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Starcrossed Losers IX (Josh Wheeler xReader)

A/N: Friendship is cool but it gets you in a lot of trouble. Also, Happy Christmas’ Eve!!!

Words: 4,339

Warnings: Blood, cursing and weird outfits

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“Y/N, can I ask you a question without making you mad?”

“I don’t know Josh, you’ll have to ask me the question first”

“Why are you still wearing that?”

I look down at my clothes and laugh.

“I forgot,” I look at my reflection on the closest glass and examine the torn shirt that covers my body.

“So it wasn’t a fashion statement?” Asks Josh with a smirk.

“Sadly no,” I stand up and stretch my arms, yawning, “I think it’s time I get a new outfit.”

“You’re finally changing your resident evil cosplay?” Wesley walks by me, eyeing me up, Josh laughs.

“Don’t be mean,” I stick out my tongue, “I’d rock a resident evil cosplay”

“I don’t doubt it,” He raises his hands, “go nuts”

Wesley points towards the stores and I happily comply.

“You want us to go with you?” Josh raises his voice, following me with his eyes.

“I’ll be fine, you guys stay”

As I’m walking away I hear Wesley talking to Josh.

“We should practice our sword skills”

“Dude, yes!” Josh answers.

I chuckle lowly and head straight into my favorite store.

It’s been a while since I got new clothes for myself; being alone is okay I guess, but it’s nice to be able to calmly pick an outfit without worrying about being attacked.

I also get to pick something that will match my skates no matter what. You know when you have a specific favorite outfit that you wanna wear all the time but is not socially acceptable to do so cause then people will think you don’t shower? Well, now those rules don’t apply anymore cause everyone wears the same clothes all the time and it’s a known fact that we don’t shower.

With that in mind, I pick the stuff that makes me the happiest and put them on. When I look in the mirror I feel amazing, and I take it as a sign that I have finally found my outfit.

“Y/N, we prepared a whole obstacle course, come see it!”

“You wanna see my new outfit?” I ask excitedly from the changing rooms.

“Sure!” Josh replies, walking in, “Where are you?”

“Turn around and I’ll come out!” I drag the curtain and walk out towards him, I’m pleased to see he followed my instructions and is facing the entrance, “You can look now!”

He turns around and I show my outfit with my arms extended.

“So?”

“That’s a... are those short overalls?” He examines them carefully.

“Yes!” I smile wildly, “and a lime-green shirt. With fun socks,” I raise my eyebrows, “get it? so I can match the skates you gave me”

“That’s, uh...”

“You don’t like it,” I lowered my arms, frowning, “Why?”

“It’s not that!” He quickly counters, “it’s just... well, your arms and legs are exposed and we live surrounded by things that bite.”

“Yes, but I have a hammer,” I say sternly.

Josh stares at me.

“A hammer won’t protect you from a horde.”

“Fair,” I agree, “but it’s not just my hammer. I have two samurais on my side, right? Either way, Ghoulie bites aren’t that dangerous.”

“They are if they rip your arms off”

“You’re exaggerating. I’ll be fine,” I walk past him, “you gonna train with Wesley or no?”

“Yeah but-”

“Hey, are you guys coming or what?” Wesley screams from the main hall.

“Going!” I scream back.

I found a bunch of tables with a small piñata, a watermelon and god knows what else spread around the place in order to make training harder. Wesley lets out an exclamation of approval when he sees me.

“Now, that’s a hundred percent Y/N-brand. You look good, girl!”

“Thanks! I feel good,” I smile at him, then look over at Josh, “See? Wesley gets it”

“I never said I didn’t like it...” He grumbles.

“We can talk about our fashion sense later. First, we train,” Demands our friend.

“Who’s first?” I ask, leaning against a column far from the obstacle course.

“Let me show you how real warriors do it...”

Josh and I look at each other wondering what will Wesley do to try to impress us. When he kneels on the floor and bows to his sword, we have to look away so we don’t start laughing.

But don’t worry, our laughter dies as soon as he does the wildest moves ever, totally not humiliating us in every possible way.

When he fixes his posture and takes off his mask, he vaguely points towards the mess and then to Josh.

“So, clean this shit up and, uh, your turn,” He smiles.

“What?” Josh asks in pure outraged. I laugh and he looks at me with a bitter smile, “oh, don’t get so amused. You’re helping me.”

“What?” Now is my time to be scandalized, “Why?”

He shows me his injured hand and smirks.

“Cause I'm a disabled person in recovery.”

“I’m pretty sure that’s not how this works,” I frown, “but I’ll help you anyway, cause I don’t want you to cut another of your little fingers by accident”

“How nice of you,” He mocks.

It takes us about ten minutes to replace and arrange everything. When we’re done I sit next Wesley, arms crossed and a knowing smile on my face.

“Just do your best, Wheeler. Try not to fall over innocent people, please.”

“Very funny, L/N,” Josh sneers.

When it’s his turn to train, Josh does... his best. I managed to remain silent for most of it until he hits the mannequin and the only thing he cuts it’s the finger.

“Oh my god,” I cover my mouth and stifle most of my laughter. Wesley stands up and looks at the result.

“Wow, that is... ironic.”

“It’s...” I say between laughs, “it’s so sad...”

“Dude, I’m a terrible swordsman. Especially with only one good hand,” Josh replies.

“You are in good company,” Wesley retorts in an attempt to calm him down, “Skywalker, Furiosa... Jaime Lannister, if you can get past the child-killing, incest, rape.”

“Meh,” I squint my eyes, “I think you should stick to Skywalker.”

Wesley shakes his head and mouths something that looks like ‘not now’, so I stay silent as he continues his speech.

“Hands gives us identity. Chefs cut, artist paint, warriors... warrior.”

That’s definitely not how you call it, but uh, that’s not the point, right?

“All good Jedi lose a hand.”

“I couldn’t even get that right!” Josh replies with annoyance, holding his hand up.

He leans against the column and falls slowly to the ground, it’s quite a miserable sight. I stand up and walk over to sit next Josh, I pat his back softly as a way of comfort.

“You know what I love about right now?” Asks Wesley, “we are free. We can do anything!”

Josh looks at me and I know he’s thinking about the story I told him yesterday.

“I couldn’t pull off those pants,” He offers, discretely changing the subject, “you and Y/N could wear anything and still look good. I can’t, so I’m not that free.”

Wesley looks down at his clothes.

“No. No, you cannot. But is not about having cool shit, it’s about being cool as shit,” He slowly makes his way to us, “you define yourself. Who are you?”

This is getting real way too fast.

Who am I? Besides the weirdo with a fixation for the lime-green. I told you this before, there’s a reason why I never joined any tribe. I clearly don’t have a thing. If I don’t have a thing, then why am I still here? What am I supposed to be doing?

“I’m oni samurai, when I get done with my quest and find redemption, they will write songs about me.”

“Who?” I ask, bewildered, “the fairies in your head?”

Josh stands up suddenly, getting face to face with Wesley.

“Look, I couldn’t save Sam’s life. I have to avenge her death,” I stand up as well, hearing attentively, “those scratches on her body were made with a butcher’s knife. I’ve only seen one douche with a weapon like that.”

And before he says it, I already know what he’s planning to do.

“I’m gonna kill Baron Triumph,” He leans over and speaks on Wesley’s ear, “I’m gonna kill Jayden Hoyles.”

Oh, poor stupid, love-sick Josh.

I know, judging by Wesley’s face, that this took an unexpected turn for him. For me? Well, I can’t say I knew exactly what Josh had in mind, but I figured he wouldn’t just stay here and cry for the rest of his life. He’s got hero-complex. Which, unfortunately, is gonna get him killed.

But it’s good to know that I’m not the only one looking for redemption now, whatever it was Wesley did and Josh’s burden are now on the line. Maybe that could be our thing? The tribe of regrets. The redemption circle. The I-can’t-stop-fucking-things-up club. No? Meh, I’ll find the right name eventually.

I follow Josh towards one of the stores. He’s in a bad mood.

“Josh-”

“Don’t try to talk me out of it,” He interrupts me, “I need to do this.”

“I wasn’t going to stop you,” I reply.

“You weren’t?” He stops, turning completely this time, “Why?”

“You want me to stop you?” I raise a brow, “Cause I can do that too if you want.”

“No, I mean... I don’t know, I thought you’d be upset about this. See it as a way of holding on to something that won’t bring anything good.”

“I do think that you’re closer to get killed with this plan and I do believe that killing Hoyles won’t make you feel better. The difference is that I don’t follow any samurai rules, so I don’t think it’ll bring you bad karma or whatever. It’s your life, you decide.”

“Okay,” He has an odd expression. I can’t tell if he’s suspicious or curious, either way, it makes me feel nervous, “then you could help me?”

“To kill him?” I tense, “What, just because I killed once it means I can do it again?”

“No,” He rolls his eyes, “I’ve killed Ghoulies too, and I don’t judge you for what happened with your sister. You did what you had to do.”

“So..?”

“I was going to ask if you could help me find a new weapon... or hand”

“What?” I giggle, then I see him ready to get all defensive and I stop, “Sorry, what do you have in mind?”

And he pulls a list out of his pocket, like the dork he is.

“I have a few ideas...”

“We can try them,” I nod, “I’ll put on my skates so I can help you get the stuff faster.”

“Sure, I’ll be here, analyzing my list,” He lowers his eyes towards the paper, excitedly reading all he wrote.

I snort, walking away.

“You’re too cute, Wheeler.”

Oh fuck. Oh fuck. I said that out loud, didn’t I?

