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caitybug · 4 years

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It may be February but... why not haha.

Below the cut, organized in chronological order, are the fics I wrote in 2020! All put into one place :D. Thank you to everyone who read, kudos’d, commented, beta’d, and supported my writing. It was my first ever year writing fanfiction, and I am so thankful for all the friends I’ve made because of it.

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If Not For You

Word count: 92,461 Chapters: 36 Rating: M

Summary:

Simon was born and raised in the midwest, and he thinks he has his life figured out. He has a girlfriend that he feels happy with, is excited to drive for his junior year, and can't wait to get away from his father when he goes away for school.

However, this all changes when his mom dies and he is carted to the east coast to start at a boarding school. Simon then has to deal with having a roommate (who hates him), living with his mother's death, and wanting to be anywhere but where he is.

To add to it all, one day he gets a strange phone call, and he wonders if his mother's death was really an accident at all.

author’s note:

This was my first like actual fic. And my first try at writing something. This fic will always have a special place in my heart because it helped lead me to all the amazing people I now call friends <3

Not only that but it was a bit of therapy for me. (Self insert? In MY fanfiction? More likely than you’d think!)

Anyway, whenever someone comments, leaves kudos, or otherwise acknowledge that the fic exists I get emotional haha. I also have like three playlists for it too haha.

The Heist

Word Count:7456 Rating:T

Summary:

It's the fourth year of the Halloween heist, and Baz is determined to win. He thinks he has it all planned, that he knows Simon Snow through and through.

Despite this, somehow Simon still manages to surprise him.

author’s note:

b99 AU bahaha. Need I say more??

Pay Your Fines, Snow

Word Count: 1524 Rating: T

Summary:

Baz Pitch works at the local library every summer. He's annoyed at kids who run around, people who don't follow directions, and Simon Snow- who can't pay a fine on time.

author’s note

This fic was the first of the fics that sparked all my crazy prompts haha. It was so much fun to do!

There is a wonderful podfic of this made by the amazing and beautiful @xivz, and it also has art now by @peachpit-gabe!! Go check it out here.

A Rebirth

Word Count: 3374 Rating: T

Summary:

Simon and Baz need to finish their presentation for their Art History class. However, Baz also got pulled into watching his younger siblings for the weekend.

Frozen 2, chicken nuggets, sword fights, and themes of Renaissance.

author’s note

I wrote this for the amazing @krisrix as a prompt! It was so much fun to do and I legit wrote the whole thing in like one afternoon and had it looked over and posted it haha. I still feel bad because Kris legit asked for babies and I kicked the babies out at the beginning of the fic LOL.

Coming Together in Three Parts

Word Count: 4639 Rating: M Chapters: 3

Summary:

Three snippets of their lives after Wayward Son.

author’s note:

The summary definitely leaves a lot to be imagined haha. But I decided to pull a @ninemagicks and give a metaphor of threes and I love yous. So it’s three lovely stages after Wayward Son. There’s the I Love You, the moving in, and then a marriage proposal. I was fairly proud of this! And I did this as an exchange fic as well.

The Three Acts of a Wizard

Word Count: 6439 Rating: T

Summary:

Today, Baz is giving Simon a reprieve (or, that's what he is telling Simon.)

Cue a removal of cursed body parts, a grumpy fireplace who *knows* what is happening, and a shrill frizzy-haired friend threatening to poison some scones.

(this is a remix fic for @ninemagicks HMC AU YWSAFS

author’s note:

I wrote this for Nena’s birthday in the summer! Their friendship has meant the world to me, and this story is what I think gave me the gall courage to message them and harass them with 2k word comments/metas haha. If you’ve not read their fic, make sure to do so!

Heaven is a Place on Earth

Word Count: 12,711 Rating: M Chapters: 5 Summary:

Five hours each week. That's all Simon and Baz get.

But we know that's all they need to fall in love...

A San Junipero AU

author’s note:

This fic idea came to me randomly and I literally wrote it in a week. I love it so much, and despite being MCD I think it’s still generally happy (I mean.. they do end up together??) Idk, it has a special place in my heart. And I made @krisrix read Baz with an american accent so... win win haha.

(Un)Sexy Saturday

Word Count: 6157 Rating: M/E Chapters: 9 (they’re different stories each chapter.)

Summary:

Summaries vary by chapter. Overall it’s just a collection of silly stories where sex gets interrupted.

author’s note:

Honestly this series was so fun to do. I need to continue it sometime! From beauty blender butt plugs, to swingers, to garlic allergies... it just makes me laugh haha.

5 Times Simon Wanted a Fistbump, and the 1 Time He Finally Got It

Word Count: 5489 Rating: T Chapters: 6

Summary:

Simon Snow hasn't had a lot of friends in his life. He has Penny, who is great, of course. He has Baz (but does he count as a friend?)

So now, seeing Shepard, he's got a chance at a friend. A bro of sorts.

Simon sees the final hurdle in their friendship to be a fist bump. A simple signal of their friendship.

But how long is it going to take to get it??

5 + 1 Yearning for a Fist Bump.

author’s note:

Simpard. Friendship. And art by @nick-eyre?? Perfection.

A Goblin’s Skull, Maccies, and a Door Handle

Word Count: 2017 Rating: T

Summary:

Simon Snow wakes up in a building he doesn't know, tied up and blindfolded.

Luckily his best bro Shepard is there too.

author’s note:

Wrote this as a little bday treat for @nick-eyre :D. Decided to give Simon a friend who would also lust after goblins with him haha.

One Word, Four Letters, A Lifetime's Worth of Pain: IKEA

Word Count: 2428 Rating: T

Summary:

Baz comes home and notices the house is suspiciously quiet.

When he finds Simon, surrounded by unfinished pieces of furniture, he can't help but ask... why?

Author’s note:

This was written as a birthday gift for @foolofabookwyrm! She is an absolute gem and has never been to IKEA, but now I hope she understands the struggle of building IKEA furniture haha.

The Beat of My Heart

Word Count: 2230 Rating: T

Summary:

Simon is kneeling on the ground, waiting for Baz to come home.

He has a question. One he's wanted to ask for a while.

author’s note:

This was written as a birthday gift for @krisrix! A little proposal fic for the rat king <3 <3

Out of My Mind

Word Count: 10876 Rating: M Chapters: 3

Summary:

Baz and Simon are living their lives, domestic and content. They have a nine-year-old daughter, a Sunday morning routine, and plans to be alone for the first time for a while.

But when a girl who is growing into her powers reads something she shouldn't, they get into a predicament they don't expect.

author’s note:

This was a COE gift for @krisrix! Body Swap! Parents! Married! I tried to do it all for him haha. 2020 was really the year where I was like yeah, let’s write Kris a million fics. And honestly—wouldn’t have it any other way.

Imposter vs Crewmates

Word Count: 754 Rating: T

Summary:

Everyone has their quarantine coping strategies.

Simon tried to bake bread.

Baz watched Twilight.

But Penelope...

She introduced the gang to Among Us.

author’s note:

Look. I’ve no excuses for this lolol. Just thought it’d be silly :D.

The Ethics of Wanting You

Word Count: 1417 Rating: T

Summary:

Simon Snow realized recently that he has a crush on Baz.

Penny suggested he find reasons to spend more time with him, so he suggests a study session for their ethics exam the following day.

(It doesn't go as planned, but the result is very much worth it.)

author’s note:

Birthday gift for @peachpit-gabe <3 <3. Just a cute one shot with snowbaz.

Pumpkin, Let’s Make a Patch

Word Count: 2516 Rating: T

Summary:

Simon Snow is trying to create a neighborhood pumpkin patch.

Baz, unknowingly, rips the pumpkins out of his front lawn.

(How will he make it up to him?)

author’s note:

This was done for the COC. I based it off this cute tiktok series with this kid who rode around on his skateboard and plants pumpkins around his neighborhood.

Weathering the Storm

Word Count: 2248 Rating: T

Summary:

Shepard was nine when he first met a boy he'd learn was Simon Snow.

He was in a ditch crying, and Shepard wasn't sure what to make of him.

This boy lived in his mind until he saw him again years later.

And today, when there's a storm unlike any other in London, he knows who must be at the center of it.

author’s note:

Honestly. This is probably one of my favorite things I’ve ever written. IDK. It’s so short but... I love it. And if you like to listen to fics— @bloodiedpixie did a phenomenal podfic of it! And @nick-eyre did AMAZING art for it too <3.

New Beginnings

Word Count: 2090 Rating: T

Summary:

It's the first New Years Eve after the Christmas that changed everything.

After Simon Snow and Baz kissed.

After they defeated the humdrum.

After the Mage's death.

But, as many of us do, it's time to take the New Year as an opportunity to begin anew.

author’s note:

Part of a server exchange I did for @knitbelove :D.

And, all of the prompts I’ve yet to put on ao3... lolol

#2020 masterpost #Caity did fanfiction #Caity does fanfiction #still #but wow I really DID that y'all #i wrote over 250k last year #YIKES #damn #anyway #this has been great #love you all

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popculturebuffet · 4 years

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Jingle Belle: A Very Special Jingle Belle Special or A goofy holiday comic and a long tired rant about the animation industry

Ho ho ho and merry Christmas as we reach the final stretch of Christmas reviews and it’s all Christmas all the time for the rest of the week for obvious reasons. So we’re starting off by wrapping up Jingle Belle for the season with one more comission. While it’s from my usual client, It’s via patreon as for 5 bucks a month you can get a review a month of your choice. But since that hasn’t taken hold just yet, and won’t till next month, he asked to swap it for this month and here we are. Not much to cover though this is the very comic where Jing hopped publishers from Oni Press to Dark Horse. The whys I genuinely do not know and at the time, I just know it’s weird to talk about Dark Horse these days. Their not dead nor entirely irrelvant, Resident Alien, which I really want to check out as it has a really engaging premise, is getting a tv show that I also want to check out as while i’m not sure if it’ll be good, it’s still Alan Tudyk playing an alien who can barely pass for human and it hilariously shows. Whenever that streams i’m not missing a second of that and we all know it. And Umbrella Academy, started during bigger days for the company, is one of netflix’s hottest shows and one of many shows on my to do list I haven’t gotten to because I procastinate like no one else and as taking an entire month to get to the newest loud house shows to the point another one popped up, it bites me in the ass a lot. Point is their not GONE in relevance.. but at the same time they’ve lost the huge tide of liscences they road in on. Except for the Joss Whedon stuff, Marvel’s pretty much taken EVERYTHING from them via various deals: Star Wars, Conan and now Alien. Their still standing and makes good art books and clearly given Resident Alien good content, they’ve lasted this long their not going anywhere, it’s just really weird to think about. I will however give them huge credit for giving out tons of comics in early quarantine, and being easily the most generous company next to marvel. I.e. one of the few that actually gave out full collections.

