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beetboxx · 2 years

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black amethyst - eddie munson x reader

2.6k words i had a pretty hard night so :} i wrote this lil thing

warnings; none?

crystal mommy spiritual hippie reader and eddie dance in his room to fleetwood mac and enjoy life because it needs to slow down a bit sometimes.

“why are we listening to this again?” eddie complained. he was lounged on his bed, propped up by an excessive amount of pillows he stole from the couch in his living room, head facing the ceiling with his thumb and pointer finger pinching the bridge of his nose. he wore a thin gray tank top, the kind where the front swooped in a u-shape down onto his chest. there were cracked yellow letters on top of a red circle with a freaky looking thing on it- the judas priest logo from ‘82 screaming for vengeance. the age on the shirt shown, cracked and faded and the j on judas barely readable. he was just in his boxers, checkered black and white and very comfy looking.

his room was all shaded orange, the indiana sunset painting the room with a call for nocturnals to come out and play. his room, even with the golden orange infiltrating, was so dark. grungy. eddie had a habit of just leaving things places and not ever picking them up. you had once tried to help him clean up, but quickly got bored and just sat on his lap while he showed you his new def leppard tape; the band with 9 arms, a fact that you both thought was super metal. posters of heavy metal bands, the random comic book erotica, his prized guitar, colors of black and red and enough frightening imagery to make any child below the age of five to bawl and run to their parents.

but you were such a contrast in his room. smiling happily, bright crystals wrapped in wire adorning your fingers, another quartz dangling from your neck. you came to his house wearing a float top that tied at the front and a long patterned green skirt, but the top soon got ditched once you realized how fucking hot his house was. so now you were in the flowy skirt and your bra. it was comfortable. exposed skin didn’t have to be sexual to you and eddie. it often was, but that evening was just comfort.

you were dancing in the middle of his room, stevie nicks singing away on the tape you smuggled in his home and shoved in the player before he realized it.

“come on, babe,” you giggled. “stevie nicks is so rad! i would even say she’s metal.”

“don’t you ever say that again.”

you sighed dramatically, rolling your eyes for effect. you threw a knee up on his bed to sit yourself down on it, right next to his foot, the other tucked in his leg so his knee was up.

“edddiee,” you whined, poking his foot to get his attention as you shifted up the bed to plant yourself next to him on your side. your hand propped your head up, tricep laying across his scratchy sheets and brushing against his shoulder. “just give her a shot!”

“it’s so.. soft.”

“yeah, babe. that’s kind of the point.”

“but-“

you shushed him, lightly smacking his chest with your fingertips.

eddie huffed. he was pouting. his cheek fell to the mattress in your direction, his pretty face drenched in gold. he had his crazy hair pulled back in a lazy ponytail with one of your scrunchies you had left at his place, which he immediately stole.

“i just don’t get why you like this stuff!” eddie exclaimed, his fingers catching hold of the fabric of your skirt at his hip.

“it’s pretty!” you argued. “it feels like.. sticking your head out on a drive and feeling all the wind. or.. how an amethyst looks- speaking of which, you should really put some of that in here, it’s ge-“

eddie quickly finished your sentence, “really dark and scary, i know sweetheart.” he flipped over to his side, rolling closer to you.

“maybe it wouldn’t be so scary if you,” eddie emphasized by pouncing on your waist with a playful roughness, fingers tickling your sides, “weren’t in here, little demon!”

you squealed, knees flying up to your stomach as you giggled and tried to rip away his hands. his cold rings pressed into your skin gently and his dull nails grazed against you as he tickled you, loud snicker trickling into your ears.

“eddie! eddie, okay, okay!” you exasperated through laughs, feeling his hands go limp so you could pull them away.

he had a wicked smile on his face, long dimples in his cheeks waving hello as his eyes squinted a tad.

“ah, you surrender! i’ve captured the princess!” he exclaimed with a dramatized fairytale accent as he planted his hands on either side of your face, carefully lowering himself onto his forearms. he had a tendency to fall into dnd mode, but you didn’t mind. it was fun. he was fun.

“no! i never said i surrender! it’s a truce, eddie. and i’m not a princess, you should know that!” you joked, reaching up to bop him on the nose. he scrunched his face up, shaking his head off like a dog after a bath. he looked so adorable, with the little glint in his eyes and mischief written over his cheeks.

“ohh, right. totally forgot. more of a witch-fairy-gnome thing.”

you scoffed playfully and punched his chest with a featherlight touch.

“sure. witch-fairy-gnome thing,” you agreed, reluctantly of course, rolling your eyes with a grin. “so what does that make you?”

he widened his eyes theatrically, dropping his jaw to gasp. “oh, little old me!” eddie croaked with an ostentatious quirk in his voice, where it got all high pitched and medieval. “i am just the gracious peasant whom saved the beauty from the horrors of pop music!”

you giggled through open teeth, wrapping your arms around his neck loosely, eddie leaning down to place a kiss on your cheek.

“stevie is not pop music!” you argued optimistically. he swung his leg to the other side of you so he was fully hovering on top of your figure, legs tangling with each other. “listen, ‘takes to the sky like a bird in flight, and who will be her lover?’ you think cyndi lauper wrote that?”

he must’ve got bored, or his arms got tired in that position, so he fell to your side on his back. you took the perfect opportunity to hoist yourself up on his stomach, perched up there and slouching down until your chest hit his.

“sure, baby. whatever you say,” he sighed, acting the role of some some tired old retiree. he grabbed the end of his thin comforter, pulling it up to rest over your hips. you snuggled into the crook of his neck, placing a palm on his chest, humming.

“just listen to it, eds. hush.”

he wrapped his arms around your waist, barring you into the warmth of his body. his thumbs rubbed small circles into your spine. he fell into silence, and you two just laid there on his bed. stevie nicks and lindsey buckingham took turns singing into the room, the sounds of acoustic guitar and banjo vibrating into both of your blood. it pumped into his heart at a steady pace, matching to the tempo of the music. you listened to it, cherished it, let your eyes close and left the strands of curly hair itching the back of your neck. after a while, you felt one of his thumbs tap steadily against your skin, intently following the drums in the song playing. it forced a smile from you.

eddie took one of his hands from your waist, gently picking up your palm to kiss the amethyst ring on your middle finger tenderly. he pressed another kiss to your palm before splaying it over his collarbone.

“s’ a full moon tonight, eddie.”

“yeah?”

“yeah,” you said.

“what’s that mean?”

you reached up, left a lazy kiss to his jaw. “the moons in aquarius, so.. it’s full of life. gratitude. trusting the universe to bring you good.”

“hm,” he hummed, running his fingertips over the line of your bicep.

you could always tell when eddie enjoyed a song. his head bobbed, eyebrows twitched to the guitar like it was singing through him, his toes would tap. you found that he particularly reacted positively to rhiannon, a song about a free, careless woman who flew into the sweet night and the potential love she offered. it reminded him of someone.

someone who loved him, who let her hair blow in the wind and bugs to crawl over her legs when they got curious. who had a smile that could get her her own sitcom, but she wouldn’t take it because it would lock her down too much. prevent her from dancing in the flowers and hold crystals to her chest nightly. the woman who took his hand and pulled the both of them into lover’s lake on a cold night, laughing and pushing her hair back. the woman who kissed his cheek and clapped giddily when eddie finished his new campaign pitch to her.

he replayed the song once it skipped to the next, insisting that, “no, it just.. last play was weird, i wanna try it again.”

you grinned. by the second chorus, your legs were getting too antsy. they were too still, too dormant. you had too much buzz in you. so you jumped up onto your knees suddenly, clumsily leaning over eddie below you. he raised an eyebrow slightly, hands falling from your waist from the new increase in distance. you chewed your bottom lip, the corners of your lips twitching upwards. you suddenly scrambled off of his bed, leaving eddie to slowly sit up, very confused.

“dance with me.”

“what?”

you sighed, reaching down to his bed to grab his forearms and forcefully pull him up to his feet with a goofy, wide smile.

“(y/n)-“

“come onn,” you whined as he struggled to balance onto his feet. you helped him by placing his hands on your sides, which betrayed you in the end when he pulled your balance away from you so he could find his.

you eventually found your footing, standing chest to chest on the raggedy carpet. he shot you a very unimpressed, grumpy look with his lips pursed but slightly parted in the middle, big brown eyes narrowed at you.

"i don't dance! i'm like.. a dry noodle or somethin'.." eddie argued, pushing your wrists away from him with faux resentment.

"ohh, you liar!" you exclaimed, your grin growing across your face. it made him smile.

"i'm not lying!"

"you are totally lying. what about slayer, huh?" you giggled.

eddie let out a loud gasp, faking offense with his palm thrown across his heart, twisting his body away from you slightly. "that is not even comparable, you witch!"

"that's what the song's about. just hush and dance with me?" you pleaded, giving him the biggest doe eyes you could, puffing your bottom lip out far more than necessary and fluttering your eyelashes. he couldn't say no.

eddie rolled his eyes around, circling his head for effect. his hand fell to his side for you to gently grab, smiling victoriously. you lifted them both up, hoisting his arms over to drape over your shoulders. you shuffled closer to him, to where his forearms hung over you, hands falling limp at the end of his long arms. you hooked your arms around his waist, pulling him flush against you and locking your hands together at his back.

"you're leading this very romantic and put-together dance?" eddie interrogated, admitting defeat by letting you pull and position him in whatever way you wanted.

you mumbled a 'yup!' and pecked his lips. the mumble quickly turned into humming to rhiannon, matching stevie nick's tune as your thumbs matched the beat against eddie's back. you swayed yourself back and forth, by extension, eddie was unwillingly rocking with you.

and then eddie smiled. he watched you intently, lips curling into a closed grin. all he could feel was love and adoration. you looked like a fucking forest fairy goddess, singing in your bra and a long patterned skirt you probably got from a thrift store. he could feel your crystal rings pressing into his shirt, and it was a feeling he could keep forever. that crystal hung around your neck must have been doing something, because you had him under some sort of spell. and when you glanced into his eyes, every single time, there was just one word flashing over and over again in them.

he took a deep inhale, letting it escape slowly and loudly. and in that, he let all of his anxieties escape him. there was no elvish language he had to draft, no basketball player to worry about randomly beating him to a pulp. he could just be for a minute or two. be free like you, bathing in the soft glow of the sunset and the aura of crystals and the scent of burnt incense. it was just.. relief. relief that he could find someone that was immune to the horrors of the world, that stayed.. well, you. he pressed a kiss to the top of your head, pressing his palm against your scalp to press your cheek into his chest.

the song described you beautifully, in words that james hetfield could never find. taken by the sky, but dark and mysterious. but he knew, deep in his totally dark and metal heart, he had won. you promised him heaven and completely delivered it.

and so you stood there, swaying back and forth in the same spot for the rest of rhiannon. you heard him beginning to hum to the bridge, and he felt your teeth exposing themselves in a grin buried in his shirt. he stroked the back of your hair with the slow tempo of the song, sometimes scratching your neck. in return, you scratched up and down his back, slow and gentle and in no hurry. you both stayed that way for never going back again, and then gold dust woman, and then world turning. all of it.

"what crystal is that, baby?" eddie suddenly asked in the middle of the last song, moving his hand to gently grasp at the little stone hung around your neck with wire and a black cord.

you hummed. "black amethyst."

"..woah."

he lifted it up from your chest, examining it closely, even subtly moving you into the light to look at it.

"harmony, clears negativity.. balance," you lazily explained, closing your eyes lightly as he looked at it.

"it's cool. really cool."

you lifted up from his chest. "you want it?"

eddie took a second, pondering, making sure you weren't joking. and then he nodded rapidly, very urgently. you gave him the biggest smile and his heart warmed, flew to the sky a little bit.

you released him from your hold, just to reach up and unclasp your necklace at the back. you held it in front of him, and it was like you were hypnotizing him. he stared at the little black-purple rock, illuminated by the dim lights of his room and the leaving sunlight from outside. it sparkled slightly when he looked at it, and you sparkled when he looked at you. you reached around his neck with either side of the cord necklace and clasped it on the closest one you could find.

"dude.." eddie said, nodding and lifting up the crystal from his own chest to look at it. "metal."

you giggled, leaning in to press a big kiss against his cheek, holding his face in your other palm to press him to your lips further.

"soo... stevie nicks?" you asked, expecting your confirmation win in determining that fleetwood mac was good. great, even. and with you listening to it, in his arms, humming and singing and talking about whatever you wanted, fleetwood mac was way more than great. he decided he would probably end up falling asleep to it every night.

eddie laughed, returned to his position hugging you around your neck, kissing your lips just to be sure.

"stevie nicks is metal."

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guacam011y · 3 years

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***SPOILERS FOR EPISODE 5 OF WANDAVISION***

HOLY SHITE MY MIND IS BLOWN

TOMMY AND BILLY CRYING

“Do you want me to take that again?” “Take it from the top?”

Agnes knows ! Tiger - Ralph

“Dark liquor” Vision being concerned

Billy and Tommy aged up?!

I DO NOT TRUST HAYWARD

SCARLET WITCH - TALKING ABOUT HOW WANDA DOESN’T HAVE A CODENAME

SIS STRAIGHT UP TOOK VISIONS CORPSE

HEX — HER POWERS GET REFERRED TO AS HEX POWERS SOMETIMES IN THE COMICS

CAPTAIN MARVEL REFERENCE

NORM SAYING NONE OF IT IS REAL

SPARKY THE DOG - VISION HAD A STAND ALONE AND STOLE A DOG

HER ACCENT

LAGOS

SHE DOESNT KNOW HOW ANY OF THIS STARTED IN THE FIRST PLACE

EVAN PETERS AS QUICKSILVER

DARCY GOING “SHE RECAST PIETRO?” MOOOD

X-MEN, START TO THE MULTIVERSE?!

WANDA CAN’T BE THE ONLY ONE CONTROLLING IT

IS MONICA MAD AT CAROL???

MONICA X DARCY?! WHAT A POWER COUPLE THAT WOULD BE

SIS REALLY ENDGAME - ENDGAME ENDED WITH TONY’S FUNERAL AND WANDA PROBS WENT STRAIGHT FROM THERE AND STOLE HER DEAD BF’S CORPSE (can’t really blame her, it looked like they were trying to experiment on Vis and could it be Hayward behind it?)