Well, now I can’t turn around to see if he heard me, god I hope he didn’t. If he did that means he’ll start to get suspicious and I don’t wanna ruin another friendship. Besides, I don’t like Josh that way. I don’t.

We’re friends. I just gained a friend (several, actually), I won’t ruin it just cause I think he has pretty eyes. I told Angelica that I won’t be playing her games and I’m too stubborn to admit she may have a point. Also, am I forgetting that Sam just died? This isn’t exactly what I would call perfect timing.

Josh is focused on his work when I go back and I’m too nervous to talk to him, still thinking about how he might have heard my not so subtle compliment.

What is wrong with me? I never had this issue with Alex, he was easy. I mean, we also knew each other since we were six so I guess that’d have influenced the way I perceived my behavior around him.

“Y/N?”

“Huh, yes?” I jump, “sorry, what did you say?”

“You spaced out,” He says with a small smile, “you didn’t listen a thing did you?”

“No,” I give him an awkward smile, “I got lost in my own head. I’m here now though, tell me what you need.”

“What do you think?” He points to every item on the table, “You see something that fits my... uh, whatever Wesley said I should have?”

I slide closer, examining all the stuff.

“You understood what Wesley was saying?”

“Yes... no. I don’t know. I get that he’s trying to convince me that life can be better without revenge, I guess?”

“Don’t ask me, I don’t know what he was trying to say,” I mumble, “all I know is that I have no clue of who I am. The apocalypse kind of fucked up my identity.”

“Well, who were you before?” He steps closer, carefully grabbing the glove with blades and trying it on.

“The artsy girl, according to my friend Maya,” I reply, a bit self-conscious, “I wasn’t that good if I’m honest but you know, if my friends ever needed to draw something for their projects or if they were looking for some new not-so-famous band to listen to, they’d give me a call.”

“So you were the ‘not-like-the-other-girls’ girl?” He smirks.

“Ugh, that is misconceiving,” I scoff, “every girl is their own person, we’re all the same. Just like the guys, and humans in general. We just have different likings, I really liked all kinds of art before, that’s all”

“Okay,” He takes a minute to think about it, “you’re right, there’s no tribe for that.”

“And it’s not like I could use my drawings to defend myself,” I grin.

“Well, the disciples of the Kardashian aren’t exactly trained warriors.”

“Maybe,” I help him take off the glove, “but there’s more than one, they share one specific trait. The jocks protect them of course, they don’t need to know how to defend themselves, I do. I have no one.”

“You have me now,” He replies promptly, “Uh, I mean us. You have us. We can protect you and you can go back to being the artsy girl.”

“To be honest, going back to that would be dull,” I squint, “I know I said I wanted my old life but that’d only work in the old world. I can’t be who I was, so I have to find a way to be a new version of myself, meaning I’ll have to use my creative instincts in something else.”

“We’ll figure it out,” Josh answers, grabbing a knife and weighing it, “your thing and mine. We have time.”

“That, if you survive to Hoyles,” I say subtly, “cause if not then we don’t have time at all. Or... if you wait a bit longer before going after Triumph, maybe we’ll have it...”

“Ah, there it is,” Josh has a smug smile when he leans towards me, “that is how you’re trying to convince me about not doing this?”

“Is it working?” I get closer as well, grinning.

“Almost,” He sighs, “but not enough, I’m still going. The only thing that could stop me from going is if I don’t find something to help me with my bad hand, which seems more likely than not.”

“I tried my best,” My foot accidentally kicks a mannequin’s hand and something comes to my mind, “hey, we have one more item (not listed) that you can try on for your new look. Who knows? Maybe it’ll bring you good luck.”

“What is it?” He curiously looks around the table.

“Here,” I pick up the hand and show it to him.

“Y/N,” He gives me a stern look, “tell me you’re joking.”

“What? We don't have functional prosthetics laying around, that is the closest thing you can get,” I put a hand on my hip, “you know is your best choice. You’ll get used to it. Adapt and survive, man.”

“Fine,” He sighs, “but I’m not obligated to use it if I don’t like how it looks.”

“Sure,” I agree, “it’s your body.”

I sit next to the table while he goes to a changing room. I hear him break the hand and I hope he didn’t screw up the fingers. Not that we can’t get more if that’s the case, but you know, time is not something we have to spare.

Wesley enters and sees the bunch of weird things we’ve come up with.

“Okay,” He nods, “yeah, hell yeah! This is what I’m talking about, brother! You define yourself. Come out here and show me your new killer digits.”

Josh pulls the curtain and walks out from the changing room with the white, plastic finger tied to his hand. Wesley and I laugh.

“Nice figure, Kim Cattrall,” He notices neither Josh or I get the joke, and he continues, “because she was a mannequin.”

We stay quiet.

“In the movie mannequin?” I shake my head without saying a word, “about a mannequin who comes to life? They made a sequel with Kristy Swanson, the orig Buffy the vampire slayer...”

Josh walks out of the store, showing Wesley his middle finger.

“I can’t tell if that means he liked it,” I mention, standing up next to Wesley, “but I take that he won’t waste more time on this?”

“Okay,” Wesley sighs, “let’s go hunt Baron Triumph.”

The sound my skates make against the gravel is like music to my ears. I had missed this, the outside. As dangerous as it is, it gives me the liberty that no safe haven ever could. I know these streets like the back of my hand, I got this.

Maybe I enjoy myself a bit too much, skating around and humming an old song I haven’t heard in a while when I realize Josh is staring. I immediately stop what I’m doing.

“Sorry, I should be quiet,” I look away, limiting myself to just skate beside my friends.

“No, it’s okay,” He says, “I wasn’t- I was staring but I... it seemed like you were enjoying yourself.”

“I shouldn’t,” I reply, “this is not a fun trip, I’ll stop.”

“I...” Josh is about to say something when Wesley speaks up.

“Hey, look at this!” He picks up something from the street, “second left molar, nice craftsmanship on the porcelain ceramic filling...”

“Your dad taught you a lot,” says Josh.

“A thing or two.”

“It was knocked off by Triumph.”

Wesley turns around and looks at Josh with a sly smile.

“You don’t know that.”

“I only know one dude in school with a size fourteen shoe... cause I licked it.”

We look down at the mud and see the footprint that Josh is pointing to us.

“Hoyles,” whispers Wesley.

“He went east, toward San Fernando,” Mentions Josh.

“You’re like a Canadian Wolverine,” Replies Wesley in amazement.

“More like Deadpool,” I correct, “’cause the katana..?”

“Wolverine is a Canadian Wolverine,” Josh shakes his head, “can we focus right now? Look, I hunted elk every summer...”

He starts to walk away, but Wesley keeps talking.

“Your dad taught you a lot.”

Josh stops only to answer.

“A thing or two,” He smirks.

“You can track. But you can’t fight.”

“Here we go,” I roll my eyes, moving away from their discussion to look for more clues.

I don’t pay much attention to what they’re saying while I turn my back to them and analyze the footprint. Josh is right, it’s heading towards the industrial section. I know the old Hoyles’ cereal fabric is there, maybe we should take a look and see what we find...

“Run!” I turn around abruptly, raising the hammer above my head. I see Wesley sprinting towards the other side of the street, Josh gives me one panicky look before looking behind us in confusion.

“What?”

“Run!”

“Okay!” Josh runs after him with me close behind them.

We run around town like maniacs, I have the hammer ready but I don’t actually see any danger, so my fear isn’t growing but I’m not calm either. At some point, a couple of Ghoulies start to chase Josh and for some reason Wesley doesn’t let me help him. We wait until Josh gets rid of them and we go back to the running. My skates are going fast, soon enough I leave them behind and I hear Wesley scream:

“Get under the car!”

I stop harshly and skid without being able to control my movements. I trip falling on one knee and my legs and arms get a few scratches. My hammer flies like four feet away from me.

“Y/N!” Josh tries to go over to me but Wesley grabs his ankle, already under the vehicle.

“They’re coming!”

“Dude, I don’t see anybody!” He complains, obeying against his own will.

In the few seconds that takes me to stand up again, Wesley and Josh are already getting out from under the car.

“Let’s go! Go! Go! Go!”

“Wes, I’mma smash your knees with my- Where’s my hammer?” I look around frantically until Josh touches my shoulder lightly.

“Here,” He gives me the tool and I thank him silently, rushing over so we catch up with Wes.

“Wesley!” I scream after spending five more minutes running, “Stop! I think I hurt my knee when I fell, shit...”

Josh stops immediately after hearing what I said and looks over my shoulder, frowning.

“Dude,” He stops Wesley, “what the hell? Dude, there’s nobody after us. And now Y/N got hurt, look at her knee!”

I look down and I yelp at the sight. My knee is bleeding, swollen, and one of my hands is pulsating in a way that makes me think I might not be fine to continue.

“I think I can fix it,” I groan, gently touching my scratches.

“I had the Baron’s trail and now I’m all lost. Why did you do that?” Josh inquires.

Wesley seems to struggle to find a proper answer when we hear the engine of a car coming closer. Soon the golf team appears, annoying as ever.

“Great,” I grab the hammer from beside me and prepare to fight.

“Remember us, just Josh?”

“I remember there being more of you,” He retorts.

“We’re downsizing”

“Yeah, but not by choice, by circumstance.”

“The circumstance being death.”

“We’re currently taking applications for new membership.”

“Oh,” Replies Josh, “not interested.”

“Not talking to you,” complains Barry, “we’ll deal with you next. Hi, Y/N!”

“Hi, Barry,” I sigh tiredly, “how’s your wrist?”

