#I really like not having to look at a naked ww

[llycaons]

at this point I still don't think bcs is as good as brba but I do think it's slightly more clever and expects just a bit more from its audience

#also the sex scenes in brba gave me psychic damage because I hated almost all the characters #I really like not having to look at a naked ww #and the sex scenes w skyler felt so disgusting even when they were consensual #I wouldn't even mind them in bcs but we barely see anyone even shirtless #and there's only like one couple anyway and they kiss two times a season #yeah. a very different show from brba. #bcs lb

[ruporas]

invisible scars (referenced previous talk here)

[ID: A colourless, digital Trigun comic of Vash and Wolfwood talking about Wolfwood's scars. They're both laying in bed and topless. Vash lays on top of Wolfwood, playing with the rosary around his neck. Then, Vash kisses a spot on Wolfwood's chest. Wolfwood asks, "What are you doing?" Vash smiles sadly, "You got shot here. In the last town we visited. You didn't even bother moving."

Vash props himself up over Wolfwood, who frowns slightly. Wolfwood is quiet for a moment before he says, "You remember that, huh?" Vash grabs Wolfwood's left wrist and brings it to his face. "And here." He kisses another spot there. "When you helped free the hostages from that robber..." Wolfwood dismissively says, looking away, "Was a lucky shot." Vash huffs, “Don’t brag. Jeez.”

Half of Wolfwood's expression is shown, eyes returning to Vash who is now sitting up, continuing to say, "And..." Vash goes on and kiss Wolfwood's right palm. "You got cut here, even though that girl was aiming at me." A moment from the past flashes, of Wolfwood grabbing a knife aimed at Vash, his hand bleeding.

At present, Vash moves down and puts another kiss on Wolfwood's right shoulder. "And here, from watching my back." Another memory flashes of Wolfwood and Vash back to back. Vash looks back as Wolfwood grins while holding Punisher, bleeding from multiple gunshots in his shoulder.

"And," Vash combs up Wolfwood's hair to reveal his forehead, "Here." A final memory shows Wolfwood with a regeneration vial in his mouth while getting shot on his temple. The next panel is framed in blood with Vash at the center, eyes wide and stunned in horror. The next panel is a closed up shot of Wolfwood's eye, locked on Vash's face.

Back to present, Vash’s head is bowed down as Wolfwood raises a hand to his nape and says, “Spikey.”

Wolfwood looks serious and frowns as he says, "We talked about this. Those were my decisions. They're not there anymore. Forget about them." Vash looks very sad before he smiles ruefully and says, "I still see them. All the time." He leans down so they touch foreheads. Wolfwood’s sorrowful expression can be seen as Vash says, "You protect so much. I could never forget what you've done to me. And many others..."

In the last image, they're drawn more cartoonishly. Wolfwood sweats and asks, "You don't actually remember every wound, right?" Vash points at a spot on his chest. "Kuroneko left a scratch here 7 times." Wolfwood, startled, says, "Why the hell are you keeping count—" End ID]

Credits for ID here and here

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun #trigun maximum #another scars comic for one of the vw week days!!!! frankly i think about their scars WAY too often . most notably wolfwood's because #it really symbolizes a lot for him imo bc for vash it's a history of all the people that's ever harmed him betrayed him and the trust he has #given to humanity despite it all. its a beautiful reflection of his character and then u look at ww and presumably #since we dont really see him half naked Ever (shame) and i mean. i guess technically its a hc -- i assume he wouldn't have any scars bc #of the regen potions (which is why he doesnt have his t scars btw the regen pot took them away :pensive:) #in a way its like washing his hands of blood. giving him the body of someone who might never been involved in a fight never held a gun #but he knows thats not true yet he cant really do anything about it anyway bc he's still just human. if he stops taking the regen pots #he can't press forward. so its just a rinse and repeat and growing accustomed to whats inflicted on him because he knows it'll go away at #the end of the day. he's human but he's also not he's far beyond what could be considered a normal human but he still just is. #mortal but also not immortal. idk. i overthink about it a lot GMSKGMDK frankly i dont think it matters THAT much in the context of trimax #but it means a lot to me somehow. also thinking about how no matter how many times ww kills he's never numb to the sensation of it. maybe #the adrenaline gets to him for the beginning half but ive been rereading like.. vol 3? and that entire fight for ww #u can slowly see him spiral as he keeps on going on. anyway anyway. i love ww #ruporas art

[pancake-breakfast]

Time to start Maximum for Trigun Book Club!

Archive

Trigun Volume 1: Covers + 1-3, 3 Detailed Thoughts, 4, 4 DT, 5-6, 5-6 + DT, 6 DT, 7-8, 9-10

Trigun Volume 2: Covers + Extras, 1, 1 Supplemental Research, 2-4, 5-6, 7-8

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for TriMax Vol. 1, Chapters 1-2 below. (More detailed thoughts will be their own posts.)

TriMax Volume 1 Covers

Kuroneko on the chapter index gives me serotonin.

Vash finally finds a lamp with a genie in it and all he gets is punched. He seriously has the worst luck.

Wolfwook looks VERY possessive over that cross of his....

LOL, switched to the sex doll. Of course.

Chapter 1: Hero Reborn

First Knives is reborn, now Vash will be reborn?

Yeah... kinda hard to forget someone literally shot the moon when there's a giant crater on it now....

Vash with dark hair has made his premiere.

Hmm. Needs more floaty cloth bits.

Well, someone's having a bad day. I know I wouldn't want to end up tied up and tossed in a fountain....

LOL, they shout for the sheriff and the next character we see is Wolfwood. He's not a sherriff!

You gotta know a place is welcoming when you walk into a saloon and everyone immediately pulls a gun on you. I mean, that's just a normal day in Texas or Arizona, right?

Oof. RIP bus.

I mean, I realize Fifth Moon was traumatic and all, but somehow I doubt Vash would be filling someone with "twice his weight in lead."

I guess the person dumped in the fountain was actually the sheriff. Nightow could have shown the guy's badge or something to give us an indication of that....

Poor Vash. He doesn't deserve NEARLY that many knives in his picture.

Everyone has to ask about the cross. Wolfwood rarely actually answers. Deflection and misdirection is better.

LOL, Lina's face here...

Oh, man. WW's face in literally the next panel after Ericks's entrance. He knows exactly who he's looking at.

Vash Ericks, I know you try to look for non-combative solutions, but female-bodied folk really don't have a lot of options when people get handsy if we want them to decide not to push their luck beyond just being handsy.

Ah, see, this is why he thinks she overreacted. Because now a lot more people are in danger.

Heheheheheheh, WW, Lina, and Vash are all in such a close clump here.

Aaaand now "Ericks" has fully noticed Wolfwood.

Who the heck is this evil hamster of a human being?

All I'm saying, buddy, is that her footpring miiiiiight just be an improvement.

Gods, WW is so intent in this situation. Just looking at everything and listening to everything.

Dude, who STOLE VASH'S JACKET?!?! Also, those sunglasses jut feel wrong.

Oh, Ericks. So gentle....

Yeah, pretty sure actual Vash the Stampede wouldn't stoop to humiliating people as part of a power play.

Ericks, though. He's like, "Cool, a bargain where people live at the end!"

I wonder how much of Ericks telling Lina to cover her eyes is because he doesn't want her to see his scars.

WW wasn't really with the group long enough to see Vash's scars before, but this really clears things up for the audience. And you can practically hear the gears grinding in WW's head as he observes this scene.

Dude. This imposter even copied his gay little earing. Now that's commitment.

Opening fire on a naked man? Rude.

*sigh* All of that for nothing 'cause Lina's still caught.

AGAIN?! How often does this guy get shot!?

WW barely knows Vash and he's already like, "I WILL CLOCK ANYONE WHO SPEAKS SLANDER AGAINST HIS NAME."

What? He has super-healing? I mean, I guess that makes sense.

People really need to stop barreling their way into the infirmary....

Sheryl has a point. Things gotta get done. If the young folk won't help, then this old lame woman's gonna have to do it.

LOL, Wolfwood waking up Ericks will never not be one of my favorite scenes.

Awwwww, Wolfwood! Don't remind him about Fifth Moon! He thinks about it every time he sees that moon, I'm sure. It's NOT a pleasant memory in any way, shape or form, and he hates the legends around him!

Ugh, someone give this man a hug....

Cruel, indeed. The way he looks when he picks up that gun. There are so many emotions going on here. Loss, resignation, familiarity, sadness. Seriously. Where are the hugs for this man??

Wolfwood, always the pragmatist. He knows this isn't a great path, and how unfair it is for him to drag Vash back to it. But he also knows it's the path forward.

Heh. Yeah, just the two of them. For Vash to exhibit this amount of trust in WW suggests he's at least suspected WW's true nature for a while.

PUNISHER REVEAL!!!

Annnnnd Vash's first thought on seeing the giant machine gun is, of course, "Please, no death."

This panel of them heading into the fight together just fills me with so much joy.

Fake Vash is in a bit of a pickle, isn't he? Looks like he knows it, too.

Wolfwood reacting to Fake Vash demanding actual Vash say his name is beautiful. He looks like he's gonna die of laughter there in the dirt.

Heh. And with that last gunshot, Vash reclaims who he is.

And even after that reclaiming, he gets a heartfelt, genuine, and warm hug from a young girl who has only really known him as her friend and adopted family member, Ericks. <3

Chapter 2: Lina

"Something freaky is going on here." Yes. You're dealing with Vash the Stampede and Nicholas D. Wolfwood. Even one of those should be enough to cause serious alarm.

