#slimeball john

[gooboogy]

Just so you know your goo John sent me into a fit of hysterical laughter fhdjdndndhudjdkdjdndhdhdu

Lmao I'm glad, I have some more that will post down the line but for now here's a quick little sketch for the very nice ask

Is he corporeal? I dunno, maybe. Sometimes. However the whims take me lol

(image ID: Flubber slimeball goo John is telling Arthur "FIGHT ME."

Arthur responds "I could crush you in my hand John--"

John: "FIGHT ME."

Arthur squishes slimeball John in his hand with a squelching noise. John is completely unharmed and returns to his usual shape. Arthur with pinhole eyes says to a grinning John "well that didn't work like I hoped." /End ID)

#goobarts #asks #malevolent #malevolent podcast #art #john doe #arthur lester #flubber john #slimeball john #goo john #i like the name goo john #maybe i stick with that one? #consistency has never been my strong suit lol #consistent arthur mustache? #i think not #wooby john

[shuttershocky]

Who is your biggest fictional crush?

Thought long and hard about it but honestly it's probably Venom.

I used to go to highschool with Venom as my phone wallpaper and phone theme and I didn't have a smartphone back then (iphones were still pretty new so most phones still had buttons), which meant I had to find a Venom theme made specifically for Nokia phones instead of just downloading from the internet (my phone didn't have a browser)

I was flabbergasted when the Tom Hardy movie turned Venom into an internet sexyman. Didn't think other people would be really into the monster thing.

WAIT NO NO NO NO I'M FORGETTING SOMEONE IMPORTANT

It's John Constantine. I was obsessed with Hellblazer as a teenager and all of my OCs were different riffs on John, and stories different riffs on Dangerous Habits. They didn't sell Hellblazer here so I only read scans, and I knew nothing about British politics so lots of pages flew over my head (although it's kind of impossible to miss stuff like demons cheering on Margaret Thatcher), but Hellblazer defined my tastes more than any other comic book has ever done. You have a Constantine in your story? They're my favorite now. I don't get to decide it even, it just happens.

I'm admittedly not a big fan of post Hellblazer Constantine where they made him more of a standard superhero with magic powers instead of an arrogant conman who is genuinely a godawful person that everyone hates and is only a hero because he saves people. John's not supposed to be British Zatanna, he's supposed to be this poor, friendless guy who's so pathetic and alone that Zatanna and the Swamp Thing show up at his house to celebrate his birthday with magic weed. If he didn't help or save people, he wouldn't have anyone on his side at all.

#every single slimeball trickster detective from Touko to Kaiki I love because I loved John Constantine

[prohoetips]

How do I know there's something wrong with me? Most recently the dead giveaway is that I didn't think John Mulaney was even close to hot until I heard about his Raging Drug Problem

#john mulaney #drugs tw #personal #dudes with the slightest vibe of emotional vulnerability #when actually they are just fucking slimeballs really do it for me #truely awful

[mayasaura]

In light of Nona I want to amend my Princess Bride AU very slightly. Harrow and Gideon as Buttercup and Wesley of course, and Ianthe stays Prince Humperdick. But Inigo and Fezzik are Camilla and Pyrrha.

That way Pyrrha gets to collect them all up at the end and take them away to her farm

#Pyrrha was still in love with Gideon's mother and wanted to raise her as her daughter #she figures this out in her duel with Gideon toward the beginning when Gideon's rescuing Harrow from her kidnapping #and tries to make a case for it as a reason to bring Gideon back #the true argument that gets dismissed as a dramatically over the top lie lmao #I'm debating if John should be the one planning to kill Harrow to start a war #or if for the sake of simplicity Ianthe gets Humperdink's whole deal #I was leaning to the simple answer #but that might actually be a good way to get Ianthe to let them go at the end without putting up a fight #like she doesn't get Harrow either way so when push comes to shove she'd prefer Harrow to be alive and doesn't particularly want a war #she'd still be a skeezy slimeball who murdered Gideon so she wouldn't get in the way of the wedding ofc #Not an Ianthe redemption fic just an attempt to keep her in character bc she does actually care about Harrow #just not enough to make trouble for herself by standing up for her lmao #ntn spoilers #the locked tomb #tlt princess bride au #pyrrha dve #griddlehark

[iloveitxwhenaplanxcomestogether]

#Muse: John Hannibal Smith #John Hannibal Smith #george peppard #my screencaps #my edits #Hannibal talking to slimeballs #incorrect quotes #ten years ago a queue promptly escaped from a maximum security prison #about the A-team

[ghoul-slime]

Ghouls & Their Favorite Horror Movies (1980s edition)

In honor of Halloween being just a few days away (!!!) have some thoughts about the ghouls and their favorite horror movies. Narrowed down to the 1980s because that's probably my favorite decade for horror (shoutout to the 70s though).

Dew: City of the Living Dead, The Evil Dead, Pieces, Cannibal Holocaust

Resident horror snob and ultimate gorehound. The bloodier, sleazier, and more fucked up the better. Huge fan of the Italian horror directors, especially “Godfather of Gore” and king of onscreen eyeball trauma Lucio Fulci. City of the Living Dead (aka The Gates of Hell) is his favorite, it’s gory, blasphemous, and just obscure enough for him to feel smug when nobody else has heard of it. The biggest horror fan of the group, he’s seen it all and is always on the hunt for something weird and new that he hasn’t seen yet (a difficult task). Introduced pretty much all of the other ghouls to their favorite horror movies.

