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teleiapotami · 9 months

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NaLu Week Day 4

Prompt: Shenanigans

Summary: After the war, the wizards of Ishgar celebrate their victory. With a sneaky princess, free booze, and an endless buffet, shenanigans are guaranteed.

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In the aftermath of the war with Alvarez and Acnologia, there was much to do. Cities all across Ishgar needed rebuilding, there were lives to mourn, and new dreams to chase. However, for the guild wizards who fought well beyond their limits to win the battles, the first item on the agenda was a celebration.

The massive event was held in what was left of the palace, where every wizard in Ishgar was welcomed openly. The kingdom of Fiore provided an unbelievable mountain of food, musical entertainment, as well as accommodation for all who attended.

Lucy was blown away by the efforts of the King and Princess. Despite the damage done to the palace and city, the areas used for the celebrations were immaculately decorated, and the rooms they had been provided with were exquisite. When Lucy tried to thank Hisui for the spectacular room she had been directed to, she brushed it off.

“It is the least we could do for the pair who saved our entire continent!” Lucy tried to ask what she meant by pair, but the Princess just gave her a sweet smile and vanished. In her room, Lucy dressed herself in an open-back strappy A-line dress in a deep blue. Silver heels and a matching pin to hold up her hair completed the ensemble.

When she stepped out of her room, Natsu was leaning against the wall across from her. He was wearing the same thing he always did, but his coat was clean, and the arm had been repaired. She gave a little twirl in front of him, her dress flaring around her thighs. His eyes lit up and he grinned at her, holding out his hand. “Finally! You take forever to get pretty, and I am starving, come on!” He dragged her off at full speed, ignoring her laughing protests.

The food was excellent, as it always was at a castle function. Lucy hung out with Natsu at the buffet until she had eaten her fill. She watched him gorge for a while, wondering if he intended to do anything else, though she knew he never did. Eventually, she wandered off to find a drink. She snagged a flute of champagne off a tray on one of the tables and wandered around. She found Yukino and the Sabertooth slayers grouped around the exceeds Lector, Frosch, and Happy, who were having a fish-eating contest. She greeted them warmly and was startled to find that Sting seemed flushed and a bit….drunk.

“Lucy! C’mere! You are incredible! I heard what you did for Natsu and I gotta thank you for saving my brother!” Sting caught her hand and spun her around, planting a wet kiss against her cheek. She flushed brightly.

“S-sure Sting, it was no trouble….at all…” She looked at Yukino pleadingly who stifled a giggle and pried her guild master off of the blonde. “I didn’t realize slayers could actually get drunk!”

Yukino left Sting hanging off of Rogue, who looked vaguely annoyed but took on the task, nonetheless. “Of course, they can. I think it’s just your Natsu who can’t. Probably because of how hot his body runs!” Yukino smiled at her, but her hand dropped rather abruptly from Lucy’s. The sudden motion made Lucy look up to find Natsu at her side suddenly.

“I can get drunk, I just have better sense than that dumbass,” he said coldly, gesturing at Sting. He grabbed the hand Yukino had dropped and tugged Lucy away. She waved at Yukino and followed. “Luce don’t wander off like that! Sting isn’t the only one acting like an idiot tonight.” His eyes darted around the room. Lucy wiped at her cheek with the back of her hand, removing the lingering feeling of Sting’s warm lips against her skin.

“Oh please. They aren’t the first drunks I have dealt with, and they won’t be the last. I can take care of myself Natsu.” He made a frustrated sound, and to appease him she promised not to drink too much on her own. Begrudgingly, he released her arm, and she wandered off again.

Passing by the men of Quatro Cerberus (or was it still Puppy?), she found Cana battling it out with Bacchus again. It looked as if it was going just as poorly for the woman as it had last time. Kagura of Mermaid Heel was already quite drunk, hanging off of Millianna and yelling about Erza being absent. For such a reserved woman normally, she certainly let it all go when it came to parties.

As the night wore on, the crown got rowdier and rowdier as the drinks continued flowing. Several times Lucy found herself stuck between friends who’d had too many drinks. Natsu always showed up and dragged her out of the predicament, following the rescue with another lecture.

“Natsu, if you don’t like me wandering around with our friends, why don’t you leave the buffet and stay with me? I’m not going to neglect the party just to watch you eat yourself sick!” she finally snapped at him, after his fourth lecture. She yanked her arm out of his grip and stalked back into the crowd without looking back. No matter how she tried to understand his behavior, she could not figure out why he was being so overbearing and protective tonight. He was being even more intense than usual! She found her way over to where the Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale groups were and slid into a seat across from Sherri.

Though the conversations were always littered with snide remarks, Lucy liked talking to Sherri. Their magics were similar enough to understand one another, and they always had a good time when they got along. Sherri and Ren had been married for a while now and the bride was more than willing to share stories about their new life. After a lull in the conversation, Sherri smirked at her and said, “Enough about us, what about you? When are you and Natsu going to stop dancing around your feelings?”

Lucy flushed bright pink and looked down at her hands. “It’s not like that! Well, I mean….ugh, I don’t know what I mean.” She looked over at her partner who had finally moved on from the food and was now playing with the cats alongside Rogue.

“Well, it’s obvious to everyone around you that you are made for each other, so why don’t you just do something about it yourself?” Sherri reasoned.

Lucy shook her head. “I don’t think it is so obvious to everyone. Oh look, here come the boys.” She smiled as Ren and Hibiki approached their table, offering the usual flirty greetings. When Ren and Sherri became engrossed in each other, Lucy let Hibiki lead her out to the dancing area. He was a wonderful dancer, and Lucy had forgotten how much she loved having a partner that didn’t get pukey moments after the movements began.

“Lucy, I wanted to congratulate you on what a wonderful job you did during the war. I heard you are a major reason that Acnologia didn’t manage to destroy even more while the slayers were battling him.” Hibiki spoke against her ear so she could hear him over the music and chatter. His breath tickled her neck, and she suppressed a shiver.

“Thank you, Hibiki. I only did whatever I could, same as you. It’s still nice to hear though.” She smiled up at him, ignoring the grumpy pink-haired spectator as Hibiki twirled her around. They danced in comfortable silence for the rest of the song. When it ended, Lucy followed Hibiki’s lead off to the side of the floor.

“Lucy, I feel like I have to tell you, I think you are an incredible person…and I wouldn’t normally do or say anything if I thought you were involved with someone else, but your relationship with Natsu never seems to change.”

Lucy looked up at him warily but nodded. “I’m not really sure there is a relationship to change in the first place. Natsu and I are friends and partners, that’s all.” He nodded.

“That’s what I mean. So, I just wondered if maybe you’d like to have dinner with me sometime? It doesn’t have to be anything big if you don’t want it to be, but…. I really like you, Lucy.” Before she knew exactly what was happening, Hibiki lifted his hand to her cup her cheek, and leaned down. His lips pressed against hers softly, making butterflies dance in her stomach. She felt frozen on the spot, but her eyes fluttered closed for a moment before she pulled back.

“Um…I-I’ll think about it. I promise. Thanks, Hibiki.” She slipped away through the crowd quickly. She glanced back over her shoulder after making it through and let out a squeak when she stumbled into someone. Warm strong arms that she recognized caught her. “N-Natsu?” She looked up at him, a bit dazed. He was glaring back at the space she had just come from. Without a word he began pulling her along, heading out of the party area.

Lucy’s mind was still reeling from her first kiss, with Hibiki of all people. She really thought it would have been with Natsu. That was his own fault for never making a move, and she decided that there were worse people than Hibiki to kiss. When she looked around to see where he was leading her she was startled to find them outside in the city, almost back to her hotel room. She tugged against his grip slightly, but he just tightened it and pulled her closer. “I’ll carry you if you make me,” he growled. She gave in and just followed him.

When they reached her door she was startled to discover that he had a matching keycard for the lock and suddenly Hisui’s words began to make sense, setting her heart to thudding wildly all over again. She made a note to have a conversation with that sneaky Princess. Natsu pushed her into their room and shut the door behind them.

“I told you not to wander off! But you just had to go and dance with the drunks,” he seethed, moving across the room to turn on the lamp.

“Hibiki wasn’t drunk, Natsu, and neither am I. I promised you I wouldn’t drink, and I didn’t.” She sat down on the chaise by the window. Natsu let out a frustrated grunt and faced her, crossing his arms over his chest. “Why are you mad?”

Despite his stance and the way he was glaring at her, he said,” I’m not mad… I just think you could choose better people to kiss!” Lucy raised an eyebrow.

“What? Like whom? I haven’t exactly seen anyone else lining up for me to choose from. Hibiki is the first man to make it known that he even wanted to kiss me, so I let him. If someone else wanted to be first on the list, he should’ve spoken up!” she snapped.

Natsu glared at her for a long moment, then looked away. He looked like he wanted to say more but shut down instead. Lucy stood up and wrapped her arms around his chest, hugging him. After a moment, his arms wrapped around her in return.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to sound so angry. Just…please don’t shut me out Natsu. I don’t understand why you’ve been so irritable tonight.” She felt him nuzzle his nose into her hair and he inhaled deeply.

He mumbled against her hair, “I might be interested… You know, in kissing you, sometimes. I guess…I thought you knew what I meant when I said we’d be together forever. ”

Lucy looked up at him. “Natsu, are you seriously telling me that….that you have been romantically interested in me for that long, and you never told me? You just assumed that I could read your mind about it?”

He smiled slightly and shrugged. “I mean, you read my mind about everything else anyway, so it didn’t seem like a stretch to me….. I’m crazy about you Luce, I can’t always think straight when it comes to you, and I guess my feelings got the better of me tonight. Sorry I never said it plainly before now. Probably coulda saved me some trouble if I had, huh?”

His hand moved to the clip that held her hair in place. Gently, he tugged it loose and her hair unwound itself and tumbled down her back. She shivered at his fingers running slowly through it. “N…Natsu?” He hooked a finger under her chin and tilted her head up to look at him.

“I know I’m not great at words, but I’m saying it now. I want you to be mine, and I want to be yours. So don’t go kissing anyone but me from now on, okay?”

Lucy stared at him, dumbstruck for a moment. Eventually, she nodded, finding herself lost in the way he was looking at her. “Uh, sure…okay. I guess…I should probably tell Hibiki I can’t go to dinner with him either then, huh?”

Natsu rolled his eyes with an exaggerated grumble. “Don’t worry. I’m sure they’ll all figure it out soon enough. The princess wasn’t exactly discreet about the room arrangements after all. Juvia and Ol’ Popsicle are packed in together too.”

Lucy flushed and buried her face in her hands with a moan. “I bet she went to Mira to play matchmaker, too. I really am gonna have to have a serious conversation with her.”

Natsu chuckled. The image of Lucy chewing out Hisui was amusing to him. “I’m sure you’ll have to wait your turn. If Jellal ever decides to go back to his room tonight, I’m not sure Erza will be expecting the company.”

Lucy gasped and looked up at him again. “She didn’t! Oh, that is just plain evil!”

She opened her mouth to ask who else was a victim of Hisui’s games, but Natsu made an impatient sound in his throat. “Enough about the others, can I kiss you already? I want to so badly, and I’ve waited a really long time to do it!”

She shifted, snaking her arms around his neck. He needed no more invitation than that apparently, and his lips crashed against hers in a hungry kiss that was long overdue.

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cowboyskeletons · 5 months

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[kind of long post] i have oak brainrot.

i can't get over the fact that henry barely hugged sparrow. lark gives him a handshake and sparrow hugs him, but henry hesitates, then gives something half-hearted back. something about that just… i'm not sure.

in all of season one, the thing that henry cares about above all else is his two beautiful boys. lark and sparrow, sparrow and lark, his children and treasure no matter what they do or say. they burn down their school one to two classrooms? they become cult leaders? they disobey orders in dangerous situations? they imprison henry and the rest? well, it's not ideal, and they should learn from it, but henry will always love them.

even when he draws the rogue card and lark is doomed to hate him forever. even when lark lashes out at him and insults him and sabotages him and could not care less about him in the slightest. henry is just filled with so much love, and he's used to it being unreciprocated. his father only thinks of him as a disappointment, his mother can't stand to see him or his children. his words will only ever be able to reach one of his children, like that fateful time long ago when sparrow learned a way of love and lark turned it away. but he loves anyway. "i love you." "i love you." "i still love you."

he returns home and he thinks he's safe, thinks he can maybe reconcile with lark, maybe have his love impact someone for once. lark goes up to him, apology on his lips. they embrace. all lark has to say is "sorry." "sorry." once the knife slides into his back, henry knows what for. knows that for the entire time they had been celebrating, that he had been hoping, his son's only thought was of killing him.

they continue on. sparrow grows. lark grows. still his two beautiful boys. no longer the same they once were. sparrow grows tired and passive. lark grows bitter and sullen. henry follows them, supports them, does his best. he'll still be there for them. he still loves them.

they approach the church of the doodler. only an oak can complete the final step. it's henry or one of his kids. he can't do that to them, his beautiful boys.

lark yells at him. it has to be me, lark cries, i'm the one who started all this. it's my fault. henry tries to console him, to stop him, but lark resists. he punches henry in the face, tries to make a run for it. it's your fault too, he amends. it may be my fault but it's your fault too. for not stopping me. you should have been better. you shouldn't have forgiven. you fucked me up! you should have been a better father.

and all henry can do again is to forgive. he accepts that it's his fault and accepts everything because to him, the most important thing is protecting his kids. he loves them. he just wants to keep them safe. he can't let lark do this.

and behind him, lark sits on the throne.

sparrow stops moving and lark says

"sorry."

henry tries to save him but it's too late. a few seconds later lark recovers and tells henry that the only way to save the world is through violence, refuses to say more. "we have to kill it. we're going to fucking kill it."

