#it's making comics about our feelings time lads

[granddaughterogg]

What is ur interpretation on Simon’s character? like personality wise and what he would be like if he was dating someone. would he push away his feelings? would he fall first? etc

Hi Anon!

I see Simon "Ghost" Riley as first and foremost an introvert. He's not shy by any means, it's just that people (the emotional demands they make on him and his time, the noise they create) often drain him. He doesn't have many friends and it takes someone as relentlessly open and sociable as Soap to actually befriend him, because Ghost sure as hell won't initiate anything.

Then there's the question of endured trauma. SImon Riley have lost all his kin to a gruesome murder. It's been committed by his former brothers in arms, too - men who he might've trusted at some point, but they've been brainwashed by his enemy. (Look for the "Ghost" comic books online, I'm not pulling this out of my arse.) Naturally after such a tragedy Simon fell into this kind of fatalistic thinking that is well known to trauma survivors: Namely he believes that he's not allowed to care for anyone *or they will die*.

(I mean, Activision did this very thing to him. But MW III ending shall not be named as canon within my premises.)

And there's also the ever-present mask, a memento of another traumatic experience (he had been buried alive with a corpse of his former commanding officer and had to dig himself out of the grave, Beatrix Kiddo style.) Not many women enjoy company of a man whose face they've never seen. On the other side, there are many who would be down *exactly* for the thrill of it, and this is why Simon has an account on fetlife.

So - how does all this influence his attachment style and dating?

Lemme tell you...Simon Riley does not date. At least not if he can help it. What he does is blow off steam by the way of one night stands or no-strings-attached relationships which span for a few weeks between his deployments. He enjoys all the sex and intimacy he can get - and give, because this lad is actually surprisingly giving. And then he just dissapears. It's never about the woman; it's him.

He doesn't allow himself the luxury of emotional attachment and he doesn't want anyone to get attached to him. He strongly feels that they deserve better.

Until feelings catch him like a bag of bricks. And he'll still fight them every step of the way.

I've been working on a story about SImon Riley slowly, reluctantly, begrudgingly falling in love. It's just two chapters deep, so he's still in his Fuckboy Era but I will do my best to update it next week. Have a peek: You Let Me Complicate You - Chapter 1 - Granddaughter_Ogg - Call of Duty (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own]

#ask answered #thank you for the ask! #simon riley headcanons #ghost headcanons #simon ghost riley #ghost cod #ghost modern warfare

[dorihey]

Hudson read the Gargoyles news today. It's been an amazing year for my favorite series. We've gotten NECA figures that are really great, there's been a steady stream of merch between t-shirts, socks, the comic series started up in January, and Dark Ages in August, and next January again we'll be getting another comic series starting up. And now there's gonna be a live-action series reboot, and so far, there's been no mention of Greg Weisman's involvement in that scenario. It is extremely early to know much more, but it's an odd one for me. I have a big love for animation. 3D included, but 2D especially. I love the comics, but I would love to see this series come back as an animated show more than anything. I've also wanted to be involved in making that happen if I ever have the chance to, but my career goals aren't the point here. Do I think it's possible for Gargoyles to work as a live action series? I can't exclude the possibility. Maybe - but I am far more inclined to believe that what this series is so far feels most at home as an animated show. Art style changes and things, I can deal with, so long as the core identity of the characters show through. The level of production for live action to make that work seems quite high to me - not to inflate my perception of the show, mind you, but more because making these characters visibly transition to live action in a way that I think works with how they feel in the rest of the series would take a STRONG effort. The DRAMATIC and at times absolutely baby-ish, yet highly motivated, intelligent, and empathetic Goliath, the honest, eager, people-motivated and sensitive Broadway, the snarky, lovesick, bright-eyed-to-can't-deal-with-this Brooklyn (seriously, he is having a hard freakin' time), the limitlessly curious, brash, and impetuous Lexington, the avuncular, stoic, yet easily fascinated Hudson, the GOODEST of BOYS, BRONX, and of course our relentless paladin Elisa, who is easily the most even-keeled and formidable character in the show. (She'll get up to some underhanded stuff to make it work though)

It's just difficult for me to picture carrying all of those values into a production without Greg at the helm first and foremost. And making these monster lads and lasses fit on a live action TV set seems so strange to me. So I guess we wait and see.

Also I wouldn't think too hard about the joke in the image. Hudson was basically responsible for peace - or at least what little there was - between humans and gargoyles in the late 900s in his neck of the woods (well, him and prince Malcolm). I just think it's a funny little moment. He'd 100% watch the live action adaptation and be like "why do we look so strange? 🤔"

#digital art #fanart #gargoyles #hudson #disney

[positivelybeastly]

How do you feel about X-Men '97 coming back?

"Quite the meritorious happenstance, don't you think? One might have thought our tale lost to the annals of history, a dusty page in a tome left up on a shelf to be only occasionally perused as a curiosity or in a pique of nostalgia . . .

But it is not to be so!"

"As Tennyson himself said, "Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them, volleyed and thundered; stormed at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well, the X-Men.'

. . . Paraphrasing, of course."

I am incredibly excited.

Now, that's not to say that there aren't issues already - this is very much a nostalgia driven series, aimed pretty much precisely at me and my generation, and if I'm objective about it, I would have preferred it if X-Men: Evolution had come back instead. In terms of long form storytelling and character development, it was just better than the 90s show.

There's also some iffiness going on with Sunspot, who's joined the main cast - I believe his skin tone is incorrect, which is a common problem with a lot of Latino and Afro-Brazilian characters in comic books to this day, and given that they've made the cool choice to make Morph non-binary, I would've figured they'd want to depict Sunspot as accurately as possible?

That being said.

It just looks fucking good, man. Ray Chase is doing an amazing job of channelling the original Cyclops actor, who is no longer with us; the animation still feels very much in keeping with the original show, while still looking a MILLION TIMES BETTER (I completed a rewatch of the show not long ago, and hoo boy does season 5 especially look really rough); and after so many years of Krakoa comics, there's something to be said for going back to basics.

Is it a reversion? Yeah, a little bit. But I like my X-Men to be warm, and a family, and friends, and to play baseball and basketball, and not to all fucking hate each other, so sue me, I'll accept a step back for the story if it means I get the characterisations I prefer back.

Besides, the comics still exist for people who want the Krakoan stuff, so a bit of more original flavour X-Men for those of us who don't want our mutants to be living in various kinds of dystopia won't hurt anybody.

This also gives the show runners an opportunity to fix some of the issues the original show had, like a much more weakly written Jean and Jubilee than they ever were in the comics, and a chance to adapt some storylines that have NEVER been adapted before, like Inferno. I'm optimistic!

And, selfishly? Between the Marvels, X-Men '97, and what's currently going on in X-Force, I'm just ready for Beast to be written well again. I'm really hoping that he gets some good dialogue, a fun fight scene, maybe even a focus episode this season, but so long as he isn't doing some abominable shit, then I'll happily take it.

Maybe that makes me fickle or easy to please? Guilty as charged, then. I'll happily be easily pleased, because it means I'm fucking happy with what I get. :P

I don't know if I'll have a '97 verse? I can already tell you it'd be verse: hated and feared, but there's not a lot that's substantially different about TAS Hank to how he was in the 90s. That being said, I'm DEFINITELY going to try and get my hands on as many caps as possible - as you can already see, the lad looks so handsome!