Aether: Return of the Living Dead, Re-Animator, Night of the Creeps, Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Lover of all the best 80s horror comedies. Silly and fun without being too intense or mean-spirited. The more over the top the better. Aether movie nights are always the most fun. Loves Return of the Living Dead because of the awesome punk rock soundtrack and 80s punk aesthetic. Secretly loves horror comedies the best because he gets to see Dew laughing the whole time. He and Dew are the most annoying about quoting movies back and forth to each other nonstop.

Mountain: The Thing, They Live, Aliens, From Beyond

Loves his horror with a side of sci-fi. Major John Carpenter and Stuart Gordon fan (who isn’t). Also a huge fan of sci-fi horror with amazing practical effects and The Thing is the king of them all (he loves the original too, for the plant-man monster of course). 

Swiss: Hellraiser, Videodrome, Society, Street Trash

Body horror enthusiast. If it's slimy, horny, and taboo then he’s all about it. Unsurprisingly the biggest Cronenberg fan of the bunch. Huge fan of the Hellraiser series, what with all the leather and the chains and the flesh. Will also sit you down and force you to watch Society if you’ve never seen it (you will thank him later).

Phantom: The Monster Squad, Fright Night, The Lost Boys, Near Dark

Of course it’s gotta be The Monster Squad. Phantom loves the classic Universal Monsters and Monster Squad has them all, wrapped up in a super fun 80s horror comedy with great writing and memorable characters. Will undoubtedly yell WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS at the most inopportune times. Loves vampire movies the most and secretly thinks of his pack a little bit like the group of vampires in Near Dark.

Aurora: Night of the Comet, Slumber Party Massacre, Phenomena, Sleepaway Camp 2

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS. Loves seeing pretty women absolutely kick ass onscreen. And any horror movie with a female villain will almost always become a favorite. Loves Night of the Comet because why shouldn’t a couple of valley girl cheerleaders get to enjoy a mall shopping spree while also mowing down hordes of comet zombies with machine guns?

Cirrus: Possession, Altered States, The Shining, the Ninth Configuration

Queen of psychological horror. Her picks usually toe the line between horror and other genres. Cirrus movie nights almost always have to come with a “palate cleanser” movie right after (usually a Cumulus or Aether pick). Dew secretly thinks she has the coolest taste of the bunch.

Cumulus: Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, Blood Diner, TerrorVision

80s horror comedies (horny version). Like Aether, Cumulus loves horror comedies. But for her, the sexier and more ridiculous the better. Always thinks a movie would do better with more boobs and full-frontal. Vocal advocate for more male nudity in movies. Linnea Quigley is her horror idol.

Sunshine: Slumber Party Massacre 2, Black Roses, Trick or Treat, Slaughterhouse Rock

Number one champion of the rock & roll horror subgenre. Horror and rock music were both public enemy number one during the Satanic Panic of the 80s, and Sunny loves movies that lean into it. Slumber Party Massacre 2 is the most fun with the leather-clad rockabilly slasher facing off against members of an all-girl rock group with his massive (unmistakably phallic) electric guitar-drill.

Rain: Jaws 3, Humanoids from the Deep, The Fog, The Abyss

Absolutely nobody is shocked to discover Rain is a fan of underwater/nautical horror. He doesn’t even care if a movie is “good” as long as it’s wet and full of weird monsters or creatures. Avid defender of Jaws 3 (it has dolphins, hello). His taste is all over the place quality-wise, from b-movie creature features like Humanoids, to the cozy coastal ambiance of the Fog. As the only ghoul who can breathe underwater, he loves to watch others squirm during the breathing fluid scene in the Abyss.

#nameless ghouls #dewdrop ghoul #aether ghoul #rain ghoul #swiss army ghoul #swiss ghoul #phantom ghoul #mountain ghoul #aurora ghoulette #cirrus ghoulette #cumulus ghoulette #sunshine ghoulette #tag yourself i'm all of them but mostly dew and aether #ghoul-slime headcanons #halloween ghouls

[the-one-and-only-043]

Hello, I'm Agent Phoenix, formerly known as Agent 043.

Roxy told me I should make a blog, so here I am. I guess I should put some stuff about me here? I don't know how this site works

Uhhh

Well, I'm 28, I'll be 29 in November, and I like cats. And Roxana, of course. She's like, the coolest ever, and also my girlfriend :)

I think I'm kinda sorta like a step...parent??? To Right and Robutler??? Idk I'll ask Roxy about that tho

I use any pronouns, so get creative

My first handler was a piece of shit, so feel free to talk shit with me haha

Same with Agent Slimeball Sliver. He's a ball of eugh.

Roxy says I should put some boundaries, like stuff I don't like to talk about, so, um. Here you go, I guess.

I don't like talking about my past with Zoraxis in detail, so try to refrain from asking about that. Same with how Handler 043 treated me. Don't be a dick about my scars. The basics, don't be a homophobe, or a racist, or a creep here. I am a liberal user of the block button, and if necessary, I'll report you. Don't be a shithead in general.

