#quicksilver running songs

[xmcu-fietro]

Peter Maximoff and David Haller both have scenes where Pink Floyd gets referenced and cool music plays in the background as they use their powers, and I think that’s great for them

#for peter it's the DOFP scene (his pink floyd shirt) #for david this is season 1 episode 8 when breathe/on the run plays #i'm imagining charles showing up on an xmen mission against erik and they're busy fighting about mutant politics #meanwhile #peter and david are watching from the side like 'ugh this again??' so they share earbuds and start skipping thru P's cassette player #trying to find their fave songs/debating on which Pink Floyd album is the best #peter maximoff #quicksilver #xmen #xmen dofp #xmen days of future past #david haller #legion #legion fx

[thecursehunters]

//tag dump

#we're far too young to die ⟦ in character ⟧ #i've been like this since i can remember ⟦ headcanons ⟧ #a fistful of problems yet to be heard ⟦ memes ⟧ #unequivocally prove the truth ⟦ ooc ⟧ #they're settin' fire to the churches tonight ⟦ psa ⟧ #play the traveler's song ⟦ answered ⟧ #these photographs mean nothing to the poison that they take ⟦ art ⟧ #a spirit running wild‚ running free ⟦ musings ⟧ #the coldest hour is the one that comes just before the dawn ⟦ aesthetic ⟧ #wild stray cat‚ you're a real gone guy ! ⟦ shitposts ⟧ #look who's digging their own grave ⟦ self promo ⟧ #a familiar face without a name ⟦ promo ⟧ #and we dance while the sky comes crashing down ⟦ dash games ⟧ #i am a poor‚ wayfaring stranger ⟦ jackrabbit ⟧ #i think there's something wrong with a friend of mine ⟦ leon blackguard ⟧ #proud that you're a self-made man ⟦ howl quicksilver ⟧ #oh‚ captain ! let's make a deal ! ⟦ pembroke ⟧ #have you forgotten the lessons i taught you ? ⟦ car battery ⟧

[tegu-the-tegu]

I think the worst superpower to get is super speed. Like, sure, it's powerful as all hell, I admit.

But from your perspective? You aren't really DOING anything at all. You don't feel like you are going fast, it just feels as though everyone else is going way too slow.

This is, obviously, assuming your reaction time and processing speed both get sped up appropriately as well because, if they don't, then you haven't obtained super speed, what you have obtained is the power to shapeshift your body into a smear on the nearest wall.

Like, if the flash, or quicksilver, or whoever, sees on the news that somebody has been thrown off of a skyscraper by a bad guy 1000 miles away, they CAN run over to intervene, should they be so inclined, but they still have to do the actual running. From their perspective, they aren't zipping from one place to another, they're actually running the full distance.

Even if you say "oh, what if they can turn it off to make life actually tolerable, and not an agonisingly slow hell?", they still have to do the running. In the justice league cartoon, the flash does a thing where he runs around the world, punches Lex Luthor (who had been buffed by brainiac, otherwise I would be saying "hey, wasn't it crazy that time the flash atomised lex?"), then does it again and again like 10 more times.

How long must that journey have taken in his head? No breaks, no super speed podcast to listen to, just straight running for like 400,000 kilometres. That has to change a man.

And say our generic quick lad DOES reach the skyscraper in time! What's he gonna do then? Run up the wall and grab the poor bloke being thrown off? If you're running fast enough to go clean up the wall having travelled a distance the proclaimers would write a song about, all in less than a second, then you are making that man explode on impact.

And don't tell me "Oh, the Flash actually projects a field of speed force around him that makes anything he touches immune to-" I don't care. Not every fast guy can have that cop-out on hand.

Plus, imagine the damage he must be doing to area on the way there! He's running at speeds of like mach 5000, he has to be doing something unholy to the ground and air and stuff around him. I don't know exactly WHICH natural disaster he'd cause along his path, but I know he's making at least one of them.

So yeah, I'm just gonna take my nice, slow, pigeon-pace flight power, and be happy with my life choices.

#superhero #superpowers #super speed #superheroes #the flash #quicksilver

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

In Vogue’s 1969 Christmas issue, Vladimir Nabokov offered some advice for teaching James Joyce’s “Ulysses”: “Instead of perpetuating the pretentious nonsense of Homeric, chromatic, and visceral chapter headings, instructors should prepare maps of Dublin with Bloom’s and Stephen’s intertwining itineraries clearly traced.” He drew a charming one himself. Several decades later, a Boston College English professor named Joseph Nugent and his colleagues put together an annotated Google map that shadows Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom step by step. The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, as well as students at the Georgia Institute of Technology, have similarly reconstructed the paths of the London amblers in “Mrs. Dalloway.”

Such maps clarify how much these novels depend on a curious link between mind and feet. Joyce and Woolf were writers who transformed the quicksilver of consciousness into paper and ink. To accomplish this, they sent characters on walks about town. As Mrs. Dalloway walks, she does not merely perceive the city around her. Rather, she dips in and out of her past, remolding London into a highly textured mental landscape, “making it up, building it round one, tumbling it, creating it every moment afresh.”

Since at least the time of peripatetic Greek philosophers, many other writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing. (In fact, Adam Gopnik wrote about walking in The New Yorker just two weeks ago.) “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live!” Henry David Thoreau penned in his journal. “Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” Thomas DeQuincey has calculated that William Wordsworth—whose poetry is filled with tramps up mountains, through forests, and along public roads—walked as many as a hundred and eighty thousand miles in his lifetime, which comes to an average of six and a half miles a day starting from age five.

