#charlie is chaotic psycho

[psychocharlie]

Charlie has uncle issues

For a month now, Dennis has been staying at the bar late into the night, locking it up himself. He took everyone's keys, leaving only Charlie's copy to open Paddy's in the morning. The Gang resented this and protested, but Dennis was adamant and took away everyone else's keys on the grounds that they were all a bunch of irresponsible shitheads who forgot to lock up the bar. The fact that someone had robbed the cash register one night was also a strong argument for Dennis' rightness (and no one suspected that Dennis was this "someone" who had robbed Paddy's to carry out his plan). So for a month, Dennis staying the longest and closing the bar. Charlie also often lingers, because the bar needed to be cleaned up before closing, which, as everyone knows, is Charlie work.

Of course, Dennis made this scheme so that he and Charlie would have time to be alone and talk about their business without looking suspicious. Especially since the Gang started noticing their odd behavior. Especially Mac. Oh, Mac has become unbearable. Suspicious, obsessive, and jealous. Reynolds should get something much better than this bar trick to distract him. And he was going to do it later.

But that night Charlie left early, while even Mac, Dee, and Frank were still at the bar. His mom called him and begged him tearfully to come over and help her with something, and he left. So it's only been about 15 minutes since everyone left, and Dennis was really getting ready to close up and go home, because Charlie wasn’t there, and Dennis hadn't been doing his «business» in a while. And neither had his friend. After that terrible nervous breakdown in his bad place he hadn't touched a single person yet. 

The man is briefly distracted by his phone before getting up from the counter and walking away. Grinning, he replies to a message from a pretty girl on a dating site he's been DENNIS'ing for a few days, anticipating the inevitable culmination of their dates – first passionate and then bloody, filling his entire being with power and strength. In those moments, he truly felt like the actual Golden God.  Only then did the gaping hole in his chest, the God Hole, cease to ring with its emptiness, and he felt whole. Then and in some other rare moments that Reynolds preferred not to think about.

Before he can even finish the message, the door swings open, causing Dennis to flinch and lift his head, and Charlie plops down behind the bar.

– I'm gonna kill him. – Charlie's voice is hoarse, and he's literally growling, looking sullenly like a beast ready to pounce on you and tear you to pieces. His eyes burn with anger, but it's not a hot flame of rage, it's something colder, even more sinister. Hatred.

Dennis quickly presses the send button, no longer caring what he texted to that sweet fool, and sets the phone aside. All his attention is on Charlie now.

– Who? – His voice is soft and cautious. He pulls a bottle of whiskey and two glasses from under the bar, deciding it is the best choice for the circumstances. «Is that the last thing his victims see?» – wonders Dennis. Charlie, meanwhile, empties a glass of whiskey under his gaze. In one gulp.

– Uncle Jack. 

Dennis sighs heavily and presses his lips together, sipping from his glass. Uncle Jack. Charlie was always out of sorts after seeing him. Usually he just got weird, twitchy or depressed. Sometimes he'd get irritable and start shouting at everyone. But this time it was the real hatred. Cold and full of contempt.

Dennis remains silent, and his buddy pours and drains another glass again. Gradually his face softens, the hatred fading from the green eyes, making way for deadly fatigue and despair and resentment. 

– I want him to die like a goddamn brute. – Voice's desperate, almost whisper. The formerly tense posture of a predator ready to pounce changes as well, Charlie's body slouches, shoulders droop. Then Dennis finally decides to speak, quietly and calmly. 

– I understand, bud, you have every reason to want him dead. He molested you.

Charlie stands up again and screams. Dennis sees the desperation in his eyes. 

– He didn't molest me!

– He did, – Dennis replies quietly yet firmly, bringing the half-empty bottle to his friend's mouth. He presses his lips together, digging his fingernails into the old wooden surface, exhales heavily and, closing his eyes, allows Dennis to get him drunk.

– He did. - His voice sounds like an echo, barely audible repeating Dennis' words as Charlie lowers his head, resting it on the counter. Reynolds flinches. This is the first time Charlie has ever admitted it. They all knew it, but Charlie had always denied it, indignantly and furiously, without admitting it. So had Dennis with his Ms. Klinsky thing. But now Charlie finally admitted it and allowed himself to be vulnerable around him. Dennis drains the rest of his whiskey and patts the bar next to Charlie's shoulder in a reassuring gesture, hesitant to touch him right away.

– Alright... – there’s a pause in the air as Dennis tries to think of what to say now, – you know... do it. You have every right to. 

– I'd like to. – His voice is muffled. – I wanna do it every time he reaches out to me with his creepy hands. He fucking hugged me today. But I can't. 

– Why not?

And Charlie lifts his head and shakes it. He looks now like an abandoned puppy who's lost all hope of finding a home. He sighs heavily and starts to talk. He talks and talks and talks. Talks about how much his mother loves that bastard Jack, how she's cared for him all her life. The stupid bitch throws a little family party of his birthdays and even bakes the cakes for him, but she can't even remember the exact age of her own son, not to mention wishing him a happy birthday. He tells how upset and hysterical she would be if her brother suddenly disappeared. She’d call the police and they would find Charlie. And after him, probably Dennis as well. And Dennis nods, nods, nods, doesn't understand why he didn't think of it himself. Like, it's so obvious and logical. He hadn't thought of it because his mind was busy thinking that Uncle Jack should die in agony like a filthy animal, which he was.

They drink another bottle of whiskey and gradually change the subject. Now they are discussing the failure of the gang's scheme this afternoon and who is to blame (It was all Dee! That bitch is totally unartistic and can't even play such a simple role in our plan!), when suddenly Charlie speaks up and changes his face again:

– But if I ever see him molest a child in person... I'll kill him. And then I won't care about the consequences. I just won't be able to bear it. I'll take a hammer and smash his ugly face in. I'll crack his head like a walnut. I'll hit and hit and hit his head until I stop recognizing him at all. He'll die in agony like an animal, he'll–

Dennis can see that Charlie is about to boil again: his hands are clenched into fists, his eyebrows are drawn together in a broad line, and his teeth are clenched tightly together, almost gritting. Dennis swears he can hear them grinding. 

– I'm staying out of his perverted business, but if I see this–

– Oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oh-oi! – he grabs Charlie by the shoulders and shakes him, repeating an old tried-and-true ritual, trying to distract and calm him. 

– Oi-oi-oi-oi, yeah, – he mumbles back and nods, closing his eyes to calm himself. Dennis pours him another whiskey.

***

At home, Reynolds is met by Mac with his stupid questions about what took him so long and where he was. 

– I was with a girl, – Dennis angrily waves him off.

– Oh, with a girl? – Mac's eyebrows rise in a familiar expression as he spreads his arms across his chest, glancing at his neighbor, – I knew you took away everyone's keys just to fuck chicks at Paddy's! Did you fuck her on the bar stand? Or on the pool table? On my favorite pool table? Spit it out, man! 

– Get yourself a goddamn boyfriend, Mac, and fuck him on the pool table or wherever you want, but get the fuck off me! – Dennis yells at him irritably and disappears into his room, slamming the door behind him. Mac is really starting to get on his nerves. Something has to be done about this.

Finally, after a long day, Dennis lies down in bed with his eyes closed. His imagination immediately pictures Uncle Jack's mutilated body on the Paddy's basement. His face is unrecognizable - smashed with a hammer, it's just a bloody mess, pools of blood spreading around. His hands, which Jack had always been so self-conscious about, which he had always tried to hide, conceal, visually enlarge, were now severed. Jack's severed hands will never be pets for Charlie. Charlie will take the smallest jar he has and chop them up in there, slicing off each finger individually like sausages. «Oh, look, Uncle Jack, your hands are so small they can only fit in this silly little jar. How pathetic is that, Uncle Jack. It sucks to have hands small like this, doesn't it?» And then he throws the jar into the scalding heat of the furnace.

Dennis clutches the sheets with his fingers, his lips drawn together in a thin line. The last thing he thinks about before he falls asleep is Uncle Jack's dreadful death, which he deserves.

#iasip #charden #serial killers au #charlie and dennis are murder buddies #dennis is bastard man #charlie is chaotic psycho #headcanon #it's so long #why it’s so fucking long #charlie kelly #dennis reynolds #uncle jack #hate him

[hells-wasabii]

A/n: this one is a little on the shorter side like its predicesor, but I made up for it with a bit of a Drabble!

Part 1 | Part 2

Character: Alastor

Type: Headcanons + Drabble (Alastor x Doe!reader pt 2, Fluff)

Alastor was... gone. No broadcast, no letter, no cryptic bullshit. Just gone.

As were the demons that kept tabs on you. The overlord undoubtedly thought you didn't know, but you were a doe, and they weren't exactly subtle about it. One even outright told you.

It had been that way for seven years now.

That is, until you had seen and heard a television turned radio broadcast through out the city. You stood in front of the televisions in the store window, eyes wide and jaw practically on the ground. Like a deer in headlights. The radio demon was back.

Just as suddenly as he had disappeared all those years ago he was back. That... That bastard! Who did he think he was?!

Your ears flatten as an angry snort escapes you. And you knew exactly where he was, too.

The hotel wasn't too hard to find, you could pick Alastor's magic out of a croud. The place reeked of it, you thought as you scrunched up your nose. Before you knew it you had pushed open the doors of the establishment, finding yourself face to face with a blonde demon you assumed to be the princess of hell

"Hi, welcome to the Hazbin Ho-Oh." You pushed past the far too cheery woman making a note to apologize to her later, and marched right up to that damned deer. As if he could sense the danger he was in, Alastor finally turned to look at you. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw you.

"Hello, my dear!" As smooth as ever, he swept in to take you in his grasp, spinning you around in a small dance to slow your momentum. As soon as the two of you stopped Alastor took your hand in his and pressed a kiss to your knuckles, as gentlemanly as ever you supposed. "It's been some time now, hasn't it?"

Your eyes narrowed at your fellow deer demon, while his smile only grew, clearly delighted by your angered state.

"You have some explaining to do, Alastor."

You did forgive him eventually, but that didn't mean you weren't still upset about it. He wouldn't tell you why, either, which certainly didn't help his case, but your forgiveness still came, nonetheless.

Things at the hotel seemed simple enough, and you had to admit you were curious about this whole 'redemption' shtick that Charlie Morningstar was constantly on about. Plus Nifty was even there! She had been one of the contractees that Alastor had assigned to keep tabs on you so long ago. The little psycho. (I love her, she's so chaotic)

When it comes to Alastor's contractees, you only knew of a few, Nifty included, Husk, however, you only knew by name. So imagine your surprise to discover that Alastor employed a disgraced overlord. Unlike Nifty, however, Husk mostly kept away from you, associating you with Alastor's inner circle as it turns out. He seemed pretty apprehensive of you.