SHOES OFF THE BED. Geez. Barbarian....

Ugh, I love his expression here.

I'm sorry, I can't get over Wolfwood's weird duck face in this panel.

This is a very interesting take on the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti dinner scene. That poor sausage....

Aww, you can see where his hair's gone all dark underneath now that he has it tied back.

Well, that's one way to get Vash's attention. He doesn't have as much chill when it comes to his brother. And understandably so.

Uhhhhhh, what's up with that spiky weird shadow guy?

TBH, Vash has good reason to be suspicious of anyone who knows too much about Knives. Knives's games aren't about humans. They're about Knives and Vash. Humans are just pawns and casualties.

I love how this 12-year-old girl is able to cow a bunch of whiny, scared men with just her presence. I love how angry she gets on Vash's behalf.

"If he and his followers sniff me out..." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no comment. Vash just got really freaking lucky with exactly who's sniffing him out.

The comedy of this panel is great. Granny's all like, "Oh, no.... You're gonna end up beaten up in a ditch somewhere...." Meanwhile, her granddaughter has already begun just wailing on Vash. Without even dropping the groceries.

Ugh, just... having someone take care of him for a bit. It's a small and much-needed kindness. But that's how it often is with small kindnesses.

Wolfwood: "That brat (affectionate)"

LOL, Vash gets head-pats. GOOD.

Wait, Evil Hamster Man is back??

What the heck is even happening in this panel? Is this a second guy? Is this a growth on Evil Hamster Man's back? I don't know. We already had a guy with a LITERAL GUN for legs, so either wouldn't exactly surprise me. Wolfwood's face sums up my feelings perfectly.

Ohhh, Vash isn't having any of this guy's shit.

WTF, he just KICKED the round out of the sky?!

Vash isn't really prone to showing off just to show off. I'm guessing he's doing this to make Lina and Granny feel a bit better about how competent he is.

Even Wolfwood, who's seen Vash's weird before, seems a bit shocked.

Also, LOL, Wolfwood frog face.

Literally still can't tell if the second gunman is an actual dude or just some weird Evil Hamster Man growth.

Oh, there we go. He seems to be a separate entity, after all.

LOL, Wolfwood, calling them like he sees them. (Thank you, @trigun-manga-overhaul, for keeping the swearing. It makes it that much more funny.)

And now Evil Hamster Man is given a choice: a chance at redemption, or having to deal with an angry Stampede. Let's hope he chooses wisely.

Well, Granny's feeling better about the situation. Lina seems more... resigned.

There's something so lovely about the hair-trimming scene. It's one last bit of domestic comfort with his little found family before he heads off to war.

I genuinely believe Wolfwood here. He has a good heart, even when he tries to hide it.

*sigh* And as Lina cuts away at his hair, we just drown in their shared memories. The vast majority of it is simple things. Family things. Quiet moments. But they meant the world to Lina. And they probably meant the world to Vash, too.

I have thoughts about Lina burying herself in the cloth from Vash's haircut.

This chapter ends beautifully and makes me want to cry.

#trigunbookclub #trigun maximum #volume 1 #pancake analysis

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Time Machine On Walmart Wallis Female Chauvinist SJW Cursader Political Progressive Activist Aaaand.....Gourmet Foodie Connoisseur! by u/Zestyclose-Level1871

Time Machine On Walmart Wallis, Female Chauvinist, SJW Cursader, Political Progressive Activist Aaaand.....Gourmet Foodie Connoisseur! This intriguing clip is from the dusty shelves of the vault. Have to give WW a good amount of credit for hustling enough to get this cooking show gig. Looks like this was done around the time she was a rising local C list celeb on the Toronto circuit (after landing both Suits and Corey V). Also seems her PR agency used a combo of her Foodie TIG "globe trotting experience" and default of being Corey V's gf for street cred in landing this gig. But jury still out on whether the pay was worth the effort though. Also really need to commend the other irl culinary chefs on the panel for the degree of professionalism they displayed the whole time. Winning Communication got her number and summed his reaction to her cosplaying female Gordon Ramsey perfectly: "...It's ridiculous how she went from party-girl-sorority-elite-lifestyle-blogging-expert/Advocate-I-grew-up-poor-and-self-made..." Couldn't stop laughing. Especially at the fact she seemed completely unaware of just how naked her narcissism was on full display. Seriously. The woman simply. Could. NOT. Stop. Talking. And thereby drawing attention to herself. Her thirst was literally consuming her on that panel. O.ohttp://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM5GR0m-0EsIf this is what the future holds for potential revenue streams for the Office of the DDoS, then the vexing Dastardly Duo are truly royally screwed. Lol​ post link: https://ift.tt/Yc5kX2f author: Zestyclose-Level1871 submitted: March 03, 2024 at 02:49AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

#SaintMeghanMarkle #harry and meghan #meghan markle #prince harry #fucking grifters #Worldwide Privacy Tour #Instagram loving bitch wife #Backgrid #voetsek meghan #walmart wallis #markled #archewell #archewell foundation #megxit #duke and duchess of sussex #duke of sussex #duchess of sussex #doria ragland #rent a royal #clevr #clevr blends #lemonada media #archetypes #archetypes with meghan #invictus #invictus games #Sussex #Zestyclose-Level1871

[science-lings]

So because I like to be really complicated, I've decided to throw my favourite part of pretty much every Link's design (ofc the ones that actually change the design - looking at you Toon Links) at you. Idk, I'm an overachiever and I love gushing about one of the best character designs in video game history.

Obviously with the 8-bit designs, all there really is are artworks and the manuals to go off of because Link is a collection of tiny squares with 4 max colours. TLoZ and AoL are the same character so to be honest, I just love his earthy tones and facial features. Big nose rep. Goes for ALTTP, LA, and OOT as well tbh.

Speaking of ALTTP, that pink hair he has in-game is literally one of the best thing Nintendo has ever done.

A lot of child Links have this, but the baggy boots introduced in OOT are literally everything. I want to wear them every day of the rest of my life. The Oracle games also give him the flared lining and I would die to have them. Peak footwear. And the bracers Adult Link gets add so much to such a simple design, it's literally unreal.

The Four Swords games were cute with the bright colour swaps. I'm so mad they drew the artwork for the game in the Toon Link artstyle. Seeing artwork for it in ALTTP's art would have been so cool like what came on the European box art. The Wind Waker/Phantom Hourglass came and introduced the most adorable Zelda artstyle. Like he's just a cylinder and I love him so much. It's a bit like FS(A) where he just got so much more colourful too. Spirit Tracks gave Link this cute engineer uniform that I cannot get over. Ever.

Twilight Princess. I'm sorry but he's just a whole hunk of man right there. The darker graphics went so far for him, his outfit was so detailed at the time and he's got such a masculine presence if you know what I mean. Oddly enough, there's so much I like about the design, it's so hard to put what I like into words other than 'a lot'. Sorry, I know it's not very helpful ^^;

Skyward Sword Link had such an amazing emotional range. He said absolutely nothing, but you could tell exactly how he felt, but unlike WW/PH/ST etc Link, his facial expression were really toned down and gentle. The most intense emotion he's ever had was fighting a god. Love that about him.

So I know ALBW technically shares ALTTP/OOA(/S) design, so I want to highlight the one thing that's different which is the giant, chunky bracelet he wears. Something about that makes me so happy for some reason.

Triforce Heroes' biggest accomplishment was the alternate outfits. Those boys literally strutting around in a forest in full gowns and costumes like it's nothing is literally peak fashion. Style over practicality any day.

BotW was literally a game-changer for Link's design in almost every way. I have no idea how Nintendo managed to completely change the design down to the fundamental GREEN of the Links before him to this cerulean blue and still keep the essence of what made Link a Link. And although Nintendo loves to go back on it in other material, I absolutely ADORE that they made his features so round and softly shaped, especially his eyes, compared to other Links. Nintendo will never take away how absolutely gorgeous that man is now they've achieved it. So we don't know much about TotK yet for obvious reasons, but he now sports literally the most revealing outfit in the franchise (other than him literally being half naked in BotW) and the fact it's paired with long hair is literally what I've been waiting my entire life for.

So yeah, I've probably made this so much more complicated, but there is literally so much I love about each Link, it's hard to choose my favourite overall features (except the boots, I love the baggy boots).

This is actually incredibly helpful thank you! I think one of the things I'm struggling most with the design is his hair, like he goes from a medium dark brown to pink to platinum blonde to bright yellow to almost orange and like... it's hard to make a decision lol. I do want to include bits of every game, whether that be with little accessories (like kinstones or belt buckles or jewelry) or more major features.

I am absolutely convinced on his schnoz though, he deserves a big pointy nose. It's going to be fun to try to balance some of his more harsh features with a lot of the softness we see in many other games, like he always has intense eyebrows (even in toon mode), but he also tends to have a baby face.

