#he has such a bullyable face

[toothbrushfingers]

i miss awkward dorky 15 year old hiccup

like don’t get me wrong, he’ll always be both awkward and dorky

but 15 year old hiccup has a certain… je ne sais quoi

#i don’t condone bullying #not even in the slightest #but LOOK at him #he has such a bullyable face #poor guy #my hiccup kin is showing #oh gods #httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd fandom #httyd movies #httyd 1 #legend of the bone knapper #gift of the night fury #hiccup haddock #hiccup #hiccup horrendous haddock the 3rd #hicctooth

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

14 tbh

#godwhat am i even sAYING #beige and bullyable got in my head its a great description #also i love the way my yaz re 13 is like this Looking Up #even when she knows she sucks the doctor is still like. larger than life a little. extremely untouchable #in a human way - 13 wont be touched - but that keeps the alien way sort of intact you know what i mean? #and then shes faced with 14 and shes like What a fucking loser #highly dunkable biscuit #yazs reaction to 14 is similar to like 9 or 10 re domesticity #'aw dont tell me i settle down. gross! boring! horrifying!' #anyway i just like the contrast #i like intertwining all the feelings yaz has abt being back on earth and seeing the doctor again and #it turning into this master-like sentiment of 'you used to be fun and now youre a little wimp' #yaz re 13: shes Special #yaz re 14: hes just some guy #bc like the thing is yazs doctor.........like..............travels. #i think is the thing #thats part of it. she loves the doctor for the doctor but she also loves the doctor for the life she leads #and lets yaz lead #i think #anyway yes im still writing this fic sorry i let myself get distracted but i will get it done in the end #also 14 woudl adore being thought of as just some guy #yaz: no i was insulting you #14: 🥰🥰🥰

[what-if-nct]

Bangchan: Where are you going? Why do you have a bat?

Minho: A raccoon is bullying Han at the skate park.

Bangchan: How is Han being bullied by a raccoon?

Seungmin: He has a very bullyable face. He's lucky I'm not the kind of person to tease and antagonize people.

Bangchan: You made me a profile on a dating website for senior citizens.

Seungmin: Well forbid I help a lonely grandpa find love.

Minho: Hey is it illegal to stab a raccoon?

Bangchan: Minho, put that down. Changbin and Jeongin are with him. Nothing's going to happen.

*an hour later*

Han: The raccoon attacked us and stole our money.

Changbin: And my shoe.

Jeongin: I'm fine cause I was minding my business.

Seungmin: They were bothering the raccoon weren't they?

Jeongin: It was like watching dumb and dumber in real life.

#lee know #lee minho #seungmin #kim seungmin #bangchan #han #han jisung #changbin #jeongin #stray kids #stray kids incorrect quotes #stray kids incorrect texts

[celestie0]

your kickoff gojo is just too sexyyyy.

So bullyable and submissive, exactly my type😔😔😔😔😔 i NEED to fuck him till he sees stars omg Im sorry for being so unhinged but your series has done things to my brain😭

and hes such a simp too omg (in a good way)! your writing is amazing

😭😭😭 thx bb im so glad u find him bullyable n submissive that is literally my only goal when writing anything gojo related LMFAOKDJFHF (my exact type too. i want a man thats so stupid n lame but hot that i just want to shove his face in the dirt 🤧💀 LOL i may have problems)

i NEED to fuck him till he sees stars omg

HAHA IM SURE HE WOULD RLY LIKE THAT TOO SO PLS GO RIGHT AHEAD n do not apologize for being unhinged this blog is very much an unhinged safe space loool

n yessss im excited to fully write for kickoff gojo’s down bad simp era lmaoo he’s gonna be goin thru it fosho (ps ive officially decided the next chap is gonna be in his pov so i think it’s gonna be a lot of fun hahah)

THANKS MY DWEAR I LAUGHED OUT LOUD AT THIS ASK I RLY NEEDED A LAUGH SO TY and also ty for the compliments 🥺 <333

#kickoff #asks #anon #gojo satoru #gojo x reader

[katierosefun]

me, thinking about han joo won: oh he’s so lonely he’s still a child deep down he wants so badly to reach out to people but he can’t reach out to people he’s scared to ask for help he’s scared to admit that he needs people because he does need people he has internalized that awful thing he witnessed from when he was seven years old because in that episode the monster/beyond evil title is superimposed over seven year old han joo won’s face han joo won has considered himself a monster deep down inside for not being able to take someone’s hand when they needed it but he was just a child he was just a child there was no way he could have known he was just a child and now he is twenty seven years old and he is still quietly just a child he has grown up he has never grown up at all he wants friends but he doesn’t want friends he admits that he doesn’t need friends but everyone knows that he’s just saying that because he wants to see himself as cold and logical and rational but he knows deep down that he is so full of emotion and it’s eating him alive he loves so fiercely he loves so much and that’s what happens when someone is out in the cold for so long do you know how much people crave love and how deeply they feel love when they’ve been given even a scrap of it do you know how han joo won was so capable of feeling love even despite all the awful things he’d witnessed do you know how han joo won, deep down, was always better than his father do you know how han joo won had to learn how to reach out to people and do you know how han joo won had to realize that he is perhaps just as worthy of being loved and cherished do you

me, talking about han joo won: haha what a bullyable brat

#caroline talks #beyond evil #thought about han joo won for two seconds! have to cry now

[11queensupreme11]

I feel like the victim of percy "catch these hands" jackson is gonna be ror!ares since he just seems soooo bullyable i mean tormentable uhhhh he looks like he can take a prank well hehe especially since percy's gonna need to have an outlet so she can release her pent up stress from juggling all these yans 😂 who better than the softer (bullyable) version of the god percy has a bad relationship with, if not the worst 😂😂😂

can't confirm or deny cuz spoilers 😔 BUT THIS WOULD BE FUNNY CUZ HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING

he can go crying to his dad, but i bet you zeus, whether he believes him or not, would just laugh at his face 😭 aphrodite and hermes wouldn't take him seriously, artemis would laugh that he's getting "bullied" by a harmless maiden child, apollo wouldn't believe him, hades wouldn't believe him, poseidon wouldn't believe him either 😭😭 this poor man would either be ridiculed or no one believes him

#👸🏻| asks #👸🏻| arsenic blues

[idololivine]

for the send a character meme: dante 🔥

from this ask meme!