WHO WAS THAT ENGINEER THAT MONICA WAS GOING TO CONTACT?

BABY VISION

AND AGNES DEFINITELY KNOWS SOMETHING

DARCY FINALLY GOT HER COFFEE

SO VIS SAID THAT WANDA COULD’VE MADE EVERYTHING SUBCONSCIOUSLY AND THAT OVER TIME SHE BECAME AWARE OF IT, AND SIS DEFO HAS SOME CONTROL BUT IT’S NOT ALL HER. I THINK AGNES IS AGATHA HARKNESS AND EITHER MEPHISTO IS BEHIND IT OR IT’S NIGHTMARE AND THEY’VE MAYBE POWERED UP NIGHTMARE

***FURTHER UPDATES AND EASTER EGGS***

Auntie Agnes and Agnes saying she has a few tricks up her sleeve - we should definitely take note of that seeing as Agnes definitely has something to do with the whole situation

Wanda and Vision’s house changed again, being inspired by Family Ties, possibly Full House and Growing Pains

“Do you want me to take it from the top?” It seems as though when someone, this time Vision, steers away from the script, things either reset themselves or people become aware to some capacity, although Agnes probably already knows

Speaking of Growing Pains - It had a spin off called “Just the 10 of Us” in which the director for Wandavision, Matt Shakman, was apart of the cast - and seemingly also inspired the theme song for this week

We should definitely keep an eye on Monica and her potential for powers. With Maria last episode revealed to have gone by the name ‘Photon’ (which is a name that Monica uses as one of her aliases in the comics) and could inspire Monica’s name as she develops her powers - those scans didn’t look 100% normal. Monica has also used the Captain Marvel monicker in the comics

Wanda’s energy field and such being referred to as “Hex” short for Hexagon, could be a little nod to the comics where Wanda’s powers are sometimes called Hex powers

She’s never been referred to as the Scarlet Witch on the big screen - and it seems as though she soon may earn that code name

So we now know that Wanda stole Vision’s corpse from S.W.O.R.D, but did she actually re animate him fully? He’s still got the gem in the centre of his forehead, but the last time he had it was in Infinity War where it promptly got ripped out by Thanos - so has Wanda found her own way of reanimating him and he’s alive or is he dead and just a trick of the mind - though from other trailers/previews, Vis is seen trying to and looks successful at leaving Wanda’s barrier

They had a little call back to Captain America: Civil War with the Sokovia Accords, which were targeting the Avengers in general but were created when Wanda lost control of her powers and killed civilians

A little joke towards Vis as playing “Father Knows Best” in their little suburbia - Which was a sitcom that ran for 200 episodes in the 50’s

Sparky ! A little nod to the little green dog from the Walta and King comics run for Vision and unfortunately soon meets the same fate 💔

A little nod to Endgame when we hear from Monica that Wanda definitely could’ve taken down Thanos by herself had Thanos not rained fire - and Jimmy arguing that Captain Marvel could’ve just as easily done it - which leaves Monica with an angry look on her face

Good ol’ dial up internet

Can Vis “save” the residents of Westview? He can still seemingly interact with people’s minds, with or without the mind stone - Norm soon comes out of his trance as Vis snaps him out of it and asks to call his sister and that he has to save them all from “her” - now this “her” could be Wanda...but it could also be Agnes and then Vis shuts him down soon enough again and Norm goes back to his sit com self

Billy and Tommy are fully aware, or at least suspect Wanda’s abilities - after asking her to bring back Sparky from the dead and speaking of Billy and Tommy - could they be semi permanent fixtures in the MCU, it would help to introduce the Young Avengers eventually. They'll do Young Avengers at some point since Kang is supposed to be a thing in the third Ant-Man.

Teddy, unfortunately, I don't think will be here for a bit (I really hope he is though!). I think the guy they hired that everyone is rumoring to be Teddy might just be an episode about Billy coming to terms with his sexuality and Wanda and Vis learning to accept it in the way that era of tv they're in would go about with that kind of episode and the dude is just a dude - but again, I really hope it’s Teddy 😭

Wanda leaves the hex after a mini missile/plane tries to shoot at her - and she’s in her Scarlet Witch costume and is seemingly mostly back to her “normal self”, which includes her accent !

Lagos brand paper towels - “For when you make a mess you didn’t mean to” - a nod to Civil War again in which Wanda accidentally blew up a building in Lagos and caused the Sokovian accords to come to fruition

The mail man again - I also think he was in the commercial but anywho - “Your mom won’t let him go far” similar to “Much like she won’t let anyone leave” a potential nod to Wanda or Agnes not letting anyone leave?

“We can’t reverse death” and yet she brought Vision back - keeping in mind that he’s an android but still a little foreshadow to what happened at the end of the ep? Better yet, could Pietro coming back be a distraction for Wanda? Agnes or whoever introducing someone that Wanda lives in hopes that she won’t go full on breakdown superpowers or just to give her an attachment to Westview even more and make her not want to leave at all

“She recasted Pietro” EVAN ! I’m so pumped for this - it seems this could turn into the X-Men making their debut earlier than expected possibly? In any case, it’s a nice little Easter Egg to the previous Fox franchise of X-Men movies where Evan played Peter Maximoff “Quicksilver” alongside James McAvoy as Prof X, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and so many others - and with Deadpool being confirmed as Disney’s first R rated film, it seems Mutants are definitely on their way to the MCU

Agnes is definitely Agatha or a gender bent Nightmare

The way Billy shed himself and Tommy up was scary - definitely a little nod to his powers coming in

Multiple different perspectives of Wanda saying that Monica left

Red Hex dialled up to around light sources (computer, window, etc.)

Vision mentions reading Charles Darwin’s The Descent of Man - which could refer to Mutants entering the MCU, Mutants being superior to humans

Agnes calls herself Auntie Agnes - in episode 2 during the title sequence in the grocery store there’s a product called ‘Auntie A’s Kitty Litter’

Agnes refers to herself as a Tiger and in the episode, there’s a Tiger on the dining table in the kitchen - could that be a listening device, her eyes and ears?

There are no other children in Westview - Billy and Tommy are immune because they have no prior trauma

Elizabeth Olsen’s photos are real and slightly altered with Sokovian flags in the background

In the birthday shot of Billy and Tommy, they have ‘1,2,3,4,5’ candles all on one cake

In the holiday photos, Vision goes from Turkey to Easter Bunny, to Santa and progressively gets more unhappy - realising he no longer wants to play along in Wanda’s Hex

During Monica’s callbacks to seeing Wanda’s pain inside her head, we see a new shot of Wanda crying - it looks like it’s around the time she stole Vision’s corpse, as the outfit she’s wearing is very similar, if not the same - could this be an after shot of when she’s trying to bring Vision back?

During the scene where we see the footage of Wanda stealing Vision’s corpse, the S.W.O.R.D logo that appears on the table has 8 stars around the rim of the logo but then has a 9th one in the middle - could this be a little Easter Egg to the nine realms of the Cosmos? And there’s also a map showing Cape Canaveral, could that be where S.W.O.R.D’s headquarters are?

Wanda and Pietro were born in 1989 to Irina and Oleg Maximoff - who were killed in an air raid when the twins were 10. In the comics, Wanda and Pietro were raised by Django and Maria Maximoff, before their true parentage was revealed as being the children of Magneto, however, in the comics this has been retconned so that Wanda and Pietro are no longer Mutants and the High Evolutionary had just disguised them as Mutants (something I think they should undo tbh - MARVEL, PLEASE MAKE WANDA AND PIETRO MUTANTS AGAIN!!!)

Speaking of the air raid, that was also referenced in Age of Ultron by Pietro and Wanda - “We were 10 years old, having dinner the four of us. And the first shell hits 2 floors below, makes a hole in the floor” - was the beeping Stark toaster be what that was referring to?

WHIH reappears for a brief cameo as the news service in the MCU - and Hayward cuts off Jimmy as he was trying to defend Wanda’s reputation, in which Jimmy then turns to Darcy and says “I try not to speak ill of people” Darcy then follows up with “Then allow me, Hayward’s a-“ and then she’s cut off by a shot back to Hayward saying the word “Terrorist” which would make sense as it seems with Vision’s corpse, he may have been trying to make sentient weapons and by subverting Vision’s will and blaming Wanda of doing the same. In the footage shown of Wanda stealing Vision’s remains, we see Vision broken up into parts and S.W.O.R.D seems to be experimenting on him and this seems to be the robotics/nanotech project that Hayward was referring to. Monica asks Hayward about the footage saying “When was this?” to which Hayward replies saying “9 days ago. Maximoff stormed our facility, stole Vision’s body and resurrected him” - this would mean that Wanda took Vision 2 weeks after the events of Endgame, about a week before Monica returned to S.W.O.R.D and Hayward didn’t tell her any of this and when he sent her in there, he knew exactly what he was doing - with her reputation after Civil War, this makes it easier for Hayward to paint her as the villain.

Back in Westview, Tommy wears red and Billy wears green - which are the colours that Wiccan and Speed wear in the comics, respectively. And it’s also the colours that Wanda and Vision are known for and appears quite a lot in their wardrobes

More in regards to Sparky, he was the synthezoid dog in Tom King’s run of Vision - the story being that he was originally a dog named Zeke who unfortunately passed away after digging up the Grim Reaper’s corpse and getting zapped. The Grim Reaper’s helmet appears during the title sequence of Episode 2 in the floorboards. Could Sparky have been trying to dig up a similar thing when he was caught by Agnes and consequently killed?

Monica mentions that she knows this aerospace engineer, they’re never shown but she is seen texting them. Could it be Reed Richards a.k.a Mr Fantastic? Hayward did mention that some astronauts used to work for S.W.O.R.D before a mission went haywire - though it seems a bit lacklustre to introduce such highly anticipated characters this way. Could it instead be the Skrull daughter of Talos that Monica befriended at the end of Captain Marvel? She mentioned that they had extraterrestrial allies in episode 4 working with her and Fury as apart of S.W.O.R.D - in the Spanish subtitles they use the feminine articles for this engineer - so I think it’s more likely to be Talos’s daughter

The board that we saw in Episode 4 now includes the mailman, drivers license and all - could he be Jimmy’s missing witness?

The tension in the room after Jimmy references Carol is similarly seen when in Spider-Man: Far From Home, where Peter asks Skrull Fury/Talos “How about Captain Marvel?” To which Talos replies “Don’t involve her name”. Fury, Monica and Talos were all on the side of the Skrulls by then end of Captain Marvel and the space station that Fury was on maybe apart of S.W.O.R.D. So did Carol betray them?

A slight reference to Captain America: The First Avenger is made when Monica pulls a Peggy Carter and shoots at something to see if it’s bulletproof, in Peggy’s case it was the iconic Captain America shield and in the case of Monica, it was her clothes that she was wearing after Wanda threw her out of the Hex

Abilash (Norm) never states that Wanda is the one that Vision has to save them from, it’s just “her” - could this instead be Agnes?

When Billy is training Sparky to sit, he puts the treat by his ear up to his temple - a future reference that Billy will one day share the same powers as his mum?

During the scene in which Wanda leaves the Hex briefly, she turns the guns onto Hayward but none are trained on Monica - she may still trust Monica slightly, whereas with Hayward, she slightly more pissed off because of what he was doing to Vision’s remains. And turning a bunch of guns on the people you don’t trust? Like father, like daughter as Magneto pulls a similar move in one of the X-Men films - Hopefully, the big cameo they keep teasing will be Ian McKellan as Magneto or the Magnus of this House of M adaptation

During when Agnes “found” Sparky, she says he died from eating too many leaves from her plants - in the Tom King Vision run, one of Vision’s kids ends up killing Sparky and sees inside his stomach that there’s a plant that Agatha Harkness grows in her garden

All the names that appear during the credits that Wanda tries to run to end the show and to stop Vision from talking are names of people who work on the actual Wandavision show itself

When Evan Peter’s version of Quicksilver shows up, he says “Does a long lost bro get to squeeze his sister to death or what?” I DO NOT TRUST THIS PIETRO - Similar to Wandavision, the Fox X-Men movies moved up decade by decade - First Class was in the 1960s, Days of Future Past was in the 1970s, Apocalypse was in the 1980s and Dark Phoenix was in the 1990’s - which would make even more sense as MCU! Pietro wasn’t born until 1989, whereas Peter was active during the 1980s. I reckon that this Pietro is Jimmy’s missing witness, Agnes’s husband Ralph and is disguising itself as a comforting presence to Wanda as Vision no longer brings comfort and is trying to bring Wanda back to reality - and when he shows up, the mirror in the background behind Wanda is slightly distorted but his hand looks red and in the shot as well, there seems to be a grey arm reaching towards Pietro - in the shot itself behind and in front of Wanda, there’s nothing there but in the mirror, there is! Either way, I do not trust this Pietro and it’s just an entity trying to give Wanda the last thing that could make her happy - but it won’t last, as everything is already breaking down around her.

I seriously seriously love this show so much 💙

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themonkeycabal · 3 years

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WandaVision Ep 3 Spoilers

Yes, there are spoilers below:

Wherein I watch and have some comments. Please let's make some story progress this week. More Weird!

Why can't I skip the previously on? Disney! Oh well, it doesn't matter, Buddrick Meowbert is demanding pets and he's standing in front of my ipad not letting me watch, until I give the chin scratches.nn.n.m,,,,m. . . . . . . . . ?""" (he walked across the keyboard)

Again, loving the opening credits. Though, oh lord, the colors. Late 60s, early 70s, so so so tacky. And, oh dear, Vision's hair. Is it the hair by itself? Or the hair, giant glasses combo? I can't decide.

Blah blah blah, comic wackiness with suddenness of baby, and slightly chauvinistic doctor (wow, where did they find that suit? there's just so much *pattern* going on there). I can't tell if the neighbor chainsawing the cinderblock fence is qualifying as Weirdness? His vacant smile suggests proper Weird.

"Billy? Well, I was thinking Tommy." @hurricanekelsea called it. I award you one fabulous, classic Marvel no-prize. Excelsior!