Now that the two of you were back in each other's lives, you settled into a routine of sorts. He quite enjoyed accompanying you in your morning routines, whether that meant a stroll or meditations, It meant that he could make up for lost time, and he couldn't think of a better way to spend his mornings.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel x reader #alastor x reader #alastor #alastor imagine #alastor headcanons #hazbin headcanons #hazbin imagine

[straying-further-from-gods-grace]

Human AU! Picrew

Alastor! He's a serial killer and cannibal in every AU I make unless otherwise stated. Some AU will include Al being trans, having epilepsy, or severe scarring and sometimes migraines. Eating disorder in the fact he mainly eats humans and starves a lot of the time

Nifty in every AU will be Alastors little sister, be it through found family or actual adoption. She is also a cannibal and a nurse unless otherwise stated. Every AU she lost her eye while being sex trafficked.

Rosie and Husk are Always going to be Exes, be it married or dating, but exes. Rosie is a cannibal, Husk isn't he just helps his family hide evidence. In certain AU they're Nifty and or Al's adoptive parents/found family parent's in others they are just older friends who are protective and the mom/dad friend. Rosie is a psychologist and Husk a bartender, most AU they're gonna be ex military

Angel Dust (Anthony) Husks twink boyfriend he gets after divorcing or breaking up with Rosie. Still a hooker but he and Val have a healthy relationship. Unless I need Val to be nasty for my plot. Ex addict, makes music sometimes, recovering eating disorder

The Vees! Vox with his heterochromia and I like making him sweaty either an actual problem or he's just sweaty. I also like to give him a stutter in certain AUs. He's German.

Valentino is as always, half blind, and he's a nasty weird tall man with a connective tissue disorder in most AU, he's also Latin and a pretty good friend he's very supportive just bad at it.

Velvet is a weird little chaotic rat but her boys worship her. For some reason I see her as a Floridian military brat idk, fashion designer and influencer in every AU. I ship her with Rosie.

In some AU they're adoptive siblings

Charlie and Vaggie! Twinning UwU! Vaggie is an ex Catholic cause I think it makes sense and Charlie definitely practices Wicca or something. Charlie actually does own a hotel, it's a rehab her father funded for her because she wants to help nd she has whateva sort of degree would help with that, something with therapy. Vaggie works as a security guard there.

Vaggie twin sister Lute, she's having a near constant mental breakdown, she's a psycho deep down and is FILLED with religious guilt idk what to tell ya. Killed someone. Her arm is amputated too. She teaches self defense, specialising in helping people with disabilities learn to work around them.

Charlie cousin Peter. Everyone think he's the "gay" cousin but he's actually straight and VERY comfy in his masculinity, nondenominational. Isn't technically allowed to visit the Morningstar house alone because they're "evil" but they're just spiritual. Broadway!!

Lute boyfriend, Adam. I could NOT resist making him adorable and precious because you see him and go awww but then he fucking opens his mouth and calls you a slur. Lmao. Questioning his faith. Rock star wanna be, studies music theory or something

Adams cousins! Big sis Sera is constantly worrying and lil sis Emily is heavily sheltered. Sera is a Sunday School teacher, idk, maybe religious studies? Emily if the AU has her college aged will want to be a nurse (I've been seeing Emily ships everywhere but what if she falls for her fellow nurse who's secretly a psychopath?? Nifty, I mean)

Cherri! Angels BFF! She's deffo an artist and also a demolition expert or something, and does monster trucking too! She's the best most supportive person, Penti adores her and she's secretly in love too but she's scared of it. Angel keeps mocking her that he's got two guys (Val and Husk) and she won't even take a chance on the dude who would find a way to blow up the sun for her.

Penti is trans, hjs family is also Muslim but he was disowned when he came out. He has triplet little siblings! Is studying to be or is a physicist. Idk minor speech impediment/lisp!

Frank is the embodiment of chaos and when he meets Alastor is obsessed with him (crushing on a guy your older brother doesn't like is a right if passage) Chandler and Leslie are his siblings. They we're disowned for supporting Penti and Chandler has refused to wear her veil since. Leslie still upholds their faith but is very supportive.

Usually Vark will be a dog. But occasionally an AU will call for him to be Vox little brother so here's a design for him!

#ao3 link #human au #Hazbin hotel #Picrew #radio static #vox x alastor

[caltropspress]

FEEDBACK LOOP #12: AJ Suede's "Most Black Superheroes"

Hands of onyx—my magnetic field fuck up electronics, I’m shielded—they feel it fusing. Born from nothing, sudden futures.

—ELUCID, “Ghoulie” (2022)

Boogying to my Walkman with the S on my chest.

—Redman, “A Day of Sooperman Lover” (1992)

Charlie Parker was a great electrician who went around wiring people.

—Bob Kaufman, “Fragment” (1959)

Although electricity, like the air around us, seems very impalpable, appealing to so few of the senses, it is yet capable of being measured…

—Lewis Latimer, from Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System (1890)

1.

Black superheroes harness power outside themselves—channeling it, conducting it—becoming maestros of electro-ultra-magnetics, masters of ceremony. Amiri Baraka assessed the drumming of Sonny Murray, speaking of “his body-ness, his physicality in the music,” concluding that Murray was “a conductor of energies.” AJ Suede has reinvented himself as one Ark Flashington, and he’s cold lampin’. On “South Bronx,” KRS-One describes how “power from a streetlight made the place dark.” A cold lamp is one drained of its energy—its electricity siphoned to illegal sources. Think of New York City going dark during the blackout of July 13, 1977. Think of how the subsequent looting led to audio equipment ending up in the hands of budding creators. Think of the scene in Stan Lathan’s Beat Street from 1984: how they run wires from the abandoned building in the Bronx to a lamppost. The building, burnt out five times by an arsonist landlord collecting on insurance money, is given new life. The electricity stolen from the lamppost powers Kenny’s turntables and gets the party jumping. Jeff Chang details how the Ghetto Brothers played on the block by “plugging their amps into the lampposts.” He quotes Kool Herc divulging how he did the same, sharing a hack he’d learned watching construction workers: “I had a big McIntosh amp…300 watts per channel. As the juice start coming, man, the lights start dimming.” Light and dark merge like the twisting of two frayed wires. Psycho Les promised to “pump more watts than any RadioShack” on the Beatnuts’ “World’s Famous,” and all these examples prove how potent tinkering can be: a life-giving force, a revived pulse.

2. 

The precedent for suggesting superheroic poetics in hip-hop is congenital. Captain Sky’s “Super Sporm” traveled through the vas deferens (vas def?—mos def!) in 1978, smooth operations and muscle contractions assured its arrival in Big Bank Hank’s “Rapper’s Delight” lyrics in 1980 (“I can bust you out with my super sperm…”), and Kurtis Blow accepted the secretions in 1985 (the same year he told us, coincidentally, AJ is cool—no question). Seminal indeed!

Redman’s “A Day of Sooperman Lover” (1992) is Blowfly-level spoofing—not so heroic or chivalric as the song turns from rescuing a kitty cat to a Crying Game situation where our caped crusader unexpectedly “felt the bozack” of his beloved. Worth noting that when Reggie “dipped into [his] Sooperlover suit” it was accompanied by a “quick flash.” The rendezvous might’ve been chaotic but it was no Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos. Suede needs that steel to be ultra-conductive—something like Tricky’s “Black Steel” rendition. Something similar to “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” (1981). Flash’s early opus of the scratch and prismatic turntablism relied on disassembly of The Official Adventures of Flash Gordon (1966) record as much as it did disco data and funk fodder. Look up in the sky—yeah, above the clouds like Gang Starr in ’98, with Preemo pulling from Superman: The Man from Krypton, a 1978 children’s record.

The fixation probably apexed with the Last Emperor’s “Secret Wars.” “What if I had the power to gather all of my favorite MCs,” he proposed, “with the illest comic book characters and they became archenemies?” The original writing and recording of “Secret Wars” dates back to 1995 and ’96. Last Emp told David Ma that MCs and superheroes both operate as “modern day mythology.” Hip-hop heads decolonized comic conventions like Fanon, placing Black Masks over White Skins: Jean Grae, Ironman, MF DOOM, et cetera, and it don’t stop, and it can’t stop. 

3.

The fact that most Black superheroes use electricity speaks to a historical tendency for [particularly non-Black] comic writers and illustrators to codify stereotyped representations of identity. AJ Suede, though, celebrates the commonality of so many Black superheroes with an emphasis on their weaponizing of electricity. Purveyors of potent defenses (a double portion of protection, ELUCID would say) whose Main Source of power derives from an [ec]static breaking of atoms.

Suede deads the myth of superpredator and elevates a superhero mythopoeia super-suited to an Age of Incendiary Devices. He assembles a team (in hip-hop we might call it a crew) of comic book characters to demonstrate that most Black superheroes use electricity. Whether he presents this as a tired trope or point of pride is left ambiguous, but I prefer to think of it as a salute to the commonality.

4.

AJ Suede holds a “couple of lanterns, lighting the path,” and the desire path leads us to Edison’s Lab in Menlo Park, New Jeruzalem. It was there that Lewis Latimer took eight steps to perfecting the carbon filament after Edison caught the L. Latimer literally wrote the book on electric light: Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System. History, as it goes, has made Latimer the lesser-known, but we can measure his impact in such luminaries as Bigg Jus. “I blow mics like filaments,” Jus rapped on CoFlow’s “Silence.” “I’m tungsten light within that causes something.” Something. What it causes must be too ineffable. Suede describes his “armor like tungsten, wolfram, / Wonder who indestructible.” Last Emp teased, Inconceivable? Unbelievable? On “Electric Relaxation,” Q-Tip claimed to be “stronger than Teflon.” We can thank Lewis Latimer for the threaded socket as well. See it on the cover of the Project Blowed compilation from 1995: a bare bulb hanging down, suspended in a white void, hinting at the empty-headed ingenuity of the most virtuosic freestyles to emerge from the MCs serving the Good Life. “There’s something special inside of my mental cargo vessel,” Aceyalone raps on “I Think,” “and it runs on lethal, ethyl methane, profane, / Kinda like a flux capacitor.” He thinks—bright bulb idea sharer. 88 MPH stream-of-consciousness thoughts. 1.21 gigawatts powered by either plutonium or hooked pole + lightning bolt. 

5.

Granville T. Woods got labeled “Black Edison,” but—actual fact—Thomas Alva should’ve been dubbed “White Woods.” Edison tried to jack Woods’ steez, claiming ownership (as oppressors are wont to do) to his patents, but Woods was having none of that litigious noise and won in court. Edison wanted credit for a creation that wasn’t his, but Woods was like, “That goddamn credit? Dead it, / You think a white inventor paying you back?—shit, forget it!” With his Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, Woods equipped trains with magnetic forces for the purpose of communication long before DONDI and FUTURA were bombing ’em.