First impression

I honestly can't remember? I think I stayed pretty open minded about him to begin with, but moreso in the sense that I didn't have strong opinions about him. Sort of a "okay, I don't know what your deal is, so I won't make up my mind until I learn."

Impression now

Cringefailiest babygirl whom I love to bully and also don't feel bad about bullying. At the same time he has LAYERS... He has TRAUMA... He's so early 20s... (ignore that I am also early 20s.) Character of all time. I want to squish him and then I want to bundle him up and feed him soup.

Favorite moment

I'm really liking him in DoD so far! Good balance of Dante being level headed and competent but also bullyable.

Idea for a story

I want Dante and Olivine to get in a stupid brat fight because they accidentally trampled all over each other's parental trauma triggers, ft both of them being deeply in the wrong but also very understandably so.

Unpopular opinion

I'm generally disinterested in his R5s. The game can't present him as both a cringefail toxic masculinity virgin with bad dick game but also inexplicably a sex god, I refuse to buy it. But I will fully admit that that particular opinion is influenced by me being generally unimpressed that the tops in this game mostly end up Uberdom Ass Destroyers. Where's the variety...

Favorite relationship

I think I'm going to have to disqualify Eiden and Olivine as answers for this section because that's too much of a cop out.

That being said, Dante kind of doesn't have relationships with the rest of the clan. Is Sooley also a cop out answer? I think it's stupidly fucking cute that Dante's a cat dad and that he and Sooley both start washing their faces first. Like father like son...

Favorite headcanon

He'd suck dick if someone challenged him to and he'd be so deeply and comically bad at it.

#my posts #asks #anonymous #nu carnival dante

[rocksinmuffin]

Not the anon who requested the weevil underwood yandere snip but as a yugioh bug deck player once lowkey obsessed with him i feel like you've awakened something long dormant in me... i'd seek him out in the video games so i could kick his ass with my SUPERIOR bug deck.... high risk high reward strat with Jirai Gumo. Spider supremacy. You're probably sick of that guy after writing him but it would put marrow in my bones to see his reaction to getting challenged by a filthy casual aping his insect shtick and LOSING to them. No holograms or BS, his rep is fine, just playing with a fan of his for no stakes--he goes insane with rage and attraction, reader who just plays for fun is unruffled You are brilliant. Thx for reigniting my insanity. He is so bullyable

Weevil’s so smug when you tell him you’re a huge fan of his and that his strategy and deck build is a huge inspiration for your own. Usually he wouldn’t give most people the time of day, but hey, he can spare a couple minutes to completely destroy you since you’re such a big fan. It’ll be a nice ego boost for him and give you something to tell your friends. Win win.

He’s gritting his teeth and gripping the cards in his hand so hard they start to bend by the time you knock out his remaining life points.

“Beginner’s luck!” he shouts before heel turning and storming off in a fit, completely ignoring your congratulations on a good match and your hand outstretched in a handshake. The whole walk home, his feet stomp against the pavement in a tantrum that has passerby’s turning heads.

That should be the end of it but he can’t stop thinking about how some nobody humiliated him in a match. He spends countless hours going over his deck, switching cards up to counter your strategy. He can’t sleep at night because all he can see is that fake smile of yours when you introduced yourself as a fan, that dumb goofy brainless grin on your face whenever you destroyed his monster cards. He’s obsessed with wiping that grin off your face. He wants to make you cry.

You look at him in shock when you find him pounding on your front door, demanding a rematch. He ignores you when you ask him how he found out where you live, telling you he’s not leaving until you duel him. You quirk an eyebrow like you think you’re so superior but you perk up as you pull out your deck.

It’s a closer match but you still manage to squeak out a win in the end and Weevil wants to tear out his hair in anger. Then you have the nerve to tell him it was a good match and hold out your hand to shake his just like you did the last time.

This time, instead of storming off, he takes your hand in his with the intent to squeeze so hard he breaks your fingers.

The second his hand touches yours, all thought leaves him.

Your hands are so soft. And warm. And, from this angle, your smile is actually really nice? He can feel the heat rushing to his face and it takes him a moment to realize he has just been standing there silently with your hand in his.

He pulls away like you shocked him, staggering backwards, muttering some unintelligible apologies and excuses under his breath before darting away.

He doesn’t stop running until he’s several blocks away and out of sight, breath heavy and heart pounding. What the hell was that? What’s wrong with him? What did you do to him?

