#ik author Morgan

[ao3feed-irondadspiderson]

"This is going to be hell isn't it?"

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50214667 by GreyIsAWeirdo Peter Anthony Stark or Peter Benjamin Parker as he is more commonly known. See the thing is; he is Tony and Pepper's biological son but due to the fact that both of them are in the limelight, they gave him a fake identity until he is of legal age to decide what he wants to do. So Peter B Parker is an orphan who lives with his Aunt May. Peter A Stark however lives with his dysfunctional family of Avengers and Starks. Peter B Parker is a nerd who is shy and doesn't know how to stand up for himself. Peter A Stark is still a nerd but he's snarky and oh yeah he's Spiderman. His Academic Decathlon team are going on a field trip to Stark Industries aka Avengers Tower and considering that's where he lives Peter can't really keep up the shy, defenceless act, so the eldest Stark kid persona is coming out to play. Words: 2674, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 1 of I like making Peter suffer :] Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M, M/M Characters: Harley Keener, Peter Parker, Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Shuri (Marvel), Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, James "Rhodey" Rhodes, Pietro Maximoff, Loki (Marvel), Avengers Team Members (Marvel), Guardians of the Galaxy Team Members (Marvel) Relationships: Harley Keener/Peter Parker, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Peter Parker & Pepper Potts & Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Natasha Romanov, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Bruce Banner & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Everyone, Yelena Belova & Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton & Kate Bishop, Clint Barton & Yelena Belova & Natasha Romanov Additional Tags: Gay Harley Keener, Bisexual Peter Parker, Established Relationship, Peter Parker's Field Trip to Stark Industries, Peter Parker Calls Tony Stark "Dad", Peter Parker is a Little Shit, Sassy Peter Parker, Nicknames, BAMF Pepper Potts, BAMF Loki (Marvel), Genderfluid Loki (Marvel), Peter Parker & Morgan Stark are Siblings (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Sarcastic Peter Parker, Loki & Peter Parker Friendship, Peter Parker & Shuri Friendship, gen z humor, Humor, Vines, Texting, BAMF Friday (Marvel), Cliche af, Harley is the Tour Guide, the avengers are embarrassing af, Author Is Sleep Deprived, peter parker is sleep deprived, Coffee Addict Tony Stark, coffee addict peter parker, endgame inifinty war and civil war can all fuck right off, Not Canon Compliant, Domestic Avengers, Swearing, Flash Thompson Being A Jerk, flash is a knob, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Biological Child, Peter Parker is Pepper Potts's Biological Child, Crack Treated Seriously, sorry - Freeform, im so fucking sorry for whatever poor soul has come across this., Neurodivergent Peter Parker, im fucking projecting bc ik im neurospicy but idk how so peter can fucking suffer, kidding i love him sm, there might be a bit of angst bc im an angst writer and i rlly cant help it, autocorrect is my bestie rn, any trope i can fit in, may isnt actually his aunt sorry, mr harrington is a legend, He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Peter Parker, mr harrington doesnt get paid enough for this., mr morita and mr harrington placed bets read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/50214667

[theconstantsidekick]

BABES

I’ve been rereading everything in the staticverse bc it’s honestly become like such a great source of comfort for me and ily so much for it.

but as i was rereading i was struck by just HOW MUCH i love it. so i compiled a little list for you 💗

1. you have put absolutely insane amounts of detail into this and i appreciate it so fucking much you have no idea. there is layers upon layers upon layers of lore and plot connections and just UGH.

2. static. that’s it. end of story. just static.

2.2 okay so i know that you have your concerns about creating a reader that might be interpreted as “too similar” to the author but fuck that it’s bullshit. this is your work this is your creation you get to do whatever the fuck you want with it.

2.3 also static is such a badass and it’s honestly so refreshing to see a x reader fanfic where she isn’t a total mary sue or just the human embodiment of a slice of white bread. static is NOT BLAND she is NOT BORING. she has her faults she has her flaws and it makes her so much more relatable as a character. it’s so much easier to like step into the readers shoes when they’re a fully fleshed out character as opposed to a blank slate to project yourself onto. the way that you write static and her interactions with everyone around her is honestly on a whole other level and i like cant describe it it’s just so ajsjfosnsnajakakadjd

3. adding onto my like static and her interactions thing, dude. the way you portray her relationships with each different character so differently and yet so HER is insane. it shows how phenomenally multifaceted she is and i just genuinely love it

4. whenever the story is being “narrated” by a different character, your writing changes tone so well without losing its quality. there’s a stark (haha get it) difference between the way tony narrates as opposed to say steve or harley or even static herself and that’s something that i love with my entire fucking heart. you’re able to so seamlessly blend these characters together to create a beautiful tapestry of a world within the MCU and have i mentioned that i love it?

5. the EFFORT you put into this is unparalleled. like genuinely you could wake up tomorrow and say “im done writing this forever” and delete all of your work and i would still be happy that i got to be a small part of it. everything about the way that you world built and character developed and connected events is just SO GOOD LIKE????

6. this is embarrassing lowkey but static has like become my personality now? if im in a situation where im nervous or intimidated i just think about the avengers ft static when she goes to recruit Steve and he says something along the lines of “people didn’t hold themselves like that unless they were truly very sure of themselves” (i BUTCHERED that ik and im so sorry about it but i hope you know what point im referencing) and it like HELPS A LOT!!!

7. i originally read this bc im a slut for bucky barnes but i adore the way that it’s expanded to become more of just a series about static herself. you’ve developed such an interesting and exciting character that just like reading about what she ate for breakfast would make my month. and i will shamelessly admit that when she said “steve wasn’t the love of her life, bucky isn’t the love of her life, morgan is the love of her life” (again butchering the quote i am so disappointed in myself) i teared up. bc like while i am simply a hole made special for james barnes it was just so nice to see that this was a (cliché alert) strong, independent, female character who’s life didn’t revolve around a love interest. and no one looks for that in x reader fanfiction but it’s such a blessing that you were able to make it and i was able to find it.

8. this series and these fics are literally like free therapy and i love you more than static loves morgan, harley, and peter

sorry for the essay but i need you to know that i love you so so so so much.

im right behind you babe ❤️❤️❤️

when I tell you, I sobbed on a random tuesday morning after reading this....

I had been feeling really fucking shitty and then I woke up, i read this, first thing in the morning and honestly? Depression? Cured. Skin? Cleared. Laundry? Folded.

This was so personal to me. I just.. I cannot express how much this means to me, no matter how hard I try. It moves me so much that you noticed all the little information I had scattered throughout the story thinking like, 'oh this will be a fun callback when i read it later' only to find out you were following along!!!! This is literally the best feeling ever.

Whenever I'm having a shit day, questioning my 'talents' at work (because my job is in a similar zone) I come back to read this and I'm like yeah, well. @third-broparcelicito loved my shit so I cannot be that bad lmao.

Anyway, all this is to say, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading whatever content I put out and investing your time, energy and love into it so deeply. I swear people like you are the only reason I keep coming back to the series and updating it randomly. You keep me going despite my overly busy schedule. Thank you so so much.

I'm right behind you. I've got your back.

[masterwords]

Idk who else I'm supposed to ask this and since you are a hotchgan shipper (or one of the few ik)....Okay, so months ago back in 2022. I read a hotchgan fic about Emily coming back to stay with Hotch and Morgan I think it was Hotchs birthday or smt ( like a visit, something sort. Hint: she stays forever) but they end up in the hospital cause of Hotch, there's Sean too in the story cooking dinner and phone calls between Emily and hotch, just showing their friendship. And I can't find it, nor I remember the tittle, by any chance did you happen to come across that specific story or know who the author might be??

Okay the absolute insanity of me searching this one out...wondering if it was mine or @whump-town because it sounded too much like everything we specifically write to be anyone else. And it sounded so familiar, but then I read every word she writes and posts here so I had to dig...here you go! A Place At the Table. ❤ Solid family vibes, was a treat to revisit.

[cashandprizes]

Hii I’m new to redacted, and I’m wondering who Freelancer is, like I’m a bit confused lol. Also r huxley and Daimen dating ? Is it jus the two of them or r they in a Polly with some listener. Also who else has a listener ?

