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sunriserose1023 · 10 months

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Point of Ignition [four]

WARNINGS: Mild sexual (one night stand) situation, sexual tension, flirting, an introduction WORD COUNT: 3095

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You found out rather quickly that being Bucky’s friend meant he had a free pass at touching you. An arm around your shoulders, constant holding of your hand, a grab of your knee to get your attention. Once when you were trying to show him something on your phone, he gathered you into his lap so he could read over your shoulder.

You didn’t mind, if you were telling the truth. You might have been a little touch-starved, growing up the way you did, but it wasn’t a big deal. Even if Natasha pointedly gave you looks that you dutifully ignored every time Bucky laid a hand on or near you.

Natasha and Sam were a full-fledged couple by the second week of classes, and with them fully in the honeymoon phase, you found yourself hanging out with Sam and Bucky all the time. It worked out that all your schedules allowed an hour or so break right at lunchtime, so congregating in the cafeteria became your norm.

“Pidge. What kind of nerd studies at lunch?”

You rolled your eyes before you flicked them up to see Bucky standing before you, with that damn leather jacket on. Your last class had ended a little early, so you’d made to the cafeteria before the rest of your little group.

“The kind that has her first major test next class.”

Bucky solemnly nodded as he set his bag down, throwing one leg over the bench across from you.

“Did you eat yet?” “No, I’ve been studying.”

Bucky nodded, leaving his stuff with you as he left the table. Sam and Natasha showed up then, setting their trays of food down on the table across from you.

“Did you eat?”

You lifted your book as an answer to Natasha, and she sighed.

“You need to eat. I’m sure you had something nutritious for breakfast, like … a chocolate bar?”

You flicked your eyes up at her and she raised an eyebrow.

“Anything at all?” “I have to pass this test.”

You went back to your textbook as Natasha sighed. She went to open her mouth, closing it when Bucky appeared with two trays of food in his hands. He set one tray in front of you and you blinked as you looked over the top of your book. You shook your head as he reached over and took your textbook from you.

“Eat and we’ll quiz you.” “But I—“ “Eat, Pidge.”

You looked down at burger and fries he’d gotten you, picking up the burger and taking a bite, giving a soft moan at the taste.

“Okay, I didn’t realize I was this hungry.” “Exactly. So what are we … Intro to Chem? Oh, fuck.”

You giggled around another bite as Bucky blew out a breath, shaking his head before he started reading, asking you questions along the way.

You stepped out of the doorway of the auditorium, the huge space needed for the massive amount of students in your class. You leaned against the wall and closed your eyes, letting your head fall back as you took in a deep breath, letting it out slowly.

“So that was as bad as I thought? I’m not just extraordinarily stupid?”

You leveled your head to see a guy you’d noticed in class a few times sitting at a small table across from the door you’d just stepped out of. You shook your head, making your way to him.

“It was horrible. Or else we’re both extraordinarily stupid.”

He laughed and shook his head, then held out a hand.

“John Walker.”

You told him your name and shook his hand, sitting in the chair beside him. John shook his head again.

“I felt like I had never even seen some of that stuff before. I swear some questions were from the next chapter we haven’t even started on.” “I think you’re right.”

John sighed, looking at his watch.

“Hey, I was going to go grab a drink from the caf before my next hour of humiliation. Care to join?”

You looked at him, the lightness of his hair, the blue of his eyes, the kindness in his smile. He raised his eyebrows and you nodded, a smile coming over your face.

“Sure.”

John was a pre-med major, an upperclassman who had put off chemistry as long as he could. You couldn’t blame him for that, even if your mindset was to get it out of the way as soon as possible. He was easy to talk to, funny, and very charming, even if the blue of his eyes wasn’t quite the right shade.

Wait.

What?

No.

You shook your head as you pushed open the door to your dorm, rolling your eyes when you saw it was empty. Natasha was always with Sam anyway, so you shouldn’t even be surprised. You set your books down on your bed, reaching under it for the caddy that held all of your shower stuff. You took off your clothes and changed shoes, sliding your bathrobe on, flip flops slapping against the tiled floor as you made your way to the communal showers. You picked one at the end, hanging your bathrobe outside and turning the shower on. You groaned as you stepped under the warm water, squirting shampoo on your palm and lathering up your hair. You turned to grab your soap, gasping when the water suddenly went frigid.

You rinsed the shampoo from your hair, teeth chattering even as you tried to avoid the icy flow from the shower head. You heard a shriek from one of the other showers, rinsing yourself quickly, stepping back just in time to watch the water flow taper off before stopping completely.

“What the hell, man?!”

You shivered as you grabbed your towel, wrapping it around you and glaring at the shower head. You dried off enough to wrap your bathrobe around you, grabbing your things and making your way back down to your dorm. You wrapped your hair in your towel and called Natasha, praying she and Sam weren’t … busy at the moment.

“Hey, Muffin.” “Oh thank God.” “What?” “You’re not out of breath or halfway through a moan.”

Natasha laughed.

“Shut up, you whore.” “Takes one to know one.”

You smiled as she laughed again and you sighed.

“Nat, the water just shut off.” “What do you mean?” “I mean I was in the shower and the water went freakin’ icy, then shut off.” “Surely the college paid the water bill.” “Your guess is as good as mine.” “Oh, wait.”

You stood up, unwrapping your hair and shivering again as you went to your dresser and grabbed some clothes.

“Ooh, Sam heard a water main busted. Also reports of a boiler issue.” “Perfect.”

You blew out a breath, twisting your hair and clipping it to your head before Natasha spoke again.

“Come over here.” “What? No.” “You’re not staying there with no water. You can’t brush your teeth or pee or anything. Sam said it was fine.” “Nat—“ “Hey, it’s Sam. Come stay with us.” “‘Us?’” “Yeah, me and Buck.”

You barked a laugh before you could stop yourself.

“I’m not staying with Bucky.” “Why not? I thought you were friends.”

You narrowed your eyes at the sarcasm of Natasha’s husky voice.

“We are. Not spend the night friends, but friends enough.” “Get your shit together and get your ass over here.” “Nat—“ “Don’t make me come get you. You won’t like it.” “But I—“

Your mouth dropped open when you heard the click of the call ending.

“That little witch.”

You tossed your phone onto your bed and glared at it. After a moment, it buzzed with a text, which you walked over to read.

If the boiler is fucked up, it will mess up the heat and it’s supposed to get cold soon. You’ll be warm and clean over here. Please.

You groaned, walking back to your dresser and pulling out more clothes. You took one of Natasha’s bags just for the hell of it and packed your clothes, then packed your school stuff.

We’re on our way.

It wouldn’t kill me to walk.

Just wait for us, you stubborn ass.

You refused to dignify Natasha with a response, so you just walked downstairs and waited until you saw Sam’s car. He jogged around from the driver’s side and took your bags from you, and you shivered as you followed him to the car.

“Why didn’t you use my hair dryer?” “Hello to you too, Roomie. I’m fine, thanks.”

Natasha rolled her eyes and you shrugged your shoulders.

“I didn’t think about it.” “You can take a warm shower when we get to the apartment. Did you eat yet?”

You shook your head and Natasha grinned at Sam as he buckled his seatbelt. He sighed, shaking his head and smiling as he pulled away from the dorm.

“Where we going?”

You stood at the bottom of some steps, staring up at the building with your arm tangled in Natasha's. The doors were facing the parking lot where you were waiting, three on the bottom and three at the top of some stairs.

Sam had insisted on grabbing your bags, but he also insisted on dropping the two of you off at the building before he parked the car.

“I feel so gross.” “Why?” “I barely got to wash in the shower, and I didn’t get to condition my hair at all. It feels like straw.” “Well, don’t worry. The apartment’s got two bathrooms.” “Seriously?”

Natasha nodded, smiling when she saw Sam.

“That’s my Victoria’s Secret bag, isn’t it?” “Yep.”

She bumped your hip with her own, lifting her chin.

“Second floor, last door on the right. It should be unlocked.” “They just leave their door unlocked?” “Have you seen them? You think somebody would dare to try something?”

You watched as she walked away, abandoning you to go to Sam. You rolled your eyes, starting up the stairs, walking across the second floor balcony until you got to the door.

“Oh, you might want to—“

You opened the door just as Sam’s voice rang out, and you gasped at the sight just inside the door. You quickly shut it, moving to stand beside it, eyes wide and mouth hanging open. Natasha left Sam to hurry to you, a wince on her face.

“Did you—“ “Naked. Just bare naked ass.”

Natasha nodded, wrinkling her nose.

“Sorry. We should have warned you.”

You shook your head as you turned to meet her eyes. Sam stepped up behind her, setting your bags down.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think he’d be home already.”

You looked from Sam to Natasha.

“This happens regularly?”

They both nodded. Sam winced as he spoke.

“When Buck brings a girl home, the couch is where … you know.” “Yes I do, since I just witnessed it with my poor little eyes.” “Like they’re so innocent.”

You glared at Nat, the three of you taking a step back when the door opened. A girl stepped through the door, dutifully ignoring all of your eyes, face flushed as she tugged on the hem of her shirt. She quickly made her way down to the stairs, and you shook your head.

“I think I’ll take my chances back at the dorm.”

Natasha grabbed your arm before you could walk away, tugging you into the warm apartment. You looked around the surprisingly clean space, making a face at the couch. Natasha let you go and you walked further inside, going to the kitchen and looking around. It wasn’t huge, but it wasn’t tiny, either. You could hear the shower running and you glanced down the hall, seeing two doors on one side and one door on the other. Sam walked up behind you, motioning to the wall with one door.

“That’s my room. The doors on this side are the bathroom, then Bucky’s room. Laundry’s up by the kitchen. Make yourself at home.”

You nodded as he went back to the living area, and Natasha walked over to you, tugging you to sit at one of the barstools while she sat beside you.

“It’s not so bad, huh?” “It’s nice. A little X-rated, but …”

She chuckled and you smiled at her.

“Our whole dorm could fit in their living room.” “I know. But the dorm’s a requirement the first year.”

You nodded, back straightening when the shower turned off. You leaned closer to Natasha.

“Where am I supposed to sleep? I’m not touching that couch with a ten foot pole.” “I’m sure we could kick Sam out and you and I share his bed tonight.” “Yeah, but what if they don’t get the water fixed in a timely manner?”

Natasha bit her lip and you sighed.

“I can’t kick Sam out of his bed in his own apartment. I’ll just spring for a motel or something.” “Now hang on just a—“

The two of you glanced down the hall as the bathroom door opened, your eyes widening when Bucky stepped out. He had a towel around his waist, no shirt, tattoos shining in the low lighting. A smile came over his face when he met your eyes.

“Pidge, what are you doing here? No one told me we were having company.” “Well, you seemed to be having a bit of company yourself.”

Bucky walked to the fridge, glancing back to give you a wink.

“You jealous, pigeon?” “Absolutely not.”

Bucky chuckled as he pulled a jug of orange juice from the fridge, twisting off the top. Natasha grabbed the top from him, tossing it and hitting him in the forehead.

“Use a glass, you Neanderthal.” “Batty, you wound me.”

Your eyebrows were raised when you looked at her, and her eye roll was a silent “I’ll tell you later.” Bucky walked to a cabinet and got a glass, pouring some juice into it before replacing the jug. He took a long sip, then turned to you, leaning over, tattooed arms resting on the countertop.

“Everything alright?”

You shook your head, motioning to your hair.

“Water issues at the dorm.” “Shit, that was true? I’d heard a main busted and the boiler fucked up.”

You nodded, and Bucky looked at Natasha.

“You two are staying here ‘til they get it fixed, right?”

Natasha nodded as you shook your head. Bucky raised an eyebrow and you spoke up.

“No, just for tonight. I’ll figure something out tomorrow.” “Figure what out?” “Where I can sleep? If you think I’m getting anywhere near that hotbed of filth you call a couch, you’re out of your mind.”

Bucky threw his head back and laughed. Sam stood up from one of the recliners in the living room and joined the rest of you, looping his arms over the back of Natasha’s barstool and resting his chin on her shoulder.

“You and Nat can have my bed and I’ll sleep in a chair.” “I don’t want to kick you out of your bed, Sam.” “So don’t. You can sleep in my bed.”

