#vampire bat rouge real

[darknanigans]

i firmly believe in half vampire bat and half honduran white bat rouge

here are some headcanons:

• feeding from people isn't an intimate thing. its just her second way of sustenance. but when KNUCKLES offered his neck, she got incredibly flustered. ↧↧↧

TW BLOOD:

she does get a little overexcited tho,,, lol

• she feeds from shadow, knuckles, and blood bags given to her by G.U.N.

• knuckles' blood is the healthiest for her due to his diet.

•shadow's blood is like junk food for her.

•the blood bags are somewhat nutritious but not as much as knuckles'.

[dogt-eeth]

Rouge the Bat voice "Yeah, Sonic, of course vampires are real. I'm, like, related to at least four. You were a WEREHOG, how is this a surprise to you."

[multi-royalty-arc]

the evening had been passing along pretty smoothly .  caroline had let eris be a plus one to her outing ,  festivities brimming with people that of course the entity had no clue who any of them were .  but in true caroline forbes fashion as the social butterfly ,  she introduced eris to practically everyone .  it wasn’t until dark eyes happened to flicker away from the blonde for a millisecond .  at just the right moment where neither of them caught sight of an approaching person high tailing it straight for the vampire .  by the time the stranger’s movement was detected it was already too late .  one moment caroline is shooting a confused look to the unknown person ,  the next a fist is flying  &  making a pretty impactful  PUNCH  straight into her chin .  that first spark of  ANGER  is struck like a match when sound of knuckles met the structure of caroline’s face ,  but what sets a whole other blaze of red hot rage is when quick hues catch a dribble of rouge leaking from split lip .  that feeling when the roundness of eris’ irises grew three times too big ,  nearly coating the entirety of sclera with the color of onyx .  entity’s face changes as well ,  once femme round features are suddenly sharper ,  FIERCER .  INHUMAN .  it takes all of two seconds before a hand wraps around the perpetrators throat ,  digits curling  &  gripping harshly as eris kindly drags them away from the crowd that’s huddled to care for the blonde .  if caroline yells for eris ,  she doesn’t hear her .  only focused on dealing with this certain problem . it’s almost as if monster  &  defenseless human go by unnoticed through the herd of people .  no one bats an eye towards them at all .  all the while eris is taking them to the back of the room .  sheltered in shadows ,  &  somehow the darkness becomes thicker when she enters it .  the strength of ten men is what hurdles the stranger up against the wall ,  their feet dangling easily six inches off the ground .  eris tells them something .  gets up real close next to their ear  &  whispers something only for them to ever witness the words leaving her mouth .  it’s quick ,  maybe half a minute of a one-sided conversation later but the damage is  EVIDENT  in the way the stranger’s expression morphs into one of horror .  brimming with tears ,  wide eyes snap to eris once she pulls away .  she gives an innocent smile as she finally releases them ,  letting them drop onto noodly limbs that give out beneath them almost instantly .  they’re curling into a tight ball as she’s turning away .  crying on the dirty floor with a snotty nose as she’s returning to caroline’s side .  eyes back to normal .  maybe even  BRIGHTER  than before .         ❛  let’s get you home .  ❜

👊  My muse has just been decked in the nose in front of yours!  How does your muse react? 

She'd wanted to share a Mystic Falls gathering with Eris for a while, this was the blondes home. She prided herself on always taking care of community events and attending out of respect for the towns folk even long after her hight school days had come to an end. She knew this town like the back of her hand. Eris would be safe, though the vampire knew her friend was far more capable of defending herself if an incident arose. An evening summer music festival seemed like a more relaxed style of event, and when Eris had accepted the offer Caroline had cheered with glee. Showing the entity around her home town, and introducing her to the people who had influenced her upbringing somehow seemed like a bonding experience.

The punch had taken her by surprise, no one else had seemed to be acting out. It didn't seem disorderly anywhere else around, which made the blonde feel as though it was targeted. Caroline didn't even have a good chance to catch a glimpse of the attacker before Eris had whisked them away. Her own body had slumped to the grounding, sitting among the dry grass at peoples feet. A handful of the locals crowding her and giving her space in unison.

Thankful for Eris's return and helping the vampire to her feet, the suggestion of going home left her heart sore. She'd wanted the night to go well. "where did you go?". A soft whisper from crimson stained lips, the taste of her own blood was sickening. "do you know where I live?" the blonde asked once they were separated from the crowd, her head spinning. She was frightened in case whomever had been there to take her down came back, or worse if they weren't working alone.

"will you stay with me.. please?" it was a meek thing to ask, but Eris made her feel safe.

[bloodfairymagic-visualnovel]

VAMPIRIC VIBES AND THE CHURCH OF STARRY WISDOM LORE

Originally I was going to make this post only about vampiric vibes however ever since I've went to this website ive decided to make this post about the church of starry wisdom as well

Anyways let's talk about some worldbulidinggg

VAMPIRIC VIBES 🦇🧛‍♀️

also known as the vampire pack or the clan of vampires is an group of vampires that like to go to rave parties, they mostly go to "sewage bipolar" and "chalice of runway E", sometimes they go to "neuume"but mostly they go to those places

Even tho all of the members are vampires they kinda act like their wolves (which is why vampiric vibes is also called the vampirepack and the clan of vampires) the members of this group refers to their leader as "the alpha", some of the members are called "betas" and most of the members are called "omegas"

Speaking of their leader, this is Twilight

(her design in this pic is censored however if you want to see the uncensored verison, click here )

An 988 year old vampire that is bloodthirsty (obviously), wild, chaotic, fun-loving, spontaneous, adaptable, crazy and probably someone you don't want to mess with

She likes drinking blood and beer, however she likes drinking the blood more

Twilight's name is an reference to multiple things

The Twilight movie

Twilight sparkle from mlp

And the Twilight song by Bôa

Alot of people are kinda scared of Twilight even the holy mother of Yuri is scared of her (even tho she's taller Twilight, she's still scared of her)

Anyways back to this group,

There are 12 members of vampiric vibes, these members are:

1. Feronia (beta)

2. Boruta (beta)

3. Rouge (omega)

4. Night bat (omega)

5. Lignée (omega)

6. Kettō (omega)

7. Derpina (omega)

8. Marishka (omega)

9. Melanie (omega)

10. Ethel (omega)

11. Nicolette (omega)

12. Sybil (omega)

Like I said before, all of these members are vampires except for derpina and feronia

They are both Dhampirs (human/vampire hybrids)

Facts about vampiric vibes (and Twilight):

-twilight's design is inspired by this and this

-vampiric vibes is inspired by vivziepop's party dawgz

THE CHRUCH OF STARRY WISDOM✝️😇

Also known as "the Church of the broken God" is an cult that is located in the pride ring

The members and leader of this cult refers to themselves as "saints" even tho (almost) all of them is an fallen angel

The leader of this cult is saint peter

An 566 year old fallen angel who used to be an normal woman until she was shot in the head by forneus

Even tho she was shot, she's still alive (oddly enough) and she slowly became insane, her downward spiral has gotten to an point where she started to believe she was a real saint (spoilers; the only real saints in heaven are familiars of God, all of them are dead btw)

Eventually she started to make some of her friends believe they were saints as well, one day saint peter made this cult

There are 9 members of this cult, they are:

1. Saint Benedicta

2. Saint Dulcissima

3. Saint Ado of Vienne

4. Saint Christina

5. Saint Cele-Christ

6. Saint Veep

7. Saint Hywyn

8. Saint Phanuel

9. Saint Edith Stein

Facts:

-even tho haniel is not part of this cult, she's very close friends with saint peter and sometimes hangs out with her and the members of the church of starry wisdom

-alot of people refer to this cult as "false saints" or "wannabe saints"

Update 3/18/24:

Look, I know I said that all of them are either fallen angels or regular angels but I've decided to make saint hywyn an sea bishop

[year2college]

Endless Runner Games: Sonic Dash

Sonic Dash is probably one of the biggest mobile endless runners made by Sega in 2013, originally the game was paid for a single month after its release but after was made permanently free on the App Store.

Obviously as the game states, you play as Sonic characters in an endless runner which progressively gets harder, however, unlike most Endless Runners, Sonic Dash, after a while, has a boss fight consisting of either Eggman & Zazz, however in the expanded Sonic Dash+ you can also fight Bash from Pac-Man.

There are a large amount of characters to pick from, these characters are: Sonic the Hedgehog Amy Rose Tails Miles Prowler Knuckles the Echidna Charmy Bee Vector the Crocodile Jet the Hawk Cream the Rabbit Blaze the Cat Shadow the Hedgehog Silver the Hedgehog Espio the Chameleon Big the Cat Classic Sonic Rouge the Bat My Melody (Hello Kitty) Chococat (Hello Kitty) Badtz-Maru (Hello Kitty) Hello Kitty (Hello Kitty) Pac-Man (PAC-MAN (Sonic Dash+)) Ms. Pac Man (PAC-MAN (Sonic Dash+)) Red (Angry Birds) Chuck (Angry Birds) Bomb (Angry Birds) Andronic (Sonic Dash Android Version Special) Metal Sonic Vampire Shadow (Halloween Sonic Dash special) Witch Rouge (Halloween Sonic Dash special) Santa Big the Cat (Christmas Sonic Dash special) Elf Classic Sonic (Christmas Sonic Dash special) Teen Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog Movie) Baby Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog Movie) Longclaw (Sonic the Hedgehog Movie) Slugger Sonic (Sonic Dash special) All-Star Amy (Sonic Dash special) Whisper (Sonic the Hedgehog comic series character) Tangle the Lemur (Sonic the Hedgehog comic series character) Treasure Hunter Knuckles (Sonic Dash special) Elite Agent Rouge (Sonic Dash special) Jingle Belle Amy (Christmas Sonic Dash special) Excalibur Sonic (Sonic and the Black Knight)

All of these characters can either be instantly obtained due to buying them with real money or by playing the game and obtaining a set amount of special tokens to unlock the character.

