#punisher season 2

[promptthebear]

🐰 Billy Russo #51 please

Jigsaw (Billy Russo) x Reader

Prompt: Did you eavesdrop?

Summary: You're Billy's defence lawyer. Set at the start of Punisher Season 2. Not canon compliant, but adjacent I guess?

CW: Some swearing, f!reader, body shape, hair colour, eye colour etc are all left ambiguous. 2nd person, reader is referred to as "you"

Billy Russo had known you for all of five minutes, which was more than enough time for him to decide that you were a stuck up bitch.

At first, he’d been thrilled when he’d heard the click of your high heels coming down the hospital hallway. Even if you proved to be as useless as the last lawyer his bosses had sent, he’d still have something pretty to look at. Then, you’d walked through the door.

You were pretty alright, in a corporate, tight laced kind of way. Your hair was pulled back into a delicate, but slick, French twist and you were wearing a dark grey blouse and black pencil skirt. Billy thought you’d look even better if you let your hair down and undid a couple buttons, but it became pretty evident you weren’t going to humour him the second you sat down.

“Tell me about the mask, Mr. Russo.”

You’d gone and dragged out the elephant in the room without so much as a blink, and yet you hadn’t bothered to even look Billy in the eye. He watched as you pulled file after file out from that briefcase of yours and placed them on the table beside his bed. Those thick, manila folders looked so out of place against your French manicure and slender hands.

“Are all of those mine?”

“The mask, Mr. Russo. You won’t do well on the stand if you can’t stay on topic”

Billy let out a barking laugh, the sound echoing against the concrete walls. Of course they’d sent him a ball buster. As if he hadn’t been through the wringer enough times already.

“Don’t you have my medical files somewhere in that pile of crap? You won’t do well questioning witnesses if you don’t have all the information”

If you were bothered by Billy throwing your words back in your face, you didn’t show it. Instead, you pulled out a legal pad and a ballpoint pen, crossed your pretty little ankles and looked at him as though this whole conversation bored you.

“I do have other clients to see today, Mr. Russo. If you’re going to waste my time, then I suggest you plead out and save the both of us a lot of trouble”

Billy sighed, then rolled his neck and squared his shoulders before speaking.

“The mask is…well, it’s something the docs came up with, to give me a sense of identity or some bullshit. They told me to draw what I wanted the world to see”

You studied him for a moment, your eyes tracing over the jagged black lines, skeletal nose and mismatched teeth Billy had painted. He tried not to shift in his seat, feeling oddly self conscious under your gaze.

“And this-“ you said finally, your tone confused instead of disgusted like Billy had anticipated “is what you want to show the world?”

“It’s better than horrific facial mutilation”

Your mouth quirked slightly up at the corners. It was a ghost of a smile at best, look away for even second and you’d miss it. Luckily for Billy, he’d been watching your lips for most of this conversation. The shade of red you’d chosen for your lipstick fascinated him. It was strangely out of place against the severity of your outfit, and much like your smile, hinted at a human being somewhere beneath your persona

“Well, it’s not going to go over well with the jury” you replied, your smile disappearing as you scribbled something down on your legal pad “On the slim chance this does go to trial, we should be focusing on your image. Unfortunately, at this time the public’s attitude towards you isn’t what we would call…favourable.”

“I believe your exact words were “PR clusterfuck”

Your pen froze in your grasp and you lifted your head to look at Billy. One of your neatly pencilled brows arched as you looked him in the eye.

“I may have said something akin to that when I spoke with your previous employers this morning, but that wasn’t my professional opinion nor was it something you were meant to hear. Did you eavesdrop?”

Even though he knew you wouldn’t see it, Billy couldn’t help but smile. He’d caught you holding your metaphorical dick, and you still had to be a lawyer about it.

“Is it really eavesdropping when you’re taking calls right outside my bedroom door?” he shot back, unable to keep some amusement from his voice. In truth, Billy wouldn’t know the first thing about criminal law if it walked up and punched him in the nose, but he knew more or less how to play the game and even better, how to be a pain in your ass.

You opened your mouth, to argue, to cuss him out, to ask him to screw you up against the wall maybe. He wasn’t ever going to find out, because at that exact moment your phone went off. You fished it out of your briefcase, glancing briefly at the screen before sliding it back into the front pocket and beginning to gather up your files.

