#jack atlas my dude no

[bluggluglfgh]

so i found my lost fountain pen

[pendulumstarway]

Woe! Another MFRP design. King of speed, Jack Atlas himself.

Been rping this guy for many many years, and he's had some significant changes. But he's still the self-obsessed, proud dumbass we all love.

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Only mild changes. No hair decoration and it's back to its short self.

[leosmasktails]

I legit forgot that for my 17th birthday, my cousin’s present to me was a cameo video from Jack De Sena (aka the voice of Sokka from ATLA, MK from LMK, Callum from the Dragon Prince, etc.)

I fr just watch it back sometimes it’s just cool that I have a personalized video from him lol 😭🫶

[crushedsweets]

Do you have any headcanons on what the creeps like? Like just simple stuff like food or TV shows they like or music n stuff? :)

i think toby likes waf(gets shot)

i think a LOT of them like trashy reality TV. nina, clocky, toby, brian, jeff, ben, ann, and jane are the worst offenders..jane is probably the only surprising one, but she loves getting into bed with her wife and flicking on a stupid show and laughing at people with mary. nice stress relief

jack is the type of guy to only watch(or listen to, i suppose) movies. i dunno why but i feel like he'd be super into horror... i think he'd like jordan peeles movies nina jeff and ben all watch anime. nina likes psychological horror and romance, jeff and ben like shonen lulu used to looove watching cartoons even when she was in college... honeybee and puppycat, atla, adventure time, steven universe, things like that. her roommate teased her for it

jack likes spicy food and in the past, he'd make food for toby and make it Not Spicy cuz he's like 'this white boy from colorado cannot handle this'. so toby was like no, make it spicy. so jack did. and toby was like no, make it spicier. and jack was like dude i dont even think i can handle this.. and toby keeps pushing it till jack is like oh my god stop. then a week later he brings it up to clocky and thats how jack finds out about tobys CIPA.

tim and brian like doing big like, steak and potato and broccoli dinners sometimes. toby always gets so excited until tim was like "im gonna teach you how to grill" and now puts toby to work.. so tobys annoyed..

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Breaking down the comics: Let's get that BREAD (WBN #32-33)

MOON KNIGHT

WEREWOLF BY NIGHT Issue #32: 'The Stalker Called Moon Knight' 

Written by: Doug Moench

Art by: Don Perlin

Published 1975

Are you ready for this? You better be. 

Werewolf by Night was started as a "Marvel Spotlight" in 1972. 

Or did it? 

In 1953, before Marvel was well...MARVEL... It was Atlas Comics. A five page short called "Werewolf by Night" came out. Later, when Marvel formed and comics had a "Comics Code Authority", they approved the use of werewolves and we got our boy Jack Russell. 

Want to know something hilarious? 

The original creators, Roy Thomas, Jeanie Thomas, Gerry Conway, and Mike Ploog had no idea that Jack Russell was also the name of a popular dog breed. Or if they did, they didn't think about it at the time of naming the main character. Readers started pointing it out and they all went, “Huh. So it is.” 

Wanna know something else amazing? 

Greer Grant Nelson, AKA: TIGRA, also got her start in Werewolf by Night in 1974, issue #1 of "Giant-Size Creatures" (later renamed Giant-Size Werewolf)

In the 1980s, Jack Russell didn't really make much of an appearance anymore until Moon Knight #29. 

Our Beloved Doug Moench picked up Werewolf by Night with issue # 20-43 in 1974-1977. 

Moon Knight got started officially in 1980. 

He couldn't get the character out of his head after WBN and neither could the fans. 

So let’s take a look at the birth of Moon Knight and see if we can’t find out why he went from one time villain to full time hero (and full time occupant to my heart). 

One thing to note about Werewolf by Night, we get a lot of narration from Jack Russell himself. And sometimes it's as Jack, and sometimes it's Jack looking at the wolf and others it's the wolf peaking through Jack. 

But us Moon Knight fans are used to different perspectives, aren't we? 

We open on the title page: 

"The tag's Russell, with a Jack in front of it. The kind of name that fits a normal 19 year old dude living out in L.A.--Not the kind of name you'd expect to find slapped on a guy who sprouted fangs, pore-to-pore fur, and wolfish howls every time the moon ballooned full. Unless that guy happened to have a father who was cursed by an arcane book called DARKHOLD --And who inherited his father's curse on his 18th birthday. 

Tough, I usually ain't. But when the Full Moon pokes its ugly puss into my life, I turn into the werewolf--and nobody messes with a dude dressed in fur, claws, and pure MEAN. So why didn't somebody tell that to--

THE STALKER CALLED MOON KNIGHT" 

LOL Yeah. He’s a stubborn idiot alright. 

"Fast, Brutal, and Armed with everything to produce a scream, he was wasting me with no doubt about it. And every time I tried to slash back at the weirdo--My hand exploded in a fire labeled agony." 

Second night of the full moon cycle. The wolf is not doing so hot. 

His hand is broken and he's facing down this angry guy dressed in silver. 

"Get up, you mangy freak!! Get up so I can knock you back down again!" 

He lunches at the masked man only to take a punch to the face. 

"It was called a cestus--as in Glove. Worn by gladiators in the arena. A cestus is spiked. These spikes were silver. Silver is hell on a werewolf." 

He wrestles with Moon Knight who doesn't let up, kicking and punching. 

The whole time Moon Knight yells at him. 

Bystanders watch in awe. 

"Man! That guy's like a tornado on a rampage!" 

"I'm hip--but what's that other dude like--Lon Chaney in a mink--?!" 

LOL oh 1970s...never change. 

Moon Knight addresses the wolf. 

"You've had it, Freak. You're half-way gone and I haven't even started!" 

Moon Knight unleashes his razor blade silver scresent darts on the wolf. 

"It wasn't right. The Moon was supposed to give him strength--fill him with savagery--Not stab him with glaring pain..." 

"Drop Freak! Drop like the wounded beast you are!" 

Moon Knight kicks him, with his Savate Kick, which is a French Boxing style that combines Boxing with kicking. It predates Kickboxing by 100 years and is quite brutal. 

It sends the wolf sprawling. Especially from his silver tipped toe. 

They pause and we get a flash back to the night before. 

"It had started the night before, when an innocent ski-jaunt in northern California had erupted into a blizzard of horror. As the werewolf, I'd almost murdered a cute 7-year-old girl named Buttons... Fortunately, my best friend, Buck Cowan, had other ideas..."