I know them, of course. The golf team was like the lowest of them all, they weren’t so bad, only terribly stupid. During my time with the Jocks, I did some stuff for them as well, small things like collecting their balls and keeping their golf sticks clean and ready to use... I hate talking about golf cause it always sounds like I’m talking about sex.

“Better, thank you. I see you got a bad knee, I can get you an ointment for that.”

“No thanks, I’ll manage”

“What say you Fists?”

“You ready to come home?” Asks the other... is it Larry? They all have similar names, I can’t bring myself to remember, “listen to fate: Gary, Larry, Barry... Wesley”

“It doesn’t fit the line,” mumbles Barry.

“There’s a ‘y’ at the end” He replies.

“Meh, it’s kind of a stretch,” adds... Gary? I’m pretty sure it’s Gary.

“Close enough for Armageddon. Three is not a team, four can play spades.”

“Just because you have balls, doesn’t make golf a sport.”

It is, though. But I won’t say that right now.

“Gotta start somewhere to earn your way back into his good graces...”

A second car appears, this time on the other side. We’re face to face with Turbo. My wrist is killing me but I lift the hammer again, this time looking at the other side of the alley.

“Not gonna lie,” I say, “I’m starting to regret this”

“Tell me about it,” Whispers Wesley.

Turbo steps out of the car and growls. He does that a lot. As a matter of fact, it’s the only thing he does now. Wesley understands perfectly so he translates all that into a petition to fight to the death, only Josh and him, no weapons.

“You got all that from a look?”

“I speak Turbo.”

“What did I even do?” Asks Josh.

“Besides making all the wrong choices?” I ask.

“He said he doesn’t like to lose.”

“This isn’t Mario Kart! You tried to capture us, we got away”

“Wait, that was all?” I frown, “Turbo is chasing you because you won in a tag-you’re-it game?”

“He’s sensitive about this stuff,” explains Wesley.

“More like a fucking baby,” I reply.

Turbo grunts. Josh steps forward.

“Who cares?! God, this is... there is no your side or my side. Hoyles is out there trying to kill all sides. He’s killed out friends...”

“I’ll be your friend!” A small, mechanical voice replies behind us, “I love you. Let’s be besties!”

“What the fuck...” I mutter.

Larry picks it up and says he knows those bears, something tells me he’s in danger.

“That’s pretty. Put it down,” I urge him.

“They had their names stitched on their butts. What’s your name, guy?”

“I’m pretty sure he can’t answer that,” I insist, “Wesley that’s not a good sign, we need to leave.”

He nods and opens his mouth, but when Larry turns the bear around something catches our eye.

“Larry put the bear down!”

The explosion makes us fly and fall hard on the ground, disoriented and stunned. I hear screams and rushed steps around us, I open my eyes with difficulty and I see Josh’s body a few feet away from mine.

All I do before passing out is watch as the figure of Baron Triumph walks out of the dusty cloud.

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russiandollofclothing · 4 years

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The problems with Supercorp’s current state and the death of Kara’s characterization

I need to get this off my chest and I will be addressing several things so if you ever come across this post, bear with me.

Anyway, as the title suggests, this will be about the current state of Supercorp’s relationship and its issues.

To start, I have loved this ship’s relationship and their dynamics since its introduction in Season 2 of Supergirl and has been one of its biggest supporters. I have seen its ups and downs, dealt with problems with the showrunners, the cast and even inside the fandom. Through it all, I still had hope.

However, it has been heartbreaking to witness what has become of it. So, let’s begin.

The Current State of Supercorp

Let’s start with a summary. In the finale of Season 4, we finally got what we’ve been waiting for, but also dreading for the longest time, which is The Big Reveal. Unfortunately, but also as expected, it was not in a way that was favorable to us because Lena learned about Kara’s secret in the worst way possible, which was through Lex, leaving her feeling more betrayed than ever. That was where we left it in Season 4, but when Season 5 began we learn that weeks had passed. Naturally, Lena, as Lena would, didn’t immediately lash out and bottled up these feelings for weeks. While Kara had been waiting for the right time to tell Lena because she herself could not stand the feeling of guilt any longer, we still saw hints of Lena being hopeful that Kara would finally come clean but she didn’t, which frustrated Lena even more. It never came. Not until she finally decided to formulate a plan to expose Kara. Because those past weeks, the anger had been eating up Lena on the inside and she was dealing with these feelings of anger in an unhealthy way which was her attacking Kara in the VR world through Andrea’s tech. Kara finally came clean however, and explained her side, which was that she selfishly wanted to keep Lena in her life because she knew she had messed up and broke Lena’s trust as Supergirl but still had faith in Kara. Despite being taken aback, Lena used this to her advantage and feigned ignorance for weeks, testing Kara’s loyalty and using her for her plans, which eventually became something that involved Myriad. She planned to use Myriad to change the nature of humans, removing their ability to hurt people. When Kara caught Lena, Lena also finally came clean and revealed that she had known for weeks that Kara had lied to her for the entirety of their friendship, along with their other friends. This led to Lena leaving Kara trapped in the fortress, Alex almost killing Lena to stop her plans, but these plans were halted when the crisis happened and Lex tampered with history.

Flashforward to the 100th episode, Lena has agreed to work with Lex believing he would be a safer bet for her plans to succeed than Kara who would never see things her way and would only compromise her plans due to her attachment and emotions. After a few apologies, Kara still hasn’t had any luck trying to convince Lena and she receives a visit from Mxyzptlk who shows her the different outcomes of telling Lena her secret in different points in time. The show tries to tell us that there is no ideal time to tell her because they all end in disaster and the episode ends with Kara watching a tape of Lena and Lex and having the realization that she’s done apologizing and done trying to convince other people Lena’s not like Lex and “would treat Lena like a villain if she acts like one”. Her stance hasn’t changed until the most recent ep where, more than ever, Kara only sees Lena as a Luthor.

So that’s where we are the moment. Now, onto the issues.

Kara and Lena’s Problems With Each Other

Kara feels a sense of responsibility to the world and feel that the safety of the world rests on her shoulders so naturally, everything that gets in the way of that would be seen as a threat. She feels betrayed that not only did Lena not accept her apology, but she chose to side with her evil brother instead. This feeling continually built up with each passing moment that Lena stayed on that side despite her warning until it reached a point where Kara had turned a complete 180 regarding how she views Lena.

Lena, understandably so, still cannot forgive Kara for lying to her for 3 years, and having also been deceived by their other friends which left her thinking that not only did they not trust her, but they only saw her as a Luthor this whole time which she had even discussed with Sam in the 100th ep. They seem to just keep proving this, such as when Alex had approached her for help during the Crisis and seemed to suggest that she had to be convinced to save the world rather than thinking that Lena would immediately jump at the opportunity when that was all she had been doing this whole time. Saving people. Not once had she hesitated to help, even when she wasn’t on good terms with Supergirl. Kara, especially, who was her rock and emotional support, had deceived her and played the part of the supportive friend who would never hurt her and had always defended her reputation, convincing her and others that she is not like the rest of the Luthors, was, all along, the same person (Supergirl) who betrayed her trust, doubted her good intentions and called her a Luthor, convinced her boyfriend at the time to also betray her, only apologized when she was called out for it, and then proceeded to stay by her side in the guise of her loving best friend knowing full well Lena wouldn’t want Supergirl anywhere near her, let alone touch her, but Kara continued on, keeping her close, offering comfort, hugging her, even when she was still at odds with Supergirl who still at times doubted her that it had to take her brainwashed sister to knock some sense into her about Lena’s good intentions and finally get her to apologize for how she was treating Lena. Kara on more than two occasions used her last name as a personal attack against Lena, perfectly aware that this was a sensitive topic for Lena which she had only revealed to Kara. This would have hurt Lena even more after learning the truth.

Kara’s God Complex

The writers have always had a problem with continuity, we’re well aware of that. It’s evident in how messy the storylines and characterizations of their characters are, but there’s no character that has been butchered as much as Kara. They also keep going back and forth with her characterization especially when she’s Kara vs. when she’s Supergirl.

We knew Kara as a person who always saw the good in people which is why her relationship with Lena worked so well. Lena needed that person who would see past her last name, see her potential and always understand that, as Lex has said once, “She will always fall into the light”. Kara is that person for Lena so in turn, we see Lena believing in herself, always doing the right thing, helping others in any way she can despite others doubting her because it’s okay, Kara believes in her. Through Kara, Supergirl ended up being one of those people too, who Lena could trust and work with, but this went up in flames in Season 3. Supergirl’s image in Lena’s mind was ruined. Lena couldn’t understand why Supergirl believed she could dictate what was right and what was wrong. She even calls her out on her God Complex (it should be important to note this isn’t the first time a character has called her out on this). Supergirl has also done questionable things such as convincing James to trespass into Lena’s lab, she called out Lena for keeping secrets but at that point, hasn’t even considered she had already been lying to Lena for two years. We can say that Lena didn’t need to know Kara’s secret yet at that point, but when Lena had a personal issue with Supergirl, Kara should have come clean or just distanced herself from Lena and not continue on, staying close to Lena and pretending everything’s fine because she selfishly wanted Lena to stay in her life despite knowing Lena was hurt by Supergirl. She swept those problems under a rug. Not only that, but Lena has shown vulnerability with Kara, admitted her mistakes regarding Lex every time she was made a fool of (Seasons 4-5), but we don’t see the same amount of vulnerability from Kara, especially while in the suit.

Most recently, Lena found out about Kara using Myriad despite being told earlier that it cannot be used by anyone. Lena even offered her help with alternatives but Kara simply brushed her aside. This makes Lena realize that Kara hasn’t changed and calls her out for being “two-faced”. In the next ep, we see Kara has completely turned on Lena that even Alex is telling her they have no reason to doubt Lena yet. She is also angry at Lena suggesting she was a hypocrite, which, let’s be honest, she was. Kara can’t help being on a moral high ground.