#straysomethinginthewoods #verse: earth's mightiest! #outofmuffins #gif warning

[nostalgia-tblr]

The thing is, see, some people are very into that ending because "omg god of stories!!11!" which I'll grant is a cool concept but

as with so many other things in S2 this is a case of fandom explaining something to each other that is not actually what we saw. I mean to me it looks like the lad's just stuck on a chair holding some string for all eternity, not actually doing anything other than gazing at his friends from a distance. Which is horrible! I hate it, that's so depressing!

But like. There's so many things we keep asking each other about and the answer is just a headcanon we came up with to cover the gaping holes in the actual story. They didn't even bother to explain why Loki started time-slipping in the first place, but you can bet on a confident answer if you ask the right viewer. There was a lot of stuff that just happens and then either doesn't get explained or simply vanishes from the story or both. WTF was going on with Brad & Dox? Why did Ravonna pop up at the end and do nothing?

And why - this is my main bitterness cos My Fave - was Sylvie sidelined all season, suddenly demoted to some sort is-she-isn't-she motivation to make Loki feel sad and become a tree? And even that's mostly relying on stuff from the previous season, since they barely had a proper conversation at all. And when we go back to the citadel HWR has suddenly lost interest in Sylvie other than whether she'll kill him, because oh apparently it's just the man one who was important all along, let's freeze the woman in the background so she doesn't get in the way of our man-to-man discussion of serious topics with her silly murderous rage. The romance angle is reduced but not actually removed, in a way that means Sylvie has to just sort of hang around while plot happens, appearing once an episode and then pissing off again ASAP because oh no we might have to mention the kissing thing one way or the other.

Also: no Alligator Loki. Which I say as a joke but also I mean it, because the variants stuff was one of the bits I was really into and that entire concept was just not mentioned this time. Also apparently you can't really escape your destiny, your worst fears will become real but it's okay because you can watch your former friends live without you while you're stuck on a chair forever??? Whut?? That's a cruel ending, yet apparently it's popular because... power-up? Apparently? But I'd only know that if I was into comics and was willing to just fill the gaps in a specific way.

So like. I am not what you'd call enthused. What a fucking miserable ending!

#loki spoilers #loki series negativity #i am become hater bringer of hate lol #loki season 2 #i think mobius was quite short-changed too btw but he was never a fave so i mind less (sorry)

[y0d00p]

since i'm no longer viscerally opposed to seeing ex-besties OCs or having them on my page, i wanted to share some old art i still like that happened to feature them :) the first pic here has what i consider to be one of the cutest/best looking Lad's i've drawn. overall i just like the little homage to Computers I Like

the posing in the second one is really cute, and i love the composition in the third one! the story with the third one is that in our RPs, multiple characters had become corrupted/infected by Soed, excluding VR specifically, despite him really wanting it. funny (?) in hindsight now that he's Soed spawn himself

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i drew TONS of these tiny comics of just OCs saying funny quotes from videos or tumblr posts. i'm sharing this one because i like how everyone is drawn here and because Lad is in it

pokemon AU Lad and (the other one) was one of the last major things we RP'd together and actually "finished" and it was really special to me. asocial middle aged man living off the grid after escaping a criminal organization and the pathetic 35 year old shmuck he meets that just lost everything and doesn't know how a pokeball works. human Lad (as a separate character) got a lot of his development from this

comics from an RP we had where their kaiju OCs showed up from an interdimensional portal or something and started causing havoc. back when Lil was into dudes lmao

i'm sad about archiving this one because it's a cute little moment with Tro and Icha but i feel like the set up with (that guy) is too good to just cut out (sorry these are long, if the text is hard to read, you can click -> right click -> open image in new tab to zoom in)

this was drawn back in Splatoon 1 time... before playable octolings and new hairstyles... the pacing in this makes me laugh

to finish up here's some doodle pages focusing on Lad and (the slot machine), including a fusion. i love the Lads in these so much ubububu he's so cute

Lad reading I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream to (the slot machine). little Lad is so cute LOOK AT HIM!!!

#due part #Lad #VR #Lillian #Tro #Icha #Annie #Manch #Pidot #d00p gets very excited about Lad

[decarbry]

Low-key I can see as part of the "milking as much of the suffering" as the doctor could, Aizawa would have his memories wiped last, so that he deals with the mutation and nomufication on his own?

Which idk makes me curious as to how he would react to eyes appearing and the additional limbs (where the limbs grafted on? Grown?)

Like how did Aizawa sorta live with his own sorta downfall into yaumubre?

Let me preface this by apologizing for the pain I am about to inflict (I assume, for I am pained) and also for not drawing anything for this answer, AND for kind of going off on a semi-related tangent; I feel like this is good fodder for main comic content and I wanted to quickly get my thoughts out. Y’all are giving me good help with dev.

Since Yabureme’s “development” starts right after the USJ raid they’re still not… completely efficient with the Nomu creation, and Garaki is still working on perfecting higher-end Nomus, the actual action of wiping memories is going to be more of a helpful side-effect than an actual step. Like, they definitely need the memories wiped to help ensure obedience, but it’s not “pull the lever, Kronk!” = memories erased. So for Yabureme it’s a gradual spiral into nothingness, little bits and pieces going missing every day of the time he’s “in development”. Every day, every hour, some memory is suddenly gone until in the later stages he remembers nothing, but retains these survival reflex feelings of fear and guilt and ANGER and that SOMETHING is wrong but what is it??!?? And then when the process has ended even those unsettling feelings are gone. Newborn baby boy Nomu.

Imagine if you will. The first and most agonizing stage, injections and infusions, passes, and the overwhelming nature of it all shoves him into a fever. They can’t risk overdoing it and allowing the fever to set in so bad it destroys his brain, so they have to let it break over a night or two, during which our poor lad hallucinates. Literally the first intelligent thought he’s had in a while because you just can’t think when in that much constant pain, and it isn’t even a real thought! One guess who shows up in those hallucinations. The fever eventually passes and he’s finally tossed into a capsule for the longest part of the process.

BUT NOW! THE MORE I THINK ABOUT THIS THE FURTHER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE I GO. Because GUESS WHAT! HE WOULD HAVE TO BE BLINDFOLDED THE WHOLE TIME!!! Because if he’s allowed to get his eyes on Garaki to erase his quirk at ANY time during ANY of this, that’s at least annoying enough to debilitate the doctor into not being able to work at pace, if not outright kill him after long enough of a stare! Aizawa spends WEEKS in darkness! And then when the quirks are taking hold in his body and the eyes start appearing, there would ABSOLUTELY be fluctuations of unstable quirk activation because of everything he’s going through, which means Garaki’s job becomes even MORE difficult later in the process because you can’t blindfold the whole man!!!

Moral of this disjointed brain vomit: he’s upset. And desperate to stop whatever they’re doing to him. And afraid, but mostly fucking MAD. Aizawa at least gets to be a pain in their backsides until the end. ☺️

#nomu aizawa #shouta aizawa #eraser head #I feel like I did everything but answer the questions posed here but my brain wouldn’t stop #Yabureme Aizawa AU

[laf-outloud]

@dan_cheeseman

@constantly_regenerating

We're to even begin with meeting this beautiful pair. The closer I got to the front the more I could feel a panic attack coming my breathing started getting heavy and I was shaking. I cant thank the staff I wish I knew her name enough for being so patient and understanding. I sat down right outside the entrance where I couldn't see inside but knowing I was so close was not helping I was just completely overwhelmed emotionally.

I've been waiting to meet jared since the show came out and I've missed him and jensen every single time they have come to the uk due to the costs.

I honestly never thought I would get to meet either of them and the amount of times I've cried when I've missed meeting them.