[silver-ace-of-spades]

Mobian Monster Mash: Chapter 22

Not everything you see is real.

Swearing, emotional manipulation, and gaslighting

~~~~~

October 31: 12:09 AM

Shadow and Omega walked through a nearby forest. The trees barely let any light in, and as they got deeper into the forest, the sky appeared to move faster, until it stopped at midnight. Shadow heard a wail from the distance and ran towards the noise.

Omega reached an arm out to stop him from being reckless. "Shadow. Wait. There is a 99% chance it's a trap." They realized Shadow wouldn't be convinced and gave up.

Shadow found Silver sobbing by a lake. He went to the ghost to ask what happened.

"E-Espio... Died in the b-battle... I barely made it out alive..." They threw themself onto Shadow and he hugged them.

"There, there. You're okay. We'll avenge him. Where was the monster?"

"That way..." Silver pointed towards a cave.

"Let's go."

"I-I'm not... ready to fight... you go on ahead..." Silver floated away and left Shadow alone on their mission.

~~~

Shadow went off of Omega's radar, which concerned them. "Oh fuck. Shadow might be in danger." They activated their rockets and looked for the hedgehog when Rouge ran up to them, crying.

"Knuckles didn't make it..."

Omega immediately became suspicious. How did Rouge know that the rest of Team Dark was in the forest?

"Scanning. You are not Rouge the Bat."

"Please! I need to find Shadow, so he and I can kick that monster's ass."

Omega's processing center ran a bit harder. They had a common goal. "Okay. No funny business."

