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Ramble of the month May 2023: 90’s MCU Phase 2 (1996-1999)

It’s now been a year since I did the last of my monthly rambles outlining how to do a 90’s MCU fan-cast properly, in response to the inaccurate memes on the subject. To mark the anniversary and in lieu of a better subject, we’re now going to look at the next round of films I would have in such an alternative MCU. Before we look at this, however, let’s recap what the right way to do a 90’s MCU is and what’s come before.

First of all, Marvel film rights in the 90’s were different to today; it was in the mid-90’s (1995, if memory serves) that Marvel had to sell the film rights on its characters to various mainstream film studios in order to avoid bankruptcy. It’s for this reason that the X-Men and Fantastic Four films to date have all been made by 20th Century Fox, Sony has handled Spider-Man solo films and so on. The MCU is comprised of films (and now TV shows) made with film rights that lapsed back to Marvel due to sometime passing without those film rights being used. As such, a proper 90’s MCU will capitalise on all Marvel properties, provided you don’t leave things too late in the decade to start (if you do, a 90’s MCU would be impossible).

Second, the source material was different back in the 1990’s. The Ultimates continuity of comics that made Nick Fury a look alike for Samuel L Jackson hadn’t been done yet (that was all turn-of-the century/millennium stuff), no Winter Soldier arc bringing back Bucky, the Peter Quill iteration of Guardians of the Galaxy wouldn’t be done in comics until 2007, Civil War didn’t hit comics until 2006, and so on. Because of this, the storylines for any films would be different and you’d have a different standard of comics-accurate casting, etc. to the MCU we know at the moment.

Finally, as goes without saying, it’s a different group of actors to go at, which is part and parcel of asking what a 90’s-centric MCU would be like. So, let’s do a very quick recap of my 90’s MCU phase 1;

1992: Fantastic Four, Hulk, Iron Man

1993: Thor, Spider-Man, Ant-Man & The Wasp

1994: Captain America: Fantastic Four 2, Iron Man 2

1995: X-Men, Avengers, Daredevil

The 1992 films give us introductions to the title characters via their origin arcs, as do each of the films thereafter which aren’t sequels or about putting the Avengers together. More of the films are New York-centric in places (most notably Thor’s opening film), and of course there’s some quite different characters, actors, etc. worked in, which you’ll get some reminders of from the role reprisals seen in the phase 2 films, which we’ll now dive into. First, here’s the quick overview of the 90’s MCU phase 2 line-up;

1996: Spider-Man 2, Thor: Land of Enchantment, Silver Surfer

1997: Hulk vs Wolverine, Fantastic Four: Doomsday, Iron Man 3

1998: Captain America: Society of Serpents, Daredevil 2, X-Men 2

1999: Avenger 2, Spider-Man 3, Doctor Strange

As you can see, this phase is very much weighted towards sequels as much as the MCU phase 2 we know from real life, but like that phase, we also get a couple of original films. So, without further ado, let’s look at what these various films involve.

Spider-Man 2 (1996) Directed by John Hughes

Peter Parker/Spider-Man = Wil Weaton

May Parker = Marg Helgenberger

Flash Thompson = Ben Affleck

J. Jonah Jameson = J.K. Simmons

Joseph "Robbie" Robertson = Denzel Washington

Betty Brant = Parker Posey

Jacob Conover = Steve Buscemi

Randy Robertson = Taye Diggs

Norman Osborn = John Travolta

Harry Osborn = Ryan Phillipe

Gwen Stacy = Reese Witherspoon

Captain George Stacy = James Cromwell

Mary-Jane Watson = Alison Hannigan

Sergei Kravenoff/Kraven the Hunter = Gerard Butler

Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon = Brent Spiner

Spider-Man gets to headline this phase of my 90’s MCU, and with the first film having occurred during his time at high school, this one goes into his college years. This enables us to add Harry, MJ and Gwen to his supporting cast, all of whom he only met when he went to college in the original comics. As such, this is an element of source material accuracy no adaptation of Spider-Man has ever got right. That being said, some accuracy to the source material has to go when making films of superheroes, and here the trade-off is Gwen’s dad being killed by a different villain to the comics iteration. However, when you’ve got Gerard Butler and Brent Spiner as your villains, I think we can understand this.

The film very much plays up the sibling link between Kraven and Chameleon and keeps them relatively away from Peter’s personal life. This is to help avoid the over-unmasking of Peter prevalent in Spider-Man films as they’ve been made by Sony, and given the on-going presence of the Osborns in these films, even going back to our phase 1 film where Peter and Harry haven’t met, I imagine most of you can guess why I want the Spider-Man dual identity better secured. For those who can’t guess, fret not, I’ll explain when we get to Spider-Man 3 later in this phase.

Thor: Land of Enchantment (1996) Directed by Kenneth Branagh

Thor = Dolph Lundgren

Loki = Gary Oldman

Odin = Anthony Hopkins

Frega = Glenn Close

Fandrall = Cary Elwes

Hogun = Tony Leung

Volstagg = Thomas Haden Church

Sif = Demi Moore

Heimdall = Keith David

Balder = Sean Bean

Jane Foster = Courtney Cox

Amora the Enchantress = Charlize Theron

Skurge the Executioner = Jean Claude Van Dame

Dr Donald Blake = Matt Damon

Hercules = Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ares = Russell Crowe

Zeus = Brian Blessed

Pluto = Michael Shannon

Hera = Michelle Pfieffer

Aphrodite = Jaime King

Apollo = Heath Ledger

Hephestus = Jonathan Frakes

Hermes = Josh Hartnett

Our return to Asgard in our 90’s MCU is meant to capitalise on yet more notable 90’s actors, while at the same time working in Marvel’s take on Olympian deities and more notable Thor villains than Thor: The Dark World did. In this film, it’s Amora the Enchantress and her bodyguard Skurge the Executioner who come to the fore, Amora enthralling the Olympian Hercules and setting off an incident that puts Asgard and Olympus on the verge of war with each other. Only by travelling to New Mexico on Earth in search of the “real culprits”, who in turn out to be conspiring with a supposedly banished Loki, can Thor hope to save the day.

The film also works in Dr Donald Blake, Thor’s human alter ego in the comics, as a separate character and romantic rival to Thor where Jane Foster is concerned. Action stars like Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean Claude Van Dame provide the action leads while the likes of Anthony Hopkins and Brian Blessed deliver a nice helping of gravitas, and there’s no shortage of acting skill and ability in the various other roles. As you might guess from the cast list and plot description, the title is a deliberate nod to both Enchantress and the parts of the film that would occur in New Mexico. The film also results in Hercules being banished to Earth, setting him up for further use elsewhere in this 90’s MCU.

Silver Surfer (1996) Directed by Leonard Nemoy

Silver Surfer = David Wenham

Mephistopheles = Jeffery Combs

Shalla Bal = Liv Tyler

Al B. Harper = Levar Burton

Our Silver Surfer spin-off from phase 1’s Fantastic Four sequel is quite small on main cast because it’s very much a shorter film compared to what I imagine most of our 90’s MCU films would be. In large part that’s because like the comics, we’re dealing with a Silver Surfer trapped on Earth after defying Galactus, and struggling to see in the wider race the virtues he found in the Thing’s girlfriend Alicia Masters. His lone friend outside of the F4 and Alicia is a scientist named Al Harper, and into this situation enters the demon Mephistopheles, who spends the film trying to tempt the Surfer into abandoning his nobility. Part of this involves reminders of Shalla Bal, the woman the Surfer loved before he became the Surfer, and perhaps the one thing he might prize above his wish to defend humanity.

As a result, the film would be less cosmic adventure and more psychological thriller, which is why you might not get a longer film with a major action spectacular at the climax. In part, that’s why I’d want Leonard Nemoy taking up the directorial reigns on this film; someone from the alumni of Star Trek would be necessary to direct this kind of character exploration and issue discussion. Having other Trek alumni in the cast by way of Levar Burton (TNG’s Geordi La Forge) and Jeffrey Combs (multiple DS9 secondary recurring characters by this time) also help with this.