But yeah at the time this was probably a safe move as Dark Horse had a love of one shots and likely a larger budget. Hence why from here on out the stories are in living color, and have a slightly diffrent art style to boot. Granted the character would shift artists but now it’s got a clear more cartoony art style I like a lot better courtsey of Jose Garabaldi. So yeah with christmas on our heels, let’s ring a ding jing, it’s A Very Special Jingle Belle Special.

We won’t be covering the backup for this one though it is quite good, it’s just not what kev asked or paid for.

We open on a parade!

While batman foils the joker’s poisioning scheme, Santa rides on a float proudly and Jing is hanging out on the back grumpy. It’s a great introduction for new readers showing Santa being big and jolly and what you expect while Jing grumps in the back with a “Sheesh, Daddy”. That’s how you establish a character well in only a few panels. IT’s really great is what i’m saying. Some teens pop up but don’t belivie her about being Santa’s daughter and when going to a christmas shop to try and find figures of her, the owner claims he dosen’t.. and well violence insues. You’ve met jing right? Anyways Jing is understandably a wee bit absolutely livid the world dosen’t know about her. Her parents sure but her? Nope. And it’s easy to see why: She’s the daughter of the world’s most famous man.. but despite all the holiday lore and junk she’s just the part he likes to hide from people.. or that’s how it feels. While he ducks it, she even gives him a nice save fatty it’s clear that even if she brought it up to rile him a bit.. she does feel on some level like he likes to tuck her away and hide her because he’s ashamed and because she’s not perfect. Granted she does act out and stuff, but she’s still his kid and i’ts still gotta sting. Though she has the perfect idea to fix this: A christmas special. Santa suggests just doing good deeds but Jing is right: her idea is better. Mostly because, as cyncial as this is.. more people are going to pay attention to a good holiday special than a celebrity’s kid doing charity and for far longer. A good christmas special just sticks in the brain and sticks with you forever. It’s why Santa Claus is Coming to Town and A Charlie Brown Christmas have lasted decades or why my list of best chirstmas specials is pretty weighty. They just stick with you so while this can’t possibly end well.. her plan is actually a really good one this time.

So Jing takes her friends off the line to help her animate it, stop motion styles and they remind her of her LAST christmas special.

I mean I’m a sucker for any refrence to Star Wars Holiday Special. You’d think after several decades of jokes at it’s expense, with tons of youtubers, many of whom are dead to me but that’s besides the point, tackling the thing without it getting stale, that we’d eventually grow tired of mocking it but .. no. It’s a bottomless well of what they were thinking. The only question left is why isn’t it on Disney Plus.. I mean.. you made a second one as an affectionate parody and in lego. Kids are going to know about this now. Just put the thing up. Even edited down or just some clips. You put Rise of Skywalker up there, you’ve proven your threshold for shame when it comes to this franchise is vast. Just person up and do it. But Jing’s learned her lesson.. stop motion only and to follow the bouncing formula to sucess. So in the special which sadly isn’t all stop motion and is just drawn to resemble the specials, probably for the best but still, Jing and her animal pals are sneaking into a town where christmas was banned! Meeting the chirstmas legion of doom.. well okay that’s what i’m calling them. Burgermeister Budweiser! Bungle the Abominable Snow Monster! Frost Master and Heat BLister! The Frost Fakir.. wait the what?

........

I mean where do I even begin? I know this was during the war on terror, I know that.. but still I expect better from Paul Dini for a crosses the line twice joke than “hey let’s just make bin laden into an ice wizard!”. I mean South Park made fun of him too, but they went all out with a looney tunes homage. Put effort in. And even years after he died the lonely island did this beautiful thing in the film pop star: never stop stoppin, which you should watch seriously watch it it’s underated.

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Point is you can do better and if you don’t have room to do better then just.. don’t. You could’ve put in a t-rex in a top hat and monocle. That would’ve genuinely been better... because it’s better than everything ever btu that’s besides the point. There’s also one last addition to the rogue’s gallery thank god.

He hates her too. Now that gag is actually reallyf ucking funny. What’s also funny is how she solves things. By singing a nice and frinedly song about friendship to reform the villians.. or rather lure them over a bridge to get eaten by her orca friend.

So Jing after showing it to her dad heads to market it with him trying to warn her netoworks haven’t aired this kind of thing in years. But she faces the greatest threat to all of television: network executives, who keep offering advices and basically change the thing all together for stupid reasons and think cartoons should only be for kids despite it wokring in the past. Aka the hells animators STILL go through. I think Paul was projecting just a wee bit with this one. Given again IT HASN’T CHANGED since then, I can’t blame him. Seriously Harvey Beaks was canceled, among MANY ohter nick shows including rise of the tmnt just because it wasn’t an instant hit, Cartoon Network and warner keep trying to make dumbed down remakes of great shows, and Disney, among other networks, is fairly homophobic and while finally allowing some gay on the network this year had to be fought and outright refused it on ducktales for no adquate reason, caring more about monney and the bible belt than doing the right thing. So yeah as you can tell this bit got to me a bit and was hard to read because it. hasn’t. changed. 16 years and not a lot has changed other than more women are getting a chance. And granted the “kids are our only audiencce argument” isn’t as strong and several shows are powered by other demographics it’s still an issue and still the reason several good shows have gotten the boot and why the jeph loeb era of marvel animation was terrible. Because guys like him thought it should JUST be for kids and the lowest common demoninator of htem. You can be clever and be for kids dammit.

I apologize slightly for that it’s just something that’s been on my mind as shows dwindle and with ducktales gone the standard forbearaers for children’s animation are all pretty fresh faced. It’s just a lot to take in and i’ts been on my mind a lot.

Back to the actual story the result is a pretty purtrid cutesy special.. Jing reacts how you’d expect, destroying the tapes covertly with a herd of musk ox and destroying the tape. But they find the 70′s special and we end on that which is pretty funny. The only thing I really don’t like here is the ending. The rest of this special is really good: it’s clever , has some good satire and some really funny jokes especially that hook one. The ending just feels a bit weak.. like yes Jing wanted to be noticed but it’s not really an unsympathetic motive and while she does some shady stuff the villians still basically win by airing her terrible holiday special all over again. It’s just not satisfying. But yeah overall another pretty decent holiday comic with some good jokes. I”ll probably see Jing again next year, and it was fun getting to dip into these comics. THeir not my faviorites, but their still pretty decent and if the complete collection ends up on sale on comixology or you see it in a bookstore and you think it’d be up your ally i’d buy it. Again not my faviorite thing ever, but still enjoyable enough. Coming up this week of holiday cheer: ducks, more ducks, superheroes, and a best of list.

Until next time: Courage.

#animation #comics #reviews #jingle belle #paul dini #christmas #santa claus #dark horse comics

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queen-scribbles · 4 years

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You, dear patient anon, get me rambling about my boy Phillip, bc I’ve had this brewing in me pretty much since my fist time through the @speakergame demo and I need to let it out, just kept procrastinating about actually doing so :D

I need to gush about his friendship with Lily, bc even if there was no crushing involved on his end, she was a very, very important part of his life until they got split up.(and also maybe a bit about his teens in general. It sort of all ties together.)

Phillip was noticeably less reserved as a kid than he is now. He was never especially bold or sought out the spotlight, just more... willingly social. He’s always been an introvert, but I guess you could say he went longer before needing to recharge his batteries as a kid. And he had(still has) a mischievous streak that pretty much solidified him as Lily’s best friend when they were, like, three or four. He helped her plan and perpetrate pranks of all kinds through their younger years; everything from glitter bombs in bullies’ desk to a couple fire-alarm pulling stunts that were close enough together the pair of them got suspended and very nearly got expelled. Phillip was almost always the distraction/lookout, being equally good at thinking on his feet and talking, absolutely ride or die committed to having Lily’s back. Seriously. There was one time when they were eight he did the whole “Whoops, I fell” thing to distract a teacher and actually nicked his ear on a metal cabinet door he hadn’t noticed was partially open. (It didn’t even hurt that bad, but it did bleed like crazy, and he will absolutely joke their friendship scarred him for life, even as he winks at her or gives her a side hug etc. :P)

The one time they switched roles they were about.... nine; Lily played lookout so Phillip could sneak into the teachers’ lounge and swap both the sugar and the powdered creamer for salt. >:) They absconded with the sugar for personal enjoyment, but the powered creamer was put to nefarious purposes.

Lily’s also to blame/thank for his artistic bent; she’s the first thing he drew when it started being more than just doodling in notebook margins. It’s not very good (better than he thinks it is, though), and he’d probably die before he showed it to her. (His mother is the only person other than him who knows it exists. Far as he knows.) He has several notebooks from the last year or two before they got split up where the margins and covers are full of doodles or sketches of the two of them--some serious, some silly, most with “SHENANIGANS” written over their heads with a rainbow or sparkles or something (Steph’s addition, to tease him).

And then came the split. Sure, the school probably had a system that was fair and impartial behind deciding who went to which school, but trying telling that to a thirteen year old boy who just found out he’s not gonna get to see his partner in crime best friend every day anymore. He was convinced he and Lily got split up on purpose, because they were Too Much Trouble when they were together. Also, he hated the new school. He got in three fights in the first two months bc kids wouldn’t stop picking on Stephanie for being “weird” and he’s extremely protective of his sister. He did’t win any of these fights--his finesse is a BIG FAT 0--but he’ll be damned if he doesn’t stand up for her anyway. (He can’t make the visions go away, so protecting her from other stuff is the best he can do.)