Three pairs of eyes shot to Bucky as he drained the rest of his juice. He turned to put his glass in the sink then turned back, shrugging when he saw the varying looks of disbelief before him. He met your eyes and you shook your head.

“Your bed is probably worse than the couch. Talk about a petri dish of disgusting—“ “Nobody sleeps in my bed but me, Pidge.”

You raised an eyebrow and he motioned towards the couch.

“You saw it. If I bag a girl, I do it on the couch.” “‘Bag?’ What, like she’s groceries?”

Bucky laughed again.

“You’re so cute, Pidge. I’ll take your stuff to my room and you can get a hot shower.” “But—“

You watched him grab your bags, heard him whistle a tune as he carried them through the second door on the right side of the hall.

“Well.”

Natasha stretched the word out, popping her lips. Sam smiled as he turned and walked down the hall, disappearing through the door across from where Bucky had gone. Natasha slid off her barstool, starting to follow Sam when you darted from behind her, stopping her in her tracks. She didn’t even try to hide her smile as she spoke.

“Will you unclench?”

Your eyes widened and she shook her head.

“No big deal. You’ve got a warm shower waiting and a nice place to sleep. I’m sure they’ll have the boiler or whatever fixed in no time.” “Nat.” “It will be fine. Just don’t … snoop in any drawers or anything.” “Natasha.” “Sweet dreams, muffin. See you in the morning.”

She stepped around you and walked through Sam’s door, closing and locking it behind her.

“I despise you.” “Heard that!”

You groaned and put your head in your hands, then made your way down the hall to Bucky’s room. You opened the door and gasped, slapping a hand over your eyes.

“You know … if you wanted to see me naked, Pidge, all you gotta do is ask.” “I do not want to see you naked.” "Yet here we are, for the second time tonight.” “Forget it. I’ll go sleep in Sam’s car.”

Bucky laughed as you turned away, bumping into the door frame since you still had your hand over your eyes. You hadn’t actually seen Bucky naked. He was stepping into a pair of boxers when you opened the door, so it was just his ass that you had seen.

For the second time tonight.

“I’m decent, Pidge. You can lower your hand.” “I don’t trust you.” “Ouch, pigeon. That hurts.”

You spread your fingers apart, peeking through to see Bucky in his boxers but no shirt, smiling with his tattooed arms crossed over his muscular chest. You lowered your hand and he walked to sit on the bed.

“Right or left?”

You blinked, and your confusion must have been evident on your face, because his smile grew as he spoke again.

“What side of the bed do you sleep on?” “Wait. You’re going to …” “You didn’t think I was going to let you sleep in my bed without me, did you? Like I’d pass up that chance.”

You sighed.

“Sam’s car is looking better and better.”

Bucky chuckled.

“Come on, Pidge. I’ll stay on my side and keep my hands to myself and everything.” “Promise?”

He held out a hand, closing it into a fist with his pinky finger sticking out.

“Pinky swear.”

You couldn’t help but smile, stepping forward and locking your pinky with his.

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mybrainproblems · 7 months

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15x20 "carry on" timing marks

or, as i scribbled at the top of the page "i heard that if you watch 15x20 carry on for a 10th time, it unlocks the secret good supernatural finale * i redid all of the timing mark notes today so these should be more exact than what i had before

i've watched 15x20 nine ten times so you don't have to! (but you should! bc folks should be in the habit of fact checking!)

also bc it rustles my jimmies so bad, i want to reiterate: 15x20 isn't a shorter than average episode! it's 41m48s until the credits and 42m19s in total, which is normal!

timing marks (now with ad break marks!) are below!

00:00 - episode start / then & now 00:43 - start bunker intro montage 03:57 - title card 04:00 - piefest 05:36 - dean gets pied 05:38 - robert singer laughs in the background (evil!) 05:55 - we meet our victims of the week 06:28 - dad gets stabbed from behind by a vamp 06: 59 - mom dies 07:51 - kids get taken 07:58 - our lads meet the police 08:17 - officer tells them the mom's tongue was ripped out 09:19 - the vampmimes! 09:57 - vampmimes gonna attack another family!! 10:25 - ad break (~3min) 10:27 - the lads catch a vampmime 11:12 - oh we're torturing again? (or at least threatening to) 12:31 - salmondean arrive at the barn 14:11 - find kids in the barn 14:21 - vampires look like they're in a police lineup 14:24 - kids escape 14:40 - ad break (~5min + CW promo) 14:55 - vampmime barn fight starts 15:37 - WHO?? 15:46 - jenny super secret boss reveal flashback 16:37 - sam kills her like. immediately. 17:08 - stabby-pokey 18:16 - sam wants to call ambulance, dean says no 18:40 - The Monologue Begins 22:29 - "always keep fighting" LMAO 24:20 - dean finally kicks off 24:44 - ad break (~3min) 24:46 - dean's unlit funeral pyre 25:49 - sam wakes up alone in the bunker 28:36 - picks up dean's other other phone 30:11 - sam turns the lights out on the bunker 30:15 - ad break (~5min + walker promo) 30:24 - dean's burning pyre 30:25 - dean arrives in heaven 30:39 - bobby! 31:58 - "it's the heaven you deserve" 32:18 - "cas helped" 33:51 - start driving montage 37:10 - song cut for old!sam death 37:50 - neoni carry on cover picks up 38:55 - dean arrives on the bridge 39:53 - "hey, sammy" 40:46 - pan out from salmondean on the bridge 41:05 - credits 41:10 - 4th wall break and fckn jump scare 41:48 - "aaaand.... cut!" (again, said by robert singer) 41:50(ish) - ad break (~3min)

many thanks to @chiaroscuroverspn for seeing me post about how i wished i knew where the ad breaks were and checked their DVR recording to look up the timing marks. once i knew roughly where they were it was so easy to see where those ad breaks are bc of the longer cuts to black between shots/scenes. (incidentally, they seem to be right before chapters 4, 5, 7 & 8 on the DVD)

* please note that i didn't add the runtime of the ad breaks to the timing marks since 99% of ppl will be watching it without ads and i didn't have the exact time for how long each ad break ran so i didn't want to throw things off

#i'm a whole new level of freak #finales georg #spn

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longitudinalwaveme · 1 year

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Flash Video Game Concept: Wally West Edition-“Rogue War”

At long last, here is the Wally West game proposal that I promised in the Barry Allen game proposal post!

Important Disclaimer: I am not a video game designer or regular video game player and my knowledge of the mechanics of game play is thus fairly limited. This is more of a plot proposal for a video game than anything else. While I will be selecting bosses and creating hypothetical side missions, there won’t be any detailed descriptions of how the playable characters will work. That being said, should someone with a broader understanding of video game mechanics wish to offer suggestions, I will gladly add their ideas to the proposal.

And now...onto the plot!

The main playable character for the game will be an adult Wally West (the third Flash), though Jay Garrick, Jesse Quick, and Bart Allen will be playable in side and/or bonus missions that are separate from the main game. The game will be set in Keystone City. Linda Park and Hartley Rathaway (the now-reformed Pied Piper) will be major supporting characters; Fred Chyre and Jared Morillo will be Wally’s main support in the KCPD police department. Barry Allen can be either alive or dead, but for the purposes of the game (and because he was the star of the last game), he won’t be active as the Flash here. Jai and Irey West, Wally’s twins, will also be in the game, but they won’t be major players in the story due to how young they are and to how dangerous the current situation is…though that won’t stop them from attempting to slip away from their parents to fight supervillains at least once. There will actually be two sets of antagonists in this game: the Rogues (lead by Captain Cold and consisting of him, Sam Scudder, James Jesse, Heat Wave, and Captain Boomerang, plus the dubiously-trustworthy Top and Golden Glider, who want to lead the group themselves but have no interest in teaming up with Blacksmith in order to do so) and the “New Rogues” (lead by Blacksmith and consisting of her, Axel Walker, Evan McCulloch, Murmur, Girder, and Double Down, plus the Weather Wizard, who’s left Cold’s team). These two teams are responsible for the titular “Rogue War” as they fight over Central City; Wally will have to put a stop to the war before it destroys the city.

The game would open with narration from Wally that explains who he is, his relationship with Linda and his children, and how he became the main Flash. This narration will be full of Wally’s characteristic snark and will lead into a cutscene where Wally is shown watching baseball with Linda (and the twins). He’s bored out of his mind, and as such, he is overjoyed when the game is interrupted by a news report that announces that KCPD headquarters is under attack by the Trickster. The cutscene ends with Wally rushing to the scene…unaware that his daughter is following him. After this, there will be a tutorial/intro level with Axel Walker as the boss. This fight will allow the player to become accustomed to the controls and to Wally’s fighting style; as such, it will be less difficult than subsequent levels (justified in story terms by the fact that Axel is a kid). After the player wears down Axel’s health bar to a certain point, Irey will appear on the scene in an attempt to help her father. Her appearance distracts Wally and allows a crowing Axel to get away…but not before throwing one of his t-bombs into the evidence room at the KCPD. The player, as Wally, will have to use a very high level of super speed and precision in order to rescue Irey and a few police scientists from the explosion.

After this, the story will shift to a cutscene at the Wests’ house, where Wally and Linda are scolding Irey for putting herself in danger (while Jai unhelpfully comments about how his sister is in trouble). Irey runs to her room in tears and Wally follows her. He tells her that he understands that she just wanted to help him, and assures her that he still loves her. While he reiterates the fact that crime fighting can potentially be very dangerous and that she’ll need to wait until she’s a little older before she can become his sidekick, he then cheers her up by telling her a story of a time that he screwed up as Kid Flash. Irey promises that she’ll stay out of trouble from now on, and the two of them hug. After the cutscene ends, the player will be allowed to spend some time investigating the West house and the open-world environment of the twin cities; with the option of speaking with neighbors, flirting with Linda, playing with the twins, stopping petty crimes, carrying people’s groceries, painting fences, and generally doing all of the typical Flash things. The game will not progress until a certain number of goals have been met. This section exists to familiarize the player with the game’s map and to give them more practice in controlling whatever super-speed mechanics that the game will end up utilizing.