“Where the hell are you going?”

Billy hadn’t meant to sound so accusatory, but it was hard not to. Everyone who came to see him was following the same pattern lately. Doctors, shrinks, and now you. They’d show up, poke and prod him a little, maybe shove something up his ass if he was particulary unlucky and then leave without so much as a “fuck you” in his general direction.

“I’m sorry Mr. Russo, as I said, I do have other clients. I’ll be in to see you next Thursday. We can start discussing strategies for a media campaign and perhaps go over what your trial testimony will look like should we need it.”

“Billy.”

You stopped, briefcase in hand and already heading towards the door, to glance at Billy over your shoulder. Your expression was as calm and neutral as it had been before, but when your eyes met his, he felt his heart skip a beat.

“Excuse me?”

He swallowed, his mouth suddenly dry, and cleared his throat before speaking.

“Could you call me Billy? Everyone calls me Mr. Russo, even the shrinks and I- that’s not- I’m just Billy, you know?”

That strange little half smile was playing about your lips again.

“Alright. I’ll see you next week then, Billy. Rest up, we have a lot of work to do.”

#easter askbox event #billy russo x reader #billy russo x you #billy russo fic #billy russo imagines #billy russo #punisher season 2

[samnotsammy12]

KUBICHEK FROM THE LIBRARIAN 3 IS POLOZNEV FROM PUNISHER SEASON 2

#knew he looked familiar and needed to scream about it #the librarian curse of the judas chalice #the librarian #sergei kubichek #nikolai poloznev #the punisher #punisher season 2

[canarybell]

Stumbled upon another "Crowley is always the one saving Aziraphale, when will Aziraphale save Crowley for a change?" post.

And my only question was, did I just Imagine these moments or what?....

#good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #yep it might be less in a quantity sense #but both of these moments are about Aziraphale literally saving Crowley's life #like not just saving him from discorporation (which is nasty but far from being deadly) or cleaning his clothes from a stain #but rescuing Crowley from Hell's punishment in S2E4 and saving him from danger of robbing a church (which could get Crowley killed) in S1E3 #Say whatever you want about Aziraphale #but stating 'he never saved Crowley on screen throughout two seasons" is just factual inaccuracy

[spotdurin]

finished punisher last night. I am not okay

#AMY MY GIRL #I LOVE THEM #punisher season 2 #The punisher #frank castle #Amy punisher #explore #NOT SHIPPING THEM IF THATS NOT OBVIOUS

[miss-americanbi]

crowley’s demonic form being a snake is so devastating to me because not only do snakes have notoriously terrible eyesight, but also they’re cursed (in the biblical sense) to crawl flush to the ground forever. his fall wasn’t just painful from the, you know, falling of it all. it was the day crowley was damned to be blind to his own creations, to be forever banished as far away from his stars as heaven and hell could possibly force him.

#i can’t decide if heaven or hell came up with that punishment #or if it was an act of god herself #either way it’s sick and twisted!! #crowley as an angel had me emotional #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #good omens spoilers #good ineffable omens #ineffable divorce #ineffable idiots #ineffable husbands #crowley #good omens crowley #crowley angel #crowley angst #snake crowley #americanbi’s posts

[peripatetic3]

“They look like they’re about to kiss” and it’s just Matt and Frank fighting

#daredevil #the punisher #frank castle #matt murdock #daredevil season 2 #fratt #marvel #netflix

[vitamimesea]

Played innocent sin....... now i have persona 2 disease

#persona 2 #tatsuya suou #maya amano #jun kurosu #kei nanjo #innocent sin #this game is just one entire season of ancient aliens #persona fanart #eternal punishment #shin megami tensei #megaten #vitamimesea art

[7cfc00]

home is where the heart is (and yours is gone)

