#some of my writing is gibberish but its late to meh

[whimsora]

Marvel’s Defenders: Thoughts

It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t great. It was aight. I had to sit a long time to figure out what was wrong with what I watched. Which is weird for me so I feel like I might have watched it at a bad time, but I’m pretty damn positive this was a let down. 

What I liked:

-Jessica and Matt bonding 

The banter was gold. 

-Luke and Danny dynamic

Everyone is annoyed with Danny’s character, lets be real. He’s a boy that never escaped his trauma and it’s pointed out how he needs to grow and no one called it out more than Luke. I MEAN HE LAID IT DOWN. 

-Luke  

I feel like the show was missing a lot of tone and Luke was the only one that brought a good soundtrack to the show (very sparingly, but it was there). Plus he’s so down to earth its nice. 

-ALL THE LADIES 

The women in this show were everything. They saved a lot of pacing that could have fallen flat. Jessica brought dynamic, Colleen was a constant badass, Claire is a gem as the voice of reason and nurse miracle worker, and Madame Gao is so deadly and sophisticated I just love watching her say words. 

-It was a mini-series instead of a show-to-show arc 

Honestly, once you see what I didn’t like, you’ll know I was disappointed by this show. But luckily, they made this as short as possible so I could finish it without feeling like crap. Each episode is only 44 min and its only 8. This arc didn’t need more than that and it was a smart move. 

What I didn’t like:

-Plot

UGH. I never imagined this would be an issue because this arc was built up over four shows. The Hand is evil, they’re everywhere but the epicenter is New York, they need the Black Sky, they are the enemy of K’un L’un, they want to take down New York. Like here are the basic building blocks, now just answer the WHO, WHY, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW. 

Bringing the heroes together was easy, they’re all in the same city, why not bump into each other? But keeping them together was interesting but it did its job. 

So now, they have to explain the Black Sky. Well the Black Sky was a scheme by one hand member that believed in her abilities as their salvation. Everyone else was like, yeah ok sure. But we never get what the black sky really is? Where is the legend that Alexandra obsessed over for centuries to find the Black Sky? I dunno, it felt empty to not have this context. 

Now explain the K’un L’un connections. They’re all from K’un L’un, banished and they want to go back. OH BUT WAIT, wasn’t K’un L’un destroyed by The Hand?? So Mr. White Hat says Danny saw what he wanted to see when he didn’t see K’un L’un. But Miss Black Sky taunts Danny and says she murdered everyone (I’m pretty sure she was lying to rouse him up).  

So what’s the truth? Is K’un L’un gone?? These bitches wanted to go back there, not to get the substance? There’s some weird dialogue discrepancy that I must have fudged, but it seem like the Hand wants entrance into a realm of K’un L’un to get the substance for immortality. But there were moments where it felt like “ET phone home” like The Hand was homesick instead of desperate for dragon dust. Like the exposition explained in the show was vague enough to give a sense of what was happening but never definitive answers which was something I found lacking. 

But now lets get to they want to take down New York. Ok, cool. Why? Cause they’ve done it for centuries? To show their power? Its more like ‘The War in New York’ instead of ‘The War for New York’. The reason the Defenders go to face The Hand is to protect Danny and their loved ones from being hunted down. Otherwise the threat of the Hand is this vague super evil organization, which feels lazy for the show.

Also on the random...Why was Luke in Alexandra’s building to save Danny during the “big meet up” fight? Just, why was he there? LOL This show did not have the smoothest transitions.

-Cinema photography and tone and audio/music 

It was bland AF. Every show (YES, EVEN IRON FIST THAT EVERYONE HATES) had an atmosphere; a style. They did not even try connecting them in this show. It was shot so straight and basic I felt physical pain lol. I can’t explain this really well it was just something that bothered me, but the shots were pretty simple. The color schemes were aight. The audio was meh, and very few times did they try to incorporate really good music to heighten a scene. I feel like Daredevil season one is the best example of how to do it right. The camera angles were so dynamic, the color schemes were dramatic, and the audio design was awesome of course (super hearing does that). 

-Dialogue 

THE CHEEEESE. THE CHEESINESS OF THE DIALOGUE OMG. Sometimes I thought it was funny and then there were other times was it was just too much shtick. I would quote them, but I’m lazy and I apologize. 

-Fight scenes

 NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY THIS. Like these shows’ leading qualities are usually the fight scenes. And this problem is directly related to the issues above. There wasn’t a feeling of danger or urgency or tone or anything. I felt like i was WATCHING a show instead of ENJOYING a show, you know? 

TL;DR: I don’t wanna type anymore, but overall this show suffered from a lack of vision and lack of organization with the show runners of the finale result of bringing these character’s together. We marvel fans have pretty high expectations at this point and it makes their jobs more difficult which is so unfortunate. 

[krizaland]

Been curious about this. What would Dib think about having a friend/s/o who is a vampire?

Ooh! What an interesting idea!

 I’ll be honest, when I was younger I wasn’t allowed to read Twilight because my mom thought it would scare me. (In her defence, I was actually really scared of vampires and werewolves back then. So she meant well.)

However, everyone else and their grandmother was reading all the books and raving about how amazing they were.

I got so mad that I developed an intense hatred of Twilight. 

I hated Twilight so much that I vowed to write a story a million times better than it!

Then I  immediately proceeded to write a terrible Kirby fanfic that makes me cringe to this day.

Anyway, the reason why I bring this up is because your request finally gave me the inspiration I needed to live out one of my childhood dreams!

Be warned: Because reader is a vampire, there will be lots of talk about blood and dead creatures.

When Dib went out hunting for vampires, you were not what he had expected to find.

