#johnathan bennet

[hotcelebritymenilike]

Husbands Jaymes Vaughan and Johnathan Bennett

[annamarielabeau]

Just going to leave this here…

[chrishme]

hello everyone ˚ʚ♡ɞ this is a multifandom tumblr where i will write for the following characters, and rules for requesting will be below as well.

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THE OFFICE

jim halpert. pam beesly. andrew bernard. dwight schrute. michael scott

THE WALKING DEAD

rick grimes. daryl dixon. carl grimes. maggie greene. glenn rhee. michonee hawthrone. negan. rosita espinosa.

BREAKING BAD

jesse pinkman. jane margolis. walter jr.

SHAMELESS

fiona gallagher. lip gallagher. carl gallagher. kevin ball. veronica fisher. sventlana yevgenivna. mandy milkovich.

STRANGER THINGS

mike wheeler. lucas sinclair. dustin henderson. will byers. johnathan byers. eleven byers. max mayfield. steve harrington. billy hargrove. nancy wheeler. robin buckley. jim hopper.

THE HUNGER GAMES

katniss everdeen. peeta mellark. finnick odair. haymitch abernathy.

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

damon salvatore. stefan salvatore. elena gilbert. caroline forbes. bonnie bennet. jeremy gilbert. tyler lockwood. matt donovan. enzo st john.

MARVEL

peter parker [tom, andrew]. wade wilson. logan howlett. steve rogers. tony stark. natasha romanoff. thor odinson. peter quill. scott lang. bruce banner. wanda maximoff. bucky barnes. gamora. cable. marc spector.

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2

arthur morgan. sadie adler. john marston. dutch van der linde.

THE LAST OF US [GAME]

ellie williams. joel miller.

TMNT [BAYVERSE]

leonardo. michelangelo. donatello. raphael. apriel o'neil. casey jones.

CELEBS

billie eilish. tom holland.

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woah, that was alot. now if you want to request, here are some rules: most of my girl images will be xfem! reader, but i may do some xmale readers if wanted! i will definately be writting smut if the concept is something that i am comfortable with. smut posts will always have warnings and will be 18+. i will not write anythng relating to incest, r*pe, or domestic violence. I hope to be able to write some things for you folks to enjoy, happy requesting! ʚ♡ɞ

[l0veophelia]

below you'll find my masterlists i've created, enjoy!

please don't repost my work, translate it or, copy it without my permission.

MARVEL MASTERLIST

including;

agatha harkness, wanda maximoff, thor odinson, nebula, loki lauyfeson, jessica jones, tony stark, kate bishop, gamora, matt murdock, bucky barnes, bruce banner, natasha rommanoff, yelena belova, peter parker

THE LAST OF US MASTERLIST

including;

joel miller, ellie williams, tess servopolus, tommy miller, dina, jesse, abby anderson

STRANGER THINGS

including;

steve harrington, nancy wheeler, robin buckley, eddie munson, johnathan byers, joyce byers, jim hopper

CRIMINAL MINDS

including;

aaron hotchner, spencer reid, derek morgan, emily prentiss, jennifer jareau, penelope garcia

SHADOW & BONE

including;

alina starkov, aleksander kirigan, nikolai lantsov, zoya nazyalinski, genya safin, kaz brekker, inej ghafa, nina zenik, matthias helvar

HOUSE MD

including;

gregory house, james wilson, lisa cuddy, robert chase, remy hadley

SUPERNATURAL

including;

dean winchester, sam winchester, castiel, rowena, charlie bradbury

SHAMELESS

including;

fiona gallagher, lip gallagher, ian gallagher, mickey milkovitch, mandy milkovitch, veronica fisher, kevin ball

THE HUNGER GAMES

including;

coriolanus snow, lucy grey barid, katniss everdeen, peeta mellark, finick odair, johanna mason, haymitch abernathy

DETROIT BECOME HUMAN

including;

connor, markus, kara, rk900

NARCOS

including;

javier pena, steve murphy

YOU

including;

joe goldberg, love quinn

EUPHORIA

including;

rue bennet, lexi howard, maddy perez, cassie howard, fezco

GREY'S ANATOMY / PRIVATE PRACTICE

including;

meredith grey, derek shepherd, alex karev, arizona robins, amelia shepherd, mark sloan, april kepner, jo wilson, cristina yang, lexie grey, addison montgomery, pete wilder, cooper freedman, violet turner, dell parker

BRIDGERTON

including;

anthony bridgerton, benedict bridgerton, colin bridgerton, simon basset, daphne bridgerton, eloise bridgerton, penelope featherington, kate sharma, edwina sharma

[brawltogethernow]

I suppose the next step then is "BBC Merlin but it's SpideyTorch"

Oh my god. TEACHER, TEACHER, SHE’S TARGETING ME okay okay uh.

Peter, secret warlock, goes to Camelot with his mother figure, May, who does not know about the warlock thing because it kicked in when he was a teenager and they both strategically decline to tell each other things. Gaius is Reed, who was the court sorcerer and is now the court scientist. (He’s not an old man except spiritually where he has been a senile professor since he was 19.) He literally didn’t change anything he was doing, considering science and magic as different points on one spectrum anyway-- No. That’s Doom’s schtick. DOOM was the court sorcerer, and was fired. He is upset about it. Reed is just a science guy but worked extensively with Victor, so he’s kind of useful, but not as useful as Peter was hoping.