The whole bit with the braxton-hicks contractions was weird, but not in the proper weird way, but in a 'did we have to' sort of way.

"It seems the people of Westview are always on the verge of discovering our secret." "Yes, I know what you mean. But, it's more than that, isn't it?[…] I think something's wrong here, Wanda."

*gasp* Is Vision figuring it out? Props to Bettany, it's very clear when he makes that momentary transition from sitcom!Vision to real!Vision (for values of 'real' where he may still be a creation of Wanda's powers). And before he gets too far he's reset to the second before he starts to figure it out. I can't tell if Wanda did that or not, though she was looking panicky.

Calgon commercial. I mean, Hydra Soak commercial. So, who are the two people who are always in the commercials? It's the same pair, yes? And now two Hydra commercials. Oh, though, I guess Wanda was kind of part of Hydra for a while. Forgot about that.

Also, a Buddy break.

Wanda's water broke and it's raining inside their house, so they're huddled under the table. Because wacky hijinks. Come on, guys, move this thing along already, will you.

"Well, in fairness, darling, the baby is approximately nine months early." Heh. Vision dashes off to get the doctor.

Weird animal noise in the nursery.

But, first we must take a wacky aside where Wanda tries to hide her very obvious pregnancy from Geraldine who just showed up. I'm glad I don't live in a sitcom, because the thing were people just turn up on your doorstep constantly, would drive me insane. You have a phone, Geraldine! Call ahead! Though, alternately, you could just not answer the door, Wanda. These are a few of the many reasons I can't stand sitcoms. … Anyway

Geraldine makes herself at home after a 'comedic' search for a bucket while Wanda's going into labor and every contraction makes her coat change into a different one. And also a random large bird appears. Is it a Weird Bird or just a weird bird? Oh, it's a stork. I get it. Oh, actual Weirdness! The bird makes a sound and Geraldine snaps out of it. But, then Wanda makes up a story about an ice maker and she goes back to sitcom!Geraldine and the stork attempts to eat the fish pattern off Geraldine's super-fly bellbottoms (actually, her outfit is really great, looks fantastic on her. A+ wardrobe department).

Vision acquires the doctor before he can leave on vacation. Then gives him a piggy-back ride back to the WandaVision household. As you do.

Geraldine discovers the secret as Wanda's labor accelerates. Everything goes haywire and Geraldine prepares to deliver the baby. Wanda is having a "i can't do this" meltdown that feels real and not sitcom.

And the fastest birth ever. Just in time for Vision and the doctor to show up. But wait, little Tommy isn't the only baby on the way. And lo, there is Billy.

The doctor and Geraldine roll with it. Oh, but then the doctor goes a little Weird as he's leaving, despite the laugh track. "Small towns, you know, so hard to escape."

Agnes and Herb are conspiring by the mangled cinderblock fence. Seems sus. "Is Geraldine inside with Wanda?"

"Can you believe it? Twins." "I'm a twin. I had a brother. His name was Pietro." Seems like a real moment. Geraldine is snapping out of it again, as Wanda sings to the babies in Sokovian(?). Ohhh, Geraldine, good job, shake it off, "He was killed by Ultron, wasn't he?"

Herb and Agnes are trying to convince Vision that Geraldine is untrustworthy. "She's new to town, brand new." "No family, no husband. No home."

Wanda doesn't seem pleased with Geraldine. "What did you say about Pietro?" Nice, good, progress. Except now Wanda seems scary and I'm worried for Geraldine.

The Weirdness is escalating! Yay! Herb is trying to tell Vision something but doesn't seem to be able to get it out. Inside Wanda notices Geraldine's necklace, which, you know, looks like that SWORD logo we keep seeing. And Wanda's scariness factor is increasing loads.

Outside, Agnes cuts off Herb before he can say whatever it is he's trying to say "Because, we're all …". And she looks scared. Good guys or bad guys? I can't tell. Since we've determined Geraldine is Monica Rambeau, that says she's the good guy, but Agnes seemed scared by Herb maybe saying the wrong thing to Vision. Which, doesn't scream bad guy to me. Unless she's scared of a big bad. A Hydra big bad? Two Hydra commercials and all. Though, also a Stark toaster one, but that's just funny.

Run Geraldine! Run! Agnes and Herb try to pretend things are normal. Vision goes inside, and Geraldine has vanished and Wanda's being super creepy. Hope you're okay, Geraldine! This is why you don't drop by people's houses unannounced.

Oh, she got expelled from the sitcom world into the real world, looks like. *phew* Also, yay, the real world! She was puked out into a field next to what looks like some sort of military encampment, and yet they still converged her on with multiple black SUVS and a helicopter. lol. Overkill, guys, she was like 50 yards away from your front door.

And we end with, oh lol, "Daydream Believer". A+ music choice. And, I think that answers that. It's not WandaVision, it's Wandavision.

Okay, I liked this episode MUCH better. Solid progress, good creepy, tolerable sitcom bits because they felt better blended with the Weird. *This* is the show I was hoping for from the trailers. Good job, everybody. And great job Olsen for making me remember how scary Scarlet Witch could be.

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irondad-not-ironsad · 3 years

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WandaVision Episode 1 Reaction

Spoilers below!!

I enjoy the music over the marvel logo

But also a 43 second logo feels kinda long for a 29 minute episode- is it just for the premier or is this gonna happen before each ep?

Also I’m pretty sure I’ve heard that there is a title sequence, which will probably be similar in length. Combine that with the lengthy credits people have been complaining about, it seems that the percentage of the thirty minutes that is actually the story is lower than it should be

not that I don’t love a good title sequence! But I’ll take a well fleshed out episode over fancy logos, title sequences and credits any day

now that I’ve got that of my chest, on to the actual show

I like how they have the frame shaped like that of an old timey tv, combined with the black and white it really adds to the old timey sit come vibe

I like these bells

Ok I know I complained about to much time being wasted with logos and such, but i LOVE how cheesy this theme song is and I love them showing vision and Wanda driving tp there house in wedding attire

“A regular husband and wife” 2 seconds late *vision disappears into a cloud of sparkles*.... 1 minute 8 seconds in and I love this

Even there acting is reminiscent of an old timey sit com this is amazing

feel like I should note he title sequence ends at the 1.36 mark approximately, which may not seem like a lot but again the show is less than thirty minutes so it adds up

Wanda talks with a fifties accent: I already love this show

Also I wish I had magic I could use to clean, I’m moving back into my dorm right now and Wanda’s powers would be SO helpful

Also I LOVE the laugh track

Also Wanda’s short curly hair is so cute

I love how neither of them knows what the heart means so they play it off by being like “yeah of course I know what it means, how could I forget? Do YOU remember what it means

Also Vision is literally part computer shouldn’t he have a photographic memory?

Also how old is Wanda? I could have sworn someone said she was 19 in civil war, which would make her like 21 here? I think?? Idk tho, as a 19 year old I don’t think she has ever looked 19 in the movies, even back in Ultron she looked at least in her mid twenties

The face Vision makes when he makes himself human is so funny

Also Vision blowing Wanda a kiss and her reaching back to grab it is the perfect amount of corny that makes it still cute

Also I wonder what vision’s job is

The backing music is so funny

I can already tell Agnes is going to be some great comic relief in a show that’s already hilarious

“I assure you, I’m married. To a man. A HUMAN one!” I know I’ve said before that I was never the biggest fan of Wanda or Vision but I love Wanda in this show

Obv there is something clearly off here, but I feel like I need to mention that it’s clear this is some warped reality. If I had never seen any of the MCU before, I may believe it was just witch and her robot husband living in the fifties, but the little details really make it clear to the audience (the majority of whom I am sure are familiar with the mcu) that something is off. This scene is one of those, where Wanda cannot seem to recall how long her and Vision have been together and plays it off by saying “It feels like we always have been together”

Is Agnes giving Wanda advice for the bedroom? is this really what I’m watching? Or have I wildly misinterpreted this?

Love the old timey lingo

Vision working a desk job is so funny

Love that vision doesn’t even know what they do at his job, I know it’s part of the false reality thing but also lowkey relatable

“you’re like a walking computer” “I most certainly am not! I’m a regular carbon-based employee made entirely of organic matter”

I started this like twenty minutes ago and have only gotten 7 minutes in because I keep stopping to type my reactions. I am going to try to shut up and watch, and stop screaming about every little detail for a bit 😂

Real quick though does Vision just go by Vision at work?

Ope apparently he does.

I wonder if Vision took Wanda’s last name

Or is he Vision Stark-Banner since it was Tony and Bruce who made him??

He probably isn’t called that but I think it would be funny if he was

Love that instead of writing “dinner with boss” or “Dinner w/ Harts” or even just “Harts” he drew a freaking heart like im dying

if my lack of emojis seems weird I’m typing this on a computer which I never normally do and I’m to lazy to pull up the emoji keyboard, so basically imagine there’s a cry laughing emoji after everything funny

“No skeletons in the closet?’ “I don’t have a skeleton sir.”

Yup I was right, Agnes is giving her sexy time advice

“you should stumble when you walk in a room so he can catch you. It’s romantic!” that is the only way I will be flirting from now on

Also I got to say, I'm guessing it’s a fifties thing but those pointy bras don’t look comfortable

So she answers the phone “Vision Residence” Is Vision also their last name now? Does he go by Vision Vision??

They make the best facial expressions

This phone conversation where Wanda think they’re having a date night whereas Vision is talking about his boss coming for dinner is comedy GOLD

also I love the fact that they’re giving us stereotypical sitcom drama while keeping it clear that there are bigger problems than dinner with the boss

Fake commercial break is at 9.56 (these time stamps are for myself I want to calculate how much of the episode is actually the story)

I do love the fake commercials tho! And I suppose in a way they ARE part of the show

They missed the chance to make it the toastmate three thousand and make every ironman fan cry

The beeping toaster sounds like a ticking bomb..... also the little red light is the only color we’ve seen this episode I think

Commercial ends at 10.46

Also love that it was an SI toaster, still wish they had made it 3000 instead of 2000

How did Wanda confuse Mr. Hart with her husband? Not that I’m complaining, her coming out in a robe and covering Vis’ Boss’ eyes is HILARIOUS

“This is the traditional Sokovian greeting? Didn’t I tell you my wife is from Europe?” “How exotic!” “We don’t break bread with Bolsheviks”

Visions pants are SO high waisted

“It’s our anniversary!” “Our anniversary of WHAT?” “WELL IF YOU DON”T KNOW I”M NOT GONNA TELL YOU”

Poor Vision is trying to figure out what kind of company he works for this is sooo funny

Agnes coming in clutch with a full meal

So Wanda needs the ingredients in order to magic a meal she can’t just make one appear

Vision breaking into song was amazing

How did one chicken turn into like 30 eggs

Vision is singing old McDonald with his bosses wife this is great

“Diane!” “That must be my wife summoning me!” “She calls you Diane?” “Yes... it’s her pet name for me” “I’m coming... Fred”

So many clichés in this show but it’s done in such a purposeful way that it’s still funny

Also we have only seen three rooms: the kitchen, the living room and Vision’s workplace

“Well I think tonight’s going SWIMMINGLY”

Mrs. Hart is SO NOSY

But I love that they don’t know the answers

Wanda looks SO disturbed when Mr. Hart is demanding her and visions story, you can tell her mind is fighting itself and it’s so sad

Mr. Hart is choking, is it bad that I think he deserves it?

Mrs. Hart keeps cheerily repeating stop it, and gone is the stereotypical sitcom camera angles and and the backing music is switched for something eery

This is lowkey scary, Mr. Hart Dying while his wife keeps cheerily saying Stop It and it just feels creepier the more she repeats

Wanda looks distressed and vision is just looking to her for what to do, her old timey accent is gone and she sounds nearly robotic as she tells Vision to help

Poor Wanda, she is so clearly going through it mentally right now

Laugh track is back, and just like that the Harts are leaving, despite only having one bite of food

And somehow Mr. Hart is impressed? Was Wanda rewriting reality to make them so?

I know that this is clearly some alternate reality and nothing is right, but wanda and vision deciding to choose that day as there anniversary and this little convo here is soooooo cute

Aw her making them rings and them both saying I do is soooo cute

And vision saying “and they lived happily ever after’ is so sweet but also so sad in context

What is that little remote vision is holding meant to be?

And love the hexagon closing in on them with the cute music playing to end the episode

Are the people in these credits real? Because it lists the start as Wanda Maximoff and Vision but are the rest actual people?

So there is some sketchy dude watching the maybe fake credits so there's something going on there

The actual credits start with 7.13 left and I’ve been told there's no mid or post credits scene. I’ll let them play while I finish this up anyways

8 minutes and 49 seconds of this show is the logo, title sequence and credits. Out of 29.36 total this means only 20 minutes and 47 seconds is the show, which I suppose is standard for a sitcom but I think I felt deceived by it showing as 29 minutes

Also 50 seconds of “commercial takes the show time down to 19.57 if anyone was wondering

I swear tho I’m not all that bothered by the length, just did the math in case anyone was curious like I am.

I thought I was going to really enjoy this going it, but it still really surpassed my expectations and I can’t wait for episode 2!

This is my raw reactions, but I’m sure that as I mull it over more I’ll be posting more about the show

This is somehow a perfect combo of lighthearted comedy and mild horror

I wanna let this episode stew for a while, so I prob won’t watch episode 2 for at least a day

Also what are your guys’ thoughts on this format of reaction? Did I write to much?

Also what did y’all think of this episode? Feel free to let me know what you think of my reaction, and whether you agree or disagree. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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ordinaryschmuck · 4 years

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What I thought about “Young Blood, Old Souls” from The Owl House

Salutations random people of the internet who probably won't read this. I am an Ordinary Schmuck. I write stories and reviews and draw comics and cartoons. Today, I am reviewing the season one finale of The Owl House. And by the way, there are zero dislikes that I have for this episode. Any issues I could have are either petty nitpicks, or just not worth talking about. So, for the first time ever, I'm going to share my thoughts unfiltered. No likes. No dislikes. Just my thoughts on why I think this episode turned out as great as it did. And in case you couldn't guess, there are going to be enormous spoilers for the finale itself, and The Owl House in general. So consider this your last warning as we dive in!