The game would then transition to another cutscene. Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Weather Wizard, Heat Wave, the Trickster (James Jesse), Golden Glider, the Top, and Mirror Master (Sam Scudder) are all in one of their dilapidated hideouts. Heat Wave, Cold, Mirror Master, and Boomerang are playing cards; James is watching TV; Lisa and Roscoe are kissing in the corner; Weather Wizard is reading Twain but seems to be on edge. After a bit of introductory chatter, a news broadcast comes over the TV, announcing that the Trickster has escaped from his attack on police headquarters. James, who hasn’t been anywhere near police headquarters for over two months, is initially confused, and then becomes outright livid when he sees footage of Axel causing mayhem at police headquarters. “That’s my bag of tricks that punk’s using!” Cold is more concerned with how Axel managed to get ahold of James’ gear. James is usually pretty good at protecting his equipment; no teenager could have gotten ahold of it without help. Before the conversation can continue further, there’s a knock on the door. Len opens the door to find Blacksmith and her team (importantly, Evan is not with them). She proposes that the Rogues ally themselves with her group, whereupon she will lead them to greater heights than they could ever have imagined. Spotting Axel in the group, James is furious and is the first to reject the offer, followed shortly by Cold, who tells Blacksmith in no uncertain terms that he leads the Rogues and that he’s not interested in working with them. He’s heard about her and is sure she’ll only lead them into trouble they don’t need. A fight immediately (and unsurprisingly) breaks out. The player will be allowed to control Sam Scudder (the first Mirror Master) during the ensuing fight. The Rogues, who were caught off-guard and without most of their weapons and costumes, are at a severe disadvantage (though Sam and James have a few of their gadgets, Cold has one of his cold guns, and Roscoe obviously has his innate powers). The fight won’t last for too long (primarily due to the fact that Sam’s controls would differ from the Flash’s and we need to have the time controlling him be relatively short); being put to a very decisive end when Weather Wizard switches sides and manages to zap Roscoe into unconsciousness with a lightning bolt. Cold demands to know what Mark is doing; his question is answered when the Weather Wizard goes over to Blacksmith and the two of them kiss. Blacksmith explains that she has promised to help Weather Wizard become a more capable and competent wielder of the weather wand. All that she requested from him in exchange for this power were some of his teammates’ excess technology. Mark somewhat awkwardly attempts to persuade the other Rogues that Blacksmith’s offer is a good one and that the two of them are in love, but none of them are particularly interested in what he has to say. Sam, sensing that they have to escape and regroup, opens up a mirror portal and yells for the other Rogues to go through it. Cold manages to create an ice wall to cover their escape and all of the Rogues (except Weather Wizard) flee into the Mirror Realm, with Captain Boomerang carrying an unconscious Roscoe as though he’s a sack of potatoes. Unfortunately, before they manage to complete the journey to one of their other safehouses, a second Mirror Master appears (the player will still be controlling Sam at this point). At first, Sam assumes that the second Mirror Master is a mirror duplicate of himself, but that notion is put to the lie when the new Mirror Master starts talking. “Howzitgoan?” Sam demands to know who—or what–the newcomer is, at which point he cheerfully introduces himself as Evan McCulloch, a Scottish mercenary/hitman. He explains that he’s been hired by Blacksmith and that he has orders to ensure that Rogues will be neutralized as a threat—“one way o’ the other”. Sam quickly finds and opens up his emergency escape route—the one he uses when threatened by mirror monsters and other inhabitants of the Mirror Realm—and tells the other Rogues to escape while he deals with “this impostor”. Cold hesitates, arguing that there’s strength in numbers and that they don’t really know what Evan’s capable of, but Sam insists that he won’t have any problems defeating the Scotsman. After all, how could Evan possibly be more skilled with the Mirror Technology than the man who invented it? Cold reluctantly concedes the point and gets the rest of the team out of the Mirror Realm. The player will then control Sam for a brief fight with Evan—a fight that will demonstrate Evan’s almost supernatural capabilities within the Mirror Realm. Everything that Sam is able to do in the Barry Allen game, Evan can do better, and Sam is totally unprepared for his opponent to be able to be more dangerous in the Mirror Realm than he is. Neither the player nor Sam will be able to get more than a few hits in, and, after a certain amount of time, the game will automatically transition to a cutscene, where an injured Sam will go flying out of a mirror and land in a heap in front of the other Rogues. He’s followed by Evan, who steals Sam’s remaining mirror gadgets before disappearing back into the Mirror Realm. “Ta!” Sam has a broken arm, a bad concussion (obvious from his slurred speech and poor balance), and a few broken ribs, but, being Sam, the injury he’s most concerned about is a nasty cut across his face. When he gets a proper look at his reflection, he all but goes into hysterics. Scudder’s as vain as a peacock, and he’s horrified by what’s happened to his once-handsome face. Lisa is equally upset about the unconscious Roscoe, and Cold is livid. No one messes with his team. “This means war!”

After this cutscene ends, the game will pick up a few days later. Wally and Linda are at the Jay Garrick Park with the twins and are discussing how weird it is that there’s apparently a new Trickster on the scene when Hartley arrives. After exchanging pleasantries (and getting tackle-hugged by an overly-enthusiastic Jai and Irey), Hartley tells Wally and Linda that he’s done some digging and managed to identify the new Trickster as Axel Walker, a teenaged troublemaker who dropped out of high school a few months ago. He says that, since extensive experience with James has taught him that all of James’ tech is heavily guarded by sneezing powder, yo-yos of doom, weaponized rubber chickens, and exploding whoopie cushions, in addition to a complex security system, he is sure that Axel had help from someone with a lot of power and connections to get ahold of the technology—which in turn suggests that the new Trickster is on the payroll of someone who could potentially be very dangerous indeed. Wally asks Hartley if it’s possible that the Rogues gave Axel the tech, but Hartley tells him that it’s not very likely. The Rogues haven’t recruited anyone since the Golden Glider (six years ago), and James would never let another Rogue use his name and weapons. The conversation is interrupted by several alarms going off, and Wally has to rush off in response.

Wally follows the alarms to Central City’s First National Bank, which Double Down and Girder are attempting to rob. The player will have to fight both of them at once while also protecting civilian hostages and the police from any collateral damage. Girder has super strength and can throw a wide variety of objects at the Flash. His punches cause a lot of damage if they land, and his health bar takes half again as long to deplete when compared to other bosses. Double Down has a greater range with his razor-sharp cards, and he’s more agile than Girder, but he’s much less durable. Once Wally manages to defeat them, he snarks about how they should obviously just give up this whole crime thing, since they’re clearly not very good at it—only for both of them to suddenly disappear through a nearby reflective surface. “Blacksmith sends her regards, sucker!” Needless to say, Wally is perplexed. Girder and Double Down aren’t Rogues, so why would Mirror Master help them to escape? And who’s “Blacksmith”?

The player will next get to control Hartley as he and Linda attempt to uncover evidence as to who Blacksmith is. This section will somewhat resemble the CSI segments from the Barry Allen game. Their search takes them throughout much of Keystone, but the evidence eventually leads them to an upscale penthouse owned by one Amunet Black, an important mover and shaker in the Twin Cities’ financial circles. Hartley comments that, when he was a Rogue, he had heard rumors that the criminal network in Central City was run in part through a prominent corporation; Amunet’s company fits the bill nicely. However, before they can do too much digging in the apartment, Murmur appears and attacks them both. Hartley goes for his flute, but Murmur is close enough to him that he’s able to inject Hartley with a syringe before he can actually use his weapon. Hartley yells for Linda to escape. “Not without you!” “I’m contagious! You have to leave me here! Murmur—it’s his Frenzy Virus!” Linda still doesn’t want to leave, but Hartley insists that he can’t leave the building or he’ll risk infecting the whole city. Linda flees as Murmur pulls out a serrated knife and starts to give chase. Hartley manages to use his flute to freeze Murmur in place and Linda leaves the penthouse. With Murmur’s threat temporarily neutralized, Hartley continues his search for anything that might incriminate Amunet or hint at what her plans for the city might be. His search uncovers a trail of paperwork that leads to a Scottish hitman named Evan McCulloch. Hartley is about to photograph the evidence when the Mirror Master suddenly appears in the penthouse. Hartley naturally assumes that this is Sam, and, while he does go on the defensive, he also believes that he has a surefire way of getting his former colleague to leave without a physical confrontation. He tells “Sam” that he’s been infected with the Frenzy Virus and that Sam should probably leave if he wants to stay alive. “I appreciate the concern, chief, but ye’ve got the wrong man.” Evan’s been immunized to the Frenzy Virus (a precaution on Blacksmith's part). He takes advantage of Hartley’s surprise to destroy Hartley’s camera, incinerates the paper trail with a laser beam, and tells Hartley that the Flash had better stay out of Blacksmith's affairs if he knows what’s good for him. Then he disappears, taking Murmur’s frozen form with him.

Hartley is able to put two and two together and figure out that the Mirror Master with the Scottish accent is probably the Scottish hitman that was hired by Amunet Black, but before he can continue his investigation (he’s already dying—what worse can be done to him?), the effects of the virus begin to kick in (something that would be reflected in the player’s ability to control the character). He sees Wally arrive on the scene just before he slips into unconsciousness.

After a cutscene showing a worried Wally and Linda standing by Hartley’s hospital bed (this happens a day or so later in story terms and Hartley is obviously quite ill), Wally speeds off to find Jay, who tells the younger Flash that, since the Frenzy Virus stems from Murmur’s own mutated blood, he might be able to create an antidote for Hartley’s condition if he can get a sample of that blood. Wally races across the city and eventually finds Murmur in a building that he recognizes as one of the Rogues’ old safehouses—alongside Girder and Double Down, who are thoroughly destroying the place. A fight predictably breaks out, made more complicated by the fact that Murmur is wielding one of Captain Cold’s guns. Murmur isn’t nearly as talented with the gun as Cold himself would be, but it still presents an added complication for Wally as he attempts to defeat the villains and to keep the battle relatively contained. Once the player manages to best the villains, Wally will whisk them away to a room without any reflective surfaces in the hopes that this will stymy any mirror escapes. He also manages to get a sample of Murmur’s blood. He calls the police to have them hopefully arrest the trio of criminals before rushing off to Jay’s lab. Jay manages to create an antidote with it in record time (super speed is helpful for more than just combat!). He immunizes Wally with it and Wally zips to the hospital, where he immunizes everyone in the building and also manages to save Hartley’s life. Hartley even regains consciousness, though he’s clearly in no condition to go back into the field. He tells Wally that there’s a new Mirror Master, a Scottish guy named Evan McCulloch, and that he’s on Blacksmith's payroll. Then he passes out again.

Linda and Wally then return home to their twins (relieving Joan Garrick of baby-sitting duty), only for Wally to get a call from Officer Jared Morillo. “Flash? The metahumans you said you defeated appear to have escaped.” An exhausted Wally apologizes to Linda and the kids for having to rush off again before returning to the place where he left the defeated villains. Sure enough, when he arrives, the only sign of the supervillains is a note that reads “Eyeballs are reflective, too! Better luck next time, Flasher!” Morillo and Chyre are puzzled. Sam Scudder always needed an actual mirror to pull off his stunts. Wally informs them of Evan’s existence but admits that that only muddies the waters further. Evan McCulloch hasn’t had access to Scudder’s technology for that long. How could he possibly be using it to pull off feats that Scudder himself can’t? Having reached an apparent dead end, the trio depart in frustration, with Chyre noting that he’s off to visit his old partner, Julie Jackam, and her son Josh, who’s about two years old.

This would dovetail into the next level, which would take place a few days later in story terms. Wally and Linda would be dropping the twins off at school when a news broadcast would report that the Weather Wizard is whipping up a massive storm downtown. Wally promptly dashes off and engages the Weather Wizard in a fight, only to be repeatedly caught off-guard by the villain’s unusual display of competency in the use of the Weather Wand. The mechanics of the battle would effectively be a more difficult version of those used in the Weather Wizard’s boss fight in the Barry Allen game.

Weather Wizard is full of bravado and is boasting about how Blacksmith has provided him with a way to become even more powerful than he is now. Eventually, he creates a tornado and vanishes from the scene while Wally desperately tries to stop the tornado before anyone gets hurt. Once he puts an end to the threat of the tornado, Wally zips off to find the Weather Wizard and catches up with him just as the Weather Wizard rips Josh out of Julie’s arms. Wally demands to know what the Weather Wizard is doing, and Mark replies by telling him that Josh is his son. “After all, he has my eyes.” Josh’s eyes are sparking with electricity, and the Weather Wizard explains that the boy is a metahuman with natural weather-controlling powers. He wants that power for himself…and all he has to do is bring the boy to Blacksmith to be opened up. Julie is in an absolute panic and pulls her gun on the Weather Wizard, telling him that Josh is her son and that Weather Wizard can have him over her dead body. The Weather Wizard laughs her off and is about to depart when he gets a good look at his son. “He does have my eyes….my brother’s eyes.” The storm that’s been raging throughout the city dies down, and Weather Wizard actually lands. He seems to be a bit dazed; staring at his son as though he’s seen a ghost. He doesn’t even react when Julie snatches Josh out of his arms. However, when Fred Chyre moves to arrest him, Wally is blinded by a violent flash of light. By the time Wally’s vision clears, Weather Wizard has disappeared. A frustrated Wally decides to pay a visit to Captain Cold in the hopes of figuring out why the Rogues are working alongside Blacksmith.

Wally finds Captain Cold sitting in a bar with the Golden Glider, nursing a beer. The two of them react to his arrival by launching into action and Wally will have to face both of them in a boss fight. The two siblings compliment one another very well and watch one another’s backs closely. Golden Glider has aerial attacks; slicing and kicking the Flash from above. She also has a lot of weaponized tops and her own weaponized gems that she can use; Captain Cold can lay down traps and slow the Flash’s speed to a comparative crawl. However, Wally eventually manages to defeat them and demands to know why the Rogues are working with Blacksmith. Captain Cold replies by telling Wally that he isn’t in league with Blacksmith and explains that Weather Wizard betrayed the Rogues when he sided with her. He tells Wally that the Rogues are going to defeat Blacksmith personally. “No one steals my turf and hurts my people!” He tells Wally that he should stay out of his way—and to underscore this point, he manages to distract the Flash long enough to freeze him in place and flee with the Golden Glider. Wally escapes the ice and decides that he needs to go home and regroup before he can continue his campaign against the two opposing groups of Rogues. He’s really run himself ragged today!