I finally got up and tried so hard to hold it together but as soon as I Walked in and saw them I just cried I kept saying sorry I explained I'm so overwhelmed and that I've been waiting to meet them since the show started but have never been able to due to the expense, gen said "your here now" and they both kept saying its ok. I explained to them how much supernatural helps me being an escape with all my mental health problems and Jared said "good" they were both so patient with me jared even asked me if I want to sit down for a bit but I knew I would just be crying sat in the chair in the same space as them.

I said I dont want to cry in my photo and gen bless her placed her fingers under my eyes to sort my make up out. I explained how I wanted my photo and said "if it's ok with you" they were both totally on board and I'm so glad with how it came out especially getting to hold Jared's hands 🥰🤩

I cant thank everyone who was there enough for not rushing me and being understanding in regards to mental health and giving me time to get through the photo and meeting them.

2005 supernatural started that's alot of years waiting dreaming and almost giving up and it finally happened

@M0ongirl91fangirl

@swinniecosplays Jared fucken Padalecki man. What an absolute legend. Despite major organisational issues from Wales Comic Con (Sort it out lads) Jared was absolutely lovely in both photo ops and our autograph. He took time to talk to us despite mahoosive queues and was really complementary about our cosplays!

I love reading what people have to say about Jared (and Gen)! "What a king" indeed!

#jared padalecki #wales comic con 2023 #gen padalecki #jared photo ops #jared and gen photo ops

[galacticlee3]

Heartstopper TK Scenario

Me and @whonnie-tks are obsessed with this so this is a snippet of my headcanons from our chat

Warnings: light angst and cute tickle fluff

I feel like throughout the series it’s a theme Charlie has a really hard time trusting people, and that’s why he has such a small friend Circle, when he meets Nick he doesn’t completely trust him at first especially because of what he goes through with Ben

But Nick is always very careful when he hangs around Charlie, and he’s never like rough with him, like always playful and caring, even before they started dating. Even though Charlie doesn’t usually display or receive affection through touch, the way that Nick touches him and is aware of him is one of his favorite things about the rugby lad. So, when they start becoming more affectionate in their relationship, Charlie feels himself craving touch from Nick for the first time and it makes him happy because Nick obviously loves to give it to him, make him feel validated because Ben never wanted to do that sort of thing and he feels like Nick really cares about him

so tk stuff now hehe

Slight spoilers for people who haven’t read the comics but nothing major!!!!

So Nick doesn’t have the greatest relationship with tickles because his brother always pushed him around and basically like he never really had fun when being tickled because it reminded him of his brother and his brother is an asshole

Charlie on the other hand loves it because its a great way to bond with his siblings and they have regular tickle fights (which is canon in the comics!)

So one day when Char is sitting in Nicks lap, they’re both relaxing and Charlie is like playing on his switch or smth while Nick is watching him and just idly tracing little shapes into his sides

Charlie hadn’t mentioned the little detail that he was ticklish to Nick yet and he knew that he would exploit it as soon as he found out, like any boyfriend would

So he’s just fighting the boss with frantic button clicking as he’s trying not to laugh and melt into Nicks hand at the same time

But as soon as Nick reaches the spot where his side meets his tummy he just can’t anymore and squirms into Nick with a little laugh but Nick is all like “Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were ticklish” and just like puts his hands to the sides so Charlie can readjust

But Char is confused so he just goes back to playing his game. But Nick has now gone stiff and he is not holding Charlie anymore, there are no hands petting his hair or rubbing down his sides and this is a problem

So he just looks up at Nick and goes “you know you can touch me, right? I’m not going to break” and moves his hands back to his sides, snuggling back up, and Nick thinks this is the absolute cutest thing ever

From there Nick’s brain turns back on and he slips into gentle traces again just because he doesn’t think of it, and cue Charlie with these soft squeaks and hums when he reaches a sensitive spot, and again, Nick pulls away

And now Charlie is really confused and he straight up like turns around and looks at Nick, “You know you can tickle me right? It’s basically the boyfriend right of passage” (its totally not like he wanted Nick to do it or anything) but Nick is just like “wait, really?????”

Cause he’s like genuinely surprised because he didn’t want to make Charlie uncomfortable but here he is with a little pout literally asking for it

“Well, I definitely have to try this” and he just tackles Charlie back onto the floor and just gives him the most gentle of tickles, even though Nick has probably destroyed Charlie in rugby multiple times, this is where he decides to be gentle

And Charlie loves him for it

As for Nick, I feel like he would not be comfortable with anyone else doing it to him except Charlie, because Charlie can read him the best and he knows when to stop, but when its with him i feel like he feels comfortable and like he doesn’t have to put up a front about being strong, he can just laugh and be silly with his best friend you know

Anyway these two have my heart and I love this show so if anyone has any ideas or stuff please spam me with it

#galactic headcanons #galactic scenarios #galactic writes #tickle fic #heartstopper tickles #heartstopper tickle #lee!charlie #ler!nick #heartstopper

[drendricksonslashauthor]

Page 2.32 (End of chapter 2)

A thousand apologies for the lateness again guys! It’s been really hectic for me recently, and I just couldn’t find the time to post. The thing is I like to think a bit about what I write here, and I don’t want it to be just whatever.

Despite all that, we made it to the end of chapter 2! How amazing! Now our favorite love bugs can have a well deserved rest, sleeping all snuggled up together.

But I’m afraid I won’t be back next week with the next chapter. You’ve seen for yourselves how much I’ve struggled in the last few weeks with posting consistently, and there’s also the fact that I’ve barely gotten started on the 3rd chapter with how busy I’ve been. I’m also predicting that this chapter will be longer than the last one, but so you don’t have to wait too long, I will bring it up to a certain point and start posting then. This year is going to be a bit harder for me, since it is very crucial for my future. But I still want to continue this comic. Not only because it’s a way to escape everything, but I also love it very much. This is the biggest project I’ve taken on yet, and I would be very happy and proud of myself if I manage to finish it. But you can’t do good work without taking breaks as well, so I will be going on a hiatus. I can’t tell you yet when I will be back, but I promise I will be one day.

You’re in for it know, though. Remember the bathtub page, where I asked for your opinion on the comic so far? Little did you know that was all part of my plan… Since you told me such nice things, now it’s my turn!

I can barely express through words how thankful I am to you all. Here I am, some random artist on the internet, making a comic about my two favorite characters from a weird anime, and then you lot come along, and not only read what I’m writing, but also like it! That’s so amazing you guys! You occasionally even go out of your way to tell me your thoughts on my work. You’re going out of your way to make a stranger on the internet’s day a little brighter. That’s a definite sign of a wonderful person. And yes, you really do make me just a little bit happier, day by day. The feeling of making something that I love, and sharing it with people who also receive it so well… is indescribable. Amazing. Brilliant. Awesome. I want to thank you all so much for… well, everything. It might not seem like much from your perspective, but it really means a lot to me. From what I’ve seen, you’ve all really great people. Spreading just a little more kindness in the world. I hope from the bottom of my heart that your futures are bright, and filled with more happiness than sadness. You’re all so good, and you deserve good things. And I hope that my comic can brighten up your day just as your kid words do. Again, thank you all so much. You lads are the best.

Till next time, take care.

