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@scratchface‘s fic that i cant stop thinking about 
[ID: A series of poorly drawn memes depicting the characters Ryoken Kogami, Yusaku Fujiki, and Ai from the series Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. Pictures 1 and 2 are a two-part comic.
Image 1: Ryoken holds a knife as a murderous aura surrounds him. Red text imposed over his body says, “I’M GOING TO KILL YOU”. 
Image 2: Yusaku, with a halo around his head and dragon-like features, and Ai (a multi-legged lizard on Yusaku’s shoulder) are both thinking, “He wants to kill us”.
Image 3: A dragon’s taxidermied head is mounted to a wall, with the plaque underneath it reading “WIFE”. Ryoken is looking up at it thinking “this is normal”. Text under the image reads “IT TOTALLY WASN’T.” 
Image 4: Ryoken, with a bottle of alcohol in one hand and a string of sausages in the other, thinking “I wonder if I look depressed rn” 
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jimmy-josh600 · 5 years
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Lovers
“Steve?” Tony’s voice had a hint of longing; he hadn't seen his boyfriend in days, he'd been on a mission and Jarvis had just informed him his super solider was home.
“Tones, hey handsome.” He looked guilty with his hand rubbing at the back of his neck, still looking dirty and in his suit, not meeting Tony’s eyes. He was taking up the whole doorway and shifting on his feet awkwardly like he wanted to pace.
“What did you do?” Tony knew his man better than he thought, by the surprised look he shot him.
Steve hesitated, looking lost for words. After a few moments Steve was getting shoved out of the way and there was Bucky. Fucking Bucky. Always back to Bucky aren’t we? Tony knew better than to be surprised. He took a step back instantly when locking eyes with the Winter Soldier.
“Tony, wait a second. Please.” Steve sounded pained. Tony couldn’t spare him a glance still staring at Winter Solider, the man that killed his parents. The man that had this fucking crazy hold on Steve that apparently will never go away.
“Nothing to explain, Cap.” Tony tried to ignore the hard flinch from him at the name. “Everything’s perfectly clear.”
“Tony, it isn’t, the three of us need to sit and have a talk. Right Buck? Bucky?” the Winter Soldier wasn’t answering just staring intently back at Tony. Tony had no idea what the fuck was going on with this staring match or the fact Steve wasn’t making sense but he was 100% outta here. He took 3 more steps backwards toward the other exit and that seemed to snap Bucky out of it.
“Tony.” Bucky’s voice was rough. It was the first time they’ve talked since the day Tony ripped off Bucky’s arm. “Don’t walk away from us.”
Tony was instantly scoffing at the command that felt like a fucking threat. “Fuck you both. Like I said, I get it. It’ll always be Cap and his Solider, right? No room for Tony, obviously. No other reason you'd be here, at my home than to tell me so. Is there solider? Exactly.” Tony was gone before they could respond escaping to his workshop.
“Bucky?! That the fuck was that? We were supposed to break it to him gently!” Steve’s voice was loud and full of panic.
“Fuck, Stevie. I have no idea what happened. I just heard his voice and it’s been so fucking long..” Bucky’s voice trailed off as his mind was racing. Tony looked fucking good, too good. And hearing his loving voice toward Stevie had set something off in him. “I wanted him to talk to me they way he was with you.. The longing.. before he saw me. Fuck.” He probably wasn’t making sense but Steve knew him better than anyone.
“I know Buck. Crap. We'll figure this out.” Bucky wasn’t sure if he was trying to convince him or himself more.
 ~~
 “Jarvis? Where’s Tony?” Steve was pacing again. “Still the workshop, Sir.”
“Can you let me in? I need to see him.”
The AI hesitated “Full blackout, Sir.”
Fuck. “Is he okay?”
“He is.. not in danger, Captain.”
“Is he drinking?! I’ll break in his door. Screw his blackout.” Now he was pissed.