Rouge led Omega to the very same cave that Silver pointed Shadow to.

~~~

Shadow searched the cave when he heard the familiar mechanical whirring of his friend. "Omega, there you are! And you found Rouge!" The robot ran into the cave to talk to them. Rouge pushed a button and a cage fell over the two.

"I told you this was a trap." Omega told Shadow.

"Well I can get out! Chaos Control!" Shadow tried to escape, but the cage shocked him.

"The cage is Chaos-proof." Rouge explained.

"Rouge! What gives?" The hedgehog yelled.

Rouge's body became an amorphous blob, then took on a ghostly hedgehog form. Shadow assumed it was just a prank from them.

"Silver, what about avenging Espio?"

Silver glared at the vampire. "That was a lie. You see, you have something I want."

"Snap out of it!"

"You foolish little immortal... I'm never going back to heroism."

Tears fell from Shadow's eyes. "YOU'RE NOT SILVER!"

Said hedgehog smirked. "Correct. I..." Their body transformed again, this time into Shadow. "am the King of the Omniclones."

"Omniclones?" The real Shadow asked.

The king changed into his true form: a human-shaped void that dripped black liquid from its fingertips. In his stomach area was a Chaos Emerald. "Omni: all, clone: copy. We're shapeshifters."

"Bring it!"

[shookspearewrites]

There’s something wrong with Jean, Isaac and Shakespeare ... (A Theory about the Ikevamp Universe)

There are route spoilers below for Isaac, Napoleon, Theo and Jean’s routes so please please scroll away if you don’t want to see that!

As far as I know, this theory is entirely my own and I have not seen any similar theories but, if there are some out there, please let me know and I will credit them!

So, as you may or may not know, my ducklings, I’m a big ol’ history nerd and this has led me to tirelessly researching, trying to pinpoint the exact year that Ikevamp is set in. I’ve narrowed it down to between 1893 and 1898 - I’ve done this by taking every irl character death (Eg, Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930) and every single historical indicator from within the game (Eg, Theo mentioning that it’s only been a few years since his death + the 2nd Boer War hasn’t happened yet) and putting them on a timeline.

Now, what I’ve noticed within the game a lot is historical inaccuracies, which is totally fine! It’s not meant to be entirely historically accurate otherwise, frankly, it would not be an enjoyable game - For example, irl, some of our boys were quite racist + misogynist (among other things) and Cybird can’t just go shoving in that in a whimsical, light hearted otome game. Also Isaac and Leonardo are both speculated to have been gay so, there’s that.

But aside from that, they do get a lot of the historical details right! Like the use the Napoleon coins which didn’t go out of use until 1914 (Arthur’s route), the boys reading ‘La Petit Parisian’ which didn’t stop publication until 1944 (Napoleon’s route) and Gaugin wandering around alive and well in Paris because he didn’t die until 1903 (Theo’s route). And they seem to get all of the boys’ death dates right ...

Well, some of them. 

Firstly just off the bat, Theo and Vincent didn’t die on the same day irl. They’ve changed it to use as a plot device which I think is fair game but, I just hold a bit of a personal grudge against it as I have tirelessly studied the van Gogh boys for university and I know every little detail about their lives. But we’re not here to talk about them today.

I want to talk about how wrong Cybird seem to have Isaac, Jean and Shakespeare’s death dates.

We’ll start with Shakespeare - The real life Shakespeare died in 1616 which would be fine if it hadn’t been mentioned that William was the suitor who’d been brought back by le Comte first (I can’t remember which route this was in, sorry!)  This would mean that Jean was turned and brought back by le Comte after Will even though he died almost 200 years before Shakespeare did. 

Another problem about Shakespeare is that Isaac in his own route mentioned that he was brought back by Comte before Shakespeare was which makes even less sense, since Isaac died 110 years after Shakespeare did. Also in Napoleon’s route, Isaac says that he’s been in the 19th Century far longer than Jean has been ... 

Which means that Isaac was turned and brought back before Jean who died 295 years before he did + he’s been there longer than Shakespeare but Shakespeare was turned and brought back by le Comte first??

 I’m so baffled and confused, guys.

A very simple explanation for this is as follows: The Ikevamp universe is big and confusing and the writers over at Cybird just got a few things wrong / mixed up and the wires got crossed somewhere along the line.

A little less of a simple explanation for this, and one I kinda buy into is this: le Comte is essentially Dr Who and can travel through different dimensions as well as different times. This would explain all the weird time occurrences that I mention above and also Isaac, Jean and (maybe) Shakespeare’s vampiric abnormalities. 

Example, Jean: Irl Jean was female, very different to in the Ikevamp universe where he is male. He also needs far less Blanc and Rouge to survive than the other lesser vampires. Yes, he starves himself but, it still takes him a few days to get dangerously low on blood intake. The Dr Who theory could explain this; Quite simply, Jean comes from a different dimension in which he was a man, not a woman & in which vampires have evolved to need far less blood to survive.

Similarly with Isaac: He’s an abberant, needing significantly more blood to survive, seemingly even more than even the purebloods. In line with my theory, he could come from a different dimension in which vampires need far more blood to live.

(In these examples, Comte turns them in their own dimensions and because space / time travel is whacky, both Isaac and Jean take on the vampiric traits from their own dimensions and not from the one in which they live with le Comte.)

I can’t explain Shakespeare at all but, I’m sure I’ll come up with something once his route comes out & when I know more about Vlad.

tl;dr - le Comte is Dr Who and some of the boys (if not all of them) come from different dimensions.

Thanks for listening to my rambling, ducklings - and let me know what you think below! - JJ x

[where-s-all-blue]

Hopeless Heroes AU

Hero Pack

Sanji/Stealth Black/King

Stealth Black has been out if commission fro the past two years (presumed dead by the public) as he was training with a former hero known as Crimson Leg.

He returns under the name "Prince", wearing a prototype of his new suit as Usopp isn't yet done calibrating the finished version to fit his needs.

People start to talk about how similar Stealth Black and this new hero are, causing Sanji to panic and claim that the members of Germa 66 are obviously older as they are taller (they wear heeled shoes to make people believe that they're taller).

Prior to Stealth Black's early retirement, he and Hunter had a fight regarding who deserves to be saved as the previous had been raised to think like perfect Germa soldier while the latter holds all life equally valuable.

Sanji must return to his previous role as Stealth Black momentarily as Germa 66 is threatening to reveal the secret identities of the heroes.

He accidentally reveals that Prince and Stealth Black are the same person to Hunter in the process.

Due to his new suit having a crown at its chest, the public starts to refer to him as King instead of Prince much to his embarrassment.

His entering code is 0302, which just so happens to be his birthday, March 2nd.

As Vinsmoke's questionable treatment on its servants and family members is revealed, Sanji is placed onto a safehouse known as Sunny, Hunter is tasked with guarding him.

Zoro/Hunter

Upon his friend Kuya dying from falling down the stairs, Zoro realised just how fragile humans are and thus he swore to become a hero who'd be able to help everyone.

His mentor is hero known as Hawkeye, who found him practicing sword fighting on his backyard. To this day the sword hero has no idea how Zoro got past his security system nor where his parents are, thus becoming his guardian.

He transferred into a university in France, which just so happens to be the same one Sanji attends to, accidentally becoming Mr Popular due to his exotic background, athletic nature and street smarts.

As he meets Prince, he can't help but to think of Stealth Black and wish him to return. He even talks about how he misses the guy to Prince, who's literally trying to keep the fact that he's Stealth Black a secret.

He's angry at himself for not being able to accompany Stealth Black on his mission because of his cover nearly being blown. He has to make up a good diversion while another hero makes an appearance as Hunter at the same time (it's Bartolomeo, who has learned most of his signature moves).

When Sanji is moved into the safe house, Hunter accompanies him the whole time, learning that not all Vinsmokes are entitled bastards.

Hunter's ability is to cut anything and nothing if he so desires, he also can create several wind styled attacks with them along with something that is called an Asura. The latter is still an incomplete technique.

Perona has accidentally called Hunter her older brother in presence of Nami, which led to both him and her quickly make up a lie about him being Zoro's older half brother of whose existence the greenette has no idea of existing.

Zoro keeps a journal about these lies to ensure that he doesn't accidentally contradict himself.

Ace/Fire Fist

Son of a former (now deceased) heroes, Roger and Rogue, the previous having been a powerful fire ability carrying hero.

He became active as a young teen upon loosing his cool.

He was used as a test subject of project REVIVE which was supposed to be used to research the abilities of the heroes who'd died in hopes of producing one day a new generation of heroes with matching abilities along with a series of pills that were supposed to be used to suppress hard to control abilities, help with mastering them and to switch into another one if the holder' s body wasn't capable of withstanding the original one.

This project was over seen by Steel Fist Garp, who was mortified to learn about the science ward of the time (provided by the United Countries and the Royal family of Vinsmokes) using children as test subjects. He broke all of the test subjects out, providing them with happy families. The test subjects who survived were Ace, Sabo and Chopper.

Sabo/Chief

The wide assumption is that he is Ace's twin brother who just so happens to take after Rouge.

He found out about his ability to control fire during a mission where both Ace and Luffy were hurt very badly.

As Sabo was used in the project REVIVE, his hair changed colour from its previous golden yellow into the same strawberry blonde as Rogue's had been.

Although he was released from the facility by Garp, he wasn't done with being a test subject as his power hungry family continued tests in secret until Dragon (a hero during that time) broke him out at the request of Doctor Kureha.

Luffy/Rubber Man

Originally a water-air powered individual, but as he ate one of the prototype pillers, his DNA was warped turning him into a rubber man.

Though Garp was offered the ability to turn him back into what he'd originally been, the retired hero claimed that it was a good thing to have his ability change as now he couldn't be connected to Dragon nor his wife.

Luffy's mother was a former villain with water based ability. Dragon broke off of the hero union in favour of becoming a vigilante.

Shanks/Red

One of the rare heroes without super powers.

Lost his arm while trying to keep Luffy safe while visiting one of the factories that produced the hero suits and gadgets; he quite literally stick his arm between two gears to keep the kid from getting hurt and had to have it amputated as a result.

To the public, he's an intriguing mystery.

Those who don't work with him, see him as laid back and carefree guy, but when you see him step on the field, you'll immediately know that shit just got real.