#dreyfus #hendrickson #dreyhendy #nanatsu no taizai #the seven deadly sins #anime #comics #slash #anime art #fan comic #art #gay love #gay #biseuxal #fanfic #love #boyfriends #bedroom #cute #sleeping #couple cuddling #cuddling #end of chapter #to be continued

[gothellewoods]

🔥 jason todd

Ok im gonna talk about how jason todd stans here for a bit because i feel like i have a lot to say about how the character is percieved in fandom spaces. Jason wasn't some happy go lucky kid. I think the fandom treats him like he's just a "little lad who likes berries and cream". And that's probably people going too hard in the opposite direction to counter the idea of him being the "violent" robin (which I don't think he is. None of them are. There's a violence inherent to being a robin, being a vigilante, and arguing over which one was the "sweet" one and which one was the "angry" or "viscious" one is pointless), but I find the woobification harms the character. It's just another example of fanon erasing nuance.

The other thing that gets me is the way people handle Jason's willingness to kill as the red hood? As if it's something positive. As if sometimes people need to be killed. I think that's just a part of like, copaganda invading our psyches. The idea that a "good" person will enforce what's right and punish the bad people by any means necessary. I'm not even talking about the people that view red hood as dc's punisher, I'm talking about fandom takes who say jason was justified in killing xyz, because that person was especially awful. I think, sometimes there's a feeling of vindication in seeing revenge against someone cruel and unapologetically evil, but I also think that like. Stories are statements about the world.

Characters, especially superheroes, are not real people but allegories and stand-ins for larger groups or modes of thinking. Imo the bats are different from cops because they don't kill people, they don't have a license to be judge, jury, and executioner. They are trying to change the entire system, save every lost cause. Jason stands outside that. It's a good character choice! He's like that for a reason, and i do enjoy his early red hood stories. My point of contention here is I don't think that's a good or justified thing, and I'm a little off put by the people who act like he's "right" to kill, or that batman should have killed the joker for him.

One more point. I see a lot of people coming up with elaborate theories about how like, jason was killed because he was poor and homeless which made him unlikable and unrelatable to the middle class kids reading comics, and that he was killed with the plan to introduce a new robin (tim) that they'd find more relatable and I think that's all bullshit. I think things just lined up unfortunately. Like, jason as robin is not very consistently characterized, and a lot of his robin run isn't particularly special? We don't get much Jason's day to day life, his friends. Things that make him feel like a person? So then when there's a poll to kill him (that may or may not have been tampered with, as someone supposedly made essentially a bot to call in a bunch of times to kill jason) and people probably just weren't passionate enough about keeping robin alive at the time. When eventually the sales started to go down and they panicked. They need a new character that kids could connect themselves to. So, we get tim.

Tim has a very fleshed out personal life independent of batman. Tim was purposely built to be relatable to the audience reading these comics. He's an instant hit because his early run establishes him as a unique character his target audience could easily empatize with, not because of some long standing plan. And there is a statement to be made about the broader treatment of certain characters, but I dont think Jason's death is the prime example or some kind of conspiracy

#sorry this is so long #ask #jason todd #red hood #robin #dc comics #🌙

[bookaddict05]

Girl in the chair - Pt 2

Here we are sitting on the edge of Milo's double bed vile in hand. I look at Milo smiling so proud of my best friend and the step he is about to take to become his true self.

"you ready?" I ask him while I take the needle into the vile and absorb the testosterone. Nodding giving me the go ahead I put the needle into the exposed skin of his thigh and push in the liquid.

-- 1 month later --

We are at the rugby club for presentation night. I noticed a group of lads earlier when we first arrived and he was amongst them. Finley. Later on that night while sitting down I spot him again and that's when I grab Milo's attention.

"Oi emo" I say while waving my hand in front of Milos face trying to snap him out of trance. I nod towards the bar getting Milo to look over and when he looks over I see a mischievous glint over his eyes.

"Go talk to him" he says with a mocking tone knowing I would never dare do such a thing. I laugh back at the comment he made but then he starts to stand up and head right over t where they were all standing. I quickly grab his arm and drag him back over to where we were.

"What I need a drink"

"No you don't"

I swear this boy wants me to die from embarrassment one of these days. We party for a bit longer before deciding to head home to get rest for the next day. We are on half term break but we have been tasked from our lecturers that we have to start looking at universities to go to.

-- back at home --

I'm getting out of my nice red satin dress when I hear my phone buzzing like crazy. I head over thinking it to be Milo but turns out to be an unknown number. I pick up the phone.

"We know who you are, don't think your safe just because who your dad is"

"erm hello, who is this, Milo are you pranking me again, I told you the last time its not funny"

"We will get you, watch your back"

A dial tone comes over the phone. They hung up. Who the hell was that? And what did they mean about my dad? A knock at my bedroom door disturbs me from my thoughts as my mam walks through.

"You had a good night pet?" she asks.

"Yeah" I say while walking into my bathroom changing out of my dress into a pair of joggers and my usual hoodie.

"Awh that's good then" she drops some ironing on to my bed and asks me to put it away and then leaves the room shutting the door behind her.

I try to ring Milo to tell him about the phone call I just had but it goes straight to voicemail. I decide to trace his phone on my computer to find out where he is.

Of course he's at Emily's what a shock. I grab my house keys deciding to walk seeing as I've had a few drinks and won't be able to drive. I walk out of my street immediately feeling uneasy. As if someone was watching me. I pick up my pace a little but I still felt a pair of eyes piercing through me. I decided to go on my phone and pretend to ring someone, but that's when I saw the figure behind me through the glare of my phone. I turn around immediately but there was no one there. A rush of relief flows through me as I look back at my phone and see a news alert.

"Webbed Vigilante causes CHAOS at Old Ayles Corner shop"

WAIT WHAT! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW.

Milo. He's became just like the comic. Holding the ball over my head, asking for my SPIDER girl comic book, why he didn't answer my phone call and why he's been overall strange. HES BECAME SPIDERMAN.

I turn around to continue walking to Emily's and walk straight into a person who almost feels like a brick wall. I look up and he's wearing a mask and in the corner of my eye I see his arm glinting in the moonlight. OH LORD. Its the winter soldier and where he is, its never good news.

"I told you I'd find you Doll" he says looking directly into my eyes. fight of flight instincts kick in and I knew for 100% I wouldn't be able to fight him. So I decided to run. He doesn't chase after me. He stands there watching me run away. Looking unbothered, like he knew exactly where I was going.

-- Emily's home --

Before barging into Emily's room I knock like the polite woman I am.

"It's you isn't it" I questioned him. "Your the spider thing all over the news you idiot". I walk directly over to him and slap him across the head. "Why didn't you tell me?

"I didn't know how" he shrugs.

"Milo I'm your best friend, she's your lover or whatever you two are I haven't really figured that one out yet but that doesn't matter, you should've came to us not go out and try to be a vigilante". Me and Emily quiz him on every ability he has, using my knowledge of my comic seeing if he has all the same abilities. After a while we turn on a movie but then my dad rings me forcing me to come home.

As I leave the front door to start walking that's when I see him again. Across the street from me under the lamppost with the light shining on him, making him look even more daunting than before. He starts walking over to me again without a mask this time, smiling in the most devious way ever, like a predator after finally catching his prey.

That is when I notice a familiar figure walking the street near. Finley. I would never do this but its a life or death situation so I run over to him.

"Hi, I'm not sure if you know who I am but there's a man over there who keeps following me, is it okay if I walk with you?" I look at him with a look of terror.

"Y/n, right? sure no problem" he smiles as we walk away into the night.

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AH! pt2 done and dusted.

