#raymond bean

[igottalottabugsinmysoup]

okay but what exactly prompted "Raymond Bean - Racist?" to be written on the crisis meeting board. What did he Do??

[marshmellowtea]

raymond's expression after chris yells at him btw. if anyone was wondering

[cornley-amateur-drama-society]

It would be so fucking funny if one day shields came forward and was like, “Yeah, so anyways, the Bean family get on super well and Celia and Raymond love Chris and support him so much in his acting endeavours, and they watch Peep Show reruns together on the weekend.”

[jtspaderstills]

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[czech-hunter-reject]

One of these days I'll make a proper post about how this show, Alan Ball's Here and Now, was one of the greatest shows that never really were, how brilliantly genre defying it proved to be, and how ahead of its time it was. The fact that barely anyone even ever gave it a chance is still such a major bummer, even six years after it was cancelled. And now it's even fallen victim to that asshole David Zaslav's delete-it-from-existence tax breaks. Ugh.

[homokommari]

can i request one of the animal crossing cats? :]

raymond is the only cat on my mostly dogs island

[xxacnh-crafty-punkxx]

Toe Bean Appreciation Post

[author-mandi-bean]

On Writing a Short Story with Anton Chekhov

Raymond Carver said that Anton Chekhov was the "greatest short story writer who ever lived." Why? What can writers learn from Chekhov? I try to answer that question in this week's post -- check it out!

Anton Chekhov Two summers back, I read Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose and despite the overall tone of the writing, I found it useful in my writing — and reading — life. The book reinforced the importance of editing and came with a reading list, which I’ve been slowly but surely making my way through. To that end, I finally finished a collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov. Prose…

[yappacadaver]

and it's like despite all the awful shit he's done and continues to do, like, i get it. he's employed like 24/7/365. he never got to live a life, despite spending a childhood clinging to the hope of having one someday. He knew companionship and love but lost it and can't ever get it back. His circumstances are so anomalous and gruesome that it completely isolates him from pretty much every other human being on the planet. he knows hell is real and he is basically guaranteed to go there if he can't break this demon curse thing.

like it doesn't make the kidnapping and spreading the curse around any better, but i do get it.

[espeon-krossing]

Raymond's pink little toe beans! 💕🐾

[blackramhall]

Death and Other Details | Chapter Three: TROUBLESOME Created by Heidi Cole McAdams and Mike Weiss

Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes. WS, Ha Avatar pic by Mitchell Turek

[munnmolads]

Did Rafayel kill Raymond? Theory and Analysis

Raymond dies during Chapter 7 after suffering weird symptoms for several months. We know that Rafayel's painting was the reason for the symptoms, but did he really kill Raymond?

Spoilers for the entire game's story as I refer to several parts of the lore relating to Rafayel and Raymond.

Raymond's case is the first mission that our MC gets as a deepspace hunter. I did cover some details of his death in my Rafayel's bounty theory, but I did take more like a stance assuming Rafayel didn't kill Raymond - atleast, if the bounty was related to Raymond. But now I want to explore the entirety for Raymond's case and if Rafayel truly killed him or not, without considering the bounty on his head.

The commission itself takes place in Chapter 2, but Raymond's condition started half a month ago which we can assume happened before the main story actually starts. I'll make summaries of the important stuff relating to Raymond and his death, and then ponder some common questions about all of this.

Summary of what happened during Chapter 2

MC and Zayne arrive to Raymond's house, the founder of Xander Sciences. Zayne to conduct basic health examination and MC to inspect the house for wanderers. Raymond tries to recruit Zayne to Xander Sciences, and boasts about the benefits they have. He finally tries to provoke Zayne to reconsider by mentioning him not being curious how Raymond hasn't died yet.

After Zayne has done his job, a wanderer appears to Raymond's collection room and MC and Zayne defeat it. MC can't shake a suspicious feeling about the painting in the room, and when she resonates with it, she sees a peculiar illusion. She takes the painting back to Hunter's Association HQ for examination and finds out Rafayel has painted the painting.

Aside from what we know from the meeting itself, Thomas gave this description when Raymond bought the painting, and this in-game article "Stendhal syndrome? Mental health issues caused by wanderers? Or a haunted painting??" in more detail about his condition. You can share that article to Rafayel to possibility to ask about his blood, but he dodges the question.