I know very little about Sue and Johnny’s dad except that he’s a supervillain who...faked his death, revealed himself, and then died for real like 12 hours later? Did he also fake his wife’s death at some point? Would he do a mad king magic ban thing? Idk but for plot purposes we’ll say yes. They conveniently already share Arthur’s dead mom syndrome. Maybe their aunt whose name is different depending on what issue you’re reading is also here just to convolute the court drama. Wait no didn’t Arthur have a shady uncle show up after like five seasons. She.

Peter is very talented at finicky, specific magical formulas. (Reed: :) )But in practice he really prefers to just slam out a big wave of power, and if that doesn’t solve the problem, repeat until it does. (Reed: :( ) He gives this a go at the beginning of sorting out any problem, like restarting your glitching computer, and if it doesn’t work the problem is complicated enough to be an episode plot.

So obviously I’m still gonna do secret identity shit? Peter saves the young prince and heir’s life and is rewarded with a second job; he only came here for job reasons and you’re all lucky he doesn’t turn down paying jobs otherwise he’d be having some words with the king. Peter also accidentally becomes a masked vigilante out in the town. His very existence is illegal because he’s obviously doing magic! They keep sending his boss out to hunt him down, and their eyes are always locking dramatically and shit in brief silent stare-offs from opposite ends of the street in thunder storms at sunset until Johnny’s horse rears and breaks the eye contact causing Peter to snap out of it and flee. You know how it is.

Sue is older than Johnny and thus older than the magic ban, so she responded to it by going “:) That’s nice, Dad” and socking away a bunch of books before they could go on the fire, and now she’s just a sorceress on the dl. This is approx. a first season finale reveal, because her real superpower is being able to keep her mouth the hell shut. I literally cannot with how nobody in Merlin ever exchanges information, so shortly after Peter and Reed learn this they exchange secrets, like sane people, which opens up their resources a bit.

That said Sue is an extra legitimate royal, not the Morgana equivalent. Maybe Gwen should be Gwen, especially since I have thought Gwen/Johnny/Peter has potential since reading Spider-Man/Fantastic Four (which if you read an earlier ask, I recommend if you want to see new art of Gwen being mean in hair clips). But Peter/Gwen and Merlin/Freya are like...same energy except the latter wasn’t as well done. And Merlin’s Guinevere honestly more reminds me of Betty. Morgana--

(wheeze)

(cough)

Okay I thought this trying to reconcile as much of the cast as possible and I now can’t unthink it so. The king’s ward is Dorrie Evans. Yes she goes nebulously sapphic evil witch queen. Sure she was an unpleasant teenager and readers hate her, but you know what, I’ll simp, whatever. Let Dorrie poison some people. In a cape. This feels natural to me. Also Betty Brant and Dorrie Evans???? Betty/Dorrie vibes???? I guess!!!!

So like. The thing where Arthur gets mystically whammied by love potions once a month, except also Johnny’s normal relationship-anticipating giddiness happening organically mixed in, the part before he actually starts dating someone and becomes immediately depressed. Peter is in the bg sarcastically dismissing magical incidents saying he can’t even tell the difference, and Reed is like 😬 Please Check Anyway. Peter’s not, haha, Peter’s not jealous, Johnny is just an idiot, and, okay maybe Peter is a little jealous! But it doesn’t matter because the prince is going to marry some noble and--

Reed: Prince Johnathan is a bit like a little brother to me, so Please Stop Telling Me About Your Problems.

Reed/Sue is reciprocated but on permanent hold for class reasons. Spideytorch is in the same boat except they’re also stupid and working it out by dating their way through the whole country, except Peter is actually into that and Johnny is not.

The dragon is...Ezekiel?????? That’s the right level of wise wry mentor who’s very shady and will kill you, so he’s a dragon now. And when he tells Peter he’s the (other) chosen one, Peter full stop doesn’t believe him. This disbelief goes on extensively. Peter is not a fate-oriented person. Johnny would love to hear about the fate thing, but no one will tell him.

Literally I’m just going to add more chronologically unmoored medievalish shit to Merlin now to cram more of the cast in. There’s some kind of town crier/herald outfit, and Jonah is their boss. He’s just out in the road yelling sometimes even though he can delegate that. The buglers otherwise known as Bugle staff named Peter’s vigilante persona the Spider, which was supposed to sound menacing but is in practice also cool. This is out-of-universe fairly equivalent to Merlin’s real name as a neat two-syllable animal word and possible title. In-universe maybe I’d elbow out Emrys and just use this. Merlin is already very servants-don’t-work-like-that, so Betty just also has two jobs for no reason so she can knock elbows with them.

MJ is the court jester and knows absolutely everything, which is a dramatic mid-game reveal that isn’t exactly foreshadowed so much as always possible while carefully obscured from the viewer (the reader). Before this she’s already a Wise Fool, Shakespeare-ways archetype character, it’s just not clear how much. She is the most important character in Homestuck Merlin Spider.

Every ship is real for at least 30 seconds. Most of the extended FF cast are either magical antagonists or weird nobles.

Ben????? (Grimm, I mean. Ben Parker is dead. Ben Reilly is a recurring episodic plot.) This show was painfully formulaic and would simply not keep someone with any version of his deal in the main cast, but he’s a full quarter of the FF so. A magical accident approximated his rock body deal. Maybe specifically tying him to ~the magic of the land~. And then, uh. Wandering the country is too satellite-like. Hiding out in a forbidden castle wing is interesting but doesn’t do him justice. So I guess it’s a come and go semivoluntary transformation thing that’s kept secret? Rock werewolf. Were-rock. Good opportunity to fake out like you’re going to do a monster of the week plot, and then he contributes to the tension to abolish the magic ban.