Ik David and angel. Ash and babe. Sweetheart and milo. Vincent and his partners whos pet name I forgot. Sam and darlin. But that’s I know. Please helppp 🙏🙏 I’m so confused and idk where to start with the lore !!

hi! I cannot believe someone is asking me for lore help um. okay.

The way I understand it, there's probably two ways to go about learning the lore.

You could start with the everything playlist and just listen in order - make sure you check warnings on audios but just go for it.

Or you could just start picking playlists and when other people get mentioned just hop over to their playlists until you know what's going on, which is basically what I did?

I started with Freelancer Season 1 playlist, which upon discussion is probably the best place to start understanding what the heck is going on. Around season 2 of Freelancer, you're gonna want to listen to some of the Shaw Pack and House of Solaire storylines before you get too far or else you will be very lost. By the time you get to the Inversion, it'll probably help to be caught up on Avior, Blake, Elliott, Brachium, Vega, and Project Meridian.

The timeline also exists, which thank you sophie for reminding me because I basically fucking ignore it , so you can also look through there. I think the ones that are directly in a video have links to the videos.

I feel like I should mention that I do NOT follow canon esp since the timeline came out (hence, "we take canon out back like ol yeller") so everything I say goes against this. Buuuut, to answer your questions:

Freelancer is the listener for the DAMN squad (Damien, Huxley, Gavin, and Lasko up until like a week ago)

Yes, Damien and Huxley are dating <3 I love them sooooo many

These are... most of the listeners. Regulus's listener is missing and Lasko's listener was just introduced but yeah

You have Morgan - Seer Obscura, Blake and his "friend"/"bestie", Elliott - Sunshine, Vega - Warden/Darling (Pet in imperium), David - Angel, Avior - Starlight, Milo - Sweetheart, Asset is um... complicated (used to be "love" for Marcus), Geordi - Cutie, Ollie - Babe, Sam - Darlin, Gavin - Freelancer, Guy - Honey, Asher - Baaabe, Aaron - Smartass, Vincent - Lovely

Idk if you have more questions you can ask? I am not the authority tho lmao!!!

[creativecourse]

Rigging Academy 2.0 Information The basics of rigging character, and the practical method to rig anything You will be able to rig hands, legs, mid-sections of the body, faces, and arms Practice rigging bipeds and quadrupeds for your final animation! Who is this course for? Rigging Academy is an intermediate class, and we have a few suggestions that would make your time learning a lot easier. Let's dig in to what those are: Character Animation Bootcamp Students We highly suggest that you learn how to animate characters before attempting to rig them. In Character Animation Bootcamp you will be given pre-built characters to learn how to animate with. This may seem like a backwards approach, but understanding how to use your rig and what's possible will help you know what to build. Experience with Character Animation If you've been animating characters, or have finished up Character Animation Bootcamp, this course is a great way to achieve the next level of character animations. Simply knowing what a character should (and can) do will inform what you need to build. If you've been animating walk cycles for bipeds, but you want to learn how to build out quadrupeds, this course can help you achieve that dream. What You’ll Learn In This Course? Character Prep: Learn to prepare your artwork for rigging the right way so you can be animating in no time. Rigging 101: What makes a good rig? How many controls do you need to build in? FK or IK? It depends. Options Galore: Puppet-pins or jointed limbs? How about hybrid joints? Heel-roll? Hip roll? You’ll learn ’em all. DUIK Wizardry: Learn to use many of the functions in DUIK to automate tedious rigging tasks. Facial Rigging: Facial rigging can be complex, but we’ll break it down and show you how to pull off amazing facial rigs. Advanced Concepts: What about 4-legged characters? Props? Level-swapping? You’ll be a rigging wizard at the end of Rigging Academy. About Author Morgan has been a professional animator and animation director for over 20 years. He has created work for numerous clients including Sony Pictures, the BBC, Comedy Central, and WGBH Boston and have been the recipient of several awards including a local ADDY®, a Telly, and a Best in Show award at Minnesota Siggraph. His short film work has been screened at festivals around the world including the Philadelphia International Film Festival and the Annecy International Animation Festival. Morgan is a Certified Duik Instructor and a full-time faculty member at Ringling College of Art and Design teaching and developing curriculum in the Department of Motion Design. More courses from the same author: Morgan Williams

[angelvyxen]

NEWS BREAK‼️🗞️🚨

-Abortion pill ruling expected from US Supreme Court within hours https://apple.news/AzDpWr_X3QFKhMkvXFi76Kw

-There are even more 2020 election defamation suits beyond the Fox-Dominion case https://apple.news/AY0roK9IGTkOlR2y00hgREg

-Four members of an elite competitive cheerleading team in Texas were shot after one of the athletes reportedly mistakenly tried to get into the wrong car after practice The alleged gunman was arrested. https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1648547405015445505?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-A 20-year-old New York woman was shot and killed by a man after she mistakenly drove up the man’s driveway. The 65-year-old was charged with second-degree murder https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1648159146296979458?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-On secretly recorded audio first reported by the McCurtain Gazette-News, GOP McCurtain County, Okla. officials — including the sheriff — talk about hiring hitmen to assassinate local journalists and complain that Black people now have the right to not be lynched. https://twitter.com/heartlandsignal/status/1648006079815483393?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-Ariana Grande on the leaks of her unreleased music during r.e.m. beauty Q&A: “You’ve stolen all my unreleased music, it’s horrible” https://twitter.com/popbase/status/1648045868392800257?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-Phil Dowdell, who had committed to Jacksonville State University to play wide receiver, was one of the victims shot and killed last night at his sister’s birthday party in Alabama. https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1647669060815974401?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-4 dead, more than 20 injured after a shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday celebration in Alabama https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1647596243361710081?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-5 people shot after a pizza was delivered to the wrong house in Detroit. https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1647001971935809536?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — The 84-year-old white man who shot Ralph Yarl, a Black teen who went to the wrong house, turns himself in to authorities. https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1648392038595829764?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-Hundreds of Staley High School students and staff walked out today in support of their classmate Ralph Yarl https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1648456407526830080?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-Morgan Freeman says Black History Month and the term ‘African American’ are both insulting says the man who had sex with his step daughter and caused her to k word herself. Completely unrelated Ik but sir please stfu. https://twitter.com/popbase/status/1648037093388718080?s=46&t=6IIfCmFJC09gIma2nDjk2Q

-Morgan Freeman had affair with step-granddaughter: alleged murderer https://nypost.com/2018/04/20/morgan-freeman-had-affair-with-step-granddaughter-alleged-murderer/

And as always that’s all for now…

Ladies! Our weekly news cast is here! 🗣 Thank you as always to our lovely corespondent, News Anon for her work.

- Honestly, fuck the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v Wade. Old people are destroying this country.

- People are still talking about the 2020 election and mind you, it’s about to be time for a new election anyways.

- People do not need to have guns. Everyone who owns a gun is so trigger happy, like?!

- Another shooting. What a surprise. 🤦🏾‍♀️

- I am so serious when I say this; we need to form a group that assassinates certain elected officials. Quickly. Kill them before they kill us.

- This has nothing to do with the news but had Ariana just stopped making music? Like what is she doing?

- WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL ALLOWED TO WALK AROUND WITH FIREARMS?! This is quite literally the 20th shooting since last week.

- Rest In Peace.

- Rest In Peace, again. What is with people and shooting on sight over small errors? Someone knocks on the wrong door, shot. Someone gets in the wrong car, shot. Someone walks on the wrong side of the sidewalk, SHOT?!

- I saw people standing outside Ralph’s house on Twitter. They need to burn that bitch down with him inside. I’m tired of people patient and peaceful with these YTs. Malcom X’s way is the right way.

- That’s nice that his classmates are supporting him.

- Why does he think the term African American is insulting? And what’s wrong with Black History Month? Rest In Peace to his stepdaughter though, but Morgan? Is this a end of life crisis?

- 😀 What?

This weeks news was eventful. A lot of shootings, Morgan Freeman might be a senile creep and the Supreme Court may or may not once again prove to be a bunch of little bitches. God, when will our suffering END?!

[abcnewspr]

HIGHLIGHTS FOR ABC NEWS’ ‘GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW,’ JAN. 30-FEB. 3

The following report highlights the programming of ABC’s “GMA3: What You Need to Know” during the week of Jan. 30 - Feb. 3. “GMA3: What You Need to Know” is a one-hour program co-anchored by Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes, with Dr. Jennifer Ashton as chief medical correspondent. The news program airs weekdays at 1:00 p.m. EST | 12:00 p.m. CST on ABC, and 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. EST on ABC News Live.

