curry’s characters - he’s using himself in the role, so we’re not laughing at someone’s depictions of an other.

V. said in Thor:R the gags are at everyone’s expense - it’s equal opportunity joking. We’re not just laughing at say, the one campy character in the entire movie. 

Carrie talked about not liking Drax as much in G2 because he was so mean to Mantis - we were expected to laugh at this one character. 

An audience member talked about Drax’s actor being hilarious. The MCU and DC are mostly white and male, so they appreciate when this is not the case. The Drax/Mantis issue would have been better if they’d addressed his crush on her. It felt like a third of movie was cut out because they skip right over his meanness to acceptance. Mantis is the first Asian character in the MCU.

Carrie said there is a representation problem. A friend of hers who is Asian said her kid told her she looks like Mantis, and she wasn’t sure how to deal with that. There were no other characters for the child to compare her to.

Jess said this was especially bad because outside of the Mantis thing, Drax is the best of them as far as emotional expression. 

Chris said - as a white dude named Chris, I’m getting lots of representation and I’m getting tired of it. (lol)

Valkyrie came up and someone said their headcanon was that she lived and took the half of the Asgardians who live off to safety. I shouted out from the audience that this was confirmed as canon. V. said her theory is that she took the sex space ship!

An audience member brought up how some people found Asgard as a flying disc in space as being more relatable than a non-colonized African country. This is partially because you have to set up the seriousness first and then introduce humor. Thor could be funnier right away because it was the third movie. 

V. said that both Thor and BP had interesting things to say about colonization and Chris laid it out as: Killmonger wants to start conquering and Hela wants to go back to doing it.

V. talked about BP as having to engage white Marvel fans, black audiences who aren’t as familiar with the comics, and of course the Venn Diagram of black fans of the MCU. Discussed the use of both Wakanda and Oakland scenes to accomplish this.

An audience member asked about the evolution of Hulk as a comedic character.

Chris said Ruffalo was able to pull off the humor well on Thor. The physical comedy of when he tried to pull the Hulk out and then splat! The movie used both Bruce and the Hulk for comedic effect. 

Carrie related back to the comment about starting off with the serious backstory and then adding in the humor - Bruce himself has learned to take himself less seriously over time.

Jess said that he does get to be funny here and there in the other movies, but it’s more of humor as coping mechanism. In Thor:R he gets to do more slapstick stuff. 

And that’s all I got! Overall this was a fun, funny panel which also hit on some serious themes in these lighter movies. 

[magastrom]

Holland, March 2017

[aion-rsa]

The Game Awards 2020: Winners & Results

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The Game Awards are back to celebrate the best titles of the year. Taking place in three studio locations — Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London — the event is hosted once again by executive producer and presenter Geoff Keighley, with special guest appearances from Brie Larson, Christopher Nolan, Gal Gadot, Keanu Reeves, Tom Holland, John David Washington, Reggie Fils-Amie, and more.

And of course, the ceremony wouldn’t be complete without some HUGE announcements regarding upcoming games. Last year’s event brought us the reveal of the Xbox Series X. How will The Game Awards top itself this year? Fans will just have to wait and see!

Gamers can watch the festivities live in the stream below:

Favorites at this year’s award ceremony include The Last of Us Part II (11 nominations), Hades (9 nominations), Ghost of Tsushima (8 nominations), Doom Eternal (5 nominations), Fall Guys (4 nominations), Half-Life: Alyx (4 nominations), and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (3 nominations).

Which title will be crowned Game of the Year? It’s time to find out! Here are all of the winners (marked in bold) of this year’s Game Awards:

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Game of the Year

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)

DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)

Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)

Hades (Supergiant Games)

The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

Best Game Direction

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)

Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)

Hades (Supergiant Games)

Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)

The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

Best Narrative

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (George Kamitani)

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Kazushige Nojima, Motomu Toriyama, Hiroki Iwaki, Sachie Hirano)

Ghost of Tsushima (Ian Ryan, Liz Albl, Patrick Downs, Jordan Lemos)

Hades (Greg Kasavin)

The Last of Us Part II (Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross)

Best Art Direction

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)

Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)

Hades (Supergiant Games)

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)

The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

Best Score and Music

DOOM Eternal (Mick Gordon)

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Nobuo Uematsu, Masahi Hamauzu, Mitsuto Suzuki)

Hades (Darren Korb)

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Gareth Coker)

The Last of Us Part II (Gustavo Santaolala, Mac Quale)

Best Audio Design

DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)

Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)

Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)

Resident Evil 3 (Capcom)

The Last of Us Part 2 (Naughty Dog/SIE)

Best Performance

Ashley Johnson as Ellie, The Last of Us Part II

Laura Bailey as Abby, The Last of Us Part II

Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Logan Cunningham as Hades, Hades

Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Games for Impact

If Found… (DREAMFEEL/Annapurna Interactive)

Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive)

Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)

Tell Me Why (Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)

Through the Darkest of Times (Paintbucket Games)

Best Ongoing

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)

Destiny 2 (Bungie)

Call of Duty Warzone (Infinity Ward/Activision)

Fortnite (Epic Games)

No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Best Indie

Carrion (Phobia Game Studio)

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)

Hades (Supergiant Games)

Spelunky 2 (Mossmouth)

Spiritfarer (Thunder Lotus Games)

Best Mobile

Among Us (InnerSloth)

Call of Duty Mobile (TiMi Studios/Activision)

Genshin Impact (miHoYo)

Legends of Runeterra (Riot Games)

Pokémon Café Mix (Genius Sonority)

Best Community Support

Apex Legends (Respawn/EA)

Destiny 2 (Bungie)

Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver)

Fortnite (Epic Games)

No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Valorant (Riot Games)

Innovation in Accessibility

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Grounded (Obsidian/Xbox Game Studios)

HyperDot (Tribe Games)

The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

Watch Dogs Legion (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)

Best VR/AR

Dreams (Media Molecule/SIE)

Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)

MARVEL’s Iron Man VR (Camoflaj/SIE)

STAR WARS: Squadrons (Motive Studios/EA)

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (Skydance Interactive)

Best Action

DOOM Eternal (id Software/Bethesda)

Hades (Supergiant Games)

Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)

Nioh 2 (Team Ninja)

Streets of Rage 4 (DotEmu)

Best Action/Adventure

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)

Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch/SIE)

MARVEL’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/SIE)

Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Respawn/EA)

The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/SIE)

Best Role Playing

Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)

Genshin Impact (miHoYo)

Persona 5 Royal (Atlus, P Studios)

Wasteland 3 (inXile Entertainment/Koch)

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

Best Fighting

Granblue Fantasy: Versus (Arc System Works/Cygames)

Mortal Kombat 11/Ultimate (NetherRealm Studios/WB Games)

Street Fighter V: Champion Edition (Dimps/Capcom)

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows (Spike Chunsoft/Bandai-Namco)

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe: Late[cl-r] (French Bread/Arc System Works)

Best Family

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time (Toys for Bob/Activision)

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Velan Studios/Nintendo)

Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang/Double Eleven/Xbox Game Studios)

Paper Mario: The Origami King (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)

Best Sim/Strategy

Crusader Kings III (Paradox Development Studio/Paradox)

Desperados III (Mimimi Games/THQN)

Gears Tactics (Splash Damage/The Coalition/Xbox Game Studios)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo/Xbox Game Studios)

XCOM: Chimera Squad (Firaxis/2K)

Best Sports/Racing

Dirt 5 (Codemasters Cheshire/Codemasters)

F1 2020 (Codemasters Birmingham /Codemasters)

FIFA 21 (EA Vancouver/EA Sports)

NBA 2K21 (Visual Concepts/2K)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 (Vicarious Visions/Activision)

Best Multiplayer

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo)

Among Us (InnerSloth)

Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision)

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (Mediatonic/Devolver)

Valorant (Riot Games)

Best Debut Game

Carrion (Phobia Game Studio/Devolver)

Mortal Shell (Cold Symmetry/Playstack)

Raji: An Ancient Epic (Nodding Heads Games)

Röki (Polygon Treehouse/CI Games)

Phasmophobia (Kinetic Games)

Content Creator of the Year

Alanah Pearce

NickMercs

TimtheTatman

Jay Ann Lopez

Valkyrae

Best Esports Game

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision)

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)

Fortnite (Epic Games)

League of Legends (Riot Games)

Valorant (Riot Games)

Best Esports Athlete

Ian “Crimsix” Porter / Call of Duty

Heo “Showmaker” Su / League of Legends

Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu / League of Legends

Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro / Call of Duty

Matthieu “ZywOo” Herbaut / CS:GO

Best Esports Team

DAMWON Gaming / League of Legends

Dallas Empire / Call of Duty

San Francisco Shock / Overwatch League

G2 Esports / League of Legends

Team Secret / DOTA2

Best Esports Event

BLAST Premier: Spring E2020 European Finals (CS:GO)

Call of Duty League Championship 2020

IEM Katowice 2020 (CS:GO)

League of Legends World Championship 2020

Overwatch League Grand Finals 2020

Best Esports Host

Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere

Alex “Machine” Richardson

Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez

James “Dash” Patterson

Jorien “Sheever” van der Heijden

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Warning for body horror!!