(If you're cold, he’s cold. Bring him inside)

"So I shivered into them and prepared to wait for Buck. You see, I didn't remember the werewolf's little Blood Tussle with Buck--and since Buck was supposed to pick me up here..." 

We see Buck being taken into emergency services and rushed in for immediate surgery. 

"After an hour of waiting, I'd begun to worry... Where was Buck?" 

We see Buck shredded and crashing on the table. 

Jack hitches a ride into down, wondering if his friend is alright. 

We see Buck crash in surgery and they frantically try to get his heart back. 

Jack makes it back to his Stepfather's house. 

"Jack! Are you all right, son?" 

"Sure, Dad. As all right as I ever am the morning after a Full Moon. Why? And where's Lissa?" 

We see the doctors are finished. There is nothing more they can do for Buck. 

"You mean you--You don't remember, son?" 

"Remember what? What?!" 

"Lissa's down at Westwood Hospital, Jack. Topaz called--Said your friend Buck was hurt... Was mauled... He...He might not pull through, Jack." 

Narration: The soft words slammed me, hit me like a thousand crushing mountains--But my only raction was numbness--Disbelief--

"Easy, Jack... Just take it easy, son." 

"Easy? I might've killed my best friend and you want me to take it easy?!" 

Jack is understandably upset.He runs to the hospital. 

Buck is in a coma and "The doctors aren't sure he'll come out of it."  

(Who names their kid Buttons?) 

They tell the group to go home and get some rest. But they decide not to go with Jack. 

"Under the circumstances, we thought it might be best if Lissa stayed with me tonight--at my room-- To keep our minds off Buck--ANd also because well..." 

"Go on, Topaz, say it--Because I've got the Moon-Cooties and you don't want to be around when I sprout fangs again. Well, I don't blame you. I'd stay away from me if I could..." 

Narration: And that was my exit--as petulant as a cry-baby feeling sorry for its own tears... 

Feeling sorry for himself, he heads back for home to apologize to his stepdad before the moon rises and he has to run off again. His hand hurts and he's pretty sure it's broken. 

But as he gets home, the door is already open and he senses something is off. Someone else is in there with his Stepdad. 

"Dad?" 

"In the Den, Jack. There's someone here to see you.." 

Yeah! You get that bread! Delicious delicious bread! 

"Hello, Russell. They told me to announce myself as The Moon Knight. Pretty stupid name--But It'll do as far as you're concerned--" 

Yep. You heard it here first people. 

Now, time line gets a little funky if you try to figure out if this was pre or post death and resurrection by Khonshu. 

This could either be Mercenary Marc Spector for Hire that heard "werewolf" and dressed up in all silver for protection and then got the name Moon Knight and then it later stuck with him after he came back.... OR this is immediately post resurrection (which I find more likely) and it's his first gig. In a later Moon Knight issue we learn that Frenchie had acted as his contact with the group that hired him and the Moon Knight still had no idea what he was doing and still wasn't 100% on board with the 'good guy' routine. In fact, we later learn that the money he made in this job is what helped him get started in Grant Mansion. 

Still doesn't explain why he's like, "Moon Knight? Who the hell picked this name?" And I have to quietly laugh that Marc indeed DID pick the name after he was brought back by Khonshu and the rest of his system was like "Marc, what the fuck? Really? That's what we're going with?" 

ANYWAYS... 

"His voice was muffled under the silver gauze which covered his face like ectoplasm. That was something else I didn't like..." 

Moon Knight explains: Let's say I'm a WORKING Man, Russell, out to do my job and collect my bread. This particular job started down in the waterfront section... Pretty sleazy place--Lots of rats--The stink of filthy Brine--And rotting, sagging warehouses... But one of those warehouses is a lot like that Book you're not supposed to judge by it's cover --Because inside, it ain't rotting or sagging, and the only stink is the smell of money. LOTS of money. I went there on a tip--And found out it was a set-up..." 

We see a bunch of businessmen at a table. 

"So you're Mark Spector." 

"I'm Spector. Who're you?" 

"We'll get to that in time, Mr. Spector. Right now, I find your dossier immensely interesting... Soldier of fortune, mercenary, veteran of THREE African wars, FIVE south American revolutions, Brief flirtation with the C.I.A., Weapons expert, versatile practitioner of virtually all the martial arts, ex-prizefighter, marine commando for Eight years prior to beating a Lieutenant within an inch of his life...Et cetera." 

"So your research department is hot stuff. So what? I was told there'd be money down here. What do I do to get it?" 

Okay so... We don't ever get this dossier again guys. THIS is the dossier of Marc Spector (despite that they spell it Mark here). In fact, they never really review Marc's past in the later comics again. They just say he's well versed in combat. 

That...That is a lot of combat. A lot of war and a lot of revolutions. And we know he wasn't always on the right side of the revolutions. We know he was a boxer, but the prizefighter bit is new. So is the 8 years Marine AND the beating a lieutenant part. We can assume he was discharged after that. That's interesting. 

So when writers forget that MArc knows what the hell he's doing... I have to frown at them a lot. Marc is dangerous. Marc decided he was going to be worth the money and he damn well was. 

Back to the gentlemen! 

"I admire your directness, Mr. Spector, and shall endeavor to emulate it. First, we want you to open that compartment now rising from the table... Then don the rather unique costume you will find inside it. ANd utilize every weapon accompanying that costume..As well as your inherent abilities--To capture and deliver to us a werewolf named Jack Russell. Upon Delivery, you will receive this. Then thousand dollars." 

WELP. There you have it. (But again... take this history with a grain of salt. He wasn't supposed to come back.) 

"That's the story, Russell. Me, I don't believe in werewolves--But the committee's got ten grand that does--So who am I to argue?" 

Ah, the COmmittee. A group of people out to capture the werewolf in some attempt to try to harness its power. 

We see them come back in Moon Knight Issue #4. 

Moon Knight tells Russell that he either goes easy or gets delivered as 'bruised goods'. 

"My head was swimming through queasy nausea as he stalked forward. Was it the pain in my hand or had the Moon festered into a darkening sky? 

My Stepfather decided the issue." 

His stepfather tackles the Moon Knight and tells Jack to run. 

Jack makes a run and starts to feel the Wolf taking over. 

Above him he hears a Helicopter giving chase, tracking him. 

"That's our man up ahead, Frenchie..." We see Moon Knight and Frenchie in the chapter. (Even back then we got the pair and this makes me happy.) "ANd he's just made me a believer in werewolves." 