Highlights of the week include the following:

Monday, Jan. 30 — “GMA3” hosts music artist and cancer survivor Madame Who; Money Monday with author and host of ABC’s “Shark Tank” Daymond John; registered dietitian and nutritionist Maya Feller with a cooking demo from her new cookbook (“Eating from Our Roots”); Emmy® winner Larry Wilmore announces the nominees for this year’s Awards for Excellence in Audio

Tuesday, Jan. 31 — “GMA3” features a pair of Rhode Island state lawmakers who overcame criminal past; purpose coach, podcast host and author Jay Shetty on new book (“8 Rules of Love); “GMA3” contributor Rocsi Diaz talks eco-friendly Super Bowl party planning with author Kathryn Kellogg (“101 Ways to Go Zero Waste”); actress Kyla Pratt talks new Disney+ series (“The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder”)

Wednesday, Feb. 1 — “GMA3” spotlights non-profit Ivy League Mentoring; “ABC News Live Prime” anchor Linsey Davis discusses her new children’s book (“The Smallest Spot of a Dot”); actor Michael Urie on new Apple TV show (“Shrinking”); Deals and Steals with ABC e-commerce editor Tory Johnson

Thursday, Feb. 2 — “GMA3” showcases a fifth-grade teacher who doubles as a rapper; ABC News multiplatform reporter Ike Ejiochi shares story of a windfall library donation; co-hosts of ABC’s “The Parent Test” Ali Wentworth and Dr. Adolph Brown III; Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek discuss new film (“Magic Mike’s Last Dance”)

Friday, Feb. 3 — “GMA3” features Rev. Edwin Leahy; ABC News reporter Morgan Norwood on affordable childcare shortage; Faith Friday features authors Tanya Rad and Raquelle Stevens (“The Sunshine Mind”); actress Julia Schlaepfer on new “Yellowstone” prequel (“1923”)

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[xxrat--punkxx]

I have never played red dead redemption before, but clearly tumblr wants me to as now I am seeing a lot of cowboy dilf men on my dash

[yeenybeanies]

I wish you would write I fic where Devin and Arthur finally realise they both LOVE EACH OTHER AND THEYRE IDIOTS

send fic ideas 👀

wouldn't we all just love that for them :)

[valleydean]

he ain’t even the main focus of this biography and he’s still the most interesting character in it

[radiant-reid]

Pretty in Purple

Summary: An interruption to some private time Spencer is trying to share with his girlfriend unintentionally winds up advancing their sex life.

okay so ik i’m a lil insane for this one but!! request for softdom spencer using the purple scarf as a blindfold/handcuffs (i’m just obsessed w that godforsaken scarf)

A/n: yes, yes, yes !! thank you for this, I am such a purple scarf fan.

hey you’re like my favorite author. could you do something with spencer and fem reader in a secret relationship and morgan goes to his house to drop something off and he catches them together?

A/n: thank you so much ! this was such a fun request to add in

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader (Smut NSFM)

Content Warning: Swearing | Smut- daddy kink, size kink, unprotected penetrative sex, fingering, use of a blindfold (is there a word for that?) | Softdom!Spencer

Word Count: 3.2k

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Dramatically stepping out of the walk-in wardrobe, Y/n did a complete spin in the dress she had just bought. "What do you think of this?" She asked, smoothing her hand over the shimmering purple material that was tight to highlight her waist. It was on the short side, intentionally, ideal for showing off her legs when she wore heels.

Spencer was sitting on the round armchair in their bedroom, wanting to watch the fashion show she was putting on. His eyes quickly were drawn to her figure.

"Yes." He immediately said, nodding vigorously. Even if his answer was less than descriptive, his gawking was enough to assure with an abundance of confidence.

"Yeah?" She asked, walking into the middle of the room before pulling down the hem. "Are you sure it's not too much?"

Quickly, he shook his head. "No, it's perfect. You look beautiful." He assured her, getting up from his seat. "You know you didn't have to buy a new dress, right?"

"I know, but I wanted to match you." She told him, thinking about the purple tie in his closet. "I'm kind of terrified, you know?" She mentioned, spinning around to look in the mirror, trying to make sure it looked okay. Trying to make it look right was frustrating, and it wasn't even the day. A whole week until she'd be meeting his colleagues-turned-family.

Spencer came over, resting his hands on her waist while he pulled her body against his. "You have nothing to worry about, I promise." He comforted, sending her a smile through the mirror. "I already asked Rossi if I could bring someone, and I managed to get out of there before anyone could ask me questions."

He had pretty much sprinted down the stairs and to the elevator once he went into Rossi's office to ask if he could bring a special someone to his dinner party. Rossi was both surprised and proud, immediately agreeing and voicing his enthusiasm to meet whoever Spencer had been keeping a secret. The problem came when the team saw him grinning when he closed the office door, and he had to very quickly leave the office to avoid questioning.

Y/n spun back around, resting her hands on his shoulder. "Aren't they going to find it odd that we live together and I've never met them?" She wondered, having thought about each day when she walked past the pictures in the hallway every day. Every time there was an opportunity for her to meet them, she'd been away for work.

"I think they stopped finding me odd a long time ago." Spencer joked, smiling when she laughed. "They're going to love you, I promise. Not only because I do, but also because you are wonderful."

"Thank you." She said, tiptoeing up to place a gentle kiss on his lips.

Anchoring a hand on her cheek, Spencer kissed her more roughly, rolling his hips against hers to clearly show her what he wanted. With slightly more swollen lips, he pulled back to look at her. "Let me prove it." Spencer offered, tongue darting out along his bottom lip.

"Please," Y/n whispered, her lips an inch off his. The excitement in her blood was already racing through her veins.

Spencer traced his thumb over her jawline. "So good for Daddy, aren't you?" Dumbly, she nodded, leaning forward to kiss him again. He kissed her firmer that time so forcefully her head tipped back as she looped her arms around his neck.

Gripping her hips with one hand, Spencer used the forefinger and thumb of his other hand to unzip her dress. For a moment, he pulled back to look at her.

The intense stare always made Y/n squirm, her underwear growing damper. Tenderly, he reached out to cup her cheek. "You're so beautiful." He complimented, pulling the strap of her bra before letting it snap back into place. She hadn't intentionally worn a matching set of lace purple lingerie, but she was thankful she did.

When he dove back down to kiss her with more urgency, she started to unbutton his dress shirt. Her skin broke out in goosebumps when his large, slightly cold hands held her bare waist. She could feel each detail of his fingers against her skin, and it made him smirk at her reaction.

Spencer's lips broke apart from Y/n's in favor of kissing down her neck as he maneuvered her toward the bed. When her calves hit the bed base, he pushed her until she flopped down onto the mattress.

She spread her legs for him while he undid his tie, eyes never leaving her body. It made her shiver in anticipation, excited for what was to come. Even the way his fingers looked skillfully undoing the fabric was alluring. Just the way the veins looked lit the burning urge for her to have them inside her. Of course, he drew it out to tease her.

As soon as Spencer had thrown the tie in the general direction of the closet, he rested his weight on his knees on either side of Y/n's thigh and leaned down to kiss her. Her fingers moved to unbutton the rest of his shirt while he sucked marks into her neck.

"Daddy, please." She begged although she wasn't sure what for. When she undid the last button, her hands were free to tangle in his curls, tugging as he drew moans out of her.

His hands were almost where she needed them when another voice interrupted. "Pretty boy, you left- oh wow."

Spencer's hands and mouth were quickly off her as she opened her eyes to see who she knew was Derek Morgan with a hand over his eyes and Spencer's purple scarf in his other.

Frantically, Spencer's wide eyes met her's to make sure she was okay. The blush on her cheeks, he was sure, mirrored his. "I'm going to kill him." He whispered, handing her his shirt to put on.

By the time she realized what was happening, Spencer was already off the bed, and she was sitting up, thankful he was tall enough that his shirt hid most of her body. It wasn't exactly how she wanted to meet his friend, trying to make herself look she wasn't about to get thoroughly railed by Spencer.