I wonder what the winter soldier wants to do with y/n and what's her father gotten himself into.

this is y/ns (tess) point of view from @ladmarkinnit's web head series. go check out his version (trust me its really good)

[finalorangefanta]

Final Fantasy IX Party Members in Order of How Much I Adore Them (Most to Least)

Blank - Idc that he is merely a "guest" party member I just want to know what straight male producer at Square green-lit a zombie leather-brief-clad twink for this game. I wish I had the swag that Blank has. In addition to wearing the least clothes, he's also the sassiest one of the Tantalus Gay Polycule(TM), and therefore the most gay. Also claims to be lady's man but offers no evidence of this. (And apparently he was cool enough to be the only guest party member to be included in this concept art)

Beatrix - Also a guest party member, but an extremely rewarding one to finally play as after she kicks your ass so many times. The general of the all-female army of Alexandria serves so much cunt. Her sword is called Save the Queen which is arguably the most memorable and definitely cuntiest name of a minor weapon in any Final Fantasy game, my feelings about Her Majesty Lizzy aside. And her headgear is nonsensical except that it is hot

Freya Claybourne - Moving into the main playable characters, let me first acknowledge that dragoons are probably the hottest job in Final Fantasy, and Freya is one of the coolest. Freya is furry fodder as an anthropomorphic rat "Burmecian", but somehow maintains more poise and elegance than any other main cast member. Her musical theme alone could draw out some tears. Her devotion to Burmecia even after its destruction makes me almost think chivalry could be a good thing sometime, somewhere.

Vivi Ornitier - Pause: why does Vivi have a last name when no other black mage does? Regardless, everybody loves Vivi. How could you not? The odd black mage design from early Final Fantasy games becomes quite cute when characterized as a lost little boy that was created using arcane magic to take over the world. Vivi's character arc is perhaps most touching of all, moving from confusion to sadness to hope.

Garnet "Dagger" Til Alexandros XVII - In a kingdom dedicated to protecting a secret crystal, naming 17 princesses "Garnet" seems like a bad idea. Anyway, she's your typical tomboy deuteragonist found in oh so many JRPGs but Dagger might be a little better than others because she's not manic-pixie-dream-girling anybody (unlike, say, Rinoa from FFVIII); she doesn't change Zidane much and he doesn't really change her. Dagger grows wiser from exposure to the world and not from her monkey boyfriend. The plot is bigger than them both.

Zidane Tribal - Zidane is not the most remembered protagonist in Final Fantasy, definitely less remembered than Cloud or Squall from VII and VIII, but I think that's why he's one of my favorites. He's not as moody. In fact he's a relatively static character whose main change is being more serious by the end. He crushes hard on Dagger, but by the climax his involvement is more connected to Kuja, which I find more compelling, even if that also follows a well-established pattern in FF games.

Quina Quen - Quina, to me, is a strange experiment in gender fuckery that is mostly successful despite being used as comic relief; they do let Quina an Vivi get "married" without anyone treating it as an insane concept, and Quina has his own pronouns that everyone uses. S/he (maybe we can just use "they" now?) is simple, and simple is good. Cook food, catch frogs. Would that we could all be more like our genderqueer kuing Quina.

Adelbert Steiner - This is easily the best first name/surname combo in FFIX. If you do not love Steiner by the end of the game, you are without a soul. He's annoying at the premise, but by the end he is our collective babygirl. He tries so damn hard, and he is a certified lad with strong lawful-good allegiances that grow a little more chaotic over time.

Amarant Coral - Ah, the edgelord. If it wasn't going to be Zidane, someone had to be it. Amarant's look is not my favorite character design, but his arc is heartwarming. Unfortunately, we don't know enough about his past for it to be fully rewarding.

Eiko Carol - (Not related to Amarant of the very similar last name.) Eiko is a sweet but sassy little girl with magic powers and a tragic backstory, much like Rydia and Relm from earlier games. But this time she has a horn and a tiny moogle companion named Mog, and Mog is the best thing about Eiko.

Cid Fabool IX - I like Cid because he was a bug. As a human and a guest party member, he's not quite as cool. He's a bit of an adulterer, but he learns his lesson so I guess he's fine? Still, one of the more fun Cids in the series.

Cinna and Marcus - The last two guest party members. Marcus's love for his "bro" Blank is the only reason I remember him. (It could've been gayer but go off ig.) I'm not sure why I remember Cinna exists. He's comic relief, I think? Kind of frightening with his soulless eyes, honestly.

#final fantasy ix #ffix #final fantasy #jrpg

[libertys-lovers]

I, being a master negotiator, have convinced Henry to answer one more set of the Pokémon-Type questions with me! I thought it’d be cute if we answered the questions that matched the types we specialize in! So, we’ve got Psychic and Ghost (representing me), and Rock (representing him)!!

🔮Psychic Type🔮 ~ What’s our favorite thing to daydream about with each other?:

This… this is gonna sound really goofy… but I enjoy daydreaming about the days when we started putting our “rivalry” aside and just started hanging out when we were supposed to be fighting. All the excuses we’d try to make when someone caught us relaxing, man. “Oh! Oh, well I actually captured her for Team GO Rocket” or “Haha, well I’m taking him to the police”; and right after we get them to leave, we’d just sit down and collectively sigh in relief. That sorta thing lives in my head rent free.

Okay… so for me…. I just really like imagining me.. protecting you. Just the idea of keeping you safe just… makes me really happy. It could be us doing Pokémon battles together, or me just… holding you. I’ve also thought about you as a Team GO Rocket grunt one too many times. I meant it… when I said you’d make a great GO Rocket leader; that wasn’t just me flirting with you or anything, I swear! But- I… guess it would be nice to work with you… and you’d look really pretty in the uniform-

Oh! Well-! I’ll keep that in mind… 👉👈👉👈

👻Ghost Type👻 ~ If we were forced to investigate a haunted house, how would it go?:

Oh geeze Liberty, you wouldn’t even need to be forced to do that. That’s just an average Pokémon hunting trip for you.

No, but like, this isn’t just catching Pokémon… this is full on, actual DEAD people ghost-hunting. Man, I’m getting hyper just thinking about it. That’d be SO fun!! I can bring all my equipmeeeent, and we could get needlessly but comically freaked out over every little thiiiiiiiiing, and we can help them settle their deeeeeebts.

Heh, I don’t think I’d be that scared though.

Oh? Whatever ya say, man~ Maybe we can turn that into a bet of some kind. Who can get through longer without screaming?

Oh what the heck; if you ever convince me to do that sorta thing with you, then you’re on!

Bet!!! But, I don’t think any of this technically answered the question though. I think it’d go well, honestly! Ghosts are just literally real in the Pokeverse, so we’d definitely be successful! I won’t lie, I’d probably get scared too, and I definitely wouldn’t help because I make jokes when I’m scared. I know Henry’s pretty intimidated by Annabelle (my Banette), but I think he’d do pretty good, until he saw something at least! You’d be such a brave little man for me, Henry~ …and i broke him again-

🗿Rock Type🗿 ~ What rock reminds us of each other?:

Apparently these lil lads are Rainbow Jasper! I thought the colors fit ya pretty well, Hen! Some people also believe that they can soothe whoever owns them, which like… I’m just saying, you make me feel pretty comfy too~

Well, the rock I picked for you was Sugilite. I know purple’s your favorite color, and it has a spacey-psychic kinda feel to it, so I figured you’d like it. If… if we have to apply deeper meanings to these though… Sugilite’s a pretty rare rock, and…. well… I guess you’re a rare kinda girl to have…

🌂Your Host, Liberty~ | 🪨Grunt Henry🪨

#self ship #self shipper #self shipping #self ship ask game #F/Ovember #🍂L.L. F/Ovember🍂 #romantic f/o #💎👻graveyard stones👻💎 #gif #gif warning

[tsuki-sennin]

Oh what's this!? A double-stuffed deluxe serving of PreCure, served at late night! 25 and 26! We're goin' out into the woods! And make a new nemesis, but such is life! And in Episode 26? Who knows~! But with a title like "Kokone's Promise! Challenging King Green Pepper" I think this might be a simple one.