Knights?? Wyatt is there from the beginning, being tall and reassuring (holding a sword edition). Not sure how him or his immediate ancestors got to Europe and then ended up this involved with the local nobility, but it was probably exciting. And Flash, or he’s an early addition. Either way he’s from the same village as Peter and is approximately White’s Kay, except directed at the wizard instead of the future king, and otherwise you can completely superimpose their comic dynamic including the fanboying over the secret identity angle, which is entertainingly seditious. ...Others. I don’t know enough FF characters for this. I’ve accidentally implied the eventual addition of Bennet Brant, but his evil sorcerer of the week energy is very strong, so maybe not. Randy eventually because I already implied the Robertsons and can see it.

This is so long, covers nothing, and explains none of the namechecks. Using both these characters’ franchises in one fusion is too much stuff. I keep not talking about the core relationship because it’s just. Like That. I don’t feel like I need to elaborate on the Merthur dynamic, even transposed on a different ship. It’s Just Like That.

[queermoviechristmas]

The Christmas House

Title: The Christmas House

Year: 2020

Media: TV Movie

Network: Hallmark

Rated: TV-G

Category: Ensemble

Queer Rep: mlm

Starring: Johnathan Bennett, Brad Harder, Robert Buckley, Treat Williams

Plot Synopsis: “Working through some difficult decisions, Mitchell family matriarch Phylis and patriarch Bill have summoned their two grown sons--Brandon and TV star Mike--home for the holidays. They hope that bringing the family together to recreate The Christmas House will help them find resolution and make a memorable holiday for the entire family and community. As Brandon and his husband Jake make the trip home, they are anxiously awaiting a call about the adoption of their first child. Meanwhile, Mike reconnects with his high-school sweetheart Andi.”

Thoughts: Hallmark really went all out advertising The Christmas House as their first “Gay Christmas Movie” they partnered with GLAAD to promote it and everything. So I know a lot of people were disappointed when it turns out, it’s less of a gay Christmas movie and more of an ensemble movie with some gay characters. I wasn’t one of the people disappointed because I read the press release back in like July when they announced the movie, and I could tell from that brief description it wasn’t going to focus mainly on the queer couple. And it doesn’t, the focus is a bit more on the straight brother, and then the parents have their own plotline. This is part of the reason I have categories, and this fits squarely in the ensemble category.

So all of that being said, it’s still a really cute movie. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, but it does cover some fairly serious issues for Hallmark such as adoption or marital issues for the parents. It felt like the characters actually cared about each other, and the sibling rivalry was hilarious.

I’m also not going to discount what a big deal this representation is just because it could have been more. If you had asked me 2 years ago how long before we’d get explicitly queer even minor characters in Hallmark Christmas movies, I’d have said 5 years at least. And a same gender kiss? I would have said we were a decade away from that. But here it is, and it was great.

And I love Johnathan Bennet, he’s one of my favorite Christmas movie leading men, I think he’s charismatic enough to make even the bad tv Christmas movies watchable. So I love that an openly gay actor who has been in other TV Christmas movies is getting the chance to play gay characters in them now.

If you don’t expect it to be the gayest Christmas movie ever, well then The Christmas House is very enjoyable. I’m looking forward to the sequel which is airing this year on December 18th. Though fingers crossed it will be a lot gayer.

Rating: 4 out of 5 candy canes

[douglasfeiffel]

ANYWAY I THOUGHT ABOUT THE WHOLE ANCHOR THING WITH JOHN AND MARTIN AND I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO LET THIS GO

IF JOHNATHAN FANSHAW HADN’T LEFT JONAH AND BARNABAS BENNET HADN’T BEEN CAST INTO THE LONELY-

Would Jonah have stayed human? Or at least, vaguely human?

[misscrazyfangirl321]

Shoutout to @manda-kat and @not-your-housekeeper98 for helping me with names. These names are not concrete, but for now, they're what I've got.

Meet my new OCs....

1. Dr. Aldo Bennet. Definitely falls under the "mad scientist" category, and not in a good way. He's fascinated with the relationship between memory and identity, and runs a lot of experiments that would send any ethics board running for the hills. His intentions started out as good: he believes that his research could lead to breakthroughs in treating amnesia, dementia, and similar issues. However, when he lost his funding, he definitely lost his tether to right and wrong. His experiments involve temporarily removing people's memories and placing them in various situations to test their reactions.

He has three assistants, all in their mid-20s:

2. Timothy Hughes. The muscle of the group, Tim's extremely protective of all of them. He handles security and containment on the rare occasions when subjects escape, and helps set up the experimental situations (obstacle course, etc.). He's also really easy to distract if you give him a puppy.

3. Paisley Hughes. Quieter than the others, she takes notes over the experiments as they happen, recording various reactions, personality quirks, etc. She also watches to see if an experiment is pushing the subjects too hard, particularly physically, and will tell Dr. Bennet if he needs to shut an experiment down. He'll actually listen to her... Usually.

4. Johnathan Eads. Expert in diplomacy, he's a master at capturing subjects, but his true talent and passion is data. He can take Paisley's notes and covert them into data points based on reactions, anomalies, behavior under various conditions, and success correlated to the subjects' willingness to trust each other. He also combines his powers of data and diplomacy to try to convince Paisley and Tim that, statistically speaking, he really should eat the last cookie.

