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bluejaysandblackbats · 2 months

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Peek at my Pinterest boards (1/2)

Almost There: Bart Allen, Thad Thawne, Owen Mercer, Don Allen, Meloni Allen, Wally West, Linda Park, Max Crandall, Helen Claiborne (flashfam; no powers au)

A Yellow Ribbon: Conner Kent, Bart Allen, Ma Kent, Pa Kent, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Don Allen, Meloni Thawne, Max Crandall (superfam, flashfam; no powers au)

blood on your altar: Roy Harper, Garth, Hal Jordan, Oliver Queen, Dinah Lance (arrowfam, aquafam, titans, jl; no powers au, post wwii au)

Bloody Valentines: Dick Grayson, Joseph Wilson, Jason Todd, Charley Parker, Eddie Bloomberg, Daniel Cassidy, Zatanna, Chester Williams DC, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, Lilith Clay, Raven Roth, Kole Weathers, Bette Kane, Donna Troy, Roy Harper, Jenni Ognats, Bart Allen, Virgil Hawkins, Richie Foley, Ayla Ranzz, Zoe Saugin, Rol Purtha, Darla Aquista, Lori Zechlin, Helen Jordan II, Orion DC, Lightray DC, Conner Kent, Laney Kent, Mia Kent, Chris Kent, Jonathan Samuel Kent (batfam, titans, shadowpact, gl corps, flashfam, losh, new gods, superfam, yj98; no powers au, 90s au, slasher au, vampire au)

Catch and Release: Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Barbara Gordon, Sebastian Ives, Jack Drake, Janet Drake (batfam; Jason lived au)

Daily Planet Classifieds: Laney Kent, Conner Kent, Eddie Bloomberg, Rose Wilson, Bart Allen, Cissie King-Jones, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Meloni Thawne, Vic Sage, Slade Wilson (yj98, superfam, flashfam, titans; college au, no powers au)

Heels Over Head: Don Allen, Meloni Thawne, Dawn Allen, Jeven Ognats, Barry Allen, Iris Allen, President Thawne, Wally West (flashfam; college au, no powers au)

Kitten Heel: Roy Harper, Jade Nguyen, Dick Grayson, Garth, Koriand'r, Ryand'r, Wally West (titans, arrowfam; college au, no powers au)

silence of your song: Thad Thawne, Malcolm Thawne, President Thawne mention, Barry Allen, Bart Allen (flashfam; canon divergent au, post-mercury falling au)

Space Oddity: Garth, Donna Troy, Wally West, Dick Grayson, Roy Harper (fab five, aquafam; no powers au, merboy au)

The Brother Trap: Owen Mercer, Axel Walker, Bart Allen, Thad Thawne, Preston Lindsay, Meloni Allen, Deborah Morgna (flashfam, flash rogues; college au, no powers au)

#fic #my polls #flashfam #superfam #batfam #losh #titans #arrowfam #new gods #yj98 #gl corps

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thatfreak03 · 2 years

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Characters that would be cool to see in the Young Justice TV show

(Sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes.)

This is not a “This character should be in Young Justice” list. These are some DC characters I think are cool and think it would be cool to see them in the show. I completely understand why some, if not all these character won’t become part of the show, they already have a lot of characters, and it seems like the creators have their own plan in mind. This is just for fun. Also, I’m not a DC expert, so sorry if I get some things wrong about a character.

(PS. As of right now, my favorite DC superhero families are the Batfam and the Flashfam, so don’t be surprise if you see a lot of them on this list.)

(Just like the characters and show I will be talking about, I don’t own the pictures. They, the characters, and show are property of DC.)

1. Starfire aka Princess Koriand’r of Tamaran

I have read been reading a few Teen Titans comics and I have seen a lot of episode of the show Teen Titans and I’ve got to say, I absolutely love Starfire. She’s strong, she’s kind, and just amazing. There’s to many great things about her to list. I can already think of at least two ways the team could meet her. Maybe Tamaran is in trouble and Starfire heard of the heroes of earth and decided to go to them for help. Maybe the team's on mission in space on ship and they find Starfire as a prisoner. Just some possibilities.

2. Raven aka Rachel Roth

Raven is the daughter of a demon that wants to take over earth, the story arcs you could use there are basically gift wrap to you. Not only that, but I like the idea of her and Jaime Reyes bonding over having powers that have a bad origin but they choose to use them for good. I hope I phrased that right.

3. Batwing aka Lucas “Luke” Fox

I read his book by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, and let me tell you, this guy is awesome. It would be nice to see him with the Batfamily in this show.

4. Signal aka Duke Thomas

I love this kid and his book by Scott Snyder and Tony Patrick and it is awesome. A lot of elements of Young Justice focus on meta humans, and based on what I know, Duke is the only batfamily member with superpowers. Maybe their can be a story arc about Duke being new member to the batfamily but feeling out of place because of his powers, which leads him to join Young Justice. Or something like that.

5. Max Mercury aka Maxwell Crandall

This guy can lead to a lot of interesting stories. In the comics he was primary care taker and mentor of Bart, but seeing as that role has been given to Jay Garrick, I don’t think Max will become that if he’s part of the show. That being said, I can see him still bonding with Bart in the show. Max was basically the first speedster, and might have been the first time traveler. Max was original from 1800s and ended up running so fast that wound up modern time. Well, eventually he ended up in modern time. So he could relate to Bart about living in a time that they weren’t original part of. The difference would probably be that while Max’s time wasn’t great he would probably still miss stuff, like his friends and family, but Bart doesn't really much if anything to miss about his time. (I mean, Bart had Neutron, but Neutron was just as miserable as Bart was. They were both living in what was basically hell.)

6. XS aka Jenni Ognats

Jenni Ognats, granddaughter of Barry Allen, daughter of Dawn Allen, and cousin of Bart Allen. A speedster hero and a member of the legion of superheroes. At first I wondered why she wasn’t with Phantom Girl, Saturn Girl, and Chameleon Boy in season 4, but then I realized that Bart wasn’t born as far in the 31 century like he is in the comics, or at least I don’t think he is, my math might be off, but I think his future was in the 2060s at most, so Jenni probably doesn't live in that time zone either. Their were probably some other reasons too, but think that was one of the main reasons. I still there are some ways that Jenni could become part of the show. Apparently Don and Dawn Allen will sometimes become villains instead of heroes, so maybe Jenni goes back in time to prevent that. I know the twins are very young at the moment, so maybe the thing that leads to twins becoming villains happens when they were very young. That or maybe Jenni could be what Bart claimed to be when he was first introduced: a tourist from the future. Or maybe, Jenni travels to the past to try and escape the next person on the list.