Final Thoughts

We can blame the writing, but if this is what it is now, they’re still in a bad place. They will continue to do so until they can address the underlying issues. Lena won’t be able to forgive Kara fully until Kara can be vulnerable with Lena. Lena can’t put herself in Kara’s shoes if Lena doesn’t know the things Kara knows. There’s no denying that Lena had been problematic this season, with Project Non Nocere, Eve, Malefic, Lex, dealing with her pain in an unhealthy way but, Kara only gave up on her in the 100th ep because she felt helpless, defeated and betrayed. However, in Lena’s head, there were hundreds of times Kara could have come clean and she didn’t take any of those opportunities. We are still hearing “Luthor” from Kara and Lena is still the only one admitting any of her mistakes. As far as we know Kara has washed her hands clean. She also doesn’t consider Myriad to be a sore spot. No one from her ‘friends’ also stopped to consider Lena was once again being manipulated. Even Kara has stopped believing that.

I would hope that this season doesn’t end with them easily reconciling until they have addressed all their problems. Even then, it should take time because one episode is just too rushed. They need to unload all of their emotional baggage with each other until they can start fresh. This can’t be solved easily with favors and kind gestures, what they need is deep conversations and vulnerability from each other.

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Fandom Snowflake Challenge--Day 3

Day 3 In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create. For this, I thought I would rec all the stories that I have bookmarked that I thought need more love. All of them are complete (no WIPs, though I do wish some would continue). I made notes on some when I bookmarked them, so where those occur, they're included.

Also, this is LONG. You have been warned.

