Jae Lee - Book of Butcher
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Book of Butcher by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera and Miquel Muerto. Cover by Dan Mora. Variant covers by (2) Dell’Edera and (3) Dani. Out in December.
"Leading into the fifth anniversary of Something Is Killing The Children and building on last year's Book of Slaughter, Maxine Slaughter steps into the spotlight in her journey from White to Black Mask.
With New Orleans as her destination, what will Maxine uncover about House Boucher… and what will she learn about herself in the process?
The award-winning, bestselling creative team of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera unleash their only first issue of 2023 and set the stage for year five of the Slaughterverse!"
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Out this week: Book of Butcher #1 (BOOM! Studios, $9.99):
James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera continue the tale of Maxine Slaughter and House Boucher in this extra-sized one-shot that sets up year five of the Something Is Killing The Children/Book of Slaughter story.
See what else is arriving in comic shops this week.
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Slaughterverse Expands with "Book of Butcher"
The Slaughterverse is continuing Maxine Slaughter's journey with Book of Butcher. Book of Butcher hails from writer James Tynion IV, artist Werther Dell'Edera, colorist Miquel Muerto, letterer AndWorld Design. The team will be joined by special guests Tate Brombal, Antonio Fuso, Chris Shehan, and Letizia Cadonici.
Maxine Slaughter "continues her journey from White to Black Mask.
With New Orleans as her destination, only time will tell what Maxine will uncover about House Boucher…and what she will learn about herself in the process." (BOOM! Studios)
Book of Butcher #1 goes on sale on December 27, 2023. The first issue features main covers by Dan Mora and Werther Dell'Edera and variant covers by Tamra Bonvillain and more.
Image via BOOM! Studios - Werther Dell'Edera's main cover of Book of Butcher #1)
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🎬✰ {Slasher AU | Butcher Ghost}
[Context : Y/N’s friends all escaped and left Y/N to die. But instead of Ghost killing them, he took pitied on them so he takes Y/N back to his house on top of his shop]
Y/N, sitting comfortably on the old couch while watching Ghost gathering woods for the fireplace with warm cup of tea in hand :
Y/N : You allow the world to think you’re a heartless monster.
Y/N, is confused by his nice gesture : And you’re not.
Butcher!Ghost, still dripping with blood and all :
Butcher! Ghost, lifts his eyebrow under the mask :
Butcher! Ghost, chuckles : No. I’m afraid I’m just a regular kind of murderer, sweetheart.
Butcher! Ghost, return with clean clothes and handed some to Y/N : I may be a murderer but I’m not that heartless like your shitty friends eh?
Y/N, silently accepts the clothes : (That sounds so wrong yet right at the same time…)
Dividers belongs to : @rookthornesartistry ♥️
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I “love” the betrayal fics where the entire camp suddenly believes that this new guy has actually accomplished all of Percy’s achievements and Percy lied to all of them, like camp didn’t literally witness half of those accomplishments and like Percy actually outright says “I did X.” Percy says almost nothing about what he does, Camp hears about most of his achievements from others
oh, we've all seen those fics. new guy shows up, he's actually Percy's half-brother. Annabeth suddenly only has eyes for him, everyone suddenly hates Percy because new guy does too, Poseidon may or may not disown Percy, and then Percy runs away and joins Chaos.
it's been copied and pasted thousands of times in hundreds of ways.
not a single one of those fics has Percy's departure from Camp happen realistically. it's not even impossible to grow resentment between Percy and the campers, which is what these writers seem to want. but the way they go about it? a cookie cutter asshole pied piper OC who steals the spotlight and turns Camp into a hostile mob of angry demigods? Unrealistic. 0/10 trope, literally 50% of why i will not read fanfictions with OCs.
have some realistic ways of turning Camp against Percy or vice versa:
- Percy could be captured. The area he was taken from is drenched in blood. no one could survive that, Percy's gotta be dead, so Camp doesn't look for him. after [x amount of time] of captivity and probably torture, Percy gives up hoping for a rescue. he discovers darker uses for his powers, frees himself, and doesn't go back to camp, because they abandoned him. opens the road for angst and emotion and tearful reunions etc.
- Camp is attacked. maybe it was a lazy beach day. no one is ready, only a few campers have their weapons. they're outnumbered and maybe surrounded and definitely out of options. Percy won't let anyone die. two ways to go about this one:
A) percy destroys the attackers single-handedly, using every tool in his arsenal, every fucked up thing he can think of to make sure his people survive. he controls poison and blood and drowns monsters and, i don't know, freezes them into ice cubes or boils their skin or stops their hearts. Camp is terrified of him now. he leaves.
or
B) the armed campers fight back, but percy isn't fighting. he's busy keeping the injured from dying. how? he's controlling their blood. he won't let it deviate from its normal path. Camp is terrified of him now. he leaves.
- [x god] sends Percy on a quest. but, surprise! it's not a quest! it's a trick, to lead Percy to his death! Percy survives, but can't go back or he'll be revealing he's still alive before he figures out why [x god] tried to have him killed and if there's anyone else behind it. fun conspiracy vibes.
- percy adopts a new pet, except this time it's a drakon. "Percy," Chiron says very patiently and not-at-all exasperated, "you can't keep a drakon as a pet. it will eat your friends and we don't have the space." Percy flips authority the bird and strikes out with his new pet to find somewhere they can settle. kinda cracky but written right it could be funny.
- Percy pisses Zeus off. not surprising. Zeus wants to kill Percy. not surprising. for his own good, Chiron sends Percy on a roadtrip/changes his name and sends him to mexico along with multiple witness protection agents/quest to keep Percy out of sight for a while to allow the king of olympus time to cool down, because we like when percy is alive and also the war poseidon would wage at his death would kill us all.
are all of them 100% realistic? no, but neither is Percy leaving Camp. Hera had to literally kidnap him and erase his memory to keep him away. the point is that they're different and plausible, and not the same exact trope repeated over and over again until i can tell you the plot of hundreds of betrayal works in one sentence.
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