“Sorry Capitan, I’m not able to say.” Which was an answer enough for Steve. No matter how much he wanted to go in the workshop he knew breaking Tony’s things wasn’t the best idea. Not to get where he wanted to with him and Buck. Instead he went to Tony’s room took a shower than laid in the bed. He was still exhausted from his mission and all he wanted was some cuddles with Tony before he fucked the shit out of him. But imagining him and Bucky ruining the genius was enough to just bring Buck home with him before really thinking it through. Obviously.
Steve let out a rough sigh and let his eyes slide close the exhaustion eating away at him.
 ~~
 Bucky was in the vents heading to the workshop. He overheard the conversation Steve and the AI had, and knowing better than to break the door down to see Tony he thought of another way. He just needed to explain.
Tony was deep in thought working on something Bucky couldn’t make out what but he could see the way Tony’s eyes were rimmed slightly red. Fuck me. Thought Bucky as he snuck out of the vent.
“We both want you. We want all three of us to be.. together.” Bucky had no idea why the fuck he just went out and said it like that but it’s too late now.
The genius’ head snapped to him took a breath, “Come on, our Cap? I’m sure.” Bucky tried not to let the ‘our’ get to his head.
“He suggested it. Said he loves you more than anything but he still kinda loves me too. And we both get if you can’t handle that, I’ll be gone in an instant. Like nothin' happened.”
Tony was quite for awhile. “And what about you, Buck?” hearing Tony call him that almost had him going cross-eyed in pleasure.
“Oh baby,  I want to own both ya', ruin your ass and fuck Stevie’s pretty face.” He felt his accent dripping out with each second he thought more about it. Fuckin’ beautiful. Bucky could see where Tony clenched his legs together and shifted his body to him. Little Tones was interested.
“I mean, after everything..” He managed to sigh out.
“Well, that’s why we wanted to talk.” Tony just hummed in response.
“Think it over, beautiful.” Bucky kissed the top of his head as he walked passed and out the main doors.
“Well, shit.” Tony sighed again feeling his eyes start to droop even though his brain was running a mile a minute. He really wanted to snuggle with Steve.. He had missed him so much and they didn’t even have their proper welcome home routine.
“Jarvis, where’s Steve? Can you show me him?” next thing he saw was his man passed out in their bed. His chest ached with longing. Fuck it. He headed to his room.
He quickly snuggled next to Steve, and Steve was instantly wrapping his arms around him like he was just waiting for Tony.
“Love you, Tones.” Steve mumbled out.
“Fuck Steve, I love you too.” Tony squished himself closer to his man and let his brain finally shut off.
 ~~
 Tony woke up feeling warm. Hot even. He blinked his eyes open to see Bucky of all people wrapped around him. Tony felt his heart speed up in scared confusion. He started to scoot back to escape the Winter Soldier to feel another body behind him, he peeked over his shoulder to see his Cap. His heart calmed instantly, letting the memories of the night before to wash over him. Tony wasn’t going to lie, he loved this feeling of both of them snuggled up with him. Though he was warm.. maybe it would be different if he was naked..
No brain wait. This is Bucky. Murderer of my parents. Hello.
But the other half of himself was saying he was brainwashed and hadn't meant to. Well he knew that for awhile but he didn’t want to give in so easy, yet he couldn't lie he wanted this. Them. Fuck.
“Stop thinking so hard, baby.” Bucky growled out in his still asleep voice.
“You’re the one who told me to think about it.” Tony rolled his eyes.
“Hmm, not so loud though Tones, I can hear you thinking from here.” Steve’s voice said and rubbed his nose along Tony’s neck.
Tony scoffed and said, “So let’s talk before I start giving you or Bucky head. I missed out on our routine last night, hun.” Tony wasn’t a patient man.
“Jesus, Tony.” He wasn’t sure who said it or if they both did.
“Well,  I of course want to stay with you forever handsome. But I um kinda want Bucky to join us..” Tony rolled his eyes.
“I got that, Steve. What else?”
“No, baby.” Bucky whispered in his ear. “Join you guys in forever. Not just a quick threeway.”