#ask #anon #sinning #yugioh #weevil underwood #long post #reader insert

[sitraachra7]

an analysis comparing rock okegom and max stirner

preface: yes i will be using 'okegom' as rock's last name and everything in this convoluted and sophisticated essay (no i am not acting pedantic that's ridiculous) will be typed in completely lowercase letters to signal how much of a softboi i am to attract emotionally unstable women into my direct messages.

sources:

-script from ice scream, watching iceberg isle original and remake

-the ego and its own by max stirner

-some shit i made up

-physics for some reason

understanding the sigma male loner rock okegom would be an arduous task if one were unequipped. it would be as difficult as defining momentum beyond p = mv, although we could use completely measurable variables and understand the general concept of what momentum must convey, we're left clueless in college and the equation of momentum would vary from physicist to physicist, similar to rock okegom because the interpretation of his character varies from person to person--- okegomer to okegomer to put it colloquially.

  max stirner states in the first page of his book titled the ego and its own, "the world is discredited, for we are above it, we are mind", which communicates that the ego is above all because we are conscious. we are the thinkers that shape our world, and we are godly for it. what does this have to do with rock okegom? he is a vassal of funamusea's deluded visual novel land where he must act as a side character or a supporting role as the antagonist against shirogane. however, i would argue he is simply 'chilling' and does not need to be forced into this role just to make fans circle jerk over how pathetic and bullyable shirogane is. he is conscious, he is the mind, and despite only being an anthropomorphic semi-furry rockhopper penguin, his motivations might be easy to understand with some psychoanalysis. he's sick of this script and of the role he plays. he knows that shirogane is written to promote the weak beta male agenda, but doesn't directly harm him despite the occasional death threats (telling this wolf to "die" but to be honest he kind of deserves it).

   rock is actually more pacifist than the other main antagonists which are idate and rocma. im intentionally omitting characters like suno-san from this list because he's as annoying as the sperm cramps i get in my balls and should never get screen time ever again. this relates to max stirner's quote here in chapter 2 of the ego and its own, "but the heart remained worldly-minded, remained a servant of the world, always affected by worldly wishes." it was an argument against the ancient idea of a pure heart and an attempt to control ones desires and to be selfless and not work in self interest. man was wired to work in self interest, though, but this isnt necessarily a bad thing as stirner tries to imply. loving another person is an act of self-interest because it makes the lover happy to know that they have made another happy, even though societally, love is seen as a selfless and positive act. it's no different to any other circumstance where you must make a decision. everything is done in self interest in the end, and that should be an accepted fact of life and human nature. rock acts out of his free will, and chooses pacifism because he knows it will make him more at ease in the mind and serve him better, and not because he's a pussy, and could definitely deck shirogane in the face in 2 nanoseconds if provoked enough. also he has a shotgun.

  rock engages with worldly pleasures often. he drinks, smokes, and is a fat lazy fuck on his sofa all day. this is the prime example of a smegma male (variant of sigma) whom accepts some part of hedonism into his lifestyle. rock still makes a living as a fisher and acts as a guardian along with rocma to keep idate and his antics at bay because idate wont stop trying to stick his dick into other animal people.

  in conclusion rock okegom is the best character and no this was not written by rock.

#okegom #ice scream #rock #essay #ironic

[rindearest]

Hahaha that reminds me of that one blind date scene in which they were playing the king game(??) and midori just goes "would number 2 kneel down, cry and say sorry in a remorseful tone" (yes I did screenshot that scene, it's hilarious) and the women are SO disillusioned,, also bc of haruka being a brocon but yknow.. 🤣 anyway the crumbs of your brain... so good.. so yummy 😭🤌🏻, I'm so happy I finally found someone I can simp with together

Time is an illusion actually, it doesn't exist when we dream, why should it when we're awake. It's a social construct, I tell you! Not a conspiracy! The truth!

No but 'a dude' is masamune in a nutshell, it's really that simple. Now that I think about it, he's more similar to the typical animanga protag than hotaru 😭😂 accepting of everyone, trauma, has a nemesis, character development to overcome said trauma and nemesis, FAIR (except towards himself rip), can't stand injustice etcetcetc,, and I agree, definitely very bullyable.. also sorry for all these essays dhdhnbc @augusgus

LMFAO is that also the scene where the girls realize fujimon has the hots for midori too bc i have that so CLEARLY screenshotted in my brain. the girlies don’t know what they’re missing!! i simply would’ve done what he said!! anything to put a smile on his face <3 id even take a look of disgust if it was directed at me LMFAO AND YEAH DJSJSKAK i’m so glad we can talk about axk it’s literally so dead over here 😭

YEAH masamune definitely can come off more protag than hotaru sometimes. i feel like. especially in such an eccentric cast he really is just. some dude. like you can’t stand out when you’re pitted next to a eromanga artist, sadistic doctor, man who is way too devoted to said devoted doctor/a masochist, and brocons!! like damn that’s competition 😭

#sorry for the late reply i’ve been dying for the past couple of weeks 😭😭 #sen answers #. i’m tempted to reread it again. maybe once i have time loool #augusgus

[thesongoftheirlove]

OH JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE BC HE'S VERY FUNNY WE HAVE SO MUCH WE CAN SAY ABOUT HIM

HE DOESN'T USUALLY LOOK THIS ANGY HE USUALLY HAS A STUPID GRIN ON HIS FACE HE'S JUST POUTING I PROMMY <//3 - che'nya

FGDDGVSEGXE HELP??? well um. to break the streak, he looks incredibly silly (affectionate), 1000% bullyable like omg GFNDMFJ- amia

#•◦❥ asks! #photographicapparitions #tw <3

[springloadedspirals]

“if adam had a fursona it would be a giraffe, kramer would be an anteater. amanda’s fursona is a dog with mange and rabies. lawrence’s would be like some kind of human baby in a diaper (???) people would give him a hamburger and he would learn he was a hamburger all along. he would be vegan because he has a tiny face and he would only eat leaves that he crushed with his big flat teeth. he would go to the beach and seagulls would bully him because he doesn’t know how to touch a seagull. seagulls just want to eat meat and he has a lot of it (???). i think of seagulls wanted to they could eat cary elwes, the lawrence guy. i feel like he’s just so bullyable if you pushed him into the sand the sand would just carry him away”