#im happy that this gives me more opportunity to look through the concept art books again #although i love the oot boots i think a major consensus is that I redesign the pegesus boots so I'll probably do that #maybe i can mix the designs somehow? #this guy is gonna be dripped out #ask andromeda #ultimate link redesign #loz

[waspinators]

that cheetah look from that one issue of jl 2018 where shes wearing a fur ruff and an eyepatch......chefs kiss

#txt #my Cheetah Look tiers are like #sports bra and leggings: fucking sucks #fully naked but drawn horny: REALLY sucks #wearing some kind of basic armor: ok. mostly depends on if the armor design is ugly #fully naked; drawn real animalistic n not real horny: VERY good. ww 2016 does this beautifully #having Fun Villain accessories: can be goofy but i adore it regardless #also i have opinions on how her hair (like head hair) appears in her cheetah form but thats circumstantial

[aboardthescheherazade]

Bianca+favorite relationship

(Each ask gets all of the bullet points! More for your money that way, ww)

First impression: This is so stupid, but I remember seeing Castafiore when I was 14 or 15 and really getting into the series for the first time, and being annoyed that the series's only prominent female character was an older lady. This attitude died off pretty quickly, fortunately

Impression now: I love her. She is outnumbered by 5 human male characters, but she matches their energy and presence at all times. I just realized while typing this that Castafiore has had it off with both of my favourite men in the series, and honestly? I'm not mad. Good for her

Favorite moment: Definitely when she helps Tintin and Haddock hide from Sponsz in The Calculus Affair, and gets Sponsz to reveal his plans out loud and give up the warrant in his coat pocket. This woman could not stop knocking it out of the park in this scene

Idea for a story: It's not my own, rather, it's a mockup cover by an artist named Mov...

("The Childhood of Castafiore".) I just think it's a fun concept to explore. Castafiore definitely came from a long lineage, probably with money, and anybody who loves writing/researching historical stuff could probably have a lot of fun building her a backstory

Unpopular opinion: The following won't be an unpopular opinion on Tumblr, per se, but elsewhere in the fandom...way too many people get hung up on Castafiore not being a conventionally-attractive woman, and base constant memes or parodies around this. They're not even that funny, either. There's whole pastiches where the joke is just "What if a larger woman...WAS NAKED? [1970s sitcom laugher; clown horn honks]" and it's just a waste of everyone's time. I'm looking at you, J@n Bucqu0y

Favorite relationship: I really like the Castafiore/Calculus dynamic. They're both eccentric talented airheads (which I say lovingly), and their height difference is pretty amusing. There is 1 female main character, and 1 male character who has ever shown attraction to a woman, and they've both found each other. I'm glad for them

Favorite headcanon: Sometimes I see people discussing if Castafiore and Irma had a bit of a sapphic thing on off to the side, which I find really interesting as a concept, but I just don't know where to place it in my mind/works yet. (I have too many favourite pairings lmao. If I ever made a pairing chart for the series, it would probably look like a spider web)

#asks #bianca castafiore

[pricetagofficial]

Warning Signs -WW

Warnings: Language, angst, fluff, reasons to yell at me

Pairing: Wally West x Reader

Part Two

Word Count: 2.6K

Tag List: @kishony-the-geek​ @idkmanicantenglish​ @unknowntoanyone​ @subtleappreciation​ @catxsnow​ @nightwcngs​ @screennamealreadyused​ @river-bottom-nightmare​ @woahjaybird​ @bikoncon​

A/N: Thank you to the anon who sent in this request! I hope this is something along the lines of what you wanted, and if no one is yelling at my after reading this are you even human?

Your romance with Wally was anything but slow, but that came with the territory of loving a speedster let alone the fastest person alive. You knew from the moment you met that he was going to be a part of the rest of your life, and you hoped that it would be in a good way. It was no secret that Wally West was famous with the ladies, he was as smooth as he was fast and his words had you stumbling for a response.

What was once just simple flirting, turned into tense training sessions filled to the brim with sexual tension. It got to the point that the rest of the Titans could see your obvious attraction to each other but Dick knew your past.

In fact, he was the only one who knew it.

You had a dark past, one that you weren’t proud of and was actively trying to leave it behind. Deadshot had made you a lethal weapon someone who could shoot a target from hundreds of yards away and hit your mark perfectly. That kind of skill got you noticed, and not in a good way. It was what led the Titans to you in the first place.

Deadshot had brought you along to make you see that the Titans were really just what he said, a bunch of kids who had no idea what they were doing. But to you, they were anything but. He had ordered you to take them out one by one, and that’s what you planned on doing before you were interrupted.

Your first bullet didn’t hit its intended mark, instead, it landed in the shoulder of The Flash because you were knocked over by a blur of blue and black. Nightwing had stopped you from killing his best friend that day, and The Flash never even knew about it.

The mask you wore hid your face from him, so he couldn’t see what you looked like but with one well-placed hit, he caught a glimpse of just how young you were. It stopped him in his tracks, Deadshot had brought a girl no younger than he was to murder them for him.

Nightwing had tried to make you see sense, convince you that Deadshot only had his intentions in mind and cared nothing about you. With how young and naïve you were, you refused to believe him until you were captured and he left you there to take the blame.

For someone you thought you trusted, it hurt when he disappeared from sight as you yelled for him to get you out.

Nightwing gave you an option, you could join them on the team or go to jail. Considering the better of the two options, you joined the team. Dick, as you had come to know him, gave you a new background that you needed to fool the rest of your team into thinking that you were who you said you were.

Now here you were months later passionately in love with the very same speedster that you had almost killed.

Looking over at him while he slept, you could count the freckles that decorated Wally’s face. His brilliant green eyes were hidden by his closed lids with his bright red hair spread out across your pillows. Your naked form was pressed into his side as he held you close to him in his sleep. You had never felt like this about anyone before and it scared you that you cared so much about him.

Deadshot was still out there, and he knew who you were. If you were to run into him again, there was no guarantee that he would not try to ruin the new life you had tried to build for yourself.

Wally rolled and pulled you on top of him with a groan, a soft smile on his lips. Slowly, you leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to the not wanting to wake him. But it seemed that he already was.

Feeling your lips on his, Wally’s grip on your waist tightened as he cupped your face and fully kissed you. For someone who was dead asleep only moments ago, he seemed to be very awake with the way he was kissing you.

Your free hand tangled itself into his hair, tugging it every so often causing him to let out soft groans that you loved so much.

“Hey babe, what’s got you up at this hour?” he asked, his voice filled with sleep.

You giggled and looked down at him, your hair framing your face. “I could say the same about you handsome.” You teased, brushing his bangs back.

“I was dreaming about the most beautiful girl I know, only to realize that while I dreamt of her, she was pressed against me in reality. I couldn’t pass that up.” He grinned, holding your waist. “Now, what’s keeping you up beautiful?”

You blushed at his pet name for you. “Just thinking about when Dick-“ you didn’t even get the rest of the sentence out before Wally’s face changed to a dangerous smirk.

“You mean to tell me that you are in bed with me naked, and you are thinking about my best friend?” he asked sliding his hands up your sides.

You scoffed and hit his shoulder with a laugh. “Wallace West! If you let me finish you would know that it was about when Dick brought me here to meet all of you.” You giggled, watching Wally look you over as his hand ran over your bare body.

“I remember that day too, the moment you showed up I knew that I had to have you no matter what.” He started. “It’s weird though, Dick told me that I shouldn’t get involved with you but I couldn’t be gladder that I ignored him.”

Hearing his words, your mood dropped but you refused to let your smile change. Dick didn’t approve of your relationship? That was news to you, but if you were honest with yourself you weren’t surprised. Dick was the only one who knew of your true past, he just wanted to keep his best friend safe. But he had to have known that there was nothing you would ever do to hurt Wally.

Wally noticed that you were quiet for a long minute, and his eyes filled with concern. “Y/N, babe, you alright?” he asked as he forced himself to sit up with you still straddling his lap. His large hands held your hips as he looked you over to make sure that you were alright. “Are you bothered that Dick said that?”

Quickly you shook your head and placed a kiss on his forehead before leaning yours on his shoulder. “it’s not that, I’m just really glad that I met you, Wally.”

He wrapped his arms around you and held you close to comfort you. Laying back down, the two of you drifted off to sleep while you thought of confronting Dick about what he had said to Wally about staying away from you.

The confrontation with Dick didn’t happen for another few days. He was stuck in Blüdhaven working on a case and the day he got back was when there was a threat on Jump City. Within no time, you and the rest of the Titans were suited up and ready to go. Wally gave you one final kiss before he sped out the door to head off your adversary and you ran across the roofs with Dick and Roy. Donna flew above you with Garth taking the waves from the harbor with him.

Dick could tell that there was something off with you but it was placed on the back burner when he was bolts of lightning streak across the city as Wally fended off the city as he waited for the rest of his team.

“Hey Flash, any sign on who it is?” Nightwing asked.

“It’s our favorite sharpshooter here Rob, Deadshot is back in town and he seems pissed.” Flash’s voice sounded through the com system.

The look you and Nightwing shared didn’t ease your nerves at all. Deadshot was back in town, and he was most likely looking for you.

“What’s the plan Nightwing?” Donna asked as she flew above.

“Flash, Garth and Donna, you three distract him so Arsenal, Barrage, and I try and get in close to take him out. If we play this right, we can finally put him away after months of tracking him down.”

There was a murmur of agreement as Donna and Garth shot ahead to give Flash the assistance he needed It didn’t take long for you and the other two to arrive, but the second Deadshot saw you, you swore he smiled.

Pulling out a rifle of your own, you set up in a hidden location so you could try and get a good view and possibly a few good shots in at him. The man who made you a killer was not going to get away with it this time.

The battle raged on for what seemed like hours, but finally, with a combined effort of you, Nightwing and Flash Deadshot was finally down for the count. But that didn’t stop him from talking.