Confronting Rafayel in his home, he tries to slither away from the allegiations that he would be resposible for the wanderer, and then "curiously" tries to infuse a drop of his blood to the coral stone he used for the paintings. This causes a wanderer to show up, and after coercing MC to accept a position as his bodyguard, Rafayel gives the coral stone to MC.

Summary of what happens in Chapter 7 and before it

During Chapter 7 reporter Joe is trying to get a scoop out of Rafayel while stalking him and MC, and once he is caught, he spills the beans and tells Raymond is dead. Joe tells that he was found drowned in his bathtub, rumors saying he had bunch of fish-scale cuts in his skin. Police had searched his home, and found nothing, no traces of other people entering the room. The only thing that was remarkable was that the painting Rafayel had painted had vanished from his collection and because of Raymond's reputation, police is trying to cover the case up quickly.

After Joe had told his piece, Rafayel threatened him to tell his workplace about his stalking behavior and cancelling his exclusive column interview, which could cause Joe losing his job. Rafayel "graciously" then hired Joe to find out about who is trying to cover up Raymond's death.

At this point it has been over 7 months that he has been suffering these symptoms if we consider that Zayne mentions in Chapter 5 it has been 6 months since Grandma died in Chapter 4. The story so far doesn't really confirm or deny that Raymond was in that state all the time, but we can assume he was.

Aftermath from his death

In Bouquet's and Dirges, Rafayel attends to his aunt's, Talia's wedding and tells the news of Raymond being dead. Talia sighs in relief and says at least they can rest for a while. Later Rafayel attends to Raymond's funeral in his home, ignoring the nasty looks from everyone else and bringing a bright bouquet of flowers symbolising "freedom, rebirth and happiness". Talia is also attending the funeral but assumably didn't arrive there with Rafayel and she sings a dirge - not to Raymond, but someone else.

Raymond's mother loses her composure, and starts causing a scene, calling Rafayel a murderer and how it was time for Raymond's rebirth. Rafayel once again ignores the looks from other people and leaves the funeral.

In the end of Zayne's story branch we learn that since of Raymond's death, Xander Sciences gets acquired by Ever because they were the biggest shareholder for his company.

Rafayel's motives to torture and possible to kill Raymond

It's undeniable that Rafayel is behind Raymond's condition from the start - even in Addictive pain, it's stated that Rafayel started experimenting with mixing his blood into pigments back during his professor days. His intention was to get the painting to a renowned collector - it could be that his target was Raymond for a long time until he actually managed to put his plan into fruition.

We know from Micro Universe and Siren's Song that Lemurians have been experimented on for their unique abilities and blood. These experiments have been really painful for Lemurians and possibly have forced them to scatter around away from their home. Rafayel having the responsibility to his people is trying to protect them and secure their home from invaders exploiting them so they can return home.

While it's not directly said who is in the immediate responsibility doing the research since it could be either Gaia Research Center or Xander Sciences, but both of these institutes are funded heavily by Ever. In Final Farewell Abyssal Chaos commission we can see Ever logos plastered on the walls during the puzzles and it's referenced in the commission story itself that the glass cylinder in the sanatorium is remarkably similar to one in Raymond's house. Gaia Research center is mentioned in Micro Universe Chapter 1, where Michael researches LCMECs (Lemurian Cardiac Microvascular Endothelial Cells, mentioned in Chapter 5). While Xander Sciences isn't directly mentioned in relation to the experiments made on Lemurians, but Xander Sciences is founded by Raymond and he has the Lemurian skeleton in his house. It's very possible both institutes work under Ever to do research on Lemurians.

Why Raymond and MC were the only ones who could see the illusion?

Assumably Raymond has made experiments with Lemurian's cells/blood for himself - this could be why his vital signs show improvement and the monitors show his age far younger than he actually is. This is most likely related to Lemurians living for a very long time - MC's note about Talia remarks her being Rafayel's aunt but looking like her age.

It could be that the coral stones work as a hallucinogenic for Lemurians and that feature has transferred to Raymond with him having Lemurian cells in him now. This is probably why he (and partially MC) was so drawn to the painting so strongly.