- @adamslubricant , my beautiful and very crossfaded wife watching saw (part one of 2)

#she was so wasted for this one guys #i mean RIDICULOUSLY wasted #adamslubricant #adam stanheight #adam faulkner stanheight #amanda young #amanda young saw #amanda young dbd #the pig dbd #lawrence gordon saw #lawrence gordon #john kramer #john kramer saw #saw 2004 #mine

[althor42]

Fixing the DCEU

So, I’ve been putting a lot of thought into how I’d fix the DCEU. Well, not fix it, so much as go back in time and stop the madness. A lot’s been said about what’s gone wrong, but I wanted to put my mark on how they could have done things correctly. My beta hpwot added some commentary as well.

I’ve fit this within certain constraints based on what DC has given us so far:

Man of Steel still kicks things off.

Jason Todd dies.

Wonder Woman is almost entirely unchanged.

There is a climactic fight between Batman and Superman.

Superman seems to die.

Eventually: Justice League

Man of Steel isn’t a terrible way to kick thing’s off, but there’s some things to fix about it.

Don’t have Clark watch Johnathan Kent die for no reason, for one. By all means, give him a struggle to maintain anonymity as his parents have asked of him, but letting your father die is pretty unsympathetic for a movie hero, especially Superman. Have Superman accept at least some of the weight of responsibility for the many deaths from the invasion. Yes, he was a newb to that kind of action, but he acted rashly, and his actions led to collateral damage; this is a man who values human life, and he should hate that he wasn’t better. Also like, let Superman smile every now and then. The point of this movie is to answer the question of why does Clark Kent become Superman, and it does, barely.

Alternatively, hpwot has posited the following for a revised Man of Steel:

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How to do Man of Steel?  

Give a very brief prologue on Krypton: They have chosen not to use Zod’s doomsday machine at the sacrifice of their own people.  Zod is imprisoned; Clark is sent off into space.

Man of steel shouldn’t just be setting up the moral backbone for Superman’s character arc, it should be setting a moral backbone for the entire DCEU so we can play the other characters off of that theme.  Start with a bullied super kid.  The movie did this bit right. Superman knows what it is like to be weak, even if it’s only because he must hide that he is strong.  Give a bit right after the bully is gone when we see some feat of strength that tells us that the only reason he is bullyable is because he allows it.  One of the most important things to do in the first act is to show where he gets his first sense of right versus wrong.  He gets it from his parents.  I want to open with a very young Superkid getting bullied before we jump to a Superteen who is struggling so hard not to lash out.  He’s still bullied, but he’s not the only one and he struggles with whether that’s his problem or not.  

The thing is we only have one movie, and we don’t want it to be a mess, so we need to introduce the villains early on.  Zod and co. reach Earth in the cut between super kid and superteen.  They have the same general goals as in the original, but they don’t have everything that they’re going to need.  It’s going to have to take time with this primitive human technology.  They realize they’re going to have their work cut out for them, but Zod was a general, and he’s a planner, and he can make things work.  They just need to stay in the shadows until the right time.  

Cut back to superteen who’s just starting to lash out.  It sets the stage for his moral arc.  

Cut back to Zod and Co.  They have an underground lair and they have a host of henchmen who think that the Kryptonians are gods.  But they aren’t just any old henchmen, we discover that at least one of them is the CEO of ACME or whatever major corporation.  This also serves as foreshadowing for Clark being a god among men.  We need something to tie in these two story lines, so give them a broad over-reaching plot and some small part of it creeps into Smallville.  Something that seems mundane, but it starts a moral problem that the Kent’s are faced with.  

Start a mini one-act story line that focuses on Super teen learning by his parents actions and guidance what it means to be a good person and what it truly means to be strong.  I’m seeing something involving someone else who needs protecting, a stirring moral speech from Pa Kent and Ma Kent standing up for what’s right at a key moment showing both strength of character and humility.  Super teen goes back to school and he’s realized that there’s something he can do.  Superteen becomes a defender of the week in his school, but he doesn’t do it with super strength or laser vision, he does it with kindness and occasionally by becoming a punching bag.  Afterall, he can’t be hurt, even if his ego can be bruised.  But something more, he has the hope that the people doing wrong can change and become better.  All of this will have to be done with a minimalist touch.  Every single part of Act one is going to need to be done with as little dialogue and whatnot as you can manage, because you’ve got a lot to fit in.  Say a lot with a little.  The only point where you can slow down a bit is the moral backbone scene.

Okay, that was a lot.  Let’s pick up the pace a bit.  Superman is moving out of Smallville for Metropolis.  Hugs and kisses.  An admonishment not to let the big city erase his roots.  You get a scene of getting introduced to the bullpen at Daily Planet.  “Why did you decide to become a reporter?” “The press is the guardian of freedom.”  (This will be important contrast for later) This is not the bumbling Clark Kent of the comics who’s Human Suit showed what he thought of the everyman, this is the man of quiet moral strength and humility that he learned to be from his parents in Act one.  Clark sets out for the first time as a visibly superhuman wearing the Superman getup his mother made him.  Classic “Look, up in the sky,” but with a twist.  Is it a drone? Some sort of marketing stunt?  

Cut to Zod, where plans are almost complete.  Everything else is almost complete and then they’ll just need one more thing before they can turn on their doomsday machine.  But that one last thing can’t be gotten from the shadows.  As soon as everything else is in place they will show the people’s of the world their god… cue breaking news in the background about Superman.  