"okay, i love you."

and henry moves on again. he loves them so much.

soon after, too soon after, sparrow has children, hero and normal, and henry loves them too. he watches them grow up, makes fond memories with them. he can't take them from the shooting range, from the woods "ice cream shop", from everything that lark and sparrow want. he loves, but he is powerless. he watches his grandchildren suffer, hears them cry.

then they twist the world again, abandon innocents, betray their friend.

he loves his boys, but.

he leaves.

and when they come to him, normal in tow with no hero to be seen, his grandson visibly in shambles, clutching a teenage boy's stiffening corpse to his chest--

sparrow hugs his father, but for a moment, henry can only think.

when did it take a turn? when was the last time they hugged? not when he thought he was comforting his child, not after his beautiful boy went through unknown danger. when did he stop hugging them? could he only feel the blade in his back? could he only hear

"sorry." "sorry, father." "apologies." "i'm sorry." "sorry."

as childish eyes betrayed their true passions to all but the love-blinded? did he know how much he gave? did he know how much was taken?

"it's okay to be angry. it's not okay to be cruel."

i think he still loves them. i'm just not sure how much it hurts.

#dndads #dndads spoilers #is this really the first time i use this blog #alright then #originally written at someone who didn't know dndads and also in a blind fugue state so. yeah #lost my train of thought two paragraphs in #we stay swaggy

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ariel-seagull-wings · 6 months

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TOP 13 FOES OF THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS (STRACZINSKY ERA)

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They started on a shoestring. Nobody gave them a ghost of a chance to succeed. Especially since ghosts were their business…or, more accurately, chasing ghosts. Itwas like trying to trap lightning in a bottle —- nobody had ever done it. Until now. Until the arrival of the one and only...

GHOSTBUSTERS!

Who were these GHOSTBUSTERS? These four misfits who singlehandedly saved New York City from supernatural destruction? In the eyes of the world they're now frontpage celebrities, heroes who laughed (well, at least sneered) in the face of unspeakable evil and brought it tumbling down (along with half a block of Manhattan Island.) Thanks to the GHOSTBUSTERS, the public can once again go to sleep secure in the knowledge that their city is safe from demons and all is right with the world. But is it? After all, nothing is forever…and that applies to the spirit world as well as our own. Every day new calls come in to GHOSTBUSTERS H.Q., seeking their help against hauntings, possessions, curses, witchcraft, spooks, spectres, and every other off-the—wall weirdness known (and unknown) to mortal man.

This was when THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, a syndicated and ABC-TV animated series, came out in 1986 .Based on the Columbia Pictures movie of 1984 that was a major financial and critical success, THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS took up where that original movie left off, following the continuing adventures of the four GHOSTBUSTERS, their secretary Janine, and their ghost mascot Slimer, as they chased and captured rogue spooks, specters, spirits and ghosts around New York City and various other areas of the world.

All kinds of ghosts. Big ghosts. Small ghosts. New ghosts. Old ghosts. Ghosts that used to be people. Ghosts whose origins and descriptions fall between the cracks of the nether-world: combined with the humour and carisma of the main cast of heroes, the creativity to present the different classes of spooks was the main appeal that atracted audiences, critics and helped boost a great sell of merchandise.

Wheter they were deities, personifications of abstract concepts, or spirits of dead people, the ghosts and monsters would present different challenges for the REAL GHOSTBUSTERS to overcome, going trough a lot of effort in creating solutions that combined knowledge of the supernatural with technological discoveries.

They would also be very entertaining, with their colorful designs and varied personalities, from funny, to scary, to cunning, to well intentioned or to arrogance, and today, I come up with this list highligting my top 13 favorite foes of the first 78 episodes of the show, the height of the series when J. Michael Straczinsky was the story editor.

13° Killerwatt (Killerwatt)

Killerwatt was the "grand ghoul," "the ethereal master of many," and commands an army that feeds on electricity.

Killerwatt and his army of ghosts began to feed off electricity from a power plant in Brooklyn. As a result, New York City suffered a rash of power failures. When Killerwatt's army began to travel through power lines and haunt Stacy's Department Store, Mayor Lenny hired the GHOSTBUSTERS to capture them. While disposing of the captured ghosts in the Containment Unit, Killerwatt's army struck again and forced the team to rig up a peddling apparatus to keep the Unit from suffering another catastrophic failure. Egon then traced the P.K.E. surges to the Brooklyn power plant.

After stumbling into the power plant, Killerwatt appeared to the GHOSTBUSTERS and attacked. The GHOSTBUSTERS mistakingly tried to charge Ecto-1 with its electricity blasts and caused the car to become possessed. After following Killerwatt into the plant, the GHOSTBUSTERS were separated and brought before him in the control room. He then possessed equipment in the room and transmogrified it into a giant monstrosity. Shielded by the plant's power, Killerwatt was immune to the GHOSTBUSTERS' assault. Winston deduced he was drawing power from the plant's generators and they had to shut them down. Killerwatt countered and created a wide chasm between the Ghostbusters and the main switch. Luckily, Slimer found the main plug and yanked it from the outlet. Killerwatt's host body lost power and fell to the ground. Killerwatt vacated the body and was trapped by the Ghostbusters.

Killerwatt was a leader of ghosts and as such had a major ego, laughing a lot while causing trouble for the GHOSTBUSTERS. Also, when the GHOSTBUSTERS said he'd win over their dead bodies, he responded with "Dead bodies are my specialties", indicating that he enjoyed killing mortals.

Appearing in the second episode of the series, after the more friendly looking and comedic thrio of ghosts from the first episode (Ghosts R Us), this ghost in contrast was someone who tooked himself more seriously, showing an intimidating voice and facial expression, and his powers over eletricity were a creative mixture between sci fi and supernatural horror, making number thirteenth on this list.

12° Proteus (Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster)

A shapeshifting primal God from the pantheon of Greek Mythology, Proteus manifested in Midtown Manhattan in the 13th Floor of the Erie. It served as a nexus of spectral activity, causing a lot of ghosts to appear, much like the coming of Gozer.

After capturing over 40 of the ghosts, the GHOSTBUSTERS were on their way to bust a Class 9 Free Roaming Vapor at the Gracie Mansion when Proteus first appeared at Rockefeller Center, possessing the iconic Art Deco statue of the mythological Greek Titan, Atlas. By doing so, he charged the statue with so much ectonic force, he could resist the Proton Streams. He captured the GHOSTBUSTERS and made them his prisoners.

Janine had donned a uniform and brought some equipment with her to save the GHOSTBUSTERS. After learning that Proteus's lair was in the 13th floor of the Erie, she went there and saved her friends. She stopped the elevator between the 12th and 14th floor and found the hidden 13th floor. While Slimer distracted Proteus, Janine shot the mirrors that were holding the GHOSTBUSTERS in Limbo. This caused the nexus to overload and Proteus was clearly affected. The 13th floor of the building then exploding in much the manner that 550 Central Park West did when the GHOSTBUSTERS crossed their Proton Streams into the Temple of Gozer. The level of paranormal activity returned to normal after the explosion.

A proactive deity, vengeful and arrogant, Proteus was a powerfull antagonist who took matters into his own hands, rather than relying too much on emissaries, and was one of the first villains to be motivated by a personal grudge against the GHOSTBUSTERS, which earns him the twelfth spot on this list.

11º Necksa (The Devil In the Deep)

Necksa was a maritime primal god that attacked New York.

In the 1980s, during day 12 of one New York's nastiest heatwaves and a water shortage, Necksa awakened in the East River when men laying pipes disturbed him. Disgusted by the filth, Necksa concluded the world was in need of a change and sent the Undines to claim New York for their master. Mayor Lenny hired the GHOSTBUSTERS to deal with a haunted city water supply. According to Mayor Lenny, all five Boroughs in New York City were affected. Upon confining a few Undines, the Ghostbusters were surprised when Necksa easily recalled all of them. They realized the controlling entity was in the East River and rented a speedboat. However, the Proton Streams had no effect on Necksa. To compound matters, Necksa never cared for "landling" mortals and sucked in the team. Peter Venkman was luckily blown ashore.

Peter Venkman remembered that standard ghostbusting equipment had no effect on Necksa, so he modified his Particle Thrower to emit microwave particles and cause Necksa great pain. He set out to confront Necksa again at around 10 pm. The device turned out to be a success as Necksa agreed to reason with Peter after two blasts. Necksa then went with his children to find a new home (Peter's suggestion was Antarctica). Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz, and Winston Zeddemore were unharmed and returned aboard the speed boat.

Motivated by a longing for cleaner and calmer waters on where to sleep, and afectionally refering to the Undines as his children, Necksa presented a discussion about the enviromental impacts of polution on the sea trough an interesting fantastical lens, which made this deity specially memorable and important to enter this list in the eleventh place.

10º Samhaim (When Halloween Was Forever)

Samhaim was the Ghost of Halloween and one of the few villains to face the Ghostbusters on more than one occasion. He was a strategic ghost with the ability to manipulate time in order to cause eternal night. Samhain also had the ability to control legions of ghosts at his command, however certain ghosts such as Slimer seemed able to resist him to a certain extent.

It was recorded that he was an unstoppable creature of the night. At some point he was trapped in stone. Samhain remained imprisoned in the ancient clock for centuries. In the 1980s, the clock was brought from Ireland to New York to be on display in a museum. As a result, P.K.E. activity spiked. Two weeks later, Samhain was released from his captivity by his two goblin minions on Halloween night. Once set free, he gathered all the ghosts he could and sent his minions all over New York. He also used his powers to halt the night as he planned to make Halloween an eternal night that will last forever all over the world. The Ghostbusters however ran all over town capturing his minions, leading Samhain to confront them out of rage. However, the Ghostbusters used his weakness against light to stun him. Egon came up with a plan to use all the lights in the city on Samhain but a blackout occurred. While Peter, Ray, and Winston distracted Samhain and his minions with a frontal assault, Egon set up spotlights around the building he perched atop. He was captured (along with his minions) just before the world fell under his evil reign forever.

Samhain is the type of character to take direct action, led solely by his mission. Samhain believed that ghosts had been treated unfairly in this world due to people like the GHOSTBUSTERS. He was guided by a mission to give ghosts like him a world where they rule and humans are the less dominant ones. Unlike many villains the GHOSTBUSTERS had faced, he had compassion for the ghosts he commanded as he refered to them as his "little ones."

He is willing to enter a battle and protect his minions if he felt they were being harmed. However despite his compassion, he was willing to use some force if they did not cooperate with him, as he threatened to dissipate Slimer when he refused to attack the humans and took him hostage when he recognized the close relationship between him and the Ghostbusters. Samhain's interactions with Slimer showed a darker and tyrannical side to his personality, as he showed contempt for one of his "little ones" disobeying his orders and attempting to coexist peacefully with humans (though this may be because the group of humans that Slimer associated with are the GHOSTBUSTERS, who Samhain hated for hunting ghosts) and tried to convince Slimer that it was a futile endeavor and that he could only be home amongst Samhain's legions. When this fails, he was willing to destroy Slimer, although he expressed regret about having to do so.

Since his debut, Samhain has made many appearances throughout the GHOSTBUSTERS franchise, he was one of the ghosts to make a cameo appearance on the second opening theme song and even made an appearance on the Extreme Ghostbusters theme song and end song (though never appeared in any actual episodes). He also made numerous cameo appearances throughout the show. Samhain has also appeared in the Now Ghostbusters Comics in two comics, and was mentioned in three other comics. He was also the only ghosts from Extreme Ghostbusters (other than Slimer) to receive a toy. Likewise, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was the only ghost in The Real Ghostbusters to receive a toy other than Slimer.

His pumpkin head inspired design could run the risk of being too silly, but the animation of his facial expressions and his voice made him a real menace, and this subversion of expectations made him one of the first villains of the animated series to be become an icon on the same level of the villains and ghosts that originated in the original 1984 movie, and this marks his right to the tenth place on this list.

09º The Boogieman (The Boogieman Cometh)

The Boogieman was a legendary creature that scares children all over the world.

The GHOSTBUSTERS were approached one night by two children: Megan and Kenny Carter. They claim that the Boogieman has been living in their closet, scaring them each night after they go to bed. Terrified of the monster, the children attempt to hire the Ghostbusters with the savings in their piggy banks. Initially, Peter was skeptical, but at the insistence of Egon they investigate. The GHOSTBUSTERS arrive at the Carter residence and begin to look around. Egon's P.K.E. Meter registers high levels of paranormal activity in Megan and Kenny's closet, but when the door is opened nothing is to be found but coats and clothes. Peter was convinced the children had over active imaginations... until he saw a piercing orange light blazes from the back of the closet, and a giant, goblin-like head emergeing: it was the Boogieman.

Egon confronted the creature as it stepped into the room. In its shrill, wheezy voice the monster utters "I remember you!"

The GHOSTBUSTERS attempted to capture the him, but discovered he was not a ghost. At Peter's urging, they increaseed the power of their blast streams and managed to repel the Boogieman back into his realm. They regrouped at headquarters to figure out how to defeat the Boogieman.

That night, Egon revealed that the Boogieman used to frighten him as a child, which prompted him to start investigating the paranormal.

The GHOSTBUSTERS managed to find a vacant room connected to the Boogieman's realm and set up a faux child's room to lure the Boogieman to them. Ray, after expressing affection for one of the prop stuffed animals, was chosen to sleep in the room as bait. The plan worked, and the GHOSTBUSTERS pursue the startled creature into his realm, where the Boogieman gained the upper hand. After avoiding traps and adjusting to the altered reality of the realm, the GHOSTBUSTERS chased the Boogieman through a series of portals and closets, finally losing him in the realm. At this point, Egon devised a plan to trap the Boogieman in his realm indefinitely. Attaching a prototype Ghost Bomb to the four Proton Packs, the GHOSTBUSTERS set the devices to overload. Before they could leave, the Boogieman confronted them, blocking their escape.