Hulk vs Wolverine (1997) Directed by Tim Burton

Bruce Banner/Hulk = John Cusack

Betty Ross = Jennifer Connelly

General Ross = Sam Elliott

Major Talbot = Steve Guttenberg

Wolverine/Logan = Tom Cruise

Sabretooth/Victor Creed = Tyler Mane

Maverick/David Nord = Tom Jane

Silver Fox = Salma Hayek

Sasquatch/Walter Langkowski = George Clooney

The Professor = Robert Picardo

Dr Cornelius = Colm Meaney

James McDonald Hudson/Vindicator = Val Kilmer

Heather Hudson = Samantha Mathis

I’m sure by now anyone who didn’t know I was a Trek fan could tell by some of the casting going on here. Aside from Wil Weaton and Brent Spiner in our Spider-Man Franchise, Frakes (Riker) appearing in Thor 2 and the various alumni cited in our Silver Surfer spin-off, our Hulk vs Wolverine film has Voyager’s EMH (Robert Picardo) and Chief O’Brien (Colm Meaney) showing up in certain roles. Of course, more will be showing up as we go on, and I’ll highlight them where appropriate. For now, though, let’s look at how I’m looking at pitting Hulk and Wolverine against each other.

In this film, Hulk strays north of the US-Canadian border, and does so right when US army intelligence picks up chatter about a rogue group trying to restart the Weapon X project that produced Wolverine. To that end, Ross and Talbot manage to convince Wolverine to go Hulk-hunting before the green goliath can be grabbed. After the obligatory Hulk/Wolverine clash unearths a resurrected Weapon X program, it’s Wolverine and Hulk trying to free several captured super-beings, backed up by Canadian superhero and future Alpha Flight leader Vindicator. This film would create a spin-off Alpha Flight TV series to follow-up on Vindicator, Sasquatch and their team-mates.

Everyone down as far as Wolverine on the cast list is a reprised role, while the remaining roles are all fresh cast. Tyler Mane is my one carry-over from Fox’s run of X-Men films, though this version would play up his antagonism with Wolverine far better than the original X-Men films did. Tom Jane being cast as Maverick is down to the German accent he put on for Frank Castle’s undercover identity in the Punisher film of the mid-2000’s. As for Clooney and Kilmer, I think each as a bit mis-cast as Batman, but I think they could each do better in other roles, such as Sasquatch and Vindicator.

Fantastic Four: Doomsday (1997) Directed by Steven Spielberg

Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic = Tom Hanks

Susan Storm (Richards)/Invisible Woman = Meg Ryan

Johnny Storm/Human Torch = David Spade

Ben Grimm/Thing = Bryan Cranston

Wyatt Wingfoot = Robert Beltran

Alicia Masters = Heather Graham

Victor Von Doom/Doctor Doom = Goran Višnjić

Hauptmann = Ronald Guttman

Matt Murdock/Daredevil = Christian Slater

After waiting through a few F4 films, we finally get the pay-off of Doctor Doom showing up. Fox always went to this guy too quickly, and I hope Marvel gets this and holds off on Doom for a while with their films. However, in this 90’s MCU, we bring Doom in on the third film, which is meant to combine elements of Doom’s comics intro and backstory with a later story where the F4 are depowered, attacked by Doom and have to rely on some assistance from Daredevil to re-enter their headquarters and regain their powers. As with most third-instalment MCU films as we’ve come to know them, this film has to involve some loss. As such, the F4 lose their original headquarters, and Ben loses a chance for his perceived happily ever after with Alicia Masters.

The only new roles here are Doom and his aid Hauptmann, and for these roles, we’re diving into European actors to get the accents right. Goran Višnjić is my usual front-runner for characters like Doom or Magneto, but since a 90’s MCU would more likely use Ian McKellan on the latter, I think it’s better to use him as Doom and see how he’d do playing against a Tom Hanks version of Reed Richards.

Iron Man 3 (1997) Directed by Sam Raimi

Tony Stark/Iron Man = Tom Selleck

James Rhodes/Iron Man II = Samuel L. Jackson

Pepper Potts = Uma Thurman

Happy Hogan = Sylvester Stallone

Jasper Sitwell = Bill Paxton

Nick Fury = Tommy Lee Jones

Justin Hammer = Christopher Lee

Bethany Cabe = Julia Roberts

Mark Scarlotti/Whiplash = Jason Lee

Donald Gill/Blizzard = Robert Duncan McNeil

Clayton Wilson/Force = Will Patton

Unlike the Iron Man 3 of 2013, this one isn’t playing fake-outs with the Mandarin or dealing with a PTSD-suffering Stark. Instead, the film combines elements from the ‘Demon in a Bottle’ arc and his later relapse into alcoholism under the influence of Obadiah Stane. As a result, you get a film where industrial sabotage by a true-to-comics Justin Hammer and mounting pressure from SHIELD sends Tony to rock bottom, and as a result, Rhodey has to step in to salvage the Iron Man name, setting up for his eventual progression to War Machine. In fact, it’s trying to get Rhodey’s pre-War Machine past as a substitute Iron Man into film that is the whole reason for this plot arc in our 90’s MCU.

Cast-wise, we’re largely dealing with reprised roles from Fury on up. It’s Justin Hammer on down where the new roles come in, and of course there’s a Trek alumni in the mix by wat of Robert Duncan McNeil. As for why Hammer is played by Christopher Lee, anyone who has read proper, pre-Ultimates Iron Man lore, would know what Hammer is an older man and a British ex-patriate living in the United States. As such, it makes far more sense having Christopher Lee play the role than Sam Rockwell or someone like him. I leave the irreverent humour in this one to Jason Lee as Whiplash, plus some appropriate protagonists in the cast.

Captain America: Society of Serpents (1998) Directed by Peter MacDonald

Steve Rogers/Captain America = Brad Pitt

Nick Fury = Tommy Lee Jones

Sam Wilson/Falcon = Will Smith

Barbara "Bobbi" Morse/Mockingbird = Rebecca Romijn-Stamos

Sharon Carter = Nicole Kidman

Viper/Ophelia Sarkissian = Rose McGowan

Cobra/Klaus Voorhees = René Auberjonois

Diamondback/Rachel Leighton = Neve Campbell

Rattler/Gustav Krueger = Christoph Waltz

Death Adder/Roland Buroughs = Ed Begley Jr

Constrictor/Frank Schlicting = Stephen Dorff

Baron Von Strucker = Udo Kier

Clint Barton/Hawkeye = Kevin Costner

Apparently the second MCU film for Captain America was originally titled Society of Serpents, and sometime before it went into production, Kevin Feige announced it would be Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Since our 90’s MCU lacks the Winter Soldier source material, we’re going down the route not taken by the real MCU. It’s still about Cap struggling to adjust to the modern world, but this time he’s surrounded by a slightly different crop of characters and we’re not tackling Hydra infiltrating SHIELD. Instead, Cap is leading a small group of specialised SHIELD agents in trying to take down a terrorist group called the Serpent Society, not realising that their leader Viper is a total nihilist and fighting for no other cause than to wipe out all life.

As we’re dealing with a Cap in the late 90’s, the role of Falcon ends up with Will Smith, and for those seeking a Trek link in the casting, the main one is René Auberjonois (DS9’s Odo) in the role of Cobra. However, Ed Begley Jr also guest-starred in a Voyager episode, and features as the character of Death Adder. The film also uses Blade alumni Stephen Dorff and Udo Kier in a couple of villain roles, and for the lead villainess, I’ve been tapping into the Charmed casting pool and setting up Rose McGowan as Viper. Hawkeye also comes in on this film, but later in the sequence of events, hence his being separated out on the casting lists. Since original comics Hawkeye married Mockingbird, I concluded any film including one character had to include the other and get that set up.

In terms of romance for Cap, we actually have a kind of Bond girl situation here; both Sharon Carter and Diamondback have been among Cap’s romances in the comics, so the dynamic here would be almost akin to such notable Bond double-acts as Xenia Onatopp and Natalia Symonova, or Miranda Frost and Jinx, or Electra King and Christmas Jones. The only difference is Cap’s more old-fashioned in a positive way, so he’s not going to be philandering his way through his love interests like Bond does.

