#Captain Paragon

[cryptocollectibles]

Bill Black's Fun Comics #4 (March 1983) by Paragon Comics

Written by Bill Black, Ben Smith, and R.C. Harvey. drawn by Jim Sanders III, Bill Black, Mark Heike, Roy Richardson, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, cover by Pat Broderick and Bill Black

#Bill Black's Fun Comics #Fun Comics #Bill Black #Paragon Comics #1986 #Etsy #Vintage Comics #Comic Books #Comics #Pat Broderick #Ben Smith #RC Harvey #jim Sanders III #Mark Heike #Roy Richardson #Joe Simon #Jack Kirby #Captain Paragon #Stardust Descending #Indie Comics

[retrocgads]

USA 1990

#USA1990 #PARAGON SOFTWARE #ACTION #LICENSED #IBM #AMIGA #ATARIst #C64 #AMSTRAD #SPECTRUM #X-MEN #THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN AND CAPTAIN AMERICA IN DR. DOOMS REVENGE!

[holy-shit-comics]

#doctor doom #captain america #capt america #comics #comic books #marvel comics #marvel #paragon software #amazing spider man #amazing spiderman #spiderman #spider man

[age-of-moonknight]

“Darkness at the Edge of Town (Part Two),” Avengers Unlimited (Vol. 1/2022), Infinity Comic, #34.

Writer: Alex Segura; Artist: Jim Towe; Colorist: Andres Mossa; Letterer: Joe Sabino

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Captain America #Steve Rogers #Spider-Woman #Jessica Drew #Mr. Segura sir on all levels except physical I am shaking your hand #I’m taking that panel of Captain America the acclaimed paragon of moral judgement that he is often trusted to me #saying that he trusts Marc a guy that has lot of traits that would deem him ‘untrustworthy’ by anyone more prejudiced #and hanging it on my wall #But I also think Marc’s immediate response makes for a very interesting contrast #Does Steve trust in spite of Marc’s inclination towards extrajudicial judgement? (Should he???) #there’s also the very clear picture this paints of where each character puts their faith #Cap’s whole schtick is that he has to believe that there’s good in the system #In contrast Marc has made it clear that he no longer really trusts in anything besides his own two hands (and maybe some close friends) #and that’s just from their backgrounds as heroes (super soldier vs vigilante stuck with a frequently self-interested ancient deity) #and not even getting to the potential implications of their very different cultural-religious backgrounds

[periodically80s]

#Video Games & Computer Entertainment #1989 #Dr. Doom's Revenge #Amazing Spider-Man #Captain America #Paragon software

[vo-kk]

PARAGONS

#fanart #anime #art #artists on tumblr #artwork #movies #superhero #superman #captain america #marvel #dc comics #dc #marvel comics #comic books #manga #my hero academia #boku no hero acedamia #paragon

[yourbuerokrat2]

You know, when I am gonna rewatch TNG I am going to make a list of all the morally questionable things Picard did. 

#I think all Captains did something #but Picard generally seems to view himself as the Paragon of Human Morality #and I think I remember scenes where he was not 100 percent good #especially if you anger him #which I actually do I find interesting because yes #everyone has flaws #once read someone saying that the Prime Directive gave Picard a God Complex #and I think there were actually episodes where Picard had to be convinced to the right thing and ignore the Directive

[iwillberunningfromdemons]

The man licked his lips. "You want your ship? You ain’t going to get her. Kennit took her because he wanted her. And she wants him. She’d lick his boots if she could reach them. He sweet-talks her like a cheap whore and she just laps it up. I heard him talk to her one night, cozying up to her about turning pirate. She went willing. She’ll never come back to you. She got a gutful of being a slaver; she pirates for Kennit now. She wears his colors, same as me." His eyes measured the impact of his words. "Ship hated being a slaver. She was grateful to Kennit for freeing her. She’ll never want to come back to you. Nor would Kennit ransom her to you. He likes her. Says he always wanted a liveship. Now he has one."

"Liar!" The roar burst out, not from Althea, but Paragon. "You lying sack of guts! Give him to me! I’ll wring the truth out of him."

Paragon’s words were another buffet against her. Sickened, Althea stood slowly. Her head spun with the impact of the man’s words. They touched a deeply hidden fear. She had known that Vivacia’s experiences as a slaver must change her. Could it change her this much? So much that she would turn against her own family and strike out on her own with someone else?

Why not?

Hadn’t Althea also turned away from her family, with far less provocation?