What is it about walking, in particular, that makes it so amenable to thinking and writing? The answer begins with changes to our chemistry. When we go for a walk, the heart pumps faster, circulating more blood and oxygen not just to the muscles but to all the organs—including the brain. Many experiments have shown that after or during exercise, even very mild exertion, people perform better on tests of memory and attention. Walking on a regular basis also promotes new connections between brain cells, staves off the usual withering of brain tissue that comes with age, increases the volume of the hippocampus (a brain region crucial for memory), and elevates levels of molecules that both stimulate the growth of new neurons and transmit messages between them.

The way we move our bodies further changes the nature of our thoughts, and vice versa. Psychologists who specialize in exercise music have quantified what many of us already know: listening to songs with high tempos motivates us to run faster, and the swifter we move, the quicker we prefer our music. Likewise, when drivers hear loud, fast music, they unconsciously step a bit harder on the gas pedal. Walking at our own pace creates an unadulterated feedback loop between the rhythm of our bodies and our mental state that we cannot experience as easily when we’re jogging at the gym, steering a car, biking, or during any other kind of locomotion. When we stroll, the pace of our feet naturally vacillates with our moods and the cadence of our inner speech; at the same time, we can actively change the pace of our thoughts by deliberately walking more briskly or by slowing down.

VIDEO FROM THE NEW YORKER :: The Men Walking Every Block in New York City

Because we don’t have to devote much conscious effort to the act of walking, our attention is free to wander—to overlay the world before us with a parade of images from the mind’s theatre. This is precisely the kind of mental state that studies have linked to innovative ideas and strokes of insight. Earlier this year, Marily Oppezzo and Daniel Schwartz of Stanford published what is likely the first set of studies that directly measure the way walking changes creativity in the moment. They got the idea for the studies while on a walk. “My doctoral advisor had the habit of going for walks with his students to brainstorm,” Oppezzo says of Schwartz. “One day we got kind of meta.”

In a series of four experiments, Oppezzo and Schwartz asked a hundred and seventy-six college students to complete different tests of creative thinking while either sitting, walking on a treadmill, or sauntering through Stanford’s campus. In one test, for example, volunteers had to come up with atypical uses for everyday objects, such as a button or a tire. On average, the students thought of between four and six more novel uses for the objects while they were walking than when they were seated. Another experiment required volunteers to contemplate a metaphor, such as “a budding cocoon,” and generate a unique but equivalent metaphor, such as “an egg hatching.” Ninety-five per cent of students who went for a walk were able to do so, compared to only fifty per cent of those who never stood up. But walking actually worsened people’s performance on a different type of test, in which students had to find the one word that united a set of three, like “cheese” for “cottage, cream, and cake.” Oppezzo speculates that, by setting the mind adrift on a frothing sea of thought, walking is counterproductive to such laser-focussed thinking: “If you’re looking for a single correct answer to a question, you probably don’t want all of these different ideas bubbling up.”

Where we walk matters as well. In a study led by Marc Berman of the University of South Carolina, students who ambled through an arboretum improved their performance on a memory test more than students who walked along city streets. A small but growing collection of studies suggests that spending time in green spaces—gardens, parks, forests—can rejuvenate the mental resources that man-made environments deplete. Psychologists have learned that attention is a limited resource that continually drains throughout the day. A crowded intersection—rife with pedestrians, cars, and billboards—bats our attention around. In contrast, walking past a pond in a park allows our mind to drift casually from one sensory experience to another, from wrinkling water to rustling reeds.

Still, urban and pastoral walks likely offer unique advantages for the mind. A walk through a city provides more immediate stimulation—a greater variety of sensations for the mind to play with. But, if we are already at the brink of overstimulation, we can turn to nature instead. Woolf relished the creative energy of London’s streets, describing it in her diary as “being on the highest crest of the biggest wave, right in the centre & swim of things.” But she also depended on her walks through England’s South Downs to “have space to spread my mind out in.” And, in her youth, she often travelled to Cornwall for the summer, where she loved to “spend my afternoons in solitary trampling” through the countryside.

Perhaps the most profound relationship between walking, thinking, and writing reveals itself at the end of a stroll, back at the desk. There, it becomes apparent that writing and walking are extremely similar feats, equal parts physical and mental. When we choose a path through a city or forest, our brain must survey the surrounding environment, construct a mental map of the world, settle on a way forward, and translate that plan into a series of footsteps. Likewise, writing forces the brain to review its own landscape, plot a course through that mental terrain, and transcribe the resulting trail of thoughts by guiding the hands. Walking organizes the world around us; writing organizes our thoughts. Ultimately, maps like the one that Nabokov drew are recursive: they are maps of maps.

Why Walking Helps Us Think

By Ferris Jabr

#The New Yorker #walking #exercise #body #bodymind #Body Alive #thinking #Ferris Jabr

[doll3tt33]

THOUGHT I HAD DO WHAT U WILL WITH IT FIC JUST RESPONSE C.AI BOT IDC BUT LISTEN IM ONTO SMTH.

old 5 seconds of summer. literally quicksilver hear me out. "How did we end up talking in the first place?! you said u liked by cobain shirt now were walking back to your place" itd be his fucking rush shirt BUT SEE MY POINT. "my head spins im pressed against the wall just watching ur every move" "my friends say i should lock u down before u figure me out and you run away but you dont and u wont as u kiss me and u tell me that ur here to stay" its just him and me trust its literally peter maximoff and me. LONG WAY HOME "i wanna get lost and drive forever with you talking bout nothing yeah whatever baby" whens he not talking about nothing be fr. litch all of old 5sos apart from everything i didnt say bc be for real hes said everything hes a waffler AND SO AM I THIS IS SO LONG APOLOGIES

BAHAHHAH I just woke up and idk if it was you or me, but this was a real trip for me to read 😭😭

Anyways, I haven’t listened to 5sos in forevaaa but I’m down to make a Peter bot based off this! :D Plus the songs you gave do sound very quicksilvercore ((Rush shirt replacing the Cobain shirt is PEAK levels of genius

I need to organize my request list a bit, but I’ll try to do your idea justice!