Oh. Oh. Oh. “Really?” they were both quiet while Tony thought about it. It sounded like fun, and honestly he could figure it out with them later.. He kinda wanted them now.
“Okay.” Tony shrugged.
“Wait, really?” he still couldn’t tell who was who, with the way his eyes were closed and he started rocking his hips against Steve’s hard cock.
“Hmm.” Tony agreed. “Bucky has always been a fucking hottie, even if he killed my parents. But he was brainwashed. And for Steve to love you, you must be a good guy..” apparently he really was okay with this. The super soldiers didn’t wait a second longer, suddenly Steve was rocking along with Tony’s hips and that had Tony moaning. And Bucky started kissing on Tony’s neck while his hands explored lower toward Tony’s cock.
“Fuck.” Tony whimpered when Bucky grabbed him through his boxers and Steve rocked against him hard.
“That’s it baby, let me hear you.” Bucky moaned in his ear sucking multiple love bites on to his neck, Tony moaned loud at that.
“Fuck, you two are fucking sexy to watch.” Steve grunted close from behind Tony.
“You wanna watch me fuck your boyfriend, Stevie? Wanna see me take apart our Tones here?” Steve and Tony moaned at that. Fuck Tony didn’t know how hot this’d be.
“Please, Steve let Bucky fuck me. Please, hun.” Tony was a mess with Steve rocking his hips hard at their words and Bucky teasing his cock still.
“Fuck him.” Steve ignored Tony and answered Bucky. Before Tony could realize what was happening Bucky was pulling off his boxers and laying Tony on his back, spreading his legs.
“Stevie, fuck his throat while I fuck this beautiful little hole.” Bucky ordered. Steve did as Bucky said and positioned himself above Tony. “Open up beautiful.” Steve said as he rubbing his head along Tony’s lips. Tony complied and took him deep.
“Jesus, Tony.” Steve groaned. Then there were fingers inside him, and Tony being too distracted with Steve moaned on Steve’s cock in surprise.
“That’s it baby, take ‘em.” Bucky groaned out spreading Tony harder. Tony rocked his hips to meet Bucky’s fingers. Feeling so full yet not full enough.
“Fuck him.” Steve moaned when Tony gagged a little on his cock.
“Yes sir.” Bucky gave him a mock salute and rolled his eyes, but he did take his fingers out of Tony and sucked on them while he put some lube on his cock, then lined up. Tony had no idea where the lube came from but he was a little too busy to really ask.. the next thing he knew Bucky was sinking into him. Tony screamed around Steve’s cock, making Steve rock into his face harder than he was.
Soon they had a rhythm, and Tony couldn’t fucking think straight. Buck’s cock was so different than Steve’s; thicker and he fucked Tony was more aggressively than his Cap who was still thick but more long. Steve liked to tease Tony as long as he could with tortuous strokes, Bucky was ruthless it was heaven.
“Fuck Tony, I’m about to come so deep in your throat. You ready baby? Want my come?” Steve was growling and fucking his face with abandon. Tony was moaning and trying to nod, drool everywhere and sweat along his body. Then there was the telltale sign of Steve coming, he held still and he shoved as deep as possible into Tony’s throat and came hard. Tony tried to swallow it all down, he knew how much his Cap loved that, but some still ended up coming out of his mouth. Steve’s legs must have gave out because he collapsed back with a groan.
“Fucking shit, you two.” Bucky was pounding into him even harder than before. “Come on baby, want you to come on daddy’s cock. Need to feel it.” Tony was so fucking close, he wanted to come for Bucky so bad, but something was missing.
“Come, Tony. Come on Buck’s cock.” Steve whispered in his ear softly while petting his hair, and Tony came.
“Fuck!” he shouted his body shaking hard, and then he felt Bucky shoot deep inside him.
“That’s it baby boy, milk me dry.” Tony was honestly shocked at Bucky’s dirty mouth.
Next thing he knew he was wrapped in two sets of arm’s being snuggled.