While threatening the heroes, the Boogieman gestured to the Carter children's door, claiming that he would exact revenge on them after finishing the GHOSTBUSTERS. However, Kenny and Megan saw the portal open and the dire situation the GHOSTBUSTERS were in. With courage, they overcame their fear of the monster and distracted the Boogieman by insulting his appearance and odor. As he advanced on the children, Kenny spilled a bag of marbles under the Boogieman's hooves which caused him to slip off the edge of the walkway.

With the Ghost Bomb circuit seconds from detonating, the GHOSTBUSTERS ran for the Carter's doorway. Egon scooped the Carter children into his arms and leaps through the portal. Startled by the commotion in their home, Kenny and Megan's parents burst into their children's room and demanded an explanation from the GHOSTBUSTERS. Egon warned them to move away just as a violent explosion leaped from the closet. No one was injured, and a quick check of the P.K.E. Meter assured that the plan worked: the Boogieman's doors were sealed, leaving him a prisoner of his own realm.

The Boogieman was a malicious, supernatural creature whose sole purpose was to terrify human children in order to feed on their fear. He appears to have a rather high opinion of himself as evidenced by the elaborate throne he keeps in the central portion of his realm. He was incapable of showing remorse or mercy and operated strictly out of malice, greed, and revenge. Despite his observed cruelness, he did not physically harmed his child victims. Instead, he opted to harvest the fear cultivated by his repeated visits-- a form of psychological torture. He chooseed his victims very carefully and does not simply terrorize every child in existence. He used physical violence only when provoked or repeatedly antagonized (usually by the GHOSTBUSTERS) and usually avoided direct confrontation with adults.

Frequently mentioned by audiences who were children in the 1980s as a character who stayed in their memory for being one of the most scary villains, and being the motivation for one of our heroes to purse the fight against the creatures of darkness, this is one of the most iconic, if not THE most iconic encarnation of the Boogieman, and the winner of the ninth place on our list.

08º The Sandman (Mr Sandman, Dream Me a Dream)

The Sandman first appeared in Chelsea, Manhattan where he was putting people to in a sleeping spell of 500 years.

He wished to do this in order to stop all wars and create peaceful world where only dreams exist. The Sandman appeared in room 413 of an apartment on 248 West 16th Street. He put many people to sleep, and their wild dreams caused much chaos throughout the streets of New York.

These actions attracted the GHOSTBUSTERS to his doorstep. He managed to put all but Winston Zeddemore to sleep. Winston finally learned that if people realized that what they saw were a dream, they could take control of what was in their dream thanks to advice Ray Stantz gave to Peter Venkman. Winston rushed back and laid a trap for the Sandman at headquarters, which was successful when Janine Melnitz got the drop on the Sandman by dreaming she was a Ghostbuster and her dream self successfully managed to halt the Sandman. Winston then delivered another blast and Slimer successfully trapped the Sandman. After he was captured, all his victims were awakened, leaving the dreams and nightmares all dispersed.

THe Sandman seemed to be somewhat of an egotistical idealist in many ways. His ego has also led him to be paranoid at times, as he believed the GHOSTBUSTERS were laughing at him when they said nothing.

The Sandman wasn't really evil, but exceedingly misguided. His warped definition of being "humane" made him very dangerous to the very human life he wanted to protect. For example, had he put the world to sleep and a natural disaster occurred, countless innocents could be injured or killed and no one would be in a position to come to their aid. So one could say that another of The Sandman's character deficiencies was shortsightedness. He was so focused on the "enemy" that he had become the enemy. Teaching this lesson to viewers in a fun and entertaining way, and serving as a highlight to the value of Winston Zeddemore and Janine Melnitz to the GHOSTBUSTERS team, made the Sandman win the eight place in this ranking.

07º Winchester Wolf (Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?)

The GHOSTBUSTERS were excited to get a call from Walt Fleischman Studios because many of them were fans of the studio's classic cartoons. A representative told them that strange noises were heard from Walt's private studio, where he had mysteriously disappeared forty years ago. While the guys investigated, Egon picked up a latent paranormal surge and a mysterious door appeared then sucked them all in.

The Ghostbusters were transported to a dimension with cartoon-like physics where they met Ricky Roach and Conqueror Duck. They then discovered a factory where the cartoon villain Winchester Wolf, the archenemy of Dopey Dog, had been torturing Walt Fleischman for the last forty years. Winchester had been making Walt experience all the same physical stunts that he had put his cartoon creations through. The Ghostbusters attempted to rescue Walt but they were sent through a trap door. They landed in a barren desert. Ray wondered where all the heroes were and summoned Dopey Dog. It worked and Dopey Dog apprised them of what happened.

Walt's mind had created a dimension in which all his creations were real. He photographed his creations and became world famous. He created new characters, too. However, Winchester Wolf was evil and too powerful to control. When Walt let his guard down, Winchester Wolf pulled him into the Cartoon World. Conqueror Duck was dispatched by Winchester Wolf to take care of the GHOSTBUSTERS. Egon and Dopey utilized cartoon logic to rescue the others. Dopey agreed to aid them but mused they'd have to travel to the edge of the world. Dopey Dog and the GHOSTBUSTERS marched to the edge and enlisted other cartoon heroes along the way. They rescued Walt and escaped the dimension. Dopey Dog and the others teared up the edge of film which breached the contract Fleischman made. As a result, the characters and dimension disappeared.

Winchester Wolf was incredibly knavish, cocky, cunning, fraudulent, intelligent, manipulative, and duplicitous. He was also extremely authoritative, influential, strong, powerful, and overall tyrannical in nature. He could manipulate the cartoon universe, in a way a few others could, while there he possessed near god like power, able to cause objects to appear out of thin air, teleport from place to place, and alter his form, and grow to giant sizes.

Being both a homage to classic cartoon villains while also being a fun and treatening villain on his own right, Winchester Wolf was a great example of how to combine the cartoony with the powerfull and scary, so I had to favour him with the seventh spot on this list.

06º The Unreal Shriek Squeal (Station Identification)

This character was like if Winchester Wolf and Killerwatt were put on steroids! The Unreal Shriek Squeal (also known as Big Boo) was the leading ghost of a television haunting phenomenon.

For three weeks, ghosts gathered to the The Unreal Shriek Squeal in Central Park. They formed a pirated TV station called WBOO, the Big Boo. The ghosts discovered that television was a suitable medium for ghosts to instantly travel from one point to another, no matter the distance. The Unreal Shriek Squeal led the charge to get the Big Boo network to go national. If that happened, the ghosts could terrorize the entire world at their choosing.

The GHOSTBUSTERS and Slimer tracked down WBOO and entered the phantom building in Central Park. They targeted the station's dynamo, the source that was channeling its free floating spectral energy. Once it was disabled, the station would lose its feed and would be unable to go national at midnight. The Unreal Shriek Squeal appeared to prevent their interference, first by attacking them directly, then by trying to bribe them with material goods, but was no match. He was dispersed and the building collapsed.

Energetic, clever, cunning, this agent of chaos presented a creative spin on the scary clown, and is the rightfull winner of the sixth spot of this ranking.

05º Dyb Devlin (The Devil to Pay)

Dyb Devlin ran a newspaper ad for a new game show that Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore decided they wanted to play, after months of watching other game shows and Peter dragging them to auditions. Ray and Winston won the auditions and answered every question, which all turned out to be related to the Devil and his minions. After they signed a contract, before midnight, with Dyb Devlin, Egon Spengler figured out that Dyb was a dybbuk, an evil spirit. The contract they signed made it so if they lose the game, they lose their souls as well. Dyb was a minor demon who was frustrated with wasting his potential and believed securing the souls of the GHOSTBUSTERS would gain him a promotion in the demon hierarchy.

After the GHOSTBUSTERS won, Dyb proved to be a sore loser and tried to kill them anyway. They used the giant roulette steel ball that was meant to kill them to destroy the surrounding area. Still in his plane of existence, Peter Venkman convinced Dyb to honor the contract, an all expenses paid vacation to Tahiti and three tons of deviled ham.

For a long time, there was the rumour that a third GHOSTBUSTERS movie would be set in a modern day setting version of hell. We didn't get that movie, but instead we got this great episode of the animated series, with an antagonist who showed how a demon from hell could incorporate modern day culture to harvest souls.

04º Wat (Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood)

After a week of no cases, the GHOSTBUSTERS received a call about a haunted house at 1313 13th Street in the Levittown suburbs of Long Island. Wat manifested in human form as an elderly old woman named Mrs. Rogers and was accompanied by its primary servitor, a demon bird in the form of a yellow canary named Precious. Wat created the house to trap the GHOSTBUSTERS, with Wat's ultimate goal being to rule and conquer the living world. While the GHOSTBUSTERS investigated the house, Mrs. Rogers was escorted to the Firehouse for safety reasons. This played into Wat's plans to open the Containment Unit to increase the size of his army. However, a new safety feature just happened to be added to the Containment Unit. Access to a security keypad was required to open the grid and only the four GHOSTBUSTERS were verified.

Eventually, the GHOSTBUSTERS were tipped off that Wat was behind the haunted house and escaped. They raced to the Firehouse to stop Wat. Wat later took possession of Peter Venkman in order to release the lock on the Containment Unit. Egon set Winston's Particle Thrower to Wat's exact frequency while he set his to Peter's electro-metabolic frequency. He was eventually separated from Peter and trapped by the GHOSTBUSTERS. As soon as Wat was trapped, the 1313 residence was sucked in through a chest and the chest vanished.

Whereas his appearance is of a wild beast, Wat was one the most strategic and dissimulated villains of the series, and it was scary how close he came to destroy the Firehouse and take over control of an army of ghosts by playing the role of the helpless victim that the team would usually attend.

03º Sir Bruce (Hard Knight's Day)

Sometime in the Arthurian era, circa fifth century A.D., Merlin imprisoned Sir Bruce in a painting and his minions in other works of art, as well. The curse anchored them to the tapestries forever. In the 20th century, Sir Bruce was freed when his painting was unveiled at the Cloisters in New York at 7:30 pm during a full moon. Now free of Merlin's curse, Sir Bruce kidnapped Dr. Doris Tibbs, who bore a strong resemblance to his beloved, Lady Genevieve. To compound matters, the Cloisters was transformed into Sans Pitie Castle and Dr. Tibbs was slowly changing into Genevieve in the Special Exhibits Room.

Since the curse was tied to the Moon somehow, it was deduced that Sir Bruce could only be trapped at sunrise. Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore rode Unicorns, beasts hated by Bruce, to distract and draw him into the open. However, Bruce realized the ruse and retreated, resisting the pull of the team's Proton Streams. With time running out, Peter Venkman disguised himself as Merlin and chased Bruce back outside into the sunlight. The team confined the weakened Bruce in four streams and trapped him. Sir Bruce's minions were re-imprisoned in their paintings and statues, the Cloisters was returned to normal, and Dr. Tibbs was back to normal with some minor memory loss.

What makes Sir Bruce interesting is that in his point of view, he is a romantic hero rescuing his beloved lady. But the narrative context and his actions extablish that he is actually a villain, and this nuance makes him worthy the third spot on this ranking.

02º Ghash (Slimer, Come Home)

After three nights in a row, coincidentally culminating on Winston Zeddemore's birthday, the GHOSTBUSTERS encountered Ghash, leader of a group of poltergeists. By feeding on the lesser entities, Ghash was able to increases his P.K.E. and gain the ability to roam. Due to a mishap at Winston's party, Slimer left the Firehouse and followed several entities to Ghash. He soon absorbed all of these entities to become unstoppable. The GHOSTBUSTERS adjusted their equipment to focus primarily on Slimer's unique frequency of 500,000 Mega Hertz and extract him from Ghash. They were then able to trap him and place him in the Containment Unit.

When large groups of ghosts band together for threatening haunts and chaos, there is always one that stands out and leads the pack. Ghash had the proper personality and appearance for this specific role. Even though he was an evil being that cared for nothing more than immense power, he gave lost ghosts like Slimer a false sense of security and a feeling of being wanted.

A ghost who prayed on other ghosts, who was always involved in darkness, Ghash was the precursor of many manipulative strategist ghosts to appear troughout the series, and the dark atmosphere surrounding makes him the most haunting to my mind.

And my number foe of the first 78 episodes of The Real Ghostbusters is...

01° The Master of Shadows (Slimer, Is That You?)

The Master of Shadows was an arrogant entity who believed he was superior to all mortals. He directed minion ghosts to attack several areas in New York. After a few busts, Egon detected secondary and tertiary spectral readings. He deduced an outside force was controlling and directing the ghosts.

The Master of Shadows was intrigued by Egon's intellect but upon being shot at, he threatened to plunge the city into destruction.

Back at the Firehouse, Egon used the Master's spectral frequency on a communication device. A holographic projector hooked to the device could only pick up a spectral voice mail at first. Then the Master appeared to the GHOSTBUSTERS. Egon then egged him onto a challenge at midnight, on the corner of 15th and Madison. However, Slimer hit several non insulated wires and switched bodies with Egon. Growing impatient, the Master moved up the appointment. During the match, the Master was utterly confused by Egon and Slimer's dilemma. The GHOSTBUSTERS captured him in Proton Streams and trapped him with ease.

The Master of Shadows had a fascinating sense of pride and honour: he was an antagonist less interested by reaching the goal of world domination itself, and more interested in showing off his power, searching for people to challenge him in cunning and witty just so he could proove his superiority.

Ad to that fun personality his vocal performance by none other than Prince Mamuwalde himself, William Marshall, and you get a refreshing take on the classic villain in search for a good, thrilling fight, mixing a sense of humour with dramatic dignity, making you wish he had more than one appearance in the series.

And that is why he is my favorite foe of the Straczynski Era of The Real Ghostbusters.