#moots <3

[alecjbi]

75 But you can choose the ship!

#75 - (quicksilver daydreams of) maria by townes van zandt

Tom stood in front of the mirror, eyes following as he dragged his fingers through his hair. He frowned as his fingers caught on the same spot he had been staring at, a streak of gray hair that he had noticed that morning. He had caught it in the corner of his eye in the hallway mirror as he was leaving, a piece of toast in hand and a kiss from Pete still tingling against his lips.

It nearly stopped him in his tracks, the gray strands peeking out against the blond hair. The entire day at work he had kept toying at it, considering tearing the hair out altogether. That lead to Tom staring in the mirror, playing with the same streak of hair, unable to look away.

Tom took his eyes away as he heard footsteps behind him and Pete wrapped his arms around his torso, resting the side of his forehead on Tom's bicep. He met Tom's gaze in the mirror and smiled. "What's up?"

Tom flattened his lips into a thin line. "Nothing," he said, forcing his voice to be steadier than he felt. Pete, unsurprisingly, saw right through it, squeezing a little tighter before letting go and standing at Tom's side.

"You're not a very good liar, you know," he said fondly, turning to run his fingers through Tom's hair. Tom's frown deepened, trying to turn away but Pete caught him. "Is it this?" he asked, twirling his finger around the streak of gray hair. When Tom didn't answer, he sighed. "It's a little bit silly, you can hardly see it."

Tom felt like an insolent child, turning so that Pete couldn't see his face. "I know it's dumb," he muttered.

Pete just smiled and tipped Tom's chin back, locking eyes with the man. There was nothing but warmth and love in his eyes, the kind only formed after years. Years of loving Tom, of watching him change before his eyes, underneath his hands. Sure, they have both gotten older together-- had promised to grow old together, but would Pete still look at him with the same sort of love he did before? Or would he be searching for the man he met in the 80's, someone that Tom couldn't be anymore?

Pete seemed to read Tom's thoughts, though, as he reached up to brush a stray hair out of Tom's face. "I think the silver fox look is sexy, you know," he said before pulling Tom down into a kiss. Tom grinned against his lips, pulling back after a moment.

"You don't have to--" he tried to say, but Pete just waved him off.

"I will not hear any slander against the sexiest man I know," Pete said, extracting himself from Tom's reach and stalking off towards the kitchen. "I don't feel like I need to talk about your ass, but I will if the need arises."

Tom rolled his eyes, but when he glanced back at the mirror again, he smiled.

Silver fox. Maybe it wasn't all that bad.

send an ask with a number 1-100 and i’ll write a ficlet based on the song from my spotify wrapped

#older icemav my loves #askbox #my fic #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #top gun #icemav

[kaiismydivineruler]

Pretty Lady- Peter Maximoff x Reader

Just a Halloween party.

I am a little late but idk.

Song: Monster Mash

Peter Maximoff, dressed as his alter ego Quicksilver, zipped around the Halloween party with an impish grin. As he spotted you in your costume, he flashed by, slowing down just enough to tease, "Hey there, sidekick. Ready to keep up with the fastest guy in the room?"

You rolled your eyes, "Sure thing, Speedy. I'll try not to get lost in your dust."

Throughout the night, playful banter flowed between you two. Peter couldn't resist nicknaming you "pretty lady" and "future Mrs. Maximoff," earning an eye roll each time. You retaliated with "Mr. Quicksilver," reveling in the way he pretended not to be flattered.

Amidst the laughter and teasing, Peter suggested a detour. "What do you say we ditch this party and check out that haunted mansion on the outskirts of town?"

Before you could respond, he whisked you away, and in the blink of an eye, you found yourselves at the eerie mansion. As you explored the dimly lit rooms, Peter continued his teasing, confident until a particularly creepy clown statue made him jump.

You chuckled, "Afraid of clowns, Speedy?"

He scoffed, "No way, I just... they're unpredictable, you know?"

The laughter echoed through the mansion until an unexpected noise startled him. Peter, for all his speed, was caught off guard by a spooky sound, and his bravado crumbled.

He admitted sheepishly, "Okay, maybe I'm a little scared."

Grinning, you reassured him, "It's okay, Mr. Quicksilver. I'll protect you from the scary clowns .''

As you explored the haunted mansion further, the tension of the eerie atmosphere faded into shared laughter and whispered conversations. In a dimly lit room, Peter stopped abruptly, looking at you with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

"Hey there, pretty lady," he said, drawing you close. "Think anyone will notice if we take a little break from the scares?"

You smirked, "I doubt they'll miss us. What did you have in mind, Mr. Quicksilver?"

His lips met yours in a lingering kiss, the sensation amplified by the adrenaline still coursing through both of you. Pulling away, he grinned, "Just making sure you're not scared, you know? It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it."

You chuckled, "Well, Mr. Quicksilver, I appreciate your dedication to my well-being."

The banter continued as you explored further. In the shadows of a grand hallway, Peter whispered, "You know, pretty lady, this haunted mansion has nothing on the thrill of being around you."

Rolling your eyes playfully, you retorted, "Smooth, Speedy. Real smooth."

He winked, "I try my best. But seriously, I like this – just us, away from the chaos. Makes it feel like it's our own adventure."

You couldn't help but smile, "It does feel kind of special, doesn't it?"

As you reached the exit, Peter took your hand, his touch lingering. The party's distant music and laughter became the backdrop to your shared moment. "What do you say we head back, future Mrs. Maximoff?"

