#Jason Drew Harrow

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𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕 | 𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐤 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

warnings: 18+ minors dni. cursing. fem/afab reader. suggestive content (lots of dirty talk, begging, mild fingering (f receiving), a bit of handjob, finger sucking, a bit of hair pulling, cunnilingus, masturbation instructions, [unprotected] sex against the wall, creampie, slight breeding, switchy Jason). i might've watched too much attack on titan but reader is, like, super physically strong in this one. enemies to more. Jason is hella touch starved and needy but also a cocky mf. just two fellow enemies not being able to resist railing the shit out of each other; what else do you expect from me? 😜 big dick™ Jason. this is that "Salim + Nick scene" but reenacted with Jason in mind. probably the horniest piece i've written on this blog to this day.

summary: after the ambush, Jason finds himself stranded from his team in the hellish depths of the Sumerian temple. once he comes across a promising opening, an enemy soldier he hasn't run into before pulls him away before he walks himself right into certain doom. what will become of this unlikely due in the face of danger?

It was a disaster. The ambush had depleted more than half of Jason’s energy – to hell with everything else he went through since they fell. Alas, he had no time to waste; with a sealed off exit and a long unknown path ahead, he had no choice but to stand back up and find another way to his team.

This wasn’t the first time he was finding himself on his own, navigating the harrowing crevices of these ungodly caverns that echoed even his sharp uneven gasps of breath. The sound of debris crushing beneath his soles was far from comforting, only exacerbating the gnawing panic in the pit of his stomach which made him too alert to the blinding darkness that seemed to close in on him the farther along he went.

At last, the soft glow of an opening loomed in the distance that seemed much like the mouth of a tunnel. He began walking faster, gun held tightly and at the ready. However, as his boot skimmed past just the fringe of the precipice, he cowered back into the shadows. He almost walked himself right off the cliff of the ruins. Cold wash of realization prickled his face as he drew a wavering breath and stalked farther away; but then his back collided with… something.

Air locked in Jason’s throat, eyes blowing wide in panic. He went rigid for the briefest moment, eyeing the foreign hand that wound around his face to plaster over his mouth. The unknown arm pushed him further back into what he only thought to be a person’s chest. His heart hammered in his throat, his grip growing loose on his rifle at his side.

A gentle “shhh” was breathed against his ear. Goosebumps raced down the back of his neck as he futilely looked to the side in an attempt to catch the slightest sight of this soldier – or whoever it may have been – whose arms enveloped him.

“Don’t make a fucking noise,” whispered a low feminine voice Jason didn’t recognize and although he already expected it, still it managed to aggravate his growing dread. Another hand stretched out from behind him and pointed at something in the distance, drawing his attention to a sight that made him gasp into the palm pressed over his mouth. “They hunt by sound. If that thing hears you now, we’re both done for.”

A few feet away just below the cliff, there crouched one of those monsters he barely managed to escape only minutes ago. It hunched over the carcass of a soldier, emitting those nauseating clicks and sniffing curiously.

“I’m gonna let go now,” said the faceless voice behind him again, quiet and careful. “If you try anything stupid—”

But Jason didn’t even let the sentence finish. As soon as the hand loosened slightly on his face, he made a grab for the opposing soldier’s wrist. However, she seemed to have anticipated his decision, her hand curling immediately around his forearm instead.

It took him aback. A choked noise of surprise caught in his throat as he was harshly shoved into the jagged wall of the temple. He bit his lip to hold back the pained groan threatening to tear out of his throat. Two hands were wrapped around his neck now, squeezing the breath out of his lungs. His eyes grew round and frantic as they peered into the eyes of his attacker.

That face. How long has it been since the last time he was in the same proximity with a warm attractive body? His brow gave a twitch as he silently marveled at the way his own body betrayed him. His waist jerked involuntarily, his fingers winding around your wrists as you thrust your hips into his to stop his nervous movements, unaware of what that action alone did to him. You snarled at the man.

“What did I tell you?” You spat in a harsh whisper. “You have a death wish?”

All Jason could manage was a short strangled moan – a noise so pathetic that even he could swear it made your smirk deepen. You cocked your head, face cast in the shadows. 

“Don’t look at me like that. If I didn’t know better, I’d actually believe you’re enjoying this.”

Oh, hell. He was enjoying this. The insistent pressure of your knee in between his legs was already making his vision swim. Fear. Panic. Lust. The few hours down in this hellhole seemed to be truly fucking with his head. There must’ve been something absolutely wrong with him or why would he groan so deliriously when you shifted your feet and pushed the curve of your knee deeper against his clothed hardening cock. What were you even trying to do to him?

“Nothing to say?” You scoffed and Jason nearly moaned at the caress of your hot breath over his lips. “Typical. Maybe you’re better at following orders. That’s what a good soldier does best after all.” 

He made no words. He couldn’t. As the pressure of your hands increased on his throat, his mouth went slack and his eyes rolled back into his head. He wished you’d just put him out of his misery already. You were so close. If only you leaned in a little closer and shut his mouth with yours.

“Let’s find out. What do you think?”

And you were pulling away from him then. The cold distance was sobering and Jason found himself shivering as his mind finally registered the weight of his rifle in his hand. He almost leapt to aim the muzzle on your chest – nothing but a knee jerk movement; but he stopped himself before he ended up putting himself in a stickier predicament with you.

You suddenly looked more restless than he remembered just a few moments ago. All confidence gone and panic giving way to the previous complacent look on your face as you paced up and down the short length of the vicinity. A quick glance down your form told him that you weren’t armed. At least not with a gun. And that relieved his unease, that sour stewing emotion growing into a firm sense of superiority in his chest.

He raised his rifle, just barely, to establish some level of boundary that had been missing since he ran into you, eyes glimmering with confidence once again. 

Your eyes shifted skyward almost as if you meant to roll them but decided otherwise, taking a step back with your palms held up in front of you, though not in a show of surrender; rather, with an irritated flair as your lips twisted into an ugly line.

“Just when I thought we were getting along—”

Sarcasm seeped through your sneer, turning then into a faint smirk as Jason stomped a step in your space, his gun now zeroing on in your neck. That barely there upturn of your lips unnerved him – some hint of smugness, some tinge of sharpness. As if you knew something he didn’t and it made the blood rage hot in his veins. His face crumpled with a scowl.

“Don’t get fucking smart with me. Turn around. And put your hands where I can see them.”

He motioned rudely with his gun and you obeyed, sighing exasperatedly as you faced the open balmy air that led down the precipice. The monster yet remained perched on the ground and absorbed in the corpse, ever oblivious to your presence despite the little situation you had only minutes prior. The sight was unsettling enough that made your impatience grow and you speak up as the man loitered silently – assuming with hesitation – behind you. 

“Are you planning to stand around and wait for something to happen?”

He scoffed, accent thick with panic as he spat his next words. “I’m thinking.”

“And what do you have so far?”

“I’ll come up with something if you shut the fuck up!”

You rolled your eyes this time, lolling your neck along with it as you resisted the dire urge to groan loudly in disdain. You turned a glance over your shoulder.

“How about you listen to me instead.”

It was much less a question and more a curt demand. Jason opened his mouth to object and quickly jerked his gun higher, alarmed, as he watched you calmly brandish a combat knife from your belt.

“The fuck you think you’re doing?”

You ignored him, stalking closer to the edge of the cliff and still safe within the shadows behind the uneven wall. Truth of the matter was, Jason could fuss all he wanted but unless he wished to risk drawing the monster’s attention to both of you, he needed to keep at least some of his problems to himself. And you knew that very well. 

He followed you, more so out of detested obligation and his covert fear of being left to his devices again; however, it was only his frustration that surfaced to his mouth when he slapped the back of his hand to your shoulder and hissed under your ear.

“You outta your damn mind?”

“You’ll have to excuse me. I don’t listen to loudmouthed idiots.” You mumbled apathetically as your eyes searched the vicinity, not even once turning to look at the man who might as well be frothing at the mouth from sheer anger. “Does that answer your question?”

Now you looked at him – now that Jason was red in the face and clenching his teeth as he, quite literally, ripped you a new one with his eyes. Only if looks could kill…

“You got some fucking balls. Know who you even talking to?”

You cocked your head with a small frown, eyes taking in his flushed dirty face, his flaring nostrils and his pursed lips. “What’s your name?”

Jason blanched, eyelids flickering and voice silent, as if assuming he heard you wrong. But your gentle face staring at him, waiting patiently for his response proved him otherwise.

“I’m (Y/N).” You said softly, offering a handshake.

“I ain’t here to make friends.”

You shrugged, looking away from him and ahead as you withdrew your rejected hand. “Well, I just assumed you wanted me to know who I’m talking to.”

Jason scoffed. Again. You gave him a look from the corner of your eyes, shaking your head slowly as a dejected smirk crossed your lips. He puffed out his chest, moving in closer to you as if you had just challenged him, chin lifted and eyes narrowed.

“Something funny?”

His tone was far from friendly. Testing, rather. But you stayed put, pinning him with that same scrutinizing look from beneath your lashes. He didn’t shrink back. He held your gaze with such defiance it was admirably stupid.

“Listen, when all hell breaks loose, I will be the least of your worries. So, the sooner you realize that, the better for both of us here.” You paused for the briefest moment, turning your face enough to leer at the man, voice dropping low and melodious. “As much as I enjoy watching you pop a vessel.”

You snickered to yourself, satisfied at the look of incredulity that struck his features. 

“When shit hits the fan,” he started slowly, voice deep and rich with venom. “The only thing you gotta worry about is my damn gun far up your ass. So, don’t even think about crossing me.”

“I think you need to calm down a little.”

“Don’t tell me to fucking calm down!”

“Then shut the fuck up and focus!”

That finally silenced him. He eyed your fingers which pointed your knife at him, the sharp tip barely even grazing his shirt. Somewhere in his mind, he felt justified to slap your hand away and throw you back against the wall behind you, your offending wrist held tightly in his grip by your head. And he did just that.

You cursed and squirmed, eyes burning with a fierce look as you scowled at the idiotic solider who pushed his weight against you with a grunt, his face, damp with sweat, hovering a hair breadth away from yours.

“Fucking hell—”

“Don’t like to smell your own shit now, do ya?” 

He sounded unbelievably smug for the predicament you were both in – mere inches apart with an insatiable monster prowling just a few feet away. His smirk widened when you began to squirm again and he slammed your wrist once against the wall, loosening your grip until the knife slipped from your fingers to the ground. 

“You motherfucker!”

“Shh shh shh! Let’s not try to alert the beast now. We’re having fun.”

“Like hell we are—”

You raised your free hand to go for a punch to the throat before he caught you firmly in his fist, pushing your arm to join the other up against the rough texture of the wall that scraped mercilessly at your skin. His fingers, almost as if without realizing, wove within yours as his eyes peered down at you and time suddenly slowed. 

The strong knot of tension eased into a tingling air of titillation between you as you held his softened gaze, your own eyes flickering curiously up and down between the suggestive look in his dilated pupils and his parted, much too tempting, pink lips that beckoned you like a siren’s call. What the fuck was going on with you – why weren’t you fighting back anymore?

His warm body was pressed tightly against yours like burning coal, his erratic breaths on your face doing so little to soothe the mounting spiral of arousal within you. You felt your core grip at air as he eyed your mouth with his own lips fluttering slowly, silently contemplating whether to take that leap.

You took the initiative, driven by your impatience and growing need. He gasped into the kiss but it took him no more than an instance to reciprocate eagerly, his fingers tightening their hold as his hips moved restlessly against yours. He groaned, teeth hooking on your lip and coaxing an abrupt moan from the back of your throat.

“Shhhh,” he giggled, pressing another kiss to your lips. “Careful now, sweetheart. We ain’t in the clear, yet—” his mouth drifted from yours and down the length of your neck, leaving kisses and bites along the skin until he was at the hem of your collar. “As much as I love to hear you moan – mmm, fuck! You sound so fucking pretty though.”

It was impossible to not feel his firm bulge that pushed insistently into your thigh while he continued to grind against you. His hot breaths fleeted over your ear as he panted into your skin, a low growl riding along the breathlessness that escaped his lips. 

“Fuck, I wanna hear you say my name – please, baby. Please, will you say it for me?” You were stunned at the plea and the stark desperation it clung to. “Say I’m your Jason. Tell me I’m yours. Even if it’s for a couple fucking minutes. Say you want me so fucking bad. Pleasepleaseplease.”

He whined his request in your ear. Over and over and over. Until your knees nearly gave from underneath you as his lips continued to leave a warm trail of kisses on every inch of bare skin they could find. You were breathless and unable to respond for a good few seconds until your lips opened to the litany of praises and filthy promises.

“Fuck… Jason… you’re mine… all fucking mine…”

Jason couldn’t hold the moans rolling off his lips at every instance you spoke his name. Soon, his grip loosened on your hands only for it to slide down your body and hook under your thighs, your own hands fidgeting with the buckles of his vest. 

“Take these off.” You growled through teeth as your fingers proved useless to pry the man of his clothes. “Now.”

He drew his hands to himself only to quickly rid himself of the thick layers that filled needless space between you, leaving himself in only his blue t-shirt and his unbuttoned fatigue pants that were slowly sliding down his waist. His hands were back upon you to search your silhouette under his rough fingertips. 

He looked much smaller now – less intimidating than when he had all that equipment crowding his frame. The status of danger having now turned into something entirely foreign; just another factor to play into the hands of that white hot desire churning deep inside you.

“Come on, sweetheart. Go right ahead and touch me. See how fucking hard you make me,” Jason took hold of one of your hands and pushed it gently against his bulge. Your warm fingers slowly closed around him and squeezed carefully. He let his head back to moan. “Fuck—yes. That’s it, baby. Keep going like that.” 

“Keep it down, Jason.” You hissed.

“I can’t. I really—I fucking can’t.”

You clicked your tongue disapprovingly, raising a hand to his wet panting lips. “Open up.” And he did, accepting your fingers onto his tongue. He moaned through the mouthful, muffled yet still loud. You tutted again. “God, you’re so fucking pathetic.”

Jason sputtered and whined when you slipped your other hand into his boxers and cupped him firmly, sharp bursts of breath flitting through his lips as his palms braced by the sides of your head on the wall to support his trembling legs.

“Oh—fuck,” he mumbled around your fingers, a thick thread of drool leaking from the corner of his mouth. His tongue continued to suck on your skin, noisily slurping and lapping up his own saliva that was slowly running down the side of your hand. “Fuck—feels good—it feels—”

“Feels nice, sweetheart, doesn’t it?” You finished for him and he moaned his agreement, albeit much too incoherently to sound like proper syllables but his sweet little whimper that was stifled on your digits was enough answer. “Sure, it does. Look at you. So needy just from my hand.”

Your playful taunts only stirred more noises from him. He began rutting his hips into your hand, making his throbbing cock slip clumsily through your fingers. You shushed him softly as his whimpers grew constant and more high pitched. 

“It’s okay. You’re okay. It’s been so long, hasn’t it?” You cooed and he nodded fervently, his eyes sweetly round and glistening. “Of course, it is. You’re already leaking through my fucking fingers.”

He began to go on a tangent of garbled words and desperate moans, trying to speak but failing to convey anything; his rationale so far deep beneath the heavy heap of lust that his thoughts hardly strung together. But the urgency in his voice was clear.

“What is it, sweetie? Use your big boy words. You can tell me what you want.”

“I wanna cum—”

“What was that?” A feigned frown of confusion pulled at your brows as you neared your ear to his lips as if to hear better. “I didn’t quite catch that.” He whined petulantly and you shushed him again. “Come on. You can do it.”

“I wanna—I wanna cum inside you. So fucking bad. Please—Can I?”

You hummed, as if deep in thought and pondering the decision before you offered him a cheeky grin.

“Are you gonna be good?”

“Mhm, yeah—” He nodded, shifting impatiently against you. “I’ll be so good for you. I promise.”

You smirked and cocked your head. So adorably pathetic. All reason gone and replaced by that one simple objective fogging his brain. 

Slowly withdrawing both of your hands from him, Jason let out a shaky sigh, rigid shoulders growing visibly relaxed as his eyes found yours, his gaze more clear and focused now. His fingers made quick to unbutton your pants, his lips returning to yours with their feverish kisses. 

Once your pants slipped down your legs, he slid a middle finger along the crotch of your panties, his fingertip finding your clit through the fabric, rubbing firm tight circles over the swollen bud. You gasped, hands flying to brace against his strong shoulders as your weight grew light on your feet.

Jason pried past the slip of barrier and with small inches into your soaked folds. A choked moan rolled from his lips as your slick gathered on his skin, two thick fingers pushing with ease inside you. You plastered a hand over your mouth as a sudden moan erupted in your throat, head lolling back against the wall.

“Fuck—so wet already? Your pussy practically sucked up my fucking fingers.” He began pumping his fingers. Slow and careful. The empty tunnel echoed the obscene wet noises of your cunt. The crooked grin that grew on Jason’s face made blood rush to your ears. “Hear that? Who’s the needy pathetic one now, hmm?”