He's one of Roger's former pupils.

Red works behind the scene, pulling the strings and covering for the younger heroes.

His family is so well hidden that even if you'd know who he really was, you could only trace him back to the heroes. The closest you'd get to a family would be Luffy, but do you really want to risk having Steel Fist, Dragon, Portgas Twins AND the Surgeon of Death attack you on sight?

As the head of the intelligence, nothing gets past him, if something feels amiss, he'll have it checked.

While his identity isn't a secret, somehow people still fail to believe that he's one of the strongest current generation heroes.

Mihawk/Hawkeye

One of the strongest heroes current generation has to offer, the guardian and mentor of Hunter.

Sword hero, whose abilities have been honed to the level where no matter what he yields, he can cut with it.

He has once used an actual banana in place of a blade during an emergency with rather fruitful results.

Prefers to work solo, but has made an exception for his ward.

Came to adopt both Zoro and Perona upon finding them from his backyard with no explanation for how they got there and who are their parents.

Celebrates the duo's birthdays on the days he found them.

Seems to live only with protein shakes, smoothies and fruities due to being literally too busy with being the only hero with common sense around here.

This has led to an ongoing joke about him being a fruit bat styled vampire.

His habit of sleeping in a coffin (it came with the house and he sure as hell won't be spending anymore time with people than the bare minimum) isn't helping with the vampire image.

He used to work in a team with Buggy and Shanks, there was even slight rivalry between them where they kept score on saved civilians and beaten villains. This came to an end upon Shanks' loss of an arm.

Buggy/Clown

Came from a poor family which led him to retorting to crime as a means of survival.

Was taken in by Roger, who helped him to break out of the villain circle and inspired him to become a hero.

His former ability was so destructive that he asked to be given the still work in progress medicine, but it made him sick and mentally unstable for a long time.

He used to be in the same hero team as Hawkeye and Red before starting to work solo and eventually taking an apprentice himself.

He grew up in a circus where his parental figures were thieving clowns (literal clowns), as a sign of respect and to not forget this past, he incorporated certain elements from that into his hero suit.

He's seen as the grumpy uncle by the young heroes.

His literal vibe is: *high beeper goes off signalling that there's a fight nearby* Buggy: *loud tired groan*

Jinbe

Water powered hero, who's also partially a shark.

Specialises in ocean missions.

He's in charge of public relations thanks to his calm personality and rationality.

Feels responsible for the fact that he didn't recognise Arlong's villainous tendencies fast enough.

The martial arts instructor for the new heroes who usually haven't yet found their own style or have no idea how to protect themselves.

Jinbe is literally his hero name, not a single person knows what his actual name is.

Coby

A new hero, whose mentor is Steel Fist Garp.

He's highly durable and happens to have similar affiliates as Garp, hence he was the perfect protégé for him.

He's supposed to become the fourth member of the ASL and balance their often dangerous antics. He's already proceeded to befriend the youngest member of the team, Luffy, while Sabo and Ace are still uncertain of what to make of him.

Currently, he has no hero name of his own as he is following the tradition of allowing the public name him. However, if Shanks' prediction is accurate, he'll end up with a name similar to both Garp and Ace.

Germa 66

Six member group which prides itself in high level technology and super powers.

Is made up from the Royal family of Vinsmokes.

Judge, the leader, is a hyper intelligent man with naturally high durability and strength.

Reiju was genetically altered to be capable of manipulating toxins.

Ichiji was altered to be able to control fire.

Niji's genetic manipulation led to his ability to cut electricity.

Sanji is the only one without any alterations thanks to his mother's ability to destroy unnatural elements, though it was only for one child. He's naturally durable and has high intelligence, which sadly isn't seen as a super power by his father.

Yonji's strength was amplified to ridiculous levels.

All of the Vinsmokes are naturally blonde, but their raidsuits create a coating that protects their heads, which happens to make them appear to have different hair colours.

Sora, former hero before passing away, was a support styled hero, who could nullify toxic combinations and technology.

To protect the team from being affected too much by the "lower level heroes", they have been banned from being paired with heroes who do not "match their level". Sanji, who was seen as the unnecessary part of the team was the only one who was allowed to meddle with other heroes and even then he had to write extra reports about his team mates and the mission.

Germa 66 is known to be very picky about those who are saved, preferring to keep only "important people" such as politicians safe.

Their methods are often questionable and the rest of the heroes judge both their views and the said methods.

[littlegalerion]

Recent post made me wanna write a little something. I’m actually tempted to try to write whole Greymoor fanfic, and rewrite the story idea I mentioned in the previous post. But that would mean actually finishing a fanfiction, and we all know that’s about as common as flying guar. 

Look below the line for the little writing piece! 

A terrible chill swept over the land, the wind blowing mouthfuls of snow up into the air. In the dying twilight, the stars only helped to add to the icy, deathly silence that crept through the forest. The carriage creaked as Fennorian boarded, but honestly he had no room to feel unnerved by these things. Being a vampire, he probably was spooking the carriage driver. Recently he had depleted most of his magical ability- tackling an ancient tomb full of monstrous mysteries tends to do that to a mage. He’d be back to full strength and magicka, eventually, but he was more than happy to relax with a carriage ride to his next point of interest. The driver didn’t seem upset by his appearance, so all the better. Then again maybe he was faking it, and was going to direct the carriage towards the nearest town to throw Fennorian to the guards. 

Eh, he’d had a long week. Fennorian would risk it. 

Right as the driver went to crack the reigns to usher the horse forward, someone emerged from the pine forests around them. They ran up to the carriage’s front, and Fennorian could hear their coin purse heavily clink all the way. After a moment of brief words, and the sound of gold being exchanged, the newcomer boarded opposite of Fennorian. The reins cracked, and the carriage rumbled forward at a steady pace. 

Fennorian tried not to make things awkward. He kept his eyes down in his lap, pulling out his notes to look over them. There was no real need to- he’d already done so like some sort of religious practice, bleeding the last bits of his sanity into it. Looking at it again was practically making him feel ill, but anything was better than an awkward social encounter. 

A hiss of laughter rose from the person across from him.

Cautious, Fennorian glanced up. The man was dressed in a thick, black robe, brimmed with gold trimming and intricate symbols. A thick black and gold sash wrapped around him. He surely wasn’t feeling the cold tonight. But as Fennorian went to quickly look back down, the stranger propped up his hood some. Bright crimson eyes, with a blue outer ring, glowed out at him through the darkness. They sat upon a pale face, a fanged grin spreading across the mer’s features as Fennorian bolted upright.

  “W-What-” Fennorian caught himself, and lowered his voice so their driver wouldn’t hear him. “What in Mara’s name are you doing here?”

“Since when were you concerned about my personal life?” the rider sneered. Tendrils of orange-bronze hair trickled out from under his hood. “I should ask you the same thing. Here to give Volkihar a stern slap on the wrist?”

“No,” Fennorian snapped, and held back tears budding at the edge of his vision. “You’d know some of it, if you had bothered to show up to Verandis’ memorial!”

The stranger’s grin dropped, eyes narrowing. “His memorial? Someone actually managed to kill him?”

“Of course not,” Fennorian hissed. “He sacrificed himself to save Rivenspire.”

“Mmm,” the rider mumbled. “How is Rivenspire these days?”

“Eliindil,” Fennroian growled, fangs beginning to gleam in the moonlight. “You don’t want to test me. Not anymore.”

“Ooooooooh?” Eliindil laughed, and reclined back onto his seat. He whipped out a flask from his robes. “I don’t, do I? You finally graduated from a fledgling to a big boy bat?”

Before Fennorian could finally leap forward and strangle him, the carriage began to rattle. The horse was keeping an uneasy pace, ears flicking wildly as it pranced ahead.

Eliindil took a whiff of the air, then shook his head. “Werewolves…” he said under his breath, and took a drink from his flask. 

Fennorian frowned, taking a whiff himself, but smelled nothing. “Werewolves?” he whispered back. “I don’t smell anything.”

“Then I guess you aren’t a big boy bat after all,” Eliindil smirked, delicately wiping his lips clean of the thick red liquid he’d been downing, then tucking the flask away. “Even if you can’t smell them, you should have known a pack would be here. It’s Skyrim. I know at least three packs that have their own separate territories.”

“Are we in one?” Fennorian inquired. 

“No,” Eliindil smiled, winking. “So that means we’re dealing with a couple of rouges, probably looking for an easy meal.”

Light began to glow in the distance ahead. The two vampires blinked, squinting their eyes to see what was laying in wait for them. The carriage driver grumbled out a curse, pulling to a halt as they came upon what seemed like a road check. Two guards were already speaking to two individuals, who were obviously mages. One held a wicked staff, and was adorned in hooded robes. 

Fennorian gripped his seat’s wooden backside tighter as another grin spread across Eliindil’s face. “What?” he dared to ask. 

“The creature in front of us,” Eliindil chuckled. “I detect no life in her.”

“What?!” Fennorian gasped. “Cousin, we have to-”

Before he could finish, all went to chaos. From the darkness, bats flew out in a vortex, swirling until they came to rush one of the guards. They congealed together to form a person, a vampire, which overtook the guard and started to feast. A howl cut through the night, and the next guard was mauled right alongside the carriage by a hulking werebeast. Another wind of bats descended upon them, and now the carriage driver was ripped from his seat. A vampire tore at him on the ground. More and more clouds of bats swooped in, joining together to drop down one vampire after another.

  The hooded witch turned to the carriage, and swiped her staff through the air, kicking up a flame spell. It rocketed towards the carriage, slamming through the horse and upturning Eliindil and Fennorian from their seats. 

“Fire?” Eliindil spat, having tried to dodge it but the flames licked at his robes. “Low trick, witch!” He cast a grudgeful glance at Fennorian, who had been sent rolling through the snow. A snap of his fingers, and Eliindil grunted as a protective ward cast down over the dazed vampire. But his attention had been averted for too long. The werewolf had moved so quickly, quicker than any he’d ever encountered before. The beast throttled him across the head, knocking Eliindil out cold. The ward over Fennorian flickered out. 

Two vampires came and hauled both of the cousins towards the witch. By then, Fennorian had regained some consciousness. Eliindil was still slumped over, limp. 

The witch stepped forward to study them. She wore a mask carved with what seemed to be a string of words in a  certain language, but Fennorian couldn’t decipher it. Behind her, the werebeast growled, foaming spraying from its mouth. 