7. Reverse Flash aka Eobard Thawne

Eobard Thawne, enemy of the Flash, killer of Nora Allen, and ancestor of Bart Allen. (Ps. @dementedspeedster, thank you for correcting me.) This guy would pretty much do anything in order to hurt Barry Allen, even if it means killing everyone in the world including himself. So he already has a built in motive for causing problems in the show. That and his relation to Bart can lead to interesting character arcs and story. Did Bart even know that he was related to this man? If not how does he feel about that? Bart seems very proud to be a part of the flash family, how would he react to finding out he was also related to the Flash’s worst enemy? This could lead to him having bonding moments with Artemis, Orphan, and others due to them understanding what it’s like to related to a villain, as well as helping Bart comes to terms with it. That and/or these a story line where Eobard Thawne comes after Bart, for one reason or another. Either way, I can see how add Eobard in the show can lead to a lot of possibilities.

8. Inertia aka Thaddeus Thawne

Speaking of how add the Reverse Flash can lead to a lot of possibilities, meet Thaddeus Thawne: A clone made by President Thawne using Bart Allen’s and Thawne DNA, made to hurt, kill, and basically cause problems for the Allen family, mainly Bart Allen. Cloning is something that happens or is referenced to, quite a lot in this show, so Thaddeus wouldn’t feel too out of place. He could offer a lot of the same stuff Eobard Thawne, with the added bonus of a possible redemption arc. Superboy and Red Arrow would probably relate to him for being a clone made to be pawn in someone else plan and would try to show him that his life doesn't have to be like that. The Flash family might see him as family, since he still has a bit of Allen in him, and try to to convince him that they will actually treat him like family and not a tool for “revenge”. That and I just love villains redemption stories, and I don’t think any child is beyond help, so I would love it this show did something like that.

9. Meloni Thawne

Bart Allen’s mother. I’m not a 100% sure how the show could use her, other than in a Reverse Flash story line, but it would be nice to see her.

10. Catwoman aka Selina Kyle

I’m honestly surprise there hasn’t even been at least a reference to her in the show. Selina is both a love interest and villain of Batman, a master thief, but will be a hero if she feels like she has to be, there is a lot you can do with her. Personally, a idea I have for her is being a double agent to infiltrate The Light. Unlike the last the heroes made someone a mole, everyone on the team will know she’s a double agent. Probably won’t happen, like most of the things on this list, but just a thought.

11. Harley Quinn aka Harleen Quinzel

Harley Quinn’s loads of fun and it would be nice to see her in Young Justice. I can see her doing what I also suggested for Catwoman and being a double agents, or I could see her just being a one time villain in a episode. Their are quite literally 100% ways you can go with her character.

12. Bunker aka Miguel Jose Barragan

I will admit I don’t know a whole lot about this guy, but he seems like a fun guy. That and his powers are cool. I’d be happy to see him in the show.

13. Ace aka (I couldn’t find another name for her)

As far as I know, this girl only exits in Justice League Animated Universe, but I like her, and I know a lot of other people like her. Ace is a traumatized and hurting child with powers that are almost god like. Like Raven, their are all kinds of story arcs you can do with that. The one I came up with first is her using her powers to avoid her trauma and problems, and live in a fantasy world. But again, there are a lot of things you can do with her.

14. Princess Amethyst of Gemworld aka Amy Winston

The show confirmed that other dimensions are in fact a thing in the Young Justice universe, so Gemworld could exists in their world. Meaning it is possible for Amethyst to become part of the show. (This is a bit more of a prediction than hope. Not saying I don’t want her to be in the show, just saying this is more of a prediction.)

15. The H.I.V.E Five/Fearsome Five aka Jinx, Billy Numerous (William Billy Strayer), Kyd Wykkyd, See-More (Seymour), Mammoth, and Gizmo (I couldn’t find all they’re real names, sorry)

Before you ask, yes, they are called The H.I.V.E Five even though their are six of them. Also, I don’t really know much about their comic counter parts, so I will mostly if not always be referring to their Teen Titans characters. For me, these kids were the best thing about the Teen Titans show so that alone is a reason why I think it we be neat to them in Young Justice. That being said, I can see some good story arcs for the show involving these characters.

That’s all I got for now, sorry it’s late, and my head is starting to hurt.

Later I will probably look at this and kick myself for not putting a character on this list, but right now I think I’m satisfied.

(Again, sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes.)

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ladysnowangel · 6 years

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dilfhaljordan · 3 years

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y’know, i think i might’ve realized why so many people gravitate towards batfam instead of flashfam

to the extent of my knowledge, most of the flashfam are related to each other either biologically or by marrying (to clarify i’m talking specifically abt pre52 flashfam rn since i haven’t actually read any of the new52 yet). you have:

barry allen, the flash

iris west, barry’s wide

wally west, iris’ nephew

linda park, wally’s wife

don and dawn allen, iris and barry’s children in the 30th century

jenni ognats, the daughter of don and jeven ognats

bart, the son of dawn and meloni thawne, making him jenni’s cousin and wally’s first cousin once removed (i think so anyways i’m not sure)

owen mercer, bart’s half-brother

thaddeus thawne II, bart’s clone and technically his twin/brother

jai and irey west, linda and wally’s kids

pretty much the only ones who aren’t biologically related in any sense are jay and joan garrick, who imo act like barry’s parents, and also temporarily had bart in their care for a while

of course, this isn’t including people like jesse chambers, max crandall, johnny chambers, etc. bc i’m mostly going through the family tree, however they are very close friends/allies who are generally considered as part of the flashfam

ANYWAYS, like i said, that list of people? they’re all biologically connected in some way, or in linda + joan + iris’s cases, they married in.

now let’s look at the batfam, which is made up almost entirely of non-biologically related people (once again, not taking into account close friends such as babs and steph):

alfred pennyworth, the wayne’s butler and the man who raised bruce (along with leslie thompkins)

bruce wayne, batman

dick grayson, bruce’s first son

jason todd, bruce’s second son

tim drake, the third son

cassandra cain, bruce’s one and only daughter

damian wayne, son of bruce and talia al ghul, and the only member with any sort of blood relation to bruce

talia al ghul, who isn’t generally considered a part of the batfam (thanks to morrison ruining her entire character smh) but was once married to bruce

this list also doesn’t take into account close friends/allies like stephanie brown, barbara gordon, selina kyle, etc. bc none of them are official members of the family, though they are counted as family by most people (including me). again, these are the official members of the batfam

it’s pretty common knowledge that the batfam is the most popular family in the entire dc franchise. the fanworks alone go to show that, and dc isn’t much better when it comes to that. it can be hard to figure out why, since the batfam can be so messed up sometimes, especially compared to the flashfam, which imo is one of the most openly loving and caring families in dc. despite that, the flashfam fandom is like a single speck of dust compared to the batfam fandom, which can honestly be really frustrating bc they deserve more recognition, but i digress

anyways, the main difference between these two families?

blood relations.

okay, let me explain. here’s the thing—the batfam fandom is mostly made up of people that are queer, neurodivergent, mentally ill, or maybe just don’t have that great of a home life. this post explains it much better than i ever could, but the general gist is that these people love the concept of found family since they usually don’t have an amazing relationship or are rejected by their blood family, and the batfam is built on found family. like i said, the only people related by blood are bruce and damian—everyone else is a) adopted or b) close enough to the family that they’re considered part of it (think steph, babs, alfred, etc.)