"What are you doing here?" Spencer asked, taking the scarf out of Morgan's hand.

Hesitantly, Morgan took his hand away from his eyes, sending the girl in Spencer's bed a sheepish smile. "Sorry. I didn't know you were, uh, busy. You left that on your desk, and I came to drop it off and used my key." He explained awkwardly, something Spencer wasn't sure Morgan could feel when talking about sex. "Rossi said you were bringing someone next week, which I'm guessing is..."

"Y/n." She introduced herself, offering him a shy wave. Although she was blushing, she could tell Morgan wished he didn't drop by unannounced. "Spencer's girlfriend."

Morgan's eyes flicked to his friend, his mouth dropping open slightly in shock. Spencer was giving him a look that meant, please, leave. "Right, uh, well, it was nice to meet you. I'll see you on Friday, and we can just forget this happened." He said all at once, walking back out.

"It was good to meet you, too." Y/n farewelled as he left the room, followed by her boyfriend.

Spencer stopped at the doorway of the bedroom, looking back at Y/n before towards his friend. "Can you lock the door?" He asked, ready to get back to what he was doing. Or who he was about to be doing.

"Yup." Morgan agreed, wanting to get out of the apartment as soon as possible. "Have a good weekend."

Awkwardly, Spencer gave him a thumbs up, waiting until he'd heard the apartment door close to go back into the bedroom. Y/n had her legs spread apart, toying with the one button of his shirt that was still done up.

"Hi, baby." He cooed, walking over to the side of the bed with the scarf still in his hand.

Still sitting up, Y/n cupped his cheeks to pull his face down so she could kiss him. She kept pulling him closer until he had no choice but to kneel over her while she lay down again. Leaning up, she took off her bra and his shirt.

Spencer craned his neck to kiss down her chest before circling her nipple with his tongue and using his hand to squeeze her other boob.

"Fuck." She moaned, arching her back in pleasure. Electric pulses ran down her spine when he used his teeth.

Looking up at her, Spencer pulled back. "Look at me." He demanded darkly. She tried to when he reattached his lips to the other nipple. But it proved too difficult with the wet roughness of his tongue gently swirling somewhere so sensitive. As soon as she let her eyes roll back, Spencer pulled away from her. "Doll." He sternly warned.

"Sorry, Daddy." She quickly squeaked out, worried he'd flip her over and spank her enough she wouldn't be able to sit down.

"If you don't want to look, then you're not going to be able to." He decided, remembering the fabric still between his fingers. Y/n caught on to what he was saying, her eyes following where his gaze was fixed. "Move your head." He instructed, resting the purple scarf against her eyes before tying it behind her head. He was gentle with it like he was with everything when it came to her, even if he was acting tough.

Y/n knew her brain wouldn't have been able to rewire itself to enhance her other senses so quickly, but she swore she could feel Spencer's fingers stronger against her skin.

Spencer shifted downward, not touching her to keep her clueless. Gently, he pulled her underwear down, leaving her completely naked. Unable to see what he was doing- and knowing better than to squirm- Y/n was forced to wait for his next move.

Smirking about her sightlessness, Spencer lay down, so he came face to face with her pussy. Without any warning, he attached his mouth to her clit, causing her to shout his name. "So pretty." He cooed when he pulled back, loud enough for her to hear.

Between every touch, Y/n had no choice but to wait for whatever he was going to do. It made her want to wriggle closer to grind on his face. Torturous for her, which made Spencer love every second of it.

"Taste so good, too." He didn't give her time to thank him before he dove back into eating her out, tongue just slipping into her walls.

Instinctively, she reached out to touch his hair like she always did. Spencer used it as a chance to mess with her, pulling his head away so she couldn't touch him, like he knew she enjoyed.

Wherever she reached, Spencer made sure she couldn't touch him. And when she whined about it, he just chuckled at her desperation. "You're begging me, already, and it's not even to cum." He spoke almost against her before pulling away, not even letting her feel his hot breaths.

Once again, when she wasn't expecting it, his pointer finger was inside her. A touch that slight still had her struggling to stop her heart racing. Both of them knew she needed more.

"Can you feel how tight you are?" Spencer rhetorically asked, slipping another finger into her and struggling to spread them. "And so wet." She could tell by the erotic sound of his fingers thrusting in and out of her, made louder because of her sight deprivation. "Who's pretty, wet pussy is this?"

She knew that time he was asking for an answer, but she struggled when his fingers reached her sweet spot, and she was rendered breathless. "Da-daddy's." She answered.

Spencer let his fingers nearly slip out of her hole. "You can do better than that, and you know it."

"Daddy's." She said louder and more coherently. Like it was a reward, Spencer thrust his fingers quickly back inside her. "Fuck, Daddy's. It's Daddy's."

He was only more spurred on by her moans, giving her what she needed, quick deep thrusts of his fingers. His fingers were the most divine thing she'd ever known, perfect to look at, but they also hit all the right spots inside her.

Smirking at her profanities, Spencer brought his thumb to her clit to rub firm circles. Y/n knew she was close to falling over the edge, her skin on fire while the electrical spark ran down her spine. "Wanna cum?" Spencer offered.

It was almost too good to be true because Spencer loved to drag it out, but her brain was too blurred to be considering the possibility he would deny her an orgasm she really needed. "Yes, yes, please, Daddy." She pleaded.

"Cum then, doll," Spencer demanded, angling his fingers slightly and making everything in her tense as her orgasm hit. Her half-broken moans continued as he worked her through it, drawing all of the energy out of her.

Then he was gone.

She could hear shuffling, but she had no idea what he was doing. The anticipation only made her wetter, wanting to know what he was planning. He could see it on her face, the thoughtful look clouded by lust, and it made him silently chuckle. The fact he could do anything he wanted to her made him fumble with the zip of his pants as he tried to get them off.

Two firm hands gripped her thighs, and she was pulled towards the edge of the bed. It made Y/n squeal in surprise and delight. Spencer didn't give her time to imagine what he was doing, running his length through her slit to collect the wetness before thrusting all the way into her.

She could feel his presence above her, as well as the labored breathing that she was sure wasn't as bad as her own. "S-so fuck-fucking good." She moaned out loudly, letting him know it was okay to move.

Spencer caught onto what she meant, pulling out of her before slamming back in. If his fingers were good, his cock was even better, filling up every inch of her like they were made to be together. No toy or person in her past could ever compare.

"Can feel you clenching around me already." He hummed as he continued to thrust inside her. It wasn't even something she purposefully did, but it drove him crazy.

"So deep." Y/n groaned, throwing her head back into the mattress while he continued to relentlessly pound into her.

Gripping her hips with one hand to pull her closer, Spencer took her hand in his other. "Feel it, baby." He said, placing her hand on her lower stomach where he could see the bulge from his cock inside her. Holding her hand there, he stilled inside her to show her just how deep he really was.

"Fuck." She mumbled, pushing down slightly and making Spencer groan out her name at the pressure against his cock.

Knowing how close he was, he started thrusting in and out of her again, pulling her hips up to hit the spot inside her that had her arching her back way off the bed and squeezing her boobs.

"Play with your clit." He instructed, causing her to hurriedly circle it, continuously moaning at how good everything felt. "Ready?" He asked, voice straining from how close he was to coming.

Y/n knew she was only moments off, feeling the increasing building in her stomach. Barely able to breathe, she tightened around him to let him know just how close she was.

With one last card to play, Spencer stopped as deep inside her as he could get to roll his hips against hers.

"Daddy!" She screamed when his cock rested on her g-spot, quickly falling over the edge at the intense pleasure. Everything inside her tightened, legs tensing as she rode out the high. At her walls fluttering around him, Spencer splurted cum inside her, grinding against her a few more times lazily.

Just as lazily, he flopped on the bed next to her, where she turned her head to face him. He pushed the scarf upward so she could see again.

Y/n broke out in a grin at seeing him, completely blissed out as she leaned forward to sweetly kiss his lips. "There's my favorite face in the world." She mumbled, stroking a thumb over his cheekbone while she cupped his cheek.

Spencer smiled just as widely. "Was that...okay?" He nervously asked, always focused on what made her feel good.

She nodded eagerly. "I love impulsive Spencer."

"Mmm." Spencer hummed, leaning forward to kiss her forehead. "And I love you."