The opening narration: I'm a sucker for fairytale esque opening narrations in stories, and that's the feeling I got when watching this scene. Sure, you could say that it's an exposition dump that tells us stuff we already know, but I don't see it that way. I see it as a technique to set the mood of the episode, while also reminding us how much of a threat the Belos can be.

And again, let's ask ourselves: How much is accurate in this small history lesson, and which parts are made up by Belos? Because who's to say that he isn't the one who wrote the book that King is reading?

No intro: This. Was a shock.

Usually shows shorten the intro to it’s first and last portions, or at the very least, flash the opening logo. Never, to my knowledge, has a series straight-up drop both the intro and the logo. To me, that is a good sign of a great episode. Because no intro tells me that the writers had so much to put in, that they didn't want to waste a single second to even flash a logo.

Not that many jokes: The jokes were another appreciated, albeit well missed, absence within the episode. Because this is the season finale. An event that, depending on what show you make, needs to be taken seriously. And while I say that The Owl House is a comedy show with drama on the side, that doesn't mean it shouldn't focus on the drama if an episode calls for it. And an adventure where Luz has to save her mentor from an emperor who turns people to stone? Yeah. That's an experience where drama has to take center stage for the time being.

Luz is serious and angry: Don't get me wrong. I love Luz for her endless optimism and her ability to find fun in whatever situation she's in. But this is not the type of episode that requires that personality. If anything, I was happier to see Luz act more seriously rather than stick to her quirky personality. Because this proves that Luz isn't some oblivious goofball who can't see the darkness in the world. It shows that she understands when to be serious if the situation calls for it. This also reveals that not only can Luz get angry, but she can get downright vengeful. Her desire to make Lilith pay is not only understandable, but it's absolutely justified. Say what you want about her now, but what Lilith did to Luz in the last episode was awful. So I can't really blame her for getting angry at the mere sight of Lilith.

Now, if Luz were to remain with this angsty personality, then I would be less than ecstatic. But it seems pretty clear to me that angry Luz is a situation-dependent side of her personality that will only come out in the more dramatic episodes. This is evident with the fact that Luz's optimism returns after Eda comes back safe and sound. So while I came to enjoy angry Luz, I'm still going to prefer happy Luz any day.

Owl Beast Eda sticks her tongue out: I love the idea that this was a part of the real Eda shining through, just because the thought of Eda fighting a curse to get under Lilith's skin is just funny to me. And Lilith sticking her tongue out too was just icing on the cake.

Belos’ is still terrifying: That's it. That's all I have to say. We get even more of a glimpse of Belos' power, and it just cements how he's the most terrifying villain that Disney has made in years. Because I saw his fight with Luz (more on that later) as Belos holding back. Which makes me wonder: WHAT THE F**K IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN HE'S ALLOWED TO LET LOOSE?!

And if I'm being honest with you guys, I'm a little scared to find out the answer to that question.

Eda is partially the Owl Beast: This was a cheat, but an effective one. It gives Eda a chance to have actual speaking roles, while also nerfing her, so she doesn't escape. Would it have been more tragic if Eda spent the entire episode as an unintelligent monster? Maybe. But it also means Eda couldn't give Luz the portal (the most important thing in the finale) and not get to say goodbye to Luz (the most gut-wrenching scene in the finale). Say what you want about Eda being partially cursed, but I think it was a smart decision.

We meet Gus’ dad!: This might not seem like a big deal, but I certainly enjoyed it. Hell, I always appreciate it when I get to know more about the lives of characters in my favorite media. And finding out that Gus' dad is a news reporter? That's a nice reveal, even if it's not the most important thing to happen in the show.

Petrification: Sooooo, this is basically the death penalty. Let that sink in for a second. Because the world of this show, that's aimed for children, actually has a death penalty. Sure, the writers don't actually use the d-word. But turning people into stone with no way to turn them back? They might as well be dead at that point. And I actually like that The Owl House is allowed to go this dark. It raises the stakes much higher than any episode once we find out that Eda could die if Luz fails. And that's a thought I'm sure no one appreciates. Especially Luz.

Luz and King stepping on the grass: Hey, there may not be that many jokes in this episode, but that doesn't mean it isn't allowed to be hilarious. And, yeah, this got a huge laugh out of me. Both from how King and Luz look as they commit their "crime," and because of the guard's over-the-top reaction to it. It gets me everytime.

Warden Wrath’s high-pitched scream: Not much to say here other than I just thought it was funny. Because what also gets to me is when a "big scary character" does something pathetic like what Wrath did. And if you didn't hear his scream, go back to play this scene again. It's well worth it.

“Draw me a map!”: I don't know why I love this line so much. Maybe it's because Sarah-Nicole Robles' delivery made me laugh, or because it preemptively shuts up nitpickers who would ask how Luz knew where the detention center is. Either way, this was a great line.

Willow and Gus help...sort of: In the grand scheme of things, Willow and Gus didn't really do that much when helping Luz and Eda. Sure they got a crowd to chant about letting Eda go, but that effort didn't do anything to stop the petrification. Even that brief moment of standing up to the Emperor came to an end the second he showed up. Which means that it's an issue that Willow and Gus didn’t really help Luz, right?

That would true if it wasn't for the fact that Willow and Gus didn't immediately jump at the idea of backing Luz up if she needs them. That makes these two the perfect best friends that Luz could ask for, solely on that loyalty alone. Would it have been better to see them fight alongside Luz? Maybe, but I doubt Luz would actually want her friends risking everything for her vendetta. Besides, I doubt Willow and Gus would really be that much help compared to how quickly Lilith dismissed both of them in the last episode. So while they get a C for contribution and efficiency, they get an A+ for loyalty in my book.

Eda’s goodbye to Luz: Oh, man. And I thought Eda's goodbye in "Agony of a Witch" was painful. This? This actually got me misty-eyed. And I think the reason why it's more heartbreaking this time around is that Eda is fully showing her emotions in this scene. In my "Agony of a Witch" review, I said that Eda was trying to hide how dire the situation from Luz by smiling and playing the thing off as no big deal. She fails because her eyes and her voice cracks give away all of her feelings, but she still tried nonetheless. This time, however, Eda makes it clear how serious the situation is with both her expressions and tone of voice. Probably because the last time she tried to be gentle with Luz, her apprentice threw herself into the lion's den. So as a result, it comes off as more heartbreaking, given the fact that Eda makes it clear how serious their predicament is. And the fact that she not only says a real goodbye to Luz but practically pushes her away?! Add that with the fact that they share "I love you's" to each other, and you got a scene that just tears at the heartstrings.

Luz crying again: NnnnnnnOPE!!!

I already said that the single image of Luz crying was enough to break me. So seeing her just break down and sob her eyes out is more than enough to hurt the soul, man!

IT HURTS DA SOUL!

“Talk to the glyph, WITCH!”: You know for a FACT that if Luz was allowed to swear, she would use a very similar sounding word to describe Lilith. And I love that implication!

Luz can’t do magic in the human realm: Woah boy! It was one thing when we all predicted it. But to now have visual confirmation that Luz cannot, in fact, do magic in the human realm? Let's just say that adds a whole new level of heartbreak for when Luz has to go home. As well as an overflowing amount of angsty fanfics that plays with that idea.

Lilith’s backstory: ...

*DEEP INHALE*

I will hold off Fredrick Ulisinsburg for now. For. NOW. Because while Lilith's actions are nowhere near justified...it is clear that she does regret her actions. Lilith said it herself. She thought the curse would last for at least a day, and in no way intended for it to be permanent. It's still crappy of her to willingly curse Eda at all, but at least she didn't want her sister to live a life of torture. Plus, there's a sense of tragedy given the fact that Eda wasn't going to fight Lilith anyway. Lilith underestimating how much Eda truly cares must have made the guilt set in even more. And I hope that the show explores that in season two. Because while I think Lilith is on the right track towards redemption, what she did was awful, and I want her to actually earn her forgiveness. Not just hand it out because of a few acts of kindness (more on that later).

(Also bonus points for that foreshadowing with the sharing-the-pain spell. I did not think it would come up again in the way that it did.)

Baby Eda: Must. Protect. Baby. Eda.

Amity’s parents(?): It's yet to be officially confirmed (to my knowledge) that those students in the bleachers are Amity's parents. But if they are, then it's awesome that The Owl House crew snuck this reveal in the finale. They didn't need to do that, but the fact that they did just make schmucks like me happy.

Luz briefly looking out into the forest: So much is said about Luz with just these few short seconds. The fact that she hesitates going back to the Isles tells me that she's wondering if she should. Because right now, Luz has an out. She could say goodbye to her problems and run home to mami, especially given the fact that that's what Eda wants her to do. Except Luz would never do that. Because Luz has proven time and time again that she will not back down when it comes to helping the people she loves. Eda, Willow, Amity. These are all characters that Luz would do anything and everything for if it meant they would be safe. But that doesn't mean she won't briefly get tempted to escape. So while this moment of hesitation shows that Luz can have times of selfishness, her almost immediately running back proves that she will always choose the path of selflessness.

Lilith willing to be a double agent: This was the first sign of Lilith working her way towards redemption. Her willingness to still work for the Emperor's Coven, and to change it from the inside, is pretty admirable. It's almost a shame that she gets caught almost immediately. Because I would have loved to have seen Lilith's attempts to work against the Emperor to protect Luz and Eda from getting arrested. Not only for character growth reasons but because it would actually strengthen her redemption by having Lilith willingly risk everything for the right people.

Luz vs Emperor Belos: I could have never expected this. At least, not so soon. I always assumed Luz would fight Belos at some point, most likely in the series finale. Never would I have expected this confrontation to happen in the first season. And man, oh, man, what a fight! I'm sure some people are gonna complain how easy it was for Luz to fight back, but to those people: I have a few things to point out.

First off, Belos' line of, "I'll play," tells me that he's going easy on Luz. Nothing he does really looks like it would hurt Luz too badly-at least by his standard. And to me, it seems like Belos is treating the fight in a similar way a teenager lets a toddler "challenge" them. Because when you compare Luz's frantic movements to Belos' calm and calculated ones, it is clear who's the better fighter in this battle.

Second, Luz doesn't do that much. Sure she chips his mask with an ice spell. But that's the equivalent of how Iron Man's finishing move on Thanos only resulted in "a drop of blood." Every other glyph Luz uses during this fight was to protect herself rather than fighting back. And the fact that she barely got a chance to fight back, when the Emperor was going easy on her? Let's just say that it makes me even more terrified for Luz's safety when round two inevitably happens.

Lastly, Luz is someone who has what I like to call: Percy-Jackson-Syndrome. A character who's a bumbling idiot seventy-five percent of the time, a surprisingly good strategist for fifteen percent, and terrifying when angry in the last ten. And Luz has shown in the past that she has a sense of quick wit and strategy when fighting powerful foes. Her plan to beat Willow's inner-self, as well as Luz's plan of escape from Otabin, are two examples that come to mind that prove this. So it's not too much of a stretch that Luz is still alive after fighting Belos, because the one time she got the upper hand was by outsmarting him.

So again, good fight, and I'm terrified for round two.

Luz destroys the portal: This was a heroic sacrifice I didn't see coming, even though I really should have. If you've been paying attention to the episode titles, you'll notice that the first letter of each title spells out the phrase, "A witch loses a true way." A lot of people have been speculating what this phrase could mean. Even I dipped my toe in theorizing the right answer. It turns out the people who thought Luz would lose a "true way" back home were correct. But I don't think anybody could have thought that it would be Luz who would take away her only way back home. Not only is Luz being the one to destroy the portal tragic, but this sacrifice shows how much Luz cares about Eda. Luz is willing to say goodbye to everything she knows, for who knows how long, just so Eda can be safe. Plus, it's another moment of Luz defeating her enemy by outsmarting him. Which teaches kids that you don't need to fight harder. You just need to fight smarter.

Lilith shares the curse: This is another sign that Lilith is on the right path. While I still wouldn't say that I forgive Lilith, I will say this sacrifice makes me want to at least consider it.

Belos is fixing the portal: You want to know what makes a villain even more terrifying? The fact that every victory our hero has is more of a minor inconvenience towards the villain. Which is what this scene is. Because while Luz definitely won the battle, it looks Belos is planning on winning the war.

Eda looks different in the outro: I like this. You know why? Because it tells me that Eda being half cursed is not going to be fixed any time soon. Case in point: Willow was wearing her Abomination Track uniform during the intro and the credits, so as not to spoil the ending of episode three. For every episode after, Willow remained in her Plant Track uniform, and it looks like that's not going to change. So the fact that the crew is committing to Eda's design change, to the point where they change the credits as well, shows a great attention to detail. That also hints at a dynamic shift that will remain for the foreseeable future.

The finale makes me want more: To me, the best finales are the ones that resolve most stories but still opens up more for the next season. Because every narrative and conflict season one opened up has been closed. Lilith wanting to arrest Eda? Closed. Who cursed Eda? Closed. Amity's redemption? Please. That got closed, like, three episodes ago. And yet, this finale left me with more questions that I can't wait to get answered in season two.

How will the dynamic change now that Lilith is added into the main crew? What's the day of unity? Why does Emperor Belos want the portal to the human world? Who's that hooded figure that Belos sends to spy on the Owl House? How is being half-cursed going to affect Eda and Lilith? Can Eda still turn into the Owl Beast? Is Lilith going to turn into an Owl Beast now? Are we going to have an episode where Luz and King are going to deal with TWO Owl Beasts? And most importantly: WHEN THE HOLY F**K ARE LUZ AND AMITY GOING TO KISS ALREADY?!?! DO I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO WAIT DURING ANOTHER SEASON-which I'm totally fine with-TO SEE THESE TWO IDIOTS GET TOGETHER?!

I doubt I’ll ever know the answer to all of these questions, but it sure makes me more excited to see what happens next.