now, i’m pretty sure that the batfam is the only family that’s pretty much completely found family (with the exception of lanternfam, but hal, kyle, jess, simon etc. don’t fall into archetypal roles like the dad, the brother, the uncle, etc. so i feel like that plays a big role in why the lanternfam isn’t nearly as popular + the fact that most people just don’t really seem to care about them). most of dc’s other families are blood related—and this includes flashfam, which i think it actually the family that has the most blood-related members in it.

here’s the thing—some of the members of the flashfam absolutely do play at least a little bit into found family. take bart, for example—he travelled back in time from the future. iris couldn’t take care of him bc she couldn’t spoil future events for the others (i think so anyways i’m not too sure), wally was nowhere prepared to mentor a kid who was so much like him, so max was the one to take him in, and they ended up having an amazing father-son relationship, and they weren’t related to each other, either.

still, despite definitely having more healthy relationships than the batfam, most of the flashfam is blood-related, which is probably a huge part of why people gravitate towards the batfam—the idea of having a found family that, while dysfunctional and messy, is a family that loves each other, is really appealing towards people who are queer/neurodivergent/etc. not only that, a lot of the batfam members are unintentionally neurodivergent coded, which is another reason for the flashfam not being nearly as popular (though i firmly believe that most if not all speedsters are adhd i mean just look at bart’s 90s solo comic but that’s not the point)

of course there’s also the fact that dc just loves promoting the batfam for whatever reason...most of the dc animated movies have batman + nightwing in them, and god whenever i scroll down to movies that have ‘batman’ in their title on my tv list it’s so goddamn long...batman himself is one of the most well-known fictional characters ever, and while the flash is popular, it pales in comparison to batman. most forms of dc media have the batfam or at least bruce, alfred + dick or damian in them (batman and harley quinn, batman vs robin, the dcamu universe, etc.) while the flash...

i’m pretty sure barry’s the only one to really consistently appear in any sort of dc media that isn’t comics, but the one movie that could be considered a flashfam movie is justice league: the flashpoint paradox and even then i feel like it’s a stretch. other than that, all i can think of if wally making some cameos in the 2003 teen titans cartoon + his appearances in ttg. even in video games, there’s no bart, no jay, no max—only barry as the flash and wally as kid flash, even if the timeline doesn’t make sense

so yeah. that’s my reasoning for why the batfam is so much more popular than the flashfam

#bruce wayne #dick grayson #barry allen #batfam #flashfam #meta #long post #hhhh this took forever to write smh #*#*meta

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mandarinsan · 3 years

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List of interracial/interspecies DC comics pairings:

Wally x Linda

Dick x Kory

Roy x Jade

Bruce x Talia

Jefferson x Tatsu

Clark x Lois (he's Kryptonian)

Arthur x Mera (he's half-human)

Diana x Steve (she's Amazonian*)

Terry x Dana (Batman Beyond)

Ibn x Mar'i (Kingdom Come)

Supergirl x Brainiac 5

Oliver x Shado

Wallace x Emiko

Jaime x Traci

Jason x Rose

Luke x Babs

Dick x Bea

Tim x Tam

Gar x Raven

Damian x Nika

Kon x Cassie

Clark x Diana

Dick x Shawn

Tim x Zoanne

Donna x Roy

Tim x Lynx

Kory x Roy

Kon x Cass

Bar Torr x Kiran

Clark x Lana

Bruce x Diana

Slade x Lillian

Arthur x Kako

Dick x Bridget

Bruce x Selina**

Jason x Artemis

Catman x Cheshire

Barbara x Sam (BTAS)

Oliver x Sandra

Oliver x Joanna

Kara x Ben

Arthur x Diana

Bruce x Shondra

Bruce x Jezebel Jet

Oliver x Manitou Dawn

Mister Terrific x Power Girl

Mister Terrific x Sasha Bordeaux

Supergirl x Power Boy

Dick x Helena (N52)

Diana x Trevor Barnes

Arthur x Ya'Wara

Alanna and Adam Strange

Lucy Lane x Ron Troupe

Martian Manhunter x Scorch

Orm x Penthesilea (Flashpoint)

Aquagirl x Warhawk (Batman Beyond)

Power Girl x Val-Zod (Earth-2)

Supergirl x Captain Comet

Clark x Linda Danvers

J'onn J'onzz x Kishana Lewis

Ryan Choi x Giganta

Tom Curry x Atlanna

Jason x Essence

Damian x Djinn

Kon x Tana Moon

Tim x Jubilee (crossover)

Donna x Terry Long

Roy x Kendra

Garth x Lilith

Donna x Kyle

Tim x Cassie

J'onn x Bea

Dick x Liu

Babs x Kai

Jaime x Xiomara (?)

Jason x Dana

Clark x Lori Lemaris (Earth-One)

Clark x Lisa Lasalle (Earth-1)

Raven x Wallace

Jericho x Étienne

Jason Rusch x Gehenna

Matrix Supergirl x Lex Luthor

Supergirl x Jerro the Merboy

Batman x Ione

Supergirl x Ryand'r

Alvin Rusch x Joanne Raymond

Kara x Mike Harris

Supergirl x Salkor (Earth-One)

Supergirl x Dick Malverne (Earth-One)

Damian x Cassie (DCeased)

Kal-El x Talia (Elseworlds)

Starfire x Franklin Crandall

Supergirl x Z'ndr Kol

Harley x Mason

Arion x Lady Chian

Tsunami x Neptune Perkins

Third Rail x Brickhouse (Dakotaverse)

Jackson King x Christine Trelane (Wildstorm)

Damage x Judomaster

Superman x Maxima

Ultraman x Superwoman (Earth-3)

Owlman x Superwoman (Earth-3)

Superwoman x Mazahs (Earth-3)

Clark x Lois Chaudhari (Superman: Secret Identity)

LGBT

Jon x Jay

Andy x Jess

Selina x Eiko

Kate x Renee

Anissa x Grace

Artemis x Akila

Natasha x Traci

Nubia x Io

Poison Ivy x Gardener

Diana x Kara (DKoS)

Hippolyta x Philippus

Nubia x Andromeda

Madame Xanadu x Marisol del Rios

Scandal Savage x Knockout x Liana

Dale Gunn x Casey Klebba

Alan Scott x Sam Zhao (Earth-2)

Kara x Lois (DC Bombshells)

David x Hartley

Mikaal x Tony

Aerie x Wink

Alysia x Jo

Donner x Blitzen (Dakotaverse)

Green Lanterns

Kyle x Soranik

Kyle x Adara

Kyle x Carol

Kyle x Jade

John x Yrra

John x Katma Tui

John x Kendra (DCAU)

John x Merayn

Hal x Arisia

Young Justice (Earth-16)

Violet x Brion

Kon x M'gann

Bart x Eduardo

Wally x Artemis

Kaldur x Wyynde

Jefferson x Helga

Dru-Zod x Ursa

La'gaan x M'gann

Artemis x Jason Bard

Miss Martian's parents

La'gann x Coral x Rodunn

Highfather x Highmother

Superman & Batman: Generations I-III (Earth-3839)

Bruce Jr x Kara Kent

Joel Perry Kent x Mei-Lai

Bruce Jr x Mei-Lai

Clark Wayne x Amanda Mason

Superman x Beautiful Dreamer

*Diana is Amazonian and also a demigod in some origins.