“Shut up.”

He cooed mockingly at you, lips puckering into a moue of pity. “That all you got for me? You can do better, sweetheart. Hurt me like I know you damn well want to.”

You snarled, eyes narrowed and brows drawn deep. Your hand was reaching for the back of his head then, the movement so hurried it flicked his hat off of his head. Your fingers buried tight into his soft hair. He hissed, the pressure of your grip jerking his head back and revealing the swell of his throat. He met your gaze with a scowl of his own.

“Shit—you li—shit!”

A smirk tugged at the corner of your mouth. Pulling the man closer by the hair, your lips began a descension of kisses down the span of his neck. The movement of his hand stuttered inside you the longer you went on, gasps of moans coaxing through his parted lips. A string of curses tipped off his tongue as your teeth scraped harshly across his neck, digging in and abusing the skin with every bite. You were adamant to leave your mark on him.

You only leaned away when you were wholly satisfied and could see the growing bruise that blossomed across Jason’s skin where your mouth had been. The smirk on your lips quickly parted for a moan when he resumed the movement of his fingers inside you. You covered your mouth as moan after moan bubbled up your throat. It was his turn now to leer complacently at you.

“Why go all tough on me when you’re just gonna give up that easy? It’s so fucking cute that you even try.” He buried his nose under your ear, a hand wrapping gently around your throat as he sucked your earlobe between his lips. “Wanna know what I’m gonna do to you? I’m gonna stretch you open with my big fucking cock. I’m gonna fill you up till your pretty little pussy’s dripping with my cum.”

You swallowed. Hard. A delicious shiver ran down your spine as Jason kissed your jaw and breathed a taunting chuckle into your skin. Your fingers coiled tighter in his hair and a faint growl vibrated under your ear, rousing a sharp gasp from you. 

“Are you gonna just keep running your mouth like that?”

He didn’t respond. Not immediately. He guided you carefully out of your pants, kicking the heap of fabric aside with one foot before removing your panties next. He lowered to his knees, his palms cradling your hips as he peered up at you.

“You got a better use for my mouth?”

You blinked, lips fluttering wordlessly at the sight of this man knelt at the ready for you before you mustered up a proper response.

“I do now.”

A knowing smile crossed his lips as he leaned in with a sensuous kiss to your clit before sucking it loudly into his mouth. He moaned, low and delirious, his fingers digging into your skin and eyes fluttering shut. As if you had just satisfied a seething hunger deep within him and he needed a moment to savor the flavor before it disappeared. 

His mouth then molded hot against you – fast and eager. His tongue fluttered along your swollen lips, lapping up your slick and gliding over your clit. Over and over. A steady rhythm that only picked up in pace. 

Your fingers, once again, sunk in his hair and grabbed a fistful. He groaned between laps of his tongue as you pulled tightly at the roots, the deep sound resonating deep within your core. You struggled to rein in your moans, pushing another hand to your mouth to smother the noises that escaped much too freely, your will worsened by Jason’s breathless demands.

“Shit, baby. Fuck yourself on my tongue. You wanna use me, don’t you? Be a good girl and grind on my fucking face.”

You moaned louder through your fingers as your orgasm rose high like a rogue wave, only instances from crashing over you and swallowing you whole. You squirmed against Jason’s mouth, meeting his tongue with your cunt as he panted and downed you hungrily, pushing you closer and closer to falling through the tidal walls of your climax. 

Jason whispered dirty praises into your pussy as your stifled moans rose in pitch, your breaths growing much more quick and stuttered – until you cried into your palm with the first pulses of your orgasm rippling through you like wildfire. 

Your fingers flexed in his hair, your other hand pressing deeper to your mouth. The dark of the cavern turning even duller before your dazed vision as your mind only focused on the now intermittent aftershocks of your climax quivering inside you. 

You let your hand fall from your face moments later. Once your thoughts slowed to an easy pace and the trembling of your body grew calm, you looked down at Jason who was now staggering soft kisses to your thighs; up – on your stomach then higher and higher – until he was in between your breasts, smearing your arousal all over your skin before his lips finally collided with yours.

His small content moan slipped into the kiss as he held your face in his long fingers, offering you kisses sweet and desperate until his gasps turned into rough groans; his leaking bulge pressing persistently into your thigh as he bucked his hips with pleading urgency to be satiated. 

He hardly managed to pry himself away to speak his question, stealing kiss after heated kiss and muddying his words as he muttered against your lips with eyes shut.

“Could I—should we—can I please fuck you? I need to feel you ‘round my cock. So so fucking bad, baby. I need to feel this gorgeous pussy stretch out for me.”

“I—fuck, Jason. Just—dammit—just do it, you needy fuck.”

Jason stopped all movement. He leaned back far enough to take in your face; sweat beaded at your brow, hair disheveled and dampened against your forehead, lips parted and panting. You were truly a sight. He raised a stern brow at you despite the grin fighting to take over his face, one of his hands slowly tugging his boxers down. 

“You keep giving me that attitude and see what I’ll do to you.”    

You rolled your eyes, opening your mouth to throw back a gibe at him before the words withered into a shrill gasp. That was when he hoisted you on his hips with a small grunt, his large palms curling firmly into your skin. Instinctively, you hooked your legs around his waist moments before he thrusted you back against the wall and stole the air from your lungs. 

Jason pressed his mouth to your ear, already pushing his hips up to yours to tease your soppy cunt with the head of his cock, giving you just the slightest taste of what was to come.

“I’ll fuck you sore, sweetheart. Don’t fucking try me.”

You clicked your tongue, noticing how Jason went stiff against you at the small sound, anticipating whatever clever remark that was going to roll off your tongue next. 

“You’re all talk, Jason. All bark and no fucking bite.”  

He scoffed under your ear, offering you only a false lull, leaving you waiting for his reaction with burning thrill building up deep in the pit of your stomach, as if he was planning his next move in that moment of silence that you spent trying not to squirm in his arms. 

Jason lifted you silently before sitting you back down, the swollen tip of his cock prodding into your slit. Your walls clenched instinctively around him as his thick length tried to plunge deeper into you. You whimpered. God, he was so big. 

“Mmm—so fucking tight—” he cut himself off with a loud gasp as you squeezed him again. “Sto—stop it. I’m gonna fucking cum already if you keep doing that.”

But you couldn’t help it. Your cunt burned and stretched, making much needed room for Jason’s size. He barely moved. And when he did, a loud moan would stop him again. You could feel him throbbing, his cock hardly even half way inside you, yet. 

“Shit. Don’t think I can make it, baby—please. Just—just try to relax a bit. You’re fucking killing me.” A defeated groan escaped him. “Fuck it. Come here.”

He tugged you forward, his lips finding your neck and restarting the trail of warm kisses along your skin. His mouth teased your earlobe, his heated breaths fanning across the shell of your ear and waking goosebumps down your back.

“Touch yourself.” A vague noise of confusion caught in your throat. His kisses didn’t once let up when he spoke again. “Go ahead now.”

You slipped a tentative hand between the crammed space between your bodies until your fingers found your clit, sensitive to the touch now. You grimaced but, nevertheless, let your fingers press firmly down on yourself. Jason began whispering hoarsely against your ear.

“Start making circles ‘round that clit for me. Nice and slow. That’s it. Just like that. Good girl. Take it easy now. Don’t make yourself cum, yet.”

Your throat gripped with short piercing whines as the dull ache in your core waned into pulsating pleasure and you had to resist picking up the speed on yourself as Jason continued to guide you patiently. 

You were slowly loosening up. You could feel yourself slowly sinking farther down on Jason’s cock the longer you touched yourself. He carefully tried again, sliding his cock deeper into you only to be faced with much little resistance this time. 

Jason pressed his mouth to your neck to smother his moans as he began moving at a steady pace, bucking his hips up to yours and heaving a small grunt each time you glided back down on his shaft. You felt delightfully full, your walls perfectly framing his cock, easing more and more into taking more of him inside you.

He could hardly manage a word through the heavy pants that left his mouth, the praises on his tongue broken by each thrust and gasp of breath. Yet, he remained generous with them, not once neglecting to remind you how good you were doing.

“Good fucking girl—taking my cock so well. Yeah, keep—touching yourself like that.”

And you only listened and followed, bouncing up and down in Jason’s arms as he fucked himself senseless into you and your next orgasm loomed over you. A muttered succession of curses rushed through his teeth as he felt your walls tightening around him again.

“You close?” He croaked. You nodded, a soft moan punctuating your response. His voice swooped high and staggered with gasps, turning into a quivering whimper as he spoke his next words, “I can feel you fucking throbbing. Shit.”

Soon, Jason’s breaths have grown loud and erratic, his chest heaving unevenly against yours as his own orgasm approached rapidly. His pace was relentless now, his arms holding you tightly against the wall for leverage. 

His moans slowly tapered into an accension of melodious whines in your ear as he finally came apart inside you, brimming you whole with his thick cum. His filling warmth was enough to propel you over with him; and you buried your face in his neck as the crushing wave of your next orgasm took hold of your body in shuddering pulses.

His pace gradually slowed, his damp forehead pressed tenderly against yours as he drank in generous gulps of air. His body trembled, breaths ragged yet finally returning to an even pace when he finally set you back down on your feet, wincing with a hiss as he freed his cock from your pussy that still gripped tightly onto him.

You could feel yourself gush with his cum when he, at last, released from you, the warm trail rushing down your thighs. Jason eyed the pale stream and swallowed, pupils visibly blowing wider again as his lip rolled back between his teeth, his cock already reacting to the sight. But he shook his head and smiled softly at you, raising his chin to look at you with a newfound admiration in his eyes.

“That was crazy…” you muttered, voice roiled with a breathy chuckle, already reaching for your pants on the ground. “Good crazy?” You heard him ask as you began to dress and you offered a simple but jovial “mhm-hmm”, peeking over your shoulder to smile at him.

You craned your neck to peer over the slope of the precipice at where the vampire once was only to find the corpse to be now on its own. 

“Looks like it got bored and left.” You remarked, finishing fastening your vest.

Jason stepped up beside you, now fully clothed and his arms cradling his rifle once again, and followed the path of your gaze down the opening of the cave. You heard him hum dryly and when you turned to look at him, a pursed smile was on his flushed lips. 

“Let’s hope it stays that way. Come on. Let’s move.” he said curtly, his tone loud and demanding as if he was speaking to his subordinate soldier; already walking ahead of you to the edge of the cliff. He paused momentarily to turn his shoulder and address you again. “Stay close. You got a weapon—besides that knife right there?” He waved a hand at the glinting blade that flipped absentmindedly between your fingers.

Your silence was all the answer he needed to reach for his holster and brandish his pistol, twirling it on a finger before handing it to you handle first. A courteous smile adorned his lips as you took the gun and cocked it, taking the cue to lead the way out of the tunnel. 

You followed close behind, cautioned eyes watching for movements in the shadows until you made it into an opening – a vast room of debris. Up ahead in the darkness of yet another cavern came rushing two orbs of pale light and a set of hurried footsteps. Jason quickly turned to you to say something but it was already too late for any assurances.

You cowered back a few steps, gun clutched tightly as two American soldiers hastened into the dull light of the vicinity; one of them – you assumed to be the leader – immediately demanded for you to drop your weapon but you held your ground with a scowl. 

Jason stood between you and his comrades, arms raised and shielding you from their assaulting barrels. As if he could protect you from the bullets once they came soaring at you. 

“Hey, hey, hey! Calm down. She’s with me.” He tried to pacify the tension but to no avail. 

The fair-haired man didn’t yield, only lifting his head slightly to address Jason with a curt tone. “With all due respect, Lieutenant, we can’t let an enemy soldier walk freely when we have bigger issues at hand. Tell her to drop her gun or I’ll shoot.”

Jason looked back at you, utterly defeated. His wide eyes glowed dully, mouth hanging agape with unspoken words. He then heaved a sigh, shaking his head as a dirty look crossed his face. 

“Fucking shit—fine! I’ll take care of her.”

“What—”

His glared turned to you and you swallowed back your complaint, your fingers growing loose on the pistol. He accepted the coil of rope from the other soldier before walking closer to you, another hand stretching out and beckoning the gun in your hands with a twist of his fingers.

Perplexed and frustrated, you dropped the weapon on the man’s palm and watched it slide back inside his holster. He circled you, taking your arm and pressing it close to the other before wrapping the rope around your wrists. 

Panic simmered deep in your chest even though your face showed otherwise. You gritted your teeth, fingers flexing into fists against your back. 

Jason’s fingers brushed past your shoulder blade. You would assume it was merely accidental until you noticed the lingering warmth of his skin over your shirt. As the two other Americans turned to walk away, Jason leaned into your neck, his whisper against your ear raising goosebumps along your back once again.

“I won’t let ‘em lay a finger on you. You’re my responsibility.”

You released a long sigh. “How romantic of you.”

“Can’t help it,” you could hear the grin in his voice – and his warm breath on your neck before his lips pressed a slow kiss to your skin. “I’m a damn good lover.”

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#jason kolchek x reader #jason kolchek x you #jason kolchek x y/n #house of ashes jason #jason kolchek

[dc-and-arfrona]

When I'm Older

Jason Todd x GN!Reader

The dimly lit streets of Gotham City were your home, a place where danger lurked at every corner. Crime was rampant, and survival was a daily battle. But there was something about the chaos that drew you in—the thrill of living on the edge.

As the night fell, you found yourself wandering through the city, the sound of your footsteps echoing in the empty alleyways. The wind whispered through the abandoned buildings, carrying an eerie melody. Lost in your thoughts, you hummed a tune under your breath, not realizing that you were being watched.

Unbeknownst to you, a figure draped in a red hood observed your every move from the shadows. His piercing gaze followed you, tracing your steps with a mix of curiosity and caution. He had seen countless faces in this city, but yours stood out from the rest.

Jason Todd, the Red Hood, had lived a life drenched in darkness. The scars of his past etched into his very soul, he had become a symbol of justice, one who sought to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. But his methods were far from conventional, and his moral compass teetered on the edge.

Tonight, however, his focus shifted as he found himself drawn to your presence. Your spirit, unyielding despite the adversity you faced, ignited something within him. Determined to learn more about you, he followed you through the labyrinthine streets, his footsteps masked by the city's symphony of chaos.

Finally, you reached your destination—a rundown apartment building that served as your sanctuary. As you entered, unaware of the eyes that had been watching you, Jason lingered outside, his heart pounding in his chest. A strange mix of emotions swirled within him—fascination, curiosity, and a desire he couldn't quite understand.

Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, as your paths continued to cross. Gotham's darkness seemed to bind you together, each encounter bringing you closer to the enigmatic Red Hood. At first, your conversations were brief—a shared moment in an alleyway, a stolen glance across a crowded street—but as time passed, the barriers between you began to crumble.

In the midst of danger and chaos, you discovered an unexpected solace in each other's presence. Jason, known for his hardened exterior, gradually revealed fragments of vulnerability that lay hidden beneath the surface. His tragic past, marked by loss and betrayal, mirrored your own in many ways.

One night, after a particularly harrowing encounter with a gang of criminals, you found yourself seeking refuge in an abandoned warehouse. The stench of fear hung heavy in the air as you and Jason caught your breath, your eyes meeting in the dimly lit space.

As silence settled between you, Jason reached out tentatively, his gloved hand gently brushing against yours. It was a simple touch, but it spoke volumes—a silent promise of protection and understanding. In that moment, the unspoken bond between you grew stronger, weaving a tapestry of emotions that neither of you could deny.

As the days turned into nights and the nights turned into memories, your connection with Jason deepened. Love, a word once foreign to both of you, slowly began to take root, breaking through the cracks in your guarded hearts.

You discovered that Jason's world was not black and white, but rather a complex tapestry of shades of gray. He was a vigilante with a code, a man haunted by his past but driven by a burning desire for justice. Together, you found solace in the shadows, navigating the treacherous streets of Gotham side by side.

But the city had a way of testing even the strongest of bonds. Betrayal lurked in every corner, threatening to tear you apart. Jason's past mistakes and questionable methods weighed heavily on your mind, and doubts seeped into your heart.

Yet, despite the doubts and the dangers that surrounded you, you realized that love had the power to heal even the deepest scars. In the midst of chaos, you found hope, and in each other's arms, you discovered a sanctuary that was impervious to the darkness.

Together, you faced the challenges that Gotham threw your way, determined to carve out a path that defied the odds. As the Red Hood and his partner in crime-fighting, you vowed to rewrite the narrative, creating a story of love and redemption against all odds.