Your heart skipped a beat, and with a sly grin, you replied, "Lead the way, Mr. Quicksilver. But this time, take it slow."

His laughter echoed as he pressed another lingering kiss against your lips, savoring the connection between you two. The haunted mansion became a memory, but the shared moments lingered, creating a bond that felt as exhilarating as Peter's superspeed.

After your escapade in the haunted mansion, Peter whisked you back to the lively Halloween party. The distant thump of music and laughter filled the air as you both re-entered the vibrant scene.

"Look who decided to grace the party again!" Peter announced with a dramatic flair, causing a few partygoers to glance your way.

You grinned, "We needed a break, Mr. Quicksilver. All that running around can be exhausting."

He chuckled, "True, true. But I have the perfect remedy for that." With a wink, he led you to a quieter corner, away from the pulsating music.

As you leaned against a wall adorned with cobwebs, Peter's playful smirk returned. "Now, where were we, pretty lady?"

Before you could respond, he closed the distance between you, capturing your lips in a lingering kiss. The sounds of the party faded into the background as you both savored the stolen moment.

Pulling away, Peter continued, "You know, I think we make a pretty dynamic duo. The fastest guy and his fearless sidekick."

#evan peters #peter maximoff #x men #quicksilver #halloween

[notanothersongaboutlovebracket]

Positivity Song Sub-Bracket

Rhett and Link - I'm On Vacation vs The Stupendium - Shine Through

Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up vs Brent Morgan - Gonna Be Okay

Tamino - Indigo Night

Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires vs MARINA - Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land

Florence + The machine - daffodil vs Mother Mother - Infinitesimal

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger vs Death - Let The World Turn

Bon Jovi - It's My Life

Måneskin - Zitti E buoni vs dodie - Secret for the Mad

Caleb Hyles - Amber and Rain vs The Mowglis - Bad Dream

Frozen 2 Cast - Show Yourself

Rise Against - Tragedy + Time vs The Crane Wives - Turn Out The Lights

Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World vs Stan Rogers - The Mary Ellen Carter

Lord Huron - Until the Night Turns

The Crüxshadows - Quicksilver vs Surfaces - Sunday Best

Frank Sinatra - My Way

Jeff Williams - This Life is Mine vs Sonic adventure 2 - Escape from the city

AURORA - Running with the wolves vs Paloma Faith - Upside Down

The Cog is Dead - Weird

Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want It vs Steam Powered Giraffe - Malfunction

The Black-Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Delta Rae - Dance in the Graveyards vs Phineas and Ferb Cast - I'm Me

Tank and the Bangas - Black Folk

Thomas Rhett - Be a Light vs I Fight Dragons - Disaster Hearts

The Crane Wives - Volta vs Go! Child - Outro

Rachel Platten - Fight Song

Colbie Caillat - Try vs VHS Christmas Carol - Christmas Electricity

Chip Skylark - My Shiny Teeth and Me

Something Else - I’m Something Else vs Steppen Wolf - Born The Be Wild

Jack Johnson - Upside Down

Kenny Loggins - Footloose vs Rhythm Heaven - Beautiful One Day

OR3O - Living on

#bracket info

[practically-an-x-man]

get to know you asks! orchid, cactus, daffodil, chia, and papyrus :)

Thank you so much!!

answers under the cut since there are a lot of them :D

Get to Know Me Asks!

orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?

Aw man, that's a tough one since I'm such a nerd for music. I mean, just because I love a song doesn't mean it's technically perfect, and I'm sure there are technically flawless songs that I absolutely can't stand.

Wait, no, this is easy. Bohemian Rhapsody.

cactus ⇢ something you’re currently learning (about)?

I'm currently in trade school for special effects makeup! And on a smaller scale, as soon as Misery is closed I'll be learning how to puppeteer a giant plant for Little Shop of Horrors :)

daffodil ⇢ do you have siblings? if yes, in what ways do you think you’re similar to or different from them?

I have one younger sister. We're both queer and have ADHD, and we share a lot of similar nerdy interests. We used to not get along well (I think because our mom tended to pit us against each other and we ended up taking it out on each other) but as we've grown up we've gotten much closer. We're very different people for the most part - I'm tidier, more artistic, more outgoing and adventurous, I'm more of a movie buff while she prefers video games, and our music tastes are worlds apart - but we've got enough similarities to bond over. I just took her to a convention a couple weeks ago and we had a blast there!

chia ⇢ what’s an inside joke you have with someone else?

My best friend and I have a running joke that I'm constantly cosplaying 3 or 4 different characters at any given time (just bc of how I look and dress). They switched around, but the usual ones were Vi from Arcane, Eddie Munson, Gwen Stacy and Hobie Brown (I look more like Gwen but dress more like Hobie), and comicverse Quicksilver. We also joked that they were going to make a scrapbook comparing me to those characters and put it on our coffee table as a conversation starter.

papyrus ⇢ if you put your ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle, what’s the first song that comes up? what do you like about it / associate it with?

The first one that popped up was Bang Bang by Green Day. It's definitely my favorite song on RevRad, I really like the little details like the "hurrah! hurrah!" in the chorus and the drum fill before the final refrain. I don't really associate it with anything in particular, I just like the song. I guess maybe a few of the lyrics reminded me of Polka Dot Man since I first listened to it after the new Suicide Squad came out (specifically the "daddy's little psycho and mommy's little soldier" part)

#my friends!!! #answered asks #ask game

[permanentmess]

The Case of Mr. Dibbles

A/N: I made this up on the spot just now with an idea I had earlier. I thought it was cute enough to share haha. I’ve been having a lot of dreams with Pietro in them lately, and I’m back on my major Quicksilver kick so...