Spoilers, I guess...

This is a long boi btw, figured you'd like to know.

-Ohayo, Yuin~!

-Yeah kicked ass two weeks ago, huh?

-That's definitely a Delicioustone, but what we buildin', Narshe?

-Spiritoru?

-Bundoru bundoru?

-Holy shit he made a robot.

-Nikoniko? Nico Nico Nii?

-Alright ladies, I realize there's quite a natural bounty before us, but don't take chances with mushrooms and unfamiliar berries, eh?

-They put shades on the fox.

-The dog and dragon too!

-Oh Mari-chan, you too?

-Guess Kokone would feel nervous. I can't imagine she's spent much time so far away from an urban setting.

-Oh fuck

-Ghoast!

-To be fair, ghosts are kinda real in other PreCure titles.

-What a nice town!

-I see the soundtrack's followed us here, hmm?

-"Fuck it, I can't find my way around here, I'm gonna set this whole forest on fire."

-Alriiiight, let's go!

-Koko-neechan!

-Y'know, for a murder ghost robot, Spiritoru seems like a pretty swell chap.

-Spin the tent!

-We used to play this game a lot in elementary school.

-No pot!

-It's okay, I know a dealer~!

-...Takumicchi, did you run here!?

-Oh, Minato-san.

-"Goddammit, I have to wake up early..."

-Listen to Amai-kaichou. Having a meal out here in such a beautiful campground as this would be perfect!

-Ooooooh, paella~!

-Oooooh, a seafood paella~!

-No fire, huh?

-Well, can't really blame them. Most of the fires I usually start are by accident.

-My grandmother said this... "If you wish it to be so, luck will always be on your side."

-Ranchi, my girl.

-Hooray! Fire!

-Spoooooky happenings!

-Oh, a thicc boi, huh?

-Ranchi got Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen's number 1 hat.

-There was a thicc boi!

Ran-Ran: He was the Eggman! Takumi: He was the Eggman? Amane: He was the Walrus!? Goo goo g'joob!?

-"Dinner's ready, bitches!"

-Oh shit, Narshe's building up.

-Y'know Seccy, I'd probably like you a lot more if you actually did something!

-Oh shit, Spiritoru face reveal.

-I love him already.

-Ooooh, a whole barbecue goin' on!

-Recibepis

-"Fuck, my clout!"

-And just like that, Takumicchi takes his leave.

-Ahhhh, c'mon lad!

-Recipeppi, hellooooo!

-Don-Don! Iitotokomkke! Oh wait, wrong series

-Cubed meat?

-Is he... spoiling the eat?

-"Is he a fucking robot. That's cringe."

-As a recently converted Ruru Amour stan, your distaste is noted, Rosemary.

-"Ohhhhh, the famous Pretty Cures!"

-Oh shit, he's got a wrench!

-I see, so an Ubau-zo doesn't have to be strictly a kitchen tool, eh?

-I kinda knew that, but feels weird to see this used.

-"On behalf of my Dad, I will beat you up!"

-What should I call you, Spiritoru? I like you, I'd hate to be mean to you the way I am to Narshe and ambivalent like I am to Seccy...

-"Ganbare! Ganbare! U-Bau-Zo!"

-One of my favorite villain archetypes is the "Surprisingly strong comic relief", so I'm definitely having fun with Spiritoru. He's got such a banger design, I love him.

-"You meatbag humans don't get it! Why eat when you can recharge!?"

-That's it, Yuin, punch that gigantic solid metal monster thing.

-Don't stop on our account Precious!

-"Nisen Kilocalorie Punch!"

-Unit conversion tells me 2000 Kilocalories is equivalent to 8368 kilojoules. 2 kilos worth of of TNT!

-GIrl's got a lot of power behind those punches.

-We did it! The barbecue has been saved!

-What a nice guy he is!

-Men need their beauty sleep just as much as men do!

-Ah, old maid! I kick ass at this game, deal me in!

-Gotta water your mind for your

-Oooooooh, that starscape is very nicely drawn.

-Kokone episode, hell yeah!

-Well, I'll see you all next time when I see Kokone talk about green peppers.

-.

-Next time, let's go!

-Mmm... Spiritoru, Spiritoru...

-Supi-kun?

-Supi-kun, definitely.

-Oh shoot, there's nobody who can make Delicioustones huh?

-...I have to ask though... what exactly is Supi-kun doing to the food by capturing the Recipepsiman?

-Like, Gentle fucked up the flavor and ruins everybody's meals. I can see how this can completely fuck over a restaurant's reputation and how Amane would feel guilty over this.

-Narshe steals memories associated with certain foods, and we saw first hand how that can hurt a person and how tragic it'd be to lose a cherished memory.

-All we've seen Supi-kun do is cube meat. I can see why having something like that happen to you while you're eating dinner would frazzle you, but the food seems otherwise just fine.

-"Fuck it, lunchbreak!"

-Oooooh, I love green peppers!

-God, stuffed with cheese and baked, or chopped up into a salsa, or cut up with beef in steak fajitas...

-I should pull a Shinichi Saruhara and imagine myself some of my favorite dishes after this. It's super late at night and it'd take way too long to cook, and I don't even think we have the ingredients...

-Kome-Kome's suffering is incalculable.

-Kokone, a hardened veteran of the Pepper Wars.

-I will save you, Kone-Kone.

-I mean, Koko-meechan.

-Koko-Koko

-I used to be a pretty picky eater as a kid. I don't know exactly how I grew out of it, but nowadays I usually try to recognize ingredients I like and how they fit into the bigger picture of the dish.

-Takumicchi's dad has the right idea! Introducing them as components to something you do like.

-Oh, Takkun!

-...Takkun...

-Ah, sorry, uh... "Takkun" is a nickname reserved for somebody else, in my heart.

-Yeah, help us out!

-Hide the bitterness.

-Green peppers in a pound cake?

-I'm a big carrot cake guy, but... how on earth?

-Is Yui one of those moms who'd try to bake brussel sprouts into brownies?

-"Nooooo, Kokone! They'll murder you!"

-King Green Pepper seem a charitable and courteous capsicum.

-He and his other bell pepper kin actually register at a solid zero on the Scoville scale, so if he proves too much for you, the name "Cure Spicy" will unfortunately prove to be wasted on you, Kokone.

-"Yo Godatz, I'm the new guy!"

-"NOOOO DON'T TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT YOU FOOL! YOU LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER WHILE SHE'S TALKING TO YOU!"

-I think I'm liking Seccy more and more now jhkjlh

-Eat the food, fox girl!

-"HOLY SHIT WHAT WHY IS SHE SO BIG"

-"...Fack."

-Oh wow, she bonked.

-C'mon Koko-neechan, be a big girl! This is... honestly very embarassing!

-Good evening, DILF Butler!

-Yeah, you at least attempted, huh?

-Y'know, there's quite a bit of what I personally read as neurodivergent subtext to Kokone's character, so I get where she's coming from with this.

-Hell, my distaste for non-fried shrimp even has a similar origin to hers.

-Let's just say there's a very good reason why you devein and remove the shells from them. No amount of thorough cooking will undo that pain.

-Dish washin' time.

-"IF THAT BITCH DOESN'T EAT THESE FUCKING PEPPERS I AM GOING TO SHIT"

-Y'know, maybe Narshe should've installed a GPS in Supi-kun. Probably would've helped.