As for MC, I feel Rafayel never meant her to see the illusion, but understood why she saw it. She saw it because she tried to resonate with it, which Rafayel seems to understand in Chapter 7. With her Evol, she can match her frequency with other people and objects to enchance their abilities. I think her matching the frquency to the coral stone let her see the illusion.

How does the painting work and what happened to it?

I have been thinking about the painting and how it worked. We know that Rafayel used his blood in addition to the painting from Addictive Pain and the coral stone from the main story. We see repeatedly that Rafayel's blood attracts wanderers - first in Chapter 2 in his home when he purposefully cuts his finger to "test the coral stone", and the second time in Chapter 7 when Deluge Wyrmlord attacks MC and Rafayel after a cat scratches him. There is also a phone call "Sense of Security" at affinity level 127 which alludes that Rafayel purposefully summoned low-level wanderers near his home to invite MC over, which could be that he used his blood for that.

Rafayel explains during Chapter 7 that the coral stones when they are ground into a pigment can make strong illusions which created by the artist. The coral stones also have ability to cause metaflux fluctuations, and MC managed to create a protofield by resonating with Rafayel's sample later in Chapter 7.

I think Rafayel's original intent with the painting was to summon a Wanderer in to Raymond's collection room - he could have died to the wanderer in Chapter 2 if it wasn't for MC and Zayne stopping it. The cuts in the skin could have caused the fresh blood to get a contact to the coral stone which would have summoned the wanderer. It could be possible that Zayne did draw a bit of blood from Raymond during the examination, and after Zayne leaving, Raymond probably could have touched the painting with the fresh wound, causing the wanderer to appear. Atleast, that's my only hypothesis for now.

It's good to note that during Chapter 2 MC did send the painting to the Hunter's Association for investigation, but assumably it was returned back to Raymond once they had finished the investigation. During Chapter 7 the journalist Joe mentions the painting vanished from Raymond's collection.

Honestly, I think it's most likely stolen. It could be possible the painting had been destroyed by accident or on purpose before Raymond died, but in addition to my ramblings in the Bounty post. I think the painting could be very important later on the story. It's unlikely that it got destroyed and not leave any traces behind from that.

Possible causes for Raymond's death

We know that Raymond was drowned in his bathtub. It was also rumored that he had cuts in his arms and legs, like his skin looked bunch of fish scales. It sounds a bit too specific to be completely made up, but it could be possible. I'll treat this information as if it was true. (TW: talking about the cuts in more detail)

The cuts on Raymond's skin could be a form of self-harm caused from his madness, and eventually collapsed into the bathtub from the blood loss. It could be that the illusion Rafayel created in the painting eventually made him go insane enough to do it. It also could be that there was a another wanderer in the painting who caused the cuts, but I doubt it.

I was also thinking maybe Raymond was partially turning into a Lemurian because of him getting too much treatment with Lemurian cells. This could be why he was in a battub and had the cuts that looked like fish scales - maybe he was forming actual scales on his skin. Him being a human most likely would mean that his body couldn't take the transformation and he died because of that. This could be also why Ever would have more reason to cover up the death - they couldn't let anyone know that their experiments are going this wrong as well as benefitting his death by acquiring Xander Sciences.

These again sound reasons that excuse that Rafayel didn't kill Raymond - it's because I don't really believe that Rafayel would have gone in person to his home and kill him. In addition that the surveillance in Raymond's home didn't detect anything, but also, Raymond dying could be worse outcome for Rafayel than keeping him alive. That gave Ever free reign over Xander Sciences, and also put all eyes on Rafayel with everyone suspecting he murdered Raymond. Of course it could be that hindsight is 20/20 and it could be he didn't see all that coming. He allures in Bouguets and Dirges that this isn't over yet.

Rafayel definitely isn't innocent in all this and he would be vengeful and resourceful enough to kill Raymond. And seemingly the initial way of luring a wanderer into his home seems more his way of killing someone - indirect and he could claim not being any of part of it. If he meant to kill him. Similarly in Siren's song when he kills Mr. Fallon, he kills him with a song - but who would actually believe people who think he is a siren?

I'm really stumped how he would be able to kill Raymond without being seen/heard at all by the surveillance. Not to mention the painting - why he would take the painting back or get rid of it? Or why he would demand Joe to find out who is trying to cover up Raymond's death? Or why he would wait for 7 months to "finish the job"?

Who would be the murderer if not Rafayel?