Unlike Dr. Bennet, the assistants have serious reservations about the experiments, and often interfere to help subjects in subtle ways. However, the three of them stay with the doctor. After all, working for him is...

All they remember.

[suzycreamcheeze]

Still can’t believe Johnathan Bennet has ended up as the host for Cake Wars after such a compelling role as Aaron Samuels

[hotcelebritymenilike]

Husbands Jaymes Vaughan and Johnathan Bennet

[dem-obscure-imagines]

UPDATED CHARACTER LIST 12/29/17

GUIDELINES: I don’t write smut, abuse, self-harm, or suicide. Nor do I write cheating. Also, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE LIST BEFORE REQUESTING. IT’S BETTER TO ASK ME IF YOU’RE UNSURE. I don’t mind answering questions, but I don’t want you to waste your precious time writing out a 2000 character request for someone I don’t write for lmao.

 New Characters:

Justin Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Max Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Alex Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Chicago (Pitch Perfect 3)**

Bennet (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2)*

Spencer (Jumanji)

Fridge (Jumanji)

Martha (Jumanji)

Bethany (Jumanji)

Alex (Jumanji)*

Ben Grimm (Fantastic Four)**

Johnny Storm (Fantastic Four)

Susan Storm (Fantastic Four)

Reed Richards (Fantastic Four)

 Characters that are marked with a * are characters I’m especially interested in writing.

** means I’d probably explode if you requested something for them.

*** means this character is a favorite of mine and will probably be written quicker than most.

 Disney

Poe Dameron (Star Wars)**

Rey (Star Wars)

Finn (Star Wars)***

Tumnus (Narnia)

Peter Pevensie (Narnia)

Susan Pevensie (Narnia)

Edmund Pevensie (Narnia)*

Lucy Pevensie (Narnia)

Tadashi Hamada (Big Hero 6)*

Honey Lemon (Big Hero 6)

Wasabi (Big Hero 6)

Fred (Big Hero 6)

Prince Adam/Beast (Beauty and the Beast)

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast)

Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Bernard the Elf (The Santa Clause)***

Charlie Calvin (The Santa Clause 2 + 3)

Diaval (Maleficent)*

Thackery Binx (Hocus Pocus)*

 Disney Shows

Brett Willis (KC Undercover)

Benny Weir (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)*

Ethan Morgan (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)

Erica (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)

Sarah (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)*

Peter Pan (Once Upon a Time; Peter Pan (2003))

Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)

August (Once Upon a Time)**

Felix (Once Upon a Time)

Mason Greyback (Wizards of Waverly Place)**

 Disney Channel Original Movie

Luke (Halloweentown)***

Marnie Cromwell (Halloweentown)**

Doug (Disney Descendants)*

Jay (Disney Descendants)**

Carlos (Disney Descendants)

Chad (Disney Descendants)

Gil (Disney Descendants)**

Harry Hook (Disney Descendants)

Uma (Disney Descendants)

Mal (Disney Descendants)

Evie (Disney Descendants)*

Lonnie (Disney Descendants)*

 MCU

Steve Rogers (The Avengers)

Bruce Banner (The Avengers)

Natasha Romanov (The Avengers)

Clint Barton (The Avengers)

Sam Wilson (The Avengers)

Vision (The Avengers)

Scott Lang (The Avengers)

Peter Parker (The Avengers)

T’Challa (The Avengers)

Valkyrie (The Revengers)

Peggy Carter (The Howling Commandos)

Bucky Barnes (The Avengers)

Daisy Johnson (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Jemma Simmons (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Phil Coulson (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Melinda May (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Leopold Fitz (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Lance Hunter (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Alfonso Mackenzie (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Bobbi Morse (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Peter Quill (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Rocket Raccoon (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Drax the Destroyer (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Ned (Spiderman: Homecoming)*

MJ (Spiderman: Homecoming)

Thor (The Avengers)

Pietro Maximoff (Avengers: Age of Ultron)*

Wanda Maximoff (Avengers: Age of Ultron)**

Pre-Serum Steve Rogers (Captain America: The First Avenger)*

 X-Men

Charles Xavier (X-Men)

Erik Lehnsherr (X-Men)

John Allerdyce (X-Men)

Bobby Drake (X-Men)

Kitty Pryde (X-Men)

Rogue (X-Men)

James Proudstar/Warpath (X-Men: Days of Future Past)**

Alex Summers/Havok (X-Men)*

Scott Summers/Cyclops (X-Men)**

Warren Worthington III/Angel (X-Men)**

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (X-Men)*

Hank McCoy/Beast (X-Men)*

John Proudstar/Thunderbird (The Gifted) ***

Lorna Dane/Polaris (The Gifted)**

 DC

Diana Prince (Justice League)**

Aquaman (Justice League)**

Cyborg (Justice League)**

Cyborg (Teen Titans)***

Beast Boy (Teen Titans)*

Raven (Teen Titans)***

Jefferson Jackson (Legends of Tomorrow)***

Cisco Ramon (The Flash)**

Wally West (The Flash)***

Roy Harper (Arrow)

Digger Harkness (Suicide Squad)**

 Other Superheroes

Warren Peace (Sky High) *

Dave Lizewski (Kick-Ass)**

Mindy McCready (Kick-Ass)

Jason Scott (Power Rangers)

 Cartoon Network

Duncan (Total Drama)

Alejandro (Total Drama)

Gwen (Total Drama)

Ben Tennyson (Ben 10 Alien Force)