I experimented with First person as well, sorry if you don’t normally read x reader fics that way.

Warnings: None! Just fluff. Reader is a teleporter btw. Canon is absolutely skewed here.

Word Count: 477

NOT MY GIF

Slivers of orange and yellow light are filtering their way through the apartment windows, illuminating the wall next to the couch. I'm leaning against a pillow on the couch while Pietro is spread out over the rest of my body, tucked just behind where my legs are curled up. Wisps of his bleached hair are tickling my skin, so I run my hands through the softness to keep it at bay. 13 Going On 30 is playing quietly from the TV. Just a lazy day for us. Just beautiful.

I knew it had been months since I had felt this peaceful. With the recent missions and universe-killing threats that had been happening lately, I was soaking up every quiet and calm moment I could get with Pietro, and thankfully his apartment was the perfect little sanctuary. Usually, we stayed at the compound, but it had been….chaotic to say the least. 

“Babe.” It was so quiet and raspy, I almost didn’t hear him say it. I look down just as he’s turning to see my face more clearly.

“Hmm?”

“We should get a pet together.”

I contemplated it for a second. It couldn’t hurt to get one. It could always come with us to the compound when we needed to head back. “Alright, what kind?”

“A turtle.” I laugh at the juxtaposition of it all. Him, a speedster, and me, a teleporter, with one of the slowest creatures. We may as well have bought a sloth. 

“I like it, let’s go to the pet store tomorrow,” I tell him and give him a quick kiss before I move to be laying down on the couch, wrapping my body around his. 

The next day

Nobody told me turtles could be so damn expensive. 

But the grin on Pietro’s face through the whole experience was worth every penny he had spent. I would’ve bought him an entire farm myself if it made him happy.

As he was setting up the tank in the kitchen I asked him, “So, do you have a name for him yet?” 

“Hmm, I’m thinking Mr. Dibbles.”

“As in, Cheesy Dibbles from Penguins of Madagascar?” He freezes for a second and looks away, genuinely pondering it. I narrow my eyes playfully. “Do you watch that show?”

“Sometimes, when I watch Tommy and BIlly. It just may be. I thought I made it up and now I’m disappointed.” He pauses. “Do you watch that show?” 

“Like, when I was younger. But otherwise, only with Tommy and Billy.” He finally goes back to setting up the tank while I look at the newly named Mr. Dibbles, chomping on some shredded carrots we gave him, and then at Pietro. His mouth was pulled into a tiny smile, humming an oldie song that was playing on the radio as he assembled our pet’s new home

My own little family. 

#pietro maximoff #pietro maximoff x reader #quicksilver #quicksilver x reader #aaron taylor johnson #marvel fic #marvel oneshot #fluff

[maiz-of-light]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6MEzLO8g1gtLfWyQ3P2HSd?si=5f5ee775c79e4cfb

OI, this is months a bit late, but I made a playlist for Quicksilver for those who care. Tracks listed with associations beneath the cut, warning for slight spoilers. Will probably be updated in the future.

Run, Boy, Run - Chapter01, Ghirahim’s escape

Bones - Chapter04, the Garo

Whispers of the Ancient - Chapter04, beneath the cistern

Seven Devils - Chapter05, Demise’s phantom

Ophelia - Chapter05, the heroes’ escape

Song of Storms - Chapter06, Ghirahim’s spell

The Auction - Chapter06, Zelda confronts Ghirahim

Haunted Midway - Chapter07, the mirror shard

Gothic Mirror - Chapter08, Pheoni’s theme

Ocean Eyes - Chapter09, bathing in the spring

Pas de Deux - Chapter11, TBA

Anthem - Chapter11, TBA

Venite Adoramus - Chapter12, TBA

Stone Tower - Chapter12, TBA

Snow and Come Little Children - TBA

#ghiralink #quicksilver #skyard sword #idk just take it

[hermes-pet-queer]

A prayer to Hermes

Ode to you Hermes who runs upon the wind,

You who’s laughter is like a song on a breeze,

Quicksilver LuckBringer I dedicate myself to you,

Lord of thieves and tricks I offer you trinkets and fun,

Godly messenger who rules communication help me to convey my soul,

I ask that you guide me in my path and way to be the best I can be,

Show me laughter and fun, creativity and wit,

I praise you on this day as I do every day because Hermes Eriounes I am yours and you are indeed very much my boi my guy my #1 bitch✨

[Hermes Image by yliade on diviantart]

#Hermes you’re my number 1 bitch I love you #hermes greek god #hermes worship #hermes god #hermes devotion #hermes #hermes devotee #hermes deity #prayer to Hermes #just a littler Hermes queer baby #Hermes is my dad

[electricrogue]

Sharon den Adel isn’t fucking human

... no, really. For context, I was at a music festival in my country - Way Too Far Rock Festival, and believe me that name is earned xD. And Within Temptation were headliners there and I got to see them live (again, it was my third time actually but definitely not the last one) and aaaaah.

First of all, that woman is like fucking quicksilver. Like it was my first time I had a decent enough phone to try and make pictures and I was trying to get a shot of her with the boys but like... one second she was here, then she was on the opposite side of the stage, running like hell from one place to another and I was just trying (and mostly failing) to keep up with her.

Also because of Covid bullshit this was the first time I got to hear the newer songs live (newer meaning Resist and the singles that came after that). And just... It was late and my feet were hurting a bit and I was tired but the second I heard the trumpets in Reckoning and she came on stage I forgot about all of that. It’s such a surge of... life, there’s no other word for it, that you get when she starts singing that it’s fucking unbelievable.