A horrible mixture of jealousy, disappointment and betrayal swept through her. So must a wife feel who discovers her husband’s unfaithfulness. So must a parent feel when a daughter becomes a whore. How could Vivacia have done so? And how could Althea have failed her so badly? What would become of her beautiful misguided ship now? Could they ever be as they were before, one heart, one spirit, moving over the sea before the wind?

Ship of Destiny, by Robin Hobb (Liveship Traders #3)

#the answer is no #this was when althea first realized that she wouldn't end up being vivacia's captain #rote reread #ship of destiny #the liveship traders #liveship traders #realm of the elderlings #realm of the elderings #althea vestrit #vivacia #paragon #liveship #kennit ludluck #book quotations #book quotes

[daftmooncretin]

my absolute favourite thing about the kirk and spock dynamic is that the whole time you’re watching the show spock is gaslighting you into thinking that kirk is this loose canon and spock is paragon of logic keeping his captain on the straight and narrow when its very clearly the other way round. aside from being turned on by everyone and fighting like an old-timey boxer…. kirk is just like.. quite a logical, stable guy. like yeah he rules with his emotions but he’s rarely reckless or erratic, even in situations of immense pressure he’s always calm and measured. sure kirk is unhinged and insane, but we knew that right off the bat. spock on the other hand tries to hide how insanely balls to the walls crazy he is by standing next to jim and hiding all his derangement with logic. i think the reason bones beefs with spock so much because he is the only one who has noticed that spock is an absolutely unhinged individual. (jim is too busy doodling <3 mr jim spock <3 all over his briefings to notice)

#remember that time spock mutinied and pretended to be jim lmao #hes so girl math #and kirk was like lmao fair enough love you while bones just stood there like MUTINY??? #we know that bones is the only thing keeping that ship afloat at this point lmao #star trek #star trek tos #spock #kirk #bones mccoy #jim kirk #james t kirk #spirk #tos

[tomoleary]

Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice

How could you go wrong with a title like that.

#Captain Paragon and the Sentinels of Justice

[shouldprobablybereading]

After finishing the book I am now so confused over althea’s character

She spends the entire series talking about how she doesn’t want to abide to all that society tells her and how she wants to be the captain of her own ship, not be tied to a man

And then she ends the story by marrying (well they intend to) brashen and leaving vivacia to go with him on paragon?!!??!

Thankfully it has to do with her and vivacia more than with him. And I do love the tragedy of them no longer sharing that connection etc. but I waited 2500 pages for them to reunite, only for her to say “nope she’s wintrows now” !??!!

#I trust that they captain paragon pretty much together #(how does boat command work?) #but still #don’t mistake me I still love her #and I’m not mad #just confused over how her arc went #like she is preseted as the main heroine #but then she’s constantly pushed aside for other parts in the narrative #and doesn’t really have any big part of her own in the end #compared to her niblings I mean #who all became these important people with the world on her shoulders #meanwhile she’s just rich and chilling with her boyfriend? #tho you could argue that’s the best ending haha

[comicaurora]

"I overlooked the greatest part of being truly alive. We grow." has joined

"It won't be easy"/"That's okay, I won't be alone"

In the ranks of quotes that make me feel like optimism isn't dumb naïvete and that yeah, we can fix this.

what's the point of a paragon hero if they can't do a good captain kirk monologue once in a while

#asks #aurora

[star-trek-fandom-confessions]

#578 by @thelesseroftwoweevils

"It's a pity we never met Prime Lorca. I'd be interesting to see Jason Isaacs break the typecasting and play a genuine nice Picard style paragon captain."

#confession 578 #thelesseroftwoweevils #star-trek-fandom-confessions #star trek #discovery #gabriel lorca #jason isaacs

[anghraine]

On the one hand, I absolutely love the high tragedy of Denethor's arc in the book, think it's amazingly well-written, and that he is one of the most complex and fascinating characters that Tolkien ever wrote.

On the other, there's part of me that's also a little frustrated by how much it has to happen because Tolkien kind of wrote himself into a corner with the Ruling Stewards. He's insistent on a few things about them:

Their initial rise to power as perma-regents of Gondor was squeaky-clean. Mardil was a paragon of virtue, he tried to prevent Eärnur from getting himself killed, there were no clear successors, and retaining the regency prevented another Kinstrife and created a stable institution that would hold Gondor together for 900+ years after the failure of the kings.