“These two. Take them to the borrow,” the witch ordered. She turned and walked away, her werebeast companion howling as it circled rapidly to follow. 

Another hooded figure came, a spell of sickly red ready in their hand. Fennorian was far too weak to resist it, and soon joined his cousin as a limp figure, in a sound sleep as they were dragged away.

[uncloseted]

Back again with the costume designer talk -- Yes, I agree with the mischaracterization of all the characters in s6. It felt like last series' plots and endings had been thrown out the window. While watching s6, it felt like a different show all together. Everything that made every character unique was gone. Was there any reason as to why Edward was gone? Also, you stated that Matty likes Victorian and gothic culture. What are other characters' interests? I know Alo's are nature/punk; Rich: metal

Totally.  I think series 5 got a lot of backlash from older fans who no longer felt like the characters were relatable and were very vocal about that fact on Twitter, and so they decided to go completely in the opposite direction because maybe people would like that instead.  And I think that’s a real shame, because like I’ve said before, I think series 5 is some of the best, tightest writing that Skins ever did.  As far as Edward goes, I think he left to work on Secret Diary of a Call Girl. My impression is that he was trying to balance both jobs in 2010 and then felt like it was too much.  Katie Newham, who took over, was Edward’s assistant costumer, so I think he assumed that she would be able to just pick up where he left off, which ended up totally not being the case (and which is what makes me think she comes from a styling/costume construction background as opposed to a costume design one). 

Canonically in terms of interests, here’s what the characters like:

Franky likes “making stuff,” The Catcher in the Rye, The Little Prince, Clockwork Orange, Graphic Novels – Dark Knight, Manga - The Rose of Versailles, Arcade Fire, Burial, Crystal Castles, Nirvana, Corpse Bride, Seven Samurai, Let Me In, Bad Santa, Spirited Away, Vertigo, Harold Lloyd!,  Dexter, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, and taking photos.  

Alo likes his weed, his van, his dog, Youth in Revolt, The Dharma Bums, The Velveteen Rabbit, Blitzen Trapper, Wolf Parade, Dog is Dead, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's, Fruit Bats AND Filthy filthy filthy filthy filth. Borgore, Excision, DatSikk, Funtcase, 16 Bit, Into the Wild, Grizzly Man, Where the Wild Things Are, East of Eden, The Jungle Book, Backdoor Sluts 9, The Hangover, Ninja Warrior, Party Down. Summer Heights High. Babestation. South Park. Family Guy, Lookwell, porn, and Victorian porn.

Rich is mostly defined by what he doesn’t like: he doesn’t like pop music, Simon Cowell, beautiful people, Radio 1, ITV, rapping, beatboxing, middle-class wankers, racism, sexism, Death Cab For Cutie, The Smiths, religion, Downton Abby, Tracy Chevalier, nu-metal, Empire magazine, Kerrang (wankers), drum machines (except when carefully used in Grindcore or Cybergrind – see Cutting Pink With Knives and Noism), synthesizers, Beth Ditto, public displays of affection, the city centre at the weekend, trance, techno, house, dubstep or any music made by skinny white people with computers, Kanye West, JLS, any show about fucking cooking or cooks, townies, chavs, narcissistic politicians, teachers, the song ‘Wait and Bleed’, the second solo on ‘Master Of Puppets’, artichokes, JK Rowling, any film or tv show with fucking vampires or zombies made after 1986, Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee, Glee. He does like metal (”ugly, angry music which you’d probably hate because you don’t understand it”), Atlas Shrugged, American Psycho, The Illuminatus Trilogy, Slayer, Napalm Death, Black Sabbath, Raging Speedhorn, Noism, Atari Teenage Riot, Venetian Snares, Behold The Arctopus, Godflesh, Cathedral, Sleep, Sepultura, Pantera, Soul Fly, Slipknot (2nd album only), PPK, Anal Cunt, Pig Destroyer, Jesu, Sunn 0))), James Plotkin, Earth, Brain Donor, Chrome Hoof, Hair Police, Mayhem, Wolves In The Throne Room, Burzum, Wolf Eyes, Ec8or, Dark City, Split Second, Blade Runner, Near Dark, Braindead, Halloween, The Thing, The Fly, and Alien.

Mini likes “Shopping. Shoes. Sushi. Sex. (”yes, always in that order.”) Sour apple martinis, putting effort into her appearance, Diana, Princess of Wales, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna, yoga, Pilates, fashion, fragrances, dubstep, Katy Perry, Harry Potter, Twilight, Dreamgirls, Grease, Dirty Dancing, Pretty Woman, The Hot Chick, Legally Blonde, Clueless, Mean Girls, Crossroads, Inbetweeners, Misfits, Come Dine With Me, Party Wars, True Blood, Gossip Girl, 90210, The Hills, and ANTM.

Liv likes dancing, HST, Philip K Dick, The Animals of Farthing Wood, Only Forward, Dubstep, Hard DnB, Die Antwoord, Kids, A Scanner Darkly, Dazed and Confused, Bright Young Things, Anchorman, Blades of Glory, The Other Guys, anything in which Mel Gibson dies, Banged Up Abroad, BSG, Firefly, South Park, Twin Peaks, Hollyoaks, The Gilmore Girls. 

Nick likes Rugby, Sex, Winning, Drinking, being awesome, “all sorts” of music, R’n’B, Mumford and Sons, Rocky, Bourne, Borat, and anything with action or the funny, Sport and Friday Night Lights.

Matty likes absurdity, Friedrich Nietzsche, William S. Burroughs, Clive Barker, Hakim Bey, Splatterpunk, Maurice G. Dantec, Anton LaVey, Robert Walser, H.P. Lovecraft, Antonin Artaud, Raymond Abellio, The Art of War, everything Edgar Allen Poe would have listened to if the synthesizer was created before 1964, David Lynch, My Own Private Idaho, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and Shortbus.

Grace likes so many things. Jane Austen, ballet, theater, lucid dreaming, not having to wear a school uniform, collecting pennies, making wishes on things, animals, vanilla ice cream, The Big Book of Fairytales, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abby, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Emma, Lolita, Jane Eyre, Little Women, Ballet Shoes, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Great Expectations, Tess of The D’Urbervilles, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Tom’s Midnight Garden. The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, The Wizard of Oz, Tales From The Brothers Grimm, Matilda, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Death of a Salesman, Cyrano de Bergerac, Macbeth, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, music that moves her, Casablanca. Sabrina. 42nd Street. Meet Me In St. Louis. A Star Is Born. The Wizard of Oz. An American In Paris. Mary Poppins. The Sound of Music. Annie. Singing In The Rain. Top Hat. The Gay Divorce. My Fair Lady. West Side Story. The Red Shoes. Grease. Fame. Dirty Dancing. Moulin Rouge. Chicago. Cleopatra. The Philadelphia Story. The Shop Around The Corner. An Affair To Remember. Some Like It Hot. Roman Holiday. Meet John Doe. La Belle Et La Bete. Breakfast At Tiffany’s. Romeo and Juliet. Disney films, Jeeves and Wooster. The One Show. Strictly Come Dancing. Anything on the Disney Channel. So You Think You Can Dance. Downton Abbey. Agatha Christie’s Poirot. The Forsythe Saga. Any Human Heart. Upstairs, Downstairs.

[damedarcy]

Hi Jax & Hi Jinx by @damedarcy published by @feral_house #autobiography #graphicnovel #illustrations , #comics #goth , #punk , #feminism , Tarot https://etsy.me/2IgLi3L ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feel free to bring all your Fairy Friends, Mermaids, Vampires and Dolls. Even the bad bratty ones. Be sure to tie their silky baby blue bonnet ribbons on real tight. It's going to be quite a ride! Pull up a cushion, adjust your faux diamond tiara just so, and spread those luxurious crinolines wide. Yes I know, happy tears. Dry your beautiful eyes with your embroidered hanky, and fold your glove dainty fingers over your apron like a goody two-shoes angel in prayer. Take care not to get your buttons and bejeweled purity rings caught in the lace. Today will be better than your first kiss, your first communion, your Cinceneria, and Bat Mitzvah. Dare I even say your wedding day. It's okay to overindulge in Turkish delights like the friggin Witch In The Wardrobe. Smearing your lipstick a little with confectioners sugar. Let your fresh warm salty tears roll through the powder and the rouge. It feels good to cry. No one will tattle here. It will be our little secret. This is a special place. Pull yourself together again, and with perfect pinkie extending, show off your glittery French manicure. Cradle the precious cup carefully though. It's made of Victorian bone china. Mind you, if it breaks there will be severe punishment. Perchance even blood will be let. Take care of my Dearest Darkling, this tea is served piping hot. And when it spills, we're all going to get so burned. Promise. Assuredly, at this party there will be entirely much too much. But you know you love it scalding. Things will get Pretty Ugly. https://www.instagram.com/p/BySKPcfFSUD/?igshid=1s240l27y9fb6

[nerodreamblog]

There was this group of characters, I can't remember if they were villains or just a group of very colorful characters, who were being chased by this super villain.

All of them ran shops all over town. I visited one and it was a fire themed shop? All the clothes and accessories were covered in fire.

But the one I really liked was run by this pastel colored, cartoony toucan fellow. He ran a shop that was filled with objects covered in Hello Kitty/Sanrio-esque characters. Though the store was kind of poorly kept. Many of the products had been ripped open. I remember I found this one soda I wanted to try, but all the bottles had been opened already. I took a sip of one for the heck of it (something I'd never do in real life) and decided it was really tasty and I'd be back.

At some point, the toucan guy was being chased by the super villain and when he was caught, his beak shrank back into his head like a turtle, as if his beak was completely detached from the back of his skull.

"I guess I'm the only one who hasn't had much luck defeating you," he confessed to the super villain.

"Oh no," the villain replied. "You've all tried to fight me and failed."

I can't remember if it was the same shop or a different one, but I started finding a bunch of nostalgic toys and food from the 90's/early 2000's. There were Digimon and Power Rangers Pop-Tarts and drinks. I found a DVD section where they were all priced at 40 cents. There was a bunch of independently produced Sonic cartoons, apart from SatAM and The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. They all had characters that had been designed for just that one cartoon. Unfortunately, the DVD boxes had been damaged so one of the store workers was drawing new ones out of chalk and printing them on the packages.

I remember one of the covers had Sally and Sonic chasing this yellow flying squirrel lady.

One of them, Sally was being held upside down by a plant monster. The cover declared "watch Sally get raped!" The worker said "yeah you don't want that one, it gets really intense." I remember staring at it like "WTF."

My favorite cover though was one where Sonic and Sally were trying to catch this black vampire bat lady that looked nothing like Rouge.

[v4viola]

15 LEADING LADIES WORTHY OF PLAYING BATGIRL IN THE UPCOMING WARNER BROS. MOVIE

It’s coming! DC’s Batgirl is at long last suiting up and starring in her very own live-action feature film! Previously played by Alicia Silverstone (Batman & Robin, 1997) and the “pioneer of female superheroes,” Yvonne Craig (1960′s tv series, Batman), the time has finally come for Commissioner James “Jim” Gordon’s niece, Barbara Gordon, to shine a spotlight with her very own Bat-signal.

Warner Bros. Studios is working with director/screenwriter Joss Whedon (The Avengers, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Justice League, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron), who's going to write and direct the exciting new superhero film for the DCU (DC Universe). The plot and the release date, however, are still up in the air, and the quest for the perfect actress is on-going!