Masterlist

#jason todd x reader #red hood x reader #robin x reader #jason todd imagine #jason todd x y/n #jason todd x you #jason todd #dc universe #dc imagine #red hood imagine #red hood x you #red hood

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Batman: The Mad

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/H13C4x7 by CatCaji In the shadowy and macabre backstreets of Gotham City, the Dark Knight embarks on a perilous odyssey deep into the heart of the criminal underworld. A malevolent faction known as Nefarious and The Saints, fueled by their sadistic cravings, mercilessly taunts the caped crusader with a series of abominable and horrifying acts. As he navigates through these harrowing trials in his quest to bring Nefarious to justice, Batman finds himself relying on the familiar faces he had once vanquished, while also forging an unlikely alliance with a cunning felon who had once been a part of his own life. In order to succeed, he must earn the respect and trust of the very criminal he seeks to defeat, blurring the line between hero and villain in his relentless pursuit of righteousness. The Batman: The Mad drew inspiration from the film The Batman directed by Matt Reeves and The Batman Telltale Series directed by Mark Droste, Kent Mudle, Jason Pyke, and Jonathan Stauder. Please credit Cat Caji when sharing this fan-fiction work with others. Peace! Words: 1452, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, John Doe (Telltale), Harvey Dent, Oswald Cobblepot Additional Tags: Literature, Writing, Original Fiction, Original Character(s), Batman - Freeform, Bruce Wayne - Freeform, John Doe - Freeform, Joker - Freeform, harvey dent - Freeform, Oswald Cobblepot - Freeform, The Penguin - Freeform, Carmela Cuervo, The Mad read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/H13C4x7

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the caped crusader #the dark knight #dcu #ao3 #ao3feed

[canadachronicles]

Yo yo Silver turn it up, yeah We gonna put you on to something brand new though Nah mean?

Yo We don't say, "You know what I'm sayin'?" T-dot says, "Yuh dun know" We don't say, "Hey that's the breaks" We say, "Yo, ah suh it go" We don't say, "You get one chance" We say, "You better rip the show"

Of course, I would have loved The Con to officially become the “one album that all Canadians need to hear,” but I have to say  Kathleen Newman-Bremang’s pick, Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1, is a great one, too.

When I first came to live in Toronto, I happened to go to several events Kardinal Offishall emceed and hosted, and he has that incredible energy and enthusiasm! I miss my adoptive city at the moment, and listening to BaKardi Slang takes me back...

#BaKardi Slang #Kardinal Offishall #Quest for Fire: Firestarter Vol. 1 #Jason Drew Harrow #Ontarian Rapper #Canadian Rapper #Canadian DJ #Canadian Record Producer #Favorite Ontarian #Favorite Canadian #Canadian Rap #Canadian Rap Music #Rap #Rap Music #Canadian Music #Music #Canada Chronicles

[griddleharkakalockedtombbrainrot]

Remembering The Two Hundred

So, I finally finished making a list of the names of the two hundred children Harrow’s parents killed to conceive a necromantic prodigy. This should not be considered canon, but rather a sketch of what could have been. I drew from classical names, using both the Greek and Latin root words for “nine” since that seems to be a major convention within the series.  See the names below the cut:

1. Lydia Enneades

2. Vergil Sesquinodes

3. Fierens Novus

4. Lyseus Nonus

5. Livia Sesquinoian

6. Elayna Novianos

7. Ilius Enneas

8. Zachariah Naveus

9. Ilianna Nova

10. Elisabetta Navi

11. Cassius Enneiad

12. Leodes Noveus

13. Tatiana Sesquinus

14. Titus Nonides

15. Brutus Novem

16. Varia Nove

17. Erik Novium

18. Umbra Enneus

19. Umber Enneus

20. Pyrrhus Nonasimus

21. Peleus Nonimus

22. Elseth Novasimeus

23. Coram Nonaviseum

24. Alexei Enneasidem

25. Hermera Nonas

26. Yorick Sesquineus

27. Regyna Novias

28. Damien Ennea

29. Mara Novum

30. Miriam Navidius

31. Priam Navidius

32. Oribel Nonideus

33. Erebus Nonesilenus

34. Matthias Nonesilenus

35. Nikolai Nonesilenus

36. Miralyn Nonasileneus

37. Evalyn Nonasileneus

38. Gareth Nonasileneus

39. Charonides Novenad

40. Larken Novenad

41. Lyrya Noveminus

42. Lyall Noveminus

43. Evin Noveminus

44. Aethra Noveminus

45. Aethrus Novumis

46. Marek Novumis

47. Reyna Novumis

48. Isaiah Novumis

49. Jason Novumis

50. Glaphyra Nonis

51. Sera Nonis

52. Nera Nonis

53. Isaac Nonis

54. Titus Nonicus

55. Markus Nonicus

56. Lucius Nonicus

57. Lavinia Nonicus

58. Julia Nonicus

59. Agrippa Nonicus

60. Augustus Nonicus

61. Menoitius Nonias

62. Laertes Nonias

63. Lysandra Nonias

64. Hermia Nonusiem

65. Herodias Nonusiem

66. Helena Nonusiem

67. Rhea Nonusiem

68. Antiope Enneadus

69. Myra Ennaedus

70. Maia Enneadus

71. Achelous Enneaimes

72. Jocasta Enneaimes

73. Iphigenia Enneaimes

74. Deidameia Enneademus

75. Asclepius Enneademus

76. Acastus Enneademus

77. Medea Enneamades

78. Cythera Enneamades

79. Phoebe Enneamades

80. Asteria Enneamades

81. Admeta Enneamades

82. Adelphos Nonagemis

83. Adara Nonagemis

84. Achlys Nonagemis

85. Augustus Novagesimus

86. Adra Novagesimus

87. Carya Novagesimus

88. Rhoetus Novagesimus

89. Catrin Navagesimus

90. Andronicus Navagesimus

91. Brencis Navagesimus

92. Blaise Navagesimus

93. Bithynia Nonavestimus

94. Oenone Nonavestimus

95. Concordia Nonavestimus

96. Cato Nonavestimus

97. Damaris Nonavestimus

98. Dominic Nonavestimus

99. Drusus Navestimus

100. Minoria Navestimus

101. Ulprus Navestimus

102. Ursa Navestimus

103. Sylvanus Naveste

104. Tanicus Naveste

105. Anastasius Navitus

106. Sylvia Navitus

107. Teleus Navitus

108. Terence Navitus

109. Tiberius Navite

110. Thalassa Navaritem

111. Delphine Navaritem

112. Pax Navaritem

113. Pereus Navaritem

114. Ariadne Navarre

115. Briseis Navarre

116. Pallas Navarre

117. Penthesilea Navius

118. Daphne Navius

119. Deanna Navius

120. Gaius Novarre

121. Sebastian Novarre

122. Marius Novarre

123. Maximus Novarre

124. Felix Nonemad

125. Romulus Nonemad

126. Remus Nonemad

127. Magnus Nonemad

128. Thaddeus Nonemad

129. Tarquin Nonesimus

130. Cressida Nonesimus

131. Adriata Nonesimus

132. Varian Nonesimus

133. Lucien Nonesimus

134. Tyreseus Nonesimus

135. Abraxos Nonegad

136. Archos Nonev

137. Cadmus Nonesim

138. Damon Nonesim

139. Phythia Nonesim

140. Castor Ennead

141. Polyphemus Ennead

142. Eryx Nona

143. Evander Non

144. Nereus Non

145. Pollux Nonusum

146. Pyramus Nonusum

147. Troilus Ninevad

148. Althea Ninevad

149. Arete Ninevad

150. Khaos Nove

151. Alec Nove

152. Thalia Nove

153. Cypra Nov

154.  Caius Nov

155. Linus Nov

156. Justus Nonav

157. Urbana Nonav

158. Arrius Nonav

159. Vitus Nonav

160. Olivia Nonevestima

161. Fulvia Nonagesima

162. Mircea Nonagesima

163. Patrin Nonevestus

164. Aridius Nonvestus

165. Beatrice Nonavesta

166. Helena Nonaverre

167. Livius Nonaverrum

168. Damaria Nonevassa

169. Deaneira  Navestima

170. Proserpina Nonagestima

171. Verena Navarrea

172. Inoulias Navartem

173. Iolaus Navartem

174. Ortus Novurre

175. Azriel Novurre

176. Ariella Navarra

177. Carissa Novarria

178. Cerea Novarria

179. Erestus Novarrus

180. Festus Novarrum

181. Vulcan Nonerum

182. Saturninus Novartus

183. Tamora Novartie

184. Bassianus Novembrus

185. Willem Novest

186. Aaron Novest

187. Hebe Nonaste

188. Ophelia Novast

189. Marcus Navist

190. Caryo Navis

191. Lucine Navis

192. Astyanax Novesismus

193. Archeron Nivenad

194. Caelum Nivenad

195. Eve Nivena

196. Saoirse Navenisma

197. Valeria Navenisima

198. Valerian Novenismus

199. Bassius Novenismus

200. Auron Novesimus

#tlt #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #harrow nonagesimus #ninth house genocide #remembering the two hundred #two hundred souls #nine for the tomb and for all that was lost

[shiramoonshadow]

This is the second part of the last post.  

What is your favorite moment in the show? Rhona, and then Omari, and then Paula and then Jack.

Omari: I don’t have a moment but I think like whenever I see and hear Harrow speak I get emotional because I think of myself as a kid and seeing this like honorable, powerful king who happens to look kind of like me, I just think I didn’t really have that often on animated shows so I get...I get emotional. Again, you’re talking to a guy who every time I watch Spider-man into the Spider-Verse I cry while they’re talking like I...It just affects me on a deep level.

Paula: For me it’s an episode and it’s 2x05, when Viren is trying to convince the council to go to war and Queen Aanya is not having it, that whole episode I just love it and Jason was just talking forever and it was great, even being in the room for that episode was amazing. Just love it.

Jack: Ezran ascending to the throne. I just think like a shot of him entering the throne room and taking that on, I think it’s just one of the more well-earned and beautiful, like whoa, him leaving the journey to go back take on that responsibility, I think is just incredible.

Rhona: I think another special moment was just the first time seeing Amaya sign. That was really a special moment, you know, it felt like having black royal family, groundbreaking, and having a character sign, groundbreaking.

Mental illness representation, Callum’s anxiety...oh, okay. What do you guys think of the kind of ever present discussion of people dealing with “are they capable?” Because both Rayla and Callum are very much open and honest with like “am i a failure?” (This was mine!)

Omari: Oh, it's great to see characters that are, you know, lack confidence and struggle with these real things that I'm sure a lot of viewers do as well."

Jack: I'm a person with generalized anxiety disorder, it's what it’s been called to me, and I struggle with anxiety a lot and it's a big thing that I connected to with this character and it does feel like the show explores it in a way that isn't like…. Sometimes it’s in like, sometimes it’s in a character description as just like “anxious” just like “Oh, that’s just like a trait” as opposed to a like... a part of this person and a struggle that they're facing and I think Callum really does read to me as a person with an anxiety disorder and they really like, you know, he is really grappling with it and working through it and the dark magic coma scene that I’ve talked about a bunch because I just love it. I love that, you know, to unlock the person that he needs to be, it's stuff that I do to work on anxiety where it’s like “oh he's gotta calm down and channel his breath and think and focus on just the thing in front of him”, like those things, I think that's beautiful and I love it. Love it.

Was there a point in the story that really surprised you? Like, I did not see that. (I already wrote Paula's answer and Jack's reply, twice because I'm stupid and tumblr hates me)

Jack: I just said it, but truly, Ezran leaving. I think was a real like...It’s just so not in the outline you think of this journey when you look at the beginning of the series. You go like, oh these three kids who are like going off to meet the dragon queen and this is the one who can, this kid can like talk to animals, so he’s going to be there to talk to the dragon queen, and the fact that “no, it makes more sense that he has to go back and do the adult thing" even though he’s an 11 year old. I think that’s a really logical plot decision that is, I think, completely shocking from just a genre perspective of like, you know, this is the show where it’s about kids on an epic quest, the main kid doesn’t leave in the middle of the epic quest to go home and do a job. That’s weird, but I think it just really makes sense and it’s really cool.

Paula: What you said (about Rayllum) it’s kind of funny because I think her..for me, in terms of the relationship with Callum, for Rayla it was like “oh, this annoying guy that I have to take care of and I’ve got to explain everything to him”. Well, that does sound like the start of all my relationships so...I don’t know why I didn’t see it coming.

Omari: For a selfish pov just, you know, Corvus going from tracker to a protector, an ally. It was a great story and we talked about it on the previous one, just spoke of the brilliance of the... just the nuance of the storytelling, constant twists that are really surprising and fun.

Rhona: I feel like I want to use the same moment, just the first time I saw Amaya sign and I think the show approaches so many issues with such respect and it’s not made this big deal of... and I loved also that there wasn’t a translation. I think that it really blew me away to see that and, you know, we mentioned in our panel last night how there are fun little signing easter eggs left in there. I don’t know, I just loved that moment.

Who’s the most likely to break character and laugh during the session?

Paula: Jesse.

Rhona: Oh, he’s not here to defend himself.

Paula: Jesse and Racquel together.

Jack: Yeah, the combo.

Last question, what movie or show would your characters be a fan of? (This was mine too)

Rhona: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Like getting in there, stealing precious artifacts, going on adventures....

Omari: Terminator 2.

Paula: I think Rayla's pretty into sports, if she’s gonna watch a movie might be something like Tomb Raider, something with a girl.

Is there a sports woman movie?

Jack: Hold on, what’s like a hard-edged female sports movie…

Rhona: I, Tonya?

Jack: There’s a Drew Barrymore...roller derby movie? (Whip It) (About Callum) I was trying to think if there’s like an animated thing because he’s so into drawing, so I was trying to think if there was like an animated...Um…

Rhona: The Last Airbender.

Jack: The Last Airbender, yeah. He’s really into The Last Airbender. He has a big connection with boomerangs and he doesn’t understand, I think that’s perfect.

Edit: sorry I forgot to say that I didn't write any questions about through the moon since none of them have read it yet, but Rhona has started a free webinar series called Mistressclass and Omari's been one of the few men that they had on their platform. It's to learn about the industry from mostly women to voice over, to on camera, to commercials, to head shots to agents. They are going to have one about audition nerves and anxiety if you're interested!

#the dragon prince #cast and crew #jack de sena #paula burrows #omari newton #rhona rees #ezran #harrow #amaya

[thequillsink]

30 Best Horror Comedy Films – From Classic to Cult

Published by www.grimoireofhorror.com, The Yurei and The Banshee (02/04/21)

Note: These are my 5 entries for a list myself and a few other writer’s best horror comedy movies. Please read the article for the full list. https://www.grimoireofhorror.com/.../30-best-horror.../

Deathgasm (2015) Dir. Jason Lei Howden

Being a low budget horror comedy from New Zealand, Deathgasm pay homage to the earlier greats such as Braindead and Evil Dead, adopting their similar, over-the-top attitude. While not taking its story too seriously, it embellishes on the stereotype that surrounds metal music and its fans. The group of misfits are formed together out of exclusion from other peer groups and form a band (black-metal face paint and all). After stealing an unreleased song from a local, washed-up musician, they accidently summon a demonic entity that possesses the entire town. The special effects are impressive, with a ridiculous amount of carnage on screen for a low-budget movie. Use the Effects well to switch gears with darkly humorous moment while the group are fighting for their lives.

Deathgasm may not be the strongest film for horror or comedy, but it is certainly an entertaining movie with some real laugh out loud moments that are sure to entertain the right crowd.

Tusk (2014) Dir. Kevin Smith

Tusk is a black horror comedy written and directed by popular comedy director Kevin Smith. Tusk is the literal definition of ‘not for everyone’, the comedy is very slow moving and comes from the sheer absurdity of the entire situation along with obscure comedic relief by Johnny Depp. With a great performance from the whole cast, the show is stolen by Michael Parks’ perfectly unhinged portrayal of Howard Howe, switching from being hilarious to unnerving effortlessly, exploring the horrors of a broken mind and how dangerous it can be.

For some, Tusk will be a harrowing body horror, having very little to do with comedy. Through impressive special effects that really show of the brutality to the transformation, this is a dark piece of media that has rib tickling moments and brings the very strange dilemma of ‘what would happen if I was turned into a walrus’.

Feast Trilogy (2005-09) by John Gulager

The Feast trilogy is a group of creature feature films released under Division Extreme Films. The films are a blood-soaked battle between an invading alien race and the survivors of a small isolated town in the middle of the desert. With amazing creature design, top-notch practical special effects and a group of crazy characters, who’s survival is not guaranteed, the three films are a tour-de-force of blood, violence and tongue in cheek comedy.

The story and pacing help the films flow together with ease, making for one long, four and a half hour story that is worthy of devoting an afternoon to. The comedy of the films can sometimes border on childish, with extreme toilet humour bordering on disgusting, that would put some people off. If you can get past this, Feast can be a blast with its mix of extreme horror and outrageous comedy.

Cabin in the Woods (2011) Dir. Drew Goddard

Cabin in the Woods is an intelligent take on the horror genre. Rather than try to change the formulaic structure of horror movies, it is more of a sneak behind the curtain at exactly how these movies follow a core concept that has interchangeable parts to suit different tastes but the end result is still the same. The comedy in Cabin in the Woods comes from identifying common horror movie tropes and leaning into them as hard as possible. The containment warehouse stores almost every horrific creation ever devised, ready to be released upon an unsuspecting group of walking stereotypes. The crew in the control room mirrors our own desensitization to violence and cheering on the carnage is like a packed movie theatre baying for fake blood.