Daredevil 2 (1998) Directed by Paul Verhoeven

Matt Murdock/Daredevil = Christian Slater

Foggy Nelson = Jon Favreau

Karen Page = Denise Richards

Wilson Fisk/Kingpin = Bruce Willis

Joseph “Robbie” Robertson = Denzel Washington

Ben Urich = John Spencer

Elektra Natchios = Leonor Varela

Frank Castle/Punisher = Liev Schrieber

Silvermane = Roy Schieder

Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone = Wesley Snipes

Leland Owlsey/The Owl = Bob Gunton

Mary Walker/Typhoid Mary = Drew Barrymore

Matsu'o Tsurayaba = Hiroyuki Sanada

Kwannon = Kelly Hu

Daredevil 2 puts everyone’s favourite man without fear in the middle of a gang war that’s been sparked by the downfall of the Kingpin in the first Daredevil film. As a result, the film includes several major Marvel characters that fall into its stories regarding organised crime, and also expands the supporting characters on the side of the heroes, including the additions of Elektra and the Punisher. Again, I’ve tried to be racially and nationally accurate to characters that come from abroad, and I think it’s lead to some good selections.

Now some less observant readers may wonder why I’ve cast Wesley Snipes as Tombstone considering the character’s extremely white skin. Well, the simple reason is the character is African-American, but also an albino. As such, it’s best to get a good actor of the right ethnic background to play the part, then use make-up/prosthetics to create the albino appearance. Tombstone’s inclusion also gives us a chance to bring in Joseph “Robbie” Robertson from the Spider-Man films, especially since Ben Urich works for the same newspaper as Robbie. That means you’ve got Denzel Washington in the mix as well, and adding in all the other great actors on this list, I think this would be a very cool sequel indeed.

X-Men 2 (1998) Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Professor Charles Xavier = Patrick Stewart

Cyclops/Scott Summers = Patrick Swayze

Jean Grey = Milla Jovovich

Warren Worthington III/Angel = Neil Patrick Harris

Storm/Ororo Monroe = Halle Berry

Beast/Hank McCoy = Alec Baldwin

Banshee/Sean Cassidy = Liam Neeson

Polaris/Lorna Dane = Jeri Ryan

Havok/Alex Summers = Kevin Bacon

Kitty Pryde = Selma Blair

Sam Guthrie = Paul Walker

Roberto Da Costa = Mario Lopez

Tabita Smith = Anna Faris

Wolverine/Logan = Tom Cruise

Sunfire/Shiro Yashida = François Chau

Yukio = Vivian Wu

Mariko Yashida = Shu Qi

Viper/Ophelia Sarkissian = Rose McGowan

Silver Samurai/Kenuichio Harada = Hiro Kanagawa

Ogun = Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Senator Robert Kelly = Robert Hays

Henry Peter Gyrich = David Caruso

Calisto = Carrie-Anne Moss

Sunder = Kevin Nash

Ape = Gotz Otto

Annalee = Rosemary Harris

Plague = Gates McFadden

Caliban = Joe Pantoliano

Healer = Brian Cox

Sally Blevins/Skids = Amy Smart

For our second instalment of X-Lore in the 90’s MCU, we get two plots for the price of one film. As former X-Man Angel is abducted along with several others by the underground mutants known as the Morlocks, heightening human-mutant tensions due to Angel’s public persona as a wealthy heir to a business fortune, an old foe of Wolverine’s kidnaps certain X-students. The two plots loosely adapt the introduction of the Morlocks and the Wolverine/Wolverine and Kitty Pryde mini-series. In terms of new characters, Angel and everyone from Calisto down is new and centric to the Morlock story arc, while Sunfire down to Ogun are the new characters for the Wolverine-in-Japan arc (not counting Rose McGowan’s Viper, who is reprised from our phase 2 Captain America sequel).

In terms of Trek alumni, the film has Frakes in the director’s chair, Patrick Stewart as Xavier, and even Dr Crusher actress Gates McFadden is worked in, giving us three TNG alumni. The film also allows Wolverine to begin a story arc involving his romance with Mariko Yashida, and it retains Senator Kelly and Henry Peter Gyrich from film 1 to maintain the face of the human fear of mutants. Some Marvel films fans may also be able to spot a couple of people cast in other Marvel films given new roles in this hypothetical MCU. More specifically, Rosemary Harris has gone from being Aunt May in the Maguire/Raimi Spider-Man trilogy to being one of the Morlocks, while another Morlock is playing by Brian Cox, the man cast to play William Stryker in Brian Singer’s X2.

Avengers 2 (1999) Directed by Andrew Davis

James Rhodes/Iron Man II = Samuel L Jackson

Steve Rogers/Captain America = Brad Pitt

Thor = Dolph Lundgren

Hank Pym/Ant-Man = Michael Douglas

Janet Van Dyne/Wasp = Catherine Zeta Jones

Clint Barton/Hawkeye = Kevin Costner

Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow = Famke Jansen

Nick Fury = Tommy Lee Jones

Jasper Sitwell = Bill Paxton

Maria Hill = Marina Sirtis

Ultron = Marc Alaimo

Vision = Casper Van Dien

Edwin Jarvis = Mark Rylance

Col. John Jameson = Daniel Gillies

Michael O'Brien = Tony Curran

Bill Foster = Laurence Fishburne

Fabian Stankowicz = Tom Sizemore

David Canon/Whirlwind = Colin Cunningham

Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff = Kate Beckinsale

Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff = Robert Sean Leonard

This film has loose ties to Avengers: Age of Ultron, but it’s not an exact match. First of all, no Infinity Stones in play, as I’d want that story arc much later in this MCU. Second, I’ve brought the original Ant-Man and the Wasp into this group of Avengers already, enabling Ultron to be Hank Pym’s creation and not Stark’s, better matching the comics. Third, in these films, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are trying to become heroes and get misunderstood, so there’s less of them fighting the Avengers. Lastly, Stark’s at the bottom of a bottle in this continuity, meaning this film has Rhodey as Iron Man. However, plot elements like the creation of Vision are retained, and we also get the Wasp’s recurring stalker/antagonist Whirlwind to hand. In fact, in this film, Ultron is created by Hank in part to protect Janet, who Hank has become noticeably controlling over, and the events of this film see this behaviour escalate to a relationship-ending point.

Also worked into the film are some of the Avengers support staff, which helps to show the team’s evolution and gives them stakes beyond the immediate membership. For those trying to spot the Trek alumni, we’ve got Marina Sirtis (Counsellor Troi) back as Maria Hill, plus Marc Alaimo (DS9’s Gul Dukat) playing the role of Ultron. As for other new roles, my use of Laurence Fishburne in this film and Carrie-Anne Moss in X-Men 2 nod to this being the era of the first Matrix film, Casper Van Dien is a bit of a shout-out to the Starship Troopers fans, and those who read my ramble on phase 1 will know that Robert Sean Leonard and Kate Beckinsale are reprised roles from X-Men 1. That said, they’re in part selected as a nod to Ken Branagh’s 1993 adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, thus maintaining what I know to be strong 1990’s casting links.

Spider-Man 3 (1999) Directed by Frank Darabont

Peter Parker/Spider-Man = Wil Weaton

May Parker = Marg Helgenberger

Flash Thompson = Ben Affleck

J. Jonah Jameson = J.K. Simmons

Joseph "Robbie" Robertson = Denzel Washington

Betty Brant = Parker Posey

Jacob Conover = Steve Buscemi

Randy Robertson = Taye Diggs

Norman Osborn/Green Goblin = John Travolta

Harry Osborn = Ryan Phillipe

Gwen Stacy = Reese Witherspoon

Mary-Jane Watson = Alison Hannigan

Herman Schultz/Shocker = Patrick Muldoon

Ned Leeds = John Barrowman

Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino = Jake Busey

Now we come to Spider-Man 3, and since my cast list is now crediting Norman Osborn as also being the Green Goblin, I’m sure you can understand why I wanted Peter’s secret identity better secured in these films. Yes, this film is all about going down the death of Gwen Stacy story arc, but unlike Raimi or Webb, we’ve not rushed to this or anything like it. We’ve had two films before this to lay groundwork, to get the audience invested, and so when this film gets to the third act where Gwen, and subsequently Norman, go down for the count, there is some actual impact even before you work in performance, scoring, etc. That impact is also added to by Peter’s dual identity being more closely guarded, and thus it’s a real shock when Norman goes after Gwen instead of it being “oh, Peter let the truth slip again.”

Casting-wise, it’s only two supporting villains and the introduction of Betty Brant’s love interest Ned Leeds that are new roles, and I’ve not got much to say on them. This time, my focus is more on who is directing, which this time is Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont. I’m sure anyone who knows that film would agree the bloke could probably work wonders with this tragic moment in the history of Spider-Man.