#happy holidays #dndads #dndads fanart #dungeons and daddies #dndaddies #dndads s1 #glenn close dndads #dndads season 2 #dndads odyssey #dndads glenn close #im so sick and fever rn so forgive me for any mistakes in this drawing or in my following explanation #background is covered in crosses for the bad day book. the chains represent his time in meth bay prison #the three swords are a reference to the three of swords tarot card which means like heartbreak or smth #also can be taken literally because his heart exploded #the swords themselves are modelled after the sword of justice to bring in themes of justice and punishment as well as referencing the trial #i also drew the same sword in the blackjack thing. #bottom left is his funeral pyre (referencing his death) and nick jr (representing his son's “death”) #the door is the door to his apartment its number 48 because ep 48 is carry on my wayward son #christmas decor cus of course hed had them up all year round #the plant is a peace lily representing death and funeral s again #headstone is morgan's the crysanthemum represents her death. this is because its also featured in the “remember death” thing i drew once #also i just associate flowers w the close family because it very easily represents both mortality and love #anyway. fuckin. his heart (loved ones + literal heart) are gone and its like. can he ever return home #idk smth about not being able to go back to the way things were smth about having the comfort of a home anymore. leaving all that shit behi #d. i feel so tired #sorry for the long explanation i think i may have went a little too hard on the symbolism but i didn t know how else to #express the feelings of glenn's conversation w darryl in that one episode

[silverflameataraxia]

Frank's reactions to Karen being in danger

#daredevil marvel #frank and karen #karen and frank #the punisher season 1 #daredevil #karen page #frank castle #the punisher series #daredevil season 2 #karen page x frank castle #frank castle x karen page #the punisher edit #daredevil s2 #karen page edit #frank castle edit #the punisher #daredevil show #karen x frank #frank x karen #daredevil edit #kastle edit #jon bernthal #kastle #deborah ann woll

[clownmitts]

I'm so mad and disgusted, I drew Joan being mad and disgusted so I'm not so mad and disgusted

#clone high season 2 #clone high joan #the way they resolved it is so stupid why punish Abe my boy did nothing wrong for once!! #clone high #made me wish they broke up even if its just for a few episodes and then be like “okay im not mad anymore just dont do it again” #instead of brushing it under the rug IMMEDIATELY #or even better dont include cheating tropes #hate them!!!!! #you can never come back from them!! it ruins the characters!!!!!! #I will be ignoring the canon i care them too much

[thaern]

Do you think that the thing that characterise a Loki is the fact that we always lose?

“Because without them who am I?”

#loki tv #Loki is always gonna lose #They maybe “fix” the problem but they still lose #Their winning would be with their loved ones #A happy and company life #But they lose #So as a punishment they are doom to be alone #They and Mobius #loki spoilers #Loki #mobius #Lokius #Marvel #loki season 2 #Spoilers #The god of stories #tom hiddleston #owen wilson

[mossiestpiglet]

The way Izzy presents the legs to the crew makes me really think about what happened each time he lost a toe and the fact that the crew was aware of it. How much he must have felt their gazes, their attention, a spectacle made of him all because he didn’t do his job right. It is not enough to take the unicorn’s legs, they must be made an example of.

#and still it’s izzy who falls #ofmd s2 #don’t worry I’m dying about it trust me #like he’s been alone the whole episode since Stede left. the crew don’t come to him and he doesn’t come to them until he’s taken the legs #and then he has to bring them to the crew to show them how the unicorn has been punished #like not just the trauma of losing the toes and his leg but also the trauma of it being so PUBLIC. of the witnesses. of everyone seeing his #failures and weakness again and again. of being injured in ways that would show and that being the whole point #pain and blood as spectacle #ofmd s2e4 #ofmd season 2 #izzy hands #ofmd #ecdysing

[lenaellsi]

i've mentioned this before and it's a Hot Take maybe but. i don't think it's fair at all to characterize crowley's "you and me, what do you say?" speech from s2 as being equivalent to "fuck the earth run away with me to the stars right now" a la season 1

i guess i can see why it might come off that way, with gabriel and beelzebub having just left and crowley drawing the comparison to them, but a lot of people have sort of extrapolated from that this dichotomy where suddenly aziraphale is the one who cares about saving the world and crowley only cares about himself and aziraphale. and while i think crowley certainly prioritizes their mutual safety and is more likely to get spooked when faced with threats from heaven (i wonder why) crowley also loves earth?? he talks about it all the time.

the last time there was an apocalypse, crowley was the one who proposed saving the world, and he had to talk aziraphale into it. and like...he was planning breakfast at the ritz, wasn't he? he didn't want to leave. obviously "you can't leave this bookshop" meant "you can't leave me," but it also LITTLE bit meant the bookshop, and earth.