And what was Edison up to in the meantime? He produced an 1896 film, The Watermelon Eating Contest, which featured “two of the colored gentry eating melon on a wager.” In 1905, he promulgated a worser racial cinematic vision with the Edwin S. Porter-directed The Watermelon Patch, which depicts a melon heist by “darkies” and a pursuit of the thieves by scarecrows-turned-skeletons. Subsequently, we see bloodhounds and cakewalking. On “Most Black Superheroes,” AJ Suede circumvents the mob. He moves “left with the science, but right with the math.” Red-right, white-left, Buck 65 rapped in 1999, memorizing his RCA cables. The wrath of Suede’s math is on par with Jeru’s—he knows how and when to plug in, to plug tune, when to summon storms from the grass surrounding the watermelon patch.

6.

That AJ Suede is singing about Black superheroes distracts from his own heroics. Behind his “Ark Flashington” alter ego, Suede gathers the “harvest abundant [for] feeding the village.” The pun on “arc” weds his electrifying powers to “ark” in a Noachian sense. “Ark,” from the Latin arca, meaning “chest,” alludes to a coffer for storing secrets (abilities, identities) or a chest in an anatomical or figurative sense: the seat of emotional strength and fortitude. The “ark” in Ark Flashington, there-to-the-fore, is the chest from which AJ Suede’s arcane language springs. As purple lightning flashed and purple haze lifted, Cam’ron rapped on 2004’s “More Gangsta Music” about “walk[ing] around like [he’s] got an S on [his] chest.” He had the “Tec on [his] left,” but it’s not a TEC-9 in Suede’s case; it’s a high-voltage technology.

7.

As AJ Suede welds words together, there’s the constant risk of an arc flash—something, as his loyal listeners, we’d masochistically welcome. The way he tangles spools of l’s (“billionaire”; “still feel”) and coils conductive short-u’s (“deductibles”; “government”; “clusterfuckable”; “but”; “wonderful”) leaves us feeling vaporized. (We caught the toxic fume vapors!) 

As such, we should come correct in PPE. Contact artist Lonnie Holley to commission a replica of his “African Mask” (2004)—a welder’s mask, actually, wreathed by a radial tire. Ribbons of rubber and sockets hanging like talismans and outlet boxes. This assemblage of scraps links [literally] the millennia-old metallurgy in Nigeria with the 20th century segregated workforce at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham. Rockin’ the protective Holley headpiece will have you “feel[ing] wonderful,” as Suede says. You’ll be ready to drop a gem on ’em or, conversely, run the joules. You’ll look like the masked figure on the cover of Ark Flashington—all psychedelic oversaturation and electromagnetic energy exuding outward. Replace the S on your chest with the same inflammable material emblem from Massive Attack’s debut—embrace a “Safe from Harm” simmering beneath the surface of your epidermis.

8.

“Alternating current in the blood gets channeled,” AJ Suede raps as he morphs verb into noun. You’re sitting on your sofa alongside Canibus tuning into Channel Zero, but the cathode-ray tube is on the fritz. Screen all fulla snow. Suede juxtaposes the light and dark of alternating current electricity in our TV sets and—like David Lynch—reveals the light and dark media representations of humanity. 

The current carries “through the fingertips and eyes, / Talking to the skies” like Lynch settles his camera on #6 utility poles. Over the course of his career, the Twin Peaks director has been partial to electricity. “I don’t know why all people aren’t fascinated with it,” he said in 2006. “It makes beautiful sounds, and it makes a lot of times some incredible light. It runs many things in our world, and it’s beautiful. It’s sometimes dangerous, but it’s magical. It’s such a power….” He speaks to the ethos of Ark Flashington, and Suede’s “Most Black Superheroes” delves headlong into the racial components. Sure, Lynch has the soot-blackened faces of the Woodsmen (“Gotta light?” one infamously asks). He hideously birthed the “jumping man” (leaping tall buildings in a single bound…) above the convenience store in Fire Walk With Me (1992). The “jumping man” is acted by Carlton Lee Russell, a Black man, though he wears a mask of white plaster. A second Black man, credited fittingly as “the electrician,” is also present in that surreal scene. But these racial undertones are just that—rarely discussed contexts secondary to Lynch’s infatuation with the direction of electron flow and the nature of good and evil. No more than minstrelsy of the manic and unhinged, if that. AJ Suede sacrifices everything on the gallows-like altar of a transmission tower in order to get us closer to overstanding.

9.

Remember how they treated Black soldiers after Nam? By simply raising the question, AJ Suede raises hell and reminds us. “Never give help,” he says, subverting the saves-the-day super duty tough work of your typical superheroes, “’cause they don’t give a damn.” History is a weapon which can be used to recognize the difference between a worthy rescue and an informed recusal.

In Seize the Time (1970), Bobby Seale’s account of his days developing the Black Panther Party, a current navigates through his narrative—“current” in both senses: contemporaneous to his volatile times and the flow of charged particles. Writing at the height of the Black Power movement [calculate Black power in wattage], he notes that our “modern, highly technological society” includes pervasive “electronic surveillance,” in addition to and aiding the efforts of “cops armed and equipped for overkill.” Electricity found its path into his earlier employment struggles, too. “I worked at Kaiser Aerospace Electronics near Oakland,” he writes. “It involve[d] testing for microscopic cracks in metals by a complicated chemical and magnetic process.” Despite mastering the trade and finding the knowledge rewarding, he quit a little over a year later because he conscientiously objected to where the company was moving: “[T]he war was going on and I felt I was aiding the government’s operation.” Government clusterfuckable, in Suede’s words. Later, as Seale was transported by US Marshals across state lines, he spent a layover in a Salt Lake City lockup, what he refers to as “a completely electronic jail.” The future shock of his detainment, with its “doors [that] opened and closed electronically”—absent the necessity of any human touch—reminded him of a “streamlined concentration camp.” “I was on a political charge,” he writes [my emphasis]—quarks, protons, and electrons notwithstanding—and ultimately this seeming scientifikal fact limits his options. “If I escaped,” he reasoned, “everybody would believe I was guilty of all that jive, those trumped-up charges. At the same time I knew darn well the power structure is going to move and do everything they can to try to convict me and railroad me into prison and the electric chair.” And there’s no glory in damning yourself to the living/dying embodiment of Eric Haze’s iconic Death Row Records logo, is there?

10.

Black people must ultimately come to realize that such coalitions, such alliances have not been in their interest…[I]n fact, the whites enter the alliance in many cases precisely to impede that progress.

—Kwame Ture and Charles V. Hamilton, Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America (1967)

Ture and Hamilton point to labor unions to emphasize “the treacherous nature of coalitions.” As unions achieved collective bargaining rights nationwide, Black workers experienced “deterioration.” In the 1940s, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Suede’s new crew name, if I had my way) got their victory, but Black laborers were contracted out of the union. Ture and Hamilton quote Myrna Bain: “The excuse was advanced that, since their union contract specified ‘whites only,’ they could not and would not change this to provide continued employment for the Negroes who were at the plant before the union was recognized.”

“Fuck what you got,” AJ Suede raps, liberals, well-wishers, and allies “can’t change spots.” In fact, it’s not a matter of “can’t”—they won’t change spots. The only math they know is a zero-sum game. “After handshakes people still change plans,” so like Public Enemy said, you can’t truss it. 

11.

What recourse does AJ Suede have? He signals the skies and gathers the [Black] powers available to him. He recruits Dwayne McDuffie and Robert L. Washington III’s Static, giving props to Virgil Hawkins’ namesake static bolts that sizzle and criss-cross into a Malik El-Shabazz “X” on the front panel of his cap. He hangs a banner from the 1994 inaugural issue: YOU DON’T START NONE THERE WON’T BE NONE. Time is illmatic, of course, and Nas tells us he “keep[s] static like wool fabric”—linking electricity, beef, and even “the kinkiness of Black people’s hair.”

Suede calls upon Black Lightning, tapping his ability to ionize illbient beats and throw up a force field before fists. He brings in Black Vulcan from the Super Friends in case they need to spot-weld the Fugees' "Ready or Not" submarine (on loan). He looks to da baddest bitch—no, not Trina (though she fellates at a pace “like lightning”)—but to Storm, relying on her to psionically and atmokinetically keep the peace. Hardware heads over with metal alloys looted from Alva Industries. In the same way Milestone Comics diverged from the prevailing archetypes and tokenism of Black superheroes, AJ Suede builds a posse that can apply pressure through a low-pass filter or phaser.

“Most Black Superheroes” survives on the subtle cracking and clicking of the Geiger counter in a tick-tock Doomsday clock loop rendered rhythmic: a molecular metronome. Drums tapped out on a cellar circuit breaker rather than an SP-404. Yes, most Black superheroes use electricity, and AJ Suede turns his sine waves square through a fuzz pedal. He abuses the tube amp until he achieves Electro Harmonix. He regulates the barometric pressure between Seattle and Bristol, rhyming at a rainy-day downtempo BPM, tautens the tripwire, and sends the circuit breaker tripping. His woofers thud the trunk of the jeep with melanated melankolic bass tones. “Most Black Superheroes” is an electric boogaloo of AJ Suede’s own mad scientist invention—a hip-hop park jam of resistance and Vedic possibilities where ohm meets om.

Images:

David Lynch, The Factory Photographs, 2014 (detail) | Captain Sky, The Adventures of Captain Sky, album cover (1978) | Superman: The Man From Krypton, Peter Pan Records (1978) | Lewis Latimer, “Electric lamp” (with Nichols, Joseph V.), patent (1881) | Project Blowed compilation, album cover (1995) | The Watermelon Patch, screenshot, Edison Films (1905) | Lonnie Holley, African Mask (2004) | David Lynch, “Electricity in Hand and Home” | Hardware, appearing in Milestone Comics (issue unknown) | Black Lightning in Justice League of America #174, (Jan. 1980) | Static, Issue 1, Dwayne McDuffie and Robert L. Washington III, DC Comics (May 4, 1993) | Storm, appearing in Marvel Comics (issue unknown) | David Lynch, The Factory Photographs, 2014 (detail)

#AJ Suede #underground hip hop #comics #black power #ark flashington #most black superheroes

[dark-twist-fairytales]

Same anon as before! 12 (my second lucky number >:3) and favorite book/song/media of choice and why? (Also...any book or song recommendations?☆)

Ooh, good number to pick. My name is Montgomery Brookstone. No, I'm not a fan child, I'm Ninja-less version of Lloyd.

Now, obviously, comic books (in universe), I love the Starfarer series. Chaotic adventures that takes place in space? Sign me up! It was a chance to escape reality when I was in Darkly's, helped me become more immune to things people find squeamish (like blood, mutilation, body horror- I love that stuff because of Starfarer)

My favorite out-of-source (aka, IRL) form of media is a lot of fanfiction and music! Oh, I love music so much! It's so incredible! My music pick tends to be a mixed bag of pop-rock, electronic, and incomprehensible creepy vibes!