The scene would then shift to the original Rogues, who are hiding out in the back of Paul Gambi’s tailor shop and generally bemoaning their bad luck. Although the Top has regained consciousness, neither he nor Sam are back to full health, and Sam is in a bit of a sulk over the blows to his pride he received from Evan. Most of their hideouts have been systematically destroyed by Blacksmith’s gang, and they’re running very low on both money and technology. But Captain Cold is determined to come up with some plan to take everything he’s lost to Blacksmith back…with interest. The other Rogues, particularly Sam, are rather skeptical that there’s any way they can regain their old power…at least until James hits upon the idea of calling in the Rainbow Raider to induce some fracturing into the other group. This meets with approval from the rest of the group, and James promptly calls up the Rainbow Raider to request that he help them out. The Rainbow Raider is overjoyed by the prospect of finally being respected in the underworld and eagerly agrees.

The player would then control Linda for more detective work as she returns to Amunet’s apartment in the hopes of finding more evidence to tie the businesswoman to the recent chaos in the city. She finds rather more than she bargains for when she accidentally stumbles upon a meeting of the whole gang sans Girder and Murmur (all in civilian clothes as to reduce suspicion). Murmur is off doing his own thing; the exact details of which will be revealed in a side mission. The player will have to ensure that Linda doesn’t give herself away during this sequence. She manages to stay hidden as she listens to Blacksmith haranguing the Weather Wizard for not having brought his son to her. Weather Wizard protests; arguing that she’s taught him to be powerful enough already. They don’t need Josh! Blacksmith vehemently disagrees. She calls Weather Wizard a moron for ignoring his chance at obtaining innate powers; Weather Wizard responds by questioning Blacksmith’s love for him. He was under the impression that she wanted him to become powerful to improve himself…but now it’s starting to sound as though she’s more interested in him being her weapon. Blacksmith dismisses his claims by telling him to shut up and then orders Evan McCulloch to find Josh and bring him to her—but Evan refuses. “You didnae say anything about hurting a woman and her wean when ye hired me!” Blacksmith is decidedly displeased by her hired gun’s sudden and inconvenient display of a conscience and reminds him of his million-dollar paycheck. Evan stands his ground and refuses again. “What sort of hitman are you?” Evan laughs and disappears into the Mirror Realm. “Call me when ye have a real job for me.”

As Linda carefully undercovers documentation in the shadows, Double Down furiously demands to know why Evan’s paycheck is so much bigger than his, which prompts Axel to demand why he isn’t getting paid at all. As the argument increases in volume and eventually escalates into physical violence, Linda finishes gathering up the necessary evidence and prepares herself for departure…only to run directly into Rainbow Raider, who has been using his emotional-manipulation powers in order to create tensions between the members of Blacksmith’s group since before Linda even arrived. The two of them glare at each other but decide to depart without a confrontation in order to avoid being discovered. As soon as they get out of the penthouse, Rainbow Raider zips off on a rainbow and Linda is picked up by Wally. The couple return to their home at Flash-speed and Linda shows Wally all of the evidence she was able to gather while Blacksmith’s group was arguing amongst itself. Wally congratulates his wife enthusiastically for her accomplishments and says that, with any luck, her discoveries will enable him to get Blacksmith off the street before Captain Cold can launch a counter-assault against her. The two of them then enjoy a celebratory dinner with the kids (during which Wally eats as much food as the player can get him to consume in a two-minute time limit).

Unfortunately for Wally, the wheels of justice turn slowly enough that Captain Cold’s Rogues are able to issue a challenge to Blacksmith’s Rogues. Wally doesn’t find out about this until the fight has already begun and the news begins to report on the damage that’s being caused. Desperate to contain the damage, he rushes to the scene and is faced with what will be by far his biggest challenge of the game: fighting both groups of Rogues at once, while also protecting innocent bystanders and keeping collateral damage to a minimum. (Note that the Rainbow Raider is present and fighting alongside Captain Cold’s team; Sam Scudder and the Top are absent since they’re still too injured to fight.) The player’s most important goal is to protect the civilians; defeating the Rogues is a secondary objective. During the course of the fight, Weather Wizard will defect back to the Rogues and put Girder out of the fight entirely by fusing him to a nearby car via a lighting strike. In a brief pause in the action, he apologizes to Captain Cold and receives a fist to the face for his troubles. Cold doesn’t actually knock him unconscious, though—-Weather Wizard is too valuable an ally to lose. A bit later in the battle, Evan McCulloch turns on Blacksmith as well when he sees Captain Cold go out of his way to herd the battle away from a group of civilians that includes several small children. (The player, as Wally, evacuates them all to safety not long after.) He rather handily defeats Double Down and offers his allegiance to Captain Cold, who accepts with a degree of bemusement. Evan’s defection then prompts a similar defection from Axel (who can read the room and wants to be on the winning team). Blacksmith is predictably furious, and, aware that she’s about to lose, uses her metal-controlling ability in an attempt to collapse a building on everyone. Wally has to use his speed to evacuate anyone in the two blocks surrounding the building before the building can collapse (cue hyper-speed Flash time). Blacksmith makes one last attempt on an exhausted Wally, but she’s stopped by the civilians whom Wally rescued, who gang up on her and manage to knock her unconscious. Thoroughly exhausted from their war and not particularly willing to fight an army of furious civilians, Captain Cold has Evan transport all of the Rogues away from the scene. Blacksmith, Double Down, Girder, and Murmur are left behind and are taken into police custody.

Wally rebuilds the neighborhood that was destroyed during the fighting and promises that he’ll bring in the rest of the Rogues the second they show their faces again. He gets ice cream for all of the children in the area before returning home to Linda, the twins, and Hartley (who’s just been released from the hospital) for a relaxing baseball game and a well-deserved nap.

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Love letter recap from our PERSPECTIVE event!

CreativeMornings/Milwaukee hosted PERSPECTIVE at Relics Rentals on March 15th featuring speaker Sam Smith.

Illustration by Aly Miller @aly_illustrations

Hello friends! Wow, are you still buzzing from March's event?! Us too. For those who weren't able to make it, or for those who did and want to taste at least the dust of the lingering magic—this newsletter is for you.

On March 15th, over 140 of us gathered in Walker's Point at Relics Rentals. If our Spotify playlist didn't prime you for the month's theme, then the venue surely did. Walking into Relics Rentals felt like the intro song to this late-90's family television classic. It's a warehouse you drive aimlessly by; but once inside, you have an entirely new perspective. You're swept away by its jewels. RR, not to speak for the CM community, but we can't wait to rent the heck out of your relics for all of life's occasions. Thank you to the fabulous woman in charge, Jan, who took to the stage, for not only gifting Milwaukee the choice of a low carbon footprint furniture/tableware resource but also for inviting us in-kind into your lovely space. And thank you to the talented RR team for staging the venue with such generous care and ingenuity.

Speaking of genius, Ryan Castelaz (eventually 😉) graced us with his presence and much desired Discourse coffee. (What, are you busy or something, bro? In fact, he is.) Just this month, Discourse launched their newest locale at Radio Milwaukee and announced their upcoming pastry shop + cocktail bar [Agency] at the historic Dubbel Dutch Hotel. See you there! (Love u always, Ryan.)

We also nibbled on anonymously donated Sciortino baked goods from a beloved Anonymous Donor (we insisted on outing him, and we insist you reach out to him if you need design or marketing advice, mentorship, or a unique ceramic item). We also highlighted CreativeMornings/MKE Instagram QUEEN, Hannah Rae Birkholz. Hannah hath entered the freelance sphere in conjunction with her employment at a local marketing agency. Every single CM MKE team member agrees that we trust Hannah with not just the IG handle but with our lives. If you know what's good for your business you will slide into either her email or the CM Instagram DMs which, we repeat: she runs independently and expertly. [*Shakes jar of March magic*] And lastly, in addition to of course the Main Event + 30 Second Pitches singularly featured below, the last sprinkle of excitement was our announcement to LINKEDIN! Yes, the sexiest social app out there. It is our goal for all of Milwaukee's creatives to reap the very real benefits that LinkedIn has to offer.

Special programming to come. Invite your colleagues, clients, and local loved ones!

You're invited: CreativeMornings/MKE on LinkedIn

—Sam Smith—

“With time, I started to not be able to ignore the whispers of these passions and the therapeutic feeling I was getting from them. It's not a bad thing to have multiple interests and to allow everybody who knows you to be aware of [them]. It's not something to hide. In fact, I found it was something to embrace.”

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Video by the incredible Jesse & Natalie from Create & Capture.

Sam Smith [she/her] is managing partner and executive creative director at a full-service design agency and production company, Shine United; a seasoned writer with over 15 years of experience in the advertising industry; and—oh, that was AI talking. Ahem. Yes, Sam is all those things but she's also... a concerned and involved community member, a wife to her best friend, a mother of two youngins, a budding gardener, an out-of-the-box DIYer, and a responsible content creator.

In Sam's talk, Own Your Perspective, she teaches us not only how to stand in our voice, but of all the powers that get unlocked when we do so.

Her insightful parting gift was the following homework assignments:

Sam, we laughed, we cried, we jotted down copious notes—all of which will stay with us for at least as long as a Relics Rentals disco ball's shelf life. Thank you for sharing the tenacious work you've embarked on to know, embrace, deepen, widen, and own your perspective. In doing so, you've inspired us to do the same. Because when we do, we all shine brighter.

Instagram: @OneSmithStory Website: One Smith (onesmithstory.com) Link to video: Sam Smith: Own Your Perspective (youtube.com)

CreativeMornings is about shining the light on our communities. And one way to do this is via 30 Second Pitches. This is where we invite a few people from our community to come up to the stage and share a pitch with our audience. It could be that they are looking to hire, need collaborators, have an upcoming event they’d like to promote, or who knows? Maybe even looking for a date! Our 30 Second Pitch Nomination Form is always open!

Brothers Ricky and WilliamHeidvogel created a holistic, functional, and beautiful approach to the landscape industry—something green thumbers know has been missing in the market. Their company, Earthside Food Forests + Nursery, offers on-site consultations, semi, and fully custom services.

If you're interested in bringing native or regionally adaptive plants to your garden, growing market or culinary plants, or have general inquiries about landscape design, Earthside Food Forests + Nursery is there for you!

Laura Couture is an engaged community member in Fox Point, an incredible mother of two, and a photographer whose images will stop you in your tracks. (We all felt that with this adorable photo!) Laura is now expanding her portfolio to include interior shots! As she said, "you cannot fully describe a human without describing their environment."

To inquire about a shoot with Laura, reach out to her on Instagram @lauracouture.photography

For The Time Being is about an accidentally pregnant present-day mascot maker making radio contact with a lonely newlywed in 1958.The women connect across time through an old radio and exchange stories, brought to life through lush reenactments. It's like Ex Fabula in film form, but stylistically is Persona meets Being John Malkovich with a little bit of The Tree of Life sprinkled in.

Contact Kara if you are interested in supporting their mission! They're specifically seeking the following:

Executive Producer Graphic Designer Meal Train for Crew 1950’s Wares & Vehicles Raising Awareness Community Engagement

Abi Gilman spread the love about her business, The Little Village Play Cafe. Fostering an environment of acceptance, compassion, and warmth, TLVPC is a one-stop shop for families with children 0-6 years old. Whether you’re looking for a delicious latte, a place to engage with other parents, educational opportunities, a party rental, the perfect gift, or a place to let children's imaginations run wild —The Little Village Play Cafe has it all under one roof! (And the cherry on top? The interior was designed by our keynote speaker, Sam!)

Event day photos by Holly Schisler. Lots more love captured in our Flickr gallery.

Big thanks to our local partners:

FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH

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codys-designresearchii · 11 months

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10 New Zealand Artist's!

Fiona Pardington

Fiona Pardington is a NZ Maori Photographer best known for her dark and experimental Still Life series

Anne Shelton

Fiona Pardington is another NZ artist, also known for her still life series, this time with an emphasis on simplicity and color.

Pheobe Morris

Pheobe Morris is an NZ Illustrator best known for her work in children's books.