Cut to Louis showing Clark the ropes.  First item on the agenda, find out everything they can about Superman while simultaneously trying to work on Louis’s other project, investigating the strange things ACME Co’s been up to. (Lois is skeptical that Superman is as good as he seems, so that she can be won over later). Get a bit of chemistry going with a contrast of Louis’ fast paced chaotic work method to Clark’s slower more methodical work process.  

Cut to a montage of Superman, learning the ropes of being a superhero.  Contrast the fast paced nature of being a superhero who can hear crime happening everywhere to Louis from the previous scene.  Introduce Superman’s thou shalt not kill.  Bullet ricochet’s off his chest (Holes in his costume) and hits the gunman.  Superman get’s very flustered and rushes him to the hospital.  We want to show that Superman believes the villains can become something better.  He has a faith in humanity and therefore any death is a tragedy.

Cut back to Louis and Clark.  Louis uses Clark as a sounding board as she’s working on the Superman case.  “What if there are more of him?” “What if he’s the only one?” A bit of sadness in his voice.  Phone call: Louis’ source from the ACME case calls, says there’s a warehouse with something she needs to see.  That sounds dangerous.  Shouldn’t Clark come too?  Nope, only she can know who the source is.  Clark considers following at a distance, but then, breaking news: a break in at a military base by superpower wielding villains who are stealing the McGuffin.  

Superman sets off, and manages to trace them down to a warehouse… Inside is the spaceship Zod landed in in the beginning, only it’s been heavily modded. Superman confronts them.  Zod tells Superman that they’re of the same people.  And reveals his plan, asks Superman to join them.  That’s when Louis gets dragged in by henchpersons, she’s been caught snooping.  “Louis?” Superman says in a moment of carelessness.  Tensions mount, a fight ensues, Superman get’s his ass handed to him.  Kicking and screaming, Louis gets loaded into the spaceship which takes off to a spot high above metropolis where it will start doing it’s thing.  It doesn’t affect the entire world at once.  But we see an energy field that probably goes out across several states.  There is a resonance building in the ground, and we don’t want to find out what happens when it covers the entire world.  Superman gets back on his feet.

Final act, Superman must choose between saving Louis or the world, does both, and then comes the whole climactic fight where he has to kill Zod in order to stop him from killing civilians thing, which we have now earned, and his anguish afterwards feels like it came from somewhere.  

Closing?  Superman’s helping a little old lady cross the street.  He’s a bit sombre after recent events but he’s happy to help.  He goes home to his tiny apartment, dressed as Clark once more.  He is surprised to see Louis sitting in his only chair, a pad and pencil in hand.  “I have some questions for you Clark.”

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So that’s a copule ways to do Superman. We’re going to need another movie to show us how Superman’s super heroic aspirations match up with the real world. But first, Batman.

A big problem with Batman V. Superman was that it showed us this maniac as Batman, and expected us to root for him, giving him the ridiculous ‘Martha’ redemption at the end. But why should we care about this creep’s redemption? Just because you say he’s Batman? No, first you need us to love Batman, which isn’t hard. He’s the goddamn Batman.

We start with a post-Dick Grayson’s Robin Batman.There is no origin story here. Nightwing is off doing his own thing in Gotham, and we see a Batman that people are starting to get worried about. He’s getting tougher and tougher on crime, and he’s starting to cross boundaries. He’s not happy as Batman. He’s not happy as Bruce Wayne. The only time we see him crack a smile is when Alfred is in the room, or when he’s meeting up with Nightwing. Adopting Dick as Bruce Wayne, and mentoring him as Batman were the best things he’s ever done, but that chapter’s closed. Gotham may be better off than when he started, but the fight is never over, and Batman is throwing himself harder and harder at the city’s problems trying to put them to rest once and for all. It gets to a point where Nightwing announces that he’s leaving Gotham city ___(Maybe he’s going away to college, he’s decided on a school that’s far away.  I like the idea of showing that unlike Bruce, he has more in his life than just being a superhero).___ He says that other city’s need protectors of their own, but they both know that he just doesn’t want to watch Batman destroy himself.

Somewhere in the background, some of the early events in Man of Steel are making the news.

Cut to: Some big villain caused disaster. Lives are lost, Batman can’t always save the day. But just because he couldn’t save them, doesn’t mean he won’t bring the responsible parties to justice. He throws himself into it, glad to have a problem he can bring his whole self to bear on. At the end of the day, a greater disaster is averted, the perpetrators are brought to justice, but he knows that there was someone pulling their strings. Someone who he has fought before. Someone he has captured, only to be let loose again: the Joker. Too bad the Joker is nowhere to be found. ___(Either Harley Quinn is in this one and is captured, or she is in the second one and gets captured, seting up her character for Suicide Squad.)___

The movie ends with Bruce driving out into the countryside. He’s on the phone with Dick, who’s still worried. But Bruce isn’t; he’s got a mission. On the seat next to him is a profile on an orphan who’s parents were lost in the earlier disaster, sent to a group home after all the fights he’s been in. We close on Bruce Wayne meeting Jason Todd.

Next up is Wonder Woman. That movie was pretty close to perfect. I’m sure there’s things to nit-pick about it, but it’s a strong addition to the DCEU, and is good as is. The only thing is, for reasons that will be clear later on, we make one addition to Thymescira: at least one Amazonian has the gift of foresight.