14th CENTURY CE RPF Hallowmas, Or Shortest Of Day by skazka Isabella, future girl-queen of England, receives a visit from a predecessor. Commentary: Melancholy and sweet, with wee Isabella as an adorable seven-year-old who's very much at sea and Anne of Bohemia as the gentlest and kindest of ghosts. It's A Terrible Reign by angevin2 A dying John of Gaunt, with the aid of his long-dead brother, walks the road not taken. Commentary: Wickedly deflates the "It's a Wonderful Life" premise simply by having John of Gaunt be himself--confident, convinced that what he wants is surely for the best, and blunt enough to point out that most of the awful stuff that could have happened DID happen anyway. Also, Gaunt and the Black Prince are both believable and hysterical as brothers. Jesu dulcis memoria by angevin2 Master Ladislaus's only regret is that his greatest masterpiece--the Wilton Diptych--is one born of grief. Commentary: Brief, sorrowful and stunningly beautiful. I had a lump in my throat when I finished reading it. Remembrance of a Weeping Queen by angevin2 Anne of Bohemia contemplates her purpose in life. Commentary: It’s not easy dealing with public crises while coping with private grief. If you like royal ladies who make a difference in their world and who smile sweetly and gently despite heartbreak, this is for you. *** A STUDY IN EMERALD - NEIL GAIMAN: R'Iyeh Is Not An Empty House by Trobadora It all began because of the woman. *** ARTHURIAN MYTHOLOGY Wheels Within Wheels by Philipa_Moss “Have you heard?” Linet asked. “She’s back.” *** AUSTIN & MURRY-O'KEEFE FAMILIES - MADELEINE L'ENGLE Galois Theory by primeideal Five times everything fell into place. That Unexpected Fateful Hour, Once Again at Hand by ElegantPi Charles Wallace is assigned two new classmates and a task, just before his winter holiday. Wordless by CG (NYCScribbler) Three times Calvin O'Keefe hasn't known what to say. *** BENJAMIN JANUARY MYSTERIES - BARBARA HAMBLY Escargots by Nary Rose was not one to offer platitudes for a man she hadn't known, to a man who hadn't cared about him. "What killed him?" she asked instead, for she couldn't think of any reason why Shaw would be telling her about this if it had been a natural death. "Poison's our best guess." He paused, as if considering how to most gently say what was coming next. "He took his final meal at the Hotel Iberville last night. So as you might imagine, I got a pressin' need to speak with your nephew, Gabriel Corbier." Commentary: This story belongs to the women, and deservedly so. Rose January/Janvier is brilliant and shrewd and a fantastic scientific detective in 1830s New Orleans, while her sister-in-law Olympe Corbier solves half the mystery by deducing what posion was used. It's sharp, smoothly written and as thoroughly researched as any of the books. Honestly, you could drop this into Barbara Hambly's Good Man Friday (the book in which Benjamin January goes off to Washington DC, a trip which Rose mentions in passing) and it would fit in seamlessly. I'm honestly not sure that the person who wrote this for me isn't Barbara Hambly. If you love historical mysteries, stories featuring characters of color, or both, then read this story. Five moments in the life of Augustus Mayerling by sevenofspade Becoming Augustus Mayerling is a process. Commentary: The details of how Augustus Mayerling became Augustus Mayerling. Detailed, sharp and utterly right. Headcanon accepted. Magnificat in New Orleans by Taabe On the eve of Benjamin and Rose Vitrac January's first Christmas in their new home, at the end of a Reveillón, Ben and Hannibal have a run-in with a less peaceful holiday tradition, and they and Rose take a in young stranger in more need of help than even they realize. Commentary: Dazzlingly beautiful, brilliantly researched, and powerful enough to make your heart ache. A magnificent Magnificat. *** BISCLAVRET - MARIE DE FRANCE J'ai Vu le Loup by Gileonnen The hunt collapses the distance between man and beast. Commentary: A canonical medieval gay werewolf. I love it. *** CADFAEL CHRONICLES - ELLIS PETERS A Flourish of Gold by thelittlestbird When a murder disrupts the peace conference that might end the Anarchy, Brother Cadfael must solve one last mystery. Fortunately, he has some very competent people to help him. *** CANTERBURY TALES - GEOFFREY CHAUCER Mordre, She Wroot by sistermagpie At least one pilgrim will not make it to Canterbury. *** CHRONICLES OF NARNIA - C.S.LEWIS Clipsie the Mariner by Transposable_Element The episode of the Dufflepuds and the Magician's book, from the point of view of the Chief's daughter, Clipsie. Dark and Deep by the_rck Tumnus delivers Lucy to the White Witch, and Aslan never comes. All four children end up in Jadis's hands, and she decides to see what she can mold them into. *** CROSSOVERS Chronicles of Narnia/Harry Potter And Bide the Danger by MiraMira Susan Pevensie: former Unspeakable, legendary beauty, possible Dark witch. A young Amelia Bones, eager to make her mark on MLE, has just been assigned to track her down. But the further Amelia proceeds with her investigation, the more questions she uncovers - especially once she meets Susan herself. Dark Tower/The Stand On the Plains of the Crimson King by magistera Eight years after Randall Flagg was defeated, life goes on in the much-reduced circumstances of post-Trips America. But when Fran and Stu's son begins to have disturbing (and all-too-familiar) dreams, it's a sign of change to come. Commentary: This ties together the stories of The Stand and The Dark Tower, blending the worlds and explaining why Flagg saw Fran Goldsmith's baby as so much of a threat. The tone and the characterization are spot-on, and there's one action scene early on that chilled me. And despite all the supernatural occurrences, which are handled beautifully, this world is solidly grounded. It feels real. Honest to God, if I didn't know better, I'd think that Stephen King fanficced himself. Doctor Who/Mrs. Pollifax - Dorothy Gilman Mrs. Pollifax and the Christmas Party by Emiline “Since you mention it, there was something else,” she admitted. “I’d like you both to come to my Christmas party this year.” With gate-crashing by the unstoppable Jack Harkness. Doctor Who/Wicked Voice - Vernon Lee The Sapphire of Rassilon by zopyrus All Grace Holloway wanted was an ordinary night at the San Francisco Opera. But when the Doctor shows up unexpectedly (again), Grace finds herself travelling back to 18th-century Venice—with a stop along the way to pick up the forgotten Victorian author, Vernon Lee. Murdered composers, lesbian drama, opera singers, and more! Commentary: A gorgeous crossover with the Eighth Doctor and a canon called A Wicked Voice, set mostly in Venice of the 1700s and 1800s. It's a gorgeous story--vivid and colorful, and capable of making you see the Venice of both time periods. This is a story to get lost it. Read it. You'll be glad that you did. Dresden Files - Jim Butcher/Tale of the Five Series - Diane Duane Fire Working by melannen Herewiss goes through a Door that is probably not the Door into Starlight, and meets a man who uses the Fire. Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare/Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespeare/Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. by fresne Perhaps, the story went this way. Perhaps, it went that way. Perhaps. *** DRESDEN FILES - JIM BUTCHER Johnny's Little Secret by shiplizard A mafia errand boy worries about his junior partner. Slash implied, friendship explicit. Rated Teen for language. *** EAGLES ARE TURNING PEOPLE INTO HORSES: THE MOVIE (2009) Eagles are Turning People Into Horses: The Movie: II: The Horses That Used To Be People But Were Turned Into Horses By Eagles Strike Back: The Revengening by KiaraSayre "This is real life, Brian. There's no ignoring the fact that eagles are turning people into horses. We just have to learn to live with it." Commentary: Glorious crackfic. Every line made me smile, grin or laugh. Quintessentially Yuletide. *** ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN THEATRE & LITERATURE RPF Sad Stories of the Death of Kings by angevin It's 1593, and Kit Marlowe is trying out a new genre. Commentary: If you're intimidated by the canon's title, don't be. Kit Marlowe and Will Shakespeare are playwrights and rivals, each criticizing each other's work while writing plays that are strongly influenced by the same. Marlowe is gloriously OTT, as he was in real life, and Shakespeare is the ultimate fanboy who can't quite tell if his idol is flirting or not. This made me smile. A lot. *** EVERY HEART A DOORWAY - SEANAN McGUIRE The Mirror Cracked From Side to Side by Amazing_E_Ko Nancy has left her old life behind, but when Jack comes tumbling through a portal bearing news of an apocalypse, her sister speaking prophecy from beyond death, Nancy is pulled back into the world of living, breathing things. With the help of Kade and Christopher they must unravel the mystery of the disappearing worlds, and uncover the truth behind all their journeys. Post-canon. Commentary: Absolute magic. I am not entirely certain that the writer isn't really Seanan McGuire. And I am so very grateful that I found this story. *** FAIRY TALES AND FOLKLORE Der Rattenfänger von Hameln | The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Fairy Tale) If I Miss You Call the Tune by lalalalalawhy It is 100 light years since our children left. Commentary: A fairy tale retelling in space. Heartwrenching and so, so good. Sneedronningen | The Snow Queen - Hans Christian Andersen The Enchanted Hawk by Alona In which the robber girl encounters a dysfunctional royal family and makes the most of it. Commentary: The robber girl--no longer so little--is beautifully sly, cunning and practical, defying conventions both in her world and in ours. She doesn't assume that enchanted animals are necessarily truthful, she takes the time to scout out a situation, and she knows what she wants and goes after it cheerfully and unashamedly. I'd love to read more about her and her adventures. *** FALLEN LONDON (FORMERLY ECHO BAZAAR) Fortune, Fate, Freedom by escritoireazul Are we the sum of our choices, or are we our fate? Commentary: A Choose Your Own Adventure tale about the Cheesemonger, the finest of all spies. Hard To Find by Kastaka As if the Comtessa would let a little thing like social ostracism stand in her way. Commentary: When this was first published, it was the first Echo Bazaar fic I'd ever seen, and it continues the story of the subject character--the Missing Comtessa--smashingly, not to mention capturing the atmosphere of the twisted world of Fallen London so well. If you know the game of Echo Bazaar, you'll love it. If you don't know the game, you'll STILL love it, plus the story may inspire interest in the game. Either way, you win! or leave it by anstaar A tough shares their story. *** FIREFLY Can’t Take The Sky by Glinda Serenity does not understand grief; Serenity understands grief all too well. Inundation by lilacsigil When knowledge is power, it's important to keep knowledge controlled. Shepherd Book is here to help. *** GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY Medusa's Tale by Area51Fugitive Ah. You've come. I knew you would. Commentary: The very best retelling of the Medusa myth I've ever read, and the only one that ever made me cry. *** HARRY POTTER - J.K. ROWLING Poseidon's Prisoner by esteoflorien Young Cassiopeia Black sets off in search of her brother - and receives assistance from an unlikely person, making her reconsider the way she previously viewed her world. *** HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES Mnemosyne by Medie Wounds of the flesh heal easily for Immortals, the ones of the soul, less so. Commentary: A sympathetic and angry Cassandra, after the Horsemen Arc. *** HIS DARK MATERIALS - PHILIP PULLMAN Valleys of the Shadows by finch (afinch) This is not a happy story. This is the story of three girls who find themselves in the middle of a new African war. There are witches' revolts, daring escapes, the killing of the bears, echoes of freedom, the lack of mercy of the pirates, chains stronger than any steel, and three deaths, one by one by one. This is not a happy story, there are no happy endings, no miracles, no subtle knife, and no angels. This is the story of three girls, a slave, an unwilling pawn, and a refugee. This is story of three girls and three dæmons. *** INVISIBLE LIBRARY: FANWORKS BASED ON IMAGINARY WORKS MENTIONED IN FICTION Miserable Les, Les Misérables - All Media Types, Discworld - Terry Pratchett Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably-priced love! And a black coffee! by greenet Wherein everybody is protesting, drinking a whole lot of coffee, and falling in and out of love. Nina Lightfingers learns to appreciate the elegance of a lady’s fan wielded with murderous intent, Petiterre is over-caffeinated, Evgeni is banned from reading self-help books, and Brusher is over-protective. Among other things. Commentary: If Terry Pratchett had written an in-universe musical about the events of Night Watch, it would have been this story. That is to say, it would have been perfect. P.S. Miserable Les is mentioned as a possible opera in Maskerade. *** JOHN LEWIS CHRISTMAS ADVERTS Please, please, please... by AdaptationDecay Lewis knows exactly what he wants for Christmas. Commentary: This is a stealth crossover, but I'm not going to mention what it's crossed with. That would spoil the impact of the reveal. *** MARY POPPINS (1964) Pictures in the Pavement and Magic in the Rain by El Staplador (elstaplador) Time moves on, and when the wind changes, things happen. Usually Mary Poppins is there, somewhere. *** NCIS No Such Thing by circ_bamboo There's no such thing as zombies. (Or: People should have realized that, sooner or later, pouring the liquefied remnants of corpses in the municipal water supply was going to lead to zombies.) Commentary: Absolutely the best and the funniest zombie story I've ever read! The NCIS team is spot-on as a bad situation snowballs gloriously. Also, I will never think of cedar shavings, sodium intake or tiki torches the same way again! P.S. Here are more sources about resomation: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-14114555 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_hydrolysis_(body_disposal) https://funeralbooker.com/blog/everything-need-know-resomation/ *** ONCE UPON A TIME (TV) Staying Found by misscam “I will always find you,” they say. And they did. Now they just have to get used to having been found again, together again, a relationship again, all the little things again. [Snow/Charming + minor Emma, Henry, Belle] *** PETER PAN - J.M. BARRIE The Art of Becoming by LostWendy1 “Every child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly. All he thinks he has a right to when he comes to you to be yours is fairness. After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but will never afterwards be the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter. He often met it, but he always forgot it. I suppose that was the real difference between him and all the rest.” (Peter Pan, Barrie) Commentary: The story of Mr. Darling--and the origins of Captain Hook. *** PRINCELESS There's No Such Thing As Elegators by psocoptera Sparky, Adrienne, and Bedelia have an encounter in the grasslands. Commentary: You don't often hear stories from the dragon's point of view. *** REBECCA - DAPHNE DU MAURIER A Thousand Words, Or Simply Three by Skogkatt Danny, faced with a new mistress of vastly inferior rank, ruminates on the past. *** RUBYQUEST Rubyquest II: The Island by AdaptationDecay In your inventory, you have two walkie-talkies and an empty champagne bottle. Time to save the world... *** SHAKESPEARE King Lear - Shakespeare 'Tis Strange by lorata Lear Enterprises' CEO prepares to divide his company's controlling shares between his daughters and their subsidiaries. Edmund, non-powered and disaffected son in a superhero family, plots to turn villain. Regan and Goneril abandon their father to the zombies after he endangers their safehouses one too many times. Gloucester scours open space for the former commander of the star system, set adrift in a malfunctioning lifepod. Cordelia and her dragon prepare to take on her sisters with the help of the French aerial dragon corps. Some stories aren't just universal, they're multiversal. The tale of King Lear, from eleven different worlds. When She Was Bad by lorata LEAR: Then let them anatomize Regan. See what breeds about her heart. Is there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts? Act 3, Scene 6 SERVANT: If she live long, And in the end meet the old course of death, Women will all turn monsters. Act 3, Scene 7 Even the sweetest pup will bite if handled roughly, and Regan is no innocent. The making of a girl who embraced her demons and turned them to her purpose. Richard II - Shakespeare A Signet On Thine Arm by skazka Kisse he me with the cos of his mouth. For thi tetis ben betere than wyn, and yyuen odour with beste oynementis. Richard and Anne make out in the bath. Privilege by angevin2 Richard kissed a girl and he liked it. And then things got really complicated. Six Variations on Loyalty by angevin2 The King's party (for it is, in fact, still the King's party) has not even left Flint Castle for London before Henry of Hereford, now styling himself Henry of Lancaster, begins trying to seduce Edward of Aumerle. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart by Aris Merquoni (ArisTGD) Soulbonds between men and women are the most romantic form of marriage in the known world. Soulbonds between men and men make bards and poets salivate with the prospect of terrible, epic tragedy. Richard and Henry think that bards and poets are assholes. Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare Starling by loathlylady Rosaline in the hot sun. *** STORIES BASED ON ARTWORKS La fiancée hésitante | The Hesitant Betrothed - Auguste Toulmouche Les Femmes Acharnées by Violsva Blanche has a plan, Céleste has a plan - really, everyone has a plan. Commentary: An excellent story of marriage, murder and female friendship. *** SWAN LAKE (BALLET) Juno's Swans by La Reine Noire (lareinenoire) And wheresoever we went, like Juno's swans, / Still we went coupled and inseparable. *** THE GOBLIN EMPEROR - KATHERINE ADDISON Passage by bigsunglasses Released from his role as Prince by the birth of a son to the Emperor and Empress, Idra is allowed to attend university. But he can't escape his past so easily, or perhaps at all, particularly not when he meets someone who walks under a similar shadow ... Three years post-canon. *** THE SANDMAN The First Conversation with Death by evilhippo What happens when someone is no longer an aspect of the Endless? (An imagined epilogue to The Wake.) *** THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK (PLAY) like brambles to the cedars by angevin2 Queen Anne isn't used to English customs. It doesn't help that her husband and his uncles can't agree on what they are. Commentary: This is the story of a gentle young woman adjusting to life far from home and adjusting to political currents she doesn’t quite understand. If you like sweet and feminine Sansa Stark singing songs or sewing expertly, you’ll love this. *** THURSDAY'S CHILDREN - RUMER GODDEN A Bitter God to Follow by Bakcheia In which everybody is in love with ballet dancer Yuri Koszorz, including Yuri. Commentary: A story of seductive charm and self-absorption. Yuri is a likable young man, even as he heedlessly captivates everyone around him, not caring whether anyone gets hurt. *** WATERSHIP DOWN - RICHARD ADAMS The Story of Hrayatha and the Rabbit Who Left No Tracks by Luzula Pipkin listens to a story. Post-canon. *** WENDY TRILOGY - S.J. TUCKER (SONG CYCLE) Always keep your head by LeaperSonata So Wendy'd got herself a crew of ruthless men and brave and they'd terrorize the Lost Boys each and every Saturday. One day Wendy says to Peter, "I'd like more girls on my crew." So Peter goes a-hunting Lost Girls and brings back Green-eyed Sue. Commentary: You don't have to know S.J. Tucker's songs--specifically, the Wendy Trilogy--to understand this story about the time when Wendy Darling became a pirate called Red-Handed Jill. This story is about Green-Eyed Sue, Jill's first mate, but more than that, it's about finding the place where you belong. Most of all, it's about identity and love and being honest with yourself. Highly recommended. Journey's End by eris_kyrall (kereia) The decision to go back home had not come easily to Wendy Darling, and the hardest part of it was saying goodbye. Commentary: This story deals with Wendy's departure from Neverland, but it treats her decision to leave as right and natural, as if Wendy were a potted plant that had outgrown its container. At the same time, it shows that those who didn't follow Wendy home were also right. Also, I love the female friendship in this story. Bittersweet.