Kevin Levin (Ben 10 Alien Force)***

Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10 Alien Force)

 Nickelodeon

Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)*

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

 Netflix

Wolfgang (Sense8)***

Nomi (Sense8)**

Riley (Sense8)

Kala (Sense8)

Will (Sense8)

Lito (Sense8)

Sun (Sense8)

Capheus (Sense8)

Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)***

Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things)*

Johnathan Byers (Stranger Things)*

 Fantasy

Jack (Jack the Giant Slayer)

Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)

Legolas (Lord of the Rings)

Kili (The Hobbit)*

Slannen the Elf (Ella Enchanted)**

Benny (Ella Enchanted)

Bran Stark (Game of Thrones)*

Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)

Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)

 Spy Movies

Napoleon Solo (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)

Illya Kuryakin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)*

Eggsy Unwin (Kingsman)**

 Time Travelers

Marty McFly (Back to the Future)***

H. G. Wells (Time After Time)

Wyatt Logan (Timeless)**

  Miscellaneous

Artie Abrams (Glee)***

Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Fiyero (Wicked)

The Nutcracker/Prince Eric (Barbie in the Nutcracker)*

Ahkmenrah (Night at the Museum)*

Jedidiah (Night at the Museum)

Nicky Daley (Night at the Museum)

Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Bunnymund (Rise of the Guardians)

Nod (Epic)***

R (Warm Bodies)

Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson)

Grover (Percy Jackson)**

Tyson (Percy Jackson Movieverse)*

Seth Clearwater (Twilight)***

Emmet Cullen (Twilight)

Zack (Goosebumps)*

Champ (Goosebumps)*

Hellboy (Hellboy)

Jughead Jones (Riverdale)

Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games)

Carl Grimes (The Walking Dead)*

Roman (Star-Crossed)***

Drake (Star-Crossed)***

Benji (Pitch Perfect)

 Morgan M. Steele Books

David Bowen (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

Archer Reynolds (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

Brian Martin (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

Viktor Ivanov (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

Mia Crane (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

Ginger Williams (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

Summer Laurence (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

Natalia Ivanov (L.O.S.T. and F.O.U.N.D.)***

[col22promo]

THE COLONY; a literate original roleplay

THE SURVIVORS

Adeline Cadogan | Uninfected; Chloe Grace Moretz FC Alois Van Asch | Increased Hearing; Baptiste Radufe FC Annie Perrault | Deluded; Crystal Reed FC Ashley “Ash” Bisbee | Deluded; Dave Franco FC August Adelson | Telekinesis; Samira Wiley FC Austin Kelsey | Uninfected; Dev Patel FC Axel Bohr | Praeteria; Jai Courtney FC Bennett Adrien Jackson | Telekinesis; Jay Baruchel FC Caelan “Kip” Whitmer | Empatheia; Tarjei Sandvik Moe FC Cody Moon | Uninfected; Nam Joo Hyuk FC Cosima Nasmath | Telekinesis; Kat Graham FC Cressida Jago | Telekinesis; Chloe Bennet FC Draco Pavlović | Telekinesis; Alex Pettyfer FC Ethan Kerr | Uninfected; Olly Alexander FC Fleet Michaels | Increased Vision and Hearing; Hong Jong-Hyun FC Fletcher Dahl | Uninfected; Keiynan Lonsdale FC Issoria Feinberg | Telepathy; Josefine Frida Pettersen FC Jelka Dreher | Praeteria; Scarlett Johansson FC Johnathan Jackson Shaw | Uninfected; Chris Evans FC Jouko Kyung | Telepathy; John Cho FC Kevin Tsai | Uninfected; Godfrey Gao FC Killian Weaver | Telepathy; Jack Falahee FC Kit “Trig” Balker | Increased Senses; Colin Ford FC Koda Payne | Telepathy; Jamie Campbell-Bower FC Kostya Vladislav | Telepathy; Yuri Pleskun FC Kyra Zabala | Empatheia; Troian Bellisario FC Lissy McCall | Uninfected; AnnaSophia Robb FC Maddox Xiao | Telepathy; Christopher Larkin FC Madison Vega | Deluded; Lindsey Morgan FC Maisie Pace | Telekinesis; Natalia Dyer FC Marcel “Hamlet” Gusterson | Deluded; Aaron Tveit FC Michael “Bones” Sikes | Telepathy; Rick Genest FC Minka Vane | Telekinesis; Paulina Singer FC Mira Sigar | Deluded; Katherine McNamara FC Petra Starr | Uninfected; Kiersey Clemons FC Reagan “Emery” Gladstone | Empatheia; Cillian Murphy FC Rhea Zaveri | Uninfected; Emeraude Toubia FC Stacey Ricks | Uninfected; Zayn Malik FC Tate Rothchild | Uninfected; Janelle Monae FC

THE ELITE

Abner Rhodes | Uninfected; JR Bourne FC Cambie Andrews | Uninfected; Meghan Markle FC Cameron Lietz | Telepathy; Michiel Huisman FC Cooper Erikson | Telekinesis; Jesse Eisenberg FC Curtis Cuthbert | Uninfected; Robert Downey Jr. FC Emmett Briers | Uninfected; Nico Tortorella FC Gaius Fitrei | Uninfected; Idris Elba FC Honor Bradley | Telekinesis; Hannah John-Kamen FC Ireland Krii | Uninfected; Nicholas Hoult FC Jackson Rocco | Uninfected; Woody Harrelson FC Kyffin Jones | Uninfected; Jensen Ackles FC Mathias Witte | Uninfected; Nikolaj Coster Waldau FC Mei Zhu Fitrei | Uninfected; Fan Bingbing FC Mitch “Dougie” Douglas | Telekinesis; Mark Ruffalo FC Perry Griffiths | Praeteria; Johnny Depp FC Rina Jago | Uninfected; Lucy Liu FC Samuel Andrews | Uninfected; Daniel Craig FC Wren Phillips | Uninfected; Julian Morris FC

