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patchedupnevermore · 4 years

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Patches wasn't in a good mood.

Draven had landed a perch next to her as she eyed the Bonelands far below the Eternal throne. His ever present scowl a not entirely welcoming sight.

"You've been standing here all day, Ironfury." Draven said, his tone dripping undirected venom.

"I was SOOO hoping you wouldn't have known my blood lineage." Patches replied in annoyance, " Oh, and the name is Patches, by the way."

Draven pulled out a dagger and inspected it for a moment, before swiftly sheathing it once more. "Very well, 'Patches', You've been standing here all day."

She glared at the old spectre before turning back to the horizon, "Why did I think this was a good idea?"

The blade master cocked his hooded head, the ethereal smoke writhing up from him as if he smoldered. "What do you mean, girl?"

Patches looked up to the dust choked sky, then turned to him, "All of this. The escaping of the city of the dead, the traversing of the plains, the victory in the gilded arena, the- the-" A long, defeated sigh rattled through her shorn throat. Echoed by the distant call of one of the great leviathans pulling the ship.

"You did it because you can." Draven replied, a rare modicum of softness crept into his voice.

"I did it to look for my 'family'," Patches sneered back, "And all I've found was my so-called GREAT ancestor."

Draven chuckled, shaking his head, "He's still your family, is he not?"

"One who refuses to accept you as their own CAN'T be considered as such." Patches sneered. "My blood lineage can only produce SONS! How can you make me BELIEVE that I ever had any granddaughters?" Her terrible imitation of General Xenos Ironfury drew out more laughter from Draven.

"Its a shame he doesn't see the similarities between you two." He replies, the remaining visages of mirth fading quickly from his voice.

"Yeah, well who needs a jerk like that in their li- afterlife anyway." Patches retorted, feeling somewhat better.

A loud bell rings, from far over head. Two ear splitting roars followed suit as the Eternal Throne lurched forward. Patches grabbed a hold of the railing to keep herself steady, Draven did the same.

"It appears someone wishes to speak to the lord of bones!" Patches chimed whilst they grew accustomed to the motion.

Draven did not answer, instead he chose to stalk back to his station, muttering something angrily underneath his nonexistant breath.

A quiet hum drifted out from her ghostly, thin lips. Patches turns to look towards the front of the boat at the gigantic creatures. She blinks. Not once, but twice for she sees something she could barely register as a possibility.

A pale, LIVING man rode on an equally pale horse that had ghostly vapors trailing behind them... ON THE BACK OF ONE OF THE LEVIATHIANS.

"WHAT THE-" just as quickly as Patches had spotted them, he had jumped from the tail of the great beast onto the siding of the boat and slid dangerously low, then went out of sight. She was speechless, and in SHOCK that anyone, dead or alive, would even DARE jump onto the back of one of those giant serpents, let alone ride a damn horse on one.

Patches watched as not even ten whole minutes later, the pale rider emerged from the hallway at the front of the deck. She stared in awe as this being, coolly walked up to Draven and spoke to him in a gravelly tone.

His hair, black as the night sky, just before dawn. Eyes that devoured every single detail that they could find, burned a bright amber. And the absolute GULL of this bastard to not wear a shirt or some form of real armor and not that single strap of leather that holds a pauldron to his shoulder.

Patches knew then to not mess around with this guy. But... that was only a fleeting thought whilst he begun to walk her way.

"SHIT!" She hissed, snapping back to reality and quickly turning around to look back over the horizon. She started to whistle almost casually in hopes that he'll just walk on by.

"Saw something that caught your eye, spectre?" A gruff, voice spoke amusedly from behind her.

Patches silently cursed herself and turned back to him. "Well of course, it's not every day you see so- I-I MEAN-" She intensely cursed herself mentally, his gaze rooting her to the spot, "I saw a beautiful crow fly by just recently and couldn't help but wonder where it went." If she could sweat right now, she would have been soaked.

"Oh, is that so?" A large crow lands upon the pale mans' shoulder and tilted its head.