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A Very Important Arlo Update

An update on yesterday's post about my latest intense hyperfixation, My Time at Portia.

After several days of helping him train for his attempt to join the best adventurer's guild ever, and then another round of public combat in the streets where I once again wiped the floor with him despite being several levels lower:

He immediately asked me out on a buddy date right afterwards. And the next day was like "oh hahahahayouwannabemygirlfriend okaysurehahahaha" .Apparently the key to this man's heart is kicking his ass? Who knew. So I decided to hug it out in celebration:

But um...

Somehow doing this.

Broke the game? Or Arlo? Or both. Because now the man that tried to sneak a birthday present on her doorstep at 7am just to avoid a conversation is just. There. Following her. Forever. To her workshop. Beyond. He decided to cancel their date to the haunted house, but kept on following. And when I would talk to him, he'd keep saying that if I was heading to the "danger ruins" to bring him along (actually they're called the "hazardous ruins" by everyone else in the game and in the actual text, but apparently his voice actor went rogue). And after several in-game hours of trying to get him to go back to his own job, I decided to take him there.

What if we kissed hugged... in the danger ruins? 😳

So now their first unofficial date, because he wouldn't go home (I tried, I escorted him to his bed but he decided he didn't wanna like a toddler), was to go spelunking in the old ruins beating up monsters. Also he died while fighting the boss, leaving me at the mercy and dwindling health while I desperately tried to finish the job. Somehow this seems appropriate and on brand for my experience.

Anyway this is apparently her life now. Or at least it is until I hard quit the game, because Google says that's the way to fix this bug. On the bright side, his help does make clearing out the dungeons go quicker. And this is objectively hilarious.

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 1 year

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Psycho Analysis: The 50 Greatest Comic Book Superhero Movie Villains

I think it’s pretty obvious I love villains, considering I have this whole series dedicated to talking about them. And anyone who has followed me for long enough should know that I love superhero movies. So, naturally, I love comic book superhero movie villains. They’re fun, they’re over the top, they’re colorful… They’re the best kinds of villains, especially when a great actor gets pulled in to play them. So why not bring Psycho Analysis back in time for the holidays with a big villain list special?

Here’s the thing: For a long time, comic book movie villains were pretty shitty. You had fun, campy ones every now and then, but most of them were really boring or just plain sucked. You had generic doomsday villains all over the place, or villains who were disrespectful of their comic origins (looking at you, Galactus). Or that’s what I thought going into this, anyway. Turns out there are a lot more villains I would say are genuinely great than ones who I’d call shitty. It’s just the shitty ones are so shitty you think they’re the rule rather than the exception. But that’s another list; right now, we’re celebrating the villains we love to hate.

The rules of this list are simple: So long as the villain has appeared in either a standalone comic book superhero movie, a superhero movie series, or is part of a superhero cinematic universe, they are fair game for this list. I bent the rules a tiny bit in a couple of places, but this is the one consistent rule. This means no Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Slade or Shredder, because despite being based on properties that started as comics, they’re based more on the cartoon version of the characters.

Here are the honorable mentions, the villains who didn’t make the cut for one reason or another (but who I think deserve a shout out regardless): Scarlet Witch (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Gorr (Thor: Love & Thunder), Jigsaw (Punisher: War Zone), Hela (Thor: Ragnarok), Carnage (Venom: Let There Be Carnage), Ebony Maw (Avengers: Infinity War), Steppenwolf (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), The Motherfucker (Kick-Ass 2), and Black Mask (Birds of Prey). Special shout outs to Mr. Mind (Shazam!) and Darkseid (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), who would definitely be on this list if they actually had a chance to do more than look cool and foreshadow future movies (ones that will never happen in the latter’s case). And an apology to Cottonmouth of Luke Cage, a show I have sadly not had a chance to watch; if fan reaction to the character is anything to go by, he’d have ended up on this list. Oh, and if I included comic book movies outside superhero ones, I’d probably have thrown Gideon Gordon Graves (Scott Pilgrim) and maybe, possibly Xerxes (300) on the list as well.

Now, on to the list! Oh, and be aware: There are SPOILERS liberally sprinkled throughout the little blurbs I wrote for each villain.

50. Poison Ivy

Batman & Robin

Even in a film as campy as Batman & Robin, Poison Ivy is outstandingly campy. Uma Thurman knew exactly what she was doing, making everyone’s favorite sapphic, slutty supervillain the icon she deserves to be, even with some truly stupid haircuts. If only Harley was in the movie.. it boggles the mind.

49. Taserface

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Taserface is one of the funniest minor villains ever. I mean, look at him. This man is absurd, and calls himself “Taserface!” But he’s also scarily effective, pulling off a brutal mutiny and killing most of Yondu’s crew. The man gets no respect up until his death, but he never stops being entertaining.

48. Riddler

Batman Forever

Jim Carrey in his prime as one of the most over-the-top and cartoonish villains in Batman’s rogues gallery? Yes please! This is one of the single campiest performances in either of Schumacher’s Batman films—and that’s saying a lot. He can grate on the nerves a little bit, but Carrey is just having way too much fun. Really didn’t need to see his bulge, though.

47. Sandman

Spider-Man 3

Thomas Haden Church gets big points for being the spitting image of Flint Marko, but he also deserves some credit for delivering a genuinely nuanced and emotional performance in the hot mess of a film he’s in. The scene where he is created is still to this day one of the most powerful moments in any comic book movie ever, a fantastic display of visual storytelling and impressive effects work congealing into a shining moment in a film that doesn’t have many.

46. Obadiah Stane

Iron Man

Stane is a weird one. On the one hand, he’s a precursor to every bad villain in superhero movies to come, as he ends up as a Big Gray CGI Monstrosity with the same powers as the hero. On the other hand, Jeff Bridges is just so delightfully hammy and he is the first of his kind in the modern age, so I think it’s fair to cut him a bit of slack.

45. Red Skull

Captain America: The First Avenger

Hugo Weaving may have initially had little respect for the role, but there’s no denying he put good work into it. Red Skull is sinister, hammy, and deliciously evil, perfect for the pulpy adventure tale of Cap’s debut. I mean, the man backstabs the Third Reich because he considers himself eviler than them, what more could you ask for?

44. Milo

Morbius

Look, you knew at least one “so bad it’s good” villain was gonna be here, and I’ve gotta hand it to Milo; he really makes the most of Morbius’s meticulous mediocrity. Matt Smith I’d clearly having the time of his life, giving a dramatic performance better than this movie deserved and a hammy supervillain performance that this movie desperately needed. And let’s not forget the man has the sickest dance moves this dude of Bully Maguire.

43. Bane

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises may not be the greatest finale ever, but it did what so many Batman adaptations fail to do: It acknowledged Bane is a cunning mastermind behind the muscles. Throw in an awesome performance from Tom Hardy and a mind-boggling amount of meme-worthy lines and you have yourself a fantastic villain. His truly embarrassing final fate and the fact he was pretty blatantly whitewashed are the only thinga keeping him so low on the list.

42. Violator

Spawn

Spawn may not be the best superhero movie ever, but if there’s one shining spot in it (besides how cool the titular character is), it’s John Leguizamo’s madcap performance as the demonic Clown. Despite being steeped in grimy gross out comedy, he still manages to be fun to watch, mainly because literally everyone around him finds him as disgusting as the audience does. And even if his demon form is hit with janky PS2 CGI, he still manages to get in some badass lines and moments. Bottom line: Leguizamo did not eat actual maggot pizza to miss out on this list.

41. Bullseye

Daredevil

Colin Farrell did not miss the mark with his portrayal of Daredevil’s assassin archenemy. It’s such a fun, hammy, laughably evil performance that helps add a bit of fun to the edgy proceedings by being basically a literal cartoon character come to life. Now if he only got that fucking costume…

40. Arthur Harrow

Moon Knight

Transforming a minor, unimpressive villain from the comics into a credible threat onscreen is par for the course for superhero media, but few end up quite this impressive. Most of the credit has to go to Ethan Hawke, who really gives it his all as the sorcerous cult leader, but I think the imagined version inside Marc’s mind that’s the head doctor of the psychiatric facility is where he really shines, as it plays with our perception a bit.

39. Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron and What If…?

Here is a villain desperately seeking a film worthy of him. James Spader is giving such a fun, engaging performance with only a couple of hiccups, but everything around him is just so quippy and stupid that the film struggles to take him seriously. Still, he deserves a spot here at the very least for his incredibly realistic villain origin: He took one look at the internet and decided humanity needed to be destroyed. And hey, if nothing else What If…? gave him a chance to shine and be the threat he deserves to be!

38. Ulysses Klaue

Black Panther

Andy Serkis sadly gets offed halfway through Black Panther, but even with his limited screentime he has become a beloved minor antagonist. It helps he managed to have a fantastic cameo in Age of Ultron (one of the sole bright spots in that film), and that for his role as the first act’s villain in Black Panther Serkis approaches the role with such humor and grimy charm that you’ll probably feel bad when this scumbag ends up in a body bag.

37. The Thinker

The Suicide Squad

The roulette wheel of villains in The Suicide Squad eventually lands on Peter Capaldi’s maniacal mad scientist, and while he doesn’t have any major fights he manages to steal the show with just how slimy and egotistical he is. He’s just a nasty, awful bastard, and being responsible for the final villain going full kaiju rampage is worth making it on this list.

36. Lex Luthor

Superman Returns

It’s so fucking sad that despite being used in almost every Superman film ever made, the onily time his most iconic foe was ever good when he was played by real-life creep Kevin Spacey. But hey, being a villain in real life gives just the right touch of unhinged ego and cockiness Luthor needs.

35. Top Dollar

The Crow

When I made the list of the 30 best comic book superhero movies, I left off The Crow, mainly because I didn’t think of it as a superhero movie (it’s more like a friend to me if I’m being honest). Kind of a harsh snub there, so as an apology Michael Wincott’s effortlessly cool and needlessly cruel gangster overlord gets to take a place on this list. Not many people can bang their half-sibling and still come away being awesome, but somehow owning the Six-Fingered Sword from The Princess Bride and using it in a duel probably goes a long way towards making Top Dollar one of the most memorable crime bosses you’ll ever see.

34. Dr. Sivana

Shazam!

When you have a villain as silly as “Doctor who harnesses the powers of the seven deadly sins because of darkness in his heart to get revenge” you need a damn good actor to pull that off. Mark Strong is a damn good actor, and this is a taste of what we could have had if they let him play Sinestro more than once. I for one can’t wait to see him take orders from an evil caterpillar!

33. Sabretooth

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Liev Schreiber makes his first mark on this list as Wolverine’s ultraviolent archenemy, and easily the best part of Origins. He’s fun and menacing, and a lot more memorable than whatever the hell that poser in the original X-Men was. The greatest crime of the franchise (besides piss-poor continuity and bad writing and over reliance on Wolverine) was never bringing back Sabretooth to plague good old Logan one more time.

32. Penguin

The Batman

In a movie as dark as this, we need a little bit of levity. Enter Penguin, here imagined as a cartoonish mobster that would almost be out of place if this movie didn’t clearly have a bit of West influence in it. Colin Farrell is no stranger to playing hilariously cartoonish supervillains so in his role here he excels, and it’s easy to see why he’s getting his own spin-off series.

31. Sebastian Shaw

X-Men: First Class

Long before he spent Christmas with the Guardians of the Galaxy, Kevin Bacon terrorized the X-Men in one of their best outings. While he’s not winning any points for comic accuracy, he definitely wins points for being responsible for Magneto’s start of darkness, being the one who killed his mother (and thus a Nazi). He’s a slimy supremacist bastard, and it’s oh so satisfying to watch Magneto make sure there’s zero degrees of separation between his skull and a magnetized coin.

30. Ozymandias

Watchmen

As is often the case with Snyder’s Watchmen, the movie misses the point a bit here. They turned the charming, charismatic, muscular Chad that was the comic Adrian into a cold, brooding, emotionally distant soyboy. It kinda ruins the surprise that this dude is the evil mastermind. Still, with how slavishly loyal the film is, it still manages to make Veidt one of the finest and most morally complex supervillains to hit the big screen… he’s just not quite as impressive as his comic version (though really, who is?).

29. Zemo

Captain America: Civil War and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Zemo is the obvious evolution of the supervillain archetype Loki codified, but he is far more refined. His motives are solid and understandable, his methods are heinous enough to root against, and he makes some valid points. Then he proceeds to do what not even Thanos could: He tears the Avengers apart. He’s the rare villain who actually wins, the rarer villain who actually gets to live, and the rarest villain of all who gets to return, steal the show with awkward dance moves and praising Marvin Gaye, and—most crucially—look cool wearing a purple sock on his head.

28. Ocean Master

Aquaman

Good old Orm doesn’t make the list by being the deepest or most complex character (though he’s not lacking in depth and is pretty understandable in some of his motives), but by being just so delightfully comic booky. He’s hammy, he poses, he wears a silly helmet, and he acts as a great narrative foil for our hero. Bonus points for not only being a villain who is at least a little justified to the point he’s redeemed—by the power of love, no less!—but one who survives the movie to get more development later on.

27. Doctor Doom

The Fantastic Four

The unreleased Fantastic Four film of the 90s may have been hobbled by a budget consisting of change they found in the couch cushions, but the love and respect for the source material always managed to shine through. Nowhere is that more evident than with Doom; he’s hammy, he’s grandiose, he has a giant castle and throne room, he acts like everyone except him is a total idiot, and he won’t stop calling Reed a douchebag even when he’s about to fall to his ambiguous death. He may not put up much of a fight, but this Doom is head and shoulders above Dooms with a thousand times the budget.