#snowflake challenge 2018 #fic recs #long post

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Charmed Again: Season 2 (Charmed Fanfic)

Episode 4 - Demonic Family Values

Warnings: I don’t own the rights to any of the characters from the hit TV show “Charmed” or the storylines related to the show those rights belong to original creator Constance M Burge.

15+ Moderate/Graphic Displays of Violence, Sexual Innuendos, Witchcraft and Potentially Triggering Scenes.

“OK what have I done now?” Quinn asked nervously after orbing into the clouds to meet head elder Paige. “If it’s about that kiss technically it was only a half kiss as half of it happened in a dream so I should only be half punished. Please don’t let them relocate me again or god forbid recycle me.

“Calm down Quinn for once I’m not calling you up here because you’re in trouble.” Paige replied to him once she was done laughing at his nervous outburst. “I actually have some pretty amazing news for you.”

“Is this elder’s style of good news or your style of good news? Either way some good news would be highly appreciated right now.” Quinn wondered.

“I forced the elders’ hand and finally got them to do away with the rule forbidden white lighters from dating demons meaning if you still want to be with Drake there’s no longer anything standing in your way.” Paige revealed to a stunned Quinn who was left completely speechless by her words.

Drake had sat both Paul and Pan down at the table within the dining room of their family home and explained to him his plans to make Eve human again by making someone else take her place as the source of all evil.

“So, you’re wanting our help to expel your mother’s powers and then dump them in some other demon ultimately make a whole new source of all evil?” Pan asked as she stood up from her chair to face her nephew. “Tell me something Drake, have you completely and utter lost your mind?”

“Pan…” Paul began to say as he too stood up from his chair.

“Don’t Paul,” Pan snapped at her older brother. “You know as well as I do, making another source of all evil is a terrible plan!”

“Look I’m not saying this plan is one of my best or that it’s anything other than crazy but hey crazy is the way of life around here.” Drake explained to them both. “All we have to do is lures some lower level demon into a trap, turn them into the source and then vanquish them. It’s actually really simple once you ignore all the crazy.”

“Simple,” Pan scoffed. “There is nothing simple about turning the current source human to then create a new one so we can vanquish them and all this hinges on the hope that you can actually trust Eve.”

“I’m willing to do whatever it takes to be with my son.” Eve told everyone after appearing into the room within a burst of flames. “However, I do have one little condition.”

“Of course, you bloody do!” Pan snapped at the source of all evil.

“When my powers are removed, I want them to be given to my father making him the new source of all evil and appeasing him for my decision to leave the Underworld forever.” Eve revealed to the charmed ones leaving them all shocked to learn she has a father.

“Who’s your father?” Drake asked his mother but before she could answer the demon wearing Eric Morgan’s body blinked into the dining room wearing triad robes.

“This has got to be some kind of cruel joke.” Paul declared upon seeing the demon in Eric Morgan’s form.

“That bastard killed Lacey!” Pan shouted before raising her hands to explode the demon only for him to be lightly wounded in the shoulder.

“You seriously expect me to grant power to the person who not only killed my best friend and her father but still has the disrespect to wear his body.” Drake asked Eve, furious with the reveal his long-lost grandfather was behind his father figure’s demise.

“I was simply following a plan which mission was to darken you heart and force your hand to join your mother and I in the underworld.” The demon pretending to be Eric told his grandson Drake. “However, I see now that you will never join us and I’m slowly learning to accept that. By the way if it makes things easier my real name is Titus.”

“The only thing you need to accept is the excruciating pain that’s coming your way at my hands I’m going to make you suffer in ways you never thought possible break into pieces you can recover from and once you’re well and truly broken beyond repair only then will I grant you the mercy of death.” Drake threatened his demonic grandfather as he got up in his face.

“It seems you do take after our side in some ways.” Titus replied with a proud smile.

“I think we should hear them out.” Paul suggested causing both Drake and Pan to turn and look at him with confusion on their faces before he turned to face Eve. “Please give us time to discuss this among each other.”

Eve nodded her head in acceptance to Paul before her and her father Titus disappeared within a burst of flames.

“There’s nothing to discuss if she had told me about that condition earlier I would’ve just vanquished her on the spot there is no chance I’m making the murderer of my best friend and her father the source of all evil that’s just like giving him a trophy for what he’s done when all he deserves is a very painful vanquishing.” Drake snapped at his father.

“I’m with Drake on this one Paul,” Pan sided with her nephew. “The only spell we should be casting for this Titus is a vanquishing one.”

“Before you are both so quick to turn against me you should probably shut up and listen to my plan.” Paul said with a cunning smile which instantly made both Drake and Pan smile, knowing he was plotting a twist they’d be on board with.

“Hey.” Drake greeted Cindy as he walked into Devilish Delights to find Cindy drinking champagne behind the bar counter while the rest of the club was empty.

“If this is some kind of human training day then I’m pulling a human sick day.” Cindy replied as Drake walked over to the bar.

“Actually, it’s a I have far too much crazy running about my mind, so I need drink kind of day.” Drake admitted to her.

“Since when was crazy a bad thing?” Cindy joked as she took a drink of her champagne.

“Wait a minute,” Drake said while looking around the empty club. “This place opened like an hour ago why is it so empty?”

“Yeah about that I kind of made a deal with an angel…” Cindy began to say as Quinn took orbed onto the stage holding a microphone much to Drake’s confusion ad Quinn began singing I can’t live if living is without you really badly.

“What the hell?” Drake wondered as he continued to listen to Quinn butcher one of his favorite songs.”

“I just want to say when I agreed to this, I thought he’d sound like an angel.” Cindy told Drake before Drake began walking towards the stage before climbing onto the stage making Quinn stop singing.

“What the hell are you doing?” Drake asked as he couldn’t help but laugh.

“Serenading the one I love or at the very least attempting to.” Quinn replied to him, clearly nervous of Drake’s response.

“What did you just say?” Drake questioned him, wanting confirmation.

“I’m in love with you Drake and I always have been.” Quinn revealed as he dropped the mic onto the stage floor and pulled Drake’s body in towards him for a passionate kiss causing an overlooking Cindy to smile at the couple’s reunion.

“What about the elders and their rules?” Drake said after pulling himself away from Quinn reluctantly.

“The rules don’t exist anymore so there’s nothing stopping us from being together anymore.” Quinn replied before kissing Drake once again. “That’s if you want to be with me.”

“Of course, I do you bloody idiot I’ve always wanted to be with you.” Drake admitted as he pulled Quinn in closer to him as the new couple began passionately kissing before blinking out of Devilish Delights and into Drake’s bedroom back in the Halliwell Manor as the two began tearing at each other’s clothes before Quinn threw Drake down on his bed and quickly climbed on top of him much to Drake’s excitement.

“I mean considering you normally leave all planning to me this is pretty genius but Drake’s still going to have to kill his own blood albeit this one is a cold-blooded best friend and best friend’s father killer.” Pan told her brother as the two sat on the couch at Paul’s office within the Stevens and Summers law firm as they ate some Chinese takeout.

“True but I’d rather it be this Titus guy than Eve because no matter how hard I try to paint her the villain she was treated just as badly by our family as she treated us and she really wants a relationship with her son it’s only fair we both get that chance.” Paul admitted to his sister.

“You’re right I guess despite how much I’m pissed at Eve I can understand why she chose that path and if she seriously wants to seek redemption then we’ve got no choice but to help her.” Pan reluctantly replied. “I’m just dreading how she’ll react when she learns we’ve tricked her and killed her father.”

“I think she’ll understand in her own way why we double crossed her besides she’s double crossed us enough times she should really see this one coming.” Paul laughed while continuing to tuck into his Chinese while using his chopsticks.

“I can’t believe after decades of drama with Eve she’s finally going to be human I just can’t get my head around the idea of a human Eve.” Pan explained to her brother.