Cabin in the Woods has something for all horror comedy fans with its numerous references to cult classic cinema, visceral horror and self-reflective look at horror movies as a whole. It is a film worthy of the high regard.

Re-animator 1&2 (1985-90) By Stuart Gordon & Brian Yuzna

With The Reanimator and Bride of Reanimator being loosely based on H.P Lovecraft’s serial novelette ‘Herbert West – Reanimator’, the source material wasn’t exactly full of yuks and giggles. Director Stewart Gordon made a bold decision adding dark comedy to a serious story, but by doing this, he managed to make one of Lovecraft’s more poorly received pieces of work into a cult phenomenon. Having an incredibly dark premises, the comedy follows suit, pushing the boundaries with its imagery that is in no way for the weak of stomach but is still comedic enough to make its decent into the horror that much more horrific.

Both films have their humorous moments, alternating between comedy and horror so skilfully that it becomes disorientating, pushing the movie forward to a disastrous endings. With impeccable acting from the entire cast, playing the whole film straight under insurmountable odds. This not only adds to the overall serious nature of the films but also to the comedy as well, making these two films a must see to those who prefers a fine line between their comedy and horror.

#grimoire of horror #The Yurei #The Banshee #horror #horror comedy #list #deathgasm #tusk #feast #the cabin in the woods #the reanimator

[tabloidtoc]

Star, March 8

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: George Clooney vs. Brad Pitt -- the fight that ended their friendship

Page 1: Scott Disick's mid-life makeover -- some guys buy a convertible but Scott already has a garage full of fancy rides, so what else to do when you're edging close to 40, split from the mom of your three kids and are already dating a 19-year-old model? Well, bleach your hair platinum, of course!

Page 2: Contents, Leighton Meester and Adam Brody celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary with a couple's surf session

Page 3: Star Shots -- John Legend wore an eye-catching sweater to a photoshoot in West Hollywood, Anya Taylor-Joy stunned in a crimson gown on the set of an untitled David O. Russell-directed period film, Jason Sudeikis grabbed a bite during a break from filming Ted Lasso's second season in London

Page 4: After hosting countless rose ceremonies over nearly two decades of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, Chris Harrison is now in the hot seat himself and facing backlash for defending current Bachelor frontrunner Rachael Kirkconnell who's been accused of racist behavior -- the next day, Chris apologized and said he was stepping aside as host of the dating reality series but the damage was done as Rachel Lindsay who is the first Black lead in the franchise's history revealed she won't renew her Bachelor contract and current Bachelor Matt James supported her -- as for Chris, the fallout continues as Crest are considering pulling down ads featuring him but with critics calling for his ouster Chris wants his job back and no one at ABC wants to see him replaced but those conversations are happening

Page 5: Miley Cyrus has an idea how to help Britney Spears in her legal battle to replace dad Jamie Spears as her conservator -- Miley is hoping she and Britney can record a classic song together like an anthem like Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves or Enough Is Enough and she's hoping to get Britney on board but that may be a challenge with the legal restrictions in place

* Mom-of-eight Kate Gosselin didn't get what she was asking for on her house in Pennsylvania -- it's upsetting that she got less than she paid for it but her hand was forced; it costs a lot to keep up a house like that on 20-plus acres and with years of roughhousing, it needs a lot of work -- with twins Mady and Cara already in college and the sextuplets growing up, Kate hopes to jump-start her career and she's dying to leave Pennsylvania and head to Hollywood

* Paris Hilton's boyfriend of just over a year Carter Reum dropped to one knee on a gorgeous private beach and offered Paris his heart and a sparkler from Cartier and she said yes -- close family was on hand to celebrate the couple who have been friends for 15 years and the party went on well into the evening -- now Paris is already making wedding plans for something simple and elegant with a gorgeous dinner and the couple is ready to start a family sooner rather than later and she's hinted she's already started IVF and if she gets pregnant they'll just push up the wedding

Page 6: Ryan Gosling needed some time off after 2018's moon-landing biopic First Man because he really became Neil Armstrong during the six months of shooting and he was absolutely drained after finishing it and he spent the next two years with wife Eva Mendes being a full-time dad to their two young kids -- now he's back and with three movies lined up, he's looking at a $75 million paycheck this year -- in addition to The Gray Man, he's gearing up for a Wolfman update and another space adventure called Project Hail Mary -- he wants to be a popcorn-movie star and he's going full-blown buff-and-shirtless action hero

* Allen v. Farrow is a new investigation into 1992 allegations about Woody Allen by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow and her mother Mia Farrow that digs up damning new evidence against the director -- one harrowing home video shows the then-7-year-old Dylan saying her dad touched her privates and later a doorman and a building manager and a maid at Allen's NYC residence raise questions about when Woody began his shocking relationship with Mia's teen daughter Soon-Yi -- Mia also expresses fear in the doc, saying she worries that when the documentary comes out he'll be on the attack again and he'll do whatever he has to do to save himself

* Star Spots the Stars -- Julia Roberts, Joe Jonas, Luann de Lesseps, Christina Aguilera, Kaia Gerber, Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae Young

Page 8: Star Shots -- With balloons and a box of chocolate in hand lifestyle expert Gretta Monahan arrived at The View, Melissa Gorga snacked on a huge box of sweets between Zoom interviews to promote the 11 season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Vanessa Lachey prepared to host a Galentine's Day celebration with macarons and wine

Page 10: Jenna Dewan making a plant-based meal, Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn and her husband Christian Richard sipped juice bar drinks while running errands in Beverly Hills, Hugh Grant stopped to tend to his laces while out for a walk in Chelsea in West London, Carrie Underwood prepped for her daily workout session in pieces from her Calia fitness apparel line

Page 12: After a stop at the Kidding Around children's store Bradley Cooper had his hands full walking with his daughter Lea in NYC, Sofia Vergara chic in a blowout and patterned top in Beverly Hills, Justin Bieber looked comfy in a message tee and pajama bottoms in L.A.

Page 13: Thandie Newton looked tense while Chris Pine hit the ground running as the two filmed the spy thriller All the Old Knives in London, Jon Bernthal braved the frigid water while Gretchen Mol bundled up on the set of American Gigolo in L.A.

Page 14: Think Pink -- Jennifer Lopez hoisted an oversized customized bubble-gum hued Coach satchel in a promo shot in NYC, Cardi B slipped on neon sneakers from her Reebok collaboration to shop on Rodeo Drive in L.A., Hilary Duff showing off a peek of her growing baby bump on the set of Younger in NYC

Page 16: In town to film The Hills: New Beginnings with their castmates Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag played in the snow with their son Gunner in Lake Tahoe

Page 17: Mandy Moore and husband Taylor Goldsmith celebrated their last Valentine's Day before parenthood with a romantic stroll in Pasadena, Michelle Obama on her new children's show Waffles + Mochi

Page 18: Chris Meloni and Mariska Hargitay in NYC, hiding her locks in a cute newsboy cap Brooke Burke grabbed dinner at Nobu in Malibu, Krysten Ritter brought her son Bruce to meet some farm animals at the Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita

Page 20: Normal or Not? Farrah Abraham suffered a serious wardrobe malfunction while hitting the sand in Malibu -- not normal, Nikki Reed gushing over her therapy chicken -- normal, Property Brothers' Drew Scott booty bumpin' with wife Linda Phan -- not normal, Lucy Hale lovingly held onto her new dog Ethel while fueling up her ride in L.A. -- normal

Page 22: Fashion -- stars in pastel frocks -- Heidi Klum, Sophia Bush, Chrissy Teigen

Page 23: Rihanna, Kirsten Dunst

Page 26: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are having sexy slumber parties at Kourtney's $8.5 million Calabasas pad and they are spending so much time together and she loves having him sleep over and he'll stay the whole weekend -- Travis who has lived nearby in the gated community for years is already making himself at home and not only has he moved a bunch of stuff into Kourtney's property but she leaves him to chill out and enjoy his space if she has to run errands -- even if it seems the couple is moving and moving in fast, their respective broods are on board with the new arrangement and Kourtney's kids Mason, Penelope and Reign love having Travis around and meanwhile the door is always open for Travis' kids Alabama and Landon, and Travis and Kourtney do a lot of fun stuff with their kids together -- there's already speculation that the move-in will be permanent because Kourtney knows a good thing when she sees it and Travis checks all the boxes

Page 27: Meeting the in-laws might be a little complicated for newly engaged Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers because the Green Bay Packers QB is famously estranged from his Chico, California-based family -- in 2016 Aaron's younger brother Jordan Rodgers exposed the rift while competing on The Bachelorette and at the time, fans blamed Aaron's then-girlfriend Olivia Munn for turning him Hollywood but the trouble continued after their 2017 split -- now that he's with Shailene, Aaron doesn't want to bring her into that toxic atmosphere but Shailene who once called her own folks super f**ked up is not deterred and she is encouraging Aaron to let bygones be bygones but he's not ready

* Melissa and Joe Gorga's marriage troubles will play out on the new season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey but their issues are even worse behind the scenes and they've been butting heads as Melissa's career continues to skyrocket so she's distracted with work and doesn't have time for Joe and he feels neglected and he isn't one to hold back -- it doesn't help that the Envy boutique owner was rumored to be getting close to another man -- the couple is trying to work out their issues for the sake of their three kids but Melissa may be done

Page 28: Cover Story -- George Clooney and Brad Pitt: The Breaking Point -- fights, jealousy and other women -- the former besties had a major falling out and now mutual friend Sandra Bullock is desperate to reunite them -- George and Brad have barely spoken in eight years and they've definitely gone their separate ways and Brad's ex-wife Angelina Jolie played a big part in the demise of their friendship because Angie felt George took Brad away from her and their kids -- Amal Clooney found Angie unbearable and that was kind of the point of no return for Brad and George -- George is struggling to regain his luster as a director while Brad is out there winning Oscars

Page 32: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Interview Shockers -- as they prep for baby number two, Harry and Meghan announce a no-holds-barred interview, leaving the palace on edge

Page 34: Celebs in Wheel Trouble -- don't drink (or drug) and drive; these stars got caught making some very bad decisions -- Bruce Springsteen, mug shots of Justin Bieber

Page 35: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Phelps, Khloe Kardashian, Henry Thomas, Heather Locklear, Jesse Luken, Mel Gibson

Page 36: Beauty -- curl care -- strengthen every type of wave and coil with cool new miracle workers

Page 48: Parting Shot -- Bill Murray teamed up with NFL player Larry Fitzgerald for the AT&T Every Shot Counts Charity Challenge in Pebble Beach -- despite landing in third place, Bill and Larry made a great pair, earning an impressive $209,000 for local charities

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🎂☆ Jason Todd Birthday Week ☆ Day 7 (Aug15th): Healing

Bruce knocked on his door three times in rapid succession. Jason could see him looking up dubiously at the security camera— he was fidgeting, tugging on his tie and running a hand through his hair before abruptly dragging it down his face.

The warm summer evening had enticed Jason into opening up his windows, letting the musky scent of the city combine nicely with the fresh smell of baked goods three buildings down. One of his neighbours had a trough of honeysuckle and lavender in full bloom outside their window, he could smell that too.

Ten minutes ago, Jason stood in his kitchen cooking dinner, listening to the world slow down. He was in his own bubble. He was fine. His heart was still beating in his chest, still working diligently to keep him alive.

Now, his heart lingered on his sleeve.

He was not fine.

The last he wanted was to see Bruce. The last thing he needed was his best intentions and ill execution and eventual lecture of “You’re a disappointment.” He could live without it. He’d be happier off, in fact.

Bruce knocked again, a little slower this time, he kept his eyes on the camera with each movement of his wrist.

He was going to kill Dick.

Jason sucked on his teeth, fiddled with his nails and inhaled a deep, long breath before opening the door. Just a crack. Just enough to say, “I’m not buying whatever you’re selling. You can fuck off, good night!”

He made to slam the door shut in Bruce’s face, but Batman had quick reflexes. The front of a polished oxford had slipped in the crack swiftly, barring him from accomplishing his dramatics.

“Jason,” Bruce did not sound like himself. His voice was thick with an emotion Jason could not name and it trembled enough for his ears to catch on. “Please. Please let me in. Just for a minute.”

He let his forehead drop against the cool mahogany wood of the door. “Why?”

“Because I- I… please just let me in, Jay.”

“No.”

“Please.”

“I’ll say it in spanish for you; no.”

“Jay c’mon.”

“Non.”

“Jason.”

“Nein.”

Bruce groaned. The foot in the crack disappeared and there was an unmistakable sound of footsteps fading down the hall. He pushed the door shut, leaving his full body weight against it until he could collect himself. Until he could find the promise of relief hidden within the depths of his soul.

He found despair instead.

How was it that just the sound of Bruce’s voice was enough to remind him of all the ways he’d failed? As a son. As a Robin. As a hero.

He didn’t realize he was crying until a fat glob of snot ran down to his mouth and his drenching sandness mixed in hotly with anger. He banged his fists against the door, begging for alleviation. He’d pay to never have to feel these harrowing emotions again. He’d pay blood to feel whole, to feel like more than a failure.

“Jason.” There was a strength to this voice that made him sure it was a pipe dream in his head. “You’re not a failure.”

The voice drew closer. It was strong and warm and sure. He squeezed his eyes shut and held onto it.

“Listen to me bud. You were never a failure.” A hand fell onto his shoulder, another brushed back the hair from his forehead. He opened his eyes with sickness rolling around like stormy ocean waves in his stomach.

Bruce smiled at him. Of course he’d come through the window.

And then he was crying harder than he ever meant to.

Bruce dropped down onto the floor in his ridiculously expensive slacks and gathered Jason up into his arms, like he used to— like Jason wasn’t a towering man of his own accord— and held him through each body wracking sob that wrenched its way through him.

He kept talking while Jason cried. Bruce pressed his nose firmly into his hair and kept up a steady, unwavering stream of “I’m so proud of you. You were never a failure. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry, Jay.”

Eventually the summer air was too much. Hot and sticky and he had to nudge Bruce away to force his soul to sink back into his body.

He sniffled, avoiding the softened gaze he was being offered. “Dick gave you my address?”

“After a lot of nagging and several threats.”

Jason let the moment hang as he considered the reassurance there. He was not fond of being cracked open and thoroughly inspected. Especially not by Bruce.

“Want some pasta for dinner?” he deflected, turning away and digging his palms into his eyes.

“Sure.” Bruce stood and offered him a hand, pulled him to his feet and kept holding. “I meant it.”

“Okay.”

“Every word. I should have said them sooner.”

“You should have.”

It was Bruce’s turn to hide away, he did not make a show of drying his tears. Finally, just as dusk swallowed the room, as the scent of honeysuckle and fresh bread began to tickle pleasantly under Jason’s nose, he said “Want a Maybach for your birthday?”

“Sure.”

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Memories of Godly Selfishness Ch. 2

Here’s the second chapter of “Memories of Godly Selfishness”. Here’s the first chapter, if you missed it.

This was inspired by an idea I had several months ago. At the time I wrote it in the form of an analysis, The fight with Otis and Ephialtes in MoA takes on a whole new meaning in the context of ToA. But now that I can actually write pretty well, I wanted to take a crack at the idea in fanfiction form. Enjoy!

When the world solidified, we were surrounded by a chaotic scene. Fireworks of some sort were going off over our heads, though I was more concerned by the Giant in front of us... until the roof above him fell and crushed him.

I looked around wildly, trying to figure out where and when this was. I saw Piper sitting down, badly injured next to a barely conscious Nico. I instinctively started towards them, then froze. Someone else was already on his way. A young man with blond hair rushed towards them.

Jason.

My mind stopped working, unable to comprehend what I was seeing. I started forwards as if in a trance, but only got a few feet before Meg grabbed my arm. I looked back at her, not understanding. Jason was here! Why didn’t she want me to go to him? She looked back at me with uncharacteristic gentleness, stating quietly, “Apollo, this is the past. You can’t interact with Jason. This already happened. He’s gone now.” Her grip loosened, allowing me to continue to Jason if I wished. I didn’t move. Meg was right. I could only observe.

Get it together Apollo, I scolded myself. You don’t know what this memory will show, so you need to brace yourself.

I looked around some more, trying to determine when and whose memory this was. If there were Giants around, then it would likely be taking placing during the war with Gaea last year. Meg wasn’t involved with that, so it couldn’t be her memory, and I only remembered facing Giants at the very end of the War at the Parthenon, and we certainly weren’t at that point in time, which meant...

I glanced back at the third member of our party. Percy looked tense, ready to pull out his sword and start slashing at a moments notice. I glanced around, and sure enough, there was another version of Percy present in the past here, standing in front of a weird machine, looking out at everything that was going on... which was a lot. One of the Giants - Ephialtes I believed, from what I could dredge up from the depths of my memory - was already reforming, dragging himself out of the pile of his own dust, his head, arms, and shoulders already reformed.