**After 1986's Crisis on Infinite Earths, Selina's mother was revealed to be Cuban, making her a Latina, though that aspect of her life is yet to be explored.

(Marvel version)

#interracial dc pairings #dickkory #brutalia #clois #wallinda #thundergrace #lukebabs #spitfire #jayrose #koncassie #supermartian #cheshroy #young justice #green lanterns #lgbt #this is about comics and animation #i know therr are more couples to add from live action shows and movies but i don't really engage with those #if i left anyone important out which is possible let me know

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brown-little-robin · 3 years

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“Part Zero”

An explanation of the background of The Strange Redemption of Thaddeus Thawne (ao3) (tumblr) for those with zero background in DC comics! Fair warning: this is complicated. I try my best to be simple, though.

Thad Thawne, full name Thaddeus Thawne II, is the main character. He’s a clone of Bart Allen, who is the grandson of the second Flash. To understand Thad, you have to first know about Bart, and to know about Bart, you have to know about the Flash, so here goes:

The Flash is a superhero with the power of going really fast; they’re associated with lightning. All “speedsters” get their powers from the speed force, which is an infinite power and fundamental force of the universe associated with speed. The speed force is also a limitless space full of lightning which speedsters end up inside if they run too fast. The only way to escape the speed force is concentrating on someone you love and trust to an extraordinary degree, who are affectionately known as “lightning rods”. Conduits of the speed force go there when they die. Each speedster has a slightly different connection to the speed force, giving them slightly different powers. I think of the speed force as an expression of God’s power over time.

There are multiple people who have taken the mantle of the Flash. They and the other speedsters associated with them are known in fandom as the “flash family” or “flashfam”.

Jay Garrick is the original Flash. He has a funny hat with wings because he was originally meant to be associated with the god Mercury. His wife, Joan Garrick, is a non-speedster. They’re not terribly important in this fic.

Barry Allen was the second Flash and the grandfather of Bart Allen. In The Strange Redemption of Thaddeus Thawne, Barry Allen has been dead for years. His widow, Iris Allen, lived in the future (circa 3000) until about seven years ago, raising his two children, Don and Dawn. His former protege, Wally West, became The Flash after he died and is still the Flash. Wally is married to Linda Park.

Bart Allen is the son of Don Allen (this makes him Barry Allen’s grandson) and Meloni Thawne, the daughter of President Thaddeus Thawne I, an evil man from a family which harbors a ridiculous vendetta against all Flash-associated people. Bart was born unable to turn his powers off; he was raised in virtual reality so he could have an environment that kept up with his speed, but his body was aging so rapidly that Meloni had to send him to the past to be healed and trained. (Don is dead.) Bart became the superhero known as “Impulse”, under the tutelage of Max Mercury.

Max Mercury or Max Crandall is known as the Zen Master of Speed. He became a speedster during the Euro-American expansion into the West, when he tried for some years to stop the fighting between Euro-Americans and Native Americans. He loves the speed force and has learned to communicate with the dead speedsters in it; he wants to enter the heart of the speed force someday, but every time he’s tried he’s hesitated at the last moment and ended up just time traveling forward by a few decades. As you do. He has an adult illegitimate daughter, Helen Claiborne, a dentist; in The Strange Redemption, they live together in Helen’s house in Manchester, Alabama.

Max Mercury and Bart Allen worked together shockingly well, considering Max’s delight in being cryptic and taking things slow and Bart’s impatience about life in general. But Max takes the time to understand Bart, and Bart in turn respects Max. They developed a father-son type bond, although they call each other “Max” and “Bart.”

Thad Thawne is a clone of Bart created by President Thawne to strike a blow at the flashfam; he had a very brief career as a supervillain called “Inertia”— “The Reverse Impulse!”. Similar to Bart, he was “born” with powers, but (fittingly as an opposite of Bart) he ages very slowly, allowing President Thawne to abuse train him for over six hundred years before sending him back in time at a physical age of fourteen. Thaddeus successfully replaced Bart in a multi-issue saga in Impulse known as “Mercury Falling”, trapping him in virtual reality and planning to kill Max after demonstrating his superiority to Bart. He had an artificial intelligence shapeshifter-machine (roll with it), CRAYDL, to help him with this.

It’s important to note that Max was terminally ill at this point. His connection to the speed force was corrupted and it was killing him. This is why he wasn’t suspicious of Thad, who tried to imitate Bart but was more responsible, academically inclined, and desperate for praise. He was attention-seeking, sometimes a bit mean, especially around Bart’s civilian friends, and an excellent superhero. Max and Helen assumed these changes were Bart's reaction to Max’s illness.

Thad, meanwhile, was experiencing love for the first time. He was absolutely baffled by it, even considering giving up on the mission to spare Max.

To cure Max, Thad-as-Bart was supposed to take him into the speed force. In the speed force, Thad revealed himself as Inertia, expecting to be rejected, but Max offered him a chance to be in the family, training as a superhero alongside Bart. His pride offended, Thad refused. In a final scuffle, Bart, who’d escaped the virtual reality, showed Thad an example of sacrificial love, preferring to let Thad kill him rather than let Max be torn apart by the winds of the speed force. This broke Thad’s entire worldview; he ran away into the speed force.

That’s where The Strange Redemption of Thaddeus Thawne diverges from DC canon. In The Strange Redemption, seven years have passed, and Thad emerges from the speed force in part one.

I hope this helps! :)

EDIT: Helpful Images

Bart’s backstory

Bart & Max’s dynamic in a nutshell:

Thad’s backstory, as explained by himself:

Thad has a sentient super-computer AI best friend, CRAYDL, who helps him and provides his only companionship:

Thad’s reaction to love and affection, every single time, is shock.

Here’s one of Thad’s typical monologues. The boy is CHATTY.