“I suppose the idea of Eve being human complicates your newly found single status even further.” Paul said to his sister. “Especially considering Eve was your first love.”

“Don’t remind me how my love life has once again taken another tragic dive.” Pan moaned. “I mean Lacey quit as our white lighter just so she doesn’t have to see me anymore and that’s still a better break up than Eve who literally ditched me for hell.”

“Lacey didn’t break up with you to hurt you she’s just trying to find her way being a white lighter which is a back change from being an alive detective and maybe just maybe she has a point about her living forever and you not.” Paul explained.

“Our grandmother married a white lighter our grandfather Leo and they managed to make it work just fine.” Pan argued as she placed her take out box onto a nearby table.

“I know they made it work but just because they did doesn’t mean you and Lacey were I’m not trying to belittle what you and Lacey have but I don’t want you to get your hopes up either.” Paul told his sister as he placed his Chinese container on the same table.

“Well I’m not giving up…just yet anyways.” Pan replied.

“I can’t believe that after all this time we’re finally together,” Drake said to Quinn as the two laid in Drake’s bed looking deeply into each other’s eyes while completely naked, only the bedding covering their naked bodies. “There was a part of me that thought we’d never happen.”

“I never gave up hoping for this day I would’ve waited centuries even if they only allowed me a single day of being able to love you without any rules.” Quinn admitted to Drake before kissing him on the lips.

“You really do have a way of making me love you more and more each day.” Drake replied before pulling Quinn in closer to him and beginning to passionately kiss him as Quinn found himself on top of Drake once again only to be interrupted by a loud knocking noise before Pan let herself into the room.

“Oh, my actual god!” Pan said in shock as Drake and Quinn separated their bodies and remained hidden under the covers. “I promise I don’t keep doing this on purpose it’s like there’s some twisted angel of destiny determined to make us all go to therapy.”

“It’s okay Pan I’m beginning to get used to you gate crashing in on all my personal moments.” Drake joked.

“On the plus side, yay! You two are finally together.” Pan cheered before Quinn and Drake both gave her an unimpressed look.

“Thanks, but can you leave until we find our clothes and we’ll meet you in the attic.” Drake replied to his aunt.

“Yeah sure…sorry.” Pan apologised nervously before beginning to walk out. “Please take your time.”

Pan walked into the attic of the Halliwell Manor still pretty traumatized by what she had recently walked in on in her nephew’s bedroom although somewhat happy for the couple at the same time before noticing Paul stood behind the book of shadows flipping through the pages of the book.

“Don’t tell me Drake is still in bloody bed I get he works weird hours and that tires him out but we’re literally about to turn his mother human.” Paul complained to his sister who couldn’t help but laugh.

“I’m fairly certain it’s not his job that tired him out,” Pan cackled to herself as she continued to walk towards her brother. “Let’s just say he’s getting changed and will be here right away.”

“Fine I guess we should call for Quinn while we wait for Drake.” Paul replied.

“Yeah you’re probably going to want to wait a minute or two before you call for the white lighter.” Pan suggested to him.

“Quinn!” Paul shouted, ignoring his sister’s request before being left shocked when Quinn orbed into the attic still buttoning up his shirt.

“I’m here,” Quinn said nervously while finishing buttoning up his shirt. “Who needs healing?”

“Nobody needs healing,” Paul responded with a confused look on his face. “Why are you only just getting changed now? Is everybody having a lazy day?”

“Let’s just say it’s been a busy day for everyone.” Pan told her brother trying to throw him off the scent.

“Okay so I guess it’s time to start prepping for this spell.” Drake said as he walked into the attic and finished putting his t-shirt on making Paul click to what had just went down between his white lighter and his son.

“Oh god,” Paul said with a disgusted look on his face. “Let’s just file whatever this is under to be talked about…never!”

“Sounds good to me.” Pan replied as Drake and Quinn shared a flirtatious smile towards each other.

“So, we cast this spell which will allow Eve’s powers to transfer to her devil daddy making him the source of all evil.” Paul began to explain, eager to change the current subject.

“Then I’ll blink Eve somewhere as far away as possible so she can’t stop what we do next.” Drake continued to speak the plan as he walked over to stand next to Paul and Pan.

“While I freeze the father so he can’t escape us.” Pan revealed her part of the plan.

“And then we cast the source vanquishing spell…” Paul said, continuing to explain their plan.

“And then we all live happily ever after.” Quinn butted in while smiling from ear to ear, looking at Drake, the man he loved.

“Before everyone lives happily ever after we should probably tell Lacey we’re intending on killing her fake daddy you know the guy who killed her real daddy.” Drake told them all. “She deserves to know we’re avenging not only her death but her father’s too.”

“You’re right.” Pan agreed.

“I’m glad you said that,” Drake said with a slightly sinister smirk before waving his hand in front of Pan and shouting. “Go to Lacey.”

Pan instantly blinked away within a second due to Drake’s powers instantly making Paul chuckle at what his son just did.

“She is totally going to kill you for making her be the one to speak to Lacey.” Paul joked with his son.

“Yeah well sometimes love’s worth fighting for.” Drake replied while looking in Quinn’s eyes lovingly and Quinn responded with pure admiration.

“Okay I am glad you guys have finally worked stuff out but I’m still the dad around here so at least try and pretend you guys didn’t just have sex under my roof.” Paul said while rolling his eyes at the two lovers.

Pan blinked into the kitchen of Lacey’s new apartment shocking Lacey in the process who was sat at her kitchen counter drinking a glass of wine.

“Pan what are you doing here?” Lacey asked her as she stood up from her chair and placed her glass down on the counter. “I didn’t expect to see you today…well I didn’t expect to see you anytime soon to be honest.”

“I wasn’t exactly planning to visit you anytime soon either but something really important has come up.” Pan revealed to her. “We’re about to kill the demon who killed you and your father, and we thought you should be informed by one of us…Drake decided it should be me.”

“I want to be there Pan I need to be there I want my face to be the last he sees before he dies.” Lacey told her ex-girlfriend.

“I had a feeling you were going to say that but it’s not safe for anyone to be there unless they’re a charmed one.” Pan explained to her. “Quinn’s only on standby I case well in case one or all of us get injured.”

“Pan this demon killed my father played mind games with me and then killed me too.” Lacey argued with her. “I want to be there to see put to an end.”

“I understand that, but this is the most dangerous thing we’ve ever done and neither of us can afford to go into it worrying about you.” Pan told her. “Please just stay away and allow us to do what we do best.”

“You’re right,” Lacey replied reluctantly. “The power of three were born to vanquish evil like him…just be careful!”

“You should really get yourself to the elders to inform them of our plans.” Drake suggested to Quinn as he pulled himself off his white lighter following a heavy make out session on the stairs leading to the foyer of the family home. “We need them in the know and on standby in case anything goes wrong.”

“Just know I’ll be ready when you call you three have got this!” Quinn replied to Drake. “I love you!”

“I love you too.” Drake responded with a smile before kissing Quinn who orbed away mid kiss, much to Drake’s frustration. “Yeah that’s going to take some getting used to.”

“What are you doing here mum?” Drake asked as he walked into his bedroom to find his mother Eve stood there waiting for him.

“I just felt like checking in to see if you are willing to accept my conditions.” Eve replied to her son.

“Only you would have conditions for being able to be my mother.” Drake snapped at her.

“You have conditions for me to be your mother too.” Eve snapped back. “Like mother like son some would say.”

“I guess we have more in common than I thought then.” Drake said with a sincere smile. “We very reluctantly agree to your conditions because I want you in my life.”

“Good,” Eve answered while smiling back at her son. “I’m promise after today I’m finally going to start being the mother, I should’ve been from the very start”

“I so badly want to believe you because for some reason I really do love you mum.” Drake admitted to her.

“Drake…” Eve began to say as she walked towards her son. “You have got to believe me when I say I’m going to make up for everything I know I’ve handled things superbly bad since we met again but I now see this is the only way for me to truly get to be your mother and I promise you nothing in this world will stop me from being your mum.”

“That’s what I’ve always wanted to hear from you.” Drake revealed as he hugged his mum tightly.

“I really do love you my darling boy.” Eve told her son while continuing to hold him tighter.

“I think it’s time to get this all over and done with already.” Titus told the charmed ones who were all stood behind the book of shadows while he and Eve stood in front of them.

“I couldn’t agree more.” Pan said while delivering a look of hate towards Titus as she walked over to Eve and dropped a potion vile down at Eve’s feet making dark black orbs appear from out of the source of all evil before the orbs quickly traveled over to her father Titus.

Before the charmed ones had a chance to continue their master-plan, they were left stunned when Lacey orbed in and threw several potions at Titus, none of which did anything to the new source of all evil.

“Lacey, I told you to stay the hell away!” Pan snapped at the detective turned white lighter just before Titus summoned a fireball above his hand and launched it at Lacey throwing her right out the attic and falling down the stairs making Pan scream. “Lacey!”

Pan went to run towards her injured ex before Titus summoned another energy ball and launched it at her causing Pan to go flying into a nearby wall before harshly hitting the ground.

“Dad what the hell are you doing?” Eve shouted at her father before he waved his hand in her direction and magically sending her flying across the attic, hitting the floor next to Pan.

Drake quickly rushed over towards Titus eager to fight the new source of all evil but before he got a chance Titus launched several fireballs at the Halliwell hybrid sending him flying across the other end of the attic and crashing into a table.

“Quinn!” Paul shouted frantically and repeatedly.

“Yeah he’s not coming anytime soon my fellow members of the triad have cast a spell to trap your little white lighter.” Titus boasted to the last man standing.