Panic seized Patches and without thinking "OH, I see it's your pet, it's well taken care of. You must be a good owner." Her head was loud with the cacophonous call of curses and self loathing rants.

He lifted his hand to the rather large bird, and scratched it's chest. "It's not Dust you're interested in, isn't it?"

Patches freezes, completely, utterly caught off guard. "I-I I w-well you're not... wrong." She nervously chuckled, giving what she hopes is not a damning smile.

The tall stranger gives a small snort before turning to go up the stairs. Then stops with one foot on the first step. "I spotted you as well."

Patches blinked several times, the sentence successfully sinking in as he continued his ascend.

"Oh." She replied under her breath cautiously. Following in step behind him.

#darksiders #Draven #Death #\ (ツ) /#How Patches met Death and will eventually come to know Y/N

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tonystarkbingo · 3 years

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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Iron Man (Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Nick Fury/Tony Stark Characters: Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Maria Hill, Phil Coulson, Obadiah Stane Additional Tags: Rhodey Mentioned, Natasha and Clint mentioned, SHIELD Agents mentioned, Movie Retelling, IM1, IM2, Pepper Potts mentioned - Freeform, mostly Nick Fury's POV (chapter 1), Other Additional Tags to Be Added, MIT Era Summary:

Ever since he had been a much younger agent, Fury had the questionable pleasure of knowing Tony Stark on a slightly more personal level. Over the years though, he couldn't help but think of it more as a privilege.

Tony Stark was something else.

Maybe, just maybe, Tony Stark was exactly what Nicholas Joseph Fury needed.

Title: The Eye Of The Spy- Chapter 2: Interlude- How Everything Began Collaborator Name: Fighting_for_Creativity Card Number: 4004 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24966103/chapters/75487151 Square Filled: A3 Free Ship/Main Pairing: IronFury (pre) Rating: M Major Tags: IronFury, movie retelling, MIT Era, Mostly Fury Pov Summary: Fury gets his mission. Word Count: 869 (chapter 2)

#tonystarkbingomarkiv #tsbmiv #bingo fill #fightingforcreativity #ironfury

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thegeneralsdirection · 7 years

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#transformationtuesday

I ate and drank myself through my twenties with great abandon.

It was a life of daily champagne, endless dining out and late nights with tequila literally flowing off the bodies of any bartender willing to let me do body shots. My essentials in the fridge was champagne, chilled tequila and smoked salmon. I owned a restaurant and if you finish work at 11 PM you need to go blow off steam. Anyone who has worked in hospitality will tell you nightmare it is for any kind of healthy lifestyle. The restaurant I owned theoretically could make the healthy options needed, but after running around for 18 hours the only things you want are bad foods.

I did not grow up overweight and trained 3 times a week throughout, but i was never really in any kind of good shape. My deal with the trainer was that i was willing to ‘give him’ the three hours a week, but the rest of the time was mine. Sport was not my thing, but I remained relatively lean well into my mid to late twenties. This lifestyle of mine was a recipe for a disaster.

This is my transformation and continuing journey. Every time i take a ‘after’ photo it is an opportunity for a new ‘before’. I strive to beat my best every time. The truth is the battle and victory lies in the two years between these photos. The problem with a transformation photo is it makes progress seem instant. I am sharing below a couple in between photos when i thought i had achieved amazing results only to improve from there.

At 31 I looked at myself in the mirror and the 10 years of debauchery had taken it’s tole. I was fat, clammy and unhappy with myself. I woke up one morning looked myself in the mirror and hated what looked back. I realised I had a choice, accept that fuller figure chap staring back at and learn to love him as he is or change.

The journey to fitness is not one story and it is not done alone. There are many people and places who stand out along the road.