For my favorite fanfics, it has to be: atlas by @splinnters (on both here and tumblr, love it so much <3), uhhh this small collection of Dragon Smith Siblings by Itz_frickin_WIMDY because dragons <3, and And They Were Housemates by kooki18 (warning for this one: explicit material in some chapters (MARKED AND LABELED, THANKFULLY), and sexual innuendos). I'll be honest, that last one is because it's an AU for polyninja that's just SO COOL! It's HYBRIDS!

For music wise: WOOSH MAN! Alright! Electronic is just the entirety of 'Just Shapes and Beats' soundtrack (be careful if wanting to watch a playthrough: flashing lights, the game has an epilepsy warning), but I love 'Destroid' by Annihilate (the second to last boss battle song), it vaguely reminds of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which is amazing to me. Also love 'Barracuda' by Noisestorm!

Vocaloid is also incredible because- Ahh??? Like?? How?? UGH! I love it so much! 'Bad Apple' SPECIFICALLY covered by Ashe and Rockeetist?? That duo of voice is- mwah. Love it. 'Echo', both original and covered by Jubyphonic are also good. 'Shinitai Chan' also covered by Jubyphonic is good (songs also known as 'Miss Wanna Die'). Annnd there's one mor- OH! 'Amygdala's Rag Doll' by GHOST! I LOVE THAT ONE! The incomprehensible tones and words, the overall vibes that feels creepy and threatening yet comforting and soothing all at once??? Yessss, I love it!

AND THEN! Want to steer away from creepy?? What something powerful??? 'Resistance', 'Rise', 'Not Gonna Die', 'Circus for a Psycho'- All by Skillet! Rockstar introduced me to them, and WOW! You want some good rock music recommendations?? Talk with him, he's your music man! He's more natural voiced rather than electronic/robotic like I am, but it's amazing! Also really enjoy 'Go To War' by Nothing More, THATS a war vibe right there.

Okay, okay- I've rambled on enough! Thank you for the ask!

#system asks #ask game #hehe!! thank you for letting me ramble kind anon!

[roundestrow1et]

and now i present to you, a memory vault i wrote, depicting how Raz found himself trapped in the Charlie Psycho Delta facility in my Psychonauts AU, aptly titled Raz in the Rhombus! idk about yall but i got real sad writing this :')

"Here, there is a memory vault, and it wanders around aimlessly until it sees Lili, to whom it runs towards desperately instead of fleeing as a vault normally would. It doesn't even need to be subdued as it just lays down and pops itself open for Lili. She's hesitant to explore Razputin's memories this early on, but she understands that it's for the greater good, and she gets to reading."

The first panel is a drawing of Raz and his family in a framed photo. Their faces are smudged, even Raz's own face is inconceivable, and Raz's gloved hands seem to be holding the picture.

The second panel shows a troubled Raz sitting in the Psychonauts' jet, staring at the photo with a sullen expression, and Lili sits next to him, looking at her father's music box with a similar complex. The depiction of Raz looking at a picture of his family perplexes Lili, as she doesn't remember him bringing anything other than himself and his bag, and she doubted he would bring a weird picture like that to camp. Sasha and Milla sit in the background in the pilot seats, talking to each other. They look concerningly lifeless, even taking Sasha into consideration.

The third panel depicts Raz sitting restlessly tied in a dentist chair with Loboto looking evil as usual behind him. But something about the way Raz and Loboto look here catches Lili's eye - they both have stray lines going up from their shoulders past everything else on the image.

The fourth panel shows an interpretation of Raz using clairvoyance to help his team, he sort of looks like a ghost following just behind Lili as she runs through the halls of the facility, fleeing from a mutated fish.

The fifth panel shows a rather horrified Raz as he stares down at the chasm of water below him - Lili recognizes this as the moment just before he disappeared into the water. She winces as she really doesn't want to remember that moment, but it's important to recall so that she can understand.

The sixth panel shows a rather chaotic depiction of Raz being swept away, with him screaming and reaching his hand out as a hand is formed from the water, mirroring his motion.

The seventh panel shows the same hand pulling Raz under the water and to a distant section of the facility. He's struggling with all his force, but to no avail.

On the eight panel, Raz is spit out of the water into the end of a hallway with a roomy vibe. He instantly starts running aimlessly through the hall, looking terrified out of his mind.

The ninth panel shows Raz tripping on a loose file cabinet. The elemental hand presses against all the windows depicted in the drawing.

The tenth panel shows Raz collapsing on the ground. He looks extremely exhausted, and it looks like he took the brunt of the fall, but despite his energy being spent, he still cries. He looks like he's given up.

if there are any questions about this au feel free to ask! (also im Very New to tumblr and its works so let me know if something's up)

#raz in the rhombus #raz in the rhombus au #ritr au #psychonauts #psychonauts au #razputin aquato

[rogue-durin-16]

MATCHUP FOR:

@marvelieber-rdjr01

I’m 20 years old, 5'2 and petite. I'm caucasian with hazelnut eyes and hazelnut mid length hair. I'm very chaotic when it comes to style (or anything), but I'd define it as cute streetwear. I'm in film school, majoring in cinematography. I love sports, trying out new things, reading, investigating about random topics I get obsessed with, watching movies, etc. I'm booksmart and very naive despite not trusting people. I like crafting puzzles, I'm a science kid, very nerdy, a kind soul, a helper, and an indecisive overthinker. I'm very empathetic, an ambivert, ENFP 3w2 and a leo. I'm an overachiever, but I tend to procrastinate a lot. I love intelectual people. I suck at describing myself

From Band Of Brothers I Ship You With:

Lynn "Buck" Compton

Ship dynamic:

Secretly A Softie x Secretly A Psycho™

Quote:

«You touch me and suddenly I feel a little less war torn. I'm not sure what peace is supposed to feel like but I think it may feel a lot like you.»

You like unconventionally attractive men; Buck's unconventionally attractive. You like intellectual men; Buck became a jurist. You like older men; Buck— okay we get it, we get it.

This man does not know how to approach you because it's an instant coup de foudre.

Cupid did this man soooo dirty, he's kind of a mess when he first approaches you; trying to act all charismatic and sure of himself but he's constantly straightening his uniform and gulping because you are so perfect for him????

You hit it off pretty quick though, and soon your The It Couple™. The fact that you're dating is no big deal for either of you, HOWEVER everyone in Easy knows you're dating and they're in awe of it.

This man constantly buys you pretty stuff because he knows you're an aesthetic slut and he loves that for you.

You two swindle people when you gamble; your sweet face and Buck's charismatic nature are the perfect combination to shamelessly lure replacements into gambling.

Occasionally you might scam a veteran too, but Toccoa men have been with you for long enough to know you're no innocent angel, and that they're going to lose against the two of you.

Did you know his mom worked for film studios? And that he worked as an extra before joining the paratroopers? YEAH ME NEITHER. Bet he grew up loving films.

Side note, apparently he was thrown off the set of Modern Times after angering Charlie Chaplin. I find that iconic and so should you.

Movie nights are a usual thing between the two of you, not as in "let's make out in the theater" but as in "let's enjoy this movie together and then comment it over a fancy dinner".

He helps you make yourself known in the film industry after the war.

Buck is an sport enthusiast —he played with the UCLA football team AND was inducted to the UCLA baseball Hall Of Fame—, so every new sport you try out, he's in to try it with you.

Quite a competitive bitch too, but bet you can relate to that, now can you? Don't lie.

Random play fighting that ends up in make out sessions vibes.

Lots of forehead kisses on his part; lots of clavicle and shoulder kisses on your part.

Lots of leaning on you to whisper a joke or two in your ear and make you wheeze, because he loves when you laugh. Gives him butterflies.

Do I have time to get into the angsty part? Honey, I always have time for the angsty part.

We know Buck has a bit of a hard time after Bastogne; you're most likely to become his anchor.

You make him feel like he doesn't have to have a smile on all the time, and give him enough reassurance for him to quite literally break down in front of you.

Hug him for god's sake. This man needs to be held, specially by you. Let him know he's safe. Let him cry his eyes out for a bit.

It's not a usual thing but it definitely happened more than once.

Enough angst; on a lighter note he's kind of a history buff, so he's going to randomly blurt out history things, specially roman Empire related stuff.

In return, he likes when you rant to him about random topics you investigated. Like, genuinely. He'll put aside whatever he's doing and sit through it, paying attention the whole time and intervening.

He's a Capricorn Sun I'm so very sorry honey, but at least that means you have something in common; material gurls.

He prevents you for helping too much, reminding you to take care of yourself above everyone else. If you don't listen, you dumb bitch, don't fret, he'll most definitely take care of you.

You two have such an exquisite taste my love, fancy restaurants, fancy cocktails, fancy clothes, fancy vacations, luxury and aesthetic are priorities here— good 👏🏻 for👏🏻 you 👏🏻.

Whenever you're out of social batteries, Buck takes on the task of making a conversation with everyone so you can get a break, while simultaneously giving you enough attention so you don't feel lonely.

He's going to protect you like the little treasure you are. No one is taking advantage of you while he's around. He's going to tell people off and then tell YOU not to get fooled.

Ironically enough, it's you who warns him about the people that give off horrible vibes. He'd be all smiley and shit, and you'd be by his side like "(ಠ_ಠ) do NOT trust them".

Take care of him too though, I get "I forget about myself in order to take care of others" vibes from him.

Again, a match made in heaven girl.