Pete McDonald

Pete McDonald is a New Zealand animator and Illustrator, notably he created the Netflix intro animation.

Sam Stuchbury

Sam Stutchberry is a Marketting director, notable for his show the Egg Plant and his KRoad poster campaign.

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Cruz Erdmann

Cruz Erdmann is a 14-year-old NZ kiwi teenager who won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the year with this image of a squid.

Mark Emirali

Mark Emirali is a New Zealand nature photographer, best known for his landscape imagery.

Karen Walker

Karen Walker is a famous fashion designer who has branched out to the international stage and featured in Vogue.

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the following need to post in the next 48 hours or message the main for an extension:

@ofkiara (two)

@firewvlk (two)

@roarunderpxpercuts (Bob Belcher)

@fidclium (Icarus)

the following need to post an intro in the next week:

@virtuousouls (Niamh O'Farrell + catch up)

@totouchthcstars (Parker, Nora West-Allen, Anubis, Darling Charming)

@allxthingsxglxtter (Xiao, Laurent le Livre, + catch up)

@lcnelylcves (David Kostyk, Booker, Tariq Osman + catch up)

@champagneprblms (Linda Belcher)

@roarunderpxpercuts (Michael Munroe)

@hxlcycnx (Saoirse O'Farrell)

the following need to post in the next week or message the main for an extension:

@virtuousouls (the rest of her list)

@rosewaterdrunk Two on Allura Vysoren, Artemis, Beauregard Lionett, Leia Organa, and Malia Tate. One on Asta Runefist, Cora Hale, Ellie, Emma Swan, Fauna Nylund, Flora, Genevieve Duke, Ginny Weasley, Gwen Stacy, Hope Van Dyne, Iris West, Jean Gunnhildr, Kate Bishop, Katy Chen, Mako Mori, Mel Merdarda, Misaki, Penelope Crawford, Rayla Dragonguard, Sarah Wilson, Sersi, Violet, and Zelda

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@hxlcycnx Two on Lachesis, Lia Beaufort, and Yvaine. One on Cyparissius, Din Djarin, Kima and Quasimodo

@roarunderpxpercuts One on Alphonse Elric and Niklaus Mikaelson

@totouchthcstars Two on: Aang, Abigail Scuito, Alice, Alice Kingsleigh, Anubis, Bill Weasley, Bonnibel Bubblegum, Captain Phoebus, Darling Charming, Dorothy Gale, Edward Elric, Ellen Ripley, Elora Danan, Fenris, Finrod Felagund, Fox Mulder, Gabriel van Helsing, Grover Underwood, Illyana Rasputin, Jack Frost, Jessie Cook, Jester Lavorre, Jim Hawkins, Magnus Bane, Max Ride, Melody, Miles Morales, Neytiri, Parker, Puss in Boots, Primrose Everdeen, Robin Hood, Romeo Montague, Rose Walker, Sisu, Snow White, Stede Bonnet, Sybil Trelawney, Yennefer of Venderberg, Ygritte One on: Allyson Nelson, Arthur Pendragon, Blaine Anderson, Bruno Madrigal, Buffy Summers, Cedric Diggory, Chloe Sullivan, Christine Daae, Clove Kentwell, Effie Trinket, Elena Gilbert, Ezekiel Jones, Gilgamesh, Grogu, Han Solo, Harry Bright, Howl Jenkins Pendragon, Hyacinth Bridgerton, Jack Dawson, Jane Hopper, John Wick, Karli Morgenthau, Lorna Dane, Lorcan Scamander, Lucas, Lucifer Morningstar, Lyra Silvertongue, Maddie Buckley, Mal Bertha, Mora, Master Po Ping, Nora West Allen, Newt Scamander, Neville Longbottom, Phoebe Halliwell, Pippin Took, Quentin Coldwater, Rapunzel, Rey, Rhaeger Targaryen, Ruby Lucas, Sabrina Spellman, Sam Winchester, Sarah Miller, Scott Summers, Sharpay Evans, Sophie, Spock, Tarzan, T'Challa, Tinkerbell, Tom Lucitor, Tris Prior, Tyreese Williams, Usagi Tsukino, Vala Mal Doran, Valkyrie, Willa Lykensen, Winnie the Pooh, Yan Wei

@allxthingsxglxtter Two on Adam Carlson, Alex Mercer, Angrboda, Aurelia Gunner, Billy, Caitlyn Kiramman, Calanthe, Coriane Calore, Dane Whitman, Ember Cobalt, Finn Smythe, Hugo De Rune, Jess Sarasin, Lady, Leo, Lisa Snart, Raya, and Yvette Calahaan. One on Andrew Bancroft, Bryce Claiborne, Caradoc Duke, Derek Hale, Erasmus, Hadie, Khonsu, Laurent Le Livre, Levi Sullivan, Maelstrom Adler, Maeve, Merrin, Neteyam, Odysseus, Sapphire, Shaun Gilmore, Sirius Black, Spider, Telemachus, Veralidaine Sarrasi, Viktor, and Xiao.

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liopleurodean · 1 year

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Season 6, Episode 18: Frontierland

Back to the Wild West

Wow

Snap crackle pop

Dean!

ASDFGHJKL THE INTRO

AND 150 YEARS LATER

Sam?

Whoa, that's dusty

Whaaat

Nice

Oh, fun

Research montage!

Good question, Dean

Most things aren't myths for you

Dean.

The Colt.

That's awesome

Dude. That's gotta be Dean's most prized possession

Lightbulb

STAR TREK FOUR Dean I have never been in love with you more

Bobby. You're on thin ice

SAM

Facts

SAVE THE WHALES, SAM. IM SO DISAPPOINTED

Come on, people! Voyage Home!

YES

Call Cas!

Yeah that's awkward

Weird

Hey, that works

He's kind of in charge

James Bond!

I can't argue with that

Wow

Yeah and you're doing a great job

Oh, Cas

Dean.

That's... still doable

String theory?

That makes sense

Dean's having the time of his life

Wow

He absolutely does

Can't say I've had the pleasure

Nah, you look fine

Absolutely!

Dean

Fair enough

Dean.

It's like Disneyland

Yeah

SUNDANCE

Dude. Come on

DEAN

Wow

Is he?

That's suspicious

Yeah

That hurt

Aw, Dean

Dude. Winchester meets Colt

Wow. Eastwood?

WALKER TEXAS RANGER

Sure

Dean.

Elkins? Like Danny Elkins?

Oh, boy

Dean

THE DEVILS TRAP

I'm sure

I think he's good

Germophobe Dean <3

Right

Dean.

I almost feel bad for the girl

Uh oh

Not a ghost

A posse, huh?

Yeah

That'll be a trip

That's a fair point

POSSE MAGNET

I need that Tshirt

Never

Horse!

Save a horse, ride a Winchester?

Nice

Have fun, Sam

Yeah

Uh oh

He's screwed

Cas?

Uh oh

This doesn't sound good

Do you?

Cas, are you okay?

I'm sorry, Cas

Yeah, me too

Will he have enough grace?

...Cas?

Neither

Looks a little too light to be dawn

Yeah

Not even close

He's dead

That was convenient

Wow.

Uh oh

Crap

I hope Sam gets there soon

I guess he didn't need it!

Yeah

Dean

Dean.

Sure you are

Probably not

That's a great question

Ouch

Tread carefully, Sam

WINCHESTER MEETS COLT

Yeah, that'll work

Fair

Yup

Nice

I think not drunk enough

Well...

Absolutely

Which do you think?

Wow.

Doesn't it?

He's got plenty of miles

Not really

So has he

Well that's great

You okay, Cas?

Something tells me that's not the whole story

Will you?

That's not good

Not exactly

Touch it!

That'll hurt

Or you'll explode

Thanks, Bobby

Dude. I swear I have that same clock

What was that?

Dang it, Sam

Nice

Good one, Dean!

Good for you

If you could call him that

Yeah

I'm kinda sorry for him?

Sucks to be you, buddy

Yeah

Mm, you wanna bet?

Yeah, probably

Wow, Dean

Nice to see you again

You're in good hands

Wow.

Something out of one of his biggest wet dreams

Oh, he ain't gonna die

Times running out

Han shot first

Nice, Dean!

Okay, now get the ashes!

DIE HARD

Hurry up, boys!

The Colt!

Dang it

He doesn't have the juice

Who's that?

WHAT

GOOD OMENS HOLY CRAP

AGNES NUTTER'S ACCURATE PROPHECIES

Sam, you need to sign!

Dude, you left your phone?

Nice

That belongs in a museum

Dude

Samuel Colt is awesome

Dean

#ashla chick flick moments #supernatural #season 6 episode 18 #frontierland

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WQBY

Top 100 for the week ending March 19, 2023

Heaven---Niall Horan -2 [intro .16s /Ends Cold @ 3.00s]

Reborn----SIDEPIECE, *Kyle Walker remix-3^ [intro .08s / Break@ 1.34s / Ends Cold 3.38]

Here We Go Again----Oliver Tree, David Guetta -4^ [Intro 0.7s/ Ends Cold @4.39s]

Dancing's Done----Ava Max -5 [intro.10s/Ends Cold 2.40s]

Left & Right----Ownboss, FAST BOY -97 [Intro .03s/Ends Cold 2.31s]

Just The Kinda Feeling----Yotto, Lost Boy -9^ [intro 0.6s/Cold 3.32]

Lovesick----Alan Walker, Sophie Simmons -11 [intro .08s/EndsCold @2.03

Back To You---Lost Frequencies, Elley Duhe, X Ambassabors -12 [intro.08s/[email protected]]

High Heels - Party Down Under----Flo Rida, Walker Hayes, *Sam Feldt remix -18^ [Begins Vocals/1stEnd [email protected]]

Sparks----MEDUZA, DEL-30, Mali-Koa -19^ [[email protected]/[email protected]]

10:35----Tiesto, Tate McRae -21 [Begins Vocals/[email protected]]

Good Time----The Dare -27^[[email protected]/EndsCold2.13s]

You Know What I Need----PNAU, Troye Sivan -15 [intro@09s/2.46s]

Unholy----Sam Smith, Kim Petras -1 [intro.21s/[email protected]]

I Can't Wait----Tiesto, Solardo, Poppy Baskcomb -17 [[email protected]/Ends [email protected]]

Pearls----Jessie Ware -25^ [intro0.30s/[email protected]]

Money On The Dash-----Elley Duhe, Whethan -7 [introBeginsVocals/[email protected]]

Never Gonna Not Dance Again----Pink, *Sam Feldt remix -10 [intro0.07s/Ends [email protected]]

When I Talk-----Kx5 f/ Elderbrook -14 [intro0.14s/[email protected]]

Lay Low----Tiesto -13 [BeginsVocals/[email protected]]

Hungry Heart-----Steve Aoki, Galantis, Hayley Kiyoko -92^ [BeginsVocals/[email protected]]

Borderline-----Tove Lo -62^ [intro0.7s/[email protected]/Fade3.00s]

Out Of My Mind----Little Image -8 [[email protected]/begins long fade @2.21s]

Something's Coming----Cheat Codes, Lady A -58 [intro0.8s/[email protected]]

If We Ever Broke Up-----Mae Stephens -68^ [intro0.08s/[email protected]]

Red Lights----Lane 8, Emmit Fenn, *EMBRZ remix -23

***River----Mylie Cyrus -(new entry)

Chasing Shadows----Alex Warren -89^

Afterparty----Loud Luxury, Hook N Sling -6

Gone (Da da Da)-----Imanbek, Jay Sean -16^

Lennon----ESSEL -33

Different Kind Of Lonely---Camp Kubrick, Don Diablo -24

New Gold----Gorrillaz, Tame Impala, Bootie Brown, *Dom Dolla remix -32

Tra Tra----HUGEL, BLOND:ISH, Nfasis -35

Bel Mercy---Jengi -37

Flowers ------Mylie Cyrus -43 ''peak16''