They are a high Númenórean family descended from Elendil, even if they're not formally of the line of Elendil (for unknown reasons, but most likely because they're descended through women).

Denethor is notably very similar to Aragorn, in intellect, wisdom, stature, ability, even appearance. He is a towering and respected figure, and he and his sons are highly popular with their people (even with children).

Denethor's military tactics in the book are very good, and UT says Sauron hoped Denethor would be less prepared than he actually was.

Denethor is proud, unbending, and personally dislikes and distrusts Aragorn. He thinks Gandalf is using him against Sauron for now while planning for Aragorn to take power later (this is filtered through his pride but ... um, is he wrong?).

Faramir, now Denethor's last heir, is a fantastic if reluctant warrior and captain, a super special Númenórean throwback, and a thoughtful, intelligent, and wise person who is humbler than Denethor, but also established as wary about Aragorn.

Gondor formally rejected the claim of Aragorn's family before the Ruling Stewardship even existed.

What all this means is that Denethor, if alive, is someone who will never willingly give way to Aragorn. Denethor has legal precedent on his side, he is himself a perfectly good ruler from a long-standing, stable, legitimate ruling family and a highly capable military leader in war, he is liked by his people, and he even has a viable heir regardless of the personal strain between him and Faramir.

There's just no reason for Aragorn to take power that Denethor, as written, would find remotely persuasive. But Denethor is also too noble and capable and special for a power grab on Aragorn's side to feel right, esp given how destructive it would be in the middle of a war (as Aragorn acknowledges!). Despite the sparkly kingliness and mystical airs, this is fundamentally a dynastic dispute between two different houses descended from Elendil, based on the minutia of Gondorian and Númenórean law and precedent, and a fight over that is ... not the kind of story this is.

Denethor has to be driven to self-destruction by the plot so that Aragorn's rise can happen. It simply would not occur if Denethor was alive and in his right mind. Faramir has to be mystically healed by Aragorn so that his reservations will dissolve and he will voluntarily remove himself from the picture in a way that doesn't feel bad.

And both scenes are fantastic, and make sense for the characters. But I do feel that they kind of get steamrollered by the plot to make way for Aragorn.

The thing that makes that doubly fascinating, though, is that Tolkien didn't have to prop the House of the Stewards up so thoroughly. He could have written a version where the Stewards are inadequate or really sketchy or simply can't be compared to Aragorn's greatness and it's clear why they should be replaced by him and his house. Tolkien could have made this a lot easier for himself! And I do respect the more difficult and nuanced approach Tolkien took with the Stewards by making them genuinely impressive and noble and capable in their own right and not just cardboard-cutouts for Aragorn to kick over.

But, well.

#anghraine babbles #long post #legendarium blogging #legendarium fanwank #húrinionath #denethor #faramir #mardil voronwë #etc #ondonórë blogging

[themalhambird]

There were times when Ankh-Morpork as a whole possessed a conveniently short memory. Inside of a week “that thing with the dragon” was already being forgotten, partly because nobody wanted to admit they’d thought crowning a bloody great lizard was a a good idea and partly because no one wanted to remind the Patrician that they’d been complicit in locking him inside his own dungeon. The palace was repaired; any damage to the city was propped up or painted over. Nevertheless, there were clearly going to be some lasting effects. It was early in the morning, and Sybil Ramkin was leaning over the Patrician’s shoulder, examining one of the said consequences with a somewhat critical eye. “It’s not bad, Havelock,” she said. “A little more practice, perhaps.”

Lord Vetinari hummed his agreement. His fingers did not stop switching lace bobbins from one position to another, moving pins down the board and leaving a slightly lopsided web in his wake. “I find it…relaxing,” he said. “A challenge, to be sure, but easier to wrangle than the city.”

“To be sure,” Sybil repeated with a wry smile. “Lacemaking is only a craft that takes most people years to learn properly. You’ve read one book and away you go. Honestly Havelock. You’re insufferable.” 

Vetinari smirked. Sybil stepped away from his shoulder and strode gracefully to the far end of the long table, sitting opposite her old friend and helping herself to breakfast. “So,” she said, “Captain Vimes.” 

She waited. Vetinari said nothing. His bobbins clacked. Sybil popped a grape into her mouth. “”I’m not going to sit here  playing mindgames with you, Havelock. I’m not one of your little lace bobbins- I’m your friend.”

“”Captain Vimes” is not a statement that seems to require a response, my dear.” Vetinari set down the bobbins and sat back in his chair, tapping one slender finger on the wooden armrest. Sybil smiled. 