That morning I went to a nearby neighbourhood gym and found the toughest looking Boxing trainer I could find who I knew would take none of my shit and signed up. Mark Bristow is a well-known boxing legend and trainer is South Africa. I put my head down and saw him once a day for one-on-one personal training and then later in the day I saw him and his equally accomplished wife Joanne Bristow for a group class. Twice a day I died. Their philosophy was by no means a gentle one. Boxing fitness, Insanity drills, animal training and bootcamp style drilling in the afternoon and hardcore old school lifting in the morning. There was vomiting, sweat and almost tears. I showed up at this hardcore MMA gym in my electric blue tights and neon tanks day after day and I perspired and pushed my limits. I learnt how to lift and sweat here.

Over the years I have had many personal trainers from Virgin active Worshop in Durban CBD to Virgin Classic Moses Mabhida all with varying degrees of success. I want a trainer that is is more disciplined and knowledgable than me. I need a structured plan with short, medium and long term goals and I need to know that all of this has been taken into account when planning my session. I pay for that hour and I want full attention and focus. I often feel a shift after a few months and I do not know if it is me or the trainer, but a comfort zone develops. The great trainers sense this and switch things up, the not so great ones get comfortable in that zone and I move on. Training is an ongoing and adaptive process and that needs to remain at the edge of your capabilities and that take any weaknesses into account with plans how to improve on them. We employ trainers to keep all of this in account, not to help you count to 10.

I heard rumblings of a new craze called Sweat1000 and it was opening in Umhlanga. I knew i wanted to give this a try and I loved it. Hight Intensity Interval Training at its peak. Subsequently the gym has rebranded and launched as MovementX with different classes. It feels like going out clubbing. Loud music, club lighting and sweaty bodies drives you through that hour class. I enjoy the fact that the music is too loud for any chatterboxes to try and distract you during class and all you can do is focus on what you are busy with. This continues to be one of my favourites and I try and go to at least 3/4 times a week. The owner Annie is an absolute gem and her drive and passion for her brand is the reason for the success they have today.

I had to stay in the middle of nowhere for a year (Ladysmith) and to me, the ultimate city boy i did not know how i would cope. I am used to being a member of at least two gyms (Virgin Active and MovementX) and train often. My facebook searches show some bleak gym options, until Theron found a place called Iron Fury. I looked online and it seemed pretty well setup, I then got hold of the owner and asked what they offered in terms of classes and Personal Training. Natalia explained they had Pilates, Bootcamps or she could fit me in for 3 sessions a week PT. I took it all and so started my first ever Pilates class. What a sanctuary to my sanity this was; Natalia came up with a unique Bootcamp class every day, not once in my year did we do the same class, her sessions were in line with all the current fitness trends and her exercises were well thought out and balanced. The dedication that she showed on a daily basis and the magic she brought to this small town gym would be rival any world class facility. The classes were attended mostly by ladies, but these woman would just demolish whatever was dished out to them, while the men lazily lifted a dumbbell. I showed up week after week in increasing loud neon lycra and had an absolute blast. I cannot sing the praises for this gym or Natalia enough as this was my anchor while staying there.

I have tried many different gyms and regimes over the past two years but the one constant was to never give up and constantly go. Just today, no matter how tired or down i was feeling i promised myself to just attend.

I made I deal with myself; show up for every session. That was it. I did not really focus on results for a year, I focussed only on input. I tried to eat right, train hard. The results came slowly at first and then once i had built up some momentum changes were drastic.

We have such twisted relationships with food where we feel the need to punish ourselves when loosing weight and then there is a food reward or ‘cheat’ meal to look forward to. This kind of thinking is toxic and really is not sustainable in any long term healthy lifestyle. It doesn’t matter so much which eating philosophy you ascribe to, but you have to get basics right and keep your body nourished. Depriving yourself of a very important Macro Nutrient is not a good idea and will lead to anemia and fatigue. Balance in diets, as with life, is the key to long term wellness. Small sustained changes in your diet will yield great long term results.

The question I get asked the most often is what do you take to get results. People want a magic pill, a quick fix, but there isn’t one. Supplements are really one of the last things anybody starting out on a road to health should worry about.