On the other side of the room, the rubble from the roof exploded, showering debris everywhere. I ducked instinctively as a piece of it the size of a basketball rocketed towards me, only for it to pass right through me.

Ah. Yes. I couldn’t be hurt here, not by the past anyway. It could only inflict emotional pain, not physical damage.

“Percy! The controls!” Jason yelled. Past!Percy unfroze, pulling out his sword and slashing at the control panel with it.

“No!” Ephialtes wailed. “You’ve ruined the spectacle!”

Percy started turning around to face him, but it wasn’t fast enough. Ephialtes swung his spear at him.

I lost control of my legs, crumbling to the floor. Distantly I heard screaming emanating from somewhere. It took a moment to realize it was from me.

“APOLLO!” Meg yelled at me. It felt like I was hearing her through a fog. “APOLLO!” she screamed again, kneeling in front of me, blocking my view. Slowly, I focused in on her face, the terror and worry in her expression, the tears in her eyes... all directed at me.

Slowly, I came to my senses. This was the past. Percy was alive and next to me in the present. I looked back wildly to make sure of that fact. Percy was still standing perfectly still, staring at the scene in front of him, looking like he wanted to rip someone’s throat out. I shivered at his expression, but at least he was alive.

Meg cupped my face in her hands, an unusual show of support from her. “No one died here. You KNOW that. You saw them later. They survived this.”

Shakily I drew breath, and attempted to get to my feet. Meg helped me up, supporting me until I could stand up straight on my own. I wobbled a little, but didn’t fall.

I could do this. I had to. I had to know why Percy, Meg, and I were drawn into this flashback. The last flashback sequence I’d been in had been highly painful for both Meg and I, but we’d learned a lot - especially me. Seeing how I used to act and how people reacted to me had solidified my determination to never be like that again. And Meg had learned that people she cared about may have been assholes in the past, but still genuinely cared for her and wanted to rectify their mistakes. I wish she hadn’t had to learn that way, though.

I only hoped that this flashback wouldn’t be as harrowing for Meg as the last one had been. Let all the pain fall on me. I deserved it. She didn’t.

I gathered myself and looked around. past!Percy and Jason were side-by-side, looking tired, but still determined to save themselves and their friends. Piper and Nico were over by the dais on the floor, barely able to move.

Ephialtes smiled at past!Percy and Jason. I shuddered. “Tired, Percy Jackson? As I said, you cannot kill us. So I guess we’re at an impasse. Oh, wait... no we’re not! Because we can kill you!”

That’s right. Giants could only be killed by a demigod and a god working together. And they’d all survived this fight. Which meant that a god must’ve helped out somehow. But who, and how?

I looked around, as if merely willing for a divine being would make it happen. Alas, I saw no sign of a god.

His brother Otis picked up his spear. My eyes locked onto it as he spoke, “That is the first sensible thing you’ve said all day, brother.”

The giants pointed their weapons at past!Percy and Jason. Jason growled, “We won’t give up. We’ll cut you into pieces like Jupiter did to Saturn.”

past!Percy joined in on the attempt at intimidation. I was pretty sure they were trying to convince themselves more than anyone else, “That’s right. You’re both dead. I don’t care if we have a god on our side or not.”

“Well that’s a shame,” a voice cut in. I perked up. I KNEW that voice!

A platform lowered from the ceiling, revealing a man with a pinecone-tipped staff.

BACCHUS!

I smiled, hope blooming in my chest. They had a god on their side now! They’d fight together and defeat Otis and Ephialtes, at least long enough for everyone to get away safely.

I glanced at Percy, expecting to see him smile now that help had arrived. Instead he narrowed his eyes to slits, breathing heavily, his face contorted into an expression of hatred and disgust.

My heart sank. What had happened? Bacchus had helped... right? He must have. They wouldn’t have survived otherwise. So why did he look like he wanted to turn the wine god inside-out?

I very hesitantly called to Percy. I didn’t want that expression, that anger turned on me, but I needed to know.

“Percy, what happened here? Why do you look like you want to rip Bacchus apart with your bare hands?” I asked carefully.

Percy gave me a withering look. I tried not to whimper. I didn’t think it was truly directed at me, but Percy was REALLY mad, and he couldn’t just turn that off. Through gritted teeth, he muttered. “Just. Watch.”

So I did.

Bacchus glanced over at Ephialtes, looking thoroughly unimpressed. “Really, Ephialtes? Killing demigods is one thing. But using leopards for your spectacle? That’s over the line.”

I gritted my teeth at the casual attitude towards the demigods’ lives, but didn’t react beyond that. That was typical, as horrible as it was. I didn’t think that would cause this reaction from Percy.

Ephialtes looked terrified of Bacchus, making a small squeaking noise as he stuttered “This- this is impossible.  D-D-”

I missed being able to make my enemies quake so much. But at least I wasn’t scaring my friends anymore, which was nice.

Bacchus cut him off before he could stammer at the rest. “It’s Bacchus, actually, old friend. And of course it’s possible. Someone told me a party was going on.”

Ephialtes quivered, attempting to intimidate Bacchus, and failing. “You- you gods are doomed! Be gone, in the name of Gaea!”

“Hmm.” Bacchus grunted, not looking the slightest bit afraid.

He waved at all the various junk that the Giants had evidently set up, now scattered around the area. “Tacky. Cheap. Boring. And this...” here he pause to examine some sort of rocket-like machine. “Tacky, cheap, and boring. Honestly, Ephialtes. You have no sense of style.”

On that, I agreed. Ephialtes didn’t. “STYLE?” I have mountains of style. I define style. I- I-”

“My brother oozes style,” Otis said, helping his brother out.

“Thank you!” Ephialtes cried.

Bacchus stepped towards the giants, causing them to stumble back as they tried to put some distance between themselves and the god. After seeing them try to kill Percy and Jason, it was gratifying to watch. “Have you two gotten shorter?”

Apparently one thing Ephialtes couldn’t take was height jokes. “Oh, that’s low. I’m quite tall enough to destroy you, Bacchus! You gods, always hiding behind your mortal heroes, trusting the fate of Olympus to the likes of these.”

Jason raised his sword. “Lord Bacchus, are we going to kill the giants, or what?”

“Well, I certainly hope so,” Bacchus said. “Please, carry on.”

I blinked. Then I blinked again. WHAT. He could NOT be about to do what I thought he was going to do. We’d be on the chopping block too if the giants succeeded, it made no sense NOT to help as much as he could. Simple self-preservation should have been enough motivation, even if compassion wasn’t Surely I was the only one who had been THAT idiotic about helping the Seven.

Past!Percy was also shocked. “Didn’t you come here to help?”

Bacchus shrugged, not seeming to care much. “Oh, I appreciated the sacrifice at sea. A whole ship full of Diet Coke. Very nice. Though I would have preferred Diet Pepsi.”

“And six million in gold and jewels,” past!Percy muttered under his breath.

My eyes nearly bugged out of my skull. That big a tribute?! I hadn’t had that large a tribute in one go in centuries! That HAD to be worthy of Bacchus’s help.

“Yes, although with demigod parties of five or more, the gratuity is included, so it wasn’t necessary.”

“What?”

I shared past!Percy’s confusion. He’d gotten an awesome tribute, just take it and help them!

“Never mind,” Bacchus said. “At any rate, you got my attention. I’m here. Now I need to see if you’re worthy of my help. Go ahead. Battle. If I’m impressed, I’ll jump in for the grand finale.”

If they’re WORTHY?! They had both proven their ‘worthiness’ ages ago, between all the quests they did for us gods,  with how they had helped to save us time and time again, with barely any recognition, even a ‘thank you’. They were far more worthy of help than most of the gods were. I growled lowly. I was beginning to understand why Percy had looked at Bacchus with so much hatred in his eyes.

Meg stared at him too. Abruptly she declared, “He’s stupid.” I didn’t disagree with her.

Meanwhile, past!Percy was still trying to figure out what it WOULD take to get Bacchus’s help. “We speared one. Dropped the roof on another. What do you consider impressive?”

“Ah, a good question...” Bacchus tapped his staff in thought. Then he smiled. A cold trickle of dread ran down my back. That was the same smile he gave whenever he came up with an interesting new way to drive his enemies mad. I didn’t want to see it on him here, in these circumstances. I silently prayed that Bacchus would see sense and just help the demigods without playing any games, though I knew even then that it was a futile hope.

I felt a tingle on the back of my neck. Percy was shaking even harder, his eyes eyes as stormy as a hurricane. I felt the intense urge to fall to my knees and beg him not to hurt my friends, but fought it off. He wasn’t angry at me this time, and there was no way he’d hurt Meg.

“Perhaps you need inspiration! The stage hasn’t been properly set. You call this a spectacle, Ephialtes? Let me show you how it’s done.”

Bacchis vanished, taking Piper and Nico with him. Jason shouted, alarmed, “Pipes! Bacchus, where did you-”

Jason was abruptly cut off by the floor rising and reshaping itself, the entire area reconfiguring. Meg shouted in surprise, “Percy, what’s going on?! What’s Bacchus doing?!”

Percy yelled back, disgust dripping from his words, “He’s setting up a show. Jason and I are the main entertainment.”

I flinched. This... this was way too familiar. I remembered all those times in the past when I had watched demigods fight, not caring whether they died. No, that was wrong. Wanting them to die in entertaining ways as I ate popcorn. I’d used demigods lives for entertainment myself, and never gave a thought to the demigods’ welfare.

Still, I’d never done anything like this, deliberately making demigods fight for my amusement before intervening. This... this was WAY too far. It seemed familiar though...

From way up above, I heard Bacchus’s voice. “This is a proper show!” he boomed. He sat resplendent in the emperor’s box, clothed in purple robes and golden laurels.

And then I realized.

This... this was just like when Commodus had made Meg and I fight for our lives in his arena. He had treated the whole thing like a giant game for his entertainment, a celebration of his ego and a way to stave off his boredom. Bacchus was acting the same way. He even LOOKED similar, wearing similar robes and headwear, giving that same smug expression, secure in his own superiority, in his ability to force others to do as he wished.

We gods could be just as bad as the Emperors. And not only the more well-known vindictive gods and goddesses (looking at you, Hera), but even the more ordinary gods and goddesses behaved like this. And Bacchus... of all the Olympians, he should have known better. He HAD BEEN a demigod. He should have known, should have been the one to champion demigods’ values. Instead here he was, smiling condescendingly down at past!Percy and Jason, safe from harm while the mortals fought to survive.

I choked down bile as it rose up my throat. I welcomed the burn. It hurt less than the realization of how BADLY we gods had screwed up, how much pain and suffering we had put others through, people far more deserving of adulation than we were.

“Commodus,” Meg stated. “He’s like Commodus.”

“Yes,” I replied, loathing coloring my words. “Yes, he’s just like Commodus.”

I looked to Bacchus’s side and let out a sigh of relief. Piper and Nico were sitting next to him, being tended to by a nymph. I let out a sigh of relief. Perhaps Bacchus was slightly better than Commodus - but only slightly.

pastPercy glared up at Bacchus, joining our Percy’s hateful stare. “You’re just going to sit there?”

“The demigod is right!” Ephialtes bellowed. I’d jumped. I’d somehow forgotten he was there with how caught up I was in my own head, “Fight us yourself, coward! Um, without the demigods.”

Bacchus smiled down lazily. I wanted to punch him in the face. “Juno says she’s assembled a worthy crew of demigods. Show me. Entertain me, heroes of Olympus. Being a god has its privileges.”

Being a god has its privileges. I had heard that sentiment before, both from Britomartis when she insisted that as a goddess, her needs outranked Jo’s and Emmie’s... and from myself in an earlier flashback, when I had agreed that heroes were for running gods’ errands.

We took demigods for granted, all of us. Treated them like dirt, then expected them to bow and scrape for us, be delighted at any scrap of compensation we threw their way.

We were bullies. That’s all we were. Bullies with an insane amount of power, but bullies nonetheless.

past!Percy’s expression was nearly the same as present Percy’s; incredibly pissed off. Jason didn’t look much happier. They didn’t have time to stand around however. The two giants picked up a fake mountain - why had Bacchus included that? - and hurled it at the two demigods.

Jason yelled something to past!Percy, but I couldn’t make it out over the roar of the crowd as they chanted “Fight! Fight!”. They conferred for a moment, exchanging words quietly enough that the giants couldn’t hear them, which meant we couldn’t hear them either.

They charged out of the trench together. I’d hoped they’d come up with a more sophisticated plan than attack-them-until-either-they-or-we-die. past!Percy caused a water pipe to explode, sending gushing water everywhere. Meanwhile, Jason summoned a howling gale of wind. The combined force of the two elements caused the brothers to lose their grip on the mountain and topple to the floor. They had bought time, but not much.

past!Percy yelled loudly “Hey Otis! The Nutcracker bites!”

I had to snort at that one. Even now, Percy was cracking jokes.

Then Otis picked up his spear again. I tensed, breathing hard. It’s okay, it’s okay, he lives through this, I WILL NOT HAVE TO WATCH HIM DIE AGAIN.

The spear sailed far over past!Percy’s head. I relaxed slightly. At least Otis didn’t have it now.

Otis charged towards past!Percy... bad idea, with the body of water behind him. Otis seemed to realize this as well. Unfortunately for him, giants have a LOT of momentum. past!Percy and Jason dodged out of the way, Jason sending a gust of wind to help push Otis into the water. They brought their swords down onto Otis’s head while he struggled vainly to extract himself from the water. He exploded into dust, but even seconds later, he started reforming. past!Percy churned the lake into a whirlpool, Jason sending lightning bolts onto Otis’s head whenever he started reforming.  But Otis kept on trying to reform, and Ephialtes wouldn’t be down for much longer.

“Bacchus, HELP THEM ALREADY!” I screamed at the lazy, selfish, IDIOTIC god. He couldn’t hear me, but it made me feel better. “They’ve done the most they can do on their own, what more do you need to see?!”

“He won’t help; not yet,” Percy growled. “He doesn’t want to lift a finger. He won’t join in unless they’ve already been defeated. He doesn’t care whether we get hurt or almost die in the process. He’s a god, his whims,“ Percy spat out venomously, “matter more than our wellbeing. We’re just demigods - we’re disposable.”

He’s a god, his whims matter more than our wellbeing. We’re just demigods - we’re disposable.  I wished I could deny Percy’s implication. I wished I could say ‘Oh no, we value demigod’s lives, what Bacchus did was horrible and crossed the line, most of us would never have acted like Bacchus did..’ But I couldn’t. We didn’t value demigods as much as we should. What Bacchus did here was awful, absolutely horrible, but I would barely have batted an eye at it when I was a god. I would’ve just watched - just like Bacchus now was.

The fake mountain exploded, Ephialtes emerging from the rubble. He looked PISSED, his snake feet hissing and spitting. I shuddered. As if I needed ANOTHER reason to hate these giants. To make it worse, HE hadn’t lost his spear.

Jason called down some more lightning, but Ephialtes deflected it with his spear. He charged at Jason and past!Percy, forcing Percy to stop swirling Otis’s essence around and to help Jason fend Ephialtes off.

They lunged around him, trying to stab the giant, but he just parried or dodged out of the way of every blow. Jason and Percy were slowing down. Ephialtes was not.

“I will not yield!,” Ephialtes roared. “You may have ruined my spectacle, but Gaea will still destroy your world!”

past!Percy slashed Ephialtes’s spear, breaking it in half. For a moment I dared to hope that Ephialtes would throw it away, would at least pick some OTHER weapon, but no. He held onto his (now considerably shorter) spear, sweeping Percy off his feet with a swipe at Percy’s feet (with the blunt end of the spear at least, so there was SOME small favor there). Percy fell hard, his sword clattering out of his grip. My heart skipped a beat. I knew Riptide would reappear in his pocket in a few moments, but I wasn’t sure that he HAD moments.

I looked over at our Percy, staring at the scene in front of us intensely. He had survived this. I had to keep remembering that.

I switched my attention back to the past. I wished I hadn’t.

Jason stepped forwards, stabbing at Ephialtes’s chest while his attention was still on past!Percy. Ephialtes was not THAT distracted unfortunately. He parried Jason’s strike and lashed out himself, slicing the tip of his spear down Jason’s torso, then kicked him away.

I screamed.

The world wavered around me. I collapsed on the ground, my legs folding underneath me. I was on Caligula’s ship, Piper on the ground next to me, watching in horror as Caligula plunged his spear into Jason’s chest, unable to do anything but observe, useless.  Distantly I heard Piper cry out.

Wait... I actually HEARD that yell. The world snapped back into focus. I looked up. Piper was yelling down from the emperor’s box, her eyes wild and panicked. I had seen those eyes before.

They were the same eyes she had when Jason was murdered in front of us.

She’d had to watch, horrified, as Jason and Percy were almost murdered in front of her, herself too injured and far away to intervene, an uncaring god by her side, just WATCHING. Who COULD help, but who DIDN’T CARE. As I glared at Bacchus, he smiled lazily at the terrible scene, munching on a Dorito chip.