Uh

Idk what else to put here so bye

______________END TRANSMISSION______________

Hello! Leo here, this blog's moderator and the power behind the throne, so to speak. This is a side blog for my main, @eight-cats-in-a-box, purely for IEYTD and 043! Phoenix!

043 is besties with: Reggie!! Their handler is one of the ones closest to their cold, dead heart. :)

043 is dating Roxana! They have a very healthy relationship, and Phoenix is planning to propose soon, aided by none other than...

Their murder bestie, John Juniper! He owes being alive today to Phoenix, who dragged him out of the wreckage after Operation: Rising Phoenix. These two are very protective of each other, despite constantly fighting. They've also hooked up before

043 is also the parental/fraternal figure to several rookies, as well as Prism's kids! Right Robot and Robutler both think they're pretty neat, and their rookies have never been safer :)

TAGS

#043 rambles

Talk tag! Inchar posts, chats, etc

#043 reblogs

Self-explanatory

#043 lore

Phoenix lore!!!

#043's rookies

Specific to the rookies Phoenix has "adopted"

#043 answers

Self-explanatory

#043 rambles #043 lore #ieytd 3 #ieytd2 #ieytd #ieytd fandom #agent phoenix ieytd #roxana prism #i expect you to die #i expect you to die 3 #i expect you expect you to die 2 #john juniper #reginald crane

[cleopatrachampagne]

what i like about syril’s character so much in andor (although i can’t stand the dickbag, his arc and development are so interesting to me) is that in a million other movies, shows and contexts he would be a textbook hero. he’s dedicated to the rules and laws but his greedy boss tells him to cover up a murder that he solves and then he’s humiliated and forced to resign. his obsessive hunt for the escaped murderer even after being “kicked off the force” so to speak is something that has spawned a million action heroes. his actions towards dedra are the types of unhinged bs from y2k romcoms where the guy shows up and professes love seeing himself as romeo outside juliet’s balcony but dedra is (reasonably) unnerved and like, “why the fuck are you outside my workplace? i barely know you!”

he sees himself as the john mcclane of star wars: dedra as his love interest, cassian as an amoral crook who destroyed his life and got away, the rebellion as terrorists and thieves. but the reality when given context from the outside is that he’s a fascist, egomaniac and a clear cut villain. no grey area needed; the grey morality is reserved for the heroes in this show.

if andor were in syril’s pov it would be a standard action movie of a rogue cop seeking justice and getting the girl. but it’s not one of those and he’s not who he thinks he is. this show really pulls zero punches in any arena but i feel like we’re kind of sleeping on how it decimates the hero cop narratives i grew up with by making the biggest piece of shit in the show a textbook bruce willis character in a popped collar and clip on tie. the rules and laws and his vision of justice are the empire; the government is crooked as fuck. cassian killed those guys, yes, but he and the rebels need compassion not a lynching. in the first episode i was confused because i knew syril was a slimeball but his boss ordered him to cover up a murder and he refused to do so, which, in addition to his dedication to the law despite resorting to working outside of it, is so frequently the trope of an action hero that i was unsure if he was supposed to be good or bad. even his lingering obsession with bringing andor to justice and clearing his name is something i’ve almost always seen portrayed in media as admirable. but it’s not. not in the star wars universe nor in ours.

i love this show but especially the lack of restraint it has for spitting right in the face of the formulaic rogue cop action hero that has permeated pop culture for decades. like damn. fuck it up, andor writers, i’m loving this.

#andor #syril #syril karn #acab #fuck the police #star wars #media commentary #my ramblings #i love this show so much fr #cassian andor #dedra meero #die hard #bruce willis #politics #police brutality #social commentary #sw #star wars meta #disney

[heystephen]

wild that the message swifties got is “you’re so strong and brave for saying this queen but we’ll defend you anyway because we hate him” and not maybe…… stop making her releases about the men she’s dated after literally hearing her tell you she didn’t re-record for you to do that. it isn’t about john it’s about swifties’ inability to distance themselves from her personal life and refusal to let shit go like no matter what that is not your relationship it’s hers. she’s telling you to shut your mouths and refusing to listen feels wildly infantilizing

well.. to be quite honest i feel somewhat conflicted about the topic. i feel like john mayer, more than anyone else, deserves it. not just because he chose to date a 19 year old when he was like, 32. but because he jokes about having a 'white supremacist dick', namely compared his genitals to a member of the kkk, that prevents him from being attracted to black women, used the n-word, and made disparaging comments about not just taylor, but also jessica simpson, jennifer aniston and jennifer love hewitt. he's always been a slimeball and kind of just skated by without any real heat. so.. i guess what i'm trying to say is that john mayer is a terrible person, and i do understand where taylor is coming from in saying that she doesn't want her fans to go after him on her behalf, but i think anything he receives is a product of the shameful things that he's done over the years. there's probably a good joke about karma in there somewhere, lol

#i dont want speak now tv to be made ab him. i do want him to get whats coming to him tho #i got mail* #anonymous

[crimsonlyinglilly]

Familiar Faces - Calm before the storm Part 3

Summary: Elijah Gilbert has been haunted by dreams of other lives as long as he remembers, but now with the appearance of the Salvatore brother he may finally get some answers.

-----

Meeting and getting to know Damon before the party had not in any way helped but Elijah thinks coming here with him at all was the biggest mistake, walking by his side though the house had given him the strangest case of deja vu.