I have had many people join me on this journey and then depart. I listen to their crazy 3 month plans and I try to reason and prescribe balance, but to no avail, I often join in on the madness, only to see it all fizzle away. I then return to my regime, this is to me a lifestyle, not a quick fix. Going to extremes very seldom works out in the long run. Set realistic goals and work for the progress, not the result. You are after all not an athlete with a specific goal in mind, you want to look better ad feel better for life.

This takes commitment, it takes will power. You must not only want the results, but you must be willing to do what it takes. I will never be as lean and ripped as I would like, because there are things i am not willing to do and I need to function inside a household, but I am willing to work hard and eat relatively well. I have accepted that, partly:)

The thing with a transformation is the difference between before and after is always big, but it is the smaller goals and achievements that drive you. When you first spot those biceps veins or when you develop shoulder definition that is what keeps you going. The days when you are tired, not in the mood and go anyway. These are the things that drive results.

It gave me a sense of purpouse and control in my life while other things spiraled out of control. There is an almost meditative quality to going to Gym daily and pushing your limits. It gives you strength and self confidence to know that small incremental changes do give you results in the longer term. It conditions you to work towards your goals, whatever they may be.

My body is transformed, but more importantly so is my mind. I have my confidence back and through exercise I have learned by working at your goals every single day consistently anything can be achieved.

The past few years I have had interactions with some great world class fitness businesses in kzn and my favourites include:

Nouriti (La Lucia)- Great, simple and Healthy cafe food

Training co (Umhlanga Ridge) – Small, modern Functional Fitness gym for extreme results

MovementX (Umhlanga and Bedfordview) – The masters HIIT workout.

Virgin Active Ballito – One of the better run Virgin Active Clubs in KZN

I Move Fitness (Ballito)- a one stop fitness shop with gym, cafe, dietician, physics and Personal Trainers. This is where I currently train with my

Tree Natural Yoga (Umhlanga and soon Ballito) – Great yoga classes and health cafe

Health FOOD (Umhlanga) – Daily fresh meals prepared to help you reach your goals

Kym Hirshovitz (Umhlanga) – Professional Sports massage

Bruce Robinson (Durban) – Massage Therapist and Yoga guru

David Cross (online) – Nutrition and coaching

I am currently focussing on increasing my mobility and flexibility through yoga

I was a fatty #transformationtuesday I ate and drank myself through my twenties with great abandon. It was a life of daily champagne, endless dining out and late nights with tequila literally flowing off the bodies of any bartender willing to let me do body shots.

#boxing #Fitness #gym #ironfury #mma #movementx #transformation

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marcusmettalus · 5 years

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2-A drabble in which my muse fights with/against yours (specify) - EQ Againt Ironfury please :Dc (fury's fight is: slow but very strong. She's a stamina monster and uses her drills and lave core to damage her foes! Also ruthless! )

“Come on old man, try and keep up!” IronFury laughed as she swung in again with her active drills at the large EarthQuake. EQ grumbled as he used his shield to bounce the spinning blade away.

The duo had been sparring every so often, but IronFury had wanted to actually *use* weapons and not just the old dated CQC training EarthQuake and CometStrike had been trained in millennia ago. Fury was a brawler, and it felt kinda half-assed if they did not use all of their powers when sparring. EQ finally relented to the stubborn woman, and now the two were slowly upping the anty as they sparred.

EQ had hot forged a short handled maul to use as a melee weapon to combo with his slab shield, and the veteran had been going at it with almost an hour with Fury. She was not only stubborn in character, but in body. But her swings and strikes were wide, and winding up, something he could exploit.

There. Her swing was too drawn back. EQ stepped close to strike with his maul at her center mass, grinning a little bit. He did always get a little bit of satisfaction whenever he was able to knock Fury down a peg or too.

But he never got to impact his maul on Fury, because suddenly a blast of thermal energy slams into his shield and shoved him back a dozen feet. “Nyaa-haa~, nice try old man. But I do have some range too.” Fury grinned cheekily, as the exhaust vent on her chest started to close up, covering up her lava core. She had blasted out a short stream of excess lava and energy from her core, and pushed EQ away from her to give herself some breathing room.