Climax of Mercury Falling:

#About The Strange Redemption of Thaddeus Thawne #flashfam #The Strange Redemption of Thaddeus Thawne

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miadeardn · 3 years

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okay so i have been thinking very extensively about a flash family movie à la into the spiderverse

wally west is the main character, he's 14/15 and obsessed with the flash, not knowing that he's his uncle. eobard thawne, in an attempt to strengthen his own powers and take away barry's so he can kill him and replace him, creates a machine that can tap into the speedforce (or something like that). so barry goes to stop him and wally follows him because who would pass up a chance to see the flash in action? barry attempts to destroy the machine but he isn't able to completely dismantle it before it deploys. wally gets caught in the blast, which grants him superspeed and a connection to the speedforce. barry loses his powers and is severely injured from the explosion and when wally runs down to try and help him barry reveals his secret identity and gives wally his flash ring, telling him to run and not let thawne find him. wally obeys but stays behind just long enough to watch thawne kill barry.

the machine's explosion disrupted the speedforce and everyone who had been tapping into it when it exploded gets pulled into wally's universe. this includes an alternate universe barry, bart allen/impulse, jay garrick/flash, jesse chambers/jesse quick, max crandall/max mercury, irey west/impulse and jai west/kid flash, and jess chambers/kid quick (plus maybe don and dawn allen/the tornado twins and jenni ognats/XS but things might get real confusing with the whole allen family tree in one place). they'd all have a bit like in spiderverse where they say "my name is [name] and i'm the fastest [man/woman/kid] alive" and explain their origin stories. it would be funny to see bart and irey bicker over who was impulse first and see wally freak out over meeting his kids from an alternate universe

they all have to work together to defeat thawne and go back to their universes because the speedforce is messed up. wally gets mentored by the older flashes and gains the confidence to follow in barry's footsteps and become his universe's flash (like rebirth wally west) and its all just a bunch of flash family bonding! this is mostly self-indulgent because i want to see all of the flash fam together in one universe

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god-save-the-keen · 4 years

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Coffee and Music

Book: HSS / HSS CA

Pairing: Aiden Zhou x MC (Jordan)

Words: 1.468

Warning: None, pure fluff

Prompets: @srta-give-me-my-jax-rl send me #15 #18 #26 #49 #50 #69 #76 from this list! It's my first time writing Aiden (and he is not my li) so I hope this turn out okay!

Permanent tag list: @gardeningourmet @client-327 @desiree---1986 @dawn-1994 @violinet @darley1101 @blackcatkita @flyawayboo @drakewalker04

Note: My fucking computer died, so be patient with me and the long post's for a while. As always, don't doubt to make your request!

'It's impossible for to get any worse' Aiden thought as he furrowed his brows, staring as Bailey and Ajay talk with Mr. and Mrs. Crandall. They had worked so hard in the play, he wrote the music for it, and now they were just taking it out. Skye had told them about this indignant change a few days ago but to hear her parents compare one of Shakespeare's masterpieces with American Most Eligible, a basic reality show, was not only outrageous but also more than he could handle. However they needed the Crandalls to go to London, even when they were killing the play with their nonsense changes.

"Remember the musical number that was here was cut. So just… speak your lines over the song." He said, trying to sound normal and help Rory and Bailey in their next reading. The music, beautifully soft, started to play in the background as Aiden watched the young couple's performance, his face hardened, anger inside him. A smaller hand took his as Jordan rested her head on his shoulder, watching by the stage.

"What you wrote is amazing, you know that right?" She whispered near to his ear. "It's beautiful, Aiden."

"Thanks Jordan." He squeezed her hand. "Apparently the Crandall's don't agree with us." He remarked low, softly leaning his head on top of hers, his voice full of disappointment.

"Screw them, you are amazing and the most talented person I know. They are just ruining everything, including their own daughter." He felt the sadness and concern in her voice as they observed Skye, distracted and looking depressed.

"I know what you mean….If we could only regain the control of the play. They are using us like their toys." Mrs Crandall was now criticising Bailey's performance even though she did it pretty well.

"Are you busy after this?" Jordan asked as she took her magic cane, ready to go on stage.

"Not really." He saw her smiling. "What's on you mind?"

"Well, it's been a while since our last proper date and I wanted to try a new coffee store that opened in downtown, wanna go?"

"I'd love to" She kissed his cheek and went to the stage, saying her lines flawlessly. The rest of the rehearsal was stressful and frustrating for all of them, Skye's parents complained about everything and demanded even more ridiculous modifications, destroying the heart of the play. When they finally left the building, the room stood in silence momentarily before people started to talk in a concerned tone about everything that had happened.

Aiden waited for Jordan outside of the changing room and headed together to her car, hand in hand. She drove and parked in front of a place called 'Do Re Mi Coffee'

"I know the name sounds like one of the worst joke puns from my dad but it's pretty good inside" She said smiling at him as they went to the front and he opened the door for her. The coffee shop was totally inspired by music, one of the walls was painted as music sheets with the notes of 'Love without hope' from Beethoven, a beautiful piano in one corner and different instruments and photos of singers, writers and musicians all around the place.

"This places is incredible! How did you find it?" He asked as they chose one of the tables with comfy couches and soft lighting.

"My dad showed it to me the other day, he said it was the perfect place for a date for us." She smiled with her cheeks a little pinker. "Some nights they have live music and the people can use the piano whenever they like." A waitress took their orders and they started to chat as they relaxed on the couch, Aiden took her hand, tracing soft circles on her skin.

"Hey… you look tired, are you okay?" She questioned, sightly furrowing her brows, observing his face. He smiled sweetly at her before planting a small kiss on the side of her head.

"I'm fine, it's just between the play, the Crandells and the band, we are dealing with a lot of things."

She leaned against the pillow of the couch, sighing. "Tell me about it… To be honest, you're the one thing keeping me sane right now."

"The feeling is mutual" She chuckled quietly. In that moment the waitress returned, she was just a few years older than them and smiled at the young couple.

"I'm sorry for the intrusion, but you two look adorable together, are you dating?"

"Thank you. She is my girlfriend" Aiden said with pride all over his face, even though his cheeks were a little red and Jordan smiled brightly and happy. The girl put their drinks on the table and with one last smile left them alone.

"That was kind of hot. I love when you call me your girlfriend."

"You do?" He asked shyly.

"I do" She planted a peck on his lips and took her frappuccino. He observed her for a moment, one of her hands still in his as the other held the cup, she looked tired but more relaxed than in the rehearsal. She was right, it had been a while since their last date and he had been missing these salone moments with her more than he had realized.

"This was a wonderful idea, Jordan." He gave her hand a squeeze. "I just really miss talking with you. The two of us alone."

"Me too. When I'm with you, I'm home." She rested her head on his shoulder, sighing content.

His eyes drifted to the piano once more, thoughtful, remembering the last song he had written for the play that he hadn't had the chance to show to the crew so far. He took a sip of his tea, continuing chatting with Jordan as his kept going back to the piano.

"Did I tell you that customers can use the piano whenever they want? Cause you can play something if you want to." A knowing smile on her face.

"You sure?" His attention was focused on her but now that he knew this song wouldn't be used in the play, this seems to be a good place and moment to share it. Especially with her.

She nodded before answering, a sweet smile on her face. "Of course! And also I love hearing you play. You know that."