It was almost a relief when Caroline returned, almost because of some part of him,

The boy that died at nine, was still annoyed at having to share Damon.

Leaving Damon to Caroline however hadn’t helped much as it had left him open to everyone else, unfortunately, who had taken this, as the first founder’s event since his parent’s death, as the perfect time to tell him how much he was growing to look like his father, a very clear lie he knows, or his uncle John.

And even more insulting, if he was going to start to take his father’s place on the Founder’s council, while part of Elijah wanted to, it had not even been five months yet, they could at least wait until half a year had passed.

His attempt to avoid them by standing with Aunt Jenna failed when she shooed him off after warning him not to bother Mr. Fell, apparently her words were correct, the man screamed slime ball, and Bonnie was pointedly ignoring him as she had the last week or more, it seemed she had decided to ignore being a witch.

He wished her luck, he hadn’t been able to without training a little.

So he’d escaped outside.

--

He could see what was happening even at a distance.

The Lockwoods, one of the founding families most proud of their blood and history, the family that almost viewed the title of Mayor as birthright, while Tyler was better than that, his best friend was Matt despite his father’s attempt to push him and Elijah together.

No doubt they weren’t as accepting of their son bringing a waitress as a date, something Tyler would know.

Which would explain despite having listened to Jeremy’s complaints about Vicki and Tyler over the last two days, something Elijah had admittedly used to avoid telling Elena he was bringing Damon, why he hadn’t seen Vicki at all during the evening.

“Vicki?” he called over the grass, letting the empty air carry his voice, Vicki stopped at her name several steps from the mother and son pair.

“Elijah?” three voices said as they recognised him.

“Want to join me for a dance?” he asked but he kept walking to the group.

“She was just leaving.” Mrs Lockwood said before Vicki could,

“Really!” he said in shock as he stopped close to Vicki, keeping his eyes on Mrs Lockwood as he added “already and after the Lockwoods failed to be proper hosts.”

“Excuse me?“ she asked, leaning back at the less than veiled insult.

“I don’t blame you Mrs. Lockwood.” he reassured her, casting a look at Tyler that he hoped would be read as apologetic, he was going to throw him under for this.  “Have you been shown around?” he turned to Vicki offering her an arm now he was close enough. “Come, I'll show you Gilbert's offering to our town.” he told her as she took his arm, “It was one of the last things mom worked on.” he should feel bad at using his mom in this but he’s pretty sure mom would understand.

Mom’s best friend was Vicki’s mom, she wouldn’t have wanted him to stand by as she was looked down on.

“You know if you had wanted to come Jeremy would have brought you?” he reminded her as they got into the house.

“You’d want that?” she asked, looking at him with something he couldn’t name.

“He would have,” he told her and then added for himself “and then he’d be here instead of alone at home.”  He took a breath and ignored the fact he could see his aunt staring, the slimeball not far from her. 

He’d give Vicki, a good night, chase away the memory of being treated like a shame and hopefully with Vicki on his arm people would stop coming to him, and he’d stop remembering a different Founder’s party and hundred years before..

“So dance first or look at the history of our town?” he asked, smiling, she smiled back.

—-

Damon was a little disappointed he couldn’t have Elijah stand as watch for him, like he had last time but he made do with Caroline as he got the jewel back.

He had enjoyed walking through the house and watching Elijah as he remembered pieces of the last time, his littlest brother had an excellent poker face no doubt years of experience of hiding knowing more than he should.

But Damon knows him a little to well for that.

—-

Later after the dance he had promised Vicki, while looking at the pieces of the town’s history with her, he found himself staring at his name between Damon’s and Stefan’s.

He remembered his excitement as he walked next to Damon as their names were taken, he was a member of the Savatore family, being treated like a grown up.

He was going to have to talk to Zach, he admitted to himself with a sigh, look thought the old Salvatore records, he had already acknowledged EJ was real, that the one before was likely real otherwise he wouldn’t remember hands on him so clearly, why keep denying those before were.

Especially since Damon and Stefan were here, alive after a century, with his the oldest dream-memoires explaining how.

His siblings were monsters, why wouldn’t he also be.

Maybe that was why he was cursed. 

—

They were about to return to the dance floor when he felt it.

Bone deep aches and a growing chill. He swallowed the lump in his throat as he grabbed Vicki’s wrist to stop her, the last time he had felt that he had mom and dad, a wave of grief hit him at the thought.

“Elijah?” Vicki asked, looking concerned.

“Sorry to bother you but can you-” he started.

“Take you home.” she finished, “you're having one of your episodes, aren’t you?”

He nodded, the joys of having someone who has known you your whole life.

“Come on,” she wasted no time pulling him closer to lead them out.

“Sorry to ruin your night.”

“You didn’t.” she told him with a smile, he was reminded of when he was much younger and was jealous of Matt, for having a real older sister.

---

He’s unable to stop his teeth from chattering when they get to his home, Vicki helping him to the door.

“Vicki? Elijah?” Jeremy’s voice didn’t help his growing migraine, the pitch his voice reached in concern when he said Elijah’s name set his teeth on edge.

“One of his episodes.” Vicki explained as Elijah suddenly found that he was barley supporting himself as Jeremy slipped under his shoulder. 