With a clear call from audiences for more empowering female leads in major motion pictures, who is the most suitable to suit up as the caped-crusading vixen of Gotham?!

Here are my top 15 kick-ass choices (in no particular order):

1. MADELAINE PETSCH Known for her breakout role as the sharp-tongued Cheryl Blossom on the hit TV show Riverdale, Madelaine Petsch fits Batgirl’s comic description perfectly. The young, sultry, fiery red-head has made her mark in the hallways of Riverdale High; could she leave an even bigger mark on Gotham?

2. BELLA THORNE

With five movies currently in post-production and a young-adult fanbase who will remember her from Family Channel’s Shake It Up and movies like The Duff and Amityville: The Awakening, Bella Thorne is a red-headed “it girl” with a bad-ass demeanour. She would fit into Batgirl’s boots perfectly. 

3. YARA SHAHIDI 

Recently accepted to Harvard University, this breakout teen actress (ABC’s Black-ish and Grown-ish) has impressed on and off camera since she debuted in HBO’s Entourage in 2007. Should she have the time to kick it in Gotham, Yara Shahidi would sparkle as Barbara Gordan in Batgirl! Smart, beautiful, talented, popular...she’d be doing us the favour!

4. ALICIA VIKANDER

Set to star as Lara Croft in March 2018′s Tomb Raider, it’s safe to say Alicia Vikander has some experience being an action hero. Not to mention, she won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2016′s The Danish Girl. She’d also be the second “Alicia” to play Batgirl since Alicia Silverstone in ‘97. Quick, Batsuit her up!

5. MAISIE WILLIAMS 

“A girl is Arya Stark Barbara Gordon of Winterfell Gotham and she’s coming home!” Maise Williams is best known for her gripping role in HBO’s Game of Thrones, and if this young actress brings the same flair and determination she delivers in GOT to Batgirl, we’d have the perfect recipe for a coming-of-age origin story starring an already established action/adventure actress.

6. LIU YIFEI

This experienced actress, model, singer, and martial arts expert has been acting in China since she moved from the United States at the age of ten. Since then, she’s appeared in endless movies including 2008′s The Forbidden Kingdom, where she acted alongside Jet Li and Jackie Chan (the Batman and Robin of martial arts movies). She’s also signed on to play Mulan in the 2019 live-action Disney remake of the same name. Wait, is she already Batgirl?!

7. MAGGIE GEHA

Already a part of the Batman Universe (Poison Ivy in FOX’s Gotham), Maggie Greha and her rouge mane could easily step off the small screen and onto the big screen as Barbara Gordon in Batgirl. With Ivy being a supporting (and dwindling) character in the TV series, DC could propel in-house Maggie to superstardom overnight (and she’ll look amazing doing it).

8. EVAN RACHEL WOOD

A movie and television star with the beauty and talent to take on any role she’s given, Evan Rachel Wood has intrigued fans over the years with her edgy private life (dating Marilyn Manson) and talented on-screen life (starring in critically acclaimed movies like Thirteen, Across the Universe and The Wrestler). Nominated for three Golden Globes and two Emmy’s, Evan is currently starring in the final season of Westworld but has yet to land a role playing a live-action superhero; Batgirl could be the leading role she’s been waiting for.

9. ZOË KRAVITZ

Another Batman Universe alumni (Catwoman in 2017′s The LEGO Batman Movie), Zoë Kravitz is the gorgeous daughter of rock star Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet. and she’s no stranger to action/adventure movies having starred in Mad Max, X-Men: First Class and the Divergent Trilogy. Landing the role of Barabara Gordon in Batgirl would not only garner intrigue, it would further her success in the genre like never before. Maybe shorten her name to Babs Gordan, too. It’s bad-ass like Zoë!

10. JANE LEVY

Rising to fame as Tessa Altman on ABC’s sitcom-style TV series, Suburgatory, Jane Levy has moved onto to star in two back to back horror films with director Fede Álvarez (2013′s Evil Dead remake and 2014′s Don't Breathe). With three films in post-production and a recurring role as Elizabeth on SHOWTIME’s Twin Peaks, Jane has the look, experience, and tenacity to knock this role out of Gotham Park. 

11. NATALIA DYER

Landing the coveted role of Nancy Wheeler in the Netflix original series, Stranger Things, Natalia Dyer is riding a tidal wave of popularity. Her show is a global phenomenon and she has two feature films in post-production. If she’s lucky, Nancy Wheeler’s search for Barb in the Upside Down will metaphorically come full circle if she plays Barbara Gordon in Batgirl. 

12. HAILEE STEINFELD

Releasing a new album and teasing several new movie projects this year (including Transformers: Bumble Bee), Hailee Steinfeld is at the top of her game. The fresh-faced 2010 Oscar nominee (True Grit) would bring a surge of interest to the Batgirl project and could even spawn sequels based on the success of her previous movies like the Pitch Perfect Trilogy. If director Joss Whedon is planning a teenaged coming-of-age story à la Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, Hailee is a perfect choice. 

13. WILLOW SMITH

Singer Willow Smith is another beautiful celebrity child. Her parents, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, have both played villains in the Batman Universe (her father played Deadshot in Suicide Squad and the upcoming Suicide Squad 2, and her mother played Fish Mooney in FOX’s Gotham). Willow has been a  successful recording artist from a very young age - ”I whip my hair back and forth” - but if she ever wants to branch out into acting, she has the lineage, wits, style and beauty to play a fierce Batgirl. Bonus Bat-points if her dad makes a cameo as Deadshot!

14. SAOIRSE RONAN

Nominated for three Best Actress Oscars from 2008-2018 (Atonement, Brooklyn, and Ladybird) this young but layered actress would bring a much deeper level of emotion to Barbara Gordon’s character. A Saoirse Ronan Batgirl script would have to delve into the dark side of the heroes and villains of Gotham, like the Christopher Nolan trilogy. Maybe she’ll even get a fourth Oscar nod!

15. LINDSAY LOHAN

Lindsay, Lindsay, Lindsay... Last but not least, what can anyone say about Lindsay Lohan that hasn’t already been said? The infamous actress recently took to Twitter posting a picture of herself next to a comic of Batgirl, then asked fans to Retweet it and/or reach out to director Joss Whedon and help get her the gig. The hustle is real! Lindsay is spicy and controversial, and although she hasn’t worked in years, she’s apparently ready to dive back into the world of acting in a very big way - the role of Barbara Gordon in Batgirl! She does have the look down!

[andrewnstewart]

I’ve got a lot of opinions. Anyone who follows me on Facebook or Twitter or in real life knows this. I constantly want to talk about things that are going on in the world of entertainment, but I need an outlet. That’s what this is for. Every week, I’ll give you my thoughts and impressions on the biggest pieces of entertainment news, from trailers, to promotional images, to breaking news stories. I’ll even provide short reviews or impressions of the things I’m watching, reading, playing, and listening to every week. So sit back, relax, and get swept up in the swirling vortex that is… Opinionado!

Film:

Justice League (Trailer 1)

Whoo boy. Starting off with a doozy, huh? This was probably the most anticipated trailer on the planet. Even before Batman v Superman’s release, fans and critics alike have been wondering “What the hell is that Justice League movie going to look like?” Turns out, the answer is “Like a Zack Snyder film”. It’s got the incoherent action, the muted colors, overall grimy texture, and the copious amounts of slow-mo. The only thing this doesn’t have is Malick-like shots of wonder and Christ imagery. I’ve watched this thing a few times now and tonally it’s just all over the place. The film LOOKS exactly like a sequel to BvS would be expected to look, but they’ve sprinkled in a bunch of “light-hearted” attempts at humor (some of which works and some of which doesn’t) and layered the whole thing in a cheesy, rock-version of The Beatles’ “Come Together” because apparently Beastie Boys’ “Unite” would have been too on the nose. Look, it’s no secret that I’m not a fan of how Warner Bros. and Zack Snyder have handled the DC Extended Universe. I want them to succeed, because I actually like DC Comics and their characters and storylines, but I also want them to fail so that they can just start the whole thing over from scratch and do it the right way. I have no idea if Wonder Woman will be good (although the skeptic in me says to not get your hopes up), but I’m almost positive that Justice League will not be a good film. I hope I’m wrong – I actually like what they’ve done with Aquaman and the Flash, and I think Cavill, Affleck, and Gadot are actually a great central trinity – but man, some parts of this trailer look really bad! Cyborg is just awful on every level (is his costume still rendering?) and the set pieces in this thing just look so dreary. It’s like someone took Return of the King and turned down the saturation. And really, “Come Together”? Damn.

Spider-Man: Homecoming (Trailer 2)

“If you’re nothing without this suit, then you shouldn’t have it.” CHILLS. Man, I am so ready for a good Spider-Man movie, and I really hope that’s what this is. It’s not the Marvel film I’m most excited about this year (that honour goes to Thor: Ragnarok), but I’m cautiously optimistic. I think that Tom Holland is a great Peter Parker, and I’m geeking out that Spider-Man will get to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I mean, could anyone else sell that “Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man” line the way that Robert Downey Jr. sells it? I don’t think so. I love the whole “John Hughes with superpowers” thing, especially since I just saw the same thing done quite effectively in Power Rangers. We haven’t see much from the extended cast yet (remember that Donald Glover, Martin Starr, Hannibal Buress, Tyne Daly, Kenneth Choi, Tony Revolori, and Logan-Marshall-Green are all in this movie and I think we’ve seen glimpses of maybe2 of them in the two trailers released thus far), but I love the chemistry between Holland’s Peter and Jacob Batalon’s Ned. I’m even excited for the Vulture, and I don’t like the Vulture as a villain. I haven’t been a big fan of any of his iterations, be it revenge-seeking engineer, youth-sucking vampire, acid-spitting mutant or whatever, but I think this works. If anyone can pull this off, it’s Michael “Birdman” Keaton himself, and they’ve actually designed a Vulture suit that looks appropriately badass, especially when paired with that vintage military flight jacket. I’m excited to see where they take this whole thing.

A Ghost Story (Trailer 1)

Every now and then, there are movies that I hear enough good things about that I decide to abstain from watching their trailers. I did this for Arrival, I did it for Split (after seeing the initial trailer), I’m doing it for Colossal, and now I’m going to do it for A Ghost Story. So no, I haven’t watched this trailer yet, but I’m been assured that it’s a good one. Watch it, or don’t. Your choice.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Trailer 2)

Man, I have no idea what to make of this movie, but I think I love it? It’s like Terry Gilliam, Baz Luhrmann, and Guillermo Del Toro got together to direct a pastiche of Star Wars, Jupiter Ascending, Moulin Rouge, Guardians of the Galaxy, John Carter, The Fifth Element, and Doctor Who. It’s so wacky and colorful and fun. I have absolutely no familiarity with the source material, but even if it fails completely on a plot and/or characters front, I need to see it on the biggest screen possible on opening night.

A Dark Song (Trailer 1)