He didn’t go sulky-quiet in the new surroundings, but he did get a lot more insular those first couple years before he balanced out to “introvert with a wicked, dry sense of humor who could charm the socks off just about anyone if he had a mind”. He started drawing and reading more(already things he loved doing, they just got more of his time bc he didn’t click friendship wise with anyone), spent all of high school trying and failing to work out time to hang out with Lily somehow; their schedules were just too different; he’s busy when she’s free and vice versa. It still takes a while for him to finally give up. (They came really, really close once when he was seventeen, but then Steph Saw something imminent and terrible and their family had to go blazing halfway across the country last minute to stop it. That was what did it. Even when everything else in life is willing to cooperate, what- or whoever is behind those damn vision thinks it’s funny to fuck things up so FINE. He’s so pissed at The Universe he deliberately doesn’t try for four months. Which turns into five... six.... a year and, well... *gestures at the story*)

After that, after he finishes school, after his and Steph’s parents move, he still thinks about trying to reconnect, but now they’re in that zone when it’s been long enough it would be weird. Awkward. He doesn’t know if she’s moved on and made other friends, maybe she’s... outgrown(?) their friendship and it’s one of those cherished memories but not something she’d want to renew, so he chickens out(”For now, maybe I’ll try later...”), and the longer he puts it off, the more awkward it feels like it’ll be without a Good Reason. He can’t just call her out of the blue after all this time; that would be like stalker-weird, wouldn’t it?

And then Steph has the RK vision and it drops the perfect excuse to reconnect with the Cowles family in their laps and he jumps on it. He and Lily slip right back into their friendship without missing a beat. Like they didn’t spend a decade apart. And Phillip is very grateful his overthinking induced worry couldn’t have been more wrong. He missed her.

#phillip prince #speaker

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misssophiachase · 5 years

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Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Thanks to the awesome @jasmineandlillies for suggesting the second drabble on my prompt list here x : ) I admit I have changed it slightly but hope you still like it. Oh and hope you had a Merry Christmas!

Prompt: High School classmates Caroline Forbes and Klaus Mikaelson are both stuck volunteering as elves over Christmas at the local mall. Klaus lost a bet and Caroline might have conveniently lost a ‘reindeer.’ Can they find some common ground and a little Christmas spirit in the process?

“You have got to be kidding me,” she drawled, her blue eyes widening. One minute she was dreading her upcoming punishment, the next he was in her periphery.

Although they attended the same school and had known each other for three years they’d never really communicated. He was Soccer Captain and she was Class President so they didn’t run in the same circles.

Not that it had stopped Caroline from thinking he was the biggest womaniser in school, even if he was gorgeous. Same with Klaus, although swap out womaniser for ridiculously high strung.

“I thought elves were supposed to be cheerful?” He offered, his left dimple making an unexpected appearance.

“In this outfit?” She said, looking down at her green and white striped attire. “Not likely.”

“So, you do have a sense of humour?”

“Excuse me?”

“You seem incredibly neurotic, love.”

“Says the guy who wouldn’t be caught dead volunteering especially in that elf costume.”

“I think it looks rather fetching,” he balked, puffing out his broad chest to prove his point. Caroline would have been lying if she didn’t think he was looking kind of cute.

“Well, then you need a mirror.”

“For someone called Sugarplum,” he murmured, his eyes resting on the nametag on her chest of all places. “I think you need a new name to match that attitude.”

“Says Snowball,” she offered, gesturing to the name etched on his costume.

“Let’s just say it’s growing on me, slowly. I know, how about we rename you Grumpy?”

“Grumpy is a dwarf,” she shot back. “But if we were hanging out with Snow White and not St Nick, maybe we could call you Dopey.”

“I knew Grumpy was fitting,” he joked. “Last time I checked Caroline Forbes lives for Christmas.”

“You don’t even know me, Mikaelson.”

“Au contraire,” he argued. “I’m fairly certain the fact Christmas has thrown up all over the school has something to do with our esteemed class president.”

“What a wonderful picture you paint.”

“No need for painting, I think your decorations can be seen from space, love.”

“Well, now we’ve dispensed with the formalities, why in the hell do I have the pleasure of your company?”

“Only Caroline Forbes would insult someone so politely.”

“Should I be worried that you seem to know so much about me?” He held her gaze briefly, Caroline trying to maintain her composure but this annoying Brit made it so difficult.

“You seem overly angry about having to volunteer. Now, if I’m not mistaken someone has lost their Christmas spirit.”

“Yes, right when I arrived and realised I had to work with you. Why are you here anyway?”

“I stupidly bet Matt Donovan that I could block his shot,” he admitted. Caroline had known Matt since they were in pre-school, even she knew that his aim was bad and was why he always played defense.

“Yeah, that was stupid,” she grumbled.

“You never said why the squeaky-clean school captain was here,” he said, ignoring her previous comment on purpose. “I would have assumed you volunteered but given that lovely demeanor I suspect otherwise.”

“I..” before she could finish their Santa dressed boss interrupted and not long after the screaming children were front of mind.

2 weeks later

“You might scare away the kids with that scowl,” he teased, adjusting his elf hat in the process. “But I’m harder to crack, love.”

The store was closed, immersed in darkness. Santa had left a few hours earlier and it was left to his elves to clean up the tinsel and stray candy canes.

They’d been working together fourteen days straight and things had run smoothly for the most part. Turned out Klaus Mikaelson was amazing with children and Caroline wasn’t quite sure how to deal with it, let alone deal with their close proximity.

“Teasing me isn’t going to get you...”

“What exactly do I want?” He stopped sweeping the stray tinsel, his eyes focusing on hers.

Caroline wasn’t one to be stuck for words, in fact, she had an answer for everything. She decided that Klaus Mikaleson, right then and there, was evil.

“Well, I mean..”

“Why are you really here, Forbes? And for once I don’t want any excuses because from what I can tell this zombie, Christmas-hating person is messing with the balance of nature.”

“If you must know I kind of took an animal.”

“You stole from the zoo?”

“No,” she groaned. “I’m not some petty criminal. You know the school mascot?”

“Dottie the reindeer?”

“She’s actually a deer, you know because reindeers don’t actually exist in real life,” Caroline hissed.

“I really hope you haven’t been telling the kids that, love.”

“Has anyone told you what an ass you are?”

“Constantly,” he shot back, his authoritative tone telling her he wasn’t lying. “But you’re still avoiding the question.”

“I kind of rescued her from having to take part in sporting activities over Chrismas, it was the least I could do.”

“I thought you were lying, you actually stole Dottie?” He asked, open-mouthed.

“I don’t steal...”

“Yes, because admitting that would ruin your perfect school record.”

“It wasn’t about that,” she murmured, feeling deflated. Caroline always put on an act for the most part.

She did love Christmas.

She did love Dottie.

But not this year.

This year her parents had decided to rain on her parade by getting a divorce and she’d decided to let Dottie free, much like she wanted to be.

“I’m a monster,” she gulped, realising just what she’d done in order to deal with her family issues.

“Please tell me you fed poor Dottie?”

“Of course I did, ass! Are you always such a bad comedian?” She grumbled, not expecting his hand to find her face and cup her cheek.

“Believe it or not I care about you.” She stilled, her eyes meeting his gaze and struggling to look away from its incredible intensity.

“You don’t even know me,” she sighed, trying to regain some composure.

“You talk, alot,” he offered, his fingers now brushing her cheek. “You are probably the most ambitious person in the school. Your competitiveness, especially on the tennis court, knows no bounds because you hate to lose but at the same time you love your friends and possess an almost crazy sense of loyalty.”

“I’m trying to work out if that’s a compliment or not?” She mumbled, realising just how good he felt touching her. “But even so, I’ve been nothing but..”

“Grouchy?” He smirked, taking her back to their conversation about dwarfs vs elves.

“Maybe,” she conceded. “Any chance you want to get out of here and talk? You know without these attractive costumes?”

“Naked? Why didn’t you just say so?” He joked.

“Wow, says the guy who let Matt Donovan win a bet so damn easily.”

“Who said I let him win the bet?” Before she could ask Klaus flashed his other dimple and left to change. Even as he sauntered away in those ridiculous, striped pants, Caroline was struggling to resist his toned backside. Perhaps much more.

Maybe she’d found her Christmas Spirit after all.

#thanks #jasmineandlillies #klaroline drabbles #do they know its christmas #misssophiachase #hope you like it

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tyranttortoise · 7 years

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Imagine Masterlist for Mobile

SSLL Extras/HC’s: *Separate Masterlist because this one got too long

Quizzes: *Which Skelebae is Perfect for You? (1500 milestone) *Which Skelebae Would Take You to the Bone Zone? (NSFW quiz) *Which Skelebae Would Be Your Cuddle Buddy? (Valentine’s gift)

Quiz Result Break-downs: * Swapfell Papyrus as a skelebae * Horrortale Sans as a skelebae * Underfell Sans as a skelebae * Underswap Papyrus as a skelebae

Deltarune Imagines/Headcanons: *Sans theory

Outertale: *Interactive reader-insert through the AU (3000 milestone)

Undertale Sans Solo Imagines: * Fridge filled with Spicy Ketchup * Sans the Anatomy Professor * Sans’s preferences: pajamas vs lingerie * Making an ass out of your ex * Spaghetti Spa Day

Undertale Genocide drabbles: * let me disappoint you *they hate puzzles

Underfell Sans Solo Imagines: * Lap-sitting and tooth licking * Bruised boobs just kinda happen * We maid a bet * Artistic Nudity * Choosetale: Dating Sim Go! (500 milestone) * Stuffed Nightmares (fic-swap) *i can do math, just subtract the clothes (fic swap) * Red’s blackbelt S/O flips Edge. * Whipped cream on his ribs (RedRobin) * spank you (RedRobin) * Houseparty Heroes (song fic)

Underfell Papyrus Solo Imagines: * Fluff/Dating Headcanons *Walks in on his crush changing * Slips into speaking informally like Sans * Icy Roads, Warm Bed

Underswap Sans Solo Imagines: * Biker!Blueberry // Impressing the biker chick

Underswap Papyrus Solo Imagines: * it’s ok to not be ok * Stretch gets an x-ray * Couch cuddles * Pocky Day (11/11) * Hanahaki Disease * S/O is insecure about being overweight

Swapfell Brothers Solo Imagines: * Who wants a mutt drooling after them? (SF!Paps) * Alleyway Confession (Raffle Winner one-shot) (SF!Paps) * HC’s and backstory of the SF!bros * What kind of bed does SF!Sans have? * drunk off your kiss (SF!Paps as a bartender) *Gyftmas in Swapfell *SF!Sans headcanons *Why the SF bros have more LV than the UF bros

Gaster!Sans Solo Imagines: * Headcanons and BPT notes * Relationship HC’s * Handcuffed to a bed (BadSass G) * Proposal Time (BadSass G) * Why he stayed (BadSass G)

Horrortale Skelebros: * A little drabble of personality and backstory exploration * HT!Sans: *i remember the taste * Happy birthday! * HT!Sans and a chubby S/O * HT!Paps and love bites * Horrortale Dog Shrine * Horrortale Papyrus/Reader Gyftmas drabble

Horrorswap Skelebros: *General HC’s for HS!Stretch and HS!Blueberry

Horrorfell Skelebros: * General HC’s for HF!Red and HF!Edge

Dusttale Headcanons: * LOVE is madness * Dust!Sans meets Undertale Sans

Underlust Skelebros: *What would make them want an actual relationship? Oceantale/fell Skelebros: * General HC’s for the AU’s and skelebros * Oceanfell: A Siren’s Song

Nukatale HC’s/Writing: *Info about the AU (Fallout/Undertale crossover) *Meeting Sans Skeleton (Sans as Nick Valentine)

Obey Me Skeletons: *The skeles as demonic avatars

Extras for Broken Promises and Timelines: * Chapter 11: Underlust Sans * Why do all the Sans-personalities go for the Reader? * How did Red end up in the Void? * What if she had still been in love with classic Sans?