This... this was why Piper had lashed out like she did after Jason died. “You don’t care because you’re a god. You’ll go back to Olympus after you free the Oracles, so what does it matter? You’re using us to get what you want, like all the other gods.” 

She’d seen it before. She knew that the gods didn’t care, that the gods would just use her and her friends, never mind the destruction we left in our wake, not caring about the aftermath.

Not caring that her friend had almost died for a god’s sick amusement.

Not caring that he did die, on a quest that wasn’t even his.

No wonder she hadn’t wanted to see me after that. No wonder she wanted me to leave and never return. At this moment, I didn’t want me around. I didn’t want the reminder of all I had been, of all I had done. Of all I hadn’t done.

My mouth felt dry and sandpapery as I gazed up at the vile being lounging in the Emperor’s seat. He revulsed me.

No... the entire attitude of gods towards the demigods, towards our children, our FAMILY revulsed me. I couldn’t pretend that it was just Bacchus. Most of us had this attitude, this utter disregard for anyone who wasn’t in our weight class. If they weren’t strong enough to seriously harm us, and we weren’t personally attached to them, then why should we care about their lives at all? They were pawns to use and discard as we pleased.

This HAD TO END. It wasn’t enough to just change myself. That would NEVER be enough. For the first time I truly appreciated what Percy had said after the Second Titan War, when he turned down godhood, and asked us to grant his wish instead. I had been annoyed that he would presume to bind us, that he would have the AUDACITY to tell us how to treat our children and each other, though I secretly agreed with him.

But now?

Now I understood. We had been monsters, only barely better than the beings we had rebelled against. I couldn’t blame Luke or any of the other demigods from rebelling. When the people who should care about you, your family barely acknowledges your existence, uses you as they please and throws you away, anyone who promises a better future, a way out, sounds tempting. The alternative was to continue the status quo, and the status quo was intolerable.

Percy had done the best he could, forcing us to send help for our children, to bring them to camp, and to actually claim them. But it wasn’t enough. We had obeyed his wish to the letter, and things HAD improved, but there was still a long way to go.

We had to change. All of us gods. We had to start treating demigods better - and not only our own children, but other gods’ children as well. They were NOT our playthings. They were PEOPLE. They were FAMILY. It was time we started treating them as such.

Time moved forwards, as it inevitably does. Ephialtes raised both halves of his spear above past!Percy’s and Jason’s heads as they lay on the ground, weaponless, barely able to move.

Meg screamed up at Bacchus, fear coloring her face, but her voice quivering with anger, “Help them NOW, you STUPID GOD. They’ll DIE!”

“He won’t help yet,” Percy growled, his voice low and even. I wished he had yelled. It would have been less terrifying. “He doesn’t care.”

“Then how...?” I croaked. I could see no way out of this without outside help.

Then I looked up.

“Oh.”

Ephialtes hadn’t noticed. Otis tried to warn him, but his head still wasn’t full reformed, so it came out as, “Uh-umh-mooo!” which wasn’t very comprehensible.

Ephialtes couldn’t understand him either. “Don’t worry, brother!” he proclaimed, his eyes fixed on both of the demigods, and unfortunately for him, NOT on the sky. “I will make them suffer!”

“Actually,” past!Percy said,” Look behind you.”

Percy and Jason rolled out of the way just before the Argo II fired its first shot at Ephialtes. It didn’t destroy him, but it left him charred and exhausted on the ground. Otis wasn’t much better. He was still trying to gather himself together, but he looked like burnt oatmeal from the arms down.

The ship descended to the ground, Leo at the helm, Hazel and Frank grinning by his side. I felt a smile tug at the corners of my mouth. Of course Leo had come through - when had he not?

past!Percy turned around and yelled insults at Bacchus, still lounging in the emperor’s box. Perhaps not the smartest thing to do, but it was satisfying to watch. “Well? Was that entertaining enough for you, you wine-breathed little-”

“No need for that,” Bacchus cut him off. “I have decided that you are worthy partners for this combat.”

“Partners? You did nothing!” both Jason and I yelled. I blinked, startled. I guess we thought alike at times.

Bacchus strolled over to the pile of Otis mush. Bacchus smacked him with his pinecone staff, disintegrating him completely. The crowd cheered wildly, as if Bacchus had accomplished some great feat, instead of smacking an immobile and helpless opponent with a stick.

He strolled and strutted over to the other giant, basking in the adoration of the crowd. I felt sick. What was he trying to prove? And to who? Everyone had seen what had really happened. Percy and Jason had done most of the work, while the Argo II had finished them off. The ONLY reason Bacchus was required at this point, was because of the technical requirement that a god and demigod had to work together to defeat a giant. He hadn’t done anything great, or worthy of applause. He’d barely done anything at all!

As Bacchus raised his pinecone staff (a stupid-looking weapon if ever I had seen one, but I had learned better than to insult other gods’ symbols of power to their face), the crowd roared “DO IT!”

Ephialtes yelled in a panic, “DON’T DO IT!” but Bacchus wasn’t about to listen to him. He tapped Ephialtes on the nose. He instantly crumbled to ashes.

The crowd in the stadium cheered and threw confetti. Bacchus strode around triumphantly, arms open, basking in the applause. “That, my friends, is a show! And of course I did something. I killed two giants!”

Who was he trying to convince? He certainly wasn’t convincing the demigods. THEY had done all the work, had endured all the danger, while he just lounged around. And yet he wanted the credit. Saying that he had killed the giants may technically be correct, but he was exaggerating his role, making it seem like he had done more than he actually had.

Exaggerating his role...

I had done much the same thing over the years, spreading tales of what I had done that weren’t strictly accurate. I had told myself at the time that they were essentially true, even if they weren’t technically true. I hadn’t quite been able to fool myself.

I misrepresented the truth sometimes. Partly I did this to spread a certain reputation around, be seen in a certain way. I didn’t think the truth was enough, so I’d spin things to make myself come off differently.

Sometimes though, I was really lying to MYSELF. After I had defeated Python, I had declared how easily I had bested him, that a single arrow from my quiver had turned him to dust. This wasn’t to make myself look better to my brethren, though I told myself that that was the purpose. Hearing the TRUE story, how I had fought and struggled, had almost been destroyed several times throughout our battle, but had won in the end, would arguably have been more impressive.

But that wasn’t what I had WANTED to happen. I WANTED to tell myself that I had easily destroyed Python, that he didn’t haunt my nightmares, that I didn’t flinch when I heard the rustle of scales on stone. It was my way of rewriting history, of coping with the trauma of that battle.

And I just... kept on doing it. when reality didn’t line up with my needs or desires, I told myself that it was different. That was why I had my motivational pep talk, you are gorgeous and people love you. It was an attempt to persuade myself that it was true.

What did it say about Bacchus that he was attempting something similar, trying to persuade himself that he had been more impressive, had done more than he really had? Perhaps we weren’t so different, in the end.

Still, regardless of his personal issues, he should NOT have taken them out on these young demigods. They had enough on their plates already.

The Argo II landed, Leo, Hazel, and Frank leaving the ship. Piper and Nico struggled down from the emperor’s box as best they could, until they reached the rest of their friends. The Colosseum which had only moments ago held a roaring crowd (granted, mostly of ghosts, but still a crowd) slowly dissolved into mist.

“Well, that was fun,” Bacchus said, looking satisfied. “You have my permission to continue your journey.”

“Your permission?” past!Percy snarled. I had much the same reaction. They didn’t need Bacchus’s approval. Besides, if he HAD stopped them, Gaea would have destroyed us.

“Yes, though your voyage may be a little harder than you expect, son of Neptune.”

“Poseidon,” Percy corrected. “What do you mean about my voyage?”

It seemed that Percy had already moved on from his fury. Of course he had. This was typical for gods; he hated it, but he would be used to it by now.

“You might try the parking lot behind the Emmanuel Building. Best place to break through. Now, good-bye, my friends. And, ah, good luck with that other little matter.”

Bacchus vanished.

What was he talking about, Percy’s journey being harder? Not for the first time, I wished that I had paid more attention to the world around me while I was trapped on Delos. But seeing the pain Artemis was going through, aware of what her Hunters were going through, but unable to intervene, had dissuaded me from doing so. I had been miserable enough as it was.

The world vanished. We were back at Camp Jupiter.

Percy turned to face me, his eyes stormy and full of resolve. He put his hand on my shoulder, looking me squarely in the eye. “Promise me,” he stated. “Promise me that when you regain your godhood you will never do what Bacchus just did. Promise that you won’t just stand aside and use us as your entertainment. That you’ll value our lives.”

A promise, oh-so-similar to the one Jason had extracted from me on the day he died.

How could I not give my word?

I stared back into Percy’s eyes. Beneath the undercurrent of anger, I could sense how tired he was, how afraid that this would all be for not. That even after all that had happened, history would repeat. That the gods would continue on their path. That he and his friends would be toyed with again by those who were ostensibly on his side.

“I promise. If I regain my godhood, I will fight to stop the gods from using demigods only to throw you away. I will not allow this to continue if it is in my power to change it for the better. And I will not forget the worth of a mortal life, nor will I toy with them for my own amusement. How we treated you demigods was wrong. You are our family. We should have treated you as such.”

Percy held my gaze a moment longer, searching for sincerity in my words. Finally he nodded. I saw a sliver of cautious hope enter his eyes.

I took the opportunity to do something I should have done a long time ago.

“I’m sorry.”

Percy looked back at me, surprised. “For what?”

“I shouldn’t have treated you and Grover so badly, back during Grover’s birthday. I sent you two to retrieve my wayward automaton. That should’ve been MY responsibility. I completely ignored your objections, convinced that my needs outweighed yours. To make it worse, I threatened Grover. I saw that memory recently. I was a tool. I won’t do it again, force demigods and satyrs to take on a quest that should have been MY responsibility. It was wrong.”

Percy’s expression softened slightly. “Thanks. Make sure to apologize to Grover too, alright? He’s the one whose birthday was ruined, and he was the one you scared.”

“I will, next time I see him. I’ve got a long list of people I need to make amends to.”

“You do that.”

As he walked out the door, Percy paused and looked back at me. “Oh, and Apollo? I stand by what I said at camp. You HAVE changed.”

He went out the door.

A warm glow filled my chest. Before I hadn’t been thrilled to hear that I had changed. I didn’t want the reminder that I was less than perfect, that I could change like any human. But now? I could think of no greater compliment.

I had changed. I would ensure the other gods changed as well. They had to. I couldn’t let our neglect and abuse carry on. Not anymore. Never again would I sit on the sidelines. 

I would keep my promises to both Jason and Percy.

And I would remember.

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Hello, can I ask for JayRae #20? Please. Thanks if you do.

jayrae - kiss on a scar.personal headcanon that i’m sometimes squicked out by: the autopsy scar. I’m a firm believer in it, but sometimes it’s just Uncomfy to think about. hence why this took so long for me writebut i hope you like this blu!

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Pale hands trailed along fading knife and bullet scars along the vigilante’s back. After spending so much time as an on-call nurse for every one of the bats, at one point or another, she’d learned more than a few stories to go with most of their wounds.

The one that never failed to make her hesitate, however, was the distinct Y-incision that ran along Jason’s chest. Like all scars, it had faded away with time, until it only remained as the faintest of lines drawn unnaturally across his skin, thin but sharp. A harrowing reminder of a moment from the past that could not be undone.

She was grateful, that at this particular time, he was laying across his stomach. This gave her easier access to the knight would that was still bleeding freely on his lower back, where a goon had gotten in a lucky strike.

Dabbing at the wound quickly and expertly, she stitched it up, only taking in a bit of the pain to give the healing process a jump start. And to spare Jason the extra sting of the needle. He still drew in a sharp breath as he felt the familiar tugs and pulls.

“You’ll be good as new by tomorrow,” she promised, “But there’s no telling what other injuries your family might come in with…” She took a glance to her watch, noting the early return he made. With any luck, she might actually fit in a couple hours’ sleep before she’d have to make the shift she’d volunteered to cover at Elliot Memorial.

Jason sat up, reaching a hand over to check his torso for any other injuries he might’ve missed. “Would be just our luck, too, if one of them comes crawling back here half-dead. Or especially full-dead.”

“Jason-”

“Hey, between the brat, Steph ‘n myself, we’re allowed to make those jokes. Can’t go topless out in public without getting awkward questions about this-” he pointed at the y-incision scar again, and Raven quickly turned her eyes up to meet his instead. Dick had told her how he remembered them being almost blue, more of a teal in hue. An odd shade that seemed to shift between being definitively blue or green. Now, they almost seemed to glow with a shade that reminded Raven of algae, a muted and soft verdant.

“Just give me this, okay?”

She cupped his face, bringing their foreheads close together, forcing his own verdant eyes to lock with her indigo ones. “How about this, instead?”

Her fingers trailed down his neck, quickly tracing over the beginnings of the autopsy scar on either side of his torso, before stopping at the fork where they met. She leaned down to kiss that spot, front and center in his chest.

“You’re alive now. And that’s something to celebrate. Every moment that you get to breathe another breath, every second you’ve been allowed to cheat,” she leaned forward to give his lips a quick peck before continuing, “That’s more than enough reason to leave the past well behind you, Jason. Morbid jokes and odd coping mechanisms aside.”

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Blumhouse Announces Theatrical Release of DON'T LET GO Starring David Oyelowo and Storm Reid

   BLUMHOUSE TILT AND UNIVERSAL’S OTL RELEASING SETTHEATRICAL RELEASE FOR ​DON’T LET GO, STARRING DAVID OYELOWO, STORM REID, MYKELTI WILLIAMSON, BRIAN TYREE HENRY AND ALFRED MOLINA,ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 30

     New Supernatural Thriller Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes

     LOS ANGELES, CA, July 10, 2019 – ​Don’t Let Go,​ the new, supernatural thriller, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival under the title ​Relive​, will be released theatrically by Blumhouse Tilt and Universal’s OTL Releasing and Briarcliff Entertainment, on August 30, 2019.

      Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes (​Mean Creek​), with the screenplay by Estes and story by Estes and Drew Daywalt, the film stars David Oyelowo (​Selma,​ ​A United Kingdom​), Storm Reid (​When They See Us,​ ​Euphoria​, ​A Wrinkle in Time)​ , Mykelti Williamson (​The Purge: Election Year​, ​Forrest Gump​), Brian Tyree Henry (​Joker,​ ​If Beale Street Could Talk​, ​Atlanta​), Shinelle Azoroh (​Code Black​), Byron Mann (​The Expanse)​ , April Grace (​Sneaky Pete​) and Alfred Molina (​Spider-Man 2​, Feud: Bette and Joan​, ​Frida)​.

    In ​Don’t Let Go,​ detective Jack Radcliff (Oyelowo) gets a shocking phone call from his recently-murdered niece Ashley (Reid). Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen.

    “We have been so passionate about ​Don’t Let Go​ and the work that Jacob Estes, David Oyelowo and the incredible cast have guided on-screen, and through Blumhouse Tilt we are able to tailor our marketing strategy to fit a picture precisely. Tom Ortenberg and his team at Briarcliff Entertainment are as committed ​as we are to targeting this marketing campaign to focus on genre and supernatural fans, ​who we know are going to love this film as much as we do,” said Jason Blum.

    “I’m very grateful to Jason Blum and his focused, committed team at Blumhouse, and to the passion of Tom Ortenberg, not to mention the efforts of our team of beautiful actors from Storm Reid to Mykelti Williamson to David Oyelowo and all the creatives who worked on this movie. The sweat, blood, belief and time that’s been poured into ​Don’t Let Go​ has been a blessing and I am very happy to have the opportunity to show it in a theater near you,“ said Jacob Estes.

     “​Don’t Let Go​ is a gripping supernatural thriller and we are happy to be partnering on its release with our friends at Universal and Blumhouse. Jacob Estes has taken his mind-bender of a script and directed it with a harrowing, edge-of-your-seat excitement,” said Briarcliff CEO Tom Ortenberg.

     The film was shot on location in Los Angeles and was produced by Jason Blum, Bobby Cohen and David Oyelowo. Executive producers are Jeanette Volturno, Couper Samuelson, Eric B. Fleischman, Jay Martin and Matt Kaplan.

       ABOUT BLUMHOUSE TILT:

Blumhouse Productions launched the Tilt label in 2015 to explore new distribution and marketing strategies for micro-budget films. To date, Blumhouse Tilt has released 11-films including Upgrade​, ​Unfriended: Dark Web​, ​The Belko Experiment, Sleight a​nd ​The Darkness.

      ABOUT BRIARCLIFF ENTERTAINMENT​:

Briarcliff Entertainment is a new, forward-thinking entertainment company formed in 2018 by acclaimed industry veteran Tom Ortenberg. Briarcliff’s first two releases were Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” and Joe Carnahan’s Mexican-American superhero film, “El Chicano.” Ortenberg was most recently the CEO of Open Road Films, the independent studio he co-founded in 2011 with AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment, and he previously served as the President of Theatrical Films at Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company.