He lost time as he suddenly found himself on his bed, he blinked as the darken shape of Jeremy learned over him to pull his covers up.

“You ok ,Jah?” Jeremy asked, sounding painfully young, Elijah hated that his issues always seemed to affect them.

“Will be.” he managed to croak and he curled away under the covers and prayed he’d manage to sleep. 

—--

‘Don’t kill her.’ a voice that sounded like Elijah told him, but the taste couldn’t hurt Damon thought as he lean into Caroline.

He was wrong about that moment later.

'Damnit, Stefan' he thought as his brother explained after he woke up in a cell.

Fifty years, he’d miss his time frame but also he’d miss Elijah’s life.

He wouldn't allow that.

#tvd #fic #Elena Gilbert #caroline forbes #damon salvatore #stefan salvatore #Elijah Mikaelson #vicki donovan #tvd fanfiction #au- Familiar faces #the vampire dairies au #fanfiction #the vampire diaries

[gooboogy]

Potential John shape, I diagnose him with puppycat syndrome

(ID: Kayne holds a flubber looking black slimeball hovering over his hand. He points to it asking "this is your man?" We zoom in on floaty slimeball John in a yellow hoodie with a crown on it. He's frowning deeply with big shiny wet pathetic eyes asking, "Arthur I'm cool, right?" To which off screen Arthur replies with silence. /End ID)

#hes been woobified #which also sounds like what I think he'd slound like #woobwoobwoobwoobwobb #malevolent #malevolent podcast #kayne #goobarts #one of many such Johns #john doe #art #wooby john

[just-two-blokes]

Valeting - A Thomas Barrow x Richard Ellis Drabble

A short Drabble For 'Barris Winter Festival'

@barris-event-blog

'How does it actually work like this? As the king's valet, I mean', John Bates' voice sounds almost bored, but his more than curious look betrays him nonetheless.

A calculating grin steals onto Mr. Ellis's face. Yet he takes his time answering the question. Only when he has taken a small sip of tea from the steaming porcelain cup in front of him does he turn to John with a quiet smile.

'I didn't think I'd ever have to explain his trade to another valet', he says.

John opens his mouth to protest, but Ellis waves it off with an amused smirk.

'It's not nearly as spectacular as you make it out to be, Mr. Bates.'

'It must be an honour to attend the King in person', John urges, and Ellis just sighs.

'Of course it is, Mr. Bates. However, I can assure you that even the King wants to be dressed in the same manner as Lord Grantham or any other Viscount, Earl, Marquess or Duke in this country.'

'I just don't understand', John begins, but this time he is interrupted by none other than the butler of the house, who comes storming into the room with a red face and a furious expression in his eyes. His hands are clenched into fists at his sides and the anger in his eyes is impossible to miss. He does not seem to have noticed the two valets at the table. Otherwise he would certainly have chosen his words more wisely, which he seems to mutter to himself.

'Of course they brought Carson back, the old slimeball. I hope he cleans all the silver himself if he already feels he wants to interfere with my job. At least he's got those arrogant King's servants on his back now. Let's see how he gets on with them. The only one of them who at least has decency and kindness is Mr. Ellis. I only wish his smile wasn't so beguilingly cute, then at least he would be easier to forget.'

With this last sentence, Thomas finally turns his gaze away from the corridor and towards the table at which Richard and John sit transfixed. A mixture of horror and a slight grin has spread across Bates' face. Mr. Ellis, however, looks as if he is about to either sink into the floor or fall around Thomas's neck. John is not sure which of the two options is more likely.

And Thomas? His face turns even redder in a matter of seconds than it already was. His cheeks almost seem to glow and small drops of sweat form on his forehead, which finally run silently over his temples and drip into his collar. His eyes widen in panic as he looks at Mr. Ellis, who seems to be trying hard not to burst into hysterical laughter. At least that is the impression John gets.

Thomas, however, does not seem to feel like laughing at all. His heart is pounding at breakneck speed and he can feel bile creeping up his throat. If only he hadn't eaten so much for breakfast. His stomach rumbles painfully and his mind races. But before he can say anything, he is overcome by nausea and turns on his heel, stumbling towards the men's corridor.

John and Ellis look after the butler with thoughtful glances. For a few seconds there is a breathless silence in the Servants' dining room. Only interrupted by the monotonous ticking of the clock on the wall opposite. After a few more silent seconds, John struggles to get up from his chair.

'I should probably check on him. Not that he's getting seriously ill' his gaze in Ellis' direction is piercing and Richard feels as if he is being x-rayed from top to bottom. But before John can limp out of the room, he himself shoots up from his chair.

'Please don't trouble yourself, Mr. Bates. I'm going to check on Mr. Barrow.'

With these words and without waiting for an answer, Ellis hurries towards the corridor, but before he can step out of John's sight, he turns to the other valet one last time. And this time there is an almost insinuating expression on Mr. Ellis' lips.

'You know, Mr. Bates. It is indeed an honour to dress the King of England. But let me tell you this. There are some men I would rather undress than the King.'

Without turning around once more or waiting for a reaction from John, Ellis disappears from John's sight, leaving the valet alone in the servants' quarters.

With a quiet grin, John Bates reaches for his steaming teacup and brings it to his lips. Hiding his laughter in the teacup, he doesn't even notice the kitchen maid who has joined him.