"Not more than I love you," Y/n argued, using the scarf as a gag on him, so he couldn't argue.

With his breathing regulated, Spencer sat up, taking the scarf away from his mouth. He attacked her face with kisses, making her squeal laughing.

Y/n pulled her face away from him, kicking him when she realized her legs were working. "Isn't it, like, your job to look after me now?" She joked, knowing Spencer always took care of her.

"I suppose." He said like it wasn't his favorite thing to do. When he stood up and looked at the scarf again, his face paled.

It was something she quickly noticed, immediately growing concerned. "What's wrong, babe?"

"Morgan. He was actually here, like that wasn't my nightmare." Spencer answered, shaking his head in slight disbelief. It was only just occurring to him that Morgan could have heard more before he interrupted.

Y/n giggled a little at his late-onset alarm. "That is what happened." She confirmed. "Maybe you should actually thank him?" She suggested.

He looked back at her. "No. No, you can't tell him." He quickly said, thinking about the impending dinner party.

Throwing her head back, she couldn't stop laughing. "So they don't know about the kinky doctor Reid?" The firm shaking of his head gave her an answer. "I'll keep your dirty little secret safe." She assured him with a wink.

He pulled Y/n up with both hands, tapping her nose once she was standing up. "You, my love, are my dirty little secret."

"That's really poetic. I should get it tattooed." Y/n sarcastically replied, lightly slapping him on the cheek with a grin before her face got serious. "It's not going to be weird, is it?" She was a little worried about what Morgan would think of her, seeing as Spencer was his friend.

Spencer could see the concern flooding her features, and he reached out to cup her cheeks, leaning down, so their faces were level. "I promise he's not going to bring it up. He definitely felt bad about walking in on us." He noted.

Y/n believed him. If not because his eyes were so intently watching her, then because he'd never lied to her. "At least now he knows you have a really hot girlfriend." She commented, cheekily grinning at him.

Huffing out a laugh, Spencer nodded. "Yeah, I do."

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[donald4spiderman]

hi! i was wondering if you do something where spencer is super shy with reader and keeps stuttering when he first meets her (reader), and maybe reader interns at the bau as a college student?? idk this sounds bad but ik you’ll make it sound good with ur writing lol

I LOVE THIS CONCEPT UGHH MAKING SPENCER NERVOUS IS JUST SO MMMMM

PT TWO

TW: sub!spencer, fluff

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The first time he sees her, his brain short circuits.

Anderson enters the bullpen with the express purpose of introducing the new intern to everyone. She shakes the hands of Prentiss, JJ, and Rossi; Penelope hugs her; and Morgan places a kiss onto her hand, followed by a flirtatious comment and wink.

Spencer is well aware that Anderson and the new intern have made their way over to Spencer’s desk, where he shifts nervously in his seat.

“This is (Y/N). She’s in her second year of her Ph.D. at Georgetown studying Philosophy. I bet you’ll have lots to talk about.” And with the clasp of his hands, Anderson leaves the pair to get aquatinted.

He can barely make eye contact with her. Her smile is so radiant, her hair rests perfectly on her shoulders, and she stands with such authority and confidence that it makes him sweat. Her gaze towers over him as he sits in his seat.

“Hi, Dr. Reid! I’m (Y/N)— huge fan of your academic work and whatnot.” She doesn’t reach to shake his hand, relieving some of his anxieties. Though, it means someone’s warned her about his weird quirks, which makes him wonder what else they mentioned.

“R-really?” He stammers with uncertainty.

(Y/N) smiled wider and nods, “Of course! You’re a big inspiration. I feel... comforted knowing that there’s a need for the academics in the FBI. I figured my Philosophy degrees would be useless.”

“D-Doctor of P-Philosophy in Philosop-phy. T-that’s funny.” Spencer can’t control the stutter that’s developed within the last few moments. It makes his sorry excuse of a joke sound even worse.

He can’t think of anything else to say, too entranced by her beautiful appearance and energy. She doesn’t seem to mind the awkward atmosphere that surrounds them. In fact, it almost invigorates her. He’s sure she has no problem with controlling the course of a conversation.

(Y/N) laughs, almost too loudly. “I know right. I love it though. I wouldn’t change my degree in nonsense for anything else.”

Spencer shrugs, “I-I d-don’t think i-it’s nonsense.” He wants to scream with how ridiculously nervous he sounds, but continues anyway. “Philosophy is t-the foundat-tion of almost ev-very study. The w-world’s g-greatest m-mathematicians a-and scientist c-can be r-regarded as philosophers— y-you prob-bably knew all of t-that thought.”

(Y/N) leans herself against his desk, crossing her arms while sporting an unusually pointed gaze. “How old are you, Spencer?”

“T-twenty s-seven.” He has no idea where she’s headed.

She raises a brow, “You look a lot younger.”

“I-I know...”

“I’m twenty-five.” (Y/N) states. “And I think you’re cute, and smart, and a little nervous, but I’m into that.” Spencer’s never had someone come onto him this hard... let alone ever. He doesn’t know how to respond without sounding overeager, so he stays silent. “I know it’s probably a conflict of interest, but would you like to go out with me?”

He nods fervently, “Y-yes! Uh— I m-mean y-yea, please.”

“Okay.” She grins, patting his shoulder. “I’ll talk to you later.”

“O-okay!” Spencer’s beaming at this point, it’s a surprise no one else in the bullpen has noticed.

She walks away, perfectly heel-to-toe, one foot in front of the other— the way that powerful women walk. It gets to him. He really likes her despite only knowing her for ten minutes.

Spencer’s content with watching her walk away, but his heart stops when she turns around, flashing him a smile and a wink. It’s a reminder that this is all real, and that she hasn’t forgotten him yet.

[whumphoarder]

HELLO IM SORRY IK THIS ISNT A QUESTION BUT I JUST READ ONE OF YOUR ONE SHOTS ON Ao3 AND AM NOW OBSESSED WITH YOUR WRITING.

AHHHHHH I LOVE IT SM- THERE’S HUMOR AND COMFORT AND CUTE LITTLE MORGAN STARK AND OMG YOUR WRITING STYLE IS JUST- *CHEFS KISS*

ANYWAYS I AM ECSTATIC TO SEE THAT YOU’RE STILL ACTIVE ON HERE BC THE ONE SHOT I READ WAS PUBLISHED IN 2019 SO I WAS SCARED YK? MOST AMAZING AUTHORS AREN’T ACTIVE ANYMORE 😔 ESP IN THE MARVEL FANDOM

Aw thank you! I'm glad you like the stories!!

[maschotch]

Mortch? Hotchgan? That one.

the evidence is there and ik gayhotch truthers go wild for it

for me personally? there's a very specific way i like it and i dont think a lot of people agree w me on this

only when its funny. which, to me, means that hotch wants to let out some steam once in a while, and morgan's daddy issues make him emotional about it.

bc i really think morgan views hotch as a father figure first and foremost. and i dont think hotch knows what to do about it. with spencer, its a little easier, bc he was gideon's kid before and now it got passed along to hotch akjdgla but with morgan... one of the things i genuinely love about their dynamic is that they are the first two bau members who were really a family. even though gideon was in charge, hotch was in charge of babysitting gideon, which meant a lot of his responsibilities were left to hotch. this to say: he was unit chief long before gideon's breakdown, and was really left to shape the path for the team. and he made it a family.

morgan was the first one to join that. and i dont think either of them knew at the beginning what was going on. they were establishing boundaries, pushing some buttons, just trying to figure out how everything was going to shake out. hotch i feel was concentrating more on being a good leader and figuring what traits to lean on and how he wanted to interact with the rest of the team. morgan was more focused on adjusting to being on the team at all, and was probably confused when confronted with the automatic trust hotch had in him. the faith. the support. the kind of support that he hadn't had from a superior before, the kind he hasn't had since his dad died. and thats when the projection started

its a little more complicated than that, especially in the early days. morgans dislike of authority figures didn't go away automatically and probably caused some friction when he was first starting out. even if hotch wasnt as abrasive as some of his other superiors, morgan didnt know that yet. hotch barely even knew that yet. so im sure they actually clashed a lot early on.

so if hotchgan is gonna fuck, i think it would be here. hotch probably just needs to let out some steam like maybe he and haley were taking a break and hotch is upset and pent up. if morgans there and willing, sure why not? morgans still not sure how to view hotch yet but the tension's still there, and its easier to take it out through sex than anything else.

i understand people who like it romantically? the lingering tension and morgan's (clinginess feels wrong but idk what else to call it) can definitely be read as pining instead of projecting daddy issues. i think it may be a bit of both, which is kinda funny but ultimately unhealthy and i think morgan deserves to be in a fully functional, positive relationship.