I did cover this topic on the bounty post and earlier in this post so I won't be repeating myself too much here. My personal headcanon for now goes to that Raymond died because of he was slowly turning into a lemurian, his body couldn't take it, collapsed into the bathtub from blood loss and eventually drowned.

I also mentioned that the painting was likely stolen and it could be important later on the story. If it was stolen, I am kind of hoping it could have been Sylus and he would have also been behind of killing Raymond as well. I feel that Raymond's death had couple important story catches for Rafayel, so I feel it could be that the painting itself was the creater motive in his death. Though I have to admit that I love juicy drama and I would be so ready to get some popcorn and see some sexy enemy banter between Sylus and Rafayel.

We can't also ignore Ever's involvement. Ever has been the biggest beneficiary from Raymond's death - they acquired his company and getting free reign on it, meaning they have more power over that area than before. The painting is most likely a curioisity as well to them, and they would have a perfect scapegoat for the murder as well. They want the investigation to be over as soon as possible - and have the resources to do so.

All in all, I feel Raymond did pick a wrong Lemurian to make enemies with. While I don't feel like Rafayel was the one doing the killing blow, he definitely wanted to incacipate Raymond for a long time, probably just for the revenge and seeing MC again. It was a win-win situation for him.

[marshmellowtea]

what do you think raymond used to do before he retired and dedicated all his time to financially abusing his son and "writing letters of complaint to the guardian"

[cornley-amateur-drama-society]

*shakes you by the shoulders* HOW DO YOU THINK CHRIS' PARENTS REACTED TO SEEING HIM WEARING THE UNION JACK ON HIS PANTS AND FLOUNCING AROUND WITH A "WEH HEH HEUH" LAUGH IN A UNIFORM AT THE END OF ANNIE'S PLAY FOR THIRTY SECONDS???

HOW LONG WAS IT THAT THE SHOW WAS AIRED THAT CELIA AND RAYMOND WERE ON THE PHONE TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT HOW NOT ONLY DID HE DISGRACE THEM BY DOING THAT, BUT HE DISGRACED THE COUNTRY AS WELL?

HOW MANY TIMES DID THEY USE NESSA'S GETTING KNOCKED OUT AND CARRIED OUT AS ANOTHER PART TO THEIR GUILT TRIPS AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH

[dc-megatournament]

A Master List of fighters in the “Batman vs Everyone” tournament so far

If a character isn't listed here, they haven't been submitted.

List of the Fights Already Posted w/Results (in Alphabetical Order)