'Heaven' being my chaotic mind oop-

#my wife my beloved #we love to see you learning to use Tumblr #band of brothers i ship you with #band of brothers matchup #buck compton

[milkiane]

so i am feeling incredibly emotional rn so, here’s an appreciation post for my favorite people. (this have been in my drafts for three weeks now) -- so why not post this along with my sleepover <3 sleepover bash

@chokemepansy

need i say more? no— but i will anyway. asteria, my mean cheerleader girlfriend, you are the first moot i’ve ever had, and honestly, i wouldn’t have it any other way. you're my favorite person in the entire world, and pls i am getting so emotional rn, i hate you >:-( i’ve told you everything at my previous letters but i just want you, and everyone else who’s about to read this, to know that you’re my platonic (and quite possibly romantic) soulmate, and my other-third, because pansy owns the shit out of us. love u lots, don’t say it back <3

@accioweaslcy

my favorite headcanon writer 😩 pls alyssa, i’ve had, and still do, have so much fun talking with you. i really, really, love your company, i love your writing, and most especially love you. you were one of my moots that talked to me with such ease and comfort despite being a tad bit younger than you, and it’s been fun ! you’re like one of those seniors who befriends juniors, but still have this amazing (and envying) friendship with each other. not only that, but you being my friend, and me being a dumbass, made our own version of the golden trio with @weasleyyy ! now, this is a story i’ll tell my kids. love u, even if you choose to chomp me <3

@weasleyyy

gHAZAL ! now, are you thankful for me being a half-asleep dumbass who thought you were rose because of your similar urls before, or what ? because i definitely am PFT SJSHSJSHSJN anyways, i’m so happy to have you in my life. i’m a sucker for your chaotic and impulsive energy, and your little thoughts about the hpu. just like rose, thank you for acting just as yourself around me, a smol bisexual mess, because i really do appreciate it, and now you made me a fanclub— which btw, i still cannot get over with. i wheeze everytime i remember it. i love u, madame gazelle, even if you’re a mean li’l fuck ! <3

@amrtxntias

AAAAAAAAH heather, you are officially my unofficial soft british best friend, and no, you do not have a say in this, because you’re stuck with me forever. thank you so much for helping me with terms i need for writing. you’ve been the best, you’ve supported me through every ups and downs with my writings ever since we’ve met. it wasn’t even too long ago ! but you’ve welcomed me like i was a long lost friend of yours. love u, h, the lily to my marlene <3

@buckysbeloved

aliciaaa !! you’re honestly like an older sister i’ve never had. i’ve never had anyone to rant about my marvel fangirlings with, but i am so glad that you were so open with my rants and conspiracy theories. you’ve never judged me or shown any disinterest with my rambles, you’ve been so supportive and you continue to give me the same energy as mine. it’s a very little thing to fuss about, but lish, you’ve got to know that it means so much to me. i’m tearing up— blame the hormones. but really, i’m so grateful for you and your company (and your maxibaby fics). love u to the moon and back ! <3

@acosmis-t

isa isa isa isa isaaaa, pls i love u so much. that’s all i want to say, but ofc, i need to say more. you have been one of my best friends— we clicked the moment we spoke to each other and i was incredibly happy to be your moot. i couldn’t even believe it at first because you’re this rly cool writer with tons of followers and i’m just another user in the crowd but like, everything i want to say is beyond the words that want to come out of my mouth, so i’ll leave it with a thank you for choosing me to be one of your mutuals. thank you for blessing me, and the others, with your lovely fics. never stop doing what you love, i’m here for you always. always was, and always will be. i mean, it should be with the jointed graves and all. love u <3

@reguluscore

SOOOORINNNN. sometimes i question what’s happening inside your head. like one second your posting angsty fics and thoughts, and next thing i know you’re posting a dancing prongs gif. i’ll never understand, i reckon, but that’s alright, i’ll love you just the way you are, even if you break my heart with your angst. tell me who hurt you and i’ll beat them up. i love u so much, i’m still listening to your playlist, because it’s astronomical. sending you some forehead kisses <3

@inks-and-jinx

vivian !! i’m still beyond grateful for you and your artistic and writing talents. you’re such an angel, and i’m so incredibly happy to have you in my life. you’re a sweetheart. you’re every sweet-soft-fluffy nickname there is, because honestly? i cannot speak well, or think straight because i don’t think words can describe how lucky i am to have you. well, i love u, and that’s all i could comprehend <3

@comfortwriting

karis ! you’re honestly one of my fave moots because you never fail to make me so appreciated and loved. your out of the blue messages always make me feel so happy because you’re so wholesome and nice. i’m very, very, glad to have you in my life. thank you for always being there to be my personal therapist and my human diary— who listens to all of my writing ideas, even if i have tons of wips to write. thank you for inspiring me to write again, without you, i would’ve never find my passion for writing again, so thank you, thank you for being the sweetest person there is, i love you ! <3

@krasivayadarling

ANYA ! darling, you are one of the very first mutuals i’ve ever talked to, you’ve welcomed me with open arms when i was new here and i wouldn’t change anything in the world. i’m so glad that you were the first person i’ve ever talked to because you are practically the human form of a squishmallow. don’t question me, you’re my squishmallow. anyways, you’re such a lovely person and i’m very happy to have you in my life, love you ! <3

@cursestothemoon

cHARLY-CHAR !! hehe you are like one of those nice, cool, senior students in school, you never fail to make me so giddy and loved. i’m so happy to have you in my life, and i’m wishing you all the happiness and love in the world because you truly do deserve it, especially when you’ve been nothing but so kind and friendly. pls i feel like crying because i don’t know what i did to deserve you. I BLAME U AND UR AMAZING WRITING SKILLS FOR MAKING ME SOFT >:-( i love you tho <3 — also thank you for that play fighting blurb with fred, i didn’t know that i needed to bite his cute butt until i read it.

@sunflowergirl522

ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE ZOE ! I LOVE YOU. i feel so complete when i read your peter fics. i always look forward to them because it’s not everyday you find someone who actually writes him so good, and i know we don’t really interact much, but i feel like i got to know you more through reading your fics. u better trust me when i say that i’ll be your personal hype woman and maxibaby supporter, because i am, and i will forever be ! love u <3

@fives-cup-of-coffee

amelia, you bitch, i love you. to be honest, i've never really expected us to be friends, but ofc, here you are, simping for me and now we're besties. you've been, and still are, so fun to be around with-- only because i get to tease the shit out of you >:-) anyways, thank you for keeping up with my utter bullshit, i'm here for you always, i hope you know that. love ya ! <3

@moonvicake

wAHH-- sasha, hi. pFT JSADHJSAHDJH SORRY BUT PLEASE I LOVE YOU, DID YOU KNOW? it's been so painfully awkward at first because believe me, i'm the most gauche person you'll ever meet if we talk for the first time, but as soon as we grow accustomed to each other, you'd wish that you never spoke to me, because i'm this hot fucking mess, so thank you for keeping up with me. you're one of my favorite mutuals in here. i love you more than puppies and hello kitty pancakes <3

+ my mutuals who’ve been such amazing people, we haven’t talked as much as the tagged moots but i love you all just as equally, you lot mean the world to me, and i’m willing to go on the ends of the earth for all of you <3

@anchoeritic @babyjordy @frankenkyleluvr @ronsbadidea @kc-needs-coffee @nevilles-top @weasleyclaw @sweetnspicysimp @redbullchick @willowbleedsonpaper @weasleysandwheezes @daffodilmoons @incorrectpeterparker @dracosaccount @cedrics-grave @pad-foots @peepeepotter @oldschoolkiddo @spideyspixies @daltonacademia @eunoniaa @love-peachh @george-fabian-weasley @mayonnaise-and-anarchy @darthwheezely @thotbutpurple @l0ttadreamz @daisyyy2516 @prettywhitedoves @band--psycho @widowdays @loveboyhalo @gxtitobxby @fandomvariousness @nothinghcppens (i passed the 50 tags rule, eek— i’m sorry, i love all of you whom i didn’t get to tag, though 🥺)

#mutuals appreciation post ! <3 #amourtentiaa’s sleepover bash <3

[yousweetdollopofspicygoodness]

Here is a chaotic list of Sunny episodes I want from when it was my special interest (I apologise in advance if none of it makes sense):

• High School episode like Frank’s older brother where they all look their own age and everyone’s like you look like a child lol/The Gang’s Origin story

• Sliding Doors - the gang makes opposite decisions to start their day to experiment with the butterfly effect

• the gang does big mouth (they all on drugs and imagine hormone monsters)

• The gang makes a porno

• The gang plays D&D

• A version of the French mistake like in supernatural (Mac and Dee finding out they’re married would be great)

• The gang takes truth serum

• The gang experiments - mac, trying to prove a point about how hard it was to bang chicks, challenges them all to try and have sex with someone of the same gender (turns it into a bet - Frank requests to be left out of it if he finances the thing) (ideal world Dennis ends up banging Mac lol)

• Mac revives project badass (mac becomes comatose and maybe final episode that’s actually kind of emotional) (followed by Dennis revives Mac lol)

• The gang does an Easter egg hunt

• The gang teaches college - they go to a college campus to party but get mistaken for professors and all teach different things (Dee ends up trying to teach acting of course, Frank teaches business, Charlie tries to find a course on being a janitor but ends up teaching a chem lab, Dennis tries to teach Women’s Studies and change their minds and “save” them from feminism but they end up out debating him and reporting him to the dean, and Mac doesn’t teach anything he just goes to the pride club and everyone ends up hating him)

• the gang stages a robbery

* The gang gets super powers (or think they do idk)

* The gang goes to a haunted house (carnival kind of thing for halloween, Dee gets pushed off the haunted hayride and has to find her way back, Charlie and Frank go in the haunted house and try and blend in with the workers, and Dennis and Mac make out lol)

* Dee breaks the gang (like the gang broke Dee but Dee Dee-STROYS these vile men - exposes them and their secrets)

* The gang goes camping

* Mac and Dennis fake date (again - aka the return of Hugh and Vic?)

* The gang meets a real-life lesbian

* Dennis takes his meds (acts more like him in s1)

* The gang meets Macs friends (queer friends he made)

* The gang kisses mac (idk why)

* The gang becomes influencers (immediately followed by)

* The gang gets cancelled

* The gang gets crabs - they all get crabs and have to figure out how it happened (it’s through increasingly ridiculous circumstances like frank and Charlie sharing underwear, but it’s turns out mac and Dennis fucked lol)

* The city of brotherly love (interpret that as you may)

* The gang fights Gritty

* Mac and Dennis’ Double Life (aka. Dennis’ double life 2: this time it’s gay) - they were fucking in s5, stopped when Mac had a gay crisis at the start of s6, Dennis started to fall in love at the start of s12 after Mac comes out and goes back in the closet (realised maybe it’s closer to real than he thinks), but then Mac actually comes out, gives him a Valentine’s Day gift, and it’s all too real for him so he leaves - now he’s back and Mac is being clingy and clearly trying to get back to what they were but Dennis is conflicted...this gets revealed lol

* Brian Jr. stays for the weekend

* Dennis’ Best Friend’s (Mac’s) wedding

* The gang has a sleepover (classic - plays spin the bottle, truth or dare)

* Dennis gets misery-ed (some psycho woman finds his Erotic Life book and stalks him and holds him hostage until he writes more (he starts making up stuff and it ends up being about Mac LOL)

* The Gang Sells Out (This time, in a Gay Way) - the gang jumps on the pride wagon again (are you a gay, bisexual, transgender, or other? Paddy’s is the bar for you!)