Doctor Strange (1999) Directed by Tim Burton

Dr Stephen Strange = Johnny Depp

Wong = Will Yun Lee

The Ancient One = George Takai

Clea = Keira Knightley

Baron Karl Mordo = Michael Dorn

Dormammu = Bernard Hill

Dr Nicodemus West = Alan Rickman

Dr Christine Palmer = Helena Bonham Carter

To close out our 90’s MCU phase 2, we bring in sorcerer supreme Dr Stephen Strange, which loosely bases some elements on the MCU film we know from 2016 while also working in more comic-accurate elements. The film shows Strange’s origins in backstory, featuring Christine Palmer there but not in the present day, and Wong is more like Strange’s apprentice rather than the man-servant or drill sergeant roles we’ve seen previously. Another retention from the 2016 film is Mordo’s racial shift, which allows me to work in TNG actor Michael Dorn. George Takai (the original Sulu) is also worked in as the Ancient One because I didn’t want to retain too much MCU revisionism from the 2016 Dr Strange film. The film also includes Clea, Dr Strange’s first major romance of note from the comics.

Beyond the Trek alumni, this film is notable for reforming that notable cinematic trinity of Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, while also working in Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean colleague Keira Knightley. Other notable cast members include Bernard Hill from Lord of the Rings (played Theoden, King of Rohan) and Alan Rickman (do I really need to rattle off his resume?) In terms of the present-day plot, that’s mainly about Clea being found by Strange, a refugee from Dormammu’s dimension, and her and Strange teaming up together with Wong to beat Mordo and Dormammu.

And that’s basically it for our 90’s MCU for now. Future instalments, if I do rambles on them, will of course be dealing with phases set after the 1990’s, but it’ll still be a 90’s MCU. So, until the next ramble, ta-ta for now.

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Leighton Meester (x2)

Lili Reinhart

Lily Collins (x3)

Lucy Hale

Luke Thompson

Mädchen Amick

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Madelyn Cline

Madison Bailey

Margot Robbie

Melissa Benoist

Maude Apatow

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Michelle Williams

Milo Ventimiglia

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Scarlett Johansson

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Sophie Skelton

Sophia Bush (x2)

Sophia Ali

Thomas Doherty (x2)

Timothèe Chalamet

Troian Bellisario (x3)

Tyler Hilton

Tyler Posey

Victoria Pedretti (x2)

Violet Brinson

Vince Matthis

Virginia Gardner (x2)

Yael Grobglas (x2)

#{re: general}

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selfshippingwhore · 3 years

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Ship’s List.

.A/n: SO i decided to make a list for my Oc’s...Muse? my girl Brooke’s Ships, her role in the universe and who I ship her with.

This is a work in progress thing, I have four characters down but I will add more.

Other Characters that will become detailed later on that can be asked about:

Bolded are the favorites right now.

Gabriel Reye’s

Joel Miller.

Bigby Wolf.

Arthur Morgan

Chris Redfield.

Johnny Cage.

Sharky Boweshaw.

Jacob Seed.

Frank Woods

Russell Adler

Bruce Wayne.

Clark Kent.

Steve Rogers

Tony Stark

Thor

Clint Barton.

Barry Allen

John Consantine.

John Wick.

Sherlock Holmes.

Gladiolus Amicitia.

Connor.

Hank Anderson.

Uncharted:

Samuel Drake or Nathan Drake: Brooke’s full Bio here for Sam Drake’s relationship.

Brooke is a archaeologist that knew the Drake brothers growing up, depending on her romantic option her age will change.

Romance with Nathan Drake.

If she is paired with Nathan she meets him again when Sully hire’s her for a job along side Elan. The two begin to date after the even’s of finding El Dorado though it’s not long for them to break up. After the break up, Brooke starts a romance with Harry Flynn and when she see’s Nathan again she start’s to feel the emotion’s that she buried though it took for her grave injure and almost death for Nathan to confess his love for her.

Once they begun to date, her and Nathan would travel together and as the years passed Brooke decides to help him and Sully though once Sully get’s captured Brooke helps Nathan locate a tomb that details the location of Ubar in the Rub' al Khali desert.

When Talbot learns of Sully's location, Nate escapes and chases Talbot. He is captured by Rameses, a pirate working for Marlowe, who interrogates him and claims to have captured Sully. Nate escapes and searches for Sully on the pirates' ship. He discovers that Rameses lied and inadvertently sinks the ship. Nate escapes, and Rameses drowns.Nate is washed ashore in Yemen. He learns from Brooke that Sully was captured by Marlowe and forced to lead them to Ubar.

Nate and Sully find Marlowe using a winch to recover the vessel from the waters. Nate destroys the winch and a support column, causing the city to collapse. Marlowe and Talbot corner Nate and Sully, but the unstable floor throws Marlowe into a sinkhole. Nate attempts to save her, but Marlowe sinks to her death, taking Drake's ring with her. Nate and Sully fight a hysteric Talbot, who is shot and falls into the sinkhole. Salim rescues them as the city is engulfed by the desert.Nate and Sully return to Yemen. Sully returns Nate's wedding ring, which he has secretly kept safe since Nate and Brooke's separation. Brooke joins them, and Nate offers her his wedding ring. The two embrace, and the three fly home on Sully's new seaplane.

Fifteen years have passed since Brooke and Nathan have been married, with Brooke becoming a historian at a Museum and Nathan retiring their lives and marriage gets pushed to the limits when Nathan goes off with his brother as Brooke finds out that she is pregnant. Brooke then run’s off with Sully to Bring her husband home.

Resident Evil:

-Carlos Oliveira -Leon S. Kennedy

Brooke in the Resident Evil Universe has two different roles for Carlos Oliveira and Leon S. Kennedy.

Carlos Oliveira:

Brooke is a scientist that formerly worked for Umbrella, helping her college she was tasked with keeping a viral sample safe. Brooke is trying to escape the city when she enter’s the subway though do to a heel breaking she starts to fall down the stairs where Carlo’s catches her. She is reluctant to trust him but after the death of the doctor she stay’s by Carlo’s side and it does not take long for her to fall for the man.

Leon S. Kennedy:

When Brooke is paired with Leon, she is a nurse at the Raccoon Cities Hospital and is the young sister to William Birkin.

When the hospital becomes over run she run’s off to the hospital hoping to find someone to help find her niece where she meet’s Leon. The two connect though she is unsure on how to act when Ada comes into the picture.After Leon get’s shot she tends to his wounds though tired of the man talking about Ada the fight where she then run’s off in frustration but not watching her surroundings she is soon captured by William where she then get’s infected.

When Leon awakens he come’s to find Brooke gone but upon finding her and begging Annette to help he carries her to find the cure and shut the place down.

After the event’s of Racoon City, it takes some time for the two to start a relationship.

The two continue their relationship, where the two get married after the coordinated terrorist attack at the Harvardville Airport. Leon complaining to Hannigan that he and Brooke never got a chance to have a proper Honeymoon.

Brooke accompanies Leon to the Eastern Slav Republic and Belikova soon finds out that she was infected with the G-virus and because of her exposure to the virus, the woman found out that Brooke had gained lifelong regenerative abilities.

Once everything was handled, Brooke and Leon enjoyed their Honeymoon.Though their arraigned strained as she helped her husband with the Global Bioterrorist Attacks thanks to Helena and Ada Wong. Departing from her husband’s side she joined to help Chris Redfield where the to start up a friendship.

Finding a clone of herself and seeing how scared the woman was, she let her go instead of killing her like she was tasked to do. Once everyone was safe and things were taken care of, Leon and Brooke finally reunited where the two shared a kiss.

With a year passing, Brooke found out she was pregnant and during her third trimester she was kidnapped by the man Glenn Arias due to her looking so similar to his wife.

Once Leon returned home he came to find the room a bloodied mess, with the death of his wife Leon became depressed and emotionally scarred. He spent his vacation drinking his days away in a bar until Chris and Rebecca found him though he finally agreed to accompany them when he found out that Brooke was alive.

Once Brooke was kidnapped, she found out that the man Glenn Arias had married her clone, upon witnessing her death Brooke found out about Glenn’s plans to marry her and raise Leon’s child as his own.

With Leon and Chris braking into the building, Rebecca is tasked with finding Brooke and once Brooke free’s herself from her bond’s she runs into Rebecca.

As the two plan to makes their escape, Brooke goes into labor.