For once, the werewolf cares not about the scattering humans in the street. He knows the chopter is the target of his distress. 

Moon Knight climbs down the ladder in pursuit. 

I mean... How many people will go, "WOW .Werewolves are real?!" and then proceed to get into a fight with said werewolf? 

AND WIN THE FIGHT. 

One of the spectators decides that enough is enough and he calls the police before these crazy things decide to eat them or something (Moon Knight included. Dude just tackled a wolf creature and got into a fight with it on purpose). 

The police take a moment to digest this info.

"Some comic book weirdo is sluggin' it out with a werewolf on a street corner in Westwood." 

Yeah, that sounds about right. 

They try to call in the local expert, but he's on vacation. 

At this point we start to head into Werewolf by Night lore and back story. I'll admit... I've never actually READ werewolf by night. So all of this is very new to me and I have no explanation for who these people are or what's happening. So I'm going to skip a bit of what I'm SURE is important to the long run of the story but will not come up as important to these two key issues we're focusing on. (But you can bet your buppie that I'm going to start reading it. This hat is in my bag. ...This 1970s talk is getting to me.) 

Meanwhile, the two girls from before, Lissa and Topaz, are worrying about Buck and Jack. A helicopter lands and ....Frenchie....what are you doing? Did you learn this from watching Marc? Don't bust through windows! 

(I’m not counting this. But I should.) 

Back with Moon Knight and the Wolf. 

"I slashed, still favoring my broken hand--and growled in fury as he deftly evaded my raking talons. He'd produced a new weapon now. It looked like a Truncheon. And it was definitely silver." 

(No don’t chew it! Someone put the cone of shame on him!) 

And there’s Moon Knight, getting to know the ground. He and the ground are gonna be best friends in future runs. 

Moon Knight uses his truncheon to beat the beast and finally the wolf goes down. On cue, Frenchie arrives in the chopper with both girls. 

This issue comes to an end with Moon Knight GETTING THAT BREAD. 

Moon Knight is also about to have what I lovingly call: A BAD DAY. But that’s in the next issue. 

Werewolf By Night Issue #33: ' Wolf-Beast vs Moon Knight' 

Written by: Doug Moench

Art by: Don Perlin

Published 1975

You guys. I can’t wait to show you that Moon Knight’s bad decision skills dates back to his first appearance. You have no idea. 

TITLE PAGE! 

I love how they get the names of the people involved in this comic and they put it into the pictures. 

Also... We witness the first of many bad decisions. 

The chopper continues to rise and the police open fire. 

He’s doing fine. 

We got more exposition that I'm going to skip because it has more to do with the overall arch of the WBN story and nothing that will come into play in this two part story. 

Now we come to the helicopter flying out over the dock and water. 

Welcome to part 1 of Moon Knight's bad day. 

“No, you stupid idiot! We’re five-hundred feet up!!” 

Buddy.... Pal... Bestie... 

Narration: But the werewolf didn't care. He was mad. So mad that he'd even forgotten about his broken hand... 

They splash down into the water. 

"Mangy Freak! The Committee's payin' me ten grand to bring you in alive--And you almost drown us both before I even--" 

Narration: The fight wasn't out of the werewolf yet... In fact, I was just beginning to roar. 

"Crazy fur coat with fangs--! I musta told you a dozen times--The committee wants you alive! And if you can't get that through your hairy head--I'm gonna have to pound it in!!" 

Narration: And in the pounding there was pain--Pain caused by Moon Knight's arsenal of silver weapons...His studded cestus, punching at me...Even the crescent darts, still embedded in my bristling skin... But even if the werewolf had understood the threat silver posed to him, I doubt it would've made much difference. He still remembered the beating he'd taken from this foe. The memory made him MAD...And the rage demanded revenge. 

"Not again, beast-man--I'm getting tired of this!! Watch out you stupid--" 

And back in the water they go. 

Narration: We hit the pacific for the second time... The water shot fire through my shattered hand, made it throb like a hiccupping balloon... But what was that compared to the beast's life-and-death lust for vengeance--? Answer: Bright nothing, wrapped in pretty bows of bloody violence. So we fought, both struggling to escape hell... 

Narration: ...Each determined to win that struggle... And each to leave the other behind. It was the werewolf who won, breaking free of hell with gasps and wheezes... 

I hauled myself onto the rotting planks, still gasping... But triumphant. 

Or so the werewolf thought. 

"Hold it, mange-puss... I ain't heard no count of ten yet..." 

Moon Knight no... 

Narration: It was impossible. I'd slashed, clawed, mauled, and choked him--ANd he wanted more, still MORE--! I gave him more, a vicious roundhouse slash... But the Moon Knight clutched for that slash and he yanked. Hard. 

And they go back into the water. 

Moon Knight climbs back out a moment later. 

"God, that thing's dynamite on wheels...Never fought so hard in my life... Gotta rest... Catch my breath... Before he surfaces again... ALREADY?!" 

Narration: Yeah, already-And the fever was too high to quit. It was long overdue, and the werewolf had long since paid for it in pain... 

It was time for the payoff--For returning favors--And for doing unto the other until what was done... COuld never be undone.

The wolf beats on Moon Knight for a bit. He’s pretty ticked off. 

Moon Knight's pretty exhausted at this point and the wolf is starting to get the upper hand. 

But then... Whoopse. It's morning! 

The night is over and the wolf turns back into a very beat up sad Jack Russel... 

You know how I know this is Marc? (Aside from the fact that this is Pre official Moon Knight and Jake and Steven haven’t been written into existence yet). THE BAD DECISIONS. 

Someone yells down to them and Moon Knight thinks it might be the cops. But it turns out to just be a drunk guy heading home after a night on the town. 

"Well, thank the moon for small miracles... But I still can't believe I saw this guy change like that...My darts must be hurtin' the poor freak. Might as well take 'em out.." 

Frenchie arrives and Moon Knight once more carries Jack up the ladder towards that bread. 

Back at the hospital, Buck woke up only briefly to call out for his friends then fell back asleep. 

The doctor informs the lady that "whatever mauled Mr. Cowan inflicted extensive damage to his sacral region--His lower back--Severing oth the sciatic and femoral nerves. We've done our best, but he still might be paralyzed from the waist down... If he emerges from the coma." 

Yup. Can confirm. You need those nerves. That's not good news. 

Back with Moon Knight! He is now before the committee and he's brought along the two girls and Jack. Time for bread day.

"All right bozos--You've already stalled the whole day in some top secret meeting-and I ain't waitin' any longer! I brought you your pigeon. Now where's my bread?!" 