“Bah! Bloody miner designs,,” EQ grumbled a little under his breath as he scraps off the congealing lava from his shield. EQ would use his autocannon, but he does not have any way of making his rounds non-lethal. And the last time he fired that thing in close range, he cracked his arm and sheared dozens of energon cables.

EQ grumbled some more before striding back into the spar with Fury, now really wanting to wipe that cheeky cat-like grin off of her face.

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bilonic · 6 years

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Commission for Teechew of their OC IronFury.

#maccadam #transformers oc #transformers #artists on tumblr #Illustration #Digital Illustration

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fightingforcreativity · 3 years

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Masterpost TSB MARK IV

Hey there, another Masterpost, another round ended. I have not been able to participate as much as I wanted to but I got a bingo (still need to claim badges so no badges on this card but hey, I got creative?) Biggest thank you @tonystarkbingo mods for always doing their best for us! @dreaminglypeach, my most beloved beta, most fills would not have been posted without you. And everyone else that helped me finish at least my bingo! Love you all~

MASTERLIST

~S4

Kink: Deep Throating ~ Baby Let Me Shallow You ~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29025750

~ Explicit ~ IronHusbands

~S5

Paparazzi ~ Time Loopy Doopy- (Fake News already in 2009)~

https://fightingforcreativity.tumblr.com/post/648118511420456960/title-time-loopy-doopy-fake-news-already-in

~ Mature ~ implied/refered WinterIron

~T3

First Time~ The Day Rhodey Met The Captain~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29048691/

~ Teen And Above ~ IronHusbands

~T4

Kink: Cuckolding~ The Perfect Solution~

https://fightingforcreativity.tumblr.com/post/648012746348281856/the-perfect-solution

~ Mature~ Ironhusbands,Rhodey/Carol

~T5

Fatigue~ When We Break With Tradtions- Chapter 1: A New Path~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29110482

~ Mature~ M’Baku/Tony/Rhodey

~A1

James "Rhodey" Rhodes/War Machine ~ I'm Here For You~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29063391

~Mature~ Ironhusbands, (Collab with Ducky and Honestmischief)

~A3

Free square~ The Eye Of The Spy- Chapter 2: Interlude- How Everything Began ~ https://archiveofourown.org/works/24966103/chapters/75487151 ~ Mature ~ IronFury (Nicony)

~R1

AU: Star TrekTSB Mark IV February Round Robin

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29795526

~ Gen ~ Helen Cho/Thor (Collab with TSB Party people)

~R2

AU: Hydra Won~ The Heartbreaker ~

https://fightingforcreativity.tumblr.com/post/647888959360450560/entry-for-tsb-tonystarkbingo-title-the

~ Teen and up~ gen/undecided

~K1

Shared Trauma~ A Fairytale, This Is Not- Chapter 2: All Pieces But No Solved Puzzle ~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28194729/chapters/75487598

~ Mature ~ WinterIron (endgame for the fic), Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Morgana, Merlin/Gwaine

ADOPTED:

adopted Royalty AU ~ The Princes And The Pauper- Chapter 3: The Life I Built ~ https://archiveofourown.org/works/24925552/chapters/73091718 ~ Mature~ Stony

adopted - AU: Reincarnation ~ A Fairytale, This Is Not (Art) ~

https://fightingforcreativity.tumblr.com/post/635971792747577344/for-the-tonystarkbingo-fill-information-title-a

~Gen ~ WinterIron (endgame for the fic), Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Morgana, Merlin/Gwaine adopted - Science and Magic ~ A Fairytale, This Is Not - Chapter One: The Myth, The Past, The Present ~ https://archiveofourown.org/works/28194729~ Mature~ WinterIron (endgame for the fic), Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Morgana, Merlin/Gwaine adopted Doctor Doom ~ Tony's Type- Bad Boys ~Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28959879 ~ Teen and up~ Ironhusbands, WinterIronHusbands, Pre DoomWinterIronHusbands

#tonystarkbingomarkiv #masterpost #fills #digital art #tradtional art #fics

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