Zodiac Signs: *Skelebro zodiac (UT/UF/US/SF/Gaster/G!Sans)

SOUL Flowers: *List of SOUL flowers and symbolism for skelebros *Landlady’s SOUL flower

Skelebros’ Thoughts on Each Other: * UT! Sans & Pap’s thoughts on UF!bros and HT!bros

Skelebros and Alcohol: *How much do the skelebros drink?

Skelebros Deal with RESETs: * Waking up from nightmares

Best Friends with the Skelebros: *US/SF Papyrus platonic hc’s *UT/UF Sans platonic hc’s * First time they get a platonic “I love you” (UT/UF/US/SF/HT)

The Skelebros’ Crush Says Some Weird Things: * Crush thinks puns are a sign of intelligence * Crush mentions that they sleep nude (UT/US/UF) * S/O has a party for their cat (UT/UF Sans) * S/O drinks vinegar * S/O says bones are dissolving from excessive soda intake (UT/UF bros) The Skelebros Mistaken as the Grim Reaper: * UT!Sans and UF!Sans wear a black hoodie * US!Papyrus and SF!Papyrus wear a black hoodie * UT!Papyrus and UF!Papyrus wear a black hoodie * Turns out, the human’s not afraid of Death

The Skelebros are Comforting: * Just needed a hug (w/ UT!Sans, UF!Sans, and US!Paps) * Needed a hug (w/G!Sans) * Drunken insecurities and the almost break-up * S/O has insomnia (w/UF!Sans and US!Papyrus) * The S/O is NB and on the brink of a rough day (w/US!Papyrus) * S/O hides the fact that they’re trans (w/UT!Paps) * Comforting Cuddles (UT/UF Sans & SF!Paps) * S/O is nervous about having surgery (UT/UF/US) *S/O is nervous about having surgery (SF) * Lonely Dialer (UF/US skelebros) * Skelebros and cuddles (UT/UF/US/SF/HT) * Encouragement (w/G!Sans) * The skelebros with an S/O that has cancer (UT/UF) * Encouragement (w/Papyrus) * Dealing with a loved one’s declining health (US/UT Paps & UF!Sans)

The Skelebros and X-rays: * Learning the Positions (G!Sans) * Learning the Positions (UF!Sans & US!Paps) * Skelebros see their S/O’s X-ray (UT/UF/US)

The Skelebros and Dating: * Confession: Start! * First Kiss * First Kiss Bonus with G!Sans * Celebrating the S/O’s birthday * S/O is polyamorous * Skelebros submit a match request on tumblr * Skelebros and pet-names * Skelebros deal with their S/O’s bestie flirting with their S/O * S/O is demisexual (w/G!Sans & Gaster) * How much experience do the skelebros have? * S/O starts their period (UT/UF bros) * S/O starts their period (HT!bros) * What does Edge look for in a partner? * S/O enjoys a popsicle (UT/UF/US) * S/O has a terrible sense of direction (UT/UF/US) * What SOUL traits are the skelebros attracted to? * S/O blurts “I love you” for the first time (Sans personalities) * Skelebros’ crush has feelings for someone else (UT/UF/US/SF) * The Skelebros’ Love Languages (UT/UF Sans, HT!bros) * Which skelebros would be the best kissers for a dominant S/O * The skelebro proposes (UF Sans/ SF Pap)

The Skelebros and Soulmates: *S/O is not the skele’s soulmate (UT/UF/US/SF) *S/O is not the soulmate (retake with UF Paps/SF Sans) *Frisk as Sans’s soulmate (Classic Frans) *Sanses are soulmates with their bro’s s/o (UT/UF/US/SF)

Family Dinner with the S/O’s Ex: * Family Dinner with the S/O’s Ex (UT/UF/US) * Family Dinner Bonus with SF!bros * Family Dinner Bonus with Reapertale Sans * Family Dinner Bonus with Grillby (UT/UF/US/SF)

Accidentally Seen Shirtless/Wardrobe Malfunction: * Skelebros seen shirtless for the first time (UT/US/UF) * (SF!) Skelebros seen shirtless * Grillby (UT! & UF!) seen shirtless for the first time * Burgerpants spotted without pants *Gaster!Sans seen shirtless

The Skelebros Enjoy the Surface: * A few Post-Pacifist Surface HC’s * First time at a human fair * UF! Cast at Six Flags * Skelebros with a massive container or ketchup/mustard * Skelebros’ favorite flavors of Nicecream

The Skelebros and Swearing: *The Sanses swear

The Skelebros and Tattoos: * Their thoughts on their S/O’s Ink

Spending Time at the Skelebros’ House: * Horror Movie Marathon * S/O twitches in their sleep (UT/US bros) * Watching a movie with crush and a steamy scene appears (UF/US bros)

Holidays with the Skelebros: * Discovering Halloween Decorations * Skelebros sexy skeleton costume preferences * New Years Kiss Tradition (UT/UF/US/SF) * New Years Kiss Tradition (HT/OF)

The S/O is a Badass Saga: * Customer Service and a Broken Nose * Roller Derby and the Black Eye * Bonus to Customer Service & Roller Derby (w/Swapfell bros, UF!Grillbz, and Burgerpants)

The S/O is an Alien: * S/O claims they’re out of this world * Why didn’t the bros check their SOUL? * The Alien’s Judgement * Red gets spacenapped by Yandere!alien ex

The Skelebros deal with the supernatural: * Their friend’s a physical embodiment of time, death, etc. (w/ US/SF bros & SF!Grillbz)

The S/O has hidden talents: * The skelebros love their singing

The S/O has an Identical Twin?!: * The skelebros accidentally kiss said twin

Reactions to Someone Flirting with S/O: * UF!Sans, UF!Paps, and UF!Grillby * SF!Sans and SF!Paps * UF!Grillby solo

Skelebros & Marriage: * S/O has a pushy mother

Skelebros as Parents: * Discovering the details of childbirth * Discovering human S/O is Pregnant * What would a hybrid babybones look like? * Skelebros as dads // Child has a tantrum * Monster babies/hybrid conception headcanons * Which skelebros would want kids * Discovering crush is pregnant with ex’s baby (UT/US Sans, UF/SF Paps)

Grillby Imagines: * UT!Grillby Dating HC’s * S/O defends Fuku (UT/UF/HT Grillby) * UF!Grillby/Reader Gyftmas drabble

SOUL headcanons: * SOUL HC’s * dual-SOUL trait HC’s

Imagines/HCs not involving the skelebros: * Gaster HC's * Expanded Gaster HC’s * Napstablook gets called cute * Burgerpants HC’s * Various characters encounter a tortoise * Self-ship HC’s * Monsters and socks

Drabble Prompts: * Empress Alphys Ending of Underswap Interpretation * UT crew plays Beanboozled * US!bros and UF!bros play Beanboozled * Yandere!Route, Starry Date (Frans) * Napstaton x aerial silk acrobat Reader (raffle winner)

Coffee Thanks: * Frans Coffee Drabble * G!Sans Coffee * Axe Coffee * Skeletons on a Plane (SF!Paps/Reader)

Poly Imagines/HC’s: * Edge/Blueberry/You hc’s * Nyx’s SassyRottenBerryG birthday drabble * HoneyMustardTortoise hc’s

Fontcest Imagines: * i fell in love with you, not people (SpicyHoney angst meme) * EdgyBerry (UF!Papyrus/US!Sans) hc’s * cupid (honeyketchup drabble) * it’d be better if i had music to strip to (kustard)

NSFW Imagines: * S/O’s first time + HCs for the skeles as lovers *S/O’s first time + sexual HC’s (HT!bros) * How the skeles scale on the BDSM test + kink HC’s * S/O’s had bad past experiences with sex (UF!Sans, US/SF Paps) *S/O’s had bad past experiences with sex (UT!Sans) * Heat Cycle headcanons (UT!Sans & Papyrus) * Heat Cycle headcanons (UF!Sans &Papyrus) * Heat Cycle headcanons (US!Sans &Papyrus) * Heat Cycle headcanons (SF!Sans&Papyrus + G!Sans) * Heat Cycle headcanons (HT!Sans & Papyrus) * Heat Cycle headcanons (OF!Sans & Papyrus) * light BDSM with UF!Sans (fic swap) * What the skelebros want to be called during sexy times * Are the skelebros boob or butt guys? * UF!Sans discovering his S/O is trans (f to m) * Gaster and G!Sans: Holes in their hands * Sans has bad timing (Expanded Holes in their hands ask) * Skelebros and handcuffs * Sans/Reader birthday drabble for Banana * Skeletons in a Friends with Benefits Situation (UT/UF/US/HT/SF) * Mutt recites the periodic table

#undertale imagine #masterlist #i figured it couldn't hurt to have a version for those of you on mobile #so it's easier to find imagines on my blog #because they definitely get buried

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theinsanecrayonbox · 7 years

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the great FOP review mega dump

ok so apparently the rest of s10 was aired at the end of June through July of this year. now granted, i do not get NickToons and used a friend’s DVR to record it, so there’s a margin for error, but i don’t recall any of these episodes ever getting recorded. i could be wrong, my memory sucks, BUT TVGuide is stupid and has a habit of putting the wrong names/numbers on things and if the guide doesn’t list the episode as new because half of it already aired, then it wouldn’t get recorded. so again, huge margin for error.

basically, i hadn’t posted these yet because i didn’t realize they’d aired; i was trying to avoid spoiling anything for people. Nick sucks at their programming schedule. these first viewing reviews are nearly a year old in some cases, since it was about a year ago that i was given links to watch some of these online after they’d aired in other countries. so yeah, probably a little dated, might not hold up, but here they are so we can be done with this.