He stood up and went to the piano as Jordan observed him from their table, his fingers touched the keys softly as he sat. He noticed a few curious looks but he didn't care, as always when he played, he blocked out everything except the instrument in front of him… And her. His fingers started to dance expertly with the keys as the music filled the coffee shop and the chatting around him decreased, in just a few seconds the place was quiet and the only sound was his melody in the air. When his eyes connected with hers for a moment in the middle of his performance, all he could see was love and pride, like he was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself. When he finished his song, the people started to enthusiastically clap, some of them with their phones recording him making his eyes wider and his cheeks a little darker. He did a 'thank you' gesture and returned to Jordan, she smiled big and hugged him tightly.

"That was amazing!" She exclaimed before kissing him softly.

"Thanks, Jo. I just…"

"What?"

"When I was writing this song I was thinking about you, you inspired me." A tiny smile quirked on his face as he cheeks turned a bit red. "I just wish it was easier for me to do a grant gesture" He frowned, like he was mad at himself.

"But you did it." She pointed out, taking his hand and lacing their fingers together. "And beyond that, I wouldn't change a thing about you"

He sighed happily and pressed his forehead against hers. "Really? Not even my shyness?"

"Especially your shyness" He chuckled smiling at her as her hand cupped his cheek. "Be you. No one else can."

"I love you, Jordan"

"I love you too, Aiden" They kissed slow and deep, her hand on his nape as his held her waist. "You know, I can help you to overcome your shyness."

"How?"

"Take off your shirt" She said winking at him, smiling a little mischievously.

"What? Here? No!" Jordan laughed as she leaned her back on his chest, after a moment of hesitation, he rounded her waist and belly with his arm and his lips leave a sweet kiss on her temple.

"I was joking, but worth the try"

They stood like that, holding each other close, peacefully drinking their orders and chatting, enjoying their little bubble of happiness.

❣️

#aiden zhou #aiden x mc #choices hss ca #hss ca #hss #high school story: class act #high school story #choices aiden #rory silva x mc #rory x mc #choices fanfic request #request

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vidicus-com · 4 years

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The Best Horror One Liners in Movies

Here are some of the most recognizable single lines of dialog from some of the best horror movies ever made.

“We’ll tear your soul apart.”

Spoken by Pinhead (Doug Bradley) in Hellraiser (1987)

“Here’s Johnny!”

Spoken by Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) in The Shining (1980)

“Sometimes, dead is better.”

Spoken by Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne) in Pet Sematary (1989)

“There here.”

Spoken by Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O’Rourke) in Poltergeist (1982)

“I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice Chianti.”

Spoken by Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

“Be afraid, be very afraid.”

Spoken by Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) in The Fly (1986)

“I see dead people”

Spoken by Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) in The Sixth Sense (1999)

“You’re going to need a bigger boat.”

Spoken by Brody (Roy Scheider) in Jaws (1975)

“The power of Christ compels you!”

Spoken by Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) and Father Karras (Jason Miller) in The Exorcist (1973)

“We all go a little mad sometimes.”

Spoken by Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in Psycho (1960)

“They’re all gonna laugh at you!”

Spoken by Margaret White (Piper Laurie) in Carrie (1976)

“What’s your favorite scary movie?”

Spoken by Ghostface (Roger L. Jackson) in Scream (1996)

“Death by stereo!”

Spoken by Sam (Corey Haim) in The Lost Boys (1987)

“This is my Boomstick!”

Spoken by Ash (Bruce Campbell) in Army of Darkness (1992)

“We all float down here.”

Spoken by Pennywise (Tim Curry) in It (1990)

“I want to play a game.”

Spoken by Jigsaw/John Kramer (Tobin Bell) in Saw (2004)

“He’s got his father’s eyes.”

Spoken by Roman Castevet (Sidney Blackmer) in Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

“When there is no room left in hell, the dead will walk the earth.”

Spoken by Peter (Ken Foree) in Dawn of the Dead (1978)

“They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”

Spoken by Johnny Blair (Russell Streiner) in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

“We’ve traced the call… it’s coming from inside the house.”

Spoken by Sgt. Sacker (Bill Boyett) in When a Stranger Calls (1979)

“Every 23rd spring for 23 days it gets to eat.”

Spoken by Jezelle Gay Hartman (Patricia Belcher) in Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Context: Eccentric psychic Jezelle may indeed have a few screws loose, but her brief summation of The Creeper’s mythology is extremely chilling.

“Welcome to Fright Night… for real.”

Spoken by Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) in Fright Night (1985)

“It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent’s fritters.”

Spoken by Vincent Smith (Rory Calhoun) in Motel Hell (1980)

“Brains!”

Spoken by Tarman (Allan Trautman) in Return of the Living Dead (1985)

“Outlander!”

Spoken by Malachai (Courtney Gains) in Children of the Corn (1984)

“Get out!”

Spoken by an invisible malevolent entity in The Amityville Horror (1979)

“Groovy!”

Spoken by Ash (Bruce Campbell) in Evil Dead II (1987)

“Pancakes!”

Spoken by Dennis (Matthew Helms) in Cabin Fever (2002)

For plenty more horror, check out www.vidicus.com.

#recognizable #best #horror #one liners #movies #hellraiser #pet sematary #poltergiest #books #ebooks

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cameracourt · 9 months

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Top Ten Tuesday: Gilded Age Historical Romances

It’s another Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl! Today’s official topic is a Genre Freebie (Pick a genre and build a list around it.) And, it’s the second TTT list in a row here on the blog! I found this list of books I made a while ago, and it just so happens to fit because they’re all Gilded Age Historical Romances, an era I love to read about. I know there is some debate about…

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#Book #books #Dawn Crandall #Elizabeth Camden #Gilded Age #Historical Fiction #Jocelyn Green #list #Meme #read #Reading #Recommended Reading #Top Ten Tuesday