NEW WAVE REFORMISTS

Lorelei Larsen | Uninfected; Sarah Gadon FC Narcissa Shor | Telepathy; Tatiana Maslany FC Nouka Fang | Uninfected; Rosa Salazar FC Suki Yamaguchi | Uninfected; Hayley Kiyoko FC

HOME | PLOT | SURVIVORS | INFECTIONS | 2157 was the end of the world.

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THE COLONY; a literate original roleplay

THE SURVIVORS

Adeline Cadogan | Uninfected; Chloe Grace Moretz FC Alois Van Asch | Increased Hearing; Baptiste Radufe FC Annie Perrault | Deluded; Crystal Reed FC Ashley “Ash” Bisbee | Deluded; Dave Franco FC Austin Kelsey | Uninfected; Adam Brody FC Axel Bohr | Praeteria; Jai Courtney FC Bennett Adrien Jackson | Telekinesis; Jay Baruchel FC Caelan “Kip” Whitmer | Empatheia; Logan Lerman FC Clayton Boyd | Empatheia; Grant Gustin FC Cody Campbell | Uninfected; Tyler Posey FC Cressida Jago | Telekinesis; Chloe Bennet FC Draco Pavlović | Telekinesis; Alex Pettyfer FC Ethan Kerr | Uninfected; Max Thieriot FC Elsa Copland | Empatheia; Holland Roden FC Fleet Michaels | Increased Hearing and Sight; Hong Jong-Hyun FC Issoria Feinberg | Telepathy; Josephine Frida Pettersen FC Jelka Dreher | Praeteria; Scarlett Johansson FC Johnathan Jackson Shaw | Uninfected; Chris Evans FC Jouko Kyung | Telepathy; John Cho FC Kai Fletcher | Uninfected; Colton Haynes FC Kevin Tsai | Uninfected; Godfrey Gao FC Killian Weaver | Telepathy; Jack Falahee FC Kit “Trig” Balker | Increased Senses; Colin Ford FC Kostya Vladislav | Telepathy; Yuri Pleskun FC Kyra Zabala | Empatheia; Troian Bellisario FC Lissy McCall | Uninfected; AnnaSophia Robb FC Maddox Xiao | Telepathy; Harry Shum Jr FC Madison Vega | Deluded; Lindsey Morgan FC Maisie Pace | Telekinesis; Jessica Parker Kennedy FC Marcel “Hamlet” Gusterson | Deluded; Aaron Tveit FC Michael “Bones” Sikes | Telepathy; Rick Genest FC Petra Starr | Uninfected; Kiersey Clemons FC Reagan “Emery” Gladstone | Empatheia; Cillian Murphy FC Rhea Zaveri | Uninfected; Emeraude Toubia FC Stacey Ricks | Uninfected; Zac Efron FC Tate Rothchild | Uninfected; Janelle Monae FC

THE ELITE

Abner Rhodes | Uninfected; JR Bourne FC Cambie Andrews | Uninfected; Anne Hathaway FC Cameron Lietz | Telepathy; Michiel Hiusman FC Curtis Cuthbert | Uninfected; Michael Fassbender FC Cooper Erikson | Telekinesis; Jesse Eisenberg FC Emmett Briers | Uninfected; Nico Tortorella FC Gaius Fitrei | Uninfected; Idris Elba FC Honor Bradley | Telekinesis; Elizabeth Olsen FC Ireland Krii | Uninfected; Nicholas Hoult FC Joyce Clark | Telepathy; Rashida Jones FC Kyffin Jones | Uninfected; Jensen Ackles FC Lorelai Larsen | Uninfected; Sarah Gadon FC Mathias Witte | Uninfected; Nikolaj Coster Waldau FC Mei Zhu Fitrei | Uninfected; Fan Bingbing FC Mitch “Dougie” Douglas | Telekinesis; Mark Ruffalo FC Narcissa Shor | Telepathy; Tatiana Maslany FC Perry Griffiths | Praeteria; Johnny Depp FC Rina Jago | Uninfected; Lucy Liu FC Samuel Andrews | Uninfected; Daniel Craig FC Wren Phillips | Uninfected; Julian Morris FC

NEW WAVE REFORMISTS

Dante Orion Carrington | Uninfected; Tom Hiddleston FC Suki Yamaguchi | Uninfected; Hayley Kiyoko FC Quinn Dervilia | Uninfected; Luke Evans FC

 HOME | PLOT | SURVIVORS | INFECTIONS | 2157 was the end of the world.

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JOHNATHAN BENNET WAS IN SMALLVILLE???

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Chano, Chatham’s Own

Who is Chance the Rapper?

Chancelor Johnathan Bennet, also known as Chance the Rapper or Chano, is a hip-hop artist from a middle-class neighborhood of West Chatham on Chicago’s South side. Chance is known for his distinctive and unparalleled sound and style. In just a few years he has become one of the most popular rapper’s in today’s time in the most seemingly effortless way. “How did he do it?” is the question every one is asking. Discussing everything from his first mixtape, 10 Day, which he created following a 10-day suspension from high school, to his latest modeling of the “Thank You Obama” clothing line, this blog will examine the rise of this modern artists widespread influence, the evolution of his persona and work, and, most importantly, what makes Chance the Rapper such a well-liked, marketable entertainer.