“We gave you what you wanted.” Paul snapped at the new source before Titus waved his hand and telekinetic-ally sent the eldest charmed one flying into a nearby wall.

Titus quickly turned his attention to his own daughter as he walked over to Eve and picked her up by the throat.

“Father why are you doing this?” She asked while struggling to speak as her father strangled her.

“You have been nothing but a disappointment to me your entire life!” Titus said to his daughter coldly as he pulled out an athame and stabbed her in the chest before dropping her onto the floor to bleed out as Drake slowly rose to his feet. “You were dead to me the moment you took up with this family.”

“Mum!” Drake screamed as Titus disappeared within a burst of flames before Drake rushed over to his mum, kneeling over to pick her bloodied and dying body into his arms. “Mum!”

Drake continued to hold his dying mother Eve in his arms as she continued to bleed out while Paul and Pan slowly got back on their feet.

“Quinn!” Drake screamed at the top of his voice as his eyes flooded with tears. “Aunt Paige! Someone!”

“Nobody’s coming,” Eve told her son while she continued to cough up blood. “But it’s okay because I lived a long life far longer than most.”

“No mummy I can’t lose you I only just got you back.” Drake sobbed as his heart began to break. “I need you mum! Please don’t die on me now.”

“I will never regret a single moment we shared together,” Eve told her son, knowing she was about to die. “Giving birth to you and holding you in my arms was the happiest day of my life.”

“Just hold on okay,” Drake pleaded with his mother as his voice began to break while Paul and Pan began to cry along with him. “Just hold on a little longer you’re going to make it.”

“Drake…you truly are remarkable in every way.” Eve said as her eyes slowly began to close. “You’ve made me so incredibly proud.”

“Mum…wake up.” Drake sobbed as he began shaking his mother’s unconscious body. “Mummy please wake up.”

“Drake...” Paul began to say.

“Wake up!” Drake screamed repeatedly before hugging his mother one last time. “Please don’t leave me I can’t lose another parent!”

“I’m so sorry Drake.” Pan cried. “She’s gone.”

“No, she’s not.” Drake said in defiance before softly placing his mother’s body on to the floor and standing up and beginning to walk over to the book of shadows. “There will be some spell to bring her back or we can wake Lacey up and get her to heal mum. We can find Quinn and get him to heal her.”

“Son you know white lighters can’t heal the dead and I’m sorry but there’s no spell to bring her back.” Paul told his son.

“I’m not losing another parent I can’t lose another parent.” Drake snapped while beginning to cry more frantically, breaking down in front of his aunt and his father. “She’s my mum I’ve already lost one I can’t lose another. What’s the point I magic if I can’t even save my mum. I can’t go through this again. She can’t just be gone.”

Paul quickly rushed over to Drake as his son fell to his knees and sobbed onto the floor destroyed by his mother’s death while Pan continued to cry as she watch her brother try and fail to console his son as he continued to let out screams of pure devastation.

A completely defeated looking Pan walked downstairs of the Halliwell Manor and into the foyer to meet a guilty looking Lacey who had been informed her interference resulting in her best friend losing another mother.

“How is he?” Lacey asked, fearing the answer.

“How do you think he is,” Pan snapped at her. “He’s just lost his third parent the boy is broken. I told you to stay away!”

“Pan that demon killed my father there was no way I could’ve just stayed away.” Lacey tried to explain herself.

“If you had trusted us none of this would ever have happened.” Pan cried. “Drake’s going through something he should’ve never had to go through especially for a third time and your partly to blame for his pain. I will never forgive you for what you’ve done!”

“Please just let me see him speak to him tell him I’m sorry.” Lacey pleaded with her. “He’s my best friend.”

“You need to leave…” Pan told her as her voice began to break. “You need to leave and never come back!”

Several days had passed and Drake had barely got out of his bed, struggling to overcome his grief for his mother worrying Paul, Pan and Quinn increasingly with each day leaving them completely exhausted as they kept a joint 24-hour watch on him.

“He’s barely ate moved or bathed in days.” Paul told Pan and Quinn as they all stood in the upstairs hallway of the Halliwell Manor. “I’m beginning to worry what will happen to him if we don’t intervene.”

“Paul he just lost his mother it’s going to take him a long time to heal we didn’t exactly get over our mother’s death within a matter of days.” Pan explained to her brother.

“He’s already lost a mother and a father…losing them almost destroyed him and he was only just beginning to heal from that loss and now he’s lost Eve.” Paul argued with his sister. “I really don’t think he’s going to make it through this loss.”

“Paul what you’re talking about is a violation of the mind.” Quinn told his charge.

“There’s no other way I can think to make him okay and all I want is for him to be okay.” Paul began to cry. “He’s a shell of himself right now and I’m beyond terrified we may never get him back if we don’t act now.”

“Paul’s right,” Pan eventually agreed as she reached out and held her brother’s hand. “Drake’s lost more already than most people lose throughout the entirety of their lives he may not get through this loss.”

“Then I guess we do what we need to do in the name of protecting him.” Quinn agreed reluctantly.

“My sister may be able to manipulate dreams, but I can manipulate memories.” Cindy revealed after shimmering into the hallway. “Luckily for you guys I care about that hybrid in there.”

“How does this work?” Paul asked his son’s demonic boss.

“I’ll remove all memories of Eve from his mind so that it’ll be like she never existed.” Cindy explained to the three of them. “Every other memory will remain intact everything that happened because of her will be remembered the same by him including him remember who his father is, who he loves and who his aunt is. All he will remember about this day is that you tried to stop Titus the source of all evil and use failed.”

“This doesn’t feel right at all!” Quinn snapped.

“This is the only way!” Paul snapped back at Quinn.

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off the rack #1279

Sunday, September 15, 2019

I'm posting this a day early because I've decided to go fishing tomorrow morning, possibly for the last time this season. It's been very windy this weekend which has kept me off the water. The winds tomorrow morning are supposed to be light so I will get on the lake and try my luck. My expectations are low as fall temperatures have settled in and my lake seems to be fished out. I've seen many boats in previous years and I am sure not everyone was following the rules of size and limits. I noticed a lot less boats out this year most likely because people aren't catching anything and not returning. I am happy if I land one fish and just enjoy my time doing something I love to do. I'll be busy doing the Capital Comic Book Convention next weekend, September 22. Dear friends from Calgary are visiting the weekend after that (September 29) and the weekend after that (October 5) we're doing a road trip to Freeport, Maine. I hope I don't get detained at the border.

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Ironheart #10 - Eve L. Ewing (writer) Luciano Vecchio (art) Geoffo (layouts) Matt Milla (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Riri and Shuri must stop a villain from gaining unlimited power but they are up against some group that includes a long lost relative of Riri's. This mystery is enough to keep me reading.

Moon Knight Annual #1 - Cullen Bunn (writer) Ibrahim Moustafa & Matt Horak (art) Mike Spicer (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). This is an "Acts of Evil" one-shot. The basic concept of "Acts of Evil" is a super hero versus a super villain story. Here we have Moon Knight trying to keep Kang the Conqueror from getting three Egyptian artefacts that will give the bad guy complete control over time and remake reality in his own image. I should have stopped reading as soon as I saw who the villain was. Marc Spector jumps around in time and gets help from other Moon Knights to thwart Kang. Reality is saved once again. The end. These kinds of stories don't thrill me.

Detective Comics #1011 - Peter J. Tomasi (writer) Christian Duce (art) Luis Guerrero (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). This issue along with #1010 was a nice two-parter with Batman versus Deadshot but it wasn't very interesting. I liked the two old World War II castaways but I didn't like this version of Deadshot. I like it better when Deadshot is a semi-good guy.

Punisher Kill Krew #2 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Juan Ferreyra (art) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This book is just too ridiculously fun. Frank finds an unexpected ally while hunting down the frost giant that killed a family during the War of the Realms. It's the last person that I would have expected to be in this story. The last page has another surprise appearance that makes me want to read the next issue for sure.

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Catwoman #15 - Ram V (writer) Mirka Andolfo (art) Arif Prianto (colours) Saida Temofonte (letters). I didn't mind Selina's move to Villa Hermosa after the non-nuptials but the change in writer and artist lowered my enjoyment of this title. I will be putting the cat out after this issue.

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Loki #3 - Daniel Kibblesmith (writer) Oscar Bazaldua (art) David Curiel (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). I liked the little tour inside the House of Ideas with the Children of Eternity, Now and Then. I think they're a great new concept. This is a nice interlude issue before we get back to Loki's battle with Nightmare.

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Invisible Woman #3 - Mark Waid (writer) Mattia De Iulis (art) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). If you passed on reading this solo adventure of Suzie's you're missing out on a great spy story and some gorgeous art, especially this issue. Sue looks hot in Adam Hughes's cover but she's even hotter inside going under cover to a posh party. This story is surprising me all to heck.

The Amazing Spider-Man #29 - Nick Spencer (writer) Francesco Manna (art) Carlos Lopez (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). Here's another enduring love story. Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson have known each other for a very long time. MJ knows Peter's secret and she's cool with his super heroing. I'm glad they're a couple again. There's more action in this than Batman #78 with Spider-Man trying to rescue a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent from the bad guy with the outcome setting up more problems for the web-slinger.

Event Leviathan #4 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Alex Maleev (art) Josh Reed (letters). The identity of Leviathan is still a mystery and it's the reason I'm reading this story. I also think that it's going to have a significant affect on the DCU after it's done. Brian and Alex have collaborated for a long time and I have enjoyed all of their projects. It's unfortunate that more fans don't appreciate Alex's art. This book should be selling a lot better than it is.

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