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So, yeah. "Young Blood, Old Souls" is a definite A+ of an episode. It had excellent drama, astonishing character moments, some closure to several stories, and even a few well-timed jokes on occasion. However, I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's the best episode of the season. It's definitely in the top five, for sure, but not the best. I'm more than willing to give that title to "Enchanted Grom Fright" just for the importance of it alone. Hell, I'd say that I enjoyed "Agony of a Witch" a lot more than "Young Blood, Old Souls." But, I'm willing to blame that on the same reason why Avengers: Infinity War is seen as the better movie than Avengers: Endgame. Whereas the first part did a great job at lifting up the stakes and tension, that part two pales in comparison from doing its job of giving closure. But that doesn't change the fact that "Young Blood, Old Souls" is a damn-near perfect episode that both hurts and heals the soul.

(And that’s it! It’s going to be another few months ‘til season two hits, and in turn, months until I’ll have to review episodes again...Unless I want to do something crazy like review the episodes I didn’t talk about. But that’ll never happen!)

(...)

(...Alright fine. I’ll review them. But not until The Owl House comes onto Disney+!)

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SPN hell binge Episode 1

Yippe kayay Mother Fuckers, Let’s do this! (edited in the morning or grammar)

Should I watch the recap?

Is that cheating?

I mean It’ll set up the season?

But it it cheating?

Like I’m supposed to get context like when you start a comic half way through

I’m gonna watch the recap just cause I know I won’t even understand that

Aw the cw logo, lets you know you’re getting into some shit

oooo decapitations

what how many of them are there

their voices don’t sound like I imagined

Fuck i kinda forgot Jeffery Dean Morgan was in this

You expect me to take these fuckers seriously where their father, the root of their daddy issues, is Denny fucking Duquette

I’m still confused who the fuck is Jack

I think he’s the antichrist

Listen the practical FXs tho

why is half the recap just a zombie fight

is this the beginning of the this episode or like the end of the last?

oh wait it was the last

listen I get continuity but the fucking font the credits are in makes me want to die

Gay angel can commune with the dead that’s nice

Why did they think that flimsy ass thing will hold the door

“He said welcome to the end what does that mean” the network is finally pulling the plug on this shit show

i love the casual discussion of smiting

I relate to dean in that I too have daddy issues and hate sky-daddy

Is Sam the only function one on this show?

Nope he let the zombies into the crypt

oooops the antichrist is awake

oh its a demon not the antichrist

demon with fashion sense

a demon talking about being a demon the way I talk about working at Starbucks

I like how Sam’s like yeah Cas, give your blood to the minimum wage demon who just met that is currently inhabiting the body of some kid we all really cared about

Nothing could go wrong with that

wait what that fucking worked

how did the minimum wage demon fix God’s mess

okay random teens because horror tropes of violence against young “stupid” women who are just enjoying their lives because it’s easier to enjoy the thing when the male gaze and patriarchal culture not only fetishizes violence against women but it makes the horror easier to watch because it’s not as scary when the victim is a vapid and brainless teenage girl, thus making the male viewer feel secure because his ego tells him that he is stronger and smarter than these weak female and therefore would not fall victim to the monster even though that makes no sense in this context when their main demographic is gen-z girls,gay and theys.

also who gave the camera to the guy with hand tremor what was that shaking

When you have to kill a character but the actor still needs to pay the bills

are they literally just gonna spend the whole season tracking down runaway ghosts this is gonna be worse than I thought

Like is that really Jensen Ackles’s voice is doesn’t sound real

ooo spooky car crash

Wait woman in white wasn’t that the fucking pilot i watched that

oh god really all the fucking monsters of the week are back fuck me what have I gotten myself into

Why is this show trying to be a fucking 80s horror movie now we have a poor housewife and her daughter being haunted by ghosts really

and its not just that its the cinematography and the lighting like the whole fucking mise en scen

its a fun aesthteic but goddamn did they really milk 15 season out of this shit? did anyone actually watch after season 12?

motherfucker a killer clown wow

Like I feel like they’re making they’re voices deeper on purpose

I’m sorry what in the living fuck is this dumb ass FBI shirt that Sam is wearing that does not look real you are not fooling anyone honey has this really been your shtick for 15 fucking years and you look like THAT holy fucking hell it genuinely looks like the costume department is barely trying

Mr. Trench coat honestly looks more believable

wait is minimum wage demon a neanderthal

And he;s hitting on one half or the queer baiting wonder twins great

Minimum wage demon: “who was he”

me: “wouldn’t we all like to know”

I mean me. I would like to know thank you minimum wage demon for getting me this info

So he’s they’re kid that’s nice

Wait

So the queer baiting wonder twins had a FUCKING CHILD TOGETHER

holy fuck they weren’t kidding this really is hell

the blood stains are really good like a little bright for being old dried blood but still the practical FX slaps and I’m already starting to think that’s the show’s one redeeming quality

That child is defffffff possessed

This thing is giving me flashbacks to early quarantine when my ex made me watch killer klowns for outer space on Netflix party would not reccomend

I mean I wouldn’t reccomend this either but

Who’s Rowena

Why is the angle that low and harsh on the minimum wage demon being a fan boy like really why

Why is it a dutch too

I just want to talk to the cinematographer and see if he’s okay

Like It went to a stand eye level over the shoulder and then nack to the super harsh low dutch what’s going on

Also Who’s Micheal

Like Micheal the angel?

Is Micheal an angel? idk

why does Cas readily hand out the info that he’s an angel

Sam shot god and honestly fucking mood

is it just Sam or does every one get fucked up if they try to hurt sky-daddy cause that’s kind of a dick move

I feel like I’m supposed to recognize the MILF in white but I haven’t seen the show so IDK

What’s with the whole human sacrifice heart thing like is that standard here

I thought they were going door to door they literally only went to the one house

the killer klown from outer space is back and he has friends

I love how Cas is just like offend and exasperated over being shot

and then just fucking La Llorona makes an appearance

are the spell in fucking Latin on this show

this is why I’m a Witcher stan like at least Sapkowski’s creative an used a different dying language

why does Sam have to stay be hind like in theory they could just sprint

and he picked up the kid he’s like the one functional one here

Sam just told the killer klown from outer space to shut up and honestly same

I have 5 minutes left and it feel like it’s been an eternity

how many times have they been uncomfortably thanked by a little girl on this show cause I feel like the answer is too many

Why is the pie man such a bitch to his husband like way to press against the whole queer baiting wonder twins thing we get it you’re uncomfortable with your character’s repressed bisexuality please maybe chill you made the gay angel sad

even the minimum wage demon gets it

that looks infected

oh yeah dean’s oldest daughter syndrome is back that’s nice

I feel like I see the appeal of this show and how it could be good but then it went to hell

Wait are they actually god now what the fuck

like is this whole season just some Nietzsche bullshit okay

why does dean say just you and me? You also have a gay angel and a minimum wage demon

Final thoughts: I’m going to bed. I’ll do more tomorrow. This really is a dumpster fire. What have I gotten myself into

#Supernatural Hell Binge #dean winchester #sam winchester #castiel #destiel #supernatural #spn #spn 15x01 #oh my god what have I done #winchesters #dean #sam #cas #why'd you make the gay angel cry

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humansoulsarg · 3 years

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Heathcliff Comic/Houses of Spice Solve (Locker 47)

Heathcliff Comic: https://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/post/186580344347/heathcliff-39-nov-1989-marvel-comics-angelo Houses of Spice: https://pangenttechnologies.tumblr.com/post/186580131377/spice-girls-spice-world-2019-logos-house-of-scary At the end of the Houses of Spice is an animated GIF with blinking white dots. Partial Solve by Groovy Tesseract, Zomperzon and Timescape “have you tried to put the gif on top of the comic that was released just before or just after it? The big square on this gif would fit the big X at the end final page of the comicbook” Heathcliff #39 (Nov 1989, Marvel Comics) Angelo Decesare (Writer/Penciler/Colorist)Jackie Roettcher (Inker)Grace Kremer (Letterer)

I made the squares purple so they’re easier to see Some squares cover the comic text nicely, but other squares cover bits of the background Plus the squares seem to be organized into 4 rows which matches the 4 comic panel rows. I guess it’s just a matter of figuring out which pages are relevant. The “Houses of Spice” animated GIF has three frames. If I use each frame as a different RGB channel I get valid Pangent colors. Here are two possibilities. This may match letters on the Heathcliff comic pages.

just from eyeballing it, I think the last page is White and says “rex”

SOLVED BY FROGMOSS10

Locker reserved for Sofia Padre (Forty-Seven) in the name of Grand-Kitty Rex

#puzzle #puzzle solution #human souls arg #submission

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While Your Star Grants You Time by Helen Greetham of Earth in a Pocket. A man is haunted for seventy years by the silent ghost of a Roman soldier.

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a-not-so-sure-artist · 7 months

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It’s a convenience store, what else did he expect?!

#web comic #The House of Scary Logos #tumblr comic #ibispaint art #The House of Scary Logos comics #comic strip #The House of Scary Logos comic #The House of Scary Logos series #The House of Scary Logos comic series #ibispaint

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Movie Review: Shazam! (Spoilers)

Spoiler Warning: This is my spoiler review for Shazam! released the weekend after the movie’s initial release on April 5 so if you haven’t yet seen the movie, go and see it and then come back and read on.

Characters:

Billy Batson/Shazam:

So let’s start with our main character(s) and I will start with Asher Angel’s Billy Batson because I can’t really talk about Zachary Levi’s Shazam without first talking about the origin of how he came to be.

As I said in my non-spoiler review, I thought Asher Angel got off to a very rocky start. I am guessing “Holy Moley” is Billy’s catchphrase because both he and Shazam said it quite a lot in this movie. However when the first words you hear the movie’s hero say are “Holy moley! It’s the boys in blue!” you do question what kind of movie this is.

I did like his actions of tricking the cops into that shop and locking them in so he could try and find a woman with the surname Batson in their car...but I just how it was executed from the dialogue to that very childish waving played a little bit too kid-like than Billy or Shazam are supposed to be.

Although the fact he is a kid in the foster system was very tastefully handled and didn’t detour away from the hard-hitting reality of what growing up in the system is like.

Similar to the 2009 movie Hotel for Dogs starring Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin as brother and sister in the system and wanting to remain together no matter where they end up. Don Cheadle plays one of his better roles there as the social worker who like Andi Osho here is very realistic in saying “If you keep running away, eventually it will become impossible to place you”. Very well handled and I am impressed a movie this comedic and light goes there.

Now when Billy moves in with the foster family that houses the other kids of the Shazam! family, something about Asher’s performance really makes Billy fade away and the attention is focused on literally everyone else. I think the main problem for this movie will be Asher Angel because even in promotions it’s Zachary Levi and Jack Dylan Grazer doing the rounds.

I did like the growth of him accepting the foster family as his new family. He started off very cagey, was fixated on the idea he wasn’t going to stay there so didn’t want Darla to get attached which made her feel sad and how he didn’t join in with the family dinner tradition of “all hands in”.

But then when he finally tracked down his mother, which by the way I found interesting that Billy had gone I think from state to state or city to city yet somehow ended up in the same state or city as his mother all those years later, that realization that his mother is a waste of space and accepting that the foster family are his true family was touching.

This is, by a mile, my favourite performance of Zachary Levi’s. Shazam as a character in live-action was every bit as funny and child-like as I have seen him in animation.

That child-like wonder of discovering he had superpowers and learning how to deal with them was very good, the fact he appeared as an adult so could buy beer but still being a child not having a taste for it so swapped it out for candy and sugary drinks was very funny.

But then of course you have the line of “With great power comes great responsibility” which yes isn’t a Shazam or DC line but does come into effect as Shazam is using his lightning powers mainly to charge phones and put on a show, but when it comes to saving people he does go through that ordeal of not knowing what to do and simply succeeding by luck.

I thought the Shazam suit was very well realized despite what we have seen in promotions, I’m still not a fan of the cape and I like the comments about it in the movie. I think it’s either one of those things that works better in animation or the choice in design they went with for the movie just made it look like a bath towel but something didn’t translate well for me.

Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but I do not believe Shazam was ever called Shazam in this movie. I mean yes there was that great line in the climax of the film when Billy’s foster siblings became the Shazam family and Shazam himself instructed them on how to become them but rather than saying Shazam originally they said “Billy!” and so he said “No not my name, the name that turns me into this guy” it was funny.

Obviously they can’t use the character’s original name of Captain Marvel because 1) There is a small independent movie that just passed $1 Billion at the box office with the same name and of course the name is literally the name of DC’s rival studio.

I had fun with the character and I genuinely look forward to seeing where this character goes next.

Dr. Sivana:

Mark Strong finally comes good as a supervillain and I could not be happier for him. I really like this actor, I think he is an incredible working actor just trying to have that one breakthrough role that grabs audience attention and I believe Dr. Sivana is that role.

I enjoyed the movie starting with his origin, because of course behind every great superhero is a great supervillain, and Mark Strong as Dr. Sivana is a fantastic supervillain.

His father being John Glover was a very nice surprise for me both as a Smallville fan and just a John Glover fan in general. Yes he played a kind of Frankenstein-esk villain in Batman and Robin but his turn as Lionel Luthor in Smallville and even Sylar’s father in Heroes were two great roles for the character. Also he is the voice of The Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series so he clearly has a lot of weight at DC.

When young Thad goes to Shazam’s lair and is tempted by the seven deadly sins before being banished by Shazam, I thought it was a great precursor for what is to come.

I loved how from being a child he dedicated his life to finding his way back to the lair to obtain the power and that took I think 44/45 years, if we’re talking “present day” when it’s clearly Christmas in April, was dedication and I loved how in this instance it wasn’t the villain created because of the hero.

Being empowered by the Seven Deadly Sins, who by the way the promotional trail kept really secret. I mean I didn’t know about the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man from the comics but obviously even atheists know about the seven deadly sins and portraying them in these rather creative demon styles was a lot of fun.

I also found it brilliant that he never released the seventh deadly sin Envy until he had no choice because if all seven left him he would simply be mortal and vulnerable, I thought at one point he was going to mutate into Envy because of how he was envious he wasn’t worthy of the power of Shazam yet a child was but I was wrong.

Dr. Sivana, as I said in my non-spoiler review, is the best supervillain portrayal since Heath Ledger’s Joker. This guy was dark, brutal and was not afraid to kill or threaten anybody - Man, woman, child, elderly, infant...anybody!