Red = Lost fight Against Batman

Green = Won fight Against Batman

Blue = a third option was taken

Adam West Batman =

Alphonse Elric =

Amazing Man/Will Everett = Lost

Ambush Bug/Irwin Schwab = Lost

Amy Rose = Won

Angus MacGyver = Lost

Animal Man/Buddy Baker = Lost

Annabeth Chase =

Ant-Man/Hank Pym = Lost

Aquaman/Arthur Curry = Lost

Arceus =

Arsenal/Roy Harper = Lost

Atom Smasher/Albert Rothstein = Lost

Avatar Aang = Third option; Bruce attempts to adopt Aang

Azrael/Jean Paul Valley = Lost

Aztek/Uno = Lost

Baked Beans = Won

Baldi =

Barbie = Won

Batgirl/Cassandra Cain = Won

Batman Beyond/Terry McGinnis = Lost

Batwing/David Zavimbe = Lost

Batwing/Luke Fox =

Batwoman/Kate Kane = Lost

Beast/Hank McCoy = Lost

Beetlejuice = Lost

Ben Tennyson = Lost

Big Barda/Barda Free = Won

Big Hero 6 = Lost

Bill Cipher =

Black Canary/Dinah Laurel Lance = Lost

Black Cat/Felicia Hardy = Lost

Black Lightning/Jefferson Pierce = Lost

Black Orchid/Susan Linden = Lost

Black Panther/T’Challa = Won

Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff =

Bluebird/Harper Row =

Bluey Heeler =

Blade/Eric Brooks = Lost

Blue Beetle/Jaime Reyes = Lost

Blue Beetle/Ted Kord = Lost

Blue Devil/Dan Cassidy = Lost

Booster Gold/Michael Jon Carter = Lost

Brody Foxx =

Bucky Barnes = Lost

Buffy Summers = Won

Bugs Bunny = Won

Captain America/Sam Wilson = Lost

Captain America/Steve Rogers = Lost

Captain Atom/Nathaniel Adam = Lost

Captain Cold/Leonard Snart = Lost

Captain Jack Sparrow = Lost

Captain Marvel/Billy Batson = Won

Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers = Lost

Cassie Hack = Lost

Catwoman/Selina Kyle = Third Option; They make out instead

Citizen Steel/Nathan Heywood = Lost

Cosmo and Wanda = Won

Crazy Jane =

Cyblade/Dominique Thiebaut = Lost

Cyborg/Victor Stone = Lost

Cyclops =

Danny Phantom =

Darwin/Armando Muñoz = Lost

Dazai Osamu =

Deadman/Boston Brand = Lost

Deku/Izuku Midoriya = Lost, Gains a father through Batman

Detective Chimp/Bobo T. Chimpanzee = Lost

Doctor Doom/Victor Von Doom = Won

Doctor Fate/Kent Nelson = Won

Doctor Fate/Khalid Nassour = Lost

Doctor Fate/Linda Strauss = Lost

Doctor Light/Kimiyo Hoshi = Lost

Dolly Parton =

Donald Duck = Won

Dr. Mid Nite/Charles McNider = Lost

Dracula (Castlevania) = Lost

Duolingo Owl =

Echo/Maya Lopez = Lost

Eda Clawthorne = Lost

Ed Dillinger =

Elektra Natchios = Lost

Element Woman/Emily Sung =

Eliot Spencer =

Ellie (TLoU) =

Elongated Man/Ralph Dibny = Lost

Elon Musk =

Elric of Melninbone =

Elsa = Lost

Elsa Bloodstone =

Emma Frost = Won

Enchantress/June Moone = Lost

Etrigan/Jason Blood = Lost

Eva-02 =

Ezio Auditore =

Finn & Jake = Won

Fire/Beatriz da Costa = Lost

Firestar =

Firestorm/Jason Rusch = Lost

Firestorm/Ronnie Raymond = Lost

Flamebird/Bette Kane =

Gabby Kinney =

Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze = Lost

Ghoulia Yelps =

Godiva/Dorcas Leigh = Lost

Godzilla = Won

Goku = Won

Green Arrow/Connor Hawke = Lost

Green Arrow/Oliver Queen = Lost

Green Goblin/Norman Osborn = Lost

Green Lantern/Guy Gardner = Lost

Green Lantern/Hal Jordan =

Green Lantern/Jessica Cruz = Lost

Green Lantern/John Stewart = Lost

Green Lantern/Kyle Rayner = Won

Green Lantern/Simon Baz = Lost

Grumpy Bear =

Gundam Aerial = Lost

Gwen Tennyson = Lost

Gypsy/Cynthia Reynolds = Lost

Hatsune Miku = Won

Hawkeye/Clint Barton =

Hawkgirl/Kendra Saunders = Lost

Hawkman/Katar Hol/Carter Hall = Lost

Hawkwoman/Shayera Hol/Shiera Hall = Lost

Heather (TDI) = Won

Hellboy = Lost

Hello Kitty = Won

Hua Cheng = Lost

Hulk/Bruce Banner = Lost

Human Torch/Johnny Storm = Lost

Huntress/Helena Bertinelli = Lost

Ice/Tora Olafsdotter =

Iceman/Bobby Drake =

Invincible/Mark Grayson = Lost

Invisible Woman/Sue Storm = Lost

Iron Man/Tony Stark = Lost

Jade/Jennifer-Lynn Hayden = Lost

Jar Jar Binks = Lost

Jean Grey =

Jenny Sparks =

Jenny Wakeman/XJ-9 = Lost

Jerry (Tom & Jerry) = Won

Jesse Quick/Jessie Chambers = Lost

Jessica Jones = Lost

Jim Gordon = Lost

Joel Miller (TLoU) =

John Constantine = Lost

John Egbert =

John Wick = Won

Joker (Persona 2) =

Joker - Persona 5 =

Jubilee/Jubilation Lee =

Katara (ATLA) =

Katana/Tatsu Yamashiro = Lost

Katsuki Bakugou = Lost

Kazuma Kiryu =

Kim Possible = Won

Kirby = Won

Kuchipatchi =

Ladybug/Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Cat Noir/Adrien Agreste = Lost