[gascon-en-exil]

Speaking of Captain, how do you feel about projection in general? Ive seen people get outright violent (or, as violent as you can get online) if you disagree with their takes on a fictional character, phrasing it like you are "taking" the character in question "away" from them just by disagreeing about an interpretation. I think its fine to be able to relate to a character, but sometimes I feel people take it to an unhealthy degree with how much of themselves they project onto fiction.

The more I read about him the more Captain seems to me like the male equivalent of a certain notorious woman active on the Serenes Forest forums for years. She projected hard onto Ike/Elincia and was understandably pissed when FE10 came out and Ike's only paired ending options were with two guys, to the point that her criticism of anyone reading Ike as gay sometimes manifested as open homophobia. She would go to do the same with Frederick in Awakening - at one point making herself a laughingstock among the Apotheosis meta crowd when she tried to object to them saying that Frederick is a low-tier father with nothing of value to offer Morgan despite that being absolutely the case - and then Ryoma in Fates, the last of which manifested as a lot of bashing of the Nohrian royals and a refusal to even touch Conquest because her beloved dies in it. At various points she's claimed that her projection issues stem from some mental health problems of hers, so that's another thing in common with Captain.

The internet is no stranger to mocking women who project too hard into fiction, ex. the Snapewives, or the lengthy period where Twilight was popular to hate in part because it was the author's repressed sexual fantasy or something like that, but Captain stands out as one of the few times that I'm aware of that a man has been raked over the coals for the same thing...even if the fandom in this case is more niche and his critics thus fewer in number. It's been mildly fascinating to observe that Byleth has been so friendly to player projection that it's prompted some Reddit dudebros to dip their toes into transformative fandom, where Captain at least has proceeded to make all the same amateur mistakes of a first-time writer blatantly living out his own parasocial self-insert fantasy on the page. You don't need a designated self-insert to project into a piece of fiction, but it clearly doesn't hurt.

[365days365movies]

Western August III: Tombstone (1993) - Recap and Review

We’ve talked about the Gunfight; so what happened after?

Well, the Earps and Holliday won, and Wyatt Earp was made extremely famous afterwards. The dead members of the Cochise County Cowboys were Billy Clanton, and the McLaury brothers. Yeah, they were COMPLETELY omitted from My Darling Clementine, but Tom and Frank McLaury were each a major part of the conflict that led to the gunfight. Outlaws and cattle rustlers, it was the hunt for the McLaury brothers that began the conflicts between the Earps and the CCC in the first place.

After Bill and the brothers were killed, their bodies were displayed in an undertaker’s window, and they received quite a bit of sympathy from some. Virgil lost his job as marshal, and public opinion turned against the Earps. Some of the rhetoric is literally shit I’ve heard today about conflicts between the cops and people who’ve been gunned down. Literally, there was a “hands up” debate about Billy Clanton. It’s eerie how similar things are, just sayin’. And to be fair, nobody in this battle was great. But anyway...

Anyway, Virgil was tried for murder, but found innocent as he had acted within his office as Marshal. And since then, the gunfight has gone down in history as one of the most iconic in the Wild West. And hoo boy, people immediately capitalized on it. Started with sketches and paintings, and then was written about for decades.

Meanwhile, things weren’t going great for the Earps. The CCC wasn’t planning on letting this sit, and they went after the Earps. Virgil was ambushed and nearly killed by a shotgun shot, fired by Ike Clanton. Then, a few months later, Morgan was killed while playing pool, assassinated by the CCC and shot through a window. Thus began the Vendetta Ride, as Wyatt, James and Warren Earp rode alongside Doc Holliday and a few others to destroy the CCC. They killed three more of them, and Wyatt nearly died in the process. But the posse won, and fun fact! One of the guys they killed was “Indian Charlie”! Yeah, from My Darling Clementine! Credit for at least some accuracy there.

In the end, though, Tombstone defined Earp’s life. The fight itself only last half-a-minute, but it was the most important 30 seconds of the West. He went back to California and married a woman named Josephine. His previous wife...yeah, that’s a sad story, I’ll leave it at that. Wyatt and Josie moved around, and a falling out between Holliday and Earp caused them to part ways for a little bit. They still remained friends, though.

Speaking of Holliday...well, he moved to Colorado as the consumption took over his lungs. In 1887, at the age of 36, Holliday had wasted away from tuberculosis, as it tends to do. He would die that year, having just recently fully met Wyatt for the last time. He actually accomplished a lot after Tombstone, but his last few years were horrible. 

Wyatt began a successful mining venture, and remained quite famous as the Wild West died off. He opened a saloon in Seattle, Washington, and headed north to Alaska to participate in the gold rush there. It was there that he met writer Jack London (yeah, The Call of the Wild, that guy), and they became friends. After coming back to California, Earp briefly resumed law enforcement work in Los Angeles, going through one last shootout in 1910. He also may have started a set of disputes called the “Potash Wars”. Whoops.

Now quite old, he began a completely different career: film consultant. Yes, really! Earp became a consultant for silent cowboy films, and hung around sets to comment on the action. In this role, he met football coach and famous cowboy actor Tom Mix, with whom he became friends as well! He linked up Earp with John Ford, and they ALSO became friends! Dude must have been EXTREMELY personable, holy God. And that’s not the only friend he made...

Yeah. Personable as HELL.

Earp eventually started getting his stories written in an authorized biography, and was appointed an honorary deputy sheriff in California. His stories were spread into a new century and...wildly exaggerated. Yeah, he and Josephine tried to get that under control, but it was way too late at that point. Eventually, that exaggeration would result in, well...My Darling Clementine. Whoops.

Finally, after years of fame and surprising success, Earp died on January 13, 1929, at the age of 80. He survived into the new century and thrived there. Today, a headstone stands in the Eternity Cemetery in Colma, California to honor him. And yeah, he’s a legend still. Even when he was alive, films were made about him, although he only lived to watch one of them. Two films about the gunfight itself were made BEFORE MDC, and countless films and TV series have been made since. And all of that culminated in 1993, with the rebirth of the Western into modern cinema. And THAT is where we find ourselves now.

So...shall we?

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Recap

Before I start, you can watch this on Amazon Prime! It comes with the service if you’ve got it! OK, on with the show.

The year is 1879! We get a little background on the world that we enter into, where we learn about both Earp and Holliday. Earp’s settling down with his family, while Holliday’s there to try and relieve his illness in the dry desert air. We also learn about the Cowboys (AKA the CCC), ruthless outlaws that roam the desert to steal, plunder, and kill anyone in their way. Digging it so far.

The Cowboys roll up on a small Mexican village. They’re led by “Curly Bill” Brocius (Powers Boothe), and they’ve arrived to take revenge on the town for killing two of their own. They interrupt a wedding and kill the bride and groom, before sitting down to the feast. A priest warns them that someone will come to take their revenge on them, quoting the Bible and referencing Death’s Pale Horse, at least according to Cowboy Johnny Ringo (Michael Biehn).

That’s when we cut to Tucson, and the arrival of retired lawman Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell), with a killer mustache and a love for horses. He’s approached basically immediately with an offer to take a job, to which he replies “I’m retired.” You know, stereotypical ‘90s movie shit. He meets his brothers, Virgil Earp (Sam Elliott) and Morgan Earp (Bill Paxton), along with their wives Allie (Paula Malcomson) and Louisa (Lisa Collins). Wyatt’s brought along his own love, Mattie Blaylock (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson). And together, they’re all one happy family, and they’re headed to boomtown Tombstone.

Also headed to Tombstone is notorious gambler Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer), along with his own sweetheart Kate Horony (Joanna Pacula). He’s winning in a game of poker, which gets the loser stabbed when he tries to attack him. Kate and Holliday quickly move to make their getaway from the situation, then immediately make out...which surprisingly wouldn’t give her tuberculosis. Huh. Go figure.