* The gang has an auction

* Mac and Dennis break up (again) Mac is mad at Dennis and they spend time apart but everyone complains (they’re still just friends at this point)

* Dennis gets a colonoscopy and Mac drives him and talks about how his butt must be fine bc it looks so nice

* Mac gets DENNISed - Mac comes back from some kind of trip (could be cool) and Dennis is like I got a rescue dog! And mac is like OMG RLY and they go out to see it but it’s missing and Dennis is like wow maybe the dog ran back to the apartment and Mac is like let’s go look and they get back to the apartment and Dennis is a wreck and Mac consoles him with sex lol

* The gang gets kidnapped

* Dennis and Dee birthday episode

#I’m aware many of these are bad #but also idc #yes these are heavily macden themed #also have no idea what happened to the formatting #iasip #sunny #it’s always sunny #macden

[andyridgeley]

What other jason sudeikis movies would you recommend?

ohhhhh love it 👀 i’ve seen almost all of his movies so i’ll list out my top 10 :’)

1. colossal (i’m in love with this movie and honestly? it’s his best performance blows me away everytime) 2. sleeping with other people (which i know you already know, sexiest film of all time i’ll say it) 3. tumbledown (somehow they got both professor and motorcycle riding in there for him also there’s dogs and also it’s a good movie anyway go for it) 4. kodachrome (leather jacket wearing music manager it’s just a good comedy drama honestly too i enjoyed it) 5. we’re the millers (i love his Chaotic energy and i do love jennifer aniston and sudeikis together ok they’re always working together i love it) 6. booksmart (ok he’s not in this one much BUT it’s SUCH a good movie and he has one line that makes me lose my mind everytime) 7. horrible bosses (1+2) (it’s still Iconic) 8. the book of love (honestly it surprised me, it’s not my favorite drama of his but it was good and he was good in it!!) 9. driven (LEE PACE AND SUDEIKIS IN A 70S SET MOVIE) 10. going the distance (i just really like charlie day and sudeikis together ok they’re the best part of it) honorable mentions: -masterminds - not a great movie but ... he looks ... good as a psycho killer👀 -a good old fashioned orgy - honestly it’s better than you think it’d be and if the title doesn’t interest you then ... skip it cause it literally happens lakjdslkfjasf - the campaign - southern accentTM -drinking buddies - i like this indie movie a lot but he’s not in it much

#i went off a little i'm fine :)) #honestly the only movie of his i Don't Like is hall pass #like i'd recommend everything else but these are my favs! #the only movie of his i haven't seen is downsizing i'll get to it soon alskfdj #but yeah i am always talking about colossal ... honestly i'm always talking about all these movies laksdjf #let me know if you watch any!! :') #fare thee ask #tv-saved-the-teenage-girl

[psychocharlie]

Dennis meets Charlie’s pets

One day Charlie doesn't show up at the bar for a long time, even Frank says he didn't come home to sleep. Dennis sends him urgent 911 messages, but Charlie doesn't answer, his phone is unavailable despite their agreement to always pick up the phone after receiving 911 emergency messages from each other. And Dennis starts to worry: there's no telling what could have gone wrong, he could have been caught and arrested, something could have gone wrong, and his own victim could have killed him. Dennis was on the edge.

Mac tells him about Charlie's bad place and Dennis goes into the fucking vent for him. The Golden God in all his glory climbs into the stuffy, stinking vent for Charlie; if someone had told him that before, he would've laughed in their face. But he goes in there despite Mac's best efforts to talk him out of it, because no one knows what Charlie really does in his bad place and going there when Charlie clearly didn't want to be found could be tantamount to suicide.

Dennis rips his favorite shirt, scratches his cheek, curses and almost gets lost in the narrow, dark passages of the ventilation system. Nevertheless, he finally finds Charlie's bad place, adorned with a threatening, poorly written message on the wall and a skull drawing for clarity.

He finds Charlie there, completely shattered and stoned, sitting among the shards. His friend is sitting with his back to him, unaware of Dennis' presence, whimpering and mumbling something in a whiny voice. He’s twirling something in his hands, holding it up to his face. Upon closer inspection, Reynolds realized that it was a severed human hand, glistening with moisture.

– JESUS CHRIST! – Dennis couldn’t hold back and cried out, shocked by the sight. Charlie jumped in fright, reflexively throwing the hand at Dennis, who yelped in a less than courageous manner.

– Damn it, Dennis! Why the hell did you sneak up like that?! I almost shit myself! Goddamn. But I'm glad it's just you, not someone else. Holy shit. What are you doing here?

– You've been gone for two days. You didn’t pick up your phone, not even 911 emergency. I thought the cops had you. Or worse, you were killed. And what the fuck is this shit? – Still recovering from the shock, Dennis pointed at the severed hand that had flown straight into his face just a minute ago.

Charlie squirms, wiping his teary and sticky eyes and stutters.

 – Um�� it's like… my pets. I come here and play with them when I feel sick…

– Your what?… – Dennis rubs his nose, trying to hide his disgust. Then he looks at Charlie carefully and his voice softening. 

– What's happened, buddy? Why are you here?

Charlie sniffles again, hiding his face in his  hands and sits down on a dirty floor strewn with broken glass. He shakes his head vigorously, not wanting to tell, but Dennis approaches him from behind and gently massages his shoulders, trying to calm him down. Dennis knew Charlie very well, and physical contact was the thing that really helped him during these breakdowns and stress.

Eventually, Charlie begins to talk.

– I've been thinking, Dennis. I've been thinking a lot. My thoughts are racing. The hum of voices, the screams of my victims. It's all mixed up. It haunts me every fucking second. Even in my sleep. I can't sleep, Dennis, I just can’t. I can't sleep after… – Charlie hesistates and doesn't finish the sentence. He's afraid fall asleep after the dream in which he ate Dennis. That's what scares him the most. Charlie doesn't know what to expect from himself when it comes to anger outbursts, and that stupid dream revealed his darkest deepest fears. He's afraid of losing Dennis. He's afraid of hurting his loved ones. He's scared that one day he’ll lose control completely and become a real monster. Charlie rubs his weeping eyes and shudders when his friend's hand gently squeezes his shoulder. His shoulders slump. – Even glue and cat food aren’t working anymore. This can't go on any longer. I'm a horrible person, a total psycho, I want...I want to stop this. I'm so tired of it, Dennis. I'm insane, aren't I? Tell me, am I a total psycho? 

Dennis's heart, which he thinks of as a heart of ice, sinks when he hears all this words, and he sits down next to Charlie and hugs him tightly, stroking his back and just whispering – Shh, shh, shh, buddy, you're okay. It's alright, Char.

Except Dennis knows he's not okay at all. And Charlie knows it. And what they both also know is that Charlie won’t stop, no matter how much guilt he feels. 

Nevertheless, Dennis, almost without disgust, takes Charlie's "pet" – a severed hand – puts it in a jar filled with medical alcohol and places it on the floor, where three others stand. He wonders if these are all victims he had or if he has only made the hands of four of them his "pets." But he does not voice his question, not wanting to worsen his friend's condition. Besides, intuitively he knows the answer: Charlie has many more victims than just four. He tucks the hand back into the jar where it was kept until Charlie took it out, and then sits with him in the debris for a few hours, just holding him in his hands and cradling him. Dennis hopes he'll get better, as he has no idea how to cheer him up in this circumstances.

Eventually Charlie, tired of shaking and crying, just falls asleep in his arms, and Dennis sits there with him until morning, exhausted by his heavy thoughts. At times his hands automatically stroke the Charlie's chest, pulling him closer. The filthy vent, the broken glass, and the jars with severed hands inside, standing here and there, aren’t obviously the best place to sleep, but he can't leave Charlie alone. So Dennis sighs heavily and closes his eyes too. 

#iasip #charlie kelly #dennis reynolds #serial killers au #charlie and dennis are murder buddies #dennis is bastard man #charlie is chaotic psycho #headcanon #charden #it’s always sunny in philadelphia

[ginalounetti]

THAT FINALE WAS PURE LEGENDS CHAOS AND WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!! i miss ray :((

— OH MY FATES ITS THE LEGENDS, gary gorl we love you

— ARE THEY TIRED FROM THE CROSSOVER

— theyve been screwing them up for the better. THAT’S THE LEGENDS BRAND

— mick being a responsible father!!!

— sara touching the thread, i think i just saw jesus

— charlie fate, hippie mom fate, psycho fate!!! AH YES ITS THEIR RIGHTFUL NAMES

— “my scars make me stronger.” AMEN SARA

— Astra’s mother is gorgeous. I feel held by her. She feels like home to me.

— “my power comes from my team.” now thats some powerful words right there

— sara doing that to psycho fate. YES QUEEN GIVE US EVERYTHING

— “ALL I CARE IS THAT I SEE THIS FACE!!” CO CAPTAINS HAVE PROVEN THAT LOVE IS REAL

— that damn fate watch ad. it made me want one of those.

— GLITTER IS A BAD IDEA????

— NATE SINGING THE THONG SONG

— tarazi siblings working together, we love to see ittttt

— BEHRAD DYING AGAIN??? I CAN NOT TAKE IT ANYMORE

— “everything since then its been done saving you.” I AM A WRECK

— Legends aka God Killers as #2

— No trace of Ray whatsoever, it hurts guys ngl

— Charlie as the #1 villain. WE HATE IT HERE

— “WE ARE YOUR FAMILY.” and we are crying in the club

— The Beatles as Nate’s case for Free Will. GUUUUURL

— MAMMA MIA 2!!! ABBAPALOOZA YES THIS IS REPRESENTSTION

— Co-Captains presenting their love as their case on choices / free will

— sometimes mistakes are just destiny. YES MISS SARA GIVE US EVERYTHING

— the brain processes drugs and phones the same way, thats why its so addicting. MISS ZARI CALLING US OUT

— zari and constantine making out during a mission. THIS SHIP HAS DONE IT AGAIN

— GIDEON AND GIDGET!! that’s it, that’s how the two zaris are described

— the Astra reveal!!! The Legends reveal!! CHILLS. LITERAL CHILLS

— I’ve made it through the first firewall vs. unplugging the thing. OH ZARIS WE LOVE YOU

— courtney ford as marie antionette. where is ray??!??

— THE THONG SONG PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND!!! comedie

— 49% is real crappy, 51% isnt. and 2% is chaotic. ++ life is messy but thats what makes it beautiful. PREACH GURL

— Charlie with her sister!!! YES CHARLIE URE DOING AMAZING, SWEETIE

— if i ever see behrad die again, i will not be responsible for my actions is2g

— at least zari and nate got to do it one last time

— saying goodbye to zari & ray & charlie in one season??? this is v painful

— NATE WITH EYELINER!! i’ve truly seen everything

— mick and his daughter bonding!!!

— zari and john being sweet and that pda? maybe hets do have rights

— ALL OF THEIR PUNK LOOKS!!! WE LOVE IT HERE

— charlie is leaving once more. WE ARE NOT OKAY

— “once a legend, always a legend.” THE TEARS

— SARA??????????

its been one hell of a season guys. see you until the next one!!!