Which is Wish:

Chloe is a vegetarian??? Has this been said before??

I feel like everything in the garage there was in the attic when Dad made Timmy clean that out before…not that that isn’t plausible, since that’d be one way to “clean” the attic lol. Just thought it was a neat commentary.

But yes Chloe, unleash your organizational skills. Color coded labels are awesome! Cleaning sucks, but labels lol

And yes, switching bodies always works so well doesn’t it Timmy…but heehee he called Chloe pretty XD though in fairness…doesn’t this mean Chloe is still eating the meat, because Tim’s in her body…or do they just *look* like one another? See, that’s the gray area…

Ok I do not like all these moments of Dad seeing Cosmo and Wanda; they’re glossed over yes, but still. That should break Da Rules though, because they’ve been revealed (not to mention Crocker knows about them a million times over I know). it just seems like a cheap gag that they don’t need, and it’s annoying.

“Chlimmy Turnermicheal” lol, I need to draw a fusion of my Opals now XD;;;

Ok yes, they’ve body swapped, not glamoured, so Chloe *did* eat the meat after all, thank you for explaining that

Seriously, it’s Cosmo loosing the wands (for the umpteenth time) that is going to cause the problems here -.-

Yay more Chloe parents! They aren’t 1 or 2 offs! Though…why were they absent up until this point? Did they decide to take a sabbatical from work after the booby incident? That’d be nice

OMR Danny, Vlad (wait nasty Dan? Hu oh well), and Dudley puppets. That is too cute for words!!

And a Little Shop joke. Eeeeeeee!!! I know they’ve done man-eating plants before, but still!

Chloe’s dad faints at failure? Hm, that could be useful.

Tim admitting he’d miss Chloe is sweet, especially since it wasn’t with any mention of loosing his fairies

Hahahaha dressing up as each other/themselves, that’s great. Cosmo’s head blowing up is getting old though.

All in all I give this episode a huge A+. It is a cliché trope of a plot, but I feel it was executed really really well!! Nice balance of magical aspects with non-magical ones I thought, and gave development to both kids and their families.

Fairy Con:

Ok first of all, I thought Fairy conventions were held every thousand years or so, and was actually just for the fairies. Granted, this “Fairy con” could be a different event OR they changed the event after Timmy’s bathroom one, since that could’ve been the first time a godchild was involved? Also, Timmy is you go “every year” that shows that this is at least 2 years after you got your fairies (because you had Cosmo Con, then assume one after that, then at minimum this one), so why are you still 10?????? (and don’t go saying “the time stopping wish in secret wish” because uhg)

Crocker in the fridge….ok…but adding in Crocker to crash the Con…yeah this is a complete plot reusing of Cosmo Con, just updating it a bit

Look Girlfriend the cat isn’t dead!!

If you’ve had their hair samples for that long why haven’t you cloned them before?? But “off brand cloning machine” is sorta funny. Also, Kenny G? that a Spongebob shout out or not?

Ok if it merged the cat DNA with the fairy why didn’t it merge the fairy DNA together too? Also, missed your mark to have a real “fairy cat” show up (though no Sparky so we don’t need it anymore I guess)

Oh but Chloe’s enthusiasm over her first con, I am so happy at that ^^ I just had my first comic con, and I was spazzing like that too when I wasn’t freaking out over being ditched and lost.

Ok that is yet ANOTHER unique birthday for Timmy. He’s up to what, 5 now since the series started? (Boys in the Band, Birthday Bashed, Birthday Battle, the one mentioned in Birthday Battle about the dinosaurs) the kid is at least 14 now, he has to be!

I like all the backgrounders. Some look super squashed, but still neat.

Tooth fairy returns! Yay! We had mentions of Cupid and Mother Nature before, so it’s nice to see the magical celebrities are still around and not forgotten.

Ahhh! The return of the Crocker Pot which captures fairies!! Ok I am giving this writing team an A- on doing their lore homework because they are getting so many things right (though the Fairy Con being thrown off is still deducting points sorry)

There was a blonde fairy that looked like Samantha in the background O.o

“Chloe Carmichael, any normal person would give up right now. But you are NOT normal!” - omr Chloe I love you and your “never quit” song was good and humorous, I still love you

Timmy how can you not know what Crocker is up to? He’s always up to the same exact thing. If he’s in Fairy World, I’m fairly sure there is a 1000% chance he’s there to capture fairies. Geeze.

OMR Princess Morebucks was in the seats at Cosmo’s panel, I’m not joking.

All in all, it wasn’t a giant impacting story, but it was a good one, even though it was a total reusing of a plot. I feel like the writing team did their homework pretty decently (for the most part). Plus, the magic of cons ^^

The Hungry Games:

This is the B-Story to Fairy Con…interesting choice…more fangirl!Chloe…

I love her “Katniss hair”, heck I just love seeing alternate hair on her

Heh “Ketchup Everdream”, wow, ok, sure

That might be the wrong movie, but it sounds interesting. What movie was that Cosmo?

Aw Chloe lost…but yay call back to screaming in her closet

Lol Crocker is once again, king of dystopian world. That is perfect. This is all perfect. Maybe it’s because I liked the Hunger Games movie that I can thoroughly enjoy this parody, idk. But this is great. I am loving this episode.

And cue the pointless Dad part…wait Mr Bickles?? Where have you been?? Why are you here???

I like the blonde/pink haired backgrounder

I really loved this episode! It was so nice how Timmy did this for Chloe and stuck with it even when it was bad for him, then she turns around and does something nice for him at the end. It let Chloe fly her freaky fangirl flag on so many levels. Like I said, I liked Hunger Games, so this was a great parody that was loads of fun. I really really enjoyed all of it.

As a whole episode, these two really show us what a geeky girl Chloe is I think. She’s not just the over achieving little Ms Perfect she was at first, she’s got her weird hobbies and obsessions too. And the fact that she was so into Fair Bears AND dystopian doomy future really says a lot about her, and really speaks to me on many levels. It’s just solidified my love of Chloe even more.

Dimmsdale Daze:

And we start off with jokes about barfing…well it is a roller coaster so I can let it slide…just don’t spiral out of control with them…

Heehee “vines” joke, that’s great. Because it highlights their age AND that they are more naturalist

Oooo Connie said “shyster”, that’s pretty borderline…

Chaining yourself to the tree in town…wouldn’t that be the same tree that Tootie did the same thing to in the first live action movie? I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing…

Did Chloe’s middle name change? O.o but lol to the “when you’re a parent you can make the decisions” because I head canon them meddling after Chloe’s divorce, but I know that line is the plot fodder, so I’ll just push the head canons away for now

Lookit that adult!Chloe though!! I’m not that far off the mark with my design (plus you know, there are several older!Timmy designs and none are more true than the other, so my older!Chloe being short and bustier is still plausible). And hey lookit! Cameo of the adult!Timmy from Big Problem AND confirmation that if one of the godkids breaks Da Rules they both loose the fairies TOGETHER

Neither Clark nor Connie really look too much like Chloe as children (ok Connie *does* but when you consider they made child Dad look exactly like Timmy before, it’s not quite enough)…just another tick in my adopted column, just saying…

Why did that child in the bounce house have lipstick O.o

Chloe’s earring is like, in the wrong place and it’s bothering me…

“But I have the mind if a child” “It’s true, he’s been tested” – I…wow, just…yes?

And of course Connie and Clark get assigned Cosmo and Wanda, I don’t know why I didn’t see that coming honestly ^^;;

You know, even though this is sort of a rehash of Big Problem and The Switch Glitch I thoroughly enjoyed this one! Single mom!Chloe was great, it feeds my future headcanons. It proved that Tim and Chloe do share the negative effects of the fairies. And it was just a really good Chloe episode that Timmy was just a supporting character in. I really did like it. A+

As a whole, I think both parts (this is meant to be paired with Spring Breakup) work nicely together. It’s a lot of Chloe and her family, so if you want some serious Carmichael development, do for this set most definitely.

Chip off the Old Crock:

Ok before getting into this one, I just gotta state that since I read the description for it, I’ve been ITCHING to see this. How does Crocker have a nephew if he has no siblings? (*current thoughts: i’ve since this review come up with a plausible scenario*) What would this child be like? How could I use him for Superverse conveniently?? And then I saw screencaps and saw that he was a mini Crocker and got disappointed…

But now we are to watch so let us see how that unfolds…

What’s with that redheaded backgrounder?? He looks like a Lebowitz!! *files that away for layer usage*

Still laughing that he’s named Kevin since that is a “name of evil” in our games and what not ever since my brother used it as a placeholder name for a badguy in a storyline; ever since then “Kevin” had been the badguys who are sorta pointless lol

But still…”study abroad” um…you still could’ve used that since Crocker obviously has family in Canada; studying in California would then be considered “abroad” if he was Canadian. And that way, he wouldn’t have to be his literal nephew, but his 2nd cousin, but they just call each other uncle/nephew because it’s easier. That might sound confusing, but at least it makes more sense then just randomly implying he has siblings when he never has. I’m gonna headcanon this from now on, and no one can convince me otherwise. (*current thoughts: again, i’ve figured it out since writing this; i’ve left the original thoughts though to prove my though process from point A to point B*) Plus you miss out on Canada jokes this way…

Awww Kevin, I’m starting to love you…that’s weird…

Everyone pick a partner-no one pick Kevin, classic. However…redhead boy had 2 partners, why didn’t Crocker notice and stop that? There’s no reason why Chloe and Tim needed to pair up with him aside from plot relevance…

Ah sweet Chloe, standing up for the misunderstood and outcast, trying to find the good in them and make others see it too. I love you sweetheart ^^ go make friends with Francis now please

Why isn’t Dolores fawning over Kevin? You’d think she wouldn’t let her *grandson* out of her sight, considering the coddling we’ve seen her give Denzel at times. Unless she’s busy with her *other child* I guess…but in that case why isn’t she belittling Denzel for not being like *his sibling* and having kids and not living in her basement? I’d love to see Denzel look like a looser compared to this *sibling* he suddenly has, and it suits the family dynamic as we know it. Or perhaps the *sibling* is more of a looser, but Dolores still sings their praises because they did move out and have a kid, unlike Denzel who has a steady job and whatnot because *sibling* is a total bum. I mean, I get that it would only slow down the storyline, but it just feels out of character, plus the sudden introduction of a *sibling* just is wrong too…I should stop analyzing the Crocker family and just go back to the actual plot

Kevin wants to be a dentist??? O.o are you related to Dr Bender??? That…would explain nothing honestly, idk why I went there

“Sorry I’m too busy being a loner” haha that’s a good one

Hey callback to Crocker wearing ladies clothes. Nice.