Shut Up----Alan Walker, UPSAHL -20

Freeze---Kygo -31

Solitude----Snakechips, BIA, Lucky Daye -36

I'm Good (Blue)----David Guetta, Bebe Rexha -34

What's It Gonna Take-----Cheat Codes, Michael Tenpenny -44^

How Many Tears----Kygo, Sam Feldt, Emily Warren -40

Makin' Time----Sultan + Shepard, Julia Church -45^

Sete-----BLOND:ISH, Francis Mercier, Amadou & Mariam -41

Gimme That Bounce----Mau P -26

Drifting Away----Audien, Joe Jury -38

Lipstick----BLR, Robbie Rise -56^

Rely On Me-----Sigala, Gabry Pointe, Alex Gaudino -22

*I'll Be Around----Elderbrook, Amtrac -(re entry)

Need Me Right----Anabel Englund -53

Show Me----John Summit, Hannah Boleyn -46

Pouring Rain----Guz, Camden Cox -55

No Love For You----Regard, Drop G -39

*Don't Make Me Come Down There----Dolly Parton -(re entry)

Revolution---John Summit -57

Kill Me---Alok -54

*Make Me Feel---The Chainsmokers, Cheyenne Giles -(re-entry)

What House----Block & Crown -88^

What A Life----John Summit, Guz, Stevie Appleton -42

*Can I Get It Back----Jordana Bryant, *R3HAB remix -(re-entry)

Firewalk-----Morgan Page, Lissie -63^

Clouds-----BUNT., Nate Traveller -81^

***Moving All Around----Schak, Kim English, *John Summit remix -(new entry)

The One---INJI -61

Stay Above----Lukas Graham -64

Anyway----CASH CASH f/ RuthAnne -70^

***Where Are You----John Summit, Hayla -(new entry)

Rhyme Dust----MK, Dom Dolla -78^

Bedroom Exile----Giant Rooks -74^

***Next To You----Loud Luxury, DVBBS, f/ Kane Brown -(new entry)

Say Your Mine----Paul Oakenfold, Nat Monday, Christina Novelli -75^

***Adore---Bob Sinclar -(new entry)

Crazy----RMR, Ryan Lewis -79^

Better Now----TELYKAST, Francis Karel, MEDUN remix -76

Forget You----FAST BOY, Topic -66

***Rewind (But I Loe You) ----Whipped Cream -(new entry)

***Find Your People----Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors -(new entry)

Feelings----EMELINE -85^

Caught Up----Gryffin, Olivia O'Brien -86^

The Freaks----David Guetta, Marten Harger -84^

Feel This Good----Sigala, Mae Muller, Caity Baser, Stefflon Don -95^

***Take Me Away----ACRAZE -(new entry)

***Submarine-----Seeb, BANNERS, SUPER-Hi -(new entry)

***Thousand Miles----Miley Cyrus, Brandi Carlile -(new entry)

***New Bottega-----Torren Foot, Azealia Banks -(new entry)

***I Wrote A Song----Mae Muller -(new entry)

***F U Goodbye----Peach PRC -(new entry)

***Choose You----Elmiene -(new entry)

****The Way----Manchester Orchestra -(new entry)

***After Midnight----Lucas & Steve, Yves V, Xoro, *TELYKAST remix

***Headstrone Gunner----Aldn -(new entry)

***Lose My Mind-----Stephen Dawes -(new entry)

***Everybody Hates Me----GAYLE -(new entry)

All Or Nothing----Topic, HRVY -49

*All Falls Down---Alonestar, Jethro & Ed Sheeran -(re-entry)

Sing Your Lullaby----R3HAB, Mike Williams -48

Wings (I Won't Let You Down-----Armin Van Helden, Karen Harding-39

High----NEIL FRANCIS, PawPawRod -40

Good Life----Hayden James, Emie -51

***Oi Oi Oi----Dubdogs, Maxximal, MC Hollywood -(new entry)

Gone this week are;

Heart Wants What It Wants-----Bebe Rexha Anything But Wet----I O LIghts Creepin-----Metro Bloomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage Serotonin Moonbeams----The Blessed Madonna On My Mind-----EDX Be Right There---Diplo, Sleepy Tom, *HUGEL remix Pegasus----MEDUZA, Eli & Fur Ghost Again----Depeche Mode Sleepwalking----Matt Sassari, Goodboys If I Live Forever----Vintage Culture, Izzy Bizu Shockwave----R3HAB, Afrojack Hurt That You Gave Me----Cheat Codes, Bret Young Nervous System----JOSEPH Heartbreak Feels So Good----Fall Out Boy Can't Tame Her----Zara Larson Here----Tom Grennan Blue-(Da Ba Dee----Effel 65, *Gabry Pointe Ice Box remix Horizons---Guz Dapperton Sweet Goodbye-----Robin Schultz Do You Really? ----Lyn Lapid, Ruth B Helicopter----Jame Hype It's Quiet Now-----Hoeny Dijon, Dope Earth Alien Feel Alive----TELYKAST, Sky Blu Whistle----Jax Jones, Calum Scott

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newmusicradionetwork · 2 years

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Art Carter “Cold Hearted Woman"

Art Carter – Cold Hearted Woman Cold Hearted Woman She’s a cold hearted woman just a cold hearted… woman yeah!!… A cold hearted woman She’s got me rollin’ with ecstasy but singing the blues…) —————————————- Executive Producer Art Carter Music recorded at the Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN. Producer & Arranger Scott Neubert Engineer Kyle Hershman Electric Guitar & Fiddle Jason Roller Bass Matt McGee Drums & Percussion Steve Holland Keyboard Steve Peffer Sax Sam Levine Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Steel, Banjo, Mandolin Scott Neubert Vocals recorded at Walker Studios, Orlando, FL. Producer, Mixing, Mastering Guy Walker Lead Vocals Art Carter Background Vocals Art Carter & Guy Walker All songs written by Art Carter, except “Friday Night, Cold Hearted Woman, and I Can’t Change”, co-written with my brother “Jeff Carter”/ Art Carter Music / ASCAP. ———————- “Art Carter”, is a Nashville Recording Artist, based in Orlando, with music playing on radio Worldwide, He has charted many times Nationally & Internationally. New Discovery Artist of the Year (2021)” on the IMN (Independent Music Network), for song “You Are The One.” Check it out here! http://www.independentmusicnetwork.com/imn_awards_2021.html Hello Everyone, thanks for stopping by!! There are different things to checkout, music, videos, information, etc., and you can purchase music through my STORE. Website – https://artcarter.com/ Amazon Music – https://www.amazon.com/Texture-Art-Carter/dp/B01N0XW66G Apple Music – https://music.apple.com/us/album/texture/1192540820 —————————————- Cold Hearted Woman Key of A (by Art Carter & Jeff Carter) Style: Country/Blues/Rock Tempo: 115 BPM, 4/4 (Intro) | C . . . | E . . . | C . . . | E . . . | (Chorus 1) A E A E She’s a cold hearted woman just a cold hearted… woman yeah!!… C E A cold hearted woman A C D A A She’s got me rollin’ with ecstasy but singing the blues… | C . . . | E . . . | C . . . | E . . . | (Verse 1) E A Long legs dark hair… a tiny waist….. E D Green eyes high heels… expensive taste…… E A Champagne caviar… diamonds too!!…… C D E (Real fine looking…) She’s Real fine looking… here’s a warning to you!!…… (Chorus 2) A A E E (cold… hearted… woman) (cold… hearted… woman yeah!!…) She’s a cold… hearted… woman just a cold… hearted… woman yeah!!… A A (cold… hearted… woman) A cold… hearted… woman E G D She’s got me rollin’ with ecstasy but singing the blues… (Turnaround) | A | C | A | C | (Verse 2) E A Fast cars luxury… is what she craves…. E D Charge cards vacations… how can I save?…… E A Why do I you ask… put up with it all?…… C D E (so hot baby…) Cause she’s my so hot baby… she’s worth it all!!…… – (Chorus 2) – (Turnaround) | A | C | A | C | (Music Break) | D . . . | A . . . | D . . . | A . . . | | D . . . | A . . . | E . . . | E . . . | | D . . . | A . . . | D . . . | A . . . | | D . . . | A . . . | C D E (She’s Real fine looking…) She’s Real fine looking… here’s a warning to you!!…… – (Chorus 2) – (Turnaround) | A | C | A | C | (Verse 3) E A Shopping restaurants… are all that we do…. E D Large bills payments… it just can’t be true…… E A Every time I think of… saying goodbye…… C D E (strips down naked…) She strips down naked… it could make me cry!!…… – (Chorus 2) (Outtro) E G D (Don’t you know my baby’s got me..) (singing the blues!!…… ) Don’t you know my baby’s got me… singing the blues!!…… E G D (Rollin’ with ecstasy..) (so fun being used…) Rollin’ with ecstasy so fun being used… | A . C . | A . C . | A . C . | D . C . | A D A END Art Carter – Texture Copyright 2017, Art Carter All Rights Reserved / Art Carter Music / ASCAP Additional Artist/Song Information: Artist Name: Art Carter Song Title: Cold Hearted Woman Publishing: Art Carter Music Publishing Affiliation: ASCAP Album Title: Texture Record Label: Art Carter Music Record Label: Art Carter Music Art Carter 4072828024 [email protected] Radio Promotion: ADD Promotion Gary Lefkowith (212) 222-5212 [email protected] Publicity/PR: Art Carter Music Art Carter 4072828024 [email protected] Manager: Art Carter Music Art Carter 4072828024 [email protected] Booking Agent: Art Carter Music Art Carter 4072828024 [email protected] Read the full article

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sunflowerdarlingx · 2 years

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Steve Rogers - His Girl Intro

(18+)

Hello lovelies, I hope you're all looking after yourselves. This is the intro to my new Steve Rogers Series and I just wanted to see if there would be any interest in it.

Mob!Steve Rogers x Reader (she/her pronouns).

Warnings: murder, blood, physical violence, think that's it.

Minors DNI

Chapter One

Steven Grant Rogers was feared by many in New York. He was the king of the land and anyone who dared to interfere with his business would end up with a bullet between the eyes. Demanding, intimidating, serious and harsh were just some of the words used to describe the mobster. His business was the most important thing to him. Very few dared to cross his path, the police and politicians were on his payroll and no other mafia dared to cross him.

Steve never hurt anyone innocent, just those who did him wrong. He stood up for what was right (in his eyes) and protected those he cared about. He saw himself as a reasonable man, one who would always listen before taking action - unless you really pissed him off.

Steve was currently sitting in a meeting, his right hand men Bucky and Sam sat behind him. Sitting straight in his black leather chair, Steve's jaw ticked. His black suit hugged his muscles and showed off just how big he was compared to some of the other men in the room. Dark blonde hair was slicked back and his beard was trimmed to perfection.

In front of him sat various terrified men. Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of firearms were stolen from one of Steve’s downtown warehouses. John Walker was currently blaming every other man in the room for the weapons ‘disappearing’ and took no responsibility for what happened. The warehouse was his responsibility, Steve trusted John to watch over the area.

John Walker was supposed to be in charge.

“Y’know Walker, I’m getting really sick of you putting the blame on everyone else.” Steve stood up and shrugged off his suit jacket before placing it on the back of the chair. His hand moved to rub over his mouth and beard in one quick motion.

“You were the one in charge of the safe house, so unless someone in this room can tell me what happened..” Steve paused to look around the room at the other men before looking down at John. “You, John, will be dealing with the consequences.”

John opened and closed his mouth like a fish out of water, trying to think of an excuse, any excuse to get Steve off his back. Steves glare hardened in seconds and he pulled his gun out of the holster that sat across his shoulders.

“M..Mr Rogers” a voice squeaked from the corner. Peter Parker was shaking like a leaf, tears filling his eyes in fear of what the infamous Steve Rogers was going to do to him after calling him by name.

Peter had seen Brock Rumlow, a member of a rival Mafia, on the corner of the street talking to Walker on the night the weapons went missing.

“Yes Parker?” Steve barked, his head snapping towards Peter. Steve's gun still rested against Walker’s head.

Peter mumbled, his words caught in his throat as fear consumed him. “Spit it out” Steve spat harshly when Peter didn’t speak again. With a deep breath in, Peter finally found his voice again.

“I..I saw Rumlow o..on the corner, with Walker on..on the night the weapons were taken. I wasonmywayhomeandIjustfiguredthatWalkerwastellingRumlowtogetoffourstreets” Peter

suddenly forgot how to talk again, his words coming out stuttered as his word vomit began.