The Rise and Evolution of Chano

It seems like just a few years ago when not many people knew or heard of Chance the Rapper but now, if you ask just about anyone (including adults) they will be familiar with the name. In order to fully understand Chance as an artist, it is important to discuss the rise of Chance and his music and at what point in his career he became well known. Another piece of background information that needs to be included about Chance is about how much he and his music has changed. Numerous artists evolve throughout their music careers. Countless of musical entertainers change their sound, their lyrics, or even their entire image, but comparing Chance’s identity in the beginning to his current reputation can almost seem like two entirely different artists. Both the rise and evolution of Chance play a key role in understanding exactly what makes him such a popular artist.

10 Day

Let’s start with Chance’s mixtape, 10 Day. This mixtape, as I mentioned before, was written while Chance was on a 10-day suspension in school for possession of marijuana. Clearly, Chance wasn’t what we would call a “popular artist” at the time, so he released the mixtape free on DatPiff, an online mixtape distribution platform. In other words, Chance put out some dope underground shit that hardly anyone knew existed…at least at first. Overtime, the mixtape generated a fair amount of attention from critics and many music media outlets. Currently, the mixtape has been streamed nearly 600,000 times and downloaded over 400,000 times on DatPiff. Now, compared to his latest mixtape, Coloring Book, these numbers are negligible, but for his first mixtape ever released I’d say he was off to a good start. When it comes to the content of the mixtape, it contains all of the subjects and topics you would expect from a high schooler’s rap mixtape released while on suspension. The mixtape touches on in-school delinquency, money, and, of course, drugs- lots of them. All of these elements listed have been known to attract the youth for years. Many times, marketers and entertainers use this knowledge to their advantage and purposely incorporate this type of content into their works, but that is one feature that separates Chance from the rest of the entertainment population. When Chance was creating this mixtape, he wasn’t spending his time writing and creating songs to attract the youth; Chance was the youth. He had everything he needed right in front of him. He was just an 18-year-old with talent flowing through his veins, recording the reality of his every day life as a teenager in Southside Chicago, while using beautiful rhymes and rhythms in the process. Listen to this mixtape once and it is absolutely clear that Chance is something special and unforgettable, but this was just the beginning. 10 Day was the first step in the creation of Chance the Rapper today.

Acid Rap

After 10 Day, just one year later Chance released a new mixtape called Acid Rap (my personal favorite)… I’ll leave it up to you to assume why he called it that. This second mixtape was also released as a free digital download again on DatPiff.  Currently, the mixtape has been certified as “diamond” for reaping over 1,000,000 downloads. The mixtape was also nominated for Best Mixtape at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards, number 26 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 best albums of 2013, and first on their list of best mixtapes of 2013. Chance quickly picked up the pace and created a much larger fan base in just one year, but just like his creation of 10 Day, he wasn’t doing it for the fame, or at least he didn’t seem like it. It has been a common idea that popular music seems to be “re-used” over the years and that many artists steal ideas or sounds from other popular musicians in the past. This is another detail that seems to make Chance stand out from all of the other “popular” artists: He is unrepeatable. His vocals and lyrics are unusual, but in the best way possible. He is unconventional, inventive, and simply groundbreaking. This is one of the main reasons I wanted to focus my blog on Chance particularly and that is because he stands out from every other common popular artist. He breaks all of the rules and still manages to be just as successful. Acid Rap is one of the perfect examples to exhibit Chance’s originality and his nonconformist manner.

Coloring Book

Lastly, but definitely not least, Coloring Book the mixtape was released by Chance 3 years after Acid Rap. This Hip Hop/GOSPEL RAP mixtape is where Chance earned most of his recognition...what a surprising change in the substance of his music, right? There were many other popular musicians that Chance also collaborated with on the mixtape such as Justin Bieber, Young Thug, Kanye West, and Kirk Franklin. This mixtape, however, was not released on DatPiff like the other two, but instead was released exclusively on Apple Music before being made available to other streaming services. This album was the first album to chart on the Billboard 200 solely on streams; it received a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards, and was also the first streaming-only album to ever receive a Grammy nomination. Those are some pretty staggering facts considering just a few years ago he was just a common wanna-be rapper from Chicago. Before this mixtape, streaming-only albums could not be considered for a Grammy, but just a short month after Coloring Book was released the rule changed. Now, the Grammy’s insist it wasn’t specifically a rule change for Chance, but it is quite coincidental. Something that is not coincidental contained in this mixtape, though, is the presence of spiritual and Christian themes. Chance told Zane Lowe in an interview, “I never really set out to make anything that could pretend to be new gospel or pretend to be the gospel,” he said, “It’s just music from me as a Christian man.” The interviewer, Lowe, said that the mixtape showcased how “faith in music and faith in God go hand-in-hand a lot of times.” It goes without saying that Chance and his music have evolved a great deal over the course of his three main mixtapes. He went from songs focused mainly about drugs in his first mixtape to a mixtape with a song containing the lyrics “We don’t do the same drugs anymore.” It is also interesting to me that the mixtape that contained the least amount of stereotypical themes that attract the youth ended up being Chance’s big break and attracting tons of young people. Maybe, just maybe, everyone has it all wrong about what attracts the youth. Here’s another example of Chance breaking the normal stereotypes and ending up successful, and I couldn’t be more satisfied.