I don’t have much to say about this one other than, uh, creepy. This looks to be right up my alley. I believe we’re going through a bit of a horror renaissance right now, and this looks like a strong contender to join the ranks of It Follows, The Babadook, The Witch, Get Out, and the rest.

It (Trailer 1)

Nope nope nope nope nope nope NOPE. That was my initial reaction to this trailer. Actually, I think my initial reaction was “holy shit”. But that doesn’t matter. What matters is that this looks absolutely terrifying. I’m haunted by the image I saw as a child of a clown in a sewer grate, and this brings that right back to the surface. I get chills watching this thing. I know people are upset that Cary Fukunaga walked away from this project because they wouldn’t let him make the movie he wanted to make, but that doesn’t necessarily damn the movie. We were all upset about Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man, but that movie turned out great. I’m not saying that Fukunaga’s It wouldn’t have been better, but that doesn’t mean that this one will be bad. Pennywise looks insanely creepy and the movie looks like it has been very well shot. I even kind of want to read the book now, which is insane, because I’m pretty sure it’s like, 8000 pages long.

Tomb Raider (Promo)

I mean, she looks great. That’s my opinion on this. She looks good. That’s really all we know, but it’s a good sign, right?

Sony Is Making Their Own Marvel Cinematic Universe (News)

If you haven’t already heard, this past month, Sony announced plans to release two new comic book movies in 2018 – an R-rated Venom film and a Black Cat/Silver Sable team-up film. If you don’t know who any of these characters are, that’s okay – most people who aren’t Spider-Man fans wouldn’t recognize them, which is why it’s weird that Sony is betting hundreds of millions of dollars that people will flock to the theaters next year to see them. Back when Sony was still producing those decidedly not-amazing Amazing Spider-Man films, they had plans for a grand web of interlocking Spider-Man films – a Spider-Man Cinematic Universe, if you will. They were in development on a Sinister Six film, a Venom film, and a female-led Spider-Man film. And then the Sony hack happened, and all of these details leaked out, and Sony began to tank. They ended up teaming with Marvel Studios to produce a new series of Spider-Man films that would tie into Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, the first of which, Spider-Man: Homecoming, comes out in July. We all assumed that Sony’s dream of a Spider-Man cinematic universe had died, because it just doesn’t really make sense to do that without Spider-Man. Well, you know what they say about assuming, right? As it turns out, Sony is charging full steam ahead of producing a number of Spider-Man spin-off films that will be, in no way, associated with Spider-Man: Homecoming or the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And that’s certainly… a choice. This is… this is maybe one of the more misguided decisions I’ve seen a studio make recently. I mean, I think DC is making a ton of mistakes with their cinematic universe, but at least they have access to all of their characters. Venom was designed to be Spider-Man’s foil. Black Cat was introduced as a love interest for Spidey. What are these characters without their shared history with Spider-Man? Imagine if DC made a Catwoman movie that had nothing to do with Bat-what? Oh, they did that already? Well how did it do? Oh. OH. Well… yeah. Then I expect these to do about as well as that did. Good luck Sony. You’ll need it.

Joss Whedon is Directing a Batgirl Movie (News)

Chances are if you know me, you already know how I feel about this news. My feelings towards the DC Extended Universe can be summed up with one Shania Twain song:

As I’ve said before, I’m torn on the DCEU – on the one hand, I’d love to see good movies based on DC characters, but on the other hand, I don’t want to see future movies saddled with the garbage continuity they’ve established thus far. I want a fresh start. Rebuild it from the ground up. Don’t build your home on a dubious foundation like Batman v Superman. Alas, Suicide Squad made enough money to keep this failed experiment afloat and I’m sure Wonder Woman and Justice League will help matters, regardless of their quality. With each passing day, I’m more and more convinced that we’re stuck with what we’ve got, but I can’t shake the feeling that everything Warner Bros. is doing is misguided. Did you know there are currently 18 DC films in various stages of development? Of those 18, only 6 have dates, and only 3 of those 6 have officially entered production. It’s absolutely bonkers. There is constantly so much drama going on behind the scenes of these things – the rumor mill is constantly churning, and it would be easy to just disregard it all if Warner Bros. didn’t have a history of driving talent away from their DC franchises (I’m looking at you The Flash). I’m not even sure it’s worth formulating an opinion over Whedon’s Batgirl film because the chances of a) it actually happening and b) Whedon being involved are so slim that it feels pointless. Will I watch a Batgirl film directed by Joss Whedon? Absolutely. I’ll watch anything by Joss Whedon. Would I rather he not make a Batgirl film and do something else instead? Absolutely. Will I get my wish? Probably! Who knows? Come see me in a year if Whedon is still attached to this stupid thing.

Review – Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Look, there’s been a lot of controversy surrounding this anime adaptation and the whitewashing it contains. I won’t defend it, but I also understand the decisions that lead to this point. I’m not going to say anymore on that here because frankly, I have no authority to do so. I also don’t have the authority to speak on this film as an adaptation. I’m not a big anime guy. I haven’t seen any of the source material. In fact, I skipped out on watching the original film specifically because I wanted to judge Ghost in the Shell on its own merits. So what did I think? I thought it was good! Not great, just good. I enjoyed my time with it. It’s not going to win any awards for plot or characterization – it raises some interesting questions that it never gets around to answering – but it sure looks nice. The production design is just fantastic. The effects, the sets, the cinematography – this is a nice film to look at it. I kind of want to see it again in IMAX for that reason alone. If you’re looking for some entertaining eye candy, you could do a lot worse than Ghost in the Shell. If you’re looking for a deep, philosophical sci-fi film that’s going to blow your mind, look elsewhere.

  Television:

Black Lightning Gets a Costume (Promo)

In case you weren’t aware, The CW is getting a fifth (FIFTH!) DC superhero show in Black Lightning. It’s unclear as of now whether or not Black Lightning would exist as a part of The CW’s Arrowverse, as it was initially developed for Fox, who passed on the script. The pilot is currently filming in Atlanta and we now have our first look at Cress Williams in costume as Black Lightning, and it’s… busy. Aesthetically, it actually fits in well with the rest of The CW’s superhero shows. They continue to go in a completely different direction than Marvel Television, who seem intent on downplaying as many costume elements as they can (just check out the leaked set photos from the Inhumans). Many have remarked that this would be a better costume for the Inhumans’ Black Bolt, but… we’ll get to that when we’ve got an official still from that production.

ReBoot Reboot is Official (News)

As a kid, I adored Reboot. The first computer animated TV series, ReBoot was revolutionary from an industry standpoint, but it was also revolutionary to me from a storytelling standpoint. ReBoot, along with its sister-series Beast Wars (or Beasties, for us Canadians) showed me that kids show didn’t have to be dumbed down. Both series’ featured dark, mature storylines, with character deaths and plot twists. A lot of my storytelling proclivities were formed during this period and they greatly influenced me. So it’s with a heavy heart that I must announce that ReBoot is returning as a CGI/live-action hybrid. Who is this for? People have been clamoring for more ReBoot for years, and every now and then we’ll hear something about an eventual ReBoot reboot, but now it’s officially official and I don’t think it’s what anyone wants. Instead of a straight sequel or a re-imaging, we’re getting some weird thing about teens who play an MMO and get tasked with protecting… cyberspace or something. I don’t know. It sounds really stupid. One of the character’s names is “Goog’z”. GOOG’Z! Apparently the original characters will play some sort of role, but I just don’t really have any interest in seeing human characters. Am I the only one? I hope I’m wrong! But I’m never wrong. My opinions are always right (re: DCEU).

Legion Season 1 (Impressions)

I recently finished the first season of FX’s Legion, and… y’all should watch Legion. It is such a unique, gem of a show. I don’t want to spoil any of the weird, little things that make it so special, but I will say that the acting, the music, and the production values are all top-notch. It quickly became one of my favorite currently airing programs. Things start off weird and only get weirder, but the payoff is worth it. This is a Noah Hawley (Fargo) show based on the X-Men franchise. I shouldn’t have to convince you to watch it.

Attack on Titan Season 2 Premiere (Impressions)

It’s time. Time… for anime! I’ve never been a big anime fan, but one of the few shows that I had actually watched was Attack on Titan. I go to anime for weird, crazy things that I can’t get from American films and TV shows, and Attack on Titan fits that bill. It takes place in a world in which humanity has been driven into near-extinction by a race of mindless, titanic, naked men. Yeah, you read that correctly. The remnants of humanity hide behind 3 massive, concentric walls that protect them from these titans, but they’re forced to fight when a colossal titan breaks through the gate. They fight using these aerial maneuvering devices that utilize gas-powered harpoons attached to ropes to swing through cities and forests like Spider-Man. It’s as crazy as it sounds. It’s ridiculous, intense, disturbing, and graphically violent. I love it. After a 3+ year wait, season 2 has finally premiered, and the insanity has continued. There are a couple great twists in the first episode and I can’t wait to see where things go from here.

  Games:

Destiny 2 (Worldwide Reveal Trailer)

I, like many others, have a love/hate relationship with Destiny (both the game and the universal force). Prior to its release, I had it in my mind that we were getting something along the lines of “epic space opera of Mass Effect meets combat of Halo”. What I didn’t expect was “first-person sci-fi Diablo with less story”. It’s a very nice looking game with interesting art design, it’s got a good world with plenty of lore to discover, and the gameplay actually feels great – it’s just that none of that ever coalesced into a really great whole. The pieces are (mostly) there, but they were never arranged properly. The fun was mired by confusing systems and weird restrictions. I think there is a great game lurking somewhere in Destiny (and I’ve certainly sunk enough hours into it), so I’m hopeful that Bungie figures things out with Destiny 2. I think I like this trailer? The tone is a little off though; it feels like it’s trying way too hard to be whatever it thinks people want. I’m holding off judgment until we learn more about what the game actually is and how it differs from the first entry.

  Music:

Kendrick Lamar – “Humble”

Okay, first of all, the song is straight fire. Second, does anyone else feel like Kendrick watched Beyonce’s Lemonade and thought “I can do that”? Not that this 3-minute video necessarily stands alongside Beyonce’s opus, but it certainly seems to be inspired by it. The video is filled with fascinating imagery and interesting camera shots. I’m not smart enough to begin to understand what any of it means, but it sure looks great, doesn’t it? It inspires hope in me that I’ll actually enjoy Kendrick’s new album after feeling let down by To Pimp A Butterfly. Yeah, that’s right. Come at my haters.