#legends of tomorrow #ray palmer #zari tarazi #sara lance #ava sharpe #co captains #behrad tarazi #john constantine #zari tomaz #charlie clotho #gary green #mick rory

[cloversdreams]

ɱყ ƒαɳ∂σɱร αɳ∂ รɦเρร

♧ Current series I’m willing to write for  ♧

ʙᴜɴɢᴏ ꜱᴛʀᴀʏ ᴅᴏɢꜱ ꜰᴀᴛᴇ/ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ ᴛʀɪɢᴜɴ ꜱᴛᴀᴍᴘᴇᴅᴇ ᴛᴇɴꜱᴜʀᴀ 🇲​​🇦​​🇸​​🇭​​🇱​​🇪​

* Ships for these and other fandoms I enjoy below cut

Frequently used tags to consider perusing:

Prompts (writing and a scattered few art prompts)

Clovers Fate (my FGO rambles)

Cloverstwst (my TWST rambles)

Cloverscrk (my Cookie Run Kingdom rambles)

CloversFigs (pics of my figure collection)

My fics (my... fics)

Come on by and:

✓ Talk to me about these things/Stop by simply to say you love them too

✓  Send me thoughts/headcanons about them

✓  Send me prompts for them *(there is no guarantee that I’ll write a prompt, but I def enjoy reading them!)

No-nos:

✕ Top///Bottom Discourse (I probably see them as verse so theres your answer, dont ask)

✕  A///B///O

✕ R///Ps

✕ Self-insert///X-reader

✕ Heavy angst for the sake of angst

♧

A Destructive God Sits Next To Me

Seri x Hanadori

Shikimi x Hanadori

All the boys x moving in together for more antics

♧

Black Clover 

ZoraFin 

YunoAsuLeo 

LuGna

Mars x Fana

Vanessa x Finral

Yami x Charlotte

Noelle x Kahono

William x Patri (i begrudgingly add them to the list)

All my favs x happiness

♧

Buddy Daddies

Kazuki x Rei

♧ 

Bungo Stray Dogs *

RanPoe

SiGol

TaniHara

Lovecraft & Chuuya

Ran/Poe/Chu

Chuuya x Michizo x Junichiro x Mark

Chuu/Aku/Atsu

Aku/Atsu

Oda x A Long And Happy Life

♧ 

Castlevania

Trephacard

Alucard x Happiness

♧

Chainsaw Man *

Aki/Angel

Denji x A Kiss That Isn’t Terrible

♧

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Nabrina

Harvey x Roz

Ambrose x happiness 

♧

Dr. Stone 

Ryu/Kasa

Xeno/Stan

Hyo/Yo

Tsuka/Sui/Hyo

Ryusui x Having the World

♧  

Dorohedoro

Shin/Noi

Dokuga x Happiness

ni/kaiman

Risu/Kawa

Thirteen x Happiness

♧  

Fairy Tail

Gaj/evy

Fr/axus

Gr/uvia

Jellal and Erza

♧

Fate/Grand Order *

OzyNefe

Meroma

Kado/Ana

Gil/Kidu

Waver x Iskandar

Charlemagne x Moriarty (Ruler)

Arthur x head pats/hugs/good dreams

Doman x continuing being a chaotic thot

Tristan x Bedi

Astolfo x almost any guy

♧

Genshin Impact

Wriothesley x Neuvillette

Diluc x Zhongli

Diluc x Childe

Diluc x Thoma

Diluc x Baizhu

Zhongli x Baizhu

Zhongli x Childe

Xingqiu x Chongyun

Kazuha x Gorou

Itto x Gorou

Thoma x Ayato

Xiao x Venti

Xiao x Kazuha

Kazuha x Heizou

Alhaitham x Kaveh

Alhaitham x Cyno

Candace x Dehya

Beidou x Ningguang

Wrothesley x Childe

Wriothesley x Diluc

(basically i think diluc should be smooched by a variety of hot guys and im easily swayed by ship art i stumble across randomly)

♧

Given *

Aki/Haru

Shizu/Ragi

Mafu/Yama

Take-chan x Yayoi

♧

Good Omens 

Ineffable Husbands

♧

Great Pretender *

Edaurent

♧

Hazbin Hotel

Radio/Dust

Angie x Everyone

Alastor x Most

Charlie x Vaggie

♧

Hirano and Kagiura/Sasaki and Miyano 

Kagi/Hira

Tashi/Bashi

Sasa/Myaa

TashiBashiHama (sounds like a vacation spot right?? RIDICULOUS)

♧ 

Im: Great Priest Imhotep

Djoser x Imhotep

Harugo x Inaba

Apophis x Thoth

Hesyre x Khonsu

Everyone x the happiness they deserve

♧

Jujutsu Kaisen 

Ita/Jun

Inu/Fushi

Nobara x Maki

♧

Kingdom Hearts 

AkuSai

♧

Mashle: Magic and Muscles *

Rayne/Max

Lance/Dot

Abel/Abyss

Rayne and the best life ever with all the bunnies

♧ 

Miraculous Ladybug

Luk/Adri/Nette

Nathaniel x Marc 

Juleka x Rose

Luka x The Happiness He Deserves

♧

Mob Psycho 100

TeruMob

ShouRitsu

♧

Moriarty the Patriot 

Will/Seb 

Louis x Fred

Albert x Mycroft

John x Sherlock

♧

My Hero Academia 

Todo/Baku/Deku

Kiri/Kami

Dabi/Hawks

Dave/Might

Shin/Todo/Baku/Deku

Shin/Kiri/Kami

Todo/Shin

Baku/Shin

Kuro/Yami

Shou/Toko

Sero/Mina

Sero/Mina/Yama

Fuyumi x Mirko

Fuyumi x Mirko x Ryukyu

TwI/nner (Twice x Spinner)

Tosh/Inko

Eraser/Joke

Tsu/Chako

Oji/Toru

Ii/Chako

Shou/Toko/Kuro

Eraser/Cloud

Chrono/Haul

♧ 

Nezha 

Oubing

♧

Noblesse 

TaoKeo21

Raizel x Frankenstein

Rael x Seira

The Kids x Happinesss

Raizel x Muzaka

Frankenstein x Ragar

Raizel x Frankenstein x Muzaka

Raizel x Frankenstein x Muzaka x Ragar 

♧

NU: Carnival

Eiden x Quincy

Eiden x Rei

Eiden x Yakumo

Eiden x Blade

Eiden x Garu/Karu

Eiden x Dante

♧

Princess Tutu

Fakiru

♧

Romantic Killer

Anzu x Tsukasa

Anzu x Tsukasa x Junta

♧

Sk8 the Infinity 

Cherry/Joe

Reki x Langa

♧

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime *

Diablo x Rimuru

Veldora x Rimuru

Guy x Rimuru

Guy x Diablo

Guy x Diablo x Rimuru

Albis x Suphia

Benimaru x Albis

Youm x  Mjurran x Grucius

♧

The Dragon Prince

Ru/thari

Jan/aya

Ray/llum

So6/rvus

Aaravos x being a chaotic thot

♧

The Seven Deadly Sins

Ban x Elaine

King x Diane

Escanor x Merlin

♧

Therapy Game/Secret XXX

Itsuki/Shohei

Shizuma/Minato

♧

Trigun Stampede *

Vash/Wood

Million/Summers

♧

Twisted Wonderland 

Idia x Cater

Malleus x Idia

Malleus x Cater

Jack x Vil

Malleus x Cater x Idia

Chenya x Silver

Chenya x Idia

Lilia x adopting even more kids

Chenya x being summonable

♧

  Yu Yu Hakusho 

KuraHi

♧

Other (series I enjoy without necessarily shipping)

D. Gray Man

Doctor Who

Dragon Ball Z

Invader Zim

Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Lucifer

One Day at a Time

Sengoku Basara

Star Trek TNG

Stargate SG1

Stranger Things

The Mandalorian

The Legend of Hei

Dark Gathering

Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective 

♧ 

Other II (I dont go here but I am still invested in these pairings)

Sett/Phel

Ez/Kayn

K/Yone

Kuro/Ken

♧ 

Dead to Me (series which writers fucked everything up and I’ll never consume again)

The Magicians

Veronica Mars

**Notes: 

if a polyship is listed I also ship all the individual ships that make it up ♡

italics are things I ship but haven’t/won’t write for (depends case by case)

when in doubt about a thing just send an ask. i dont bite. probably.

#fandom and ships

[celestialtrolls-moved]

Aelynn Nostam, Ace of Hearts

Aelynn’s Playlist

the second image is Pretty Huge, full size recommended, especially to read

Transcription Below Cut:

Circus Thaehan

Blame It On Your Love Charli XCX “I hate myself for hurting you. Honestly, I'm reckless, I'm sorry if I'm selfish.”

Get Jinxed League of Legends “Do you ever wanna catch me? Right now I'm feeling ignored! So can you try a little harder? I'm really getting bored!”

Lust of the Lost Famous Last Words “I try to find as I search my mind, Will you take his hand and leave me behind?”

Burn Me Down YusukeKira ft. Lollia “Forget what's on your mind, except for me.”

Adrenalize In This Moment “I must confess I'm addicted to this”

Church Fall Out Boy “It's getting hard to know what's real.”

Control Halsey “I can't help this awful energy. God damn right, you should be scared of me.”

Weak AJR “But I'm weak, and what's wrong with that? Boy, oh boy I love it when I fall for that.”

My Demons Starset “I cannot stop this sickness taking over It takes control and drags me into nowhere.”

The Wolf SIAMÉS “I'm out of my head of my heart and my mind. 'Cause you can run but you can't hide I'm gonna make you mine.”

Dark Side Phoebe Ryan “Even if it hurts, I want your heart. Even at your worst, I love you hard.”

Warrior Steve James ft. LIGHTS (Villms Remix) “I got no fear, got no doubt and, god, I feel alive.”

GRRRLS AViVA “I can't blame them, I'll just maim them on my throne.”

Kill Everyone Hollywood Undead “’Does everything have to resort to violence?’ If you think you can hide, go and try it.”

Bury A Friend Billie Eilish “Honestly, I thought that I would be dead by now.”

Pretty Little Psycho Porcelain Black “Make me, make me impressed. Make me, make me obsessed.”

You're Going Down Sick Puppies “Because I'm hyped up, outta control. If it's a fight I'm ready to go.”

Heathens First to Eleven “Please don't make any sudden moves. You don't know the half of the abuse.”

Walk Me Home P!nk “I can't be alone with all that's on my mind. So say you'll stay with me tonight.”

Out Of Hell Skillet “Can you hear me screaming for you? I'm afraid I'm gonna die down here.”

Ghosts Jacob Tillberg “I think I saw you but I know I'm not supposed to, I must be dreaming 'cause I don't believe in ghosts.”

Think Of Me The Veronicas “I underestimated how complicated you are, I don't miss being hated.”

We Own The Night Dance Gavin Dance “Where did I go wrong? There's nothing I can do the thrill is gone.”

I'm Gonna Show You Crazy Bebe Rexha “There's a war inside my head, Sometimes I wish that I was dead, I'm broken.”

All Eyes On Me OR3O “You told me what to do, and what to say, I couldn't escape! You got to choose the ending of my fate, you put me astray!”

Duality Set It Off “No, can't count the list of things I know are wrong with me.”

Twisted MISSIO “I'm uncontrollable, emotional, chaotically proportional.”