26. Justin Hammer

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2 is a sloppy film that was a grim omen of problems that would plague the MCU later down the line, but it did one thing right in giving the world the inimitable Justin Hammer. Where Tony Stark is an idealized fantasy billionaire who is actually a good person who wants to help people, Hammer is a more realistic take to serve as a contrast. He’s smug, he’s smarmy, he engages in all manner of illegal activity to undermine his betters, and most crucially he is an incredible idiot. This man is basically the MCU version of Elon Musk, but where Musk’s attempts at trying to be cool are pathetic and cringeworthy, Hammer’s attempts to ape Tony’s style just serve to make him endearing. And do you think Musk could ever have dance moves half as sick as Hammer’s? Get real.

25. The Grandmaster

Thor: Ragnarok

It’s Jeff Goldblum as space Caligula. ‘Nuff said.

24. Mr. Freeze

Batman & Robin

People have ragged on Arnold’s campy Freeze for years due to his non-stop barrage of ice puns, but much like his home movie he’s honestly not as bad as the haters would make you think. Schwarzenegger is adept at both comedy and drama, and is able to deftly balance the tragic melodrama of Freeze’s backstory and his campy cartoonishness, all while wearing one of the coolest costumes ever seen. And you know what? The ice puns aren’t that bad. Chill out.

23. Prowler

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Uncle Aaron is an inspired take on Uncle Ben, a character who has been done to death (literally). The positive dynamic he has with his nephew is familiar, but the fact he has a criminal alter ego who is relentlessly and unknowingly hunting his beloved nephew down for Kingpin is a fresh take on a tired tale. He still dies, and his death is the catalyst for Miles to fully embrace being Spider-Man, while alive he is equal parts menacing force and tragic figure. With apologies to Miss Octavius, he’s definitely the best secondary antagonist in the film.

22. Penguin

Batman Returns

Danny DeVito’s portrayal of Penguin as a tragic, deformed monster as opposed to a classy gangster has gone on to inform basically every portrayal of the character since, to the point where sticking closer to the character’s roots is seen as weird. It’s not a surprise, though; DeVito manages to make Penguin a menacing, creepy villain as well as a pitiable figure all at once.

21. Vulture

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Michael Keaton is no stranger to comic book movies, and here he demonstrated he is just as adept at playing badass villains as he is at playing heroes. Taking one of Spider-Man’s corniest villains and giving him a high tech upgrade and sympathetic motivation was a smart move, as was keeping him noble even in the end. Of course, his best scene doesn’t even have him in his bird suit; it has him in his regular clothes, slowly piecing together the truth about Peter while the boy sits in the backseat of his car. Keaton’s acting in the car ride scene is something else entirely.

20. Loki

Marvel Cinematic Universe

I was personally not a huge fan of Loki’s turn as an out and out doomsday villain in the first Avengers movie, but it’s hard to deny his impact on the medium and how he was the first villain in the MCU to actually have nuance, which was much better showcased in the Thor films. And you’ll never hear a bad word from me about Tom Hiddleston’s performance, which is fantastic no matter what he’s in, up to being the best part of every episode of What If...? he’s in. It’s no wonder Loki got his own spin-off show with all that in mind.

19. White Dragon

Peacemaker

Peacemaker’s dad is probably the biggest piece of shit on this list, being an openly racist neo-Nazi supervillain and one of the most abusive fathers you’ll ever see. By all accounts he shouldn’t be as cool as he is, but between Robert Patrick’s fantastic performance and James Gunn being a master of writing conflicts between parents and children like this, he becomes an enjoyable hate sink you oh so badly want to see get what’s coming to him. And even better, despite being built up as a genius inventor and badass villain, he makes crucial errors in his suit’s construction that leads to his demise, showing once and for all that for all their posturing, white supremacists are just fucking morons who fold like wet paper at the slightest opposition.

18. General Zod

Superman II

Terrence Stamp took a villain who wasn’t quite iconic and managed to make him on the level of Luthor when it comes to Superman villains almost anyone could name, to the point where Stamp’s portrayal influenced the comic version going forwards. He has an air of class and menace that makes it pretty easy to want to kneel before him. Zod has become a little overexposed, being the go-to Superman bad guy when they don’t feel like using Luthor, but when the original take was this good it’s seriously hard to fault them too much.

17. Mysterio

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Mysterio isn’t just brilliant because he’s a fun, meta take on a great goofy comic villain, with him and his team essentially being Marvel movie creators gone bad, fabricating CGI spectacle to gain accolades. And he’s not just brilliant because of that fantastic illusion sequence where he puts Spidey through a dizzying nightmare trip. No, he’s brilliant because not only did he convince the world at large that he’s an incredible hero, he managed to convince some audience members that he’s just a poor, innocent worker who was taken advantage of by his former billionaire boss (which ignores so much, but especially that he’s working with someone who was complicit in dealing arms to terrorists). He’s certainly not a hero, but he’s most definitely a master of illusions.

16. Starro

The Suicide Squad

Starro serves as the final boss of The Suicide Squad, unleashing kaiju destruction on Corto Maltese. And like all great kaiju, there is an air of tragedy to the big starfish; he never wanted any of this, in its final moments choosing to lament how content it was to simply drift through space before it was kidnapped and forced to undergo perverse experiments at the hands of the American government (and particularly Thinker). Starro doesn’t even want to fight the Squad at first, implying it’s grateful to them for freeing it from torture. The Squad may not put much thought into how tragic Starro’s lot is, but the audience sure will.

15. Agatha Harkness

WandaVision

In a technical sense, Agatha didn’t do too much wrong besides gaslight Wanda in an attempt to steal her powers. Sure, she kidnaps Wanda’s kids and kills their dog, but none of those things are real; and sure, she hypnotized Ralph Bohner (heh) into thinking he was Quicksilver, but it’s no worse than Wanda’s mass brainwashing of Westview. But she just relishes so much in being a wicked witch, from her torment of Wanda to her insanely catchy villain song, that I’m inclined to take her word for it and say she’s a bad guy. She’s definitely getting some kind of redemption in her own show, but for now Kathryn Hahn camping it up like she just walked off the set of Hocus Pocus can take high marks on this list.

14. Amanda Waller

DC Cinematic Universe

I don’t think there has ever been such an impressive turnaround for a comic book villain ever. It was never a matter of Viola Davis, who gave her all from day one, but a matter of how abysmal the writing in Suicide Squad was, portraying her as an incompetent idiot who was still allowed to get away with everything in the end. Once Gunn took the reigns of the franchise, though, Waller finally got her due, sending an entire squad to their death as a distraction and basically playing 4D chess for the whole movie. She gets her comeuppance too, so it’s a lot more satisfying watching her win a few schemes when you know she can lose a few too. Being a greater-scope villain for Peacemaker just further cemented her as being the magnificent bitch the character should be; we can only hope she keeps it up in her next major appearance.

13. Kingpin

Daredevil (The movie and the Netflix series), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

It’s honestly amazing that a villain as seemingly simple as Wilson Fisk has not only been done differently three times in ways that make him cool and engaging, but he’s also maintained a high level of quality in every appearance. Michael Clarke Duncan brought size and intimidation to his version, doing so well despite Daredevil’s weak theatrical cut he got to reprise the role in the underrated Spider-Man: The New Animated Series; Liev Schreiber voiced the memeiest version of the character to date, one who even holds the distinction of killing one Spider-Man and inadvertently creating another; and Vincent D’onofrio is so good he managed to pull the entire Netflix Daredevil show into the MCU canon with his appearance in Hawkeye. Fisk would be the easiest villain in the world to half-ass and make generic, but we’ve been blessed with fantastic actors in the role. Kingpin gets the distinction of being the one of only two villains with multiple entries in one spot.

12. Kilgrave

Jessica Jones

David Tennant is the third and final former Doctor to make the list, and he’s so good at being a bad I bent the rules ever so slightly to get him in on the list. The canonicity of Jessica Jones to the MCU is a bit unclear right now, but do we really want to live in a world where his fantastically chilling performance is Thanos’d from the timeline? A walking avatar of rape culture and a laundry list of microagressions, Kilgrave is one of the slimiest, most sadistic, most reprehensible characters ever conceived… and yet you can’t help but love to hate him.

11. Catwoman

Batman Returns

There have been plenty of Catwomans in film, with her being portrayed as a hero, an anti-hero, and even a silly Silver Age villainess. But I think Miss Kyle was done best as an antagonist in the hands of Michelle Pfeiffer, who absolutely nails the dynamic between Selina and Bruce (and their alter egos) as well as portraying the inherent tragedy of this take on the character. Throw in Pfeiffer looking damn fine in that costume and her handling the whip like a pro, and you have what might just be the purr-fect Catwoman.

10. Namor

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Phase 4 of the MCU was largely uneven, with villains who could have been great under better circumstances being held back by sloppy narrative choices. Big names like Gorr and Scarlet Witch were let down by weak stories, so there was a sense of dread I had going into Wakanda Forever that they’d let down one of Marvel’s oldest and most iconic anti-heroes. I had nothing to worry about in the end; Tenoch Huerta brought the character to life with all the charm, charisma, and command of the screen the Sub-Mariner deserves, and boy does he look good. The story treats him with the respect he deserves (no jokes about his ankle wings!) and while he’s certainly no Killmonger, he easily cements himself as a fantastic anti-hero who you can’t wait to see more of. And really, I can’t stress this enough: He is really fucking hot.

9. Riddler

The Batman

I’m sure I’m in the same boat as a lot of people, where I saw the Zodiac-inspired getup of the new Riddler and thought this was going to be a Nolanesque gritty reimagining of the character. But lo and behold, we got something infinitely better: A Riddler that utilizes all manner of gruesome Saw traps while also maintaining the hilarious campy quality that’s inherent to the character. He sends personalized greeting cards with clues, he hosts evil livestreams for his fans, he sings “Ave Maria” to Batman, and most importantly he has a sick sense of humor. I love Jim Carrey, but he ain’t got shit on Paul Dano when it comes to riddlin’.

8. Joker

Batman: The Movie, Batman, The Dark Knight, and Joker

Joker is a character who always manages to get a fresh take despite being absolutely done to death, and each interpretation highlights a different aspect that makes the character great. Romero’s Joker is very much the playful, criminal prankster; Nicholson is the swaggering, comically violent gangster; Ledger is the chilling, maniacal anarchist; and Phoenix is the disturbed, broken man who had one really bad day. And the one thing common across all of them is that each of them has made the Joker a consistently compelling and engaging villain. And while he hasn’t done enough yet to get in on this spot of the list entirely, Barry Keoghan deserves a shout out for portraying Joker as he truly is: A giggling, hideous, conniving freak.

7. Thanos

Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

Thanos was a villain nearly a decade in the making, getting teased in The Avengers before making sporadic appearances here and there. His lack of direct action in the franchise had some worried… and then he stole the show in Infinity War, kicked everyone’s ass, and emerged victorious. They managed to take a villain whose main goal in the comics is to fuck a skeleton and somehow make him work, namely by keeping his headstrong self-righteousness intact even if he isn’t trying to bone the grim reaper, with Josh Brolin delivering one of the finest performances of his career. There are other villains that are better than him, but there aren’t any villains who truly feel as grand of epic as he did, and with DC dropping Darkseid from their cinematic universe it’s doubtful there ever will be one again, at least not for a very long time.

6. Doctor Octopus

Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man: No Way Home

Alfred Molina’s Otto Octavius is an excellent contrast to Dafoe’s Goblin. Where Gobby is hammy, hilarious, and gleefully sadistic, Octavius is grandiose in a more understated way and a lot more tragic, while still managing to be as fun as a mad scientist with robot tentacles should be. You can definitely tell Molina is bringing his stage acting skills to the table here with how he carries himself and delivers his lines, making Octavius stand out among the more traditionally campy villains in Raimi’s other films. He got to return for an encore in No Way Home and gets the awesome fight scene and redemption arc he deserved, fully rounding him out and giving the diabolical doctor a happy ending all while proving that he makes movies better just by being in them.

5. Xu Wenwu

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi would be a nearly perfect movie if not for one thing: It kills off one of the single greatest and most complex villains in the MCU for a CGI dragon battle. They managed to take two of the most infamous “Yellow Peril” characters in pop culture (Fu Manchu and the Mandarin) and gave him depth and complexity, his complicated relationship with his children driving the plot more than anything else. It’s a testament to how good the writing and how good Tony Leung’s performance is that he’s this high, because despite his death the impact on his children doesn’t disappear just because it’s time for CGI monsters. This more than makes up for how lame Guy Pearce Mandarin was, that’s for sure.

4. Ego

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Familial conflict is the cornerstone of many great villains, and Ego has that in spades. At first it seems like Marvel’s living planet has undergone adaptational kindness, with him genuinely coming across as a fun father figure to Peter, but that just makes the big twist hit even harder. Ego becomes even nastier retroactively, as on top of what he did to Peter’s mother and scores of his own children, the holiday special reveals Mantis is his child and he only kept her alive as a slave for her powers. He’s genuinely one of the nastiest, most twisted villains the MCU ever showed us, and he more than lives up to his name with his narcissistic plan to reshape the universe in his image. Kurt Russell absolutely knocked it out of the park with his performance.

3. Magneto

X-Men film series

Be it Sir Ian McKellan or Michael Fassbender, you could always count on one thing with Magneto: He’d be one of the most compelling parts of the film. Watch McKellan and Fassbender carry The Last Stand and Apocalypse, respectively, and see how this iconic anti-villain can make even the biggest turds watchable. And when the movie is genuinely good, such as X2, First Class, or Days of Future Past… That’s where the real fun comes in. Magneto is one of the single greatest characters ever created, and thankfully even with the spotty track record of the X-Men films it never felt like he wasn’t given his due.