The Earps get to the town of Tombstone, where they’re immediately greeted by businessman and Sheriff Johnny Behan (Jon Tenney), who offers to find them a place to live, and is the leader of the town’s Anti-Chinese League. Which, yeah...that was disgustingly a thing. Aaaaaaaamerica. Anyway, they also meet town Marshal Fred White (Harry Carey, Jr.), who tells them of the troubles in the town.

Specifically, there’s the gambling house with an outdated name that I’m not gonna say. It’s currently dead, thanks to a rough customer who drove away all of the other customer base via force. Wyatt immediately strolls up to the man and stands up to him. e literally slaps the man into submission, hard enough to make him bleed from the mouth. Holy shit, dude’s terrifying, and I love it. Earp immediately kicks the dude out, and buys a 25% stake in the gambling house.

But that guy, Johnny Tyler (Billy Bob Thornton), doesn’t stay away for long, and comes back with shotgun in hand. But he’s interrupted by the arrival of Doc Holliday, who already knows the Earps! OK, good! I could comment on the whole “Holliday was there beforehand” thing, but eh. I’m enjoying this too much at the moment.

But the happy reunion is interrupted by the arrival of Creek Jack Johnson (Buck Taylor) and Texas Jack Vermillion (Peter Sherayko), who avenge a foul deal given to them in a local saloon. The two are ALSO old friends of the Earps and Holliday, and their use of guns is used to introduce the future restrictions of weapon use in the town, which is...cleverly done, honestly. 

And YET ANOTHER set of players arrives in the form of Shakespearean actor Mr. Fabian (Billy Zane) and his companion, Josephine Marcus (Dana Delany), who has that stereotypical “Inevitable Love Interest” entrance. You know, the camera’s centered only upon her, she meets eyes with Wyatt for the first time, and it’s kismet blahblahblahyaddayaddayadda. 

That night, Marcus and Fabian are part of the performing troupe that perform for the town, amongst gunshots from the Cowboys that are abated with the performance. Wyatt is pleased to see her again, and Mattie is...less pleased. As they leave, the group begins a conversation about God and the afterlife, then the group parts ways. Mattie is still upset, especially when Wyatt says he needs to go to work that night. Additionally, Mattie’s hitting the laudanum a little too hard. And laudanum, by the way, is powdered opium. Yeah...not great.

At work that night, in the gambling parlor, the actors come to call, causing Wyatt a bit of trouble. But even worse than that is the arrival of Curly Bill, Johnny Ringo, and Ike Clanton (Stephen Lang), who come to warn the notorious (retired) lawman not to interfere in their affairs in the town. In the process, Ringo and Holliday have their own discourse, and then have a FUCKIN’ LATIN-OFF! Which is dumb, pretentious, and awesome.

And by the way, all the people I’ve mentioned thus far actually did exist, and were a part of this whole situation! Which is awesome! However...yeah, there is no way that Ringo had enough education to do this. Hell, it’s doubtful that Holliday could do this, and he went to medical school! Well...OK, dentist school, BUT STILL. He was at least educated, but enough for conversational Latin? Doubtful.

After the nerdiest confrontation I’ve seen in a western thus far, we cut to the next morning. Josephine is as enthralled by Wyatt as he is with her, and the two meet each other on the trail, where they begin to flirt and spend some time together. Josie notes that Wyatt doesn’t seem the type to want children, nor is she. And yeah, Wyatt never would have kids, nor would Josephine. Wyatt doesn’t believe that, but she hits that nail on the head. The two forge an important connection from this point.

Meanwhile, Mattie is...Mattie is BADLY addicted to the laudanum. Extremely high by the time Wyatt gets home to her, she’s clearly out of it. Wyatt proposes taking off from Tombstone, having made enough money from the gambling house. Mattie doesn’t understand, due to the whole opium thing, and Wyatt drops it. By the way, Mattie’s addiction to laudanum? Real! I’m impressed so far.

That night, Curly Bill gets a little too into the opium, and starts firing wildly in the street. Behan cowardly turns over the duties of stopping the Cowboy to the town marshal, and that unfortunately ends in Bill shooting and killing poor Fred White. Nice job, Behan. Wyatt takes him out and captures him, which grabs the attention of Ike Clanton and the other Cowboys, including his brother, Billy Clanton (Thomas Haden Church).

Doc Holliday, Virgil, and Morgan all show up to make sure nobody else gets hurt, and the Cowboys run off, as Curly Bill is taken into custody. And by the way...this actually happened. Damn, I am impressed indeed. The only inaccuracies are the presence of the other Cowboys, and the immediate death of Fred White. And even then, those changes are negligible in the grand scheme of things.

The next day, Behan attempts to recruit the brothers to serve as the new town marshals, but they quickly refuse. All that is except for Virgil. At first he refuses, but then notes a number of Cowboys coming through town and almost killing  small child. This prompts two things: Virgil accepting the job as Town Marshal, and also instituting a gun control measure, outlawing anyone from carrying a gun in town. Morgan is also brought on as his Assistant Marshal. And again, all accurate to real life! Except that this is rather time compressed, so Inaccuracy No. 3 for the twisting of the time scale.

Wyatt is upset about this, especially as he’s not the biggest fan of being in gunfights, nor of killing a man. Remember, Wyatt and Morgan never did serve in the military, while Virgil did, so this makes sense! However, I will say this: Virgil probably didn’t do this purely out of the good of his heart. Marshal pays...REALLY well in this time period, and in the town itself. But regardless, Tombstone has a new Marshal.

That night, Morgan tries to get Doc Holliday to stop drinking and gambling, and gets Wyatt to try and stop him. Doc’s going up against Ike Clayton and the McLaury brothers, Tom (John Philbin) and Frank (Robert John Burke). Ike accuses Doc of cheating, and assaults him while drunk. Virgil tries to get him to stop, setting up further tensions between the Earps and the Cowboys.

Of course, Doc Holliday gets a horrible coughing fit, and needs to be helped up by the Earps. Ike acquires his rifles and threatens the Earps and Holliday, not realizing that Virgil was there to hear the entire thing. Virgil knocks him out and throws him in jail to sober up. He refuses to return the guns the next day, enraging Tom McAury as well. The feud between the Earps and the Cowboys is now set. And the collision course is going to be bad.

Doc Holliday is still recovering, and he’s not doing great, having lost the majority of his lung functionality. And all the while, the Cowboys are bringing in more men to fight against the Earps. Wyatt, recognizing the danger, now allows himself to be sworn in as a deputy by Virgil. That’s when he grabs his weapon: the Colt .45 known as Peacemaker.

Holliday, despite looking TERRIBLE, joins up with the Earps in order to defend themselves. Virgil decides to make the first move, going after the Cowboys that day...at the O.K. Corral. 

YUP!

The gunfight takes place in the middle of the movie! Holy shit! That means that this movie must be mostly about the Earp Vengeance Ride! AWESOME! The posse corners Ike and Billy Clanton, as well as the McLaury brothers. The gunfight happens in earnest, and Billy is killed, alongside the McLaury brothers. And the way the whole thing goes down definitely makes this less of a mission of vengeance, and more of a slaughter.

In the process, Virgil is shot though the calf, while Morgan is hit square in the chest by a shotgun blast. Ike escapes the carnage and runs to go another day. After the fighting is done, Behan finally does his job as Sheriff, only to try and arrest the Earps and Holliday! Yeah, Behan is allied with the Cowboys historically, so it would appear that he’s the same here.

The Cowboys, meanwhile, are preserved by the town undertaker and brought for display through the town, with the Cowboys carrying a banner behind them that claims that the three were murdered by the Earps. They will sue them for vengeance, but it won’t work in their favor. The boys are buried that night, and the Earps prepare for the battle to continue.

Soon after, a very drunk Johnny Ringo tries to start a fight with the group, only to be held back by Curly Bill. But this is a shadow of what’s to come, which Behan seems to know too much about. On a stormy night, the men are at the gambling hall, and Virgil leaves to go home. Josie goes to warn the wives, and correctly, as a gunman ambushes the house.