"You've brought us an unconscious kid, Mr. Spector...Or should I say Mr. Moon Knight? You seem to be taking that costume rather seriously... But as I was saying, we still have no proof that you have delivered a bona fide Werewolf. Indeed, we can't even be certain that this young man is Jack Russell..." 

The committee also show skepticism that one of the two girls is Jack's sister "and therefore destined to become a werewolf herself someday." 

The committee decides to wait until the final full moon appears that night and they can see for themselves. 

Moon Knight is displeased. 

"I oughta smack that scummy nose right down your throat." 

If it were me, I would not mess with this man. He just spent a whole night fighting a werewolf. 

Jack wakes up to find himself still in a lot of pain and locked in a cage. 

The committee tell Jack that they plan to keep the werewolf as a pet to release when they want certain people murdered. 

As one might imagine, Jack is not on board with this plan. 

He turns to Moon Knight :

"And YOU, crusader rabbit--Are you in the habit of getting paid for slamming people into CAGES?! That's right, I said PEOPLE! Are you shocked to hear that I'm an honest to god Person? Or have you been trying to forget it?! Well, I'm gonna give you a refresher course, Pal... I may be a werewolf--But on my nights off I'm still human! And Believe me, Fancy pants, being the werewolf is a far worse cage than these stinking bars!" 

And the moon rises and he starts to change. 

The committee is all shocked to see him change. 

The wolf is NOT happy to be caged. 

The committee members congratulate Spector "Or Moon Knight if you prefer..." 

(Isn't that so interesting? Even in this early issue where he's just a one off character and no history or past drawn up yet, they still can't get his identity right? What were you planning Mr. Moench? Even back then?) 

Moon Knight doesn't say anything, simply watches the wolf freak out in his cage. 

Jack's sister yells at him. Accusing him of selling Jack to people who want to "turn him into the murderer he's always feared he would become! The murderer he's always fought to avoid--Even when it tore his soul in two!!" 

"Don't listen to her, Marc. Sure, he's her brother... But he's still just a freak--just a beast... Why worry about a beast?" 

Narration: Moon Knight took the money... And stared at me again... 

"Just a beast, all right... But at least a cleaner and more honest beast than you slimy slugs! At least he's a beast with guts! A beast who fights ony to be free! And that's the kind of fight I support, Lard-Butts!!" 

Moon Knight kicks open the bars! That's one hell of a kick. 

The wolf is loose! And the Moon Knight has changed sides! 

I gotta respect that one member in the back... 

"But I... I don't even carry a gun! I'm just a businessman! You guys dragged me into this werewolf deal because you said it would be good for the economy!" 

"We're ALL businessmen, Hicks!" 

"Yeah--And you're all goin' outta business now!! Especially your two-ton leader.. So I'd advise him to get his lard in gear--Unless he wants it kicked from here to Monterey!" -Moon Knight. 

Narration: The Silver one--The one with the PAIN. He was the one I wanted... But he ducked. 

The wolf soars past Moon Knight and attacks one of the men with guns. 

"Sorry, Fido--But if there's one thing I've learned, it's more fun fightin' with you than against you-- So go get 'em Tiger!" 

"Holy Smokes! Almost forgot the two chicks Frenchie nabbed... With allthe lead flyin' around here, they're liable to turn into swiss cheese." 

Good job Marc. You're doing great there. 

He cuts the two girls down and tells them to make a run for it. 

"But what about Jack?" Jack's sister cries out. 

"Just get outta here! He can take care of himself!" Moon Knight shoos them away. 

"Come ON, Lissa. I don't know what turned that man from a villain into a hero, but he's right--! At this point, Jack has a far better chance than we do--" 

The girls get out and Moon Knight and the Wolf keep fighting through the bad guys. 

Narration: On our own or not, the committee was falling to pieces. Most ran. Others fell. The Moon Knight seemed to geta kick out of it, batling like some gayblade swashbuckler straight from Errol Flynn country... 

(What)

"And Another gabardine hits the dust!" 

(What?) 

(I'mma play it straight with you... The 1970s language is 100% a thing. It's even better when you remember Marc is from Chicago so all this is probably said with a pretty stiff chicago accent and I'm crying cause I'm trying not to laugh so hard right now. I’ll just let you read through those lines yourself and slap a strong chicago or new york accent on that.) 

ANYWAYS….. 

Moon Knight punts the guy to the wolf who lets off a little steam on him. 

All the bad guys are taken care of. This just leaves Moon Knight and the Wolf in the room alone. 

Narration: Fatso hit the floor like rubberized Jello, and when the quivering stopped...it was just the two of us. I growled, softly...

"Now wait a minute, Pal. You 'n me just fought together. That makes us brothers of the blood where I come from... Where's your sense of camaraderie? Even Frenchie's got some o' that." 

Marc... 

"All right--If that's the way you feel about it, I'm going' I'm goin'! I may've fought you for ten grand--But I sure ain't gonna do it for free...!" 

....he jumps out the window. 

"And they used to say I was antisocial... I'll send you a bill for the cape, Pal. Ciao!" 

(and they did send a Bill to fix that cape. A Bill Sienkiewicz to be exact.) 

WELP. I’m sorry to tell you I don’t know if Buck will live or walk again. (I’m sure he’s fine). But this ends Moon Knight in Werewolf by Nigh! 

He appears in several things before 1980 when he gets his own official run. He pops in with the Hulk (in that run we meet Randall. Then say goodbye to Randall) and he also gets a few spotlights. 

The fact that he was supposed to be a one time villain and in just TWO issues, we got so much characterization and tidbits of back story (I’d love to explore that antisocial comment he made back there.) that they couldn’t help but give him more chances. I swear, in these two issues, we got a better look at Moon Knight than I’ve seen certain OTHER writers give him! 

And if I hadn’t of fallen in love with him back when I did, just reading through these couple of issues would have me head over heels. His tenacity, his poor decisions, his repeated trip into the water… This man came out fighting for his life and he’s he went out fighting. 

Here’s to you, Moon Knight. The only person in the whole Marvel Universe stupid enough to fight a werewolf for a solid night and then try to make friends with that werewolf. 

[battleoftheicyfreaks]

Round 1, Match 3: Rei Todoroki (My Hero Academia) vs. Jack Frost (Shin Megami Tensei)

Rei Propaganda:

Mom of guy with ice and fire powers. She has only ice powers

Jack Frost Propaganda:

He’s just a little dude! He’s also atlas’ mascot (the company that made the smt and persona franchise). Hee Ho!