Lan Wangji =

Legion =

Lieutenant Columbo =

Light Yagami = Lost

Lin Manuel Miranda =

Link (LoZ) =

Lobo = Lost

Luke Cage = Lost

Luke Skywalker = Lost

Madame Mirage/Angela Temple = Lost

Madame Xanadu = Lost

Magik/Illyana Rasputin = Won

Man-Bat/Dr. Robert Kirkland Langstrom = Lost

Manhunter/Kate Spencer = Lost

Mariah Carey = Won

Mario & Luigi = Won

Martian Manhunter/J’onn J’onnz = Lost

Mary Poppins =

Maxima = Lost

Max Tennyson =

May Chang =

Megatron = Lost

Metamorpho/Rex Mason = Lost

Mickey Mouse =

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers = Lost

Mister Miracle/Scott Free = Lost

 Mizu = Lost

Mon-El/Lar Gand = Lost

Monkey D Luffy = Won

Moon Knight/Marc Spector = Lost

Mr Rogers = third option; convinced Bruce to go to therapy

Mr Fantastic/Reed Richards = Lost

Ms Marvel/Kamala Khan = Lost

Mystery Inc (Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, Scooby) = Won

Naruto Uzamaki = Lost

Nightcrawler =

Nightshade/Eve Eden = Lost

Nightwing/Dick Grayson = Won

Nimona = Won

Noo Noo (Vacuum from Teletubbies)

