#annual post lol

[navigatorwriting]

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The villain shoved the scientist into the work bench, glass vessels shattering on the floor as the scientist struggled to catch themself.

"You have twenty-four hours to identify that DNA sample," the villain told them, turning to leave. "Don't bother trying to escape. My men are surrounding the facility with orders to shoot to kill."

The scientist blinked. "Are you stupid?"

The villain's shoulders flinched, as if the scientist's words had physically whipped them. "Excuse me?" they growled, turning back around to face the scientist.

"Twenty-four hours is nowhere near enough time to identify a DNA sequence. Even the crystallization alone will take days. Do you even understand what you're demanding of me?"

"Do it faster then."

"I won't do it at all," the scientist spat.

Without a second thought, the villain took two steps forward and struck the scientist across the face. The scientist stumbled, mouth open in shock. Their cheek throbbed and they could feel the skin turning red.

"I don't think you understand the gravity of your situation," the villain said. They grabbed the scientist by the collar of their shirt and lifted, forcing the scientist to meet their eyes. "Your team is fully preoccupied with reconnaissance and I know you don't hire excess staff in the laboratory. The nearest city is an hour by car and I've seen to it that the nearest radio towers will not be receiving or transmitting any signals from this location. And did you not hear me when I said the building is surrounded? Do the words 'shoot to kill' ring a bell?"

The scientist fumed and silently cursed their remote location. Their intention to keep the lab a secret had certainly backfired.

They glared up at the villain and tried to steady their breathing. "The only way I can identify a DNA sequence is by x-ray crystallography. The crystallization process will take three to five days and the instrument takes around eighteen hours to analyze a sample. I need at least a day to recreate the sequence once I have the sample's results." They swallowed. "I need at least a week to do this for you. A quick internet search could have told you as much."

Still seething, the villain dropped the scientist and allowed them to straighten their shirt.

"Get started then," they bit out. "I'll be back in an hour with... revised instructions."

They left the lab and slammed the door behind them, the impact rattling a rack of test tubes. The scientist stared at the door for a minute, then, with a deep breath, took the broom and began sweeping up the broken glass.

#fiction #snippet #scientist #villain #scientist x villain #villain x scientist #writing #writeblr #annual post lol #no proofreading full send or nothing

[wyverncult]

*heart of fire starts playing*

#hi LOL #text post #castlevania #aria of sorrow #soma cruz #julius belmont #dmitri's life #its time for my annual stolen joke 👍 #i went out of my way to copy the font but it turns out i was copying the wrong font so #its fine. FHBDNJMK #there was a short period where i was genuinely considering modding the game forthis joke #but miraculously decided against it

[chillerhjemmesmiley]

who said you can’t celebrate fiction character’s birthdays?

GRATULERER MED DAGEN, EVEN!

#skam #skamedit #dailyskam #skamversedaily #even bech næsheim #skam season 3 #henrik holm #usertelevision #chewieblog #i don't know who to tag anymore but look!! my annual birthday post for them is here #i swear one day i will come back and finish the two skam rewatch series i started in 2020 lol but uni and life in general have been crazy #but i need to find a way to make giffing a hobby once again and i can maybe come back to this #also i miss skam. and i plan on making some uni papers about druck so maybe that will be coming too who knows hehe #ANYWAYS......... have this beautiful boy's face on his birthday #edits

[ronoexiste]

#this is gonna be an annual thing #(bc i couldn’t find last year’s post lol) #heartstopper #osemanverse

[michaeljoncarter]

Have you got any recs or a reading guide for steel ?

lornahs's guide for him & his dcuguide chronology collect most of his appearances. and i'm still not quite finished making my way through post-crisis superman comics, so if anyone with more expertise would like to add on, please do, but so far, these are my personal favorite recs for him:

The Death & Return of Superman

Steel (1994) (i love this book, but it is violently 90s in a way that definitely won't be to everyone's tastes. might recommend skipping it at first and then coming back later when you're already invested in the character)

the Trial of Superman arc:

Superman (1987) #106

Adventures of Superman #529

Outsiders (1991) #24

Action Comics #716

Superman: The Man of Steel #51

Superman (1987) #107

Steel (1994) #22

Adventures of Superman #530

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #3

Action Comics #717

Superman: The Man of Steel #52

Superman (1987) #108

Adventures of Superman #531

Steel (1994) #23

Showcase '96 #1 - 2

The Millennium Giants

JLA Secret Files #2

he becomes a member of the justice league and is in JLA (1997) #19 - 41, but he's mostly just kinda... there. it's been a while since i read this book, so if anyone's got a fresher memory, please correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't remember him ever getting much of a focus in this book. it's fun to see him in the justice league for sure, and i do recommend reading it, but i can't say i really consider it essential reading for him specifically