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Henry Stein

Linda Stein

Joey Drew

Audrey Drew

Shipahoy Dudely + Crackle the Crab

Alice + Allison Angel

Tom Boris

Buddy Boris

Sammy Lawrence

Norman Polk (Projectionist)

Jack Fain

Wilson Arch

The Keepers

Betty

Porter

Heidi

The Butcher Gang (Charely, Barley, Edgar And Carley)

Bertrum Piedmont

Wally Franks

Lost Ones

Ocs:

Atlas Angel (Available For Asks/Questions)

Boaz The Unicorn (Available)

Kiki The Angel Demon (Available)

Cheshire (NOT available)

Zadikal Angel (NOT available)

Inky Angel (Avaliable)

Cupid Angel (NOT available)

Seymour Cloris (NOT available)

Rebecca Arachnid (Available)

Pie The Lovebird (Available)

Lila Stein (Available)

Swan (NOT available)

Axis Angel (NOT available)

Raveen Ravin (NOT available)

Seraph Angel (NOT available)

Sindy (NOT available)

Percy (NOT available)

Nondy (Available)

More to be revealed...

Benry Kids:

Older = Available For Asks

Leviathan (Older)

Endy (Older)

Tinie (Older)

Bendy Darling/Junior (Baby)

Classi (Older)

Wendi (Baby)

Allin (Baby)

Jasper (Baby)

Bammy (Child)

Zenith (Older)

Ships:

Bendy x Henry

Sammy x Norman

Allison X Tom

(That's all for right now...lol)

Huggable:

Bendy (In toon form)

Kiki

Buddy Boris

Sammy Lawrence

Audrey Drew

Henry Stein

(Not many but yeah...)

Thanks for reading and being respectful, another post with a short fanfic about the AU will be published soon!

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[opheliajupiter99]

so, i know you like bioshock(there are only 2 games) but i know nothing about it. my boyfriend, on the other hand, LOVES bioshock. do you think you could give me a rundown on what happens in the games? i know in one of ‘em, some dude named atlas brainwashes you to do anything asked if the phrase would you kindly is used and he knows it works cause he made you kill a dog or something. but i would like to know more to be able to bond with him some more! feel free to go wild and rant PLEASE

(here’s a hint of who i am; 🪀)

Ooo, a yo-yo huh? Does it perhaps rhythm, your name? Perhaps...starts with g? >:3

Annnnyways, this'll be a doozy, I'll do my best:

Okay so, Rapture as a city is an underwater city created by a man named Andrew Ryan, who wished for a lawless city without the overbearing hand of government, so stuff like murder, cannibalism, assault, etc etc, is all legal, it was left purely up to the civilians themselves to handle things on their own.

As for who you are in the games, in the first game you play a man named Jack Ryan, who was a genetically engineered son of Andrew Ryan, created to bypass the genetic locks all throughout Rapture and allow his creator, Atlas, who was truly Frank Fontaine, to take control of the city. In the end, after rescuing the various Little Sisters throughout the city, Frank Fontaine is killed and Jack and the Sisters escape to the surface.

In the second game, you are Subject Delta, also known as Johnny Topside, a Big Daddy who was bonded to a Little Sister named Eleanor Lamb, who is the daughter of a psychiatrist named Sophia Lamb. Sophia Lamb, in the wake of Andrew Ryan's death, created a cult known as The Family, who worships ADAM, the wonder drug the city runs on and allows people to develop superpowers, as well as drives them insane, and the Little Sisters that gather it.

They worship it because ADAM, when taken, essentially contains a copy of that person's soul, their memories, personality, abilities, everything, essentially making anyone that took ADAM immortal (as long as they didn't mind being little more than a multiple personality inside a Little Sister's head), with Eleanor Lamb being the center of the cult, though in truth Sophia Lamb had all the power, Eleanor not allowed even the most minor of input on the cult's endeavors.

In the end, with the help of Grace Holloway and Augustus Sinclair, although Delta dies in the process, Eleanor and the rescued Little Sisters escape to the surface, Eleanor consuming his ADAM so he can live on in her head.

(You can probably tell the second game's my favorite, given how I detailed it FAR more than the first rofl)

[starified-lizzy]

I figured I should redo my intro to my blog-

ELLO >:DDDD

Name’s Lizzy! Or Star! I really don’t give a fuck which you use!

I draw shit for FANDOMS

I write shit for FANDOMS

I got OCS whom I LOVE and ADORE.

“Can I draw fanart of your fics?” My sibling in Christ, we are married. /pos

“Can I draw fanart of your fanart(like DTIYS)?” My sibling in Christ. /pos

“Can I draw fanart of your OCs?” CHRIST. /pos

RAHHHHHH (it’s really fucking early I shouldn’t be doing this now ;-;)

Here’s a list of my socials, it is very limited because I hate the “standard” socials like Twitter and Insta and stuff like that. So it’s more like- fanfic sites, and any other blogs I own for you guys to check out >.>

My AO3

My Art Fight

My YouTube

My TikTok (basically dead at this point, I only ever like/favorite things on it, but I might start up again with my FNF au instead)

My Pinterest

My Spotify because sure

My FNF au blog

My demonpocalypse blog ([possibly] forever retired due to a severe issue in the community it was for)

Blog for food/recipes I want to try because MMMMMMMMMMM FOOOOD

Wow that’s actually not limited like I thought- hot damn I need to touch some grass.

HERES A LIST OF FANDOMS IM EITHER CURRENTLY IN, OR HAVE RETIRED FROM (Also CCs):

Retired-

DSMP (and MCYT as a whole for the most part), dude our community is in *shambles*. I’m so glad I left when I did, but at the same time O W.

ATLA. Technically I’m still in this fandom, but I only really get back into it/brainrot about it if I get a reminder, otherwise I kinda forget about it

FNAF. Same with ATLA, still technically in it, but I gotta be reminded it exists sometimes.

BATIM. Ditto

Wings of Fire. Ditto

Undertale. Ditto. Lizzy, my main persona, was actually an OC created from Undertale, who just ended up becoming her own person, and then ended up being associated with mine and my friend’s Minecraft au instead.

Onto CCs I no longer watch:

Any of the DSMP ppl, with very few exceptions

Jacksepticeye. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll still watch a video of his if it pops up and spikes my interest, but I don’t actively seek his content out anymore.