-Whomst

-Ooooh, that pepper is a thicc boi

-That shot of Pam-Pam hiding in the peppers is honestly super adorable.

-Friends with the peppers!

-The secret ingredient is always love.

-Oooooh, that's tantalizing...

-"Pepper Detected."

-Don Don! Toru Toru! Bundoru!

-Takumicchi, you gotta breathe better man!

-Pepper flavored curry and rice! Smoked turkey and pepper jack panini! Bell pepper udon stir fry! Bell peppers are botanically fruits because their seeds are on the inside of the pods!

-Delicious Party Pepper Cure!

-Oh yeah, you're technically not that kinda pepper, huh Blackpep?

-Man, Supi-kun's way better at monster design than his Dad.

-Hmmm... part of me wonders if Narshe intentionally programmed him to have this kind of conflict?

-"For fuck's sake, just eat your goddamn peppers, kids!"

-Crusty Bread Barrier!

-Daaaamn, Kokone opening fire on her own.

-You go girl!

-Humans do a lot of things, Supi-kun.

-Don't look back Takumicchi, just run!

-Hell yeah, we've recovered!

-Oh god that mouth shot

-That was unneccesary

-Pepper Steak! From hit indie RPG Maker game off!

-Mmmmmm...

-I thoroughly enjoyed both of these episodes as usual. Not a lot left for me to say, other than "Goddammit, I need to imagine those peppers right fucking now."

-Now, if you would excuse me... Join me when I wake up for Kamen Rider Geats, Episode 1! And on Saturday! With episode 27 of this show~!

-Episode 27!

-RANCHI EPISODE

-Lot of Kome-Kome focus, huh?

-...Oh god, she's gonna fucking morb.

-Anyways, look forward to that, this has been way too fucking long~!

#if you receive a little kindness give them a large serving! #precure #pretty cure #delicious party pretty cure #delicious party precure #depapre

[magickhajiit]

The Disgraced Son- Chapter 10 (SOA Fanfic)

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Rating- Mature Audiences

Warning (for the story rather than each individual chapter)- violence, injury, mentions of emotional/ psychological abuse (mostly in the past), hints to cannon S assault (but no explicit mention)

A week after Juice’s life had been spared, when the sun had departed leaving the sky an ominous ebony, a bike rides into Charming. It’s black, any images that once adorned it have been crudely scrapped away from existence with something sharp. It stays under the speed limit to evade notice from the town’s nosy residents or police.

Stopping outside a dilapidated warehouse, the rider pulls off his helmet and glasses before glancing around, biting blue eyes seeking out any threat. Deciding it’s safe he goes to pound on the door until a pissed-off-looking Mayan swings it open. He was only in his early twenties and a prospect patch was proudly stitched onto his kutte. After opening his mouth clearly about to yell, he freezes noticing whose stood in front of him for the first time. His mouth hangs open, almost comically, for a few seconds before the man shoves past him. “Get me Alverez.” The kid looks close to arguing before realizing that was a bad idea and slinking off to grab a phone.

Twenty minutes later Alverez pulls up, accompanied by two of his trusted men. Walking into the warehouse he speaks “I wasn’t sure if you were coming back. Telford said he’s not heard from you in a long while.”

He moves to meet Alverez before they shake hands. “It’s hard to stay in touch with a brother club wanting you dead.”

“I get that. So what do you want from us?”

“Just a couple of small favours,” he replied before bristling at the look he received. Over the years he’d perfected the art of convincing others that, either through a returned favor or for the greater good that helping him benefited them, whether it was true or not. So to see Alverez throwing him a calculating look left him unsettled.

“What do you need?”

“Just a way to contact Chibs"

Alvarez nodded to the prospect who instantly walked away. “We’ll get you the number. You guys will have to arrange a meet on your own." The man didn’t respond or succumb to making small talk whilst they waited. Walking back into the room the prospect threw the phone over.

The newcomer turned to leave before he asked his last question “Did you hear about Juice?”

“Yeah, he got out a few days ago.”

He froze at that, not wanting to admit ignorance he keeps his tone even “Heard anything more?”

Alverez saw straight through the apparently offhand question “Sorry Teller, you’ll have to ask Telford.”

Jax offered a nod at that before leaving the warehouse and getting onto his bike. As he sets off, he pushes the comments about Juice to the back of his mind. If that rat is still breathing, he had no doubt that Chibs and the guys will find him and do what needs to be done, personal feeling aside.

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They’re both sat in Chibs' living room when he asks, animal planet is playing in the black ground. In the last week Juice had worked up the nerve to explore the house and sit outside, only when Chibs is present, but still refuses to venture past the front porch. Chibs worries about him, he worries they’ve broken the boy enough that he won't ever function in the outside world again. Which is really why the question slips from his lips. “Have you thought about trying therapy?”

Juice shuts down instantly. His jaw tightens and he purposely faces away from Chibs attempting to act like he never heard the question. Really, he should know by now that Chibs can’t take a hint. “Well have you?”

When the lad turns around again his eyes look tired and guarded like he’s seen thousands of years on this cruel earth rather than just a mere 31. “No.”

Chibs won't put up with an answer as minimal at that so he presses onwards, “Why not?”

“Telford leave it.” There’s an anger there now. Chibs doesn’t remember the last time Juice so much as raised his voice and never directed at him so he pretends to drop the subject. He’s got a secret weapon he can bring in later if the boy still won’t listen to reason.

“Alright. There’s no need to last name me. You’re not my ma.”

Juice cracks a smile at that and then he at least has the good grace to look a little guilty for snapping. He opens his mouth as if to apologise before he’s interrupted by the doorbell ringing. Juice clutches the armrest until his fingers go white when he hears it. Even with the Sons now on his side, the boy acts like any second now Jax will come around the corner, intent on killing him. Maybe his paranoia is rubbing off onto Chibs because, knowing they weren’t expecting anyone, he gives Juice the quiet order to stay put before grabbing his gun and heading to the door, looking through the glass he finds Happy on the other side. He opens the door planning on asking his Sergeant at arms to come back at a better time, as much as Juice had gotten better in the last week under Chibs’ care having the Tacoma Killer dropping in unexpectedly might freak him out just a little.

Before Chibs has managed to get a word in Happy speaks ‘’I need to see him.’’

Chibs opens his mouth to speak before once again he’s interrupted, really, they need to get a talking stick. ‘’It’s ok Chibs’’ Juice had walked in from the living room and was stood, half-hidden behind Chibs whilst staring at Happy warily. Reluctantly Chibs nods and all three of them head back into the kitchen. Chibs purposely sits on the opposite side of Juice, if the two of them want to talk it out, one of them won’t be hiding behind Chibs.

From the way Happy glances at Chibs first you would begin to think it was an interrogation rather than a casual chat, ‘’Montez filled me in.’’ Happy’s gaze is always sharp like it can slice straight through you and see everything you’re attempting to hide. It's one of the reasons he was always sent to ‘interrogate’ enemies of the club, that and his passion for gruesome murder. So when he then turns his gaze towards Juice it's understandable that he hunches up slightly whilst glancing at Chibs for support.

He tenses and spins back around when Happy grips his arm. It's not a threatening suggestion, it’s a tactile act, an act of a man trying to make a connection. Chibs just wishes he’d consider Juice’s precarious mental state when he did it. Waiting till Juice had relaxed just slightly Happy says ‘’Sorry brother. I didn’t know. I would have stopped it if I did.’’