Team Superman Secret Files & Origins

Superman: The Man of Steel #95 - 97

Superman: The Man of Steel #98 (part of the Superman Y2K arc)

Metropolis Secret Files & Origins

Superman: The Man of Steel #99 - 101

the Critical Condition arc:

Superman (1987) #158

Adventures of Superman #580

Superman: The Man of Steel #102

Action Comics #767

Superman: Emperor Joker

Superman: The Man of Steel #106 - 110, #112, #114

Our Worlds at War was also a pretty important event for him, but i really can't justify recommending that you read the whole massive thing if you're only interested in him. he only shows up in a few issues (which may be a little confusing without the context of what's happening in the entire event, but it's fine):

Action Comics #594

Superman: The Man of Steel #116 - 117

Superman: The Man of Steel #118, #120, #122 - 125

Superman: The Man of Steel #130, #131 (part of the Ending Battle arc)

Superman: The Man of Steel

Superman vs Darkseid: Apokolips Now!

the Strange New Visitor arc:

Action Comics #811

Adventures of Superman #624

Superman (1987) #201

he featured fairly often in in 52 & Infinity Inc (2007), but i haven't actually gotten around to reading either one of those yet beyond skimming a few random issues, so i can't really give any specific recs there

Superman #685 - 687, #689 - 690, #695 (part of the New Krypton Saga)

Superman: War of the Supermen (also part of New Krypton)

Reign of the Doomsdays

aaaand that brings us to the end of the preboot universe. i think he was a fairly major player in the n52 superman comics, but i haven't gotten around to them, either. the only post-reboot comic i can really recommend (and i do strongly recommend it because it's an all time fave for me) is Superwoman (2016)

beyond that, i believe he's a semi-regularly occurring character in the current superman titles & that there's a Steelworks book out there somewhere. but i've kinda lost interest in current comics for the time being, so that's all i can really say about that!

hope this helps & happy reading 💕

#long post #ask #anonymous #john henry irons #comic recs #yeehaw #red text = the ones that correspond to the arc mentioned above #i wanted to put a space btwn the bullets to make that more clear but i guess post formatting doesnt let u do that anymore (??) #and bold = issues he actually appears in #which is only relevant for the trial of superman one #i tried to just link to reading lists for the ones where i think reading the whole thing is worth it #but that's the only one i couldn't find a good one for #also with the death/return reading guide it links to a comment on article ! that was not a mistake #i think the comment did a better job of summing it up succinctly (and mb got a few things the person missed) #BUT the full article has context that's good too. specifically regarding the weirdass annual event #that happened smack in the middle of rots.. which is good to have #because i know that confused the hell out of me when i was first reading it lol

[martyrbat]

do u know where this is from it haunts my dreams

[ID: an up-close panel of Batman. He's visibly confused and has a question mark speech bubble before asking, “I'm pregnant?” END ID]

i do!! however im sorry to say your nightmares have all been for naught, since its a very popular edited panel :( the original is from batman annual #11:

(id in alt!)

i hope this doesn't discourage you from trying to get that man pregnant though, hes even in position for it in the last panel <33

#its so bad i recognized george freeman's art instantly but yuh <3 theres also a few reprint of this story if youre into that kinda thing #but i hope this provides sweet dreams lol i know this is a VERY popular edit #a lot of times people say its golden or silver aged dialogue but if youre a little familiar with that era #then its kinda easy to tell this is NOT the art or his design from those eras. which marrows it down to 70s-early 90s #(since post nightfall he had a darker suit). after that its easy to narrow it down even without knowing the artists style #(even if it would be kinda tedious lol) #all that to say i dont have a social life and am always happy to help find your mystery panels <33 #(also! this is a good story! no pregnant batman unfortunately but theres kinda? cucking and bruces appearance is sweet! i hope you enjoy :) #c: batman annual | 11 #crypt's panels #batman #clayface iii #preston payne

[baltears]

its truly not that i have a problem with ppl continuing to engage with a persons work after theyve been called out for being problematic or whatever but the way m//lanie m//rtinez stans literally just convinced themselves all the allegations were false, called the alleged victim a liar and then proceeded to pretend it all never even happened is frankly chilling to me