Also fun stuff they played also their most recent single, Don’t Pray For Me, and I feel like I have to punch some people for that. Why, you ask? Because Sharon was like “ok so we wrote this one and then we wrote like a whole ass story about the reason we wrote it and actually it’s about this and that”. And here comes the want to punch people, because she had to do that because people complained. And ok I get religion is a touchy subject, but she didn’t sing about religion, not really. She sang about how when you stuff religion down someone’s throat it becomes an issue, and she’s fucking right about it. And you know what even if she sang against religion, I never heard anyone complain about Weak Fantasy or Cry For The Moon for that matter so yeah. Hypothetically if she wanted she could also be against religion a bit. You know, as a treat.

Also they did Raise Your Banner and they sang it for Ukraine (I will post that separately because it deserves its own post) and God... chills.

Also also there was a real cute moment at the end where Sharon noticed there were kids in the audience and she was like “you know what bring some kids on stage, like the two girls over there and the two boys over here“ and in 30 seconds she had like 20 of them on the stage? Like I hated audiences when I was a kid (I’m not too good about them now either) but to have that done to me when I was a kid? I’m pretty sure I would have become an instant fan. And that is based only on how cute and caring Sharon was with them like some of them were a bit out of their element(totally understandable) but she took care of them and told them were to stay and calmed them down and 20 seconds later they were singing like crazy with her and yeah. Nobody is immune to Sharon that’s all I’m saying.

... and on a final note I wanna kiss whoever designed Sharon’s outfit because damn that was gorgeous. And yes I know Sharon is probably the one who came up with the idea I said what I said. Like the crown and the metal thingie on the arm (I wish she kept those more but it’s probably hard to navigate with them).

#sharon den adel #within temptation #music baby

[multi-lefaiye]

Magic Apocalyptica Characters

Hi hello-

So I’ve been thinking a lot about... well it’s not one WIP, but my setting Magic Apocalyptica, which has a bunch of characters but only the vaguest possible plot. Most of these characters don’t have art yet (I’m working on it-) so I’m gonna introduce them with picrews :) Yeah. This is not an exhaustive list of every character in this ‘verse, just the major ones I’ve made.

For context, Magic Apocalyptica is a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting in which the apocalypse happened, but instead of killing everyone it awoke several slumbering gods and also magic. Things got Funky.

These characters’ stories are mostly disconnected, but I’m working to find ways to connect them! Someday I’ll get a coherent plot out of this ‘verse.

So! Each character will have a picrew (picrew used: [link]), their name, a brief description, one song that I think fits them perfectly, and a fun fact or two :) Yeah.

Uhhh not quite sure who would be interested in being tagged here, so I’m going to tentatively tag the folks who’ve shown interest in this ‘verse: @jezifster @dr-runs-with-scissors​ @emotionalsupportpuma @skitzo-kero @chaotic-queer-disaster​ @albatris 

If any of y’all don’t want to be tagged in these, just let me know!!!! I apologize! And feel free to ignore this!

CW: Some discussion of fictional religions, references to torture and unethical human experimentation, depictions of a character smoking.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Jackrabbit, showing him from the shoulders up. He has lightly tanned skin covered in freckles, dark shadows under his eyes, green eyes with slit pupils, furry ears like a cat, and long black hair. Jackrabbit is wearing a white sleeveless turtleneck and a grey choker. End ID.]

Jackrabbit - he/him

Jackrabbit is a fixer, a person who travels the ravaged world solving problems and doing odd jobs for people. He is incredibly secretive about his past and, while outwardly friendly and confident, doesn’t allow people to get close to him for the most part. Generally, Jackrabbit tries his best to do good for himself and those around him, but deep down he’s a very sad, bitter man.

Theme: Wayfaring Stranger - The Longest Johns

Fun Fact: Jackrabbit has a pet possum named Car Battery! She’s one of his closest friends and he adores her so much.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Leon, showing her from the shoulders up. She has tan skin, dark circles under her eyes, pointed ears, short white hair, blue eyes, and dark scars against her smiling face. Leon is wearing two gold necklaces, a black tank-top, and a brown jacket, and she’s holding a middle finger up. End ID.]

Leon Blackguard - she/her

Leon is Jackrabbit’s best childhood friend who has been searching for him for many years, ever since he disappeared while they were in college. She fought tooth and nail to teach herself magic, and she’s incredibly unique in that her magic is innate. Not in the same way Eve’s is innate, but Leon essentially tricked a powerful entity into giving her power with no strings attached.

Theme: Handlebars - Flobots

Fun Fact: Leon’s hair is naturally dark, but it turned white due to long-term exposure to magic.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Howl, showing him from the shoulders up. He has lightly tanned skin, yellow eyes, pointed ears, and long, fluffy white hair. Howl is wearing a black t-shirt and a blue tracksuit jacket, holding a hand to his chest as he smirks. End ID.]

Howl Quicksilver - he/it

Howl is a thief who travels from city to city, using his magic to charm and bamboozle people into giving him whatever he wants. He has a good heart deep down and will do good if push comes to shove, but he covers it up with a roguish sort of charm that he uses to get away with his crimes. He’s also not very smart, but that hasn’t stopped him yet.

Theme: Second Child Restless Child - The Oh Hellos

Fun Fact: Howl is a proud atheist. While there is undeniable proof of powerful entities existing, he doesn’t view them as gods, and he certainly doesn’t serve any of them.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Eve, showing them from the shoulders up. Eve has dark brown skin, dark shaggy hair, scars around their throat, and bright red eyes the same color as bright red markings on their face. They are wearing a red dress and a black coat, and they are holding up one hand in a peace sign. End ID.]