Next is another Batman movie, and we’re in the wake of the devastation of the fight between Titan’s that was the climax of Man of Steel. A lot of Bruce’s focus is on his company for a change, but there’s plenty to do as Batman with all the chaos that the destruction has brought. Meanwhile, he’s got a rookie Robin to train up. Here we see Batman being downright paternal and maybe even downright happy, through that gruff and guarded exterior. It’s clear that being a role model, trying to show Jason how to do things right, brings out the best in him.

Batman doesn’t like the destruction wrought in the fight between Superman and Zod. He knows that the bulk of the blame falls on Zod and his compatriots, but he can’t help but think ill of Superman, who couldn’t pull the fight out of the city fast enough ___(He spent all that time trying to save Louis, because he had the hubris to think he could save everyone)___ He is still haunted by the collapse of Wayne Tower. Jason though, is excited about Superman, seeing him as a force of good in the world. Again, news of Superman’s deeds are sprinkled in the background of the movie, but this isn’t a movie about Superman, this is a movie about Batman and the new Robin. Mysteries abound, crimes need to be solved, and Batman is taking things slow with training his new apprentice. Robin’s safety is his highest priority.

But eventually, all signs point to the Joker, not just that he’s back in town, but that he’s at the center of all of the recent troubles. Batman is adamant, Robin stays in the bat cave for this one. But Robin knows exactly who it was behind the disaster that killed his parents, and he’s not content to stay at home. They fight over it, but no way in hell is Batman going to let Robin indulge himself in a quest for vengeance.

Eventually, Batman catches the Joker. I’ll leave the details up to an actual script writer. But he finds the Joker covered in blood, and there’s something in his possession that sends a chill through Batman: the ‘R' of Robin’s costume. The Joker is gleeful in giving him the gory details of Jason Todd’s death, and Batman beats him savagely, to within an inch of his life. It is only that same ‘R’, and the man he wanted to be for Jason, that keep him from crossing that line.

___(For this, look into the 5 Act Tragedy as an appropriate structure.)____

((There are those that defend the BvS movie’s odd pacing, saying that it follows the five act structure, and audiences just aren’t used to it. Moviebob has a video on youtube, Really That Bad, wherein he takes a few minutes to explain why that doesn’t add up because a. it just doesn’t, and b. that movie’s just a mess.))

Next we have Superman again; a Superman who is trying to define who he is as a hero, and how he can be most effective for the world. He flies around, saving people. He stops bank robberies, he puts out house fires, he responds to natural disasters. But there’s always so much he can’t do, and it weighs on him. Meanwhile, the world is trying to make sense of what it means to have a Superman in the world. Honestly, a lot of this can be done in montage.

At the same time, we see him as Clark Kent. The goofy but earnest reporter, who’s still trying to make a difference by putting pen to paper. But even in his civilian life, that’s not enough for Clark, and he volunteers as a Big Brother. Enter down-on-his-luck kid from a broken home: Jimmy Olsen. Because even as he explores what it means to be a god-amongst-men, he also wants to explore what it means to be a good man. (Yes, from a utilitarian standpoint, any volunteer hours Clark Kent puts in should just be as Superman, but Clark having a rich personal life has always been a gimme from the the beginning of Superman).

He’s finding himself, becoming the Boy Scout we all know and love, dedicated to truth and justice, but what does that mean for a 21st century Superman? Does justice refer to stopping crime, or to a broader social justice, and what does truth mean to a man who has to lie every day? But meanwhile there are things in this world that feel bigger than Superman. There’s a war on, and he goes to protect the civilians. And when he can’t save them all, he goes on a rampage, destroying nearby military hardware.

Now there is real lash-back. It is one thing for Superman to save people, it is another for him to take military action. The UN is resolute. Superman can be an actor in our world, but he cannot act in matters between nations. Superman accepts this decree; he is reluctant, but he is not here to be a tyrant. And yet, with Superman on a leash, travesty happens in the midst of war, and countless lives are loss. Superman knows he could have prevented it, but he didn’t, and that makes him responsible.

Over the course of less than one day, he destroys the responsible nation’s capacity to wage war, going after all of their hardware. Not a drop of blood is spilled, but a definite message is sent, and he backs it up by flying himself back to the UN to give a decree of his own. War is over on the planet Earth. Nations can stockpile whatever weapons and soldiers they want, but they will regret it if they ever use them.

___(I think this would also have to be a five act tragedy.  The announcement at the end is the Transformation.)____

Next is another Wonder Woman movie, the events that made her start losing her faith in humanity. We see her facing much the same dilemma as Superman: how do you save humanity from itself. Wonder Woman is powerful, but she can’t quite destroy an army in a day. So she goes where she can, does what she can. Saves as many innocent, and plenty of not-so-innocent, lives as she can.

At some point, her mother shows up, hoping to bring her daughter home. She brings some warriors with her, so we get a nice Amazonian fight scene in whatever war zone. But Hippolyta entreats her daughter: Ares is dead, and still mankind wars with itself. But no, says Diana, there is still so much good in them that can be saved. She encourages her mother to see more of mankind, to look for the good. Meanwhile, Diana has a war to fight.

She wins, time and again, but it’s never enough, and every day saps at her belief that there is anything worth saving. Vietnam and Korea are decent wars for her to throw herself into, but there’s plenty for the movie to choose from. Eventually, she saves the day in a big way. Everything seems to be going well, maybe it even looks like peace is on the horizon, but mankind falls down on the job again, tragedy ensues, and she can’t for the life of her see what she’s actually accomplished. She doesn’t put down her sword at the end of the movie, but you can see that she is on that path.