#like i think her music sounds good!!!! but i just cannot fw her stans ever bc you truly just never know #do they know shes an alleged abuser and just make the personal decision to continue engaging (fine) or are they one of those people. #i make this post like annually lol im sorry. it just continues to really creep me out that people just don't talk about it #and when they do it's just the party line. no actual interest in the truth #like. sorry i think irl abusers should be accountable and not just get away with things bc they're cute girls w a cool aesthetic&good art #her fanbase at large just feels so ghoulish to me like there was almost nobody pushing back on this insane conspiratorial victim blaming... #the total lack of any level of concern or even basic respect for survivors in a lot of these people was very transparent #anti melanie martinez #cw assault

[bishounen-jump]

it is now halloween, which means...

time for mr skeltal’s annual photoshoot

may you all have a most joyous ween

#mr skeltal's annual glamour shotz #happy halloween! #never posted personal photos before lol #cats #skeleton #my photos #i take these every year and just. never post them

[niladhevan]

HELLO I have recently found my way into Vinland Saga and I just wanted to drop in and tell you that your art is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL AND IT DESTROYS ME AND AHHHHHHH I have a lot of feelings and I hope you don't mind me yelling them at you i just appreciate ur shit my dude you are amazing i am at a loss for words i will never not have feelings about beautiful somft aching pining yearning bjorns hkzhkjshdgs

Hiii !

Thank you so much for the kind words, i gotta say it made it smile to read through your tags ! in this club we sure do cry a lot about Björn and his canonically gay thoughts.

But hey, as a treat, here's Askeladd and him happy and giddy, (probably after having to listen to some ludicrous bs) :

Merry crisis !

#vinland saga #BJOOOORN #askebjorn #vs Björn #vs Askeladd #Askeladd #my art #fanart #stay tuned for the 14th of february for my annual viking romance post lol

[chiosblog]

The other day i bought two of the original A-Team annuals (1984 and 1986) and these are actually a gold mine

Little extra:

Hannibal and the olympic sport of throwing people on other people

And these group photos that I will hang on my wall

#good lord #i love this annual books #both ironically and unironically #cause the immagination of the writers here is unmatched to this day #i mean...wtf are those texts?? #help i cannot physically stop laughing #the metaphors are so weird but so on point?? #the a team #hm murdock #templeton peck #hannibal smith #ba baracus #and I found out that these were printed in italy lol #tumblr decided to post some photos sideways why??

[bereft-of-frogs]

If I could erase any piece of media from my brain so I could watch it again for the first time, aside from Harrow the Ninth (don’t @ me I’m aware of the irony), it would be the Bent-Neck Lady episode of the Haunting of Hill House

#that reveal at the end is so good #the haunting of hill house #i can’t remember if I’ve posted this before #this might be an annual post as well lol #flanaverse #i mean the whole series because the long tracking shots in the next episode also rewired my brain

[thatineffablewitch]

My coworker upon seeing a helicopter: Oh wow! I wonder what’s going on and why it’s here?

Me: what? You’ve never seen a ghetto bird before?

Him: 😦 a what?

Me:

#Be one thing if I just stopped talking #But oh no I explained what ghetto bird is and how we heard them constantly #And sometimes they say over a speaker to lock doors/windows as someone runs through backyards #And we play “firework or gunshot?” cuz we heard both all year round #And the electric company had to ask everyone to pls not shoot down their drones cuz someone did that apparently #And the special walk if you go downtown (no eye contact!) #And lake where there’s drug deals and bodies and what not #Yeah I think I scared him lol #As I said: sorry for ghetto-fying myself lol #My post #personal post #I didnt even mention the high speed chases we used to get annually that ended on my street in a shout-out #And we’d lay down in the hall where there’s no windows #Then my chismoso dad would go outside to see what happened and my mom would be SO MAD lol 😂

[cutemeat]

#sorry to macdennis amv post i just had to get this out #im working on my bi-annual new macdennis mix LOL #macden

[breadbowll]

For. 24 hours only. I will be cringe again.