The apology is short like most of Happy’s statements and if any stranger was to see it in writing it would surely seem only skin deep. But sitting in front of him Juice can see the remorse and emotion spilling from Happy. He’s wringing his hands together, the frustration and guilt of not having helped his brother causing the repetitive movement.

‘’Thank you, brother’’ Chibs excuses himself at this point, after squeezing Juice’s shoulder he leaves them both to talk it out.

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After everything he’d been through Chibs didn’t trust Juice on his own. So an hour later, he calls over an old friend before he and Happy set off to church, Emily Duncan. She hadn’t hung around the club for a few years now, she was an intelligent woman and when the violence around the club had started to rise she’d pulled away from it. There were days when Chibs ponders, just for a moment, what would have happened if he had done the same, but dwelling on it didn’t help anyone. Chibs still had her number saved on his phone and they had gotten talking again once he took the gavel.

She arrives at his home five minutes early, she's not much younger than Chibs himself but she still has the same bouncy energy and chirpy nature as Juice. It's probably the reason when she first arrives, she talks to Juice like old friends rather than the strangers they are. Seeing Juice laughing and chatting along with her ignites a warm feeling that Chibs refuses to name. The two of them leave with Chibs confident in the knowledge he’ll be watched.

Twenty minutes later he’s sat in church, at the head of the table all his men are watching him. ‘’I suppose you want to hear how Juice is doing.’’ He pauses for a moment, ‘’Me or Tig have talked to you all about what happened to him. He’s been staying at mine for the last week.’’

T.O. speaks first‘’What are we going to do about Jax. That guy ain’t gonna stop looking for revenge.’’

‘’And Juice has got to be right at the top of his hit list,’’ interjects Montez.

‘’I’ve already spoken to Alverez I’ve not told him about our changing alliances but I’ve asked for him to discreetly keep an eye out for Jax.’’

‘’What happens when we find him?’’ Unsurprisingly that last question comes from Ratboy. The two of them were close, with Jax being his sponsor. With his arm still encased in the cast and the week of not being able to ride plus having prospect work dumped on him seems to have left him ill-tempered. In different circumstances Chibs would feel bad, none of the other guys would have been treated as a lowly prospect, except his nerves are shot too. And the question feels personal and combative even though realistically Chibs knows it's not, so he levels a sharp glare at Rat that he shrinks under instantly.

‘’What we have to.’’ They all accept the vague answer with grim looks. Though no one can look him in the eye, which is fortunate, Chibs doesn’t know if he could stop his determination from faltering if they had. ‘’How are profits looking?’’ He directed the question at T.O. he'd taken over finances since Bobby was injured.

“Lila’s got Red Wood under control and only a couple more weeks until the garage is back up and running, we might actually have to do some work soon.” That at least got a chuckle from most of the men, ‘’Overall profits are increasing steadily enough.”

“That’s good. I’ll keep you updated on Juice.’’ With pettiness Chibs knows he really shouldn’t still have, he turns to Ratboy, ‘’Take one of the prospects and collect Juice’s bike from the impound.’’ Turning back to the rest of the group he says ‘’I’m meant to be meeting up with Packer and some of the other Presidents today. I’ve got to inform them of our changing relationship with Juice and Jax. Tig, Quinn, Montez you’re with me. We sent off in ten.”

As they get up and start to leave the chapel Chibs spots Tig’s dog. Wandering past he gives her slight scratches on her head that she gratefully accepts. Tig called her Bonnie in the end. She’s been coming to the clubhouse for a few months now. In the first few weeks, most of the hang arounds and kids clubhouse were wary of her, with her long teeth and muscular body adorned with battle scars. But in a move so out of character Chibs nearly decided he didn’t really see it, Tig had sat down with the dog and convinced the kids to come closer. Once they figured out, she was scared of her own shadow they quickly learnt to love her.

Getting on his bike, he makes a quick decision. Turning to face Montez he asks, ‘’ Why don’t you come over after? It’ll be good for him to be around other people.’’ Hopefully, Juice won't’ be too troubled about not being consulted first.

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[positivelybeastly]

Are we 100% it was actually X-Force’s beast that gave his life for Simon and not Defenders Hank? Maybe the evil one decided to cut his losses and fuck off to bang a d list actor bc making another black hole gun at this point would be the definition of overkill and surely he had no better ideas if that was plan A.

"There's a quote, that I think you will find apropos.

'There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.'"

"I appreciate, greatly, that I have filled you with such fear that my spectre lies, half-asleep, in your mind now. You wonder. You guess. You second guess. You think, is he still there? Is he around the corner? Is he still among us?"

He grins.

"I'm proud to be the monster that warrants your fear."

I feel like there's half a second where they kind of set up a potential switcheroo when evil Beast breaks normal Hank's glasses, but none of the other contextual clues really line up to make it make sense. In order for X-Force Beast to have made it out alive, in the time before Logan arrived, he would have had to:

Work out the plan with good Hank in between panels.

Dust off his acting chops, which are notoriously rusty (seriously, X-Force Beast is a bad actor).

Take off his Krakoan war suit, teach good Hank how to fly it properly, and give it to him.

Get embroiled in the fight with good Hank to make it look good for Logan.

Be okay with the younger, more idealistic version of himself, that he explicitly calls his favourite, that he likens to a treasured photo album he couldn't stand to watch burn, dying to save him.

Pass a telepathic litmus test with Kid Omega breathing down his mind.

Fool Logan's senses, who would probably notice that evil Beast doesn't smell like clone juice or like Simon like he should, considering he's been hanging around him for at least a day by this point.

Commit to being a good guy around Simon until he can get away.

Like, there's just too much here. That's so many steps. And god knows X-Force are incompetent enough that he could maybe pass the telepathic litmus test somehow, but . . . nah.

Also, while good Hank is obviously very willing to try and save his evil self, he's also actively interested in his own self-preservation, given his conversation in X-Force #49 about proving himself as an ally, and I don't see him staking that continued existence on a quantifiable madman. It just doesn't really make sense.

I also don't see the point in it, narratively speaking. If this was X-Force #20 and we weren't dragging over the finish line like racehorses with gunshots in our knees, maybe, because that's a plot thread that can at least go somewhere, but this is the final issue. Percy's done.

MacKay is Hank's next shepherd, so anything set up here would be at his request. Maybe MacKay would want to keep OG Hank so he can do a redemption arc, but . . . that's a reach. That's a Reed Richard style reach.

Also, maybe this is dumb, but I don't think, even as part of a deception to save his older self and Simon, that good Hank would have it in himself to call Simon a fool.

In the end, this kind of thinking, it's just . . . I think we're kinda reaching to find some kind of cleverness in a Ben Percy comic book, and I . . . think that's, ultimately, a bad idea. Because you won't find it. He plainly either doesn't give a fuck or is so self-deluded about what he's putting out that he thinks this is what passes for clever.

Let's not give the man credit. He wrote this, and it's exactly what it looks like - shoddy, ill-conceived, incredibly rushed for a nearly 100 issue plus finale, badly characterised, barely in continuity, and as lazy as the rest of his writing has been.

Plus, do we really want to rob ourselves of domestic gay boy good lad Hank McCoy and his boyfriend Simon Williams . . ?

Like, evil Beast and Simon is probably a funny sitcom pilot, like Heil Honey, I'm Home, but we know what we want, and it's 80s Hank and Simon curled up on the couch, with Simon doing for Hank what Hank did for Simon did all those years ago - getting him caught up on all the culture gaps in his knowledge.

That's right. It's time for Simon to get to catch Hank up on all the Star Trek that came out since his Cerebro back-up was made!

#Anonymous #verse: each of us is a nest of lies #outofmuffins