“Wow.” Was all Tony could think to say.
“I see that daddy kink still hasn’t gone away.” Steve chuckled as he kissed at Tony’s neck.
“Fuck you, punk.” Bucky grumbled out petting Tony’s hair.
“I’ll think you’ll need a second to fuck me, jerk. Tones ass is another level.” Steve wrapped his legs in both Tony’s and Buck’s.
“Amen.” Bucky agreed. Tony blushed, “Fuck you both, also Bucky the mouth on you is quite a surprise.”
“Mmm, he’s always been like that in bed, Tones. I knew you’d like it. Sometimes I’m too wrapped in my head to give you the vocal shit you like. And I know you don’t like to top, and I like both so uh.. When I saw Bucky on the mission we ended up talking and he brought it to my attention he’d love to ravish your ass, I kinda brought him home before I really thought of a plan.. I’m sorry baby.” Tony could tell Steve was still upset about the black out with the workshop yesterday. Which was understandable, Tony hadn’t had a black out in years. At least one that Steve wasn’t aloud into.
“My strategic boyfriend brought home his past lover to share and didn’t think of a plan first. Wow hun. Who are you?” Tony teased. “It’s okay though, I just missed you so much. And then you came home with him.. I just acted before thinking, or giving you a chance to explain.”
“Who? My genius man forgot to think? I think me and Buck are the only ones with the privilege to say that, huh Buck?” Bucky snorted and pinched Steve’s arm.
“Tones was crying asshole.” Tony was shocked in betrayal.
“BUCKY!” Tony complained.
“Baby.. you were crying? Really?” Steve looked torn up.. “Tones, I thought you were drinking.”
“Yes, well I let you think that, didn’t I?” Tony crossed his arms in a pout, put out Bucky spilled the beans.
“Wait, Buck how do you know?” Steve instantly sounded jealous. “You let Bucky in but not me, Tony?”
“NO! God.”
“I snuck in the vents.” Bucky said at the same time.
“Oh. Oh. Why didn’t I think of that?” Tony just rolled his eyes.
“We have a lot to figure out..” Tony whispered.
“Yes, and we have time. Lets just enjoy this.” Steve said and hugged them both close.
“Love you, Steve.” Tony sighed out snuggling close to him and pulling Bucky with.
“Love you Tones.” Steve chuckled.
“I suppose we can keep him for now.” Tony said to Steve.
“I feel like you’d be happy if you did.” Steve laughed again.
“Bucky?” Tony mumbled feeling tired again.
“Yes Tones?” The winter solider sounded worried.
“I like you, for now.” Bucky let out a loud laugh. “I’ve liked you for a while handsome. This will work, and if not like I said before I’ll leave. Love you also, Stevie.”
Steve hesitated and at Tony’s subtle nudge he responded, “I always loved ya Buck.”
“Good, now naps.” Tony yawned. The guys looked at each other over Tony and sent each other smiling glances. Guess this worked out better than they hoped.
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buytabletsonline · 6 years
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Fans of the dystopian-noir novel Altered Carbon surely had to wonder what form it would take when turned into a TV series. Or, to borrow the 2002 book’s lingo, what “sleeve” the show would slip into.
The result, whose entire first TV season debuted last week on Netflix, is a pretty surprising one: it’s totally solid. The results walk a tricky tightrope between book-allegiant and TV-appropriate, and as a result, neither end of the viewer spectrum will come away 100 percent satisfied. This is not necessarily must-see TV; not quite the sci-fi world’s version of Breaking Bad or The Wire. You can nitpick it enough to classify the show as good, not great.
But if you take even one glance at the show and think, “yeah, I might like this,” then you’ll be just fine. Its grand scope, well-rounded cast, consistency, and ambitious pacing make it a high-water mark among Netflix-exclusive action series. So long as you’re over 18, at any rate.
Gutsy? Or just guts?
Takeshi Kovacs, as played by Byron Mann.