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Batman: The Mad

by CatCaji In the shadowy and macabre backstreets of Gotham City, the Dark Knight embarks on a perilous odyssey deep into the heart of the criminal underworld. A malevolent faction known as Nefarious and The Saints, fueled by their sadistic cravings, mercilessly taunts the caped crusader with a series of abominable and horrifying acts. As he navigates through these harrowing trials in his quest to bring Nefarious to justice, Batman finds himself relying on the familiar faces he had once vanquished, while also forging an unlikely alliance with a cunning felon who had once been a part of his own life. In order to succeed, he must earn the respect and trust of the very criminal he seeks to defeat, blurring the line between hero and villain in his relentless pursuit of righteousness. The Batman: The Mad drew inspiration from the film The Batman directed by Matt Reeves and The Batman Telltale Series directed by Mark Droste, Kent Mudle, Jason Pyke, and Jonathan Stauder. Please credit Cat Caji when sharing this fan-fiction work with others. Peace! Words: 1452, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Batman, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, John Doe (Telltale), Harvey Dent, Oswald Cobblepot Additional Tags: Literature, Writing, Original Fiction, Original Character(s), Batman - Freeform, Bruce Wayne - Freeform, John Doe - Freeform, Joker - Freeform, harvey dent - Freeform, Oswald Cobblepot - Freeform, The Penguin - Freeform, Carmela Cuervo, The Mad via https://ift.tt/H13C4x7

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the dark knight #the caped crusader #gotham #dcu #dc #ao3 #ao3feed

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Author spotlight: elegantmoonchild.

@elegantmoonchild on tumblr.

AO3 link.

Multichapters:

Three Peas In A Pod. 6/9

Read here.

Mature.

Pairing SweetVee.

Veronica Lodge had spent the last wild eight months in a hot and heavy tryst with known gang member and boyfriend Sweet Pea. Everything about his life screamed danger and thrill, the appeal of which drew Veronica in like a moth to a flame. That all changed, though, in the blink of an eye – the three minutes their circumstances shifted from whirlwind romance to unexpected pregnancy when the color of the test strip turned pink.

How will this new couple face the change that greets them and will their young love manage to survive the fear of impending parenthood? Find out as the clock counts down, month by month, in this nine part tale of romance, angst, and pregnancy hormones.

SweetVee Bedtime Stories. 4/?

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Explicit.

Pairing: SweetVee.

A collection of SweetVee smutty one shots and drabbles inspired by prompts or other random muses. Each chapter will be its own story, its own concept, its own theme surrounding the central ship of Sweet Pea x Veronica Lodge.

No Angel. 6/6.

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Explicit.

Pairing: SweetVee.

Her life was wrapped up in one brilliant white Tiffany bow – the money, the privilege, the opulence of her family’s legacy the perfect inscription on the dull boring epitaph that left Veronica Lodge feeling dead inside. To escape, she dances, grasping onto her freedom as she moves across the stage of the burlesque club, The Whyte Wyrm, owned by former sorority sister Cheryl Blossom. One night, though, her world is turned upside down when she locks eyes with biker and former Marine Sweet Pea, and the vitriol they soon spew at each other only adds fuel to the flame between them.

Both controlled by their own demons, both unwilling to relent to the way they feel, they stomp around their emotions, night after night, dance after dance. Sweet Pea has his sordid past, rife with memories of death and violence, but Veronica has her own skeletons, locked behind the walls of her heart, and freeing them will only prove that she’s no angel after all.

Can these two broken souls that feel such scorn for each other give in to the heat between them, learning to keep the flames ablaze despite their differences and hostility for each other, or will their fire only serve to combust and burn out in the dark of night?

Ouroboros. 6/6.

Read here.

Explicit.

Pairing: Bughead with a side of SweetVee.

After a harrowing act of gang violence claimed the life of her father, a young Betty Cooper found herself being whisked away with her mother and sister to the one place they could find shelter – the Southside part of the city under the watchful eye of the biker collective known as The Serpents. Betty and the Serpent Prince, Jughead, grew to become friends and eventual lovers before a traumatic event triggers Betty to flee for her sanity, leaving behind a distraught and heartbroken Jughead. Years have passed and the fragile life of her sister, Polly, and her involvement with the Serpents’ rival, the Ghoulies, has Betty returning to the den of snakes she once ran from.

However, the Serpent Prince may not be so forgiving and his welcome upon her arrival is purely cold-blooded. Like the revered Ouroboros, life is a continuous renewal of “what was” in anticipation of “what is,” and as clear as the tattoo on every Serpent’s skin, the motto at the Whyte Wyrm is “creation through destruction.” Betty may soon learn that snakes don’t shed their skins easily, especially when love can be sharp and venomous.

Snapshots. 17/?

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Mature.

Pairing: Bughead.

What’s a story only half-told?

An afternoon of reading old diaries and manuscripts turns into a lifetime of memories played before Betty and Jughead as they dig through the past. What were the moments leading up to the romance of sophomore year that stood out to Betty in her diaries, Jughead in the manuscript he wrote about his story with the girl-next-door? How did their epic love story play out for the couple beyond the events of Jason Blossom’s murder that shook the bedrock of Riverdale?

Fade Into Me (I’ll Fade Into You.) 7/7.

Read here.

Mature.

Pairing: Bughead.

It was the worst day of his life, the kind of day every parent fears. Jughead Jones could only watch in horror as his sister, Jellybean, wrestled with a sickness that he couldn’t control. While dealing with the prognosis, Jughead couldn’t ignore the ray of hope keeping him grounded through the sadness in the form of Pediatric Oncology nurse Betty Cooper. Can he learn to love while living in a nightmare? Can she learn to put aside her insecurities and conflicting feelings to fall for the father figure of her patient?

Oneshots:

Finding Strength In You. 1/1.

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Mature.

Pairing: Bughead.

A coda to “Fade Into Me (I’ll Fade Into You)” for those of you who were interested in an epilogue for Betty and Jughead. It’s fluffy and whipped in all the right places, and though not required I hope for those of you interested that you enjoy it. This is my thank you again for all of the treasured love and support that you gave to this fic. I’m here to serve and give the masses what they want!

The Two Of Us Are Just Young Gods. 1/1.

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Explicit.

Pairing: SweetVee.

As the bright lights of the Sunnyside Trailer Park shine through Sweet Pea's bedroom, he and Veronica find themselves giving in to the affectionate beat of both body and soul as Veronica loses her virginity to her high school sweetheart.

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Or three am thoughts inspired by Halsey's "Young God"

Stupid Cupid: A SweetVee Valentine’s Day Story. 1/1.

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Teen.

Pairing: SweetVee.

Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching, and no one is more unenthusiastic about it than Veronica Lodge. Freshly dumped and without a date, her best friend Betty Cooper sets her up on a blind encounter with one of her boyfriend’s closest pals, but the dinner doesn’t go as planned, and soon Veronica and Sweet Pea are lodging insults across the table like a verbal food fight.

The next day, the duo find themselves locked in yet another awkward partnership, assigned to research and enact a romantic couple throughout time at the Riverdale High Valentine’s Day Fair, and it’s not long before the two butt heads at historic new heights. Veronica is just about to give up on the idea of romance and chivalry before she begins receiving small tokens of affection in her locker, one for each day of the holiday week.

Will she discover the identity of her secret admirer before the bell tolls on the 14th or will she succumb to the hostile, yet magnetic chemistry between her and her opposing classmate? In “Stupid Cupid,” things may not be as rose-colored as they seem, and Veronica just might learn that love can be a major pain in the ass.

I strongly recommend this author, because she is amazing. If you’re looking for spicy smut, look no further.

Not only is @elegantmoonchild incredibly talented, but in her fic “Ouroboros” she gave this fandom a taste of the ship SweetVee, and we haven’t been able to get enough since.

Her fics are wonderful, and I suggest you go give them all a read right now!

<3 Peyton (@beaniesandcardigans)

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That became once an inconceivable week of soccer. I mediate this sport has an genuine likelihood to form some status.

Week 10 resulted in about a deep soul-hunting and intense emotional turmoil at some stage within the pecking-divulge route of of the Vitality Rankings, but I'm going to continually place myself thru a psychological ringer if we are in a position to internet games like this a week.

Wait, he's no longer going to make a decision on the Niners at No. 1 after what came about on Monday evening, is he? You're damn factual he is.

NOTE: The earlier rankings referenced within the lineup under are from the Week 10 Vitality Rankings.

Outdated corrupt: No. 1

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Outdated corrupt: No. 4

Sunday's matchup in opposition to the winless Bengals seemed unfair on paper, and it became once even crueler in motion. Lamar Jackson robbed the Bengals of their company at some stage in a single other inconceivable performance thru which he done with a truly perfect passer ranking and delivered his finest highlight-reel bustle yet in a 49-13 laugher. The Ravens are knocking on the door for the AFC's top seed, and it all starts with the 22-yr-historic under center. " what number of little childhood in this country are going to be wearing No. 8 taking half in quarterback for the following 20 years?" Ravens coach John Harbaugh rhetorically requested Jackson on the sideline Sunday, after telling him: "You changed the sport, man." Harbaugh's factual: Jackson has changed the sport. All the discuss evaluating the second-yr megastar to Michael Vick has been selling Jackson brief this complete time. Jackson is extra healthy than top Vick ... and he's factual getting began.

Outdated corrupt: No. 3

We're coming off a harrowing week for the Patriots and their followers, who no longer most productive had to route of their crew's first loss of the season -- final Sunday evening's lopsided defeat to the Ravens -- but also the painful reality that Contemporary England no longer holds the pinnacle place within the NFL dot com Vitality Rankings. Yes, Patriot Plot became once shaken out of its Pleasantville-like existence, but let's all be aware that hell hath no fury like Invoice Belichick coming off a loss and a bye. Contemporary England is 14-5 in put up-bye games at some stage within the Belichick Dynasty. The Eagles diagram the difficult assignment -- they're the first of four straight opponents with a hit recordsdata to face the defending champions. That is comparatively a alternate from the first half of, when Contemporary England fattened up on one of the essential essential worst teams in soccer.

Outdated corrupt: No. 6

After it became once in all places, Russell Wilson informed ESPN he didn't mediate he'd "ever been piece of a sport that crazy." The Seahawks knocked off the previously undefeated 49ers, 27-24 in OT, in a sport that had extra twists and turns than a daylight cleaning soap opera. That which you would possibly perchance well write a book on the time previous regulation length by myself, as Wilson threw a crushing crimson-zone interception, the Niners overlooked a would-be sport-a hit field aim, then Jason Myers purchased his season attend no longer off target with a sport-winner within the closing seconds of the additional length. Wilson's staunch hand is irreplaceable in stress cookers like this, but the sport ball has to switch to Jadeveon Clowney, who performed like a celebrity. Clowney lived in San Francisco's backfield, created turnovers, scored a touchdown and on the complete ensured he'll soon internet a contract that makes him surely one of the essential highest-paid defenders in soccer. Hello on the region of job for both player and crew.

Outdated corrupt: No. 5

If the Packers tear on to purchase their first Colossal Bowl title in on the subject of a decade, a chubby phase of the eventual DVD season retrospective would possibly perchance be centered on how Sunday's sport ended at snowy Lambeau Enviornment. Christian McCaffrey, the NFL's finest working attend, became once 2 yards from the aim line with the likelihood to place the Panthers in dwelling to tie. And the Green Bay protection rose to the occasion to stuff the Carolina megastar and clinch an limitless purchase. The Packers' protection has been an scenario for weeks: Since Week 4 and coming into Sunday, Mike Pettine's unit ranked 31st in yards allowed per play, 30th in completions of 20 or extra yards allowed and 30th in third-down protection, per The Athletic. The Pack D on the subject of collapsed on Sunday, as wisely: McCaffrey's closing elevate became once the 18th play of an 88-yard Panthers pressure. But Green Bay didn't rupture. It became once a dramatic stand to plot upon.

Outdated corrupt: No. 2

A head-scratching loss by the Saints, who were dominated in all phases by a downtrodden Falcons crew that hadn't shown a pulse in weeks. Drew Brees became once sacked six times -- tied for the most ever in his career -- and became once pressured 18 times by a relentless Atlanta front seven. How delicate became once the defensive surge by the Falcons? They managed seven sacks all season sooner than Sunday. The Saints were wisely under 300 yards of complete offense sooner than they began collecting first downs in a closing garbage-time pressure that also produced zero components. "Put off a scenario, and there would possibly perchance be a staunch likelihood they won that scenario," Saints coach Sean Payton stated after the sport. It became once ... wisely ... as irregular an as we have viewed in this 2019 NFL season, and it begs the quiz: Is this a brand of danger in Contemporary Orleans, or became once it factual a truly irascible day on the region of job?

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The substantial epic headed into Sunday evening's big matchup in opposition to the Cowboys centered on Kirk Cousins and whether or no longer he would possibly perchance perchance well upward push to the occasion in top time in opposition to a high quality opponent, the form of surroundings that has seemingly tremulous the quarterback within the previous. But then the sport began, Cousins performed with a staunch hand, and we were reminded who the correct megastar of Minnesota's assault truly is. Dalvin Cook delivered one other All-Pro performance in Dallas, finishing with 183 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown in a 28-24 purchase. Cook and Cousins didn't operate it by myself: The Vikings' protection became once in bend-but-operate no longer-rupture mode in opposition to a high-powered Dallas assault, typified by Eric Kendricks' breakup of a circulation supposed for Ezekiel Elliott within the closing minute that ended the Cowboys' closing scoring likelihood. Kendricks has been surely one of the essential becoming duvet linebackers in soccer this season ... Dak Prescott picked the rotten "mismatch."

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If the Cowboys aimed to present the sphere on Sunday evening they ought to tranquil be considered as legit Colossal Bowl contenders, they didn't operate a truly staunch job of it. Lapses in judgment and failures in execution killed Dallas in a 28-24 loss to the Vikings, which dropped the Cowboys into a tie with the Eagles atop a extinct NFC East. Developed analytics verbalize us that Jason Garrett's crew is surely one of the essential becoming in soccer, but there would possibly perchance be frequently been reality to that ol' Parcellism: You're what your document says which you would possibly perchance well additionally very wisely be. The Cowboys are 5-4, comparatively better than mediocre. Tavon Austin's comely-mediate call on a Vikings punt within the closing minute is emblematic of Dallas' struggles. He informed newshounds after the sport he became once urged to demand a comely mediate to save quite so much of seconds on the clock. Fortune favors the heroic ... and that ain't the Cowboys.

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For the second consecutive yr, and for the third time within the final four seasons, the Texans have began the season at 6-3. Or no longer it's place to be in, and a substantial piece of Houston's success would possibly perchance perchance even be prove within the trenches. The Texans' offensive line, led by key late-summer season acquisition Laremy Tunsil, has executed a so much better job of keeping Deshaun Watson. And the unit's opening up holes for a working sport that is been surely one of the essential essential productive in soccer. The Carlos Hyde- Duke Johnson tandem has piled up on the subject of 1,000 yards, averaging 4.9 per elevate. The absence of J.J. Watt will seemingly become extra pronounced as the season progresses, but Houston's front seven did handsome work in shutting down Leonard Fournette and Gardner Minshew in Week 9. Houston entered Week 10 having allowed the third-fewest speeding yards per sport (84.1) in soccer.

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Patrick Mahomes returned to motion and looked shut to himself, the finest aspect that will near out of Sunday's matchup with the Titans. But ... what a disastrous elevate out to a sport that the Chiefs controlled for the bulk of four quarters. A brief rundown of the setbacks initiating on the 1: 36 mark within the fourth quarter: 1) A failure to convert on a third-and-brief followed by 2) a botched snap on a field-aim try, which resulted in 3) an intentional grounding call on the holder, which dwelling the stage for 4) a protection-extensive collapse on the Titans' four play, 61-yard tear-ahead touchdown pressure, which became once followed by 5) a blocked field-aim try to complete it. Titans purchase, 35-32. If the Chiefs stop up lacking out on a bye or salvage themselves in a dogfight with the Raiders within the AFC West, be aware what came about in Nashville.

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One of many finest surprises of the first half of of the season? Scoring components is annoying work for the Eagles. Carson Wentz became once a buzzy MVP opt coming into 2019 (I bow my head in shame), but practically nothing about this offense has been award-well-known up to now. Entering Week 10, Philly ranked 14th in components per sport, 18th in yards per sport, 21st in passing yards per sport and 12th in speeding yards per sport. The Iggles are the textbook definition of a middling offense, and the numbers attend that up. Don't sleep on how grand DeSean Jackson's season-wrecking belly rupture danger this offense -- he became once a playmaker who would possibly perchance perchance well opt defenses factual along with his house-bustle ability. One straightforward vivid place? 2nd-round working attend Miles Sanders, who has 641 scrimmage yards thru 9 weeks. Easiest Raiders standout Josh Jacobs -- the Offensive Rookie of the Year common -- has extra amongst first-yr execs.