“It’s a blueprint so shouldn’t it be blue?” hahaha that was funny

Chloe how did you get to the top of the rock wall without a rope?? Did you boulder your way yup there?? And Tim! You should never rock climb without a belier(sp?) geeze, rock climbing 101 there dude

And toilet joke…but I will let it slide because I am actually enjoying Kevin

“Unleash your inner looser” omr yes best line

Ah the build up to the betrayal “aw you guys actually like me” “well yeah you’re not evil” *does the evil thing* “we hate you now because you are evil after all”

Unsuspecting Van is back whoot!

Ninja!Chloe and Tim with a light saber; nice, but what a missed opportunity…also Chloe has a ninja suit…she really is replacing Tootie isn’t she…

And Kevin saves the day by wishing none of this ever happened…just like Chester did in Fairy Idol hm…

But at the end of it, I’m actually very surprised how much I liked this despite all its flaws. It’s riddled with clichés and huge plot holes/continuity errors, but I genuinely liked Kevin (and whole heartedly look forward to writing him into Superverse…also would it be too weird if he was Kyler’s father? I think it’d be weird…). I think it’s a nice B-story to Cat and Mouse and together they make a pretty good episode.

Space Ca-Dad:

Off topic a moment here; rewatching the theme and it just dawned on me…maybe there’s a “fairy shortage” because no one’s enforcing the rules over fairies being revealed/discovered. I mean, if everyone Timmy knows knows about his fairies and yet he keeps them, then other kids must be doing that too you know. Just saying Jorgen, you caused this problem yourself man…and honestly, why not outsource the fairy jobs then to other magical creatures, since Fairy Idol proved any magical creature can be converted to a fairy godparent. It’d be a great way to bring Norm back if you stop and think about it, or a way to get the Pixies back in there too. I’m just saying, the “fairy shortage” story is pretty weak…still think Jorgen just did this to them because they’re good for each other…

Ok back to the episode itself

Yay Chloe is still a Squirrely Scout, good for continuity! And you love food puns? i love you more Chloe, you so are a Catman related heroine aren’t you ^^;

Did he say “Mrs Lipshitz” or “Mrs Libwitz”? it was really hard to tell, so idk if that’s a Rugrats shout out or someone I have to add to my Lebowitz family tree (cause slurred sound…and the witch/mental thing does suit the family…)

Dad you had the rank of “flying squirrel” why is this confusing??

Ok there are “Pickles” living on the street, I’m going with Lipshitz. So many Rurgrats shout outs.

Whinny kid, Kid with issues (aren’t you Kevin?), and Stuart…so we are going with the latest (and suckier) Squirrel Scout troop line up. Kay.

Chloe as a jr. astronaut though and knowing how to fly space ships ^^

Heehee “Space Jam” how many more thinly veiled references can we have XD;;

(maybe Squirrely Kevin is Kyler’s father…that’s doable…)

Ah yes, Dad throwing the fairies out just when the kid/s need them. Yup, never seen that plot device used before nope. And how can rocket fuel destroy magical wands? They’re fairy magic, why are they so easy to ruin??

How did you find a planetoid when you were heading towards the sun??? I don’t…right, why put logic into things, my bad

The Glorg. Florgatron-5. Hm…*files that way for layer usage* Bakersfield???

I loved all the aliens at the restaurant though.

Over all, this episode was…meh. I didn’t dislike it, but it was a very pointless Dad episode. Seriously, you could’ve had them go to the Planet of the Dads and do pretty much the same thing, but at least keep that storyline going (since I think it’s the longest running one now). I’m unimpressed, but I’m not disappointed. So lets see if the B-story can save the episode as a whole.

Summer Bummer:

“The looks of psychotic anticipation” lol, well we’re starting off with some good

Also it’s summer vacation yet again. Mk…this makes it at least the 4th summer vacation Tim’s had, what with School’s Out, Shelf Life, and Microphony being the others I can easily site off the top of my head. So again, these children should be like 14-16 now

It’s the return of Dad in short-shorts. Oh man, run and hide now.

Chloe getting a summer internship/scientific program is very her. Must always be learn…wait did she say the corner of a basement?? O.o that’s concerning child…

Oh hey that pink clad teacher is from s1 I think. Wasn’t she in Timvisible at the water cooler?? That is a very nice and wow throwback guys. Major points to you.

Chloe is 10 and a half???? So she actually IS a year younger than Timmy, since he was already 10 when he had his birthday (and we ignore the previous like 5 birthdays he’s had >>) and they share a birthday…but wait, your birthday is in March…summer vacation starts in June/July, that isn’t 6 months later…ok so on the one hand, your math is all wrong, but on the other my headcanon that Chloe is a year younger seems to be proven fact. I don’t know what to do with this information!!

Oh this is the sleep wishing episode I heard about! Wow took a while for the plot to show up…but you know, even though this has been used before, I feel like this is being used in a different context and for a different character, so I’m allowing the reuse of the plot idea. Let’s see how twisted up Chloe’s subconscious is…

“Gender neutral Jesse” is sorta weird…I like the fact that Chloe did play with baby dolls though…

Timmy you can’t unwish Chloe’s wish! We’ve been over this-we had a whole episode dedicated to it!! URG!! Did they just throw that out because it’s easier for them to just fix each other’s mistakes that way? I mean, if this was the only time, I could buy that since she didn’t *consciously* make this wish, it could be undone by Tim, but the other times they’ve pulled this she’s been in her full faculties. So uhg! You can’t even keep your own continuity you establish in the same season >> (but…you guys have been doing better than expected, so…it’s not *as* negative points as I’d usually give…or maybe it is but you’ve just racked up enough positive ones to be at the standard by now I guess)

Hey Dr Rip Studwell, long time no see XD and…you made a manscaping joke…wow, I…wow

And a poop joke…but you have a pirate ship…but still…

“Took one to the crow’s nest” is that a crotch shot joke? Wow this episode is just…wow

Omr the mini shoulder Chloes are adorable! I love valley girl!Chloe and german science!Chloe. Didn’t like the second poop joke in a minute, especially since Dad really *shouldn’t* have heard science!Chloe say that…

She wished the doll big again…I think Chloe’s repressed feelings are about not wanting to grow up

And look Da Rules FINALLY decide to kick…oh no, Chloe wished it to be unwishable...yeah, because that’s the only way to stop Tim from fixing it >> and yet at the same time, he did wish the monster to stay until he stopped lying about who set Chompy free, so…formula…

“There’s free ice cream all over the street! It’s like delicious roadkill!” ok that is the best line ever

Wait, you’re wishing yourself into Chloe’s mind?? Because that worked so well when you went into your own…and why does it remind me of Mabel’s dreamworld/mind? I expected less pink, more purple honestly. Preschool!Chloe is so adorable!! Totally called the plot though, not that it’s hard.

Cosmo confirmed as queer, because even when he thought Wanda was “Weird Dude” he still had a crush on him. Wow, I am floored they did that, good for you

And we end it by promoting cannibalism? Oh wait no; we scratch the 4th wall instead. Ahha. Yeah. You totally missed the opportunity to have “Kids just being Kids” playing somewhere-possibly remixed-because I feel the message suited Chloe’s mentality too right now.

Over all, I’m glad it was Chloe centric but…I feel like this could’be been done in half the time maybe? They ignore their own continuity, but they do tackle real stuff in a minimal magical way. I guess like the A-story, I’m unimpressed but not disappointed. I feel like both of these should not have been paired together because as a whole the entire episode is lacking; they both needed a stronger story to counter balance them. It’s a good watch once through, but I doubt it’s an episode you’ll want to rewatch.

Dimmsdale’s Got Tallent:

Ok…I feel like this plot has been used before…and not necessarily thinking Fairy Idol either, but I just can’t place which episode I’m thin king of…

TOOTIE!!!! THEY DIDN’T SHIP YOU OFF TO BOARDING SCHOOL OR WHATEVER!! OMR!!! Sadly you were just a backgrounder cameo, but still…now I just need to find Francis then my main favs will have all appeared to be not dead (*spoiler: Francis does not appear anywhere*)

More Bickles…huh…

Mom’s stage name is “Madame Sasha”…is that a hint that her first name is Sasha?? Most times when you make up “magic names” they’re either your real name in between “the” and “magnificent” or they’re some super exotic/fake/fantastical sounding thing like how Dad was “Dadracadabra”

And more about Chloe’s one-woman show. That’s so neat that this is something that they’re developing for her, instead of using as a toss away one shot gag.

Kevin!! Dressed as a dummy for a comedy act lol. It’s an old and over used plot idea, but I’ll run with it. I like it. Cause Crocker now has 24 hour access to a child, he of course has to think of other ways to use it. “I’m telling my mom you made me do this” because that is Denzel’s sister so it is a legitimate threat…though you’d think Dolores would object to this too…why have we not had any interaction of Kevin with his grandmother yet??? I’d love to see Denzel get jealous over the attention his mother is giving Kevin that he never received

Haha Dad stealing Chloe’s idea, and still breaking the gender norms, nice. Where did Bickles get the coconut bikini top and grass skirt though?

Oh baaaaaad lesson to be teaching kids there guys. If the authority figure won’t give you want you want, you shouldn’t do them favors to try to bribe them into giving it to. Especially in the entertainment industry. That’s how bad situations happen….