'Mr. Ellis just asked me if I'd seen Mr. Barrow. Don't you find it strange that he spends so much time with him when he is an employee of the King himself?' Daisy asks, frowning as she looks out into the corridor.

'To be honest, I don't find that strange at all, Daisy. And besides, after all these years in this household, there's nothing left to surprise me' John replies dryly, setting his teacup down on the saucer with a soft clatter.

In fact, there is really nothing left in this household that could surprise him. Not even the wild flirting between his butler and a royal valet. This is still Downton Abbey, after all.

#Thomas Barrow #Richard Ellis #Thomas Barrow x Richard Ellis #barris winter festival

[do-not-careissa]

MibJason fic 2, the angsty one. bit of mentioned jaykyle at the end

S was dead.

The ringing of the gunshot still rang in his ears as he ran, S's blood still wet where it clung to his suit. He could still see the man go down, could hear when his body hit the sewer floor. Jason could only be grateful that his death had been quick, the bullet going clean through his head. At least his partner didn't have to suffer. At least he could chase the fucker who did it with that bit of clarity.

Because the asshole who did this, the purple skinned, four armed fucker with a wrap sheet a mile long, who'd been going around New York picking off random alien sight seeers, he was going down. Whether it be by deportation back to the slimeball of a planet he'd come from or by the end of his gun, Jason wasn't going to let him get away with this. S was his partner, his brother in arms, his family, that meant something in this fucked up little world of theirs.

And unlike certain people, he gave a damn when his partners were murdered.

The still water did little to slow him down, the smell barely an inconvenience. The gates and fences were nothing to him, muscle memory from years prior pushing him to vault over them all the same. His suit and dress shoes might not have the endurance of a costume and pixie boots, but in many ways he preferred them. They felt more him at this point, less like an attempt to be someone else.

Funny that, considering who he worked for.

Worry began to pull at him the longer he ran, the sounds of his target disappearing off into the distance. He'd been going for well over five minutes now, he might know this area but it seemed his perp did as well. It's how he got from crime scene to crime scene after all. No one thinks to check the sewers for the attacker.

He almost gave in, no longer hearing anything other than the car horns blaring above him, but a green​ light caught his eye and he couldn't stop the snarl that took over his lips. He knew that glow, would recognize it anywhere. He could remember the first time he saw it all those years ago, back when that man introduced him to the Justice League, when he'd come face to chest with the Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

So a Lantern was down here too. And the chances of them not chasing his perp were slim to none. Even with how many there were now, they always went up, never down. They had no reason to be in the sewers, not unless they were chasing someone. Figures his night would get that much more complicated.

And it only seemed to get worse from there.

Because the minute he turned the corner, the minute he set eyes on who that green glow belonged to, his heart absolutely stopped.

This wasn't Hal Jordan, even with his ties to that life cut he could handle that. It wasn't even John Stewart or Guy Gardner, those two he could definitely handle, he hadn't exactly known them that well when he had, well, left that life. But this? No, no he couldn't handle this.

Even with the mask covering so much of his face, even with his eyes and nose covered, Jason knew who he was looking at. He recognized those lips, he know them anywhere. He'd spent enough time over the last few months looking at them, touching and kissing and getting lost in them. He'd recognize that jawline, the neck connected to it, he'd kissed it enough, marked it and bruised it and spent nights curled into it. He knew the eyes hidden by that mask, the most beautiful of hazel with a ring a Green to them, always so full of life, full of happiness and love.

This couldn't be happening.

He barely registered Kyle's surprised "Jason?" As he launched himself at the man, slamming him back into the wall. this wasn't happening, this couldn't be happening. The man he'd been with, the man he kept going back to, the one he'd gotten in far too deep with, he was a, he was a fucking...

"You're a fucking Green Lantern?!" he yelled, all teeth and rage.

#fic snippet #fic ideas #jason todd #canon divergence #wherein jason goes with mib post resurrection instead of Talia finding him #minor jaykyle

[the-cat-chat]

January 7 - January 21, 2023

John Wick: Chapters 1-3 (2014-2019)

A neo-noir action thriller film series that follows John Wick, a former assassin, who is forced back into the criminal underworld he had abandoned.

JayBell: I love a good retired assassin seeks vengeance story arc. It may not be original, but it’s fun and over the top. And it’s Keanu Reeves!

This was not my first time watching the John Wick movies or even my second. Now I have to admit, they aren’t perfect movies. Keanu Reeves’ dialogue is a little too strangely stilted at times, which I guess is a purposeful stylistic choice on his part? At times it’s like every word is being dragged from him slowly and tortuously. Although this does fit his emo character, so there’s that.

I think my biggest gripe with these movies (specifically the 2nd and 3rd) is that when John is fighting like a mob of a hundred nondescript people in masks or helmets, they don’t always fight back as much as you’d think they would. Yeah I know John is like super skilled and everything and they’re in pain after being punched and thrown around, but sometimes they kind of just lay there slightly too long without struggling. It’s as if they’re just waiting for John to kill them.

Other than that one thing, I really enjoy the fight scenes. I don’t care much about car chase or motorcycle chase scenes, but I love close-quarter fight choreography in movies. I also like that the first movie introduces the rules of this criminal underworld, and the second and third movies flesh it out a lot further. This gives the movies a sense of development and greater worldbuilding. They also strike the right balance between realism and fantasy.