Broken Social Scene – “Halfway Home”

I was a huge Broken Social Scene fan back in high school, and they, along with Arcade Fire, basically shaped my taste in music during the mid-to-late 2000’s. I was a fan of just about anything the Arts & Crafts label released, and at one point I was basically buying all of it (even though I ended up with many CD’s I disliked and would never listen to again). I thought that I had outgrown Broken Social Scene, but it sure brings a smile to my face to see them all performing on stage again. BSS concerts are a special experience, because it’s literally just a group of friends playing music together on stage. There’s a purity and an intimacy to it that you don’t get from big, packaged concerts. I’m not sure I really dig the song all that much, but I’m glad that Broken Social Scene is back regardless. “Friendship ladies and gentlemen, friendship!”

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Still About Family, 'Supernatural' 1214: The Raid

After that Supernatural gaffe with Gavin, Crowley’s son in the last episode, we have another noteworthy thing going with this season’s 14th episode aptly entitled The Raid. The question is who raids who? And how will both brothers take the bomb mother Mary dropped in the previous ep? Enjoy the forthcoming recap unless you haven’t seen the ep yet, (unfortunately for some, the current season) and don’t enjoy us spoiling the fun, skip the article, bookmark this page, watch the show and come back and visit. The episode begins in the bunker where mom is explaining to Sam and Dean why she’s working for the British Men of Letters. This immediately picks up from the previous episode and from the previous article, I hoped that the boys would be more receptive of their mother’s decision. We all know how vindictive Dean can be when someone close makes a mistake and how Sam acts as the calm voice. But in this case, Dean is angry as expected and Sam agrees after what Lady Toni did to him. Finding out that it’s been going on for months including the mission against Ramiel, Dean pins the blame of Castiel’s near death on Mary, not to mention Wally’s. Dean finally calls her out on her absence in death as well as in her new life, however illogical, but since Mary’s adamant on working with the BMOL instead of sticking with them, the boys throw their mom out even as far as Dean calling her by name. Ouch. The next scene takes us three days later to the British Men of Letters headquarters in the US. It’s quite surprising as many of us thought that there are at least two BMOL operatives (Mick and Ketch) in the US. The base looks impressive reminiscent of another organization in another supernatural-based show; the Initiative in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Guess this author got his wish to see an organized tech-rich group of people hunting down the supernatural. Back to Mary, she looks at her phone and her three days-worth of unanswered texts to her boys. Ketch reports to Mick about another boring successful mission to terminate vampires. Mick is more interested in getting all the Winchesters working for the BMOL to which Ketch disagrees. Mick explains that their superiors want the boys onboard in order to entice the rest of America’s hunters to work for them. Next morning, Dean is itching for a case to work on in order to help him cut loose. After a long time, in the series, Dean finally talks about his issues when asked and they talk about why Mary chose to work with the BMOL. Sam tries to make sense of it while Dean remains hurt and stubborn. He calls Sam out on always being the middle guy and forces him to solidly choose sides. Dean leaves, and Sam reads the text message from Mary he hid from Dean. Mary is calling for an urgent meetup. Sam arrives at the BMOL headquarters to meet with Mary. Mary explains the mission and why she took it. Without monsters to hunt, the boys can finally live normal lives as they should have and as their mother, she took it upon herself to help the BMOL succeed. She lets him in and shows him around. Mick welcomes him and lets him in on the vampire eradication mission they’ve been working on. Dean arrives in the bunker to find an absent Sam and absent drinks. Ketch shows up bearing premium scotch while the rest of the BMOL contacts him in vain. Back at HQ, like any other meeting, it begins with introductions. Mick introduces Pierce, a hunter at Baton Rouge, Alton head of RnD and Serena, head of security. They discuss the eradication of all vampire nests in the Midwestern Region all except for one nest which they intend to raid. Sam seems impressed with their success. The BMOL intend to eradicate all vampires in the US up to the alpha which has not been seen since season 7. In the next scene, we see a female vampire refugee from a dead nest get taken in by the remaining one. The nest leader says that the nest is a fortress and can’t easily be entered until the alpha vampire shows up. We next see Ketch chatting it up with Dean while they drink his scotch. Ketch states his feelings about the brothers and Toni and tells Dean that he’d fit quite well in the BMOL through their commonly shared killer instincts. Ketch decides to leave and tells Dean about the vampires he’s about to kill which catches Dean’s interest. Ketch takes Dean to the Morest Hotel which the others were supposed to raid, but they only find the female vampire refugee. The nest actually went after the BMOL HQ. Ketch beats up the female vampire to get the others’ location instead of quickly killing her. Dean couldn’t take it and stops Ketch and promises the vampire a quick death. She tells them what’s going on and they quickly head there. The BMOL also discover the attack and lock the base down, but the vampires force themselves in. Sam and Mary manage to capture one while the others spread out. The nest leader tells them that the alpha led them to the base. According to BMOL intel, the alpha is in Morocco, but Sam says otherwise as we know he’s in the US and gave the boys his blood to stop the Leviathans. After killing the vamp, they discuss on how to defend themselves. Except for Pierce and Ketch, no one in HQ has any killing experience including Mick. Due to a lack of weapons and the need to kill the alpha, Mick was forced to take out the Colt Mary stole from Ramiel. Sam seemed appalled at Mary but focuses on the task at hand. The Colt didn’t come with bullets, but Sam lists down the recipe to make them. While Mick makes the bullets, the hunters go to the armory for the anti-vampire device or AVD. Sam holds off the vamps while Pierce and Mary go for the device. Pierce suddenly shows up as Mick finishes the bullets, but it was a setup. Alton and Serena get killed, and the alpha arrives to threaten to kill Mick live as they open a channel to London to force the BMOL to stop their operation. Pierce was actually an agent of the alpha and fed the BMOL the wrong information. Just like Eve, the Mother of All, who was ticked off at Crowley and Samuel’s monster manhunt, the alpha vampire decided to step in because of all the dead vampires. So what happened to Mary? Sam finds Mary unconscious, knocked out by Pierce who destroys the AVD. Mary is okay, and they head back to Mick. Mary knocks out Pierce and Sam points the empty colt at the Alpha. Sam is aware the gun is still empty as Mick is holding one of the bullets while the alpha bluffs that the gun can’t kill him. He forces Sam to bargain for release. Sam bargains for himself and Mary and the alpha can have the rest of the BMOL. Mick gets angry and ‘attacks’ Sam but was actually passing the bullet on as Mary distracts the alpha. Sam makes the shot and kills the alpha. Mick looked devastated to see his dead staff. He confronts Ketch about his whereabouts and Ketch tells him that he was trying to convince Dean. Dean discovers Sam and Mary together but sets it aside as the only thing that mattered to him was getting to Mary. Dean and Mary settle their differences, and all seems well to them. Sam goes over to talk to Mick and says that he’s in, that the death of the alpha vampire was a significant win for the world, but it will take time to convince Dean. As described, this episode is quite big as Sam has taken the plunge to the BMOL with Mary. Dean may have reconciled with his mother but this time it’s Sam who’s keeping a secret. Probably not for long. Dean doesn’t really seem to mind the BMOL so much as he liked Ketch’s grenade launcher some time back and went out with Ketch to hunt. Dean will remain suspicious though as Ketch seemed sociopathic. Guess we’ll see some new dynamics in future episodes just like when Buffy joined The Initiative. This is probably a good mother’s day episode too. No matter how much mom pisses you off, it’s still mom who you love, have to talk to and even try to save in the end. Family is family. Also, Dean grows up a little in this episode by telling Mary his latent feelings, accepting that Mary is not the mother he was pining for as a child. That Mary is an adult, a hunter and as a real person who has her own life to live and not necessarily tied down to him and Sam. And as for Sam, he’s grown a bit too. It’s true that Sam’s character is often playing things safe, in character and also in dialogue. To be honest, I struggled to find notable quotes for Sam. And even though the brothers’ dynamics is near perfect, resulting in a long-running show, I find Sam’s character somewhat lacking in growth or just plainly complementing Dean’s character, and hardly the other way around. Way to prompt character growth by including it in the dialogue. Cas and Crowley are absent in this episode which is quite welcome as we need to focus more on the Winchesters. It can get difficult to juggle between several well-loved characters. This gives Mary more to do as several fans find her character stale and even questioning why the writers wrote her into Dean’s mind instead of John, for The Darkness to bring back. Well, we know John’s having the time of his life swinging a barbed bat. It’s also high time we got to know more about the British Men of Letters, and this is quite a revelation. Turns out they’re not as mighty as we know them and like everyone else, surprise can get the better of them. Overall, this is a good episode; I guess three and a half out of five.

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Hi Jax & Hi Jinx by @damedarcy published by @feralhouse #autobiography #graphicnovel Feel free to bring all your Fairy Friends, Mermaids, Vampires and Dolls. Even the bad bratty ones. Be sure to tie their silky baby blue bonnet ribbons on real tight. It's going to be quite a ride! Pull up a cushion, adjust your faux diamond tiara just so, and spread those luxurious crinolines wide. Yes I know, happy tears. Dry your beautiful eyes with your embroidered hanky, and fold your glove dainty fingers over your apron like a goody two-shoes angel in prayer. Take care not to get your buttons and bejeweled purity rings caught in the lace. Today will be better than your first kiss, your first communion, your Cinceneria, and Bat Mitzvah. Dare I even say your wedding day. It's okay to overindulge in Turkish delights like the friggin Witch In The Wardrobe. Smearing your lipstick a little with confectioners sugar. Let your fresh warm salty tears roll through the powder and the rouge. It feels good to cry. No one will tattle here. It will be our little secret. This is a special place. Pull yourself together again, and with perfect pinkie extending, show off your glittery French manicure. Cradle the precious cup carefully though. It's made of Victorian bone china. Mind you, if it breaks there will be severe punishment. Perchance even blood will be let. Take care of my Dearest Darkling, this tea is served piping hot. And when it spills, we're all going to get so burned. Promise. Assuredly, at this party there will be entirely much too much. But you know you love it scalding. Things will get Pretty Ugly.