___(This wonder woman movie would be another 5 Act Tragedy)___

((A running theme for these second instalments))

Now the stage is set for Batman V Superman. We have a Batman who’s been brought to the brink of despair and is still teetering. We have a Superman who tried to be a Boy Scout, wanted to be a Boy Scout, but is leaning on the edge of tyranny. We have a Wonder Woman who’s giving up. We have world governments who have good reason to be terrified of Superman, and would be willing to do any crazy thing to find a way to neutralize him as needed. Enter Lex Luther. He doesn’t give a damn about about what it means to have gods amongst men. Neither is he insane, but sure, Silicon Valley Tech Billionaire is a good modern take. He’s charismatic on the outside, but he is cold and calculating in truth, and he wants one thing: money. The traditional weapon’s industry has tanked in the wake of Superman’s ultimatum, even as all the money is going into finding ways to stop Superman…just in case. Lex has bought up all available cheap stocks in the Military Industrial Complex, and all he needs to make it worth a fortune is the death of Superman.

So begins Lex Luther’s plans within plans to bring about his demise. One of which, yes, is to create a goliath creature of some sort, (just not Doomsday because there’s already a lot packed in, and the fans are going to want him to get a proper showing later down the line). Another is to pit Batman Vs Superman. He’s even got people watching Barry Allen, just in case. He doesn’t need to blow up congress, (and let’s face it, would Superman even answer to a summons at this point?), he just needs a good pitch for why Lexcorp is the best company to find an anti-Superman contingency.

Meanwhile, Diana is not interfering in the world of man. She has lost her hope for us. She is cutting her ties, and plans to return to Thymescira. But instead her mother comes to her again, this time with a message. Something terrible is coming to our world; prophecy says so. The world needs it’s gods again, and it’s Diana’s job to assemble a new Pantheon. Diana is reluctant. She has seen too much of man’s cruelty. She thought she could save us, but she doesn’t think it will ever get better, her mother had been right in the first place. They do not deserve saving. But no, says her mother, Diana, you were right. Your only fault lay in trying to save humanity on your own. (And yes, a part of Diana still knew the good of man. Why else would she work to curate a museum, preserving the beautiful and amazing work’s we’ve created over time?)

Eventually, Batman and Superman have their big throw down. Batman has been aimed at Superman by Lex, true, but his paranoia of Superman turning on humanity is not entirely artificial. Superman’s own actions have fed this drive. Meanwhile, Lex has found a way to manipulate Superman. Not Martha, but Jimmy. And in the end, when Batman has him at his mercy, he begs, “Save Jimmy. He’s just a kid, and Luther is going to kill him.”

Here is where Batman sees the humanity in Superman. Not because their mother’s have the same name, but because they have both sought to nurture and guide a child. And where Batman failed with Jason, it is not too late for them to save Jimmy.

Jimmy is saved, but not!Doomsday attacks, and Diana watches on TV as a god fights back, a god with an ally. She feels the call to battle.

Once again, Superman flies not!Doomsday into space, and is hit with a nuke, but his destroyed body remains in orbit, while not!Doomsday returns to Earth, and so we have the seeming death of Superman. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman takes up the kryptonite spear and, while Bruce distracts the beast, she slays it.

A conflicted world mourns the death of their protector. Diana approaches Bruce; trouble is coming, and she wants to gather others to help face it.  The world prepares for war now that the Superman Deterrent is gone.

Next up is Suicide Squad. It may have been a garbage fire of a movie, but it had a pretty good concept. First of all, you need Amanda Waller to make some goddamn sense. She’s not building a team to fight Superman. That’s not the point of a suicide squad. The point is to send them places where you need deniability, places where no one would volunteer to go, and yes, into situations where you need some incredible people. The Enchantress and her brother get their hearts destroyed before the movie starts, because there’s no good sense in keeping those around.

Next, you have to justify why Harley Quinn was put on the team. Her character was the one good thing about the movie, but her being there didn’t make much sense when her skills were basically just being reasonably good at violence. The movie didn’t capitalize on the fact that she is a disciple of the Joker; she’s a brilliant manipulator, tactician, and technical expert in all things mayhem. It’s still a stretch, but at least now we’re justifying our suspension of disbelief.

Now give them an enemy. Remember that your main characters are bad guys, so you have to put them against some really heinous people. Give them hostages; plenty of important people to get the powerful forces at play, but also squishy civilians to tear at our heartstrings. Make sure we know that the villains will kill the women and children first, to keep their most valuable hostages for last.

Then set the Suicide Squad loose. Fun ensues. 

Next up is a Cyborg movie. The Flash already has a series on the CW. We don’t need another origin for him. We all even know what Aquaman’s all about. Ezra Miller and Jason Momoa are great choices for casting, and I’m excited to see them, but it’s someone else turn. It’s time to make the world fall in love with a little known hero, because if DC can’t do that, then what are they even playing at?

I’ll be honest, I know next to nothing about Cyborg. The point of this movie is the man though, not the machine. Show us who he is, why he is, and why we should love him for doing what he does. Just remember that this is about a fledgling hero, who’s trying to find himself in a post-Superman world. The movie ends with a knock on the door. A tired but triumphant Cyborg goes to answer it. Cut to black as the Wonder Woman theme plays.

Now you can pull out the Justice League story. Open the movie with some kind of renewed focus on a what it means to live post-Superman. Where Cyborg focused on a micro-level, show us the global scale of the problem. But, the audience already knows that Superman’s coming back, no need to be coy about it, so make him the first hero we see, as his body reenter’s atmosphere and crash lands in a field somewhere.

Batman goes off to have his dick-measuring contest with Aquaman, and Diana goes to recruit the Flash. She’s starting to see the pantheon that her mother spoke of her building. Superman is once again faced with the decision of whether or not to be Superman, because yeah, things got pretty messed up the last time he tried.