2. Green Goblin

Spider-Man and Spider-Man: No Way Home

We can argue all day about whether or not his costume is stupid, but one thing that is utterly inarguable is that Willem Dafoe delivered the gold standard for hammy supervillains. Playing up the Goblin as something of a split personality, Dafoe can instantly switch from the sympathetic Norman to the cackling Gobby with ease, something really demonstrated by his return in No Way Home. Across two cinematic universes, Gobby proved himself to be Spidey’s greatest and most personal foe, and more importantly than that he proved to be an endless fountain of memes thanks to his insanely quotable lines. If you’re making a cackling, campy comic book movie villain, they are gonna have to try really hard to make it out of Gobby’s shadow.

1. Erik Killmonger

Black Panther

When I began making this list, there was never any question who number one was going to be. Of fucking course it was always gonna be Killmonger, a villain who is so cool, stylish, badass, and complex that he completely redeems the film’s awkward PS3 cutscene of a final battle thanks to his genuinely impactful death scene immediately after. He’s so good that when he shows up for a surprise appearance in Wakanda Forever he absolutely and completely eclipses how great Namor is and reminds us all why he was such a great villain with only a single scene. What’s most impressive, however, is that technically he did win in the end, being directly responsible for T’Challa dying as well as inspiring him during life to open up to the world and try and help black people around the world. Michael B. Jordan proves once and for all that whatever problems his role as Johnny Storm had, it wasn’t on him; the man is one of the best actors of our time.

#Psycho Analysis #villains #comic book superhero movie villains #DC #Marvel #comic books #list

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Green Man Festival 2023

Green Man Festival - 17th - 20th August 2023

Eve Appleton Band is this year’s Green Man Rising Winner!

Cardiff band Hyll will also claim their spot on the Rising Stage as finalists too, congratultions to them.

Green Man is thrilled to announce that Eve Appleton Band is its Green Man Rising winner for 2023, and will bag a slot on its Mountain Stage this August.

The Bristol-based act beat off competition from a record-breaking 3,000 hopefuls and over 30,000 votes to claim the annual award after they were announced as the judges favourite at the virtual final.

The Dorset born songwriter’s brand of progressive folk music won over a panel of industry experts including Hayley Morrison, Ivano Maggiulli, Kate French-Morris, Liam Keightly, Nuha Ruby Ra, Steve Nickols, Tom Baker and Ben Coleman.

Following a rise to prominence on the UK live music scene, Eve is now set to claim her place on the biggest stage at Wales’ largest music festival alongside the likes of First Aid Kit and Self Esteem.

Eve is herself a lifelong Green Man fan, having attended regularly as a child from its beginnings as a much smaller event held at the Baskerville Hall Hotel, just outside Hay-on-Wye

She said: “I knew music was my life because of Green Man - I cannot believe I now get to set foot on the mountain stage with my best friends. To everyone at Green Man Festival, the judges board of GM Rising and Green Man trust for providing musicians like us this amazing opportunity, we are forever grateful.”

Delighted to be announcing this year’s Green Man Rising winner, Managing Director and festival owner Fiona Stewart said: "I want to thank all those involved in Green Man Rising. The judges all agreed that the standard of entries was so incredibly high this year, and I’m so pleased for Eve Appleton Band! They really will make a spectacular addition to our line-up.”

The Green Man Rising competition celebrates the best emerging talent every year. Each entry is listened to by the Green Man team before a long list is put out to public vote in order to find the final five, which this year attracted more than 30,000 votes.

Cardiff band Hyll and other finalists will also get play at the festival on Green Man’s Rising Stage as a result of their success in the competition too. Other Welsh acts confirmed for the 2023 event include Cardiff duo, Rogue Jones, who will be performing at the Walled Garden stage on Thursday as part of an all Welsh language day in the Walled Garden, alongside acts such as Aisha Vaughan and Caldicot’s The Bug Club.

The magic of Green Man lies not just in its scenery and music. Made up of 10 individual areas, the festival also offers a diverse range of events to accompany its incredible line-up, boasting art installations spread throughout the tranquil valley, a beer and cider tent to enjoy a crisp Welsh pint, an Ancient Egypt-themed area of discovery and exploration for the little folk, a relaxation and workshop space for the teenagers, plus science engagement area Einstein’s Garden. Further line ups of music, science, film, comedy & literature will be revealed in the coming months.

The Settlement Stage

This years Greenman Settlement Stage has been carefully curated by Libertino Records Gruff Owen with Angel Hotel, Angharad, Cynefin, Edie Bens, Elin Grace, Gille, Half Happy, Ivan Moult, Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy, Mari Mathias, Red Telephone, Siula, Sonny Winnebego, Spencer Segelov And The Great Paintings, The Family Battenberg, Voya and YNYS all gracing the stage.

Festival goers who have purchased a Settler’s Pass, a special ticket which includes discounts on local heritage sites, galleries, castles and more, will arrive on Monday 14th August for a week in the Welsh valleys as part of their Green Man 2023 experience. Tickets for this year’s festival sold out in just four hours in September 2022, following a fantastic 20th anniversary celebration in the Welsh Mountains just weeks before.

The full lineup is as follows

Now in its 21st year, Green Man Festival is an award-winning, independent music, arts, comedy and science festival held in the breathtaking surroundings of the Bannau Brycheiniog. Uniquely, Green Man refuses sponsorship so that independent Welsh food & beverage producers can be offered and curational freedom retained. The festival is comprised of ten unique areas – from comedy, literature, theatre, film and art, and is the only large UK festival where a woman has majority ownership.

Green Man Festival is a melting pot of Welsh, national and international artistic talent and a creator of opportunities. The Green Man Trust charity extends the festival’s artistic, educational, and cultural ambitions by cultivating creative development, showcase and training opportunities within the arts, sciences and local communities. Over the last three years, 10,000+ people have been supported by Green Man Trust, £16,000 donated to Welsh food banks in 2022 in response to cost of living crisis, £3,000 donated for Ukrainian war relief, £16,000 has been raised for Welsh vulnerable people affected by storm Dennis flood, £100,000 was spent to commission 223 artists during the pandemic and over 100 community projects have been supported.

www.greenman.net/

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Books I've read this summer (so far!) in a couple sentences or less

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - 5/28 - Incredibly brutal portrayal of religious trauma and queer rage. I was hooked from the first chapter.

Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall - 5/30 - Suuuuper sexy and fun; I'm always impressed with Alexis Hall's writing, especially his Regency romances. They make me want to dive into Jane Austen's works cause the characters mention them at least a few times in each book.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 6/4 - This book is a modern classic for a reason, it is so important to read and it is really tough to at times but I really loved it. I completely fell in love with Alice Walker's writing and the emotions she so vividly portrays, I am definitely going to read more from her.

Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner - 6/5 - OMG I loved the chemistry between the leads and was smiling almost the entire book. I am so going to pick up their other book and will hopefully be adding them to my list of must read romance authors.

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - 6/6 - Another great installment to a lovely series.

Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers by Lillian Faderman - 6/9 - Taught me so much about lesbian culture and I am so sad that I don't own a copy of this book, because even though I took pictures there's some passages that will stick with me for a long time.

Burn the House Down: A Biography of America's First Woman President by Kenna Jenkins - 6/10 - I love alternate history and for it to be by a self-published writer it was even better. It was truly worth reading.

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler - 6/13 - This is truly one of the best sci-fi books I've ever read, and for it to be compared to anything is completely cheap because it is truly one of a kind. I ran to the library the next day to check out like three more of Butler's books.

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells - 6/14 - Murderbot is so great I love it, and this series is incredibly fun to listen to at the gym.

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin - 6/15 - A bit absurd at times but a witty and horrifying work that feels all too relevant right now.

The Fianceé Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur - 6/16 - Bellefleur is one of my favorite romance authors, she's so magical and I am so excited to read all of her future works. I have one left from her backlog and I'm already itching for more.

Season of Love by Helena Greer - 6/20 - The blurbs were right, this is like a Hallmark movie in book form. It was incredibly sweet and I loved the butch representation, butches have my whole heart forever.

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree - 6/25 - Although I am not into D&D, this book was super sweet and soft. Definitely going to read more from this series.

Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton - 6/26 - Definitely very hard to read but was one of the better celebrity memoirs out there.

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica - 6/27 - God this book was so horrifying I can't even fully comprehend my thoughts on this book.

Upstream by Mary Oliver - 7/2 - I love Mary Oliver, this was so good and it was top-notch literary analysis.

Educated by Tara Westover - 7/4 - This book was so good OMG my mom was so right to recommend this book to me for like four years because it is completely worth the hype it got in 2018. Everyone should read this book and pass it on to their friends.

#booklr #book review #book recap

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Cho, Di Meo, Platt, Azzarello Headline Talented Comics Creators Attending FAN EXPO Cleveland

An incredible array of talented comics artists and writers, spanning more than a half century of work and encompassing dozens of the most popular franchises in the history of the medium through the present, will be on hand as FAN EXPO Cleveland today announced the Artist Alley headliners for the convention, set for April 12-14 at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland.

Among the superstar writers and artists are Frank Cho (“Liberty Meadows," “Wolverine"), Simone Di Meo (“Batman and Robin”), Stephen Platt (“Moon Knight,” “Wolverine”), Brian Azzarello (“Suicide Squad: Get Joker,” “Wonder Woman”), author Claudia Gray (“Star Wars,” “House of El”), Tim Jacobus (“Goosebumps,” “Spinetinglers”), Greg Land (“Wolverine versus Predator,” “Uncanny X-Men"), Jae Lee (“Seven Sons,” “Stephen King’s Dark Tower”), Yanick Paquette (“Wonder Woman,” “The Incal”), Kevin Maguire (“Justice League,” “The Defenders”), and Joe Wos (“Cartoon Academy”, “Charlie the Tuna”). Just about every franchise imaginable will be well represented, and comics fans will revel in meeting the creators who have made them possible. Q&A’s, interactive demonstration sessions, autographs, commission opportunities, and more make the experience a can’t-miss for comics lovers.

The field of creators also includes talents such as Heather Antos (Group editor, IDW Publishing), Sweeney Boo (“Harley Quinn,” “Marvel Action Captain Marvel”), Joe Corroney (“Star Wars,” Lucasfilm), Kyle Higgins (“Radiant Black,” “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”), Matt Horak (“Spider Man/Deadpool,” “Black Panther”), Stephanie Phillips (“Harley Quinn,” “Rogue and Gambit”), Tim Sheridan (“Alan Scott: The Green Lantern,” “Flashpoint Beyond”), Aaron Reynolds (“Effin’ Birds”), Don Rosa (“Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck”), Stephanie Williams (“Nubia and the Amazons,” “Wakanda Forever”) and Thom Zahler (“My Little Pony,” “Love and Capes”), plus dozens of other local Northeast Ohio area writers and artists. The full list can be found at https://fanexpohq.com/fanexpocleveland/comic-creators/.

The quality of the creators in Artist Alley mirrors that of the FAN EXPO Cleveland celebrity roster, which features a first-rate list that includes The Lord of the Rings “four hobbits” Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan, Danny Trejo (Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn), Charlie Cox (“Daredevil,” “Boardwalk Empire”), legendary director Sam Raimi, Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”), Alan Tudyk (Star Wars, “Firefly”), Brent Spiner (“Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Independence Day), “Charmed” star Rose McGowan, “Harry Potter” standout Matthew Lewis and Jason Lee (“My Name is Earl,” The Incredibles) and more.

Single-Day Tickets, Three-Day Passes, VIP Packages and Ultimate Fan Packages for FAN EXPO Cleveland are available now. Advance pricing is available until March 28. More guest news will be released in the following weeks, including line-up reveals for additional headline celebrities, comic creator guests, voice actors and cosplayers.

Cleveland is the sixth event on the 2024 FAN EXPO HQ calendar; the full schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.

#comic con #comics

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1&7 from list 3

The Mandalorian

Love your writing like a guilty pleasure.

“(Name)! Open the door! & “Tell me I’m wrong.”

It started angsty but ended soft 🥺💕

Din Djarin x Fem!Reader ; warnings: pregnancy

The Mandalorian Masterlist

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You paced the room back and forth, trying to hold back your tears as you quickly tried to think of a plan - a what the kriff do I do now plan. Pausing, you stared out the window, slowly approaching the warm sunlight that was streaming in. It was peaceful - here on Sorgan - but you felt anything but that peace within your heart. A small sigh escaped your lips as leaned on the ledge and looked out the window. The sound of children playing and laughing met your ears and caused a panging in your heart. Your hand drifted to the ever so slight swell of your belly as you let out a heavy sigh; it wasn’t noticeable yet, at least not to the untrained eye, but soon it would be.

You were never alone anymore, not with the small bean inside of you, but you’d never felt more alone than this.

You missed him - your small adopted son that had gone away with the Jedi. You’d mourned his absence for a long time, despite the fact that you knew you’d be reunited with him again one day. This was for the best- this had always been the ending and you’d known it. It hadn’t made letting him go any easier.

You missed Din too. Things hadn’t been the same since he’d parted ways with his son. You knew it would be hard, as had he, but neither of you expected it would be quite this difficult. He hadn’t been the same since, retreating further and further into himself and always from you. Watching your riduur become so reclusive and quiet was enough to break your heart, and despite your best efforts, it seemed like he was never going to snap out of it.

You had tried your best to make sure he knew he was loved, that Grogu was loved too and that he would be okay, and that one day your family would be reunited. You were sure of it; Grogu might have been gone, but it wasn’t forever only temporary. But it hadn’t seemed to matter to Din either way.

He was in a perpetual state of just existing, and you’d dragged him here, back to Sorgan, a place he loved and found comforting, in an attempt to make him feel better. Maybe a getaway from everything would do him so good.

“What is your plan now? You can’t keep hiding away and shutting the world out, Mandalorian.” you had stilled at Omera’s words, frozen as you wondered what your riduur would say; it was clearly a private conversation, and you knew you should walk away, but found yourself unable.