Any of the old Minecrafters. Like DanTDM, Stampy, Tiny Turtle & Little Lizard. Hell, I don’t even think any of the ones I listed even do YT at all anymore. I’ll still watch their old videos tho.

Current-

FNF. I really could give less of a fuck if y’all think it’s “bad” or “for kids (it’s not, I promise you)”. The music slaps, and quite a few mods are really well made, so eat my ass.

Day of Dragons. The dragons are cool. I don’t care about any drama in the community. I’m here for the cool fucking dragons.

The Isle. Once again, I don’t care about any drama in the community. I’m here for the cool ass dinosaurs because you can customize your own skins and they just look and sound cool (Dilo, Herarra, and Ptera are my faves)

Lethal Company. Do it for the Company.

RainWorld. Scugs and Scups. Need I say more?

Hollow Knight. Sorta falling out of this one, but until I beat the entire game (P5) I am not finished.

Minecraft. Technically in “the fandom”, but not really attached to a specific YTer or anything like that anymore. I just like the game.

CCs I still watch:

Astral Spiff. Sprog is a good gamer.

Smii7y and his friends like Grizzy, Droid, Puffer, Blarg, etc.

Jack Manifold. I only watch his You Laugh You Loose and Ghost Sighting Compilation videos. I don’t even know if he still does Minecraft anymore.

8-BitRyan. While he doesn’t swear in his videos, it’s kinda a breath of fresh air. Plus his edits are quite funny.

Markiplier. Yes. Just… yes…

IGP. His content is just interesting. The way he freaks out over shit is funny as hell. Does he do content with IcyCaress anymore? Their banter was funny, but idk if something happened, cuz I just don’t see much stuff with Icy in it anymore.

As of right now, that’s all I can think of. It’s nice to meet you!

[thehoodedneku]

I watched more of Yugioh 5D's and Jack Atlas makes me laugh so bad because he says the most out of pocket things. I never know what he's going to say--even better is that I'm watching the dub, so imagine my absolute delight at hearing his voice bounce around between Bakura and Ryou. No one told me they share a VA and that makes him even better! His accent keeps bouncing around so it's like Bakura and Ryou are still around (I miss them). Mostly Jack sounds like Ryou being mean, while when he's less mean he sounds more like Bakura.

Trust me you'll get it if you watch long enough. It's pure insanity for Bakura and Ryou fans. Sometimes I like to think that Bakura body-snatched this poor man, and is failing in pretending to be a normal person.

Anyway, Jack Atlas is a joy to watch/listen to! Didn't expect to like him, but so far he's the funniest man in 5D's. Also he isn't as mean as you would expect him to be. He hasn't been that harsh to Yusei. Dude literally tried giving Yusei back an ultra rare card, which is so insanely nice?! Jack is a strange man.

[shifuto]

(the dvd ending extra yay \o/)

some closing thoughts after this 2-months long adventure revisiting Yugioh 5D's..

I feel like I finally could enjoy this show as it's supposed to be enjoyed and it probably has to do with the fact that I'm more mature now (also finally able to get the full hd experience 🤣) and there's a fun thing about having a dogshit working memory: to be able to experience this show almost as if it was the first time again 😊 I can't recall when was the last time I watched it but it was probably close to 8-10 years ago 🤣

some loathed characters became favorites - I was avoiding this show like the plague because Jack Atlas was just......... so bad for past me 🤣🤣🤣 - well it turns out his peacock personality and overpowering sex appeal worked on me 🙄 Thanks I hate it 🤣💜

some characters I paid no attention before became favorites, too: Rex Godwin have my whole heart and I am so sad he died.. man why do my favorites always die huh huh???? 😭 get me out of here with this shit......... also, Rua (Lua) is the sweetest little guy and I was so damn excited for him because he's just so goddamn cool?!??1 Wtf!! Also most the "villains" since I'm built different and villains are my weak spot 🤣

my favorites are still my favorites so it was a delight to go back to them and love them even more, and see them in a different way than before

and man....... the freaking shipping that was going on inside of my brain LMFAO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

guess the most surprising thing though?

Bruno/Antinomy!

have to confess I did not remember him much so I kind of went on blind and, fuck me, he became one of my favs and do I even risk to say he IS my favorite character in this show?!!?? I could talk about this and about him for days but the long story short is that he checked all the boxes for me and pressed all the right buttons too and then he died too because of fucking course he died and I cried like fuck my life dude. That was so devastating... definitely want to give this show another go soon just so I can watch Bruno again. We have never had another character as cool and interesting as him in the franchise

as is tradition in YGOs, 5Ds started getting much better by the end, but it was very solid all over (except that arc full of fillers, it was annoying as hell because the episodes were not good), Crash Town was fun, and the last two arcs (WRGP and Ark Cradle) were very good

overall.. I think I'd bump 5Ds all the way up, becoming my second favorite YGO (guess it was in 4th place before?), because Zexal takes the podium FOR NOW, we'll see when I rewatch it and just how that will go XD

because we don't gatekeep on this house, you can find mkv+soft subs at nyaa dot si (best quality you'll get, but the files are fucking massive), and streaming at 123anime dot info (you can download there too, but it's mp4+hard subs). Both have all YGO series and a few other things too yay \o/

[professionallydeadinside]

Dude im thinkin about bioshock rn and i just. Man i just. This series keeps giving me sucker punches to the gut. Jack actually being Jack Ryan? His history and past? Atlas’s reveal? Delta loving his daughter so much he beats death to see her again? Augustus going from someone no one trusts to committing the ultimate sacrifice to reunite a father and daughter? Eleanor’s monologue about delta? Elizabeth never knowing who she really is? It’s all so beautiful

Except for booker dewitt. That motherfucker wears two layers of denim and i want to beat him to death with my fists

I know nothing about Bioshock but it is fun just hearing you go off about things asdfghhgfd

[roseicicles]

Looks at Aki. I have no idea how they do it. They can keep the KING JACK ATLAS at KING level but they still cant keep a competent female through arc-V. They either die, are humor only, or fade into obscurity sadly

Yugioh doesn't, and never has known how to write badass female characters. They either start out strong, or can be good, but all end up just being either non existent, or as you said, fade into obscurity.

Like lets go series by series.

OG Yugioh: Mai? Mai? The girl who basically lost most of her duels, was pretty much used as canon fodder. As in just to showcase Ra, and give reason for Joey's epic duel vs Marik. To then join up with the whole Dartz thing, only to then STILL feel like a poor duelist. Sure, she and Joey had an epic duel, but then after that....Meh. Then after that season she was g o n e.