As a character, John Wick can be so dramatic. I love that he wears his little dark suits whenever he needs to conduct “business.” I propose that he shows up in the next movie in a bright Hawaiian shirt and flip flops. How many ways can John Wick kill someone with a flip flop? Stay tuned for John Wick Chapter 6: Beach Vacation Vengeance. But seriously, the series is about a man dealing with grief (or failing to deal with his grief), and man does he need some therapy.

P.S. Can you believe that all the shenanigans in 3 movies happen in like the span of a few weeks?

P.P.S. Charon doesn’t get paid enough for all this.

Rating: 7.5/10 cats 🐈

Anzie:

John Wick 1

I was pleasantly surprised with watching John Wick. Not that I thought it was going to be a dumb action movie but how is it possible there’s multiple?? Like please don’t turn Keanu Reeves into Bruce Willis. But Keanu Reeves could never disappoint. For the first one I think a lot of the intro about who the character John Wick is was really good and not cheesy and was more just like giving the general vibe of “yeah no we’re all scared of him and you’re dead dude.” I do wanna comment on the music bc it’s not annoying but it somehow feels like it’s either making fun of the seriousness but also perfect for the seriousness? I really like the hotel and the concierge guy, and I think overall it’s fun bc you know how this is going to go bc hey it’s John Wick- but it’s not really formulaic how most action movies go. I have strong convictions that John Wick is John Constantine’s new identity (or at least the alternate universe version ) and I’m glad to see he’s given up smoking.

John Wick 2

Soo I have no comments excepted that Italian guy’s a slimeball. And poor John Wick. And are people still trying to kill John Wick. They’re all like “Oh JOHN WICk 0—o, he’s so bad, I can take him.” Idiots.

——-The Italy Continental is way more swanky and the tailor and weapons vibe is cool but a lil weird. The whole pigeon man thing seems weird too like honestly he didn’t need him- he’s kill people with a PENCiL as we’ve heard multiple times. I’m sure he could’ve got creative for a few seconds - since he already had to steal the other gunS. And Laurence Fishburn’s incessant laughing. The mirror/fun house thing was nuts. Anyyyway like I said poor John Wick.

John Wick 3 Parabellum

I have to say the best part of this movie was probs the horse. Forget John Wick can use a pencil to kill a man - he knows how to use a horse as a weapon. I also just wanna know how the normal people in this movie act - like there should just be extra scenes past the credits that are normal people saying “You’ll never believe what I saw today when I was on my lunch break,” or the news covering “Breaking News: 45 Russian Men Found Dead in a Warehouse Used for an Illegal Car Ring.” But I digress, as the third film of this series it holds up solid and was enjoyable- and I KNOW the plot is every contract killer in the world is trying to kill John Wick but it felt a tad heavy on the fight scene- like they were just realllllly looong. (I KNOW OkAY). But let’s just say if everyone’s getting all high and mighty about the rules and EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYTHING- they should know Santino’s a weasel right?? And that’s my qualm. Shouldn’t this bounty have really been for Santino? Espppecially considering he was manipulating the HIGH TABLE??? But whatever.

Rating: 7/10 Puppers 🐶

(SORRY John Wick😬)

[the-firebird69]

This guy Tommy f is a huge pain it's supposed to launch for like 2 months now he's just sitting around greening at people making dumb jokes saying it's their fault his routine in the park was despicable this whole routine with a bunch of flunkies whittling away at us while there's a huge army harassing the s*** out of us they're both juvenile delinquents it does make one Wonder it sounds like my people though a little whacked out and spice and nitrogen narcosis but there to blame and this place sucks already I got to have these idiots out of here they have to shut up in forever they really do and we need to action on it and orderav

Mac Daddy

We're getting suited up and we're going to go in and what they're saying and doing is ridiculous again just screaming and yelling bloody murder about almost every single thing that we said this morning and every post I can't have it anymore it's so damn dumb I have to stop them the other half is important information all the time about every post practically and they don't know s*** about what they're talking about and he's trying to tell them you don't know what you're talking about and they get all bent about that too and what we're saying is your little kids and sissies and asses and you are not running things properly and we don't want to get hurt because you are that's what we've been saying the whole time and you don't listen you have to listen now and you're going to have to shut up John remillard and there's no mystery to your way you're just some sort of asinine slimeball screwing things up cuz you like to a lot of people tell us that's what you like this passive aggressive animal like a UMass when you glued all the doors shut I was there and I saw what happened and I wasn't on the floor no I was on the floor and you glued my door shut really most of us didn't have anything to do with it and you're this a****** keeps doing things like that now we're going to make you pay for it cuz you're a stupid son of a b**** and you're messing up people who would rather help us and be on their side then sit there and be an enemy for no reason weird you should have shut up a long time ago Trump that ain't going to be out of the race pretty soon and if you're in it you're going to be dead. I hear a lot of people saying if you're in still in the race you're gone and there are people on the hill a ton of people all of them DC people and they're saying out loud to everybody he's not running we don't want him running he's a pig an orphan and an idiot and it matters that he's an orphan and our friend's mom is not an orphan and you keep saying it about her and saying it about her and he said I think it's that guy there but you can't stop and drop the act