Um those remote control tap shoes shouldn’t work because they would be helping Tim to win a competition, which is against Da Rules…not that Da Rules seem to matter anymore…

Ok Mom, you claimed to be a “Pet Psycho” yet you’re using only wild/non-pet animals. I think that’s probably the easiest way to point out that you’re doing this wrong

“I love me some snake and mongoose” ok…lets go see if that’s a euphemism on google…hm, nope, just a drag racing movie. That’s nice…wasn’t Bickles a race car driver at some point??

Doug Dimmadome returns! And “curious life partner”??? the Mayor and Chompy are a thing??? O.o???

Good boy Kevin, stand up to Crocker ^^

“That was a Dimma-dud” so simple and stupid, but probably the most fulfilling line thus far ^^;

love Chloe’s gold gown

ok I lied, “Dimma-dope” is now the most fulfilling line in this

heehee Dudley Puppy and Crimson Chin balloons in the parade. So headcanoning that TUFF Puppy was a show on tv in FOPverse

so this episode was….well just really pointless filler too. We got like minimal focus on any of our main characters. Have they forgotten how to write Timmy and Chloe?

Together these two (this was paired with Knitt-witts) were not a good match. Both were pointless filler with not a strong plot in either of them. Too many guest cameos, no character development. It was just barely enjoyable enough to not hate it, but just barely honestly. Weak episode all around.

Goldie Crocks and the three Fair Bears:

Ok I’ve been looking forward to the return of the Fair Bears since the episode titles were released.

Interesting to see the Squirrely Scout troop back again, still the same B-team line up including Chloe. Thought you already had that patch…but then again that could’ve been with the A-team troop lineup, so…the records were all destroyed when it was disbanded maybe?

Thanks Tim, we all were asking that. But how does using Mom’s shampoo make your hair blonde? Luscious and even longer I could buy without complaint, but blonde??

More over achieving Chloe lol (poor girl is gonna crash when she burns out). But wow, she fought King Neptuna…so why didn’t he remember her? Is Supergal now enemy to the merfolk??? Though that plays into the Merfolk vs Glamazons wouldn’t it…

And now we turn into the clichéd camping storyline where Character A decides to go use non-wilderness to camp in luxury. But Tim, you used to like camping??? Also, still not seeing how the episode title plays into this plot yet…

Cosmo has been right/made sense on more than one occasion though, why is it that surprising?

Ok now we get the title…Crocker’s mother has a cabin in the woods? Buyable, sure. Crocker somehow brought the Fair Bears back into reality??? Uh…what now? Wait, they weren’t sent back to TVLand?? And Crocker knows all about their origin?? HOW does that not break Da Rules huh? Is it because he doesn’t know who wished them up, so it’s not against Da Rules?? Why wouldn’t they tell him that; wouldn’t that be a fair thing to do?? He’s in a blonde wig because they’re going to be Goldielocks at a theme park, yeah sure, ok I can buy that. But HOW did he get the bears in the first place???

And Dad is blonde to be Goldielocks…wow…

Chloe breaking the 4th wall a little there

Gah even more middle names! Chloe how many do you even have????

NO! YOU CAN’T UNDO THE OTHER’S WISHES! URGH!!! You established this rule right off the bat, yet you keep breaking it and they let you keep breaking it. Timmy wished for the camping stuff-Chloe should not be able to wish it away. Yes the plot is stalled, but really, what is the plot at this point??? If you’re only going to enforce the rules when it suits you, well, anarchy for all then please

And you wished away the magic…yeah, that’s going to go super well

“Mr Crocker’s unsightly twin sister” ok on the one hand, that works because of Kevin granted (even though she’s not a twin persay, but he has suddenly got a sister), but on the other…this is all saying that guys can’t have long hair and I don’t like that. I love guys with long hair. Between that comment on Crocker, and the comments earlier about Dad, why is long hair automatically girl now?

Dolores dated Shaggy??? O.o i…I am very unnerved by that…wasn’t she already a full blown adult with a 10 year old child when Shaggy was a teenager roaming in the van with the Mystery Inc crew?? O.o

Omr yes. Referencing the “original German version” as a darker one. Talking about basting and eating people. This turned dark super fast and I love that. why TrollLOL’s face is on the oven idk, but I’m rolling with it because I love this part.

“I’ve already got 2 strikes from the school board” uh…yeah that’s the wrong side of dark I think…but it’s Crocker, it was probably the fork in Waxelplax’s fanny, and the flour incident or something fairly similar.

Yes Tim, yell at Chloe that this is all her fault. We know it is, but pointing it out won’t help. But it totally is; you wished for no magic and you got into trouble-not surprising.

HOW is it nearly midnight??? It was like, what, noon at the latest when this started?? You have not been out in the woods-in the daylight-for 12 hours-of daylight. Chloe hunny, you’re the smart one, why are you failing telling time??? I know its dark outside the house now, but it wasn’t in the scene before. Cosmo I think your clock is right. And how is “poof us out of here” bring you to a spot where it is, once again daylight; that seemed to suggest instant teleporting so you’re at the same time. Unless this next scene is a cut away to hours later BUT STILL! It should not be midnight.

Oh Dad, yes, I’m sure no one cares about your troop anymore.

“let’s send the Fair Bears back” uh you should have done that the first time and this whole mess would have been avoided. It’s like leaving the door to the comic book world open all over again.

And yes, cause unnecessary harm to Crocker, why not. Not to mention all the innocent patrons at the theme park…

Also why has no one mentioned Dimmsdale had a theme park before now?

All in all, not a good episode. I was looking forward to the return of the Fair Bears, and it felt like they weren’t even in half of the episode. The rest was another boring camping storyline, which these two seem to do a lot of huh?

Paired with Fancy Schmancy, as the production order says, I think the whole 30 min episode is completely weak and not great. This one was bad, the other was filler, so together they are just not meshing well at all.

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15) THE COSTUME

“The original Spider-Man costume is one of the all-time greats when it comes to superhero get-ups. Nobody’s arguing that. It’s barely changed since Steve Ditko first drew it back in 1962. Besides some tweaks to the under-arm webbing and the eyes on the mask, and besides a glowing spider on the chest here or a brief flirtation with a different color scheme there, nobody’s looking to go all “Project Runway” on it. It’s perfect. It doesn’t need to be redone. Which is also one of Peter’s weaknesses.”

Peter’s weaknesses include guilt, trying to do too much and a certain wholesome naiveté. Not changing his costume isn’t a weakness.

“Is it not getting a little dull to be still clad in the same costume after nearly half a century?”

Couldn’t we say the same thing about Miles’ costume if he was in it for half a century too?

And couldn’t we say the same thing of virtually ALL superheros? Apart from tweaks how significantly different is Superman or Batman’s costumes from when they began? Not much, they are variants on the same look.

When a costume is a great design and utterly iconic it doesn’t need to change.

But you know let’s pretend for a moment the statement was right and it is a ‘weakness’ that Spider-Mans costume hasn’t changed much in 50 years...what the fuck does the author think that black and white suit he wore on and off from 1984-1988 and then again in 2007 was?

What the fuck does the author think all of the variant costumes Slott has placed on Spider-Man to sell more action figures are?

If we want to expand our definition to include characters who are in some way shape or form like Peter Parker in the 616 universe and have occupied the space of being the main character of the main Spider-Man comic book title what the fuck does the author think Ben Reilly and Superior Spider-Man’s costumes were if not obviously different?

“Miles’s uniform, by contrast, is a modern marvel (pardon the pun.)”

If by modern Marvel you mean stale and generic because like half of Batman’s friends wear red and black and black being ‘kewl and slick’ is utterly cliché then sure it’s a modern marvel.

And it’s so unique compared to Spider-Man’s 1980s black costume (you know back when making a black and dark costume for a superhero wasn’t a cliché at all) because unlike that mostly black costume with some minimalist design elements Miles costume is mostly black with some minimalist design elements that are RED!

“More than a simple palette swap of the original, it inverts the color scheme while adding some more contemporary design elements, the red piping redolent of sportswear or stylish sneakers, the darker aesthetic suiting his stealthier approach. It works way better on a t-shirt, too, if that can be admitted as evidence in the case.”

If he can turn invisible why does he even need a costume that’s literally darker? And how does that even help him much if he fights someone out in the daylight? The costume would under those conditions be no more stealthier than Peter’s which already seems to work fine for stealth anyways.

Also his costume doesn’t ‘invert the colours’. If it did there would be some blue in the costume.

14) A MORE COMPELLING ORIGIN

“As with the costume, one of the most iconic things about Spider-Man lies way back at his inception: that origin story. “With great power comes great responsibility” is a phrase which has entered mainstream usage. The story of how an initially arrogant and self-serving Peter Parker dedicates himself to fighting crime after his lack of intervention leads directly to the murder of his Uncle Ben is nigh Shakespearean in how well-known it is. And that’s just the problem.”

First of all surely having a compelling origin and motivation shouldn’t be the second to last thing on a list making any character good.

Second of all having a Shakespearan origin story and motivation for a superhero can never be a bad thing if they aren’t otherwise a gag character.

“Similar to Batman’s patricide-fueled motivation, it seems like Peter should probably have found some closure at this point.”

Jesus....so much to unpack here.

First of all...Batman’s motivation hasn’t got anything to do with patricide. I mean...Jesus Christ that should be obvious to anyone who

a) Knows what patricide means and

b) Has event eh smallest idea about Batman’s origin which is pop cultural osmosis by this point

Batman is motivated by the death of his father AND mother so it cannot be specified to any single gender like male/father. More importantly Batman didn’t HIMSELF kill his father or his mother. Patricide is when someone kills their father. Read a dictionary.

But back to Spider-Man...what?

Peter Parker should have found some closure on the fact that his actions widowed his mother and killed his Dad who was the nicest guy in the world?

This is typical arm chair psychology spoken by someone who hasn’t got the first clue. People don’t just find closure after enough time passes. They have to work towards it but even then that is dependant if they could ever obtain closure.

If YOU basically killed your own parent when you were a kid YOU aren’t ever going to get over it either. It doesn’t matter how old you get you will always carry that pain and guilt inside you. You can live with it, thrive and be happy but it will always be there. And it being there is a constant source of drama, drive and sympathy for the character which if you know anything about good writing (which the author obviously does not) are GOOD things for your story.