GX: Alexis could've been a great character. She had links to the shadows through her missing brother, she was best friends with the school's top duelist. But after her good start, she gets captured lol. Sure, she does get her payback, but I swear, after that it's mostly downhill for her development. While everyone around her goes down a major path of development and character.

Another point going to Blair, cause what could've been for her. When you consider her Tag Force 3 deck. Imagine if she had Lightsworns in the show. She'd be a unit, but nah, she just became a cheerleader sadly, and a damsel during the Yubel later stages.

5DS: Honestly, the Blackwings are at fault here LOL. Akiza had such a grand opening, and then the second half/rest dropped the ball SUPER hard. Hell, you could argue all the females here had great starts, only for it to go downhill, or just nothing. Carly, Misty, Luna even((Mina doesn't count as she's just more a proper side character)). Of course later we had Sherry, whom we should've had a epic Sherry vs Aki duel one on one. But what did we get? Shery vs Aki AND Crow. Like least Jack having Leo and Luna made sense, as it was to set up Life Stream's birth from Power Tool, but jfc.

Zexal: Rio huh. Honestly like I said, she has a good opener, but then later just becomes basically worth nothing. Even when the big reveal happens. She's not threatening, or important. We also have Anna who had fucking trains, yet was barely used.

Arc-V: OK. Now here is where I first talked about it. Cause honestly, THESE FOUR GALS DESERVE BETTER. Yuzu has a good growth period, but after basically Serena takes her spot, Yuzu basically becomes NOTHING. While Serena kicks ass like a true badass, and becomes a great character. Her duel with Yugo is honestly one of my favorites. It helped her realize that maybe dueling can be fun. But what do we get after that? Oh, she's taken away in the most bullshit plot armor way, and mind controlled lmao. Rin and Ruri? We get told they're great through flashbacks, do we get to see it? Nop, they're controlled. Then the end, only Yuzu gets to be free basically. What a mess.

Vrains: How many times do you want to fuck Blue Angel/Aoi did you say? Like, what important duel did she win? Every important duel, she loses. She came off as a really good character, and everything good and cool they threw at her, they then decide to make her LOSE. I'm not saying she has to win to become relevant and good, but it just felt like she became a punching bag, and only Playmaker and later Soulburner COULD save the day.

Sevens: Sevens is more of kid Yugioh honestly, so I can't really expect too much from it, as comparing it to other series, yeah. Sevens isn't bad, just...Alright. Though I will say, it had some pretty good female characters. But like the dudes in this show, pretty average gdigsdidg. Will say though, Romin surprisingly had a positive dueling record. With 11 duels. One not shown, three loses, and SEVEN WINS. There are some notable characters too, like Luke's sister, and the construction crew girl. But in terms of what my post is mainly following, can't put that there.

Go Rush: Same can be said here tbh. Might be some 'nice' characters, but none fitting the mold.

I'm not making all this to say, 'oh the female characters are complete shit' when they're not. I love em for a reason, I just get so sad when their writing goes to sour shit, as if they get the rug pulled from under them, while the dudes continue forward, and get the lime light.

It's why if Yugioh ever goes serious again, I'd love a female lead. A female lead that would kick ass, and not go down a more forgetful or poor writing path like these have before.

[alkalinefrog]

Ive been getting pretty invested in ATLA lately that I completely forgot about my obsession with Hijack. But, seriously, thank u (and Twiafom!) for the Hijack content; the AUs are clever, the art is stunning, and the ship works really well. I think I wouldn't have been drinking the Hijack juice if it wasn't for the two of you.

So, uh, if u had to pick a fairy tale (Perraut, Grimm, Andersen, mostly cause theyre the most well known) and make an entire HiJack AU idea inspired by said fairy-tale, what would it be? (Side-note: By "inspired" I mean adapt some of the elements/plot points into the AU, not necessarily "copy-paste and insert Hijack as the characters". Think Tangled or how Dreamworks adapted the HTYYD movies from the books as reference points.)

Also sorry if this is kind of long, I tend to talk a lot

Oooo this is a really interesting question! And dude, don't disclaimer yourself lol you're fine

I'm super stoked to hear that you've gotten into ATLA recently though, it's such an amazing series and definitely up there in terms of my childhood inspirations too! Maybe it's for the best that you forget hijack akdvslsvakv nah jkjk

A) EDIT 30 MIN INTO TYPING THIS: I was doing mental gymnastics to shove them into Journey to the West because I was being self-indulgent but it just DOESN'T WORK and after I typed 5 paragraphs I realized the tale of Chang-an the moon goddess would make SO MUCH more sense alfakvskwge. I deleted everything I wrote lmao, gotta cut your losses. Jack would be the one to turn into a moon god/spirit and Hiccup would be his human love left behind. Think Over the Moon but not watered down hdksvsbs

B) I'd rather go rogue and just have them adventure around the world in modern day finding other spirits and legends along the way, I think that would be WAY more interesting! I want them to meet the Monkey King, that would be SO COOL!!

Thanks for the fun ask! I wasted all my energy on the Journey to the West idea so sorry this isn't in depth LOL

EDIT: oh shit I tunnel visioned on the ask that I forgot about the compliments KWBDSKSV I'm so glad you're enjoying the hijack art!! Thank you so much for your kind words!!

EDIT 2: ok wait maybe I'll come back to the Journey to the West idea... I think... I can make it work from a new angle. Stay tuned... Maybe.

[the-kings-of-games]

For the ask game: Crow Hogan!

@shitpostingkats YAAAAAAAAAAS

How I feel about this character: I LOVE HIM. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. He's my baby and my big brother at the same time, lmao, and I just want to [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and kiss him. I saw him for the first time, and I died because I LOVE redheads with happy-go-lucky attitudes!!! He hits all the spots. 😩😩😩😩 (Shout out to Lavi, Reki, and Kagami (outlier but still a redhead)!) And if you don't know yet, I love baby brother characters, and Crow is the youngest of three in their makeshift family. 🥺🥺🥺🥺 So cuuuuuuuuute!!!!

As one of the biggest Crow Hogan fans on this site, it hurts when people tell, "Who's Crow Hogan?" You guys, please, just finish S1—meet Crow and fall in love. QAQ Like, he's so cute and funny and punk. He's perfect. And so are his Blackwings and Black-Winged Dragon!! (I own almost all of them. 👀) I love him so much, my mostest favorite in all of YGO—that's amazing.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Jack and Yūsei! (KIZUNASHIPPING FOR THE WIN!!), Bruno, Akiza, Brave

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Trudge—he became the family friend somehow, lmaolololol.