Dib was expecting a grotesque, 7 foot tall goblin, with sickly white skin, and blood stained fangs!

Or maybe a monstrous Bat-like creature, feasting on the remains of its victims.

What he wasn’t expecting was a breathtakingly beautiful human-like creature!

Just seeing you basking under the glow of the full moon almost made him drop his vampire hunting supplies!

If it wasn’t for the moonlight glistening off of your fangs, Dib would’ve never even suspected you were a vampire!

He would’ve assumed you were a nymph or a moon spirt of some sort.

But a Vampire wouldn’t even cross his mind.

“What are you looking at?!”

The sound of your angry voice snapped Dib out of his trance.

Dib opened his mouth to speak but all that came out was incoherent gibberish.

“What’s the matter? You’re acting like you’ve never seen a vampire before!” You giggled as you turned to face Dib.

Dib felt his heart flutter in his chest.  Your eyes twinkled like rubies!

Dib swallowed hard and cleared his throat.

“I have seen a vampire before! I just, you know wasn’t expecting-”

“One to look like me? Yeah, there’s a lot of nasty misconceptions about us vampires.” You chuckled.

“W-well can you really blame anyone?! I mean you literally kill people and drink their blood! How are you expected to not be seen as a terrifying monster?!” Dib stuttered as he snapped a finger in your direction.

“Again, that’s a misconception. Most Vampires don’t go out and kill humans anymore. It’s inconvenient and humans are kinda annoying anyway.  We prefer to go to blood banks or drink animal blood instead.” You explained casually.

“Well, that isn’t much better.” Dib muttered as he looked down at his feet.

“Meh. Drinking blood isn’t exactly the the nicest thing but hey, a Vampire’s gotta eat. Besides, I find human food waay more disgusting. I mean, you actually eat the animals body parts and stuff! Say what you want about Vampires but at least we just take a bite, slurp, and go! You guys make a show out of your meals!” You ranted as your hands accompanied your words.

“That’s different! We cook our food so that it’s safe for our consumption! We would get hundreds of diseases if we didn’t!” Dib snapped as he lifted his head to look at you.

“Wait, even salmonella?”

“Yes! No human wants to catch that!” Dib confirmed with a shudder.

You hummed and stroked your chin.

“So, do you think that cooking blood before consuming it could kill salmonella? Because my friend’s uncle Larry caught it yesterday and it’s like reeeally bad.” You shuddered at the memory.

“I….Don’t know,” Dib blinked for a moment, “Wanna go find out?”

“Sure!”

And with that, you and Dib went back to his lab and begun to preform experiments on cooking blood.

Dib had to admit, despite being a blood drinking monster, you were actually really cool.

You both shared a love of science and even had a similar sense of humor.

It had been years since Dib had this much fun with anyone!

In fact, you were the closest thing Dib had to a friend.

Dib found himself wishing you weren’t a vampire so he could make your friendship official.

“Ah! Son! I can’t tell you how happy I am seeing you getting so excited about REAL SCIENCE!”

The sound of Professor Membrane’s cheerful voice jolted Dib from his thoughts.

“Gah! Oh! Hey..Dad. Y/N! This Professor Membrane, my dad.” Dib stuttered as he gestured to Professor Membrane.

“It’s nice to meet another mind interested in the field of legitimate science! Maybe your friend here can finally help you get over your silly obsession with ghosts and vampires and whatnot.” Professor Membrane beamed as he patted your head.

Dib’s face fell a bit as a groan escaped his throat.

“Yeah…thanks, Dad…”

“Well, you kids have fun now! I’ve got another cure to discover!

And with that, Professor Membrane trotted off to his main lab.

“Did he not notice my fangs or….”

“Ugh! He never notices anything! I’ve literally shown him countless photos of aliens and bigfeets! I even had you, a real vampire, standing right in front of him! Nothing!” Dib ranted as he buried his face in his hands.

“Really? So he just brushes off everything you show him? That’s awful! You seem like, really good at paranormal investigating and stuff. I’m surprised he doesn’t believe you!” You admitted as you rubbed the back of your head.

“That’s just it! No one ever believes me! No matter how hard I- Wait did you just say, I was good at paranormal investigating?” Dib blinked in surprise.

“That I did. You see, humans don’t catch me on my late night walks. You’re literally the first human to ever find me. That’s why I agreed to come over to your place. Your skills have definitely earned my favor.” You explained with a fanged grin.

“Wait! Really?!” Dib’s eyes nearly popped out of his glasses.

“Yep! I honestly could’ve flown away at anytime I wanted but you seemed so cool I decided to stick around.” You confirmed.

Dib’s eyes lit up as a wide grin spread across his face!

“You think I’m cool…”

In that moment, Dib decided that it didn’t matter that you were a vampire! You were really nice and didn’t even try to drink his blood once!

He wanted to make your friendship official.

Dib cleared his throat as he regained his composure.

“So, does this mean we’re friends now?” Dib’s words came out sounding more eager than he had intended.

“Sure! If don’t mind being friends with a ‘blood sucking monster’” You teased.

“You know what? I don’t mind! As long as you don’t, you know…suck my blood or anything.” Dib chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.

“I think I can do that. Just don’t try to expose me anymore.”

“Oh don’t worry! I won’t! I don’t want to lose the only friend I’ve ever had!” Dib replied.

“What?”

“N-Nothing! Hey! Wanna help me expose an alien?!” Dib stuttered, trying to change the subject.

“Sounds like fun!”

And with that, you and Dib spent the rest of the evening plotting various ways to torment and expose Zim.

While you being a vampire was going to take some getting used to, Dib was excited to finally have a real friend on his side.