Takeshi Kovacs, as played by… Joel Kinnaman. (At least one other actor portrays another Kovacs “sleeve” before season one runs out.)
Kinneman gets the most screen time as this season’s Kovacs, a character who is originally of Germanic and Japanese descent. We wish the TV series talked a LITTLE more openly about this cultural weirdness, honestly (even if it’s authentic to the book).
Either way, at least he sports this ridiculous backpack on occasion. (It’s always full of guns and drugs.)
When Kovacs comes to after a prolonged suspension, he is as confused as all of us as to who he has become.
A demonstration of how “stacks” work in the world of Altered Carbon includes this hologram.
Go on, slap your stack into an upgraded sleeve. For a price (moral, monetary, you name it).
Two Kovacs…es.
The locals don’t take too kindly to upgraded sleeves ’round these parts.
That age-gating is very unfortunate. In my dream world, Netflix would create an entirely new edit of Altered Carbon‘s first season that pulls a few of its needlessly violent and sexual punches—let alone the egregious moments that gratuitously combine those two extremes.
The compliment that I want to give this series is how awesome it could otherwise play for any sci-fi hungry teenagers in your life—for young adults coming to terms with identity, morality, and altruism. But in fulfilling a promise of book authenticity, Skydance Media’s take on Altered Carbon turns words into blood and genitalia—and often with little character-development payoff. Bad guys don’t look worse because more blood gushes, or because we see how horrifically prostitutes are beaten. Brutality and subtlety require different measurements in books and on screen, and this is possibly Altered Carbon‘s greatest failing.
Otherwise, this book’s filmed series nails something really important in TV sci-fi: it raises obvious existential questions without talking down to viewers. Altered Carbon imagines a near-future world in which humanity has figured out how to cheat death: by slipping our personalities into discs in the back of the neck, known as “stacks,” that can then bounce from body to body. Stackless bodies, as hinted to above, are known in this world as “sleeves,” and these work as a point of controversy and contention among this future world’s citizens (not to mention capital and bartering chips).
This ten-episode series follows Kovacs, a once-powerful and rebellious “envoy” who has been resurrected and slapped into a muscular, combat-ready sleeve. In his new life, Kovacs works as a bodyguard and detective for one of the world’s richest men, Laurens Bancroft (James Purefoy). If Kovacs can solve a tricky murder case for Bancroft, then he becomes a free man—but, as you might imagine, nothing about this murder investigation is easy.
If you own an HDR-compatible 4K TV, get thee to Altered Carbon, stat. It’s easily Netflix’s best showcase for the format since Planet Earth II.
A look out into the dystopian-future night sky.
If Blade Runner-esque cityscapes bore you, worry not. This series also has ridiculous cloud cities.
Kovacs, alongside his sometimes-partner-sometimes-rival Ortega (Martha Higareda), is taken aback by these cloud cities.
What unfolds can be described as two very good TV series battling each other for position and dominance. On one hand, we have a flashy, sexy, gorgeous-in-4K exploration of dystopian-future themes that are admittedly well-trodden territory. The world has changed thanks to so much body-swapping and other high-tech developments, and we see those concepts explored as a mix of broad, obvious strokes of plot development and thrilling action scenes. This series’ producers waste no time visually proving their admiration for Blade Runner and The Matrix—and when this show’s fisticuffs, gunplay, and sword fighting are at their best, such shameless homages are easily forgiven.
On the other hand, Altered Carbon is simultaneously a noir crime show that relies on sometimes-strong, sometimes-cheesy character development. Many of the show’s sequences feel like a squishing together of Veronica Mars with Star Trek: The Next Generation (and I say this as a fan of both), as Kovacs and his eventual partner/rival Ortega (Martha Higareda) cross paths while solving their own respective mysteries. This material sometimes shines with a bright sheen. These two lead actors are given a lot of room in the script to carve out their identity, their moral shades of gray, and ultimately, their likability even when they’re at their most selfish and foolish.