the circumstances of s1 were very different than the end of s2. crowley only wanted to run in s1 when 1) the end was about 4 hours away, 2) from his POV he and aziraphale had no idea where the antichrist was, so they wouldn't be able to stop anything even if they did stay to die with the humans, 3) aziraphale was about to Talk To Heaven the same way crowley tried to before the Fall, 4) demons were actively pursuing him for purposes of torture and annihilation. and in the end, he STILL stayed.

idk. if we're going to give aziraphale the benefit of the doubt for the Many Things he said in that convo, then i think we can afford to give crowley the benefit of the doubt that "we need to get away from them" and "go off together" might mean something more along the lines of "please don't go back to heaven, stay with me, it can be the two of us against them all." THAT was what crowley's emotional arc this season was leading to, with the flashbacks and his big revelation in ep 5, the same way aziraphale's was leading to leaving. every single one of the flashbacks had crowley choosing to help someone else at great personal risk--why would that lead to the conclusion that he actually wants to leave without trying to help? (of course, he did want to abandon gabriel. but I don't think that was even a little bit irrational after aziraphale's failed execution. walking away from the heavenly host who has done nothing but hurt both of them is not the same as walking away from earth. it's still a problem--ignoring heaven and hell will not, ultimately, fix anything--but again, it's not the same as abandoning humanity on a whim.)

TL;DR I don't think it's a fair reading to say that crowley's proposed solution to The Heaven And Hell Problem is "fuck humanity, let's give up." i think he was proposing working together against heaven and hell with the option of an exit strategy if everything went wrong, which is what he ALWAYS tries to do. (see: arrangement + holy water.) his need for an escape route and his tendency to prepare for the worst is something that is definitely hindering him in, for example, his relationship with aziraphale, but it also makes sense. because, you know. the last time he tried doing anything about heaven he got his wings lit on fire. so.

#good omens #good omens season 2 #gos2 spoilers #crowley #good omens meta #call me a crowley stan but it's not fair to him to say that he doesn't care about anything but himself and aziraphale. he cares so much. #he didn't have to help job's kids. he didn't have to help elspeth. but he did #even though hell punished him for it when he got caught in edinburgh #he went back up and continued to do things his own way #but he also asked aziraphale for insurance. that's how crowley operates #push and push and push until you cross the line #and then run like hell to try to get out of the fire

[raayllum]

—cut lines from 5x08, Finnegrin's Wake

#rayllum #tdpedit #tdp #graphics #rayllumedit #theme: freedom #5x08 #personal fave #my edits #arc 2 #captain hostage exchange canon #tag ramble #like i get why this line was cut (& think it was the right call) but holy shit the Dichotomy this sets up #in an episode so surrounding themes of freedom & chains & control and the fucking pawn callum intro #like we knew finnegrin had decided rayla was callum's weakness and was going to fucking. #press on that wound as punishment but like the constructed binary of #'keep rayla and be weak/chained down and controlled' OR 'be willing to lose her and be Free' #and we all know what callum chose. and what he'll keep choosing #like yeah it's. it's Over. he's dooming the world for her next season #this line alone + the intro is like. all the proof i need at this point cause Holy Shit

[mdeathinside]

The fact that both the Opening and Ending (which are meant to describe Gojo and Geto's feelings, respectively) use the word love, and in both cases, the lyrics of the song coincide with scenes in which the two are together...

In the OP (Gojo's point of view), the lyrics playing during this scene are "[...] as if it were a silent love," (It's worth noting that the kanji used for "love" here is "koi" (恋), which is used to refer to romantic &/or passionate love).

As for the ending (Geto's point of view), the lyrics playing during this scene are: "There's nothing to search for, that wavering love [...]"

(Unlike the opening, the ED uses the kanji "ai" (愛). It means love as well, but unlike the passionate "koi", this one describes love centered in affection, unconditional, fraternal, and/or filial love. It implies another level of commitment and devotion towards someone or something).

My heart is not okay.

#I love the OP scene bc they're both smiling even when they're being punished #bc they're together #satosugu #stsg #jjk anime #jjk season 2 #satoru gojo #suguru geto

[supine-ly]

are you still watching?

#fanart #doodles #daredevil #daredevil netflix #daredevil season 2 #the punisher #frank castle #mcu #i wanna do studies #of scenes from daredevil #sort of a study #color study #probably #marvel #blood