Peter spoke fast but Steve heard every word and before a beat had passed a bullet was put through Walker's thigh. An agonising cry filled the room as Walker grabbed his leg. Steve, quick to put his gun away, pulled John up by his collar, “Did you sell them to Rumlow?” Steve’s tone was harsh, his voice low as he waited for a response.

A forceful punch sent John’s face in the other direction as Steve waited for an answer, “Well?...Did you?”. Another violent punch met John’s face.

“H..he made an offer I couldn’t resist” John spat out, his eye already swelling shut while he spat some blood out of his mouth (along with a tooth… or three).

Rage consumed Steve as he pushed Walker to the floor. Within seconds his gun was back in hand and a bullet travelled between Walker's eyes. Everyone in the room watched the whole ordeal in silence, no one daring to intervene or try to stop what Steve was doing. They all knew the second Peter spoke up that Walker was a traitor.

Steve put his gun on the desk, his hands moving to take off his holster and shirt that was decorated by John’s blood. He nodded towards Bucky and Sam who made quick work of getting rid of John and the rest of the men in the room.

“Parker”

Peter spun around so fast, almost giving himself whiplash. “Yes boss?” he squeaked before clearing his throat and standing up taller.

“Why didn’t you tell anyone? Could have saved me the hassle of losing 450K.” Steve began buttoning up a new shirt as he spoke, a brow raised at the brunette's direction.

“I..” Peter looked down, “You trusted John to be..be in charge of the safe house. I was worried you wouldn’t believe me” he stuttered out.

“Kid..” Steve started, “if you ever see something that’s off, you gotta say.” Peter was shocked at Steve’s response. “You’ve got good instinct, a sixth sense. I need that. You’ve got the safe house. The men there will be under your orders and anyone who doesn’t do as you say will face the same fate Walker did… Trust yourself, if something is off, tell us. Do that and you’ll work your way up the ladder here pretty quickly.”.

Peter smiled before putting on a serious face when he saw the way Steve’s brows furrowed. “Yes boss,” Peter nodded before leaving the room.

Steve wasn’t just the leader of the biggest Mafia in New York, he was the CEO of his family's business. His business savvy is what brought his Mafia family to the top and it was his own instincts that were going to keep them there.

Once the Walker situation had been disposed of, Steve and his two right hand men decided to head out for some lunch. Exiting the private estate in a private plate SUV the men travelled to a small Italian restaurant on the outskirts of town. They were seated at their usual table by the owner Mr Falcone, an older gentleman and ordered three neat whiskeys.

The three men had been coming here since they were young and had bonded with the owners, a married couple from Italy who opened the restaurant when they first travelled to America. The men began to converse discreetly before ordering their food with Mrs Falcone who graced them each with a loving kiss on the cheek and a hug when she greeted them.

“Ahh my favourite boys, where have you all been?” she kissed Steve's cheek before moving to Sam, “it’s been too long since you've been here” she scolded and soon found her way to Bucky, “I’ve missed you” she pinched his cheeks.

They engaged in small talk before a group of women walked in. Mrs Falcone excused herself and made her way to the door to welcome them in. They were seated a few tables away from the men and some of the women blushed as they made eye contact with the handsome mafia men.

One of the women caught Steve’s eyes. She appeared to be the quietest of the group, not having said a word the whole time they had been in the restaurant. He thought she was gorgeous, breathtakingly beautiful.

He gazed at her, watching her eyes light up and a smile take over her face when one of her friends turned to tell her something. Her eyes were gentle and matched her facial features. She wasn’t his usual type, a bit plumper in some areas but that didn’t bother him one bit. He watched as she engaged in conversation with Mr and Mrs Falcone (the pair always tried to get to know their customers) her luscious lips capturing his attention.

“Steve” Bucky knocked his shoulder against Steve’s to draw him back to reality.

“What?” Steve hissed, frustratedly moving his gaze away from the woman at the other table.

“I said you’re drooling” Bucky let out a boyish laugh and ruffled Steve’s hair.

Steve had been best friends with Bucky and Sam since they were young and they had always had each other's backs. Their parents were all involved in the same Mafia family so it was only right that the three men joined them when the time came.

While Steve was the one in charge, his best friends both played big roles within the business. Sam was in charge of the money side of things, making sure all the calculations were right before deals were made and Bucky, well Bucky was the muscles.

All three men (and the men and women within their organisation) were fit and ready for any form of fight - mental or physical but Bucky was a different breed. If Steve ever needed to intimidate someone then he would send Bucky. Even if Steve was in the same room, it was Bucky who threatened people with physical violence - the metal arm he had since his early twenties being the thing people feared most.

“Fuck off” Steve grinned as his gaze wandered over to the woman once more, watching as she excitedly opened some presents that her friends had put on the table. It was normal for the men to tease each other about women, it’s what they had always done.

“She is cute” Sam hummed in approval as he surveyed the group of women, “and so are her friends” he sent a wink towards one of the others at the table.

Bucky called over Mrs Falcone and asked his favourite lady what the presents were for.

“Oh, the one with the presents just graduated, a teacher” she said cheerily “isn’t it lovely to see young women achieving their dreams, look how happy she looks”. Mrs Falcone looked over at the table with a big smile as the women cheered their cocktails in celebration.

Steve nodded in approval “very lovely indeed”, his tone shifted as he looked over at the women again “give them a bottle of champagne from us, actually make it two. They’re a big group” he smiled up at her.

“Oh you boys” she ruffled their hair “such good boys” she clapped cheerily as she walked behind the bar and got the bottles along with 3 more whiskies for the men.

Once the bottles were taken over to the table the group of women looked over to the group of mobsters and giggled when the three men raised their glasses. The girl Sam winked at invited the boys over and who were they to say no to a table of gorgeous women.

Steve made sure to sit beside the teacher, a small smirk growing on his lips at the way she blushed.

“Congratulations, I’m Steve by the way”. He held out his hand to her and she gently shook it.

“Thank you, I’m Y/n” a small sweet smile graced her features before she got distracted by the commotion of the rest of the group introducing themselves.

#steve rogers x reader #steve rogers x you #steve rogers x y/n #steve rogers smut #steve rogers fic #steve rogers series #steve rogers one shot #steve rogers imagine #mob!steve rogers #Mob!steve rogers x reader

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What the Fuck Happened to the SPN Finale?

Okay so here it is, my Charlie Kelly style manifesto.

Before I get into it, I recognize that I will look like this to many of you, and that’s okay, I understand:

Secondly, your personal Takes about the writers don’t interest me, I don’t need to hear them. This, as I’ll explain, is going to remain a writer positive blog, and that’s the end of it.

Third, and most importantly: some of what I’m going to talk about is fact, and some is highly educated speculation. I will notate what is speculation, just so there’s no confusion or hot takes in my inbox that I’m a conspiracy theorist or stirring shit up for no reason.

A list of what I’ll be discussing

The episode in regards to the rest of the season

The episode issues: length, editing

Scene placement and speculation of scenes cut

The scrubbing of Jack, Cas, Eileen

Network involvement and general timeline of when things were cut

Misha: theories on where he was, official company line, why we can’t expect to hear anything directly

The silence of the cast post episode (in Misha’s case, mid episode) and what this might mean

Jensen speaking with Kripke about the ending: why it doesn’t mean what you might think (also why kripke remained positive on the ending)

Walker, and why this episode had a major shift

Why the network would do this or get involved

Why the writers of the show simply aren’t the bad guys here, and what I “want” out of this post, since I know it’ll get asked

This is very long and under a cut, but I hope you’ll give it a read.

The Episode In Regards to the Rest of the Season

So, I’ve discussed this already here, but it’s the most obvious thing to me, and that’s the way this episode simply doesn’t fit with the rest of the season.

These people in this room have, truly, been nothing but consistent when it comes to their arcs, especially this season, and the marked dropoff in quality for the finale episode is just too sus to discount to me. Dabb’s whole focus has been character-based. In his seasons, we’ve moved far away from MOTW and bro-codependency, the found family taking it’s place. Does it really sit right to anyone that that was all thrown away in literally the last episode of the entire show?

This is speculation on my part, but as a writer myself, there is no way I would be happy or willing to stamp my name on something that I didn’t think would, at the very least, wrap up the season+ character arcs that I and my team had been crafting.

And before anyone comes in here saying, “well GOT did that!” Bruh. The writing was on the wall for GOT long before the final episode. You could tell that the showrunners just wanted to be done (not only from the plot, but from the fact that they lobbied for a shorter season). Miss me with that, it doesn’t apply here. Andrew has, besides Singer and J2, been with the show longer than anyone. He cares, he is meticulous and detailed, and this ending feels worse than anything Bucklemming has ever written, let alone Dabb.

Additionally, I’ve seen a lot of people say that Dabb was never behind Destiel, that it was all Bobo and Meredith and no one else. That is reductive to the point of insult of the work Dabb has done to get this greenlit. This man did not write the s13 Dean grief arc to be slandered like this. That being said, YES, Bobo and Meredith were the leads on the DeanCas arc this season, but ANDREW IS THE SHOWRUNNER, TO GET EVEN THE CONFESSION APPROVED BY THE NETWORK HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THEIR BACKS. AND HE DID.

Finale Issues

So, now that we’ve gotten the fact that this episode doesn’t hit on any of the major themes the show was barrelling towards all season, let’s discuss the fact that the episode is just...weird.

Not only is it shorter than any other episode (I think with the intro and the credits/crew thing at the end, it was around 38 mins), but it was also...idk, 90% filler?

One of the lovely humans in the POLOL server did the legwork here, and broke it down:

This is weird, y’all. Most series finales are LONGER than normal (Lost, SOA, Longmire are the ones I can think of off the top of my head), and for the final episode to be this? I saw more than one person point out that we only really needed 19 episodes, what was the point of 20? AND THAT’S EXACTLY IT? WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THIS FINAL EPISODE IF THIS WAS ALL WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET?

It simply doesn’t make any sense, the first half of the episode was rushed, a final monster hunt gone wrong, but in the second half? Nothing really happened? Sam lived his entire life and Dean just drove around. It doesn’t make sense to have all the emotional arcs left unaddressed in an episode that definitely needed some kind of spark.

Here’s the speculation I have: the episode seemingly went through a lot of changes between the initial inception of the final season and when we actually got it, but I think it would have been passable (as in, we wouldn’t be sitting here asking each other why each arc feels incomplete) until the editing room got ahold of it. The only think that makes this episode make sense is network fuckery. Truly, that is the only thing. It explains the weird, cuts, the rushed pacing of the first half followed by nothing in the second half, the double montages of “Wayward Son” back to back, and Dean just...driving around for the last half of the episode.

Scene Placement and Speculation of Scenes Cut

Before I get into this section, the info of the shots in the episode I have come from a source that @occamshipper got a week or so before the finale. She’s talked about this here.

So here’s what Min was given:

1-5: 1 INT MEN OF LETTERS – DEAN’S ROOM Dean is greeted by Miracle

6-10: 6 INT MEN OF LETTERS – HALLWAY/SAM’S ROOM Sam has his routine

D1 1 11-15: 15 EXT FARM HOUSE Establishing

N1 1/8 16-20: 19 Dad’s journal, marker, drawing of masked man in journal.

21-25: 23 INT IMPALA – PMP Driver picks the music

N2 1 3/8 1,2 26-30: 28pt2 INT BARN: A face from the past

28pt3 Sam and Dean say goodbye

28pt4 Shot early for technical reasons, presumably the overhead shot

N2 31-45: 41 INT MEN OF LETTERS – SAM’S ROOM Sam’s alarm goes off D4 1/8 1 46-60: 56 INT N7glasses for Sam, laptop.

So...it all fits right? It all tracks with the actual episode, where it lands, etc. The issue is between shots 29-40 which were apparently “too big to spoil.” Uh. Where are they? And where’s 28 pt4?

After Dean dies, the next scene is Sam burning him, then shot 31, the shot of his alarm going off.

So. Where are those 11ish shots?

PLUS we have the boards, which are scenes we KNOW were actually shot:

As well as scenes for 20 that were shot in 19.

It’s just...weird, it’s weird and again hits on the fact that the episode is so short and like 80% montage.