After the defeat of Arias, Leon helps Brooke to the hospital where she give’s birth to a boy.

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crimsoncityhq · 4 years

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Welcome, one and all, to the Chicago Day of Giving, hosted by the ever benevolent Washington family. Treat yourself to a night of luxury with wine tastings, an art and people auction, gift bags, photo booths, dancing, and, of course, a four-course meal catered by Alinea on North Halsted. Naturally, this night is all about giving, so feel free to offer donations online or at the door. As for the dress code, this is a black tie only event, so don your most expensive gowns and that suit you’ve been saving for a special occasion. Let’s make sure tonight will be a night to remember !

( Feel free to create a moodboard for your character’s outfit and post it on the dash, as well as the gala chat on Discord. )

It’s time to be an upstanding citizen by providing support for your city, and the Vasiles, Fausts, and O’Sheas all have some standing up to do. Each family has contributed a hefty donation in hopes of turning the Washingtons to their favor so they may be de-demonized in the crimson city. It’s time to play well with others. Your characters will be free to roam where they please until 10 p.m. EST, when it’s time to settle down for dinner. During dinner, characters will be randomly assigned a seat at a table that could be packed with enemies. Keep smiling, though, the cameras are watching.

Part one of the Chicago Day of Giving starts now and ends on Wednesday at midnight EST. Challenge yourself to write with everyone at your table, and let’s spread the love a little bit ! You know, before...never mind.

Under the cut, you’ll find your groupings for dinner. Reminder, dinner starts at 10 p.m. EST tonight and will end at midnight on Wednesday, May 27th, at 11:59PM EST.

TABLE 1 — Audric Noire, Christian Yi, Fletcher Hargrave, Rosalie 'Rosie' Halliday, Jacob ‘Thorne’ Louthorne

TABLE 2 — Andrea Reed, Christopher 'Chris' Evans, Griffin Dyer, Kitty O’Shea, Xavier Harris

TABLE 3 — Alon McCarthy, Daniel Adler, Gerald O’Shea, Nova Devereaux, Rosalia Leon

TABLE 4 — Allegra Cooper, Darren Murphy, Joel Maddison, Orion Anderson, Shawn Morgan

TABLE 5 — Asher Vasile, Esmeray Demir, Hana Faust, Koa Naihe, Sebastian Hargrave

TABLE 6 — Adrian Brooks, Davut Demir, Juliet Leon, Levi Bohan, Roman Guerra

TABLE 7 — Audrey Rousseau, Celeste Leon, Irina Koshkin, Oliver Faust, Zedekiah Vasile

TABLE 8 — Amelia O’Shea, Effie Faust, Grayson Beckett, Ophelia O’Shea, Veronica Pierce

TABLE 9 — Angelique Calore, Edith Cohen, Hayden Dixon, Kian Hannigan, Peyton Bridges

TABLE 10 — Angelo Madden, Clara Davila, Isaak Peters, Tia Valentine, Tyson Kane, Milena Washington

TABLE 11 — August Brooks, Calliope Lane, Ingrid Vasile, Logan Washington, Travis Vasile

TABLE 12 — Autumn Dawson, Cecilia 'Cee' Cavendish, Igor Vasile, Milo Arrington, Teagan Michaels

TABLE 13 — Amara Ricci, Eli Vogel, Evelyn "Eevee" Navarro, Katarina Vasile, Summer Moore

TABLE 14 — Caleb Duval, Eva Clarke, Faith Williams, Leslie Adal Galahad, Richie O’Shea,

TABLE 15 — Calhoun O'Farrell, Erin Cerci, Gemma Faust, Nathan Anderson, Sasha Vasile

TABLE 16 — Asli Demur, Charlotte O'Day, Gabriel Hill, Maisie Kane, Samuel O’Shea

TABLE 17 — Arielle Hernandez, Diamond Washington, Holden Mercer, Penelope 'Poppy' Levenberg, Ren Daae,

TABLE 18 — Blair Faust, Edgar Ortega, Giovanni Rossi, Mikhail Morosov, Vivian Sinclair

TABLE 19 — Brayden Adler, Darcy Faust, Evvie Martin, Liam O’Shea, Sawyer Nichols, Maggie Lee

TABLE 20 — Blake Faust, Evander 'Evan' Montague, Henry Davis, Mathias Attano, Wynter Ellis

TABLE 21 — Barnaby Eaton, Rylin Dixon, Harley Kincaid, Maeve O’Connell, Teddy Cohen

TABLE 22 — Alexander Washington, Dawn Montgomery, Isabella Rossi, Lev Vasile, Andromeda O’Shea

TABLE 23 — Andrew Whitmore, David Sharpe, Jace Dubois, Lenny Navarro, Rahi Kumar

TABLE 24 — Abel McCoy, Dominic Murphy, Julianne Hellthorpe, Katia Vasile, Sloan Washington, Wesley ‘Wes’ Ahn

TABLE 25 — Aurora O’Shea, Caroline Shepherd, Jesse Valencia, Titus Lei, Zoe Washington

TABLE 26 — Avery Simmons, Constansia Fournier, Genevieve Bisset, Monika Adler, Vitomir Kipriyanov

TABLE 27 — Birdie Mendoza, Chaeyoung Moon, Lorenzo Blackshaw, Zane Washington, Alaina Castillo

TABLE 28 — Blue Daniels, Cassandra Harris, Jackson Marston, Marizia di Greco, Violet Madden

#crimson.event #oc rp #appless rp #crime rp #gang rp

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annoyinglyjovialbird · 3 years

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Voltron: Next Generation

Juvenile Matters: I

Word Count: 2831

A/N: Allura, I asked for strength, not a 10,000 year nap. Thanks.

"What do you mean 'no'?" Pidge angrily said. The teens stared at Kova, looking to her for a cue.

"I don't have to explain myself to you." Kova had placed a hand on her hip, light brown eyes glinting. She said nothing more, turning around and leaving the med bay. Caleb followed her out, leading the others in order of color: Green, Yellow, and Blue. Allie smiled apologetically before leaving. The teens marched to the bridge, where they took their respective seats. Like a mama duck to her ducklings, Kova waited until every member was seated.

"We aren't going back to Earth, right?" Caleb was the first to speak. Kova had walked around her console to grip the railing. She nodded curtly.

"Is it not our responsibility to ensure them a safe return?" Allie quietly remarked. Again, Kova nodded.

"So," Liz was next. "What are we doing first?" Kova had been glaring into space (mental space, not actual space), so when she looked up to glare at actual space outside the windows at the front of the Coeus, Kova had the beginnings of a plan.

"Between the lost colonies, defeating Yorak, and retrieving the Black Lion, we have our hands tied," Kova said, standing with arms at her sides. "That isn't including solving the mystery of the cut contact between the Galactic Coalition and what Yorak is doing with the colonies."

"What are the colonies exactly?" Caleb asked as Kova pulled up a screen. Onscreen, a timelapse video began playing. It showed Altea and Daibazaal ships flying around each other, slowly constructing something in the dark space in between the two planets.

"The Galtean colonies were a gift between Altea and Daibazaal, in hopes to foster a new alliance and a new generation." Kova sped up the timelapse as she spoke, watching as the cores of the colonies took shape. "They colonies are designed to interlock and disconnect depending on the circumstance."

"Wait, interlock? Like, connect together?" Liz asked, clasping her hands together to further her point. Kova nodded, returning her eyes to the screen.

"There are four of these systems built." Allie stood up to point out the four colonies as they were built. "The first, Alpha, housed warehouses and ship ports. They were the repairers of the four. The second, Beta, housed libraries, schools, social buildings. The third, Gamma, is the largest since they are the residential colony. The fourth, Sirius, wasn't included until late in the plans, but they are the strongest of the four."

"How, exactly?" Caleb had crossed his leg so his ankle met his opposite knee. He rested his head on a fist, his elbow touching the armrest.

"Sirius housed the military and a hospital," Kova answered bluntly. Allie had turned when Caleb asked, so she pointed at Kova with both hands close to her chest. As she sat, the four colonies grew until they were one large city floating in the air. Alteans and Galra alike cheered as the interlocked colonies took flight on its own. An Altean blue particle barrier activated itself around the colonies when they were far enough away from Altea, where they had been originally constructed. As the timelapse ended, Kova pulled up reports of the last sighting of the Galtean colonies. A folder simply labeled 'BIRTHS' caught Caleb's attention. He rose his head to get a closer look. It was enough for Allie to explain what had happened.