“Fair enough. Let me rephrase. What do you think of Captain Vimes?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Because I like him.” Sybil said frankly. “I like him a great deal.”

“Why?”

Sybil gave a half shrug. “He’s passionate. Blunt, but the honesty is charming. He’s brave- heroic-”

“-an alcoholic. Hardly a paragon of the law. Oh, he may not take bribes, but the Night Watch as a whole doesn’t have much of a purpose beyond running away at the first sign of danger.”

“Now that’s unkind- they were fighting Wonse and the dragon whilst you were sitting in a prison cell. Look, Havelock,” Sybil sighed. “I like him. I really rather like him. So I would like to know what you think of him.”

“...I think,” Vetinari said slowly, “that given half a chance Samuel Vimes would lock me up and throw away the key. I think that Samuel Vimes has a great deal in common with his famous ancestor and I think, Sybil, that if you like him, there wouldn’t be any harm in continuing the acquaintance.” His mouth curls in a sly smile. “Besides,” he said, “Think of how it would annoy Ronnie Rust- Lady Ramkin, consorting with the plebs.” “Well,” Sybil said. She picked up another grape. Vetinari picked up his bobbins. There would be City Business to attend to, soon enough, but the Patrician could spare another ten or fifteen minutes on Ankh-Morpork’s richest daughter who had, after all, been through so terrible an ordeal lately. And, considering Wonse's betrayal- though it had hardly been unexpected- Havelock wanted to spend a little longer in company with his old friend. Besides. It was gratifying to know that he wasn't the only person to see the merit buried deep within Captain Vimes, and Vetinari wanted to spend a little time ruminating on all the doors that Vimes forming a connexion with Lady Ramkin might start to open up...

#discworld #guards! guards! end scene #my first discworld fanfic???? discworld is hard #anyway Sybil and Havelock deserve to have breakfast together so. #Havelock Vetinari #Sybil Ramkin

[1800titz]

𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙄𝙎 ★ 18+

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 5/29/24

WATTPAD edition here

* indicates smut

JUST FRIENDS THAT FCK * (camprry)

SLIP (potteryinstructor!Harry)

& GLAZE * (potteryinstructor!Harry pt. 2) > coming soon

RIDETHET!GER * (pornstar!Harry)

& RIDETHET!GER is online * (pornstar!Harry pt. 2)

FILL * (one night stand)

𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 WATTPAD ALTERNATIVES HERE

TRIVIA * (trivia!Harry x shy!Reader) — Based on this post

This is a PATREON EXCLUSIVE fic. Find part one HERE and the rest on PATREON.

The one with a tiny island, a small town bar with trivia nights, a bike that can't be rode, a hotdog stand (which a semi-nude jogger approaches), a reader that just can't seem to shut up, and a charismatic trivia host that has enough composure in him for the both of them (rom-com vibes)

THE DEVIL IS A GENTLEMAN * (masked sex club!au)

WATTPAD ALTERNATIVE

The one in which there's a sex club, Greek stage names, the exploration of boundaries, an open house, a pair of dress shoes, and two sides of the same coin. (strangers-to-lovers, emotional slow burn)

SAIL MY RIDGES * (pirate!au)

WATTPAD ALTERNATIVE

The one with pirates, a princess, the impromptu cancellation of an arranged marriage, a key to the greatest treasure, a captain with loads of undisclosed, mushy feelings (and a peculiar sense of humor), a bordello pit stop, and the realization that love is the most dangerous thing in the sea. (enemies-to-lovers, slow burn)

Paragon * is currently a wip. Find out more about Paragon HERE <3

The enemies-to-lovers one with superheroes, a heroine with a tragically traumatic past, a man called Paragon who spends too much time preening in front of the mirror, an odd, long-time rivalry with a hero who likes to post obnoxiously douche-y mirror selfies to instagram, and the concept of self duplication used to its ultimate potential. (strangers-to-enemies-to-lovers, slow burn)

@1800titz & @cherryjuiceblues

THE CHERRY-TITZ MASTERLIST

#harry styles #harry styles fic #harry styles filth #harry styles smut #harry styles masterlist #harry styles writing #harry styles fluff #harry styles angst #dom!harry #dom harry styles #harry styles fanfiction #harry styles x oc #harry #harry smut #harry styles fanfic #superhero!harry #superhero!au #harry styles enemies to lovers #harry styles x y/n #harry styles x you #harry styles x reader