The Scrubbing of Jack, Cas, and Eileen

So now we have to reckon with the fact that Eileen was last mentioned by Sam after she got snapped by Chuck, Jack’s last mention is that he’s off being God somewhere, and Cas’ last mention is a ~knowing look~ between Dean and Bobby.

I’m sorry, make it make sense:

???????? That’s the end if it? They don’t need to be discussed after this??? It’s just simply not something a writer would do, they would not introduce these characters, these arcs, without thinking there’s going to be some kind of follow through here.

So not only were three major characters (including two leads and both of the original characters’ love interests) completely wiped from the finale episode, it was as though Sam and Dean never even needed them, which just...ain’t it.

So why Eileen and Jack too? Why not just take Cas out of it if they were afraid of the gay? Because, ultimately, the episode went back to Kripke’s original story: just the bros, they only need each other and no one else. They don’t want anyone else, they don’t need anyone else. Easier to go back to something they knew was successful than trust the writers and their audience and take a big leap.

Alex even said he shot for 20 with “some of the guys” here. What happened to that footage?

The complete 180 of it all still shocks me, I still cannot believe that we were essentially at the finish line, and the network just stopped short, and decided to go run another race, at the expense of the arc of this fifteen year legacy show.

Network Involvement and When Things Were Cut

Okay, now into the juicy stuff.

So I’ve pretty well established that network fuckery is clear, but how much did they get involved, what was the original intent?

Well again, we may never actually know what Andrew’s original script was, but I think, at the least, it would involve Dean speaking his truth to Cas and Sam living a life with Eileen.

Now, it seems today, that Misha said that Jimmy Novak was supposed to be in the finale in one iteration of the script, and while initially my brain was like “that truly makes no sense and he’s either straight up lying or telling a half truth,” I think what may be happening is Misha talking about as much as he can right now.

So Jimmy right. Weird as fuck. Why would he been in the Roadhouse and not Cas? My current thought (this is about as reachy as I’ll get) is that Jimmy had no lines, could he have been in the Roadhouse as a red herring, like it said “Jimmy” in the script but it was just Cas in human clothes, a way to get around the network saying Cas couldn’t be in the final scene. Also, you’ll notice that Misha didn’t say that Cas wasn’t supposed to be in the ep at all, just Jimmy in the last scene.

All this to say, there have clearly been multiple versions of the script, getting lighter and lighter with Cas and Eileen as the network pulled further and further back. Remember, Dabb has to get things approved before they get shot, and if the network kept asking and asking and asking to cut Cas and Eileen, he had to find a way to work around it. Granted, I still think that if we had been able to get a Dabb script that wasn’t torn to shreds in editing, it wouldn’t be so bad. It may not be what a lot of us wanted (Dean speaking his truth to Cas and a reciprocation), but doing everything he could to give it to us in subtext or visual clues.

Plus, in all honesty, my man can’t keep his story straight anyway. He said twice in his panel that the Empty and offscreen Heaven ending weren’t his original ending either.

In addition, remember that Jensen did ADR post episode 18, AND said in a meet and greet last weekend that Dean’s reaction to Cas’ confession was “cut down.” (Source here). Many of us clowns got excited when we first heard about ADR, because we thought it would be upping the ante on Dean’s reaction, but I remember being a little sus when it was just crying. My speculation on that is that they cut out Dean actually SAYING something, @winchestersingerautorepair spoke about that here.

The biggest sins were, in my opinion, committed during editing, where the network got too gun shy and sliced the episode until it was nothing but a heartless bro-fest of a finale, not mentioning anything about the other major characters that we all love, and letting the boys just suffer in separation until Sam died and finally joined Dean in Heaven. The editing came by cutting all the major emotional beats between anyone other than Dean and Sam, leaving the skeleton of the story intact, just shorter and less...poignant than it was ever supposed to be.

Misha

We know Misha was in Vancouver, we know he quarantined, but we also know he wasn’t in the final scene, when he spoke about being in the last moment of the show months ago. We were not crazy, he was there, he quarantined, and, in all likelihood (speculation but fitting with the timeline), he actually may have shot something (not much, but something).

I have sources here, here, here, and here showing where Misha was at that time.

Remember, the man was completely open about coming back until they finished shooting (look at this thread). The switch happened, just like everything else, halfway through them shooting.

Please also remember Jake Abel posting his “Where’s Misha” video here. Jake isn’t malicious, he isn’t being nasty here. Misha was there, and everyone that’s trying to convince people he’s wasn’t just...isn’t telling the truth about it.

This is one of the things that makes me really mad, because they’re literally attempting to gaslight people into thinking, “oh we were totally wrong he was never supposed to be there” WHEN HE WAS THERE, WE KNOW HE WAS THERE.

So we’ve already heard from several people (Meghan Fitzmartin, Jay, a PA on the set of 19 (WHO WAS NOT WORKING FOR 20), Misha himself) that this was all down to Covid restrictions. Ultimately, as this post says, we’ve heard FIVE versions of where Misha was. None of it makes sense, but the Covid protocol seems to be the company line that others are repeating.

You may ask: why? Why lie to all of us when we have questions? Why, in Jay’s case, say that we’re all spreading false lies to stir up trouble, when we just have questions and things that do not make sense. Simply? Warner Brothers is absolutely massive. These people have their careers to protect and are likely all under NDAs. They want to work for WB again and don’t want to burn bridges, including Misha. It sucks, but that’s why it’s unlikely that we’ll hear someone come out and say, “yeah we’re lying to you.”

Silence of the Cast Post Episode

So this is...probably the worst part of all this, at least in my opinion.

The guys had all been pretty excited about the end of the show (especially Jared, but Jensen’s panel last week was Jensen as happy and jokey and positive as I’ve ever seen him. He was so excited about episode 18, about what it meant for Dean and for Cas, and I just cannot buy that he would have been that excited unless he thought there was something more in the episode.

Misha live-tweeted the episode, and was watching it with his kids. It’s well known that Misha and the kids don’t watch the show because it’s too scary, and let’s ask ourselves, why would he have them watch an episode that he’s barely even mentioned in?

He also stopped live-tweeting at a very specific point in the episode (Dean’s death) and has not mentioned Supernatural since then.

None of them, not Jared, Jensen, Misha, or even Alex, said anything about the episode for nearly 36 hours, when Jensen posted a salty photo on instagram. It’s just...not what you’d expect for the end of a 15 year show, when the cast and crew are so close to the fans, so close to each other.

My theory? They didn’t know. They thought Misha was, at least, going to be in the episode in some way, and when he wasn’t, they decided not to say anything.

You really think that Jensen “Heller” Ackles would have been so excited about the end of the show last week if he thought Cas wasn’t going to be in it at all? Nah son, doesn’t make any sense.

Even today, in Jared and Misha’s panels, they seemed sad and...more than a little careful, both saying that there were things they couldn’t say, both talking around things that we all have questions on.

Jensen Speaking with Kripke

So this is where a lot of people are getting fodder to take shots at the writers, saying that Jensen hated it from the beginning, but I don’t think so. I actually think I know what Jensen went to him about, and it wasn’t the lack of Cas or the weird pacing or the montages (which I don’t think were there when Jensen got the script); I think it was the manner of Dean’s death.

I know a lot of people were upset about that, upset with how...normal it was, coming off an episode where they literally beat God. I actually didn’t mind it, I thought it was an interesting thematic take to be like: you can be a hero all your life, but sometimes shit happens, and you just die.

But imagine how hard that was for Jensen to read. He would run to Kripke for that, because for him, Dean dying by being impaled by a piece of rebar had to be tough to swallow.

So, why didn’t Kripke say that? Why didn’t he say, “oh well he had a problem with Dean’s death, none of that other stuff was in the script.”

Guys. Why would he get involved? He’s not going to burn bridges any more than anyone else is. He said the ending was good because it’s the easy thing to do, it’s simple, will cause him no problems in his career, and he can just ignore the people trying to engage with him on it.

Walker

Something else to talk about is the major shift this episode had from the rest of the season: the shift from Dean to Sam. I am NOT saying that Sam isn’t important, he definitely, absolutely is, but it was DEAN who really needed to wrap up his arc, Sam just needed to move on, get married to Eileen, become the leader he was always meant to. So what changed? What was with the shirtless scene, the Austin number and random case there, most of the episode being heavily Sam focused, going through his entire life in a montage?

Anyone else notice the 375 Walker promos, or Jared’s little spiel about Walker and how he hoped SPN fans would “come along for the ride.”

It’s...kinda obvious? CW wanted to appeal to who they think the key demographic of SPN and Walker is: rural areas in the South. It would explain a lot, why so much editing, why so Sam focused, the Austin number, the number of Walker promos, all of it.

I’m not saying this is fact, I don’t know that it is, but it is a little suspicious that even in Jared’s panel today, he talked A LOT about Walker and how he hopes SPN fans will watch it.

Why Would the Network Get Involved?

Simply put: $$$

If they think Walker can be the new SPN, and that those crazy SPN fans liked it originally, it’s a lot safer to go with the “original intent” of the show than do something risky (like making one of your two original leads queer).

And? They don’t care. They don’t care that the episode didn’t make sense, they don’t care that all the emotional arcs were left hanging, they don’t care by (potentially) smashing together two of Dean’s monologues (one to Sam, one to Cas) that it came of as...gross. ( @curioussubjects wrote a beautiful post showing how part of that death speech was likely meant for Dean here). They don’t care, they never have, they just want to make their money and move on from the too-loud fandom that fought for representation too hard for too long.

It can’t help but feel insidious, which, honestly, it might be, but it really all comes down to the next cash cow, which, they think, is Walker, even at the cost of the fifteen year legacy show.

The Writers and What I Want

So here it is, all this weird, sus shit laid out on the line. And you know what? To me, there is no way to blame the writers, because they didn’t want this.

I don’t think Dabb and Bobo would have gone ahead with the confession in 18 without thinking that there would be some closure to that arc, they wouldn’t have done that not only to the fans, but for the sake of their own story as well: no writer wants to start something that they can’t finish. (And this applies to both Cas and Eileen).

Here’s a basic rundown of what I think happened: they had a clear arc from 18-20, ending in reciprocation at some level from Dean, Sam marrying Eileen, Hunter Sam as the new Bobby, Dean in heaven with Cas and big roadhouse reunion at the end. Covid prevented a good amount of that. Network had to stare at big gay 18 for six months, got cold feet. Thought about Walker, target audience and alienation of the rural areas if it went full gay. Misha quarantined and likely shot something (not much), he was then cut by execs and went home. They likely added in lines referencing Eileen and Cas to make it clear but more subtextual. They wrap, editing gets it and hacks it to pieces, so we get a shorter episode that’s mostly montages and jarringly bro-centric with nothing else. Arcs are left hanging. Dabb gets episode but it’s too late, there’s nothing he can do. Actors aren’t told so they can continue to do positive PR for the ending, they all found out at the same time we did: hence almost complete silence about the finale.

And you know what? They warned us. I talked about it here, but they’ve been telling us all season that Chuck wasn’t the writer, he’s the network. I don’t think, still, that they thought it would be cut up like this, into something so unsalvageable that it’s been panned by almost everyone, even people who didn’t care much about Dean and Cas.

Finally, a masterpiece can be ruined by editing, and while I’m not sure even the script they ended up shooting on was a masterpiece (due to the network meddling already), but to me it’s blatantly obvious that it’s no one but the network that caused this, that took away closure for Dean, Cas, and even Sam.

So what do I want? Nothing really, there’s nothing we can do, but I wrote this mostly to show people that the writers are not your enemy. In fact, to the people trashing them? You’re doing exactly what the CW wants you to: blame the obvious targets, blame Misha, blame Jensen and Jared, blame Dabb. Scream and yell at them on Twitter and about how the show is ruined because of them. The network keeps their engagement levels high, they don’t get as targeted for their behavior, and just keep moving along.

Just, please, think about who did this, Mourn the show, be angry, but not at the people who fought tooth and nail for this for literal years, not the people who wanted it more than we did, not the people who cannot say anything because of their careers and the NDAs they’re bound by.

Someone is going to spill eventually, but until then, we just have to wait, and continue to be loud.

#my writing #my meta #supernatural #spn #spn finale trash fire #MY MANIFESTO IS DONE

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