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The Steelers' protection continues to resurrect a seemingly lost season. Mike Tomlin's D held the Rams to a single field aim on offense and compelled four turnovers to command Pittsburgh's fifth purchase in six games. The Steelers, left for pointless after an 0-3 birth, are within the thick of the AFC wild-card lunge with seven weeks to play. Pittsburgh is up to 26 takeaways this season, the most turnovers forced by the crew in its first 9 games of a season because it piled up 28 in that span in 1987. There would possibly perchance be less room for excitement on the offensive aspect of the ball, which managed factual 273 yards and 10 components in opposition to the Rams. Quarterback Mason Rudolph, filling in for Ben Roethlisberger, has been an efficient sport supervisor, for the most piece, but the Steelers will want to examine a leap in his pattern for this to be larger than a truly feel-staunch epic within the AFC.

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The Colossal Bowl hangover is genuine. The Rams were flummoxed by Invoice Belichick on the first Sunday of February and have not been remotely the similar on offense since. It became once all laid bare on a late Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh, the place the once-mighty Los Angeles assault managed factual one field aim and 306 yards in a loss that additional jeopardized the playoff hopes of the defending NFC champions. Jared Goff looked helpless looking out to operate performs within the face of a majestic Pittsburgh front seven, and the Rams' working sport remained painfully pedestrian. Todd Gurley became once held under 100 yards for the seventh straight sport, and when requested in a while why the weak All-Pro didn't behold the ball within the fourth quarter, Sean McVay equipped, "That became once factual form of the rotation." That became once factual form of the rotation. Yep, issues have changed so much for the Rams, and no longer for the simpler.

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Originate you mediate within the Raiders yet? Jon Gruden's crew, taking half in in what would possibly perchance perchance additionally want been the closing top-time sport ever in Oakland, went ahead on a late touchdown pressure, then made a formidable closing stand on protection to stable an limitless 26-24 purchase over the AFC West-rival Chargers. As soon as extra, a serious storyline became once the standout play of Raiders common supervisor Mike Mayock's sterling rookie class. Running attend Josh Jacobs (picked 24th overall) place the Raiders ahead for staunch with an 18-yard ranking, defensive stop Clelin Ferrell (No. 4 overall) had 2.5 sacks and defensive stop Maxx Crosby (picked within the fourth round) capped a substantial evening with a speed and hit on Philip Rivers that resulted in the sport-icing interception by veteran security Karl Joseph. Oakland's protection made lifestyles depressing for Rivers, who threw three picks and had two extra wiped away by penalty. With winnable games ahead in opposition to the Bengals and Jets (who've a blended document of two-16), the Raiders have a legit likelihood to operate the playoffs. Knock on wooden whilst you happen to're with them.

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Yes, he threw a costly crimson-zone interception, and a center alternate turnover highlighted his ongoing scenario with fumbles, but Kyle Allen performed a damn staunch sport on Sunday in Green Bay. In a hostile street surroundings featuring freezing temperatures and staunch snow, Allen saved the Panthers transferring all afternoon. The eventual 24-16 loss would possibly perchance be remembered for Christian McCaffrey being stuffed on the aim line as time expired, but operate no longer forget Allen led Carolina down the sphere to present CMC that final different. "What he did in opposition to that protection, in opposition to that front pinning their ears attend, shimmering we had to throw the ball ... became once moderately inconceivable," stated Greg Olsen. "I thought what he did tonight overall and that fourth quarter became once as impressive a quarterback show hide as I've ever viewed." A high reward from a guy who went to a Colossal Bowl with league MVP Cam Newton about a years attend.

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The Payments looked like a center-of-the-pack crew on Sunday in opposition to the Browns, therefore their placement on the Vitality Rankings. We saw a breakdown in three phases in Cleveland: On offense, Josh Allen sailed a pair deep balls previous birth receivers (sound acquainted?), and Buffalo became once held under 20 complete components for the fifth time this season. On protection, the Browns were in a position to march 82 yards on 10 performs for the tear-ahead ranking late within the fourth quarter. On particular teams, kicker Stephen Hauschka overlooked two-field aim attempts, at the side of the 53-yarder that sealed Buffalo's fate within the closing minute. At 6-3, there would possibly perchance be not any want to dread. The schedule stays light, with winnable games in opposition to the Dolphins and Broncos over the following two weeks. Resolve care of commercial there, and a playoff stamp is shut to punched. But can this crew be relied on factual now?

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The Colts performed without their initiating quarterback and top extensive receiver on Sunday, and it showed in opposition to the Dolphins. With Jacoby Brissett sidelined by the knee rupture suffered in Week 9 in opposition to the Steelers, Brian Hoyer reverted to the worst model of himself. The veteran executed no longer up to half of of his passes and threw three interceptions in his 10th straight loss as a starter. That which you would possibly perchance well operate worse than Hoyer as your backup, but there would possibly perchance be also a cause he became once accessible after Andrew Excellent fortune all of sudden retired in late August. Brissett wants to be on the sphere, especially as the schedule tightens up with three straight games in opposition to AFC South rivals. The substantial quiz around the crew is whether or no longer Adam Vinatieri would possibly perchance be kicking in any of these games. The veteran overlooked yet one other extra point, this one costly in a sport determined by four components. How long can Frank Reich stick along with his guy?

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Philip Rivers is on the second on the darkish internet looking out to search out thoughts-eraser skills to wipe away a lost Thursday evening in Oakland. The Chargers quarterback threw three interceptions and had two extra picks nullified by penalty in a 26-24 loss to the Raiders that place Los Angeles' playoff hopes in serious doubt. Rivers became once under fixed duress as a consequence of a surprisingly meddlesome Oakland front seven, which had its plan with an L.A. offensive line lacking both initiating tackles. The low point for the Chargers came on a closing possession that went like this: incompletion, incompletion, incompletion, penalty (first down), incompletion, incompletion, incompletion, interception. Like I stated, Philip Rivers is scouring the digital underground hunting for thoughts-eraser hardware. Next up for the Chargers? A showdown in opposition to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in Mexico City. Or no longer it's a virtual must-purchase for the Bolts.

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What an indecent, dramatic and doubtlessly season-saving purchase by the Titans on Sunday in opposition to the Chiefs. In recordsdata that can have tremulous Titans followers into silence about a weeks attend, it became once the offense that rescued the house crew in Nashville. Tennessee's protection, which has been requested to lend a hand the present for years, gave up 530 yards and 32 components to a Kansas City assault that looked as if it'd be on the sphere for the complete afternoon. But the Ryan Tannehill-led Titans offense made the most of its opportunities. That became once never extra apparent than on the four-play, 61-yard touchdown pressure that culminated with Adam Humphries' 23-yard touchdown mediate with 23 seconds to play. The Titans wished factual 58 seconds to realize the stop zone on a pressure that began of their territory and not using a timeouts. This does not happen with Marcus Mariota within the attend of center.

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Doug Marrone made the anticipated swap to Slash Foles within the bye week, and it's a long way critical to admire the coach's vision. Jaguars followers have rallied around rookie QB Gardner Minshew, both as a player and a shaggy underdog folk hero, so sending the sixth-round opt to the bench took some onions, to borrow a phrase from well-known basketball announcer Invoice Raftery. Now we will behold if Marrone's resolution pays off for a Jags crew that wants a a hit plod. In one plan, it's a no-lose scenario for the Duval trustworthy. If Foles and the Jaguars surge, this can operate for an exhilarating closing seven weeks of the favored season in Jacksonville. If Foles struggles, the Jags tranquil have a promising younger backup waiting within the wings. We're no longer in Bortles-or-bust or Blaine-or-danger territory, the fan a similar of being trapped on a burning boat with a pack of hungry crocodiles circling under.

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Things purchased extra attention-grabbing than they must have within the closing minutes, but the Bears held on in opposition to a Lions crew lacking Matthew Stafford. The Bears offense managed factual 20 yards complete of their first four possessions, a funk that summoned memories of Week 9, when Chicago managed factual 9 complete get yards within the first half of in opposition to the Eagles. The turning point Sunday came on Chicago's closing possession of the first half of: A 10-play, 80-yard march that ended when Mitchell Trubisky found Ben Braunecker within the stop zone for the tear-ahead ranking. Trubisky threw two extra touchdown passes within the third quarter, taking opt watch over of the sport and releasing the stress valve at Soldier Enviornment. Though the Bears' assault remains The Enviornment in Chicago, which you would possibly perchance well additionally behold about a beams of sunshine breaking thru the clouds within the final two weeks. Can they plot on it?

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Nicely, right here we're again. The Broncos are out of opponents within the AFC West ... and they also tranquil want a quarterback. Paxton Lynch gave formula to Trevor Siemian, who gave formula to Case Keenum, who gave formula to Joe Flacco, who will finally give formula to ... ??? Brandon Allen, who looked moderately staunch in opposition to the Browns final week? Drew Lock, the second-round opt who on the second resides in parts unknown (but who is returning to have a examine)? A recent college hotshot to be named later? If John Elway is again well-liked to inform this search (a substantial if), operate no longer be taken aback to examine the Broncos dip into the free-agent market for the third straight yr. An unofficial checklist of veteran QBs who would possibly perchance be -- or would possibly perchance perchance additionally very wisely be -- altering teams this offseason: Andy Dalton, Slash Foles, Marcus Mariota, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Teddy Bridgewater, Cam Newton, Jameis Winston. Oh, hell, and Tom Brady, too. Howdy, Elway reeled in Peyton Manning in 2012, and that labored out moderately grand.

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Or no longer it's annoying to command what exactly would possibly perchance perchance even be taken out the Browns' purchase over the Payments. Any victory is a gargantuan victory, especially when it ends a four-sport losing plod, but key deficiencies live for Cleveland. The offense is inconsistent with Baker Mayfield on the controls, and the unit's work within the crimson zone remains awful -- especially with the amount of skill on the sphere. The season would were all but over if the fumble return for a touchdown by Payments defender Jerry Hughes late within the fourth quarter hadn't been overturned by review. But it completely became once, and a Slash Chubb-led offense made the most of its second likelihood, using for the tear-ahead ranking. Following a second overlooked field-aim try by Stephen Hauschka, the Browns were celebrating. Cleveland remains on the exterior attempting in at 3-6, but howdy, the remainder of the AFC wild-card field is never exactly overwhelming -- Buffalo incorporated. A purchase in opposition to the Steelers on Thursday Evening Football, and the Browns have a shot.

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Right here is a hot exhaust: The Lions truly desire Matthew Stafford. The quarterback, whose iron-man initiating plod ended on Sunday as a consequence of a attend rupture, became once sorely overlooked in a loss to the Bears that place Detroit's playoff hopes on lifestyles enhance. Jeff Driskel stepped in for Stafford and had about a moments -- his finest being a reasonably, 47-yard touchdown circulation to Kenny Golladay that gave the Lions a spark within the fourth quarter -- but this merely is never a balanced sufficient crew to live to scream the tale the absence of its finest player. The veritably overmatched Lions protection began off wisely, keeping the Bears to factual 20 yards on four fruitless drives to birth the sport. But Mitch Trubisky threw touchdown passes within the following three Bears possessions, inserting Detroit in a 20-6 gap that became once merely too deep with Stafford on the sideline. Now we wait to examine how long the quarterback has to place there.

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Or no longer it's an NFL cliche when a struggling crew hypes up an upcoming matchup in opposition to a rival as "our Colossal Bowl" ... but within the case of Sunday's 26-9 purchase over the Saints on the Superdome, it truly felt like that. The Falcons performed with ardour and precision for four quarters; someone and not using a recordsdata on these rivals would possibly perchance perchance well be tremulous to be taught which crew entered this sport with a 1-7 document and which crew entered it at 7-1. Stunning for Atlanta's Dan Quinn, whose beaming smile on the sideline within the sport's waning minutes informed the epic of a coach who truly wished that. And let's give some love to Quinn's protection, which became once nasty within the season's first half of but legitimately dominant in opposition to a Saints offense that is as deep as any assault in soccer. The Saints' 9 components were the fewest in a condo sport since Sean Payton and Drew Brees came to town. Hand the Falcons their invisible Lombardi Trophy.

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That is three straight losses for the Cardinals following their three-sport a hit plod. On Sunday, they competed for 60 minutes on the street in opposition to the Bucs, but they were unable to search out one plan (or internet a circulation-interference call on Kyler Murray's closing heave as time expired). Speaking of Murray, the rookie quarterback threw his first interception in six weeks. He went 211 passes between picks, an NFL rookie document. Murray joins Deshaun Watson, Daunte Culpepper and Cam Newton as the most productive avid gamers since 1950 with 2,500 passing yards and 250 speeding yards of their first 10 career starts. We purchased some intrigue on Monday when Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury printed that he saved David Johnson on the bench within the closing quarter so they would possibly perchance well opt Kenyan Drake "rolling." Johnson, who led the NFL in touches (373) and scrimmage yards (2,118) in 2016, hasn't been the similar player this yr as he's battled a pair of injuries. Would possibly perchance his time in Arizona be shut to an stop?

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That is two consecutive wins for the Dolphins, who followed final week's convincing victory over the Jets with a street purchase over a banged-up Colts crew. Ryan Fitzpatrick continues a most modern pattern of taking half in within himself (no longer traditionally his bailiwick), and the Miami protection continues to present a boost to. The Dolphins have forced five takeaways of their final three games after managing factual two heading into Week 8. Or no longer it's all a truly staunch check for first-yr coach Brian Flores, who weathered the storm of his crew's traditionally inept first six games and now has Miami taking half within the role of frisky spoiler within the AFC. That would possibly perchance perchance additionally no longer educate the concept administration had in thoughts over the summer season, but this is why these supposed "tank" setups no longer frequently work. The coaches and avid gamers on the sphere want to prevail. "We're going out to purchase every sport. Duration," Flores stated on Sunday evening. Amen to that.

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Jamal Adams stated the Jets ought to tranquil deem him as an untouchable star whereas expressing his displeasure along with his title constructing sooner than final month's alternate closing date -- and on Sunday, he performed like one. The third-yr security became once a particular person possessed in opposition to the Giants, stuffing the box ranking with 9 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, a touchdown and a fourth-down stop. His "gimme six" takeaway from Daniel Jones steadied a Jets crew that seemed in a position to lose opt watch over of one other sport. The Jets ought to tranquil operate all the pieces of their energy to restore their relationship with Adams ... making him the highest-paid security within the NFL would possibly perchance perchance well be a staunch birth. Sam Darnold -- Gang Green's other most important commodity -- also delivered an excellent sport, main the Jets on three touchdown drives and conserving off a turnover for factual the second time this season. Adam Gase wants several extra games like this to bag his "quarterback whisperer" status and rupture a second yr on the sideline in Gotham.

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The losing plod has reached six after an unpleasant defeat to the crosstown-rival Jets. These losses never tear over wisely internally at Giants headquarters. Saquon Barkley became once held to 1 speeding yard on 13 carries, the offensive line surrendered six sacks and the protection would possibly perchance perchance well not shut down a previously punchless Jets offense that entered Sunday averaging 12.0 components per sport. The Giants would actually like to give Daniel Jones with steadiness as the promising rookie quarterback continues his pattern, but Pat Shurmur goes to have a annoying time surviving this season unless the Giants operate a serious turnaround. Jones became once the sport's finest vivid place, throwing for 308 yards and four touchdowns without an interception. Or no longer it's no longer the first time the Giants have squandered a high-stage Jones performance, and it speaks to how grand work wants to be executed to shut attend this meandering franchise to prominence.

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The Redskins announced Monday that rookie Dwayne Haskins will birth for the remainder of the season. We are going to behold if the quarterback gets the different to operate a distinction. Haskins attempted factual 22 passes in Week 9's loss to the Payments, whereas Washington has morphed into surely one of the essential essential bustle-heavy teams in soccer since Invoice Callahan took over as length in-between coach. That schematic shift is seemingly linked to the coaching workers's try and offer protection to a rookie passer who would possibly perchance perchance no longer be ready for top time, but c'mon now, whilst you happen to are going to play the child ... then, you know, let the child play. The bustle-heavy Redskins assault is never working a lick, anyway: Washington has gone three straight games with 10 components scored or less, the crew's worst stretch of offensive ineptitude since the John F. Kennedy administration. Ah, yes, these scrappy 1-12-1 Redskins of 1961.

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That which you would possibly perchance well state it's unfair to fall the Bengals to the bottom of the Vitality Rankings coming off a on the subject of very no longer going assignment in opposition to Lamar Jackson and the surging Ravens, but in the end, in our league (to borrow a grating Aikman-ism), it's a long way critical to purchase a soccer sport. Ryan Finley began his audition to become the Quarterback Of The Future in Cincinnati, a mostly rocky debut that incorporated two turnovers returned for touchdowns. He'll internet the remainder of this season to prove himself as a prospect price constructing, but you imagine the Bengals will fight to circulation on the different to take surely one of the essential pinnacle quarterbacks within the draft within the event that they stop up with the No. 1 opt or something shut to it. On Sunday, they purchased a front-row seat for the Lamar Jackson Existing -- a reminder of how an elite younger skill under center can alternate all the pieces.

Note Dan Hanzus on Twitter @DanHanzus.