“Barrage you said your name was? You remind me an awful lot about my last partner Deadeye, the last time I saw her was here in this city. Any idea where I could find her?” he asked.

Before the others could ask, you punched him hard enough that his nose broke and a couple of his teeth chipped. Giving the others the signal that you were heading back early, you disappeared down the street leaving a very confused Wally and a frowning Dick.

The second you got back to the tower, you showered and grabbed a snack from the kitchen. Moments after you grabbed a bowl of food, you felt a rush of air beside you. Within seconds, Wally placed a kiss on your lips, took a bite of your food, and promised to “be back in a flash” before zooming off to the shower and dressed.

One by one the others filtered in with Dick being the last one. His gaze went to you immediately and you followed him to the training room. Dick shut the door and stood with his arms crossed as he watched you walk towards him.

“I know you have questions, but I have a few of my own bird brain. First of all, who the fuck gave you permission to tell Wally to stay away from me when I first got here? Isn’t that a choice to be made by us, not you? I would never hurt him like that, you of all people should know this!” you snapped at him, poking him in the chest.

“Yeah, I of all people also know where you really came from. What’s he going to think when he and the others find out that you were Deadeye and almost killed us only a few months ago? I’m thinking of more than just you; I’m thinking about the entire team.” he snapped.

“I left Deadeye behind before I ever fell for him! If I was going to hurt him, I would have done it already. But what about you? How are you going to tell your best friend that you lied to him about his girlfriend? I am not the only one at fault here and if I go down, I am dragging you with me, Richard Grayson.”

You were going to say more but you caught the expression on Dick’s face. He was staring at something behind you, and you had a bad feeling about what it was. Turning on your heel, you saw Wally standing there with a look of shock on his face with the apple he was eating long forgotten about.

“Y/N, Dick, what the hell is going on?” he asked slowly.

“Walls-“ Dick started towards him only for Wally to back away and shake his head.

“Don’t, I want the truth.” He said sternly. “The whole truth.”

You dropped your head and took a deep breath. “I haven’t been exactly honest with you about who I am. I wasn’t always Barrage; I was Deadeye Deadshot’s apprentice.” You said slowly.

Wally’s eyes shifted between you and Dick. “You knew, you both knew and kept it from me?” he asked.

The look on both yours and Dick’s faces said it all. The two people he loved most in the world lied to his face about who you were and it hurt him more than that bullet wound you had apparently given him.

Dick moved to step towards his friend once again only for Wally to shoot him a glare. “I want to hear what she has to say, not you.” He snapped, only for Dick to drop his head and leave the room for the two of you to try and talk things out.

The silence that fell over you was deafening and it seemed that the tension was choking you. You loved Wally, you loved him more than anything but the way he was looking at you broke your heart. He trusted you with everything, including his secret identity only to find out that you had tried to kill them only months before was a shock.

He was the first to break the silence, “How long have you been lying to me?” he asked. The lack of response only told him that it had been from the beginning.

“I wanted to tell you Red, I really did. But I knew that if I was honest about who I was, none of you would have trusted me. Floyd left me on that rooftop knowing what could have happened to me, and Dick decided that I deserved a second chance. So, with his help, I came up with a new past and joined the team.” You explained.

Wally stood there quietly and listened. “So, you thought that lying to a whole team who trusted you was a good idea?” he asked.

“Wally, would you have trusted me if I told the truth? Would we be what we are if I was honest?”

“Dick warned me about this.” He said softly, looking at the floor.

“About what?”

Wally’s green eyes finally met your own after almost ten minutes of avoiding your gaze and you could see the heartbreak hidden behind the traces of his anger and betrayal. “You.”

His words cut you deeply, Wally’s opinion of you was the only one you actually cared about and you could see it changing in front of your eyes.

“Red please,” you begged stepping closer to him. “We can work this out, I don’t want to lose you.”

Wally shook his head, pulling his hands away before you could take them in your own the term for endearment you had for him leaving a bad taste in his mouth. “You and I both know that you lost me the second you decided to lie to me and the rest of the team.” He turned around and quickly walked out of the training room avoiding his best friend that stood right outside the door.

The gravity of the situation was crushing you, what else were you supposed to do? Wally had just broken up with you and was likely going to tell the team that you and Dick had been lying to them. So, you did the only thing left for you to do.

Before Dick could ask questions or express the guilt he felt, you darted out of the training room and ran to yours and packed. Within half an hour your stuff was packed into two duffel bags and you dashed for the elevator.

The last thing you saw before the doors closed was the look on Wally’s face before you left Titans Tower, never wanting to come back.

#Costly Affairs #Wally West #the flash #wally west x reader #wally west reader insert #wally west fanfic #wally west fanfiction #wally west fic #wally west imagine #the flash x reader #the flash reader insert #the flash fic #the flash fanfiction #the flash fanfic #the flash imagine #DC comics

[mevekagvain]

Chapter 338 - Cool that Muzaka can recognise Frankenstein's aura or footsteps or whatever.

- Just sitting on a bench, watching the sunset, as bros do. Muzaka's totally ruining the mood though.

- Never understood why Frankenstein brought a can of cola on a plate. You have a hand that can wrap around it just fine. Love his petty revenge though. 100% approval here.

Chapter 339 - Yeah be more considerate M-21. Karias is bored sparring with a half naked guy who's way weaker than him for the whole day.

- Grui and Gaitan!!! 🥺 But how tf did ppl mistake Grui for woman? Like I can kinda get it for some characters even if I think it means you have bad pattern recognition but him? You can literally see the male muscle anatomy through his clothes.

- Gonna pretend they both have eyebrows because it upsets me otherwise.

Chapter 340 - Kentas and Lunark's hair really makes them look like siblings or cousins in every scene yeesh.

- Not Dark Spear trying to get Tao to exchange his soul for a higher salary ajjsksksk. And Tao calling it stupid,,, yeah me too.

Chapter 341 - "It's not like you really hate M-21, you're just a tsundere" Takeo says to Regis.

- Wonder how Karias would have felt if M-21 had died lol. Just an oopsie I suppose. Came with the job.

Chapter 342 - Ikhan knowing Shinwoo is gonna say something stupid... that's just what having friends is like. Not that he's wrong since I'm pretty sure this is where Shinwoo goes "he must miss Raskreia!" And Seira believing he knows the truth... baby girl no.

- Her confusion when he says it ajsjksososo. He's just stupid sweetheart. Also Yuna, Suyi, I expected better of you two smh.

- Raizel was zoning out the entire time so he's super confused too lmao.

Chapter 343 - First, Third and Crombel having a meeting is hilarious because the former two say it's a shame that they couldn't get Muzaka for Crombel to experiment on. Except Crombel does have him so he says it's fine lying out of his ass. Except we know from future chapters that First was completely aware of Crombel's actions so this itself was a lie to gauge his reaction and and and-

- And now even Regis is being fooled by Shinwoo's dumbness... 🙃

- Why would you call a guy known for being horrible after Seira rejected him... Like from a comedic standpoint I do enjoy it, but as an actual event I disapprove heavily. Don't associate with Rael, kids.

Chapter 344 - Lunark's annoyed because she just wants to get the job over with while Kentas is the rare werewolf that doesn't want to genocide humans. Not that he's a good guy. He's still willing to kill innocents lol. There's like 0 named/somewhat significant wws who haven't committed a warcrime or some other extremely morally or ethically fucked up thing that can't be forgiven.

- Oh okay Rajak. You can postpone orders to train Regis but not to spend time with your own brother... I get that circumstances are different but it's still super grating.

Chapter 346 - Suyi bullying Shinwoo is my favourite part of the friend group tbh. Queen

Chapter 347- Cool pose. How long did you practice it?

Chapter 348 - Your clothes were cool Grui, why you gotta flex 'em off? I also think the noblesse characters just need to value clothes more in general too. Unless they're picking shirts from the bargain bin of a fast fashion shop worth only a buck, they should strip before fighting so they don't destroy them. I'd honestly get mad at them about it.

- Also his multi colour red and blue is nice.

- Is your face that important bro? You'd think werewolves would find face scars cool.

Chapter 349 - And Regasus went to Regis. Good for him. Fascinating to note that even if Regasus reacted to Regis, it was Gechutel who had to actually send it off. Regasus wouldn't have left if Gechutel didn't let it and if he didn't will it away. I do think there are soul weapons who would leave even if the current wielder didn't want it to but a situation like this is extremely rare so it's likely never happened. Also yeah, only soul weapon to talk to its wielder upon arrival so far lol.

- Anyway Regasus upgraded Regis into Monokuma <3

- On a more serious note I think nobles should do weird eye things more. Gradeus does it most and then Rael and then Regis with this moment. Obviously I think most of these eye things are momentary since Gradeus has his being so long since berserker mode, but there’s a whole sports team worth of nobles. All of them doing it for a few panels is a lot and I deserve it I think.

Chapter 350 - And the trio arrives to face Gaitan.

#noblesse #raining while reading

[praphit]

Reminiscence: Hosting it and Ghosting it

What if you lived in a world where you could capture more than just a moment in time on your phone, but could relive any moment in your memory? What if you could feel that moment whenever you wanted? Who knows?? -  We might not be too far away from that now:

The first steps of your child. A favorite Christmas. A first kiss... though I don't know why anyone would want to remember that... the FIRST one?! You were probably a kid, and it was really awkward. Why would you want to feel that over again? Nah, your first fight would be better. Maybe somebody stole your toy, or your phone, or maybe your gf/bf... you'll feel your fists hitting their face, blood flies everywhere, some of their blood gets in your mouth, and that's when you developed your literal taste for BLOOD! YES! THAT'S the moment!