She didn't do that and you still hurt her we want to hurt you for that alone and boy your stuff is rancid you are such a huge a****** we're going to start lunch and attacks on you now

Daniel

I want them dead and gone and he won't go away he keeps coming up to DC in the middle of bothering my son and it's ridiculous the guy has a living fathering this particular family it is a moron in the stupid Max are having them do it he's way past it the guys completely insane and it's been killed many many times and it's just a stupid jerk now I want him gone this this guy has to leave what the f*** did we ever do to you you stupid a****** yes there's nothing you're a liar you went after the clan too and provided cover for them disappearing basically you got to erase wiped out almost and it's because of you Donald Trump now you're racist getting wiped out how's it feel stupid are you too dumb to know that's a problem my son says that you're too dumb to know it's a problem you think the AI is going to help you and it's not yours it's not helping you you're a fool and you're a moron and you don't know basic computing stuff this leaves only this we're going to get rid of you no matter what

Camilla

You're definitely on board with that this assholes been bothering me since day one and he is going to go and no nobody wants you running for president our friend of course is the one who has brought to our attention that you should die and you think he's on your side cuz you're so stupid. And somebody told me he ranged to have you killed but it's not true it's the max you keep blaming him and he could care less you're helping him get it done you sound like a little baby you respond like a child to everybody and you piss everybody off all day long you're a useless little b**** and you're a TBI victim and you're a zombie you're like a level five out of 10 and you're a stupid person and we need you out and we're going to get you out I'm going to start using powers of mine because your people are all terrorists I'm going to list them as terrorists they're going to see them go real quick

Biden

Yeah yeah we're going to get you out of there we hate you you hear what you're saying and you going to pay for it and bjA wants you out everybody wants you out of there and here you are sitting there like an idiot. He says to Jason you should try and get him out because Stan will probably not be able to renew the contract if the assholes not here and you're such an idiot that you'll do that. So I've seen him do this and

[raraeavesmoriendi]

“it’s obvious the parties are exactly the same and it doesn’t make any difference which one’s in office—“

as a texan — I get what you’re going for, but buddy, I am exhaustedly asking you to shut the fuck up.

there’s a reason people like myself - queer, gender variant, neuroweird, etc. - are having to figure out how to even come close to affording to leave the only homes we’ve ever known. there’s a reason I’m having to choose between being a humanities educator in the South, something I’ve dedicated a good portion of my life to at this point, and maybe actually having a quality of life/life expectancy that matches the rest of the country’s.

ted cruz has been in office since 2013. john cornyn has been in office since 2002. our last democratic governor, ann richards, stepped down because she lost to fucking pre-presidency “dubya” in 1995. after him, we got rick perry of dancing with the stars fame, and then we got abbott, our current blight on humanity.

compare us now to any smug fucking blue state, in terms of quality of life, in terms of economy and unemployment, in terms of infrastructure, in terms of education, in terms of marginalized communities living in constant anxiety, and tell me to my goddamn face that not having the scumsucking boot-licking worst of the death cult party wouldn’t have made a lick of difference for the people who actually live under their policies.

I get your frustration that the parties don’t seem as dissimilar as we want them to be on an international level. I share that frustration, especially when things are this fucking dire due to the State interfering overseas in other people’s governments and lives.

but for the love of any god that might exist, I am thisclose to shaking the next dipshit yankee motherfucker who thinks doing the absolute sandbag level minimum of not letting our current problem get fucking worse is meaningless, aka fucking beneath them.

american republicans/conservatives/whatever you want to call them are like cancer. once they get in where they want to be, you will have a fucking bitch of a time scraping them all out again, and the repercussions will be even disastrous for everyone than they already are. I know. we are living proof. just look at louisiana, where I live now, or any of the gulf states still dependent on big oil while the water keeps fucking rising.

god fucking damn, I have been voting against the same three scab-chewing suit-fucking slimeballs nearly the entire time I have been eligible to vote, and they are so well entrenched by now with their ‘fuck you’ money and their good ol boy connections, I don’t think they’re leaving their little snake dens while they can still stand up.

and the people who they want to implant at the federal level have made it clear they will do all sorts of illegal shit to keep power once they’re in there. they’re being pretty blatant about that this time.

making sure we put up even the most minimal fight against them being able to pull that shit has nothing to do with any kind of party loyalty. it is not a panacea, it’s not the only thing people are asking others to do, it’s not going to solve everything, it’s just putting a finger on the scale to tip it in our direction. but if we can scrape by with even that much, it will make a difference, and we will need every single bit of that we can get in what’s coming.

you do not want them at the national level again, they will never fucking leave. I speak from experience. why on earth would you just up and hand them any advantage they don’t already have.

anyone who wants to fight about it can go sit with that guy I know from new york whose best contribution for what’s to come was starting a maoist group on a red state college campus - fine in theory, negligible in terms of actual practice.

y’all talk amongst yourselves while the rest of us are busy trying to take every precaution against the coming fucking hurricane, down to the littlest sandbag.

#idc idc idc argue with the wall #but I'm so fucking tired of having wannabe leftists pitch a fit over the people who know there is a hell of a difference actually #liberals only remember the south when they need a punching bag or a scapegoat #even though the bulk of our queer and racialized population lives here #and then rarae says #uspol cw