Mark Strong could have very easily gone down the Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor in Superman Returns route particularly when he had the foster siblings hostage at their house but he was still scary and threatening.

He never broke character either, there was never one moment where he was a goofy villain or let himself play to the goofiness of the hero. The best laugh he got was in the Deadpool-like scene where he and Shazam were in the air...very far away from each other and Sivana was threatening Shazam but Shazam couldn’t hear him yet he was still talking. Yet it was never played as Sivana being incompetent or goofy as he was still menacing.

Foster Family/Shazam! Family:

Alright so I am going to go through the foster kids in order of my favourites still but just to talk about them as a whole, I thought once again this was a great example of diversity within a comic-book movie. To play up the fact that a foster family can be made up of different ethnicities was another realistic touch in portraying how the foster system works.

Darla Dudley:

Darla was my favourite out of the kids and Faithe Herman is the breakout star of this movie. She was cute for a start, this girl was adorable, you could easily see why she was picked for fostering/adoption because she is that cute.

However, she is a great example of looks being deceiving because this girl may be cute but she is sassy and she knows how to work a room. From keeping the secret that Billy is Shazam to playing up the little sister angle. Her reaction when the other kids found out that Billy was Shazam was great because she was so giddy that she didn’t spill the secret it was just so adorable.

When she was gifted her superpowers and became an adult, I thought Meegan Good kept up Faithe Herman’s cuteness but plussed it into the vision of what Darla sees herself being as an adult. She had the same kind of look and had a side-ponytail curl rather than bunches, her power, because each kid was granted one of Shazam’s powers while he as Billy has all of them, was the Speed of Mercury and it was great to see a female speedster in the movies, because at the moment they’re all on the small screen and mainly on The Flash with the Flash Family.

I look forward to seeing how Darla progresses as a character and, to be honest, care about her more than Billy at this point.

Freddy Freeman:

Jack Dylan Grazer was basically as good here as he was as Ritchie in It but the difference is the genre because while in a horror setting it is all very intense and, as someone who isn’t a horror fan myself, I am always on the edge of my seat that there isn’t really time to convey a lighter performance, here Freddy was simply a comic-book geek and I found that very relatable.

I loved the fact that it was either every day or every other scene that Freddy had a different logo t-shirt from the Justice League members and the main heroes so far established in the DCEU, even Wonder Woman which I found to be very forward-thinking of the director to have a guy wear a Wonder Woman t-shirt.

The only thing I didn’t like about Freddy was the fact he became almost a user and exploiter when it came to Billy’s newfound powers and apparent celebrity status.

I get Freddy uses a crutch and gets bullied for it, but I don’t see why that means he automatically say “I know the superhero” without at least asking Billy if it was okay first.

To then make a fool of both him and Shazam while he’s putting on that lightning show was stupid and selfish both because it makes it hard for Shazam to present himself as a reliable superhero but also how exactly do you explain Freddy having such a relationship with Shazam that he feels confident in just calling him out like that.

My funniest moment from Freddy was in that, now overplayed, convenience store scene where you had those thugs come in and Freddy convince Shazam to stand up to them while he’s recording it and, after the discovery that his suit is at least bulletproof, Freddy saying “We need to try the head”...the fact Freddy is essentially directing a robbery is quite funny.

When Freddy became Adam Brody, admittedly I at first did not recognize him. I know Adam Brody TV guest appearances from over 10 years ago so I guess puberty hit or something but he both looked and sounded completely different.

Other Three:

The other three kids really blend into the background for me with maybe one or two moments to shine yet they never do.

Eugene had a funny introduction of being a gamer nerd who, when his dad tells him it’s night said “When did it become night?”. Again I can relate to that.

Pedro had an interesting line of dialogue when the kids came out of the strip club after Shazam teleports them all there and he says “It’s not really for me”, which is either just Pedro not being a meatheaded hetero and trying to be more mature but also could be a sign the character will be an LGBT character.

Mary, was bland as bran flakes. She had one interesting scene, surprisingly in the trailer, where Shazam saves her and she mentions something about college but that is never mentioned again.

Overall I do like this group of kids for what they represent, but I hope the sequel does develop them further and give them something more to do.

Worlds of DC:

Alright so because the Worlds of DC has seemingly been taken literal here, as I do not see Shazam! as a movie really fitting in with the likes of Wonder Woman or Aquaman and rather in it’s own world within the DC Movies. Having said that, I am open for the movies going forward to prove me wrong.

Post-Credits Scenes:

This is where I get completely lost and had to do further research because the mid-credits scene saw a now depowered Dr. Sivana...so glad they didn’t kill him off...incarcerated. But then we have this weird caterpillar thing somehow talking to him through a voice box about conquering the seven realms.

It did lead to intruge for me, as I said was curious who the bug was and knew he had been in the movie at the start in the Rock of Eternity but then broke out later.

Apparently his name is Mister Mind and he is a Venusian worm with powerful mental abilities including mind control and hypnosis.

It’s a little bit of a hard-sell when the rest of the movie was so dark, particularly to have Dr. Sivana go from such a brilliant villain to possibly just a puppet, but we shall see.

The very end-credits scene is again a bit of a throwaway but it is Freddy and Shazam testing more of Shazam’s powers, this time seeing if he could control fish which Shazam says is a stupid and useless power but Freddy makes a brilliant in-universe joke to the fact Aquaman did that with style in his movie. Maybe alluding to the fact that this world is separate to the rest...I don’t know.

Overall I rate this movie a solid 8/10, I had a lot of fun with it, I thought Mark Strong and Faithe Herman were definitely my MVPs of the movie and I thought Zachary Levi did a great job at being him but also trying to level up as he was in a mainstream superhero movie.

So that’s my spoiler review of Shazam! What did you guys think? Share your comments and check out more DC Movie Reviews as well as other Movie Reviews and posts.

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elowynlavellan · 5 years

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You Were Friends Once Before, But It’s Not Like That Anymore

Part 2/4

Word count: 4023

Warnings: Still a lot of fucking swearing

If you missed Part One...

The first few weeks of tutoring Lip was awkward, to say the least. And kind of scary. You would practically run to their door as soon as you stepped off the train and usually Carl or Debbie would be the ones to let you in. They knew you were concerned about visiting the South Side, everyone who saw you in your uniform (which you kept wearing) knew exactly who you were. News traveled fast.

One day after school, on one of the tutoring days, you stepped off the train like usual, avoiding looking anyone in the eye. You clutched your bag close to you and made your way off the platform and down the steps, it had been one of those days. You were keen to just get this tutoring over and done with. It wasn’t like you disliked Lip, he had grown on you – pretty quickly, too. And his family, although uncertain of you still, were kind of welcoming nevertheless, except Frank. He always went on about how prissy and snobby you were even though you never snobbed anyone. It’d been a couple of weeks since you started with Lip and with every session you could tell more and more that he really didn’t need your help, at all. But you didn’t know what to do about it.

You stepped off the last step and began to make your way over to the Gallagher’s house when you spotted the blue-eyed boy waiting for you not too far from the stairway. He had a comical shirt on and his hair was overgrown and messy, a cigarette stuck behind his ear. He looked tired and a little frustrated, but his eyes lit up when he saw you.

He nodded at you and you followed him in silence to his house. You felt a little better walking with Lip through the neighborhood rather than walking by yourself. It wasn’t like it was a far walk, but you had to admit, everyone and their grandma looked sketchy. Or at least to you.

Lip opened the back door, “Home sweet home.” You walked in and heard Carl shouting at Debbie again.

Ian said hello as he came down the stairs, and then he delved into the kitchen pantry looking for food.

When you reached the dinner table, Lip sat himself down in a chair with absolutely no homework in front of him and you paused.

He rested his legs on top of the table and looked up at you, awaiting orders like usual. Except most days you when you came around, he had some kind of test to study for or an essay to write. You would just go through the study with him until most of it was finished and by then you would be ready to go home. You didn’t really want to stay after dark, especially after dark. This time, there was nothing, except for his smug face and his legs on the table.

You sat down into the chair opposite him, “No homework?”

He shrugged, “We’ve pretty much covered it all for this week.” Lip knew he didn’t need your help, but he figured it was better than hanging out with his siblings. And he needed a break from hanging out with Karen, especially when she got a little more psycho than usual.

“Look…” You sighed, “You don’t even need a tutor.”

“I know,” he nodded his head as he replied.

You felt the heat rush to your cheeks, of course he knew. “So, why didn’t you say anything? Why not tell me to go find some other student?”

He shrugged, “Got used to you coming over, I guess. Besides, you’re more interesting than my homework.”

You raised an eyebrow at him and he just smugly smiled at you. You knew this game, he played it often. He liked to confuse you. Or at least, he enjoyed flirting just for the sake of flirting. It was kind of like a sport to him. Especially when it ended in him banging someone.

You weren’t going to respond to that last comment, “I don’t get it. Why didn’t your school tell you? If you’d known, then maybe you could have told them to pick somebody else.”

Suddenly Fiona came around the corner from the stairway, her hair was a little messy, but her voice amused. “He didn’t know about it because Lip here never opened his letter.” She chucked it onto the table, “It came a few weeks ago.” She went behind the kitchen counter and poured herself a cup of coffee.

You took the letter into your hands briefly. You stared at his school's logo and his name printed neatly on the envelope and when you turned the letter over in your hands, you saw that it had in fact, not been opened. You looked up at him, “Seriously?”

He just shrugged again, “How was I supposed to know?”

“Maybe if you opened it.”

He rolled his eyes, “I don’t need this shit right now.” He swung his feet off the table and he averted his stare to the floor.

“Someone’s in a mood," you said, feeling a little tired yourself. It wasn’t like you ever wanted this either. And coming all this way wasn’t easy. Besides, if he was going to start acting like a dick then you weren’t going to just put up with it.

“Maybe you should just go home,” he said as he eyed you nonchalantly.

You swallowed and ignored the look Fiona gave Lip and ignored his stare too. You pushed the chair out from underneath you and stood to your feet. You began shoving your stuff back into your bag, “Fine.” Then you added, somewhat pissed, but you weren’t exactly sure why, “I’ll get my school to rearrange it, you won’t be seeing me anymore.”

At first, he frowned at you, but you were too busy focusing on your bag. “Good,” he muttered, and suddenly jumped out of his chair. He headed to the fridge and pulled out a cold beer, “I don’t want to have to worry about your Catholic ass saying something stupid to the neighbors and getting yourself killed, anyway.” He knew it was a pathetic jab, but he did it nevertheless, he wasn’t sure why either, all he knew was that he was pissed at you. And confused.

“Well, my Catholic ass can handle it. I’m not some idiot.” You grabbed up your bag and turned in a hurry towards the front door, but Ian came around the corner of the kitchen counter with the pot of coffee. You bumped into him all too quickly and he spilled the pot – most of it soaked you.

“Fuck!” Ian said, managing to rescue half of what was left in the pot, or less.

You stood there, raised arms, your school, button-up shirt completely soaked through with coffee. Thankfully it wasn’t too hot. The others only stared, but what did it was Lip, he stared at you and then started laughing. You were already annoyed at him for being such a dick that day so to be laughed at was just cruel.

But he was only laughing at how much of a klutz you had been.

You glared at him and hid the oncoming tears by rushing out of the back door and onto the street. You weren’t sure how you were going to explain it to your parents, you guessed you would just have to say something about running into someone or whatever. But the tears, you weren’t sure how you’d explain them.

“Y/N!” Lip called as he rushed out of the house to follow you. He immediately felt bad for laughing, especially when he saw your face fall. It was true he was in a bad mood and he let it spoil the time you had together, so when he saw you wide-eyed and embarrassed, he just couldn’t help himself, he’d been sulking all day so when you did something stupid it just made him laugh without even thinking.

You didn’t turn around or stop walking, instead you flipped him off without even looking at him in the eyes.

“There’s no train for a while, you know. You’re just gonna be up there waiting.”

“Better than being near you!” You shouted as you began to climb the stairs, you were absolutely furious at him. You weren’t entirely sure what it was about him, but he was easy to be angry at.

He grabbed onto your arm and you stopped walking. You wiped your face before turning back to look at him. His eyes were softer than before which caught you off guard completely.

“You can’t jut sit out here with coffee all over your shirt.” He said it kindly, unlike the teasing tone he had before. He knew you’d been crying, he could tell by the way you quickly wiped your face before even looking at him. That, and the fact that your eyes were still a little watery.

You sighed, “Thought you didn’t want to have to worry about my Catholic ass anymore.”

He shrugged, “I kinda like to.” He paused before he continued, “And even though I’m a smartass, I need you to motivate me to actually do my homework.”

You rolled your eyes, “Pretty sure you could just finish it within like twenty minutes before handing it in. And still get a high score.”

“Well then, maybe I can teach you my ways instead.”

You shook your head and laughed, “I’m supposed to be teaching you.”

He held your eyes and you hated how his blue eyes always melted your heart a little. “Can you come back?” He paused and then tried to bargain with you, “We can throw your shirt into the wash and it’ll be good as new.”

You stared at him in silence first, wanting to draw it out as much as possible. Smelling like coffee on the train ride home would suck and your mom would definitely pester you for ruining your shirt. “Can you even wash coffee out of it?”

“Hey,” he said, leading you away from the stairs as you both began to walk back to his house, “We know all the secrets. We’re Southside. Besides, I’m pretty sure Fiona knows how. She practically raised us, and we’ve all come home a complete mess too many times to count.”

You didn’t mind waiting for your shirt to dry. Especially when it meant eating cold pizza and taking secret mouthfuls of beer from Lip’s drink. Only a few times, to be truthful, you’d never been drunk before, so a little was enough. You got to see the Gallagher’s house in the night, when the kids would run-a-muck running around the house and Fiona dished out whatever food she could find in time to go on her date with Steve. Lip promised to look after everyone while she was out, and Fiona said she already asked Kev and V to check on you all anyway. And you got to wear one of Lip’s shirts. Something about that night made you strangely content.

It wasn’t always easy being friends with Lip, but over the year you quickly became close. The school no longer required you to tutor him, but you still went by their house when you could.