#once a year i let myself relapse for one single day #only to be reborn again at midnight with my birthday starting on 414 #413 #homestuck #i save my whatpumpkin horns JUST FOR this day #and i have an annual reading of a good dave and eridan post canon fic lol

[icewindandboringhorror]

Various images of things

#image commentary in tags once again since they don't allow captions anymore and I feel weird using the alt text for that -- #1. PIBBINS.... cheering clapping hooting hollering glorious applause everytime I see a pigeon in public #2. Birthday card that I drew for someone. .. kittys... #3. 2023's annual haul of tiny white pumpkins.. i get at least one white pumpkin every year around fall when they have pumpkins in stores #because I just love the color and texture ... bright white and smooth and cold and round.. kind of like a volleyball or something #4. A brief adventure into watching big brother (only earlier seasons of course as I hate all reality shows post like 2013 or something when #they became overly focused on social media and overproduced memeable phrases more.. like even though ALL reality shows have always #been extremely fake and annoying and mindless it's like..... newer stuff seems A Different Kind Of Fake or something) since whenever #I'm sick sometimes I find weird mindless things like that to watch (that one time I had bronchitis I watched all of Flavor of Love in my #half awake illness stupor and now everytime I heat up canned minestrone soup (mostly all I ate that week) I think of flavor flav since #thats just a weird brain connection I have now lol) ANYWAY.. I was sick and watched like 2 seasons of this and then thought it was too #uninteresting and obnoxious to continue (more like 1 and a half since I skipped the rest of one once only boring people were left) BUT this #one guy had a very mischevious looking face and he also said a few things (like the above captioned speech) that sounded like dialogue #some fantasy character would say.. so I took a screencap of him and edited him into a mischevious wizard i guess.?? idk I was sick lol #~your little friend has a poisoned tongue~ is just a very unexpectedly serious sounding wording for some random normal #frat dude looking guy to say while casually chatting on a reality tv show in like 2008 or whenever that was filmed lol #5. FLUFFY CLOVERS!! I'd never seen them be furry and soft before?? inchresting.. #6. Noodle sitting in bed with the cat figurines looming above him... the council of kittys... #7. McDonald's full breakfast platter + asparagus + strawberries & cream (also of course this is old and I am now boycotting mcdonalds etc) #i try to group the images somewhat consistently like.. winter stuff with winter stuff or summer stuff with summer stuff #but I have so many random pictrues floating around on my computer that I never post that sometimes some are not organized or just #thrown into a set because there's nowhere else for them. Like the pigeon picture is from like 3 years ago for example lol #8 & 9 - I think I've posted these before but I just find them very interesting looking flowers. whenever they happen to be blooming #I'll pick up a few when I'm out on walks or etc. ... poof ball looking things #photo diary

[martyrbat]

batman: the knight #6 • batman annual 2022 • dc pride 2023

[ID: Three panels from separate comics to draw parallels. In the first one, Minhkhoa Khan and Bruce Wayne are fighting in the snow after their mentor, Luka, was shot dead by Minhkhoa. Minhkhoa throws him into the ground next to Luka's bloodied corpse as he tells Bruce, “Luka was a master painter... who threw his brushes away.” Bruce shouts that he's insane but Minhkhoa corrects him, “No, Bruce. I just have vision... you and I could be the greatest artists alive... (— but you're too much of a coward!”)

In the second photo, Bruce and Minhkhoa are fighting a group of armed criminals together some time in the near future. Minhkhoa has his Ghostmaker mask on that covers his upper face as Bruce wears a black mask that's similar to Zorro's. They're in the middle of a quarrel with Bruce telling Minhkhoa not to be reductive before Minhkhoa continues talking, “This is an art. An artist doesn't let someone else handle their paintbrush. We've given our life to this. You can't just bring in others and expect them to be able to do what we can.” Bruce argues, “What's the point of it if we don't help others and share what we learn?”

The third photo is a closeup on Ghostmaker's helmet after he compared a battle to a dance. His internal narration reads, ‘Some say I feel nothing. But I appreciate art. I respect it.’ END ID]

#hiiiii is this anything.... #sorry for the weakest parallel post ever lol its just him reusing a metaphor but i like that its something kinda consistent so :3 #i think minhkhoa should paint... it can be something he did as a young kid or something he learnt for his training or whatever #or something he does while meditating or relaxing (& i know it can be debated how much he'll do it) but.... idk i just think itll be nice : #also sorry for editing their speech bubbles blank instead of leaving them being petty and arguing about who took down the most ppl #its funny but didnt really fit the post vdjfhf #c: batman annual | 2022 #c: batman: the knight | i: 6 #crypt's panels #posts from the crypt #minhkhoa khan #ghostmaker #bruce wayne #batman #EDIT THANK YOU EVYN FOR REMINDING ME OF THE 3RD PHOTO....