The Alteans and Galra who volunteered to live in the colonies were also assisted in fertility treatments. Over the past thirty years since their construction, thousands of Altean, Galra, and the uncommon Galtean infants were born with more success each time. Allie explained that Galra DNA can become incredibly hostile towards foreign genetic material, causing it to basically eat itself as it is forming. With absolutely no idea how human researchers figured out how to 'turn off' the genetic hostility in growing babies. Galteans, unfortunately, still have shorter lifespans compared to either race. The same went for every Galra half-breed, no matter what the other half was. Cake, Allie, and Kova looked fine, while Liz and Caleb looked panicked. Kova had to roll her eyes and explain she wasn't dying until at least one-hundred. The same went for Cake and Allie.

"Help us look for our daughter!" Keith demanded as he stomped into the bridge. He brushed past Kova at her console, shoved Allie into her seat, and stood in the middle of the floor with blue-gray eyes glaring at the five teens.

"Not until you say the magic word." Kova raised her hands in surrender, even taking a step back from her console. Keith was having none of it, baring his teeth.

"Now." His voice was a near growl as the other adults walked in. Pidge and Hunk took a moment to admire the bridge in its glory. Pidge locked her eyes on the vast space outside the large floor-to-ceiling windows at the front of the Coeus. Hunk noticed the tension in the room but was already halfway down the stairs. Shiro and Kenny rushed in behind the teen at the front.

"Please," Pidge pleaded, tearing her gaze away from the window. Her hands wrapped themselves around Keith's bicep, softening his expression. "Please. We need to find our daughter."

"Okay." Kova shrugged, stepping to her console. She flicked her eyes from the screen to Keith. "That's all you had to say." Closing the files they were looking at, Kova opened the Garrison student database.

"When did you..." Shiro trailed off, pointing at the screen. Kova once again shrugged, typing in credentials.

"Let me know when you need to upgrade the firewall," Kova said, looking up at the screen.

"How is the Garrison going to help us?" Keith demanded, glaring at the teen. While the teens and Kenny looked panicked, Kova's face never shifted, remaining an almost bored neutral.

"Keith Kogane and Katie Holt have successful careers in humanitarian relief and aerospace engineering because of their time at the Galaxy Garrison." Kova sounded as bored as your facial expression seemed to show. "If they were to have a kid, they would likely attend the school their parents attended."

"Yeah, that makes sense," Hunk said after a moment, shrugging and closing his eyes as he spoke.

"Besides, while we see the GSD, there's an underlying code connected to other school databases throughout the entire state." Kova moved her cursor over the search bar, readying her hands over the keyboard. "What's her name?"

"You can't do that," Pidge exclaimed.

"Kyla," Keith said at the same time.

"I can do that, and I did that. Now, Kyla Kogane?"

"Yes." Keith nodded his head. "K-Y-L-A."

"I can spell, thanks," Kova retorted, typing the name into the search bar. "This system will check the whole name, then the two names separately. It's not instant, but it will search through every available database." Hitting run, Kova leaned on the railing to her right, Caleb crossed his leg again, Liz rested her elbows on the desk so her head rested on her hands, Cake leaned back into his chair with hands behind his head, and Allie rubbed her side where her ribs met the edge of the desk. Oh, wait till Kova found out. There was no way Keith would survive Kova's wrath.

It was only a few minutes, but those few minutes were enough for Shiro to join the other adults on the floor. Kenny stayed above next to Kova, studying the screen.

The results read as follows: KYLA KOGANE - 0 RESULTS; KYLA - 5 RESULTS OOD; KOGANE - 2 RESULTS WD.

As the red 0 embedded itself into Pidge and Keith's memory, Kova stretched her arms.

"OOD is out-of-district, which just means it's not at the Garrison. WD is within the district, meaning—"

"That there are two pings inside the GSD," Kenny finished for Kova, staring at the screen. He turned to meet Kova's eyes, and she did the same. The two shared a look, saying more than would ever be said between the two.

"The five," Keith said, approaching the screen to reach his hand out. "Can we see them?"

"Yeah, but I seriously doubt it's your girl."

"Do it." Shiro worriedly looked from Keith to Kova, the latter shrugged and did what she was told to do.

The five individuals appeared on the screen. Two were from the same district, one was from a different one, and the other two were black and white images from a third district. The first was a boarding school, and one of the individuals was a teacher at the facility. Her hair was silver, wrapped in a fancy bun, and a scowl embedded into her face. Kyla Hannigan, as the teacher was named, was also one of the black and white pictures from the third district. She had the same scowl on her face, although she looked forty years younger. Kyla Marrow, the other black and white girl, passed away several years ago, leaving a granddaughter also named Kyla Marrow, the only Kyla in her public school. The last Kyla, the one from the boarding school where Ms. Hannigan taught, was in her first year. Maybe twelve years old, if that.

Kova didn't mention any of this, just pointed out vague details on each of the Kylas, and the pictures confirmed there was no connection between any of these Kylas and the missing Kogane girl.

"The two results of Kogane within the district are," Kova said as she exited the 'Kyla' search results and entered the 'Kogane' results. "Takashi Heath Kogane and Kenneth Samuel Kogane."

"Wait, that's- AH!" Cake tried saying before Liz pulled the tails of his headband to get his attention. Her eyes said 'Talk and you die', and Cake listened well.

"You had a mullet?" Kova asked, side-eyeing Kenny. He looked flushed, holding his light brown hair, messy from lack of hair products.

"Shut up." Kenny lost the fight, his face turning beet red. He looked down with interlaced fingers over the back of his neck.

"Kova, that's enough," Shiro scolded. While Kova smiled, Kenny looked up. Shiro motioned Kenny forward, which he reluctantly did. There was no way Kenny would know what would happen.

"Pidge, this is Kenny." Shiro wrapped an arm around Kenny's shoulders as he spoke, pushing him forward towards his parents.

"What are you talking about?" Pidge asked, staring at the man in front of her. "Kenny's sixteen."

"That was forever ago," Kenny said, reaching out towards Pidge. Pidge stepped back, further into Keith's embrace. Keith and Kenny shared a look, having Kenny back away.

"Unless your daughter changed her name over the past several years or moved out of state," Kova interrupted the moment. "There is no record of your daughter ever existing."

"Can we begin actual plans, then?" Liz asked, her voice harsher than it had been in weeks.

"Yes!" Cake cheered. "Please!"

"Return to the med bays, reacquaint yourselves and we'll let you know when your rooms are ready," Kova said, closing the GSD, and opening several maps.

Keith, Pidge, and Hunk didn't move. Kenny climbed the stairs, stopping at the head when he noticed they weren't moving. Shiro had climbed the other set of stairs, stopping instead at the foot of the stairs. The trio looked among themselves, before turning to the teens.

"We should be the ones leading this mission," Keith stated rather confidently. "You're kids." The teens still dressed in Paladin armor, had disbelief on their faces. In a vain attempt to keep the peace, Shiro tried to plead with Keith. Kova spoke before he had the chance.

"Griffin, pull up maps of our tracker. Smythe, get more information on the disappearance. Garrett, review systems and reconnect the satellite. Sec, is the Coeus ready for battle?" Her commands stirred the others into a team mentality, turning the disbelief into spite. The teens were quick to activate their consoles, with each carrying out their individual tasks.

"Ballistas are down, particle barrier is on standby," Caleb reported, trying to reboot the weapons systems.

"Holt, check if it's a software issue or a design malfunction." Kenny nodded, leaving the bridge.

"You can't ignore us forever." Kova had moved her holoscreen to hover directly in front of her so she could type and still look in the same direction. "I'm above you in rank, so do what I said and back down." Liz, Cake, and Caleb stared at Keith with shock written all over their faces. Kova bristled, stilling her fingers.

"Listen to me, and listen carefully," Kova started, descending the staircase Shiro was at earlier. It was to avoid Caleb's interference, but it wasn't like they would know that. "I am a top student at the Garrison, about to be the youngest officer in Garrison history, and am currently Paladin of the Black Lion, leader of Voltron." With every statement, Kova descended the staircase, until she reached the floor. Then, she took careful steps toward Keith and Pidge. "You have been declared MIA and considered deceased for a decade, losing your status and any rank you may have had." Kova was only inches away from Keith's face, glaring into his eyes. Kova was only inches shorter than Keith, so the staring contest wasn't ridiculous. The pair held the other's gaze long enough for Shiro to intervene.