Obsidian/Todd Rice =

Onyx Adams =

Optimus Prime =

Oracle/Barbara Gordon = Won

Orion = Lost

Ozymandias =

Percy Jackson = Won

Phantom Stranger = Lost

Phineas & Ferb = third option; Batman hires P & F

Photon/Monica Rambeau =

Pikachu = Won

Pink Panther = Won

Plastic Man/Patrick "Eel" O'Brian = Lost

Powergirl/Kara Zor L/Karen Starr = Lost

Powerhouse/Naomi McDuffie = Lost

Power Puff Girls = Third Option; Batman recruits the PPG

Puss in Boots =

Queen Hippolyta = Won

Raven = Won

Red Hood/Jason Todd = Won

Red Tornado/Ulthoon = Lost

Regina George = Won

Rick Grimes = Lost

Robin/Damian Wayne = Lost

Robin/Tim Drake = Lost

Rocket Red/Dmitri Pushkin = Lost

Rocket Red/Gavril Ivanovich = Lost

Rogue/Anna Marie LeBeau = Won

Roronoa Zoro =

Ryu (Street Fighter) =

Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino = Won

Saitama = Won

Sally Jackson = Won

Sanderson Sisters (Winifred, Mary, Sarah) = Lost

Sara Pezzini = Lost

Shade, the Changing Man/Rac Shade = Lost

Sharon Carter = Lost

She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters = Lost

Shen Qingqiu = Lost

She-Ra/Adora = Won

Shredder =

Slenderman =

Snoopy & Woodstock = Won

Sogeking/Usopp = Won

Sokka (ATLA) =

Solid Snake =

Sonic the Hedgehog = Won

Spawn/Al Simmons = Lost

Spider-Man/Miles Morales = Lost

Spider-Man/Peter Parker = Won

Spider Woman/Jessica Drew = Lost

Spoiler/Stephanie Brown = Won

Squirrel Girl/ Doreen Green = Won

Stan Pines =

Star Butterfly = Lost

Starfire/Koriand’r = Won

Starman/Mikaal Tomas = Lost

Star Sapphire/Carol Ferris = Lost

Steel/John Henry Irons =

Steven Universe = Third option; Batman attempted to adopt Steven

Steve (Blue Clues) =

Stitch/Experiment 626 = Won

Storm/Ororo Munroe = Won

Strawberry Shortcake = Won

Supergirl/Kara Danvers/Kara Zor-El = Won

Superman/Clark Kent/Kal El = Won

Swamp Thing/Alec Holland =

Taylor Swift =

Terezi Pyrope = Lost

The Atom/Ray Palmer = Lost

The Atom/Ryan Choi = Lost

The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo = Lost

The Crow/Eric Draven = Lost

The Cullens (Carlisle, Esme, Edward, Jasper, Rosalie, Alice, Emmett) = Lost

The Darkness/Jackie Estacado = Lost

The Doctor = Third Option; Bruce becomes The Doctor's companion

The Flash/Jay Garrick = Lost

The Flash/Wally West Lost

The Immortal Snail =

The Pope =

The Punisher/Frank Castle = Lost

The Question/Renee Montoya = Lost

The Signal/Duke Thomas = Won

The Thing/Ben Grimm =

The Warner Siblings = Won

Thor = Lost

Tigress/Artemis Crock = Lost

Tintin =

TMNT = Lost

Tom Cruise =

Toph Beifong = Won

Troia/Donna Troy = Won

Tyson (Percy Jackson) =

Ultraman =

Uncle Iroh = Won

Vampirella = Lost

Velvet Crowe =

Vibe/Cisco Ramon = Lost

Vixen/Mari McCabe = Lost

Voltron =

Walter White = Lost

Wasp/Janet Van Dyne = Lost

Winry Rockbell =

Wei Wuxian =

Wolverine/James “Logan” Howlett = Won

Wolverine/X-23/Laura Kinney = Won

Wonder Woman/Diana Prince = Won

Wonder Woman/Nubia = Won

Word Girl/Becky Botsford = Won

Xie Lian = Lost

Yami Yugi = Lost

Zatanna Zatara =

Zheng Shang-Chi = Lost

Fights That Have Yet to Be Posted (also in Alphabetical Order)

Alfred Pennyworth

All Might

Amadeus Cho

Andros (Power Rangers)

Anomalocaris canadensis

A Random Unicorn

Batman/Jace Fox

Bingo Heeler

Captain Kirk 

Carl (Llamas with Hats)

Cure Flora 

Cybermen

Cybersix

Daleks

Daredevil/Matt Murdock

Darth Vader

Deadpool

Dean Winchester

Drake & Josh

Duck from Princess Tutu

Dynamite Anton

Edward Elric

Ellie Camacho

Emojibots

Emu Otori

Eraserhead

Extra Fine Neon Pink Glitter

Ford Pines

Geo-Force/Brion Markov

Ghost Spider

Giovanni Zatara

Ichigo Kurosaki 

Inuyasha

Joe Hendry

Julio Richter

Kaz Brekker 

Kendrick Lamar

Kisuke Urahara

L (Death Note)

Lady Cassandra (DW)

LEGO BATMAN vs 80s Joker

Lionblaze

Luo Binghe

Maggie Simpson

Martha Wayne (Flashpoint)

Midnighter

Ms Frizzle

Omni-Man

Paw Patrol

Plastique/Bette Sans Souci

Prodigy/David Alleyne

Rob Ford (crack smoking former mayor of Toronto)

Roy Kent

RuPaul

Sabrina Carpenter

Scar (FMA)

Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)

Seshomaru

Splat Black Box Dye

Stargirl/Courtney Whitmore

Suki (ATLA)

The Belchers

The Family of Blood

The Flash/Barry Allen

The Question/Vic Sage

The Ray/Ray Terrill

The Silence

Totally Spies

Tumblr Anon

Twilight Sparkle (alicorn)

Vashta Nerada

Wattpad

Zuko (ATLA)

[m00nchildwrites]

Banquet Ablaze is my favorite Rafayel card so far as far as his story, exploring MC and his connection, and letting us see Rafayel's honest, deep side behind his flippant, silly guy mask.

MC finally felt as supportive of him as I have been hoping she would be, personally.

🐡Spoilers Below 🐡

My absolute favorite part was were MC finally point blank assured him that she accepts him as he is, all sides of him, no matter what.

Where - unlike with the paintings with Raymond where MC seemed to try to cast Rafayel as an innocent bean incapable of intentionally causing harm - MC has now either:

A) gotten to know him and his story of his people enough to know that he is capable if pressed,

B) has grown to feel protective over him and his people and feels that the justice is due,

Or

C) their relationship has grown so much and she loves him enough to not care and still support him anyways, even knowing what he is capable of.

Or maybe all 3 are true. But her line here-

Was absolute perfection.

And I know personally for me in this card was the first time that MC didn't bother me at some point. It was the first time I felt like she was worthy of him.