“I don’t know,” he admitted quietly, “but I know I’m going on by myself. I can’t have anyone around me anymore. It does them no good.”

“What of your wife?” Omera seemed as surprised as you felt, and almost gave yourself away when a small sound of surprise left your lips, “and your unborn child? Surely you would not abandon them.”

“My wife will be much better off without me - she’s never needed me. It’s always been the other way around,” he sighed, “she will get over me and find another. There is no child - it is not a concern.”

“And if there was?” despite not having told Omera about your recently discovered pregnancy, she must have put the pieces together. She was a mother as well after all.

“They would both be better off without me,” he insisted, “once we leave this place, I will ensure her safety and then I will make my own way.”

“That is as selfish as it is cruel,” the woman scoffed at him, “this is not the time to be a hero or a coward, or whatever you want to call it. She is your wife, she loves you more than anything, and yet you want to run simply because you’re scared.”

“It is…”

But you’d heard enough, feeling sick to your stomach as you turned on your heel and ran away, making a loud sound as you almost tripped over your feet. They surely knew you were there now.

“Cyare-” you heard Din call after you as you kept running, running, running. Just like he planned to do.

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“We’ll figure it out little one,” you whispered gently to your small bump, “even if it’s just the two of us. We’ll be okay - I will always protect you.”

“Cyare! Open the door!” Din’s voice was loud as he knocked on the door once he realized it was locked. You froze in fear before wiping away your tears and squaring your shoulders, “kriff, open the damned door. We need to talk.”

“Go away,” you sighed at him, feeling anything but in the mood to do this right now, “please just leave. What does it matter anyway? You were just going to do that anyway.”

“Don’t do this,” he said softly as you scoffed, “please let me explain. Please talk to me.”

“I heard what you said to Omera,” you told him, venom lacing your every word, “so you might as well just leave. That’s what you wanted, right? Tell me I’m wrong, Din. Tell me.”

“Open the door so we can talk,” he sounded almost defeated, and while you wanted to shut him out and have him feel the same hurt you had been experiencing, you wouldn’t - and couldn’t do that to him, “please, Cyare.”

Wordlessly, you walked to the door and slowly opened it, and turned around, your back to him. He quickly shut the door behind him, and within seconds, the beskar helmet was off and set on the table as he reached out for you. It was hard to contain your tears as you found him looking back at you with the same expression.

“You hurt me Din,” you finally managed to say after a few moments, not even fighting back the tears that had rolled down your cheeks, “and I know things have been hard, very hard for you, for us, but I’ve been trying and trying to get you to understand how much I love you and that we will be alright. But nothing seems to be working, and you just shut me out completely. I love you, Din, you’re my husband, my friend, my partner, but I don’t know what to do at this point.”

“I know,” he admitted as he hung his head in defeat, “I know I have not been good to you lately. With...everything that happened...it hurt me more than I thought it would.”

“And it’s okay to hurt,” you reminded him, “I’ve told you, and you’re not the only hurting. It hurt me too, and to see you like this hurts me too. But it will be okay - we will be okay. We’ll have our son again, and until then we have each other. I will always love, and nothing will change that.”

“I just...I don’t want to have something like this happen to you too,” he was sniffling now and despite the hurt and pain you were feeling, you reached up and put your hand on his cheek, “I don’t know what I’d do if I lost you.”

“And yet you were so ready to just up and leave me.” you laughed at lightly, understanding his internal dilemma, despite how much you wanted to be mad, “you should have just talked to me, Din.”

“I know,” he agreed, “I just...want to keep you safe. Always. You are the most important thing to me. I should have told you from the start…”

“Yeah,” you laughed lightly through your tears as he offered a pathetic little smile, “we can talk about anything, you know that. Always - the good and the bad. We’re in this together for life. Silly husband...you know where I’m safest, right?”

“Hmm?”

“At your side, with you,” you reminded him, “together we’re unstoppable and we can do anything. Look at all we’ve done so far, and we have so many things left to do. Together.”

“I don’t know why I didn’t just listen to you in the first place,” he took your hand and gave it a gentle squeeze before pressing a kiss to your knuckles, “I just...I got scared and I didn’t know if you’d…”

“Nothing can ever change how much I love you,” you reminded him, “nothing. You have me always. Through all the hard time and easy times, and everything in between. You are a good man, Din Djarin, and you’ve always done the right thing, even if it’s not easy. What we did was what we had to do, but it won’t always be like this, we both know that. I know it still hurts though but it will get easier. We know he’s in a good place, and when we see him again it will be like no time has passed.”

“I love you,” he whispered softly before he completely broke and pulled you into his warms, wrapping them tightly around you. It didn’t take more than a moment for you to respond in kind, holding him tightly as you pressed a few kisses to the side of his head, “thank you for not giving up on me. I know I’m not always the easiest man to deal with.”

“No, you are not,” you agreed, “but I love you beyond measure, just as you love me. I will never give up on you. You know that.”

“I do,” he promised as he pulled back and held your face in his hands before kissing you gently, letting his lips linger against yours, “I’ve always known that, even if I apparently didn’t realize it.”

“Silly husband,” you beamed at him. It was at that moment, seeing the soft look in those brown eyes that you adored that you decided to share your secret with him, “there’s one more thing, Din Djarin.”

“Hmm?” he hummed as you ghosted your lips over his.

“It’s not just me that adores you to the ends of the galaxy,” you gently took one of his hands and placed it on the small swell of your belly, “it’s the two of us.”

His eyes practically lit up at your words and the small bump he could feel. He looked at you, silently asking if it was real as you nodded. Unable to stop himself, he kissed you deeply, taking a moment to soak it all in, “we’re having a baby...us...we…”

“Yes,” you confirmed with a teary smile of your own, “we’re having a baby. And you know what else - this baby and I love you very, very much.”

“I love you,” he agreed, “a clan of three…”

“No,” you shook your head with a wistful smile as he realized what you meant, “a clan of four. Grogu will always be our son too, Din. He knows that too.”

“A clan of four,” he repeated as he squeezed you tightly, “I love you all so much.”

“And we love you, Din Djarin. Always."

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crappymixtape · 3 months

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a love letter // 1k follower celebration

M O R E T H A N B E A U T I F U L T O M E 🎶 love you always, 1000 follower mixtape playlist!

REQUESTS CLOSED // you open your locker to grab a book before heading to class and see a clear cassette case sitting on top of your things. inside is a mixtape, love you always, xoxo, written messily across the orange label. a crinkled piece of graph paper accompanies it, the track list written down, words scribbled next to each song especially for you. an inside joke from eddie that makes you giggle, a flirty note from steve that makes you blush. the songs make you think of swimming in the quarry, of sharing a joint on the stoop, of late night drives and snuck kisses behind the garden gate and snuggling close on the couch watching movies. ( PARTY UNDER THE CUT! )

MIXTAPE INSTRUCTIONS ( REQUESTS CLOSED ) as you listen to the mixtape, choose a song ( an emoji ) below and send me the emoji in an ask here with the appropriate info! *DISCLAIMER: if you miss anything from the ask, i won't be able to answer! i'm gonna try my damndest to answer every ask that comes through, but will close my inbox after the weekend! i'll tag you in you the post when your ask is done! xoxo

💿 SONG LOVE -> tell me which boy you want for this! when you choose this emoji you'll get a song recommendation along with a little fic blurb inspired by the song ( boy x reader ). ✏️ FIC LOVE -> tell me a boy and a genre you want for this! when you choose this emoji i'll provide you with a fic rec centered on your choice of boy and genre ( smut, fluff, angst, series ). 💌 LOVE NOTE -> tell me which boy you want and your mood! when you choose this emoji i'll write you a letter from your boy of choice and tailor it to your mood / what you're needing from them ( boy x reader ). 🤍 WRITER LOVE -> choose a question from this list and i'll tell you more about my writing or process on a specific fic you love or just in general! OR bother me about my WIPS ;)

SMOOCHES FOR MY WRITERS ( FIC & WRITER RECS ) please come through and follow / read these lovely writers. this place was here before i got here and most of these people were here before me, so go go go! read and reblog and shower them with love cos they deserve it! 💋 ily you babies, so glad you're here with me xoxo.

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AND HUGS TO YOU! YES, YOU! XOXO, 💿 KATE

the biggest thank you of all goes to YOU, the person reading this! i used to suffer so bad from imposter syndrome ( i still do from time to time! ), but once i grew the courage to start sharing my writing here ( and you showered me with support and love!! ) i realized just how much i love to write and create with these characters we all hold dear to us. know that i recognize all your handles ( and get so excited when i see you like and reblog!! ) and love seeing you pop up in my notifications.

so thank you!! thank you for your kind words, unhinged hashtags, random messages and memes, and for getting me to ONE THOUSAND FOLLOWERS! i am still in shock! love you so, so much and can't wait to share what i have in store for 2024 ♥️

xoxo, divider love to @cafekitsune!

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ladyxskywalker · 2 years

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January 2022

thank you to the amazing fic writers for sharing some wonderful stories with all of us ! & to the kind readers for their support. 💙

please assume that all works & the blogs they belong to are 18+ only

mature adult content will be marked with a double asterisk **

be sure to check all warnings & tags before reading, feel free to skip if something isn't for you

& of course, enjoy responsibly

all the love xo A ☕

please send me things to read ! favorite fics or something you've written that you're proud of ! 💌

find more monthly fic recs over on my masterlist, Feb 2022 coming soon ! ✨

please let me know if you would like to be removed

✨ new authors & characters added for the first time !

✨ some authors are mentioned more than once throughout the list, check to see if your works are there !

Star Wars

✨ Anakin Skywalker

Father And Son Bonding, Skywalker Family Fanfic by @anidalalover99 (anakin & baby luke)

✨ Boba Fett

Arise, Ascend (series) by @zinzinina (f!reader) **

Bubble Baths, Bruises, and Beskar by @rosethornxs (f!reader) **

I’ll Follow You by @writeforfandoms (soulmate au) (gn!reader)

[Keep/Stay] Close to Me by @saradika (f!reader) **

Meeting at a Coffee Shop by @forever-rogue (coffee shop au) (f!reader)

Mysterious Man (series) | 2 | 3 by @aerynwrites (f!reader)

Tender Loving Care by @kybercyarika (f!reader)

The Path by @buffthrawn (original poetry)

When Light Meets Matter (series) by @msfett (enemies to lovers) (f!reader) **

✨ Din Djarin

A Beskar Sized Hole by @autumnleaves1991-blog (f!reader)

Across the Sands of Time and Tatooine by @honey-dewey (gn!reader)

A Marshmallow World by @spotchka (winter au) (din, grogu, ocs)

Burning Hour (series) by @juletheghoul (knight!din) (f!reader) **

Cottagecore Din (series) by @floraandfrost (cottage au) (f!reader) **

Country Roads by @janghoefett (roadtrip au) (f!reader) **

For Some Reason by @laserbrains (gn!reader) **

Newcomer by @lordabovehelpme (cottage au) (f!reader)

The Oaths We Keep by @maries-menagerie (gn!reader)

✨ Fennec Shand

Drabble by @pilothusband (f!reader) **

Spa Time Fun by @ashotofspotchka (f!reader) **

✨ Garsa Fwip (Madam Garsa, TBOBF)

See Me, See You by @thefact0rygirl (f!reader) **

✨ Kylo Ren

Proper Celebration by @paper-n-ashes (modern au) (sugar daddy au) (bi!f!reader) (stripper!oc) **

✨ Luke Skywalker

When You Tease by @laserbrains (gn!reader) **

Wild Want by @laserbrains (afab!reader) **

✨ Obi Wan Kenobi

Absolutely Reckless by @laserbrains (f!reader) **

Am I Like Her? (A Dreams of Peace Story) by @strwrs (f!reader)

Beach Day by @laserbrains (afab!reader) **

Closer to You by @star-whores-a-new-hoe (afab!reader) **

Findings by @penfullofwordsaheadfullofstories (modern au) (gn!reader)

Good to Be Back (commander cody & obi wan) by @aerynwrites

You’re Not Worthless by @mrskenobi19 (gn!reader)

✨ Padme Amidala

Old Habits by @youhavemysaber (f!reader) **

✨ Poe Dameron

The Feeling of Home by @lightsinthedistancee (gn!reader)

The Stars by @youvebeenlivingfictional (gn!reader)

prompt – ‘cuddling in the first morning light’ by @dailyreverie (gn!reader)

prompt – ‘hiding their face in the other’s neck' by @dailyreverie (gn!reader)

prompt – ‘how long are you staying?’ ‘for as long as you need me’ by @dailyreverie (gn!reader)

prompt – ‘I’m not leaving you’ and/or ‘stop apologizing, you didn’t do anything wrong’ by @dailyreverie (gn!reader)

prompt – ‘just get it out, get it all out’ by @dailyreverie (gn!reader)

Rogue One

✨ Bodhi Rook

Alive With Love by @youhavemysaber, moriamithril on ao3 (f!reader) **

✨ Cassian Andor

prompt – ‘your heart is beating too fast to be close to someone you don’t care about’ by @youhavemysaber (gn!reader) **

The Sun, The Moon, and the Sea (series) by @obirain (enemies to lovers) (ofc)

✨ Galen Erso

Endure (series) by @youhavemysaber (f!reader) **

✨ Orson Krennic

The End by @artemiseamoon

Keep It Like A Secret by @youhavemysaber (f!reader) **

prompt – keeping up appearances, attending an event by @youhavemysaber (f!reader) **

prompt – ‘aren’t you tired?’ ‘I’m fine, don’t worry about me’ by @youhavemysaber (f!reader)

Triple Frontier

✨ Benny Miller

Ain’t Got No Time For Part Time Loving by @rayslittlekitten (bff!gn!reader)

Benny and the Pets by @pumpkin-stars (gn!reader)