"Continue your tasks as ordered," Shiro told the teens. "You go ahead into the med bay. Kova, in my office." Kova and Shiro walked away first. As they left the bridge, the teens glared and ignored the trio until they left. Allie flinched as Keith passed by, but nothing more was said.

"Kovalia, what was that?" Shiro began his reprimand. "You're the leader of Voltron, a high ranking student, my daughter. You're supposed to be showing that rank without telling people off!"

"He questioned my authority!" Kova argued. "Again! This is the second time he has tried to overturn my decisions."

"So you let me handle him!" Shiro stood to full height. Shiro's time at the Garrison was starting to show. "Is that so hard to do?"

"YES!" Kova all but shouted. "We've avoided using 'Emperor' and 'Yorak' in the same sentence, we haven't tried telling them about current events, and besides Kenny being ten years older than before, I doubt they believe us when we say it's been ten quiznacking years since anyone has seen them!"

"Kyla, enough!" Curtis yelled over Kova's yelling. Both Shiro and Kova stared at the holoscreen on Shiro's desk with shock on both their faces.

"How, uh, how long have you been there?" Kova asked, pointing at the holographic picture of Curtis.

"Long enough." Curtis crossed his arms, looking annoyed. "Kova, you are dismissed to your room."

"Yes sir," Kova muttered, shooting Shiro a look. Kova never made it to her room, as the Coeus violently leaned to its left. Kova ran to the bridge, with another blast propelling her forward to collide with the console. While her ribs might be bruised for a while, it didn't matter when faced with multiple enemy ships, almost all of them bearing the bright purple V with a little tail.

"Hand over the half-Galra and no one gets hurt." An unknown voice spoke before their face appeared on the Coeus's screen, completely covered from head to hip in dark armor with a wide V with a tail. The large gun in their hands was held to appear more intimidating, but the slight shake of his hands spoke louder than words. With a small hand signal, Caleb and Liz activated the particle barrier and closed off sectors of the ship. It trapped Kenny on one side of the ship with the former Paladins while trapping the current Paladins and Shiro.

As the particle barrier surrounded the Coeus, the enemy ships fired. Kenny sent a small message to the console, and Kova sent back an agreement. The lights on the entire ship turned off, replaced by low red lights. The steering apparatus for the Coeus appeared at Kova's console, ready for her influence. Before taking control over steering, Kova sent the message to the other Paladins on their consoles.

ER: 'Ballistas report a design failure. We have to travel via wormhole'

HC: 'Prepare the ship. I got steering.'

The Paladins could only brace themselves, hoping that the Coeus could endure this battle. That's when Caleb had an idea. Sending a brief message to Kova, he went to the Coeus's network. Transferring the page to Liz, they both set to work.

They still had the training bot.

Activating the large mecha, Caleb and Liz took over its motor functions. Caleb controlled everything above the hips, while Liz had everything below. The transport bay doors opened, and the pair led the bot out. There was a hole in the particle barrier, but it would have to dealt with later. The pair piloted the bot until a well-aimed shot took it offline.

By the time the mecha died, the Coeus was already gone through the wormhole.

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tabloidtoc · 4 years

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Life & Style, February 24

Cover: Jessica Simpson’s exes tell-all -- kinky sex, insane demands and crying fits -- she’s a really good liar

Page 1: Photo Flash -- date night for Demi Lovato and Machine Gun Kelly leaving Soho House

Page 2: Contents

Page 4: The top 10 BAFTA looks -- Charlize Theron, Emilia Clarke, Renee Zellweger, Zoe Kravitz, Saoirse Ronan

Page 5: Margot Robbie, Ella Balinska, Laura Dern, Naomi Harris

Page 6: Twinning -- Amber Valletta vs. Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian vs. Hailey Baldwin, Kaia Gerber vs. Gigi Hadid

Page 8: Nearly three years after going into remission Shannen Doherty revealed she has stage IV breast cancer

Page 9: Princess Beatrice is set to wed Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi on May 29 at Buckingham Palace, Throwback -- Will Smith, Biggest Spenders of the Week -- Michelle Williams, Kelly Dodd, Jennifer Lopez, Donnie Wahlberg, Hailey Baldwin

Page 10: Reese Witherspoon and husband Jim Toth got into a nasty sideline spat at their 7-year-old son Tennessee’s soccer practice, Kim Richards is releasing a tell-all memoir

Page 12: Fears for scary-skinny Duchess Kate Middleton

Page 13: Ellen DeGeneres is rude to fans at her talk show, Jim Edmonds’ girlfriend Kortnie O’Connor was set to move into his St. Louis home but Jim’s estranged wife Meghan King Edmonds scared her off, VIP Style -- Alec Baldwin (pictured), Jason Tartick and Kaitlyn Bristowe, Luke Bryan (pictured), Jeremy Renner and Eiza Gonzalez, Jamie Foxx, Tiffani Thiessen

Page 14: The Week in Photos -- American Idol’s Katy Perry and Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan and Ryan Seacrest and Bobby Bones in Hawaii

Page 16: Christie Brinkley celebrated turning 66, Prince William and Duchess Kate inspected a local steel plant in South Wales

Page 18: Eva Longoria and son Santiago on the playground, Pete Davidson at a NY Rangers game

Page 19: Elizabeth Banks is named Woman of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals

Page 22: Claire Danes drops son Cyrus at school, Liev Schreiber and son Samuel on a bike, Jennifer Garner goes for coffee, Hilary Duff with kids Luca and Banks

Page 24: Stars Behaving Badly -- Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin pack on the PDA, Noah Centineo threw a pitcher of water at Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Smith pretends to pick his nose

Page 26: Say What?! Kristen Doute on Stassi Schroeder’s wedding, Taylor Swift on Cats, Brad Pitt on Leonardo DiCaprio, Blake Lively on having three kids, Margot Robbie on her beloved childhood toy

Page 30: Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli headed for divorce

Page 31: Nikki Bella wants to walk down the aisle in the wedding dress she picked out for her doomed wedding with John Cena and new fiance Artem Chigvintsev isn’t happy about it, Nicole Richie has caught baby fever from Cameron Diaz’s new daughter Raddix

Page 32: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez wedding of the year

Page 36: The Bachelor Peter Weber’s hometown dates from hell

Page 38: After years of physical and mental and emotional struggles Lady Gaga is hopeful for her future with new beau Michael Polansky

Page 40: Cover Story -- Jessica Simpson’s nightmare -- revenge of the exes

Page 42: Who Lives Here? Darren Criss

Page 44: Entertainment

Page 45: Star Review -- Alyson Hannigan

Page 48: Beauty Beat -- grown-up glitter -- January Jones, Gigi Hadid

Page 52: Diva or Down-to-Earth? Down-to-earth Dove Cameron helped clean up Santa Monica beach, diva Kate Middleton has a door opener, diva Joaquin Phoenix gets a touch-up on the Louisiana set of his new move C’mon C’mon

Page 53: Down-to-earth Colton Underwood carts his own boxes moving himself into his new LA digs

Page 54: Social Stars Posts of the Week -- Chloe Sevigny, John Stamos and wife Caitlin McHugh, Zooey Deschanel

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fallout-biggest-irons · 1 year

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Favorite Powder Ganger

#fallout #fallout new vegas #fnv #fallout nv #powder gangers #samuel cooke fnv #joe cobb fnv #eddie fnv #boxcars fnv #scrambler FNV #Dawes FNV #Hannigan FNV

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Quite a Month in the Mojave

Ever think about how the 188 Trading Post is a very recently created place? The Kerrs founded it a month before the game starts, as Michelle says "Name's Michelle. My Dad and me run this store. His name's Samuel. I take the day shift and he takes nights. We came here about a month ago, when Primm went to hell on account of the prison break north of there. Found a bin to call home and set up shop."

In fact, another Powder Ganger related thing helped it thrive so quickly. As Samuel says "Goddamned convicts just about shut down I-15." and, expanding on how that helped him "When 15 shut down, 95 became the route NCR citizens use to get to the Strip - or limp back home, after the Strip's drained 'em of caps. We get 'em coming and going."