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kellyannhu · 4 years

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Awesomeness accelerating year by year in your career .. @kellyhu .. Many Happy Returns of the Day .. where age is just a number.. . All your film characters are here to wish you a very happy birthday! 🎂🎉 . . 1989 - Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan - Eva Watanabe 1991 -The Doors - Dorothy 1991 - Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man - Suzie 1993 - Surf Ninjas - Ro-May 1995 - No Way Back - Seiko Kobayashi 1995 - Strange Days - Anchor woman 1996 - Star Command - Ens. Yukiko Fujisaki 1997 - Fakin’ da Funk - Kwee-Mee 2002 - The Scorpion King - Sorceress Cassandra 2003 - Cradle 2 the Grave - Sona 2003 - X2 - Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike 2003 - Conquest of Hawaii - Kelly Hu 2004 - The Librarian: Quest for the Spear - Lana 2005 - Underclassman - Lisa Brooks 2005 - Mayday - Sharon Crandall 2006 - Americanese - Brenda Nishitani 2006 - Undoing - Vera 2006 - Devil’s Den - Caitlin 2007 - Shanghai Kiss - Micki Yang 2007 - Succubus: Hell-Bent - Detective Pei 2007 - The Air I Breathe - Jiyoung 2008 - Stiletto - Detective Hanover 2008 - Farm House - Lilith 2008 - Dim Sum Funeral - Cindy 2009 - The Tournament - Lai Lai Zhen 2011 - What Women Want - Girl in lotto commercial 2011 - Almost Perfect - Vanessa Lee 2012 - White Frog - May Chung 2013 - The Haumana - Linda 2013 - They Die by Dawn 2014 - Age of Tomorrow - Dr. Gordon 2014 - High School Exorcism - Denise Brady 2014 - Death Valley - Greenstreet 2016 - Beyond the Game 2016 - Kepler’s Dream - Irene 2017 - Maximum Impact - Kate 2018 - F.R.E.D.I. - Dr. Andi Palmer 2018 - Christmas Wonderland - Julia . . . #KellyHu #StrikingBeauty #QueenofHearts #QuewnofHawaii #HawaiianAngel #HawaiianBeauty #HappyBirthday #BirthdayGirl #Beauty #Angel #Lovely #Hearts #Actress #Radiance #KillerAngel #BeautyofHawaii #BeautifulSmile #BeautyNeverAges #EverSmiling #ForeverYoung #Evergreen

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redlance · 5 years

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The Milk Carton Kids

Written as part of @pitchhorrorweek for the day 4 prompt that I’ve taken the title from. I really wanted to write something for all of the prompts, but this is all my brain would let me do. I had a lot of fun writing it though, so maybe my brain will let me fill the other prompts later. As much as I love horror, I’ve never really written it before, so I hope you enjoy it!

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It starts small, as these things often do.

First, one poster for a missing kid goes up, then another, and another, until the community bulletin board outside of the town hall is plastered with pictures of people’s loved ones.

And that’s where they stay, becoming worn and weathered by the elements.

Short lengths of paper with phone numbers typed onto them hang from the bottoms of some of the posters. A few have been ripped off at the perforated line, but most remain intact, fluttering in the slight breeze as though desperate to grab someone’s attention.

When the posters proved fruitless and even dedicated social media campaigns turned up nothing, the police department decided to fall back on an old method that had been instrumental in a number of missing cases back in the eighties.

“It’s kinda creepy,” Beca says around a mouthful of cereal as she stares at the image of seventeen-year-old Isaac Patrillo smiling at her from the side of the milk carton.

“It’s definitely weird.” Amy is stretched across her bed, reading a magazine and not even looking in Beca’s direction. “Wonder if they’ve gotten any leads because of them yet.”

“Are people even awake enough to properly comprehend what they’re seeing before noon anymore?” Beca turns the carton around with her free hand, shovelling another spoonful of cereal into her mouth, and takes in the imaged that has been copied and pasted onto all four sides. “I think I’d need this taped to my forehead for the first three hours of my day just to remember it’s a guy.”

They talk about the Milk Carton Kids on the news, in the papers, on blogs, and in podcasts, but months go by and there aren’t any leads.

Then, one afternoon, while Chloe is eating her lunch in the break room of the vet clinic, the small television set tuned to one of the news channels, she watches a woman and her daughter being interviewed by a local station.

“-some sick joke, well, I can tell you right now it isn’t funny. You can’t imagine the shock and fear I felt looking down and seeing my daughter’s face-”

The woman cuts herself off, her breath hitches with the threat of tears, and Chloe frowns as she puts her fork down and gives the television set her undivided attention.

“It didn’t make any sense! I’d just told her to go play half an hour before. I was frantic until I found her. She was just playing in the backyard, completely fine.”

The camera cuts back to an anchorman sitting behind a desk, looking professionally unsettled and concerned.

“This is now the third case of images of children who have not been reported as missing appearing on the sides of milk cartons. An investigation is underway to find the perpetrator of this distasteful prank and bring them to justice.”

Chloe recoils, her stomach churning unpleasantly as she wonders why on earth someone would do something in such poor taste, and she asks Beca as much later that night.

“I don’t know, dude,” Beca shrugs. “People are messed up. Probably just some douchebag looking for attention.”

Beca’s consensus seems to be a general one, for a while.

It’s two weeks later and Chloe is watching the news again when that same mother is back on t.v. holding up a similar-looking milk carton, only this time her daughter isn’t by her side.

“I don’t know who did this or why. I don’t know if before was some kind of warning, but please… please bring my daughter back.”

It quickly grows.

“My son, he was with me at the store when we saw his picture on the carton-”

“-thought I was seeing things and maybe it just looked a lot like her, you know?”

“I left him alone in his room for twenty minutes and when I went to bring him a snack, he was gone.”

“I waited outside school for him until the last kid came out and then I went in to find him. The school said he’d been marked as absent that day. I drove him there myself that morning! I watched him walk through the doors!”

“What do you think is happening?” Chloe whispers into the darkness. It’s late, but she knows Beca is awake beside her.

“I don’t know, Chlo.” Beca sighs, long and heavy. “But it’s seriously messed up.”

The first adult to appear on a carton is twenty-six-year-old Candance Trane.

Her boyfriend reports her missing a week later.

The police search every manufacturing plant, every warehouse, every place they can think to check, and they find nothing.

Jeffrey Parsons, forty-eight. Sam Evans, seven. Edith Brenner, fifty-five. Rachel Crandall, twelve.

David Wallace, thirty-two, father of three; he’s the next to go. His husband, Michael, appears on the news and talks about how he hadn’t let David out of his sight since the first milk carton had showed up. He thought that if he was with him at all times, whoever was doing this wouldn’t be able to get to him.

He was wrong. All it had taken was Michael turning around to answer the door.

“Do you think it’s like….” Amy appears to roll the word around in her mouth before saying it. “Supernatural?”

Neither Beca nor Chloe answer.

James Davies, nine.

Beca stops eating cereal.

But she still has to walk past the refrigerators at the store and it’s only by a slight inability to control her impulses that she catches it in the corner of her periphery.

Chloe’s face, beaming at her from behind the frosted glass of a milk cooler.

Her blood turns cold. She drops the basket of items she has clutched in her left hand and turns, breaking into a run as she heads for the door. She jams her hand into her pocket and pulls out her cellphone, fumbling as she tries to avoid people without slowing down while trying to select Chloe’s contact at the same time.

“Pick up!” Beca yells after the third ring.

“Hi, you’ve reach Chloe! You know what to do.”

“God damn it!”

The store isn’t far from their apartment, but Beca’s lungs are burning and her legs are weak by the time she arrives. She can barely get her key in the door.

“Chloe!” Her voice is loud but it waivers, fear shaking it as well as her body as she bursts into the apartment and takes in the empty kitchen and the empty bed. Her breath catches in her throat and her eyes begin to water. “Chloe.” It’s still a desperate call, but it’s quieter now, and Beca finds she has to lean against the wall in order to remain standing. Her heart hammers behind her ribs and sweat starts to bead along the back of her neck.

A toilet flushes.