So the order of areas would be: Holland Valley > Henbane River > Whitetail Mountains > Compound

Before the 'bosses', a little about the Bliss virus: The virus comes from a mutated flower, which was experimented on by Dr. Jessop at Jessop Conservatory. Umbrella took notice years before the events of Collapse and hired Dr. Jessop. When she found out a bit later that Umbrella stole her research, she retaliated by trying to show how truly powerful the Bliss can be. This was later discovered by Joseph Seed, who killed Dr. Jessop for the virus. (How she died is still unclear)

The virus has different effects on different people, but most of the time the virus turns those infected into 'Angels' - as they are called by the Project at Eden's Gate. The majority of Great Falls (Fall's End) has been infected.

Up first is John, who is in charge of Holland Valley. Just like the rest of his family, he is infected with the Bliss. Instead of being turned into an Angel, though, he has supernatural abilities that allow him to heal much faster from wounds (a common side effect of the Bliss). Whenever people come to investigate the cult, he is the one who takes care of them, and Evelyn and Joey are no exception. He kidnaps Joey, with the intention of infecting her with the Bliss, but he is killed by Evelyn before he gets the chance. Due to the Bliss, he regenerates health but because the Bliss isn't progressed as far as his family, he can't control how he regenerates. The Bliss creates a shield around his body, and it needs to be penetrated before he can be killed. When his armor is destroyed, it reveals his destroyed body - elongated limbs with razor sharp claws instead of fingers. His spine is stretched and he struggles to stand on his legs, but he is barely in control of his own body. To add a reference to his actual boss fight, Nick Rye helps out during this fight with his plane. This fight would take place at John Seed's ranch.

Faith would be... She's manipulative, and uses hallucinations against her victims. She's relentless and intends to finish the job John failed at. Part of why she's so vicious is because she knows she can be replaced, like the previous Faiths, like her mother. While I have to figure out her bigger role in the story, I can talk about her boss form for a bit. Due to the Bliss, she has wings - not just that, but the previous Faiths back her up. They are a part of her - literally and figuratively. They know why she's doing this and they don't want her to fail either. When her human form is killed, wings made of Bliss protrude from her back, which probably hurts like hell. She tries to fight Evelyn on her own, but fails. That's when her body rapidly regenerates and falls apart all at once - revealing two other human forms attached to her. She struggles to move when on her feet, but her attacks do thrice as much damage. She'll make this fight as tough as possible.

Jacob is was the first 'design' I came up with. His scars would become 'weak spots' - the eyes we know and love on Resident Evil bosses. They are armored, but it's not as tough as John's armor. Still hard enough to need a sniper rifle to penetrate it. He fights, partly for Joseph, but also because he wants to. Fighting is all he knows and part of him doesn't want a world where he has to do something other than fight, which is why he's so fiercely loyal to Joseph. I also think he'd have arms similar to G2 Birkin or Krauser. Unlike his siblings, he's more in control of his transformation, and chooses to morph his arms into bigger claws when he realizes he's losing the fight. He isn't as ruthless as Faith, but he's definitely a strong enemy. His fight would take place in St. Francis Veterans Center.

And then there's Joseph. A lot of final bosses in Resident Evil games are 1.) GIGANTIC 2.) literally stuck to one place (G5 Birkin, Eveline, Nemesis, Lord Saddler). Joseph would have two stages (three if you count his human form). Stage 1 still lets him be in control of his body. He grows larger, his limbs become unnaturally long and big. Claws, of course. And I think his heart would become a weak spot on the outside of his body. When defeated, he falls into his church. Just when you'd think the fight is over, the Bliss takes over. He regenerates by using the bodies of nearby dead Angels as a source and the Bliss takes over his mind and body. He and his church are one. His heart - his weak spot - has become a bigger target but takes more damage. He needs to be weakened before his heart can be attacked.

During the fight, the church catches fire. The fight ends with Evelyn and Joey sitting in the water as they wait for extraction.

Anyone interested in my thoughts of RE-ified Seeds 😭😭

[alxandergoth]

time for young adulthood, happy b'day charlie!! 🥳🎂