Omnipresence throught the Internet

Over time, as we’ve discussed and read throughout class, music has become ubiquitous. It seems to be everywhere, all of the time, and I think this certainty has a lot to do with Chance being able to fully expand his music and his career. As stated earlier in the blog, Chance first began releasing his music for free on DatPiff. DatPiff isn’t necessarily considered a popular place for people to obtain their music, but at the same time it reaches people who normally wouldn’t be able to pay for the music. This brings up an important point of ubiquity in music on the Internet. Personally, I believe that the Internet is the most effective way, in current times, for music to be circulated in the population. It allows music to reach people in ways that never would have been possible in the past, and Chance definitely took advantage of this feature.

Not only has Chance taken advantage of DatPiff but he also has produced a great deal fans throughout his usage of social media, specifically Twitter. Chance currently has 3.03 Million followers on his twitter and that number continues to grow. Just last week he released the first official music video for “Same Drugs” on his twitter profile and it generated tons of buzz. Many artists, not just including Chance, have started utilizing their social media accounts to deliver word about their upcoming music, current projects, or just what they’re up to on a daily basis. Nowadays, our favorite music artists are everywhere every time we open our phone or get on the computer. The music business keeps finding ways to expand, and in more ways than one. The Internet, however, seems to be the most favored at the moment.

All About the Merch.

Many artists have their own line of merchandise, and Chance the Rapper happens to fall into the category as one of those rappers. Chance has his own website, http://chanceraps.com/shop/ where he sells everything from hats to hoodies to lighters. Normally, artists clothing and merchandise doesn’t really look like articles that normal people would buy and or wear, but Chance’s line is different. His clothes actually look stylish. In fact, I see a good amount of students on my college campus reppin’ different Chance attire every day. Every time I see the classic “3” I know that they’re a Chance the Rapper fan. Is this a form of advertisement? I’d say so. The “3” is known to most people now as his logo. It’s also a way that Chance makes money because, honestly, he needs it. He’s released countless of his music for free, and even goes out of his way to make sure everyone has a way to listen to his music. I think that his merchandise is extremely important for him to continue succeeding as an artist, since he’s kind enough to allow the majority of his other work to be available to all.

Advertisment

Besides using his own merchandise for advertising, Chance has also been involved in advertising for other companies. One ad in particular for Kit Kat includes Chance the rapper singing the Kit Kat jingle in the commercial, one time in regular clothes and a Halloween version of him in a costume. As mentioned in the reading for class by Taylor, jingles have been used countless times in the history of advertising as a way of getting consumers to think about the product without even realizing it. The jingles are catchy and a very effective way of publicizing a product. I think it was a perfect combination to mix this catchy jingle with Chance’s distinct voice because it gives the jingle a different sound than it’s ever had before, while still remaining catchy at the same time. This is probably Chance’s biggest advertising break.

Another recent opportunity Chance had to become an advertising icon is when he modeled for the “Thank You Obama” clothing line. Recently, the company released a couple of shirts, hoodies, etc. that all contained text or pictures thanking Obama for his time in office (not going to lie, I bought one). I think Chance was a perfect selection to model this type of clothing line because I feel like most of his listeners coincided with Obama’s followers. Also, using myself as an example, if Chance never modeled the clothing I probably would have never known that it existed…and guess where I saw the pictures? Twitter. Once again Chance took advantage of social media to create a platform for this new clothing line. I guarantee Chance will see many more opportunities like this in the future, since it seems like he gains more and more fans every day.

No Label, No Problem

One last aspect that has created tons of widespread discussion about Chance is that he refuses to sign a record label. He is one of the very few “independent” popular artists left in our current generation. This is his reasoning. He said in an interview with MTV, “Man, I can’t even say. People have hit us up. There’s a lot of interest in what we have going on. I try to distance myself from it because I’m not interested in too much right now other than pushing this free album,” he said. “There’s a lot of people who are super thirsty right now. It’s dope people want to partner up, but I’m a very tunnel vision guy. I have so much shit on my plate all the time that I try and focus on things one at a time.” This viewpoint of Chance is just so respectable. He’s trying to work on his own, for his own so he can say he did it by himself and I think these actions of his are extremely commendable. I mean he even turned down a deal from Kanye West, one of his biggest idols. Not many other artists can say that they have done all that Chance has done without the help of a record label, which is just another reason so many people look up to Chance and consider him a phenomenal artist.

Although, even though Chance hasn’t signed a label yet, that’s not to say he hasn’t received a great amount of aid from other famous artists on his conquest to success. Specifically, Kanye West has had a great impact on the reputation of Chance. As mentioned before, Kanye offered Chance a record deal but he turned it down. Together they still worked on Kanye’s album, The Life of Pablo and he helped Chance produce Coloring Book. Beside Kanye, Chance has been connected in many ways to other artists like Childish Gambino, Action Bronson, Lil Wayne and Beyoncé. Yes, Chance has done most of his work on his own, but it’d be wrong to say he didn’t gain leverage from being connected to other popular artists.

Creating History

Even though there is tons more to say about Chance, I think a good amount of information has been presented so far. Chance has become one of the most well known Hip Hop artists of our time for many reasons, he’s been exposed to the commercial and advertising world already, and he continues to grow as an artist with every piece he releases. I’m very excited to see how much he and his music continues to evolve, and I am grateful to say I’ve been with him since the beginning. Chance the Rapper is creating history.

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