Eve - they/them

Eve is the result of experiments by a sect of Lunists seeking to revive the dead gods. They’re extremely bitter towards humanity and have a lot of distrust for people after all they’ve been through, but they’re very loyal to the few who have managed to earn their trust. Their magic is extremely powerful and they are a rare case of someone having innate magical abilities.

Theme: She Doesn’t Sleep - Anthony Amorim

Fun Fact: Eve was created to be strong enough to potentially kill a god! Are they actually powerful enough to do that? Good question.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Van, showing them from the shoulders up. They have long, shaggy blond hair covering the right side of their face, green eyes, and pale skin covered in freckles. Van is wearing a black sleeveless turtleneck and holding one hand up, which is covered in bandages. End ID.]

Van Novak - they/them

Van is a tinkerer, essentially a mechanic knowledgeable in the inner workings of much of the limited technology available in this world. They live in the city of Jericho with their boyfriend Gem, though they occasionally travel outside of the city for supplies. Generally, Van is very rude and confrontational, and they show their soft side only to Gem and (some) of their many siblings.

Theme: Build A Bitch - Bella Poarch

Fun Fact: Van has a personal history with the founder of Vastationism, Prometheus. They know where he went when he disappeared, but they aren’t exactly keen to share this information.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Delano, showing him from the shoulders up. Delano has brown skin and dark freckles, long pointed ears, narrow green eyes, and long brown hair. Delano is wearing a black turtleneck and a green cloak. He has a pouty expression on his face and his hands are held up like claws. End ID.]

Delano - he/they/it

Delano is a mage living deep in the swamps in the southeastern United States. Incredibly shy and reclusive, he dislikes interacting with people and tries his best to avoid them entirely. Still, people often seek him out because he’s an incredible healer, and he reluctantly offers his services to anyone in need. Just as long as they don’t stick around him too long.

Theme: The Hand That Feeds - The Crane Wives

Fun Fact: When Delano was a kid, he wanted to be a famous fixer who would help everyone with their problems. Now he’s an adult and doesn’t want anyone to talk to him ever.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Gaia, showing them from the shoulders up. They have dark skin and black hair pulled up into a high ponytail, narrow purple eyes, round glasses, and a sneer on their face. Gaia is wearing a nice white button-up and a black jacket, and in their left hand they are holding a pen. End ID.]

Dr. Gaia Divita - they/she

Gaia is a former Lunist who worked at a facility in the city of Luna itself, trying to revive the ancient gods to slay the imposters. As time went on, however, they began to turn against their fellow researchers, eventually coming to take a public stand against Lunism and its goals. Unfortunately, Lunist officials were quick to retaliate, and Gaia was stripped of their status and title. Now, they’re on the run trying to escape their past.

Theme: BLOODMONEY - Poppy

Fun Fact: Gaia actually has no magic of their own, and for many years they were a skeptic in many ways that it even exists.

[Image Description: A picrew of a person named Mihael, showing him from the shoulders up. He has pale, freckled skin, shaggy red hair, pointed ears, and wide yellow eyes. Mihael is wearing a grey t-shirt, a green button-up, and a dark green jacket with a furry collar. His left hand is holding a cigarette. End ID.]

Mihael Kozlov - he/him

Mihael is a fixer who has recently settled in the city of Luna, living with his sister and her wife. However, after meeting Gaia and helping them escape the Lunist facility, he’s gone on the run and is now dedicating his time to keeping them safe. His motives aren’t exactly pure (they promised to pay him handsomely if he’ll keep them safe), but over time he’s slowly becoming attached to them. A little bit.

Theme: Hope Less Romantics - Makeout Monday

Fun Fact: Mihael’s magic is rather weak when compared to other mages and fixers, but he makes it work. He uses his magic to augment his physical strength and ability in combat rather than as its own separate thing.

#multi makes text posts #magic apocalyptica #writeblr #character intros #kinda.... i suppose #maybe someday i'll finish the lore presentation for this 'verse that just goes over the worldbuilding #i've been kinda self conscious about it but. no fuck it i AM gonna make an absurd amount of lore for this #only some of which is relevant for these characters specifically

[paradisecas]

was tagged by @ckneal and @hallowthyname for this lil thing thanks u guys :]

favorite color: green! or purple. also partial to maroon

currently reading: regretfully making my way through the latest warrior cat book ‘a light in the mist’ ig its been almost a year since it came out but i owe it to me of summer 2021 and also me of 2008 to actually finish it. i just dont remember everything from the other 5 books in this subseries so it’s a lot of head scratching and having to double check which clan each cat is from. all these new fangled characters smh.

last song: asking for by oh pep! song of all time frfr it makes me screaaaammm

last series: doctor who lol. im in season 10 in my never ending rewatch and the last 3 eps are so hard to get through because yes i will cry like a baby and the mondasian cybermen are genuinely terrifying and what is there after this? season 11? it’s not fair that chibs era comes after capaldis run aka the pinnacle of television. but i’ve been hopping around earlier stuff to put off making myself watch the next three seasons. who else is foaming at the mouth excited for 14 + rtd.

last movies: big hero 6! my roomies bf hadnt seen it before because he is ancient and honestly he didn’t react the correct way to how sad it is. but it was a nice family night we made arancini and pie :)

currently working on: eternally working on a wip for another fandom that is the reason i cant bring myself to do a multichap fic Ever Again, specifically stuck on one chapter that has been plaguing me for a year and a half. i would give anything to be done with it but i must persevere. but also a little boy scout adam ficlet and the ghosts au from midamoul week that i am totally overthinking to the point of incompletion but again. we persevere. also a myriad of dino au ficlets bc i started rly thinking about it again.

nine people is a lot and idk whoo has already done this but um @jumptheshark @heavensmostadorableangel @quicksilver-castiel @pussypopstiel @inochian @fandom-space-princess um and anyone who hasn’t been tagged!!