The clothes rack shifts.

And Chloe appears.

“Beca?”

And Beca lets out a sob that isn’t completely relieved as she throws herself at Chloe.

“I saw-” she hiccups, tears rolling along her cheeks.

“Beca, what it is?” Chloe strokes her hand across Beca’s hair.

“You, Chloe. I saw you.” And Beca pulls back just far enough to stare into Chloe’s eyes.

And she sees comprehension dawn in them, right before fear begins to swirl in sky blue eyes, turning them a shade darker with the coming storm.

“What are we going to do?” Chloe asks, voice trembling.

Beca doesn’t have an answer.

#HW194 #pitch perfect horror week #bechloe #fanfic

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its-locked-nancy · 4 years

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since i forgot to send a message yesterday (i'm literally the worst, i am sorry) i am going to do a two in one today! yesterday's question was: do you play any computer games other than the nancy drew games? and then for today i want to ask you if you have gone to college and what it was you majored in or are majoring in?!

Continued: “the anon asking you about your major is me and this is Emily Crandall! Sorry i forgot to sign it haha”

No worries!!! I’m sorry I’ve been so shitty about responding lately!! You’re not the worst at all I promise 💕

I do play some other video games (well kind of — I play them w my best friend and he does most of the physical controlling and I make the decisions hehe). The biggest one is MASS EFFECT don’t even get me started oh my, but we also played XCOM 1 and 2 and we’re currently playing Chimera Squad, we’ve played Until Dawn and Man of Medan, Monster Prom, a bit of Assassins Creed Odyssey, etc! that was probably a lot and most people probably have no clue what half that stuff is but no worries hehe

As for college I just graduated in mid May!! My major was “law and society” which the school has changed to legal studies for newer students so I guess that’s a better explanation of what it is hahaha. I was also supposed to have a psychology minor but I was one course away and that’s a whole other story 😅

#june positivity anons

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Movie Review: Pet Sematary 2019

I saw the Pet Sematary remake today, and I am mortally offended. Not because of any sordid profanity in the movie itself, but because whatever fucksticks churned out this noisome pile of incoherent, freshly-polished effluent managed to strip the story of everything that gave it force and vitality. No movie will ever match the book for its relentless, creeping sense of awful inevitability, but the original possessed a charm and morbid vitality. I rooted for the Creeds, doomed as I knew them to be from reading the book. This incarnation is a soulless, shambling embarrassment in which it is painfully obvious that the director was enamored of one or two shots--not even scenes but shots--and had no idea what to do with anything else. Where do I even begin?

Part of what makes the book work is that the Creeds are a believable family. Louis is a bit of a yutz, and Rachel is a dithering ninny with a hangup about death, but it's clear that they love each other and Ellie and Gage, and Ellie and Gage love each other. That love is what brings the horror home when things go to hell, and why you simultaneously root for Rachel to make it home and stop Louis from doing that terrible, grief-stricken thing and pray that Paxcow's obstacles will keep her far away and out of the sematary's malevolent sphere of influence. It's what makes all of Louis decisions after Gage's death so gut-wrenching. You understand it as a father's love and terrible desperation, and watching him have to kill his son a second time is brutal, as is the knowledge that it's already too late.

There is none of that in this movie. The Creeds are very obviously four actors who gives zero fucks about each other. The one with the most gusto is Gage, and he's two and has five lines. Jason Clarke displays all the emotional depth of wet potting mulch as he dead-eyes it through his scenes, and Amy Steimetz plays Rachel as a simpering dishrag who can't handle reality, at least until the third act, when she immediately and instinctively grasps that what's in her foyer isn't her daughter, even as fuckwit Louis insists that it is, and she'll just have to get used to the new Ellie, whose eyes don't point the same direction, and who smells a great deal like sour earth and roadkill. Jete Laurence tries, but she's eight, and frankly, the material the adults foisted on her was laughable. "She's already feasting on dirt," the Ellie-thing gloats from the fog as her numbnut father searches for her in the sematary. Uh huh. Who wrote that garbage? I'm sure it sounded great in their pot-addled head, but it's clunky and idiotic in practice.

There is so much wrong in this remake. Judson Crandall is a warm family friend in the book and original, but here he's a lonely old recluse the family seems to pity, and the linchpin of his and Louis' friendship, the drinking session after Gage's funeral in which he tells him about Timmy Bannerman, never happens. Nope. Instead, Louis drugs Jud, and the story of Timothy Bannerman, which has haunted me since I read it twenty-five years ago, along with the story of Zelda Goldman(and boy howdy, will we get that THAT in a bit)is reduced to an Internet blurb. An Internet blurb. Kiss my ass, you cheap, lazy bastards. That story encapsulates that heart of the story you're trying to tell, the hard truth that sometimes dead IS better, but you jettisoned it in favor of...I don't even know. It certainly wasn't character development. Let's just have Louis muddle aimlessly through the scenery for no reason, seemingly unfazed by the alarming changes in his beloved daughter or the sight of his neighbor's mutilated, profaned body, and while we're at it, let's have more agonizing dialogue between Rachel and Not-Ellie. Because who needs context for a conversation that originally happens between Louis and Rachel under entirely different circumstances. Whee!

Jud isn't the only one who gets done dirty. I had nightmares about the original Zelda Goldman story for years. A little girl left alone with her twisted, suffering, dying sister who accidentally chokes her to death while trying to feed her. The contorted body. The grotesque face. The croaking, cawing cry of, "Raaaaachel! Raaaachel!" and "You'll never get out of bed again!" Pure nightmare fuel wrapped in the tragedy of an accident. But not to worry. The braintrusts have fixed this, too. In this version, Zelda doesn't die on an errant spoonful of mush, but by a malfunctioning dumbwaiter. I wish I was making this up, just like I wish I was making up the fact that Zelda, who can't get out of bed, remember, dies because she crawls across the floor to the bloodthirsty dumbwaiter. And apparently can crawl through the walls. 'Kay.

I hate everyone who made this movie.

It gets stupider. Ellie, who has heretofore displayed dubious coordination at best, manages to drag her mother's body through the woods, up the goddamn deadfall, up the stairs, and into the burial ground, all before Dad, who she's knocked out with, I shit you not, a picture, comes to and sets off in pursuit. Dad manages to catch up with her and is about to kill her when Mom gores him with a cross. Now, bear in mind that previous resurrections have taken eight to twelve hours. That means that either Dad has been snoring in the upstairs bedroom for eight hours while Gage, the two-year-old, has been trapped in his carseat in the car, or Mom returned from the dead in three minutes. Fuck you.

It gets even dumber because they bury Dad, which means that another eight hours or so have elapsed. But it has to be longer, because it's dawn when the newly-undead Creed family emerges from the woods to descend on Gage, who at this point has been in the closed car without food, water, or a diaper change for God knows how long, but is totes fine and not crying. How stupid do you think I am?

However stupid you think I am, it's not as stupid as this trainwreck.

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