One major problem is that Kovacs exists as a major player in both extremes… as two different people. We see actors Byron Mann and Will Yun Lee portray Kovacs’ older existence as a murderous, taking-down-the-system envoy, but he takes much longer to open up as anything other than a stone-faced, cold-blooded murderer. (Most of his character’s opportunities to express emotions are drowned out by his timeline’s sci-fi war content, though these sequences still prove quite arresting—particularly thanks to the killer chops of actor Renée Elise Goldsberry, who nails that timeline’s character Quellcrist Falconer.)
Kovacs’ rebirth in the skin of actor Joel Kinnaman is a far more compelling one in terms of the script and character-development opportunities he gets. This is probably the most glaring way that the book shines brighter than the TV show: in allowing Kovacs to feel consistent, as a man who’s grown and changed over centuries but is unified by major principles. Having each TV actor handle such different parts of his life, and having those scenes framed in such different ways, creates a schism in his character development and in the show’s pacing.
(If you’re looking for top-notch timeline-hopping sci-fi on Netflix, you may very well be happier watching Travelers. Or Hulu’s Future Man, even.)
Being Takeshi Kovacs
But the series is still pretty nimble at finding opportunities to expand book moments, or build upon them, in ways that make sense without remaining entirely tied to the book. My favorite not-a-spoiler example is when an entire “B plot” of an episode revolves around Ortega’s family. They’re celebrating Día De Los Muertos while arguing about the spiritual and religious beliefs that all these stack- and skin-swaps conjure up—and one family member forces the conversation into an uncomfortable zone by pulling a surprise, last-minute switcheroo using stacks. Multiple generations of a family look at each other in entirely new ways as a result, and every actor involved gets to dance around the scene with performances full of life and energy.
This is what damned good sci-fi accomplishes better than any genre: it lets characters become equal parts other-worldly and familiar. It finds a way to laugh and revel while tackling serious life subjects.
Ortega and Kovacs get ready to team up in a strange arena.
A holographic AI butler named Poe (Chris Conner) gets the comic-relief stuff right without being obnoxious about it. Very good turn, honestly.
Vernon (Ato Essandoh) pleads for his daughter’s survival in a simulation.
Miriam Bancroft (Kristin Lehman) makes moves.
Vernon, Kovacs, and Ortega exchange weaponry.
One of the most brutal scenes in the series features a shape-shifting VR torturer.
Two bystanders face off in a zero-G fight. The winner gets an upgraded sleeve.
As the plot unfolds, every character enjoys a mix of these high-mark moments of self-discovery and tedious, should’ve-been-trimmed moments. Supporting characters like a holographic AI butler (Chris Conner), a shape-shifting upper-class wife (Kristin Lehman), and a grieving marine (Ato Essandoh) all enjoy brief opportunities to steal scenes and round out the other main characters in revealing their eccentricities and shades of gray. But some of their episodes’ B plots do as much to dull the momentum.
That kind of criticism about plots with tertiary characters, honestly, is par for the sci-fi TV course—and we’ve certainly seen more obnoxious padding in longer-running series (lookin’ right at you, newer Battlestar Galactica). Altered Carbon really does a good job keeping its casting in a “quite good” range from bottom to top, and every major character mostly nails a mix of intensity, believability, and humanity in a show all about people magically swapping bodies and flying around cloud cities. (It’s also fun to see a few actors pull double duty as multiple personalities in the same “sleeve.” The results aren’t as charming as on Orphan Black, but they come close.)
I could level a few criticisms about the show’s later-season surprises, along with some irrational turns in how characters get along. But beyond their spoilery nature, they’re also just not the kinds of bummers that will tank the full season’s impact, should you get through all ten hour-long episodes. Netflix and Skydance Media clearly invested in making a TV show worthy of the Altered Carbon namesake—which was never about blowing away sci-fi conventions. That book series was just as shameless about its forebears, but its compelling twists and badass core characters kept you flipping its pages. Netflix’s version does just enough to deliver the same thing for your “play next episode” button.
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