Or maybe the moment some divorce money comes your way. Maybe you married into wealth. You take that first check cashed, and rock an IG story for the ages that you know your ex will see. They text you, angry as hell... you've never felt so alive!

These are the moments, people!

Is this movie a science fiction one - yes, but there's much more to it.

Our guide through all of this science fiction is Hugh Jackman. He is a former military guy/professional Reminiscence"... dude. You walk into his lab, give him lots of money, he makes you get naked, dunks you into water, laughs at you a lil bit, and then takes you on a journey to whichever memory you'd like to visit.

But, you have to be careful with the memories that you suggest. He'll be able to see other things around that memory as well.

You might have the memory of playing outside with your dog ( a happy moment), but after that moment, he witnesses a shameful memory of you burying someone in your backyard. OR maybe before that special dog moment, he witnessed you putting on some dirty underwear. Maybe you like it dirty.... the dirtier the better. Now, you're going to prison for the burying thing AND everyone thinks you’re nasty (cuz he ain't keeping that dirty secret to himself).

He has a partner as well to keep him honest... ish.

Thandie Newton 

(side note: this movie was directed and written by Lisa Joy, co-creator of "WestWorld", so you'll see a good bit of WW actors in here)

Anyway, Thandie...  

- she presses buttons and gets drunk. If you can find a government job where they let you get drunk while you work, then you know God likes you. And she drinks A LOT. Hugh's not quite a choir boy himself.

Is this a movie about addiction? - kinda.

She's also a former military person / pusher of memory buttons. Later on, they shoot people together. It's a whole lot of fun! Is this film a drunken buddy cop type of thing? - a lil bit.

The plot gets going when Rebecca Ferguson walks through their door. She has lost her keys, and wants Hugh and Thandie to use their tech to help her remember where she put them.

This science they have is used to bring about heart-warming moments, bring comfort to those in pain or dying, it's used to fight crime, and even save lives!  They're using it, in this scene, to find a woman's lost keys.

Is this film a bit of a comedy? - depends.

Why did they help her and not say "You get the bleep outta here!" ?

Did I mention that this was Rebecca Ferguson?

When R. Fergie shows up to your office looking like that... you don't say "no".

So, a sexy person with questionable morals walks into your life and you say "hell yes" to them... annnnnd then the shit goes down. We've all been there. Hopefully, it leads to some sexy time; which in this case, for Hugh, it does. And hopefully, it does not lead to murder and that... loose person you've been playing with, vanishing... which in this case, for Hugh, it does.

Hugh was like "People don't just vanish! Especially, people who have booty that's so SO fine." I disagree with Hugh. This happens all of the time. My generation calls it "hitting it and quitting it"... you may hit it a bunch of times; perhaps through a Summer, but the plan is always, at some point, to quit it. Some people call it "Hosting it and Ghosting it", i think... but it boils down to a Summer fling. Hugh should be letting it go, but he can't ("I'm Wolverine, bitch! You don't vanish until I tell you to vanish! Something must have happened to her! Right, Thandie?! *Thandie's at the bottom of a bottle right now*"), and we're on our way.

Is this a mystery? - yes! but still more than that.

It's like dating apps: You go out with someone, but you don't really know them. You have what you thought was a couple of great dates, and then.... *poof* it was hosted, and now it has been ghosted". Now, you track them down, but in the process, you find that most of what they told you is a lie. They're not a doctor, they work at a RadioShack (they believe it's going to make a come back). You don't think that there's anything wrong with working there, but you quit your job to run away with a doctor... this might be a lil different now. You find out that they're a... well, you don't want to call them "easy", so... let's just move on. Annnnd maybe they sell drugs... exclusively to old ladies. This is not what you expected, but that lovin was so sweet that you don't care. You'll search all the memories you can, in your mind, and the minds of others to find that lying, hoeish, radioshack ass.

This movie has got some elements of coping mechanisms, obsessions, delusions, etc. So, how!?? - with a stylish-looking movie, a good idea,  a great cast, and plenty of interesting elements to this story... did genius creator, Lisa Joy, mess this up (and she did mess this up)?!

Let me take you through MY memories:

I remember Hugh narrating throughout this film. He's a bit pretentious and overly zen with it. It's like a person who has read the latest Dr. Smarty Pants book, and are all about "teaching" you things you didn't ask to learn. This would be fine, if this film wasn't ultimately about a Summer Fling. 

I remember Hugh and Thandie being drunk at work. I remember the Ferguson booty call, she vanished, there was some killing that the cops of the town didn't seem to care about, perhaps Hugh crossed some lines here and there, but there wasn't really an anchor point for his character, so who knows?? I remember a bad ass fight scene between two middle-aged men jumping from rooftop to rooftop. VERY COOL! - unless you focus on the "middle-aged" part, then it's just funny. Any age, really... If it's me, and I'm chasing someone, and they jump from the roof we're on to another - regardless, if they're ok or not (and they probably wouldn't be), I'd be done. I'd be like "You've earned your freedom. I won't chase you anymore. There's other fish in the sea."

An then the movie just kinda ends...

The mystery is solved, but you might realize that none of this had to happen, if someone had simply used their phone. A phone call could have stopped a lot of death. I haven't spoiled anything, but you'll understand, if you watch the movie.

That's the difference between us and Hugh Jackman?? - If your car breaks down, you might call AAA; they come and help you - THE END. But, Hugh, might purposely leave his phone in the car, run off to find a mechanic, beat the holy hell out of the mechanic (killing three people in the process), and then drag that poor soul back to the car to fix it. ACTION, baby! That's why Hugh gets paid the big bucks! Who uses phones to make calls anymore??... pssh, especially in a science fiction movie.

Good idea. Good production. Poorly written. Too much going on.

Grade: C

Hugh hasn't made a good blockbuster in a while, right?? Maybe some things here and there (maybe), but perhaps it's time to put those claws back on.

I watched "The Suicide Squad" recently. There's a simple story about Batman villains on a suicide mission, killing people. SIMPLE. And then a Starfish from outer space invades. People love that stuff!

This movie had too much happening. Should have kept it simple:

Hugh and Thandle getting drunk and stealing memories... .maybe using them to blackmail celebrities and politicians. Lots of guns and romance, and then a giant Jellyfish from outer space invades earth.

THAT'S a movie, Hugh! Get it together!

#reminiscence #john praphit #praphitproductions.com #hugh jackman #Movie Reviews #thandie newton #rebecca ferguson #praphit #wolverine #action movies #relationships #drinking #addiction #mystery #westworld #lisa joy #science fiction #hit it and quit it #ghosting

[wrestlewomania]

I’ll Be Okay

Attitude era imagine

Warnings: mentions of sex

Ken Shamrock had became suspicious. Secpucious that his teammate has gone on the wrong side. Or has the wrong idea on the wrong side of things.

Test was a good friend of his, there was no doubt about that but ever since that mixed matches challenge shenanigans with Christina he wasn’t exactly the same.

His attitude towards the Brood, it felt different. It was like he didn’t mind them, especially Christina.

Sure when they psssed by each other they would glare but there was something more.

It was obvious to him after Test had pushed her out of the way. Bossman didn’t notice because he was too busy hitting her brother with the nightstick but Shamrock saw that he had taken her by the waist before Bossman started hitting him.

His eyes nearly popped out of its sockets. How could he help someone like her? He went and asked about It to Test but he just said he doesn’t know what he means.

 Shamrock paced through his hotel room, he couldn’t take it anymore, he had to talk to Test, he thought to himself. Shamrock walked down the hall over to Test’s room. He fat the key through the keyhole and quietly opened the door to his partner’s room.

 He wasn’t ready for what he saw in that room. He was stunned. Test was in his bed with Christina in his arms. Both sleeping and relaxed. Christina’s back was turned to him and she seemed to be naked by her bare back and Test was for sure shirtless.

 He took a double take before stepping out of the room. He couldn’t believe it. How could he do this? He didn’t know but he was sure as hell going to find out.

 The next night was odd for him, Shamrock hadn’t ran into Test that day so he decided to go see him before the show. He knocked on Test’s locker room as he put his hands on his hips.

 Soon after he saw Test open the door and look at him with a bit of surprise, “Shamrock, um, I didn’t think ww had to meet till an hour before the show.” Test said to Shamrock.

 “That’s not what I’m here to talk about,” Shamrock said getting in Test’s room. “I’m here to talk about the Brood’s valet,” Test closed the door and looked at Shamrock with a confused look.

 “Christina?” He asked.

“Yeah her,” Shamrock replied as Test put his hands on his hips.  Shamrock continued, “Last night, I saw you and her sleeping together,”

 Test eyes went wide, “Why were you in my room!?”  He practically yelled at Shamrock. He had no right to be in his room  especially when he was spending the night with Christina. But then again Shamrock didn’t know about them or at least thought he didn’t know about him and Christina.

“Why were you sleeping with Christina!?” He’s shot back.

Test sigh, “Alright, me and Christina knew each other back in high school, we broke up, had the mixed match challenge, started a relationship, are you happy now?”

Shamrock’s eyes went wide, “You know you guys won’t be able to keep up like this for long?”