Not to mention the author is being both hypocritical and misinterpreting the characters in question.

Peter isn’t MOTIVATED by guilt, he feels guilty because he realizes it was his responsibility to use his powers to stop the burglar who went on to kill his uncle. His motivation is his sense of responsibility which the author is criticizing the character for...not getting over.

This is idiotic because one shouldn’t get over that. It’s an important life lesson Peter took to heart and carried with him defining his life in a positive way by helping people. It’s a universal human moral message that helps Spider-Man relate to and inspire countless people across the world.

But more importantly the author is saying Peter Parker should by now find closure on killing his Dad but Miles is better because...he hasn’t found closure on his motivation. His motivation stemming from basically

a) Not trying to help Peter Parker when he was being killed and

b) Trying to live up to Peter’s legacy

Not only is it hypocritical for said author to basically put Peter down in favour of Miles when in their view Miles hasn’t got closure on his own motives but Miles SHOULD have closure on those motives already!

Miles has WAY less just cause to hold himself responsible for Peter Parker’s death. He had no training or experience as a superhero, let alone compared to Peter, and he had no way of knowing if his intervention could’ve done anything to help avert Ultimate Peter Parker’s death. In contrast Peter 100% KNOWS if he’d not been an asshole Uncle Ben would not have been murdered.

Between Ganke, Miles’ Dad, Nick Fury, Ultimate Jessica Drew, Mary Jane, Aunt May, Gwen Stacy and just about everyone else who personally knew Peter and has detailed knowledge of what happened the night he died Miles absolutely shouldn’t feel guilty about it.

Even his argument that he didn’t try to use his powers when he first got them so he could have been better trained and able to intervene and do something to avert Peter’s death is incredibly flimsy and doesn’t hold up to scrutiny because of how incredibly hypothetical it was. Miles’ third issue even acknowledges that by having Ganke tell Miles that things could’ve gone exactly the same or worse. The comic arguably implies in that issue that he even believes that when Ganke follows that up by saying maybe Miles was meant to have his powers in order to replace Peter.

So basically Miles feels kind of guilty but for way less compelling reasons which actually lend less gravitas and tragedy to his character because there really is no clear cut proof he could’ve prevented someone from dying at all. But there is with Peter’s Twilight Zone/Aesop’s Fable style origin.

Even if you don’t think that Miles would have any closure over Peter’s death by this point er...hello PETER PARKER CAME BACK!

There was literally an entire arc detailing Peter Parker coming back to life.

And along with the 616 Peter Parker, Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane and other characters they all gave Miles their blessing and stamp of approval as Spider-Man.

So...literally everything from his origin was resolved.

He doesn’t live in Peter’s shadow. He doesn’t have to worry about filling his shoes. He doesn’t have to feel guilty anymore.

So the author’s statements about closure are bullshit.

Especially from a writing point of view. Why would you want there to be closure on something like that unless it is THE last ever story about the character? I mean what is the point of Miles’ origin to his character now anyway beyond granting him powers and getting the ball rolling on his being a superhero?

“There’s also not a great deal of complexity within that motivation, is there? Compare that to Miles, whose powers are the result of a spider stolen by his criminal uncle, who his more straight-laced father has all but disowned. ”

This is confusing complexity of character with complexity of plot.

Miles origin has more moving parts to it sure.

But at best this doesn’t make his origin inherently better, just different.

At worst his origin really isn’t AS compelling or as complex or elegant as Peter’s.

Peter’s origin is a universal human story for the ages. It’s simple yet packed with emotion, universal human morality messages and is slef-contained. There is a reason it’s regarded as one of the best Spider-Man stories of all time beyond merely kicking off the character.

You can explain Peter’s story in a few sentences and hit the emotional and moral idea of the character just like that.

It renders him as beautifully human yet at the same time a larger than life mythic figure.

His story renders a character who is inherently more realistic than Miles because he seeks to capitalize upon his powers selfishly like most people if we’re being honest would. This was utterly revolutionary for a superhero at the time and is even today still not exactly standard.

Its a story which presents us with a kid who’s got a life which sucks, who isn’t a million miles away from becoming a villain or nasty piece of work, who indulges in his gifts selfishly before paying a terrible price and learning an invaluable lesson and changing his ways, dedicating himself to loftier altruistic goals.

Miles?

Miles starts off as a nice kid, who early on uses his powers in an altruistic way when he tries to rescue someone from a burning building, something MOST people wouldn’t attempt to do, let alone a kid who’s only just hit puberty. Then he’s freaked out and hides his powers because he thinks his Dad would reject him otherwise and this all happened because of his criminal uncle whom his Dad doesn’t like.

It’s not that it doesn’t make sense or that there isn’t a lot of moving parts but absolutely none of that makes Miles half as rich or complex as a character as Peter’s origin.

Peter’s origin showcases him as simultaneously a nice kid who loves his family and has things nice there, but like many people is ostracized and outsider mocked by his school peers and feeling resentful. Then he becomes an asshole albeit one you don’t entirely dislike because he’s been mistreated by the previously mentioned peers. Finally life reprimands him for his selfish irresponsible actions, he has an immense burden of guilt and learns a powerful life lesson.

On a metatextual level this is even more brilliant because it’s Stan Lee writing a character who’s the same age as the target demographic of most superhero comics, having him act the way MOST of them would realistically and then making the whole story a hard lesson about how they really should strive to be more like the most famous superhero ever Superman. Because that’s what Great power=great responsibility is. It’s basically ‘be a superhero for the same reasons Superman is one’. Peter Parker just had to learn it the hard way through a huge personal loss.

When an origin story is simultaneously, simple, succinct, elegant, relatively realistic, self-contained yet also powerful, has a universal human message, and generates a character with a lot of complexity and a lot of potential for future stories how the hell is it bad?

How the Hell is it not brilliant?

How the Hell can it actually be worse in any way than Miles’ origin which creates a character with complexities but not nearly as many nor as compelling. See above what I said about how Miles’ feelings of guilt aren’t half as potent as Peter Parker’s. See above about what I said about Miles using his powers heroically without needing a lesson instructing him to do so just because he’s just that heroic of a guy I guess.

There are flaws to him for sure, but not nearly as noticeable or as difficult to address as Peter Parker’s.

You could even argue Miles’ origin doesn’t even really teach him the lesson about great power and great responsibility, or at least not nearly as well as it does in Peter’s story.

And really why the Hell should Miles’ origin get praised above Peter’s when it is the origin of yet another teenager who’s really smart who gets accidentally bitten by another super science spider which then also gives him spider powers which he also chooses not to use altruistically and consequently somebody else who’s revered as another highly moralistic person tragically dies and the protagonist of this story also feels guilty about that death and decides to dress up in another webbed spandex costume to also fight crime?

I’m not saying it’s a beat for beat rip off of Peter’s origin but it is extremely derivative nevertheless, which grossly undermines any praise you could heap onto Miles’ origin creatively speaking. At least compared to the character he’s being copied from to a large extent.

“His early adventures as Spider-Man lead to the death of his actual mother, cementing his ambiguity about becoming a full-time vigilante.”

Yeah and Peter’s FIRST adventure lead to the death of his father. His most iconic story which ended the Silver Age resulted in the death of his first love which is something other stories and writers (like Bendis with the references story) replicated thereby turning into a mostly bad, cliché and to many people sexist trope.

And what the fuck is ‘cementing his ambiguity about becoming a full-time vigilante’ even mean?

He still acted as a vigilante AFTER his mother died and his mother isn’t even dead anymore, he might not even remember her being dead rendering the above point of praise entirely redundant if it ever made sense to begin with.

“It’s a far richer base which has begat far richer stories.”

HOW is it richer?

Because he’s got tension with his uncle and his Dad?

Maybe that’s true.

But that again is not really looking at the characters who are the subjects of said origins in the first place. Peter walked out of his origin story an intrinsically richer and more complex character than Miles did. Miles just had a better road map on where to go next.

But here is the thing if you bother to look beyond their origins...Peter’s stories are egregiously richer. Jameson, Flash Thompson and all those iconic villains gifted Peter early on with decent enough characters to be used in more stories.

If we are talking about casting our net farther though the idea that Miles’ origin has led to stories that are ‘far richer’ than:

The Master Planner Trilogy

Spider-Man No More

The Drug Trilogy

The Death of Gwen Stacy

The 1970s Clone Saga

Amazing Spider-Man #200

The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man

Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut

The Hobgoblin Saga

Mary Jane’s origin

The Harry Osborn Saga

Parallel Lives

Kraven’s Last Hunt

The Conversation

And so many more I could list is...words fail me.

There is no way I could articulate the raw ignorance inherent in that statement.

Many times articles like this talk a lot about how great Miles’ stories are, or yeah say things like they are better than Peter’s.

Here is a challenge for anyone reading this.

Name some?

Name some Miles stories which are better or if you like ‘richer’ than the best Peter Parker stories have to offer and then explain to me exactly why when one compares and contrasts them they are somehow better?

I’ll be waiting over here.

Moving on I notice that the author mentions how compelling and richer Miles’ origin is than Peter’s by citing his father and his Uncle. Really that’s just a compelling situation not a compelling character and even putting that aside it’s not recognizing that Ultimate Peter Parker’s origin invented plenty of characters and subplots to lay the foundation of future series too.

Sure that might not be admissible as evidence in this argument because it isn’t 616 Spider-Man, but shit the previous point was citing how kewl Miles costume looked on sportswear.

Also whilst 616 Peter’s origin maybe didn’t invent anything that at face value lent itself for future stories context is important, the character wasn’t a surething for an ongoing series so being self-contained made more sense and frankly a superhero’s origin SHOULD be self contained.

It should a distillation of their essence and the essence of the series, something that is perennial and relevant to the character(s) going forward at every step of their story.

You can’t say that of Miles.

Miles’ origin has been severely undermined and invalidated by virtue of Peter’s resurrection, by his stamp of approval as Spider-Man from people to whom it matters and now by being shunted into another universe where the events of his origin never even happened.

#miles morales #spider-man #Peter Parker #CBR #Comic Book Resources #Batman #Bruce Wayne #Superior Spider-Man #Ben Reilly #Spider-Ben #Scarlet Spider #Ultimate Spider-Man

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