La Primera Fiesta by @marvelousmermaid (latina!reader)

To The Groom and Bride by @miraclesabound (benny x ofc, will x ofc)

✨ Frankie Catfish Morales

Down Payment (series) by @jedi-mando (ofc) **

Frankie Gif Story by @autumnleaves1991-blog (f!reader) **

Guardian Angel by @hopeamarsu (angel!frankie) (f!reader)

✨ Santiago Garcia

Bailando by @ayrusss (f!reader)

prompt, ‘you’re always welcome here’ by @dailyreverie (gn!reader) (tw: alcohol)

✨ Will Ironhead Miller

Blood Orange by @honestly-shite (f!reader) **

Golden Hour by @velocibeewords (gn!reader)

In the Pale Moonlight by @hopeamarsu (will x f!reader x frankie) **

The Loft (pioneer!Will) (series) by @frannyzooey (f!reader) **

A Very Triple Frontier Christmas (series) by @rayslittlekitten (gn!oc, ofc)

Vixen (two parts) by @rayslittlekitten (IT!Will) (holiday office party au) (f!reader) **

Oscar Isaac

✨ Duke Leto Atreides (Dune)

Dream by @castiel-barnes (gn!reader)

Reconnaissance by @xmoonlight-jasminex (f!reader) **

prompt – 'you are what’s important right now' by @dailyreverie (she/her)

Pedro Pascal

✨ Dave York

A Recognized Stranger by @clydesducktape (soulmate au) (gn!reader)

Spring Break by @juletheghoul (f!reader) **

✨ Ezra (prospect)

In the Dark (series) by @frannyzooey (ezra, cee, f!reader) **

Rambling by @yespolkadotkitty (f!reader)

She Who Slept Among the Trees (series) by @ezrasbirdie (fae king!ezra) (ofc) ** [continued on ao3]

Winter Bliss by @mitchi-c (gn!reader)

✨ Joel Miller (The Last of Us)

Reason to Breathe by @flightlessangelwings (sex pollen) (consensual) (f!reader) **

Steal My Girl by @flightlessangelwings (f!reader)

✨ Marcus Moreno

Save Me by @ezrasbirdie (f!reader) **

Volt to the Heart by @autumnleaves1991-blog (super hero!f!reader)

✨ Marcus Pike

A New Years to Remember by @absurdthirst co-written with @storiesofthefandomlovers (f!reader) **

How Did You Love (series) by @writeforfandoms (f!reader) (misc. characters)

✨ Oberyn Martell

Believe in Lullabies by @writeforfandoms (winter solstice, yule) (gn!reader)

The Princess of Dorne (series) by @autumnleaves1991-blog (ofc) **

✨ Pedro Across the Street (Calls, Apple TV, NOT RPF)

Good.Things.Take.Time (series) by @oonajaeadira (f!reader) **

Good.Things.Take.Time 2 (one bed) by @oonajaeadira (f!reader) **

Good.Things.Take.Time (Truth or Dare: I Want to Play A Game) by @oonjaeadira (f!reader) **

✨ Pero Tovar

A Man of Few Words by @autumnleaves1991-blog (f!reader)

In Time (series) by @imtryingmybeskar (f!reader) **

Racing the Wind (Born to be Wild series) by @writeforfandoms (f!reader)

ADCU

✨ Clyde Logan

Existence (series) by @clydesducktape (minotaur!clyde, gorgan!reader) (mythical au)

TCCU (series) by @dilfskenobi for @clydesducktape (forest guardian!clyde) **

✨ Rick Smolan

Impatience by @paper-n-ashes (f!reader) **

✨ Ronnie Peterson

Escape by @hopeamarsu (zombie apocalypse au) (gn!reader)

Misc. Multi Fandom

✨ Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs) (Joel Kinnaman)

Smile for You by @loverhymeswith (private detective!takeshi) (modern au) (gn!reader)

✨ The Amazing Spiderman (Andrew Garfield!Peter Parker)

prompt – ‘cuddling in the first morning light’ by @dailyreverie (gn!reader)

prompt – ‘you’re going to be fine, okay? you’re going to be fine.’ and ‘you’re not alone’ by @dailyreverie (gn!reader)

My Hero by @a-reader-a-writer (f!reader)

Turning Page & Leave the Suit On by @clints-lucky-arrow (f!reader) **

✨ Sons of Anarchy (Jax Teller) (Charlie Hunnam)

Pretty Face (You Got This series) by @rayslittlekitten (teen au) (f!reader, ofc)

#star wars #the mandalorian #rogue one #pedro pascal #oscar isaac #star wars fanficiton #the mandalorian fanfiction #rogue one fanfiction #pedro pascal character fanfiction #oscar isaac character fanfiction #triple frontier #triple frontier fanfiction #multi fandom #the amazing spider man #adcu fanfiction #pxk fic recs 💫#pxk reads

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rae-gar-targaryen · 2 years

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2,000 Follower Celebration!

I just want to say a big thank you to every one of you for following me! 2K of you are here?? WOW! I never thought that would happen!

I’ve been here since 2018, when I joined with the intention of just being a passive enjoyer/supporter of others’ content. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet and get to know so many wonderful people. My vision for this blog has always been for it to be a place to showcase not only the things i enjoy and others’ wonderful work, but to create a welcoming place where we can talk about things we want to, where people can share things (anonymously or otherwise) and be heard, and to enjoy the things we like unabashedly! To show my appreciation for each one of you continuing to engage with, laugh with, and support me, I wanted to have a little weekend celebration!

From now (1/19) until Saturday night (1/22) I will be accepting asks/requests for the following:

drabbles/blurbs -- I will write itty, bitty little somethings for characters/fandoms (list below) from this prompt list here.

games! including fmk with characters, cast your mutuals as, would you rather.

secrets/confessions -- Want to share something? Have fandom opinions? Need to get something off your chest? Say anything, babe!

song recommendations -- I have playlists for so many different/ characters! Want a song rec based on a character/show/movie? Send me a little musical note emoji 🎵and a character/show/movie.

hc’s -- Want to know my headcanons for a character/ship? Want to tell me your headcanons? Send or request an HC for a fandom/character from the list below! Can be sweet, smutty, fluffy, angsty, or full of enemies. You know how I love enemies.

ship, ship, hooray! -- Want me to ship you with someone? Want to tell me who I ship you with? Send me a basic description of yourself and your hobbies, a little ship emoji 🚢 and a fandom.

I will answer any of these through Sunday, 1/23, and on a rolling basis thereafter if there is any carryover.

Fandoms: You can send requests for characters within these fandoms.

Don’t see your fandom/fav? Send an ask. If I won’t write for it, I’ll let you know!

Marvel (including Netflix Marvel shows, i.e. Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, The Punisher) or Sony/Marvel (i.e., TASM);

Mayans M.C.;

Star Wars (including Rogue One and the Mandalorian);

Umbrella Academy;

The Witcher;

Cyberpunk 2077;

Lord of the Rings;

Stranger Things;

Shadow & Bone;

Keanu Reeves Characters;

Andrew Garfield Characters;

Ben Barnes characters;

Tom Holland Characters; and

Jon Bernthal Characters

ALL WORKS/RESPONSES WILL BE TAGGED AS “RAES 2K SLEEPOVER.”

RULES: Cuz there’s gotta be SOME, right?

You must be following me to participate. Normally, I wouldn’t restrict. But I’m going to this time, because if I’m going to ship you, recommend a song, etc. I’d like to at least know that I know you a little bit! (New/recent followers are welcome to participate, of course!)

If you request smut/smutty situations, you MUST be over 18. If I find out you’re under 18 and following me, you will be blocked.

I will not write adult situations with minor characters (i.e. Hoco-era Spiderman).

Be respectful! I don’t tolerate my blog as a forum for being rude to/about one another or others in general. Celeb tea/jokes in good fun are one thing, but if you send a rude anon, I reserve the right to give you the boot and the middle finger.

tagging some lovelies in case they wanna participate or share!

@aphrogeneias @thematthewmurdock @andallthatmishigas @cinewhore @noturjacky @bendro-pascarnes @themarcusmoreno @luxurybeskar @youhavemysaber @lucy-sky @superhoeva @joannasteez @blessedboo @brattyfics @amorestevens @inklore @ali-cide @2clones-1kamino @justanotherblonde23 @spoopyredacted @phoenixhalliwell @darklingveracruz @withmyteeth @maxlordd @agirllovespaghetti @forever-rogue @cryptidcody @imogenswitchbolt @artsymaddie @santacarlahorrorshow @frankiemorales @moonlight-prose @miss-me-jack @vaxxildan @scorpionsandhoney @pettyprocrastination @qveenbvtch @pedro-pscal @perlalalala @atwentywhore @nappingtopknot @ithinkhesgaybutwesavedmufasa @wanderingaldecaldo

#raes 2k sleepover #follower celebration #ok to rb

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yoonia · 3 years

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the agile fox ● teaser/premise

➬ The Agile Fox

⇢ Character | Jungkook x OC (named reader insert) x Yoongi

⇢ Genre | Shifters!au, Werewolf!au, Werewolf!Jungkook, Fox Shifter!Yoongi, Fluff, Angst, Smut

⇢ Summary | It is hard enough for Jungkook to continuously witness his peers finding their mates when he had been waiting for years to have his own. It is even harder when his eyes fall to someone who he may not even be allowed to pay attention to, much less to choose the person as a mate. But the Moon Goddess has always kept a trump card up her sleeves, a silly game that the Fates love to play. Will both shifters be ready to face the challenge? Or will they be too blinded to see all the hints until it would be far too late for them to claim what the Fates have prepared for them?

⇢ Ratings & Warnings | +18/mature; will involve sexual tension, jealousy, nudity, male x male intimate scene, more warnings will be added as I continue writing this

⇢ Word count | app. 20-30k words

➥ Part of the Shifters Series

➬ PREMISE/EXCERPT

Once a shy, small, and slender werewolf when he was young, Jeon Jungkook had suddenly grown into a strong werewolf the moment he reached the ripe age of eighteen. He became stronger than most of his peers in one night. His muscles grew faster just as his appetite for food and for battle training had grown, that he matched the built of their young Alpha Namjoon and Beta Jin in no time.

It took him not long to pass his training and be appointed as one of the pack’s enforcers, guarding the safety of their land and their pack with his strength.

Yet despite his accomplishments, he is far from celebrating them when he is lacking in one progress. When most of his peers have found their mates once they reached the age of eighteen, he has yet to find his own even until years have passed.

He had waited for that blissful moment to come, to encounter the beautiful scent of his mate that would lead him to them and gain his happily ever after. But it never did come to him until he had lost hope after waiting for three long years.

Then things suddenly changed.

He suddenly sets his attention on another, a shifter, one that would catch his eyes whenever they are present. There are still no hints of sweet scents to distinguish them as his intended. One that is fated to be his forever by the Moon. There is only curiosity, admiration, and the building need to protect when it comes to this shifter. And no matter what he does, Jungkook seems to keep failing to ignore this feeling that has been building in his heart and messing up with his mind to the point that he can no longer focus on his training whenever they are around.

But what is it that he supposed to do? How must he act on this feeling, when everything that he feels have only been directed to the small, clever, and astonishingly agile fox-shifter in the name of Min Yoongi?

Kitana has been on the run ever since her land had been taken by rogues.

Born as a hybrid between a werewolf and a fox shifter, she has also become a target by both the Hunters who have thirst for her blood, the wicked Dark Witches who crave for her magic, and other shifters who are eager to claim her as their mate. Together with her brothers, Kitana remains on the move, continuously getting from one place to another, hiding from the threats that continue to follow them wherever they go while they proceed through their long journey towards the one land that their father had claimed would be able to serve as their sanctuary.

It takes her weeks, months, of living on the road and coming close to losing her human’s conscience to be able to reach their destination, heading towards the land that had once been a myth, nothing but a part of a tale being whispered among packs as a magical sanctuary for homeless shifters.

The Wolf Moon Pack.

Aside from her eagerness of finding safety among other shifters her kind and for her to keep her family safe, there is also a peculiar feeling haunting her ever since she departed from her last shelter. The feeling continues to grow stronger, followed with the sweet scent that keeps pulling her towards her new home.

As she begins to come closer to the finish line, Kitana realises that she would not only find a new home on this magical land. But there is something else, a certain someone, who will be there, waiting for her arrival and for her to find.

Her mate.

There are so many things that Jungkook wishes he could say out loud to his Alpha. But he knows that he has no room for that when he is standing between the ranked wolves of the pack. As he is standing at the side of the room, watching the meeting unfolding, he recounts all the mixed power and dominance reverberating through the room, as the Alpha and the pack’s Beta are present for a face off with their guest.

Their guest, along with his little mate, had traveled far from the North. A werebear who was born with an Alpha blood who was rumoured to have been living as a feral beast before he met his mate. The little female beside him is a witch, and apparently, she was the only one who finally managed to lure him back to embrace his human side before his beast could take control of him completely.

Judging from the Alpha bear’s stance as he is standing across Alpha Namjoon with his shoulders squared up and his arms crossed over his chest, Jungkook can tell that the bear doesn’t seem to be enjoying this small meeting.

“Now I’m here. Do tell why you had sent your second in command to fetch me?” the werebear, Kim Seokjin, says to the Alpha wolf standing in front of him. His voice is gentle, making him seem friendly and warm if not for the deep growl that keeps coming out with each word he says.

Jungkook’s alpha, Kim Namjoon, remains calm as he regards the bear shifter. “I was told by a confidant of mine that you would be valuable for my pack,” the Alpha says, keeping the tone of his voice steady while his gaze never wavers from his guest.

“How so?

The Alpha sighs. “It’s rather hard to explain.”

The werebear raises his chin, challenging the Alpha, “Try your best then.”

Coming soon in September 2021!

[teaser 2 is available on my Patreon!]

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