Test nodded, “We’re trying to figure it out,” he said rubbing his hands over his face in a stressful manner.

Shamrock started thinking of what they could do, trying to convince her would be hard they both know how loyal she is to the Brood...... but not so much the ministry.

“Why don’t we boot her out of the ministry?” Shamrock asked Test sitting down beside him.

“How are we going to do that?”

“You vs. Edge, whoever wins gets the valet, in that case, Christina,” Shamrock said simply.

Test thought about the idea for a bit of time. It would be a good idea, it would get Christina on his side. But there was also the bad side of the idea.

“But wouldn’t she hate me after that since, you know, ripping her away from the family,” Test said doung a ripping motion with his hands.

“Not if we get her on top,” Shamrock said making Test give him a confused face, “Let’s make her the top woman in the company, then make her the perfect woman for the corporation, she might not like it at first but if she’s with you,”

Test started to nod with a smile in his face, “She’s the kind of type to ‘forgive and forget’, Shamrock you might be on to something,”

Test wasn’t sure he was ready to tell the rest of the corporation about his relationship with the enemy. But he did gather up his guys to tell them about it.

At first it wasn’t taken very well, they started telling him to break it off with her or ditch her but then Shane found his link with it.

She was a part of the Ministry, not only would it piss then off but she also had classified information about their plans.

So that’s what they did, made her a top star in the women’s division. She climbed all the way up until Sable and she beat her with ease.

It didn’t take long for the match to be set up after that. But of course the Corporation wasn’t just going to make it one on one, they were going to make sure Test wins.

The stipulations were that no one from the Brood or the Ministry could interfere, but the Corporation were playing dirty, meaning they could.

Test after hearing that was 100% sure that he would have Christina by his side.

The night that the match was announced Christina bursed in the room, “Did you hear about the match,”

She said to him coming in the room with a confused expression.

“Yeah, I did,” he replied getting up in front of her.

She shook her head looking clueless “What are we going to do about this?”

She wrapped her hands around his, looking terribly nervous. He was so disappointed in himself about lying to her. He really did love her, it did hurt but if it was the only true thing that could keep their relationship alive than he had to do it.

“I don’t know,” he said, matching her voice tone.

“Why does the Corporation do this all if a sudden,” She said lifting her head to meet his eyes.

“I don’t know, Chris,” He said hugging her. “Maybe because of the championship,”

“Can’t you do something about this?” The blonde asked the taller man.

“If I don’t win this, I’ll me kicked out of the Corporation, hell maybe the company,”

Christina sigh at his words. She really didn’t want him to be fired, it was the last thing she wanted. But she still wanted to stay with her brothers.

Test kissed the top of her forehead and rested his chin on her head. It was a way to wash out how bad he felt about the situation.

But her couldn’t help what was going to happen that night. Even though it had its pros and cons it was better than keeping up the charade forever.

She pulled back makin Test snap out if his thoughts.

“I’ll see you tonight,” she sighed leaning the room.

Test once again had a pit of guilt open in his stomach for lying to her. But how else was he going to do it?

Test grew more and nuts concerened over Christina as he got closer and closer to the match.

He had cold sweat all over him, he was thankful for Chyna and Triple H giving him all the advice but the feeling didn’t completely go away.

Even when he came down the ramp it felt different especially because of what he would be winning.

They both knew what they were fighting for was complet different than normal.

He watched as the Brood music started to blast through the speakers and saw how they came up from the entrance through the ring of fire.

His and Christina’s eyes locked as she came down the ramp. He had to make it seem as if they didn’t care about each other because of the ministry but she still didn’t know that the Corporation knew.

“Look at the glare Christina is sending to Test!” Jerry said. Boy, if only he knew.

The match began with Edge getting the upper hand but with the corporation at ringside, Edge didn’t even stand a chance. They tripped him and held him in place and when he would go outside the ring they would throw punched and kicks at him.

Christina tried to run at him but she was held back by one of the members of the mean street posse.

Edge was quickly tossed back in the ring, beaten and battered.

“Pin him!” Mr. McMahon commanded.

Test looked over at Christina, her eyes became watery, she shook her head telling him ‘please don’t do this.’

He mouthed her a ‘sorry’ as he kneeled down and covered Edge’s body. The referee started the 3 count as Test put his head down and whispered to Edge.

“I’ll take care of her don’t worry,”

Right after he finished the line the 3 count was over and the referee called for the bell.

Test got up from the mat and the referee grabbed his wrist, lifted it up to declare him the winner.

He smiled a fake smile and winked over at Christina before leaning over the ropes in front of her.

“You’re mine now,” he said, as he stepped over the rope and grabbed her wrist.

Christina’s eyes went wide, maybe out of a mix of surprise and fear. Fear of the Corporation and what they were going to do to her.

“Struggle,” he told her so that only she would hear.

And so she did. She was trying to get out if his grip as they went up the ramp. Or as he dragged her up.

They crossed the curtain where all the Corporation members were standing in a circle.

Vince McMahon was standing in the center beside his son, Shane.

“Test you wouldn’t mind keeping her still, would you?” Mr. McMahon asked raising his arms towards Christina.

Test grabbed her upper arms and held her straight in front of him.

“Well, Christina, you can forget everything the ministry taught you, because you are not in it anymore. You are Copirate and you are Test’s valet. We will discuss more later but for now we’ll leave you and Test alone,”

Christina’s eyes were still locked with the floor as the Corporations members started to leave to their own dressing rooms.

“Chris?” Tets asked the small blonde with a conserened voice.

He was getting worried with about how quiet she was. She was timid of course but not with him.

She wipped around, getting a sneak peak at her shiny blue eyes. She closed them and quickly wrapped her arms around Test.

Her head was resting on his chest and he placed his hand on her head.

“What are we going to do?” She asked as her head lifted up from his chest.

“How about we go back to the room and think about things, hm?” He said before kissing her forehead.

She nodded her head as they started walking back to the car and placed their bags before going back to the hotel.

When they got back to the hotel room Chris sat down on the bed, hugging her knees as Test took a shower.

When he came out and saw Christina it was depressing to him.

He sat down right beside her. “Do you want to talk about it.”

“Not really,” she said and gave him a peck in the lips.

Test gave her a confused look, “What was that for?”

She shrugged, “No reason, just been a while.” She said as she leaned down once again to kiss him.

Test returned the kiss and cupped her cheek. And soon her back was on the bed.

She pulled away with a light smile on her face.

“I think I’ll be okay with you,” she said softly which made Test smile.

They will always be okay as long as they have each other’s back.

#wwe #wwf #champion #wrestling #attitude era #divas #christian #the brood #genderbend #genderswap #Test #Test wwe #Test wwe imagine #ministry of darkness #corporation

[theunderdogwrites]

Why I’d Make A Terrible Cult Member

In case you didn’t hear NXIVM founder and Ryan Gosling look-a-like, Keith Raniere, 

was sentenced to 120 years in prison after being convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering and conspiracy after testimony that he had created a harem of sexual “slaves,” branded with his initials and kept in line with blackmail. There are currently two docu-series running right now (SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT and THE VOW) that give you a chilling look into this cult. Both series are palatable and will have you saying – “How the hell did these people get pulled into a cult? Because from my couch I can tell you that would never happen to me!”

There is so much information out there about the NXIVM cult that I don’t feel the need to educate you on all their dastardly deeds. Instead, I want to ramble on about how the majority of us probably feel we could never be drawn in and held captive by a cult. Plus, after that election in the United States we could all use a wee laugh.

First…

The TOP FIVE Reasons WHY I’d Make A Terrible Cult Member

5. Terrible with Crowds

Does anyone really like crowds? Hoards of people gathering is a whole lot of stupid I just don’t want anywhere near me. Cults can’t survive without people. I suppose you could be a cult of one. If that is allowed, I want that. I brain-wash myself on a daily basis as is (‘Today is going to be awesome!’ ‘You absolutely do deserve a donut!’ ‘Drinking wine from a mug is considered sophisticated!’) so I feel I could make this work. Gym clothes are required clothing but will make an exception for all-day PJ’s on the rare Friday when I ‘just can’t even’.

4. Blindly Following Directions is Not My Strongest Quality

I am not a wanton rebel but I do fail (succeed) at being a part of a collective consciousness, especially where one person places themselves in charge of everyone else. While I don’t require for you to have degrees or letters of recommendations from heads of state, I must insist that you’re not a fascistic idiot. Also, you need to be a good person. Not just on the outside where you’re putting on a show for others, but on the inside where it really counts and shines through without you having to promote your intentions. There is just no way I am able to blindly follow directions from a person who I do not respect. And typically, I don’t respect anyone who craves and NEEDS control over a group of people, no matter the size, to make themselves whole. The bottom line here is: if you are this type of person and you attempt to snare me into your cult, I promise you I will be your problem child.

3. Isolation? Yes Please!

Cults wish to isolate you from your family and friends because then it becomes easier to indoctrinate you without any outside voices cluttering up your mind. Instead of isolating me from family and friends (who, I assure you would appreciate the break) it would be much more effective to separate me from my inside voices, of which there are many. Obviously, I am more attached to those voices than my family and friends and I bet my inside voices would eat your inside voices for breakfast, so if your intention is to try and control me you better be prepared for a fight similar to that of the Game of Thrones Battle of the Bastards. But seriously, I’m begging you… please isolate me from my inside voices. I could use some peace and quiet. This is a cry for help people!