One day though, he looked pretty pissed. And you dared to ask why.

“It’s nothing,” he said, as he sat down on the front steps while the sun began to drop closer to the horizon. He pulled the cigarette out from behind his ear and lit it.

The orange flame lasted only a second.

You leaned on the railing, “There’s nothing wrong with just talking about it.”

“I said it’s nothing,” he blew smoke out as he replied, his eyes on the cigarette in his hand.

You looked at him and he looked at you, and you just had this look on your face that said, bullshit. And he knew it. He shook his head and smiled a little, “You got ESP?”

“Maybe.”

He took another drag and blew out the smoke while sighing, “Just Karen, you know? She’s fucking confusing.”

“Right…”

He raised his eyebrows at you.

You rolled your eyes and sat down beside him, “You know how I feel about her.”

“Yeah…” He shrugged, “The sex is great though.”

You laughed and shook your head, “Of course you’d say that,” you smacked him against the shoulder with the back of your hand. “You know, you’re kind of a slut, right?”

“The biggest.”

You only rolled your eyes.

“You jealous?” He challenged, his eyes alight and his smile cheeky. He loved toying with you, and you knew that. You quickly grew used to when he was teasing you. You kind of loved it, but sometimes it got to you. Sometimes it was more than you bargained for.

“No.” You said plainly, “I just don’t get you sometimes.”

He didn’t think you’d say anything else than no. At first you would stutter and argue, then he just got used to one-word answers whenever he tried to push your buttons. But this was different, he could tell by the sound of your voice. He kept his eyes on you, “What do you mean?”

You tilted your head a little and refused to look at him in the eyes. “Doesn’t matter.” You shook your head, your voice abrupt.

He searched your eyes when you finally met them and neither of you said anything. In a way, in that moment, you felt like he knew. You felt as though he could just look into your eyes and read them as plain as day, figure out exactly what you were feeling.

He felt the same, as though you could tell that he fucking cared about you more than anyone he’d ever known.

But all you knew was that he liked to fuck around with people, and even though he had a caring heart, you never thought it would be for you. You stood up all of a sudden, you were both too close for comfort, and it freaked you. You didn’t know what he was thinking but whatever it was it made you nervous, you’d never really seen him look that intensely at you before.

He wished he could have kissed you before you left. But instead, he walked you to the train and watched as it left the station.

Years went by and Lip always thought about that night you both shared on the front porch, but another night was on his mind even more frequently.

You of course came by the Gallagher’s house on your last night in town. You already had dressed up nicely for your parents and went out to dinner to celebrate your leaving and graduation. The only time they bothered to give you any attention was to celebrate you going away for college, how ironic.

So, when you came to their house, saw the lights on and heard the trashy music, you knew it was going to be a night of getting absolutely fucked. You weren’t that much of a drinker and you never took any drugs, but there had been a few times that you got drunk since meeting the Gallaghers. It was kind of a thing. You rushed up the stairs and didn’t bother knocking before entering, and everyone inside cheered at you when you entered.

“Hey! It’s the other soon-to-be college student!” Fiona cried, raising her glass at you. She wanted to celebrate Lip going to college and figured that you should be celebrated too, especially since she knew that your parents would never let you have a party of your own.

Lip immediately poured you a drink, with a lot more vodka than soda, and passed it to you as you came into the living room. He smiled at you, all knowing. He knew you wanted to get trashed, pissed, smashed—whatever, and he was definitely on board. Especially since this was your last night together before venturing off into the world of adulthood in different college campuses.

You smiled back at him and took a mouthful of the stuff, Fiona didn’t mind as much by now, especially at parties. You danced to the loud music and hooted at Kev who managed a slut-drop for V. Ian had Mickey over and they danced together, already pissed.

Lip pulled you over to him unexpectedly and danced with you, and you laughed your ass off. It was probably the alcohol, but you couldn’t help giggling like a schoolgirl. He twirled you around him stupidly and you couldn’t look away from his eyes.

You drank more and more and danced more and more, and both you and Lip loved every second of it.

Songs flew past, and soon you saw Fiona switch the music. She eyed you momentarily before putting on a slow song and she smiled at the two of you before stumbling into the kitchen with Kev and V. You looked at Lip who looked at you, but the alcohol and the excitement of graduating just took over and you were both slow-dancing in the living room with no one else around. Ian and Mickey had already slinked off somewhere else and the younger kids were god knows where. You liked being close to Lip, and your drunk brain took full advantage of this moment.

He never held you like this and it had been a while since he was this nervous, even if he was a little drunk. His heart beat fast and the feel of you against him didn’t help. When he saw you walk in that night, he already knew you had that stupid dinner with your parents, you liked to complain about them sometimes, but he knew you loved them a lot. Even if they were too busy. So, when he saw you walk in with that dress on, he’d never felt more for anyone else. He didn’t know what it was that he felt, but he wasn’t stupid. He knew you weren’t just a friend, at least to him. You were more, god, so much more than that.

The music ended, completely. There were no more songs playing over the speakers. You figured it meant that the party was over, but when you tried to step away from Lip, he didn’t let you go. Not at first.

You met eyes with him, his brilliant blue ones looking into yours. Your arms were still around his neck and his hands still rested on your back. You remembered this moment all through college, at times in the night when you thought about who you were before. Who he made you to be. You were scared in this moment, you remembered your heart beating so fast that it was almost like you hadn’t a drop of alcohol at all.

“Lip…” You said, unsure. You didn’t know what you wanted to say, it was like you just had to say something to fill the air.

He knew that, too, he knew it was a thing you did whenever you were nervous. He just smiled at you, all-knowing.

You struggled for more words, “I can’t believe tomorrow we’ll be off to college.”

“Y/N,” he started, softly, “It’s going to be okay.”

You shook your head in a moment of sheer panic, “No, Lip, it won’t.” You bit your cheek before continuing, “How am I supposed to get through college without you?” You swallowed as your eyes glanced away from his, “God, I can’t even get through one week without you.”

“It will be okay, I promise.” He squeezed your shoulders in reassurance.

You sighed and closed your eyes, “Can I at least call you and whine about how annoying everyone is?”

He laughed at this, “Only if you promise to make some friends, too.”

You smiled, your eyes still shut tight, it was like you were closing off the world: closing off reality so you didn’t have to process how tomorrow, everything was going to change. “Teach me how to be calm about all of this.”

He shifted slightly and licked his lips, he brought you even closer to him so that your chin rested near his shoulder and he said, “Aren’t you supposed to be the teacher?”

“Hey, we all know that ship sailed a long time ago. Besides, I’m pretty sure I sucked as a tutor.”

“Well then,” he said, “I’m gonna suck too because I’m totally not calm about you leaving, at all.”

You opened your eyes and turned to look at him straight on, and you noticed his once calm features were not so calm anymore. His eyes were worried and sort of sad. “Lip?”

He leaned his face toward yours, your noses touched. Neither of you said anything, you just both closed your eyes and held each other for a moment. He held your face and for a moment, for one single moment, a thought of stupidity crossed your mind and you thought he might kiss you.

Lip thought about it, of course he did. He usually found himself thinking about you like that when he was alone or when he watched you disappear on the train. But he never could do it. Sometimes he thought you might want that but most of the time he thought you didn’t. You were so much more to him and so you deserved more than him, at least, that was his messy logic.

Lip breathed out slowly and opened his mouth as if he were going to say something, but a wild crash in the kitchen forced you both apart in seconds. Lip stared into the kitchen and then cursed under his breath as he headed towards Fiona who had accidentally dropped a bottle of alcohol, which shattered all over the kitchen floor.

You watched Lip run into the kitchen and heard him swearing at Fiona who only laughed at his attempt to help her. You stumbled toward the couch and collapsed into the cushioning, suddenly feeling a little too dizzy. You weren’t sure if it was just the alcohol. You stretched out on your back and stared up at the ceiling as you heard the glass shards being thrown into the trash and Kev complain about having to vacuum up the rest.

When Lip was finished and came back into the living room, he saw you asleep on the couch. He looked at you softly and found a spare blanket for you. He tucked you in and he sat down on the end of the couch. He had so much on his mind, he couldn't stop thinking about the next day. But even though his anxious mind worried him so, sleep soon made him slip away too.

The next morning, you woke up on the Gallagher’s couch. Lip was curled up against you. Even though he’d fallen asleep on the end of the couch, he had managed to find his way into your arms through the course of the night. His arm was slung over your stomach and his head next to yours. He breathed quietly beside you. His hair a mess, his lips pursed sleepily. For a moment, you watched him breathe almost soundlessly beside you.

You’d fallen asleep near each other before, but never quite like this. Never so close, never together, and never after a night like that. It was a bit much and although you wanted to stay here with Lip and forget about the changes coming your way, you knew it would be for the best to leave and get this day done with.

You slowly moved Lip’s arm off your stomach and rolled off the couch. Lip felt your movement and sleepily turned, his hand grabbed your arm before you could go. He was half-asleep and practically unaware of what he was doing, he mumbled in his sleep and you couldn’t help but smile. You leaned in close to him and kissed his cheek softly, you let your lips linger just a moment longer as you silently said goodbye. You left him on the couch and walked toward the station, ignoring the ache in your heart.

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whosyourdreamdaddy · 5 years

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Week 1

The intro of the game opens with the profiles of some of the Dad options and a song that sounds like the bastard sibling of the Barbie song. The colour palette is mostly pastels, pinks, soft patterns. The animation style is close to a generic comic book style.

Whether as a parody or as a derivation of other dating games, DD is set up as a feminine brand with a pink logo in a bubble font with soft tones. There are no hard edges or jarring components to the game.

The first step is the introductory scene where we are introduced to our daughter and we can determine whether we are bisexual or gay, whether our daughter is adopted or conceived. Then we create our Daddy.

The body types include muscular archetypes, big archetypes, athletic archetypes, and even includes options of binders for your Dad if you decide to create a trans-man as your Daddy. While the options are quite inclusive of body types and back-story, it feels necessary to note that the game makes explicit decisions to exclude androgynous types from its body options. The game revolves around men. Women are welcomed to play but they are excluded from the gay male subculture that this game is a part of.

After the avatar moves into the neighbourhood, Dads either come across the avatar as he explores the area or visits the house to welcome him. The neighbour, Joseph, is the good white Christian husband who lives with his wife and 4 children nearby. The second is Brian, the burly father of a 10yr old and owner of a Corgi. The third is Craig, the athlete who knew the avatar from college. The fourth is Mat, the hipster coffee-shop owner. The fifth is Robert, the dive bar type who tries to have a one-night-stand with the avatar. None of the Dads actually talk in the game but once in a while they say ‘Hey’ in different tones. It is slightly uncomfortable to hear ‘hey’ in a lusty tone every now and then. It throws you off even though it is supposed to be seductive.

The actual interaction is based on choosing predetermined dialogues. When the avatar chooses the right dialogue to make the Dad happy, hearts fly out of them and they smile. The hearts are pink and fly out with a loud tinkle of bells regardless of how masculine the Dad is or how masculine the avatar is (or whether the avatar’s daughter is present.) This sticks with the feminine theme of the game. They could have easily chosen stars or an energy bar that rises and dwindles. However, they chose to make these interactions bubbly and femme.

Joseph - the Christian dad who is actually gay or bisexual and has an unlikable wife is a common trope following the phenomenon of homosexual Christian men entering the Church as a form of repentance in communities that considered homosexuality sin. The game is not subtle in offering the avatar the option of playing ‘homewrecker’ but somehow freeing Joseph from the closet. The guilt factor is dimmed by how odd Joseph’s children as well. The family the avatar is wrecking is not an ideal one.

Brian - the burly jovial dad with the smart daughter he hangs out with outdoors is a way for the game to publicly include ‘masculine’ gay men who don’t portray themselves as feminine in any way. The heuristic that gay means feminine is prevalent in Western Culture. People who do not fit this image are ostracised from gay culture while still being equally oppressed under heteronormativity

Craig - the athlete dad who was a ‘bro’ from college is another common trope. Boys who do not realise they are bisexual or gay find out only after spending four years in a fraternity surrounded by other boys in their prime. The intimacy of knowing someone already also gives Craig an edge as a dad since there is already a bond present and Craig is explicitly happy to see the avatar without having to try. I don’t want to say Craig is supposed to be vaguely East-Asian because he could also be seen as Native American, Filipino, etc. The racial ambiguity makes many gay PoC visible but also lumps them together.

Mat - the coffeehouse dad is into niche movies, books. He is highly masculine and a PoC. He appears to be Black as his dreads are common in their community but again, race is an after-thought and cannot be guessed. If taken into consideration, Mat gives visibility to masculine homosexual men in the Black community over the trope of the sassy feminine black man.

Robert - the dive bar dad does not explicitly introduce his child to the avatar like the other dads. Instead, the interaction between the avatar and him happens by chance when they are at the same bar. The avatar sees Robert as scary, giving their interaction a dangerous thrill. There is also an backstory between Robert and Joseph that did not end well. Hence, the avatar is not the first individual to make Joseph exit the heterosexual sphere.

There is a weird juxtaposition of feminine and masculine in the game. They represent the masculine tropes that are usually overlooked. They also feed into popular gay culture. More to be seen

#dream daddy #gender #analysis #course credit

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folklorecostumes · 6 years

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REPUTATION LYRIC INSPIRED TOUR OUTFITS AND POSTERS PART 1

A lot of these posters are pictured in either giant bubble letters, rep font or in calligraphy. Can’t do any of these? Download the rep font or font you wish to use, type up what you want in a big enough font size, print, cut, and trace, or glue them down up to you! Of course, write these however you wish!

Hello all! Thanks for waiting so patiently for this list! Because of how long it is and how very excited you all have been waiting for this we have decided to post it into 2 parts to keep the excitement going. Part 2 will be coming in just a few short days and will be linked here, maybe even sooner than you think! Please enjoy all the ideas we listed below so far, send us others you may have and want to share with the swiftie world. We apologize if the formatting on this looks bad on mobile, we are trying to actively make it easily accessible and readable across all platforms!

And lastly, enjoy and tag us in these recreations! We want to see them! We want to help them get seen by Taylor!

Find the Reputation Part 2 list here.