The Powder Gangers raiding people was part of what they did that 'Shut down I-15' but they're also responsible indirectly for the Quarry Junction Deathclaw Infestation. As Chomps Lewis says "They moved into the quarry after the Powder Gangers came through and made off with most of our dynamite."

So, all of that, the breakout of the NCRCF, the Powder Ganger raid on Quarry Junction and the subsequent Deathclaw inhabitation, the Escaped Convict Takeover of Primm, the Kerrs leaving Primm and establishing the 188 Trading Post and the subsequent flourishing of the Post into a major trading hub. All of that was about a month prior to the game.

And none of it would've happened if the NCR had done a better job of managing its prison (General Oliver kept transferring men from the prison to the Dam, the fact Samuel Cooke was there at all) or just... didn't use prison labour for their major railway infrastructure project. Like, honestly, I think the entire concept of taking your prisoners with crimes ranging from 'stole medical supplies' (Hannigan) to 'killed a bunch of people including children' (Scrambler) is ridiculous. Like, the NCR is directly responsible for everything that happened in that month before the game started, and who suffers for it the most? The people of the Mojave.

#188 trading post #samuel kerr #michelle kerr #primm #ncrcf #powder gangers #chomps lewis #NCR #new california republic #quarry junction #samuel cooke #general lee oliver #hannigan #scrambler #fallout #fallout new vegas #new vegas

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joaquimblog · 6 years

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Ocean Barrington-Cook as Girl, Barbara Hannigan as Isabel, Stéphane Degout as King and Samuel Boden as Boy & Young King in Lessons in Love and Violence, The Royal Opera © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Stephen Cummiskey

Desprès de l’extraordinària Written on Skin, s’esperava amb ànsia la nova òpera del compositor anglès George Benjamin i la veritat és que nio ha decebut gens. Lessons in Love and Violence, basada en l’obra de Christopher Marlowe Eduard II, és una demostració més que estem davant no tan sols d’un dels musics contemporanis més interessants , sinó possiblement davant del compositor d’òpera més dotat per tornar amb vigor,a connectar el gran públic amb l’òpera contemporània, ja que la categoria de la música, l’habilitat per connectar dramàticament amb el públic, mèrit sense cap mena de dubte compartit amb el seu llibretista habitual, Martin Crimp i l’instint teatral que només els grans operistes posseeixen, el fan encapçalar el poc habitual rànquing de compositors contemporanis que obtenen el reconeixement del públic i la crítica, fet que motiva que els grans centres operístics vulguin estrenar les seves òperes i que en el cas de la colpidora Written on Skin, es reposi després de l’estrena, fet absolutament sorprenent i molt poc habitual que l’emmiralla amb els grans compositors del passat operístic pel que fa a la disputa de l’estrena de les seves òperes en els principals teatres, com el de la reposició de la seva obra, que potser no podem dir encara que hagi esdevingut de repertori, però que denota un interès del públic que normalment dóna l’esquena a la música contemporània i que en el cas de Benjamin, tot i no posar les coses fàcils a l’espectador més mandrós, té l’habilitat per envoltar la seva proposta d’un equip artístic imponent per obtenir òptims resultats.

La música de Benjamin és creativa, innovadora en la forma, suggeridora en l’exposició i rica en les textures, colors i atmosferes, d’una orquestració original que defuig qualsevol escola o tendència. per crear el segell propi, quelcom que només els veritablement dotats saben fer.

Lluny d’aquell estaticisme colpidor i fascinant de Written on Skin amb l’inquietant tercet protagonista, l’acció dramàtica d’aquestes Lessons suposa en aquest sentit un canvi radical de tractament estètic, si bé el món sonor té el segell de qualitat creativa i estilística de Benjamin. La seva música no recorda a ningú i beu de tots, no hi ha referències i el tractament melòdic és original i innovador, tan aviat et deixes seduir i et capbusses en l’acció tot flueix amb naturalitat i una progressió i tensió dramàtica extraordinària. Una bona òpera sempre té un bon llibret i en aquesta ocasió el gran tàndem Benjamin-Crimp torna a fer diana. Crimp condensa l’acció i els 27 personatges de Marlowe en prop d’hora i mitja d’acció escènica i una dotzena de caràcters. Això dota a l’acció un dinamisme i una fluïdesa molt gratificant, i l’enginy teatral del music i llibretista fan que l’acció i la tensió no decaiguin mai.

Part One, Scene 1: Palace, King’s Apartments

Part One, Scene 2: Palace, Isabel’s Apartments

Part One, Scene 3: Palace, A Theatre

Part One, Scene 4: Palace, Private Apartments

Part Two, Scene 5: Mortimer’s House

Part Two, Scene 6: Prison

Part Two, Scene 7: Palace, A Theatre

Tot i que al Liceu ja va quedar ben palès que la música de Benjamin fascina igualment sense la posada en escena, no hi ha dubte que la vessant teatral és molt important i ell ha apostat per repetir amb la gran Katie Mitchell, que ofereix un espectacle visual, estètic i teatral de gran voltatge. L’acció contemporània no desvirtua per a res les conflictives i malaltisses relacions entre els personatges, entre la lluita de poder i la manipulació, exposada de manera mestrívola en un treball d’actors formidable i envoltada per una estètica escènica elegant i atractiva, que fascina a l’espectador i embolcalla de manera altament gratificant a la música i al llibret. Tot juga a favor per oferir una òpera en les condicions més favorables per atraure al públic.

Disseny exquisit amb una única escenografia canviant i un disseny de vestuari elegant i auster, envoltat d’un disseny de llums que doten la vessant visual d’una elegàbcia extraordinària.

I és clar falta el principal si parlem d’òpera, els cantants i la ROH suposo que seguint les indicacions de Benjamin ha comptat amb un equip de primera encapçalat per la musa de l’òpera contemporània, la grandiosa Barbara Hannigan, que demostra una vegada més la seva versatilitat i domini de les capacitats tècniques vocals, que fan fàcil el que Benjamin proposa. És clar que el compositor angl`’es sap escriure molt bé per a les veus i mai els fa fer exercicis gimnàstics. Les veus mai estan crispades com tantes vegades patim els soferts espectadors i sobretot els maltractats cantants. Hannigan posseeix un talent interpretatiu extraordinari i és innegable que quan ella està en escena el pol d’atracció el té ella.

Extraordinaris també els dos barítons: el Rei a càrrec de Stéphane Degout, per qualitat vocal i l’evolució interpretativa, així com el Gaveston interpretat de manera sibil·lina per Gyula Orendt. Per a la corda de tenor Benjamin reserva els rols de Mortimer a càrrec de Peter Hoare i el del fill del rei, a càrrec de Samuel Boden, magnífics ambdós.

La resta de rols, tots ells més petits es tan magníficament integrats en aquesta maquinària escènica i musical perfecte que formen l’equip guanyador format per Benjamin,Crimp i Mitchell, sense oblidar a Hannigan.

No us ho perdeu si podeu aconseguir el streaming, és una de les coses més estimulants que veureu aquest any, n’estic segur.

George Benjamin LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE Òpera en dos actes i set escenes amb text de Martin Crimp

King: Stéphane Degout Isabel: Barbara Hannigan Gaveston / Stranger: Gyula Orendt Mortimer: Peter Hoare Boy / Young King: Samuel Boden Girl: Ocean Barrington-Cook Witness 1 / Singer 1 / Woman 1: Jennifer France Witness 2 / Singer 2 / Woman 2: Krisztina Szabó Witness 3 / Madman: Andri Björn Róbertsson

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Concert Master: Sergey Levitin Director musical: George Benjamin

Director d’escena: Katie Mitchell Escenografia i vestuari: Vicki Mortimer Disseny de llums: James Farncombe

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 26 de maig de 2018

Sortosament els teatres que coprodueixen aquesta joia són: Dutch National Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona i el Teatro Real, Madrid, per tant ben aviat ho gaudirem a casa.

ROH 2017/2018: LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE DE GEORGE BENJAMIN Desprès de l'extraordinària Written on Skin, s'esperava amb ànsia la nova òpera del compositor anglès George Benjamin i la veritat és que nio ha decebut gens.

#Andri Björn Róbertsson #Barbara Hannigan #George Benjamin #Gyula Orendt #Jennifer France #Katie Mitchell #Krisztina Szabó #Lessons in Love and Violence #Ocean Barrington-Cook #Orchestra of The Royal Opera House #Peter Hoare #Samuel Boden #Stéphane Degout

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