At the gambling house, Virgil comes back in unexpectedly, arm covered in blood and clearly injured. He’s been ambushed by shotgun shot, and will never have the full use of his arm again. He tells his wife that he’ll still have one arm left to hold her with, which is ACTUALLY what he said. Enraged by the attack, and dejected by Allie and Virgil for now, Wyatt walks out and is greeted by Cowboy Sherman McMasters (Michael Rooker). He, Texas Jack, and Creek Johnson denounce the others, and tell him that they’ll be on his side in the coming conflicts.

Good thing, too.

Morgan’s shot in the hall, far worse than Virgil was. He’s unable to be saved by the doctors, and dies in Wyatt’s arms, horribly and painfully. It’s tragic, real talk. And Wyatt is fucking DONE. He rebukes Josie when she comes to try and comfort him, then drives Morgan’s body away the next day. And by the way, these attacks happened, but MONTHS apart. So, yeah, Inaccuracy No. 3, but who cares?

Wyatt tells Curly Bill and some others watching that this fight is over, and he abdicates the battle. The Cowboys mock them, however, even in their hour of defeat. And once the brothers pass, Bill tells Ike to take Frank Stillwell (Thomas Arana) and kill them anyway. Which will NOT. GO. WELL. They go to ambush them at the trainstation, only to be ambushed themselves by Wyatt. Virgil and the wives leave town on a train, but Wyatt goes to kill Stillwell and Clanton. Time for some fucking PAYBACK. Because now, Wyatt’s a U.S. Marshal. And he’s coming for them. And HELL’S COMING WITH HIM OH MY GOD THIS MOVIE RULES

The Earp Vengeance Posse is formed, and the Vendetta Ride begins against every single Cowboy they can find. In real life, Earp’s brothers James and Warren were a part of this ride, along with a few others guys, but that’s OK. We still have Wyatt, Holliday, McMaster, Creek Johnson, and John Vermilliion. They corner the Cowboys all over the place, and find Curly Bill near a river, where a massive battle takes place.

And this movie is fantastic, and this scene is fantastic...but it also contains one of the silliest line deliveries I’ve ever seen. And yet...I love it.

Wyatt kills Curly Bill in the river, but the battle isn’t over yet. He also kills  Billy Claiborne (Wyatt Earp III), who...WYATT EARP III? Holy fucking shit, that’s Wyatt Earp’s cousin! Goddamn! That’s a hell of a pull, and that’s an awesome little Easter Egg! Super neat! I mean he’s dead, and he only had the one scene, really, but still neat!

 As the Earp posse rides through the land, we go back to Josie’s carriage. Robbed by a group of Cowboys, Mr. Fabian the actor has ended up dead in the end. And riding with the Johnny Ringo and the Cowboys now is Johnny Behan and Billy Breakenridge (Jason Preistley), a fan of the actors and a worldly young man. Saddened by this turn of events, he leaves Behan’s posse permanently. But it doesn’t matter, as Behan’s deputized the Cowboys to go after the Earps, like a PROPER DICK. And Josie...Josie’s leaving. She’s done with this bullshit.

Doc Holliday isn’t doing well in the meantime, and collapses on his horse. The posse brings him to the home of rancher Henry Hooker (Charlton fucking Heston), where he’s to heal up. And who should show up there but...oh! Josie’s staying? Huh. Well, that’s Inaccuracy No. 4, since she wouldn’t meet up with Wyatt until San Francisco, but again...sure, why not? They were both in Tombstone at the same time, so it’s possible that they’d met there are friends, as we see here. And after saying goodbye to Wyatt, she actually does leave for California.

The next day, at the Hooker Ranch, the group sees a Cowboy in the field, having brutally murdered McMasters. Inaccuracy No. 5 there, since he didn’t die as a result of this mission. Although, to be fair, he was killed by a Cowboy. This is a message to Earp from Ringo, who challenges them to meet that night for a duel, and sends out Clanton to kill the other two.

By the way, Johnny Ringo. While Wyatt and Doc talk about the coming fight, and how Ringo is basically a soulless mockery of a human being, lemme just talk about this dude a bit. He really was kind of a fucking monster, and was responsible for quite a bit of mayhem and murder in his day. He was directly responsible for the murder of Morgan and the attempt against Virgil, and also joined the posse to go after the Earps. And then...well, nobody knows.

See, in the movie, Ringo’s waiting by a big oak tree, as he’d agreed to do. He’s waiting there to kill Wyatt, only to be greeted by somebody else entirely.

Doc Holliday stumbles out of bed and kills Ringo by the oak tree. And here’s the thing...nobody knows who exactly did this in real life. Most believe that it’s Wyatt Earp, but Doc Holliday is also a possibility. But all we know is that, one day, Johnny Ringo was found dead near a tree, after a single gunshot was heard from the distance. It’s one of the West’s greatest mysteries, never to be solved.

But this leaves only one loose end to tie: Ike Clanton. The Earp Vendetta Rise finds him, only for Clanton to denounce the Cowboys and take off, effectively ending the conflict. From there, we go to a hospital bed, in which Holliday lies, dying finally of tuberculosis. And yeah...Inaccuracy No. 5. As nice as this scene is, it DEFINITELY never happened. 

Holliday bids a fond and tearful farewell to his friend Wyatt Earp, and it’s genuinely heartbreaking. Wyatt, in tears himself, gives Earp a copy of a book called My Friend, Doc Holliday, written by him. He leaves, and Doc dies right afterwards.

In San Francisco, Wyatt goes and finds Josie in a theatre, and the two finally culminate their relationship with a kiss. The two go to a hotel, and begin a relationship that’ll last over 40 years. The narrator fills us in on the future of our characters: Josie and Wyatt lived together for many years, but never actually got married (true); Ike Clanton was killed trying to steal cattle (true, the idiot); Mattie died of a drug overdose (yup, that’s also true); and Virgil became a town sheriff (indeed!). Also, when Earp died, Tom Mix was a pall bearer at his funeral, and he wept. They say that in the movie...but why? The hell did Mix do to the narrator? I mean, male crying is needed and important emotionally, but...why bring that up? It feels personal!

Anyway, that’s Tombstone! I love it! It’s genuinely a BADASS film, and I loved every moment of it, honestly. Time for the analysis!

Cast and Acting - 8/10: Kilmer and Russell...wow. This was the defining role of their careers in the early ‘90s, ESPECIALLY Kilmer. They’re doth amazing as these iconic gentlemen. But, hey, why not spread the love? Elliott, Paxton, Delany, Boothe, Biehn, Rooker, and Lang are absolutely brilliant in their roles, disappearing into these real-life people effortlessly. If I have anything negative to say...well, Zane, Church, Priestley, and Pacula are only OK. Not bad by any means, but only OK. And, to be fair, a few moments are a little over-dramatized all around. But still, no real compaints!

Plot and Writing - 9/10: Damn, Kevin Jarre really, really wanted to inject accuracy in this story, while still making it extremely engaging! Now, granted, it’s not perfect, and our heroes are made a little too heroic at times, but it’s still an excellently written film, and well-plotted!

Directing and Cinematography - 8/10: Cosmatos does his job quite well in this movie! Is her perfect? Eh...there are some weird scenes. You know, like, “NOOOOOOOOOO” and all that. Great shots by him and cinematographer William A. Fraker, but not absolutely perfect. Not bad AT ALL, just not perfect.

Production and Art Design - 10/10: But this...goddamn, this movie looks fantastic. Costumes, setting, props, just...HOT DAMN, this film looks amazing.

Music and Editing - 9/10: The score by Bruce Broughton is fantastic, and I’m genuinely considering one of the tracks for my playlist. At the very least, I’ll use it as a track for a tabletop RPG battle sequence at some point. It’s great, it what I’m saying. The editing by Frank Urioste, Roberto Silvi, and Harvey Rosenstock is also great, and the pacing of this movie is TIGHT. Very good!

88% for quality, 100% in my heart!

No way I’m not watching this one again! Had a hell of a lot of fun here, and I’m happy to see such an accurate film be as well-known as this one is! That said, though, I’m under NO delusion that this is the same for the other Westerns this month. The next one is another classic Western, by another classic director, and loosely based on another true story. And once again...it’s considered one of the greatest Westerns of all time.

Just like Stagecoach.

And just like My Darling Clementine.

...You guys gotta make up your minds. Let’s see if this cracks it.

 Next: Red River (1948); dir. Howard Hawks