Undefeated Skillet “Through the sweat and the blood, I know what I'm made of. It's the hunger that keeps me alive.”

To Play Hide And Seek With Jealousy Famous Last Words “I'm a sinner, I'm a sick cold hearted killer. I'm a lover, I'm a winner. And I'd do it all to steal her from a life she thinks she wants but I know she would regret.”

Death of Me PVRIS “But I don't mind, 'cause I'm a sucker, I'll do 'bout anything, Just to get those hands on me, yeah”

Built for Blame Set It Off “This is what it takes to breathe. This is what it takes to fake a smile and say that everything's okay.”

Haunted DIAMANTE “You think by now you'd know, that you'll never be alone.”

#bold is the link to the playlist btw #the songs in the image aren't in any particular order but they SLIGHTLY are in the playlist #into phase 1/2/3 #also i'm SO sorry to any mobile users if that read more doesn't work #Aelynn Stuff #Gold Art

[rangerdrabbles]

Christmas with the pack (cont)

I was one of the first to bemoan early Christmas, but AJ asking about Christmas and @bewarethewolfarmy ‘s cute little prompt got me going, so here’s looking at you Rei :D

“Look who I brought!” A portal opened, and one Charlie of SPD stepped out with a slightly disheveled Heckyl in tow.

“Heckyl!” Tsuki ran across the room to hug him, taking Getsu with her seeing as how both were still tangled in a popcorn garland.

“I brought presents!” Heckyl put down a large sack he’d been carrying. “Has everyone been good this year? I know I haven’t.” He smirked.

Elsewhere, Psycho Green was still tangled in lights and cursing to high heaven. Psycho Red thought this was hilarious until Green grabbed a strand and roped him in on it too.

“Dammit Green!”

Of course, this prompted Jade to giggle and say, “Red, you look so cute!”

“I do?” Red asked. “I mean, I’m a Psycho Ranger! I’m supposed to be fearsome and scary!”

At that, Jade simply grinned, kissed Red’s cheek, and wrapped herself in lights before moving across the room to grab a slice of pizza.

In another corner, Chase and Riley were arguing over decorations, Reagan tried to help, which prompted more consternation from the frustrated Riley, and led to Reagan running across the room to Levi, who was sitting with Kira, Brody, and Preston.

“Big brother! Riley yelled at me!”

“There there honey, I’m sure he didn’t mean it that way.” Levi gave his sister a hug. “Why don’t you let Preston show you a magic trick?” By now, everyone was used to Levi calling his sister ‘honey’ and knew he didn’t mean anything inappropriate by it.

“Oo! Magic!”

“No, Dillon, you can’t be the grinch,” Billie chided to Dillon. “We have to wear our sweaters.

“But I wanna be the grinch,” Dillon pouted.

“Not today.” Billie grinned and kissed his cheek, which led to further pouting and an impromptu possessive hug.

“Look everybody, it’s Santa Adal!” RJ had explained Santa to AJ, who’d promptly taken Adal, stocking and all, and plunked a little red hat on him. “Who’s getting lumps of coal this year?”

“Actually, the origin of lumps of coal is...” Cue one Bridge Carson lighting menorahs and explaining. “....so you see it wasn’t originally that bad.”

“Wow Sunshine, you sure know a lot about Christmas. By the way, Happy Hannukkah.” Charlie came over and kissed Bridge’s cheek. “Sky’s over there arguing with McKnight about who the best soccer player of all time was. McKnight’s offended anyone would suggest someone besides him.”

“Well, statistically speaking if you compare their records and moves, the best soccer player is...” Cue Billy wandering over to join the discussion, and more arguing. Behind Billy, Ethan nodded in agreement.

“You’re supposed to be on my side!” Conner whined.

Yep, it was just another chaotic loft Christmas party.

#power rangers #christmas

[todaynewsstories]

EU ′can no longer rely on US,′ says France′s Macron | News | DW

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said his government would unveil proposals “in the coming months” to boost security across the EU, in a bid to diminish the bloc’s reliance on the US for its defense needs.

“Europe can no longer rely on the United States for its security,” Macron said during a speech to French diplomats and lawmakers. “It is up to us to guarantee European security.”

Macron said the EU needed to “take new initiatives, build new alliances” to ensure its preservation. “I want us to launch an exhaustive review of our security with all Europe’s partners, which includes Russia,” he added.

Differences on defense

Macron’s remarks come as the White House continues to question US relations with Europe. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on Washington’s commitment to the NATO military alliance, saying the US pays far more for defense than other member states.

In 2014, NATO nations agreed to stop cuts to defense spending and pursue a target of 2 percent of GDP by 2024. But Trump has called for alliance members to reach the goal sooner or see the US “moderate” its commitment.

Although their relationship has been dubbed a “bromance,” French President Emmanuel Macron has criticized US President Donald Trump’s decisions to pull out of the Iran deal and impose tariffs against EU steel and aluminum

‘Counterweight to the US’

But defense spending isn’t the only problem straining EU-US relations. Brussels has criticized the US for pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Meanwhile, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last month managed to avert a trade war by negotiating a deal with Trump after Washington imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum exports against its economic ally, the EU.

Read more: When does a trade spat become an actual trade war?

Last week, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas made similar remarks to Macron’s in a guest article for German business newspaper Handelsblatt, saying Europe must “take an equal share of the responsibility” and “form a counterweight to the US.” 

“If we go it alone, we will fail in this task,” Maas said. “The outstanding aim of our foreign policy is to build a sovereign, strong Europe. Only by joining forces with France and other European nations can a balance with the US be achieved.”

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

The new statesman

This cover from the end of 2016 most likely pleased the newly elected US president. Time magazine picked Donald Trump as Person of the Year, a title that was also once given to Konrad Adenauer, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King — as well as Hitler and Stalin. The annual end-of-year feature picks someone who, “for better or for worse … has done the most to influence the events of the year.”

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

With a Hitler mustache

Even before Trump’s election, the Mexican magazine Letras Libres made its opinion on Trump absolutely clear, using the words “American fascist” to form a Hitler mustache on his portrait. Building a wall on the US-Mexico border and clamping down on Mexican immigrants were some of Trump’s electoral promises.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Walling in

Two weeks after Donald Trump’s election, the New Yorker creatively commented on the president’s border wall project. From subtle to explicitly insensitive depictions, international magazine covers featured a broad range of styles while commenting on Trump’s policies throughout the year.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

A rhetorical question

Renowned for its confrontational style, Charlie Hebdo also took on the newly elected US president. In a depiction referring to Trump’s infamous “grab women by the pussy” comments, the November 16, 2016, issue asked: “Did we have to entrust him with the nuclear button?”

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

The prescience of the Simpsons

Donald Trump as US president: What was supposed to be a joke in The Simpsons turned out to be true 16 years later. British tabloid The Sun referred to the sitcom’s prophecy on its cover, showing Homer shocked by the turn of events, reacting with his catchphrase, “D’oh!”

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

American psycho

The center-left French newspaper Libération reacted to the election with biting sarcasm. The headline was borrowed from a Bret Easton Ellis novel, “American Psycho.” Its narrator and main character, Patrick Bateman, is rich, superficial and narcissistic. There are numerous parallels to be drawn with the US president — but the fictional character is also a serial killer.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Nothing to see here

Some commentators hoped Trump would soften the tone he used during his campaign once he took office. On this Time magazine cover, illustrator Tim O’Brien used fine paintbrush strokes to depict Trump’s chaotic first weeks in the White House.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

At the wheel

After Trump’s inauguration, the New Yorker commented on the childish behavior of the man who would from then on be steering the country. “Every so often, you hear stories on the news about a toddler who somehow manages to start the family car and drive the vehicle across town, where the law finally apprehends him,” said the artist behind the cover, Barry Blitt.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

An insurgent in the White House

The British weekly The Economist was inspired by Banksy’s famous artwork of a rioter throwing flowers for last February’s issue. It reacted to Trump’s first weeks in office, when he “lobbed the first Molotov cocktail of policies and executive orders against the capital’s brilliant-white porticos,” wrote the magazine’s editor, adding, “With Trump, chaos seems to be part of the plan.”

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Beheading freedom

A cartoon figure of Trump holding a bloodied knife and the Statue of Liberty’s head: The cover of German weekly Der Spiegel made headlines worldwide. It reacted to Trump’s “America First” policy and his threats to democracy, including his executive order to bar people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. The cover divided opinions within the country and abroad.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Take your kids to work every day

It’s both a challenge and a goldmine for satirists: Trump’s politics and habits are often more bizarre than satire itself. On this cover, Mad magazine commented on the White House role given to the president’s daughter Ivanka and to his son-in-law and presidential adviser, Jared Kushner, who was morphed into the traits of the magazine’s iconic mascot, Alfred E. Neuman.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

The mouthpiece of white supremacists

After a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a participant drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing a woman and injuring 19 people. Trump then declared that there were “very fine people” marching with the white supremacists that day, a comment which drew praise from former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke. The Economist reacted with this cover.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Tailwind from the president

Following the Charlottesville rally events, The New Yorker also took aim at Trump’s remarks equating neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan to the counter-protesters. “President Trump’s weak pushback to hate groups — as if he was trying not to alienate them as voters — compelled me to take up my pen,” said artist David Plunkert of his cover, entitled “Blowhard.”

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Breaking a taboo: a Hitler comparison

The German weekly Stern went one step further by unsubtly portraying Trump draped in the American flag and giving a Nazi salute. The cover story was headlined “Sein Kampf,” (His Struggle), a play on Adolf Hitler’s infamous “Mein Kampf” book. It drew sharp criticism from the Central Council of Jews for belittling Hitler’s crimes. Misappropriating Nazi symbols is taboo in Germany.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Lazy boy

In early August, Newsweek magazine depicted Trump as a fast food-eating, bored TV junkie — descriptions also found in the book “Fire and Fury.” Headlined “LAZY BOY: Donald Trump is bored and tired. Imagine how bad he’d feel if he did any work,” the issue also pointed out that during his six months in office, he had spent 40 days at golf clubs, but had seen zero pieces of major legislation passed.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

A prominent phony

Trump likes to describe any media criticizing him as ” fake news,” but he’s also renowned for his own twisting of the truth. This fake Time magazine cover praising Trump’s TV show “The Apprentice” in 2009 was framed and on prominent display in at least five of his golf clubs. When the story came out last June, it felt like the perfect embodiment of Trump’s narcissism and lies.

President Trump’s first year on magazine covers

Russian bride of the year

Twitter went wild after the fake Time magazine cover story came out. Thousands of memes poking fun at Trump were created using the magazine’s iconic template. This one photoshopped the Person of the Year issue to turn Donald Trump into the “Russian bride of the Year,” commenting on Trump’s questionable Russian ties.

Author: Torsten Landsberg (eg)

ls/es (AFP, dpa)

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