Jack & Yūsei—you know, typical shenanigans.

And oh, Akiza—they hangout after Akiza get out of school often. u_u Their favorite place to hit up is Cafe Vameowlla owned by a gay older woman who FINALLY found a date. (My fanon goes DEEP.)

My unpopular opinion about this character: I instantly don't trust interpretations of Crow if he is called the dad friend or any semblance of the dad in the group. ^^; I think it's too much of a generalization, and the term is just thrown around to any dude character who takes care of kids. Honestly, with his age and role as the youngest of three, he's more of a brother figure. He didn't adopt kids—he took take of them because that's just the kind of person he is. His nestlings are, like, 10 or 8, if they were his kids by blood, he would've been only 8 himself when he had them. Like, that's a big responsibility to put on someone who's just a kid himself.

Being the dad friend is really a curse and does such a disservice to Crow as a character because that's what most people just default him to, but like, the guy was going to though hands at a bitter old man and then went, Well, you're our dad now. Didn't even ask permission, just said he wanted it and he got it, like a brat. The instant he sees Jack, it's fight on sight, even when it's the inside of a jail. Crow is innately violent because it's instinct; he's not the calmest one, even when he's thinking of others—in the tag duel against Sherry, Akiza is the one who got him to think clearly. He does what he does firstly to survive, which includes being frugal and bitchy about money and taking care of kids who can't protect themselves. It's okay for a character to be flat but only when it comes to their chest!!

If anyone is the designated dad of the group, it's Jack Atlas of all people. 😩 Did anyone expect him to be the one who takes care of the twins?? I didn't, and it was so cute of him! Jack, with all his flaws and personality issues, holds a lot of responsibility of what he is and what people see him as, and I whollfully believe that put in a position of responsibility, he is capable of being mature.

In my opinion, this whole "Crow is dad friend" serves only to restrict Crow as a character, and that's why I think a lot of people don't actively like him. People like him (for good reasons), but compared to Yūsei and Jack, it isn't for any reasons that striking, which is a shame. Because he's also an orphan, raised by the same woman. He was also in Team Satisfaction, from the start to its bitter end. He left first, but he came back because he doesn't abandon his friends.

Honestly, I think Crow knows he was never going to be what Yūsei and Jack are to each other. It's Jack and Yūsei, not Jack and Yūsei and Crow. They're two sides of the same coin; tricycles aren't exactly cool. He's the last of the Signers, gaining a symbol that already belonged to someone else. He gets scraps, but what can he do but just accept that and go on his own path. But still, not having his brothers in his life was odd—it's like missing an arm. You get used to it, but nothing is exactly the same as it was before. He feels abandoned, he feels left behind, he feels forgettable. (Kid brother issues, you know.) Still, he pushes himself forward. He misses his family, but he knows he can't let it hold him back. He's happy when Jack and Yūsei come home. People don't say Jack and Yūsei and Crow, but there they are again, being idiots and starting fights over coffee and budget.

One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: At some point, he, Akiza, and Luna should have girls days out. u_u He can definitely be taught the joy of going to the mall and going to cute cafes. (Idc what anyone has to say, I enjoy going to the mall, lmao.)

Oh, the context is that Crow is he/him dfab, so once Jack and Yūsei are home now, feels comfortable wearing skirts and dresses.

Send me an ask! 👀 I've watched all the series.

[littlemisssquiggles]

...Sooo...about that RWBY Volume 9 Teaser Trailer...

I will make the same comments as I did over on Twitter. From an artistic standpoint, V9 looks stunning---possibly the most visually breathtaking RWBY will ever look!

And as a budding 3D artist, I am genuinely excited for that aspect of the season alone mainly because I'm a fan of all the visual development behind RWBY and I cannot wait to see all the hard work the CRWBY put into bringing this season to life. It's all looking super great from the trailer so far.

However…from a story perspective, I don't know how I should feel about V9.

To me, it doesn't feel like an "official" season of RWBY. It feels like filler.

For those of you who used to watch animes like Bleach or Naruto like moi, RWBY V9 feels more like a filler season because despite continuing from the end of V8, it sounds more like its own self-contained storyline that is a part of the main story but is also disconnected from it at the same time? If that makes sense.

I feel like we're gonna end up with an Alice in Wonderland type deal where by the end of it, even when RWBY (and co) return to the Remnant, will they remember their time in the Ever After?

Or will it all feel like one big dream/nightmare they all shared together that greatly impacted them in some way but ultimately doesn't affect the overall story---y'know the one with Salem?

Maybe I'm putting way too much thought into this but I guess what I'm trying to say here is V9 doesn't feel like a traditional season of RWBY.

It sounds like a pit stop or minor detour and at this point in the main storyline with Salem, I don't understand why the showrunners would choose to do this now?

It doesn't even feel like we'll see get to see what happened with Oscar and the others during the aftermath of the Fall of Atlas in the deserts of Vacuo.

Dude, for all we know, V9 could end with RWBY getting zero help from their friends from the other side and just return home to Remnant (through some other out of nowhere magical means) right at the point where the others were fighting to fend the refugees from Atlas in the desert.

Like the whole adventure of V9 takes place in a short space of time between the Ever After and Remnant; y'know like how they had all the events of V8 take place in the span of 2 days in Remnant timeline.

Who's to say V9 won't be the same?

Imagine if…all of us who were hoping for a time skip get bamboozled yet again when RWBY return home from the Ever After and not even a minute of time has passed between their fall into the Ever After and them leaving Atlas for Vacuo because it's literally the same day---the exact moment they fell.

So their friends don't even have a minute to grieve their "deaths" because they came back immediately like they never even left at all.

I'm not saying this will be the case with the season. This is all just speculation from me at this point.

Regardless, I don't know how to feel about V9's "story". I mean…I am curious to see what this season will do for Ruby. She's been in need of proper development for a long, long, LONG while and V8 did not do her justice.

But outside of that, I dunno.

My overall feelings about V9 are more mixed up than a bowl of trail mix.

I guess I'll only know when 2023 arrives.

I will say this though. I do like (Stuart) Little though.

We never got a Jack Pumpkinhead character in RWBY (which still displeases me) but (Stuart) Little will have to do, I suppose.

For what it's worth, I really, really hope that (Stuart) Little will stay with RWBY even after their adventures in the Ever After.

I would LOVE to see every one else' reactions to a talking mouse back home. That would be hilarious.

~LittleMissSquiggles (2022).