2. Refusal to Have My Food Intake Monitored

The NXIVM cult preyed on women by forcing them to go to extreme measures in order to lose weight. They often had to take pictures of their food (counted and weighed on a scale) and ask permission to eat. Right away I’d have a serious problem with this bullshit. If I want a donut. I am going to eat a fucking donut. You want a picture of it? Ok, knock yourself out:

I’m eating this no matter your opinion.

I understand that withholding / limiting food (valuable protein, nutrients etc.) makes it easier to break someone down but just how far gone do you have to be to allow someone else to monitor and approve BY TEXT MESSAGE what you eat? I guess if we want to pull at this thread we can say organizations like WW, Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem “approve of” and even provide you with what they want you to eat in order to be successful if using their programs… and if I wanted to rip into them some more I could claim they are somewhat “cult-like”, but at least they don’t require naked, compromising photos of yourself just in case you fail to lose weight and they want to keep you accountable.

Confession time: when I go to a restaurant with friends and they want to “share” plates, I am not amused. Who the hell came up with this concept of “sharable plates”? If I want to order some crab cakes (usually two to a order) what makes you think I want to give you one in exchange for some of your fries? If I want fries, I will fucking order my own fries. Now that this secret is out… sorry to my friends who have politely forced me to share my food with them.

1. I Can’t Be Any More Brain-Washed Than I Already Am

BRAINWASHING: any method of controlled systematic indoctrination, especially one based on repetition or confusion.

Here’s a thought – we brainwash ourselves.

Well, first it’s our parents. And we don’t have much control over that for a long time. In that mix of original brainwashers is television with it’s cleverly made and repetitive commercials. We are being advertised AT from an early age and it’s a process that continues for our entire life. You don’t watch TV? Doesn’t matter if you own a cell phone or surf the web or have a pair of working eyes. It’s everywhere. You’re being convinced you need stuff. Or persuaded to believe in the magical powers that alcohol will give you (which through experience is NOT charm, grace or coordination). Just last week I realized I’ve been programmed to not give a flying fuck whenever I see a Kardashian. Or Mariah Carey. Or emails from Christian Mingle (please stop contacting me, you really don’t want this).

We brainwash ourselves into believing certain untruths in exchange for temporary happiness. I believe we all fall into this trap. Let’s be real and admit that life is fucking hard. Our collective goal is to be happy and to survive. If you need to convince yourself of some untruths for a short while in order to get through, you go right ahead. Just don’t let the lie take over your reality. It’s destructive. And you’ll miss out on how beautiful life can be if you don’t pull your head out of your own shit.

These two NXIVM documentaries really had me shaking my head in disbelief over just how these seemingly intelligent men and women fell for such a gigantic load of crap. To listen to this Keith Raniere speak and think to yourself “yes, here is a stable human being I want to follow who just happens to talk about how it would feel to rape a baby (it feels like nothing apparently) and requires us to kiss him on the lips when we say hello and goodbye” seriously puts your mental health into question. Am I right? Because I don’t actually know. Am I sitting in judgement of these cult members? Maybe just a little and that is simply because I believe myself to be… not smart, but not a total moron. Now having said that, I know that everyone is searching for spaces where they can belong. Where they feel comfortable enough to be themselves. Spaces that speak to them and people who mirror their desire to be better, do better. Their tribe, if you will.

If you were brand new to this planet and I told you about this activity that millions of people took part in, in some capacity, where they used a curved stick to chase around a hard rubber object on frozen water while wearing steel blades, you might give me a curious, tilted head look. You know, the one you give someone when you’re trying to determine whether or not they’re insane. Sports teams and especially their fans could be considered cult-like. Some people will shell out big $$$$ to attend the Super Bowl dressed head to toe in their team’s colors. Soccer fans in Europe have killed referees over what they felt was a bad call.  

Look at this line-up:

This was for the release of the latest iPhone (12). All these people brought together by an inanimate object with the technology to make/receive phone calls, take photos, listen to your conversations and advertise to you across all your social media platforms. Oh, and it can tell you the time.

If you dig far enough into the NXIVM cult (beyond the “ring leaders” who profited financially and at the same time fed their perverted yearning for supremacy over others) you will inevitability come across people who were at their very core – lost. Lost and looking for purpose. Lost and looking for a place where they could belong. Lost and looking for something special. I don’t know about you, but when I am feeling lost and low on hope, I don’t always make the best decisions.

Time to go eat all the donuts.

And if you’re interested in making me a member of your cult, please PM me. I come with impeccable references as long as you don’t believe a word of what they’ll say. I really am a constant fucking delight.

#nxivm #keith raniere #ryan gosling #cults #donuts #iphone #lost #found

[teatin]

I’ve always known that one issue with Steve/Diana is that some people dislike the idea of Diana ending up with the first man she ever met (or the supposedly negative implications of the first man she ever met being her one true love). While I can somewhat understand where this sentiment is coming from and why it might look that way at first glance, I must respectfully disagree.

(And by that I mean this opinion comes from an extremely shallow reading of Steve and Diana’s relationship, and ultimately, Wonder Woman as a character.)

But first, let’s analyze why Diana ending up with the first man she ever met is supposedly a bad thing. I can think of several arguments. Maybe it’s reinforcing the unrealistic idea that we all get it right on first try and that we all end up with our first love, which rarely happens irl. Maybe it’s reinforcing the shallow mindset that first love will always be the superior love. Maybe it implies that men are better than women, since Diana, despite spending most of her life on an island full of women, ultimately ends up with a man. Maybe it’s bad because since Diana had never seen a man before Steve, she doesn’t know what men are like and just latches on the first one she happens across and thinks he’s the best simply because she knows no other men and has no point of reference to help her understand what constitutes a “good” man. Maybe it’s bad because Diana should get to “sample” a few different men first, broaden her horizons a bit instead of instantly deciding the first guy she saw is her one true love.

Here’s why all of these arguments are garbage.

1) “It reinforces the idea that we all get it right on first try/first love is superior” I don’t even think I have to explain why this argument is terrible. It hinges on the heteronormative assumption that Steve is Diana’s first love. While WW’s origin story has varied from era to era, from writer to writer, recent iterations have established two things: one, that Diana is bisexual. That means she has had romantic/sexual relationships before Steve came along. Two, that within the DC Multiverse, Diana has had relationships with/romantic feelings for at least four women, all taking place before Steve crashed on Themyscira: Alethea from The True Amazon, Mera from Bombshells, Mala from Earth One, and Kasia from the main continuity (Prime Earth).

Even in the earlier iterations where Diana’s bisexuality hadn’t been explicitly confirmed, Steve is often referred to as „the only man she’s ever loved”. Man, not person. He’s not referred to as her only love, but the only man. Which leaves plenty of wiggle room for a non-heterosexual reading of Diana. After all, you’d really expect me to believe this immortal warrior princess has never had a relationship before Steve Trevor in god knows how many years she’s been alive? Give me a break. Steve is not her first love, nor her first experience with love. He’s just the first one who happens to be a man. Next.

2) “It implies that men are better than women” Nah. In the movie, Diana doesn’t have a sexual awakening upon seeing Steve naked. The narrative pokes fun at this when she only shows the slightest confusion at him acting flustered when she walks in on him, then her attention immediately shifts to his watch, indicating her desire to know about the outside world has always outweighed any interest she may or may not have in men and what they are like. In the comics, she briefly remarks upon his attractiveness upon seeing him for the first time, which fandom somehow takes as a sign that her love is shallow (because none of us have never found a stranger hot before. We always ask every person we just met for their social security number, bank account PIN, and their resume. If Diana wants to bang a dude because he’s hot, all the more power to her.) Nor does she make any kind of remark that implies her life has never been complete, or that she’s never known real love, until she met a man.

In Rebirth, there is an excellent scene where Diana notes that much like the Amazons, Steve experiences love and grief, and that makes them „not so different”. Raised in a society free of gender roles, Diana sees men and women as equals. It is their strength of heart, not their sex, that captures her attention. All in all, their first meeting is just her finding a wounded enemy, and despite her sisters’ misgiving and their preconceived notions of men, nurses him back to health and along the way, falls in love with his kind and noble heart. It’s as simple as that.

3) „she latches onto the first man she sees/doesn’t have a good idea of what men are like/should „sample” a few different men first” This argument literally only works if Diana’s story had ended at her falling in love with Steve on Paradise Island and then living happily ever after with him there. Fortunately as we all know it was only the beginning of her origin story. Steve was never going to be the only man she knows. Even if we suppose she felt some kind of brief, shallow infatuation with an attractive stranger, once she arrived in Man’s World there was no reason she couldn’t have found men who are better than Steve, or more suited to her. Once she became WW, there must’ve been a whole host of men who clamored for her attention. If she found her relationship with Steve unfulfilling at any point, there was nothing stopping her from leaving him for any of these men (in rare cases, she actually did). A woman like her would’ve never settled for just any man. And yet, Steve Trevor persists as her most prominent love interest across all time and media. The original love interest created by her creator specifically for her, who debuted in the same issue she did. I’ll let you draw your own conclusions.

Diana might’ve initially relied on Steve as her guide to Man’s World, but she was never going to stay socially clueless forever. If she is still with Steve Trevor, even after years being in Man’s World and getting acquainted with countless men, then he must be the one for her. To assume she’s a helpless, clueless damsel stuck in a relationship she doesn’t want is not a reading that’s any more feminist than interpreting her as a „Born Sexy Yesterday” character or a Manic Pixie Dream Girl prop for her boyfriend.