Find the 1989 idea list here and here.

Find the Red idea list here.

Find more costume and poster ideas and tips here.

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- Reputation Costumes.

…READY FOR IT?:

1. “Knew he was a killer” – you and a friend or significant other dress up as a killer and their victim (not to scary or realistic though! Just have fun with it)

2. “Left haunted” – could make a fun sign saying “Taylor left me haunted” or something silly with the word haunted! Could even use Haunted (Speak Now) lyrics!

3. “But if he’s a ghost, then I can be a phantom” – Few ideas:

→ Two people could dress up as ghosts.

→ Could also dress up as Danny Phantom because of the wordplay, or even the Phantom of the Opera if you wanted to be clever.

→ Could also dress up as ghost hunters/ghost busters.

4. “Holdin’ him for ransom” – dress as bank robbers! Could even copy the outfits from the vault scene in LWYMMD.

5. “I keep him forever, like a vendetta-ta” – Poster that replaces him for Taylor, so it says I keep Taylor forever, like a vendetta-ta.

6. “Island breeze and lights down low” – maybe dress tropical—think family vacation ha.

→ Could even improvise a poster that instead of saying island it could say (city name) breeze and stadium lights down low. Ex: “Boston breeze and stadium lights down low” (yes, I know its FOXBORO, but we all know Taylor just calls it Boston lol).

7. “In the middle of the night” – Dress as if you’re the night sky, glow in the dark ceiling stars or tape on a black/navy blue outfit with glitter. A matching poster in the shape of a star or a moon would be the perfect pairing.

8. “Are you ready for it?” – Poster with these lyrics on it. Remember posters can be as simple or as creative as you’d like. If you have a large enough group, you could make giant cutouts and hold two letters or so each.

9. “Stealing hearts and running off..” – A poster in the shape of a heart (not anatomical) with the lyrics on it.

10. “He can be my jailer” – Cop and Robber costume, could do the orange jumpsuit from the LWYMMD video and copy the “guards” around the birdcages outfits.

11. “Burton to this Taylor” – dress as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor

12. “Let the games begin” – Multiple options for this one.

→ Could dress as a referee/sport player/some sort of sport reference

→ Have a game board attached to your outfit, make your own Taylor inspired game, maybe by gluing homemade items over a monopoly and have little trivia questions about her.

→ Game board inspired poster—an Uno card but with these lyrics rather than traditional uno face.

13. Recreate one of the outfits from the music video

END GAME:

1. “I wanna be your endgame” – Poster designed as your favorite/or classic “end game” credit logo.

2. “I wanna be your first string” – Sometimes related to sports or your favorite ship from a TV show/Film/Book so do what you may with this.

3. “I wanna be your A-Team” – Could dress up as the A Team. Poster with friends that spell out A-Team.

4. “Big Reputation” – Poster with these lyrics or wear the End Game merch sold on Taylor’s site. Can’t afford it? Make your own with stencils and fabric paint!

5. “I bury hatchets, but I keep maps of where I put ‘em” – Make/buy a shirt with a map on it—think buried treasure map with x’s to mark where stuff is hidden!

6. “Your body is gold” – Gold morph suit, gold body paint, gold glitter, gold anything! Dawn yourself in all gold for this look.

7. “So here’s the truth from my red lips” – Make an outfit with red lips open with a speech bubble above it and have end game lyrics in each one! Or make a poster with the same idea.

8. Recreate one of the many music video outfits!

I DID SOMETHING BAD:

1. “I play ‘em like a violin” – Make a poster cut out into the same of a violin and wear music notes.

2. ‘Now all he thinks about is me” – Poster saying “Now all I think about is Taylor”

3. “I can feel the flames on my skin” – Body paint flames in your arms/legs or wear flame pattern shirt.

4. “Crimson red paint on my lips” – Could be similar to the one above from End Game with red lips all over your outfit or a poster.

5. “If a man talk shit, then I owe him nothing” – Great lyric for a poster! Don’t want to put the swear on the poster? Get creative and maybe use the emoji covering its mouth or symbols!

6. “I never trust a playboy, but they love me” – Going with a guy friend? Could have him dress like Hugh Hefner but of course remember the necessary clothing needed to get into a venue if you do this! Could also dress as a bunny (playboy related or just average you decide)

7. “So I fly ‘em all around the world” – Going to multiple shows? Make a poster of a globe with airplanes landing on each tour stop you’re going to!

8. “They’re burning all the witches even if you aren’t one” – Dress as a witch, could be inspired from the Salem witch trials, could be a cartoon-y Halloween one, or one from your favorite show or movie that involves witches!

9. “Pitchforks and proof, their receipts and reasons” – Poster in the shape of a pitchfork or one that looks like a store receipt or screenshotted iMessage but using Taylor lyrics as the messages or purchases!

10. “Light me up” – Most shows apparently will not allow lights but doesn’t mean you can’t light up with glow sticks, glow in the dark body paint/outfits or glitter!

11. “Most fun I ever had” – Poster saying “Taylor Concerts are the most fun I ever had!”

DON’T BLAME ME:

1. “Don’t blame me, love made me crazy” – Poster that says, “Don’t blame me, Taylor made me crazy.”

2. “Darkest little paradise” – Black lace vibe from this lyric, especially picturing those pumps that have fur on the front near the toes. Could also make a sign that’s a midnight black sky with glow in the dark stars writing out the lyric.

3. “They say, ‘She’s gone too far this time’” – Poster with this lyric and a map tracking all your shows if you’re going to multiple. Could have all the miles listed under each show!

4. “Halo, hiding my obsession” – Angel outfit? Make the halo out of glow sticks so it shines after the lights go down. Poster that says hiding my obsession, maybe make it look like a TSL post.

5. “I once was poison ivy, but now I’m your daisy” – Few ideas for this:

→ An outfit that starts as poison ivy on the bottom but slowly progress to daisies. Could have buds of daisies starting at the bottom with the ivy and start to have them bloom as it increases until it’s just all daisies.

→ Poster that spells out poison ivy in plastic (or real or drawn completely up to you) poison ivy.

→ Poster that spells out Daisy with Daisies from a craft store!

→ Daisy Buchanan from Gatsby.

→ Poison Ivy comic.

6. “Fall from grace” – Michael and Lucifer, so aka could go as a fallen angel or the devil. If you watch Supernatural then you can pull from that for inspiration!

7. Taylor related this song to church, love and drug use because those 3 are powerful enough to change a person. Dressing up as if you’re in a choir could fit this song! Even something church related, however trying to remain neutral with that can be difficult.

8. Some people get a Fifty Shades of Grey vibe from this song, do what you may with that.

DELICATE:

1. Poster spelling out delicate with an assortment of colorful fake flowers.

2. “You can make me a drink” – Poster cut out in the shape of a wine glass with the lyrics being written in a bold, thick font and place to look as if from far away its wine drawn in the glass.

3. “Dive bar on the East Side, where you at?” – “Taylor Swift concert in (your state), where you at?” sign. Could also make this look like an iMessage chat.

4. Fringe outfit similar to the video.

5. Dive bar outfit.

6. “Dark jeans and your Nikes” – Could easily where this exact outfit paired with a Taylor shirt if you aren’t into dressing up for shows!

7. “Never seen that color blue” – Poster with sketched blue eyes and these lyrics underneath it. Could also wear an entire blue outfit.

8. “Is it chill that you’re in my head?” – poster ideas:

→ Is it chill that Taylor’s in my head?

→ Is it chill that you’re in my head, Taylor?

9. “Handsome, you’re a mansion with a view.” - Dress up with a costume similar in the idea of the a skyscraper costume but as a fancy house!

10. “Echoes of your footsteps on the stairs” - Poster with an echoing effect (think Microsoft early 2000s word art) on the lyrics. Could even place the lyrics on top of one another to look like it’s building a staircase.

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO:

1. “I don’t like your little games” – See similar ideas for game inspired outfits above, OR

→ Make an outfit featuring miniature games attached to you, like Tamagotchi’s or make your own mini monopoly/life/etc. boards and glue them onto your outfit or poster. Possibly break the little boards in half and have broken pieces to represent not liking them.

2. “Of the fool” – Could dress up as a fool/clown. Silly, whimsical costume.

3. “Said the gun was mine” – Could do a poster of a smoking gun with the lyrics looking like they came out of the gun/the toy guns where flags pop out.

4. “Rose up from the dead” – Zombie! Tombstone poster!

5. “I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined” – List of names—Taylor related, maybe her cats or not—but have them all crossed out besides for Taylors at the bottom.

6. “I check it once, then I check it twice” – Some say this reminds them of Santa so by all means feel free to dress up Christmas-y.

7. “Look what you made me do” – Use the lyric video to create cool posters.

8. “I don’t like your kingdom keys” – few ideas:

→ Outfit with keys drawn on, make them look vintage and old, wear crowns with this look! Could also have keys dangling off the ends of the outfit.

→ Giant gold key posters, make them look novelty like the ones cities give to honor people.

9. Drama and Karma matching glitter posters.

10. Snake skin, snake rings, snake anything!

11. Choose one of the many outfits Taylor is seen wearing throughout the LWYMMD video, we’ll hopefully have some great, cheap knockoffs for these soon!

12. Dress up as “old Taylor” so this basically opens up endless possibilities from each era, check out our 1989 and Red costume lists for more ideas! Hopefully we can work on Speak Now, Fearless and Debut inspired lists soon too!

13. Merch! Merch! Merch! She has tons of Look merch on her site, wear that if you want to be casual.

14. Similar Blind for Love sweater is available on eBay! The similar patches are also sold at craft stores or online (eBay).

15. Use the patches sold through Taylor Swift’s store to make you’re own one of a kind outfit--whether it be a denim jacket, dress, you name it! You can even design you’re own patches using crafts.

16. “The old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now” - Poster using a picture of the “old Taylor” and a poster in the shape of a phone! Could incorporate the Our Song video, WANEGBT video, or the Look video when she’s on a phone.

SO IT GOES…

1. “See you in the dark” – Poster where the word Dark is written in glow in the dark paint/marker to show up after the lights go down!

2. “All eyes on you” – Outfit with googly eyes glued all over it. Or create a poster with the same idea and the lyrics changed to “All eyes on Taylor”

→ Add “my magician” if you wish to the end of the poster lyric or combine the googly eyes theme with a magician costume.

3. “My magician” – Multiple options:

→ Dress up in a magician’s costume, this can be traditional, or you can be as creative as you want with it.

→ Poster cut out to look like you’re holding a fan of cards (think trick magician’s deck) with any lyrics from the song written on it.

→ Could dress up as a magician’s assistant.

→ Dress up as a rabbit/bunny (stereotypically used in acts)

→ Poster in the shape of a bunny peeking out of a magician’s hat, or just the ears sticking out of the hat, with so it goes lyrics on it.

→ Poster of a crystal ball with “all eyes on you, my magician” written in it.

4. “You make everyone disappear” – “Taylor makes everyone disappear” written on a poster. Possibly write it in glow in the dark ink so it only shows when the lights are down and not before!

5. “Cut me into pieces” – Puzzle piece posters! You and a group of friends can each hold a piece that fits into the other and each can have one word of a line from any reputation song or simply use the “cut me into pieces”

6. “Gold cage, hostage to my feelings” – 2 options:

→ Make a cut out poster in the shape of a cage, individual cut out in between each bar so it’s open, do two sides like this and attach strings to wear the sign so it looks like the cage is around you. Could even wear this with the orange jumpsuit outfit from the Look video!

→ Poster in the shape of a gold bird cage with “hostage to my feelings” written inside of it.

7. “All our pieces fall right into place” – Poster with confetti, puzzle pieces, hearts either drawn on or glued. Either place or draw the pieces to spell out the lyrics as they fall down to a pile at the bottom of the poster paper or just have the pieces you decide to use “raining” down halfway through the poster and have the lyrics on the bottom half.

8. “So it goes…” Poster with these lyrics.

9. “Met you in a bar” – 2 options:

→ Poster drawn and cut out like a whiskey bottle with these lyrics, Taylor and reputation written on the label.

→ Using half of a poster board, draw what looks like a bar top (typically mahogany) with bottles either laying or standing across it and a few shot glasses, each bottle could be named after a song on the album!

10. “All eyes on us/All eyes on you/All eyes on me” - Staring eye emoji drawn on a poster with a thought bubble above it with one of these 3 lyrics in the bubble.

11. “I make all your grey days clear” –

→ One person dresses up as a cloudy/rainy day so all grey clothes and have reflective blue tape cut into rain drops and white reflective tape to represent clouds (typically clouds are grey/black when it’s raining but those two colors won’t be reflective, could use glow in the dark paint/tape as well). Could also wear a cloud poster with raindrops hanging from it on string around them or hold as a regular poster with these lyrics in the cloud.

→ Second person dresses up as sunny day, in preferably light blue to represent a clear sky, yellow reflective tape cut out as suns on the outfit—could even have some breaking through clouds using white reflective tape. Person could also wear a sun poster around them like suggested above for the grey day look.

12. “Wear you like a necklace” – Think flavor flav! Make a giant fake watch (or not a watch and just a necklace) out of string and cardboard. Have the reputation album cover or cd artwork be hanging from it/as the face of the watch.

13. “Dressed in black now” – Wear all black! Draw attention to yourself with some glow in the dark paint or stickers, glow sticks and glitter.

14. “Scratches down your back” – Might not be appropriate with what its referencing for younger crowds and you may get looks from parents but create a shirt with bloody scratches down the backside and let the front side have “so it goes…” written on it.

15. “You did a number on me” – Few options:

→ Poster cut out into a 13/22/1989 with the lyric written throughout the 13/22/1989.

→ Poster with an array of numbers related to Taylor filling it (13, 22, 1989, 10(Grammys), etc.). Write the lyrics in rep font first and draw the numbers around it, filling the background. Write in glow in the dark paint/tape, glue flowers over the lyrics, whatever you desire! Can even just use the word rep instead of doing the lyrics.

→ Idea above for the poster could also work on a shirt.

→ Poster with the number of shows you’re attending.

16. “Who’s counting?” – See the ideas for the lyric above, they work well with this one as well.

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