#tagging people is scary good lord #whatever #anyway i dont recommend arancini unless u make a big batch or something bc whew so much work for four little balls. and they’re only just #Good. nothin special #tag game #i feel like superwho + warrior cats is a bad look for me in the year of 2022 but i have a good time #mine

[junkyardisles]

saw @/portaldisaster do this so i’m doing it too

💙 Who's your favorite skylander? i’ve got loads but cynder, drobot and pop fizz i usually cite as my top three

❌ Who's your least favorite skylander? punk shock and barbella

💚 Who's your favorite non skylander character? octavius and machine ghost!! but they’re one game only chars so uuh i love the mabu trio and arbo

🚫 Who's your least favorite non skylander character? ngl? not a fan of any npcs from imaginators

🖤 Who's your favorite villain? kaos, dreamcatcher and chompy mage

💢Who's your least favorite villain GOLDE NQUEEN

😈 Favorite trappable villain grinnade, both chompies and scrap shooter

👿 Least favorite trappable villain Krakenstein.

❔ Who was your first skylander? i got a bunch of them for my birthday but the first one i used in my files was cynder! can’t remember the og first one tho

🌐 What was your first skylander game? giants was the first i owned but i played ssa a few months prior

✨ Which game was your favorite? ssa and giants, kinda depends on my mood but i prefer doing runs of ssa ALSO I LOVE CLOUD PATROL!!!! and universe....

☔ Which game was your least favorite? imaginators is the easy answer but i am Not into swap force’s gameplay or lore

🔥Favorite fire skylander ERUPTOR!!!!!! i love sunburn, fire kracken, fryno, trail blazer and spitfire too

❌🔥Least favorite fire skylander kaboom

🌊Favorite water skylander gill grunt, zap, echo, slam bam, wham-shell and thumpback :) wham-shell has my favourite gameplay tho

❌🌊Least favorite water skylander punk shock >:(

🌱Favorite life skylander zooooook!!!! also tree rex!!!!! i love camo, high five, stump smash, food fight, thrillipede, stealth elf and tuff luck too

❌🌱Least favorite life skylander mmeh not a huge fan of stink bomb? could be more skunkish 

🌄Favorite earth skylander aourgh tie between bash, flashwing and terrafin but scorp is pretty cool too

❌🌄Least favorite earth skylander barbella

💀Favorite undead skylander CYNDEEEEERRRRRR but ghost roaster, funny bone, short-cut, grim creeper, chop chop, night shift, rattle shake, and chopscotch live rent free in my head

❌💀Least favorite undead skylander roller brawl she’s so bland compared to night shift

💨Favorite air skylander whirlwind, sonic boom, jet-vac, scratch, pop thorn, blades, stormblade, swarm, and air strike are all sooo gooood!! but also thunderbolt is kinda fun?

❌💨Least favorite air skylander ngl i do not dig warnado’s gameplay

🔌Favorite tech skylander DROBOT but time for every other one i like!!! trigger happy, boomer, drill sergeant, tread head, bouncer, jawbreaker, and ofc magna charge

❌🔌Least favorite tech skylander would’ve said countdown before but he’s grown on me, so high volt

🌠Favorite magic skylander POP FIZZ but um. also double trouble, voodood, spyro, cobra cadabra, mysticat, and splat

❌🌠Least favorite magic skylander i’ve seen horrors involving wrecking ball (overexaggeration) 

🌞Favorite light skylander spotlight and astroblast

❌🌞Least favorite light skylander aurora

🌙Favorite dark skylander blackout and nightfall

❌🌙Least favorite dark skylander uh, hood sickle ig?

♫ Favorite song from the soundtrack JUNKYARD ISLES BUT I CAN’T PICK A SINGLE ONE BUT I LOVE JUNKYARD ISLES

🎮 Favorite minigame ssa/giants lock puzzle

💠 Favorite level what do you think? but outside of the namesake i LOVE quicksilver vault, arkeyan armoury, falling forest, leviathan lagoon, crystal eye tower, stonetown, troll warehouse, the oracle, glacier gully and drill-x’s big rig

❎ Least favorite level creepy citadel and secret vault of secrets, i don’t have strong thoughts on swap force onwards chapters

🔆 Your strongest skylander

i can play a pretty mean slam bam

🔅 Your weakest skylander god awful w/ warnado

🔷 Your rarest skylander spotlight and blackout easily

⭕ What skylander do you want the most? chompy mage

💔 How many skylanders are you missing? discounting releases/variants, 44. idk where rip tide went but i’m not counting him

💞 Skylanders OTP? i don’t do “””otps””” but bashwing passes the vibe check

❗Why did you start playing skylanders? i saw some boys playing it and it looked fun (i was 5)

💙 How did you discover skylanders? see above

💖 Any skylanders OCs? yes

😉 Most memorable gameplay moment/moments getting to play ssa after so long 

😇 Your favorite experience with the franchise honestly all the emulation stuff has been sooo fun

💛 What do you like most about skylanders? THE LORE THE CHARACTERS THE WORLD THE AESTHETIC THE MUSIC THE GAMEPLAY

🔪 What do you not like about skylanders? the lack of books and stories n stuff i want More

💎Do you hope the franchise continues? nah, unless it’d be in the form of books and things of that nature

💜 What does skylanders as a franchise mean to you? my first real delve into aus and characters

💗 Describe your dream skylander game ssa but even longer

💯How many skylanders do you have? probably close to 200

💘 Will you continue playing skylanders if the franchise continues? hard to say!

💝 If you could recommend skylanders to others what would be your points of persuasion? fun co-op experience with charming dialogue and good music :)

🕒 How long have you been a fan? 2012

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