Eventually though, the big bad comes. Give us a memorable villain, big enough to justify the existence of the Justice League, but not so big that they won’t have worse to face later on.

And then you’re off! Throw in Flash and Aquaman movies at some point. Explore the complex world that’s been built. Have fun.

#DCEU #batman #superman #the flash #aquaman #cyborg #wonder woman

[lizziehorton-blog]

The life behind the victimized

We all have a story in life, many stories in fact as well travel through life. We gain a sensor of who we are, the liberty of sticking to our choices no matter what people think, purpose is important, morals are subjective. Of course we learn many more life values but these are some I feel match the story Im about to tell.

Im tired of crying . Im tired of yelling. Im tired of being sad. Im tired of pretending. Im tired of being alone. Im tired of being angry. Im tired of feeling crazy. Im tired of feelin stuck. Im tired of needing help. Im tired of remembering. Im tired of being different. Im tired of feeling empty inside. Im tired of feeling worthless. Im tired of not being able to just let go. Im tired of wishing I could just start all over. Im tired of dreaming of a life I will never have. Im tired of trying. Im tired of breathing. Most of all Im tired of being tired!

Im sure many of you can relate to some of these feelings. I know I can as these are all feelings Ive felt at least once if not several times in my life. I feel I need to explain why Ive felt these and what may have contributed to these feelings.

It started at a young age really.,, I learned very quickly the view of the world around me, feelings , emotions, thoughts, beliefs. Its part of the cognative stages of childhood devlopment. Which is very important for ones well being later on in life. And this is where I begin to tell you where this is going. Of course Im sure your wondering. Bullying... Yes I said it. And Im sure youve experienced it wether it be the aggressor or the victim. In my case I was both. And there was reasons as to why.

This story may get sad. So prepare yourself. Everything Im about to tell you ties into one another. And explains so much of the person I was, and who I am today.

My trust was broken at a young age ( around 7ish ) as I was sexually assulted by someone who was suppose to protect me. Be my guidence in life. I remember waking up in the middle of the night being told not to say a word I bad things would happen. Such as getting into trouble and many other excuses as I do not remember at this moment. I was scared and confused as to what was going on. Here is where some of the previous emotions come into play. I was sad, felt different, needing help,crying, and most important remembering. I was tired of remembering the several events and to this day I still am.

This was the very first event in my life where I realized life can be terrible. I learned much more as I progressed through life. In school I was bullied verbally, socially, and physically. Did you know that bullying can affect someone 4 decades into thier future. 4 DECADES! Bullying can cause someone so many issues. Again the feelings above. Such as feeling worthless, feeling empty, sad, being alone, pretending to be ok, being angry, letting things go. I felt all these.

It started off by name calling, teasing, pushing on the play ground. Yeah no big deal right.... Well it took a huge downward spiral once I hit junior high and high school. The name calling, teasing, and pushing continued but in a much more agressive manner. The name calling went from juvenile to agressive. Such as stupid, idiot, ugly to slut, bitch, nasty and so on. I remember in junior high I had a huge crush on this popular boy. All the (popular) girls knew it and felt it would be funny to play a funny little joke on me and tell me that I this boy liked me as well and that he wanted to date me. I was so excited! ( Possibly slighty naive also) They told me he wanted to talk to me at recess. So of couse at recess I went to talk to him. The whole school was around! Ok well maybe not the whole school but at the time it felt like it. They all wanted to watch thier evil trick in play. The boy told me I was a fat nasty slut and that he never said he would date me. Which was true he didnt. It was all a sick joke. Some mean girls shit right there.

 I was assulted several times for no reason. Had my head bashed into a brick wall. Punched in the face. I remember having a boy in junior high forced his hand down my pants. A few years later the same boy was in the back of the vehicle that transported 3 or 4 kids to a vocational school playing with this... well you know what. Calling myself and another girl names and trying to force our hands... well you get the picture.

I had gum thrown in my hair, things knocked off my desk, and so on.

I learned a few things from all this... There is no way to make yourself less bullyable, Bystanders are worse then the bullies ( true even my own friends watched me get my face smashed into a brick wall!), The desire to lash back can become unbearable ( I became a very mean person as I felt it was the only way to stick up for myself and I became a very angry teenager/young adult), and most importantly you can survive that shit and walk away a better person.

Now as an adult Ive been through many other events such as being mentally, physcally, emotionally, and sexually abused. I dont need to get into details now. Maybe another time as this blog is already getting very long. Ive gone through alot of dissapointment in life. In which has made me who I am today. The good , the bad, and the ugly.

I stuggle everyday with anxiety. Which was caused by events throughout my life. My brain never shuts off. I turn a mole hole into a mountain as my mother would say. At times I feel Im not good enough, I get sad, I feel crazy, empty, worthless, tired of remember, cant let go of things and so on.

Im learning that life is what you make of it. You can choice to be mad about all the things youve been though,feel sorry for yourself, feel down, depressed,having a low self esteem, ext. But doing this just breeds negativity which can be very unhealthy. You choice your path in life. How to control your emotions and feelings. Yes it can be hard to get your emotions and feelings in order but it can be done. With lots of work! Hell Im still working on making myself a better person. It can be a daily struggle at times. Trust me.

You have beliefs in who you are. So if you think negative there for you become. You think your ugly, fat, stupid... there for you become. So next time you feel a negative thought or feeling about yourself... try and reframe it, transform it and see a strength rather then a weakness. Sometimes its hard seeing a strength in yourself. The stregnths are there I promise. You just need to find them! The trick is to see things from a different more powerful perspective.