In conclusion, please do not talk about Steve/Diana if you don’t know what you’re talking about, or aren’t willing to put thought into their relationship beyond simply scratching the barest of surfaces and turning them into simplified caricatures of themselves.

#wondertrev #wonder woman #steve trevor #diana prince #wondertrev meta

[kelseyborneman]

Weight Watchers For Dummies

In anticipation of my upcoming wedding this August and the need to feel like a super model on my wedding day, I joined Weight Watchers (now rebranded as WW). I’ve never been a fan of fad diets or extreme diets that don’t fit my lifestyle that I wouldn’t be able to maintain longterm. This girl likes to eat. WW seemed like the best option for me because you really can eat whatever you want so long as you stay within your daily points. 

The first month was free when signing up for a 6 month plan. Each additional month is under $20 for the digital access which includes access to the app and all online resources they provide. 

How WW currently works is shortly after you sign up, you are prompted to take a quiz to determine the correct plan for your day to day. I was given 30 points per day on the Green plan with 35 ‘bonus’ points per week to use as either cheat meals or to add a few additional points to my daily balance. If you don’t use all your points in one day, they roll into your ‘bonus’ bank for the remainder of the week, however it is encouraged to use all your daily points. 

I spent the first week after I signed up not religiously tracking my food since I had already gone to the grocery store that week and bought basically all foods not WW approved. I also wanted to get familiar with the kinds of foods I could actually eat vs ones that would use up my daily points (aka ranch, cheese, fries, you get where I’m going with this).

I was shocked at the amount of points certain food items I assumed were healthy actually had. A Naked Green Machine smoothie amounted to 14 points, half my daily total! A side of ranch dressing, not that bad right? Almost 10 points depending on the brand, but not to worry, I have found a WW approved ranch that tastes just as good as the regular stuff.

The key to success is simple: meal planning. This wasn’t a huge change for me since I pretty much did that on a weekly basis anyways, just with meals that I thought were healthy for me that in fact were not. I looked on Pintrest for meal and snack ideas and checked the point value using the WW ‘Create Your Own Recipe’ tool. I also searched for and pinned a bunch of WW Green plan approved recipes. There’s even a handy barcode scanner located in the app that you can use to basically scan anything and find out the point value. Let me just tell you, that thing is addicting. I spent 2 hours at the grocery store my first week on WW scanning everything in sight.

I’ve now been on it for almost 3 weeks and am down 6 pounds! But the main takeaway for me is that I don’t feel like I’m starving myself. I’ve found that I can pretty much make most recipes I usually do but with slightly different ingredients such as fat free milk, low fat cheese, whole wheat pasta, or subbing in greek yogurt. 

If you are curious about Weight Watchers, give it a shot! Once you get over the learning curve of tracking points, it’s fairly simple. Here’s to looking like a super model on my wedding day!

#weightwatchers #WW #weddingdiet #health #wellness #dietingbutnotreally

[blackcasew]

Cheshire: I love you so much, Alice! Cheshire: Were you surprised that it was so suddenly? I couldn't stop my overflowing feelings, I was about to undress if I didn't say it. Cheshire: Recently, living is very fun. Everything is thanks to the fact that I met you. Cheshire: I'm not being exaggerated. I have been living in a way that I didn't care if I died on any day. Cheshire: But you taught me the importance of looking to the future. Cheshire: And instead, I just thought about having fun. Now that I think about it, I was really a brat. Chesire: ... ...No, maybe I just didn't have anything to protect and cherish. Cheshire: Because I got a treasure like you, I managed to desire from the bottom of my heart to want to have a wonderful future. Cheshire: I thought that true love didn't suit me, but I didn't know that falling in love was something that felt so good and happy. Cheshire: And that was probably because you trusted someone as bad as me. Cheshire: Thanks to you, I managed to face my own feelings. Cheshire: Thank you for giving me these feelings, Alice. Cheshire: I'll give it back to you with my sincere affection, and this body. Cheshire: Go ahead Alice! EAT ME!

*gets naked* (LOOOOOOOOOL)

Cheshire: My body belongs to you, so you can do whatever you want with it... ...

(Spanol’ abajjo ww)

Cheshire: ¡Te quiero mucho, Alicia! Cheshire: ¿Te sorprendió que sea tan de repente? No pude detener mis sentimientos desbordantes, estaba a punto de desnudarme si no lo decía. Cheshire: Recientemente, vivir esta siendo muy divertido. Todo es gracias a que te conocí. Cheshire: No estoy siendo exagerado. Yo he estado viviendo de una forma en la que no me importaba si moría en cualquier día. Cheshire: Pero tú me enseñaste la importancia de mirar hacía el futuro. Cheshire: Y en lugar de eso, yo sólo pensaba en divertirme. Ahora que lo pienso, era realmente un mocoso. Cheshire: ... ...No, tal vez yo sólo no tenía algo que proteger y apreciar. Cheshire: Gracias a que obtuve a un tesoro como tú, conseguí poder desear desde mi corazón querer tener un futuro maravilloso. Cheshire: Pensaba que el amor verdadero no iba conmigo, pero no sabía que enamorarse era algo que se sentía tal bien y feliz. Cheshire: Y eso seguramente fue gracias a que tú confiaste en alguien tan malo como yo. Cheshire: Gracias a ti, conseguí poder enfrentar mis propios sentimientos. Cheshire: Gracias por regalarme estos sentimientos, Alicia. Cheshire: Te lo devolveré con mi sincero cariño, y este cuerpo. Cheshire: ¡Adelante Alicia! ¡CÓMEME!

*Se desnuda* (JAJAJAJA)

Cheshire: Mi cuerpo pertenece a ti, así que puedes hacer lo que quieras con él... ...

#trick or alice #cheshire cat #otome game #translation #traduccion #trick or alice translation #amo a este hombreeee jajajaja #audioedit

[themyskira]

I don't know if you have been following Wonder Woman: Bloodlines news but I find recent development interesting. The voice cast indicates it will be modeled after Rucka's run but then I saw this product page and... more Golden age sensibilities? What's your take on all of this?: moviesanywhere com movie wonder-woman-bloodlines

I swear that moviesanywhere *was* a legit link that was takem down because it’s not supposed to be available for purchase yet! There’s even a “3 years ago” preview clip that show pilot Steve crashing into Themyscira waters while attacked by Parademons, gal-like-diana-dive-save but not from her pov and is presented as a shadowy mystique…yes yikes for a first impression. In any case Mairghread Scott confirmed she is a writer on this project and her twitter links to a working comprehensive report.

The link did work for me the first time I looked – it’s down now, but details from it are on The Beat.

So, the voice cast made me all kinds of happy. Rosario Dawson as Wondy! Adrienne Moore as Etta Candy! Cree Summer as Hippolya! Michael Dorn as Ferdinand! And with a line-up including not only Ferdinand but Veronica, Doctor Cyber, Doctor Poison and Cheetah – like you, my mind immediately went to Rucka.

Then I read the synopsis.

When Amazon princess Diana of Themyscira chooses to save fighter pilot Steve Trevor, it’s a choice that will change her world and ours. Fulfilling the role of both ambassador as well as protector, Diana earns the name Wonder Woman from the gracious people of Earth.

So far so good! And then…

But her heart is as strong as her will as she is determined to help a troubled and embittered young girl whom has fallen in with a deadly organization known only as Villainy, Inc! Get ready for an exciting adventure packed with brutal battles, myth and wonder!

…this is where I start to get apprehensive. Villainy Inc as a team just isn’t particularly interesting to me. It’s a group of Wonder Woman rogues who allied for the purpose of a single story back in 1948, and since then successive WW writers have felt the need to resurrect and reimagine it simply for the sake of it. It’s become a ‘just because’ villain team-up, as opposed to a villainous alliance that actually serves plot and character development – such as, for example, Veronica Cale working with Doctor Cyber, Doctor Poison and Cheetah in Rebirth. (Also, the name is the absolute pits.)

Not to mention, “a troubled an embittered young girl whom [sic] has fallen in with [Villainy Inc]”? My heart sank when I read that part. Surely, surely they wouldn’t screw over Vanessa Kapatelis a third time.

But let’s be fair, this is only a short synopsis. Garbage name or not, there’s no reason why Villainy Inc couldn’t take the form of a genuinely compelling team-up of WW rogues. We don’t yet know what the organisation is or why each of the villains are involved. It could really be anything.

And while this is clearly a Silver Swan story, perhaps this time they’ll do right by Nessie. Maybe she’ll even HOKAY THAT IS LITERALLY JAMES ROBINSON’S SILVER SWAN I HATE IT SO MUCH

The only other piece of artwork that’s been released is this piece of villain artwork, which doesn’t do much for me either way.

They’re serviceable designs. Nothing exciting, nothing overtly terrible. Giganta is your standard giant lady. Doctor Poison is a fairly classic mad scientist, with references to both the original and movie designs in the coat and goggles. With Cheetah, they’ve completely eschewed Liam Sharp’s Rebirth design (which gave her a less sexualised and more animalistic look) in favour of the old sexy-naked-lady-in-body-paint schtick, which is crappy but unsurprising.

So… yeah, it’s hard to form a firm impression at this stage. My only real takeaway right now is that Nessie’s story is giving off strong James Robinson vibes and that on its own fills me with foreboding.

#comics talk #Anonymous